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

Page 2 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, June 10, 1952 The Key West Citizen Published daily (except Sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner and pub- iisher, from The Citizen Building, corner of Greene And Ann Streets. Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County CP. ARTMAN Publisher MCRMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 61 and 1998 Cmdr. Armstrong Assumes Command Of Escort Eight At the change of command, Warren W. Armstrong, USN, re- lieved Commander Morgan Slay- ton, USN, as Commander Escort Squadron Eight at 11:30, Saturday June 7. Present for the occasion aboard the Squadron’s flagship, the | Visitors Bring In Fine Catch * ' en hae nN aa alaelapaiieneeaeiigineninrincenettintamiiaie destroyer escort USS Darby (DE- Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively | 19) were officers attached to the entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it| Squadron and their ladies. Cdr. ‘x noi otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news | Slayton first read his orders re- Qublishea here. ‘ pte ai ee ape and nnn ———m | transferring him to ed For- ember Florida Press Association ana Associate< Dailies of Florida |, war College, Norfolk, Virgi- ———————————— Bubscription (by carrier) 25c per week, year $12.00, single copy Sc en ADVERTISED RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION eecceseenseeaeeictinatentntinia ante A OA AO ‘Toe Sitizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issue end subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish ‘anonymous communications. LL IF KEY WEST FANS WERE LIKE THEY USED TO BE WE'D GET FIL FRANCHISE "The Citizen trusts that the efforts will be successful to buy Fort Lauderdale’s franchise in the Florida Interna- ticnal League, and, it may be added, it would be an easy matter to raise the $25,000 if Key West had one-half as many enthusiastic fans as it had 50 to 60 years ago. We not only had a league of four teams, Blues, Reds, Browns and Greens, that was kept intact for several years, but games against tiptop outside teams were play- ed here. The Almendares from Havana, with two doughty homerun hitters, Ingles, a six-foot-two catcher, and El Cano, rolly-polly third baseman, probably was the best team Cuba has ever produced. It was nothing out of the ordinary when National League teams visited Havana, (the American League had not then been organized) for the Almendares to defeet them in spring practice, or on barnstorming trips when a season ended, : . Besides, National League players, who had been re- leased; sometimes ‘played on Key West teamis. The out- standing man among them was Jack Ace. who covered ‘second for the Blues, as successful in winning champion- ships in those days as the Yankees have been in these days. Every time Jack came to bat American and Cuban fans cried out for a homerun, and if he got one, the ball usually landed in the sea, for the park ran from United along Simonton street to the water on one side and from United along Duval to the sea on the other. Just how enthusiastic fans were in those days may be understood by fans today when they are told that when Jack or any other player slammed ott a homer, dimes, quarters, half dollars and occasionally dollars were thrown toward him from the grandstand, and bleacherites threw their mites toward him too, as he crossed the homeplate. * Homeruns today would be flies to fielders compared | to homeruns in those days. That difference was explain- | ed explicitly by Ty Cobb in an article he had in Life al couple of months ago. Today the ball is “live”; in those days the ball was “dead”, and you had to really sock it to make a homer. Cobb not only belittled the hitting today | compared with hitting when the “dead” ball was used, | but he said also that baserunning today has deteriorated | to the vanishing point. He said that bunting, probably the most scientific thing in baseball, has fallen off to practi-| cally nothing. Ned Hamlin, manager of the oldtime Brooklyns, was @ master in the art of bunting. In the nifith inning of a game, with the Brooklyns two runs behind, he had five of | his players bunt succesively, and won the game. Psychology | played the chief role in that stunt. As man after man stepped to the plate, opposing players were taken by sur- { } prise, for they thought that he too would not bunt, but would try, instead, to clean the bases with an outfield hit In the old days in Key West, it was not unusual for) seven thousand fans to attend a game. Get one-half as many baseball enthusiasts now, and it will be an easy mat- ter to make the FIL Key West franchise a success. Beware of the person who smiles all the time. Agitation to end controls has a familiar ring in our @ars. | Most people sour easily when confronted by some- one else's success. | Life ts a succession of ups and downs regardless of personal wealth and position. | —_— | Some people make a lot of money, even when others | think they're pretty dumb. Sometimes they are and it's the hard, steady work that does it. But at home is a good slogan, designed to stin te the growth of Key West as a trading ter, but Pends upon smart sellers as well as smart t { de- 8. uyers, nia, as an instructor. Immediately thereafter, Cdr. Armstrong read: his orders transferring him as Commander Escort Squadron Eight and the new Commander’s flag was broken. Commander Armstrong comes to Key West after spending the past year as Executive Officer, Elliott Annex, Naval Training Center, San Diego, California. A graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy in the Class of 1935, his first duty station was aboard the aircraft carrier, USS Saratoga, followed by duty aboard the destroyers, USS Barker, USS Mackenzie, USS Doran, USS Maury, USS Gamble, and USS Bradford, and the cruiser, USS Richmond. After eleven years in the Navy on sea duty, Cdr. Armstrong was transferred to his first shore sta- tion at the U. S. Naval Research Latoratory in 1946. From 1947 to 1948, he was Commander Fleet Air West Coast Staff, following which he was sent to Greece as an ob- server for the United Nations Spe- cial Committee on the Balkans. In 1950 he was transferred to the Military Sea Transportation Ser- vice, Atlantic. While serving aboard the des- troyer, USS Maury, Cdr. Arm- strong was awarded the Presiden- tial medal. In addition to the Presi- dential Unit Citation and Navy Unit Commendation,he nas been deco- rated with the Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars with “V”, and 2 Commenda- tion Ribbons. His campaign ribbons include China Service (1937-1939), American Defense Service Medal, American Area, Asiatic-Pacific Area with 12 engagement stars, and World War II Victory. , A native of Bloomington, Mlinois, Cdr, Armstrong is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Armstrong of Bloomington. His wife “is the for- mer Miss Dorothy McMaster of Dixon, Mlinois, During his four of duty in Key West, Cdr. and Mrs. Armstrong are residing at 3711 Eagle Avenue. Robert Bussing In Key West For Duty Electronic Technician First Class Robert A. Bussing, USN, son of Mr. Edward F. Bussing of Trum- bull, Connecticut, recently reported on-board the U. S. S. Trumpet- fish (SS 425). Bassing came from | the U. S. S. Cubera ( 347) where he was in charge of Electronic equipment. Prior to being recalled to active duty Bussing was a member of the Organized Reserve Unit at Brook- lyn, New York. He was a.member of the Armed Forces during World | War II and served on board the | U. S. S. Sterlet (SS 39)2 and the | U. S. S. Dragonette (SS 392) and the on board the Dragonette, Bussing | made one successful war patrol. He attended Lyndhurst graduated with the class of 1938. ET1 and Mrs. Bussing, the for- mer Constance Stafford of Gar- field, New Jersey, reside in Clif. ton, New Jersey. Alex Wilson, Notre Dame track coach, was undefeated at 440 and 880 yards as an undergraduate at the South Bend institution. 1 High | School, Lyndhurst, New Jersey and | H. Bates. Doctor Proposes Twice-A- (Year X-Rays For Heavy Smokers In Lung Caneer Fight i, By _ERANK EASEY . ssociated Press Science Writer Sheriff Sawyer < CHICAGO \#—Twice-a-vear X- Called On Carpet By Gov. Warren ray examinations for middle-aged TALLAHASSEE (#—A_ hearing mén who are heavy smokers were recommended today by a Wash- ington, D. C., doctor as a means of improving the attack on lung cancer. has been scheduled here next Mon-! proportion of lung cancer among day to determine whether Monroe | heavy smokers than among non County Sheriff Berlin A. Sawyer | smokers, Dr. J. Winthrop Peabody has failed to enforce Florida gam-|said he believed such an X-ray bling laws. |procedure would assure spotting Gov. Fuller Warren announced lany such cancers y enough to the hearing Monday for 10 a. m./aliow successful surgical opera EST next Monday in the Cabinet | tion board room of the Capital and) «Until this is done,” the George said “any person knowing any ‘town University doctor told the facts relevant to this question is | A annual meeting of the America requested to testify at this hear- | yr oqi0a) eae i ing.” ‘ i ‘ i(from lung cancer) will ¢ | Warren said he notified Sawyer |, pe high” ) | by telegram and invited him to be present. A story by Staff Writer Steve Trumball in Sunday’s Miami Her. ald said gambling ts going on in the Florida Keys. 3 Trumbull wrote while in the “wylk’s Bar and Restaurant, }cough is the only apparent symp |just a stone’s throw outside the |‘”- Key West city limits on the Over-| In seas Highway, is wide open re “Tom Hanley’s at Marathon has | ® been in that status (wide open whenever the passing traffic war. jrants it vs | Sawyer served as sheriff of Mon- | roe County for 12 years but did | ° | not seek re-election this year. John| The Spottswood, radio station owner, | dogs and cats | won the Democratic nomination from the home, le to succeed him j get reaction fr * He said that a definite diagnosis lot lung cancer is now possible in |85 per cent of the people who have }it. He declared the diagnosis may be made ea another report, two Ch said allergic dis nees cay Ny a nals, hea SLICE OF HAM _ and bedroom carpeting avoided; and mother eve watch the type of cos she uses to mak sure it d a chemical di Mason [Deas called. Mann's death ' Declaring that there is a higher | n'y WHEN A MAN FROM MICHIGAN MET A MAN FROM PENNSYLVANIA, this is what happened. At the left: Blvd., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and at the right: C. D. Lacy, 124 Park Avenue, Holley, Michigan. Shown with them is Tommy Lones, Skipper of the George Tie Between Philippine Huks And American Husband Of Local Cirl Transferred Here For Service Wallace Reid Moore, Storekeep- jer second class having recently | been ‘transferred from the USS Co- ral Sea (CVB-43) will have his new duty station in the Commis- sary Store aboard the Naval Sta- Claimed By Defense Chief 4 SAN FRANCISCO (®—Philippine | world “where no man or woman Photo by Jeff Brodhead Mrs. Harry L. Meyers of 1215 Brookline a ‘ Eschewed Liberty MIAMI (®—The University of * Miami's 1952 graduating class of 931 was told Monday night that ‘half the people have jettisoned logic and eschewed liberty.” Philip Wylie. author and editor, { told the graduates they face a Communists | | | ! |and American authorities have un-|0° child can own a moment, of covered a secret communication | * i af pe compul- . sion 1s destroyec link between Communists in the| Wylie said he had concluded that United States and Communist Huks | America’s young people are con- fighting in the Philippines, Phil-|centrating on an “insubstantial pot ippines National Defense Secretary | Of 20ld af the end of the rainbow.” Ramon Magsaysay said today. | Security cannot be bought,” he Coded. messages. smuggled. into |ern' provides eee sa Be jcan provide an hour of real se- the islands through air lines serv-| curity. Today (we) are not even ing Manila and San Francisco were | Telativelby safe, and cannot be | intercepted, he said. The messages until the world restores man’s trust in man, supplied evidence of a close tieup “That is the only source of se- tion at Key West. Reid a veteran, Other intercepts have been found | eurity ” of World War II and the Pacific jarea holds the American Theatre, | Asi E ic Pacific with three stars, st China Sea, Occupation of Ja F Good Conduct, Victory World War II and Navy Unit Commenda- tion ribbons. He served in Key | West once before from 1946 to 1949 at the Naval Hospital. Moore’s home town is Madison, Ge a. He is the son of Mr. and i Thomas R. Moore of that city. ing the Navy in 1942 tended Madison High E Moore School, He married the former Durothy ymez of 635 United Stree: Key a G West, and they have Teresa Ann, three Retailers Told Socialism Moving : te) On America one child ORLANDO \®—Florida retailers told here Monday that “Con as lost control of the purse s of this nation and we a ickly into a state of full { “| STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE ‘aboard planes from Hong Kong and Europe to Manila. Means of breaking the communi |cations line with the co-operation | | of air line officials are under close | study, he said in an interview | The husky 45-year-old defense , Secretary heads st today aboard a Military Air Transport Service for Washington. He will meet psident Truman at the White House, Defense Secretary Robert Lovett, Assistant Secretary of |John Allison and the+ secr of the Army, Navy and Air Force busy 5-day visit say for inning battle Huk d internatior e of army r reserve troops n national election in , 1951 the He n for Triumph Coffee Mill at aLL GROCERS SLOPPY JOE'S BAR * Burlesque * Continuous Fleer Shows & Dancing Featuring The Antics OF SALLY and MARCELLA LYNN Tali torrid Terrific MINTA CRUZ, Mexican Bombshe JOAN CAMPBELL and a host of others Dancing To S1opr Never An Admission or Minimum Charge | We Service All Makes of Cars, | Specializing in... _ CHRYSLER PRODUCTS | Bill's Southernmost Garage BILL TYLER, Owner | 707 Whitehead St., Corner Angele AMERICAN COFFEE end CUBAN ——TRY A POUND TODAY—« BLANKETS CLEANED Sterilization, Sanitation and Moth Proofing Ready to be put away for the Summer at NO EXTRA CHARGE Special Rates to Commercial Firms. 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