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who have been forced to move from their ; homes, will hit another tender spot soon "| when the block to the rear of the court- house is taken over for use as a laundry and barracks site. ~ This time, it’s the department of educa- tion, which so far has been‘ unable to find any suitable location—either temporary or permanent—for the negro school. A number of large buildings in the city could be made available for the school, but neither the public nor the school board ei wants to see a building selected which would force the negro children to walk across Duval street through a white sec- tion. Whatever is decided on the school sub- ” SPECIAL NOTICE ject, the navy’s acquisition of property here ef | is providing a serious problem for Key ete of thanks, resolutions AE, West, and there doesn’t seem to be anything ete., will be charged for at eat by ch to nets eh are 5 aN ae that can be done about it. The naval sta- of local or general | tion here is in the fast growing condition for seamen Smee" | which the city’s population has hoped, and it is only in the nature of things that the city should be squeezed by its growth. Agreeing that it can’t be helped and to! paper ana aise Asseunie\ \ s | Prime value to Key West, it still is a good deal to expect of the deposed property owners to expect them to be very phil- osophical on the subject. | the price is high. If they attempt to build, _ it is difficult to get material and labor. i they choose to rent, it is almost impos- sible to get a small house. fp wet haing. World War I, so we Armistice Day Il, which we can |. i on one day. y be prejudiced but Key West te more than its share of good women and pretty girls. other arrangments, the government ought to be—and we assume it is—as careful as possible to utilize what land it has, and to get land which is not occupied by homes. In line with that policy, the army and navy could spare themselves a great deal of mis- understanding here if they would explain 8 profiteer should be | what they are doing, or plan to do, with the ents, even in time of | hig tract behind Fort Taylor. More in time of war, but the | To the person who is ordered to move, nan should not be harassed, that looks like a comfortable spot for the he even tenor of his way nayy station to do some of its ex- panding. _ Defense will take about 30 per cent of all paper produced next year, and this Means that the price of printing will ad- Make your printing orders large | 5 a) them executed now to avoid the | As _SAYS NAZIS ATTEMPTED INVASION There has been much discussion of various reports that the Germans attempted an invasion of the British Isles in Septem- ber, 1940. Repeated references have been | made to the number of German casualties, In the United States today both the | located in French hospitals, suffering from open and the closed shop exist. Labor de- | serious burns, reputed to have been sus- sires the closed shop in all industries while | tained when the British sprayed oil over the ae management, in general, is trying to main- | expedition and set it on fire. ; tain the open shop. This is the inevitable | The story has been specifically denied clash between labor and management. | by responsible British officials who stated So | that when a German invasion is repulsed The American Army now seems to be | the British will be more than glad to let the taking a page out of the book of the German | world hear about their success. These de- Army. Nazi commanders are mainly young. j Promotion is made on merit, not seniority. | In our Army, men with the right stuff on | the ball are today being jumped in rank \ { the rumor. Recently, Robert J. Casey, war corre- spondent of the Chicago Daily News, pub- lished a book, telling of his experiences on Acne ia ce eaarmaeaal the battlefronts of the present war. Mr. All true believers in labor unions and | Casey, who was in Dover last September, all jabor men will doubtless be glad that | says that Hitler did try an invasion. He iotf and Browne, found guilty of extorting | says he saw the flames of the invasi ‘huge funds, are’ to be severely punished, | i barges and the docks on the French co sand that the unions are purged of such in- | that were destroyed by the R.A-F., which dividuals. It is to the interest of every | smashed the Nazis’ jumping off places. ‘member of any union to remain alert and | His report is interesting but we do not see that racketeers and extortioners are | see where it proves that there was a serious ousted 2 as soon as they show their ugly | attemptatinvasion. Everybody knows that heads. | the R.A.F. has been battering the “jumping | off places” for months but the fact that tl.. (To an urgent demand by a Communist- | British bombs hit docks in France hardly Se meeting in England that an expedi- | preves that an actual inv asion was, or is, ‘ienary force be sent to the aid of Russia, i underway. the British government replied that such a step was not now practicable. If England, | ‘Heross the street from Russia, does not find ft practicable to send an expeditionary three to that country, the United States should never find it practicable, necessary or wise to send an expeditionary force to Europe. over the heads of their elders. KNOW, AND BE, YOURSELF The essencé of education is to “know yourself” and the sine qua non of social co- operation is to “be yourself.” The individual who attempts to attain these goals is fairly certain to be a worth- “nu, Does Congress understand that the | oneself is to understand human nature and fact of greatest importance is that | to be sincere and unaffected in modern governmental non-essential spending society requires unusual character. id be abandoned, and that it should | . To young boys and girls of Key West, thumbs down on two chief yb ots interested in the problems of life, we sug- have the presidential green-light, the | gest serious consideration of these goals. ce project and the Florida cross- | They are also worthy of the attention of old- | get ge Pd pat iy siege whe Are undes | spe conveniently | the impression that they have arrived some- oo Hudibras, 1 in life. Navy land acquisitions here, which | have brought headaches to many people > that the growth of the naval station is of 7 If they attempt to buy land elsewhere, If | not Because of the difficulty in making - nials, however, do not entirly dispose of ¢; while citizen of any community. To know | wherein the <earch for whatever they seck ae THE KEY WEST CITIZEN THE LARGEST SINGLE MATERIAL FACTOR IN ALL DEFENSE PRODUCTION, STEEL 18 THE BACKBONE OF THE U.S. ARMAMENT PROGRAM. AMERICAN STEEL INDUSTRY PRODUCES 2% OF WORLDS SUPPLY. SCHEDULED PRODUCTION “DEE PDL. 6 IMPROVING = Some say preachers are business man nothing about poor Died 1879. Oct. 31 —Edwin T. Booth, (2) Nothing can be NATIO} KEY WEST !N- DAYS GONE BY Happenings On This Date Tex Years Ago As Taken From Files Of The Citizen Own as been “HS Edwin F. Trevor. nt im tie ent of tie ed his promotion first lieutenant yesterday. The cath of Was administered by Lieut. army, to the rank of a Coure kind of serie lor, noted born outgoing i their smal meeting * The Citizen, in editorial para- conagnetetecinn tots coun soannsomatnan ts dntnsin ana si Gbane coin aanemesn ems thant le while ago, I look- ed in my bed cn’ I was gons. -—_- ROLLER SKATE: Keep Your Weight In Shape and Your Shape in Weight We Teach You How Te Skate 2:30 to 4:39 p. m 8:08 to 10:30 p. m. Jo Relieve Misery of a LP RIES INVITED SSUREREEREEUORREEC URSIN ai EUROS NATE BAUER HERMAN WRONKER Proprietors B.& W. 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