The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 27, 1952, Page 2

Page 2 The Keg West Cittzrn 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 Publisher NORMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 51 and 4935 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. cae Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida es 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 anonymous communications, IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN . Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. . Community Auditorium. ONLY ONE WAY TO MAKE IT ‘EASIER’ FOR TAXPAYERS The Citizen published an Associated Press story Tuesday, under a Washington headline, that said the In- ternal Revenue Bureau had issued instructions to field of- ficials, designed to “make things easier for taxpayers,” Reading the headline to the story, Key Westers, tax- ed to the right, taxed to the left, taxed before, taxed be- hind, might have entertained a glimmer of an idea that something was to be done to ease the strain on their poc- ketbooks. But it developed that the instructions pertained chiefly to courteous treatment of taxpayers when they hand over their money to Uncle Sam's representatives. Key Westers have not had any cause to complain, so far as The Citizen knows, about the lack of courtesy at the local Internal Revenue office. The employees there now always have been considerate and helpful, as also had been the employees who preceded them. The same thing is true about the city and county tax collectors, The only thing that will make it “easier” on the tax- payer is to reduce his taxes. He not only pays taxes on al- most everything he owns but also on almost everything he buys. He is told that the price of a certain thing is so much, plus taxes. Even his bread is hiked in price because of 52 hidden taxes on it from the time the wheat is grown to the time the loaf is bought. It has been asserted that federal expenditures can’t be decreased without adversely affecting the defense ef- forts. But that is not so. Billions can be saved by elimin- ating waste and insisting on getting a dollar’s worth for every dollar expended. During a war, that practice can’t be adhered to, for time, not money, is the essence in build- ing up a hard-hitting war machine, and in attaining that end little thought is given to wasted dollars. But in preparing for war, as we are now doing (the “police action” in Korea is war on a-small scale), the De- partment of Defense has the opportunity to cut down waste and extravagance to a minimum. Republican speak- ers asserted, during the recent campaign, that billions of dollars could be saved by making every defense dollar spent buy a dollar’s worth of material. President-elect Eisenhower has picked a good man, Charles Wilson, of General Motors, to do that job. Gen- eral Motors’ assets exceed $10 billion, and Wilson has been efficient in its operation. If he makes the dollar go as far for the federal government as he made it go for GM, billions will be saved, and the savings in time will make it really “easier” for the taxpayer. Business success, they say, causes confusion and fam- fly quarrels, but we are willing to risk it. The mechanic looks on in awe as the white worker displays his ignorance about mech: Each thinks the other is unfortunate. collar devices, ical ne SLICE OF HAM d THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Thursday, November 27, 1952 Women Want To Be Active Outside The Home Today By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD # — “I think in these times a woman like: to feel useful. She doesn’t want merely to have everything handed to her by her husband. If her children are in school and she can afford to hire help, it’s natural that she wants to get out and do things on her own.” This was the explanation Mrs. Edgar Bergen gave for doing her first film role. Under her profes- sional name, Frances Westcott, she is portraying Mrs. John Jacob Astor in the film about the Titanic disaster. But Mrs. Bergen admitted there was another reason. She’s tired of living under the shadow of that wooden-head Charlie McCarthy. To her, it’s no laughing matter. “I’m not knocking Charlie, be- cause goodness knows he has helped support the Bergen family in fine style,” she said. “But I am a little tired of being referred to as Charlie McCarthy’s mother. I want.an identity of my own.” Mrs. Bergen explained the ex- tent of her frustration. Recently she joined an entertainment troupe which toured Army camps. She appeared as Frances Westcott, and no mention was made of her re- lationship to Messrs. McCarthy and Snerd. “But invariably one or more soldiers would come backstage and say something like ‘How does it feel to be Charlie McCarthy's mother?’ she sighed. She recalled with relish her one triumph over the fame of her hus- band and his dummies. That was when they were in Birmingham, Ala. “As we stepped off the plane, a reporter from the Birmingham News came up to me and started interviewing me,” she related. “Edgar couldn’t imagine what happening until the reporter ex- plained that I was a Birmingham girl and he was more interested in me than Edgar.” I asked about home life with Mc- Carthy, and Mrs. Bergen explained that Charlie no longer resides with them. He now remains in his suit- case in. Bergen's office between performances. The office is handier to the radio studios. Besides, Char- lie had to leave the house to make |room for the Bergens’ daughter Candy Previously, McCarthy ruled his People’s Forum ‘The Citizen welcomes expres- stones of the views of ite rené- ere, but editor reserves the right te delete any ftems which jered fibe! be leas requested otherwise. BACK TO KEY WEST Editor, The Citizen: Once again I shall ask you to hold the Key West Citizen until I arrive in Key West. This always gives me great pleasure for it means that I'll be in my favorite “retreat” ~ to live Key West as well as to read about it. In the meantime your paper has kept me up to date on the many facets of life in our favorite town. Please discontinue sending the Citizen to New York when you re- ceive this letter ~ will be in Key West in about 10 days. Yours for a healthy nation, HAROLD J. REILLY WELCOME BACK TO GIBB Editor, The Citizen: Welcome back, Bill Gil with This Rock of Ours! When “‘Spirit,” a Catholic poetry magazine, was launched in 1934, it proposed ‘‘to do justice to two realities, both indispensible to poetic creation, realities which never should have been set in opposition to each other | pounds the individual consciousness and the relation of that consciousness to the world without.” “Spirit” has stated that the poet should “‘ beauty back to God who is at once all truth, all good and all beautiful.” And 80 you are saying, Bill Gibb, with your words: “return to a Faith in God, as we understand him’. This alone will put us back on the Right Road. Sincerely Mrs. May-Rena Rodin STILL A CONCH Editor, The Citizen: This letter will probably come as a big surprise to you, but here it is. Yes, it's me, Mike Jacobs, | writing to tell you just how much {I miss Key West. The only thing | |I can figure is that I have grown Big Day For War Criminals TOKYO (#—Wednesday was a big day for Japan’s 640 war criminals from Sugamo Prison. They saw — for the first time since their convictions at the end of the war—Tokyo's colorful streets and a professional ballgame. They saw, too, families and friends who crowded near their section of the stands at Korakuen Stadium. Officially they were not permit- ted to talk to or have any contact with relatives. But their guards frequently were very busy watch- ing the Dajei Stars beat the Tokyo Whales, 6-1. At one of those times a girl, 7 or $ years old and clad in a red =. accented by a pink hair ribbon, slid past guards and threw her arms around her father. He hungrily returned her em- brace before she was hustled away. The guards turned away as a flashbulb popped. Pictures had been forbidden. Newsmen were not allowed to approach the prisoners. The outing was anged by the Justice Department and the base- ball teams. ARTIFICIAL BREEDING SHOWS PAY OFF RALEIGH, N. C. u§ — Through artificial insemination, a recently sold bull left behind him a record of having been bred to more than 6,000 cows over a period of 2% years. T. C. Blalock, extension dairy specialist at North Carolina State College, says that on the basis of a 70 per cent conception rate, 4,200 calves were fathered. The bull's first 14 daughters averaged 2,680 of milk more than their dams during the first lactation. care to write me, here is my ad- 8: Michael Jacobs, ABI V-2_ Division USS Bennington (CVA-20) care of Fleet Post Office New York, N. Y. Thanks for everything. I remain Key West's adopted son and best booster, Mike Jacobs ‘THIS ROCK OF OURS By BILL GIBB Continuing with our travelogue and with apologies to the Key Wes Chamber of Commerce, cy! it snows on this Rock of our.. I’m headed for Guatemala. Man! Adam and Eve might not have minded being kicked out of the Garden of Paradise if they had known of as wonderful a place as| Guatemala City. They've written a song abou Managua, Nicaragua, being “a spot.” How the writer could even think of such a hole when only a little ways to the North lies Guatemala City is be- yond me. This beautifully modern, yet exotically old Spanish town offers everything the average American man could desire. Set in amongst dead (I hope) voleances, the alti-| tude is high enough to be cool at night and warm in the day. As for food, one dollar will buy a steak big enough to fill a platter, a salad that would serve six people here in the States, and deli- cious fruits that are out of this world. Incidentally, you can also beyond eyesight. The next day we | aly Grocers were invited to visit their beauti- | ful hacienda outside of town. Same- day Fm going back and marry that girl! (The young one.) This Rack today is getting a little too personal for publication. Maybe I had better shut up. All I wanted to do was brag on Gua- temala. KEY WEST In spite ef the past three columns, our own little town here on The Roek is a paradise that we should enjoy more and help improve. Have you noticed that the Poin- settias — traditional beautiful? Our green shrubbery, colorful tropical flowers, blue skies, and multi-colored waters cannot be equalled anywhere else in the world. We have the finest people possibly and gradually, bit by bit, we'll have as good a municiapl and county government as can be found in the nation. This Rock of Ours intends to keep fighting for the latter and get a decent cup of coffee in that section. There is a huge market place that sells everything imaginal from pottery to linens, souvenirs, and food products. (Better use a local buyer to accompany you through unless you’re used to slick trading.) In the way of night entertain. ment you can visit anyone of a' dozen highclass, yet economical, Spanish clubs. You can go to 1020 -- maybe we better not mention that section of town. You can go to Ciro’s - frequented mostly by Americans - which is nice but slightly expensive. And the women are beautiful! One gorgeous Spanish senorita I fell in love with was the hardest creature to get introduced to on earth however. She sat for over an hour with an aged aunt and refused to notice my buddy’s, (a former artillery officer), or my own obvious attempts to catch her eye. Finally, in desperation, I called a Spanish gentleman and asked him in the name of comrade- ship amongst males to please go over to the old lady and tell her that I lonesome and would like to talk or dance with her. The results were startling. . . . Accustomed to advances being made to her niece but not to her- self, she was 80 pleased that she immediately called us over, ex- plained that she felt a little too old to engage in frivolities but perhaps her niece would enjoy our company provided we didn’t go Road Funds Put To Other Uses HOLLYWOOD (#—Approximate- ly $20,000,000 in road funds is di- verted to non-highway purposes each year in Florida, says Walter F. Carey, president of the Ameri- Trucking Association, Inc. ey told the association Tues- day that an end to the diversion of highway funds and the federal government's withdrawal from the motor tax field would clear the way for adequate nationwide high- way development. i “More than $200,000,000 is di- verted each year nationally from road funds and it’s time we and all the other users of the highways put our collective foot down about it,” Carey said. He also proposed that the gov- ernment get out of the field of motor vehicle taxation “and leave that to the states.” The association elected Sidney Allen, Tampa, president and the following other officers: B. L. Thomas, Jacksonville, sen- | ior vice president; Hugh Emerson, Miami, corporate postal -_ Miami, corporate secretary, and) H. E. McDaniel, Jacksonville, | BENNY'S CAFETERIA SPECIAL treasurer. there are dozen of private citizens and organizations doing the same. In any such fight there are bound to be dirty, underhanded blows struck in retaliation. If we stick together, we'll eome out with what we want however. I've lost more than I’ve ever gained by writing This Rock of Ours -- materially, that is. Spiritual ly, I’ve gained. I ean still stick up my chin and say: “Come on, let’s go another round.” Hope that you, John Q. Public, feel the same. 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Tol. 008 SLOPPY JOE'S 1D St Burlesque ‘FOX NEWS oo BOX OFFICE OPENGE 1:46 P.M, CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE ag CONDITIONGD ue San Carlos TURKEY at |, TO 12 MIDNIGHT 5° 3 “mM For Reservations Tet. 870 AIR CONDITIONED Mat. 2 & 4:06 Night 6:12 & 8:18 Sunday & Monday Duel At Silver Creek AUDIE MURPHY jown room in the Bergen manse, | roots there and have definitely be- |He had furniture made to his size | come a “Conch.” Never have I land stored his fabulous wardrobe | missed a place as much as I do in capacious closets. “If 1 had as|Key West. many outfits as Charlie, I'd be the| I was hoping you would make best-dressed woman in the world,” | some kind of insert in your paper | observed Mrs. Bergen. | to tell all my fine “Conch” friends and F. DOMERGUE Thanksgiving Dinner 11 AM. —9 P.M. Drama y AIR COOLED E though Charlie no longer | just how much I miss them and - , a ; , Lives with them, his presesce is |how much I'd like to be back BAKED VERMONT TURKEY PMGNER Mat. 3:30 Night 6:30 & 8:90 strongly felt by the Bergens. Ber- | among them. r . gen himself always talks of Char-| Here in New York, phe — GIBLET GRAVY lie as though he were a real per- | Broadway at Times ware 2 i son. The illusion is also felt by bis |think how much happier I'd be DRESSING Thurs., Fri., Sat. | Sunday & Monday wife | walking down Duval Street past | “Of course I don’t think of him | Southard or Fleming Streets. 4s real, as many of his fans do,” | I would also like to take this she remarked. “But it's a strange | opportunity to wish all my friends perform with Charlie hundreds of | down there a Happy Thanksgiving times in all parts of the country, 1| and a most happy Christmas and still watch Charlie when he is talk- | New Years. Needless to say, I am CANDIED YAMS CRANBERRY SAUCE COMPLETE DINNERS or First Time In Key West SATURDAY'S SOUND OFF HERO _— with with Marek of Dimes drive. But A-LA CARTE MICKEY ROONEY JOHN DEREK n't taken im at all by the |I kno oquism is S-year-cld Candy. | again past ‘ey West will come ke they always have in the Another thing I wil] miss be the Lions Minstrel Please give them all my reg> ‘s. in Key West would and ANN JAMES IN TECHNICOLOR MUSICAL DRAMA and DONNA REED FIRST RUN IN KEY WEST I guess it's beca deen around Charlit said Mrs Bergen. rs rlie on e she b2s ALL KINDS SEAFOODs, STEAKS. CHICKEN “But whenever he ne