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

PAGE TWO Che wey West Citizen ‘ 7 cITIZEN PUBLISHING Co. INC, P shed Daily Except Sunday By P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher 30. Business Manager F Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County d at Key* West, Flori Member of the Associated Press iated Press is exclusively entitled to use second class matter publication of all news dispatches credited to | "ADVERTISING RATES ¢ known on application. "SPECIAL NOTICE 1 cirds of thanks, resolutions of j es, tte., will be charged for at ine. rtainment by churches from whieh vents a line. sam and invites discus- es and subjects of lecal or general 1 not publish anonymous communi- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN the truth and print it ut fear and ‘ithout favor; never be i to attack wrong or to applaud right; ys fight tor progress; never be the or- 1 or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, always do its utmost for the fare; never tolerate corruption or tion or class; injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue, nd good done by individual or organ- ; tolerant of others’ rights, views and print only news that will elevate t contaminate the reader; never com- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN ion of County and City Gov- nents, A Modern City Hospital. | | | mal, ought to be a blessing to all peoples. World trade, if it ever returns to nor- With all the fans in action, a base- ill park ought to be a cool place to visit | on a hot afternoon. Visitors te Key West judge too largely by the people they meet; what are you do- ing to make Key West attractive to new- comers? Advertising is like fishing; you must the right bait at the right place and at the right time to expect results, and not set discouraged too soon. When men forget relationship with their fellow human beings, the world is on the path towards inhumanity, and we see the truth of that statement in Europe to- day. themselves d not on being the other way put it, “I'd rather Everybody should pride being reasonable, nt; but it’s alw und. As Bill Nye be right than Presiden So far no nation has developed an ef- fective defense ag: inst bombing planes but -ne. In the meantime ng up a_ stout resistance aircraft guns. come in For five months before the Demo- cratie Convention in Chicago, Mr. Roose- veit was actively conniving in the move- elf. All save the uninformed believed that he was forcing his own renomination, although there were these who believed to the last that he uld not accept, but they did not know the man. To quote Frank R. Kent, of the Baltimore Sun: “The facts that the ‘draft’ at Chicago was phoney; that ‘Mr. Roosevelt dictated the action of the con- tion over a special telephone wire to al representative, Mr. Harry Hop- ins; it required all his power as Pres dent, plus the Kelly-Flynn-Hague ma- chines, to crush out the party opposition and put his nomination over, these facts are too well established to need repetition. They can be proved up to the hilt. Even some of his most devoted friends were dis- gusted at the fraudulent character of his message to the convention and the fakery of the whole draft performance.” n to renominate him we ve THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | A PLAN FOR KEY WEST Much has been said in the columns of | this paper on subjects of planning, with emphasis on the need to set up a Planning Board for the City of Key West. Monroe County has a Planning Board, | and even though its decisions are only | given from an adviscry standpoint, having no constituted authority to do more, the work done by this group has proven of wide benefit to the county and city. | are many. As it is now, various civic and governmental groups become interested in one or more projects, all of benefit to the city to be sure, and they try, in their own | way; to see them through to a successful ; finish. It’s pretty much a hit-or-miss way of doing things, however, in that so often the cooperative push required to put the | project over is missing, chiefly because other groups are busily engaged in their own ideas of what the city needs most. It is likely that Dr. Rexford Tugwell will dwell at some length on this subject of a Planning Board way of performing t in Key West at the meeting tomor- row night, which, by the way, should be represented by every group i any rate, we are sure he will agree that steps should be taken to form the nueleus of a Planning Board, at least. Effective planning, of course, cannot succeed or have much bearing in any com- munity without constituted power to act. The future effort, ther, should be towards the formation of a permanent commission with widely defined powers granted by amendment to the charter and approved by the State Legislature. This accomplished, and it is by no ; an impossible task, Key West may sane ac- | mea then start on the road towards complishment of its most necessary proj- | ects. The board, acting on tried and proved principles, would first, no doubt, list the projects most desirable, in numeri- cal order. Concentration would then be turned to the solving of problem number one and when that is accomplished, move on te the second on the list. Further benefit to the city through the establishment of a legally-constituted Tlanning Board is in the control | for improvements. The council would know that it could refer all such projects to the board, ard, in so doing, it dodges | all responsibility in the matter of choosing which falls in the necessary classification. Key West needs a Planning Board. A plan for Key West is the first problem to tackle. “ENGLAND RESPONSIBLE” It is very interesting, from time to time, to read about the news that is being presented to the people of totalitarian na- tions. Along this line, Virginio Gayda, often a mouthpiece for Italian fascism, tells his readers that “the entire responsibility for the present bombings-of London Jiessolely with England.” . ¢ Along the same line, he quotes the New York Times as declaring, “Germany will not hesitate to use gas,” and .detlafes | that this means that “England is preparing to use gas,”’ and, as is customary, puts out an attempted alibi. Of course, any intelligent American knows that Great Britain has nothing to do with the news articles which appear in New York’s great newspaper, but the Italian Government, in complete control of all information permitted to reach the Italian people, uses any technique that it thinks will tend to create hatred of the British. NO BUSINESS ABOVE GOVERNMENT There are individuals in this country who believe business should be operated by, and for the benefit of, wealth. They include many wealthy individuals, the employes of wealth and, it may be the beneficiaries of wealth distributed in the form of gifts, donations and other largesses. If any American takes time out for thinking, it should be obvious that the government of any country must have powers superior to any part of the govern- ed nation. This applies to business as well as to individuals. Whenever any business, or group of business leaders, acquire the idea that it, or they, are above the gov- ernment itself, the time has come for the government of this country to assert its | power, Key West’s problems needfdl of in- telligent planning effort, as all will agree, ; the city. At | such aj; body exercises over the city’s expenditures | | Clima Slaugh fers ——=By VIRGINIA HANSON == YESTERDAY: Mimi met Colo- nel. Pennant and Julia as a sales clerk in New York. When she lost her job the Colonel asked her to marry, him. She feels her intense love for him is not recip- rocated and is insanely jealous, Chapter 35 Bundle Of Contradictions 4 ee grew quite attached to both Dan and me,” Mimi went on. “He idelizes Dan. His own father turned against him toward ; the last—I blame Sandra for that, too—and Jeff had to trans- fer his affections. And because I was Dan’s wife, I came in for my share. He wasn’: in love with me—that’s just silly. If I'd even thought of such a thing I'd never have let him take me out when Julia was away at school. But I can see now what construction Sandra’s evil little mind probably put on it at once. She was like that, Kay. I was a long time find- ing it out; but I'm telling: you now what I know to be the truth. “Late that summer, about the last week of her visit, there was a hop. Jeff got a date for San- dra, and he was taking Julia. But at the last minute Julia went to bed with a headache, so Jeff per- suaded me to go in her place. “We went in our car, the four of us, but after the hop Sandra and her Kaydet decided to walk home. I thought they wanted to do a little necking. So Jeff and I drove home alone, and as it was only a short: walk back to bar- racks, and he had plenty of time, I suggested that he come in and wait until they arrived so he could walk back with his friend. “Dan had not waited up, and the fact that he hadn’t made me feel pretty low in my mind. I was always expecting him to treat me like a bride, and being disap- pointed when he didn’t. This par- ticular night I was feeling de- pressed anyway. I didn’t really have much fun at those kid parties, and I would far rather have stayed at home with Dan, if he hadn’t urged me to go. “Jeff was always so sweet and understanding; and suddenly, without intending to, I was tell- ing him my troubles, just as if he were my kid brother. He put his arm around me and: told: me he was sure Dan was crazy about me —that sort of thing, trying to comfort me. “I was crying on his shoulder when Sandra came in. She was always a pussyfoot. I didn’t hear a sound, just looked up and saw her standing in the archway from the hall, looking at us——” Mimi got up and began to walk around the room again. Her hands were clenched and her face was cold and angry. I waited, and after a moment she went on. “She didn’t say much, but it was perfectly plain what she thinking. The nastiest expression | came into her eves, an expression | of satisfaction, like a cat that has she had succeeded in being asked again and again to West Point during Julia’s absence. And she had worked on Jeff. “I don’t doubt she made Jeff think I was in love with him,” she said indignantly. “And there was: nothing I could do about it. He avoided me-as if I had small- pox. He never came to our house any more except to see Sandra, and as she got in her work he went more and more to New York. You can see how he would feel. He couldn’t go on and marry Julia, be brought into closer con- tact than before with me, the wife of his friend and superior officer. He would have been scared to death of the whole sit- uation.” “Then you don’t think she open- ly blackmailed him into marry- ing her? I mean, by threatening to go to Colonel Pennant?” “T’ve no way cf knowing; but I think she was clever enough to play on Jeff's conscience, and to make him think she was saving him from something pretty awful. He changed—you’ve no idea how he changed, Kay. And I’ve thought, or tried to think, that he Teally did love Sandra——” We were back again to Jeff, who hadn’t loved Sandra. I knew that now, after seeing zim for that one defenseless moment with Julia in the prison ward. And all that T learned only served for worse to incriminate him. He’d had reason to hate Sandra, too. I said what I could to Mimi, and it was little enough. I did not recount the case I had made out against Jeff, for I could see that she had enough on her mind without that. And presently, looking we: but a little more at peace w herself, she went to her room to dress for dinner. Coldly Aloof 'ERALD BEAUFORT was with the colonel when I went dow: “You're staying here tonight?” he asked me crisply. “That's good.” He grinned suddenly, with a return to his former mannet. “I promised Adam to look after you, but I can’t say I’ve been a howl- ing success. I'll be glad to dele- Sate the responsibility.” “You're very flattering.” “That's me,” he said cheerfully. “Fringy the fearless flatterer they call me——” I caught my breath, but he did not seem to kno~y what he had said. He turned back toward Col- onel Pennant. “It’s very kind of you and Mrs. Pennant to ask m to stay to din- ner, but you see how it is, sir. Tl be at your office the first thing in the morning——” I left him taking his departure and went on into the living room. Fringy! Then he was an imposter. He had known that man at the inn. I would ask Julia at dinner if she didn’t remember the man calling that. But Julia sent word by Mimi that she had a headache and would not come down. There was no opportunity for just finished a mouse. I don’t sup-| me to bring up the subject of Ger- Pose Jeff got it, but I did. She was! ald during the meal, for Colonel P , Kay. She had something | Pennant took the conversational on us. I realized; with an awful | reins into his own hands and con- said, * sinking sensation, that she! wouldn’t hesitate to use it. | “Her Kaydet had left her at the, door and gone back to barracks. | Jeff followed as quickly as he could. I started to explain to San- dra, knowing it was useless, and she interrupted me. ‘So Upright’ a yee don’t need to think up a story for me,” she said with| @ nasty little smile. ‘I probably won't tell Dan.’ And then, hum-| ming insolently to herself, she} went up to her room.” | “What did you do? | “What could I do? I’ve wished a thousand times: that I had gone straight to Dan with it. But, Kay, T'm an awful coward where he’s concerned. Suppose he hadn't be- lieved me? Suppose he _ had} listened to Sandra instead? I tell} you, he would never hear a word against that’ girl. She could ‘be so Plausible; and she could wind ™en around her finger like—like worms!” | “I can see that she might have made it look pretty ugly, if she'd wanted to.” “Ugly! If Dan were even to sus- pect me of such a thing I don’t believe I could bear it. He’s so—| so upright, se honorable! Oh, I know T'tion’t always act as though I thought so, but in my heart I . Don’t: you see, that’s why he never would be jealous of me, wouldn't tolerate my jealousy. He was really paying me a compli- ment. I realized it when I began thinking it over, after this came up—' I sat there studying her, trying to understand this bundle of cen- tradictions, chis woman tortured by a sense of inadeouacy, rebel- ling occasionally against her own | be. the conception. of her sort of God, incorruptible, imper- juman il a God who. filled her life with kindness irring ofresentment that upreht honorable man. Her story grew less coherent as she went along. She had lived-al- ways, it seemed, with her fear of Sandra. And Sandra had held her advantage covertly as a threat over Mimi's head. By means of it ducted a tour. Murder and kin- dred subjeets were, I quickly saw, as taboo as naughty stories at a missionary meeting. I divided. my attention. between the dinner, for which I had no appetite, and the conversational display in which I could summon no interest. But- my thoughts dwelt unhappily on Julia and the {manner in which I had betrayed her. As soon as dinner was over I asked Mimi to find out if Julia would see me. I followed her up- stairs and waited *n the hall until Mimi came out, looking depressed and _sorry. “She doesn’t feel well enough to talk,” she said apologetically. “But I think she'll be all right in the morning, Kay. It’s probably better just to leave her alone, don’t you think so?” I went to my room and looked _ indecisively at my overnight case. packed amd ready to travel. If I mentioned going back to, the club now there would be no end ofa stir—— I thought of Gerald again and went out of my room and down the stairs. Colonel Pennant was in the li- brary. He rose as I entered. Per- haps it was a trick of the light from the green-shadea desk lamp: perhaps Mimi's story had colored my view of him; peruaps he was only tired. Whatever the cause, he seemed less human, grimmer, coldly aloof. “Tm sorry Julia is so rude,” he said. “She’s behaving like a spoiled child. I've told her there’s no reason for her to resent your telling what you knew and no roecasion for her to rush to Jeffs defense. If-he is acquitted I shall first to rejoice——” I felt chilled. “You're going to charge him murder, then?” “Naturally. The evidence all points to him.” “But what motive?” I asked desperately. 3 Z “The most sordid motive in the world. I'm afraid. Greed. Sandra was alone in the world. He will— er would—inherit everything.” There were cold anger and’con- tempt in the words. My heart To be continued Today’s Horoseope Today bestows a loving dispo- sition, causing the mative to be- come almost infatuated with the object of the affections. The abil- lities are fair: There-is an indica- tion of laek of opportunity that) ‘will hamper the native in the! early days of his career. be a difficult life. U. S. WEATHER BUREAU REPORT Observation taken at 7:30 a. m. 75th Mer. Time (city office) Temperatures Highest last 24 hours Lowest last night Mean Normal 90 75 82 82 Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending 7:30 a. m., inches Total rainfall since Sept. 1, inches 11.49 Excess since Sept. 1, inches 5.32 Total rainfall since Jan. 1, inches Excess since January 1, inches 438 Wind Direction and Velocity SW—3 miles per hour Relative Humidity 96% Barometer at 7:30 a. m. today Sea level, 29.84 (1010.5 millibars) Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise 6:18 Sunset 6:17 Moonrise 3:06 Moonset 4:10 Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) AM. 6:48 12:15 FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m.. Saturday) Key West and Vicinity: Con- siderable cloudiness with oeca- sional showers tonight and Sat- urday; gentle to moderate vari- able winds. Florida: Mostly cloudy, ers and light rain in south portions, continued cool in north and central portions to- night; Saturday partly showers in extreme south portion, lightly warmer i: extreme north 0.14 32.24 a P. a P. PM. 7:40 1:20 High Low show- and central cloudy, portion. Would you entertain a motion To purchase, say this Fall, A factory on the county road, No roof, but sturdy wall? for money— would do Launch a drive Subscriptions trick— With help from all the citizens, Build a place to heal the sick? the Ii such a movement started, With plans drawn up to date, Some kind, considerate owner Might the needed site donate. Now this may sound impossible But keep the thought in mind; Let's hear some more suggestions Some way we'll surely find. j Francis Scott Key wrote the {Star Spangled Banner Sept. 14, 1814, during the siege of Ft. Mc- Henry by the British. Boy friends don’t like thet “un- peppy” look. So, if you need the Vitamin B Complex and Iron of Vinol in your diet to improve ap- Petite, to fill out those hollows and add lovely curves, get Vinol. ORIENTAL PHARMACY TRY IT TODAY— The Favorite in Key West STAR BRA CUBAN COFFEE ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS a LA CONCHA HOTEL Beautiful—Air-Conditioned Rainbow Room and Cocktail LEADING HOTEL Enjoy == SUMMER: gownews COMFORT ‘oon wen nr one shower, sof water redio. and VeneGam blinds Exery bed ae enapeeeenseeieeiee Porcian PRiceD COCKTAIL LOUNGE ond COFFEE SHOP ~ I have mused jescaped running over the PEOPLE’S FORUM Editor, The Citizen: A few weeks ago I wa me tor in your deligh and while there J read a your valued paper. amused by an article about stray dogs by either a man or a woman, I couldn't & which, as the name ; Today s Birthdays I was ka N Gabre ing the letter to the quoting the Ten Comma: —“Thou Shall Not Kill”, ir ence to putting stray dogs to death. In the me over that wondering if the wrote it ever ate f meat, or thought it, wrong » so. I just had to answer that let ter because I am a vegetarian. While in your city I 2 Stray dog, in front of the hote run out in front of a child or bicycle and throw the z the pavement. A moto behind the accident saw child would ch which, if it had happened. probably have killed the There is the answer to the s dog question. Which to human safety, or the poor. fed stray dogs, that, I am » dig up graves in the cemeter I was indeed 2 by the article I m soned. it took someone to task for ing good clothes te church all places one should wear best I should think it would be to God's House, to receive blessing thereby. 1 am told that the city has not been able to pay the police their full salaries for quite 4 time. If the police would get off the benches and bar chairs and en- force the traffic laws for a few days, enough revenue will come into the treasury salaries. city I saw traffic violations every hour. Taxi cabs were parked m spaces meant for the public Many Florida cities have spaces marked just for and tourists and you have a viaP &O Steamship CUBA , 90> ewe KEY WEST 1030 4m. | 20°." Mondays & Thursdays | ~ === —_— = To PORT TAMPA aa none we “18 9:00 a. Teescer. a 15 p.m. THE PENINSULAR & OCCIDENTAL S S COMPANY Ties. Ta om Consult YOUR TRAVEL AGENT or J. H. COSTAR, Agent FULL CARGO INSURANCE Office: 813 Caroline Street ‘Posner oases WAREHOUSE—Cor. Eaton and Francis Sta