The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 16, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Avy West Citizen - ARTMAN, President Pablisher Jo. LE i Building < and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Stered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Asseciated Press ociated Press is exclusively entitled to use of all news dispatches credited to dited in this paper and also Ss Pi ed here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES F cE 8 of thanks, resolutions of , will be charged for at hurches from whieh nts a line. 1 invites diseus- local or general ymous communi- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN verage. s and Apartments. i Bat Land and Sea. n of County and City Gov- ng Pavilion. 1 City Hospital. If the thermometer drops suddenly— tronger nail. all right in a Key West. rated to the outskirts. » Citizen, were the ned to shout “We said it first’ couple or more times each cht rot think of it otherwise, so ded that a yea 1 makes an ac subscription eptable Christ- I ibout time che city council starts condemnation proceedings against eyesores m Key West’s main streets. Unsightly and rt dangerous structures are con- why not Key West? 1 in other place: President Fulgencio Batista, declining >pt a sword as a gift from the Falan- said its acceptance would be | er and inappropriate”. the Wisely he of the Greeks bearing gifts to the Spaniards as extends caution to beware le employees, nurses and arge of the offices of doctors ts seem to have the most affable rly if they have been nature with good looks. definitely favered by Hitler says he ain't scared of nothing body and can lick the United States Jan he same time with . In. faet; t before he Joe kind of néws- | both } CONTROLLED VICE Not that prostitution is ranrpant in Key West—at least to the extent of being dan- rous from a medical standpoint—but The zen believes it is about time to make an attempt to control the only so-called neces- ry vice. We bring this up mainly because the Island City harbors hundreds of clean, clear-eyed young mep in Uncle Sam’s mili- tary seryice, boys whoge.,.lives could be ruined by a few minutes of relaxation with a diseased woman. si In Guantanamo City, Cuba; for in- stance—a U.S. naval base of considerable BRINGING UP FATHER THE KEY WEST CITIZEN By George McManus BY GOLLY, MAGGIE — THE FIRST VIGGIE DARLING -—THIS CHRISTMAS SEAL SALEHITS ME AS A WONDER size—local physicians under the supervi-— sion of navy doctors make a thorough test each week of every prostitute in the area. | A smear test is taken for venereal maladies the minute a woman appears to be unclean and if it is found that she is definitely diseased, she is barred from further prac- tice of her profession. Down there they have a “health card” system. Every time a girl passes her test, her card is stamped for the ensuing seven days and thus navy boys run little or no chance of contracting the dread, crippling illness that are an inescapable twin of pros- titution. i In China, on, the island of many OTHER U.S: naval bases, these in- They are a sane, ensible and necessary precaution. spections are mandatory. Why don’t we start something like that - HERE in Key West? The Citizen is asked to quote no names, Lut a medical officer in the navy yard here heartily reeommends-such a device for the protection of navy, army and marine mew. The cost would be negligible to the women and from a hygenic standpoint it would pay for itself tenfold. Particularly during the winter season, when so many “drifter” prostitutes come to town, The Citizen urges that something should be done about this. WILL WE RISK WAR WITH JAPAN? The seeming quiet in the -Far East should not beguile Americans into thinking that the Japanese have abandoned their ambitious plang for the aggrandizement of the empire. The withdrawal of soldiers from! the interior of China is taken in many quarters to be the first step in preparing for an ambitious movement in another area. This may be French Indo-China, the Nether- | lands East Indies or, as some suspect, the region around Singapore, site of the great British naval base. The Japanese blandly assert that they | want peace with the United States but, significantly, at the same time, they regret that the United States does not understand the situation in the Far East. The recent | appointment of a new ambassador to this country, who is considered “friendly” to western nations, is a typical Japanese man- oeuvre, signifying nothing. Just now, the Japanese are sitting on | the fence, watching developments in Eu- rope, but getting ready to climb down on | the right side, according to the outlook. If | Germany and Italy are winning, the Japs will become insistent about their program; | if Great Britain leoks like a possible win- ner, the Japs will wait for a favorable op- portunity. There are several courses of action —Sanford Herald. | locio Mus- 1941, the for movie ied and the pro- sell in units in five nd theater owners will not be re- u xht unseen, a year’s en- ive of the big eight have That's fair. le-bloe booking of aters will be di: cers of pictures mus iecree the United any too well, but our money—that’s There is a missi ina does not like on in this coun- now Whose object is a loan estimated 100,000,000 iz plan to save that 1 @ serious crisis. Of course, the government would prefer to borraw the money in Europe, but Europe is broke. Ernie Pyle, the roving reporter, says column that the largest fish he ever ght was from a rowboat off Key West. he iish was seven inches long. Had Pyle hired one of the many fishing boats lying he harbor and gone out a few hundred direction his catch very likely red seven feet instead of Evidently the wandering is not a good sailor and hing close to the shore. would have mea: seven inches. n paper has to do his fis open to the United States, with some argu- ‘ments in favor of each plan. The prob- abilities range from emulation of the British example, concentrating upon the European | situation and taking care of the Far East later, to open advocacy of a stern policy against Japanese aggression, even if it flirts with warfare, upon the theory that the Japs cannot afford a war with us with- out almost certain disaster. In between, there are such steps as putting an embargo upon all imports from Japan, the dispatch of abundant war ma- terials to the Chinese government and the dispatch of a strong naval squadron to Singapore, where it will block Japanese ex- pansion southward by gunfire, if challenged. In our opinion, one or more of these in-be- | tween measures will be resorted to with the full knowledge ‘that they may lead to war. ONLY 152 YEARS OF AGE | It seems that Oman Islamogul, of the village of Ouzounkbun, Turkey, is 152 years ald, in good health and able to move about. The Turk, who was born in the | Caucasus, has been boasting that he is 300 years old. His claim has been inyestigated and the communal magistrate of Adapazari lops off 148 years of the ald man’s life, prac- | tically making him a young man again. Guam, at |§ iT, WOMAN’S CORNER (Associated Press Feature Service) BCX OF HOME-MADE GOODIES CARRIES LOT OF SEASONAL CHEER Chi Px = be ‘ee i } Bow: oi le cami@ies and confections. These holiday gootties are gifts |highly prized by,-the little lady next doot, tH’ bachelor friend and members of the family near , and far.* “a ily Cope. King Features Syndicate, Inc. World rights reserved ‘TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY By RUSSELL KAY In a world aflame where the powers of darkness and evil tri- umphantly ride a wave of blood: that threatens to engulf all man-; kind, where selfishness and greed, hate and intolerance, are’ fanned to redhot flame in the minds and hearts of millions, it is comforting and inspiring to en- counter even the tiniest ember of human kindness and unselfish love. j With our eyes and ears hour- bombarded with vivid ac- counts of destruction and death. ecnveyed by press. radio an@ newsreel, we become as plants a ly struck by the ‘wintry frosts and - the milk of human kindness ceas- “es to blow and ties acrmant while hearts, calloused by fear and un- certainty, harden with our arte- Ties. But “Good” is not dead in the world and the fires of human kindness, unselfishness and brotherly love still burn in the hearts of the many in spite of all that the forces of evil can da to extinguish them. In the most remate and unex- pected places we find such embers burning brightly and once fanned into flame they too can sweep the land to smether the fires of destruction and bring warmth and light back into a weary and troubled world. While warped and little minds, temporarily in power, devate their every energy to the prob- lem of how best to “do some- thing TO other fellow beings”, there are others, unheard of and junknown; who direct their ef-) forts toward a finer and nobler’ goal and seek constantly for op- portunities to “do something FOR |a fellow being.” | Living humbly and quietly in: the little community of Oldsmar; not far from Tampa, a sweet and charming elderly woman is find- |! |ing peace and happiness and re- ward more precious than spark- jling jewels or gold through the; practice of what she terms her !“hobby”—doing for others. It all began many years ago when a childless and lonesome woman turned to her for aid and comfort. Her own mother having passed away in the bloom of} }youth, Mrs. Alma Allen decided | then and there that she would “Adopt a Mother"—not legal- ly or openly, but secretly in heart. She began to, think of all the little things she might do to bring happiness and contentment into the life of this lonely, neglected and unfertunate Mrs. Allen had put in operation a “lw of life’. From the inex- haustable storehouse of the “God within her” she had drawn on the reserves of love and affec- tion, of kindliness and thought- fulness, and unselfishly scattered these treasures in the world about her. And the LAW, as immutable as time itself, returned to her in mezsuge an hundredfold the joy and happiness her generous heart had GIVEN to others. In his inspiring Magpificient Obsession”, Lloyd Douglas gave us a beautiful ex- ample of the Law and its oper- aticn as it was applied by Dr. Hudson. Although his story was fiction, in relation to life it is TRUTH. GOOD works on a plane cf ex- pansion gnd is the most potent and powerful force in the world today. As we give of it from within us, we expand our own personality and renewed power for goad flows beck to us, while what we have released into the world expands to brighten and comfort the lives of others. The world needs ler plan of “Adopting ” may seem trivial in itself, but_it is GOOD, and its ex pansion possibilities for the spreading of happiness be- yond our comprehension. You and I, if we-awill but look about us, could fi venues for similar unselfi vice, and if the de- sire in or heart is as sincere as it was #m-hers, we, too, can kindle a flame.that will sweep the world. Today’s Birthdays Dr. Margaret Mead, anthrop-~ ologist of the American Museum. of Natural History, New York, born in Rhiladelphig; 39 years at wood, N. J., 37 years ago. Ralph Adams Cram of Boston, famed architect and author, born at Hampton Falls, N. H., 77 years ago. Francis W. Rolt-Wheeler, boys’ story writer, born in England, 64 years ago. Dr. Everett R. Clinchy, direc- tor of fthe National Conference of Jews and Christians, barn in New York, 44 years ago. Malcolm W. Bingay of Detroit, noted newspaper editor, born at Sandwich, Canada, 56 years ago. Edward C. Eicher, member of the Securities...and _Exchange Ridge- more Alma; 1g. | Elizabeth Hawes of New York, dress designer, born FRUITY BALLS are easy to make, moderate-priced confec- tions that will keep fresh a month if stored in covered jars in a copl !spot. They brighten up boxes of ‘holiday treats. Mix 2 cups of chopped dried |prunes and apricots, 1 teaspoon jcinnamon, % teaspoon nutmeg, mace and salt. Add a cup of coco- nut. teaspoon grated lemon rind jand 1-3 cup orange juice. Shape linto inch balls and chill. Then PLACE CARDS Here are rules for baking animal cracker place. cards: Line bottom of loaf. pam with ‘waxed paper. Heat chocolate aver boiling water until partly | melted. Remave and stir rap- : idly until melting is camplet- | ed. Pour in pan, and when chocolate is firm enough, | stand animal crackers over the surface at regular intervals. Mark off in bars, with a crack- er to a bar. Use as place cards at informal disners or chil- | dren’s parties. flatten slightly 2nd roll in con- fectioner’s sugar. Top each with “holly leaves and berries”. Make the leaves by cutting large green gum drops into thin slices and shaping them with scissors. (Dip the scissors into warm water to prevent sticking.) Stick the leav- es on top the confections and add red cinnamon candies or tiny cir- ,cles of red gum drops to repre- sent berries. novel “The, HELPS FOR HOUSEWIVES HOLIDAY TIPS Keep ir mina these holiday rideas: Mold tomato. gelatin in sheet form, cut into stars and serve with mayonnaise for salad or top with green vegetables and use for the appetizer course. Stuff orange halves with cranberry sauce and let them garnish the turkey. Stuff steamed, cooled ap- ricots and prunes with nuts or fondant and roll them in crushed nuts mixed with cocoanut. MAYONNAISE PUFFS Mayonnaise Puffs are easy to _make and will go over with a real | bang at your next cocktail party. Make them like this: Mix equal, portions of mayonnaise and grat- ed yellow cheese. Season lightly ;with chopped parsley, onions and meat sauce. Toast until puffy and browned. Serve at once. USE MERINGUE ON MINCE PIE Mince pie, meringue covered, is a popular dessert in a lighter vein. Have the crust baked and the filling ready half an hour be- fore serving time. Fill and spread generously with creamy sweet- *ened meringue, lightly flavored “With a little grated lemon rind. NUT BRITTLE keeps fresh long time and is a good traveler Bai gently, without stirring, 1 cup sugar, 1-2 cyp water. Wher of the candy ter, sume “clicks remove heat. Mix ter, 2-3 cup 1-8 teaspoen each of » da. Beat well and quickly pow into a buttered baking sheet table top. Mark imto squi break apart when cool. Any 5 will do, but 1 suggest th ture of shayed Brazil pecans. in PANOCHE. delicate & and creamy in 1 many friends groups. Boil gen quetly, 2 cups da gar, l cup sugar, butter, 11-2 cups mil teaspoon salt. Wher forms in cold water. candy from the meat a (Stand 20 minutes. Add a of vanilla and beat u znd cool. Pour ento a pan. Flatten the top an with chopped peanuts, 'black walnuts. Pack im a c box and keep c but vor and crunchy without stirring. gar, 1-8 teaspoon tar and a cup of milk. S cup butter and coc candy is light brown a hard ball in cold wa several times to prev ing. Add a teaspoon of rum and pour into a butt dusted with chapped ed sweet chocolate c ed over the top af toffee. -SLISE SETOUETE TOSSTER Tee women mee ee Le come eee = sa85 cup of avocado, 2 dressing. pep up juice, salt and paprikz on small crackers or toast r Serve browned and warm Cheese-stuffed fruits cious new tidbits te = a 9] "a, The Key West Electr Co. / 6 WES AVANA via P&O Steamship CUBA 90°" eave KEY WEST 100 a.m. | 2” Mondays € Thursdays ~~ / Comme Tare Te Arrive Havana 5:00 p.m. the same | To PORT TAMPA afternoon. Return from Hevans or — 54 Tuesdays end Fridays, seiline at | SOUND TRIP 8 ; 9:00 a.m. and arriving at Key West | Toesder: onc Featays at 3:15 p.m. a4Se= ; , JHE PENINSULAR & OCCIDENTAL S S COmPaRT Fo tetemscen Ta a oe 1.4 COSTAR, Asest + Phone 34 ry Bake 15 minutes in a slow oven, and serve warm. FLAVOR YOUR ROAST Spread apple or crabapple jelly over the top of roasting ham, veal or pork for the last 30 minutes. The jelly gives an appetizing flavor and glossy brown top. FRUIT CAKE MUST BE KEPT MOIST To help keep fruit cakes moist for Christmas serving and to pro- duce extra flavor, sprinkle them weekly with a little brandy, wine or fruit juice (pineapple, orange ar spiced peach). A tablespoon to the cake is enough. Cakes several months old often need extra mois- ture, so wrap them in cloths sat- urated in the wine or fruit juice and store as usual. soul to make the last mile af her Commission, born at Noble, Iowa, | jlife’s “journey smoother . and | brighter. , ‘So thrilling was the experience and so rieh the reward in the re-; flected happiness her act brought} jher that she looked about for other “Mothers” to adapt. The secret was discovered. Friends, following in her footsteps. adopt- | ‘ed other “Mothers”. Letters be- gan to come from far and near asking about her “Adopt a Moth- er” idea. A national magazine! ‘told the story; newspapers edit-| arialized the mavement until to- day thousands of kindly folks throughout the country are fol-— lowing the example of Mrs. ‘ma Allen of Oldsmar, Florida, and have adopted a “Mother” or “Mothers” of their own. i Consciously or unconsciously, 62 years ago... playwright, born 41 years ago. Today’s Horoseope Today's temperament is psy- chic and the disposition too sym- Pathetic. The mind, unless care- fully trained ip youth, may be occupied with vain ambitions which will fall short of accom- plishment. This may be, in a measufe, averted. if proper edu- eation is furnished; or it may, un- Al- ‘der fayprable aspects, he turned | Subscribe ta The Citizet--20c¢ weekly. te Se (Use ari-apple“torér to. make 4 holds in at! potste. “Stuff! with ‘cut link sausages and bake. This is the way, to, make corn- bread stuffing: Bake cornbread the usual way, but omit any sweetening. Cool and crumble with the fingers and substitute the cornbread crumbs for half the amount of white bread called for im the dressing recipe. caked beets in straws or slices give extra flavor and gay color to fresh voretable or cabbage salad. Cool the beets and chill them befare cutting. Here is a “flash” on what to serye with tomate juice cocktail Overseas Transportation Company, Inc. Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Serwice MIAMI AND KEY WEST t } FULL CARGO INSURANCE Office: €13 Caroline Stree: Poomes anc WAREHOUSE—Cor. Eaton and Framcis Sts or fish appetizers. Mash half a