The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 20, 1953, Page 6

Page 6 = =‘THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, January 20, 1953 The Key West Citizen Published daily (except Sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner and pub- lisher, trom The Citizen Building, corner of Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County &. P. ARTMAN Publisher NORMAN D. ARTMAN a Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2-5662 Mi lember 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! fublished here. ee Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier) 25c 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 nd subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish @nonymous communications. see 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, : lL 2 3 4. 5. MacARTHUR’S FADE-OUT General Douglas MacArthur has made a lot of head- Hines since he told a packed joint session of both houses | of Congress that old soldiers just “fade away”. He deliver- ed the keynote speech of the Republican’ convention in Chicago. He announced his support of Senator Robert Taft ‘of Ohio and warned of the election of a military man as President (an obvious slam at General Dwight D. Bisen- hower’s candidacy). Then, recently, he suddenly announc- €d that there was a “clear and definite” ‘solution to the Ko- rean mess, and after this announcement General isen- “Rower felt compelled to ask him to a meeting—since Ike was then doing everything he could to find a solution as he Rad prémised the taxpayers. “This meeting was top-play news all over the world €ven though nothing has come of it--yet. In all the head- nes thus far, though, there has been no hint that Eisen- hower and his advisers have asked General MacArthur to €ome out of his military retirement and accept a job in the Hew administration. MacArthur, of course, is comfortably fixed where he is, with-a private firm and a better salary, by ar, than he ever enjoyed in the army. The truth is, the two men-Eisenhower and MacArthur--do not have too much in common. ~ . The relationship of these generals in recent years has been cool and, even though little is said by either, that fact is obvious. MacArthur has done a number of things the average competitor would not forget. Eisenhower must have come close to taking a crack at the famous military commander on more than one occasion. Yet he has never fome out with it. When Ike was striving for the G.O.P. Homination (after turning down the Democratic nomina- tion, which he could have had), it was MacArthur who! ‘tried to head him off by swinging his support behind Taft and advising Republicans not to turn to a military man. Eisenhower did not reply to this MacArthur effort. And then--when Eisenhower was fulfilling a campaign promise to go to Korea in an effort to end the war, holding conferences with the military’s top brains in an effort to find the answer and doing everything he could to solve the problem, MacArthur announces that the solution is clear nd definite. Certainly, this put Ike on the spot. MacArthur das many followers. 2 MacArthur’s views are thought to have been a further | ‘argument in favor of applying greater force in Korea, and | doing much of what the Joint Chiefs of Staffs refused to | ‘@o, ‘when he argued it some time ago. If that is true, then he probably didnot fully convince the President-elect, who thas told friends he is against enlarging the Korean War. | Tm all of this unfolding of MacArthur news, however, one thing stands out rather clearly. MacArthur isn’t fading | away now any faster than he faded away after being re- | ®alled from Korea. He is still a controversial figure, and ‘still getting the headines, He always has and he probably always will. } }you would help me in contacting | that I speak for all wae | Marines who received these pack- People’s Forum ‘The Citizen welcomes sions of the views of its ers, but the editor res right to delete any t are considered libelous ranted. The writers should fair and confine the letters 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. MARINE’S THANKS Editor, The Citizen: I am a Marine servirg in Korea and this past’ Christmas caught myself and many other Marines without mail or packages from home. This was due mainly to the | fact that mail didn’t catch up with us while we were being trans- ferred from outfit to outfit, how- ever most us did receive at least one package and this was due to} someones thoughtfulness back there j in the states. I was one of these people who received only one! package and inside was a small card bearing only the following in- | formation:': “Greetings from the | Jay Shees of Key West, Florida,” I would appreciate very much if expres read- s the this group. and extending our sincere thanks to them. Under con- ditions like these it really helps a guy along to know that there are some as thoughtful as . this back there in the states. I know the other ages and if you are so kind as to use your paper in getting this word of appreciation to them, then please let us know. Thanks for your trouble, Respectfully, ‘D. C. Thompson Cpl. D. C. Thompson, USMC Regimental Service Battery, 11th Marines 1st. Marine Division, F. M. F. Care of F. P. O. San Francisco, California. IMPENDING LOSS Editor, The Citizen: Key West is in imminent danger of losing one of its most valued assets. Every Charitable Organi- zation, one or more of the Busi- ness Clubs, and at least one of the Fraternal Associations, may lose a constructive force, not replaceable with money, Hundreds of our citi- zens and visitors that within the Past four years have experienced the Spiritual impact of this man’s character, are about to be depriv- ed of his aid, comfort and advice. It would be out of order in this letter to cite the material interests of the Congregation of the First Presbyterian Church, and it is sufficient to state that influence has been brought to bear upon the officers of the Presbytery to which the First Presbyterian Church is subject, to require the Session of the Church to proceed ih the pro- cess of replacing Rev. Ralph Rogers, presently Temporary Sup- ply Minister to the congregation. Nor is it to be expected that the people af Key West should be in- terested, in any great degree, in the continuing growth and _in- fluence for good of the Church. They are, however, thru their Organizations, Fraternal, connec- tions and their’ personal contacts with Rev. Rogers, not only interest- ed but deeply concerned over the possible loss of this friend. The majority of the Congrega- tion, as expressed by signatures, have asserted their desire that Rev. Rogers be retained as their A FEATHER IN OUR CAP AND. BEE-IN OUR. BONNET NEW YORK (—Ladies, if you want a real dream man, merry a guy who is bald-headed, drinks tea and smokes cigars. He may not look exactly like the man of your dreams, but he ~is, With the help of science I have figured this out as an unselfish public service to American woman- The trouble with women has been that they don’t recognize the man they really want when they see him. They are confused. They need some guide posts. I have them. (Edjtor’s note: Oh, No, Boyle. Not again. Why don’t you take up bird-watching?) Let’s start at the beginning. Do all women truly pine for a gent who is “‘tall, dark and handsome?” No. They don’t buy cold cream be- cause of the shape or tint of the container. It is the same when they shop for a husband. The inner man is more important than his packaging. What kind of a man do women really feel will make them happy? They all agree pretty much on the essentials. They want a man who is romantic, a money-maker, brainy, sure of himself, and sociable. That means, first of all, the ideal beau is probably bald-headed. For it has been known for a long that Minister. that baldies are more virile lovers | letters }30, Key West, within the next few Those of us that have had the privilege of knowing’ Ralph Rogers, are fully apprised of his Christian ministery. I believe that most of us endorse his doctrine that Chris- tianity supersedes Denomination. Those of us that have had need of Spiritual help on occasions, have found him adequate andgin full understanding of our need. His daily visits to the sick, both at homes and in the Hospitals, have supplied in full measure the ther-! apy his Christian counsel affords. The Red Cross, March of Dimes and all other organizations of a charitable and relief nature, have found him ready and eager to help at any time. I believe that all who have heard his sermons can add at the end of each one, “So saith the Lord.” : This letter is written without consultation with, or — influence | from, any group, in or out of} the Church. Its purpose is to in-} form the people of Key West of their impending loss and_ solicit | from you, Mr. Editor, and from | all of Rev. Roger's friends, help in retaining his services to the | | community } This help can best be given by addressed to St: John’s | Presbytery, requesting that body | jto rescind their directive to the | Session of the First Presbyterian | Church to replace Rev. Rogers To assure delivery at the pro- per destination, letters should be | mailed the writer, P. O. Box No. | t P. Winter 1421 Whalton Street | Key West, Florida. some cream puffs for Here's a new way to fill them: Put about a teaspoon of sweetened whipped cream in each put, ¢ well-drained can Red pe es, and then cream the crea rs’ sugar. i } Served on a piece of optical glass, j to pic! than men whose heads look like an unclipped buffalo robe. If you don’t believe this, ask any bald-headed man. He'll tell you romance is al- ways in his heart. Baldies also are more likely to have high incomes and to be steadier workers. They have to earn more money to afford al! <hr lotions they buy in an attempt to grow their hair back. (A girl who told a man she liked him bald could then have all the money to spend on herself.) Now as to the tea-drinking, cigar- smoking male. Dr. Erich von Knaffl-Lenz of the University of Austria has supplied the tip that a man with these habits is a fine matrimonial bet. Dr. Knaffl-Lenz’s name may sound like an Austrian dessert but he is a world authority on what different stimulants do to human beings He has found that tea is the most stimulating beverage for the intel- man (it stirs up his ignorant mus- cles) And he gives this picture of a man puffing on a cigar Boredom does not arise, mental work is more readily accomplished, disturbing anxiety is relieved, fa- tigue is banished and preoce tion with the ego is lessened wii a resultant increase im sociability.” uch a fellow is even less likely uartels with @ wife, for as f1-L ays: ects facilitate urse of negotiations, as we know from the pipe of peace and the good cigar.” There you are ladies—the real he-man of your dreams. What more could life hold for you than looking across the breakfast table at an ever-loving beid-headed bus- band, ig tea and blowing a big fat cigar for earning After he’s gone moke :mell out of you can get the si manners THE CONCH OBSERVES By SID McPHIL hhh kad dak de dh hd ddd de dd dd (Editor's note: Sid McPhid, as many Key Westers will recall, wrote a column, 20 years or so ago, for The Citizen under the above headline. The column was discontinued when Sid, Swinky Swanky and Jim Koodle de Flu left for the Ten Thousand Is- lands to spend one week on each island before returning to Key West. However, Sid came back last Friday to attend to the settlement of an estate, in which he has a major interest. He has promised, before leaving to re- join his pals, to write for The Citizen some of his experiences in the Ten- Thousand Islands, from which he and his pals will not finally return till about 200 years from now. Asked how they expect to live that long, Sid re- plied he would answer that ques- tion convincingly in his next Citi- zen article, Sid is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney L. McPhid, who left here many years ago to re- side in jadelphia.) 100 AGAINST 96 I stopped my borrowed bucket of bolts¥ at the foot of Front Street, 30 feet. from Pete Roberts’ fish stall, but he was meditating so deeply he neither saw nor heard jit stop. When I alighted, I called | out, Hyah Pete, wake up!" and he jtook his left hand from under his chin and his left elbow off the stall, and shot back, “Sid, you're just the man I want to see.” I stopped: at his stall, and he resumed, “Siggy just left here, be- moaning the scarity of old people in Key West. He said when he was a boy we had s0 many old folks they were rounded up once a year and taken out to the Second Tower and shot. Is that true?” “Pete, Sigd likes to lather on baloney to drive home his point, but there is much truth in what he says, about our lack of oldsters, ranging from 80 to a few years more than 100. And they were strong and husky too in the old days. I remember one Saturday afternoon, when I came to market to buy grunts to team up with grits for Sunday morning’s breakfast, hearing a ruckus in Curry’s ship- yard, and I ran there to find out what was up or down. Six men, Pete, ranging in ages from 94 to | 103, were hot at it in a wrestling | match. } “You're right about their ages, thrill I’ve had in all my life. You’ve heard people talk about hair stand- ing up? You may think it’s a joke, but it’s true. About the middle of the struggle, I took off my coneh- hat to erane my neck over a man’s shoulder, and it turned out to be Begley Filer’s father. He glanced at me and said, ‘I see, Pete, you’ve changed your haircut,’ and I‘re- plied, ‘No, sir, Mr. Filer, I haven’t changed it,’ and he said, ‘This is the first time I’ve ever seen you with a pompadour.’” “Man, sir, Sid, I ran my left hand over my hair from the front to the back, and it was stiff and straight up, as high as this.” Pete put the palm of his left hand | THIS ROCK OF OURS By BILL GIBB Did you notice how the Citizen’s Friday editorial completely contra- dicted and refuted ““This Rock’s” viewpoint of the FBI? Tut — tut! Mr. Editorial Writer — you were looking into the past and the success of the FBI with regard to criminals. I was looking into the future. The FBI has dimi- nished its work in the criminal field and nowadays is most active- ly engaged in political inquisitions. Such a change will either give them the power of a dictator or cause their downfall. Democracy goes flying out the window when government servants are allowed té pry into everyone’s private life. But pardon me, J forgot that I've never been able to convince you that any employee of the gov- ernment — whether he be ditch- digger, County Judge, State Re- presentative, or President of these United States — must be consid- is one of the keystones in the foundation of Democracy. Nevertheless, I’m proud of the freedom of speech which the pub- lisher of The Key West Citizen maintains. The very fact that a newspaper will publish two oppo- site views of the same situation proves why we should love the United States and the principles on which it is founded. Scotland Yard In the above mentioned editorial, Scotland Yard — or to be correct, New Scotland Yard— was likened to the FBI. There is no compari- son whatsoever. 2 New Scotland Yard is a police department and confines itself to London except by request for out- side aid. Readers of. Sherloek Holmes should remember that the stories are fiction —— not facts. Here in the U. S. the practice of loaning specially qualified men to help another city’s crime problem is also practiced. e We have an Intelligence Corp in both the Army and Navy. Unfor- tunately, it has been the history of these outfits that they too often provide havens for socialites — the same as the Diplomatic Corp. Bas- ically, however, most of our Intel- ligence department is made up of hardworking men and women. It is their job to provide security for By SAM DAWSON about four inches above the back} NEW YORK (W®—Business — of his right hand, “But it had need to stand up, for I hadn't seen before, and haven't seen since, such an exhibition of strength and quickness as I saw in that struggle. Tiger Tom was rightly named. He was fair in his holds, but no tiger could have been more ferocious than he was. It seemed to be all over with Joe Go-to Blazes, because he was al- most four years older than Tom and not as strong. But what he lacked in strength he more than made up for in quickness. They were stripped from their waists up, and never in my life have I seen shoulder and back muscles flex as fast as their did. like most everything else in Amer- ica—through Tuesday will have more of its mind on the hoopla in Washington than on business. Even the confidence boom that developed after the election has simmered down to watch the in- auguration and to wait for the coming messages in which the new President will outline his policies. Stock market traders mostly took last week off, figuring that back up to the 1930 level they wait and see. ered a servant of the people. That |, the nation insofar as foreign poll tics and military matters are cerned. Why not let the FBI to the job it was created for — prehending criminals? If I'm mistaken, there is still a crime going on within our na‘ Fault-Finding Céntinuing with the same edito- rial we find that often theme: “Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones.” Or, to quote exactly: “And why beholdeth thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine ows eye.” Pretty words and true enough. But a man can also see a in his brother’s eye and help to get it out, even though he self has_a beam in his own “Brotherly love” it might termed by some; “constructive cri- ticism” by others. ny It has been my experience that the wrongs I do, the mistakes I make, are often repeated until some kind soul calls my attention to them. He might correct me harshly or kindly, he might be friend or foe, but his criticism: of my ignorant conduct serves to open my eyes and make a better man of me. If we bury ourselves up a little Conch shell, we're not to be of much use to the A. H. Welford Has written: “I have had qui a few tourists ask me how to’ H’wy No. 1 to get out of Key At the intersection of White & s il 72g? man and Simonton & there is rio sign showing w! 1 is. In fact the only signs I of in KW are at Whitehead Truman and Eaton & White.” Your letter was greatly ciated, Mr. Welford, though to cut it short. Signs would benefit to tourists. ve thought of it from we erect signs showing tl ee Business, Nation Wait For : Changes With New Leadership ment will break all records this exes ee rvest season June employment set a after pushing the price averages ing, had sufficiently discounted the new |! regime in advance. Now they'll rn But business and industrial re- “A dozen times, a score of times, |ports, filtering in through , the it seemed like it was all over with |breathing spell, show how far-the Joe, but he wiggled out of every hold Tiger Tom tried on him, Al- most all the crowd was roaring for Joe, because he was older and smaller, but it seemed like good- night for him when Tom got him in a headhold, but just about the time I felt 1 was on the point of spitting up my heart, Joe, got a hammerlock on Tom. Down, down went Tiger Tom, while his mouth contorted as he tried to break the lock. He flopped from side to side, like a fish on a wharf before you hit him with a bruiser but it was useless. In a few minutes his shoulders were pinned to the d."* “Pete, what reason do you as- sign for our not haying so many old people now?” “Because we lost the coffee- drinking championship of the world.” “That reminds me of a story I read in one of a bundle of copies | of The Citizen Swinky received ce boom has gone. Steel mills, that usually make just another month out of Janu- ary, are running at such a clip this time that they may push out- put for the month to a new record high. Retail trade has continued since Christmas at an unexpectedly high rate. The nation's chain stores and mail order companies now report- ing on their December business, show it topped all records. The holiday sales were large enough in almost all cases to put the firms’ sales for the entire year anywhere from 2 to 9 per cent above 1951 dollar volume. Home builders also report 1952 turned into a better year than | first anticipated, and ‘better than 1951 by 4 per «ent. It was the {fourth straight year that housing i starts topped one million units. | Many builders are predicting a slight drop this year from the 1,- | lectual man, coffee for the athletic |Sid, but wrong about the number, | from his folks when we were an | 131,200 in 1952, but most think they will reach the million unit mark There were eight of them, and they | Alligator Island. The story told were engaged in an elimination! about President Truman's drinking match. Four of them were elimi- | coffee in Cabrera’s restatrant, and nated that Saturday and two of the | contained a statement by Jeff four in the semi-finals were elimi- | Kgight that your record in drinking |nated the next Saturday. Tiger,| coffee is 33 cups a day. Is that |Tom (Thomas H. Knowles), 96, |true?” jand Joe Go-to-Blazes (Joseph! “Well, I'll tell you, Sid: 1 don't |Emelius Saunders), who lacked |deny or question anything Jeff four months of being’ 100, were says because he has a cherry tree {lined up in the finals. | growing in his back yard that is 2 “Sid, that match kept up for 43 | direct descendant of the one George jminutes, and it was the biggest | Washington cut down.” we draperies by, | with chlorophyll, | Quit dreaming, girls. that man, and know utter happi- ness. spraying them | FIGHTING MEN GIVE Gs find | SEOUL —Polio fund contribu- tions from American fighting men jim Korea passed the $43,000 mark i Monday. (Editor's note: It is only fair to) S z warn our lady readers that Boyle | Eight armed forces radio stations | himself is getting bald, drinks tea, |*7* Promoting the campsign with and smokes eight cigars a day | ™arathon dise jockey raows right down to the stub. This isnot) Weary. hoarse disc jockeys be to say, of course, that be is im any can spinning records at 6 @ m way prejudiced.) iSatarday and haven't stopped. | again. Building materials manufactar- lers, anticipating keener competi- |tion, are setting up displays in {Chicago to entice the members of |the National Association of Home | Home appliance makers also are on hand. Most of them predict a {big year ahead for appliances but admit competition will be much | greater. | Housekeeping by industry is also jlooking for = big year. With ex- pansion of industrial plants at a jpeak, the need for plant mainte- nance—and the reduction of op erating costs—is being stressed at the plant maintenance show open- | ing today in Cleveland. Some 7,600 | pradscts which help tc keep « plant tidy and profitable are on display. Workers also have a booming note of cheer from the Bares uot Employment Security in the labor | department | At the North Pole, every diree i Ms director predicts employ- | tion is south.