The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 28, 1941, Page 2

i ; 1 } i ae BeBe F In the gristle of a city election charges and counter charges are hurled with aban- don by contesting candidates so. that the average citizen gets the vague impression | that, all public official: { In other, more fortunate citiés, capable © men’ with a deep, inherent respect for the duty imposed on them by the public conduct = | their office honestly and efficiently. That 29 bid ¢%2 . is as it should be. Public officials are pub- is ———_—-----————— _ 348 | lic servants who have a job to do. They : a are well paid and since they presented | : | themselves at election time as competent | | men eminently fitted for the position it is ex-_ pected that they do their work well. $ Nevertheless, when an office holder does a job exceptionally well he merits a measure of praise if only as assurance that sards of thanks, resolutions of | See ee Wilby eherges fer at 4 by churches from which be derived are 5 cents a line. an open f, migrent lot it will not publish pas Riek RE his efforts are being recognized sat tit Ee vs.) eouragement to Pontinue thie: -. ¥ i It is with thought in hat The | Citizen comm Claude A. Gandolfo, tax | assessor for Monroe County who presented | | board of county commissioners three weeks | before the deadiine. Mr. Gandolfo and his staff worked | | nights on the ledgers. Their voluntary ef- | fort will enabie the citizens of this county | to get a four per cent discount through the month and will save considerable work for | : — + Tax Collector Joe C. McMahon who will be Keep the British flying, and the Ger- | exceptionally busy next month distributing mans lying! | registration plates to motorists. And so The Citizen heartily congrat- Add similes: As simple as a guy who | ulates the tax assessor and his staff. believes any communique. Sa SEA POWER IN THIS WAR Qne trouble with democracy is that Se too many ‘citizens suffer from mental | In considering the course of the war in paralysis. | Europe it might be well to understand the 5 # dominant role that is being played by the . people ‘who try to get something | ON Strong weapon of the democracies. \ for nothing, usually receive nothing for Sea power, represented by the superior something. British navy, andto some extent supple- mented by the potential pressure of the U. | Some writers appear to hold back what | 5: 2@V¥> confines Hitler’s victorious armies they know in order to save something to | t° the continent of Europe, bars the Nazis | write about. from utilizing the resources of the world and <onstitutes a tremendous bulwark Dodge is an appropriate name for an | against the successful invasion of the British automobile; in fact it’s a warning if one | Isles and other continents. is heading your way. It is quite correct to understand sea * power in terms of combat ships on the sur- face of the ocean, coordinating aerial ves- | sels and cooperating shore bases and sup- ply ships. Tio consider a navy in terms of battleships alone would be a fatal error but to discount the dreadnaughts as final ar- ; biters of sea control would be equally dis- astrous. | Only on the oceans of the world do the There are people in every community } we — bd steady es who judge others by the size of their bank | OVSr 1° POWES: OF ASETCT Nn ee Aaa accounts; that gives some’ of.us a: pretty | low. rating. Be thankful that you haven't been Killed by an automobile thus far in life and try te dodge them another year. i —. Old timer: One who remembers wo- men lifting their petticoats, to avoid soiling them, just above their high buttoned shoes. It gives this writer pleasure to state} that Senator Claude Pepper, prominent ad- | vocate for all-out aid to Britain, thinks that | os such aid probably will not require either a / The world’s largest dry dock, 1,100 war declaration or an expeditionary force. | feet long and 10 feet wide, has been com- At least he so expressed himself to Governor | pleted at the Philadelphia Navy Yard LzSaltonstall of. Mass setts recently. | where it will be used in the construction of ‘Let's hope he is quoted correctly and that | bigger battleships. he is right. 4 i The giant dry dock, able to care fora ra a SS | ship twice the size of the 35,000-ton North 2° Smail town ‘ewspapers are having a | Carolina, abandons the soping skid ways shard time keeping on their feet, and many | and will build dreadnaughts on an even tguccumb to the exticting conditions. Re- | keel. When the warships are completed * gently the Times Star, of Bridgeport, Conn., | the way will be flooded and the ship floated founded in 1790, was forced to suspend | into the Delaware river. : Tpublication. It could not meet the in- Fourteen months were required to con- ed costs of | ; se- | Struct the shipway which was built close to ity, old age, un hadSarious the ways that are now being used in the her taxes. So it threw in the sponge and | building of the 45,000-ton New Jemey andi up the ghost. “Now 150-employees of Wisconsin.‘ Ab We understand tt, simil: defunct paper are looking for jobs. | Ways are being 01 at other ports = | along the coast. Although campaignin an unpre-| No official announcements have been ited tha terns, ogg 5B was | made as to the size of the latest-designed sident of the United States, when he ut-| battleships. All that we know is that 35,- ords at Philadélphia, on Octo- 000-tonners have been succeeded by 45.- | his well-kept books for approval before they FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1% 2 on inhi aera AER sm paeaa pe pet erate a if you are 17 or over, get c free copy of booklet, “uFE IN THE NAVY by wriling or calling the Nowy Editor of this paper KEY WEST ‘Today's — Today's Birthdays _DAYS GONE BY; _ Anniversaries “3a. | JOB PRINTIN "en ta This org Wetciceee O : Titusville, Pa., 34 years ago. u Hise Ge The Cliben [North Carlin lnwyer, congress per epar org ao : Genevieve Taggard of New an, Confederste - pence born’ York, Poet, born in Waitsburg, Payments of delinquent taxes in Enfield, N.C. Killed at bat-' wi. 47 yéars ago. under the 12-XX plan have fal, He of Antietam, Sept 1%, 1862. z z len fat below expectations, says Ross C. Sawyer, county clerk, 183i—John W. MacKay, Cali- Some have taken advantage of fornia miner at 20, one of the it, but many have not. “Big Bonanza” ‘partners, able Paying before the close of business man, born in ~ Ireland. business Monday means a sav- Died July 20, 1902 ing of approximately 40 per cent, says the clerk This saving ap- + a to virtually ‘any amount fue. us to offer you supérior printing Service at fair prices. Consider us when you place your next print- ing order, Jose Iturmi, pianist, born in Spain, 46 years ago. Frank Phillips of New York, ‘oil company board chairman, born in Greeley Co. Nebr. 68 years , 280. ' _ 1858—Frederic Almy, Buffalo., Dp, Ernest § Griffith of the! N ¥. social worker and civic‘ American Univiersi ity, Washing-! leader, born in New Bedford, ton, D. C_ political scientist, — tien menmnterettige ate cll aw Mass. Died Aug. 24, 1935. } born in Utica, N. ¥, 45 years » ago. z Suits for delinquent were considered at a special taxes meeting of City Council yester- _ 1864—Lindley M_ Garrison, “4 ; - day. After much discussion it New Jersey lawyer, Wilson's Ira M._ Omburm of New Haven, NATE BAUER HERMAN WRONKER Was decided to have a meeting noted secretary of war, born in Conn. labor leader, born in Proprietors with the city attorney Monday Camden, N. J, Died Oct 19,; Moberly, Mo, 52 years ago. in his office. 1932. a Henry Hazlitt of New York. ‘ P. B. Roberts of the local post _1866—Henry Bacon, New York | editor-writer, torn in Philadel- office department, has just had 2Frchitect, designer of the Lin-: phi le e ¥ his first encounter with a rattler Coin Memorial in Washington, and finds that the “diamond- famed architect born in Wat- back” is not as “tough” to meet Seg& IL Died Feb. 16, 1924 HOTPOINT APPLIANCES barder to kill than a cat which _ 1866—John Barrett. Vermont has nine lives. diplomat, director-general of the Pan-American Union, born = Benches placed in many tions of the city by He if ef a The said ? GH Egrg | i : a g [ i a oses of conquest or inter- | tleships will be constructed but mo exact excusable