The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 13, 1954, Page 5

Vast Engineering Project Is | Planned Along Great Lakes yy ‘ To Handle Ocean-Going Ships © CHICAGO #—A vast amount of engineering work faeces numerous Great Lakes cities before they can fully accommodate the ocean-go- ing ships that will churn inland through the St. Lawrence seaway. An Associated Press : survey showed that Great Lakes cities are in various stages of prep- aration for handling such com- merce. The cities will spend mil- lions of dollars on harbor dredg- ing, port construction and other improvements. The year 1960 is the goal of many engineers. Martin W. Oettershagen, Chicago port manager, said many believe the entire project can be complet- ed by then, even though estimates have ranged up to 10 years. Chicago is planning a 20-million- dollar project to be started this winter. The long-planned Atlantic Ocean to Great Lakes project got a firm lease on life last week when Con- gress sent the 105-million-dollar St. Lawrence seaway to President Ei- senhower. The ‘measure authorizes the United States to participate with Canada “in building a 27-foot-deep channel ‘in the International Rap- ids section of the St. Lawrence and into Lakes Ontario and Erie as far-west as Toledo, Ohio. Sen. Thye (R-Minn) said Con- , Sress also will be asked to: ap- | prove the deepening of connecting : channels into Lakes Huron, Mich- igan and Superior. Navigation to | these lakes is now restricted to 21 \feet for: inbound ships and 25 feet ‘for downbound vessels. The survey showed: , ,Chicago—Work is expected to be started this winter for developing {1,300 acres of Calumet Harbor into a modern ocean port. Plans call for a series of docks 1% miles long, designed for 29-foot vessels, and sheds.and other facilities, Cleveland—Shipping men say 80 per cent of ocean-going ships now could ply between world ports and Cleveland, which already has a 25-foot-deep channel. Deep dredg- ing plans for Ashtabula and Lor- ain harbors are well advanced. Lee C. Howley, chairman of the may- or’s port committee, said changes in piers and other harbor facilities can be finished within the time required to put the seaway «into operation. Some spokesmen fore- cast that the seaway may double Cleveland’s 500-million-dollar a year export volume. Toledo—An $8,000 survey was started a month ago to determine what changes a seaway will.:re- quire. A previous study indicated the need for a general cargo ter- minal, additional warehouse space and facilities for handling freight. A channel 27 feet deep and. 400 feet wide to parallel Maumee Bay also was proposed. t Milwaukee—The Milwaukee Port Authority, first on the Great Lakes, claims to be 30 years ahead of Chicago and most other Great Lakes ports. The port plans) a 7 to 10-million-dollar shore * -im- provement, including deepening the outer harbor from 25 to 27 feet. tt Detroit—Engineers say present large docking facilities for the Port of Detroit Commission will serve adequately until two years after the seaway is completed. The com- mission said the present smallest terminal will be enlarged by the time the seaway opens to handle five large ships at a time instead of one. The Rouge River, which empties into the Detroit River, will be deepened from its present, 21 feet to 27. Erie, Pa.—Nothing is planned to improve port facilities, which al- ready can handle ocean-going yves- sels. Gary, Ind—No plans are in prospect for expanding the facil- ities at Gary or Indiana Harbor. Duluth, Minn.—Entrances to Du- luth-Superior, Wis., harbors, 'al- ready are 27 feet deep sufficient to accommodate ocean-going ships. Bills are in Congress to deepen the Duluth-Superior channel’ ba- sins, now 25 feet. : Ogdensburg, N. Y.—A city plan- ning ‘group is working on the, prob- lem but little has been done about port facilities. Oswego, N. Y.—Oswego will ask the 1955 State Legislature to create a port authority to negotiate with private shipping concerns for con- struction of port facilities, Today's AKRON, Ohio:(?—Americans are going to wear-out a record num- ber of tires this year on their old cars. And when they replace them, a growing proportion of car own- ers will buy the premium: quality, higher priced’ tires. Recession talk or not, demand for economy lines or for ‘recapping jobs hasn’t in- creased noticeably as yet. That, at least, is what they tell you here today in the rubber capital. Prices on these replacement tires are firm, they insist—ani if they have their fingers crossed when they say it,t hey keep them behind their backs. Tire executives also talk con- fidently of the future of the tube- less tire. They say that within a year or two almost all car makers will use. them as original equip- ment. Aging tires on the record num- ber of cars on American highways —some 46 million of them jam- ming traffic—is the pleasanter side of the tire business just now. The industry seems more or less resigned to selling maybe six mil- lion less tires this year than last to the auto makers to put on new cars. Rubber companies whose auto- manufacturing customers are in a competitive race to produce aren’t doing badly. Those who custom- ers have been shut down or slowed down are hurting. But one and all, when the com- petition got too hot last month, cut the prices of original equip- ment tires by 2% per cent. They insist that was painful, even at the present price of rub- ber, because labor and other oper- ating costs are high. And they say their profit’ margins are too thin for them to cut prices on tires sold by dealers to replace those worn ones on your old car. The rubber industry quickly felt the slowdown by the auto makers. Dropping sales for most companies brought layoffs here. It wasn’t only tires, Rubber com- panies furnish many parts for cars, like window channeling, pedal pads, engine mountings. Truck tire business is off this year too. The industry, however, takes cheer from reports of increased sales of cars _ tractors, and from a spring quickening in ma: business lines that should ieee ing more trucks onto the highways. Many rubber companies are so diversified today—some of them Business Mirror By Sam Dawson looking as much like chemical companies as anything ¢lse—that their earnings statements don’t al- ways reflect just the tirezbusiness. And just now the lowerxtax load with the ending the excess prof- its levy makes them look better. General Tire and Rubber, which specializes in the replacement tire field, was able to turn in record sales the first quarter this year, a gain of 1 per cent over last, and its profits showed a 23 per cent increase. Companies having most of the original tire market show varied results, Goodyear’s prifits rose 10 per cent over last year, although sales were aff by the same percentage. Goodrich’s sales dropped 11° per cent but its profits rose 6 per cent. Firestone, with sales off 6 per cent, took a 4 per cent profit slide. U. S. Rubber’s sales slipped 16 per cent, first-quarter earnings before taxes sank 34 per cent—but the big tax drop resulted in net profits rising 7 per cent over a year ago. Thursday, May 13, 1954 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 5/ Sus pense-Filled |Movie Is Set In RECEIVE AWARDS—Rear Admiral George C. Towner, USN, Naval Base Commander (center), poses with six civilian em- mond Fincher, Sergio F. Lopez U.S. Navy Photo. Admiral G. C. Towner, U. S. Navy, Commanding Officer, U. S. Naval Station, presented six civi- lian employees with checks recent- ly in ceremonies at the Adminis- tration Building, U. S. Naval Sta- tion, for their individual ideas sub- mitted as beneficial suggestions. The following employees expressed pleasure over the use to which their suggestions had been placed and the presentation on the part of the Admiral. Daniel A. Garcia of the Public Works Department received one of the largest checks ever to be given to a civilian employee for his sug- gested treatment of lumber by the dip method. This suggestion will result in an annual saving to the Navy in excess of $8,000 at Key West which merited a check for $225 less withholding tax. Sergio F. Lopez, another Public Work employee at the Naval Sta- tion, received a cash award of $60 (Less withholding tax) for his hav- ing suggested that a puller be in- stalled on steering wheels and fly wheels used in the Transportation Department. With Lopez’ sugges- tion, broken fly and steering wheels will be a thing of the past. The Ships Department of the Na- val. Station lef ‘with the larger number of employees receiving a- wards when four of their employees New Supersonic Guided Missile System Revealed WASHINGTON # — A rocket- Powered supersonic guided missile system, designed to be used from airplanes against ai-planes, was announced by the Defense Depart- ment last night. The weapon, known as the Sper- Ty Sparrow I, is “fully maneuver- able at supersonic speeds, yet light and compact enough to be carried in multiple units by fighter-type ui aircraft,” the announcement said. The Defense Department called the Sparrow a “guided missile sys- tem” rather than a guided missile, apparently implying that it is more than a missile. _ The Navy disclosed it is train- ing ship and shore personnel for use of the Sparrow by carrier- based jet aircraft both in the At- lantic and the Pacific fleets. The Navy described the missile types as “systems capable of ac- curate control when the missile. is fired from a speeding jet plane.” Many people in Ethiopa wear long, loose cotton tunics, largely: for religious reasons, Rough estimate of the room air-conditioner you'll need: up to 350 square feet up to 450 square feet up to 550 square feet ‘be sure to have adequate wiring ployees of the Naval Station after congratulating and presenting them with checks for “Beneficial Suggestion Awards” totaling more than $400.00. The Navy civil service employees are (1. to r.) Paul Wimmenauer, Daniel A. Garcia, Edward Woodson, Ray- and Harry L. Sawyer—Official Romantic Venice Mystery, suspense and intrigue in the world’s most romantic city, Venice, are the keynotes of enter- tainment in the new United Artists release, “The Assassin,” which is slated to open Sunday at the Mon- roe Theatre. Richard Todd stars with Eva Bartok in this story of a danger- ous assignment in a colorful city. | Todd, a private eye, is Tequested to find a certain man who befriend- ed a GI during the last war. What at first seems like a simple task turns out to be one loaded with in- trigue and murder. Not only is the missing man difficult to locate — but every obstacle possible (includ- ing a few corpses) are put in the way to discourage him. Even the police, from whom he seeks aid, _|are reluctant to help him and look Civilian Employees Receive Cheeks For Useful Ideas were commended. Taking the lead in this was Harry L. Sawyer for two suggestions for pre-cutting pa- per for organization charts used by the Navy and the installation of Portagraph equipment. These ideas mean a saving of $732 an- nually to the Naval Station, as well as increased work performance, so it was decided to award him a check for $40.00 (Less withholding). Paul Wimmenauer of the Ships Department had given many hours of thought to a new formula for sodder to be used particularly a- board ship and he received a check for $75.00 (Less withholding tax.) To Edward Woodson of this De- partment went a check for $20 for coming up with an idea to ““Manu- facture a Dry Sand-Blasting Ma- chine.” Raymond Fincher, who recently transferred to Key West from Brooklyn, received an award of $20 (Less withholding tax) for the bright idea of having the station machine shop manufacture a “Moving Coil Jab-stand for use in the electrical instrument Shop.” Ducking stools in which women convicted of being scolds were im- mersed in water were used in England up to the early part of the 19th Century. upon him with a suspicious eye. In fact the police inspector assigns a detective to tail Todd and report his every move. Eve Bartok is cast as an allur- ing young lady mysteriously involv- ed with the group who are inter- ested in seeing that Todd does not complete his assignment. Others in the cast include George Coulouris, Margot Grahame, Walter Rilla and John Bailey. Veteran director of suspense films Ralph Thomas handled the directorial assignment for this Bet- ty Box production which is a J. Arthur Rank Organization presen- tation, Victor Canning adapted the screen-play from his mystery no- vel “The Venetian Bird,” which was hailed by whodunit lovers. PLEDGE REVISED WASHINGTON, — The Senate has passed and-sent to the House a bill adding the words “under God” to the pledge of allegiance to. the flag. The revised pledge would read: “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, a with liberty and justice for all.” ITCH-ME-NOT. 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Dr. David Striffler, public health dental director, said “‘an amazing number” of cases of notches in the ae were found in the survey, among junior high school girls, ae He urged girls to find some other means of opening bobby Pins, READ THE CITIZEN DAILY VICTORY 804 White St. USS‘Sea Dog Will Visit Gulfport For Festivities The USS Sea Dog, a Key West- based submarine and veteran of four World War II war patrols, departed from port last night at midnight for Gulfport, Miss., be- ginning a unique Armed Forces Day assignment. Formally invited to visit Gulf- Port by Senator John C. Stennis of Mississippi and their local mayor, the Sea Dog will be the lone sub- marine representative, ard a fea- ture attraction in the town’s Armed Forces Day celebration. An open house and a formal din- ner on board the submarine for Gulfport’s civie officials will cli- max Saturday’s activities. The Sea Dog, captained by Ledr. William A. Schoenfeld, USN, will return to Key West on Thursday, May 20. Attached to Submarine Squadron 12 and Division 121, the-Sea Dog was commissioned in 1944. She has a present crew of 63 men. Hundreds Drown In Cyclonic Storm TOKYO @—Perhaps 900 Japa. nese fishermen drowned in a trei mendous cyclonic storm which slashed across northern Japan and offshore fishing grounds the newspaper Asahi said today. The men were crewmen on 108 boats which capsized or fanished in the raging storm, Asahi said. The U. S. Military Academy at West Point was for many years the only engineering school in the United States says the National Geographic Society. ASTHMA SUFFERS FIND CURB FOR MISERY DUE TO ASTHMA ATTACKS. EUSHED New hope for relief from asthma parox- ysms is seen today in reports of success with a palliative formula which acts to relieve congestion. Men and women who formerly suffered with dread coughing, choking, wheezing asthma attacks now tell of blesseed relief after using it. 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