The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 27, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO ‘The Key West Citizen | IZEN ..SLISHING CO. INC, E ished Daily Except Sunday By L. P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOE ALLEN, Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County second class matter Associated Press the Associated Press is exclusively entitled ‘or republication ofall news dispatches. cr, :t or not otherwise credited jn this. paper _th local news published here. 180. BSCRIPTION RATES = SPECIAL NOTICE & notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of uary notices, etc., will be charged for at 10 cents a line. r entertainment by churches from which enue is to be deriged are 5 cents a line. cit is an open forum and invites discus- blic issues and subjects of local or general t bat it will not publish anonymous communi- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it vithout fear and without favor; never be afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; always fight tor progress; never be the or- gan or the.mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class; always do its utmost-for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and praise ‘virtue, commend good done by individual or organ- ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate and not contaminate. the reader; never com- promise witn principle. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. More Hotels and Apartments. 3each and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. Overheard somewhere: She must be a telephone girl; when you say “Hello” to her you get no answer. Of the severai hundred persons mar- ried in Key West last year, fully half of them were women, we are informed. There are so many ghost-writers in Washington that it has suggested cularly they form a union in order to put ‘a floor under wag hours.” been and a ceiling over President Roosevelt, who seldom writes his own speeches and has called for the services of a half dozen ghost-writers, should be the union’s most enthusiasti endorser. It will soon be known whether the re- vived primitive custom of vingerna just a fleeting habit, for in Paris; most fashions and styles are ‘created, the German military authorities are forhidding French- women to use red lacquer.on their fingernails on the grounds that it demoralizing Jewish-Oriental habit. When Paris discards the habit, it is just possible chat the rest of the feminine world will fol- low suit. painting That chickens come home to roost is evidenced once again in Presidential Can- didate Willkie’s refusal to enter into “ad- vance committments understandings” with the present Administration. Mr. Willkie recalled that in November, 1932, Piesident-elect Roosevelt had refused President Hoover’s request for joint action on the economic eri Imitation is the neerest flattery and President Roosevelt should be tickled pink in seeing Willkie imitate President-elect Roosevelt’s own performance in 1932, and is his face red. or Opposing the Hennings bill which au+ thorized sending ships to the European war zone to evacuate refugee children, Representative Robison of Kentucky, quoted from the Bible to emphasize his point that “we should take care of the hun- dreds of thousands of widows and orphans in America first.” The Biblical passage rea “He that provideth not first for his own household denyeth them and is worse than an infidel.’ That squarely backs up the oft-quoted axiom that charity begins at home, with which this column is thoroughly in accord. use tog | long period of time. | Smith the | is a deeply rooted custom or | where was a} THE SEWER PROBLEM! The City of Key West has a sewer THE KEY WEST CITIZEN system. Twenty-five residents of the City - of Key West are using that system. This out of a potential 2,000 outlets in the area served by the present pumping station, and despite obiigatory municipal legis calling fer connecting with the within a period of ninety days. We hasten to soften the statement, however, on. the basi: projé@’s n the city-at-lprge finds it necessary to make certain adjustments before it will be able to cocperate with this major improvement. The Citizen little thought that would be possible, by any stretch of the foregoing of the with the sewer system. In the first place, it weuld be a physical impossibility to get the job done in that comparatively short period of time. In the second place, hun- dreds of property owners are simply not able financially to plank down the neces- sary fees at this time. E City officials, however, will do well to | investigate the field of those able to in- stall lateral lines at this time and send out | reminders that provisions of the ordinance will be enforced. A good percentage have already filed lateral connectiyg fees with | the Board of Public Works and these .con- nections have been installed to curb lines in most eases. These should be in a posi- ticn to apply for connection permit to their houses immediately. They come within the scope of enforcement provisions. In the meantime, and while city plumbers are busily engaged leading in lines to the hou that have their laterals | in, the city officials should institute a sys- tem of part-payment for the balance of the city. It’s assured that everybody | wants to connect up with the lines, but the | onl. ly way over half of the owners here can do so is to make smal] payments covering a Equipment costs be- ing what they are, added to installation fees, requires this cencession for this clas | fication. EMPTY THREAT (From Ft. Myers News-Press) Around the state various democratic com- mittees are talking big about what they are go- ing to do with this year’s crop of Willkiecrats. Miami In and Sarasota plans have been announced. Elsewhere they are under consideration. * Under Florida law those who vote for the opponents of democratic candidates in this year’s general elec- tion can be barred from participating in the next primary, either as voters or candidates for of- fice, and this is the law the democratic commit- tees threaten to invoke against bolters. But it won’t be done. We have heard all that before and nothing much came of it except that when democratic committees tried it they were the ones that got purged instead of the bolters. That happened right here as an aftermath of the 1928 campaign when Florida ran out on Al Lee county was prominently among those who went for Hoover and after putting up a spirited fight for party regularity democratic com- mittee leaders here advocated barring known re- publicans and the most offensive of the Hoover democrats from participating in the pri- mary. However, the steps proved difficult and before effective action could be taken the repub- licans and $Hoovercrats ganged up tO beat the democratic? committeemen. in their*own primary. next Even among regular democrats, and parti- cularly the office-holding class, there was a good deal of resistance to “punishing” the _ bolters. “Let’s keep the light burning,” ran appeasement talk of those days, “so as to guide our straying brothers back to the fold.” While prating of their own loyalty, most candidates for democratic nominations, particularly in this part of the state, were careful not to offend the Hoo- vercrats and thus marking themselves for the knifing that was administered to Al Smith. We can look for practically the same thing this time. If the bolt to Willkie is sufficient to carry the state there will be a majority that can control the primary in which democratic com- mitteemen are;elected. At best only a few bolters can actually be barred. The law can catch up with only those who are willing ‘to testify against themsélves by|admitting that they voted for other than democratic ballot being secret there id no way of proving that a person democratic nominees. © The who shouted for Willkie during® the campaign with Great Britain. There are;would be the turning of our of L., 1911. didn’t change his mind as he entered the polling place and if he’s ready to swear to that version he can remain in good standing. Those who registered for the May primary took an oath to support the democratic nominees. If they don’t do so it is a metter between them and their conscience. Democratic committe2s can’t do much about it because a person who lightly disregards an oath will” lightly take j'another that he didn’t disregard it. * THE 2000 ACRE BENNETT CRUGHTIN A PHOSPHATE WT Ss ‘and -the realization. that“ it | | imagination, to enforce strict observance ; | of the ninety days’ provision in connection SECOND LARGEST FRESH WRTER LAKE UITHIN GROVE AT GAINESVILLE FLORIOA ISTHE LARGEST TUNG O/L rc \)} GROVE /N THE e WORLD? - HH alte | carefully voted last November to put thei other fost m the THE BOUNDARIES Oc THIS COUNTRY NEAR GARTOW NOV. 1939, purse out of a sow's car” Key Westers are oppesed anything that would change com- ditions—not all Key Westers. af course. but enough of them &% make it seem uuprobsble that writing letters will produce sults. A BETTER OBSERVER 2 —— By HUGO S. SIMS, Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizen STRONG FOREIGN POLICY |the United States, is complicated AGREEMENT WITH CANADA »Y the fact that Canada is now at war. This seems to make it in- BASES FROM THE BRITISH _—evitable for the United States, if PREPARING FOR ATTACK BULLITT WARNS U.S. SAYS HITLER WILL ATTACK vices to the north, to make some kind of a deal with the Canadians, regardless of its relationship to ‘strict’neutrality in the present struggle. In fact, there is a strong sentiment in this country support- The foreign policy of the Unit-\ing the idea that our defense re-' ed States is in process of startling quires immediate assistance to development, with arrangements Great Britain in order to prevent being made with Canada for the a German victory, which would joint defense of the lands to the! imperil our safety. north of this country and with pS es Possession of necessary air and The suggestion that the British naval bases in the southern area;lease this country naval and air assured as a result of -negotia-| bases in the south was advanced tions initiated by Great Britain. ! by the British Government, which jhas offered to make available to Apparently the Government of this nation a line of bases run- the United States is moving to ning from Newfoundland, through implement its pledge to defend Bermuda, the Bahamas, Jamaica Canada from invasion as a part and Trinidad to British Guiana of the hemisphere plan of de- on the northeast coast of South fense. It is essential for Ameri-|America. These bases are essen- cans to understand that the basic tial to a complete defense of the idea behind this plan is the com-| Panama Canal and their acquisi- plete defense of the United tion, through some form of agree- States. It is realized by mnaval'ment with the British, has been and military experts that the re-‘urged by officials and Congress- quirements of our own safety: men, who differ widely in their make it necessary that we guard attitude toward the war in Eu- the adjacent land areas. | Tope. The vital importance of Great, William C. Bullitt, American Britain to the safety of the Unit- ambassador to France, delivered ed States is now generally recog- a speech in Philadelphia, which nized as a result of the necessity|has caused widespread discus- of facing the possible contingen-|sion. He has been denounced by cies in event/the island empire is some Americans because of the conquered by ‘Hitler. The British startling statements that he fleet been a bilwark of American de-'viction, drawn from his own ex- fense. Its-absence leaves a dan- perience and the information in 'gerous gap in our sea-wall that the hands of the American gov- cannot be repaired for five or six ernment, “that the United States | years and nobédy knows this bet-/is in as great peril today 2s was ter than the American ‘experts. France a year ago” and that “un- _— less we act now, decisively, to There is some opinion avail-, meet the threat we shall be too able to the effect that if Hitler Jate”. wins his campaign against Eng- Se ak land the Germans will imme-, Mr. Bullett regards the Ger- diately attempt to develop this'man military machine as “with- hemisphere. The idea is that our;out auestion the most current defense program, just that has ever been created” and | getting underway, is enough tojthat “if Great Britain is de- make Hitler realize that he can-|feated” an attack will be launch- not wait to straighten out the'ed against this counrty and “all Western Hemisphere. If he gives the strength of this nation will, the United States a year, or two,;be needed—mobilized, organized, there will be little chance of suc- equipped and ready—if we are to cess for Hitler. Consequently, parry it and save the independ- any questions at issue must be ence of our country”. He says settled before the. United States:that he saw hundreds of thou- is strengthened to any great ex- sands of German soldiers, with all tent. their motorized equipment, and —— adds, “I have never seen one _ Of course, we swoyld not have piece of that equipment broken readers believe that-everybody in down”. the United “States thinks .that — Hitler will immediately attack: Mfr. Bullitt says that the “de- this country if he wins his war|struction of the British navy \citizens, isolationists and others, Maginot line” and that without who sincerelv believe that there the British navy the “Atlantic is no danger to the United States would give us no more protec- regardless of whether Hitler wins ‘tion than the Maginot line gave in Europe or not. These appeas-/France after the German troops ers, like Col. Lindbergh, suggest, jed through Belgium”. He that we can get along with a says dictators are convinced German-dominated Europe as fhat the democracies will “al- well as we have gotten along/ wavs be'too late” and auotes Hit- with an English-dominated Eu-/ler’s ‘words that “each country rope. | —_—— yescape. I shall not even need to The task of defending Borst | destroy one by one. Selfish- ' America, vital to the Safety of!ness and lack of foresight will | we want to assure protective de-! in” the Atlantic Ocean has | made: He says that it is his con- ” powerful | leas, Ta, 1880; active ‘in Mine Workers, 1909; field ‘andj Prevent Observation taken et 738 2 TSth Mer. Time (city office ‘Temperatures Highest last 34 hours Lowest last night Mean Norma! Would you add more crosses, row on row, To those that sleep in Flanders’ Field? To what end take up the torch they flung, To die, and miss the sunset glow; . - =a Rainfall, 24 hours ending 7:30 a m. inches =! rainfall smee Aug inches b Excess since Aug 1, imches Total rainfall since Jan 1 To take up the quarrel with the inches foe Deficiency since January 1 Means we, too, must sleep in imches | —___ . Flanders’ Field Wind Direction and Velocity Where poppies grow. SE—6 miles per hour Relative Humidiry Would their sleep be much less 7% peaceful Barometer at 7:30 a. m todey If we break faith with those Sea level, 30.02 (10866 milliliters who died? Cling to life, peace, Or should we, too, beside them | Moonrise lie? } . | mt with k weurp 651 William Street Ee High WHO KNOWS? =‘ See “The Answers” on Page 4 wgoruesnongmeemneeians to ent armen 1. What is the relative plane strength of Germany and Great Britain? 2. How old is WendeR Will- kie? 3. Who is the Prime Minister of Canada? 4. How far is Hawaii from the Canal Zone? 5. Did the Republican party sell a campaign book in 1936? 6. When did the United States begin its occupation of the Philip- pines? (Till 7:30 p. m, Wednesday Key West and Vicinity. Partly cloudy with 2 few scattered showers Wednesday and possibly tonight; gentle to modetat winds, mostly east and southeest Florida: Partly cloudy with a few scattered showers Wednes day afternoon and possibly near southwest and extreme south coast tonight | FOUND RING LOST 37 YEARS VAN VERT. O—Daniel J Evans, of this city, whe-feund = wedding erate in, New York City? 8. What was the electoral {college vote in 1928 and 1936? 9. Is the population country increasing? 1. What English-born man was) ,eleeted for 43 terms as president | of the American Federation of! Labor? What was his trade? 2. (a) In what year did Labor )Day become a U.S. holiday. &) What state was first to recognize the day? 3. Which of these biographies fits John L. Lewis? Which Wil- liam Green? (a) Born Coshocton, O., 1873; active in United ine Workers, 1900; member } state senate, 1910-13. (6) ‘Born Lu-j. ‘United TIRES § legislative representative of AF. 4. Who were the Knights of Labor? 5. (a) When was the AF. of L. organized? (b) When the C10? Each question counts 20 England bas a Council for the \Preservation of Rural Englend. RAYMOND CURRY Manage- }will imagine that it alone will er the war. Phone 65 | nN AY 1 iy ’ Ftrestone nt each one from fighting until it is too late”.