The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 1, 1942, Page 2

~AGE TWO The Key West Citixen 1ZHN PUBLISHING CO), INC, Published Daily Except Sunday L. P. AIMIMAN, Presideut and Pu | | | | | | | From The Corner Green n Streets | Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and | Monroe County ntered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press he Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and #80 the local news published here. . SUBSCRIPTION RATES une Year ..... Eix Months Three Months One Month Wee 20) ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanke, resolutions of respect, obituary notices, etc., will be ehatged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. Yotices for entertainment by churches from which enue is to be derived are 5 cents a Hne. Citizen is an open forum and invites’ discus: #ion’of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous eommuni- eations MEMBER FLORIDA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION 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 ethers’ rights, views and | opinions: print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com- promise with principle. ————S= © 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. 6. A Modern City Hospital. Rationing, amid plenty, is in a muddle. We never miss the moon until we can’t see it. Why is a rumor called idle when it is always so busy. When the street signals are defective, it is Jess dangerous to have none. On the home front there could be a lot of improvement. Too much polities spoil the broth, What we consider a successful invalid is one who is too sick to wash the dishes but well enough to get to a bridge party. Many things are in reverse on the Solo- monmslands, one of which is that the native men far surpass the women in the wearing of personal ornaments. About 15,000 people called Ainus, liv- ing in Japan, are known as the original in- habitants of the country, conquered when the Japs came along. The Ainu look more like Europeans than Japs and their lan- guage is believed to be Indo-European. A primitive people in Brazil have a saying that all evil comes from without, that is, outside their own iribe. Which makes a lot of so-called civilized nations, like the Germans. primitives, for they also think {hat all evil comes from others and | that .hey are perfect. | As the United States nears its first war anniversary, the outlook of the Second War appears immeasurably brighter than it did | on that bleak, tragie day of last December when the first news of the ‘American dis- aster at Pearl Harbor was’ flashed to the } vation, | Members of Florida’s Washington del- egation are loud in their praise of W. D. | Outman, director of the Washington office of the Florida Economic Advancement | Council, for the splendid work he has done during his first year of service . The Coun- cl, which operates in connection! with che | Florida State Chamber of Commerce, has, been most helpful in bringing this state its. share of war industries and activities. | who knew how to keep a goodly REMORSE FOR THE SPENDTHRIFT Shortly after the real estate crash in the fall of 1925, a Miami realtor, speaking about conditions in that city, remarked: “There are 25,000 persons each of whom, had he exercised the care in Miami, one should have in money matters, would | | As have $25,000 today, whereas everybody i | broke, with the exception of a few wise ones part of their eanrings deep down in their jeans.” What applies to Miami in that respect | applies to Key West on a_ proportionate scale. Today money is plentiful in Key West, as it was in 1926 till the reaction be- gan to be felt in July or August. Through- out the boom in Key West, up to the iime | of the crash, many Key Westers declared they would not be caught holding the “bag’’, yet, when buying had died: out and obligations became due, it was a rare thing | to find one who was NOT holding the bag. Conditions are different today in one respect—money is coming from some other source—but in all other respects they are just the same: money is money, and if you don’t save a part of it, you will be broke when hard times come again. And‘ that is just what is going io hap- pen with a good many Key Westers who are earning large sums and are spending all they can earn. Of what avail is it to'a per- son who earns $100'a week or $1,000 a week who earns $100 a week or $1,000 a week and squanders all of it? It is saving that counts, not the amount earned by anybody, when the day of reckoning comes, as it does in thé Jife of every man. “It’s my money, and I’ll spend it as I please,”’ a worker remarks. Of course, it is his money and he may spend it as he pleases, but what about when the time comes when he is out of work and has no money? Is he one of that type who feels no shame when he gets his bread and butter from somebody else? The man who saves is the man with dn independent spirit; the man who throws away his money and bums and’ borrows without a qualm when he’s broke, has never sensed that fine feeling of what it is to be independent. So to those men again, who are now earning “big money” and not saving a pen- ny, The Citizen warns that the day will come when they will be filled with remorse for not having saved. BIG SHIPS AND LITTLE SHIPS The problem of placing a large Anglo- American Army on the Continent of Europe and keeping it there was recently discuss- ed by Colonel Frank S. Ross, chief of the Army Service of Supply Transportation Branch, now in London. While we will need a large number of big cargo ships to transport supplies to Eu- rope, it is extremely doubtful whether dock facilities will exist for them in France or any other. place selected for an invasion. In the first World War, it will be remembered American and British soldiers landed at friendly ports where harbor facilities were available. In the present war, it is presumed, that the Germans will destroy dock facilities along the Coast in order to hamper any in- vasion. Consequently, Colonel Ross points out that the invasion will require a vast supply of suitable shallow-craft ships to carry the men and equipment to the point of landing. Afterwards, it will require the same fleet :f small ships to bring in the forty pounds of supplies that will be needed to maintain each soldier one day. For an army of 100,000 men, Colonel Ross observes, this means 4,000,000 pounds of supplies a day and most of it will have to be landed from these shallow-draft boats. “WE MEAN TO HOLD OUR OWN” This column has stated several times that England will emerge from this war, re- taining all of her possessions inviolate. In his speech fo Nov. 10, Mr. Churchill de- fined precisely Britain’s war objectives, and confirmed this column’s assertions. He said: “Let me, however, make this clear, in case there should be any mistake about it in any quarter: we mean to hold our own. T have not become the King’s First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British empire. For that task, if ever it were prescribed, someone else would have. to be found.” This statement apparently does not squate with the Atlaritic Charter, but does clearly define the minjor British war objective. | wave of familiar emotions swept THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Chapter Twelve Brand New Job RITA pushed through, te heavy revolving door of the Taylor Publishing Company a over her. The elevator boy recog- nized her, and’ touched his cap. “We've missed you around here,| Miss Ralston.”, “Thanks, John,” Rita smiled, “[’ve missed all of you people, too.” The car came to an abrupt stop and Rita walked toward the frosted glass door marked, “Exe- cutive offices.” As she pushed open the door the girl at the switch- board let out a cry of surprise. “Well, blow me down, if it isn’t Rita Ralston in person! How are you, honey? Where the world have you been hiding?” “Oh, Ive been keeping house for my father ever since I left,” Rita said, and’ then she hesitated for a moment. “My father died last Sunday night.” The girl at the switchboard reached out an_ understanding hand and took Ritd’s hand in hers. “Gee, I’m sorry. It* was just a year ago that I lost my mother. I know how tough it is.” And then she brightened as she saw Rita struggling with a smile through eyes that were misted} with tears. “Everyone will be glad to see you, Rita—you know the gang here sure liked you. After you’d left everyone in the office asked me what happened to that Ralston gal that had looks and brains and didn’t know it!" Rita laughed. “I consider that a very great compliment. Katy, you haven’t changed a bit.” Just then several of the girls recognized Rita and left their typewriters to welcome her. As the word spread that Rita was back the circle around her en-; larged. The low buzzing of voices} rose to a jabbering din. In the midst of it an inner office door opened and a striking looking man in his late fifties stood framed in the doorway. He cleared his throat as if in kindly warning. “What's all this hullabaloo?” he! shouted. Job For Rita See said, grinning, “My gosh, the boss!” And the crowd, goodnaturedly, started to file back to their desks, leaving Rita stand- ing alone! When Mr. King recog- nized her, he came striding fcr- ward, beaming broadly. “Well, Miss Ralston, seems good seeing you back.” He gave her a ffiendly hand and together they walked into King’s office. After the office door was shut, and Rita was seated across the wide expanse of shiny desk Mr. King lighted a fresh cigar and tilted back comfortably in his swivel chair. “Well, start at the beginning and tell me all about yourself,” he said. “There isn’t much to tell, really,” Rita began, lifting her large brown eyes to meet King’s squarely. “After I left here I went back to the ranch to keep house} for my father—” King interrupted, “I saw in the papers about your father, I’m sorry, Rita—it’s something that comes to all of us.” “Well, that’s all there is,” Rita continued. “And here I am drift- ing around with my sai] and rud- der gone not knowing quite what to do.” “You know what! I “told you when you left?” King»offered. Rita nodded. % “Well, it still goes, AB long as I'm editor of this outfit you can always have a job.” King was em- phatic. “I don’t know why I should ever get down with friends like you around.” | Jat In the brief moment of silence | that followed, a nigh shrill voice rose in the adjoining office. “That makes the homecoming | complete!” Rita smiled. “Sounds like none other than the eminent author and playwright Carlos Ed- ward White going into his rou tine!” King’s face amusement. “None other! He usually waits until he gets into my office to ex- plode. Halsey will get a taste now : of what..I’ve had to put up wit! for years! If the old goat didn* turn out best sellers that mean thousands of dollars to the Taylor Publishing. Company 1 would have tossed him out on his ear years ago.” “It's only his bark,” Rita re plied. “He wouldn't hurt a flea.” was registering More Bark Than Bite UST then the door between the two offices opened and shut gustily. Glaring with black, beady eyes, set in a florid face half am- bushed by a snow white Van Dyke beard, stood Carlos Edwarc White. “And: just what goes on in here?” heShouted: “Is this all edi- tors have to do, sit on their royals in cozy, plush offices and tete-a tete with beautiful women?” Carlos raised his arms heaven- ward, closed nis eyes, and in a voice heavy with melodramatic inflection ne muttered, “Oh Father in Heaven, why, why, i the world’so against me? First make the irrevocabie error of be- coming an author instead of an editor and now 1 can't even find a secretary who'll write the golden words al] the world is waiting to read!” Carlos shrugged his shoulder: in a gesture of hopeless abandon ment and wiped imaginary tear. from his eyes, then started t rant again. “I can’t be dashing al! the way up here from Carmel every other day to run down some dizzy headed secretary! 1 have impor: tant work to do! He whirled and faced King. “King. there’s only one answer, you'll have to let mc have your vest girl until my play is finished!” King gestured toward Rita “Rita, here, is the best girl we ever had but she’s allergic to maniacs.” “Wouldn’t have her, anyway, Carlos bellowed. “Never saw a girl yet that had worked for 2 publishing house that was worth a bent penny.” Rita flashed a provocative grir. him. “I’m considering the source, my dear Carlos, from which that crack came.” “Considering be damned. when do you start work for me?” “I told you, Carlos.” King cut in. “Miss Ralston has just promised to come back as my private sec retary.” 2 “Taylor be damned, must I find a new publishing house just so can get a new secretary?” It’s entirely up to Miss Ral- ston,” King said. “If she has com- pletely lost her mind and prefers working for you instead of me she goes with my sinceres$ con- dolences.” An amused look was playing about Rita’s lips as she spoke. ‘It might be quite a tonic for me,” she said softly. King nodded. “It would be a tonic al] rignt—like arsenic — would efd all pain.” Carlos*looked at King through narrowing eyes. “You know, King, if you weren’t so obnoxiously in- sulting tO-me I’d take my work to someone else.” Both men ve E> Rita’ an hour.” “An hour,” Carlos boomed. “I could write an epic in that time. Meet me downstairs in fifteen minutes.” ‘Te he continued Wwe start for Carmel?” “I could be ready in Deere Today In History | | 1854 — Tremendous migration! sets in for Kansas, financed inj great part by rest of country, opposed to glavery. j 1862—Hisioric President Lit} coln message to Congress con-; taining statement that country’s} population would eventually | reach 250,000,000. , 1866—Patent for an early t¥pe- writer granted John Pratt,"South} Carolina-born journalist - iaven;) tor. Pe et 1866—A gold medal, gift . of! 40,000 Frechmen, presented the! widow of Lincoln. ; 1911—The McNamara _broth-! ers, on trial in Los Angeles, con- ; fess dynamiting Los Angeles! Times Building previous year. | 1916—Pres. Wilson protests de- ; portation of Belgians by Ger-| mans. - | 1918—American Army of Oc-| Today’s Horoscope eS ale Today gives a very enthusiastic nature, _ perhaps inspirational, but very impulsive and head- strong. These natives may be successful, if the concentration is properly directed. Watch out for excess of zeal. SOME INTELLIGENCE tod KANSAS CITY, Kan—Texas, féur-year-old Spitz dog belong- ing to Ed Weidman, Jr., became ;S0 despohdent when his master joined the army that he became ill. He's better now, since let- ters fram Weidman began arriv- ing. The dog evidently recogniz- ed the scent of the letters and now dashes out to meet the mailman daily. cupation opens headquarters in Coblentz, Germany. 1930—Communists stage dem- TUESDAY DECEMBE PEOPLE'S FORUM The Ciusen welcemes ex sions of the views of its read- the editor reserves the delete ers, but right items to any or should be fair letters to 300 words, and write on one side of the paper only. Signature of the writers must accompany the letters and will be published unless otherwise. GIVES RELIGIOUS VIEWS Editor, The Citiz Key West, Florida n, | Dear Sir: One of the best business men of religion that I know would make an equally beautiful actor. He is a man of very personable appear- | ance and has that fine air of su perior wisdom from Heaven tha makes a good religious salesman He is a graduate minister, practic- ing near you. All this ading up to a point. Which is that the ministry, as a business, is trying to compete witn the chain stores in this country. It may sound rash, but we have seen too much of churches that keep books and lend money, and ministers tha‘ preach with one eye to the collec- tion. Holiness and religion do not always mix and this fact is confusing to some laymen. Holi ness is a condition of soul. Reli- gion may be a_ convenient oak for many things. Theology is the “trade” of a minister. But minister without a theological background is not unethical, Christ proved by selecting His disciples from the trades. St. Paul was reluctant to use his ministry for any personal profit, preferring to ply his trade apart from his duties of Christian instruction But the laborer is permitted his hire by the Gospel dictum, which as we know, is not often cancelled in the practice of modern minis- ters. They are fine salesmen, keeping books on their church ac- counts, investing and combining holy wisdom with market tech- nique, in some cases. Not all. The Protestant churches are producing a very interesting experiment in the new practice of informality. This sprung from experience of the Oxford Group technique and is being widely imitated. The minister calls his parishioners by their first names, ribs them a bit between sermons and joins them in free explorations of church doctrine. It is a so-called “liberal” movement, making the church member feel quite a fine fellow and yery willing to pay his “dues” where he can express his views in public. But we question any actual spiritual value in semi worldly discussions that are not strictly aimed at the man and his soul. how he stands before God. As this liberal technique of cold human analysis of the Gospel goes on, it will be found that God is banished to the last pew while the minister-salesman becomes the “whole show”. It is to be re- gretted that some of the fine old, sincere teachers of Christ that we used to listen to with the inner ear are now in the discard, while the shiny cars and clever technique of the psychologist-ministers is win- ning new numbers of Sunday spectators. We used to coll there worshipers. Very iruly, Cc. G. FLINT Hamstead, N. H., . Nov. 28, 1942. as Todav’s Birthdays Maj. Gen. Ralph P. Cousins, born Mexia, Tex., 51 years ago. Jeferson Caffrey, dor to Brazil, born La., 56 years ago. Ambassa- Lafayette, Gerard Swope, again dent of General Electric, St. Louis, 70 years ago. born Archbishop John J. Cantwell of Los Angeles, Catholic prelate. born in Ireland, 68 years ago. George Creel ,of San Francisco. journalist, censor in the la war, born Lafayette Co., Mo., 66 years ago. Frazier Hunt, journalist, radio commentator, born Rock Island, Nl., 57 years ago. Dr. Gertrude D. Peabody, dean of women, Temple University. Philadelphia, born Princeton, Me., 48 years ago. Clarence Francis, president of General Foods, born New York 54 years ago. Five hundred more plants will be shipped America. DR. AARON H. SHIFRIN GENTR..L PRACTICE industrial to Latin onstration as Congress opens in front of Capitol and are driven away by police tear gas. jie Medicine and ens icine PHONE 612-W presi-' KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN of DECEMBER 1. 1832 Was! Citizen Orlean: dispatch in The a firm in New ing West to for th is said that t 100,000 acq' store bales here. ‘om At the meeting of Club today f spea was Principal W. C. Duncan the Division Street Public Schoo! He spoke about the f the Parent-Teacher and of the good acc: the association. r of the Red stop the tion of articles from the under pretenses been reported to have lately false been Captain Allie O. schooner Angelina C owned by Norbe which was suppos lost in the hurri ed havoc in parts in the Caribbean month, today porter about | the storm. He the fre Ebanks of t >. Nu told lee hurricane of w considerably miles an hour. He journey Kev West vember 18 but was getting here heavy winds the more resume because he encounte The Citizen day t the toms service has avocados will be imported of duty. Growers in the M area have been trying to t heavy tariff pleed on av Ur Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Archer companied by the latter's bre ers, Phil and Glen day from an_ extensive trip that took them to 1 parts of Florida, including Pen- sacola, St. Peersburg, Tan Jacksonville, Tallahassec Miami returned Mrs. Frank Papy day to visit atives left re in Miami Jack F. Matthews for Miami for a stay weeks. Mrs. John Bordon, v to Key West to attend the eral of her step Thomas Felton, re ami yésterday. t her rned to Mi- | Frank Wolkows yesterday to Mia short visit he’ friends. Will S. Rober for a chain of theaters in Miami u ed to that citv yeste a stay here as the guest Mrs. Erwin Sweeting Citizen in an paragraph says today “Civilization: A in which people gc cold because, there 1s wheat, coal and cotton.” operator picture The editorial state of hungry too much Lieut. Gen. John A. Lejeune ex-head of marines, dies. eoccece REAL ICE Is More ECONOMICAL. . -It's Healthy and Safe. . It’s Pure THOMPSON ENTERPRISES (ICE DIVISION) Phone No. 8 _ ‘TRE PRILOSOPHY OF LOVE yester- i, www TRY IT TODAY... the Favorite in Key West STAR * BRAND CUBAN COFFEE ON SALE at ALL GROCERS ABAD ASASAASSSASES J. F. SIKES LICENSED PLUMBER 1308 CATHERINE STREET Inc. Key West, Fis. Peeeeeacaassaaaeanceeaeesanaenes