The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 24, 1954, Page 4

Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Friday, September 24, 1954 a The Key West Citizen Published dail; ( ; ; Greene and dun Sree from The Citizen Building, corner of Reds Extend Criticism To Stenographers MOSCOW \# — Soviet self-criti- cism has got around to the clock- watching stenographer. Trud, newspaper of the trade union, describes Irene as a girl (she is 45 but acts like 19) who ig mad about the word “madly (ne- zumno)” and also loves to say “absolutely (aboslutno).”” When she gets on the telephone, jit’s enough to drive the rest of the | Office staff mad. ..vEar To The Ground By JIM COBB:* Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher 1921 - 1954 NORMAN D. ARTMAN ....... wn Editor and Publisher Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2-5662 rales: itt Eee eee Momber of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in t lished here. this paper, and also the local news pub Member Associate Dailies of Florida —___.___. =a Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 44££4444444444444444444444644444444444, tr ne ee ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issues 1 or general interest, but it will not publish and subjects of loca! anonymous communications. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments, Beach and Bathing Pavilion. ‘Land and Sea. Gpasolidation of County and City Governments. * Community Auditorium. 1 2. 3. 4. 5. _——$ $ THE UNITED. NATIONS The President of the United Nations recently made an impassioned plea for member countries to respect the world body as a great peace-making organization and to refer their disputes to it. Without criticizing those who took part in the recent Geneva Conference, and the ear- lier Berlin Conference, he intimated that such meetings |’ might be conducted to better advantage under United Nations auspices. We are in sympathy with the motives, and the ideals, of the U. N. President. We also wish that conditions and realities concerning the United Nations were such that meetings like those at Geneva and Berlin could be held under United Nations sponsorship and accomplish the de- sired results, However, experience has shown that the United Na- -tions sometimes becomes nothing more than a glorified debating society, and is incapable of taking effective ac- tion in times of crisis. We have mentioned this disillusion- ing fact on several occasions in the past, and called at- tention to the complete disregard of United Nations by the Arab States and Israel some years ago, the disregard of the United Nations by rebellious and government forces in Guatemala recently, and the complete disregard of United Nations’ demands by the Communists in Korea and other areas on many occasions. The history of the world since 1945 — the end of World War II — shows that the United Nations has ac- complished many things. Some of the scientific and tech- nical organizations have done much to improve the lot of the common man in various parts of the world. Cer- tainly the United Nations has accomplished something in the field of peace-making, but just how much it has ac- complished in this realm is a matter of hot dispute. Giving until it hurts sometimes applies to the re- cipient, too, Life would be very simple if more people were will- ing to be themselves. A lot of “experts” are talking about things they don’t know too much about. So long as your money holds out, you will have plenty of “friends” to help you spend it. A business is only as good as the person running it, and that’s why businessmen are unpredictable, over the long haul. : Industrial production has leveled off, and the ex- perts say the next move will be up, which is mildly en- couraging, if you believe in experts. — Crossword Puzzle ACROSS 1. Wheeled vehicles 6. Shear 9. Craft 12. Wind instru- ment 18. Repetition 14. Sticky stuff 15. Part ofa fraction 17. Fastener 18. Staying power 19. Russian mountains 21. Wild animal 22. Ice runner 23. Shovel 26. Hermit 28. Fowl 29. Bustle 30. Siouan Indian 31. Lift FCIAIN| IEIGIO} NIE! 34. Slaves ul 36. Likeness 37. Night before 38. Scotch cake bie Worked too ard 43. Chinese river 44. Never again 46. Pronoun 47. Persian Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle device 6. Genus of fresh-water fish 10. Gambling game 11. Youngsters 16. Vex 20. Strike 22. Sign of a full house 23. That girl 24. Fish-eating irds 7. Japanese statesman 8. Wig 9. Relation through the father Gal aa ee 3. Capital of Italia 4. Appeared 6. Turning 2%. Wind- flowers 26. Holland commune 27. Goddess of * dawn 29. Devoured 32. Truck 33. Trojan warrior 34. Always 35. Religious discourse 37. Each 38. Foot cover- is 39. Egg-shaped 40. Extinct bird 41. Plant of the iris [UORK/S—e India’s Stores To Stock More Luxury Trade By EUGENE LEVIN NEW DELHI (#—Indian stores soon may have more foreign-made goods to satisfy customers for “luxury” articles. But there is a catch—prices are likely to be a lot higher than they have been. A new government import policy is responsible. Officials decided | to liberalize quota restrictions on | some imports while at the same/ time boosting duties on most of these imports. The lover of beer, ale or wine is in a trying situation. Previously, imports were regulated to:a per- centage of a base quota. Now the quantitative restriction is off, and anyone can drink to his heart’s content—provided duties increased by 100 to 150 per cent will let him. A quart bottle of beer or ale had a duty of about 9 cents; now the This Rock Of Ours By Bill Gibb (Reprinted from “Public Safety,’ } National Safety Council _ publica- tion.) Kiwannis and Safety On Sunday, August 1 Don E. Eng- dahl, of Spokane, Wash., officially became the new president of Ki- wanis International. And when offices opened on Mon- day, he was one of the first visi- | tors at National Safety Council headquarters in Chicago — to ex- press personally to Council Presi- dent Ned H. Dearborn his inten- tion of. continuing, and even ~ in- creasing, the energetic safety pro- grams of Kiwanis clubs and their 228,000 members throughout the United States and Canada in the coming year. A short time before Mr. Engdanl duty is 21 cents. Champagnes used| St down to chat with Mr. Dear- to have a duty of $3.50 a gallon|born about the accident problem, but now are rated at $8.90. Wines| he had made, as tradition calls for have been boosted similarly. his first official public appearance India makes razor blades, but aj@8 Kiwanis Club. And what was smooth shave is a “luxury” re-]0e of the very first pledges made quiring foreign-made blades. Im- by the new president in his talk? iports of these have been limited| 7° Promote safety — on the high- to 20 per cent of the base quota, |¥, in the home, in industry and The new policy allows imports up on the farm. > ee to 30 per cent of the base quota; The Kiwanis saXty objective for it also hikes the import duty from 1054 is based on a clause in the 30 per cent of the value of the Kiwanis creed which reads: 4 neues to 40 per cent, (The base _ “We believe that we should uti- quotas are determined ‘by a formu- | ize every avenue of approach to i the problem of safety, including la based on annual imports be-| oe 5 tween 1945 and 1950). respect for the land and a court- An old ban on bringing in as- sembled automobiles is gone. The choice is no longer limited to the new foreign manufacturers who assemble their vehicles here. | But the duty on the imported auto is 75 per cent of its value or $1,260, whichever is higher. For’ the woman shopping for her wardrobe, the new quotas mean possibly twice as much foreign- made silk hosiery, cottons, wool- ens or other. fabrics on the mar- ket. Along with this greater choice go boosted duties — on hose, 80 per cent instead of 66; on other fabrics, about 60 per cent instead of the 30 per cent average level) previously. Increased imports of a few arti- cles are to be allowed without the | duty being raised. Chief among | these are watches and toys. The government said the new! program is intended to provide | high duty protection for some) young Indian industries which pre- | viously had been protected by! quota restrictions. | Officials explained the policy in this manner: In the past, the lower quotas| Water. These professionals that thin created a scarcity of foreign-made goods, leading to high prices. With | liberalized quotas, the goods) should be more plentiful and | prices should come down despite | boosts in duties. THIEF DROPS $26 MAKING GETAWAY | eous regard for the rights of others, |to the end that there will be a saving in the appalling waste of |life and property.” } Munching watermelon while you are driving can prove an expen- sive luxury, as Wayne M. Murrow, of Bondurant, Iowa, found out. Associated Press dispatch from Des Moines, Ia., tells of $50 fine plastered on Citizen Murrow after arrestinghofficer told court defen- |dant passed him at 60 mph — eat- ing watermelon, | a | England Needs Another Browning Barret Browning to cry out against highway accidents, according to Lord Latham, Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex. (Mrs? Browning arous- ed England’s conscience to the hon- ors of factory work for youngsters.) Speaing at a recent meeting of the London Accident Prevention Council, Lord Latham asked: | “How can we continue to toler- ate the fact that every week 15 children are killed and nearly 850 are injured on our roads. Why in slaughter of the innocents to go on?” Lord Latham said the “overrid- ing reason” traffic accidents con- cency in accepting as something normal that death and should stalk our streets.” “Parents,” he concluded, “have a special responsibility in prevent- ing accidents. Parental neglect is number of road casualties of chil- dren under five years of age.” PEOPLE’S FORUM <i s 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. letters and will Signature of the writer must accompany the be published unless reauested otherwise. LIKES SPORTS COLUMN Editor, The Citizen: IT have always read and enjoyed the “Following | Thru” article. I would like to read more of it Thanking you, IDILIO SALINERO WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE Editor, The Citizen: Water, water, water, I have heard so much about |September 16, 1954 water in the last few months, especially our drinking k they know so much England needs‘ another Elizabeth | heaven’s name do we allow this} tinue is ‘the general lazy compla- | injury | |a major factor in the appalling | The optimism expressed by the Commonwealth Oil Company in their annual report that there may be oil in the Florida Keys and its surrounding waters, is back- ed by scientific studies. Commonwealth, operating in Florida, Alabama and Haiti, own or, leases 837,584 acres in South Florida and the Keys, Their geologist reported on a study made in the area saying that the off-shore geological for- mations in the Keys area are very similar to those in the Middle East where there is oil aplenty. That’s the reason they are optimistic. xk kk say that the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District land belongs to all of Florida are slightly be- fuddled in their reasoning—noth- ing new for them. If they feel that way, then why confine the claim of ownership to Florida alone—why not include every state in the union on which we depend for our tourist business. We could set up a claim office in every major city and anyone who ever paid a toll on the Over- seas Highway could present their receipt and walk off with the deed to a parcel of land. The Dade County boys lost the argument—but they won’t admit it. y% &® * POTPOURRI: The city is taking on a festive atmosphere with the decorations for the ferry celebra- tion. Mr. Grass, proprietor of The Dade County interests who! Pepe's Cafe, which lays claim to being the oldest coffee shop in Florida in* continuous operation after nearly a half century, will provide free coffee on the day the “ferry fiesta” starts next Friday ++. You cam expect some fire- works in city hall shortly concern- ing the tax assessing setup. The} tax assessor ‘needs an office—he’s | working out of his briefcase now. | Trouble is, the city budget is lvery tight... One Keys resident | we know, has a solution for the Overseas Highway hassle. Blow | up the bridges, says he. Says! there will be fewer traffic deaths, | too. . . Suggestions: the Key West High School-Jackson, Tenn. foot- ball game’ will be broadcast | throughout ‘the Volunteer State. | ++. We've had a lot of phone! calls from painters wanting to| know how they can obtain work | on the Seven Mile Bridge Project. Jeft Knight, of the Florida State| Employment Service officer here, said that he has received no re-| quests for workmen on the pro-| ject. His suggestion: Keep in touch with the local painter's, union or apply at the scene when the work starts... We hear that, Hal Wallis’ next production will be | another Tennessee Williams script, | Summer and Smoke. . . Key West-)| ers are looking forward to the, Lions Club football classic Dec. 3, | A bookkeeper counted up that Irene in a single day telephoned 49 times to friends and relatives. And he figured out out how much time she costs the Soviet state by Primping her face — eight hours a month. Such inefficiency and self-indul- gence, says Trud, must stop. “Irene Gregoriovna,” says Trud, likes to talk very much and her voice is heard the whole day. She keeps repeating how she was mad- ly ‘happy yesterday, how madly jol- ly her last party was, how madly sleepy she is now, what a madly terrible headache she has, how madly tight are her shoes. She is also madly hungry. . . “One can observe that there is nothing in her work that interests Irene. It is the telephone that in- terests her. “For Irene lunch consists of two Parts. First is the official lunch hour which, instead of devoting to a meal, she uses to go shopping. When she finishes with the shop- Ping tour she takes time off to eat at her desk, with great appetite.... “Then she manages to stop work 1 ¥% hours before the end of her working day. And she announces that she is madly tired as she leaves her chair with an exhaust- ed sigh.” The next total eclipse of the sun and not just because of the foot-| will be June 20, 1955 and will be ball game. A lot of them will be visible over southeastern Asia and on tap forthe halftime show) featuring the Coral Gables high) school band, which is rated even| higher than the Miami High School band which appeared last year . . The latter combination had some | acts (and gals) that would have made a hit in any Broadway musical we've ever seen. ca’s oldest Baptist mission agen- cies—the 122-year-old Home Mis- sion Society and the 77-year-old Woman’s Home Mission Society— are merging. ® Plans call for a single missions agency to eliminate duplication and overlapping of activities. and: personnel. ’ The plan must be approved ‘by: the American Baptist Convention. next May. The two agencies employ more than 1,000 missionaries in the United States, Alaska, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Nicaragua and El Salvador. PR MEETING | GAINESVILLE (#—Florida pub- ‘lic relations people will gather here Sept. 30 for a three-day con- |ference at the University of Flor- ida. | Coffee shop opened in London in Mission Groups Plan Merger NEW YORK (#—Two of Ameri-— Helpful Youth Lifts Wallet ~CHARLOTTEN, N.C. w#—Mrs.| Margaret Berlow, who recently moved here from Emerson, N.J, told police she wasn’t too im- pressed with the kind of southern hospitality .she encountered Wed- nesday. A youth offered assistance in backing her car from a parking | lot. Pleased; she slid from under the wheel and the youth glided the car back smoothly, and went on his way. Several blocks later she noticed | her billford’ containing $70 was missing from her purse on the front seat. | There are 15 known meteorite | craters on the earth's surface, | Dick Says— This ferry business is a serious matter for Key West. I don’t care or a bad one, it is something which we should support wholeheartedly. There are some folks who feel that the “City of Key West” is too small a ship. They should realize that the only way we're likely to even get a iarger one is for the present one to be a success. Other lines will be watching the outcome of the Key West - Cardenas run to judge whether it would be pro- fitable to step in with competition. Last week, I was a little provok- ed with Abe Aronovitz, Mayor of Miami, who was suppose to be pre- sent at the christening of the “City of Key West.” Aronovitz caused the ceremony to be late and then sent a message that he could not attend at all. This certainly was not the attitude he displayed when he was down here a years go, calling himself a “Conch” and urging adoption of dog racing for the town’s prosperity. Personally, I can’t see where the | whether you feel it is a good idea | | couple of 1686 gave birth to the insurance says the National Geographic firm, Lloyd’s of London. Society. what kind of water they must drink. As far as science is, some things they found out has turned out to be very fine and good for the people of this country and I also want to tell you that science has found out some other things that has put not only our country, but the whole world in a shaky, condition. People are in a nervous condition over what the scientists have discovered. Now, the professionals of Florida and a few Key | West “know alls” want to make us drink doped water. Let the public have a say. Water, water, it tastes good to me as it is and if they give the people a chance to vote 1 hope they get to the polls and vote against doping our water, and vote against the man that introduced it in Key West. HARRY RICHARDSON 1415 Newton Street Key West, Florida. | ANSWER ABOUT MINISTER about our health I would like to ask them if they are sure | Editor, The Citizen: that the water we are using now for drinking is the cause | of tooth decay. If it is, why we better go back to rain | To the person who wrote as New Englander: You wrote wondering whatever happened to the sin- water or the old time well water, that’s what I was raised cere, earnest preacher who was holding meetings in the on and I never had any trouble with my teeth, until I was sixty-five years old. Will these professionals give us a guarantee? I mean | GREENWOOD, S.C. when |C2? we hold them responsible for putting a bad taste in George H. Davis opened his motor OUT mouth or making our children sick or would we have company here Wednesday he found to take our own satisfaction? a $20 bill on the floor, then dis-| covered the place had been broken into during the night. It apparently was dropped by | the intruder who took only a small! amount of change from an un-| locked safe. Now why don’t the doctors and dentists look into | tent on Flagler Avenue when you were down here in Key | West last year. Church, located at the corner of Fifth and Seidenberg, is the man you are seeking. Elder Matthews was only three weeks ago transferred to Lake City, Florida, and Elder Bob Matthews, of the Seventh-day Adventist I have taken his place here in Key West. such as tooth paste and soda water and such, and maybe they would find a better way to stop decay in children’s teeth and another thing these doctors and dentists know that the people of Key West buy this water. About two-thirds of the fatal ac- cidental falls in the United States each year occur in or about the home. ° | The doctors and dentists don’t give us this water. We buy it, because we like the taste and think it is good for our health and teeth too. - I wonder who they think they are telling the people. I am glad you like Key West and want to make it your home, but I am even more happy-to know that you are interested in finding a “home church.” I do hope that | you will drop by the church any week day between 8 a. m. |and 8 p. m. I would enjoy talking with you. C. L. JORDAN, Pastor Seventh-day*+atventist Church : Fifth and Seidenberg new ferry will have any imme- diate effect upon businesses such as Dick’s Tire Service. In the long run, however, if it is successful, it will help the town in general. | And don’t kid yourself with “‘Conch- | like” thoughts — the prosperity of |all merchants in Key West is de- | pendent upon the welfare of each other. | I've never been able to under- |stand the attitude sometimes dis- {played by local merchants — “‘to |heck with others, all I want is money coming into my own cash |register!” Such an idea might bring temporary returns but it jdoesn’t create steady, dependable | business. | Dick’s Tire Service is ambitious. We want to grow bigger. That’s | why we iry so hard to please every |customer -- whether he is mere- ly buying a ‘swimmin tube’ for his |kid or a carload of heavy duty, US Royal turck tires. Dick’s is headquarters for US | Royal tires. We also have our own | Lodi Steam recapping shop — do | sectional repair work — and pro- | vide top-notch road service. Dick’s lis located at 929 Truman Ave. | Hours, 7 a. m. - 7 p. m. Telephone | 2-2842.—(adb.) | PEOPLE WHO KNOW ABOUT THE RELIABILITY OF FUTURE 06 CONSIDER THEY HAVE