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

Page 4 Cae cs THE KEY WEST CITIZEN The Key West Citizen eee Published daily (except Sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner and pub- fisher, from The Citizen Building, corner of Greene and Ann Streets. Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County i. P, ARTMAN Publisher NORMAN D. ARTMAN Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONE 2-566] and 2-5662 a Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it @r not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published here. LL Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier) 25¢ per week, year $12, by mail $15.30 nee ee etn po pe os ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION ep ee a a 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, IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1.. More Hotels and Apartments. 2. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. 3. Airports—Land and Sea. 4 Consolidation of County and City Governments. %. Community Auditorium, —_———— THE CITIZEN, IN COMMON WITH ALL KEY WESTERS, HONORS ‘PETE’ FERNANDEZ ‘Every American, who has a deep sense of the great- ness of his country, feels, as Jet-Ace Manuel Fernandez felt, when he said that the ovations given him by his fel- low Americans filled him with a feeling of humbleness. Indeed, several times, while plaudets were ringing in his ears, he declared that he was “humbled.” ) Why was he humbled? Because he knew that the cumulative technical knowledge and industrial genius of America made it possible for him to shoot down 14 1/2 Migs in the Korean dogfights. The Citizen has not heard it said whether the Ameri- ‘can Sabre-Jets or the Russian Migs are faster, but it does know that the Sabres have greater maneuverbility, and that the percision of the gunsights on them are far better than those used by the Migs. : The sights are little short of marvelous. A layman, who glimpses a jet-plane shooting over his head, may well wonder how the pilot can hit another jet going as fast or faster. A good idea of how fast a jet streaks through the air may be obtained by any Key Wester who saw them in flight during an Armed Services parade held in Key West ‘a year or so ago. The jet was out of sight by the time the noise of its exhaust was heard. Strong nerves and instant quickness are required by a jet pilot to determine how good a jet plane may be or how excellent its precision sight. Fernandez, a hometown boy, with many of his relatives, including his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Fred Demeritt, still residing in Key "West has the strong nerves and instant quickness to act. Key Westers, like all other Americans, prefer peace to war, but, when war comes, we, in common with ail Americans, pay honor and homage to the men who fought at the front for us. We have so honored a good many Key Westers. but in no instance has the honor we have shown our fighting men been earned as spectacularly as it has in the case of “Pete” Fernandez. ; The Citizen, in common with all Key Westers, trusts that his success in our Air Force will continue to be brilliant. Newspaper advertising is still a bargain. The best way to sell is to advertise good products. No one is interested in the pain you had the other day. This is the time of year to fix the date for your vaca- tion. Adult education is more of a problem than juvenile education. It is a relief not to be facing a national political cam- paign this year. . The world is filled with two classes of people—ama- teur and professional. Local self-government is an important right and her. itage in this country sometimes overlooked. Why some people take themselves so seriously is a puzzle that probably escapes their own solution. Don’t worry too much about your boy or girl—just be aure their parents set them an example worth following. | | | The people who live next door to you are just as good as those you will meet on your summer vacation; why not cultivate them a bit? The individual with a reputation to maintain is very often put on the spot without in any way desiring to be what the world calls a “big shot.” i - Wednesday, June 10, 1953)" The World Today By JAMES MARLOW WASHINGTON ® — Now, after three years of a shooting war with communism, who’s ahead? The West can claim some advantages. So may the Communists. This country, backed by the United Nations, set out to stop Communist aggression and it suc- ceeded. After three years of the Korean fighting which began in June, 1950, the two armies facé each other where the fighting be- gan: at the 38th Parallel. The stand taken by the U.N.’ in Korea may have discouraged Com- munist aggression elsewhere in those three years. If the Russians used Korea to see whether they could overrun one’ country after another without fear. of war with the West, they found they couldn’t, The evidence that the U.N., with this country shouldering much of the burden, was willing to make great sacrifices in men and money to stop Communist attacks any- where could not but strengthen other countries everywhere against the Communists. This was a gain by itself for the West. And the Korean attack shocked the West, which until then had lain like an inert and weapdnless giant on the Russian doorstep, into tight alliance and real rearmament. This was its -greatest gain in the war. But the alliance, the rearming and the finghting in Korea cost the Allies, particularly this country, plenty in men and money. The ef- fect of this cost ‘and ofthe ‘three years of fighting which wound up nowhere has begun to show. Already, even though the Rus- sian menace hasn't diminished, the West has-begun to slow down on/ its arming long before being fully | armed. And cracks in the alliance | are beginning. to appear. Western Eruope, much closer to | the Russian threat than the U. S., | urges this country to come to j at no cost except for the breath it required to murmur “peace.” The West began slowing down on arm- aments when the Russians began mild talk. So if the Korean War has wearied the Allies to the point where they long for peace so much that they are willing to make greater com- Promises with the Communisst than they would have three years ago, the Russians have gained. The Russians had to furnish great mili- tary supplies in the Korean War for the Chinese Communists, just as this country had to do most of the supplying on the U.N. side. This meant a greater burden on the Russian economy, just as it did here. * But in doing so they had to step up their arms production wiich strengthened their capacity for making larger war, if and when. In the Korean War the North Koreans and the Chinese did the dying on he Red side. And the supplies which the Chinese Com- munists had to deliver to Korea hit them at the very moment they were trying to improve China in- ternally and thereby increase their control of it. Yet, at the same time, the Chi- nese were able to use this war to test their fighting techniques and build up their armies, for even bigger adventures in Asia. And the ability of the Chinese Communists to stand off the men and latest military science of the West must certainly have increased respect for them, and their power, among the other peoples of Asia. The Communists stand to lose nothing by an armistice. They can | use the period of the peace talks to build up their military positions in case they suddenly decide on a new attack. At the same time they can use Korean peace talks, with all the| delays and’ haggling involved, as a understanding with the Russians,| handy instrument for trying to apparently in the blind hope that |create even further dissatisfaction somehow maybe there can be/ among the Allies. peace. An armistice means only a pause If the Russians can play upon the | in the shooting while the dangerous mixed emotions of the Western | in-fighting of the peace talks go on. Allies and split them even more,/The real victor in Korea isn’t they will have won a lot of ground | known yet. Notes By BILL GIBB Some motorists seem to feel a childish urge now and then to show off by tramping on the gas and roaring down the highway at breakneck speed, Dick Hunter, head of Dick’s Tire Service, ob- served today. “But,” he added, “‘if these show- off motorists would consider what their speeding is costing them in terms of dollars, it might make better and more careful drivers! out of them.” Dick was discussing the June traffic safety program .of this col- umn and the National Safety Coun- cil, with which his business is co- operating. “The slogan of the June pro- gram, ‘Speeders Lose,’ is true in every sense,” he said. “Not only do speeders endanger ~ often lose ~ their lives, but they always lose money. At the pocketbook level, | driving costs go up every time the driver steps too hard on the acce- |lerator.” The most immediate added ex- Penditure is for gas and oil, Dick ed from 40 to 65 miles an hour, most 30 per cent. And the amount (of oil consumed goes up almost |four times for the same increase in speed. “Tires will wear out mvch faster when a car is driven at speed,” he said. “Wear and tear }on tires is two and one half times more per mile at 65 miles an hour jthan at 40, And high speed | driving depreciates a car more | Tapidly, too.” Dick pointed out that used car {dealers often stress the good treatment given a car thcy are af- fering for sale: They like to em- Phasize the conservative speed at | which the car has been operated - | fact usually obvious to the pros- | pective buyer because of the good | condition of the car. “Speed plays a definite part in the car life -- and lower operating speeds make your car worth more,” he said, “When thé’ Key West Police Dept | — | STATE SUPREME COURT Pointed out. When speed is increas- | gasoline costs per mile jump al-| high | |IS FACING BUSY MONTH HOLLYWOOD NOTES [Dvid Fosters By BOB THOMAS HLLYWOOD W—A young Tex-} as moneyman met Kathryn Gray- son in the studio commissary re- enetly and before long he was say- ing, ‘What time shall I pick you up tonight, honey?” Kathryn batted her long eye- lashes and smiled, “You ain't, honey.” Twice stung by the marital bug, the well-built soprano is reported. to be anti-male. I visited+her on the “Kiss Me Kate” set on the day when, ironically enough, she was singing the Cole Porter tune, “I Hate Men.” As she relaxed in her dressing room with her pal, Ann Miller, I asked: “Do you?”} “Do I what?” Kathryn replied. “Hate men.” “Oh, that. I guess a lot of people think I do, Even my daughter (Patty Kate, 4). She has heard me turn down dates with men I wouldn't think of going out with. ‘Not that drip,’ I would say.” Patty Kate was at the studio dur- ing conferences on the current pic- ture. When she heard that her mother was going to sing “I Hate Men.” Then she threw her arms around Howard Keel and said: “Mama may hate men, but I don’t.” Kathryn admitted that she was leary of the opposite sex, parti- cularly the Hollywood variety. “You never can tell what a man has in mind when he asks you for a date in this town,” she comment- ed. “He may be thinking only of romance, He may want to get his name in the paper and meet im- portant people. I’ve had more than enough experience with those kinds of dates.” So she stays home and reads mystery novels. That-doesn’t mean she has no social life, She has a couple of fellows on the string right University Head Is Commended For His Leadership GAINESVILLE (®—The universi- ty of Florida Alumni Assn, pre- sented University President J. Hillis Miller with a resolution com- mending him for outstanding lead- ership. Bob Bishop, Orlando, head of the alumni group, explained that the resolution was passed at the spring meeting of the association and held for presentation at the close of the school year. It was given him Monday. In essence, the ‘several hundred word resolution commended the | university president: For the manner in which he met emergency conditions—created by expanded enrollmet, limited class- rooms, equipment, laboratories, dormitories and staff—upon assum- ling his postin 1947. For successful integration of thousands of veterans into the uni- versity’s program, while planning log range needs. For securing millions of dollars | for the university from sources oth- ler than the Legislature. For his program of planning a medical center at the university, For his understanding of the | great advantages of public rela- {tions through proper recognition lof the centennial anniversary of the uiversity. For his efforts in planning the centenial celebration which re- j sulted “in there being held the | most outstanding educational meet- jing in Florida’s history on the campus of the university in March | 1953, which was wholeheartedly ac- cepted by the public and the press, reflecting credit on the University of Florida and the state ...” U.S. Chamber Of ‘Commerce Dashes Hopes On EPT WASHINGTON — The U. Chamber of Commerce, which hi already dzshed the hopes of administration officials tha’ i | | to let the tax die June 30. i There was a furor in the House | Ways and Means Committee last Mies Sim — You mar now, believing perhaps there is safety in numbers. “But I don’t have dates for Publicity value, as some gals do,” She said “ I don’t go to the night clubs or other bright spots. I go to quiet places where we can talk jand have fun.” Will she marry again? “Probably,” she sighed. “My trouble is that I like children, but I can’t get along with men. There doesn’t seem to be any way of hav- ing one'and not the other—not and stay in pictures. So I'll keep look- ing.” Ann Miller, the girl-about-town, is trying to help her. Later this pain. . ‘ou’ll like the Latins,” Ann promised. “I'll introduce you to Mario Cabre. He'll write you a sonnet, I’m sure.” Cabre, the poetry-spouting bull- fighter who has wooed Ann, Ava Gardner, Yvonne de Carlo and other Hollywood dolls, will be there to meet the plane, Ann assured, He appears to be the Grover Whal- en of Madrid. As for.Kathryn, she seems to be in fine shape for the trip. The 3-D “Kate” has exhibited her fine figure, which was unemphasized in two dimensions or else overlooked because of her voice, Watch out, Marilyn! Capsule Review: In Basie Course At Lackland AFB David .S. Foster, 19, son of Mrs. Edith L, Foster, 1319 Eliza St, is completing his AF -basic airmen indoctrination course at Lackland Air Force Base, the “Gateway to the Air Force.” . Lackland, situated near San An- tonio, is the world’s largest air force base, site of Air Force basic DAVID S. FOSTER training, for men and women, head- quarters of the Human Resource “Glory Bri-| Research Center, and home of AF’s gade” is an-engrossing document | Officer Candidate School. of combat in the Korean War, It His basic training is preparing has no flashbacks to the girls back} him for entrance into Air Foree home or any other extraneous mat-| technical training and for -assign- ten It merely shows in graphic|ment in specialized work. The form how American and Greek | course includes a in | tion of his aptitude and troops learn to fight alongside respect for each other. Victor Ma-| for f ture is the only big name in the | and career. prers and the others do an au- ic job of showing what the U.N. operation is like. Today’s By DOROTHY ROE AP Women’s Editor Jeepers, creepers, Mr., Just look what you started. The recent lament of Wally Cox, | District Governor Elect 358, young and wistful TV star who is |S. Coggins, Zone Chairman, Mr. Peepers to his fans, has|among the State | brought on a lanslide of mail from | who will attend the — ant women of all shapes, | Banquet and Third sizes, ages and geo; al loca- | ation tions. ae Lions every night for the last year, in a desperate search for one who can qualify as his future wife. Thus far the search has. been unsuecess- Wally claims he can size wp girls—and eliminate them five minutes’ most after “They don’t think, and they can’t carry on an intelligent conversa- tion.” Haven, Conn., writes: ‘Jeepers, Mr. Peepers! You're one of the creepers Who should have keepers.” scientific evalua- inclination following a particular vocation Marathon Lions To Install New Officers Friday District of Del Ray Beach, Leonard Wall, iy Lion i if of the very i g if i f § Hi rfl Avis? A young lady from Muncie, Ind.,/ 0. Swift, Tail Twister. who states that she is free, White, 21 and looks like Marilyn Monroe, writes. (1) Do you care to talk about anything but yourself? (2) Do you beat children? (3) Do you. drink, smoke or take dope? (4) Were you dropped on your head as a baby?"(5) Do you remember birthdays and* anniversaries? (6) Would you buy your wife a mink Cabinet Objects To Committee Report To House TALLAHASSEE (®—The Cabinet coat? (7) Do you use chlorophyll | objected rtrongly Tues. toothpaste? (8) Do you smoke |by a House investigating cigars? (9) Would you the housework? (10) Who de you think you are, anyway?” ja: ete: aly if help with ‘tee which ie 1 | i ii | | i ! E z | | i ! + li ef fell . + i ; Ht le | ! | | 5 i fe : i : rte pee 4 f 5