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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-15
Crew of Nantucket Lightship
Tells of Battle With Hurricane

Radioman James E. Sheal,an
of birmingham, painfully burned
when his radio erupted sparks,
frantically sent out an SOS.
Any acknowledgment of the
distress signal was lost in the
mountainous seas that again
swept the vessel.
Boatswain Richard E. Arnold
Of Gloucester was on the wheel
watch when the waves struck.
what did I do? Man, I
prayed real hard" he said.
Fires broke out throughout the
ship as tons of foam crashed
through a jagged hole in the bow
The fog horn was silenced, Then
the electrical system failed
For 2la hours the Nantucket
floundered. After it's first dis
tress signal Radioman Sheahan
was able to get off only one
other message.
1t said: Were taking a
helluva beating"
But help was on the way. From
Newport, r. l., the cutters
Yakutat and Campbell steamed
to the disabled craft. A Coast
Guard reconnaissance plane few
out of New York and from
Woods Hole the buoy tender
| Hornbeam rushed to her as
siStance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-14
Citizen Advertisements
Help Save You Money

nobility. Either we have 1t, or we
don't.
Aud Clootie unequivocally strikes
at incompetence. He urges a re-
call election. Clean UP the mess
in government! Yes, we've seen
what the hysteria OF "a change"
can accomplish.
Personally, I do not challenge
the full integrity of Aud Clootie's
motives, as he suspects. He's an
| cry, and with good reason. If there
are powerful minority forces ex-
erting pressure on Key West, let's
| not assist them by confusing the
citizenry.
First let's call our procufators to
task, insisting on an answer. They
might have logical explanations
for some of the queer things they're
doing. Take just one days activity,
for example.
Why did the City Commissioners
turn down a re-zoning ordinance
on Flagler Avenue between jose
phine and Bertha Streets for bust
ness? Why did the commission ap-
prove re-zoning for Joe Sirugo to
enable him to put duplexes in the
Sunshine home area? Why approve
one and not the other? Why have
coming laws at all If they can be
whimsically adjusted without any
reason given?
Why did City Manager Lang re-
pudiate the complaint of citizens
on excessive noise of a nearby all
night gas station? Does he plan
to re-zone the hotel area, or the
gas station. or what? Why did
Lang bring in the subject of the
budget on the subject of lowering
city auto inspection fees? Why
wasn't there a second motion to
lower the fees? Why did it take
until midnight Monday, June Z, to
reject the city tax assessors resig-
| nation when the assessor is going
to quit anyway?
I Haven't these men the time to
explain their actions? Or, more
aptly, their intentions?
Before We shackle these men
with the charge Of incompetence,
let's hear their reason for doing
what they do. Once we have their
answers then we can judge their
alledged incompetence with truel
merit. And after all, it's only the
truth we're after - not a mans
sould, whatever his true nature
might be!
Let's try to reason out thei,
thinking. Thought, quite logically
is the soul Of action, and our ma
ture is movement. Absolute still
ness is death.
/ h. v. B.
\ p. o. Box 642
Key West, Fla.
June 5, 1854.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-14
This Rock
Of Ours
By Bill Glib

with mothers who find II neces-
sary to take their young children
with them, I win gladly patrunize
them"
signature withheld)
How About ~. Msrehsnfsf
There is no use denying that the
lady who wrote this letter has
made one of the most constructive
criticisms I've received in q long
time. II she Is stating her case cor
rectly, think the various mer-
chants are overlooking good p:ib-
Lie relations point unless they don't
cooperate with her and advertise
the fact.
My experience has been that Tor
every one letter I receive with re-
gard to some complaint, there are
scores Of people who feel the same
way and don't bother to write.
Another Complaint
Contact with another reader dis.
closed 4 complaint against - of all
things - the Key West Police De-
partmenti Can you imagine that
Seriously, the reader said that he
had offered a ten pound fish to
the department as food for prison
ers and that it was refused. The
man was rather provoked.
There are two sides to this
story: (1), the donor of the fish
deserves to be complimented fol-
his humanity in thinking of jail
prisoners. If the police did moi
clearly show their appreciation Of
his efforts, they deserve condem.
nation.
However, (2), accepting outside
food for prisoners has always
caused 4 considerable problem. Il
there isn't enough to feed every.
one, Jealousy and displeasure ara
going to arise. At night, once thu
prisoners are bedded down, wax
ing them up to clean a fish j.
going to also start few of then
bowling and hollering' - ever,
jail has prisoners of this type.
As said, the fish-offerer de
serves praise. / think if I had beer
on the desk, / would have proba
bly, taken the gift and then thrown
it away after its giver left If il
wasn't practical TO rthe Jail to use
it. A little hypocrisy can be for.
given much easier than hurt feel
ings.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-14
Cole Says Reds
Don't Need To
See H-bomb Blast

WASHINGTON Up - Rep. w.
Sterling Cole (R-NY), chairman of
the Senate House Committee on
Atomic Energy, says he doesn't
think Russian leaders have to wit
ness an American hydrogen blast
to appreciate the force of the
H-bomb.
"All you need is imagination, -
he said yesterday in a CHS tele-
vision interview.
Thomas E. Murray, one of the
five members of the Atomic Ener-
gy Commission, suggested last
week that an H.bomb demonstra.
ton for representatives of all ma
tons, including Russia, would lead
to rejection of war and nuclear
weapons. s--
Cole said he couldn't see that
lMurray's proposal "has any great
value"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-14
Today's
Business
Mirror
By Sam Dawson |

in value, are legitimate segments
of the bond market. These include
marketable government securities,
corporal bonds, state and mum.
cipal obligations and foreign dol.
lar bonds.
The fundamental barometers Of
interest rates throughout the coun-
try are marketable government
bonds, issued by the Treasury. II
q u. s. note sells at q discount,
then q similar municipal obliga.
ton must sell at q greater dis.
count, q corporate bond at q still
greater discount. When you make
a personal loan, under these con-
ditions, the borrowing costs are
apt to be extremely high.
The logic OF the bond market
results from the fact that the gov
eminent bond is q nations most
secure investment. That's because
it Is backed by all the resources a
country possesses. Any other form
Of debt is of less merit than the
national debt. Hence, If the gov
eminent is forced to pay . rela.
lively high borrowing cost, a cor
poration's costs viii be still higher
Such situation occurred in May
1858, when the Treasury wa.
forced to pay 3A per cent interes'
to float 30-year bonds at then cur
rent market conditions.
Right now, interest rates an
considerably lower. This Is eviden'
from the current price Of tina
same 3N per cent government
bond. Today that $1,000 bono
changes hands at 81, 100 and yieldl
only 2.68 per cent interest.
Further confirmation was fount
in last weeks sale of 10 milliol
dollars Of Southwestern Gas 4
Electric Co. bonds. The utility wa
able to sell 30-year mortgages a
a net interest cost Of 3.195 pc
cent, less than the federal govern
J ment had to pay a year ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-14

love OF comfort we can bestow,
suppose we pass by in silence, re-
membering that man is very bne-
ly and bears his soul in sorrow.
The human spirit has no gilt Of
tongues. Always, regardless ofpos-
ition, man remains stranger to
man, and in my humble opinion
gains absolutely nothing with acid
ity and cruel vitriolic words or
deeds. War is hell, whether man
to man, or Nation to Nation. Arbi-
tration is wonderful. Russia knows
no such word. The pen is mightier
than the sword; dip yours in the
inkwen of love and kindness, and
become amazed at the wonders
that may happen to you and our
fair city. Send the acid to Russia,
they are experts in its use.
Cordially
william Meyers
Hotel La Concha
Key West, Fla.
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We all have problems - mine
is finding my way back to dry
land after begging down in a book
program that ! must confess is q
complete flop. "Auld Clootie's"
problem is sort of like the man
with q piece of Limburger cheese
stuck on the end of his nose and
who runs about complaining: "The
underworld stinks!"
But the problem Of all problems
came in a letter from q lady on
Stock Island. I'm publishing her
words verbatim because the case
she presents is serious and sim
cere - even If handled from the
comical side:
Dear Bill,
SIN view of the present contro-
versy, this Is a minor grievance
but being an interested reader Of
your column and articles in our
Citizen, I wondered il you could
throw a little light on the subject
of facilities for young children,
when spending q day in town shop
ping. No - not facilities - it is
the lack Of same that causes an.
noyance.
= when first came to Key West,
some four years ago, my child
was in the diaper stage so l only
haf-sympathized with mothers Of
toddlers who complained of this in
convenience. But now that / have
experienced - and am experienc.
ing - similar conditions, ! am cur.
ious and a little irritated at the
attitude Of employees when asked
that all important question.
II suppose ! can understand why
some of the older stores may moi
be able to provide this Courtesy,
but why not the new ones? ? ?
have been frowned upon, rebuked
! and even ignored when inquirins
at - led. note: name Of new
store), and just last week, after
making purchases at - led. note:
another new XIV STOREY, was fiat
ly refused. There is one toilet a.
valuable, to my knowledge - moi
too hygienic - but what happen,
if one happens to be clear at the
other end of town?
maybe there is q law forbid
ding this livery cften) VITAL ser
vice? ? If this problem is made
public, and brings forth names o.
any stores willing to cooperate
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-14
By ARTHUR MERlMS
(For Sam DaWson

NEW YORK N-Anybody who
has ever invested in American en-
terprise via the stock market prob
ably needs no prompting to make
"bullish" or "bearish" predictions.
But ask him about the bond mar
ket and his response is likely to
be - ''huh?"
Most people would be amazed to
learn how intimately their lives
are tied to fluctuations in the bond
market. Few guess that bond in
terest changes usually affect them
far more than stock kyrations.
A housewife who discovers that
her gas, electric or telephone
rates have just been increased
seldom realizes that the utility
company, which floated 4 new
bond issue at high interest rates,
is passing those increased borrow.
ing costs on to her, the consumer.
The man refused a mortgage on
his home by his banker is unaware
that the banks funds may already
be heavily invested in high yield.
ing bonds which are considered
more secure than his home mort
gage might be.
Different from q stock, which
represents ownership in a bust.
ness, a bond Is simply a loan,
promise to return the full amount
of a borrowed sum plus interest in
fixed number of years. Wher
you buy a series "E" or H" saw
ings bond, for example, you lend
the us. government your surplus
cash for nine years and eight
months. And you charge Unclt
Sam per cent interest for II.
use.
But savings bonds, which nevel
change In face value and are no
transferable, are not considered
part of the bond market" Only
debt certificates which can legal,
change hands, hence rise or fal
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-14
1854 Construction Spending
Nav Set An Al-Time Record

the earlier forecast made by the
Commerce and Labor departments.
Last November the two govern
ment units estimated construction
this year would fan about 2 per
cent under the 1853 record level.
The dollar total predicted last No
vember for 1854 was "a billion
dollars. 2 billion under the new
forecast.
The more optimistic outlook. the
report said, was based mainly on
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-14

the high level Of new home build
ing 50. far this year. Howev-
er, most other major categories
Of construction, with the excep-
ton of federally financed building,
also showed predicted gains over
1858.
The construction forecast was
particularly significant In that II
pointed to no slackening of employ
ment In this major field Of Jobs
during the balance of this year.
Today's report included these
details:
1. Current indications are that
1,o0o, 900 new, private nonfarm
dwelling units viii BE- started this
year. It was estimated that new,
nonfarm residential building, along
with spending for additions and
alterations, would account this year
for 81, LIS, 00o, 900 or 2 per cent
more than the record In 1858.
2. Outlays for new commercial
construction of all types are ex-
pected to exceed two billion dol.
dars, for the first time.
3. Religious building and private
educational building win also set
new records at about SIS million
dollars each.
4. Spending for private industrial
construction such IS factories,
which is on long.term downtrend,
was expected to drop Is per cent
to 81, $50, o0o, 900 from the 1855 rate
Of 81, 22s, 0oo, 900.
S. Outlays for new public con-
struction were expected to rise By
per cent to q total Of 81, $780,
00o, 900 despite declines In publicly
financed residential building and
| in military and naval conservation
and development construction. Con.
tinued expansion of new state and
locally owned projects were ex.
pected to offset reduced federal
construction spending, with new re-
cords to be posted for school build
ing, highway construction, and sew
'er and water facility work.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-14
PRAISE is REFRESHING

Editor, The Citizen:
There is, in the humble life of
every man, a moment when non.
expectation of praise reels him to
the mat. and he discovers the blow
less devastating in effect than the
struggle to rise and recounter.
Sometimes it comes from writing
impetuous letters to the editors.
Whatever the circumstances, the
shock is uIyielding, and it bears
irrefutable evidence that each man
has a voice, however impunctil-
iously cast.
Bill Gibbs benevolent praise Of
my letter regarding unrest in Key
West comes as unexpected refresh
ment, there being no question of
his sincerity nor of his need to
compliment. Not that I didn't ex-
pect him to read it, but in taking
cognizance of his sincerity / see
recognition of my own. Our mutual
interest is Key West.
Key West is potential. In its
uniqueness of location, accessible
ty, history, style, and terminus,
no other city in America can ap-
proach its particular potentiality.
This is fundamental. No eye can
pass upon this island without See-
ing it. The incorporate features of
the earth have placed it here, like
a gem, unique and patterned.
But like every treasure, we see
men and groups of men fighting
for its possession and supervision.
Once, out of the revolving CORR.
doris of history, came the pirates,
using the island, Communicating
it by virtue of its uniqueness.
These men were bold and greedy
and suspicious, bound together by
common greed and the axiom lei
the devil take the hindmost!'
Of course, history has changed
its cloak, but l must challenge any
proclamation that man has chang.
ed his nature.
To men of vision and intellect
this is the most terrible fact tc
face. Journalistic men like your
Dlumnist BIZ Glib, confronted
daily by mendacious, fraudulent
dishonest, faithless, hypocritical
personalities demonstrates the
president resourcefulness of Ger
tain men to see below the surface
to see the more important quality
of all men: an inherent desire Il
trust his fellow man.
So what have we? The gem, en-
tieing. Men scrambling. No more
no less.
Specifically, we could almos
let it 60 at that. Conscientiously
we can't. Loss of a treasure, il
this case. is a loss of pride in call
ting ouselves honest. And there
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-14
OPEN LETTER TO
AULD cLooTlE
Editor, The Citizen (

Editor, The Citizen
To my friend Clootit:
Your article in June 10 issue of
The Citizen was a pleasant sur
prise; beautifully worded and clear
as a peeling bell: II am deeply
grateful for the beauty you Great
ed, and have no fear whatever Of
vitriol from your acid-worded mis-
sives. You are not the ogre you
pretend to be. On many occasions
in past years you have told me
of strange flowers and shrubs, and
from your pleasant and intelligent
words l gathered you knew much
about the exotic vines, and trees,
When I read your article in The
Citizen Of June l, l did not know
who Aud Clootie was. When /
learned it was you, I inwardly
said, Something is amiss; some.
one has wounded Clootie too deep
ly."
A mans heart knows its own bit
ternes, but it cannot utter it so
others understand. One never
brings the core of the hurt out for
inspection. Only when all the story
is told can judgement be rendered.
None may look at another's soul
in travail; the angel with the fam
ing sword guards it throughout its
trial. No man truly knowing ser.
entity can harbor malice in his
heart. He casts out the chaff and
keeps only the wheat.
! know absolutely nothing about
politics, and have no desire to
learn its devious ways and self
seeking glory. Guess I'm too old
to fight. I'll be IS June q; have
known all types of men; the good.
the not so good, the highly opin-
donated, the narrowminded, the
envious, and the out and out dead
beat.
Naught in heaven or earth can
change such creatures. 1t is utterly
impossible for them to reason a.
bout anything. Usually their voices
are the loudest in a crowd. Wis
dom comes from meditation and
silence; your splendid article was
written under such conditions. 1
merely meant to point out that
hatred and unkindness do no good;
either to a city or to its citizens.
If a man in high office is negli-
gent of his sworn duty to the voters
who elected him, he should be i'm
peached.
My methods are entirely differ
ent. 1t happens ! know every tro-
pical flower, fruit, tree and vine
that grows in Key West; from
whence it came; how to grow it;
and how to use and derive the
greatest benefits from its fruits.
Several weeks ago in a large ho-
tel IN Miami Beach ! displayed a
number of Key West tropical fruits
in lobby with cards giving their
names; soon q large crowd began
asking questions. I told them such
fruits flourished in Key West be-
cause it is the only frost-free city
in the United States. Many promis.
ed to meet me in our city to see
for themselves.
That is one of my ways of in.
teresting strangers to visit here.
It helps them; it helps city, and
is a tremendous satisfaction to me.
It costs money to do anything to-
day. I'm glad to spend mine in
gratitude to this bit of the West
Indies under the American Flag.
(Key West) where I've enjoyed to
the full living amid transcendent
beauty.
I bear malice toward none. I
meant every word in my article in
answer to yours Of June 2. reit-
crate - If there is nothing of kind
ness we can murmur, nothing of
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-14
BY FRANK o'sRiEN

WASHINGTON. R-A govern
ment report, based upon q new
look at the thriving construction
industry, predicted today that
spending for new construction
would set an al-time record Of
36A billion dollars, the peak year
50 far.
The new prediction, after five
months of record-setting construc-
ton activity in this year, reversed
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-14
Young Takes
Control OF
.NYCRR Today

ALBANY, NY, HAFinancier
Robert r. Young takes control q
the New York Central railroad %.
day.
That viii become official when
election inspectors present the tab.
ulation Of votes east at the annual
meeting Of stockholders May q.
There has been no formal an
nouncement yet, but an authorita.
tive source said Friday that the
Young forces have ousted the pres.
ent management headed By Presi-
dent william White by q MARCIA
Of 1.o7o.oco shares. And there has
been confirmation Of this from q
leading Young supporter.
For White, il win be the end
of the line on the Central; he has
said repeatedly that he would re-
sign from his $40, oo0-a-year Job
If Young won the battle Cor control.
Results of the long tabulation
viii be announced at the offies
of the railroads secretary In the
big Albany railroad station. Only
q small group, including official
representatives Of both manage
ment and Young Is expected to
be there.
There has been no formal an.
nouncement yet, but an authorita-
tive source said Friday that the
Young forces have ousted the pres
emit management headed by Presi-
dent william White by q margin
OF 1000 shares. And there has
been confirmation of this from q
leading Young supporter.
For White, it win be the end
ct the line on the Central: he has
said repeatedly that he would ~.
sign from his $40, 0Oo-a-year lob
II Young won the battle for control
Results Of the long tabulation
viii be announced at the Office
of the railroads secretary In the
big Albany railroad station. Only
small group. including official
representatives. of both manage,
meht and Young, is expected IA
be there.
Al soon as the vote is announced.
the center Of attention win b.
como New York. There, Young
and his new board win take charge
of the fortunes of the q. coo, 900 900
railroad, the nations second larf.
est. Young representatives, here
for ~ announcement, expect %
fly New York in time for the
first n \eting.
First On the list Of business win
be the election Of officers. Young
has said he win become chairman
of the board at 81 q year. and all
signs indicate that his choice for
president Of the road win be the
vigorous executive vice president
OF the prosperous Denver l Rio
Grande Western Railroad. 5l-ysar.
old Alfred E. Perlman, who ID in
New York today.
A calm, reserved man Of medi.
um height, with blue eyes and thin
ming grey hair, Periman joined the
D&RGW in 1885 on loan from the
Burlington. The loan was to Be-
for two years but has stretched to
Is.
Perlman Is credited with playing
a large part in. putting the Rio
Grande on its feet When he joined,
the road had Q net deficit Of four
million dollars yearly. Last year
it made 50, 900, 900.
Young has promised his admins.
tration win tackle the Central's No.
1 problem: passenger service,
which has rolled up deficits year
after year. He has also promised
dividends 2 to 10 times larger than
now.
khn hssrk 1>s.~r - 49,. 49, I..fQS
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PEOPLES FORUM

The Citizen welcomes expressions Of the views Of s read
but hs editor the right TO deIet any items which
considered bsev The writer's should be
far and eonns the letters 200 words ard write side
letters and will be published unless requested Otherwise