The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 15, 1940, Page 2

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN building n Streets Only Daily Newsnaper in Key West and Monrve County est, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press entitled to use tches credited to his paper and also #1 0. 6. AL NOTICE ards of thanks, resolutions of ete., will be charged for at from which line. vites discus- al or general ous cemmuni- vays ceck the truth and print it and without favor; never be k wrong or to applaud right; it for progress; never be the or- e of any person, clique, do its utmost for the never tolerate corruption or nce vice and praise virtue, end good done by individual or organ- tolerant of others’ rights, views and ; print only ne that will elevate nate the reader; never com- omise with priv IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN uae 4. Airport 5. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. 6. A Modern City Hospital Se Grumbling never yet made a task the maller. also one who fol- The undertaker th lical profession. ch, unwilling to resist Ger- n, seem to be hunting ex- ychologist deciares that women Which is rather t to develop into a con- ho ean take the most ut squealing, or bluff the letern who can longest a musical instrument the cash may be hard to be when money is deposited, but it has its sour notes when Is you have to A penny is a small unit of money, in 1ctice the smallest, and it is not much ught of, but if you have 99 of them, u can’t have a dellar untii another penny added. Beware of the man in authority who es power; he surely will abuse it. Keep- ing public officials too long in power is a nenace to freedom, which once lost, is sel- dom retrieved. t consistent. are horrified at the ki of an They animal for food, yet out the eyes of a potato and tear out the heart of a lettuce without compunction. The degree in which our own happi- ness is associated with the happiness of others is closer tk we think. For in- stance if property owners of Key West, who-have consistently dodged their just taxes in the past, would be converted to doing their civic duty by paying their ob- ligations to the city, they would be happy to be relieved of the burden, the city coun- cilmen would be happy; the employees of the city would be happy to get their wages regularly; those to whom the city jis in- debted would be happy to receive the money due them, and a general happiness would prevail all over Key West. Wouldn’: t be nice! INTEREST IN GOVERNMENT! Many suggestions have been made in the past about how to improve govern- mental conditions in Key West, but none, to the mind of The Citizen, came closer to the nail right squarely on the head at contained in the feature story s issue. The suggestion that should, and may, be tried out in this city puts the question of better government right up to the citi- zens of the city—where it always did be- ig. After all, whether politicians here realize it or not, they are in office to serve their constituents—not to rule them. The trouble is, and Key West stands not alone in this regard, voters have been prone to elect their officials and then pro- ceed to forget all about them. Not hear- ing from them, the same officials usually go ahead and do pretty much as they wish, or bow, as is so often the case, to the pro- al minority or opinion that has some <e to grind. y rate, what The Citizen liked about the Readers Digest article, telling of an improved form of government in Ber- ley, California, was that the citizens of y became awakened to their duty vine let their wishes become known ‘to the councilmen, re sort of an a eived, by reason of ted, a better govern- | is entirely possible in Key West, 1ething of a similar nature should tuted here. One hears that civic consciousness has been aroused to a cer- All right—so it has, but certainly not in sufficient volume to bring about certain reforms badly needed. | With the tem of public interest and | governmental knowledge pushed by Key West residents such as that followed in Berkeley, it is entirely possible that the future of this city would be greatly en- hanced. After all, if representatives of the ci from all cl sat in regularly at council meetings and were considered, as they most certainly would have to be, in framing legislation that effécts the -, the council members would think twice on some subjects, before cast- ing their votes. The Citizen was advised that the Mayor had been acquainted with the ar- ticle before it was printed yesterday. As the leading government official of the city. we would suggest that he call a meet- ing of all interested persons in the near future to consider establishment of this “back to the people” form of government ey West. The future of Key West is pretty well bound up on the premise of whether or not good government will be practiced here. Let's start the ball rolling and show the council that citizens of our city are in- in what they do—and how they ain extent here. whole ci terested perform. BRITISH WAR LOSSES One of the principal matters of in- just now is the extent of British war losses, and the effect they may have on the outccme of the war. While no ac- y s are available, reports up to the first week in October indicated that al- though these losses have beer. great in the ageregate, they have not weakned the British Empire to any serious extent. Because of the spectacular nature of the bombing raids on London and other parts of the British Isles, reported daily by press and radio, the effects of these at- tacks have been exaggerated in the minds of the public, especially with respect to the loss of human life. The number killed in England, Seot- land and Wales between the beginning of the bombing raids and the first of October was only between five and seven thousand, according to the highest estimates. Out of a population of some 45 million these losses, while distressing, are comparatively negligible, so far as any effect on the strength of Britain is concerned. Better air raid protection, continually being im- proved, is likely to reduce casualties ma- terially from now on. Property damage, while admittedly great, is not as serious as many have been led to believe. Since the war began, new merchant vessels completed are said to represent a greater tonnage than that de- stroyed by submarines, mines and other means. British morale remains high, and _ it appears that on the whole the chances of an Axis victory are much less than was | feared a few months ago. terest THE PRICELES S INGREDIENT True Love On First Sight Described In The Song: ! YOUR GLOWING LOVE MINE OWN AWOKE By OTTO LUDWIG SCHULTZ | Key West, Florida (Copyright Secured by Composer) | How lastingly thrilling love’s awakening, H When your sweet charms so rare, and radiant rays, | From love’s glowing eyes we were | in bliss enveloping, | So enhancing my truly won- | dering gaze. | CHORUS Your glowing leve mine own « awoke so it may see, Your so blissful glow that leve’s thrilling tone by magic spoke. Your enchanging plea wrapt me in ecstasy, And my trembling voice in! love’s eloquent acclaim then broke. i is my Miss Pat Brandt of Coral Gables. Florida « Se iW Charming sweetness in your eyes | ida State College for Women beains her internship PENETRATOR PENS An excerpt from a_ letter: “There is an Engiish boy at the church, just 21. He, his mother and young sister are going back tc England and he is enlisting in The father is a sea captain on a liner going out of Halifax. That’s courage”. aviation With blushes we admit that mother also wrote: “You said, ‘She is a little bit of a thing like Mollie and I’. My, my, a jourral- st saying, ‘Mollie. and I’. You wouldn't say ‘like I’ would you? Well, you are in good company on that one for in one of Mr. Willkie’s speeches he appreciated the cerdial reception given to ‘Mrs. Willkie and I.” We would like to alibi to moth- er that one of the reasons we are slipping on the English is that we are studying Spanish and having a lovely time concocting English out of Spanish that turns out to be something like this: “In house cf aunt, but not each day”. They tell us that means, “ at your relatives but not too ofien”, She was visiting with Louise, a girl who once had lived across the hall from her. Louise was watching her put on her shoes. “Tl never forget those shoes”, Louise exclaimed. “Why?” she asked, amazed that there was anything about ker shoes that would never be forgotten. “Don’t you remember”, Louise asked. “when vou bought them?” “Can’t say I do”, she answered. Louise laughed and said, “You bought them at the time when your husband wasn’t giving you y meney for anything. not even ss. Then one Saturday t he had a date and was late for it, so he tossed two dollars on the table and told you to buy the groceries for Sunday dinner. and out he went”. She smiled, “I remember now, I bought my shoes with the grocery money” “Yes”, Louise laughingly con- tinued, d then on Sunday you called him to the table. ‘Dinner’s ready’, and he came and sat. at the table. You brought a platte to the © table;; Your, new” sites} were on the platter. You to6k one shoe and put it om his plate, puty the other shoe on your own plate and said. ‘That's Sunday din- ner!"" | eee Charlie Chaplin tried a shoe; dinner in “The Gold Rush”. With! great delicacy he picked at the shoe nails, drawing each nail} through his teeth, as one would} pick at the bones ofa fish. | And who remembers Mary Pickford in “Hearts Adrift”, in; the scene where she jumps, with her baby in her arms, into the} teething voleano crater? Three people were standing by the grocery counter awaiting their turn. Between orders we stole glances at them. One was a stylishly dressed matron, one of the “up and at “em”. modern grandmothers., The other wq@ was bulgy. stooped at the shoul-} ders, gnarled knuckles, 2 wointtty who showed signs of hard work! and frequent motherhood. The third person was a high school boy. The work-worn woman spoke first, “Yes, 'm goin’ to Georgy COLDS LIQUID TABLETS SALVE NOSE DROPS | COUGH DROPS | To relieve Misery of 66 fcr my first time in nigh onto thirty vears. I'll likely get to stay a month”. The modern one:spoke up, “Oh, but if you stay a month you won't be back in time to vote “Vote?” The word sounded strange on tne tongue of the work-worn woman. “I hain’t nev- er voted for no one for nuthin’.” The other woman burst upon her, “Surely you have your own cpinions!” “No, ma’am, I hain’t never had time for opinions, I had ten children”. The high school boy spoke then: “Yes, I know your son, Jimmy, he’s 22, went to school with my brother. “Phey’ll both be draft- ed”. The'tired woman answered, “I guess we got to prepare”. The modern one broke into this with, “Prepare? We are prepared. Be- lieve me,'‘we’re better prepared than they are letting on for. They're just not telling’. The high school boy looked scornful. “You think so? Did you ever aink about fampa with its hun- cred tnacusand or so people? Is it prepared? Tampa will be a miiitary Objective, shipyards, air Lases, docks and the like, and a sure bomb target, but can you show me one air raid shelter in Tampa? Where are the hundred thousand supposed to go? Pre- pared? Hmph!” he snorted. ~ Out of the mouths of babes. How far can you dig into the ground in Key West without striking water? The populace might be given diving helmets and everybody take to the sea, in an air raid. Or wouldn't that work either? Todav’s Horoscope Today's native will be so deep in meditation that the rewards of the world may be allowed to slip by unnoticed. There is consider- able ability in a quiet way which yshould be carefully trained in or- der to avoid the lésses* due to carelessness. This provided for, there is a good chance for a cer- tain amount of success and repu- tation. enraptured me, And to love’s domain drew me by your caress- ing stroke. _Though much sweeter still than bliss could ever be, Is your priceless gift when your glowing love mine own awoke. { |Forevermore throbs for you my heart so gladdening, | Because my loyal love to your own has flown, love’s enfoldening, | enraptured it dwells with yours all alone. And U. S. WEATHER Social Science = j|arranged for tw Honorable R. A. Gray. Secretary of State. w! then | Miss Brandt as she bezips her first dav cf work College Senior Interne In Office Of State Secretary (Special te The Citier= TALLAHASSEE. Oct Has surely flown to enchanting | new note has been educational circles in stitutions of higher learning jis an experiment t pected to become |The Florida ‘§ BUREAU REPORT $..2\'s.. Observation taken at 7:30 a. m.|the senior class t 75th Mer. Time (city office) Temperatures j Highest last 24 hours 82) Lowest last night Mean ‘Normal Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending 7:30 a. m., inches Total rainfall since Oct. 1, inches : - Deficiency since October 1, inches: __. = Total rainfall since Jan. 1, inches Excess since January 1. ees heels Wind Direction and Velocity N—7 miles per hour Relative Humidity 82° Barometer at 7:30 a, m. today 74 | is 78 | Gables, Flor 79) senior clas {College for Wo gaining first hand k 0.00 | the jment as an interne iz 1.79} of Honorable R. A. Gray | tary 1.14! she not j knowledge of 34.42|tions of the jternes in departments ; Government The first interne tc Bra' in that gains the 3.20! everyday routine {has the | practical knowledg: | tioning | boards. lis making this possible the Sea level, 29.97 (1014.9 millibars) | ing her attend the regular Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise 6:26 a.m Sunset 5:59 p. m.! Moonrise 6:23 p. m | Moonset 6:35 a. m.} Full moon October 16 | Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) AM. 10:03 3:28 FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Wednesday) Key West and Vicinity: Gen-| erally fair tonight; Wednesday partly cloudy; not much change in temperature; gentle to moder- ate northerly winds becoming | variable. Florida: Generally fair tonight, except showers in extreme north- | west portion; Wednesday mostly | cloudy, scattered showers in north and west-central portions; | slightly warmer ii extreme north and west-central portions tonight. | cooler in north and west-central portions tonight, cooler in north ‘portion Wednesday. PM | 9:45 3:20 | High Low DELIVERED DAILY EVERYWHERE Thompson Enterprises INCORPORATED ICE DI VISION PHONE NO. 8 Try “Rub-My-Tism"—e Woenderfal | ' Liniment jings and learning at DEPARTURES = BUSES DAILY 10 MIAMI AND NORTH Leave: 7:00 A. 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