The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 11, 1941, Page 2

which Key West is conducting itself in these | tumultuous times. The city is grim and determined, but patient and quiet. Before the outbreak of hostilities, Key according to the Gallup Poll and it observers, was strongly inter- z oo Yet when war was declared, it did not | become hysterical. No mobs roared down | the streets smashing windows as in Seattle. The radio blared out reports of hostile ys) | planes flying over Pariama, but no schools ¥ } were closed here as in New York. ' 1 Simcere and self-reliant, Key West! +*¢ | waited patiently for orders from the proper 291 authorities. When it received them, it | | swung into action, vigorously and accord-| | ingly. to pre-arranged, systematic plans. oral Adbert Mills, secretary of the home de- | ta, fense; Capt. Fred Marvii, commander of { the Key West unit of the F. D. F.; Sheriff | PEE «=, | Berlin Sawyer and Police Chief Ivan El | teste tee wood were all eager te begin the duties as | eee ‘Sirned to them for the emergncy. But, like | | good soldiers, they waited for the official” command. . “> In striking contrast to many other! es, the morale of Key West is excellent. Though it is fully cognizant of the fact that ) it is a military objective, there is no fear but calmness and confidence. We're proud of Key West and the way it has donned the mantle of a city at war. But difficult days lie ahead. The pas- sions of war will flame ever higher. It is a | ruthless war to a bitter finish. There will be butchery and hatred and reprisals. it is then that Key West will have to show its mettle—to prove that its ex- emplary conduct at the outset of the war is | We fervently hope and sincerely be- lieye that Key West will never be guilty of the blind, unreasoning hatreds and abuses *so prevalent in many cities of this country during the last war. For even in war as in peace there must sae i Libe “malice toward none. charity for all.” of Key West don’t care, eee nobody will bother about' # GIVE COURTESY FOR CHRISTMAS ~ In August of this year President Roose- yelt called on the National Safety Council to lead a defense emergency safety cam- paign to curb the growing menace of traffic deaths. - The action of the President was Ifyou have discovered some other | prompted by a 23 per cent‘increase in traf- source of revenue, that could be taxed, | fic deaths last August over August, 1940. don’t tell it to your congressman. The increase in the traffic toll is due | mainly to the fact that the American people The guy who said that charity begins | are travelling more this year than they did at home evidently never went on an ex-j last year. In September of this year the _» The man who carries a gun, «sless he 3 an officer of the law, may make use of it te his sorrow, and often does. than they did in the previous September. In October motor vehicles were re- The vast majority of Americans have | SPOmSible for the deaths of 4.050 persons. tion. concluded that some laborers are going too This is-about 400 more than were killed in | 5, far and that something will have to be done | October, 1940, but it is the smallest per about them. cent rise of any month this year over a cor- responding month in 1940. The National Safety Council has rea- The temperature of the moon is about 144 degrees below zero, yet thé light of the | 501 to be proud of the progress that it is |“@ orbit produces ardor in the hearts of the | ™@king in stemming the rising tide of acci- earth’s damsels and swains. : dents in the United States. The Council is also undertaking a spe- An excellent Christmas present (ac-/ cial Christmas safety drive, and 130 co cording to our idea) would be to send The | operating organizations are helping to Citizen to some_relative away from home. | make this drive a success. If he (or she) isn’t tickled with the gift, you | This drive cannot be a complete suc- ean get your money back. cess without the whole-hearted support of every citizen of Key West. The next time Managers and railroad brotherhoods | you get behind the wheel remember the reached agreements to avoid a great strike. | theme of the counril’s safety drive: Give Railroad employes are entitled to pees [oer er Cee. lines in reaching agreements. ~ | ADVERTISING BUILDS. SUCCESS ee ee Gee | Advertising is perhaps the most won- quarters that the blitz technique has finally derful development of the modern com- failed. It worked with France, Poland, the | mercial age. Low Countries and elsewhere. But it didn't it is maker.and breaker of business, work wih England. And if isn’t working | big or little. It is the one factor of success- with Russia, ful sales that is most apt to be overiccked by the merchants of small tewns and cities. Advertising is not the exclusive wea- SS a ae | Are You Clever On Mondays? | Pedition to raise funds by public subscrip- | American people travelled 13 percent more oU"E= ithe famous screen star, to The THE KEY WEST CITIZEN THURSDAY. Di GSS. Classified Column peereccccescccccesessceneereeren Even if you know thats friend Advertisements unde ‘can not visit you: nevertheless he wil] be inserted im The "7 is likely to appreciate a sincere the rate of one-cen mm invitation. Also, it keeps him for each insertion. but the = from forgetting your address. mum for the first insert — Obviously, President Roosevelt every instance is twent —_ must drop all plans for“time out” cents (25c). * > Since Japan has made itsentry m- Advertisers should give = to the Hall of Infamy; but just street address as well as © — Previous to that an mvitetion t© telephone number if they Geax ae jthe President resulted im the fol- results mt correspondence: Payment for classified adver = tisements is mvarably = ad vanee, but regular sdvertivers PARMA MAOOAABLEREPBEL OREO LMOBERLEM ELE MMAR MMMM Son, 5 response to your invitation. This *iS sent to you for your informa- tion. “With kindest regards and best wishes, I am, You probably todate ot Without knowing i j ae a Bag Key Monroe County in ex- with the citizens of and ! g i ! i : vel | i if 1 i i AL if : z g : i ¢ ii : asf 7 wtf a in mind and accept for and Mr. Singiecton this of smcere your courtesy. i i [ i i k f i k ri i i wel fi if I A visitor drops in and stands us up with this question “What are the objects of an or- ganization like this, anyway” have so many “objects” on that we had never taken time to classify them; but, in the anzlysis, they boil down to this: (4) To mvite visitors to Key West {B) To make them feel welcome * when they get here (C) To serve the interests of A di # mee € i martes = Tre Cotzzen et Hl i YACHT TRITON, moored Garrison Bight, 462x15i:x6. 8 8 i a {D) That goes double when the *- 4728—John_ Durkee, Revolu-' interests of our members are con- Connecticut Susquehanna com-. (£) To getasmany Key West Pamy of colonizers to Penmsyl- stories into national circulation as ¢ vania's Wyoming Valley, born in I : a Died May 29, (F) To have abiding faith in the men who make ell this possible, * the directors and members and Havana are being received from country by the the all. over Chamber of Commerce 1813—Clemece S. Lazier, pio- | Continue to use up postage stamps. = neer woman i i a a Sone sine; 2 See Sean, Some ri + 3 sitilan, New York that we can buy another | year old: Velocpede S28 455, Z Whitey”, 2 mule reputed t i Pini gene Bone THE SECRETARY. | Division street declt-it i t s long aS the average j 2 ied ; mule lives, died at the local — { Tooms, 525 United Street. be The animal is reported by ‘under. first bishop of the Re- —{ Apply 12% South ics Go w Snstent + history to hz pulled street r in Le ‘ i . . 3 Fine Tay eee There have ‘Ville, Md, June 26, 1876. pasar coreg oi, ed TRAILERS a a —7 2 been mo horse-drawn cars in where for several months they} -UmGMeS Skating Bink. tree 4 Key West since 1899. If, then, S Lyman, endured such sufferings “as our! novd3-tf weekiy pay. No loss 5 stp a 28-FT. CABIN CRUISER: <0 = * = @ << Fm Sermee. 334 Semone = write directs = o = of the happiest days of my an Citizen today. Som Attorney HH Taylor and Tayler of Miami arrived