The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 13, 1952, Page 2

Wednesday, August 13, 1952 Page 2 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN The Key West Citizen ——<— $< $$$ Published daily (except Sunday) by L. P. Artman, 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 Publishes NCRMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Ciass Matter TELEPHONES 51 and 1935 ———— eee ndlusivale ‘Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news publishea here. Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida eS 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, but it will not publish @nonymous communications. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Airports—Land a. Consolidation of County and City Governments. L 2 . 5. Community Auditorium. PRIMAQUINE, A CURE FOR MALARIA Malaria, which has been so effective against Ameri- can soldiers in the past, has been brought under control as a military problem by a new drug called primaquine. The Surgeon General’s office of the Army indicates that primaquine is a simple and inexpensive cure for the vivax of malaria, which is the kind that has been causing trou- ple in Korea. The drug is reported to have suppressed all symp- toms, in each case but one, of a test group of Korean vet- erans with the disease. While Army doctors are calling it a cure, a little more time is needed before the cure can be officially reported to the medical profession. : The routine treatment with primaquine does not in- golve hospitalization, What is involved is the taking of about 14 pills which cost less than a penny apiece. ERS ES: SES Gentility is often confused with weakness, pi ASP Cad 10 SE IES A good cook seldom receives proper recognition. SUE AR Oe It’s a,good thing modern bathing suits don’t shrink. REDE tees icine nero Too many eye witnesses usually confuse the story. The sucker will usually bite on a chance to get some- thing for nothing, e ioe, ] Those who make on-the-spot opinions usually have to correct a lot of them, Your own opinions are not as interesting to other people as they are to you. The real test for most people comes when green, folding paper becomes involved. It won’t be long before new television stations begin sprouting up all over the countryside, thus reducing the size of our country once again, The farmer is beginning to think about politics and new farm programs and will hear a lot of talk on this sub- ject before November 4th. Summer is rapidly running its course and, if you haven’t managed to kill yourself yet on vacation or week- end trip, your chances of survival are improving, Any church that divides people, or teaches disrespect for others who do not agree with that particular religion, creates a dangerous situation in human affairs, Being broad-minded does not mean respecting all people; it means respecting all who act from sincere moti- vations. Demagogues mislead people for selfish gain, HAL BOYLE SAYS By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK (?—One of the perils of American office life these sum- mer days is the returned vaca- tionist. He insists that you hear about his vacation — but he closes his big ears like a car door when you | want to tell him about your vaca- tion. How can you deal with him? | You can’t get away. He will even | trail you into the men’s room to | relate the ‘strange things that hap- pened to him, You would think no | one else had taken a vacation be- | fore in the history of the human race. The only way to stop him! is to try to borrow money from him, or else top him by interrupt- | ing, ‘Oh, by the way, Joe, while you were gone I saw a flying saucer.” What the average office needs from June until Labor Day is a “vacation hour” each morning. For | the first 60 minutes of each work- day the office staff could assemble and listen en masse to the return- ing ‘pilgrims tell the sad and won- derful story of what befell them. Anybody who even mentioned the word vacation the rest of the day would be automatically fired. The office vacationists fall into pretty standard types. Here are a few you may recognize: 1. The postcard fiend — he writes you a postcard as he leaves his home, and stops off at every other filling station along the way to mail more. Two weeks after he is back at work you are still getting postcards about what a swell time he is having. 2. The calamity kid — bee-stung and covered with poison ivy, he returns on crutches. ‘‘Just stopped by on my way to the hospital,” he mumbles through his bandages. “The doc says I got to spend a month in bed. Will you handle my work while I’m gone?” 3. The sultry stenographer—she looks the color of a hand-rubbed walnut bookcase from days of beach sunning, and there are wed- ding bells in her eyes. But the new boy friend she met at the shore quits calling her up after three days, and for the rest of the sum- mer she snaps at you if you even say “Hello.” 4. T’2 camera nut — he has to be for.ibly restrained from pulling down the office window blinds and trying to show everybody, the in- teresting new movies he made of Niagara Falls. 5. The statistician — This boy not only has fhe figures of how much he paid for gas and oil at every stop — he also wants to tell you the air pressure in each tire the day he drove up Pike’s peak. 6. The everloving homebody — “Vacations are more fun at home,” he begins. And for the next three hours he bores you with the details of how much money he saved and what a grand time he had repaint- ing his little grey nest in the sub- urbs. 7. The funny fellow — Every- thing comical happens to him. “I threw my mother-in-law to the bears in Yellowstone Park,” he says, “and guess what — they ar- rested me. How did I know you aren’t allowed to feed the ani- mals?” 8. The don’t let-’em-get-away- with-anything guy — “They try to rob you every step of the way,” che moans, and neglects to men- tion the dime tip he pocketed that the tourist before him had left for Today’s By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK — Weather show- ered money this summer into the pockets of makers of air condition- ers. Now they are raising titir production sights for next year by 30 to 100 per cent. Sizzling days brought such a rush of customers for room coolers that | most manufacturers were quickly sold out for the rest of the season. Had they guessed how hot it was to be, they would have made more room air - conditioners, and doubt- ' less would have sold them, and made still more money. A cool summer next year could spoil their plans. But most of them insist the market for air condition- ing of homes is a growing one, and that they will sell more next year than this, no matter what kind of summer it turns out to be. Sales of room air conditioners in 1951 are put at 250,000. This year’s sales are estimated at 350,- 000. Harold B. Donley, general room cooler department, predicts that next year industry sales will reach 400,000 units, an increase of 14 per cent. Some others in the field think his figure too low. He says General Electric itself plans to boost production by 35 per cent next year, And he be- lieves that by 1961 one million room air conditioners a year will be sold, mostly for home use. Donley stresses that manufactur- ers are faced with the problem of a relatively short selling season during hot weather, while produc- tion plans ‘must be made far in ad- vance by using a “crystal ball to anticipate summer temperatures.” On the other hand, Morton L, Clark, president of Universal Ma- jor Electric Appliances, Inc., Lima, Ohio, insists there is a year-around market for air conditioners—useful in winter to filter smoke and dust from the air. Even if next summer isn’t the sizzler this one has been, he predicts a record market in 1953 and plans to-step up produc- tion sharply. He says he already has advance orders for nearly 10,- 000 units. Fedders - Quigan Corp. talks of doubling its output of coolers next year. Crosley considers a 75 per cent increase. Carrier predicts a 50 per cent sales increase. Philco, York, and Radio Corp. of America also have increased production in the planning stage. Westinghouse, which makes larger units than room coolers, ex- pects even better sales next year. Servel is stepping up output of its year - around conditioner (cooling and heating), for homes, and may have a room unit in the highly competitive market. Some manufacturers are working on room coolers that can double in winter by furnishing additional heat for the room in which they are located — doing for one room what the large conditioners do for an entire house. Color and design of room coolers will become more important. the waitress at a hotdog: stand in Tennessee, 9. The boss — “Aren’t they cute?” he says, pulling out some snapshots of his children wearing striped bathing suits. And how can you tell him they look like baby saber - toothed tigers? Well, there they are — the offce Marco Polos. The odd thing is how dull their tales are. I just got back from a vacation myself, and had a really unusual experience. I was just...when... (Editor’s note: Enough of this. Boyle is a No. 7 vacationist him- self.) an ane Pele ME IN/E [mv] S/AINIE RM | OOO @00G0 O00 ININIE BEOJE/N/S/E RET Alp} Solution of Yesterday's Puzzie 5. Units of work 6. Manner 7. Sudden un- = Te ait dd: J err ee mona ad om | HOLLYWOOD NOTES By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD ® — How do our political conveations look to for- eigners? Through what is usually referred to as the miracle of television, some 60 million Americans this year got to see what goes on at presidential nominating conven- tions. It was an eye-opener to many citizens, but even more so to those ' not familiar withour political tra- dition. One of these is Richard Burton, brilliant young (26) British actor who was imported to play opposite Olivia de Havilland in “My Cousin Rachel.” Like most everybody else in TV area, he was glued to his set during the Chicago~confabs. So I asked him for his impressions of these peculiarly American ritu- als. “Well, it was quite an eye-opener to me,” he began. “I guess I ex- pected some very solemn men in dark suits to sit around and discuss important issues on a very lofty plane. Instead, I saw a hullabaloo with people running around wildly. It was an amazing show. “The oratory, I thought, was old- fashioned. Most of the speakers shouted at the audence and pounded their fists. It was refresh- ing when a young lawyer got up in the Republican convention and merely conversed with the audi- ence, Suddenly everybody started cal contests. “I would think there would be a change in the demonstrations for candidates. Nearly all of them were obviously staged. Only once in a great while would there be a really spontaneous reaction from the crowd.” Burton remarked that there was nothing in the English political scene that matched the hoopla of the national conventions. “The two major parties have their meetings,” he said. “But they are rather quiet affairs. Of course, our Parliament was pretty lively when the Irish were in it. They were always making demonstra- tions and threatening to hang the king and so forth. Things have quieted down since the Irish got their independence and left Parlia- ment.” The actor added that television has not made much impact on British politics. “Not enough people have sets,” he explained. ‘Whenever Churchill wants to talk, he has to ask Attlee, who is allowed equal time on the air, That is, unless Churchill is going to talk on some non-contro- versial matter such as the history of Marlborough, which he hasn’t as yet. “I suppose the Laborites would just as soon keep the Conservatives off the air, because the Conserva- tives are such better talkers. Chur- chill is superb, of course, and Eden is very good. The other side has no one to compare. I might add that I’m a Socialist myself.” Burton was born in the coal min- ing region of South Wales. He was one of 13 children, and his father and six brothers worked in the mines. All except two brothers have gone on to other walks of life. The actor’s father became a school teacher and has taught drama every summer since 1939 at Waitsfield, Vt. Presidential Race By JACK BELL WASHINGTON (®—Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois tightened his command over his presidertial drive today, with President Tru- man ready to take campaign or- ders. As a result of an_historic—if somewhat indecisive—White House conference Tuesday, Stevenson had assurances he could count on Tru- man as a subordinate member of his team. And it was strictly up to the Democratic presidential nominee as to when and where he would insert Truman in the lineup. That was to be determined later in line with Truman’s statement that ‘“‘de- tails will be worked out at a later date.” The President was quoted by an authoritative source as offering to undertake a whistle stop tour for the Democratic ticket, but as tell- ing Stevenson: “You are the one who has got to run the campaign—it is up to you.” Stevenson apparently made no direct reply. But some of his friends believe about the last thing he now wants | the President to do is to take to the whistle stops, since any such } move might distract attention from j the nominee’s own efforts to carry his cause to the country Apparently left unresolved in a three hour session publicly ac- claimed by its two top participants as “very satisfactory” was a con | flict in tentative speaking dates for Labor Day. Stevenson had planned to open | his campaign Sept. 1 with a speech | his successful 1948 drive. Truman | tentatively had accepted a date to {talk in Milwaukee the same day Although this matter was dis- A in Detroit, where Truman began | Perrier rere res tierit ety People’s Forum The Citises qetcomes expres- sions of the views of its read- ers, but the editor reserves right to delete any items are considered libelo the writer must accompany the letters and will be published less requested othe: “Had To Pay $50” Edtor, The Citizen: 1 read with great interest the article on the front page of your paper which was headed, Blood doners refused at Monroe Hospital. Although this was hastily denied by Mr. Albury, the hospital Super- intendent, I am skeptical, prefer- ring to believe the official govern- ment source which the Citizen re- ceived. It is high time you Citizens of Key West are waking up to condi- tions at this hospital, My sister lay in a Critical Con- dition out there in the receiveing room for fully 35 minutes while her husband was frantically trying to scrape together the $50.00 which was demanded of him before they would assign her to a room. She was finally shoved into the hall and the ambulance attendants were kept waiting for their stret- cher, which she was still occuppy- ing while that $50.00 was being sought. What kind of medical association has Key West this city of increas- ing population that your doctors do not arrange with each other to have ther patients cared for when they are called out of town or are on vacation? All you Key West Conchs seem to think about is how to attract tourists. Don’t you realize that tourists will be afraid to come here when they find out how poor- ly your hospital is operated? Even tourists sometimes be- come ill and need emergency hos- pital alization, and haven’t $50.00 on their persons. ‘ Dr. Conly had the guts to ex- Rent Forum (These questions were selected from those often asked of the local rent office. If you have a question about the rent stabiliza- tion program, address it to: Area Rent Office, 216 Federal Building, Key West, Florida.) Q. My landlord has never re- gistered with your office and says he doesn’t have to and that he is not affected by the rent laws be- cause the only tenant he has is me and I rent a room in his private home. I rented a similar room in a private home in another city and it did have a maximum rent. What’s the story? A. Your landlord is wrong. He is affected by rent stabilization re- gulations and is required by Fed- eral Law to register the room with | the rent office. Virtually all ren- tal dwelling units including single rooms in private homes are sub- ject to Federal rent regulations in critical defense-housing areas such as the Key West area. Q. Just where is the rent office located in Key West and when should I go there for information about my rental unit? A. The Rent Office in Key West is located in the Federal Building. It is open to the public between hours of 9:00 a. m. and 4:00 p. m. each Monday through Friday. Q. I am a tenant but have be- come worried about the land- cussed at gn hour’s meeting at which Sen. John Sparkman of Ala- bama, the vice presidential nomi- nee, sat in, no decision was said to have been reached. Stevenson said on his return to Springfield, Mll., that if arrange- ments can be worked out “I think re both may speak on the same jay.” The tentative bookings had been made without each other’s knowl- _edge. * Stevenson described Truman as being “‘just as cooperative as he can be,” and-he added: “All he wants to do is what we want him to do.” The dramatic White House meet- ing was the first in which a re- tiring President met the nominee of his own party to discuss cam- | paign plans since the late Calvin Coolidge did not choose to run again in 1928. Out of it came the definite im- pression that Stevenson alone will call the turn on his campaign and that Truman's part in it will be on a selected and limited basis. However, Gen. Dwight D. Eisen- | hower, Stevenson's Republican op- ponent for the presidency, blasted | the White House meeting with a | statement that Truman and his Cabinet obviously want the people to know that the Democratic nomi- nee “is subservient to the political forces which have too long been | in power in our country.” | Eisenhower's vice presidential running mate, Sen. Richard M. Nixon. said Stevenson's trip to Washington made him “part and parcel of the Truman gang.” Both statements were made in Deaver. Before and since his nomination, Stevenson has tried to make it clear he is avoiding any direct links with the Truman administra- tion and is prepared to efiect a wholesale turnover in Washington if he is elected. eee eee eee ee eee ae hee | THIS ROCK OF OURS _ BILL GIBB 00444 0444444444444444444444444444644465 I’ve heard a lot of favorable com- ment on the series of columns that Bill Meyers is doing now. Each week he has been writing up one of our native flowers. Those of us who live here seldom pay any at- tention to the beautiful flora on the island. However, it is one of the main attractions to tourists. Marie Cappick’s article on herbs and their medicinal value was another outstanding job. Probably no other one person on this rock of ours possesses more authorita- tive information or is as capable to write about it as Miss Cappick. Rambling Notes Jack Delaney is continuing his |- fight to preserve bay bottom lands for the benefit of the public. C. B. Harvey is working right along with him on this project. Both are to be commended. Things do not look out , however. The State of Florida has assumed the right to sell these lands. Wheth- er it is doing so legally should be brought to light within the next few weeks since Jack has proposed a measure to test the constitutiona- lity of the State’s right to sell bay bottoms. Eisner came up with a good sug- gestion the other day when he and that Key West needs a Public Safe- ty Director. The police and fire departments need an over-all boss. All three men in the police de- press his view on this very sub- ject and look how the medical board lambasted him through the papers, : It certainly is true what your very able reporter, Bill Gibb, said. Quote: Before a person is allowed to express an opinion on this is- land, not only the person himself but his grandpa must have’ been dyed-in-the-wool Conchs. I am not a conch or even a year ‘round resident, that is why I am not signing my name to this arti- cle I would not like to have my sister and her family who expect to live here always recive the un- just criticism that Dr. Conly and Bill Gibb and a number of other “outsiders” have received. Sincerely, A frequent Visitor . lord’s problems. My landlord, for instance, is always complaining to me that he is losing money on my house because the rent office won't allow him to charge enough rent. He tells me he can’t do the ne- cessary work to keep the house up and may have to sell it unless I either pay him more money than the maximum rent you have set or pay for repairs and upkeep out of my pocket. I want to be fair about this so what should I do? A. Your landlord is making the same. complaint that we have heard many times from some pro- perty owners and his statements are completely without foundation. In the first place, the rent laws specifically allow landlords to pe- tition for and receive increases in their maximum rents if they can show they are not receiving a fair net profit on their rental property. Your landlord could have asked for such an increase long ago if he were not receiving a fair profit. You should never pay more than the legal maximum rent but in- stead, should advise your land- lord to go to the rent office and discuss his problems there. If he is entitled to an increase in maxi- mum rent he will get it. You should also not pay for repairs and normal upkeep of the house in addition to the maximum rent. partment, Capt. Cabrera, James, and Sgt. Albury, who re good officers. The promotions were | deserved. within the month. City manager Dave King made the announce Enough for today... ———————_—__——_ Your Grocer SELLS that Good STAR * BRAND AMERICAN COFFEE: and CUBAN old batteries, iron and metal con verted into cash. Call Harry er Howard. een eee ol RUGS CLEANED AND Stored Free of Charge IF DESIRED UNTIL NOV. 30 All Formal Garments chemically processed. All work guaranteed and fully insured. POINCIANA 4 DRY CLEANERS 218 Simonton St. Tel. 1086 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. 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