The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 17, 1949, Page 2

PAGE TWO THE KEY WEST CITIZEN pee —<$<$<$<$<$__— second clase matter OCLATED PRESS lusively entitled to a ches credited and is paper, hed “re. 1 ec RIPTION KATES ont Truman, \ achington, D. C hoor Mr. President: ’ made certain specifie agree- the Potsdam, h was kept, you say. Yet with the idea again of to Stalin on a u'll get the We Ameri- Russians at g presentative ; Y before nission THE ORACLE AND STILL IS look as though Florida t in taxes, despite the fact Warren is against any feels that he will do ble to avoid hiking taxes, department of the state submitted estimates of the < for operation and main- of the sum alotted for the . reau or t ha Vhet » happening in Tallahassee has Washington also, and what ; e done in Washington can ) Tallahassee—slash and requested amount. That P ' re every time a budget is na city, county, state, : ha been a practice of wk for more than they However, if any cutting Tallahassee, it will not re- eau heads resorting to tactics svred in Washington. Wash- rats, resentful over having ry demands slashed, have off employes who were he operation of the bureaus ther employes who could without adversly af- ° netioning of the bureaus. One he glaring instances of action of the customs Washington that released watchmen in New where as a protest against a n the amount for which And all Washing- to demote the head of the him in the service at most as the and had asked tained Tallahassee, regardless of what snd maintenance expenses has never been as extra- s of taxpayers’ money has been and still is. REFUND TO VETERANS asteres ae me in 1949, the Veterans Ad- pay dividends to those t National Service Life In- estimated that the fund to | range from $1,500,000,- 000,000. — . dw | be made on all policies ‘ terans paid premiums for three ths, including those lapsed or those now in force, policies were effective in Is will cover a period of ind will vary from a everal hundred dollars per ell as ret ' ' det r listribution of dividends to PEACE DEPENDS ON STALIN The views of Premier Stalin, of. Rus- sia, upon world affairs-are important be- cause he happens to control the destinies of a large country which has preponderant military force in two continents. The State Department has had re- sponsible students make a serious study of the words and writings of Stalin, using months of reading, comparing and analyz- ing everything Stalin has said in his years as revolutionist and Communist leader. George Morgan, who made one study, confined himself to .actual statements and comes up with the conclusion that the overwhelming burden of Stalin’s state- ments through the years indicates he is eonvinced that a clash between the Com- munist world, led by Russia, and the non- Communist world, led by the United States, is inevitable. There are times when Stalin has been somewhat in conflict with his preponder- ant viewpoint, but these are explained by the author as statements made for tac- tieal reasons. They are daily contradicted, he points out, by what is taught and preached in the Soviet school as the writ- imgs and sayings of the Premier. The Soviet Premier seems to be con- vineed that the world is divided, with Moscow the “Socialist center” and Wash- ington the “Capitalist center.” He thinks that the two centers will struggle for pos- session of the world economy and that the eontest will decide the fate of Capitalism and Communism. More definitely, -Stalin believes that the United States is the cen- ter around which the. capitalist system will form the final war tothe death be- tween the two systems. The conclusions reached by ‘the American official are not sensational be- cause a majority of Americans have al- ready accepted this viewpoint. Even so, the possibility of peace inthe future con- tinues to exist because the Russian leader may be convinced, by his experience in the future, that sucha waris not only avoidable but unnecessary. If Mr. Stalin cannot reach this conclusion, it is difficult to see any way in which a titantic struggle can be prevented. It should be obvious to all Americans that Premier Stalin, if his viewpoint is correctly reported, will keep a close eye on events, watching a favorable oppor- tunity for decisive action. Naturally, if Stalin regards war as_ inevitable, he ‘will be anxious for Russia to win and _ will, therefore, be tempted to use his military might if convinced that success is to be reasonably expected. This means that division among the Democracies or dis- tress in the United States could become the determining factors in his calculations. The balance that exists. between the war potential of the two centers that Mr. Stalin describes is largely the product of American power. It should not be overlooked that we are separated from Europe and Asia by immense distances and that our military might is: not avail- able for immediate action in any great strength in any area on the two conti- nents. Nevertheless, the Russians know | what the United States accomplished in (First:ot a Fo music roll tucked under his arm, been his lifetime passion. was enhanced by the fact that the Truman family roots were pioneer days. All four of his grandparents moved west from Kentucky in 1842, settling in the fertile farmlands of Grandview, near the site of Kansas City. who.couldn’t understand. his preference for Bach over baséball. Shy! Perhaps his interest in history | planted in the soil of Missouri in| ur-Part Feature) [ARRY. S.: TRUMAN(S boyhood ‘piano lessuns''were battle lessoris) | Publig school, eS too. As he walked down the stzeet in Independence, Mo,,, his, ad he had to counter. the jibes of kids)? 9 | desixes.. Before he had finished high’ Independence High Schoob. Study has; Harry _— . | the physical examination | tilied a 600-acre tract acquired cause of weak eyes. Thereu! | by the family in 1867. For a_ short | parents left the nearby Lamar. there on May 8, | three children. When the Tru-| mans moved to Independence, | time, BY_ROBERT SIDNEY BOWEN AP Newsfeatures Chapter 21 y JELL, I had pulled it out of the thin air and_tossed it right into their faces. So I sat waiting for things to happen, and ‘trying to catch their expressions all at the same time. I caught two of them. Barone’s and Parkus’: Both blanks. I couldn’t catch Goldic- locks’, though. She had buried her face in her hands and was weeping some more. “Herbert Varney?” Barone said, pronouncing the name slowly, to see how it felt coming off his tongue. “Who is this Herbert Var- ney?” = “I don’t know,” I said. “Ever know anybody by that name? Say in France during the war?” “No. No one by that name. But in the-Underground one did not use his correct name. No. I did not know a Herbert Varney.” I looked quickly at Parkus and hoisted an inquiring brow. He shook his head along with his grin. 5 " ‘Not that I recall, Barnes,” he said. “Nobody in my outfit by that name.” And then I looked at weeping Goldielocks. “How about you, Gol . .. Miss Zaralis?” I caught my- self in time. “Do you, or did you, know anybody by that name?” “No, the name I do not know,” she said. “At least I do not think so. But my head! There is such an ache. You must pardon me... it has been so very much. 1...” She let the rest go. Rather, she finished it with a little feeble movement of one hand. Henri Ba- rone was on his feet in’ am instant. “But of course, Za he soothed her, “You must rest. You must have sleep. It-has been such a terrible blow. We will go at once. I will phone you later, Per- haps then you will be feeling a lit- tle better, eh?” “Perhaps, Henri.” She smiled wanly, and gave him her hand. She went on talking, bue I heard hardly any of it. I was too the last war and nobody is better inform- faspinated by the Rery aad i : a and easy performance that was ed than Mr. Stalin himself. It may be betig ented (cut rent Helire! cae that he has no idea of inviting a present test, regardless of any immediate arms superiority. Nor is there occasion to overlook the recent statement of Mr. Winston Church- ill, who asserted that only the possession of the atomic bomb by the United States stops the march of Stalin’s army through- out Europe. The small force of Ameri- can troopsin Germany, for example, is backed not only by the vast potential mil- itary power of this country, inthe form of industries and manpower, but by the most devastating weapon of destruction yet discovered. It may well be that the bomb forces a pause in the development of agressive designs by the Soviet rulers. 1949 will bea good year for those who fight to move ahead. Tolerance does not explain the men- tality of those who insist on going where they are unwelcomed. policy-holders arises from the fact that the Government,. in connection with its in- surance of the lives of its veterans opera- ted without profit. Since battle losses were much smaller than anticipated the surplus funds accumulated, according to a court ruling, belongs to the veterans. The Vet- erans Administration is getting ready to pay it out in proper proportion to the vet- erans, a eyes. I mean, she had linked an arm with Barone, and one with Parkus, and was guiding Ahem to- ward the apartment door. Yes sir! Right to the door and through it, just like I was some other guy SUT TTT LT Key West In Days Gone ‘By AS TAKEN FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN OF JANUARY 17, 1939 So TTT TTI U LLL LLL LLL was thought lost in the ‘airplane races between Miami and Ha- vana, was found today 2! miles off Sombrero lighthouse by crew men on the freighter Liberty Bell. She explained that she had run out of gas and hdd set her plane down in the sea.” The freighter is bringing her to Key West. Henry Haskins, assistant super- intendent of lighthouses in Key West, left this morning on an inspection trip that will take him as far as Palni Beach. * He is‘due to return next Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Crusoe, former residents of Key West, are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Russell at their home on North Beach. Mrs. Harry B. Peaceck and daughter, Miss Isabelle Peacock, of Miami, former residents of An Equadorian girl flyer, who) in another state. Even when it came to me that Barone was go- ing out the door owing me the other thousand for having found Cardeur dead or alive, the reali- zation didn’t seem important at second year of the war. Parrish. was the... what you call, leader of our unit. He was in love with me, but I do not love him at all He try so very hard, but always I refuse. I laugh at_him. The oth- all! ers see me laugh. Parrish... he “What was the idea of that?” Ij is a little like René..He cannot demanded. o stand the laughter. Because of his “Of that?” she echoed, with a little quizzical smile. - “The headache gag, and giving them the rush,” J said evenly. Then quickly, “Did you, or did you not?” She sat up straight, eyes wide. “My sweet Gerry, I think you try to break my heart, no?” she said. “The idea hadn’t occurred to me,” I grunted, and had the faint feeling that I was floundering. face, I think. So he try te have me fall into the hands of the Nazi Gestapo in Paris. Maurice finds bes It is Maurice who saves my life.” “Just a pal,” I said. “But he must have known about you and Cardeur, didn’t he? And maybe you and René, too?” “But yes,” she said simply. “We were all of the Underground. Auer were no secrets such as that.” “What do you mean?” “Look, Goldielocks!” I said, “All these nice things,” she| tight-lipped. “Maybe you folks in said. “Maurice could not give nothing at the Underground thin! all about a couple of Over here we look at it different. We don’t like, killings at all. Not even nice‘ ones. Suppose you think hard and come up with what’s behind it, eh?” If it registered it certainly didn’t. show in her face. “Perhaps if you give me the explanation, Gerry?” mured. As a starter for that I held up my right hand with the thum and_second finger folded. “DeFoe and Cardeur, both dead,” I said. “They didn’t kill these to me. So you think Mau- rite is most jealous of René? He is so jealous that he decides he will kill René. So I find out that Maurice has killed René and that makes me very, very mad? I must punish Maurice because now René cannot pay for all these nice things? He is dead. So I pun- ish Maurice, no? I kill him, too? It is the way you think, yes?” “Exactly the way I think, Goldielocks,” I grinned et her. “But I don’t think I'll call the cops yet. A couple of other things I want to find out first. One of she rhur- them, the Mr, X in this thing.” |each other. Somebody else. Who? “The Mr. X, Gerry? I have an idea. Why? I haven't “Herbert Varney,” I said, and| that idea, yet! Over you? Maybe. watched her. She frowned, had some of her drink, and frowned some more. “Who is this Herbert Varney?” she asked, still holding the frown, a perplexed one. “Did René tell you about him, when you talked at that so very awful party?” I grinned, and couldn't stop it from working up into a chuckle. “It is funny, what I ask?” she wanted to know right a’ “Not much,” I said with of my head. What do you think?” “You are a fool! A fool, do you not see?” “Okay, I'm sorry, Goldielocks,” I said. “After all, it was just a thought. Heels like me get lots of thoughts. You'd be surprised at the kinds. Surry about Car- deur, too. Now you go get that rest. Some night I'll buy you a dinner, and try to get you to for- give. Bye, baby.” But when I was down on the sidewalk, and debating my next move, a question suddenly oc- curred to me. I mean, just why had she given Barone and Par- kus the rush, and kept me there? It certainly ‘hadn't been for the reason you'd be inclined to think, that was a cinch! shake ‘TELL me this, what did Gor- don Parrish ever do to you?” “I will tell you,” she said, and there was no baby doll in that voice. “I will tell you just one of many things, so that you will un- derstand, It was in Paris. The (To be continued) acini Se r Horoscope | TODAY'S You le ANNIVERSARIES | MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1948} !_—Today’s is a natural, rugged (Know America) ‘life. It will prefer the isolation, 1706—Benjamin Franklin, ver- fof a hermit with an opportunity satile American, equally famed or meditate by itself.;as statesman, patriot, author, a certain unevenness of scientist, printer-publisher, and j temper that wiil try the patience inventor, among the great of all of friends, except those who can! born in Boston. Died April 1790. 1771—Charles Brockden Brown, € first American to make e his profession, but un- able to provide properly for his erior. | 1 visiting see beneath the crusty ¢: |Key West, are here friends and relatives. Mrs. George Kantor and Mrs | William Mendell left this morn-' family. pong in Philadelphia. ing for Miami to visit relatives. | Dicd Feb. 22, 1810. | ae ' 1800—Caleb Cushing, famed | George M. Spalding, who had Newbury, Mass. statesman and {been visiting here, left today for scholar, famred diplomat and at- his home in Baltimore. torney-general, born Essex Co., tole Me Died Jan. 2, 1879. | A-son was born this morning 1822—-George Fuller, artist, |to*Mr. and Mrs. Henry Pinder in}, in Decificid, Mass. Died | their home at 710 Caroline sereet. yarch 21, 1884. |'The baby. ‘weighed seven pounds |” 3951 Arthur F. Frost, illustra- and has been named Gary Bert. {4 horn in Philadelphia. Died Bee June 22, 1928 The Board of Public Works, ; which recently bought a_ street VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV sweeper, was informed today | gy RONG ARM BRAND COFFEE that the sweeper is on its way to Key West and. should be here! TRIUMPH ‘some time tonight. | COFFEE rTedeye Treieitieen save inan| aes | editorial paragraph: at “If pride goes before a fall,| All Grocers what a fall Germany is due for'”! saaaaaaaaa. a | yeprotleds i the Independence worked for a year as timekeeper ful ferm life, i construction Always a good student, he had P&%¥_tiding to work on & baa give up plans for a college! education, ome of his chief; quiet, bespectacled since his eighth birthday, ‘the future President's. post horse trader im Jacksem wt 180 te help his grandmother was considered sissified by his classmates, He developed an'early devotion to books. While his friends’ (;.) reverses at abovt the time were racing their horses cross-country, he was reading every volume parry received his diploma from he could find on American history. school at 15, he had ‘gone through about 6,000 books. ccunty.” but had suffered finan- cbtained an appoint-, ing his father as @ partner. | ment to West Point. neat Seed | he rolled up his sleeves and set Harry's | out to earn his keep and help fill farm. to live in! the family larder. He ran errands He was born|and washed windows in a drug/ years later. 1884, the first of | store. He left this job for a better one, as a wrapper of newspapers | was to do in the mail room of the Kansas Four generations of Trumans! Harry was six years old. He was | City Star. When he was 17, he * oe OT BBV Fi hes MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1 —_——— Cy ahs ¥ com- went overseas {fer a railroad car which he pumped himself. His parents moved back to heavy fighting which fom Independence ,4 g: Mibiel and Meuse gonre ocflensive. Captaim Hasry's men wacke manage the farm. By = ted his loyalty. All through now Truman was a bank clerk. earning monia. Two years career he hes supported re ee join- | friends sfeadfastly. On the For 11 ship coming home his dawn and work- took up « collection for « ed until dusk—a work habit he cup to be to him has never lost. | When Marry Truman set “That boy could plow the again on the American sell straightest row of corn in the had tilled and cherished, he county.” his mother years he rose at recalled, | 35 years old. He wes o— * farmer start a new career, ‘He was a farm’ : AP NEWSFEA In Business and Polities) who could do everything there | from farm just a little better than) any else.” (Tomorrow World War I ended his event: | TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS (Know America) Dr. Robert M. Hutchins, chan cellor of the University of Chi cago, born in Brooklyn, N. ¥., 50 years ago. Dr. Alan Chesney, dean of the Johns Hopkins Medical School,’ . born in Baltimare, 61 years ago, | THBOHCK Lieut. 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