The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 26, 1954, Page 4

Page 4 ©THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Tuesday, October 26, 1954 The Key West Citizen Grome aod Aan ata “ pegiae Ric waeaoraee: Gnly Dally Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN, Editor and PUblisher wwiicmmnu... 1921. NORMAN D. ARTMAN aa a re siaeeeeeiestionnnsiinnas| Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 2.5661 and 2.5662 Sibel un ie actetn at oh une de, Dot otherwise OS gee sredlcd fn ths Paper, abd siesta nc es, at Member Associate Dailies of Florids Pre PEE IE Re oP tment heed ana ME IES Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $12.00; by mail, $15.60 ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an forum and tares,(iscusslon tad Sublects af (seth cr genceal ‘tessa Santi of, Publi lamaes is excl IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST aDvoc. BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Aj n of 1 2 3 4 3. & THE LATEST SIGN FROM GERMANY ‘A recent indication of public opinion in West Ger- many was the el in Chancellor Konrad Adenauer’s home state. There, re the Chancellor carried his home state by a heavy, margin two years ago, the vote was about evenly divided. The result was that the Chancellor did not get the majority he had hoped for. Observers have taken the results of this vote as an indication that West Germany bitterly resent the delays, caused mainly by France, in allowing Germany to join other Western allies in an E. D. C. treaty arrangement, or a North Atlantic Treaty Organization arrangement. France, a traditional enemy of Germany, has slammed the door shut on E. D. C., and is expected to oppose a West German entry into NATO. This attitude is causing grave-concern in both London and Washington, as it tends to incite Germans once again against her old enemy, France. The Germans take the position that they have been trying to join the Western alliance for some time and have met with nothing but rebuffs, The Germans — whom Eisenhower thinks vital in any Western defense of Europe — are being lured by the Russians not to join a Western alliance, and have so far ignored this Russian bait. However, if sufficiently spurned by the West, the Germans will have no alternative but to adopt a policy of neutrality, or some other foreign policy. The current situation allows nationalist demagogues in West Germany to incite the people against France, and the West, in the traditional manner, because the French will not allow Germany to play an equal part in the de- fense of Europe. This is a tragic mistake Daag Policy, and is playing into Russian hands. The lat ate election vote in West Germany shows that West Germans are grow- ing bitterly resentful of this French policy and that it is weakening the solid support among West Germans which the Allies have enjoyed for nine years. Some people do not care to improve their lot _ they are hopeless. Most compliments are not true — but that makes them even more enjoyable. The largest advertisers always advertise where they get the most for their money. Those who have traveled will tell you that the world’s greatest attractions are right here in the United States. In football, the best team does not always win, breaks and luck playing a key role in some of the closer games. Most: people go along with the crowd, lending sup- port to the theory that man is merely a higher form of animal life. SITIRTTP IE) ININIOIW rR AISIE| PIAILIPIS| 42) 0wae) SL SIE IG MET IRIE INID} i LT IVIAl QDI MBAIVIEIRIT MALIA IL IEIN ERG INE | FETT MXIT} 1c] ossword Puzzle gz EXO) 87. Severe 39. Shovel 41. Heraldic wreath 43. Broods of partridge: EITM Tt SITIERIE!S PIEIRIVISIES f TEI} EIRIOISIE! ings sleep. They disembody them- selves at will, know all about the WHEN THERE'S A CHILL IN THE AIR This Rock Take a word of advice from me — don’t play around with these called mystics. They have some ‘heap powerful’ medicine. One of the last columns I wrote befdte taking a vacation was play- fully aimed at the brotherhoods who like to float around amongst the stars while normal human be- future, and draw the veils away from the mystery of God when- ever it pleases them to do so. Now, I seemed to have hurt their feelings by writing in such a vein. For this I’m sorry. Anyone who reads This Rock of Ours knows that the column always tries to pussy-foot along and never, never hurt anyone’s feelings. The mystics had their revenge, however. I had a rough vacation. Even landed in the hospital. But there is always some good that comes out of the worst of things!— I found out what a wonderful or- ganization we have out at the Mon- roe County General Hospital! There is no need of mentioning names because everyone from the front office through the wards and into the kitchen is cheerfully sympathe- tic and helpful. Willard Albury is to be complimented for his efficient managership. Least Enviable Job The man with the least enviable job in Key West is, in my opinion, the City Manager. I don’t care who it happens to be — Spalding, King, Lang, or Joe Blow. The City Manager has to sit in his office and take it from all an- gles. Nothing he can do is going to be right and there is no one to whom he might ‘pass the buck.’ I’m glad to see that Lang is de- Mitchell Says Republicans Are Desperate DETROIT w—Democratic Na- tional Chairman Stephen A, Mit-! chell said in a speech last night the Republicans are conducting a “campaign of desperation.” Mitchell, in Michigan to bolster the chances of Democratic candi- dates, accused President Eisen- hower of abdicating leadership “whenever the going gets tough.” He also accused the President of threatening the American people with “a cold war” in Washington if voters elect a Democratic Con- gress next week. He said, “It is certainly un- worthy of the President to threaten the American people with ‘cold war’ if they elect a Congress of their own choosing instead of his.’’ Earlier, he predicted his party has a good chance for the “biggest Democratic sweep since 1936.” He forecast a victory for Patrick V. McNamara, Democratic nominee for senator, and capture of at least three additional House seats in Michigan. He said the GOP has McCarthy- ism ‘‘in a new edition,” with Vic? President Nixon as “chief author and spokesman.” Charging Nixon with appealing to emotion, prejudice and “every r Of Ours By Bill Gibb veloping a somewhat more brus- que mannerism. However, the guy has never been a ‘pushover’ — don’t kid yourself. My experience with him has been that he knows what he wants, or at least what is right, and he will fight to the end for this objective, Lang has made mistakes. I sort of have a notion that maybe I’ve made one or two in my ‘lifetime and perhaps you have also. We have a habit of forgetting the good things that a fellow does and em- phasizing the bad. The Key West Police Depart- ment is a shining example of im- provements made at City Hall. Do you remember what it used to be? Under Chief Bienvenido Perez, the present group of officers are doing a creditable job. Oh. . . there’re complaints; there always will be — whether it is a police department, an accounting office, or a group of laborers who ate being discussed. By and large, the gripes of the public against un- fair police procedures have drop- ped about ninety per cent since Chief Perez took office. To go back to my original the- sis however, I still say that the City Manager has the roughest job in Key West. People — especially newspaper columnists such as my- self — like the sensational and there isn’t the same attraction in| writing or talking about the good} things as there is the bad. | Being rough on myself? Well, | me and newspapers in general are | two things I’ve never tried to spare. I get fed up sometimes with the ‘man bites dog’ idea of journa-| lism as well as columns which are | purely critical. Wish I could write | like Bill Myers! Creek Orthodox Rites For Skouras LOS ANGELES —The body of theater executive Charles P. Skou- ras was entombed yesterday in a mausoleum on grounds of the St. Sophia Greek Orthodox Cathedral. Hundreds, including Hollywood notables and civic leaders, attend- ed last rites conducted in the ca- theral yesterday by Bishop Athen- agoras, Greek Orthodox leader of the 11 Western states. Skouras and his brothers, execu- tives of the 20th Century-Fox em- pire, were chiefly responsible for building the cathedral three years | ago. . Skouras died last Friday at 65. Gold offers no resistance to the| passage of electricity when its temperature is reduced to a point near absolute zero. ea base motive,” he compared the vice president with Douglas String- | fellow, the Utah Republican who dropped out of the campaign after admitting the story of his war ex- Ploits was a hoax. - “That puts Mr. Stringfellow a cut above Mr. Nixon,” Mitchell said, because Nixon ‘keeps on repeat- ing the falsehood.” Mitchell said he was referring to Nixon’s views on civil service. He said the vice president has been “‘suggesting” that the civil Koreans To Be Paid In US. Currency SEOUL (#—The U. S. Army pre- pared Monday to disburse a payroll of more than $1,500,000 to its Korean employes in American cur- rency and Treasury checks. This was the Army’s answer to South Korea’s freeze of loans in the local hwan currency. An Army spokesman said only a go-ahead from U. N. Command Headquarters in Tokyo is needed to start “Operation Redmo” (ready money), the Army term for the plan to pay 100,000 Korean employes in dollars. They former- ly were paid in hwan. The spokesman said the money y Payment for eccidents. limit. service is “shot through with Communists, perverts and so on.” A Grain Of Salt By Bill. Spillman When a woman driver sticks her hand out of a car window, it means one thing — the window is open. The other day, I was proceed- ing down White Street. A car driv- en by a woman was in the lane for a left turn on to Turman, Sud- denly she decided that she wanted to make a right turn. She waves her arm in all directions. She was not satisfied to use her rear view mirror, she turned around, (while the car was still going ahead) and looked at me behind her. To add to the confusion, her woman com~- panion began to wave her hand out the right window. There she was changing lanes, arms waving in all directions, look- ing backwards, and moving ahead at a fair rate of speed. I couldn’t take it, I stopped until she was well out of sight. 1 asked a woman what a clutch was used for. She seemed to me to be an average woman driver. “It keeps the gears from mak- ing that grinding noise,” she ans- wered, x wk Competition between airlines is beginning to cost them money. It probably won't be long before the cost is reflected down to the pas- senget’s ticket. On airline toutes where two or more companies are competing for the service, the owners are con- stantly cutting time off the trip to encourage business. This time is not always being cut by better and more efficient aircraft. The pilots i are using more and more power from the same engines to increase the speed. This extra speed is costly. To be gin with, the same trip takes more | fuel. Second, the CAA as a resuit | of the more rugged use of the en- gines is requiring less time be- tween overhaul periods. Some ‘airlines are running their planes at 85 per cent of all avail- able power. I am not so sure all this extra money to save a few minutes is worth it. x~* * I still think that all charities should come under the Community Chest drive. As for keeping the county continually informed about cancer, heart disease and other iil. nesses, I’m afraid that I can’t go along with that. It so happens that there are-thou- sands of people dying of cancer and heart disease. These people are continually trying to keep their minds off their inevitable fate? You can’t turn on a radio without hearing about it. It is mentioned several times in every newspaper. In these days of fast living, and increased nervous tension, I per- sonally think that there can be too much education about illnesses. Give the lectures for a period each year and be done with it. But leave people alone to enjoy this good life while they have it. As for charities, they all should be in the Community Chest, let peo- ple rest from charity drives also, eo already is on hand. One source said payments might start in 48 hours. A reliable U. S. source said South Korea has verbally notified the U. N. Command that it has un- frozen about 170 million hwan the United States has on deposit in the Bank of Korea. At 500 to $1 the hwan deposit would be worth $340,000. However, the American said the ROK action, if verified, probably wouldn’t stop Army plans to begin payment to workers in greenbacks or U. S. Treasury checks. The South Korean government insisted the exchange rate should be $1 for 180 hwan. AT LAST A spokesman in Pusan for the U. S. Forces Korean Employes Union—controlled by the govern- ment—said union workers would refuse to accept their wages paid in U. S. dollars unless the 18 hwan for $1 rate is used. DEFECTIVE AMMO CAUSES GI DEATH FT. RILEY, Kan. (®—Pfc. Cloyd B. Shaeffer, 18, Lima, Ohio, was killed and four other soldiers slightly injured yesterday on a training exercise when a defective} round of ammunition fired by a 4.2mm mortar exploded in the air) about 15 feet after leaving the fir- ing tube. Honesty Anne First Place ATLANTA wi—Anne Warren, & Seventh-gfader at Monticello, Ga., Was declared winner of the state see Contest at the recent uu t coal ui = pointed missed Not detected. “She said she knew it knock her out of first place but she Wanted to be honest.” admission gave the cham- Pionship to Stephen Johnson, high | Schoal student at West Point. The State Board of Education cirviied Dr. Collins to write Anne @ letter of commendation. Key West ° In Days Gone By \truck caught fire here yesterday | when extra gasoline aboard it was | ignited. The blaze was quickly put j out—with water from the truck's | own booster tank. CHECK TH |. 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