The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 31, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO Che Key West Citizen Ine. LE: CITIZEN PUBLISHING ¢ .. PL ARTMAN, President and Pi JOE ALLEN, Business Manager f the Associated Press AF Petit yatdh Member Pr Ss exelusd d to” 6s f ali news ¢ SUBSCRIPTION RATES ADVERTISING RATES SPECIAL NOTICE IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN nd Sewerage. th the Flori Motor Lines Happy New Year, and don’t forget to Making and breaking them Americanism : New Year ice for 1941: Advertise if you ex- crease your business. Ady >" in ef- same « who predicted that the airplane s would make war hiceous what they were talking about. working to get busy cientists that are from radio mi they can eliminate the slop out of rogram There are some people, who formerly in Key West, and who would like noth- han f ome relative or friend, em The Citizen duri It ting is good, but his words will in the pe of projectiles and bombs to make a | advised the ians to quit rheeded; it takes force repent. War lI five billion Wor euchred us and called * when he asked > now, gland an lock” accoun Diek- tC asecond h sked. » had hamburger Now —Charles Collins in I've discovered tur- the Chi- News. Had Mr. Collins come to would have discovered turtle- that umptiously on When Spessard L. Holland becomes St] a for- n, Ralph Davis, will be ¢ ry the Mr. Davis is 31, a native of Lake- from that Tfe’was awarded University, of Florida For four years he for the Lakeland Mr. state ernor on January 7, executive secr to vhere he was graduated n school in 1927 desree by the journalism. correspondent 1 Star-Telegram at Bartow. red the employ of the 1935, and in 1938 was ap- insurance commis- At the university Davis pointed a deputy state casualty division. 2 member of the Alpha Tau Omega cial) fraternity, a Blue Key, member of bard and Blade and of Sigma Delta is military training he esult of ssioned a secord lieutenant in the infantry reserve corps.—Florida Muni- cipal Record. NEW YEAR’S DAY January 1, marking the beginning of THE KEY WEST CITIZEN PLUG THOSE HOLES sar, has been observed as a public holi- ! or many centuries, certainly in Rome e the reformation of the calendar by us Caesar in the century before Christ. Owing to the confusion in dates which ed from the imperfections of vari- lars, which caused skipping of dates at various times, New Year’s Day may e said to be merely an arbitrary designa- As late as 1752 the adoption ofthe + sorian calendar by England and the an < caused a skip of 11 However, regardless of the day desig- das New Year's at various times and in various countries, it has been generally ob- erved as a holiday. The Romans celebrated it with proces- ndonment of litigation and strife, and of gifts, feasting v-making. Early fathers of the hurch did not approve of these ies, but recommended that the day voted to meditation, scripture reading orks of charity. yout the fourth century, when 5 had been agreed upon for the vanee of Christ’s nativity, New Year's . falling one week later, began to as- secred character as the anniversary i ncision, and as such it still of visits he calendags of certain branches * > church. Other religious faiths, such as the ! medan and Jewish, have their own . with distinctive holidays and v in which their New Year’s Day has orresponding signiffeance to that of istendom. THE BOWL GAMES It is estimated that a total of more than 300,000 football fans will witness the vari- ous “bowl” games on New Year's Day, in ich crack teams from each section of the - will compete. In only one of these games will both opposing teams have per- fect season records—the Sugar Bowl con- test at New Orleans, where Boston College will meet Tennessee, neither having been beaten or tied. In the original New Year's classic at Pasadera’s Rose Bowl, the undefeated Stanford Indians, champions of the Pacific , will be opposed by the once-beaten University of Nebraska Cornhuskers. At the Miami Orange Bowl, Mississippi State, undefeated but tied, will meet Georgetown University, with one defeat. At the E] Paso Sun Bowl, Arizona ite will be opposed by Western Reserve University of Cleveland. Fordham University pete in the Dallas Cotton Texas A. & M. St. Petersburg, Fla., now has its Kum- rt Bowl, in which prep all-stars from o will meet those of Florida. In addition to the bowl games, there will be the annual all-star college game be- ast and West at San Francisco. Rams will com- Bowl, against tween MORE HEART DISEASE The increasing part played by heart disease in incapacitating and shortening the lives of Americans has become a matter of or coneern among members of the dical profession and others. The death » from heart ailments increased from out 165 to nearly 270 per 100,000 of ypulation in the last 25 years. In United States nearly ons of heart disease evel 350,000 per year, it atisties gathered by insurance and medical organizations in- this malady does its greatest mage during the period known as_ the prime of life. me leading specialists attribute the increasing prevalence of heart disease and the concurrent malady, hardening of the arteries, to the hurry, worry and high pres- life, with its increased One authority declares of the sure of modern ional pace. “It is the unhappy condition mind caused by the unfulfillment of de- sires, conflicts, thwarted ambitions and man’s efforts to eseape from his environ- ment and personal limitations that prepare the way for heart disease,” adding that tea, coffee, tobaeco and aleohol may make the emotional strug- emo heart more sensitive to gles. e & He suggested not too strenuous outdoor exercise and games with congenial com- parions as one important aid in treating or averting heart straias caused by emotional i stresses. jantees British success. By HUGO S. SIMS. Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizen GERMANY WATCHES US. SUPPLIES ARE VITAL WHY AID THE BRITISH KNUDSEN SPEAKS OUT DENYING A REPORT There is every reason to be- lieve that relations between the United States and Germany will become increasingiy grave as this country carries out its avowed na- ticnal policy of extending every possible assistance to Great Brit- ain in her present fight against German aggression. Of course, the purpose of the United States is to assure the de- feat of Germary by all steps “short of war’, but it should not be overlooked that the question of war or peace be en the United States and Gern will depend entirely upon H:tlei's action to this American policy. There are some people in the United States who believe that our present attitude toward the conflict in Europe will result in war. These people contend that we are alienating Germany and Italy and that, consequently, we cannot expect their friendship if they win the present struggle. This is undoubtedly true, but sup- porters of the present policy in- sist that the American system cannot exist peaceably in the same world if Germany and Italy compel the rest of the world to accept their doctrines. Consequently, the argument is that this country loses nothing whatever by aiding Great Britain but stands the chance of insuring Reace if the British win. There are many indications that Hitler is now beginning to appre- ciate the enormous importance of the American policy. It is eon- fidently expected that he will at- tempt to decide the issue of the present war before the flow of supplies from this country guar- When and if Hitler wins his war in Europe, the German leader will have to determine his attitude toward the United States. If our present defense program is well underway and if our pro- ductive capacity has been enlarg- ed, as a result of British orders. there is little reason to suspect that Hitler will immediately chal- lenge the Americans. There is basis for the belief that he will attempt to utilize the vast pro- ductive capacity of all Europe and prepare for a decisive showdown with the Western world. Meanwhile, the United States gradually concentrating, fts: re-? production of necessary defense supplies. He werns that the fu- ture security of this count our democratic stake and that th in world affairs “is irreconciliable in char- ¢ terminated and are at crisis appea n believes that the curity of the United States and the total defe for our democratic princip . .de- mand that every resource of cap- ital and management and effort on the part of labor shall be cease- lessly employed to provide the means of defense against attack”. There have been reports in the public press at various times about the division of opinion in the Department of State in regard to relations with Spain. The au- thor of a widely syndicated news- paper column, upon several occa- sions, dilated upon the theme, ing the contention that the State Department was badly di- ' | Today’s . | Anniversaries | Today In History _ <A NRE 1712—Peaer Boehler, Moravian shop, Pennsylvania pioneer, rn in German: Died in Eng- land, April 27, 1775. 1822—Henry P. Hammett, not- ed Southern cotton manufacturer of his generation, born at Green- ville Ce, S.C. Died May 8. 1891. 1815—George dier-engincer, G. Meade, sol- Union = general, of Gettysburg, born in Spain (of American par- ents). Died Nov. 6, 1872. victor of battle 1817—James T. Fields, Boston author, noted rublisher of his day, born at Portsmouth, N. H. Died Aprii 24, 1881. 1837—John T. Fanning, Minne- apolis engineer, builder of West- ern water-power works, author, born at Norwich, Conn. Died Feb. 6, 1911. 1853—Tasker H. Bliss, sold: ral of the army, born at Lew- isburg, Pa. Died Nov. 9, 1930. 1857—Michael J. Kelly, the “King Kelly” of baseball fame in the 1880's, hero of the slide song, born at Troy, N. Y. Died in Bos- ton, Nov. 8, 1894. LEGALS ECTION g'ven that on the Dp. 1 an NOTICE OF © purpose of payment of purchase price or award for and Dy ipal 2 1 interest Six per cent per annum, pay nually, to be evid in- terest coupons attached to said Said bonds being secured pledge of an unlimited em tax on all taxable Monroe County, at (6 per ce semi-an- property Florida For n, electors may be vided, with some officials anxious’; to aid Fascist Spain and others stymied in their efforts to do something for the former Spanish « Government and its adherents. Recently, Secretary Hull. said, was about to advance $100,- 000,000 to the Spanish Govern- ment but Under-Secretary of State Welles. so the story goes, took the matter to the President, who held up the transaction. In a recent statement, Secre- tary of State Cordell Hull de- clared that there was no truth in the published reports that the Under-Secretary, in an earlier statement. denied that he had communicated sident on the suk or in- directly that his opinion was identical with that of < ‘without — the Secretary Hull! nee.” Mr. Hult slightest diver said that the syndicated article bore earmarks that “would in-} dicate it to be a deliberate mis- representation.” The publication of a certain pe of story. represented as the “inside” of what is going on be- hind the scenes in Washington, is something of a problem offi- cials. Newspaper correspondents, at times. have been eager to pre- sent exclusive interpretation of trends and events and, we are afraid, have not carefully check- ed their sources of information or made any serious effort to ascer- tain the correctness of the rumors which they have regaled to the public at large. We hope readers of thi have observed the caution used in regard to assertions in connec- te ‘tion with the purposes or inten- 4tions of public officials. Very of- ten there are interesting specu- Jations which could be included in sources to the great task of cbm- this ‘column. but, until they can plete defense. The peace of this hemisphere will be assured, re- gardless of who wins the Euro- pean War, only if we possess suf- ficient armed strength to make it unsafe for the totalitarian com- bination to launch an attack against the Western Hemisphere. William S. Knudsen, newly ap- pointed Director of the Office for Production Management, which is in charge of defense preparations, is doing his part to make the Am- erican people recognize “the fuil jgravity of the crisis”, and to give their “concentrated, undivided at- ‘tention” to the swiftest possible be confirmed, there is nothing gained by spreading what may prove to be entirely erroneous re- ports. 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