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

4 ae against giving voug te apttes pes from home, «& imme present in the form of a tpt The Ker West THE ORACLE eo eenanae ll A TTT | poeBALL POST-MORTEM eemng feathall season finds the me ever the record books to &o Series players, netional my. ee aot qwecuitte on what <9 Seepreed bad Oblahoma Us & et & te often forgotten Prime pete and winged © chee feethal) and perpores of Sretitee f which the game sup. © & Pett cet premimabiy oe meant Pheagh eviticiom of the «port a temeriatem and almost —eeties of players will * tame te thelr feet in vecif | Ree fer pears given rine to toe RR mach avid on both + Bere: Serer of the apponents bat re 490 ae : a> ttadtets of tearn. Proponents contend Ghat te cor nm the atu. ' @ s«hools ha ter enrvliments for educational expar © s TOR ALIEATION OF MEDICINE are 146.000 members of the arye number of # a“ days ago. 7 f the gathering was to stage ee the Trueman Adminis. a. the davtors was voiced fe thew assoclation when Ss We cannot compremine on femetta!l principles of freedom mevirine and for the Amer Were het out fer any com- the stand taken by the he Truman plan to social- : in opposed by = ame of ‘the eoudtey. Ig short the writ that they ate dolng to keep ns te ~ the “Gectoring” in every ° ted States eee * « goed iden of some Ameri- =) fy the principles upon which ment founded 4S JOHNSON’S ECONOMY WISE? Military expenditures for the current fiscal year will be kept down to $13,000,- 000,000, or $1,500,000,000 less than the figure used Jast month by President Tru- man, according to Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, who attributes this result to economies he has put into effect. We thoroughly approve a Roller economy tion with our prepared- pears: by reference to Previous years, it is apparent that. our military expenditures are somewhat otit of line. The erononties to which Mr. John- son refers have been put into effect, he as- ferts, in a way notto impair the strength of the American military establishment but, on the contrary, to actually increase it. If this is the fact, Mr. Johnson deserv- es the applause of the American people. Nevertheless, one should not judge the service of a Secretary of Defense entire- ly by the amount of money he is able to save. This is an easy process. All that the Secretary of Defense has todo, as Mr. Johnson has done, is to tell the heads of the three services that they must cut down expenses by so many millions of dollars, Obviously, while the military experts Mey want $15,000,000,000, they can oper- ate on $12,000,000,000 or even $8,000,000,- 000. The question that arises, however, is what will they have for the lesser sum and how does it match the possible heeds of this country in the event of war. This is the $64 question in connection hattignal defense. Up to the present time, the military experts of the three armed services are not in agreement as to the wisdom of the strategy now being ram- med through by the civilian head of the na- tion's defense. The answer to the question, which can come only from thoroughly trained and competent military experts, will have to be had before we will know whether the economies effected by Mr. Johnson are wise or foolish. WAR MINES ENDANGER SHIPS The use of submarine mines in time of war means that stray mines will menace ships_for years to follow. More than fotir years after the end of World War II, these aléVices of destruction torment sea- on and blow up ships. During recent weeks, two sinkings scurred from mines, one in the North ‘inthe Irish Sea. There where the mines & The participants in the war “pwards of half a million mines in the waters eff the western coast of Europe and more than 100,000 in the Mediteran- ean. In the Far East, the Japanese are estimated to have psed more than 35,000 mines. immediately after the cessation of hostilities, the nations began the work of sweeping up the mines. In European waters, the work was supervised by the British, using German and Italian sweep- ers. Out of some 600 vessels employed, seventeen were blown up. In.the Orient, mines were removed by Japanese per- sonnel ander American supervision. Expefts realize that all mines have not been found and that every stor mean tear loose Some mines from their weakened moorings. Japanese mines have been known te drift across the Pacific and to wash ashore on the coast of Oregon and Washington. On the Atlantic coast, mines make an infrequent appearance and one, n recent months, was found to be of World War I vintage. While the danger to ships is on the wane, records show that up- wards of 300 ships been sunk ow damaged by stray mines since the end of World War II have have CAN TAKE CARE OF ISMS The American method of disposing of other “isms” is to permit free speech, free debateyyample discussion and to provide, through American methods, every oppor- tunity for“advocates of various “isms” to state their cases. This, comparison between what we have in the United States and what exists in other lands is the best argument against so-called “subversive activities.” It is not Americanism to combat these “menaces” by the use of repressive measures, copied fram totalitarian states. The Atiericiin who is fearful that a few talkers will be able to persuade the people of this country to adopt alien ideals has very little confidence in American in- stitutions and even less in the sense, sta- bility and character of the average Amer- ican Ectiador, India and Yugoslavia have beén General Assembly to occupy the sedts om thé Sect be vacated next January by tina, Canada ‘The representatives of the three countries elected Homero Viteri-Lafronte, of Ecuadér; Béntgal Ni ja Rau, India, and Dr, Edvard Kardelj, Forelin — Regusla MR. SANTA claus Augusta Billings Birmingham — Bismark _. Boston Buffalo. . Charleston ... Chicago _.. Corpus Christi Denver Detroit El Paso Ft. Worth Galvecton Jacksonville _ Karisas City - KEY WEST Key West Airport _ Los sr * Louisville - (®) Wirephoto DAN VINSON (above) of Okla. homa City makes it his business to see that children of prison inmates get Christmas gifts. With the aid of 4,000 voluntéérs under his direction, toys are made and sent to youngsters in the United States, Mexico and Canada whose parents are im- prisoned. Oklahoma City a Omaha .. - Pensacola Pittsburgh Roanoke San Antonio —... Sen Francisco - Seattle 0.2. ‘Tallshassee . Tampa (Continued trou Pagé One) ‘pulled the sume stunt, only at a reads | that time he killed the President Bi} of Syria. H pants \ There are ‘age explanations as to what this latest revolt in Wrrite’on ne ue Syria is about. The one from the aly. 6 , Army crowd which staged the “uprising, is that the general had been plotting with some foreign spies against the present goverri- ‘ment of Premier -Hasem Bey At- the editor reserv delete any items letters and will be published au lean requested otherwise, PRAISES CITIZEN, CITY Editor, The Citizen: Tat Sincere thanks for your gehe- On the other hand, the explan- rosity and kindness. Your splen-' ation in Cairo is that the friends did publication is known through- and supporters of Zayim, the out the world, for I per- president- who was killed sore sonally have sent reprints from months dgo, were getting revenge it to n y seven thousand fri- against the geiiéral, and at the ends e where, in these glor- same time gettiig power for ious United States, Canada, theriselves. F abr John D; Biggtrs; head of the There exists in this enchanted Libbey-Owehs-Ford Glass. Co., City of ever blooming flowers, Toledo, a bert ih St. in riotous colors and lavish abun- yeats apo. dance; an under-current of de- ception and subterfuge that shall eventually destroy those respon- nce and other countries uis, sible for sa I recall a man named Hit who once thought the world must bow to his will, His is an empty chair and all that remanis of him is a charred lump of ugly clay. Always this has happened to men of evil who run ar and only consid- er their own 1. ; With Ch just around the corner a pity that MIAMI such a conc titio on could exist on d thi id? ah Faithfully ‘LIAM MEYERS, Key West, Fla., 724 Eaton St., Dec. 16, 1949. I | STRAND nti Last Times Today Mi Oh, You Beautiful Doll MARK srt \ > HAVER, 8. echicolor Musical Coming: The Secret Garden | i | | | O'Brien, Brian Roper, i Dean Stockwell, Herbert | | Marshall ag Tae MONROE coor Last Times Todi PEPITA TIMENE with ROSITA DIAZ, RICA MONTALBAN ¥ ts whe ts, RONANO { Spanish Picture | 1 Coming: MILLION DOLLAR i } inaves ae ial - a WEEKEND e Harmend, Francis carrying his cane, accompanied: tend or verity ineonees only by two Secret Service men. Ex 0 scounts . «+ He said “good morning”, a fine, Colculate UF day” several times. His passing re payrolls. ‘ attracted virtually no attention, | Figu ther figut- store i of any as usual Key Westers letting Mr. } ups.- or we Truman walk along in peace. Fs , thet ve Back at the Little White House, | ing jo Subtrectio® the President sat down to break-| Addition. - rien oe — ———____ | ond Multiplics one snag tation Company, Inc. Fast, Dependable sj ae Express Service —between—— Ane Gn POINTS ON FLORIDA KEYS ii Miami and Key West SCHEDULE vite tops En Route) WEST DAILY (EX- JAYS) at 6:00 P. M. Ar- fami at 12:00 o'clock Mid- ve at 12:00 o'clock Mid. artives at Key West at ,,LOCAL SCHEDULE AB re aaa DAILY (ex. iad lariver at Miami at 4:00 FREE and DELIVERY SERVICE ee Pitt Canto mauanet Ice » Eaton ‘rane s. MAIN Saeaee eee & Francis Sts. yatse straightened in the ue die. He was a big man, thin of face and straight of ae br fit. He turned. aweedinh in signal to keep coming. Then he swung jown Cir tie Sate Ree rate He turned to look at the hig herd stilt pushing ap from wire gate. Bart Sharkey. who, had ridden point from the first mile, came up and paused beside him. viewing the bers, the fence, and the coun- Ty with watery blue eyes, He. | sh 00. was thick-coated with the dust of the day. He jerked a thumb comprehensively. . “So this is it, eh, Trib?” is is it, Bart, Some chanses | f sihee I was last hete.” tured toward the fence. inshine, her lips}man, the Corset ae eocing au ine, wie Saas ~b! roses; throws aie weullst have wo go on walt|" But age was oe ae iggy ed L 54 He stopped. pulling his horse up. the othe thers behind him doing had rounded & Sed were coon fem al ee Oe Two of them were cowboys, They rode, the other crew men ment. swinging in’ behind them. silent | Ut re to Valse. The thitd man there was no mistaking It for the most part. weary with y only yes- Md eks of unending vigilance, Was aa it he'd ~~ en him = ‘Valse swung, following the road | feXd8y. instead of five years yee fake Ri hadnt writen ahead total ange | adn’t written ahead to. i. one that he was coming. He’ vd sur fittie sy prise them all, coming home with his herd. ‘Most of all, he reflected, would hé surprise Saralee, If the years had seemed long to him, they thust have been no less so for her. Five years is a long time saat for’ Sha: But it had been memory of' Sardlee that had kept him alive—quite literally, on_one. or two occasions. Saralee! With her, bright halo of honey-colored hair, her smi cognition of anger. red a ti atone ms et sae? Fees eee to ate gD anarite wa hee nae » fae be. ie Myr: Sl ATE ne | tast at 8:10 a. m, eating onty’ guard TRUMAN PARTY grapefruit and toast, with his wes (Continued From Page One) milk, followed by half @ cup of Presiter Ross. told the newspapermen at coffee. ' Thee his daily talk to them. At 10 a. m, he walked out of beset At 7:35 he left for daily the building ‘and a the this t walk. He walked out the Greene | street gate of the Naval Station, | then swung over to Duval street} and thence back to the Station by} way of the Southard street gate.) In all, his trip through the city lasted for 20 minutes. The President strolled along } his Don can do ff FAS T# s.. THE’ WORLD FAMOUS UNDERWOOD SUNDSTRAND KEY WEST DAILY (EXCEPT at 8:00 o'clock DAILY (EXCEPT 00 o'clock A. M. and est at 5:00 o'clock ALLEN’S — 518 DUVAL STREET