The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 3, 1952, Page 2

Page 2 ‘THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ‘Thursday, July 3, 1952 The Key West Citizen cn oR EEEEEPCEEEEnE Published daily (except Sunday) by L. P. Artmsn, owner and pub- tisher, from The Citizen Building, corner of Greene And Ann Streets. Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN Publisher ANCRMAN D. 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Consolidation of County and City Governments. —— KEY WEST DOES NOT CELEBRATE FOURTH AS IT USED TO BUT SPIRIT UNCHANGED Key West, in common with the rest of the country, will have its festivities tomorrow in celebrating the Fourth of July or Independence Day, which forever remains fresh in the minds of Americans. It is that freshness, as though our observance tomorrow will be our first to com- memorate the Fourth, which keeps Americans ever young, so far as their patriotic fevor is concerned. Using Key West as a unit of our Union, the celebra- tion today of the Fourth is similar to what it was here a century or more ago, with a few exceptions due to chang- ing times. Chief among the exceptions is the explosion of firecrackers. The Citizen thinks the City Commissioners acted wisely in banning the sale and use of firecrackers, yet, in ‘the old days in Key West they formed the nucleus in local ) Fourth of July celebrations. Had you resided in Key West tn those days, you would know without anyboby’s men- tioning it to you when Independence Day was approach- ing. Firecrackers began to pop a week or longer before the Fourth, would reach their peak in exploding when the day came and would continue popping a week afterward. Small firecrackers cost a nickle a package, but many boys and men too were not content to fire them one at a time. They opened a pack and lit a fuse that caused the entire package to explode, one after the other in quick succession, And we also had cannon crackers, set off some- times under large cans, which were knocked high into the air. Dangerous? Yes. Many a boy, youth and man was in- jured. That is one sound reason for the Commissioners | prohibiting the use today of firecrackers, and another sound reason is the danger of causing fire. We are con- servative now in this regard, and Key Westers in the old days were reckless, but the Spirit of the Fourth, then and now, is the same. Patriotism never dies among liberty-loving people. They don’t carry it on their sleeves and don’t harp about it, but when the time comes for its manifestation they are stirred wholeheartedly by the knowledge that this day, the Fourth of July, is the stamp of freedom. A similar feeling is entertained among our Cuban friends in Key West. Year after year, they celebrate El Grito de Yara because the liberty of the Island Republic had its inception at Yara. It epitomizes Freedom, as the Fourth to us is only another word for Freedom, the bed- rock in the Brotherhood of Men, SLICE OF HAM ! says| , Mirror By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK (The clothing NEW YORK wW—The ghost of industries have been doing some many an American soldier, gazing |soul searching—all the way from down from the Valhalla of heroes, |the store back to the mill. As a would have looked with wry envy | result there is a rash of pronuncia- at a U. S: Army ceremony this|mentos today. Any one of them week. ought to raise somebody’s hackles. It was the demonstration of the} Like this one: Men’s wear has mighty new Patton 48 tank. advanced in style and ideas much ‘Gee, that was the kind of tank | faster than the women’s lines in I used to dream of before ee the last few years. killed in Tunisia,” you can > se ise ane, soldier sayiaig, Or this: Most retail stores are NOTES By JAMES BACON (For vacationing Bob Thomas) HOLLYWOOD # — True, every- body in Hollywood wants to be someone else—actors wish they were directors: directors wish they were producers and so on. But when Virginia Mayo says she wants to look like someone else, let’s face it. That’s carrying dissatisfaction too far! I learned this bit of intelligence after seeing Virginia in “She’s Working Her Way Through Col- lege”. in which she plays Hot Gar- ters Gertie, a burlesque stripper. This picture accents a well known “Yeah, we talked about having a tank like that before I died in renies bs spectral baday. “BOT. repli spectr: . “Boy, look at that gun it packs—and its low silhouette.” “Yep,” says the first soldier, “it’s got. almost the same lines selling in spite of themselves and not because of any merchandising abilities — the salesman is the weakest link. And this: Cotton is winning a slight advantage in the battle of the fibers, The man who thinks that men’s as the German tank that am-|wear has gone far ahead of the bushed the crate I got hit in back | women’s field and “dollar for dol- in 1942.” lar gives a much better value” ‘And if the heroic dead bear any |is M. J. Lovell, director of the ill-will, one couldn’t blame the two | National Association of Shirt, Pa- spectral tankmen for resenting the|jama and Sportswear Manufac- Hollywood fact, to wit: Virginia Mayo is the possessor of the movies’ most beautiful body. And she’s got the face to go with it. For one thing the makeup de- Partments at Warners and other studios reveal that she needs only powder and rouge to look her best before the cameras. That's some- thing that can’t be said of all glamor girls ir this town. Armed with all these facts and fact their countr7 gave them no such tank to fight in when they were among the living. Army Secretary Frank C. Pace hailed the powerful new 48-ton Pat- ton as “the finest medium in the world.” . If battle tests prove this claim true, it is encouraging. For many veteran tankmen hold that Amer- ican armor was inferior in design, crew protection, and hitting power, as compared to both German and Russian armor, in World War Il. But this brilliant new weapon is still to be put in real mass production, and it soon will be 11 years after Pearl Harbor. This situation points up the dan- ger of two civilian legends that have long hampered American military power—and cost us need- less casualties: (1) The squirrel gun legend— “If war comes 10 million Amer- icans will grab grandpappy’s old squirrel gun off the mantel, and repel the invader.” t (2) The know-how legend—“‘We are the most inventive people in the world, and we can turn out newer and better weapons faster than any possible group of ene- mies.” turers. “The men’s wear industry hasn’t been slipping,” he says. “It’s been changing.” Naturally, Lovell thinks the. new emphasis on sportswear is all to the good. He admits that sales have fallen off in suits, hats and neckwear, but says it is more than made up by gains in other lines. This cheerful view may not be echoed by the makers of suits, hats a: * ties. Dim views of the abilities-of re- tail clothing salesmen are ex- pressed by several speakers at a conference sponsored by the Na- tional Association of Retail Cloth- jers and Furnishers. Some speakers ealled the retail salesman the weakest link in the apparel field. This may not set well with some old and faithful store clerks. ' The retailer doesn’t know ho to sell -his merchandise, according to Charles M. Edwards, dean of the School of Retailing of New York University. Weakest points, he says, are advertising, display and personal selling. Stop stressing items that were good in the past, says Victor Le- Both of these legends are relics |brow, Baltimore clothing manu- of Ameri¢a’s bold frontier past, |facturer. Think up new ways of but neither holds true ‘in the mid- | attracting the consumer—like em- dle half of the 20th Century. phasizing fashion rather than price No civilian nation can spring to|to influence the women who often arms with squirrel guns any more | make up their: men’s minds on figures, I asked Virginia what she thought of cheesecake. “I like it very much,” she re- plied unsmilingly. “It tastes real good.” “I didn’t mean that kind of cheesecake.” “Oh,” she smiled. “you mean the other kind—leg art. Frankly I don’t mind posing for it but I don’t enjoy seeing cheesecake or any other kind of pictures where T look like me. I like pictures of myself where I look like someone else, preferably, Vivien Leigh.” Now Miss Leigh is a beauty and undoubtedly one of the world’s greatest actresses but one will get you 10 that she would gladly trade the Oscar she won last March if she could look like Virginia in al bathing suit. Or play Hot Garters Gertie. I asked Virginia if this business of wanting to look like Miss Leigh harbored a secre: yearning to be a great dramatic actress. “Naturally, I’d like to be a great actress. And the studio gives me enough versatility in my roles so I can try; but basically, I’m a song and dance girl. I love musi- cals and wouldn’t care if I did nothing but musicals. That’s all Betty Grable does and look where she rates in this business.” ‘The mention of Betty Grable mo- mentarily stunned me. I started thinking how Betty would like reading that Virginia Mayo has and win a modern war. It is a perilous tradition, this 19th Cen- tury hangover in our thinking that we can hold off an enemy with out-of-date weapons while we quickly gear up and turn out bet- ter ones. Wars today move too fast. As to the legend that Americans are the most inveritive race, the facts simply don’t bear it out— at least on the battlefield. The \Germans produced the best sub- | marines, tanks and all-purpose ar- ‘tillery guns in the last war. They put the first jet planes in the air, \the first guided missiles—rockets | and buzz bombs, Our real genius has been in the the subject of male attire. In the manufacturing field there is considerable optimism over prospects for fall. Many fall lines are down from $3 to $7 from last year, and good business is antici- pated. Raw wool prices have advanced since Easter from their post- Korean lows earlier in the year. But the price hikes may not affect men’s clothing lines until next spring. The Wool Bureau Inc. says the world outlook for the sheep fiber is bullish— a phrase that mixes up the animal kingdom a little. Women’s woolen and worsted ap- the best figure in Hollywood. But then it's a well known fact around town that Betty reads only the racing form. But Marilyn Monroe? There's a girl who reads everything. This job of writing about Holly- wood glamour can be hazardous, Fifth Polio Victim | MIAMI #—Mrs. Carol Basham, \28, North Miami, died in a hos-j pital Wednesday, Dade County's fifth polio victim of the year, Mrs. Basham was admitted to} the hospital only Tuesday. Surviv-' ing are her husband, Charles W.} {Basham Jr., an Eastern Air Lines! Today’s |HOLLYWOOD Cameras And Spear Guns Keep Californians Busy Shooting Big Fish Here 1,000 POUNDS OF FISH CAUGHT IN.FEW HOURS DAZZLE DIVERS By SUSAN McAVOY Key West, according to two vi- siting California spearfisherman, has it all over their home state for pursuit of the big fish under- water. rs “We have never seen anything like this water,” they marvelled Sunday as we went out to the Co- ral reef near Sand Key. The men Dr. Nelson Mathison and Mel Fisher loaded four came- ras, movie and still, and their guns, flippers masks, aqua lungs, rubber mitts, and other equipment into the 18 foot open boat of Ed- die Ciesinki on Sunday. I went along as usual to watch not to spearfish, since I am still \ afraid of the strength of the under- water guns. The water was crystal clear in honor of the Californians, and hap- py for us, warm. “In California our water ranges Trial Date Set ipson Wednesday set Nov. 17 as trial date for Tal- ahassee Attorney Clyde W. Atkin- son, who pleaded innocent to VA Announces" New Poliey For Veterans WASHINGTON.—(Special), Sena tor George Smathers was assured today by the Veterans Administra: tion that it has no plans for closing the veterans “‘contact” offices at Smathers had inquired of Veter- way after receiving com! some veterans in the affected tax/ areas that the offices were to. be and 1948 Ponce de Leon beca: Finally I asked Mel to me up. I scrambled over exhausted. “You can learn how to get in easily. Leave your flippers on and kick hard, that gives you power,” he said. The men secured the jewfish on the side of the boat. It was their first of two that day. When the sun had begun to go down, the little boat held about 1,000 pounds of fish caught in four hours, two jewfish, one shark, one large black grouper, one permit from 40 degrees to 6 at the / fish, warmest. We have to wear diving suits and long underwear,” Mel Fisher said. z Fisher has been diving for seven years. Dr. Mathison, an osteo- path for ten. The Key West sea yielded them two big jewfish and a shark on Sunday, and a jewfish the day before. Torn between their aspirations as movie makers and their love of underwater hunting, the men al- ternated with gun and camera. Mel has his C O'2 gas gun lashed to the camerz so that when a shark hove into view Sunday he could shoot it by camera and gun at the same time. The first fish of the day was a 292 pound Jewfish off Sand Key After loading the gun with li- quid air, putting 400 feet of film in his movie camera, Mel. went over the side and we all followed. “Jewfish,” they shouted, looking like some ancient sea monsters themselves, The red pipe and ball of their snorkels were the only part them apparent on the water’s surface. I jumped over the side and got in the water to watch. Ff looked up from under the water and saw do- zens of long, slim fish with sharp snouts. Thinking they were baby barracuda I stayed away from them fearful the whole time. The men were too busy watching the jewfish which had darted into a cave after the first spear went in it to pay any attention to a nervous reporter. Finally I got their atten- tion and said “What can we do about all these little barracuda? “Those are needlefish, not bar- racuda, Susan,” they said. My skin felt as though a thou- sand pin points were assailing it at once. The clear water showed myriad balloon-like jelly fish. They were not the vicious Portuguese men of war, merely stinging jelly bh. “Ammonia will fix that, don’t cra\ shell, vestige of his last supper. AlWays ready for a new kind of left hand which accidently burned, Eddie, Eddie jumped, the jewfish jumped and came down on Mel’s nose with his teeth. ie With blood spurting from the small teeth marks on his nose, Mel merely laughed and put his mask on to-go over again. “We have never known of a shark or barracuda getting any of our spearfishermen,” Doc said. In fact the California spearfishing clubs encourage members to go af- ter sharks. Medals are given for catching sharks by the tail. “Don’t worry so much about bar- racuda,”’ Mel said. An hour later he himself was a little worried He had gone over the side to retrieve me the discontinued. He forwarded copies of a reassuring reply today from 0. W. Clark., deputy VA adminis- trator, Need For Service Smathers commented, “As long as there is a need for service to the veterans, I believe the government should see that neecssary facilities are provided.” In his letter to Senator Smathers, Clark said: “There are no current plans te close the Veterans Administration Offices at Lakeland, Key West, or Orlando. However, the policy of this agency is to discontinue offices which demonstrate a monthly aver- age workload of less than 450 vis+ its per month. Future action to close offices would be predicated upon this established criterion, Ac- cordingly, should any offices fall below the announced minimum workload, it will be necessary to close them.” Senator Smathers said his infor- mation is that these Florida offices concerned are well above that workload minimum. LYNN SISTERS SALLY AND MARCELLA DOTTIE COOK, MARIA, CATHY CARROL, SANDRA LANE AND A HOST OF OTHERS To SLOPPY JOE'S BEACHCOMBERS ‘Thurs. Nite Talent Nite Do You Sing, Dance or Entertain? Big Prizes. Fun For Everyene Never An Admission or an inner ‘tube to which some ‘spears and ropes were attached. “This place has hundreds of bar- racuda,” he shouted, Suddenly I saw him swim swiftly to the boat. |] Thursday - Friday « Saturday “One was following me too close, I didn’t like his looks,” Mel said, The laden boat returned to Key West. All but the shark are edible. That had to be taken out again be- cause city law forbids dumping dead fish in Garrison bight. After more pictures all around, the California spearfishermen took their leave of Key West. “Anything else will be an anti- gina shes this,” they said. But ey made appointments at Florida’s other marine spots. RED MOUNTAIN with ALAN LADD AND LIZABETH scoTT (In Technicolor) Coming: THE LONE STAR Clark Gable and Ava Gardner MONROE coovto ‘Thursday - Friday - Seturdey STEEL TOWN field of mass production. But to-|Parel fabric prices of a number day the Russians have more and|of mills have gone up this week | speedier jet planes in Korean skies | by 5 to 11 per cent. The new prices than we have, proof that their in-| Will be tested later this month dustrial revolution has gone along when the fall fabric buying season perhaps as fast as their social | sets going. revolution. Cotton mills are happier, too. W. The greatest military enemy the ; Ray Bell, president of the Asso- American people have is their own |ciation of Cotton Textile Mer- complacency, the habit of low-rat-| chants of New York, says recent ing the capacity of other lands. | gains in sales volume clearly in- lWe have lagged in both research | dicate an upward and long overdue and production of new weapons. _ The bitter penalty for this fool- ishness is paid by our own soldiers) and airmen. They have found in | Korea—as they did in Tunisia— | that combat bravery cannot im-| provise a sturdier tank, a faster | airplane. : | But they go on holding the line | with what they have until the peo- | ple at home shake the nonsense | out of their system and get down to creating and building them the | tools they need to win, Phosphate Strike LAKELAND # — Swift and Co. officials and union leaders met | with federal mediators again here | jtoday over a strike which has| |closed Swift's Polk County phos- phate operations since May 12. Three federal men, five com-/ Severity Female sheep French city Roman garment Optical giase Beginners Havieg two correspond ing parts Those baving power Fret of the oak tree ‘Tibetan garelle dani pipes Musical Abd pot Faceavor FE RS BERPERR ee os eS from the International Chemical Workers Union beld their first ses-| sion Wednesday. i Noel R. Hunley, business man- ager for Local 38 of the AFL union, | sald, “We are not too far apart) jare the principal issue.” | aan ee are out at the! | ite processing plant | at Agricola and two nearby mines. | Fla. Pilot Dies | BEAUFORT, & C. @ — A pilot) | Mentuified Alexander Kaoute, representatives and seven } on Lady's Iiland near bere } Knute was believed en route to/ New York to visit bis brother, \pilot, and two children. worry,” Eddie said. I resigned myself to more sting- Gold was discovered in Tasmania ing since the battle with the | jin 1851 and 20 years later a valu- fish was a long one. He was stir- | able tin strike was made. | ring up so much mud in the ocean bottom thrashing around in his | swing in the market cycle, after | death struggle, that Mel wanted to | 15 depressed months. j wait for the water to clear so he | He thinks cotton is getting an | could get better films. { edge in the battle with synthetic| The three men and Ronnie, Ed- | \fibers, And he predicts firmer! die Ciesinki’s 15 year old son, hov- | prices for cotton goods this fall. |ered about in the water keeping }an eye on the jewfish which had | two spears in it by this time. Fin- | ally Mel took his pictures and/ they began the tow to the boat.) Tugging the heavy fish out from | its cave, seemed to be a signal for barracuda to rall around. | Though assured that they are! | just curious not hungry, I nonethe- | \les headed ‘or the boat when 1) \saw one fair sized one with his LUND (in Technicolor) Coming: BORN TO BE BAD SAN CARLOS SATURDAY TONIGHT FRIDAY DOWN L Renting contract & Made o ing at dd ddd saad ae Jan Janne | mouth making those ugly snapping | motions. I had been in about 22 | |hour or more with the men while j they caught their prize | The barracuda at first was be- {tween the boat and me. I kept an j eye on it. The men dido’t even no- tice its presence so intent were \they on towing the jewfish to the boat. Mel got aboard first with his |camera, then Ronnie. My problem | was climbing up the two or three feet. Accustomed to a ladder, I | had never tried pulling myself in. I strained and struggled imagin- jing that barracuda sear my toes or calves. Impatiently | threw off ta flipper, the wrong thing to do. 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