The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 20, 1951, Page 2

wPage 2, :2THE KEY.WEST CITIZEN . pene = = * - Whe Key West Citizen Published daily (except Sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner and pub- isher, from ‘Phe Citizen Building, corner of Greene and Ann Seaeets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County ~ P. ARTMAN + See NORMAN D. ARTMAN ee Business Manage: Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 51 and 1935 Press—The Associated Press is exclusively fuction of all news dispatches credited to it in this paper, and also the local news Wednesday, June 20, 1951 “Member of The entitled to use for cr not otherwise published here. ~Member Florida Press, Association and Associated Dailies of Florida ~ Subscription (by carrie) 2ic per week, year $12.00, single copy 5¢ pf vadeemm ania at Marte ine z ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION <2 The Citizen is an open forum und invites discussion of public issue and subjects of local #bonymous commi or general interest, but it will not publish ions. t 24 FLORIDA Ess Ass ON 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. pees con. U.S. TO BE READY FOR BIG. WAR:IN.1953 <=. The purpose of our defense production’ program, ac- <“€0rding to Charles B.Wilson,-its director, ig to put the <TUhited States in a position to then an all-owt. war, if ne- ‘Sckessmry, by the end of 1952. 54 ei <e"lf we can stall off.a decision by Stalim until after Sothatetime,” declares Mr. Wilson; #he isn’t going to attack ‘vinr-t953—because he will be a ‘dead duck’ if he strikes owthen-—and he knows it!” a This may be a frank statement of the situation that “Seontronts the United States at the present time. One may S“issilme that Stalin and his subordinates have a clear pic- ture-of the present peril of the free nations, but we doubt =the’ wisdom of advising him officially that this country <—Milhot be ready for a big war for nearly two years. ovrerMr. Wilson had just completed an inspection of mod- ern implements of war and was particularly impressed with “jet bombers and fighters flying at speeds never at- tained by man before.’”” He thought that Stalin should see them because they are more devastating than any- | thing in the last war and would make fine “ealling cards” from this country: to Russia. ea | LET’S TRY TO PROTECT CHILDREN Two little children, playing in an abandoned house in New Jersey last month, became imprisoned in an aban- doned refrigerator and suffocated before they could be located by a searching party. Because this was the second tragedy of its kind in the state in less than a year, Public Safety Director John E. Keenan, calling attention to similar fatalities in other states, called upon householders to remove the doors of refrigerators when they are discarded. We call attention to the advice because we have also noticed a painful repetition of such unfortunate accidents, While nobody who abandons the use of a refrigerator ex- pects little children to lock themselves in the box to be suffocated when the door slams, the po ibility exists. It is not much trouble to remove the doors and make it im- possible for such tragedies to occur. CARRY UNDERWORLD MORALS WITH THEM “A gangster or racketeer in a legitimate business does not suddenly become respectable,” declares the re- port of the Senate Crime Investigating Committee, It is.ppinted out that gangsters entering legitimate business carry their underworld morals with them. Since monopoly is the secret of big money-in-criminal ventures, the gangsters naturally try for monopoly in business, They have no hesitation about the prattices necessary to force competitors to the wall. It might be well to point out that the general tenden- cy to recognize an individual of wealth, which is a custom of Americans generally, overlooks the question as to how the individual made the money he flourishes. The get- rich-quick philosophy, regardless of methods, is attrac- tive only so long as society in general exhibits a tendency to worship the possession of large sums of cash, : DRAFT CALLS ARE LOW The call for men by the armed servic than earlier indicated. were practically cut in half and the June ¢ 20,000. This is a temporary condition which continue for severa] months, according to ¥ Louis P, Hershey, who points out that the given to the training of men already in the Later in the year it is expected th will be required to build up the armed forces to what the _ military experts consider a safe level, This is vitally im- portant to the security of the country and should not be interrupted. is much less all is for only will probably fajor General time will be service. at additional men The average club, or org » «@xeuse for a supper. ization, will grab any Thrilling statistics: Giraffes grow _ height; who wants to be a giraffe? Despite the highly technic * the needs of the human race y ble if you know to eighteen feet ix al terms used in discussing ou can get at the basic trou- what the “character” means. The April and May draft calls | “This Rock | | 1 Of Ours’ | By BILL GIBB A gentleman from Marathon jwas in the office yesterday— |placed a six month subscription |for The Key West Citizen. | We talked a few m about general conditions and it turned out that he was very much opposed to the inco: tion of Marathon. I won't men |tion his name because it might jmake him the target of unneces- jSary abuse. But he gave a good |reason for his present attitude. He said, “With the way pric« jare at. present, and living so, |high, why should a hundred-odd ents |freeholders take it upon th selves to support more _politi- jcians and public officials? | “We're getting along fine now | jand there are no special prob- jlems of vice, etc. that need the stern hand of a local municipal | government.” | Those words express the age- old sentiment of Americans—tha right to live independently of |governing officials and - politi- cians wherever it’s possible to do so decently. Any form of government is {necessarily an encroachment up jon the liberty and rights of the | individual. Where there are only ja few individuals living together, their own moral codes are usual- ly sufficient to counteract any forces of evil or any civic dis- putes that might arise. Such seems to be the case in Mara- thon. They have a little over a hun dred freehold voters. It seems {that these few people could get together and rule the without taking on the heavy bur- den of supporting and enriching politicians. They tell me the dandelion; weed is the curse of the horti- selves up everywhere if given a jparticle of a chance. If the world |of human beings has anything in common with the world of plants, it must be the similarity of the dandelion weed and _poli-| ticians. For politicians also have | the pestiferous habit of springing up at the slightest opportunity. Oh, well—enough of this kind of talk. I'll have to admit that once in awhile. a_ politician |comes along and does some good. | | And forall, know there may bé some use, or good, in occasional dandelion’“weeds. BREAKING LAWS | A few weeks ago, the minis- ters of this city were explicit in their demands that all laws be| obeyed. Now comes the goggle| fishing law and the public is in-| formed that it will be O.K. if} divers inside the Navy Yard ig-| nore this law. That it wasn’t! meant for them. How about it, you ministers and church-going people? Is a law a law, or is a law ‘ain't’ a law except according to the interpretation of the law-! maker? And since when has the State of Florida permitted a_ private individual to say that it will be all right to break its laws in specified instances? Some sort of explanation |would appear to be in order. The excuse that fish are fright- jened away by divers can be ploded by any person who lever spent any time under water |As a matter of fact, fish display \curiosity and will swim up to investigate a man. under water. ; : T%ptll can’t fare out; why a law: hat 3 so Papsirenby de- | trimef&ttal to Monroe County and | jits business interests was ever jpassed up in Tallahassee. | MORE LOSSES TO CITIZENS It still looks like we will lose | jour international, municipal air- |port to private interests. What's |more, there is every likelihood |that we will lose the bay bottom |land on the other side of the is |land to other private interests }You Key Westers won't be able |to turn around if you don’t get }up on your toes and start slug | ging for your rights General consensus among the public is that any man who gets | ithis bay bottom land can figure | jon becoming a millionaire with lin the next couple of/years. Ye jevery penny of the money should rightfully Velong to the }people from whom the land was | taken. The people whose city ha’ been refused the right to pur chase this land! nas | Dr. J. A. Valdes Specializing in Eye Examination and Visual Training COMPLETE SERVICE ON DUPLICATION of LENSES |. ‘20 YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THIS COMMUNITY We Use Bausch and Lomb Exclusively 24 Hour Service On Any | Eye Glans Prescription cultural world. The weed springs |— SLICE OF HAM Oldster To Trade 1902 Olds To GMC For New Car BEDFORD, Penn to report prog —(?).—This is n the journey of William Worth and his merry | Oldsmobile. They, are on their way frc Petersburg, Virginia— Worth’s home—toé Lansing, Mich- 1en your merry Olds- igan. r a 1902 model, it is no breez However, tne car is younger than the driver, at that—Worth is 81, and he has owned this same rocket for 49 years. He loves that y to the car, even though he has to clean the sparkplugs every hour or so. Back in 1947, General Motors of- fered him a brand new Oldsmo- bile—even trade for the 1902 model. Worth couldn’t bring him-! self to part with her. This time, however, it’s for keeps. Worth is driving the 1902 model back to the factory for a trade-in. He figures it’s about time he got a new car. Oldsmobile is happy to present him with one— free of charge—in exchange for the antique aero sien ea Bob Habenicht of the Roches- ter Red Wings in the Internay tional League won his first three games of the season. His name in| German means “have nothing.” Today we're opening our new Coca-Cola Bot- tling Plant. We hope that you'll accept our invitation to visit us in our new home. We’re expecting all our friends to come, so we have set up the schedule that nobody will be crowded or hurried. We're mighty proud of our new building and the business that Coca-Cola was first bottled, you have always given our product an enthusiastic weleome. Perhaps that’s because we have kept Coca-Cola the same wholesome and refresh- rder to be sure that you enjoy our hos- fullest, we are prepared to ceive our friends on the following schedule: Military and Dealers Public (white) School ch Publie (eo red. , School children (eolored) dren (white) § } Thursday, June 21 5to9 PM . Friday, June 22 5to9 PM Saturday, June 23 5 to9 PM ‘Fancy Cigars Jail ‘Codays } « ‘Visiting Smokers | FAIRMONT, We: (?).—Two young men Virginia. — appeared at the Marion County jai Virginia to visit le: friends. But luck see: turned bad for all c two visitors | their fiends behind When the visit Jailer noticed that they were smoking a fancy br of cigar- ette. The jailer th ecalled that severat cartons of these smok- es had been in the loot stolen a tavern robbery. A few ques |tions sufficed, and ancy jokers were locked grand jury action. Today In History 1777. care for invalid be a training sch diers, authorized by 1782—The Great . Seal of United States, with the bald eagle as the national emble: adopted by an Act of Congres 1840—Samuel F. B. Morse issued his first patent for telegpaphy 1863—West Virginia admitted to Statehood—the 35th State. 1893—Lizzie Borden acquitted in celebrated Fall River, Mass. murder case. j 1918—Baseball players made! eligible for draft but permitted to play out the season—World War 1 | 1938—18, including high Ger- |man officials, indicted for espion- jage in New York. 1944—Beginning of the Battle of | the Philippine Sea. | | 1947—Truman vetoes Taft-Hart- | ley Bill, but House quickly over- | rides. | 1949—Truman signs the. Reor-; ganization Bill. 1950—U. S. Senate votes sweep- | ing increase in social security. . | a STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE 4 Fe TRIUMPH Anniversarie: COFFEE 1788—James Mott, Philadelphia MILL Quaker abolitionist, who gave up aa a profitable cotton business be cause made with slave labor,! All Grocers bern in New York. Die an. 26, in the service, July 21, 1868. "| 1798—Daniel McCook, father of the famous 8 soldier. elf ons, him- on. army enlisting in the Un from Last Times Today IF THIS BE SIN injuries awyer, a noted Alabama, born Died June 11 MYRNA LOY » RICHARD enator from « eB Tenn. Coming: | GREAT DIVIDE hens, 1832—Benjamin | H. Bristow, Kirk’ Deugiad And Viteings > TF, Maye Kentucky Union colonel, lawyer, first U. S. solicitor, a noted:secre- t ton, Ky. 1860—Alexander Winton, Cleve- } land bicycle noted pioneer in § 18668—Helen M. (Gould) thropist, born there. Died in 1938. ary rd, Hurdle racing is returning to he treasury, born at Elk Died June 22, 1896. and born Last Times Today THE GOLDEN GLOVES STORY JAMES DUNN AND GREGORY SHERWOOD Coming: SMASHING THE manufacturer auto maker, otland. Died June 2 hep- beloved New York philan- i ae Monmouth Park race track this VICE TRUST season: for the first. time sinée|] jou. omy Adm. Ste 1883. | — Ti STRAND conéitiones j————______— MONROE «cot 'HREE HOTELS: IN at POPULAR PRICES MIAMI Located in the Heart of the City RAT. WRITE or WIRE fal ROOMS for RESERVATIONS REASONABLE with’ BATH and. TELEPHONE B * Ford .y.:Pershing —Miller Hotel... " - Hotel Hotel 60 N.E. ard St. 226 -N.E. Ist Ave. 229 N.E. Ist Ave. 80: Rooms 100° Rooms 80 Elevator Elevator Rooms Solarium Heated Elevator, 3 BLOCKS FROM UNION BUS STATION shown below to make sure made it possible. Since ing drink that Americans everywhere have come to expect when they call for Coke. With the help of good dealers, we have made Coca-Cola available for your refreshment around the corner from anywhere. And the price of Coke is still 5¢, too—in spite of wars and depressions, good times and bad. We think you’d be interested in seeing our new plant—its big shining new machines are models of taodern efficiency. So we extend you a cordial invitation, in appreciation of your friendship, to pay us a visit. 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