The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 1, 1954, Page 4

, Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Friday, October 1, 1954 The Key West Citizen: fi 4 gay cept Sunday) from The Citizen Building, corner of Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ART Editor and Publisher cmnesernensemee 1921 + 1954 D. ARTMAN srrrevsermmminasmertennneersenee. Editor and Publisher Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2-566) and 12-5662 of The Associated Press—The Associa i lusi wailed: tion of all news dispatches credived, tt tibed here, to use for dispatch e in this paper, and als» the local news pube Member Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 VERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion of public issues subjects erest, but it” will’ not publish of loc: al interest, ee nan Bi gga IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1, More Hotels and Apartments, 2. Beach and Bend Pavilion. 3. Airports—Land Sea. 4. Consolidation of County and erom 5. Communit, fora Cty fe =a ——————— $< _ ALL HAIL TO THE “CITY OF KEY WEST” ON ITS MAIDEN TRIP TO CUBA! Key Westers have sound reason for being jubilant over the operation of the ferry “City of Key West” be- tween here and Cardenas, Cuba. Ten years ago the presi- dent of the Gulf-Atlantic Transportation Company said that he “expected” to have a ferry running between Key West and Havana by the following June. That June chime and also many other Junes, but the promised ferry didn’t come here from Jacksonville to begin operations. And now along comes the Caribbean Ferry System and, without making any hope-building promises, starts to run a ferry between here and Cardenas. That’s why we have sound reason to celebrate — fed up on promises that never materialized and then, presto, we have a ferry that typifies action by the Caribbean Ferry System, not promises. Let’s whoop it up in making the ferry fiesta a suc- cess. And let’s commend and congratulate Bob Reynolds, president of the Caribbean Ferry System, and his asso- ciates for their good old American way of giving us much action and few words. For decade after decade, Key West was connected by sea with' Havana. The two out- standing steamships that made that connection were the “Mascotte” and “Olivet,” names that bring fond mem- ories to oldtime Key Westers. Later on, the “Governor Cobb” and the “Florida” took over in the run between Key West and.Tampa and Key West and Havana, The “City of Key West” has an added advantage over the other steamships that connected this city by sea with the Cuban capital. She will carry automobiles, as well as passengers, and The Citizen predicts the,automobile-carry- ing feature eventually will meet nati dé popularity. Traveling by automobile excee: 3 by many millions any other way of going from placeto place, and the more places to go to the better pleased are,drivers generally. But no other place to go affords the glamor of going to sea in an automobile and then resume-its operation in a foreign country. * The operation of the “City of Key West” means much to us economically. It will be the means also of closer re- lationship with Cuba, which has played a major role for more than a century in the development of Key West. a The “authoritative” voices one finds in every com- munity are quite numerous. Success does not depend on intelligence alone. In fact, steady application is the most important: ingredient needed, . The trouble with overwork is that it gets you ‘into such a routine that you can’t enjoy what you have earned after you get it. : PRESSE RRL eee rossword Puzzle 34. Perched 36. Duty 37. Tablelands 39. Quality of cooking 41, Headpiece AIRICMBAIMATS|SWmOIE | IGIAIRIRRIE (VIEL | ILIC} OIPIEINMIME [0] TEIviAIL SEM SIOISIOMIAIPISIE| PIOLTIALTL ION IA TRIES] {ONMEMIE IRISH IUIGICIE| EISISMNAIS! OIE NEAR RIE PIEILINEIRIA|S ITE} PE ITMMICIRIEIMAITIE|S) NAT ICI AIS| T/A MUISIHIRIOIOIM fadiat LAIR | | MIP] HUSILIE| TENIOIR| SIEJEIOIYiae TlOty] Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle DOWN 1. Pale 2. Japanese statesman 3. Small fish 4. Sea bird 5. Artificial language 7. Compass point 8. Judged 9. Farm building 10. Leave out 11. Soft masses 16. Discolored place 20, Eons 21. Gives out 22, First man 23. Glacial snow id 55. Adult boys 66. Have cour- age 58. Row 59. Close 6. Roman road 28. Pouch 30. Keep up 31, Anglo-Saxon slave 32. Awry 85. Troop: archaic 38. Cold dishes 40. 67. Exempli gratia: abbr. WORRI S—o « By DON WHITEHEAD WASHINGTON #—There is rea- son to hope that the U.S. Weather bureau is on the track of a new forecasting method which will strip tornadoes of their death dealing element of surprise. : Last year alone more than 530 of the vicious twisters roared out of the skies in sudden, smashing assaults on farms, towns and cit- ies, Most of them were in the mid- west and southwest. Unlike the long-lived hurricanes, which move slowly out of the Gulf and the Caribbean as spotters keep close watch, tornadoes oftentimes appear with no warning at all to} slash a path of destruction and | disappear as quickly as they come. | Sudden local storms are the wea- er forecaster’s nightmare, but scientists are ¢lawing into the. se-| crets of why these storms happen when and where they do. The answer, or a part of it, may | be in what has become known as a “pressure jump line” or “squall line,” ‘which advances before a cold front smashing into a warm, moist mass of air. Meteorologists for some time have known that when the cold and} warm fronts meet—and certain other conditions exist—there is the likelihood of tornadoes over a wide area of the country. Weather experts have found the pressure jump line travels like a ‘Forecaster’s Nightmare” Under Stud: Weather Bureau Works On Tracking Tornadoes plan to test the jump line theory as fully as possible. The ‘bureau’s instrument’ people have devised a gadget which, which, when certain weather con- ditions exist, trips a switch either to. ring a bell or to send a signal) showing the passage of a jump line. It is hoped these gadgets can be mass produced for less than $100 each and then installed at stra- )tegic points where volunteer or reg-|out as it appears it might, then ular weather observers can pick | up a telephone and notify the near- est weather station when the bell |rings. Wih these calls, the wea- ther people could get a “fix” on jthe jump line. Formerly, the approach has been for weather experts to look at the |atmospheric conditions over the United States and then to pick |out those areas which were ripe |for tornadoes. The best warning |that could be given was an area warning. But if the jump line theory works tornadoes will be robbed of their | surprise even if their violence goes | unchecked. This Rock (Note by Gibb: the following two) essays entitied ‘‘Why Be Safe” were winners in the contest spon- sored by the Key West Safety Council. Prizes of $15 and $10 went to Joseph Esquinaldo and Johnny Samek respectively. Joseph is a student at the Key West High School Annex — Johnny attends Poinciana. It is interesting to note wave before a cold front. It may be as much as 150 miles wide. that Johnny Samek has only been Experts have traced this atmo-]in our town for two weeks. Lt. and spheric pressure wave by means Mrs. Samek, his parents, recently of instruments known as microbar-| tansferred from Norfolk — a town ographs, which show that as the}Where Safety was stressed in les- Of Ours By Bill Gibb but not playing with fire, and also, by not learning bad habits that will harm our health and body. We must practice safety as we are taughte and is our duty to teach it to the younger children. Our country’s safety depends on our being safe because we are the ones that will someday grow up in good health to see that we keep it safe, WHY BE SAFE? By JOHNNY SAMEK The main reason why I should jump line arrives there is a sudden increase in air pressure which vio- lently disturbs the atmosphere. Dr. Morris Tepper, 39-year-old weather expert in U.S. Weather Bureau, has taken jump line rec- ords and related them to midwest tornadoes. His preliminary studies show 70 to 75 per cent of the reported tor- nadoes followed the path of a jump line. A special research network, manned mostly by volunteers, al- ready is in operation over an area covering Kansas, Nebraska, east Colorado, northwest New Mexico, the Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma and edges of Iowa, Missouri and Arkansas. This region is known to meteor- ologists as “‘the area of maximum tornadoes.” Now it is dotted with instruments for recording jump line pressures and other data needed for a concentrated study of the problem. Making a study of 1951 weather in this test area, Tepper and his colleagues plotted 840 severe lo- cal storms and found: 725 fell inside the swath of the jump line. 76 fell outside the swath. 39 couldn’t be related to the jump line. The Tepper group then took act beginning times. In this case, 87 per cent fell inside the jump line and 86 per cent occurred with- in one hour after the passage of the pressure wave. gies This study, Tepper is convinced, shows the relationship of the jump line and the storms to be more than accidental. Since the jump line’s sweep across the land can be plotted almost to the minute, it may be that towns and cities can be warned in advance pre- cisely when to expect a tornado. The weather bureau has been so impressed by the preliminary work that it has set up an operational sons to the children.) WHY BE SAFE? By JOSEPH ESQUINALDO We must be as'safe as it is pos- sible for the future of our country depends on our’ safety. We, as the young boys and girls of our coun- try, will someday grow up to be the men and women whose job it will be to run our nation. If we do not betieve in the safety of our- selves and others, we will not grow up in good health and do the job be safe is to prevent injury or loss of life to myself, or my friends. Safety rules are taught in schools, JOHNNY SAMEK in business, and all types of work and sports. We have safety patrols in our schools to obtain order, obe- dience, and the safe welfare of all the children in our schools. | In business, safety rules are prac- ticed to prevent loss of time at} work by individuals and lifetime! handicaps. | Ea If everyone carried out the safe JOSEPH ESQUINALDO ty rules in everything they did, we | would not have so many people that is expected of us. When we | dying and being injured. grow up, we must; be in. Rood | — | health. Congratulations | Safety is not only the idea that | “This Rock of Ours’ wishes to | one must stay out of the way of a| congratulate the winners and all| car; or of being careful not to fall| participants in the Safety Essay | off a high place — but it is the| Contest. The kids turned out re- idea that we must look out for the markable work which showed sin- safety of everybody by obeying ail | cerity and thoughtfulness. Wouldn’ traffic laws, by obeying danger | it be nice if all adults would prac- signs, by not spreading sickness, | tice what their children preach?! ere eee pao ects About 90 per cent of Niagara| Misuse of electricity. causes’ 12/ Falls’ water goes over the Cana- PIO OVE I TO ST ISR T CCC Tc mem ene | Forger Works ‘From Jail Cell ... Ear To The Ground By JIM COBB ALAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMAAAMADMADD ARR ReEE I've never traveled for more ‘n ) Waddell St, has an idea that mignt a day, reduce the number of mishavs I never was one to roam, even further. He wants to form a But I likes to sit on the busy|Key West Power Squadron, dedi- quay, 2 cated to promoting safety ‘afloat. | Watchin’ the ships that says to| Eddie came to Key West recent. me— i ly from Miami where he was a “Always somebody goin’ away,| member of the power squadron Somebody gettin’ home.” there for two years. John Joy Bell The Miami group, with nearly ‘ : 400 members, is one of the most Like the man in the verse, a lot/ active in the nation. They have of Key Westers are fascinated with | grown to the point where they have ships — the “City of Key West,”| their own ship, a navy surplus in particular. They’ve been visit-|LCI. Members spend their time ing the dock on Duval St. daily|and effort to keep the ship in and when the ship finally arrived | shape and it serves as a meeting here yesterday, there were quite a| place for. training courses. few Key Westers on hand for the| They have frequent training pro-| occasion, When the trim ship final- | grams Covering water safety and) ly poked its bow around the point | all other. phases of boating and at Fort Taylor, the news spread | seamanship, like wildfire. It's a’non-profit organization. | Open house was not scheduled to| The members have a good time, | be held until this a.ternoon but as | too. They have parties and the fact | soon as the ship had been tied up, , that they all have the same inter- | they went aboard to conduct a per-yest —+. ts — makes for a con- sonal inspection. genial: ip. And they liked what they saw.| W. MK would like to talk anybody @nd everybody in xk *&k * West pA oh in forming eae Ear To The Ground, you'll re- group. Just phone him at 2-5343, member, predicted that the Giants ck & & would go places in the World Ser- ¢ ies. It is not impossible that Key And they are, West may become a college town. We don’t know their reason for xk & & being interested in Key West, but we did-learn that representatives Almost everyone in Key West | of the; spends a certain amount of time | ern on the water, but we have few’ ac- | earli cidents involving boats. with And Eddie Warrendorf, 713 PEOPLE’S FORUM ‘Thy Gittzen welcomes expressiond éf the views of its read. ers, but the editor reserves 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 ene side of paper only. Signature of the writer must accompany the letters and will be published unless reqdested otherwise. strialist was in Key West C week to study the town lew to starting a college. WHERE CAN SHE FISH? Editor, The Citizen: = Here I am again after more information. €an anyone tell me where there is a good place to | | fish? Where I can really catch some edible ones? Last year my husband and I fished on the boulevard, but now it is all filled in, and Howard Johnson’s restaur- | ant stands on our favorite fishing spot. We also went out in a charter boat, but until my | husband arrives in Key West, I wouldn’t care to go out alone. In closing I want to ask if you folks realize you have one of the nicest dog tracks in the U. S, A.? It’s not as large as many but the location is simply marvelous. That wonderful sea breeze we won’t get in the inland states where we have been. You see, we aren’t speaking from hearsay. We have five thoroughbred greyhounds and we take them many. places. In our opinion, Key West has the loveliest track! You also have the best year-round climate of any state we've ever lived in. That is why I’m here this season ahead of my hus- band. It’s my job to locate a permanent residence. Last but not least, I must give your friendly paper a word of praise. It’s so nice to have a column where we can chit-chat about this and that. I'll soon be a permanent resident — I hope, but until then, I’m just A NEW ENGLANDER. HE DOESN'T RECALL IT Editor, The Citizen: In your paper of September 21, 1954, one of the City Commissioneds is reported to have stated that fluorida- tion was part of his 1952 election platform. I don’t re- member any fluoridation in the 1952 election or I would have voted differently. All my inquiries so far show no one else remembers anything about it. Is there any record of it in your archives? After the election in 1952 the Commissioner was not in a hurry to redeem his alleged platform pledge un- | til July 9, 1954, when somebody of the Bureau of Dental Health came to Key West and put the fluoridation bee into his bonnet. On July 19 he introduced a resolution to authorize steps to facilitate fluoridation of our city water. The Commissioner is also reported to have stated that the Navy puts Sulfurie Acid into water and that is a poison. This sounds fantastic to me. Is there any other corrosive material being put into our city water? Sincerely, A.R. HONESTY NETS PARKING FINE BRISTOL, Conn. #—Police Lt.) “I saw a woman ta, Edward O’Connor said a man/jtime parking. 1 cg ren sabe walked into headquarters yestez-|location and was parked overtime day and demanded a parking tick- poor he a How come? It e . .|from the Porter Dock dian falls, percent of the nation’s damaging ‘fires. t. O’Connor, who declined to iden- Aify the motorist quoted him thus: O’Connor handed him a ticket MANKATO, Minn. w — Wilford Devens, 29, Mankato, was charged with second degree forgery Wed- nesday after making out a false check for $110 in his jail cell and having it cashed. Police said Devens gave the check to a prisoner in an adjoining eell, who cashed it after he was freed from a drunkenness charge. Devens denied the charge until the officers said they found the $100 cash proceeds hidden under a jail basin The innocent casher of the check, Paid $10 for his trouble by Devens, was not held. SHOOTINGS REPORTED ON ISRAELI BORDER JERUSALEM, Israel W—Israeli Officials said here that an Israeli settler was killed and a second wounded by automatic fire while they were inspecting their fields at Bar Giroa, near the Jordan armistice lines, We nesday. An army spokesr n charged also that automatic fire was di- rected at an Israeli patrol from Egyptian positions across the Gaza strip. There were no casualties. Key West In Days Gone By Papas Ogden has the distinction catching the largest jewfish captured in the past two years ‘s wharf from which sai bese been taken. His catch weighed almost five hundred pounds with length measurements of 7 feet, 2’ inches, Pronouncing it as being the most unique aquarium he has ever seen and probably the only one of its kind in the world, George M. Powers, a contractor from Troy, N. Y., was intensely interested when he paid a visit to the Key West Aquarium, now nearing com- pletion yesterday. Three officials of the Cuban government were in Key West last week to make a complete survey and ‘inspection of San Carlos theater school to determine the repairs necessary to place the Ferry Fiesta! The Key West - Cuba ferry is finally going to be- come a reality! It’s a great day for our town — One which might even- tually be recognized as landmark in the city’s history comparabte perhaps to the opening of the rail- road or the Overseas Highway. The “City of Key West” isn’t a huge ship. Some folks are rather |disappointed because the boat | doesn’t measure “p in sixe to the “Queen Elizabeth.” These are pro- bably the same guys who, if they were given beer, would cry: “What! No egg in it, too!” For years we've been talking and wishing for a ferry to Cuba. It is up to us now to try to give en- couragement to the Caribbean Fer- ry System in their new venture. it this Key West - Carbenas run is successful, I’m told that the com- pany plans further expansion, In my opinion, Mayor Harvey and other City officials deserve an orchid for the way they have ‘gone to bat’ and encouraged this new business to establish itself in Key West. The “City of Key West” might easily have been named something else and operated out of Marathon, you know! City Commissoner Louis Car- | bonell, as chairman of the decora- tion committee, deserves an acco- lade, also. During my years in Key West, I’ve never seen the town look so festive. Truman Ave. and Duval St. really display the spirit of “Ferry Fiesta.” Dick’s Tire Service, 929 Truman Ave., bought extra bunting for this special day. It doesn’t make any difference whether the ferry helps me sell a few more U. S. Royal tires or Lodi Steam recaps. Of course, I hope it does but the main thing is that the ship will increase employment, attract tourists, and create good - will! In the long run, Dick’s Tire Service will bénefit and the same thing can be said a every other business in Key ‘est. Don’t forget that Dick’s offers tire service by experts at prices you can afford to pay. Visit us to- and the man paid the fine, day. Telephone 2-2842—(Advad