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

- tibet toh OR the people. of the rest of the world, are get- aing a graphic demonstration of the fact that war—or defense-—in these days is the concern of all the citizens of the nations invelved, Oace we thought of wars, entirely as the product ef warlords and their ambi- sig nue cline Building _ Corner Greene ond Ann Streets - eee DS onty patty wepaper in Key West and lonroe County . iss | lord is the produet of the people he rules. : Quee we vray ‘ef armies as, bands | of professionals, @ last war ended that. | Phe munitions makers once were the ‘ evil geniuses who promoted, war to, further their own ends. Now all 00 k £3 | and we regret their number is not greater. 4 ‘The people of the warring nations ~~ | ence waited at home to welcome back the warriors. & ADVERTISING RATES y -Mbde Ienovew! on, apbieation, - SPRCIAL NOTICR ——— | all the people suffer alike. | far once s' itself, and the ™ All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of | War supported its a ul “* respect, obituary notices, ete., will be charged for at | oo Seeect, obttnary.aslosa, | conquering army lived on the country. it ") Notlees for entertainment by churches trom which | conquered. Now everyone pays, and the ” revenne is to be derived are 5 cents a line. 4 © The Citizen is nm open forum and inyites discus- | winner loses, because the conqueror must © ck Tat oMNT uae eublice anotameua comment | pay both for its own effort and to rebuild | the conquered, In 1917-18, with the nation at war, Key West's contribution amounted almost entirely to the men who. went into thé army aid navy, and to somewhat increased taxes. This time, with the country not at war, Key West citizens have been taken into the army and navy, they have paid increased taxes and realized they must pay much larger ones, they haye organized a home guard and disbanded it, they have regis- tered for defense work in an emergency, ‘thy have joined another home defense force similar to the home guard, and, most re- cently have taken part in blackouts. Next week, they will be prepared to assist in the nation’s defense with contribu- ‘tions of aluminum. , Truly, this one is a people’s war. | ORIGIN OF ODD PRICES rest but it wil “cations, Pf wee is : ‘ i 2 + ehadoue th and print it without fear ang without favor; never be afraid. to attack wrong or to applaud right; ways fight for progress; never be the or- an or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or ; always do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or injusti¢e; denounce vice and praise virtue, commend good done by individual or organ- igatiop; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate and. not contaminate the reader; never com- = promise with principle. | | We are,so accustomed to articles in | stores priced at 98 cents, $1.49, and other “2 odd-penny amounts that few persons give © Avperts—Land and Sea any thought to what once was considered ) Consolidation sf County and City Gov- |! 2 freakish idea of price-making. ernments. f But G. H, Cilley, a well-known store A Modern City Hospital. , Beach and Bathing Pavilion. ticle that ‘the custom arose from the solu- tion of a very practical problem by a shrewd merchant. When Captain Roland H. Macy got —— senescent SASF er > | Today's advice: Never be ashamed to do what is right and you can’t go wrong. - : How can we aid all those warring European countries without weakening | ourselves? It is not logical, but that is just “Nit, there is no more logic in this imsane “world. = <* Mayor LaGuardia of New York was Tonge an uncompromising foe of the sales tax but with a surplus estimated at some $25,- + 000,000 it is easily seen why he is whole- #heartedly for it now. Circumstances alter opinions, tai and started a store in New York, there were no cash registers or other means for checking up his clerks. Money received for purchases was put in an old-fashioned eash drawer which made no records, and the practice of “knocking down," 4 euphemism for plain stealing by clerks, was quite prevalent. Macy changed all prices to odg-cent amounts, established cashiers to make the required change, and kept a close watch on (ONS eS aes a the cashiers. His advertisements of these ~ Advocates of birth contro} claim that | odd prices seemed to strike the public eye acti y advecate would stop wars. | favorably, and he got a great response. wba practiced in all | What was at first only an expedient to keep fsociety. When, | from being robbed developed into a potent ids, only two men | psychological appeal to his customers, @ other. Thus the odd-price has survived many | years after the origina} reason for its adop- tion ceased to exist. = : Ex-King Carol of Rumania, tem- « porarily sojourning in Cuba, would prefer = to gambol in the United States, where life would be more to his liking. But the reason e-given is that Cuban society is allergic to his ‘-inamorata, the buxom Elena Lupescu. Evi- “dently he thinks that North American so- ® ciety is not so chogsey, but the play-boy “should remember that those guilty of moral turpitude are forbidden entry this | year of unprovoked and merciless warfare. Scouhtry. We have a law to that effect, In 1937 Japanese soldiers precipitated — the struggle with China by firing a few . Surgeon General Parran states that shots near Peiping and since that time ruth- among 63,000 drafted men only one-seventh | less Japanese invaders have despoiled the “as many eases of syphilis and only one-third | people and the land of China. There is no Faas many of gonorrhea were“found as in| use to recite the bloody details or recount £1917 When the’ United’ States ‘eutéred ‘the | the great suffering of the Chinese people. World Ware Evidently some progress has | We can better dwell, perhaps, upon been made in curbing one of the major .2menaces of the nation’s health. The same progress undoubtedly applies to the general | the enemy without giving up the battle. To- "population as the draftees represent a fair | day, probably three million, OF more, men = sample of the nation’s health in this regard, | are engaged in the “China incident and ~but the problem has not been golved as it} Japan is very anxious ta discover a man- has been in the Scandinavian countries, and | ceuver that will save her face, Swill not be solved as long as this country The Chinese government refuses to treats venereal diseases as mora} scourges | give in, knowing that surrender will mean instead of medical problems. However, alien rule for many years. Their morale = itude has been more broad-minded in ad op athe pedapatl could not have | Great Britain and the United States but the *been written as it is a while back without | flow of supplies has been scant compared Sxevere public censure. | with the task the Chinese must assume, A SALUTE TO THE CHINESE While we pat ourselves on the back for fense matters during the past year, let’s not | forget a cumbersome mass of people. slow- | ly plodding their way through the fifth into use tions, Moss of us believe now that the war- | the manufac- | turers of the nation are munitions makers,': Now the war is in the homes and | advertising manager, tells in a recent ar- | tired of sailing the briny deep as a sea cap- | the strides that the nation has taken in de- | the heroic resistance of the Chinese govern-'| ment, which has retreated steadily before | has been helped by proffers of aid from | ———- | Advertisements under this head ; Will be insertec in The Citizen at the rate of one-cent (1c) a word |for each insertion. but the mini- {mum for the first insertion in every instance is twenty-five |eents (25c). Advertisers snould give their |street address as well as their ; telephone number if they desire | results. Payment for ctassified adver- tisements is invariably in ad- jvance, but regular advertisers }with ledger accounts may have | their advertisements charged. PROFESSIONALS { LOUIS A. HARRIS Attorney at Law 217 Duval St. Phone 251 may20-Imc FOR RENT FURNISHED APARTMENT, priv- | ate bath. 906 Grinnell Street, | off Division, near Bell Tower. jly16-tf Los? | $25 REWARD to finder of Lady’s Wrist Watch lost recently. Has chip diamonds on face. POL- LOCK’S, Jeweler. jly1?-3t i] {FQR SALE—MISCELLANEOUS FOURTEEN PT. SAILBOAT. Fully equipped. $100, James H Pinder. 1217 Petronia Street. jan3-s |PYPEWRITING PAPER — 500 | Sheets, 75c. The Artman Press. mayl9-tf OLD PAPERS FOR SALE— Three bundles for 5c. The Citi- zen Office. jan25-tf FOURTEEN fT. OUTROARD MOTOR BOAT. Fully equipped and one Johnson Outboard mo- tor, 4 hp. $150.. James H | Binder, 1217 Petronia Street. j jan3-s SIGNS—“For Ren’, “Rooms For Rent”, “Apartment For Rent” “Private’ Property, No Tres- passing”. THE ARTMAN PRESS. apr25-tf MACHINERY BARGAINS Electric Spot Welder (new), 110- volts, 15 amps., $27.50; Carbide, 100-lb. cans rice and pea , $3.85; Chicago pneumatic , air drill, Onan lathe, $19.75; Black and Decker drills, $18 up; Flex- ible shafts, motors, bench vis- es, $3.50 up; Band saw, $19.95; new Power King 7” Bench saw, $14.95; also Jr. Lathes, $5.45. Gray’s Fishery, Ojus. jly14-lwk _ CLASSIFIED /Observation taken at 7:30 a, m, | 75th Mer. Time (city office) tures , Highest last 24 hours Lowest last night 79 | Mean Normal Precipitation |Rainfall, 24 hours ending 84 84 |. 1:30.a..m., inches, —.. »0.11 ‘Wetal rainfall since July inches ~ i —. 2.90 Excess since. July 1, ' | inches _ < 115 | Total rainfall since Ja , inches a 28.53 cess since January 1, | inches 13.02, Wind Direction and Velocity | SE—10 miles per hour Relative Humidity 87% Barometer at 7:30 a. m., today | Sea level, 30.00 (1015.9 millibars) | Tomorrow's Almanac | Sunrise 5:48 a. m., | Sunset 7:18 p. m. | Moonrise -. 2:01 a. m, | Moonset ie. .. 3:25 p.m, | Tomorrow's Tides | (Naval Base) AM. P.M. High 6:01 7:24 Low . is 12:53 Automotive Safety Foundation, 1043 | 11:54 FORECAST i (Pill.7:30 p. m., Saturday) | Key- West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy, possibly showers tonight and Saturday;- gentle to meder- ‘ate variable winds, mostly. south- COLUMM \ erly. . ERE SAE ees Florida: Continued partly Crotons, other |cloudy with occasional sheen: ish Limes. 1004! showers: tonight and Saturday, | jly 18-25; augl-8 | mostly in afternqon. 48-INCH CEDAR CHEST, wal-| Jacksonville to Florida Straits nut finish; also, Hartman | and East: Gulf: Moderate south- | PALMS, } plants, S| Southard St, wardrobe trunk. Both in good east and south winds, except! condition. Reasonable. Phone | southwesterly over extreme | 582-5. jly18-3tx | north portion; partly cloudy! STS ther with occasional showers | PLUMBING & MACHINERY | {right and Saturday. ITEMS : — } 16 Slightly damaged new cast) SaaeREEEenepeneenmeenry | iron 5 ft. recess bathtubs, | white and colored, lees ie TOay'S Horoscope wholesale cost. Lavatories, toil- ets, sinks, all size pipe (soil. & | ne ee vad galvanized), fittings, valyes.| Today's native will be inde- Insulation for water heaters pendent and self-willed, but in- & solar tanks. Power tools, jig clined to be somewhat lazy. saws, joiners, plainers, shapers. There are severa directions in| Spot welder, paint spray out-| Which the force of this day may | fits, portable automatic acety-| become operative, but it will lene generator, welding rods; surely produce a person who will and cutting torches. Lathes, Jr.|be @ pioneer in his own line. | wood turning lathes $5.45 ea.,; There are several directions in e & extra large vises 1-4, | Peliance, and some danger of es- 1-2 & 5-8”, portable Black trangement from relatives. & Decker drills $18 up. Bench Se * grinders with anaes 100-1b., Lupe Velez, actress, born in cans carbide (rice & pea size), Mexico, 32 years ago today. air compressors... tanks .&) cle or ee eee gauges, Yale & Tonne chain 5 hoists, dollies. Large, small & A hy j Medium blowers. Screw Jacks fr house moving (for sale or rent), 24 Pittsburgh gas auto- matic insulated water heaters, 15 gal. size. Open front toilet seats (new) $2.98 each, good used seats 75¢ up. | Come and see the largest stock of materials on display in state | of Florida. GRAY’S FISHERY, OJUS | Opeh Sundays, 10 a. m. till 5:30} p.m. jly181wk | SECOND SHEETS—500 for 5c, The Artman Press. —_nov19-tf| MISCELLANEOUS IS YOUR PLACE COOL? If not, see TOMMIE at the Skating Rink about an air cooling sys- tem: jlyl6-tf HOTELS BRING YOUR VISITING friends in need of a good night’s rest to THZ OVERSEAS. HOTEL, | 7 Clean rooms, enjoy the homey. atmosphere. Satisfactory rates. | 917 Fleming street. ilyl-tt PICTURE FRAMING PICTURE FRAMING, Diplomas; antique frames refinished. Pic- | tures matted. Paul DiNegro, 614 Francis street. apri8-tf WANTED WANTED—A chance to bid on NEARLY NEW “Serve Yourself” COCA-COLA BOX, and other cooler boxes, cheap. Gray’s Fishery, Ojus. jly14-lwk WATERFRONT LOT on High- way. Good fishing; $125 cash ar-terms. Collins, 902 Division street, jlyl4-lwkx FORD, 1936 CONVERTIBLE | COUPE. 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