The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 3, 1952, Page 3

STEEL STRIKE COSTING NATION 300M TONS OF STEEL DAILY; TRUMAN TO ACT President Remains Silent On High Court’s Action — “By NORMAN WALKER WASHINGTON ® — A bitter, all-out strike shut the vast steel was the Steelworkers’ strike since their contract expired last Jan. 1. The first walkout lasted only three days, April 2%May 1. Mr. Pruman may first try to persuade the industry and union to hold new peace talks. John A. Stephens, U. 8. Steel Co. vice pres- and a leading industry ne- tor, announced Monday night the steel firms, now back in hands of their private owners, “sit down with the union without delay to try to reach a fair settlement of the steel strike.” Murra: , had suggested re- newed talks but insisted that the union was’ still standing on Wage Stabilization Board (WSB) recom: mendations for a 26-cent-an-hour “package” increase in an 18-month contract. These terms have been unacceptable to the industry. Stephens pointed out thet the in- * dustry bas offered 12-cent hourly pay boost, plus about five cents an hour in “fringe” benefits, or 17% cents in all. It was understood this offer was contingent, however, on; government approval of higher, steel prices. Workers presently make about $1.95 an hour, includ- ing overtime. Effects of the steel strike began being felt almost immediately. The | government embargoed all ship- ments of steel from retail ware- houses to consumer goods pro-| ducers. However, officials said | most manufacturers have at least | @ month’s supply on hand. Automobile manufacturers are likely to run into trouble if the | strike lasts any time. Officials said | they are .iowh to a 2-week supply, | Some 1, iron ore and other mining facilities began to close Decause of the steel stoppage. Coal is generally in plentiful supply | above ground, Building Permits Issued In May Eighty-six building permits totaling $245,524 were issued dur ing the month of May. The fig- ures broken down into various classes show: Eighteen residential permits, | $167,112. | One apartment permit, $12,000. One commercial permit, $13,000_} Sixty-six additions and repairs of various types, $54,412. # it af wh tricit ‘The element selenium transmits more or less el e@ccording to bow much J on it, is the basis for oven, . h Official U.S. Navy Photo ON SATURDAY, JUNE 7, Commander George E. Dawson, USN, will be relieved as Executive Officer of the U. S. Fleet Sonar School by Commander J. B. Carroll, USN. Commander Carroll reported for his new duty from command of the USS Robert A. Owens (DDE827); in order for a direct exchange of assign- ment to take place, since Commander Dawson is in turn to take command of the Owens. Commander Dawson has Executive Officer of the Fleet Sonar School since August, Part of his previous “Anti- Submarine Warfare experience was as the Executive Officer of the USS Robert A. Wilson, in command of the USS Schmidt and as the Destroyer ASW Operations Officer on the Staff of Commander, Hunter-Killer Forces, U.S. Atlantic Fleet. During the ten months served in the Wilson in 1947, 1948, he operated out of Key West together with ships of the Destroyer Squadron Eight in connection with Fleet. tactical evaluations countering submarines. More recently, while in command of the Schmidt in 1948, 1949, his vessel participated in amphibious and anti-submarine operation with Atlantic Fleet units. Subsequent to his tour of duty as Destroyer Anti-Submarine Warfare Operations Officer on the Staff of Commander, Hunter-Killer Forces, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, from 1949, 1950, he reported to the Fleet Sonar School at a time when the Fleet Sonar School was rapidly expanding. It became mandatory that the Fleet Sonar School, to keep abreast of the demands of Fleet expansion and increase to the school’s curricula, an overall enlargemént of the instrumental concept, plus an increase of approximately 40 percent to the personnel members of the staff were required to keep pace with the Navy's demand for more trained anti-submarine warfare graduate per- sonnel from the school. Currently space available to the Fleet Sonar School has proved entirely inadequate to cope with the larger demands of the expansion. He materially aided in the design of the new $2,500,000 Fleet Sonar School, which is expected to be con- structed during 1952 and 1953. He assigned the coordination of plans for, this new facility. During the period before and during the war among sev- eral assignments he served on board the USS Jersey and the USS Sangamon as the Fire Control Division Officer and Gun- nery Officer, respectively for a total of three years. Two and a half\of these years were in the forward areas of the Pacific. « He was awarded the Legion of Merit for Combat with “V,” the Commendation Ribbdn for combat with “V,” the Presidential Unit Citation, the Asiatic-Pacific Area medal with ten stars for combat, the American Area Medal, the American Defense Medal and the Philippine Liberation Ribbon. He has been residing at Quarters “U,” U.S. Naval Station, Key West, with his wife, Anne, and their two children, Judy and Peter. Commander Dawson has indicated his appreciation for the splendid association during his tour of duty in Key West, but is looking forward with considerable pleasure to his new as- signment as Commanding Officer of the Owens. He is expected to take command of this ship approximately June 15 at the Nor- folk Naval Shipyard. Moslems Eye Nation Faces Rain Meat Source Wet and cooler weather was the SINGAPORE ()—Singapore | Outlook for Mid-continent areas to- Moslems are planning to send |@ay but it was pleasant in most . hers to Australia to see | ther parts of the country. ghtering of sheep andj} Small craft warnings were posted goats for Moslem consumption |0® Lakes Michigan, Huron and ere are in accordance with re-|Erie Monday night. Showers and » rites. The Moslem Advis-| thunderstorms hit sections from ory Board is t@ discuss the pro-| Eastern Lake Superior south and posal with mutton importers. southwestward into Mlinois. Show- coos ers also were reported in the South- Dope Grower Held) ern Rockies. Coolest sreas were | Southwest. the Northern Plains and the Far MONTEBELLO, Calif. #—Police| An S-year-old girl was Killed and arrested Cries Edward Calkim, | two persons were injured Monday his gardeng The garden, officers | rural areas about 30 miles west said. contaighd go marijuana plants. | of Waterloo, Ia. Severa! farm build. Calkin was ed om suspicion of | ings were demolished. Heavy rain violating the\state health and safe-jand hail followed the storm in W code. | Northeastern lowa. Air Power Dominant - |Says “Ike” WASHINGTON #—Gen. Dwight _|D. Eisenhower said today he has consistently contended that the dominant factor in any future war will be air power. At the same time, he said he wished anyone who believes the foot soldier can be eliminated would “show me how to do it.” Eisenhower, holding a news con- ference at the Pentagon, was asked about last Sunday’s statement by Sen. Robert A. Taft that there has been a steady deterioration of U.S. air power which began while the general was chief of staff. Eisenhower said he was ready to comment ‘on the record.” “There was a man named Billy Mitchell,’ "he recalled, who agi- tated after World War I for a sepa- rate Air Force. Eisenhower added that he him- self “instantly started” after World War II to co-operate in divorcing air power from the ground forces. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, retired Air | Force leader, “was my companion and associate’ and “I stood with him on 70 (Air Force) groups,” Eisenhower continued, adding that “We were whittled down.” Then he declared that the domi- nant power in any future war “is going to be air power.” At the same time, he added: “Anyone who finds out that the foot soldier can be finally elimi- nated from war, I wish he would show me how to do it.” Eisenhower's comments were sharply pointed up by the fact he and Taft are the front-running can- didates for the Republican presi- dential nomination. Besides alleging a deterioration of U. S. air power, Taft in Sun- day’s radio speech hit at what he called “the fallacies of our land generals.”” He said one of these is that “a war against Russia can only be won on the continent of Europe with bayonets.”” £ Eisenhower also told the news conference this country must have assurances it never will be cut off from the resources and friends it has in other parts of the world. Eisenhower said, too, that “Ko- rea and Indochina have as im- portant implications as any other sector of the world.” And he warned of a continuing | danger of “subversion, bribery and stealing” of free countries by the Communists such as occurred in the case of Czechoslovakia. Just freed from his assignment 4s supreme commander of Western defense forces in Europe, Eisen- hower said Europe has special fac- tors of importance for the United States. “If Europe fell into the Commu- nist orbit we would be very badly Placed,” the general said. He said the same situation would hold should the Communists con- quer or subvert other areas of the world with which Western Europe has social, economic and political connections. Eisenhower met with about 100 newsmen at the Pentagon a short time before retiring—at his own request—without pay from the army he has served 37 years. Retirement left him free to cam- paign actively, if he wished, for the presidential nomination. He is leaving before nightfall for his home town of Abilene, Kan., and his first speech as a civilian since his name was entered in the GOP nomination contest. | Eisenhower had hoped to keep jhis return to Abilene “A Kansas j affair.” But at least 50,000 of his feountry are expected to flock to the little town of 5,800 population for a big welcome | President Truman didn’t let the {general get out of town without a | word of praise for the job he did {in building up Western Europe's defenses | In a White House ceremony Mon- | day, Mr. Truman pinned a fourth | ; Oak Leaf Cluster on the general's | Distinguished Service Medal. He called Eisenhower's job in Europe | ; “a monumental achievement with- out historical dent. . Eisenhower told the President he | was “deeply touched and honored.” |Then he glanced at Mrs. Eisen- hower and said: “I listened in vain for one name that should have been included—that of my wife.” Mr. Truman said with 2 smile “T agree with you and I'll imsert it # you say so. | The general will bid farewell to |38, Monday Might while he watered | might im a tornado which struck | Washington late today (about 5 p, m. EST) and fly to Kansas Cith, |Mo He will spend the night at o hotel in Kansas < Kan. and then go to Abilene next Morning 4 by train. admirers from all parts of the} peacetime prece- | People’s Forum write on one side y- Signature of aecompany the and will be published ua- if otherwise. “ONE FOR THE BIRDS” Editor, The Citizen: I resent the letter published yesterday from A. Bird which implied that insects are good to eat. I have very different ideas about this matter, and even the Mos Quitoes join me in saying that birds should be driven from Key West. After all they ate my brother, sister and forty-seven ccusins yesterday, and almost got me to- day. My mother always told me to avoid birds like the atom bomb—but how can I when they are living in every tree? Real tree, that is. I can get along with just eating the leaves off your flowers and little trees, chomping up your rose trees and tomato trees, etc. I say, away with all birds. I feel safer without them. Yours truly, MO SKEETER. “ENJOYS THE CITIZEN” Edito- The Citizen: T have been enjoying The Cit- izen since my return from Key West at Easter time. Allow me to congratulate you on the ex- cellent paper which you are put- ting out, it seems to be getting better and better. I have always enjoyed it and appreciate the difficulty of issuing a daily pa- per in a city of the size and character of Key West. Having spent three winters among your people I have come to knaw their friendship and multiple attainments and talcnts, and I read the paper as if it-were from my home town. MRS. S. H. PARSHLEY 126 Resseter St., Dorchester, Mass. Coming Events TUESDAY, JUNE 3— Minoca Council No. 18, degree of Pocahontas, meeting at Red- man’s Hall, 7:30 p.m. Civil Air Patrol meeting at American Legion Home, 8 p.m. Key West Assembly No. 13. Or- der of Rainbow Girls, Scottish Rite Temple, 7:30 p.m. Key West Chapter Disabled American Veterans, Luz Tem- ple, Amelia St., 8 p.m. Cathclic Daughters of America, Court Mary Star of the Sea No. 634, meeting at St. Ann’s Hall, 8 p.m. Key West Chapter No. 283 Na- tional Sojourners, First Pres- byterian Church, 7 p.m. Key West Players, meeting at Barn Theatre, vice-president’ Jack Clarke in charge, 8 p.m. Sea Finigee Cootiette Club 371, VFW Post Home, Elizabeth St., 8 p.m. Dinner meeting, Kiwanis Club. at Collette’s restaurant, 6:45) p.m. Youth for Christ Bible Study, 7:30 p.m., Fleming street Methodist Church, 729 Fleming street. Junior Woman's Club meeting, Woman’s club, 8 p.m. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4— Ladies Day Golf Tournament. B W. Golf Course, 9 a.m. Meeting, Junior Ch. Commerce clubhouse, 8 p.m. Key West Duplicate Bridge A» sociation, Coral Room, Ove= seas hotel, 7:45 p.m. Meeting, Island City Navy Wives Club No. 88, Bldg. 178, N. &.,| 10:30 a.m. } | Coffee for SubRon Four Officers’) Wives’ Club, Fort Taylor, 10 a.m. | Key West Outboard Club Auxili-| ary, meeting, 8:30 p.m. at the | home of Mrs. Otis Carey, 2801 | Seidenberg Ave. i | Coffe, HS-1 O.W.C., 10 a.m. at; i} home of Mrs. Loyd Peterson, | 2118 Staples Ave. THURSDAY, JUNE 5— | Elks Lodge, meeting at club, 8/ | | p.m. V.F.W. Post No. 3911, Post Home, | 8 p.m. | Golden Rule and Busy Fingers) Circle W.S.S.C. of First Meth} odist Church. | Rotary Club luncheon at 12:15) pm. St Paul's parish ball | Circle Two of First Methodist Church, meeting, at home of; Henrietta Anderson on White) street, 8 p.m. | FRIDAY, JUNE 6— | Luncheon, O.W.C. Fort Taylor.) hostesses HS-1 Officers’ Wives’, cocktails at 12:30 Entertain-) Island City . chorus. men | Key West Amateur Radio Club meeting at National Guard Armory, National Guard Ar mory, 739 p.m Officers’ Club, Fern Ghapter No. lon Key. West's health giving cli- Good Health Traced To KW’s Fine Climate The Chamber of Commerce re- ceived a very congratulatory letter mate from a native of Saskatche- wan, Canada, Mrs. J. R. Salter writes: “Dear Sir: “I want so much to iet the Cham- ber of Commerce of Key West know just how effective the even temperature hot sun and salt water with the aid, of course, of a very fine chiropractor has been to my health. “We have spent the best part of Tuesday, June 3, 1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN SEOUL, Korea (®—Eight groups of Chinese riflemen pecked at United Nations defenses along a 5-mile sector of the Korea western front in predawn darkness today. A U. S. Eighth Army staff of- ficer said Allied artillery beat back all probes of the groups ranging in size up to 100 men. The staff officer made no esti- mate of Red casualties or the pos- sible significance of the concen- the past five winters there and are looking forward to this coming win- ter. “T just haven't found any other climate where I have as good hea'th which means a much better peace «f mind. “I hope you will be kind enough to pass this message in wishing the Chamber of Commerce every suc- cess and Best regards to yourself.” Balkan Red Upped LONDON (# — The shakeup in Romania’s Communist government has kicked Premier Petru Groza upstairs and replaced him with Gheorghe Gheorgiu-Dej, long con- sidered by many Western experts the Balkan country’s No. 1 Red The change, reported Monday night by Bucharest Radio, followed the firing last week of two Cabinet members and the removal of For eign Minister Ana Pauker from the Romanian Communist Party’s ruling Politburo. The radio announcement said Groza—regarded in the West as a figure - head premier—had been named head of the Praesidium, which in theory is the steering body for the National Assembly and acts for the Assembly when the latter is ‘fot in session. Coast Floods Rise SAN FRANCISCO (#—Thousands of acres of rich California farm lands lay under water today. The Tule and San Joaquin Rivers— swollen by an unprecedented spring runoff—burst through levees near the center and at the south end of the fertile Central Valley. More than 30,000 acres of cotton and grain lands in the Tulare Bas- in were inundated, while 150 miles to the north, the San Joaquin spilled out over 5,000 acres of al- falfa and tomatoes near Tracy. Experts predicted further levee breaks as record snows melt in the Sierra Nevada. Actress Will Wed HOLLYWOOD (®—Movie Actress Rhonda Fleming and a Beverly Hillg surgeon, Dr. Lewis V. Mor- rill, announced their engagement Monday. Both have been married and divorced previously, Douglass School Tiny Tot Circus Highly Successful The Mothers’ Club and primary teachers of Douglass School pre- sented “The Tiny Tot Circus” on Monday night, May 26. Mrs. Lydia Roberts, chairman of the club, introduced the circus participants. It was enjoyed by all those present. The purpose of the Mothers’ Club is to work with the teachers in or- der to find out the needs and pro- blems of pupils and to plan ways and means of applying needs and methods to solve the problems. Last spring, the teachers and mothers raised enough money to purchase a film strip machine, sereen and library of films. The Primary Department and the Mothers’ group wish to express their gratitude to the faculty, stu- dents and general public for mak- ing the “Tiny Tot Cireus” such a tremendous success. 21, Order of Eastern Star, meet- ing, Scottish Rite Temple, 8 pm. Knights of Pythias, meeting, 728 rises street, Pythian Hall, p.m. Meeting Alcoholics Anonymous,| First Presbyterian Church, 8} p.m. Baptist church reception at an- Rex, 7:30 p.m | SATURDAY, JUNE 7— Youth for Christ Rally, Fleming street Methodist Church, 729) Fleming street, 7:30 p.m. Get Acquainted dance, Fleet Re- serve Association at the ¢lub- house on Front street for mem- bers and guests at 9 p.m. MONDAY, JUNE 8— Cirele I] Women of First Pres-| byterian Church, meeting home of Mrs. J. South street, 8 p.m Beta Sigma Phi sorority meet ing, San Carlos School, 8 p.m Anchor Lodge No. 182, meeting at Scottish Rite Temple, § p.m. Gold Star Mothers meeting at V.F.W. Post Home, 7 p.m Wesleyan Service Guild. WS$.C., First Methodist Church, an- nex, 7 4 p.m. W. Kovash, 62} trated probing attacks. On the eastern front Allied troops west of the Satae Valley reported 1,000 rounds of Red artillery and mortar shells fell on their posi- tiuns. The staff officer said that in May the Eighth Army inflicted 10,501 casualties on the Reds, in- cluding 5,012 killed, The U. S. Fifth Air Force re- ported a “relatively poor morn- ing” for its fighter-bombers as Overcast and rain handicapped strikes against Red rail and sup- ply lines. Eleven B-29s bombed the often- hit Kwaksan rail bridge in North- west Korea Monday night and en- countered only meager flak. Crews said they sighted several Red fighters but the Communist planes did not attack, Gen. Mark Clark, United Na- tions Far East commander, and Gen. James A. Van Fleet, Eighth Army commander, toured the front today in light planes. They conferred with division and unit commanders at several forward airstrips. Trade Pact Signed JAKARTA, Indonesia uM—A trade pact Een eer and France was si recently providing that Indonesia will export copra, tea, tubber, tin, coffee, tobacco and Pepper, and import from: France agricultural products, chemicals, paper, textiles, cars and trucks and some technical equipment. % Pt. $1.30 80 PROOF Fifth $3.35 4 PROOF THOS. JAQUINS Company. | | | DUFFY COMES TO TOWN C-E-L-E-B-R-A-T-i-0-N 5 Good Reasons You'll Enjoy Buying at DUFF Y’S Se ence Free Delivery Orders Filled Promptly DUFFY'S DELMONICO TAVERN 218 DUVAL ST. \Red POWs Defy UN Again KOJE ISLAND, Korea (® —Un- ruly Communist prisoners of war today set up a new flagpole in their prison pen in place of one inegaan down by their guards Mon- jay. The WJ. N. commander said ‘(it will no: be there verys long.” The Communist flag pole in Compound 602 was smashed Mon- day by a U. S. Patton tank ringed by infantrymen carrying bayonet- tipped rifles. Tension in the hate-filled prison stockades remained high as the accidental discharge of a machine- gun killed one POW and wounded another in Compound 78. Prisoners refused to give up the body or permit camp officials to take the wounded man to a hospital. Brig. Gen. Haydon’ L. Boatner, commander of the prison camps, expressed concern over the num- ber of accidental shootings by Al- lied guards. Two POWs were wounded Mon- day. One was shot trying to escape. The other was shot by a South Korean officer, who was goaded by shouted POW insults. Boatner has ordered the Com- munists to pull down Communist flags flying over their compounds, Several compounds openly defied the order. Tank-supported troops removed flags and insulting ban- ners from two compounds Monday, Angler Loses Life CHOUTEAU, Okla. (9 — The fish that got away cost 60-year-old Roy Vernon Young, Locust Grove, Okla., his life. Monday, State Trooper A, M, McDonald said Young was fishing with two companions three miles south of Chouteau in the Grand River when a fish pulled Young’s pole from his hands. Young dived in the water to re- trieve it and went under. His com- panions pulled him out about 50 yards downstream and took him to a Claremore hospital where he was Pronounced dead on arrival. FLEISHMANS $1.30 SHERRY-PORT-MUSCATEL Fifth 90c “Lady, we could find your car quicker if you knew the license number.” Knowing the number also saves time when you place a Long Distance telephone call. Your call goes through faster if you can give the Operator the out-of-town telephone number so she won't have to call “Informa- tion” in the distant city. You save time when you eall by number. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph esata ttn tating arin