The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 7, 1954, Page 4

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN The Key West Citizen Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher Tuesday, September 7, 1954 ae ( except Sunday) from The Citizen Building, corner of ee NORMAN D. ARTMAN Editor and Publisher Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2-5662 een et of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is for ced ah See nad SS Member Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 ne ety EN; DY mall, $15.60 ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION Citizen is an open forum and and subjects of local or general’ anonymous communieations IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN SAVINGS CONTINUE TO INCREASE An encouraging economic factor is the latest report of both the Government and life-insurance companies, which shows that savings are continuuing to increase. Figures released recently indicate that Americans are putting up as much, or more, money this year than they did in 1953. These savings go into U. 8. savings bonds, into life insurance, bank deposits and other forms of savings. The U. S, Treasuury reports that. in the first six months of 1954 it sold thirteen per cent more “E” and “H” savings bonds than it had in the first six months of 19583— a boom year. The Institute of Life Insurance reported re- cord purchases of new policies in the same period. It is also reported that accident and health insurance policy purchases are higher this year than in 1953. The significance of these increases is to be seen when it is realized that total personal income in the United States is definitely down from the record total of 1953. The combined effect of these statistics shows clearly that the average American is hedging for a rainy day, and increasingly turning his attention to the future and his future security. In spite of the fact that there is more job security and Government-aid, in this field than ever before, Americans are idcreasing their savings even while the nation’s personal income total decreases slightly. IRANIAN OIL DISPUTE SETTLED Another promising development in the. Middle East was the-recent announcement thatthe Iranian Govern- ment had signed’an agreement promising to pay the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company a specified sum for the ex- propriation of that. company’s propertiés).in Tran. The Iranian Government has agreed'to pay the An- glo-Iranian Oil Company a specified sum of money over a period of years, most of.the payments coming from revenues derived from oil production. The Government will also pay other companies who own stock in the Anglo- Tranian Oil Company. The settlement of this dispute means that two of the three major problems in the Middle East have now been settled to the satisfaction of the Western democracies — that concerning the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and Iran, arid the Suez Canal problem. Politeness is a virtue that seems to be on the wane these days. Somehow we never run into the situation described so lushly in best-sellers. There are any number of people who could run the nation’s foreign policy better than President Eisenhower, but, fortunately, they are not in the White House and he is, ; EID) LIE! ISI TIUIN EIL IS) PIOILIEISITIAIR WICKER TITIAl BIEIAITEROIR| | PIS) OIAITHEVIEIGIETTIAIBIL IE! USE RSE IMIUIS Me IE LAIR iat) Walt ae 23. Flesh of calves 26. By birth 26. Dillseed 28, Wandering 30. Move back 32. Japanese statesman \83, High card credited to Paper, and also the local news pub- This Rock Of Ours By Bill Gibb Is it permissble for a guy to change his mind? ~ You know, there is all of this talk about a swimming pool—tax- ing utilities to secure funds to build one., ete. When the idea was first proposed, “This Rock” suggested that it sounded like it might be a means of securing much-needed beach improve- ments. 2 I. still think a swimming. pool would be good but I’m beginning to ‘hedge’ on the idea of taxing utilities. The more I think. of it, the less I like the idea. Placing.a tax on the luxuries of life ‘in ord- er to. supply necessities is OK. However, a utility tax would*be quite the opposite. In that cage, we would be taxing our necessities: in order to provide luxuries. Too many folks are having a rough time now trying to meet inflationary prices. A utility tax is going to put the burden of building a swimming pool upon thousands of people who simply can’t dig up an extra dollar or so every month for such a pro- ject. _ There is no question but that Key West. needs better beach facilities and the ming pool would be wonderful. Maybe we're trying to jump the gun, however. Maybe we need to get a clearer insight of all the problems in- volved. ~ It certainly seems to me that we should be able to float bonds but I’ve been told that such a procedure is impractical. Why? Labor Day Did you enjoy your Labor Day holiday? Ready to settle down now for a few months—until ‘Thanksgiving, anyway? Good! Here’s a suggestion for a hobby you might take up—The Key West Safety Council. I know you readers are tired of hearing about that organization. However, it works two ways. Most of the members of the Key West Safety Council are tired of hearing about human beings hurt- ing or killing themselves unneces- sarily. School guards are unhappy with the way mothers are driving automobiles in school areas, Seems that they ignore all traffic regulations and stop any-which- away to let their children out of the car. There is also too much speeding in school zones. Do we have to wait until an innocent child is killed before you drivers will display a little more courtesy and common sense? The KW Police Force Whoops! Here we go again on the Key West police force. For-a long time, all of us were quite abusive toward the outfit. Now that conditions: have improv- ed, it might not be a bad idea to praise the new Chief and his men. . Experts figure that it takes ap- proximately seven yearss to re- organize a sloppy department in- to an efficient unit. Chief Perez is going to cut that time in« half if he keeps going like he has start- ed. Of course, he will have set- backs. I imagine he has already experienced several. Politicans have a nasty habit of trying to build their votes by catering to riff-raff as well as honest citizens. Sooner or later, this same riff- raff will start an undercover train of gossip aimed at Perez and his men. I’ve seen the frame work before and I hope you decent ~PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citizen weicomes expressions of the views of its read- ers, but the editor reserves the right to delete any items which are considered libelous or unwarranted. The writers should be fair and confine the letters to 200 words and write on one side of the paper only. Signature of the writer must accompany the letters and will be published unless requested otherwise. HOW ABOUT CATS? Editor, The Citizen: People are always gett for me, I hate cats. ‘ing plugged about dogs, As My neighbor’s kitty scents up all my trees and shrub- bery. He tracks up the top of my automobile after I’ve got it polished. He climbs into my garbage can and claws out all of its contents. He sits on the back fence and yowls and screeches all night. He fights with other cats under THE SALESMAN AND THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER _ People will think twiee before you swallow such talk, The lads who don’t know how to earn an honest dollar haven't given up hope that they will be allowed to continue in, their old ways. They’ve just got sense enough to lay low right now. Mark my words—within a couple of months, when they discover that the lid is on the town to stay, a slanderous gossip cafi- paign will be started against the Police. Key West In Days Gone By SEPTEMBER 7, 1934 Workers in the engineering de- partment of the Key West “Ad- ministration are re-leveling the gutters in the streets of Key West in an effort to remedy existing conditions in street drainage. A crowd estimated at more than 2,000 last night heard the weekly concert of the Key West Hospitality Band, under the direction of Al- fredo Barroso, staged in Bayview Park. The Clyde-Mallory Line Steam- ship Ozark is due to arrive at Key West tonight from New Orleans with a load of freight for this port. x * * SEPTEMBER 7, 1944 Property owners of Monroe County will decide in a special election whether Key West shall have a beach. Action was taken along these lines by the Board of County Commissioners last night when they instructed County Legal Adviser J, Lancelot Lester to be- gin arrangements for holding a freeholders’ election. Complying with a request of the State Road Department, the Board of County Commissioners last night adopted a resolution requesting | M. that all bridges abandoned by the state along the old Overseas High- way be removed. Oil drilling activities are expect- ed to get under way within a few months on Key Largo, as the re- sult of am application made to the War Department for permission to build a causeway out into Barnes Sound as a base for a week. American farmers grow about 350 different crops. Vic Vet says ... Ear To The Ground By JIM COBB ALAAAABAAABAAAAAAAABAAARASAADAABDAABDAD Se SE enn oo Normally, we have a very noisy! Supposing the case ends up in household, as our neighbors can| court. tell you. Reason for the noise is our 10- month old boy, Matthew. But it hasn’t been very noisy since Friday when he and Marianne went to Miami for a week’s visit with his grandmother. As a matter of fact the house is too darned lonely and quiet. It is pretty grim. Usually about 6 o’clock in the morning. Matthew bounds up in his crib with a grin, ready for the day’s adventures. He plays and chortles happily for about five minutes and then it’s time for him to start on his morning rounds, which consist of apparently aimless wandering about the house on his hands and kneés, investigating things. First stop is invariably my bed. He plays a game which I suppose he would call “needling the old man” if he could talk. He crawls over to my bed. First he'll poke a tiny finger in my eye. Then he'll climb up on the | life bed and hurl himself in my direction, Then he'll start pulling my hair. He literally dtives me from my bed in self defense. At times, I have even resorted to building a barri¢ade around the boy, He’s usually right there when I have my breakfast to forestall any attempt at reading the morn- ing paper. goes But since he’s in Miami, things aren’t the same. When he left, I thought it would be a good chance to get a few minutes extra-sleep in the morn- ing. There were some letters to write and a couple of books I wanted to read, without the little urchin climbing up in my lap. But as any father can tell you, it doesn’t work that way. For example, when I awoke Saturday, I knew something was mis: I couldn't g0 back to sleep. I poached a couple of-eggs and tried to read the paper. I couldn’t concentrate without Matthew there to needle me. I haven’t read those books ard the letters are unwritten. - It’s going to be a long week. x *k *& There has been a lot of talk about the propriety of attorneys representing both parties in legal Ne wd tand that there is no ers Bis why they can’t—if both parties agree beforehand. But a friend of ours brought up an interesting point. A Grain Of Salt By Bill Spillman There should be no more pro- fessional jealousy between the var- ious wrecker services. I have re- ceived the word that Sheriff John . Spottswood has taken the ini- tiative and will allocate tae ealls for wreckers on a monthly basis. This is truly a step forward and I am glad to see it happen. Gerald Saunaers -told me the other day that rear gee wags to ae Spottswood see sO thing couldn’t be arrangéd with the wrecker: calls. ne Also, from what I hear, is not well in the city’s wrecking bus- isness, seems that the wreckers don’t approve of —_ of the ssp ctices. The City Commission will hear all about it tonight. It seems that all this free city tow- ing isn’t so free in certain cases. Something I noticed up on the beaches north of Miami, are pub- Does the attorney argue against himself? Consider this hypothetical situa- tion. Legal J. Beagle, the eminent trial lawyer, is arguing a case in Judge Lopez’s court. The op- posing lawyer is, of course, Legal J. Beagle. Leagal J. Beagle puts himself on the stand and proceeds to cross examine himself. It’s all very confusing. “Where were you on the night of April 12?” he asks himself. “T object,” he answers. “Answer the question,” says the judge. “I was home in bed,” says Legal J. Beagle to Legal J. Beagle. At this point, Judge Lopez dis- qualifies himself and appoints Groucho Marx to try the case. xk * A football coach leads a rough le. Key West High School grid mentor Ed Beckman is no ex- ception. He is pulling out all of the stops in an effort to build a winning combination. He needs all the football players he can find. He had what appears to be a pretty fair player in Bill Haney, who transferred here from Cali- fornia this year. But he almost lost him. It seems that Florida High School Athletic Association rules say that eligiblity lists must be in the mail by Sept. 2. Each prospective player is re- quired to furnish a copy of his birth certificate. If he doesn’t meet the deadline, he can’t play. Haney couldn’t find his and he wrote to California for a copy. Came Sept. 2 and he had re- ‘eeived no answer. The eligibility list-minus Haney’s name—was compiled and Placed in the mail box at the high school. Beekman resigned him- self fo lo$8s of a good pros- se Thén, about 4 o’clock that after- noon, Haney came dashing up waving his bitth certificate. It had arrived in the afternoon mail. Beckman dropped everything, climbed into his car and dashed over to the high school office. “Is that letter to Tallahassee still in the box?” he asked a startled secretary. It was. Beckman tore open the envelope, added Haney’s name and breath- ed a profound ‘sigh of relief. I made the rounds of all the strip joints here the other night. The strippers weren't stripping so much in one place and were com- pletely absent in another. I didn’t “see” any B-drinking. Buster Cer- ezo, in civilian clothes and on va- cation, was keeping a watchful eye out in one of the places visited. I hope we don’t see any more B. drinking. Subscribe To The Citizen Here” Due At ‘Strand Wed. Once in a blue | moon a film jcomes along with a completely {fresh story idea which has been developed with such zest and sparkle that it is assured hit rat- ing with any type of audience. Such a film is “Susan Slept Here,” RKO Radio Technicolor production, which opened at the Strang Theater Wednesday. Bas- ically a love story, it proves that the eternal triangle can be very much of a laughing matter when {a Hollywood writer, a juvenile | delinquent and a society beauty make up its three sides. Delight- fully played by Dick Powell, Debbie Reynolds and Anne Fran- | cis, in the co-starring roles’ and |livened with songs and dances, “Susan Slept Here” is a movie which makes film reviewing a pleasure, Fun begins when Powell agrees to let Debbie Reynolds stay in his bachelor apartment over Christmas so she won’t have to spend the holidays in jail on a delinquency charge. He thinks she will provide him with ideas for a movie he is writing but Deb- bie thinks he has other ideas— until she begins to fall in love with him. However, there is a little matter of Dick’s determined | fiancee, who doesn’t intend to let this girl about.18 teach her man- about-town anything about love. The action shifts from Holly- wood’s famous Sunset Strip to fabulous Las Vegas and back again to the constant accom- paniment of hearty laughter. Dick Powell, as the man who owns the “here,” has never been more charming, Debbie Reynolds, who gets very little time to do the “sleeping” proves by her per- formance as the delightful de- linquent that she has become the rarest type of star—a truly glamorous young comedienne, Ann Francis is exotic as the society beauty and particularly fine portrayal is turned in by newcomer Alvy Moore, as Pows ell’s Man Friday, Glenda Farrell, Horace McMahon, Herb Vigran, Les Tremayne, Rita Johnson and Mara Lane contribute to the ge- eral evcellence of the east. Zany Team Gets Involved With Haunted Castle When those two uproarious am- bassadors of hilarity, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, get themselves in- volved with a haunted ‘castle re- plete with hidden doors, skeletons, zombies, weitd apparitions and creaky organ music, you just know that a side-splitting good time is at hand, All of this merry- scarey type of unbridled nonsense is served up in Hal Wallis’ Para- mount release, “Scared Stiff,” which is due to open next Thurs- day at the Monroe Theater. Starring Dean and Jerry with Lizabeth Scott and Carmen Miran- da, “Scared Stiff” is reported to be a riotous cavalcade of mirth, musie and merry mayhem. The fun be- gins when Dean Martin, as a night club singer, and Jerry Lewis as his bumbling bus-boy, buddy incur the wrath of a hard-boiled gang- ster, because of their farviliarity. with his moll. During their escape from the mobster, who is about to take them for a gangland ride, they meet Lizabeth Scott, the heiress of a haunted castle off the coast of Cuba. Preferring bogey- men to bullets they join Liz. What occurs from then on is described by ad¥ance audiences as the most hare-brained brand of en- tertainment that they have ever had the pleasure of witnessing. Imagine Jerry Lewis’ fantastic facial and physical contortions as he cavorts about the ghost and |gombie-inhabited castle and you will have a small idea of the kind of boisterous buffoonery in store for local mivie-goers when “Scar- ed Stiff’ makes its appearance, An engineering formula rates one horsepower of machine energy as equivalent to the work of 20 men, TELEVISION SALES AND SERVICE 1105 WHITEHEAD STREET yt oo’ 10 ELEMENT FIRST IN TV. COMPLETE WITH YAGI INSTALLATION . 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