The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 6, 1953, Page 10

Page 106 ~ THE KEY WEST CITIZEN er ee eens CO hla i in linlialin lind ion iin ndindn bndin dn dn bn bn nn Ont td Monday, April 6, 1953 Building Of Atomic Sub Is Observed By Newsman 0444444444444444424444446 2404Aeeee446 | ing the first atomic-powered craft it Pays To Advertise Senor Rafael del Vizo, known in| Hayana where he is a top-flight fadio commentator as Siboney,| dropped into the office the other | day and offered a few thoughts | on the Key West tourist situation | which were extremely interesting. | Mr. del Vizo, who broadcasts; over CMQ, Cuba’s top station, has | an idea that it would not be a bad deal for the City of Key West | to do a little advertising in Havana! in an attempt to lure Cuban} tourists who are in the habit of; spending their vacations in Mia- mi, to the city. When Americans go to Cuba, they usualiy buy a couple of mar-/| acas, their quota of rum and that) is it, But, when Cubans come to} this country they arrive here load- | ed with money and in a buying mood. Everything from television suts | to. automobiles are purchased. Miami has been getting just about all of the business and there is, Siboney feels, no reason why a little of this commerce could not be funneled into this city. An example of the magnitude of their spending is the fact that .Cuban tourists spent — $56,000,000 last year in this country. Now that the county Commis- sion has some money in their budget for advertising, a little of it might be well spent in Havana. It'd pay off. And the city’s merchants, who | stand to gain no little revenue by such a promotion, might band to- | gether and try to figure out ways and means to promote the city as a mecca for Cubans. Besides, they are nice people to have around. Charter Chatter For the benefit of folks who are! wondering just what is in the city charter that we have been hear- ing so much about of late -- we'd like to suggest that the city fath- ets donate at least one of the dozen. odd copies that are lying around the city hall to the Public Library so that local citizens could refer.to it and see what}. makes the city tick, Of course, if those who would | like to see it tossed out in favor of the council manager form are successful, it would correctl} be- long on the history shelf. , Phone Bill Court House habitues were won- dering Tuesday morning, when all the phones there became in- operative, if County Clerk Earl | Adams had neglected to pay the WHATEVER YOUR NEEDS IN THE LINE OF Children’ TOYS COME TO THE TROPICAL TRADER 718 Duval St. Dial 2-6262 { COMING APRIL 15*16+17+18 PHARMACY The Rexall Store 1114 Truman Ave. Corner Varela Street DIAL 2-7641 ... Ear To The Ground By JIM COBB phone bill. He had - paid it, that 1s. That's the Guy In answer to many queries: The silvery haired man with the brogue making with all of the cute suggestions on the other night at Rep. Papy’s hearing was none other than Duffy the Plumber. Sample suggestion: “‘Y’all (the county commission) oughta quit.” Some of his suggestions had merit, at that. Benefit Dinner Restaurant-man Benny Fernan- dez is a guy with a great big heart and on May 8th he will turn the entire gross proceeds of a special dinner to be served all day over to-the high school band. Ben- ny has scheduled a one dollar din- ner and he is going to pay the entire cost himself. He hopes that 2000 Key Westers will show up to put some moola in the coffers of the group so that they can pur- chase uniforms, music and other necessities. As Benny put it: “The more people that show up -- the more it will cost me and the better I'll like it.” How about that! ! ! Duval Street Vignette Ben Ketchum giving out with his daily report on Big Rupert Knowles who is ailing in Monroe General Hospital (Rupert’s prow- ess as a souse brewer is legend- ary). . .The pride of Miami, Pat- rick Murphy, shopping for bau- bles with the mystery woman. . . The cabbies bemoaning the fact that a trip to Mom’s that used to net them five bucks can now be made by bus for only 15 cents. . . What ever happened to the Gyp- sies?. . .The woman, with blue hair sailing through a red light in her Chevvy. . Jimmy Roberts back at the helm at La Concha . . -Eddy Miller telling of the character who wandered into the bar and asked for a Tortugas, ex- tra Dry. CONGRESSMEN ARE TO SEE ATOM ‘TESTS WASHINGTON (#—All 531 mem- bers of Congress have been invited to attend one of the tests of atomic weapons currently being conducted in Nevada. Rep. W. Sterling Cole extended the invitations Saturday in letters Suggesting that members might be aided in “evaluating the national defense problems.” Cole, new chairman of the Sen- ate-House Atomic Energy Commit- tee, listed four dates, and said Congress members could select one of the four for a two-day trip to Nevada, The Choco Indians of Panama use bows and arrows, but travel jin boats powered by outboard motors. A BOOST — The a Navy guided (Editor’s Note: Elton C. Fay, As- sociated Press military affairs re- porter, recently completed several stories on the building of the atom- ic-powered submarine, as he saw the work in progress in labora- tories and plants across the coun- try. When he returned from this tour, one of the first by a news- man, he set down the following observations on the people en- gaged in the epochal project.) By ELTON C. FAY WASHINGTON (#—What is mak- lin history? Is it just nuclear fission and engineering skill and shipbuilding | art that will produce the nuclear } submarines Nautilus and Sea Wolf? | Or is it also the almost fanatical | urge and drive of a few thousand men fired by the spirit of creating something entirely new in the |. world? | You started out. by knowing just jone Navy captain, intent beyond | all other interests on getting an) atomic submarine built, Hyman G. Rickover. But you discovered, as| jyou moved around trom one place | |to another, that the project was/ |full of Rickovers — hundreds and | thousands of them. | He either had hammered his own ; zeal into them or it was conta- gious. Rickover spread the conta- gion. He kept popping up at near and far places, at unexpected times of the day and night, in- sisting on conferences, fast-talking industrial executives and workmen | into greater speed, demanding ma- terials, snapping angry arguments when there were delays. Now all hands are obsessed with getting that first submarine in the water and out to sea under her | own, new power—come hell or high | water. Recall the people you met or, watched at the Idaho test station, ; att he: Pittsburgh and Schenectady laboratories, at the Groton ship- yards? There was the Atomic Energy) Commission (AEC) official at one plant, the mark of weariness from months of overwhelming work upon him, still telephoning, hurrying, eating a sandwich at his desk while he signed papers. The young submarine service ; lieutenant was landlocked in Ida- ho. “Yes, sir,” he said, “it looks like this will have everything a} submariner wants in a submarine. | The crew I am training for the new submarine is picking up re- | sponsibility, fast. No strain. No, I; don’t get submarine pay when I’m | out here, but it’s worth every pen- | ny_I lose that way.” | The women on the clerical staff of the project headquarters here | in Washington .*. learning the Greek alphabet because they should be familiar with symbols , used in nuclear equations ... vis- | iting the place where a reactor was | being built and a shipyard, so they | would have an idea of what it was they were working at. | The rows of draftsmen hunched | over drawing boards at a shipyard, | pinpointing details. The boss say: | they insist on working overtime, | | but it begins to tell on efficiency. ‘| Even the automobile driver for | }an AEC installation seemts to have | |a remarkable understanding of the | | project. | The Navy Wave yeoman who; cried from weariness évery night | \for the first two weeks when she | } went home from her high-pressure | jwork in the captain's office—and., | Row says she would try to get out tof the Navy if they transferred | |her to another assignment. } | The big company executive bead- ling home to bolt dinner and then | return to confer until midnight with | Washington officials. | j It is possible, even probably, | ithat the Rickover technique has lost him friends and support in me circles, including naval. | The Navy is an old and some | what ponderous organization. It {has prescribed patterns fordoin g Leverything, carefully set down in \regulations. They do not include i shortcuts to bypass superiors nor rgent persuasions and pressures | upon industrialists—whatever the | zeal of the project direcor or merit ‘of the program | So when Rickover’s name came jup for a promotion to rear ad- miral, as an engineering duty of ficer, the selection boards had no pronounced enthusiasm for slap- ping the star - studded shoulder beards on the captain. They passed him over twice. That, ac- cording to custom, meant he was Canadian Officers Finish Instruction Lts. William Onysko, Frederick E. Denison, Lorne E. Minogue, and Ernest McCubbin of the Royal Canadian Navy, Flight Lieuten- ant Zenon Charko df the Royal Canadian Air Force, and Flight Lieutenant Ronald Greentree of the Royal Australian Air Force, have recently completed tours of instruction at the -U. S. Naval Ad- vanced Under ‘Sea Weapons School in Key West, Florida. All of the officers have been studying one or more of the U. S. Navy’s latest electric torpedoes. The purpose of the course was to teach the methods used by our Navy in combatting the enemy submarine menace. Each will return to his country where he will be instru- mental in ‘setting up advanced under sea weapons schools, This will bolster each of the services anti-submarine warfare capabili- ties and further aid in the de- fense of Democracy., While in the Southernmost city of the United States, they have enjoyed living and playing in one of the nation’s resort cities fa- mous for outdoor sports the year round. « Many of the officers were ac- companied by their wives and Yamilies and the warm friendshpis which were built up while in Florida will be long remembered when they have returned to their native countries. Insurance Men To Attend Meet Arthur L. Valladares and Adolph J. Lastres of Key West have been cited as delegates to Life Insurance Company of Georgia’s convention at Daytona Beach April 26-29. Their outstanding record dur- ing 1952 qualified them and their wives for the trip. They are members of the President’s Club, top honor group among the Co: pany 3,000-man field organiza- tion, Mr. Valladares is a staff manager and Mr. Lastres an a- gent. One thousand men and wives from all sections of the South | will attend. It is believed that the balloon was invented in France in 1782. headed out of the service, to re- tirement. Many of the people with whom he associated thought Rickover should be a rear admiral — and so, apparently, did some members of Congress. The Navy, now under new management, changed i mind, decided to add a billet in the new list of admirals. Not en- tirely by coincidence, the specifi- cations for the man to fill that billet seem to describe Rickover. | Have You Heard? Tuesday Nite! NAVY NIGHT Key West Kennel Club SERVICE MEN Admitted FREE YOU CAN DO SOMETHING about your money problem. 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