The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 10, 1952, Page 2

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN The Key West Citizen Published daily (except Sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner and pub- isher, from The Citizen Building, corner of Greene And Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN NCRMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 51 and 1935 ———$— $$ — ‘Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use tor reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it Page 2 Saturday, May 10, 1952: or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news | ; publishea here. ee - Member Florida Press Association and Associate: Dailies of Florida Rc ale de cece eh, ADVERTISED RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION SE SUS ISTO ‘The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issue ‘nd subjects of local or general interest, but it wil) 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. Co.umunity Auditorium L 2 £ 4 5. SS LET’S ‘HOLD THE TAX LINE’ AS GOVERNOR ASPIRANTS PLEDGE TO DO In Key West’s Primary campaign, as well as the campaigns elsewhere in Florida, candidates generally de- clared they favored “holding the tax line.” A remark was made here and there about changes that could be made Your City Fire Dept.--- BOYLE SAYS By MILTON MARMOR (For Hal Boyle) DUBLIN, Ireland w — An Irish | cop on his Dublin beat wears his night stick as some other gentle- | men would a cane. Not only is it | Citizen Staff Photo THE NUMBER 2 FIRE STATION, located in West Poinciana, is the newest addition to the City Fire Department. the Airport motels). Teday’s in the tax structure to get more money in taxes. But why get more taxation from any source when the people of the United States now are groaning under the tax load im- posed upon them by cities, counties, states and the na- tion? The thing that is needed now throughout the Union is far more circumspection in spending the taxpayer's money, and the place where it is needed chiefly is Wash- ington. Newbold Morris, who basked in the limelight a short time by his appointment as investigator of the mis- ppplication of government funds, said he had served long enough to find out that thougand of government employes in Washington are working not more than half an hour monthly for their paychecks Were thrifty spending of the taxpayer’s money put into effect by all government agencies, from cities to the nation, one-third of the cost of government would be elim- inated. Governmental waste in these lush times is the ma- jor factor in keeping taxes high. While it is true that taxes are taxes regardless of their source, yet that source should be explained when we become critical of improvements that are made with tax money. It was true when it was remarked during cam- paigning in Key West that the reconstruction or repairing of Roosevelt boulevard and parts of Truman avenue and Whitehead street was “paid for by the public anyhow.” What “public”? That statement was wrong if it meant the public of Monroe county, or the public of Florida, or the public of the entire nation, The public that paid for those improvements comprised the public of all the states in the Union and many foreign countries. Monroe coun- ty’s share in that fund was the amount the people of the county paid in gasdline taxes, Citizens from neighboring Cuba, other foreign countries and citizens of the United States who bought gasoline for their cars while driving in Florida paid the remainder of the cost. The City of Key West and the remainder of the county are now in a position to build up an excellent road system without imposing a cent of extra taxes on loca) taxpayers. The city will pay for its road work with the money it receives in cigarette taxes and the county with gasoline funds that are earmarked for the building and improvement of roads. Let's “hold the tax line”, as the two candidates for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination declare they will do in the event of election, GOING TO EUROPE? Despite reduced airline fares to Europe, the major lines of the world, operating between eastern ports he United States and Europe, report that their book- 1 ahead of the 1951 pace. Officials of United they expect a rec rd year and that tour- cs are far ahead of average, iner in July, when the voyage on the third book maiden liner ever built in the United States expected break the Queen Mary which is ses and is the to i by hree and four d ntrance of the ne ing trip s far ix w in the passen- e would do well ce even the ing the peak of the traveling i States will world is that it is r people what te do. By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK (#—maybe mother can give the merchant a lift. » Retailers in many cities report spring business hasn't picked up as expected. Some “hope that a last - minute rush of filial love will remedy that. Mother’s Day sales started out slow — Dun and Bradstreet re- ports that retail sales in the nation generally are trailing last year by about 4 per cent so far this week. But a last-minute rush, like the one that saved the day for Easter trade, could do the trick. And the merchants are trying hard ~with some pretty fancy ideas. A Boston store is giving a party for children who wrote good let- ters on the subject of remember- ing mother this Sunday, House dresses and aprons are going great guns this year, some Midwest stores report. One big New York department store says sales are running 10 per cent ahead of last year, with “novelty house dresses the big lure." In the South, stores report sales at least as good as last year. Far West merchants say Mother's Day buying started slowly, but they're counting on a final-week rush. stressed in the newspaper ads — candy, flowers and perfume. But this year one television set maker assures you TV’ mother wants most. P: she could get hep to space cadets and wrestling match Another company says, no, what she would like most is its moth- {proof storage facilities. A Brooklyn store specializing in | clothes for larger women discreet: |ly hints that's the place to shop. ‘The Station houses a 500 gpm, Seagrave pum per. ladder truck, nuse. truck, and bocster tank combined—it can reach any area within its district in less than ninety seconds. (Excepting of course, the two newest developments, Sigsbee Park and Old favorites, of course, “are | SLICE OF HAM Red Cross Calls For Volunteers In Sewing Quota Mrs. L, H. Schuck, production chairman with the Key West Chapter of the American Red Cross is requesting volunteers to assist in sewing a production quota just accepted by the local chapter, The articles to be made con- sist of the following: seven hos- Pan covers, twenty-five kjt pags and one layette. On completion the articles will be sent to military and veterans hospitals, where they are most needed. Anyone interested in serving with this most worthy service group of the Red Cross, tele- Phone 286. Sewing may be done at home or at the chapter. The Michigan State tennis team won the Western Confer- ence (Big Ten) championship last year. its first in conierence play. Another store is promoting a chair adapted to the matronly contour. Some stores suggest that moth- er might be trusted with a gift certificate. Merchants offer a wide price range this year. Mother won't be happy with anything less than a $385 wrist watch, says a Fifth Ave- nue jeweler. Another company urges you to buy mother potato chips. The modern mother wants a | Permanent set, or a cigarette light- er, or “‘little furs,” or a jacket to |be worn while sailing her boat— say the ads. Another store features washers | remembrance. Yes, everyone wants you to re member mother Sunday. You'd make so many other people happy doing it. = 4 pital window curtains, fifty bed | and an oven - cleaner as the gitting | | Known as a quadruple machine—pumper, Until further men are assigned to the fire department, only one fireman is on duty in the Poinciana station. He must depend on volunteers to help man the hose lines, perform salvage, res- cue operations, ete. Because of this situation, Fire Chief Leroy Torres always sends out the Num- ber 3 Fire Company if he knows that a call involves a residence To date, most of No. 2’s fires have been brush or trash burning on Stock Island. Pictured above are: Firefighters Jack Carey and Assistant Fire Chief, Charlie Cremata. Tony Trojillo who alternates shift work with Carey was off-duty when picture was taken. HOLLYWOOD NOTES By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD w— Ever wonder what happened to those old movie cliches? They're on television now. In recent years, Hollywood has been kidded unmercififully about using worn - out lines of dialogue. The result is that many screen writers now lean over backward to avoid using phrases that sound familiar. . The int has been reached that y dom hear the words “I love you’’ on the screen. But take a look at the old movies on TV and you can see some of our. old friends again. Here are some of my favorites: 1. The hero is shaken by having just seen someone from his past. Heroine: ‘Whats the maifer? You look as -though you've seen a ghost.” Hero, grimly: “I have.” 2. The heroine’s father has just absorbed 17 bullets while trying to thwart the bank robbers. “Look after Nellie,” he gasps to the hero. His hand falls lifeless and the hero ‘covers his head with a sheet. He goes outside to Nellie. Nellie: Is he — is he—?" The hero nods sadly and she melts in his arms. 3. The hero aims to clean up the Western town and says as much to the operator of the gambling saloon. The latter snarls: “This town isn't big enough for both-of us. One of us will have to get 4. The leading lady in the show bows a tendon or something, and the stage manager is frantic. He spies a promising chorus girl and tells her to put on the leading lady's costume. The overture is played three times and the audience gest rest- less. Finally the girl is ready to gon on. The manager pats her on the back and says: “This is your big chance, kid. Go out and knock them dead. 5. Shells are bursting all over | the battle field. The young kid, |who has been cocky all along, ‘scrambles into a shell hole and j blubbers: “I don't want to die. Tm too young to die.” The hard - bitten sergeant slaps him in the face and mutters: “Get a grip on yourself.” 6. The brash young hero ad, vances t ard the heroine des,.te her protests. He sweeps her into his arms. “I hate you.’ I hate you! It S.¢ shouts. Bui o Lead. He plants k er s her is t ea and then holds him tig ire some woman » down . ue whis te a man,” she re- these | STRONG ARM BRAND COPFES | Singer — Patti Gale | Triumph Coffee Mill all eeoc ees ornamental, but he'd also feel un- dressed without one. | In front of the Gresham Hotel on busy O'Connell Street on a Sat- urday night a policeman stood. He looked all of his six feet, 175 pounds as he watched many of his countrymen who had come to win- “ dow shop on Dublin’s Main Street, or to chat awhile with the gentle- folk who sometime pass the time in the one or more public taverns. He appeared to have a moment to himself and so it came to pass that the patrolman on his beat heard himself asked the following question: “How over, Mr. Officer, do you | find it necessary to use that night- | stick? On unruly ones, I mean.” Mr. Officer thought and thought again and then he ventured the reply: ‘Very seldom.’ Pursued as to the last time he used the truncheon, the policeman searched his memory and finally recalled: “Six, or it may have been eight | years ago.” The occasion was some sort of political demonstration. The people themselves rarely get out of hand, it appears, because the Irish ap-| parently are quiet, law-abiding citi- | zens who don’t go in for rowdy activities, even on Saturday nights. The young patrolman—he said he could not give his name—had | been on the force 10 years. He! had two uncles who had been on a police force in America—New York of all places. One of them, Mike, | came here during the war. “I| think he’s retired now; I lost track | of him, but I heard he was/ wounded in some skirmish in New York.” They rarely have “skirmishes” jin Dublin. Last December some armed men stuck up the Provin- cial Bankon Thomas Street and) shot a cashier. The three were, captured and quickly got 14, 10 and eight years. They still talk about ' that shooting affray—it was the! first criminal gunplay in Dublin | in 14 years. Dublin cops don't carry guns. | Most of their work centers about | traffic problems and on Saturday nights helping those who have cele- brated too much get back on their | i feet and home to bed. Only dis- | | orderly ones find themselves taken to prison and they usually get let off when they sleep it off. Four | drunks a night per cop is the average. Not that Dublin has no crime. There is a spate of house-breaking aow and then. | By JOE WING (For Hal’ Boyle) NEW YORK (#—The hunting ason is on in Central Park. This morning and e¢ery morn- ing during the annual bird mi- gration time, scores of enthusiasts, | larmed with binoculars and iden- | tification books, prow! the glades | of this 862 - acre, 800 million dol- jout. And it’s not going to be me.” |/ar bir dsanctuary to add new species to their annual lists. The hunting thus far hasn't been |very good. Although the trees are |leaved out’ early, making observa- |tion difficult, the migration has ‘been late. The big wave of war- | blers, due May 10, may not be jalong for several days | The bird watchers form a kind of fraternity. They concentrate in the ramble, a brushy area near \the American Museum of Natural | History, and exchange the pass word, ‘Seen anything good?” as they meet from time to time | One woman who answered “Yes a Cape May warbler, down that way,’ was nearly trampled in the jrush before she got the ords out of her mouth. Cape May warblers are uncommon and not to be missed. | People not in the know the watchers a little crazy, one of m corfersed, a an ¢ think er ¢ thought of ru « rin as a peenirg In te last half ¢ han 225 sr *s of bir e2n observed in the par ing 38 differen’ kinds of warblers a snowy owl from the Far N a dickcissel from the West and a SLOPPY JOE'S © FLOOR SHOWS © DANCING Featuring: PAEMER COTE Burlesque Comic & Co Singer — Joan Campbell Dancer — Diane Walker Dancer — Betsy Lee Singer — Rodney Sinclair impersonates — Larry Burke Better Known as Rarz-Me-Tatz Dancer — Syede NO COVER OR MINIMUM Continvevs Entertamment ———— Schaal Elected WINTER HAVEN ® — Peter Schaal, Silver Springs, was elected here to his fourth term as president of the Florida Attrac- tions Association. Jack Butler, | Miami Beach, was renamed secre- tary treasurer and Irving Drys- dale, St. Augustine, was elected vice president. purple gallinule from the South. }On just one day, May 10, 1927, a} list of 78 was compiled. That's good in any country. The nice thing about the park, | from a bird watcher’s viewpoint, is that birds seen there are all on the move. They drop in at! night as at an oasis in a br wilderness, but find next day it is no place to settle down. So they move on promptly, and their pas- sage can thus be checked accu- | rately. J. T. Nichols of the American | Museum, who has been watching | birds in the park since he was a} kid in the Nineties, doesn't think the hunting as good as it used to be. On the other hand Geoffrey Carleton, author of “Birds of Cen- | tral Park,’ calls it one of the best bird watching places in 56 miles. It's good enough anyway to at- tract every morning and every lunch hour hundreds of amateur— | Wife Having Baby; Called Cops CAIRO, Egypt (®—Loud trumpet blasts were heard at 2 a. m. in the Saida Zeinab District of Cairo. Cairo has been under curfew from midnight to 5 a. m. since the fire riots of last Jan. 26. A policeman who investigated found a man leaning out the win- dow blowing for all he was worth. The trumpeter greeted the po- liceman with open arms. “You're just the man I want,* he said, “‘my wife is having a baby and I couldn’t go out to get the midwife because of the curfew.” Oldest Shriner Was Initiated MOBILE (#—Joseph F. Lambert, 94, Uriah, Ala., believes he is the oldest man ever to be initiated into the Shrine. He was one of 49 candidates accepted into the organization at the spring ceremonial held by Abba Temple here. and professional—bird hobbyists, all hoping for the big day when | they can hang up a stupendous record of the number of birds seen | or, better still, spot some strange | bird that, like many a New Yorker, | has found himself where he didn't expect to be. 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