The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 4, 1941, Page 2

PAGE TWO | Shee Key West Citizen | | The certain heath which will send \ | more than 10,000 cancer victims in the | United States to their graves before this month is over lends emphasis to the act of congress which has designated April, Can- | cer Control] month. Spotlighted by the work of the Wo- men’s Field Army of the American Society | for the Control of Qancer, the most fear- some ofman’s diseases this month is com- ing in for wide publicity throughout the nation. Cancer, killer of 150,000 men and wo- men every year in the United States, de- $10.00 | Serves its description by the women’s army 250 as “one of the greatest, perhaps the great- _ | est natural hazard of living.” The descrip- tion is borne out by the fact that of the 36,- 000,000 persons now alive over 40, at least one out of every eight will sometime de- velop cancer, | The tragic figures in the war against | cancer, however, are not the fact that so ee ha Aativedark © eautew line. many people are dead and will die from the The C.tizen is an open forum and invites discus- | disease. The real tragedy is in the’ fact | PF public issues and subjects of local or general | that instead of the one out of seven who are t but it will not publish anonymous communi- | now being cured, doctors could cure from one third to one half of the victims, if only } the sick persons would go to them, and go quickly. Apathy, ignorance, blind fear and pathetic faith in the remedies of quacks are the killers that ride beside cancer. s ist them that the women’s army has been fighting since its establish- ment in 1936, and it was to help warn the people of the United States against them that congress designated the Cancer Con- trol month, Not every dead-beat is a pauper; some | ome ae of the fighters of them are well-to-do es | cancer is simple: ees ‘ Watch for constant irritations, for sores that don’t heal and for warts or moles | that suddenly change in size or rate of. growth. Get a physical examination once | a year at least, and twice a year if you are Tere ae above 40. And if you think you have can- Hitler will go down in history as the | cer, go to a doctor. most dangerous man who ever meddled | Surgery, X-ray ard radium, alone or in with the government of man. | combination and in the hands of experts, will cure cencer. There is no other known cure. CANCER CONTROL MONTH LP. A Jor AL Buxiness From Citizen Buiding Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe sxadrie t, Florida, as second class matter the Associated Press d Press is exclusively entitled to use ation of all news dispatches credited to ctherw.se credited in this paper and also fla) news published here. 110N RATES me Year dix Months Whree Months rds of thanks, resolutions:of bituary notices, etc. ¥ il be charged for at ine. * for entertainment by churches from which ir cations IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion: and Sea. f County and City Gov- Water and Sewerage. —Land ation | crnments. A Modern Cit) Hospital. a against It is surprising what cowardly argu- ments apparently decent men will use to dodge their just debts. A public official who refuses to accept | graft may not have the extras when he quits offige, but he will have a clear conscience | and the respect of the community, and ! that’s better than ill-gotten riches. | HOLIDAYS ON MONDAY There is a movemen: on foot to bring | about the celebration of all | Monday, so as to provide more three-day The art of politics seems to be the} vacation periods, such as are now enjoyed practice of saying two things at the same | in connection with Labor Day, which al- time without meaning either one of them. | ways falls on a Monday. It is an art the politicians have developed to Several of our holidays are now ob- a high.degree. Maybe necessity is the | served on Monday when the calendar date mother of their “double entente.” falls on Sunday, and there seems no good rr | reason why the others might not be similar- Sidney Hillman, OPM defense direc- | ly celebrated on the Monday nearest to tor, spent his vacation at the Boca Chica i their calendar date. fishing camp on the outskirts of Key West | After all, such an arrangement would and not at Miami as Lowell Thomas stated | do little violation to sentiment, as no holi- over the radio. For sunshine, rest and rec- | day or anniversary is ever observed exactly reation the Island City has no peer. | on time, owing to the imperfection of the : " | calendar year. The true or astronomical Ancient Greek civilization may be lost, | year is 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes, 45.51 but. its courage still lives on. Spartan wo- | seconds, being the period of one revolution men were wont to say to their sons going | ofthe earth around the sun. The ordinary to the wars, “Come with the shield or on year of 365 days and the Leap Year of 366 it,” and while that form of warfare is no | days are both incozrect. niore, the equivalent of the injunction is } It would not detract from “Come back victorious or not at all.” cicetoeeiey | other than a usual date, while it would be a I you are over the draft age and want | practical convenience to celebrate all holi- to do something for your country, join the | days on Monday. The significance of Home Guard and learn how to shoot. If} Easter, for example, is not altered by the nothing serious develops during these pip- | fact that it may occur as early as March ing times of apparent peace, the experi- | 22 or as late as April 25. ned will serve your aim in bringing | The change to Monday holidays is ad- game, if y yocated by the travel bureau of the Depart- ment of the Interior and several commer- cial organizations. Anyway, the idea seems worth considering. the sig- sur proclivities lie in According to Nation’s Business a tab- ulation made several months ago revealed the astounding total of 27,749,620 persons the federal include the HELP THE CRIPPLED CHILDREN The Key West Chapter of the Crippled Army or Navy, the national defense Children Society of Florida is making its or the state, city and county em- | appeal to the people of this county for con- That means sweat, toil and hard- | gributions to sustain and enlarge the work or the rest of us. of the organization. Certainly, every adult will seriously consider this opportunity to share in giving new hope to hundreds of unfortunate chil- dren whose pathetic plight fails to move us to more generous gifts merely because we do not come into direct contact with their need. Parents of chidren, who happen to be sound of limb, can express their gratitude by making a contribution to ease the afflic- tion of some less fortunate child. Every adult, who has enjoyed normal physical growth, ought to be glad to have a part in extending assistance to the crippled chil- | dren who face life under great handicaps. now enjoying the bounties of rment. That doesn’t or **Felgium has been underthe thumb of the*Nazis only ten months but in that short time its public debt has increased to an runt in excess of the cost of the four years’ war of 1914-18. Hitler says he con- d the Belgians for their own protec- ut where is the country other than Germany that had any designs on those Protection by the Nazis The smaller nations, them under the heel of Hitler, have ved this all along but what could they in their helpless condition. De- pendence on England was a dud. far quer tion veaceful people? ans enslavement do about it \n | West to fish, holidays on |} | Vino! in your | nificance of a holiday to observe it on a day | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN [KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE. ay | Happenings On This Date Ten ‘| Years Aco As Taken From Files Of The Citizen Chronic fiat feet do not exempt a man from paying occupational taxes in Key West in the opinion of the city judge, city attorney and city council. Peter Salgado, who arrested for operating a market without a license, protested that he was physically unable to work because of his feet. Council de- cided, however, to collect the tax. The Italian steamer Splendor is expected to arrive in port to- night for fuel. She is bound from Monopoli, Italy, to Hous- ton, Tex. Prof. G. E. Everett of the local high School has been named county civilian aide to ‘the sec- retary of war to assit in arous- ing interest here in the civilian military training camps, it was announced today. A Washington bulletin § said Professor Everett would head a committee of Key Westers who will explain details of the train- ing system to aligibls local boys, More than 100 friends day, joined Tlorina Emma. Curry in the celebration of , her, fifth birthday anniversary... Glorina, E gf Mr. and Mrs. C. y Curry, 321 “Peacon ‘Lane, entertained her friends with a jprogram of games at the Ameri- ean. Legion home. PERSONALS — Mrs. Charles Elwood, formerly Miss Etta Gato, on the morning train for of two weeks with rela- -Mrs. Fdna Mitchell and her two sons, who have been visiting in Miami, have returned here. . .Carlos Delgado was a re- turning passenger from Hayana vesterday. . Henry B. Haskins, assistant superintendent of the lighthouse department, left last night enroute to Cedar Keys where he will join the tender Ivy for an inspection tour. The Citizen, praphs, said: in editorial para- ‘Still, after Adm. Charles E,' Riers, susgeon general of the vy, came all the way to Key it was not very hos- pitable of Brother Boyer, who dispenses the local weather, to put on such a stiff blow that fish- ing wasn’t possible. Now, hed it been Secretary. of the Navy had been; vester=) i, § WEATHER BUREAU REPORT. - 7 = Ralph P. (Jewell W. >| | Swofford, chairman of the US.” j2mployes’ Compensation Com- | imission, Washi m, D. C., born’ g3|in Atchison, Kans., 61 years ago. | 43 oe H 78 Louis K. Liggett of Boston, 74, United Drug “head, born in De- | troit, 66 i bc tg R ear ‘York, 0.48 Rochelle Brat Exank'. Bib ‘dean ot! bi University of Iowa’s School ' Journalism, historian of meets Magazines; born Keokok. Co., Iowa, Joma Yeats, ago. ton taken at "T:20 ry oh 1 Mer: Time (city office) Temperatures Highest last 24 hours towest last night Mean See Normal ad ° Precipitation Rainfall, 24° hours “ending 7:30 a. m., inches _ * Total rainfall since April 1, inches Excess 5 inches __ + Total rainfall since Jan. 1 inches Excess. inches . 6.10 Wind Di ection ‘and “Velocity j S—10 miles per hour. | Arth = H ur -J. Sinnot, editor. Belative Humidity ‘chief of the Newark, N. J., News, 87% Barometer at 7:20 a. m.. today born in Newark, $5 years ago. Sea level, 29.86 (1011.2 mlilibars) Tomorow's Almanac Sunrise 6: 14 a. Sunset Moonrise Moonset. ‘Tomorrow’ s Tides (Naval oe 0.02 0.26 since January 7 Admiral U.S.N., presidént of Mackay Ra- “dio, New York, born in Mt. Hope, * Wis., 70 years ago. Congressman Adolph J. Sabath | ;of Chicago, born vakia, 75 years ‘aj High - Low 9: 22 FORECAST (Till, 7:30. p. m., Saturday) Key West and Vicinity: Mostly eloudy,and ‘somewhat unsettled - tonight and Saturday; not much shange, in, temperature; _ mod ate southerly winds. Florida: Mostlv ,cloudy and somewhat .unsettied tonight and Saturday; not much change in temperature. Jacksonville to Flarida Straits: Moderat2 to occasionally fresh southeast t6 southwest winds; ! mostly cloudy weather tonight and Saturday, rain early tonight. East Gulf: Moderate southerly winds, possibly fresh at times, becoming westerly over north portion; partly overcast weather tonight and Saturday, rain over north portion tonight. G. 5. KENNEDY, Official in charge. ' Outstanding” CONCHA’ HOTEL Beautiful—Air- Conditioned. Rainbow Room and Cocktail pests ak. TAC YEAR ARO! Adams, that would hape been a, horse of a different color. . . “Even those who have felt un-/ til now that the tax certificate ‘sales would not produce material results have had occasion to change their minds”. Crowds numbering up to 2,000 persons are expected to be on hand tomorrow morning in Bay- view Park as Key West observes Sunday in a ceremony be- ning at 6 o'clock. SKINNY GIRLS LOOK UNHEALTHY Boy friends don't like that “un- peppy” look. Sd. if you need the Vitamin B Soppies and Iron of jet to improve ap- Petite, to fill out those hollows LEA KEY WEST 10:30 A. M.-| 10 Mondays & Thursdays ; and add lovely curves, get Virol. ORIENTAL PHARMACY” ARCHER'S offers you the chance to buy foods for the week-end at real sav- ings—and you know that HERE’S WHERE YOU GET QUALITY! 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