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

PAGE TW i) The 7 dey West Citi Citizen HE Published Daily - P, ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOE ALLEN, Business Manager From The Citizen Building Cbrner Greene and Ann Streets n Key West and ty cond class matter Member of the Associated Press ed Press is ‘exclusively entitled to .use ches credited to otherwise credited in this paper and algo news published her NATIONAL EotTowAl ASSOCIATION t 1 SUBSCRIPTION RATES ear Months Months Month $10.60 5.00 ADVERTISING RA n on application IAL NOTIC rds of thanks, resolutions of ete, Will be charged for at Se’ eading notic obituary notice vites discus- al or general IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and ‘Sewerage. More, Hotels, and, Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. Nudists appear to be quite y, they don’t “put on.” The Poinciana is not a flower born to blush unseen, nor does it waste its sweetness on the desert air, What we should do and with en-|} thusiasm is to make “wasms” out of all the | “isms,” now prevalent. In every city each prominent business } man has his Boswell. and Key West is no ex- | ception. Even small businesses are so com- | plex that they require alter egos to carry on j when the so-called big shots are incapaci- | tated or absent from the city. Any busin | that is acephalous when the chief guy is away is in a sorry plight or soon will be. The 1941 Florida Legislature has gone down in history and it tops them all in sound legislation made possible through the | wise leadership of Governor Holland. The |} laws of Florida do not permit him to suc- ceed himself but democratic processes per- mit a grateful people to award honest and | efficient public servants in more substantial | ways. | When Governor Holland relinquishes his‘office at the end of his term, the terms of all the heads of the departments and com- missions directly under the governor's con- trol automatically,come to a close also. The sifted this bill on May 13 effect- | ing this change.” This is°& good bill,,and | ne headathe,incoming chief executives will Hot Have to'éndare. . | | | | | | | governor Palmetto, Florida, finds good that the retail stores will refrain from the summer custom of closing their places one afternoon each week. But if all would | stick together and take an afternoon off the total business would be sustained and no one would be the loser. In fact on account of the recreational period, the clerks would bef better shape for the remaining and harder part of the week. Key West bu they take a half day off business so } ness men are wiser ; each week John Kilgore, of the Daily Democrat } of Tallah lorida, writing about legis- lative personalities, delivered himself of the followin a recent iss@é concerning our resentative in the ‘Pldtida Legislature: entative Bernie, C. Papy, of Mon: | a firebrand whet aroused to action. .. A Key West merchant and broker, successful business man and applic in he isa asi- ness methods to legislation Completing his third term, he is a veteran of experience alid.valuable knowledge of what goes on in He suceeeded in passing UH affecting his county over the veto of Governor Holland, a demonstration of his effectiveness on the floor. as taken leadersh , Full of energy and pep there pitching.” Tallahassee a occasions hip effectively he is always in sincere. | and on other ! of the island empire will LET’S CALL OFF THE BATTLE | For a group of people devoted to the pursuit of recreation and happenings, Key West’s sports conductors are’ beginning to | look startlingly like the passengers aboard | Henry Ford’s World War peace ship, who, | if you will remember, argued so long about how to bring peace to the world that they ended their sail by fighting each other. Umpires at the Softball games, accord- ing to our sports page, walk off the field in high dudgeon almost nightly because of the insults of the players and fans. One group started a baseball field and | another group now is investigating the 9] | failure of the first to complete the job. | Ask one part of No. 2 group what’s the ' matter and he says A did it, while A pro- | tests stoutly that it was B who failed, and both combine to ask “who is No. 1 group to be kicking, anyway? All of which is a little ridiculous from la group of people who started out to pro- | vide entertainment for the civilian popula- tion of Key West and for the men of the | armed services who are stationed here. Instead of launching an investigation | from one side and turning loose blasts from | the other, we wonder, since all of the peo- | ple are giving up their time and efforts to reach the same end, why they could not forget the subject of what caused the de- | lay and just go ahead and finish the job. A number of Key West boys stand a good chance of getting positions with up- state baseball teams if the field com- pleted so they can train. Several service |'teams, and a civilian all-star team, would like to come here to take part in games. Many local men want to play baseball and many more baseball fans want to see some games as soon as possible. Since that is the situation, a little co- operation now probably will accomplish more than'a great deal of investigation of is some | the past. “WE WANT PEACE!” The people of the United States want peace. They want peace for themselves and for the world, with which they like to trade, especially when it comes to the sell- | 4, McDermott, ing of their own products. Unfortunately, for the people of this country, the world has no peace and it is not likely that the people of other countries will be able to buy much of our products when peace arrives, unless we are willing to do much to help them. This is not possible under an isolationist | policy and there are many Americans who still believe that the nation can enjoy peace by simply ignoring what is happening in Europe, Africa and Asia. There are many provincial thinkers, alive and active, in this country who have | no conception whatever of the Hull theory of international trade but who, to the con- trary, believe that you can sell and sell and sell without ever buying anything from | your customers. rhe peace that the pepple of this coun- try desire so urgently will be possible only when we understand our relationship to the modern world, become willing to share in | the development of the globe and aecept | the responsibilities that go with economic | power. WILL CHINA BOMB JAPAN? The Japanese invaders have used air- eraft effectively to bomb Chinese armies Almost unopposed, the Jap- machine-gunned and cities. anese have bombed and | indiscriminately. It is interesting to hear that China has obtained numerous fighting and bombing | planes from the United States and Great Britain, These are expected to figure in retaliation against Japan. Japanese-held points in China, Formosa and, perhaps ever in Japan, will learn, in time, what aerial warfare means. In view of constant assertions by ex- perts that Japanese cities are easily vulner- able to aerial attack, we hav never under- stood why the demoeratic nations, proclaiming their intention assist Chinese, have not made available to Gen- eral Chiang Kai-shek sufficient long range bombers to enable him to pay proper re- spects to Japanese cities. If Chinese warplanes begin Japan, it is quite proSable that the people have increasing doubt as to the wisdom of attempting conquer China, much less the entire | Bast to to bomb te THE KEY WEST CITIZEN } ‘KEY WEST IN ball | {last night. ‘—_ DAYS GONE BY Happenings On This Date Ten Years Ago As Taken From Files Of The+Citizen last movement to ile of the ful roadways in the The county commission nignt launc a ‘d one More than two miles of palms are to be planted''in the section | between Bayview Park and the sing at ‘the head of several railroad cr: the island, while sand Royal Poincianas and Hibis- cus to be set on the other end of the thoroughfare, along 1,200 young palms al- ready growing there. are with the Between 7,000,000 and 10,000,- 009 young crawfish will be hatched by Sunday at the state hatchery on Porter’s wharf, ac- cording to A. A. Meyer, expert in charge. Meyer said he now é n hand 83 fish whose spawn ill be ready for hatching with- in a few days. For the first time in the mem- ory of old Key Westers, the four- sided clock atop the city hall has had its dial cleaned and painted -but it still doesn’t tell you-the | time. { Myrtland Cates, of the waterworks plant, ar- ranged for the cleaning job after | the sight of the clock’s face ap- parently had gotten on his nerves. In spite of its clean face, however, the clock strikes any- | where from 15 minutes before | the hour to 15 minutes after. siperintendent reek sae | Sponge sales jumped sharply | upward last week from the pre- vious week's record, registering WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1941 Pause Go refreshed BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY KEY WEST COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY $3,696.38 in contrast to $300 in the en days before. Sales were to Stephen Lowe, ' $1,419.50; Ernest Mears, $611.36; | Gulf and West Indies Sponge company, $1,184.76; American} Sponge and Chamois company, | with Leon Carey buying $480.76. | William Cates was named | grand knight of the Key West! Council No. 1015, Knights of Co- lumbus, at a session of the group TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY By RUSSELL KAY _ THE WEATHER PEOPLE'S FOROM Observation taken at 7:30: 9. m.,/ 75th. Mer. Time (city office) | Temperatures Highest last 24 hours BEA vies ogee en | Lowest last nets | Mean Normal 89! 76 | Other officers elected were V. | deputy grand During the past few years al- knight; V. A. Albury, chaneel-|Phabetical agencies happened, to lor; William A. Freeman, re-' us so fast that even the most cording secretary; Joseph M. El-| ardent:“‘new dealer” had trouble | bs Aloe gape Beith eel to remember all of them,’ veasurer; Jonn *s- let alone keep track of what they’ perdy, ee es Lopez, ‘| were doing. ee a . i’ have formed the opinion that the s ‘U. S. ©.” is just another one of these governmental letter socie- ties and decided not to worry about it. To set you right, “U. S. O,” NOT a governmental agency. ‘The “U. S.” doesn’t stand for “United Stat for “Official”. The letters “U. S. Oo.” stand for “United Service Or- ganizations” — an independent | eivie effort to do a mighty big and mighty important job that +needs to be done right now. Your Uncle Sam has had his hands plenty full for the last few months getting a million or more young men into camps throughout | the country and training them for | national defense. The hours are long, the work is hard, the regula- tions strict and the pay poor. But these men have answered their | country’s call and they are not fh 4 | whining or bellyaching about it. PERSONALS—H. R. Gon- But when the cross-country zalez returned on the’’Governor {march is over, when the planes Cobb yesterday from a visit with | #£e sounded, the artillery is muz- Mrs. Arthur |#/¢d and the tanks are in the shed, are hours allowed for rest Miss Miriam Baker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Baker, Southard street, will be honored this afternoon at the Golden Eagle hall when members of her bridal party will give a shower for her. Miss Baker is to be married to Lewis MeDonald with- in a few day The Citizen, in an said ‘When people away as Indiana ested in the ‘eastern route’ of an-American Highway, and es- Ny such folks as the presi- dent of a bie automobile club and of the biggest highway as- sociation in the middle west, it shows that the movement here is painine momentum: with-un- expected rapidity”, editorial, in states as far become inter- relatives in Cuba. Gomez, who was in Tallahassee | for six weeks, returned on the |@d recreation, morning train vesterday, . .Mrs.{| Now @ large percentage of the E. C. Mallory and two children | boys in our Army camps today left yesterday for Miami, where find themselves away from home they will spend a weekend with | for the first time in their lives. Franciseo Menendez, }42d some of them are a mighty st to Havana for the In- | long way from home. They get a ~ day celebration in | @@¥ or an evening off and they are 20, returned yester-|lost They have nowhere to go. the Governor Cobb, | Their friends are all back home. They used to be able to “go over to | Bill's house” or there’d be a party ‘at Mabel’s, or dance at the club- house. There was always some- thing to do, some place to go, friends, companions, fun. Towns. and cities in the neigh- berhoed of our great military relatives. who w Todav’s Birthdays Congresswoman Jeanette Ran- of Miss Mont. born 61 years ago. normal demands of their own pop- ulations: for spiritual, recreation " and welfare needs, have found themselves totally unable to cope with the problem of meeting such needs of thousands of young men who have swarmed in from near- Aubrey W. camps. That if'where the U.S. O. comes { Washington, born in Col- years ago. of the following agencies: ¥. M C. A., The National Catholic Com- editor, born in Stamford, Conn, 54 years ago. Richard Strauss, famed exited composer, born 77 years mologist, bern in 84 years ago. ule of New York. ‘ago. ”,. and the “O” doesn’t stand } camps, while able to meet the lin. For the U. S. O. is comprised’ Rainfall, 24 hours ending munity Service, the Salvation! 7:39 a. m.,, ii 0.00, DON’T BE CAUGHT NAPPING Army, Y. W. C. A., National Jew- Total rainfall since June 1, i ish Welfare Board and the Na-! inches 0.01 | Editor, The Citizen: tional Travelers’ Aid Association, | Deficiency since June de | It surely was thoughtful of you who are pooling their efforts and en 144 to offer assistance in picking out | 92,2 Bible text to apply to my new lass to maintain and operate! inches _... om Harbo ‘clubhouses for service men where|Excess since January 1, | job. GE, aa and when) of 12.15 | Master. religious services, counsel and) inches ; o ‘ guidance, social events and enter-) Wind Direction a Velocity | But it seems to me that it will tainment, group activities in dra- 5+ willes es eee {be a most delightful interlude in the business of inviting visitors Relative Humidity matics, music and crafts will be Barometer at 7:30 a.%n,, today to Key West if ean snateh an 83% , Provided under the leadership of capable men and women especial- Sea level, 30.00 (1015.9 millibars) occasional chance to follow the Tomorrow's ly trained for such work. Sunri At these clubhouses the boys pain = will be given an opportunity to Woonrise meet young men and women of | Moonset the local communities in a clean} Tomorrow's Tides and wholesome atmosphere. They | (Naval Base) “But Jonah was gone down . | the sides of the ship; and he jand was fast asleep.” | Now THAT is something to P-M.| ook forward to. STEPHEN C. SINGLETON. 6:15 |Key West, Florida, June 10, 1941. — will find any number of interest- ing and worthwhile activities | High awaiting them. Books and maga- | zines will invite them in spacious ‘| ow reading and recreation rooms. There will be desks with station- ery available and friendly folks to help and advise them and see that they “get acquainted” and al- FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m, Thursday) ~ Key West and Vicinity: Partly | cloudy, possibly scattered thun- | ways have somewhere to go and | dershowers tonight and Thurs- | ib P, Artmaa, something to do. day; gentle to moderate variable | | Key — Florida, Today about the only place | winds. | Dear Mr. Artman: a open to the off-duty soldier is a} — pigrida: bie’? edad: | 1 certainly do appreciate the cheap beer hall or ‘noisy jook ‘ness tonight and Thursday; scat- ‘ind reference you made to mé in joint, and his welcome, even in | tered thundershowers along .the| | > Gaeent lenee Of The Coe such places, wear out as 260M @8/ southeast coast and over extreme With kindest personal regards his money is gone. Companions | north portion Thursday. and best wishes, I am, he picks up in such places don't] Jacksonville to Florida Straits| Yours very cordially and help him or the morale of the! and East Gulf: Gentle to mod-| sincerely, nation’s military service. jerate variable winds over south | FULLER WARREN. The U. S. O. is the answer to this | portion and moderate west and Jacksonville, Pla, southwest wind over north por- | June 9, tion; partly overcast weather to- night and Thursday, scattered | thundershowers Thursday over : OP" | Florida Straits and extreme north’ iad for these clubhouses in those com- munities wear camps and the U. S. ©. is prepared to man and erate them. Now here is where you and I j come in. Our job is to provide eencee ecceeceesens| the funds for equiping, furnishing | and maintaining them. During) the next few weeks you will be called upon to contribute toward BOB CROSBY in this.worthy cause. It is not “just, ROOKIES ON P, another” drive. 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