The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 24, 1942, Page 2

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Notices for entertainment by churches ‘from which arevenue is to be derived are 5 cents @ line. izen is an open forum and invites di ' blic issues and subjects of local or g¢1 amen SSA eT 20 SETTER 7 OS cnc put it will not publish anonymous eommuni- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN MEMBER x FLORIDA-PRESS ASSOCIATION 4) NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION THE KEY WEST CITIZEN “WILL always seek the truth and print it sw.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- ization; tolerant of athers’ rights, views and opinions: print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com- promise with principle. 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’s futile for us to declaim, “Merry say what the heart does not feel. a foimality this year can we say, Christmas!” ior it can not be “merry” to any of us whose loved ones have gone forth | to war. This horror, terror, that we call<war, tears to pieces all those glorious things that the spirit of Christmas teaches, the most outstanding one of which is, “Goodwill io all men.” ‘Today, with Christmas upon us, the dominant feeling in the world is ill-will. We Americans feel the surge of it, but it was forced upon jus. We love and still love peace, but Pagans, bent on conquest, drove the knife of treachery to the hilt in our backs. And we had to strike back, and must continue to strike back, to save our lives. Thus Christmas does not mean the same to us this year. In observing it, our outstanding feeling is gratitude that Chris- tianity is our religion and democracy our form of government. Probably it will pro- mote our spiritual welfare to have a chas- tened spirit at Christmas time, bécause we have been wont, in celebrating it, to forget its Author and give full play to purely phys- ical pleasures. So let us at this Christmastide, instead of turning loose those animalistic _ senti- ments that have come to be identified with | Christmas, breathe fervently a prayer that our arms will triumph over Pagan and Hun, and that our sons, who are fighting for us, fighting to preserve the .form of life we have been used to living, will return for us, whole and sound. May that come to pass ir. time for us, when this season comes in 1943, to shout joyfully, “Merry Christmas!” FIVE-CENT PATRIOTS A doctor stationed on a lonely island in the Pacific Ocean recently wrote home: “Mail day is the only day that breaks the monotony for men on this island. We have no holidays out here, no time off, the ee ———— Christmas greetings to all! Fy If the entire population of Key West Swould trade at-home for just one month, Swhat a difference in business it would make. : Washington’s patriotism was such that etoved his country well enough io hold his success in serving her an ample reward for all he had endured in her service. The most despicable figure is that of the jackal as he slinks away. These are linking days for the erstwhile chinny, chesty Mussolini, who played jackal to Hit- ler when France was bleeding at every ‘pore. Ten years ago, according to The Citi- en’s column, which goes back that num- ‘ber of years to record some of the doings in ‘Key West at that time, the City Council Whade a special effort, by skimping here and ®ollecting there, to get enough money to pay ach city employe $35 of his back salary. Poday the city has a fat bank account and every employe is paid his salary in full, twice each month. Teter Roberts says “Money is catch- ing”yand the late “Ben Tink” Demeritt as- serted, ‘Money loves money.” Either or those assertions seemingly is correct in the ase of the city of Key West. Sam B. Pin- der is pulling in tax money in bundles, and Judge Archer, in a couple of hours, collect- ed several hundred:dollars in fines. Let us ‘hope that another old saying will prove ‘true in the ease of Key West: “Start.a bank ccount and it keeps going of its own ac- weount.” “. The time to save is while you.earn and the time to practice economy is when you have a good income. Governor Holland ‘pointed out those truths last week in an ad- dress at the convention of the Florida League of Municipalities. Councilman Gerald Saunders and City Attorney Thom- as O. Caro heard the governor, and they sheuld tell other members of the City Coun- cil what he said about the strict enforce- ment of economy during these good times. Ff the council follows his advice, there will same grind day in and day ‘out, with oeca- sional spurts of excitement. We are prac- tically tied to our premises, because the sentries have itchy trigger fingers. It is our proud privilege to be protecting our friends on the mainland, so keep sending us the materials, including mail. We will do the rest.” This doctor is like millions of other men in our armed forces. They live in the belief that their sacrifices are essential to the protection of our nation. They left be- hind them a land in which the dignity and freedom of the individual were sacred. And that is the kind of land they have a right to expect when they return. But will they get it? The air is literally blue with patriotic ballyhoo about Democracy, but beneath the flag-waving the men and women at home are worried. In the confusion of attainiig an all-out war economy, abuses are being committed which if continued may easily destroy every vestige of representative gov- ernment by making political footballs of such vital problems as taxation, the draft, and inflation control. These abuses of the privileges of free- dom threaten this country and what it stands for, not just because they hamper war production. There is a grimmer rea- son. The doctor in the Pacific epitomizes the latter. The great middle class of Americans home may turn in guilty desperation to a dictatorship for the sake of efficiency. If that happens, the doctor in the Pa- cific and all other men in the service will get material with which to fight the war, but what will they think of their “friends” at home when they return and find the price that has been paid — when they find that this is no longer a land where ‘the '‘“tittfe guy” can go out and make good on his 6wn initiative? bus Most of us, in looking ‘back over our lives, can recall stories of a bully’s getting “his” because he thought this.or that boy ‘was.a pushover, All of us can recall that a certain “unbeatable” bully named Adolph Hitler thought that a frumpy sort of looking fellow named Josef Stalin «was a pushover. So AHlolph picked on Joe, soundly thrashed ‘him for a time, but now Joe has Adolph’s snot, _be any more talk about “‘velief ac- counts.” head stuck in.a snowbank and in danger of being throttled. “MERRY CHRISTMAS!” — NEXT YEAR | | Christmas, Merry Christmas!’’ because, in | nine cases out of ten, when we do, the lips | Only as i “Merry \ jyour income is non-taxable. | tHE KEY WEST ¢rTizex | ets lent, born Madison Co, Ky. Died! CUTOTITTATOEEEEEES bY rae | j YOUR s/AR | QUESTIONS i Send Home-Front Queries to Regional-OEM Information Office In Care of This Paper j | Q.—Can’t men in limited serv- ice decide whether or not they'll be sent overseas? A>-They're in the Army, son. ‘They go where sent, but they remain in non-combatant duties. Q.-Is -there a price ceiling on | Christmas trees? { A.—No. @.—How much coffee is raised} in the United States? A—Not a single ‘bean. ro) Q—Will I have to pay an in-| come tax on the allotment I get} from my _ soldier-husband?’ A—No, ma’am. This part of! Q.—How has the war effected | college enrollments? A—Junior colleges “have lost| 24,3 per cent of their students;! state universities, 16 per cent;j private, 11.7; teachers’ colleges, | 24.4 per cent, Qs there .a photoflash bulbs? A—Yes. News photographers | are entitled to them, ‘but supplies for amateurs have been cut off} by the WPB. restriction + 1 CHRISTMAS PRAYER I hope they see the Star of Beth- lehem ... Above the grim, gray smoke of heavy guns; And hear sweet Christmas Carols, no power can dim— When Christians sing—who are} our fighting sons. May candles burn for them with- in that shrine— That sacred place good men call “heart and soul’— On them . . I ask God’s blessings —most divine— That they may find one hour of | peace to hold. BSTC sn One blessed hour when we can who are responsible for our war effort at |] send our prayers Across the seas — no matter | where they fight . . | Sweet, winging gifts that shine with mother’s tears— For him—away from her—this Chritsmas night. BARBARA GREENE. (Editor's note: The above poem by Barbara Greene, pen name of Mrs. Henry Pnider, is/| dedicated to her brother, Bobbie White, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. O. White of this city. When last) heard from, Bobbie was in the Pacific ‘battle zone. He is a@ member of a gun crew aboard a ship of the U. S. Merchant Ma- rine.) Deiter eee: IZIPALCLELLLLLLE LL Subscribe to The Citizen, 20c veekly. DUSPRRCES Sap Sener See Se eT ee PY LLL LLL and a HAPPY NEW YEAR To YOU and YOURS ee @ KEY » SALE 900 Duval Street A. EINHORN “UURUTAULAUS SU ARGUE ERE y A Rx ee) = Hete’s ‘Wishing You All the Happiest Holiday Season Accept ‘Gur SINCERE THANKS For Your Patronage ees DR. J. A. VALDES ‘OPTOMETRIST | ence eens 9 TITS | patriot, {France in Revolution, born Gro-| jton, Conn. 1 jdelphia’s famed physician, triot, humanitarian -and signer/of ‘the Declaration .of Ind bern ‘there. | Haute, Ind., railway buildér. ant | philanthropist, Wethers ‘field, Conn. Died Ayg. 13, 1877. | guide, one of the heroic advance / }guard that spanned the contin- i j PoP PPP PPP PPP PDT Dine teed MP eed THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 19 c Lyon, Colo., May 23, 1868. | 1809—-William T. Porter, pio- ineer New York publisher of news and literature, jborn ‘Newbury, Vt. Died July 19, 1858. Today’s Anniversaries OUR AIM FOR 1943 We strive at all times your loyal patronage and ¢t with renewed vigor we set the very peak of good service for your favorite bread, MALONEY’S BAKER BOY. 1737—Silas Deane, Connecticut American agent in; to be wor Died Sept. { 1821—William F. Poole, noted , z mre j librarian, born Peabody, Mass. \Died in Chicago, Match 1, 1894. Phila- ' ‘pai Sore wae 1745—Benjamin Rush, aris sand A HAPPY, PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR JEWELER 517 Fleming Street Key Wi Died April 19, 1933 Lhd TAP LILLALLL A MP 1784—Chauncey Rose, Terre | THE SEASON'S BEST WISHES to our FRIENDS and CUSTOMERS MALONEY BROS. BAKERY 812 Fleming Street Phone 818 born 1809—Christopher (“Kit”) Car} n, hunter, trapper, scout and : - “Al the Credit You Want’ he ok —s love of your Life WILL YOUR “HEART” FINGER! Give her a DIAMOND ENSEMBLE There is no time more appropriate than the holidays and there's no gift more appropriate for the one lady! FILELLCLLLLLACLELL LLL | & Le dehedededeedeedediiiéts 4B, » & & \ s ) A i) ) \ » ) » 4 cs » war WE REPEAT AGAIN— Another year has roll time again to express best wishes NEW YEAR for CHRIS The Words we what we have said other words are adequate, s our hearts “MERRY CHRISTMAS and A HAPPY NEW YEAR™ J. R. 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