The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 12, 1954, Page 4

Greene tnd ° Only Dally Newspaper in Key West ond Monree County NORMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter ; iy west BY THE CITIZEN poster te TOLL ROADS NOT THE ANSWER tn the past year a number of proposals have been made for toll roads and turnpikes, as the answer to crowded highway conditions confronting the nation, Several new toll roads have been opened and are ap- _parently highly successful, The consensus of members at the National Chamber of Commerce’s National Conference on Highway Fi- naneing, however, was that toll roads are the solution on only about 8,000 miles of the most heavily-traveled roads in the country. For other roads, another solution will have to be found to current over-crowding. One of the most interesting ideas discussed at the Nationa) Conference was the proposal of the Conference of State Governors that the Federal Government get out of the gasoline taxation field. The idea would be that “would gain inereased revenue to finance highway im- provements. Under this proposal, Federal highway aid would also be withdrawn. ‘ ; Objections were, voiced to the proposal on the theory, that the end of Federal taxation might not al- Lana And Kirk Are Stars Of Powerful Film ways be followed by increased state taxes on gasoline, /uttful. in which ease there would actually be less revenue for Ris highways in some areas than before. The proper solution. to the nation’s over-crowded Gilbert Roland highways is going to be a painful oné and probably lies in increased state and Federal-expenditures. The pro- posal made by Connecticut's: highway commissioner— that metropolitan areas look into the possibility of new taxes like payroll or sales taxes, to finance highway im-| moided method of obtaining new funds. Probably the best solu- tion ts to be found in an tnerense in both state and Fed-|mers eral expenditures, painful as that solution may be. The number of automobiles and trucks using the’ highways"ts increasing far.more rapidly than improve- next tengyears, the current situation will become acute. Increased Federal aid can be provided through economies effected in the next few years, although the state may have to raise some taxes for their new rev- enue. Since the answer to this situation requires big money, relatively soon, the voter might as well face the facts and be prepared to shell out. Show business is the business. It is quite the popular thing these days to have pbor health; it can be very convenient. 3) 116) OIRIA LIEIR| AINIOJARER RIBISITIRIA! LINMAlSIU tT] _ CEE MeL! LIP mAISIA) PIRIOLSL! | t MSieiCIRIE| 1} RIAIP RDAIR EEL |O/5) BADR TOIRIAIH IRIE MM AIPIAICIE! JAIRIOIMIEIT IE IR} AIRE IRI Crossword Puzzle ald O16] | VEEL IAT 1] S ODIE TS! FiLIM By A, de T. GINCRAS LAST MINUTE XMAS BOOKS gift’ books have to be juiekly on Christmas eve buyer having any detailed kndw- ledge about the personal tastes of ithe recipients. ot Famous American Stories, ited by Angus Burrell and Ben- nett Cerf pone a liesty Giant stories ate “old chestnuts” in an- thologies of American short stories, but most of them may be included among the best short fiction writ-|!! peuL Eqise whose sale er ut in the red. worship Jo- beginning in the end, z ef e4¢ Hi z § MAN IN THE HOU ie a i i F F i e rs E z : a } g g ; oF 4 : i Ae 4: a oF i SEE BE ete i : aFee E ‘iat ihe Ra = “EEE FF 2 5 a a distinction. Lana Turner, in what is probably the most’ dramatically demanding role of her careef, is superb as the girl who rises above degradation and disillusionment to become a top-ranking motion pic- ture actress, Batry Sullivan offers moving sincetity to the part of sttuggling young director who; forced to stand on his own feet en the man whom he has be- bd them a s &. d bed Smathers Says: By SENATOR SMATHERS 25° ® does handsomely by the role of the] enho 3 writer who is persuaded by his ryrsaoalicag medeagd eo a a vivacious young wife to lend hi8|igative recommendations in the talents to Hollywood and who 10s€8|hopper, and a busy time is ahead. her as the result with the wife : hearing the State of the played in a winning performance|ynion message the other day, I by Gloria Grahame. Walter Pid-|fe1 somewhat like ‘The Man Who ‘Came to Dinner’: the menu offers all kinds of dishes, they all look , and the price seems about 3 ff 4 question get? A out, but achievements ae°E PELLIE E ell ah aay i g face by saying that statistics pfove the average American has a fine sense of humor, z i882 i By Florence Stuart I wonder if Carl wo ; : ef EE i it} ii E ze E i ieee gifs g i 5 F i Ey “I'd think you were bribe me into letting you @ toom.” “Look,” he said. “Forget the ome it bly jE ii i en I don’t the heck?” he shi on at Pauline’s un makes me get out.” “And what then?” “Well, then I'll either soomh. sosneynece else, one: al ithe way he suid i Pos it he ul NEW YORK #—Col. Frank C. \Gothier is a mink-made man. ‘I never inherited a penny in my life,” said the colénel, who is perhaps the only man in America who wears a mink coat and alsb owns 9,000 live mink, 400 hogs, 1,400 acres of Iowa bottomland and a Colorado gold mine, “Of course, it’s just an old ra “mine,” he explained modestly, “\bought it for thé taxes on it. “I suppose theré are any number of people who own gold mines. But the only other fellow I ever heard of who had his own mink coat was ige.(that Russian they called Rasputin, After he got himself killed the Rus- _|sian government sent his coat over here, and it sold for $2200, although it was 25: years old.” Ha .| To the colonel this is sound proof :|that a mink coat wears better than ja Russian, political figure. 2 ‘buffoonery. To this group the auth- ‘is represented by his popular, “The ROES D and bis teas farafllas ne or dedicates his book. to the Gambler, the Nun and the Radio.” ie dood Int falta itl joys honest fonsense. And speaking of nonsense there great American audience who en- in ‘ | selection which should please al-|is still a third volume whieh is al’ Gothier, a stalwart 6-foot-3 man of 65, is the dean of U.S. mink ranchers and a pioneer in the breeding of new fur types. “Mink have fascinated me all my life,” said the colohel, who came here to sell 2,000 pelts, “I lished by Crown Publishers, 419! ‘them are funfiy. Well known art- jain} man beings into the prune, ab-| plucking the wings off trapped iflies, or watching the TV broad-| least of a congtessional investiga- most any teen-ager or adult is} Best Cartoons of the Year 1953 (edited by Lawrence Lariar, pub- Fou pages.) Most of the pages have two car- toons, some have’ one, and others) a series of small pictures which tell a story about anything from a night in a motel to the lure of the Bikifit bathing suit. More than 85 per cent of the pictures afe reproduced from the Satutday Evetiing Post and Col- iers, Another substantial 10 per, cent are from Amerie¢an Magazine, and there are occasional cartoons from Saturday Review of Litera- tute, the New York Times Book Review, This Week, Nation’s Bus- iness, Argosy and other publica- tions, The cartoon subjects ate predominately urban, and most of Ave., New York City, 125) ists such as Fox, Solo, Shirvanian, Cavalli, Markow, Wolfe, Tobin, Keate and Roir are represented in the series. Lawrence Lariar, the editor, pre-) faces the hook with a foreword in| which he divides the world of hu- the sophisticate of stomach rambler, and the normal laugher. sourpuss, beady eyes, thin lips and/ no funny bone. He will not laugh) at any cartoon, and makes soft,| gurgling noises in his throat when| tion. The second he describes as an tellectaal gutgler who can usual- ly be found in a quiet corner pick- ing ‘his proboscis while perusing test issues of any magazine édited for “smart people only”. . .' guffawW closely resem- good bet for an eleventh hour selection, “Nonsense, U, §, a collection of nonsensical Ameti- cana by Dick Hyman, with comic drawings by Otto Soglow (publish- ed by E. P. Dutton Publishing Co., 286 Fourth Ave., New York City, 113 pages.) Arthur “Bugs” Baer preludes the slim volume with a note to those whom it may disconeert. He sug- gests the book might be tagged “Aesop’s Foibles,” and justifiably reeommends it for. direct etiter- “a tainnient, over-the-shoulder pertisal or in capsule form. . The book is divided into fifteen chapters with titles such as epi- taphs and superstitions, oddities in the news and causes for di- vorce. And if the person who fe- ceives this gift doesn’t smile at the sign in the window of the cafe in Ogden, Iowa whith advertises “We Dust Our Pies Every Day,” he will enjoy the sign in the Florida nut shop saying, “If Our Peanuts Were Any Fresher, They'd Be Insulting.” And if he isn’t surprised that a girl in Chicago, I. saves chewed chewing gum, he will be impressed with the fact that a fellow in Baiti- more collects spiders. Some of the joke themes are Joe’s E. The| Joke Book dusted off, and the sec- -iprune, the author indicates, has a tion on slafig can be had in much) enjoyment out of it. : A fourth “We pfopose more liberta tax treatment for dependent children who work, for widows ot widowers with dependent children, and for medical “ ‘and|trapped “em as a boy near my home at Anthony, Ia. seven. “T wanted to be independent and make my own way. So I went out to South Dakota and rode the tange before they even had a rail- that was no life for a married man, so I came back to my old “I had @ good home, but I left it at 12 because the farm was too js|Small an operation for a family of ing December. toad. When I married, I figured 83 £* | Hi : FA | Boyle Says ferred by the state of low: tribute to his work at more 1,000 auctions, : “My dream was alwa: a better mink,” he said. years I cross-bred six American mink and five from Alaska and Canada. I’ve pro- duced mink in 12 different colors. |they’re new. I always like something new. I get one mink out of every 16 I produce, “Pve been told several times that this is im because it violates the Mendelian laws of heredity. But my mink never heard of the law. You never can tell what a mink will do.” ‘The colonel of wil ow the mink rabbits by the ton,” he “We also feed 'em horsemeat, here rmilk, yeast 4 ink lelectrocuted and pelted “T don't know of any animal grows so fast,” said the The mink have an value in peace and wat. is made into finé clothe lovely ladies, Their jcasses are Th book which should ap-|gi home town, took a small piece of land and settled down,” in In 1916 Gothier, whose life is a fur-lined romance, began breeding mink, but didn’t make :a dollar out of them for 17 yeats. He made the farm pay his living and the cost of be: his breeding experiments, He became one of th best known fur judges anda auctioneer. His title of — “Battle Circus” inied oy Harner and Bree! Be Shown At New York City) gives detailed di-| rections for making delicious ca recon for making deleios «+The Islander poultry, vegetables, eggs and cheese, Made tn 2 convenient six by nine land inch size, the rings expenses. Legislation I introduced, known as “Working Mothers” bill is now in committee, — with nation’s top Pate HEE ; | 2 & = é & ; 5 ei fi _ a6 ES zgh Hi i j HH E a si 4 : i! ; RE &