The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 25, 1950, Page 2

' e c . a®*rcrere pesne svt u => ao be mies PAGE TWO ‘he Key West Citizen Except Sunday. by Manager Corner me and Ant Streets Unt: i in Ki West and 7 Dally Neonros County TPE TONNY ere entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter eS Se MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS L oa Prenat exclusively, entitled to roan oF wise dite. fn this paper, and Sise the floral news pub! . mel eS, RATES | ‘nown on Application SPECIAL NOTICE rds of thanks, ‘resolations will be by churehes from ott whieh a revenue are 5 cents a line. The Citisen in and invites dis- op issues and subjects of local oF » but it will net publish anonymous cI | EDITORIAL A eater MPPCVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. ‘Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Community Auditorium. eeen Ess ON FLORIDA ASS MONOGRAPH Mr. Joseph Pinder, Key West, Florida. Dear Joe: i Heartiest congratulations on being selected as the outstanding young man of Key West for the year 1949. THE ORACLE a A —— —— MOSCOW'S PROPAGANDA The recognition of Communist China by Great Britain immediately produced demands in the United States that this country reduce its assistance to the Brit- ish because of their failure to do as we do in regard to recognizing the Com- MDGist government in China. The implication behind such demands is that our economic assistance program is intended to require other countries to accept the leadership of the United States in their foreign relations and that, if they da not, we will punish them by withdraw- “Mie the aid. This is exactly what the Russians have been telling everybody in Europe. Stalin and his propagandists have been assert- ing that the Marshall plan was designed to control European nations and to make them subservient to the United States. To “punish” the British for their inde- pendent diplomatic course would be to prove the correctness of the Moscow as- sertion that the real purpose of the re- covery plan is the domination of Eu- rope. The United States has insisted that its @Oiomic recovery plan was, and is, with- hut hidden strings and ulterior motives. The European countries have accepted this declaration at its face value. It has remained for Americans, some in Con- gress, to intimate that our declarations were sham and that, indeed, those who get our help must become our puppets. KILLER HAD PREVIOUS RECORD A drunken gunman recently held up a roadside cafe in Massachusetts, shot to death an investigating police chief and a girl patron and wounded two other: Such incidents happen with alarming larity throughout the country. It is eresting to note that the gunman had eon a mental patient in a hospital in 1942 snd that police said he had a record dat- @ back to 1936. It included breaking ad entering and larceny, assault and battery, speeding and unlawful — posses- yeapons The commission of crimes by those have had previous police records sght to be sufficient to convince most that society should take steps to t itself against those with criminal an individual is definitely hed as a chronic lawbreaker, it is to take action. There is no use to for somebody to killed before ning those with cracked and dan- Once be ss minds. TREND TO WARMER WEATHER? —— Nearly everybody in Monroe Coun- ty has heard an older person assert that the winters are not as cold as they were and most of us have engaged in discus- sions which ranged around the general topic that the climate of Monroe County etting warmer. pe The ofatimers who tell of the old winters of their childhood, have been confronted with assertions that they re- member the severe weather and forget the pleasant days. Some have insisted that houses are better built today, that the peo- ple live indoors more than formerly and that, consequently, what seems like warm- er weather is merely the natural reaction to changed conditions. The expert weatherman, however, is not so sure about the matter and some of them admit that the oldtimers may be right. Just now, there is some amazement iu expert circles over the temperature: above normal that have been experienced in the Eastern part of the United States since March, 1948. Some of them, such as Jerome Namias, head of Extended Fore- cast Section of the U. 8. Weather Bureau, admit that there has been a definite fifty- year trend towards slightly warmer weath- er over many areas of the Northern Hemi- sphere. It is quite possible, as some meteoro- logists believe, that we are in a period of “climatic amelioration’ with tempera- tures moving upward. Nearly everybody realizes that the earth absorbs its heat from the rays of the sun and that there is variation in the absorption due to changes on the sun. Obviously, if, for some reason, the earth retained a greater amount of its absorbed heat than usual, the temperature of the surface would move upward. That something like this has happen- ed is the opinion of G. S. Callendar, an English meteorologist, who says that a slight increase in carbon dioxide in the air tends to prevent “outgoing radiation” of the sun’s heat and that the globe re- tains more heat just like a hothouse ab- sorbs and retains heat from the sun. Whether this is correct, or not, there are other theories, such as the belief that, for some reason, more of the warmer air from the oceans is moving over the con- tinents. Regardless of the decision of the ex- perts, there seems to be no doubt of the abnormally high temperatures since March, 1948. Certainly, in the Eastern part of the United States, there have been higher-than-normal temperatures during the last two winters and the same conditions seems to be obtained so far as the present winter has developed. No one knows whether the trend will continue or not. Mr. Namias says that there has been an abnormal containment of cold polar air over Alas- kan Yukon and Northern Canada. While reports show temperatures far below zero, he explains, “This cold air is pretty present generally trapped by the exceptionally high speed of the prevailing westerly wnids.” He expresses the opinion, how- ever, that the cold air may build up and break through in time to give us some colder weather in the weeks ahead. Ete SE PENS Every once in a while life presents a surprise: some good and some not so good. AIR AND WATER POLLUTION Too much attention cannot be given to steps to prevent the pollution of the air and water of the nation by industry, While there are some commendable ac- complishments against pollution, the general opinion is that control will cost more than industry can spend. We should not overlook the experi- ence of Donora, Pennsylvania, where twen- ty persons lost their lives and 500 became ill in a heavy, poisonous, smoke-laden fog. This should be a warning to Monroe Coun- ty of the possible perils of polluted air. It is a well known ‘practice of indus- try to pollute streams and waterways by using them as a receptacle for the wastes of chemical processes. The extent of the pollution of streams is not always recog- nized. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch says that 875 miles of streams in Missouri have been poisoned and constitute biolog- ical deserts, with fish dead and water un- fit for cattle to drink. Industries often inject into the air fumes, vapors and gases that are objec- tionable even when not absolutely dan- gerous. This practice has reached such an extent that there are many citizens on guard lest the advent of a new industry brings with it disagreeable, dangerous and costly pollution of the air. Fix Bouleva Flagler Avenue Monroe County will have $495,- 500 to spend on road building in the next three years. The stagger- ing figure was made public yes- terday afternoon at a_ special meetifg of the County Commis- sioners. The near half-million dollar construction figure can best be present county read construction figures. The county has spent on an average of $75,000 yearly on roads. It will have available in 1950 over $184,300 for road con- struction alone. Roosevelt Boulevard on the Atlantic side that was heavily damaged by a hurricane of years past will be repaired under the present plans. Monroe County Clerk Earl Ad- ams was instructed to call Al- fonso & Hudgins construction firm on Summerland Key and ask them to meet the County Com- mission relative to cancelling the present contract to repair a por- tion of the boulevard. County Commissioners are also considering the acquisition of Flagler avenue as a state road, and having it repaired under the near half-million dollar construc- tion allotment. This suggestion was quick to bring response from Commission- er Joe Allen. Said Allen: “From now on, we must plan our road building one year in advance. There should be no more building roads from County budgets. We should reduce taxes.” Representative Bernie C..Papy: “It is not the function of the county government to build streets for municipalities. from surplus funds. County is doing a lot that the municipal govern- ment should do. 1 ‘think the county is doing a very ccaperative job.” The $495,500 is estimattd to be derived as follows: $390,900 (7th cent gas tar, 80%). $104,600 (Federal Aid 3econ- dary Roads). 500 To Attend March Meeting Five hundred visitors will pour into Key West when the ‘State Road Department holds its meet- ing here. There are only five members on the state road’depart+ ment, but the vast majority of the others will be interested in the actions of the department. For at that time, thé letting of construction contracté will be an- nounced. These contracts may well run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. - It is possible that at this time, the $75,000 contract togbuild the Perky road on Sug . Key will be let out. This new Perky road will cross the 106 aéfés that the Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management is leasing for homesites. Approve Labrada’s Bond A bond for Deputy Sheriff Gerald Labrada was approved by the County Commission. Labrada was appointed by Sheriff Berlin A. Sawyer. To Contact England A committee of Commissioners, Cl ce Higgs and Joe Allen were appointed to contact Super- visor of Registration, John End- land relative to having England’s office remain open a half-day on Saturda The Commission has been told that many dents are not now able to register, and can only do so on Saturdays. England will only be asked to have his office remain open. He is within the law by closing on Saturdays, as do other offices in the county. The state law allowing closing of county offices was passed at the last session of the Legisla- ture. Refer Request To Beach Committee A request from Rev. Lyle of the Church of God to use the area for two to three weeks in the STRAND consitiones Air Con $$$ Last Times Today SCENE OF THE CRIME with TOM DRAKE Detectives at Work Coming: THE GREAT LOVER Hob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, Ronald Young. Roland Culver MONROE <-oot> re tli Last Times Today THE MAN THEY COULD NOT HANG with RORIS KARLOFF and Lol GRAY wa, SILVER RIVER rrot Flynn and Aon Sheridan Coming: bo ¥ realized when compared with| CHARLES DUERKES NICK KENNY, columnist for come-uppance when he gets him the Daily Mirror, who also on the golf course. ‘ a writes songs and does a radie| The Colonel also has a er show four times a week, is on his| from BOB NATHAN, the world way to Key West. In a recent! famous economist, who should be column, he devoted more space!here by the time this hits the| than somewhat to the Island City street. ve # and some of its citizens. { * - I found this out while COL-! There'll be a March of Dimes’ ONEL SPOTTSWOOD was filling ; Dance at the La Concha Hotel a prescription for me, and I can-| from 9 o'clock until 1 o'clock on Friday night sponsored by the V.- not understand why the Colonel > does not get out a book about the} F.W. Auxiliary! MIKE JACOBS | tivor ‘show... and; Island City. He not only knows} will em-cee the: its history, but the great stories} HERB ROSE ~ wilt ty about the people who helped; music. Two queens will’ n make that history. Even if I have|ed and there wilh splendid to keep getting prescriptions fill-} door prize; (yt ‘ j ed I shall keep pestering him for oe we | information. The South Beach Patio Res- | Nick Kenny sent the Coloneljtaurant will have the CORAL! ISLE SERENADERS playing the column in which he extols} } the black beans and rice as whip-| from 7 until 11 o'clock tonight on ped up by MRS. BERNIE PAPY,' the romantic patio. Their Latin rhythms are spine-tingling. the fishing trips and rummy games with MR. PAPY and the, I like Latin rhythms but have pleasure of playing golf with never mastered the rumba. Rum-| “crotchety old Colonel Spotts-;ba is a dance where the front of} you moves smoothly, like a new wood.” On top of the column he pen-' Cadillac, and the back of you makes like a Jeep. ned an apology for the word “erochety” and warned the Col-| In Mexico I was considered a onel to dust off his pet putter. , pretty fancy lad with a Senorita I think he should have also. on a dance floor, tripping fandan- apologized for the word “old” but gos and such to native Latin I am confident that the good Col-! music. Here in the states I am onel will give good old Nick his nnn nnn eennnnns rear of the Monroe County Beach | ele to house a revival service was re- | Political ferred to the beach committee for action. | Commissioner Gerald Saunders | Announcements made a motion that the request si = be granted. Commissioner Joe State Democratic Primary, Allen seconded the motion, and i May 2, 1950 while the matter was being dis- cussed pro and con, it was final- ly decided to have the beach| committee act independently on' the matter. Wants $450 More For Construction A request was presented for the | For State Senator charging of an additional $450, NORWOOD R. STRAYHORN to remove three pieces of com crete slab at the Negro beach in} F ive the name of the Charley Toppino | + i and Sons construction company. ; Te : Toppino was low bidder on the} baseball field at the Negro beach! recreation area. It is said that} the bid did not take into account| the removal of the slabs. The matter was referred to the| For Member of School Board Beach Committee with power to} Third District act. ‘ EUGENE L. ROBERTS fh A Ande dnd dndntntndndndndndntntndedl For State Senator JAMES A. FRANKLIN (Re-Election) For County Commissioner Second District FRANK BENTLEY al 'JOHNNY HAWTHORNE drove, Phone 816 over “Butch’s” return. “Puddy” who is in sick bay.| ee me ie him to the Coral Gables dougie page clinie yesterday for treatment, Nest these (This column is going to the) seein s wenane snake pits tor Chali dogs, seems if.) hor thing rather rattling good in Weill, until men’s wear. A pair of ascots made) 4. of rattlesnake skins. They ; } i made by ALMA CAGLE of Marw thon from skins prepared by His Allen, famous reptile hunter. In Texas, I dined on rattle) snake meat. A chap out theme care it now and ships it. hither and) yon to peuple who like to eat rat- tlesnake meat, Some oping ‘| hae ree err e tastes like chicken. February Rewer s There are people who claim) that turtle steak tastes something | like chicken, Poultry men are apt pate to get mighty peeved about such talk and stop raising chickem». Then there will not be anything to eat that tastes like chicken Poultry men could also whomp up ascots made of chicken feeth ers to get even. 1 like the rattlesnake ascots and DOOR SALE Items Being Discontinued won male repnate from: ~ ally ded ber Sewe ees hte tote tow Dew emtan (tee ouring artiie « eet poe Dig me of test ag (sere 10 and 15 Light French Doors 2’ 0” x 6 8” x 1%" $16.29 Gell tor § OM 2 6" x 6 8" x 1%" 18.31 Sellfer SM 2 8 x 68" x 14" 1828 Sell tor 4 2 8 x 6 8” « 1-34" 2288 Sell tor Le 3° 0” x 7° 0" x 1-34" 25.60 Gell fer c BUNGALOW DOOR 1 LIGHT OVER 2 VERTICAL 3° 0” x 6 8” x 1-44" $23.78 Gell for SILA STRUNK LUMBER YARD 120 Simonton Street The pause that continuous quality is quality you trust Ask for it either way «both trade-marks mean the same thing. SOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE Coca core « KEY WEST COCA-COLA BOTTLING comp cst o™ me Cane Lame