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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-06
NOTAS CUBANAS
Por RAouL ALPIzAR PoYo

dedicara tempranito a regar las
Gales, hacer 10 miSmo en- esos
dichos parking lots, acaso 81
los vecinoS habriamos de sentir-
nos altamente agradeeidos y obi
gados, con los que tan impcrtante
mission realizaran.
A veces, hemos pensado, poner
ell famoso vase de aqua, invo-
car ell nombre del milagroso, Ia
lenfoso y sabroson de CIavelitos,
para yer 81 su poder es tanto,
que, no tenemos que esperar a
que las nubes derramen Sobre la
ciudad sus Huyias, SinO que I'm
dia, nos sorprendan realizando
ese servicio de regar nuestras ca
Hes citadinas, tai y como Sc hace
en- cast todas las ciudades del
mundo. En- esta. mucho mas ne
cesario, por ser su superficie, en-
Ia mayoria de los casos. de fini-
sima arena.
Naturalmente, que existen otros
medios hacederos y faciles para
obtener que esa labor Sc haga,
aunque solo sea a medias, pero
algo Is alg0, cuando nos falta to-
do. Y uno de los medios faeiles,
es ohligar por una ordenanza mu-
nicipal, q que los duefos de esos
Totes cubiertoS de arena, va sean
explotados no, los rieguen un
par de veces la semana, en- OBJ
sequio a la salud de los niflos y
mayores de la vecindad.
Parece este algo asi como IN
sofisma. Pero. a veces, dando
con ell martillo. solemos darnos
en- el dedo y no en- ell clavo, pero
cuando lie damos al clavo, mucho
hemos ganado.
No nos gusta censurar a nadie.
Solo buscamos al redactar estas
cronicas. tratar de hacer el bien
q nuestros semeiantes. Sin que
en- clio exista ningun deseo per-
verso de molestar a nadie.
Siempre hemos creido que Ia YER
dadera democracia. esa que Sc
practice ampLiamente en- este
gran pals, tiene como norma prin.
cipalisma. ell respeto al dereeho
de las mayorias. Y en- este case
concrete. es Ia mayoria Ia que
sufre de Ia garganta, de Ia vista
y de otros males. causados direc-
tamente, por aspirar el polvo. mu-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-06
Hal BOYLE SAYS

NEW YORK B-Two young vet.
Grams here in less than seven years
have pariayed 5000 and a dream
into a multi.million dollar business
empire bailt on fire extinguishers,
haircuts and household chemicals,
Everything that Lewis Vessel
and Alvin Meyer touch seems TO
turn TO gold-4and they can't stop
touching things.
we try 10 stay out Of new
things now-we've got about all
we can do said Lewis. But II
it's exciting, we can't stay away
from il.
Vessel, now 50, ard Meyer, IS,
played In the streets Of New York
together as boys and have been
lifelong friends. each had a small
business and had to liquidate 1t
when they went into service during
the second weird war.
Lewis, as an Air Force lieuien-
ant 10 Europe. and Al. as a combat
ariilleryman, dreamed Of going
back into business on their own
when the firing ceased.
Neither Of Us wanted TO work
for anyone else, said Al.
One evening IN 1915, while they
we're playing bridge, Lew mem
toned a new product be was in
terested in- . compact fire ex.
tinguisher, no larger than a flash
light, for use il homes OF autos.
al liked the idea. too. They
formed a partnership with 5000
they had saved. Lew. an eSeep-
tionai card player. had saved some
Of his So 500 from his wartime win.
nings.
Everyone We talked TO said we
were foolish" Al recalled, They
said people wouldn't bus anything
they didn't expect 10 use--and no.
body really expects 10 use 3 fire
eytlnguisher
But by recruiting a nationwide
sales fierce, the swo partners Seon
were selling the cheapiy priced
III April. AZ first they commits
stoned a metal firm 10 make
them, then bought she firm with
their profits. Eow their metals
plant and its products gross about
81 SO 90 year.
I'VE sol into he haircut business
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-06

is peso (llI4 eentsl If the sender
wants advice on his love affairs
or extra flourishes, the cost Is Is
eentavos--3 cents--fnore.
Jose Maldonado Aguilar. vet
eran evangelist, says times have
changed.
This old machine" he said,
patting his typewriter. "has
patched hundreds Of broken hearts
and arranged more marriages than
] can remember.
"But now most Of the servant
girls can read and write, SO they
make their own love letters.
"The farm laborers stili come.
and sometimes q senorita. But
most Of my clients are small
businessmen or university students
who want their thesis typed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-06

by accident" said Al. IAN &C
eountant with us told us that the
hotel barber shop he went to was
for sale, and he thought ii would
be a good buy.
$50 we bought Il, and took the
accountant in as partner. The shop
did so well We decided TO try
another"
They ended up by buying the
largest barber shop chain In Amer.
ica-ls barber shops and eight
beauty parlors in New York, Balti-
more and Pittsburgh. The chain
takes in better than two million
dollars annually.
In 1851 the two partners com.
missioned a friend, who was visit
ing Europe, 10 look around for
new products. He came back ex.
cited over an item he had found
In Sweden. a fluid In which house.
hold silver could be dipped and
freed almost instantly Of tarnish.
I'VE snapped II up" said Al,
and sold more than a million
dollars worth in eight months last
year This year we expect il win
do three million"
He and Lew have decided the
best field for quick profits in
America today lies in household
chemicals. products to lighteA a
wife's chores. They are currently
preparing 10 market a new wall
cleaning paste and a liquid de.
mother which can be poured into
washing machine and protect
wooIenS from moths for a year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-06
sALux PoPuLI

&N@C$ - ~
Hace muchos amos, cuando to.
dayia eramos muy nifios, viva
mos en- este querido Cayo, donde
tuyimos la dicha de nacer.
Entonces, no habian neveras
electricas, nj automobiles, nj te-
Lewiston, nj radio. Pero, tai vez,
la salud del pueblo, era algo mas
importante, de 10 que va resultaE-
do en- estos dichosos tiempos que
corremos y que c0rremos con de-
masiada prisa.
Recordamos que antes, una
vez dos a la semana, Sc rega-
ban las Gales del Cayo. Era Ell
servicio de incendios quien reali-
zaba tan loable, como higienica
labor.
Ahora, tenemos todos esos ade-
lantos y hasta Ia iamosa peni-
china, pero, en- cambio. las ca
Hes no Sc riegan. los patios, en- Ia
mayoria de los casos; esan GU
hiertOs de yerba y detrictus, con
gravisimo riezgo para los quietos
| y Raclfie0s Aabitantes del Cayo.
ExiSten aqul multitud de park
ing lots; que han sido hechos de
prisa. eubrlendo Ia superficie con
arena traid1 de Ia costa. Esa
arena, fina kmoo polvos de toca.
dor. tan proato corren aires del
Noroests y hasta del Sur, leVan-
tan nubes de polvo, que nos 10
tragamos tranquilamente. los que
vivimos en- las cereanias, sin
que por nadie, sc trate de evitar
este, cue es acknowledgements I'm
serio peligro para Ia ciudad.
Males de garganta, de Ii vista
| y hasta de los pulmones. nos
los aspiramos completamente de
gratis" q despecho de que. sc.
gun IN viejo aforimo latino, va
cast en- desuso, nos decia que
''sslUd pepvli. supreme Lex"
Ahora, parece, iu1gar por Ia
indiierencia con que Sc observan
estas cosas, por los llamados a
evitarlas, que la supreme lex. +"
es hacer 10 que cada uno lie venga
en- ganas y al projimo, que se 10
llleve 81 mismisirno diablo.
Ello, naturalmente, es c6mod0
IL agradahle para los que no
piensan mas que ca sus propns
negoeios, sin importartes una
miajita, Ell dereeho de los demas.
Segun algunos tratadistas de
mediclna, Ia laringitis Sc puede
adquirir. en- muchos casos p,or
aspirar materias infeceiosas. Ese
polvo, sobre 81 cual los amahles
canes, realizan sus funciones fisio-
logicas y muchas persouas eseu-
pen sus eatarros, 10 asplramos
los deHas nortales y nuchas We.
ces esa Iaringitis Sc haee crouica,
0 puede ser el origen de males
mayores,
Quien puede aSegurarnos. que
en- ese polvo que aspiramos. no
viajan tranquilamense los baeilns
KlebsLoeffer, prodHctnres de il
difteriag FL contagio suels
ser de persona a persona: peru
tamhien se adquiere en- cualquier
partr. donie 81 polyo haya side
socado FoF algunoS eunvsleseien
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moradores.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-06
DIVORCE FOR DANGER

HOLLYWOOD R-Daneer Gene
Nelson says he and bis wife have
been unable to work out their
problems and they're going to set
a divorce.
The couple announced their sep.
aration las, week. Mrs. Nelson Is
the former Miriam Franklin,
Broadway actress and dancer. Mel.
sen came 10 Hollywood from The
New York stage.
They we're married IN 1891 and
have . son, Christopher, 8.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-06

Joe Pearlman, chairman Of the
Monroe County Salvage Commit
tee, issued interesting information
this morning in connection with
the important part fats play in
the war, and the vast extent to
which they are wasted in the
United States.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-06
Value OF Sunday Schools
Landed By EisenhOwer

NEW YORK R--PreSldent Ri.
senhower says the nations Sun.
day schools pass along to children
the abiding values today 50
fiercely challenged by the 'tene-
mics of freedom, -
Eisenhower last week noted the
ninth annual observance Of Nation
al Sunday School Week. April l3-
10, in . letter 10 Harry A. Bulls,
chairman Of the observance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-06

Freed by the wrecking tug Re.
lief from her perilous position on
the reef near Carysfort light
house, the Spanish steamer Mar
ques de Comillas viii arrive $50
o'clock this afternoon off the en-
trance to Key West harhor, ae-
companied by the Relief.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-06

= am just as satisfied today
as ] was three months ago. that
The bridges over the water gaps
on the highway viii be built"
William r. Porter. vice chair
man of the Oversees Bridge
Corporation, told The Citizen
on his return from Miami TO-
day.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-06

Proposed changes In the city
charter were completed this
morning by Attorneys Thomas
S. Caro- and J. Lsneelot Lester.
and the city council at It's meet
ing tonight will discuss the pro-
visions Of The charter that have
been altered and amendments
that have been suggested.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-06

Key West Is 10 be given
prominent place in . travel
guide TO be issued by The Ma
fional Hotel and Tourist Bureau
Of Chicago this year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-06
10 YEARS AGO

The people of Monroe County
will be put to the acid test during
the Second War Loan, beginning
April IL, it was announced today
by VIM. R. Porter, County Chair.
man.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-06

The S. S. Cuba arrived at Ago
O'Clock yesterday from Havana
with 81 passengers, u aliens and
two automobiles.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-06

Jack Thompson. who Is IN
Key West spending the spring
vacation from Dartmouth Col
lege with his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Norberg Thompson. had
great afternoons sport Tuesday
fishing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-06
Key West In
Days Gone By
From
The Citizen Files
20 YEARS AGO

A large part Of the country goes
off the ear-beer standard at
1901 am, local time, tomorrow.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-06-26
SEN. HILL FIGHTS FOR
CASH FOR the T.V.A.

The Tennessee Valley Authority
"as we know it today" will end un-
less a cut in its funds approved by
the House Appropriations Commit
tee is restored, Sen. Lister Hill 3D.,
Ala.) has declared.
"The Republican House commit
tee," Hill said, "would destroy the
heart of TVA-its resource develop
ment work-and leave only the fer
tilizer plan and power system with
too little generating capacity for
IVA to meet its commitments to it's
customers"
The Senator called the COP per-
Torrance on TWAS appropriations a
complete violation of the party's
campaign promises. He recalled
that on November 1, 1952-three
days before the Observation-Disclosures
Eisenhower wired several newspaper
editors in the Tennessee valley as
uring anxious people of the region of
his support for IVA, and declared:
eff | am elected President, IVA will
be operated and maintained at maxi
mum efficiency"
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-06-26

a strict application of 18th century
economic thinking people would have
to take care of themselves with money
they had saved but in an age of mass
production the working population
has to take care of all the population.
There are many ways of doing this,
he said, and he repeated his previous
statements that local and state gov
ernments should become partners with
the federal government in operating
the system.
The New York Times on June 10
editorially picked up some of the
loose ends of the President'e re-
marks. 1t said his designation of
IVA as creeping socialism" and
his contention that he was not out
to destroy it contra dicted each 9TH
err. 1t noted further that the IVA
could not possibly have been car
ried out by any form of private
enterprise, that its cheap rates
benefited principally farm consum-
ers with industry paying rates COM
parable to other nearby areas, and
that IVA is not subsidized but
pays its own way.
Sen. Estes Kefauver (D-Tenn)
commented that it was regrettable
that Pres. Eisenhower had display
ed an alarming lack of knowledge of
IVA. "-CIO-PAC PIPELINE.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-06-26
ike SAYS iva. IS "CREEPING SOCIALISM,, But
that HE ISN'T OPPOSED TOT j..

The IVA is an example of Creep
ing Socialism, President Eisenhower
told his press conference in Wash
ington June II. But, he added, he
is not opposed to IVA.
The Presidents discussion of the
subject was prompted by question
as to what he had in mind when he
talked about creeping socialism" in
a speech in South Dakota on June IL.
He replied that the IVA was an
example of what he meant. In eff
feet, the President went on, the fed
eral government subsidized the val
ley region by it's monopoly of power
produced by the IVA. Then addi-
tional federal money was requested
for expansion because industries
wished to move to the Tennessee val
ley to get the cheaper power rates.
He asked for re-evaluation of what
he termed t h e .socialistic theory
taxes from all the country
were used to subsidize a particular
region which then sought to draw
business from other areas.
But, the President went on, he had
said a thousand times he has no in
tention of destroying the IVA. He is
seeking a middle of the road course.
Asked how this philosophy of his
applied to social security legisla-
ton, the President said that under
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-06-26
Editorial Comment

The 20-year contract on Bonneville
Power referred to in the adjoining
story is being pushed by the private
utilities in move which has been
rightly labelled by Senator Kefauver
of Tennessee a means to give "a
small group of utilities the autocratic
right to allocate power generated by
the government and paid for by all
the taxpayers.
DR.. Paul Raver, Bonneville admin
istrator, at the request of Secretary
of Interior Mckay, is in Washing ton
at this time to sign 2O-year contracts
with nine private utilities.
Three senators in addition to Ke-
fauver - Mansfield, Montana, and
Magnuson and Jackson, Washington,
are demanding that Mckay hold up
approval of the contracts until the
Senate has made a full probe of
what's behind the move.
In so requesting, they have asked
Mckay to answer four questions on
what appears to be another facet of
the big deal' policies of the Essen
hover Administration:
/. Would the contracts change or
partially evade t h e preference
clause" pertaining to REA, PUD,
municipal bodies) of the act?
2. Would it in effect change con-
tracts now held by public customers
of Bonneville without these custom
ers being signatories to the contracts?
3. Would the contracts give pri-
vate utilities power to dictate the
kind of industry which can come to
the northwest, and geographically
where new industries may locate?
a. Are the contracts an attempt to
formulate ground rules under which
the Bonneville Power Admins ira
ton must operate and, if so, do they
represent an encroachment on the
powers of the congress?
The nature of these contracts and
they are signed, is of import
snce to rural electric co-operatives in |
Montana. Western Montana co-ops re-
,eive their power through the Bonnie
vile system, and such contracts might |
seriously jeopardize their securing
additional electricity as their demand /
grows, should these contracts pro-
ride means of evading the prefer
ence clause" applying to power pro-
iuced at publicly-owned hydroelectric
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-06-26
HELL'S CANYON GIVEAWAY DRAWS
FIRE FROM TEXAS R.E.A. PAPER
Contends Eisenhower Administration Has Shameless
Unconcern" For Orderly Development of Resources

mediate cost would only be 1856 mil
lion yet giving three times as much
water for reclamation and flood con-
troll and a tremendous additional
amount of power.
Mckay has repeatedly declared
himself neither for public or private
power, preferring to "let the peo-
pie decide which they want" Yet
when the people of Idaho showed
their decision by sending to Congress
Rep. Oracle Pfost, whose entire cam
paign was based on the Hells Canyon
program. Mckay spurned their voice
and did exactly opposite.
AS stated by Mckay, the new adj
ministration believes that profit en-
terprise should be allowed to build
dams SO long as they don't interfere
with the orderly development of ma
tural resources. This statement could
not have been clearer. 1t committed
the Interior Department to protect
the nations resources.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-06-26
YES, the PUBLIC MIGHT
LIKE TO KNOW

Delay of hearings on petition of
Idaho power company for three dams
on the Snake river where Hells Can
yon project is proposed has been
refused by the federal power commits
sion.
Announcement this week from
Washington said the hearings will
open as scheduled on July 7, that FPC
has been advised by the interior de-
partment all information assembled
on the matter would be made "avail-
able"
A large segment of the public in
the Northwest, including labor has
protested the three dams, urging
Hells Canyon be given full support
as public project.
Those fighting for Hells Canyon
sought a three months postponement
to gather data, to support their OPP
position, as the interior department
as an intervenor in the case
a few weeks ago.
FPC comments that should the
hearings show need for continuance
to permit intervenors to gather adj
data, the request will be ia
ken under consideration.
What is meant by consideration"
IS not explained. It's going to be in
to watch. The public might
like to know. = UNION REGISTER
(LSW).
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-06-26
POWER THE NEXT BIG GIVEAW Y?
MORSE FLAYS COP.
POLICY ON PUBLICLY
PRODUCED POWER

WASHINGTON-Senator Wayne
Morse told the Senate Monday the
Eisenhower Administration may seek
to transfer the Tennessee Valley Au-
thority to private ownership by San
innocent looking BILL"
The Oregon Independent made a
free-swinging attack on the admin
istration's power and natural resource
es policy, centering his fire on Pres
ident Eisenhower's statement last
week that IVA is creeping Social
ISM.
"For shamep' cried Morse, chat
we have a President so dedicated
to big business that he forgets the
interest of the little people.
For shame that he forgot
so quickly his campaign statements
when he was gathering votes in
the South.
Don't forget it in 3d." Morse
said. "Turn 'em out" for turning
natural resources over to big bust
ness.
"The people are beginning to see
the electric power program of the
Eisenhower administration is to
scuttle public power"
Speaking of the administration,
Morse said, you've got to watch
hem all the time, because their
whole record has been to do by ad-
order things that are
not in the public interest but play
nto the hands of private financial
interests.
"Watch for an innocent-looking
ill that seeks to transfer IVA to
private ownership" he said.-Great
falls Tribune.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-06-26

"Never since the day of the Alien
and Sedition Laws of 1889 has there
been a time when the freedom to
think, freedom to inquire, freedom
to speak were in greater jeopardy
never time when pressures for con-
formity to the prevailing mores were
heavier" Paul Hoffman, chairman of
the Ford Foundation Fund for the
Republic, told commencement audi
ence in Los Angeles, Calf, June 8.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-06-26
By WILLIAM S. ROBERTS, in
Texas Coop Power

The entire Eisenhower admins
tration is now on record in favor of
abandoning Hells Canyon-one of the
nations last great multi-purpose dam
sites to the profit power interests
with shameless unconcern whether
the power company proceeds Sin the
orderly development of resources.
Douglas Mckay, Secretary of In
terror, in his first major press con-
ference, was taking no political
chances with the Hells Canyon is
sue. Thanked by ten western gov
errors he made it clear that Eisen-
hower's cabinet had discussed the is
sue and did not disagree with his
decision to let private interests skim
the cream off Hells Canyon.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1953-06-26
POSTAGE STAMP" POWER RATES FOR
INDUSTRY in N. w. SHOULD CONTINUE

Private utilities in the Pacific
Northwest should be given enough
power through generation now avail
able and under construction to meet
the demands of their firm power
requirements. And after private utili-
ty needs are satisfied, industry
should share equally with other power
users.
These views were expressed last
week by officials of the Inland EN-
pire Waterways Association, Walla
Walla, in a letter to Secretary of the
Interior Douglas Mckay. The letter,
signed by Herbert G. West, executive
vice president of the organization,
offered several suggestions which the
Association and the groups it repre-
sents would like to see incorporated
in contracts currently under discus
sion between Bonneville Power Adj
ministration and private utilities.
The Association has taken the
stand, West said, that heavy industry
has made a stable investment in the
Pacific Northwest, and should be
permitted to expand on the same basis
as private or public utilities expand to
serve their customer loads.
ITO the man on the street." West
said, this entire program adds up
to bread and butter approach"
With him, it is the matter of get
ting a job; hydroelectric develop
ment means increased employment.
THAT is why the Pacific North
west has reiterated the policy of
postage-stamp rates on distribution
of Federally developed power, so that |
each community served by the Bon
neville Power Administration may
have an equal opportunity with the
other communities of industrial ex-
pansion and development"
Vests letter suggested any con-
tract written by BPA should con-
tain escape clauses providing that
generation now on the line, plus gen.
Grafton under construction, afford the
private utility group the opportunity
of meeting its firm power require
ments.