The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 15, 1941, Page 2

an - : ° oe na 10.09 5.00 35 20 NOTICE cards of thanks, resolutions of x) ite., will be charged for at peearmsment by churches from which | ed are 5 cents a lin Zhe Citizen _&m open forum and invited discus- ad Lt a and subjects of local or general tose: it it will not publish anonymous communi- Some checks are good—for framing. = 4 The worst enemy of advertising is in- ekicient, Sloppy advertising and there is a ; dotof it. —— The main difficulty, when the doctor -~--tells you to work less, is that nobody does fee eer your work for you. It might be well to drive carefully— More than 100 people are killed on the highways every day. ' The mah ih trouble is not comforted by owes the thought that any of his friends can tell _ him how to forget it. The New Dealers are opposed to the organization known as America First. “* Vley want to be first. The coco-nut palm grows best near the «Se, for it loves the sunshine, the free cir- . ewation of the air and the saline soil. . vue. a, Only 26 states have some sort of pre- marital examination laws. Ali should have them for the health of future generations. <=-— It is interesting to know that during the first world war, Brazil, the country with the largest number of German inhabitants, was the only republic to declare war on Ger- | many. job was. what England asked at first, now @ says that Américans are insane if they | gthink that the European war can be won ithout the shedding of American blood. == Sixty enthusiastic English Flying = @adets stationed at the Naval Air Base in ~daeksonville, when questioned as to what “they liked best about America, replied “American girls,” and presumably Florida sgirls, ~ Omar Khayyam was not all alone in associating wine with gcod books az among the chief delights of a true epicure. Mellow old Anatole France confessed that his greatest enthusiasms were old wine, old books, old shoés—and young women. “Freedom of the Press” is a privilege granted to the people—to the readers them- | selves: It permits the editor to put in the paper what You want to read, not like inthe tetalitarian countries where the authorities _pesmit the printing only of what they want Zye2.to read, ars SS The word “idiot” once meant a private “PSFon, one not holding public office, and if we consider the sinecnres enjoyed by pub- the| Jie office holders and those on fat govern- , ment jobs, private persons are idiots stil! killeg for not taking advantage of the situation for when\not grabbing government jobs and taking 3f sersaibls oftice, terrane were sa tleship damagin, anil =-> Give us the tools and we will finish the | ‘ _Comptrolier J. M. Lee, when he _ | whacked four mills off Monroe tounty’s | tentative budget this week, put the local beard of commissioners in a spot from which they will have difficulty extricating — themselves. First thing to go under the comptrol. | ler’s axe was relief and health money here, and ihe resitlents of the Marathon key sec- ; tioh came in for a backhatided slap imme- after that when Lee ordered elim- tion of the mill which was to have pro- &them with an airport site. in all, the comptroller’s action in cut- ting the budget from 11. to seven mills leaves the commissioners with what they cohaider a near-impossible job of govern- {ment for the next year. Although the | average taxpayer probably will appreciate | the reduced millage, the commissioners | have good reason for thinking Lee was dis- | tinetly on the arbitraty side when he “blue- | | pencilled” the budget without giving them | time to explain any of the local problems. How it worked out makes a rather in- teresting example of past sins catching up. | When the legislature this year made it ‘mandatory for counties to assess their prop- | erty at 100 per cent, it was an obvious next step to make it mandatory that millage | come down. In other words, if a citizen’s | property was to be‘walued at $4.000 in | stead of the old 25 per cent rate of $1,000, | it would be inequitable to increase his taxes | four times, too, by. staying at the old } | millage of 31. | In that Pespect, Lee's action is per- fectly just, since he ordered the commission to set its millage at a reduced rate exactly | proportionate to the 5.08 increase in Mon- | roe valuations. The commissioners, however, are off base at two points, and in one, at least, the responsibility is not their own. First, the commission last year did not run the county on the 31 mills set up in the budget, since the board spent $30,000 more than had been planned. If they had set the millage | high enough to cover that figure last year; | the reduction would not have been so stiff | now. Second, the county has grown in pop- | ulation since the millage was set last year, ‘and the proportion of tax money to be col- Hected now is in a lower ratio to population | than it was then. What it all adds up to is this: Lee has ofdefed the commiission to op- erate the county on a figure less than what it spent last year, while population has in- creased and demands for federal sponsor- | ship have multiplied and are multiplying. | Plus that, county defense spending is going up, and the state has thoughtfully ar- drawals from any of the other funds—leav- ing the commissioners the alternative of starving county defense or starting a mutiny among county employes by salary money for the defense items. THE FIRST PLASTIC AUTOMOBILE Henry Ford’s first plastic automobile has been exhibited to the public, represent- ing the result of twelve years’ research by | a group of young scientists, ordered to find out about using “agricultural products in industry.” | Mounted on a tubular-welded steel | frame the car has a superstructure made of | plastic, said to be spperior to steel in every- | thing but tensile strength. The plastic body, costing more than one of metal, | weighs nearly 2,000 pounds while a_ steel | unit of comparable size weighs about 3,000 | pounds. Mr. Ford is confident that plastic | bodies can be produced by practical and | economical means, with some savings as a | result of fewer fabricating finishing opera- | tions. The pliability of the plastic pane] was tested by the auto maker who hit it with an | axe. The plastic panel was unchanged | after a blow but a similar experiment with | a steel panel cut through the metal. P Robert Boyer, young research chemist, \who started the reseatch which led to the |. plastic car, said that a million automobiles, with plastic bodies, would consume 100,000 bales of cotton, 500,000 bushels of wheat, | 706,000 bushels of soybeans and 500,000 | bushels of corn. | It may be a long road from the pro- | duction of this “first plastic ear” and the { use of vast quantities of agricultural prod- | uets in industry and we would scarcely ad- | | vise any farmer to increase acreage to pro- | | vide the raw materials but, nevertheless, | there is a possibility that the day will come whats a new market will be opened io farmers. fof as ranged for that to be financed by with-. taking their | ‘KEY WEST IN DAYS GONF BY Happenings On This Date Ten Years Ago As Taken From Files Of The Citizen Forty-five Key West business and professional men, delin- ouent in thé purchase of their oc- cupativhal license’, were expect- jed t@ pay-up today on the heels ; : commission ulti- tmabim fhiat“they gust pay at | ance oF face prosecution. Members af the commission tiast night voted to turn over to County Solicitoe Busto the list :of men who have not taken out ‘their licenses. One lawyer on the list offered to pay at the con- ‘clusion of the meeting, and oth- ers were on hand with their money this morning. Work on the submarine base | here faced unexpected delay this week as it was learned that a firm holding the contraet for pil- ings hes not submitted samples to the government. Previously, it had been under- stood the work would start at jonee and the navy has placed equipment and some workmen jon the job. B. Benson. foreman, jand=J. T. Clamp, bookeeper, Were at the base site today, but it is understood the engineer, O; Wright, has left in an attempt ite expedite-the-pilihg delivery. j EY Key ‘West has been named rec- )reational area for army officers lof the Fourth Corps area, Capt 'George T. Rice, officer of the jlocal station, told Rotary club members today. Captain Rice, who is leaving for Fort Hancock, N. J., said many officers in the area now | will receive their annual leave in the winter, permitting them to come here. The Citizen, in editorial para- graphs, said: “Only 825 persons had paid poll ttaxes here up to noon Man- day. Is it surprising that the city’s affairs are in bad shape when only one person in five is interested enough to help say who shall control them. Even with the fniest body of men ob- jtainable in charge, it would be jall but impossible for them to accomplish anything in the face of such all but unbelievable in- | difference”. . . “Here’s hoping the Woman's Lelub has a chance to pay that $59 jreward it is offering for the ar- jrest of the vandal who tore up |the plants these women had set around the public library. A 12 | months’ sentence would not be too much to impose on anyone jcapable of so contemptible an | offense”. Mrs. Harry Baker yesterday won first prize in Mrs. Vincent |McDermott’s afternoon _ bridge \elub play, while Mrs. O. S. Long ran second. Others present were the Mes- dames Hugh Taylor, M. H. Zqick- er, Ernest Holl, Ralph Milner, | Hartley Albury, D. A. duPuis, | John Pinder, O. S. Long, Godfrey | Thompson and Larry Gardner. PERSONALS—Mr. and Mrs. | Jack Wilson left yesterday for a visit in Jacksonville. . Thomas | H. Gato, brother of E. H. Gato of this city, arrived yesterday from | Havang.and left shortly after for | New Yerk. . Luis Mesa left yes- | Vferday for a visit of several | weeks in Tampa. . Jack Kirchik. , |son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Kirchik, lreturned yesterday from Ha-| jvana where he had been visiting | for several weeks. a Today In History 1789 — President Washington | leaves New York for a month’s | tour of New England to find out |for himself how people liked the; |new government. 1812—The legions of Napcleon | begin historic retreat from Mos- | cow. | 1860—Peking, China’s capital, |surrenders to a _ British-French j army. 1873—The Association for the Advancement of Women organ- ized at a Woman’s Congress of |someé 400 women meeting in New a | 1890—Chief of _New Orleans’ |police killed at his door—the |Mafia suspected and several jItalians lynched, causing much diplomatic talk with Italy. 1906—Japanese excluded from public schools in San Francisco. | 1914—Clayton Anti-Trust passed by Congress. Act 1918—Federal Food Board or-! 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William Temple, Archbishop of York, England, born 60 years ago. Pelham G. Wodehouse, English humorist, born 60 years ago. Today’s Horoscope Today’s native will be so deep in contemplation that the re- wards of the world may be allow- ed to slip by unnoticed. There is considerable- ability in a quiet way which should be carefully’ trained in order to avoid the ioss- es; jncident to > This Provided for, there “if a good chance for a certain amount of réputation. a ders sugar sold on half-monthly | basis. 1918—American forces widen breach in Kriemhild line and German counter-attacks fail. Czechs-in Prague againstAustrian rule. 1932—Twelve Loan Banks open over country. begin revolt $ Federal Home Thay Thith Fatht And Thee How You Do (By Associated Press) 2 Va., Oct. 'y Director William lerbert said he had been thinking about installing a “This- tlethwaite test” for persons ac- 15.— * cused of being drink. The only objection, he said, as that a person might be sober and still be unable to pronounce the tongve-twisting name of Glenn F. Thistlethwaite, Univer- ty of Richmond footba"! coach. Thistlethwaite. a teetotaler, has accumulated a big collection of spellings of his name from let- ters, telegrams and newspapers. Most common mistake is the omission of the “th”—Thistie- waite. Thistlewrite, Thistle- thumb and Thistlehusch are rar- The United States will manu- facture more food prodycts this year than any nation has pro- duced in history, according to a report from grocery manufactur- ers. A Daiquiri cocktail is at its best when made with Ronrico Rum. This smoothest of ram improves any drink youknow. And it’s imported—every gold- endrop is distilled in the trop- DISTILLED AND BOTTLED: Hunted In Swiss Libraries (By Annociated Press: LUCERNF_ Switzerland, Oct 15.—The Lucerne gov ernment proposes a state super- vision of circulating libraries t& check against propaganda litera- ture. Only librarians who have lived in Switzerland three years would be permitted to sell books in small stationers’ shops and news stands, flooded by large numbers of books imported since the war. cantonal! Tommie’ Sketmg Brot FOR QUICK SALE Taper t ic _ yor SECOND-HAND BLB@S ac SASHES. Cheep Apply 653 Caroline street octié_ iw COCONUT PALMS cheap Al sizes Apply 140 Whm sre octet iwe FOR SALE—Express tedy tal ex, just the thimg for houiieg that bost or buticimg cmmters Price, $35. Phone 320-21 ARMY RECRUITS NOW READ COMIC BOOKS (BY Associated Press) NEW YORK, Oct. 15.—Acrord- ing to a survey made at Fort Dix, a najority of army recruits are reading comic books. They aiso,; Phone prefer picture magazines. the “pulps” and tabloids to non-fic- tion books. Among fiction read- | ers adventure stories, westerns} and mysteries are most popular. {| ical island of Puerto Rico. PUERTO RICO DISTILLING Ci U.S. Representative: Import Division, McKesson & Robbi