The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 28, 1954, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Wednesday, July 28, 1954 The Key West Citizen Published daily ( Greene and Ann Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher 00 ccscsnssunnnne 1921 - 1954 NORMAN D. ARTMAN ..escvonsinnnnmenee Editor and Publisher Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter ~~ "‘FELEPHONES 25661 and 25662 Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news pub- except Sunday) from The Citizen Building, corner of Streets. : Member Associate Dailies of Florida —————— Gubscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 ————— ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN GN APPLICATION ————— The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issues i] subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments, Beach ane we aeaeibon. |. Airports—! a. Consolidation of County and City Governments. . Community Auditorium. COMMUNISM GROUNDS FOR DIVORCE Mrs. Eva M. Verber recently obtained a divorce from her husband, Otto Verber, because the Austrian- born former U.S. Army Intelligence officer had concealed from her the fact that he was a Communist. Verber is now serving a term of three and a-half to ten years in Federal prison. He and his brother-in-law, Kurt Ponger, both natur- alized Americans, were arrested in Austria last year and sentenced on June 8th, 1953, on a charge of conspiring to spy for Russia. Mrs. Verber, who has now assumed her maiden name, sought annulment of her thirteen-year-old marriage with Verber from New York Supreme Court Referee Erle ‘Warner. She testified that her husband, on the eve of their marriage, had denied being a Communist when she questioned him on this point. She said he recently admitted to her—while in jail— he was a Communist and explained that he would not ad- mit it to her in 1941 — the year they were married—be- cause he knew she would not have married him. Supreme Court Referee Warner found this was legal grounds for an annulment and granted her custody of her two daugh- ters. We hope all wives of lately-confessed Communists will go to the courts for annulments. Perhaps the infection of Communism would lose some of its charin if they did. HELICOPTER PASSENGER SERVICE. British European Airways announced recently heli- copter flights between London Airport-and.a landing site in the middle of the world’s largest city would begin soon. The landing site will be located next to Waterloo Station, in centra] London. * The Ministry of Civil Aviation altered its safety re- quirements on flights over London to permit British-Euro- pean Airways to begin the helicopter service. The purpose of the helicopter service is to cut down the time required for transportation between London air- “port and downtown London. The helitopter flight will take passengers from the airport to the center of London in about twenty minutes. Although its cost will be some six times as much as the cost of a bus trip, the time re- quired will be only about a third of the bus trip. The inauguration of helicopter passenger service in London follows the begining of a helicopter passenger service in Holland by only a year. The fact that the heli- copters on the London airport-London run will land in the middle of downtown London is a significant fact which probably foreshadows helicopter passenger service in most of the world’s largest cities in the future. It is another step toward the eventual goal of vertical flight, by both private and commercial aircraft, carrying workers and passengers to their destinations in metro- Politan areas, DIE ICH HOE] - 0 Puzzle Bissiias oamuir! 28. Perish 31. Notable period 32. Understand 33. Moose 34. Seed container 85. Capable of Crossw Ic IDIEINIOIN| DIA IRIE! 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They have, according to certain individuals, realized that they can poison the water supply and get away with it. All they have to do is say that they are trying to im- prove the health and welfare of the citizenry. Hence; the voting public can be punighe@ for their political sins by the simple expedient of dumping a few vials of some toxic substance —jsuch as fluoride — ‘into the wa- ter supply of the community. (Of course, CLINICAL TESTS have shown that fluoride prevents tooth decay. But those uninformed say the stuff is poison. They as much as accuse the politicians of practicing medicine without a lic- ense because they have sense enough to listen to the nation’s leading medical men when they say that that fluoride does not harm anyone.) Just imagine this scene: Boss Trump has just been re- elected to the post of councilman in a large American ‘city. He tri- umphed over his hated political ri- val, Charles B. Whitehope, who ranon the “Freedom From Fluoride” ticket. The time for retribution against those who voted against him has arrived for Boss Trump. He sits in a dingy office in the warehouse district, surrounded by his ward-heelers and henchmen. It is the day after election. Boss Trump’s beady eyes range over a map of the city hanging on the wall. They are lit with an evil glint as they fall on the 23rd ward. They 23rd ward is outlined with red crayon. It is one of the areas which gave Boss Trump consider- able worry during the election campaign. He turns to one of his lieuten- ants. “Say Gus, how'd we do in the 23rd ward,” he asks, Gus peers into a little black book. “We got beat by 25 votes,” he replies. Ominously, Boss Trump turns to another of lieutenants — a man Robbers Clean Out Mo. Bank PEVELY, Mo. —The Bank of Pevely had'to make arrangements to get money from a St. Louis! bank so it could open today. Two robbers made off with every cent in the bank yesterday, They took $40,174, bank officials said. “The first I knew about it was when one of the men climbed over the top of the tellers’ cage—abrut eight feet high—and looked into the loan department,” said William A. Weber, 38, the cashier. Weber and four other employes were ordered into a vault, but the robbers left the door partially open to give them air. The escape car was found aban-| PROFITS : DISCLOSURES. The Ground By JIM COBB Poows for whom he has obtained a job as a health department official in return for political support. “Shoot about a quart of Sodium Chloride into the water pipes in the 23rd ward tomorrow. Those people gotta be learned how to vote,” he says. “Yessir, I'll do it the first thing in the morning — the poor devils,” says the technician. At this point, Boss Trumps’ wife bursts into the room. “You can’t do it,” she sobs, throwing herself into the arms of her husband. “Not Sodium Chlor- ide, what that’s. . .that’s — salt.” I’m sorry, Madge, this is the! way it has gotta be,” says Boss Trump. “It ain’t as bad as it sounds.” Mrs. Trump’s shoulders slump and she leaves the room. “But I hope you know what you are doin’, Herman,” she sighs. Boss Trump resumes his study of the map. “How about the 19th ward, Gus,” he asks, \ The little black book shows that he lost the election in that district by a whopping 300 votes. Boss Trump leaps to his feet. His face is livid with anger. “That does it,” he shouts, “we gotta give ’em a shot of fluoride to teach ’em a lesson.” “Not the fluoride, Boss,” aides gasp in unison. “Yes, the fluoride,” says Boss Crump evenly. His face is contort- ed into an inhuman grimace. He stares at the ill-fated 19th ward on the map. “T'll show ’em,” he mutters, The Scene fades. Those poor people in the 19th ward — they are all going to be Poisoned. But of course they won’t know it and their kids will all grow up with fine, healthy teeth. The dentists wijl all have more time to play golf. But they are going to be poisoned. And nobody seems to care except the do-good- ers and the Crusaders who aren’t happy unless they are attacking something. On second thought, maybe they would be more unhap- py with nothing to attack, his doned on a country road 3% miles from this community of 300 about 25 miles south of St. Louis, RED BAR SOUGHT BOGOTA, Colombia #—Presi- dent Gustavo Ofjas Pinilla asked the nation’s Constituent Assembly last night to bar international communism from Colombia. The President told the Assembly that democracy endangers itself by permitting groups directed by foreign powers to prosper. British railways have 500 dif-| ferent types of steam locomotives, Nipped In Bud SPOKANE, Wash. (» — Glenn Aiken, working a bulldozer in a residential district yesterday, at- tracted the usual number of young- sters who pestered, “what’re ya doin’, mister?” “Digging for gold,” Aiken vised. The kids told their mothers who told other mothers. The story soon left the neighborhood and moved downtown. The Better Business Bureau, stockbrokers and city of- ficials started getting calls. The report was that gold had been found, that stock was for sale. Property owners were to get a fifth interest. City Hall quickly dispatched an emissary to the scene. “Gold?” gasped Aiken. “That was a joke for the kids. I’m help- ing put in a lawn.” ad- Key West In Days Gone By duly 28, 1934 Julius F. Stone, Jr., relief admin- istrator for the State of Florida, will address the audience at the first concert to be given by. the Key West Municipal Band at 4:30 o’clock tomorrow afternoon in Bay- view Park. Key West today is the topic of conversation in every section of the United States, says L. P. Art- man, publisher of The Citizen, who, with his son, L. P. Artman, Jr., returned this week from a visit to a number of cities in the north and east. One of the pleasant memories of Mr. Artman’s vaca- tion was an afternoon when he and his son were entertained by Mr. Arthur Brisbane and family at their summer estate ‘“Allaire”,in New Jersey. Home rehabilitation is the first phase of the comprehensive plan for the rehabilitation and beaut ification of Key West. This pro- ject has been worked out in detail and was announced today by B. M. Duncan, administrator, xk ko * July 28, 1944 William H. Malone, 67, former mayor of Key West and state re- presentative and senator from this district, died at 12:30 o'clock to- day of a heart attack in his home in Miami. The Pritchard ambu- lance left for Miami later today to bring the body to Key West for funeral services and burial. Key West hotels which were rent- ing rooms by the week October 1, 1941 were given until midnight to- night by the OPA to post their weekly rates in their rooms. In spite of the fact that the great majority of men of Junior Cham- ber are now in the armed services, JayCees are expanding by leaps and bounds even to cities in South and Central American countries, Key West JayCees were told Wed- nesday evening by the state presi- but plan to reduce the number of types to 12. dent, C. Irving Waller, a Jackson- ville, insurance, man. BLUE WATER by DENIS SNEIGR In his recent column opposing fluoridation of drinking water, Bill Gibb was way off base. In fact, he was so far off base it looked from here as if he was wandering around in the right field bleachers. Fluoridation of Monroe County drinking water, in case you were away on your vacation at the time, recently was proposed by the Flo- rida State Board of Health. It was proposed because Key West children have lousy teeth.! Dental surveys have shown that to be a fact. : Ask any Key West dentist. Fluoridation of drinking water meant adding controlled amounts of a fluoride. It helps kids grow sound teeth. Gibb’s two principal beefs seem to be: 1, That fluoride is a poison. 2. That if a fluoride is added to our drinking water, politicans will be telling Gibb what kind of medi- cine to take. The following answers to those two statements are not my opin- ions. The answers are from the Am- erican Dental Association. Now for Gibb’s assertion No. 1 — that fluorine is poisonous. The American Dental Association says: . “This assertion is true, but the inference that the same substance in minute concentration in drink- ing water has the same effect as fluorine in high concentrations is completely incorrect. “Many substances in common use by human beings are benefi- cial when used in proper amounts but may be harmful when used improperly.” The American Dental Association then cites sodium chloride as an example. ; Sodium chloride is poisonous in large amounts but not when you sprinkle a little on your steak, if you can afford a steak. However, if you sit down and eat a bucketful of table salt, you are apt to become ill. While we are on the subject of substances that are poisons yet are beneficial when used in the correct amounts, we might as well cite arsenic. 0 Gibb cited arsenic in his faulty reasoning on the subject of fluoride. He admitted fluorides help pre- vent tooth decay. And then — and this is where his reasoning falls down — he said: “By the same token. ingrowing toenails . . .can be eliminated with a good, stiff dose of arsenie .. .” It is not by the same token at all, Physicians sometimes prescribe arsenic. But in the proper amount. In minute qualities in a prescription. The doctor doesn’t tell the pa- tient to get a gallon jug of arsenic and eat it. The same is true of fluorides. The State Board of Heath doesn’t want to load the drinking water with fluorides. The Board merely suggests that a small, controlled amount be used — the right amount to prevent tooth decay. Continuing on the subject that fluorides in drinking water are harmful to human beings, get a load of this quote from the Am- erican Dental Association: “For generations over 4,000,- 000 people in the United States have been living all their lives where the drinking water natural- ly contains fluorides in concen- trations as high er higher than that recommended fer dental health.” If fluoride in drinking water was slaying people the way Gibb im- plies that it does, how come all those millions of people are alive? In fact, there never should have been a second generation born in an area where fluoride is natural- ly present in the drinking water if it is such a terrific poison. The first generation should have dropped dead after a couple of swallows of the water. The only thing that happened to | all those generations of people is that they have wonderful teeth. Now let’s take up Gibb’s second assertion — that if fluorides are added to Monroe County’s drink- ing water, politicians will be tell- ing Gibb what kind of medicine to take. That is entirely wrong. The politicians — the county and city commissioners — are the last | ones to have anything to say about adding a fluoride to your drinking water. Before the Florida State Board of Health will okay the fluoridation of drinking water in any Florida community, the board demands ap- proval in writing from the follow-! ing groups: Local medical society, local den- tal society, local board of health, local county health department. At the recent meeting of health authorities here, representatives of your county and. city governments both said they wanted an okay from local doctors and dentists be- fore the commissioners would ap- prove fluoridation. So in the final analysis, it is not the politicians who are telling Gibb what medicine to take. Besides, fluoridation is not con- sidered medicine by medical au- thorities. Medication means the adminis- tration of remedies to treat or cure a given condition. Fluoridation is not a remedy, It does not treat an existing disease, Fluoridation supplies a normal constituent found in human teeth, adding the proper amount of flu- orine to grow healthy, decay-resist- ant teeth. And fluoridation is not new. Al- most 1,000 American cities now add a fluoride to the water supply. And the results in controlling tooth decay have been excellent, For example, in Grand Rapids, Mich., there was a 66 per cent reduction of tooth decay in six- year-old children after five years of fluoridation. In the survey, Grand Rapids was compared with Muskegon, Mich., where the water was not treated. We could go on citing city after city where the reduction of tooth decay has been just as spectacu- Admirers Want To Honor Cohn NEW YORK # — A testimonial ‘|dinner will be given tonight for Roy M. Cohn, and the sponsors say there is room for only a frac- | tion of those who want to attend. Cohn, a key figure in the recent Army - McCarthy earings, re- signed as chief counsel for the Senate investigations subcommit- tee after the hearings ended. Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy {R-Wis), chairman of the svocommittee, will be speaker. Tonight's dinner had been Planned before Cohn’s resignation. The Joint Committee Against Communism in New York, which ‘organized the Cohn testimonial, - said it had to turn down 5,500 ap- Plications for tickets. About 2,000 are expected to at- tend the dinner in the Hotel Astor at $7 a plate. SEAPLANES TO SOAR ELSINORE, Calif. (®—More than 100 sailplanes are expected to com- Pete in the 2ist National Soaring Contest, which opened yesterday. lar, but let Gibb look up some facts | himself. Speaking of health, I inserted an error in a recent column and no one caught it. Fs Shows you how carefully people read. T said Pasteur discovered vacci- nation. The fact is, Jenner dis- covered vaccination and Pasteur developed inoculation for rabies. This Rock By Bill Gibb A reader up in Marathon has made writing today’s column easy. We're just going to copy state- ments published in a bulletin which urges Florida residents to keep drinking water pure by opposing fluoridation. Dr. Floyd H. DeCamp pulled a trick out of the bag that has been used down through the centuries to prevent opposition. He said ‘crack- pots’ would probably object to fluoridation, Such name-calling before giving the other side a chance to express their opinion is aimed of course, at throwing the opposition on the defense — not of the subject under discussion but of their moral integrity and mental ability. Not many scientific men — to my knowledge — object to a subject being discussed from all sides. Ap- parently, the supporters of fluori- dation would prefer to suppress the experimental side of their proposal, however. Mass Medication Fluorine is mass medication. It is the administration of a poison without regard to the individual differences of human beings. There are also definite indications that this poison has a cumulative effect whieh can result in serious illness, premature death. How many of you read last week- lend about the death of the last woman member in the Society of Living Dead? These women died horrible deaths as the result of ra- dium, which scientists didn’t con- sider a poison, simply because it did not kill immediately. The Professional men won’t have that excuse with regard to the fluorid- es. The American Journal of Chem- istry says that flourine may tend to accumulate within the body so that symptoms of fluorine poison ing may take as long as ten yea to appear. Quotes “Observation by many men sug- gest that. . .pyorrhea may be in- duced or aggravated by . . .fluorid- es. More teeth are lost because of 1105 WHITEHEAD STREET Expert Repairs WEDNESDAY, JULY 28 GLENN AND MICKEY SHOPPER’S GUIDE JACK OF ALL 5 PORTS DOUG EDWARDS RENICK REPORTING RED SKELTON REVUE STRIKE IT RICH JOHNNY VIAGGIO 130 LEE DICKENS SIGN OFF Of Ours Pyorrhea than from dental decay.” Congressional Hearings testimony, “There is no disagreement about the fact that fluorine is a proto- plasmic and enszmatic poison.” — V. O. Hurme, D. M. D., Forysythe Dental Infirmary, Boston. “Too much emphasis has been placed on acute fluorine Poisoning and results of chronic fluorosis in the last stages and too little on at- tempts to determine diagnostic symptoms in all cases of mild flu- orine poisoning.” “I find no record of any such (competent, medical) studies but I do find some reports which indi- cate death in case of damage to the kidneys.” Congressional Hearings testimony? “A prediction, ‘all cities to be fluoridated’, was made in Miami last October. . .The above predic- tion was not based on the record which shows that no Florida cities were fluoridated in 1953; that one city discontinued its use after two years of fluoridation, that only one waterworks was fluoridated in 1952 — and that without the citi- zens actually knowing what it was all about; that two cities which had already bought the machinery — without knowledge of the citi- zens beforehand — tumed down fluoridation and returned the ma- chinery in 1952. Other cities have refused it by actual opposition and referenda, . .” Benefits Public Health Service From this writer’s point of view, fluoridation of water will create more jobs for the public health ser- vice. Someone is going to have to supervise the work. Next in line. to benefit are the manufacturers of equipment. It has been estimated that the cost of the raw materials alone for Florida fluoridation would be $249,417.00, exlusive of machin- ery and labor. These same mater- ials could be administered as indi- vidual medication for the purchas- jing price of $110. But the main empassis should be placed on the fact that the medi- cal profession itself has shown no indication of approval. For my part, I'd rather lose a tooth than a kidney! Television Sales and Service TELEPHONE 2-3449 Reasonable Rates TAILORED INSTALLATION for MOTELS .. HOTELS . . HOMES . . 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