The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 31, 1941, Page 2

RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL District head- The Seventh. Naval where they rightfully belong. They belong here by tradition, as well as by necessity. Here it was where the headquarters ‘bean, the Gibralter of the Gulf of Mexico; 4. | the nerve center of the south 4y It-seems.incomprehensible that they should have been moved elsewhere. But welcome, even as the prodigal who returned in Biblical times. of this island. It was ex-President Herbert Hoover, who transferred the headquartérs to Charleston, S. C: had ‘to make a sacrifice when it could least trenchment policies. _ For ten long years, the | Chamber of Commerce and The Citizen!arged the re- | ten long years they campaigned, stressing with foresight and determination all rezsons- which finally moved the navy to | designate Key West as the headquarters for || the séventh. district. anarchy; where news is controlled there is fear; gply where news is free are human || derstanding and patriotism, The Citizen :} and the Chamber kept alive this and other finally coming to fruition. The fresh water supply system and many other projects championed by this paper and the organization of which United States did not fortify Guam: for fea€of offending Japan. Who's laugh- ing now? estimable. All these essential measures are proof positive that when Key West makes a re- quest, that request is made with under- standing, purpose and foresight. De-without something every week dur- ing 1948 and put the savings into. defense stamps-or bonds. TIME TO THINK The Citizen wishes its subscribers and advertisers all kinds of good fortune and success during 1942. The procession of days revolves into another year and people in Key West join with other human beings in taking ad- vantage of the calendar’s termination of 1941 to pause in life’s tasks to take stock of the future, especially as they imagine 1942 will affect them. It is a good thing for an individual to pause in the midst of ordinary cares and worries and try to understand what is going on, both insofar as the person is. concerned and, also, in relation to. other events. As far as possible we should continue to go- infor healthful sports, no matter how long the’ war is prolonged; but carousing and drinking to excess. while never advis- able atid always unwise, should be taboo voluntarily. tired Auto- | Human beings, as a race know very “little ; -Tobile. le to re- | about themselves and less about external i tire, ang al .o retire. | conditions and happenings and their own } And, h graph | relationship to a changing and diversified environment. | made you tired. i It is easy, you know, for men and Traffic congestion in the business area | of Key"West is becoming a serious problem, ‘but that condition will be remedied auto- | matically when the Government inaug- } urates Hts tire rationing, and people will | bave tgresort to exercising their pedal ex- | tremities and walk. tions of existence are necessary and not to be ignored for one seeking satisfactory liv- fields for exploration and discovery. The men and women who lift themselves out of the mob are those who possess the ability fo enter this wider field of human activity, whatever their accomplishments may be. — te ' Bditor O’Brien, of Times of Cuba and | P.A.B.penumerated a lot of Christmas Sug- | gestions, which he respectfully submitted | to Santa Claus, for the good of pestind z epnd Plorida end.Cuba particularly. | The Gitizen takes advantage of this <6 ing, sekead Sante CIngy to, bring season to wish for the people of Key ‘West at I may obtain honestly.ivAnd ) 3 Monroe County a new year of greater e7 Boia hayyaraned | happiness. M02 2 HE. | ‘The expression, we know, is used care- = : : lessly every year but it very often conveys & After the occupation of the British | genuine sentiment towards people in gen- 1 2 es i, Nera it iS eral. {t is in our hearts to see our people the streets were with dollars, | prosper, in material as well as cultural conquered people have to pay. rR: i GREETINGS: FOR THE NEW YEAR growth. This hope is common to most of our fellow-citizens. = : ‘ And so, because very often The Citizen to the extent that | has spoken for the entire community, we sr on which it was | think it appropriate, on. 2 part, ; thousands. of quarters have come back to Key West | | | Lowest _last nigh \Mean __ tNormal the headquarters are back and they’re very | We feel sure that never again will the = headquarters leave.us. They. will. become | again, as they once were, an integral part ! It was Key West that! afford it, in the interest of Hoover's re- | turn of the headquarters to. this city. For | the | Not for selfish reasons, nor for civic | ‘| reasons alone, but because of its inate un- | campaigns for improvements which are! the Overseas Highway are but two of the. Stephen-C. Singleton is the executive secre- | tary. The importance of the road and:the ; aqueduct to the national defense is now in- | women to bury themselves in the prosaic, i | but necessary, tasks of life. The obliga- | ing. However, human life offers other | Observation taken at 7:30 a m., 75th Mer. Time (City Office) Temperatures. ; singe Total rainfall since Jan. 1, <8 ‘Excess sinee January 1, ‘ Relative Humidity | Tomorrow's Almanac Sunrise ~—.7:12 a. m. Sunset _ 5:49 p. m Moonrise —. 5:20 p. m. | Moonset _——— 6:08 a. m. Tomorrow's Tides | (Naval Base) i AM. PM ij z — 9:51 9:09 |; Low —__ 3:10 2:28 FORECAST Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy and slightly warmer to- +night. } Florida: jness and skghtly warmer, Considerable cloudi- {settled along east coast. Hatteras, N. C., to Apalachi- jcola, Fla: No small -craft or storm warnings have been is- nei: 7 i NOTICE | Restrictions on Small Craft, | Storm and Hurricane Warnings | For the duration of the war, or until further notice, all wind and weather fore- | casts for ocean, coastal and marine areas have been dis- cont:'nued except small craft, storm or hurricane warnings or advisories thereof ese warnings and ady‘sories will contain information as to the wind veloc:ties expected, the area affected, time of hoist, and duration of display. How- ever, no information will be given regarding the direction of the wind, the movement and location of the storm, or | any’ conditions surrounding | it, j Warning displays will be as follows: ONE RED PEN- NANT will be cantinued as a | -warning-to small craft. TWO RED PENNANTS. will be | used for a storm warning | without direction TWO | STORM WARNING FLAGS | (square red flags with black | centers) will be continued 2s a hurricane warning. No storm warning lights will be displayed. } / ‘KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY |Happenings On This Date Ten | Years Ago As Taken From Files. Of The Citizen | Watch night services will be } held in local churches beginning }-with a union service of Salvador |and Trinidad churches in the } Trinidad church at 7:30__ o'clock tonight A new year’s sermon | will be preached by ‘the Rev. | Jesus Montero, pastor... ¢ , this | | Travel over the highway, a decided “increase over. weeks during. the _ pest . three | months, for the week ending | December 27. Speed and still more speed is the order of the day at the sub- j marine base project. To accom- plish this two shifts started work Tuesday. | The intention of the contrac- | | tors is to hurry the work as fast as possible wih safety. The Constitution, “Old Iron- sides”, most famous of all Unit- ed States fighting craft, docked here this morning. She was welcomed by a crowd | of some 600 persons who cheered austily as she was eased. into [her berth at the Porter Dock. { ~MissDowig Bright; daughter }o8 Mr. and Mrs. John H. Bright, etree i. tt Aint Ley “Memorial |church. The birde-to-be was honored at a miscellaneous show- je Yesterday afternecn in Gold. jen Eagle Hall at ; which Mrs. | with [ some fog tonight Sémew>Atiun- | to get over to see tied here, but I don’t get much of b oa Was hostess. Receiving daughter, who i ' murder a i sees? tise in Beit E H i i H t i A Girl Shows. Up er!” found Asery’s face. “No more free | chickens for you out of my coop; —say, you, what’s your name?” “Mayo,” Asey said. “Fil admit to. trespassin’, mister, but I ain’t after your chickens. I'm just try-| in’ to find my way—” “I knew who you was! Asey Mayo! Knew you in a minute! Say, you don’t remember me, do you?” “Considerin’," Asey said, “that I can’t see your face, no.” The man obligingly swung the} flashlight so that jt illuminated his long, narrow, clean-shaven bp ing bald head, on of face and shining hich a blue knitted cockily., the side cap perched It illuminated his long, “Phere!” the man said. “I guess you remember me nox, all right! Well, well, Asey! I always meant you since I set- Ret away very often.” “I guess you know my a chance to “No, *fraid I don't.” Asey gentl eased himself from the man’ { i; "you did, you'd understand— Say, eome along to my shed. That's | Swhere I spend my spare time when | ‘ T'm not workin’ my fingers to the | ju bone. You know, I always thought some day you'd turn up like this.” chuckled. “I don’t think,” he said, “I ever turned like this before any- wheres, t of all in Quisset. Except for drivin’ up the main street, I don’t ever see much of the town. Say, where’s the Whale “Down the line.” The man point ed with his flashlight “This is all my land here. I'm doing pretty! well, Asey. Own place, own gar- den, own chickens—say, I thought you were the feller that’s been Swipin’ "em. What do you know y about that? The shed’s this way. over an’ dry out an’ let's \have'a chat about old times. Cer- i | cant beat the old days!” H ysarm, he propelled 2 s happily re- i pea’ iis convietion that noth- ras like the days. “fd like hothin’ better than to ' chat‘with you,” Asey said, “some time, = “What's the matter with right now?” “Wa-el,” Asey said, “right now I got some pressin” business I got to get along to. So—” “No timelike the present!” the = said, “After not seeing me for thirty years, you certainly got pe Ee ites to ad over oid with me, or you're not the man I take you for! Come on!” ed as he strode through a series of J to renew old fricnd- idea who the man might be. Never, to the best of his knowi- edge, Sad be deer see ee son before in his life. Before he reached the Inn, the | electric current returned to Quis- church spire on the main street in a glow of flood lights, somewhere a thwarted lock chimed twenty-two before quoewe mercifully put a stop to i The rain even began to let up % j way, | light that the fain’s stopping would thoroughly saturated, best gray | suit, Asey thought, as he passed | Syl's truck and briskly mounted the steps. He was prepared and ready for jone of Jennie’s more v | onslaughts, for a torrent ly querulous questions as to where he had been anyway, and what he'd been doing, and why on earth he’d dared to leave her alone so long in that place. But Jennie wasn’t in the living room. Softly shaded electric lamps were burning, the candles and candelabra were back in their proper places, the telephone closet | door was closed. | But there was no sign of Jennie. narrow, clean-sh er voice sug- Asey to two be Asey removed fn his hy the soaked, shapeless thing i... had, until recently, been his best | gray hat ¢ _“Perhaps,” he sald, “you could direct me to my Cousin Jennie.” “Does she live in Quisset?” the girl said. “If she does, and you'll tell me her full name. I'd be glad to look her up in the tel book for you.” asaem Asey half-leaned. and half-sat Qn a corner of the center table and looked curiously at the girl |. The best actress in the world, |if she had seen or come in con- jtact with Jennie Mayo, couldn't | Pretend otherwise. Jennie wasn’t | & Person you passed over li r. | And the best actress in the world, “Now, I sort of wi — Sa aap Dil go this way ant bead hun | Sd aloud, “how this A Spires. toind telling me who “Take flash.” The you are, and how 1 ie pan 24 how long you've were visiting in be hoped that a fessional be obtained to serve' Salt Lake City visitors during’ the season”. jSan = ‘San Francisco _ set. The street lights came on, the | “N° CHICKENS tonight, broth- 25 he turned into the Inn's drive- : The man’s flashlight | make any difference now to his | therwise, ? * Was something else | {You didn’t pass over li | ; I In to Valhalla’s specious lS ————————— that know the silent tread Adverusements umder thas Bese Of every hero, one and all, whose wn be inserted in The Citizen at lives the sword have fed, Where Brunnehilda chants a lay “= "#t of one-cent Ge) = wand for each insertion, but tee mum. or strikes upon her lyre And with her myrid valkyaries mum for the first igeertion an ae on fire every instance & 3 twentp-five » Yesterday came @ i 3 ‘a to- 53 band of famots. number af tes desire 4 Seid Brunnehilda, * i adver- Payment fee classiftec Said Travis, “Lady, can't you see vanee, but @egular séiyertivers they're U'S.A. Marines?” with ledger accounts may hewe m their adverusements chagged. Asked Brunnehiida, compassion filled, “Where are vou hailing POR SALE GSCELLANEOUS YACHT TRITON, moced & A sergeant said, “We dead of Midway Garrison Bight, 46%xIS%x8.1. the and are Wake | Guam” mahogany furniture amc tim, 3 Said Thon to Wodin, “I've ~ three cabins, running water, spect for every " wraith; "They die, but never die if they have kept the £ Iv The heroes of the Alamo silent at salute, The Spartans of Thermopylae } stood up and followed suit A murmur of respect arose from Pickett’s surried troops. % The Light Brigade, all unafraid, t drew sabres, counting coups. Vv stood BOURTEEN =F + BOAT }The rifles that these heroes bore f were of the latest brand | And all the soldiers crowded around to see the famed Garand. ; Sad Bowie of the Alamo, “Pate to us you have given: There are no ones in ali the world who merit more of heaven” Vi And heroes, long and short and tall, from all the fields of earth, ‘Who'd I'stened to the battle call, since first the world sew birth, Stood up in one great company— ! ‘Leonida's called, “Hear!”, - And lead them all that were in call in one great rousing SECOND SHEETS—<00 tor Sic cheer. The Artman Press Rew Tt STUART WITT. SIGNS—“Ber Rent”. “Reoms Fer -™ Rent”. “Apartment For Bent” Key West, Fla. “Private Property, No Tres- Dec. 38, 1941. 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