The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 25, 1952, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, March 25, 1952 Business Leaders Are Confident Of 4 ore Prosperity | —— Outright : Pessimists .. — | Are Few And Far Between | By The Associated Press In the midst of sce sales and production slumps that cause grave worry, business leaders today are generally confident. ‘his is the main finding of a | coast-to-coast Associated i’ress ; survey in which Lusiness and in- | dustrial Officials were asked: j “How’s business?” Outright pessimists were few end | far between. Optimism was wide: | spread if somewhat cautic-1s. Leaders reported some. maior in- dustries so harried there is talk of recession. even while others con- tinue to boom. Retail sales have fallen behind scare-buying 1951 over most «< the nation. Many prices have been re- duced. Some. manufacturipg. has | been cit back. ” eee The big problems are high taxes, rising labor costs, lower margins, buyers’ resistance.’ But despite the “‘soft spots,” business is reported generally good ty comparisen with most recent } { years. Washington reports bear this out. | Government economists estimate | that gross national production— ! value of all goods and services prcdluced—in the first three months | of 1952 is at a rate of more than | $38 billion dollars annually. This | is 19 billion higher than it was a year ago. Here are other current Wasbing- ton estimates: National income at an annual rate of more than 285 billion dc’- lars against 269 billion a year ago. Personal income mofe than 257 billion against 243 billion in early 1951, Unemployment 2,100,000 persons in February, or 300,000 iess than a:year earlier. Among these responding to the survey, industrialists who’ expect to maintain high production out- namber those taking'a dim view. Retailers «concede there’ is | sumer resistance and’ it Nas hurt! Prio May Set Up Government In Exile In Cuba MIAMI BEACH (#—Carlos ‘Prio Soearras, who lost the presidency of Cuba in a lightning coup March 10, may set up a government,in- exile in Miami Prio, who fled tc Mexico when Fulgencio Batista seized the Cuban government, said Monday he has postponed indefinitely his retura lto Mexico and that his wife and | two daughters will join him here. When Prio came here March 17 he announced he had no intenticn of plotting a counter-revoiution on j United States soil. Monday Prio summoned news- | | men to his hotel and gave them a | prepared statement in which he | \said students and faculty cf Ha- | vana and Oriente Universities had condemned the Batista coup as a ‘violation ‘of the basic charter of the Republic of Cuba.” Prio added he hoped this would serve as an example to the Su- preme Court of Justice and alsc: ray to the Cuban neople in this crusade | to save the republic from the mili- tary. regime.” SCIENCE NEWS R- HOWARD W. BLAKos!ce Associated Press Science Editor ITHACA, N. Y. (#—Slow motica | pictures where a fraction of a sec- ond last a full minute — you can’t see the motion unless: you look sharply — are in use at Cofnell University. * They. are for. research for the U. S. Department ci Agriculture to design methods of saving time for farmers in marketing. They show how to do hand jobs with less work. They outdo efficiency | ex- perts, because an individwa! can see. for himself what method best suits his style. ' This new work was descrited to- i KW. Army Air . | Force Recruit RALPH PLACENCIA. JR.. son ef Mr, and Mrs. Ralph Placen- 311 Catherine street, has left for Lackland Airfielll, Tex., for his training jin the J Army Air Force. will t Lac klangk gig weeks be- fur nings;+! cia, be fo ae epepercst i. ‘Murray Calls PES 21 FORIT OOR | { Wilson Biased ‘Businessman That He Is Uninformed, That He Is Trying To Wreck Wage Balance i) | WASHINGTON (P—CIO Presi- ;dent Philip Murray today blasted | Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wil- }son as a ‘biased and uninformed” |big businessman and refused to | meet with him on the crucial steel | dispute. | Wilson, flying, tack from ; talks with President Truman at, Key West, Fia., bad charted new ‘steel wage-price , peace negctiatiqns in apparent hopes of avoiding boosts | which Wilson plainly felt “might iwreck ‘the entire economic con- trols program. Murray’s tart refusal to meet | with Wilsca, even before the mo- | bilization chief got around to send- ing out invitations, seemed to doom lary such negotiations. Wilson tcid reporters who met him at the airport Monday night that proposals made last week by 'the Wage Stabilization Board \(WSB) for settling: the labor issues posed ‘a serious “threat’’! to: the | admjnistraticn’s efforts ‘to stabilize | the economy: % The steel:industry says it will have to:raise its prices up to-$12 a ton to pay for wage ineréases yecommended hy: WSB: for Mur- gay!s:iunioh) j'rymic# fo nothin: »Wilson’s; peoratbent »«! thatthe’ | But. mos{ are confident that valtids | ay in publications of Dr. Max E. | WSB’s recommendations for a 17/4 over the rest of 1952°-will attract enough buyers se volume: will come close, to that of last year! Principal areas of industri) Gis- tress are found in textiles. shues, appliances, automobiles end hard coal, Rapid expansion is the rule in steel, aluminum,: oil and defense peanufacturing. The survey disclosed retail sales in 10 or mere states—mainly in the West and Deep South—running surprisingly ahead of the. early eg period of frantic scare buy- ng. * Many felt present prices would be fairly well maintained; that high personal incomes and a ris- ingirate of defense spending would mean rosier outlooks fer toth re- tudlers and producers; Reclouding all predictions is this unknown; The time bomb of a se- ries of strikes could shut down many industries and alter businéss pregpects drastically. ; ‘The second quarter of 1952. start- ing April 1, is the period in which government economists said we would see the greatest pinch on materials. But'‘as it approaches, what is the picture? Defense production officials are considering relaxing contre's ‘on some types of steel and aluminum | in ample supply. They're giving a | go-ahead to commercial and non- defense industrial construction. | April could tip the balance. A series of strikes would make | supplies short again, bring tight- | ened ccitrols and keep many con- | struction workers idle. ' Wage-price increases in steel and | other industries could set off a | new inflatiohary spree. This might | start a new scramble for goods | and materials, another wave of | frantic stocking of inventories. Here are results ¢’ the A. LP. survey of business and industrial i leaders: | Retail sales in 33 states have fallen behind 1951, in many cases , by 10 to 15 per cent. But com. | parisons with 1950 are mostly fa- vorable. And states showing in- | ereases over last year’s level in- | | clude Alabama, Louisiana, Missis- i, Kansas, North Dakota. Wyo- ming, Arizona and West Virginia. | Prices of many food products | have declined. but the over-all pic. | ture is reported stable. Many de clines are called seasonal. | Unemployment is a serious pro*- lem in relatively few areas. Cutbacks in construction work, | of credit or materials re- | have affected several | heeca' areas. In some ct them defense work has taken wo the slack. Fed. | figures show nearly a million po in the civilian working force Brunk and Dr. Jack:.C. Thompson, of the Department of Agricultural Economics, : In these pictures. you see not only every. important move, like renching fcr an apple and bringing it to a packing box. You see little things that the eye never reatches. You see momentary hesitation, and search with eye@for the thing next tu be done. You see the almost impercep- tible signs of how the worker de- erdes where to place an object, and how he goes about putting it there. Also how long your fingers take to grasp an object, how long they hold it, and how long they | take te let go. \ The pictures cover eighteen dif- ferert moves. An example of in- teresting results was changing the tilt of a box for packing apples. The new tilt speeded packing time 40 per cent. The Cornell men believe their system will apoly to all mechanical jobs. {at 59,800,000) than there were a year ago. (Note — Wednesday's article. tolls ho whbusiness has a selling job ahead to make 1952 a good year, but defense spending may ease the problem.) | Dixie Division Infantry Arrive For Exe COMBAT-READY TRoop flow out of a giant C.124 Force Base, 8. C the Globemaste Horo Ts to ta All equipment gort, hourly, pay. boast and: other benefits . fon, Murray's: ClO Steel? }' workers, would; threaten .theecono:' mic, stabilization program... stung Murray into; making 'a. het reply, “It is clear,’ Murray's state- ment said,—‘that no. constructive purpose .can be served by, attend- é at a meeting With ‘ME. Wilson t which—in accordance’ with: his prior, Fiased and uninformed judg- ment of the issues—he will attempt to set aside the findings of the Wage Board in favor of an in- dustry-dictated| arrangement.” Murray, pointing out that he had postponed scheduled steel strikes | four times at Mr. Truman’s re- | quest and had followed the ad- {ministration’s suggestions in pre- senting the union’s complicated de- iar with the case. .“His only knowledge’ of ‘the jis- sues,”’ Murray said, “Comes from the steel \ corporation ‘executives 'who summoned him to New York for a hasty briefing.” re Murtay. sajd .he «plats to ignore Wilson's meetings and go ahead with Scheduled. bag dining sessions with” steel companies — starting Wednesday. The current. strike ‘postponement is to last only until | April 8. Labor Leader Maintains | | : mands to the WSB for suggested | crying feebly ‘when ambulance solution, said Wilson was unfamil-|drivers arrived, diéd two hours NY Murder | Chapter 24 | RETURNING in the direction of the house, Johnny decided to use the main entrance. He wanted to see Moe Martin a mo- ment—alone, if possible—before joining Nancy England and Nick Walker. He still out on the side terrace. As he entered the main front hall, he heard the faint tinkle of Blasses from the direction of the | butler’s pantry. The door Jeading | back there from the wide center aall was open. Nick Walker was probably fixing another drink. Johnny cut toward the library. turned off in the e room. It was dim and quiet, the air s heavy with lingering heat. No one was in the room, But from beyond the screened doors across the wide room he heard a soft murmur of voices. Johnny’s steps were sou on the deep-piled carpeting as he strolled toward one of the doors. Standing there in the shadows, feeling a slight breath of air com- ing through the screen, he Heard | Nick Walker. The usual hearti- | ness was missing from the bi fellow's voice. Now it was low an serious, and—Johnny thought—a little bit thick. | “Listen, Nancy,” Walker was | Saying, “you’re still carrying the torch for that guy. Don’t tell me! I've known it for years. Again, I'm asking you...” “Nick ... please!” | _ It was Nancy England speak- ‘| ing. It occurred to Johnny that the woman was shaken and upset about something. He could almost feel the tremor in her voice. “I've listened long enough!” Nick Walker cut in. “And waited, too! Look, why does. it always ; have to be... Z | The man’s words became muffied. Johnny stepped closer to the door in order to hear what | was said..In doing so, he saw the | outline of the two figures stand- ing near the edge of the terrace. | Civil Air Patrol Cadets Meet The Civil Air Patro! Cadets covered a lesson in civil air regu- lations part 69 last Thursday night. It was instructed by Lt. Shepherd, commandant of cadets. : Sunday, at the airport, drill was | held. First the C.A.P.C. drilled j and then the drill team had aj special .session, They are im- roving steadily. After the meet- ing. the cadets who didn’t receive their orientation flights went for rides. \ Girls interested in the C.A.P. are urged to join now so that ’ they willbe eligible for the gitts’’*drif ‘team.’ Pifteeri is the minimum and the quota will | ‘be reached’ soon. Others: irtterested in aviation who would like’ to join the cadets | are requested to attend the meet- ings to be held at the Key West | High Schoo! at 7:30 p.m. Thurs-! * ‘days or Sunday afternoons 3:30 at the airport. , Anyone 15 to 17% years of age is eligible. Was Inadequate at i LOS ANGELES (# — A despond- ent mother, clutching her 6-year- old son in her arms, leaped from the roof of a 7-story hc‘el here Monday. Mrs. Terry Cluart, 30, died im- mediately. Little John, who was later. A note to the husband and father read: ‘ “I've reached the point of no return. It’s net you fault honey— you’ve been a wonderful husband and father. Am taking J. B. with me to spare him the disgrace. I’m just. inadequate.” Cluart, sobbing at his dying son's bedside, said. his wife had been ;despondent since losing a boy at | birth a year ago. reise Longhorn a (A) Wirephoto i seatetiiaeor et tenn nserananteenee tel tenpmeepeeheienueativenn S, part of the E and H companies, 155th Infantry, of the 31st Division, plane at Temple, Tex., after a cross-country flight from Shaw Air These men were among the first of 8,750 men to make the 1,000-mile lift in ke part in maneuvers starting today, and to be known as Operation Long vil be airborne except tanks and heavy anti-aircraft weapons. resumed they were} a}} Some of the lights had been] ¥°' BY WILLIAM, 6. BOGART + The big sportsman faced Nancy England, his arms around her. Apparently he had started to kiss her, and she was resisting. , “Nick . .. don’t!” she was say- ing. She sounded miserable. ~ “Dammit, Nancy,” the man said angrily, “I thought after it_was 1 over, you'd change. Don’t think 1 didn’t have everything figured out. But I was‘willing to ot — the way I felt . ae ut things . . . about you. knew that some day .. - some- how... things would be differ: ent. He wouldn’t be around... - Johnny Saxon heard the wo- man’s sharp gasp. “Nick Walker, i u_don’t know what you're say- ing! You're . . . drunk!” The two till | figures on the terrace broke away from each other for an instant: Then the big man pulled Nancy toward him again. “Now look, Nancy...” “T said, goodnight!” “Aw, Nan...” The heavily built man swayed a little as the woman: again an- sarily pushed away from him. “All right, maybe I have had a few too many. Maybe I’m talking too much. But I know what I’m wring. honey, don’t ever forget that. He gave you a sweet run- around, and perhaps you had a few ideas, too! Think it over! Goodnight!” With that, Nick Walker turned away.and stalked off the terrace, moving in the direction of the ¢ r driveway. eens hesitated a moment longer, ready to step quickly back into the living room if Nancy England started his way, He was intensely absorbed in what had just happened. Now he wondered if the woman would run after Nick Walker or break down sob- bing. She did neither. Instead, she stood there, rigid and silent and watching the man’s figure disap- pear toward his statien wagon. She was still standing like that, motionless, when the car started YS | The General Is Qut-Maneuvered *! ward the AP Newsfeatures Moving quickly, Johnity saxon stepped across the room, then appeared to be entering the h- brary as Nancy England came in from the terrace. “Well,” he called out cl:eer- fully, “there you are. I’m sorry I kept you folks waiting.” said to tell +ou good she snid.. “Sie had t He decided that her control wa nothing less than amazing. Obvi- ously she had been headed to- center hall. Ske would me face to face with him C ct light from the one amp turned on in the yithout a break in her step cted a chair and sat down mt was casual. She sely chosen a part of th room that left her face in shad- ows. “T hadn't realized it was getting so late,” said Johnny. He tried tc pick a chair that directly facec her, “It's almost midnight.” “And quict. Is it always this quiet? I’ve never lived in th country.” “Sometimes the stillness almos drives you mad. That’s. why I a most of my time in the city If it wasn’t for my sister, J wouldn’t be out here now.” Then, for an instant, she did look at him directly. “What wa. wrong upstairs awhile ago? Nick Said you were looking throug). the hallways.” Johnny shrugged and made ar off-hand gesture. “It was nothing really, lIrene—your sister—be-“ came a little upset over some thing. But Kay stayed with he and it was all right.” He became absorbed fighting a’ ‘cigarette, added casually, “I would hav: called you instead of Kay, bu: you weren’t down here.” There was no hestitation as she explained, “I took a stroll down the road. Nick met me when | came back. He told me.” (To be continued) . (®) Wirephot » GENERAL JAMES VAN FLEET proves a willing victim as a Korean orphan attacks from the rear to get a candy bar. The Eighth Army commander was visiting Seoul’s Columbia Or- phanage to help distribute some of the $11,000 worth of gifts sent to Korean children by U.S, Third Army men at home. Z Eleven Childcen Orphaned FREDERICK, Md. (Eleven children were orphaned today be- cause their father killed himself in a police trap after fatally shoot- ing their mother. 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