The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 1, 1949, Page 2

PAGE TWO Ihe West Citizen Corner ‘ay Daily by tw in Key West and jonroe County autered at Key West, Mlorida, as second class matter B at THE ASSOCIATED PRESS are Annoeated. Presa ts exclusively, entitled t¢ duction of all news disi Ye uncer noe. otherwise credited in this paper, and Ure Year ix Months abree Month Une Month .. ane Weekly... E ADVERTISING RATES Made Known on Application s! AL NOTICE All reading not , cards of than resolutions -f respect, obituary notices, poem wilh be charged for at the rate of 16 cents a lin ehureches from Notices. for antervainment by churches from whieh a revenue is to be de -Yhe Citizen ts an open forum and invites dis- etseion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish anonymous communications. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN —_—— More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Community Auditorium. reper MONOGRAPH The Beachcomber Key West, Florida THE LONG WAIT It is a long wait from virtual election in Florida to assuming office. Eight months pass between the May primary, when a nomination is equivalent to an election, to assuming duties in an office to which a Democratic candidate was successful in a primary. The long wait probably has not palled on Fuller Warren, who will become gov- ernor on January 4. The almost eight months that will have passed by next Tues- day have provided him with activities that are much to his liking. Unlike any other man, nominated for governor of Florida, he has been doing much spade work for his administration. Shortly after his nom- ination, he visited every county in the state on his “thank-you” tour, and was as earnest and as enthusiastic in thanking the ; people of Florida as he had been when he was campaigning to get their votes. Another activity designed to help the citrus interests in Florida, was his visit to California. But he has kept himself busy in many ways, every one of which pertained to work that will face him when he be- comes governor. What has happened to Fuller Warren, in waiting eight months to take office, has happened to several hundred other suc- cessful primary candidates in Florida. Key West has its quota of men who have been marking time to assume office. That cir- TRIPPING Ten workers wore killed “others were seriously injured from fall of person accidents ¢ the bap ory age mon Act daring the first 10 months of Sie xt otea of 791,240.00. The average prepdirpliersevsagmd 77 (yr spol piingethearaiypee py -piecasaty sae vised work surfaces was 1.30 while the average cost of each accidental compensable faii from tii and jieg on level surfaces was $190.40. Employers interested in wi th 5 ‘\ tral rk Chapter 8 — three blocks I was as sure ag I needed to be. Thin Face had popped into- another cab and was ‘coming right. along behind me. . A few moments later my cabby pulled up at Radio City and I paid him what it said on the me- ter, plus. I was out and going through the doors as the other cab drew up. out ‘of the ground on Fifty-nint o! on y-nil Sixth. Te double check, I ride C telling the driver took a before to cut over. to’ chick’s address. Her apartment was on the four- teenth Woes, and she answered my { ring almost before I could get my finger off the button, “You are so sweet, Gerry.” she purred, and. still ch to my one mitt with her two. “You come so q@ » no? then we were in a sort of sunken living room that was defi- nitely not furnished with Se picked up here and there. Who- Sig. in ese Sdn chips. An t thin! that Goldielocks had paid the bills. Maybe it was either one, or after I’d taken a sweeping look at the layout. Both were about the same age. you, They were at the affair yes- seen them, as far into my harad and looked politely ward the Zaralis Switched gta X-ray treatment. Inv a nice sort of ae ae still the taeatment nev- ertheless. told him flatly. “Why?” Maurice Cardeur,” he said to me slowly. “He was my close friend, and so I am worried.” are any of his friends . both, of the two chaps I saw right | ° gument about? I didn’t find out.” I finished my drink, ahead ae ‘my wrist watch, and grin ped by toysay, hello,” “I just drop } . I grinned, down at her. “And I must be chasing along. So - - ae “But no, Gerry!” she cut me.ofty and pulled me ony ane or derstand, It is avg who wish to speak with “The peng Persons Bureay would do the same thing for noth. big ey id sharply. “Dhe J ' “No” he said sharply. lice, j a You must eer ane Frenehman, He. is but visiti your great country, If he caus trouble for the police authoriti his visit might Maurice does wish to retu to France irhmediately.” terdas, You did not meet them, : “Not quite. safe« enough no?” ss ‘ huh? grunted, I had not met thet tr aay “Exactly,” he said, i she pr i iy 4 took sre 3 Pe “PO LOU comnect up his str disappearance with - Re DeFoe?” I asked. “They certain wanted to go at each other’ throats yestenday.” My words ‘were greeted with very sudd lence. “DeFoe @ fool’s temper,” Barone finally, broke the silence, “But he is not a fool, as he would like some. tq beligve. No, I cannot conceive of Ta possible connec- \DeFoe would not. tion thee. dare!” “What do you want me to do? Find Maurice Cardeur, I sup.) pose?” He nodded and slipped a wal-) Net from his pocket. He zippered Hit open and started taking out Jengths of Government green, ‘When the pile on the coffee table between us totaled a thousand ‘bucks he zippered the wallet! closed and put it back in hig ii iri r arkus. He inquiringly ower at Parku ii , but said nothing. I sie to Barone, and des me the ~ found him, really, giving “You recall oe stupid 8 ht, ieur?” he sudde! payee T recall ity” I finally “The, small one, was, named “Worried?” I murmured. “Why ‘ou worried?” “That was the last that... or + have seen f him.’ “Incidentally, what was that ar- “It was silly,” Goldielocks spoke , safety guides for the preven- erepensation Division, , a little too quickly, I thought. forkmaen’s Co up, a Titt q I pegged it at between thirty and | «,’ ¢j)) , stupid, personal matter. thirty-five. Both were about the! rené iistlted ‘Maurice for the same build, too. But it all ended clothes he was wearing. And Mau- | there. One was a redhead: a real} vine cannot stand insults. Not carrot-top, £00. even silly ones.” The other man was dark, very} | grunted out a_half-chuckle dark. Hair black, eyes black, and] and a half-snort. And I felt like a complexion that would defy all| telling her to go back to school the soap and scrubbing in the|.and come through again with an world. By then Goldielocks had) improved brand of quick think- pulled me close and was making | ing. Instead, though. I just went the introductions. The lad with] right on looking at Barone. He the flaming hair was Andy Par-| hadn’t carried the ball far enough pocket. “A thousand dollars for you to, find Maurice Cardeur,” he said,’ “Another thousand dollars if you} are able to find him within twen-, ty-four hours.” i} I glanced at the money, but I grinned at him. t “Dead or alive?”I asked. That really jolted him, and fort several seconds he couldn't find the_words. i; “Dead or alive, Monsieur Barnes, 4 he finally managed. “But it is ab- cumstance has been of minor consequence to those candidatés who had succeeded themselves, but several others on the “wait- ing list” were newly elected. At one time successful aspirants for the presidency had to wait four months to begin their terms, but the time was cut down to two months. However, with our Generally today there were expres- sions of regret at your loss through burg- lary of your store, and the feeling is vehemently indignant. Let us hope the burglars will be apprehended and severely punishéd so as to discourage further crimes of this nature. THE ORACLE tion of fall accidents may direct requests to Florida Industrial Commission. WHAT IT MEANS: Intercepting Coded Messages | By CLARKE BEACH a i TIME FOR COOPERATION Newsweek recently published an article on electric power, in which it touched fon the controversy between advocates of pub- lic development and the supporters of private enterprise. In this regard, it said: “The government must work with, rather than against, the private companies to maintain a healthy industry. In the past, Federal officials have intimidated the privately operated utilities, stunting their expansion in a number of regions. In plan- ning and administering its projects, the government must take care to let private business knew just where it stands and to cooperate with it in power distribution and otherwise.” ~»+~-That is a very moderate statement of thé case. Socialized power has been urged with a fanatical determination which has totally overlooked the enormous cost to theztaxpayers, whieh has led, in some in- stanees, to wasteful and unnecessary dupli- cation of existing facilities; which has at- tempted to hide the fact that free enter- prise built the American power industry 4nd_still supplies most of our electricity, andwhich has disregarded the remarkable job done by the private utilities in meeting demand, and thus preventing anything like a serious power shortage. -We will need vast increasesin our power supply in the future. And let no one believe that only the government is capa- ble Of handling it. The private industry has ‘the greatest expansion program in its history in full swing now. By 1957, its capacity will be increased by 80 per cent. The-public treasuries will not contribute a peniy. of the ‘cost—but will, instead, get heawy new tax revenues from.the plants and-ather properties which are being built. In th@ light of all this, Newsweek's sugges- tion-that government must cooperate with the industry is just plain common sense. st tlnanieteliaetinein CANNOT SUBSIDIZE THE GLOBE “Senator Ralph Flanders, of Vermont, thinks that Russia is winning the cold wart.because it is forcing the United States to spend “three times what we make and thus furthering the Communist plot to bankrupt the United States. There may be something to what the Sengtor says: Obviously, Russia is capi- talizing upon the discontent and unrest that exist in the world. It is barely possi- ble that Russian representatives make every effort to encourage the people of the earth to hold out the open palm to Uncle Sam. The United States may be entirely jus- tified in spending billions of dollars, if necessary, to put the nations of Western Europe on their feet and to rehabilitate them after the destruction of the recent war. It is quite another thing, however, to undertake to bolster every . tottering primary system, no change is likely to oc- cur in the immediate future in Florida to cut down the time a successful nominee has to wait before assuming office. Americanism: Getting the “mostest for the leastest.” Our own idea is that the world has too much printing and too little reading. The effort to economize in govern- ment gets along very well until it meets an opportunity to actually economize. IT’S TIME FOR JAIL SENTENCES Most of the anti-trust cases prosecu- ted by the Department.of Justice are based on complaints from business itself, accord- ing to Attorney-General Tom C. Clark. Admitting that business itself is not necessarily bad and thata single suit might do little to bring down prices, the Attorney-General expressed his opinion that concentrated effort to enforce the anti-trust statute tends to open the chan- nels of competition which means that prices usually are lower than those fixed by agreement. In connection with the conviction oi some corporations and individuals for violating the anti-trust statute, Mr. Clark did not think that stiffer provisions for jail sentences are necessary, pointing out that in the few cases where the Depart- ment recommended jail terms, the judges did not accept the recommendation. Despite the opinion of the Attorney- General, we think that enforcement of the anti-trust law would become more effec- tive the instant that Congress provides mandatory jailsentences for those who wilfully violate the statute. Certainly, it is a farce to fine prominent business men $5,000 for acts in violation of the statute when the guilty men and their corporate connections acquire considerable profit out of the illegal combinations. A pessimist is one who chooses both of two evils. Communists have names for all those who criticize them, like “Red baiters,” “Witch hunters,” “Fascists,” to name a few out of a tremendous stock of abusive labels. Communists attempt to smear any- body who challenges them. regime that holds itself out as anti-Com- munist. After all, the process of subsidizing the earth does not win recruits to the theory of private capitalism or the free- doms which Americans consider essential to civilized life. If the peoples of the world, scattered as they are, are not willing to make a fight to gain some objectives for themselves, it is questionable whether all the dollars that the United States can spare will make them democratic, civilized or free. WASHINGTON—Government cryptographers got a bad Russian agents. ‘ The microfilmed decuments which Whittaker Chambers hid in a pumpkin on his Maryland farm and then turned over to the House Unamerican Activities Committee might have furnished priceless clues to foreign cOde-experts. Coded messages sent by fale or cable are easily inter- cepted by interested governments. If they can get possession of the same messages decoded, they can go a long way toward breaking an entire code system.%§———————$ One or even several, messages | * Your Horoscope might no do it. A great ‘many must usually be obtained and SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1948—Today seems to indicate ‘a over a long period of times For codes are frequently alternated caida daily, mionshily,. of highly parental nature, watchful ae any , decoded message over the welfare of others. A student of the mysterious things of life, you should seek work in abstruse trades, for you will Work best in ‘the’ solution - of problems that benefit mankind might fill in the final gap in a‘ code-breaking job whigh might have been going on for yeass. _ Breaking . American, .codes would have been much ies be- fore the war than now. Early in| | the war the State Department| SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 1948— and armed services begah to| You may deal with diplomatic make a wdiespread use of code] affairs and may rise high in the machines. With these a great confidence of others. The life- many more code systems can be! work will be along hidden lines, employed, and they can befbut with some authority. The changed more frequently. ‘ native is reserved and self-re- Code making and code bredking|liant, with sometimes a hard, is an age-old war between eryp- | grasping nature, astute and sel- tographers and crypto-analysts.|fish, but’ subject to the soften- The former devise the codes, and | ing influence of love. the latter try to break them. Sea American crytoanalysts achiey-j The father of Moses was Am- ed a gigantic victory when they |!ram. broke the Japanese and German codes before the last war. What} public from learning the con- they had done was revealed. in| tent of a message. Some of the the Congressional Pearl Harbor'| most important are one-time jinvestigation in 1945. codes, understood by only a few | After years of arduous: effort! persons and never used but once. they devised a machine which} Practically any code can be decoded messages: that. might} broken, say the experts, if you have lost the war for thé Japan-} have enough time and a large ese. Next to the atomic: Bomb,] enough staff. But it isn’t practi- project it was perhaps the most{ cable when codes are being secret operation of the wat. '“{ changed frequently. Also there With the machine ovrigovern. Fy é-gnly a limited number of ex- ment learned of Japanese prepa fiperts who can be put to work on ations for the attackoh , Peartlany one problem. Harbor and facts about Jap nav 5 fines cryptographic writings, activities which led’ to! our!vie4}.tike: those of Roger Bacon, thir- tories in the Coral Sea ant at} teenth century philosopher, have Midway. It directed,U. 8. sqbs}never been deciphered. in attacks on Jap convoys.. It re] The experts distinguish be- vealed the messages from; ftié} tween code and cipher writings. Japanese Ambassador in Berlin Code writing, strictly speaking, is sometimes telling what Hitler} based on handbooks containing had said of his war plans. words or letter groupings which ‘The Japanese didn’t change} have hidden meanings. Ciphers their code all during the war. It] are devices by which hidden would have been difficult fot} meanings are expressed in a them to do so because of the} plain text or a meaningless Jum- | complexity of their language. ble of letters or figures. Whatever might have been The machines now in use—of learned of the American codes} which scores have been patented through the Chambers documents}—are based on both would have benefited a foreign}Like calculating machines, power only for a limited time,}do the job quicker and more ac- since even then we changed our|curately than people could do code systems at intervals. with pencil and paper. Infinite precautions, moreover, books—bound in lead so are taken to keep code, code secret. A first crac ere: that they can be thrown over- to let a copy of the code ygegsage} board in case a ship is captured be attached to or identifi with} or ‘sunk. Armies in the field pre- the same message decoded. For} fer ciphers, since the key is in highly secret messages} ¢odejthe operator’s mind and cannot is as complex as possibl juir- } fall into the enemy's hands. High- ing the solution of a whole series}er headquarters, however of ciphers or codes before the|{code books or machines. message can be read in the clear. the most carefully scfeenéd of{marily because code words save jany. And a great effort is made} space and money in wire and ra- | to keep the personnel turnover asjdio transmission. Most of them! low as possible. The staff is,wellf are based on code books in gen- paid and well cared for. eral circulation. Some companies, A large number of systerfis arefhowever, have cryptographers employed. Some are simple,jdevise special codes for them. when the intention is only to}They pay as much as $100,000 for temporarily prevent shg geperal one code system, ; jolt when they learned that decoded messages had been taken} troduced to me as Henri Barone. from the State Department files in 1937 and 1938 for delivery to] 4; | The Navy makes wide use of | use | l Code messages are also widely Personnel in code room arejused in finance and trade, pri- | kus, and the other fellow was in- Frankly, the situation was get- ing under my skin, I mean, hadn’t expected Goldielocks to have company in her lap, Then, suddenly, I thought I had it. No doubt Pdrkus and Barone had dropped in between Goldielock’s phone call to Paula’s and my ar- - FODAY’S ANNIVERSARIES (Know America) 1735—Paul ‘Revere, Boston pa- triot, masterssilversmith, whose foundry played a large part in the country’s industrial develop- ment, born in Boston. Died May 10, 1818: § 1745—Anthony Wayne, tannery | owner; popular, daring. Gen. “Mad” Anthony of Revolutionary fame,:bopn Waynesboro,.Pa, Died Dec. 15, 1796. 1800— Constantin Hering,! Philadelphia : founder .of homo- | pathic schools and colleges, born in Germany. Died July 23, 1880. 1830—Paul . Hamilton, famed} Southern poet, Courageous soul! {in. bitterness and defeat, born in| Charleston, S. C. Died July 6, 1886. } 1867—Lew Fields, comedian, member of the famous team of ; Weber and Fields, born in New} York. Died July 20, 1941. F If the meat to be pan-broiled is | very fatty, pour off the fat as it! accumulates. i GARAGE | ee 1ST AND 2° LEVEL AP Newstfeatures THIS HOUSE is planned for people who do not like to climb stairs. There is not a full flight of stairs in it. Each lev- el is half a flight up, with garage half a flight down from kitchen, and basement half a flight down from garage. This Split Level Plan 797 can be used on either a sloping or flat pive. It aii f.2: 2 basement garage without too much ex- cavation. The house has an area of 1,060 square feet and the compact arrangement of the rooms gotis, 968 Stuyvesant Avenue, Union, N, J., are t he architects, yet for my money. Goldielocks’ comment. “But you I] would better understand if you knew Maurice as I do, As Zara and Andy do too.” me about him, anyway?” BHOMES FO surd to even think of Maurice as) dead.” I skipped that. The little guy, Cardeur, was certainly becoming quite a gold mine for me. A total of fifteen hundred in cash so far from two guys to find him, Dead or alive! (Te be continced) “It was very silly,” he echoed “Why would you want to see “Monsieur, is not finding people your business, yes?” 75 MILLIONS OF PASSENGER MILES (FEDERATION FOR RALLINAY & PROGRESS. FIGURES), BILLIONS OF 5 PASSENGER MILES. AMERICA i cl sa” rene sities gaa es t or economy of construction. McMurray & Chir. if