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

“ Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Wednesday, July 21, 1954 The Key West Citizen SE ear Published daily (except Sunday) from The Citizen Building, corner Greene and Ann Streets, . . Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe ‘County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher nese 1921 = 1954 NORMAN D. ARTMAN ona csseseereen . Editor and Publisher Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2.5661 and 2-5662 Momber of The Associated Press—The Associated Press entitled to use for Lies greet of all news dispatches or not otherwise cr lished here. is sreaicey uction credite i ted 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 or general interest, but it will not publish anonymous communications. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1. More Hotels and Apartments. 2. Beach and eee Pavilion. 3. Airports—Land and Sea. z 4 Consolidation of County and City Governments. 5. Community Auditorium. WALK SAFELY AND LIVE The number of highway accidents that take the lives of Americans constitutes something of a reproach both to drivers of automobiles and to those who walk along the highways. A surprising number of pedestrians are killed by automobiles and, upon many occasions, the driver of the motor vehicle is not to blame. Pedestrians can adopt prop- er practices for their own protection and it might be a good idea for those who use the highways on foot in Monroe County to remember the following rules: (1) Carry or wear something white at night — this will help the drivers of motor vehicles to see you. Remember that, very often, when two cars approach at night, the vision of the drivers is affected by the lights. (2) In municipal and suburban areas, cross the highway only at cross-walks and, when using a highway in the rural area, look carefully for speeding cars before getting into the road. Moreover, watch traffic cignals, especially lights, and look twice both ways before cross- ing. Another rule, which may save your life, is not to go into the highway between parked cars. This is the cause for numerous accidents, particularly in urban areas, when pedestrians attempt to cross streets in the middle of the block. For those traveling the rural highways, where there is no sidewalk, it is wise to walk on the left side, facing the oncoming traffic. These rules have been given considerable publicity heretofore, but, because people are prone to forget them and sometimes inadvertently violate them, we give space for their re-publication. The way to wealth lies in saving some of what you varn, each week. Why is it wives always think someone else’s husband is sweeter than theirs? . Most deals made at parties the night before turn out to be two different agreements. The “good old days” are gone but there are people who think they would like to have them back. Now that the graduation oratory is over, the graduate can see for himself what the business world is like, un- fortunately. Military service is good for most young men, and we have little patience with parents who think Willie is too good to do his share. C rd Puzzle SPAM AC MC ATere FOSSWO ISIAINIEIRMEDIRIAIYMERIE! ACROSS IEIRISEMBHIE IAD MER] i (5) cue SITIYMICIUISIPIMOIUIE|L| Mod SA ama OMe 4. Moderate J = 9. Weep con IL IEIE TT MEPIE INIT BHA) Tulsively OAS VASE Ala 12. Title of IR Tespect 13. Furnish another crew 14. Color 15. Listen 17. Toward AMES) IDIO[UIGIL[AlS} IRIEL INISMAEIRIERME|S/T) 5. Enchant 6. Friend: French 7. Aromatic plant ing wicker containers 25. Withered 28. Type measure 29. Every one separately implement 18. Launder 20. Hire 23. Flat cap 28. Friendship 24. River ol opert jj 34. Plants again 37. Point of the 43. Village on the Hudson 45. English queen 47, Rubber tre 48. New: comb Command- ments Jigsaw Of Espionage By Russians IsBeing Put Together Before 3 Australian Judges By GORDON TAIT MELBOURNE, Australia 9 — The jigsaw of Soviet spying in Australia is being slowly put to- gether before the royal commis- sion of three judges sitting here in Melbourne. The pace of this royal commis- sion on espionage has proved pain- fully slow to Australians, who had expected sensation packed on sen- sation once Vladimir Petrov went into the witness box. Petrov, who fled his post as third secretary at the Russian Embassy in Canberra, says he also was the chief Red spy in Australia. His request for political asylum start- ed a chain of events that led to Russia breaking diplomatic rela- tions with Australia. Petrov, 47, short and plump, and his small, honey-blonde wife Evok- ia, 40, both have spent many hours in the witness box. But they have given only a small part of their evidence because the inquiry has been split into what William J. V. Windeyer, senior counsel assisting the commission, called compart- ments. The idea is to fit cleanly into one piece the pattern ‘of Soviet espionage and to give any person named as. a Soviet helper an op- portunity to get quickly into the witness box and tell his side of the story. Only two Australians have been named as helpers so far. Petrov disclosed Russia had ay special directorate in Moscow for technical and atomic espionage and described the system by which Russians serving in official posi- tions outside Russia are watched by secret police who report back to Moscow. Petrov said both he and his wife had come to Australia with orders to recruit agents. He said money was paid to some Australians who supplied information to the Soviet intelligence system. Some Austral- ians, he said, were given code names by Moscow. On Petrov’s fifth day in the box, the evidence turned to money and Australians pricked up their ears. Petrov told the commission he re- ceived 5,000 pounds ($11,250) from Deputy Director of Australian Se- curity Richards on April 3, the day he left the Russian service. Newspaper headlines reflected Au- stralian surprise. Don’t Drop That Ball... The same day Petrov and his wife gave evidence about their pay checks. The size of these was an even bigger surprise to Austral- ians. Petrov said as an officer of the Soviet. Internal Affairs Ministry’s secret police, his salary at the be- ginning of 1954 was more than 4,000 rubles—$1,000—per month. This was four or five times the earn- ings of a skilled Australian trades- man. Petrov said he was paid 101 pounds ($227.25) in Australian money and the rest was deposited for him in Moscow. Following her husband into the box, Mrs. Petrov said her salary was the equivalent of 3,240 pounds ($7,290) a year. Australians quick- ly added the husband’s and wife’s salaries to total over 8,000 pounds ($17,000) a year. Only a handful of Australians earn that much money. The end of the commission is not yet in sight and the sittings pos- sibly will continue into next year. The U. S. auto industry has pro- duced more than 136 million cars since 1900. Key West In Days Gone By duly 21, 1994 Actual work will begin Monday morning on the approaches to the ferry slip at No Name Key. Re- building of this section of the road will be done from the shoreline to the ferry slip on both sides. Julius F. Stone, Jr., FERA ad- ministrator for Florida, Mrs. Stone, Miss Eunice Whyte, secretary to Mr. Stone, B. M. Duncan, adminis- trator in Key West, Donald Corley, architect, and Sherman Adler, head of a large salvaging company, left by plane this morning for Tortugas. Attorney Paul Marks, Harry Gwynn, Robert R. Taylor, recent- ly elected county solicitor, City Attorney Jack Watson and Attorney Franklin Farson, all of Miami, arrived on the Havana Special to- day for a stay of several days. * & * July 21, 1944 The State Road Department has informed the County Commission- ers that it is ready to agree to tear down all superstructures and pull up all pilings of bridges in the old Overseas Highway, except those that the commissioners wish to maintain. The department’s pro- posal will be acted on formally at the next meeting of the com- missioners. There’s a job going begging around City Hall—the office of city license inspector, Joe Cabrera re- signed in order to join the U. §. Merchant Marine. Appointment of a postmaster to succeed Fred J. Dion, who resign- ed some months ago to carry on his business operations, is expected either this month or next although there has been no official indica- tion when the move will be made. ROOSTERS LET OWNER, DOWN LOS ANGELES (#—They were roosters, not. stool pigeons, but they double-crossed their owner. Mrs. Ednah Allbright, 59, had just testified Monday that the roosters were trained to crow only on cue, for television and movie jobs. Just then the three roosters in the corridor started crowing. The jury in Municipal Court con- victed her of maintaining a public nuisance at her home in suburban Van Nuys. Half the fluid milk consumed in the United States goes to people under 15 years old — a quarter of the population, BLUE WATER by DENIS SNEIGR Navy names are intriguing. I don’t mean names of personnel but names the Navy gives to var- ious units and detachments. SurAsDevDet, for instance, mean- ing Surface AntiSubmarine De- velopment Detachment. Fawtulant, though is probably the best. Sounds like baby talk but means Fleet All Weather Train- ing Unit, Atlantic. Who makes up these trick e! sitting in a small office in Wash- ington. His office is part of NaNaNo- SobDeyDet (Navy Names Nomen- clature Sobriquet Development De- tachment.) As we watch, the young Ledr sits at his desk and scribbles busily on a piece of paper. He fills the paper with writing, wads it up and tosses it in the waste- basket. He pulls another sheet of papec tohim and continues scrib- ing. _Sunddenly he pauses, turns to his typewriter and taps out one word. The young Ledr sips the sheet out of the typewriter and hurries into an adjoining office. “Admiral,” cries the young Ledr., “look.” The admiral, a GrOSD (grizzléd old sea dog) looks up from his desk and takes the sheet of paper from the Ledr. On the paper he reads the single, typed word: Fawtulant. “Great. work, m’boy,” says the admiral, clapped the Ledr on the sh(shoulder). “Oh, thank you, sir,” replies the Ledr. “Fawtulant,’ muses the GrOSD. “What a name! One more like that, m’boy, and I'll give you that three-day pass you've been want- ing for the past year.” “Thank you, sir,” says the young Ledr as he hurries back to his own office. When the five o'clock whistle blows, the young Ledr neatly cov. ers his typewriter and leaves NaNaNoSobDevDet for his home. He is met at the door by his wife. “HoDiIGATOfToD (How did it 0 at the office today, dear)?” she asks. “Ok (Okay)” he replies. “G (Good)” she says. “WhFoSu (What's for supper)?” he asks. “PoRo, ’ she replies. This is not an Hawaiian dish. PoRo means pot roast. So the young Ledr and his wife ate PoRo for dinner. Next morning it was back to NaNaNoSobDevDet for the Ledr. and another day of grinding out trick words. That day he came up with ComSubRon but, said the admiral, GrOSD that he was, ComSubRon didn’t top or even equal FawTu- Lant. Thus the years rolled by, the Ledr turning out trick words and his wife cooking PoRo. Finally, came the time of re- tirement of the Ledr. He was still a Ledr but he had picked up a couple of G.Co (good conduct) awards in the meantime. When he had left NaNaNoSob- DevDet for the last timé, he was met by his wife with the words: “AIFi?” (all finished?) “Yeah (yes),” he replied. The Ledr then announced that hé was going to get a civilian job the next day. On his retirement pay plus his civilian job pay, he and his wife could live it up. “No mote PoRo,” he added. And sure enough, he got a very well paying civilian job the follow- ing day. So what kind of a job did he take? He worked for a big canning company, arranging letters in cans of alphabet soup. He was an expert at it. PEOPLE’S FORUM of the views of its read- eesti tlahe 4a delete ang: Weneneon considered libelous er unwarranted. The writers should be ir and confine the letters te 200 words and write on ene side the papér enly. Signature of the writer must accompany the unless requested otherwise. letters and will be published FLUORIDATION OPPOSED Editor, The Citizen: Dr. Floyd H. De Camp, Florida State Board of Health, is quoted as saying, “there is a great need of fluoridation here” because “‘a survey shows a high rate of tooth decay here among children” which is inexact. Fluoridation of public drinking water with a well known poison, having cumulative effects, will be on the part of 75 per cent of the population who cannot admittedly obtain any tooth benefit, however mueh it may benefit children under 10 years of age. Such action would be a gross abuse of gov- ernmental power, particularly for a non-contagious dis- ease and particularly when application of individual reme- dies are so readily available. , For my part the mere fact that 967 cities have taken this action is no compelling reason why Key West should follow suit. Very truly, GUY CARLETON Searsdale, N. Y. ORCHIDS, YET? Editor, The Citizen: To say the least, I was rather astounded to read William Meyers’ letter in the Forum on July 8, extolling the remarkable virtues of Police Chief Perez to whom, Meyers says, “fellow brothers” are giving flowers and to whom we all owe “bouquets of orchids.” Madre mia! Is Perez really like that? I'd always looked on hint as just a regular, hard- bitten cop, doing a good job like a good cop should. Astonished, FREDERICK H. GREEN. July 13, 1954 TELEVISION SALES and SERVICE 11065 WHITEHEAD STREET TELEPHONE 2.3449 Expert Repairs Reasonable Rates TAILORED INSTALLATION for MOTELS .. HOTELS .. HOMES . . BUSINESS Presents Television Listingg—WTVJ, CHANNEL 4 THURSDAY, JULY 223 DING DONG SCHOOL ON YOUR ACCOUNT GARRY MOORE A. GODFREY STRIKE IT RICH WEDNESDAY, JULY 21 GLENN and MICKEY SHOPPER’S GUIDE CITY CoP WEATHER SACK OF ALL SPORTS DOUG EDWARDS RENICK REPORTING RED SKELTON REVUE STRIKE IT RICH JOHNNY. 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