The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 1, 1941, Page 2

Gong heh ROUEN ES $16.00 ite oi 20 cards of thanks, resolutions of ete, will be charged for at ‘ctices for entertainment by churches from which sevende is to be Oerived are § cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- ood of pubile and subjects of local or general interest but it ‘ME not ‘publish anonymous communi- cations. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern Cit; Hospital. Presenting: Ella, N. C.; ‘Eula, Ore.; en Ola, Ark.; Sula, Mont. 110) . nae be log If the Russians fight successfully for | ~ _ another month or so, we will move them up | &. ‘| into a higher classification. | Dh secoenvs . | rie! If you have planned to subscribe to | be. The Citizen, Key West’s home town news- | Pas “paper, please do not change your mind. | hel , rei The national defense emergency will | blo “+, ss. Teake itself felt upon every American and ro no loyal American will object to carrying a | bel ~ +: part of the burden. Ma dov J" hut the end was always’ the same—Joe | ..oure natural vm oe ‘first of their kind to be displayed at the —""" pronx Zoo since 1929, and are the chief at- --feaction, wt least for the time being. | “n sbxoadly based tax on the American people, | Congress expended very little effort; it will | “alse expend very little effort to reduce non- | «1% Mermany, the Neutrality Act is a farce and “Should ‘be repealed. Right or wrong let us ’* more than the legalistic sense. | ‘o«--duis encounter with Joe Louis. ; zontal, * © sy terested in the scarlet American flamingo | sented to the New York Zoological Society *~ by John C. Clark, president of the Miami Speaking of results: A man gave The | Citizen a classified advertisement the other | day and before it could be printed, “he | — found what he had Jost. In levying by far the heaviest and most | »:defense expenditures, We see where a young man killed him- self because the army wouldn’t let him en- | . list; others are almost breaking their necks | i; keep out of service, nevertheless it was | “nt patriotism that caused the youth to de- | : Stroy himself. -- Since the United States is the open ally | of Great Britain and the open enemy of | We have never been neutral in be sincere. Advertising shows little modesty; if it | » » “did the results would not be very effective. } "_. & modest advertisement probably would | « also be devoid of sincerity. When a mer- | chant has faith in the goods he offers to the public he can proclaim their value with emphatic superlatives. | Nova’s cosmic punch did not work in | A: quick ac- | “tion cosmic death ray might have done the | ” trick. ‘The opponents of the Brown Bomber | who remained vertical the longest were | those who adopted the hit and run system, | Louis: perpendicular, his—opponents hori- | > aTA Eastern admirers of bird life who are | : will not be required to go allthe way to “Miami to see this unusual species of the feathered tribe. Two pairs, taken from the infield of the Hialeah race track, were pre- Jockey Club, and are on exhibition at the; e Zoological Gardens. They are the ~ | things will move fairly rapidly when the + foot lengths of pipe over them. | status the road occupies and what has held THE KEY WEST AND WHATOFTHEROAD? = ; | Key West's long struggle for a con-| stant source of fresh water—longer, surely, | than anyone could ‘have believed possible : | @ year ago—came one step nearer success | | yesterday as Circuit Judge Arthur Gomez | signed an order empowering the acqueduct | commission to issue $1,750,000 in bonds to | be refunded by” stro ae ot 2 k | gain or spring water before the first-tubfu | of the new supply gets here, but at long Ia: | Key Westers have a right to feel that the | wheels definitely are in motion. | | The navy station, struggling with its | water supply in the face of a constantly ex- | | panding personnel, has been attempting to | | inject a little speed into the water project | | for months, and there is little doubt that | | 4ast of the legal obstacles is gone. } | Which, in our opinion, brings us xight | | around to the next item on Key West's list | | of “musts”—-the highway. } | In a way, the two are closely linked, | since both are important contributions to val defense in this area, and ->both ~ i pleted the job of haulii | State Senator David Ward, ‘before he: | was called away from Key West ‘last week, | | had branded the present highway spans | “dangerous” and promised to do every-| thing in his power to. get anoney at auice for the completion of the road omer the gid FEC right-of-way. ‘There is no question about | the senator’s judgment concerming the CITIZEN Dhis BROOM works WONDERS! wooden bridges, and certainly his aid in get- | ting money for their elimination will be ap- preciated here. But regardless of the success or failure | of efforts to finance the road-repairs, one thing the senator could do for Key West and Monroe county. : And that is to tell us exactly what KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings On This Date Ten Years Ago As Taken From , Files OF The Citizen Seemann dat £ seen ee (Special to The Citizen)— “Lefty” Grove, although he was {nicked for 12 hits, led the Ath- |letics to a 6-2 triumph over the 'St. Louis Cards in the World Se- ries opener today. up its repair in the past. We would like to know where we stand. ~ : . BUYING ON TIME Failure of the treasury depart- ment to approve samples of sand The extent of installment-buying ex- tends to every hamlet ofthe nation. It is 4 " estimated that the installment-paying pub- fecha Mag — lic owes manufacturers and retailers about |... on the project $o @ step. $8,800,000,000.. That is a part of the credit system of our people. The destruction of | 1. E. Durden, construction su- that form of financing would mean that |perintendedt, blaming the sand | millions of persons with small incomes will | Shortage for the delay, said he be deprived of the only way in which they |4°es not know when operations have to gain credit. pray sagecre it a sani: If the United States Government is go- | 1 silesial tie gape iba ing to continue to sponsor the idea of buy- | cr samples, but it is nat P cidood ing a home with 15 per cent down, and the |if the company will be able to balance on very long term creditsthen why jaseniee sufficient material at doesn’t the same principle hold good in the |°"~ = way it has‘been practiced by merchants, | Diamondball at night will be- manufacturers and financial concerns who |S preteen ARE have built up their business’ along those |Compary aise Agelent the Blank lines? Young married couples buy their | Honses of the tug ‘Relief, and the houses, furniture and automobiles on the pe ee 2 ertric installment plan; ‘the/onierebarits every- | 2 nay for the first-half of the where sell clothing and al] kinds of goods [pew season, > and supplies on the instaliment basis. Elee- Ricagtacc top Poa 2 nat tric refrigerators, radios and hundreds of | +7 tne night games. erasinaie 2 articles of merchandise are part of this $8,- - 800,000,000 credit system, which the in-/_ sot W. Demeritt, pou stallment-paying publie wants, and uses. | Sic) svleia: Wagis at ine Who is to be benefitted by racking jare applied to ithe lighthouse down on those same 4,911,000 young peo- |SeTvice, addressed local Rotarians ple who will pay income taxes for the first 52 eg sunenpen Seeeting “Tei: time the coming year? | FRANCE PREPARES iN AFRICA | Mrs. F.C, B. Hodgdon was hos- | tess yesterday to members of St. |Mary’s Circle. Present were | Mrs. Albert DiNegro, Mrs. Carrie From Vichy, France comes the an-'Bernreuter, Mrs. Charles Saun- nouncement that the French are rushing |i ae a re and construction at the African port of Abitijan, eS. with the idea of creating “one of the most | TopsOhien. I, editorial the Ivory Coast. \shipshereon two occasians in The new harbor in .oenjanetion with |November,...@bhisxis more. than bracket the British strategie port of Free- a a a = = town. Wester wauld object if Uncle The activity of the Vichy Government | Sam decided to doyble the dose, in Afsica continues to be somewhat sus- picious. Mot omly are the Rrench actively rushing the construction of a strategic) railroad, but they are ‘busy with harbor | works. city”. “it mow jbecomes apparent that something more than moral suasion will be needed to collect it may be a coincidence, but the work | And, umless experts are to be disbelieved, some of those delib- being undertaken by the Vichy Govern- . ; ‘ ; ment will fit in perfectly sith the plans of Pe 7 Ring om gre gy Saeed Aidolf Hitler when the Nazis elect to move into Africa. harbors jn the world” along fea FAGQ sad Shonen lnyndred3i of dollars. : ae SIX. SUPER SHIPS POR U.S NAVY JOE ALLEN. NAVY EDITOR OF THE CITIZEN. OUTLINES ADVANTAGES OFFERED TO YOUNG MEN ain announcement, made pub- lic recently by the United States Navy Department, that construc- tion has been started on six 27,- | 000-ton super cruisers, indicates that work on our new “Two- Ocean” Navy has been accelerated. This latest state- ment concerning naval ship- building brings the total number of new ships ordered since Jan- uary 1, 1941, to 283l—with 968 af these-ships already under con- struction. Production line meth- ods.are being used wherever possible and a pronounced speed- up has been accomplished by the institution of a 48-hour week and a Shree-shift 24-hour day. A to- tal .6f 375,000 men are already Lemployed in shipyards and an- other 125.000 men will be added to this force ef workmen speeding ships>down the’ thesfate of ateast one every fe: days CHAM I So. coordipated and pr 3s, }the current naval. shipbuilding program that many months gre beimg:cut from the normal build- ing>time of American-made war- ships. ‘This expert planning and new speed ‘in construction of our ships from 45,900-ien dreadnaughts to small:torpedo boats opens” the way cfor the Navy to accept new qualified men for training at the rate of 12,000 to 15,000 a month. j These:men, enlisting in ¢ither the zegular Navy or the Naval Reserve, will be sent to one of the.faur Naval Training Stations andvmay have a chance to go te a Navy Trade School even be- fore!i-assignment to the fleet. Dunimg this period they will re- ceive regular Navy pay- and the free, Navy. schooling is. valued gt } /Bwery tew ship in WORK STARTS ON further | = ANOTHER ERSATZ JAVA BERN—Switzerland, limited by rationing to approximately eups of coffee a day per person, has joined the rest of Europe in the search for substitutes. Large scale cultivation has been started in two’ provinces of a shrub that grows to about three feet, bears blue flowers and pods containing brown seeds. / two technical training and advanee- ment. In outlining the many gdvant- ages offered by Naval enlistment, Mr. Allen sai “It is possible for young man tp increase en times during fis tment and be can .earn as $126 2 month ‘This igure is actually -worth more when it is remember- ed that the man has few living expenses and is provided with the finest of- medical and dental care. You have all your food and clothing outfit is Uncle Sam free”, tinued. “In addition, there ame free sports and entertainment. On top of this, you get free travel and adventure in colorful places nS few civilians can fe TI , i ul th and the fact. that | select only 12,000 applicants a month from manyj§* that number throughout ‘Many are called, ibut’ few are chosen’ will apply to Jocal men interested. “As Navy men are a telligence and ambition, af fine moral character and myst have) the written recommendation of} at least two local townspeo- | ple”. r As Navy Editor, Mr. Allen has received from Washington a supply of free illustrated book- | lets for all men imterested and, in addition, will welcome in-} quities from young men who wish to look imto the new and great- er opportunities the Navy and the Naval Reserve now offer for’ training for later civilian careers as they serve them country now iy its emergency: eut our, Nav z lecitvengentty conics tamale A cielo | the base at Dakar, Senegal, will neatly /Key West bus>seen<at any time) Navy mei willie needed to chine shops, ordnance depots and other shore posts to keep the new ships-in action. \especially if they axe to get “Newer im the history of the DINING | shone leave while they are in this United States has there been Sttictly Seeater opportunity for doyal young Americans to serve their jcountry and build their futures than right now”, Secretary of the Navy Knox tecently said. At the suggestion of secretary Knox, Joe Allen has been made Navy Editor of The Citizen to help the Navy in giving ambit- Beautiful—Air-Conditioned Rainbow Room and Cocktail Lounge and Fireproof OPEN THE ( TRY JT TODAY— The Favorte-in Key West a Be “Today's Birthdays Lincoln MacVeagh of Connec- tieut, new Minister to Iceland, © years «J born in Rhode Island, ago. 51 Rear Admiral Charlies A Blakely, USN. born in Wil liamsburg, Ky., 62 years ago. Dr. Ralph W. Sockuian at gfew “York, neted Methodist cleggymen. born in Mt Vernon, Ome, 52 years ago. Viadimir Horowitz of New York, pianist, born in Russia, 37 years ago William E. Boeing of Seattle airplane maker, born in Detr 60 years ago. Robert McLean of Phila. new paper publisher, born there, & years ago Faith Baldwin of New Canaar Conn., novelist. n Ww Rochelle, N. Y., 48 years ag William A. Patterson cago, airline head, born im Hor iulu, 42 years ago of Ct ‘Today In History | remetcennnte nner one ceded Louisiar back to France in secret trea 1852—2zra Meeker, 21. and hi bride, reach Oregon by ox covered wagon: took a 1 Trip sepeated by Meeker ir an plane im 3 days. 1859—Th A. & © starts in New York as a single store 1888 — President Cleveland signs the Chinese Exciusson Bill a 189%6—Rural Free Delivery Starts the country over. First Time in Key West Returns Direct From the ee a CINCRINA a in thes cay p © Wr tee drinking foustasr oe fer thes TDRSS, at athe tpal us < =r pack ————. — = Se = .* ete anes ap te For the a