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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-30
INSURANCE TROUBLE

Editor, The Citizen:
There is very interesting and educational article
the July number of The Readers Digest about insur-
ance policies.
wish everyone could read it before taking out
policy. They might profit by my mistake.
Over two years ago took out policy with local
in Miami was told by my agent whom had no rea
to disbelieve at that time.
Now I've decided the headquarters must be in Tim
buctoo other distant place. is taking them
long to settle my claim
Over three months ago filed for sick benefit Never
having put in claim heretofore for any X-rays or med
ical in the two and that had faithfully
paid my premiums naturally expected prompt and will
ing payment when 1 applied for only sick benefits
What did get? The agent got the history of my
Sent to headquarters Two weeks later notified me
must have statement of when entered and when re-
leased from the hospital.
Two more weeks elapsed. Agent says the statement
must be typewritten The hospital staff cooperated ina
medatey with - but the agent claims they refused
to cooperate with them.
Strange that they would cooperate with patient so
readily but refuse to cooperate with the insurance
pany.
Next, asked to get statement from my ply
stefan here in Key West did this.
That supposedly sent to headquarters
Ever since then I've been given the run-around
I've kept financial" but every week I'm given the
same old tale of woe.
lost my health and lost my protection along with
Sincerely,
L. r. T.
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Ice Cream Co.
Plans Extension

JACKSONVILLE u Directors
of Foremost Diaries Inc. have au-
thorized the corporations manage
ment to complete purchase of the
Ives Ice Cream Co. and the De
Soto Ice Cream Co. both of Mime
apolis.
The board at a meeting WedneS-
day also increased the dividend on
common stock from IS to As cents
quarterly. Directors propose
call a special meeting of stock
holders soon to vote on an in
crease of common stock from
three to 10 million shares.
Two additional shares would be
distributed for each share now
held.
Directors also put the common
stock on a $1.S0 annual basis by
declaring the Ascent quarterly div
idend, payable Oct. / to holders
of record Sept. Is.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-30

Only a few days ago there was
a hearing before a Congressional
committee on q bill to outlaw
huoridation in the u. S. II the
wire services carried anything on
that l failed to see it. The Ameri-
can Dental Association, however,
sent out to all newspapers its ties.
timony before it was given.
/ have been waiting two or three
years and searching the papers
diligently in an effort to find a brief
item that some city had rejected
nuoridation or thrown it out after
it had been Sneaked over on it,
but I haven't seen any such item.
An exception was Seattle In which
a weekly news magazine carried
a biased story about the defeat Of
Foundation there and made fun of
those who defeated it. Mr.. White
knows that a good many cities
have rejected fluofidation and
thrown it out.
There is no easy way for me to
find out who got the ADA to en-
dorse fuoridation, but l suspect It
was the USPHS. The secret meet
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-30
municipal swimming pool iu.,

municipal swimming pool lust
like II needs q ski Jump.
The Business and Professional
Women's Club has asked the civ
commission to include funds for a
municipal pool in this years bud
get.
Instead of building a swimming
pool, how about fixing the streets
first?
If the streets continue to deter.
iorate, you won't be able to drive
to the pool even if you have one
Anyway, why a swimming pool
with the great, big, clean ocean so
handy?
There is the ocean. It's free. It
never needs cleaning as does a
pool and its plumbing never gets
out of killer.
And you don't have to pay its
water bill.
But the BPW Club wants the citv
to build king-size bath tub.
The gals have one grand "a
thousand dollars, as those who use
slang say towards the pool.
They are willing to give the
$1,000 if the city will provide the
remainder.
Who will maintain and clean the
pool?
Who will pay the water bill, if
it is to be a fresh-water pool?
You'll need life guards, too.
In the clubs letter to the city
the gals say:
"The value of a municipal SWIM
ming pool. is readily apparent. I"
1t amt to me.
And I doubt if it is to the city
commission, especially if the deal
calls for the city to put up some
cash.
When the city commissioners
wrapped up the new budget the
other night, there was no swim
ming pool item in it.
However, an interesting point
was brought up by Victor Lang,
city manager.
He checked 20 Florida towns
that operate municipal pools.
Eighteen of the pools, he found,
were operated at a loss.
Two of the pools - Coral Cab
les and Hialeah - showed a pro-
fit.
So, if you gotta swim, swim in
the ocean.
Anyway, fix the streets first.
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ing in Washington under the roof
of the USPHS three years ago in.
dictated as much. That meeting al.
so brought out how to pressure the
PTA and convince the members
that sodium huoride is honey. It
also brought cut how to prevent
the people from expressing them
selves by vote.
Mr.. White asks me for new sci
entific evidence. I would like first
to hear his and DR.. Scheele's ap.
praisal Of the Delaney report.
Seven outstanding members Of Con-
gress, two of them physicians and
one q chemical engineer, heard
testimony for huoridation pro and
con for seven days.
The recommendation of this com.
mittee was ignored and, believe,
suppressed. The report was no,
published In the newspapers. The
latest report is that no more copies
of it are available from the Gov.
eminent Printing Office. Some.
body feared that report.
Congressman A. L. Miller, q
physician, stated in that report
he was misled by the USPHS.
In my first letter, ! did not in.
dict the ADA or the USPHS.
I stated fact, as have. been doins
as q newspaper reporter for the
last nine years. I served my coun-
try Is years in uniform in two wars
and l served it faithfully. love
my country and I love principles
for which a newspaper ID suppose
to stand. I believe newspapers
have been misled by wolves in
sleeps clothing or serpents in
medical cloakS.
JOHN B. ATKINS
Birmingham, Ala.
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Salt Smuggling
Traffic Grows
In West Sicily
BY WILLIAM MA;RANI

TRAPANI, Sicily Up Nervous
women with flowing petticoats are
carrying on a bizarre smuggling
traffic here in western Sicily. Be-
meath their ample gowns they car
ry packets of salt.
Salt is under state control, and
subject to tax, on the Italian
mainland. In Sicily. home one
of the worlds biggest salt beds, 1t
is uncontrolled and untaxed.
And there's too much salt in
Sicily. The beds of Trapani are
piling up great SURPRISES because
big customers such as Japan and
India have found salt closer to
home. The big customers now are
fishermen, who buy thousands of
tons to preserve their catches. A
good fishing year can mean a salt
year. Some of the biggest sales
are made to Norwegian fisheries,
but last year was a poor one for
the NorwegianS. The result: 5000
Trapani workers fear they will lose
their jobs.
Trapani keeps on producing its
salt. at the rate of 10000 tons a
year. The Sicilian women, with
flowing petticoats, keep on buying
it cheap to sell at higher prices
on the mainland blackmarket.
They don't consider themselves
Smugglers merely business folk.
They carry as much as 100 pounds
of salt, strapped round their waists
for the short voyage across the
Strait of MeSsina.
Their efforts won't help Ira
pants salt industry much. how
ever. A good catch Of fish In Nor
way would do much more.
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Don't Mention
Art AT LA.
.CityHan

LOS ANGELES M-Art is a
pretty dangerous word around City
Hall these days. Mention it in the
hearing Of 4 councilman and he'll
most likely flip his lid.
The reason is q 14-foot bronze
statue Of an American family with
out faces and practically without
curves.
Bernard Rosenthal, who sculpts
with a welding torch, is supposed
to get $4,000 for it. Councilmen,
as ex-officio critics, decided We'd
nesday they would try to break his
contract.
Rosenthal designed the statue for
the new police building A modern
concept, it symbolizes the family
under the protective wing of the
cop. Councilmen got a gander at
his model in the past few days.
A few of their criticisms:
Ernest E. Debs: mo eyes, no
nose, no ears. Whoever designed
this must have a low opinion OF
the American family"
Don A. Allen: MAYBE we'll have
another metal salvage drive"
Council President John Gibson:
LETS give it to the California
Taxpayers Assn"
Councilman Edward Roybal, a
voice in the wilderness: There
are persons in the city qualified
to pass on art. If you want to
pay SIC, 900 of the taxpayers mon
ey and junk the statue just because
you don't like it, I won't 60 along
with YOU"
Councilman John Holland called
it q "sexless, raceless, faceless
group"
Councilman Harold Hardy: ga
deepsea fisherman should use it
for a sinker and cut the string.
This statue is sub-primitive art,
not even modern. The Cro-Mag-
mons were more advanced"
Sculptor Rosenthal doesn't OBJ
ject to "an honest opinion, but he
reseRts the bad manners" of
some people "who should know
better"
He says he purposely omitted
the faces Of the figures $50 they
cannot be construed as belong to
any definite race or creed in pref
erenee to another"
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Dick


What's all this Juror about flu.
oxidation of water? Will it make
my false teeth stay in my mouth
little better? If so, then I'm fur
it! If it won't, then I'm 'agin' It'll
Heck, that's a darn good idea.
If fluorine will help the people with
teeth, why can't the authorities all
so dump a few tons of denture ad-
hesive in our water supply?
Guess l had better shut my fool
mouth because / don't want to get
mixed up in any arguments. I
want to sell tires good, U. s.
Royal tires! Or guaranteed Lodi
recaps! The address is go Tru-
man Ave. Buy three - one free.
Any of you folks remember a
guy by the name of Will Rogers?
He used to say, "All I know is
what / read in the papers," Rog-
ers died in 1885 but if he were alive
today, he wouldn't be able to make
such a remark at least, he
wouldn't be able to make it with
out admitting that he was plumb
ignorant!
Newspapers nowadays don't
teach you anything - they confuse
you. Now, you take "Dick Says"
- this column is journalism of the
old school. When you get through
reading it, you know, q hope),
that Dicks Tire Service has q
large Lodi steam recapping shop
with a trained crew of expert tire
men. At Dicks you get two guar
antees - a.guarantee without lin
it as to time or mileage on your
tires and guaranteed satisfaction.
All of this is knowledge worth
knowing.
Please don't misunderstood and
think that I'm Dragging. 1 guess
the people that sell other kinds Of
tires feel pretty much about their
brand the way I do about U. S.
Royals and Lodi recaps. All I ask
is that you stop in and check with
us before you buy.
Dicks Tire Service has a large
parking lot in the rear and work
men available for speedy repairs
and service. Telephone 2-2S42.
(adv.)
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Freedom Village
To Be Dismantled

SEOUL 1-Freedom Village, the
first stop for nearly S,eoo United
Nations prisoners Of war repatri-
ated last year, soon will disappear
from the Korean scene.
The 9Th Army Wednesday ordered
dismantling of the huge warehouse
building used to process the 1909
ex-POWs in the 33-day repatria-
ton which started last August at
MunSan.
The saith Engineer Combat Bat
talon, the. same unit which built
the historic village, has been given
the job Of tearing it down.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-30
Blue
WATER
BY DENIS SNElcR

Sin is rampant in the two-bit
book market these days.
In fact, If you'll stop at almost
any magazine counter and glance
at the titles you'll think everybody
is writing books about sin and
nothing else.
Sin 10 ell ever he place.
Here are a few titles available:
Sinful Model
Sins OF an Aspiring Actress
Night Club Sinner
Sins of q Private Secretary
Ihdiscretions Of q TV Sinner
Sin Cruise
Sin by implication can bo found
IN ether titles, such ~:
Motel Mistress
Woman of Passion
Beach Girl
Shanty Girl
Man Crazy Hussy
Farm Hussy
The one I like best is 'Indiscre-
tons Of TV Sinner"
Lots Of people seem to think that
most TV shows especially the
daytime shows - are a crime but
this is the first time I've heard of
a sinner on TV. At least one that
admits it, unless she happens to
be in a soap opera.
Undoubtedly she sins on her own
time; not before the TV cameras,
because TV is more jumpy about
blue material than radio is and
that's pretty jumpy.
"SinS of 4 Private Secretary"
sounds interesting, too. But I'll bet
It turns out that her sins are max
ing mistakes when she types let
ters.
I can just picture her boss yell
ing as he reads a letter she has
typed:
"lfs . Sin and Q shame me
mistakes yev make"
might Club Sinner" could turn
out to be the waiter who hands
you your check or the guy who
invented the cover charge.
You'll have to figure out for your
self what the other titles are about.
I'm not going to spend two-bits,
plus 1-cent sales tax, to find out.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-30

One of the most picturesque fig
ures in the world of dangerous
sport, Sidney Franklin, famous in
the Plazas del Toros Of Mexico
and Europe, is in Key West today.
With the front cover carrying an
illustrated advertisement of the
Porter Dock Company of Key West
the July issue of the Nautical Gaz-
cite, presents an exceptionally at
tractive appearance.
County Solicitor J. r. Busto TO-
day is continuing his Investigations
of alleged frauds and law violations
in the primary elections in Monroe
county and is examining the con-
tents of the ballot boxes.
X \ X
July % 1914
Sunday, no paper)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-30
PEOPLES FORUM

The Citizen welcomes expressions Of HE views Of l
but the editor the right TO delete items which
considered beloUs The writer's should BE-
fair and eonns the letters 10 400 words and write side
Of the only Signature Of the writer
letters and will be published unless requested otherwise
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-30
BOOKS ARE BANNED

KINGSTON, Jamaica Up - The
Jamaica Booksellers Assn. has
barred more than 80 sex, horror
and crime comics from this British
West Indies island, officials dis.
closed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-30

During the u. S. Civil War,
Wilmer Mclean owned the farm
on which much of the first and
second battles of Bull Run were
fought, then he bought a brick
house near Appomattox Court
House, Va, where peace was
signed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-30
U. S. FOREIGN POLICY AMATEURIsH

Majority Leader of the Senate William F. Know
land, California Republican, revealed recently after
top level meeting foreign policy, that the U. S.
policy in Indochina of limited loss
This fact recognized by many foreign policy OBJ
servers and by of allies long before the Geneva
Conference began The fact that this not-verybrant
conclusion is being arrived at by leaders like Know
land indicative of the amateurshness which has been
shrouding U. S. foreign policy leadership recently.
U. S. policy concerning ndochina has been illtimed
to alarming degree in recent months Although Secre
tary of State John Foster Dulles agreed to Geneva
meeting the question: and the Korean problem in Ber
lin early this year. the emotion surrounding the battle
Dienbenphu prompted leading members of the Admins
tration to attempt lastminute, hurriedup plan for
checking the Communists in Indochna ION the eve the
Geneva meeting.
What United States policy should have been was
gradual increasing of pressure up to the point of the
Geneva Conference with the thinyveied threat the
Communists to end the fighting in Indochna face
major effort by the United States to line up the free
tons behind France in alliance against Communism in
Southeast Asia Instead the United States pushed pre-
mature attempt to form alliance the of the
Geneva meeting, which proved abortive and which slid
the out from under France just the Geneva
ing starting.
also put the United States in foolish light for it
had failed to get its allies agree its alliance proposal
just the Geneva Conference designed end the fight
ing in Indochna, opened.
Now, Senator Knowland says the United States is
reconced to the loss of part of ndochna and that the
situation there involving salvage operation That
has been the situation long before the Geneva
ference. n
With the Communists already occupying large part
of Vetnam it naive to believe that the Geneva Con-
ference could induce them to withdraw and give Indo-
china back to the French who have been losing ground
in that country steadily for years.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-30

The parent who expects to discover how to raise a
child successfully by reading books has lot learn.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-30

Ignorance, despite words to the contrary is seldom
accepted as an excuse for anything.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-30

The City q Key West needs .
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-30
This Rock
Of Ours
By Bill Glib

Following is a letter to Editor
and Publisher, bible of the news
paper world. The controversy else
where seems to be working on the
same basis as it is here in Key
West suppression of news.
(Taken from Editor and Publish
er, July "a, 1854.
To The Editor: l want to reply
to Mel White of the U. S. Public
Health Service, who put forth ar
guments concerning fluoridation I
have heard 10000 times before.
(E and P, June 10, page ~
Fluoridation has become an emo
tional matter because the USPHS
tried to ram it down the throats
of Americans and experiment on
them without their permission.
l did not state that the press was
one-sided. I stated it hadn't given
both sides and asked why. There
fore, l can only assume that the
newspapers have been misled by
press agents, who securely wrap
ped themselves in the cloak Of
medicine.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-30
MARINES HAVE TO
GIVE UP PRISONER

OKINAWA Up - Marine recon
Nuisance troops sneaked ashore
here two days before a recent
scheduled maneuver and "cap-
tured" the intelligence officer of
an Army outfit-but the umpires
made them give him back.
The Army officer protested that
the "war" hadn't started. The
chief umpire agreed.
The Marines rowed back out to
the fleet.
Jet engines make so much noise
that special electronic equipment
must be used because the loud
sounds often cause failure of or
binary types of such equipment.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-30

Those who have two real friends have more
than the average.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-28

the solution to their weight
problems.
But moderation" she added,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-28
GIomourIs Their Business
June Huver Beware BetWeen-MeoI Nibb|es'

Of life. but 1t does pay OF not
to 60 to extremes"
We chatted about how most
people wore themselves out by
allowing tension to accumulate.
Sometimes it's impossible to
get as much rest as we want. :"
June commented, "but small
breaks taken often enough viii
keep you from getting wound up
and being exhausted at the end
Of the day.
"If you have a date and you
don't have time for a nap, dis
cover your own substitute. Some
people feel wonderfully re-
freshed with a bubble bath,
others respond to hot wash
clothes held at the back Of their
necks or over the eyes. ! find a
cup Of tea peps me up. don't
enjoy it. though. unless 1t is
made with the leaves (not a
paper bag) and with boiling
water"
AS the gray towers Of the
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Their Business

HOLLYWOOD. - June Haver
told me recently she never real
lied how many friends she had
until the wonderful welcome she
has received since she decided to
resume her motion picture ca
reer.
When I called for June to take
her to visit some paralyzed SOL
diers in a local hospital, June
looked just as glamorous as she
ever has. She was wearing q
beige cashmere suit, size 8.
June is planning to make
musical soon and she talked
about the scripts she was read
ing. How many pictures have
you made?" I asked.
1.-THE next one will be my
18TH" June smiled, confessing
she was not in the least super
stitious. THAT doesn't sound
like a lot but big technicolor
musicals are months in prepara-
tions, working on the dance rou-
tines and songs"
How did you reduce to such
beautiful shape?" I asked.
High protein does it," June
declared. II love meat, eggs,
fish, cheese, green vegetables,
salads, fruits. all the things
which are good for you.
If a person is inclined to
put on weight easily the thing
to watch is the between-mealS
nibbles. When you are home all
day with the ice box close it's
more difficult. But if you eat
well-planned meals at regular
hours and don't depart from
this schedule, your body sta
bilizes and you don't have ap-
petite cravings.
ut Is necessary to differenti-
ate between appetite and habit.
If you really crave something,
your system is demanding it.
But If you are used to a lot of
sweets and you think you SIM
ply have to have something
sweet. take fruit Juice and sweet
en- it with q non-calorie sugar
substitute.
Every voluntary act can be-
come a good or bad habit" June
continued. Its entirely up to
us. It shouldn't be necessary to
have to diet regularly. But some
people are forever putting on
weight and taking it off so that
their body chemistry never has
q chance to normalize.
Don't set too high a goal
it's better to be slow but sure"
June advised. Some people
Starve themselves all week so
that they feel that they deserve
to indulge at the week end.
In successful dieting you have
to think of the nutritional value
as well as the caloric content
For example a steak without fat
could be 400 calories. and
a hot fudge sundae 500. That's
not a great difference, but
the steak is the type of
protein which will burn up
the fat in your body while sweets
will be stored as more fat"
June said people should only
follow the golden Mcknight
down the middle. They should
avoid excess in anything. June
feels they would find moderation
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BPW Group Plans
TWo-Duy Buzuur

The annual bazaar Of the
Needlecraft Hospital Group of
the Business and Professional
Women's Club of the District
will be held from 10 am. to s
pm. next Saturday and Sunday
at the clubhouse, 1905 Calvert
street NV.
Mrs. Wayne E. Eilers is in
charge of the event.
Special features will be cuddle
and travel toys made of wash
able materials and stuffed with
nylon to hasten drying.
Other articles for sale will
include pot holders, place mats.
aprons, artificial flowers, white
elephants. and home baked
goods.
A fishSpond and grab bag will
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PEG Chapter Elects

Mrs. j. C.. Foster has been
elected president of Chapter N
Of the PEG Sisterhood. Other
new officers are Mrs. H. T.
Prothro, vice president; Mrs,
Karl Bambach, recording Sec
rotary; Mrs. r. B. Adams. cor
responding secretary: Mrs,
Worth Mcclure. treasurer; Mrs.
w. c.. Holland, chaplain, and
Mrs. F. s. Phillips, guard.
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hospital suddenly appeared
asked June what compliments
she has received the most often.
Il think it's my complexion, "
she said modestly IT believe If
you find something which agrees
with your skin you should stay
with it. I've used the same
night cream for years and only
found it after trying many diff
ferent types"
Outside the hospital a group
Of veterans in their wheel chairs