The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 23, 1949, Page 2

| On Thanksgiving es ngcige ae a thanks - - | will give testimony to Melr Dens® supreme being, interested’in the“ welfare of men and the development ¢ ts. Thanksgiving Day, will, be ol served ASSOCIATED PREMted to | with deep emotion by many believers in m of All news dispatches credtna | God, There will be many others, how- published : jie Who, despite a ecg hin et 00 4 a . suprente being and’ ready acknow!l- ese edretnen of divine’ blessings “will not bother thémselves’ with the special ser- viees heldjin the churchés, of the land. . Among the things for which the peo- 5 ple'‘of this countty showld:be:thankfel is em cards of thanks. Best be | the freedom whith has come to “American Sho entecuainae c's" Ghutenes geo | men, and women, Wé live our lives " un- ee Mick iordu tana invites aia: p der no eotmpulsion but our own willing. Here reeaiey Cdnonymous | ness to attempt to approach the divine «| spirit in relationship withother strug- ‘gling human beings. At the same time, we ate not required by the law of the laid to make any obeisance except that dictated by our eotiseiences, The United States; above all the na- tions on earth, and the Artietican people, apparently above all other livitig graups, have Heed Rens arnt a, saa if @ lenee has & i the affairs of man, there ig o¢easion for Feb Appreciation. and grateful There witl-be-some to return thanks for their WOFldiy~ g60dS,“others for: their sound health and-still-others for the gen- eral good that Had eonle to them in life. The origi jankegiving Day was de- signed to comftiemorate bowntifwl har- vests, whieh assured éafly’ Armeéticans sufficient food for the sustenance of life. The day represents by proclamations of the President and the Governors of the American states; a speeial occasion set aside for a public expression of thanks to Almighty God. lg STATISTICS OF’ AN EMPIRE ter ADVERTISING RATERS |” Known on: PREAL NOTICR . |! i Dear Readers: Te you, our greetings and our best wishes for a pleasant Thanksgiving. Way the blessings that Divine Provi- dence has bestowed upon you give you myieh for which to be thankfal. THE ORACLE Genéral Motors Corporation is one of the largest economic empires in the Unit- ed States. It is owned by 436,000 stock- holders who, this year, will receive a grand total of $858,000,000 in. dividends. The 401,980 employes were’ paid $1,130,- 000,000 during the first nine. months of ‘ Representative Walter H., Judd, of } shi, year. Minnesota, who spent more than.ten years The business of the corporation is ex- te OPina a8 4 medical missionary, thinks } pected to touch $6,000,000,000'” for | the, that the ‘Christian churches, working | year 1949, whith has proved to be. diie of ~ theaueh their individual laymen, have the } the most productive and profitable in ‘its © ReP to world pete. 4 »| history. Intéresting is the fact that the Phere can be no doubt of the power | Du Pont Corporation owns 10,000,000 ‘of of Christianity when it is foreefally ex-| the 44,000,000 shares and thus feeeives “pressed im the life of a sincere believer. | nearly a fourth of tl annual dividend. as, we doubt if Christian lay- The prosperity of the corporation is WW hold the key to world peace so long }exPected to interest union leaders when ae the question of war or peace depends | the present contract expires next spring. “Reet the decision of the leaders of the | What will probably cause mote thought Soviet Union. ‘ on the part of the ufiion leaders than any- __Avet us.consider the part that Christian | thing else is the large salary. scales and laymen con play in connection with the | bonuses of top corporation officials and effort to prevent war between the United | etployes. Charles B. Wilson, President, ‘Piste and Russia. If their attitude. is to | received last year a salary of $166,000, a be he of submissive meckness, including | 48h botitis of $280,026 and a stock bonus af aewillingness to stand up te Russia | of 1,180 shares. Selling today for around in defense of Christian ideals, will the | $125 a share. piseess bring peace cither to the world or A reputable Washington — columnist to the minds of the Christian believers? reports that thirty-one directors reeeived -» elf the process involves, on the other} # combined salary of $1,566,392, and, a determination to intelligently with $2,592,444 in eash boriuses and 10,920 ‘MPevare to defend the ideals of a eligi: | Shares in ‘stock bonuses. Another twenty- ous faith which belongs peculiarly. to the-| Six officers of the company got $1,481,- Wetter world, will that show. of force | 836 in silaty, $2,852,817 in cash bonuses guarantee peace? _} atid 12,010 shares of stock. The number on other fields, however, there is much | of employes-making over: $20,000 a year gained by an example of Christian | is 950. These reeeivéd combined salaries Setitity even if the nation keeps its pow- | Of $15,179,980, cash bonttses of $17,044,- SP Aey for a military emergency. In this | 876 and stoek bonuses of 71,309 shares. tion shop. KEY TO WORLD PEACE troit ning Mr. sell, the ond and last old Key West In Days Gone By AS TAKEN FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN OF NOVEMBER 23, 1933 T. E. Price, co-owner of Trum- , | bo Properties, that the Navy Department -has! not advised him further. regard- ing acceptance of his offers for Trumibo Island property for erec- Key West Zoning Board: held’ pro-tem, John Allan Long, with these Mrs. William R. Warrér today issued a call for all members of local semble tomorrow. afternoon ‘at 2 o'clock at the Library to! start sewing work. Prelimina’ Arthur at a meeting of the Legionnaires Fashion show for the benefit of Division Association will be held in Rain- bow room of La Concha Hotel to- morrow hight at 9:30 o'clock, James Wester, v attendi with ce! Mrs. Paul L. tmhorning for DAviD PEARSON, 99, of Foretton, Mins. this ular plunge of his automobile through prartataas hg rail fo railway fraeks 35 féét below ai Min “so Inc., said’ today of hangars and machine} “Legion,” was a fine seven and a° Naval half footer brought in by a De— that party. wit at the home of + chaitman- in attendance: Earl member's Long, E. P. Winter, Adams, Paul Boysen, Ralph Rus- Joe Pearlman and City At- torney Aquilino Lopez Jr. production committee of the Red Cross chapter to as- in the winter series of balls floor shows to be staged by Legion were discussed night. Street Parent-Teacher Gillette, former Key n the city yestérday 0 business deals and c meeting friend Mesa left conhected \ foriés of all tim ERNEST J. KING, born Nov: | 23, 1878, in Lorain, Ohio, the son of a railroad maste® meéhanic. | Adthital King BosSed Ans foughest “naval war ftom “the dark days following Pearl Harbor }though the summer of 1949 was to one of the greatest. riaval vic- $ He was the first} many home gatdeners in this | giant dredges larger At the Gulf Dock this:-week the | Man to serve simultaneously as} area reported unusually good to- a first sailfish of the season to be; Commander-in-Chief of the Unit- : s : landed by Jackie Key in the’ ed States Fleet arid as Chief of} tributed his success to spring fer 3 Operations. Hé handled ies use ES 4 double-bartelled task» by BIO ee ROP cH ARE Rn, od calaetSe ee 2 | tilization of the ce sega anne matter. which, when * I aided in moisture’ ; j Pair America’s | adhe NORWALK, Conn. — (Py— Al- i et el taken in area Most gt one of the dryest in several years, | banks, Al mato cfops: One small farnier at- two-story Mail the Citiaen te delegating authority to subordin- ates and Academy ih 1901, trusting _ theni. who tried to. run” away to. sea. its organization meeting last eve- When he was only seven, was : : graduated from the U. S.. Naval He fought ‘his first war for Uncle Sam as a mid shipman in thé Spanish Anjieri- ean War. she will spend the weeKerid nessing the homécomirig tions at State University. with her son,.Paul L. Jr., who is at- tending the school. retutn late next week. “Key West One. of the destfoyers assignéd to this port for patrol duty~re- turned to port yesterday noon: This was the Claxton, which arrived at 3:10 o'clock: The Badg- er went out on patrol at 3 o'clock. Today The Citizen says in an editorial paragraph: - merchants are al- most ready for the biggest Christ- mas shopping sé¢ason in years.” ~" + . t= fund: She plans o after. this Gainesville, ' where SAREE of international operations, we in- Our putpose.in calling attention to Cie the unparalleled generosity of the | these figures is not to imply that the di- ited States in extending assistance to | rectors, offieers and employes are not jetims of the last great war. In this | Worth what they receive. It is to point =. might be included some effort {| out that such salafies aiid bonuses léave te Whderstand the mind of the Russian | 89.0pen road to the representatives of the people and to make some allowances for } Workers to demand somewhat liberal t thelr suspicion and distfust 6f other treatment of those who labor in the plants wens of the giant corporation. We should not oveflook the fact that MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM the fevertiment of a free people reflects havo ‘etic the intelligent decision of the voters: Ac: The famous-Leaning Tower of Pisa, in cordingly, every - sincere Christian can | Italy, has listed another. threée-tenths of wive expression to his religion in connec: | an inch in the last twelve years, according na- tion with the privileges that’ bélofig’ +6 | to the scientific tieasuterients. 117 genes Matoe: Some free citizens. By eaticbrted action, they The citéulay © structure ‘Of ‘tharble, |B diady in Advance ‘Combay. ean undoubtedly influence the policies of | completed in 1350, is 179 feet high. It. is oR ee MY thelr country and, in time, no doubt, ‘the | sixteen and one-half feet out of plumb and trend of world affairs, the record téveals that it listed twelve in- idan AEE ches betweén 1829 atid 1910: One reason that reading is such a Mathematical gefiiuses, with a yen to hard task is because so many writers have | solve problems, might begin to cateulate se little to say. how far the Tower will list before it falls > over. Obviolisly, if the procéss continues If all the smart alecs in the world | Jong enough, the sttuctire will hit the Wore buried today, a new crop Would arise | gtotitid. Will some expert figure out the by eanrise tomorrow. year in which it will oecur? —— Your Grocer SELLS That Good STAR * BRAND AMERICAN and CUBAN TRY A POUND TODAY! 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