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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-24
NATIoNAL AIRLINEs COMEBACK

National Airlines, which provides ef-
ficient service to the people OF hey Wese'
hos made a remarkable comeback since
tbe grounding of the DEG airliner from
November 1947 to May 1948, ana the pro-
tracted strike of pilots, clerical ana mecn-
anical personnel, according to statement
issued by its president, George l. Baker.
Mr.. Baker, after pointing out Nation
ais record as a low-cost operator, It's Ell
forts to reduce operating costs, its position
in separating mail pay and subsidy and the
advantages of airline competition, declar-
es in a statement submitted to the airline
Industry INQUIRY of the Interstate and
Foreign Commerce Committee of the Unit
ed States Senate:
with the Does back in service and
the strike settled, Nationals financial
position showed marked improvement.
For the fiscal year 1949 profit of $685.
963 was realized after absorbing or writ
ing off all costs connected with the strikes
and grounding. This compares with the
loss of 100000 reported for the 1948
fiscal wear. During / 949 National was able
to paw demand notes which had been issu-
ed during the calendar year 1948 to cover
installments during that year on long
term loans"
AS Mr.. Baker points out the debt was
reduced to 81, 1878 representing de-
crease of S1,263,1
Mr.. Baker maintains, and uses figures
from records to back up his assertion, that
National Airlines, Inc, is now in sound
financial condition" He submitted to the
senate committee statistical compilations
that demonstrate the company's efficiency
and operating costs.
But Mr.. Baker does not depend on his
own figures alone to show his companys
efficiency, excellent service and operat-
ing costs. He quotes official CAB statistics
to prove that National, for the nine months
ending March 81, 1949 had lower oper
ating expense per available ton-mile than
any other of the 16 major airlines in the
United States.
But National is still endeavoring to
achieve further economies. 1t is entering
into a joint ticket-office arrangement
with 20 other carriers in six cities in the
hope of pairing down expenses through the
process of building up its efficiency, fact
ors that will result in benefiting the travel
ing public.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-24

Since founding Sweeting Auto Service in 1888,
Mr. / W. Sugar Sweetihg and his son, W. l.. Sweet
ing have established a deserving rPutatOn for depend
able general autOmOve service.
Sweetimg's Auto Service located on Greene Street
opposite the City Hall, employs skilled mechanics who
can 90 straight to the of your troubles thus
maintaining smooth and dependable operation at
minimum of upkeep. You do not need to spend 10.
of money 10 keep YOUR truck performing prop
nerlv YOU disregard minor warnings troubles
Regular check-ups cheapest for they provide a--
sured performance, costly future bills and help
maintain a higher trade-in value
Along with doing wheel alignne and balancing.
motor uneup, brake service general repairing. sweet
na's Auto Service also sells tires, batteries and
sories They members of Official AAA Service and
United Motor Service.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-24
1900 STORMS A MINUTE

There was a time, not so long ago,
when lightning and thunder were con-
aidcred TO be the visible and audible evil
slence Of the displeasure of those who
dwell in the celestial regions.
This theory is not current today among
the educated people of Key West but,
even so. a full-fledged thunderstorm never
fails 10 excite attention on the part of hu-
man beings
While we are accustomed to our Sc
we're thunderstorms in the summer, we
should not lose sight of the fact that it is
always summer somewhere on the sur
face Of the globe Experts tell us that at
and given moment there are 1900 thun-
derstorms in progress around the world.
They are necessary, according to DR..
Robert 4. Holzer geOphysicist, to re-
charge the earth's electrical field and keep
Il beautifully negative"
Interesting information about thun-
derstorms. includes the fact that the great
(. eat number occur in the afternoon over
such land areas as South America or At
rica. Moreover, lightning bolts, seen by
the naked eve as a single electrical flash,
are repeated on the average of three times
and up to as many as forty times. Major
charges are two and One-half to four and
one-half miles above the earth
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-24
STARVATION THREAT IN SPAIN

The Spanish Government has appeal
ed ito any country whatsoever to acquire
500, 900 tons of wheat, corn and rye, be-
tween March 1st and June 30th, in order
to avert famine until SPANS 1850 crops
are harvested in June and July.
The public appeal was issued by the
Official organ of the Spanish Ministry of
Commerce and Industry, with the offer
to pay in dollars, in convertible Spanish
currency or by barter agreement,
whichever the supplier preferred. Other
sources point out that, in October, Cen
eralissimo Franco appealed to farmers to
increase their wheat acreage because
Spain is now forced to import foodstuffs
Until recently Argentina was expected to
provide the wheat and other grain but
the commercial treaty between the two
countries has broken down.
In the general discussion of the Span
ish appeal, newspaper reporters tell of
an approach to the Soviet Government,
which, it is said, has been asked to send
grain to Spain in return for wolfram and
mercury. The suggestion is made that the
Spanish authorities are putting out the
idea that Soviet Russia may try to estab-
lish contact with Spain unless there is
some Improvement in relations with the
Western powers. This must represent
something like propaganda for foreign
reading because it is contrary to the idea
that has been dinned into the Spanish
people by the present regime.
We are not interested in the political
implications of the Spanish appeal but
we cannot forbear expressing the opinion
that, if the Spanish population is facing
actual famine, some way should be found
to sell the necessary foodstuffs to the
Spaniards While we thoroughly disap-
prove of the Franco regime and think that
the sooner it is overthroWn, the better it
will be for Spain and the world, we do not
countenance the use of famine and starva-
ton as weapon to produce discomfort
and rebellion.
While it is tragic for Spain to be faced
with famine, which may be in large part
due to the acknowledgement of the present
regime, the population of the country is
entitled to the consideration of the world.
Certainly, political motives should not,
and do not, justify the starvation OF inno-
cent men, women and children.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-24

l had to see my doctor about a
check up. There seemed to be a
slight thrunking about some
where inside me. Waiting in a
physicians office gives one a
chance to analyze ones symptoms
and study the magazines.
Would doc find me afflicted
with some rare nalady? Perhaps
he would get out a paper about
my case. Al guy could get famous.
by George, if he came up with an
unknown disease.
A magazine informed me that
Pigeon Key is the smallest in
habited island in the world and
that Key West is nearer to Cuba
than to the U. S. mainland. NAV
be doc would prescribe a long
rest in Havana h1mmmmm. Then
the nurse called me into an inner
Sanctum.
AS she took my blood pressure,
there was a sudden roaring in my
ears. But it was only truck
going by. A sudden violent crack
ling over my heart nearly sent
the Thermometer down my throat.
But it was only wad of crumpl-
ed paper in the pocket where l
keep my notes.
I tried to look brave when the
doctor came in. Brave and intelli-
gent. The doctor is a patient man
(yuk! yukD and was not alarm
ed at my symptoms. He prescrib-
ed, jabbed me with a needle.
gave me some quiet advice and |
felt much better.
l left feeling greatly improved,
trifle depressed about not being
case to make medical history,
and l lost my crumpled notes.
But l found out that Pigeon
Key is the smallest inhabited is
land in the world.
4 X X
Lord Binswanger has decided
not to sue me for taking liberties
with his book on canasta. It is
limited edition, which should
be a consolation. l have read it
but once and have already won
three games of chess.
One rule states IF opponents
appear ready to screeple, it is
advantageous to shuttle ones
melds with ones elbows and yell
'phnortenblintz' Someone will
construe this as call for short
beer and in the ensuing confusion
ones partner may krantz and
frebble the deck"
l tried that strategy and got
stuck for check for six beers.
1.-TWO kibitzers, you see.)
One kibitzer asked the other,
"Can your wife play?"
The other replied, Il dunno,
but canasta."
Come now, let us not get hys-
tericalD
Mrs. Binswanger, I am happy
to report, is enduring this bit of
organized confusion with adj
mirable fortitude.
4 X X
The other day met lady who
was purchasing a copy of the Key
West Cook book, complied Dy
members of the Womans Club.
The lady collects cook books as
hobby and has nearly three hun
dred. That constitutes a lot of
recipes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-24
DEFENSE LINE EAST OF FoRMosA

The attitude Of the United States to-
ward the advance of Communism in the
Far East was explained to the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee recently by
Secretary Of State Dean Acheson, who
stood his ground before critics. anxious
20 promote decisive action about For
mosa.
According to reports of the meeting,
the Secretary pointed out that the line,
japan Okinawa-Philippine is our line of
defense in the Far East and that it is East
~ FormOsa In this line, according to Mr..
Acheson, the United States has an impregn-
able defense in the area.
Il IL also interesting to report that the
Secretary, who does not advocate the
arming Of Formosa, discussed Southeast
Asia. including Burma, India, Siam, Indo-
China and Indonesia. He expressed the
belief that conditions in these areas are
better than in the past and suggested that
about the most the United States can do
j. 10 encourage these. nations and give
them some aid under the Presidents plan
Ia provide technical training and profess
sional advice in connection with improv-
ing their economic status.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-24

Our conversation prompted me
to delve into the stages of the
Key West Cook Book. It is a
great deal more interesting than
many current best sellers. In adj
dition to rare and tempting
recipes it offers scores of attrac-
tive illustrations, odd bits of in
formation and there's section by
gentlemen culinary artists, which
is a hilarious piece d. resistance.
AT our house we split the cook
ing chores and the rivalry often
forces us to dine out. The lady
with the flower on her ear put
my culinary artistry in the shade
the other evening by preparing
her speciality, Flanders Roll"
Miss Veidt was our guest, and
praised the dinner highly.
So | am studying that Key
West Cook Book, and if I can
trump that FLANDERS Roll" ace
will owe the Women's Club an
everlasting debt.
4 4 4 .
Ray Morton, the orchestra lead
er, wanted to catch sword fish
and KEEL Seward joined in the
project. They settled for a saw
fish. which Morton speared. So
who wants saw fish?
Kel phoned the aquarium and,
since the fish was not mortally
wounded, new home was ar
ranged for the creature.
An hour later someone called
the Sun and Sand, and asked Kel,
Would Mr. Morton like to have
the saw"
Someone had put the saw fish
in with sharks.
Mebbe someone was batting
me. but that's the way / heard it.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-24

property on the northeast eornei
Of Fleming and Francis streets
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-24

Announcement was made this
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-24
Key West In
Days Gone By
AS TAKEN FROM FILES
or THE CITIZEN OF
JANUARY "a. 1910
JANUARY 20. ls40

At a special meeting OF the
Board of County Commissioners
last night, it was decided that
Clerk Ross c. Sawyer write the
State Board of Administration
asking that body to issue a call
for bids for Monroe County bonds.
The clerk will do SO today.
The Monroe County Sponsoring
Committee of the Children's
Home society met last evening IN
the lobby of the La Concha Hotel
Joe Pearlman, treasurer OF the
organization, reported that he
had received $142.50, the number
of contributors being in the
neighborhood of fifty.
B. M. Duncan returned yester-
dav from Washington, where ne
had spent approximately week
in company with Miami attorney
Pete Robineau, in the interests OF
the Florida Keys Aqueduct Com
missions application for a loan
from the RFC to start operations
on the fresh water pipe line from
the mainland.
New permanent residents OF
Key West, are Mr.. and Mrs. II. 5.
ludlow and their daughter, Miss
Myrtle Mae formerly of Atlanta,
Ga, and Pensacola, Fla. They
arrived yesterday afternoon over
the highway to close deal that
will make them owners OF the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-24

The other day l met lady who
was purchasing a copy of the Key
West Cook book, complied by
members of the Womans Club.
The lady collects cook books as a
hobby and has nearly three hun
dred. That constitutes lot of
recipes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-24

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-24

Today The Cniren tsFs a as
editorial paraNIaph
Ideas die nuitklF -
heads--lram stiitHfF N
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1950-01-24

Practical suggestions for ne
solution of some local traffic
problems and for reducing un-
necessary night noises such a.
the blowing of automobile horns,
were discussed at a meeting yes.
terday of the Key West Hotel and
Tourist Homes Association.
Evening star., 1950-12-26

were at work today when the news
came of his death. The elder Mr..
Condit has been employed with
the real estate sales staff of
Thomas j. Fisher & Co., Inc, for
IL years and Mrs. Condit is a
saleswoman at Woodward & Loth-
rop Co.
The body was found about 1915
am. by George Leslie Sampson, jr.,
II. 2l16 Kalorama road NV, as
he walked through Rock Greek
Park. The boy notified his father,
who called police.
From the condition of the body,
completely dressed, including top
coat, it appeared the man died
some time before the discovery
perhaps on Christmas night. There
was So in change in the pockets.
Mr.. Condit had just found a job
as mechanic and had planned to
go to work tomorrow, his father
said.
Besides his parents. he is sur
vived by brother. Navy Comdr
James w. Condit, a bomber pilot
during the war, who now is sta
toned at Memphis. Tenn.
Evening star., 1950-12-26
Dalai Lama Reported
To Have Fled CAPITAL
BY the Associated Press

NEW DELHI, India, Dec. 90
Unconfrmed reports from Kalim-
pong said last night that the
Dalai Lama, Tibet's 16-year-old
spiritual and temporal ruler, has
fled his capital Of Lhasa en- route
to India. The reports said he was
fearful Chinese Communists oper-
ating from Sinkiang across West
ern Tibet might later cut off the
escape route.
Sources in the Government
here said they had received no in
formation on the reported flight
either from their representatives
in Lhasa or Peiping, the Chinese
Communist capital.
The reports said the Dalai Lama
and his party were between
Chashul and Pede on December
81. Pede is so mile from Lhasa
on the main caravan route to
India.
Meanwhile the Indian Home
Ministry today frightened restric-
tions on Tibetans already in
India and on those attempting to
cross the border to escape the
Chinese Communist invasion of
their country.
Tibetans in India were required
to register as foreigners. Those
seeking entry were required to
obtain permits from Indian border
police posts. This action ap-
parently is designed to check the
refugee movement across the
border and counter possible Com
munist infiltration.
Evening star., 1950-12-26
Communists Delay Debate
On French Rearmamenf
By The Associoted Press

PARIS, Dec. 26.-Communists
teamed with conservatives today
in the National Assembly and won
a delay in the debate on Frances
rearmament.
The cabinet of Premier Rene
Pleven agreed reluctantly to de-
lay the debate until tomorrow, al.
though he told the Assembly il
already had been delayed too long
"This debate should have come
Friday and should have been
ended Saturday night" the Pre-
mier said. "We should have had
a vote of confidence today"
Pierre Montel, Deputy of the
right-wing Republican Liberty
Party, had demanded a 48-hour
delay in the rearmament debate
contending that the National De-
tense Committee which he heads
had not enough time to study the
rearmament proposals. The Com
munists came to his support, and
Mr.. Pleven acidly noted "the sue
cess of M. Montel and his very
powerful allies"
Evening star., 1950-12-26
Veteran Missing Since Sunday
IF ound Dead Under Taft Bridoe

A war veteran, missing since
Christmas eve. was found dead
this morning under Taft Bridge
in Rock Greek Park.
Police said Robert K. Condit,
"a. of 3518 Quesada street NV,
apparently had plunged more than
100 feet from the Connecticut
avenue span. Two notes were
found in his pockets but the con-
tents were not Immediately re-
vealed.
Mr.. Condit's father, Roy w.
Condit, said his son left the fam
lily home Sunday morning and had
not returned. All day Christmas
Mr.. and Mrs. Condit worried about
his whereabouts.
Young Condit left Bethesda Ma
val Hospital June 80 after years
treatment there. He had con-
tracted a tropical skin disease
while serving with the Navy as
an aviation chief mechanic dur
ing World War II.
Some time ago he was sepa-
rated from his wife. Mrs. Mary
D. Condit. They have a 5-year-
old son, Robert Willoughby Condit.
Both Of Mr.. condits parents
Evening star., 1950-12-26
8thArmyUn Censorship;
Two Controlled Phones for Press

censorship, Associated Press Cor
respondent William Barnard re-
ported.
Limited censorship continues in
Tokyo where correspondents COW
ering Gen. MacArthur's head
quarters submit copy for clear
ance but there is no control of
communications to the United
States.
Associated Press Correspondent
William Waugh reported from ad-
vanced 9th Army headquarters
that limitations placed on cor
respondents there compared to
regulations put in operation else
where in Korea.
Mr.. Waugh said use of tele-
phones for outgoing calls was
limited to the hours of 8 pm. to
8 am.
While Mr.. Waugh was debating
this information monitor, iden-
tifying himself as a corporal in the
8th Army, broke into the CONVEX
sation to correct a minor point.
Evening star., 1950-12-26
0uadrup|ed Air Force
Due by Late 1853 as
Plane Output Rises
200 Groups to Be Set Up;
McCone Outlines Plans
For RetooIine of PIonts
By james J. Strebie
Assoeisied Pres. Aviation Reporter


The Air Force is gearing its
emergency mobilization program
to a strength four times as power
full as that on hand before Korea.
Undersecretary John a. McCone
said today that this applies clear
across the beard--te aircraft pro-
duction. training of men and bases
for men and equipment.
The foul fold size goal could
be reached by late 1853, if or
oered. The immediate program,
to be completed in two years, calls
for roughly doubling the number
ct Air Force groups. the number
of men and the number of bases
in the United States.
The move toward the doubled
Air Force already is obvious in
plane orders; in putting World
War II plane plants back into pro-
duction; in reopening Is bases
since June, and disclosure that
Air Force personnel soon will be
more than double the pre-Korea
strength of 412,0O0.
Plane Production Rising.
Output of Air Force combat
type planes already has risen to a
rate of more than $50 a month
from the pre-Korea rate of 110 a
month and will be doubled by next
December.
But that is only a part of the
program. The expansion is being
handled in way that it can be
doubled again later on.
So are as aircraft and equip
ment is concerned, Mr.. McCone
said, this means tooling plants to
produce for a volume we'll in ex-
cess of quantities now on order.
Mr.. McCone said that a plant
fooled up for additional produc-
(See AIR FORCE, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1950-12-26
Allied Planes Blast Red Troops
And Supplies in North Korea
Rail Center Above Seoul Is Hit Hardest;
Bombers Unopposed in ldeuI Weather

sector, and Wonsan and Hamhung
on the east coast.
Red troop casualties were esti-
mated by fighter pilots at $50.
Destroyed or damaged were 300
buildings, 81 vehicles, five supply
dumps and one tank.
Four F-80 jet pilots reported IS
Red soldiers killed or wounded in
the strafing of trenches along a
ridge in the mountainous eastern
section of the front.
1t. John B. Daoust of Berkeley,
Calf, reported Allied troops took
over the ridge after his jet fighter
flight poured 5000 rounds of So
caliber ammunition and IS 100
pound bombs into the trenches. !"
Another pilot. 1t. Stanley G.
Houghtby of Shabbona, Ill.,, said
"it was one of the best support
missions I have ever flown and
this was my 99th mission"
By twilight, United States 5th
Air Force pilots had flown more
than 500 sorties.
Evening star., 1950-12-26
New York Gets Snow
On Blizzard Anniversary
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-Snow
swirled down on New York today
three years to the day after the
Metropolitan area was buried
under a record 25.8-inch snowfall.
The flakes began falling at 6:15
a m. Five hours later, the Wealth
er Bureau revised an earlier
forecast and said the total fall
would be about 2 inches. Earlier
it had predicted 2 to a possible
4 inches.
The forecast called for a con-
tinuation of the light snow this
afternoon, changing to f1urries to-
night. The temperature tonight is
expected to drop to 10 to Is de-
grees along the coast and near
S in the interior.
A biting wind added to the dis
comfort of the cold weather.
The record fall of three years
ago buried the surprised city, all
but paralyzing its lifelines of
travel, food and services. More
than score of persons died in
the New York-New Jersey area
alone.