The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 10, 1953, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN The Key West Citizen 1 daily (except Sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner and pub- irom The Citizen Building, corner of Greene and Ann Streets. Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN NORMAN D. ARTMAN Publisher Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2-5662 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, —_—— eS Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida Su 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 More Hotels and Apartments Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea, Consolidation of County and City Governments. Community Auditorium, 1 2. 3. 4. 5. McCARTY IS, AS COOLIDGE WAS, PLAIN AND FRANK AND SINCERE Dan McCarty, our new governor, is not a hand-wav- ing, back-slapping, promise-making politician. He is too re- strained and reserved to be what is called a “good mixer;” instead, he depends on his earnestness and sincerity to gain popular support. Florida has not had another governor of his temper- ament, and The Citizen does not know any other politician in Florida of McCarty’s type. McCarty reminds The Citizen of Calvin Coolidge. He detested bluster and bombast, and so does McCarty, Coolidge, as president, did not stoop to political horse-swapping to gain his end, and neither did ~~“tfeCarty, as a legislator, and neither will McCarty, as gov- ernor. Everybody knew where Coolidge stood on a public question, because he was plain and frank about it, and so is McCarty in his public life and so he has been in his bus- iness dealings, Coolidge was terse---“I don’t choose to run’’---, and so is McCarty---“I’m against further taxation.” Coolidge, with his “down-east” thriftiness, insisted on service for every dollar paid to government employees, and McCarty, in his inaugural address, said he had no lush jobs to give to any- body, and would insist that every one of his appointees | perform in full the duties assigned to his office. Coolidge reduced the nation‘s bonded indebtedness, time and again, and resisted successfully threatened raids, for governmental hand-outs, on the U. S. Treasury. McCarty has no state bonded indebtedness to reduce, but | Flori ing is may be sure he will oppose waste in state spend- McCarty, in his inaugural address, promised the people of Florida a “clean government,” and he meant what he said. Anybody who knows him feels confident he | will make Florida a good Governor. We have heard McCarty’s honesty characterized as “old-fashioned”, but honesty is always in fashion. Florida, or the nation as a whole, has just as high a percentage of honesty today, in politics or business, as it has ever had, nd just as much humbug and conscience-stifling as it has 1, Many, many Americans let their conscience le, and McCarty is one of them. be eir guic 3 | When a salesman begins buyer will pay in dollars. paying compliments, the Pe Sevens SLICE OF HAM / OFFICERS SEANT YOU TAKE THE MEN TO ENUSTED MENS CLUB! cription (by carrier) 25¢ per week, year $12: By Mail $15.60 | Saturday, January 10, 1953 i} i GRAND OPENING The Citizen welcomes sions of the views of its ers, but the editor rese right to delete any item are considered libelous or unwar~ raated. The writers should be fair and confine the letters to 200 words and write on one side of the paper only. Signature of the writer must accompany the letters and will be published un- less requested otherwise. “LIKES THE CITIZEN Editor, The Citizen: Enclosed find money order for one month’s subscription to The Citizen. I'm hoping this is the beginning of many more. With the arrival of this let the paper come along. May I tell you I like the place? Respectfully, W. J. CONROY. expres- rea KWPD COMMENDED Editor, The Citizen: I would like to commend the jcapable and courteous Key West | Police force. Gratitude is due the | ponse to every call for help is in- ponse to every call for helpis in- stant. During the operation of the Casa Marina nursery, their friendly co- operation and interest in the safe- ty of “little guests” ranging in age from six weeks to ten years was noteworthy. It was my privilege to have little Miss Linda James, {daughter of Lt. and Mrs. Jimmy James, on the guest list of the nur- ry. As I talked with the fond young parents, I felt grateful that we have such fine young men_as confident that he is capable of as- suring greater responsibility in serving the people of Key West. Most Sincerely, Patricia Robinson GRATITUDE EXPRESSED Editor, The Citizen: | May I, on behalf of all my family |here in England, as well as my | parents in Nigeria, express our ap-- preciation of the most sympathetic description of the funeral of my | brother, Midshipman Paul L. R ;Dewar, and of his friend Don Smith, given in your pages on Monday iovember 10, Please vey our thanks Miss y Raymer for her jtouching description--indeed, we | would like to thank all those kind people of Key West who spared |a moment and a thought or a pray- to Lt. James on the police staff 1am | Lieut. | PEOPLE’S FORUM ler for our brother - in particular the young lady who brought a bunch of roses. Perhaps you can convey our thanks to them some- how in your pages. The copy of the paper which we have read has been loaned to us only, and we have to return it shortly. We wondered whether it would be possible to obtain a copy from you, as we would like very much to keep one ourselves. Of course, this may be rather diffi- |eult after so long, but it would be | greatly appreciated. Yours very sincerely, D. John Dewar | Instructor Lieutenant | R.N. | Garden Cottage Fourth Ave., Denvilles Havant, Hants, Great Britain GRATITUDE TO CHURCH | Editor, The Citizen: My wonderful church! May I |sing its praises through this column? I brought my wife and child to this city a few short years ago. We were‘all in poor health. Couldn’t stand the rigors of the Northern winters. The first thing we did was join the church. Then I opened up a small shop. Didn’t expect to get rich but did hope to make a decent living. Our health didn’t improve as we hoped it would. Our died and my wife’s health gradu- |ally became worse. We've been unable to attend church services }for quite a long time and have jhad nothing to contribute—much to our sorrow. But every week since our child’s death, the preacher has been to our home to pray with my wife and comfort her. If we miss services three Sundays in |succession, some of our brethrer |come to our home to offer aid. j And last but not least, since they heard of our latest illness, these wonderful brothers and _ sisters jare finding work for me to do. It means 2 great deal to me, ;with my large doctor bill to | meet. With such love and considera- tion shown us, it strengthens our . makes us anxious to re- pa ese many Chr deeds, makes life really worth living! ‘ A CHURCH MEMBER, | | | Build-Up From By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD "lf jo over aga I had w ‘Joan adie Wants No | “Sexy” Movie Studios about a month be my contract would have been the case fore just ver I was three r n Na- le to do only se four years. child | Bank Business In Nation Hits New High Peak By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK |#—The banking business is looking up. Higher interest rates or. a record volume of loans, plus growing to- tals of deposits and a peppy turn- over rate on money in their care have enabled many banks in the nation to show better earnings. By retaining part of these profits many banks have.sweetened., sur- plus and undivided earnings ac- counts—and at the same time made many a bank stockholder’s \Christmas merrier with increased |” dividends. At the same time, the nation’s biggest banks have grown bigger. There are 18 billionaire banks in the United States. Although there were no new-comers in 1952 to the ranks of banks with both deposits and resources topping one billion dollars, their combined financial strength increased impressively. These 18 giants now have total resources of 50% billion dollars, according to their year-end condi- tion statements, available today. Their total deposits come to $45,- 977,845,000, a gain of 4 per cent over the total of $44,191,363,000 a year ago. This is around one-fourth of the total for all banks in the country, as reported by the federal reserve system All 18 of the big boys are found on both lists—those with a billion in resources and those with a bil- lion in deposits, but their order varies a little in the two lists. On both lists, however, the Bank of America leads—nearly 8 bil- |lion dollars in resources, almost 7*2 billion in deposits. And another | Western bank brings up the rear |in both—the American Trust of San Francisco with 1'2 billion dollars in resources, and a little less than }1% billion in deposits Only two of the 18 show a.drop jin deposits during 1952—Bankers {Trust of New York and Mellon National of Pittsburgh, and both decreases are very small. Four of the 18 advanced in rank, deposit- wise—Manufacturers Trust of New York, First National of Chicago, Hanove. of New York and National \of Detroit | The 18 banks, in order of de jPosits are: Bank of America, San |Francisco; National City, Chase | Manufacturers Trust, Guaranty |Trust, (all of New York): First | National and Continental Dlinois of Chicago; Bankers Trust, and Chemical Bank, New York: Secu’ ty-First National. Los Ange Hanover, New York; Mellon, Pitts h: Nationa, Detroit; First Na- tional, Boston; Bank of Manhattan and Irving Trust of New York; Cleveland Trust. and American Trust, San Francis HAL BOYLE SAYS NEW YORK (#—This is the era of the “hegossip.” It is said that modern women now are acting more like men, and men are acting more and more like women. Rising to the defense of the! bleaker sex, I would say this is} true in at least one respect—wom- en are talking less, men are talking more. Women used to have to talk about | things they didn’t know, because their restricted lives limited their | knowledge of the world outside their homes. The ladies no longer | have to talk about things they | don’t know, because now they are in a position to know everything. As a result they ere more likely to keep their pretty little mouths shut in important matters. I would rather trust a secret today to many women than some men. In busi- ness affairs particularly they often | button their lips better, for they feel less need to brag about ‘being in the real know.” Who spreads the wild prattle and | conjectures in office and factory today? Sadly, I bow to the fact: it is as likely to be a man as a woman, The “‘he-gossip” is among us in| full flower. Do you know one of these busy little poison mouths, these abortive freaks of a sex that | used to be known as strong and silent? His habitat is the office water cooler. It is there he distills the idle malice of an idle mind, whis- pering his own rumors as into the ear of every fellow worker who comes up for a drink. If you wear a clean shirt to work, he passes the word you got a raise. Forget | Outside of our curiy shops, Key | West as a tourist town caters prin- |cipally to younger people. The jtown is loaded down with bars, nightclubs, and fifth-rate ‘‘clip- joints.” Many of our visitors do not care for that type of entertain- ment. The elderly people especial- ly want to enjoy th beauty of our tro; 5 | the serene peacefulness that comes | from sitting and looking at the | multicolored waters and the pas- sage of boats and ships. | I'm indebted to the Rev. Meek- er of the Congregational Church on William St. for calling my at- tention to the large number of|is going | tourists who drive down to the end j Wardiow, THIS ROCK OF OURS By BILL GIBB God and the service of Mankind but they naturally do not want te become involved with bickering. The expense of such a project would be insignificant compa! to some of the suggested usages of the land. I’m sure that Charles local landscaper, would be glad to look over the site and estimate the probable cost of turn- ing it into a park. I haven't been able to contact him yet -- the guy is always on the go -- but in any jcase, if the work is accomplished, it should be done by a local con- tractor. Too much of our money to Miami outfits who promptly ship it up to Miami. of Simonton St. to watch the boats | Undesirable Elements pass. Neither the County nor South | Beach provides such a sight. Now to get down ‘o brass tacks. . The City of Key West owns a een of land bordering Simonton | | and the waterfront. There was | ltahe last year of tearing down the jold cisterns that occupy this land and building a swimming pool. It} | was a proposition that ‘“‘This Rock | jof Ours” fought because it smacked | too much of a political hand-out for contractors and concession- aires — even if we disregard the fact that children would have to| cross the heavy traffic of the Is- jland to use it. We need to improve our natural resources before creat- ing artificial ones. I don’t think the Rev. Meeker and |pastor of the Old Stone Church), would object if this column uses along with “This Rock of Ours,” would like to see a small park with benches on the City-owned land across from Curry Sons on Simonton St. Both of these gentle- \their names in saying that they, | The first block ot Simonton St. has always been a place for evil | and criminal deeds. Without lights, it has proven to be an. ideal site for robbing shrimpers and leaving them unconscious in the dark, There has been murder committed. It is an attractive spot for per- verts. Young boys and girls find it an ideal location to park their cars in the darkness though, the Lord knows, it has none of the enhance- ment of a typical lovers’ lane. Those are only a few of the rea- sons why the City sould make every effort to improve. grounds. Others that might be mentioned are the ugliness of the broken, caved-in cisterns, the’ potential mosquito breeding area, waste of Paul Touchton, (the latter being | land sorely needed for recreation- al purposes to make our city more inviting to tourists. And so, once again “This Rock of Ours” urges the City Fathers to consider building a small park at the site mentioned. It also would like citizens to express their opinion to these commissioners WASTELAND? to get your shoes shined, and out} goes the bulletin: “Lost his whole week’s salary on the races.” The he-gossip operates by in- quisition as well as imagination. Suppose you are coming to work on a bus, and the fellow next to you bumps you in the eye with a lighted cigar. You pause at a drug store to put on a bandage, and as you step into the office little poison puss gallops up to express sym- pathy—and to find out what hap- pened. You explain. “But it’s against the smoke on & bus,” he objects. “IT know it. But this guy was smoking anyway.” “No kidding? You weren't in a fight with your wife, were you?” “You don’t think I’ve been fight- ing with somebody else’s wife, do you?” you grumble tes! law to); \ “No, of course not,” he says, and | immediately. grabs the lapel of the | next man through the door and whispers: “Look at Joe. Got a black eye. In a fight with some guy’s wife, I hear.” “Whose?”” “Search me. You don’t suppose it could be the bookkeeper’s wife, do | you? He was dancing with her a lot at the office Christmas party.” Well, in half an hour the office is buzzing with the news that old Joe got a lump under his lamp trying to play footsy-footsy with the bookkeeper’s hausfrau after dark. The only people who don't believe it are Joe and the book- keeper. And if the bookkeeper | hears the report he will suspect that Joe at least secretly would | like to make a pass at his wife. How can a man deal with a he- gossip? The same way women have sips: start a counter-campaign. For example, tell an office buddy: “As I was going home last night saw little big-ears Alvin bend over “What was it?” ‘Search me. But the guy ahead of him had just thrown away a cigarette, and a little farther on I noticed Alvin was smoking a mighty small butt.”” Before long the whole office will |believe the he-gossip is so cheap he picks up cigarette butts from the street. And a few may then reach the con that he gets most of his inside informatior. the same way. MINIS ER MAY GET PASSPORT TO JAPAN NEW YORK The Re Henry ¢ ter, denied port las ng for a trip has been granted a P. w have changed. He always done with gal gos- | and pick up something from | jthe sidewalk.” or can By DOROTHY ROE AP Women’s Editor NEW YORK (#—The French in- vasion of U. S. fashion continues apace this year as designers Christian Dior, Jacques Fath and |Elsa Schiaparelli show everything jfrom dresses, suits and coats to |hats, furs, gloves, men’s ties, hosiery, perfume and jewelry. | Dior accents in his showing the “portrait look” for spring with a sophisti- |huge collection of suave, cated fashions. The French master names his | U. S. collection from an Ameri can geography book, showing, for jinstance: a Navy shantung slim | dress and jacket named ‘‘Wash- | ington” a tweed suit called “Min- nesota”; a checked three-quarter coat named “Arkansas”; a heavy | silk multi-striped coat m black and white called “Wisc Dior likes the roundec | flowing for spring, makes his narrow possible highlights chroom-pleated bodices, a daz- array of stoles, varied ascots ree-and-easy” collar y pencil slim > varied feminine details such ot shed small up or bu skirts as apels tabbed collars detailed yokes lar and lapels, subtie hand the work often seve of the Jackets doth often have le and Pre three-quar. ff his collection ows @ senes of Lew tones sach as how ‘wood, drambue tally, as | the; men have dedicated themselves to 'with regard to the subject. BILL GIBB ASKS, “Shall this ugly sight continue to confront us ve have a place of beauty?"”—Citizen staff photo by Finch. French Invasion Of U.S. A. Women’s Fashions Continues shaded blue is dolphin, while boie de rose, grotto blue and budding green are some of the hues used in dresses and ensembles. Dior recommends the “small mink” fur accessory for spring, shows a series of triangular scarfs and stoles which combine fur and fabric. His hats borrow an Oriental look. He shows the “Bali Hai” hat, |shaped like a volcano and made in smooth straw. There are alse picture hats and bonnets, to com- Brewery ‘Out 6 Million Kegs Of Beer shoulder | into the natural waistline | ST. LOUIS, MO. — Whistles blew at Anheuser-Busch, Inc., at 11:45 a.m. December 30 to announve the shipment of the company’s six millionth barrel of Budweiser and Michelob beer of Budweiser and Michelob beer. This is the first time in the com- pany's 100-year history that siz lion barrels of beer have been ed and shipped in any one The previous sales record was ‘ast year's 5.479.314 barrels In honoring the event, August company officials, at @ ceremony in the company's Reception Room P ¢ to the more than 20 mi! ‘ n military service ng prominently ir the cere- as & $1,990.09 Government Sa bond ~ which needed only a name to be written in - screen and stage ster. O'Brien selected the name of Cpl. Robert L Conners, compeny mechigist, nw serving vith te amy & Korea A ther employes saw ia ser- © 2 golden minia ture of the 6,006,000» barrel.