The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 7, 1952, Page 2

Page 2 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN The Key West Citizen Published daily (except sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner and pub- lisher, from The Citizen Building, corner of Greene and Ann Streets. Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN NORMAN D. ARTMAN ~~ Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES §1 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 local news published here. Tuesday, October 7, 1952 Publisher _-....----- Business Manager Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier) 25¢ per week, year $12; By Mail $15.60 p SR SATE asc AN RS EEE AER ND SESS NEI 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 anonymous communications. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Comunity Auditorium. OUR EVER-INCREASING TAX BURDEN During the seven years since World War II, Ameri- cans have paid into the Federal treasury a total of more than $800 billion in taxes. This is about $50 billion more than was collected by the Federal government in taxes * during the entire history of this nation prior to this seven year period. While most of us realize how much we pay each year in income taxes, very few of us have any idea how much we pay in hidden taxes. According to the National ! Industrial Conference Board, a private research agency, texes paid on income are far les$ than hidden taxes. “Hidden taxes,” according to the agency, “are such things as the property tax your landlord pays directly hu! ‘at you actually pay as part of your rent, or the taxes ) a manufacturer pays directly but that you actually s part of the price of his product.” The prospect for 1952 is that taxes will take $80 bil- i, or more than $16 billion more than 1951. The tax in 1952 is about 25% over that paid in the fiscal v ending as the Korean war began. ° STORING SYNTHETIC BLOOD ‘ The Civil Defense “Administration has purchased more than a million pints of synthetic blood which will be stored to be used in case of a national disaster or an ene- -my atomic attack. Synthetic blood, which is known as PVP-Macrose, has many of the desirable properties of blood. It can be used to treat shock, due to burns, surgery , or injuries. Of course, synthetic blood won't take the place of real blood plasma, but it will help bridge a danger period between the first flash of a disaster and the time when whole blood and plasma would be available in sufficient quantity. This stored-up supply of synthetic blood could play a very important role in the event of an atomic at- * tack on one of the large metropolitan areas. The big advantage of synthetic blood is-that it can be produced in almost unlimited quantities at a cost low- er than the cost of whole blood or plasma. Money is pretty expensive when it gets scarce. Some of the new hot-rods can do 150 miles an hour, unfortunately. Some judges use their opportunities to charge juries to give political orations. SLICE OF HAM _THE THUND Local Boy Is Commissioned As Ensign | Official Coast Guard Photo NEW LONDON, Conn.—Thomas L. P. -Swicegood, 21, son of Captain and Mrs. S. P. Swice- good, of Key West, and Coral Gables, Florida, was one of 17 commissioned Friday with the rank of Ensign, U.S. Coast Guard, after successful com- pletion of an intensive four month course at the Coast Guard Academy here. A graduate of Admiral Far- ragut Academy, St. Peters- burg, Fla, and University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., where he received a B. A. degree, The young officer enlisted in the Coast Guard on March 11, 1952, and was previously stationed at the U.S. Coast Guard Re- ceiving Station, Cape May, N. J. before qualifying for Officer Candidate School. a9 ERING HERDER PEOPLE’S FORUM He dat 4 LABASTILLE WORKS SHOWN AT LIBRARY Editor, The Citizen: I thought you might like to know that the Miami Public Library in Bayfront Park is currently running a three case display in their “Flo- tida Room”, reserved for Florida authors, of my Historical Pageant, “The Golden Isle", which I pro- duced and directed for the Key West Semana Alegre last March. The display shows my first second and. third workii anu Scripts, the finished pore ‘am, my sketches for the various sets, the booklet on the West Martello Tower, and material on my profes- sional career. The exhibit will be continued until October 13th, | It is perhaps of interest to you ' that the library has quite a bit of | my material on other publications | but chose the Pageant for display. Sincerely yours, IRMA LABASTILLE 1005 Brickell Avenue Miami, Florida Oct. 1, 1852. “CIVIC GOOD AT HEART” Editor, The Citizen: be serving the community in the fine way that you have always been able to do. Your special features handled by Gladys Jaxon and Dorothy Ray- mer are outstanding -- and were so lacking in other papers. Their writ- ing shows the sure touch of well trained and experienced writers. You are very fortunate to have such on your staff. As for news coverage of local interest, I do not see how the dog track problem could have been handled any better than you did. Both sides were completely and fairly presented -- much nore so than other papers would have done. You seem to be giving both presidential candidates equal and unbiased treatment -- and that “ain't easy” in a predominantly democratic section. (1 am a demo- crag mygelf, but not a “rabid’? fr Trine om t Even delivery boys are getting | better — we iow get the paper be- fore dark, and right on the porch, 80 we don't have to light candles to | read it. Of course, it is wel worth waiting for but you know how im- patient people get. The only complaint I can think | of, if I have to think of one, is that | it doesn’t come out twice a day -- that is the only improvement 1 would request if I could have my “duthers. Sincerely yours, Reader This summer I had the oppor- tunity to read 30 or more of the |papers I kept thinking about the | Citizen. So few of the other papers | seemed to me to have the civic ACROSS: 1, Architectural 30. « Obliterate Asiatic steed Following a short leave, Ens. Swicegood will report for his initial assignment to duty. Triple Funeral Planned In Calif. ONTARIO, Calif. w — Mrs. Wilma Jean Dugan, 21, plans a j triple funeral next month for her pier &. Prong ®. Angry 12. Measure of paper 13. Color of a horse Compass point 15. Vault, BS] 16. indigo plans 17. Spinning toy Very black . Fiat cap |. Twisted . Silkworm Bitter vetch . Long fish 1“ Public notice | husband Ralph, 28, killed in Ko- | jrea, and their twin daughters, } whom he never saw. | The daughters died within 36 |hours of thelr premature birth ; Sept. 26. Several days later Mrs. | Dugan was notified that her hus- | band was killed in Korea Sept. 21. | The news followed a doctor's re- port that another daughter, Lydia, 18 months, may be suffering from | leukemia. ' Janet Blair Weds SAN FRANCISCO # — Janet } Blair, 31, Bonde star of “South Pacific,” married her stage mane- ger, Nick Mayo, 33, here Sunday between stops of the read show Want te know how to suger doughnuts easily? Put 2s litte con fectioner's or granulated sugar 2 a paper bag; drop in « doughnut, | ibold the bag shut and shake. ld Ane a county seat papers from Florida. | | All the time I was reading these | listing “Umpire Sherbet” on its | getting excited about clorophyil. since the World Series; good at heart’-- so few seemed to/ Crossword Puzzle Umpire Sherbet PHILADELPHIA #—The dining room of a downtown hotel has been | menus | began. | Turns out the sherbet is rasp- | berry. IPIAIS! BO Cat OMI iT MHIUE] DANO RAMA SWAMI SLOW ERVENT CE ASURE| FLINT IBIU, [ECE NEEL MHE AD) Sotution of Yesterday's Puzzie Down a Scpaton Passage Bees NPReSH " aan Aeu a@ The Southernmost Corner By CHARLES DUERKES The older I get the less and less I learn about less, as the old say- ing goes, and wherever that old saying goes I wish it would stay. After my proposed Key West— Havana junket was cancelled be- ,| cause of a passel of frightening symptoms, my time was taken up by doctors. I was shocked to dis- cover that they do not holé with my theory that a few onces of whiskey each day wili prevent hardening of the azteries, even though an eminent British physic- ian has gotten out a paper on the advisability of a spot of spirits as a daily dietetic supplement. I was ordered not to get excited about anything, politics, commun- ism, flying saucers, the seventh race at Rockingham and matters pertaining to business. They did not mention money as they doubt- less figured if I * worrying about it they would have to start worring about getting paid. They overlooked a factor that re- sulted in my blood pressure hitting an unprecedented high, although said pressure was, in their opinion, lower than Ezio Pinza’s bassiest bahs note. The factor is a blond and anyone who refers to her as factor should be exiled to Siberia or kicked out of the country with Charlie Chaplin. Seems there was a lit of a deadline for the movies and television. not considered healthy pace ‘about, drink ee and stay up all film company got secretary so I could lie dictate. B-o-i-i-iinnnnngggggg! Halfway through the we went out and ate st a lot of coffee, went trounce V.M.L., ar; watched television. I may to reach three. score T'll ride along with that tor for part of the distance. Now who ‘could get excited about politics? A fuss got kicked up about funds donated to Nixon and another fuss about funds involving Steven- son. Whoever gets excited about such matters ought to see a phy- chiatrist, A measly eighteen grand, roughly, in both cases! In these days of staggering figures, any- thing under a million should be be- neath our notice. I am sure both Nixon and Stevenson are honest men. Much too honest to go about bilking anyone out of what would pass for bar change in Washing- ton. None of the moneys from these microscopic sums came out of Johnny Q. Public's change purse. I could mention a few billions that did wallop him in the wallet, but I am not supposed to get excited. The trouble with politics is that the Democrats are prejudiced in their own favor and the Republi- cans do not argee with them. Now how can you argue with anyone who is so prejudiced? Either way the other guy is se 2 g Pu i [ g E Hi i i a4 Fl: Sze | jyou take it, wrong. Columns ago I suggested Jane Russell and Joan Crawford as a sure-fire winning ticket and I'll bet both parties are sorry they didn’t listen. They were doubtless too busy following the inane activities And a lot of men in the |who've been yelling*and shouting pro and con will celebrate election day by staying away from the polls. street |” Most citizens are too busy worry- | ing about the financial positions of | Nixon and Stevenson to wonder |answer is simple. Nixon | and Stevenson is rich. That | make either of them is Bgede viet Tl THIS ROCK OF OURS BILL GiBB 80444 6444 444444442444444444 Dl ln ll bd td badd dnd tnt dend I know about more and the more} ; tions.) He said something on that occasion that resembles the quote the Citizen has been sees i | i i i in bE i i i | a8 i" 32 EF & f z i : g Eee ii Hy Ht i z é g - aii HEE hl Coming: SON OF PALEFACE Bob Hope and Jane Russell je Starring The MARCELLA LYNN and JEANIE CRISTIAN, DUSTY DeLOUR, DOTTIE KING, SANDRA LANE and MANY OTHERS: See KATHY CARROL ‘The Sensational Bars ~*~ 2 —aaagues MUSIC Mark Stanley's Trio Never An Admission or Minimum Charge Joan Crawford, A Winner and Five Time “Top Ten” Star at Her Magnificent Best ... Suspense, Throbs with Emotional Power and Stuns with Thrills and Surprise ingens BOX OFFICE OPENS 1:45 Pm COMPLETELY AIR CONDITIONED