The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 5, 1941, Page 2

= PAGE TWO "She hry ‘est Ctlizes Publisted! Daily L. P. ARTMAN, Prexident sind Publisher JOE ALL Business Manager From The Citizen Buuding Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Lntered-at Key W Florida, Meniber of the Ansociated Press Press is excl Diication of all news di ctherw }lews published here, * 3 FNS BSCRIPTION RATES me Year ix Months Three Months ong Menth . weekly . ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application, : SPECIAL NOTIC All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of fespect, obituary notices, ete, v i] be charged for at the rate o/ 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainment by churches from which revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen 1s an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but jt will not publish anonyreous communi- cations IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN .%ome so-called business men think they are smart by being short-sighted. Water and Sewerage. More! Hotéls: and Apartments. Beach ‘and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation «of County and City Gov- crnments. A Modern City Hospital. You can tell how much we think of human life in Florida by the complacent attitude that we adopt toward. highway casualties. Bite tert heey a Bi, ea eee r,7t Tt is not necessary to use © big when you advertise in The Citizen. few lines will be read. You read didn’t you? space Just a tet ete This defense business becomes real when the average citizen has to open the family wallet to keep the wheels of indus- try turning. - A friend once said of Winston Churchill: “Mr. Churchil’s tastes are very simple ; he is easily contented with the best of everything.” Children are not the only human be- | ings who goin for this “let's thing. Some of the so-called great on “front.” pretend” leaders are We take cff our hats to Cates and Sterling, two Key West products, who are giving a good account of themselves with the DeLand Hatters, The Citizen has toe make its w from a finaneial pointof view, but otherwise it is desirous to do“anything that it can to pro- mote the welfare of thissection, Derby/ahil bii#@hoiee is Market Wise. The hunch is that being market wise at the present time is bound to be in the money. Obviously, anyone who is so incautious to stick out his head in favor of peace will be smeared. This Administration is noted for its name calling. Charging those who eppose v being Vanlandighams is gross injustice since that individual op- posed the government while it was at war, which is treasonable. As } war, or are we? r as et we are not at When the proposition was by Herbert Hoover that we feed the. con- quered nations in Europe, this column strenuously opposed the apparently hu menitarian d first made t Reose fh our of our own to feed, and Presi velt has often spoken of the ill cwn country. In substantia day Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, United States minister to Norway, and 28 ether educational, c'ub and theatrical activities went on record that fet women prominent in enly to see others shattered by bembs made by the very workmen who are the Yett pen letter strengthened by the food s from United States,” they sts ~ ~hathe women of America, ed in an cond class matter s credited to | redited in this paper and also r ¥ this, | “This is written before the Kentucky | rn, because we had millions the other former t the food bockade be maintained . “We ren from henger German YOUNG MEN ALSO EAT Since Key West still has not been | ealled upon for its first selective service sol- | dier, perhaps we are making a commotion | about what remains, at least for this city, a hypothetical question. | Nevertheless, the tendency of em- | ployers to deny work to men whom they consider likely to be called into service, ought to be checked. The sales talk at the time of the selec- tive service beginnings, if you will remem- ber, stressed the idea that young men in the THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Man on Foot Should Use His Head, Figures Show army would get a\year of; healthful train | ing, then return to their old jobs. ,On the face pf. it, --any attempt. to | coerce employers into restoring their ex- | employes to work is impossible, since in | many cases the jobs will no longer be there when they return. there, the disruption which would be caused by discharging men who had taken the | place of the selectees would be terrible. The attitude of employers in turning ! down men who may be drawn into the service, while understandable, hardly | seems to constitute a fair basis on which | te start the teamwork which this country | must develop to make its defense effort a / suecess. If everyone, both in the army and likely to get in it, is going to be pushed into the nation’s economic dog house, the young men in the army, and likely to get in it, may be forgiver for wondering. whatythey are | ‘training to'defend,. oT at ; Obviously, the employer feels that it is: a waste of time to train a man who may be / called into the army at any time. He doesn’t | want to disrupt his business by frequent changes. The man taking that attitude might consider, however, that it is possible the | selectee doesn’t want to be disrupted, | either. It is wholly possible that many of | | the selectees are laboring under the impres- sion that if their lives are to be shuffled | about for them, business operators can stand a little disruption, too. | The young man who is likely to be | called into the army ought to have his | chance to make a living until the call comes. | CONQUERED NATIONS | In spite of the tremendous military suc- ! cesses achieved by Germany in Europe, it is pertinent to consider whether the Nazis are | spreading themselves out too thin, with the | possible result that they may have great dif- | ficulties in keeping the conquered countries | under subjection’ indefinitely. i Besides the enormousnumber of men | required for active service in Germany’s | armed forces; both on the fighting fronts and cn the borders which might be subject to at- | tack, such asthe Russian frontier, great | bodies of troops are required to hold the oc- | cupied countries submissive to the German | regime. 2 There is not a single nation which has | beer. brought under Hitler's rule since the | war began that would not revolt if there | were any possible chance of driving the | Germans out. A’s it is, while open resist- ance is too dangerous, there are many re- | liable reports of sabotage and under-cover opposition to the Naais: "The mass of the people of | Czech- oslovakia, Poland, Belgium, Holland, Den- mark, Norway, Franee, Yugoslavia, and a | majority of those“of Rumania, - Bulgaria, and even Italy, hate Hitler and all his works. Although they are powerless now, these great populations may some day find a way to obtain revenge for their virtual enslavement. Whether this shall come about in the near or distant future will depend largely on the survival of Britain, and Britain can survive only through aid from the United States in a measure immensely greater than anything now in sight. If the people of the world who oppose Hitler could by some means be enabled to rise against him, he would not last long. Unfortunately, most of them are, helpless, while the rest, like those of America, seem to lack the will and determination to fight to retain their freedom. WEYGAND WILL FIGHT This is interestirg, in view of reports that the Nazis may have plans that include the occupation of French territory in Africa. If Gen. Weygand makes good his statement, in such an event, it is likely that Hitler will think twice before adding to his active foes. General Maxime Weygand, com- mander of Freneh forces in North Africa, seys that the war has entered a “grave phase,” but insists that he is determined © defend his territory against any inws4er. Even if the jobs were | That human error plays. a dom- inant role in the nation’s pedes- trian death record is clearly shown in an analysis released in “Here Today—,” the eleventh annual highway safety booklet published by The Travelers In- surance Company. Of 12,500 pedestrians killed last year, 3,950 or 31.6 per cent met disaster while carelessly crossing in the middle of the block, In contrast, only 190 or 1.5. per cent were killed while crossing correctly on the proper signal. at intersections. Other leading causes of fatali- ties, according to the’ analysis, were: walking on rural high- ways, crossing at intersections where there were no signals, : ear Bamps from be- tween parked cars and crossing against the signal, HIS) DEVELOPMENT 1S PERFECT — FROM Admitting that motorists. are at fault in many accidents in- volving walkers, the booklet nevertheless blames pedestrians for most of their misfortunes in traffic. “Too many walkers,” it asserts, “cling to the out-dated idea that they can use the streets. when. and how they please, dis- regarding the fact that this atti-. | tude causes their ranks’ to be thinned by many thousands every year.” NATURE NOTES By J. C. GALLOWAY (Reprinted From Port Allegany (Pa:) Reporter) Coritinued from Preceding Installment) | “If this road goes on”, we told our friends, “it is certain to con- inect with the paved road to Nd Name Key. There would be gas there”. Strange, that in this un- known wilderness it should: be we who were giving road informa- jtion. “But we do not know if there are any bridges out. We should enter a prairie soon”. And we did. There were no bridges. There was an abandoned ranch house on our left; soon we saw a gleam of water on the right under the cocoanut palms and a iwhite house or two therev We |passed between, going by anothcr |abandoned home on the way, and lcame to the paved road. We |spun along it toward No Name, jover grassy plains with clumps jof shrubbery. There were red- |water ditches beside the road, | with mosquito-fish (no unemploy- 'ment with them) and we saw | foot-long snappers under a man- | grove. | pee es © | Rising to the bridge, all the | world was changed. We had been in heat and sweat and stinging mosquitoes; here was a sunny sky with snowy clouds;. with \clear and shining waters far and jwide on either side, a sweet cool jbreeze, and no insect pests; |perfect comfort. Here we would jreturn for lunch—and fishing. ‘But first through No Name's |jungles of silver palms and’ nine- jfoot lacy ferns to the inn and jcamp for gas. “Why this is ‘where we once took the ferry”, \said’ the Dahles, speaking of the time when the Overseas Highway | was. only partly finished. Here is ithe inn; many cottages on clean \swent sand yards: docks and \fishing laupches. The g*s pump |next the shore; along line of hose’ running from it to the end jof the docks to serve the boats. Our car was supplied from a five gallon can, filled from the far ‘end of the hose. We bought a couple of young crawfish, big as western ears of corn, for bait. Halfway to the bridge we stop- |ped to die some roots of the ea- gle ferns that made great mounds six to nine feet tall; then on, parking st the middle of the bridge. for there is little traffic here. The laides got the lurch ready. we the tackle, Kev West hatidlines. We fished with the sandwiches leii on the bridge rail “What do vou catch?” asked a passing car. “Nothine yet? just’ came”. By and by, Mr. Dahle brovght yo a vellow grunt, as an- other car came aldn@ ‘They vat near ours and got out their rods. Soon the man brought up a@’silvery fish. “It'S a porgy”. saié a Conch who Rapoened to he passing. We went to see it. “Grass vorgy, isn't it?” “We don't know. They are all porevs here: notiedy here knows the right nares of the different kinds”. “That porey makes good Jew fish bait: vou might catch one right here”, the Conch had said to the others; and up came the back of the car. and out came a jcoill of rope lie a clothesline with a hook that would hold sev- leral- hundred pounds “That right? I missed the backbone”, he said, putting: the hook, through icans will be glad to know of the! (crosswise, the point sticking out, “Yes, anyway will do; it would take the whole thing anyway”. So the outfit was lowered from the bridge and tied, and they went back to their rods and reels. We caught nothing, though we ment, with us, for Mr. Dahle brought up a small brilliant fish, which ber back on the way up. isn’t is a porgy new to us, that will Have to go to Dr. Fowler for identification, as we find nothing! erican citizens to know how proud'| FIRMING ALL OF Two days! we Americans are over here of |! in®our books like it. later the Lees, fishing on the same bridge, caught a, soapfis! new to everyone who has seen it. Beautiful sky, and beautiful. sea, and a perfect air; time did not seem to matter. But it did matter, and here it was mid-aft- errtoon, 40 miles or so to go, and Mr. Dahle had a talk on semi- precious stones to give after a men’s supper that evening. So over the bridge with the grassy shoals near its end; past the red water ditches? and out to the main highway and down the chain of keys, alds alternating with pearls. Once we stopped to see a colony of pelicans resting after anchovy or “sardine” fishing; an interesting sight. The large white terns were with them, on the shoals off shore. On to the boulevard and home. We had had our day on Big Pine Key: it will ever main a day rich with memories. | Auto-Suggestions SRE PLOT Ted the Tire is all that stands between you and the road. He’s a | pretty’ tough feHow but in spite of his strength and durability, he has to have good care. He doesn’t like to Jet ‘you down suddenly and warns against driv- ing at speeds where fatal acci- dents may result from his sud- den deflation. Ted can honestly Say that it’s not his fault when an accident occurs asthe result of his misuse. If he receives the Proper care and is watched, no driver can blame him for an accident. Sometimes he may pick up a nail or sliver of glass and the only protection against such am occurrence is to drive at speeds where the car will sot be out of control. Ted, quoting figures gathered by The Travelers Insurance Company, says thet | Inmt gear there were 8.760 faci and nen-fatal accidents caused by punctures or blowouts. ibe to The Citizen, We werkiy But after all, luck was} ~PEOPLE’S FORUM ‘The Citizen welcomes expres- sions of the views of its read- erx, but the editor reserves the to delete any items letters te 300 words, and write on one side of the paper only. Signature of the writers must accompany the letters: amd: will be published unless requested } otherwine. | APPRECIATE HELP | Editor, The Citizen: | The American. Trailer Ambu- ilance Committee, would be very |grateful if you would, through {the columns of your valuable !Paper allow us to express our | gratitude to all generous. donors |who in response to our letter of ; August the 8, 1940, so generously ‘responded and have enabled us to }give one hundred trailer ambu- jlances to many villages and or- ‘ ganizations. | Our thanks are also due to the ! American press, for giving us this | publicity, and to many editors for |their invaluable cocperations. T. !R. Hutton, editor of the Bing- ‘hampton Press, New York State, | by the appeal made in his journal, | secured the valuable help: of an energetic committee under the chairmanship of George L. Hin- man, and raised ‘amounting to twenty-nine trailer ambulances, and this has been a | remarkable donation. Other editors as far apart as Juneau, Alaska; Olean, New Pork; Laredo, Texas; and Wilson, {North Carolina; with ‘others, have given trailer ambu-+ jlances: The kindness of an editor ,in Hawaii secured the aid of the | William Allen White Committee Hawaiian Chapter who have do- |nated thirteen trailer ambulances, ‘and many given by private citi- | zens have made this splendid re- | sult. | I feel sure that many Amer- many letters of deep appreciation which our committee has re- | ceived, expressed to our commit- tee by the recipients. The mayor of Blyth, North- cumberland, writes: | “Ambulances are very much jmeeded, and the provision of the | trailer ambulance by the Misses 'Gilmere will be greatly appre- ciated by the inhabitants, and I |them our warmest thanks for their generosity. Such valuable j assistance by our friends in Am- jerica is very encouraging, and it cracies.” | Our committee wishes all Am- \the help so generously given to aid the suffering in this country. Yours very truly, | AMY LEA PEARL, | Chairman. “New York, N. Y., April 28, 1941. j ilps | “THY KINGDOM COME...” Editor, The Citizen: There seems to be an agree- ment upon one thing by many whose thoughts run in very dif- ferent channels otherwise. This is, that we are end of an era, or a system, or in- a chain of ‘emer- ternational relations as we have election known them. Few seem to expect a return to ‘normaley”; to the conditions we enjoyed a few years ago. Hitler has his opinion as to what that future condition shail be; Lindbergh, Hoover; Willkie and Roosevelt all have very ¢arn- re: est, divergent and doubtless'very | ou sincere ideas as to how they would shape the future; but, only in one place do I find a definite plan laid down, with definite surances that conformity to it w insure peace and prosperity for a 4 nation; and that non-conformity to it will certainly result in na tional disaster. There is little profit in talking about a domineering God who punishes disobedient children with brutal! ferocity. That is only’ fear-inspired devil worship. We, may choose to ignore the law of gravity. and the result will be cer- tain. the moral law and be sure that will pay for it with moral degra- ‘dation. It is our privilege. as a ‘ nation, "te tout the law of eco- nomics and our certain fate, as a) iu to pay for that exercise of cur will be economic dis- tress. Amen all the millions who have prayed “Thy Kingdom come: Thy will be done on earth, even as it is in Heaven,” I wonder if anvone in Key West has dared to believe that this prayer might be answered in his time. end who. if he can visualize the awful con- i ‘curement donations | many | We may choose to ignore | VAC? IN pe CNRESERVE. FORCE Lieut. S. B. Lee, U.S.N., pro- officer, states that’ there are at present a number of vacancies in the Communication Volunteer Naval Reserve Force, ‘particularly for young men be- tween the ages of 20 and 35 ‘years, who are holders of a scien- , tifie degree from a’ recognized: in- stitution. Lieut. Lee states that. blank application forms for comimis- :sion will be mailed to interested (candidates... by... communieating (With the procurement office, P.O. ‘Box 3700, Miami, Fla: | WHO KNOWS? | | 1. What is the population of jareas brought. under German control by Hitler? 2. Can American ships carry war supplies to belligerent na- tions? 3. How does the size of the U.S. Army now compare with a ‘year ago? 4 How muth does the govern- ment seek to raise by taxes next jyear? 5. What part of Canada’s: trade ‘is with the United States? | 6. Who coined tl hrase, “To. Ne P °: Hoss C: Sawyer, Clerk of the victor belongs the spoils”? 7. What do Germian soldiers: euit Court and ex ‘mean when they shout, “Sieg the Heil”? American Red: Cross? 9. at |South America? 10. What is a herpetologist? CHAMPION GRANDFATHER? | See “The Answets” on Page 4 <a eeee ae mee e 8. Who is the president of the Hollywood actor ib _ now ona good-will’ mission to first publication of MONDAY, MAY 5, 1941 eee fe | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIS- |SIONERS OF MONROE COUN- |TY, FLORIDA, IN SESSION DULY ASSEMBLED: Section 1. That the Clerk of \this Board be, and he is hereby, \authorized and directed to forth- |with publish notices of the pro- posed sale of the following de- iscribed bonds of the County of | Monroe, State of Florida: | Date of Issue: January 1, 1941. Designation of Bond Issue: ‘COUNTY AIRPORT BONDS. ‘Amount of« Bond Issue: $40,- - 000,00. | Section 2: That said notice of isale shall be in substantially the form set forth below, and shall be | published once a week for four (4) |consecutive weeks in a newspaper |pubished in Monroe County, Flor- jida, the date of first publica’ i thereof being set forth in the pre- 'scribed form of notice, to-wit: NOTICE OF BOND SALE j Covering 5 $40,000.00 COUNTY AIRPORT BONDS of _ MONROE COUNTY, FEORIDA Notice is hereby given that the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, will receive sealed bids for the pur- chase of $40,000.00 County “Air- port Bonds of said County, ‘January 1, 1941, at the officio Clerk of © Board of County ers of Monroe \the Court:Hotise at Florida, on or. before tion of thirty (30) ae greet the date of the first pu! hereof being April 14, 1941 ‘bonds are in coupon form, jthe denomination. of $1,000.00 | each, bear interest at the rate of COLORADO SPRINGS, Col:—|8ix per cent. (6%) per |T. R. Fowler, 84, believes he’ is! Payable |the champion grandfather of the} ination and calls for ehallengers | semi-annually on first days of January and Ji each year, and the |to his record. He has’ 82 direct: descendants: twelve children, fif- | " |ty-two grandchildren, and eigh- teen great-grandchildren. possibility so remote that it is not worth talking about? |. I would not know; I am not a re- \ligious leader. Not even reli- | gious. | Key Wrst, Florida, | May 5, 1941. changed to silvery with an ame | will greatly strengthen our de- L E G AL s. 3 It termination to pursue the war to! —— i.uked like a short pigfish, but{!a successful issue for the benefit | ; it has different teeth, and/of all free peoples and demo~) m1 ‘ A BILE TOBE ENTITLED: HUNG s4000000, MON Ow 40. 1.00, oO COUNTY, FLORIDA COUNTY - |PORT BONDS, DATED JANUARY 1, 1941, AND VALIDA’ AND CO! B PROCEED- NGS OF THE BOARD OF COU OMMISSIONERS OF — MONROE YUNTY, PLORIDA HAD AND ‘TAKEN IN CONNECTION WYTH |THE CALLING ANY HOLDING OF |AN ELECTION — AUTHORIZING |THE SAME, AND THE CANVASS ING AND CBRTIPYING OF THE RESULTS THERRBOF, AND IN CON~ NECTION WITH: THE SALE, 18- SUANCE AND DELIVERY OF SAID | BONDS, AND. REPLYS Gale eS RONDS AND PROVIDE FOR: \PAYMENT OF THE PRINCIPAL, A INTEREST THEREOF BY TAXATION, RE IT ENACTED BY THE DNGIS~ LATURE OF THE STATE OP FLORIDA: Seetion 1, That all wets arid pros of the Board of County Florida, in ordering, jee of, holding and cosdueting a special in said County, at witich election a majority of the freehold~ lors, who were qualified electo entitled te yote at #u i. proved and adopted the proposition for the ismuance of $40,000.00 of | Monroe County, Plorida, County, Air- port Bonds, dated Janwary 1. 1941. each in the denomination of One Thousand ($1,000.06) Dolla) bearing interest xt atx per ner cent) per es from = thereof until an evidenced by stuched te ect of said said bonds being numbered conserutively from one (1) to forty (40), inclusive, and maturing Eight Thousand ($8000.00) Detter on the day of January tn each of the . inckusive, be and approaching the! bonds, ed and con Section 2 cedings of the Board commissioners of a ortda, subsequent to said election, relative to the eam ot the Fr turns and determination of the r jauite thereof, and relative to the ixtuatice, notice of sale, and sate of | said honda, be and the same are her: Uy legaiiied, validated sad can- Section 3. That sail bona, wirer duly executed in the form prescribed in the resolution of the Board of County Commissioners of Montes County, authorizing their teeuance. and when sold, delivered and peid for, shail constitute valid, binding, direct and # obligations of maid Monroe County. Section 4. That that certain walt. dating dueree under date of April i2, 1941. in validation procesdiag® pepied “pt: Pett thainer, 4d. at all actw and pro- ot County Cowaty. eult Court a! Crest of Cai in vulsions attendent upen such a sre change, hes not cherished the pious hove that no such wreck- age cf his we~ of Living would oc- cur until hc as svfely dead and buried. Certainly the religious leaders of the community seem iy: seltew reluctant to discuss such # pows- sbility, Or do-they regard it as a 8} iyears inclusive. eS Each bid’ shall be for the entire issue and: shall be enelosed in. sealed envelope marked ‘outside “Proposal port. Bonds”, and { by a Cashier’s or | STEPHEN ‘HRAN a had one on the way for a mo-!hope you will be able to einey Ce ce INGLE or imay be awarded AtR- the non-performance of the terms of his bid. | Bonds offered be subject to de! {now pending under | Florida statutes. | The said / missioners | May, their | i 1 t | j NOTICR PO CONTRACTORS OFFICE OF THE STATE ROAD | DEPASEM ENP ; CON te tors until 10° ithe 6th day construction ‘wlar Federal A Jeet: s. her. # aah, ‘Sveratinie ‘0. 3) ig [No. 4-A, Monroe County, het Bix Pine Key and Ramrod Ker Work to consiet of four conerete and steel I-beam spam with approach sabe. net at project in 6604 Wncbesit i erty ts Se A A ma pa, hd Vntan of the State Road rts ith the mentary | company project be aah. Sates, gowns bidders wiit | ponited. | AW work to be done in with the Plana, Special Provisions of the " Departntent. attention called to Special Provisions whi ead ibe furnished with each | pommel. to mea a traet tee per 3 { _ Fe Rage be 6 bee "pin comteaet