The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 18, 1953, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Thursday, June 18, 1953 Thy 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 L. P. ARTMAN Publishe: NORMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONE 2-5661 and 2-5662 ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issue 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. 5. Community Auditorium. BUSINESS UP IN FIRST QUARTER The Department of Commerce recently reported that business had been rising in volume throughout the first quarter of the year and that sales in most sections of the country have increased. Interestingly, the report added that business men were following a cautious policy, hold- ing inventories just about at the level of sales. The report showed that manufacturing in the first quarter of 1953 rose ten percent above that of the first ‘quarter of 1952. While much of the rise was attributed to defense items, passenger car production expanded from 1,- 800,000 units in the last three months of 1952, to 1,500,000 units in the first quarter of 1953. This is an increase of 200,000 automobiles. Moreover, automobile assemblies in the month of April—the first month of the second quarter of this year reached 600,000 units, a number higher than that at- tained in any month in 1952, Assemblies were reported to be slightly higher than ‘April in the month of May. The report showed that manufacturers of major household appliances produced at a higher rate, in the first quarter of 1958, than in any other quarter in the last two years. Output was almost twenty per cent higher than that for the last quarter in 1952, after figuring in seasonal adjustments. From this Commerce Department report, it is evident that business is booming this year in spite of the fact that most business men seem to be moving with some caution. Perhaps there has been so much speculation about a reces- sion, or a mild depression, that husiness leaders are antici- pating it. This is indicated from the report, which must be considered an encouraging sign—one which indicates that 1953 is to be another excellent business year. NEW DANISH CONSTITUTION The Danish people, in a referendum, recently approv- ed a new constitution which allows a queen to rule that country—after four centuries of male rule. Thus, Princess Margarethe, 13-year-old daughter of King Frederik, will be the next ruler of Denmark and not the King’s brother, Prince Knud. The new Danish Constitution modernizes that little country’s government in several respects, In the first place, the new constitution lowers the voting age from twenty- five to either twenty-three or twenty-one—which the voters will decide later. It abolishes the Upper House, or Lansting. It also gives Greenland voting rights and the right to elect two members to the Lower House, the Folk- Concerning international relations, the new constitu- tion enables the government, with the support of five-| sixths of Parliament, to transfer some of its authority to in-| ternational authorities in an effort to advance world co-| ‘operation. The new constitution is another evidence that the people of Europe are steadily falling in step with the! times. : Gruff talk usually reveals gravel, in the brain. News is not what happens; it is what is reported. Whoever runs from an enemy permits an enemy to) run his life, There are usually two sides to every strike—both of | them wrong. | You can never tell when a little careful driving will, Bave your life on the highway. People get mixed up on equality ; men and nations are not equal. But they should both have equal rights and op-/ Portunities, which they don’t. j The white man’s civilization, which we think a great achievement, would probably be declared itlegal by a @a-| jority vote, if all peoples, everywhere, were te vote. | supremos jueces, jeon la que se L v4 WHO'S HANGING AROUND NOTAS CUBANAS Por RAOUL ALPIZAR POYO “ROCKY ROAD” Cuando en este gran pais se sentia el dolor y la angustia de la Guerra Civil, este Cayo estaba casi in- defenso, por la falta de prepara- cién que tenia para en el caso posible, aunque no probable, de ser atacado por las fuerzas enemi- gs. En esos dias, no habia camino alguno por el cual pudieran trasla- darse las pocas tropas de la guar- nicién al Fuerte Taylor. Para lle- gar esa antigua fortaleza, tenian que realizarlo a través de la ciu- dad, causando muchas veces la alarma de sus pacificos habitantes | y ocasionando la molestia a los soldados, con la jornada bastante extensa que recorrian, bajo el Sol del Cayo, que siempre se distin- guid por su extremado calor... . En el afi de 1861, el Jeie de las fuerzas que aqui estaban destaca- das, lo era el General John M, Brannan, quien dispuso la aper- tura de un camino, que comenzaba aproximadamente a mil pies de distancia al noroeste, para que por el mismo pudieran las tropas dirigirse rapidamente al Fuerte vTaylor, sin tener que cruzar a traves de las calles de la ciudad. Ese camino se construy6, sola- mente cortando los arboles y la yerba existente en su trazado, sin cuidarse de su pavimentacién, que al quedar en descubierto, era de piedras, de las llamnadas de coral, o dientes de perro, que hacian el transite por sobre ellas, muy mo- lesto y dificil, sobre todo, para la conservacién del calzado. Durante muchos afios ese camino era conocido por. Brannan Road, como homenaje al General que dispusiera su construccién. Pero la superficie del citado camino, animé a los vecinos a cambiarle el nombre de Brannan Road, por el de Rocky Road, por el cual se le ha venido conociendo y aun se le lama asi, por los antiguos vecinos del Cayo, pese al doble bautismo que ha tenido que soportar ese camino, que es hoy una de las mas importantes arte- rias comerciales de la Ciudad. Rocky Road seguira siendo para los que ya tenemos blanca por el polvo del camino (el correr de muchos afios) nuestras cabezas, Para la nueva generacién, acaso si les agrade Hamarle Divisién, aunque ya no divida nada, o Trv-| man Avenue. De todos modos, ese Rocky Road sera indeleble para} los viejos moradores del cayo.} | Tanto, como el Callejon de la Cei-| ba, la calle de Farolas, el Callejon } | de Poyo, o la calle de Esponjas . .| A través de todos los tiempos, | las costumbres fueron leyes a cumplir y los pueblos, que son los | cuando graban | una alabanza, o un estigma, lo} conservan a través de todos los} aguaceros y ciclones que puedan | cruzar sobre ellos. } Esa calle que construyera, por! necesidades cnilitares, el General | Brannan, fué Mamada Divisien, en | los dias en que precisamente dividia la parte primitiva del Cayo, | iba poblando, a! través de mangies, de arboles y de mosquitos. | Pero, como decimos anterior- mente, ain los propios america. | nos residentes, parcos en eso de | regatesr los nombres callejeros, | han visto sus antepasades y ellos | mas tarde, que Recky Read fué e! aombre, no rnpuesto por las autori @ades, sino haciendo bueno e! viejo puli, vox Dei”, 0 lo que es igual vor del, pueblo, voz de Dios... . El viejo Fort Taylor, que con- tinué prestando importantes servi- cios, ya cuando la guerra Hispano- | cubana-americana, ora cuando el conflicto mudial de 1914 y después durante la ditima guerra mundial, comenz6 a contruirse alla por el primero de Octubre de 1846. Pero, la parte ya edificada, Yué total-! mente terminada y lista para ser | ser ocupada por las tropas, en el afio de 1861. | A este Fuerte, se le construyé una doble casamata de ladrillos, que le daba mayor resistencia, ante | cualquier ataque de la artilleria | de aquellos tiempos. Su armamento era magnifico, pero completamente | inadecuado e inservible, muchos ahos despues, cuando fuera habili- tado con cafiones de largo alcance, y otras armas de artilleria modernas, perfectamente ’ escondi- | das y manejadas por electr desde e cuarto de observacion, ins- } talado en el sotano del menciona- } do fuerte. En aquellos dias, contaba con la proteccién de tres altas trincheras | de arena, que en la actualidad | hubieran sidi destruidas por el fue- | go de las ametralladoras, en niénos | de diez minutos. Entonces eran a| manera de bastiones, que oculta- | ban las armas con que contaba el Fuerte. | En el afio 1899 los parapetos y algunas casamatas fueron cemoli- dos y los cafiones fueron monta- dos sobre fortisimas bases de acero y cemento. En 1861 el Gobierno comenzé la construccion de los fuertes Mar-/ tello, frente al mar. Uno, en el ex-| tremo noreste, al final de la isla | y el otro, como a dos millas de la / ciudad. Consistian esos fuertes, en | ciudadelas de cerca de cuarenta | pies. de alto, rodeadas por casa- matag y su parapeto reforzado ron | trincheras de arema. Cuando fue- | ron construidas, tal vez podrian| resistir un ataque por tierra 0 poi mar, pero con ei avance del pro-/ greso en los armamentos, esos dos tuertes daban la sensacion de dos | | casas de papel, a las que un fuerte aire, podria destruir facilmente, por cuya razon, bien pronto fueron totalmente abandonados. Pero hay que convenir que el | Fuerte Taylor sera, como Rocky Road, un lugar de amable evoca- cién para los viejos residentes del Cayo. Ambos lugares forman parte integrante de la historia del Ca. De ahi que nosotros, los que nos honramos con ser “‘concos’’, cuan- do pasamos por Truman Avenue, siempre lo hagamos_ convencidos de que vamos por Rocky Road, por el mismo lugar donde caminaron nuestros abuelos. Y el Fuerte Taylor, siempre erec- to, mirando al horizonte, ha sido y sera el centinela vigilante, que es- cudrifiando las lejanias, advierta a los vecinos del Cayo, los peligros de un ataque por sorpr | Transferred idad, p LIEUT. JR. GRADE ROBERT W. ROSENE, USNR, assistant to resident officer-in-charge of construction for Key W Naval Base since Sept. 1952, left Key West June 11 with orders to re- port to Sixth Naval District Pub- lic Works Office, Charleston, S. C. for a temporary tour of duty prior to rer gz to Naval is, Ga off BUCKLEY ‘@tismo latino que dice “vex po- | + awaiting replies. Today's Business Mirror By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK (#—How to ward joff a business s!ump—or lick one if it develops when defense spend- ing eases—is being studied today by many businessmen. Some are sure they’ve found good answers—increased advertis- fort, #research, Here’s a new products. sampling: Invest heavily in telling the world about your product through advertising,’ counsels Lee Hast- ings Bristol, president of Bristol- Myers Co. He says that gives a company competitive advantage over any rival who tries to re- trench. Bristol says his own com- pany did just that during the de- pressed thirties. He also plugs hard for “putting educational content into advertis- ing as a public service”’—his own firm stresses its dental health claims for an ammoniated chloro- phyl toothpaste. Such advertising by the industry has increased the use of dentrifices 50 per cent since 1945 Bristol says, with population growth playing on- ly a minor part. An increase in advertising ex- | Penditures, with or without a Ko- rean truce, is urged by W. W. Wachtel, president ot Calvert Dis- tillers Corp.—a sentiment that should please the members of the Advertising Federation of America {convening in Clevelard. Ten years ago advertising equal- ing, greater output 2hd selling ef-| led 3 per cent of national income. And spending is now about 7 billion dollars a year, but 3 per cent of present national income would be 9% billion dollars. Wachtel coun- sels businessmen against “timidi- ty and defeatism.” A good word for advertising in America also is being spoken in France, according to Richard L. Blum Jr., president of Julius Wile Sons, importer of wines and liquor. Just back from a visit to France, Blum says the success of the cognac people in uniting for a pro- motion campaign in this country is inspiring other groups in France to unite for advertising campaigns here to try to boost sales of French wines, champagnes and liquers. The supply for export to America will be ampie this year, Blum says and ~ prices shouid show little change. More production is the Ford scheme, The motor firm aims at 20 per cent greater output—and therefore 20 per cent greater sell- ing effort—in the coming six months. _ CBS—Columbia, Inc., aims the same way. The broadcasting sys- tem’s subsidiary is raising its sales sight by 50 per cent for the coming year on the new line of TV sets just unveiled. Research into new products and processes also could help a firm get an edge over rivals in slack times. John A. MacCartney, trade relations manager of Parke, Davis & Co, says the pharmaceutical industry is now spending 60 million dollars @ year for research and still more research laboratories are planned. That's because ‘each new discovery opens new avenues of problem approach and new vis- tas of jobs to be cone.” Plug new. products hard is the course being chosea by many busi- nessmen. One, Ephraem D. Witty, president of Witty Brothers, men’s clothing makers, says that ‘new synthetic fibers, like Dacron, can revolutionize the men’s clothing in- grasp the op; Smathers Lauds “Rain-Making’ Bill As Boon Wiss Vanatiiia 'Is Result Of 10-Year Plan 141 Women From Indiana Factory To Fly To Europe By ROBERT GOLDENSTEIN CHICAGO (®—A 10-year dream “bought” with meatless sand- |wiches and old Easter outfits will come true néxt month when 141 factory women and offlee workers take off for a mass vacation flight to Europe. The women plan to tour six | countfies and visit the Pope andj Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce inj Rome. They have asked Queen Elizabeth of England and Queen| Juliana of The Netherlands to re-} ceive them and are Hopefully | None of the women ever has visited Europe and only a few have been up in a plane. They are most- ly industrial workers and some of- | fice workers in the Ft. Wayne, Ind, plant of General Eelectri¢e ‘Company. | They have arranged to fly July 25 from Ft. Wayne to New York, | then on to London and three weeks later back to Ft. Wayne aboard several special TWA constellations. They will be the largest civilian group ever to fly the Atlantic at ;one time. “We're blazing a trail—industrial women are coming into their own,”” Miss Irene Meyers, 53, su- pervisor of women’s activities at the plant, said in an interview in Chicago today. hope to face up to the situation with all the polish of seasoned globetrotters. For several months ‘man scientist fighting smuggling These Midwest factory workers | (Modern Methods Trap Smugglers At German Line By WILLY M. HORBACH COLOGNE, Germany (P—A Ger- gangs along the German-Belgian border with microscopes and X- rays has saved the Bonn govern- ment millions .n revenue. From his desk in the Customs Police Research Institute here, Dr. Erich Franzheim directs scientific counter operations against inter- national smugglers and tax evad- ers. Their activities have cost the government an estimated 700 mil- lion marks ($166,600.000) a year, The main fight is on the Belgian border near Aachen, where coffee and cigarettes both exceedingly costly in Germany—are smuggled into Germany, Franzieim is helped by 30 scientists and technicians. “We have the most modern criminal research institute in the world—except for the United States,” Dr. Franzhe:m says proud- ly. “We have smashed numerous smuggling gangs since our insti- tute was created after the war. We have a grapevine system that tells us everything we want to know about the underworld, It has be- come very difficult to make smug- gling pay in West Germany.” Several thousand agents in the field fight smuggling and tax eva- sion on the spot. Their reports are assembled in Cologne, worked over and sifted cut. Every new smuggling trick is known in Co- logne within a few days. Informa- tion bulletins go out to all agents to instruct them of new strate- gies. The bulk of the work is done by specialists checking ducuments. bills, falsified import or export licenses by the dozen are scanned by the microscopes, X-ray ma-! chines and other technical appa- they have been attending special classes studying French, the prop- er use of dinner wines and a long list of does and don'ts for Euro- pean travelers. If the queens promise them an audience, they plan some last min- ute cribbing on the technique of curtsying. | Although Miss Meyers conceived |the idea of such a mass trip 10 years ago, the final decision wasn't reached until 1950, That gave the | factory women three years to save enough money from their wages, which range from $3,000 to $3,500 annually. Plans were worked out with the ratus. “There is not a chance for a smuggler once we can lay our hands on his papers,” Dr, Franz heim says. “There'll always be smuggling in Germany, but I think we can keep \ it on a level where it hardy pays.” Victor Mature (Can Prove He’s ‘Not An Actor | By BOB THOMAS Trans World Airlines and the American Express Company to offer an all-expense package of $1,022 each from Ft. Wayne. One woman was planning to con- jbute her coat to a rummag ale when the proposed trip wa: nnounced three years ago. She’ i still wearing the coat. Others cut down on their lunche: or substituted peanut butter and other spreads for more expensive meat in their luncheon sandwiches. Many passed up new Easter out- fits the last three years. Others joined a credit union which made regular deductions from their pay checks. Women Net Weish? Lifters NTIC CITY, N. J. — ack whoulda’t lift New Jersey Federation of Labor mais. mn a resolution passed at what the The federation west on record ting fema-e employes. . to ts in excess of 25 pounds” nt Katmai erupted in just ip the air dim ver the entire sorth for months after HOLLYWOOD w&—How do actors et? You read about everything else | but how they work. This is a | question I discussed with Victor | Mature The large lad from Louisville, Ky., is the first to disclaim any reviews to prove it,” But he's mascope process was unveiled, | hit of the show was a huge from “The Robe.” in wordiessly reacted to Christ on the cross. If his performance mea that scene, he could even in the Oscar running. Vie is now starring in the called “The Story cf Demetrius. He was dressed in the scanty tunic | whieh such epics require. Vie) didn't seem to mind. He has dis-/ Played his legs in simost as many { pictures as Betty Grable. if iF ti Ty i overboard. “ pet myself so muck into characters that 1 actually woud greg a Possibility Of Rainfall On Order Seen For Future In Key West BY SENATOR SMATHERS WASHINGTON: The news did not get much attention at the time, Extensive hearings have been held on this subject during the past several years. Nonscientific and pseudoscientific have been made with “4 - gestive results.” Dr. ale Bush, President of Carnegie Insti- tution who was one of the princi- pal developers of the Atomic Bomb, Well, if rain when rain to don't want it, what if Wt i 3 F I E by a] i Segs : « s E a Es Hf tate ® E fe ; 3 § E i director EI - 7 Ez H | i f 3 f i f gi e? Fs = ~ a ii! i rH faz i x & 8 ' i