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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-18
Marathon News
BY JACK NJ. LEVINE

MARATHON: = The Rev. Ralph
Rogers Of Key West, Monroe Coun-
ty Director Of the American Red
Cross, viii make his first public
appearance In Marathon, Sunday
evening, July 18th, when he pre-
SCENTS Service Awards to eight out
standing Marathon Red Cross Vol
unteer workers, Don II. Fox, Mon.
roe County Red Cross Board Of
Directors member, responsible for
the Marathon community, stated
today.
The Red Cross award ceremon.
les wiz be held at the newly open
led 500 seat Marathon Theater,
and viii be part Of the opening
might celebration, dedicating the
new movie house to public service
i'm the Marathon area. Herbert
Wood, Jr., theater manager, has
made time available between the
first and second evening movie
shows Sunday, and It is estimated
that the presentation ceremonies
wiz take place at about S:45 p. m.
The awards win be the first public
recognition of achievements of Red
Cross volunteers in the history Of
Marathon.
Rev. Rogers visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Don Fox at their home, Tuesday
evening, to arrange plans for the
presentation ceremonies and to In
ltegrate Red Cross activities in th,
Marathon area. Rev. Rogers an
nounced that DON Fox is response
lble for all Red Cross functions il
THE Marathon community, taking
lin the territory between the twt
ton gates. He advised all individ
uals and organizations in Marathon
to avail themselves of existing Red
Cross facilities by referring to Fox
all problems pertaining to Health
and Welfare, Disaster Relief, Home
Services, First Aid Instruction and
First Aid training equipment,
Military Welfare and related ser,
vices under Fox's Red Cross jur.
isdiction in Marathon.
In lauding the accomplishment
Iof Marathon volunteers, Rev. Rog.
ers cited the remarkable growth Of
the community and expressed the
belief that the nucleus of Red
Cross volunteers would he increas.
ed to keep pace with increased de.
Emands for service. The Key West
Chapter win integrate and coor.
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Conquered

PARAMUS, N. ]. R-Three.year
old Allison Bek-Gran was scared
of cops.
She bolted everytime one hove
into sight.
AIlison's parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
P. C. Bek-Gran, couldn't cure her
Eof her fear of bluecoatS-until
Thursday, that is.
They brought the little girl tc
lpolice headquarters and turned
her loose.
The nice big men let her ust
their phone. They conducted hel
ION a grand tour Of the station
house. And they talked to her.
That did it. Little Miss Bek-Gran
plans to call again for another
visit real soon.
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supcsT TIMs

Editor, The Citizen.
We read in the paper Of budget
and fixing Of millages b. the CITY
and County taxing authorities. They
try to play up that there win No.
be any increase in millage for TIE
coming year. This is soothing syrup
for their sore consciences. The tx
payers do not swallow this type d
syrup, on the other hand the TAX
payers read that assessments have
increased 50 many more millions.
Then one wonder why with ! NH.
lion or two increase Ia assessments
should not the milIages be lowered
This is pertinent question.
From funny alibis you hear iron
this or that source, II would seer
that they consider the tax payer
have not yet matured or are II
under n. With the spending Oh
lot taxing agencies, such as a..
reasonable high salaries which ii
not justified and department spen
ing, one wonders when II ev.
the tax payer VIII get ! break .
small that one viii need q magr
tying glass to find. I have oftt
heard that the only protection Il
property 0wners would be q Ia
that only property owners who ow
$4,000 worth Of property Oussld
of their homestead would be eligi
BILE for election to either the CT
Commission or County Commission.
then We would have men who pa
the bills and might consider n
pinch.
Just for information's sake an
not from any personal dig, nc
mentioning names, would your va
liable paper give the following In.
formation:
Amount Of Assessments 0f Pre-
lperty owners Of Monroe Count
Commissioners under two elassifi
leations:
Total HE property. Total other
than HE property
Do not use any names but tctali
of all.
Also the same totals Of City Com
mission.
Last but not least, when and
where win this situation end7
A taxpayer
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PRESERVES DIGNITY

COLUMBIA, S. c. 1.-THE man
was charged with drunkenness and
resisting arrest.
Recorder John w. Sholenberger
said, II see the drunkenness, but
where does the resisting arrest
come in?"
"When / arrested him." the POI
liceman reported, 81 grabbed him
by the belt and tried to pull him.
He wouldn't move"
Eyes, sir, your honor" said the
defendant. "But the reason ] didn't
move is when he grabbed my belt
he broke it. was holding my
pants up"
The Judge fined him $50 for
drunkenness and dismissed the
other charge.
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drivers. He cot universities and
big league baseball teams to adopt
them as aids n conditiong sore
muScled athletes.
Down in Florida they use 4
unit to keep racehorses in shape. !"
be smiled. And 0ut west one help.
ed heal prize bnll with 4 pulled
tendon. =
Among his early customers were
such big name entertainment and
sports world figures as Marie vii.
son, Sugar Ray Robinson, Ralph
Kiner. and Noble Sissle, the band
leader.
But his real mass market has
been the home and office. His is
models of massagers range from
q hand unit for tired housewives to
q luxurious massage chair in which
the tired business man can stretch
out and relax while debating 10
his secretary.
Murphy now has q factory In
Buffalo. 500 employees, and last
year crossed three million dollars,
about 800 times he firms income
in ls4s.
This year Murphy expects to sell
100. 900 mechanical massagers. He
sold $4,000 in 1862 and took in
81, 500. 900. He is still q bit dared
by success.
II don't know where Il win end. !"
he said. There is . lot of tension
in the world, and.it's an odd
thing to say. but true-tension has
been our best salesman.
Murphy keeps a massage chair
In his own office, and uses it daily.
Have to-" he said. Get all
wound up If | don't"
Right nnv - =
'ense. All worked up over . new
idea. You know
lists there are in America? Nil
lions. Millions. Most of 'em tense.
So, how about a mechanical mas.
sage unit for automobile seats?
Why can't q driver relax his ten.
sion while he's at the wheel?
Funny? Wen, most of those who
laughed at Murphy in 1919 don't
have bis bank account today.
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PROPOSAL sLAsTED

Editor, The Citizen
The proposal TO build . City
Auditorium on Roosevelt Blvd. at
an estimated. cost Of Sl50, 900 to
be paid for by revenue" bonds
seems highly inadvisahle.
First the proposed location b
dangerous for . public building.
Second, there Is already availa.
bic an auditorium or two, the
Catholic Church and the Elks Club.
Third, there is no proven need
for another one.
Fourth, recreational facilities for
the city's youth can more easily
and better be provided for else
where.
Fifth. il, as stated. the city &
equipped TO do the work. why
haven't street signs long since been
provided. Why must q service o..
gani1ation do that work?
Sixth, If the City Commissioners
are IN budget stew TO raise money
to continue an additional expense
forced on them for firemen, why
bring up an auditorium, & luxury
item at. this timer
Seventh, what facts and figures
can be produced to ''seII" under.
writer's on q bond issueg
! suggest the City Commission
put their time and abilities on some
# the many more desirable pro.
ects that need attention.
Unsympathetic
r. 5. Such as adequate police pro.
lection.
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,dinate all service requests, Rev
Rogers indicated. However, he urg'
ed all residents to make initial ap.
lplications for assistance and ser,
vice to Don Fox, who is prepared
to furnish prompt action in all sit.
IuationS.
The recipients of Marathon's
first public Red Cross awards will
be: John p. Goggin, Monroe Coun'
Ity Engineer and 1858 Red Cross
Campaign Chairman; Corinne Foz
l1952-53 Collection Personnel Chair
man; Ruth Davidson, Activities
Chairman; Maud E. Spence, Mrs.
Herbert H. Ashton, Helen Williams
and Mrs. Jessie Mathis.
During his weekend visit to Mar
lathon, Rev. Rogers. his wife and
family win stay at Navarro's No
tel.
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IKE's SECURITY CODE

President Dwight D. Eisenhower recently endorsed
new program which would make it easier for the press
to obtain information about the Government and more
difficult Tor Government employees to hide facts from the
public The Eisenhower proposal comes after several
years Of criticism Of the present security code which was
initiated by President Harry Truman
Mr.. Truman defended his system and refused to re-
commend changes when newspaper organizations pro-
tested his security code made easy for Government
employees to up scandal and other information
which should have been accessible to the public Pres
dent Esenhowers program would end the authority of
many agencies to classify material and would eliminate
the restricted" classification category
The move by the President is undoubtedly in
the right direction does not interfere with Defense
Department security atomic other matters vital to
the welfare Of the nation merely provides the people,
and the press with safeguard against the possibility of
Government officials Withholding public information on
the preense that its release would violate the interest of
national security,
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Actress Collects

Los ANGELES lB-Debbie Rev
nolds has collected the 81, 800 in
government bonds which she saved
from the time she signed her first
movie contract in 1913.
The bonds were turned over 10
the actress Thursday in Superior
Court because she has reached the
age of 81. Born in FL Paso, Tex,
she entered movies shortly after
her graduation from Burbank,
Calf, high school.
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PEACHES TO ALASKA

SPARTANBURG, S. G. u - A
truckload of Spartanburg County
peaches is on the way to Alaska.
C. H. johnson Of Anchorage,
Alaska, bought ss-bushel bask.
cts of Burnett Elbertas for the
s 1000 mile haul, longest in the his.
tory of the South Carolina COM
mercial peach industry.
johnson usually flies to his prod.
uce source, buys a truck and loads
it, and sells the whole works when
he gets back home.
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SNOWFALL vANIsHEs

PHOENIX, Ariz. @-With the
mercury above the century mark,
a woman reported to police her
dog ran away while she was walk.
ing him.
The woman said me dog answers
to the name Of SNOWFALL.
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Cheerful Message

JAMBoREE CITY, Calf. R-An
Oklahoma scoutmaster attending
the Boy Scouts third National
Jamboree was notified Thursday
by his wife that their home had
been leveled by lightning. :
The message to school teacher
Russell Rathjens said his wife and
daughter were away from their
home in Tahlequah, Cherokee
County, at the time. It concluded:
Remember a scout is cheerful.
Stay at the jamboree. We're okay."
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TODAY'S
BUSINESS
MIRROR
BY SAM DAWSON

NEW YORK 1.-THE big debate
today is whether business is about
to tilt downward. The stock market
appears to think that a Korean
truce, coupled with Russian inter.
nal weakness. would turn the trend
and give the boom its comeupp-
ance.
But most businessmen say they
don't so along with this view. And
many others stress the continuing
momentum of the boom.
"If a boom is at a crest, it is
stubbor1ly refusing TO get on with
the business of receding," says
Albert T. Scmmers, business ana
Hst.
There has yet TO appear any
statistical evidence, outside Of
stock and commodity markets, that
business expectations for the near
term have as yet been much alter.
ed"
Those who believe q downward
tilt will be apparent by the end
Iof the year point, however, T.
several first signs:
Home building is easing up 4
little. Mortgage money is hard Il
find in some localities and financ
ing costs are higher. Older house!
lare easing in price. and new one'
are little slower in selling.
Steel output is slumping little
as usual in summer, and while 1
pickup is expected next month
few steelmakers predict that the
second half production can equaI
the first half's record.
Slipping farm income is cutting
demand for farm machinery and
may be accounting for some DROP
in household appliance output.
Automakers plan record out
put this month, but many used
car dealers say sales are disap
pointing.
Korean truce talks and the con.
fusion over what the KremIin's
inner turmoil holds in store lead
many Businessmen to fear further
lcutbacks and cancellations of de
Tense orders here. That could lower
Industrial production and might
cost some jobs.
But Sommers points out that al
lof now most signs are still strong
NEW YORK R-One business
hazard nowadays is that almost
any day a businessman is likely
to find himself standing before
some group or other and declaim-
ing:
.Unaccustomed as ] am !"
Speech-making takes more and
more Of executive. time. II neems
sometimes that inGustrialists are
talking more than lawyers or pol.
iticians.
Often it's a ehore- both to the
speaker and to the audience.
Speech-writing is also becoming
la fua-time Job in some corpora
tons. Reporters, who probably
listen tor at least sit through
more Of these efforts than Other
citizens. quickly learn the signs
that the compauy's public rela.
tons office has written the speech
On occasion speaker may be.
tray that this is the first time he's
seen the copy he's reading It's
IA bigger surprise to him than to
his audience.
Often the same general topic
fascinates Pr offices Of half the
corporations in The country at the
same time. Every board chairman
sounds like every other one for
weeks on end.
Since The war, industry has been
encouraging its officials to mak1
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-18

Many people take better care Of their automobiles
than they do Of their bodies.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-18

The child who tries to reform father and mother
ought to be between the shafts pulling the family lead
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-18

A few experts" now say we might not have any re-
cession. after all, this year.
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The merchant who outsels his competitors out
advertises them Also
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-18

II you want to keep in touch with friend. borrow
some Of his money
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Bathing beaches offer many attractions these days
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-18

rs easy to have friends II you pass out the favOrs.
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Anyone who wants to. badly enough, can go to
Heaven.
Evening star., 1953-03-24
Hiss, BohIen and Stettinius
Volume by Former Secretary of Stote Is Quoted
On Role Convicted Periurer Poyed at YoIto
David Lawrence:

Charles E. Bohlen may be
the man the President and
the Secretary of State think is
qualified to go to Moscow at
this time as the American
Ambassador because he speaks
Russian and has some diplo-
matte experience. but a lot
of Americans will wonder if
some one else who was not
entangled in the controversies
of the previous administration
might better have been chosen.
For the record of the part
that Alger Hiss played at
Yalta as given by Mr.. Bohlen
in his testimony either indi-
Gates that the late Edward r.
StettiniuS, in his book on Yalta,
made a faulty presentation or
that Mr.. Bohlen is much more
concerned with minimizing the
part played by Alger Hiss than
in giving the same picture that
Stettinius did.
At the outset of his testi-
mony to the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, Mr..
Bohlen said the Stettinius
book SIS q Scrupulously ac-
curate, account of what actu-
ally transpired at Yalta." But
what Mr.. Bohlen said later on
isn't quite in accord with what
the Stettinius book indicates.
Thus, Mr.. Bohlen says Mr..
Hiss. dealt with United Ma
tions affairs at Yalta land
confined his activities to that"
Mr. Bohlen emphasized that
Mr.. Hiss wasn't present at
the Roosevelt Churchill-Stalin
meetings. but he seems not to
have recognized the powerful
role Hiss played as an adviser
to President Roosevelt through
Secretary of State Stettinius.
Thus, Mr.. StettiniuS in his
book writes of the Yalta Con-
ferenlce:
THE next morning at 10:30
Hartman. Matthews, Hiss,
BohlFn and I met with the
Pres fdent on the sun porch
over looking the sea, to review
our proposals for the confer
enceA agenda."
SCI 1nator Knowland-reading
fron the Stettinius book-at
this point in the hearing re-
mar Sked that there were other
refeIF IFences to Mr.. Hiss "but
that at least would seem to
indie cfate that he did more than
n1ere, ,ly sit in on these large
pleni ary meetings"
Evening star., 1953-03-24

tears. Klement Gottwald stood
then over the bier of the man
he had helped destroy, and.
pretending also to mourn, lied
about him and about the coun-
try which his father loved, and
from which his mother came,
and in which the CzechoSlovak
republic was actually born, and
no American rose was on the
coffin Of that Czech patriot
who loved America and whom
America loved.
But Gottwald's Communist
cronies. who helped him de-
stroy the republic, could not
mourn him, spontaneously or
hypocritically. for they had
recently been hanged. My doc
tor says that Gottwald couldn't
have died Of pneumonia, under
the conditions described. But
he was a notorious drunkard.
and perhaps, fearing the worst,
he just drank himself into
heart failure. Pleasanter than
to hang.
I'VE must press more closely
to the Soviet Union," Grated
his probable successor at the
funeral.
It is not reported whether
the populace shouted. Mag
dar!"
Evening star., 1953-03-24
Notes on Two Proque Funerals
The Mourning Was Real When Mosoryk Was. Murdered;
But How Real Were Any Tears for kIement GottwoId?
Dorothy. Thompson:

The funeral of President
Klement Gottwald of CZecho-
slovakia carried me back to
the days Immediately follow
ing the war. when accompa-
MED by my husband travelling
with me as a photographer,
I was the first American Jour-
nalist to get to Prague.
We did not get there from
Pilsen-where our troops were
Stationed-with any aid from
the United States military,
who had forbidden us to leave
the American zone. I had only
promised not to attempt the
journey without a pass, which
satisfied our authorities, who
thought that impossible. But
President Benes had arrived
that day on his first visit to
Pilsen. ] had long known him,
and sent a note into a confer
ence he was holding. Imrne-
diately, a secretary came out
to ask what the President
could do for me. I said, 81
would like a pass to Prague"
and had it in five minutes.
Even then, discreet inquiries
indicated that our military
would hold us up, but a friend
OF my StepSon, who was killed
IN the war, whispered Mat if
we arrived in the border viii
lage where he was stationed
ne would let us through.
Thereafter. the pass was ac-
cepted by the Russian soldiers
at numerous road blocks.
We were In uniform, in an
Army jeep driven by CT, and
by some sort of grapevine vii
layers heard of our journey
and lined the road with spring
flowers in their hands, shout
ing "NaZdar! Nazdar!" Czech
Tor good health" or "Hooray!"
and threw the flowers into
the jeep. They evidently
thought we must be the ad-
vance of an American caval-
cade. for they turned to await
the next vehicles, but we were
all the Americans there were.
In Prague, that beautiful
city where my husband grew
up, every window held pic
lures OF Stain and Benes and
Evening star., 1953-03-24
BIockbirds to Find
Another Hot Time
In Maryland

Those nursery rhyme
blackbirds who were baked
in a pie would get an un-
comfortable reception if they
flew into Maryland today.
The Interior Departments
Fish and Wildlife Service
told a Senate Appropriations
subcommittee it wants to
send experts into that State
to cope with the blackbird
problem. The agency has
about finished a blackbird
control project in Arkansas,
under a $4,000 outlay pre-
viously authorized by Con-
greSS.
But Director Albert M.
Day disclosed I'VE are into
a blackbird problem which is
Just as bad, with as many
complaints in Maryland
right now, as we were in
Arkansas"
Evening star., 1953-03-24

that their doubts. must COM
mand attention. How strongly
they will be challenged by
their colleagues remains to be
seen.
It is the considered opinion
OF the most astute politicians
here that the real challenge
must come from the President.
They are certain that he can
carry the great majority of
his own party with him. If
he leaves it to Congress to hew
out the Republican line with
out his strong leadership. they
anticipate that a kind of
political Gresham's law will
operate. with the bad currency
driving out the good. At that
point the President will be
a captive.
Democrats would like to en-
joy the struggle among the
Republicans, and the Presi-
dents problem, but their
pleasure is marred by its
implications for the future.
Politics. too, is a very human
business; most people who en-
gage in it like the human race
and are tolerant of its mis-
takes. Senators are frankly
somewhat ashamed of what
the affair involves for MIR.
Bohlen personally.
This is, of course. the kind
of struggle for the duty of
the Executive to- execute that
President Truman and Secre-
tary of State Acheson carried
on for so long. Ground was
sometimes won from them but
they never gave it.
Evening star., 1953-03-24
Fletcher knebeI:
Potomac Fever

congressional leaders to extend rent controls until
October l. The date fixed mathematcaly they
figured t-they found more tenants than landlords.
The Agriculture Department offers to buy beef bolster
cattle prices This administration centerng policy
the hoof-its already running for Office again.
Kansas legislative committee deliberates
publican Chairman Wes Roberts building
The Republican Party the move-i already the
Washington out to Kansas.
Bernard Baruch Congress ought to have
and price controls Congressen have respect
Baruh Every they take his advc-and bury with
The Senate debate the nomination Charles
Bohlen Ambassador Republican Senators
suspect him Of guilt by association friend Secretary
Of State Dulles.
Senator Mccarthy asks that Charles Bohlen take ede
ector test Mccarthy trusts the machine quvers Bohen
is lying. If it stands stll-the machine is lying.
President Eisenhower promises strengthen the civil
by wedding unfit employees The civil
service-so drag its feet while it rides his back