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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-27
This Rock
Of Ours

would do the same thing but al
this talk about huoridated water
has scared me away from the
Health Clinic. They might make
me take dose Of the stuff just
to prove that It isn't poison.
Seriously, Paul, playground Is
q place where the kids eat . lot
Of dirt. II this dirt Is clean, no
harm IL done. But II it contains
such things a. dead cats which
have been swept up through the
night, / doubt It IL would be clean
or healthy!
Pvhlls WOrIss Deps.
Paul AIbury, in his letter to the
Edlter, attempts 70 free the Public
Works Dept. Of responsibility in the
dumping Of tie trash. He says,
81 requested the PWD TO do II. |"
That doesn't clear Ivan Roberts
and his department.
Ivan Is almost like q brother 10
me but Ivan ought 70 be careful
how he complies with peoples re-
quests! Good gosh, I'VE had peo-
pie request me to 50 jump off the
Clyde Mallory Dock. That's no
sign that I'm going to do it.
II is nice for the various muni-
cipal departments to work together
but citizens aren't paying taxes to
have streets swept only to find that
the dirt is being used as . "wal-
lOwing-pit" for their kids.
On wen, let's drop the subject
I could be wrong, you know.
Speaking o. ErFors
Seems t0 me that a couple CT
yesfs ago, the City Commissioners
begged Joe Sirugo 10 leave the spit
at fifth Street. He was ready to
did Il up free 81 charge. Now, the
Commissioners are going to pay
HAsklns Mari PIT, Inc, to move
this same stretch Of mari to First
Street.
raj IS Il fEom me to criticize
our honorable City Commissioners.
! oniS hQpe they know what they
they are doing this time and don't
cone aIohs ! couple Of years from
NOV and decide u move the earth
back q Eiflh DlEUetI
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-27

Have you noticed the fine Job
that Judson Stephens IL doing in
The Key West Citizen with q news
column entitled ''Legionitems?"
And what about BIZ Spillman's "a
Grain of Salt?"
Both Of these boys are to be-
complimented on the constructive
attitude they express In their coli
umns.
I'm amazed at the way The CT.
tizen has progressed in the past
few years. It's circulation h close
to 1000 daily which means that t
reaches into just about every home
on the Island. And you ought V
see some Of the new machinery
they have installed down there on
Greene St.
The machinery angle interests
me especially because you can
pretty well Judge 4 business By
whether its owner keeps up-to-date
with the latest technical develop
ments. A guy who puts his profits
back into improvements intends 70
stick with the town - in bad as
well as good times.
Dicks Tire Service Is following
this policy and / believe Il pays
off. We have q Lodi steam re-
Gaping plant, you know, and just
recently we purchased q new Lodi
Tire Tread Builder similar to those
used in large tire factories. Such
things as pneumatic lug wrencheB
and heavy hydraulic jacks cost =
lot but they enable US to handle
truck or automobile tires in q jify.
We don't have any Of the pound.
ing, beating, and swearing 50 often
found around tire shops.
Dicks Tire Service is headquar-
ters for U. s. Royals. I guess II
has just about the biggest stock Of
new tires that can ben found in
k West! And every u. s. Royal
tire, Tor Lodi recap for that mat.
teri, is guaranteed by US without
limit as to time or mileage.
Visit Dicks at go Truman Ave.
Call US by phone, 2-2S42, for eour.
teous, friendly and prompt road
service. There is always . fun
crew Of experienced tire men on
duty at Dicks. It only takes Z few
minutes for US to change al Of
your tires.
Play it safeI Put new u. s Roy
al rubber on your buggy while
summer prices are still IN effect.
(adv.)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-27

but the introduction of this bill
has been of great interest and con-
Germ to me. This is very con-
troversial bill. want to assure
the committee of that.
During my 6 years here, Mr..
Chairman, / have received more
mail and communications and
material Tor the bill before you
than on any other subject or issue
pending in the Congress during
those s years. -.
81 have proponents for this bill
coming from the medical profess
sion; the dental profession; the
chemical profession; the engineer
ing profession; and those profess
sions related to the subject. II
is not one-sided by any stretch of
the Imagination, as / think win be
brought out here during the pro-
cess of youur hearings.
''My introduction of this Iegis-
lation was prompted by limited
number Of people in my own
community aud then further
impetus was gwen the controv-
ersial nature and justification for
this bill when I came to Washing
ton 2 years ago and met with a
number Of people in the district
who have been in the field for
some time.
with all of tllis information
and contacts and my own thinking
through, If / could lend any point
In my observations as a result
Of my experience in the past
year, would advise the committee
that in my opinion would feel
that the Federal Public Health
Service has got little overzealous
In this field and has gone over
board.
81 would feel that the Federal
GOvernment-and ! say Federal
Government because here a Fed
eral agency seems to be the center
OF the sponsorship of fluoridation,
and SO my criticism would be
leveled at the lack Of caution with
which that agency has moved in
this field"
W. A DOUGLASS
August n, 1854
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-27
! ANTI-BoUNcE MACHINE WORKS

new machine introduced to take the bounce out Of
bad checks has proved highly effective in limited tests
The machine is nothing than camera, which takes
the pictures Of all customers who ask to have checks
cashed
The first tests of the machine were disappointing
some months because the two lenses seemed to
brighten customers The machines developer Fred
Warren, of Sun Valley California, then redesigned the
50 that it looked like modern soft drink
dispenser.
In fact the lenses almost unnoticed by most
TONER'S since they placed in front Of the machine in
V-shaped slot that looks like anything but slot for
lens. Two lenses are needed picture of both
the check and the customer is necessary.
One retail grocery store reported recently that bad
check losses had dropped from than thousand dol
lars month to less than hundred after installation of
the new machine people passing bad checks pre-
fer to to stores where not used in cashing
them
# the new machine, and (or) similar ones become
widely used in the retail stores of the country way
might finally have been found to cut down the
loss suffered each year by merchants had check counts
The national take in this racket estimated close
$25,O0O,O0O
The public school system is the greatest promoter
of business to he found anvvhorn
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-27

IT'S A MATTER OF CHOICE
Editor, The Citizen:
Ho hum, I'm very sorry to hear
about your indigestion, America
Woman, Navy You pore thing!
Gal, If twenty years of Navy
life is such . hard, hard life, why
not be 4 civilian?
No one forces any man to re-
enlist. That's the life you want,
so accept it and quit yakking
about It.
Now, I think It's about time
somebody put in hallway de.
cent word for the landlords and
quit so much yakking about the
Sub-standard housing. How about
the sub-standard tenants???
All tenants, Navy, civilian or
what have you, are not perfect.
bet many landlord could fill
your ears with many narrowing
episode. ! know could and
I'm not . landlord.
After some enants leave an
apartment, it takes days to clean
out the filth and do repairs. How
can people live like that is the
first thought that enters your
mindl Well, plenty Of them do,
so who has to pay the bills? Why
the landlord and the next tenant
Pho0ey.
So, civilians don't have to pat
the S. P.s on the back. Why not?
II they deserve pat, who are
you to say ! shouldn't say a good
word? It wouldn't mean much
If / did but why can't an S. P.
expect a good word when it's due,
whether it's from a 2O-year mans
family or q poor lowly civilian.
Nutsl
Also, gal, it's none of your
business where her (American
Woman, civilian) husband was dur
| ing the war. / don't know who any
! Of you are or what your cir
cumStances are but as / said, If
that gals husband was or was
not in the war it's no concern Of
yours.
doubt very much II he was
hiding behind a door while the
| ruckus was going onl
No one forces sailor into q
bar. He goes in of his own
accord. Usually he's looking for
more than = drink. If he gets
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NakY MetheSs ov..tIen.a

wv WUHNS0e GUvsttone0
Editor, The Citizen
On August 2Oth your newspaper
ran the rather stunning headline:
Navy plans Breakdown on B.
Drinking in Local Bars" Having
allowed q couple days for this to
penetrate my hard-cased brain, my
sense Of wonder has not lessened.
How does the Navy intend to en-
ploy this "Crackdown" proclama-
ton? What the sam hill do they
think the Police Department Is do
ing?
Or have they asked?
It appears Key West has two in.
dividual factions Of Law Enforce
ment. If the Military and Civil Au-
thorities would work together, mir
acles could be accomplished. Why
don't they? Il 1t. Urech's ''fat
file" on downtown bar available
to the Police? Why did the sailor
who was clipped report to the
Shore Patrol and not 10 the PO-
lice?
We see in q neighboring column
Of your newspaper q subtitle: 10
cal (Union) Isl Agents report trou-
bles to Adm. ToWner' wherein
complaints covered civilians being
Banned from the (once civiliAn)
hobby shop, civilians being put out
Of Navy housing, and civilians be.
Ing barred from driving vehicles
On the Navy Base. These com.
plants indicate dictatorial purge
Of innocent people.
viii SOMEBODY please inform the
good Admiral that the civilians are
not anti-Navy? The levity used in
answering the complaints leaves
little doubt that It is the Navy
whish Il ani-civilian. Poor man.
agement ct public relations is one
thing, but to 50 effectively In
doctrinate . military inhalation
with prejudice and distaste for ci-
villains is an art. And then to col
lectlvely put the blame on IN en-
tire town - ah, that ID the coup
de graeel
i. v. B.
p. o. Box eAe
Key West, Fla.
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Army Aims At
Protecting CIs
From Vice Traps

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany
R--As the hub of Uncle SANS
biggest defense buildup in Europe,
Kaiserslautern teens with thou.
sand of GIs who man depots,
arsenalS, supply dumps and ware
houses.
The soldiers monthly payroll
runs into millions of dollars, and
back-street dives and dens go after
a cut of it. Wochenend, a West
German Illustrated weekly, figures
that organized prostitution alone
rakes off II million dollars annu-
ally. II describes the busting de.
defense center as ''the paradise Of
easy girls" who concentrate on
Negro soldiers.
The U. S. Army is intensifying
a drive to protect soldiers from
the vice traps. It conducts constant
indoctrination courses at Army
camps. Maj. Gen. Miles B. Reber,
commanding general Of the com.
mand, often goes along with MILF
tary police on raids.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-27

took in the process whose falt is
that?
There is a USo, bowling alleys,
movies, fishing, swimming and
many civilian church events to
attend. Good Christian people
win welcome = sailor into their
midst. Just because q guy puts
on a uniform he is not transform.
ed into q Marian or somethingl
Also, gal, Navy housing isn't
exactly what / would call cheap.
It's high, too.
Wen, American woman, Navy,
if this letter gives you indiges-
ton too, might ! suggest bicar.
Donate of soda?
Very Sincerely,
MRS. LOUISE ROBINSON
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ANOTHER COUNTY HEARD

ANOTHER COUNTY HEARD
FROM: The ever-popular Dorothy
Raymer, just about the most VI
vacious gal ever to grace the
southernmost scene (and one of
its most talented writers) has PEN
ned her annual letter from New
Yorl'S Greenwich Village where
she lives in what she describes as
a "convertible"-a cottage con-
verted from coach house.
Raymer, with her usual wit and
good humor, describes it thusly:
They must have kept a pony
here at one time - full-Sized
horse couldn't have made it."
Her epistle took a nostalgia bent
when she revealed that she keeps
Conch shell in her courtyard.
Sometimes / go outside and
pick it up, holding it to my ear to
hear the sound of the sea and
think of Key Vests South Beach. !"
Raymer also advises US that she
is working hard. She has two pub
licity accounts (the Town and Ma
hogany Clubs in st. Thomas, Vir-
gin Islands), monthly pieces IN
Current Biography and TV script
writing. Also sold a piece on
Hemingway to North American
Newspaper Alliance.
We think we read between the
lines a burning desire on Ray
mer,s part to return to Key West
despite all that money she's max
ing up there. She'd surely be vel
coined by her host of friends.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-27

somewhere and like . lot Of other
escapists, they are heading for
Key West. Almost every bus that
pulls into town has q couple Of
members Of the club aboacd.
One fellow we know, returning
from 4 business trip to Miami,
said that the buzz Of conversation
on the bus sounded like q bunch
Of girl scouts on an outing des-
pite the fact that most Of the pas
Senger, on cursory inspection, APP
peared to be masculine.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-27

Gould be Miami's drive on rid
ding the town of three dollar bills
is boomeranging on Key West.
And they are having their trOu-
bles up the line where the con-
stabulary is making it mighty
rough on them. All they have to
do is look at cop the wrong way
in Miami and they are picked mp
for one thing or another, usually
vagrancy.
Which means they've eOt 10 50
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PEOPLES FORUM

The Citizen welcomes expressions 81 the views Of lis read
e 0vf mo editor the right delete items which
are eensdeFed heeUs The writer's should be
sair and eonne @ letters 70 200 words and write side
et ne paper eny Signature 81 the writer must accompany
letters end viii b pvhshed unless requested otherwise
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-27
ANCHORS ARE STOLEN

LONG BEACH R-The Alaska
Pipe and Salvage Co. told police
yesterday that somebody stole 70
anchors, each weighing 70 pounds
and valued at so. from IT. storage
yard.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-27
Aveusf n, 1914

Nearly two score business firms,
professional men and private in
dividuals had responded up to this
afternoon to the sale Of Key West
stickers being handled by the fl
nance committee of the Key West
Hospitality League.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-27
By Ban GLIB

Paul, Paul - never apologize
for expressing the opinion that you
think I'm wrong. You know me
better than that. Why, to give the
devil its due, I'll even admit that
there have been times when I've
felt much Lie you do times
WAen / thought II was actually pos
sible that me Sir william, IL
you please - were capable q be-
ing wrong. Gust 4 little teensy-
weensy bit wrong q course, but
wrong, nevertheless.)
However, Mr.. AbuTy, N the ease
OF the playground At Eaten and
White Streets, III still maintain my
former stand - that street sweep
ings should not be dumped there.
Since you've explained that these
sweepingS win provide q part Of
the top-soil, ! object even more
strongly.
Heck, Pad, I'm not Q scientist
but It seems TO me that such dirty
dirt would be unhealthy. n the
course Of . nights work, TIE street
sweeper cleans wp our cutters.
Folks have been vomiting into
them, there 10 broken glass, gar
bage has been spilled az It 10 pour
ed into scavenger trucks, things
such aS that. AL the refuse Of q
big city Is to be found IN the gut
tiers Of is streets. Personally, /
wouldn't want my child to play
where such trash has been dump
ed - even though the area ap-
peared clean and locked pretty.
It Is discussions such as this
where / miss my friend - the late
DR.. Raymond Dalton, Of the Pub
lie Health Service. He was always
ready to help out with technical
advice. / suppose DR.. Morrison
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-27

Individuals desiring Key West
Stickers to place on letters, par
GELS and express matter going out
of this city can obtain same free
Of charge at Cabrera Wholesale
Grocery, Inc, by applying in per-
son.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-27

It would be impossible to deter.
mine definitely when q railroad to
Key West was first proposed, pos
sibly soon after the grant of the
island to Juan Pablo Salas By Don
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-27

The planet Venus il 1850 miles
in diameter.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-27

Juan de Estrada on August Is,
1915, or, perhaps by John w. Sim
ontOn, who bought this island from
Salas for 5000 because Of the
advantageous situation and capa-
city Of the harbOr, ETC."
- =
August n. 1874
(Sunday. No paperl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-27

The public school system is the greatest promoter
of business to be found anywhere.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-27
Dick


Have you noticed the fine Job
that Judson Stephens is doing in
The Key West Citizen with q news
column entitled 'Legionitems?"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-27
IRIS a MATTER OF CHOICE

August u, 1854
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-05-02
New York's May Day
Has Patriotic Theme
BY the Assoeioied Press

NEW YORK, May MAY
Day, once only a Red day, was a
red. white and blue loyalty day
in New York.
Thousands of persons marched
IN parades on Fifth Avenue and
in Brooklyn under auspices of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars to
show that they gave their allie
glance to the United States.
In Union Square, once the May
domain of Communist and
other radical leftwing orators,
New York Yankee baseball play
ers Allie Reynolds, Eddie Robin
son and Jim Mcdonald helped
entertain youngsters in a sports
and recreation festival.
BY way of emphasis, signs
posted there read: Union Square
u. S. A."
For the second successive year,
a leftist parade of Eighth avenue
was prohibited. But the radicals
got city permission to take to
their soapboxes in Union Square
from $50 to 7 p.m-well after
the children's program ended.
The sports festival was spon-
sored by the 14th Street AsSo-
citation. a business mems group
determined to show that the area
was not Red even though the
leftists had been holding May
Day rallies in the nearby square
for so years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-05-02
Annual Star Snapshot Contest
Will Get Under Way May Is

the national competition, spon-
sored by the Eastman Kodak
Co.
Judging in the national con-
test will be held here early next
fall when the first-place winner
in each classification will be
awarded $1,000 each, second
place winner $500 and each
third place winner $3.50. In adj
dition, there will be So special
merit awards of $50 each and
200 honor awards of $25 each.
1928 Entries Here.
The popularity of the annual
contest is shown by the fact
that last year 1928 snapshots
were entered in The Star contest.
A Naval officer, Comdr. Fran
els x. Driscoll of Arlington, won
a weekly. and grand prize in
The Star contest and went on
to win a $500 second prize in the
national contest. The picture he
submitted was a snapshot of his
little daughter sitting by road
side inspecting flower she had
picked.
Three other Star contest win
ners won $25 honor awards in
the national contest.
The rules for this years con-
test will be published in The
Sunday Star two weeks from
today when the competition
starts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-05-02
Car EIudes Police
In IS Mph. Chase

Arlington, Washington and
United States Park police lost a
95-mile-an-hour chase early last
night, part Of it across the
northbound Fourteenth street
bridge.
Arlington Police Pvt. Edward
Faulconer said he first saw the
speeding car, containing five or
six soldiers, at q. s. Highway No.
/ and Twenty-third street in
Arlington and started chasing it.
A second Arlington cruiser.
driven by Pvt. Richard Hart
entered the pursuit. Hart said
he was doing IS miles an hour
over the bridge and was not
gaining"
The speeding car simply van
ished" somewhere between the
end of the bridge and Constitu-
ton avenue. 1T made a turn
somewhere. police said land we
lost it,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-05-02

Bill for Fringe Benefits
Another bill for tremendous
Importance to Government en-
ployes is the so-called fringe
benefits measure.
This bill was approved by the
Senate last week and sent to the
House. The House Civil Service
Committee promised early con-
sideration of the measure and
indications are that it will APP
prove the Senate-passed bill.
Probably the most important
provision in the Senate-ap-
proved bill is the one that repeats
the Written rider. Repeal of the
rider would pave the way for the
permanent appointments of
many thousands, of indefinite
employees who have passed civil
service tests but have been de-
MED PERMANENT status because of
the rider.
Would Allow Promotions.
Also, repeal of the rider would
again permit permanent promo
tions of Government employees.
Another very important fea-
ture of the Senate bill repeats
last years much criticized law
which requires employees with
more than 80 days of accumu-
lated leave to reduce their leave
to a maximum 80 days over a
period of years.
The Senate's action would
allow these employees to retain
from year to year the amount
of saved-up leave they had at
the start of January. 1854.
The Senate bill also has other
important provisions. including
liberalization of overtime and
longevity benefits, an increase in
the number of super-grade jobs,
and a 500 allowance for en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-05-02
c. of c. Proposes
Employers Study
of Job Security
By the Assoeioted Pres.

The United States Chamber
of Commerce, while renewing OPP
position to union proposals for
a guaranteed annual wage. urged
employers yesterday to give "se-
rious study" to ways of providing
workers with steadier jobs and
income security.
The chamber released a book
let suggesting that the State leg
islatures may have to raise the
level and duration of present
State unemployment compensa-
ton benefits, as called for by
President Eisenhower.
The businessmen's organiZa-
ton recommended, too. that
many firms work out plans to
regularize production and take
other steps to reduce layoffs OF
to ease workers income loss when
out Of Jobs.
1.-THE fact that the guaranteed
annual wage proposed by union
spokesmen) does not provide the
answer to our problems" the
chamber said, should not deter
individual companies from seri-
Gus study of steps they can take
to provide more job Sterilization
and income security.
Rejecting panaceas does not
mean doing nothing else"
The chamber booklet however
said a guaranteed wage woulo
have "a stultifying effect on oul
economy and lead to extensive
labor union and governmental,
controls over business, labor anc
consumers"