The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 18, 1954, Page 4

5 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Thursday, February 18, 19547 The Key West Citizen ——— ees Published i yo od ASx¢ept, Sunday) from The Citizen Building, corner Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher enone 1921 - 1954 Pint Sree das tnd sarnddivtsenaae nll momento a nasmcanetiere dt ahi NORMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-566) 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 OF not ctherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news “Page 4 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 sub; of i Fane ee nett OF general interest, but it will not publish Ess ON FLORI Ass IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1. More Hotels and Apartments. 2. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. 3. Airports—Land and Sea. | . Consolidation of County and City Governments. 1 . Community Auditorium. i U. S. REARMAMENT | One of the most heartening things to those who| know the progress made by the U. S. military services| is the rapid growth of power in the Air Force, Army | and Navy. Just a short while ago—little over two years] —the country was practically a weakling. | Recent testimony before the Armed Services com-! mittees of the Senate and House proves the rearmament program this country embarked upon at the outbreak of | the Korean War has now changed that situation. Men-| bers of these committees, while not wanting to be quoted, | express keen appreciation of the fact that the ratio of power between this country and Russia has changed so advantageously. They are also pleased with the progress this country is making in the field of secret and ultra-modern wea- pons. There is no longer a feeling that Russian numeri- cal superiority in the air is almost overwhelming. In- stead, there is a confidence that the United States Air Force is now capable of licking any opposite force of! U RIGINAL ILLEGIBLE th iF rit i jie Hf ii ¢ iH : i Fj F » &, i Rly i i i i i if HI F H 5s i i i f i bs5 £ i i Ek i He if RE iy i WBE ras ai tg i Hs | a This Rock Of Ours By Bill Gibb A reader, we won’t mention any deliveries" were written with my, names this time, has written sug-|tongue in my cheek because most gesting that the ‘400’ of Key West of the time, these parked delivery society get out and do a little work|trucks seem to ‘be congregated to improve the town. The letter around coffee shops, writer especially emphasized the| If the City Commissioners con- fact that East Martello Tower tinue to pass new ordinances and! would look nicer if “hibiscus, poin-\don’t take time out to repeal a settias, and other tropical plants few of the old ones, our City Code were planted around the place.” going to resemble the Congres- Atropine Can ‘Save Lives In Nerve-Gas War By ALTON L, BLAKESLEE Associated Press Science Reporter NEW YORK, Feb, 17 #—The life-saving antidote for frightening nervé-gas war now can be made artificially, and there is already enough to at 400 million per- sons, it was disclosed today. The drug is atropine, until now obtained only from plants grown mostly in Iron Curtain countries controlled by Russia. The synthetic drug, made with iF if a Your 1953 Income Tax WITH INCOME OF $5,000 OR MORE chemicals from petroleum, frees | this country from dependence upon foreign supplies. its kind in the world. Whether this is too optimistic or not we cannot Woe is me! I don’t know of any sional Record, Granted that most! jso-called ‘‘400." There have never of the ordinances were originally’ been that many Key Westers get passed with the good intention NEW YORK (#—Some husbands judge, but it is true that several members of the com-} mittees affected believe that the United States has now| passed the hump in the rearmament program. That is,| they feel that the country gan take tare of itself now, together yet without cutting each‘improving Key West, a lack of a other’s throat, Moreover, if by proper means, (or willingness), of some unusual chance they should enforcing them has effectively de- \unite and this column were to sug- stroyed their power, gest that they do a little bit of use-;TheyRoll By Night ‘ Synthetic production of atropine is announced by Winthrop-Stearns, \Inc., of New York City and Rens- selaer, N. Y. ierve gas blocks or paralyzes| érves, causing death unless get restless in the home after ‘dinner. They stomp and storm around) the place, finding fault with every- thing and making a general nui- mselves to their wives, the idea the goldfish is be, to wetch them, *” “What is Lat gilded baby wi of yours trying to find out about me?” they ask their wives. “‘Every- where I go in the room it follows me with that cunning, fishy Joo‘. |: in whatever circumstances occur. Ahd that is a very|t work—sure as the dickens, they) Unless you're a night owl, you've! qui : jsance of A » , * quickly counteracted. Atropine " i ion altows’ you. If actual deduct- comfortable feeling compared to that which prevailed in|would then gang up and cut MY probably/never seen them but! the best known sprig : Ineo they. Comit (Reypieay: fleet ined per live: ie pF .a8 exceed the standard deduct- this country in November, 1950—when the Chinese en-|throat. levery once in awhile—about three|neutralizes the paralyzing chemi-| No, they don't want to go to a| My theory is that @ wife had ‘ons, you will save tax by electing tered the war against us in Korea. Seriously, KeyWest is.one town'or four o'clock in the morning—|cal in nerve : movie. No, they don’t feel likjbetter forget all about goldfish|t© itemize them. If you are ange. : 8 apy that has never developéd what most certain dump trucks can be seen! The firm has supplied 330 pounds looking at television. There isn’t a| watching, buy her husband a bowl-/°F if you are married and a This balancing of the military power scales en-|people think of as a strictly snob- headed toward the beach. Quite|ot atropine for Defense Depart- i j \joint the standard deduc- , . - 3 7 | . : 4 decent murder being shown. No,|ing ball, and get him to join the Jom g hances peace prospects greatly, and may explain the |bish social class. J.think the above- often they run without Lights, And|ment stockpiles. A life-saving dose!they don’t feel like going down in|nearest bowling league. tion is 10 per cent of your income slightly softened Communist attitude of the past nine |Mentioned letter agiter, had in always—they return before day,is only 1-150th of a grain of atro-lthe basement and working with| Bowling has a number of ad-|but not more than $1,000. If bus- th: mind the variants which breaks but instead of being empty|pine sulfate. Thus a single, pound|their new carpentry tools. vantages over goldfish watching as band and wife file separate re- months, band together for of atropine is enough to treat more| “I've made so many bookends I/a way of calming down husbands, |tums and each had income of cultural purposes—ARt and .|than one million persons. The drug|can’t even give them away to the(It is also cheaper and safer than|$5,000 or more, the étandard de- Expressing faith in your own religion never insults |! Society, | can be stockpiled, in ampulesineighbors,” they brood. either hunting or fishing. Few men /duction is a fiat $500 for eseh, , zi \Club, Woman's 0 be itjready for injection, at strategic} A husband on a restless eveningjever drown on a bowling alley or| ‘The address of your District Di- those who disagree with you. to this kind of Social outfit ra-/from me to suggest otherwise. |locations for military or civilianjean be as trying as an ailing child|are shot to death accidentally by|rector of Internal Revenue is Rm. ter the the Fogg ove =e - Bee . eal ‘hecouee il Aizeplas ia). abtalaadl ntigralty Fe a rainy ae Pasricaniai wily poveseagy who mistook them for bes P. oo If you have i sal ig along suggt ion x early mormi ips to nak : —_ speakers rarely state facts with such ac-\DTLAt sore tropical plaats around just goes to prove that we stiilfrom stropa belladonna and datara|bopey? > ‘The best thing about bowling is|cneweret ir the Sckdse Telota l. curacy that they can be relied on. ithe Martello Towers. ri ambitious or on the island coe et theca te Paeaner a Some wives pacify their husband|that it gets a husband out of the|formation on How to Prepare Your ican. 42 <a No Parking Barn .---1-- I are willing sacrifice a} ‘ants are Czech-iby buying him a goldfish to watch.|house one night a week, and en-|U. S. Income Retura ” Older people are hard-pressed for an argument oslovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Ro-| < bes yy when they use age as a reason why they are right, Every now and then we see a program on TV that makes viewing interesting, if you know what we mean. Pm GEE EERE LAD a nS i ee Mer AICIOMMRIOITAMNTRIOID) . ISIORIRIOWE/OMERIE OIE! Crossword Puzzle PIOMIHIOIL IE OMMAINIOIN| Our honorable Gity Fathers have/night’s sleep in order to build up managed to pass a new ordinance a profitable business. which forbids parking on Duval St.;| However, since the island has from “4-6 p. m. It is aimed strictly such a little bit of sand, it might at commercial vehicles which for- be worthwhile for officials to find merly have been allowed to park’out who is selling it at three ‘on the right hand side of the street o'clock in the morning. Who know! |while they made deliveries. Those We might need some for the City’s jkast four words, “while they made/playgrounds someday! Yugoslavia, with some throp-Stearns. ere is evidenee that | juantities of natural atropine nite ae been disappearing recently behind e Iron Curtain,” said Dr. Theo- dore G. Klumpp, president of Win- About 1,000 pounds of atropine er he starts ranting and roaring after being fed his evening meal, the wife tells him soothingly, “Now you're just working yourself an uproar over nothing. There, there. Why don’t you run over like a good little husband and watch your pretty goldfish for a while? ‘That'll keep you quiet.” 3 ‘The trouble with goldfish watch- ing as a pastime is that it ei LJ ables him to satisfy a man’s nor- mal desire to destroy things. They show him a shining alley with ten bright wooden pins in perfect pat- tern at the end. They hand him his bowling ball and say, “See if you| fra smash ’em all down, big fel- low.”” For the rest of the evening he wears himself out crashing the ball into the pins, destroying the too- ACROSS _ 32. Coats with MOITIElT MESINIOIRIT| 9 are used annually in this country, |takes too much of a bold on a man|perfect pattern, sending them fly- 1. Owned tin and lead BIE RCE INT i PEOPLE S FORUM mostly as an anti-spasmodie to re-'or else he quickly loses interest|ing. He is as happy as a small 4. Women’s —_ 33. Steps O/T OISMERIETAIP RH lax muscles in treating gastro-in-|in jt, boy who is given a fistful of rocks patriotic or- 34, Timid RIAINIDIOMERBIRICICIAIN fess ecxeers, It goldfish watching gets a real|in a greenhouse and told to break ganization: animals TIN] IOLA} EIRIAITO The Citizen welcomes expressions of the views of its read- on a husband, it can be wotse|as many windows as he wants to. abbr. 35. Exist INIAIPIE |S} ill! aH ers, but the editor reserves the right to delete any items which jan drinking or gambling. The re-iHe comes home tired, but cheerful a Founda. —_ 36. Extended CIAIRIDIS MEF TAICH ING are considered libelous or unwarranted. The writers should be laxation becomes a vice. The vic-|and relaxed. It has been just the mee journey AIRIAIRIML. TINIE INIBRBU} fair and confine the letters to 200 words and write on one side tim loses interest in his wife, his|kind of evening he needed. Teebergs found 12. Smallfish — 3¢ inhabitant. _FSTTILIOMBEINIEIRICI VETS! of the paper only. Signature of the writer must accompany the children, and his job as he becomes| But what about the wife? What] qocen teoai mt iy tne Atlantic * md ieee : EIDE INE TIEIRIMMES ele! letters and will be pub! unless reque: rwise. farspe and more absorbed in watch-jshould she do while her husband coast of pos a om . Harden . Till the soi! ° his goldfish. i his youth in a} : 15. Mythical 42. Garret Solution of Yesterday's Puasie | QUARTERBACKS EXPLAIN member of the delegation which! Son't we all know husbands who Patines aig? after’ ail, you can't| bird 43. Tasty DOWN 8. The herb | Editor, The Citizen asked the City commission to pass Pictures And Stories Of News began goldfish watching innocently jexpect her just to sit at home and aa ee 47. Babylonian 1. College in dill | Please allow the Quarterback ® law prohibiting ‘Rodeos, Cireu-/Events Of Interest To Everyone eneugh, then began demanding fish !do nething, can you? Political fermentation — war god _ Ohio 9. Orb of dey valuable paper|S@6 4nd like amusements” from/Can Be Found In The Citisen|food to eat, just like their finny pet,| No, indeed. Many wives have 20. erence oo 2. Sun- 10. Silkworm es peal ong raised Playing in Wicker’s Stadium. _—————__—_______,- - and later began secretly coming|turned to goldfish watching, They LOnecfan @iirintor ‘erick 1. Dry to permission being granted by the), That law is still on the clty|Querterback club was endesvor-\down to the goldfish bowl in the|now watch the goldfish they once Announcements aa'begal * ‘so'Bidcoidicr ape Annoy City Commission for a Helleo 00) "wis tat knowledge of thet wee ceed “Fal ioe ter colt sch tome soot ena vias move faa to 40 ow!,| FIRST PRIMARY ELECTION e . soldier ‘ion : f | 7 . ‘ | i i-| 50 wate! ? ind it was more go - claim BLOtlater 4. Lightsleep 32 Guided, golay, at Wetecs ee |members of the Quarterback clubited citizens whe donated their/The only sure way for a wife toling MAY 4, 1956 eed oe Suindefinite “impressions | Neither myself, or the Quartet solicited $3,400.00 from citizens of money and hours of tree work to|break up a situation like this is to| Some goldfish find it makes them| : Be Sccr ng BkFeminine — g'utay™ —MyAmenica [Back Slate ccm wt Hodeo a SHY t© Purchase sod for thelmake the Stadhon what Xi tn|ewallow’ the goldfish herself and|nervous to be vatched by vives,’ For State Senator 30. Understood suffix 1. Novice 25. Hard: playing in this City. ‘eat ae peda beer 34 is our sincere hope thet the Omer! at a ag the other be are os ‘Toout I. Socce 2th District prefix I have and so has the Quarter- destroyed, but or eigipechdet hand. are simply 1 a rt MIL’ ARROTT vho oe 5 preserved for the of the Quarterback club |. are made more nery-|buy a goldfish you can’t just let it ar nakes 8 back Club as an organization Pro- youths of our city. . members as well as other citizens US and exasperated than ever by po to waste, can you? Somebody rite ones . ‘ tested to a Rodeo being staged in Several thousand more dollars will put the City Commissioners Watebing a They often get'has to watch it. County Wicker’s Stadium. went into the field in the way of on their guard to see that as little Elect A Senator The taxpayers money and COn- free transportation for the sod and damage as possible is done to the » we a tributions from Key West Citizens hours of free work by Quarter: field. Aid T Isr. N T Arab For Member School Beard coy em gmt san RY cp ape Caan we Ore sone 10 Aras — iy s . sod. The City C = . a place for stbletie events eee a some of the taxpayers money pe cats is a law prohibiting Radeas Prete. a |GTON aoe United | Operations Ce essen (Foay,, J. CARLYLE ROBERTS recreation site where our citizens latter part of last year te finish and Cireuses at the Stadium that jas given 30 million presumably to p from upset- 3RD DISTRICT may enjoy clean, wholesome ath- sodding the entire outfield area ofthis cone or no other com-,dellars in economic aidjting Arab governments which con-|@=———eeegeeee—ees jletic events. the Stadium. {mission for that matter, will ever during the past four months while|tend Washington favors Israel in\For Member School Board J 40.Drives away | | Some several years ago over the| Today this city has one of thelagain let down the barriers mak-|tllocating nothing to Arab coun-leconomic aid. ELECT 41. Renown |protests of Citizens, a Rodeo was best football fields in the State. possible potential danger to a| ‘ies. This grant, coupled with a 2. 42,Air:comb. staged in Wieker's Stadium. The Under direction of Paul Albury, [dies which so mgny of our) Iffprmed officials who reported!million-doltar allocation announce) KELLER WATSON Ered Sand Gigi hat "ha alii ne es ced gue mga @f pone Cy arab aes ater fal ea sie ete | _ SRD BUATRICT shallow 3 Ps ield has jaced in ex-, preseat allure to 39 million rs for the fis¢q] ee shall Le would be no damage to the Sta- a. Ce oy Key West's nee. Se 9 bed ty ene ees fe ores iises year bier started Say “its For Member School Boerd 44. Liquor 5 ionship school ball make @ F. | ts which ited 8 iprospects that fin re wil 45. Statute To the contrary, however, so team is scheduled to phe gon Respectfully submitted, [feels it could back. Pee about 60. million dollars, se Re-Elest 46. Fal! much damage was done that the there. | EARL R. ADAMS, President | The latest: allocation to Israel—! — EDNEY PARKER behind individual, who was mainly re- It was the above mentioned exe-| Key West Quarterback Club {4 13-million-dollar sum—was made The first U. S. census was taken sponsible for that Rodeo, was a ditable assets of the City that tbe February 17, 1954 {without publicity by the Foreign in. 1790. STH DISTRICT ~ — apart