The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 23, 1942, Page 2

PAGE TWO he Key Wreat Citizen UBLISHING €O., INC. Except’Sunday By d Aun Streets Only Dally Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County -ntered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press the “Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here, SUBSCRIPTION RATES Lanes $10.00 5.0 Une Year . Bix Months Three Months One Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made: known on application. , “ay. SPECIAL NOTICE . All reading notices, card@ ‘of thanks,/regolutions of | respect, obituary notices, ete., will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. “Notices for entertainment by churches from which @ revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites sion of public issues and subjects of local or est but it will not publish anonymous communt- MEMBER FLORIDA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION ° 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;mever ‘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. it is not necessary for a good politician to be a liar, but many of them are. Bigotry is about one of the most conta- gious of all the diseases of the human kind. So long as your money holds out, you will have plenty of “friends” to help you spend it. Children would probably be much better if they didn’t have to associate with older people. The people who take their work seri- ously ate the ones who usually have the per- manent jobs. We have seldom met a man who didn’t have the solution to one or more of the na- tion’s pressing problems. When people-begin io praise y, your face, it might be ajgood idea ¢ an investigation of, yourself—“ahd them: Why not send The Citizen to your hus- j band or son in the armed services? It costs little but would mean a great deal to him. There are 180,79 9 people in the | United States who know for certain that | they could run the war better than it is be- ing run, Every business that offers men and | women of Key West an opportunity to make | un honest living is an asset to the entire com- raunity. What with gasoline and tire rationing end étransportation restrictions, the -long- heralded day of “trade at home” appears on the horizon. People who tell you they never believe anything they see in the newsppaers will believe anything they see in the newspapers | favorable to themselves: Have you heard any local news this week that you did hot see in The Citizen? | ant a factor the cistern has. been | Man can defend in his conscience, Why not be a reporter and send in any in- | teresting item that you think others would. enjoy reading | ABOUT OUR CISTERNS THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Aside from all other objections io the | proposal to do away with all cisterns in Key | West, the matter was altogether ‘oo pre- | mature. What about the breaking of the water } main? was the weighty question that faced | the city councilmen. Out of that question came this most disconcerting one,.and if the main breaks and you have, in the meantime, | destroyed our cisterns, where are we going to get drinking water and water for cook- ing purposes?’ The proposal to destroy our cisterns at | this time is ridiculous, and whoever enter- whee taiston $s trip to New s made to ty to arrange an ion of a ican ner father had raisea, using hig home ranch as security. The monejj Went into keeping 4 com- munity orange juice plant oper- annua The New York oanker. Cunningham, 1s threatening to torecicse. On the plane Rita met Clare Pasauim. the ::tor, who made a'date with her for the next night. And in Cunningham's of- fice she met the 0c 3 spoiled daughter, Gloria. tained*that idea should have thought twice | before expressing it. The Citizen has been informed that not a single councilman was in favor of do- ing away with our cisterns, when the matter came up before them for consideration, and not a single councilman now favors afy such proposition. Every councilman knows how import- in Key West since it was founded. Of course, all of us realize that the cistern is an old-fash- ioned way of obtaining drinking water, and all of us too will agree to discontinue the use of cisterns when such time comes that | we have the assurance that running water | will continue to run, besides the further as- | surance that it will be pure, but at present | any talk about’ destroying our cisterns is not only out of the question but absurd also. Even the Navy in Key West, with its | first call on the running water, would brush | aside any proposal that the cisterns in the | Navy Yard, containing 2,000,000 gallons of | water, be destroyed. “Go down there and tell the officers to destroy their cisterns,” a Navy man said to The Citizen, “and they’ll laugh at you.” The city, however, should exert more authority than it is now showing in the mat- ter of those cisterns that are not in a sani- tary condition. The owners can be com- pelled to screen them against mosquitoes and can be compelled to see that the cis- terns are kept clean. Meanwhile, in line with our desire to be an up-and-doing city, let us hope that the time is not far off when there will not be any | need of cisterns in Key West. But that time | has not yet come, and water is too essential to living to run any risk of not having it. BE HONEST ABOUT TAXES Society, as we know it, could not be perpetuated without government. Whether © it is tde best, the best possible, or only fair, the continuance of peaceabie lives, the gar- | rying on of farming, business, and com- merce, or any of the hundred and one nec- essary modern activities require law and | protective | order, established processes, safeguards, and the cooperation which is only possible through government. Regardless of some waste, and it can’t be entirely avoided, the fact remains that | ! the average citizen gets more for his dollars paid in taxes than for any other expendi- | ture he makes. The average family head doesn’t pay as much taxes as his children | ost the government for their. education, if he His a moderate-sized family. All the rest of the benefits from government he gets 5 beyond that! Government cannot operate without some money, and taxes are necessary. Every citizen should be willing to pay his propor- | ~~ | tionate share of the common cost of these | beneficial services. ‘The growing disposi- tion on the part of many to “beat taxes” should be frowned upon. It is a little hard to grasp how an otherwise honest, upright ‘ for ex- ample, .a successful subterfuge, or deceit, to cheat the government out of income, or other, taxes. On the other hand, every effort should be made by tax officials to equalize taxes, | that is, to see. that every citizen is fairly treated, that he is not caller on to pay pro- portionately more or less than his neighbors have todo. Yet, the task of perfect equal- dation. is hard to accomplish, just as hard to-maintain- after its accomplishment, view of the charging factors inyolved. Notwithstanding the many centuries during which various governments have collected taxes, the problem still calls for the thought and effort of good citizens. Most speakers would be more careful of what they say if they knew that someone in the audience would question their state- ments. f £ in | Chapter Five Gloria On The Trail WHE aud -..ce rose as th? cur- 4 ‘tain went down for the last ume. and applcuded with rthu- aS.n. ‘What a man! What a show!” Gloria sighed as she turnee to Patty Wilcox. On tue ve of excitemenc the girls .thered up their coats and purses aadt fa::, repairs to their make-up and joined the slowly flov :ng stream of peopl? that were -rici 1” up the aisle. Gloria whispered to Patty. “Do you have that stage door pass from f 7¢ :ey?* Patty fumbled in her paz and | produced a piuk slip of paper signed with she scrawl of ti.- pro-) ! ducer. nodded pleasantly as he :xamined the pin.. slip an. vointed the wa to Clark’s dressing roc-1 Gloria ‘noched on the aoo-. It opened a crack ana showed a por- tion of Stub Duffy’s florid face. | “What is it?” he aslzed. “We want te speak with Pasquin,” Gloria snapped. Mr. entirety and with it came short stocky. man baggily dressed in a checked suit. He closed the dress- ing oom door after him as ke came out. “I’m Stub Duffy, Mr. Pasquin’s' manager, at ycur service. “We still wrt to speak with Mr. Pasquin.” Gloria's tone re- vealed her annoyance. “I interview everyone for Mr. Pasquin; what is the nature of your business?” Duffy drawled. “In other words what’s his business must first be your busi- ness,” Gloria said angrily. “That’s the general idea,” Duffy said with a good-natured gr H : 11 if we must deal through Mr. Pasquin’s nurse-maid we would like to entertain him in the Bronze Room at the Carlton tonight,” said Patty. Duffy listened, but his watery{ eyes were blinking at the dark! loveliness of Gloria. j “Pardon me for asking.” ho | said, “but aren’t you the Gloria ! Cunningham -that-Cholly Knick- erbocker picked a few wecks ' back as the country’s number one * glamour girl?” Gloria smiled one of her best! camera smiles and said sweetly, “One and the same Turned Down UFFY scratched his head in thoughtful consideration. “Just a minute, girls, I'll speak to the boss.” With this he turned | and went into the dresstng room | closing the door behind him. €lark was standing in front of a full-length mirror adjusting his necktie. He turned as he heard the door close. “What is it, Stub?” he asked. “It's. a bevy of society dolls that desire your presence at the | Carlton tonight.” Stub finished with a low, sweeping bow. “Tell them I'm sorry; I have a previous engagement for tonight.” Clark said. “Tt know, boss, but I was just thinking. It’s that glamour puss number one and her team-mate. Not that you need the publicity but it might not be a bad plug for the show for you to be seen in the. morning papers surrounded by that group.” to get over your yen for public- ity?” Clark couldn't help but ment that crossed: Duffy's face. “You oetter tell ‘em, there's no good in making them \sore and anyway I'm afraid that black-haired doll will serateh my eyes out.” Duffy sighed and dropped into a chair. , Clark laughed. “Nonsense. Duffy, just turn on that canarming manner of yours that you used on the rich widow ;in Atlanta and go-out and tell | the girls how sorry I am and how honored I feel that they wanted to entertain for me. You've done it dozens of times, why get weak- kneed now?” Duffy took a deep breath and got slowly*to his feet. “Okay. boss. but’ if the black-haired dame beats Ine to the draw. ‘tell my dear old mother that I went down fighting.” Duffy dragged from the“room and closed the door beHind him. “Of course he’ll come?” Patty asked befpre the door snappéd shut. “He's awful sorry, girls, but he has an engagement that he just can’t bréaki*He—he even tried: well, there just wasn’t any way he could. fix it.” Duffy actually looked grieved. “Well. that’s just ducky,” Gloria cut in. “Here we go to all the trouble to-get the crowd together | to meet the great Pasquin and then he walks out on us.” “After all, girls, a couple of j hours isn’t much notice to give a At the stage joor old John guy.” Duffy said. “I agree on that,” Patty said. “I told you. Gloria, we should voss, | he got right on the telephone but. | | |SHOW CHICKENS GO ‘KEY WEST IN _ IN WARM STORAGE | DAYS GONE BY) sentucce tnt x. 2 FROM FILES OF THE CITIzEN | That fuss overseas caught R« of NOVEMBER 23, 1932 \James with several hundred priz : 2 é winning show = still stuck with them | Leo Warren, as acting mayor,| James now spends his |has a Thanksgiving proclamation|keeping his feurteen varieties ‘in The Citizen today. ‘Tomorrow | groomed, for his believes t | (November 24) is Thanksgiving | when the world is normal ; Day. Among the advertisements show chickens will be in gr in The Citizen today is one in!demand than ever before | which the Manhattan Cafe adver; A year ago he made 35 s !tises a turkey dinner tomorrow at! with 600 unique chickens | 50 cents. geese, displaying them at poul —_ ‘ ina rere and fairs to the tune )tta Papy, 10 years of age, di +$500 weekly in prize money. Hi j at 1:30 o'clock this morning in her! cornish games, cochins, Austra- jnome at William and ere | lian Kewis. Crevecoeurs, Su streets. Death was caused by her) and Polish are biding their | fall from a tree while playing last too. Saturday. | “There are ee {shows nowaday: William F. Maloney, 63, whoj“All the boys ov the countr | had been Monroe county tax col-'are selling their birds for lector for 17 years, died at 11 0’-)to nothing. Mine are worth | Clock last night in the home of his ' than $5,000 right now |son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and wouldn’s part with them.’ | Mrs. Lee Pierce, on South street. | chickens and he 1 few James. and Cecil Hawley, traffic’ expert| NO REST FOR WEARY BEES a +with the Texas Oil Company, | visitor in Key West and ‘is a guest of William R. Porter.< John Thomas Felton, 66, died , this morning in his home at 1110 | Elgin street at 11:30 o'clock this morning. Funeral services will |be held at 4 o'clock tomorrow | afternoon in the First Congrega- | RAYMONDVILLE, Tex.—Be- jcause beeswax is needed for ex-| i plosives and honey is needed ‘a substitute for sugar, Northern |.bees are being bought to this city to be wintered so they cz work the year around. R. D. Jen- kins, of Mayville, N. D., brought 1,500 swarms and pli to bring 500 more. The florid face emergec in its! have arranged for this a week ago through Sydney.” “I don’t like to make plans a “I might have been entirely out of the mood by the time the night came.” Nobody ever crossed Gloria and they didn’t now. There was a moment of silence and then with the suddenness of a summer thunderstorm Gloria changed and |smiled her sweetest smile at poor | Duffy. a | HAVE a plan,” she said bright- ly, “why don’t you tell us Mr. Pasquin’s favorite night spot? We can at least have a little par- ty of our own and Sydney can introduce us.” i Stub Duffy’s facial expression told that he liked the idea, al- though he knew Clark would be angry with him. He thought to himself, “It can’t do any harm and I still think a few candid camera shots in the morning pa- | pers will be a neat bit of pub- j licity.” \ In a low confidential tone, he Fast Work week in advance,” Gloria snapped. | tional Church. is Bias Dies i A Plumber. No Doubt Jack—Then, what did Rip Van | went for a joyride in a stolen car; Winkle do, William? is still being held by Juvenile; William—Picked up his Judge een Williams. He will be; and went back to work | given a hearing on Friday morn- | ing. : | Only one boy of the three who: tools BWC bers all “greeting” tele- ——= grams after Dec. 15. | A dance will be given this eve- | ————_ ning in the Cuban Club. Music} to Miami yesterday to spend 4 will be provided by Howard Wil-'days there with relatives son’s Orchestra. Turkeys will be! friends. ; given away as prizes between} —- | dances. Mrs. Charles Williams, wife of — ithe postmaster, and Mrs. Mary Four places were ordered out: Thompson, who had been spend {in Key West today for violationjing the summer in North Caro | of the prohibition law. The or-|lina, returned home yesterday | ders were issued by Judge Hal sted L, Ritter of the federal court for this district. The Citizen in its editorial para graph today says: “If Mr. Roose jvelt thinks he set a new record i vote getting, he is wrong. In 1824 Daniel Webster received 4,990 votes out of 5,000 cast for a Massa Mrs. J. J. Kirschenbaum, Jr., ‘and son left yesterday afternoon |for Miami to visit relatives and sececcese eeresccesos Temperatures t 24 Precipitation hours inches Relative Humidity 75 Tomorrow's Almanac Tomorrow's Tides High Tide Low Tide FORECAST north ad tions with possibly frost t northwest Hatt , Fla storm warnings Today’s Horoscope Today's mind g ed with keen to occupy itself DR. AARON H. SHIFR! GENERAL PRACTICE Osteopathic Medicine and rgery 925 Whitehead—Opp. Lighthouse PHONE 612-W | whispered, “He always goes to "| friends. tchusetts seat in congress.” “Duffy, aren't you ever going) smile at the leok of disappoint- | the Wallaby Club. Says it’s the best spot in New York this sea- | e fest of that first day in New York had passed in a whirl of excitement for Rita. When she met Clark for a before-the-show , Sapper at Lindy’s she was breath- ‘s and starry-eyed. “Pye tried to see everything | | the tourist wants to see in the Big City today,” she laughed. “The | Battery, the Bronx, the Aquari- um, the Zoe, Staten Island and Fifth Avenue. Pve almost suc- ceeded—except for one ten “What's that?” Clark aske “I went so fast I can’t remem- ber a single thing I saw.” Clark’s- famous laugh boomed out. “You'll make a_ first class New Yorker,” he said. He watched her as she sipped her cocktail, ap- preciating the picture she made in her black faille suit and white lace jabot against the tawny leather boot. “You'll have to dim out those eyes though, when you turn toware the ocean,” he added with a grin, “or you'll silhouette every.ship in the harbor.” She laughed with him, then so- tered abruptly. “It’s terribly good of you to give me this evening— but how you do it?” “It tools & bit of arranging,” he | admitted.« “But I wanted to see the tilt Hfeyour chin—and_ the straight, level way you look at me out of those brown eyes of yours.” His*hand covered hers. i Imighed slightly, and pulled back:her hand. ‘Bo be continued Mayor Leslie A. Curry is in Mi- |ami to attend the opening of the Miami Biltmore Hotel. For the next week Mayor Curry will be a guest of the Florida Year Round | Clubs. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Pierce went WIV ew KEY WEST BEDDING CO. 515 Front Street Phone 66° The Southernmost Mattress Factory in the United States MATTRESSES RENOVATE FURNITURE UPHOLSTERED £44444444444444444 Thoughtless _Use of the Telephone Anniversaries Today In History hi Be (ia | | born Charleston. | 1800. Died Jan. 23, his age, born Hampton, Conn. Died Boston, Feb. 3, 1895. H 1804—Franklin Pierce, ‘lawyer, congressman, soldier, 14th Presfdent, | Hillsborough, N. H. Died Con {cord, N. H., Oct. 8, 1869. WW. | 1859—“Billy the Kid” } liam H. Bonney), Southwest out law, born in New York. | July 15, 1881. j PEs 1862—Sir Gilbert Parker, Can- 'adian novelist, Canada. | 6, 1932. !. 1864—Henry B. Joy, | auto maker, Packard head, spon. sor the Lincoln Highway, i Detroit. Died Nov. 6, 1936. 1749—Edward Rutledge, South! Carolina signer of the Declara-} tion of Independence, governof, | 1803—Theodore D. 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