The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 21, 1942, Page 2

PAGE TW 0 THE ¢ CITIZEN PUBLISHING €O., INC. Published Daily Except Beneey By L. P. ARTMAN, President and. Publisher JOE ALL! Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Gree tieets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County West, Florida, as second cla Member of the Associated Press Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use the for re publication of all news dispatches credited to | Bix Months... Three Months One Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES nown on application. 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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. There is only one kind of economic competition today, that of getting out pro- duction Judging from the new books there are at least six or seven ways to win the war in a hu or it will be too late. The year 1942 one for fervent thanksgiving—-that the Red army held and gave us time to defend the United States. \ is The average work week is longer this Autumn than last and it will be longer next Autumn than at this time. You can blame it on (he war. There is a lot of slop being spilled over the idea of the equality of nations and races; the only equality that means any- thing relates to responsibility and service. Confucius said that silence isa friend that will never betray. That’s all right as far but it has its limitations. [f you ave a tool, even if you keep your mouth shut, your silence will betray you. , as it goes, There a peculiar quirk in human nature, and we like to do that which is for- hidden. That is what makes forbidden fruit sweet. This peculiarity niture may apply in Secretary Singleton’s sO st Curing the duration. Very likely ¥ many will want to visit this island city to see for Lhemselves what kind of a place a former winter resort has turned out to be that “shoos” awa ity its main sustenance when it was in the arums, A small marine worm in the tropical seas ne. worm,” is a veritable calendar. year round it lives in holes and crevices | emong rocks and coral growth on the sea bottom, but true to the very day. on eaeh | year the worms come to the surface in vast ing. for two days in Oetober and November, and always on the day before and the day on .greedy enemies. which the moon is in its last quarter. Ain’t meeting great odds but fighting all nature grand! cards of thanks, resolutions of | of our} s to keep away from Key | y those folks that gave the | Samoa in the Pacific, the**Palolo | All the | s for their wedding dance or spawn-| reading, This always oceurs at dawn,.and-only icans who think of the glories of peace and WHY ANOTHER FRONT NOW? | Josef Stalin, the Russian leader, which | pointediy charged the United States and Great Britain with not fulfilling their obli- it might be pertinent to done for the ions to Russia, consider what Ru | United Nations. has Siated bluntly, the Russians have done nothing for-the United Nations. They have | performed prodigies in the defense of Rus- ‘Aino time has. Russia indicated any | desire-to-de anything more than defend the | interest Of “Russia. Military obs | the United Nations are not permitted en the front lines, as the Soviet prefers to fight its war in its own way. On the other hand both the States and’England have helped with credits, ammunition, tanks, airplanes, | ete., besides the United States made the | Lend-Lease program available to the Mus- | covite as well. rvers of United Russia Recently The Citiz : | torially: ‘Russia clamoring for a second | front. Airen’t American and British planes | keeping 5,000,000 men in the West? If | these air attacks were not continued most ef these men would be fighting for Hitler | in Russia. What Russia really wants is a | third front!” Without all the help given the Russians it is very doubtful if she could | have maintained her defense against G many, as she is doing today. Americans should not overlook ‘the | fact that Russia did not come into this war until attacked. There was no dem second front in Moscow in 1940 io relieve | pressure upon France, Belgium, Great | Britain and the Lowlands. There is no de- | mand in Moscow today against Japan, although the pc on of air fields in Siberia would enable ihe United States to strike heavier aerial blows against Japanese industrial plants. and for for a second front We point out these matters, not create indifference to the fate Ru but to prevent any misunderstanding as to the role played by the United States and Great Britain. There is no reason for ihe suspicion that the democracies have failed to extend generous assistance to the Red| Army. There is no obligation upon either | | to do anything but to fight the Axi own way, just as the Russians are doing. of in its, If Stalin sueceeds in driving out ihe Germ. aid rendered by the United States and Eng- land, and never without it. If and when | | this is accomplished, the United Nations need not look for help from Russia. | READ WHAT ONE HERO SAYS The people of the United States were often misled in the early days of the war by the adjectives of writers and commen- | tators who reported ard interpreted this war. When through the Far East we were given daily | Japan was gave the enemy a licking. The couple of dozens of places where the enemy was giv-| ing us, or our representatives, a fit, were ‘O¥Erlooked in ihe exeitement: SS" This seems to be established by the testimony of Lieutenant Robert B. Kelly, | commander of ore of the six seventy-foot P-T boats in the Philippines. In Were Expendable,” W. L. White, ihe author, recounts much of the narrative in | the words of this officer and his brave com- rades who knew that they were useful only in delaying the enemy, seeking to gain time for their nation and selling themselves as dearly as possible. What does Lieutenant Kelly say? Here | itis: “I went to bed sick as the silky voiced commentator again repeated his account of our victory, when all out here knew that we had only expended ourselves in the hope and we jhask failed eyen in this.” The story of these men, who evacuated | Gen. MpcArthur and his staff, after figh+- ing a hépetess battle but destroying Japan- ese cruisers, destroyers, transports and even | planes, is thrilling. Rations got so low they ate a cat and “all you got for lunch was | stomach cramps about noon.” The book pulls no punches. It is worth especially by complacent Amer- ferget that we face arrogant, brutal and It is the tale of brave mer, the | time. ans, it will have been done with the | swashbuékling | “They | that it might-slow down a Japanese victory, | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN i. y ®"Waxe Up, America!” In connection with the recent letter of | Is Newspaper Censorship Moderated by FRED G. CLARK General Chairman American Economic Foundation Unnecessarily Strict? As debated by Arthur T. Robb Editor, Editor and Publisher MR. ROBB OPENS: War-time cen- sorship is necessary."The doubts that have bothered newspapermen con- cern only the degree of its applica- tion. Objections arise when news that has been announced incomplete- y remains incomplete long after mili- tary necessities appear to have been satisfied. Newspapers have frequently complained ef inability to present simple facts such as ship sinkings which occurred within sight of hun- dreds of readers. Complaint has arisen also of uneven censorship by military and naval districts to news of domestic production. Announce- ments of minor suecesses have been nade under circumstances which lead newspapers to emphasize them as strongly as they later did the victo- ries at Midway and Coral Sea. That creates public distrust both of news- papers and official news. No news- paper wishes to publish military or production information which might help the enemy, but when the enemy's stories issued immediately after the event are confirmed days or weeks later by our official an- nouncements, editors and readers are justified in. suspecting either ex- cessive caution or lack of apprecia- tion ofthe importance of news while ‘it is mews to the American system. There has been recent improvement and there is reason to think the fu- ture will bring substantially more. ' Censorship diminishes in the path ot victory. MR. FORREST CHALLENGES: Let’s be specific. The Japs did not know of the sinking of the Aircraft Carrier Lexington in the Coral Sea. This ignorance was among factors which led Tojo to risk his best car- riers a month later in the Midway battle. He lost them. True, some newspapers and radio announcers magnify minor successes. This does not fool an intelligent public—reci- pient of more news today than any public on earth—a public tolerant in realizing that enemy claims are often fishing expeditions for information and that complete news too soon, even if available, plays into the hands of ubiquitous enemy agents. MR. ROBB REPLIES: Nobody wishes premature publication of |news that might help our enemies. Judgments by the commanders of the armed services should carry great weight, but they should be balanced at least in part, by the thoughts of {men not steeped in military tradi- tions. Competent news experts will not argue strongly against withhold- | ing of news like the Lexington’s loss while secrecy is vital to our strategy. | | They will argue and guard against abuse of that reasoning to cloak in lefficiency and incompetency. Lei's |assume that both our en ies our own people are intelligent and handle news as news—without need- less delay. KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY |FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN Friday, October 21, 1932 An Associated Press dispatch a Washington date line: that the Florida East; Coast Railway Company was au- |thorized by the Interstate Com- merce Commission to inaugurate a car ferry service from New under states doses of isolated bits of fighting, where we | orleans to Havana. The commis- | New Jersey. {Sion authorized the service over; a protest of the Overseas Rail- | way, inc:, predecessors to the Inc., which had _ been; mg a.car ferry service from} ew Wicks to Havana and re- | |cently extended the service to |New York. | Abraham Wolkowsky, former | merchant of Key West but who has been making his home in Mi-! ami the past several years, died| in that city last nigth. Deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. |Rebekah Wolkowsky; three sons, | jIke, Frank and Joe. Mr. Wol- | kowsky first came to Key West! jabout 45 years ago, arriving |here just prior to the “big fire” of 1886. He was among the first Jewish .merchants to establish business in Key West, his first location being at Simonton and | Fleming. News has been received of the! |death of Mrs. Lester Burgmeier | lin Syracuse, N. Y:>:Mrs. Burg- meier was4 formerly»;Miss Rita Roberts of Key West.;: Survivors are her husband and three chil-! dren of Syfacuse, and two broth- | ers, Ross Roberts and Merrill) | Roberts, of Key West. | Miss Annie Lois Hicks of Key! West was among the 268 seniors at Florida State College for |Women who became wearers of the traditional caps and gowns at the annual investiture cere-; mony held Tuesday night in the; college auditorium at Tallahas-, see. Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Sheppard announce the birth of a son this over the highway last night. }ments in any Wilbur Forrest Editor, N. Y. Herald Tribune MR. WILBUE FORREST OPENS: Having written perhapp{te “snillios words of foreign dispatches from two European capitals and three armies in | the field during four years of the first World War, I have been agree- ably surprised at the fairness, tact and intelligence demonstrated by Chief Censor Byron Price and his able assistants in administering American news censorship. Censorship has but one purpose: deprive our enemies of vital infor- mation. Thus censorship protects the lives of our fighting men and helps materially in winning the war. Our chief aim is to win this war. Sniping at the censor contributes nothing to victory. Of course some mistakes will be made. But each mistake, I am ¢on- vineed, adds to the experience of competent men doing an honest pub- lic service job. The public is entitled to all infor- | mation that may safely be given. Is it not clear, however, that there are many facets of news not immediately apparent to all which if made public | at once or too early would serve the | enemy? Who should judge? Should -| this be judged by those not in close contact with facts or those inclosé contact with facts and responsible for the safety and weil being of our armed forces? ME. ROBB CHALLENGES: Judg ment should be exercised on military and production matters both by men in immediate responsibility and by men who have both free access to accurate data and patriotic news sense. Military minds naturally dis- like public discussion of field ac- tivities, regarding each as a step to- ward the victory goal, but republics , cannot wage war successfully with- out confidence in leadership. That can best be created by candor. Recent events indicate a growing realization of this truth by responsible author- ities. Messrs. Price and Davis bring to their tasks the qualifications above outlined. They deserve confidence and cooperation from all concerned. | MR. FORREST REPLIES: Our | leaders*have long ago drawn plans | for the strategic conduct of this war. | There can be no estimate: >f success or failure until the main battle lines are drawn and victory o~ defeat has been the result. We have been at war some seven months, a comparatively | brief time. The American public is content to await results and will | render its judgment in no uncertain terms upon those who fail. It is our free’ system, working today under | voluntary not mandatory censorship. Meanwhile I have every faith that the American vublic will continue | to be the best informed public in the | universe. | Anniversaries | 1784—William H. Allen, naval! ;commander, carrying the war to| ‘England in War of 1812, captur- | ed and buried by British with military honors, born Rhode Is-| \land. Died Aug. 18, 1813. | -_—_— | 1785—Henry M. Shreve, cap-| tain of first steamboat on the) Mississippi-Ohio, inventor, born Died March 6, 1854. | == | 1808—Samuel F. Smith, Boston} clergyman, poet, author of “America”, born there. Died Nov. 16, 1895. 1837—James A. Beaver, shot through body and losing a leg in Civil War yet becoming noted Bellefonte, Pa., lawyer, jurist and governor, born Millerstown, Pa, Died Jan. 31, 1914. 1844—Charles A. Stephens, ju- venile story author, born Nor- way, Maine. Died there, Sept. 22, 1931. 1845—Will Carlton, poet-edi- tor, whose “Over the Hills to the Poorhouse,” decreased the num- ber of childrén then in country’s | poorhouses, born Hudson, Mich.}| Died New York, Dec. 18, 1912. ‘afternoon in the family home at! |1219 Newton, Mr. and Mrs. Norberg Thomp-} son and daughter, Miss Marie, | who were spending some time in} New Rochelle with Mrs. Thomip- son’s father, J. A. Tragesser, ‘and | went to Dartmouth college ‘ to| visit their son, Jack, returned Joe Smith, spenge buyer, was here for several days and completed purchases amounting to about $2,300, left yesterday for his home at ‘Tarpon Springs. | | Editorial paragraph in The! Citizen: “Printing of advertise- newspaper that have not been ordered as a come- on bait to others is just a plain ease of frau who} | Philadelphia to Princeton, N jpresident of Wesleyan Univer- OCTOBER 21, 1 WEDNESDAY hat Gite Gptia Semithing! is always the better buy! ...You can spot it every time T TAKES something extra...a plus...to make a repu- tation that everybody respects. Coca-Cola got its reputation for quality, because it has always been made the quality way out of quality ingredients. Coca-Cola is an original creation with a very special something to offer, found in no other 5 drink ...a finished art in its making-.-.-a blend of wholesome flavors that creates for Coca-Cola a taste all its own. That's why Coca-Cola has the taste that charms ---and never cloys. There are many things for thirst but only one stands out for refreshment «--ice-cold Coca-Cola. The only thing like Coca-Cola is Coca-Cola, itself. * * * Wartime limits the supply of Coca-Cola. member: Coke, being first choice, sells « Ask for it each time. No matter how short t supply, the qualir ty of Coca-Cola carries on. What drink do you find at the Post Exchanges? e-cold Coca-Cola, of course . taste-good refreshment. | to offer pure, | wholesome, BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY KEY WEST COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY Today In History | 1783—Congress moves from J.. to avoid being insulted by Revo- Jutionary mutineers. 1797—U. S. frigate jtion (“Old Ironsides”), in Boston. 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