The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 19, 1941, Page 2

ais? ag ee THE KEY WEST CITIZEN 9 000000000000 86009 0.06255 REEF ELE Key West's quota in the $50,000,000 emergency Red Cross drive is only $3,000. Of course this city will contribute its | share. Of that there can be no doubt. But Key West should not be content to simply | cities. much 23-$20,000 in special Red Cross drives. ‘Never before bas it heen asked to assume deavor. i and oversubseribe our proportion of the campaign in record time. Not because it ' has a special significance to this city. The Red Cross will be the first to give . succor to those of us who might be victims ; : of sabotage, an air raid, or a naval attack. i But not for that reason alone should we be t se eager to contribute. 4 It is the Red Cross who wili adminis- | ter te the sailors and soldiers, those bright, wholesome, healthy young men in trim uni- | forms we see‘every day. - ; to the city’s progress and our prosperity are | velunteers, every one of them. They. en- i listed to protect us. They didn’t have to be | asked or cajoled or threatened. They came forward eagerly, enthusiastically and of- fered not money, but their futures and their lives. ; Can we civilians do less than donate a | few dollars to a fund designed to aid and comfort them? Pay envelopes are full and plentiful here. If each family in Key West con- tributed but 75 cents, the quota would be filled. Burlington, lowa,an inland city, raised a much larger quota in two hours. Will Key West, a bastion city, do less? When the canvasser comes to your door, give him a handsome contribution. Let the boys you meet on the street know that you’re behind them. Let Hitler, Mus- W92REs Eerererese cL Amy smoker will tell you that nicotine | - There isn’t muca time left to do your} Peace, Give and give generously. > ~ @ The strong crave for power and the, pogr man craves for bread. AVOID WAR HYSTERIA Aiceording to history books, if one | searches for detail, when the Spanish- | American War broke out every seaport on The Axis will pa find out to their sor- | the Atlantic Coast thought the Spanish fleet row what an aroused America will do. was just about to bombard it, and called for I naval protection. Events showed the Presenting: Pine Log, Red Bug and i Spanish fleet hopelessly outclassed by the Big Lick, all North Carolina villages. | American warships. é agg si nna, i In the First World War the submarine Latest figures indieate-no let-up in the | £4ve Many people the jitters. Many Ger- deaths from traffic accident. Americans | ™an U-boats were sighted off the Amer- certainly can take it! | ican coast, and while some actually came . <i | and sank some ships, there were not nearl, f High poSitions entail great respon-| a8 many as there were rumors and fea sitjitities aug&failures mean demiotions. It | from time to time. Getting excited didn’t capnot be otherwise. help matters in the slightest. ‘s : : The airplane will probably be the main * Thi ‘Rewetax lewis just @istarter,” | subject of false alarms in this Second World sala Henry W. Morgenthau, secretary of War. Bombers will be reported and await- | ed in many places needlessly and without accurate basis. Not every plane flying in the sky is an “unidentified plane, probably *. The control of arms is an international problem, and also a personalone. - REEAPESRP ERE, SBEa- oS EGS oo 5 the treasury. That's reassuring, isn’t it? Easy Christmas shopping: For father, mother, son, daughter, sister, brother, fulfil its patriotic duty as just one of many | Key West has a standard to maintain. In times gone by, this city has raised as| sich-@ Small part in a gréat, national en- | That $3,000 quota should serve as a | challenge. We should accept it as such, j | woud redound to the everlasting glory of | | Key West, but because 2 Red Cross drive | | These lads who are contributing daily ini. and Hirohito know how you feel about | their treacherous, ruthless violations of the | hostile” on its way to bomb some American | biimene. Sela se cousin, aunt, friend and acquaintance, give a subscription to The Citizen. mans to drive them out, have you noticed that the first to get out was Hitler himself. He is taking no chances to create a disaster | for his beloved adopted country. a | In the Army or Navy if the officers fail | during war times, they go out. When the per of . The government or 2 afford to risk es for the-best ship E Earbor; some of it was done in Washing- day city. While it is wise to be on the alert, to | adopt every protective measure, we should . When the Russians pursued the Ger- | ; i i seek to avoid war hysteria. We should not accept every rumored event which we read or hear about. Waitin confidence until the Government makes its official announce- ment as to what has actually happened. A democratic government does not hide facts from its people. Witness the ex- ample of Prime Minister Churchill, who has a ship loses it, he is deprived of ; repeatedly and promptly advised his peo- owner | ple of military or naval disasters. President eF | Roosevelt has promised that the same policy ob- | will be followed, and news given out pro- vided only it will not help the enemy. That’s fair and desirable. Everybody can help in this great strug- gle. Alvoiding hysteria is only one way. ton. Chairman Martin Dies said last Tues-| Working hard at each accepted job is that the Administration requested | another. Buying Defense Bonds is another. be no hearing on the information he | Contributing to the Red Cross appeal is still months ago “indicating the planned another. Keep busy. Keep your faith. ug the fifth column activities. and asserted there are| the people of the United States, in fact it pro-Nazis” persons will strengthen our resolve to see the thing 's defense industries. | through to its victorious end. Bad news will not hurt the morale of T : Red Cross Call to Service KEY WEST [N DAYS GONE BY Peete e wee es + cee cee ene e ents ee Happenings On This Date Ten’ pop sale MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANEOUS Years Ago As Taken From a Files Of The Citizen — BECAUSE OF THE DRAFT. eq hh oe =k The ordinance i casing the salary of Tax Collector Arthur $1,203 a second -7 Sheppard from 3600 to year was killed on reading ai the regular meeting of, city council last night. + The ordinance was passed last > week on its first read.ng Before its second reading it was d.scuss- *ed at great length, a majority of the board cupressing the belief that the collector had been The “imformation booth at the Florida East Coast terminal has disappeared. The whys an wherefores ci its disappearance are beng investigated. Cc. C. Symonette used the booth for same ten years to d.ssemuinate -information to touwrmsis. Ths year the county comm-ssioners voted to appoint Sidney Thomp- son to take charge. { Mr. Symonette said he would FOURTEEN ©T OUTBOARD not be ousted as the booth be- woOTOR BOAT Fully egurppec ~ _ <a longs to bim. County comms and one Johneon Qutbnard me ~é sioners, on the otber hand, said tor, 4hp. $1000 James H <3 % it ae Theme Pinder, 1217 Petronie Street hed — = = Principal GE Everett an- . mounted today that pupils of Key WaxT=> » West Junior H.gn School will = = ~ Participate in the spellng bee y rr = ws conducted by the General Exten- dec2-5-9-12-16-28-23-28-3Sex = eae eh a / = Se sity of Florida. TRAILERS. rest or sell Appiy “2 So a Tommie's Skating Rink The Bull line es aur.ved _ — — from Tam i %-FT. CABIN CRUISER: 40 bh» Gray. Make me an offer. Box 33, The Citizen. naw 13-2f LOT, M9x150. Reasonable Ap ply 803 Olwia sirect GeclS-lwk making a use canvass for help 10 UPHOLSTERED CHROMIUM an outsider. The Bar Stools Excelien t 2 call to Apply Fred Marvil for ques- Club. FOR RENT ;e« big or little, whether rich or Mrs Frank — igo pee san which ate cemdered’ Miiges = POOF, whether black or white, Dele le! = ie Ones Lima- MCDERN eg e oc sawasramied, The willers “ho. a job to do and it must be “*., = oo2F im ami 6% ©6=—now available at Coral Spee sbonid be tair and confine the = be aN _. V-Sit, for several weeks with Apartments, opposite Post Of letters te 30 words, and write ~ donc an@ we must take the atti- Ruth and He: Cs- 4 on one aide of the paper emiy. tude that whatever we are do- aeeneeneene ene? =e Sigmature of the writers ssmust | — terhoudt left yesterday afterneep qecompany the letters and will ing, could not be"dote by any- so; wiami to vist for several SPORE, % bileck oi Dural aeblisbed enieen reameeted. one cise but us. With this’ im’ Vodks with relatives, Street. S18 Fieming St Editor, The Citizen: I will appreciate spate in the columns. of The Citizen for the winter to supinely 3 whateva tc tion. hy should Key t What we need is a dog crusade. First call for volunteers! MRS. PHILIP COSGROVE he Citizen: I have a job to do. Do you? We are at war with a treach- erous, powerful enemy, one that we have found, to our great sor- row, cannot be trusted. We must form our front line so that there will be no gaps and it must be so well reinforced that it will not give. If part of it is forced down or out, then there must be others to step in, at all times, until our goal is attained. There are these of us that have places even now in the front Eme, those who have train- ed well for these jobs and there are also those of us that have; had no trainiig for wer or the sacrifices that war demands, but that does not lessen the respon- sibility that was automatically placed on each” individual's shoulders on December, 7th. The little job is just as important as big job. We have recent- ly proof of this. In the Pearl Harbor catastrophe, it was the work of each individual involved i and the heroism displayed that saved the day. The whole na- tion’s heart, although aching with, jover the feats of that memor- mind we will do a good job and thus keep our front Jiné intact f I know a petsd Who has 4 The Citizen im editorial para- graphs said: DOWNTOWN APARTMENTS. chosen field of endeavor and has " “Key Westers should hold Post- ROOMS, $8, $10 week. Beer be x at job i master General Brown and the thing fumished. 162 NOW. Sed Test of his depertment in very ‘Street, Miami, Fis 3 decli-?tu steem. They have done so ait which some much for Key West. It is they HOUSE AVAILABLE w desir ve thought who are responsible for paying able tenant by season or by dignity. SO the Pan-American Airway daily year. Three bedrooms; al} com is co-workers, he was capable of he would walk ed and one day I knew that i deal about what be been given a job going to do it I of little more to fly mail to Miami from Havana than it would cost to bring it here, and render better service. And now, it develops, = ———————— it is the same crowd that secret- ly gave the “train boat line’ from New Orleans Havana as much for carrying the mail between these two poris as it would take to operate the ship on which the mail is carried—$10,000 per Ply 926 Virgie srrect month”. decid tx = aaa TWO COTTAGES. one furmushed, = = or unfurnished - Today In History | Pats se Dea! Gee = decl-<: 1606—-Three ships of the Vir- mia Company of London, the LOVELY UNFURNISHED t=. largest under 109 ton’, contain- bedroom Bouse Six some ing 105 emigrants in all, which Write P.O. Box Si. decline Settles Jamestown the -mext May. leaves London: 177%6—Thomas Paine’s first “Crisis” appears—“These are the times that try man's souls. . ."— } which measurably revives the drooping ardor of America y that the migh nation cant only measured by the might -of its © a job te do. Do you? PHARIS MONETTE. An Empioye on a Defense Proj- ect. ; 177%—Washingten encamps for . Winter at Valley Forge. 3 Key West, Fia., - bs ning a winter of dark 419 William St, Dec. 19, 1941 Todav’s Birthdays John D. Biggers of Toledo,! OPM official, born in St. Louis, 53 years ago. t U.S Senator Geral P. of North Dakota torn in tonvillé. “Wis days, mutiny stilled only liberty in the end. errr rrerre 1864—Lincoln calls for 300,000. more yolunseers. yvererr rye: Dr. Donald B. Armstrong of New York, noted hygienist, born in Bangor, Pa., 55 years ago. commander