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THE KEY WEST CiTiZen “ ¥52 a i = j mee . Cise Sxey tocai Citizen asitors At , except Sunday) by L. B. ee er and pub | K W. f The Citizen Building, cornetgsf af fan Streets | cy est Only Daily Newspaper in Key Wegt and Monroe ‘County | : | L. P. ARTMAN } Edito C Of C | regs 2 ie ie i NORMAN D. ARTMAN -_ ¥ Business Manage | nme — C. Carlton, St. | Entered at Key West, Florida, aggSecond Class Matter Dr. and Mrs. FE , i eter, Minn. oes andgas3s, e Miss Claudia Honsley, Lant>- | Member of The Associated Press—The rciated*Press is exclusive! Fig tied to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited toi | ir. end Mrs. Ko W. Hoff, he » credited in this paper, and also the local new | .ayesville. N. C. ed ‘ - Mr. and Mrs. Carl Straig.it | 5 ae tent. Ohio | ber Florida Fress Association and Associated Dailies of Florid Mr, and Mrs. Russell J. Hig-| ibscript carrier) 25c per week, year $12.00, single copy 5 | 15 Springfield, Mass. | wir. and Mrs. Dell Whaley, ADVERTISED RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION ster City, Iowa. : a Mrs. Arthur Doddington anc | Citizer ) open forum and invites discussion of public issu | on Hollywood, Fla | nd subjects of local or ge interest, but it will not publis! b Margaret _Cleverings, | nonymous communications iuskegon, Mich | Me. Syivester J. Twamley, tochestar, N. Y. | | Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Ball,| | Sor Ontario, Canada | Mr. Oscar H. Packard, Kala- nazoo, Mich Mr. John M. Glass, Whistler, | Ala Miss Marjorie Dent Candee, New York, N. Y. | Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Clapp, Irange Cove, Calif. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN h.. and Mrs. D. K. Williams, | oar | 1. More Hotels and Apartments. gay Bene Or pote | 2. beach and Lathing Pavilion ; nr n elit, ennington, 3. Airports—Land and Sea Vt. 4. Consolidation of County and City Governments. ‘ir, and Mrs. Paul L. Vogel. 5. Communi.y Auditorium. Solumbus, Ohio. ee ee enanieipammenibiages ©| Mr. ond Mrs. Marion T. Koop, i oa ~~ | Louisville, Neb. 2O WHAT?’ NiP3 KEY WESTER Mr. and Mrs. H. Frederick Lip- * incott, Bryn Mawr, Pa. ABOUT TOM. WATSON'S SWITCH Dr. and Mrs. R. J. W. Kimble. Resentment sometimes becomes so intense it leads a |St. Davids, Pa | Mr. and Mrs. H. | Schenectady, N. Y. | Dr. Gregory Majzler, Brooklyn, C. Dovey, man to do things that, were his mind in a normal] state, he would shrink from doing? Time usually assuages resent- N.Y ment, but sometimes it holds fast and becomes an obses- | ae Ae eDovexaheim, aot si Jhen it does, theres no telling what form its out- | Louis, Mo. ae a be ill aM . Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Gardner, | croppings will take. | Elkhorn, Wis | The Citizen Friday published a story about J. Tom) Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Straight, Watson, well known in K West, in which he stated he Ken ene chuGiiie-amaten had switched from the Democratic to the Republican par- y_ y. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. McCully, | Santa Cruz, Calif. | Mr. and Mrs. Shipman, Il. Mr. John Rennick, Topeka, Ill. ty. This is his privilege, and we do not question it, but we are confident that, had he been elected governor of Flori- da when he ran in 1948, or, subsequently, to a seat on the state’s Supreme Court’s bench, or to congress as repre- | Larcher Heal, sentative from the Tampa congressional district, he would log . E. W. Nase, Philadelphia 1 have remained constant to the party that had nOnGRES | R. H. and Abrilla C. Noderer. | lim on severé ecasions. | Johnstown, Pa. | eee ee ene Ree: Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Schroeder, Watson was one of Fiorida’s best Attorne y General. | Gincinnati, Ohio. aa He resorted to no legal quibbling over questions that came! Dr. and Mrs. A. H. Buis, Ta- coma, Wash. \o him for his; decision. Lay, as even.the layman, knows, , et eee ard aber, is not sufficiently explicit for.even lawyers themselves to Fla. agree always on its connotation. If they did, then we, ‘Mr. Sam would got need lawyers, except to perform formula work. Sea cins Patricia Walsh, Newton, Often the difference of opinion about the construction of ; center, Mas j a law includes so tenuous a thing as the spirit of the law. | Mr. and Mrs. pMarion Baker, | Judges, as well as practising attorne s, disagree in their TW. Bion, Biabaniers| construction, are overruled or sustained by higher courts gale, Fla. | till what should be the final decision comes from the U. 8.| Margaret and Hayden Rees, | 1G supreme Court. But even that court has reversed itself. | est aati N. Girard, As Attorney General, Watson did not. skirk giving | Pa. his opinion about any question that was submitted to him. bi vals Further, when attorneys disagreed with his opinion and “Mr. and Mr ought relief from it in the courts, he fought to his utmost | Whitmore Lake, Mich. io maintain his point of view in the interests of the state, | Mrs. Bess Mueller, | Ohio. \ But he had won so e Attorney General, he | Mr. John R. Daugherty, tyler, | resis ; ati u ire for > ffice Texas. | could not resist the te mptation to, aspire for the office of ears. Gaorge h. Clovis | governor, though many of his friends pleaded with him: 5." Marys, W. Va ' | Miss Hattie O. Cox, Bruns- | wick, Me. ot Mr. and Ms. John M. Henry, Park Ridge, Ill. Mr. Herman Kellman, Miami, fitthdl tho OCU KBD R srt Mr. Leo R. Zweimiller, Miami, Rosburgh, Warsaw, Ernest Kandler, Worten- | N. J. | . James, Edwards, | | Columbus, ily as to run for re-election, Defeated in his race for governor, | he became a candidate for vacancy in the Supreme | Court, Defeated again, he sought a seat in congress and, though he Jost by 22,000 votes, he fought in court, on a vague technicality, to try to keep the winter Gut Of dffice. Fla. é He lost again,” ditid “Fell: inté “oblivion, “from: which he | aay " i emerges by anneuneing he had become a Republican. | His Key West friends, whom The Citizen sounded be stage Mrs. W. P. Champney, out about his switch, shrugged, and one of them nipped, | Euctid, Ohio. Mr. Edward Francis, Peru, Ind Mr. and Mrs. J. G. MeMic! ael, Sheker Heights, Ohio. Dr. and Mrs. Frank H. Coble, Richmond, Indiana, Mr, Charles Martin. Peru, Ind a Lees- “So what? If you want 1952 to be your best vear try advertising regularly in The Citizen. j —- _ - Dr. and Mrs. T. W. Tippett, Atlanta, Ga SLICE OF HAM Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Groves, Bvromville, Ga B. C. Ccherzinger, Cincin Ohio, Mr noti Mr Don E. Johnson, Toledo, Ohio. Mr. Staples, New Orleans, La | Mr. and Mrs. O. H. Van Dell, New Lisbon, Wis Dr. ane Mre. W. W. Van Del! Lake Worth, Fla Mr. and Mrs. Lee Kinney L>wton, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cormick Lewtorf, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Olson, | Carterport, Long Island, N. Y Mr. and Mrs. John G. Prevost St. Johnsburg, Vt Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Simp son, Ruthilda, Saskatchewan Canada Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ter Clarkson, Ontario, Canada Mr .end Mrs. Philip Wagenti Loei, N. J. Miss Pat Weber, Fairbanks Alaska o Mrs. David Reins, Lincoln Neb. Mr. J. D. Hasty, Sarasota, Fla Dr. and Mrs. O. K. Stafford Chicago, TH Mr. and Mrs. G. Terry shot, Ontario, Canada. Mr. Frederick W. Hauf, Schen ectady, N. Y. AND t THOUGHT YA SAID WE'D KNOCK IT OVER ! Raw ¢-ae Alder slime Cransit ee Coitiaader it! S280 Sik ; : c: Goi Reports For puty Wd Bill’s Southernmost Garage Tn Island ( tty 207 wiivaliead t es Angela | Commander Fred (MC) USN has re jas Chief of Medicine at the i ‘aval Hospital, Key Wes opE KEEN, Dr. Butler is the son of Mrs. D. 0 & A, Butler and the late Mr KEEN 31 DR. GORDON N. KEENE OPTOMETRIST Formerly of Miami EYE AND VISUAL DIAGNOSIS Complete Optical “Takoratory Florida. He Science of Havana, his Bachelor jfrom Wheaton College in 1935, ard | his Doctor of Medicine from Jeff jerson Medieal College in 1929. In {1941, Dr. Butler entered the Nav: | Medical School, upon completion of which, he joifed the Fifth Naval | District staff. Since 1942, his var | iou: of | duty stations have taken him} America now more t- | 824 Duvat St. Te!. 1423 |to the South Pacific; the Bureau | soleum and its than it ex @ of Medicine. Washington, D.C.: to ports. 2 = = |Guam as Commanding Of icer of Naval Medical Research Unit no. —— — and later to the siatf | Hawail. In 1947. Cdr. B attend. , GET A LOAN ENTIRELY SY MAIL utle ed the a of | post-graduate study. The of | er. te 2 : | 1948 found him as Chief of Medicine | SAVE Merey! . |at the Naval Hospital, Pensacola. | ae Ri onth: CUP eo eens ike | HE Beneficial Plan way to get a loa venient Ee Noltalg Bethendas Marcin «and saves you money! Small “us ious made as promptly apa a Cd Butiane married to the fol as larger amounts. SAVE MOMEY: COMPARE! io rephoto | mer Elizabeth Lindsey of Quincy EXAMFLIS OF COST: LSE eee WHILE CPL. JAMBS W. REZEK, Lake Andes, S. D., (rear) keeps | Florida, They have two children, he Rasa male aey m | Even $ | CASH YOU GET a sharp lookout for Communist snipers, Sgt. 1/e Ralph I. Rubic, | Yavid Arthur, 10, and Bruce Lind- PEsia teco ccd ic So'days sian \. eee (ea nee 8 es ‘iia 100.00 loan repaid i —$1. \eseser Tuscaloosa, Ala., ducks down to change position in the trench [SCF 9) ‘ SS APOE | $11 | $136.36 | $157.50 on Korea's central front, Jan. 13. Snow lies on the crest of the | A cng ee eas of the : unl es $15 | 185.45 | 215.36 ridge while part of the ground has been swept bare by winter | Sergratime traiite the beeen ADDITIONAL BENEFITS: $20 | 248.18 | 286.07 inde rly ther emg Fstablish your credit in over 700 a. {Above repayments made on time cover | Merit, Presidential Unit Commen 4 : EH Swi everything! Loans in other amounts ee ee ini fon eee = | dation, and the Navy Unit Com filiated offices, ‘coast-to-coast in U.S. | cr tor other periods, also ot less than R PI . S L mendation. He weers the following and Canada. maximum charges permitted, _(Flo.-8) wel aw ‘i ogers Pledges Smith Says Law service meaats."Anverican, Devenve ih s6u) cell Situ ciie Hie baw wohl ariaee! write TODAY. for : Paes c p R | American it A me Pacif a MAILOAN APPLICATION . . . immediate attention! “ Area with one star, and World Wa Aid T 0 End Yrotects Roth | II Victory medal. LOANS $30 to $300 on Furniture, Car, or Non Discriminati Tenant, Landlord |,,12 tien devs. ao tna cid vo ‘ ‘ ‘ ; In Puritan s, an Indign haled Be x iscrimmation enant, LANQlord | 3 the white pans eae he CHETICUEL FINANCE C2. et: Jan. 21 - (Spe: St ini ibn au Leo iealiysAtr Breaking alley w au Bhed c mu 1670 N. W. 36TH STREET cial) -) An amendment endorsed by | keyword of the ne era of his land’ since they ‘had no 2 3+ ant : * program, Carlton F. Smith, Chair- | money Bienes S7A5% MIAMI, ELAS the American Newspaper Associa : Ff — i oc’ man of the Monroe Rent Advisory | _ i tion to ban discrimination by the | Board explained today in an infor- | Federal Communications Commis- | mal year-end discussion of the war sion in the issuance of licenses for ainst infiation on the housing-ren- | A radio stations, today drew a ple tal front from Rep. Dwight Rogers of Fort “What we have today is rent sta- | }/ Leuderdale to support it vigorously bilizations 4 syee eas mucin yen # : SUPE ie’ “* | much more flexible and much more Vi when it comes up for actioh in the | ;ealistie than wartime control,” House Interstate and Foreign Com- | Mr. Smith asserted. \ merce Committee, of which he is a He added: “What the law intends high ranking member is the stabilization of rent prices The drasi o. the amendment now , in line with the price of food and ee is in the hows af several Congress. | other essential commodities.” Iq (Lae men, including Rep. Rogers. It is ““Concress in amending _ the Arie intended to be an *aendment ot Housing and Rent Law last sum: | i. eee: the Senate-approved McFarland mer, wrote in provisions to protect } | H) i ee bill (S.658) soon to come before the the rishts of hoth landlords anc Committee on which Mr, Rogers tenants,” he pointed out Ie serves. It reads as fo!lows -_-—____—— 1 I “No sanction shall be imposed or| It is estimated that 250 000 Amer: : EVE MN ey rule or order be issued ex of working age are disabled GR Ven are cept within the jurisdiction dele. annually, chiefly from chronic dis gated to the Commiss.on and as | ease authorized by law. The Commission shall make or promulgate no rule or regulation of substance or pro-| STRONG ARM B& AND COFFEE cedure, the purpose or result of T ‘jump which is to effect a discrimination | between persons based upon race, | {fee religious or political affiliations, or i kind of lawful occupation or busi Mill ness associations; nor shi‘! any ay application for license, as defined | ALL GROCERS in Sec. 2-E of the Act of June 11 1946, be denied because of any such | ~ consideration.” ‘The bill was drafted by the C s A Air munications Sub-committee of TR ND Conditioned Senate Interstate and Foreign Cor merce Committee, of which Senator Last Times Today Ernest W arland of Arizona is . chairman, The AMA amendmen. | Double Dynamite was not contained in the MeFar peel land bill as it passed the $ last session. The bill is for eral purpose of reorganizi Communications Commission THE TORCH 72 The present policy of the FCC is dard dnd Pedro W/) a ‘tf diseriminatory, Rep. Rogers de (EAT ‘ clageld, IA applications for idéhses Fo tat th Operate néw tadio stations, wher | ( “4 a : AIR twoor more appicatans nace been | MQNIROE ..2" 7 filed for a certain wave-length, the —— C CM// OF7 19 FCC always has favored applicants i y Last T a not in the newspaper business we ims neste everything else being equal. The|| MATING SEASON Fort Lauderdale Congressman said with sy the AMA amendment \ GENE TIERYEY AND JOHN effectively curb tie current FCC pense ' . discrimi Vy policy snouid Le Pe ayia! Here's downright good re- McFarland bl finally be enacte Coming: SAVAGE DRUMS Seeah f and signed by President Truman ee ee reshment! DAIRY QUEEN is a delicious fresh whole- . milk 'n sweet-cream food . . » frozen seconds before you eat it... sanitarily serv- ed right from freezer to you. Nutritious ... refreshing... satisfying. Try DAIRY QUEEN today! 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