The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 19, 1942, Page 2

est Citizen ING CO, INC. pt Sunday By 5 nt and Publinber N. Ruxinens Maveger From The Citizen Building ted Aun Streets TRE CITIZ) Published Coruer Greene Only Pally Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County ered at Key West. Florida. as second class matter Member of the Associated Press ne Associated Press is excl .sively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to .t or not otherwise eredited in this paper and also the local news published, here. SUDSCRIPTIO: :ix Months . Three Months One Month Weekly : . ADVERTISING RATES Made known on applieation. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of cespect, obituary notices, etc., 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 6 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites disc sion of public issues and subjects of local or gen interest bat it will not publis’ anonymous communi- cations. MEMBER # FLORIDA PRESS ASSOCIATION \ NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSCCIATION ‘ss, a f fe) , THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it w.thout 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- | cumstances 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. —_——.s | EE FREEDOM OF THE PRESS Where is suppressed there is anarchy; where news is controlled there is news fear; only where news is free are human be- ings free. CARL ACKERMAN, Dean, School of Journalism, Columbia University. | Woe to the crown of pride, to the * drunkerds of Ephraim** the drunk- ards of Ephraim shall be trodden un- der foot. Isa, 28: 1—3. PUT YOUR IDLE MONEY TO WORK Every American citizen should make | an honest and sincere effort to participate 4aethe-purchase of $9,000,000 worth of Gov- | iermment securities which Secretary Mor- seenthau s is needed to ‘provide the nec- sersaly funds for victory.” Almost 509,000 professional from (he banking, securities and ins ‘fields are undertaking to sell the bonds dur- ting.the month of December io those who thave accumulated balances and idle funds. [The bond will mature 1963-68, bear und one-half per cent. interest and, in ial experts, represent | ideak investments for funds which are ‘ot | uptto be needed immediate! in hiwo fthe opinion of fi | crit The special bonds are not being sold to commercial banks but are available to in- | «dividual investors and corporations, i tiutions and others in unlimited amounts. }Thereasury seeks to tap the huge volume | tof pfney that is now tied up in endowments, | tresgrves and such sources, , It might be a good idea for ihe custo- | ,diaus of such funds to reflect upon che fate | cf their money in the event that this coun- | etry: is defeated. Sober consideration of this | * ling disaster should be a complete | cation for the pronypt investment of | uch funds in the bonds of the United States. a ee you .o have. ~s-Both itme and money should be spent profitably, especially now. DISHWASHING AS A YARDSTICK: How good is business in Key West? | How does it compare with business of a few yeals ago? Ti we use the dishwashing job as a measuring rod, our guess is that business now :t least five times as good as it was a few years ago, ior at ihat time a dishwasher could be employed for $5 a‘week; now’his | weekly stipend is $25. The Citizen, on sundry occasions, has pointed out that advertising sometimes is | the very best type of news. Hf a man or wo- man wants to buy this or that and sees it ad- | vertised at an attractive price, it is pleasing | news to him or her. So it was that an ad- | vertisement in The Citizen, about ihe pay- ment of $25 weekly for a dishwasher, iurn- ed out to be the best kind of news for Key We faverable nature throughout the country. Stories carried by papers related, either directly or indirectly, various cir- that have led to Key West’s thriving business status ioday, and every story said something about this city’s im- portance as a defense area. And all ihe stories were outgrowths of a front-page.ad- | vertisement that was published in The Citi- zen on December 3, offering $25 a week, for \ - a dishwasher. It turned out that that offer evidentiy | was rot considered as exceptionally good | by the dishwasher fraternity in Key West. ' | In other words, many | abqut the job, but were so gainfully employ- dishwashers heard ed there was not any rush to accept it. The t is, there was no rush at all, which gave | Judge William V. Albury, of Monroe Coun- (y's Criminal Court of Record, who had read the advertisement, the opportunity to show clemency to a defendant who said he was ready and anxious to go to work. Judge Ailbury told the defendant, Henry Cogswell, that he would take him, Cogs- well, at his word. The judge said he re- called the dishwashing job that had been advertised in The Citizen, so he called up the advertiser on the telephone, learned the jcb was still available and obtaine it for Cogswell, whose sentence was suspend- ed, and who is now wsahing dishes at $25 a week, five times as much as was paid a dishwasher in Key ago. LET LEADERS LEAD It is somewhat amazing to hear prom- inert Americans boisterously proclaiming | their loyalty to this country and, at the same time, criticizing practically every undertak- | ing of the present war. It is inevitable that civilian rights in this country must be curtailed if the war is to be successfully prosecuted. Those stand- ing on the side-lines can easily stir up ihe smoldering discontent of disgruntled citi zens. It is easy enough to assert that every- } thing is wrong and to proclaim that any un- tried policy would have secured greater re- sults. The American people must be intelli- | gent enough to appreciate the necessity of } following the strategy of their military ana naval ieaders. These men will make iis- takes, of course, but they have bééx. A4jn- ed for their present task and they represent our only professional warriors. If they are not good enough for the great emergency zhead, the nation does not now have time to select and train new generals and admir- als. / General George C. Marshall, Army | Chief of Staff, recently asked for the confi- dence of the people of this country, declar- ing, “We cannot spread our cards on the table without hazarding a massacre and the possible loss of a war.”’ For just the same reason. military leaders cannot reply io the m of ill-advised and, often, self-seek- ing individuals. In conclusion, we urge every loyal Am- erican to resolve that from this day forward, | the constituted authorities of this country | will have unlimited support in all undertak- | ings which relate to the prompt, vigorous | prosecution of the war. Every American in the armed forces of the nation is entitled | to the knowledge that the people at home are, without doubt, one hundred per centum behind the national war effort. To give less is to proclaim our disloyalty and io de- sert the brave men who fight in our behalf. Twenty-five dollars a week now as a Going to:church regularly may not be | dishwasher’s wage, and when hard times | ‘your habit but it would be a good habit for come again that amount will be remindfui | jofa banker's salary. Make your plans slowly, but-once they | are made, make haste. st, because it was given publicity of a | West not so very long | A.AYAUERER JANA WALLY -WALLGREN, CARTOONIST Behe SSA AMERICAN shige See of DECEMBER 19, 1932 DAYS GONE BY FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN Chicago, 49 A DRIVATE. JN THE MARINE Ci 3 in T oday’s Birthdays Tox y In History Wayne Chatfield Taylor. dersecretary un- of commerce, bo: Cabrera Brothers made a re-' ville, Wis., | quest ol the.Wity Councii, at crackers in tne city j instead, voted to } mayor to sec that the law agai ‘business in Key West without | occupational lieense, was ; missed in circvit court today, | the license. P.T {Florida Construction and | gineering Company, has deci v KIO CORPORAL JOAN AIACISIE WAS THE FIRST TO WIN THE NAVY MEDAL HE SERVED THE USS ATTACK, ON | White ctreet. OF HONOR, GALENA IN THE DARLING, JAMES FIVER, ON MAVIS. 166? Fi tied last Friday evening in By JACK STINNETT workers _ will WASHINGTON, Dec. 19 — Of can be learned ina short time. | 10% all the recent sha ps in our, Labor hoarders and labor pi Olivia street wartime government, it seems to rates will have fo be ferreted ou’ me that by far the most import- and their practices stopped. The ant is the appointment of Paul V. few remaining prejudices against! cNutt as virtual dictator of man- .women workers and the s¢ctional cower. prejudices against Negro workers No one could read tae 13 prints Will have to be broken down. of President Roosevelt's direc-! Since all war workers from tive reorganizing the War Man- now on will be hired by the U. S. power Commission, with McNutt Employment Services, its offices as chairman, without realizing will have to be strengthened and} that it could well be that McNutt manned by capable persons fully| nicest in the controls the destinies of more of informed of all the problems in) Witter Taconic us: than any other single man in hand. wi uae the United States. |. Selective Service will have to| West as the First, it should be understood be revamped considerably wit! that McNutt has no power to fa% more power in issuing dirce- draft labor. That will take addi- tives in the hands of the national |tional legislation. But through kr aaa an ae his controls of hiring (through the y a ~e Z lane vitally GABA Us; S. Em- ; ous local boards. Plager and | ployment agency) and of Selec- { . Bee | tive Service, his power might well ; amount to just that. ! However,. it doesn’t require speculation to see just how im-; |portant to every one of us Mc I Nutt is to be. | * G. Stradley. have to be broken | asichter in their home at The baby has lotte Neen. of the Key West Fire Departm {has written to friends in well in his new home ~at Cake, N. C. speaks proach to Cuba.” are contained in the article. his Today’s Anniversaries | nana chy | Union will hold a meeting ; Cuban Clubhouse on Christ! = ——, 3 Using only figures that McNutt;ed teacher, speaker, j bimselt has given out ently, cnd reformer, born the scope of nis iob becomes clear. | Died May 23, 1905. Before the end of next syear,! acieoaies {about one-half of the total popu-: 1g29--Ada L. Howard, first} \lation of the United States, and I Wellesley president, world’s first | Cl |do mean betw 60 an 70 million | eglege president her sex, persons, |selves in one way or another to 1997, the war effort, or will be depen- jdent on those who are. And that} ‘has nothing to do with volunteer | 5 ears c. oy, workers who are giving extra-)< UNE ),_ Pioneer ew. rk curricular hours to civilian de-|Journalist of her sex, born in| | fense-tasks. England. Died Dec. 23, 1901. | A year ago, there were approx- aclgeceeatae! imately 7,000,000 persons directly, 1852—Albert A. Michelson. Ry tr TODAY... or indirectly employed in war |famed University of Chicago the Favorite in Key West work. Today, there are close to Physicist, Nobel winner, born in | 18,000,000. In a year from now Germany. Died May 9, 1931. ithere will be at least 2,000,000} -— H nore. | 1856—Minnie Maddern Fiske, Bectiusé the armed forces will{actress, born in New Orleans.! | siphon off around four or five mil- |Died Feb. 15, 1932. 4 | 1f0fi | (48a Accidents, deaths, etc., Cedar Se | will take more) about five mil {| id new ‘workers have to be found | in the next 12 months. Abut 2,000.- | — by Mrs. Aldrich Boss. ++4 | Division street in honor of wevvvewwrrveveves CUBAN COFFEE AAeet A2eseseesse 000 of these will be women, to| . . bring the amazing total of women | uy our ristmas $ in war industries to somewhere } | around 6,000,000. About a million “The People’s Way” i USE YOUR CREDIT! more farm. workers will have to be { }found (although not necessarily on a 12-month basis.) 16; Skilled workers will have to be trained. Old persons and chil-/ dren will have to be worked into | | the picture on such parttime sche- | | dules as they are able to stand. | Hundreds of now complicated | tasks calling for highly skilled Sa Se See! EVENING SHOPPERS— Until Christmas we will be open from 7 P. M.| te 8 P. M. for your) convenience. i |LF You'Re Leone For | S€e PAut Smit | 334 Simowronsr. 5 ae eR i ; Eve night and Christmas night. its | meeting last night, that’tne ordi-! t of the ' nance, prohibiting ‘the use of fire-| National Baseball League. limits, be | Wawaka, 1 | moderated somewhat The re-! | quest was denied, and the council, | instruct the‘ ‘inst | the use of firecrackers is strictly | enforeed. ‘hse The case avainst M. R. Hallock, | who was charged with doing | singer, oon a Wilson. head of the South En- ded to-enlarge its business building on Dr. Nile C. Pintado. and Mrs. Lavice Willioms Park were mar-j the ony was performed by the Rev. John|™@y Prevent Mr. and Mrs. C. Sam B. Curry | “Time She'd Have Sen today announced the birth of a — 1126 peen ‘given the name of Eloise Char- Ralph B. Pinder, former chief} ent, Key West saying that he is succeediny : Four | only thanked h The latest issue of The Literary section devoted to} of Key | Parents, ‘outhernmost city in the United States and the ap-| Several para-| | graphs, descriptive of Key West | or- the music! for the dances to be given at the| mas this 3 | evening in the annex of the First 1820—Mary A. Livermore, not- Methodist Church. The feature of __ Suffragist | the meeting will be a discussion in Boston. of Van Dyke's “The (ther Wise The Key West Junior Woman's lub will give a tea and a dance 3 a 2 born | Friday afternoon and evening, 5| will be applying our-iTemple, N. H. Died March 3,/to 7 o'clock, in the clubhouse on the | young men and women students (“‘Jennie; who have returned home from York | college to spend the holidays here Emory Lowe Pierce, who is 3 wy _ STAR * BRAND ON SALE at ALL GROCERS “All the Jewelty You Went On ‘Credit | J. F. SIKES Young People’s ARR Ford C. Frick, pres 48 years 2 Jehn D. Bigger maker, born St ago. Oliver L: {born New Dusolina years ago. ' the defendant’s agreeing to pay!born 58 years ago ‘Today’s Horoscope Today gives literar ja high order, parsonage of the First Methodist | t¢ward remance jtion to work over the r |Considerable success atte: | degree. ¢ A Bill Three blood transf ns © necessary to sav jlife at a hosp jyoung Scotchman blood The patient gax |the first pint, $25 f pint—but the th 1so much Scoch Mitt j student in the U t jada, returned 5 pass the holid Mr of E KEY WEST BEDDING CO. SIS Front Street Saone 6 | Pierce, The Citize' graph today says “When France, m t al tress, asked us to come acr {did with men and no @ “= | that it is her time t in money only, she rene TTRESSES RENOVATE ITURE UPHOLSTEREL DR. AARON H SHIPRIN GENERAL PRACTICE Osteopathic Medicame and LICENSED PLUMBER re 13086 CATHERINE STREE 225 Whitehesd—Ope. 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