The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 31, 1952, Page 2

Page 2. Thursday, July 31, 1952 JHE KRY WEST CITIZEN The Key West Citizen (Gr RR Published daily (except Sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner and pub- ‘isher, from The Citizen Building, corner of Greene And Ann Streets. Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County & P. ARTMAN Publisher CHMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager Po ac EE eae Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter —_— nom TELEPHONES 51 and 19354, ‘Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use tor reproduction of ‘all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news oublishea here. _ ————————— ? : Bubseription (by carrier) 2he per. week, year $12.00, single copy 5c ieee eg EEE a ae ADVERTISED RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION Citizen is an open forum-and invites discussion of public issue “and subjects’ of local or general interest, but it will not publish “qnonymous communications. he § FLORIDAYORESS WHY YOU SEE THINGS THAT DON’T EXIST, SUCH AS FLYING SAUCERS So we have seen flying saucers in Key West! We marvel recurrently about our wonderful inven- tions, including intricate mechanisms that work faster than the mind of man and never make a mistake if oper- ated rightly, and then somebody asserts that no invention is as wonderful as the human body. And he is right. As we contempiate the functioning of the human body, we feel sure it is not the outgrowth of “blind chance”, as atheists would have us believe about all Creation, but as the representation of an Infinite Force that lies beyond our comprehension. What is the most wonderful thing in the human body, the thing that has brought man up through the ages to the high place he occupies in the world today? The first thought that occurs to us is Mind, but that is not the right answer. Here it is: the tiny cornea in man’s eye. Man ‘had mind in the beginning, but it would have rem&ined in a static state without that cornea. Unable to see, he would have groveled over the earth and, assuming he survived, he still would be groveling today. , But that wonderful cornea sometimes deceives us. We think we see things that don’t exist, such as so-called fly- ing saucers. The U. S. Air Force, in an elaborate article, flouting the existence of the saucers, said they appeared | to be merely layers of cool air. It has been known, long before the birth of the Unit- ed States,.that when lower strata of air are of a different temperature from higher strata, they create mirages. This writer, in his 26 trips on steamships on the ocean, has seen mirages many a time, and they looked to be as real as your home or a telephone pole you are pass- ing looks to'you. He has seen a fleet of illusory steam- ships, some of them upside down, heading straight toward the ship on which he stood. Mirages occur more frequent- ly on deserts, because of the difference in temperature between upper and lower strata of air. Travelers often think they see pools of water, beautiful groves of date- palms and other trees, palaces and mansions in the midst of eye-luring terraces. ‘ But there is something else that has contributed im- measurably to the craze about flying saucers. That thing | is psychic contagion. Start a rumor and keep on needling | ft, as the flying-saucer craze has been needled, that you | saw an immense city, with streets of gold, in the air, and | ft won't be long before news will be coming in from all over the country that other people had seen it. Man is an emotional being, Work up his emotion to | a high enough pitch, and he will see or hear any illusory | Of Interest To You, But . ®y RUSSELL KAY While we hear a lot nowadays , about industry being taxed out of existence, now we learn to our | amazement that taxes can work both ways and in one instance at least, an industry is being taxed into business. Following the repeal of prohibi- tion the bootleg industry practical- ly went out of existence. Legalized liquor was available at prices that made illegal distilling unprofitable and not worth the risk. In less than 19 years since the repeal of prohibition taxes on dis- tilled liquors have gone up from $1.10 per gallon to $10.50 per gal- lon - an increase of 854 per cent. And this is only one of the 23 se- parate taxes laid on this industry. As a result, bootlegging is four- ishing again, and according to Earl Leonard, South-eastern Represen- tative of Licensed Beverage Indus- tries, Inc., national pul relations organization for the alcoholic be- verage industry, almost as many stills were seized by law enforce- ment officers last year as were seized in any year during the hey- day of prohibition. Leonard said that the illegal stills seized last year — 20,317 of them — had a capacity of 715,000 gallons a day which is more than | the capacity of all legal distillers | |in the country combined; a great deal more since legal distilleries have a daily capacity of only 490,- 000 gallons. Today the government is taking in less tax revenue from liquor than it did before the present high tax was imposed, although liquor | consumption appears to be on the | increase. | The figures quoted by Leonard | apply to only the known stills that | have been put out of operation. No | one knows how many remain un- | | discovered and we can only guess | as to the amount of illegal liquor | they produce each year. | With the increase in the manu- |facture of illegal liquor, we are | receiving more and more reports | of the distribution of poisonous con- | | coctions that have resulted in many | uzzle 28. Feminine name 30. Verbally i 32 Writi thi - | bird ba . ‘Crosswor ACROSS L. Article of a 33. Name M4. One who is thing that others, in the grip of psychic contagion, see or | hear. Incidentally, history records that the equivalent of flying saucers were seen long before the time of Christ. Yes, the cornea is a wonderful thing: it often sees things that don’t exist and expands the “seeing” through the medium of psychic contagion. In the quest of success, just remember that there is ' no substitute for character or service. We know citizens wh« can wet their tongues and talk half an hour without pausing for breath. The easiest way to tell how an election will come out | fis to wait until the ballots have been counted. The expert politician can tell you how many hand- shakes it takes, on the average, to get a boobs vote. Equality does not always produce peace everybody is equal, somebody is sure to make a bid for tep-man. Those people who cannot swim would be wise to ear- ry lifejackets on fishing trips, but each year the headlines tell about thousands who didn’t think it necessary. when | (A AAADABALAALDANASEEADDASAD ADDED DDAD | ness. | Pens when the saturation point is | reached. Mirro By SAMDAWSEON - NEW YORK # — The scramble for steel is on despite government plans to parcel it out among users. Fears that allocation may force further plant shutdowns in the next few months were widespread. Lay- : offs won't end with the strike. | | Too Late To Classify deaths and many cases. of blind- While those wno favor prohibi- tion may joyfully applaud every tax increase imposed on the legiti- | mate distilling industry by the na- tion and the states, they lose sight | of the fact that such increases are not only costing the government; loss in revenue but is giving more and more encouragement to illegal operators and hastening the return to the evils that were so prevalent during the prohibition period. There is a saturation point be- yond which taxes cannot profitably be imposed and we have reached this.in not only the beverage indus- try but in many other industries. Excessive taxation reduces rather than increases revenue and is a real stimulant to the hootlegger and racketeer. Those able to afford good liquor are not penalized for they v.ill con- tinue to have their bonded stock, but the man of lew income, find- ing himself priced out of the legi- timate market, turns to. the boot- legger risking blindness or death in his effort to keep up With the club sete.) et Congress and state s cannot continue to. impose more and more taxes affd expect such action to solve our. economic pro- blems. It is time they began to give serious consideration to re- ducing the cost of government, ¢li- | minating waste and limiting the excessive national and. state pay- rolls. This can be done without ser- jously affecting any necessary or needed services. What is happening in the li- eensed beverage industry as a re- sult of the national tax and tax, spend and spend, elect and elect policy might well be heeded by leg- | islators for it indicates what hap- | Defense plants are to have top priority on steel. Then comes the seramble among the many defense- supporting industries. The steel industry has a plan, by the government, to allocate the metal but many users are bound to be pinched more or less. seriously. In the next six weeks all tinplate made is to be of the type canners use;’so that the vegetable and fruit crops won't be lost. Auto makers are seeking steel : ingots they can have mills con- vert into sheets for them. Detroit fears that in an attempt keep all indusries going at least*in part production, the government may funnel too much of the first steel production into the steel ware- houses—the source of steel for most of the small users. If so, Detroit may have more layoffs from time to time. Shipbuilders are without priority for steel for any but naval vessels. They fear that a steel shortage in the weeks ahead will keep them from meeting the scheduled in- crease in the oil tanker fleet on time for the peak of the winter | fuel oil hauling season. The oil industry says that a short- age of steel pipe and casing means ‘that 9,000 wells planned for this year won't be drilled. The defense goal was for 50,000 new wells in 1952 to assure the nation of suf- ficient oil reserves in case of war. Pressure to get more steel for the wells, and more pipe for natur- al gas distrixbution, will be strong in the next few months. The chemical industry, in the midst of a 6% billion dollar ex- pansion program, says steel short- ages are already crippling it. Some construction will have stopped for lack of steel, industry spokesmen say. The electric power industry says to be! (Uncle Bill) Lundy, spry old veteran, acknowl- “T can tell my eyes are getting just a little weak,” he said. “T can’t tell the color--of-both eyes on a red bug up a high tree at one glance. I have to look twice now.” Lundy, who lives on one of his son's farms near here, is Florida’s" only surviving Civil War veteran. negotiations in the next few months. The steel price boost will. not stare away many steel customers. The steel mills feel confident they can sell all they can make well into 1953. Their customers have used up their inventories and are eager to buy. Also retail trade is picking up, and manufacturers see a better chance of selling mare goods if they make them. Some question, however, whether the manufacturers can pass on to the customers in higher prices the greater cost of steel and such other materials as also may go up in price. Slow moving merchandise has piled up in warehouses, and price ‘eutting has been more common than price hikes. Some note ;that many manufacturers haven't rushed to insist on the higher re- | tail prices being restored on their pane page a they could have when the President signed the fair | trade bill. But others think that price hikes on many goods are inevitable. | They note that factory inventories | of finished goods have been falling | during the strike, and that some | recently depressed industries are | Row in“fine shape again as far as inventories go. Some see a sellers’ market returning before the year's out. Those who argue that inflation— | although perhaps a mild one—is | certain also contend that manv- } Normal Atmosphere TAMPA ® — Two sisters of release wasn’t necessary. Judge Kickliter promised Mrs. Cliffe the children would be raised in a normal atmosphere. He said several persons already had called him about adopting the children. Deadly Gas Creates Panic HOUSTON, Tex. (# — Deadly chlorine gas, pouring from a rup- tured hose, made approximately '300 persons ill at the Diamond Al- kali Co.’s 965-acre plant. ‘No one was. reported: in critical condition but 28 were put under oxygen treatment. The greenish, foul-smelling gas swept over the plant area carried by a brisk east wind and caused a near panic among 800 employes facturers’ costs are likely to go up again. They believe the steel wage-price {hike is bound to spread to. other industries and cause a general rise in the cost of materials and labor. With many industries not far above their break-even point now, fears they, have on order. steel shortages and allocations will | any rise in costs will be passed as MONEY FOUND You' can save $200.2 year by. call- ing 826-W to have your junk, rags, old batteries, iron and metal con- verted into cash. Call Harry or Howard. scuttle its expansion program for aleng in higher prices to consum- this year, and may hinder its ers, reaching its goal for 1953. The} a si! eon industry was trying b add orl SSS capacity to meet the growing de- | BLANKETS CLEANED fense and industrial demands for) “, sae Sterilization, Sanitation power. and Moth Proojing The railroads also worry about; delivery of the locomotives and/ Ready to be put away fer the Summer at NO EXTRA CHARGE Special mee mmensieh POINCIANA DRY CLEANERS | 218 Simonton St. Tel. 1086 Tronically enough, they are faced} with a new demand for cars brought on by the steel strike. The steel mills will be calling on the railroads to haul more iron ore this fall and winter, and the roads | fear they can’t find the necessary | cars. Rail shipment of ore will be sought because no ore has been shipped for eight weeks on the/ Great Lakes because of the strike, | and the winter stockpiles of ore | at the steel mills can’t be built up before ice closes the lakes, | But ‘these large users of steel | are all tied in, directly or indi- ——_—_—_—— SLOPPY JOE’S BAR * Burlesque * Continuous Floor Shows & Dancing Starring The Fabulous SALLY & MARCELLA LYNN AND GOGO GABE, CATHY CARROL, SANDRA LANE AND A HOST OF OTHERS Dancing: To MARK STANLEY’S TRIO Thurs. Nite Talent Nite De You Sing, Dance or Entertain? 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If its steel inventories have been exhausted in the last eight SAN CARLOS =" THURSDAY — FRIDAY — SATURDAY weeks, such a plant will have to_ scramble hard to find the neces- sary steel to prevent slowdowns or layoffs. | Steelmakers say it may take them to the end of the yegr just to catch up on the orders on their books for steel allotments previous ly granted for delivery during July, | August and September. For many steel users, allocations they had hoped to see filed in | Qetober and November may just tbe a deferred hope. |. NEW YORK #—The wage-price | boost in steel—if it follows past | patterns—will in time fan through other industries. And a | new twist to the inflationary spiral will be under way. But many feel today that the | ultimate boost to the general cost of living will be delayed this time j and also toned down. They reason that the loss of buy- jing power felt hy nearly two bon workers who were made idle lat one time or another during the strike will act as a brake on in- [Mation. In other words, a lot of people will be out of the market |for goods for awhile yet, because }they are short of cash: | They aiso believe that this loss of buying power will continue for some time. Many factories may have to shut down later this sum- mer or fall as the steel shortage MEET THE DESTROYER BOYS WHO CLEARED THE SKIES FROM KOREA TO KINGDOM out | catghes up with them and their ; own inventories of steel disappear. The government is going to take more steel for defense and the steel mills will be slow in refilling the supply pipelines emptied dur: img the long strike. The inflationary pressure will be there, nevertheless. The wage bonst the Steelworkers are getting will be an incentive to cther unions to ask for More. Many cenies com tacts can be reopened for wage par ( MITCHELL: RICHARD BENING Rings Witams