The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 26, 1952, Page 2

~ ‘Page 2 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Che Key West Citizen Published daily (except Sunday) by L. P. Artman, ownter and pub- tisher, from The Citizen Building, corner of Greene And Ann Streets. Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County _ L. P. ARTMAN Publisher NCRMAN D. ARTMAN Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the publishea here. a Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida SS ERED aa TSR Subseription (by carrier) 26c per week, year $12.00, single copy 5c peta TRE aC NTR NS ADVERTISED RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION YACHT CLUB WITHOUT YACHTS AND SEAPORT WITHOUT SHIPPING Susan McAvoy’s story in The Citizen about the Key West Yacht Club, “prominent in membership and poor in chts,”: proves that.old saying about a person’s often ag to enjoy or profit from the advantages in his pos- and looks elsewhere for entertainment or finan- ancement, in the old days’ when Key Westers gloried in that surrounds us far more than they do today, all week sailboat racing was watched by hun- dy nthusiastic residents that lined the shore either on fthwesterly or southeasterly side of the island, * Qccastonally now we have. outboard motor racing, which depepds on the mechanical and not the maneuver- able handling of a boat to win a race. Any man can steer ‘a boat, with Kh motor as the propelling force, at a given point, but it requires skillful handling of the helm in a sailboat to reach that point by tacking at the right time and holding to a course to the last split second before tacking again. With wind in the sails and water seething over the scuppers, the man at the helm must maintain an alertness to act as quickly as the snap of the fingers to ease the strain on his boat and ‘thereby keep her from capsizing. Once in awhile, in Key West sailboat-racing days, the helmsman was not quick enough and his boat turned over Many a Key Wester took pride in building racing boats, as much so as does a horseman in raising thorough- breds to race on the tracks. The late J. Vining Harris had a yacht built that did not have a bit of calking in her deck, sides or bottom. The seams Jooked like they had been welded together, and after she was painted they were not discernible. She was built by the late Edward (Ned) Roberts on Lowe’s ways in the Key West Bight, off the foot of Greene street. She was named Marian, and though she participated in dozens of races, she did not | lose once to a boat of her size. Those were stirring days in Key West for sailboat racing, but who can recall when the last race of that kind was held here? The sea is still around us and affords us a similar opportunity to enjoy that sport. So far as The Citizen knows, Key West is the onl; eae city in the country where sailboat racing is not held. In Miami, Tam- pa, St. Petersburg and other seaport cities in Florida, in- formal sailboat racing is conducted frequently, with for- mal races held seveval times annually. But in Key West, with incomparable facilities for that type of sport, sail- boat racing has died out. But &c ble to Key Westers is the fact that we have one of the best port in the South and yet have no nect us with other ports. and civic ts wear out the ost comm y arrang exist very largely ‘Business Manager | AMES W. WILLIAMS, Lt. USNR, is an expert on old forts. He has been probing the history of Fort Taylor and both the Mar- tellos while here on the second phase of reserve officers training at the Sonar School. Today’s “scl Mirror By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK i#—Steelmakers are wondering how much longer they could sell all of their present rec- ord-breaking tonnage — should the price of steel go up to offset a raise in wages. ‘They fear that the inflation which both steel executives and Washington officials see resulting from any new wage-price boost in steel might end in choking off the customers. Some of steel’s customers al- ready are cutting back their own production — and cutting back their ordering of steel. The defense program, of course, | pec demands large quantities of steel. Since the defense program is paid for out of the public purse, it will go on. And steel will have a big customer for sure. But steel costing $3, $8 or $12 more a ton will look less inviting to many manufacturesrs (not backed by tax money) who are finding it tough to sell their prod- ucts to a price-balking public. And the cost of steel has already gone up about $1 a ton because of the freight rate hike approved last week, according to Eugene G. |Grace, chairman of Bethlehem Steel, He says Bethlehem operations should stay at capacity at least until October — after that he does not know. Grace says the steel companies offered a wage increase of 12 % cents an hour and fringe | benefits to a total cost of 20 cents an hour. To offset this additional labor cost, an $8 a ton rise in steel | would be needed, Grace estimates. | Others in the industry estimate the | cost of the Wage Stabilization | more to worry about. ee Fortifications His Hobby Board’s recommendation would be | 30 cents an hour. They say that | since prices of materials and serv- ices purchased usually rise by an equal amount after a steel wage boost, it would take a $12 a ton price boost to offset the total ef- fect. Grace says the government sup- port of wage raises is designed to promote further inflation. And Irv- ing S. Olds, chairman of U. S. Steel, also sees the prospect of “another round of crippling infla- tion.” Olds explains: “Labor will have hundreds of ; millions of dollars more to spend, but will produce no more goods! and services in ‘which to spend it. So the upward pressure on prices will increase enormously, | and up goes the cost of living.” | But Roger L. Putnam, economic stabilization administrator, says the steel industry is not entitled | to greater price relief than $3 a ton, under government regulations, ause “it is making so much | money.” There are deeper issues in the | seizure of the steel mills than the | ultimate price of steel. And these ' are being fought out in the courts and in Congress. But steelmakers, meanwhile, | note a development among one | group of their good customers. | General Electric is cutting back | production of refrigerators and food freezers 50 per cent — and laying off workmen — because of | heavy inventories of unsold prod- ucts. GE also is cutting prices of ; some of its automatic washing ma- | chines — to help sell them. | Westinghouse Electric also is cut- | ting back on refrigerator is tion, The auto industry isn't using as | much steel this year as last, due to. government restrictions. But | many doubt if it would use as/ much steel this year if given a/ free hand. It gives steelmakers something | SLICE OF HAM | nething of far more importance and far more regular ship- | cam- | “THERE'LL BE ONE MORE LESS, MY FEET DON T HOLD OU Political Announcements DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY, MAY 6, 1952 HILARY U. ALBURY Fos County Judge RAYMOND R. LORD For County Tax Assessor FRED J. DION For County Tax Assessor CLAUDE A. GANDOLFO For Re-Election For County Tax Collector GEORGE G. GOMEZ For County Tax Collector HOWARD E. WILSON (For Re-Election) * For Sheriff LOUIS M. J. EISNER For Sheriff JOHN M. SPOTTSWOOD For Clerk of the Criminal Court Cc. SAM B. CURRY For Clerk of Criminal Court HARRY DONGO ~—aeemrecrean mentor JOE ALLEN First District For County Commissioner J. M. FERNANDEZ, JR. CHARLES W. WELLS For County Commissioner Fifth District HARRY HARRIS For County Commssioner Fifth District _ MILTON O. PEACOCK For Juvenile Judge EVA WARNER GIBSON For Member School Board _ GERALD H. ADAMS Second District ‘For Member of School Board WM. BILLY FREEMAN Second District For Member School Board JULIO CABANAS, JR. For Re-Election Fourth District For School Board H. EARL DUNCAN Fourth District For Justice of the Peace IRA F. ALBURY First District For Re-Election “For Justice of the Peace JAMES LIGHTBOURN FORT Second District For Justice of the Peace s Distri ROY HAMLIN For Re-Election For Justice of the Peace R. D. “Zett” Zetterower Third District For Constable HARRY LEE BAKER First District For Constable HARRY H. JOHNSON First District For Constable Second District JOSE ESPINOSA “SMOKY JOE” For Re-Election "For Constable JOE A. JOHNSON Second District = Constable Second District CHARLES 6G. PAPY ~~ For Constable CAPT. “ANDY” D. M. ANDREWS Third District me yrass pro Sey Wyse Mpce $1,000 Building | Permit Issued | By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK ® — War is like matrimony, Whoever it touches it changes, Many who go through a war emerge from it with nothing but a feeling of resentment for the’ time it has taken out of their | lives or the way it has frustrated | their personal plans. War teachés others how to ap- preciate the deeper joys of living. That is an odd by-product of the business of kiliing. The most immoral thing: about war is its waste. And I think that | in time this is what you get to) hate most about it—the waste of | life, the waste of food, the waste | ~ of money and metal. Everything about war is wasteful by neces- | sity, and this fact weighs upon a | man more and more. It is a vic- | lation against natural economy, | the inherent urge in everybody | to conserve. In war you see $0 many things | tossed away needlessly that it is hard ever afterward for you to throw anything away yourself. You | become not so much a miser as a} string-saver. | Most Americans take their food, clothing and shelter pretty much for granted. War teaches you how | basic these things really are, and to be properly grateful for them When you have shivered in a cold foxhole a few nights, the chance to sleep in a warm bed seems a blessing almost too wonderful to But while war gives you a real understanding of primary essenti- | als it also removes a lot of snob- | bish delusions you may have had about what you ought to eat and where you ought to live. It teaches | you that anything tastes good when you are really hungry, and that any place out of the wind’s way is good enough when you are really wornout and sleepy. No man who has known the real privations of combat ever again feels in his heart that he has to own a 12-room house to be happy. | War kindles a new appreciation | in you for the simple pleasures in life you always took for granted before. You learn what things really hold meaning to you, what are unimportant—which goals you really cling to, which ard no longer | worth idly dreaming of. A sunset is a vast thing to you when you know it may be the last one you'll ever see. Patience is a virtue war to many. In wartime you eurb your you likely to fret yourself into a quick insanity. But perhaps the greates war is ‘the instilling of an 1 standing of loyalty. The field is the great crucit ship, and nowhere else i more firmly. Men who danger and shared fear it down together know ap able comradeship, a bri, that will never fade. These are a few of # j War teaches, All of them cou! learned as well in peace. And 5 jhaps in wiser days ma a come to learn them in p tested € faced | STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE he — a ALL GROCERS i sgaw|Lincoln’s Cab | George Solomon, 2928 Staples, | | has been issued a permit to build a utility house cosimg $1,029, Other permits were issued to L. Lopez, 1917 Seidenburg avenue, ad- dition of a poreh to present build- ing, $200. Harry M. Pinder, 609 Elizabeth street, wire fence around resi- dence, $100. Snakes have great difficulty tra- veling over a surface that is com- pletely smooth. } } We Service Ali Mates of Cars, Specializing in... CHRYSLER PRODUCTS Bill's Southernmost Garage BILL TYLER, Owner Driver Is Dead LINCOLN, Neb. (®#—Lincoln's oldest cab driver, Wallace C. Richter, 90, is dead. Richter, who started* driving a horse drawn hack back in 1904, died Thursday. He drove his taxi until the day before his death, Macheck Elected BOCA GRANDE ® — Gladiolus bulbs grown in Cuba are healthier than those grown in Florida, Path- ologist Robert O. Magie said at the annual convention of the Flori« da Gladiolus Growers Association here. _ Magie, pathotogist for gladiolus, investigation at Bradenton’s Gulf Coast Experiment Station, said a study is underway. to determine why bulbs grow better in Cuba, The association elected Mike tary; and Fred J. Wesemeyer, Fort Myers, treasurer. . LAST TIMES TODAY Singing In The Rain with GENE KELLY AND DEBBIB REYNOLDS (in Teehnicolor) coming: ANOTHER’S MAN'S POISON Gary Merrill aud Bette Davis AIR COOLED ——— ee LAST TIMES TODAY Best Of The Badmen. with ROBERT RYAN AND CLAIRE TREVOR Cor.ing: THE OUTRAGE 10) Whitehead St., Corner Angela ee | ‘Ted Andrews and Mala Powers VOTING MACHINE SAMPLE BALLOTS FOR MAY 6th ELECTION 54 in. 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