The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 19, 1949, Page 2

over disclosures of activities of men, in and out of office, who were using their infla- contracts, The Quakers are those who were Hy, antitled te | actively engaged in getting their “five per- "piv. and cent” but whose names have net yet been dragged into-the investigation. In an inquity of that scope, every- T= f ‘ment or government contractors will not be caught, but a sufficient number will be ence to get “rake offs” out of government body, who is guilty of mulcting the govern- Chapter 19 driver leaned out and pulled the box forward, and shoved-a letter Barth nee late soamr 2 “Good morning, Mi: rtin,” | a eae natipad ont ere near don't ap out and take am ure 3, lovely MS “Right into town, a fo a lift? added aie Bettis hesitated” a ae gi So she knew! De stepped outside. She’ cards of thanks, resolution: ele, will be ponymous Deas Readers: The Badger game is played by a Gheelete man and woman. The woman iwfee @& innocent victim to her quarters, Wy preerrangement. The so-called hus- end enters the scene and accuses the viet of trifling with his’ wife's affec- tons, Then com@s thd payoff which, of eoutes, proves the trickery. There are vertows phases of this-game, and jeal- ee t@ be the motive. That “jeatoms love” can be appeased by a few dolar THE ORACLE WAR CONTRACTS ete A mere sampling of wartime con- weet, scording to Comptroller-General Liedieey C. Warren, revealed $6,280,000 in fradulent payments and over-payment or Werte of $11,500,000. It should be noted thet Me. Warren says that this was the root of a sampling of wartime contracts. te more than twelve per cent of the m examined, excessive or fradu- is were discovered. ‘Pheame for the situation is placed by the a Pomptrolier-General on the Set- tement Act. 6¢ f944. This authorized con- treeting agencies to settle their terminated eontracts without prior independent audit. Consequentiy, the way was open for offi- ete te extend favors to contractors and te de ina manner that probably pre- vente the Government from recovering eet of the millions lost through fraud or wt beret found out to put 4 stop, fora time at least, to a form of gtaft that: is indirectly taken out of the ayers’ pockets, As testimony has been going on day after day, Major General Harry Vaughan, the President’s military aide, has been looming larger in the picture of the “Five- perectners.*~ While The Citizen is aware that Columnist Drew Pearson has written many things that proved to be false, yet, according to testimony. before the investi- gating committee, some of his charges against Vaughan are turning out to be true. In the eyes of Westbrook Pegler, when he was abusing Pearson for his attacks on Vaughan, the latter was an officer with a clean record. Deep freezers that were given to Vaughan, who proceeded to dis- tribute them among friends, was the first jolt to him. Now Vaughan’s name flares again in the investigation, this time in a “molasses fix.” Pegler for a time. had the laugh on Pearson and Walter Winchell, who had also hopped on Vaughan, but now they are laughing and probably wondering what “arguments” Pegler will advance to try to clear Vaughan of charges in testimony of his aetivities among the ‘“Five-percent” gentry who were growing fat using their influence or supposed influence in Wash- ington official circles. —_— Some politicians have no use for news- papers because they tell the truth. There is nothing like an increased in- come to make a man, or woman, feel like the world is getting better. The world has @ lot of people who are ready to be génerous just as soon as they get a couple of million dollars, This is the time of the year when peo- ple come home from their vacations won- dering why they haven’t enjoyed a rest. aaa SS SET The individual who is excessively con- cerned with the ways of life is just about as silly as the person who is entirely uncon- cerned. (eRe LS aes Have you read any itelligent appraisal of a man in public life in any magazine or newspaper lately? Or, did you like the blurbs? STARTLING, BUT. TRUE Here is a statement that should shock the people of the United States: “We could have shottened the war by at least six months with a saving of. $50 billion, more or less, and hundreds of thousands of American casualties.” Who is it that makes such a startling declaration? None other than Gen. George C. Marshall who, as chief or Staff, planned the prosecution of the war for the United States. How does he house, wae aff the was obviously a large teeny and although she" looked. enna a Stan! could not catch a glimpse of an; other houses or buildings in the ‘ immediate vicinity. It was goin; to prove difficult to get away from the place. At lunch Mrs. Jason remarked that there'd been no mail, “Hasn't been any yet,” her hus- band answered. “Hear the bridge up at the Forks was washed out last night. They only just got a makeshift rigged up, rn be by after a while.” jis words set Derria to think- ing. For the rest of the meal she } heard very little more of the con- versation, as she sat planning her She Watched Jason depart and e wate! ‘ason depart. Stanley head back to the barn. Undoubtedly he intended keep- ig an as on her movements, but this tinte she would fool him. Telling Mrs. Jason she was going to her room, she went half. | the way up the stairs and waited. The sound of rattling dishes re- assured her. The older woman did not suspect anything. Care- fully Derria made her way to door through which she had gone the night before, only to be stopped by the dog. Closing it after her, and keeping the house between her and the barn, she made her way through the trees to the road. She sat down in a hollow, convinced that she could see anyone approaching before he could see her. Keeping an eye on the letterbox at the end of the drive, she waited. She had almost given that the mailman woul when she heard the wheezy cough of an engine. An antiquated Chevrolet pulled up, the words “U. S. Mail” on the door, The hope eome in| was. arm. im; for heaven’s sake let’s get going.” A’ THE outskirts of town, Der- ria stop} i ped him. “Tl get out here, if you don’t h mind. And thanks She was it fag the old car going naa. Opping a passerby to find out where the station wae. Derria hurried alo: @ sha: e out far he tases In all e likelihood they would anticipate her move re | be watching! the to! station. As she came ins’ it, she became doubly cautious. Giving the - waitii room a wide berth, she w: near some crates piled’ against the’ station wall, and let ‘eyes run over people...Suddenly she saw Stanley well down platform on one of the benches. He was iaccespiuoys. while at the same time he could pretty well see the| down the whole length of the station. The elder Jason was not in sight. and Derria concluded he had probably remained in the car where could watch the approaches from the street side. It worried her that she wasn’t sure where he was, but there a nothing she could do about She watched a porter rolling a luggage truck toward her. As he came abreast of where she stood, she spoke to him. “Could you please tell _meé when the train for New York will be in? There will be one, I hope?” she added as an after- thought, PITCHING HORSESHOES By BILLY ROSE Befo' de wo'—World Wo’ II, is frequently polo—the sport of thought. . . . In 1938, while playing No. 2 right eye got in the way of an op came to in the hospital an hour later, he was minus the eye. The following week, in accordance with standard operating procedure, the Army presented him with a handsome glass sub- stitute and reassigned him to command a battery of mimeo- graphs in the post's supply center. When Larry realized he WOuld —————$ $$ rn never again chase a small white ball raound a big green field, he | } became well-night inconsolable and, like so many men who be- come well-nigh inconsolable, he | began to console himself with a! bottle. But, as luck would have it, the Colonel in charge assignment the Army had to offer a West Point graduate was at one of its cavalry posts. Because, where there's cavalry there are bound to be horses, and where there are horses there Which brings me to the story of Lieutenant Larry Baldwin's revenge and, if you'll pardon a frightful pun, his mallets afore- that is—the cushiest peacetime kings and second lieutenants. on his post's polo team, Larry's nent’s mallet, and when he onel. “Furthermore, when I order a man to do a particular job, I ex- pect him to stick to it. Remember, Lieutenant, we are all in the ser- vice of the United States of Am- erica.” Naturally, this kind of talk-talk didn’t set well with Larry and, a teetotaler—not the live-and-let | back to the orb specialist and or- guzzle type, but the other kind— “everybody on the wagon pron- to.” And as for the Colonel's lady, ! well—she was every bit as tight- minded as he. of the post was | determined to get hunk, he went dered a very special kind of eye: smack-dab in the center where ; the eyeball should have been, his , specifications called for an Amer hethery ft ® very unfortunate that while think the United States could have short- ened the war, with a saving of money and meny brave Americans were fighting for thelr country and some of them giving up thetr lives, “business as usual” in this eountry was permitting thousands of con- (actors te pile up exorbitant profits. A ‘hereugh investigation will probably re- veal Profits that will shock the conscience of Me nation, but it is too late for such an tavestigation to do much god. ret the. conclusion of. World War I, the same state of affairs developed. In fact, revelations as ve war profits had much to © with the creation of a strong isolation- tt eentiment in this country. It would be dvably unfortunate if revelations about the reeent war bring about a similar state of public opinion. it won't be long now before the an- ual drives for various charities come slong te remind us to do something for un- fertanate human beings. Historical Notes: The political experts whe did not know that Truman would be lives? In the fall and spring of 1939 the lead- ers of the nation, acutely aware of what was going on in the wofld, begged Con- gress for prompt action to ‘prepare the United States for its own defense. If these requirements had been met, “even toa modest degree,” the General feels that the nation would have been spared much suffering and financia} loss. Today, according to Gen. Marshall, the nation faces a situation that is “almost exactly like 1940-41.” He admits- he is “very fearful of delays’ and questions the advantage of small cuts in connection with the program to assist the western nations of Europe to rearm. If there is anybody who doubts the ac- curacy of what Gen. Marshall says about the similarity of the present threat to peace and that which existed in 1939, let him hunt up a newspaper of the eta when Hitler had Europe by the ears. Read it carefully and, in place of Germany’s militaty power and aggressive actions, eteeted, ean tell you, with certainty, how | consider the record of Soviet Russia in the next presidential race will come out. | Eastern Europe. One morning, when Larry re- | ported for duty after a night of barflying, the Colonel fixed him with a_ ball-bearing eye. “Bald- win,” he said in the tone of voice one usually reserves for a an- tula craw!ing up one’s leg. “You are drunk!” | Larry, who quote prided him- | self on being able to drink like | a gentleman unquote, couldn't | imagine how the Colonel had di- | agnosed his condition until he! groped his way to the men’s room and examined himself in the mir- ror. And there was the answer— ' spattered with ketchup, while; the other was as clear as the cry- | stal it was made of { Well, Baldwin was what you| might call a resourceful man, and! so he went to a glass-eye artist | and ordered two more eyes—one! mildly bloodshot, the other the! color of borscht. And after that, on mornings-after, he saw to it that his false eye matched the! true one, shifting in easy stages} from very bloodshot to medium | bloodshot to clear. | From then on, his cognacingj ‘caused no comment, and the ex- | polo player might have shuttled; for years between martinis and | mimeographs if his hankering for | horseflesh hadn't led him to apply } for an assignment which would get him back in the saddle. “Request denied,” said the Col- ° his good eye looked as it had been { { ican flag fluttering in the breeze. The day of vengeance came a | week later when the Colonel and | his wife held their annual recep- | tion for the junior officers of the post. As the bored lieutenants and captains were mumbling their thanks to theri hostess and filing out, Larry stepped forward, bow- ed, and then straightened up, his | eyes half closed. “Madam,” he said solemnly, “we must never forget that we are all in the the service of the United States of America.” And | with that he popped his right eye | en. A good fifteen minutes later, when the woman was finally | brought to with smelling salts! and much rubbing of the wrist: she told her husband, as best could, about the fluttering flag i Larry’s eye. ... | And that’s the story of Lieuten- ant Baldwin’s revenge. For, to hear the cavalry boys tell it, the Colonel is still wondering wheth- er he’s married to a do-gooder or to a dame who hits the bottle on the sneak. AAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE TRIUMPH COFFEE MILL All Grocers sdbbbAbAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASD “Yes, ma’am, though it only for about five minutes.” H> pulled out a large turnip-sized gold watch and regarded it ostentatiously. “To be exact, at twelve-forty-eight.” “What time is it now?” “Five minutes to twelve. You've got a little while to wait. The waiting room’s right over there.” Derria thanked him and wait- ed until he had moved off. With over half an hour to go. Derria felt that it would be too great a risk to stay where she At any moment one of the Jasons might decide to stroll | around, and run into her. On her way over she nad no- ticed a small bakery and tea room not far from the station: they would be less likely to look there for her. The most ticklish part was ahead of her. There was no way of pens on unseen, so she would have to run the gauntlet. jing that her timing would ve t. The train was not a verv long one: the third to the last coach was about opposite Derria. The Jasons were standing near the last car, and on this fact Der- ria. pinned her hopes. The station platform was al- most empty now: everyone get- ting on was aboard. The con- ductor mounted the step of the Second ‘to last car, his arm mov+ ing upward to signal. Slowly the train began to move. The con- ductor stepped up into the train and prepared to tip up the step. As he drew level with Derria she knew this was the moment. Knowing the risk she ran in ‘try- ing to board a moving train, she sprinted forward. The conductor saw her coming and tried to wave her back. As she paid no attention to him, he leaned out to catch her. Her own momentum and that of the train carried her up the step, practically knocking the ctor down. Straighten- ing herself, she looked out. As she had intended, the Jasons had seen her move to late: already the last car had gotten well past them. The train was rolling al- most at full speed now. It had worked! She’d managed to give them the slip. With a smile, Derria turned to face the angry conductor. (To be continued) TODAY'S | BIRTHDAY By AP Newsfeatures’ TOM (Thomas Terry) CONNAL- LY, born Aug. 19, 1877, on. a small cotton plantation in Mc- Lennan County, Texas. Gradu- ated from Baylor University, he ‘ became a re- porter on the Waco, Texas, “Telephone .’’ With political ‘ambitions, | he was interrupt- TOM C! LL.B to 1910. laration of war many. ate in 1928 and since has been a leader in foreign affairs. MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALAAL Political Announcement against Ger- TAAAAAAALAAAAAAAAAAAAA AL For City Commission ALBERT G. ROBERTS Your Grocer SELLS That Good STAR * BRAND cna cusan COFFEE cmd CUBAN TRY A POUND TODAY STRAND .niisiones Friday and Saturday RED STALLION IN THE ROCKIES with R PRANZ SRAN Friday and Saturday SLAVE SHIP with BANTER apa BE BRERY Coming: Todo Un Caballero Fernando Soler, Maul Carolina Barret, dalio Villareeal | joined with Key West in Lex {ing aganist the ine¥ense “J 1. ee |on the Overseas Highway idges. | —— ——e An Associated Press dispateh | forme fo aad ‘from Warsaw, published iq The | mo | Citizen today, says that a crisis is | Tal* dete imminent in dealing with the | Newer studied law, but. ed by the Span- cum laude, in absentia. He vax elected to the Texas legisla- ture in 1900, served two terms, then was a prosecutor from 1906 Going to Congress in 1917, his first vote was- for dec- He advanced to the Sen-' wt Polish border dispute. (Beginning | ew! of the second World War is near | barn Wee at hand). | e308 ; at County commissioners Inst might of fee err passed a resolution to direct ite | eee? oF attorney to appeal the ruling im | ‘her the federal court in this district, regarding mandamus proceedings ‘brought against the county by ee | Ohio bondholder. | « C. G. Hicks, in charge of th WPA sewing room project im Ke ’ West, informed The Citizen thet | er 11 additions] employes had been | pwn ‘ put to work today. County commissioners last night unanimously favored a pre posal that all Overseas Highway commissioners be residents of | Monroe county. Tom Warren, Jr., left this morn ing for a short visit in Miami Attorney Thomas S. Caro left this morning for Miami to attend to several business matters for clients. j Mrs. Sarah Roberts, who had been visiting in Miami, returned yesterday. Mrs. Joseph Lopez left this morning for Chicago to visit her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Millard Johnson. Today The Citizen says in an editorial paragraph: “Some minds are so open they appear unable to hold anything.” | Checkerboard Feeds Laying Mash - Growing Mash - Scratch Feeds VICTORY 1028 TRUMAN AVENUE Complete Duplication of Lenses ish American War. He enlist- ed and was 20 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE ONNALLY granted an IN THIS COMMUNITY » OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 12 and 2 to 5 P.M. Between Miami and Key Went Phone Mae MIAMI and KEY WEST Also Serving ALL POINTS OF FLOREDA Ere