The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 11, 1941, Page 2

Aan AGET ps wo te Koy West Citizen | NAVY CENSORSHIP Frank Knox, secretary of the navy and THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | a newspaperman and publisher in private resident and Publisher » Business Manager ne Citizen Building id Ann Streets | life, has distributed to The Citizen and ' other newspapers in ports where the navy ier Greene | is active, a five page memorandum de- Daily Newspape <ey Wes | eps . alls Newmepaner in) Key: Weatiand scribing the need for secrecy in many opera- Monroe County Only Florid: as second class matter | = t Sevrétary Knox says the present situa- tion “is no pink tea” and asks the coopera- tion “of all agenciés engaged in the collec- tion, dissemination and publication of news to prevent certain specified naval activities from appearing in print. The subjects he particularly 2.50 | kept out of print are these: ae i (1) Attual or intended movements of — | vessels or aircraft of the United States Navy, of units of naval enlisted personnel | or divisions of mobilized reserves, or troop movements of the U. S. Marine Corps; (2) Mention of “secret” technical U. S. naval weapons or development | thereof; (3) New U.&. Navy ships or aircraft; (4) U.S. Navy construction projects ashore. | Any thinking person will agree with IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST | the, nayy secretary that if there is informa- ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN |, tion unknown to foreign and possibly hos- ' ———y | tile-agents, it is, as. he puts it “naive to tell Water and Sewerage. | the agents as much as we ourselves know More Hotels and Apartments. | about it,’ through newspapers. | The difficulties between newspaper | reporters and government officials | nected both with the army and navy have | not arisen from any desire onthe part of | publications to aid the progress of foreign | agents, however. Ais a_ correspondent | pointed out to President Roosevelt several days ago, the army did nothing to increase respect for its designation of “secret” when it so labelled information which could be | found in the Encyclopedia-Brittanica. | Censorship of any kind is a dangerous | tocl, requiring delicate handling. And by It’s all right for a man to take himself | that, we do rot mean the familiar cry that eriously, but he’d better watch out when | the freedom of the press is endangered. rl friend’ begins to do so. Both the army and navy will find it creasingly necessary to withhold certain Man. says the sociologist, is by nature nformation from the general public. That a gregarious animal. Probably the reason es obvious. On the other hand, establish- ; ment of the rigid system of non-informa- cael | tion applied by Great Britain early in the “conscientious | present war has proved to arouse more fear | could to the totalitarian trend, has a | and anxiety than its value possibly | warrant. perfect right to be worried, in fgct shudder eee ; | If the navy is going in for censorship, the unfortunate socialistic policies | x that have been adopted by our . Federal | which Secretary Knox says it not, it rovernment, | should be careful not to let a flat “no in- formation” take the place of intelligent | thought about what is of legitimate and | non-harmful interest to the public. tions. the Associated Preas ely eptitled to use { snatches crédited to erwise credited in this paper and tio s published here. Yen Six Mon Three Months Month Weekly wees $10.00 eS wants 5.00 On SING RATES ation ADV de known on apr NOTICE SPECIAL reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of | obit il be charged for at | sary notic ie © 02 10 cents a 8 for is t entertainme be derived Citizen 1s t by churches from which 5 cents a line in open forum and invites discus- of public 1d subjects of local or general est but it will not publish anonyraous communi- Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. of County and City Gov- con- Consolidation ernments A Modern City Hospital. God save America. It doesn’t seem capable of saving itself. This is Christmas time for England; the American Santa Claus has arrived. why he likes to congregate in armies. Any citizen who ‘has objettions” is This is municipal election year and a rumber of prospective candidates have sent eut trial balloons—want to know which way the wind is blowing. This column | THEI NAV VRAIN SINE WAC EPICERS hopes that the best men available in Key West will offer and that they be elected. To man the 690 combatant ships and | 15,000 airplanes provided for in the cur- | rent naval expansion program, the Navy If Key West ha aily news ¢ . . ~ : there vy Ae 44 e hi a a s ally. capers will require 36,000 officers and 12,000 great Campaign to secure | naval aviators. why not support The Citizen more in- | Obviously, it is impossible telligently. It is the people of a community | .,. il Fal he : * | Naval Academy at Annapolis, that makes the quality of a paper, not the es ae d bublisher, but he is ly willin mest tins demenc craeall ; cae engaged ly \ fei Sa oor Consequently, the Navy provides an babes aa |.intersive three-months’ training course for the to for Md., A Washington dfapatch! says that Army Air Corps officet$*ffom coast to coast have begun drumming wp their “yo hablo, to hablas,” in response to an order from headquarters requiring them to learn - Spanish in behalf of good neighborliness. If we know anything about human nature t tu in | eligible young men who are given commis- as ensigns. The naw officers are \ assi#ned to regular duty‘df board warships | and are well qualified for service in speci- fie fields. They have the same rank as regular naval officers and the same opportunity for sions advancement. The former battleship Illinois, now known as the Prairie State, operates as a Naval Research Midshipmen’s school for the purpose of training prospective ensigns. A few days ago, it graduated 434 students, representing every state in the Union. They came from 204 colleges and go out to serve the nation in practically every naval capa- city. will soon be augmented by “yo amo, amas, el amo.” Cupid is ever active every land, In the Lend-Lease bill, just passed by Congress, the President is required to re- port to Conse not less frequently than ofthe Act except ch information as he deems incompatible That is must have since the He need legislators, but must tell ‘em— tell o tell 90 days, the operations the public interest to disclose. requirement and it aused the President to chuckle rest with him alone meanirgl OUR SAFETY IN THE ATLANTIC Senator Byrnes, of South Carolina, diseusting the Lease-Lend Bill, points o that .sqajtong as Britain controls the “Germany's declarations of war will do us no harm.” That this is a fact, recognized by op- < ponents of the Lease-Lend Bill, is seen from Sanibel Island was published in the th opposed to i recently. Sanibel 1938 and movies, no beer— favor of a two-ocear seas Ft sitors since the three- colored and, near Myers, is re- with iNustrations, fact that those who were moderate naval expansion 1939 are As Walter Lippman point. ning Post in no banks, no a WPA—but w in t does have Mr. J. C oway has spent re shells }. only change in the international situation 1938 and 1939, no h Navy was in peril t Ga ene imagined Key writter t. ts * nibe lapse of was recognized and acted upon a i NATURE NOTE= “tie cuckoo 1s NOTED FoR 115 HABIT OF LAYING {1S EGGS IN OTHER GIRDS' NESTS. KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings On This Date Ten Years Ago As Taken From Key West’s Marine hospital ranks third in the nation in the it has number of prescriptions S ors any radioed to ailing pa seamen on ships A report from Washington to- placed this ciy behind New and San Francisco in ths distiibution cf emergency pre scripti In the nine and one- hait years of medical by radio, the nation’s Marine hospitals have sent 1,096 pre- scriptions over the ether. Jose A. Gamoneda of Key West was married March 5 to Miss Hilda Scraida Widmaier with elaborate cercmonies at Notre Dame cathedral at Port-au- Prince, Haiti, according to werd received here by Mrs. Carmen Gamoneda, 816 White _ street. mother of the groom, Gamoneda is ccnnected with Pan-American Airways and has been stationed in Haiti for the past year. He is a cousin of Miss Margaret Martinez of the chamber of commerce. Members of the Woman's club yesterday afternoon voted to ac- cept the offer of the Rev. POL Marnane to use the former Knights of Columbus hut on Du- val street for the public library. Transfer of the 4,000 volumes and accessories will be handled gradually by the Woman's club members. A. H. McInnis, United States deputy marshal Key West learned today his post had been abolished. Because there is lit- tle for the deputy to do here, it was decided to drop the local of- ficer and not appoint anyone to fill the vacancy. The Citizen graphs, said “An English naval training ship with some 400 men and offi- cers aboard is coming here next Monday. They are on a good- will tour and will make at least three Florida ports. It goes with out saving that Key West will be more than glad to see them. De- in editorial para. spite “Big Bill” Thompson and a| few other fools of his ilk, Admiral Sims v ht when he said that whenever i: ied between England z the other sympathies people will be any of tt f ericar with E gland Key Westers can't com- | Tv good reason about eather here when almost clut home hie Robett. Baker. UGHT Get direct relief from discomforts. ..rub throat, chest, back with clinic-tested ICKS VAPORU treatment | lgeal | 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 } Precipitation | Rainfall, 24 hours ending :30 a. m., inches | Total rcinfall since March 1, | inches Excess inches Total vainfall since Jan. 1 inches | Excess inches 5.66 Wind Direction and Velocity NE—7 mites per hour Relative Humidity 80% Barometer at 7:30 a. m., today Sea level, 30.16 (1021.3 millibars) Tomorow’s Almanac |Sunrise | Sunset Moonrise Moonset Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) AM. 9:15 2:53 FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Wednesday) | Key West and Vicinity: Gen- {erally fair tonight and Wednes- day; not much change in tem- |perature; gentle to moderate east and northeast winds. Florida: Fair to partly cloudy, colder in north and central por- tions, light scattered frost in in- terior of extreme north portion tonight; Wednesday fair, slightly warmer in northwest and ex- treme north portions. Jacksonville to Florida Straits and East Gulf: Gentle to mod- !erate east and northeast winds, fresh at times over Florida Straits; fair weather tonight and Wednesday. since March 1, 9.36 since January 1 m. Bou m. m. PM 9:23 2:50 High Tow G. S. KENNEDY, Offi in Charge. Today In History Admiral Edward J. Marquart, U.S.N., born in Valparaiso, Ind 61 years ago. | U.S. Senator Sheridan Downey of California, born at Laramie |Wyo., 57 years ago } i | Whiting Williams of Cleve- land, noted industrial consultant, born at Shelby, O., 63 years ago G. Ham, president lyoke College, Mass born at Lemore, Cal. 50 years Bush Carnegie 1, Dé 1 years president Instate born in Ever age tion ene F. McDonald, Jr. enith Rad Chi N. Y.. 5! New $14,000.- NO NAME LODGE Famous Bahia Monda Fishing Réef - Tarpon - Permit - Bone Fishing a Cottages—$3.50 a day up Stone Crab Dinners 3 Specialty Phone No Name Key No. 1 For Information A UESDAY, MARCH 11, 1941 NATURE NOTES By J. C. GALLOWAY (Reprinted From Port Allegany (Pa.) Reporter) Last year Dr. Fowler of the Philadelphia Academy of Scien- ces had an associate who wanted tree frogs from Key West for study, and we could only find one for him. It came out-injthe open one rainy day. This time we found several kinds of little tree frogs under the: stones;but they were er than we, and it looks like they will not get that trip to Philadelphia. “tree- frogs?” said our friend. “Here’s one”. He led us to a tree, where was a knot-hole; and fitted into it was a gray tree frog, the same kind we have up north, that turns green on occasion. We left it there; it was our friend's frog. But one day it was cool and windy, and we went outdoors to get warm, which is the way to do cown here. We drove down the “county road”, though why they call it that we do not know, for this county reminds us of a bag of beans spilled on the floor; mostly little islands scattered about, and only one road runs through them and it isn’t this. But, anyway, we went out the road, and-in those flats. that are just above sea-level and fresh water ponds every time it rains, we saw two rounded trees with shiny leaves. They were not mangroves, so we went to inves- tigate, and they seem to be rub- ber trees of a kind new to us. Reaching up to break off a spray, we thought we saw a gray co- coon at the end of a branch; but it was a tree frog, cuppied in the trough of a leaf like an oyster in a spoon, swinging to and fro in the cool breeze. It was the size and shape of Hyla cinerea, the green-and-ivory tree frog so common all over Florida, that lives in the air-plants; but this was gray without cinerea’s mark- ings. The little frog rode home with us on his leaf. Once we attend- ed a life class in drawing where the model posed for forty-five minutes and then took a fifteen minutes’ rest. Jn that case it was we who could not stand the strain and lost out. But this tree frog; well, we put him on his twig in a glass jar and sat down to sketch him—and then he got restless and changed his position every half-minute. We made the best of it and finally got a_ picture. And then, his explorations of his new guarters over—he settled himself and did not move the rest of the dav! It looks like you “have to learn how to handle these temperamental people. We forgot to tell you that while we were getting acquainted with those little brown lizards two of them came out from below the kitchen sink and arranged them- selges in, graceful; and, artistic ‘¥@S-Qn ythe wall, so we could sl Vina Woy ray se rie young BRB Son NGA, ‘York 4 Sereaned when she found one in her mop- pail; but the old residents like to See them about. They told us And we told’ you of the green chameleor that came to the rescue when ants invaded the kitchen, and stayed until all the ants were gone. Most folks have an idea that -cold-blooded ani- mals are sluggish; but these cha- meleons are bright and active as squirrels and much like them in their ways. You only need step outdoors and look about Usually there are several on every century vlant: vou can find them on almost any sunny board pile or bush the yard. They look this way and that with bright, beady ey they study the situation and plan their course of action. .They are only lizards; it was a man on Front street that Wa Ot rheadd saying: “TI don’t y wha a ng to do; I'll y The chame- Jeons run like a streak, and Jeap like, grasshoppers, their long tails holding them straight; ‘their ac- tion constantly reminds» us: of squirrels. We have seen no. baby chameleons and do not know how they are dressed. Some day we hope to learn something about their eggs also. to Once in a while we hear of someone who finds little of in- terest here in Key West. Well, if you do not care for fascinating little tots, picturesque people, a fine type of cultured friends, street nes that artists love, lovely gardens and — specimen plants rare and beautiful, mili- tary and naval affairs, aviation, sea bathing, docks and ships and fishing boats; game fish and col- orful smaller ones, sea-shells, odd and curious invertebrates, sea waters like gems and mother of pearl and ever a dream of beauty, wonderful sunsets, and numerous other delightful things, including lolling in the sunshine doing nothing; if none of these things interest you, of course you might find it dull. But still you} may find the movies and some types of questionable resorts to be found everywhere else, And again, you might go out in the yard and turn over old boards. Frequent departures from stations right in the heart of business and shopping centers makes Florida Motor Lines and Greyhound most convenient for business trips. No parking worries. no tired-out feel- ing from driving and with fares '/, the cost of driving you can save money on every trip. For pleasure—go one scenic route and re turn another...stop over wher- ever you wish...@njoy Florida's fine highways at their hast. You seq JACKSONVILLE © TAMPA OCALA 5S ¥ 685 ST. PETERSBURG $7.35 7.25 re and have more fun for less. MIAMI $3.00 Wo PALM /BEAGH 3.90 ORLANDO 6.20 " BOK TOWER 6.05 ‘Stilt terther savings on Round Trips BUS STATION Cor. Southards and Bahama Sts. PHONE 242 [ORIDA MOTOR|INES “Clauijud’3 FRANCHISE OPEN FRANCHISE OPE) Key West and vicinity. Own and operate high-type 5c coin-operated “Eat-’Em-Hot” nut vending machine. Low cost, long prof- its assured. Write P.O. Box 292, Vero Beach, Florida. marll-1t WANTED DESIRE TO RENT furnished cot- tage or bungalow in or near Key West month of April. Ref- erences; small family. Write K. Q. Lewis, Box 507, Poplar Bluff, Mo. mar7-4tx WANTED—A chance to bid on your next printing order. 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