The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 5, 1943, Page 2

fe) The Wey West Citizen entitled to use credited to and also the wey $10.00 solutioss of ne charged for nf 10 cents tices for ente ¢ is to be deri from which dare n forum subject Mt will) ct_publish an — MEMBER FLORIDA PRESS ASS j 2 NATIONAL EDIZORIAL Ads! THE KEY WEST CITIZEN at FIGHTING MONEY Go wherever you wish in Key West, ond the chances are that you will not hear single commeni on the pay-as-you-earn plan or any other proposal in connection with iederal taxation. Probably similar apathy exists thrcoughout the country, aside from .inancial cente _Th lhe considerable fuming and ieeltin 7 ashing of teeth) when the lime-gomeg to day federal taxes, The pub- lie’: ' jore an election. Many “good gitizens” do | not bother to vote, but they complain lusti- | ly when the men clected turn out .o be duds | or mere figureheads. There is a sockiodger of a that one should propound to himself when the time comes to } his federal taxes. ‘This is the question: Would .you rather | have your money fight 1or you than to fight yourself? | Ii that question answered conscien- | tiously, you will indeed ,ortunate | that you are included among those Amer- question is feel wititude ndw. is like hat assumed be=1|.¥ 1 . THE KEY WEST CITIZEN KEY WiSi iN DAYS GONE BY FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN OF FEBRUARY 4, 1933 An Associated P:ess cishatelt ift todays Citizen says that. B. F. ; Paty, of West balm Berth, has | been netted thariman of | the State Ratind. Cormmiasion. The fecehtly | orgattized Key est Buys Ciib has started a movenuen. fo increase its ntember- si. fips Jot Saunders, former chief clerk of the Florida East Coast kailroad in Key West, has been piomoted to assistant agent. irs. Adeline Roberts, 67, died t night in her home on Wash- ngton street, following an ill- ncss of only a few hours. Henty L. Doherty, nationally known financier. and a party of burinéss associates witl visit Key West thé latter part of thé week on a good-wiil mission. Robert Ingle, manager of the ‘FROM THE NORTHROPS’| SCRAPBOOKS Japan's Pacific islands are per- feet for defense. Marianas com- plete a vertical shield. Carolines are base of horizontal spear. Be- yond are smaller atolls of Mar- shall’s and the British-owned Gil- berts. ‘Japs have presumably | built many secrét bases in fhe) area. Uniess,U. 9. Feeonnaissanee | planes cr submarines have lately fot in. No white man has ever military ‘installations. U. S. and Britain’ gave ' Japa, its. priceless islands. U. S. passed ub islands, won from Spain by conauest, at Trea- ty of Paris in Decernber, 1898. Germany then bought the _ is- lands from Spain for $4,590,000 in 1899. Next objectives of the U. S. Navy, if it elects to fight on up ftom the South the hard way, are the Jap islands, which they took possession of legally in 1919. Some white men think they were Shown the isiands, but they did not see a sifigle military in- stallation. Two U. S. Navy offi cers who tried to do so on their own time disappeared “in an ac- cident”. | Today's Anniversaries ee EE Dr. Bayard the ut 1723—John Witherspoon, Scot- eee tish clergyme and soldier Princeton president. siener of the Declaration? of Independ \born itt Stotland. Died Nov. | 4794. years agc Ewin L. Da ” Fedele a i 1705-<sames’ Ont, Otis, «Hale RAS 2 ton lawyer, orator ‘aad pattioied! "9 pre-Revelutionary’ days, ae ae. “Pr \Barnstable; Mass. « Died Maga, bekal engine 1783. i od? raticw bees 1808Robert M.Bire!” Hotea” Sfiieefield, 0 is itl, Del. Bied Jan. 23, 1854. mun? 6 i} engineer a u Labor, —=—— of 1837—Dwight L. Moody, famed ,« evangelist, preaching to hun- dreds of thousands on both sid of the Atlantic, born Northfielc, Mass. Died there, Dec. 22, 1899 iit ental. JO Modern efficient 1875—Maxine Elliott, stage star of two continents, born Rock- land, Maine. Died in Franec March 5, 1940. Trade FRIDAY. FEBRU. aRY 5. 183 Today’ Sf Dodge. president o: Bei- University of Syria, born New York City vis cf Tennessee Conamnessrener Co., Tean!, 67 years ince. t of noted “Biketric, Schenee born B PRINTING machinery and methods erable us to offer you superior ee ee printing. service. at fair Japan notified the U. S. of the} fact but declined to return. the, bodies. t Japan got 1,821 islands >with Bei ie ans who are paying the expenses, of ihe Wak ‘instead of fighting’ in the war, 9/1 prices. Consider us when | you place»your next print- : ing ordet? | _ ' WILL always seek the truth and print it KeyWest Gas. company, »cturned alway: e prin‘ Satunddyftoma business trip to w.thout fear and without favor; never be ae a et gif Ny § 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 tolérate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue, tommend good done by individual or organ- ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and ppinions: print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never corn- yromise with principle. {MPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 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. THERE I5 A DIFFERENCE Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, after returning from his gruelling experience in the South Seas and his inspection of fighting fronts, is the only man who has said what the American people needed to hear in con- rettion with production problems. In the newspapers and in the news reels he said that if the soldiers could be transferred from the hell holes they occupy on the bat- | ilefronts, to our factories, and if the em- ployes in the factories could be transferred | to the battlefronts, production in this coun- try would double in thirty days. By the tone of his voice and his ex- pression, you could see that he was disgust- ed with the Pollyanna talk about workers at kee being elassed as filling “battle sta- tions,” Captain Rickenbacker srabhivntbedl tha nothing the people in this country can do }. will in any measure equal what the boys on the battle lines are doing. They don’t get: overiime pay and they work day and night if necessary. The people agree with Captain Rick- enbacker. Just beeause some of us wear “tin hats’ at home, we don’t want to be- come swelled up with the idea that we are tilling ‘‘battle stations” —we are not. Battle are where the bullets fly and men ure dying; where men work as long as thete is something to do; where orders are obey- ed; where overtime pay and profits are not an isshe; and where the perpetuation of liberty and freédom for the indviduals are the guiding stars. »» JAPS LOSE SEA CONTROL The real significance of the mopping up of Japanese forces in Paupuia and on Guadalcanal is not in the reported slaying oi 26,000 troops of the Emperor Hiroliito. The mysterious factor about their death is the failure of the Japanese to re- inforce the troops on both islands. With anything liké the naval and air superior- ity that made possible the landing .of ad- ditional troops and sdpplies would have made possible a minor undertaking for the Sons of Heaven. There is no other logical explanation ior events in New Guinea and the Solomons. Ii Japan possessed sufffeient cargo vessels, with warships aiid aircraft to protect them, illied forces would nevef have been able toWipe out these Japanese detachments, | to Tun 1A Ages ean gl \ country | live and Ww It is hard to hammer home? th come of us, lined-up on the home. “front, that we are exceedingly well off compared | with those Americans in the front lines, where shells and bombs explode and bul- ork Oo pay some other day! to vols zing. So, if that pay-as-you-earn adopted, don’t complain when you have to dig down into your jeans to pay 24 per | cent of your earnings to Uncle Sam when every pay day rolis around. You should, instead, enter that the more you pay the better our fight- | ing men will be supplied with weapons that ultimately will crush our enemies. Above everything else, bear this in mind: your money is fighting money. AXIS DEBACLE IN AFRICA Dispatches from North Africa indicate that it will be impossible to prevent Marshal Rommel’s Africa Corps frdm escaping in- to effect a junction with German forees now in that tip of Africa. This certainly is not bad news. When the Germans stood at El Alemein, not very many weeks ago, the entire British position in the Near Bast was in peril. Now that the Axi thousand miles there are some people try- ing to make it an Axis victory if the rem- nants of his host get into Tunisia. The suggestion is advanced that when Rommel’s troops reach Tunisia the situa- tion will be more dangerous for the United cause the army of Gen. Montgomery, which | into Tunisia. It would be an advantage to the Ger- Gen. men went..fishing,s or Montgomery's féd atmy joins one side andod Virtdrius ‘army, of superior numbérs jomnd the zotter, we fail to see the increased’ “peiPof ihe latter. 18,000,000 VICTORY GARDENS The suggestion is made that all famil- ies, wih available land area, plan a victory garden and the Department of Agriculture says that two-thirds of the 18,000,000 gar- dens desired should be on suburban lots. Everybody, farms, as much as This is good advice stances for not- 5 for ieee who?’ wc I ate baum, The gayeay a ent's’ committee on victory RRR An SO ct be not less than 30 by 50, or 50 by £5 feet. “An average of one hour a day,” he adds, “will do wonders in the way of supplying vegetables, both fresh and preserved, for the family,” We will have to take the authority of the Department of Agriculture’s expert on | what “one hour a day” will accomplish in | the way of producing vegetables, but we know it will do much for the health of the | héad of the family. Even if the erop is not | so bountiful as expected and the cost of | the vegetables produced somewhat exces- sive the dividends, in the way of health, | will make a garden plot worth while. including those on the is urged to produce and preserve possible of his food needs. ‘under preselit circum- nfo im folks! ana'in any year, ‘én "bur farms. ive Oily ‘one’ life for his ' , but a taxpayer!can pay toda. , ; and | ‘ee plan is } 2zin the comforting thought | forces have been chased more than 2 | ran him across Africa, will also follow him | mans if Rommel's men got into Tunisia and | ook @ furlough but, whenvasbatdlynshatttr- \ city, town or | 'y ot, says H. W. Hoch- | By uaskwidk, Ga. > A musigal program, under the irection’ ot the Fine Arts De- partment of the Key West Wo- ‘hman’s Clth, will be presented to- motiow afternoon immediately after the close of a regular meet- ing. William R. Porter, vice chair- man of the Overseas Bridge Cor- poration, left yesterday for Miami, where he will remain several days to transact business. arence Crusoe, who had siting relatives in Miami, returned yesterday. Mrs. John Roker, daughter, Miss Lillian Roker, and two grandchil- | dren, Arthur and Helen Roberts, | arrived yesterday from West Palm | Beach to visit reiatives in Key West. E. R. Lowe, justice of the peace at Tavernier, came to town yes- | j terday to’attend to legal proceed- | ings in connection with the triple! murder in his district. Mrs. R. B. Curry and father,! a visit to Miami. | Fern Chapter No. 21, Order of |. | the Eastern Star, will give a sock social tomorrow night in the Scot- tish Rite Hall, Simonton and Ae on streets. and son, who had been visiting! Mrs. McCormack’s parents in | Kev West, Mr. and Mrs. McGregor Sands, returned yesterday to Miami. The Citizen says today in an | editorial paragraph: | “Now we know the difference lican plan, and after this it will | always be the European plan for us.” | LEGALS y THe CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT oF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, ND on MONROE COUNTY. ty Aiks ARRY OTTO P E, | AREY SF Plaintiff, vs. DIVORCE DOROTHY LOUISE PIERCE, Defendant. ORDER OF PUBLICATION TO: DOROTHY LOUISE PIERCE, 144 Old Street. Williams Court, | Portsmouth, Virginia. | y required’ to ap- pear to the Bill of Complaint, for) divorce in the above styled cause on the Ist day of March, A. D. 1943, otherwise the allegations therein 7 aken as confessed. iter is to be published once for four conse > weeks Kev West Citizen, a News- paper published in Key West, Flor- ida Done and Ordered this 14th day of . A.D. 1943. Ross C Sawyer dt the Clteult Court, Monroe County, Florida By (Sd.) Florence F. s (8@.) ALLAN B. CLE. Solicitor for All pers pe ieee ts = pe ine oe close thé |C€hannel Drawbridge for the pe-) jtiod from January 8, 1943, to |February 8, 1943. Reauest has! |been made to the United States! | Engineers Office at Miami Beach, | Florida; and any person wishing! |to interpésé an objection te such | |closure shall make such.-objec tion in writing to the War De-)/ |parement, United States En: inéers Office, Miami Beach, Fl | ida. } i ENT cones | | inne ft Officer, Naval Op-| ee ee hed direction of the jan8 to febs! | lagoon, the U. S. ahd British permissieh! claims, from Germany, whieh bought most of them from. Spain, after. the Spanish-American war. Japanese oclonists poured into the islands after Japan sneaked them away frcm Germany in 1914 end got secret promise of pos- session from Britain, France and Russia in 1917—month before U. S. entered the war. Wceodrow Wilson opposed the Jap annexation and reduced the Jap claims to a manda Truk Lagocn and Ponape They are prcbably the chief raval bases of the Japanese man- dated islands in hte Pacific. Under the class C mandate, which is the nearest thing to out- right possession, the League of Nauons forbade Japan to put up any defenses whatever on the Marianas, Carolines and Marshalls, | which Japan had seized from Ger- many in 1914 and got secret pe i} mission in 1917 from the Allies to eep. However, properly fortified, ‘they were ‘obviously the key to, | the Pacific. Japan calls the islands the are ‘fruk, Ponape, Palau and Ku- {saie. Any one of them may turn out to be the primary naval base, | but the general expert belief is that Truk and Ponape are the two. Japs thrive on the islands, which h of rainfall. A Jap school on Truk for na- tive Kanakas, teaches only Jap language and history. In all Mi-| ' cronesia, some 50,000 natives are now outnumbered by more than 50,000 Jap immigrants since 1920. Truk islands, which are vo} canic, as well as coral formation, | Nations. This is obvious poppy-cock be- | between the Buronean and Amer- sre often high, offer fine protec: tion for ships in harbor. Anti-aircraft guns are mounted , on peaks — God knows which | | this is. The lagoon of Truk is supposed to be the biggest Pacific naval base outside Pearl Harbor, but, no white man has ever seen the| military installations. Coral reefs are 32 nautical miles acro: There are about 20 holes in the four navigable ‘/ores; guarded by submarine ‘basins, nets and mines. Naval base is supposed to cen- ter in three islands, Uman, Udot | and Tol. several | Farm production set records in 1942. STRONG ARM GRAND COFFEE | TRIUMPH COF! MILs Help a man in uniform enjoy his Jeisure hours. Give your good Bigdks to the 1943 VIC- TORY BOOK CAMPAIGN. Leave them at the hearest collection center or public | have a year- round temperature | Mr. and Mrs. Dan McCormack | of.92 degrees F., and 118 inches| iChesentat ' jade, 1817—The Buitimore Gas Light Company inecrporated — Tirst American gas company. THE CITI 1840—The Britannic, about 1,- 100 tons and 207 feet long, first Cunard Line steamer, launched. 1917—The Immigration. Bill, containing much-discussed liter acy test, enacted by Congress over President's. veto. 1918—(25 years ago) Ameriian transport Tuscania torpedoed off Treland—100 lives lost. Fast, 1934—U. S. Supreme Court de- | cision strikes some 10,000 Prohi- | |bition cases, originating prior to 'December 1933, from Federal dockets. Alse 1937—Historic U. S. Supreme | Court Bill sent Congress by Pres- ident. 1942—Canadian Pacific “Em: ‘press of India” sunk off Sumat- Samuel Cates, have returned from| yanyo, The most strategic islands |ra by Japs. oe Today’s Horoscope. | | | Today gives a sensitive dizpe| sition, with a somewhat inhar- monious tendency. But there is! ja decided undercurrent of use- jfulness. The nature is simple and unpretentious, yet possessed lof aspiration and capable of much good. Many preachers ahd writ- jers -have been born under this | degree. WEIGHT OF RATION FREE CHICAGO. — The marching ra- tion of Union soldiers in 1861 | Weighed from 32 to 40 ounces. | | | | “I couldn’t a tay ica Ses ee SCCTUUNTUOU ELLAND SSH NTE Office: 813 Caroline Street WAREHOUSE—Cor. Eaton and Francis Sts. The Artman Press ZEN BUILDING GAMA TOMNNANERT. PUNE eee aNNN NNN aaa ae Overseas Transportation Company, Inc. 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