The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 26, 1952, Page 2

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN The Key West Citizen —— Published daily (except Sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner and pub- iisher, trom ‘Lhe Citizen Building, corner of Greene And Ann Streets Only Daily Newspsper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN Publishe: 2 is - NCRMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES $1 and 1935 oe Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively sputied to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it or no. otherwise credited in this paper, and also the iocal news Aaplishea here. i ee ember Florida Press Association and Associate. Dailies of Floride Page 2 Friday, September 26, 1952 oe Subscription (by carrier) 25c per week, year $12.00; By Mail $15.60 ADVERTISED RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Jitizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issue and subjects of local or general interest, out it will not publish anonymous communications. - —— IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVYOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Paviiion. Auports—lLand and Sea. x Consolidation of County and City Governments. Coumunity Auditorium ane L 2 a“ 4 5 ‘ONLY THE BEAT OF A HEART BETWEEN NIXON AND THE PRESIDENCY’ greatest of all Republicans, said that Lincoln, the when a man feels he is unable to win by argument he re- sorts to abuse. Nixon, while he was trying to explain away that $18,000 subsidy, launched into a hysterical at- tack, steeped in abuse, against Democrats, particularly Truman and Stevenson, But first, let us consider the “explanation” about re- ceiving and spending, the $18,000. Eisenhower head- quarters retained lawyers to examine Nixon’s expense ac- count, as paid for by the $18,000, and found it to be okay, correct in every detail, hunky-dory. The expenses were blanketed, whereas they should have been itemized to the final penny. So much for that. Nixon admitted he ‘had bought two houses, one in Washington for $41,000 and one in Cali- fornia for $13,000. He said further he owed $20,000 on the Washington house and $3,000 on the house in Califor- nia. That statement {fs equivalent to saying he had paid $21,000 on the Washington house and $10,000 on the California house, a total of $31,000, but he did not say where he got the money to pay the $81,000. Eisenhower had said he insisted on a complete ac- counting of Nixon’s receipts, “clean as a hound’s tooth.” But instead of getting an explanation about the $31,000, Nixon fell to abusing Truman and Stevenson and praising Eisenhower to!so great an extent, one would have thought he was a saint, glamorized with a halo, “Truman isn’t fit to be President; Stevenson isn’t fit to be President.” Only Eisenhower is “fit” to be President. He alone, will “clean up the sordid mess of corruption in Washington;” he alone will “root the communists out of Washington.” As Nixon eulogized Eisenhower as the “one and only,” it was easy to note that Nixon was pleading to | be kept on the Republican ticket. Gabriel Heatter has the knack of boring into the heart of a subject. Tuesday night, just an hour before Nixon began his appeal, Heatter said: . “Assuming Nixon remains on the Republican ticket; assuming further Eisenhower wins, there will be only the beat of a heart between Nixon and the presidency.” Had Nixon left his abusing political speech and his plea for sympathy out of his statement, he could have made it in 10 minutes, instead of having been abruptly cut off after he had been speaking half an hour. He even told his listeners his wife is of Irish descent. What did Mrs. Nixon’s racial strain have to do with the accounting? What did his political abuse have to do with the accounting? But despite those divergencies, despite the blanketed expenses, despite the $31,000 paid on two houses, Repub- licans generally will acclaim Nixon as having established eonvincingly he ts as “clean as a hound’s tooth.” SLICE OF HAM OTHE COLONEL WANT ST YOU HAVE A N NY MORE AUKOT ONCS. Sua ae Liar’s Club Begins Annual Yarn Spinning By DOROTHY RAYMER most difficult man to see is “Big Rupert,” He’s a president, too, His real name is Rupert Knowles and he is the chief executive of the Key West Liar’s Club. The group meets, or rather straggles in, if they feel like it, at the Horseshoe Bar at 800 Caroline st. There isn’t any horseshoe on the door or above it; the bar si shaped like two sides of a restangle and the only picture of note is not of a horse but a caricature of “Big Rupert.” Maybe the place has its lable because of the horseplay that goes on when story telling time sets in. After three entire days of tele- phoning and stalking the assembly place, “Big Rupert” was finally snared at dusk last night in the huge throne chair which has white letters printed on the backrest “Reserved for Big Rupy.” That takes turns sitting in it. When trapped by the camera, “Blimp” Knowles, alias “Big Ru- pert” was holding court, more like a monarch than a president. er throne, on the slightly sagging circle were his cohorts, discussing re-election of Knowles. Secretary Ketchum observed that, Mr. Knowles failed to be re-elec' ed and that he obviously is still “far out in front” this year. His supporters include such ill- ustrious characters, or let us say, men of character as “Lightfinger”’ Saunders, “Pirate Gay, “Baldy” Higgs, Speaker of the House who is also known as Scabie; ‘‘Pruneface” Cordou, “Wickie” Roberts. The roll call also includes ‘Old Corset”, “‘Chick- en Charlie’, “The Rat’, “The Peace Maker”, ‘Dodo’, pronounc- ed ‘“‘dudu” and the crowning name Bite.” Swearing on their integrity as they have not lost their amateur standing. One spokesman said, “We are a strictly amateur croup. We exclude professionels like politi- cians and officials.” The rules committee is consider- ing changes in the annual lie con- test. The change is due to the wrangling in last year’s whopper “A. P.”’ Inez reports in last year’s contest, Capt. Rudy Patai, repre- they averaged 45 pounds and were so aggressive they had run all the barracuda off the reef. Then up stepped David Higgs. Last night he repeated his story for this reporter. He asked if I had ever seen 20 pound alligator pears (avacadoes to youse). He said they grew that big and there was a picture in a Miami paper to prove it. However, the avacadoes turned out to be papayas on close investigation, “A. P.”’ Inez added that the story was almost thrown out of the contest but that a Mr. M. Bralh came to the fore, “Big Rupert” style, and swore the own- er of the tree had to construct stands under each fruit to keep the j limbs of the tree from breaking off. all night with a shotgun to protect his property. Some say he had a tommy-gun and a mob from De- troit as bodyguards. The argument as to which story was the best arose when the judges disagreed over magnitude of Capt. Next to President Truman, the |, He was esconced in a chair, a less- | veranda outside. Around him in a | never, | since the club was organized, has | “Bald Head” | of them all, “Blind Shark Don’t | honest liars the group insist that) contest which ended in a draw. | sentative from the Shrimp Fleet, | told a wriggling tale of yellow-tails | so big down by Rebecca Light that | Higgs stated that the owner sat up | doesn’t mean a thing. Everyone PRESIDENT OF TH | porch of the | } ial 's Saunders, By TOM REEDY LEIPZIG % — sign painters have this year’s Leipzig | There's enough t_ splashed around to make a nufac turer dream of getting the con. | cession rights. ne cuckoo at | Patai’s one-man jie and the old | team try by Higgs and Bradley | The entire club does agree har- } moniously as to why “Big Rupert” | has been president for a long time | His original story, which to his election, concerns some prize mul let catching. Knowles told me how |he was eye-witness when his bro: | ther snagged two mullet. The first }one, brought ‘he to water |level. The second catch sunk the boat. {a team affair, and the ruling oj ies is still to be clarified. who sw j that last winter when out kingfish | ing, the kingfish were so thick the anglers became competely ex ed and took time out for refres' | ment. They gathered in t | pit for lunch, “whe | pound Kingfish leaped into the boat | and began eating with them No other candidates | Mounced intention of run i president so far, It is expe | some “dark horse” story teller will | appear and attempt to wr | throne from under | likewise known as ‘ | Knowles is barred | test itself. The o e | they say for otherwise n | would have a chance a | the lie contest, Final word was pe | Secretary Ketchum No women are permitted to the Liar’s Club because, in his words of pearly man could ever stand man and tell a lie | Don’t answer that question! h- assed on by wi Crossword Puzzl ACROSS 1, Mountain 4 Fluttering 9. English letter | 12 Old eal wrongful 21, Keep from moving . Rescue Solution of Yesterday's Puzzie ar join e Sovict zone | however, | The initial story for this year is | | Master Speaks ssion wit! e Bar, 800 Caroline stree The boys are soa pper fest are, m and “Wickie” Ro! Soviet Zone Sign Painters Have Gone Cuckoo At This Year’s Leipzig Fair This is “peoples’ owned” paint,| and the painters are | Comm the fair visitor with their slooans. | If he isn’t blind he's likely to wind | up with a glazed look after his | encounter with the fresh paint dis- | play Top motif this year is the “build | socialism” theme adopted by the | erners—and maybe that itself is | tion. New residents are somewhat rulers of East Germany early this summer, with Soviet approval. It | is an all-out drive to turn the Red | zone into a purely Communist state| in every respect. | The “build socialism” line is wisted around to fit all the prop- | ag communism. Huge post- | ny workers standing ctories and the mes- | t a e b protect your factories nd saboteurs.” Othes posters call on the work- | ers to “d d socialism” in the rit of Lenin and Stalin. @ bossman of the paint crew s some time and thought to- ing the real rulers—the —seem more popular. Every- one sees posters showing ple’s police and the civilian rm in arm” in ‘defense omeland,”” fair itself tries to pretend it is a place for both East and West to get together. The paint brush crew lets the cat out of the , however, by devoting all its logans to the East. In fact, the | devo! Drivers Can Get Licenses Sat. County Judge Raymond R. Lord will keep his office open Saturday me m 9 to 12 noon for con. plicants for renew- of drivers’ and chauffeurs’ li nience of ay for renewals without t of one di pe p. m., the ed Monroe Cou at 5 Judge fore that date. now on Jpen sea s year is Octot 15 through De h some of the members on the t. The chief executive is seated King up advice on how to win left to right, ‘“Lightfinger” berts. {Jack } ab | | just town vv THIS ROCK OF OURS BILL GIBB §£242446444444444444 464 ADDAALLAAAAAAEBRS that men t procedure before election time. ci ‘om- | Watch for it. her influential } BEST READ COLUMN id by and not do} The best read column in The t the ever-increas- | Key West Citizen is written by red and rebellion sam Goldsmith--The Weatherman law-abiding citizens ' Says”, I'm jealous of him. He does are developing toward the local la | not have to get out and work to dig enforcement agencies. up facts. They float to him on a Surely our City Fathers must cir- | breeze. And when he makes a nis- culate about the town a little bit. | take, his readers shrug it off with They must have heard the mutter- {a grin. ings of people who have lost faith If “This Rock of Ours” were in the way our laws are being en- | dropped out of the newspaper, its forced. They must know that it | absence wouldn't be noticed. Drop would require an exceptional emer- |Sam’s column though, and the gency to make many of these |whole town would ‘holler’. Wish I People ask the city police for aid. | could come up with a sure-fire hit The shame of the entire situation | like he has. is that there are really some very good men on the police force. Ap- parently, they are not being led properly. I would like to see Jack Baker placed in a supervisory role within the department. is a brother of former Police Captain Harry Lee Baker. He lost a leg while serving with the MP’s during the war but the handi- cap shouldn't prevent him from being able to direct other men suc- cessfully. Jack is kind, gentle, lov- and can be firm when necess- palling to Kin, — SLOPPY JOE'S BAR * Burlesque * Continuous Floor Shows & Dancing Starring The Fabulous MARCELLA LYNN AND JEANIE CHRISTIAN, CATHY CARROL, IN THE SENSATIONAL MARI JUANA DANCE AND SANDRA LANE AND A HOST OF OTHERS: Dancing To MARK STANLEY'S TRIO Never An Admission or Minimum Charge ary. Of course, all of the above is speculation. I haven't even seen Jack for a couple of months and don't know whether he is in He would probably laugh at me for nominating him to the un- enviable job of a police official. DIRTY POLITICS I'm registered as a Democrat but I don’t like the smear cam- paign being conducted against Nix- on. Nor do I think the Republicans are justified in attempting to dig last sign one sees on the highway as he leaves Leipzig to return to ts who are bombarding} Berlin, is that old favorite of prop- | turns your stomach to think of how aganda chief Gerhart Eiseler: | “Ami (American) go home.” | The effort to impress the f. visitor with paint is direced largely at the people who are alre sup- | stoop to any up a lot of unnecessary dirt against their opponents. Politics is getting to be such a rotten game that it supposedly dignified men--the lead- STRAND ....i. Conditioned ers of our country--are willing to | Friday - Saturday means in order to || THE STORY OF win another vote. Incidentally, you can vote for any- posed to be converted—the t- | a sign of something or other | There is a spate of posters show- ing the Chinese, North Koreans and Russians in friendly groups. | The inscriptions are entirely in German. This is a departure from other years when there were many signs in English. The one big exception to the pattern of directing messages east- ward is the collection of “peace and unity” slogans posted all over the place. These are aimed at West German visitors in an apparent effort to implant the idea that the East, and the Russians, want to unite the divided German nation, get foreigners out and rock along quietly into communism. As a sell- ing point the exhibition halls which do show some good machinery, tools and consumer goods, have signs bragging about this being the | only WILL ROGERS | with | JANE WYMAN AND WILL ROGERS, JR. LADY IN THE IRON MASK Louis Hayward Hale, Ji one you like in the November elec- confused because in the primaries, registered Democrats were lowed to vote for Democrats, Re- icans for Republicans, etc. | Stories are being circulated that | will discourage people from going | |to the polls because they think | |they have to vote for the party | | they e registered under. This | Coming: 4d Alan MONROE «cto Friday - Saturday Strange World with ANGELICA HAUFP AND ALEXANDER CARLOS Coming: RETREAT, HELL Frank Lovejoy and Anita Loulse , The Citizen will Your Grocer SELLS that Good STAR * BRAND | AMERICAN COFFEE and CUBAN -—TRY A POUND TODAY—— “first socialist fair’ in Leipzig’s 500-year history. In spite of all this, the painter. failed to finish their job. The h way signs in downtown Le showing the proper route out of the city, are unreaduble. They haven't felt a brush in years, Hutcheraft Sent To Charleston James R. Hutchcraft, CWOHC, USN has left for duty as Preven. tive Medicine Officer, Staff Sixth Naval District Commander, Charleston, S.C. er’s Club ai Juvenile Cov Mr. and their twe ) age 16 2 CEREBRAL PALSY ASSN. MEETING POSTPONED STRONG ARM BRAND COFFES Triumph Coffee Mill a ALL GROCERS WHEN IN MIAMI VISIT THE SILVER LOUNGE * Featuring Sandy Barton te: Three Shows Nightly rane FLING. 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