The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 3, 1949, Page 2

PAGE TWO he Key West Citizen lished Dally Except Sunday, by LP AW EMAN, Own and. Publisher N D. ARTMAN, Business Manager RORMAS om ‘Te a Building ae ar + if Pa) Corner Greene @nd Ann. Stree! $ ily, Newspaper ih Key West and (aly, Dall¥s NiGnroe County r aricrea at Key West, Florida, as second class matter ASSOCIATED’ PRESS is exclusively, entities y repruductign ,of,all news dispatches cre wath’ gr not otherwise eradited in this paper, and wihp, tf ical news published here, SUBSCRIPTION RATES MEMBER OF THE The Associated Press iuree Mont! Une Month \weey iy ADVERTISING RATES Made Known on Application SPECIAL NOTICE +All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions ft. respect, obituary notices, poems, ete. will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents’a line, Notices for entertainment by churches from which a revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a + ashe Citizen ts an opeh forum and Invi cuse.on of public issues and subjects of loca) or wenerul tuterest, but it will not publish anonymous comaunications. YMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments, Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County ana City Governments. Community Auditorium. MONOGRAPH Dear Readers: Political crooks get away with their misdeeds because respectable people dislike the unpleasant notoriety con- comitant to the accusations. THE ORACLE ————— —$—$—$—$—$———— PHILOSOPHY OF DISBELIEF The forty-fifth anniversary of the first flight by the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, was observed throughout the nation, with the Smith- sonian Institution in Washington formally accepting the famous plane which has been returned to this country after stay- ing in England for twenty years. At the time of the Wright experi- ments nobody expected that the contrap- tion would fly and when the news of the finst flight got into newspaper offices, the spectacular story was dishelieved. One reporter, who almost witnessed the. iftitial flight, was Ora L. Jones, who admits that his assignment wasto “poke fun at the thing.” “Mr. Jones, who now lives in Florida, recal|s that the last story he wrote on the assignment ended this way: “If the Good Lord wanted us tofly, he would have given us wings in the first place.” We call attention to the philosophy expressed by Mr. Jones because it has been the stock argument advanced by mil- lions of people throughout hundreds of years. Practically every new device, form of ‘treatment or bit of revolutionary infor- mation has been treated by the skeptics with the same philosophy, which has, no doubt, done the world considerable harm. Mr. Jones is refreshing in his frank disbMlief of forty-five years ago. This is rather unusual. As a rule, men like to re- call the times they were right without ad- mitting that they were, upon an equal number of occasions, emphatically wrong. FRENCH ATOMIC EXPERIMENTS ‘The French Atomie Energy Commis- sion reports that self-sufficient atomic energy pile has gone into operation and » has placed the Republic ina position to bargain for atomic raw materials along with the United States and the British Empire. Professor Frederic Joliot-Curie, head of the Commission, says it is not a question of military’ secrets but of competitive commercial secrets. He thinks that the Frenth will be able to use asa_ bargaining weapon the process through which the nation’s physicists were able to produce a self-sustaining pile ata bargain base- ment price of three billion frances which is microscopic as compared with Ameri- ean and British appropriations for similar efforts. ,.The Professor points out, ina press conference, that, so fat as he is concerned, France is not interested in the production of atomic bombs but that research was devoted to the production of radio-active isotopes for medical, biological and in- dustrial purposes and for eventual har- nessing of atomie energy asa source of heat and electrical power. The man who doesn’t want to hear an intelligent discussion of current issues knows his mental] limitations, UP TO ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS Resentment of residents have reached the stage of exasperation over the many burglaries that have been committed recently in Key West, with only one ap- prehension. Even a 500-pound safe was_ stolen from a store, and the burglars are still at large. Naturally, the question asked. is, what are the police doing, what is‘the sheriff and his force doing? : A large taxpayer, one of whose busi- nesses was burglarized, remarked to, The Citizen that the city is on tiptoe#te find other sources of revenue it may. tax, and added that municipal officials could well employ a little of their taxing activity to give police protection to the residents who pay those taxes, As to the police, The Citizen on De- cember 30 published a special dispatch from New York, giving police department statistics from 887 cities in the United States. Those statistics, gathered by the International City Managers’ Association, showed that Key West has fewer police than most other citiesin its population bracket. Key West’s average of policemen is 1.27 for each 1,000 of its population, while the national average for cities of more than 10,000 population is 1.89 for each 1,000 residents. Key West’s police force inthe day- time is sufficiently large but a much larger force at night is needed. The Citizen does not know how large an area of the city is now included ina policeman’s beat at night, but it is evidently too extensive for one man to cover effectively Until the night force is increased, the police and sheriff's forces also should keep a close watch of suspects, particularly be- tween midnight and daybreak. The tax- payers are doing their part, and it is up to law enforcement officers to do their part. An expert says television will kill radio. If quiz programs and_ singing com- mercials don’t do it first, that is. —Louis- ville Times. (MAKING LIFE A SUCCESS Practically every person in Monroe County, whether man or woman, boy or girl regardless of age and circumstances, hopes and intends to make life a success. Stated in general terms, this ambition is common to all of us. It is only when we attempt to define the meaning of “success” that differences of opinion develop for the individual to stop long enough to ponder the question and answer it. The individual, in his or her zeal to be successful, often aceepts a popular defini- tion of the term and, thereby, loses sight of the real goal. One’s success is not to be measured by the wealth accumulated, the worldly honors received or the fickle ac- clamation of so-called public opinion. So, today, when there are so many ideas about success, we suggest that the individual reader analyze his or her con- ception. It should be obvious, we think, that one can be successful only when life is in harmony with our inner convictions. Yet, if our principles be wrong, life must be imperfect. To those who read this article and, particularly, to the young people, we sug- gest the effort to outline definite princi- ples which are considered acceptable guides. Asa start, one might try to dis- cover a definite principle upon which one ean base daily activity andto which one is willing to be loyal under all cireum- stances. This might sound easy but test it for yourself. Every fool knows what ought to be be done; but what is best to be done is known only to the wise. OIL SUPPLY FOR 250 YEARS It’s hard for the average person. to keep up with the predictions concerning the oil supply of the world. Not long ago, the experts were pre- dicting that the United States would be running out of the precious fluid in two or three decades and there were forecasts of possible shortages in the United States this winter. With the people of this country using more oil and gasoline than the world con- sumed before the recent war, it is inter- esting to know that Dr. E. E. Murphree, president of an oi] development company, says that the speed-up in discovery of new oil pools gives us enough under- ground oil to supply the world for an- other 250 years, atA MA ALLS 1 cates ge | * THE KEY WEST CITIZEN BIG BIT E— the bucket from an ore bridge scoops up -ton bites to feed the-blast furnaces in the background at Lorain, Ohio, plant. The mgnu is coke, limestone and red iron ore. A man and wife were in court seeking @ divorce, and the judge, being a Good Samaritan, thought he would see if he could help them settle their’ troubles, rather than break up aj} home. The judge says: “Wh know the truth, and maybe I “Well, judge,” says the husband. All she wants is money, money, money all the time. night I come home she wants money, first fifty, then twenty, then ten. She has me nearly does she do with all this mone give it to her.” The girl I flirted with last week says her boy friend isn’t jealous. But I still claim my ears look cuter sticking out straight, rather than pinned back. * You know I treat my wife like a queen. Every night I rush home from work nearly breaking my neck in the crowds, so I ean un- fasten her from the washing, ma- chine to which I chain her in the morning. * * My girl friend thought she. was a dream. Well, she was more of a daydream. I took one look at that dream and called it 4 day. x Kx girl who became ause she relished friends’ foods instead of ok ok Before marriage she calls him dear and he calls her honey. After marriage she says, “Go ahead and hit me you big brute,” and he says, “Mama, don’t you tempt me. xk kok The man who is_ girl crazy should be avoided by the fair sex. For, if given a chance, that an old maid bec her bo; his ideas. just what he con do, drive a zirl crazy. x *&. * Some fellows have a very good line when courting girls: They appear to ardently seek the girl’s company. Can't get enough of that wonderful life. But once the girl hints about marriage and serious intentions, wow! As for Your Horoscope MONDAY, JANUARY. 3, 1948 —You have a well-balanced na- ture and will show ing out your designs. sensuous, crafty tendency _ that may work toward success, by leading you to act carefully and quietly. Avoid all tendency to anything cruel, for this. grow on you. Work and hard. There is a work The death rate from a century ago was nearly 450 per 100,000 population. "LEGALS NOTICE TO CRE 2 couRT COUNTY, 1 all persons ands against the estate xed, Monroe v of Key West Monroe ¢ prida the offic claims or der ng and con y claim or demand not so filed within the time and in the pr prescribed herein shall be 1 at Key West, Florida, this A. D. 1948. FERN A. RAMSEY, As Executor of the Last Will and Testament of Addah B. Ramsey a @ec.cu HYBRID CORN By Billy McIntyre would | tubercu- ! losis in Massachussetts less than} at is the real trouble? Let me can be of some service to you.” “My wife is a spendthrift. Every crazy wanting money.” “What ry?" “Oh, I don't know. I never ® ardent and enthusiatsic friend, long time no see. w& * ok Chorus girl to a_ stage door Johnnie while drinking a mid- night supper: “Where were you | born?” “Me, I wasn’t born. I was rolled off an assembly line | lin Detroit.’ i xk k i Wifey had just returned from a beauty shop, where she had given the hairdressers the, rush act. If. her permanent had suf- | fered accordingly, she didn’t! seem to realize it. She came home beaming, expecting her husband {| to shower her with compliments. Instead he blinked, looked at her, took off his gla » put them on again, blinked again and said: “Is that hair or are you thatching a roof?” | girl | Ko i With the average soldier, love is like firearms. The more fire he 3 hye bed osgae Wikacmids Chapter 9 Ace the time Barone watched me put the money away like | ites tindybe" Nis snight arm, ‘or | a leg, he had given up. Then he licked’ his lips, “dhd''took ‘out a silver pencil and alittle pad of paper. , aeoe f | “I had better give you. the : Hotel address wHete he was stay- { ing” he said, “It is the <4." i, “The Hotelreén’ on East ) Seventeenth,”’f* cut in: én him. “T_know that: How. about places where ‘he hung out. when be j wasn’t at the hotel? And did he have any lady friends?” I-sensed Goldielocks stiffening at my side, but I was all eyes for Barone. “You know where he was staying?” he asked: sharply. “Why, sure,” I tried to cover | up fast. “The Rankins mentioned | it last_ night. We were talking about DeFoe and Cardeur. I went out with them later.” Neither Barone nor Parkus be- Neved that one, and I was sore at myself for letting the urge to see him jolted get the better of me. “But what about his lady friends, if any?” I went on forc- ing it. “Have you tried them?” “There are none, Monsieur,” Barone said just the way you'd say it if, you were thinking of ten other things, “Maurice was not... what you call... a ladies man. No, it would senseless to cherchez la femme.” “Okay, I won't,” I said solemn- ly. “But what about you? I mean, how do I get in touch with you, | if and when I have something to report?” “I shall also be searching, of course,” he said after a long pause. “So perhaps you will in- form Mademoiselle Zaralis of what you find out, eh? I shall also keep in touch with’ her, That is perfectly agreeable, Zara?” The last was to her, and I know BRITISH LONDON—(4)—British unive part of a government study of national education needs. Like most of Britain’s other current troubles, the shortcom- ihgs of the universities are large- ly attributed to the war. They exist, the committee said, despite! the fact that university incomes! have more thayy; doubled in: the | 12 years covered by the report. Most of the*mohey is provided by the government. Most popular university! courses since the war are inj has the sooner he’ll have the girl in his arms. science and technology, the num- ber of students in these studies} | % : i a | ' i } i Living ROOM i 19°0 x 13'O ! AP Newsfeatures off the hall. The latter is 6x3 THOMES FO ] | BEOROCOM MG xO UNIVERSITIES © ARE OVERCROWDED derstaffed. Their overworked teachers get too little pay. These! are the findings of a committee appointed to report on university} development from 1935 to 1947 asd: plants to grow. 6EOROOM WG x 14°O DESIGN B24. WHAT EVERY WOMAN WANTS—closet space—is featured in this house. In addition to large wardrobes in the bedrooms, there is a coat closet at each entrance, a broom closet and stor- age cabinet in the kitchen, a linen closet and large storage space ft., large enough for storage of such items as sewing machine and golf bags. This plan, B-21, by offers room for a heater. The square feet, and with a 7’ 2" basement ceiling and 8’ 3” first floor ceiling, it has a cubic content of 22,690 cubic feet. _ figur ' \ the Small House Planning Bureau, St. Cloud, Minn., is adapt- | able for basement or slab construction. The cellar stairway space | i house covers an area of 1,084 These | something unspoken wenf along with the look he gave her. The little slick chick nodded, and pressed one knee to mine as she did_it. “But most certainly, Henri!” she exclaimed. “I shall rémain here constantly and pray that good news about Maurice will come so very quickly.” Very pretty, very neat, and very, very fast. I almost won- dered if they'd rehearsed it a couple of times. Anyway, just like that, Andy and Henri had taken their departure, leaving Goldielocks and me all alone on the couch, ay ou know Parrish, don’t you?” : You would have thought I'd smashed a lot of wet leaves into her pretty little face. She jerked back from me, and spilled a lot of her drink on the rug that had set somebody back two thousand thousand dollars worth sort makes a fellow wonder. Parti Jarly a fellow like me who 0 beyond the fourth Bade, hat’s it all about, anyway?” PE: “You do not understand,” murmured, and stopped meet my_eyes. ‘e “You can say that again,” grunted. Then quickly, “Have seen or heard from René DeFog today?” “No, Gerry,” she said, “Andy or Henri mention seei or hearing from him?” T probed “No,” she said. “We_ talked 7 only of how strange for Maurice to disappear. And I told them | you were the private investiga ‘And that perhaps you would help’ ” us. So I phone you.” : “Wron; I said. “You phon Paula Grant.’ “But of course!” she’ exclaimed, and her eyes went wide in sur- prise. “There is no answer at your | apartment, so I call Miss Grant. 7 if a dime. She didn’t seem to notice. I was the object of her attention. As intensely as I had been of her affection half a shake before. “You know Gordon Parrish?” she practically spat at me. ‘A hunch told me it was sud- denly very thin ice, so I looked surprised, and put a lot of hurt into it, too. “Hey, what gives?”I demanded. “Shouldn’t I? Actually, though. I don’t really know him. Met him at that lovely party yesterday. He was the one who was trying to stop Cardeur from climbing all over DeFoe. Why? Something wrong with Parrish?” “He is a swine!” she had enough. left to hiss out. Then, “I am so sorry I get mad, Gerry, sweet. It is not the fault of yours, of course. But if you really knew Gordon Parrish you would call him a swine, also. And think so.” “Look, Goldielocks,” I sudden- ly popped at her. “Deep friend- ship is_a wonderful, wonderful thing. But to go overboard a Perhaps she can tell me where you are. And you are there. So?” Before I could answer the phone bell rang. It was in an- other room. Her bedroom, She looked startled, and then pout. ingly annoyed. When she came back into the room she put one hand on my shoulder. ; “You will not be mad, Gerry?” she practically lisped. “You wi not hate me, no? It is that 1 for get the things completely. I have the appointment for lunch. You will forgive me, sweet Gerry?” _~ When I reached the sidewalk, | my_ head was full of thoughts, and not all of them were pleasant ones. Still thinking, I ambled to the curb and flagged a cab that was curving inward, I opened the door and started to ee him my office address, but I never: fin- ished it. The back of the cab suddenly, fell down on my head, ‘and I went sailing off into world filled with nothing but darkness and silence! 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