The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 6, 1942, Page 2

SEAGE wo FRIDAY, veiadivinenrseraan 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ept Sunday ident and Publisher + Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Datly Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County atter Key West, Florida, second cla‘ Member of the Associated Press Press is exclusively entitled to use ll news dispatches credited to »cal news published deere. “SUDSCRIPTION RATES | Beli AL NOTICE -Allvreading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of -respect, obituary notices, ete., will be charged for at the rate of ents @ line. { f ntertainment by churches from which » is to be derived are 5 cents a line. | Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- f public issues and subjects of local or general st but it will not publish anonymous communi- MEMBER FLORIDA PRESS ASSOCIATION), ‘\ NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION ‘ y) 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 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 > ~pinions: print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com- - promise with principle. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST : ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 6. 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. jline economicalls part of the war effort. z Who could have imagined ten years that U.S. atveraft would be operated in Africa, Asia, Europe and from a score of igo, island Lases, all over the world? Every family is asked to return io cir- ule ition ten pennies, in order that copper Eaved might be used for manufactures, Equeeze the baby’s bank for Uncle Sam. find that Go6éd news. Golf widows may announcement welcome news in the | Stonewall Jackson. ' ton and Frederick the Great, | Ceentlemen’ and ‘player’).’ | ing.’’ | situation in the 1 ! ; KEY WESE IN DAYS GONE BY FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN OF NOVEMBER 6. 1932 Archibald P. Wavell, who won campaign in North taken time to select che , laying stress upon t, skill as a tactician, with government rin iroops and energ; Gen. fame by his great Africa, has recently great generals of hi worth as a strates power to deal tactfully enn B. Skipper, candidate for- the office gressman at large for Florida, cpposing Joe E. Sears, will ad- dress the people of Key West to- night in Bayview Park. Associat- ed with Mr. Skipper is Dr. Geo, Henry Bredford of Miami, who also will make an address. Dr. Bradford has been compaigning for Mr. Skipper all over the state and this is the final talk of the campaign. R_ Porter, vice-chairman of the Overseas Bridge Corpora- ticn and a member of the com- mittee that went to Washington October 10 for the purpose of making application to the Re- \censtruection Finance Corporation for a loan of $10,700,000 for the construction of three long bridges Forrest and |to complete the Overseas high- way between Miami and Ke West, returned to this city y terdzy to vote. Speal.ing of the trip Mr. Porter said: “I am just as sanguine of ultimate success of our negotiations with the RFC as I was in the beginning.” Republican to irs . a of con- battle. Surveying the fie¥d’ the BMS gen- eral, after eliminating some names because his ‘knowledge of their charactér and ex- ploits is insufficient,” puts down these iourteen men as the starters: Hannibal, Alexander, urius, Frederick, Cromwell, berough, ‘Napoleon, Wellington, Moltke, Foch and Ludendorff. Among those eliminated, for one rea- on or another but deserving of conside tion, one finds the names of Gustavus Adol- phous, Wallenstein, Gonsola Turenne, Conde, Villars, Saxe, Eugene, Narses, Genghis Khan, Sabutai, Epaminon- das, Fabius, Marius, Sherman, lriving powe Caesar, Marl- Lee, Scipio, Wm. de Cordoba, » into the discussion thai precedes his selection of the “best” but he puts Marlborough and Belisarius first, as the “two most gifted and ablest soldiers of Ther comes Welling- “two of sound and most single-minded soldiers, who are followed by Lee and Napoleon, all points between Key “two brilliant exponents of military art nd Miami Heretofore ’ > a very much unbal- We cannot ¢ Now the Florida East Coast y company has decided to an eauitable rate over the whom Ihave read. 2 ed last week changed thi Now travelers to points between Key West and ni are given a flat rate of 2 cents a mile. Somewhere in the company, he adds, Henribal and Scipio ‘must find places” al- though he does not “have enough detailed | knowledge to determine their exact stand- but an or The home of Ralph Russell of Russell’s Lane w partially de- stroyed by fire Saturday night. On arrivai of the fire department the interior of the house was practically in flemes. The house and funriture carried ‘of $3,000. No one at the time. “Lee, the outstand- American Civil Of Lee he writes: ing military hero of the War, was a fine strategist and iactician, great in adv , and possibly the beloved and most attractive character of all great military leaders. From a purely mili- tary aspect his chief defect may have been a lack of hardre he ss possibly much of a gentleman for the ungentle of war.” besc 100 busi- Mr. and Mrs. Joe Saunders, children, Mr. Saunders’ mother end Mi Ruby Cerezo left yes- terday afternoon for Miami to |attend the funeral of Mrs_ Wil- bur Curry, formerly Miss Nina | Weech. It is rather difficult to pass judgment! Today’s Editorial: “At this upor the Solomons campaign up to this time |time it is appropriate to repeat nbhoutae ing more of the facts involved, {tht The Citizen is a Democratic without knowing more of the facts involved. | jowspaper, and published by While some critics have suggested that our | Democrat.” losses, especially in cruisers, have been due | to the adoption of a defense-patro] strategy | there are others who believe that caution has enabled us act a heavy toll from the ness A THE SITUATION IN THE SOLOMONS a Today’s Anniversaries toe roe, i—_—_ With the Japanese thyowing greater trength into the campaign, it is plain chat what began as a local offensive has veloped into major warfare, which a tremendous effect upon the Pacific. Foster Hailey, writing in the New York Times from Honolulu, refers the 1756—Richard Dale, Virginia’s | gallant Revolutionary naval com- mander, taken prisoner by Brit- jish no less than five times, born |Nerfolk Co., Va. Died Feb. 26, 1826. * de- may have entire 1821—John Confederate born,Norfolk, Va Wilkinson, noted blockade Died Dec_ 29, io mediate points | insurance | was at home| runner, | ~ ANSWERS TO YOUR | WAR QUESTIONS wereeemenmensoeamr Ce et 2 near ee Q—Is_ the 35-mile-an- hour speed applicable everywhere? A.—Everywhere, national. new limit friend; _ it’s Q —Is a man who’s_ served time in a penitentiary subject to the draft? A.—Yes, providing under sentence or out role. he’s on not pa- Q—Is raising livestock consid- ered an essential occupation? A.—Generally, yes. Of course it depends on how much you raise. Q.—If I sign up to work for the government in Hawaii for six months, will I be able to come back or will I be held-for the duration? A —You are obligated only for the period for which you sign up. Q.—Is there a price ceiling on stove wood? A—Yes. Q—Can Christmas be sent airmail to boys overs A—No. packages Q—Are American soldiers on foreign service required to pay the duty of foreign countries on cigarettes sent them as presents? A—No. Q.—I have quite a of old silk stockings. any good for salvage? A—Yes, ma’am. Silk can be made into powder bags. And we don’t mean face powder! few pairs Are these Q—Will office: 'up from the rank: hold their officer's the war? A.—Swch commissions are giv- en only for the duration and six months thereafter. now coming be allowed to rank after Q.—Is the government leasing privete houses for war workers? A.—This will be carried out through NHA, but the plan is not yet in effect. *Q.—I have a truck with larger | tires in the rear than on front, |and I see where the government !wants all extra tires except for one spare. Mayel keep one spare tire of each size? A —You may keep spares for your truck, friend. It’s passenger |tires the government is primar ily interested in. Q.—If I enlist in the Army A‘r |Corps will I get any pay for the period between enlisting and in- ‘duction? A.—No. ‘Today In History. 1847—-28-year-old Rev. Mat- thew T. Yates, Baptist mission- ary, organizes first American church in China, with four con- verts—the Shanghai Church. 1860—Abraham Lincoln s? | FIXING of n-| WHO KNOWS? ANSWERS ON PA = PAGE FOUR —_—_ 1. How many times have Axis armies invaded Egypt in this war? 2. What new job has been as LEGALS RCUIT COURT OF THE UDICHAL ® AND “Cane No. 8-285 ROGELIO VARGAS pivercr. sumed by Vice Admiral William ,7 Oo ™M F. Halsey, Jr.? 3. What general led the Ger-! man panzer column through the French army in 1940? 4. Is Japan bound by the terms jof the Geneva Convention, regu- {lating the treatment of prisoners lof war? | as the newspaper de 5. Who is Draja Mikhailoviteh? j 6. What are the “Sea Bees”? | 7. Name the Congressman who joutlawed liguor in 1920. j 8. Who were the Houy hnhnms? |! 9. Which is further north, New | | York or Stalingrad? | } 10. Why is the capital of Li-| |beria, the Negro republic, called | Monrovia? | | = + | ORDINANCE NO. 424 COUNCIL SERIES | AN ORDINANCE AMENDING | ORDINANCE NO. 422 RELA-| THE CITY OF KEY WEST: COMPENSATION OF FOUR CAPTAINS OF THE FIRE DE-! PARTMENT, FOUR LIEUTEN- ANTS OF THE FIRE DEPART- | MENT, CITY MECHANIC AND CITY ELECTRICIAN, AND RE- PEALING PARTS OF ORDIN- ANCE NO 422 IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. Passed by City Council of the City of Key West on its first! reading this 27th day of October, ; A.D. 1942. Passed by City Council of the City of Key West on its second reading this 3rd day of Novem- ber, A.D. 1942. | | Passed by City Council of the City of Key West on its third and final reading this 3rd day of November, A.D. 1942. WILLIAM A. FREEMAN, President, City Council Attest: JOE JOHNSON, City Clerk | Approved this 4th day of No-| vember, A.D. 1942. WILLARD M. ALBURY, nov6-It Mayor ORDINANCE NO. 425 COUNCIL SERIES AN ORDINANCE PROHIBIT- ING LOITERING, ROAMING AROUND, SIGHTSEEING, COMMITTING A! NUISANCE OR DISORDERLY} PROCEEDINGS, OR PLACING OF ANY COMBUSTIBLE MA- TERIALS OR CAUSING A FIRE HAZARD ON OR WITHIN ONE HUNDRED FEET OF ANY DOCK. SHIPYARD, BRIDGE, AIRPORT, OR ANY OTHER DE- FENSE WORK WITHIN THE CITY OF KEY WEST, FLORIDA, AND PROVIDING A PENALTY | FOR THE VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE. Passed by City Council of the City of Key West on its first reading this 20th day of October, A.D 1942. Passed by City Council of the TIVE TO COMPENSATION OF |,’ THE SALARY AND!’ NOTICE UADER F street with the ¢ OFFICERS AND EMPLOYES OF |. CONSTREC office until yth day of per cent of bid, n of the me 1 Cashiers i The successful quired to execute contract This project has been priority prefer » rating obtaining critical mate blanks will upen apy of th Tall bidder ers Secretary partment mitted «1 The right is resery til bids ATE ROAD AORLDA Thos, A. Johnson, Chairma Bineer octay c DEPARTMENT ORDINANCE NO. 426 COUNCIL SERIES AN ORDINANCE PROHIBIT- ING LOITERING, ROAMING AROUND, OR TO BE OTHER- WISE FOUND ON THE PROP- ERTY OF ANY PUBLIC UTIL- ITY OR DEFENSE WORK! WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF THE CITY OF KEY WEST,' FLORIDA, AND PROVIDING A {PENALTY FOR THE VIOLA- TION OF THIS ORDINANCE. Passed by the City Council of the City of Key West, Florida, on its first reading, 20th day of Oc- tober, A.D. 1942 Passed by the City Council of LEGALS seTICE OUNTY Record |B Coppitt Rec |City of Key West on its second! the City of Key West, Florida, on reading this 3rd day of Novem-/its second reading, 3rd day of ber, A.D, 1942. November, A.D. 1942. Passed by City Council of the! Passed by -the City Council of! k |City of Key West on its third; the City of Key West, Florida, on |. and final reading this 3rd day of. its third and final reading, 3rd | |November, A.D. 1942. iday of November, A.D. 1942 WILLIAM A. FREEMAN, WILLIAM A. FREEMAN, President, City Council President, City Councii dhere 1891 abled golf clubs once current #one will be no more repair parts for dis- are | belief that a more aggressive policy in fleet linois elected President. | operations may have paid a bigger dividend in enemy ships sunk but wisely points out * that the same policy may have resulted in Florida’ realize | heavier losses than the Pacific fleet can af- forty-seven | ford, good as “Tt is a tough situation, | for the admirals and generals in the Pacific, 1854—John Philip Sousa, jsician, band leader, composer of | marches, born Washington, D. C.| | | 1861—Jefferson Davis elected} President of the Confederacy for | }a term of six years. 1867—First Parliament of the) Dominion of Canada convenes in} Ottawa. stocks | mu- : Died March 6, 1932 be When the people of that the people of the other ¢ inerican commonwealths are the American Union will be firmly "i 1859 — Madison C Peters, aA ante {elergyman, journalist, born Le- he eLehsete jhieh Co., Pa. Died Oct. 12, 1918. a es | 1918—While American and Al- charged with the responsibility of “holding lie Lee nes A. Neary: the jied armies march on to Ger- eoline? - fliers are ers . | Springfield, Mass., Y secre-' many, President Wilson refers | the line.” Our fliers are outnumbered, our pryicwho! originated Laskethall |qea'eeniin' Gen. aoc iter rice ships are outnumbered and shore opera> in 1891, born in Canada. Died | terms. tions, as upon Quadaleanal are undertaken Nov. 28, 1939. | jug 18 and 19-year-old youths their choice | . . : § savy disadvantage: | 1928—Herbert Hoover elected "01 service in any 130 branches at heavy disadvantages; | 1860—Ignzze Jan Paderewski, | president by landslide vote. sivictly an All-American proposition. Don’t | MONEY NO SUBSTITUTE FOR ARMS famed Polish pianist and patriot. | 3 ei born. Died in New York, June +hink tor a minute all those boys now fight- | e for the Axis had their preference. Attest: JOE JOHNSON, City Clerk. Approved: November 4th, 1942. WILLARD M. ALBURY, nov6-1t | attest: JOE JOHNSON, City Clerk. | Approved: November 4th, 1942, WILLARD M. ALBURY, | nov6-1t Mayor, the; @-tablished, are, The Army’s current proposition offer- ELECTRIC SERVICE Further Restricted We cannot serve any more new customers. Except—Occupants of homes or buildings which were either: Agent Trustee 1. 1 1, Completely wired and ready to receive service prior to July 1, 1942, or; 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 as an obligation of <eeneai. If you find that you are affected by these rulings, consult with us ard we shall be pleased to advise you. THE KEY WEST ELECTRIC COMPANY eeeceses one of is | 1939—United States Lines ask permission to transfer nine ships to Panama registry to avoid American neutrality laws. }29, 1941. pe rece | Most Americans, who have been read- | ing : given war abeut mammoth appropriations for | 7 7 ss ‘odav’s Birthday: purposes, will be surprised that, as T d bie baci V econcerning investments, but there is one in- | Jate as July 31st, 1942, the United States : Maj. Gen. Myron C_ Cramer, weetmecnt that it will endorse and most | had actually expended only $37,000,000,- Rabe: eivbcaleiueneral: bernulie ae arti the investment. im» U.S. War} 000. Goancdient 61 seats aes. Bon Is and Stamps. There-i& never a loss oe re es in these investments, in fact dividends are SE pace an iefinite and regular, and above all it is 2) money and another to turn’ out: weapons bee = profitable contribution to thewar efforts | and train men. = ce Since March 25,-1940, when our de- litary men think that German air-/ fense program was expanded, about $220,- ids on England will increase heavily this | 000,000,000 have been provided by Con- Winter. Reason: ice and snow will im It would have been much better if | mobilize the opposing forces in Russia, and teu chont that will make it possible for Goering to Jeers 2 Wivert his air force to the West. He admit- ted that he was very busy in Russia at the {vesent time, and Hitler stated recently | hat-reprisals for the bombing of German | ‘ar production would be returned in kind. | ‘the same time airpower is growing fast, 20) very ambitious plans have been made foryJasting the Reich from the skies. 1941—United States gives Rus- sia loan of one billion dollars} without interest. How To Relieve Bronchitis * This column has never advise | iE INTE T FUND OF TH RIDA, C Sawyer Fund, Monroe This shows how hard it is to get ready for total wartare. It is one thing to provide Maj rine commandant, as, 56 years ago. Subscribe to The Citizen, 20c 2. weekly. Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill, Episcopal bishop of Massachu- setts, born Brooklyn, N. Y., 52 years ago. Seeeeeseceesesseeseeeeeeee Where Can I Buy A Good Cook Book? PAUL SMITH. Bookseller 334 Simonton Street Recr Admiral Harold G. Bow- gress, Providence, R. 1, 59 | the Congress had provided a tenth of che amount annually for the past five years, | with the other half left for the future. The lesson of this struggle to the peo- ple of the United States, if they are inter- ested in learning anything, is that it is not | possible for a nation to fight without ioo's ' of warfare and that it is too late to wait or | a declaration of war to begin ot be pre- | pared, Dr. Ernest M. Hopkins, presi- CREOMULSION dent of Dartmouth College, born | for Coughs, Chest Colds, Dunbarton, N. H., 65 years ago. | Edsel B. Ford, son of Henry, born Detroit, 49 years ago. Where Can I Rent | This Month’s Best Sellers? PAUL SMITH. Bookseller 334 Simonton Street and Sat., 2:30 - 4:30 3 | Every Evening: 8:00 - 10:30 pm Ladies Invited SKATE for HEALTH’S SAKE Lessons Phone $116 Dr: Stanhope Bayne-Jones of Yale, noted bacteriologist, now in service, born New Orleans, 54 years ago. °