The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 31, 1954, Page 4

ee ' "Subscription (by earrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is forum and invites discussion of public issues ani subjects of local. or general, interest. ‘but ft will’ not publish anonymous communications. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Consolidation ‘of County and City Governments, Community Auditorium. 1 2. 3. 4 5. TRYING TO FIND THE SOURCE OF THE POWER OF A HURRICANE The three-day study of the air currents in the hur- ricane Carol, while it wallowed in the Atlantic off the Florida and Georgia coasts, is of especial interest to Key Westers, whose experiences with hurricanes go farther back than’ those of residents of any other city in the state, ‘One objective of the study is to try to determine the source of energy of hurricanes. That’s something that everybody is interested in learning. We marvel over the mystery of the power generated by a hurricane, which has been as high, in a few instances, as one tril- lion cubic inches of: pressure over its entire area. Let:us consider only one hurricane, with which many Key Westers are familiar—the 1919 blow whose center passed 17 miles south of Key West. In those days a hurricane was not spotted as quickly as it is now, and depended on radio news from ships thet encounter- ed a hurricane or from places that had been struck by it. For that reason we did not know how old the 1919 hurricane was when it-was first reported. It required three days for it to reach Key West, and it. continued going till the last report about it was that.it had passed over Pittsburgh and had died down to 20 miles an hour. Two weeks and four days elapsed from the time it was reported till it was dying out while passing 6ver Pitts- burgh. rm Energy? Power? Where did that hurricane and all others get their energy or power? Several. years ago The Citizen ventured a guess that the power was generated by the explosion of hydrogen atoms in’ the vortex, the source of the cyclonic winds. Winds are strongest near the vortex, and the farther away they get from it the more their force decreases. It has been ‘reported that the explosion of an A-Bomb or an H-Bomb releases a wind blast: stronger than any developed by Nature.. It was said that the wind from an A-Bomb explosion in the Pacific attained a velocity of: 700 miles an hour’ within a radius of 10 miles of the explosion. Researchers also released balloons in the “eye” or center of Carol to trace wind currents by watching the balloons. Above all the currents is 9 wind that forever blows from wést to east in accord with the world’s spinning on its axis from west to east. ; Researchers think there is a current that indicates the direction in which a hurricane will travel. That may be true, but the thing that mystifies us is the source of a hurricane’s power. > ° 4 Why is it that the individual with the most money, or the loudest mouth, usually dominates the social climb- ers’ circle? — Crossword. Puzzles ACROSS 1. Medical fiuld 6. Draw forth 11. Tell 22. Manservants 14. Make speeches 15. Poise 16. Makes leather 17, Portend 18, The wom.a 19, Unclose: 48. Avalanches poetic 44. Cat 20.Frenchriver 45. Serpent 21.Girlstudent 46. Possessed’ / 22. Slows DOWN ' 24. Hale 1, Mexican | 26. Born Poo EARS IDIOM] AICIAIE MMe ICU) ISIAINIGH EINLUGIM SICIAIB} HI 1 |O} 35. Public ground 37. Tropical bird 38. Makes edging , 3% Small 42. Purloined Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 5. Myself 11. Mechanical 6. Escape < Part 13. Shabby 7, Valley 8. The gums 15. Foreman 137, 2. Kite 9. Official 17, Wait tor | 30. 3. Deserters examiner : Sources | 84. Weight 4.Shoshonean 10. Engraved allowance Indian with acid THE LADY SAID,"NO"!_ A = PEOPLE’S FORUM Citizen welcomes editor reserves LET’S FOLLOW THE RULE Editor, The Citizen: if “American Woman” was as rude to the Shore Patrol as she was in her recent letters to the editor concerning the regular Navy, is it any wonder they paid no attention to her? They have many things to do besides listening to the complaints of someone who probably had no intentions of cooperating with GOLDEN on. We’re glad to have the Shore Patrol on duty in case something goes wrong. Not long ago a lit- boy in our vicinity was rush- to the Naval Hospital with a They happened to be close by and although I’m sure a neighbor would have taken the child, the Shore Patrol did it with no hesita- tion. No one rushed bouquets of flowérs the next time they drove by, but still it was appreciated. If we didn’t have the Shore Patrol, it might be necessary to remove a town policeman from his beat. Either that or go with- out. but the Navy tries to help by having a small police force of their own to bolster the local force. Some people seem to take at joy in anything they can say about the Navy, And as for Navy families, I believe in, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” I have never pushed any- one around in any kind of a store or any other place. Don’t intend to. But I have seen it done. However, I don’t know the peo- ples’ station in life, but they didn’t have Navy written cn their backs. Where we come from people don’t look at us like we had the plague when we say we’re Navy: In a town as small as this it’s a «| shame people can’t live and let live. Don’t think we don’t dream about and live for the day when we can return to a normal civilian life. We don’t demand . so much. Would “American Woman” be satisfied if all the twenty-year Navy families left this area? up with such rudeness as comes our way and take it quietly since we represent the US Navy. ‘Sin ‘ icerely, “20-YEAR-WIFE-USN This Navy Wife Likes Key West Editor, The Citizen: * Who can but help notice the sar- renee ot tee Sven. ot Gs tied right to delete any items which Franted. ‘Ke 5 writers should be is there in wasting your.years and mall salaries? And putting up with servite town’s civi- lians? For what? To have some civilian tell you that you can get out now, and go home? It’s beside the point that most of these men were in the last two conflicts. It’s beside the point that a lot of these men were taken from school and don’t know any trade other than that which they are now in. What would they do on the outside? To be heroes they were supposed to have died. Their crime is to have survived, Their second crime seems to. be to want their families with them. The third crime is to have children and the childten to have pets. Submarine families are living on the fat of the land! When they have paid their rent for eighteen months they will have enough sav- ed to take their family to the over. haul port, not counting back, ‘on their own time and money. Men are given assignments to give lectures to the men who are about to ship over, giving reasons why they should ship over. What a powerful fighting force we will have if they listen to civilians. How can we expect the govern- ing bodies to do anything shout our salaries when the civilians feel like they do? - What can my husband do when he does get out? Our pension will pay the rent, and his life insurance, if he, buys some. Who will give him. work? Besides he is suppose to be retiring. Who ever heard of a re- tired civilian having work for a living? If we only got time and a half for overtime! We would be set for life! The citizens of Key West are the most loyal and entertaining friends that we have, To them we are just People. Not Navy but what we mek New Course The Fleet All Weather Training Unit, Atlantic, Naval Air Statien, tell us that wi away the table in to have pool. man, however, us- afford such a lay- He patronized. public billiard i¢ houses were as perfectly legitimate the ladies as the along the line, how- houses (pool rooms, fell into disrepute. It was a well-deserved dis- years of this » for example, Tooms were gathering places the tougher element. Young in front of the to whistle at the rooms, var- i +E if under the command ef Captain |' L. 8. Price, USN, recently started the first class in its new Insttu- ment Flight Instructors. course. ‘The objective of the new gram is the training and cation of cafrier pilots of Atlantic Fleet as 1hsuument | their squadrons to supervise local instrument training rams. ‘The course Texas. The course is one of ‘fi Conducted currently at PA’ Others cover a similar Instrument Flight Instructors’ program fet pilots of jet aircraft squadrons, training Airborne Radar Observ- ers, training of All Weather Air Controllers from ground radar installation and the training of en- tire squadrons im the of All Weather Intercept fiyitg, He Lied A Little FLINT, Mich. W—Joseph W. Dunn, 38, of ea didn’t get his taxicab operator’s license yester- day. Today he faces possible per- jury charges. Dunn’s application filed Flint police stated he had né been arrested for a m He admitted “one the FBI disclosed Dunn had Arrested 18 times or Panging from kidnaping to make ourselves, So please, people, | gla! don’t judge Key Westers by the civilians that write their persecu- tion complexes into this Forum. Judge by the citizens you'll meet, and keep in toueh with when you leave the island. A Key West Fan. VIEWPOINT CHALLENGED » The Citizen: In answer to the letter signed H. V. B. which appeared in the Peoples Forum. with reference to woman abandoning ‘her baby, salt pond: F BEE nd? =e i EE bundle of trash. homes and places for nage wis fr get away with human. rE Tie i i if 4 3 mI it x : FH £ Ea z 4 a raided Sunday, but I cam votich for the faet that Don Price runs a clean business. {could see to it that tne law is 5 wT .. Ear To The Ground By JIM COBB ee tion, Isn’t it better for them to Play a couple of games of pool than to spend théir time soaking it up in a bar? Nobody can censure the police | department for enforcing the law | in this case. But I think it would be a good move on the part of the city to consider an ordinance which would allow pool rooms to remain open on Sunday. The police department observed. ‘ Movie theaters and bowling alleys are aliowed to operate on Sunday—why not legitimately run pool rooms? kkk DUVAL STREET VIGNETTE: Cireuit Court Judge Adquilino Lopez, Jr. and his family ate back in town after a New Hampshire vacation. ... .Peter and Bill Morris, sons of Popular Science magazine photographer Bill Morris, were somewhat reluc- tant to return to their New York home after two weeks of fun in the sand in Key West. Bill, Jr., even offered to let Denis Sneiger (One-time associate editor of Pop Science) adopt him. . .Reggie Al- bury showed us a clip from the Tuscon, Arizona Citizen, written by a pair of embittered tourists, whieh reads: “Don’t go to Key West—there’s nothing there.” How wrong can you get?... Miguel Diaz y Corrasco, well known Key Wester who has been . | highly successful in business in Tampa, is a frequent visitor these days. He is the son of Key West's first Cuban Consul—who also erved as Spanish Consul at the I have never seen gambling there. Don does not have a “baek room.” Don, 2 Gainesville native, who spent three years in a Gernnan of war camp during the jast war, keeps firm control over the deeorum of his hv gead d dignified esta ment. He has enjoyed a fair amount of = here and has worked hard T have seen some of Key West's leading citizens in Don's enjoying, as I do, a game cf billiards—on Sunday, too. Aad it is a popular spot for Joeal Navy men, who don’t have This Rock me time—very unusual situation since Cuba had just won her war for independence. Diaz’ son is a Navy man stationed here... . Local spear - fishermen are apprehensive over the action of some Florida cities which pro- hibit the sport in their waters. We continue to hold, the theory that reports of mass slaughter of fish by the skin-divers are vastly overrated. Consider Sunday’s na- tional spear fishing tourney when more than a score of highly ex- Perienced fishermen brought ‘in less than half a ton of fish. That’s a drop in the bucket to commercial fishermen. Of Ours By Bill Gibb igh my paycheck comes Key West Citizen, the ; i ? the question of why homes cost so much more to build in Key West than in Miami. Maybe before the week is out, I'll be able to give George an answer. Radford says that constructior. costs in Key West are about 20 per cent higher than elsewhere, Truth of the matter is that I don’t know whether he is right or wrong. While freight costs more, labor is -{cheaper here on the Island. I'll have to contact some builders to get authoritative information. Most Christian-Like? A reader suggests that she is get- ting tired of reading about the “Ten Best Dressed Women or Men,” the “ten Shaggiest Dogs,” or “some such hoknum.” She has given me ®iher list of persons who seem to 3 3 i a Bee etl fl AE F i now 3 her to express the most Christian- like attitude in life. I'll print the names because I’m sure that the Display Gun Used In Holdup GLENDORA, Calif. @—This thief didn’t even bring his own pistol. Miss Lucille Palmer, clerk in a that a man im a soiled T-shirt asked her to show him a .45 caliber automatin He checked it to see that it would load properly, in- serted a clip of bullets, pointed it at Miss Palmer, and took $35 from the cash register. He walked out without paying for the pistol, a $72.50 item, Key West In Days Gone By Judging by the discussions that have been going on in Key West recently régarding prohibition in Florida, many residents evidently are under the impression that Monroe, like 63 other counties in the state, will also have to vote on the liquor question. But such is not the case in Monroe, as it is one of four counties in Florida that were wet when the state constitutional prohibition amend. ment was adopted in November, 1918. The other three counties are Hillsborough, Escambia, and Pinellas, Arriving in port this morning, was the Steamship Margaret, bringing 300 tons of rock and gravel to be used in the work now being carried on in connection with rebuilding the Stock Island bridge. peperers Four additional names were placed today on the list of business firms and others purchasing Key West stickers, which are sold through the Key West Hos- pitality League, to advertise this city to the rest of the world, ee Poe 31, 1944 Growing demand for buginess- like administration of occupational license taxes was given added impetus today when a second member of the City Council de- clared in favor of immediate action to prevent evi.sion of taxes and to bring into the city treasury delingdent taxés ‘estimated to run between $5,000 and $12,000, Overseas Hotel, at 919 Fleming street, has been sold for between $38,000 and $40,000 it was disclos- ed today by Johnson & Johnson, brokers, handling the transaction. Mrs. Marion Capps, deputy elerk of the Monroe County Selective Service Board, was selected by the local draft board last night for appointment as clerk, to sueceed Mrs. Bertha P. Stansbury. Anyone Have Uke Book And Harmonica? SANTA MONICA, Calif. ~The thief who took a ukelele from the home of Walter W. Emerson Jr, also took a book. The title of the book, Emerson said, is “How to Play the Har- monica.” people mentioned will be pleased to know that they have such a close friend: (1). Rev. Eldon Simmons, pas- tor of Ley Memorial Church. (2). Jim and Louis Muniz, Gulf- stream grocery. (3). Paul Sher, jeweler. (4), I. J. Hamilton, merchant. (5). Mrs. Emma Farga, 95 yeats old and wife of Dr. Farga who practiced here sometime ago — now a patient at Monroe (6). Glorianna Bayley, of Mrs. Farga. (7). William of Ley Memorial church. (8). Dalbert Bethel, (and Miss Mamie, now deceased), former caretaker of the Old Folks Home. (9). Edward Gonzalez, (10). Ida Mae maid at Monroe General. 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