The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 8, 1954, Page 10

X French Claim Destruction Of Rebel Bases By LARRY ALLEN HANOI, Indochina #% — The French claimed ‘100 per cent de- struction” today in a combined air and ground attack on two Viet- minh attack bases for 1,000 of the Communist-led rebels only seven of this war capital. command said s east, they now are rebels north and west ity. another Red River delta ac- the French reported Viet- Catholic militiamen at Ah ad ? ie it bombs and dropped more tons of delayed-action ex- gl Page 10 . FOR CRYIN THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, June 8, 1954 OUT LOUD By AULD CLOOTIE Auld: Clootie will persevere in his defiant attitude. This column will continue to methodically ex- pose the passing pageant of tom- foolery exhibited by our quasi- leaders. The passive role of peace- maker is delegated to Bill Gibb with my blessings, Bill may coo over his typewriter twenty-four hours a day as he lavishes praise on incompetence. His dovelike ov- ertures to in-efficient public offi- cials should promote the peace of mind he is seeking but they cer- tainly won’t promote the public good: Bill and H. V. B. (a contribu- tor to the People’s Forum) ques- tion the integrity of my motives since I do not advance any solu- tion to the problems that beset our city. Well, let me confess to them that I am motivated by pure ma- lice, I am not trying to win friends nor influence people. I am de- liberately seeking to build a bon- fire under the nether end of our quasi-leaders to stir them into ac- tion. If they can’t give us good government we should at least know that they are capable of movement of some sort. I know that they can work their jaws ex- pertly but that in itself is signifi- cant of nothing but mouth activity. Even a newly-born babe is capa- ble of this. I incorporate my malice into my writings because I cannot toady to incompetence. I state that I am motivated by malice but not be- cause of any special provocation toward me as an individual, My malice sprang full-blown from my observations of the deplorable plight of my beloved Key West. My barbs and arrows can only be aimed at those responsible for this. terrible neglect. I consider Harvey, Cobo, Roberts, and Delaney the of- fenders. Lang only dances to their tune. T have been asked to offer con- structive criticism. The most con- structive criticism I can offer off- hand is that a recall election be held as soon as possible and for Lang to resign as City Manager. Nothing may be accomplished while these quasi-leaders are bum- bling around. If we are to initiate a constructive program we need real leaders to carry it through — not politicians. My task as a writer is to bring unblemished facts to the attention of my readers. My responsibility to the lay public is concerned only with the promulgation of ideas drawn from my observations. My observations in regards to Lang’s mismanagement of city affairs do not necessarily have to coincide with the observations that the peo- ple themselves have arrived at in- dependently. But I will bet a tad- pole against a mosquito larva that the general consensus of public opinion reflects those that I have portrayed here. We need a City Manager, not a puppet. As far as Auld Clootie is concerned Dave King is the man for the job. Dave doesn’t take or- ders from anyone. This is the type of leadership we need. And it really isn’t necessary for Auld Clootie to bring these facts to your attention since you are most aware of them. In your pere- grinations through Key West you may stumble across the hideous facts of deplorable neglect, or you may fall flat on your face inte one of them, or you may have to swim your way out of one of them. The facts of incompetence do not have to be ferreted out — they loom before you big as life! My stand against these quasi-leaders doesn’t have to be supported by relevant data. The obvious does not have to be substantiated! If the City Commissioners think that Auld Clootie has perpetrated an injustice on them by writing in this vein they should ask for a vote of confidence. A recall election would make this possible. Then they would learn just how much confidence the people have in them. Auld Clootie Cocoa Bean Price Mounts CHICAGO (#—The 5-cent candy bar may become a treat of the past if the price of cocoa beans continues its rise, says the presi- dent of the National Confectioners’ Assn. Philip P. Gott said the price of [iaeey Ending Comes After : ° Long Separation ° VANCOUVER, B.C. A 72. year - old -Philadelphia woman, cheated’of romance in England 50 years ago by a stern father, sailed for New Zealand today as the bride of the ex-farmhand her father for- bade her to love. John Edgecombe of New Cea- land, a 70-year-old wealthy dairy farmer, married Prudence Coker yesterday in a civil ceremony here shortly after they arrived from opposite sides of the globe. Their romance started on a Devonshire England, farm. Miss Coker’s-father ordered Edgecombe to leave the farm. Edgecombe prospered in New Zealand. Miss Coker went to Philadelphia. Edgecombe, whose first wife died in 1932, learned Miss Coker’s address last January and proposed after a short exchange of letters, They met here for the first time since 1904. Immigrants Wed On US. Boundary DETROIT #—Two German im- migrants spoke their marriage vows yesterday at the internation- al boundary on the Ambassador Bridge, connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ont. After the ceremony, Herbert B. Riedel, 38, went back to Windsor, where he is a hospital orderly. Mrs. Valeria M. Unger, 40, re- turned to Chicago, where she works for a meat-packing com- pany. Riedel has been unable to come to the United States because quo- tas have been filled. Mrs. Unger who has a son by a previous mar- riage, went to Chicago in March 1953. Now the two are hoping the marriage will shorten his separa- tion from his bride. . Eggs of reptiles are more apt to have parchment-like shells than those of birds. cocoa beans, at present 70 cents a Pound compared with 5 cents a pound in 1941, is forcing candy makers to decide Whether to re- duce the amount of chocolate in their products or raise prices cor- respondingly, He said the problem heads the agenda of the group’s 7ist annual convention being held through Thursday. Ring for a Ride Expansion Of Unemployment Pay Studied WASHINGTON (#—Another item of President Eisenhower's legisla- Key West First In Tropical Beauty. |}someone’s dinner table, tive program comes. under con- |}, Sressional scrutiny today as the House Ways and Means Commit- tee opens hearings on a proposal to bring another six million work- ers under the unemployment ‘com- i Pensation system. The hearings get under way on the heels of a fresh government report showing a modest improve- ment in the over-all employment picture. A Commerce-Labor Department report, issued late yesterday, said employment increased by-half a million between April and May. The new total was 61,119,000. Un- employment declined by. 160,000. to 3,305,000, a high for May since World War II. With factory employment. still dropping — but at a reduced rate — the departments. conceded that the nation’s employment improve- ment in May wa: maller than usually occurs at this time of year.” / The Ways and Means Committee expected to devote four days to hearing Eisenhower's proposals to extend unemployment. compensa- tion coverage to about 2,150,000 federal workers, 3,500,000 employ- es of smaller operators, and 200,- 000 agricultural processing work- ers. About 36 million -of the more than 61 million American. workers now are covered. Farm workers are exempt and there is no pending proposal to bring them. in. Eisenhower’s plans do not call for congressional action on jobless pay benefits. These traditionally have been set by state law. The federal government collects a 3 per cent payroll tax on employers to pay the system’s costs, but re- bates most of it to the states. HE GOT THE WORKS DALLAS, Tex. (#—When the maid at a hotel here finally peeked into the room a day after the “Do not disturb” sign was hung up, the occupant was gore. So were ‘the works to a tele- vision set. SHOWN INSPECTING the installation of the last word telephone booths are J. W. Smith, sales supervisor, and L. Menendez, plant foreman.—Citizen Staff Photo, Sybil. in R It was announced by W. L. Gale, manager of Southern Bell Telephone Company, that new and ultra modern telephone equip- ment is being tested in the Key West area in front of the Tele- phone Company, 530 Southard Street. The installation of a telephone booth, which is made of alum- inum and shatterproof glass, marks another milestone in the com- munications in Key West. As this is the only one of its type in South Florida at the present time, it is believed that this type of construction will be better suited to our tropical climate than the wooden ones now in existence. The Telephone Company is continually striving to better exist- ing equipment not only from the mechanical, :durable standpoint but for the convenience and comfort of the subscriber. However, the new look in outdoor telephone service must undergo addi- tional laboratory experiments as well as actual working operations before it can be put into general use. Gale further stated that this new equipment is being tested in the Southernmost City with great expectations for added comfort and convenience to his company’s customers, Subscribe To The Citizen--25c Weekly Finer than ever ~ 'Golden Flavor' How Now, |Brown Cow? PHILADELPHIA W—An 80 pound brown cow, headed for leaped over a five-foot fence on the way to a slaughterhouse here yesterday and created havoc for half an hour, The animal bowled over a small boy and charged _ policeman Charles McCready. The cop fired one shot, but then held further fire as a crowd gathered. 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