The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 22, 1952, Page 2

‘THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Friday, August 22, 1952 The Key West Citizen Published daily (except Sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner ana pub- tisher, from The Citizen Building, corner of Greene And Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County & P. ARTMAN - Publishex NCRMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class 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 not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the iocal news publishea here. ——<$— <<< << Wembet Florida Press Association and Associatec Dailies of Florida ——— eee Subscription (by carrier) 25¢ per week, year $12.00; By Mail $15.60 AOVERTISED 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 fnonymous communications, D IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. ; Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. L 2: - § Comunity Auditorium. FIELD MARSHAL KESSELRING One of West Germany’s most powerful veterans’ or- ganizations recently elected former Field Marshal Albert Kesselring as its president. Kesselring, generally credited . with being a brilliant military tactician, was commander- in-chief of German forces in Italy, and, in the last days of the ,war.on the Western Front, he succeeded Field Mar- shal Rundsted. The most interesting factor in this case is that Kessel- ig is now serving ‘a life-time prison sentence. He was sentenced to a life term by British War Crimes Court in i Vienna in 1947, on charges of having permitted the massa- cre of Italian civilians during World War II. Originally, he was sentenced to be hanged, but the death sentence was communted to life imprisonment and the former Marshal is now a prisoner at the town of Werges. The German veterans organization declared: “The hour has come for our people to déclare that the de- ceney of German soldiers is beyond question, and to re- ject all attacks on their character as unjust slanders.” This is history repeating itself, in almost every detail, for the same public reaction followed in Germany after World War I. As the Allies relinquish more and more con- trols in Germany, the German people will once again be- come independent and, perhaps, anti-Allied and, in the end, the United States and Great Britain and other long- time allies will be confronted with a free and powerful German nation. About all the United States can do is to hope that the Russian threat proves so serious’ that the Germans will turn to the West, in preference to the Com- munists. The realization remains, however, that wars do not solve major conflicts in relations between. nations and that, at best, they.only suppress open antagonisms for just a short period of years. Our own experience is that time, when allowed to work, will solve many problems. It’s all right to wait until the last minute to do some- thing that you can do at the last minute. Money tn the bank, or in postal savings, is a much better system than in a tin can, or an old sock. ‘What has happened to the old-fashioned girl with naturally curly hair and who used only very little make- up? NOTES By BOB THOMAS radio actor named John Deering a Hollywood commentator’s pro- gram. He handed his script to another actor, walked offstage and collapsed. Thus began a remarkable story, one which finally appears to be having a happy ending. But deer- ing’s life would have ended tragic- | ally, except for his courageous | sister, Mrs. Betty Pruitt. It took three days to diagnose the actor’s trouble after his col- lapse. Finally, it was determined to be a brain hemorrhage, and he was immediately taken to surgery. | The pressure in his head during those three days had done its damage. He was not expected to live. He did live. He clung stubbornly to life and began to recover. But the damage to his brain had robbed him of his livelihood: He couldn’t speak. The rich, resonant voice which had earned him a good living in radio end movies was stilled. A helpless figure, he was cared for during the first two years by the Motion Picture Relief Fund. After expending $11,000, the fund had to give up the case. Deering’s sister, Mrs. Pruitt, took him into her home. For eight years, Deering did little more than exist. His sister, who had two children of her own, helped him financially to the limit of her resources. She never gave up hope. One day she faced a $60 nurse’s bill arid had no funds to pay it. She whipped up some of her own special salad dressing and sold it to neighbors. The idea seemed to go over, so she began merchan- the dressing to grocery stores. That brought in the money to keep her family together. Eight months ago, a doctor said: “Your brother has grown to rely on you too much. If he doesn’t get out on his own, he may never recover. You must try a shock treatment: Turn him out of the house.” With grave misgivings, she did so. The treatment seemed to work. After wandering around Hollywood for a few weeks, Deering got a job as doorman at the CBS Radio Theater. Two months .ago, the theater shut down for the summer and Deering despaired for his future. But then nice things started to happen, Director Richard Whorf heard about Deering and gave him a bit part on the “My Friend Irma” television show. Allen Rich, radio- TV editor of the Valley times, did a column on the actor, Dina Shore read the column and sent it to Dan Jenkins, radio-TV columnist of the Hollywood Reporter. Jenkins began beating the drums. He wrote about Deering and sent notices to 12 TV film producers. Soon the actor had jobs on “‘drag- net,” “China Smith,” “Big Town” and Hopalong Cassidy films. Deering, who can now get out a few hesitating sentences, at 46 is earning his own living for the first time in 11 years. A vocal teacher named Poul Thomsen has become interested in him and says Deering can be taught to speak perfectly within six months. “Even when everyone else des- paired,” says Mrs. Pruitt, “I never gave up the hope that John would be able to talk again. Now he’s doing well, and my salad dressing business is coming along fine. It just seems like a miracle.” Government Asks Treble Damages MIAMI #—The Office of Price | ACROSS L First in quality 6 Kind of meat 9. Satie 12. Unknit . a seed 43. Tending to 42. Venerates wear away 44 Kind of elee- iro’ out trie Not Prot was in the middle of announcing © HOLLYWOOD (# — In 1941, a’ © Official U.S. Navy Photo Lieut. DeForest Q. Joralmon USN, son of the late Mr. Stepher D. Joralmon and Mrs. Crescentia C. Joralmon, 801 531st Ave., Phoe- nix, Ariz., has recently completed a four months course in All Weath er Training Unit, Atlantic, Key j West, Fla. The course consists of advanced flight training in in- struments and night tactics design- ed to qualify the pilot for Carrier All Weather Squadrons, He will report to Cotnmander, Air Force, Atlantic Fleet, Naval Air Station, Norfolk, Va., for fur- ther assignment to duty involving flying. Lieutenant Joralmon entered na- val service in June 1942 as an aviation cadet in the Navy V-5 pro- gram. In June 1943, he was desig- nated a naval aviator after com- pleting the prescribed flight train. ing course at Corpus Christi, Texas. Following flight training, he was assigned to squadron VT-13 aboard the USS Franklin and in the en- suing two years he served in most of the major Pacific campaigns. He flew air cover for ground forces in the invasions of Guam, Pelilu, Leyte and Ulithi and participated in the first aerial strikes on Iwo Jima, the Philippines, Okinawa and Fotmosa. Lieutenant Joralmon was ! aboard the Franklin on the fateful day of October 30, 1944 when it fell victim to Japanese kamikaze aircraft. In spite of the extensive damage caused by the Japanese “suicide” planes, the Franklin was able to make port under its own power. Since the end of World War II, Lieutenant Joralmon has served in CASU-36, at the Point Loma, Calif., CIC School, and at the Naval Air Station, Agana, Guam. He is authorized to wear the Navy Cross, the Distinguished Fly- ing Cross with one star, the Air Medal with one star, the Asiatic- Pacific Area ribbon with four bat- tle stars, the Philippine Liberation ribbon with two stars, the World War II Victory medal and the A- merican Defense Service ribbon. Lieutenant Joralmon is married to the former Miss Mary Eliza- beth Sutton of Oakland, Calif. The Joralmons resided at 1025 Laird St. in Key West with their two daugh- ters, Jan Mary (6) and Dian Sutton 2). \ | A graduate of Phoenix Union High School, Lieutenant Joralmon was an Assistant Boys Director at the Young Men’s Christian Assoc- iation in Phoenix prior to entering the Navy. He is a member of the Legion of Honor. Stabilization has charged a Miami firm with selling scrap metal above ceiling prices. The OPS filed suit in Federal Court Thursday alleging United Metals Corporation sold 106,806 pounds of old batteries to Boro and Company of Philadelphia for $13,079.83 when the ceiling price was $12,113.86. The government asked. treble damages of $2,897.91. OuGo Oem oy OaneG Gan ae RNG hs COMBI CS E|nITIRIE Air] AIGIE BB /2/ i (sie! Gu 2G0 OuGaeEo By HAL BOYLE NEW YORK (®—When Wilbur Peeble came home from work, his '| wife Trellis Mae, met him in cold resentful silence. “What’s troubling you, my little chickadee?” he asked playfully. some: put sand in your bird seed?” “Oh, don’t bother your big head j about me,” said Trellis Mae, and flounced out into the kitchen to finish dinner. Wilbur sighed and held his peace. he knew that whatever the matter was, he would hear about it later. and sure enough he did—after they had eaten and he was seated com- fortably in his. favorite chair, try. ing to read the sportspage.’ “Tl tell you what’s wrong,” Trellis Mae said suddenly, “You ied to me—tkai’s what!” “Lied to you?” replied Wilbur, wondering (like any husband which die she meant. “How? . . .When?” “About our finances.” « “Well,what about our finances?” “Remember when I wanted that fur coat last year? It was a won- derful bargain for $1,000,” said Trellis Mae, “But you said no, we couldn’t afford it.” “We couldn’t then,” said Wilbur stubbornly, “and we can’t now.” “How much did you make last year?” demanded his wife. “I made $5,200 after paying taxes,” said Wilbur. “And we saved $500. But if we had bought that $1,000 fur coat. I’d be owing | the $500, instead of having it in the bank for a rainy day.” Trellis Mae shook her head at that. “What I want to know is—are we or are we not as good as the average American family?” she said. “Of course we are,” said Wilbur. “why?” “Well, I read in the newspaper that a government report showed the average American family earn- ed $4,300 last year, but spent $4,700. If the average family can afford to spend $400 more than it earns, why can’t we afford to spend $500 more than we earn? You make more than the average man. to fall behind?” “But, honey,” objected Wilbur. “We aren’t falling behind. Can't you see we’re better off. Instead of owing, $500, we have $500. “You mean the bank has the $500—and I don’t have my fur coat,” said Trellis Mae. ‘The more money you owe the better off you are. Anybody knows that.” “I don’t see how you. . .” began Wilbur, uneasily. “Well, take France,” interrupted his wife. “Is France an average country or is it not?” “I suppose you could say that France is..." “Now take the United States. Is the United States a wealthy country?” ‘ “Yes, but... “Never mind that. more—France or States.” igs United States, of course. ees “Well, is the United States better, off than France or not?” said Trellis Mae triumphantly. “Doesn't that prove the more you owe the better off you are? And wouldn't we be better off, too, if I had that fur coat?” Who owes the United A glazed look came into Wilbur's | born here in the last five years— | 218 Simonton St. eyes. Numbly he got up, walked into the kitchen, turned the cold water faucet on as hard as he could, then bent over and put his aching head under the cooling torrent. “Now what are you doing, silly?” asked Trellis Mae. “Trying to dry my hair,” he said. “You don’t make sense,” Trellis Mae said. “Neither do you,” said Wilbur, “but I doubt if I'll ever be able to explain why.” Barker Undecided In Election Wfiy should we be the ones Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Pvt. Roy A. Schneider, husband of Mrs. R. A. Schneider, 707 So. St., Key West, Fla. is nearing com- pletion of a 16-week training cycle here with a unit of the 6th Armored Division. As a trainee, he received eight weeks basic training in the fund- amentals of Army life and the use of infantry weapons. He is now completing an additional eight weeks engineer training, Competent instructors are teach- ing him the use of pioneer and power tools, construction of fixed and floating bridges and related subjects besides additional combat skills. At the end of the 16-week train- ing cycle with the famed “Super Sixth” the men completing training here will be sent either to special- ist schools or sent as replacements to other units. Today’s Business Mirror NEW YORK UP—A shortage of babies is the latest bogey of busi- 1ess—not now certainly, but per- , taps just around the corner. Or, to. put first things first, chances are the nation’s marriage rate will turn downward over the aext few years a delayed-action bomb left over from the depres- ie years when the baby crop fell off, | It’s these babies of the thirties who will be entering the marriage narket. And there are two million ‘ewer persons today in the 17 to 26 vear bracket than there were 10 fears ago. | This 8 per cent in the age ' group A cat coctniile to the wedding march could mean: 1. A drop in the demand for new homes. : 3. And, im time, a temporary drop in the birth rate, which might | affect the various industries that clothe, feed and care for babies. It could also mean a temporary let-up—around 1960, say—in the pressure for more school rooms, which are now just beginning to | bulge under the crush of the bumper crop of war babies, which | will grow even greater in the next few years. The over-all population, however, seems sure to continue to grow in the United States, as the life | span is extended. And in time the | 18% million babies that have been breading all U. S. records—will be reaching the marriage age. | The short baby crop of the de- | pression years is now reaching the colleges, and their i fear enrollments will be sharply down—with the draft also taking its toll. The colleges look for some help from the extension of the GI Bill of Rights to Korean War veterans. Businessmen also note the short- | age of secretarial, clerical and | industrial apprentices because of the smaller number of youth in the age group where business custom- arily finds its recruits. Because “‘the high point of new marriages has been passed for a time,” says Ben H. Hazen, presi- dent of the United States Savings 2. A slackening in the demand | You can save $200 2 year by call- | for furniture, appliances and the , ing 826-W to have your junk, rags, various textiles that furnish homes. | old batteries, iron and metal con GV VV VVV CCC CCC CCITT CVSS: THIS ROCK OF OURS BILL GIBB a 00224 6444444444444444444444444446466468 Al Miller is ited in getting ) be ‘held to discuss local everyone who the proposed | censes, To bring it up ay filling-in of the foot of Simonton special meeting will require STAR * BRAND. ena cusan COFFEE! end CUBAN -—TRY A POUND TODAY—«. SLOPPY JOE'S BAR © “Burl e Continuous Floor Shows & Dencing Starring The Fabulous SALLY & MARCELLA LYNN LANE AND A HOST OF OTHERS Dancing To, MARK STANLEY'S TRIO g Never An Admission or q MONEY FOUND RANDOLPH SCOTT AND LUCILLE NORMAN Coming: WAIT TILL THE SUN SHINES NELLIE verted into cash. Call H. 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In a civic club luncheon talk, jhe recalled he took out a paid | newspaper ad in 1949 urging citi }zens to beware of Truman doe- | trines. He said he would support any | Democratic candidate “who will ‘try to keep the party from going further to the left but fight any | who wants to take us farther down | the sogialistic road to ruin.” | the nation has been building homes HEART at about twice the ‘rate of the | growth in population. So he thinks the postwar housing boom is due to wane. For nearly 10 years now the nation’s total of new households | 450,000 a year. The marriage rate, | already slackening, seems due to drop further, H.| | As to how he will vote, he said ,he hadn't made up his mind. | Plane Crashes TAMPA #—A light plane trying } take off from a newly dredged beach here sank in Tampa Bay Thursday, but the two occupants swam ashore unhurt They were Robert Graber, 33, | the pilot, and James Brown, 17, | both of St. Petersburg.