The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 4, 1953, Page 4

HAL LOYLE SAYS NEW YORK ®—Théteinway of the public who can is just twice as old as { afford car, Both families this yearte cele- brating the 100th and th niversary of products become famous name bi America. Theodore E. Steinway, ead of the House of Steinway,)oks with rather tolerant condesc\ion on the Ford family’s celebrpp, “How times flies,” he mus ‘| lunch the other day. “Why it sq only yesterday that young Hi came out of his bicycle rey shop.” Theodore is the grandson age 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Monday, May 4, 1953 The Key West Citizen 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 ly P. ARTMAN ‘WORMAN D. ARTMAN THE OTNER END OF THE TELESCOPE an Key West In Days Gone By From The Citizen Files a Ford } will buy an instrument played by | Paderewski, Rachmaninoff, : | Gershwin, and Fats Waller. an-| formula, they say, has have them to maintain peak quality in| and make a profit, There are 12,000 parts in a threse |legged Steinway of wood, iris jglue and strings, No one ! how many parts there are in @ two-legged human Steinway, but the family tries to turn them oug with the same disciplined care,’ The fifth generation of the family has now come into the business, How do you raise a Steinway? Henry Engelhard Steinway, President Theodore, who could blindfolded Prussian soldier who won a med put a piano together t 18, said: for his bugle playing at the Battl “First a Stein way goes out and of Waterloo, then became a cabifets a good wife. Then he lets net maker and emigrated here inpture take its course. 1853 in middle age to found the ‘When the offspring are 6, family piano business. started out on their musical Mrs. Rubin Appel left on the) Henry’s daughter, Doretta, gave|tion, Each must practice the afternoon train yesterday for Mi-| free piano lessons to help sell the/o an hour a day up to the ami where she will spend some | instruments her father and brothers | § or 16, After that he may time with relatives. made by hand. or, he may follow another The Steinways have succeeded |PT4sion as he chooses. for 100 years by creating a tradi- family has never turned tion — and sticking to it. They} out\ea) concert artist, But have never made a big play for/is Tired to be able to the mass market. | Some nd of a sound on a piano In 1853 they sold about 200 pia-| hapP& a pleasant tone. nos. This year they expect to sell} “ s into the factory only 3,500, That is only a little | school\rs at 15 and learns over 2 per cent of the 150,000j)net Mbg He works at pianos Americans buy each year,| kind of job in the factory but it is about 10 per cent of the| at leash, years, After dollar volume. he speChes in the field he Old Theodore says pridefully: | become Spested in. “We aren’t selling soap or hot| “I myS\was a floor salesman dogs, you know. We are selling} and hous@per for a long SS something that has to do with the| Now anon there is a sca spirit, the soul.” in the fan Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONE 2-5661 and 2-5662 20 YEARS AGO The reforestation question w1s/| brought before the Rot«ry lur.ch- eon today when members of that organization learned that there was a movement, according to state- ments made, under way to have approximately 150 men housed at the army post here who are to be employed in this particular work in this locality. Sponge sales for the past few days have been exceptionally good and the market remains steady. Purchasers have bought more than $7,000 worth since Monday. Bubscription (by carrier) 25c per week, year $12, by mail $15.60 ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issue and subjects of locai or general interest, but it will not publish anonymous communications, Mrs. Cornelia Warren, daught- er of Leo Warren, president of the city council, and Mrs. War- ren, who was s| with relatives in 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. Delmar Woods was an_ arrival over the East Coast yesterday from Islamorada to join Mrs. Woods, who is spending some time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Web- ster Roberts. Resetvations for the Mothers and Daughter’s Day luncheon to A LETTER FROM BILL LANTAFF like the p NEWEST COLOR TV Members of Congress, who are also members of the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, re- tently szy a demonstration of the newest color television. A color program was broadcast over an operating New York black and white channel, and owners of the conven- tional black and white sets saw the show in the usual black and white colors. However, color sets received the same transmission In color, and Representative Charles A. Wolverton, New Jersey Republican, who is chairman of the committee, is reported to have described the demonstration as “‘amaz- Ing.” Other members of the committee seem to agree with Mr. Wolverton that color television has reached the stagé where the consumers should enjoy its benefits. The colors reproduced in the latest tests were vivid and described yenerally as superior to any other color reception ever demonstrated before. In the color transmission system approved by the Fed- eral Communications Commission several years ago, a dif- ficulty was encouptered because thé color transmissions could not be received on the conventional black and white bets. In view of the latest test, there seems little reason for the FCC to continue to deny recognition and approval to the new compatible system. It is good news to know that present-day black and white sets will be able to receive color transmissions, and that owners of black and white sets todaywill probably not find themselves unable to receive some transmissions (col- or) at all. It appears that the new system will allow old sets to receive all transmissions, and enable those who would convert them to receive color, to receive both black and white and color on their screens. Never underestimate the importance most people at- Dear Neighbor: Two shocking examples of waste and inefficiency within the Mili- tary Deparmtents were uncovered recently by a House Government perations Subcommittee of which your Congressmen is a member, TheSubcommittee, who is head- ed by Rep. Walter Reihlman, New York Republician, is a carry-over of the Hardy Subcommittee of the! 82nd Congress that successfully in- vestigated practices of waste and inefficiency in the Military De- partment during the past two years, The “watch-dog” role of the Hardy group during that period resulted in a savings of many hun- dred millions of dollars. The two cases involved the pro- curement of 1,262,000 overcoats by the Army Quartermaster and the | purchase of 885 fork lift trucks by the Army and Navy. This column will take up the overcoat procure- ment case and next week’s column the case of the fork lift truck pur- chase. Information was received by the Subcommittee that the Army had a new overcoat in 1946 at cost to the government of Ter reid Hts ay Le facilities it made conditional a- wards to each of the 18 bidders in order to obligate funds which were to expire on June 30, 1946. Further investigation revealed that the Army later discovered that it had at least a million more of the standard wool overcoats in its supply system than it had known about. Consequently, the wool overcoats were continued in use, and in fact, are still being used, None of the new overcoats were issued until after the begin- ning of the Korean War - over 4 years after the initiation of the procurement, In addition, the Ar- my has been involved in continued and extensive litigation with these contractors, several of whom went broke trying to fill the order. The Quartermaster and Army Field Forces conducted tests on coats in 1947, 1948 and 1949 to de- termine its suitability for issue in lieu of the wool overcoats, which was after the procurement. It was discovered by these tests, thé coat was not: suitable for combat use, jand that although it was better for garrison use than the old wool overcoat, nevertheless the coat was bulky, did not fit properly, was too heavy, and that the leg- gins feature of the coat should be discarded. From 1950 to 1952, approximate- ly 750,000 of these coats were mod- ified at a cost of approximately one million dollars. Approximate- ly one half million of the unmodi- fied coats were issued for use of troops to be sent to or already stationed in the Far East. There is also some evidence that while analyze | modification of the coats was tak» ing place, there was a shortage of overcoats in TODAY'S BUSINESS MIRROR By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK —Business is on notice today that arms spending will likely pick up in the near future and that even after it slack- ens ‘spending will continue at a fairly high level indefinitely. Business is also on notice that it will be living for some time longer with an unbalanced budget, despite a proposed cut of 8% bil- lion dollars. A continuing federal deficit will mean more govern- ment borrowing, with all of its inflationary aspetts, The chance of any large cut in taxes seems unlikely for some time to come. These, at least, are the implica- tions that. many businessmen will see in President Eisenhower’s long -haul defense program and budget outlook. Congress, of course, may have different ideas than the President about appropriations, spending and taxes. But the President’s program would seem to hold out these pros- pects for business: New orders for military goods may come slower and smaller next year. But they will come steadily be held at the Woman's Ciub May 20 may be made with Mrs. William Phelan or Mrs. Norberg Thompson, 10 YEARS AGO The County Commissioners at} their meeting last night directed } Julius Stone, the county attorney to write to Representative Bernie C. Papy and Senator James Frank- lin, to have the legislature autho. ize the commissioners to contri- bute $15,000 annually toward the /maintenance of the proposed mun- icipal hospital. For more than a month The Citizen has been aware of the presence in Key West of three oil men, representing Texas in- terests, who have been obtaining leases for the purpose, they de- clare, of drilling wells to find out if they will yield oil. One of the men, @ geologist, told The Cit- izen several weeks ago, that he feels confident there are vast pools of oil under the Florida Keys. The lower chain of keys, he added, are @ continuation of the strata that are present in the great oil-producing wells in Tam- pico, Mexico. FHA Announces ‘Advisory Group The family sales gimmick has been the free use of their product to concert artists, They keep a purpose, and will ship one by air ‘or sea to a concert anywhere in the world. All the artist has to pay is the frieght and tuning charges. The Steinway theory: Members pool of 600 concert grands for this} pasiness and 69 2 rememlg cousin like that,” sa “He became @ eae M0 grower, or Mr, Steinwaytrame as if a string Wn him had plucked out of soe | out of it. Strike Activity Down In 1953 WASHINGTON (®—The Depart- ment of Labor said that strike | activity’ during the first three months of 1953 was less than dur- ing the same period a year ago, In the January-March period this year, the department said 550,000 strikers engaged in 1,300,- 000 stoppages with a resulting loss of 3,350,000 man-days of idleness, The figures a year ago were 744,- 000 strikers in 1,409,000 stoppages with 4,31,000 man-days of work lost. Cookie Order. | Filled For 6.1 | NEW YORK (AP) — Sgt. Tho mas C. Cooper’ of the, First Marine Division in Korea was hungry for cookies. Remembering the home economics department of his New WASHINGTON (#—The Federal | york High School, he wrote to the Housing Administration announced | superintendent of schools. the appointment of an advisory committee to make plans for im-| way to the sergeant. They were | proving housing conditions and matie by the students of Walton) home financing methods. Now 2,500 cookies are on their High School. Seven evoking class Commissioner Guy T. 0. Holly-| each baked 19 batches of cookie EXPENSH PACKAG BOSTON. (AP)—W\ would think of the a ping department whituses pounds of material to \, up ond ‘gram of merchandise iy, it’s very good in the jy, both the management athyst ers of Tracerlab of Bost erlab, shipping radio-acti ass encases each gram } | handling the shipment. With remote handling the material — like rad cobalt wire — is first a steel capsule. Then the ci is pushed into the heart of iron and lead container which tf lis bolted -and locked Foundries use radio-active cbt in instruments to detect flaws castings. ‘ for an indefinite number of years, varying the recipes with chocola tach to themselves, There are always two ways to look at things, your way and the other person’s way. Peace is preferable to fighting in Korea, even if the cold war continues after the truce. The President, it appears, is trying to do most of what he said he would do in his campaign, though progress somes slowly. HOLLYWOOD NOTES , doesn’t try to continue his weekly half-hour. Red’s first 10 weeks on TV con- than in a so-so offering every week. He'd live longer, too. . . « Coming generatiuns may suffer mass claustrophobia from watch- ing too many situation comedy shows. Why do all of them have | to take place indoors? I'd love to/| see just one exterior scene on “I} Love Lucy.” VA Removes All Restrictions On assuring a dependable prop of gov- ernment spending under the indus- trial economy. Actual spending may increase in the next few months, instead of decline as some businessmen had been fearing. Military spending in March was more than four billion gress may make for next year (perhaps four or five billion dol- when the tank or plane can be | delivered. Spending is on the increase oow because deliveries are coming fast- er. That is in large part due to the new machines and plants that 5Fe siepay s » day said the first meeting would; be held this month in Washington. | financing interests were represent- Fritz Burns, Los Angeles; E. A. Camp Jr., Birmingham, Ala.; Wal- ter Gehrke, Detroit; Philip M. Klutznick, Park Forest, Ill.; H. J. Mendon, Los Angeles, and James Rouse, Baltimore, chairman. Wrestier Wins Wager—Wow! NAPLES, Italy (#—On a recent moonlit Neapolitan night Tiberio Sibbracciao, a Naples wrestler, clambered up a ladder to the bed- room window of Miss Ermine Gilda Ottavini, $4. : ‘Then he carried ter down to the | garden in his arms, all 264 pounds of her. Her father, a retired army geo- eral, awoke and came roaring into the garden with shouts for police. He accused Sibbracciao of attempted elopement without éon- sent. ‘Elopement nothing.” the wrest- ier told the court. “I made a bet 1} carry her down a indéer to | the garden—and I claim I won that bet.” Ermine said that was correct. “Don't know shovt the bet,” jtuled the court, “but you've won | your case. Dismisse.!.” nuts, lemon and other good thin; He said both construction and | School funds paid the $45 posta; Just to make sure the sergeant ed in the group. Members are | will not try to eat all 2,500, they put an alternative adcress to “com- pany commander” un each pack- age. ‘Crossword Puzzle ‘Ba 4 ACROSS: 1, Departed 5. Ina frencied manner 9. Tube on which silk is wound 12. False god 13. Vilage 14. Regret 15, Afiectionate 32. King’s