The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 10, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO Che wry West Citizen = ZEN PUBLISHING CO. INO. i Daily Except Sunday By . ARTMAN, President and Publisher ness Manager n Building Ann Streets | From The Citi: Corner Greene and Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County y Daily Member of the Associated Press ated Press is exclusively entitled to use blication/of all news dispatches credited to ot otherwise credited in this paper and also local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES yYERTISING RATES THE INLAND WATERWAY To all that has been written and said about the projected extension of the In- land Waterway from Bahia Honda to Key West, The Citizen would like to add its bit. Nat LR controv , this city is most affected in the y and its opinions, by and large, are retlected through our columns. It comes as good news that the sub- ject ha very. { good chance, this time, we hear, of receiving of- ficial sanction of the engineering corps of the army. Reopening of hearings with a review of all testimony is about to get un- der way. It is to be hoped that proper pressure will be applied by our agencies been revived, with a , in effort to settle the issue, once and for cards of thanks, resolutions of ces, ete., will be charged for at a line. ainment by churches from which deriy 5 cents a line. ‘ m and invites discus- of local or general anonymous communi- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; never be d to attack wrong or to applaud right; ht tor progress; never be the or- mouthpiece of any person, clique, always do its utmost for the ; never tolerate corruption or ; denounce vice and praise virtue, i good done by individual or organ- lerant of others’ rights, views and only news ihat will elevate inate the reader; never com- principle. IMPROVEMENTS ~ °9R KEY WEST ADVO’ TED BY THE CITIZEN 1. Water and Sewerage. 2. More Hotels and Apartments. Beack 3 and Bathing Pavilion. 4. Airperts— and and Sea. of County and City Gov- 1 City Hospital In 2 world where there is death there | can be no indispensable man. bow and arrow are still the | most formidable weapons in the world. The little fellow is impervious to selec- tions and strikes both high and low every. where with never a let-up in his activi- | ties. Cupid's In securing the fifty destroyers from the United States, Great Britain will not be helped very much in the opinion of but her advantage is that 1 the United States a_ little o involvement in the European war. ury expe she has draw closer Senator Pepper, to whom the Pres dent's hanged in effigy on the Capito] lawn in Washington by women foes of conscription, chanting | “We'll hang Claude Pepper on a_ sour | apple tree.” It aid that it was the first time in forty years that a senator was hanged in effigy in Washington and to the Florida solon goes that distinction. every wish is law, was | West. | from Miami is important. all. Of course it looks like the war condi- tions are going to be responsible for com- pletion of the waterway, more so than any other reason. That's all right by Key West. We've become quite accustomed to the war bringing favors to our island, and just one more project chalked up to Mr. Hitler and Company wouldn’t be unwel- come at all. But to get back to the original pur- pose for deepening the Inland Waterway to allow large yachts to traverse the route from northern resorts entirely in protected chann That’s the prospect that proves cing to Key Westers with a view e when pressure of wartime will not be with us and a normal tourist ex- pansion will be our chief concern. source of much chagrin to consider that the protected waterway stretches from New Jersey points all the whole length of the Atlantic coast down to within 45 miles of Key Ard there it stops—forcing those really determined to come to this city for its favored climate and recreational facili- to the It's long been a | ties, to push into the outer channels with | their danger of treacherous passage dur- and stormy weather. ary transportation of It’s materials commend- able that the war department sees that necessity in the waterway route. But Key Westers and The Citizer are looking for- ward to the time when our city will become a yachting center of the Atlantic seaboard. It can’t become such without the com- pleted waterway. BERLIN EXPLAINS AN ATTACK As the month of August came to an end, British fliers conducted a prolonged | raid upon Berlin, giving to the residents of the German capital “some comprehension of what mcdern warfare means, with its sudden, explosive death from the skies.” The quotation is taken from a wire- less news dispatch by C. Brooks Peters, to the New York Times, who says that the British airmen “have shattered the myths | circulated in all strata of the population here since the beginning of the war that | Berlin was so well protected by anti-air- eraft batteries that it would not be possible for an enemy raider to get within bomb- dropping distance of the city.” The statements made are interesting in view of the news dispatch which was sent from Berlin almost immediately, claiming that the British bombing planes | were painted with “a secret type of var- Willkie wasn’t caught napping when Father Coughlin’s organ, Social Justice, espoused the eause of the Republican can- didate for the presidency. Said Willkie, “T net only am not interested in his sup- port but I don’t want it.” Continuing his rejection the Republican standard bearer explained: “I am not interested in the support of anybody who stands for any form of prejudice about anybody’s race or religion or who stands for any foreign economic or political philosophy in this country.” The period of registration and finger- printing of this country’s reputed 3,500,- 000 resident aliens, which started on August 27, will - zupy four months.” In this connection 1¢ is pointed out that the aliens are not under suspicion and that the object is to obtain a record of non-citizens living in this country. There are some | aliens in Key West and they should not hesitate to present themselves for registra- tion and fingerprinting without being called upon by the authorities. The slight inconvenience which this requirement may cause will be a small price to pay for the opportunity of making a living here and enjoying life in this land-of liberty and peace. | nish” that makes them “invisible under the glare of searchlights” and that this made it impossible for anti-aircraft gunners to turn their fire upon the enemy raiders. The raiders, it is related, were ‘“‘com- pletely invisible’ when the full glare of searchlights was turned upon them and, as a result, the anti-aircraft gunners were able to shoot only at the shadows that the raiders threw against the clouds.” Of course, no one believes the Ger- man story that the British planes were “invisible.” This is merely Germany’s method of explaining the attack to the peo- ple of Berlin, who had been led to believe that no such attack was possible. Naturally, the German Government either had te admit that the deferse of its capital was vulnerable to air attack or to find some plausible explanation for the fact that British planes dropped bombs upon the German capital. Like other so-called “secret weapons” there is little or nothing to the “secret varnish.” It is surprising, however, that the German officials who have loudly pro- claimed their possession of a secret weapon that will end the war, have attributed to their enemies the possession of a secret which makes defense against air attack al- most impossible. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN THESE ARE MY JEWELS i} PEOPLE'S FORUM accompany the letters and will be published unless requested otherwise. “SPLENDID COOPEPATION” Editor, The Citizen. As you know the Art Project has been approved in Washing- U. S. WEATHER — _BUREAU REPORT Observation taken at 7:30 a. m., 75th Mer. Time (city office) Temperatures Highest last 24 hours 83 Lowest last night 81 Mean 82 Normal 83 Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending 7:30 a. m., inches ince Sept. 1, 0.29 5.17 since Sept. 1, inches 2.90 rainfall since Jan. 1, inches Excess inches Es Wind Direction and Velocity SSW—16 miles per hour Relative Humidity 80% Barometer at 7:30 a. m. today Sea level, 29.80 (1009.1 millibars) Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise 6:12 6:35 3:21 Pf 1:50 Tomorrow's Tides 25.92 since January 1, FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Wednesday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy with thunder- showers tonight and Wednesday: gentle to moderate southerly winds. Florida: Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday, scattered thun- extreme south and east-central portions; slight- ly cooler Wednes north portion. seattered dershowers over lay in extreme Today’s Horoscope Today’s native is industrious, watchful and prudent. There will be many curious ideas, but a con- stant eve to the future: and the close of life will probably be fill- ed with comfort. The paths of ife which would prove to be successful are various, as there is much ability. 1.96! APs WHO KNOWS? ton and signed by the President. I appreciate your support, week, of our plea to our govern-' ment representatives. No doubt the support of our citizens, so ex- pressed, helped materially to bring about a favorable result But I want to go further than this and point out editor of the local press, that it would have been impossible to have the approval of our project under present conditions unless to you, as ;one of the real purzies of TUESDAY HERE'S A PUZZLE— Medicine Or Sait Solution? By HOWARD W. BLAKESLEE MINNEAPOLIS. Set. 1 — tested at the Uneversit: of Minnesota for prevention common colds have resulted _ cine. Ninety-two studer en some vaccines. = a hes killed baceteria, lon§ used by doc tors for cold prevention Eighty-eight students poses of comparison nothing but a phys solution. have no ef was given so neither group knew whether the far pwr Teceec the accomplishments of the proj- y, ect had proven of great value to the communities and to the state as a whole. I do not hesitate to tell you See “The Answers” on Page 4 that the splendid cooperation of Gen with acquisitions since 1933? 2. What is the area of don? 3. What was the basis of Bul- garia’s claim to southern Dobru- ja? 4. How many did the U.S. have in the World War? : 5. How many airplanes are provided for in the $5,000,000,000 defense bill. 6. How large is the ranch- holdings of Vice-President Gar ner? 7. What is referred to “floating elephant”? as a your newspaper throughout the year, in giving expression to our 1. How does the population of activities continuously has con- y, before Hitler. compare tributed largely in making our accomplishments known, through Lon- Ur reports, to those who are re- spnsible in our state office and in Washington, for the approval of a continuation of the project. Sincerely yours, FLORIDA ART PROJECT cantonments! KEY WEST ART CENTER, WPA F. Townsend Morgan, Director. Sept. 9, 1940. TIME By LEONORE BERGIDA (Age: 10% Years) 8. What determines the num- In the very early morning ber of votes a state has in the When the earth starts yawning Electoral College? Comes the dawning of a day 9. In what year was the wo- That starts wending its 10. the United States? . man’s ‘suffrage amendment rati- Toward “Old Man Time” . fied? At the end of the evening _ How far is Bermuda from Not many are grieving Hatteras, nearest point in For the day that has gone They await a new day, Defying “Old Man Time” Mark Sullivan of Washington, D. C., journalist, born at Avon- dale, Pa., 66 years ago. Frederic A. Delano of Wash- ington, D. C., civic leader, the President’s uncle, born in China, 77 years ago. Jerome N. Frank, Securities and Exchange commissioner, born in New York, 51 years ago. Dr. Arhtur H. Compton of the University of Chicago, famed physicist, born at Wooster, Ohio, 48 years ago. Dr. Lynn H. Hough, dean, Drew Theological Seminary. New Jer- sey, born at Cadiz. Ohio, 63 years ago. George B. Parker, Scripps- Howard editor-in-chief, Washing- ton, D. C., born at Ithaca, Mich., 54 years ago. Dr. Robert E. Speer, longtime secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, New York; born at Huntingdon, Pa., 73 years ago. Mrs. Edward (Rose G.) Jacobs Miao COME ON AL Jeges. There's an EXTRA saving on every trip BUS STATION—Cor. Southard and Bahama Sts—Phone 242 LORIDA MOTOR|INES PO LLL LL LLL LL A of New York, Jewish leader, there, 52 years ago. Poultney Bigelow of York, author, born there, 85 ye: ago. Subscribe to The Citizen, 20c weekly. | If you deliver your copy of Receive Your Copy of The CITIZEN By 6 P. M. PHONE—WESTERN UNION Between 5 and 7 P. M. and a Western Union Messenger Boy will A hed hehehe, dedichaduhdiade did at the request of physician Similar tests in previews had failed to show muct tage of vaccines. The pre tested nes were matic mechanically -killed ger In the prese cines were made AGREED COMPLAINT SERVICE. . . do not The Citizen. WO rr rere eee are PEOSE 414 IDI DIL ID SS.