The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 29, 1954, Page 4

e Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Wednesday, September 29, 1954 The Key West Citizen SE ae Published daily ( iti i Groseenna nye ezcents Sunday) from The Citizen Building, corner of Onty Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County U.P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher occ cccnnnnenee 1920-1954 NORMAN D. ARTMAN ...cnnmnnnnnmnunnenn 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 i i entitled to use for perenne a of all news divert sc rd or not otherwise credited in this lished here. Paper, and also the local news pub- Member Associate Dailies of Florida pe 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 discussi i and subjects of local or general interest, pop eetbeeeecr si anonymous communications. peal eater cin sc a ea ES IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1, More Hotels and Apartments, 2. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. rt Airports—Land: and Sea. Consolidation of County and 5__Community Auditorium, Sevaconsroments. es U. S. APPLAUDS END OF COLONIALISM From the State Department comes word that United States diplomats abroad will begin taking full advantage of the decline in colonialism. American diplomats are said to be ready to accept much of the credit for British evacu- ation of the Suez Canal Zone, the French decision to grant full independence to Indonesia and the French decision to grant more and more autonomy in North African colonial Possessions. If the State Department’s announcement — an unof- ficial one — actually means that U. S. diplomats will play on this theme, it is a significant decision and will enhance the prestige of the United States in many of the world’s under-developed areas. It is no secret that the flame of nationalism is burn- ing fiercely in many African and Asian colonial territor- ies today, and that those who oppose this trend are badly out of step with the mood of the times. The United States, a country which earned its freedom by throwing off the shackles of colonialism in a bitter war, should never be placed in the position of backing such a system. Unfortunately, this has occurred in Indochina, and the United States has been forced (by other and more important considerations) to stand by Great Britain and France in other cases where colonialism was at least part of the issue involved. If the United States is now to make it clear to all the world that it is dedicated to the task of gradually eliminating colonialism from the face of the earth, then this government is sure to win millions of friends in faraway areas on several continents. Not many people think that the dictionary is a good book to study. A good neighbor is one who lends but never borrows. Speeding on the highways may be the quickest way to shuffle off this mortal coil. Flattery is one way some people pave the walkway of life, but it often costs more than it is worth. Your best friend is the person who tells you the truth, not the one who tells you what you want to hear. Why is it, when men or women act like children, they always imitate the worst characteristics of childhood? Baseball and summer are now giving way to foot- ball and fall, which seems to happen a little faster, eath year. +. What the country needs is a UMT law. The country does not need parents who feel they didn’t raise “their boy” to become a soldier. 1OIM| 41. Tarmeric 42. Demon- strated 45. Nearly 49. Biblical character 50. Serpent 0 TRIE ICITIS Mae |Al eMC ISIBAISICIE TIOIMIS MBA |AIGIE] LJEIAISIE} ICIEINITIAI IAI} val IM ul I IMI 13. Recline 14. Cotton fabric 15. Sun disk 16. High: music 17. To an inner point 18. Fame 20. Give 22. Liltie child 23. Unit of work 24. Black birds 27. Haunt $1. Danish money 32. Regret 33. Frank 87. Protect 40. Bustle 65. Read metri- cally Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 66. Bronses 7 im the sun 67. Terminus 58. Retained 10: Poker term 11. Needy 19. Gained the vietory 21: Rather than 24. Mythical bird 1. Mark ofa wound 2. Disiike intensely 25. Constelia- tion 26. Front 28. Source of metal 29. Baseball score 30. Spread 34. Ship's cranes 35. Small fish, 36. Present 37. Hung loosel,” 38. Fish 39. Starve 42. Planofa townsite 43. Feminine name 44. Heated chamber 46. Formerly 47. Ratity 48. Look after 61. Tranegres- sion er rn SuSE REINS cm (R44 dd dod dd dad dtd d dnd dadadadadadatatndtrdadadatadadadadadel be reached before things reach the po they did last January. | ... Ear To. The Ground By JIM COBB PBADABAAADAAAAABAAADAAADAASADAAAABABSAASR All of these city court cases in-jleast some members of that au volving the question of what makes | gust body, are acting slightly chil- Toh « & ing can be said about Flo- : They are never dull. sooner do the politicos get out of one hassle than they are in another. Hottest issue of the year will pro- bably arise the day after the gen- eral election, Nov. 5. That's when Leroy Collins will be elected governor and he'll try to Move into the executive mansion instead of waiting until Jan. 5. He claims that since the elec- ti is a special one. he should ot be required to wait until the ary January inauguration It will be a knotty legal ques- he state supreme court to a lot of state employes are a strip tease dance indecent pose| some very interesting considera- tions. The suggestion once advanced by | City Judge Enrique Esquinaldo, Jr., that a committee be set up to study strip tease techniques and costumes, is the best I’ve heard. I'll volunteer to serve on that committee. Just give us enough money for expenses. The money is very neces- sary because we'll have to do a lot) of nightclubbing to observe the gals dish in their negotiations with the airline. In fact, their general attitude to- ward the operational policy of the airport has come in for censure from some quarters. Their deal with airport consul- tant Harold Wilde (10 per cent of the gross, for example), could be criticized from a business stand- point. It will be the citizens who suf- fer if National is given @ hard time. This Rock Funny things happen at times. The other day I knocked out what I considered a ‘killer-diller’ of an article for a magazine. Then, while cleaning up my desk, I ran across a column for “This Rock of Ours” which I had discarded as useless. On impulse I stuck it into an envelope and mailed it to another publication. What happened? The discarded column sold the feature which I felt was a shin- ing example of journalism came back with a caustic letter from the | editor saying: “‘A writer who shows your ability and training should certainly realize that this manu- script lacks personality. Rewrite it with more of a personal touch and we will be able to use it.” What a life! Over and over, I’ve seen the same thing happen in handling daily news. Folks will latch onto some little item on the society page and ignore a brilliant example of reportorial art on page 1. No one! has ever come up with a formula | on what makes a good news-story | or a saleable feature article. Free Lance Work I’m not much on free-lance writ- ing. Never had trouble getting rid of purely journalistic pieces but that doesn’t gave any satisfaction. Ninety-nine per cent of factual writing is based on honesty — the other one per cent can perhaps be divided between grammar and style. The thing I’d like to be able to write is fiction with a metaphysi- cal background. It seems that I lack the inspiration for the fiction and the knowledge and understand- ing for the metaphysical part of the deal. ‘ Oh, well, fifty years from now, Of Ours By Bill Gibb it won’t make any difference any- way. | New Street Markings | Hope that you have noticed and | Key West In Days Gone By September 29, 1934 in their native habitat. It wouldn't ouldn’t} We hope that an agreement can | be the same in an office in city) rather interested in what is going on in Tallahassee. Rumor has it that acting governor Charley Johns may attempt to call a special ses- sion of the legislature and have the appointments he has made con- firmed by the Senate. By that move. he would take much of the political punch out of Collins’ job since the appointments would have to stick. Farm fires each year cost 3,000 |lives and destroy over 100 million dollars in property. hall. You need that nightclub at- mosphere. We (the committee) could set} aside one night a week to observe the strippers. We'd take our wives, of course. ne Located In the Hi REASONABLE x* *w* * RATES with BATH and The Community Concert Associa- tion membership campaign will be- | gin soon. The series of concerts are an nually the high point of the win- ter season. | But every year there is a mad} Ritz HOTEL 132 E. Flagier St. 102 Rooms Elevator rushing around after tickets on the {night of the first concert by folks jwho neglected to purchase them {during the drive. Don’t be shut out this year. Buy | Solarium Pershing HOTEL 226 N.E. Ist Ave. 100 Rooms tHree Horers IN MIAMI at POPULAR PRICES jeart of the City ROOMS ..r nesexvarions TELEPHONE Miller HOTEL 229 N.E. Ist Ave. a0 Rooms Elevator 3 BLOCKS FROM UNION BUS STATION your tickets early. And remember, the more sub-~ scribers, the higher the caliber of performers we'll have in Key West. realize what the new street mark- | The City Council _at a special ings mean. Charles Butler and the | meeting held last night adopted men under his direction are doing | a resolution which provides that & & & Many of those who attended the mighty fine work. There will no longer be any ex-| cuse for an accident involving cars | which switch from one lane to an-| jother. With the streets so clearly | marked, every vehicle operator can be held responsible for collisions which result when he or she veers into another lane. A suggestion has come through that when this work is completed, perhaps fire hydrant areas (includ- ing the fire hydrants) can be paint- ed red. It sounds good. I think, however, that the Aque- \the upkeep of the fire hydrants. The City pays a rental fee. An ar- \gument might arise as to who |should do the painting if the plan| | went through. Fire Inspector thur Curry, recently employed as Fire Insvector by the City, is do- ing excellent work. I’ve seen some of his reports on local hazards. | worked together years ago in the \fire equipment shop at NOB. He has had experience in every type of fire exteinguisher and fire pre- vention program used in the U. S. I might add that he has also work- ed on fire equipment from foreign ships which resembled — to us — a “Rube Goldberg” contraption. | duct commission is responsible for | It is worth mentioning that Ar-| |; Curry knows his job. He and 1) the city will accept payment for occupational licenses beginning ctober 1 on the basis of fifty per cent in city warrants and the re- mainder in cash. This action re- scinds that taken at a previous meeting when it was ordered that the full amount of licenses be paid in cash. Naught remains to show there was a cradle and mirine railway at the naval station except the gap in the sea wall where it once was. The entire apparatus was, some time ago, sold to the Ment- zer Metal Company of Miami and the last load of the dismantled ways was removed from the sta- tion yesterday. Passengers arriving on the Steamship Gatun of the Standard Fruit and Steamship Company, yesterday afternoon were afforded an opportunity of delightful sight- seeing trips and sea bathing. * -*& *& September 29, 1944 Approximately 35 tons of paper were collected during the one-day paper salvage drive conducted by the Key West Boy Scouts last Saturday, Wilbert Moehrke an- nounced today. An accurate total is not yet possible, he explained, as all the paper has not yet been Key West - Miami Tech football | game the other night, left the sta-/ dium feeling that they had seen) some sloppy officiating. The writer thinks it could have} been improved on. ! Several times throughcut the eve- | ning, Key West pass_ receivers were roughed up. And on both of; the times the Conchs tried to kick | for extra points, both the boy hold-| ing the ball and the kicker were brutally smeared — in direct vio- lation of the rules. But the officials apparently miss- ed the infractions. | For Home or It appears that the officials sent down here from Miami last week } were not of the same caliber we’ve had in the past. | As one member of the Quarter-| back Club so aptly put it: “I don’t} think they were against Key West, | but they perhaps were not as com- | petent as those we've had in the past.”” | Commercial Use. We Are Prepared x wk * It appears that the start of the annual argument between the Mon- roe Countv Commission and Na- tional Airlines is being timed to coincide with the opening of our| tourist season. | (Ice Di Guaranteed To Furnish You With Clean, Pure Cube Crushed IGE Thompson Enterprises, Inc vision ) Key West, Florida weighed | That, obviously, is a bad thing | Dial 2-6831 Next month is Fire Prevention Month. Let's cooperate with the Key West Fire Department by maintaining our excellent record of small fire losses. PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citizen welcomes expressions of the views of its read- but the editor reserves the right to delete an’ onsidered libelous or unwarranted. The wri and confine the letters to items which should be 200 words and write on one side of the paper only. Signature of the writer must accompany the letters and will be published unless reavested otherwise. INFORMATI Editor, The Citizen: ON WANTED Will you please write me the price and where to buy the Coast and Geodetic Survey prints and nautical charts written up in your paper on Page 9 on Saturday, May 22. Sincerely, ANN BOEHM 35) 34 Narragansett Avenue Chicago, Ill. FRIENDLY SUGGESTION Editor, The Citizen: As a newcomer to this beautiful little city of fine peo- ple, I wish to make some friendly criticism. One knows we “newcomers” sometimes see things one overlooks as a citizen. jfor Key West. The Key West Junior Chamber | If National knocks off their ser- of Commerce held its -egular|Vice as they did last year, it cei dinner meeting Wednesday night. ;tainly will be a blow to our all Wilbert Moehrke was .host. while | important tourist business. Dorr Davis, Boy Scout field ex-| On the surface, it appears that ecutive, was guest speake:. |the county commission — or at "New Hope for Millions SUFFERING FROM Mrs. Jake McClellan, ac- | companied by her daughter, Pa- tricia Ann, were recent arrivals Overseas Transportation Company, Ine. in Key West froni Lake Worth. Fla. They are vigiting here with relatives. BE SAFE— Buy Your Paints from Monroe Specialty Co. 1930 FLAGLER AVE. RHEUMATIC DISORDERS .. . ‘SUL*SPA Stop the pains of Arthritis, Rheuma- tism, Sciatica, Swollen Joints and Muscular Fatigue—enjoy blessed re- lief with Sul*Spa, a concentrated sulpher solution that brings mineral spring bathe into the privacy of your own home. Free sample bottle, good for ene bath, ix given with each purchase of a reg- wiar size. If you are not completely satisfied with Sul¥Spa, return the un- used bottle and your money will be cheerfully refunded. MONEY BACK GUARANTEE ‘Send cash. check or money order for $2.00-to Coastal Laboratorves, boc Box 2051. Miami, Florida. Between Miami JUNIOR HAS SWALLOWED A QUARTER! DO YOU THINK DOCTOR PILZT CAN BE TRUSTED 70 REMOVE IT? | This friendly suggestion: Forget about the swim-!| ming pool. You have both the Atlantie and the Gulf to | swim in but you, I think, should be more interested in al stadium. You have a lovely playing field and should | have a permanent stadium too. More power to you Conchs. Sincerely, 1111 Truman Avenue, Guy E. Carty. A TIRES ICK’S TIRE SERVICE 929 TRUMAN AVE. = SQUTHERNMOST DISTRIBUTOR— SUNDAYS) Miami at 12:00 of LEAVES MIAMI SUNDAYS) at 12:00 o'clock M and arrives at Key A.M. Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Serviee between MIAMI and KEY WEST Also Serving ALL POINTS ON FLORIDA KEYS and Key West -Express Schedule (No Stops En Route) LEAVES KEY WEST DAILY (EXCEPT at 6:00 P.M. 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