The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 20, 1942, Page 2

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The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations MEMBER FLORIDA PRESS ASSOC S) 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 | promote the war effort. 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. Airpurts—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. Rain water—the purest in the land. WE NEED HOUSES, WPB! Men who work in the Key West Navy THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Yard, Army Barracks and on defense pro- : jects surely are doing their “bit” to help’) z | By HUGO S. SIMS. Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizen Not even the War Production Board will dispute the - fact; neither, The Citizen believes, will it dispute | the fact that a man who works should have a place where he can sleep comfortably. For those reasons The Citizen thinks that the War Production Board, in ordering that no building permits for more thau $200 be issued in Key West, took that action | before being fully informed of ‘the condi- tions, in the matter of housing accommoda- tions, that prevail here. Many in Key West, who are working directly or indirectly for the government, have no proper place where they can sleep. We, in Key West, are acutely aware of that circumstance and are doing all we can to remedy it. Houses are being constructed here and there, scores of them at a iime, and along comes the WHB and says no more | houses can be built, for its order practically amounts to that by limiting a permit to $200. Clarence Higgs, business agent of ihe Carpenters’ Union in Key West, pertinent. ly. points out that, as this city is an import ant defense area, building here ties in with the war-effort. We need more houses to provide accommodations for men who are workirg for Uncle Sam, and when the WPB says we can not have them, it is really in- terfering with one of the important things that contribute to the war effort. The fact is Jack of housing accommo- dations has caused . the only discordant note in Key West’s war effort. A: few days ago The Citizen published an editorial about a series of letters that had been pub- lished in a Miami newspaper about Key | West—letters that_ were severely critical, and most of the censure was unjust and un- fair. The source of all those complaints was the lack of housing accommodations: de- fense workers asserting that they could not find houses or rooms in which to reside, and navy men complaining about their inabili- ty to find accommodations for their fami- lies. Shortage of houses has beén realized in Key West since this country entered the ‘| followed by a dipl NEW CONGRESS WILL SHAPE POST-WAR WORLD While the new Congress, which convenes in January, will be an Practically eVery, candidate” of- |tering “for “election” & itspok- fering for election was outsp en in advocating the quickest Possible vi . the United | States and pledged his fullest support to the -responsible offi- cials now engaged in the ardu- ous task of making war. We do not anticipate any leg- islative difficulties in regard to the nation’s present task, but it will require some months to de- | termine the attitude of the mem- bers of Congress toward a sub- jject that is of far-reaching im- portance. This relates to the |role the United States will play jin the post-war world. \ | It has been emphasized re- peatedly that the “wa war” was a mili } triumph, | débatle. | jIn democratic nations, parti¢| 7 |larly, the idea that was a |thing of the past gaifted™ rapict headway, culminating in the di} armament policy and a child-like! jfaith in the efficacy of treaties} under which nations renounced} | war as an instrument of national! |policy. Subsequent events have demonstrated that signatures to treaties are not safeguards to | peace-loving peoples and _ that |disarmament can be carried to} the point that it encourages ag- | gression. { ‘ | It is obvious that the peace of ;the world must be sustained by |the force of righteous nations, | | This includes all nations willing} to permit lesser nations to enjoy | | the full fruits of peace, express- |ed in the development’ of com-} jmer and the arts. | | The United States has always |taken this attitude but we have} | not been realistic enough to un-;| {derstand that the protective |foree which makes civilization Poem must, if it is to be ef-J fective, include our share ofthe, | Police brigade. ' the Prime Minister to visit Washington again to consider an offensive on a smaller scale in which the problems of manufac- ture, training and transport would not be so great, ‘ aw Mr. Churchill, and , the. Presi- dent, with the combined Chiefs- of-Staff, surveyed’, the; pesibili- ties and, by the end,.ef June, there was general agreement that the offensive should be Adjinched™irr "Africa? By. the end of July the points of attack, the numbers of, men involved andj the shipping problems had been determined » Thereafter, Prime Minister Churchill: flew to Mos- cow, to aggudint Prime Minister Joseph Stalin of the decision that hed beén made. Now, & the President observ- ed to the newspaper reporters,| this was the time that the people began their) widespread discus- sion of @ysecond front. It was the open, season for typewriter strategists.and other speakers on war subje and they made the most of it? The writers and be not know what thr rf ents had leony detided or that about the end af ‘Aligtist the Gate of the attack ‘had eer selected. < a erate Meanwhile, the President Washington and Mr. in London had to sit by in si- lece while persons, who knew nothing of the decisions of the top military experts, waged a cempaign, ostensibly designed to “buck up” the Anglo-American governments and to instill the offensive spirit” into the mili- tary leaders. in This revelation certainly puts| a different aspect on the agita-| tion for a “second front”, which we should not forget included a number of mass meetings spon- tsored by labor organizations, as well as the easy and careless criticism of half-baked strate- gists. While they were doing their loose-talking, the governments were actually completing the vast preparations which had to be made for the attack upoi North Africa. Apparently, it would’ have been better for the Churchill | KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY | FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN of NOVEMBER 20, 1932 Mrs. Meade A. Love, president of the State Federation of Wom- en’s Clubs, visited in Key West over the weekend. During her stay here she met many members of the Key West Woman’s Club. Funeral services for John Da-; vid Watkins, 82, who died Sat- urday night, were held yester- day afternoon in the residence: on Fleming street. The Rev. W. P. Page officiated. Mrs. Ella G. Curry received a} telegram today advising her that) husband in the real estate busi- | |ness, was killed in an automobile {accident Saturday at Chimney! Rock, N. C. William W. Demeritt, superin- tendent of the Seventh Light- house District, received a letter today from Washington advising | him to hold himself in readiness | |to go to New Orleans, where he | will act as one of the judges on the trial trip of a new lighthouse |tqgder named the Myrtle. | | A turkey shoot was held yes- terday afternoon at Fort Taylor. |The winners included Charles {Thompson, Ernest Hemingway jand L. T. Curry. | The Advisory Board of the 'Key West Chapter of the Red, {Cross will hold a meeting at 10} o'clock tomorrow morning in the} | public library on Duval street. | ; Members of the Key West) Junior Woman's Club will be en- tertained Friday evening from 7 to 9 o’clock in the clubhouse on Division street by Mrs. Howard Wilson and Miss Rita Pinder. The boys’ choir of St. Joseph's | School sang at the evening serv- | ice yesterday in St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Church. At the mass | Mrs. Vincent McDermott sang “O Salutaris” | | William R. Porter, president of | the First National Bank, and H.|} a Taylor, attorney of Miami, left Saturday for Havana, where remain three FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1942 YESTERDAY: Mua Katston's father hes mortgaged his home rench to get money to carry on en orange-juice plant he has es- tablished for the benefit of the community. Just as word comes from @ New York bank that the loan cannot be extended, Yalston as @ heart attack, enc nu daughter demands that he send her East to do what she can. Re- luctantly, he agrees Chapter Three The Man On The Plane a exactly six-thirty, just as Rita was deftly putting on Felix B, Logan, who was asso-} the last touch of lipstick, she| ciated here at one time with her; heard Dr. Burrow’s auto horn huge engines on the glistening blast three short notes. Miss Thrasher, who was busy in the kitchen preparing a light supper for Mr. Ralston, called gaily “Miss Rita, it's the doctor for you.” “Thanks, coming,” Rita an- wered. Rita stepped lightly imto her Suddenly Rita jelt a pair of ey father’s room. He was awake and at the sight of his daughter in her smart new grey tailored suit. her crimson turban, and with a V pin of brilliants on ‘ther lapel, a | Coupe swung into the b. sad drive- jway of the Municipal Airport The rasping drone man's | Voice was pouring from the loud Speaker system “Flight 19 cast ready at runway number 6.” “Flight 19— that's me. } said. | Rita took 2 deep breath ofthe cool night air and felt-e surging |inner strength rise up m her—at this moment she felt she could conquer worlds if necessary. Even if Cunningham were as heartless as the moving picture version of a banker, Rita felt certain of suc- }cess in her new venture. With a few gasping coughs the mw tramsport plane, standing with wings outstretched like a giant silver beetie im the moonlight, roared imto action. Abs noise Rita shouted her | Dr. Burrows and boarged the Plane. The trim little stewardess showed her to her seat, buckled {her safety belt for the take-off m her. and made sure she was comfort A Pair Of Eyes Cc was se nner | “critics” to have bestirred them-} Mrs. Priscilla Richardson, who| proad smile broke ower his face : war, and strenuous efforts have been made | As the new Congress discusses selves in other fields. ;had been away from Key West] ,, — i i the last ths, visiting in| “Darling, any man would be} iow mages to try to relieve the shortage . Now up |these and other issues in the [ie, last seven angatiay a ieaene Perhaps rain water is the purest be- 5 | putty in your hands the way you | sround told b | first months of 1943, we should} the some-|Miami and Jacksonville, return- cause it comes from heaven. The old heathen, like the Nazi, had a sense of hostility to all others. Why is it so much easier to tell some- body’else how to do something than it is io do it yourself? The so-called “white-collar” jobs are not what the man in overalls sometimes thinks they are. If all the smart alecs were buried to- day, fhe world would have a new crop by sunrise tomorrow. Forward-looking children are already: looking forward to the arrival of Santa Claus, It won’t be long, now. The surprise offensive in-North Africa has the typewriter strategists and armchair generals looking rather foolish. One effect of the war: We won’t have to buy a new car just because we want to keep up with the Jones’s. But, of course, there’s the fur coat! Business may not be exactly normal but the smart advertiser will find something to sell to those who have the money and there is ro better place for the business message than in the columns of The Citizen. Canals in the Everglades - Drainage Dist#ict ‘are pbeing cleared of hyacinth throgth the use ofa “pusher boat”. which is on very effective. Clearing of canals not only aids transportation but ‘also will greatly improve fishing. Roger W. Babson, the economist, makes the astounding assertion that if France had held out, World War II would now have been won without the loss of an American boy. Yet it was the labor unions of France which caused her downfall, and if England were not controlled by labor unions, no Germans or Italians would today be in, Africa, steps the WPB and puts a stop to those ef- forts. The Citizen agrees with Mr. Higgs that the WPB, instead of stopping building, However, despite |be able to determine what the/| what foolish position in which | attitude of Congress will be when | they are now placed by the turn! | the’ war ends. Let us hope that!of events, the chances are that there will be no repetition of the/they will ‘continue their cam- | small group which prevented ' paign, selecting some new objec- ed yesterday. Mrs. Clara Thompson and son, Harold, of Miami, arrived yester- should have encouraged it, because more | American participation with the;tive which is easily accomplished funeral of Harry Anderson, who housing accommodations in Key West are essential to keeping the local war effort at a high pitch. SENATOR NORRIS We have long admired the public career’of Senator George Norris, of Ne- braska, and regret that in the evening of his life he should go down to defeat. Political experts, however, say it was largely his own fault. He repeatedly an- nounced his retirement and, at almost the last hour, decided to offer again for, ; re; election. The 81-year-old veteran. seemed cto take his defeat to heart, saying he cdlild not undestand it and that the voters of his state nad repudiated all that he stood for in his long and couregeous public career. This is a mistaken view. The policies of the Nebraskan have, in a large degree, become the accepted policies of the United States. He has lived to see the fruition of many of his politial dreams. ARMY TRAINED AND EQUIPPED The strength of the U. S. Army has passed 4,500,000 men and more than 800,- 000 soldiers have been safetly transported overseas. The achievement dwarfs any similar accomplishment in the first World War BA it is even more encouraging when we c sider that the arms, equipment and sup- plies of the present American army are, for the most part, the products of our own war industries. In the earlier World War much of the arms and material used by Americantroops was provided by the British and French. In this war, the are not only training a vast Army, but we are also providing it witd the tools of war. Reports from various battle- grounds indicate that the tools are unex- celled by those of any other army. |League of Nations, effectively|by ‘word-of-mouth, but rather |propagating the seductive fal- {difficult in actual ‘operation. {lacy that the United States could { live apart from the other nations | JAPS: W! DEFEATED | jof the world and_ enjoy ire a! THE SO’ PACIFIC | prosperity in the midst of the ete et | i .| The war'in the South Pacific, pies and suffering of other peo | to thé “middle of November, | continued, favorable to the Unit- | ‘ed Nations and particularly grat- CRITICS LOOK FOOLISH jifying hasqbeen the successes of | American forces operating in the ATTACK LONG PLANNED F j Solomons and from Australia. | The people of the United; States have much to learn in re- gard to their attitude toward prosecution of the war and. fundamental lesson is in tio with the American offensive | in North Africa. |A LESSON FOR ALL - difficult to under- what occurs, and | ns, but, from what lace, it is clear that have suffered aj number of severe reverge§. | The Presidenty i press conferenge, that the inception ef * sive action in“ which American }}+ and British armies are npw en-| % gaged in North Africa goes back} At this“wtiting, no clear-cut! to the visit of Prime Minister | report hag—Béen received as to} Churchill to Washington about |any great naval battle, but there two weeks after Pearl Harbor. jis no reason to suspect that the | eee Japanese retirement was caused | Realizing the advisability of|by the “few moon. Obviously, | joint planning for the use ofjthe Japanese, who have shown Anglo-American military - and|/a steady. ahd remarkable persis- jmaval forces, the President and tency in attacks, retreated from tthe Prime Minister carefully|the battle arena “for cause”. |considered the various offensive | (Editor’s Note: Since this writing | | possibilities, especially that of a|the Navy Department has reveal- | large frontal attack across the!ed that Jap naval units came |English Channel. At that time,|back to the Solomons gnd that; |military opinion - approved the!they were successfully repulsed, | | proposal and, the President points {suffering »heavy damage.) ‘out, much work was done: 1t0- d2s2 10) beret ey Meapwhile;: both: in the Solo-! j ward thisséndesq eid: ers yadi bos scr sidenone and:in' New: Guinea, Amer-/ Rene eithe-“ahdér= lca grotind>\fotees? antde-aircratt | i sO! cARMRUNY “Studied, have" . ‘S. damages ip ysigal —"RHAHloHe "Sp 1 apr, Bie a a ;Whick made impossiie, APY. at ”e © r ade | | takk Macross the Channiet{n'“1942. hupon™~ “held territory. | |Theré- would be a shortage in | These victories on- landy includ- | @\ing those on Guadalcanal and} the production of munitions, jlack of sufficient trained men |New Guinea, did not come about) and transportation difficulties|through voluntary Japanese | |for both men and materials.| withdrawal. They were earned) | Moreover, it was realized that}by American fighting men, who | such an operation, to. be rea-|have ceews by land and air} | sonably sure of success, must be i | jundertaken only with ample air suppor$ When it developed that the at- ttack across the Channel could |hardly be made before the mid- ‘dle of 1943, the President asked a, “upon sattacking our gest of the Solomorfs i forces whi have very success-| fully hamstrung Japanese efforts to reinforce their troops on these | islands. It has often occurred, in con- nection with the constant clash of sea forces, that news of Amer- \died Saturday morning. Leslie R. Curry, customs in- spector in Miami, arrived yes- is visiting her and sister, Mr. and F. Maloney. brother-in-law { Mrs. William The Citizen in an paragraph says today: “Some firms don't advertise. | Perhaps the reason is that they | wish merely to linger until the | sheriff comes along to advertise their goods for them.” | editorial - EXPOSED PEAKS NEW. YORK—The South Sea islands are the exposed peaks’ of vést, Submerged. mountain ranges | rising fronmthe flpor of the Paci- ft. | ae eee Variety “How on earth do you keep a maid so long?” “Well, we move the furniture | around so often she feels that it’s a new place every week.” | | | | | | The- Department of Commerce | estimates that the value of inven- tories held by manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers at the end of August was $29,300,000,-; 000. ican lossesshas somewhat sur-! prised Americans who do not! know what losses the Japanese! look in your few suit! Unless Bill Cunningham has changed consid- erably since we were in college you will be able to do much m |day from Miami to attend the, With him than I ever would Beautiful women were always a weakness with him!” “Good old Rolly,” Rita thought. “No matter what he really thinks, he’s always the good scout in the| | terday to join Mrs. Curry, who: pinches.” She squeezed her fath- er’s offered hand and left the room. Smilingly the doctor swung} open the door of his coupe as he saw Rita coming down the flag- stone path. He whistle’ a low note at the sight of her Prince Charming “Nev can tell what will hap pen to a pretty girl in New York,” he observed. “Might just be the trip of your life Rita’s laugh rang out. “Banish ihe thought, Doc,” she said. “This is a business trip. I'll be going much too fast for Charming on a poky ‘white steed” ” “Never know,” the Doctor shook his head sagely.,“Might be Peg: It. was just ten minutes after eight when the headlights of the SEAMAN IS A SEAMAN INDIANAPOLIS. Seaman Seaman is now a real seaman— he enlisted as an apprentice in the navy. His full name is Sea- man Randolph Seaman. It is estimated that the Amer-! iean public will spend $2,389,000, have sustained. The above sur-|000 for recreation this year, an vey of what has taken place in| increase of 22.6 percent compar- the South Pacific indicated. def-|ed with 1941, the Department of | initely that Japan has not only | Commerce estimates. been successfully halted in sev-| eral attempts to advance, but} that she has actually lost ground. | As above suggested, the reason) for Japanese recessiof is to be found in Japanese losses, wheth. er they are. fully known to; American commanders or not. | | LOPEZ Funeral Service Established 1885. | Licensed Funeral Directors 4) and Embalmers 24-Hour Ambulance Service > PHONE 135 NIGHT 696 0244444444444444 i A Vicks TRY IT TODAY. .. The Favorite In Key West STAR * BRAND CUBAN COFFEE on SALE at ALL GROCERS DA BDABADaSD FIGHT MISERY ‘where you feel it—rub throat, chest and any Prince’ stewarde t quicken at what jshe saw. A well-brushed head of dark, wavy hair, finely cut fee- tures deeply tanned by the sum, eyes that were T smaling In her Rita quickly mt magazine she to read—she ory, her eyes paragraph a she had no ides She tried # again and again it was of ne use She closed the magazine and aid her head back, closing ‘her yes as if to nap. “I don’t blame y: out on th thought it was a dud, too. Tolf nim so the other da¥ in Holly. wood when we 4unched togettier If he didn’t have ability | woukdii't have complained but I hate to see genius sell out for a mess of pot- tage,” she heard a deep mascu- |lune voice saying from across the | aisle. She opened her eyes quickly To be continued WEIGHT AT BIRTH NEW YORK — An elephant weighs 160 to 200 pounds at birth. according to records kept ———_—_—______ Tommie’s SKATING RINK SUMMER SESSIONS Afternoons: Tues. - Thurs. and Sat., 2:30 - 4:30 Every Evening: 8:00 - 10:30 pm. 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