The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 7, 1942, Page 2

TWO she ey Weat Citizen JOE ALLEN, Business M-mager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets | Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County ntered at Key West, Flerida, as second elass matter Member of the Associated Press she Associated Press exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news hes credited to it or not otherwise eredited in this paper end slso the local news published here. SUBSORIPTION RATES oo ADVERTISING BaqEe. a Made known on application. “iy, Wk “Xi, “tits, * SPECIAL NOTICR. _. All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary notices, ete., will be eharged for at the rate of 10 conte a line. Notices for entertainment by churches from which @ revenue {s to be derived are 6 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of publie issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous eommuni- rations. 07 MEMBER & -FLORIDA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION THE KEY WEST CITIZEN- WILL always seek the truth and print it without feat and without favor; never! be afraid to attack wrong or to applaud fight; 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. —_—_—_——— te, 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. 6. A Modern City Hospital. Maxi was smaller in medieval days, but feels smaller today. In Northern Africa the cows are little bigger than pigs in ease you'd like to know. It was Dr. Johnson who said that a book should teach either to enjoy life or endure it, Even the smartest individual has much to lear: and the smarter they get the better they re Human nature, brother, changes very slowly and almost imperceptibly; so don’t expect a.reformation overnight. Thé sons of the fathers and mothers who came here seeking a free land, and found it;are now going back to help set the old land-free. " fe The Solon dle are noted histori¢ally for, the fact.that after being discovered in 1568 they were lost to sight for almost 200 years until rediscovered again. Sporadic interest in the welfare of others is commendable, but systematic work for social improvement will do more for the unfortunate in Key West. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, British general commanding victorious British Eight Army, say he doesn’t smoke and he doesn’t drink, and to that he ascribes his fitnes One sign of intelligence i undetstand- ing the-use of adyertigers. "The, classified columns of The Citizen’ mike! advertising available to all citizens for PEE My every ere es vk trade purpose. Don’t get the idea that the war is won just because we are ahead and continuing to make progress. Wait until the 9th in- ning is over and the last man is out, before starting.to shout. Now is the time for forward-looking shoppers to begin picking up attraetive bar- | gains to be used as Christmas gifts. Key | West stores have some good-looking offer- | A PERTINENT QUESTION i West Virginia, has introduced a bill in con- gress authorizing the Treasury Department to operate a lottery with war bonds as the prizes. elsewhere, will throw up their hands in hoty horror over such a proposal, forgetful of the | faet that lotteries played a most important part in the founding of the Urtitéd” States Indeed, it was the lottery that: put our Na- ticn, when it started out with 13 states, on its financial feet. For mary years:The Citizen has rec- ommended a national lottery to relieve iax- ation. But a lottery is gambling, one may object. Yes, it is gambling, but why should profits when the gambling is resorted just the same, whether or not it is aanction- ed by the government? The lottery, however, is a form of able features of so many other iypes of gambling, with its frequent quarrels, some- times murder, with the loss of sleep by ihe players, with its cheating and with the de- mand for graft by dishonest public officials. In Cuba, in Mexico, in most of the untries, in Ireland, when vestment. If they lost, they kept on buying a prize, which represented many hundreds And in nine times out of 10, the buyers of lottery tickets do not indulge in any other form of gambling. But back to the practicality of the lot- tery from a government viewpoint in these dark days of the war. The prizes now pro- posed are war bnods. It has been said re- peatedly that too many of the bonds that are being sold are going to the banks, which help to promote inflation, and too few of the bonds are being purchased by the peo- ple, which act as a curb on inflation. Then, let the government resort io a lottery to sell bonds, and you may feel sure that people who never gave a thought io buying bonds will purchase lottery tickets. The fact is the purchases would become general throughout the country. Every one of the states in the Union conducted lotteries back at the beginning of our independence and for many years, decades, thereafter. Even the staid state of Virginia had 63 different forms of lot- tery. And, as for the lottery helping io pay for the war, it may be pointed out that the lottery paid for the War of the Spanish Suc- cession in its entirety by the side that won. The lottery helped the United States in us again? THEY DESERVE NOTICE. The consumer has many problems. And so has the retail merchant. The draft has taken thousands of store workers, and others have left their jobs for ie big pay offered by war industries. It is ieteasing! diffjeult to obtain new equip- bfeht, aud to keép old equipment in repair, Pespecially gt ofa mechanical nature. Phe tically everything the re- Ftailer sells is frozen, and in many instances the ceiling price allows little or no profit. more and more brands and products go off the market. In the face of all this, the merchant is doing a remarkable job. Long before the OPA, retail merchandising went to work on a voluntary anti-inflation program of its own. Stores of all kinds and sizes increased efficiency, reduced overhead, and cut al- ready modest profits in order to keep prices in check. While many factors encouraged inflation which brought about government price control, retail merchandising was not one of them. Today, reati] merch dependent or chain, are superhuman job in gupp ir custo- Tunis is a fine modern city, much like other modern cities the world over. time usually finds that he has lots of it. Patriotism is not a mere sentiment, but ings at fair prices. ciple. Some Key Westers, as well as peoble i not the government get the benefit of the ' gambling that does not entail the objection- | South Amortaene it hadits sweepstakes, people buy or bought | lottery tickets as though they were an in- | in the hope that some day they would win | of times the amount of their investment. — its darkest days, why not let the‘lottery he!p | It’s a tough job to keep his shelves filled, as | whether in- | an almost | mers and their conimmunitieoT ial, efforts } deserve notice—and comnie # y The man who makes use of his spare | a convietion; not a miere impulse, but a de- | termination; not a mere passion, but a prin- THB KEY WEST CITIZEN ! ! ty THE SPACE OF ONLY 6 MONTHS, THE < | | £3 AANES AND 78 PILOTS COMPRISING a) THE FRYING TIGERS ACCOUNTED FOR 236 ENEMY PLANES, AND MORE é THAN 1509 ENEMY AINMEN..! f | | | | i | | Commander oF THE FLYING TIGERS, BRIG. GEN. CLAJRE ! L. CHENNAULT, WAS ONCE. RETIRED FROM THE ARMY BECAUS! | OP DEAFNESS... 1| | | 1 | [IN THE FINAL BATTLE OVER ee 55 | | RANGOON, THE TIGERS DESTROYED SAMMMDAbeanibdeeem | 43 JAP PLANES WITH THE LOSS , | | Kod ONLY A SINGLE MAN... y j nS vid ep he vaeLabectsal { | | | By HUGO S§. SIMS, Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizen! PRESIDENT OF RADIO jas a means of limiting this type | $25,000-SALARY LIMITATION income to a net $25,000. { | LIMIT ON INVESTED INCOME | oe | Presi \IS AIRPOWER SUFFICIENT? | resident Roosevelt has an- POYR DISTINCT PHASES | {nounced that he will talk to the EMPHASIZE BOMBERS | |American public before January | | 1 to explain the $25,000-limita- From August 8th to October ie - 31, 1940, the theory of “Can aj; tion on salaries which has been} nation be conquered by airpow- | put in force by James F. Byrnes, | | neeeey: of economic stabiliza_, er?” was tested. In this two and one-half months period, better} tion. known as the Battle of Britain, | j}the Nazis wére unable to hum- | It is incorrect to speak of the | ble the British. Does this mean lexecutive order as a $25,000 lim- |that airpower alone is not enough itation on salaries. This gives the |*° Crush Germany or Italy? impression that taxs,e insurance as premiums, debts, etc., must be| There were four distinct Phas. jpaid from the $25,000. The true 3 in the Battle of Britain in| |gross salary limit’ the Federal|Which Germans systematically | ;Government is enforcing is ap- | bombed haebors: sirfields and proximately $67,000. | industrial cities. The Battle of |Germany and the Battle of Italy, ! which are going on today, are | different in many respects from the Battle of Britain. | After taxes, insurance prem- |iums and debts have been paid, } |this leaves the idividual =D) | Proximately $25,000. | To begin with, two-ton and | |three and a half-ton bombs are | being very effectively used on| Germany and Italy, whereas the | ceiling on investment incomes fa] Demos eet Nie Gee |causing reberverations in Con_|2i7 Were much smaller. Also, | gress. All incomes in any nation (See ES ee not fighting a/ |come from one of two sources: |/2nd battle at the time, vet Ger-| |Incomes from previous invest. | many is locked ane life-and__| | death struggle with Russia, and | {ments and earned annual _in- a jcomes. It should be pointed out [also has 2 contend with the} that limitations on invested it on aoe So eeen: | The fact that the Presirent has placed a $67,000 ceiling on salary jincomes but has not placed a comes do not hamper the profit 5 * In addition, the Italians have |motive or the progress, and im-/ 20 provement inyproduction, where- |to make a decision betweerl dev- as the reverse is true on salary | Stating eee a pee ! limitations." Salary ° limitations | OF i bo es as He can hurt production. {tee e "bombings as an alter- | jnative to sayagery. | The President explains his po_ | sition this way: These are some of the reasons which have led Washington to dit saucier ak’ WN ee ek Bee gs | | ; production. ese are the rea- not have the power to limit i > Peas why Washington is aninel vested incomes, that invested; more and“ more emphasis on incomes are jobs for Congress. | four-engined bombers. It is true that last year the | President ‘recommended that Congress tax invested incomes |to such an extent that it would | be limited to the same figure as | PLAY BINGO salary incomes. It may be rea-} AMUSEMENTS FOR ALL jsonably expected that he will, ' Kiddie AUTOS and PLANES for within the next month, suggest | ‘the Children |the taxing of invested incomes | | FIREMEN’S TROPICAL PARK 7i2,Duvai Street _ ee ae e > dl tuuqerr4auracareasnnegsngeengeaceresiae eset 0 ee ees ETRE THEE | Uncle Sam Asks YOU To Lend Him 10 PERCENT OF YOUR INCOME pe ee Buy U.S. War Savings Bonds and Stamps Regularly T ° FIRST NATIONAL B. Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation eee ae ee weEs tT . ; Clyde liner Pecos that | mobile license tags at MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1942 Representative Ramsey, Democrat, of LX LIBRIS ... by William Sharp KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN OF DECEMBER 7. 1932 George Rosenthal protested at a meeting of engineers about the construction of the Propesed Overseas bridges that the poration was not justified in | eliminating him, but his protest was disregarded and he was in- formed that the meeting was only to hear protests from a viewpoint | cf navigation of the waters over which the bridges would pass. The Board of County Commis- sioners will hold a meeting to- night, and Clerk Ross Sawyer says only routine matters come up for consideration. National Guardsmen in Key West were inspected last night by Major R. T. Gibson of the United States Army. The inspection and subsequent drilling took place in the armory at Southard and White streets. A salvage officer arrived here today and boarded the Mallory- i shore on Whitehead Spit. The bringing of freight to port from the Pecos is continuing today. A headline of an Associated | Press dispatch from Tokyo, pub-! The | li ot d on the front page | Citizen today, reads, “Japan for | w, Plane Car- r Reveals.” Submarines, Aga’ ries, Naval Min There was a rush to buy auto- the office that was opened today by George Gomez, who has been appointed | agent for Monroe county. \ The Junior Woman’s Club will give a dance Saturday evening at the Coral Isle Casino. Members of the Sodalities of the Convent of Mary Immaculate in Key West left yesterday for Jacksonville where they will at- tend the convention of Sodalities {in Florida which meet there on December 8 and 9. Howard Wilson’s orchestra will provide the music for a dance to be given tonight at the Cuban Clubhouse for the benefit of the storm sufferers of Cuba. It was announced today that Mayor Leslie Curry, who is ill in his home at Elizabeth and Eaton streets, shows a slight improve- ment in his condition. The Rev. J. G. Stradley, pastor of the First Methodist Church, and the Rev. C. M. Samford, pastor of the Fleming Street~ Methodist Church, will leave this for Jacksonville to attend the an- nual convention of the Methodist Churches in Florida to be held in that city. The Citizen in an editorial para- graph says today: “Jonah. The Citizen porter, was all swelled up cor- | will i} evening | | Today In History ; 1787—Delaware the first State to ratify the new Constitution | 1796 — Washington, meeting joint session of Congress for last time as President, in bitterly sailed by a VMirginia congress- man objecting to adulation of Congress to Washington. as- 1895—Ethiopian king Menelek routs Italian army invading his {country. i see | 1917—(25 years ago) {N. S., which had been shattered the day before by colission of |T.N.T.bearing ships, which took toll of more than 1,000 lives, swept by the worst blizzard {its history. is in | 1918—New York C flag or any of a 'ture or opposed government. bans red gious n to organized 1933—200-ton “Emanuel”, first {ship to fly Plaestinian Jewish ‘flag for 2,000 years, and manned 'Sou.hampton, England. 1941 — Pearl Harbor treacher- jously attacked by Japs. | a i Todav’s Birthdays Willa Cather, novelist, born inchester, Va., 66 years ago. } | i Prof. Zechariah Chafee, Jr., jnoted Harvard professor of law, iborn Providence, R. 1, 57 years fago. Bishop Edwin H. Hughes of ‘Washington, D. C., of the Metho- |dist Church, born Moundsville, W. Va., 76 years ago. | Dr. Edmund E. Day, president jof Cornell, born Manchester, N ‘H., 59 years ago. Congressman_ Hamilton Fish }of New York, born Garrison, N \Y., 54 years ago. Dr. Dixon R. Fox, president of | Union College, Schenectady, N |¥., born Potsdam, N. Y., 55 years | ago. William A. Irvin, of New York jsteel head, born Indiana, Pa., 69 jyears ago. First United States invasion in North Africa was in 1804. | yesterday after he got editorial mention in The Citizen along with Da_ Vinci, one of the masters of the Renais Leonardo | Breatest | Sance.” [ww wvwv~T ewww { KEY WEST BEDDING CO. 515 Front Street Phone 66 The Southernmost Mattress Factory in the United States @ MATTRESSES RENOVATE. @ FURNITURE UPHOLSTERED BBeenesssnsesesese | Halifax, } |by an all-Jewish crew, arrives at | Today’s Anniversaries under i Arthur, Maine. ' treasu json a | bunk, | 1895 Died May 1812—William J English engraver, who Conn., & noted reformer, Haven, 29, 1897. 1822—William Saunders. culturist - Tandscape pioneer new fruits and born Scotland. Died 1900. horti- architect, flowers, 11 Sept 1827—Horace Boies. Iowa governor, born N. ¥. Died Ap noted 1850—Solomon Schechter, pres_ ident, N. Y., Jewish Theological Semin: . famed scholar borr Roumania. Died Nov. 15, 1915. Richard W. ¢ promoter, busi with j maker, country’s ville, Min: whos hi became born Stewart- 28, 1914. ANSWERS ON PAGE FOUR 1. What Pact? 2. Why is Algiers the “White City”? 3. Who Britain's celebrated Crusader King? 4. How many casualties suffered by the U.S. in North African landings? 5. What were the casualties at Dieppe? 6. What President velt’s ry 7. What three ent national same surname? How far York to Casablanca? 9. How ny England to Cairo terranean 10. How |to Rome, is the Anti-Comintern known as most was were the Canadian Roose- is men positions in promin- have the is it from New is it from Medi- miles ia the petown? from Tunis McNutt warns of the possible rationing of medical services DR. AARON H. SHIFRIN GENERAL PRACTICE Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery , 925 Whitehead—Opp. Lighthouse PHONE 612-W e STRONG ARM B! TRIUMPH COFFEE MILLS AT ALL GROCERS WAR Needs the Wires this Christmas War won't wait—not even for Christmas. 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