The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 9, 1941, Page 2

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A Modern City Hospital. fy Z What price price control, Leon? Never make plana that you. ¢annot * cotaplete yourself; if you depend upon = others, you will be disappointed, p. Because Federal Shipbuilding em- 2 ployers and employees at Kearney, N. J., es could not settle their differences, the gov- r ernment has taken over the plant, The ~ union had demanded that the company fire those employees who refused to pay “their union dues, to which outrageous de- -maind the.eompany would not accede, Yet ™ President Roosevelt blamed the company = for failure of the negotiations. Mports almost $5 mhualy, of which $3 ecdnomie pressure has been turned on Japan as President,Roosevelt announced a 50 per eent advance in tariffs on all forms of imported crab meat. That means a greater demand for the American succulent | _. edible or more abstention on the part of _ the crab meat eaters in the United States. ~ Key West is in position to share further in ~ the profits from the cultivation and sale of this crustacean delicacy. Westbrook Pegler, the columnist, who “still feels that dark brown taste after a >. binge in Key West several years ago, has ~ been cogitating what to do with Hitler if he “sholild bé éaptdted by the’ United States. = He thinks that Key West and Washington, | =D. ©. ir summer would be “pretty bad” if Hitler were kept in.a cage at either: place during that period o: a isWiiter, i ig eas is ns tut i “Florida during the sutimer months * warmest during the winter, and for ~ Washington in the summer we concede it is suffocatingly hot and humid. If our own * experience is not sufficient evidence for the as assertion, then we have the word of Presi- *dent Roosevelt who has several times re- “ferred to the heat in the nation’s capital ~; (some of the hot air coming from the capi- = tol itself), and at this writing the con- Sgreesnen are asking for a respite of 8 =couple of | 4 eeks from the calorific condi <tion-prevalent there, : te reason why : i nd the éommission is faced with the prob- »isimported from Japan. Now | ‘ahd the | WHO PAYS FOR "Defense obligations imposed up county by the state government ate veloping into a major headache for county commission, and more so far every employe | of the county who sees money diverted from the payroll into defense needs. Admitting that che defense activities | are necessary, the county employes can see pay should be held up,, ¢ attempting to finance a program. costs are unk#oWn inmdyance. = -». What the situation seems to’ need is some investigation and a large dose of planning. : Under the present system, B. M. Dun- ean, chairman of the defense council, gets ; | orders from Tallahassee to go out and get whatever the state defense leaders feel is necessary here. It comes in the form of a direct order, and Duncan, whose organiza- tion does not include a treasury, is expected to produce. The county is empowered to take money from any fund for defense use, so money which ordinarily would go into pay- | tolls is diverted to defense purposes and the county employes are paid off in warrants | which they must sel] at a discount. “Obviously, the system is not fair. Montoe county, because’ of ite size, its ge sections.of unpopulated land and its od coastline; faked lot of defendil all of ye costs.money,. But, Saks eds smal population, there isn’t: much*money to dovihe job. Certainly Monroe county residents want to defend themselves and the ap- proaches to the state, but just as certainly, the state and the nation need to keep Mon- | roe county defended for their own good. The county employes do not want to | ‘put themselves in the unpatriotic position | of opposing the defense program—but neither do they want to pay for it out of all proportion to their’ number, The county needs some help from the state and from the more populetis counties | whose defense needs are not so great. ~~ } AN UNHAPPY GENIUS | Through the medium of radia, the | works of the great musical composers may | now be heard by everyone, and among these the lofty compositions of Ludwig van Beethoven are becoming familiar to an ever widening audience. As one biographer has written, “in music Beethoven is a name be- fore the greatness of which all other names, however great, seem to dwindle.” But in spite of his towering genius and transcendent achievement, the composer's life was a tragic and unhappy one during most of its 56 years. Beethoven was born in Bonn, Prussia, in 1770, of a very poor family, his father being a court musician with a predeliction for strong drink, while his mother was a woman of little education, the daughter of a cook., But Beethoven managed to secure sound musical instruction, becoming a skillful performer on the violin, piano and organ_at an early age, but while he early attempted composition, it was not until | about the lage, of 25. that:he began to pro- | duce the thajgnificehit orks. which phere ral him undying fame. fea Beethoven never, married and his ex- | istence was b secluded one for the | most | part, marred by poverty and frequent quar- | rels with with his servants, and the in- gratitude of a nephew for whom he had made many sacrifices. But the great | tragedy of his life was his deafness, whieh began about his 28th year and finally be- came total. Some of his sublimest com- positions were written after he was too | deaf to hear a note of their wondrous | beauty. The fact that he continued to create immortal masterpieces under such citcum- stances sets Beethoven apart as being at once the most majestic and the most pathetic figure in the history of music. AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION The production of aircraft in the United States, for the month of July, shows | that fewér planes were completed than.in | i | June, and June ‘was a little off from May. } These are interesting conclusions but | what they mean nobody knows, It is not | known, for example, how many training iohs, Mackey, are escaping from the court of the wicked Emir, Blaze id Anne in ofdet to 0) by the Emir, althotigh . é is sure, They are Chapter 12 Trapped? ANE put tp a hand to stop him, You know all the an- lowed him to the opening of the tent and stood beside him, He | account told Mackey of his talk with Dod- dap. Mackey nodded towards the gash in the plain where the | which the following is a digest: river ran. “Cheer up. We'll soon be free. That jumble of ‘poles you see her down is the bridge where Locke, ‘We ¢ross into Chinese territory. 9¢ 4¢96, in New: Hampshire. The Once past it we're on our: own. ifere the. bridge is in repair. ey néver mend a bridge in this |§3 years, and the. youngest wa: country until it collapses and kills a man or animal.” A postillion mounted the mid- dle camel. The driver climbed to his seat, the footman bowed to his passengers. Anne took her place in the carriage followed by sames, swers, don’t you?” Then her tone changed. “We'll S00n be parting and I want you to know that I'm grateful to you for rescuing me.” | “And I’m grateful to you,” he} morvesiaee “Imagine an arch-} aeologist seriously married to a} harem beauty.” They both} Taughed. | A sharp turn in the road and} they came to the end of the can-| ed and saw before them a great} barren as far as the eye could see. | Under a cliff at the right, beside | sapeine eon See nee in full | af, was a tent flying the colors} of the Emir of *Yangsar. | The coachman drove up and stopped. | a time,” said Sherwood, | motici) phe ithinas of the} ; jerk He ‘aoe at the sun. “Barly | ime.’ | The riders followed immediate- | ing eamel and came crippling | over to the carriage as Sherwood | helped Anné down. | ua sweet serpents,” he moaned. | “Piloting these ships of the desert is terrible business. I couldn’t| manage her ailerons or read. her | instrument board. She wabbled | all over the map.” He looked at! the tent. “Do we dine in style! I guess you were right, Blaze, when you said that my brains and your luck and Miss Willar eharm would get us out of th Arne laughed lighthearted!: and led the wav into the carpeted | tent with 1is tow tables and hard} bolsters. The cook and his men; setved soup made of rice and al-' monds -and camel milk. They served lamb roasted before the | open fire and with it sour milk! and oaten bread. There was.tea and sweet Cakes and candied gin- Ber. _Arine anid Mackey were in par- | ticularly high spirits all through | the meal — Sherwood laughing with them but not saying much | of his own accord. At last Mackey | lit his pipe and leaned back on} his bolster pointing to the scene in front of the tent. | “Spread out before us is the Bekkan Depression,” he began) like'a professional gu 33 wide that we cannct the mountains on the farther side, co | God-for-saken that even goats shufi it. Salt mars! sands, and miles and m low. brown elay as b; craters of the moon. “I've seen it. from the other side,” said Sherwood, turning, to| Anne, “a few miles below the} lace where your father's camp | is established. All that country including the Bekkan Bula) ountains, is disputed territory. | the Chinese claim it. Shani Lun claims it. Our host, the Emir of} Yangsar would like to claim it.” | “The Chinese claim must: be} the best,” murmured Anne. “There is a detachment of Chin- ese. troops protecting our dig.” He glanced at her sharply. “Is that true?” “Tt thought you knew every- thing,” she smiled. _ “Not quite,” he grinned. She wondered if she'd done Wrong in making that revelation. “What are yout plans when you reach Chuka?” she asked Mackey. “Maybe 13) fe et and as ot position t inese Governor for a Slot - b. hasn't a plane, e 3 jo! but. ought to have one.” 5 _ “Why sked Sgitgod” Shani aske 4 sy lean wards him, eyes. Seine: ape. =e. think there’s ‘a ehance?” he cried. | Why fot? The Prince is al white: man. He likes to have fel- lows like you around. I'll write youa.note for him now.” He took paper and fountain pen from his pocket. Suspicion AItE Sat watéhing them, feel- ing a ttifle lonely and out of it. in the midst of all this plan- ning. Their lives had been revolv- img around hers, and were now moving away. “What are your plans?” she | asked Blaze. He handed Mackey the note and put away his pen. |, “I have nop! ans,” he smiled | back, “remember? I live each day as it comes.” Anne and Mackey stared | doubtfully at his lean dark face with its look of self-discipline be- low. fhe teasing grey eyes, “Phat,” remarked Anne, “sounds like the opposite. of knowing What you want in life ing.after it or does it?” | en Most sone s have . people get ieir own way. planting and’ scheming, I've ranch that if a map will be faith- ful to his objective life will work out_the plan.” “He may mean it,” she thought, a bit as always by the | planes are involved, how many single motored planes, or how many multiple- | motored aireraft were produced. | Fewer planes may fepresent greater | bombing capacity, or increased fighting | power. it might bé @ g6od thifig to let the people of the nation know just how thé aircraft program is coming along. | id men wete hitching three | gar; ol tacing camels to the } | “They must ini to travel | fast from new on,” Sherwood re- | marked. Anne and Mackey fol- However, we do not know; maybe | | BOOM IN U. 5S. TRAVEL 1941 that exceeds any in Amer- {Sherwood and called back pit he ¥ fer Ber Segoe itt te, aera to Mackey; “I suppose they'll test the | goes a long ways in welding peo- | h us and if we survive may cross.” “They'll probably have you drive the camels over alone,” Mackey jested in return. “I’ve heard of the natives making such use of a woman,” bridge you_ ri him back. “I wonder why?” Anne asked. The tall, angular beasts stretched out with incre ig speed, their legs criss-crossing like animated saw-horses. Sometimes they broke into a gallop. | tas, | . ‘Locke descendants, writes to } and He would have Key West a few years ago, were! lépression stretching wide and | mounted and ridden at their side. | present. but the captain of the troop held ‘+, the Island City. i “L presume the men haye been’ ordered to travel in a certain for-"/Ohio, son of the President’ «and.|, mation,” said Sherwood, watching’ | @pief Justice; “born mati, 52 years ago. nat circled above them. an eagle ‘ sms almost as big as ‘Look, he planes.” Anne followed the bird’ with her eyes. “Will we ever fly our own machine as an eagle does?” “T gine it's all a matter of learning _h * he said. “We're slowly a iring the wisdom of u the animals. Perhaps that’s one of the reasons why we're here.” They rode a while in silence. Suddenly they noticed they were being carried on past the bridge they should cross, being aken dee into Yangsar terri- ory instead of out to freedom. No Bridge HERWOOD sprang forward and caught the driver’s shoulder. They spoke sharply to each other, the man whipping up his camels and continuing on his way. Sher- wood seized the whip from his hand ‘and ordered him to stop. The other man gtabbed at the whip i in the struggle was knock ftom his seat to the ground. He fell clear and the driver halted. Sherwood gave the command to turn back. Instead the fellow iumped from the carriage pull- ing the white man after him. Anne watched with dismay. The native seemed to be something of a wrestler and clever enough for a while to give Sherwood no ance to use his fists where they do any good. The other 1 up and added him- wi and the riders who had een some distance behind came on the run, but Sherwood had fought clear before they arrived, the driver nursing a blackening eye, the footman on his back, un- conscious. ‘Sweet serpents,” howled Mac- key in delight, “cam you be the guy who's surrendered to Des- any?” They’re not taking us to Chu- |ka,” barked Sherwood. “High watet’s wreeked the bridge, they tell me. We've got to go round. The river sinks into the ground some distance ahead.” “T don’t believe it.” Mackey looked back up the river. “Maybe you're right,” he said tersely. The rest of the con- versation was continued in Turki with the native men, Presently Mackey and the captain of the soldiers swung back up the road to examine the bridge. . i Sherwood revived the len footman and gave the dri an American silver dollar’ ’to* hold on his eye. 9) “They're right,” said. Mackey ly, Mackey rolled from his kneel-|some of the new midget, air-'{ Qklahoma, born in Greenéastle, | Ind., 65 years ago. - Ala., 41 years ago. U.S.A., chief of the |vania, 54 years ago. University of California at Los Angeles, noted physicist, born in Hungary, 39 years ago. : Maine, noted novelist and editor, ' \born in Columbia, Pa., 64 years ago. } led Harvard psychiatrist, ‘born in Scotland, 65 years ago. | Today’s | and under its influences the in- |stinets will be tender and hu- mane, gentle and devoted. Seek | only to cultivate strength of char- lacter to oveFconie the natural | timidity that otherwise might al- ; | low the native to be pushed aside by more confident people, thus fail in' getting the reward | due oe ee x tice COLDS Thompson Enterprises “Try “Rab-By. returning. “One end of the;bridge | is hanging in mid air.” Sherwood washed from the water skin and took his place beside Anne, “The Captain may have known that the bridge was down but the driver didn’t. His orders were to go the way we're, going.” “Weil, now that you’ve got nie thoroughly worried what are you going to do about it?” inquired. Mackey. i “Nothing,” answered Sherwood, his” hands | his head jerked back by the sud- | den start of their camel. Mackey and the riders dropped again. “You're certainly a whirlwind when you get started,” said Anne. “Tf the other natives had been off their camels——” “I wish they had been,” he re- torted rg. “Td like to take ee of this expedition my- self. ‘ “What's going to happen to us?” she inquired. . He shrugged. “That's on the knees of the gods.” through the A mal a ¢ ared } | far afiend be thee ana he Reet tat ahead but always in sight as if he might be leading the party. “He doesn't look exactly real,” said Anne. “Could he be a mirage “Sint see he mak tragks,” see 1 makes any offered Sherwood g fro the carriage when torte toa slow and treacherous bit of through a salt marsh so bitter. no feed or grass eould grow in ‘Te be continued ica’s history is reported by the SAN FRANCISCO—A domestic California State Automobile as travel boom in the first half of sociation on the basis of wide= | Spread surveys. behind | ARAN AOE NTE TAOS | TRY IT TODAY— \ | The Favorite in Key | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1941 THE LOCKE REUNION Rev. George R. Locke, Presby- | minister of Braintree, | Mass., atid president of the Rev. A. Locke Maureau, S.J., an of the 5ist Annual Locke Reunion, Aug. 27, of “There were about 160 descen dants of the pioneer, Capt. John killed by Indians ~ Aug. eldest were a husband, wife aged 22 days. “Qne member hailed Los Angeles. “After the dinner, there were recitations, music and community singing, which last from ple together. i “The old board of officers were} reelected”. The Locke sisters, who visited They expect to return | NewS ITEM; In ONE YEAR U.S. TANK PRODUCTION. HAS REACH~ | ZI$- ACHIEVED ONLY AFTER FIVE YEARS . «+ buys his copies of The Citizen at whole- sale, sells them at retail. « «+ pays cash for his papers. . « « loses if a customer fails te pay. . . . is embarrassed if a customer is slow pay. . . » goes the limit for his: trade, is on the job rain or shine, serves his customers well. . «» asks customers to cooperate by paying him promptly and regularly. _THE CITIZEN Circulation Department + hehehehehe N Today’s Bithdays } | \ U.S. Senator Robert: AioPaft of, ‘in “ Cinein-, U.S. Sen. Elmer Thomas ‘ of; # vs U.S. Sen. Claude Pepper of | Florida, born in Dudleyville, See | Jacob L. 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