The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 11, 1941, Page 2

ind Ann Streets ed West ana sas sevond clase matter | fied, aneikas ari} meri beca with sion not! cards of thanks, resolution: 1 y rier te., Will be charged for % the rate of 10 cents a line. it by churches from which Notices for entertainment = eygnue is to be derived are 6 cents a line. ‘The ; public issues and but it will not p Subjects of Jocal or ‘ore ublish anonymous communi- Y WEST CITIZEN _- WELL alway8’seek the truth and print it without fear ahd without favor;’ never be afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; always fight forprogress; never be the or- “fan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, or class; always do its utmost for the lie welfare; never tolerate corruption or “Ditljustiee; denounesviee and praise virtue, **eormend 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. | and ‘of tr play ride over “IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN “I Water and Sewerage. * @ More Hoteis and Apartments. 3. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. 4, Awperts—Land and Sea. 5. Consolidation nD County and City Gov- ernments. "| ® A Modern City Hospital. nnn! take the The Bible says that “He that speaketh Goodbye, Mr. Goebbles. “"4es:shall perish,” beat In an unprecedented action the Senate slashed $1,234,000,000 from. the supple- méntal defense appropriation bill which i “had passed the House carrying $8,063,000,- 000 in funds and contract authorizations efor-the Army, Navy and Marine Commis- _osion. It seems that the better half of Con- . .gress is waking up, at least insofar as its . . Appropriations Committee is concerned, AP 28. ASSP ee De The closeness of the vote in the House «son the two anda half yeats extension of “ ‘the draft, in itself-a repudiation of a solemn “* promise of a ‘one-year service made.at the time of induction, shows definitely .what:|. will happen should the government be-bold |% enough to ask that the boys be sent overseas te fight in.any. tand for any cause, Af: seize 22 eu 22 the government has any such ideas in its mind, they might as well be dismissed now and for good. see bee at 65, Refugee passengers and Americans re- turning from Europe declare that disillu- | sionmeat was growing in German military and police ranks and reported instances of | German officers seeking an opportunity to listen to British radio broadcasts and other news “from the outside.” Hitler’s job is getting more difficult every day and when disillusionment and discontent gnaw from within, the situation willprove an enemy | greater than any he hag encountered so far. Pantone rier ee SO cold | ment Although the Army has beensupplied | with unlimited sums Gf honky Mag Gen. | McNair reports that after. fifteen months. of intensive defense effort, there is not Asingle | division ready for defense, and on that ac- | count the boys, who were inducted into the | service én the promise that it would be only | for a year, must serve another year and a half. Excuses are in order and they are ~ coming thick and fast. Lieut. Gen. Ben Lear re the Army, quite naturally, and lays the blame on the low morale of the | tion, regardless, is true to a con- | erable extent, since the nation is not a in the preparation for a war not of its. i ance the h been eran with wife ‘on-in-law of President Booseve’ -lisher of the Seattle’ Post-Intelligencer,’ |” takes a new tack, however, and the Talla- ‘hassee Daily Democrat’ gives him a well ciph pastime. It is serious business. * ON BLASTING THE NAVY. Navy censorship, information and mis- information has come in for reams of news- paper debate ever sinee the present emer- gency became generally apparent and the, navy began to arm to meet it. The complaints take all forms, and to our mind, many of them have been justi- The recent, blast of. John . Boettiger, olevelt: and pub- ited editorial going over for it. Boettiger bitterly assailed Navy Secre- tary Frank Knox and the navy in general | use some of his reporters were stopped | warning shots when they raced into navy waters in a speedboat seeking pic- tures of the plane bringing the Russian mis- to Seattle. The newsmen knew the waters were forbidden, admitted they could see the warning markers, but they did not hear the warning shots until the marksman took a crack directly at them. insisted they As the Demoerat says: “Freedom of the press is an ancient well established right in the’ United States, but we have never heard of freedom espass on a military: rééervatibn:’ ’ “An army or bavy base is not, a public ground, The, organization” and is- nevof an armed force is nota childish “If a speedboat load of newsmen can into a navy base, then a speedboat tor- | pedo-carrier can ride in and attack a war- | ship. If a news photographer can crawl Of course the Democrat is right, and Boettiger’s ill-tempered blast should not be n seriously. Some of the navy chiefs’ other actions, however, have rankled. Secretary Knox, for instance, has re- fused to reveal information to newspapers, then published it himself in a signed news- paper article, American newspapers were forbidden to mention the presence of British ships in American waters—until London announced presence of an aircraft carrier and in- vited the newsreel men aboard to take pic- tures. As a local example, Lieut.-Comdr. E., 8. Caldwell, in command of the mosquito flotilla which came here in March, re- fused to reveal his name, although a na- tionaily circulated magazine had carried pictures and a story about him a few days before. But Boettiger—he’s all wet. WHAT OF HEALTH FADS? The subject of how to live long is al- ways of interest, which perhaps accounts for the eagerness of the average mortal to upon various methods which are recommended for promoting health and | longevity, such as, doing: daily.ex -radiozausic and the like,’ , ercise ‘to | .) «However, there ‘ate many! who’ are | ‘sktptical regarding the real’ benefits of strenuous physical aetivity. One ‘of these ea aie We to the Cleveland Press; point- ing out that Walter Camp, famed athlete and originator of the “daily dozen,” died while he, the writer, had never taken any kind of exercise to speak of and was still in excellent health, although a great- grandfather. lived people are the physically lazy, but | mentally alert.” | Commenting on the Feather, a well-known editor, declares that | several years ago he adopted a_ vigorous | health program, including vegetarianism, He added that “the longest- letter, William baths and the daily dozen, with this result: “Acute indigestion led to the abandon- of vegetarianism on doetor’s orders. Another doctor recommended discontinu- of céld baths. The daily dozen -are still pursped, but faith in them has-been shaken by the untimely death of their’ in- | ventor.” : Still we may find many who swear by ealth fads and feel that their lives have saved thereby. As the proverb has it, “What is food for some is black poison to others.” Canada still uses aluminum tops for her milk bottles, but the washer manufac- turers in this country are denied that metal the result that the Ameriean house- must revert to back-breaking toil if the washer she now uses becomes worthiess. the fence of the air base to take pic- tures, a Fifth Columnist can crawl over and | blow up the planes.” Willard, Mackey iped the Chapter 14 Stuffed Olives Te bright, unearthly moon- light did strange things to them, cast exotic shadows about their eyes and the planes of their heads and bodies. “Just who are we and just where are we?” queried Anne, as she stood wet and shining before the curtain of the falls. Mackey gave her one look and turned and trudged off down to the fire that the men had built up extravagantly. Anne watche d him, aware she should follow. “T know where we are,” mur- mured Sherwood, putting an arm around her as he stood at her side. “Can’t you guess?” She looked up at him and shook her head. i “Don't you:recognize the place? This is paradise.” “And Doddap: wept when he} promised you heaven.” “But we have the present.” He | drew jer to him. “Put your arms) around my. neck.” Her’ beauty-loving eyes traced the seulptured lines of his lead, following the streak of white in his hair. His mouth came down on hers at first gently as if testing its wel-| come, then taking bold possession. | When he relaxed his clasp a trifle she pushed away from him aghast. “I must be crazy,” she eried. “Never before—-” “Then it's about time,” he said, his voice still gruff with emotion, and would have drawn her to him again, but she twisted free and fled to Mackey and the fire. Mackey brought her coat and as Sherwood joined them re- marked quizzically to him: “My brains, her charm and your luck.” “Have brought us to this,” added Anne, indicated the land- seape about them and the fire be- fore them in which they could see the pieces of their carriage go- ing up in flames. “If we leave here it won’t be as we came.” ‘The men avoided her eyes un- til Sherwood turned, pending over her. “See, a banquet is be-| ing set in the tent. Did you bring | one gorgeous dress?” Her eyes: began to glow. “A) n_chiffon especially packed.” “We'll have a patty,” offered ‘Mackey as his share of a gallant gesture. “You in chiffon, Blaze in a tux and me with my uniform buttons shined.” Anne had trouble with tears all the time she was alone in the tent drawing on gossamer stock- ings and satin underthings and finally brushing her hair to a per- fect lustre. When she lifted the tent flap, the cook stood there waiting, a great platter of steam- ing rice in his hands. Dinner eer took their places around the table on which stood seores of dishes of food, the great platter of rice, sheets of bread, ™meat cakes, sweet cakes, nuts, watermelon seeds, mounds of col- ored sugar balls, jugs of sour milk, pots of tea, all put on the table at once. But the prize disi| was the centerpiece. A bowl of} American stuffed olives. Sherwood and Anne sampled them at once. Mackey made a wry, face. “I leave olives to lov- “You're a pal,” said Sherwood, giving his shoulder a friendly slap, nis voice natural, but in his eyes, Anne saw, a look of tor- ment. Suadenly .e clenched his fists and rose. “Pete, isn’t there something we can do?” “Start a fight and get shot for our pains.” “I might start a fight,” sug- gested Anne. “They're afraid to murder She was feeling ex- traordinarily alive as if her food had given her the energy of half a dozen people. The men smiled at her tender- ly. Sherwood walked to the en- trance and glanced out. He re- turned and took an olive. . “Here's to you,” he said to Anne, and bit it in two with his strong white teeth. “What did you see?” Mackey asked. A “The soldiers are on their camels doing mounted guard duty.” : “They must be expecting some- thing to happen.” “If we could at least get hold of a gun! ae e might try entertaining them,” suggested Anne. = “J ean play a mouth organ, Mac! drawing one from -his’ pocket. *Well!” been ‘been ‘out on us.” holdin ap ey Can you a Bick’ yout accomplishment?” He grinned. “Given the chance, I can spake a gun out of another fellow’s holster nobody's business.” He rose and propped open the tent. Anne followed him, snapped her fingers and slapped her right foot on the clay, almost as level and sleek as a dance floor, Mai tuned up on “Lonesome Road,” ecting dire Anne, “Now dance.” layas are above it. |her head on her knees, She was remarked: Anne} en s|¥You and I are. stood at a Joss for a mo- ment and then asked rwood; “Did you ever. do the Apache Dance in sehool? Could we — to this music?” “We can do anything to,” he, assuned bi in into. a pert Fetiped about his waist!She feltstrangely. light-hearted as if she had dru of Omar's “Cup that clears tod of past regret and future fears. “Don't be too rough, remem! this dress,” she warned him. He siniled into her eyes. “I'll be gentle,” he promised, that in some obscure way he was teasing her. “We'll try a tango next,” he said. “a Ss we have started the musi¢ with a flourish. His master made him kneel, muz- zied’ him and sat down le him. "Sherwood whispered in Anne’s ear as he whirled her, “Wish they’d all dismount.” clearing away the table in the tent, Another camel beeame rest- less and was brought to his knees. The audience clapped when she finished, Shervee, said, “You've a very pretty je Mackey struck up.an old waltz tune:.and Sherwood ‘came! over and took, Anne,in. his arms, and circled the. dancing; space to the slow sweet music. She felt tenseness about him as if he were trol. wi “Our audience believes that this’ is our. wedding night, Anne,” and he kissed her, guiding her into the tent. snatched close the flaps. He was trembling with excitement. Then Anne saw a revolver in Sher- wood’s hand and remembered his drooping down by one of the sol- diers several times. “Now what?” she demanded. “Nothing, I’m afraid,” he said. “The next move is theirs. We iknow only that they won’t harm you in a way that is called ‘mur- der’ in this part of the world.” They hear voices, unexcited, the grumbling of the camels as they tose and the slow shufile of pad- ded feet. “We'll probably hear from them as soon as the fellow discovers the loss of his gun,” surmised Mackey and put the harmonica to his mouth again. Anne looked longiigly at the najlet in one corner of the tent and then sat down on the rug, ‘bout her. Presently she rested unbearably drowsy and_ weak, and when she looked up again with an effort, she saw that Sher- wood’s head was weaving from to side. She thought for a nt he must be drunk. ’ve been drugged,” he mut- tered, making an ineffectual effort io rise to his feet. - Aane put a hand to her throat. Now she knew what was the mat> ter with her. Mackey stared from one to the other of them in consternation. “Those stuffed olives!” he cried suddenly. “I thought it was funny we'd have anything so foreign to the country as stuffed olives: They banked on every one of us eating them. Well, I didn’t. He took 'the gun from Sherwood’s nerveless hand and went out. Anne managed to crawl to the pallet before she lost conscious- ness. Deserted ‘HE sun was shining warm on the tent when she woke up. She rose and stumbled to the tent entrance and looked out. The floor of the basin lay bare of movement except for a light breeze rippling the surface of the tiny Jake. No man, no camel, ngt even the signs of their campfire had been left. Her swimming suit and the men’s trunks bung on the’ tent lines where they. had, beet: thrown. the night before. 4 Then she saw Sherwood’s bos lying, face down’ on the path the falls giemhas she knew.) she The next thing lay on the pallet again and some- one was gently shaking her shoul- der trying to waken her. P She’ lifted heavy lids and met Sherwood’s troubled grey eyes, the hair on top of his head ruffled into unkept ringlets. “You're alive and unharmed,” she exclaimed with growing won- der_and delight.” “So are you,” he replied as if the words were needed to give him conviction of the fact. “ found you lying outside and wouldn’t wi while I explored.” | He helped her sit up and they rested a bit, her shoulder against his breast. The tent flaps had been thrown back and they could gaze out on the lonely barren land- scape bright with sunlight. Pres- ently she moved away that she might look into his face the more easily. He had shaved.she saw, hanged to whipcords. at do you know?” she asked riimmaging for a eomb in go ery tel: Only at my eyes me. here absolutely alone. Mackey gone—the natives gone—the camels gone. The camel fleas gone. The lake is too salt ‘ou the barren clay of the stream bank from the falls to the lake.” “We have no food, no fuel, no cup, and no tool or weapon ex- cept my safety razor and your Nagara dagger.” To be continued The seven-mile ocean abyss) It is estimated that at least|cohol which helps. east of the Philippine Islands is 20,000,000 meteors enter the | ry Y about as far below sea level as earth's atmosphere every day the highest peaks of the Hima-;and a minimum of one a day ‘reaches the earth’s surface, { pas toe at | and she felt | » shouted Mackey, and | One of the camels began to dance, | ‘The cook and his assistant were | ay holding hitself’under iron’ cone: Mackey tumbled after them and | drawing ber golden, fluffy skirts aken so I let you Ben | for a shrimp to live in.-Even | green mold refuses to grow on | ANOWRL ASSOCIATION OF MAWUTE Economic | | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 194 om = eee STRONG sian winter. Highlights i | HAPPENINGS THAT AFFECT "THE DINNER PAILS, a ee ee ere CHECKS AND UAE: ILLS OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL? | little question but what he i yy NATIONA: ) INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS | expected total victory in INSEPARABLE FROM LOCAL WELFARE | matter of a few weoks, v REASON FOR HOPE AS “THIRD YEAR OF WAR OPENED | ou age agen: | On September ‘1, the “wat' ex-/ up, especially in the air-/ ag. 4 tat tered its third year. ‘fi’ the two craft, field. | eS as ee years that have passed since Hit-| War Decision This Year | And the German soldiers are ler sent his legions into Poland, a long list of nations have been subjected to the ruthless Nazi Tuie. One of the citadels of demoe-} racy, France, has suffered igno- minious military defeat, and has! become a total state patterned on Hitler's Reich. Some 7,000,000 soldiers have been killed, wound- ed or imprisoned, and an un- | known total of civilians have died in the rubble of falling buildings, and before the firing | ‘squads of the Gestapo and the SS. troops. One of the Nazi military songs contains this line: “To- day we rule Europe—tomor- row the world is ours”. The | first part of that has come true with a vengeance—but the second has not. SS It is difficut, the war ‘still ‘be-/ ing in an indecisive phasé; fo ac-! ‘curately sum up what has taken | |place during this astonishing con- | flict—a conflict which may well, | jas Hitler has said, decide the jhistory of the world for the next | thousand years. But one thing | |seems undeniably true, and that) is that the ferces which oppose | Hitler have become tremendously | stronger in the last year. After | |the evacuation of Dunkirk, it} took an almost miraculous de-| gree of optimism to give Eng-! }land a chance for victory. The} | best that most authorities hoped \fer was a negotiated peace, which would let some semblance lof parliamentary government |continue to live in parts of the | i i i i , |Old World. Today Britain has | jat least an even chance of full }and conclusive |some ~experts think that her ‘almost unanimously report that iron out differences. A big victory — and! Some believe that the coming! dying like flies on ‘Russian ‘year will decide this war.. Hitler | soil. ‘is not.only fighting a war on: So, there is reason for hope as ‘fronts—something he always the third year of war begins. said he would avoid at all costs/The Allies may not yet have —he must face a third front, too./the strength of the Nazis—but 4 The third front is the. growing /Allied power grows, and many underground anti-Nazi move-,are certain that German power, ment in the occupied countries. for all the areas it has con- Reports filter out from Europe ;quered, all the resources it has’ of sabotage, the assassination of gained, is dwindling. This Nazi troops and police, the slow- be the decisive winter in which: down of work in factories in oc-'one of the great pages of worl eupied lands which have been history is written. forced to put inte effect extreme- —o0o0— ly stringent new rules designed; The action of the Senate to, prevent anti-German activity lowering income tax exemption of all kinds. But the under-jin accord with the Presidents ground movement continues and suggetsion, is favored by m grows. It is said to be especially | economists. But there will be @ effective in France. Frenchmen fight when the Senai e who have escaped from Europe | joint committee gets together the overwhelming majority. of{centage of the legislators: French people pray. for Allied definitely afraid to extend dit vietory—and wait in. grim si-|taxation down to where the bulk’ lence for the day when they |of the vote is. ee may be able to settle their long} account with what they regard; as the traitors at Vichy. i On the Russian front, Hitler Germans in oecupied F has been forced into precisely Germany, Poland, Austraia the kind of campaign he swore | Czecho-Slovakia. There are nearly’ 2,0 French prisoners held by | ON BUSINESS OR PLEASURE When taking. crip, always<arry your travel money in AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAVELERS CHEQUES =the safeguards against loss. 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