The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 17, 1951, Page 11

THURSDAY, MAY 17, 195i. Stockholders In ATT Now Total 1,000,000 Persons The number of stockholders of the American Telephone and Tele- 8raph Company reached 1,000,- | read today, Southern Bell Manager - A. Cold announced. As the 1,000,000th point was @ttained, there were 14,477 Stockholders in Florida, own- ing 535,961 shares, “The Bell System is the only American business with such a democracy of ownership as to have 1,000,000 owners,” Mr. Cold pointed out. “The people in ail walks of life who have invested in the Bell telephone business, } and thus hecome stockholders: live in “19,000 cities, towns and | rural areas in the nation, includ- ing Florida.” Mr. and Mrs, Brady Denton, of Saginew, Mich., are joint owners of the millionth certificate rep- resenting stock. He is an auto- mobile salesman—typical of the average Bell System stockhold- ers, who are farmers, business men, clergymen, merchants, teachers, widows and ot her] “hometown” folks. Funds supplied by people who have invested in the Bell Sys- item, like the Dentons, have made it possible for Southern Bell to spend $109,800,000 for additional facilities in Florida between Jan- uary 1, 1945 and March 31, 1951, Mr. Cold said. Part of this tre- | mendous sum has been used to expand and improve telerhone service in Key West. | Telephone service demands in Florida and Key West are cn the increase, Mr. Cold said, calling for large amounts of | additional facilities yet to be installed. The money for these needed facilities will not come from cus- tomers’ monthly payment of their bills but must be raised in the form of new capital. Telephone earnings must be such as will at- tract the. funds of people who have money to invest, Mr. Cold declared. “That is why it is es- sential that the Telephone Com- * pany in Florida be financially strong, with adequate earnings to do the job that the people of the state want done.” Southern Bell added 1,152 tel- ephones in the Key West area from January 1, 1947 to Decem- ber 31, 1950. From January 1, 1951 to May 1, 1951, 366 more telephones were installed, bring- ing “the totaiectliniber-6f “tele+ phones in Key West to 5,000. Economy Move Of | Group Backfires AUBURN, Ind., May 17.—(). —Sheriff Frank Carpenter seems to have had the last word. He re- cently asked the county commis- sioners for money to hire a second deputy. The economy-minded commis- sioners rejected the request. As sheriff, Carpenter has authority to swear in deputies as they are needed. So he went to the home of each of the commissioners and deputized them. They are serving —without pay, of course. One species of brittle star, an inhabitant of the ocean bottoms, can discard all of its body except stomach, mouth and five arm roots when disturbed. —~—— ( More than half the people of Ecuador are of Indian descent. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN AGE ELEVEN Bible Society Waits For Opening Of Tren Curtain NEW YORK.—(4).—John Mil- ton earned a “terrific rep with a single line—“they also serve who only stand and wait.” Now the American Bible Society is taking Milton up on it. They're waiting —waiting for the Iron Curtain to be lifted. The Bible Society figures its} chances of survival are better than those of the Soviet govern- ment. The day the Iron Curtain is lifted over eastern Europe, the Bible scriptures will be ready for instant action. They have 783,000 scriptures, in Russian, ready to be shipped in. That in- cludes 90,000 complete Bibles, 193,000 Testaments and 500,000 Gospels. The Bible has not been pub- lished in Russia since 1927. last time the American Bible Society sent any scriptures into the Soviet Union was 1947. Today’s Birthdays Raymond M. Foley, Adminis- trator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, born in Wayne Co., Mich., 61 years ago. Maj. Gen. Raymond W. Bliss, Army surgeon general, born in Chelsea, Mass., 63 years ago. U.S. Senator John J. Williams of Delaware,.born in Frankford, Del., 47 years ago. Dr. Halbert L. Dunn of the Public Health Service, chief of the National Office of Vital Sta- stics, born in New Paris, Ohio, 55 years ago. George G. Allen, chairman of Duke Power Co., born in Warren, N. C., 77 years ago Dr. Elvin C. Stakman of the University of Minnesota, famed plant pathologist, born in Algona, Wis., 66 years ago. y Rt. Rev. Horace W. B. Donegan, Protestant Episcopal bishop of New York, born in England, 49 | years ago. Philip James, composer-con- ductor, born in Jersey City, N. J., 61 years ago. Dr. John A. Mackay, president of the Princeton Theological Sem- inary, born in Scotland, 62 years ago. Today In History 1642—Montreal, Canada, found-| ed. 1666—Newark, N..J. founded by ConHecticut*coIenistFwWho bought} the land from. the Indians for some $750 worth of goods. 1792—The New York Stock Ex- change founded. 1838—An anti-slavery mob fires and destroys Pennsylvania Hall, Philadelphia. 1864—-U. S. Postal Money Order system established by Act of Congress. 1875—First Kentucky Derby run at Churchill Downs, Louis- ville, Ky. 1883—Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Exposition first opens, at Omaha, Nebr. 1917—President Wilson directs that an American Expeditionary Force be sent to France as quick- ly as possible. 1932—John H. Curtis, Norfolk, Va., shipbuilder, confesses to Lindbergh baby murder hoax. 1942—Italian subs operate along the country’s Atlantic Coast. 1946—First flight of Army Air Force’s _jet-propelled | bomber. Government seizes face of threatened strike. 1948--Stalin accepts Wallace’s “Open Letter” as. basis for talks. “Darling” In Trouble Up To Neck A HORSE NAMED “DARLING” (P) Wirephoto is stuck fast in a hole in an alley at Gary, Ind. He was pulling the wagon in the background. and suddenly the ground caved in under his weight. Policemen. firemen, an auto wrecker and street employees took 90 minutes to free “Darling.” He appeared ence. none tne worse for his experi- railroads in} The! Stricken Ship Searched For Dead NAVY MEN INSPECT DAMAGE aboard the naval seaplare tender Valcour after her collision with the coal collier Thomas Track off Cape Henry. Va. The crash was followed by fire that trapped some members of the crew in the Valcour's compart- ments. Eleven men were reported killed. Four fire-swept com- partments were searched Tuesday for men reported missing. The navy refused to predict whether any of the 25 men unaccounted for in the Valcour’s crew might be in the compartments. (&) Wirephoto Overseas Transportation Company, Ine. Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service between MIAMI AND KEY WEST Also Serving ALL POINTS ON FLORIDA KEYS Between Miami and Key West Express Schedule | (No Stops En Route) LEAVES KEY WEST DAILY EX- CEPT SUNDAYS) at 6:00 P.M. Ar- rives at Miami at 12:00 o'clock Mid- night. LEAVES MIAMI DAILY (EXCEPT SUNDAYS) at 12:00 o'clock Mid- night and arrives at Key West at 6:00 o’clock A.M. Local Schedule (Stops At All Intermediate Points) LEAVES KEY WEST DAILY (EX- CEPT SUNDAYS) at 8:00 o'clock A.M. and arrives at Miami at 4:00 o'clock P.M. e LEAVES MIAMI DAILY (EXCEPT SUNDAYS) at 9:00 o'clock A.M. and arrives at Key West at 5:00 o'clock P.M. Free Pick-Up and Delivery Service FULL CARGO INSURANCE MAIN OFFICE and WAREHOUSE: Cor. Eaton and Francis Sts. PHONES: 92 and 93 He that stands it now. . . “,,. the summer soldier and the sunshine pattior will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his. country; but he that stands it now, deserves the’ love and thanks of man and woman... Tyranny; like hell, is not easily conquered.” So wrote Thomas Paine at Christmas” time in} 1776, bending over the campfire-lit paper resting! on a drumhead, during that bitter retreat of the ragged Continental Army below the Delaware) Only a few days later, that same army crossed the’, Delaware to establish a bridgehead and _win_at) Trenton. There are no summer soldiers; no’ sunshine patriots among the American fighting men _who) inthis past“ year .of crisis, have stood against ageression, in bitter winter, in “times that try men’s souls.” ‘These men. . . soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines ferry have proved themselves worthy descendants ‘of all American fighting men. They have faced heavy odds, and come through to win. On this second Armed Forces Day, Americans are proud to salute the man of the year . . . the ‘American fighting man, who “deserves the love and thanks of man and woman” for his quiet determination. Wherever he may serve ... in Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps... he is the man of the year.’ ARMY - NAVY - AIRFORCE - MARINES DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM This Space Contributed by CITY ELECTRIC SYSTEM ert per npete. ie ah ae ae (at oe ee bg : sak 98 We 0 Ee cs ah ah ae ~ Awe. th.