The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 23, 1949, Page 6

By HASTINGS BAKER ‘ recent elections in New| Jersey are full of contrasts. The ; machine was thrown out Jersey City. In Millville, the; for town commission- | @t included a man under indict-' ment for income tax fraud and) e@nother who conducted his cam- | paign from the state prison. The | tex dodger received the most vetes and the convict ran well of several other candidates, another town, the three Re- publican candidates withdrew on the basis that their three Demo- | erat rivals were better qualified for office. Almost 1,000 Russian girls are married to Americans, Britishers and Frenchmen. Russia has is- sued a decrees forbidding the wo- men to leave Russia. This seemed such an injustice to the people in- volved that the subject recently =" for discussion in the Nations. A Russian dele- defended the decree on the Sieode that it, was orfly to pro- teet the women because only in Russia could they be sure of re- etiving fair treatment. He went om to say that conditions in America are so bad that some women have to sell their babies to Taise money. Mere is a typical opportunity fr us to expose the often ridicu- fous attitudes the Russians take. We might offer to pay the expen- ses of the Russian wives married t» Americans and give them a six months trial stay in the United States. Then if they want to go tack to Russia because of the “terrible” conditions here, we would return them at no expense. We could make the offer in the Usited Nations and broadcast it te Burope on the Voice of Amer- jee. Compared with the billions we are spending in Europe al- teady, this additional expense would be insignificant. It would be well worth the benefits in world public opinion. As it is now the i do a wrong such as this end defend themselves by felling an outrageoue lie about “Then, all too often, the matter there and a surprising num- Of people in the rest of the world think we are in the wrong. When these incidents happen, we should expose them by taking sueh a liberal attitude that we turn the lie back in the face of the Russians and make them the leughing stock of the rest of the world. tt would shock most Americans Wf they realized how many Euro- mans honestly believe that the ii Plan is a sinister and eunsing scheme to trick other countries into being dominated by us. Never before has any eountey tried so hard to help the fest of the ‘world to a better life WFe peoples disillusioned by gen- Srations of power politics and de- colt. it is naturau to feel there Mut be a catch somewhere. The Russians keep pounding their @ery of “dollar diplomacy” anid the idea that we are trping to en- seve Europe Few people, even in this coun- try, have any clear idea of wheth- 4 the E. C. A. funds are loans or is. The fact is that only one of the five billion spent so far is in he form of loans and supposed te be paid back. The other four billion are for free with no string Whatever attached. No one ex- Peets much of the one billion in loans to be paid back. The recent legislation of 5% billion more will probably be all gift. The. ap- Proriation does not require any Of it ip the form of loans. When the people finally begin to realize the truth, and eventu- ally they will, there will be a warmer feeling of friendliness to America and disgust with the Russian fraud. WILL YOU SMILE! Egotist A Welshman who was proud of his bass voice was de- wribing a wonderful dream he'd had. “T was in a mighty choir,” he seid; “5,000 sopranos, 5,000 altos, 4000 tenors—all Singing togeth- er double forte.” ‘It must have been ful,” said the listener wonder- “But what er. “Suddenly stepped the choir to me, said ‘Not quite so the bass, please, Mr. Jones’.” LT. E. BLASER (Continued From Page One) the and, conductor turning loud in Wait Citation, Americar area Campaign Medal, Asiastic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World ‘ar Hl Victory Medal, Navy Oc- eupation Service Medal, and Philippine Liberation Ribbon. Mosul, a city of 100,000 in Iraq, Opposite the site of ancient Ni- neveh SS ee ee Nearly three million Ameri- ans will help sell Savings Bonds im the § Spring “Opportunity Drive.” very | said the dream- | i | | eh We torte ACR ae aN: TORNADO CLOUD IN ACTION NEAR CHADRON. NEBR. OMINOUSLY DARK CLOUDS form a background for an elongated tornado funnel near Chad- ton, Neb., in this unusual picture. The tornado dissipated before touching the earth and there was no reported damage. The tornado Aloud was estimated to have been 10 miles away when picture was made. a i GERMAN RAIL STRIKE AN EAST GERMAN RAILWAY POLICEMAN (center, uniiorm) and three Western zone German railway strikers engage in a slugging match in Charlottenburg railroad station .in Berlin Satur- day. The strike, an anti-Communist movement which saw West Berlin police fighting side by side with strikers against Communists and Sovict-controlled railway police, plunged Berlin into mob warfare and slashed the City’s rail links with the rest of the world. aah WAR VETERANS IN VERMONT DEBTORS’ PRISON. * THESE WORLD WAR II VETERANS, Bernard Smith, Jr. (left) of Fairhaven, Vt., and Ralph J. Fugatt (right) of Springfield, Mass., are in debtors’ prison at Rutland, Vt. And they have no idea when they will be released. In separate cases g:owing out of automobile accidents, a judgment 0$°$2,189.52 was ordered by court against Fugatt, and another of $2,675.96 against Smith. They are held in jail under a Vermont law dating back to the early 1800's, It is known as a “close jail execution” and does not permit bail. The ‘prisoners will not be freed unless they can raise the money to pay the judgments or take pauper’s oaths. Fugatt has been in jail seven weeks and Smith nearly as long. FIRE STRIKES MEN TAL HOSPITAL IN KNOXVILLE LEAPING FLAMES SWEEP THROUGH a dormitory of the Eastern State Hospital for mental patients at Knoxville, Tenn. Firemen are trying to reach the fire with water hose. Eleven pa- tients were reported missing but hospital authorities said none apparently perished in the blaze. Supervisor L. O. Campbell said no bodies were found in the ruins and “we feel certain the pa- tients just wandered off in the confusion.” Damage was estimated by firemen at $200,000. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN bal He was voted in his senior year and EQUIPMENT a A R E s the “Most Likely to Succeed,” 2 | 126 DUVAL ST. PHONE 250 may 15th + October 3159 (@® Witephoto! Mr. Forrestal was working G UATION C * irephovo | bond ‘salesman for Dillon, Re: RAD’ ARDS 3 when the United States veotarea| and GIFTS 21-DAY ROUND TRIPS World War I. He enlisted in the -Tri-Color Ball Bens and Refills- NEW YORK $111.50¢ Navy as a seaman second clasg, Portablé TY it tg (®) Wirephoto via Radio from Berlin irephoto dio, newspapers, outdoor adbertisers makes the U. S. Savings } Program. the most extensive in the world—$44 millions worth im Helio Gomez, son of ‘Mr. and | 1948, MRS. FORRESTAL | 4 Key Westers (Continued From Page One), ting from high school in 1908 at| Graduate From the age’of 16, took a job with The; ° Of ide Matteawan Evening Journal aiid! Univ. Florida later worked for-The Mt. Vernon’ Argus and The Poughkeepsie Mrs. Rogelio Gomez, who gradu- | News Press. Ay ated with an L. L.B. last Septem- “eonquest of England by William In the political campaign. ef ber and was meee hye athe a | of Normandy. occurred in, 1066. 1910, he handled publicity for tie} “9 months ago, will receive a B.f ‘ Dutchess county Democrats and{“» when he graduates frém heal Mail The Citizen to Relatives ane saw Mr. Roosevelt lected to, the , University of Florida on June 5. | ————__——_— * 4 e* Lehin iH begin the practice: of state senate from a predoigineng Sh aes erate x The Battle of Hastings and the Thana. ge Be ‘W after his return home. |} ly Republican balliwick. The? “ Oticr Key‘ Westers who aie Democratic candidates for Con-; members of thy senior class that! gress and the state assembly’ also | will receive diplomas .on June: 5 won. are John Lewis Day, B. S. Bs Ai; «He entered Dartmouth College | Zadok David Harrison, B. C. in 1911, but transferred to Prince- | and John Frederick Rash, B. S. 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