The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 22, 1954, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Monday, March 22, 1984 The Key West Citizen Published daily (except Sunday) from The Citizen Building, corner of Greene and Ann Streets. Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher .... ave 1921 - 1954 NORMAN D. ARTMAN .. .. Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter. TELEPHONES 2.5661 and 12-5662 Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it pe PORE T LES credited in this paper, and also the local news pub- Isher ere. Member 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. 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 Governments. Community Auditorium. AIR-MINDED DEFENSE The 137-wing goal being aimed at by the Air Force, and the build-up now going on in the Navy, emphasizes the fact that today’s defense is an air-minded one. While the Army and Navy are reducing their conventional types of man-power, so to speak, the air build-up goes ahead at a steady pace. This is also reflected in the budget, out of which the Air Force is getting more than a third of the money appropriated for defense, Even after World War II there was a very strong tendency on the part of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to re- commend about the same amount of money for the three services. Thus when the three military services were giv- en, say, thirteen billion dollars, each received something over four billions. That despite the fact that we were facing an enemy who had little naval power and who couldn’t transport his ground troops into contact with ours, and whose land.mass did not touch ours. President Eisenhower, a ground forces man, ironical- ly is now staking the country’s safety on a strong air de- fense—and offense. But it took Ike a year to learn his lesson, just as it took Harry Truman. Most citizens remember well those days just before the Korean War in Washington—when Congress decided Mr. Truman (another Army man) wasn’t emphasizing air power enough in his budget recommendations for the defense of the country. Congress thereupon appropriated more money than Mr. Truman asked for air power. But HST wasn’t easily convinced that he was wrong. Instead of spending that money, he impounded it. And it wasn’t spent on air power. When the Korean War broke out it was obvious who was right. President Eisenhower had something like that kind of a lesson when he came to power early in 1953. The outgoing Democrats, after learning the hard way, had finally started emphasizing air power in the budget. When the rfew President came into office it looked like the defense program was too air-minded to him. He im- mediately whacked fjve billions off the former administra- “tion’s proposed air e& enditures. A howl went up and the President held his ground. But when this year’s budget rolled around, the emphasis, even in General Eisenhow- er’s budget, was on air power. Over the years dogs have refused to talk, which in- dicates a high degree of intelligence. Those who look enviously at the lovely flowers in their neighbor’s yards can correct their lack by a similar output of time and energy. ossword Puzzlefiaaenias face ACROSS 1. Tiny 7.U.S. ter- ritory 13. Literary supervisor 14. Warnings of danger 45. Down: prefix 16. Female “sheep 17. Plaything’ 18. State of the Union: abbr. 19. Light touch 21. Frighten 23. Chafe 24. Look askance 26. Syllable used in musical refrains 27. Ancient Trish capital 28. Type of saw 30. Plaintiff 32. Nothing 34. Relatives 35. Have refer- ence to 39. Restrain 43, Wild plum 44. Ship clock 46. Composi- tion for one 47. Help 48. Cut of meat 50. Catch suddenly 51. Proof reader's mark 52. Devoured 53. Recline 55. Word of ISMESIEINIO/S) Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle DOWN 1.Interfere 2. Having ideas 3. Symbol for niekel | 4. American Indian 5. Pulls after 6. Upright 7. Place for hanging hats 8. Medicinal plant 9. Route 10. Metric land measure 11. Imprison 12, Line show- ing equal barometric pressure 20. Implore 22. Goddess of vengeance 23. Short- napped fabric 25. French annuity 27. Melodies 29. Inle* of the sea 31. Spanish hero 33. Horizontal pieces 35. Book of the Bibl 58. Choose 60. Gives off vapor 61. Slips 42. Automatons 45. Untrue 48. Prow 54. Highest note of Guido’s scale 57. Compass point 59. Past tense ending {went to the nation with a radio Mounting Unemployment Is Felt In Big Industrial Areas By FRED S. HOFFMAN WASHINGTON ® — Unemploy- ment has continued to mount, the Labor Department says, and by mid-March was being felt in al- most all the nation’s major indus- trial areas. In a report issued last week, the department’s Bureau of Employ- ment Security (BES) said it found that joblessness had spread | mid-March from the auto, farm machinery, aircraft and household appliance manufacturing fields to a “wide range of industries” such as basic steel, textiles, shipbuild- ing, electronies and electrical equipment. BES said, however, there were signs the increase in joblessness had slowed down and reported a slight drop eatly in March in insured unemployment. March was designated by Presi- dent Eisenhower as an unemploy- ment thermometer. He told a news conference Feb. 17 that an up- swing in employment generally is noted in March. If this trend should fail to develop ‘this year, the President added, the govern- ment might have to take mea- sures, perhaps including tax re- duction. Last Monday night the President and television appeal against a Democratic income tax cut drive. Jn that speech he said economic conditions “do not call for an emergency program that would justify larger federal deficits and further inflation through large additional tax reductions at this time.” Eisenhower said ‘“‘some unem-! ployment” has cropped up in var- ; ious parts of the nation, but he| contended that the country as a/ whole ‘continues to be prosper- | ous.” The President said jobless- ness is no higher than it was in the spring of 1950, the eve of the Korean War outbreak. The Census Bureau’s most re: cent unemployment count was 3,671,000 for February. But there were some optimistic | signs even as BES reported that | virtually all the 149 major job/ areas surveyed reflected ‘‘ad-| versely-affected employment con- | ditions” between mid-January and | mid-March. For one thing, BES said in aj separate report that there had! been a slight drop—12,500—in job- | lessness among workers covered | by unemployment compensation. This brought the total as of March | 6 to 2,200,600. Furthermore, BES reported that during the following week new | claims for jobless pay totaled 310,600—8,200 fewer than were filed during the week ended March 6. | Unemployment compensation fig- ures give only part of the job] “Veesky” Is Introduced To Soviet Topers By RICHARD KASISCHKE MOSCOW (#—This nation of vodka drinkers is being introduced to veesky. The ministry of Internal Trade has put on sale “a new type of drink,” ‘called Sovetskoye veesky, or Soviet whisky, distilled in the Soviet Union. It is being launched with an advertising campaign. It costs 24% rubles for a half liter (just over a pint). The ruble is rated officially at four to the American dollar. You deposit an extra ruble on the bottle, An American who bought a bottle says: “Far as I’m concerned, I would stick with Scotch and Bourbon. This Soviet stuff is too sharp for me. I don’t want my hat blown off. It’s too bitter for my taste.” There are big displays for the drink in the stores. An advertising leaflet says: “Whiskey is one of the oldest alcoholic drinks. It comes origin- ally from Ireland. The word whis- ky comes from the Celtic meaning ‘water of life’ and was known to the Celts in the 12th century. “Whisky is made from corn and barley malt. It has an original taste and aroma slightly of smoke. “Soviet whisky is made from the best grain and in factories with the most modern equipment. “It is a bitter type of drink. Its aroma is natural and nothing aromatic is added to it. “You can drink Soviet whisky | from vodka or cognac wine glasses | without diluting it. It can also be drunk mixed with soda water or with a piece of lemon and sugar added, according to the taste. “We ask you to send your opinion about this new drink, Soviet whisky, to Glavtorg (the state wine distributing organiza- tion) in the U.S.S.R. Ministry of | Trade.” The leaflet says the whisky has 45 per cent alcoholic content. Most U.S. whiskies range from 40 to 50 per cent alcohol (80.6 to 100 proof). Standard Soviet vodkas are 44-56 per cent alcohol. in the country to report a labor shortage in January—was listed as having a “balanced” labor supply in March. There were but 20 of these areas showing neither a labor surplus nor shortage. Nine new areas were added to a group where at least 6 per cent picture, since not many more than of the work force is jobless. This half the nation’s workers are cov- | brought to 34 the number of major ered by this program. |areas with a “substantial” labor BES, in its discussion of the | surplus. Such areas are eligible situation in mid-March, also said|for special consideration in the the employment drop-off slowed in the industries that bore |The newcomers: the brunt of the winter unem-; Charleston, W.Va.; Wheeling- ployment. Steubenville, W.Va.-Ohio; Port- BES said employment in the land, Ore.; Chattanooga, Tenn.; trade and construction fields | Duluth-Superior, Minn.-Wis.; Hun- dropped a bit in almost all the| tington-Ashland, W.Va.-Ky.; Pat- areas it studied, but the bureau|erson, N.J.; Racine, Wis.; and emphasized this was normal in| San Antonio, Tex. winter, The remaining 30 of the 40 labor The bureau groups industrial | market areas shifted into new areas according to employment categories joined the ‘‘moderate” conditions. In its latest report, | surplus group. Previously they had BES shifted 40 of the 149 major| been recorded as having “bal- labor market areas into classifi-| anced” labor supplies. Nearly two- cations showing greater ‘‘sur- | thirds of the nation’s biggest labor Pluses” of workers. market areas are in the “moder- Hartford, Conn.— The only area! ate” surplus class. had| award of government contracts. US. Farmers Plan Heavy "54 Planting By OVID A. MARTIN WASHINGTON — American farmers will be operating close to their war-expanded capacity this year, despite the prospect of more surpluses, if they carry out plant- ing plans reported to the govern- ment. The Agriculture Department has revealed that a survey taken March 1 indicated the acreage Planted to crops this year may be down less than one per cent from a@ year ago even though storage facilities are crowded with the largest farm surplus in history. Under crop control prdgrams set up by the department, farmers had been urged to divert upwards of 25. million acres—or about seven per cent of last year’s crop acre- age—to non-crop uses, such as grasses and soil-building legumes. The survey indicated that wheat plantings will be within the 63,- 500,000 acres allotted for this crop. It also assumed that the cotton acreage would be in line with the 21,400 acres allotted for that crop. But the prospective corn acreage was about the same as last year, although the govern- ment had urged a 10-million-acre reduction. The department emphasized, however, that the acreages finally Planted may turn out to be larger or smaller than indicated, by rea- son of weather conditions, price changes, labor supply, financial conditions, the crop control pro- grams and the effect of the survey itself upon farmers’ actions, It was pointed out that when the survey was made, many farmers had not yet been notified of their individual corn acreage allotments. The survey did indicate, however that much land being diverted from such surplus crops as cotton and wheat will be used to grow other cash and livestock feed crops, soybeans, flaxseed, dryy beans and peas, rather than grasses and legumes. Big increases in acreages were indicated also for oats, barley, ;flaxseed, sorghums and sugar beets. Only in the case of potatoes, the price oP which is now down, was a significant decrease—about 11 Percent—indicated. The department said it appeared that 356,500,000 acres may be Planted to 59 principal crops this year, or only 2,700,000 less than last year. Should farmers plant at or near the acreages indicated by the sur- vey, and should weather conditions be normal for the growing and harvesting season, production might well create surpluses of some crops not now in the excess category. French Budget Is | Passed By Assembly PARIS (® — The National As- sembly passed France’s 1954 budg- et early Saturday despite last-ditch Communist and Socialist opposi- tion. The vote was 403 to 203. The budget calls for defense ex- penditures of 1,110 billion francs |(about —$3,171,426,280), part of which will be met by U.S. military | aid. The new defense budget is 16 per cent lower than that of last year. Horseshoe crebs are more close ly related to scorpions and spiders ‘than to true crabs, I'S DEATH, {4 DARLING! Chapter 26 R the next minute or so we all just sat or stood there, too stunned to do anything except stare at Beau. Finally Cousin Jeff broke the silence that had begun to press down upon us so heavily | f,,. that it fairly hurt. “Beau, you don’t know what you're talking about!” he ex- claimed more sharply than I had ever heard him speak before. “Where did you get such a ridicu- lous idea?” “Get it?” Beau repeated. “I didn’t neéd to get it anywhere. It’s been staring us in the face from the very beginning. Look at the crazy directions Graridpére left for his funeral. Look at what Lee was—an unbalanced neurotic, ready to go to pieces at the least emotional strain. And look at Aunt Delphine!” “Aunt Delphine, you're forget- ting is only a member of the family by marriage, and has no blood relationship to any of us.” Beau was unimpressed. “Til admit you’se right, about Aunt Delphine,” he acknowl- edged. “But listen to this if you want proof that Grandpére was going insan knew that he was. About a week before he died, he went in to New Orleans to consult a psychiatrist.” “How do you know that?” Amé- dée dem: “Yesterday after Claude's fu- neral,” he jan “I was going to make a round of the hospitals in the hope of finding some trace of Father. But I didn’t do that. In- stead, I went to see Siméon Duval. I knew Father had suspected there was something queer about Grand- pére’s death, and I thought he might have gone to consuit Duval about it. “I oem a blank there, of course; but I found out something else. This Rock | By Bill Gibb Politics! Everything’s politics to- day and that is, the one subject this column wants to stay away from! Too many people have accused me of being a crusader when in reality I've only sought to point out a few of the things that are wrong in our community and al- low the public to carry the issue on from there. Maybe it is a ques- tion of semantics but I've never felt that “This Rock of Ours” was making any attempt to crusade. T’'ll admit that somehow or an- other, I always seem to be able to get off on the wrong foot with most of the politicians in town, This is a puzzling matter because the columns, when lumped togeth- er and analyzed, contain more praise for these men and their projects than they actually de- serve. Of course, once in awhile it their conceit. The situation is some- what analogous to feeding a small ‘boy ice cream and candy until you have to follow it up with cas- tor oil. The kid is likely to forget the humoring he received and re- member only the unpleasant medi- cine. : Oh well, as I said, the column is trying to maintain a more-on-less middle course white the heat of is necessary to sort of puncture | By Amelia Reynolds Long About two weeks ago, Grandpére appeared unexpectedly at Duval’s office. At first he wouldn’t come to the point about what he wanted; but finally he admitted that he'd come in to town to con- sult a psychiatrist, and he asked val whether he knew of a reputable man he could recom- mend. “Duval gave me the name of the man he suggested to Grand- pere—a . Brennaman—and I went around to see him myself.” He paused to shift his positi then he continued. peice , “Grandpére had been there, all right. Dr. Brennaman said Grand- |pere had told him that he had been led to believe he was suffer- ing from auditory hallucinations, and he wanted to know whether the doctor could find any sign of mental derangement that would account for this. “The doctor put him through the usual preliminary tests that he gives to all new patients; but aside from a rather pronounced AP Newsfe “Hold on, Beau,” Lewis Haye put in. “You're jumping to con- clusions, After all, your gtand- father was an old man—over a hundred. It wouldn’t have been easel a ut Beau interrupted him with a short, hollow laugh, “You know as well as I do, Lew,” he said, “how ridiculous it would be to try to associate the idea of ordinary senile dementia with a man like Grandpére. I ap- preciate your efforts to find a way out for us, but it can’t be done. We've got to face the facts, whether we like them or not.” For the third time he paused. Then he concluded with a rush, “You see, I asked Dr. Brenna- man to let’ me look at the card he'd made out for Grandpére’s case history; and although he didn’t want to do it at first, he finally let me have it. In spite of what he'd said about its being im- Possible to diagnose a patient after a single examination, he'd written one word there. Qh, he had a question mark behind i nervous tension, he could find nothing wrong with Grandpére. So he suggested that he come in once a week for the next month or so for observation.” “But why do that if there was nothing wrong with him?” Henri wanted to know. al Pearce Brennaman that same question myself,” Beau sais His voice had become bitter aaa “At first he avoided giving me a direct answer; but finally he ad- mitted that, while it's next to im- Possible to diagnose a psychiatric patient thoroughly upon a sin- gle examination, in his opinion, Grandpére was suffering from an illusion of persecution, which might have accounted for the au- ditory hallucinations. He wouldn’t say more than that, but I knew what he meant.” - i | Of Ours but this isn’t done to try to in- fluence your vote. Definitely, how- ever, I hope that you take advant- age of your privilege as a citizen and register so that you will be able to vote next May. Go down to the courthouse before the books are closed. What Key West and Monroe County is today—good and bad— has been brought about by voters in the past. What it will be in the future—good and bad—depends up- on your sincerity and attendence to coming elections. We will never elect perfect politicians to office but we can do our best to select those who most nearly approxi- mate our own ideals. Enough of this for now but— Please Don’t Forget To Register! Unethical Advertising I’m thoroughly disgusted with |many forms of advertising which appear to me to be absolutely un- ethical, Advertising by means of telephone, for instance. . . You answer the telephone and a sweet, feminine voice immedi- ately starts gushing a lot of tripe in your ear about the advantages of using ‘‘Soap-in-your-Eye” or some other equally nonsensical product. She starts her sales speech off in a chummy, familiar man- ner so that you’re not sure but that this election is on. It can’t avoid stepping on toes once in awhile Atomie Weapons May Assure Peace DUESSELDORF, Germany (#— Prof. Herman Oberth, inventor of the German V2 rocket in World War II, believes atomic weapons developed in the next year will be so dangerous no nation will dare start a war. Oberth, honorary president of German ‘Society for Space Re- search, told the group last night that 12 more months of research will make it possible for rockets loaded with atomic bombs to devastate any spot on earth within 45 minutes. “This means,” he said, “that in case of war all big cities of the enemy can be destroyed within two or three hours. Personally, I defin- itely believe that then no minister will decide himself for a war be- cause he would sign his own death sentence at the same time.” Youngster Wants Files On Criminals OKLAHOMA CITY # — Maj. Frank Thurston of the Oklahoma City Police Department received a determined note from a budding criminologist, Freddie Tucker, 9- yearold, Boise City, Okla., third Freddie jie requested ‘‘a copy of all the bad men’s fingerprints you have.” Thurston said he plans to send the young detective all available “wanted” bulleting, she might actually be a friend of some other member of the family New Instrument Aids Jet Pilots GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. ® — Lear, Inc., has announced the development of a new instrument through which jet plane pilots can see their positions at all times, even during rolls and dives at su- Personic speeds, The new instrument is called the pictorial vertical gyrv indicator. It shows the position of the plane by means of a dot on a moving sphere painted to simulate sky, horizon and earth. The sphere will move a full 360 degrees in re- sponse to the plane’s movement. Andrew F. Haiduck, Lear’s Grand Rapids manager, said the instrument pictures exact angles of climb, dive and turn and will facilitate precision instrument fly- ing. He added that most violent acrobatic maneuvers are within its capabilities. Aid Care Needed LANSING (#—Michigan retailers are going to have to be careful they don’t misuse the words ‘‘king- size” and “jumbo,” the State Agri- culture Department has decreed. Miles A. Nelson, chief of en- forcement, said his inspectors will prosecute anyone they find using the words to advertise anything that is not bigger than normal size. One that threw inspectors for a loop was this retailer’s advertise- ment: “King-size gallon of ice cream.” Japan’s Inland Sea has about 3,000 islands if the islets and jut- ting vocks are counted. Tl admit; but that was only ae fessional caution. The werd was —Pparanoia.” Paranoia! The least curable, T'gasped, and suddenly’ Bobby prt ga: an ut her hands up over her face with the gesture of a child that is about to burst into tears. “I don’t believe it!” she cried. “I won't believe it! M—it ion't fair!” “Don’t, Bobby.” Henri seid. He slipped an arm about her, and led her from the room. One by one the others began te withdraw too, as though no one was very anxicus for anyone else's society just then. At last only Amédée and I remained. I saw him glance at me, then look quick- ly away again. I knew what was coming. he be comtinecd) jand therefore, you can’t take a |chance on insulting her by hang- |ing up the receiver. This same method of securing (a captive audience is just about |duplicated by book salesmen, church promoters, and other un- invited solicitors who pound om your front door about the time that you’re stepping into the bath- | tub or perhaps getting ready to | sit down for a meal. Conduct on the part of this type of salésman seems unethical to me for the sim- ple reason that he is taking ad- vantage of the inherent decency which most of us try to show to- ward strangers on our doorstep. I had a guy beat on my door the other day and before I had barely mumbled a “Good Morn- ing,” he brusquely demanded, “How many children ya got?” Noting that he had a new book in his hand, I tried to be polite and hold my temper at his rudeness by saying that I wasn’t interested in buying anything and didn’t ahve time to talk. “I’m not selling any- thing,” he interrupted. “I want your name so that we can mail this book to you free.” I finally just had to turn my back on him and walk off. This kind of situation can up- | set your whole day. All of us have |to make a living and most of us are willing to help the other fed- low even to the extent of forfeiting Peacefulness in our own homes. When door-to-door salesmen take advantage of this humanity, however, it is going too far. I | strongly suspect that the solicitor’s |home office is the one that en- courages him to make himself so obnoxious that you'll buy what he has to sell in order to get rid of him. If this situation keeps up, I’m going to be in the market for a good, tough bulldog! Political Announcements FIRST PRIMARY ELECTION MAY 4, 1954 For State Senator Re-Elect JAMES A. FRANKLIN 24TH DISTRICT For State Senator 24TH DISTRICT WILLIAM R. NEBLETT For State Senator 24th District MILTON A. PARROTT Help Monroe County Elect A Senator For County Commissioner SECOND DISTRICT WILLIAM A. FREEMAN. SR. For Member School Board RE-ELECT J. CARLYLE ROBERTS IRD DISTRICT For Member School Board ELECT KELLER WATSON 3RD DISTRICT For Member School Board Re-Elect EDNEY PARKER STH DISTRICT