The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 21, 1941, Page 6

* PAGE TWO ~ The Key West Citizen 3 THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING. CO., INC, Published Daily Except Sunday By LP. ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOE ALLEN, Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Ozly Daily Newspaper in Key West and * Monroe County *- W rhe Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use *. for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also | the local news published here. P MEMBER FLORIDA PRESS ASSOCIATION }, * SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year .. ?Six Months Three Months One Month Weekly . ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE ading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of obituary notices, ete. will be charged for at of 10 cents a line. tor entertainment by churches from which venue is to be derived are 6 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and inyites diseus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or genera} interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations, THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ¥¥ vu : with: iaiWayd ke vie a and print it without fear and without favor; never be afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; always fight for progress; never be the or- gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class; always do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue, commend good done by individual or organ- ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com- promise 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. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern Cit) Hospital. The United States governmient is “awaiting Moor details before taking action. NYSE Fresident Schram pronounces ~~ his name to rhyme with “Tom”. Too many [Were pronouncing it as if it rhyméd with “Seram”, a vernacular idiom that implied _, 2 peremptory demand for a quick removal » from the scene, and that is not what a gov- ernment official with a fat job wants to do. The French people are accustomed to marriages of convenience, so the alliance _ between Vichy and the Nazis is understan- pdable. The high contrasting parties may no} have. much loy each other but they gioin hands tem 80 fach may gain ~prdtit: What-God hag ined, man Miay cut a ar future. That “may } Within the past two months, two wo- men were raped and strangled to death in the Nation’s capital, nor were the criminals | apprehended. These murders caused Sena- | tor Herring of Iowa to declare: ‘This is the | = only city in the country controlled by the | in my} [United States Government and, opinion, it is poorly managed.” Everyone will agree with the Senator's opinion, and if a single city is not well managed can the country be? When Knudsen; after he and Hillman were installed ij.the OF Masked President | RooseVelt who is the hoss,sthe: reply was } “shot back, “I ams Leen Memiérsén, pricé control administrator, cann ngtion, ef- | fectually, because he is not given sufficient | authority, without which he cannot ‘cope with runaway prices. Obviously, there should be a ceiling over wages i ‘ntered at Key West, Florida, a8 second class-matter = aay Member of the Associa SbF Bi how | as well as | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN NAVY REAL ESTATE Key Westérs were incredulous last | navy might extend its reservation to take | another five blocks almost out of the heart of the city. station was spoken for by the navy only a few weeks ago, when plans were announc- $1,000,000 hospital here. Then word was received last week of the appropriation of another $1,000,000 for tion, and to rumors that the navy had _ its eye on another large tract ih the middle of | town, most people answered: ! to spend now. That five blocks would cost half a million for the property, alone, with- something present houses and _ building else.” have something else in mind. Although purcaase of the district around the courthouse is not at all definite, navy headquarters must have some large piece of construction coming up, or they pr erty, question wouldjcost closer to'a quarter than cleared, the government: probably would have invested around $500,000. is next on the navy program. It does add up '+o something, though, and Key West ap- | parently is going to get its A CAUTIOUS COURTSHIP convert the Catholics of that Protestantism, waS a bold spirit respects, but it appears that he was men were concerned. His tentative proposal of marriage, ance, is a masterpiece of conservatism. He wrote as follows: time you live and remain single, and find no one that you like better than you do me, and woud be willing to give me up three would pray God to remove you, which I be- I like better than I do you, perhaps some- thing further may be said upon the ject.” It is safe to say that the young lady | could hardly have gotten a breach of pro- mise verdict on thé strength of a letter like that. THE MACHINE AGE Those who blame machines for caus- ing unemployment may. be. right in certain specific instances, but only temporarily, be- cause new ‘inventions imsthelong run tend to create more employment and a_ better standard of living. | At the Congress of fndestey in New | York City the machine age was defended by three of the world’s most eminent scientists—Dr. Edward. R. Weidlen, presi- dent of the American Chemical Society; Dr. Karl T. Compton, president of the Mas- sachusetts Institute of Technology, and Dr. | Robert A. Milikan, president of the Cali- | fornia Institute of Technology. All three agreéd that scientific de- velopment and invention are necessary to industrial progress, and all rejected the idea that labor-saving devices destroy jobs, Dr, Compton expressed theenera! view of the scientists when he said : i “The automobile, communication, che- mical, public utility, railroad and modern | food ‘industries stand out as examples } what science can do in creating employment. Research in pure science, followed by in- vention and engineering development, have produced the results.” of over prices, and until contro] over both is | made possible, we have a perfect set-up for inflation. loeate authority to others; hé cannot pos- sibly hold all the power himself, even the dictators of Europe have learned to become | reconciled to that. We do not want Prési-| dent Roosevelt to collapse from overwork | as did former President Wilson at the close / of his term. 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 vote of 400,813 to 96,886, have approved fiatketivig quota ftestriction® on their 1941 | crop, Isn't this terrible? The President must learn to al- | wéek when it first was suggested that the | One large tract near the Biological | Jed in Washington for the construction of a | construction and filling around the air sta- | be ’t have any more money | They coulcn vy. y | in an almost snakelike expression, out considering the cost of clearing away | | spotless collar and cuffs the per- | fect example of what a good It seems, however, that the navy does | Actually, it appears now the tract in | a half. -million, put by the time it could be | We don’t even attempt to guess what | long desired | | place in the sun as an important navy base. | Lorenzo Dow, an American evangelist | who went to Ireland in 1799 to endeavor to | country to} in many | ex- | tremely cautious in matters in which wo- } written to a young woman of his acquaint- | “If I am preserved about a year and a | half from now I am in hopes of seeing this | northern country again; and if during that | years out of every four for travel in foreign | lands (for if you should stand in the way I | lieve He would answer) and if I find no one | sub- | jwhat selfish... perhaps YESTERDAY: Eve Prentice and her friend Julie. Emerson, whom she calls “aunt,” have all in one day made friends with wealthy Mrs. Marbury and her equally wealthy niece Gina Goodell, and been invited. to go on a trip with them to inspect an old and romantic house Mrs, Marbury is about to. buy. The holise is on an island off the North Carolina coast—Brett Rod- man, expert in old houses, has gone ahead and is getting a cool reception from the caretaker, Chapter Five Dark Hints RETT was sure Mrs.. Jackson had been glaring viciously at him, her broad, wrinkled face set Yet now she stood quietly, her hands folded over a blue gingham work apron, her black dress and housekeeper should wear. Brett read her the short note and she listened without com- ment. He had an odd serise of em- barrassment as he finished, as if he were ordering the woman out of her own house, “Mrs. Marbury — the woman id not be thinking in terms. of more | whe may buy the gate ae —"haS a letter from thevestate; they’re thinking to sell the house.” Mr, Jackson shook his head dolefully. “Won't nobody buy this house.” “Why not?” “'Cause it’s got a bad reputa- tion, that’s why.” Jackson mouthed the words as though-he enjoyed saying them. “Wouldn’t nobody but us ever/stay here. No, siree—they won’t buy. this.” Mere Of Neil Dees the days that followed Mrs. Marbury’s tea, Eve quite forgot that she had ever been hes- itant about meeting Gina Goodell. Gina’s undisguised admiration had. won her over completely. Secretly, Eve admitted to her- self that Neil Bowron, perhaps, had something to do with her change of. heart. The mornin; after the tea, he had called an suggested a game of tennis. That afternoon, he had insisted that she and Julie drive over to a neighboring town for the loval auction. It had seemed natural enough to have dinner with him that night and go dancing: After that, Eve had tried to call a halt. But. if she went riding, Neil was on, the bridle path; when she slipped out for a swim, Neil waved to her from the float. “Are you dogging my foot- steps?” she demanded, one time Again it was a second before Mrs. Jackson moved. she’d core down’ and see’ it,” Brett went on talking, annoyed at his own aiffidence. “She thought she might stay overnight, but I can see you’re not prepared for that. Perhaps I could even ask her to postpone her coming. for | a few days, until—until you have a chance to clean up. The woman did not help him, but remained silent for a few seconds after he paused. Then.she spoke. There was a harsh not ote in her voice that Brett had not heard before. “She won't. want to buy this house,” Mrs, Jackson said with finality. “I know them society women—scared of a mouse, they are. They just come here and up- set everybody. There ain’t been no complaint about the way the house was kept, has there?” she demanded suddenly. _“Not that I know of.” Brett ir- ritated by her unforeseen opposi- tion and at a loss to explain it, spoke shortly. ee now that I see it, there might be. “No use keeping it spick and | span for ghosts,” Mrs. Jackson retorted. “We live in the back and that’s enough work fer a woman.” “You'd better show me through. the house quickly,” Brett said’ with some impatience. “I’ve got ta get back to the mainland and try to head off the’ party.” Again it was a second before Mrs. Jackson moved. She seemed about to refuse, then thought bet- ter of lowing her, Brett went back through the circular entrance hall and through a panelled door that led into an- r narrow hallway. This evi- et off the rooms “in back.” ya laundey, had been jo a bathroom. The nel of the tub and contrasted strangely little iron stove and wooden wash tubs. was a storeroom. gs by the barrel, Jackson explained. all separated this room hen. As Brett passed a glimpse of iron e back porch, and ti p. But Mrs. Jackson ching on, and she threw n oo with some- ne i watery blue eyes — to bulge astonish- e turned them on his ‘success in this life, as she swam out and joined him, The sun was warm and friendly, and she hoisted herself upon the smooth boards and stretched out. There were few others in the wa- ter at this time of the afternoon— which was the reason Eve had chosen to swim at the moment. “We haven't had our moonlight | ryet,” Neil reminded her. “I’m only hanging around until I see how you look under a full moon.” “And then?” “And then”—Neil’s voice. was course.” z Eve turned to laugh at him, but what she saw in his eyes made her change her mind. She slipped hastily back into the water. “Hey—you!” he called. “Gina’s having a party tonight. I prom- ised I'd bring you.” tinued her escape toward the she was ready when Neil ap- peared, Julie Has A Plan 1 Sag party to visit the house which Mrs. Marbury intended to buy, did not languish with the days, but continued, in- stead, to grow, Julie was not too aan since her plans were Gina’ 's continued interest, was al- most as insistent as her niece on the affair. “If Mrs. Marbury doesn’t watch Out, she’ll have a problem on her hands,” Julie predicted darkly. | “Men like Brett an have a strange fascination for girls with Gina's = She’d be much better off with Hamilton Milliard. I tried to hint as much to Mrs. Marbury today, but I didn’t get very far.” Begg oe Rodman, T means is hae sa! eg acted sort of— well, su: estou: and even at dinner afterward. But I ine he could be nice if he Julie. did not bother to dis- agree. Instead, she said: “If we really pee eeres ie beck or }I'm checking out. ‘another when we come if we can’t, it’s a nice out.” ae ee oe “Gina has fon't be enough. Any | overnight won't oo ae . it's my guess even Ieil tine hotel, Neil Bowron would follow us to York. pager va tangas be might, $ she was afraid to give Julie too much hope. ‘To be continsed depending largely on the other aspects, such | Success a& if seems to desire, but, Today's disposition is some- a. little; it will probably be won by suav-? ity and Subtle planning. challenging—“I shall propose, of She waved one arm and con- | out:so, well at the hotel. rs. ‘Marbury, pleased at | jeatous and possibly a Hittle in’ Schools in Iran increased from dolent. There is a measure of 612 1T92Z1 to 5,000 in 1937. pe KEY aa IN gy DAYS GONE BY Years Ago As Taken From Files Of The Citizen It rained almost one inch here | yesterday—the first rain worthy a month, _ The last previous rain} was on May. 19. 3 In. 23 days, June has had only» 1.24 inches of rain as against al normal of 4.24 for the month. | Despite the shortage, the city is] 8.93 inches ahead on its rainfall | for, the year, due to an unpre- } cedently wet winter. The season’s largest and best | paying crowd turned out Sunday | to see the Conchs whip Fort Lauderdale in an East Coast. League game, box office records | showed today. The “take” amounted to $182.04, while expenses of bring- | ing the Fort Lauderdale squad | here and staging the game were) $87.19. ——- | The Citizen, in editorial para- gtaphs, said: “Foes of a general sales tax argue that visitors would object | to paying a two percent tax on| ‘general purchases. Many of them | seem to think, though, that the hundreds of thousands of auto tourists enjoy paying the 8-cent | gouge proposed on gasoline”, | “Statistics gathered. by | the government show that almost | one-third of the autoists killed by | |trains in 1930 were not struck | ‘by engines, but drove. into trains |after the engines had passed the | | crossings”. | Mr. and Mrs,,Ralph L, Higgs have announced the birth yester- | day afternoon of a daughter, Mrs. Higgs was at the home of her) parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon | Hicks, when the baby was born. | Miss Elizabeth Kerr, daughter | - of Mr. and Mrs, Robert Kerr, and | Ivan G, Roberts, son of Mr, and | _ Mrs, Claude H. Roberts, both of | ‘this city, were married Thurs- | day in Miami, it was learned here | | today, returned to the post of Monroe -county high school alumni, asso- ciation president. . | Vitte was re-elected secretary, while new officers were Miss| | Eleanor Richards, vice-president, | and Miss Louise Ketchum, treas- | urer, | THE LOWDOWN FROM r HICKORY GROVE Anybody poppin’ off and say- ing the Germans must be a queer lot to be Ied around by the nose, | are just poppin’ off. You don't need to go 4 thousand miles to! see sights, you just glance down | out own Main Street, The latest I see, is where the! U.S.A. is fixing to furnish free’ shore. But that night, as ‘usual, | mobile homes for lemon strikers church! | in sunny California. The Govt. is | helping to keep the strike going there with its left hand, and sweating blood—or, claiming to do s6—building ships, ete., with | district, | the other hand, elsewhere. I don’t know, but it is just a) Bai bare chance that in this lemon strike the Boys there on the rag- pwho ate’ 4 ie the tree mobile homes, do fot’ like lemonade—they might all jhail from Kentucky. | But to get back to strikes, I been trying to find out why we) | keep on trying to run our U.S.A. jlabor department from a side-_ | saddle. Yours with the low down, JO SERRA WHO KNOWS? | See “This Answers” on Page 4 i * eommae 1, Who. was known as the “Blood abd Iron” Chancellor? 21s Japan under agreement Mo goto war” with the United States if Germiiny declares war upen us? 3 What was H.R. 1776 4. Has the Red sed area beer y ‘open to American ships since the war th Europe began? 5. How do American armament expenditures compare with Ger- many’s? 6. Which cost the larger amount, @ battleship or an air- 7. How many trained glider do the Gremans claim? 8 In what body of water did the German battleship Bismarck sink thé British tettle cruiser 7 9% Can you name five na- ,tlond that lie between Yah | Pananie? 18. Who was Nathan Bedford ' Forrest? | everywhere. | Naval Air base which I visited as HOUSES MOVED. | Sonatas: cei anlerstis salar ata | | Hollon Bervaldi last night was | Seq MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1941 Attorney at Law ‘217 Duval St. Phone 253 tp on a bluff on the town, is dotted with palatial be humble cottages as Spates spe bola ney Piano Tuning . pee hag of. Pecat ‘Gables, Beis Elizabeth St. Phone 117 and Beverly Hills, Calif. Green. jun3-lmo gtass, flowers and citrus fruit are Prieta HOUSE MOVING ot, SPRY Summer Instruction Piand, Theory, Band and Orchestral Instruments Farther south lies the huge new | : the guest of Capt. Alva Douglas | bee ee pi is given; good equipment, A. O. Bernhard, cer.| Taylor, ph Bee 3 He was Roe in command of the | _- idl aed are | Aircraft Carrier Lexington and is | FOR SALE— ‘ | eo ae ee A rud- | ier, more rugged gentleman-of-the- | SIGNS—‘For Rent’, “Rooms For air I have had the pleasure! Rent”, “Apartment For Rent”, of meeting, The Corpus Christi Air| “private Property, No Tres- base is the largest in the United, passing”. THE ARTMAN States today. It has’ already cost! PRESS: “ pr2s-tt per age $18,000,000 has been | s ay a ion to this. a will. turn out 300 |OLD PAPERS FOR SALE— oye cuits 2 Three, bundles for Sc. The Giti- They will spend their next four years | zen Office. jan25-t after leaving here at sea with the | (trp | U.S. fleet, From 6,000 to 12,000en- | SECOND SHEETS—500 for 5c. listed. men and ground mechanies,, The Artman Press, novl9-tt $ base covers toad ot acres and has 44 separate with it, The mai is equipped with six of the Ene | paea ROOM. ‘SUIEE, and . in- airplane hangars in the world. A dividual pieces, for sale cheap. landing field in front of one of these Also, 1940 Ford DeLuxe Coupe, has over 81 miles of concrete on it!| cheap for cash. Excellent con- dition. POLLOCK, 508 Duval jun23-4t “TRAILERS. Apply Tommie’s Skating Palace. jun33-tt It is planned to use 100,000 gallona | of high-test a day! _ The recreation center consists ot one of the largest movie houses in America—seating nearly 3,000 and _ there are two shows nightly, A 400- bed hospital completes the post, eee Took the Texas Express from) | Corpus. cole to San Antonio. a ling tropical rain- hipedyhoring 12h Td ‘ort Worth by esa ‘MODERN LUXURY CABINET SHOWER with fittings. Value, $31.95; special, $19.75. Gray's Fishery, Ojus. jan20-Iwk | ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR. | 817 Fleming Street or Phone ‘79-W, jun21-2t SPECIAL! AUTOMATIC GAS WATER HEATERS, $12.50.each. Gray's Fishery, Ojus. jun20-Iwk | ROURTREN fT. SAILBOAT. | Fully equipped. $100. James H. sett creiag sated he Pinder, 1217 Petronia Street. jan3-s <cenilencoan oie vembeicsioas ane = feo, PERSONAL CARDS, Hore dd then | 100. THE ARTMAN Limited tor Chisaga. Hares then 4 TYPEWRITING. PAPER — In Galveston—Texas Rabbis were Soaets, es oe ae holding their convention—a most or- derly affair. In Fort Worth—45,000 Baptist Ministers were in conven. | tion—a bit loud and more raucous | than the Rabbis. R. G. Letourneau | of Peoria, Il, a former bankrupt | | Son mechanic told how he had | ‘an $18,000,000 business through | jon to Christianity: “Now I) | am one of Christ’s business men,” ) said ny proudly. “I put 90 per | my proceeds back into the | the W. McCall, presi-— dent of the Southwide Brotherhood | jun20-3tx eee oe soak ed oe bates | Shen 9. pet. cons FOR SALE--Baby Carriage, 514 this country belong to some faith or | street Goad, at that only 4 per cent go to | Mitgaret faadyt | FURNISHED HOUSE ing Mar- tello Towers, For 4 months to small family. Phone 496-W, FOURTEEN FT. MOTOR BOAT, Fully ec and one Johnson Out! E | tor, 4 hp. $150. James HB Pinder, 1217 Petronia Street. AP, Apply 535° Emma laid up with lumbago; this time an | earache. Guess we're both aging. | Forgot to lock my room one night. | Next morning couldn't get out of Flenting street. po ed it. Found neatly scrawled note tn- | derneath: ‘You neglected to lock | PICTURE FRAMING ' your, door last might; our rma ger, | nner rather than awaken an took the PICTURE PRAMING, Diplomas; for you. We| antique frames refinished. Pie- tures matted, Paul —. 614 Francis street, WANTED TO BUY SEEING THINGS: Towa on. route to lecture in| | wanteD TO BUY — Small Age froin pis Shoat House; can make suitable down payment with monthly or quarterly paymen The Citizen. it’s economical and has fasty food and atmosphere.