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The Key 4) West Citizen THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. Published Dally, Except Sunday, by P, Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County lorida, as second class ntered at Key W MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRES The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatehes credited to redited in this paper and also the $19.00 | 5.40 | BE CALM, BOYS, BE CALM A Key Wester told thrée friends, one after the other, “I’ve got so much business | it’s driving me mad; I’m a fit subject for | Chattahoochie.” The first friend said, “How about | making it a party of two? I'll go along with you.” The second commented, “Say, how about our organizing a delegation? I know ia lot of fit subjects, including myself.” The third observed, earn money in these times, takes a streak of madness to pile it up in - | big bundles-” FECIAL NOTICE “All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutioss of et, obituary notices, ete., of 10 cents a lin es for enter ¢ ix to be derived are 5 cents a line. rhe sfon of public lasuen and subjects of local or ener interest’ Lut it will not publish anonymous comm tations MEMBER {FLORIDA PRESS ASSOCIATION NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION y 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; gue fight for progress; never be. the or- deamor the mouthpiece of any person, clique, ;, Fsacton or class; always do its utiiost for the ° P'public welfare; never tolerate corruption or “injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue, .Zcommend good done by individual or organ- ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and _. opinions: print only news that will elevate "and not contaminate the reader; never com- ™ promise with principle. EE eee .. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN | Water and Sewerage. Mote Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airpurts—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- érnments. A Modern City Hospital. * = a Politi tracted, it hounds you to the Braye. Per ene « When you feel disposed to highhat anybody, search your own conscience and! you will, instead, humble yoursélf before | sod. ris seems to be the combination that knocsing out the Germans in Russia: pitler’ s “intuition” idage.” Hitler’s lies of a yeat ago, about the | “gnnihilation” of the Russian army, picked dawn to their pin feathers, have now come ame to roost, When the husky struts on the home ont, we, can’t help thinking how much, dre feonvineing he would ‘iook sonusshel igs oye re Airings line. ; \\ ERS Albtitch in time saves nine, And’ aa Witch of one City Councilman,’ t houg hn uelay ed, but a-switch just the same, saves ike people of Key West mitch accute annoy- ance over the piling up of decaying garbage. & ie a & will be charged for at | ment by churches from which | + | apex is a vhronic disease : ones: cone; and Stalin’s ‘“‘camon- | | Running a grocery or merchandise store has | The ey Wester wasn’t looking for sympathy when he hoochie; he was actually “up against it.’ It has been his practice all his lite to turn out work promptly, and he champs the bit and keeps on champing it, | are given him the larger becomes the num- ber | his attention. Why doesn’t he get | there’s the 1ub! Why more help? Ah, | or eight months, one of the three men de- | <lared, “If they take either of my two key | > | men, Int’ going to shut up shop.” And-ans other man has been losing his help fastes } him to be unjustly criticized because he had ‘ound it an impossibility to give as prompt seivice as his office had been in. the habit lot giving. become the less he is able to be prompt and efficient. And it should be borne in mind, too, that if you unstring the nerves at the of the business, nervous disorder is sensed throughout the structure of the or- ganization. The best advice to distraught business men is this: Be calm, boys, be calm. FANTASTIC! The better brains’ of the country have .been drawn into the, war administration. | -Polities-has to be forgotten when a-burglar has a gun at your head. public mind, as they compared with Mdetratked in, the have seemed superficial the war. 4 Bureaucracy has run wild in Washing- | ton, ‘the simplest acts in family life have been made complicated issues. One has but to read the requirements for cutting up beef see how confused a local butcher must be. | beccme a problem so complicated that | stores are going out of business by the thou- sands. Instead of receiving cooperation from | | ened with a $10,000 fine or ten years in jail, comply. the results they are accomplishing. The. "the production and distribution problems gn ‘the home front to back up our whole} war effort. But they are beginning to open their eyes to waste and confusion and poli- tics-as-usual on the home front. The situation has become fantastic and itis high time that thousands of bureaucrats £ Literary critics say rightly, “Suspense | who never raiseda chicken, a hog, or a cow, ifeessential to a good story.’ Sispense in the United States today con- cérns the story of the W8val battle going on in the Southwest Pa- | cffic. The Germans are observing four days | of, mourning, aver the loss of. their sixth vimy at Stalingrad, and:the day of reckon- ng has not PPtiGome, How fortunate they | would be. sete kbgtty 9 0Ening to be con- ‘ned to only se eS * The acme of | and who never produced an article by man- ual labor, and who never maintained a _pay- outcome of the | roll or sold a yard of goods, be replaced by men who know something cf the actual | problems of production and distribution. | tic affairs as they have in military affairs. THE ONLY BENEFICIARIES i: The'se-called Ruml tax plan. wood skip inéome taxes on the year. 1 or- | der to place tax payers on a pay-as-you-go | basis. It would have other Seat ‘For ex- We know of some Rey Westers who ample, Leon Henderson says that an an- \yve peeved because they have to substitute | alysis of business profits, under price con- cleomargarine for butter. No program that | trol, indicates that 1942 profits for corpora- gomes in over the air irks the writer onz- venth as much as Drew Pearson’s “I Pre- dict.” The reason is because one man’s pre- | diction is as good as another’s. Despite tha: attitude we venture a prediction: Bef tions will be nearly 300 per cent more than in 1939, before taxes are deducted. Naturally, if taxes are deducted, un- der a pay-as-you-go plan, the profits would ° remain. Corporations and individuals, with the war is over we'll be glad to get oleomar- | extraordinary profits in 1942, would be the garine, | only beneficiaries of the proposed plan. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ——— TO MY SONS IN THE SERVICE (Deditated to All Those Who Fitht for Freedom) Humble I am and proud I am To know that each of you Hes placed our cause above your joys, Your livés, your labors, too, And left the easy dreams of youth To fight fer truth. Befcie madnets seized the earth Row carefree wet yéur Ways! “Anybody can | but it really | spoke about’Chatts- | because the | | harder he strives to compiete the jobs that | of new jobs, resulting in an ever- in- | creasing bulk of unfinished work awaiting | don’t two of the! three men to whom he spoke about Chatta- | hoochie get more help? As iong ago as six | | than he could employ newcomers, causing | The very worst thing that can happen | to a business man, or a man in any other | calling, in these abnormal times, is to be- | | come jittery. The more unstrung his nerves ‘(i Domestic problems have #éen ‘largely t in order to comply with price ceilings, to | Dy be, | 9 What does a British aviator | the government bureaus, everyone is thredt- | or both, as the penalty for every failure to | The people are heart and soul for wih- | ning the war on the battlefront. Boys from | every family are there. We are proud of | people are also heart and soul for winning.’ Let brains come to the top in domes- | But renee And’ face the foe. ¥ Phat f ayy for lil symbol aie : You sprang to-arind, ‘Crim evidkage i in your gaze. , ) You were aitieng the first to go ha i si a ecb For truth and right. ¥ ak wager Amid t! To sttugg ‘Thanh tt be butt the will hate on towael hope for all, And Freedom’: fair estate; upon your grave, THAT you will save. Scheer A, la: ing peace The right: of Saeeen oe “i ree sweat cf a We have no wards t Your perfect i Never forget. Ang by your effcrt and Peoples shall have new bi mankind shall galtent tons, you Whe faiiet tearn We never can aed on ea ee revail, Vs you for debt, And though yoa ask no recompense, Your acts: shall remain God "hon ed isk The parzgens of bravery As they are es of pain. your goal. Adieu, you. DR. V. A. AVAKIAN. Chattancoga, Tenn., January pied 1943. WHO KNOWS? ANSWERS Of ON PA! PAGE FOUR 1. When did Libya? 2. How long was Leningra | besieged by the Germans? | 3. Can you tell, within 500, the {number of allied and neutral ships ’siink’ by Germany in the iret World War? 4: Who is Juan Antonio Rios? | 5. Can you name the chairmen of the Democratic and Republican | National Committees? Italy acquire id |goat correspond to what Marine Corps mascot? 7. What is mednt by an “ex- jecutive session” of a committee {or legislative body? 8. Has the silver certificate a blue or gold seal? jmean: by “prang’? 10.:Why did King George VI of} |England recently proclaim a hos- |pital room in Ottawa, Canada, a |temporary part of the Nether- |lands? LEGALS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE | ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT AND FOR MONROR COUNTY. CHANCERY. IN we No. 8-462 GRATTON, Plaintiff, DIVORCE GEORGE 1 vs. DA E. GRATTON, orp! hu STATE oF FLORIDA; Reg: iA E. RESIDENCE Pit is heceiy ordscen tnad Fou ‘required to_appear on the Ist day of March, 1943, before the above plaint filed against you in the above | entitled cause, and The Key West | Citizen is hereby designated as the newspaner in which this order shall be published once a week for four (4) consecutive weeks. Witness the Honorable Arthur Gomez as One of the Judges of this |Court.and@ the Seal of this Court in ithe City of Key West, Monroe Coun- ty, Florifa, this 27th day of Janu- ary. 1943. (SEAL) Ross C Sawyer Clerk Cireuit Court, Monroe County, Florida. By: Kathleen Nottage, Depaty Clerk. Jan28 ;feb4-11-18.1943 | LEGAL NOTICE : * notified, 1 Operat- Norida, to in of the Moser | All persons arg |that a reduest has \the United Stafes Na jing Base, @lose the draw: ‘Chansel Draw! aie fariyiaers Office’ at Miami Beach, Plorida, and any person wishing [to interpose an objection to such i ida. i Werks Oficer, Noval Of ‘Pub forks Officer, Naval Op- _ eraing Base, Key West, Florida. @iréction of the Commandant. Jan’ to febs OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, IN | te ; ted Bi a entitled court to the Bill of Com- | aa Wea no A: cent a \ Seates! = LEGALS CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ‘MH JUDICIAL CincuIT STATE OF one ees IN IN inopwrra kD _ Plaintiff : vs. pivénren. DONALD L. KING, Defendant OF PUBLICATION wr 2 ST. e RID! ri you are to appear on the Ia fa 3, before the abe Mika oeaire to the B.ll of Com fed against yi j ted cau | cen os here s- jpaper in which this order shall be onseeiitive weeks. Honorable Arthur the Judges of this eal of this Court in West, Monroe Coun- Florida, this 13th day january, 194% ) the City of Kk t Toss © Sawyer Cl ay uit Court, Monroe County, arf By (8a.) Kathleen Nottage, Deputy Clerk, | jan 14-21-28; feb4,1943 in THE Cc OF THE CoUN- sop MONROE COUNTY, state LORIDA, IN PRO- |In_re the Estate of JOS: ~ ALBURY, Deveased. | NOMCE OF INTENTION TO MAKE APPLICATION FOR FINAL DISCHARGE > (Probate Law 19:3) To All Whom It May Concern: Noticesis hereby given that Jen- nie A. Malone, Administratrix de t nis cum testamento annexo, "has {ile@ her final report as admine rix of) the estate of Joseph V. ceased; that she filed Hon for final discharge, and that she will apply to the Honorable R. Lord. County Judge of | ¥, Florida. on the 2nd ch, A. Bh, 1943, for ap- me and for final dise dministratrix as afore- sestate of Joseph V. Al- bury, dépea&ed, on this 27th day of | January, 1943. . « JENNIE A. MALONE, | Administratrix, de bonis non cum testamento annexo, of the estate of Joseph V. Albury, deceased. | Jan28.feb4-11-18,1943 \aw THR CIRCUET COURT oF TH ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CrRc IN AND FOR MONROE COU “STATE OF FLORIDA. CERY, Cane No. 8-484 SLIZABRTH J. NEWELL CASBARIAN, | her Plaintiff. Dt { vs. ‘VORCE {VARTAN G. CASBARIAN, ORDER OF PU mL CATION v0: SARTAN G. CASBARIAN, 425 Essex Avenue. Chevy Chase, Maryland, Zou EE nerohy required to 99. | ete forthe INF of Complaint for oree"in th re evened eause on tha Ist day of; M; D. 1943, [Sten ine one wl erie therem confesse | “Done and Ordered this 27th gay of January, A. D. 1943. Ross C Sa@~er kes ireult Court, Monroe County... Blor’ By ‘Say Kae isin RS De} | THOMAS 8, CARO, Solicitor for the Plaintiff. jan28 ;feb4-11-18,1943 Subsctive to The Citizen. ewww wee crwwrwe~. Funeral Service 6224444444 44444. a IN CHAN- \— | KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE ‘BY FROM FILES OF Ti OF THE CITIZEN OF FEBRUARY 4 1933 THUEPSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1943 Today's Anniversaries _ 1683—Judah Monis, converted Hebrew scholar, Harvard Hebrew teacher, 1722-60, born in Algiers. == Died April 25, 1764. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Howard, | who had been in Key West vis- | iting friends and then went to | Miami, returned here for another | short stay. . Eight Cuban ref who fled ; from their’native | in a-small , Beat to escape persecution of the \ 'Nyachado government, arrived" » here yesterday and were released: © on their own recognizante by to- | cal immigration authorities. A thief entered the annex of the First Methodist Church yesterday and stole the Rev. J. G. Stradley’s ; typewriter from his study. The theft was reported to the sheriff's office and a search for the culprit is being made. Charles Sands, catpain of the Golden. Eagles Military Drum and Bugle Corps, made an interesting talk to members of that organiza- tion at a meeting held last night. | City councilmen, at a meeting held last night, decided to make further retrenchments in the op- cration costs of the city following ja lengthy discussion of the'city’s financial condition. A special ‘meeting has been’ calléd for next “Thursday night when ail heads of‘ departments will be -'preserit to; give their views of the —— action. The Altar Guild of St. Paul's Church will give an oyster supper on Monday night. Onu Tuesday afternoon, Feb- ruary 14, from 3 to 6 o'clock, the Key West Woman’s Club will cive a Valentine bridge in the Woman’s clubhouse on Division street. Rev. F. X. Dougherty, S. J., who was in Miami, recuperating from a severe attack of flu, returned to Key West yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Walter Kemp, of William street, who had been in Miami visiting her children, returned yesterday. Members of Fern Chapter of the Eastern Star he'd a meeting last night to make. preparations. for the entertainment of Grand Ma-; tron Mrs. Kathryn McKay on her | arrival'in Key West. 4 | Alfred Kemp and his niece, Miss Alida Kemp, who had been. .visit- | ing relatives in Kev West, left yes- terday for their home in Coconut | | 6 The army mule and the navy | Published once a week for four (4) Grove. © | Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Pinder, who {had been in Kev West to atterd | the funeral services of Mrs. Pin- "| der’s father, Georgé B. Curry, re- | turned yesterday to their home in | Islamorada. * The Citizen says today in an editorial paragraph: “There are two noticeable kinds of people interested in public of- ficials. those who criticize an of- | ficial during his life and and those who deliver beautiful panegyrics, after his death, on the life he led.” Todav’s Horoséope we ee | Teday gives a fluent tongue, i ready. ven, en. adven | enterprising . ig. a most a nitions one. -Surgess ik the land comfort World’s or pra d are indicated. Wemen b is day} are often blessed with twin: chil- IED: | Curtiss-Wright to pay 600 piel to attend engincering colleges. | FVVEVT CV CCT KEY WEST BEDDING £9: |515 Front Street " Phoite 66° The Southernmost Mattress * | ¥Faetory in the United States’ | @® MATTRESSES RENOVATE — @ FURNITURE Ah Kin AANA OF at Dz. Galey’s Office. 417 Eaton Street 7:0 to 8:00 1722—Josiah Quiney, Boston mayor, Harvard president, most illustrious of a noted family, born Today's Birthdays Erich Leinsdorf, conductor of the Metropolitan Opera. New York, born in Austria, 31 years ago. Rev. Dr. Beverly P. E. bishop of Cleveland, Warsaw, Va. 61 yeers ago. Tucker bom > " ‘years président of William Col- Charlies A. Lindbergh. now en- gaged in geronavtical research. born in De 41 years ago. Braintree, Mass. Died July 1, 1864. Seat Rear Admiral David F. Sellers, born Austin; Tex. €9 years age. John rk. @7 1792—James G. Birney, famed abolitionist, anti-slavery Presi- ot candidate, born Danvil! Dicd Nov. 25, 1857: Maj. Gen 36 born New Y: H Hughes. 1802—Mark Hopkins, for years ago. famed American educator, Henry Monsky Mass. Diec B'nai Brith leader years ag Omaha. 33 born lege, born’ Stockbridge, June 17, 1887. Dr. dent 1822—Edward F. Beale. nava officer, dispatch-bearer, compan ion cf Kit Carson, surveyor-pi neer of West, born D. C Die. April 22, 1893. 1870—John Mitchell, a miner York, playwr at 12, labor leader, United Mine cag v Workers president, born Braid wed, Il Died Sept. 9, 1919. ght “Today lay Ini istory he a found a being 1861—The Confederate States of America organized at Mont gdmery;: Ala. STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE TRIUMPH COFFEE MILLS AT ALL 1887—U. S. Interstate Com- merce .Commission established. 1899—Revolt against American rule in the Philippines. William C. Gorgas yellow 1901—Maj begins campaign against fever in Cuba. 1919—A U. S. Senate Commit- tee appointed to investigate Bol- shevik activities in country 1935—Public debt maximum fixed at 45 billion by Congress. 1936—John P. Morgan, at Seh- ate hearing. delivers his “Civili- zation would: die, if. no family céuid hire a maid.” 1936—The ,Veterans cf Future Wars. incorporated by several Princeton, University students. 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