The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 11, 1954, Page 4

~~ Page 4 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN The Key West Citizen Published daily (ex Sur Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher a _ 1921 - 1954 WORMAN D. ARTMAN .. nvmnnnn Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 25661 and 7.5662 ks Sacatcer arent Bc Member of The Associated Press—The A. i is exclusi entitled to use for reproduction of all news ‘ia credited on or not otherwise credited in thi lished here. this Paper, and also the local news pub- inday) from The Citizen Building, corner of - es Member Associate Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier), 25e per week; year, $13.20; by mail, $15.60 _ ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION The Citizen is an open forum and invites di n bli and subjects of local or general interest, but ity wall not publish anonymous communications. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WES: rED BY THE CITIZEN ae More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Girports— Land and Bes. . Consolidation int id Cit je . Community ‘Auditorium, ae y Goveronre BUSINESS GEN! RALLY IN KEY WEST STILL CONTINUES TO BE GOOD The Key West Chamber of Commerce's bulletin for October shows decreases in some local business but a decided upsurge in use of electricity, which is the main- stay in modern living. No other thing can ag accurately guage the progress of a community or the nation as a whole as can electricity. It plays an important role in the home and in industry generally. Increase of electricity in Key West in October of this year over October of 1958 totaled almost 1,000,000 kilo- watt hours, That is a clear indication that homes and business houses expanded their activities — the use of more electricity in homes in promoting conveniences of living and in stepping-up the need for it in business houses. Even at the peak of prosperity locally or nationally, there is a falling off in some lines of business while in- creases continue to go on in others, Business is still good in a great majority of industries in the United States, yet there is a falling off in steels and chemicals. Steels par- ticularly are said to be in the doldrums. Manufacturers are increasing outputs because of a steady demand that keeps inventories low, and in some cases demand can't be met readily. As a result, the Stock Market is booming, with prices almost on a par with what they were before the crash in 1929. Of course, a crash can come again, but economists maintain that it is neither a probability or possibility as long as the Cold War lasts. What will happen when it comes to an end in‘an altogether different matter. But to return to Key West. Business is still good, and unemployment here is less, proportionately, than in most cities throughout the country. Despite that fact, The Citi- zen advice now is as it always has been — while the har vest is good be sure to keep as much of the “crop” as you can withcut stinting yourself. Business and hard times go in cycles, and nobody can tell for a certainty when a change in today’s pros- perity will come. For the “rainy day,” your ability to cope with it will not depend on what you are earning, however large your salary or wages may be, but on how much of it ” : | you save. Don’t splurge because money comes easily now. Be circumspect. Keep in mind that old saying that nothing is cheap that you don’t need. It is hard to believe but another Thanksgiving, with turkey and all the trimmings, is only about a month dis- tant. We often wonder who writes the slushy words to song hits and why they are usually allowed to go free afterwards, We know a couple who celebrated a recent football | weekend by smashing the front of their car into another | and killing two people. uzzle 28. Son of Gad 29. Knock lightly $1. Indian mulberry 33. Olden times 35. Determine 38. Split pulse 40. Lakewarm 42. Ribbed cloth 43. Scent 45, Writing implement 46. Circle of light 47. Musical pro gram 9. Measured 0. Rubber 51, Cylindrical 52. Frozen rain 53. Positive pole | | rossword ACROSS 1, Matrons 6. Of the sun 11, Legislative body 12. Sun-dried bricks 14, Fighting 18. English 19. 20. Foreizr 22. Elevate. railways 23. Signity 25. Diamond cutting cup 27, Down: Bat | | Solution of Yesterday's Puzzie DOWN 1. Ridicule 2. Wind flower 3. Animal's 6, Seasoned 7. Poem 8. Affection 9. Lessen 10, Narrated again 1h. Cold dish 13. Meaning 15. Biblical priest 17. Beverage Tipping 21. Famous 24. Seaweed 26. Moccasin 30. Published without au- horization Worship 32. Loaders of cargo plovees ol for Thursday, November 11, 1954 YOU Are The Jury Cigarettes Are On Trial Before The Public | By ALTON L. BLAKESLEE AP Science Reporter NEW YORK (#—Cigarettes seem to be on trial. You are the jury. The charge: Cigarettes are harmful, contributing to cancer and heart disease. The defense: That isn’t proven yet; others call cigarettes inno- cent pleasure. | The bits of evidence of your ver- | dict are coming from scientists, | physicians, statisticians. This is | expert testimony from both sides. There also are declarations from | zealots on both sides, people who | attack or defend smoking on emo- | tional grounds. | The trial came to full public at tention only within the last two years. Here are some main rea-| sons: | Statisticians found an “alarm ing” increase in lung cancer, par- ticularly in men’ over 45. They! said the increase was worrisome | }even after allowance is made for |the fact more Americans are | reaching the older ages at which | cancer becomes more common and | | that cancer nowadays is diagnosed }more accurately than in the past. | These two things—increasing av erage age and better diagnosis— could account for some or much | of the increase from 3,900 reported lung cancer deaths in 1939 to about | 27,000 in 1953. A few physicians | | and statisticians say these two fac | tors could account for most or all of Jit. But the majority by far see a real increase in lung cancer| deaths, Some find the rate doub ling every 10 years, and predict 60,000 Amevican lung cancer vic j tims annually by 1960. If there reaily is an increase, what is causing it? From their own observations some physicians blamed cigarettes because most of their patients were smokers. Statistical studies o: pital patients added much we to this view. Cigarette sales increased sharpiy during the years when lung can cer was rising. This, to their view |was a pretty suspicious associa tion. Others, doubting, pointed to an | increase at the same time in sales ;of nylon stockings and automo | biles, and in taxes. | Then came more than statistical jevidence against cigarettes. One | was the skin-painting experiments 'by Doctors Evarts Graham and | Ernest Wynder. Concentrated tars jfrom cigarettes smoked by ma | chines was applied to shaved skin jof mice. After a year of treat | ment, many mice developed skin | cancer vidence of a cancer- causing chemical or chemicals in the sr Simi experiments had been performed before. This one caught jthe public eye fairly well. It was pretty convincing evidence to some | doctors and scientists | Others still doubted. }skin cancer in mice same as lung cancer | The tars concentrated from smok machines might not be the same, anyhow, as tars collected by a human smoker. The speed and heat of burning cigarettes in machines yield different chemicals or distillation products }than those the human smoker is expdsed to. The doubters could point to 1 least one experiment in which }were exposed to daily, measured amounts of cigarette smoke, from jadolescence until they died aad | wete_ compared with other “noo | Smoked" mice. There was just one case of lung cancer in 132 They said is not the in humans. New Test For Cancer Opens _ | Wider Field By FRANK CAREY AP Science Reporter : ST. LOUSS u—Possible discov- ery of a new and highly accurate test for cancer, employing urine instead of blood, was to the Southern Medical Assn. Doctors T. C. Terrell and,H. H. Beard of Fort Worth, Tex., said the test is based cn actually INVITE THE BIRDS Editor, The Citizen: | I shall again appreciate a little space in your Peoples |Forum column, again in reference of inviting birds to our jlovely fine city of Key West. Sometime ago I have written to the good people of measuring the amount of a sex|Key West to try to invite more birds of settling in Key hormone called “chorionic gonad-' West to help beautify our nice city. And in the mean- tonhie oee ee collected | time it will be a good deed rendered to God’s living crea- They told the SMA’s 48th annual tures. Some folks complimented me for this thought which meeting that this hormone oceurs' I have appreciated very much, But very much too I regret in only small. amounts in normal individuals but that it showed up at substantial levels in 9 per peent of 51 proved cases of cancer. a chemical technique for separat- And the researchers described | I still see very few drinking basins in the lawns and back- yards of people’s homes placed for the birdies to drink and bathe. Let's not forget that we have only salt water | around our Island City and birds love fresh water to drink ing the hormone from other sub-|#2d bathe in. ace stances in the urine. This allows Speaking of living creatures, I am a strong believer a quantitative measurement of the | in being kind to all animals. If there are some harmful ani- eee oan pe inten-| majs, they should not be destroyed but penalized so they The doctors said this ability to}¢an harm nothing. Let us be kind to all living creatures detect varying quantities of the and our God will be kind to all of us. Thank you, dear substance suggested possibilities editor, thank you, dear citizens, if: ‘ RABBI ABRAHAM SCHWARTZ 1 1. Detecting cancer before symp- toms become: apparent. 2. Testing for the presence or} absence of any signs of “spread- | ing” of a cancer following surgical | or other treatment of the original | DON’T BLAME THE KIDS Editor, The Citizen. |make 80,000 cigarettes—an 11-year malignancy. 3. Differentiation between “be- nign” and. malignant , tumors. Dr, Beard told a reporter that, aside from studies of cells or tis- sues, most tests for cancer in the past have employed*blood sam- plpes. But he said these “have the drawback that. they prpoduce a large number of ‘false positives’ F due to the complexity of sub- significant |not smoked #% long as men have, | stances in blood.” and it is argued that it takes 10| “Palse positives” are also pessi- “smoked” mice—not statistically. point to a similar experiment in /|lung cancer; that in the future the|, far lesser degree, the doctors which 19 of 32 mice exposed to/cancer rate in women will begin | declared : smoke got tumors after a year’s|to rise, Yet another: There is a| 2 time. None of the tumors was can- | sex difference—men may natural-| cer of the type occurring in hu-| ly be more susceptible to lung can-| mans, but this could be evidence cer than women. | of how smoke can alter living tis As for air popllution as a cause sues, of lung cancer, it is argued that) Some scientists asked: Was the women breathe the same air as- discrepancy due to some differ- men. But it’s also argued that ence in the genetic strains of the men, commuting from suburbs into mice used? Just what did it mean cities daily, get more city air than! in regard to human smoking? How stay-at-home wives. | well can mice be compared with Men may be subjected to more men? cancer-causing chemicals or agents } Benzpyrene, a chemical which in their jobs than women. There is | induces cancer in mice, has been|no doubt that a large number of | Key West In Days Gone By |identified by one scientific team chemicals to which some workers in smoke and tars from the burn-| are exposed can produce cancer ing of enough cigarette paper to in animals. A leading expert on occupaptional | supply for a pack-a-day smoker. phazards | in cancer, Dr. W. C.) There is still some question,|Hueper, of the National Cancer| though, as to whether a human | Institute, Bethesda, Md., reports | smoker might get enough of this | substantial direct and indirect ev-| First baby to be born in the new to cause human lung cancer. | idence that certain kinds of indus-| Key West Municipal Hospitel on Benzpyrene also has been found |trial fumes and other agents can}Stock Island arrived last night, in the polluted air of cities |eause human cancers Miss Marie Hatel, superintendent fome researchers suspect pollu-| Men almost exclusively are ex-' of the institution announced today. November 11, 1934 (Sunday, No paper) ee - F & November 11, 1944 ted air as a cause of lung cancer. | posed to these hazards, he says. The child is the son of Mr.cand} Some say the rise in lung cancer But in at least one case when men; Mrs. Antonio Calzadilla, of 1118; might be coming from a combina-| and women workers were exposed Watson Street. Both mother and tidn of things, including cigarette equally, they both tended ‘to be-|son are reported doing well. sfhoking and polluted air. come liable to lung cancer. ap Some studies find lung cancer| Dr. Hueper feels the total evi-| The world’s largest Christmas more frequent in cities than-rural dence indicates that not one but) party is now in the making by the areas. One explanation advanced| several “atmospheric pollutants | American Legion and its auxiliary is that city smoke more.| are responsible for the causation! for hospitalized service men and Another is that city air is less} of lung cancer.” His studies lead) women in this country, and Ar- clean or pure |him to conclude that “while it is thur Sawyer Post members are Some scientists question whether; possible cigarette smoking has going all-out in an effort to put people who smoke may be con-/layed a contributor role, the total| this campaign over in Key West. stitutionally different from non-jevidence available, if critically smokers, more tense perhaps, with | evaluated, does not favor the con- do have slip into disue because uf a different production of hormones, | res a major factor.” negligence. Hormones can influence cancers,} In scientific and medical circles, | Key West Band But there's no evidence that really | there have long been questionings,| “This Rock” has always main- answers this question evidences and counter evidences tained that there is no finer or- Sex and jobs are elements in the} about the role of cigarettes in| ganization on the Island than our evidence. ‘health. To the oublic, which could| Key West High School Band. Re- Many women smoke, have) not be aware of all of the findings cent criticism of its performance smoked for years. But lung cancer being made, some of the reorts at football games has had an ia- is at least four to five times more; had to come with bombshell ef- jurious effect which the general common among men than women, | fects Public should hasten to correct. Why? I played in a band through my Several explanations are ad- military prep school days and at people (Next: Reports of heart di- sease hazard, and “how to quit smoking.) But cigarette accusers could to 20 years of smoking to induce | hje with the new technique but to/ Speak. | bands | I think your reporter should retract his statement about our kids in the band sounding like they had just | come out of the morgue. Blame the leader. The kids have | to do what he says. Why don’t he let them play like other | bands that have come here and that he has seen on our trips from Key West? Also why not let our kids strut and twirl their batons? When they get out on the field they could really get in the groove if he would let them and let the band give them the music they need. So, Mr. Reporter, don’t blame the kids, because they jare doing the best they can under the conditions they | have to abide with. From a mother who loves the band, R. H. M. 310 Peacon Lane SUCCESSFUL POPPY DAY Editor, The Citizen: V. F. W. Post 3911 and its Ladies Auxiliary feel thar we owe a great thanks to you and your staff for the wonderful cooperation given to us through the publicity concerning our Poppy Day. j We feel that through you and Mayor Harvey's ad- dress we were able to dispose of these lovely flowers | that mean so much to the disabled veterans who bear the marks from the ravages of war. After reading in your paper daily ‘all week, the his tory of the poppy and what it stood for, it seems that the people of Key West responded happily and really donated | generously, Instead of two days for Poppies, we were com- | pletely out of the flowers by 5 p. m. | ‘Thanks and thanks again to the people of Key ‘ast -and.to your staff that made our PoppyyBay such = and speaking for our disabled , they thanks. ie ry ' | Sincerely, x CHARLES MACHIN, Commander, VFW Post 3911 EULA C. SAWYER, Buddy Poppy Chairman, VFW Post 3911 and its Auxiliary | WHY NOT TRIM THE TREES? |Editor, The Citizen: { While we are all stressing safety, and rightly so, I | would like to tell of an incident that happened to me j last Saturday. | In the afternoon, I was riding in the bus on United Street. The windows were open and a low-hanging branch of a coconut tree took a vicious slap at my face and neck. |My glasses could very easily have been broken but for- tunately were just knocked out of line. This is the second time this has happened to me. It started me wondering just who is responsible for those trees that line the street, The bus drivers try to avoid them but it is almost impossible. Couldn’t these trees at least be trimmed in the in- terest of those riding? | } Just wondering, F. G. A. (Protest By Coeds Forces Ouster Of (Grandma Likes First Plane Ride | DALLAS, —A 91 year-old great- | they justifiably think was unfair. grandmother who says she has ‘109 enthusiasm, willingness, and hard By Bill Gibb i ciation. Many of the members feel | pier so that it is practically impos- work. And I don’t know of any high school in the country which can ‘brag of more accomplished musi- cians than our own. True, your University might have a greater repertoire Who's in charge of the City Fish- a fellow could step overboard ¢T|haqiy hurt about criticism which jing Pier at Clyde Mallory A? his neck on obstacles lying ‘ | We made a big play for publicity decking. }when that area was opened for | sport fishing. Oddly enough, we re ceived the publicity too — not just |sible to land a fish if. you are jlucky enough to hook one. Mo;t recent gripe to arrive at my desk had to do with lights. Both visitors and residents like 'to fish in the early evening hours | ‘ Amateur Movie Photography Pna?? ned nant tells me that he Here's an interesting non - credit ee ee ae to the City Manager, course which we might be able; yrs Ellen Skinner Carruth, of ead of the. Recreation Dept , | rains wt oan oe Denison, Tex., took the five-minuie rs | University ol Ai it et . ere, ae if enough people would show in- Wate ios Dalles Tomar 7 ity Electric Company iD 4° | terest. it takes fifteen students 8 For four years she had wanted pt to have this undesirabie | 4 minimum: ‘ to try flying, members of her condition remedied. Seems a. ener Movie Eeerorenty. | tasmy said. Her iamily consists of | aie course requires about an hour | ¢j 4: there is probably a time-clock| 9) Sti a week. for Page children pipe nope which automaticaily switches the weeks. It consists of —participation,| married, and 35 greatgrand- lights on and that the last time ths demonstration, and leetures in mo- | children. clock was set was during the long vie camera handling, movie plan- jdaylight hours of the summer. ning, and subjects: tilting, editing, I imagine the Eleetrie Company lights, music and background is the one to hold responsible for | sound, projection. Student's mov- Jap Professor NARA, Japan (®—A 45-year-old professor accused by coeds of mix- ing whisky and wooing in the Nara College curriculum has announc- ed be will resign. Fifty of his girl stadents asserted Prof. Magashiro Ahe had offered to improve their grades if they co operated with his tion. vanced. One: Not so many women the University of Georgia | smoke. Another: Most women have | ing from experience, there wasn't |a time that either outfit could match the Key West High band for This Rock but the individuals who compose it urs have the advantage of age and ex- perience. Let's get behind the local band and give it an especially big cheer tomorrow night to show our appre. jlocally but nationally. That was i summer. Yet already. I told,: the place is ‘going to the dogs.’ I've received several complaints concerning boats blocking off the and although Clyde Mallory is adjusting these clocks. It would be ies are analyzed. Optional field equipped with lights for these fish-ynice if the company would make | trips. It is for beginners and ad- ‘ ermen, they are not turned on un-| the adjustment at Clyde Mallory, | vanced amateurs. \ til after seven o'clock. That leaves anyway. We don’t have too much; Any one interested in ; about an hour and a half of dan. | recreation in Key West and can't how to make better home movies? gerous darkness on the pier when | afford to let the few spots that we! Call 22466. ple in India every year.