The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 13, 1941, Page 2

Buuding nd Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County t Key West, F wrida, as second c Member of the Associated Press Assn r republication of all news dis y entitled to use tehes credited to ~he tea Press is exclu it or ctherwise credited in this cal news phblidhéd beret f SUBSCRIPTION RATE Made known on appli aCIAL NOTICE ards of thank ete, ¥ il pd for at 10 cents a line, derived € re 5 cents a line. The Citizen 1s an nue is to be est but it will not publish anonyrous communi- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. More Hotels and’ Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Co idation »f County and City Gov- ~ ernments. | 6 A Modern City Hospital. investment. Why not try it? like the New Deal the New Ordeal. It look will ded supers Registrants under unable to read or write on the basis of fourth grade standards, will be declared un- | --fit for military duty. See what you get for “being educated! Danger, Men at Work! ~'see, particular road work. But with Sen netions! defense work the sign should pread: “Danger, Men NOT at work! on construction The world crisis seems to be worse an we thought. Dr. Robert M. Yerkes, cho-biologist, urges that the nation be- gin the immediate conscription of its psy- | I chological assets to efor the total conflict. prepare This column has lost considerable re- spcet for Wendell Willkie since the election of 1940. To squeeze out of a tight situation by flippantly s honorable and serious-minded folks. The Americar soldier and sailor is bet- “ter fed than at least sixty per cent of the people of this countty and better than any other fighting man:in the world, according after # month of fighting, October 1, 1939. +o Clyde Davis of the OFM supplies section. Every man receives 5,000 calories a cording to physician An A. P. wirephoto depicts Conchita Cintron, 18-year-old Mexican matadora on her charger poised to her ban- Aficionados of bullfighting are entitled to their smile in “plunge derila into the bull's heart.” reading the above, for is a small dart perhaps a banderilla three inches art of the 1e hide of he Lull and enough of to infuriate him to greater ferocity of blind rage when t waved before his two or plong and could never reach the animal. A banderilla pierces the fle: v (a red rag) i for the estocad leath thrust with the sword row words eating s which is wont to bo: In high Americans are from the French so French) are prir We have often wondered if vetter than when we or- t war, orrowed it w is a nucleus, whi ypted I rench word sed an adc paper and alsd f exon | they have been saddled with an | able debt, that the world is crazy and no n forum and invites discus- | jon of public issues and subjects of local or general | | look at the history, they will be able to find Me avccttatiig in The Citizen is a paying | be | Selective Service, | | War; | Marines and war vessels Is a sign we | © many men idle in strikes | successfully | | tria under threat of force in 1938, | now dominates 14 countries which enjoyed ing that “it was just cam- | " A paign talk” does not sit well with honest, | my mae dictated from Berlin. This is the j | record: day. | That's about@euble:than ‘is necessary, ac- | AT GRADUATION TIME A graduating class of some 50 high | school students wil] walk out of Key West schools within the next few weeks, some of | them through with formal education for- ever, some of them having completed the first phase of their education in prepara- tion for college. No one can forecast what kind of lives they will lead, nor can anyone forecast what kind of country they will have to lead their lives in. 4. They will be told frequently, as they have been told in the past, that theirs is a hopéless prospect. They will hear that insuper- place either for them or for the children whom they eventually will wish to raise. Since no one can look into the future, | the only answer would seem to be in look- | irg back, and they, who have studied his- | tory at least for the past half dozen years, | should remember it better than the older s for entertainment by churches from which | men who ery calamity. In the first place, without bothering to jobs when they get out of school. For how long, we don’t know, but at least they will | be able to find them, and too many of their | graduating predecessors for the past de- | cade could not, On the nostalgic theory that the world used to be a quiet, secure place, take a look at the record for the United States, and it, was quieter here than any place else} From 475 to,1782, after years of riot- | ing between pro-British and anti-British \ colonists, this country fought through the | Revolutionary war, incidentally driving 40,- 000 loyalists from their homes into British I possessions; in 1782—Shay’s rebellion in | Massachusetts; 1812-1817—war with Eng- land; 1835—Texas war with Mexico, busi- ness panic; 1842—Dorr’s rebellion in Rhode Isand; 1861-65—Civil War; 1869— | Black Friday, financial panic; 1873—panic in New York, stock exchange closed; 1876—Custer’s men wiped out, Indian war; 1884—panic in New York, Marine bank failed; 1898—Spanish-American 1914-1918—World War; 1927— to Nicaragua; 1929—stock market crash; 1933—epi- demic of “bank holidays”. Many of those events don’t look im- portant now. Remember, though, that they | Jooked important then, even as our troubles | do to us. People have been making the best they could of life for a long time. They still can. HITLER’S CONQUESTS Beginning with the occupation of Aus- Hitler independence prior to his setting out to conquer the world. To these 14 nations we may as well add Italy, for her course is Austria—Absorbed March 13, 1938. Czechoslovakia — Partitioned and dominated after Munich pact of September 29, 1938. Poland—Conquered and partitioned, Denmark—Occupied April 9, 1940. Norway—Occupied after fighting one month, June 9, 1940. The Netherlands—Occupied afterfour days of fighting, May 14, 1940. Belgium—Occupied after 18 days of ! fighting, May 28, 1940. Luxembourg—Occupied May 10, 1940. France—Fell in 53 days after invasion began, and surrendered June 22, 1940. Hungary—Joined Axis November 20, 1940. Rumania—Joined Axis March 1, 1941. Yugoslavia—Conquered after 12 days fighting, April 19, 1941. Greece—Athens, the capital, occupied April 27, 1941. WRONG IN 1938; RIGHT IN 1941 Three years ago sixty-four per cent of the people of the United States were of the opinion that the entrance of this country irto the World Warin 1917 was a mistake, according to a poll of pyublie opinion by the American Institute of Public Opinion In April, 1941, a similar poll showed that only 39 per cent of those interviewed believed that our entry into the last war was a mistake. What happened to change American Nothing but the devastating demonstration of Nagi military efficiency and the general realization of the rotten- ness of the Nazi regime and its activity. opinion? | linen suit to | Peter went on. | Mean EY WEST CITIZEN Chapter 31 Perfect Day DAY? looked at Polly, and Polly looked at David. “Come on, honey,” David said “Let’s go out and get seme air. I feel sorter shaky in the knees.” “Is my daughter upstairs?” An- dy Powers asked. “Yes,” said Doctor Ben. “She seemed so eager.to see Warren, I coutdn’t. "h ? The “lumi erman turned , to David. # “Did she deliver my message?” he asked. “About my wanting to invest in your sanatorium proj- ect: “She did,” said David. “But don’t tell me any more surprising news. I couldn’t take it!” Andy and Doctor Ben chuckled, as David took Polly’s hand andj left the room... . Picnic oes tenth was a perfect day.| David called out from his bed- | room. “All set, Peter?” “Yes, Cousin David,” Peter re- | plied. “I sure do feel dressed up in this new suit.” “Come along then,” David said. “We've got to pick up Polly, and get on with the picnic. Warren and Margo will go out in Margo’s car.” Peter joined him in the living i : hesasked.: ; : at!” David Handsome, ‘bib replied: ‘Noth: a white n make us Wileys look like ‘Adoniseds.”--.)/: =? “What are they, Cousin David?” “Beautiful men.” “I wouldn’t want to be too beautiful.” “Nor would I, old man. Well, anyway, a Wiley looks like the perfect Southern gentleman when he gets dolled up in white. How’s that?” “Swell! I sure do want to look like _a Southern gentleman, Cou- sin David.” “You do, Peter—” “So do you, Cousin David,” said Peter. “Even if you aren’t wear- ing white today.” They got into the little car that | ; had played such an important | part in the recent excitement. Just before David started it, he spoke, “T’ve got a girl for the picnic,” he said, “and so has Warren. Seems a shame for you to be the odd one, Peter. Shall we get you a girl some place?” “[’ve already got one,” Peter. stid “Aunt Susan—she’s my girl,” € he made me a birthday cake with ten candles on it, and I with us.” “Say, that’s great!” claimed. “I’m glad you and A Susan are getting on so nicely.” “Oh, she’s not bad,” said Peter. “She's acting like she thinks us boys are pretty swell.” “T knew she'd feel like that, said David, “just as soon as she got to know you. son.” They drove off. Polly and Aunt Susan were ready. “It’s going to be a day in a mil- lion,” said Aunt Susan. “It’s the first time in I don’t know when that my corns haven’t hurt me.” invited her to the pichic 'U. S. WEATHER BUREAU REPORT Observation taken at 7:30 a 75th Mer. Time (city office) Temperatures Highest last 24 hours - Lowest last night m., 80 72 76 Normal 79 Precipitation Rainfall, _ 24; hours, ending 7:30 a.-m.,"inches* Totakweinfal Siade May J, inches sae Deficiency since May 1, inmehes! sims suo. Total rainfall since Jan. 1, inches E s since inches 0.00 0.14 1.03 23.81 January 1, 16.66 Wind Direction and Velocity N—8 miles per hour Relative Humidity 52° Barometer at 7:30 a. m., today Sea level, 29.94 (1013.9 millibars) Tomorow’s Almanac 5 5:43 a 7:03 p. 10:47 p 9.07 a Tomorrow's Tides (Navat Base AM. 42:22 11:44 5:04 FoR=casT j gf ( 7-30 p.m, Weduesday j, Key West and Vieuity; ir n ntir ir tonight aid se PM. 6:37 esday; gentle ¥ continued and Wednesday + to Florida Straits East Gulf: Moderate mostly herly winds; partly cloudy ther tonight and Wednesday CONDITIONS Light to moderate rain has oc- curred during the last 2% hours in far northwestern districts, and there have light showers and been ‘oom, AY “How-do Flook, Cousin David?” | ” ton, carpenter of this city, to modefate sec i} ~<a “I hope that’s a perfect weather preciction,” said David. “Tt ‘is,”.-Aunt Susan retortett. “My corns never make mistakes.” “Let me have that basket,” David said. “T'll put it here in the back.” ., Polly handed it to him. “Isn’t it going to be pretty crowded, David?” she asked. “What of it?” David replied. “You can sit in the middle, and Aunt Susan can sit on the outside, ; with Peter in-ber;dap. That is, if | she doesn’t mind?” {2 “Why should I’? said’ Aunt Susan. “Peter’s not so heavy.” “Tl sit light,” Peter said. “Don’t you worry, boy,” said Aunt Susan. “I’ve held bigger children than you on this old lap of mine.” It was when they were almost to the Inn that David leaned close |to Polly, and said: Double Wedding ‘S PEAKING of weddings, I think—” “I didn’t hear anyone speaking of weddings,” said Polly. “Well, you're hearin, |speak of them now,” someone avid said. “I think it would be fun to get married out at the Inn. You know, in that big lobby, with a lot of flowers and guests and—” “And maybe we could make it a_double wedding!” said Polly. eee and Margo, and you and “Gosh!” said David. “What a | send-off for Freddy’s Folly! Let’s ask them.”, “AllL right, let's!” They rode along for a little while without speaking. © It was'David who broke: the si+ lence between them. taglo) “Remember what you said that | day when I took you out to:the |Inn?” he asked. “The day Peter arrived.” “I'm not sure just what you mean,” said Polly. “I said a Jot.” “I mean about the spring.” “Oh, yes, I remember. About magic and all that sort of non- sense [i vasn’t nonsense,” said’ Da- | vid. “There was magic in the old | mineral water. There still is.” “How do you mean?” “Gosh, honey, don’t you see!” David said. “If Peter and I hadn’t been able to turn on the fountain —which is part of the spring—we might never have captured Mike and At” “Why, I never thought of that!” said Polly. “The spring did play a part, didn’t it?” “You -bet!” “It’s brought us real happiness, David.” David grinned. | “And it’s done things to our pocketbooks, too!” he said. ‘What's that about pocket- ooks?” Aunt Susan mae ust a lot of foolishness,” said j st a lot of sensibleness,” said | two!” said Aunt Susan. {“A person can’t make head nor tt t of what you're saying half ime.” | “That's because they’re in love,” said Peter. ! Aunt Susan chuckled. “Out of jthe mouths of babes!” Then she |said: “Go a little faster, David, can’t you? I’m getting hungry. I'm going to eat anything I like. That young Doctor Warren is the only doctor who ever did my stomach,any good.” ' THE END RUDOLF HESS NOW PRISONER (Continued from Page One) ed countries, terms of the alli- ance with Japan and many others. The German leader’s pains in bringing with him pictures and documents to prove his identity are considered here as. further proof that he fled from Gerniany to save his life. Observers point out that he might Have passed himself off as any defeated aviator if he had not wished to provide England with informa- tion, made credible by his high position Prime Minister Churchill is ex- pected to address the house information easily as has soon 3 been gathered. more EVENTUALLY FINDS TOOLS LINCOLN, Neb.—E. A. Eiling- lost his brace and bit 25 years ago while working on a_ postoffice building. Recently working on the same obuilding,. he feund them in good condition inside a crevice 1 D'S Rey Ses i thunderstorms in North Da- kota and.portions of the south- » western Lake végion: while else {where generally fair weather has prevatiet! Temperatures con- tinne ge the gegson.in most $ , e Mississippi y eastward w light to heavys frost reported this morn. ing imipertions of Hlinois, south ern Michigan Ohio, Pennsy!- vania, and New York. High day temperatures prevailed yesterday én s&ithwestern districts, and readings are generally above norma!'this morning over the westerr { af the country. ‘ G. S. KENNEDY. we. Official in Charge prong ‘hand, they do not clutter up the to work and get busy. TUESDAY, MAY 18, 1941 SURO E SIDELIGHTS By MARCY B. DARNALL NATURE NOTES By J.C. GALLOWAY | Former Editor of The Citisen (Reprinted From Port y (Pa.) R ) “Aunt Lizzie” Deevers of Sa- (Continued from Preceding and took him to her knee, where Pulpa, Okla. who has outlived Installment) she ruffled not only his head Mine husbands, intended to marry Here in Key West we do riot feathers, but gave him the works John Knight, 77, on her 110th know of any more enjoyable all over. If she paused a mo- birthday recently, but was sick hobby than. that of collecting ment in her ministrations to ad- | With influenza, so the wedding smiles. Of course, you cannot dress a remark to us, Lorenzo: Was postponed. She says her fa- keep them to show to your let out a screech that told her ther, @ fullblood Cherokee In- friends later; but on the other in no uncertain terms to go back dian, lived to be 115. In Birmingham a man sold a pistol to a stranger for $15. The purchaser proved to be a bandit, who then held up the seller and took his $15 back. house; you have to keep them vr * in your memory. But here, “He has. the,morning to him- where there are so many little self”, said Mr. Knapp, “and the tots on every street, you ought run of the, house and yard. Jn to try giving each one an un- the afternoon he is on his stand”. expected smile of greeting and For these long-tailed macaws! The New York board of esti- a wave of the hand and see what ;cannot be _kept in cages unless ;mate determined on an economy happens. In fact, you might try they are big as a room. Lorenzo | campaign, and after. much figur- it in any city, any place, with |has long Since discontinued | the ing managed to clip $529 fromthe anybody, young or old; and you/use of his wings for flight, city’s budget, which was original- will soon be having a collection though after a bath he flaps jy set at $573, 741,128. 2 you will want to keep. Those | them vigorously for drying him-! ates you get from the older ones are | self, holding tightly to his'perch Four-year-old Tommy Blasin- good to have, but you will prize all the time lest they carry him game's leg was broken by the kick the smiles from the little folks away. His. gorgeous regalia is of a broncho near Clarendon, the most. And you will also find matched’ by the delicacy of his Tex. When his mother began to it is good for what ails you. lingerie, where the loveliest tints weep, he said: “Don’t cry, moth- _ - of bright yellow merge through. er; be tough like me.” Funny things happen some- softer yellows to amber and on — times, even in fishing. The man to lavender, soft blue, and vio- | Winchell reports that when the from Maryland and his lady let, Lorenzo has lived through foreign ministers of Germany and were fishing on the No Name | more of Key West history than Italy have a conference they bridge and fish in general were most other residents, and if speak in English, because von not much interested. The lady looked after as well as he is at | Ribbentrop doesn’t know Italian was bait fishing; the man cast present, bids fair to see more of and Count Ciano doesn’t know a silver spinner or spoon three ‘its future history than many of German. job {more inches’ Jong, with,a big US- . ‘and formidable’ three-way’ gag ee {hook at its end. No big fish (TO BE CONTINUED) would look twice at it; but a ae ae little ‘puffer, hardly longer than. BOMB TAKES WEEK "the bait, chased it several yards! and finally got himself hooked | jand uplifted. Ambition i8” all right in its place; but this little | swellfish was a fine example of | ‘one who bit into more than he |could chew. 1 John Napolitano of Hacken- sack, N. J., was unsuccessful in his divorce suit, in which he ‘charged that his wife deserted whim to take a job as a garage me- OUT OF BRITON’S LIFE jchanic, and also violated her os promise to quit wearing overalls (Ry Axsoctated Press) {and smoking a cob pipe. GLASGOW, Scotland, May 13. —_—_ Eight days after John Cormack’s! When asked by reporters on his home was struck by a bomb, he} 84th birthday how he. amused was dug from the wreckage and himself in his old age, “Unele hospitalized. Within two weeks Bob” Paine, retired San Francisco he was up and around, telling editor, replied: “By repenting of friends of the experience. |my sins, and wishing I was.young The explosion buried him be- | enough to commit some more,” At the sport dock one evening lately a seven and a half foot} hammerhead shark was brought in., We dont’ know what the! PL GER ISR és neath a heavy beam, wrapping | fag sbeyenee sale he {0 bed clothes about him. Unhurt,!ing more until rescuers “poured Sere PASSE ee ee ,he settled down to wait. In time jfiery drops of brandy down ‘my inches or Rae with a big eye he lost consciousness, knew noth- ‘throat.” like a cow’s in each end. . This | shark was a_ beautiful silvery |* gray, almost white; the skin*like } Salve 2it yoineetrokenade trom SOMO ODL GIS SE EN front to back. Try it forward, * and the fingers stop where they are, so rigid are the velvet spines. We do not know what was done with this big fellow, but the skin would have made beautiful leather. Hammerheads are one of the strangest looking of large.sea fishes, their flat heads shaped like a letter T re- ‘minding us of the old farmer at the circus, gazing at the hippo- ‘potamus and exclaiming, “There ain't no such animal”. “If we had a frseh one and could cook it ourselves, it would be fine”, said the Eden lady, aft- er tasting her first octopus, which came from Portugal like sardines and put up in oil, and tasted much like smoked herring or sardines, which she does not like. Besides, all the buttons came off when we sliced it, and few housekeepers would look on; that with approval. But buttons or not buttons, it was very good for what it was; and when a home cooked stew comes along we will be ready for ours. Those who have tried it all say it is delicious. For Real Protection DELIVERED DAILY EVERYWHERE Thompson Enterprises INCORPORATED ICE DIVISION Bae PHONE NO. 8 een IAI IID LAID AE ed some time ago call on perhaps. ———-— Sis" ©=(| TOLD YOU SO! VAIPALLLLLA LL CAE Ah hhh hh hh hh dh dh dh dh dk dd WROD I GS aE: in Key West, in hopes of a ecord- ial rceeption—and we did not make the grade. Yes, we were cordially received ali right; it would not be otherwise with such friendly and hospitable folk as Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Knapp. But as for the resplendent and impericus Lorenoz, that was something else again. For Lo- renzo is one of those, gorgeous: red, yellow, and blue macaws, 84 years old, having lived through three generations of caretakers, | Mr. and Mrs. Knapp now being} gentleman- and lady-in-waiting . to his majesty. Lorenzo knows ‘he was born to rule and his opin-! jons are final, and permit no argument Mrs. Knapp brought the great bird in on her arm, and let him down to the floor, and he came! to look us over. And there was where we made our big mistake. Without having our credentials properly filled out and passed on end knowing how our own Bil) likes to have his head feathers ruffied, we put a band down, and ran a finger over the royal crown. What Lorenzo said in macaw langugae would not be proper to print here, but it was emphatic, to say the least; and immediately he came over to enforce it. reaching to take 3 few nips out of our ankles. Since that gr hooked beak can crack nuts you can hardly man- age with a hammer, he hed the euthority all right) But Mrs. Knapp. who is a power behind the throne, came to the reseye WERE THE PESSIMISTS RIGHT? p.cARET ev MAppemer SUPPLIES THE ANSWERS IT STARTS IN THIS PAPER TOMORROW