The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 16, 1951, Page 2

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Tha Citizen oO An open forum and invites dis suewion of public es and subjects of loca or svderal int reat vat it will not anonyn ous scmapunications. vnke publish IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST - ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN MEN FOR SCIENCE su Those who man the laboratories are {uli} ds important to our future as are the munitions of war, and it is urged by edu- cators that in selecting men for the armed services this fact be taken into account. » Among the plans now under con- idé¥ation by Congress is one which pro- vides for a continuing supply of scientifi- calty trained men. The Reserve Specialist Trijning, Corps, as the projected agency would be called, would consist of 75,000 men-~selected annually for three-year traiging on the basis, of competitive exam- we b a board consisting of both ina civi military, They, would he edu &, “éngiteeritigy medicine and oe after: gemplati ag basi@ mil ae a Pe # This proposal and other similar ones hav@ aroused ctiticism on the ground that theywoi]d , create an “intellectual aris- tocr§ey’’: “amotig men of draft age; a priv- ilegad group Who would escape the gen- eral military service to which their fellows are Subje ted, because of scholastic at- ‘ttainments. Such an idea is foreign to American traditions, yet these traditions would hardly be served better by a willy< nilly draft program which failed to take account of the needs of science. Our rate of production cannot be in- creased nor even continued at its present rate without the constant influx of new developments and improved techniques. Nor can a high standard of public health be maintained without the laboratory work which forms its foundation. The man who draws a blueprint or handles a frown THE CITIZEN AND NEWSPRINT We have evory reason to complain about the increases in the prices of food- stuffs, but we would be yelling, loud and long, if those advances had been as much as the ever-soaring prices for newspritit. In 1945, the price of newsprint was $59 a tee. . tht oEpete Bb kt og, toftay, iteis $120, but the increase has 'mbre than tripled since 1940. Not only is the price of newsprint fas fever before, but it is also reer then it has ever been since its us me general with the invention of ‘printiig. Many instances may be cited to show how the high prices and scarcity of newsprint are affecting newspapers in all parts of the world. The Tulsa (Oklahoma) World, usually a paper of 40 pages, has announced that it will temporarily reduce it ize to eight pages. A newspaper in Tallahassee has reduced its eight-column page to four columns. Many newspapers are using pages of different sizes in order to serve its readers and advertisers with possible in the circum- be as much space as stances. The Citizen is aware that it was cri- od when, four years or so ago, it began a paper that was smaller than the 3ut it was forced to use paper of that run if it was to continue publication. It was not a question of choice; it was a question of survival. But this country, close to the Cana- dian supply of pulp for paper, is far better off than any other country in the world in the use of newsprint. In England, for instance, where, proportionately, are more newspaper readers than in any other coun- try, with circulations running as high as four million, papers, whose pages often exceeded 100 before the Second World War, are now coming out in four pages. In the United States, smaller dailies are being hit hardest. Many big newspa- pers, among them the Chicago Tribune, own vast tracts of trees in Canada from which newsprint is produced. The Citizen has scratched its head many atime, wondering where it would get.its next.supply of newsprint. At one time, unable ta, buy from dealers, it would |.had to’ discontinue publication tem- yjhad ra the Miami Herald sup- e, Gitizen/swith newsprint. The plieds Herald's folk of paper is a different size froma He Citizen's, alld its use makes The Citizen run one page smaller than the others. But the publisher of The Citizen was delighted even to get the different size: As readers of The Citizen may recall, it editorially thanked the Herald for the supply of newsprint. Scarcity of newsprint makes the future shadowy for the smaller dailies. All The Citizen can in that regard is to assure its readers that it will strive to its utmost -o get newsprint to continue publication. $250 RUNS INTO $4,800 The Senate Committee to investigate organized crime in interstate commerce, with Senator Estes Kefauver, of Tennes- see,sas ‘chairman, recently had a session in the State of New York, where it inves- tigated the background of those suspect- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN SLICE Ol “HE TRANSFERRED FROM A MECHANIZED QUTFIT !" F HAM “This Rock Of Ours’ By BILL GIBB I've always envied the man who could take a controversial; subject and say, “There are no if's, and’s, or but’s. Definitely, his is right; that is wrong.” The issue at stake must resolve tself for a man like that into twol solors—black and white. In my} fase, most subjects are rather} grayish in color. There’ little] ait of right and a little bit of vrong in ev thing. Take the gambling situation for} nstance . . | I'm very much against gam- oling. Not because the law sa ve shouldn’t gamble nor becaus t’s a sin, but because it’s an utter- y senseless, idiotic, waste of ime and money—for me, that is. I lack the faith that goes to nake up a true gambler. I've xever felt I could win at any same and it’s no fun to lose. A real gambler is — (and the} yreachers and the ga are 20th going to jump me! real gambler is an identical twin of aj eal Christian. They are both on! i highway marked “FAITH.” The mly trouble is that they are go-| ng in opposite directions. Ex- rerience ha: own that the gam-; bler’s “Faith” highway peters out nto a crooked, unc omfortable | rail. The Christian’s “Faith? ); ighway becomes more beautiful ind glorious as it is traveled. Eventually of course, the gam-| rier will turn around and head n the right direction. Being a aurely selfish individual, my in- terest doesn’t lie too much in the| question of which direction to ravel. What I'd like to know is, 1ow did the lucky stiffs — both Christian and gambler, manage o get on “FAITH HIGHWAY?"} Me and thousands of others are ined up along the shoulder of} he road. Everytime we start tol tep out on the highway, a bust-! ing Christian or a hurrying gam- ler knocks us back ir. the mud. They don’t do it intentionally of "KEY WEST NEWS Of Days Gone By Taken From The Files Of The Key West Citizen | ~ AAsAAAAAAAAAAAAAALeAAAAs WATER PURIFIER WORKS 10 YEARS AGO LOS ANGELES.—().—An an- Since the intensified effort be- gan last month to fi number of workers available for thousands defense jobs, registered with loca’ the Florida State ervice, according to Little, manager of it: local office. The appe: ter, which to work those their present job, is sulting in increased job place- ments, Mr. Little said. ed some of the more stances. x *& » Catholic Daughters in Florida, assembled in conven- yesterday, tion here since afternoon are holding business session of the day. The Most Reverend Bishop Joseph P: Hurley, formally open- ed the convention this at a solemn _pontifici. St. Mary Star of the and the members went into busi- ness session at 10 o'clock. Ne Se Lewis L. Pendleton, com- Col. mandant of the Key detachment, has pur Charles Mortimer two story house and two smaller buildings on Grinnell street near} visited The Citizen | Division it was learned today. Col. Pendleton said he and his Employment s directed to the un- ;employed and | Skills needed in defense produc- tion which they are not using in Today’s | 1839—Fre naturalist, who part in the ris chaeolog: Died A 14, 1850-~Tlerber |Hopkins Uni promoter of July 30, popular nov in Wellsville, delphia, Feb. 1867— Wilbur ventor, with h of the airplane, Ind. Died May | Today’s Prof. Howar major litere Saginaw, Mic Institute for radio announce! | York, 5: Spen aplin) of comedian, U. S. Dept. See a! ;of Pillsbury M born in ago. tswer to one of Ea oat the! a major ca roaegae! invented by a William V.| «onitizer” } “sanitizer” has s Key West county health o: ers to regis- a clear, drinkin, who have powdered already re-| dangerous bact He describ- unusual in- water an hour r a few cents per of America, n=} attend the le this} convention. their second * The Citizen si morning ial mass at munity to buy Sea Church local merchants reason that it in town, but if West army chased from’ Saunders a of stocks in var: complained tha’ to buy a piece Anniversaries | Harvard-New York korn in Salem, versity | bon in Shrewsbur; Birthdays d M of Harverd’s Eng Dr. Alfred E. Cohn, physician with Medical born in New York, 72 Milton Cross years ago. | _ Frieda S. Miller, ee born in La Crosse, Wis., Minneapo! disaster—contamina- jtion of a city’s may be a portable purifying unit tute of Technology professor. Dr. Alexander Goetz’ capable of turning murky water from the Los Angeles River into The unit sucks up water like a}é small pump and filters it through earth Goetz says. He estimates it can be produced for from $30 to $50 aunit and can purify 50 quarts of Havana paragraph today: “This column urged the people of this com- pect the customers to respond to the suggestion they must have on their shelves an adequate supply and sizes for men, children. A would-be purchaser; MONDAY, APRIL 16, ck W: Putnam, “haeologis played a leadi e of American a Mass. 1945. + B. Adams, Johns historian, studies, Died ad for eograph . born near 15, 1934. i 1857—Henry S. Pritchett, famed educator, first president of the, GEORGE M. RAY Car Foundation, born Fayette Co., Mo. Dicd Aug. 26 |Nothing is so encouraging and 1939. jbeert-wariting as cooperation AGS "Grace ‘Livingdion Hill.) WUemee ee eee oe eee eaeeredas bane folks today miss the joy and) Y Died - Phila-! happiness which are derived from 3 1947 x ““| seeing the needs of others and " Wrig hk. cOaiic coming to their aid. A member of b: rr Orvill ja church gave his pastor a pair of ea sid cM eae trousers. The fit was perfect ex- Py oi Ulville, cept they were two inches too bb aia long. Being Saturday night, the |preacher needed them for Sun-| | day. So, he asked his wife if she'd indly shorten them two inches. "No, Ralph, I haven't got my | Sunday School lesson prepared born in! yet... better get Sarah. She’ll do | them ‘for you.” Dad went to Sarah/ long-time! and received the same answer.| Rockefeller] That night Dad ley awake, sad Research, | because he couldn’t wear his new rs ago. | trousets in the pulpit next day. of New York,| Finally he got up and cut off two born in New/inches, pressed them, went back ‘to bed, Late that night his wife, | Sleepless, got up and did the same jthing. His daughter, sleepless,’ | too, arose, and cut two inches off,’ |pressed them and went back to mford Jones Department. author, 59 years ago. the ry cer Chaplin (Char-; Li Angeles, old-! born in England, ler, director of the|sleep. There isn’t any need of abor’s Woman's}going on with this story. You should have been there next morning! lisbury, president — Mills, Minneapolis,} The French port of Bordeaux 48 years|is a city of more than 250,000. The Road to Failure is Paved with Wasted Assets Grorce S. May Company Eastern Division 122 East 42nd Street, New, York 17, N.Y. Established 1925 the great hazards water supply— California Insti- 12-pound been tested by fficials and proven g liquid. that renders, eria harmless, Dr. STRUNK at a cost of only galion. trip of the ees K aid in an editorial repeatedly has their goods from for the very good keeps the money the merchants ex- CEMENT - ROCK - SSAND LIME - PLASTER - - REINFORCING - SASH - AND YOUR Bi ious grades, styles women and today and it he was not able of ordinary wear- PHONE 816 uanrs YARD SAYS THERE IS STILL PLENTY OF MATERIAL | FOR ALL QUALIFIED WORK YOU CAN BUILD AUTHORIZED WORK UP TO $5,000 WITHOUT GETTING SPECIAL PERMISSION RUN LUMBER YARD - 1951,/ LONG TRIP FROM ; STANTON TO STANTON y GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.—(1), In 1671 John and Priscilla Thurs er left Stanton in Lincoinshjre, | England, and moved to Rehoboth, Mass. Eleven generations of descendents lived United Stat ow one ¢ eleventh generation lives ton, Mich. The story is told by Charles f Thuwber, Sr., a World eran who lives in the home here. A heart patier has been checking up on | ily uve as a hobby. Hi lives in Stanton. He has been us ing to get in touch with other members of the Thurber clan to check on other aspects of the 11 generation saga. heir in S PAKISTAN BANK SEEKS ARABS KARACHI.— (). --Mohammag Abu Saud, economic adviser to the Pakistan State Bank, will visit Saudi Arabia and Cairo to study possible improved xchange methods and recruit Arab bank. employees. : Saud announced that he will seek ways to better facilities for the exchange of special curyency notes issued to Haj pilgrims from Pakistan to Saudi A: ° } Walking was a national sport when Edward P. Weston in 18677 walked from Portland, Maine to Chicago in on month, resting: Sundays, for a wager o $10,000. STRAND conditions LAST TIMES TODAY se SEPTEMBER JOAN FONTAIN COTTON AND Jt Kumance Coming: Mad Wednesda; Hareld Lieyd And Frances Ramsden i lassie MONROE «core LAST TIMES TODAY SORRY, WRONG NUMBER with BARBARA STANWYCK AND ANCASTER Coming: ADVENTURE OF DON COYOTE Richard Martin, Frances Rafferty CohcRETE BLOCKS - NAILS - LUMBER - ‘MOU LDING - ROOFING a ‘ieee eon Sates enue ie microscope may be performing as neces- | ed of tremendous underworld and politi- | OMe: retire Mine Gach EASE family will not occupy the build-| ing apparel of a certain size and sary a function in time of stress as is the | cal influence. at the ead of his Rel ing, at least for the time being. {had to go to another city to ob- man behind the gun. _ We are not here concerned with the | 1 guess me and my kind will], an Bay Paes bi ae: adel Goe ae ee ‘ ati z —— nain testimony before the committee but ius Reve fo travel along the’ -orida State Junior: Chaniper af initely. desires to male’ all: hik Shy SHAW AND THE CURIOUS -all attention to a single incident, related | “arder to make proces, but we, Commerce, will visit .with local purchases in Key West, Overseas T by George Morton Levy, president of the |:an help each other along. And ee eee oe _ a ME¢l: | pedbisiaaidemcdpap lately ¢ $ George Bernard Shaw would have | Nassau Trucking Association, which oper- | 2&t!aps eventually, the highway ae vie Heteantee ** STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE Comt rea been the first-to snort at the idea that | ates the Roosevelt Raceway, Among other woh Devome, Died enoughete Dey 8 | TRIUMPH pany mit us to get on it without being : : 9 bd his home should be made a shrine for | things, Mr. Levy testified that he played |crushed—by either selfish gam-!, Junior and senior drum and COFFEE oof literary-minded visitors, and yet, egotist | golf with Frank Costello, Frank Erickson, | er oF blind Christian. Lee ee aoe ec MILL Fast, Dependable Freight. and Express Service that he was, the snort might have con-| a convicted gambler, and Joseph Schoen-, seer oa cae re being the Florida department conven-! at between cealed a shy pleasure at this attribute of | baum, formerly an employe of the Internal | wasted because of the County! tion of the American Legion will AJ] Grocers MIAMI AND KEY WEST immortality. Revenue Department. Commissioners’ stand on the| Have an unusual opportunity to However that may be, a recent day saw the opening of his house at Ayot St. Lawrence with simple ceremonies. His possessions, from hats and canes to pens and dictionaries, are still in their ac tomed places, Possibly as famous for his caustiz tongue as for his plays and essays, he was not one to ) ave his privacy violated by the incursigng of the curious. For some time, visitors are, likely™ to step softly, lest they earna stinging rebuke from a tall, bearded ghos cus- iets ae The -réal art of living includes the ar of loafing. i A miser is not as bad as those who do aot know how to give of themselves. Our Advice: When you have a good profit, take it; let somebody else ride the wave to the top. With this introduction, we call atten- ‘ion to the fact that Mr. Levy disclosed that Mr. Schoenbaum was permitted to buy one hundred shares of racing associa- ‘ion stock for $200 to $250. This one-hun- dred-share block has been increased to 3,200 shares and now brings into the former revenye agent $4,800 a year. This is not’doing badly on an investment of a little more than.$200. Incidents like this, brought to light by the crime investigation, add to the suspi- cions of the American people that there a considerable amount of such chican- sry going on. We doubt if any jury would be able to find the evidence te convict Mr. choenbaum of illegal action. After all, thosesqvho make such atrahgemients have smart lawyers to make the transaction “legal.” The ‘suspicion arises, however, that something else took place to justify the sale of stock to the revenue agent for such a small amount, Meacham Airport situation. Ap- parently, the County Commis- sioners are willing to see the money go down the legal drain- pipe since the people of Key West are the losers. At the same time, they gouge us for addition- al funds to maintain the County Hospital. I don’t think the city objects to helping the hospital in any way, it| can. The moncy that is beihg spent now on a necessary legal fight would do much more good if it could be diverted to hospital funds. But the County Commissioners are wrong when they arbitrarily tell the city, in effect:. “We're going to do away with your air- port.” “We're going to force you to pay double of what we pay for the hospital.” “We're rulers. You do what we say, like it or not.” Key Westers do not take kindly to such high-handed orders. More than 85 per cent of the world’s supply of coffee comes ftom Latin» America — mostly from Brazil. who buys it... who who rents . . . who Or, you could ‘do it without leaving your easy the chair—by looking it “YELLOW PAGES.’ SOUTHERN oS You could look the whole town over, trys to leam sells . repairs. faster— Miami PH COMPANY Also Serving ALL POINTS ON FLORIDA KEYS Between and Key West