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Si of mi er af Cr Me an at wi tag Ch Ch Pr on om abl der the che the dep maj 2AGE 1WO oe The Key West Citizen ‘Published daily (except Sunday) lisher, from The Citizen Building, Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County by L. P. Artman, owner and pub-} corner of Greene and Ann Streets | =. P. ARTMAN (ig RT CRIN Editot | a _NORMAN D. ARTMAN ___. ears Business Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 51 and 1935 Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for reproduction cr not otherwise conesassnsouaD Li of all news dispatehes credited to i!/ credited in thispaper, and also the local new: | fig Plorida Press Association and Associated Dailies of Florids | s of local or general, interest, S$ FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. 3. Airports—Land and Sea. : 4. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Community Auditorium, S IMPROVEMENT: pee -HOW TO GET ECONOMY IN WASHINGTON One hears much talk and réads many words about the necessity for economy in connection with the Federal bud- ‘yéts*but, somehow, despite the digcussion, “the ‘spending continues and taxes increase. Comptroller-General Lindsay C. Warren, who served “sixteen years in Congress before taking over his present position, gives the explanation when he asserts that there ‘will bé no real cut in the Federal budget until members of ss are willing to economize on their own pet projects vo, Mr. Warren admits that practically every government agency could reduce its personnel, but points out that the saving to be effected is small compared with the appro- priations made by Congress for carrying out programs that have been created by Congress itself. “We only get appropriations because Congress has created a function,” declares Mr. Warren, Obviously, the way to reduce appropriations is to be found in eliminating ) 25e per week, year $12.00, single copy «| MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION. | is an open forum and invites discussion of public issue: but it will net publish a some of the functions that Congress itself has ereated. This may be a painful process but it is the only way to effect ss) ’ubstantial governmental economies. SOLID BUILDINGS COMING » = Seme ten years ago, the experts were talking about a ‘olid”. building, without windows, and pc ing opt, in this @ay of improved artificial lighting and dreds of windows. condition- ing, there is tittle or no reason for a building’to have hun- zadhe experts, we understand, suggest that a “solid” ; buikting would be economical because wings and court- ya ‘ because it would require little space. Modern lighting ‘ yften produces better effects than the natural light that n@eeasury the presence of vents to introduce fresh air. H The time will undoubtedly arrive when practcially all buildings will be without windows. They will rely upon tube lights and air-conditioning. a to accustom human beings to this modernized structure but, in the long run, its economy will likely prevail. ‘ oe NEBULA MOVES TOWARD THE EARTH would be unnecessary to provide air and light and filteas-into large edifices and air-conditioning makes un- It will take years souncomeaebsironomers reported ten years ago the discovery of na minute planetary hebula that was spéeding toward the earth at the rate of 338,000 miles an hour. This news may be important to those who live after us but not to the people.now onthe globe. o far away that its light requirés 10,000 years to reach The nebula is the good earth and light, as readers recall, travels 186,000 miles per second. More remarkable than the discovery of the nebula is the revelation that man has reached the stage of develop- from where he lives, and to.know what is going on nearly sixty trillion miles ment that enables him to discover facts about his universe » Of, course, sixty trillion miles is ‘walking distance” in univers where our globe spins, but it is the upproximate distance that man could travel in ten years if he could fly through space at the speed of light. “EYE-APPEAL’ SUSPENDED from A news dispatch Hollywood says that Betty ‘ Grable, the “eye-appeal” of Twentieth Century-Fox, has vacation | been suspended because she wanted than necessary before beginning a new comedy a longer We suspect that the suspension will be lifted in time t put her back into the show. After all, why cut off your legs toxspite your eyes and that of the spectators also, ly true. "It's been a long time since we have about a sea-serpent. read Never let anybody persuade you that the boys fight- Most of the smartest sayings that you read are partial- anything ing in Korea are not serving the best interests of their country. +} say they } THE KEY WEST CITIZEN é Fg By RAYMER sg While reading back issues of The Citizen for the Ten Years Ago insert, this doozey of an item cropped up: a passenger train near Pasco, Wash., was de- railed in 1941 by a thickly packed mass of thistle bristles (whistle for that) which caught on the engine's cowcatcher in passing through open field country. The mass extended so far out on the side that the edge of it struck an emefgency switch and threw the locomotive for a loss. Irony of the de-railing: the bristles came from Russian thistles . Subversive activity, eh? Or do I have a gne-track mind? SP S*'BEFORE MY EYES Seeing Zemi .Karns_ in a polka dot outfit escorting, or rather. being toWed,,"by a dappled Dal mation: dogew. . On the spot re- action of the audience at the seaplane ‘base open-air movie \the other eve when Actor Bol Mitchum refused to kiss luscious Ava Gardner in a scene Jg* "The night was riddled with @lealls of “You fool, you!” siatr doing, saving her for | Sinatr@g’ “Go back to your TEA party, yy!” High spot of fashiom’ Mrs. John Spottswood spottedigwearing a lovely cart- wheel @fiapeau at a party given by Comer. and Mrs. Fritz Harl | fingers Ba CONGH SHELL SALUTE to | the RAF officer who took seven year old: Roberta Newell to din- ner an@ the theater as rewarding gesturegeupon her “fraduation” from ffist grade . Her parents report ®he still feels like a prin cess . {. and she looks like one. | with thet long blonde hair and |the sparkling blue eyes | Salute*fo Mrs. Hugh Williams June Time lady Santa who offer | a spar@®radio to the fire depart | ment @fthe City Hall Chief | Kempétind Lt. Atwell of the force jail could use one too | Whichaeminds. me to ask Gener- ous G@ige how come the police department got .a chartreux colore@fadio while Engine House No. 3afeceWwed @..dark green jone. 2 BUSS. BUZZINGABOUT: At the Affmed Services YMCA thc other agorning, a sailor and his | bride-tosbe tried on their wed- | ding bgfids for size and the pros |pectiveegroom couldn't get his j off ag@ip Wonder how they | managed the real double ring cerem@fiy later? Couple in a hurry 4@ be married cruised into | the edyrthouse Saturday com plaining. about not being able to get retfftired bloodtests on the ene d the groom had time off to take his They were ‘isnatéitd,.to the Health Unit trailergen Duval street .. . Fuzzy | buzzerfithe black cocker spaniel | puppyea@ll wound up in his teth er ang@fope in a yard on White- head treet «.. When I took time d@t to unwind him, he was so happy he ran in circles, ended up in @he same fix HIGHLIGHTS of a BOQ party | Lt. Kee Chapman, a big husky | 200 under, who resemles | moviesstar Patrick Knowles, | being fiffided about his bound up his petite {arm . we He swears | wife, didn't twist his arm | after that he just has bur- | situs ck She just” smiled | ———ser : = ames oe All | | 1 romantic | ‘Some “of the church officials, d Let’s Fave It e } | | | | GEOKGE M. RAY In every church there is always some member who is considered | a crank on religion. Usually those | Persons are conscientious about | what they do and say. At least they re always piesent and loyal in church Furtner- hiore, they, as e rule, are fervent | in speaking to o!1ers about their | beliefs. One Sunday, such a} member stayed away from church attendance. and an hour-later she ;was found |; talking religion to e wooden In- dian in front of a cigar store. along with the pastor, held a con- feren:o with her. chiding her for | the scen2 she hed created. In de- fending her act she quiefly said, “Gentlemen, I would rather be a real Christian and talk religion to e wooden Indian than a wooden Christian who never talked re- ligion to anyone!” The pastor quietly led the group in prayer, after which they all left his office withcut a single word. Bc aie eaten : : Today’s Horoscope} Today gives an excess of cau-| tion and of self-regard. The per-| sonality is a wily one and not apt, to. be over-conscientious in the] way money is obtained. The na- tive is powers and may fall into a lot of before aware of in condition. able almost iable to overrate his ‘a any chafge Belle Bjurback, bragging #bout the litter of eight brindle pups her Boxer dog, Sherry _ had last week . Marine Corps officers 3arrett and> Bledsoe wearing borrowed sombreros. while Cae-| tus Jack Routley hung his Stet- son caref out ¢ reach F Wal, podner! 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