The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 31, 1952, Page 2

Friday, October 31, 1952 Che Key West Citizen Published daily (except sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner and pub- lishe1, from The Citizen Building, corner of Greene and Ann Streets. Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN Publisher NORMAN D. ARTMAN Page 2 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Business Manager TELEPHONES 51 and 1935 Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for reproduction of al] news dispatches credited to it not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published here. Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida ‘Subscription (by carrier) 25¢ per week, year $12; By Mail $15.60 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 anonynseus communications. 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 “oumunity Auditorium. L 2 t 4 5 BRITAIN’S ATOMIC PROGRESS When Great Britain exploded her first atomic bomb on the Monte Bello Islands about 50 miles northwest of Australia, she became the third nation in the world to have the bomb. The occasion was three years after the first Russian atomic explosion, and seven years after the first U. S. explosion. The reason that Britain was so slow in developing the bomb is lack of productive facilities. During the war, the United States and Britain pooled their resources to Produce the bomb, British scientists played an important role in developing the first atomic bomb. But later Con- gress passed a law banning the disclosure of classified information on the atom to any other country. In that Britain’s physical facilities are limnited, she is - concentrating on the theory of atomic energy rather than on production. While the United States is far ahead of Great Britain as far as a variety of atomic weapons is _ concerned or as far as the stockpile of atomic bombs is concerned, many informed persons believe that Britain is ab least as far advanced as this nation with respect to theoretical knowledge about the bomb. ° Groene LAKES BY AIRPLANE A new method of stocking lakes with fish has been developed high in the Rockies. The experiment which has Bey proved so successful is flying low over isolated waters of #8 VA to pay them to you in} the back country and dumping thousands of fish into HAL BOYLE SAYS| , dred bull fights before you éven By HAL BOYLE MADRID — Few American | begin to understand what it’s all mothers want their sons to grow {up to be prize fighters. But in Spain many mothers—particularly among the poor—fondly hope their little muchachos end up in the bull ring. That is one of the great dreams of Spanish poor children. The dream is even stronger in recent years than in the past as the “take-home pay” of the mata- dor has soared tremendously, A dozen years or so ago the leading bull stabber might get only a thou- sand dollars for an engagement— which sounds like nice money, but matadors, like bricklayers, don’t work the year around. Today the fast man with the sword can pick up six thousand dollars or more for a show, and even that fee has been doubled. Visions of such fat fees in youth- ful heads have created a new traf- fic hazard in the cities here. Ambi- tious young boys practice the bull fighter’s art by dodging among passing taxis and cars. There are three schools in Spain which for a total fee of a hundred pesetas—about $2.50—will give a student a certificate‘ entitling him to fight in any bull ring in this country. But the problem of these embryo fighters then is to find a promoter willing to gamble a good bull on him. It isn’t just a matter of killing the bull--a visiting Iowa farmer might do that with a baseball bat. The bull must be skewered in a way to please the crowds, To the fans bull fighting is more an art form, like painting or sculpturing death, then it is a science. They like best the battle between a brave man who takes chances and the bull which attacks inces- isantly until, after receiving the deadly sword shaft, he turns his back to the arena wall, kneels and dies. It also has_to be fast, color- | ful and neat. The crowd whistles a ragged or cowardly performance on the part of either man or bull— the Spanish equivalent of the Bronx , cheer. “You have to see at least a hun- The Veterans Corner from the Veterans Administration jfromer servicemen and their fami- | lies: Q. I’m, planning to convert my. | NSLI term policy to permanent en- about,” a veteran fan said. An experienced fan prides him- self on the fact that he can predict by the first.step he takes into the ring whether a bull is a bum or bravo. Nothing is more lonesome in the ring than a bull who says to himself ‘‘To hell with all this, I’m not mad at anybody.” The crowd whistles in disdain as he is dragged out later with six black | darts stuck in his carcass to show he was yellow. His reward for being good, how- ever, is to be dragged around the arena sand by three mules to the | crowd’s applause. As he is dead in jeither case, honor or dishonor | means nothing to him and no cow ever deliberately raises her bull calf to be a man fighter. Professional bull fight schools will take aspirants as young as 14. But they so far have turned out no top matadors. The real champs start as kid cattle herders on ranches and they may begin as young as 10. One boy puts on a hollow bull’s head and charges at a comrade who makes with the cape waving. Promising kids are then allowed to test the bravery of female ealves, for Spanish ranchers have ja theory that cowardly female | calves later will deliver cowardly | bulls. If the lady calf won't keep charging at the boy, she is slaugh- tered. Boys graduate from female calves to young bulls and they may become full-fledged matadors at 17 |—if they show enough skill. It is a short career. Most mata- dors are through between 25 and 30. For most of them, their dreams of wealth never come true. Only a | dozen or so reach the financial top where they can afford to pay $250 or so for their costumes. Poor ones have to rent their bull ring working clothes. But in terms of death, the trade of the matador is perhaps less risky than prize fighting in Ameri- | ca. No matador has been killed in Spain. since 1947, when the great Manolete slew the bull that, dying, turned and gored him fatally. | ply for the calendar year {n which | you got it. If you get paid in in- stallments, whatever you receive during a calendar year must be included as income for that par- ticular year, | Q. I was forced to interrupt my Here are authoritative answers training under the World War II} GI Bill to go back into active ser- to four questions of interest to! vice, I expect to be discharged | ‘soon, and I want to continue with | my GI studies.-Is there any time | limit for resuming? A. You must pick up your train- dowment insurance If I’m still| ing within a reasonable period fol- living at the end of the endow- ment period, how will I receive my money? ‘i | A. You will have a choice, You may either get the insurance pro- ‘ceeds in a lump sum, or you may equal monthly installments rang- {ing in number from 36 to 240. If | lowing your discharge. The “rea- | sonable period” is determined for | each veteran on an individual basis and depends on a number of fac- tors such as the type of training | involved, its availability and so on. Q. I know of a World War II veteran who has become incom- ‘ petent. Can his GI insurance pre- lakes whose supply was decreasing. Another variation in | you die before all the installments ; miums be paid by another per- thave been paid to you, the re- | son? stocking lakes with the help of the airplanes is the land- ing of seaplanes on the lakes where buckets of fish are unloaded and planted. A. Yes. The premiums may be! paid by any person on his behalf. | If the veteran’s premium return | mainder will go to your beneficiary | if you have named one. | Q. I am receiving a VA pension | 110 Shows Shift To By MORRIS LANDSBERG SACRAMENTO, Calif. ( — The presidential campaign is blazing right down to the finish with a | vigor never before equaled in Cali- | fornia. Spurring both parties on, there’s an element of doubt on how the state’s six million voters will go. Nobody is taking the election for granted—not with 32 big electoral votes at stake. Second only to New York’s 45, it may well be one of the pivotal blocs of the 266 needed for national victory. - The California outcome looks close. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, | the Republican nominee, has been rated a slight edge by a state-wide newspaper’ poll and independent surveys. Offsetting this somewhat, Dem- ocratic leaders declare—and some political writers agree—that there has been a late trend toward Zov. Adlai Stevenson of Illinois. Whether | ithe shift is enough to overtake | Eisenhower is now a question of intense speculation. Republican strategists, aware of the 856,955 Democratic lead in voter registration, are depending ‘on two of the state’s best vote- getters, Sen. Richard M. Nixon, Eisenhower’s running mate, and popular Republican Gov. Earl Warren, to throw back any surge to Stevenson. California has gone to the Demo- crats in every presidential election } since 1932—but by dwindling ma- jorities since 1936. President Roos- evelt won by 476,000 votes in 1932, 930,000 in 1936, 526,000 in 1940, 476,000 in 1944. President Truman captured the state by a scant 17,865 in 1948. Republicans say they are not alarmed by the voter registration showing 3,312,668 Democrats to | 2,455,713 Republicans, nor by pre- dictions for a turnout Tuesday as ! high as 90 per cent. They feel the combination of Eisenhower’s personal appeal and The World Today By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON — There’s a! | new all-American campaign slogan which ¢he voters have thought up all by themselves. The Democrats parage under a jbanner proclaiming “You never had it so good.” The Republicans keep harping on “It’s time for a change.” And, to nobody’s surprise, the | Politicians on both sides are pre- | dicting a victory big as all out- doors for their candidate. But with election now less than a week away, the most astonishing fact of the campaign is the gen- | eral uncertainty about the outcome. Outside the professional political | ranks it’s almost an event to find a man willing to answer positively | | the question: Who’s gonna win? You hear the same answer so, often it seems to have become a ‘national slogan: “You got me; I | dunno.” It’s a bewilderment which seems to come equally from those who are going to vote for Gen. Eisen- The United States Forest Service is sponsoring this | for a total and permanent non- service-connected disability. I have envelope isn’t used, care should ‘be taken to identify the payment new aerial fish-stocking procedure. Original tests were |a house which I inherited, and I | properly, including the insured ve- made in Alaska and were so successful that the procedure want to sell it. Must I include all i the proceeds of the sale as income, | of birth, service serial number and ang a few like-minded and hardy | teran’s full name, address, date is being used on a large scale in Montana, Washington, in figuring whether I come under | insurance number. and Ideho. September. adel ip ineesibeitaecssctieawneiuiatads The Air Force, which once laughed off flying saucers, j the income ceiling for pension pur- | poses? A. Since you inherited the house, | a lump sum payment, it will ap- (s now sending jet planes up to get a big laugh out of; them, The United States would do well to get the Japanese thoroughly armed, so that they might one day take care of their traditional enemy, Russia. SLICE OF HAM _ 660™ ENGRS DENTAL | LABORATORY | ! ACROSS 1. Norwegian territorial division 4 Clan 8. Faucet 12. Hawaiian M. 3. Huge wave Bird of the cuckoo family . Abraham's birthplace Winning . Trap Compositions Tides in the Gulf of Mexico are! small and in the inner pa:t of | twice in a row can become a silly | The foundation is sponsoring the There might be a new heavyweight champion come, the entire proceeds from its sale’ the Gulf ene daily rise and fall occupation, z ! would be considered as income for hower and from Gov. Stevenson's supporters. ! Quite a change from 1948 when everyone, except President Truman | California Presidential Race Stevenson Now the desire for a change in Wash- ington will crack the Democratic ranks. Warren, in gaining three terms as governor, has shown it can pe done. So have others. California editors established Eisenhower as the favorite to carry the state in a mid-October survey of The Associated Press. They agreed generally it’s likely to be | close. The editors in a September survey concluded the outcome was doubtful. Composite opinion of the second poll split the anticipated major party vote 52-48 per cent for Eisenhower. Eisehhower campaigned through | the state once and Stevenson twice. | Both drew big and enthusiastic crowds. Stevenson supporters were cheered by » Democratic registra- tion gain of 50,000 since June and the prospect of a heavy vote. What they didn’t mention was a 127,097 drop in their lead over the Repub- licans since 1948. Republicans are not overlooking GOP Sen. William F. Knowland’s re-election victory in the primaries —possible under the state’s unique | crossfiling law. Knowland, a strong critic of President Truman, amassed over a million Republican votes and 966,000 Democratic to gain both nominations. The Democrats long have had the bulge in registration. But Re- publicans hold all but one major state office, both seats in the U. S. Senate and 13 of the 23 in the House. On election night, both sides will of the state-wide registration. A majority of editors from the area estimated in the AP’s mid- October survey that Eisenhower would carry the county. There was disagreement, however. Editors on two of the largest newspapers, both supporting Eisen- hower, figured Stevenson would win in Los Angeles. News Briefs WASHINGTON, # — Retail food prices rose seven-tenths of one per cent during the first two weeks of October, the government reports. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said yesterday its index for Qct. 15 was three-tenths of one per eent lower, however, than the index; fdr Sept. 15. +18 In mid-October the index was estimated at 232.5 per cent of the 1935-39 average. This is 14.5 per cent above the pre-Korean level. CHICAGO, (#—Chicago gamblers | willing to bet on the outcome of the presidential campaign still fav- or Eisenhower, but at odds lower than a week ago, it was reported Thursday. The Chicago Daily News said the latest odds quoted are 7 to 5 that Ike will win over Stevenson next Tuesday. That means a $7 bet on Eisenhower would win $15 if the general is elected. A $10 bet on Stevenson would win $11 according to latest book- | makers’ odds. NEW YORK, #—C. M. Vande. burg, executive director of the American Heritage Foundation, says he'll literally “eat crow” in Times Square if the national elec- | People, thought Gov. Dewey was a | cinch. | Since sticking your neck out | s e1f- consciousness | tion does not bring out at least 63 million votes. national non-partisan register and of the tide is so suppressed fhat| about the 1948 mistake may have vote campaign. pension purposes. If you receive |there is virtually only one rise’ made everyone cautious now ' | and ‘fall each day. OR AIT ERIE GO: MAT TIE REG/Al EIAIS Y} IE 2 Sill INANE] AVEC @ Wit [SE SIT MEA ME Nj ASISIBNIUEC/EMMK(1 (0 E 2 NIG LARIE! Solution of Yesterday's Purz'e Down s : White 6 vestment 7 Hosey & Headdresses Waste But even the experts who have } traveled with both candidates are aap footing on this one. i And, adding to the confusion Is | not only the size but the noise of | the crowds which have been turn- ing out for Eisenhower and Steven | son alike. | Stories from the correspondents traveling with the twe men repeat | edly have used one word to de | seribe the crowds’ enthusiasm: | | howling. Still, the general timidity about next Tuesday's results should add to the national merriment if one candidate wins by a landslide First to emerge from hiding the day after election day will be the I told yok so” characters whose only pre-election prediction anyone could remember me “Search me, pa And, if the result is one-sided, t will be worth wa for to see the experts wrestle w elves an another in iengthy explan ations of why the result should have been clear and was inevi- table anyway PRISON SIEGE HAS HUMOROUS MOMENTS CHESTER, Ul. #—There’s beer no lack of tension Prison where seven guards, held hostage since Monday, are still in the bands of rebellious prisoners But there have been moments of humor too. Last night as LA. Gov. Sherwood Dixon, campeigning for governor, left a session with convict spokes men, an immate shouted “Good lack next Tuesday, Gow- smiling, replied Thanks Bot { don't think TS In a statement Thursday, Vande- burg challenged professional poll- sters who are forecasting a fotal vote under 60 million. MIAMI ®—A proposed $28,246,- 427 school construction program to be undertaken in Dade County in the next ten years has been sub- mitted to the school board by Supt. | James T. Wilson. Wilson said the program was based on immediate school needs and on a svcrvey which predicted enrollment would reach 138,000 by 1962. EXPERT Radio Repairs BY FACTORY MAN All Work Guaranteed LOWS RADIO & APPLIANCE s _ 1F DESIRED UNTIL NOV. | Af Fermel Garments chemicaity | processed. AN werk guaranteed end telly insured. POINCIANA | DRY CLEANERS TH Simonton St. To. om (Go Se) le Bho Ok” o—_ Slab badd bd be te bn bn de bt THIS ROCK BILL OF OURS i 800 060440444404401400004600446EEERREES A recent question submitted by The Citizen to representative citi- zens of Key West*revealed an in- j teresting point on the modern out- look at life. The people were asked what they would prefer to have | done with an imaginary $94 worth of stock which they own in the City. Most of them replied that they wanted the streets repaired. They are perfectly right .of course, concerning the horrible condition of our streets. Chuck holes endanger the lives and pro- perty of all those whe venture out in a car, bicycle or scooter. How- ever, you would have though that amongst the many questioned, quite a few of them would have si improving the cal age! Most people think of a car in preference to food and shelter. Many a working man who considers the expense of a $10,000 home as being prohibitive some- over a period of a few years. Automobile their dealers are to be compli- mented on their method of work- ing out a credit system that en- ables the low-salaried worker to buy an automobile. This column isn’t criticizing them because it look foremost for returns from Los | realizes that America’s credit sys- Angeles County, with 42 per cent | tem is what has pushed the United SLOPPY JOE'S BAR cantaad ees Starring The Fabulous “MARIJUANA” DANCER MUSIC BY Mark Stanley's Trio A The Girl With.the Green Hair heard the complaints and mutes ings against the mill owners! Practically everyone car of some type and the relief money to stead of food. Ra to the dictatorial ‘of mill owners, the unemployed. ers went down to siding and received low could ina and il L F (i it i it el lac: and salt It is a far as I can place as I've people say it the place I'm g 3 a F He z a had better which street they are name after either Eisenhower. or because of phere oi Duval morning when the swept out? Lord future President vi Rock. We're the name of RITA HAYWORTH and GLENN FORD TO BROADWAY with TONY MARTIN and © JANET LEIGH Melvin Douglas and Joan Evens SAN CARLOS “FORT OSAGE" STARRING ROD CAMERON — JANENIGH WITH FLAME AND ARROW — THE REDSKINS ARE ON THE WAR PATH — IN AN EXCITING ACTION ADVEN- TURE — THAT TEEMS WITH AND SPECTACLE — FILMED I ‘Ss. TROUS CINECOLOR. — ALSO — “I WAS AN AMERICAN SPY” ANN DVORAK & GENE EVANS TERRIFIC! ‘The Reader's Digest Sensation thet stertied the Mationd BOX OFFICE OPENS 1:45 P.M.