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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-17
Ford Motor Company To Spend
Half Billion S In Expansion

at dinners over the nation. During
the remainder of the summer Ford
personnel, and their families in the
plants, and at installations abroad,
will hold ''open house,.
The fantastic story of how the
original SIS, 900 invested in the COM
pany grew to assests OF more than
Ia billion dollars; bow the timid
IL original stockholders quickly
were engulfed in a golden flood
of dividends and of Henry Ford's
effect upon the world and ma
ton, has been told many times.
Not so well known is the decline
into which the empire fell during
the latter years of the elder Henry
Ford's life. This is tacitly admit
ted in a news release issued by
the company in connection with
the celebration.
In part it said: During the de-
preston Of the l930s Ford had lost
its position at the head of the in
dustry. The company'S operating
procedure, with control conferred
in few hands, was as outmoded
as the Model T. Plant facilities
were inadequate; working condi.
lions needed improvement. The
sales staff had disintegrated during
the war world War ID, and need
ed rebuilding from the bottom up.
Henry Ford II tackled the job
of building an automobile company
all over again. he brought new
blood into executive positions and
branch under a decentralization
policy. Each division and each
plant in the big company was CIV
en- new authority and responsibility
that was unknown under the old
regime"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-17
BY DAVID ]. WlLKIE
APP Aufcmotive Editor

DETROIT R-The Ford Motor
Company, which has spent nearly
a billion dollars in expansion and
modernization in the last five
years, plans to spend another half
billion in the next two years.
That. was the message Henry
Ford II gave recently to a private
management conference, held in
connection with the commemora-
ton of the company's 50th ami
verSary.
The statement emphasized the
long way the Ford Motor Company
has Travelled over what it calls
"the American road" in the last
half century.
It was so years ago Tues. that
the Ford Motor Company was in
corporated. OF a proposed $50, 900
capitalization, only $4,000 was
paid in by IL stockholders. The
payroll for seven workers in the
two-story, barnlike rented plant
amounted to $s5.23 for the first
week Of operation.
More than 10000 workers
are paid more than IL million dol
lars weekly. The Ford empire is
spread around the earth.
While this marks the actual
5Oth birthday anniversary of the
huge industrial empire founded by
a 40-year-old man with a deter
mination to build low-price trans.
portation, most of the formal OBJ
servances already have been held.
Highlight of the anniversary year
commemoration was dedication
last month of the Ford Motor Com
pany Archives, set up in Fair Lane
former home of the elder Henry
Ford, in nearby Dearborn. The
home has been converted into a
gold mine of information about one
Of the most fabulous industrial fig
ures in all history.
Tuesday a two-hour television
show was sponsored by the Ford
Motor Company TO commemorate
the anniversary: today the remod.
eled Ford Rotunda Building in
Dearborn, emphasizing the theme
progressive research and engi-
neering," was reopened as a public
showplaee.
Today the company viii be
host to its dealers and their wives
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-17
Movie Producer
Wants Audience
To HaveFun
By BoB THOMAS


HOLLYWOOD N = Should SD
give up It's gimmicks9 Not on your
life, says pioneer Sd producer
Bryan Foy.
Most film critics have com.
planned about the tricks Of having
objects appear 10 come out into
the audience in three-dimensional
pictures. Many film makers have
argued that such novelties win Be
discarded In future depthies.
But not Foy. the man who mads
millions for Warner Brothers with
House Of Wax" That film had
such items as rubber balls. can.
can girls legs and gnlIlotined
heads projecting into the theasers.
Now he's dreaming up even more
fantastic ideas for his new picture.
The Mad Magician. .
The audience Is entitled 10 have
some fun. too. he commented.
The ticket buyers Ike those GIN.
mieks. 50 Why deprive them9 Who
cares what the critics say7
'.0f course. you have to know
how ard when 10 use the tricks.
For instance. we found that is no
good Il yeu Just throw something
out into the audience. Il happens
50 fast thai there's no kick IN Il.
You have 10 repeat The action
ike that bouncing bah o. the
paddle
Foy Is eoneocting = wealth a.
new starters Tor bis rev epic.
You can ges ready 10 start AodaIng
yo.yos, because he has found he
champion Yoyo man. The champ
vii be spinning tao o. the thihes
e you n tie picture.
Horror win Be The keynote. ons
graphic ahos IN the film Nlll sigw
the magieians Illusion of seseKing
4 girls bead with ! buxz So. BIT
d0a't 80 awny. TIE climax 81 tie
sh0w VII b lhe interior "a ! ere.
natogism. | predict Il VII ether
Be . sensation o. else send he
patrons screaming en- q ths
ffieater.
Some producers think ID Is .
passing fancy. FoF says IL here
q stay.
'Thefes plenty 81 room ~ 80
klnaa e neN me8lams. ~ -
marked II think ID VII refzsir
xood feg hogrsx pictures. which II
) kssd q entegts.nnenf fhe pa e
go almays l5ked. Thsy entey ~
sng shoeke
Dm mese petarsx have q =
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besleye = Il ~ mala troaAe 4
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-17
Life jacket With
RadiO-Radar To
Be Given Fliers
RY VERN HAuGLANp

WASHINGTON PA radio-radar
beacon device. smaller than two
matchboxes, will be manufactured
in this country for filters TO wear
on their lifejackets.
The miniature transmitter-recei-
yer includes batteries, microphone-
loudspeaker and aerial that extends
to 81 inches 1t is designed to guide
rescuing planes to survivor drift
ing in the sea and let him COM
municate with them when they
come close enough.
u. S. rights to manufacture the
3l2-pound device, called Sarah, ;"
have been acquired by SimmondS
Aerocessiores. Inc, Tarrytown,
N. Y. from Ultra Electric Ltd,
London. The first sales have been
made to Grammar Aircraft, Beth
page, NJ. Y.
Grammar plans TO use the equip
ment in its own flight testing pro-
gram. Sarah also has been demon
strated to the Air Force and the
Army Field Forces, and the Navy
has made tests at its Patuxent,
Md, Air Center.
A flier adrift at sea, wearing a
Mae West life. jacket to which
Sarah is attached, merely pulls a
wire ring. Thereupon a cover flies
off, the yellow steel tape aerial
snaps open and the transmitter
starts sending messages for as
much as. 65 miles, and up TO 60. 900
feet. The signals may continue for
10 hours.
In the searching airplane, a
three-inch teleyision screen re,
ceives the Sarah signals as green
pips or spikes pointing out the di-
rection the plane must fly.
When the search plane passes
over the downed pilot, Sarah's
signals disappear from the screen.
The man al sea then can speak to
the airplane pilot through his tiny
microphone, and can use it as a
loudspeaker to hear the pilot.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-17
Watching Numbers
Popular Pastime
In Soviet Russia
sy HONS ?. WHITNEY,

MOSCOW ZAP -- One Of the more
popular pastimes in the USSR is
watching the numbers .
The numbers" ia question are
the serial numbers Of Soviet state
bonds.
Periodic drawings are held for
all eight outstanding bond issues Of
the government 10 determine who
wins prizes in cash.
Instead Of paying cut q fiat in
terest rate, the Sagsef government
chooses to give herd bayers q
chance to win prizes over and
above the face value IL the beads.
The prizes vary according 10 the
specific cnssditipus If the issue ia
question, baf in The case Of ali
issues the prize Is rsEaimnm
100 per ceat Of tie face value 81
the band held TIE largest prize
awarded sFn0nss to 100. 30 Tuaes
on q bend 81 face va1ae ca 30
Tuhges whixh ag1ts 50 > gan 81
50 GO per eeE1. T latter ggxe ia
awarded oasy n tAe ease 81 ens
particular Ao1d ~ fs tAe Yes
TIE biggest prgEa aeoa1gs 10 Il. 60
rabies
Ia practice tbs Sysfea e lottery
pysres 60 State bae1g rsezns sAat
practically eweTy adult kas .
ehanse 10 waa = pglrs. Eeeasss 81
tAe ssarg@a msture es the s
AaaN essa laa zae saes s2aF Heg-
d eKs marsy 8 sMl eA
se sV sse s
&asg sM aas sEgaA &nl as
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-17
Safety
Notes
BY BILL GLIB

We've used such slogans as
''Speeders Lose, Speed Kills !.
Take 1t Easy" There is another
one that might be appropriate:
An Open Road Doesn't Mean
Open Up"
As mentioned the other day,
speed control is a form of self.
control. The National Safety Coun.
Gil discusses the subject in this
manner:
Speed control is keeping your
faculties alert to all conditions that
affect your driving maintaining
only speed consistent with other
conditions. If speed alone we're the
danger, what about pilots who fly
jet planes at speeds as fast or
faster than sound? When you
think of speed, you must think of
other factors, other conditions
which are operating.
What about road conditions? Ger
taiRly so mph on a straight, we'll
paved, uncrowded highway may
not be a dangerous speed. But
speed of so mph on an unpaved,
narrow, unknown dirt road may be
way of flirting with death.
How about weather conditions?
Rain, fog. snow, ice all demand
lower speed than clear day
with visibility very high.
Your vehicle? Obviously, you
shouldn't drive as fast in a car
with worn brakes as. you may
drive in one in which every mech
anieal factor is perfect.
The time Of day also is a factor.
Dusk and nightfaIl bring hazards
that do not exist il bright, day
light hours. To drive as fast after
dark as you may early in the after.
noon is not keeping speed consist.
ent with conditions.
Lastly, what about your condi-
ton the condition Of the driver7
Nervous, upset, worried, haIf.ill,
have a bad headache? These are
factors that must be considered
when YOU "stkp on il"
And remember these five con-
ditions do not exist just by them
selves. Any combination Of them,
or all five Of them. may be operat-
ing simultaneously. Your speed win
have TO be adjusted to such con-
ditions il YOU are. to drive in &C.
cordance with sound principles Of
speed control.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-17
Heat Relief

NEW DELHI. India ag-Diplo-
mats in India's sweltering capital
appear To be boxing 70 the heat
al least until dinner time. 0iiics.
ally. it's okay to wear tieiess Sport
shirts BY day and light suits Tor
cocktails
The new regime was advised il
a circular % tl1e diplomatic corps
from lis senior member, Egyptian
Ambassador Isnad Kamel Bey lie
reported that the '.logic a. il
seems 10 be bringing ihem al
around bat stressed tAat its not
obligatory.
IF any Nantx 70 BE- formal.
they'n Jast be oft of step. be
added.
Diplomats here eEstomafiiy have
worn necktses thrpaakoui she day
ard dinner jackets 81 so<ktad par.
ties. despite EseN Besls iisee.
gree midsummer temperatures.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-17
Ann Blytll, James
McNulty To Wed

HOLLYWOOD ~ - One 81 the
fanciest weddings Of the Hollywood
summer season viii unite actress
Ann Blyth ard DR.. James Vincent
MeNulty june III.
asss Biyth. II, and DR.. McNaI;y.
.s5-year. old obsielrieiah brother of
actor-singer Dennis Dag, obtained
their marriage license Monday.
James francis Cardinal Ne.
lntyre. archbishop q Los Angeles.
vii perform the ceremony AZ s..
Charles Catholic Church, North
Hollis sood. The wedding and re-
cepgion guest list totals roo. Day
wsu act as best man
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-17

The Citizen welcomes express
stems of the views of its read
eTs, but the editor reserves the
right 10 delete any items which
are considered IibeI0us or auWar-
rnnted. The writers should 20
fair and eonfine the letters to
200 words and write ON enc side
" the paper only. Signature of
the writer must accompany the
letters and viii be published un-
leSS requested ozherySiKe.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-17
MARITAL RIFT ENDS

HOLLYWOOD as-Jack Webb.
producer ard star q the teievistoa
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believe W. lTeged Ga cag trg2a1sa
and ua&srssana saga csheF besEsg
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a., ass7, ID LIS Vegas
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Long Ticket

MEXICO CITY R-Mexican Air.
lines figures one passenger from
Chicago is going to need a special
carrying case for the ticket he's
bought for a trip through the Carib-
bean, Central and South America.
The airline said il had sold a
ticket three yards long to William
A. Miller. He plans q business pro-
motion tour of 81 cities.
The ticket cost $1,000 pesos
Si5,S2o.
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EDUCATORS QUESTION
Editor. The Citizen:

Editor, The Citizen:
There is a question which is
growing in concern to every men,
Der of the teaching profession in
Monroe County. How do you hold
a job on the staff of the Monroe
County Public Scheols?" Doing an
admittedly satisfactory job on a
professional basis seems to have
less and less bearing on getting a
person reelected.
In the ordinary school system,
if person satisfies the parents,
pupils and general public that they
are efficient, teaching what they
are hired to teach, administering
their school in a professional and
orderly fashion, producing a cons
tant improvement in the areas
they are supervising or turning out
creditable athletic teams which
are an honor to the community :
then they can expect to be retain
ed.
Let's look at the record in Mon
roe County during the last four
years. Principal Earl Hamilton
was released at the end of over a
decade of fine service, at the end
of what everybody considered his
best year. There is no question
about his ability as fine elemen-
tary principal to administer good
school and turn out well trained,
thoroughly educated pupils pre-
pared for going on to high school.
Ask the majority of the parents
who had children under Principal
Willard Fowler at the Harris
School how satisfied they were
with his ability as a good school
administrator. I am beginning to
wonder if most of the detrimen-
tai things / was told about Fow-
Ter were not the old smear techni-
que as has been tried on me.
Ask the teachers who worked I'M
der him what they thought of him
as a Principal. Admittedly he was
like Caesar. an ambitious man
who was said to have aspired TO a
higher office, but he turned out
well prepared pupils and satisfied
the majority of the parents, yet he
was allowed to leave in embarras-
sing circumstances
Is there any reason why Mrs.
Elna A. March was not retained as
a teacher in the Elementary School
when she is considered by every
one who has seen her teach to be
one Of the best teachers in the
system. Even the Principal who
released her for ''unprofessional
attitudes and conduct" admitted
he had never seen her do anything
unprofesSional or known personal.
ly Of her showing an unprofession.
al attitude. | suspect her undoing
was the fact that she was the wife
Of a man who is the target of a
campaign aimed to drive him out
of the County, and her salary
would help him stay in Key West.
Ask the parents oil pupils who have
been in her classes, or ask her
fellow teachers if she is not a
worthwhile addition TO the teaching
staff Of any County elementary
school.
In spite of the superintendent
assertion at a Board meeting that
someone in Tallahassee" had
told him his worst mistake was e
have hired me years ago, have
in my files a number of letters
from DR.. Sam III. Moorer. Direc,
tor Of Institutional Field Services,
State Department Of Education:
DR.. Thomas d. Bailey, State Super
intendent Of Schools: DR.. r. S. sry.
gley, Director Of the Department
Of Instruction and others in the
state Department Of Education ii
Tallahassee commencing the I'M
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REFUSED" IS THE WEAPON THAT KNOCKS
OUT UNETHICAL BUSINESS HOUSES

The United States Post Office is powerful, but it
not powerful enough to make anybody accept anything he
does not want Jim Cobb had story in The Citizen about
out-ofown business houses sending merchandise to
people who did not order it, with the expectancy of
keeping and paying for it. Such practice is unethca on
the part OF business Cobb said and is humbug
to people who receive the packages unless they refuse to
accept them Incidentally the practice has been going
for many -ears.
The best way to hit back at the sender to refuse
accept package, which makes him pay postage both
ways That has been done of times the local post
office The Citizen knows Key Wester who refused
packages from at least dozen business houses and
not bothered further by them For that matter address
refuse to accept package he has ordered
by parcel post refuse to sign receipt for
istered letter.
After the 1925 boom crashed thousands of suits
foreclosures of mortgages filed in Florida Morga
gors in instances when they unable to
mortgages otherwise served them tried them
with by registered mail But mortgages
were wary and refused to sign for letter. usually sent in
No. envelope When that happened the letter
turned to the mortgagor or his attorney.
Ten years ago, The Citizen published editorial
about group of in Chicago who called themselves
Friends of the Veterans" They sent out small tag with
iscense-plate numbers them--t easy matter,
through Tallahassee learn the number of ones tag
and requested that quarter more" be returned to
them for the tag.
Officials in Tallahassee investigated the practice and
learned that veterans organizations got only II cents
Of every dollar the Chicago group received.
The most effective way to stop being humbugged by
the unethca business houses to refuse accept pack
age sent out by firm from which you have ordered
anything.
Faith in ones self is the foundation of success.
There are seldom any sins committed in church.
Most people will do anything for money, Except work
Service clubs sometimes do not live up to their desig
nation.
A gifted mind is that easily discovers plausible
excuses.
Generals sometimes minimize the possibilities of d
plomacy.
Money is not as important a lot of young people
think 1t is.
The theory Of saying no to children leaves
bit cold
Smartness is never synonymous with vulgarity and
imprOprieties.
Not every man who praises democracy believes in his
doctrines.
The more prejudice q has. the louder he talks
about his tolerance.
In the course of time we believe every advertiser in
Monroe County will understand Why To ~ West CD
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-17

Faith in ones self is the foundation of success,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-17

The more prejudice man has, the louder he
about his tolerance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-17

In the course of time we believe every advertiser in
Monroe County will understand why To ~ West Co.
zen is the real result-getter.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-17

The theory Of never saying mo" to children
us bit cold.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-17

Smartness is never synonymous with vulgarity
improprieties.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-17

Not every man who praises democracy believe
own doctrines.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-17

There are seldom any sins committed in church
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Uhr Kty mf8t Gtttyrtt

TELEPHONE 2-sssl and 2-5ss2
Evening star., 1953-03-22

Southern charm has even ON visiting
Frenchmen.
The Southern belle plays for men. She
plays gently. dangerously, gracefully and
never TOO well. She never plays tennis to the
point of becoming red in the face or beating
a male adversary! She doesn't diet. The
Southern belle knows sweet disposition and
a DELIGHTFULLY."- rounded outline are more i'm.
portant than tape measure.
And she dances for men, Much as she loves
the pure delights of dancing, when the South
ern couple takes to the floor. the girl sincerely
hopes that she won't dance an uninterrupted
step that night.
OTHER essentials? She moves slowly. She
f1utters fans. She wears flowers in her hair.
And where does an this lead?
To the altar.
For the Southern belle, all life leads to the
wedding day. The true Southern woman of
good spirit, however, is undaunted by the
anti-climactic life of married woman. She
sets right about having daughters. and there
the planning begins again.
swear the biggest oath available that my
wife planted certain kind of Shasta daisy the
year our daughter was born so that she could
be assured of an ample supply - not for the
christening - but for all the bridesmaids on
our new Southern bellies wedding day :. . 20
years from now. The End
Evening star., 1953-03-22
ALWAYS Be A 80
SOUTHERN BELLE
Text and Photographs by BERN KEAIINC-
Text and Photographs by BERN KEATING-

The Northern girl may think Of men and
skis, the Western girl of men and horses the
Eastern girl of men and business. The South
ern girl thinks of men.
The Southern girl dresses for men, whence
come the laces, ribbons, skirts which would
horrify a Paris coutsMier for their tapping
lack of chic.
But the Southern belle IS not trying TO trap
a Paris dressmaker who. incidentally, might
be wiser to learn what devastating effect
Evening star., 1953-09-25
Boy, Il, Dies in Chicago
After Beating by Father
BY the Associated Press

CHICAGO. Sept. 25-A az
year-old boy, who was taken to
a physician yesterday after po-
lice said his father admitted
beating him. died in the Cook
County Hospital today.
Physicians at the hospital said
the baby. James H. Dodd, suf-
fered a broken right arm and
other injuries, They said he also
had pneumonia and was in an
oxygen tent when he died. Cause
of his death was not announced
Immediately.
1t. William O'Brien of Town
Hall police said the baby's
father, James Dodd, 80, a factory
worker. admitted he slapped
and spanked" his son twice yes
terday. He was held in Jail
without charge.
1t. O'Brien said Dodd told him
he beat his son for crying after
he fell out of his high chair and
for soiling his clothing and bed.
The couple, who have a daugh-
ter. Ruby Ann, 4. told police
they came to Chicago in 1913.
Dodd said he formerly lived in
Texarkana. Ark, and his wife in
! Beaumont, Tex.
Evening star., 1953-09-25
u. 5. Lists So Loss
OF SCI Million in
Farm Price Support
By the Assoeloted Press

The Agriculture Department
has reported a net realized loss
of SCI, ,146,000 in carrying out
the farm price support program
in the fiscal year which ended
June 80.
This compares with a net real
lied loss of $67,352.000 in the
preceding year. The peak loss
$346 million-occurred in the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1851.
The average annual loss since
the price support program be-
gan in October, 1888, is in the
neighborhood of $73 million.
The net loss in the last fiscal
year resulted largely from sales
of corn and wheat. These losses
were $2O,526,524 and $18,886, ,296,
respectively.
AS of June 80, the Commodity
Credit Corp. had an investment
of $3,476, 100000 in the price