The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 13, 1952, Page 8

¢ Those Second Story Bathtime Key West Blues By Margaret Cusick All my life I have found taking a bath a Big Preblem, possibly be- | cause I was not properly condi- | ‘tioned to bathing as a child. Moth- | er had trained as a nurse and Father was a doctor. Their Victor- ian idea c! cleanliness was like all | the rest of their ideas on the stern business of living--and evn taking a bath was a mighty solemn af- | fair. So the water shortage and the fact that I lived on the second floor didn't make bathing in Key West any easier for me this winter. Of | course, now that the water supply has increased, I can afford to laugh at the whole thing. Have you had this experience yourself in Key West? You've been out all day working or shopping and you come home tired and drip- ping from the heat. Your one ob- jective is to get those clothes off and to get into that shower. You shed your sticky things quickly, all | set for that cool. cool, water. You turn on the faucets and a gush of cold water comes out. You recoil shakily to a corner of the shower. ‘Then you try again and leap back } terrified as a great rush of red hot THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | September, 1942 Tuesday, May 13, 19! ; Lt. G. H. Loftus Lieutenant George H. Loftus has recently been transferred from Fleet All Weather Training Unit, Naval Air Station, Key West to Composite Squadron Twelve, Naval Air Station, Quon- set Point, R. I, where he will report for duty involving flying. He was a student in the All Weather Flight course here. He entered naval service in as an aviation cadet in the Navy V-5 program. In March, 1944, he was desig- NaH water sprays you. You strive to,, mix the cold and the hot ematekis) there! you have it’ It's just right, so you soap yourself, luxuriating in | the wonderful feeling of coolness | — and cleanliness. Now for a rinse-- | you go to turn the water ca a bit more for a grand finale, but, no! Ther pis the rinse, finis you! It can’t be, you say--this isn’t | righ'--I must have water, Gradual: | ly tle idea seeps in--there isn't any water--there won't be any water | for hours and vou have to rub that soap off with a towel and decide, once again, that you love Key West, watcr sho;tage or 4 vou tell youi ‘elf that we rvs gong to have lots of water next July, so why knox you ‘self out nov’? Ycu never | did e bathing mvch anyway Didnt it always make your sinus wor» in cold weather--didn’t it was wa: the nefural, oi's of your body in hot weather? Why, the “mars ov the Cvceks actual ly b jhed in oil--they knew enough not » be clways wa: (9, washing was ig eway at treir hides like Amc ‘icans, Who ever wanted to take a bata anyway, aad vi I pv that pettle of coo’ Ts ‘ays could talk my.c ab. af. or that e="" ¢ pesence -of r 4. A second-story ley West bath ‘as nothing on ~r old ‘child hoa (ire -s‘erv y Bi. ¥ bath. Bathtime was. sc.newhat liv enec vp ty en cura of hysterical anx Wich acéompanied all the body unciions. and even sich sim ple trings as hairwectin3. The Bat! . however, was a major scien tific project. You be in i n abo. the Bath @arly in the day. It was not scheduled unul 7 p.m we'll say, but there was much dis cuss.on during the actc 10 %n of bo: the ii water heater in the base mer of our big brown stone house mu: be turned on in pieniy of ime and how all the hot water must not be used for tie dinner disies. There was great anxiety fected with lighting the heater Mother repeatedly told lurid tales of women who had had their faces blown off when the heater explod ed. I was always immensely re lieved when Mother came upstairs after lighting the heater with her features intact and the hair still on her head There was a small gas-log heat er which was lit in the bathroom during the bath ordeal and then the water began fillin pe long tin tub with its wooden frame Soon the big dramatic episode of taking the Bath started. My clothes were pulled off in a frantic rush so that I wouldn't get cold, I was fy into the tub and < scrubbed vigorously with lighten. ing speed so that 1 wouldn't be exposed to the Bath too long. Then I was yanked out in an atmosphere of mounting hyst lest I catch cold at this supremely delicate stage of the Bath. By the time I was tucked into bed, I was clean but badly shaken up emotion ally whole nervous structur & at the possible dreadful uences of the B love to think now that 1 n to too frequent bathing his early enco: nm Bath and ness and the handy ex tates my sinuses. I @ good bath, ng e did vil? out of con up the huge washed and my to weigh the We have lots and lots of water ro more--finis the bath fi- | “LT. G. H. LOFTUS nated a naval aviator after com- pleting the prescribed flight training course at Pensacola, Fla. Following flight training, he remained at Pensacola as a flight instructor. Lieutenant Loftus is married to the former Miss Frances Dolan of Annapolis, Md. They ave a daughter, Maryann Frances, 5. He gracuated from Annapolis school and attended the y of Maryland prior to ntering the Ne The Veterans i Corner Here are authoritative (answers from the Veterans Administration o three questions of interest to for- mer servicemen Q. I wear an orthopedic brace on ‘ny right leg because of wounds 'I received during World War II. Can I get emergency repairs to my brace without prior approval rom VA? A. Yqu can get emergancy re- pairs to your brace up to $15 from any commercial brace or repair shon without prior VA approval if you have the new “Prosthetic Ser- vice Card--Orthoredic Braces.’ VA "evonal Offices are now in the process of issuing these cards Q. I'm eligible for a 1952 divi- dend on my Naticnal Service Life Insurance. In my cage, VA is hold- the money to pay any pre- riums that I miss paying. When woes this sysiem start? A. VA can pay your premiums out of your dividend money only after the anniversary date of your policy has passed. Be sure to pay your own premiums until after the anniversary date; otherwise you're taking a chance that your policy | will lapse Q. Tam on active duty, and I have an NSLI term policy which is under waiver. However, the term period of the policy is about to expire. Is there any way I can keep my insurance protection after it expires? A. Yes term. policy renewed for term. Premiu surance also the remainder for 120 ¢ a ing Under will aw. your omatically ive-year son this new in- | be waived during of your service and erwards. But when r own pre nt will be m your age at the time the new term went in effect. another mium er amo’ based ey West who n about con the 218 Federal wish furher i their benefits VA office at Bldg, Key Hunt Killer SAN Police for Antonio shooting which fh should ct Room West, Fla AN, ng- of a ear Ponce were slain said at ~ San Monday War Roundup By JOHN RANDOLPH SEOUL, Korea # — Brig. Gen. Charles F. Colson was removed today as commandant of Koje Is- land—three days after he made a sharply criticized deal there with Red prisoners of war for the re- lease of his predecessor. The new shakeup in the Koje command came less than 12 hours after it became known the Joint Chiefs of Staff demanded immedi- ate and full clarification of cir- cumstances leading to: i—Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd’s capture by his prisoners, and 2—Colson’s promised concessions to Communist POW leaders which won Dodd’s release Saturday night. Gen. Mark Clark, who became Far Eastern commander Monday, was instructed to send his report to the Pentagon “by the fastest means possible.” Gen. James A. Van Fleet named Brig. Gen. Hayden L. Boatner, vet- eran front-line infantry command- er from New Orleans, to take over the turbulent 80,000-man prisoner camp. Boatner, third general to hold the post within a week, arrived at Koje a few hours after his appointment. He speaks Chinese and is an expert -on Chinese af- fairs. Colson was reassigned to his for- mer job as chief of. staff of the First Corps in Korea. Dodd, commandant of the island when Red prisoners captured him Wednesday, was reassigned to U. S. Eighth Army Headquarters. His job was not announced. © On. Koje flame-throwing Ameri- can tanks and combat infantrymen stood guard outside barbed wire compounds, over some of which captured Chinese and North Ko- reans flew the Red flag. U. S. defense officials in Wash- ington took exception to the word- ing of Colson’s agreement with the Red POWs. The Defense Depart- night saying the wording gave sev- eral wrong impressions. It singled out these phrases: “Many prisoners of war have been killed and wounded by U. N. forces;” prisoners will receive “humane treatment in the future,” and there will be “no more corci- ‘ble screening or any rearming of | prisoners of war.” | The Reds had demanded these guarantees, and many others that Colson did not promise. The Pentagon pointed out that prisoners were killed only in “‘in- cidents at PW camps brought on by the rioting of the prisoners.” Ninety POWs and one American so.dier were killed in two mass riots on Koje in February and March. ‘The Defense Department said prisoners of the United Nations always lave been “‘treated in ac- | cordance? with the humanitaran | Principles of the Geneva Conven- | tion and the accepted practices of civilized nations.” Further, the statement said, no armed, and “There has never been any forcible screening.” It said |Colson probably was referring to Communist attempts ‘‘to prevent other prisoners irom expressing their free will.’ One high Wash- ington defense official said all screening was halted two weeks | ago. The U. N. Command said the screening disclosed that only 70,000 jot All Play | 74 ment issued a statement Monday | priscners of war have been re- | Back On The Job last month in Miami. Civil Air Patrol News--- The Civil Air Patrol |will take part in the Forces Day parade Saturday, was announced today. Cadets will meet at, Meacham field at 9 a.m. to decorate the} float which they will man_ in| the parade. Last Thursday they held a review in Civil Air regu- lations. cadets Armed it} Cadets were instructed in the use of walkie-talkies. Member- ship in the Civil Air Patrol | cadets is limited to youths in- terested in aviation, between the | ages of 15 and 17 and one-half | years. Cadets meet at the Key} West high school Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Praises Fairs GAINESVILLE (® Beverly Grizzard of the Florida Advertising Commission told a fair management course at the Univer- , sity of Florida that fairs and live stock shows let tourists see Florida “as a place to live and invest as well as a State for healthful recreation, ‘of 170,000 prisoners of war and interned civilians wanted to to {the Communist side when a |is signed. This deadlocked | negotiations. | The 70,000 confirmed 'nists are on Koje. | Reporters arriving on Koje Mor | day reported the prisoners were i | command of their own compounds |U. N. guards stay outside. truce Commu = salt ROSE TRUSSELL. secretary J amount of planning c youngsters. All Key We: re invited to meet w nings. A few simple rules r nking. one m there always be | Capt. B Director | * | and will wind up in Orlando. Citizen Staff Photo “BUCK” SAWYER, 1231 Washington street, is back on the job at the Monroe County courthouse after a successful operation Collision Of Wasp-Hobson To Be Told Capt. Said “Somebody Didn’t Change Course” ; Then He Was Washed Away By The Sea BAYONNE, N. J. ( — The com- mander of the aircraft ‘carrier Wasp today will tell publicly for the first time his story about the collision that sank the destroyer- minesweeper Hobson, whose cap- tain’s last known words were “Somebody didn’t change course.” Some crew members of the de- stroyer Rodman, which picked up Hob$on survivors, will precede C. McCaffree on the wit- ness stand as a naval board of inquiry continues its hearings into the Navy's worst peace-time dis- aster The Wasp and Hobson collided April 26 during night maneuvers in the Atlantic, and 176 lives were lost, including that of the Hobson's skiper, Lt. Comdr. William J Tierney In quoting Tierney’s last words, Seaman Peter A. Mahoney, Provi- dence, R. I, told the board Mon- that he raced to the chart on the bridge when the day ' Wasp’s sharp bow rammed into the was sitting on a spray arby, Mahoney said. ‘‘The as listing badly but I didn’t k we would sink,” the seaman added. “1 asked him, ‘What hap- pened, captain?’ He said, ‘Somebody change Then he washed away by the sea.” ked whether Tierney seemed y when he answered, Mahoney ard 1 wouldn't didn't course.’ was say he was witness Buchanon. Ensign Donald N. J., testi- the Hobson's e the collision. he distance between the the Hobson closing fast,” “When shortened to I called the bridge what was em if they had from the Wasp sharp right they were ANYTHING CONCERNING AUTCHOBILES SEE TWINS BBO Ovvge S”. Pw 1670087! THE Governor's | Race Today By The Associated Press Dan McCarty and Brailey Od- ham toured Central Florida today | in their drive to win the Demo- cratic nomination for governor in | the May 27 primary with both | candidates swinging some lusty | blows. | McCarty will tour from Dade |City to DeLand, while Odham | {started the day in Mount Dora | McCarty tioucay accused Od- ham of being a Johnny-come-lately | against crime and reminded audi- | [ences from Fort Myers to Braden- |ton that he sponsored legislation in 1937 to catlaw slot machines in Florida. { Odham told listeners along the | Upper East Coast that McCarty “couldn't speak without asking his campaign manager what to say.”’! He had an empty microphone | stand on the platform beside him | and said that represented McCar- | ty’s mike. Odham exchanged a few hot| words at Daytona Beach with Al- | gie Spear, former Seminole County prosecutor, who had said at De. | Land that Odham didn’t want to, clean up gambling in his home| county of Seminole. | Odham told his Daytona Beach” listeners they had discussed the matter for 20 minutes at DeLand. He refused to let Spear go on the | air with him a second time. | Porter Lansing, former Florida Game Federation president, ap- peared with Odham at Daytona Beach to deny a statement Odham made earlier in the day that hej had testified in a game case! against the candidate's brother, Billy Odham. Lansing said he had | not testified in the case, McCarty said that Odham claims he is for better schools but had voted for legislative amendments that would have cut the heart out of the minimum foundation prog- ram. He said after the vote was “so he could go home and tell! the people of Sanford he was for the schools.”” McCarty told nis Bradenton au dience that*he fought and helped kill a sales tax bill in 1939 and is still convinced this form of tax- ation is unfair but didn’t think it could be repealed. He said Odham did not vote on the sales tax mea- sure when it came up. Without referring to Odham by name, McCarty said that while his opponent declared he refused a legislative bribe in 1949, “I served three terms in the Legislature and nobobdy attempted to bribe me.” Odham repfied to an assertion that 16 gambling stamps had been | sold in his home town of Sanford | by suggesting that McCarty “get | | in touch with the county prosecu- |tor, state attorney or sheriff be- cause they're all your men.” Odham had invited McCarty to join him in his broadcasts but Mc- Carty said he saw no reason that he should “help put new life in your medical show.” Wednesday, Odham swings down the East Coast from Vero Beach to West Palm Beach while Mc Carty goes northward from Ocala to Lake City. 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