The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 5, 1951, Page 10

Dog Platoon VU V IVI V OTTO Of. Interest To You, But. . a fi tin tn ton tan tp ann tn ann tn an dn tn’ Ready To Meet| foo Late To Classify Army’ s Demand Canjge Coitingent Spill Same As After Wold Wat II; Stationed MM Fort Riley, Kansas by STANLEY James WASHINGTON, D. C.—(Spe- cial)»—Dhe mobilization ‘effort has Stf@eted évetyone. ih the courgrybut thé dogs, it seems, A Pen, ikesman explaified this — it Army’s canine contingght is s Same as it was aftr Worl ar II demobili- zatign @ platoon. That nlatoon is “n at Fort Riley, Kansas. swhethet any expansion of ere trainitig program was a ticipated, - an Army officer s id this week that no expansion i expected immediately, but that if the Afmy is built up to any- where near“World War II propor- tions, aliflitional. dogs will be needed. Most jfeople don’t realize it, but Army dogs are used for va- riou# 0Ses: arrying mes- sages, mine’ detection, and pack 4 Yast war the sentry, ahe wore Dir! of Pe processed “Arnty trainitg centers veackeded9,009. Of the total num- en mm than half passed the courge, nd were ordered to aes number throug) ist niymber were em- try--work, it which s§ “and: warhings of won. urilyersal _ praise. ci iff the’ datk, when burns jes and the human nse not the approach of an introder™ Were the sentry dogs valuable, The dogs i ciel the ale the do, Espeei tried all sorts of watious. breéds. The list ly narrowed to five *.Giant . Schnauzer, the Collie, the Doberman “Belgian “Sheepdog and in Shepherd. The latter breed, fon to the Army, proved most satisfactory. Arthy’ officers in the Pentagon say latoon at Fort’ Riley. is moré tl ‘@ble to -maifitain its strength." “After the last war many, dbgs were returned to their ownets,, it one platoon was re- taineg =.at Fort Riley. New ad- ditions e platoon more than compe! for deaths. The y also has two train- ing ce in Germany, one at Kitzi§g@f.and.one at Schwabach. But rmy~ spokesman this weekt si thes@ dogs are only emi-failitaty.” me have vilian Sifistructors or work with civilign the dogs are hot necessal “paper” dogs, some being? outright mongrels. But neither @re Fort Riley’s dogs All imal: fi sy Pins¢h the Get of a Bifgle breed or description. You Gan’t tell by looks. “We've had an inquiry or two ihifig instriictors |,” a Pentagon of- i sa “They're téady to do that work again — but we haven't any Spehings et” The dogs, who Jove.the :jraining routine, are one segment of the economy as y@ Uhmobilized. Pe Let's Face It | GEORGE M. RAY I know we're all very drivers these days, and we've had rare lefgons in cat-driving these past fw months, Flofida is safe- driving-conscious. as never be- fore. Yet there's stribthing about driving these days that gets our little gOatses. Refetencé is made specifjeally to the care we driv- ers must take where scooters and bicycBS are. Goneérned. From nowhere it sééms these two-leg- ged Yehicles sip in and out of traffie with regard for nothing.| There's precious cargo peddling these “things. Our children, our good citizens. I'd hate to be one that $88 involved ii a ttack-up. But mese crack-ups are in the offing; Too many are 6n the tec- ords now. Whatqwe need is a town jise ob where all. drivers end } Hieet for a Leat rence, and lave oan, on about treffio tegulations. It might save a life YoOuUas! The*brink of Iguassti Falls in South America is 24% miles wide. careful’ By RUSSELL KAY (AAAAADAAASASAAAASAAAAAAAAAAAAAASLABAS Suggests Closer Check On State Agencies And Public Officials, One thing the legislature can do in the interest of the tax- rovide for a closer check on depattments and public officials through an enlarged and strengthened State Auditing payer is Department. ope eprictiat® are moge than cl mcre ig 7 ane wi While i ago, lack of trained personne! given the money can do a top- books of county officials should frequency. Beciitise of limited funds < the lack of .trained personne State Auditor Willis now fihds it difficult to check th books in state and county offi oftener than about once every two or three years. During the past 12 months his department has uncovered short- RUSSELL KAY ages and irregularities in books of a number of offices and doubt- less more would be revealed if audits could have been made. The average or ordinaty dc- countant is not always qualified for such work in view of the fact that to work on state or county books, an accountant must be familiar with methods of govern- ment financing, have a working knowledge of state and local laws as we]! as be a competent audi-j tor, Speaking betore the Florida As- sociation of Couhty Tax Collec- tors in Jacksonville last week, Willis stated that he finds the general public taking more in- terest in government financing aid greater interest in audits than was the case a few years ago. He can say that again, for taxes have increased to a point where it really hurts along with the de- valuation of the dollar, and folks who are not personally riding the Bravy train and drawing taxpay- er’s money in one form or anoth- er are beginning to wonder if all the expenditures for governmeni- al-services are really necessary, and if the hard earned dollars they pay the tax colloctor are buying the amount of service they are supposed to buy. There has been a sharp ten- dency on the part of public of- ficials, especiaily those charged This is one department of govertiment where increased ore if pay big dividends. e-situation is better today thari it was a few years job that should be done still handicaps the department. State Auditor Bryan Willis is efficient and capable and if do it én a niggardly appropriation. The books of every stdt® board, buréau, commission ot de- partment shoyld be audited at least once each year, and the justified and where the addition 1 and Sufficient funds to do the ‘notch auditing job, but he can't be carefully checked with equal ¥. with the responsibility of svend- ng your money and mine, to keep us as much in the dark as possible as to their operations. Law after law that originally called for adequate public notice in newspapers of general circula- tion that would advise when, where and how tax money was being spent, has been amended or changed to eliminate such no-| tices. Every department of state, county or municipal government should be required to publish fi- nancial statements for the benefit of taxpayers so that those who foot the staggering bill may be @ept informed as to where the money goes. The “iron curtain” of secrecy that keeps the names of those on relief rolls from being made pub- lic is a good example. This is a federal regulation that denies the taxpayer any knowledge of how or where his money is being spent and makes possible unlim- ited waste, fraud and_ reckless spending. Minutes of all boards of county commissioners and school boar should be published in local pa- pers regularly so that local resi- dents wiil have a check on these offices and a knowledge of their activities. Publicity is a powerful police- man, and politicians don’t like it when it reveals facts and figuré for public consideration. The tax- payer, through his indifference and negligence of duty, has al- lowed more and more of these public notice safeguards to be withdrawn and they will not be restored until he ‘sets up a howl loud enough to reach the ears of his legislators. If the guy who pays the bill isn’t interested or cancerned about governmental expenditures, why should the bureaucrat or public official doing the spending! worry about it? Key West Citizen | NEWS and EDITORIAL TELEPHONE 1935 BUSINESS - ADVERTISING TELEPHONE 51 FOR HOME or COMMERCIAL USE... TELEPHONE NO. 8 We Are Prepared To Furnish You With Clear, P. Cube Crushed IGE Thompson Enterprises, Inc (ICE DIVISION) : Is GUARANTEED PURE ure THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Fugitive Found In Sweat Box MAGIC DEATHS in F A ir tt (P) Wirephoto HENRY BANTA (left) is found hiding in a beauty parlor sweat box at Tuscaloosa, Ala., by policemen hunting him on gafe crack- ing charges. Scores of shop keepers joined in the search for the fugitive. 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The winner of the title receiv- ed a cath award and is entitled to attend all of the club The Regular F is a civic org i ular contribu Cross, March of Dimes and to} local fam. in need. Recently the club donated electric clocks to all the churches in th m munity. Today’s Horoscepe mistakes of trustful of ot ceived by the Today’s Anniversaries 1649—Elihu Yale, Boston-both, but taken to Englatid at 3, whise large donation for those days of | some $2,000 goods caliséd the ev!-, @ to be named for him, born. 1720. k R Stockton, noted, Died April 20, 1902 1838—Alpheas Hyatt, Boston} a léader ih 20ology, fath- 1e eminent sculptress, borfi ashington, D. C. Died Jan. 16, b 94 educator and lead- Box oker Washington, er of his tace, born in Virginia. Died Nov. 15, 1915. 1871 — Winchell Smith, noted playwright, popular producer of comedies, born in Hartfotd, Conn. Died June 10, 1933. 1878—Frank H. Somonds, no- ted journalist atid author, born in Concord, Mass. Died Jan. 23, 1936. 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