The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 13, 1954, Page 4

4. THE KEY WEST CITIzEN Wednesday, October 13,, 1954 The Key West Citizen ___,, Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter yes * TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2.5662 The Associated Prese— The Associated Press is exclusively all news dispatch dited to it ited in this paper, and also the local news pub: ot Momber Associate Dailies of Florids : carrier), 2c per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 ‘RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION open forum invites discussion of public issues local or sear not publish Subscription (by interest, but it will PENETRATE LAST ICE BARRIER The Navy has announced that two icebreakers have penetrated the last major ice barrier in the path of a northwest passage from the east coast to the west coast of Canada. Explorers have tried for centuries to find a northern route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, but in vain. . The naval announcement does not mean that sea trans} 4 between the eastern and western oceans will now Be feasable. In fact, the Navy admitted that the icebreakers were favored by good luck, since melting con- ditions in late August were better than average and help- ed the expedition considerably. What may be of major importance, however, is the fact that the Navy is opening yp a route, having taken the first. soundings ¢ver ‘recorded in the McClure Strait, for possible passage of submarines (under the ice) from east - to west, or the reverse, in a region very close to the USSR. The icebreakers forced their way through ice as thick as ten feet at some points to make successful pass- age of McClure Strait. The strait leads into the Arctic Ocean, going east to west, not far from the North Pole. It is a good five hundred miles above the Arctic Circle. The long-range planning of several of the world’s navies has: long taken into consideration the fact that atomic-poy 1d submarines would be able to slip quietly under ° fice on the surface of such straits and cross from Canadian shores to eastern in a short period of time. It is estimated that the U. S. Navy’s first atomic-pow- ered sub, Nautilus, might well be able to perform such a mission in the near future. This is the significance of the discovery of new routes at the top of the globe — is an area where experts.say a possible war between this coun- try and the Soviet Union may well be decided. It is hard to believe but this is the month of Hallow- een. A self-made man is more often accepted than is a self-made woman, It is fine to think you are usually right, as long as you can keep it a secret. Religion often suffers as much from the actions of those on tle inside as from on the outside. Hunters are reminded that this is the season they usually start forest fires costing millions of dollars. | The Christmas Season is rapidly approaching, and the smart housewife will do her shopping this month and the next, mostly right here in Key West. Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle 8. Lukewarm 9. Cage 10. Unit of work 11. Had being 17. Make amends 19. Short note 22. Give temporarily 24. Founder the Persian 59. Gaelic 25. Short 28. Close 30. Musical sound 33. Coax 35. Infant 38. Mexican Indians 41. Stop 43. Lift 45, Small ea: 47. Fish 48. Vall 49. Ope 50. Before 51. Caress 52. Soak up LERE BikE BOR BEE Bee ro ey Paula Sees A Bright Side To Her Paralysis CINCINNATI (4)—Ten-year-old Paula Bratt is paralyzed from the waist down but she keeps her chin up. She gets her schooling at home via a two-way communications sys-} There are times when the only tem which connects her home in}thing a man may turn his heart out) this suburban Wyoming to the elemen-}to is a typewriter. Times when the tary school one mile away. Thus|whole world seems to ‘stack up’ she is able to héar what goes on] against him. in the classroom and is able to answer the teacher’s questions. release? Everyone doesn’t use a Paula, who bec: paralyzed i two years ago after a cyst was past week has been a won- moved from her spine, said experience for me. I’ve to school by remote control has things that. advantages. pected before. The goodness of hu- “I’m comfortable,” she said. “I}manity, for instance. Or can always ask mother when I}deavor of others for others get stuck on a question.” Then, too, she said: te: 'to the folks .of who desire: it. At last there is a chance of success! Dean. Steinhoff, of the Miami University Evening Division, has informed Griender, Superintendent O’Bryant, and myself, that he is appointing us as a committee to survey the needs of local appli- jeants, Needless to say, that 1s about the greatest honor that has lever come: my way. However, I’m wondering ‘how to fulfill my obli- gation? I ‘wonder how other people find | i Key West — those |q Bill Gibb at the Key West Citi- “seth rong chairman of the ‘mi to put a directory in order, I have talked with him about you and he would be delighted to have you serve on that Committee and to give the Committee the be- nefit of your experience. Please consider this. an appoint ment to the Directory Committee, and if accepted by you, please con- WORK =—9 River Perils Suburbs Of Indiana Town HAMMOND, Ind. (#—The Little Calumet River still swirled peri- lously close to the top of sandbag dikes in suburban Highland today. vvvv—— adi vw ... Ear To The Ground By JIM COBB 2444444444444444444444 44644446446 4444, Hurricane Hazel was right on schedule. It was a year ago, Oct. 10 to be exact, when the 1953 version of Hazel spun her way up the Gulf, wheeled within 25 miles of Ft. Myers and reeled her way across the Florida peninsula to the Atlan- tic, Fortunately, the experts say it poses no threat to Florida—infor- mation that will come as a disap- pointment to some newcomers to the island. We've heard a lot of people who have never seen a hurricane say they’d like to see one hit “just to see what it’s like.” But we’ve never heard the old- timers say they’d welcome a hur- ricane. They know better. Hurricanes are bad for business. And they cause a lot of damage that costs real money to repair. So, Hazel, thank you for postpon- ing your visit, And pass the word on to Irene, Jill, Katherine and Lucy. ae ke While we are on the subject of hurricanes, I have a suggestion for Sam Goldsmith over at the Wea- ther Bureau, When he passes it on to Wash- ington, it will probably earn him a promotion. } Why not, instead of naming hur- ricanes after. girls (Alice, Barbara, Carol, etc.), give them the names of prominent Key Westers. For example; the first storm of| the year could be tagged Hurricane | Aronovitz, in honor of the ever- smiling Charley Aronovitz. Hurricane Benny would be a good tag for the number two blow of ‘the season. big-hearted Benny Fernandez, of course. What better monicker than Hurri- cane Carbonell for the third of the season? Fourth of the year could be Named after the} way in the main fire station, Had not one of the players volunteered to answer the phone when it rang during the fire, there would have been no communication with the station. Supposing another fire had brok- en out at that time! xk * We note that the Republican ad- ministration has indicated they'll push-for a 150-billion dollar public works program next year in an ef- fort to bolster the nation’s sagging economy. Seems strange, in view of the criticism they leveled at the Dem- ocratic administration in the mid- 30’s when they set up the New Deal. They accused Mr. Roosevelt | of selling the nation down the river | and now they plan on spending} more money than he did. | Could be this is election talk? re al Weird things are happening over | in the county jail these days. | For example, the fact that a 13 year old-boy was kept in the lock- | up for 16 days without informing | his parents of his whereabouts, is a | fair indication that someone is asleep at the switch. : The youth has a record as an} “incorrigible”, it’s true, but had| not The Citizen printed his picture | at the request of his mother, he would probably still be behind | bars. Perhaps, an investigation to see if this sort of thing occurs general- ly, might be in order. x km POTPOURRI: Ear To The Ground, you'll remember, predicted | that the city commission would not | fall over themselves endorsing the | plan to widen Truman Ave. It’s a now or mever proposition, . .Motel man and Mrs. Mel Levitt are back in town after an extended vacation christened Hurricane Delgado. Hurricane Espinosa would honor which took them through the Pana- Constable “Smokey Joe” Espinosa.!ma Canal to San Francisco and Hurricane Faraldo would be the; New York. They report that inter-| tag for Number Five. est in the Key West-Cuba ferry is And so on, down the line. at a high pitch in the north. . - Police department hit the jackpot x kk over the past weekend. A total of 41 cases were set for trial in city As the cigarette manufacturers] court. . .Tommy West, former Key say, the city commission was giv-| West high school grid star will join en “proof positive’ Monday even-[the Benedicts shortly. He'll wed ing that the fire department needs} Miss Shirley Trudeau, which will additional personnel. surprise exactly nobody. . .There When Chief Charles Cremata/were 17 candidates for five city called for a general alarm to quell] commission posts in the 1953 elec- one of the worst blazes we’ve had] tions. In 1955, it’s a good bet we'll here in years, it left all of the}have more than that. A casual At Plymouth, halfway across northern Indiana, the Yellow River crept almost imperceptibly upward toward an expected crest of 17.5 feet. Authorities expected the Little Calumet to drop as the Weather Bureau forecast a day free of rain, But a Red Cross spokesman said the sandbag walls could not stand a rise of more than three or four inches. Hundreds of volunteers worked throughout the night reinforcing the dikes. About 2,000 homes at the south edge of Hammond and in the suburbs of Highland, Muns- ter and Dyer had been flooded af- ter last weekend’s heavy rains. Upstream, near the southwest edge of Gary, the Little Calumet swept through a small farm area, isolating more than 50 families on car tops and roofs. Sheriff Jack West and 21 deputies carried them to safety in three outboard‘pow- ered boats. | The Red Cross set up a state | disaster headquarters at Michigan |City, halfway between Hammond |and Plymouth, to direct disaster work in both areas. Four hundred families were homeless in Plymouth, a city of 6,700 population, and 200 other |homes were flooded around Lake of the Woods, northeast of Ply- ; Mouth. Traffic still was banned in Ply- mouth, and the schools remained closed. Sandbag dikes protected the electric and water utilities. A sugar beet weighs about two pounds and about 15 per cent of the weight can be extracted as sugar. OCTOBER 13, 1934 Columbus Day was fittingly cele- brated by the pupils of the Convent and of St. Joseph’s school yester- day. Appropriate readings, songs and music: were rendered by the grade pupils in their class rooms, giving them a more vivid knowl- edge of the great discoverer of our beautiful country, of whom most of them had formed only a vague idea. J. Gerry Curtis, director of the parks and recreation department, today asked property owners to consult that. department before pruning or removing any trees, shrubbery or vines. 4 x *« * OCTOBER 13, 1944 Wilfredo M. Machado, captain of the Cuban Red Cross, and aide to the Civilian Defense Service of Cuba, was a recent arrival in Key West for a visit with relatives and friends. County Clerk Ross Sawyer yes- terday afternoon received a tele- gram from Governor Holland in which it was stated that he had been informed by State Auditor Bryan Willis that men would be in Key West “in a few days” to audit the records in the tax collector’s OVERALL HOUSING PROBE ‘UNNECESSARY’ PHILADELPHIA (# — Adminis- trator Albert M. Cole of the Fed- eral Housing and Home Finance Agency says he knows of nothing that would call for an over-all ‘in- vestigation of the Federal Housing Administration. But he said in an address here yesterday that he did expect crim- inal charges would be brought against a number of persons in connection with the FHA “wind- fall” profits investigation. Citizen Ads Bring Results Hal Boyle Says NEW YORK (#—Everything has to have a new twist today, and the pretzel is no exception. Since this is National Pretzel Week (as if you didn’t know!), I went to a national convention of the industry and found that pret- zels are flourishing like crabgrass. The handtwisted pretzel is a slowly ‘vanishing art form. Lady pretzel twisters are crowding out the men from the field, and new pretzel-tying machines are replac- ing them both. pretzels are now made by hand,” said Alex V. Tisdale, executive Bakers Institute. A real expert can still twist pretzels as fast as a machine can tie them—about 60 a minute. But the machines seem to like the | work better. Human pretzel twist- ers sometimes get knots in their stomach after a few years. The best pretzel twisters are usually Nervous people, and the more pref: zels they twist the more nervous they become. They get the bends. The industry had a 6- million - dollar output. This year America’s 90 pretzel manufacturers expect a 60-million - dollar business, next. year 70 million. “That means about 18 billion pretzels, or a pound and a half for every person in the United city’s fire stations unmanned. surveyed conducted by the writer Fortunately, it happened that] shows that there are nine men who there was a domino game under- say they'll run, States,” said Tisdale happily. “People sometimes get the idea \that pretzels are only for beer “Only about 20 per cent of our) secretary of the National Pretzel! jdrinkers, That isn’t true at all. Housewives and children are a big market. i “Pretzels are fine for stuffing poultry, making crumb pie and pretzel bread, and they go well with raw. oysters. “They have a relatively low calo- rie content—only about 16 calories to a pretzel, “If the beer drinkers were our only customers, we’d have gone out of business during prohibition.” In Philadelphia, known for its brotherly love, they even have a pretzel sundae—made of ice cream thick chocolate sauce, and crumb- led pretzels. Here are a few historical facts about the pretzel: It was invented, according to legend, by a monk about 610. He baked bits of dough, molded in the form of arms folded in an attitude ‘of prayer, and gave them to children who had learned their les- sons well. He called them “pre- tiolas—or little rewards”, and Aus- trians converted the name to pret- zels. The first commercial pretzel in America was baked by Julius Sturgis 1861 in Lititz, Pa., and to- day there are still 58 pretzel manu- facturers in Pennsylvania alone. . * “If all the pretzels produced this coming year were poured into one cellophane bag,” said Tisdale. | shaking his head, “it would weigh | 180 million pounds. Think of that’” Why just think of it? Let’s do it! Directives I have a few directives concern-| ing evening classes at the Univer- sity of Miami — not enough to go around, So how about this? tact Bill Gibb at 2.5661. All of us will appreciation your assistance. Cordially yours, Richard E. Evans President PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citizen welcomes expressions of the views of its Sew Ba eo editor eserves the right Se: tatete published unless reaues' ; DOESN'T LIKE CATS Editor, The. Citizen: Rabbi: Schwartz is a kind man to remember the birdies. 3 Why isn’t there a law passed about cats the same as about dogs? Cats are cruel creatures, no earthly good to anyone. They destroy our lovely black birds that flock by the dozens oh our lawn to receive the bread we put out for them. These birds eat the insects and are a big help to mankind, but cats are only a nuisance. You can’t even teach them anything. Why not make their owners buy licenses and keep them on their own property? _ A BIRD LOVER of the paper . Si CLEAN-UP NEEDED Editor, The Citizen: S When I finished reading the article about the cemee tery’being in such a deplorable condition I thanked the® good Lord someone‘had the nerve to write about the con- dition it was in, I visited Key West some time ago, seeing places of interest including the cemetery. I have never been back there and 4s tourists see Key West, I saw it then, and I now know they will be shocked at the dirty streets, es- pecially'down the main street, Duval. All kinds of filth and trash and rubbish are allowed to accumulate, four or six inch: cracks between buildings are filled with trash. T have lived where prisoners cleaned the streets. Why not have a clean-up week before the people come to make ‘“‘The Rose Tattoo?” This could be a beauti- ful place if it were kept.clean. MRS. S. M. WHY ISN’T SOMETHING DONE? Editor, The Citizen: Referring to Mr. Gibb’s column under the date of September 28th with reference to “Stray Dogs” or using | Mr. Gibb’s new phrase “Neglected pets.” I delayed writ- \ing on this disturbing issue waiting to see if anything would be done about picking up the poor neglected pets, but as it appears nothing is going to be done about this, I have the following comments to make. I, and I know of many others that would like to know’ why the stray dogs or neglected pets, and some of them act as“anything but pets, are not picked up, if there is anyone todo this. As a number of us know dogs do considerable dam- age to property owners lawns and shrubbery while they are running at large, so why not let us try and clean up some of this annoying and unpleasant nuisance, A DISGUSTED PROPERTY OWNER RECAPS / RVIC eee DICK’S TIRE SE THERNM