The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 6, 1954, Page 5

Wednesday, October 6, 1954 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN z ¢ Post Commander, Arthur Sawyer Pi 28, American legion sags On pages twenty and twenty - one of the October issue of Ameri- ean Legion Magazine in an article, “Treat the Flag right,” I urge each gionaire to read, stu- dy and teach what is on these pag- . Our president recently signed law an addition to our Pledge Allegiance to the flag. This is the pledge in its entire- + “Ipledge Allegiance to the flag the United States of America, to the republic for which it nds, one nation under God; in- visible, with liberty and justice for all.” The words “Under God” have ‘beet. added. This means that only the good graces of God, were indivisible. It isn’t an acci- dest that we are endowed with the intlligent men and women capa- pk of all our scientific achieve- ments. It isn’t by military might gone that we -win conflicts. Be- qause we are a nation under God, we are indivisible. Ce ee ‘Walking Blood Bank: For better. than a year now, Ar- thur Sawyer Post has sponsored and operated a “Walking Blood Bank.” This blood bank was sole- ly responsible for most of the blood donated at the Monroe General Hospital during this time. It has been a mighty tough job, but well worth all the effort put into it. ‘When I went into the hospital, BEST IN TH’ WORLD yard POP CORN the pains of Arthritis, Rheuma- Sclatica, Swollen Joints and Fal joy blessed re- ith concent mi Totution hat. brings mineral baths into the privacy of your sample bottle, good for one bath, ts given with each ofa lar size. if ‘Satisfied with ‘wed bottle and heerfully refunded. MONEY BACK GUARANTEE “Bend eash, check or money order for 00 to Coastal ‘Laboratories, Ine 2051, Miami, Florida. are not completely ‘une WE have it! YOU can get it! I turned over the Chairmanship of the “Walking Blood Bank” to Har- ry J. Metzger, now 2nd Vice Com- mander of Arthur Sawyer Post, who through the cooperation of men both in Civil and active ser- vice did a commendable job of sup- plying the blood when needed. Through this column, I want to Personally thank Juve’s 8, George Stewart, because some of this work had to done during work- ing hours. We will be very pleased to turn over all of our facilities and co- operation to the newly - organized “Monroe County Walking . Blood Bank” as soon as Chairman Rob- ert M. Daniels says the word. * 4 &€ Your Love May Comfort Others: I was extremely honored when I was invited by Mrs. Wood, pre- sident of the V. F. W. Auxiliary, to attend a tea given in honor of the Gold Star Mothers Key West Chapter on Sunday, September. 26. Reverend James E. Statham, a vet- eran of both World Wars.and Chap- lain in World War Two and Past Chaplain of the State Department of the American Legion, in a mes- sage to the Gold Star Mothers, said, ,, “You may be ‘comforted in your loss of loved ones, by giving of your love and experiences to others who more recently have lost loved ones.”” Said Reverend Statham, “Let them know that they are not standing alone in their sorrow, and that you are with them.” x *« Executive Committee Meetings: Legionaires, you are. invited to attend the regular meetings of the Executive Committee. It meets on the first Monday of each month. Enter into the discussions, and in any way, short of casting'a vote, | help the Executive Committee pass on important Post business. Then when it comes time to approve’ Executive Committee minutes on the regular meeting floor, you can lead others by your advance know- ledge of what is going on. x * © In Explanation: s Many of you Legionairég are questioning the raise in annual dues, and I would like at this time to explain. Two years. fits the State and National raised. the per capita to $2.50. We were supposed to raise our dues accordingly. Out of the four dollars dues, we only iF —"*"“(Medical Effort Is Aimed At Protecting Kids From Poison ‘By FRANK ‘CAREY AP Science Reporter CHICAGO.(#—A new. medical ef- fort ke site organized against a potential danger in: your. own home —the’ accidental poisoning of chil- dren by swallowing common house- hold materials like furniture polish and bleaching agents. Spearheaded by a group of Chi- cago doctors who haye set up a “poisoning control center,” similar projects are operating or being de- veloped in Boston, Cincinnati, New York, Phoenix ‘and Washington, D.C., the American Academy of Pediatrics was told today. The idea is to-have a systematic, centrally controlled network within a city whereby quickest action can be taken in treating a poisoned child and follow-up steps can be taken to try to prevent pessible retained $1.50 which after handling costs left us with very little work with in the Post, Now we will re- tain $2.50. Our post was one of the last in the state to raise its dues. That extra dollar might wel. mean the food for a needy. veteran’s family, or shoes for one of his kids. Won't you please be an early bird with your dues? %* *% Sick Call: Legionaires J. R. “Dicky” Sands, Albert J. Miller and Franklin J. 'Wickers' ave réportétt ill.'in Vetér- ans Administration Hospital in Co- ral Gables; Nelson Doty, Wesley Sorenson and Paul W. Good. in Na- val Hospital Key West; and Rob- ert Golden at home at 1212 Von Phister. A visit if you are in the vicinity or a card would be greatly appre- ciated by these fellows. Take it from a man who knows. It’s tough to be laid up in a hospital. kk & 4nd Meeting of Parade Committee: On October 2, the second meeting of the ‘Veterans’ Day Parade Com- mittee was held at our Post Home. Vance C. Stirrup, general chair- man, announced that many details were ironed out at this meeting. All veterans organizations in the city will co-sponsor this event. The theme of the parade is “Lest We Forget.” Honorary Parade Marsha! will be Mrs. Carrie Hattrick, oldest veter- an in the State of Florida, and a World War One Yeomanette. Trohies . (best. depicting the theme of the parade, one each for military and civilian; best mareh- ing unit one each for military and civilian; and for the best band) will be presented by the command- ers of the various veterans orgni- zations at a. dance at Arthur Saw- yer Post Home after the parade. This year trophies will also be presented to the outstanding scout marching groups. Letters will go out this week to all civic groups in the city requesting them to place their entries with Chairman Stirrup. The parade will be held on November 11 and will start at 1:30 p. m. Lt. (J. G.) William P. Winslow, Jr., is acting.as liaison between the Navy and civilian members of the ‘committee. ¥ ¥ ¥ Yours, for God and Country KENTUCKY BLENDED BOURBON WHISKEY ee recurrences or independently bew instances of the same emergency. Dr. Edward Press of the Uni- versity of Illinois and several as30- ciates described the Chicago pro- gram in a scientific exhibit at the AAP’s 23rd annual meeting. Dr. Robert B. Mellins of the U.S. Pub- lic Health Service, who is partici- pating in the Chicago program, supplied further details. They said the commonest sub- stances swallowed among 375 chil- dren treated for poisoning in the last year in Chicago were aspirin; petroleum products such as kero- sene; rodent killers and insecti- cides; bleaching agents; and tur- pentine. With the Chicago Board of Health acting as a clearing house for information follow-up ac- tion, some 20 hospitals in the Chi jeago area have been supplied with an 80-page manual outlining poi- sonous constituents of various household materials and the most recent approved methods of treat- ment. Individual doctors who might be house-ca‘led on a poison case can call a ‘Poison Control Committee’ member at the Board of Health or one of the participating hospitals if he needs help. “We're prepared,” Dr. Mellins told a reporter, “‘to contact the manufacturer of a given household product in case its chemical con- stituentsand. hence “possible anti- dotes—may not be immediately known. “We would like,” he added, “to stimulate clearer labeling on va- rious products and, in the case of the more damgerous substances, would, help remind parents of the potential danger of carelessly plac- ing such products within reach of children.” Lightning Struck Twice That Time GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. ® — Mrs. Irving Kessler, of Grand Rapids will give you an argument on the old adage “Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.” During a recent electrical storm, a bolt of lightning started a fire in upstairs wiring in her home. Awakened by barking dogs, Mrs. Kessler and her husband put out the fire. Hours later, a second bolt struck the couple’s house, starting a sec- ond fire—this time in the outside wiring. The second blaze also was put out quickly, as was Mrs. Kessler’s faith in old sayings. Award Given LOS ANGELES «—The Hughes Aircraft Co. has received the Na- tional Safety Council’s highest award for establishing the world record of the greatest number of aceident-free man-hours in any industry associated with aircraft manufacture. The Hughes record was 10,202,- 574 man-hours without a lost-time accident from February to July of this year. BLUE WATER by DENIS. SNEIGR Now that Newspaper Week has quietly’ passed away, along with the pious platitudes about a free Press, we might talk about an enemy of a‘free press. In many cities, the Chamber of Commerce is an enemy of a free press. In such cities, newspaper editors usually are afraid of the Chamber of Commerce. Editers and chamber managers, of course, will deny these state- ments. But I will tell you of incidents that prove the statements are true. A Chamber of Commerce be- comes an enemy of a free press when it. attempts to suppress or withhold the truth. Chambers are mostly made up of businessmen. Editors who fear a Chamber are afraid the busi- hessmen will not advertise in the editor’s paper. That is why many editors will print anything a Chamber hands Out wy even if the: handout (the Chamber calls it a news release) merely names a few People who were appointed to an inconsequen- tial committee. Chamber managers love such handouts. They are nice and safe. They get the names of Chamber mernbers in the paper. The news- Paper usually forgets to follow up to find out if the committee ever does anything worthwhile. But let something happen that does not make the Chamber look good and the Chamber will try to sit on the truth. Here is an instance: Before World War II, I was work- ing on a newspaper in Texas. The Army, Air Force, as it was named then, re-activated a large air base near the city. The Aviation Committee of the Chamber gave a luncheon for the commander of the base. I covered the meeting. After eating, the chairman of the Aviation Committee arose, cleared his throat importantly and spoke. In his speech he said it was only through the efforts of the Chamber that the Government re-established the air base. Then the commander of the air base arose and spoke. The commander said that the Chamber had nothing to do with the re-activation of the base. He said that if the Government want- ed to put an air base here or there, it would be put; nothing the Cham- ber could do or say could influence the Government in its choice of air base locations. I returned to the paper and wrote the story, quoting both the chairman and the commander. Soon the chairman phoned me. “That speech by the commander was off the record,” he said. “Of Course, you know that.” “No,” I told him, “I didn’t know that.” There were 50 or 60 people at the luncheon and no one said anything about anything being off the rec- ord, I reminded the chairman. “If it was off the record,” I said, “why invite the press? Any. way, the city editor has the story.” The chairman then phoned the city editor. The city editor grinned and ran the story’on page-one. Originally the story had been scheduled for an inside page. 1 Here’s another instance of a Chamber trying to suppress news. . In this same’ Texas city the mber gave its annual banquet. was indeed a big deal with several hundred people attending. 9 Came the night of the banquet ‘and shortly after the guests began gating, came the ambulances. Almost a hundred guests were itricken with food poisoning while sy still were in the banquet hall. The ambulances hauled them awey to hospitals. , Just as quickly, the Chamber manager was on the phone, telling the town’s three newspapers not to print anything about the food poi- soning. : Two of the papers—an afternoon and a morning daily—agreed to suppress this news even though hundreds ef people knew about it. The third paper—another after- noon daily—politely told the Cham- berm; er where he could go. That paper gave the story a front page play. Consequently, the other two papers had to use the story too. Otherwise they would have ap- peared to be unaware of the news. Here's another instance: I was working on re-write on a paper in a Florida city. The girl veporter on the ether end of the phone was covering the Chamber Commerce. She told me (breathlessly) that tue Chamber had just appointed a committee of 15 to do camo*hing | DMO IOGR Save dane tee eee. T aghed her the other six names. were. “Mr. So-and-Se,” she said, “doesn’t want me to release them. He is not sure whether they will serve on the committee.” “Who are you working for?” I asked her. “The Chamber or the newspaper?” So she gave me the other’ six names. That’s the way the story appear- ed. Nine persons were named as having accepted. The other six, the story said, had not yet decided. That’s all there was to it. Just the truth. But the Chamber manag- er, reverting to type, wanted to hold out six names. So the next time you hear or read about a lack of a free press behind the Iron Curtain, _ think about some of the restrictions that} are placed on a free press here. Pastor Honored LOS ANGELES «President | Eisenhower’s pastor was awarded | an honorary degree of doctor of} humane letters by the University | of Southern California yesterday } “in recognition of his outstanding | contributions to the field of re-| ligion.”” The Rev. Edward L. R. Elson, | minister of the National Presby. terian Church, Washington, D. delivered an address at a US Founders Day convocation. He was graduated in 1931 from the uni- versity. JUDGE DOUBTS TALE OF FORCED DRINKING DETROIT #—Claude Berry, 54, had this defense when he appeared before Traffic Judge John D. Waits on a drunk driving charge yesterday. “Three masked men grabbed me,” pulled a knife and dragged me into an alley. Then they forced a lot of whisky down my throat.” | The judge said he couldn't erate that story. Ten days in | jail. Your Grocer SELLS Tisat Good STAR * BRAND AMERICAN. COFFEE and CUBAN — TRY A POUND TODAY — SYRONG ARM BRAND COFFEB Triumph @; Coffee Mil’ at ALL GROCERS |dollars. The current budget is 928 Department Of Commerce To Honor Hoover By FRANK O'BRIEN WASHINGTON W@-—It’s coming day today for the Com merce Department’s best-known alumnus, Herbert Hoover. The former .President, now 80 years old, was secretary of com- merce from 1921 to 1928, before becoming Chief Executive. Secretary of Commerce Weeks arranged ceremonies honoring his predecessor of 26 years ago. Some 800 employes who were on the | department’s payroll when Hoover was chief, and still are, were in- vited to a reunion in the depart mental auditorium. Hoover was scheduled to make | a brief speech, and Weeks had a replica of the flag of the secre-| tary of commerce to present to; Hover. One outsider invited was Herbert Hoover Jr., 51, who was sworn in Monday as undersecretary of} state, with his father looking on. At a luncheon of old friends and Commerce Department associates preceding the reunion, Weeks’ of- ffice said, officials were to bring Hoover up to date on department- al developments since Hoover left | for the White House. The updating and considerable | ground to cover. When Hoover left the department in 1928 it had a payroll of 12,680. permanent posi- tions. Today it has 37,000 full-time employes. The department’s bud- get in 1923-24 was 20% million | millions. | When Hoover was secretary of commerce, the department was! housed in a rented office building. 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