The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 8, 1952, Page 2

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Friday, August 8, 1952, Che Key West Citizen ss Published daily (except Sunday) by L. P. Artmsn, owner and pub- * «isher, from The Citizen Building, corner of Greene And Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County NORMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Ciass Matter TELEPHONES 51 and 1935 Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it or now otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news eublishea here. Wember Florida Press Association and Associate. Dailies of Florida ————_———— Subscription (by carrier) 25¢ per week, year $12.00; By Mail $15.60 ADVERTISED RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issue and subjects of local or general interest, out it will not publish IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED s BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Eaaane variioe: Airports—Land a. Consolidation of County and Cuy Governments Cou.munity Auditorium. GUN, ATOMIC; M-1 We have the prototype of an atomic gun, and are training “atomic artillerymen” to use it, This newly deve- loped atomic gun can give the ground commander tremen- dous firepower at his finger tips and directly under his control. Like conventional artillery, it would be especially ef- fective in defending against attacking ground forces ob- liged to mass and expose themselves in an assault. Unlike an air-delivered atomic weapon, the atomic gun can func- tion in all kind of weather, night or day. It is essentially an artillery piece—but with immeasurably greater power than any artilery hitherto known. ‘ \ ‘Carried on a platform suspended between two engine cabs at front and rear, this highly mobile atomic weapon can travel at a speed of about 35 miles per hour on high- ways. Weighing about 75 tons, it can cross bridges which army engineers are already trained to build for the present heavy divisional equipment. : It can travel cross country, fit into a landing ship de- signed for amphibious operations. It can fire with accuracy comparable to conventional artillery and tests indicate it fg much more accurate at long range.—Frank Pace, Jr., Secretary of the Army, in Report to the Army. L 2 Q 4 5. PRAVADA BAMBOOZLERY Pravada—the official organ of the Soviet Govern- men{—hws informed its readers that General Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidential candidacy stems from a plot by the Democratic Party. The idea, according to Pravda, was to insure an aggressive foreign policy for the United States. Pravada believes that the Democratic Party -chose Eisenhower, so that, in the event of a Republican victory, the so-called aggressive policies of the United States would be continued. This revelation should convince even the most misguided American Communist that Pravada, and the Russian propaganda line, is only fantastic bam- boozlery. > It is true that the Democratic Party might have nomi- nated General Eisenhower, had the General been willing, but it is a bit inconceivable to attribute the General’s Re- publican candidacy to the Democratic Party. The sad part of the story is that, big as it is, this lie, told often enough, will be believed by millions of Russians and others in the Soviet orbit. PREPARATIONS FOR H-BOMB EXPLOSION At the Eniwetok proving grgounds in the. Pacific Ocean, history’s first hydrogen bomb may be exploded. Both military and scientific men point out that with a potential explosive force 10 to 1,000 times greater than the A-bomb, the H-bomb is a new weapon, creating new tactical and strategical problems. Elaborate preparations are already underway. Se- curity measures including underwater, surface and air pa- trols of the area have been ordered. Cargo planes are al- ready engaged in ferrying special equipment to the Pacific testing ground. Under the direction of Major-General Percy W. Clarkson, task force commander, everything is being made ready for the important historical date of the | first H-bomb éxplosion expected sometime this autumn. WILL BUSINESS BE GOOD? We have been reading somewhaat optimistic predic- AAA AAT ASSET ee ee ee THIS ROCK OF CURS BILL GIBB Nene 000200000 900024042644446400460460408 Yesterday we started to talk of government without the assist- wwe ; the deep end into literature. about the Bible and wandered off | Proverbs 20:17 provides a rather interesting observation: “Bread of | deceit is sweet to a man; but aft- | erwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.” If this statement is true, then a lot of good folks in Key West are | nothing more or less than imita- | tion rock crushers because they’re | walking around chewing on a mouthful of gravel. . They have been deceived time | and time again — so often as a matter of fact that they appear to like it. Maybe the “bread is sweet,” after all. We've been listening to election promises — city, county, state, and national — for nearly a year now. I'd hesitate to say that the politi- cians are deceitful. A better word would be “over-optimistic.” The deceitful person is the one who fools himself into believing that | any one man — politician or not | — is capable of running any type ' Today’s Business iiireor By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK (#—Interest rates creep higher as the Treasury bor- rows more and more money. It’s borrowing the money be- cause the government is spending more for defense and other items than it’s taking in through taxes, high as they are. * And the Treasury is paying high- er interest because its easy money policy of many years standing took a drubbing some 16 months ago. When Treasury rates advance, interest ‘charges on commercial loans and individual financing, such as. mortgages, usually firm ! up, too. Faced with a “tight money mar- ket,” the Treasury this week of- fered to pay the highest rate in ; nearly 20 years for one-year mon- ey—it will now pay 2 per cent on Treasury certificates coming due in one year, a rise of % of 1 per cent. More significantly, perhaps, the Treasury said it wouldn’t refund in December some 16% billion in long-term bonds, bearing either 2 or 2% per cent, Financial circles here interpret that as meaning the Treasury feels it would have to offer higher rates than that if it refunded in December, Treasury officials worry because it means that the cost’ of carrying the public debt is growing, adding just that much more to what the government spends each year. Some of them complain that the Federal Reserve Board, if it chose, could get the Treasury off the hook easily by turning a “tight money market” into an easy one—through agreeing to buy up any government bond offered on the market. Member banks could then sell their bonds profitably to the fed- eral reserve banks, and get money to meet all the demands of bor- rowers—both private and govern- mental. : The Federal Reserve Board, however, considers this easy mon- | | ey policy inflationary—contends it | costs the country much more in price inflation than it saves the Treasury in interest payments. And so the board has refused to peg government bond prices at par or better—that is, agree to buy up all offered—ever since its widely advertised accord with the Treasury on that issue in March of 1951. The money market fs tight right now for several reasons. One is | seasonal, At this time of year/ tions as to the future course of business from government officials and business leaders themselves. They point out | that business is moving along nicely and, with defense spending and foreign aid, business will continue on a basis | of high-level actively well into 1953, Undoubtedly, the statistics support the conclusion of the forecasters but business, in the past, has not always followed statistics and predicitions, The‘ activity of busi- ness depends upon the buying of goods and products and the rate of buying depends upon the mental state of those with money to spend. eee ance of all citizens, We're a democracy, a republic to be technically correct. The life of our form of government is di- rectly dependent upon each man or woman helping to direct domestic and. foreign matters. Yet — what is the average citizen’s reaction to exercising this duty? He merely casts a vote at elec- tion time. From ‘there on out, he figures the reins of the govern- ment are in the politician’s hands. This isn’t true. e A man serving in political office is only a human being. He can only know what he sees or is told. If each citizen would point out the things they most desire, the poli- tician could work to better advan- tage — providing of course that he is honest. In spite of the fact that this column often slaps at political manuveurings, it should not be for- gotten that we do have politicians who are sincere, worthy men, They want to do their job properly and are always glad to listen to sug- gestions. Col. Stilwell Receives Command SEOUL, Korea (® — Col. Joseph W. Stilwell Jr., son of the late Gen. “Vinegar” Joe Stilwell of World War II fame in the China-Burma- India Theater, today was appointed commander of the 23rd Regiment of the U. S. 3rd Infantry Division. The 40-year-old Columbus, Ga., and Falls Church, Va., soldier has been in the army 23 years. He is a West Point graduate. ’ Red Is Sentenced BERLIN (# — A Communist po- lice commissar, caught in West Berlin, has. been jailed for eight years on old charges of mistreating Germans in Soviet prison camps. The West Berlin court in Moabit imposed the term on Friedrich Porombka, 44, identified by 50 wit- nesses as a Soviet-selected trusty in the Breslau-Hundsfeld camps after the war. They testified he robbed prisoners, mistreated some and helped ship some off to the Soviet Union. When you are frying chicken use only the breast, wings, drum- sticks, and second joints; reserve the bony pieces of black, the giblets, and the wing tips for stock. The stock may be utilized in gravy or a cream sauce. there is a demand for credit to cover harvesting of crops and proc- essing and distribution of food. Businessmen seek credit to pro- duce and stock fall and winter merchandise. This year industry wants money to finance its record expansion of plant and equipment. And since spring the Treasury has been borrowing, adding still more to. the demand for money. Short term interest rates have risen, Earlier in the year the Treasury paid 1.6 per cent on its 91-day bills. Now it pays 1.86 per cent or better. Pressure is strong to raise long- term interest rates. By deciding against calling its 2-2% per cent bonds in December, the Treasury puts off for six months a test of the market. It can decide every six months if it will call these bonds—until ‘1954 and 1955 when all the 16.5 bil- lion dollars worth mature and must be paid. But in 1954-55 the Treasury will have a total of 33 billion dollars of obligations maturing. If it waits till then to redeem all of them, it might give the mon- ey market quite a joit—and inter- est rates could be higher than now. SLICE OF HAM ' quick exits, and the confusion was Wah BOYLE SAYS By RELMAN MORIN (For Hal Boyle) NEW YORK (®—How would you zel if you-were in a crowded bus with some loose cobras? That happened to some people in India the other day. The Bom bay office of the Associated Press reported that a snake-charmer came aboard, carrying the cobras in baskets. The bus jolted over a pot-hole in the road. The baskets 3prung open. When one ‘of the cobras reached the driver’s compartment, the driv- er panicked and lost control. So he said, afterward. There was a seri- ous accident. In a way, this is the other half of a Kiplingesque story. ... One night in India, a British of- ficer and his wife gave a small dinner party. It was during the war, and so there was some talk | of the fighting and the bombing of British cities, and what-not. And then one of the ladies tripped the trigger on a lovely argument. “This war has proved one thing,” she said, ‘women are just as brave as men in an emergency, and per- haps braver.” The men were indulgent. They conceded that women in the serv- ices had often displayed extraordi- nary courage. But they pointed out also that women will jump on a chair and scream in the presence of a mouse. The argument was swirling, and nobody noticed when the hostess quietly signalled one of the Indian servants. He bent over her shoulder. She whispered something. He hurried out of the room. : A moment later, he reappeared, holding a bowl of milk. He set the bowl on the floor in a far corner of the room. Suddenly, a cobra slithered out from beneath the table, heading for the milk. There were screams, immense when the other guests saw it. The servant quickly de- stroyed the snake. Later, they asked the hostess how she knew the cobra was in the room. Did she see it? When? Where? f “J didn’t see it,” she replied, “but I felt it. . . it was coiled around my ankle.” This tended to chill the argu- Described By U.S. U.S.S. Boxer Suffers Explosion That Kills Nine Of Its Crew By GEORGE MCARTHUR TOKYO # — U. S. Far East Naval headquarters today de- scribed how heroic crewmen saved the aircraft carrier Boxer from flaming explosions which killed nine shipmates. Minutes after flames broke out below decks at dawn Wednesday, crewmen braved smoke and in- ferno like heat to unload bombs and ammunition from planes readied for strikes against the Communists in North Korea. Other seamen donn edoxygen masks and rescued comrades trapped by smoke and flames. Their skipper called it an “inspir- ing performance.” The Navy here said the fire and explosions injured 32. The injury toll reported in Washington was 75, but a Navy spokesman here said that probably included those temporarily overcome by smoke but not injured. The Washington account differed in other respects. The Navy De- partment said one exploding jet plane touched off the disaster and 12 other planes were destroyed. Headquarters said the cause was undetermined and did not reveal extent of the damage to the ship, 2,900. The fire and explosions seared the 27,000-ton flattop’s hangar deck’ —the level immediately below the. flight deck. The Navy here said merely that the flames broke out in a cluster of jet planes on the hangar deck, A Naval court of inquiry was ordered to investigate. Rear Adm. Herbert C. Regan, Carrier Division One, was ap- pointed its senior officer. Although Capt. Marshall B. Gur- ney, the skipper, said the Boxer was able to carry on its mission, the carrier was sent to Japan for repairs. The explosions occurred while the Boxer was 90 miles east of Wonsan, Korean East Coast port. The nine dead included a Navy doctor and two hospitalmen who braved nearby flames to care for wounded shipmates. An exploding shell got them, One man was lost overboard. Helicopters and small boats rescued 62 others who were forced into the sea by the choking smoke and flames. ment about men and women and what they do in the presence of danger. But about the cobras. . are almost as many tales of their strange ways as there are snakes. The king cobra is aggressive, and presumably, will always at- tack; the other types only defend themselves. Yet, some of the In- dians claim that not even the big king will harm a small child. They ; believe a snake reacts, through some sixth sense, to the loathing and dread that arises, on sight, in most adults. ; And they think this is an ac- quired feeling, something you have to learn. Since a baby does not know enough to be afraid, he may be perfectly safe—even with a cobra. Preston Grover, who headed the; AP office in India for a number of years, was a witness to one of these incidents. He was visiting an Indian fam- ily. Their child, in a high chair on the lawn, was eating a bowl | of bread and milk. Cobras like milk, and apparently they can smell it from considerable dis- tances. Grover, horrified, saw the snake, | just as it was crawling up the side of the chair. It crossed the baby’s lap, ang came onto the apron of.the high chair, Then it began drinking the milk. With a clumsy gesture, the baby | banged it over the head with the s spoon. “The cobra never did strike,” he said, ‘‘but the baby upset the bowl, and the snake simply drop- ped onto the grass and went on looking for milk down there.” It was only when they ap- proached to kill it, he said, that the hood went up and it coiled to strike. So, in case you are ever on a crowded bus with a loose cobra, either open a bottle of the best homogenized, or pretend not to notice. Jokesters Kid Joe Stalin To Special Sessi By JACK BELL WASHINGTON ( — Leading | Democrats gave a cold reception today to President Truman’s sug- gestion he might call a special session of Congress to act on new inflation controls. Sen. Joseph C. O’Mahoney of Wyoming, chairman of the Senate- House Economic Committee, told a reporter he thinks such action at this time would be futile. normally manned by a crew of; commander of} stuck to their posts. Seconds after the first fire was! have wished us to do. Heroism Of Aireraft Carrier’s Crew Far East Hdqtrs. Inland Cities Join East Coast Against Toll H’Wy DAYTONA BEACH # — Inland cities have joined those along Flor- firm’s recommendation that fm« mediate steps be taken to finance and build a 315 mile expressw: from Jacksonviiie to Miami ctpd 128-mile intercepting cross state | tollpike. Existing highways are the life blood of motor courts. built along them, commented Maine Weimer. New Smyrna Beach, president of the Florida Motor Court Associa- tion. Other FFHA officials said they object to construction of any superhighways until existing roads are improvesd. Weimer said directors were sat- isfied their day-long session pro- ida’s East Coast in militant op- Position to a toll turnpike. Ed Kinney of the Orlando Cham- ber of Commerce told a. meeting of Florida Free Highways Associa- tion directors here Thursday: “In- 5 P} his objection to the proposed road | between Jacksonville and Miami; and the link to 'fampa this way: “T don’t think any five men should have the authority to say we. are going to spend 450 million dollars of the people’s money—and nobody else have a thing to say.” The association voted to finance a legal fight if necessary to pre- vent “irrevocable” action on a toll- pike system before the 1953 Legis- lature considers the project. Attorney Thomas T. Cobb, Day- tona Beach, contended proposed finaneing of the tollways. would force taxpayers to pay 20 mil- lion: dollars in excessive interest charges. FFHA directors condemned a [recent New York engineering discovered, the Navy said, smoke, flames and explosions filled the hangar deck. In the engineroom, perspiring | crewmen wore oxygen masks and The injured and smoke-stricken streamed to emergency medical | facilities set up in the wardroom ; and on the flight deck. Sailors and seagoing Marines lined up to offer | blood. In midafternoon, after the flames had been. quelled, Capt. Gurney broadcast over the loud- speaker: “Today I witnessed the most in- spiring performance of my life. ‘Your unhesitating willingness to push into the inferno to save your ship and your shjpmates war a supreme test of valor and devotion to duty. We shall carry on as our beloved shipmates, now lost, would _ there | Reaction Of Democrats Is Cold on Of Congress Commissioner Robert H. Givens, “widespread.” Givens said issuance of 225 fed- eral gambling stamps for this area in recent weeks ‘confirms rumors Tam constantly hearing that bolita (numbers) is running wide open in the Negro district the same as it has in the past.” He said liquor laws are also being violated, by sales after hours Sen. A. S. (Mike) Monroney of; and to minors and drunks in places Oklahoma said he believes the gov-! which no longer meet the require- ernment ought to watch the cost nents for the licenses under which of living “like a hawk” but he they rate. indicated he doesn’t think lawmak-| Most of the 48 federal gambling ers are in the frame of mind now | stamps issued last Tuesday for to return to Washington and act) Dade County were in Miami and on a new controls law. most of those were for the down- Republicans generally were in-| town Negro district, Givens added. clined to look upon Truman's state- ment that he has a special session call under consideration as some- thing of a political harrassment move directed at them. Truman told a news conference Thursday he is going to wait on developments. There were indica- tions he may discuss this and other issues with Gov. Adlai E. Steven- son of Mlinois, the Democratic presidential nominee, when they meet here next week. Stevenson has accepted a Truman invitation to attend a Cabinet meeting at the White House Tuesday. One Democrat who didn’t want | to be quoted by name*told a re-; porter he believes a special session | might be embarrassing to Steven- son, since the latter apparently is attempting to avoid too close an identification with the Truman ad- ministration. Republicans have made it clear they would use the forum of a attacks on the President and the special session to launch all-out Democratic nominee. And because it is in numbers a Democratic Congress, Truman hardly could blame the lawmakers TODAY AND RAW @ GEORGE TOBIAS | Hard work has killed lots of people. Why i? it that tomorrow is so full of good working hours? ' rs Almost anybody can tell you what puts the “lit” in volitician. i “NOW DON'T BEAT HIM, OR ELSEan WITH U.M S. 7TH INFANTRY for failing to act effectively to DIVISION, Korea \ — Two South | curb the rising cost of living with- Korean soldiers with an undying | out putting that blame primarily hatred of Communism and a sense | on his own party rather than on of humor have devised an ingeni-/|the minority Republicans. ous gadget which raps the Reds and at the same time gives every- Mi ° - ami Plans Investigation one a good laugh They harnessed a water wheel to a trip hammer which bops a picture of Joe Stalin on the head each time the wheel turns. a Of Gambling | sometimes, with meat or fish. j Dice the celery and cook it-in a] MIAMI — An appropriation of covered saucepan in one inch of | $4,500 has been voted to investigate | Serve celery as a bot vegetable, —about 15 to 20 minutes. Season | in Miami. with more salt, if necessary. pep-| The City Commission Thursda: per, and butter or margarine. approved, 3 to 2, the proposal @ JAMES MILLICAN duced a program that would put roadblocks in the way of the toll- pike. They telegraphed State Road Board Chairman Alfred McKethan they intend to appear with attor- neys and a delegation of citizens at a road board session in Talla- Attorneys also were directed to appear before the State Improve- ment Commission and State Board of Administration. Legal action was authorized, if necessary, to forestall a bond issue to finance the proposed tollways. Communities represented at the meeting were Daytona Beach, St. Augustine, Ft. Pierce, Vero Beach, Lake Worth, West Palm Beach, New Smyrna Beach, Lakeland, Or- lando, Starke and DeLeon Springs. a RUGS CLEANED AND Stored Free of Charge IF DESIRED UNTIL NOV. 30 All Formal Garments chemically processed, All work guaranteed and fully insured. 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