The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 29, 1952, Page 9

Key West Soldier Decorated eee se eee es CAMP IRWIN, Calif—Sgt. Laurie FE. Sweeting (right), Key West, Fla. receives congratulations from Brig. Gen. John C. MacDonald after being presented with Bronze Star Medal at Camp Irwin, Calif. Sgt. Sweeting, who was discharged from the Army last week, received the award for meritorious service in Korea while serving as message center chief while with the 7th “Hourglass” Division. Sgt. Sweeting is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Sweeting of 1410 Petronia street, Key West. ~ ‘Teday’s Business Mirror By SAM DAWSON jfor the business of fuel consum- NEW YORK (®—The law of sup- | €'s. ply and demand—taking over from | government controls in many in- | dustries—is causing sharp dis- putes between consumers and pro- ducers. Shutdowns of high-cost lead and | Fears of overproduction of eth- yl alcohol—the New York Journal | of Commerce reports—is causing DuPont to close its plant at Deep- water, N. J. A plant to make synthetic ethyl | zine mines—with attendant unem- | alcohol is being built at Tuscola, ployment—is feared in many min- | Ill., by the National Petro-Chem- ing areas. The reason: Sharp drop | icals Corp., to makethis and other in the price of the metals, led by | hydro-carbons out of natural gas. weakness in the London futures | DuPont is reported as believing market. |that the synthetic plant will be And oil production capacity has | able to fill all the nation’s needs now outstripped current demand | to the point where many domestic | oil producers are clamoring again) against the increasing flow of for- eign oil to these shores. | Government proposals for fur-} ther expansion of facilities for cer- | tain types of steel making are meeting with resistance from some steel producers, who fear overex- pansion in lines unprofitable after , the defense program eases. The return of the coal miners to the pits assures abundant sup- plies of fuel—with increasing com- | petition among coal, oil and gas | defeats /// ACID INDIGESTION NATIONALLY ADVERTISED sy GARDNER'S | — PHARMACY — The Rexall Store for ethyl alcohol by mid-1953. Ethyl alcohol is used in making anti-freeze, beverages, drugs, dyes, smokeless powder and flavoring extracts, In the petroleum industry, the government's goal of a million- barrel-a-day excess productive ca- pacity has now been attained, ac- cording to John Suman, New Jer- sey Standard Oil vice president. ‘The industry also has been im- | porting petroleum from Venezuela | and the Middle East at an in- creased rate—more than 10 per cent of U. S. crude oil output. Members of tie Independent Pe- | troleum Association of America have protested that so great a} flow of foreign oil is no longer needed. Suman contends, that the | excess domestic capacity should be FOR HOME or regarded strictly as a defense | measure. In the metals field, falling pric- es have alarmed American pro- | ducers of lead and zinc. Lead is 5% cents a pount below its 19- cent ceiling. Zine is 7 cents a pound below its 19% cent ceiling. Small American lead and zinc mines are urging government de- fense agencies to step in and pre- vent widespread shutdowns of mines. The break in the metals prices followed British action in return- ing lead to private trading and then selling British government- held lead at prices well below those in the United States. The British now plan to do the same in zine. WHATEVER YOUR NEEDS IN THE LINE OF Children’s TOYS COME TO THE TROPICAL TRADER 718 Duval St. Phone 1000 COMMERCIAL USE... We Are Prepared To Furnish You With Clear, Pure Cube » Crushed ICE 1104 TRUMAN AVENUE Cerner Varela Street PHONE 177 Thompson Enterprises, Inc. TELEPHONE NO. 8 SEY WEST. FLORIDA Ea Slingshot Killers Of Key West Birds Arrested Speedily Any boy caught killing birds with slingshots will be arrested and placed in de- tention. Probation Officer Mrs. Isabel Fleming warned today. A. rash of bird-killing ‘youngsters is threatening the bird population of Key West, the Juvenile Court worker said today. ‘ One of the boys has already been placed on probation for the offense. “We will be hard on these boys who are wantonly kill- ing the birds of the Island with their slingshots.” Mrs. Fleming stressed. “Any one caught will be immediately arrested and tried in the Juvenile court.” Six boys were apprehended on Sunday for the offense on White street, she said. “This is just the beginning. ‘We will crack down on these bird killers until they learn the birds are protected by the law.” RED CHINA AND NORTH KOREANS ASK UN VOICE UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. @— Red China and North Korea have demanded that they be permitted te send representatives to the U.N. General Assembly to present charges of germ warfare against | the United States. The demands | were contained in separate tele- grams. It. is estimated that between | 1940 and 1950 U.S. population imereased 15 per cent and church membership 34 per cent. U.S. Army Photo he BURN STOP of PRICKLY HEAT FEEL IT VANISH Medteated Lyco-bo-rol relieves the my of Prickly heat with amesing promptness. Diaper Rash and other minor skix frri- tations are also coole GRASS FIRE THREATENS PRES. TRUMAN’S HOME KANSAS CITY #—A grass fire damaged the farm of President Truman Monday. Two of the President’s nephews, | Gilbert and Harry Truman, who live on the property, put out the fire before it reached the Truman house, In Roman times May was re- | garded as an unlucky month for | marriages. 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