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

Pege4 THE KEY WEsT ciTIZEN Friday, February 12, 1954 Cf The Key West Citizen Og aS Na ee na Specunay) from The Citizen Building, corner worr a Greene ~~ Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher = «9TT «1958 NORMAN D. ARTMAN oo Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 25661 and 2-5662 Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it perm half gos eestienE —cannot endure and halt free: eve this anently slave A MAN IN THE HOUSE Chapter 30 7 woke the next morning to Snow still falling from a gri | sky, to an earth blanketed s and deep m white, and to find | herself burning up with fever. It was a moment before she opened her eyes to’ the bed next to hers, | and to the realization that Cari or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published b “Member Florida Press Association and Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION ‘The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish anonymous communications, FLORI Ess ASS 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. NEW ATOMIC TESTS The Atomic Energy Commission’s announcement! ja would not be sleeping in it again. sent him away. she thqught bleakly 1 deliberately killed his love by acting the fool, and then j} I sent him away. The tears came, spilling hotly down her cneeks. {t was Christmas morning, but | she did not remember that at first and when she did it did not seem | to matter. The telephone rang and | books | sounded | about you and Carl? He her heart jumped. Maybe it was Carl calling. But it was only Aunt Mae who said, in her brisk voice: “Merry Christmas, Jane dear. Now what's all this nonsense honed me about an hour ago. Talked some nonsense about you and him separating. Said he was taking an afternoon train for some place out West where he’s been offered an- other job. It seems he’s been offered Dr. Ross’ place, definitely, but he’s turning it down. He wanted me to tell you he'd write you later what to do with his and papers. The man absolutely demented. Well, Jane, why don’t you say | something?” | 6, earlier this month, that “all categories” of atomic wea-| pons would be tested in the Marshall Islands soon, has aroused considerable speculation. Most of the speculation centers over the possibility that the AEC will detonate a hydrogen bomb in these tests. If such is the case, it is thought that a bomb with the force of over two million tons of TNT will bé ex- ploded. It is impossible to visualize the effect of a bomb packing such explosive force, especially since the atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima was estimated to have an |. explosive power equivalent to about twenty thousand tons of TNT. Thus the hydrogen weapon thought about ready for a test in the Marshall Islands detonates with a force which is as much more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb as two million is to twenty thousand. The secrecy of the Marshall Island test is demonstrated by the AEC announcentent that only U. S. officials concerned would witness the new test explosions. This part of the AEC announcement heightens speculation that the new tests would involve the detonation of a hydrogen weapon. These tests are important in that the actual destruc- tive power of a hydrogen bomb has not—it is believed— been fully tested. It is now known that an atomic explo- sion is needed to set off an H-bomb explosion and, there- fore, the new tests will probably involve both atomic and hydrogen explosions, of necessity. Though we may havé a long wait before learning many of the details of this new experimental project, no | doubt it will have a wide effect on the future, both in military and non-military fields, It’s always easy to find an excuse for delaying hard work. Weary Willie Is The Answer To Needs Of Busy Executive By BILL RAWLINS lof Tennessee electrical engineer- KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Every ing department under the direc- lyear. manufacturers spend huge tion of Profssors Paul Cromwell sums for new machine tools for and C. H. Weaver. John P. De- next year’s models. Barber, former instructor in the His inventors say Weary Willie department, brought him to his could do the job with last year’s Present stage, tools almost as easily as tuning a’ Willie isn't a mechanical man. radio, |He’s just a bunch of radio tubes, How about your golf game? Do\a two-channel tape recorder and you duck your head at the wrong a revolving cylinder, hooked up to time or twist your wrists too/remember motions taught him and soon? Weary Willie can show you/repeat them exactly. As the nerve Precisely how you swing and justicenter of a. potential mechanical what you do wrong. |jack-of-all-trades, he operates this If you’re a busy executive, you|Way: can teach Willie to sign your name} Say you want to teach him to on hundreds of routine letters. You| write your name. You hook him Ineedn’t worry about him forging/up to your pen and go through checks. Willie can’t think. He can|/the motions He “remembers” only repeat motions taught him, |them. Play the recording back and Weary Willie is an unphotogenicjhe signs your name. robot developed in the University ; Conceivably, you could do the This Rock Of Ours By Bill Gibb I Have you noticed the wonderful People’s Forum Letter It brings back memories when a car salesman calls on us these days. aE Ae eee ae A starving nobody can steal a loaf of bread and go to jail, and a prosperous, smooth-operating business man can steal a million dollars and be considered a smart business man. improvements that have been made Three at both Martello Towers this win- 1113 Tr ter? cheers for 0. L. Bossom, uman Avenue. He had a 5 ; letter in last Wednesday's People’s The historical museum and art Forum which put the finger on gallery out at the airport has been many of our sorest traffic pro. changed from a weed-choked, des- blems, One of his best statements ‘olate pile of brick into an attrac- was a question. tive sightseeing rot Few People Speaking of the proposed “crack can pass the new entrance without down” on traffic violators, Bossom jhaving their thoughts stimulated asked: “To me this would seem by the old architecture, guns, and it, be self-admizsion of failure to similar curiosity-provoking sights. enforce already existing statutory Until this year, the predominant laws, and this being true, WHY?” Picture was one of ugliness. (The capital letters are my own, Those who sell photographer’s Bossom kept his “why” in lower supplies in town should bless the case), 4 jhardworking Art and Historical So-, “. ”* . ciety for its beautification of the BY oh boy! us Sige age eet an Martello Tower at Monroe County @%Swer to that “Why? wk fee |Beach, There is hardly an hour in S°™, just let me know and ‘ This the day that several vacationists Rock” is yours for the day. I'll tell cannnot be found taking pictures of YOU this much, our 1 traffic this site. Colorful bougainvillea 8°€ enforced—sporadically. There [ERESITIE|WiSHRY. flowers seem to attract as much - several reasons for this: attention as the Fort itself. | (). Police officers are not p: Solution of Yesterday's Purtio (1: just goes to show what actual- enough to live without holdin 19. Style of jly can be done here in Key West down another job. Therefore, — poetry in the way of playing up points of Often when they go on duty after 20. Color interest for the tourist—and for the having already put in a normal 22. Moham- Key West resident too! After all, day’s work somewhere else. they med’s |we're the ones who are here the aTe so tired that they merely loaf adoptedson ‘year around and there is no rea- through their police shift. 24. Hundred: son why we shouldn't look at beau-) (2). This is a small town and comb. form ty instead of its counterpart, we have characters here who not 25. Steal Roosevelt Bivd. only consider themselves above the 26. Japanese t is a waste of time and space !@W but do a darn good wus genre n he filine ofthe HN me Each Dy; Sete : carriage jwaterfront from Sigsbee Road to ‘tcians down a eure mar 29.Tibetanox ja point near the old swimming if he attempts to arrest Sessa 30. Sooner than | gool next to Hilton Haven. I did When politics enters a police case 31. Massachit- that enough before the bay bottom it does apt ane ne a setts cape sales were ever accomplished facts 2 @ roundabout way but the lav Sie jand got just exactly nowhere. enforcement officer mney estat he poe en Oh, well, we can write the whole 8 being placed in a hot spot. 36. Tropical jthing off to progress—commercial, (3). And most important, ma y blackbird progress. If and when buildings Of our police officers actually don’t 37. Pronoun are erected along there, we’re go- know our laws and quite often, Se Tenerant jing to be deprived of a Portion of they themselves arejagme: of the happeni the most scenic drive in Key West. City $ worst traffic violators. 40. Electriod jConsidering that the Navy of nec. We all know that children too unit jessity controls most of the water- young to poss ASS front, with the encroachment of whipping scooters poetic jPrivate business on what is left we town. It is surpri aes |will soon have to drive up on the Parents of these child he zs allowance Keys just to see the ocean. take more interest in tis situa- 45 Opposite of There is an old saying that no tion. After all, they are es asveather fone can do anything about the who will be held jegally Tesponsi 46. Go first weather and it seems to apply ble in case of an accident 49. Creek equally as well to the preservation 53. While jof our waterfront. Enough of use- less griping. , , ? SOTO] 2 |>) WES ME) ACROSS Gna i ui 1. Persian 35. Swann 36. Insect 37. “The old aim <Jolo} rm) > |Z] rapidly 12. State of be- wilderment 13. Babylonian sky-god 14. Italian coins 15. American Indian 16. Footlike part 17. Genus of the bowfin 18. Hallow 21. Meddle 23. Cotton fabric 25. Stiff 28. Silkworm 29. Affirmative 32. Of the ear 33. Finish ml] </> (=| > >| >|00) 47. Poker stake 48. Unrefined metal 50. Beverage 1. Extensive 7 52. Wickedness 53. Extent of surface 54. Poke fun at 55. Take food . Ovule DOWN. 1. Scent 2. Companion 3. Russian =] aid 4. About 5. Writing material 6. One: Scotch 7. Condiment 8. Blaze 9. Wilted 10. City in Pennsylvania 11. Withstand h me more of rum! som, and let's see your letters in Peopl .| more same job with automatic devices now existing—off-center wheel af- fairs called cams—but first you'd have to figure out what you want- | ed the cams to do, then design a/- cam to do it. | Automatic operation isn’t new—|, lin chemical factories as many as 500 separate processes are fully} automatic—but under system now} used each step must be thought out beforehand. Using Willie, a skilled craftsman could put a chunk of metal in aj lathe and, with Willie ‘“‘remember-! ing’ his motions, turn out any| wanted part, Then Willie could} take over to turn out the rest all just like the first. | Willie can ‘forget’ one motion and be taught a new one simply by erasing the tape recorder. Of course, before you put Willie to work in the assembly lines you’! need to develop him further as willie can adapt. You'll have to build tools designed to go with} him. | “But it’s only a problem in me-} chanica: engineering to get Willie; complex,” Weaver Will Willie take over man Ss men now hold? Weaver says “no,” “It would merely make en- gineers out of more workers and make workers out of more engi-; neers,” he said. | But don’t count on Willie’s sign-| ing your letters or improving your| mean great loss to the businessmen of the community. golf game too soon. Willie, in his! present form, costs $200 in parts| alone. A version enough to swing a golf club would! cost about $50,000. A Letter From BILL LANTAFF Dear Neighbor: | One of the most widely-discussed issues in America to day is the) Bricker Amendment to the Consti-| tution, This “explosive” measure,! which is presently creating fire- “I can't,” Jane gasped. Mae, I think you'd better come right over. if you can get here through the snow. I think I'm go- to be ill. I feel so—so dizzy.” Meumonia, the doctor said cheerfully, Well, nothing to worry about. They made short order of pneumonia these days, what with all these new drugs. Four, five days. and the worst of it should be over. Meanwhile, however, no “Aunt By Florence Stuart tors. No emotional excitement. would be owed in her and the nurse, if they could get a night nurse. Which they coukin't. Well. the doctor was right The worst was over in four or five days. But after that, instead .of Picking uw a rapidly as she should have, Jane remained listless, mdifferent to sched one that was going on around her. She didn’t 5 like getting out of bed, she said. And she wouldn’t even try. UNT MAE sat down beside Jane’s bed. “You're ea! your heart out over that hus! of yours. aren’t you? That’s why you don’t get better. W! did you send him away from you to start with? Didn't you have sense enough to know—” Jane said: “Look. Aunt Mae, I don't feel strong enough to be lec- tured.” “Well, you're going to get a lec- ture, whether you feel strong enough or not. You love that fel- low, and he loves you. It’s never too late to do the sensible thing.” Aunt Mae said cheerfully: “Jane, you should have had more sense tham to pay any attention to my talk. You know perfectly well I'm just a gossipy old woman. Old maids get that way. They go about attending to other people's affairs because they haven’t any affairs of their own. He loves you, plenty.” “How can you say that?” Jane asked dully. “He could have made some effort to see me. talk things over. He could have stayed around long enough to find out I was go- ing to be critically ill.” “He didn’t go away on a train,” Aunt Mae said shortly. “And he knew you were ill. Oh, yes, he knows about that.” “That makes it all the worse,” Jane said bleakly. “He knows, PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citi: n welcomes expressions of the views of its read- ers, but the editor reserves the right to delete any items which are considered libelous or unwarranted, The writers should be fair and confi of the paper o1 the letters to 200 words and write on one side . Signature of the writer must accom: letters and will be published unless requested otherw: STREET CONDITION DEPLORED Editor, The Citizen: Vv ment, — why could it not have been done off season rather than now?” Forty-six per cent of the income in Key West stems says. from the tourist trade; and yet, with full knowled itors, businessmen and residents alike deplore ! the condition of Key West streets at this, the height of the season. On every side is the question: “Why could not well as invent machine tools which! the work, — admittedly necessary and a fine improve- AP New: and he's never come Hasn't sent me a flower. even or would told me about it. Xna you" very’ careful name.” | ut hristmas eve why kicked him out.” mpage “I didn't? never—" er ens ell, that’s the he took what you said. And it e him up completely. Christmas day he went to pieces—started for the railroad station, and some friend found him wandering around the streets in the snow, dazed. rant oe oo egy Sot wi @ was simp! ve iL. For a few hours he didn’ know where he was or yho he was.” “Oh” Jane said. ‘Oh, how eres “Yes, isn't it? And you're part- ly to blame, Jane. jap eis realize that. If the man weren't so deeply in love—” “But he—he didn’t act as if—* “Oh, never mind how he acted or what he said. Carl’s the dee kind. He doesn't go emoting an over the place, but he feels plenty. Well, now I’ve told and the doctor will want to skin me alive for it. But I had to get you up out = that bed Carl needs you, ane.” It's Really High There TOKYO (®—Coffee high back home? Well, it’s 30 cents a cup here, $2.24 a pound or $1.40 for a two-ounce jar of the instant type. If you pinch pennies, you can buy a cup of bitter, unrecognizable brew for 17 cents, ‘ Dick Says— Notice there is a Vice Admiral from the British navy in town, Now ? that just goes to prove my conten. ge of tion that Key West isn’t any worse that our main thoroughfares are torn up to make driv- ‘4 other places. If England finds ing not only uncomfortable but actually dangerous. |mirals, why it necessary to appoint vice ad- should people criticize Such a state of affairs is hardly an attraction to visitors US ff our vice committees and for much less an inducement to remain here \Admiral Towner who is not only , and can only called a vice admiral but a lot Wo! rse names in certain sections of town. First it was Flagler, which it is pointed out, was Phooey! As a pun, that stinks, to be ruined. And now, United Street is next to fall to\m complicated! finally paved as one of the main arteries of the city, only doesn’t it? I have a lot of respect and ad- iration for Rear Admiral George the drill and the shovel: to isolate the many fine motels|® Towner. True enough, there and recreational places to tne seuth, | A talk with J. Reinertson, the contractor, reveals |the wrong way. But he has done it that he has no alternative but to proceed with all haste to get the work done, for unless it is completed within mand. If you have a son in the have been times when he has sort of rubbed’ the fur of us civilians for the the protection and welfare of the young men under his com- the time set in the contract, it will mean heavy penalties Service, you probably would like to him financially. to think that wherever he is, res. ponsible officers like Admiral Tow- On the other hand it is also pointed out that the City ner are trying to provide him with Commissien has the power to extend that time limit. |@ ‘lean, decent atmosphere works in the Senate, involves a| Meanwhile, the work is less important streets could con- question of whether or not treaties tinue leaving the main arteries intact until the tourist th, and international agreements sup- ersede local, state and national | law. | The controversy began about four! years ago when a study of the Constitution for the United States season is aver. Mr. Reinertson has indicated in which to live, We're lucky here in Key West at there is so little friction be- ‘tween the military and the civilian t he would be glad population. Jim Cobb's ‘Battle of Duval St.” that he so often writes to cooperate in such a plan if the city will go along with about is just a humorous version it. jof incidents that are bound to take sy “and take from “rights and freedoms which were could make treaties deal with the ve treaty from becoming part of in- would not affect the President's Keep the good work up. Mr. Bos- revealed a lophole whereby the! Constitution could be avoided in| making laws governing the United States. The loophle was found in| portions of the First and Sixth! Articles. While the First Articles February 11, 1954 Yours very truly, F. HELEN MacLEAN, Key West, Fla. gz Vested in the United States Con- gress granted legislative powers, the Sixth provides that all treaties rieane of pros and cons. The op- shall be the supreme law of the position charged the amendment! regardless of the Constitution unnecessary since there had been or the laws of any state. Ino abuse of the treaty supremacy This gave rise to grave concern|clause and the Senate must ratify over the danger that the treaty treaties. Proponents answered that supremacy clause in our Constitu-| the danger arose with organization’ tion, if misused or abused, could of the United Nations in 1945 when undermine the basic principles of a new doctrine was announced our American form of government that treaties should be used to American citizens make domestic law also, which} Political _ Announcements FIRST PRIMARY ELECTION MAY 4, 1954 For State Senator 24th District MILTON A. PARROTT Help Monroe County Elect A Senator considered forever safeguarded by rights of citizens in relationship to that document, their own government. This was Prompted by this concern and in but one of the Many charges and an effort to plug the controversial countercharges being hurled into loophole, Senator John Bricker pro- the legislative arena to create a posed his Constitutional Amend-'storm of confusion, ment, which contained these prin-- Perhaps Senator Walter George RE-ELECT ciples: (1) Prevent a treaty that has supplied the key to the pro- conflicts with the Constitution from blem. His substitute amendment J. CARLYLE ROBERTS being effective; (2) Permit a treat replaces the disputed language of 3RD DISTRICT to take immediate effect as an in-'the Bricker Bill ‘by leaving . un- ternational agreement on an in- touched the’ present division of ternational matter, but prevent a state and national power. While it ELECT KELLER WATSON 3RD DISTRICT ternal law until and unless imple-|treaty-making power, it would pre-| mented by appropriate legislation; vent treaties and executive agree-| and (3) Prevent’ Congress from|ments from overriding the rights ‘quiring, by means of a treaty, granted American citizens by the tive power it does not other- Constitutional Bill of Rights through possess under the Constitu- which affect internal law subject to congressional approval. Sineerely yours, BILL LANTAFF Re-Elect EDNEY PARKER 5TH DISTRICT n. Introduction of the Bricker Amend-i ment created an immediate hur- For Member School Board For Member School Board place as long as men are men and figure that they can be better men by pouring a few fifths of ‘giggle |soup’ down their gullets, Here in Key West, the majority of those men happen to be wearing a uniform. |In Tennessee, they would probably ‘be wearing coveralls and in New York, they might have on tuxedoes, \Uniforms or clothing don’t change |the character of such minor fights jand it isn’t fair to blame the Navy for the foolishness of certain indl- \viduals, | Changing the subject a little, the |City Fathers must have the town’s preachers in a quandry — at least jthose preachers who are against 'smoking. You see, if we don't smoke a lot of cigarettes, we won't be able to get the tax money to Pave streets. And if the streets aren’t paved, folks are going te loose their religion cursing out the holes in the roads. It is a mess For Member School Board 2! Tight but one thing is certain, if we smoke three-quarters of a million dollars worth of cigarette tax money, the only use we're going to have for paved streets ig to ride comfortably to the ceme- tery in a hearse. Have you visited Dick’s Tire Service at 929 Truman Ave. yet? Know about the wonderful values |we offer in recapped tires? We are headquarters for U. S. Royals as well. Come by today and see us, There is a big parking lot in the \reat and we offer a free inspection of your present tires a a contrt- bution to Key West Safety. For road service, ph. 2-2842. (ady,)