The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 30, 1953, Page 4

Gin Key West Citizen except Sunday) L. P. Artman, owner ns an, ‘Siete Building, commer of Greene’ sad has Only Deity Newspaper in Key West and Menree County P. ARTMAN WORMAN 0. ARTMAN Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 25661 and 25662 Momber of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is reproduction of all news Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60; i : —— |supply of crude oil is kept so close- ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON pS oeebs areata ae timememaaae 8 tl SNe ities ik a8 eoen forwes and invites Subjects of loc: commi FLORI ESS ass mn ON IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Sea Consolidation’ of Community ‘Anditorians, 1 2 3. 4 5. ‘and City Govera:aents. THE DEFENSE AGAINST ATOM BOMES _ General Curtis E. LeMay declared recently, i Los Angles’speech, that air defense is still sacaienis somewhat behind air offense, especially in the field: of atom-carrying bombers. The Commander of the Strategic Air Command credited the United States Strategic Air Force with being the major deterrent to aggression in the a ood pews — he admitted that, on the defen- e , the tes was still suscéeptibl stomic attack, —"«" : LeMay paid high tribute to the U. S. air defense tem, which he claimed was the most efficient in the wend today. But, he added significantly: “ ... I do not think that the most optimistic of us feel it is eapable of stop- ping a determined, well-planned and coordinated bomb- ‘Ing attack at this time.” ; Thus, despite recent reports thxt the Army’s super - accurate anti - aircraft gun, the Nike, could bring down a high percentage-of enemy aircraft, at high altitudes, a completely successful defense of this country’s industrial Genters cannot be offered by the military at this time. If|,y ‘war was to break out in the. near future, Americans would be forced to reckon with atomic attacks on highly-. industrialized metropolitan centers which could not al- In view of this prospect, it seems all the more neces- sary for-defense production to be decentralized and farmed out into small cities and rural area. The necessity of this was proved in World War I, when the Nazis were forced to decentralize their defense, which they largely succeeded in doing in ee” the heavy arma- ments category centered in the Ruhr. .. Figures on German war production, recovered after the war, show that in the heavy armaments field, . the Allied bombing of Germany exacted a heavy toll and cut! tank production considerably in the fall of 1944. How- ever, in'the defense production categories in which’ pro- duction had been decentralized, the Allied bombing had|! & more Ne effect, and the production ‘of rifles, mortars, it guns and other weapons were maintained at almost-normal. rates in that period in Germany. The lesson is obvious to anyone who wishes to study the facts and should be utilized by military planners. U.S. SERVICEMEN IN U.K. Lord Montagu of Beaulieu, a member of the House of Lords, told the Upper House of the British Parliament: Streets Publisher Business Manager discussion of public i like price fixing to some inquiring’ ‘al or general interest, but it will MIRROR By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK #—Gasoline price now snag the Pocket- a vacationing: (supposedly restored with} the end of price controls). The) ly tailored to demand as to look congressmen. Oilmen contend price hikes are mecessary and just, and in the long: run in the interest of national de-/ ifense. Their arguments run like) price hike in crude oil, and | in gasoline, fuel vil and other pro- ducts which followed, was based on rising ‘operating. costs. The search for oil is becoming |more expensive. They have to drill ideeper each year to find it. The cost of trans»orting oil, refining it And in the interests of national defense, the oil industry is main- taining a reserve of a million- barrel-a-day capacity from which it gets only carry'ng costs, no rev- enue. 5 Earnincs statements of oil com- panies show that profits for the first. half of 1953 are’ running be- hind those of a year ago—a trend contrary to that ir many other industries. Under the law of supply and demand . operating costs can be passed along in higher prices only ‘if: 1. The consuming public will accept them; and 2. competitors | don’t under-cut. the price. ; That's where oitmem have to bring up extra arguments. Because | the law of supply and demand in| their case is frankly tailored by | state laws to, see that only enough’ meet current demand. These con-] servation laws prevent waste of| the nation's reserves of oil. They also incidentally put a sta- bilizer on prices, legally maintain. } ling a balance between supply and | demand, and thus discouraging ‘price-cutting. conserva’ might be pumped too fast from a. given oil field, so that thi la charter to the Central Key$ Pro-} iE. Cunningham, Jr.; ition regulations 1 Marathon News By JACK M. LEVINE granting of their signs erected accroding somebody would come a-iat an amazing State prescribed detsils. The south jlong with official authority to re There “ except in one or two isolat jed_ in the business | meeting held at 2 p. m. this Sunday, perty Owners Protective Associa- at Hurricane Lodge in tion was today announced by Lewisjthon, will be the election of Gray, Marathon, clerrae Yr Paes ace officers recently formed organiza’ 'y Association. stated that he had been advised by} The immediate the Association's Sccretary and At-iday’s will be torney that the charter was gran- ? ed by Circuit Judge Aquilino Le-} the pez, Jr., at Key West, on July 23rd. ment’s Division nf The charter subscribers are list- peat tind Grav. Al ; rey . Cunningham, Jr., mas Hanley, William R. Thomp- ' son, Ed R. Neff, Charles Pierce and A. E. Woodburn Officers are: President, Lewis Gray; Vice-presi-|ing Law, or dent, Al Johnson; Secretary, Ralph ‘moved as being in Tee a s ¥ MARATHON — The i | F E iit as a convenient ter is decidedly move serious than old Ferry ippears on the surface. It is pure- s @ legal question,” be indicated. State ever secured legal/Gray explained that he felt that, this road is a matter of/Attorney Cunningham can and is ct there are in-jin a position to render the resi- State merely dents a most invaluable public ser- on the old road.jvice by studying 2lf the legal fac- is maintaining tors involved and once and for all must be 33 feet advising the property owners as to of the old road, |their rights and their specific legal signated distance recourse to decide the fate of the! ef the Overseasicld road, which in most cases, i ‘fronts the property’ of the owners has been placed. in involved. Attorney Cunningham’ Called to Gray's attention by this Study and review of all theireporter is the fact that Marathon implications involved. Accord-|bas outgrown its former size where | best available informa-|it was possible to locate people or! Reindeer are property owners, this is businesses merely by pointing in{in Scotland for time that legal steps have one direction and saying. . .“up the |800 years. i iH Re i E Slip, Whe- | (h pa i iff aff lf fl i i i He iH ‘lie i Z f g a< elit Ze it it i HN z i Z i e ? i] both sides of Overseas attend Sunday afternoon's &3 3 z E 5 Thomas Hanley. Gray also announced that with |diverse situation the granting of the charter, includ- ty owners on both sides of GEE tie SWIFT'S PREMIUM GR. A D&D FRYERS = OUR OWN CORNED BEEF BRISKET . FRESH COUNTRY ROLL ARMOUR'S STAR are no street signs in Mara- © personnel and British civilians became delicate about a Camden, year ago, when British mobs reportedly stoned Ameri- $e. cans in jeeps on several occasions. colt t Lord Montagu also says that there are a number of with: whic British-American hospitality committees now function- ing, in an effort to work with American servicemen and while washing the supper dishes, bring them into British homes and teach them something |she laid the roll of money, tight- about British customs, habits and traditions. This work, |¥ bound with, a rubber band. on he says, is being carried on by private groups on a per- chet sonal ¢onfact basis, since American ‘servicemen—he points out—do not like to have their leisure time organiz- ed. We are naturally gratified to see relations between our servicemen and British civilians improve and heartily | endorse the 26-year-old bachelor Lord’s statement that Americans do not like to have their leisure time organiz- ed. In fact, we would add that Americans are even averse to having their working time organized, and, alas, we in- elude ourselves in this category, CHILI CON CARNE ARMOUR'S STAR 2 ian 27e Nip Size e e i 8 went into i H ; § a Fj ARMOUR'S CLOVERBLOOM CREAM 3 — 29¢ SUGAR 5 u- 39 MARKET Mi & ¥ 802 White St. Dial 2-7633 [PLUMS . .. Ib. 25¢ i sfe a as F H £5 4] i F i A E i & fi af 2 5 ne pile il 4 E was searched but the ‘pot found. And although James protested his innocence and ? Why do fat women worry about hats? Most workers will accept a raise if offered one. No one has yet proved dogs do not talk, and vice ~~ found the bills — lightly \y rolled into a rea- Sports and games should not be taken too seriously, or they lose their value, One good thing about summer is the welcome arrival of fresh fruits and vegetables, especivlly those we Bave raised ourselves. money was lest. Mrs. Mole altered her plans. Instead of a range, she ‘bought a refrigerator.