The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 2, 1954, Page 8

Grocery Prices Show No Drop |On THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Vv Mendey, Avgust 2, 1954 Despite Cut In Farm Prices By B. L. LIVINGSTONE WASHINGTON ® — The House - Agriculture Committee formally reported today what housewives al- geady knew: grocery store prices remain’ at near-tecord highs de- spite a sizable drop in farm ices. Peking public a statistical study of the trend in farm prices and retail food costs, the committee concluded: “Thus far, almost none of the flower prices received by farmers since 1951 has been passed on to consumers in the form of lower retail food costs. “Further declines in farm prices ‘re expected as more livestock and livestock products come to the market and (government) price- support levels are lowered. “Consumers can expect little benefit, however, from these lower farm prices unless recent tenden- cies to increase marketing andpro- cessing charges are curbed.” A somewhat less pessimistic view, from the housewives’ stand- point, came yeterday from the Agriculture Department, which said major foods will be in plenti- ful supply during the remaining months of 1954 and that prices should ease some. The department forecasts a heavier output of pork, veal, lard, turkeys, eggs, processed fruits, fresh vegetables and some rice, as compared with the same months last year. The department said lamb and mutton are the only ma- jor items which will be scarcer than last year. ‘The average person the depart- ment said, probably will eat a lit- tle more during 1954 than he did in 1953. The department reported last Friday a drop in prices received by farmers during the month end- ing July 15, the second straight month that farm prices declined. ‘The price index, based on 1910-14 ‘averages, stood at 247 compared with 260 in July last year. The House committee found that the farmer’s share of the consum- er dollar is steadily dropping “while retail food prices have re- mained at 1952 peak levels.” It said that out of each dollar spent by the American housewife for foods, 56 cents goes for pro- cessing, marketing and transpor- tation charges. The farmer receives 44 cents, of which 30 cents meets the cost of producing his crop, the report stat- ed, and concluded; “Thus, the farmer and his fam- ily have about 14 cents out of each consumer dollar spent for domesti- cally produced food for their work and their investment.” Going back to removal in 1945 of war-imposed price controls, the the committee study said farm prices advanced 29 per cent from then until their peak in 1951, and that since then, farm prices have dropped almost back to their 1946 level. “In contrast,” the committee noted, “‘retail food prices now hold within a fraction of their 1952 peak.” The committee said housewives mow are paying the “highest prices on record” for bakery pro- ducts and cereals, although farm prices for wheat are down to 1949 _levels. Only male crickets ‘‘sing.” Europe has about 400 million More women than men wear glasses—56.4 per cent of wearers are women. Overseas Transpo The_ Weatherman Says Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy today thru Tuesday with isolated showers or thunder show- ers. Not much change in tempera- ture. Low tonight near 78; high Tuesday near 90-92. Light to mod- erate variable mostly easterly to poraterty winds, Florida: Fair thru Tuesday ex- cept for isolated mostly afternoon thundershowers. Little change in temperature, Jacksonville thru the Florida Straits and East Gulf: Gentle var- iable winds most south to west over north portion and mostly east to southwest over south portion thru Tuesday. Fair except isolated showers, Western Caribbean: Gentle to moderate east winds thru Tues- day. Fair except isolated showers. Weather summary for the tropi- cal Atlantic, Caribbean’ Sea area and the Eastern Gulf of Mexico: Conditions are relatively quiet nent the nearby . ere are no of any de' ing aka ee Observation Taken at Post Office Building, 7:00 A.M., EST, Key West, Fla., Aug. 2, 1954 Te Highest yesterday Lowest last night Mean Normal Compromise Atom Bill Is Underway By RUSSELL BRINES WASHINGTON (#—Senate and House members start hammering out a compromise version of Pres- lent 's new atomic en- ergy program today, and their ef- forts may have much to do with how soon congress adjourns. The conferees arranged to meet behind closed doors to tackle the task of resolving three major dif- ferences, and many more minor ones, in the Senate and House versions ot a bill designed to open the atomic power field to private industry and to authorize a limited exchange of nuclear information with this nation’s allies. The product of their delibera- tions then will go back to the two houses for final passage, and Democratic supporters of some features the administration has op- posed have promised a new round of lengthy Senate debate if their amendments are jettisoned. The House is virtually finished with the work leaders have laid out for it, except to act on such things as conference reports on the atomic and other bills. But the Senate, currently debat- ing a move by Sen. Flanders (R- Vt) aimed at the censure of Sen. McCarthy (R-Wis), still has ahead of it bills on at least four major issues. Temporarily sidetracked by the Flanders move was a bill to auth- orize the foreign aid program for the current year. The Senate also must act on a seperate foreign aid appropriations measure. After the first of these has been disposed of, Senate GOP Leader Knowland of California says he will call up the controversial farm bill, expected to touch off days of de- -|bate between supporters .of rigid Total last 24 hours __ Total this month Excess this month ___ Total this year Excess this year Barometer (Sea Level), ¥ A.M. 39.98 ins—1015.9 mbs, Sunset Moonrise Moonset __. TOMORROW'S TIDES (Naval Base) Time of Weight of Station— Tide high water High Tides Low Tides 0:23 a.m. 6:15 a.m, 12:39 p.m, 6:27 p.m, ADDITIONAL TIDE DATA Reference Station: Key Weet Bahie Hende (bridge) .....-oh 10m Ne Neme Key (east ond) ...-3h 30m Boca Chica Sandy Pt. ch om Caides Chennel (north ond) (—)—Minus sign: te be subtracted. (+)—Plus sign: Corrections te be added. 9.0 +14 A, BRANDO SIGNED HOLLYWOOD —Marlon Bran- do has been signed to play the role of the romantic gambler Sky Masterson in the film version of “Guys and Dolls,” producer Sam- uel Goldwyn said today. 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Another major part of Eisenhow- er’s program on which the Senate has not acted would broaden the social security program and raise benefits. The Senate may also be asked to pass on a proposal to hike the national debt ceiling. \Air Force Men Like New Girl Waitresses ENID, Okla. —A GI's dream— waitresses dressed in trim, white uniforms — greeted Vance Air Force Base airmen as they went to chow this morning. It was only the second day of the Air Force’s experiment at turning kitchen police duty over to a catering service. But the trial, due to continue for 11 months, was immediately pronounced a tremendous success. “Everyone was very enthusias- tic, especially the enlisted men who ordinarily pull KP every 15 or 20 days,” said Lt. Joseph A. Hays, public information officer. The girls loved it too. Sharon Ruch, a stenographer for the catering firm who helped in the kitchen the first day, said she liked it so well she’s thinking of discarding her typewriter for an apron. “The girls were overwhelmed by the reception,” said Jack McGaha, southwest division manager for the Nationwide Food Service, Inc., of Chicago. Asked if there was any chow- line flirting, he replied: “Yes, there was some of that going on—you know soldiers.” Here’s what the men thought of girl KPs. “It’s more appetizing—the food, I mean.” “They ean feed me dog food now and I wouldn’t know the differ- ence.” “It’s better than eating in a restaurant. The only difference is you walk out without paying.” Cafeteria style still prevails. But instead of the old trays where the gravy slopped over on the apple | Pie, good chinaware is used. The | girls clean off the tables too. Hardening of the arteries, once | believed to be a disability result- ing from old age, is now regarded by many scientists as a disease subject to treatment and possible cure. SYRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE Triumph Coffee Mill at ALL GROCERS ———— Your Grecer SELLS That Good STAR * BRAND atausan COFFEE (Maine County Offers Reward For Sex Slayer AUBURN, Maine ut—Androscog- gin County commissioners hoped today the offer of a cash reward would bring out information lead- ing to the killer of Daniel K. Wood Jr., 12-year-old victim of am ap- Parent sex slaying. The commissioners said the re- ward would be set at a “‘substan- tial amount.” Maine state police, New York City police and detectives of An- droscoggin and Cumberland coun- ties dug for information and ex- Ploited each of the few sketchy clues on hand to the Wood boy’s disappearance 10 days ago from Gray, where he lived, and discov- ery of his battered body in the little Androscoggin River Saturday. Investigators said they looked for an early report from New York on a telephone call an unidentified woman made several days ago to Daniel’s mother. The caller told Mrs. Wood she knew the boy was with a “mean” man who boarded children on a farm near Birmingham, Ala. A pair of weather beaten argyle socks identified by. Mrs. Wood. as like some Daniel wore were found on the river bank near where fish- lintag discovered the child’s nude y The tbody bore seven head wounds and a shoe lace was knot- ted around one wrist. A medical examiner said the slaying “looks like the act of a sex maniac.” HOSPITALITY (Continued From Page One) said, will be presented with a pla- card and employees will be given wallet size cards designing them as “Ambassadors.” Holders of the certificates will be asked to make a special effort to practice and exhibit genuine courtesy, hospitality and friend- ship in their daily contacts with Florida’s visitors in order to make them feel especially welcome; and further agree to be helpful in pro- viding visitors with information a- bout the state. “In so doing, you will render a great service to your fellow man and make a worthwhile contribu- tribution to the progress, prosperi- ty and growth of the State of Flo- rida,” the pledge says. ONE PER CENT (Continued From Page One) insofar as it relates to the police department.” The city commission will also ponsioer Sagres resolution ae ressed to the i ger Municipalities, pee at they support statewide legislation at the 1955 legislative session providing that municipalities will receive one cent out of the four cent gaso- line tax now held by the state road department for primary roads and administration. Exemption Asked The resolution also asks that municipalities be exempted from payment of taxes on gasoline and other petroleum products when used in city-owned and operated vehicles. The city’s share of the tax mon- ey would be distributed on the ba- asks that municiplaities be given the power to annex unincorporat- ed areas which are contguous or separated from them. only by a body of water. RHEE KEYNOTES (Continued From Page One) compromise and international de- spair”, he asserted. Rhee last night advised some 5,- 000 delegates gathered in Phila- delphia’s Convention Hall that the right course for America is “one of firmness, strength and cour- age.” “Then your allies will demon- strate the same qualities, and the enemy will be afraid to attack,” he said. Rhee told his veterans audience quite frankly the Upited States “does not hide its fear” when fac- ing the “Russian bear” and this “leads to vacillation and a policy of yielding a little here, a little ere and still more someplace else.” “Fluctuating Policy” Rhee said this resulted in a “fluctuating policy” and that the free nations of th world, which look to the U.S. for leadership “begin to lose confidence in Amer- ica and to lose hope of saving | freedom.” Earlier yesterday in Washington, the South Korean president spoke along similar lines from the pulpit of the Foundry Methodist Church. A devout Methodist, he was re- ceived into that church a number of years ago. Rhee told the congregation many people fear ROK efforts to eject the Reds from North Korea may cause World War III with a con- sequent atom or H-bomb holocaust. “Yes it (war) is terrible,” he said. “But there is something more Powerful than the hydrogen bomb. We have God with us leading us pri hand through crisis,” be spies To the most powerful stom TODAY'S BUSINESS MIRROR By SAM DAWSON NEW YORK (#—You know about the farmer’s daughter. But how about the salesman’s wife? The way she reacts to her hus- band’s irregular hours to those sud- den calls out of town, can lead to tiffs at home. Unhappy home life can put a salesman in a most unselling frame of mind. In this competitive era, Perhaps companies are underestimating the Power of the salesman’s wife. They may train the salesman carefully, yet undo it by failing to brief the wife on the nature of his work, the reason for irregu- lar hours, the value of sales con- ferences (‘‘they’re more than just cocktail parties”). A poll of 13,513 salesmen’s wives across the land, made over a two- year period by the Research In- jstitute of America, shows them picking the salesman’s job as the most frustrating. Only 9 per cent of them would advise their sons to follow in their dad’s footsteps. Many wives complain about long separations and say: “Have him near home at least one week a month.” One adds: “We can’t afford two cars and when he is on the road, I’m stranded.” Of life with the salesman at home, the wives offer this com- mon complaint: “The crush of pa- per work at night takes time that should be spent with his family.” A third of the wives ask for better cooperation and understand- ing of their husband’s work by his employers. . Some wives want to go along on the selling trips. Many ask to be included in the serious sessions of a sales conference. One notes that at the home office, “‘secre- taries are included in social func- tions but never the wives.” The wives rate their husbands’ job in comparison with other kinds of work this way: The greatest number choose engineering work as providing the most security and newspaper reporting as the most interes'\.ng (but they gave it a curity rating of exactly zero). They credit salesmanship with paying the most money and giv- ing the highest rewards in accord- ance with ability and efforts. More than half of the wives think salesmen encounter discour- aging experiences more often than other employes. Less than half would like to see their husbands spend the rest of their lives selling. Rare Albatross Has Come Back From Extinction TOKYO (#—The Aho-Dori has come back from extinction! May- be that doesn’t mean anything to you. But it does to naturalists— and all the Aho-Doris. Aho-Dori is a rare breed of albatross. He is so rare that he was found before the war only on Tori Shima, a small island 370 miles south of Tokyo. Japanese naturalists took good | care of Aho-Dori for years. But then came World War II. | After the war, the naturalists | went back to Tori. Alas, no Aho-| Doris, At least they could find| none. The Japanese weather station on Tori never gave up hope. Recent-| ly it found the body of a dead| albatross and sent it to a science | laboratory in Tokyo. Sure enough, it was an Aho-Dori! That spurred the hunt of Japan’s bird society. Now Yoshiteru Ono, a member of the society, is happy to report there are at least 20) ltd albatrossing around on Cultivation Of Plains Rapped | CUSTER, S.D. & — Under Sec- | retary of Agriculture True D. | Morse said today 14 million acres | in the Great Plains should be! taken out of cultivation. | In a speech prepared for a meet- ing of the Great Plains Council, | Morse said farming of the drier areas of the Great Plains “is ex-| Ploiting farming.” | “Those who gamble on cashing | in on the few years of extreme | high yields on such lands should! be prepared to assume the risks | and losses for the years when lit- tle or nothing will be produced,” | he said. A He recommended that farmers maintain reserves of feed and seed against dry years “far beyond the Practices of most farmers and ranchers.” FREEZING DAIRY PRODUCTS Housewives going away on vaca- | tion can put butter, homogenized milk and cream in the home freez- er, says Department of Agriculture dairy specialists. The cream or milk should be frozen in waxed cartons or freezer containers rath- er than in glass bottles. Long | —TRY A POUND TODAY — ‘™*Shers, atomic particles travel | frozen storage is not recommend- | | Seer at the speed of lisht. | ed. %, CITY OFFICIALS (Continued from Page One) were awaiting clearance from the immigation officials. During the luncheon, Balbuena told the guests that he and his par- ty had come to Key West in their uniforms instead of civilian cloth- es to fight for the United States if it became necessary during their stay here. “Freedom in Cuba today was brought about mainly through the help of Key Westers during the early days of revolution planning and fighting,” Balbuena said. Introduced by Morales Oscar Morales, Cuban Consul for Key West, took the lead in intro- ductions at the luncheon. Father George Ray, minister of the Epis- copal church gave the Invocation. Also present representing the Navy was Chaplain Robert Stretch from the USS Bushnell. The official ceremonies included a tour of the Naval Station and the placing of a wreath on the Maine monument burial plot in the city cemetery. A reception and cocktail party was given by Dr. and Mrs. Delio Cobo at their home on South Street following the placing of the wreath. In addition to Balbuena and “his wife, the official Cuban party con- sisted of Nancy Balbuena, daugh- ter of the General, Captain Rafael Figueroa, Alberto Yzquierdo, Ygnacio G. Betancourt, Geryasio Guzman Vieva, Margarita Cinna de villa, Estela Fernandez, Mer- cedes Diaz, and Mr. and Mrs. Fer- nando Jimenes Pena. City officials Membes of the Key West offi- cial party were Commissioner and Mrs. Jack Delaney; Mayor and Mrs. C. B. Harvey; Commis- sioner and Mrs. Delio Cobo; Navy Fire Chief Harry Baker and Mrs. Baker; Charlie Cremata, chief of 2 ARE KILLED IN (Continued from Page One) the government, but were being held in quaters. The commanders asked that the liberating army sus- pend its action against the military school, and a cease-fire order was given by Oliva and Ortega. (Private advices reaching New York said there had been a Com- munist-inspired uprising at El Progreso, 50 miles from Guate- mala City. WISCONSIN MAN HELD (Continued From Page One) her father and told her story to authorities here. Compton was charged with two counts of rape and one of kidnap- ing in warrants issued by Peace Justice Sylvester Adair. Police broadcast a pickup order and Compton was arrested by Mi- ami officers Saturday in the Grey- hound Bus Terminal. A preliminary hearing will be scheduled later. Help Save You Money Servicemen’s Special $1.00 Day PRINCE GEORGE HOTEL 101] FIFTH STREET Miami Beach, Fla. Printing... Embossing Engraving ... 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