The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 24, 1941, Page 2

ee * 2 :. . Che Rey West Citizen SS _ THE CYTZEN PUDLISHING Co. INC. Publithed Dally Except Sunday By \ P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOR ALLEN, Baxiness From The Citizen Bullding Corner Greene and Ana Streets os Only Dafty News in Ke eer ~stered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter | ‘“ news published here. MEMBER FLORIDA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCATION * ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. io SPECIAL NOTICE reading ogee carés of thanks, resolations of feapect, obituary notices, etc. harged the rate of 10 cents a ease ay Netier or entertainment by churches from which sevenue is to be derived are § cents'a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites @iscus- sion of public issues and subjects of local ér general morse but it will not publish anonymous communi- Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. An honest man need never fear the outcome of anything—particularly a law suit. If Life Begins at Forty, this writer is a mere stripling, and isn’t this youthful life just too grand for anything! The Citizen's idea of a smart city eoungil is one that will liquidate the debt of some $12,000 owed this newspaper over a period of many years. — | “When a woman speaks of her suit these days you don’t know whether she has bought one or brought one.”—Bradenton Herald. Or instituted one. | | ee j The first Europeans came to the New | World looking for gold—and they still come looking for it, but since it is all under ground, they have to be satisfied with silver. } nebo eee eaAs | i This column does not like the alpha- betical soup handed out so promiscuously but our chief peeve is the 1.0. U. Seriously, however, the initials A. E. F. make us see red. Never again should there be another American Expeditionary Force. In order to qualify for service on the ~ board of public works it is necessary for an applicant or an appointee to have been a freeholder for two years prior to the ap- plication or appointment and to be a non- nquent inthe payment of his taxes. e are necessary Féquirements in order serve on the board.” : | | } + i } Key West is taking its progressive | moves more non-chalantly. The announce- | ment that all legal barriers had been re-} moved from the water project, that it was an assured fact and that work on the con- struction would begin shortly, caused but a | ripple of excitement. This attitude is in| sharp contrast to the feeling that existed | when it was announced that the money for the highway had been allocated by the President. Then the bells of the city were rung to preclaim the coming event and re- joicing reigned supreme. | Lee county’s selective. service board _ voted that it will induct no more men into >the United States Army until President } Roosevelt takes action to end the CIO Mine | } Workers’ strike, and in: protestof that un- * patriotic situation, Chairman W. K-. Price, | of Florida’s Orange county’s draft board, resigned. He explained that he did not feel | _ justified in forcing young men into the while others are “allowed to halt pro- | of arms without just cause.” It is | tthe President does not want to act | s that the people of the Nation He may rest assured that | jority of the people of Morse his defermination | ated as a defense | | | 5 exclusively) éntitled to use | eis eee eet | they, do. not comply with the request that | - ‘that time was an occupation \four are used in training. Twenty+fou | others are under contract and three new |jp | has noted. < « LET THE FLAGS WAVE American flags, instead of appearing | briefly on national holidays, will wave over | Key West through every daylight hour if | the local Elks club is successful in its cur- rent Americanism campaign. There is much in what the Elks have to say on the subject and they are correct in their frequently voiced plea that the peo- ple of Key |West take the-trouble to find out how a.flag should be displayed, even if t they keep the flags flying at all times. have’seemed ridiculous. “Flag waving,” at linked with “200 per cent Americans,” “professional patriots,” and a choice coltection of epithets reserved for those who made too much noise about their patriotism. Most of us then regarded patriotism as something that everyone had in greater ‘or less degree, but not a thing to be taken out and paraded. After all, it seemed the world at the time was moving toward a more international and tolerant viewpoint, and the old styles of imtense nationalism seemed on the way out. But it seems we were mistaken. . 5: Nationalism is the spirit of today, and | the American people must band themselves. firmlytogether in a united front. Since that is true, the flag display suggested by. the | Elks club is not an idle gesture at this | time. | It is a gesture, certainly, but a gesture | of faith and ef strength. Whatever our hereditary nationality, or selfish interests the nation today must take precedence. | The flag display would be a reminder | of that precedence. HERE’S AN AMERICAN Steven Rryan is an Armenian watch- aker of Connecticut who arrived in the United States two years ago. The other day he celebrated the second anniversary of his entrance “into this land of the free” by donating a week’s salary to the defense program. The Armenian, after being mistreated | | in other sections, appreciates the freedom | that Americans take in a careless stride and expresses his gratitude for the liberty he en- joys by making a cash offering to the na- tion that aecepts him. His example should remind Americans of the great blessings that they have en- joyed, almost without effort, in the United States and make them more determined than ever to defend the heritage that has been their gift. DIRIGIBLES IN THE NAVY The misfortunes that dogged the use of rigid airships by the Navy has not pre- | vented the development of a non-rigid type | of dirigible, which is being successfully used for scouting in waters where there is no danger of attack from the air. The Navy now has ten lighter-than-air ships in service. Six are on patrol duty and dirigible stations will soon be added to the Lakehurst, N. J., base, where crews are be- } ang trained. The new ships will be 250 feet | 5 long and carry crews of eight men and of- | ficers. The blimps are expected to release many large patrol ships for service in vital areas while they patrol relatively quiet sec- | tors. Experts say they are well adapted for submarine spotting. IT’S THE MILLINIVM! (Fuller's Florida Letter) An analysis in Semincle County shows that the new assessment thefe has increased taxes on big property owners, decreased it on small ones; ‘tirst reversal of the traditional trend this service Charlotfe{and Daag countigs show up a start- ling contrast {In Charlotte’ there are ‘but 493 home- steads. A 14% valuation places but 12 above the $5,000 exemption. In Miami Beach almost EVERY house is above $5,000. Result is that avetage tax on homes this year in Dade will jump from $60 to | $264; decrease for other classes of property. In- tangibles in Dade will jump but 62 millions to 575 | | millions. With the state giving the counties 25% | of this tax for the first time this year it was freely | predicted that the 100% valuation plan would @ouble the tax, thus increasing the state’s actual take. The Dade tax will increase but 10%. In other counties however, where the tax has been nobly ignored, the score will be better. And the { collection will also, everywhere. , A few years ago such an idea would | Sasa Cat THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ! KEY WEST IN | Today’s DAYS GONE BY Anniversaries Happenings On This Date Ten Years Ago As Taken From Files Of The Citizen j j | 1713—Father Junipero, Span-; ish missionary, whose missions became California’s first settle- | fs ment, born. Died at Monterey, Fire destroyed the home of Jo-' Cal, Aug. 26, 1784. seph Kemp at 1213 Duncan street : last night, causing an estimated 1784—Zachary Taylor, soldier | loss of $7,000 end leaving the of the Indian wars, hero in the family’ with nothing but the War with Mexico, 12th Presi-| | i : af i > clothes the: ere _ wear dent, born in Orange Co, Va. ue iné © Died in office, July 9, 1850. ‘The fire, believed to hav a | e fire, believed to have’ 1929-cyrus C. _ Carpenter, joriginated in a clothes closet, 4. ror. apprentice, who migrated | jSwept through the home after to towa because he liked look of firemen had opened the windows jt on the map, and became its sto permit smoke to clear out. | | Died May 29, 1898. Monroe tax collections this ‘month will run higher than at any time since June, Ross C.,nett, popular novelist of Sawyer, county clerk, said to- day, born in England. Died day. New York, Oct. 29, 1924. Collections up to now show) -——— }$5,514.83, and there is almOst a! 1856—Harry Thurston Peck, week left for delinquents to pay. noted New York editor, classic. list, scholar, whose life-story was | The Citizen, in editorial para-;an unhappy one, born in Stam- | @taphs, said: ‘ford, Conn. Committed suicide, | “Three-quarters of a million March 23, 1914. jdollars is quite a sum to promise! }for the bridges or anything else. | bes = —e hoe Swe ws architect, born in Zanes- f merical jighway yj i [eels way, 6 there $21,000-4, year ville, O. Died —_ 17, 1934. }for 30 years won't-be missed: If 1976—Hideyo Noguchi, famed ‘the highway “doesn’t come, ‘there’<cientist of the Rockefeller Inst. isn’t the ‘slightest chance.ithat for Medical Research, born fthe ‘courity ‘can pay--nd~ matter "Se . Died I tater, Ma! 4 j i : a in Africa, of yel-i | what it has promised”. y 21, 1928. “Naval authorities have ‘said : they feel all enlisted men, civil employes and officers should give not less than three days’ pay to jhelp the unemployed. This is jenough to make the man who <3 3 gives $1 when he can give $100 Hes | en South Carolina and not really miss it, hang his ~~ head m shame”. 1852—Commodore Perry leaves Norfolk, Va., on historic mission opening Japan to the world. Of wide interest is the follow- img account of the wedding of Miss Helen Wise of Columbia, S. C., and Jerry Trevor of this city, which occurred Nov. 18 at Columbia and was described in the Columbia State: GA Wedding marked. by up| 1867—The Sioux Indians de- usual loveliness and dignity was foated by the Fi h U. S. Cav- that of Miss Margaret Helen ‘ + ‘ Wise and J. Joseph Trevor, which - Seirus a oo ae es ers took place at 5 o'clock Wednes- day afternoon at the First Bap- tist church. . .” 1859—Darwin's epoch-making “Origin of Species” first issued in an edition of 2500 copies—all sold the first day. 1869—The National Woman Suffrage Convention first meets in Cleveland. 1849—Frances Hodgson Bur- i vu. e 1859—Cass Gilbert, noted New 4, tention, litigation, perhaps physical conflict. There is strong probability of a certain amount of success, but the by spirit may come out of j much battered. ~' parduns; T3 of them “to Today In History ommites China. [SR aad Ayre NN AEN nc Today’s Bi:thdays Maj. Gen. Sam of Georgia La., 57 years a derford r i E Admiral Ed US.N., whe statutory age born in Mauch C years ago. Father Bernard R od Jesuit “Glacier irem Jarmar Hubbard Franc Dale Carnegie of New York author of “How Te Win Friends and Influence People born in ijgovernor, born in Hartford, Pa. Maryville, Mo. 53 years ago Maj. Gen. Richard C. Moore, S.A. born -in California, Mo. her 61 years ago. in Ex-Gov. William H. Vander- biit of R. L, born im New York * 40 years ago. | ut it carries a many of the ideals very tical. There is a danger Today’s Horoscope Today gives a visionary nature. force making prac- con- jy or the the fray for 1939—Japanese enter Nannin| fter 3 cays of bo | PERSONALS—Capt. Phillip L. | Cosgrove of the lighthouse ten-! 497, i " der Ivy is on his annual vacation ene ee pis frst |here with his family. . .Charles, barbed wire made Curtis of the Meltzer Motor 2 Company left yesterday fog Mi- 1918—Americans demolish the ami on business. . Frank Rob- at barriers ‘ : me 5 sass guarding old Ger- We Teach You How erts, who visited in Miami with man front east of Verdun. Png _ his brother, Willard, who was 30 p _T injured im a fall, returned here’ 4995 Gov. “Ma” Fe: ig pa coe rguson of VITE yesterday. Texas grants 97 Thanksgiving — = = us WHO KNOWS? = | See “The Answers” on Page 4 HH _ NATE BAUER HERMAN WRONKER 1. When was the so-called Neutrality Act passed? 2. How much bituminous coal is mined yearly in the U. S? 3. Where is King Carol, de- posed ruler of Rumania? 4. Who was William Tell? «5. Which is the longest river |in Europe? i 6. What, is.the Libyan ferry? | |, 7. Which, is larger, am ,.army ps or a division? asi} 8. What ig the “criticat ‘point? aerial operations?) + ? }> 9. What is the ‘oldest: armed |fokce in the United States?’ ~ 10. What: is’ the strength~of :the ’ japanese Navy? ‘ * 210 Duval Street Keep Your Weight In Shape and Your Shape In Weight | B&W. ELECTRIC SUPPLY HOTPOINT APPLIANCES ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES Harry Peacock, Mgr. Phone 249 | tate MEU EVOL OOO OTL HERAT name JOB PRINTING Modern machinery and efficient metheds exabie us to effer you superior printing service at fair prices. Consider us when you place your next primt- ing erder. 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