The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 26, 1952, Page 3

Senate Expected To Tear Down $46,000,000,000 House Eastern U.S. Swelters In Howe Killed Self |AMERICAN GIRLS GROW INTO wets veer seweerermes | WORLD'S LOVELIEST WOMEN Howe, 66, veteran newspaperman who rose to prominence in the Ceiling On Military Spending _ |\Heat Wave WASHINGTO.N #—The 46 bil- lion dollar ceiling built by as if it may be torn down by the Senate Wednesday to eliminate a House voted amendment which would freeze spending for President Truman said this would wreck the military buildup. next year Military officials requested a) billion dollars for the year begi ning July 1, and the House au- @Phorized $46,200,000,000. But the rider, sponsored by Rep. Howard W. Smith (D.-Va.), would mean the three services could spend only a total of 46 billion dollars from this amount plus funds carried oyer from past ap- propriations. Chairman O'Mahoney (D.-Wyo.) said the Senate group: agreed with the administration's contention that the amendment would mean reneging on past appropriations. These have been pledged to pay for military equipment ordered months ago and scheduled for de- livery next year Smith said his intention was to force economy in military spend- ing, not to delay the buildup. Secretary of the Air Force Fin letter cited the spending ceiling as one factor slowing down the air buildup. Finletter testified before a Hotse expenditures subcommit- tee. He told the group the House Ap- propriations Committee had cut 560 million from proposed new air- craft procurement, which is in ad- dition to the regular Air Force budget The committee was to announce fs action on this and other special appropriations later today. The Air Force had $1,700,000,000 in addition to its reg- ular budget, which totaled $20,752,- 412,912 when the House finished cutting it in April. Finletter said even before the 860 million dollar cut the Air Force had trimmed its budget “right down to the last airplane.” And he went on to say: “If war comes, the assignments the Air Force will receive will en- tail very heavy losses.” Normally, planning — includes Smart Cabana Club of i The Key Wester | iba House over military spending looks | \ | A Senate defense appropriations | subcommittee agreed informally | This Man Won't Point Anymore ALBANY, N. Y. @ —Pointed story: A truck driver stopped at 2 downtown street corner to ask directions. | Samuel Williams right hand to point. A dog seated in the cab of the truck stuck its head out of the window and nipped Williams’ index finger. raised his i Navy Promotes ‘Robert Murrill | Robert L. Murrill, U. S. Navy, son of Mr. R. T. Murrill, of Flat |River, Missouri has recently been | promoted to the rank of Lieuten- ant, U. S. Navy. He is attached to the U. S. S. Corporal. Lieutenant Murrill is a graduate of Northwestern University. He | was commissioned in the Navy in |1946, and has been serving in the Submarine Force since 1950. the former Miss Jeanne Manson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F Manson, of Desloge, Missouri. | They have two daughters and are jnow residing at 109 Sigsbee Road, Key West. Caucus In Tampa PAHOKEE The House Democratic caucus will be held in Tampa Sept. 12-13, according to House Speaker B. Elliott. | The sponsoring Hillsborough requested over | County delegation suggested the | | dates and they met with Elliott’s | approval. He said Monday he will |issue the call in a few days. Rep. C. Farris Bryant, Ocala, is expected to be nominated for speaker at the caucus. enough reserves to replace con- templated losses. But Finletter jsaid that, under the present pro- gram, replacements would not be available until heavy production lgot started. Lieutenant Murrill is married to | MERCURY REACHES 104 IN MACON, GEORGIA; HUNDREDS ARE PROSTRATED By The Associated Press June’s blazing heat kept up its relentless siege over wide areas in the Eastern half of the nation today. Millions were limp from the hot and sticky weather. Nighttime | brought little relief and it | difficult to sleep. Business slowed with a natural letdown by workers in the oppressive daytime heat. Wednesday was the summer sea- son’s hottest day in hundreds of cities in the heat-stricken region. Temperatures soared into the 90s and above 100 in the East, the South and the Midwest. Records for the date were broken in scores of cities. No immediate, widespread relief appeared in sight. However, some ' the Northern Plains states was jheaded into the North Central | states. There was a promise of {some cooling by Friday. No such relief was forecast for “astern and Southern hot spots The spell of hot dry weather threatened crops in some Southern | states, including Virginia and Ar- | kansas. There has been less than | one inch of rain in Richmond, Va., in June, which threatens to become the driest June in the city’s his- tory. Deaths attributed to the hot weather were reported in several cities. Hundreds of persons suf- fered heat prostrations. Baltimore reported 99 heat pros- trations and one death from the 98-degree heat | June 25 in 54 years. In nearby Washington, the mercury hit 98 | for a season’s high and the hottest June 25 since 1875. Three deaths attributed to the heat were reported in Ohio which sweltered in temperatures around the 100-degree mark. Two persons died from effects of the heat in Philadelphia and 40 were treated in hospitals for heat exhaustion. The day’s top reading of 96 was a record for the date It was collar-wilting weather in aa No Complaints was | of the cooler air which covered | It was the hottest] Texas Panhandle, was to be buried here today. The body of the longtime editor jof the Amarillo Globe and News was found Wednesday morning, a {pistol clutched in the right hand. ; A bullet hole was in the right | temple. | Mrs. W. J. Flesher, Randall | County justice of the peace, re-| | turned a verdict of suicide. Friends said despondency over his health caused him to end his life. Thursday June 26, 1952 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 3 ssault and bate Extortion Charge “ | said SAYS NEWSMAN IN ENGLAND | .icsos 9 oc es ‘ra LONDON (?—A British newsman: al Court | past ee ew reported today American school ae ses of! t s e few kids “have less appeal than a Garvev A, Blane € s i battery nf the ed babies sole ee) Rebecc ob grow into the world’s en. “Most ugly du ica become swa ported Tom {Downes, New York ent of the Evening News Pr chicks in England tend to become dowdy old: hens.” WASHINGTON (#—Don't write your congressman about the hot weather. Many members of Con- | gress—and President Truman — | were inconvenienced in Wednes- | day’s record 98-degree heat. There | was no water. A giant water mair burst, cut- ting off water to the White House and much of downtown Washing- ton. Water was rationed at hotels. |The air-conditioning system was | shut off in the White House but | workers managed to get enough water for the President's bath. most of New York State, with New York City reporting a record 96.5 reading. More than a score of per- sons were treated for heat pros- tration. One death was reported in upstate New York where tempera- tures were in the 90s. It was near 90 in New York late Wednesday night. Readings of 100 and above were general in many parts of the South. The day’s top of 104 at Macon, Ga., marked the fifth consecutive | day of 100 or higher and the 25th straight day with temperatures | above 90. It was 103 in Augusta and 101 in Savannah. The 101 in Nashville was a record for the date while Chattanooga’s 102 tied the all-time high for June set in 1936. St. Louis was promised no relief after the sizzling 100-degree heat which set a new June 25 record. It was the 20th day in June with temperatures over 90 for the Mis- souri metropolis. It was nearly normal weather in the Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast states. The day's top at Los Angeles was 70; 68 at San Francis- }co and 69 at Seattle. SIX-MONTH PRIVATE MEMBERSHIP - JUNE 1 TO DECEMBER 1 AT SPECIAL LOW SUMMER RATES! Ths SAIS? POS cen be cooler then ewer before = with « dail in the sparking prieste pool of The KEY WESTER’ Tt. ! ' De pool mw also open Focsday Thandap and Setwsday evenings — from 730 tw 930 The cobener ase magnificent the summer rater are teviting!y low a qoembesship wabes possible Call es BODAYT! BG Kilpetrth end Charks Helberg So Rocwewed Shed. Ovner-Menagess Tal § Ss THE KEY > > j = | > WESTER? =n te nee Downes set forth his views in reply to Prof. Cyril Edwin Joad, a British philosopher, who denounced American children in a recent es- Say as pasty-faced, spoiled “little brutes.” Downes said Joad wa far as he went “but he shoul developed his theme beyond child hood.” Downes proceeded to do it for him: “The point I want to make is that age for age, class for cia the women of New York, Chicago and possibly Los Angeles are more attractive to the eye than any women in the world | “They have nothing to fear re- Barding the peaches and cream complexion of English girls, the Savoir-faire and fashion conscious ness of the French, or the vitality of the Italians. They compete on equal term with all their Euro- pean sisters.” | Downes entered a brief concur- ring opinion on Joad’s distaste for the American tot or frying “American school kids,” Downes said, “are a pain in the neck. Their demands and their self-ex Pression (I would prefer to call it exhibitionism) are such that the! rate of infanticide in the United | States is probably higher than any- where else in the world.” Teen-agers he described as “hid- eous.”” size “In their socks, calf-length breeches and vulgar shirts and DAILY RATES packet they have less onpeal than, % Single $4 Double a horned toad.” Downs declared. Mot Bub as flap ee | EEE DESTE OPPOSITE SAN CARLOS THEATRE V TE put the price It’s the price of the a horned toad’’—but the little girls j | n Amer. because we're proud of it. Gains Chiefs Rank @. = Garvey A. Blane, U. S. Navy. ved with Mrs son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Urgan Mrs. Fie! s of Inlet, N. Y. has recently been , When she moved out after th advanced to the rate of Chief Ra- Was born. Miss Cobb dioman. He is attached to the U. @$ S. S. Corporal Blanc attended Raquette Lake High School, and enlisted in the Navy in 1941. Blanc has served in the Subma rine Force since his enlistment and during World War II made three war patrols in the Pacific Area, Blane is married to the former Miss Doris Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Moore of Ports. mouth, N. H. They have one daugh ter and are residing at 86-2 Poin. ciana, Key West. Fielding xd she ANYTHING CONCERNING AUTCMOBILES SEE THE 5,000 damage su ling TWINS L So) Pe 1870-1871 all this is forgiven when the little darlings get to be big girls. Downes asserted that English- women, who pride themselves on their carriage, “do not carry them- selves any better than the typists who work in Rockefeller Plaza.” Downes said about the only flaw he has found in the American beauty is her voice. | The accents of girls from Vir- ginia, North Carolina, and some other Southern states are pleasant to the ear. But there are others whose sonances have the twang of a harp. 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