The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 5, 1954, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Thursday, August 5, 1954 The Key West Citizen Bublished daily (except Sunday) from The Citizen Bullding, corner of Greene and Ann Street Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher 1921 - 1954 cle od aida sine liibad diate cated eeeeete.re tn agers ld lowe NORMAN D. ARTMAN ......ncrrmmnemeenrenmnen Editor and Publisher Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2.5662 Member of The Associated Press—The Associated Press entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches bere to it the not otherwise credited in this paper, and or Fig Paper, local news pub: Member Associate Dailies of Florida ——— Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 ———— ee eee 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 tt Beeson publish anonymous communications, IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1. More Hoiels and Apartments, 2. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. 3. Airports—Land aud Sea. ‘ 4. Consolidation of County and City Governments. > 5. Community Auditorium. BUSINESS READY TO MOVE UPWARD Dr. Gabriel Hauge recently told forty-two gover- nors at the recent Governors’ meeting in New York a busi- ness upswing is about to start. Hauge is one of the econ- omie advisers to President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Hauge told the governors the United States economy was “catching its breath” for a new advance, and that the retreat from peak records of 1953 had-been finally stopped. Most of the governors were reported to be in agree- ment with the presidential adviser and to have reported conditions in their states as conforming to his analysis. Hauge’s statement is supported by an imposing array of figures. And he is also backed up by the opinions of most of the country’s business writers. In his opinion, the readjustment which took place at the end of the 1953 boom was a logical one, one which was sure to follow a war period such as that entered into when this country began operations in Korea. The re- adjustment, however, has been made, in Hauge’s opinion and without too much strain on the individual or business, and the prospect is now for improved business condi- tions — although not for a return to boom conditions. ' BASIC STUDY IN HUMAN NATURE There are many readers of The Key West Citizen in Key West, who constantly resolve to improve their minds by reading intelligently-written books, in the hope that they will become better equipped to understand the many issues, that crowd upon them as they try to keep pace with this modern world. This impulse is good and should be acted upon, but, very often, in our search for the new, we have a tendency to overlook the value of the old. For this reason, we would remind our readers that, under all modern issues, however expressed, human na- ture asserts itself much the same as it did in past ages. Therefore, the basic study for us is human nature and the solution for modern troubles is improved human beings. By the general consent of almost all of mankind, the Bible has long been recognized as preeminent in the field of human nature, possessing the fundamental guides to improving human beings. It might be a good idea, then, for all of us to give a little more diligent study to the great truths that are set out in the Book of Books. The pen may be mightier than the sword, but the world’s battles are still determined by the sword or gun- wielders, Most farmers are not interested in an industrial pick- up at the moment; they have been waiting for two or three years for a farm pickup, which hasn’t come. IGIATRIBILEMIGTAIRT 1 ISIH] [AlD| RIE |V{T (NICIE) Crossword Puzzle fame SS LOMMU Via ACROSS 1, Commune in Belgium 4. Wagnerian character 9. Unclose: Doet. 92. Beverage 43. Minister 15. Pet 17. French river 8. Hackneyed ). Harsh sounds MM. Acknow!l- edge 28. Three: prefix 24. Parent 26. Poultry Product 29. Scatter seed 31, Stage player 83. Inadvertent fault 35. That which 37, Biblical character 38. Prongs 40. Point 42. Greek letter 43. In: prefix 44. Numbers: abbr. 46. Idle talk 48. Articles of baggage 51. Cold dish Small bottle Curse Establish . Twice five 61. Grow old INITITIEIRIS| AISIE| SIUIG RIA} EIT IAIN] TTS) ISIOIL JAIN} (A/E M 17 RL TM IN] ICIEINIE RES | TRIEIN] T/C} ISIC IOPRIE (Oi CIs 6. Tennis ap- purtenanees 7. English river 8. Symbol for silver 9. Leave out, 2. Winglike 4. Document 3. Priestly aut Israelite tribe travel 6: authority 63. Unity DOWN 1. Sword handle v This Rock Of Ours By Bill Gibb Dear, dear — to listen to the people who wish to ram fluorida- tion down our throats without even a “by your leave” — you’d think that no adult in the United States has a tooth in his head. At least, no adult who wasn’t raised on a diet of fluorine! Have you wondered how people in other locations feel with regard to fluoriated water? Folks who have tried it? Check this — it is an Associated Press dispatch from San Diego, California: “The only people drinking fluori- ated water in this city of 460,000 now, after getting it in their public supply for a year and a half, buy it in bottles or treat it themselves. .“They are admittedly few. Nei- ther side in the highly controver- sial issue over fluoridation of wa- ter for its purported dental health property offers any estimate. “Fluoridation was voted out in June: “It had been started in 1952 by action of the City Council after a series of public hearings.” Florida Cities Insofar as I’ve been able to de- termine, no city in Florida has adopted fluoridation since 1952 al- though several towns which were pushed into it unwillingly have since done away with the machin- ery. Why is it that no mention has been made of the cost of this pro- gram? Who is going to pay for it? Why is it that the opposition — the proponents for fluoridation — refuse to talk intelligently but try to get humorous and suggest that fluorides because of sination potentialities? Bosh! We all know that the men who want to fluoriate water are in- telligent, capable, and public spirit- ed. So was Ponce de Leon when he went looking for the Fountain of Youth. The question is: do they hold the same ethical viewpoint.to- ward mass medication and the fun- damental rights of the people as the rest of us? If the petty government office holders get away with this bit of dictation, the next step could easi- ly be one of telling us that they are going to drop food tablets in our water so as to eliminate mal- nutrition. That would be all right providing no one has an allergy to certain foods! Also, providing cer- tain industries don’t control the types of food chemicals used! Swimming Pool A swimming pool for Key West would be fine. That’s another thing that, will take some thought and planning, however. Who is going to be the engineer? Draw the plans, etc.? Commissioner Louis Carbonell probably knows more than any other one man in Key West on this subject. He has been studying it from all angles for several years. Would it be feasible to have a pool constructed as an added faci- lity of the high school guym? I’m going to ask Louis to con- ag a few words on this sub- PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citizen welcomes ers, but the editor reserves of the views of its read- right to delete any items whi are considered libelous or unwarranted. The writers should fair and confine the letters to 200 words and write en one side letters and wit! be published uniess of the paper only. Signature of the writer must accompany the requested otherwise. FLUORIDATION QUESTIONS Editor, The Citizen: Being entrapped by our current Age of Suspicion, I would like to propose an inquiry to the three man eom- Real Life Reel Role For Betsy There’s more truth then poetry in Betsy Drake’s role in Twentieth Century-Fox’s “Dancing In the Dark,” the film due Friday at the Islander. In fact, says the honey- haired star or te ‘Technicolor film, her part is practically autobiogra- phical, Betsy plays a Hollywood un- known who has been dropped by a major studio, goes into summer stock, then tries to finance her dramatic lessons by doing outside work until she is ready to try a comeback. In real life Betsy was signed to her first film contract by Hal Wal- lis, and, just as happens in “‘Danc- ing In the Dark,” she was dropped without ever doing anything on the screen. “In ‘Dancing In the Dark’ I'm supposed to have had a screen test which is so bad’they drop me,” says Betsy. ‘In real life I didn’t even have the test. They just didn’t get around to it, so I went back to New York.” There Betsy took a $15-a-week rating money job sorting cards and answering the switchboard at her agent’s office. In “Dancing In the Dark” Betsy lives in a drab New York rooming house, with an elec- trie hot plate secreted from her landlady. In real life, she lived in a cold-water room lighted by oil lamps, with the only heat coming from a pot-bellied coal stove whieh served as furnace and cookstove. Betsy wound up in London in a play‘‘DeepArethe: ht road company of the Broadway play “Deep Afe the Roots.” Re- from London it was the fel- low who was to become her best beau, Cary Grant, who helped Bet- sy with a screen test, just as in “Dancing In the Dark” it is Mark Stevens, playing her best beau, who does the very same thing. McClintock Takes Over Command Of USS Gilmore Here Captain R. E. Nichols, USN, re- i command of the Key West based submarine tender USS Howard W. Gilmore (AS16) yester- day to Captain David H. MeClin- tock, USN, in an impressive cere- A Grain Of Salt By Bill Spillman Since I associated “Hot Rods” with speedsters and reckless driv- ers the other day, several people have complained to me, saying, “you apparently don’t know the meaning of a Hot Rod.” “We're not speeders or reckless drivers,” they tell me. Sinee I am not an expert on the Hot Rod business, I thought that the best way to see-the-light was to find one of these Hot Rod peo- ple and get some down to earth facts. A youngstér of 18 dropped by my home with his partially com- pleted Hot Rod and we talked the matter over. “We're not speeders,” he said as he showed me his car. ‘“‘A Hot Rod is a car that is custom made. We put a lot of careful work in- to the design. We promote safe- ty.” This fellow told me that up in his home town, “Hot Rodders” have a club and if one gets caught and gets a fine, they have to pay equal the amount of the fine to the club. “This ear has been chopped and channeled,” he said pointing to how he had lowered the body to about 3 inches off the ground. “We get more speed from less wind resistance.” Herbert’s-Kin Lose Claims LOS ANGELES #—A brother and a niece of the late Hugh Her- bert have lost their claims to the comedian’s $163,342 estate. The Superior Court upheld yes- terday Herbert's 1950 will, which left $10,000 to Rose Herbert, Fort Worth, Tex., his former wife, and the remainder of his estate to the Motion Picture Relief Fund, Inc. The brother, Edward F. Her- bert, 57, of Brooklyn, N.Y., and the niece, Mrs. Grace Van Schyn- del, 42, of East Weymouth, Mass., contended unsuccessfully that a 1952 codicil invalidated the bequest | to charity. | { “How fast will it go?” “When I get it finished, it should hit a hundred and forty,” he an- swered. The boy had taken out a sec- tion of roof of the car and lower- ed it to the point that windows looked like peep holes. “Cuts down wind resistance. Gives it class.” “We promote safety,” he said. | “We don’t drive recklessly.” The boy had me convinced that I made a mistake in my state- ment where I had associated “Hot Rodders” with reckless drivers. He talked very sincere. T’m glad you enlightened me on the facts,” I told him. “Well, so long, see you again,” he said, racing his engine and tak-| ing off in a cloud of dust with the wheels spinning to grab for traction when he turned the corner, practically on two wheels. Perhaps I’m a little dumb but I can not see the reasoning behind having a car that will do a hundred and forty with most speed limits set at about sixty miles per hour. Key West In Days Gone By August 5, 1934 (Sunday no paper) kK RAR August 5, 1944 City Council “‘ surrendered” last night to the federal government in the battle of wits over location of additional war workers’ homes, and with all hope of getting the homes on the old city dump adjoin- ing Poinciana abandoned, the council abandoned its objections to giving the government a right of way across the property. Faced with certain loss of $5,000 revenue, City Council last night cast about in vain for a suita substitute for the illegal auto license tax which heretofore has brought that much money into the treasury. Opening of the new Overseas Highway is surely having a bene- ficial effect on the amount of tolls collected, according to a statement issued today by Clifford G. 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Does the committee, individ- ually or collectively, own such stock? Im event of inauguration, what are the assurances such a fluoridation program will remain “controlled”? What caliber of men will control it? What additional cost will fluoridation impose upon the taxpayers? Does the city commission recognize the existing oddity of pro and con being so equally divided? Does the commission take further cognizance of the peculiar similarity of the “pros”, and the equal disimilarity of the “cons”? These are not accusations, merely questions. H. V. B. P. O. Box 642 August 4, 1954 Key West, Fla. Touro Synagogue in Newport, ail About 53 per cent of daily news- I. is the oldest Jewish house of!paper circulation of the world is worship in the United States says|in the United States, the United the National Geographie Society. | Kingdom and Japan. mony held on the forecastle deck before the Ship’s officers and crew. Capt. Nichols read orders direct- ing him to report to the Chief of Naval Operations, Washington, D. C. where he will remain for ap- proximately two months prior to assuming duties with the U. 8. Na- val Mission, Lima, Peru. For his service in World War I, Captain McClintock holds the Navy | Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star, a Letier of Commendation from Commander-in-Chief, Pacifie Fleet, | and Navy Unit Citation. He is married to the former Miss Mary Kirby Patterson of Haddep- field, New Jersey. They are the parents of three children, AMENDMENT TABLED WASHINGTON — The House Judiciary Committee has tabled a proposed constitutional amendment resolution fixing the Supreme Court membership permanently at nine justices and requiring all fed- eral judges to retire at 75. The resolution was sponsored by Sen. Butler (R-Md) and passed the Sen- | ate several weeks ago. —— rr re ee re Seomet checking house plans Sebject house wiring Setetiont be wre i's adequate! ‘The time to get good wiring im your new home is that crucial hour when you're going over your house plans. Right then—and no later—is the time to make gure you have z «++ plenty of outlets, for convenience in plugging im electric appliances and lighting all over your «+. @nough cirenite, for today’s wees of electricity, plus—end this is important—plus spare circuits for easy adding of wonderful new electrical equipment. big enough for you to add to your electrical load without overloading your wiring system. Onee that new home is built, it’ll be tough to outlets. Get adequate wiring when it’s easy to get i! Get a good wiring job while your home is building —and you'll be set for better living, today and tomerrow. City Electric System BIGGE ST BARGAIN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |