The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 27, 1943, Page 2

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The Citizen is an open and invites discus- sioqof public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- m MEMBER FLORIDA PRESS ASSOCIATION 7 NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION yy THE KEY WEST CITIZEN @ | I “WILL always seek the %thdbt fear and wineet Al ole. vel ftraid to attack wrong or to appladd right; filways fight for progress; fever’ be thé ‘or- un or the miouthpiece of ‘any Persbn, elitiva, 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- j { DUTY IN THIS HOUR OF STRESS As a rule, he who helps ir 2 worthy | cause, and is not remunerated for what he | does similar work and is paid for it. | But that rule does not hold true in | this war. Thousands of Americans are la- boring without compensaton. to help che i justly censured for doing their duty. members of draft boards. The greater their effort to be fair to everybody, the more | they are unduly criticized, and the criticism ! frequently becomes a volume of denuncia- tion. Throughcut the country have come stories of chairmen of draft boards who | ‘have been obliged to resign because of overwork or the pressure that has been brought upon them not to include this or that man among the inductees on the ground that he has dependents, when investiga- tions have shown that so-called dependents have had other sources of income. Members of raticning boards, who serve without pay, also are objects of <le- jburciatory remarks. All these men have but yidneighiect in view: to help Uncle Sam make a goed job of ridding the world of war lords whose’ aim is to enslave us. > However, there are unpaid workers amonz us whom we unstintedly praise. Lo- cally, we have the Key West Woman’s Club which conducts a Red Cross sewing room, where en average of 50 women a week sew and knit ard roll bandages for our men at does, is commended far more than he who ; | war-effort, and, in some ‘instances. are un. | That fact is particularly applicable to | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | Should the Sale of Alcoholic Beverages Be Barred Moderated by FRED G. CLARK General Chairman American Economic tion i Foundat Fs As debated by The Hon. W. Lee O’Daniel Former Governor, Nave United States Senator from the State of Texas, SEN. O'DANIEL OPENS: In my opinion drinking places and the sale of alcoholic beverages should be barred from our Armed Service Camps and trom certain designated | adjacent territories for precisely the same reason that practically all civ- | illan factories and training schools | now ‘prohibit the sale and consump- tion of liquor to employees on duty and in some cases saloons and drink- ing establishments are barred from the vicinities of factories and schools. Liquor establishments constitute a |! dangerous environment which im- pedes progress, retards training. and causes accident-. This question is not alone one of morals, health, or humanitarian treatment. It is a question of economy and of increasing the efficiency of our fight- ing men who are engaged in saving the nation. Our boys cannot fly planes, drive tanks, man submarines, or perform other modern-warfare operations if their bodies and minds are drugged with alcohol in any degree. Texas pioneered the movement in 1917 to protect millions of our soldier youths from the dangers of the liquor | traffic. That statute, rigidly enforced, had a marked constructive effect upon the efficiency of our armed | forces. We had such legislation dur- | ing World War 1. We won that war; we want to win this war, so why not adopt the same policy? | MR. ELDREDGE CHALLENGES: The present efficiency and sobriety | of our men, under ‘existing condi- Around Army Camps? __ Lavrenee H. Eldredge Prof. of Law, U. of Pennsvleaiiia Pres. Pennsylvania Ale: Reverage Study. Inc. MR. ELDREDGE OPENS: Propos- als to prohibit the sale of liquor te men in uniform are based on the assumption these men present & spe- cial problem and are less able than civilians to take care of themselves. ‘That ‘assumption is fallacious. Ask the Japs on Guadalcanal! OW! re- cently released its nation-wide sur- vey of liquor problem in military camps, and reported, “drinking does not constitute a serious problem.” My organization's survey of ten ‘camps three states confirms this state- mént. Commanding officers, provost mashals and the Secretaries of War and Navy know the facts and unan- imously oppose prohibition for their men. i Licensed places can be controlled by civil and military authorities. The illegally operating clandestine spéak- easy and the itinerant bootlegger inevitably spring up when legal sales of liquor are prohibited and they | are much more difficult to locate and contro. The atmosphere of some licensed taverns needs improvement but by and large they are far better than ‘the hidden dive with its moon- shine and other ‘evils. a | ‘This is no time to bar service men from relaxations permitted civilians or to divert military personnel to | fighting bootleggers, Commanding of- | ficers know best how to handle their ten and they don’t want any med- dling by ill-advised legislation. SEN. O’DANIEL CHALLENGES: We are not discussing national pro- hibition. This question deals solely with the Army and Navy and th “held a meeting yesterday in San Key WisT DAYS GONE BY FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN OF JANUARY 27, 1933 Edward A. Strunk, treasurer of |SHOPPER’S DAY r WEDNESDAY, JANUARY ne Eee ! 27, 1948 IN PARIS, FRANCE RA (By Associated Prew) BERNE, Switzerland, Jan. ‘27. Paris papers publish this time- table of a day’s shopping by a Paris housewife: 7:00 a. m—To the baker's. Bought bread. There will be some the Monroe Council for Unemploy- ‘rusks at 11 o'clock. ment Relief, “announced: today that thete Would’be two ips da this week for relief workers, ‘-sributed before Saturday. Lao. Bing The Key West Municipal Carlos School rooms, ai which E: Connor wes elected president and Charles H. Ketchum honorary president. 53 George Gomez, agent in Key West for the Florida Motor Ve- hicle Commission, announced to- day that only 400 tags have been sold thus far this year in Monroe county. Only one-third of the re- quired number of licenses have been issued in the county, Mr. Go- mez stated, adding that arrests of ail motorists who have not pur- chased tags, will begin after Jan- uary 31. Vandals in Key West continue to destroy plants and rosebushes in yards, $0 it was reported today to the conservation committee in this citv. A movement has been started to apprehend the vandals. . The Florida Growers Avocado Exchange has filed an objection to, ihe ruling of the United States Custon’s Courts that Cuban-grown avecados be admitted into this} country free of duty. Civic organi- | zations and residents generally in| Key West fought to obtain the! i; ruling by the court, and, it was 9:00 a. m—Meat day, but the jttcher'says it will not be dis- 7 9:30 aim—To the dairy. They ware expecting the cheese to come in at+five o'clock. 10 a:'m—To the tripe shop. My number, 32, wiil come up at 4 p.m. 10:30 ‘a’ m—To fhe “grécer’s Ther> will be some vegetables ot 5 9. -n. 11 a. m—Back at the bake: small chitterling sai 5 p. m—To y cheese arrived there early. is none eft 5:30 p. m—To the grocer’s vegetables. Onc Icttuce head. 6 p. m.—Finished shopping for the day. Results: Some-bread, on sauege, one lettuce head. the No erseas Bridge Corporation. Word from Tallahassee was to the effect that it was not known when the court would render its de William L. Bates, treasurer of the. Key .. West, Chapter of th American Red Cross, . issued @ Statement today jof the emounts collected, in. Key, West for Red Cross service since 1929. The sum for three years 2mounts $1, 231.86. Undergraduates of the Univer REEL LIFE By ROBBIN COONS _AP Features Service Writer HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 27 —When i America s houseseepers are in tae throes of figuring out the pomt- rationing system, tr)..; to put three and two together to add up to 2 meal, they may take some comfort from coking upon the plight of Hollywood. which already has to plan its rations Mofths in advance. Hollywood is air Set by snerta@es tin stock, in céid-eremati, ae im / leading men ganeto Wee ats? to feed the players who are ieft— what'to feed them, that is m front of the camera. What Hollywood needs for this combuttation provhet- ophet tr t foods will be plemie? time the pictuve = re< e chef to take what sore be- Audiences are critical their pec ikely to om the be more screen as h more re diniemat couldiets « ning long cnewtipise and gentler “your attentior | That carv tistically devis Fidgeon drooling On the other there zation; tolerant of others’ rights, views and | opinions: print only news that will ‘elevate ‘and not contaminate the reader; nevér com- | | winning of the war. This proposal stated today, the ruling will re- to bar liquor from Army camps ap- | main in effect, despite the objec- plies only for the duration. Every- | tions of the growers on the main- he front, . tions, exceeds that of 1917. 1 agree Some philosopher has said that th: | tha, men should not drink while on military duty. But military camps sity of Florida will make addre: r : school of food thought here th in 38 high schools in the state . s it would be shee \ | | | | ‘promise with principle. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ° ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and'Sewerage. More Hotels and Apartments, Beach ‘and Bathing Pavilion. - Aijrpurts—Land asd Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- | ernments. A’Moderh City Hospital. New the other ‘guy has to pay taxes, top. ~ Some people spurn the devil but have na(jualms against drinking his broth. ~ Nearly every citizen can buy a War Bond, thus putting up some of the sinews of war. ~ Every time a congressman becomes in- conved* about something he starts an inves- tigation. Not many of us are like our stomachs, which complain only when they have no work id do. General Eisenhower now ‘understan' tligt i€ is impossiblé to ithse every ( rdyardiess of What happen}. { ‘ ¥ ' anne en eenes a: rt , Democracies must substitute in p faith in their leaders for the obedience that thes dietators obtain by force. Ps “. Wonder what thoughts now occupy the nifid of the admiral who predieted that he wotld-dictate peace in the White House. — The mistake that some business men make is in preparing for business they hope lo gret*the while ‘neglecting business they have ‘gotten. _ ™, Ifyou wish ta know. what is happening inthe war, confine your reading <o one “expent ;">ifixeu tackle two wit bgvome confused ined pik eps. 2 5) w 4éiigedom fora position to offer a king- | dém for'a horse, but équires would come ‘n hendy .curing gas rationing days. po “ The German radio is shrieking about thé barbaric bombing of Beflin, but ‘the Nazis should remember Rotterdam, ‘War- say, London, ‘Coveritry ‘and wayside points. The reason why the white collar cla4s géts itn the neck, optically and econémic- aiff, isbecewuse there ‘are so many pédple whp_are sdtistieti just to be in the White caftarrclass, : ; who: was ih action at Midway and has seen .or; three you | mOst satisfying payment for work is appre- ciaticn. That sentiment reaches something in the human system that mere money can- not touch. Members of the Key West Woman’s Club labor long and labor hard while in- spired by thoughts that the things they are making will reach men who are fighting to preserve our homes and our democratic form cf government. They receive the most gratifying pay —appreciation. A thousand and one ‘stories have come from the front in which were wounded ard unwounded service men “or the bandages and sweaters and other chings | | devoted daughters at home. Key West Woman’s Club who sew and knit, they are doing their stress. duty OPINION OF A FIGHTER the aircraft carrier, the airplane, or any- thing else, is the one thing that will win | the war,” declares Lieutenant Harold H. ; Larsen, commander of the Navy’s famous | Torpedo Squadron 8. | The Lieutenant, now on leave in this | | country, explains that “it’s the combina- tion of all that will win”, and adds that e cooperation of the Army, Navy and avines,in the Pacific is excellent.” -is the report of the naval officer four months of action off Guadalcanal ; since last September. In twenty-seven at- tacks against Japanese ships and ground positions, the squadron has lost only one Plane and not a single pilot. In nine tor- | pedo attacks, it has hit every type of Jap- | enese ship from battleship to destroyer, although, he admits, the Japanese “threw | a lot of lead at us.” It might be a good idea to get a certi- fied copy of the Lieutenant’s interview for distribution among the armchair and typewriter strategists who are always iell- | | ing us how the war should be won and in- sisting upon a unifiéd command. FRENCHMEN ARE CHEAP ‘A dispatch fro witzerland says that | a number of trains Germany carrying | ‘workers each week to demonstrate “Euro-_ pean solidarity.” j The interesting thing is that the police | | round up the workers. The theory back-of | the enforced servitude for’an enemy power | | is that Germany .will release ‘prisoners of | ‘war. Seldom has a ‘great nation fallen to ‘‘a Tower state than ‘the so-called French | |‘Governnient. It barters its‘manpower like cattle and, under the leadership of ‘Laval, | placates ‘the Germans by ‘the sacrifice ‘cf! | Frenchmen. | related the grateful remarks mate by our ! that were made for them by Uncle Sam’s | All praise to those war workers in the | ni Mabie HE TA Lares Ma oa es at ioe cw Ra hour after hour, actuated by the knowledge | 2 in this hour of | “It is foolish to say that the battleship, | | the spending of more than $4,000,- | | ment whieh serves doctors, nurses, | of coffee she | among the city hospitals dwintile are the men’s present homes as well as training grounds. When they are off duty and relaxing they deserve to be tréated at least as well as civilians. Permitting beer in the camps, under the watchful eyes of | officers who can control excesses, | “is a healthy and sensible arrange- ment,” according to the OWI report. Without it many men would leave eamp and some would get stronger liquor. My opponent forgets that prohibition does not prohibit. SEN. O’DANIEL REPLIES: My opponent evidently blinded by the ghost of national prohibition, still misses the pertinent point in the argument. 1 am not discussing na- tional prohibition, I simply propose that, as a business proposition, the Government Work Shops and Train- |.ing Schools adopt, for the duration, | the sathe policy as all. successful | domestic ‘factories and schools have body admits that sober men make better soldiers, If they cannot obtain liquor while on duty, they remain sober while on duty. That rule now applies ‘to civilians in all successful | factories and schools. While off duty, the soldier and sailor will enjoy the same rights and privileges as civilians do while off duty, as far as buying and drinking liquor is concerned. MR. ‘ELDREDGE REPLIES: The | fact, is that our service men, under present conditions, do “remain sober while on duty.” Senator O’Daniel in- fers our men are now drinking on duty and impairing their efficiency. No officer would tolerate such a sit- uation for an instant. Commanding officers, re: ible for military mo- | rale, Unattersbly oppose the O’Daniel | proposal. They know better than he does how to build: an efficient army. { Taking beer from canteens would | adopted and followed for many years. This means that soldiers, the | same as civilians, shall not drink while on duty, yet both, while off duty, may patronize any legally- | established liquor store and drink if | they desire. By ADELAIDE KERR AP Features Writer i You think you have your head-: | aches with food rationing? Then! {listen to the beef and butter wor- | s of Ella Ennis, who is respon- sible for feeding 35,000 people a i day. H She is director of dietetics of , New York City hospitals. Controls ; 000 a year on food. Direets its dis- | tribution and delivery to 24 insti- ; tutions infive boroughs. Plans all! the dietary and household equip-} | patients and staff. Aid does it with a grin. | The people who work with her } say that there is probably no) other woman who could do her? job. Sane has been with the De-) partment of Hospitals 85 years, | knows the ropes, never gives up, { never loses her temper and never j raises her voice. She has a husky , contralto voice, level blue eyes, ‘aj friendly smile. | “nange,” she said. “Canned | goods arid dried fruits afte the § headache now. We get into dif- | ficulty before rationing starts i in dhything, ‘because ‘we ‘ate | such biz buyers ‘anid “need so rmuch. We were down to one ; “This place is like a stock ex- cup of coffee a’day ménths be- | fore coffee was rationed.” Miss Ennis has seen the amount has to apportion from 135,545 pourids in ‘the last | quarter of “42. ‘Her ‘sugar supply went down from 485,090:to'285,160 pounds. Once she had 70,000 pounds of beef a week to allot to various institutions. Now She works with 353000 potirids and sa} that there was a time When ‘she’ could get. only 19,000 pounds a week. Her butier’supply has gone , from 400 tubs averaging 64 | pounds each) a-week to 75 per cent ‘of that. And sometims she is able to corral only 200 tubs. ‘was the ‘worst prob- lem.” ‘said. “We are ration- © ‘ed in the same proportion asa 4 family. But we are really manu- facturers, because we make all ee ; creams, etc. Besides, 1 Pital from sending the sugar.” ‘about the time of the attack on/ ‘teams. create intense resentment’ among ‘sol- diers and lower morale. We believe | our men have the maturity, judg- ment and ability to face the enemy successfully. Shall we add, “but you haven't enough of what it takes to face a drink?” we need extra sugar for special patients gettina a hish sugar allowea-e, The dietitians in all the hos- | pitals naturally are as ecoriomi- cal as possible. And so far we | have m3naged so that only the doctors, nurses and staff feel the food rationin. Tne patients « » on just as before, though we ef- « fect some economics such as but- tering their bread instedd of | serving butter pats,” Miss Ennis works: under the di- rection of Dr. Edward Bernecker, | Commissioner of Hospitals. She | hes approved ‘the application of makes prodigious reports 6n re- quirements to the Purchase De- partment, whose buyers do: the|{ buying. Then it’s Miss Ennis’ job to apportion supplies to meet ev-| erybody’s ‘heéd. “One weekend one of our hos- Pitals ran out of sugar because its allotment had not been ap- Froved by the Rationing Boara,” she sad. “So we telephoned around till we found another hospital that would lend‘it some ‘atid arranged to transport it. Just before it went sg’ the Board's approval arri We're rationed on gasdline too—can’t afford to waste any. So we had to rush around and stop the hos- i Miss Ennis was due to retire, Pearl Harbor. Instead she’stepped imto heavier ‘harness. She likes to} say she has “one f6ot in and one; fent out of her, ieb,” but her staff will tell you “She wouldn’t quit now for anything. She'll be here! for the duration.” | VARIOUS BALL TEAMS WASHINGTON. — Nicaragua| the large$tCentral American re- public, has more than 200 baseball | dirpatch from Washington in to-| land, chiefly in lower,Dade coun- Mrs. G. N. Goshorn today called a meeting of the Monroe County Farent-Teacher Association, of which she is president, to be held Wednesday atfernoon. February 1, in the Harris schoolhouse. Fern Chapter, Order of the | Eastern Star, will conduct a,sock | social on Tuesday evening, Feb- ruary 7, in.the Scottish Rite Hall, Eaton and Simonton streets. The Knights of Golden Eagle Military Drum and Bugle Corps |are arranging for a dance to be) | given at the Cuban ‘clubhouse on, | Friday evening, February 7. | Mrs. Charles Taylor, wife of the | manager of the Porter Dock Com- | pany, returned yesterday from a; | visit to Miami. Captain Ernest Roberts and Jack Mathews left yesterday for DIETICIAN HAS ONE BKG HEADACHE in Finthker Abram Carey, who had been in | Tavernier two weeks visiting rela- | tives, returned yesterday atfer-' | noon. ‘ The Citizen in an editorial para- graph today says: ’ “Did you ever stop to think that scientists are most of the time try- ing to unlearn what was “learned” them? Sort of obtaining a synthe- tic hv means of a reduction pro-| cess.” January 26, 1933 H According to an Associated’Press doy’s Citizen, the War Department the Overseas Bridge Corporation te build bridges to connect the Overseas ‘Highway. sey Harry Baker, building inspeetor, reported today that there was a decided falling off in building ver- mits during the week ending Jan- uarv 26. Only one permit was is- sued. The Rev. Thomas J. McGrath | was one of the principal speakers ; at fhe luncheon of the Key West | Rotarv Club todav. His subject was “Felowship.” General Rivers. a retired armv officer, spoke of life in the army. Mrs. Sarah Jane Saunders, 71, | _| died ‘at 8:30 o'clock this morning ; in her residence at 1100 Southard street. i } Arguments were made yester-| day in the Florida supreme court George J. Rosenthal and” = hb Photie 66° .@ FURNITURE UPHOLSTEREL BAeessesessesessne from January 30 tc February 2, inclusive. Aquilino Lopez, Jr., will make the address in the Key West High School. Joe Cabrera, of the frim of Ca- brera Brothers, has returned from a business trip to Miami. Mrs. Quintan Lopez arrived from Miami todav to visit rela- tives in Key West. Mrs. J. B. Maloney left yester- day for Miami, where she will visit ‘for a week or so. Mrs. Clara Curry, of Eaton street. left yesterday to visit rela- tives and friends at Islamorada. ‘Mrs. Mamie “Acheson, fajowing a‘stav ‘of two weeks in Key West, returned yesterday to her home in Miami. A successful sock social was held in the Parish Hall last night bv the Woman’s Guild of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. The Citizen says today in an editorial paragraph: “Unlike Senator Trammel, Sen- ator Fletcher voted to silence Kingfish Long in_ his filibuster. Doesn't believe in Long speeches, anyway.” ‘Relief for Miseries of branes, (2)-soothes irritation, and (3) helps clear cold-clog- , gone to work ; chons. jall tough | start writing fan Pidgeon or any other actor to carve even a simulated when meat is scarce. There are some, even more con servative. who believe the screen should give up eating scenes for the duration — glossing over such lapses when necessary by scene showing hero and ‘heroine at the kitchen sink washing the dishes, or waiters removing their empty plates after the fact. eee A meal served to Mary Martin, Dick Powell and Victor Moore in “True to Life” had a lovelv ersatz sirloin as the entree. If their gus tatorv reactions seem convincing, it’s sheer acting. But the studio has n a permanent sup- ply of plaster roas*s, steaks ant, to serve for the duration, and varied enoti¢lt so that audiences won't see the same cuts in film after film and. letters ‘to the mest instead of to the stars. This will be all very well but there again you run into the need- less crueltv angle. Ever notice ast | smokers fidget when actors light | up on the screen? Ever see the lok in the eve of a man hungry for | red meat? eek sees es ——- @———_ H. £. CANFIELD, M. D. Specialist in Diseases of tne EYES. EARS, NOSF and THROAT Will See Patients Each Evening at Dr, Gatey’s Office. 417 Fast, Dependable Freight ‘ahd Exprecs Service —between— MIAMI AND KEY WEST Alse Serving All Points On Florida Keys Between Miami ‘and Key West TY VRBSea ST