The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 13, 1940, Page 2

ey West Citizen CiTIZE" PURI STUNG CO. INC. « y Exce.t Sunday By RTM Publisher Al da. as second class matter er Of the Associated Press ely entitled to use news dispatches credited to dited in this paper and also ned here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ADVERTISING RATES NOTICE s of thanks, resolutions of te., will be charged for at SPECIA churches from which a line. es discus- cal or general 10us communi- KEY WEST CITIZEN he truth and print it never be applaud right; never be the or- without favor; ng or t ece of any person, clique, s do its utmost for the tolerate corruption <r and praise virtue, dual or organ- ’ rights, views and news that will elevate reader; never com- ENTS TOR KEY W°‘ST ADVOCATED BY T? CITIZEN verage. d Apartments. 1g Pavilion. 1 Sea. f County and City Gov- never out of place. his people, but failing he gave *umania instead. 507 We rofessors in his list. dif- as- sified “annoyances.” you, will gossip of enough we are always » gossipers, though we are the object of the Man is be leaves us. United States 2s a temporary Just as soon as a 1ate airforce ty of this ion should fortunately, cannot be space of time. lefense. and an adec easonable sa t, ur a brief in- is the evgreen tree found in the West Indies. It s delicious apple- in Key vs.—Key West the mainland of Thanks for know that inction aiso is enjoyed Monitor 2 sapodilla ience also be found Ke as on Herald. rd glad to c and wholly unexpected >extreme left the Mexican Labor ousted Vicente Lom- He was of Mexico as secretary “John L. Lev the cion Traba- Me 10s, closely alhed to the He was succeeded by Fidel Velaz- who owes his rise in Mexican labor nt and the deposed labor leader’s Com- tendencies. Neither Camacho zan, one of whom will be named Mexico next December, are o either will have the coopera- If only the controversial n of the presidency could be solved I ico would be on the road to peace, progress and prosperity. Confeder quez, to persistent is known, promised to give | fight | MARTINIQUE AND THE CITIZEN The story behind thc story that had the whole nation, and certain paris of the world, we presume. guessing, concerns the y modus >perandi of any news- r, with particular reference to The zen’s part in the whole affair. We refer to the story concerning the departure of the Key West-West Gulf Patrol, destroyers and planes, from Key West on October 29th, for parts unknown. Confidential and restricted orders sealed the lips of all naval officers. Nobody knew where the units were going. Everybody assumed, however, that the orders were urgent in that full provisions and amuni- ticn were taken on board all vessels and planes. In the first place, it was The Citizen’s business to find cut that the vessels ing. That came about in the or- tit of the reporter’s daily beat. “grapevine”, as it were, had the story. From ther on, it was simply a routine mat- ter of checking with officials. Yes, the ships were leaving—but under sealed or- ders! That was the only confirmation given. Now that the ships have réturned to this port, the story can be told-as to just how r reporting—and conjecturing— o that scene to perform who ki.ows what valuable task in the interests f in this hemisphere. conjecture xdvisedly. For what prompted the reperter to ships were leavirg for s surrounding the French pcssession artinique. Understand, no navy of- ial admitted that assumption was true. of them honestly did not know them- d came in peace that our The assumption, however, was a rea- sonable one in the light of events that im- mediately preceded the sealed orders’ trip. President Roosevelt had sent a warn- | ing note to France just three days prior to | October 29th, demanding that no posses- sicns on this side of the ocean be turned | over to Httler—regardless of whether -or | not the French decided to join forces with Why, then, wouldn’t it be | reasonable for naval units of the United States to conduct watchful-waiting tactics in the vicinity of the territory in ques- tion? That query was put to certain navy They admitted that it “sounded rea- Not at all beyond the realm of possibilities, they stated, the while refus- ing, of course, to be even quoted personally about the guess. The Citizen included the above sup- position concerning Martinique in its news release of October 29, about the sealed- order trip for our patrol. Miami papers picked it up the day following and imme- diately news services nationwide followed through, ard with the aid of the radio newscasters, all of the nation knew of the movement of our ships and their “supposed destination’’. There you have the background of just how news stories sometime start—at least> how they are uncovered and treated The climax, still supposed, of the story that concerning its effect on certair foreign nations. Question arises, did The Citizen play its part in forcing a showdown on the question of foreign pos- sessions in this hemisphere changing hand: AS soon as it was known, at least conjectured, that United States naval units were proceeding to the vicinity of Mar- tinique, did certain powers abroad change their plar Only history will answer that ques- tion. In the meantime, the newspapers of the nation carry on in their important task of reporting and interpreting the news of the day. The Citize) proudly assumes its task. ‘t, too, carries on. the Germans men. sorable by news sta THE FRENCH WERE ADV'ISED There has been an effort m this coun- try to create the impression that-the United States “encouraged” ‘French resistance to Germany and then refused to extend any assistance. Ambassador Builitt recently made public a letter which Prime Minister Dala- dier, of France, wrote President Roosevelt, in April, of this year, saying: “I feel I should tell you that during the past two years, when I was Prime Minister, Am- bassador Bullitt always-said to me that in case of a European conflict, France should make her decisions knowing that according to the opinion of Ambassador Bullitt, the United States of America would ‘not enter ithe war.” THE KEY WEST GITIZEN UP TO HIS OLD TRICKS CAPITAL CONSENSUS (Special to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 13.— Since the electorate has adopted the constitutional amendment abolishing state ad valorem tax- and consequently reducing state revenue something more than $2,000,000, annually, some legislators are worrying over Tre- peal of the one-half of one per- cent state gross receipts tax. If this were done, it would reduce the state’s income another §$2,- 000,000 annually.. This is in pros- pect in spite of the fact that more than $1,000,000 exists as a deficit in the general revenue fund. That is a headache by but groups affected by various taxes are lying awake nights. These include the representatives cf the alcoholic beverage and luxury firms. The ordinary citizen not en- gaged in business is beginning to wonder if the state is not headed for a sales tax, even in the face of a new governors positive statement that he opposes such a le As a matter of fact, many legislators are committed to such a tax. A severance tax would worry phcsphate miners, sawmills, turpentine and other operators, and other business in- terests. es itself, SEVENTH JUDGE Persons who are familiar with Florida politics have discarded abruptly the report that Gover- nor Fred Cone will resign in or- der to have Senate President J. Turner Butler, his successor, ap- point him to the position of sev- enth justice of the state supreme court, recently created by the edoption of a _ constitutional amendment. A REAL BOOM Repcrts from over the state are that business—and _particu- larly construction—is booming as a result of defense preparations. Starke resembles a gold rush town. The proposed army air base at Tallahassee was doubled in specifications this week and will acecommedate 2,500 men. which means a housing shortage seriously affecting legislators and others intending to visit Talla- hassee during the 1941 legislative session. October’s gasoline pessiblv show an all-time high when Comptroller Jim Lee’s of- fice complies the receipts at the end of November. This figure is a prettv reliable index of busi- ness in the state. In addition to these up-turns in business, every report indicates Florida will experience its larg- ; est influx of tourists this win- ter. From indications, the pros- perous vear of °1925 is just about to happen again in 1941. THAT HOTEL JOB Reliable reports are that Jim Sullivan. who resigned his .post as hotel commissioner in 1936 to £o into the bond business in West Palm Beach, has refused to ac- cept an appointment to the same job ender the Holland adminis- tration. W. M. Taylor, the in- cumbent, expects to go into priv- ate ‘business as soon as the Cone administration goes out of office. } sales may, 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 2 Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending 7:30 a. m., inches Total rainfall since Nov. inches Deficiency inches Totat rainfall sinee Jan. 1, inches Deficiency since January 1, inches 0.64 Wind Direction and Velocity E—12 miles per hour Relative Humidity 91% Barometer at 7:30 a. m. today Sea level, 30.04 (1017.0 millibars) Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise Sunset 1, since Nov. 1, _Moonrise Moonset Full moon Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) AM. 9:48 = 3:13 FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Thursday) Key West and Vicinity: Con- siderable cloudiness, probably occasional scattered showers to- night and Thursd not much change in temperature; moderate easterly winds. Florida: Considerable cloudi- ness, probably occasional scatter- ed showers tonight and Thursday; somewhat colder in north and central portions Thursday and in extreme north portion tonight. HE’S GOT NOTHING ——AND LOTS OF IT PM. 9:12 2:46 High Low (Ry Associated Press) MADISONVILLE. Tex, Nov. 13—The selective service regis- tration clerk was asking a negro about his address. VICTOR LOWE RETURNS ESCORTED YOUTHS TO NYA CAMPS: ATTENDED AREA "MEET IN JACKSONVILLE Victor. Lowe. area supervisor WA, .xetumned to Key yesterday from’a trip up- state. Lewe took Orlando Esquinaldo. Armando Fernandez and Luis LaTorre to Camp DeSoto, at Sul- phur Springs, and Miss Catherine Ybarmea to Camp Roosevelt at Ocala, before going to a state conference of area officials in Jacksonville. DOLL PROVES A See Third Dimension Early BABY IN FOCUS (Associated Press Science Editor) EUGENE, Ore. Nov. 13—An ethereal doll which appears float in the air has aided U: sity of Oregon psychologi establishing that babies third dimensions very ez life. The illusion with the aid of polarizing s, L. F. Beck r of psychology, reports. The doll is not real, a colored image on a sere month-old babies held a tance away do not reach f But when they wear the tacles the doll appears t in front of the screen. and quite close. At six months most babies reach for the doll Dr. Beck says this is evidence of three-dimensional sight prob- ably fully developed at that age. High development he adds, indicat - dimensional vision probably starts at a much earlier period, possibly @s soon as a baby is able to con- , verge both eyes. Such polarizing spectacles also have shown that dogs in to produced spec- associate pro- but but only rort be see “ ‘three dimensions. | | “I ain't got none,” was- the re-' sponse. “Whetd do you get your mail?” “I ain't never got no mail” “Well, where does your father get his mail?” “He ain't never got no mail neither.” JOB PRINTING “of All Kinds We are equipped to do all kinds of print- ing — quickly, eco- nomically, and with the best of workman- ship. 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