The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 24, 1951, Page 2

alia ; The Key Mest Citizen blished i (except Sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner and pub- ; Tine tate thes Sites Badsne cocner of Greene and Ann Streets | CSP Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County | ~ Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter 2 Meinbet of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively | ~entitied to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it cz not “otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local new: *. . »biblished here. ™ [Member Florida Press Agsoeiation and Associated Dailies of Plorida » Subsoription (by carrier) 25c per week, year $12.00, single copy baal Lane <= ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION | ‘The Citizen is am open forum and invites discussion of publie issues and subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish <nanymous communications. R_KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN " Hotels and nts. and Bathing Pavilion. ‘Land and Sea. ¢ Consolidation of County and City Governments. _ . WHERE DOES IT COME FROM? <The Citizen, as well as other newspapers, recurrent- | ly piiblishes items about federal grants of money, increas- | ¢& ifi public salaries and similar stories. Few of us ask the | Guestion, Where does the money come from? The answer cisalways the same: it comes from the taxpayers’ pockets. | Many years ago we heard some Key Westers, when- | ver the city or county was sued, remark that it was of no sequence if the plaintiffs won, for the county or city | -well able to pay. The Key Westers did not. realize “Sthat they themselves would contribute to the amounts the suits cost. =~ Governor Warren, ever since corigress annotnced chat income taxes would be raised, declared that this is no‘time to increase taxation in Florida or any of its sub- | <> ‘divisions. Yet taxes have been increased in some» cases | ** and will be further increased. The legislature seemingly has not heeded his warning, for the budget proposed for the next biennial is many. millions more than the amount to take care of the current two-year period. . . *, When the new income-tax law goes into effect (it is “set for next September), every dollar that you and you nd you earn will have almost 40 cents taken out of it for taxation. Don't figure alone what is taken out of your "paycheck every week or every month in withholding tax- ~ = es.-You pay more than a thousand hidden taxes. The dif. | ferent taxes you pay on a loaf of bread run to 52, most of them processing taxes, but you don’t see any of them, The same thing is true of excise taxes, unless the seller reminds “you that the price of the article is such and such, plus the tax. A ‘The truth is that the American taxpayer is being bled white, and the end of the bleeding is not yet in sight. In various cities in Florida, including Miami, newspapers are complaining about the increases in salaries of public officials: In each instance, it is pointed out that the in- creases Come from the taxpayers’ pockets. “Where glse ¢an. it come from, in one form or another?” a Miami pa- per significantly asks. ‘ Throughout the country, an orgy of spending tax- payers’ money began 18 years or so ago, and it’has ‘been —-—Siiiering foree ever since. With business booming be- of ‘wars or war scares, public treasuries are hefty, , and the thought of public officials isto spend, spend, “spend, a *e Walter Winchel! remarked, when his salary was in- creased for his radio talks, “Of whatsconsequence is it? Taxes will get practically all of it." Countless wage earn- t CONCH CHOWDER Third best civic float award ing the Armed Forces Day parade went to Beta Sigma Phi sorority, not to the Florida National Bank, a€ was stated in a release which came (tsk-tsk) from official head- quarters, not The Citizen staff ... The bank floats nothing but loans. CHUCKLE of the week: City Clerk Earl Adams was informed that Howard Wilson, tax collec- tor had to be towed Coast Guard when his cabin cruiser. stalled during a fishing trip . . . Cracked Adams, “That’s not news! When Wilson doesn’t have to be towed in by the Coast Guard . .. then THAT IS news” . . » Wilson’s only comeback was to say that he and his three com- Panions at least accomplished their mission, which was to catch fish .. . After all, they, had plenty of time'to angle from 4 p. m. to tl am. the following day. WHATZIZ DEPARTMENT: Chamber of Commerce head, Har- old Laubscher has gone to, of all Placesh, the Escape hotel for a convention in Ft. Layderdale (also known as Ft. Liquordale) ... What's more he has admitted that, since being on the parade committee, he is known as the! Man* With the Southernmost Ulcers ... Which brings up a housé on Won Phister street which Lt. k Ross calls “The Pe-, suliarmost House in the United States ... it has five baths, tombstone steps and you go out- side to go upstairs . . . In case of rain,.you don’t . . . Add peculiar names: one B. A. Lillywhite who holds. fourth in the educational depaftment at Washington, D. C. as, the helping hand who thinks Key West deserves more school rooms: MOONLIGHT SONATAS: The British contingent back in cir- culation after a few days at Miami Beach . .. Circulation . which has to do with unhardening of the arteries, which has to do with blood pressure . . . which has to do with heart throbs . which’. . . oh well . . . Was it moon madness which made one couple play “Ducks and Drakes” along the beach’. . . It’s the game where you try to skip flat stones ers feel the same as Winchell feels. Whenever we hear of higher public budgets, higher om salaries, let us think of this question, Where do the in- «reases come from? “THEATRES INSTALL FULL-SCREEN TELEVISION ~~ pm “J The threat of television to the moving picture theatres *“*tisheing met by some companies with the installation of | <L* tacilities for full-screen television. Recently, one company purchased equipment for twenty-two of its theatres. In the beginning, programs probably will be taken off the air but the futute will prob- <—“abl¥ bring big events and plays for exclusive showings in ~“w~~"Theaters with full-sereen television. . vcaeseLast year, we understand, some football games were banned from free television broadcast, but were shown in theaters in Chicago and Detroit. e The rapid spread of television indicates that, before jong; it will seriously affect standard radio broadcasting, as well &s moving’ pieture houses. The idea that it would have-an affect upon newspapers is about as erroneous as the fear that radio, itself, would make newspapers unneces- " sary. * Even a televised newspaper would not seriously affect thé circulation of the printed press. After all, if news is put on television, or on the air, one must be listening to hear it. The newspaper, with its coverage, is available whenever the respective reader has a convenient time to look it over. along the: surface of the wat and it's no go if the stone does: hop along for at least three skips .+- These bright, white light nights underneath that tropical moon with jasmine scent drifting on the wind are enough to. make €ven. coral rocks, which arent so flat, skip too. INFLATION can be beneficial after all... Take that rubber- ized zoot suit the U.S, Seaplane Base had on display at open housé,. . . and the bath-tub size life raft which can hold seven men When air-filled, the raft, not the men... How to get a punch on the nose: Call the big § sub- tender “Building 16” when Lt Rebel Reeves is around . . . and you'd ‘better believe it, as Cuban chums say ...Is it true what they say about “Dixie,” the use it’s put to in one ofthe local bur- lesque jernts? Customers seem to forget that the song says “Look Away, Look Away!” Pliny, Roman writer (23 to 79 A.D.) @escribes tooth. powders made from ashes of such things as dog teeth, deer antlers, hare banes from livestock. Your Gtocer SELLS that Goo: | STAR * BRAND “When we run geross a brother who disagrees with us, we pass on; life is too short to waste energy in a verbal tug of war. aaouan COFFEE ——TRY A POUND TODAY— in by the'| or moyse heads and _pastern THE KEY WEST CITIZEN GEORGF M. RAY Kids are such gocd things to have arcund. Times are you'd give them away tor free, but all in all what, wculd home be with- out them. Thev have unusually striking talents. Such vivid im- | so happy that everything went as ‘copies Fol | seve evageese Citizen weleomes expren- | Pe mg os tves views Oe ite rend are cunnidered Une or wana ranted, The w e mhow! " fale and confine te Vetter to | 200 words, aud werile om one side of the pamer enld« slamatace of the writer must serompany the letters and will be published un- lene atherw ine, Editor, The Citizen: Im behalf of the Key West Woman’s Club, 1 wish to thank) The Key West Citizen for its ex- cellent assistance and eoopera- tion im the Margaret Stern Con- cert held at Harris Elementary | School, April 13, 1951. I wish to thank each one who assisted) with and patronized this concert, | whieh was held for the benefit of | the Key West Public Libgary. t should also like to quote from a| letter just received from Miss Stern's husband and manager, which reads as follows: “May 15, 1951. ‘My Dear Mrs. Whiting, ‘The Town Hall recital was a) great success not only as far a3} the audience was ¢oncerned, but also in regards to what the critics, had to say. They were.mest won- derful in their comments. Directly after the great event, . Margaret} signed a seven year contract with) Harry D..Sauires Agency, and the future looks véry bright. “We wish to thank you from} the bottom of our hearts for your} help along the way, and we shall) never forget your kindness. We! will keep you posted from tim to time as to our whereabouts, | |and again wi&h to express our} | 8ratitude to you, our friend. “... The newspaper article was out of this world, and we are it did. You are all wonderful} /people, and the concert, including | | its sponsors, was ‘tops’ as far as we are concerned, too. Phanking} you again, we remgin. “Musically yours, “ROBERT KINANDER.” The New York Times declared! | Miss Stern to be a promising great | artist, in reporting from her) then “Good evening, Mrs. Mc- | stepped across the hall to his own THURSDAY,. MAY 24, 1951. are some of his choice studies.” , She handed large glossy prints to me, one by one, and explained the commercial project each had 44 been designed for. They were idee damned ys conse the box to the: ya Chapier 24 “You not have noticed,” s e, “but CALDWELL mad: me sit down] = ‘retorted, making eee cis after dinner and tell hi | week myself.” erything that had happen “You don’t sound as though you éfvernoon, He asked a lot of ques-| cared much ‘about him.” tions about Elaine Ruhl. “Oh, F love the guy, if that’s I finally got away at seven-| what you mean. He wasn’t always thirty by reminding him that I| the way he is now. For awhile he bed a date and that Elaine| worked regularly and we saved wouldn't like waiting all might. | money, but since the war he's “Perhaps Miss Wuhl's room-| been loafing around the gambling mate would like to see how her} joints,” saying he’s going to make physical charm has been used to!/ a pile and make it fast. illuminate the clzssics,” Caldwell} “That's the way to make it— suggested drily. He handed me}in piles and fast.” the Ovid he'd purchased that ure, but he isn’t doing it!’ morming, and, putt it under] “Why not quit your job? Then my astm, | started out the doox.!he’d have to work in order to I got to State and Goethe| sy; port you.” Z Streets, and I went into the build-| She sniffed disdainfully. “You don’t bee Dae ae conyinced that some day he'll hit a winni streak and Build up a big. bank il. Then he inte: to quit.” And start a business of hi own?” y thin, 't ing and walked up the steps to the second floor, but that’s as far as I got. You see, the door of Maud McGregor’s apartment op- ened and she and Richard Starr Flecker came out into the hall. Fiecker, who-was wearing con- servative and quite ordinary clothes this time, fixed his calm, elear gaze on me and said, “Good evening.” “Good evening” I said. And “Yes.* she twisted her hands. “Sounds screwy, ist” “What sort of businéss does Don want to start?” Faskad curiously. s6 ta be a oie SAS baer t e| Gregor.” é + “Were you coming to see me?” ste asked. “Not. really,” I said awkwardly, only because I didn’t think ‘db welcome.” “Then come in and talk to me for a few ‘minutes,” she invited. She sounded so eager and in- is that I gave in and entered r apartment. Flecker, his white locking as though it had just sen washed and ironed gave me @ polite aloof nod of farewell and ie that. Fou em e ul} ent thst cose closet and brought back a large wake folder, such as is used for transr. Rt “{ don’t think I should show! is## you these,” she said, tilting her % <i” me just before he quit the studio. oui I think they’re good, but hed il 3 them to anyone.” “If they're of 7 they're 27% said. “Let's. have a look.” ; Laughing softly, she opened the so I could'see it from the proper ' ‘ angle. I whistled enthusiastica! mn is | Clad in a yirginal look and a pair of black lace panties me from the photo. She exhibited two other sti ee in different poses but in the same ! ti? ‘Don was experimenting sent vit “How long ago were those pie~,,.”"" stuff tures taken?” , “A little over a year ago, just Mi! quit the studi bef porting sketches. head coylys “Don took them of fi” be mad if he knew Id shown wt bound to good,” 1a folder and held up a large print i i for a slender, sylph-like Maus, “They're wicked, aren’t before putting the folder y x win a new method.” T ee egiL ie Fos ed Se ck what oe {iche’ Shel Hoa Meagher be a che—; % esteahe and Don was a photog- Tapher.... bi “Has. he done any work lately?” apartment for all the world as/I ask i = though he'd been borrowing a cup of sugar and had no interest in| “ McGregor’s existence. E Gouldn’t understand Flecker’s imterest in Maud McGregor. Fiecker was a handsome specimen ofa man—a lady's man if I ever saw one—so why would he be in- terested in a thin, bony, neurotic woman like her? “Where’s the husband?” I asked. Re ae cards again?” es.” She sighed. “He must do all right,” I said, ‘if he manages to make meet, pay rent buy gri keep you in pretty-pretties.” lustrations:” scenes, mood layouts and ‘that sort of} stuff.” . “Got of his work 2 I'd like to 8ee what sort of tech ” aginations. Willie hed got into gebut at Town Hall,’ April 30. iss Pauline Nihoul; Mr. J. kK.) “CALFACADE” About 50 important U. S. crops came Willie re dey ens, 12) _ To Mrs. Blount, the former Miss|Deland, Mr. Laureano Moreno| pee moINES—(@\_—tt. was a{tequire pollination by honey! ame illie cne dey running to! Jeannett Barclay, I express. sin-| Mr. E. V. ‘Kinsman, Mr. Culn.er) , 24-heurs on the Babe Sher- | bees or other insects. } beat fae pyle bagasse |cere appreciation for splendid| and the sateniane of Ears Bie titan Farm. at Gambril: one day |. < er. | iti | ti “ : hekwso. ils Men. ackcan eel ne writing before and after) men ¥ yt, Radio hecently. In those -24 hours,- 1 ‘ Fireet!” With , this, his mother) At time I desire tex<th i de Ful her hands on her hips.|the Superintendent zxaspe ated. “Now listen to me.|Horace Q’Bryant, Principal Ed-| Who announced the date of the ™# ; cu By 4 fy ger. The 18 calves will be fed po ge ra salary that was|ward ©. Schweitzer and the| concert. Mor maket while ro hecngth will Ged to fergive you for telling] ty and pupile of Heme Pleven, With the cooperation ot so many! said. | aha story.” It wasn't long until Fan wear chien ne adc Ma tea tines do Hs I ine ew back downstairs. y n poxpsistge a : 1 miling, he said, “Mother, every- | man. Elementary School, Princi- tg a | aOR OK MELA at thing's all right 3 a sai ist who i, om her way to a He sobiagias fre ware ae = pal Albert H. Carey, faculty and brilliant career as a great concert! I when He first looked!” REPORT MANY RED TROOPS IN TIBET SRINAGAR, Kashmir — (®)— A large concentration of Chinese Communist troops have been re- ported in western Tibet, border- ing Sinkiang and Indian-held Ladakh frontier of Kashmir. A Buddhist trader from Lad- akh who had just returned _ to Leh, Ladakh’s capital, said that in and around one Tibetan vil- lage alone. not far from ‘the Ledakh border as many as 20,000 Chinese troops are stationed. These reports are in conflict with statements,of Tibetan trad- ers reaching Kalimpong in India that the bulk of the Chinese regular forces were withdrawn from western Tibet after the col- Japse of Tibetan military resist- anze, owl catch- es and eats many mice. |49c-Specials-49c POTS - PANS - CANASTER SETS - JAPALAC GLOSS PAINTS (Pint Cans) 50-FT. GARDEN HOSE (Corded) Reg. $5.95 Licensed Master Plumber on Premises FREE ESTIMATES No Job Too Small... PUMPS REPAIRED If You Have A Problem, Call Us For Repairs, Installations, We GLIDDEN PAINTS. WINDOW GLASS - 211 Simonton Street Pupils of Poinciana Elementary! School, Mrs. Winston Jones, the! Junior Woman's Club, the Sub/ Deb Woman's Club, and the! Misses Evelyn Nettles, Carol Dal- ton, Janet Brown and Glendora) Sawyer who served as hostesses, | Mrs. W. C. Sweeting and her telephone committee, .Mrs. Ber- nard Trsok chairman Fs the ad- vance ticket sale, and Mr. Frank, Mrs. Wallace B. Kirke, Phesident} of the Key West Woman's. Club;| Mrs. Orion Russell, Mrs. Raymond} Felton, Miss Minnie Porter Har- ris, Mrs. Berlin Felton, Mrs. 1 Schuch, Librarian at the Woman's Club, Mrs. Delio Cobo, Mrs. Fred Miller, Mrs. Emeline Bodler, Mrs. Guy Carleton, Mrs, Yvonne Bail-| lod, Mrs,.W.. Carry Harris, Mrs.| Mrs. Marian Carruthers, Mrs. Ida’ Gellrich, Mrs. George Mills White, | Mrs. Robert Dopp, Mrs. Genevieve Warren, Mrs, Robert Pollock, Mrs. Sara Watson, Mrs. Catherine L gan, Miss Leona Moreland, Miss Joan Doughtry, Mrs.. Wilhelmina | Harvey, LAMP SHADES $4.95 Alterations or Telephone 378 A of a | PLUMBING x ible a end Fistoeet i KEY WEST SUPPLY Co. ; Telephone 378 manist. Chairman, Education Committee, OSS ST A RE Sea Finigee Cootiette Club 371 Mrs. Greyburn Pinder, Very sincerely yours, KATHERINE W. WHITING, Ls JACK wareny AS? L gig LLIs Coming: I Was A Communist For The F.B.L . Prank Levele~ Aud Derethy Hart Key West Woman’s Club. Key West, Fia., May 18, 1951. TACKY DANCE _V.P.W. Post Home ELIZABETH STREET . Prizes for Tackiest Dress (For Men.and W. ‘omen ) ORCHESTRA and Expensive Looking Fashions At Prices You Can Affo Make Kantor's Your Graduation Needs Headquarters peep sece Shirts .. Ties . . Slacks .. Jewelry Underwear . . Shoes . . Belts oe wena FOR THIS Wonderfully Your Budget feds -