The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 3, 1954, Page 4

Medical Society ~ Accepts Doctor Formerly Barred _ EXETER, N.H. #—The Rocking+ ham County Medical Soc. Wed. night unanimously voted to accept MUNICIPAL BAND FAVORED Dr. Hermann N. Sander, acquitted Editor, The Citizen: in 1950 in the death of a cancer Local 202 of the American Federation of Musicians |Patient, as a member. ida has always favored and supported beneficial projects. It|, This makes Dr. Sander has been, and will continue to be, philanthropic in such Reged Ee pater Papo national projects as the polio and cancer drives. And to |he lost when he was dropped as no small extent, it has entertained year in and year out |® member of the the patients at the Naval Hospital and at the old folks’ | ou’ Medical Society after e PEOPLE’S FORUM The Citizen welcomes expressions of the views of its read- but the editor reserves the right to delete any items which considered libelous or unwarranted. The writers should be Sars ens ee ee and write on one side paper le wri st _Only ‘Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County” iL. P. ARTMAN, Editor and Publisher 1921 - 1954 (NORMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager __. Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter i eS TELEPHONES 2-5661 and 2.5662, to use for fished here. aN Memiber Associate Dailies of Florida °~=~S —_—_————— Subscription (by carrier), 25¢ per week; year, $13.20; by mail, $15.60 Ore eee » ADVERTISING RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION discussion of public but it” will’ not interest, sush pub! UNCLE SAM AND SANTA CLAUS , The United States will again this year give away $38,000,000 worth of food packages at Christmas time to needy persons in foreign countries. It is.estimated that some eight million Christmas packages will be distributed around the world by Uncle Sam. _ This program, which was followed. in .1953, was thought to have been highly successful. The Foreign Op- erations Administration distributes the gifts, working through voluntary and non-profit relief agencies’in other countries; The food which is given away by Uncle Sam is taken from the Department of Agriculture’s surplus food stocks, and, therefore, is readily available at a fair.price. . While we are in favor of the program, we often think that such programs as this one carried on abroad would be beneficial at home, as well. Ofcourse, there are many complexities to the problem of giving away food parcels in the United States and such a program would probobly not be administered to satisfy critics on every side. __ However, it is a little ironical that the United States gives away so many million dollars worth of food and aid to inhabitants of foreign countries, while so many suffer from ynder-nourishment here in the United States. Perhaps, nothing can be done about it and certainly the $28,000,000 Christmas gift program is not one which will hurt the budget much, but it is unfortunate that there are citizens of our country suffering extreme hardship, and sometimes paying taxes to finance the distribution of gifts overseas, : CHURCHILL REFUSES TO RETIRE Sir Winston Churchill. confounded his friends, and some of the political forecasters, when he recently an- nounced widespread changes in his government. The aging Prime Minister placed the emphasis on youth and made twenty-four major personnel changes in his govern- ment. ‘ It had been widely anticipated that Sir Winston would step down and turn over the reins of his govern- ment to Anthony Eden but Sir Winston once’ again re- fused to.step down, He let Mr. Eden remain at the, post of Foreign Secretary, and moved two dozen young men into new positions. The average age of the new officials of ministerial rank is something under forty-one years, while the average age of those leaving is over sixty. The fifth reorganization of his government by Sir Winston Churchill since he took power in 1951 reflects the Prime Minister’s determination to remain as Prime Minister for several months, at least. The world will therefore have the benefit of Sir Winston’s experience and his abilities for several more months. As the best friend of the United States has in Great Britain it is with undisguised pleasure that U. S. officials greet the latest Churchill move. The decision of Mr. Churchill. to stay in office is a blessing for the United States, and even at eighty years of age — Churchill will be eighty. on November 80th — the Prime Minister is ond enough to be of tremendous value to the free world. - i The orly way to become financially independent is to spend less than you make — now! ; LT ISILIE BAVIUIGEEBIA/} AIL TTIEIRMEAIL IE ME /RI 1} GILJEIEISMECIEIRITIAlI|N| AIRIE INI AREMIE |U]SIE HIAIMISHROINIE BEAIx/E|S} Mer EITITIEIR| RIAL ITMBUINISIE|A! GIR] LNIDI SEL | TE i | a 8. Unbreak- able obstacle iid uediid ad BS 8 Congratulations are in order to the City officials who have so gra- ciously. placed trash containers on the newly cleaned Bridle Path, Roosevelt: Boulevard! “This Rock of Ours” has been urging that such action be taken and it is gratifying to know that there are those people in the City who apparently feel that the sug- gestion was worthwhile. I don’t know who is responsible for the improvement but since we've previously aimed our fre- quests at City Manager Lang, Pub- lie Works Director Ivan Roberts, and Scavenger- Dept) Superinten- dent Ellis Watson, we'll also di- rect our thanks at these individ- uals and extend them to-include any nameless pédple’ wht’ might have cooperated theTpreject; It's Up.To Yeu » The City of Key West.has done its part. It’s up to*you' = thé}pub- lic — to aid now by using the-trash disposal cans. Show civic pride, — keep the South Boulevard area cleau — and perhaps there ‘will bé other improvements forthcoming,, , George Faraldo has- suggested picnic tables in the area. It is an excellent idea which.“This Rock’ has discussed on previous occas- ions and one which our Chamber of Commerce, (through Harold Laubscher), has attempted to put inte operation. Operation Picnic Table, as I call it, died aborning, however. There was lack of en- thusaistic cooperation. Here’s a suggestion to Laubscher: if you'll call a meeting to resume this project amongst the‘few who you know. are actually interested in seeing it become an actuality, “This Rock of Ours” will pitch in and help. The column has already received promises of aid, if and when we pick up the lead and get the ‘ball rolling’. It seems much more preferable, however, for the This Rock Of Ours By Bill Gibb originating action to come from the Chamber of Commerce. An Open Invitation Rev. Ralph Rogers, chairman for a comic book evaluation com- mittee of the Monroe County Ju- venile Council, has issued an invi- tation to the public to attend a meeting toibe held next Tuesday. Young people from our schools will discuss the subject of comic books with adults at that time. It should be extremely interesting. Says. Rev. Rogers, “The Com- mittee is especially anxious that our civic. organizations, dlubs, schools, parents, teachers, and youngsters themselves attend this meeting. , .you will have an oppor- tunity to air your own views re- garding the problem.” Since I’m one of the members of the Evaluation Committee, and have had a chance to see some of the material being prepared, I can assure you that you'll find it an enlightening evening. Won’t you be present Tuesday, Dec. 7, 8 p. m., at the Flinic Bldg., on Fleming St.? dad AEP, 8 i Sade lg ont cut mariowayy \earety, councie: THE VETERANS CORNER Here are authoritative answers 1 from the Veterans Administration to four questions of interest to former servicemen and their fam- ilies: Q. I understand that if a Korea, veteran’s training entitlement runs out when he is half-way through his semester at school, he will be allowed to finish that semester under the Korean. GI Bill. I am taking on-the-job training under the Korean GI Bill. What if my entitlement expires before I’m fin- shed? Will I be permitted to com- plete my training? A, No. Under the law, entitle- ment may be. extended only in the case of veterans attending school. It may not be extended for vet- erans training | on-the-job; for them, GI training ends when en- titlement ends. Q. I have a permanent Nation- al Service Life Insurance policy which lapsed two months ago. I want to reinstate it. I know I will have to pay back premiums, but will I%also have to pay interest on the premiums? A.. No. You will not be required to pay interest on premiums in arrears so long as you reinstate your policy in the second or third ‘month of lapse. F Q. I have been told that the Korean GI Bill prohibits dancing courses. I have enrolled for a de- gree in physical education at col- lege, and one of the courses I am required to take is dancing. Will I have to give up this course? A. No, You will be permitted to take the dancing course, so long as it is offered for credit as an integral part of your physical edu- cation program. Q. I have some pressing bills for household expenses I would like to pay. Could I get a short- term GI loan for this purpose? A.. No, Loans for the purpose of paying household expenses — doctor bills, furniture bills and the like — may not be made under GI terms. (Veterans living in Key West who wish further information about their benefits should con- tact the VA office at room 104, Post Office building.) SAILORS TO GIVE ° BLOOP FOR BUDDY CHICAGO ®—More than 60 Na- vy men have signed up to give blood to pay a hospital bill for Airman George W. Prideaux, of Norman, Okla., whose wife under- TODAYS BUSINESS MIRROR By SAM DAWSON ——EEE—_——E—EE—_EEE NEW YORK (#—Prices of fin- ished goods and raw materials are caught in a gig-of-war today—with consumers getting a break here and there. Price weakness in some lines, going counter to the usual upward pull of advancing business activ- ity, is being watched ‘elosely by. businessmen planning next year’s schedules. Price cutting by some of the big stores to meet the competition of the discount houses is giving many a Chrismas shopper a break. But it’s a headache to manufacturers who are trying to maintain a uniform price on their branded products. Gasoline price wars, a recurring item in some states, is on the offi- cial carpet in New Jersey,’ where 12 major oil companies are ac- cused of violating state laws by Retail prices of regular gasoline in that stage range from 20 to 26 cents a gallon. Prices on the new automobile models are pretty well scrambled this time. At the manufacturing level, interest centers on recent Price weakness in some raw ma- terials—at a time when rising industrial production schédules would seem to pull prices in the opposite directior. The price of steel scrap, for example, has been taking the low road of late, although stee! mills are increasing output and scrap prices usually rise at such a time. Some mills explain they laid in good supplies of scrap last fall Others report they have been put- ting more pig iron and less scrap in their mix. Copper scrap prices have been weak of late too, although the strike-caused shortage in refined copper still continues. But rising costs of labor and of some metals, like zinc, which it uses along with copper, are given by Chase Brass & Copper as the reasons for raising prices on some of its products. ‘ Prices of titanium metal sponge, whose end product is used in the high-speed aircraft manufacturing industry, are being cut by Du Pont. Increased production gets the cred- it. Synthetic rubber producers will also be getting the benefit of a price cut in monomer. styrene by Dow Chemical and Koppers, went an operation at St. Luke’ Hospital. The hospital credit Prideaux, stati at Great Lakes Naval Training Cen- ter, with $15 for each pint of blood. The bill is $956.93, ° - home. trial. = The 45-year-old Candia, N.H, Now, City Commissioner Delio Cobo has proposed |Physician was acquitted on @ the formation of a municipal band to give life and color to our recreation program. It is my belief that every charge of murder after the state had accused him of causing the death of Mrs. Abbie C. Borrote, one of the commissioners will earnestly favor this pro- | incurably ill of cancer, by injecting posal. It is also my belief that Local 202 will at least |#t into her veins. compose half of this municipal band, for they have had eyes on it for a long time. . Delio Coho has made the first move. Who will fol- low? Local 202, as always, is ready and anxious to help, - GEORGE GARCIA Hal Boyle : Says NEW YORK (#—Reflections of a Pavement Plato: There is a sudden new surge of interest in America in how one can live to: be 100 years old, ‘The gland meddlers and the nos- trum péddlers are pumping up the idea now that the average man should breeze through an entire century before the wheezing breath of the whispers into his dulling ear, “Tag, boy, you've had it.” They hold out the golden hope they can stay the steady onset of age, keep a man young and ener- getic years beyond the prime his grandfather knew, and win him the joys of a supple centenarian. To thése pseudo-medical dreams of a boyish or girlish antiquity for all, I cry rubbish. Who yearns for a world in which the ordinary guy is born with the depressing pros- pect he will live.to be 100 years old, whether he needs them all or not? I remember years, ago reading with strong distaste the desperate ‘grasp’ on life by the elder John D. Rockefeller, one of the richest men of his day. He lived well into his nineties, became a shriyelled husk of a man huddled-in a Hlank- et as he sat on an automatic turn- table geared to give him the bene- fit of the moving sun. The big new idea now is that with proper nutrition and fresh forms of abracadabra — including a wary avoidance of chickenpox while young—a man cannot only expect to live to be 100 but be hale and happy right up to the end. Presumably he then will just fall apart all at once, worn out smoothly and equally in all parts, like the wonderful one hoss shay that lived 100 years and a day. Watch Your TEETH! (One of @ series of articles prepared by the Florida State Dental Society and published by The Citizen as a service to this community). NATURAL CHEMICA! PREVENTS TOOTH DECAY Fluoride, a natural element in|} the water of some communities, is effective in preventing ‘decay of teeth, especially in children. The people living in such places have less than half as many ca- their teeth as people who Beautiful Road Was Too Tempting DETROIT #—Dr. Murlidhar Sahumo, am interne from India, told Traffie Judge John D. Watts Wednesday he was so “intrigued” by a Detroit expressway he “just had to speed.” - He was arrested for driving85 miles an hour in a 55-mile zone bat T wil There seems historically to be built into every species of animal life’ an interior pattern that deter- mines how long the individuals of that species will endure. Man has UNESCO Head Can Fire Help MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay = The UNESCO Administrative Com- mission has authorized Director General Luther H. Evans to dis- miss staff members “lacking the highest standards of integrity.” The action cleared one obstacle to Evans’ firing of three American employes who refused to answer U.S. loyalty board questions. The commission Wednesday ap- proved a series of amendments to staff regulations which Evans — an American citizen — had pro- posed as a result of a running argument with Washington offi- cials over the trio. UNESCO sources said the direc- tor general -is now expected te dismiss all three if a special ad- visory boafd concurs. Evans had claimed he lacked authority to one of the longest of all life pat- terns. But is there any particular reason for -trying ‘to stretch this pattern so that~most people will live to be 100 or older? For the life of me I can’t see why. To most of us, since we can- not ‘live forever, it is more im- portant to use our time on earth well rather than to cheapen our golden days by stretching them in- to a longer pewter string. Here are some suggestions on how to get more out of life by trying to keep from living to be 100 years old: 1. The human heart has only about 2 billion—or is it 3 Billion?— beats built into it. Wear it out by making it beat a bit faster for somethng you believe in besides yourself. 2. Count no day lost on which you fail to get your proper dose of vitamins but are surprised by ‘fun. 3. Don’t miss the pleasure of wandering in today’s fog by stay- ing in bed to save your strength for tomorrow’s sunshine, 4. It is better to explore life half- sick afoot than it is to lie on your back reading a book on how to be healthy. 5. Remember that time isn’t a calendar on a wall but a clock that ticks within you, that moments of flooding joy are better than barren years, and a crowded hour that Measures your mettle as a man will make you a wider life than the. pointless, purposoless endur- \ance of an empty century. Key West In Days Gone By A ee eg December 3, 1934 Asked this morning what is the main object of the trip of the con- gressional party, Congressman Wilcox said it is an inspection of the waterways and aids to naviga- tion in this district, - Arriving ‘yesterday morning from Miami the Commodore sea- plane of the Miami-Key West Air- ways, incorporated, brought 15 passengers and returned in the afternoon to Miami with five pass- engers. x * * December 3, 1944 (Sunday. No paper.) Rent Mix-Up fire them. Navy Icebreaker Goes To Antarctic BOSTON (#—The 6,500-ton Navy icebreaker Atka headed southward is caPrying civilian and gov- ernment specialists towards the antarctic, a The 269-foot vessel commanded by Cmdr. Glen Jacobsen, of Seat- tle, Wash., left Boston Wednesday on a five-month expedition. Chief of ‘the voyage, first U.S. expedition toward Little America in seven years, is to make preliminary scientific surveys in preparation for a larger expedi- tion planned for the International Geophysical Year in 1957-58, in which 38 nations will participate. So “H. V. B.”, in a letter to Peo ple’s Forum, doesn’t like what Dick has to say regarding Safety inspections! Tisk, tisk! Have you ever heard “H. V. B.” express a liking for anything or anybody in this fair city of ours! Once in awhile he will give Bill Gibb a pat on the back but that would like to pat Bill Gil |necessarily on the back but \ferably just a little bit low | with the aid of a shoe. “H. V. jis assuming a similar has a constructive effect by ime proving safe driving factors. May- be it isn’t strictly legal. So what? */if such illegality tends to. keep men, women, and children out of the hospital or an early grave, then’ I'm all for it! Of course, the City could get its revenue by entirely legal — taxing utilities, for instanee, And I’m willing to bet that if this were done, “H. V, B.” -would howl to the high heavens the injustice of the ‘ax, Somalanay I think the guy suffers from @ per- secution complex! Wish he would mention Dick’s Tire Service the next time he com plains about my column. We're lo- cated at 929 Truman Ave., you. - know. Headquarters for U. DALLAS ™@—The rent hadn’t),- been paid, a landlady complained in Justice Court Wednesday. She sought an order forcing the de- poe gifslt Ss i ct 5 Fae i