The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 13, 1942, Page 2

PAGE TWO THE KEY WEST CITIZEN TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1942 From where I sit... 4y Joe Marsh The Key West Citizen aily Except Sunday By Prexident and Publisher THE FORTUNATE ONES nap ! é tf A s-vomise Today’s | d Anniversaries - Wester, squirm | of | Did you, fellow Key when you read about the ponderosity cur country’s tax bill for next year? If you did squirm, it was not for long, | because you realized that, regardless of | how high the tax bill is, you are still for- . Business Manager salen ag sip al | 1754—Mary Ludwig Hays Mc- | Cauley (“Mollie Pitcher”), Revo- lutionary heroine, born Trenton, |N. J. Died there, Jan. 22, 1832. | | | | | | | | Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and when sne Monroe County n, tried tO sit | } | ! | <ntered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press ! e Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or nog otherwise credited in this paper and also the loca news published here. i BSCRIPTION RATES One Year §.. Bix Mont Three Mohths One Month Weekly “ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. | SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at the rate of.10 cents a line. Notices for entertainment by churches from which to be derived are 5 cents a line. is an open forum and invites discus- issues and subjects of local or general will not publish anonymous communt- Z MEMBER FLORIDA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION ° THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; nevér be afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; always fight for progress; never be ‘the or- gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class; always do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue, commend good done by individual or organ- ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions: print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com- promise with principle. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. Gedlogists have written a good deal about the “lost Pacifie continents;’’ let’s make Japan another lost one for them to talk about in futu ges. There is no such blood as blue blood or black blood. Blood is blood and the best blood is that which has iron in it. The nearest~blood to blue blood is that of the crab, Phis is a bloody paragraph, isn’t it? There are military experts who be- lieve that Hitler is now seeking a stalemate and we-think they are right, for once. But we aie not playing chess and his request for a draw -will be ignored; we are out to win and win-we must. We-krow of no instance in recent his- tory that equals the absymal servitude of the Laval Government, which has decreed the conscription of 150,000 French skilled ster compulscry*labor service jn , ny. France fell into a low pit when her befuddled leaders surrendered to the Cerman invaders. The Vichy Government digs the hole deeper by taking orders from Hitler and selling its own people into virtual slavery™ Secretary Ickes se that some news- papers he reads and respects, while some he neither reads nor respects. How does he know whether or not to respect a news- paper that he admittedly does not read? o by hearsay or is it an admission tha oids reading those newspapers | that par him consistently and persistently. He, like so many other folks, wants to read only what is’pleasing to his ego, regardless of ithe pre > T ave telling a story infWashington about « Western Union messenger who was lest in the Pentagon Building, the War De- partment’s new office structure in Arling- ton, Va.” This building is so large that you can walk 26 miles through its corridors without.retracting your steps. It has 135,- 000 telephones, 70 elevators, cafeterias that seat 8,000 at a time, and 21 snack bars, | Well, a’search for the boy was about to be | started when he emerged at the other end _—a lieutenant colonel in the ordnance de- partment. Now we know how they are do- jng things in a big way in Washington. | Wes | have | trou dollars is of minor consequence compared | | with what it will cost in human lives. And | | one should always bear in mind that no Am- ; | erican falls in battle without causing heart- | aches at home. tunate. There are many parents in vyho woul i 5 penny could they 2 -assured their love ones will come okt of the war un- scathed. ' the least of our What it will cost in Money should be bles in this war. Those are some of the thoughts that should be entertained when, next year, we have five per cent of our | salaries collected at the source by our gov- ernment. What of the five per cent, what if it were 10 per cent or more, when have so much at stake? All of which brings to mind a told over the radio Sunday night by some | | boys from Queensborough | City who have organized themselves into in New York Salvage, Inc., to collect metal for Uncle Sam. scrap One boy said that a woman, who re- | sides acr from his home, complained about the s ap that was piled up on_ his sidewalk. She cried out, “It spoils the view”, and he replied, ‘Madam, we won't have any view to look at if we war.” But we haven't “begun” to pay taxes yet compared with percentages of one’s in- come that are paid in Canada and in Eng- land, particularly in the latter country Compared with the peoples of those Allied | countries, we are fortunate, measured in the terms of money, but even should the time come when we will pay more than they pay, we still will be fortunate compared with the men at the front who will be fight- ing to win the war while all we will be do- ing will be paying to win the war. The iast place in the world where there should be complaint about the strictures that have resulted from the war is the home tront. Whatever amounts we may pay, or whatever inconveniences we are subjected to, we still are the fortunate ones. “UPPED IN RECENT MONTHS” We know of nothing that has hap- pened en the battlefronts to explain the statemert of Major-General Lewis C. Her- shey, Selective Service Director, that “the actual demand for men in the armed forces has been upped in recent months.” The explanation may lie the in in- creased production of weapons, or in the | decision to initiate military activity on sev- | eral fronts in the near future. Egypt, ihe Far East and the Near East, as well as the British Isles, are possible destinations for American soldiers. £- While 1942 has probably been a year of, diseguragement to Hitler, it has em- phasized:the size of the job to be assumed bythe United Nations. The quicker our forees are massed and the harder they strike, the sooner the war will end and the cheaper will be the price that they must pay for victory. ONE HUNDRED PER CENT TAX COLLECTIONS (Florida Municipal Record) One -hundred per cent collection of the tax oll every year has been made possible at Miami Beach by the adoption of a plan which will permit the City to buy, and actually pay for, all certificates at annual tax sales. “A, revolutionary policy,” The Miami Herald proclaims approvingly. Advanced by Councilman William Burbridge, who has agitated for it for 15 years, and unani- mously approved by the City Council, the plan calls for an initial appropriation of enough money for effective execution at the next tax sale. money changing hands,fuhder the new plan the ax certificates would become the property of the special fund, and the general City treasury would receive the cash to make its collections for the year 100 per cent. As the tax certificates are redeemed, Burbridge suggests that the proceeds should be kept in use as & revolving fund—for the purpose of purchasing certificates at tax sales year after year. In this way the City would be assured of a perpetual 100 per cent tax collection. The fund would grow through penalties and interest charges, thus providing in- surance against possible lean years. they beginning | we; story | lose this | Now | { handled as bookkeeping S entries without any | AFTER the first tion that murder, Julie’s m of a last shred tended to kil] ner. why nad ne | stopped for all this talk? QOb- | viously, he waited for something. But what? “It won't matter how many | people you murder,” sne_ said man meant d caught hold | cooly now, “You can’t win. Don't! imagine that all Americans can be terrified the way Dawn been.” “Suppose we call it ‘an acci- dent’.” the man smiled now j; “Your friend young Mr. Fowler | will —” he glanced at the watch on his wrist “—perhaps even by now have met with a very seri-! ous accident just the beyond | Tiver bridge.” the whole idea clearly. Pete would —in case the “accident” | didn’t come off—be allowed to bring his hel unmolested. Walk straight-into a trap from which he would be afraid to shoot his way lest he :n- jure her. A hostage. she was. Through all the panic that i churned inside, Julie clung hard to the fact that with all his talk. ; he was actually doing nothing} More original than trying to frighten her into revealing what, plans she and Pete had made. Fo j all his bragging, Arnaldo wasn't | Sure just what he might expect. Cheered. Julie played ner part | with every wit she could com- mand. It was an hour of the most dan- gerous sword-play with words. | Julie—fighting for her own life | as well as Pete’s and the others— | felt the minutes snail by as she waited for a signal she was sure) | Pete would try to give her. The signal came just as Julie’s | hopes were heplnning to bog | down. A faint whistle that might easily have passed, here in the | mountains, for some bird call. | Three short blasts that, de-coded, meant “Take cover.” A moment later, she heard the first of the shooting. And in the same moment, knew what she could do to help. | “There they are!” and jumped | up, pointing out the window. | “Look. Hundreds of them!” | She’d counted on his being dis- | tracted for a moment. Not more than that, but long enough for | her to race past him, tip the flick- ; ering kerosene lamp from its wall | bracket, reach the door. | Then a crashing blow on her ; head—and oblivion. { Margaret Hauser, who was re- ties in Key West, explained that tions) was made up of the YMCA, {National Catholic Community |Service, Salvation Army YMCA, Jewish Welfare Board and the} National Traveler’s Aid Associa-, tion operating as one unit, the) | USO. i Julian L. Carbelle is director, | }and James McFarland, assistant: |director, of the Men’s Division club here, 1021 Duval | Street, with Rev. Thomas Ather-! | ton as moderator. jat the | An informal meeting was held at 3:30 p. m. on Sunday, October _ |4, in the rectory of the Catholic! |lishing an advisory committee of; jthis club and to plan activities| in an effort to expand and . im- prove the service rendered to men of the armed forces, their! wives, girls and young women! employed in war activities in: this area, and defense workers, | by using the resources of the community to apply the follow-} ing five-point program: | 1. Religion. 2. Educational and | Cultural. 3. Personal Service. | | letics. | Miss Hauser explainied that a ed by the National Headquarters of the USO that congested con- | ditions warranted a Women’s} Division to asist in overcoming |these problems existing in the Key West Area and that she was here to assist the community of Key West and assigned USO on Duval street. i The new director said that cess in this field thus far ture in Key West many months) | before the birth of USO by es- | tablishing this home for boys while away from home by pro-} viding entertainment and render- | ing other personal services in an_ happiness had done a good job.) | This home, she said, was estab- | lished by “these lovely and gra- cious ladies, has so many more guests at the war activities in! this area have expanded and, developed that now it % ‘etes- pe. If ne in-| nas} Julie’s heart froze. Now she got; here apparently | y MARGARET HAUSER, | AT U.S.0., RECITES CLUB’S ACTIVITIES! USO (United Service Organiza-; rougn woolen blanket. Pete read the question in her | eyes and, knecling, grinned down jat her. “We're heroes. honey. You and . The fire did the business. We | Ee all as they came oui | How did you get back.” she | whispered. “His spies — every- j ‘Not so m=ny. We picked ther. | ) 4D as we came along. F.B.L nad this place under surveillance al- | ready. I just applied the match to | the dynamite. Still—they’d have | Rotten away if it hadn’t been for the fire.” ‘Dawn?” t them both back to town nbulance. Poor little kid | |She was scared stiff.” Pete shook his head. “I wired Bart Rogers to meet her in Eureka. He’s the her through the rest 's. Now—how about Julie sat up, pushed back tangle of dark curls. “Oh, all right. I guess.” Th he met the expression in Pete’s eyes and her heart fal- tered. stopped, then raced again. “You're all right and that’s no guess, Julie.” Then, firmly, de- liberately he took her into his rms. “Julie: Hamilton. I love you fore than anything else in the | world. I thaught I could put you ‘ay—get over loving you. But I can’t. I don’t want to.” “Why—did you—try?” “Because my head tells me | you'll be a great doctor if you don’t drag yourself down to a ball and chain like me. Because my | heart tells me I couldn’t stand to share yo with a career. I want you’ toy be my wife and nothing else.” Julie smiled. “I will be.” i He looked at her long, while | emotions fli¢kered across his face. | “And your. career?” | Julie laid. one hand against | each cheek. “Pete darling, we have a job to do—a big job right now. You tc build ships and fly planes, when you're able. Me to stand by Dad and do what I can until the day comes that there is no danger that our way of life | won’t survive.” | “Then—” his eyes lighted, “you'll really wait while I take a crack at these birds from the cockpit of a plane? You'll marry me when I come home, Julie? Promise?” i “That’s my promise—for tomor- | jrow.” the | tm THE END | a | WOMEN’S DIRECTOR’ | sary that the community join ientertainment to meet the pres-' ent demand and to stimulate in- terest so that the club and equip- ment will be used to full capacity, attracting and appealing to the! men and women during their leisure time. Miss Hauser declared that the and cooperate jointly with the Men’s Division of the USO, which had been making the service boys a home and as soon as the renovating of the club is com- Pleted these same facilities would be available for the wom- en. The motive is to maintain a \Church for the purpose of estab- | home having the atmosphere of | a big family, where boys and girls mingle together participat- ing in,muttal pleasures under the superyision of mothers—our senior hoStesses. The club will be made avail. able to the..women by member- ship cards“@nd Miss Hauser in- |vites the women desiring to par- ticipate to“either call at the club! and fill owf & hostess application blank or phone 692 and she will be glad to mail a blank to them. 4. Recreation. ‘5. Sports and Ath-|This applig@tion is passed on by | an advisory committee composed of representatives from each |survey had been made of the branch ofthe service, business| Key West area and it was decid- Men, mothéts, young men and} young women of this area. The clubehas two billiard ta- bles, ping pong tables, badminton court, shuffleboard court, radio, RCA Phonggrams (the making of phonograph records by the boys to home so their fami- to the lies can hear their voices), writ-| ing tables, shower and towel serv- ice, and offers instruction in the USO is an added civic, re- Spanish, mathematics and com-! sponsibility and the great suc- mercial courses. The following committees were achieved in Key West was a formed and 2 chairman was ap-| compliment to this area as the pointed for each committee, who Catholic Daughters of America, | selected members to assist in the! the pioneers of this hospitality| work of the respective commit- | who sponsored this friendly ges- tees: Committee on metestatne Ideas and, Promotion, nior Hostesseg} Shnior Hosstesses and Publicity and Transportation. Each committee was requested to meet during the week and effort to add to their comfort and make a report to the club direc-| tors and moderator. - An informal discussion was held end suggestions and critic- ism were offered. Mrs. L. H. Hilton stressed the need of and explained the bene- fits of a nursery and kindergar- 1769—Horace H. Hayden, Balti- more dentist-geologist, who did much to raise dentistry stéfi@ards, | Died Jali ‘ e269 | 1826—Lafayette C. Baker, itin- | born Windsor, Conn. 26, 1844. erant mechanic, Union spy, U. S. Secret Service head, born Staf- ford, N. Y. Died July 3, 1868. 1833—Pieere Lorillard, expand- er of the tobacco firm of the name, noted sportsman, born New York. Died July 7, 1901. 1867—William Z. Ripley, Har- vard professor of political econ- omy, born Medford, Mass. Died Aug. 16, 1941 1892—S. Parker Gilbert, _bril- liant, young American agent for reparations, Morgan partner, born Bloomfield, N. J. Died Feb. 23, 1938. Today’s Birthdays U. S. Senator Theodore G! Bilbo of Mississippi, born Juniper Grove, Miss., 65 years ago. Prof. Nicholas J. Spykman of Yale, teacher of international re- lations, born in Holland, 49 years ago. 2 Irene Rich, actress, born Buf- falo, N. Y., 51 years ago. Dr. John Johnston, chemist, US. Steel director of research, born in Scotland, 61 years ago. Dr. Frederick A. Middlebush, president of the University of Missouri, born Grand Rapids, Mich., ‘52 years ago. Harold C. Richard of New York | City, banker, born there, 58 years | ago. Dr. John R. Commons, noted University of Wisconsin’s econ- omist emeritus, born Darke Co., Ohio, 80 years ago. ten to the mothers as this would! enable them to have a few hours emergency activities as well as shop and run personal errands. The spacious porches and grounds are ideal for this ven- ture, which would provide rec- reation for children and solve the cently assigned as director of the hands and assist” in expanding|servant problem for the moth- Women’s Division of USO activi-!and increasing the activities and! ers. The moderator of the club ex pressed his appreciation for the attendance and interest and stat- ed the ultimate goal was to im- prove and expand all branches of the present activities and make the USO, ;NCCS, a home, not a house, and “ai \ | Women’s Division would function | “Since we all knew our problems | ‘he was sure we could work to- | gether and eliminate the! | Hauser said. lf ee i | | | | T . .. Who took up the chal- | | lenge to find out why.an. All-America quarterback... was the campus’ “girl pret bere. Susan was = H a lot of surprises. You | will be too when you read what happened in the new mystery serial starting in. | Fa newspaper. Watch it. MURDER ON THE CAMPUS HAPPENED to me only yesterday. I step on the starter of my car. Engine turns ever O. K. but she won't start. So look under the hood just as if I know what’s the matter. Tap a few'things with a wrench. While I'm standin” theré; Wondering what to do next, a young soldier stops alongside. “Need some help?” he asks. “Got her almost fixed,” I says. “But still she won’t start.” “Looks like your carburetor’s flooded,” he says. “Got a screw driver handy?” That young soldier knew what he was doin’ all right. Went to work just like a professional. “She'll be O.K. now,” he says, straightenin’ up and smilin’. . Boy’s face looked sort of famil- iar. darned if that soldier wasn’t young Charlie Jenkins from Elm Street. Used to be a round- shouldered kid—one of those jitter bugs you hear about. Say! You wouldn’t know him after six months in the Army. Fifteen No. 50 of g Series JOB PR Modern machinery and efficient methods enable us to offer you superior printing service at fair prices. Consider us when you place your next print- ing order. pounds heavier—straight and tan and real sure of himself. The Army's done a lot for Charlie. Made a man out of him—and I guess that goes for lots of other young fellows, too. 7. + ‘The other day I read how some folks worry about the so Ts havin’ a glass of beer nov then. Well, after seein’ Charlie, I @on’t think there’s much cause for people to fret. Just like Charlie says—“If you can trust us with guns and ships and tanks, I guess you can trust us with a glass of beer once in a while, if we happen to want one.” And I know the beer industry is co-operating with the Army and the law-enforcement officers to see that beer is sold in good, clean, decent places. From where I sit, this country’s never seen a finer, cleaner, better- behaved lot of men than the ones in uniform today ... I'm not worry- in’ about ‘e & Wa A Copyright, 1942, Brewing Industry Found. INTING The Artman Press THE CITIZEN BUILDING PHONE 51 to engage in USO and other pn8oce see aesnsceesesescososocesenpemooenetenaene ELECTRIC SERVICE Further Restricted We cannot serve any more new customers. Except—Occupants of homes or buildings which were either: 1: operated by | 4 Miss Completely wired and ready to receive service prior to July 1, 1942, or; 2. Under construction and foundations un- der main part of structure completed prior to July 1, 1942. These new restrictions imposed by the War Production Board may result in hardships on many who have planned to use electricity. You know, of course, that we are as eager as ever to serve you and will lend every effort to cooper- ate with you within the letter and spirit of the new regulations. We accept our part cheerfully ag an obligation of citizenship. If you find that you are affected by these rulings, consult with us and we shall be pleased to advise you. THE KEY WEST ELECTRIC COMPANY REAL ICE ASSURES USERS OF REFRIGERATION CERTAINTY When you place your re- frigeration reliance upon the regularity of OUR ICE a } ig REAL ICE Is More ECONOMICAL. . It’s Healthy and Safe. . It’s Pure WE DELIVER DAILY EVERYWHERE | A ‘Phone Call Will Bring Our Representative Thompson Enterprises (ICE DIVISION) INC. Phone No.8 — Key West, Fla. COSCO SOSEEOSOOOOSEOSSOOSSSOSOSOSSSOOOES