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

Page 2 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Wednesday, September 3, 1952 The Key West Citizen ———<—$—$ — —$ Published daily (except Sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner and pub- sisher, from The Citizen Building, corner of Greene And Ann Streets. Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County tL. ». ARTMAN Publishex NCRMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 5] and 1935 Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use tor reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it or oot otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news gublishea here, : ————————— —— \iember Florida Press Association and Associate. Dailies of Florida i Subscription (by carrier) 25¢ per week, year $12.00; By Mail, $15.60 ADVERTISED RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION ee The sitizen is an oper’ forum and invites discussion of public issue and subjects of local or general interest, ut it will not publish IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1 More Hotels and Apartments. an 4 Consolidation of County and City Government §. Comunity Auditorium. THE RACE FOR THE MIDDLE EAST Tlie United States and Russia are currently engaged in a political race to capture the friendship of the people of the Middle East. Iran and Egypt are two of the hottest spots in this competition and indications are that the United States has made some progress in the last two months. HAL: BOYLE SAYS By HAL BOYLE’ HOMETOWN, U. S. A. @—Trel- lis Mae Peeble, America’s average wife, felt a little uneasy as she entered the office of Dr. Alphonse Cortex, the celebrated psychia- trist. Nervously she sat in the waiting room studying a faded photo of a footbali team hung on one wall. Dr., Cortex had put it there for a reason. He felt his new patients had more confidence in him if they knew he had played left tackle for good old Psychosomatic Univer- sity. ° “The doctor will see you now, Mrs. Peeble,” the nurse said in her professionally cheery voice. Trellis Mae hesitantly entered the other room — and Dr. Cortex immediately took command of the situation. “You .are in tension, madam,” boomed the distinguished mind ex- plorer. “Lie down on the couch and relax, please, while I go out and dictate a few notes to my nurse.” Trellis Mae lay down, took off fell asleep. She always feil asleep when she removed her shoes, no matter where she was. She dozed for a few moments, but when Dr. Cortex returned she was idly scribbling on a piece of paper. He quickly plucked it from her hand, and read: | “Hamburger, one pound, head lettuce, pepper, two cans corn, | frozen strawberries. What is the | meaning of this?” “I just thought I’d make out my | grocery list,” explained Trellis | Mae. The psychiatrist looketl annoyed. “Just what is your trouble?” he asked brusquely, “Me?” said Trellis Mae, indig- It is reported that the United States is lending at least moral support to the revolutionary reform which has developed in Cairo. In Egypt, taxes on big incomes have been raised, corrupt politicians have been warned to get out of the government, and soldiers’ pay has been doubled. Drastic land reform is a promise of the future. Egypt, like Iran, has long been a stronghold of feudalism and poverty. wherein the masses suffered and the ex- tremely wealthy classes lived in plush extravagance. The Communists find such a situation perfect for ex- ploitation and therein lies the danger in Egypt, Iran and many other Middle Eastern countries, where conditions are as bad as in Asia. In Iran, the Shak, with United States Point Four help and assistance, is starting a twen- : ty-year land reform program,, He » has already,, turned * ever 19,500 acres to 800 peasaiits who work the:land. Recent reports from Iran indicate that the U.S. pro- gram has captured the Shah’s imagination and that — de- spite bitterness on the part of some members of the Iran- ian Parliament — the United States is now ahead of Rus- sia in the competition to win Iranian friendship. It is vital that the United States win this battle and -Prime Minister Winston Churchill of Great Britain has. said that the West could lose more in Iran than in Korea. Occupation of Iran by Communist armies would mean that Russian troops would be only a few days’ march from the Mediterranean, would outflank Turkey from the West and would gain access to Iran’s warm-water ports, from which sea routes could be challenged. This is a good time to start training that bird dog. ‘ Sincere sensitive, idealists would do well to stay out of politics, Some people contribute more than their share in the effort to relieve world tension. To. hear politicians talk, you'd think the fate of the world hung in the balance in their bid for election. SLICE OF HA nantly, sitting up. ‘“‘There’s noth- jing wrong with me. It’s my hus- band, Wilbur, I came to see you | about.” “Your husband? This is rather unusual. What’s wrong with your husband?” “He moans and shouts in’ his sleep.” a ‘H-m-m-m-m-m, Have you had any, any, — er, er — shall we say, marital. difficulties?” “I’m glad you brought that up,” said Trellis Mae, as she arose and put on her shoes. “But it’s a long { story, doctor. Do you want to lie down and rest while I tell you?” “No, thank you,” said the psy- chiatrist, blushing. “Just give me the main facts, please.” “Well, I used to be a Republi- can, but now I’m for Adlai Steven- son,” said Trellis Mae. “And Wil- bur used to vote the Democratic ticket, but now he’s all out for Eisenhower.” “What does he shout in his sleep?” “Oh, he shouts things like, ‘At- taboy, Ike! Give it to 'em, Ike!’ | and when I shake him awake and try to argue with him, he says, ‘Aw, let me alone,’ and then starts snoring. It is maddening.” “You wish me to cure him of talking in his sleep?” inquired the mental healer. “‘Rither that,” said’Trellis Mae, | “or I want to find a way to make him start saying, ‘Hurrah for Ad- lai,’ in his sleep. That would be | even better.” Dr. Cortex looked troubled. “You know,it’s’ just the other way around in my family,” he re- | marked. “I have been a lifelong | Democrat, and still am. But my wife recently switched to Eisen- ossword Puzzle ACROSS 1, Curved struc- tural member 5. Genus of the cow 8. Border on 12. So-so 13. Southern constella- tion 14. Sound 15. Stretched out 18 Boy 19. Stitch 20. Lost in deep forgetful- 28. Renting contract 32. Mythical mons 33. Turf 35. Stuff 36. Played 38. Old explosive devices 40. French pronoun 42. Kind of spice 43. One who dis- spring 50. Smallest integer Sl. Misrepre- sented 83. Asiatic kingdom 55. Kitchen utensil 56. Medical fluids 57. Not bard her shoes, sighed gratefully and! @ los Interest To You, But.. Too Late To Classify By RUSSELL. KAY Way back in the days when we used to have Republican presidents, street cars and the only flying saucer anybody ever heard of was the one the wife threw at you, I did a lot of bowling and was fairly good at it. Then I drifted away from the sport and hadn’t been near a bowling alley for about twenty years. Last week my athletically in- clined young daughter and some of her equally vivacious girl friends inveigled me into join- ing them for a bowling party. Remembering the good old days I visioned the old ball fly- ing down the alley fo smash out a strike or a spare. I even went so far as to do a little bragging about how I used to build up a score. Before I realized what was RUSSELL KAY — happening I found myself ail diked out in a pair of rented bowling shoes, hefting the balls to find one that suited. I ex- pressed the opinion that I might be a little rusty, seeing I hadn’t played for so long, but when my turn came I approached the alley with complete confidence. My four girl companions sat quietly watching to see how the old maestro did his-stuff. I could tell by the expression on their faces that they expected a strike or at least’a spare. Holding the ball up level with my nose I took a good sight down the alley then in what Ll considered my best professional style I let her roll. I’m not’ex- actly sure what happened, but it seemed that a whole mess’ of un- used and -neglected muscles, brought’ into play for the first time in years, just naturally re- fused to function. For a minute I thought I wasn’t going to get my fool fingers out and let the ball go, and visioned myself flying down the alley hower. I am reaily quite worried about her. “You know, I'd like to have you | chat. with her — give her the wom- an’s viewpoint on Stevenson.” Trellis Mae stared at the psy- chiatrist. “You mean I came here to get you to help me get Wilbur’s mind off Ike, and now you want me to help you get your wife’s mind off Ike?” “Well —” began the doctor. “Let me out of here,” said Trel- | lis Mae. “I’m wasting my money.” Solution of Yesterday's Puzzie 3s. Stes . tify proper 1. Famous 7. Glossy silk fabric y 9. Large knife . Two-toed sloth |. Spreads for drying . Large volume . Wickedness Medicinal plant Revokes a legacy . Toper Seit mountains 2. Scarce %. Buffoonery 4 Possesses $. Hair cutters 6 Spoken . Soak up ie ae RKRRRRAA with it like a tail following a comet. The anticipated crash of the old ball hitting the bull’s eye and sending the pins in all direc- tions didn’t occur. After skitter- ing halfway down the course, the ball rolled into the gutter and, while it may have been my imagination, it seemed that every single one of those tenpins stood there and thumbed their nose at me. . Graciously my girl friends ex- pressed their sympathy, said they were sorry my foot slipped just as I was ready to go and predicted I would get ’em ail next roll for a spare. A few minutes earlier, before I threw that first ball, I might have agreed with them, but in- side my old carcass every bone and muscle disputed their state- ment. My left hip felt like it was unhinged. There was a very unpleasant -twitch in my right groin and my arm felt like some- body had tied a knot in it. I should have bowed out and ordered a nice big dish of crow then and there, but being a man of courage and fortitude I reach- ed for the returned ball and taking it easier this time, man- aged to release it more or less gently on the side of the alley. It rolled leisurely down the center, hit the number 1 pin dead on the nose and when the dust had cleared I found I had a score of 9! Talk about lucky accidents, that was one for the book. I envied the ease and grace with which the girls performed. While they didn’t set the world on fire in building up a score, they made me look and feel like a total loss. Fortifying myself with a Coca- Cola I stepped up for my second frame in fear and trembling, and brother that trembling was real. Dislocated gristle was protesting as loud as ever, but ignoring it I exercised mind over matter like a Christian Scientist. With a mighty effort started the ball; on its way and knowing I was! “gutter happy” I didn’t have the heart to look but turned my! back on the alley. Then to my | amazement I heard a_ bang, crack, smash and’ opened my eyes to find I had made a strike. A burst of applause arose from the spectator’s bench behind me | and I realized that my charming | companions actually thought I had ‘dotie itgen purpose, that it was the result of skill and ex- perience. My chest expanded an inch ‘or so but at the same time I was grateful that this second accideltt ‘éhabled me to sit down again without having to roll an- other bail. Somehow, I managed to get through the game, but I was; just about a physical wreck by | that time.. Now I.am sore as aj boiled owl, and while I recognize bowling as a great sport, T am! willing to admit that it is not for me. “People’s Forum Peveveccveceoe: The Citizen wetcomes expres- stoms of the views of its read: lene requested otherwise | them.~ | and oranges, after all—the board | year and supportin; | Thanks Fire Department Editor the Citizen: | Please accept our sincere thanks for your heroic work in the recent | fire at 720 Galveston Lane. Al- | though the small house was de- | stroyed, the larger one was saved. And it was through your efforts, a complete loss of both houses was Prevented. | It is ap established fact, that Key West firemen have always gone beyond the call of duty in preventing and fighting fires. We would like you to know that this | is not unpoticed or unappreciated. | We trust that the scant water sup- | ply can be remedied soon, so that | your work will not be hampered, | as it was yesterday. | And we shail always be grateful for your help. We are proud | that Key West has a fire depart- ment in whom it may safely trust for protection at all times. j Sincerely yours | Arimentha Neely Family and ROBER.S OFFICE SUPPLIES and EQUIPMENT 126 Duval Street Phone 256 dust received a shipment of EATON AND WHITE AND WYCKOFF STATIONERY |SEE OUR BARGAIN COUNTER MANY ITEMS AT COST METAL AND WOOD DESKS FOR IMMEDIATE DELIVERY SEE THE NEW ROYAL HH MODEL pen eertereem arenas at eae ay’s iness reror SAM DAWSON NEW YORK ®—Back from the last of the summer trips full of vim and eagerness to make a lot of money? Federal, state and local tax col- lectors s0. They plan to take even more from you this year in taxes — di- rect and hidden — than ever. They hope you'make lots of money— some for you and some for them. The Cehsus Bureau estimates 1952 federal, state and local taxes at 80 billion dollars. But the National Industrial Con- ference Board thinks that figure is too low. It estimates today that in the fiscal year that ended Jume 30 | the federal, state and local tax take came to a record 86 % bil- lion dollars. This would be 16 billion more than in the previous year and 25 per cent higher than in the fiscal year that closed as the Korean War was starting. The Guaranty Trust Co. of New York, looking only at the federal government’s tax bite, says that in the last seven fiscal years (from the end of World War II until the present) the total tax burden was 308 billion dollars. This was 50 billion dollars more than in the entire, previous history of the country. However, it fell short by 17 billion of meeting fed- eral expenditures. Where does the money go? Well, the greater part of the federal take goes for defense and for pay- ing for past wars. Federal, state and local govern- ment expenditures are now run- ning at a total annual rate of 74 4% billion dollars, the Departinent of Commerce estimates. The U. S. Internal Revenue Bu- reau thinks its total tax collections this year from all sources, includ- ing Social Security contributions, should run 10 billion dollars more than last. fiscal year when it took in 65 billion. The National Industrial Confer- ence Board tries to find just how this tax load is distributed among the citizenry—and runs into trouble. “Averaging taxes, like averag- ing apples and oranges,” if con- fesses, ‘necessarily involves glid- ing over many differences.” Taxpayers with the same gross income may wind up with quite different tax bills. “How much anyone pays depends not only upon his total income,” the board says, “‘but also upon the components making up his income, where he lives, what he buys, the demands that family and other responsibilities make upon in- come, and many other variables. “And as a measure of the real | load, taxes directly paid are of | less economic and personal im- than taxes actually It is the search for these hidden | taxes, and determining who finally | pays them that the board thinks is most important. Hidden taxes are such things as | the property tax your jandlord pays directly but that you actually pay as part of your rent (unless he's going in the red). Or the taxes that a manufacturer pays directly but that you actually pay as part of the price his product costs you (unless he’s losing money). These taxes are hidden, because people don’t see them and thus many. don’t realize they are paying But I—trying to average apples notes that, looking just the federal income tax: A married man making $10,000 a a wife and two children—and, suming av- erage deductions” —paid an income tax of $211 in 1932. By 1949 his tax was at $1,014. This year he’ll hand over-to the | federal tax collector. $1,334. State | and local collectors will be along, | too. i at The cost cf insecticides used by | the American farmer is only one- third of 1 per cent of his farm crop value. STRAND... ciicces Last Times Today JUMPING JACKS with DEAN MARTIN, J€ MONA FREEMAN DEFORE Coming: HIGH NOON Gury Cooper and Grace Kelly MONROE cooreo Last Timés Todey CLOUDBURST with ROBERT PRESTON AND ELLES SELLERS Coming: CRY DANGER Dick Powell and Rhests Fleming RY LEWIS. NP DON By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD — Here’s bad news for imitators of Marlon Bran- do: He’s taking diction lessons. ‘The young actor’s unique manner of talk has been the butt of many a jibe from night club, radio and television comedians, as well as his fellow actors. His free-speaking performance in “A_ Streetcar Named Desire” brought TV imi- tations second in number only to Johnny (Sob!) Ray. I asked Brando if he had seen a classic takeoff on him by Sid Caesar. : “Unfortunately no,” he replied. “I understand Jerry Lewis had a good one, too. I'd like to have seen them. I'd be the first one to laugh.” Brando said he wasn’t at all sensitive about his manner of read- ing lines. (Why should he be? It earns ‘him $100,000 a picture and upwards.) But he’s taking diction lessons anyway. The reason for this is that he’s playing the second Shakespearean role of his career. You can’t really count the first one. It happened eight years ago when Brando was 20 and playing in a small-time summer theatre on Long Island. He had a small role in “Richard III” and he says that he wore dyed long underwear for tights. His current Shakespeare is on a slightly larger scale. This time it's a film version of ‘Julius Caesar” and the cast includes Greer Garson, Louis Calhern, James Mason, John Gielgud, De- borah Kerr, Edmond O’Brien, etc. Faced with this formidable array, Brando enlisted the aid of a Shake- spearean teacher and a diction coach. He explained his reasons: “T think Shakespeare requires a kind of diction which can be called Stage English. Gielgud has it, so does Calhern. Mason, on the other hand, talks English English. “1 talk American’ English. It’s a lot harder to change that to Stage English than it is to change English English. “T accepted this role because I thought it would be good experi- ence for me, and good discipline, too. My kind of acting has always been very free. I “afways-like to be easy and inhi in the characterizatiins I do. But it’s a different matter when you Shakespeare. You immediately have certain bounds and limits beyond which you cannot go.” Since Hamlet is the legendary goal of all actors, I asked Brando if he were interested in playing the melancholy Dane. “I don’t know,” he replied. “I think I might be afraid to. It seems to me that playing Hamlet is always the peak of any attor’s career, © that, “Me seems to have nothing to achieve. John Barryniore is a classic’ example of that.” Shakespeare or no, Brando will get a chance to display his mus- cular frame in “Julius. Caesar.” When I saw him on the set, he was dressed in nothing more than a pair of track shorts, Roman style. He participates in a running race in the Colosseum for the pic- ture. “There is some justification for it,” he explained, ‘Mark Antony four Grocer SELLS that Good STAR * BRAND AMERICAN COFFEE and CUBAN —TRY A POUND TODAY— THIS ROCK OF OURS By BILL GiBB } Water Shortage The water shortage grows ‘worse all over town and yet another big the low to Ger Allen Apis on e flow eo. en he First Street. Aa ee Residents in that area naturally need water but will the new line deprive other sections of the mea- ger flow they now enjoy? Enjoy did I say? Pardon me... Short-sightedness, not sudden growth, created Key West’s water shortage in my opinion. The Navy warned the town months in advence that steps should be taken with regard to the water supply. Nothing was done. I Key West now must pay three dollars for water they never get. Air flows through meters and no answer has ever been furnished to the popular question: “‘Do water meters also register passage of air?” Many residents have installed electric pumps. If people live on a second-floor, such installations are absolutely necessary. But — and this is improtant — ‘instead of a minimum three dollar water bill, ony also have an increased electric The entire situation calls for com- plete investigation and study to solve the problem. If. necessary, competent utility men from out- side should be called in. Floating $12,000,000 bonds is fine but first, let’s make sure that the money would solve our problems, Other- wise, we'd all do better to put the twelve million into local cisterns and pumps. One last thing, our aqueduct com- mission should be a profess‘onal outfit — not controlled by political appointments. was supposed to have been quite an athlete.” I remarked that the beefcake shot of Brando in the shredded T-shirt helped the selling possibilities of “Streetcar.” “That happened quite by acci- dent,” he added. “I did the scene in which I threw the radio out of the window and the shirt ripped. They kept it that way.” RTT NEON RRR 5 RUGS* CLEANED AND Stored Free.of Charge 1F DESIRED UNTIL NOV. 30 All Fornial Garments chemically SLOPPY JOE'S BAR * Burlesque * Continuous Floor Shows & Dancing Starring The Fabulous SALLY & MARCELLA LYNN AND GOGO GAZE; CATHY CARROL, SANDRA LANE AND A HOST OF OTHERS Dancing To MARK STANLEY'S TRIO Never An Admission or Minimum Charge SAN CARLOS TKZATRE TODAY ONLY ALL SPANISH PICTURE BOX OFFICE OPENS YOU LOVED HIM IN “BORN YESTERDAY”—BOOED HIM IN “SCANDAL SHEET.” SEE HIM NOW! COMPLETELY AIR CONDITIONED