The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 17, 1942, Page 2

Go PAGE: TW Che hey West ¢ Citizen he Citizen Building nd Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County ted Press is exclust for ,republicat it of not ot the local ne: y entitled: to use n of all news dispatches credited to | rwise credited in this paper and als published here. BSCRIPTION RATES One Year Bix: Months Three Months One Month veekly ADVERTISING RATES known on application. NOTICE f thanks, resolutions of , will be charged for at respect, obituary notices, et. the rate of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainment by churches from which are Is to be derived are 5 cents a line. ‘The’ Citizen is an open forum and invites discus. ston-of issues and subjects of local or general it will not publish anonymous communi- | MEMBER => FLORIDA PRESS ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION | to have that THE KEY WEST CITIZEN «WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor;. never be “afraid to attack wrong or to applaud tight; » 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. PROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1... Water and Sewerage. }2. More Hotels and Apartments. I" 3.. Beach and Bathing ‘Pavilion. a as Airports—Land and Sea. 5. Consolidation of County: and City Gov- ernments. ; A Modern City Hospital. t i] h3 FREEDOM OF THE PRESS” Where news is is suppressed there where news is controlled there is anarchy; fear; only where news is free are human be- ings free. CARL ACKERMAN, Dean, Schocl of Journalism, Columbia University. ~ a bird: fly’nz, so will the Lord of _Bicsts defend Jerusalem; defending also He will deliver it; and passing “over He will preserve it. Isa. 31;5. % { ihe refined and educated are distin- | guished from the vulgar by their manners. Every school child who assists in_ihe } cdflection of scrap is rendering service to-| the cause of freedom. . It's just possible that children will g into good men and women without so much interference and instructions. oM is a decided lack in the world oral principles; like commodities, d profits, they should be stabilized. OL ite ES asain Cree ~The Siars and Stripes y today as ihe | world’s symbol] of Democracy and | and the principles for which | tand. reatest Christianity they, beth : “The sig to:a etter social world is in every man’s pocket—in going out and do- z ihe joh,og civic betterment which lies at 3 own doors. The progress of a rE ea: the ch B people may be | red by the character of its laws, and | acter of a people may be measured | the cbservance of the laws. ; Gene Tunney, former world’s cham- | Pp n- heavy weight fighter, is now in charge 6f physical training for our sailors. Along | ir sports and calisthenics, he tells the e young tars that physicai fitness depends cng cléan Jiving. “Keep away from lewd | women,” he says. “Don’t drin=., Den't | sm@Ke! "Don’t overeat. Be at all times celf- | vespééting.” | of the proposed Ev | in the minds of | those of Monroe county, | Ickes: has stinimed up the | briefly | flow into Monroe county LET’S GET THE PARK “There is nothing so American as our na- tional parks. The scenery and wid life are native and the furtdamental idea behind the parks is native. it ic. in brief. that the country belongs to the people that what it is and what is in process of making is for the enrichment of the lives cf all of us. Thus the parks stand as the outward symbel of this great human Frinciple.”—P Tesideni.Roesevelt, Presi 1934-in praise ot the1greatisystem of ne ond ‘parks, could not4eter then, one of the Were he to speak today of the enor- mous increase in park facilities since 1934, there would still be no place for a mention vlades National park —a park which has lived for years, but only the men who have worked make of it a reality. Flerida ci to zens, and particularly appear failed utte over a period of many years to understand what it would mean to them rk, beth in an aesthetic and material sens That stand ‘is langiely;.xesponsible for that ‘the pufk #emains a dream. Harold park to California, ahd Floi look to the-: facet Secretary of, the Interior hy as it relates dians need not plication: “When we try to round out the national park system, of the country. victories must be won by those who believe in national parks for the people against an array of selfish ad- versaries who spring intoé action whenever they fear that private commercial interests. no matter how trivial or remote. will be en- croached upon by the creation of the park. “I have never found one instance in which the establishment of a national park failed to contribute to the prosperity and happiness of the neighboring people. . . “It is the plain truth that national parks are one of the three great drawing cards that California (Florida?) possesses in relation to the rest of the country.” Everglades daries have been approved by would extend into a large part of Monroe county, including all of the Cape Sable area | | and reaching’ dgwn’the keys to a point be- | tween Lower Matecumbe and Long Key. | is true;.as opponents of the park delight in | + pointin It out, that the county some tax reveriue. But. how much? would How much in rela- j ticn to the obvious gains, when you con- sider that the national ‘parks have proved themselves to be one of the greatest draw- | ing cards of the states lucky enough io have them? Florida’s mysterious Everglades and | ; the country surrounding them, | the keys | if they were properly controlled and ad- vertised through the national park system. including would draw thousands of visitors Much of that revenue naturally would , but the thousands | of dollars spent for gasoline, alone. wou!d | enrich this country even if it were spent in other s | ing to and from the park. ctions of the state by travelers go- We have waited a long time for che park—too long. The people of Monroe county and Florida could get it if they, tried, me ES — ‘STEP BY. STEP” Secretary of State Cordell Hull re- cently called attention to the eleventh an- niversary of the so-called Mukden Incident, which preceded the Japanese attack Manchuria. The first step in Japanese aggression occurred on September 18, 1931, and, as | . “The course of | the Secretary of State s aggression there embarked upon was fol- lowed by successive aggressions in Asia, Africa and Europe, and has led, step by step, to the present world conflict.” * What the eminent Secretary of State | says is now recognized by most Americans. Nevertheless, it took the Japanese attack on Pearl vetlel? to coHvinGe many of ‘us that there i nne¢tion between Jap- anese aggressioncittithe Far-Bast and. Axis | aggression in Bartpey ori The clincher was the fact that when Japan attacked the United States, Germany | and Italy immediately declared war upon this country. That the two powers had 2 | full understanding to this effect is evidence enough of a conspiracy against the United | States. It proves, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that our naval strategists were right when, in 1939, they made public iables showing the relative naval strength of the | United States as contrasted with the com- bined naval strength of Germany, Italy and Japan. t Loosmelgnwhen he spoke iw. ‘ an atcom-- | plished fact to what? coltd*have’been, even greatest and most interest- | | ing of America’s outdoor attractions. have | failure io under- | situation ‘ar to find a local ap-{ National park, as its boun- i congress, | lose | on THE KEY WEST CITIZEN 4 wr 4 vr ee mu a Letters by V-Mail In Corresponding with Men Overseas Coat the complete address In plain block letters In the panel below, end your return address In the spece provided. Use typewriter, dark ink, or pencil. Weite plainly. 1 ne, {CENSOR'S STAMP) ‘Vary ‘melt writing te not enitebie. Oh mu of SATURDAY THE WEATHER Observation taken at 8:30 a. m., E.W.T. ‘City Office) Temperatures Highest last 24 hours OCTOBER 17 ? 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These micro-filmed letters are carried on Sorts ant adlistel aa teaniom ee safer and more certain of delivery because the original is held at the port of embarkation until the photographic copy is received at the point It is most patriotic because V-mail users con- ‘the conserving of valuable cargo space. Thirty-seven letters are, tiplied “ne large volume of mail which is moving overseas to the Armed Forces, _sis gives gone indication of the trenendous saving in shipping space planes. It is by GI$N 88 GINOKS B4012AND BHO ON \ AVS GNY dh M1OLLO8 @10# MAHL GHY BRAG S2GIS 6108 AAA ANSARI ASR RX XQ lic Relations. V-MAIL SPEEDS MESSAGES OVERSEAS—The War Department is urgently recommending the use of V-mail to all overseas areas. In addition to providing a 98 per is the fastest overseas mail cqmmunication available. advantages of V-mail to use it on » widespread scale, cent saving in cargo space, V-mail The War Department is exerting every effort to promote a greater use of ¥-mail a< ~ j.cans of releasing cargo space for vitally needed weapons and munitions of war, and it is felt thet the public has only to become acquainted with the many - Today’ s Anniyersaries KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY. ——— 1780—Richard M. Johnson, Ken- |HAPPENINGS ON THIS DATE: tucky soldier, senator, 9th Vice TEN YEARS AGO AS TAKEN President, the only such chosen FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN by Senate in an electoral College! — |tie, born Louisville, Ky. Died Many sponges were put on the Nov. 19, 1850. sponge wharf today, but as the | bidding did not please the spong- | ers, not a single lot was sold. 1859—Childe Hassam, born in Boston. Died Aug. 27, ne 1935. In the circuit court this morn- ing a case by the Orange State Oil Company against John Es- |perdy was tried. The company alleged, that the defendant had | failed to pay a balance of $198, jbut the jury found for the ‘de- | fendant. Lensing, New, York lawyer, Wilson’s secretary | of state, born Watertown, N. a Died Oct. 30, 1928. 1864—Robert 1870—Erie’ Pape, artist, San Francisco. Died Nov. 1938. born % Mrs. Emma Louise Jensen, 22, died yesterday in her home at |716 Fleming street. Funeral serv- ices will be announced ‘when her motHer’and’a sister arrive seat Baltimore Tharsday. ° 1876—Carl R. Fish, noted Uni- versity of Wisconsin historian, born in Rhode Island. Died ae 10, 1932. it | 1 iuedy Sheritt ‘Cleveland’ Wiles fotina! asupply of medical Stipplies to-| day urider the floor 6f a } store conducted’ by Henry’ Halli, ne 1777—Burgoyne’s_ surrender .at Bayview Park. The articles were | Saratoga, N. Y., giving new hope wrapped in a towel as they were|to America in the Revolution. at the time they were stolen} from Dr. Galey’s parked car. Today Ii History: | rere ae me renee 1843—B’nai Brith, Jewish fra- — ternal order, founded in New Jerry Trevor addressed the Boy | York. | Scouts at.their meeting held last | jnight in the American Legion! Hall. 1863—President Lincoln calls for 300,000 more men. Miss Margaret Lacedonia was} 1901—Booker T. Washington, | reelected president of the Chil-;Negro educator, dines in White dren of Mary Sodality held Sun-;House with President Theodore | day in the convent. Roosevelt, resulting in much —- | talk. Miss Amalia Lucignani and Ida! Johnson will entertain the mem- , bers of the Key West Junior! nounces failure to induce Euro- | Woman's Club at.a social Friday | pean powers to agree upon terms | night in the Woman's Clubhouse of relief for Poland. | on Division street. ‘ 1916—President Wilson _ an-| ! Prizes. will be. peace at a jon Wood. 4 Hallowe'en ,party. to.- be given: | Friday afternoon. on: the lawnrof, 19182!THe'buitding® = agiorrd St. Paul’s Church by St: Pauls! ‘churches, theafres*~an | | Choir Guild. j banned till after the war by War | | Industries Board. qT an * editorial aor | paneaberate see oR | 1931—Al Capone sentenced to | “Government experts are in-|11 years for tax evasion. | | vestigating the chemical compo-| bag gs pe a eS j jsition and nutritive value of| The Danube is 1,750 miles long, jsausages. Thus science may |and drains an area of at solve another age-old mastery.” miles. Kes ae AS ES ST | seecesoseveseseeeoseeess ‘Tommie’s SKATING RINK Mes ‘Corner | ne ‘1918tAmericans take Chatil-|/ Today’s Birthdays | James R. Garfiled of Cleye- jand,. onetime secretary off the interior, son of a President, born , Hiram, Ohio, 77 years ago. Dr. James S. Montgomery Washington, Methodist i Pago painter, ' Jean Arthur, actress, York, 34 years ago. Prof. Edwin Borchard, Yale professor of law, born New | York, 58 years ago. Dr. David A. Robertson, presi ‘dent, Goucher College, Baltimore. born Chicago, 62 years ago. Prof. Knowles A. Ryerson ‘of|$ the Univ. of California’s College | $ 2 ie noted horticul-|¢ many who have planned to use electricity. turist, born in Seattle, Wash., 50/$ years ago. of Agriculture, The Axis overran ‘square miles of territory in Ew rope’ inthe: first. three years fof | ‘ithe war. HOW LONG SINC: THEY HAVE BEEN CHECKED OVE~ Eyes, like teeth, do best when periddically checked over. No DRI. A. VALDES OPT OMETRIST Office Hours: 9-12; 2-6 P. M. of clergy- ;man, chaplain of the U. S. House, born Mt. Carmel, Ind., 78 years born New| noted 1,060,377 | Mean Florida perature toni: Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending 8:30 a. m., inches Total rainfall since Oct. 1, inches , Deficiency | inches ; Total rainfall since Jan. inches | Deficiency | inches H Relative Humidity 15% 1 Tomorrow’s Almanac | Sunrise 7:27 a | Sunset 6:58 | Moonrise 3:30 | Moonset Litt since Oct. 1, weve rrr rrr rrr TRY IT TODAY... The Favorite In Key West STAR « BRAND CUBAN COFFEE on SALE at ALL GROCERS A Anas 22 enn eeeeeeee since Jan. 2:04 TTT BLAST THAT BARRIER BETWEEN YOU AND ME SORRY Sounds mighty peculiar to the public when we tell ycu we are corry we had to disappoint Icts of our customers in the repair work and not giving the serv- ice we have been fighting to give. WORK REQUIRES SKILL. We had to slight some of cur customers in order to move to our new store. We want to hold the loya!ty and mutual con- fidence that is so important to the success of any busines: and want to apeclogize to our customers if anything was not satisfactory. We will gladly make good as we want to give good service, always. WE ARE THINKING ABOUT YOU, always. To have you as one of cur customers as our success d=- pends cn ycur support. We try to meet the public’s demands according to the present conditions in Key West. BLAST THAT BARRIER that’s keepine some from trading with us. We study tc please—if we didn’t the first time, try us again. We are not half as bad as we are painted. POLLOCK, Reliable Jeweler 508 Duval Street Phone 465 Key West, Fis. ‘Squsnncanegnacnnngggerauacacuautceussnaatucuoeseggesaunaanuattessuuuoansagece cua y aaguennannane ee ecg ae tana eeeeeE ELECTRIC SERVICE; Further Restricted We cannot serve any more new customers. |: Except—Occupants of homes or buildings which were either: 1. 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 a. _on ou 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 2¢ an obligation of citizenship. If ydu find that you are affected by these rulings, consult with us and we shall be pleased to advise you. THE KEY WEST ELECTRIC COMPANY PYYYITTi iii Peeeeeeeeecereeoneseoeeoee PYeT I REAL ICE ASSURES USERS OF REFRIGERATION CERTAINTY When you place your re- frigeration reliance upon the regularity of OUR ICE DELIVERY service you know that not only is your ice chest to be properly and regularly filled. but you will get guaranteed satisfaction. 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. Key West, Fla. Phone No. 8 POI TI IIIT