The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 27, 1941, Page 2

entrusted wi, 2 PAGE TWO Che they Wivst Citizen TE CITIZEN PUBLISHING Co, INC. Published Datly Except Sunday By LP. ARTMAS, President and Publisher 30E ALLEN, Basincas Manager - From The Citizen Building Coruer Greene and Ano Streets Only Dually Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County ~atered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press The Asnocidted Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication ef al}. news id. eredited to it or mot otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news pub! here. MEMBER = FLORIDA PRESS ASSOCIATION ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. 2 SPECIAL NOTICE All readinr notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. Netices for entertainment by churches from which sevenue is to be derived are § cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general pies but it will not publish anonymous communi- Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airperts—Land and Sea. 5. Consolidation of County and City Gov- 2 2 More Hotels and Apartments. 3 4 dates so. tors on 4 quested s\ the fitness ernments. A Modern Cit} Hospital. ties that go ¢ to the Navy seeks. t oe én you go to court be sure to come ‘ith clean hands. There is talk in Washington about rationing. What does that mean? One of the easiest things in the world —to write laws for others to observe. - He who argues a question of honesty with himself is not skating on thin ice—he is already overboard. Sir Harry Lauder says the best novel a ——men can read is his bank book, presum- ably if the account is not overdrawn, and then it is often a sad story. Twenty-five candidates for city coun- cil shows an ardent desire to serve the city in-the commendable endeavor to guide its destinies. From these the electorate will choose seven for that purpose in the Novem- ber election. ‘at When Congressman Cannon named Florida the “Gibraltar of Americ he took in considerably more territory than did Admiral Porter, who called Key West, the»Gibraltar of America, which it is now more than ever. oothe pleasant problem of choosing be- tween $25,000 in cash or $30 a week for life-has finally been decided by Mrs. Pearl } D. Willson of St. Albans, Vermont, 5i-year- old widow and winner of the grand prize in a national contest. After a week of deep thought she chose the weekly income, 3 her first $30 check from a lifetime annuity was sent October 15 ‘The gasoline “blackout” has beer called off by Secretary Ickes with the phony announcement that England has re- turned 40 oil tankers. transferred to t country under the lease 40 but hundreds of tan railroat yards, but Ickes h excuse, even if a lame one, for his hysterical order, which has caused inconven fear all over the country “Lieut. C. O. Huttoe, former vice head of Miami and now assigned to the Fed- eral Bureau of Investigation detail, c the bluff of some politicians and I who had “threatened to get him if he inter- feres with their racket,” by swooping down on 18 of Miami's known 36 gambling jo ard arresting 36 bookies and 53 negro bolita operators. While it was a valiant exploit in the face of threats. an i will un- questionably have the commendation of the better element of Miamians, Lieut. Huttoe’s crackdown should have been dc ass matter of duty to uphold the law, not, as he himself admits, as a gesture of defiance to threats of the underworld. e } Not ond program rs were ad to find some ience and A DAY FOR THE NAVY Today, the people of the United States are observing “Navy Day,” now broadened by the President to be “Naval and Total De- fense Day.” Tke safety of the aation, for years, rested exclusively upon the navy of the United States. We maintained a small standing army, relying upon the warships ot the fleet to safeguard the nation against sudden attack and to give us ample time in which to train and equip an army suitable te any emergency. The collapse of France and the fear that the British Empire might be beaten by Adolf Hitler last year, and that units of the British fleet might come under the control of Germany, caused the pecple of this coun- try to reconsider their position in reference to the new methods of warfare. We were then engaged naval expansion program but the fact that years would elapse before the fleet could be enlarged to protect us in two oceans mad it necessary for the United States io prepare an army to take care of a peril that might develop before the new naval program could be completed. It should be understood that when we ak of the United States Navy, are in- cluded the fleet air armi'and the shore es- tablishments that make it possible for the warships to function efficiently. The de- velopment of air power has not been over- looked by our naval leaders and dive bombing, now so much in vogue, was de- loped by the American navy. The importance of adequate defensive forces, upon both the Pacific and Atlanti ocean, is a national duty that is being per- formed. The size of our fleets upon the size of the fleets maintained other nations, especially those that are the class of potential enemies. Surely the protection of our shipping, in all the waters of the world, is a vital part of the nation’s defense. ‘ On Navy Day we would remind the people of the nation of the experience have had with disarmament because, j as surely as we live, when the present w emergency expires, there will arise an tent démand for economy at the expense of the fleet. The United States once junked hundreds of millions of dollars worth of warships in the belief that disarmament could be established as a principle between nations. Today, we need the ships that were not completed after the last World War. As a people. we shoul? not lose si the fact that the possession of an adeq navy will make unnecessary the main tenance of a stupendous army. Withs assured in the Atlantic and the Pz oczans, where the two-ocean navy w on guard, there will not be need of a standing army. This will be economy. grave deper FEAR AN INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC The latest study.of,..influenza leads some physicians te believe that it but three, diseases, which about wh many victims of the malady think. The experts are somewhat afraid of another great “flu” epidemic which may sweep over the nation like the scourge t killed thousands twenty years ago. The experts may be right and, then again, they not o ha’ may de wrong. Anyway, there is no use of worry about it. Scientific study has not yet revealed the exact nature of the disease but we know that medical men of great skill are intensely interested in the effort to discover the best method of treating it. Without any claim to medical knowl- edge we believe that the developme improved treatments for pneumonia, in the in a great! THE KEY WEST CITIZEN offered to past few years, will save many “flu” vic- ay for his 3 B * + the pas’ several tims, even if there is“ an epidemic this port of Key Winter. i ber of Mr. There is no use to ir - beeamse f¥¥atson’s t 1 Council . for 3 . 5 ee | Week. Dr. Max Bernd-Co- medical experts have n so} puzzle of influenza. [tj know that they are workang on it meanwhile, physicians are better informed about the disease than ever before. Congressman Pat Cannon announces for another term. He will have oppo Popular Bill Allen and Veteran Public figure T. T. Turnbull will stage a real poli- tical fight for position of Supreme Court Justice as venerable Whitfield announces his retirement. Lex Green apparently not happy about his announcement as can- didate for Congressman at Large; change his mind.—Fuller’s Florida Letter. on. may ; fen..bead of the Art Department Southern College at State. chairman for for Florida, with his airman, Harold e vice president of a Chamber of Com- Art We S will include in to Center exhibitions a idespread cooperation and ob- tion throughout the public syste: Business organi- zations, women’s clubs and Art Clubs are cooperating to make a reality the slogan of Art Week. “American Art -for American Homes”. Mrs. Fuller returned “to Jack- sonville Sunday, but plans to be ~ George’ T. Rice of the KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY - Happenings On This Date Ten Years Ago As Taken From Files Of The Citizen Insurance lect $1,259 t money law- ipted to withdraw ome ‘© main demands in the matter—even before the case came te hearing—proves, though, that it was the part of wisdom yers atte of its t Members Island City Baseball leagu other ball players of th meet to- night at the Rogelio Gomez to say goodbye to Capt ocal army detail, and to thank him for his services as president of the loop. Captain Rice, who aided in the organization of the loop, has been transferred to the Pacific coast. Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Ro Ab bury, Jr. have announced the birth of an 8%-pound sen this morning at their Flagler avenue home. His mothér is the fétiher Miss Ottilee Knight: Miss Celia Guzman, daugteter of Mrs. Antha Guxman. 617 Ashe street, and Clifford E. Neff, navy pharmacist’s mate. will be mar- Tied in November, it was an- nounced today. back in Key West at an early date | to assist in the winter program. The Art Center open daily except Sunday and Monday. Ex- hibitions now on view are Litho- graphs by Mabel Dwight. New York artist. and Posters and ex- amples of silk-screen process production. Much of this silk sereen work was produced at the Key West Center. US.Marines- be Krab Fae | aaaria = nd Directior. and Velocity SE—10 miles u Relative Humicity 76 Barometer at 7:30 a. m. Sea } 1, 30.02 (1 Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise today Moonset 12:52 Moon, ctober 27 1 Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) | IssS9 S9 FOR VEARS HIS BOR PLAGE WAS UNKNOWA - High - Low _— CHAT COSTS LIFE Key We PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWS ° agree / fer HAVANA Penns n Wakes } sails THURSDAYS ME SUCCESS- | 68 years ago | = first period! agai ie a : 10-38 a = 447 pupils|son Jr ae - 3 Easter: Stamcacc Tome of 50 over|ton S. C.. 59 years ag + from P. & O Deck ' dled - Dr. Ros j Rea Samp us, Harvard Lz Set rr : eribut-|Lineoin, Nebr. 71 years ag ; LeweHAVANA | ; VESEY TUESDAT : been necessary to add r New York } a 2s = : achers. ee | fesverr Scanaect Tome : The attendance been al-/| Worth, Tex ars age ; os - most 97 of the ment so ; Secaes = t far this year. but high-ranking Dr Sarr — PORT TAMPa : " scholarship has beer cking in ic 2 cin} : of the grades. c 6 = a =? = » Honor Roll for the first | ago. ’ ——, = : six weeks is as ws —_—— — ; é 1B—M = Thelma Watkins, | BLAMED IT Of IRISH + J. Oeste gest é teacher. none i iB— Ethea Stricker, teach- | J Butler, Frank Roberts ‘0 Anne Poore | A— Miss Helen teacher; none. 2B—-Mrs. Charl Elan Sweeting. Kenneth Jernigan j 2A — Miss Marie Haskins, } teacher: David Henriquez. 3B—Mrs. Cleo Stone, teacher: ; Donald Irvin. Ruth Rose Gibson. Shirley Layman, Jackie Duane. | |, 3A—Mrs. Albury. teach-} ‘ge: none. 4B—Mrs. Mavereen teacher: Barbara Lou Joan Johnson. Betty Jean sen 4A—Mrs. ston: none 5B—Miss Sadie Moss, teacher: | none. i 5A—Mrs. Ma’ Russell, teacher: } Richter. Baxo Gai Paul | teacher; Meador. | Crusoe. | Jen- | | Magdalin Huddle- | y Ely. teacher. Conchita Varela. June Boyd 6A-—Albert Carey. teacher: Leslie Sanders, Gaily Sweeting, Faye: Berveldi, Lorraine WNot- tage. Ruth Roberts, Patricia Russell. : Relief At Last | ;