The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 13, 1941, Page 2

wm £ asne sem 8 Pes zssOewbe se: BFrye < gk2 4 SPECIAL NOTIC &. an reading notices, se wthe rate of bytytd es No cents a} * «ynments. e: A Modern City Hospital. Today’ 's special: - ~ ~- . Ed ‘There is no way to check upon an ex- | pverts he knows he is right. e “The Thomaston (Ga.) Times says that | ~one-thing wrong with the country is that it fd cia to the city. 4 “itizenry is responsible. - » ; know it.” So do we all. | to use | : ndnaise | Of building up the na cards of thanks, resolutions of — ete., will be charged for at for entertainmen: My eg erived are it 77, ebay ae from which Citizen is coon ‘tarnan and invites diseus- ef public poll ana’ subjects of local or general ast ‘ut it will not publish anonymous communi- 5) Consolidation of County and cli aoe Dad, W. yoming, = —Acity always gets the kind of govern- ment it deserves; whether good or bad, the | {Harold L. Ickes, secretary of the in- rior; says: “I am not a popular man and = {If any city is declared to be a defense «area itis undoubtedly Key West, housing conditions are a serious problem. $21 A DAY;ISIT?. _ will launch a drive to help the navy in get- | ting recruits. Both by giving information to prospective recruits and by furnishing “them free transportation to an office where they may enlist at Miami, the legionnaires will cooperate inthe nation-wide program While the “} based largely on since the navy is the first line of defense—it | also is true that the young man looking for a | government. a Pay rates, although they start at the ) “$21 a day once a month” glorified in the | song, don’t stay there long in the navy. | That pay lasts four months, during | which the recruit is classed as an appren- | | tice seaman. At the end of that time, he | j | automatically becomes a second class sea- | | man, drawing $36 a month, and months, if he is capable, he may go to sea- | | man, first class, at $54 a month. Next jump is a third class petty of- | | ficer, at $60 a month, which’ a man- can , reach in a year anda, lf ie time of } his @listment-—it’ Re Soran aad | | class petty officer gets: $72.a month; ‘first | class, $84; chief petty officer, (temporary | appolitment), $99, and,chief petty officer, | | (permanent appointment), $126 a month. Remember, those pay scales are going | to men who are given their meals and homes by the government, who get free medical | _ and dental care and who are eligible for | | pensions and paid vacations. i The navy starts off the enlistment by | | donating $116 in uniforms and equipment, | and there are other benefits as the man | goesalong. For instance, if he has a family, | | he is eligible after reaching the rank of | | second class petty officer for a $34 a month maintenance allowance. A man | lowet pay grades, below the rank of second | class petty officer, gets a re-enlistment bonus of $50 a year, and in the upper pay | grades he gets $100 a year. Thus for the navy man in the lower | i | | $300 if he has completed a six-year hitch. | The upper grades get $400 and $600 as a bonus. | Post exchanges make it possible for | navy men to buy at savings of 20 per cent | and up, while the system of paying through a4 “It has been suggested to the editor of | forms other than cash means greatly re- The, Citizen that we change the name of | duced income taxes for them. Roosevelt Boulevard to Blitzkrieg Boule- Svard on account of its present appearance. Fort Myers News-Press. > .Arnulfo Ati Tho éye specialists in Panama? Za géod place for one or more of them. =-to the gasoline situation, was, we believe, a little belated. Either he is planning to “get | his’ from the pipe line folks and the public | “awoke to it or his original order could be | described by his own word. event, Ickes is the butt end of the stupidity. “And the main fault we find with FDR “that he has too darn many Ickes in his in- “cr circle-—Leesburg Commercial. = The new gasoline laws are decidedly T working. (The 1941 Jegislature changed ‘of 'the-6c gasoline tax SRV.) | “Biggest evidence is he plan to réfinanée thé Overseas highway “nunéer, state” “Ruspices’so__as to provide ~ modern construction for the Key West end of the route. Pian is to issue six millions of “new revenue bonds; 314 to replace the pres- ent. “RFC held bonds, 114 for the new con- | ‘struction, 1 for reserve. About a million “will be contributed by Federal, state and | “Monroe county governments. The Federai “is temporarily delayed by Roosevelt’s veto he jold8-3° fo 42 2, the 4 to ~ + Word from the boys in the Louisiana “awar games is that it’s almost as much fun as =wading out in the marsh to shoot ducks.— | Unfortunately, | “athe 100 or more that died as a result of | “thege maneuvers will not be heard from. , deposed president of ‘anama, arriving in Havana expressed urpiise at the action of Panamanjins, de- ied he had fled from Panaroa and said he Fane ay to Havana to eonsultjan eye spe- ialist. “He certainly>hada good eye to hat was about to take place. -~ + . ; <5. 20 rs Ickes’ word “Stupid” as applied | The pay rates we have listed, of course, | are for seamen, but they correspond for a | list of special activities including nearly | every line of human endeavor, in all of | which the navy provides free training. “Day will be beating the drums for young | men who would like to serve their country | at sea. vantages, it seems the best place to serve. WHY THE BRITISH DO NOT INVADE | Many armchair , Strategists in this | country find it difficult to understand wh: | the British Army does not undertake an of | fensive on the continent of Europe in drdet ; to relieve the pressure on the Russian Army. Viscount Halifax, British Ambassador, | undertaken “at present” on aecount of shipping, supply and related factors. Un- til conditions become riper, he contends, it | | would play into Germany’s hands to send air and land forces te the Continent. The British diplomat says that with Great Britain nearing the limit of her plane | productive capacity, his naton must rely upon Amercan production to establish the air superiority over Germany that will make possible extensive bombings and thus pave | the way for a land force on the Continent. He added that sending supplies was the best way the British could assist Rus- sia, along with using the air force to bomb Germany and so hold enemy~*plenes~ in Western Europe. Lack of shipping ‘for | transport made it impossible to send a land force to Russia, but, because Russia has no shortage of man-power, the prompt dis- patch of supplies is best adapted to assisting the Russians. We know of men, as probably you do, “of the emergency road aid bill, but aggres- | who are so busy solving the problems of the | Five ‘state leadership has by-passed that ob- | Tataele- vonialier's Bconomie Letter. _ world that they find it extremely difficult to | make a living for their families. ~ |. American Legion members, most of _ | whom in Key West are ex-navy men, today career will be lucky if he finds one much | ‘9 , more profitable than that offered by the in nine} grades, re-enlistment within 24 hours after | four years means a bonus of $200, with The legionnaires from now until Navy | From the standpoint of pay and ad- | | says that while the British people are look- | ing forward to an offensive, it could not be | MEET ova NEIG - taped 5 = 1692 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN THAT MADE BRAZIL A REPUBLIC SE WAS THE HEAD OF THE ARE USED IN MANY INDUSTRIES FOR. CUTTING AND GRINDING TOOLS, FOR DRILLING Oil AND MINERALS | LASTING LONGER AND WORKING SPEEDIER THAN STEEL -INSTRUMENTS , INDUSTRIAL DIAMONDS: FROM BRAZIL ARE INDISPENSABLE IN U.S.A. is eageal INDUSTRIES « | Reteased by Publishers" nee “- pe j j | | — OMING By HUGO S. SIMS. Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizen |U. S, NOT AT WAR |NEUTRALITY ABANDONED |POLICY BASED ON DEFENSE Participation by the United States in the three-power confer- }ence in Moscow, designed for the jexpress purpose of facilitating ithe delivery of war materials to Russia, highlights the peculiar position in which this country finds itself. in, the. It is a mistake for American citizens to simply conclude that | the United States, for all prac- | tical purposes, is already engag- jed in warfare. The truth is | quite to the contrary. This country, in a period of | world stress, has concluded that lits interests are best served by | asserting tertain rights which en- able it to render effective assist- jance to nations engaged in the | war against Hitler. The contemplated revision of the Neutrality Act may imple- | ment our national policy and may enable the United States to go a step further in rendering materia] assistance. Provisions of | the neutrality legislation prohibit | American ships from going into ithe ports of belligerent coun- |tries. If Congress should see fit to repeal this prohibition, this nation would be standing upon |its rights under International Law. The “shoot on sight” order, is- |$ued to the warships of the fleet, lis not equivalent to a declaration ‘of war. American vessels have | been molested in the exercise of their international right to trav- jel upon the high seas and the |mation proceeds to take necessary |measures to protect them “in their right. That this invol¥es offensive action rs German |U- -boats and planes is‘a result of ‘the tactics.empleyed by Germany jin attacking our vessels. Prior to the passage of our neutrality legislation, American industry had a perfect right to |supply a nation engaged in war | with any material that the bellig- jerent could be persuaded to pur- |chase. The revised Neutrality Act put into effect the cash-and- \carry plan but this has largely | been nullified by the broad im- plications of the Lend-Lease Act under which the United States ‘Government has appropriated huge sums for the purchase of war materials for the use of the nations fighting Hitler. | While it would be erroneous to say that the United States is Goi, twat, it would be just as chlift errér to assert that the | United@States “is néutral. The ‘Spirit-of neutrality. as applied to Mhations “at war, implies equal |treatment to the belligerents. ‘There is no equality whatever in a dhe attitude or conduct of this country to the belligerents now at war. Certainly, the Axis powers, who inventaed and applied the theory of non-belligerency in Spain and elsewhere, jcomplain. Moreover, the United States is within its rights in act-. ing in anyway it sees fit to de- fend its vital interests. cannot | Labs foreign policy of the na- by the President, is based upon that the future peace y of this country e defeat of Hitler and the Axis group. Shot of actual participation as a belligerent, the United States is leaving nothing undone that will bring about the desired result. The vast advantage that Nazi Germany possessed, by virtue of her industrial preparation for war, is being gradually over- come by the organization of our economic resources for war. In time, our nation output will be- become the decisive factor and the likely possibilty appears that our polcy will accomplish the de- feat of Hitler without involving 1 direct participation in the anger of actual involve- r s only if Hitler and his ies decide to attack us di- rectly. At the present stage of the w development, this seems unlikely but the future is uncertatn and subsequent events may lead to actual fighting. There is little reason to suspect that a conflict could be avoided by a policy of complete neutral- ity on our part. So far as we can determine, the only possible chance for the United States to escape eventual involvement in the war depends upon the defeat of Hitler by Great Britain and Russia. Con- sequently, everything that we do to strengthen the fightnig arm of the enemies of Hitler has a ten- dency to postpone active partici- pation. This conclusion justifies our recent policy and appears to be in accord with the overwhelm- ing weight of public opinion. "1778 The Masoni@® © Gland Lodge ‘Organized, at port, Va. 1792—Cornerstone of the White House laid, then called the Pres- ident’s House—plans those of an Irishman, John Hoban, winner in a competition, the prize being $500 in cash and a lot. 1812—At a time when Ameri- can spirits were at a low ebb, the U.S. sloop-of-war Wasp, 450/ tons, left Philadelphia to lie in wait for British ships in second war with England; and gladden- ed America by taking British Frolic in battle. 1866—(75 years ago) Big fire in Quebec took toll of some houses. # 1915—Zeppelin ‘afd’ én London wills and injuries’ soe _ 150. 1922—The Arbitration Tribun-' at The Hague awards Norway) $12,000,000 for ships requisition- ‘fers, are large. expounded and applied’ s !operative as possible. years ago. 2500 It has long been believed in many circles that two factors would eventually defeat Hitler: First, the scope of American ma- terial aid to Britain and her al- lies; second, a slowing down of production inside Germany due [to lack: of certain basic supplies which are vital to the existence of the«civilian population as well as to Hitler's gigantic military effort. New is a good time to examine just what effect those factors are having on the war. You can find many and various jreports on American shipments ‘to England, ranging from the y optimistic to the darkly A first-hand report ently appeared in Raymond Clapper’s syndicated column. Mr. “lapper is a forthright and able urnalist, and lately spent con- erable time in England find- jing out for himself how matters i stand His report is far from being encouraging. When it comes tg lend-lease deliveries, he wrote, “The figures, in terms of appro- priations, allucations and trans- In terms of de- shrink like a pair liveries, the of wool socks in the Food, for instance, is one of Eng- land’s principal needs. Yet, he stated, only about 200,000 tons of ‘lend-lease food—equal to two and a half days’ English con- sumption—had ‘arfived “when he was there a fittle‘more than a month ago. We are far behind schedule on arms, he continued, the tanks and bombing planes which represent one of Britain's most important military lacks. To use his own words, “So far as the British are con- cern ours still is a popgun arsenal”. Not long back, Senator. Byrd made similar statements, and declared that the defense effort has been a failure. He backed up that criticism with a mass of sta- tistics. While the accuracy of some of these figures has been denied, the President himself ad- mitted that the Senator's gloomy verbal picture of American plane production was “substantially correct”. The fault for the lag in arms shipments can be laid at many doors. Some segments of labor have certainly been as non-co- Some in- dustries also deserve that in- dictment. There kas been too much delay and buck-passing and divided responsibility in Washington. It is becoming ap- parent that all groups in this country are going to have to un- dergo much change for the better if the arms drive is to even par- tially justify the high hopes held for it. Going on to the second factor, Newsweek recently made a sur- vey of the extent to which the war has strained Nazi economic power. The German people are still living on rations which would seem completely inade- quate to heavy-eating Americans. ‘This fall, for the first time, even Potatoes were rationed. The meat | Todav’s Birthdays Irene Rich of New, York, ac- tress, born in Buffalo. N. Y., 50 insse> 2 U.S., Senator, Theodore G. Bil- bo of Mississippi, born in Junipes zrove, Miss.. 64 years age. Dr. John R. Commons, the University of Wisconsin's eco- homist emeritus, born in Darke | Co., Ohio, 79 years ago. Dr. Frederck A. Middlebush, r president of the University of Missouri, born in Grand Rapids, 'Mich., 51 years ago. Dr. John Johnston, chemist, laundry”. 1 MONDAY. allowance is year’s European per cent below Germany has big c Teserves to last a long Germany’s vital coal have been buttre of the Polish, Bel mines. Coal is H portant asse of ersatz oil the backbone industries. He not lack an adequa though, according German production declined due to experienced m eral warine Strictly ra The occupa given Ger: with which to lands to fulfil quirements. tically none left ov use. Big German textile field. She cotton. littl de ur yy systemat the occupied count textiles his agents cou Summing up. Germz possessor of suffici plies to last for twe years at least. German nicians have performed in inventing and workable subst materials. Her shortage is met or no copper. tir and chrome. Bvt of alum great bauxite and the Bal mand. All Hii will See > future au: terial shortage, seems to: to be worth sesaeteail bs WHC KNOWS? Seo “The Aucune” an Pape 4 1. How many German peopk are under Nazi domination? 2. How will Anglo-American supplies get into Russia? 3. What was Russia's under the Czar? 4. What is meant by ties unemployment”? 5. Who are the Falangists? 6. How many electric erators are sold yearly in United States? 7. Does the Social Security Act cover farm laborers or domestic servants? 8. How does non-agricultural employment compare with 19297 religion “priori- 9. What is the distance of a Marathon race? 10. What kind of atmosphere surrounds the moon? LEGALS NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE 2 ! , OCTOBER 123 DRY CLEANING Qne of Miami's Finest Dresses Se Men's Suits Phone 134 for Pick-Up METROPOLITAN CLEANED sa —————— tr ROOM AND BOARD ROOM AND SOARED week Red Brick Toe Ey 525 Caroline street couliael spect Sot woter ace water for armang a of Piorids yon. are hereby a pequired a9 file @ Cemands which ye ~iin « uct calendar director of research, U.S. Steel, vcic Pittsburgh, born in Scotland, 60 years ago. Harold C. Richard of New York, banker, born there, 57 years ago. Today’s Horoscope reps pleasure-loving _ per- son is indicated, and probably | one taking much interest in re-| ligion, pethaps a clergyman. | sept29. ecré-1 TRY IT TODAY— ed by United States in late war. | The native will hold many firm | ON SALE AT ail GROCERS 1927—President Coolidge in Pittsburgh speech calls on Amer- ica’s men of wealth to devote their money to spread of democ-! racy and: development of the arts. 1936—British authorities come jout in favor of battleships in ‘and powerful friends who will | exert themselves for his bene- | fit. He should only beware of _Japsing into ‘seltdnduigenee. “battleships versus | question. 1937—Germany pledges Belgian | | neutrality. ROLLER SKATE