The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 6, 1954, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST citizen oo The Key West Citizer: ag FSR BR arpa ae eee ee Published daily (except Sunday) 7 = Greene and ‘Aan Streets, ?” TO, The Citizen Bullding, comer of Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher sssscccc.soesmne 1921 - 1954 NORMAN D. ARTMAN wesetsresseerseesessersnmeeve EGitor and Publisher Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2.5661 and 2-5662 mapber a sag ee Frese the Associated Press or not otherwise credited in this lished here. Friday, August 6, 1954 is exclusively of all news dispatches credited to it Paper, ‘and also the local news pub- a 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 . More Hotels and Apart: » Beach and Bathing Pavilion” Airports—Land aud Sea. . Consolidation of County and. City. Governments. . Community Auditorium. RECORD OF THE “UNITED STATES” Recently the world’s fastest Atlantic super-liner, the United States, completed its ninety-eighth crossing of: the Atlantic and two years of service. It was just two years ago that the United States broke the Atlantic passenger- ship speed record on its initial run. That was the first time an American ship had held the record in a hundred years. The United States Govern- ment has been criticized for contributing money toward the construction of the United States, but her record in the last two years proves she would be a tremendous as- set in time of war — just as were the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth in World War II. Although the United States is not nearly as large as either of the Queens, displacing about 53,000 gross tons, as compared to over 80,000 for each of the Queens, she is faster and can do almost the same job as the Queens. Her ability to make more crossings a year, and to berth and sail from piers in New York, Le Havre and South- ampton, without waiting for the tide to rise, enables her to speed up her schedule, and thereby compensate for her smaller size. In two years the largest American passenger ship on the seas has carried twelve per cent of the ocean trav- elers carried by ships of all flags on the Atlantic run, in addition to much first-class merchandise, several thousand automobiles and 500,000 bags of mail. Her record indi- cates she was a wise investment for Uncle and that she would be almost invaluable in time of va ON AUTOMOBILE SALES Although there is much competition in the automo- bile industry, and much talk about the current recession, automobile sales this year are continuing at a high pace. Record levels of 1953 sales are not being attained, but sales totals are surprisingly high despite the words of those who say business is slow in the automotive world. Ward’s Automotive Report says 1954 sales are expect- ed to top 5,000,000 units, and that a minor boom in de- ferred automobile buying is expected in the last part of the year. Ward’s reports that U. S. production this year — measured late in May — totaled 2,330,966 cars and 447,- 750 trucks. It is apparent from these figures that automobile sales are continuing at a lively pace, even though the in- dustry is now involved in a highly-competitive business. Competition in the industry is not a bad sign and as long as sales reach or surpass the 5,000,000-mark annually, the major automobile companies will earn satisfactory protits. If you can stand a shock, look up your budget rec- ords for 1939 and note the difference in the cost of living. That was just fifteen years ago. 2 [=] [>| in lun] = hi >| I] rl O|>) Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 1. Health resort 4. Scatter water 9. Tree 12. Worthless leaving liad a>! 1S!5/9} 34. Meager 35. Metal fastener 36. Vegetable 37. Young dog 38. Partina SJEa(wE ES) OH Sil EEC) ll—IO}-<} Sj] [=| [moira =| Z\— (F105) i<} az AES _FaECa) FA MESIME() >|X| play 40. Conduit for conveying oil 45. Drive too far 47. Roman goddess 48. Mark aimed at in curling ssistants ir elZ imo} [>I=| iai—| i ic! i fe} Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 3. Dressed. 11. Tableland 4. Uttered 17. Weed 5. Pare 19. Incline the 6. Scarce head 7. Believer in 28. One: Scotch acosmism 24, Upper limb 8. Affirmative 25. Working 9. Rub out party 10. Old musical 9¢ nusical instrument composition - 21. Article of Jewelry 28. Be the matter with 29. Encountered 1. Classify 32. Pastry 2. Front of a 33. Myself malts |_| _| 37. Poetry: The Ground By JIM COBB 2££444444444442444444 44440244444 48880045 Embarrassed Cuban officials begged me not to tell this story, but since I’ve heard it several times in public, I think they’ll for- give me for letting readers in on the tale of how a group of Key Westers gained some first-hand in- formation on how violent Cuban politics can be. The Key Westers included, among others, Mayor and Mrs. C. B. Harvey, the Navy’s Captain C. L. Murphy, Dr. and Mrs. Delio Co- bo, Dr. and Mrs. Edward Gonza- les, County Commissioner and Mrs. Joe Allen and the writer. The incident occurred on a visit to Cuba last May to mark their Independence Day. We were guests at dinner one evening of the Rotary Club in the small town of Cotorro, about 15 miles from Havana. It was a beau- tiful evening and after a superb dinner in an open-air restaurant the speeches started. For about an hour, the Cubans filled the evening air with their inimitable style of oratory. In the middle of a particularly fiery speech, a wild-eyed man, his hair disheveled and his shirt-tail flying, burst in on the scene. “Un borracho (a drunk),” com- mented one of our Cuban hosts dourly. “Alright folks, let’s have three | cheers for General Batista,” the man shouted. With all the show- manship of a song-leader at a Ful- ler Brush salesmen’s convention, the man by this time was the cen- ter of attraction. But nobody gave three cheers for Batista. Everybody just grinned tolerant- ly and waited for the character to leave so the program could con- tinue. Then the man pulled a pistol the size of a small cannon from his pocket: and waved it at us men- acingly. That gun looked like it was about 75 caliber. It was load- ed, too. “Now, how about three cheers for General Batista,” the man shouted. Everybody gave three cheers for General Batista. I, along with most others pre- sent, figured that the time an ac- cident might happen was when one of the diners started after him. | We executed a good old Ameri- |can manuever known as “hitting the road.” Some of the guests didn’t take off, however. They hid under the tables. Shortly, a policeman arrived and disarmed the fanatic and he was taken off to jail. Authorities said that he would be dealt. with harsh- lly — but the fact that he was sup- porting the right man led more cynical observers to predict that he didn’t have much to worry a- bout. There were no more speeches that evening, though. We went to Tropicana instead. When the Associated Press phon- PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citizen welcomes expressi ers, but the editor reserves the right to are considered libelous or unwarranted. fair and confine the letters to 200 ions ef the views of its read- ete any items which writers should be words and write en ene side ed from Tallahassee last week to inquire about a suit that Key West attorney Tom Watkins was suppos- ed to be handling in the state sup- reme court, it was only the latest in a long series of mixups which has plagued Watkins for many years. The AP had him confused with J. Tom Watson former state attor- ney general, now Republican can- didate for governor. Watkins, a native Key Wester, was elected city judge in Tampa for 18 years. Watson also practiced law there. The similarity between their names and the fact that they were both members of the legal profes- sion resulted in considerable con- fusion. They were always getting each other’s mail, for example. But when one or the other hap- pened to be running for political office, a real mixup would result. People used to stop Watson on the street and congratulate him for speeches that Watkins had made — and vice versa. . Watkins thought that when he moved back to Key West to prac- tice law, at least the newspapers of the paper only. Signature of the writer must accom; letters and will be published unless brads yervaaa raid - OUR SLIP SHOWED Editor, The Citizen: I’m sure the Citizen seldom fails to headline re- cord breaking news, but you missed one yesterday. I think Sam Goldsmith would feel rather hurt that you almost ignored his record breaking announcement (of- ficial weather report printed in last night’s paper) that the temperature in Key West on Sunday reached a high of 97 degrees. The Chamber of Commerce, in the lit- erature they distributed, announces that the tempera- tuure here has never gone above 94 degrees. Did you miss a headline, did your printer make an érror, did Sam read the official thermometer wrong, or was 97 not unusual in Key West! Yours very truly, P. K. Brewer 1105 Flagler August 8, 1954 EDITOR'S NOTE: Don't blame the weatherman. Sunday’s high we should ha ead 92. Ma’ the heat wi pon artee ybe jas affecting us when would be able to keep things straight. But they haven’t. Probably a lot of folks are under the impression that word of the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge “scandal” did not spread beyond South Florida. But Reggie Albury ean tell you differently. He and Mrs. Albury returned re- cently from a vacation trip to Las Vegas. On their way home, they hailed a cab early one morning in New Orleans. The driver had his radio tuned in on a news broadcast and the announcer was relating the story lof how the national guard had been called in to clean up the vice situa- tion in Phenix City, Alabama. “Jt’s about time they did some- thing,” commented the cab driver, “and now they it to send the army to clean up that island down in Florida.” “what island?” Albury asked. “Key West,” replied the cabby, “didn’t you hear about that over- seas highway business? Why those guys...” “wait a minute, I happen to live in Key West,” roared Albury, “and unfortunately you can’t believe everything you read in the news- paper.” Loyal Conchs, the Alburys spent the next ve minutes sellmg the cabby on the virtues of Key West. They did a good job — the cabby said he’s going to spend his next vacation here. A man by the name of Joe Gal- askas is a living example of the reason why Communism will never make much progress in America. He’s the owner of Sloppy Jee’s Bar and the story of how he arriv- ed in this country an unlettered immigrant and then by dint of hard work rose to the point where he is a substantial businessman is a tribute to our American way of lee recalls his first job. He was six years old, and he spent hours behind a plow on a small, pitifully parren farm in Lithuania. He didn’t always have enough to eat. In 1913 when he was 21 years old, he ran away to escape service in the Russian army and caught Key West In Days Gone By Last year two young men caught & queer looking sea animal in the waters near Key West which caus- ed a lot of discussion and was call- ed a number of different names including the medusa. The ques- tion of the proper classification was referred to Dr. Robert O. Van Deusen, Biologist with the Piladel- Phia Aquarium, and he said the animal belongs to the echioderms but the exact species he did not state. With the arrival of three com- Panies of the Florida National Guard and the headquarters and medical detachments yesterday, the scene at the Florida East Coast Railway station took on an atmos phere of gaiety and happiness that is only evident on occasions of this only evident on oceasions of this nature. Duval street, Key West’s main thoroughfare, will have its White Way back this coming Saturday night under the efforts of the Kappa Pi social organization of the city, and if present plans go through, on every Saturday night thereafter. x k * August 6, 1944 (Sunday no paper) a boat hound from Bremen to the United States. He’s seen good times and bad times here. But from the early days when it wasn’t always easy to find work, Galaskas’ faith in the American way has never faltered. He’s been a farmer, a butcher and a cook and travelled back and forth over America. In 1920 he met a beautiful girl named Margaret in Brooklyn. A year later they were married in Cleveland. After many years, the light of husinéss fortune began to shine on the Galaskas. Joe and Margaret had a party the other night to celebrate their 34th wedding anniversary. Scores of their Key West friends gathered to toast the couple. “I’m a happy man — and I’m proud to be an American,” beam- ed Joe. The crawfishing season will open August 15 and with it will arrive a problem which has irked com- mercial fishermen for years. It’s the great number of “‘poach- ers” in these waters. The fisherman spends long hours and considerable money building his traps. Amd along comes a Sun- day erman and reaps the bene- fit of work. Probably most folks don’t really consider it stegling-When they run acrogg a trap and remove the crawfigh. They don’t intent to hurt anyone. But they don’t seem to stop and consider that the owner makes his liv: from his traps. If it isn’t stealing, what is it? The fact that there are so many unthoughtful people around has led get out of the range of poachers. It's a hardship on them. If you want to crawfish, build yourself some traps. And remember, all traps are re- and if you are caught “pullin, a trap that doesn’t belong to you— well, tough luck. POTPOURRI: We hope that the city will be able to arrive at a Satisfactory agreement with the fellow that wants to lease Garri- son Bight and sink $350,000 into it for a yacht basin. The city, al- though it has had money in the budget in past years, doesn’t seem to be able to get moving on the Projeet. It seems to us that it is @ natural for a pri-ate investor. An example of the low opinion of Key West boating facilities among | the yachting fraternity may be Sleaned from the Inland Waterway | Guide, bible for yachtsmen in Flo- | rida. The book points out that there are 177 recommended yacht moor- ings in Marathon. Key West, ac-| cording to the guide, has none. In! other words, they do not recom-| mend Garrison Bight. Do you blame them? Of course the city, commisson, poor ° féllows, are caught in the middle. If they don’t give the man a lease they'll be accused of holding up progress. If| they do, they'll be accused of start-| = ee erage Program” or of} graft. Let’s put aside petty | political considerations and see) what the fellow has to offer. . ./ John McDonough offers this bit of | intelligence: The pool in the cen- ter of the Key West Kennel Club| track is the best spot in these parts for a cooling swim. MeDonough, | assistant "manager at the oval, | takes a dip daily at the end of his | many fishermen to make runs of) 30 to 40 miles from Key West to} quired ‘to be numbered this year] | This Rock | Of Ou | By Bill Gibb If we followed the normal rules | of the shop, this letter would land in the trash basket because it lacks a signature. The only objec- tional feautre that I can see how- ever, is that the writer failed to say: “Secretaries and colomn- ists.” Then I could have put an| “amen” in the place of the signa-| ture. Here’s the letter. What is your} opinion on the subject? Dear Mr. Gibb: I am not going to sign my name to this letter because I like my boss and my job too well and wouldn’t want to embarrass him in any way. I would rather it not even be printed but am writing you just to see if, through your! column, you can help the women who are holding down two jobs in order to help with finances at home, namely being a housewife, | a secretary and last but not least —a mother. We are really holding | down three jobs. There are a lot of women in Key West in the same circumstances, and it would be so} much appreciated by all of us—if} you could just get something over to the bosses down here. The’ sal- ary they pay their secretaries is absolutely disgraceful. A secretary here is expected to work 8 hours a day and a lot of| us have to work Saturday morn- ings. The top salary is $40.00 a week. After all the deductions are made—answer truthfully now—is it worth it? Out of that amount at least $10.00 a week is paid for someone to keep the children or for nursery school. We actually work all week for around $27.00. I think you men should be absolutely ashamed of yourselves (excuse me if you don’t have a_ secretary). You bring in money right and left under our eyes (which incidentally wouldn’t be possible if you didn’t have us to do the biggest part of the work) and you never once think about your secretary—how far that little measly salary goes or whether she might just be tickled to death if you offered her a raise once in awhile to make it| all seem worth the effort and that | she is appreciated. What in the name of Heavens do the bosses around here think—that it is up to the secretary to ask for a raise. | After all she does for the—can’t| he be thoughtful enough to give her a raise now an then—and I don’t mean a raise that puts us in another income bracket and there- fore taking all the raise right back for the Internal Revenue Collector. If the bosses down here have a good secretary and they want to hold on to her—they should gradu- Poison Ivy May Yield To Lotion CINCINNATI ® — A new lotion ‘to stop itching from poison ivy in a few hours is being tested with good results at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine. Dr. Leon Goldman, head of the dermatology department, said | eases can be cleared up within a few days instead of the two weeks formerly needed. Treatment, however, should be- gin as soon as possible after con- tact for quick results, he told a | newsman. | “When the poison ivy gets bad, | internal treatments also are need- ed,” Dr. Goldman said. | | chores. . .The Lions Club members are outdoing themselves in helping their fellowmen — they’ve offered a three-way split of the proceeds of their charity football game this year. They will give a third to the March of Dimes, another third to |the Navy Relief Society and the | balance will go to their Blind | Fund. . .City Manager Victor Lang, |we hear, is a red-hot Scrabble |player. He made a score of 128 | points on a single word. Scrabble \fans will agree that this is quite an achievement. Fs ; ally raise the salary and I for one do not think that $75.00 a week is = y any good secre- course she is also a stenographer), .0F Vue wodu axe to see a big affair made out of this subject. It can be done with no effort on other matters and some of them are pretty trivial. I rather doubt if anything will be done because probably that would hit the Citizen because the secretaries right down there probably are under-paid, just like the rest of us around town are. Why don’t you do a little investigating? I’m sure you could get some pretty interesting things te write up in your column on the subject. Why not, for a change — worry about the women and their salaries. Just ask any secretary, or for that matter, any working woman in the City of Key West and T'll bet before you have gone two blocks—you will really get an ear- ful. T’ll be watching your column but as I said, I don’t imagine anything at all could be done about the sub- ject unless all of us just got to- gether and went on strike. Can’t you please help us out—if you have a secretary—would you work for you at the salary you are paying your secretary? Yours truly, I - LIKE - MY - JOB - BUT- THE SALARY - STINKS Key West Secretary Tragedy struck our home last Sunday. ‘Our pet parakeet flew into an electric fan. It didn’t die imme- diately. As a matter of fact, it was the bravest little bird imagineable. It continued to chirp cheerfully even though its legs were parg- lyzed. We had read in Bill Gibb’s col- umn about William Russell’s ex- perience with parakeets so we took our bird around to Russell’s house. Russell recommended that we contact Warren Bethel at the County Home on Stock Island. Bethel is considered an expert on parakeets. There wasn’t any way he could help ours, however. It died that night. We’ve always so careful of that electric fan. I still can’t figure the momentary negligence that made us forget it last Sunday. Some good did result from the sad occurrence. I met Warren Be- thel and learned about the wonder- ful County Home which we have on Stock Island. Like most folks, I knew the Home was there. That was about as much as the fact registered on me. I’m sort of ashamed of my ignorance now. The Bethels are doing outstand- ing work at the County Home. They showed me over the place and it is really a lovely spot, Spotlessly clean — friendly, con- genial atmosphere — Bethel tells me that he thinks it ranks foremost amongst the Homes of its type in Florida. I’nt inclined to agree. Even wealthy sanatariums usually are marked with an “institutional” atmosphere. That isn’t true on Stock Island. The Bethels are to be commend- ed ‘for their outstanding work. U. S. Royal headquarters is lo- cated at Dick’s Tire Service. Lodi recapping too. We still have a “Buy 3 — One Free Sale” in ef- fect for U. S. Royal Air-rides. And you might be interested in check- ing the newest Royal product — the U. S. Royal 8. Address is 929 Truman Ave. Phone, 2-2842. Dick’s is the shop that stresses courtesy, promptness, and efficiency. You save money at Dick’s Tire Service. 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