The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 6, 1941, Page 2

PAGE TW ole he fey lest Citizen d Publisher janager uilding rlass matter The ated Pre for republication 0 otherwise credited in this paper and also it or net the local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RJ me Year $10.00 Month Three Months Month \eekly Six on Made known © SPECIAL NOT cading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of notices, ete, will be charged for at ents a line, tuary ‘ sr entertainment by churches from which | venue is to be derived are 5 cents a li and invites discus- es and subjects of local or general The Citizen an open forum of public is it will n IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. More Hetels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation »f County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital Witk some 40 legislatures in session, the output of new laws will sorely tax our supply of disrespect. February reminds us of George Wash- ington and Abraham Lincoln, two of the greatest Americans. law with Self-preservation is the first man and should be of nations and one possible exception. is Representative Hamilton Fish predicts war in six months. At the rate we are go- ing that will be just about the time. Wertisers to shoot at: One large retail slore spent $11,000,000 in newspaper ising space in 1939 without*regret. ad- The person who does things is always | a mark for attack. sect of eriticism is one who does as most men do. In other words he runs with the pack. He who is never the sub- “Let's go fishing!” says a writer in a that many thrills in prospect, and the best place Miami paper. That’s a request has to lure the finny tribe is in the waters ad- | jacent to Key West. It’s a fact, and you can prove it by trying yourself, “Unprecedented production — small prefits. That in these few words a forecast is as good al future. Small profits seem inevitable in the light of srovernment high latins as any of the indust controls, labor costs, taxes and the certain new and increased taxes. Economy should e the watchword now as never, but not with the } spendthrift Administra- prospect tion. bill of all . Secretary Stimson made the “lease-lend” loim that its barter process was more credit or a cash dona- statement is ap- prejudiced in and credit proved to the most flexible excha l time mr know a > 99-vear tof us though destroyers. Just sh official Brit titled to use s dispatches credited to yt publish anonymous communi- | of | | Here is a record for The Citizen ad- | ''Y- | than 7,000 persons, most of them of | re- for- THEY MUST COOPERATE The protective bulletin of the Amer- ican Bankers’ association, discussing the case of bogus check passer John J. Phillips, whose handiwork cost a Key West mer- chant $100 this week, brings up an interest- ing point. It is where to press charges against thos@ #vwh swindle them and the consequent abitity of police officers to hold the swindlers after they are caught. Whether it is a misplaced feeling of pity or merely a desire to avoid the trouble of appearing in court, the refusal of swin- dlers’ victims to prefer charges is the most 3 merchants « every - che failure of | important single loophole in the net of law enforcement. As the protective bulletin points out, profits from passing bad checks are high and the possibility of escaping punishment even when caught is an added inducement to the unscrupulous to take up the profes- | sion. Aside from the question of checks, the victim of ary criminal who refuses to pre- fer charges after police have brought in their man is hurting law enforcement for everyone. In Key West, for instance, | sheriff's officers are paid on a fee basis con- | tingent upon the Citizens who aré satisfied wil number sconyictions the #ezovery of their property, but let.the tMefi gb-free, ave not only turning loose on the remainder 9: the population a person who feels he will not be punished for thievery, but are de- etroying the effectiveness of their own law enforcement system. “ALL our” IN DEFENSE In these day: ncn news columns tell | of the stoppage of national defense produc- tion due to disputes between capital and labor, it is encouraging to encounter an en- tirely different kind of story involving seventeen union executives and the head of a nationwide manufacturing concern sup- | plying materials for our armed forces. In this story we find both C. I. O. and A. F. of L. units coming together management to sign a formal pledge devot- ing “the resources and facilities of the Rey- |... nolds Metals Company 24-hours a day, seven days a week to supply strong alumi- num alloys, vital to the defense program.” Reynolds Metals is the biggest in- dependent aluminum enterprise in the coun- | With its subsidiaries, it employs more | skilled metal workers, and in the entire history of the company it has rot had a strike. An obvious spontaneity marks the signing of the pledge by the union officials and Richard S, Reynolds, the president, who subscribed for the management, To the fulfillment ‘of defending and j | preserving for posterity the right to live in | the freedom of democracy,” the document ry employee and executive of this company, individually and collectively pledges his energy and unfaltering loyalty. Ar Americans, we cannot do le: as human beings we cannnot do ihore:” America needs m6re “ae _offieials with the sincerity of those WP Reynolds pledge— and more executivesilike Richard S. Reynolds who takes'the initiative in fastering employer-lahor-goyernment co- operation in times of national defensé prep- aration. . 4 HOW THE U. S. WOULD BE ATTACKED The standard of living in the United es depends upon adequate foreign mar- kets for our farm products and our manu- factured goods. Realization of this fact methods which would be adopted against the the Axis powers in an offensive the Not only would Europe and 1 be closed to our trade, but, through America, the continent would be indicates by nited States. economic penetration of Scuth merkets in also barred to Once n commerce the United States Amer this occurred, » export Surp ble t ndustrial product would be or agric pile up de pres result, w economic offensive weuld ndous social unrest in the i States, resu strikes, increased breakdown in the n turn. and a general of the social order. T impair our ¢ An Axis war agalr push-over. | to’a real estate investor; | the place asa ranch wouldn’t be | with no security but your word. with | | word, and a written promise to Aitigned: the | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ‘MEMORY OF THE MOO by Jeanne YESTERDAY: Constance asks John Raskthorne to arrange @ loan of $50,000. Chapter 16 » Backed To Win “TOOK!” Constance drew a rough map of the ranch. “This section, would be of value this a total loss. And the man who saw interested in cutting the extra land into a vacation tract. The natives have no use for summer people.” Raskthorne stood up, walked to the window, then back to_his desk and shook his head. “Con- stance, no one would lend you money to carry on such a venture, You’re not even full owner.” Constance gathered her purse and gloves together. “I know it seems a wild scheme, John, but I believe in it. I came to you first because I thought you knew more about the value of El Cabrillo than another would. However, I still have an ace up my sleeve. so goodby, and thank you for giving me so much time—” “Chita!” John stopped her be- fore she reached the door. “Listen, dear, what makes you thinix you, a twenty-four-year-old girl, can run a daify farm? I doubt if you could tell a Brahmin from a Hol- stein.’ Constance gave him a gamin grin. “If a Brahmin can produce as much milk as a Holstein, Pll buy a herd of them.” “A Brahmin,” pronounced John eruditely, “is the camel of the beef family; a bison-' headed steer with a hump on his back.” “Imagine you knowing that.” breathed Constance in mock awe. and started again for the door. “Chita,” he was holding her by the arms now, “dear. give up the ranch. Marry me, today, tomor- row... next week. I'll take care| of the family—” Constance jerked away, cheeks scarlet. “The Charge-it Cabrillos,” she said bitterly. “Only then they would be charging it to my hus- band. No, John! And I won't marry you or any other man until we Cabrillos can stand on our own.” “So that’s it!” At the tender triumph in his| voice, Constance looked back. “Come back and sit down.” John seemed jubilant over some- thing. “Come on, here in this chair, close to mine. Constance _. I'm going to back you. I am going to lend you the fifty thou- sand... I'm going to bargain with you. If you will give me your one or two provisos, I'll back you to win.” So sudden was the change in John Raskthorne’s manner, that Constance found herself seated before she fully realized what had occurred. Bowman pledged him to secrecy. I had an idea you would talk me into this and I'm not a man to throw money away to satisfy the whim of even the woman I love. “He believes in you. He feels you can make a success of. the |ranch if you will take the advice of experienced people.” “But John,” Constance’s eyes were bright with tears of joy, “don’t you see, dear, that is what I am planning to do. I know my limitations, but I think I’m smart enough to hire men who have none.” John nodded at her soberly. “And you will help me with the bank?” she asked eagerly. “No. Give me a month and Pll make tpis a personal loan.” Constance jumped up and stared at him, doubt in her eyes. “Y'd rather not have personal loans .. . John, why are you do- ing that?” Raskthorne was beside her. “Because I love you, Conchita. And because I’m beginning to un- derstand you and admire you even more than I did before. “But mostly because I know I have a rival and I’m going to fight for you, against him, in my own way—” ae stance." “El Cabrillo: ‘You've made the ranch an entity, given it a body and a soul, . a rival?” faltesed Con= “To me it’s as though it were, another man, a profligate rascal, romantic, inconsistent, a veritable Don Juan. “T can’t win you until you’ve found it out for what it is; until you’ve seen for yourself that it has a treacherous heart.” Constance listened, half fright- ened because his words were translated in her heart. John was not speaking of El Cabrillo rancho, he was speaking of Ped- ro, describing him: Pedro the in- consistent, romantic Don Juan. ‘Girl In Love’ 7 OEE like a young girl in love for the first time,” John went on, “no one can tell you you're wasting your love, you’re Boing to have to learn that your- eit. “But John?” she smiled up at him, wondering if he knew why "her cheeks were suddenly flushed, wondering if she could hear the thick beat of her heart. “Sup- pose, while I was wasting my love, I... . I married the rascal; lost the investment.” _ “That is where the Joker comes in,” John answered smoothly. “I don’t intend running any risks. I'm going to protect you from yourself. “Here is my proposition.” They sat down and Constance remembered another conference. Here again she was facing a shrewd man, only this man’s eyes were suddenly iced with a hard, silver steen. “Upon receipt of the loan, you will agree, in writing, that, if you have not shown a small margin of profit the last year, you will re- Still bitter over his light a¢- ceptance of her family as an obli+ gation attendant upon anyone | marrying her. and piqued at his | assumption that she would faii with El Cabrillo because she was a girl, and a young one, she waited. And as she waited her resent- | ment faded. This John was new to! her, She'd never before seen him | against his business background. For a moment she let faney pic- tufe her as his wife, coming up perhaps to meet him for lunch- eon; her pride in this man with | the silver band about his head | which matched his business} tweeds of silver gray: almost. she | might say. matched his eyes of | grav with their silver toning. “Constance. tell me how you arrived at the figure of fiftv thou- sand?” She was .ready. She drew a tvvewriften™ sheet from her bag. “The Tavters planned to borrow | twenty thougand. They believed it | — would takethree years to restock the ranch and start it running at a profit. I would have to hire an| expert dairyman. I found. through | Mrs. lacKelvey. that there was able at four thousand a nen come high,” Personal Loan | John a superior smile. “Do ze this man must know jder_ that.” | John over to her support. fl ND now Constance could give | | extravagance, melted. ly how to buy dairy stock. w to buy feed: which food ation is right for what} And he must know how to | till and plant and harvest the acres so that all the food need not be purchased? And he must know how to rebui n mac the “Wait a minute. at s defeat. ousand isn'tytoo much for such ghing tis twelve thou- sand dollars. Say it would take ” begged John, | “Four | turn here to place the property jin my hands for sale, your legal consent included. “And you will agree to marry ;no man, other than John Rask- thorne, until the fifty thousand has been repaid with interest. Marriage to any other will give me the right to call in the loan without notice.” Constance thought for a mo- ment, then thrust out her hands, eyes starry “That's easy,” she assured him. It was. She had no intention of marrying any man but John. And, if she failed with the ranch, as she had no intention of failing, there was no one whom she could trust to handle it to a better ad- vantage than Raskthorne. John gripped her hand, then bent down for a quick kiss. “Now we're going home to break the news to the family.” “Oh.” moaned -Constance.~ Of | course they had’toibe faced. only —“John, you don’t have to shoul- she protested. “I'm just getting into wractice,” he told her grimly, “I sent word for them to be ready for us at five o'clock.” stance found nothing heart- e first swirl of the sea- hich met them at the door of the building. All of the buoyancy she had felt in winning led; all of her indignation at the family’s lowed John to hold her even leaned on him a little as they made their way to the cab he had calle son’s face was dour when e door to them. Mrs. |Cabrillo would see them in the are te salon. ‘onstance swallowed with diffi- was an uncon- ogist. No one could hless in that n china room: no one cruel golden-haired shep- ‘ho awaited them. ce felt as an alien might ing into a strange land. Cabrillo, im egg-shell satin negligee foaming with lace, sat twenty thousand to convert the|in a deep, chair of coral pink, gn: ee ee, with your brains one my money. leves } k Constance knew what we can't lose. Now, I'll be fran with you. After I listened to you last night, I decided to talk to} Reached him by telephone this morning and TRAIN-LOVING CHICKS RUTHERFORDTON, N. © Hatched ma Cliffside railroad lanked on one side by Donna. on e other by Don. They presented a pi y and she was an _obse er led | frame. Sh e feit it k sed antagonism. only 8 For a x rested hopef’ ind. She was wanting John to say that Constance had consented to their marriage. I To be continued ‘cessfully passed his was in ord nl ay WEST IN DAYS GONE BY — Happenings On This Date Ten Years Ago As Taken From Files Of The Citizen eeecea The $7,000 yacht Shirley Lou, built in Key West for Mr. and :Mrs.. Henry Delno of California and Key West, was launched to- | day at the air station runways. The 31-foot vessel will be driven by a 115 horsepower en- gine. It was built by Hersell and Leo Williams of this city accord- ing to plans drawn up by the owners. Eighty motorists came to Key West yesterday over the highway, while 49 left the city headed north, the county ferry office an- nounced today. Local Red Cross officials have begun collection of the city’s share in a fund to relieve suffer- ers from drought in the middle west. The Citizen, in an_ editorial, said: “Considering both rain cold, last month was the worst January in this city’s history. It was not quite the coolest, nor the | wettest. But never before in the history of the local weather bu- and jreau has any, January been both so cool amd .so wet. These are facts, taken from U,S. Govern- ment reports—not “blarney” for the consumption of outsiders. These records show there has been only one January in 4@ years! as wet and only one in 38 years, as cool. And never before have the two been combined. Miss Cleora Mary Knight, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jeffer- | son H. Knight, yesterday was married to Frances Leonard John- son, chief boatswain’s mate, Unit- ed States Coast Guard. The bride had for her attend- ant, Miss Matilda Knight, her sister, and Robert E. Dunn was best man. Miss Kathleen Ackerman and Miss Nell Rose Knight, members of the high school pep team, who were with the basketball team on its tour, returned on the aft- ernoon train. Carlyle Roberts yesterday was named chairman of the board of {the Congregational church. Joseph Bazo .presided at missionary meeting of the church. Two .pieces of Duval street property, sites of the Key West Foundation company offices and of the Kosher meat market, were purehased yesterday by Florence A. Wood of Boston. The property formerly was owned by Jack R. Kirchik, J. G. Kantor and William Mendell. Aquilino Lopez, local mer- chant, has received a notice from H. W. Chandler, registrar of the University of Florida, that Aqui- lino Lopez, Jr., his son, has suc- first year law examination. Fourteen credits were neces- sary and young Lopez is reported to have exceeded the require- ;ments by a wide margin. George rE. "Spencer has been named chairman of a program to | prepare for p | celebration here Feb. 15. the “Maine Day” ‘Today’ 8 Horoscope With proper training this day turns out a powerful nature, well centered in action and with broad views. But, ff the mind should become perverted, the instincts will Jead to extreme viciousness. Parents should endeavor to di rect the child’s mind into proper channels, until able to choose for itself. BLADDER IRRITATION WAKE YOU UP? It's not normal. It may nature’s warning of sluggish kid- neys. Make this 4-day test. Your 25c back if not pleased. Kidneys need occasional flushing as well as bowels. Help increase elimination during the day. Drink lots of soft water Very little ten or coffee. Take a kidney laxer. Just say BUKETS to any druggist. Locally at Olivieri’s Drug Store t. be CASA MARINA Key West's Hotel De Luxe American Plan 20 delightful ROOMS. each with PRIVATE BATH Besstifu! Cocktail Lounge DANCING NIGHTLY Casa Marina Orchestra | PETER SCHUTT. Manager the | THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1941 ! \U. S. WEATHER BUREAU REPORT \ Observation taken at 7:30 a, 75th Mer. Time (city office) Temperatures Highest last 24 hours 68 Lowest last night eo ..65) Mean 66 Normal —... $e RRS 70, Precipitation’ ¥ Rainfall, 24 hours ending 7:30 a. m., inches —4++- Total rainfall since Feb. -1, inches Excess since inches Total rainfall since Jan. inches Deficiency inches _.. 0.77 | Wind Direction ‘and Velocity SW—10 miles per hour Relative Humidity 80% Barometer at 7:30 a. m., today Sea level, 29.98 (1015.3 mlilibars) Tomorow's Almanac Sunrise 7:07 a. Sunset 6:16 p. Moonrise 2:26 p. m. Moonset 3:11 a. Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Buse) AM. 110 12:30 11:95 FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Friday) Key West and Vicinity: Mostly cloudy with occasional showers tonight and Friday; mild tem- |perature; moderate variable winds, mostly southeast and south. if Florida: 6.00! February 1, a eect 1.42 Jan. since d, m. PM j warmer in north portion tonight. ; Jacksonville to Florida Stra’ Moderate variable winds, mostly | |south and southeast; mostly | cloudy weather with showers to- |night and Friday. East Gulf: Moderate variable winds, mostly east and southeast, becoming moderate to occasion- | ally fresh northwesterly over ex- treme north portion late Friday; cloudy showery weather tonight and Friday. CONDITIONS Pressure is low this morning from the Lake region southwest- ward to the Rio Grande Valley, and a low pressure area of mark- ed intensity is centered off the North Pacific coast; while a high |pressure area is moving in over ! the northern Rockies and upper Mississippi and Missouri valleys. |Light to moderate rain has oc- eurred during the last 24 hours in portions of California, Texas, jand Lotisiana. light showers in southeastern Florida, and light snow from South Dakota and Iowa eastward over portions of the Lake region and Ohio Valley. Temperautres have risen in most eastern and southern districts, and have fallen from Montana eastward over Minnesota, but readings are near or above the seasonal average throughout the ;country this morning. G. S. KENNEDY, Official in Charge. \ m | {the Revolution, New York law- 0.25, 6:25 | —_—_—_—_—_—————— Today’s Anniversaries 1756—Aaron Burr, soldier of yer and senator, third Vice Presi- dent, one of the most tragic fig- ures in American history, born Ee Newark, N. J. Died Sept. 14. 1836. } 1806—Henry .O’Reilly, Roches- ter, N. Y., editor, telegraph pio- jneer, “always advancing a cause”, ‘born in Ireland. Died Aug. 17, ‘1886, 1807—Hiram Sibley, promoter- financier of telegraphy, co-found- er of the Western Union, Cornell benefactor, born in North Adams, Mass. Died in Rochester, U. Y., July 12, 1888. 1818—William M. Evartz, fam- ed New York lawyer, orator and senator of his age, a man of ex- alted character, born in Boston. _ Died Feb. 28, 1901. “| 1833—James E. B. Stuart, fam- ed Confederate cavalry leader, born in Patrick Co., Va. Mortally wounded in battle, dying in Rich- mond, May 12, 1864. | 1868—George A. Dorsey, the noted anthropologist whose book became a best seller, born in Hebron, Ohio. Died ‘in New York, March 29, 1931, Today! In History. Cloudy with oecasion- | al showers tonight and Friday, : 1778—Benjamin Franklin con- cludes historic treaty with France '—of major importance in the winning of the Revolution. 1788—Massachusetts the sixth State to ratify the new Constitu- tion. 1813—The U.S. Government or- ders all alien enemies to report themselves to the marshals of the districts in which they reside— second war with England. j 1815—President Madison grants the Baratarian pirates of Louisi- ana a pardon for services render- ed the country in the War of 1812. 1815~-The New Jersey Assem- bly grants rights to John Stev- ens “to erect a railroad”—coun- | try’s first railroad act. | - 1832—Under orders of the Pres- ident, U.S. frigate Potomac at- itacks a Malayan town in Suma- tra in retaliation for treacherous attack previous year on an Amer- iean ship. 1918—Federal registering and finger printing of male Germans in the United States begins. 1940—Sweden refuses to allow troops of the Allies hastening to Finland's aid through her coun- try, SAVE TIME AND EXPENSE— For Your Out-Of-Town Remittances Jse Our— CASHIER’S CHECK SERVICE THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST Member of the Federal Reserve Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ¢ Semmes eassssesaaean (ooewerenaersrsreorrser: For Real Economy For Real Service Thompson For Real Protection DELIVERED DAILY EVERYWHERE INCORPORATED ICE DIVISION PHONE NO. & FI heheh hdhaddddadads Enterprises JALAL AAAbAtAAtAAtdsdsid