The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 4, 1954, Page 4

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Thursday, Merch 4, 1954) The Key West Citizen Published daily (except Sunday) from The Citizen Building, corner of Greene ard SS Streets. Page 4 Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher 2200 sssss 1921 - 1954 NORMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager Enteréd at Key West, Florida, as Second Class~Matter TELEPHONES 2-5661 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 or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published here. 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 IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Government: 5. Community Auditorium. 1 2, $225,000,000 HIGHWAY PROGRAM President Dwight D. Eisenhower has recommmend- ed a $225,000,000 increase in Federal spending for high- way construction. Though the President did not identi- fy his proposal as a pump-priming program, the high- way construction project could amount to that even though not designed to be that. We believe a highway construction program is the best way to achieve constructive pump-priming. With the number of automobiles on the road increasing by the million every year, and the miles traveled also soaring, it has long been obvious that the nation’s highways are not keeping pace with the increasing volume of travel. To this must be attributed part of the blame for the increasing toll of deaths on U. S. highways. President Eisenhower says the Administration would like to in- crease highway aid from $575,800,000 to $800,000,000. Study groups which have investigated highway safe- ty and the adequacy of America’s highways, have re- ported expenditures in the millions of dollars would be necessary to lift the standard of public roads to what they should be. Since Federal highway aid is matched by local and state contributions, the extra $225,000,000 in Federal dollars might well mean that another $450,- 000,000 — almost half a billion — would be spent on U. S. highways. The advantages of such an increase are many-sid- ed. The operation would act.as a pump-priming one, the nation would get better peacetime roads, and, therefore, a lower fatality rate on the highways, and the roads would also be valuable in time of war. Many a life of the party is a wash-out at home. The reason most people work is that wher labor ceases, the pay-check also ceases. Theory is all right for the books, but it takes prac- tical expression of ideals to make life better. Getting along amicably in life is largely a problem of getting along with people just about as good as you are. AIF ITM S| Tie IWee TIRIAIP ISIETAREN TAIL JE RIAIN]A) PER TUR IRIAIVIE TL TIAIMBBEIRIVID TITIES ICILIAISIP|S} m Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 1. Caresses 5, Without hair : 9. Moccasin 12. Minute particle 13. Famous _canal 14. Palm leat 15. Ancient language 17. Retrieves 19. Carry 21. Wash 25. Sun god 26. Old times: 37. Sharp answer 39. And not 40. Electrified particle 41.101 42. Acquire by labor 45. Flowering P| SRMEIDIE|N| RIVINT TRL | FERRE RIA) AINMMEIPTIICIUIRIE MALI MIAIP MBAIVIE(SMERIA!T ID) LAV IE Me INIGI 1 INTE! SIHIAIVIETRISHE LOIS] LIAITIEIR ME CAITITILIE IR] OIVIETREMSIEIRIEMBEIVI(} WIEINTT REOIMIE (REE SIAIO} Solution of Yesterday's Puzzie 47. Not guretive 49. Siouan Indian 53. Poem 54. Russian ezay 56. Land held in fee simple 57. Oriental dwelling Pees - 10) Swiss DOWN Mountains 1. Accomplice 11. State oi 2. Greek affairs letter 16. Word of 4. Hit 5. Exist 6. Overdue debt 7. False} 8. Infirin 9. Unit ot weight ~ 18. Large oil can 20. Entertain- ment 22, Pretense 23. Biography 24. Above: poet, 28, Plot of a movie 29, Cleared ground: naut. 30. Smell 31. Flowerles 32. Continent 34. Long abusive speech are considered libelous or unw: of the paper only. Signature of DEFENDS BRIDGE COMMISSION Editor, The Citizen: So far as I am concerned, C. B. Harvey and Bernie C. Papy may attack each other’as much as they please, and Dave King, or any other candidate for any other office from Monroe County, may do as much blasting as he wishes al- so, without a single word of re- proach from me, but if any of them villifies the Overseas Bridge ‘Commission, of which I am a member, I will hit back, and hit hard too. Harvey, in-an address over the local radio, made it appear that members of the commission are dishonest, and engineered a land deal, much to the seeming benefit of the buyer. Why did Harvey de- pend on hearsay in making that attack? Why didn’t he go to the source to learn the truth? Here is) the truth: The: federal government, or the| state, or any of its subdivisions, does not put documentary stamps on a deed, regardless of whether each sells to the other or to a pri- vate individual. Now here is where Harvey and a Miami paper, bent on trying to jstir up sensationalism about the commission’s doings, slipped up, as much so as a child would have slipped up. The commission, in con- veying the property, did not put any stamps on the deed, because it is exempted under the law that! applies to the use of documentary stamps. That procedure reverses the gen- eral rule that requires the seller, not the buyer, of land to pay for the stamps, The commission acted under its rights, as specified by jthe law, so why should it have been| aspersed because the lawyer and} ja clerk had made a mistake?) Why did the Miami paper try to' PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citizen welcomes expressions of the views of its read- ers, but the editor reserves the right to delete any items which fair and confine the letters to 200 words and write on one side letters and will be published unless requested otherwise. Downturn In [Business Seen For January WASHINGTON (# — Manufactur. ers’ sales, new orders, inventor-' ies, consumer credit and foreign trade all dropped off in January, according to government reports. The reports issued yesterday, came amid warnings from some) arranted. The writers should be the writer must accompany the make it appear that the commis- sion had sold the property at a/ giveaway price? Now let us consider Harvey’s No, 2 aspersion of the commission. He said the commission had paid $4,500 for an “air-condition Chrys- ler” for Brooks Bateman, manag-| er of the road district, whereas all the commission paid was $1,160. The district, because it is a sub- division of the state, did not have to pay a federal tax, and the fur- ther deduction was due to the amount that was allowed for a sec- ond-hand Chrysler that was trad- ed-in for the new car. It would appear, from what Har- vey said, that the swimming pool the commission built was the first pool constructed on Pigeon Key, B. M. Duncan, the former manager, built an open pool, whose rectan- gular decking was blown away by ‘4 : the 1944 hurricane. All that was|dollars. Sales in January this year left of the pool after the hurricane Were about one billion dollars un-| was a hole in the edge of the sea.|der manufacturers’ sales of Jan- That pool was built on contract at|uary 1953. a cost of $2,000. The present pool| Manufacturers reduced their in- is bulkheaded, and it was built by;ventories by 300 million dollars in, —— eanoyes ue ~ bad aay compared igen a reduc-| nothing else to do, for 500, |tion 200 million ars, both! instead of the $60,000 that Har-| seasonally adjusted, in December.) vey stated incorrectly. Every day, The further liquidation of stocks) ee the weeuee is cement peo-' —which President Eisenhower's re- le picnic at the pool, and any-'cent economic report to Congress} Po oe ee Mae ae ee ee ee son had to make that rule about lcedueed inventories ayers "6, the pool, or place a guard at it!490,000,000. This, however, was| Sano first-aid sation, still some two billion doilars more, ea y the company that in-/than in January a year before. ScCanit eee at district against Seasonally adjusted new orders! goagere received by manufacturers in Jan-| I have been a member of the! totaled 2 i commission five years, and the ua il ig $9, genre oa State Auditor has commended it);"@5_ $1,800,000,000 less than new every year for its efficiency. jusiness received in Bev SAM E. HARRIS when new orders were slightly Member of the higher than in November. The public tightened its use of Democratic leaders that the coun-| try is headed for a recession. Re-| publicans, however, have called the present business downturn a normal readjustment. The government figures give! |some indication of its extent. The monthly report from the ‘Commerce Department’s Office of all manufacturers, after adjust-! ment for seasonal factors, dropped! off 400 million dollars to $23,700,- 000,000. The seasonally adjusted sales de- cline in January compared with a Overseas Toll 5 DEATH, MY DARLING! i j y bes i s tae the } little tab! g. In the very heart a dog. nm it passed from I saw with relief that it was Uncle Raoul. “He's bably loo! darned oon.” Tyephed "s a stick or something in his hand. Me stood el a minute watch- Ss pane ae he anunued but because of the way been torn, the words were not By RUSSELL BRINES WASHINGTON (#—Rep. McCor- mack (D-Mass) says the forth- \coming Geneva conference with Red China could threaten the Big Three alliance and intensify pres- \sure for seating the Chinese Com- munists in the United Nations. But the deputy Democratic House leader also says Secretary of State Dulles was pressured by European allies into accepting the conference and won’t come under Business Economics said sales of Democratic fire because he agreed | to it. Dulles already has drawn con- siderable Republican criti- cism, mostly in the Senate, for agreeing to meet with Red China in a five power conference at Gen- drop in December of 200 million'eva April 26. Critics contended it/ {means a form of recognition for the Peiping regime. The secretary declared Red China instead would be appearing before the bar of world opinion, would be consulted only on Korea and Indochina. McCormack carried the issue to the House floor yesterday with what he called a warning that the |Soviets would make their most in- tensive efforts at Geneva to split |the Western Big Three. This would be the “real test of the ability” to hold the Western leaders togeth- er, he added, He said he is “fearful there are enough votes” now in the U.N. to seat Red China and added the United States may have to use a double veto to prevent it. The double veto, used before by Soviet Russia, broadens the ability of a big power to block U. N. action. Amplifying his remarks in an interview today, McCormack said, HE: i that blackness, something was mov:ng; seme tings eay was too large for the shadow into the moonlight, and actually for that got not as a recognized equal, and} Bridge Commission. 617 Ashe Street. ductible and what limitations are The law allows the income-tax- payer to deduct any extraordinary | medical expenses of his family in computing his income tax. He can-| not deduct ordinary medical expen- gross income), but he may deduct Questions And Answers About Income Tax What medical expenses are de- jleviation of a body or mental con-' jdition. You can deduct the cost of; imposed upon these deductions? eyeglasses, aritificial teeth, crut- ches, braces, hearing aids, x-rays, ambulance service, ict similar items, You sary travel in connection ses (which have been figured to! medical treatment, but you cannot average 5 percent of one’s adjusted |deduct any other travel even if it'Jars. benefits your health, cpn deduct the cost of neces-' credit sharply in January, the Fed- “leral Reserve Board reported. Total consumer credit—debt of, individuals for automobiles, cop- sumer goods, home repairs, per-, sonal loans and services — de- clined 771 million dollars in Jan- ‘uary, to 28% billion dollars. This compared with a contraction of 153 million in January 1953. Consumer credit usually declines jin January while the public pays \off debts contracted in Christmas |buying, but the reduction this year siwas larger than is usual. | Installment credit — consumer debt to be repaid in installments— declined 363 million dollars in Jan- uary. In January 1953, installment! credit increased 167 million . dol-! \“The French are so anxious to get out of Indochina, they will agree to almost anything” for Peace in the Asian peninsula. “But the only grounds on which \halted their demands for admis- \sion of Red China to the U. N. is jthat the Chinese Communists have ‘been branded as aggressors,” he added. ahead for new demands” to seat the Peiping regime. Rep. Judd (R-Minn), in reply to McCormack, told the House Red China would gain no more stature lat Geneva than it has had in Pan- /munjom truce negotiations on Ko- France and Great Britain have) “If they settle the Indochina; Tea. The House then tentatively ap- By Amelia Reynolds Long Most of us were at breakfast d, next morning when Boun- tiful announced the arrival of the sheriff. Since Uncle Raoul had not t come down, Lee, after a brief esitation, rose from the table and went out to receive him. But almost immediately he re- turned again. He was looking puzzled and, I thought, a little worried. “Wilkes wants to see all of us er afew ES ah es we tek le " what it’s to about.” a The sheriff's attitude, when we alee Cae not noe ep or gas we expec’ he seemed perplexed. en we were gettin’ your ready for the autopsy,” he began abruptly, “we found a cou- us ai Sse se aS need a little explainin’.” He thrust his hand into his trousers pocket, and brought out something which he laid on the i beside which he was standing. It was a bright new silver dollar. Henri was the first to speak. “What's so funn: cousin havin pocket?” he demanded. about my a dollar in his AP Ni Which one 0’ you Dumont’s share in poe sea a erg vag at Even Beau looked surprised. There was the sound of foot- steps descending the stairs a then, and cousin eff came into view. At sight of the sheriff, he sto] and handed it to him. “Maybe you can tell me some- thing about this, Mr. he suggested. “I'm afraid I can’t,” he uaid after a ener: “What's it sup- to be?” “The sheriff thinks Claude may have sold one of us his shares in Grandpére’s estate,” Amédée ex- plained. The sheriff glanced around the circle. “Where’s Mr. Raoul Dumont?” he demanded suddenly. “My father hasn’t come down- stairs yet,” Lee explained. “Then send after him.” Uncle Bountiful returned. cnante Raoul ain’t in his room,” he announced, addressing “Nothing,” the sheriff answered, this wasn’t in his pocket. It was in his left hand.” leather wallet from it a torn piece which he laid on side the dollar. “We found this crumpled know what it i: leaf notebook, had some writin; continuous. I, the undersigned, do hereby interest in and rights to the will of my lately deceased for the sum of one dol Threat To Big Three Seen In G This Rock : Of O By Bill Gibb as it is today—people seem to begin a search for Spiritual values in order that they might gain con- fidence. Often, their discoveries lead them into an expression of their thoughts through poetry. A column such as this receives quite \a bit of this verse and occasionally |we print it—not because it is good or bad but because of the sincerity Jof its author, } For instance, here is an extre- mely simple poem by Edith Miller, ‘a winter visitor to Key West. It starts off with epicurean counsel somewhat reminiscent of Omar |Khayyam’s “‘Rubaiyat.” However, |the last two verses give it an abrupt \change of mood. The poem may jhave a tendency toward being j‘sing-songy’ but-there is no deny- ing the sincerity of its author. TODAY There will always be tomorrows But there’s only one today, So take the joy that’s offered you And blithely go your way, Why waste the precious hours With sorrow’s idle tears. Why hush the song of laughter ! kouras Is Sued For Doctor Bill | LOS ANGELES (®—Charles P. \Skouras, theater chain magnate, jhas been sued for a $10,000 doctor {bill. The suit was filed here yesterday a Chicago specialist, for services to Skouras during the theater man’s illness from a heart’ ‘attack in the Illinois city last No- jvember. A spokesman for Skouras said Dr. Langendorf was called in a a consultant but that Skouras coi sidered his fee exorbitant. The |Skouras representative said it was The sheriff brought a worn the inside a of his coat and extracted of paper, the table be- in his right hand ts he announced. "Maybe Bee you The paper, obvior rt of a from an riousivaps pocket on it; had When the world is in a turmoil— on behalf of Dr. Richard Langen-| war at Geneva, that will be a go- (dort, “No, I don’t guess that’ll be necessary,” Wilkes said unex- pectedly. “One more thing,” he said as he was about to leave. “We forgot to take the sword along with us when we were here yesterday. The coroner thinks we ought to have it for the inquest.” “Do you remember what the coroner did with it?” Cousin Jeff inquired. “I mean after .. .” He ee Ate sentence trail away unfin- At that, I saw Bobby open her mouth to say something. I snot her a warning glance, and she closed it again. “Well. you can ask him when he gets back,” the sheriff said. “I don’t guess it matters a whole lot, but some o’ the jurors may want to see it at the inquest. (Te be continued) eneva Talk Urs By the thoughts that bring you tears, Within the garden of your mind You are always planting seeds, Some grow and give you bles- sings rare While others are just weeds. The seeds you sow are but your thoughts And only you can say, If you will grow tomorrow’s weeds Or the flowers of today. Enough Of This The first thing you know, ‘This |Rock” will start publishing some of its own compositions and then |the editor really will tear his hair out. There seems to be quite a bit of controversy as to whether local motels are gouging tourists with high rentals, This column has had jenough complaints to suspect that jwhere there is so much smoke, there might be a little fire, Pro- testing tourists center their com- plaints mostly around the fact that a motel may show “No Vacancy” signs until night and then double or triple its rates. Whether this is true or not, and I don’t think it ap- plies to the majority of places. The |Motel Association should find the ;Matter an easy one to check. When all is said and done, we still have to remember that towns jon the mainland always have, and iprobably always will, spread mali- cious gossip about Key West. We {can only overcome these attacks \through advertising the truth. Political 1 Announcements FIRST PRIMARY ELECTION MAY 4, 1954 For State Senator proposed that the matter be sub-) mitted to arbitration by a panel) of doctors but this offer was re-| fused, | GAMBLING EVIDENCE FOUND IN SEN’S NEST BALTIMORE (#—Officers ci the police numbers racket squad raid- 36, Myself 3. Little child tefusal e044 ua Yj A The Commerce Department proved a clause in a State Depart-| ade a preliminary estimate that/ment appropriations bill reaffirm-) nited States exports amounted tojing the opposition of Congress to plant | 33. Odoriferc: principle < 24th District MILTON A. PARROTT Help Monroe County Elect A Senator |For Member School Board RE-ELECT J. CARLYLE ROBERTS jextraordinary medical expenses.’ The law also limits the deduction! m |If you are 65 or over, you may de- of medical expenses to $1,250 if Uj; r duct all medical expenses. This is you claim only one exemption and! i i Chin: violet roct ri ; - 5 5 $1,750,000,000 in January while im-|U.N. seating of Red a. 35. Collectior a concession to the increasing pro- to higher amounts for additional ports totaled 825 vaillicgs, ia ci cla u Chinese Send Pinup of facts |blems of old age. |exemptions. The estimated export total ; was 38. Visual | The present tax law allows every; For further information, see your about 20 . } per cent below December “Girl” irl” To Army Camps HONG KONG (#—The Chinese oe, jtaxpayer to accept a standard de- District Director of Internal Rev- exports and 18 per cent below the! The estimated import total for Reds, taking a cue from Marilyn, 42. Follow ; ua ; : duction (about 10 percent of his in-|enue. His address is Rm. 201 P. 0.) . Lump of a 4.11953 monthly export average. | eae come) to cover all his allowable|Bldg. The telephone number is| ly export averagi 44. Italian nonbusiness or personal deductions, |2-7933. such as contributions, medical ex-| |penses, and state and locai taxes. NOVELIST DIES IN January was a) ximately 9 Monroe’s highly successful tour of ,cent below both the Doesistee fe South Korea, have sent Mei Lan-| ‘tal and the monthly average for fang touring Communist army ed a house here yesterday. Among the evidence found by the sharp-| eyed cops was a lottery book hid- 3RD DISTRICT Most taxpayers will find it better den under a cardboard box which For Member School Board HOLLYWOOD HOME 1953. canis. 50. Feminine name 51, Pikelike province; abbr. to accept this standard deduction jtather than itemize their actual |medical expenses and other expen- ses because the 10 percent is a lit- deductible expenses. But if you itemize your expenses, | you can deduct payments to doce-; tors, dentists, nurses, and hospitals |provided the payments are for the ‘prevention, cure, correction, or al-i HOLLYWOOD (#—Novelist Jer- ome Odlum, 48, is dead. He died at his home Tuesday. he |TRUE OPTIMISTS Novels included Die,” “Dust Be My Destiny,” jladies’ “Mirabilis Diamond,” and “Lady hotel. Sourdough.” He also wrote for the movies. night dinner at 2 dowgtown But there is one big difference. was under a straw nest which was Mei is a man. A vetéran actor, he is among i i y BUFFALO, N. Y. @—The Op- the world’s best-known female im- tle more than the average of these Was managing editor of the Minne- timist Club lived up to its name personators. The use of men in held in $2,500 bail for grand jury |apolis News from 1934 to 1937, His last night when 12 persons braved|women’s roles is common pfactice action on a lottery charge. “Each Dawn Ia blizzard to attend the annualjin the Chinese theatér. under some eggs which were under a setting hen. Robert S. Wallace Jr., 30, was Measurements have been made so accurate as to record the dis-| Your eyes : | | The speaker's topic: “Cgpital-'by distant vision than by close tortion of a bar of steel when a ism—Can It Weather the Storm?” wert : housefly lights on it. ELECT KELLER WATSON 3RD DISTRICT For Member School Board Re-Elect EDNEY. PARKER STH DISTRICT