The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 21, 1941, Page 2

PRESS IO EDITOR! ADVERTISING RATES wn On application, ‘SPECIAL Nowice Jaen Public issu ana subjects of local or general ‘but it will not publish anonymous communi- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN always seek the truth and print it, out fear and without favor; never ‘be. aid to attack wrong or to applaud Haghti yays fight for progress; never be fhe, 01 of | or the mouthpiece of any oan yl ion or class; always do its utmost : Public welfare; never tolerate corrup! 0 _sPiustice; denounce vice and peti os i eommend 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- | y =o 2. Move Hotels and Apartments, 3. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. 4.. Awperts—Land and Sea, 5. Consolidation of County and City Gov- e* ernments. i » t @ A Modern City Hospital. | pw. Rationing of cacine may bring the “bicycle back to its own. ‘Japan's cabinet resigned, leaving the *Chiria incident still under the head of un- | finished business. | | | ; The University of Wisconsin has dis- eovered a new cure for pellagra. Perhaps Wiseonsin cheese. We are hearing so much about the joint income tax returns. It is about time the joints are paying their share ‘of the faxes. “Remark overhesrd: “He is a very gronds citizen; he sings ‘God Bless. Am- “erica’ and gives President Roogevelt ‘Hail pas ‘pany or combination will be in a position ‘there is no promise, and scant likelihood, ea | sary to pay rates similar to those imposed | _ Purchase of Key (Key West Electric com- -pany by REA looks from here as if it would | be the best thing that could teen power consumers. © Admitting that there will be “many more propositions before the local firm is severed by federal order from its New Jer- sey parent, it is unlikely that a private com- ‘to make a more attractive loan offer than management than ‘At least there. tween the offers m company of Chicago, andthat made by the | Florida Keys Bleetric Co-operative associa- | tion, with the backing of the two federal agencies, The Nuveen firm offers a bond interest rate of 4.5 to 6 per cent. The co-operative would obtain money through RFC at 2,48 per cent. The Nuveen deal would give city coun- cil full authority to run the plant. Under co-operative management, the plant would | be run by experts from REA possessing | wide experience in operating large and | small power projects throughout the na- | tion. With council operating the plant, that rates will bo teduced. “REA managers ge they can cut the present rates | by cent, possibly ‘by-more: 4 City council, in order to operate the plant at‘all, woulderequire technical and Tegal advice for whith it would find it neces- upon the local firm by its parent concern | in New Jersey. REA would provide tech- nical and legal advice without charge. At the conclusion of payments to REA chase price, the electric company would go to the co-operative, thus becoming the property of the consumers and effecting a further decrease in rates. Considered from any possible view- point, there is only one answer to the two propositions. For economical and efficient opera- tion, the co-operative is in a better position to operate a power plant than is city council. SPEEDERS OF OLD The traffic probem, especially in our and the willful speeder. But we should not imagine that simi- | lar problems did not concern city dwellers of the past. In an editorial which appeared | in the New York Mirror in the yefr 1834, the reckless Broadway, bus drivers were | | life and limb. It said: i “The inconvenience and danger of this those who walk. It has not only become | dangerous to cross Broadway on foot, but persons who venture or trust themselves in- side one of these carriages run the risk of having their brains turned by the rapidity | of the motion.” | Not only: wasefear expressed for the | | | | ‘Columbia’.”’ é titre topes | ‘Senator Pepper undoubtedl$ had Frustrated childhood. He continues to bea | fessimist of the first water. Has he no faith | in humanity? His latest outbreak is the ‘ f] limit—for detainees, Guardsmen and Pe | H “servists. He thinks the government may | ; find it necessary to keep them in camp for s “at least five years,” adding “And it may | ; “be for ten years or even a _ generation.” a Baually pessimisticewould be the statement q -#f that should happen there would be a| “revolution in the United States, hi Z Medical science is Aomiontie making tis Progress and the death rate from the vari- | ay ‘gus diseases to which mankind is heir has a *heen-reduced immeasurably. While still in | pe "4 state of development, sulfonamide com- | fpounds have.done, wonders .in effecting | ; geures where.onee cases, were considered wi hopeless. Those-who-once faced death th; hen one of the thirty-odd varieties of pe | *yirulent pneumonia germs invaded their thf -systems may now take heart when they are | we 4reated with fulfothiazole, one of the more “| Bétfective compounds of sulfonamide. The Commissioner of Hospitals of New York re- “ports that in 1933 the city’s mortality rate “for pneumonia was 29.3 per thousand, ‘against 9.7 in 1940 for those who received | treatment with this newly discovered remedy. safety of pedesttians,*but-the writer of that | editorial appears to have believed that too x} rapid speed” would scramble the very: brains inside one’s cranium.) C | ing an airplane at the rate of more than | five miles a minute. What would ‘he have Saenabi of driv- | | ENCOURAGE THE GOOSE } —_—_—— | Along with the Federal government’s | | drive to sell United States Savings Bonds, it | would be in order for the government to en- | courage the public to invest part of its sav- ings in private enterprise: The prosperity terprise system. Our government should be interested in promoting a system that is | the life-blood of the nation and the source of all tax revenue that maintains govern- ment itself. It should take good care of the goose that lays the golden eggs, While the government is demanding and receiving so much from™industry -dur- ing this national emergency, it should “try to strengthen it in every: possible manner. But strange as it may seem, there are many industries in this nation that are to- ment cooperation, or by planned govern- ment policies which restrict or compete with them. Blectricity, oil, and coal, are good “of socialization backed by the government bitself, fe pat parts of the country. for the money making up the original pur- | larger cities has long been acute, and added | | to the congestion, which appears unavoid- able, is the menace of the inattentive driver | severely criticized for their disregard of | | is no less felt by those who ride than by | of this country is based on the private en- | day being handicapped by lack of govern- | examples; they are faced with the threat | Tommy Starts South closed his eyes for a moment. And he pictured Lu- strollin a eeee tipwine washed ie wing F sages # ping her skirts ut her. Luella and Florida! . Pe oda do i Be reached for the sion the synige cmplave had said to-go over some ac- data on radio stations 9?” Tommy said, when a voice Sawer the ring. “That you, Mr. Greenwood?” ao. “came the reply. “But—”. ee excited,” Tommy laughed. ‘his is Tommy McIn- tyre.” “Oh, hello, Tommy!” “You shouldn’t have told me you were remaining in the office,” said Tommy. “But since you did, here I am, and I’ve Sot something very important to talk about. Can | you spare me a moment or two?” Mr. Greenwood chuckled. “Of _ THE KEY WEST CITIZEN course, Tommy,” he said. “Go on.” “{ want to leave on my vacation | right away,” said Tommy. “Well . wood. I'll be—!” said Green- | “Calling me at this hour | ‘It’s. important,” said Tommy, | | “You know I’ve been hanging on| for over a year now without get- | ting away, and—and—well, I sort | eel a nervous breakdown com. | ing on.” “Nonsense! You're the healthi- : an.” est-looking man in Man! “Maybe so... but appearances are decepti “What do you call ‘right away’?” | Mr, Greenwood asked. “Monday morning,” sa’ “Good Lord, man, tha short notice.” “Yes, Mr. Greenwood, I know, | but—" Tommy. mighty “Wait a minute!” Mr. Groen. |and colorful. 'Ehere was a com- wood said suddenly. aybe you willing to combine a little work with your pleasure.” | “Now, listen, Mr. Greenwood,” | Tommy protested. “A vacation is | a vacation. I want to go down to Florida, lie in the sand, and soak up a lot of sunshine. I want to watch the waving palms. I want to do some fishing. I want— “Stop it!” Greenwood laughed. “You talk like a Miami advertis- ing circular. So you want to go to ; Florida?” “Yes. On Monday morning.” “Okay!” “Meaning you’ll grant my vaca- tion now?” “Right. On oe cond: “I was “Afraid of what? “Of a catch of sor “No catch at al said Mr. Greenwood. © On down to | Florida, and have a vacation. You deserve it. Al | doa bit of in surely sort of keep eyes and ear > sort.” my boy,” S open, and s broadcasting Stations down in that neck of the woods. Just a matter of routine, that’s all. Now that we're making a lot of recordings— especially serials for broadcasting in weekly installments, I like to | know just what's back of the sta tions throughout the countr: financially, and all that. Get it? “Yes, sir!” said Tomm: | a lot!” “You don’t mind mixing this in- | vestigation with your vacation- ing?” “Not at all,” said Tommy. | | “Em so. darned used to work, come to |. think about it, ’'ll probably enjoy | myself more. Pm keen about those recorded serials, you know that; eyes open.” Tommy hung up, His rt wi singing. For once in his life of}; thirty-odd years he had gotten a break! He did a couple of compli- cated dance steps around the} room, and then dropped down | into a chair. He lit a cigarette—| smiled at the wall facing him. Away from New York, away/ from all the rush and the noisé and the worry that went toward making up a city that could be} beautiful at tim: others. Sunshine and palms, . .. Long white beaches: :*) . ella. He could see her—almost hear and Lu- trying to persuade Marie to marry me!” | Sweet Place UELLA reached Miami Sunday morning, and lost no time getting out to Tommy McInty cottage. The keys were in an | velope in her purse. Tommy i. 3 handed them to her at the Penn. sylvania Station. “Make yourself completely at/ son, but was also determined to | home, Luella,” he had said, ‘ try not to feel too badi: you-—even praying for y penne “That is, if you th nk the | an. old sinner like me | against her. : will be. y. good,” MIAMI, SUMMER RATES Single Room—Bath—$1.50 Free Parking Lot can be spared, that is if you're|t | how things are with some of the} so.P'll certainly keep my ears and Py and hideous at I kept | fe ‘And over all| which Marie lived and worked? that’s happened. I'll be thinking of| You couldn’t fight a situation like ” “He | that, Luella argued. “Thank you, Tommy,” she had! N. E. Ist Street at weave Boulevard Overlooking Bayfront Park and Biscayne Bay opposite. Union Bus Station . One Block from Shopping District and Amusements Sfoure « an is oy 2 tn You | iow tras, ect way to keep } wie a perk or experiencing stow a ph “You, lenty to do, all right!” gd olem “The ottane has been Unoccu ea for a lon; long while, and it’s probably thiok | "ati with dust and festooned. with cob- webs.” “Splendid!” she had exclaimed. “Cobwebs and vat are my meat! : | Housekeepin, e one at which I ex in case, you; Know.” a “You” excel © at wen forget that.” sf } 'o, I won't, Houseék ving poet gee Per sare oy oa 0 isn’t, evidently.” She had paused, thoughtful. “I. wonder. now if the old-fashioned qualifications for being a wife and making a home really count for anything at all, Tommy. Glamor, the ability to say smart nothings, play bridge for | high. stakes, wear clothes like a movie actress, and all those things Pseg to be more important nowa- da: ut it, Luella!” Tommy had said sharply. “And speaking of cooking, I wish I was going to be | near enough to drop in now and then for a mess 0 fried chicken and candied ya “So do I,” she had said. Then: ‘Tm going to miss you, Tommy, ; You've been grand to. me.” ‘Tm going to miss you, too, | Luetla—like hell!” And now Luella was unlocking | the front door of the cottage, | opening it, entering. Sweet place, | es ra But Tommy had been ht. There were cobwebs, and of both. Thank God, ! She was going to be busy, terribly busy. And work—cleaning up the cot- ze, putting it into an attractive ndition—was going to be. rv. She raised shades, gpened windows, let in the sun- the. sea-breeze. She y “4 on a tour of inspection. The cottage was snug and cozy bination living and dining room, Il bedrooms with a bath Anda Hichent The cut- f kitchen. And it 1 upon a diminutive back porch, a back porch that begged | for some geraniums in empty to- mato cans, like her Aunt Lila used to have, and a vine to climb the posts. “IT love ity’ said Luella, half aloud, S# 7 chest in a closet, she found ta- clothés, bed-linen—everything she needed to set up housekeep- ing. Then, as the word housekeep- ¢ to her thoughts, she re- nbered the apartment in New k—that place she had worked hard te make comfortable and ‘@, a place where her tired nd could come at the end of ‘day. isband, indeed! And did the home she had hard to make comfort~ vet Not so’s you'd betwe op! Heartbreak E found dimity curtains in a hu: a bu he aed off to write with a glamorous and beautifut radio star! No time for home. Just a place in which to grab a bite to eat. No time for a | wife. She, was just a human au- tomaton who was there to light vhip up a cake, make wwe. 5. dio sSngs sh, ake. there she stood ung the blue-green waves aking upon the unbelievably te sand, watching the palms gently in. the breeze. And thong! ere endeth the down upon a sand dune, with a piece of shell, wned. Funny thing, this ness of the association be- 2h a man and a woman, Take | He and herself, for example. They'd started out so beautifully, and look at them now. Henry in |New York. She in Florida. A di- } Vor ce pending. e asked herself if she had made a mistake in giving up so |soon. And she said that she had | not made a mistake. Had she been | fighting a woman who was beau-- tiful and ‘with whom Henry was | infatuated—just’ that alone—she- | jmight have won out. t | But she not only thad to fightpa | woman who was beautiful, but/a | woman who lived and worked in ld of excitement—a world ry wanted to get into, If she d merely had to fight the wom- |an who was beautiful and with whom Henry was infatuated, she could have made herself more and one beautiful, fought the wom- nd maybe have won out in the ear it what could she do when ry was not only showing signs of being in love with 1e. come a part of the world in No, the cards had: been stacked She had done the | right thing, in leaving Mee Sock Tobe, continued ave FLORIDA UNTIL, DECEMBER Double Room—Bath—$2.00 Alfred Simons. Manager psi SUBSCRIBE FOR THE & CITIZEN aoe WEURLY. Raita a ae cr es en AUGUST 21, 1941 THURSDAY, > ASSEMBLY PLAW7S AE QUNTRY MAKE THis a6 og PoE a? promotion in defense | galleries shows a most interesting This exhibition is scheduled program, Following the current | show of the paintings of “Chil- (dren of New York” there wil be a {most instructive exhibition giving ‘graphic form to the important. { {silk sereen printing process, used = So. extensively in poster art of the’ i Maken caulk happenings im ays It. wilh be the endeayor of tn ieee — pos an | the ‘art Center: bed demonstrate ablinned seeskety ta. this. with this exhibition and: other} ‘wa, Gincaee we | Pertinent material, the. . facilities | javailable atthe Center: for’ art “ROLLER SKATE. activities, to open at the Art Center on Septem- ber 2nd. The Florida Art Project ‘ef the, Work Projects Administration is’ constituted a non-certified De-} fense Project, authorized to per- form services for defense purposes | wherever and whenever officially requested by qualified agencies. The services available are those, which normally fall within the | scope of ‘the Art Project as duly , authorized by the Federal Gov- ernment and approved by the President of the United States. The services may be generally classified as: Exhibition—Art In- struction—Art Production. One of the original principles of the National Arts Program was to bring ART: directly to the peo- ple with exhibitions free to every- one. Expansion of this idea to {serve defense needs with exhibi- | tions for men in the armed serv- ices was a natural first step in the | art defense program, | In response to widespread re- quest by the authorities, the Flor- | ida Art Project, WPA, has or-) ganized, state-wide, through its es- tablished. units, of which the Key | West Art Center is one, a service of circuited exhibitions especially designed for showing at points of concentration of U. S, armed} forces. These exhibitions are’ planned for’ one month’s showing } at each unit point. This program is now serving some 200 or more exhibition locations. In addition to the exhibitions on this circuit , schedule, the Art Center units | have arranged a number of ex- | hibitions of local work in, art and } other material of particular in- | terest as a supplement to the | travelling exhibitions, | The schedule of regular exhibi- | tions coming to the. 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