The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 18, 1941, Page 2

PAGE TWO ‘The Key West Citizen | ¢ and Publisher iness Manager n Building d Ann Streets second glass matter. | Me =f ) a Press entitled to use paper and also | a here. | g MEMBER! = Sa “ FLORIDA PRESS ASSOCIATION, \ NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION 1 SUBSCRIPTION RAPES $10.00 | 5.00 | > 250 | 85 | i20 | IAL NOTICE rds of thinks, resolutions of ete. will be ‘charged for at t by churches from which ents a line. nd invites discus- of local or general nohnymous communi- d subjects not publish THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; never be id to attack wrong or to applaud right; ys fight for progress; never be the or- | 1 or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, tion or class; always do its utmost for the t welfare; never tolerate corruption or denounce vice and praise virtue, id good done by individual or organ- ion; tolerant of others’ rights, views and 3; print only news that will elevate not contaminate the reader; never com- ner uise with principle. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea: Cor »f County and City Gov- ernments. | A Modern Cit} Hospital. solidation ee senate! Hank Green- sacrifice has its compensation. Join the Army and see burg. Ever; We have plenty of two-legged tanks— now let’s produce a lot of the four-wheelers! | Army life in the United States is a yer- itable pic-nie—until the guns begin to shoot, | How couid they ever have changed the melodic name of Mesopotamia into | lagqnic rough-heron Iraq? Too many of the tools we are sending over to England are finding their way. -to Dagy Jones’ locker, and Davy never returns an¥thirig handed him, : “Ss | irry Bridges is stil"@® large and as and subversive as ever, If any other:; than Madame Perkins were Secretary of | Labor, the Australian trouble-maker | wouldn't live here anymore. | We have n note arrived at the s to Germany, j age of send- st as we did | —the shooting comes next, th; sorrow anguish in the Th that war could be prevented, but it is now too late. the th i last v and y column always said larry Bridges, testifying at his depor- 1, dee sd he was “in full agree- th the ands of the strikers at rth American aircraft plant, which the Army. Such a statement nm American zen is censuratile, communistic foreigner itis un- for ken by ya ible and another good Tréason rartation Harold Ickes, secretary of the Interior, f “spieler” of the administra- citizen . exercises his peech in which the government overnment agents are critized, “la voz * is heard all over the land. This ar peeve against so-called t Harold” dates from the time he ¢ Wh the Overseas Highway goes to nowhere.” Nevertheless, the Hit was built, is self-liquidating, and leads to one of the most netessary Naval Stations in the country, Whenever a build CRAIG WANTS SPEED County Commissioner Craig this week is in the middle of a “hurry up’”’ campaign which may prove to be Key West’s last chance of getting an immediate federal | grant for improvement of Overseas High- way. Although reasonably sure of favorable consideration’ from the bureau, fot * public roads, the Monroe county project apparent- ly has never gone that far because it has not | had the proper recommendations from war -.| and navy. departments. With the money running rapidly out to other projects, it is up to Craig to attempt to rush through | quick approval, making it possible for the public roads bureau to act. The system apparently calls for ap- proval of the project by the navy com- mandant’s and army post commander's of- fices here, further approval from their dis- trict and corps area headquarters, with final approval from the navy and war de- , partments in Washington. Granted all that, the project goes to the bureau of public roads as a necessary military highway, eligible for 100 per cent federal financing, provided all available | money has not been spent while the project was awaiting its various approvals. Although there is no possibility of his getting action in time to get the particular funds at which the county commission | shooting, Chamber of Commerce Secretary Stephen C. Singleton has launched a cam- paign of his own to iron out at least one of those ‘delays for the benefit of future pro- | jects. If Florida’s Washington is delegation | able to-get action in the old campaign to bring the headquarters of the Seventh Naval district back to Key West, then, ac- | cording to Singleton, there would be one less holdup along the road to the capital. It~sounds like a logical answer. IS THE AXIS SHORT OF OIL.. Everybody is ertitled to speculate | upon the course of the war and to “explain” | what happens and what fails to happen. The mystery of the war that fascinates | us is the failure of the Italian air force to become a ranean and, if the course of the war studied, the failure of Germany to develop a heavier air attack upon the British Isles. is We heard great stories about, the Ger- | man air-arm before the war began. In fact, | we are still hearing them from such experts | as Col. Lindgergh and Major Williams. Military experts gave Germany a four-to- | one advantage over the British in the air and, yet, there is nothing to indicate that ; the Germans are able to.use their superior- ity effectively against the British. This, to us, is‘a mystery. Consider the case of Benito Mussolini, whose cohorts are having tough sledding in | Africa and Albania. Nowhere has Italian aircraft exerted preponderant power in suport of the Fascist soldiers. There are re- ports from Africa that Italian Planes were destroyed on the ground, that trucks were al) indoned on the highways without fue]. | This certainly indicates that Mussolini is short of fuel. Here we have two mysteries, centering upon the failure of the both Axis, powers to utilize air forces that were con- | sidered overwhelming. What is the reason? Can it be that the Axis powers are short of | fuel oil? - Consider, next, Adolf Hitler, whose air force is regarded as the dominant of- fensive weapon of the entire struggle. Not only has the Luftwaffe failed to risk an all- out aerial offensive against Great Britain but Germany, apparently, hasn’t any oil to spare to Musselini. Moreover, there has been a tardy arrival of German airplanes to bolster the beaten Italians. The idea that the Axis powers are short of fuel oil may be nonsence but the willingness of Hitler to risk trouble in the Zalkans by occupying Rumania is general- ly explained.as a step to safeguard the vital oil resources of that country. Moreover, the British action in bréaking“eff diplomatic relations with Rumania, which may lead to hostilities, may be likewise explained by the desirability of bombing Rumania fields, now the chief source of fuel oil for the Axis nations, oib REGIMENTATION! Well, boys and girls, we are forced to report that the farmers are being “regi- mented” again! The wheat growers of the nation, by a yole of 400,818 to.96,886, have approved marketing quota restrictions on their 1941 | WTI TSI ITEOLIOOELOOVOVPIVIIIIPIMODODODOLDS, crop. Isn't this terrible? serious factor in the Mediter- | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN PEOPLE'S FORUM The Citizen weleomes expres+ sions of the views of its read- ern. the editor reserves the right delete any items whieh are considered libelous or unwarranted. The writers shonld be fair and confine the letters to 300 words, and write on one side of the paper only. Signature of the writers must accompany the letters and will be publixbed unless requested otherwise. ABOUT WORLD PEACE Editor, The Citizen: When our President-baiter No. 1 publicly stated that “world power is Rooseyelt’s aim, not Hit- ler’s”, his audience ate it up. Why not? he addressed them in Ch o and referred to the frightful bombings of Eng- lish cities, they cheered and ap- plauded in the good un-American | When he addressed a New k rally and proclaimed Eng- land doomed, they again rent the roof—and the airwaves as well. And now the mighty Lindbergh impeaches our President while letting Hitler escape scot free. Of course, the dictator who has invaded practically every coun- try in Europe has no intention of ruling the world! But the facts speak otherwise. “Mein. Kampf” y proclaims world rule by as Germany’s destiny. Hit- ler’s press proclaims it. So does he, telling the world that it is too small for both democracy and dictatorship. “One must go”, Streets in Germany are named * after the assassin of Dollfuss, be- cause that Hitler-approved — as- nation made one step to id rule possible.. The brutal | overnight destruction by air of | 30,000 citizens of Rotterdam was janother step. But why rehearse }the story? We all know it. Surely even Lindbergh must—if he has a heart. P. SHIELDS. 424 East 50 Street, |New York City, June 13, 1941. 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