The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 15, 1949, Page 2

= =F. wel get rich quick nk, resotutions > ete, will be ime D. tm times of prosperity it is wise to of adversity. Remember the pen- @wings backward as well as for- Bight now the fiscal problem of te how long can we finance the without goings broke? THE ORACLE. ANTL TRUST LAWS FOR UNIONS es Thermend Arnold, former official of he Department of Justice, has been an etvocate of trict enforcement of the anti- eet end autimonopoly laws. When he wee i arge of the anti-trust division in We Department of Justice he undertook te seme teeth in enforcement policies @ diviaton Mr. Arnold, now engaged in private Greetiee, concludes that labor anions he ender the federa) anti-trust laws, ~ out that the Supreme Court, in comme, has virtually exempted valete from the operations of the laws eed that. without a change in them, it would be easy for unions and management et tomether and do “the very things witch the anti-trust laws forbid.” The oteervations of Mr. Arnold de- “pve the attention of those who favor stems ae well ax those who dislike them. ® would be @ @angerous thing. as he says, te pete anions to monopolize the labor @Rhent any curbs whatsoever.” tile We we should take cognizance a the effort of a hx sub-committee te tiflate legielation designed to make Se mMenasomem of all unions responsive Wthe rank and file of the membership. _ Phe treatte with most we oewed bd te minds is they Some of the people who get rich quick thew money from people who think HOW BIG 15 IT? ~ What ee would like to Peeendent Treman right in asking ~ 9).400,000,000 tor military aid. A ohete bemeh of Renator: and Representa- Gent beewe either But you are taking When You ack any one if he has feels WfePmation as to whether all @eagh would aep a Russian war Ahewt the only sensible thing we have eet te the papers & bat 9 «mall group of know is how can be ete, Meleding Taft. express the be- wt (hat the danger of cach an amazing oe @ Ameriran money may eventually debt te & vate HD Keewia that will end in —? OBNOXIOUS Recently The Citizen published a story, under a Tampa da » . giving ; certain the attitude of the people of the state toward the imposition of ‘fiew taxes to increase the state's revenue during the next biennium. : - A senator remarked, at the conclusion of the series of hearings, that practically | lav everybody favored the state’s getting more money, but everybody was against his be- ing taxed’to supply the extra funds, : Among the proposals was a sales tax, to which almost everybody objected. It was generally agreed that of all the pro- posed taxation, a levy on sales is the most pernicious, It not only means that the ulti- mate consumer will pay the tax when he buys necessities of life, but it also means that merchants will be subjected to unend- ing bookkeeping in reporting its collec- tions of taxes on multitudinous sales. As Joe Allen, president of Key West Better Business Association, remarked in a story in Saturday’s Citizen, everything a consumer buys will have a “plus” attach- ed to it. That “plus” will entail endless humbug in pooling it every month to send sales tax money tothe state. The “plus” also will appear in advertisments, as is at present the case in paying federal taxes on thousands of different articles of mer- chandise. Fuller Warren, during his campaign for the Democratic nomination for gover- nor, declared repatedly that he was “un- alterably against” a sales tax. The last time he commented on that subject he said he had not changed his attitude. The Citi- zen trusts that he still feels the same way about the obnoxious sales tax. Idle Suggestion: Those who put off everything possible until the last minute often manage to evade considerable work. A SPIDER IN THE PAPER Many years ago Mark Twain was edi- tor of a small-town newspaper. A reader wrote in saying that he had found a spider in his paper, and wanted to know if that was an omen of good or bad luck. Mark Twain answered: “Finding a spider in your newspaper is neither good nor bad luck. The spider was merely looking over our paper to see which merchant was not ‘ad- vertising so he could go to that store, spin his web across the door and lead a life of undisturbed peace ever afterward.” Retailing has come a long way since those days, and the art of advertising has undergone great development. And adver- tising, by stores or any other kind of busi- ness, isa typical outgrowth of the com- petitive system. It is the best possible means of reaching the people who want goods and services, or urging the merits of one brand as against another, and of en- couraging the consumer to goto some particular outlet. That it benefits the con- sumer goes without saying. No storekeeper could long charge an excessive price with competitors offering in print the same or an equivalent product ata lower price. And deceptive advertising always defeats its own purpose. The wise merchant ad- vertises “aggressively, but he bases his story on appeal, not fiction. The growth of the chain system did much to encourage retail advertising. The chains advertised their merits in the search for trade — and the independents did the same thing in order to hold and to expand their own business. This was good for all concerned — consumers, stores, and news- papers. Salesmanship is a driving force in keeping the American economy running. Advertising is the heart of it. Every grief is greater with hunger. Aman who is willing to contribute liberally can be a “power” in almost any organization, ACHESON AND VANDENBERG The Secretary of State is doing his mightiest to convince Congress to vote $1, 450,000,000 for an arms-aid program-to our war chums abroad. Senator Vandenberg of Michigan is leading the drive in Congress to cut the program to a limited size and scope. He and Acheson are waging a tough battle, | and there seems no likelihood that these political giants will compromise. Chances are that Congress will go the limit, and dish out all the big money-in one, or more, shiploads, yr the arrival of the police ea rvs was b. the ic. Men were. at all the exits and were. back those who attempted to “What's this all about?” Lieu- tenant Fletcher of Homicide ad- ed a worried Lui “Some- one that there’ shooting.” “Tl take you to Mr. Holway. is carried Mi Lynn to her ressing room,” the other replied, leading the way. Without further comment they followed him toward the ing rooms at the back of the clu! Meanwhile, the club patrons were being lined up while their names and addresses were written down, by a sergeant. Holway met them at the door of Cherry’s room, his features de- void of expression. He acted like a man in a trance. “She's in here.” He st back into the room. pees nothing anybody can do — she’s dea ere was a heavy finality about the words, The detective walked over to- : ward the couch where | . “Better examiner, an the cameras.” im. A the, latter off, im. As the r went Fletcher looked at Holway. “You carried her in here?* “Yes. At first I thought she was alive, but she must have been w! I picked her up,” “Where'd it happen?” “She was in the middle of her number. She fell at the the dance floor. I’d been re. one t a ae mentioned she wae trald of ehy- right?” 4 eyes the other “Did you ever to think, Mr. beck i ere pt have enemies who’ at ou through her?” = = “T nev it about it t way.” Holway “answered phone lessly. “I can’ who would have rei although T grant you te what happened. Hol asked ts ed. t way as Flete | report. Meanwhile, 1 guess 7 5 soe: PAD EAE OP So one has come forward who to having heard or seen anything that will give us a clue. _ misunderstand It's ‘a routine elimination ot al al ibilities, I - stand that M Holway was with for some time this evening before the shooting—is that sent a waiter over to young lad. short while bers, Mrs. was with him. For a between her num- them, I believe.” “And this matter you wished to discuss?” Fletcher pirsued. “Purely a business proposition Holway 1s trying to interest me in.’ “I see. What happened then?” “The lights were dimmed,” the senator continued, “and Mrs. Hol- way began to sing. Neither of us paid much attention unti] tne music stopped .. . and you know ie time she jan to sing?” e! at__clears at Thanks up. very much. You're free Rented tee wns ai unt yy \- rected hi aleaes office. “Did you find out an: ing?” 1 “Not set Fires aes have a compare notes on all the miscel- Janeous information we've got, and see the medical examin won’t have any trouble getting in touch with you?” screamed. I couldn’t see what had happened and I started to my way through the crowd. I saw her. My God, Liew why would anyone do this? HORSESHOES By BILLY ROSE Back in the days when I was earning my matjes and maca-, roons by rhyming “orange juice” with “foreign juice,” I once sat up all night with a melody writer, working on a ditty called “How Can I Live In Russia when My Heart’s*in Tennessee?” | When we finally called it a day. it was day, and as we emerged from the Tin Pan Alleycat’'s apartment on West 44th Street, he invited me to have breakfast with him at The Lambs club across the street. The Lambs, as you know, is the Union League and Sigma Chi of show business, and anybody who puts in an appearance before noon is apt to be examined for holes in the head, but when we got to the dining room, a snowy-templed old gent was already finishing his breakfast. As the waiter went to the KitCh- 2@—— ren en for our grapefruit, I saw the old boy furtively up-end the su-! gar bowl and dump the cubes into | his tie and left. { “Did you see what I think I} just saw?” I asked the melody writer. “I did,” said my friend. “and if! you don’t mind listening to al story this early in the mornng . .” | ; Around the turn and twist of { the Century, the man who had; stolen the sugar was the most popular musical comedy star on; Broadway—a Handsome Harry: whose high tenor voice was a! mating call to thousands of flut- tery matrons. For years, his take- home pay was almost a thousand a week, but the performer never let it go to his head or wallet.! “Banks fail and mattresses burn,” was the way he explained it. “The | best thing to do with the stuff is get rid of it.” And get rid of it he did. He} bought everything he took a fan- cy to, and -what he couldn't} spend he gave away—according | to old-timers, there was hardly a| guy in show business who, at one; time or another, hadn't touched | him for a fin and gone away with a sawbuc But then came the day no mat- inee ido] believes is on the calen- dar—the unhold day when wrink- les show up and jobs don’t. And; since the Idol, at the time, didn’t have two bits to his famous name, it looked like the end of the line} and no trolley car back. Fortunately for him, however, TODAY’S ANNIVERSARIES (Know America) 1754—Benjamin Hawkins, who left a wealthy home at President Washington’s request to live | among Creek Indians as Indian} agent, U. S. Senator from North Carolna, born in Warren Co., N.| C. Died June 6, 1818 1761—-Edward Preble, noted na- val officer, commodore-hero of the war of Tripoli, born in Port-} land, Maine. Died Aug. 25, 1807. 1796—John Torrey, famous New York botanist and chemist. his pocket. Then he straightened jformal little slush fund for just .| Moment you hear anything?” he was a member of the Lambs, and for years this excellent or- ganization has maintained an in- such emergencies. The custodian | of the fund sent for him and told him not to worry, that his rent and eats would be taken care of, and that he’d get enough pocket ; money to keep him in cigarettes and Variety. } One morning, though, a few} weeks later, the manager of the | club’s dining room saw the old cator do a funny thing—empty | the sugar bowl. Intrigued, he de- cided to follow him and see what | he did with the sweets. In front of the Hotel Claridge, the manager saw the ex-star am- ble up to a policeman’s horse, pat its schnozz and hand it several lumps of sugar. Then he continu- | ed down Brodaway to the Empire Theatre and went through the; some routine with a hayburner hitched to an ice wagon. And when the manager decided he had seen enough, the old boy was playing Mr. Bountiful for a milk- man’s swayback in front of the New Am pam... “It's a touching story,” I said “Broke as he is, the oldtimer is still walking down Broadway giv- ing things away—still running | true to form “That's the way the Lambs fig- | re it, id the melody writer, ' ‘and we certainly aren't going to | stop him. After all, there are too} many of us who have tasted his | sugar ourselves.” : | author, born in New York. Died | March 10, 1875. | 1855—Walter Hines Page, no- | ted New York magazine editor, author and diplomat of his day, born in Cary, N. C. Died Dec. 2: 1918. i 1875—Robert A. (“Bob”) Bart-| lett, famous Arctic explorer, ro- mantic figure, born in Brigus,} Newfoundland. Died in New York, April 29, 1946. Primitive manufacturer of iron from ore is believed to have be- gun in some nations well before 1300 B. C. |ed London's West End with “Love |tionary hero, arrives in New York from France for a_trium- phal tour of the country — re- “No. Pl either here or at my home. And. Lieutenant,” as the other was about to go out ‘the door, “you'll let me know the Fletcher nodded, smiled closed the door. penrane (To be continued) TODAY'S BIRTHDAY By AP WENDY HILLER, born Aug. 15, 1912, at Bramhall, Chesshire, England. This actress, whom Shaw chose for the part of Joan of Are in his “Saint Joan,” was fondness for the drama, and particularly for Sir James Bar- rie’s plays, was, shown in the naming of her children. Wen- dy started act- ing in chil- dren’s plays at : Winceby House WENDY HILLER School, B ex - hill. At 18 she joined the Man- chester Repertory Co. She crash- on the dole,” in which she capti- vated Shaw. Gabriel Pascal cast her in the ion” film that won lywood Academy Award in 1937. Since then shi has appeared in “Major Barbara, “The Cradle Song,” among other hits. TODAY IN HISTORY (Know America) 1790—John Carroll of more consecrated the first Roman Catholic England. 1812—The pioneer white set- tlers of Chicago, evacuating Fort Dearborn in War of 1812, am- bushed and slain by Indians. 1824—Gen. Lafayette, Revolu- Balti- country's bishop, in ceives a reception seldom equaled | since. 1842— John C. Fremont cends Fremont Peak in the Rock- ies is first of his historic ex- ploring expeditions to the West. 1870—The Kansas Pacific Rail- road completed to Denver. 4—The P. a Canal opens lly to commerce. as- off 1918—The 28th U.S. Infantry lands i ia. 1934—The American Liberty Li ncorporated. 1935—Will Rogers and Wiley} Post die in Alaska plane crash. 1944—U. S. forces shifted from | rthern Italy, ade France. 1945 of occupation in} Germany igned to the victors. | onal Maritime Union i p begins. Mail The Citizen to Relatives | N | eR AAAAAAAAADDADAAALAA STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE | TRIUMPH COFFEE MILL at All Grocers and boys it s@ems to should “4 a a is table them try with a note. There was a matter f; your current friemeds. j I wanted to discuss with him. A jc enue excuse foc , Holway also joined tfault if you fall for tricks twice. Dear Louisa:- Iam a girl of 14 years I went your opinion about « problem mine. My parents aren't old but they seem old-fashioned about mixing together and having a good time! I may e tee : a = young to date ven left you from |don’t you think it’s okay for me © to date once or twice on 8 week oe end. I'll be 15 in October T tell my mother she had « good time when she wes # @ and yet she hardly wants look at a boy. It sounds silly when the bey being jthe first time but it is your ewe LOUBA. regularty. ee oe vous mesthe the om but met TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS | ™ (Know America) * Ethel Barrymore, tress, born in Philadeipye, 1 years ago. 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