The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 20, 1953, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ~ Wednesday, May 20, 1953 pt ABEL Sb" hcteabi. Jenin larete EO in serosa tn Pond ance The Key Mest Citizen Re eee ea eee 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 L. P. ARTMAN NORMAN D. ARTMAN __..__..__§_____ Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONE 2-566] and 2-5662 © published here. : Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier) 25¢ 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 ‘@nonymous communications, é BY THE C 1. More Hotels and Apartments. 2. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. 3. . Airports—Land and Sea. 4. Consolidation of County and City Governments. 8. Community Auditorium. ‘ IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED ITIZEN ; He kere & WEATHER BUREAU MEN GET LEFTHANDED APPRECIATION FOR SUPPORTING IKE Sam Goldsmith, meteorologist-in charge of the local Weather Bureau, said in The Citizen that the station the bureau has maintained at Boca Chica for several years will be combined with his office in the Federal Building, beginning June 1. ° a ? ’ , ; ‘When you pink anybody, do it goodnaturedly, as The : < Citizen’s bubbling Jim-Cobb pinked Sid McPhid about his| 3 i Mi : pals, Swinky Swanky and Jim Koodle de Flu, who are lux- seem at : q open ~ uriating in the Ten Thousand Islands. We won'tmy, “kisi ———~—~—™—t—SS to laugh”; instead, we'll smile reminiacently in recalling|,, fre Caicos chase of 1050" | rie Tone ene om : Dear ; all those closed . last year’s presidential campaign. Let some desk jockey in the H Poe i de 3 ay a! ty nt # eet So far as The Citizen has been faformed, the U.S. the papers that when |home office envy you as he, totes Weather Bureau was topheavy with Eisenhower suppért-|%U, bs UP your cap and Werte cs cole a at — ers, and now, in a lefthanded appreciation of their sup- . port, his administration has ordered the closing of 100 Weather Bureau stations in various parts of the conutry.' |* NEW YORK @—American men ey West is fortunate; it will get similar good service, are getting a name for being the Mr, Goldsmith explained in The Citizen, in the combin- indoor battalions of busi- /0"4's best husbands—and among ed station as it did in the two stations. But Orlando, : : i Wie Tia the adherents gave him a big majority, will ie moing. “erang > Tose i ee will Ft, Myers, which also teamed with : ~ So much for polities; now for the weather. Key West- erg are’dsking, will it ever ‘rain again? It certainly will, and we may have a downpour before this éditorial is published, As a rule, May is the month when rain begins to. fall in ~ Key West after the drought or near-drought of the immed- jately preceding two or three months. * é Mr, Goldsmith-said that the hurricane service will be- gin, as usual, on June 15. For a ‘centiry, Key Westers _. were not hurricane-conscious, as they are today. At that ‘time, they depended chiefly on barometers to inform them when a hurricane was coming this way. Many a hurricane _ did not come close enough to affect barometers, but now “hurricane riders’ in airplanes give Key. Westers news about heavy blows they are far away, sometimes than 2,000 miles, 4 “Past performances” are considered a good index for many things. If we apply them to hurricanes, they, the performances, assuming they run true to form, show that ‘the likelihood of ERE 5 F d & PEER BAGGRe f u gee | Sie Bete i if i ete iu f u ru eF FR i : AA iH ile ed a 826 beige Hite i t : g it ia : iit ite nee ill Hs _ to safeguard us-against hurricanes. Do as Weatherman Goldsmith tells you to do; batten up homes and other It is a blessing, for which we should be thankful, that hurricanes do not strike with the suddenness of tornados. ' Sometimes we know four or five days about a hurricane “before it hits the Florida mainland or passes out to sea, . EYEE isl { i de EE gE ie g i 8 s i i f bt it ; i A i ig i 2 i et i : e i: i is | i i Mi | i H if i Ht : | = ; F iH g Hie Fi; uty i | bet | t i g i i E ti E a MH : i : \ Rs t | ti ef f if if iH # | | a i f fiat HL i F } lt : : et : i | i x fs Lee i 4 [ feapey fees» Hmtiite] co] operate ih Fi EI it i | g i bre bet 2 i i f 4 4 ui f ri gt i i i | i i att i let" He | : | Fes ir Hi i i ve oe & Z er t i E is i : j E i I *