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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-10
NO MORE WITCHES

Witches are no more. The British
House of Commons recorded this fact of
ficially the other day when it abolished
the remaining clauses of the Witchcraft
Act of 1918. The House of Lords has yet
to act, but is not likely to take a stand in
support of this old superstition.
Time was when belief in the power
of witches was more widespread than the
ability to read. Witches were put to death
in Germany as late as the 1750's The hor-
ror with which the rest of Europe viewed
this relic of savage thought did much to
prevent a repetition of such trials.
Curiously enough there was trial
involving witchcraft in America, in the
Cleveland courts only twenty years ago.
This was not trial for witchcraft but
for libel. A woman accused her neighbor
of being a witch, and was taken to court
for libeling her. The judge held that the
charge of witchcraft could not be upheld
I'm twentieth century court. This may be
the last American instance of judicial
notice of what was once universally ac-
credited superstition.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-10
AN,OLD BUT VITAL PRINCIPLE

TN all cases, the military should be
under strict subordinaton to, and govern
ed by, the civil power" These words come
from the Virginia Declaration of Rights
and the principle was subsequently en-
bodied in the Constitution of this country,
which provides that the President, as the
chief civil officer of the nation, shall be
the Commander-in-Chief of the Army and
Navy of the United States"
The maintenance of this principle is
necessary to the integrity of our free in
stitutions. No officer has the right to APP
peal to public opinion over the head of
his commander, in an effort to compel the
executive to reverse foreign policy. The
motive does not matter. The supremacy of
civilian officials and their control over
military forces is mandatory require
ment if free government is to continue.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-10
SCIENCE FICTION

Science fiction has become extremely
poij1iaf with many readers. Even people
who used to scott at the space ships of
Buck Rogers" and .Flash Gordon" are
beginning to regard writers of science
fiction as somewhat prophetic. A recent
movie relates a story of suspense caused by
an oddly shaped visitor from another
planet, who arrives in our world encased
in cake of ice. Almost any of the science
fiction story magazines carry from one to
a half dozen stories of trips by men into
outer space and to other planets.
The stories and the movies about the
parts of the universe of which we know so
little reflect certain anxiety about what
may exist in the possible other worlds. All
of the writer's ascribe to whatever sort of
life that may exist there the same thought
processes and desires that motivate the
: -aetien sof men on earth. Some of the writ
ers describe the fictional life they write
about as being inferior to ours in scienti-
fic development while others imagine
civilizations far ahead of ours in scientific
progress:
The science fiction writer has one diff
ficulty today. In the past he could describe
powerful bombs, super airplanes, strange
. methods of communication and various
other wonders of his imagination, and he
could feel that his work would be unchal-
lenged. At time when radio, television,
jet planes and rockets have become COM
mon terms in every vocabulary, the writer
has hard time conjuring up wild ideas
which have not been considered, and in
many cases made practical, by real-life
scientists.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-10
AS
SEE
IT
BY JACK DELANEY

. There is difference in the
Key West General Hospital today
It's not Willard M. Albury, the
administrator; the doctors, nurses,
nurses aides, or the auxiliary. It's
pride, pride in the institution, and
the part it is playing in the health
of the community.
From the time l walked into
the yard Tuesday morning, and
talked to the maintenance super
intendent until l left there last
night at about Z O'clock, you
could feel that every person en-
ployed at the hospital was a, part
OF it. 1t is theirs to operate and
render service to the public, and
they are doing it.
All of this isn't because admin
istrator Albury took me through
the hospital on a conducted tour
His tour was merely that of ar
individual who took commenda
bic pride in showing the accom-.
pliShmentS of his administration
1t was no more than a verificatiog
of what l had previously found
out from the employees.
The entire inside has been re-
painted. The pastel shades arc
soothing and pleasing to the eye
One is inclined to forget he has
come to a hospital. A good thought
too. for they are institutions dedi-
Gated to the relief of pain and
suffering, so anything that makes
you forget you are in an institu-
ton is an improvement From the
doctors reading room, to the back
door itself the place is spotless.
Beds are being painted as rapidly
as possible. There is an adequate
stock of provisions. Medicines are
on hand and being used. Surplus
supplies are being returned to the
drug companies and credit allow
ed the hospital.
Everything is not rosy at the
institution. The laundry bill, l
was informed, averages about
$1,000 per year, a lot of money.
The county commissioners would
do well to advance funds to pur-
chase equipment for small
laundry at the hospital, and save
the institution at least 500 of the
total they now pay out for laun-
dry.
l found time to visit the wards,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-10
WANTS EDITORIAL
REPRINTED

Editor, The Citizen:
We are writing to you for per-
mission to reprint an editorial
which appeared in the Monday,
April 23rd, issue of your paper
under the title Easy Now to
Kill Rats" with notation to ac-
company reprints of the editorial
to the effect that the product re-
terred to therein is warfarin. We
would like to get reprints of the
article to send to various com
panies who are selling packaged
warfarin consumer products
manufactured under license from
our Foundation which holds a
patent on Warfarin.
We will appreciate your early
advices regarding the above re-
quest.
Very truly yours,
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RE-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-10
INLAND WATERWAY

Here is an opportunity for the Key
West Chamber of Commerce and other
civic bodies, as we'll as residents individ-
ually, to take immediate action to try to
have funds included in the proposed ex-
penditures for improving inland water
ways in Florida during the next fiscal
year.
A few days ago Florida's representa-
tives in congress appeared before the
House Appropriations Sub-C Committee and
recommended that the inland waterway
between Jacksonville and Miami be deep
ened to IL feet at cost of $3.50, 900.
Not word was said about the inland
route between Miami and Key West. That
waterway ends in what may be called a
cul-de-sac at Bahia Honda
AS The Citizen has remarked on sew
eral occasions, it was not even half-done
job when the inland waterway, south of
Miami, was deepened only as far as Bahia
Honda. Why did the Improvement stop
there? What was at Bahia Honda, an UNI
inhabited key, to make it the terminus of
an inland waterway from Miami? Why
was it not extended 40 miles farther south
ito Key West, the logical terminus?
Those are questions that authorities
in Washington have never answered dur
ing the more than 20 years that The Citi-
zen has asked them recurrently.
In 1912, President Roosevelt approx
ed an expenditure of $1,850,000 to con-
tinue the extension of the waterway from
Bahia Honda to Key West. But the money
to do the work has not yet been appro-
priated by congress. And now Floridas
in congress recommend
the appropriation of $19,500,000 for in
land waterways and flood control in the
state, and not word is said about ex-
tending the route between Bahia Honda
and Key West.
The Chamber and other local civic
bodies should send kilograms or letters to
Representative Bill Lantaff, requesting
him to appear before the committee to
urge the deepening of the route from Bah
ia Honda to this city. 1t is an easy matter to
demonstrate the necessity of completing
the project from Key West to Miami. 1t
could be pointed out that barges that bring
naval supplies as we'll as freight for local
business men, would find the route adj
vantageous when rough sea keeps them
out of Hawks Channel.
But the people of Miami, Jackson
vile and the cities in between want their
waterway deepened to II feet, not only
to accommodate commercial but pleasure
craft also. We want our waterway deep
ened for the same reasons. Cabin cruisers
and small yachts would come to Key West
by the inland route from Miami were the
waterway deepened between Bahia Honda
and Key West.
Why discriminate against Key
West? Residents of the state East Coast
point out the Importance of deepening
the waterway from Jacksonville to Miami
as defense measure. Figured on that
basis, Key West is of greater Importance
than any other city from Jacksonville
southwark
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-10
PEOPLES FORUM

The Citizen welcomes express
siOns OF the views of Its read
ers, but the editor reserves the
right to delete any items which
are considered IIbeIOus or unVvar-
ranted. The writer's should he
lair and cOnfine the letters to
200 words, and write on one side
OF the paper only. Signature of
the writer must accompany the
letters and will be published uu-
less requested otherwise,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-10

One of the unfortunate things about
the Sunday shift to daylight saving time
in the eastern states was that the Saturday
night celebrator got stuck an hour longer
with his hangover
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-10

management will go into the
limbo of the forgotten. Given a
year, the institution might almost
be self-sustaining. Truly record
for a municipal hospital.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-10

Prof. Carter Goodrich of Column
bia, economist, born in Plainfield,
N. j., 81 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-10

Many of us find it easy to sleep at
night, not too tough in the morning, but
in the afternoon we run into all sorts of
obstacles.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-10

Two things intrigue us: the naming of
Pullman cars and the naming of flowers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-10
mo SCOOPS"

NO SCOOPS
Editor, The Citizen:
No scoops up here, but it's the
same city.
Miss The Citizen and my happy
workir>s press days. See you
soon,
SUSAN McAVOY.
New York, N. Y,
May Z, 1851.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-10
NO BANNISTER SLIDING
IN BUDAPEST

BUDAPEST-(P)-The balus-
trade of staircases in Budapest
homes must be supplied with
rings Or knobs to prevent Hun
garian youngsters from sliding
down, according to a ministry
decree here.
The newspaper ''Vilag- Ossag''
calls the order THE Joy of Mo
theirs. :"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-10

The half-truth is more dangerous
than the big lie.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-10

A-woman may be as old as she looks,
but-sQp etimes it is safer not to look too
critically
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-10

SEARCH FOUNDATION:
Ward Ross, Managing
Director.
Chicago, Ill,
May 7, 1851.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-10

DR.. Mordecal ]. B. Ezekiel
longtime Government economist
adviser to the u. NJ, born il
Richmond, Va, SO years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-05-10

fs,.,.HtNsY 1Ar,os Asc t.s~s, ever, ssasy evening.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-06
COURT CONFINES
 TODAY ON RETURN
 JUDGE C. W. F0LTA

District Court Judge George w. Folta arrived home today from Santa Barbara, California, where he attended a judicial conference of Circuit and District Courts of the Ninth Circuit which opened there June 26.
 Immediately upon his arrival court convened in the court room on the fifth floor of the Federal building to hear cases on the docket.
 Sunday Judge Folta and Tom Stewart, law clerk, are leaving for Anchorage where Judge Folta will preside during the absence of Judge Anthony J. Dimond, of the Third Division, who is going on vacation Folta will return to Jun eau the latter part of August, the date depending on the amount Of work on the Third Division court calendar.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-06
20 YEARS AGO FME TIT EMPIRE
JULY 6, 1881

6,
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  William George to Cordova; N. Williams to Seward.
 MT a Jim and Falls visiting 
 Seattle the Aeuan Mrs E. t Amy Eky Nelson L. Moore and William High 53; Low 50; Cloudy
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-06

of all is that they believe it will be good for Juneau provide us commerce which sorely need
 These are among the reasons for building the road advanced by MT. Mckinley at the Chamoer ol Commerce meeting Thursday:
 Such a road would serve the Consolidated Mining and Smelling Go. and would help bring the business of the mine to Juneau. The mine intends it IS sad, to build road to tide water and establish its own docks if we don't build the road ourselves. From Tulseouah to the border is in British Columbia but we should build the highway from the border to tide water on the Taku.
 Such road would promote tourist business
 It would stimulate the trucking industry.
 Fishing on the Taku would be stimulated, and business brought to Juneau
 Ten years ago. the route up the Taku con- sdered in case of possible need for evacuation should the Japanese have threatened the towns on the channel And there was only trail to follow then, and there would be only trial today, should there be sudden need for evacuation.
 s- And of course every automobile owner in Juneau is prospective traveller bound over the highways of Alaska or to the states.
 British Columbia is making overtures regarding the highway to Atlin, we are told.
 We can't pass up this serious interest of our neighboring Canadian province.
 We think MT McKiney-and his commttee-is not far wrong when he says that 95 percent of the people on Gastineau Channel want road up the Taku to connect with the Alaskan highway.
 They believe that the 50 miles of highway ill Alaska could be built for $5000000 Even if it should cost more we believe the return to Juneau and the channel would be worth the investment. We know nothing of engineering diffi- cuties involved in crossing the Taku glacier If they are beyond solving ferry would no doubt take care of the traffic Ferries-small ones, too-cross the Columbia river at than one spot and apparently the operations satisfactory.
 There will be a further report on the road to- Atln at the next meeting of the Chamber of Com merce and we intend to be there to hear it.
 If the plans of MT. Mckinley and the Chamber of Commerce should materialize most of us who live on the enamel will be grateful for their help in assisting communities to overcome our isolation
 Perhaps the average person, if he should try hard oo,,ld look rnultnlicatiOn table ObiectiVely
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-06
Washington Pipeline

The Texas Elks, who gave Gen. eral MacArthur the S6,000 Cadillac, have found themselves holding the bag for about $2OOO. They expected some of the big oilmen to make up the kitty for the Cadillac, but the money didn't come in as expected .. Congressman Dick Simpson of Pennsylvania, who helped write the new tax bill, is expecting another 5000 personal exemption. He al
 eady has five, and he doesn't care much whether the new one is a JOY or a girl the British, who don't particularly like Trygve lie, have been grooming Dutch nan, Van Heuven Goldhardt, to be he next Secretary General of the United Nations. However, Gold nardt has made a botch of his present U. N. Refugee job, wasted s100,000 given him by the Ford Foundation by paying for survey, when all the facts on refugees are already known without spending any money July 3 was the fifth anniversary of signing the National Mental Health Act, first legislation for nation wide efforts to control mental illness. Increasing progress has been achieved by the public health service since then.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-06
CONNECT JUNEAU WITH THE
 ALASKA HIGHWAY

After reading about the report made to the Chamber of Commerce Thursday by Jerry Mckinley chairman of the Chambers committee on roads one can be certain that everything possible to get the road up the Taku river to Atln will be done
 McKinley's active committee is composed of Fred Eastaugh and Joe Mclean.
 The three men want the road And they thlnk that 95 percent of the people in Juneau want the road too
 ~sS1hey digging in to the why's and where1ores ofLbsructions to Taku road plans
 ssThev believe in the need of a road up the Taku river to join the road at Atn that connects with the Alaska Highway.
 They have more than half dozen good reasons for wanting the road up the Taku but most important
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-06
Previous Error

This isn't the first time Maults- by and Sutton have been careless lbout the Davis Bacon Act. In
 949, the firm was charged by the Navy with certain irregularities" " ,ut finally excused because the Navy felt at that time that there might be some excuse for their ap- parent disregard of the provisions of the law, since this was believed to be their first government for nal contract and they were inex- perienced in the administration of such matters"
 So reported George Robinson, of ficer in charge of construction at Pensacola.
 ''As a result of this previous ex- perience," Robinson added, the of ficer in charge of construction is sued instructions to assure that in the event Maultsby and Sutton were low bidders in any future work that they be fully informed of their responsibilities in connec- tion with the Davis s-Bacon Act"
 As a result. Maultsby personally was reminded of his previous vio- lations and was warned to comply with the law, specifically the wage and hour provisions, before his firm was awarded its present Navy contract.
 Mir. Maultsby assured that he would abide by the requirements, maintain records in proper order and submit all necessary reports md data promptly" Robinson re- 7orted to the Navy Department ill x Washington.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-06
RED NATIONS GIVEN SWAT
 US. TRADING

WASHINGTON, July O. R = The United States has given notice to Russia and it's major Satellites it is canceling all American tariff concessions on goods they ship to this country.
 The State Department disclosed the action today.
 President Truman took the step at the directio nof Congress, which has sought to deprive Communist areas of all American trade bene- fits.
 The State Department said goods from Russia, ROmania, Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland will be affected once the necessary time for notifi- cation elapses.
 Exports from Communist Czecho- slovakia, Red China, Eastern Ger many, Eastern Berlin, also will be hit along with goods that might be shipped from Albania, Esthonia, Latvia, Lithuania, any parts of Korea and Indochina under Com munist control. The Kurile Islands, outer Mongolia, South Sakhalin Is- land and Tanu Tuba
 The Presidents action means that duties of goods from Communist countries will revert to the rates charged in 1880 before the U. s. cut tariffs under it's reciprocal trade programs.
 The State Department said Pres ident Truman shortly will follow up another congressional directive and ban most fur imports from Russia and Communist China.
 These are ermine, fox, kolinsky, marten, mink, muskrat and weasel, which have been imported at the rate of about $7,OO0,0O0 a year.
 Informed officials. estimated a total of $81 ,908,086 in Communist shipments to the U. s. would be af- fected by the withdrawal of tariff concessions.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-06
19 IN; 26 OUT ON
 PAN AM THURSDAY

Pan American World SAirways carried 45 passengers Thursday with 19 arrivals and 26. C ,partures.
 From Seattle: NJ. and Mrs. G. Federoff, o. M. Hagen, E. F. Kvins- la9d, Ellen Olze~.
 From Whitehorse: Mrs. N. F. Graf, Nrs. J. E. Norene and Joan, Miss V. O'Connor, Tom Dyer, B. Stroud, G. R. Turpin, MT. and Mrs. J. R. Weber, Ralph E. Kuhns, A. Downey, MT. and Mrs. F. Symons, Agnes Buttle.
 To Seattle: Ray and Edward Bolton, MT. and Mrs. Richard Golf lin, Jim O'Brian, MT. and Mrs M. Curtis, Arthur Alley, w Mcclellan, Lloyd Lockhart, Albert Swigs, w.. Day, Albert Erickson, MT. and Mrs. T. V. Martin and two children, D. H. Miller, Bertha Watson, Ethel Terrell, Joe White, MT and Mrs. Philip Rollin, Dolores Davis.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-06
FW5 TO PICNIC TOMORROW AT
 SALISBURY PT.

Fish and Wildlife Service per- sonnel, their families and invited friends are leaving from the sub port tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock for Salisbury Point, Taku Inlet, to enjoy the FWS annual picnic.
 They will travel On the Brant and several smaller patrol boats, returning to town in late evening.
 c. Howard Baltzo. assistant re- gional director, is general chair man for the event and says if last years picnic is any criterion a gala time will be had by young and old.
 EMPIRE WANT ADS FAY
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-06
More Kickbacks

Three congressman have been caught ny this column accepting "kiokbacks" from their employers. Two were brought to trial and found guilty-J. Parnell Thomas of -New Jersey and Walter Brehm of 15hio, both republicans. However The Justice Department has done nothing about the third, Congress /. man Victor Wickersham of Okla homa. He is a democrat.
 = Meanwhile. this column regrets -to report another kickback scandal though no congressman are in- volved. It is just as much against the law for a government con- tractor to take "kickbacks' and swear out false payrolls, as it is for congressman. Yet this is what Maultsby and Sutton, Inc, of Pensacola, Fla, has been doing.
 This firm has been repairing the lighting at the Pensacola Naval Air Station. Since this is a govern ment contract, the firm is sup posed to comply with the Davis Bacon Act which sets minimum la Tor standards for government pro- jects, and Maultsby and Sutton have sworn out affidavits that they re paying full, legal wages.
 Yet the sworn payrolls list some oloyees as receiving more money tl... they were actually paid. For
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-06
GIRL SCOUTS HAVE
 VISITORS SUNDAY

Sunday from to 5 D.. m. will be visitors hours at the Girl Scout Camp, Mrs. M M. Flint, camp chairman, announced today.
 Any mail for the camp may be left at the Case Lot Grocery, she said
 Baggage from the first camp session is now at the City Dock and Mrs. Flint requested that it be picked up by Saturday noon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-06
MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA Ry LEE

lighting cigarettes after meal in ashtray it all to o dishes in front of you?
 your cigarette until have asked your if may have ashtray
 O. addressed in letter?
 A. Doe Senate 
  A. customary him to her gift of ewelry And usually him such gift too 3f
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-07-06

example, George B. Grain, a jour neyman, was listed on the payroll at salary of S200 per hour. Yet all he received in his pay envelope was Sl.50 per hour. Differences such as this would make Maultsby and Sutton able to submit lower bids than their competitors.
 Grain has sworn out an affidavit against Maultsby and Sutton, for mally charging that he did re- ceive sl.5o per hour and at no time have I received S2.00 per .aeur as. stated on the payrolls which nave examined