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eine 2 Ja sheild Lda as niask Aili Allis mt be > - of the help they might expect from RUGS . af 3 . The Key West Gitex [cience Tries To Make Practical Use Of Hydrogen Device |i 5 cc5\°5'| weer eamsnaty (Editor’s Note: What blew upjthat in an H-bomb war, Russiafas that of the Kremlin about So-|they might be needed on instant Saar boattamatng tee and fully insured. plat an hasacerates bang at} would have the advantage because | viet weapons, It sou be five hun- jnotice, POINCIANA lished daily (except sunday Artman, owner and pub-| Eniwetok Proving Grounds a few |there are many more and bigger|dred or a thousand or several ae from The Caine Gebeug tis of Greene and Ann Streets.|Weeks ago? Was it a hydrogen | cities in the United States than in|thousand. Back when the first ce rs ._ | permit indicating to certain NATO The atomic pone ise iene military leaders the number of] DRY CLEANERS larger in discussions for the de-|}o:hs which might be used direct- : Guinty bomb? What effect will. it have | Russia. bombs were being made, Dr. J. R. |fense of Western Europe, not only Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe on military planting, strategy and} The coldly practical exponent of] Oppenheimer, one of the pioneers |for retaliatory, strategic attack ly in support of their ground, 228 Simonton St. Dial 2-7638 ‘i: : : i * | forces. Danv AIn PDiTA. tactics? These and other questions | strategi , is |Of A-bomb devo!opment, estimated |against Russian targets if Soviet |*"°* * . . (e} ees are explored below.) idea, eat think podipe that by intensive effort the U. S.|forces strike against the West, but |, ‘hile appa abate ats ri POOR OLD ae , NORMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager such, are logical targets. He wants {Could accumulate 1,000 bombs in|to help stop an advance of Red |t© auclear explosives, the Atomic SER’ 4 i cess By ELTON ¢. FAY (and this is the basis for the theory |tWo years. While the effort be-|ground troops. ~ Enaray Serge oat Ce ihe STATION E Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter AP Military Affairs Reporter of retaliatory bombing of Russia |tWeen then and September, 1949, However, scme American mili- |t@g00 also are pioneering in the ‘ WASHINGTON «—Nuclear sci-|if she starts war) to hit and de-|™ay have been less than inten-|tary leaders point out that provi- Sept of atomic energy as a Francis at Truman | TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2-5662 stroy the enemy’s warwaging| sive it obviously stepped up sharply |sions of the stringent Atomic En- |Power-producing srurce. DIAL 2.9193 entists and ordnance designers Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively | presumably are trying now to | S°UrCes. He contends those sources after the United States discovered {ergy Act handicap this planning, The Navy has two submarine ¥ at-D a are airfields from which long-range ‘that Russia had beaten all guesses |that it is impossible even to give | hulls under construction which will ‘OUR PURE OIL DEALER entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it/fashion an actual and practical bombing attacks could be launched |224 produced an atomic explosion | trustworthy officials of North At. be equipped with nuclear engines. | Tires +» Tubes... Batteries ; or not otherwise eredited in t+' ,.,z, and also the local news/weapon out of a hydrogen explo-| against the United States; manu-|S€Veral years in advance of the |lantic Treaty nations an indication che + Accessories J published here. sive device. facturing complexes dispersed over | ®Stimated time. : — ‘ | What blew up with an unprece-| perhaps a hundred square miles} Along with speculation on the SLOPPY: JOE'S EXPERT Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida} dented bang at Eniwetok Proving |of countryside; large and widely |number of bombs has come musing | eae J S a ‘ CIFELLI'S RADIO and | Bubecrintion (by Canin Bae Der eI ean Bde By Mall S16 |Gtoumds @ few weeks ago may |dispersed parking areas for bomb-Jover the places where they are 201 Duval’ St Radio Repairs ‘TLV, Service | | Subscription (by carrier) 25¢ per week, year $12; By Mail $15.60/haye been the world’s first big jers or fighters or tanks. stored. For two or three years af- Burlesq BY FACTORY MAN F Methods Used — fy “ADVERTISED RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION blast from the fusion process of| These are targets too big even|ter the end of World War Il, in t ‘actory macys sents, Bat secre ae rea- | for the atomie bomb. It would take | the as pret igs Peace, it was All Work Guaranteed All Work Guaranteed The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issue | 5°" to Deleve it wasn't any tr2as- | several atomic bombs to destrc, (Probable that few if any atomic ELIABLE s «<1, | portable and handily packaged gad- | factor} ttered over a hu~-tred- | bombs were kept in completely as- : RADI (a) FOR PROMPT AND Ri ‘ and subjects at local or: general interest, but it will not publish| ‘that could be loaded into and leaner nie sree A cnc’ bens |sembled condition, reas ae oe 3 LOU'S SERVICE—SEB... | ge & APPLIANCE | pay cirELlt . s some bombs are kept, carefully ts paren et=t pr pa guarded in American hands only, MU BY Truman (Rear) by Air Force and naval units over- 2 ay" ; PICK UP SERVICE Dial 2-7637 h teas, wentee th thd Gee nee Mark Stanley's Trio @nonymous communications, dropped through an airplane bomb | coyjd do the same + -_eoeoeoo | “9 How many ator’ smbs do the There is, in the lexicon of atomic 3 z weaponeers, a distinct difference Loo — + Russia, now between a device (the tool of The - . secrecy about the experimenters) and a bomb (the |i _. S. bombs is as deep finished product for use by an}_ armed force.) The interval between the f* experimental burst from a ~ mounted on top of a stv wer and production of > sine rfected bomb r < substan- IMPROVEMENTS FOR |KEY WEST ADVOCATED Bally longer th’ .e than in the . BY THE CITIZEN instance of original atomic < 1. More Hotels and Apartments bomb. : : ; 2. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. ~is .¥ 16, 1945, the scientists : 3. Airports—Land and Sea. snilitary men of the then-secret Consolida’ Coun! Governm: wianhattan Project produced the - C ang ae age City a first atomic explosion from the top eaity: of a tower at Alamogordo, N, M. In less than a month—on Aug. 6— ee a an some hoobs sas dropped oa RE’: SHI HAPP Vv a specially fit mb bay of a 'S WISHING YOU A Y NEV ¥EARI ih Bapecturtress, exploding abowe The Key West Citizen would like to take advantage |the Japanese city of Hiroshima. rf That was the wrld’s first look of the season to wish for the people of Key West and athe atontic bomb. But tidetoea: Monroe County a new year of greater happiness and suc-|ic era had dawned nearly three cess, years earlier, in December, 1942, ‘ ; 2 ten years ago this month, when This expression, we know, is used carelessly every | scientists engineered the first suc-1- year but it often conveys a genuine sentiment toward peo- | cessful atomic chain reactior ple in general. It is in our hearts-to see our people pros} er, ca pare _ in material as well as in cultural growths. This hope is in |r---.:9 th. .pace, weight or still common with most of our fellow-citizens, neore complex mechanisms needed “i for hydrogen explosion. Among And so, because The Key West Citizen has very often jother things. a hydrogen explosive spoken for the entire community, we think it appropriate, | 4¢vice must contain a really deep- refrigerator tain on our part and for the thousands of men and women pe of - eigeaeine: aa hereabouts, to pass along our hearty greetings for the | instant of burst. The weight and New Year. bulk of the assembled test gadget ~ must he cpnsidered jmposing. ‘Thure iy the possibility that the | Z MORE STEEL FOR U. S. weapons"zs may decide & le net | ‘ , to the H-bomb Produetion of steel was recently begti at the United | down m o:tnary. tomb bay. nse | States Steel Company’s Fairless Works, the largest single | They 2 oy buyd = ito a : : Ema, gate Sayansion of ite kind inkistory. The new aes Ged ie fedance | ‘ : Sete! Ww “prawi over sonie ais square aviles of. Pénnsyl- [from a “mother” plane and use | . ‘ * vania and are expected to produce annually 1,800,000 in-, me ot gran =... | ut 6) got tons of steel when in full productinn. j pense of the plane would be frac | « rm P _ i ; | fienal to the expense of the bomb. | Tie figure represents almoat two per cent of the to-| The sevelimans has aevee chated undr Holl oods tal U. 8, steel production at present, Such ~reduction is not lafiiclaly the eost of standard stom: | expected to be reached until the aumme. of next year, alle peg Meg n-ngee _ : though the plant is already in the early stages of operation. | stumie bomb figured im the nnet has come 4 The new plant is expected to turn out a sheet of steel “et devclopoient, building the big ' 4 a ‘ . int, (PINS to Preeess urenium ore and 4 four feet wide at a apeed of eighty milea per hour, which wher Incta, Bydeeme bomb 7a fs the fastest steel production speed yet attained. The new |coes would be muck greater, at ‘= atee! production plant was begun in 1981 and represents a |” 2 meg — Yee / | Speediatios t a igen $40,000,000 investment. | ome coud be 2 thoasand times Agonist Uae . wmett thea ap A-bomb has ‘ The trouble with most interviews is that a man saya Mt ‘ & RISK SAYS: seedootd aryoment about the need but rarely what he thinks, for cat. capersive expiosime ite There ase s hundred Hottywoods today in ditenne jungles, ae heaues thasting prewently is arkentnd oa wopic isles, in for off ports of call. More than ever, troupes fo the pos, Diy of war with ME sane ben tr F If the entire population of Key West would trade at ima. cc ing Are MidsrarRg * bed tnd eachaical coves waved thousands of mien a iia nome xy teigtion to the site of Capture & story of its ectusl tocule. Thos, MGM s comers reeed ; home for one month, what a difference in business it would y te gt oe : . ak tare is it cewsin and i the Unined 0 Africs fos “King Sobomeon's Mines”. oo Rome for “Quo Vado", | — Pt Dee eee ae Te Se tnd aow co Ke gland for ame af the wortd 5 ben toved sommen Speappaiee oe rasa ~e ef romannn advenrure, Su Weleer boon 5 beenbor ' a Hi Basic Needs Of i Ak CO TONED Ore the fatsled barrieteabits, ented tthe e-onet jsinamed caccer " Mar 1A 4G Mighe 4:18 OO fr the green ures: toes of Sherwrid Pore feambon wor bland S-hools Te Have Bene the herca brcgtas Werge wate: Count T P een a SUN. . MON. . TUES. hive amd howe, chore amd dee Around chee por get op riority the whobe thedeov al pagwemt, the brilliect Cra ches of \ recmméees, TALLAWASERE Gh—Basic school | ’ F T P Of Wings ond Comspermnors of mrowtadors atid fae lad es needs west be given toe priority / i The stored Characvers Ghreng cross the armen, 4 masterperet af ae wae bagi pengremie water = | fiction cones tw Wife for tne “arse meme ps a hu feriget hoor, jamst fo the state eonmitation vere aad Technicolor makes it entertainment beyond dexcmpucu! Phe Cabinet Board of Bduca Sterling Hayden, tion made that clear ie adapting | regulations covering iswance of | Richard Larson MGM's production of Se Wale Scon's novel, samag Marte sete tun Themes | ROBERT TAYLOR A ae j ripe? Wet Bailey, advocating edoption of the | due Bill Phipps wales, said they ate itended Tech i ta Tock ater r keep the counties from going meal ‘ an Technic 3 y i the deep end” ty building pro-| = apna ie att ELIZABETH TA I OR ame hastens nae sen Te ‘, , B&B “4 Owe need classrocme insted of Dreuna & Action JOAN FONTAIN E expensive sictiterioms and gym. | - “ enencinieniaiamemmnanrent pasiums,” he sak t ~ ‘ o . ‘The constitutional amendmen Pci 10m 80 GEORGE SAN DERS earmarks sute teg money t MM Be pd E Met he Nas Oat : building needs, thus givts, pcan fone ace tg oe o EMLYN WILLIAMS bend iseues ant making them miore 7 », attractive te investors Thurs. - Fri. - Set, SUN. - MON. Cases 9 FaCcENICOLon Baliey said be believes & will Smee ples be WOE L LAN Gt Y « pte . . make i possible fr Fierida to Daremed be RICHARD THORPE - Pretvcnd > « * ere MAN provide comparable schoo bi . ties for white and Negro children | ite ~ : FOX MOVIETONE NEWS CeeNTOME ORS PERFOR . caatou ‘The first Marse teiegrapt tee wes eet wp betrees Baltimore ed ary CFP CFE NS AA: LEON TRON we cvsan COFFEE ~~ TRY 4 OUND TOBAT... | Louis Hayward on - oe A T 4 3 STAR” BRAND | “Foucaieaes | eae || SAN CA THE First Ran In Key Weot FANTASY sparc once ss