The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 23, 1941, Page 2

FAGL TWO The Key Wrest Citizen Published Daily ! LP. ARTMAN ALL ens Manager From The Citizen Buading nd Ann Streets Menitier of she Amxociated Press The Assousred Press is exclusively entitled to. use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not etherw.se credited in this paper and also the Ifeal news published here. me Year ix Mowths Three Months One Month $10.00 5.00 G RATES “Made known on application SPECIAL NOTIC “AN redding notices, cards ef thanks, resolutions of f¥spect, obitiary notices, etc., v il be charged for at the rate o. 10 cents a line. s for entertainment by charches from which ue ts to be derived are 6 cents a line. The Citizen 1s an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general fhterest Wut it will not publish anonyreous communi- Noti re IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST -). ) ApvetareD BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation .f County and City Gov- ernments, A Modern City Hospital. The fellow “who named it the bone” had a funny sense of humor. “funny The Communist clamors for justice to himself while denying it to others. Live so each day that you may read your daily paper without trepidation. Nobody objects to a tax unless he hap- pens to be among those who have to pay it. The word “pants” is an uncommon noun, singular at the top and plural at the bottom. This is the time for all good men, as well as the bad, to come to the aid of their country, There are tities: ‘Which kill off their old and we call it savagery; how young! Maybe the workers of the world will go on a strike against Hitler to regain the | liberties that they may lose against rearmament. by — striking ow that Japan has a pact with Rus- sia we will see what Tokyo wants in the Pacific. Its to her best interest to want nothing, if we should be asked, ' The cinema world will await with bated breath the progress of the Deanna Durbin-Vaughr Paul matrimonial alliance. Will it go on the rocks according to the tra- dition of the stage and screen! Distribution of wealth is good so long as it remains sound. Howeve of raw material are fixed and higher taxes and increased wages continue there will be smali or no profits for the investor, of which This be and f the prices there are 9 millions in this country in turn will reduce funds which would invested in new corporate enterprises of the investor, volume hurt who and the employe, who will reduce the Such a system will furnishes the money, produces the labor; but the so-called eco- nomic royalists, at whom the scheme is med, It's a poor rule t will continue to draw their salaries won't work both ways How many people know t the doc- 1 board °? This takes every part of v erve » local draft give their s free much of the time of doctors in the country. It has been grante¢ ly, with no thought men who are being taken for ervices absolutely 1 generous- of reward defense have the satisfaction they are receiving the be nations of any army rer How striking is t ttitude world tween the a of t this invaluable service, those crafts and trades ed the defense program and jarisdictional disputes ‘and tuck and sporting a festive array | dividual little ballads of hate much | more savage the Germans who kill of their | | as 1569, and in 1612 one we | means of lotteries. employment. + THE LEGION’S COMING Key West, decked out in her best bib of flags and colored lights, this afternoon is welcoming the advance guard of the army oi American Legionnaires who will make | this their home for the next four days. The legion, formed from the ranks of the greatest army this country ever has as- sembled, had its start in the battle for democracy and freedom and it is still fight- ing the same battle. With the threat of sabotage and ternal disruption hanging over the nation’s cat war effort and with followe of Europe’s three dictators singing their in- every street corner, the freedom-supporting Am- erican Legion today is doing a job which, in its way, is as important as the job which brought them together. West during the next four days will hear a great deal about what the legion is doing and will do to protect our institu- tions and nationa) welfare Most of the emphasis in conversation about the legionnaires and their conven- tion is placed on the festive part of the pro- gram. Other conventions where the» ex- soldiers have gotten. together show that their festivities are put togeher on a large scale and the interest of Key Westers in that feature is natural. More important, however, tion of what the powerful forces in- on is the ques- of the ‘legion are thinking of national defense, of strikes, of the war in Europe and of the many other problems that are pressing this country for answers. The men who are beginning to pour into Key West today represent, individually, ja cheerful cross-section of middle-aged Am- erican manhood. Collectively, they repre- sent one of the most powerful forces | against internal disruption in the state and in the nation. Key West will enjoy the legion. We | hope the legion will enjoy Key West. NATIONAL LOTTERIES The suggestion has been made from time to time that it might be well to estab- lish a national lottery, the profits to go to- ward the payment of the public debt. While there is no probability that such a scheme will ever be adopted in the United States in the future, it would not be with- out precedent. Lotteries were employed as aids to government financing in’ most of the coun- tries of Europe from about the beginning of the 17th century. In England __ lotteries were sanctioned by the government as early established in aid of the struggling Virginia colony. Fanueil Hall in Boston, the ‘cradle of liberty,” was rebuilt by lottery aid before the Revolution. At least four different lot- teries were conducted for the benefit of Harvard College in the early days. Funds for prosecuting the Revolution were raised to a considerable extent by In 1779 Massachusetts received a rake-off of more than $40,000 from a state lottery. In 1798, funds for the establishment of the nation’s capital -in Washington were aided by the same means. These are only a few instances of the employment of lotteries in aid of commer- | cial, educational, charitable and other pur- In fact, enacted poses during our national history. it was not until 1890 that Congres: any law forbidding the use of mails to lot- tery enterprises, “FEARFUL OF WAR” We see that a prominent religious leader “‘is fearful of war.” The American people, we believe, are also fearful of war, but not because of any suspicion that their own government anxious to become embroiled in a conflict. We know that the danger of war to this country originates in the policies which are followed by Germany, Italy and Japan. There are some Americans who seek i the is idea that “secret manoeuvres behind the scenes of Governme awing us nearer and nearer to war reason, they do n that secret manoeuvres ard Italy draw us to war are For ome strange not express nearer and we are unable to understand ism of an individual who is ning that the United States in some kind of enterprise to get especially when the his denunciation h menaces the civ’ peoples THE KEY WEST CITIZEN “PEOPLE'S FORUM © Citizen welcomes expres- the views of its read- itor reserves the Millerivine. “WAR IS AT HAND” Editor, The Citizen No one need have that war can discern a You of pessimism is not. imminent. note in the reports ot commentators. We have d concepts of democracy, into new fields of unknown quantity. The ciaft was the first from European’ Demecracies and totali- even now our arted from the old leaf waa nations. avery home can louk Gown Upon its son and real that lad will be in time I feel discredited sausfied. Is a in the Navy present Navy is severely and apparently term oi enlisument x4 Maine’ Corr var ii ule’ Drait Army? Navy service is not recognized. At ivast the late: Gfartees will have the benefit of earlier errors. America refused to give a t to its ‘Democratic doctrines when its feaders emphatically refused -to offer the youth in the nation the voluntary enlistment. We tnink of Democracy as free- dom not regimentation and great military camps. Can we view it that way now? Congiess even refused to put teeth into the draft bill by com- pelling employers to give em- ployes their jobs back. Does the boy today feel like the disillu- sioned youth who went with the A.EF. to return and face unem- ployment? If we commit national suicide we have ourselves to blame. Ef- forts to build a competent land sea and air force were denicd by men who refused to appropria’ a few million for this purpose- but now billions are a mere noth- ing. We pray, for a British victory— but we must tell our people bluntly what this is’ going to mean. Soon we ‘will be using convoys protect “Aid to Britain”— we waited until our ally to {wes almost destroyed. Labor has showed its utter lack of patriotism by waiting until we were in the midst of national de- fense to strike. Not until public opinion w did the government action. Why not have a_ strong and capable man as Secretary of La- bor? We need such a_ person now. If war comcs will we be pre- pared? During the years of po- litical bickering when our de- take drastic little doubt > comparable to ¢ at the breaking point « KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings On This Date Ten Years Ago As Taken From Files Of The Citizen West Re their otraians ,tod iy re* {'pro- burt corde protest ‘aga ed abolition of juvenite* nd completed plans for a ung- tne boys forty have i drop ithough voting to usual program, in which for plan vertain them throug Tae vote against of the court followed an address by William R. Warren, who support ed the court and asked for its re tention. over cperation of a day, Rotaria ned a lengthy prog h the abolition ont from the old luughtcrhousy to the picnic tece is t ed into a bath beach under an improvement pré gram that will include a casino, houses and a banistered con- pier open air dances. nuel Au who is ing the development, recently quired’a three-year lease to-'th preperty for ier, Commencement exercises at. St Joseph’s high school aurtacted a last nieht to San Cer- whcre the graduation am was held. salutary address was de- livered by L. Polycarp Artman, Jr.. followed by the class song. Students who graduated were Ar “1 Kugene B. Buckley. Al- fred J. Dion, Jr., John J. Haskins fense was neglected did we weak- en ourselves internally? Before God—let every Ameri lan who is fortunate enough to return, let him demand that De- mocracy have more courage than it did‘ 20 vears when it shamefully deserted the Peace Court and vetoed the sacrifice of pe, cur American boys and 20 billion dollars. Europeans dub us plain suckers plain gullible—when we see some things we. wonder if he is not far from wrong. We dedicate our lives to the defense, of our. country, but pr God while we are so doing’ ou Democ' in itself, Y find them: thoce of lave fre exte) rnally y the people not alves little better than total ‘ian s. We jom and those w! ho seek and internally to de- this our most cherished gift will find they have awakened the spirit of our anc We dedicate cur liv » Amer ica and to its symbol of freedom it must live in our hearts for- ever. ALBERT G Washington, D. C., April 17, 1941 ROBERTS. Chii: ~ shark promi. 3 ‘of Koy’ West acy is not destroyed with- “Antonio M. Lopez and Maxwell, M. Russell. Gold medals were pr Lopez for the hi, Artman for Engl to Russeil for excc mercial subjects ar ited to to excellence, average, ilenee in cm With a éafgb 67850 fish of about 65 different wemeaties, the Shedd aquarium car, N ius of Chi cugé will Teave Saturday or Monday for Mu a large will be to the c vhere D thee tion Williary been direc the fc Miami to preparc Brun for the trip - north still may get a place -organizd Florida but Rogelio Gomez, ports follo d fron y West newly league Miami, the he trip d that them teams in ing to make impossible for a trip. it would be to mé so long editorial on for Sena- t fajlure to asure’ ‘which would reduce the number of Key West city councilman ‘from! seven to fi nd provide for etéction of the mayor by council, instead of by the people, it is to be hoped that he will not allow the present sion to end without having this bill pe “Five sent the ssed. councilmen could repre- equally as well as seven. There point, there- fore, in having bigeer, more widely councilmanic body when a small, compact one would meet every need”. is no Will Huston, was appointed grand organ the state a recent annual s : convention of the Order of East- ern Star in d to Mrs. Huts for the O.E. her a take charge of musical at the state meets. Mrs. who district. she features f -rmerlv of Key has won the. state writing contest cf Quill and roll, journa a v of Des Moines, Ia: in competition with the work of 10,000 students at 8,000 sche Morrow Currv ad “Key West's Outstanding” LA CONCHA HOTEL Beautiful—Air-Conditioned Rainbow Room and Cocktail Lounge DINING and DANCING Strictly Fireproof Garage OPEN THE YEAR AROUND NE SOUR NOTE... but it’s a great orchestra nevertheless Even a great orchestra will make a musical mistake once in a while. out of the thousands of decent, law-abiding beer retailers in once in a while... 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