The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 21, 1954, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Friday, May 21, 1954 The Key West Citizen Cente end aan emcee Sunday) from The Citizen Building, corner of Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher cvomseererneestcenemeerevinrerene 1921 » 1954 Gee seer gong no orpy acetal ntarnieatdlics ssscinesscmrommcawecom anise NORMAN D. ARTMAN ... Editor and Publisher Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-566] and 2-5662 Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusiv entitled to use for luction of all news dispatches credited ed not otherwise (onan kare. ited in this paper, and also the local news pub- 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 A bli anonymous communications” ree Aare nit eset oni IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED e Fokig BY THE CITIZEN lore and Apartments. Beach and Bathin; "pavilion. Consolidation ‘of County’ and City G ts, ion . Community Autiinerae mi eee UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION RACKET Federal officials are so concerned about over-pay- ments and fraud in unemployment compensation that Congress has been asked for $2,500,000 to finance a na- tion-wide investigation. This will be no surprise to those who have watched the unemployment compensation trend in many states. The investigation thus far has centered in only a few states, but it is.understood that over 140,000 instances have been found in which the Government made excess- ive payments. This represents a loss to the Treasury of over $6,000,000. In addition, initial study indicates that another $22,- 700,000 may have been lost because of errors in adminis- trative accounts or because of other fraud. The Republican administration is reported to be seriously concerned with the entire situation, fearing an- other scandal. Although the situation existed, no doubt, when the Republicans came into office, the effect of an- other scandal at this time would cause many peopl to believe that this Administration had been lax in this de- partment. The racket worked by many loafers to take advant- age of unemployment compensation laws is a well known Process. Either the loafer has another job, and does not report it, or he does not wish to work, preferring to sub- sist on unemployment compensation payments alone. We have often commented that the theory of unem- Ployment compensation was excellent and that the pro- vision for such relief has prevented much hardship and aided many deserving Americans. Unfortunately, how- ever, the administration of this program is not what it should be, possibly due to the law, and possibly due to other factors. Not only should frauds be thoroughly investigated and the guilty prosecuted, but the entire unemployment compensation payment system should should be reviewed and tightened up so that chronic loafers will not be able Newcomer To Aviation Airborne Electronics Equipment Use Described When the Wright brothers madejment Squadron Eleven has“ the their first attempt at flying, at the tremendous job of maintaining air- sands of Kittyhawk, N. C. almostjborne electronics gear for specific 51 years ago, little did they rea- use in lighter-than-air craft. lize the vast field to wheich the door had been opened. And one of these fields, a comparative new- comer to aviation and more recent- ly developed, is airborne electron- ics equipment which is utilized for everything from air navigation to anti-submarine warfare. Although travel by rigid airships preceded heavier-than-air flight, the use of non-rigid lighter-than-air craft for anti-submarine warfare did not come into being, in the United States, until early in 1940, although they were used extensive- ly by England in World War I. It was in 1940 that they were utilized for convoy escort and sub- marine tracking with the use of airborne detection devices. Today, the use of airborne elec- tronics has far exceeded its ori- ginal conception, and with the fast development of new types of equip- to take advantage. of this program and live off taxpayers half a year every year indefinitely. Advertising properly handled, shouldn’t cost anyone unything. é A little courtesy behind the wheel may some day Save‘you a trip in a hearse. If there is no depression in the next few years, and we don’t expect one, people will some day look back on the fifties as the golden fifties — an era of oppor- tunity. Crossword ACROSS 4. Part ofa play 4. Minimum 9. Employ 13. 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Small fish ment the electronics maintenance Department of Airship Develop- There are seven separate shops within the electronics division of the squadron and because of this “divisional” factor,, responsible personnel have been placed in charge of those separate shops. H. L. Hawley, ALC, is Electron- ics Leading Chief while those in charge of the other divisions are: Night Check Chief, M. Tkac, ATC; Magnetic Division, E. E. Mattoon, ALC; Electrical Shop,-H, F. Gar- ris, AEC; Communications Group. W. J. Musso, ALC; Sonar B. M. Barnett, SO1; and Speciat lec- ‘tronics Group, B. Poole,.ATCax. Ledr. E. D. Verburg, electronids officer of the squadron, is not only responsible for the evaluation of the electronics equipment, but for efficiency purposes, he schedules a rigid and concise program for the maintenance and operational instruction by’ and for the enlisted Personnel assigned to his divigon. Perhaps. the most. important phase in lighter-than-air electronics equipment is the maintenance and operation :of the magnetic airborne detection gear (MAD). Carefully chosen men were given special training at different Navy schools, and as a result of this training, lighter-than-air MAD has rapidly progressed. Because of the many electrical cables and corresponding electri- cal equipment involved, electron- ics cannot be wholly dependent upon itself, for it requires a com- plete electrical operating and main- tenance department working and coordinating with it in almost every function. The results being a high degree of teamwork among specialized groups of men who make up the electronics divison, of Airship Development Squadron El- even. The cover and feature article of the June-issue of a classified pub- lication, issued by the Navy, will carry more concise and ‘complete information pertaining to the light- er-than-air electronics division of Airship Development Squadron Eleven. Convict Seeks To Repay His Creditors CANON CITY, Colo. (—A bank- rupt businessman Is trying to make! cup. a million and a half dollars be- hind the towering stone walls of the Colorado Penitentiary He's Pred Ward, Convict 27258, a cook at the prison farm. He’s serving 7 to 15 years for fraud connectet with the crash of his automoliie distributorship at Deu- ver in July 1951. At the time the indictments were filed, creditors claimed $2,472,610! from Ward’s bankrupt domain.! Several banks claimed large sums. | A Denver auto dealer charged Ward with obtaining $10,800- for | new cars he ec u'da't deliver. Gov. Dan Thornton, a wealthy cattle- man, said Ward gave him a worth- less $12,500 check in a business transaction. Rotund and affable at 46, Ward is working to fulfill a voluntary pledge made in federal bankruptcy court after he had been convicted in 1952 of fraud, confidence game and conspiracy. “Tl pay back my creditors every cent that I owe,” promised the once lavish spender. ‘‘And Pll make a comeback in business.” He is counting, on several tan- gible assets and some new ideas to retire the staggering debt against his future. The major asset is a transparent plastic nylon stocking washer which is being marketed national- ly for $1.69 by a Denver distrib-} uting firm. It’s shaped like a football and has a removable cap. Women’s nylons and underthings are placed in the gadget with water and soap and then it’s shaken like a cock- tail mixer to rub the: articles against smooth fins running the length of the interior. Ward said he got the idea after reading a magazine article which suggested that women wash their nylons in a fruit jar. He also has arranged with prison guards to manufacture children’s giant-size educational building blocks in their off-duty hours. “One of my ideas that will be on the market very soon,” he said, “is a dripless saucer that will nake a big hit with restaurants.” Ye described it as a plastic saucer raised high in the center with tiny drain channels to carry spilled ” | coffee away from the bottom of the Additional items Ward distrib- utes through firms outside the prison are a chemical detergent and a plastic toe guard for. chil- dren’s shoes. “Fred Ward has been a model prisoner,” said Warden Harry Tinsley. “He is setting a good ex- ample for other prisoners by as- suming the debt when he wasn’t required to do so, and actually making an effort to pay off his creditors.” This Rock Of Ours By Bill Gibb The WCTU has made a rather breath-taking accusation —.name- ly, that the liquor industry. is “WILLFULLY using. . .advertising to break down standards in the home and create juvenile delin- quency.” (Those capital letters are mine). Mis. Glenn G. Hayes, spokesman for the group, goes further to say that homes should be built around the family altar instead of the basement bar. Now that is all fine and dandy. The WCTU wants Prohibition back again. If they can gain their way by fighting a clean battle, more power to them. They are. either ‘ showing a powerful amount of ig- norance however, or they are stooping to dirty smear tactics when they claim that the nation’s newspapers, magazines, _ radios, and other advertising mediums are allowing themselves to be used by the liquor industry as a means of destroying homes and creatipg ju- venile delinquency. Mrs. Glenn Hayes says that the home should be built around the family. altar. If she expressed her complete belief, she would have probably named a specific religion for these’ altars.’ The char are good that Mrs. Hayes is ‘ibut- ing to somé group which: is devot- ing itself entirely to destroying the “family altars” of so-called’ hea- thens who prefer not to follow the path of Christianity. The whole subject is beyond my comprehension. In case you mis- 4) understood that last paragraph a- bove, I’m not against Christian missionaries. I do sometimes feel that when they go to “preach in the wilderness,” they should de- pend more upon an intellectual and spiritual approach and less upon buying the souls of the poor sa- vages with a few bright trinklets ‘and mechanical marvels. As for liquor and Prohibition — heck! why waste words? I’ve hit most of the places between Pana- ma and the Canadian border. I’ve yet to see the spot where three things can’t be bought legally or otherwise — wine, women, and trouble. As a matter of fact, under usual prevailing circumstances, the trouble end of the deal doesn’t have to be bought — it comes as a bonus with the purchase of either of the other two items. Mix the wine and the women up in the same evening and only Hollywood could supply a stupendous enough description for the kind of trouble you get — all at no extra cost! Seriously Speaking Most advertisers are ethical bus- iness men. They have _ families, they send their children to the pub- lie schools, and they usually attend a church. It is unfair to even. in-.| sinuate that these people would de- liberately set out to destroy homes and create juvenile delinquency. The liquor industry is doing a fine job ‘of policing its own distribu- tors. They can no more be blamed because of the inability of certain individuals to drink moderately L Chapter 32 ORE of the ris de veau?” asked J. D. She could tell from my eyes that I wanted it, so before I could speak she was spooning another helping into my plate. “You like it this way, don’t you?” I_ could with my mouth full. “Love it.” She got back to eating her own portion. It was a week after everything had happened. “Tll give you a chance to snub me cruelly,” said J. D. “Now tell done better than this, when you were in France?” _ “Twice,” I decided solemnly. “Once it was cooked for me a fat old lady in a village led Montcorbier.” ‘ “Where Francois Villon’s fam- ily came from?” “I didn’t know enough French to find out. The other time, it was cooked by a long, tall, slim young girl in Paris.” “Oh,” sail J. D. “It was, was it?” 2 eI poured some more wine out-of the bottle and began to mop up the sauce on my plate with a piece of bread. “The com- pany was good, too, but not this food.” “Oh, thank you, sir.” I poured wine into her glass, too. “Now,’ she said, “let's have a dandy busi- ness conference. The reward comes first of all the settlements of the Ealing estate. Perhaps by the end of next week. We've money enough to keep the firm going until then.” . “Five thousand dollars,” I said. “Have we figured our expenses out of that yet? I don’t think they were too high.” “No, and it isn’t all the money we'll make. What with things be- ing as they are, I’m to help do the job of executor, and a fee goes with that. Jim K is stay- ing in the background, comforting the fair Diane, and both of them congratulating themselves that they. aren’t in worse trouble. Kuhl is going to be busy with “Love it,” ¥ said, as politely as ty) me, did you ever have ris de veau “The widow? I wish him all the joy and the luck in the world, But Abs firm hardly figures in what you make in anything legal, That's exclusively your terri- tory.” “CH, YOU'LL work,” promised J. D. “Errands to run, peo- ple to talk to, figures to add and aaiTl double as law clerk in sey- eral matters that have come into my office. The publicity brought us in all sorts of business.” “I'm_ glad. That makes me think I was smart in not i a job that’s been offered me.” “Job?” “Police. Homicide detail. Win- kle got demoted to walking a beat again—I pity the kids that break windows where he can see them. Raniel wants me with him. I said thank you, no.” “That nice Mr. eee been made head of his labora- tory,” J. D. said. “I’m glad for him. And as for us, we won't starve.” “I hope not,” I said, and swal- lowed the last of the bread with the sauce on it. “What's for des- sert?” “Fruit. Just fresh fruit.” She put out her arm and opened the refrigerator. “Not all the cases offered us are legal matters. There are three or four straight investigation jobs. Somebody wants us to help her divorce an extremely stenographer-conscious husband—” “I vote against it,” I broke in. “I want no part of divorce cases.” “Nor do 1,” said J. D., putting the bowl of fruit between us. “There’s another matter, though, at a county seat about fifty miles from here. The authorities want us to be special investigators in a murder-and-robbery case.” “I might do something on that, if there’s a profit for us.” “We'll wire back collect and see. himself by a code word in the letter, and tell us what it’s all « about.” “Brother!” I cried, and a bunch of grapes. “That’s what makes this job the job it is! How. .. are we going to wait until 10:30 tomorrow?” $ out. As a matter of fact, | gis “I was a sergeant in the army,” c, [,brotested. “Sergeants don’t pull . and celebrate, su music, li ents, drinks of di colors, and admiring citizens.” + “Give me the dish towel,” Said, and got up. We whisked stuff into a took off my j my sleeves. J. LH wos of the drawer, ‘Studied my face. “Those : all of a aaare “Some still show. Are along all right?” “By little and i her. “Time heals all I once pointed out. will kiss the place well.” “How down here.” Thad to J. D. had her toes. over my pushed And the third offer’s as mysteri-|she looked ous as anything in Gaboriau. A eashier’s check for a hundred~ dollar retainer, and no signature on the letter with it. The client will come to the office tomorrow something else Ric! ace? . ‘at 10:30, and identify left behind.” PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citizen welcomes expressions of the views of its read- editor reserves the fight to delete any items which ed libelous or unwarranted. The writers should be fair and confine the letters to 200 words and on one side of the paper only. Signature of the writer must accompany the letters and will be published unless requested otherwise. . ,PARADE COVERAGE LAUDED Editor, The Citizen: Zot On behalf of Arthur Sawyer Post’ No. 28, American Legion, Department of Florida, I would like to take this means of thanking you and your reporters for the excel- lent news coverage of the Armed Forces Day Parade. I am_ sure that without your support and cooperation, we could not have made it the great success that it was. We further appreciate your interest in this project by entering a most beautifully decorated float: We hope that this interest you have shown toward our programs will always continue. . Thank you again for such wonderful support. Very respectfully yours, JUDSON STEPHENS Chairman, Armed Forces Day Parade. ss BETHEL P. JOHNSON, Post Commander. AID APPRECIATED Editor, ‘The Citizen: On behalf of the’ USO-YMCA Club Operating Com- mittee, the staff and myself, I wish:to thank you very much for your interest, cooperation and assistance with |the second annual Key West USO-YMCA Club Mother’s Day Letter Contest. It was particularly nice of The Key West Citizen to assist with the Contest promotion and to report its pro- | gress. Your interest in the effort of this USO Club to ade- quately serve the members of the Armed Forces in this area is very much appreciated. ss Cordially yours, RICHARD E. EVANS, Director. . May 12, 1954. Third Try ‘To File Succeeds son,” you're wonderfully . F “You know,” I said, “I think.I am. (THE END) Quick Change OMAHA (#—When Estier, Brooks. of Omaha appeared before County: Judge Robert Troyer on a drunk driving charge, she pleaded ‘inno- cent. Judge ‘Troyer held triai and found her guilty. fairness td) persons who plead guilty and ihdicate they are sorry, this case'should not merit the min. imum penalty.” came to his feet fast with. a.mpo- tion to withdraw the innocent ple and substitute a guilty plea. Troyer accepted the motion .and’ put the penalty at $100. fine and suspension of driver's license for: six months—the minimum penalty. , Dick LINCOLN, Neb. (#—It took Clar- ence R. Bristol of Ansley three tries to file for governor of Neb- raska before he made it official. | A week ago he appeared at the | Statehouse to complete the filing. than a candy manufacturer can be charged with contributing to the sickness of a diabetic person who insists on eating candy. Moreover, the mediums that carry advertising into your home are extremely careful to eliminate unethical business. The Key West Citizen is especially insistent that advertisements be in good taste end honestly presented. Of course, this. palicy. doesn’t. mean, that all The Citizen’s ads will dove-tail with each reader’s concept of what is good. Some people like football ful waste of energy. A newspaper doesn’t attempt to decide the issue | ly. while others think it is a disgrace-! He misfired that time because he didn’t have a receipt for the fee required in a candidate's home county. Two days later, he mailed in a receipt for a $50 fee. That back- fired because $50 is the fee for fil- ing for U. S. senator while for governor it is $10. On the third try he got it all straightened out and his name of- ficially went among the list of Republican candidates for nomin- ation. FIRST-GRADER WAS MISLED BY FATHER ASHEVILLE, N. C. —A 7-year- old first-grader here confided to his teacher that his parents were brat.” Says— If you're interested in. enjoyi yourself and helping community too, be ebfate sored by the Junior Woman's for the Juvenile Council Bi Fund. I don’t know of a more w thy project that needs our However, there is another group whose work is just as important and who also should be supported by you at the present time— The Navy Relief Scoiety’s “‘Com- E town where the Navy means so much to the citizens, All of us are anxious to attract Navy trade for our business — let’s be just as quick to respond to its need for us in this fund raising cam- .. Paign! Maybe you think it funny that He pause@ and commented, “In « - Defense Atty. Philiv, , Abboud. o.0- > an advertiser should spend his time and money promoting something™ besides his own business. I guess < it probably isn’t very sound eeono- mics but you see, I love this litlé old town and I want to see it keep Progressing. ; Key West has been good to me. I’ve tried to treat my customers fairly and they have reciprocated. by returning for “repeat” business.” There is more to this life than just trying to make a fast dollar. Pye™ gotten a ‘kick’ out of knowing that Dick’s Tire Service ranked with the best in Florida as far as equip- ment and workmanship was invol- ved. Several trade journalists have already Spey this fact. a Another thing I’m enjoying-is the knowledge that I’m helping Key West to grow. Every dollar spent at Dick’s is reinvested ‘in local im- provements. The time will come when we'll be able to beautify the |: landscape with a nice, modern building, I hope. ne Dick’s Tire Service, 929 Truman Avenue., is headquarters for U. S. Royal tires. We also have a Lodi recapping shop. Visit us or phone but presents both sides impartial-:exclaimed, “It was just another |2-2842 when in need of fast, reli- able, courteous tire service. (adv.)