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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-07
.Ruppenthal Is
Arrested By FBI

Los ANGELES ca - C. H. Car
son, special agent in charge Of
the Los Angeles FIJI, announced
the arrest here Thursday night OF
Harry L. Ruppenthal, "A, former
secretary-treasurer of the Postal
Employees Credit Union, st. Louis.
Ruppenthal allegedly absconded
last Sunday afternoon with more
than s1o0, 900 of the Credit Union
funds in cash and u. S. Treasury
bonds. At the time of his arrest
he had s110,5O0 in cash and SIS, 900
in u. S. Treasury bonds.
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Citizen Staff Photo

other celebretities love about Key
West is just this" Bienstock said.
Here you lose any his shot
complex. Nobody In Key West
gives . darn who you are and
what you have done."
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Permit To
'Dredge Asked

Application has been made tt
the Department Of the Army by
Mrs. NJ. H. Wildermuth, Go C
G. Bailey. Land Surveyor. p. O
Box lis. Marathon, Florida, for
a permit to dredge, in Hawk
Channel. at applicants property,
Government lot 8, sec. 5, T. SO
S., r. 3S E., at the southwesterly
end of Fat Deer Key, Monroe
County, Florida.
The applicant proposes to
dredge an area about $50 by ESQ
feet in plan, the landward side
of which would be about 100 feet
offshore, to remove about 800
cubic yards of material.
It is proposed to deposit the
dredged material on the upland
shoreward Of adequate dikes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-07

MAT man sold movie rights %
Hollywood for $4,000 last year,
that he brought In another
$4,000 through sale Of short sto-
riss and oflser pieces. Where has
fhat $4,000 gone and why Is he
% broke now HAT he has 10 slap
out quiekiss 10 keep HE pot boil
ino7"
That Is what the first interview
with Bienstock consists Of. When
the writer says, YEARLY and con-
fusedly- 'sYou take over" Nate APP
pears Like q fairy godfather to the
man.
II see to 1t that their future In
comes goes into annuities, insur-
ance, bonds" said Bienstock firm
ly.
For Bienstock knows full well,
better than the writer even, be-
cause it is his business to know,
that $4,000 one year may be fol-
lowed by short rations the next.
It is just those lean years that
Bienstock guards his clients again.
st. He tries to get them to put aside
certain set amount weekly for
their insurance against a lear fu-
ture.
with young writer's and photo
graphers saving bears the greatest
fruit, ''Bienstock said. "A rs year
old boy earning big money now
can retire at As years and $500
month If he listens to me-"
And Bisnssock.s clients do lis
ten 10 him. When HE White
House eorrespondenfs were here
with President Truman last No
vembsr, hall . dozen ef them
whispered 10 me "6ienssoek u
here. wonder " he'd approve
q that last contract ! signed."
The names of Bienstock's clients
sound like q combination Pulitzer
Prize, and potential Nobel prize
list.
Budd SchuIberg, Paul Calico,
Edgar Snow. Pat Frank. Merri-
man Smith. Charles Coilingwood.
John Crosby. are just q few Of
Bienstock's boys Time correspon-
dents numbering 20 are In his sta
bic a. are editors. publishers,
sculptors and even business men.
Bienssock said that q few weeks
ago the President Of . big firm
watching the efficient finances of
his public relations man. o former
hghthearted newspaper man, ask
Cd Bienstock 10 handle him.
WRITERS are no worse ln their
ansneisl management shsn ether
people. "eisnsse<k dsfsnded his
fsveviss sreup ~ psopis. They
rank high IN sssesr prompt pay
nasnf On Policies But Trey do
need seneous - lock sffer them.
And guess mars what I'm here
fsr.~
hienstock came DO Key West first
when client Bu6d Sehuiherg told
him about IL I'm 1873.
Three days later be and Mrs.
BienxtoSk came % the Island City.
Iney have been coming ever xince.
falling more and more under the
spell I the city each time Here
sienxfoek can almost forget his
boys ard girls for a tane. Today
catching his breath AFTER three
rnonfhs of ardnoas income tax
work fUr them. Risastoek locks for
ward 10 tie time when be- can buy
e0ase here. and make i per
Eaanena wtuser A0xne.
NAA1 kss wTAsx2 axtasss snGl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-07

in five blocks Of 50 percent Of the
editorial offices Of magazines,
newspapers and publishers In New
York City.
II want you to do for me what
you are doing for Dave, the flush
but Tightly writer, artist or photog-
rapher will say.
Then It Is that Nate starts put
ting the affairs Of his new client
In order.
He NOT only sells him insur-
ance and annuifiss. no supervlsss
his entire financial life, refers
him 10 lawyers for drawing up
will. checks his aiimony pay
msnts. goes into ihs amount his
clients = spending for ths sduca-
ton ~ his children, his snser-
faInInsnf, his rent Or purehass
Of housing. his travelling. and his
commission fees.
Mates commission Is q percent
age Of the earnings Of his top flight
clients.
He handles the complete affairs
of IS clients--that means their pay
checks come to Nate and he doles
out to them the amount they need
and want.
That's just . small part Of his
work. He handles 14O0 other life
insurance clients to some extent,
not only as their insurance agent
and advisor but as their financial
agent and advisor.
Nate and his Office staff. give
complete service to the foreign cor
respondents they manage.
Last year we sent dozens of la
yeties to France. and Europe, It's
healthy" said the smiling Bien-
stock.
Our clients are young and they
are having lots Of babies. Then too
we made 200 seperate Christmas
shopping expeditions for these boys
and their fanilies.' =
Bienstock's personal manage
ment in It's more serious aspects,
however, means q great deal more
than purchase Of iayettes and
Christmas presents.
The man who is . member Of
the 450-man Million Dollar Insur-
anee Round Table. takes his bust
ness with the pay checks Of crea-
tive people with great earrestness-
~ breaks my heart when .
good writer comes into my office
broke. his affairs In fossl eonfv-
slen. He esnsf afford 10 sit down
and write ire good novel ne
wants 10. | know already that
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u. Bienstock Runs
Financial Life
OF Top Writers,
Artists, Ty. Radio

Saving writers from them.
selves, and their incomes for the
rainy days and years ahead has
been the full time and dedicated
Network Of Nathan Bienstock
seller Of more than million dol
lar q year in insurance salesman
0ince 1899.
Last month Bienstock,s sta
10 Of writers. artists, photog-
saphsrs. top flight felevision
md radio writers paid Uncle
lam more than IL million dol
hrs IA taxes.
Bienstock's motto Is:
@Just as good literature can be
written on Park Avenue as in .
garrett"
He insures his clients a per-
manent berth on Park Avenue,
and 4 country place in Connec-
ticut or Westchester.
Bienstock, who loves Key
West 20 much that he is on his
third visit here in the last II
months said to me yesterday at
The Key Ambassador pool where
we summed and talked:
do you work for Bienstock too.
ssThs career Of creative per-
sen Il shortlived sf worst and
uncertain a. best. Ny effort Is
10 place these writers and for
eipn correspondents and editors
n position Of financial In
dependence 50 that ihe old pic
svrs 81 sts talented person on
1hs beach and on his uppers Is
bsnishsd."
Bienstock, vital. energetic man
has saved many clients from a
fate worse than bankruptcy
through every kind of device.
Sometimes he has to cancel their
plans to buy an over-priced house.
Others he sends out of New York,
X he feels that cafe society is too
expensive for their purse and their
production Of short stories, novels,
selevision scripts and shows, or
nswspaper pieces from far flung
capitals and wars.
His clients are perhaps the most
cosmopolitan In the world. They
are scattered over Europe, South
America, the Far East.
~ haven't seen 100 of my clients
- all. They have never returned
% the States--being on foreign u.s.
nignments. =
During . particularly severe
bsmhlnp raid in World War n In
london. there were IA fcp-flighf
writer's. radio commentators and
photographers string In black
~ q ono table. One Of them
ssld between SCATTERING blasts Of
ne bemhss
Gee II Nate Bisnsiiek could
80 me sow--he'd sure hate H."
Another voice came out of the
blacked out room: '.Do you work
f1r Bienstock tooe"
Another voice and another chin.
Cd in.
II work for Bienstock--he handl.
- oil my finances.
II turned out that eleven Of those
~ men reporting World War II via
typewriter, microphone. camera
and book were Bienstoek's clients.
The three who weren't, became
clients shortly afterwards.
Nate never solicits clients. He
doesn't have 10.
A man viii come into his office
q 36 West a4th treet which is with
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-07
sBicnstock In The Jack
Is The Name For Nate
Who Handles Big-Money Boys
slOS Paid To
Six Unemployed

TALLAHASSEE - The I'm
employment Compensation Divi-
sion paid 4,o40 recipients a total
of S74,796 during the week end
ing March 70, according to Ray
mond e. Barnes, Chairman Of the
Florida Industrial Commission.
The average check amounted to
about $18.4o. This is $1,346 less
than the week before when A.
200 persons received $76,142, and
for the corresponding period in
1851 when 3,758 unemployed re-
ceived SIS. 245 when the average
weekly check was around $I4.00.
The $500 differential under the
amended law would amount to
some $4,000 which may in part
account for the increase in vo-
lurne over 1851.
Payments in this county were
$108 to 8 recipients.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-07

Dick Koffenberger, Maryland
u. basketball ace, is the brother
of Ed Koffenberger, former star
for Duke University.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-07
|Denver's Skyline
Changes

DENVER H-Denver's skyline
isn't going to be the same. The
Brown and Forman Distilleries Of
Kentucky promised Friday night
to remove a 4o-foot replica Of one
of their products (Old Forester)
from its perch atop a Denver build
ing.
The bottle caused considerable
controversy during its 4-month
tour Of duty. Some citizens pro-
tested II blotted out the Rocky
Mountains to the west from GER
tain sections of the city.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-07

One person dies of cancer ap-
proximately every two and a half
minutes in the U. S., American
Cancer Society statistics show.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-04-07

The oldest member of the New
York Giants Is Sal Maglie, ace
highlander Of the pitching staff.
Maglie viii be So on April 16.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-07-16
LEND-LEAsE SAVED RUSSIA

The Army has released official history Of Lend
Lease aid to Russia in World War Il, which clearly shows
that this aid enabled Russia to stand up under the ha
mer-blows Of Hitler's army in 1912.
The book, Persian Corridor and Aid to Rnssia," Is
revealing In that II indicates that u s. equipment and
materials supplied - many $50 Or 200 Russian divi-
sions IN the critical period Of the War
Lend-Lease aid to Russia amounted to more than 81
50O0OOOOO and included 1884 aircraft and 409626
u s. manufactured trucks These figures SOLDERING to-
day because Of Soviet assertions that her soldiers and fac
tories alone were responsible for the victory Ger
many ii World War II These figures make it clear that
American LendLease aid spelled the difference between
Russian victory and Russian defeat
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-07-16

Camping during summer great sport for those
who can stand Il.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-07-16
Kansas Farm Boy 70 General
Dwight David Eisenhower


pointment 81 some people at Co
lumbia. But ne dio organize en-
Institute q War ana keace, Nu-
triton Center ana tne American
Assembly = forum ior discussion
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Lcw sLnall ssssss1so uaass ans0
S0nsslse AvAsS.
How vel he succeeoed cannot
g determined siaustlcaLy BY
number divisions facts which are
yelled ~ security ana blurred ~
dlfferlng OPINIONS. but most pe0-
pie agree that ne did ses up =
WORKING. eilectlve, uniile0 COM
mand ana dld increase Weseern
Europes VIII g nRnE, = necessary
A III World War Il, Ike once
again was the great unifler ana
dealt bluntly with ttrests 70 har-
mony. Ii London. at 3 Tina when
feuding over the naval command
in the Atlantic, he told IN audi.
ence that included Winston Church
i'll that Anglo American differences
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Patty honors appeal 70 petty minds.

People who never make mistakes are poor com
panions.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-07-16

SALEM, Ore. q a coaviet
suffocated u I ls-lnch sewor PIPE
n Z darine but futile e.
cape attemp1 frun H. Oregon
STATE Prison.
ne was 1o-ysar-o,d Harold Allsn
Hayes.
Another convict Rronklln Clin-
sentsel. ~. also v1o inyo1ved q
lie attempt. Ms calls tknt ~ was
stuck b TIE MARROW pllc, nvo feet
underground, bruugk guards y he
prison yard mnnko1o which the
twO convicts Had hcDod vas tho
way - fFeedom.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-07-16

uOEl, OF tuU1mk ueIeubeS ~ I0uF
continents.
And then there WAS politics
TIE continual pressures that sent
him into = corner to search his
soul TO decide whether he should
be ! presidential candidate. But
lets save The story Of uke's polif-
ical emereence for another chap
ter.
IN isso. he retired frDm the
Army 10 find that his prestige far
cdtweiahcd his bank account. Ac.
eording 70 Kelvin Mccain. "A aide
and aufh0r ii MAN From Ali
lene. NE had Only j few thou.
Sand saved up. According to John
Cunther. author cf Eisenhower Z
~ general n the Army found il
dtflIcult i one point % raise i
- emergency loan Tor : friend.
However. the generals money
prohiems were solved when he
wrote his memoirs, Crusade ii
Europe. u = days. The book
odd more than 90. 90 copies and
repeatedly earned ito author more
than l1Do On.
Ii his yenr and hah IS pres
Nent q Colnmbfs University. II
seah0wer fcund sn opportunity 10
4
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padf handling
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-07-16


has : home filled with modern,
labor-saving devices.
Eric Curry i working now to
compile the data necessary for IS.
timating the tax to Be levied. II
he public Is going to stop such !
tax. 0r e they want further infor-
nation. now Is the time for them
- demand II Of the men they
elected 70 Office. II win be too late
later On.
r you want your griddle cakes
and Wafi1es 10 Be extra light beat
the yolks and whites Of the eggs
u1ed separately: fold In the stiffly
beatan whites last.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-07-16

Patience Il power: Nth xime and.
patience the mulberry Leaf Be.
comes silk. Chinese Proverb.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-07-16
End OF War
Did MOI Close
Eisellhowcrs Career
ii European Thealer
~ SAUL PETIT
Part Illl

- - = - -
Like the Gls who served under
him, Dwight Eisenhower was anx-
iOus y Ut home after victory IL
Europe.
he spoke wistfulIy 0f relaxing.
after tie greatest military COM
mand u history, of getting OFT 0f
uniform and official life, 81 fish
ING. playing golf. painting and
hndine for Mamie and himself the
permanent home they had never
had since their marriage ID 1915.
Few Il any Of those postwar
dreams came true.
II tie six years between SHAEF
and SHAPE, between his two
sCrusades ID Europe, Ike had
only ! year and ! half - ! pr
vate citizen. and they weren't very
private. He did manage % buy I
home, ! 160-acrc farm near Get
tysburg, Pa, but has vet Is live
On Il. And be won't, Republicans
insist. II Tie next four years.
The firSt few months after We
. Day were crowded with receptions
and honors il Europe and 1t home.
In al. 10 was awarded so u. S.
and foreign decorations, 10 hon
Or1ry degrees and 20 assorted
medals, swords and awards 81 cit
les. private groups and nations.
He was given part Of I castle in
Scotland. AM : mountain peak in
Canada was named alter him.
He was eulogized to the limit,
but he wore his superlatives with
smiling humility. He invariably
credited the men who fought I'M
der him and spoke Of himself only
IS their symbol. He took almost
every opportunity to plead for in.
ternational understanding. Proba-
bly, his most moving effort In that
direction was made in his famous
Guildhall speech ii London. He
said:
TO preserve his freedom Of
worship, his equality before law,
his liberty to speak and act as
be sees lit, subject only to pro-
visions that be trespass not upon
similar rights Of others--a Lon
d0ner will fight. So viii 4 citizen
Of Abilene.
When we consider these things,
then the valley Of the Thames
draws closer to the farms Of Kan
sas and the plains Of Texas. To
my mind Il Is clear that when
two peoples win face the tragedies
Of war TO defend the same spiritual
values, the same treasured rights,
then IN the deepest sense those
two are truly fe:afed.
ssSo, even rs | proclaim my un-
dying Americanism, am bold
enough and exceedingly proud to
claim the basis Of kinship TO you
Of London. !,
In that bright, hopeful summer
Of 1915, Eisenhower went TO Mos
COW for high honors Of the Krem-
lin. He praised the Russian people
and said he thought Stain sin
cerely wanted peace with Tie Unit.
cd States. But before the year was
out, be gave this as q formula
for dealing with the Russians:
ssFirmness, patience, ! sense Of
humor-and keep your powder
dry"
Ike came home that year. but
not 70 relax. He accepted appoint.
ment as chief of staff out Of i
sense Of duty, not personal desire,
according % some bi0graphers.
For The next three years, be was
continually On the move. testify.
ing before congressional commit.
tees on demobilization or unifica-
ti0n, Or touring defenses Ii four
c0ntinents.
And then there WAS politics
fha n0ntinnn1 nreeeifrns fhnf xeuf
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-07-16

Despite the popular notion. the best man usually
doesn't win except IN sports
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-07-16
FLYING TO THE MOON

Mans first flight to the isn't going to be IS
easy a. some the comic book writer's and others have
led Is to believe according to Dr. Clayton s. White
search director Of the Loveace Clinic IN Albuquerque
N. NJ
The doctor points out that oxygen begins TO run out
at about 10 thousand feet and there isn't At ell above
SO thousand feet In addition at q thousand feet the bar
omet1ac pressure il down to point that decomposition
sickness affects the pilots blood and lungs
Also At about so thousand feet there Is poisonous
concentration Of oxone and above that intensive ultra
violet light And Of course Dr. White calls attention TO
the fact that once the pilot the earhs atmosphere
he must look out for speeding meteors and other flying
bodies.
But the research director that getting rocket
shp into the upper atmosphere Is feasible
Il Petty h0non appeal to petty minds.
People who never make mistakes are poor com
panons.
Camping during summer i great sport for those
who can stand Il.
Despite the popular notion. the best man usually
doesn't win. except in sports
Evening star., 1952-12-30
Market AVERAGES
Metal Quotations

NEW YORK. Dec. 80 lP).-Spot non
ferrous metal prices today: Copper. - a
cents pound. Connecticut Valley; lead,
434 cents a pound. New York: zinc. l@l2
cents pound. East St Louis; ain, Sl2l .
a pound, New York. At Pittshurah scrs p
steel No. l heavy was quoted at ~.
Evening star., 1952-12-30
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO, Dec. 80 lP,.-Grains opened
on firm tone at the Board Of Trade to-
day and then dropped back fractionaiy in
fairly active trading.
There were no reports of new export
or -four business and observers believed
that the liquidation OF recent sessions was
about finished
Small receipts of corn estimated at 81
cars was a trading factor in that pit.
Oats. which have been under consider
able pressure in recent. sessions. just about
Near the end Of the first hour wheat
:: Gen ca2n 9wsr Tss to b;bS hfhe MsSh MsTch
,b314. and oats were unchanged to Il
higher; March, S17s. SoybesnS were un-
changed to a cent higher; January. 2.94'4.
hundred pounds higher; January. 800.
- There was some commercial demand
pear to be a slackening in the offerings
! by Government agencies. The apparent
effort of the Government TO reduce in
oil large amounts Of corn yet to come
Some, OF the corn which has arrived
! locally has been of grades.
| Another Steadying factor in today's
! trading was the fact that outside markets
have not declined as much as in the
The Steady tone of wheat WIS said
TO be in anticipation of some new -four
business after the New Year AnojheJ
bushels of wheat out Of Chicaeo terminals
| Some brokers do not .eel there will be
heavy increase in export business They
said the time is nearing when Areertine
onerlngs will be available in quantity
and the Canadian surplus still remains
| large.
| There is considerable difference Of
opinion about how the old crop reserve
| OF wheat in the Southwest viii! be nan.
| died; Some country elevator managers
i think there will be a considerable loosen
! ing up. in offerings early in the New
/ Year when taxes can be shifted to 1853
while others contend that with current
prices Tor cash wheat below the loar
I basis the movement into loan will con.
j tinue. ~
j Today there were scattered reports o.
moisture IN Texas but The five-day weathp,
i forecast failed to show anv amomni
Ioi moisture. Temperatures for the neyt
! nve GAYS are expected to be a lIltl,
I above normal '-'
Evening star., 1952-12-30
|ChrysIer at New High
AS Motors Pace Gains
In Major Divisions
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 30.-Motors
raced out in front of an advancing
stock market today, with Chrysler
the star performer.
Chrysler on gain of between
2 and 3 points hit a new high,
and General Motors and Stude-
baker with fractional gains also
touched new highs for the year.
The remainder of the list was
up fractions to around a point.
Losses were limited to fractions.
Going up with motors were rails
steels, utilities, oils, coppers and
most aircraftS and some chemi-
Gals. Other major divisions were
steady.
Higher stocks included Santa
Fe, Baltimore & Ohio, Texas Co.,
American Telephone, Anaconda
Copper, Eastman Kodak, United
States Steel. Goodyear, Lockheed
and Montgomery Ward.
International Nickel had a
furry of activity at higher prices
The company has asked the
American Government not to op-
pose a move to raise the price OF
nickel by 3l2 cents a pound.
Willys-Overland was fairly ac-
tive and higher after disclosing
profits for the fiscal year ended
September 80 equal to $2.O1 q
share as against $1.46 a year ago
Corporate bonds were steady
Governments in the over-the-
counter market were also steady