The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 12, 1943, Page 2

TAGS TWO a, eS Bo men Hiewt Citizen SIDETRACK SIDE ISSUES Superficiality must effervesce, which probably accounts for so many brand-new representatives in congress opening the petcock of what they consider ‘brilliant ideas. The latest evaporation of newcomers in the House, who has been indulged im- moderately because she is a good-looking woman, concerns what she Classes as “World War IIE.” vee Now, some people think, chere always will be wars because of the ‘sleeping! sav- age” in every man. Granting that belief to be sound, that is not sufficient reason for the trend of the remarks made by that. new representative in aligning us against two of cur Allies when peace comes. She asserted that, after the war, the United States must maintain the supremacy of the air, “deeply as we trust our British Allies of today and tomorrow, and as we may, I hope, trust our Russian Allies vo- morrow and today.” There is nothing objectionable to that | statement, other than it is-untimely, but | she went too far when she declared chat e wrong United States air policy now would lay the “groundwork for America’s certain | defeat in World War No. 3.” If we are going to have a World War III, certainly the time to, discuss it is not now when we are engaged in a life-and- death struggle with ruthless and relentless enemies in World War II. Yes, let us maintain supremacy of ihe air now and after the war — we have the commend good done by individual or ergan- || mechanical genius, hundreds of manufac- . ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and turing plants and vast quantities of raw f opinions: print only news that will elevate ; material to keep that supremacy —, but our 2 ASSOCIATED PR exelusiy 8 disp ted in this pa d here. $10.00 5.00 2.59 35 -20 ADVERTISING own on application RATES SPE All reading notic TAL NOTICE cards of thanks, resolutioss of ete. line. rtainment by churches from which derived are 5 cents a line. an open forum and invites discus- ssues and subjects of local or general it will not publish anonymous communi- will be charged for at of public st but 7’ MEMBER =~ FLORIDA PRESS ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION * 3 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, and not contaminate the reader; never com- business now, our sole business now, is to win this war and w quickly as we ean to save the lives of thousands of our young = men. |! IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST Discussion of what “supremacy” we , ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN may hold after the war and wasting iime | | and effort in talking about the kind of peace | we are going to establish are premature. To wage an all-out war we must maintain an all-cut effort with the sole object of winning kept in view always. Digressions from that main purpose weaken our ef- | forts, and weakened efforts mean a longer war, The way to accomplish a thing, what- ever it may be, is to concentrate on its ac- | complishment. Taking time off to tell what you are going to do with the thing after it is completed, delays its completion. The hundred and one side issues that will come up after the war is over can be | attended to then: our efforts now should “ promise with principle. | ! 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. NO ISLAND-TO4SLAND-ATTACK Gen. Douglas MacArthur, in a clear- headed appraisal of the warfare in the Far | Fast, renounces thedilatory and island-to- | island te that some have assumed to i i ‘ the: Far East be kept in one groove, and in that groove e necessary” in the Far ee should be developed all our might to crush “The general speaks with the value of | | our enemies. »his experiences in New Guinea, where air Let us sidetrack all side issues. "power demonstrated its strength in trans- ‘porting mén, material and in blasting en- | emy positions. He now suggests “the appli- | *eation of offensive power in swift massive | #trokes” through the use of aircraft, “in ef | fective combination with ground forces.” >In short, the General would follow the | example of the Japanese. He points out that | when air and ground forces are welded to. gether in sufficient strength and ‘with proper naval support,’ the indissoluble inion “points the way to victory, When Prime Minister Churchill visit- Many Americans, even now, fail to ap- ed Washington in December, 1941, just af- “preciate the enermous use that thé Japan-| ¢or the attack upon Pearl Harbor, ihere e nfade of shipping, in¢éluding Gargo ves~| were many evidences of mutual esteem chat gels and warships, in expanding the con-| ties the two statesmen together. Mr. Chur- | Tquests of the empire. It is a safe bet that | chill participated in the Christmas Day high officers ofthe American Navy under- | celebration in W ashington and addressed stand what occurred and that they plan} Congress. { jmo island-to-island attack upon Japan, At Casablanca, the Prime Minister re- | ferred to himself as the President’s ardent | lieutenant and declared that they worked | together as partners and friends. He de- | scribed their cooperation as one of the >a war in which millions of men die, it comes | sinews of war of the Allied powers, which tfrom Bern, Switzerland, where a newspa- | yndoubtedly it is. zperman reports that Marshal Ion Antonescu, | Mr. Churchill insisted that design, pur- | + dictator of Rumania, has most solemniy pose and an unconquerable will lie behind | “renounced any territorial claims against | a}j that is being done by Britain and Amer- Russia.” ica to enforce the unconditional surrender The Rumanian probably has reasons to | of the criminals who plunged the world §n-*| “believe that he backed the wrong horse | to war. | “when he picked the Axis to win and is anx- eious to stress the defensive nature of his country’s warfare, seemingly to put it oa ",# basis with Finland, .s Antonescu’s reassurance to the Rus- »sians seems a bit unnecessary, although | »thousands of Rumanian soldiers‘are on Rus- ssian soil, after participating in bitter efforis eto conquer the Soviet. OUR WAR LEADERS ARE FRIENDS The people of the United States and | Great Britain have much to appreciate in their elected leaders but, now that they face | world-wide wars,there is additional reason | for gratification at the evident friendship be- ween the two mer which enables them to | deal with great questions in complete con- | | fidence. BEST HUMOR OF THE WAR If there be humor in connection with > > > General Franco has his af ish Morocco, which causes. American soldiers to hang Hid waten?) him, “just in ease.” The dii ;thay not | realize it, but he is playing with dynamite. The Germans, operating on inner lines, will find out how weak inner lines can be- | come when the United Nations have super- * Every American can do something 19} jority in men and the tools of warfare. “help the war effort; there are many oppor- ~tunities for us to do something for the boys at the front. Every individual should re- ~solve to be a committee of one, in pos activity. Peanut politics, became a reality last week when the Georgia legislature debat- sliive “Peanut Week” in Georgia, ,thropist, born there. |sound basis, |care British blockade Canada as Thanksgiving Day. ed a resolution calling for the declaration of i THE KEY WEST CITIZEN 'SERVICE FORCES — a 1’ Kiy’s Anniverenties famed | divine, born in; Feb. 13, 1663—Cotton Mather, New England colonial scholar, prolific writer. Boston. Died there, 1728. voted Polish soldier under Wash-! ington, born. Died in Switzer-| land, Oct. 15, 1817. H 1791—Peter Cooper, noted New| York iron fcunder, manufactur-} er, civic worker and philan-} Died April 4, 1883. 1804—Elizur Wright, abolition- | ist, pioneer insurance actuary, | who put life insurance on al bern in Connecti-} Died in Boston, Nov. 21, | i sol-| | 1869—Abraham Lincoln, dier. New Salem, I1., postmaster, ; Springfield, Il., lawyer, congress man, 16th and War President, | among the great of all time, born Larue Cc., Ky. Assassinated ani} died, April 15, 1865. ' tuday In History’ | lish colonists settle in Georgia. G2 Lareest loan of © Ciyil? raises public debt from/of state, born some 65 million in’ 1860\to near the 3 billion dollars mark. 1877—First newspaper report by telephone—Salem , Mass., to Boston. 1884—Lewis E. Waterman New York granted first feed fountain pen patent. fissue 1912—The Republic established. of China} 1936—Geneva puts blame anil United States should League of; Nations’ Oil Sanctions against} Italy fail. 1941—Italy asks United States to shift her consuls in Italy. 1942 — -German battleships; Scharnhorst and Gneisenau_ es. by ru from Brest to home runnin; fight. in Written records of dental dis ease and methods of tr have been found dating 3700 3. C. ‘MAN SPENDS LIFE AT AND BEHIND THE BARS (By Associated Prena) ENID, Okla, Feb. 12—Of mathematical bent, Desk Sergeant Walt Stewart of the police depart- ment figures that one of the city jail’s most consistent guests has/{ spent half his time there in the past 11 years. The man has been arrested for drunkenness 111 times in the! period and has served 2,220 days, slightly more than half the 4,015 days Stewart used as the basis for his calculations. | TREATING PROCESS NEW YORK.—Scientists in In- dia who ‘worked on the ae of warm clo! for the a. ‘ing Indian; pees SA aed | of treating cotton cloth e Fen the | ‘seeds of two five trees, and have produced @fimished product that is warm, soft ‘and era Octobe: designated in fis the date annually | the Domifiion of! Phone No, 8 ident of 'born Victoria, of} NOW TURN TO STAR GAZERS (Ry Axsuciated Press) NEW YORK, Feb. 12. The sixth in the Hayden Pianetarivm’s | series of courses in celestial navi- ; gation and star identification is! ; irawing latge numbers of service | | men because of practice problems | 1746—Thaddeus Kosciusko, de-| applicable to both marine and air; { navigation. More than 2,500, in-! cluding laymen and service men,} !-ave attended the winter courses. Todav’s Bir thdays. Maj. Gen. Omar N. Bradley, born Clark, Mo., 50 years ago. Robert P. Patterson, undersec- | retary of war, born Glens Falls, | N Y., 52 years ago. Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Long- worth, widcw of the Speaker, {daughter of Pres. Theodore |Roosevelt, born 59 vears ago. Follett 53 years ago. Maj. Gen. iborn Omaha, N. Jchn L. Lew jabor leader, {born Lucas, Iowa, 63 years ago. U. S. Senator miner D. Mil-| llikin of Colorado, 1733—Gen. Oglethorpe's Ene- } born Hamil- ton, Ohio, 52 years ago. Henry F. Grady of San Fran- eisco, onetime assistant secretary there, 61 . years ago. Dr. August L. Strand, presi- Oregon State College, Tex. 49 years ago. Roy E. Harris, composer, born in Oklahoma, 45 years ago. Prof. Fred A. Shannon of the University of Illinois, historian, ‘born Sedalia, Mo., 50 years ago. Today's s s Horoscope Today gives good executive ability, coupled with industry and diligence. General culture, broad views cf life, extreme powers of endurance will make toil a pleas- } re and bring success. GETS MUSIC DURING HIS MORNING SHAVE G. Hatfield has music when he shaves each morning — and he dacsn't have to whistle to himself either. The Hatfield canary— which has the run of the house— \has formed the habit of flitting in and perching on his shoulder} the minute he picks up his shav- | ing brush .There it sits through the whole precarious operation, singing whatever airs canaries sing and hitting a sour note only when Hatfield playfully dabs a little lather on its beak. ARMY HANDLES MORE NEW YORK.—Though the | Army transports 39 men in al standard Pullman car, the U. S. Navy only loads 26 in a car. Biddle rules closed shop is oo hibited in railroad contract. ——————— J. F. SIKES | LICENSED PLUMBER 1306 CATHERINE STREET REAL ICE ASSURES USERS OF REFRIGERATION CERTAINTY When you place your re- frigeration reliance upon the regularity of OUR ICE DELIVERY service you know that not only is your ice chest to be properly and regularly filled. but you will get guaranteed satisfaction. REAL ICE Is More ECONOMICAL. . It’s Healthy and Safe. . It’s Pure THOMPSON ENTERPRISES (ICE DIVISION) INC. Key West, Fla. . | ing the boom of Bradley, | KEY WEST IN FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN OF FEBRUARY 12, 1933 | ROAD é | Homer M. Edwards, supreme chief of the Knights of Golden Eagles, arrived in Key West Sat j urday, and, in the evening, attend- ed a joint mecting of the castles {of that order in Key! West. According toa dispatch from St. | Pettsary Florida. published in today’s Citizen, Harry Boyajian, | who operated extensively in the realty market in Key West dur- 1924-'25, was | found dead in a bathtub, adjoining a The steamship Virginia, of the Ltandard Fruit Line, arrived in port yesterday and took on 800 | barrels of oil at the Porter Dock Company’s wharf. Mrs. May M. Kemp, 59, died vesterday in her home at 529 Si- | monton street. Funeral services’ will be held this afternoon. b: \ ginning at 4 o'clock, in the First | Methodist Church. A fire last night destroyed the | building, owned by Frank Holts- | berg, located at Caroline and Whitehead streets. When the alarm | Was sounded, the entire structur | was a mass of flames. | Catholic Boys and Girls Soda- | lites in Key West will entertain at a bunco party Wednesda: ‘night in the former Victoria res- | iaurant. i eee A comedy, entitled “Manless Wedding,” will be presented on ; Thursday evening, February 16, by the young people of the First | Congregational Church. A musicale will be given in the j auditorium of the Harris public 001 on Tuesday evening, Feb. ary 21. under the auspices of Camp No. 4, Patriotic Order, Sons of America. Mrs. George F. Morris left yes- terday for Miami, where she will visit Dr. and Mrs. Samuel D. W. Light, formerly of Key West. Mr. and Mrs. Norberg Thomp- son and daughter, Miss Marie Thompson, returned yesterday from Miami, accompanied by Mrs. Thompson’s father, J. Tragesser. Miss Emma Curry left yester- day for Florida City to visit her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Pierce. Jack Golden, manager of La Concha Hotel, left Saturday for Miami on a business trip. The Citizen says today in an editorial paragraph: “Extraordinary powers comes president. These are extra- ordinary times 2nd extraordinary | Fowers are necessary to cope with (the situation facing the incoming administration,” Murray of the C. I. O. asserts labor peace is a two-way affair. ; | {ataled j tosoxd) Y." £ “Here's: aiprece, Judge, that DAYS GONE BY. are to; be granted Roosevelt when he be-! FRIDAY, FEBRUARY YOUR NEWSBOY . - « buys his copies of The Citizen at whole- sale, sells them at retail. + + + pays cash for his papers. - loses if a customer fails to pay. - . . is embarrassed if a customer is slow pay. + . - goes the limit for his trade, is on the job rain or shine, serves his customers well. + - - agks customers to cooperate by paying hira promptly and regularly. THE CITIZEN Circulation Department Notice To Property Owners Important New Law Relating to Tangible Personal Preperty Taxes In Florida CAUTION: Under Chapter 20723, Law of 1941 s MANDATORY that every tion, trustee, executor, administrator. fiduciary owning or having control, management of taxable personal property in the State of Flori nually a sworn Tangible Personal Property Tax Re! Tax Assessor of the County in which such prope uated. MERCHANTS—File returns on all equipment and inventories, etc. BUSINESS and PROFESSIONAL MEN-—File returns all furniture, fixtures, prefessional equipment and libr HOTEL and APARTMENT OWNERS—File ret all furniture, fixtures and equipment. Name of lessees of concessions should be given on returns. LANDLORDS—File returns on value of furnishings in rental houses and show name of lessee on January 1, 1943. TENANTS—File returns on all household goods and per sonal effects, claiming constitutional exemption, if eligible To be eligible for exemption, applicant must be a citizen Florida and head of a family. HOME OWNERS—File returns on and personal effects of family, claiming 2 which eligible. ACCOUNTANTS and ATTORNEYS—See returns, or other returns for your clients, are SECTION 34, Provides that “Any person who fails to swake a tax return, as required by this Act all pey as a PENALTY, in addition to and as part of the tax, a sum equal o 10% of the tax found to be due” furniture, fixtures. on ms on that fiduciary filed promptly The date of assessment is January ! It is my sincere wish that w single penalty for failure to fil filed, however, it is mandatory The penalty is also added for pr aperty turns. If you need a return form. one will be mailed p office from 9 A.M. to 5 PM INTANGIBLES—Must be returned | betw and April 1st, including equitable. bonds, mortgages, receiv: any other intangible prope penalty is MANDATORY. All returns and filed by April ist Court House, Key West, Florida. applicatic CLAUDE A GANDOLFO. Meonree County Tax Assesser SEERA ER EE REET EE EEE REESE EE EE EEEEE EES Ee SUBSCRIBE TO THE KEY WEST CITIZEN—2ie WEEELY BEREREESERESE ASSESSES ESS THE OLD JUDGE SAYS... ful predictions about how automobile acc dents were gomg to jump up if we got legal liquor back. “About the only thing along that ine you're ever safe im predicting. Henry, = this. No community or county or mation, for that matter. ever became or ever will be- come dry just because it voted that way. Ad that the votin’ decides is whether you have legal or bootleg liquor. We had nearty 14 years of experience op that, didn't we?”