The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 5, 1954, Page 7

Benjamin Franklin suggested) America make the wild turkey its national emblem, objecting to the} bald eagle because. he said, it was} lazy, a thief, a coward and bully.| VALUE? Weekly Service SPECIAL 5000 miles inspection | *Change engine oil | “Lubricate chassis *Repack wheel bearings *Clean air cleaner *Adjust brakes *Tune Motor *Clean Carburetor *Rotate tires *Tighten Hose Connec- tions *Points Included Condenser Included °Oil Included *Grease Included *Spark Plugs, addition- al, if necessary 6 Cyls. $19.95 ’ Friday, March 5, 1954 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Pace 7 Sea Scouts Tour USS:Bushnell ead J. K. GABOR points out some of the details of the fantail of the submarine tender Bushnell to Key West Sea Scouts during the Scouts’ tour of the vessel, as George Csolak, seaman of the Bushnell (third from right) looks on. S. E, Alvarez (third from left) is skipper of Sea Scouts Ship No. 250, while H. W. Williams (second from left) is mate. - Langer Chews Both Cigars And His Fellow Republicans By BEM PRICE |pointment of Earl Warren, former WASHINGTON —Sen. William governor of California, as chief! Wild Bill Langer of North Dakota) justice of the United States. takes somewhat the same ap- Langer said there was no con- proach to both the Republican nection, but committee approval party and-cigars. of Warren’s appointment was de- When it comes to cigars, Langer Jayed and delayed. Then Langer is a mangler. He chews on his blandly made public a whole stack own party with equaj gusto when- of unsupported charges that War- ever the mood suits. ren hadn’t been exactly an above- There is one difference. In the hoard governor. Just one of those case of cigars, the 67-year-old son. things, he said, the public ought| And he denied there had been any undue delay. of the soil leaves the wrapper on.|to know about. (He never smokes them.) Langer is as independent as a hog on ice. voted 12-3 to confirm Warren's It also is safe to say that no appointment. other senator has had a public'concurred this week. career remotely resembling his. In his lifetime he has been con- brow, Langer voted with the ma- victed in a federal court, ousted jority in support of the man whose as governor of North Dakota, appointment he had held up and weathered determined efforts to|whom he once supported for the unseat him as senator and ex- presidency of the United States. perienced enough adventures to. The Republicans still are won- give a more sedate man ulcers. dering whose side he was on i While he accepts the Republican the 1948 presidential campaign. Hastily the committee met and/ The whole Senate Without batting a bushy eye- | Rock | This By Bill Gibb City Manager Vic Lang has stat-/ ed that he hopes to get covered! garbage trucks for the © Sanitary) Department in the coming fiscal| year. Good! That is something that we really need in Key West. How- ever, I’ll have to admit that “This| Rock” takes a slightly pessimistic) view of Mr. Lang’s success in the) matter. If he gets up and shouts) loudly enough, he might get one such truck — even two. But a) whole fleet? We will have to see ‘it to believe it! For years, Key Westers have been disgusted by the sight of wet garbage and trash being scattered) along the streets because of im- .|properly constructed vehicles, Im- properly constructed, did we say? ‘Heck! They’re not even construct- ed. Sanitary Department trucks are plain old stake body jobs with bedsprings or some other contri-| vance erected go that they will hold more garbage. The laborers on the/ truck can’t. be blamed for those! conditions. They load as much! trash as possible and then, I ima-| gine, they pray all the way to the| dumping grounds that if something has to fall off the truck, it will be portions of the load and not) themselves. | Regulation, covered garbage) trucks will not only be more eco-| nomical to operate but will pro- |vide safety for the workers and a healthier atmosphere for the com-| |munity. Here’s wishing you luck) in securing them, Mr, Lang. ‘Taint Fair FBI police training starts next) Monday for all local law enforce- ment agencies. It is a dirty, dia- bolical trick to play on this col- umn. If all municipal policemen |receive the outstanding course, what in the dickens are we going! to write about? The situation is | outrageous! | For two or three years I’ve been \fighting to see local law enforce- ment improved. Most of the guys) in the department are fine, young| men, but they’ve lacked training. (Now that they are going to get it, |I guess I'll just have to oil up some of the keys on this typewriter that spell out complimentary remarks, Of Ours SEA SECRETS Q. Is is possible that I have seen South Canada? How many local kinds of ibis are there? Mrs. E, R.| Carlson, Sarasota, Fla. | |, A. The glossy ibis, (Plegadis fa’- The keys haven’t been used in so|cinellas) wanders from time to long that they’re pretty well rust-time as far north as Canada, as) : well as westward to Colorado, and) aie has been known to breed in North Delores Disdgiertt {and South Carolina. Its more nor- Speaking of compliments, the ci-/mal range includes Florida, Mexi-| tizens of Key West are to be con-co, Cuba, and Hispaniola. The | Sratulated for their wonderful res- wood ibis, (Mycteria Americana) | Ponse to the plight of little Delores (a true stork) sometimes breeds| Disdgiertt, The child will have a in South Carolina and ranges south- chance to see because of your lov-'ward to Peru, and the white ibis, ing generosity. I’m sure that all (Guara Alba) are common Florida of our prayers will go with her|pirds. The most spectacular of the while she makes the journey to jbises is the scarlet ibis, (Guara New York and during her stay in rubra) which is now found only in the hospital. {South America, with accidental Marine Railway range extension to the shores of the Charter boatmen in Garrison |Gulf of Mexico and the West In- Bight breathed a sigh of relief\dies, Recent restoration of colonies when it became ar parent this weekiof water birds, including ibises, in that Willie Wickers would be al-'Tampa Bay rookeries from a few lowed to move his marine railway|thousand to some 215,000 birds is to that area. It was formerly lo-|said to have coincided with the im- cated at the end of Simonton Street provement of the crab and mullet on the land now leased to Joe Siru-|fisheries in that region. The gua- go for a ferry dock. Ino deposited by the birds enrich- George Gomez has a small rail-|eg the shallow waters and enables Way at the Bight already. However, the single-celled plants which form it cannot handle heavy boats, fish-|the basis of the chain of life in ermen say, and they were worry-'the sea to flourish. ing about having to make the long| = by, run to Marathon to go on dry-dock.| q, Q. Is the menhaden known It is rather odd that Key West bus- inessmen have not catered more to the needs of local boats than they. have, Hardly a day goes by that some boatman cannot be heard complaining about his ina bility to buy needed repair parts locally, Low Cost Housing Do we have such a thing ‘as low-| cost Housing Project in Key West? I've heard several complaints a- bout rent being raised in these pro- jects. One Housing Commissioner told me that, based on a percent- age of the tenant’s income, ren- tals for some units at Porter Place might go as high as $79. That’s rough. Any family that can afford) that much should not be entitled to low-cost housing. There are still too many people living in sub-stan-| dard housing whose incomes do not Tun over $1800 to $2400 per year. These are the ones that I had ima- gined-the Key West Housing Au- thority was supposed to take care) of, 8 Cyls. __ NAVARRO, Inc. 601 Duval St. '$24.95 dispensers of patron North Dakota. He is ct Tel. 2-7041 S-T-R-E-T-C-H YOUR DOLLAR SALE! However, it’s almost didate, Gov. a lead pipe cinch that future GOP of New York, but had kind words | — age will con- for sult him on postmasterships for man, running for re-election, irman of the Judiciary;hower turned up in his state on|complain Committee, and as such he was\a campaign tour, Langer was off, marketeers are making a lush and called upon to consider the ap- gn a son, Langer greeted him warmly,/ment is attempting to increase the q strictly isolationist, Li label, the party never knows what) He ignored the Republican can- he will do. Thomas E. Dewey| FE By RICHARD R, KASISCHKE MOSCOW —Soviet newspapers speculators and black Democratic President Tru- In 1952, when President Eisen- | i speech-making trip. But/easy living off the shortage- When Truman arrived on behalf Plagued Russian people while Pre- of the candidacy of Adlai Steven-|Mier Georgi Malenkov’s govern- upply of consumer goods. | Black marketeers reportedly do Once when he heard British|2 big business in such cities as Prime Minister Churchill \Moscow, Kiev and Riga, and even On foreign affairs, Langer is |S was! “The appearance of speculators and speculation in our time is caused by the shortage of certain goods,” Trud commented. “Ex- ploiting this temporary difficulty, every kind of parasite and lover of easy gain buys up these goods which are in short supply to resell them, thereby disorganizing Soviet trade and causing the population much inconvenience.” Trud told of one theater ticket planning a visit to the United| States, he telegraphed the Old} North Church in Boston to expect) reach into the small towns. Big drives are now under way, news- papers say, against these ‘leeches, jreleased. )sealper named Litvak who was} caught three times and each time} ny other names? A. Yes, this highly valuable com- |merical fish, (Brevoortia tyrannus) jis also variously known as moss-| \bunker, stink shad, bonyfish, white- | ‘fish, bugfish, fatback, and pogy.| “\The menhaden is lightly regarded las food (although it is reported) to have been widely eaten many years ago), but it is valuable as a source of oil and meal. The fish ‘are processed at “‘pogy plants,” |where the oil is extracted by| ‘steam heat and the dried fish and ‘bone meal are converted into pul-| ltry and -cattle feeds. A small | {amount of menhaden go into the manufacture of fertilizer. Menha-) den are taken in large quantities lby purse seiners which operate a- ltong the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Q. What is the difference be- ltween a black groupr and a gag?) A. These two large and closely-| related fish are often mistaken for | lone another. The black grouper, \(Myeteroperca bonaci), may be) distinguished by the darker, squar- ish blotches which cover the body and tail. The intensity of the blot-| iches may vaty according to the |*mood”” of the fish, and some-| times may be quite faint. The gag, (Mycteroperca microlepis), is ofa uniform dark brownish color and| is without markings. Both these | grouper grow to a length of 3 feet | jand attain a weight of 50 pounds. \They are important food fish lo-| leally. The black grouper has an extensive range, while the gag ap-| pears to be almost solely confined to the ‘Florida reefs, where it is |abundant. \EXAMINER FAILS | LOS ANGELES (#—Erin James Holland was fined $150 yesterday | after pleading guilty to a drunk \driving charge. 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The Moscow trade union news- | speculators.” sg {Decacenteck tie pe e Ce a He also voted against extension paper Trud and the Zarya Vostoka| The newspaper also scolded iss enamel Bone es Pall thee of the draft law after World War of Thlisis (Tiflis) told their readers|zens who patronize the black mar-|jcated Gieie teniele aauiuiaten a. 7 ‘how these speculators worked: |keteers. Although buying from) aa i. for careers other| _ He has introduced some 400 bills When Soviet citizens crowd to a/speculators is not punishable une oom eet nee in the Senate which would permit’ store counter they may find a slick 'der Soviet law, Trud said, “Any than’ homema une. some 1,600 aliens due for deporta- well-barbered character coming up|person having recourse to the! tion to remain, Yet he has voted’ to them. Flashing a pleasant smile,|services of speculators is commi at flick of a dial. Lightweight. consistently against ~liberalizing|the new-found friend will say: “Do/|ting an act opposed to the’ spirit to use—thanks to famous Open immigration quotas, lyou want a fur coat?” If the an-jof Soviet ethics, and should be Handle design. Get yours now! fy A ee enaduate of the Univers-|swer is yes, the young man in| ostracized.” | y of North Dakota, Langer be-ithe slick haircut and the well-tied| Sa sere cay 5495 : | mess in 1933 and produced a real whing-|one. A lady friend of his is selling PEED EEME ACRE | came governor of his home state|necktie knows just where to get! ding administration, ‘one. He leads his quarry off to an| MANILA (®—The Philippine For- another redcoat invasion and to break out the lanterns used to ‘set off Paul Revere’s ride, He voted against acceptance of (Ice Division) Key West, Florida Westinghouse Appliances BUY NOW... SAVE! SAVE on PRESSING BILLS! Westinghouse STEAM or DRY IRON a skirt in 90 seconds—iron a slip the time. 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