The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 5, 1953, Page 4

‘THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Mentor, Cotter $, 3008) I LIFE A FEW SUGGESTIONS OF OUR OWN The World Today By DON WHITEHEAD (Fer JAMES MARLOW) WASHINGTON #—President Ei-)capable of delivering their bombs senhower and his advisers are en-jagainst distant targets. They have By ALFREDO GOMEZ gaged in one of the greatest guess-|the scientific and industrial know- ——$—$—$—$—$—$—$—$—————————————————————eeerrrr Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $13.20; by mail, $15.60 ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION ‘The Citizen is am open forum and invites discussion of public issues of and it subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish| BY THE CITIZEN The National Safety Council reported recently that .vacation drivers were being a bit more careful this year than last. During May, June and July, highway fatali- ties actually dropped one per cent, compared to the same months in 1952. This record is impressive when it is realized that va- #ationing motorists drive more miles in those three months this year than they did last year. The news is also especially welcome because it reverses a trend which be- gan in Januuary, of 1953, which seemed almost certain to make this year the worst year for highway deaths ever experienced. Although the vacation driver of 1963 is apparently being more careful than his counterpart last year, total deaths for the year are, nevertheless, up over those for 1952. Over 20,000 Americans have already been slaugter- ed on the highways this year. Despite these figures deaths per mile continue to decrease and a record low for a six- months period has been set in 1958. While these figures are encouraging, it is well to remember that about 3,000 people are killed on the highway in the United States every month, which constitutes a national disgrace. THE CANALS ON MARS Beginning in July, 1954, the planet Mars will be on- ly 40,000,000 miles from the earth for about six weeks, In this period, astronomers hope to solve the puzzle of the network of canals on that planet. Dr. Edison Pettit, of Mount Wilson Observatory, re- cently reported a special motion picture camera has been prepared to operate with the world’s second largest tele- scope. It is hoped that pictures made by this camera will help solve the puzzle and might give clues as to the pos- sibility of life on the planet. The reason good pictures are not expected until next year is that Mars is sometimes as far as 200,000,000 miles away from the earth, when on the other side of the sun. It is now too far away to photograph.effectively. Next summer it will come within 5,000,000 miles of its closest approach and, therefore, the special camera will be used to photograph the planet at that time. If, as some pre- dict, water is found to exist in the canals, new fuel will be added to the controversy now raging among scientists! as to the possibility of life on this faraway planet. It would be a good idea to send the Key West Citizen to that boy on overseas duty who would appreciate it. IMIOTRIATL MMF JATD) AIB/O (Ole BRE (VIE IRIE |SIEIT| (ria Gl OIE IMIE IRI TT] AICIHIE MME IL IAIN AILIE' OTRIOMW}SIE EVIE |SISIEIL! DIVIE MBC IRISIEMBAISIEIA: CIAISITILIE 1D) RIE IBIUIT MBA] S/P| tf AIBIETTITIOIR MEHIOIRISII ICIOIN} LAI MBOIRIAILIE| AINIDEE RIS EDIE TIEIR} Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle $6. Full of tT S58e $8 8 BEER e t jing on in American history—a jgame trying to figure out the MADRID —The woeful state|intentions of Russia. of Spain’s highways and railroads) In its simplest terms, the prob- ‘is a major headache tor Gen. Fran-/lem is to try to determine from all cisco. Franco. the evidence available whether] Much of Spain's military value! Russai is working toward peace or ito the West depends or speedy im-|secretly plotting war against the provement of both networks. An United States at some future date. important part of the American! This estimate must be made, be-! aid to Spain under the military)cause there no longer is any doubt accord just signed is earmarked the Reds have the secrets of the for this. jatomic bomb and the hydrogen Most of the highways were built bomb—forces of destriction which during the dictatorship of Gen.'they lacked in the past. Miguel Primo de Rivera, 1923-1931. The historic Communist goal is ‘The civil war of 1936-1939 was world revolution and world domi- fought over them and iittle more/nation, Whethemthe Reds are plan- than patchwork repair has been ning to use war as a means of. done since. Jachieving their goal is something The situation is even worse withthe President and his advisers the railroads because so much ma-|must decide. | } i HAL BOYLE SAYS NEW YORK # — “How m uch|way to lose either a secretary or should a man tell his wife about Medical Officer Exam Scheduled The fifth U. S. Civil Service re- gion has announced an examination ‘for the position of Medical Officer |= various specialized fields, paying a wife. : P $5940 to $9600 a year. Also, an One final word of caution: Most amendment was issued to an- terial and equipment must be pur- chased abroad with scarce foreign currency. The roadbeds are in such a dan- gerous condition from lack of rails and crossties that the Talgo articu- lated train, built in the United ‘States on Spanish patents and con- sidered the fastest train in the world, must crawl along at 40 miles an hour when it is capable of doing 159. Thirteen thousand kilometers (about 8,000 miles) are wide-gauge track, of which about 900 miles are electrified. The narrow-gauge network, is about 3,000 miles long. Further electrification is planned. Under a 10-year plan, the rail- way system plans to import or ‘construct about 1,000 more locomo- tives, 200 of them electric, and 4000 cars. More Talgo trains are to be built for high-speed trans- port and 20 more Fiat Taf diesel trains are to be bought from Italy. Meanwhile, a fast governmental program of building dams and res- ervoirs to raise the amount of water - produced electricity and spread irrigation has been going’ | Eisenhower told a news confer- ence Wednesday that Russia's {Progress on the hydrogen bomb imakes it more important than ever ito determine Soviet intentions to- ward the West. He said he and his jadvisers were trying to decide the (proper approach to the whole in- |ternational situation in the light of |Russia’s knowledge of the H-bomb, | ; As a former military man, Ei-) ‘senhower is aware of the impor- jtance of two main facets of intelli- |gence: (A) the enemy’s capability, and (B) the enemy's intentions, If serious mistakes are made in assessing either, disaster could follow. Russian capabilities are fairly well known, The Russians have the largest army in the world, an army well equipped with modern weapons. They have an air force) Irish Sense Of Humor Differs how for war. The unknown factor is what Russia intends to do. The war in Korea showed what can happen when Washington makes a serious mistake about the enemy's capabilities and inten- tions. The United States was wrong on both counts in sizing up the Chinese Reds early in the war. First, a mistake was made in ‘the estimate that Red China would not enter the war. Then this error was compounded by underestimat- ing its capabilities, | In the early days of the war, the Tokyo Command estimated the Chinese Communists had the abil- ity to supply no more than 50,000 to 60,000 troops south of the Yalu River, This was the estimate given by Gen. Douglas MacArthur to for- mer President Truman at their Wake Island conference in October 1950. Actually, the Red Chinese beat the United Nations forces into re- treat with more than 300,000 troops and then increased this force to about a million. Secretary of Defense Wilson says he doubts the Russians will start a war right now, but at the same time he has avoided making any Predictions about deep slashes in military spending. Thus it is that American leaders watch eagerly for any concrete evi- dence that Russia wants peace. But they want these intentions ex- pressed in actions—and not merely words which have no real sub- stance, Until Russia makes known her intentions, the deadly guessing game must continue, The Veterans Corner wives are sure their husband’s of- deal upon his job and the kind of wife he has. A husband should not instinctive-| ‘ly resent it if, now and hten, his wife expresses a curiosity in the: range of her gentle, guiding voice. It is only normal for her to wonder how he gets along without her ad- 'viee for eight hours a day. Some husbands believe firmly in ‘telling their wives everything they ‘want to know about-their work. In some callings, say you are an un- dertaker’s assistant, for example, this theory works out very well. In an hour you ean solve the whole problem for a lifetime. It doesn’t work out so well, how-' ever, in such professions as bank fice is more like a barroom and a harem than a place of business, and that joy is unconfined. Tell her anything you want about your work. But never, never, let' her think you have much fun at it.! Otherwise, over and over you will! have to reply to her wistful query: “Do you really like your job bet-, ter than you do me?” How can many an honest hus- band answer that one? TV SET MISSING SALT LAKE CITY (®—Mrs. G. M. Galloway went to a neighbor's to watch television last night. When she returned home, she told police, she found thieves had stolen her own television set. i robbing. For some reason bankj| . robbers have to brag every time they come home after a hard day’s looting and the little woman asks, “How much did you rob today,| dear?” They go into details. And what happens? The next time they bruise the wife’s feelings latest —off she trots to the police station with her idle chat- ter. One of the greatest occupa- tional hazards of bank robbing is marrying the wrong kind of wom- al your wife al it, she sometimes ‘begins to feel she knows more about it than you, Quite often she is right, too. You then have the| two-platoon boss system — one at: |work, one at home, and both tell- ing you how to do your job better. The solution in this case is to try to get your employer to hire) her instead of you. Then you can stay at home and dream up new ways to make her more efficient at your old job. Some wives always suspect a husband's job is only a refuge he runs to in order to escape the rigors of home life. They want to hear his troubles at the end of the day, but they can’t wait that long to share with him the woes they are having at the moment at home. So they get on the phone to Pick up. And, of course, that is the very moment the boss has to drop) by and see you scribbling on office time — “pound of butter, cottage cheese, baby’s spinach.” The way to avoid this is to tell E ii i won’t allow a phone in the does all his business by il. Better yet—don’t even tell the name of the firm or let her the address. e husbands who like to tell wives everything about their i a E if hE gf them to join in chuckling over lever things their secretary ERRIF ec tell him what groceries to stop and! wife right at the start that! for an old-fashioned fel-| ;, pact eae tse i fen teas d her finger but she'll amount they e is $1, around her finger 2" or so under the amount mentioned alge at the Starrs from in the newspaper accounts of their| V&l Y aUey’ jan, | If you have an ordinary job {nj ; joffice or factory, and start telling| Lone. “you must be a friend of the Starrs.” “Tm John Starr’s panahiter. We settled in this valley but that hussy who owns the Double renyge, Well abe iat psing tart isn’t going to gi can dazzle men and twist Sil- “I don’t like the way you s; about Mrs. Denton,” ‘old her stiffly, e happens to be a friend of ' The hazel eyes flashed. “So she’s got you in her clutches, too! You'll cigs, Sood es up like ii Ben Dowd, growl- her like dogs over a “Of the two, it’s you who acts more like the hussy,” he told her = ‘Tm sure Mrs. Denton wouldn't say things like that about you.” “She can't!” ***> anger in check. any basis for your ac- Mrs. Denton?” “Yes! I'm a woman m; She can te bat. can see thro er like glass! ia bere Mail tek ton anc then turned and went out cabin. When he rode past ay across the clearing the cl | , the day. This is a sure| things into She turned are even dumb enough to ex-| “José!” and an — st Cee “José is is our Put up his horse and fete the house.” She mouncement No. 5-123 (53) to show] that applications would be accept-' ed for the position of .education officer (instructional aids and media), paying $4205 to $8360 a year. Persons who apply for these examinations will be rated on their training and experience, Applicants may secure applica- tion forms or information as to where such forms may be obtained from any Post Office or the Fifth Civil Service Regional Office, 5 Forsyth Street, N. W., Atlanta, Georgia. Dogs interbreed fairly readily with wolves. Although armadillos live mostly, on bugs, they sometimes eat toma- toes or melons. Jeff's arm and drew him towards the steps. “Come in and I'll show you to your room.” He hesitated. “Is it customary for your foreman to live in the house?” “Heavens, no! Shag Dolan slept with the crew. But you're differ- ent; I'll feel safer with you near me. And please don’t worry about the conventions; José and his wife Maria live in the house also.” Ds ‘A led him through a big livingroom and into a wi on the east side of the house ‘and to a room at the end of the corri- dor. She said, “I have the room next to this one; it'll be a comfort to know you're within call. I think you'll find everything you need. José will bring your thin gs and TU tell Maria to set another place at the table. See you at supper.” José came in with his blanket roll while he was washing up. He donned a clean shirt and scarf and was ready when José brought the summons to supper. The table ws set in the diningroom and Diana was there waiting for him. The housekeeper, a fat elderly woman half Mexican and half In- dian, waited on them silently. Jeff said to Diana during the meal, “Have you any ideas about driv- ing the Starrs from the valley that you'd like to talk over with me?” She looked up at him and he saw that her eyes had gone cold. “You are in complete charge, Jeff; I want them driven out and I’m not particular how you go about it. I'm leaving it entirely to you.” “Its a big responsibility. The | Starrs have lived here for a long | while; this is their home and cat- tle raising is their living.” “It's free range,” she told him, and the chill had crept into her murdered him.”; Her voice was sharp. “It had to’ “I'm positive. I've talked with! people who knew him; the sheriff! went into that f oe of it immedi-i ately and so did Senter Nobody had any reason whatever for Killing him but the Starrs.” ‘They finished the meal in si- lence and got up from the table together. Diana came around to where he stood and laid a hand on his arm. When she spoke bes. { ‘on steadily. In the 14 years since the end of the civil war, 60 reservoirs have been inaugurated. Forty more are under construction and 29 others; on the drawing board. Irked At Milkman OKLAHOMA CITY —Milkman Roger Voyles came back for his truck after making a delivery to find it gone. He didn’t have to wait long. A man informed him in no uncer- tain terms he had taken the truck and parked it astride some railroad tracks, then proceeded to bop Voyles in the nose. Voyles filed a complaint against ed Bill Bob Gale wtio told police he was irked at the milkman for dou- ble-parking,’ voice was soft, with the slightest bit of reproach in it, “Dan Denton was my husband, Jeff. I told you I didn’t love him, but I do owe Tmuch, to drive the ones who are respon- sible for his death out of the val- ley. I needed a good man to h me do it andI was sure I'd fot im in you. But if you have any doubts I'd rather you didn’t un- dertake it. I want a man who be- lieves in my cause, who will fight for me no matter what the . I'm .ready, anxious, to reward Eee pare hee mely; I'd give wedi A #8 igh give. But he must believe in me and my cause utterly and with- out reservation.” a He re her shoulders tight- ly, in earnestness roughly. He was stirred to the depths. “Suppose the man who did this for you was to fall in love Blogs you. You said you'd give him anything in your power to give, Suppose as a reward he asked you to marry him. What would you tee f then, Diana?’ She studied hitn for a moment, then_cur! lashes masked the cornflower-blue eyes. “I think,” she said in a low voice, “that if he were a man like you I—I might grant him—that reward.” He crit “Diana!” and his arms sli about her shoulders drawing her to him; but she put both hands against his chest and strained away from him, shakin, her head and frowning. “No, Jeff. The reward must be earned be- fore it can be claimed.” ae ak mae = gira ste backwards a pace. “You're igh uess I’m crazy, Diana: day since I first saw you, but in those twenty-four hours I haven't been able to think of but you.’ She said slowly, “I won't be ner Ven “we'll drive them out,” he said in my power to| Meet In Virginia In America By HERB ALTSCHULL WASHINGTON @& — Show an Irishman in Dublin a play about a bunch of drunken, sloppy sons of Erin and he may think. it’s the \funniest thing he ever saw. But show the same play to an Irish-American and he'll throw things at you. That’s what actress - director Maureen Halligan, in town with the Dublin Players, said today. “You peon's over here are very sensitive people, indeed,” she add- Miss Halligan and her husband, Roland Ibbs, have eee Trish tory cumpany to this coun- Ree tor the ‘fest time in nearly, 20 years, Their troupe opened in Washington this week and will be next nine months. The pugees a sensitivty cropped up after the opening per- formance of John Millington Synge’s ‘Playboy of the Western ™ |World,” a classic Irish comedy the which offers some hilarious scenes lof unkempt citizens of County Mayo in their cups. 5 “I suppose we set some sort of record when no one threw any-' thing at us,” Miss Halligan said after the. show. “T’ve been in the play in this country before, and performances in Boston and Philadelphia—they Ihave big Irish populations there— ended in riots.” “Perhaps,” she suggested, “the Irishmen who live in Washington are more polite.” Miss Halligan had other obser- vations about Americans: “Your people are quite classical in taste. They would rather see ‘old standbys, like Shaw and Synge, than modern Irish plays. “I would love to so some of our, ‘contemporary comedies, but I’m afraid they wouldn't have much suceess. For one thing, Americans wouldn't understand the political connotations and the jokes about relations between England and, ireland.” All of which called to mind a somewhat different comment on ithe same subject by Winston Church. The British Prime Min- ister, on his last visit to Wash- ington more than a year ago, was asked about Anglo-Irish relations. “I never discuss American poli- tics,” he replied with a grin, Governors Will ATLANTA (#—This year’s south- ern Governors Conference will be switched from Boca Raton, Fla., ‘to Hot Springs, Va., Gov. Herman Talmadge announced, Talmadge, chairman of the con- Raton has been cancelled “because it seemed in bad taste to go to Florida so soon after the death of tul, Jeff. man, He nodded and oe faven't your gu” ‘ou haven’ “I don’t want it. Fre got to put Be ect the hat trmly on. his ie on head and went out. (To be contineed) the hat he She said, McCarty, who suffered a heart attack shortly after his inaugura-' ition last January, cied Monday might in Tallahassee after being Stricken with penumonia, Only the site of tre conference, not the dates—Nov. 1-4—will be ‘changed, Talmadge said. on view across the nation for the in Here are authoritative answers from the Veterans Administration to four questions of interest to a servicemen and their fam- Q, I understand that if I am tot- ally disabled for at leagt six straight months, I need no longer pay premiums on my GI insurance, but I'll still be insured. What does VA consider to be a total disability, for insurance purposes? A. A total disability would be any impairment of mind or body which continuously makes it im- possible for you to follow a sub- stantially. gainful occupation. Cer- itain types of disabilities - blindness, loss of both hands or feet and others - are automatically consid- ered as total, for purposes of in- A. No. The law does not autho- rize GI on-the-job training which is Jess than fulltime, Q. I'm going to college under Korean GI Bill, and I’ve been told that I’ll have to drop out be- cause I’m going back on active ‘military duty, As of what date will my GI allowance be discontinued? A. Your GI allowance will be terminated as of the date prior to your reentry into military service, or as of the last date of attend- ance, whichever comes first. ference, said the meeting at Boca | - For City Commissioner GROUP 3_ BEN KETCHUM F = Ory Commins, LOUIS CARBONELL