The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 13, 1951, Page 2

STS ee tA et OS eo M24. b=] Pio 60:49 6 8 UNS Ss oe Es 22ecea ZS8tho— ~ Page 2 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Wednesday, June id, 1951 Che Key West Citizen Published daily (except Sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner and pub * iisher, from The Citizen Building, corner of Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County =. P. ARTMAN _ Cae NORMAN D. ARTMAN - Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Clas TELEPHONES $1 and 1925 Matter Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to i cr not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news oublished here. Subscription (by carrier) 25c per week, y ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN O $12.00, single copy 5c APPLICATION The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public iss and subjects of local or genera! interest, but it will not publish anonymous communications. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Community Auditorium. oe eNe KEY WEST’S GROWTH WORTH BRAGGING ABOUT (The Tampa Daily Times, Saturday, June 9, 1951) Many Floridans will this year spend vacations sight- seeing in their own state, enjoying the beaches and surf, und touring into areas so recently developed that they of- fer new and interesting opportunities of exploration. Although not too far distant in the matter of miles, people seldom go to Key West unless they set out for that ‘ven. #pecifie purpose. It is not one of those places one normally “°“ “drops by” enroute somewhere else. -,To many, Key West is just another place where a “Pfekident fishes. But the Chamber of Commerce _ story will amaze the average person who is not familiar with ~~—wthis-southernmost city in the U.S, -—'To tell the story, the Key West Chamber prepared -‘Facts, Figures, Facilities.” It is an eye-opener. A sample “olvthe highlights : +m eevee Property valuation in Monroe County has jumped 50 .n bercent in two years, is now worth $46,000,000. In Key ‘West alone-—-$20,000,000. - “<= The Key West population is ‘21,792, exclusive of the sailors. There are nearly 10,000 setvice people’ in Key West. . .. Temperatures average 69.7 to 83. There are'2000 rooms available for visitors, 7 RNS: A new $7,000,000 Navy housing project gets under- way next week,,and a Housing Authority project is ex- “pected td cost $1,500,000. ; _ Only 196 persons are unemployed, and wages run from 76 cents an hour for unskilled women to $2.25 for skilled men. ‘oo ers~'Phe shrimping fleet invloves 400 ships and 1600 fishermen and workers, Fe «:The Navy employs 1600 civilians there. +» -»The people consume 3,000,000 gallons of fresh water += saily, supplied by a pipeline running 130 miles from the mainland. Bank deposits are $9,238,849 in the leading bank, and business totals about $10,000,000 a year spent by residents in local channels, including among others, five dry goods dlorés, 50 grocery stores and five drug stores. * Citizens are protected by 23 policemen and 24 fire- men. Transportation includes Quite a place. highway, water and air. ,;MAIN JOB OF UN The United States will soon send a communication to the United Nations, advising the organization of the ¢ and strength of armed forces we will maintain for s as units of the international agency, The response of the United States is made to a re- solution, approved by fifty-one member states last which permitted the veto-free General Assembly ganize resistance to aggression whenever the Security Council failed to act by reason of the exercise of the veto. War R. Austin, U. S. delegate to the Lnited N 8 that the action of this government will expre ith in a system of “collective security” and will de- monstrate real cooperation in the world’s resources “‘to resist aggression and repel armed invasion.” We are quite sure that the United Nations can rend- er a great service to the world if other nations will follow our example. While we do not agree with all the inquiries and -resolutions of various agencies set up by the United Nations, we think that it will render a great service if it concentrates on the fundamental job of keeping the peace of the world. If it does this, it will justify its existence and the faith of its friends and supporters. ype vice year, to or- organizing Almost anybody can justify believe it. whatever is done and Going to church is a habit that one “Sthene is little danger in it, ae Rae \ Effective advertising represents a felicitous blending of brains and printer's ink and it dividends in the end. pays Increasing inventories suggest that manufacturers, . Wholesalers and retailers are overstocked in some items - ©ownd that, eventually, the buyer may expect a temporary reduction in price. Member Florida Press Association and Associated Dailies of Florids | 4 tained not through the particular, should cultivate; | | SLICE OF HAM | | | | | | j | 1 | | | | | “This Rock Of Ours By BILL GIBB | The town seems to have folded | up and gone into summer hiber nation. The only talked on the stre subject being ts is the pres- ent drought and heat wave. Even the politicians are keeping quiet matters. At the about newsworthy usual I'm ete., broadcasted I haven't heard done | going to do that f which is daily on ev Perhaps this is a good time to make sort of a true column. least, “T've this for you, and you”, usually y street corner. confession You see, quite often ‘This Rock’ talks about more or less abstract subjects. Such things as moral! ethics, spiritual values, decent, normal behaviour. It is amazing but here is more reader from these discussions than when} ‘we deyote ourselves to such im-! portant tangible items as danger ous buildings, unwarranted politi val interference with city govern ment, etc. a Some readers express apprecia tion that a word or a_ thought! from this column has hit them the hour they needed it mos’ thers have been quite vehemen because apparently they had ac cidently read the column and had} been jarred into a few moment meditation. The general reaction of our citizenry today is that if aj} subject requives thought, then it belongs in the children’s text x0oks at school or th id folks’ reading material by a front porch rocker Sadly enough, modern journal ism has a tendency to cater to this latter type of reaction. Aj popular supposition that edited material is prepared true that reaction for a thir-| teen year old mentality is wrong mly because it does the thirteen year olds a grave injustice thru nsinuation. They are really much marter and more wide-awake than t elders. | The abstract subjects dealt with n “This Rock” aze not aimed at} the general publie. They are for the solitary individuals here and} there who are jonesome-end plush | worried Aid unsure of themselves | }--the folks who have at last de-} cided that happiness must be at- but through consideration of the whole | I've never touched on religion though spiritual values have of- ten been mentioned. The differ ence betwen the two can be great jor small, depending upon the in | dividual, However, it pleases me to hear that different | think I'm Protestant, Catholic, or | Jewish. By the same token, my face would be sort of red if all | three of these denominations in | sisted simultaneously “He doesn't | belong to us”. j Most of us love the words o |poets that bring into existence a jtrue, deep, otherwise unexpres: Jible emotion. For this reason, often try to work them into the column, How, except by quoting a Kipling’s “L’Envoi", could an averagé Man, eXpress such under standing “as; | “I have eaten your bread and people salt \ I have drunk your water and wine, f The deaths ye died I have watched beside, And the lives that ye led! were mir Or ts:there any better way of xpressing honest humility than to twist a certain phrase and say, “Not my will, but Thy Will be | done”? | And so “This Rock” winds up} by saying that it is written to! each and everyone of you read. | | ers, not as a group, but as individ- uals. Your own comments and; criticisms will guide the pane into writing what you want to read if, and this is important, IF} you tell us of this desire. ANG REPLACEMENT | —__ DEPOT O GET A DESK JOB! WY VU WY WW VU WE rErruTYEY KEY WEST NEWS Of Days Gone By Taken From The Files Of The Key West Citizen WVVVVYYYVUVYUYYYVV YY VV) 10 YEARS AGO Cou Commissioners, told by ¢ y Attorney Julius F. Stone, Jr, that their chance for a 100 per cent federal grant on Over-| seas Highway »rovements are dwindling t night named R. W. Cra t and expedite army and navy approval for the project The County... Commissioners eekin, board are fo persuade AP Newsfeatures By JOHN ROEBURT Chapter 9 ‘HE waiter removed the empty glass and set the sixth vino a check before him ostentatiously, | and then gestured to the forest of | standees lined around the wails. A chair scraped and Jigger stirred, he said chidingly. wristwatch, “You're 9:30. | Red said darkly, “I was. de-/} tained.” Jigger grinned. “What'd Prescott want with you?” “The story of my life!” | The waiter returned and set down a trayful of change. | Red said, “Prescott’s not as| easy-going as he looks, or as rea. sonable as he sounds. There are claws under the velvet, and a| maniac behind the claws. He takes} coppering seriously, like some people take religion,” Jigger shrugged, accepting this synthesis of Prescott. “Do you! think Prescott’s onto our brush} with Professor Scott?” | “I don’t think so.” Reds brow | drew thoughtfully. “No. We've still got an exclusive commer on | Scott.” Jigger asked, “Did you ‘get tol in make that stop at the Laura Spell- man House?” “Just before coming here, y “But you shook Prescott first | Red nodded. “And a shadow as- | signed to me. We had a regular | game of tag.” “What about Sally Woods?” “Just an entry on the house| | register; only lived there a few} week: ally Woods checked out} months agi “Any description of her?” “No. Joint’s ninety percent transient.” ij Jid she leave a forwarding ad- | di r Red shook his head. Jigger said gloomily, “Then we're smack up | against a stone wall.” | Red reached into an inside} ocket and dropped a paper folio in front of Jigger. “Open the Atlas and check through the index of towns. Find Lewiston.” Jigger began to comply mechan- | | ically. The ciation came cs aj} jolt, “Lewis Red grinned, enjoying the mo-| ment. His voice exulted. “Lewis- | - - you: cant owners of Dirty Dick's bar on the county road to change the name of the establishment or to have the sign moved back from the highway Henry F. Tyson, agent in charge} of the U. S, secret service bureau n Miami, now in Key West t investigate forgery of a govern- ment check, today warned local 1erchants to demand adequate identification before cashing the checks, County © Ross Sawyer, Carl Bervaldi, chairman of the | cour commission and county commission advisor, Julius one, | Jr. left for a trip to Chicago Crummer bonds will be signed there. All three ¢ Washington, D. C trip pect to step in| , on the return Blk: ficer divect bration tor Legion of- who: or iizations will ial Flag Day cele- night at La Concha park, today urged «. all Westers to observe thé day by displaying flags at their homes und place and American the anr Key of busine »A mgaswe Yor the protection of green and lopg@erhgad. tuittles in. the fouith congressional district, reported by 1he’AP this afternoon to have been signed by Governor loland, will not- affect Moniae county, according to Rep. Bernie | the editorial pages of Tne | Citizen. kinny friend says fat men have to be good natured bec @ they can neither fight nor run Your Grocer SELLS that Goo SMERICAN CORFER and CUBAN ——TRY A POUND TODAY— Last Times Today WHO DONE IT?» with RED ABHOR and LOL Coming: PASSAGE WEST and Dennix O'Keefe John Payne MONROE. ccotrp Last Times Today RETURN OF THE APE MAN with BELA LUGOSE and JOHN CARKIDINE. Coming: ALWAYS LEAVE THEM LAUGHING | | vating appearance. Nearly dependability. Talk to any Dollar You Can’t Beat a Milton Berle and Virginia Mayo his head involuntar | shut-eye, then pack a toothbrus |ers. It was Willie Hunter. Long- We admit that one of the very important attrac- tions of the new Silver Streak Pontiac is its capti- long-time investment! Come in and get the facts. | ton. The hometown of balmy Wil- lie Hunter w Woods as her ‘ down. He nudged Jigger, dropped a a Spelln listed - by. e of origin’ on an house-regis- star pupil, claimant! He said cautiously, “It could be a coineidengé. only a coincidence.” “Or it could be: Find Sally Woods, and you've also found Su- san Hunte: Woods—Hunter; the juxtaposi- tion of names held a dazzling promise. Jizger said thoughtfuily, “It fits right with the psychol- ogy of’ali Red worked his hands enthu- siastically. “Now, if we accept Anne Brown as Sally Woods, and | Sally Woods as Susan Hunter; if we cond the three of them into on Three equals one? Jigger shook ; it was too much to accept at once, much too simple! Red said, “Why not?” Jigger smiled. “Go get some " is the green val- e Lewis M ley.’ street t.” Under it, smaller and was the legend “Mat thew Hunter Avenue.” at Lewiston was_a three-hour train junket from Times Squire. Red followed J s stare, and remarked, “Rumel} was somebody.” The hi + imposingly on high ground. looked like a tumor- ous growth rising from the land- scape, They went up a winding footpath to a massive oak door. Jigger worked an enormous brass knocker. Inside, the butler listened with- out comprehension. Finally he said life} y. “This way.” The room had* three occupants. On a Jacobean sofa, a creature if drab brown silk was crocheting furiously. She was tiny, and her feet dangled above the floor. Her face was lined and small; the span of an average-sized hand could cover it comple A man was humped over a che: men with the speed of check- His eyes turned up briefly as the party, in the wake of the butler. passed. DA hs Sata ie RO ea ME Time In everyone says it is a really beautiful car. But if Pontiac didn’t have something in addition to its beauty, it couldn't possibly be in such tremendous demand today, That additional something is Pontiac’s famous Pontiac owner: in town and you'll hear a wonderful story of months’ and | years and thousands of miles of enjoyable driving \; with a minimum of routine service attention. When you add to the pride of driving the most beautiful thing on wheels the never-ending pleasure of its performance and dependability—plus the knowledge that Pontiac is outstanding as a used car value—then wili you realize that, Dollar for Pontiac—a beautiful, Sally } eyebrows arched over a look of | perpetual displeasure. The tufts At a library desk, a man was seated over notebooks. Tufted were the only hair anywhere and Pro-| looked pasted on, The face and dome were skintight. with prc | nounced bumps and veins, like | on a topographical m: S the maz said. Jigger stared. The man |minded him of somebody, something. Not the man him so much as his manner, the angry |brow and the intemperate tone “Ye. | Now the reminder was sharper, and more perplexing. The voi d “Main | said Hunter} chessboard. He| p was playing alone. moving the| vic the quick, flaring anger; had | heard it somewhere before, Jig. | wondered. He saic, “I’m her make some inquiries about S' Hunter. | Curiously, the spoken name |drew the other two occupants of | the room. The creature in brown silks left the sofa and moved to ja chair nearer the library desk. | without slowing the pace of he }handiwork. Willie Hunter to his feet and humped closer | Matthew Hunter raised a in warning against further He twisted, facing Willie. lie,” he said, “you may leave u: It was uttered mildly, but Wil |lie looked as though uelc bee struc.. across the moi E turned and humped a |'Then ne hurried nis gai | the room, : | Jigger said, “My inquiry con- cerns Willie Hunter. I should have liked him to remain.” Matthew Hunter said firmly couldn't permit it. The boy’s sick. And anything about Susan. 2 thing that recalls her, mak: wors He looked at Jigger crit- ically. “Now might I know who you are?” The reply was automatic on Jig ger's lips, when a deep-lying in stinct stopped nim. He sz “George Stanton.” He gestured to Red. “This is Mare Stevens, a co- work >r; we're feature writers.” “And ycur interest in my late daughter?” “Began with the—uh—odd cir. | cumstances of our introduction to |the story. Your son-in-law made ive identification of a murder ctim. He insisted it was Susan Hunter his wife. and your drug | ter. even—uh—solicited our | help.” y slowly and left (Teo be continued) Fire Truck Had Ty Use Railroad p STRONG ARM BRAND COFFER TRIUMPH COFFEE MILL at All Grocers S) : pe t ROBERTS OFFICE. 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