The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 24, 1940, Page 4

th ws he winter, SKECSAL DELIVERY By Roger Wheeler Weare Desc Vtech shez || JP DITH’S drab room over- Wright’s shoes | into the wait- s still there, telegraph on Dick was was Christ- up to old Peter’s 7, Dick recalled is station, doors, nts and as odd give a rom his sheaf ied. “Glad ty Christ- ou’re com- s to you, Pete!”” nice, at im home. His a mite wor- n his mind. 2” he final- answered truthful med up ahead now, "s Mother wav- get it. Marys- 2 like ham and out her when he ‘e that night— < sodas there. looking for more s next morning ut alone on skis They used to he and ‘ou imbecile!” he “That's a closed 's later that nm Murray’s he rounded i Jean direct- e was a shriek, n four feet sticking rift unstrapping his to help her. “Are unromantic, per- it feet first. But ind fell down Mr. Wright,” she ring to find her ng when I saw house, I some: d go with you. but always!" nd eggs, Dick t day was tmas meant n Newspaper Union.} TE CHOCOLATES CHRISTMAS SPECIALTY (Ry Assoc ted Press) looked a snow-covered roof. Not the clean, cheery | snow like they had back home | on the farm but a murky gray covering on which rested soot of a thousand city chimneys. “So this is Christmas,” she moaned, leaving her chair to pace the floor. “Oh! What I'd give to be back home tomorrow!” But then, Edith had two Christ- mas presents to which she could look forward. Today, Christmas eve, the mailman MUST bring her annual package from home. And tomorrow there would be Christmas dinner with Ken—dear Ken who was working so hard these days that he could hardly take time off to think about Christmas. Edith heard the bell ring downstairs and she skipped to her door, open- ing it softly and waiting tensely while the old landlady, an- swered. Yes, it was the mailman! then came the shrill cry Harris! Some mail for you Edith practically leaped down- stairs, for there would be her pack- age from home. Then her heart sank, for the landlady handed her only two letters, a greeting card from her friend Margie and (of all things at Christmas!) a bill from the department store. Edith climbed sorrowfully back to her room and wept. Something was wrong, for Mother and Dad never forgot her at Christmas. She cried spasmodically the rest of the day, while downstairs she heard the other roomers shouting Christmas greetings as they arrived and de- Parted. But finally Edith consoled herself, for she could still look forward to Christmas dinner with Ken tomor- ‘row! He was due at two o'clock that day, and after church Edith hurried home to. get ready. At 1:30 she was seated restlessly awaiting the doorbell. She was still waiting at 2:30, for Ken did not arrive. And Edith was getting hungry. Three o'clock passed. and Edith frowned. could have ‘she asked her: o’click She cried. It was rst he had for- And “Miss appened to on her coat and started to the corner restaurant. But she never got past the door. There she ran into a breathless Ken. “Edith, dear!” he cried. to be so late, but I kn derstand when you got my ni * * Edith was confus “Sorry y you'd un- ‘What? But I sent a special de- ery message when the boss asked me to finish that laboratory ex- periment this afternoon. What happened to ar” The blunder- ing old landlady answered him. “Please come in or go out, and close the door,” she barked from the hall. Then— “Incidentally, Miss Harris, | for- They got to give you these things. arrived this afternoon.” She handed Edith the missing spe- cial delivery letter—and a huge package from home! Edith tore inte ~ the Christmas box and found a note from Mother. They'd had a bliz- zard; couldn’t get to town; she hoped Edith would get the package Christmas day. A few minutes later a happy Edith Sat across the table from her Ken in the little restaurant around the corner. “And now, dear,” he began very carefully. ‘How about your Christ- mas present for me?” “But I gave you the fountain pen, Ken,” she protested. “Yes, silly one, and I appreciated it. But if you want to make me still happier, listen to this. The boss came in tonight and said I'd done such a fine job on that research project that he was raising my sal- ary. Know what that means?” “Not the faintest idea,” Edith lied. For, after all, you can’t take the words out of a man’s mouth when he’s about to propose! (Released by Western Newspaper Union.) Badger Feast One of the strangest surviving Christmas customs is the badger feast held at Iichester, Somerset. It cwas started by poachers in Norman times, says the Montreal Herald, and has continued without a break. ‘The lads of the village catch a badger, kill and dress it some time before the feast. On Christmas eve it is strung on a spit over a huge fre at the inn and cooked slowly. Subscribe to The Citizen, 20c weekly. SANTA Goes Modern Bes Santa Claus often steps out of his reindeer sleigh these days to make faster time, or to go where the sleigh cannot go. Here he is in the person of Capt. William Wincapaw, veteran New England pilot, ready to take off from the East Boston port with another load of Christmas gifts for the lonely lighthouse keep- ers and isolated islanders. St. Nick speeding down the snowy slopes and right into the chimneys of the resi ii In lands of no snow Santa can be expected to use this novel method of bringing Yuletide joy to those who celebrate on the beaches. This warm-weather Santa who skips so nonchalantly over the deep blue sea happens to be Phil Daubens-Peck, By HUGO S. SIMS, Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizen AID TO THE BRITISH TO SPEED ASSISTANCE LANDON FOR GIFTS PRESIDENTS SUGGESTION AMABASSADOR LOTHIAN [FEDERAL POWER BROAD OUR PLANE EXPORTS AID TO THE NEUTRALS ST. LAWRENCE PROJECT DEFENSE ITEMS LISTED BLAMES DELAY ON STRIKES ters was not limited strictly to navigation but could be utilized for the interest of the commerce of the whole country. Justice Reed insisted that the ‘authority of the Federal Gcvern-| jment is “as broad as the needs jof commerce” and declared that ;water-power development, from ;the standpoint of the public inte- irest, was only a by-product of the general use of rivers and har-! bors for commerce. jangled a cow bell, while a wo-j man stopped before a friend's house and summoned her friend iby blowing a whistle. (a |Roosevelt declared that the St. |Lawrence Seaway and Power | project should be completed. The jidea has been advanced in some |quarters that the President may seek to perfect arrangements by |Congress as provided in a treaty \fatified by the Senate in 1909. SLIP IIL ILS PECK. . NECK? plan, Congress | FOO MOOI aa OS Sa authorize ex- Plc A RR a th be made}, Whale oil is used in lubricating Apparently, the chief problem the case because once, as a law- before the Government at this Yer he submitted a brief which | time is how to speed up delivery j touched some aspects of it. of war supplies to Great Britain. | Officials seem to be convinced ; advantage lies in the fact that such an authorization could be carried Some idea of the export of bY ® majority vote, but if the aeronautic adopted parallel legislation. The | fine mechanisms, suck as watch- SEN Many of the world’s best ath- Jetes have flat feet. says 2 noted foot specialist. that the need is extremely urg-/ ent, but whether this is due to the effectiveness of German bombing attacks, or to the ini- minence of a Hitler offensive is uncertain. At any rate, definite emphasis is being placed upon measures designed to strengthen British resistance. The fact that the British have requested financial aid is not tak- en to mean that the cash resourc- es of the Empire are now ex- hausted. It should be remember. ed that the British have commit ted themselves for the purchase ; of vast supplies of war materials | which will be delivered during products from the|S¢@way plan is submitted as a report for the month of October ‘Treaty, two-thirds of the Sena- jwhich was made public this |t0fS would have to approve it. |month. The value of October ex-} - ports was $31,388,506, including! Speaking recently before the ;303 power land planes, 1 land |National Association of Manu- plane minus engine, 29 partial facturers, and the Congress of shipments of land planes to be American Industry. William S. lassembled abroad, and sea plan- | Knudsen, of the National Defense es. Additional shipments includ- |Advisory Commission, called at- ed 648 engines, engine parts, tention to the billions of dollars |propellors and parts, instruments involved in contracts for national jand parts, and accessories. Chief defense and then gave a quick |buyers were Great Britain, $20,- description of what the money 118,840; Canada, $5,577,031; Chi-|means in units of round figures, na, $2,337,471; and the Union of he said, the orders involve 50,- South Africa, $1,087,749. It is announced that the Na- tional Committee on Food Sup- |000 airplanes, 130,000 engines, 17, ;00 heavy guns, 25,000 light guns, 3,000 term orders, 33,000,000 ‘shells loaded, 9,200 tanks, 300,000 Subscribe to The Citizen—2k weekly. PSe veneer sesesccesese. the coming year. It seems that plies to Small Democracies, of machine-guns and ammunition the question now uppermost con-' 1 ich former President Herbert 400,000 automatic rifles and am- cerns the problems which will! jarise in the future when British dollar resources have been ex- pended. The reason the matter comes up now is that the British Gov- ernment wishes to place con- tracts for additional materials for future delivery, but wants to be assured that when delivery time arrives, arrangements can be made to pay for them. It is im- portant that the matter be settled now, so that contracts can be awarded and the work undertak- ‘en with assurances that payment will be made. | While various Administration officials have publicly announced that Great Britain is a “good risk”, there is general agreement that loans to the British are pro- ‘hibited by the Johnson Act. There is some opinion to the contrary but apparently little disposition exists among officials to seek any !technical evasion of the ban on loans to nations in default on their World War debts. Alfred M. Landon, Republican presidential candidate in 1936, has advanced the idea that aid to Britain should be in the form of monetary or other gifts, express- ing the view that gifts would be less likely to involve this country in war. Mrs. Roosevelt has also publicly given support to the idea of government gifts for Britain. z The President has suggested Hoover was honorary chairman, jwill seek to develop a new food plan in an effort to find a meth- jod acceptable to the British Gov- ernment. Members of the com- mittee insist that the populations of the small countries can be saved without requiring the Brit- ish to sacrifice any military ad- jrestepe. 1 While the Stete Department Will acquiesce in the decision of :Great Britain not to permit food jto go through the British block- {ade to German-occupied regions, Hit will make an effort to send tfood to the destitute in unoccu- ‘pied France, Spain and other ;neutral countries. Secretary Hull made it plain at a recent press tconference*that he does not plan to challange British views con- cerning German-occupied terri- tory. Hull’s position is that the Ger- mans have taken food from these .regions and that, having occup’ ted them, it is their responsibility ,to care for the populations. He Pointed out that the United Sta- tes had a definite policy on the ‘munition, 1,300,000 regular rifles ‘and ammunition, 380 navy ships, 200 mercantile ships, 210 camps and cantonments, 40 government \faetories, clothing and other jequipment for 1,200,000 men. : Secretary of War Stimson, ex- plaining the postponement of orig- inal schedules for the rapid ex- pansion of the Army, says that the delay has been caused by strikes in military construction work and in industries supplying MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR 612 Duval St. Key West materials for the housing pro- Call and See Our New gram, plus private competition for machinery and materials need- ed in the building operations. The secretary explained that some of the delay has been due to inclement weather, such as ex- cessive rains, heavy snow and low temperatures. Because of the fact that the camps are being built all over the country at the same time, there has been a se- rious displacement in the labor arket and the problem of main- | taining machines and equipment has been difficult. Thanks to our question of human suffering and! human need, wherever it exists, whether in China or other coun- tries. As for the German-occupied territories, he suggested that re-| lief organizations in this country might approach the German Gov- ernment, the implication being |that they might see what Ger- many is willing to do in order to famous Olympic games swimming that certain supplies be advanced help the people of the territories champion. to the British, with the under- istanding that they will be return- ithat have been occupied. ESBS DI DL ES SDs ed, as far as possible, when the | The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence international emergency is‘ over. e 5 THIS NIGHTINGALE ap A sill Recagper The npentt of bier Fhole owas tee next session of Congress and, 7 sion on the questioff°6: Tif is“expeéted, “revive a fight that WIRED FOR SOUND make effective the American |ended in 1934 when one Senate (Ry Associated Press) GREENVILLE, Miss., Dec. 24,--They've enlisted the birds in “selling” tne Mississippi delta country to tourists. Because many people never have heard the dulcet tunes of a “delta rightingale”— really « mocking bird—John A. Fox, secretary of the Washington County Chamber of Commerce, rigged uv a re- cording machine with a 300- foot wire to a microphone in a cedar tree. Before long a “nightingale” obliged by perching nearby end rendering an aria re- quiring two sides of a disc to record. The record will be sent to travel agencies. BSS SSSI IDI. FES SESS SE Sh policy of “aid short of war” and thus assist the British in defend- ing their island against Hitler’s attack. The unexpected death of the Marquess of Lothian, British Ambassador to the United States, |was the occasion for numerous complimentary appraisals of his work in this country. The death of the British Am- bassador and the resignation o! American Ambassador Josep! P. Kennedy creates an interest. ing situation between the two great English-speaking democra- cies. Of course, competent staffs in both capitals attended. The Supreme Court, in the New River case, by a 6-2 deci sion, sustained the licensing au jTefused to ratify a treaty with |Canada providing for the seaway plan. While the proposal received |46 votes against 42 in opposition, \the two-thirds requirement for japproving treaties defeated the proposal. Early in December, President | SINGLETON MACHINE SHOP Sincere Holiday Greetings To All ee End of Greene St. Phone S62 For A Merry Christmas DR. J. A. 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The fifteen | year caSe arose over construction of the Federal Power Act of 19- 20 which the Appalachian Power Company contended did not au- thorize the Commission to compel |it to secure a license because the river was not navigable. | Two lower courts upheld the power company but the Supreme |Court ruled that the stream was |mavigable within the law and We wish to express extend us the past them one and all— A HAPPY TOP LL LAA Key appreciation the people of Key West for the wonderful cooperation they haye been se kind to A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND CACTUS TERRACE our to year, and we wish NEW YEAR West Owe aa aw wa & WORD OOMIOP Oa aaa Las. Te LAA Adhd Add Ohh dhedkdde ddd, N have Peace and Tranquility, Health Prosperity, and Happiness Witheut Measure during the Entire Twelve Months of the New Year. Southernmost City Pharmacy, lac. Duval and Fleming Phone $127 IIIA DA ee eek