The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 17, 1950, Page 2

“PAGE TWO J. ots (he Key West Citizen sal SPEAR op ‘De : = Sree, ‘and Ann Streets ‘)) wnly ly Newspay in Key West and oes Monroe County —————_——————————— “interes at Key West, Plorida, as second class matter | commercial airport can be eee MEMPOR OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exciusively entitled to ese for reproduction of all ness dispatches credited te “or not otherwise cred ins fino the local news published here. aoeeetes 18.00 eo} 1.00 25 iG RATES Application ICE reeaimg, sttieen cards ot thanks, roapiyttons + itwary, notices, ms, ete, W ‘or at the Fate of 10 cents a line. atertaininent by” chutches trom to be derived are 5 cen! line. an open forum and invites dis: @eerion of pubiic issues and subjects of loc 00 deere inte it, but it will not pubiish anony: com memicat “| MPPUVEMENTs FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and - fener MONOGRAPH Dear Citizen Readers: Apropos of the matter concerning of Meacham airfield, The Citizen stated editorially 10 years ago that “Key West was-the first air port of call between it and a foreign country, when the old Aeromarine Company established air communications between this port and Havana. Certainly the first United Stat- es air port should not be the last to have an adequate landing field for commer- cial air liners of government air . ships. Kby West, the city nearest the Panama Canal, should be so provided, and now is the appropriate time.” We got the air- port, had it for a long time, and now we may not have it again. : THE ORACLE ae tt COMPULSORY RETIREMENT Some years ago, when society began tw worry about the fate of worn-out work- ers, the theory was advanced, and some- what widely accepted, that old-age pen- sions would be the solution of this social problem. Se ca a ee cada cone - STEP-UP CONDEMNATION ~ ~ PROCEEDINGS © _ . If Monroe county does not come into possession of Meacham Airfield, the near- est ‘place to Key West where a suitable constructed is 20 miles away, according to Cudjoe Ke, : fg bers of the county information given mem this paver, 454] commission by a representative of the ———— | Civil Aeronautics Administration. Key Westers should bear that report 300 | in mind and rouse themselves into activity to have the county commission press the comdemnation proceedings that have been instituted to acquire Meacham Airfield. The suit was filed against’ the Key me West Realty Company, which sold the field to a Chicago syndicate. The county has available $60,000, which it received from the federal government for the acre- age included in the Naval Airport at Boca Chica, The CAA has agreed to give the county $20,000 to add to the $60,000 in the event that the suit is brought to a suc- cessful conclusion. Two county commissioners, Joe Allen and Gerald Saunders, favor passing a re- solution to press the suit to final decision. All that is necessary to bring that action into play is for another commissioner . to join with Allen and Saunders to put life in- to the court action against the syndicate. Inactivity resulted from promises to make a variety of improvements to the field. The improvements have not yet been + made. Meanwhile, the county’s expenses in maintaining the field is $13,000, less rent receipts of a few thousand dollars. Property owners in Monroe may re- call that they approved bonding the coun- ty to buy 1,000 acres on Boca Chica for an airfield. Today the county would have had one of the best fields in Florida had not the federal government, shortly before the beginning of the second World War, at first rented the acreage to build an air- field for the Navy, with a promise that it would be returned to the county within six months after the war formally had been declared to be over. Instead, the Navy pur- chased the acreage for $60;000. One of two things must be done if Key West is to have an airfield: acquire the Meacham Airfield through condemna- tion, or construct an airfield 20 miles from the city: It should be plain to the county .com- mission that Key Westers prefer to have an airfield’in the city limits to having one on Cudjoe Key. DEATH RATE IN 1948 Only 9.9 deaths were recorded in the United States for each thousand inbahi- tants during 1948, according to a recent report from the National Office of Vital Statistics which says this is the lowest Now, with the old-age security and a death rate recorded for the country. steady extension of industrial pension plans, the sociologists are not quite sure that the desires of all people can be taken eare of by an old-age pension. There are many reports of workers, reaching the sixty-five-year-old _retire- Ment age, who complain bitterly about the assumption that they are unfit to work. It seems that there are people who desire te continue to work. Many men and wo- men, facing difficulty in finding employ- ment because of their age, insist that bus- iness and industry make a serious mistake in stressing age in connection with em- ployment. These unwanetd workers denounce the “prejudice against age” and _asser "What older employes, through the benefit of past experience, can be productive and profitable. They intimate that age and experience a sets which often offset the pep, enthusiasm and exuberance of youth, _ WAR IN THE CARIBBEAN? ey The president of the Dominican Re- lL 7 public recently demanded that his Con- | * gress vote him authority to declare war on : any country that “knowingly tolerates or f= protects” forces hostile to his country. ° «- When the law wa$ passed there were fe protests from the United States and from >» — @diietries throughout the Caribbean area. Wreident Trujillo has frequently accused Cuba, Guatemala, Venezuela and other nations of harboring enemies and plotting attacks upon his regime. The Dominican press, which is not at all free, often pub- Wishes reports of alleged mobilizations de- signed forthe invasion of the republic. Just why the dictator wanted his Con- gressto ‘pass such a Jaw is’ uncertain. Whether it means a possible attack on seme other nation or represents nothing but propaganda to justify heavy expendi- ~tugeator Trujillo's army is not known, Deaths from all causes numbered 1,- 444,337, or about 1,000 less than in 1947, despite an increase in population. The leading cause of death remained the same, with heart disease first and cancer second. The former took off 471,469 victims while the latter claimed 198,042. These and chronic diseases < iated with advanced age accounted for ty-three of each 100 deaths. It is interesting to note that, during 1948, 16,354 persons decided that they had enjoyed life long enough and killed them- selves. By contrast, there were only 8,- 536 persons killed by other people -with homicidal and effective intent to slay. These figures indicate, first, that the health of the people of the nation is im- proving and, second, that heart disease and cancer deserve the studious attention of those who work to save human lif By comparison tuberculosis, long-dread- ed scourge, claimed only 73,833 victims and poliomyelitis 1,895. Incidentally, nephritis caused more deaths than tuber- culosis, the number of its victims being 77,877. TRAVEL IN NATIONAL PARKS Visitors to National parks, national monuments, and other areas administered by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior totalled 31,864,180 in the travel year ended September 30, 1949. In the previous year, 29,608,318 visitors were reported. Some of this travel increase is attri- butable to special programs and exhibits in many areas in observance of the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Department of the Interior and the role played by National Park Service areas in a “century of conservation.” Good news for-this area Everglades National Park. and the BS ewan Chapter.26 ‘A DECISION had been reached. White Bear’s face @ispleasure, but he Shree his shoulders as if to wash his ted of the:matter. » Now! Saralee:jwas’ a ead ressed,- order, her f but her head was held high, eyes ‘steady. Valse eyed anxiously., Apparently she had been subjected to no indignities, . Valse saw her pause for a mo- ment. in sheer amazement, her. eyes widening. sles as she saw chary’s attitude, pa and accepted as an yy the chiefs, underst came into her eyes. And with it a scorn and contempt which was unmistakable. _ Zachary saw it, too, and his own face whitened, so that the paint showed more garish by contrast. The tempo of the war drums faltered for a moment, then went on, and the dancers’ continued. But there was aston- ishment and. bewilderment on. more than one face. This was levi ‘face white “It iow he was] study or meditate by There is a hee cers pen ; temper that will try atience: of friends. except those who can ‘Tuesday and Wednesday — see beneath the crusty exterior. ROUGHSHOD |] moneer, srimtnwe. Add dA sdsAASRSSSSSS ie. OLA! wate | Announcements [= igs St State Democratic Primary,’ AiR t. May 2, 1950 — _ D> tte tintin intel | Tuesday and Wednesday * For State Senator THE BIG FIX * | JAMES BROWN eae stamens JAMES A. PRANKLIN (Re-Election) Two MUGGS ‘ou want te 4 53 | # now ! something unusual, to-say. the} ‘east. q Zachary took a step forward, “Saralee!” he said. 4. 24So this is what Zachary had determined not to be, disturbed by what she — ‘say to him. He had foreseen it her reaction would be, and was; prepared’ for it. “I was adopted into the tribe years ago,” he explained. “It’s a fortunate thing for both of ‘us, now. Two of the tribe have killed in the last twenty-four’ hours. They are dete war. That’s why: they picked you None of it, except his own part. Key West In | Days Gone By | AS TAKEN FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN OF JANUARY 17, 1940 i Spiking all reports to the con- trary, naval officers here ‘today: announced that Key West naval, neutrality patrol was here to stay until the present emergency ends. It was indicated that the station; would remain open even beyond} the “emergency. i + lip ni nk a, ies insects res BLD < ro A verdict in the mysterious, death of the man whose body, was. discovered in the Roosevelt swimming pool, January 8, prob- ably will be handed down this evening by the coroner’s jury named by Peace Justice Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr., it was indicated} today. Application for special con- sideration in the matter of bridge toll as ments from ‘residents living hin the limits of the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District was turned down at a meeting of the District Commis- sioners last night at Marathon. Frederick V. Bowers, one of the most colorful figures of, American song writing, is an-+ nounced as the attraction of the Rotary Club tomorrow noon and of the Lions Club tomorrow even- ing, with both clubs holding their meetings.in the Rainbow Room of La Concha Hotel. By reascn of the tension in Eu- rope and its probable effect in the expansion of the American Navy, Kry West is destined again to become an important naval center with prosperity for the entire community, in the opinion of J. David Stern, publisher of the Philadelphia (Pa.) Record and the Camden (N.J.) Courier and the Camden Post. Two important matters were fully developed and discussed at a gathering yesterday of naval of- ficers and city officials at La Concha Hotel. One was that Rear Admiral W. H. Allen, comman- dant of the naval district embrac- ing Key West, discovered the food and cooking excellent in this ¢ity: development here is really only starting. Today The Citizen says in an editorial -paragraph: rhe ‘ew city council is open- ing the’ dyes, of (the iconoclasts, It is “accomplishing niuch financial- fi Weaiyhe tit: hag @ tri¢k hat. The word “mile” comes from the Latin words mille passum— thousand steps. THMA SUFFERERS FIND CURB DUE TO ASTHMA ATTACKS. RUSHED New hope for relief from asthma pares | ysms is seen today in reports of success with ® palliative formula which acts to relieve catered with Greed "cowphings & ‘ i * wheering asthe ettacks nev ttl of ties relief after using ft. PROMETIN costs $0 bet considering results, this is not ex ry amounts to only a few pennies (Caution—use only as directed.) is sold with strict money-back guarantee bp Central Pharmacy, Cor. White St. @ Truman Ave.—Mall Orders Filled. and the other was that the naval) ° way. What do way? Idont ' thing second- | sre NOW AVAILABLE! Made of Port Oxford Cedar ing on, a tirade which | white-faced, whie an to show | eyes. back into the saddle. juaw,” 2 pony entrance this i way,” he said. “I guess it’s time | wre Be to tiene | Tor us 40. tell. the, chiet a: few 4 ‘things that he doesn’t know about his friend Zachary, eh. Trib?” ato contin pt apes Dome inpwr. See that more we she Skene safe until I return,” he added tothe squaws, “There is tmuch to do now.” Free Estimates—Call 682 PROMPT DELIVERY ee Nae on Sunday, the surveyor said 14 out of 20 listen to the radio, eight out of 20 visit or entertain, eight go for a walk, four putter around in the garden, four visit the pub, two go to the movies, three go to church. Most people do at least two of those things. 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