The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 15, 1943, Page 2

ed to use | credited to also the $10.00 | VICARIOUS FIGHTING How many of us are fighting this war vicariously? | How many times have you peppered | | the teethy Japs or dropped block busters | on the blonde brutes of Prussia? The war would end before the sun comes up tomorrow morning, if one-tenth among our enemies as is evolved in ou: imaginations. Sometimes we tongue our imagina- s Rg) REY AWSEEE, as well as in any other city, sun- ae Sal eiions of Japs and Germans are blast- TAL NOTIER™ © of thanks, resolutioss of , WIY"De charged for at ches) #om which 3 cents a line, forum and invites discus- and subjects of local ar general ¢ MEMBER => Sai of FuoriDs PRESS ASSOCIATION \ if: NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION S i 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, cligi faction or class; always de-its ul ee! ibpine public welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce yiee, and, praise . yirfues commend good done by,.individugl. or prgan- ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views: and opinions: print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com- promise with principle. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 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. PRESENTS MYSTERIES ABOUT WAR There af growing mysteftés in ¥cdr nection with the war, them may give’some light upon the prob- | able struggle. Chief of the mysteries is the apparent inability of Germany to reinforce her Af- ricah contingents with air power, which they sadly lack. Whether this is due to losses in Russia, lack of production or a grand strategy of conserving air power for urprise uses we do not know. Another mystery is the failure of the Japanese to reinforce their soldiers in New | Guinea. When news. comes of such an at- tempt eruis landing soldiers and we read of pplies, to the Japanese merchant ships, without which long supply lines cannot be served and conquered areas cannot be looted? Again, from New Delhi, India, comes the statement of Brigyi@en: Clayton sell, commander of our gir forces dv Burma and'China, ihat “the J force everywhere “has, e te a weakened” and that the He says Jap planes in Burma and ave have been moved “rapidly from one air- drome to another as airdromes get too hot.” Perhaps the greatest mystery of all is the extent of German troop losses in Rus- n, i sia. There is a reluctance to accept Moscow’s:| estimates of Nazi casualties but the Red army fights confidently and the German legions have been unable to annihilate the | “Communists,” except on paper. There is the suspicion that the Mos cow estimates are c 1 ose to the mark,.and that the Nazi army has been badly crippled and ihat hevy losses explain the inability of the Germans to take Stalingrad, Mos-.| “ow and the valuable oil fields. of the Cay c sol teh yoke around your neck. Two more Jap ships have “withdrawn” from the Guadacanal area. The sneak detestable, That’s why hurrahs in the will shake the heavens like claps of thunde when the Allied Nations begin to bomb Ja- pan itself. and the answer to | and destroyers | not cargo ships and troopships. What has happened ; bie ar d into bits every day. “ Hardly ever is a word said about the Italians, the slinking jackals. Why? The | answer to that question is not far to seek. | Some people — this applies only to Musso- | lini and his black-hearted Black-Shirts, not to the great bulk of Italians. who are hap- piest when permitted to work hard in peace —are so low in our estimation they fall be- low our contempt. When we think of Mussolini, we asso- ciate with that thought the picture of a fighter who has been knocked out, and while the victor’s hand is held up, a coward springs into the ring and takes a hefty kick at the prostrate figure. During the resent- ment that follows, the coward is so badly mauled he loses even his shirt. Thereafter, his every movement is a slink, though he still barks lustily about what he is going to do. So it is a rare thing, while we extermir- ate the Japs and the Germans in our vica- rious fighting, for us to givé'a thought to the jackal Mussolini. Yes, some people are too low even to be made the objects of our con- tempt. Our igaminary of Japan is ! likely to become a reality before long. To Secretary Knox’s intimations that Japan is | scheduled for a destructive pounding has | been added the word of the President him- | blasting self. “There are many roads that lead right | to Tokyo. We shall neglect none of them.” | = se } GOERING’S ADMISSIONS | Here are’ interesting statements, made | by German Réichsmarshal Goering, who | pinch-hitted for Hitler recently, and at- | tempted to persuade the N Nazis that the war : would be won by Germany: | “I am convinced,” he said, avismow using her Jast resi Ves.” | “One day thi battle id: the East’ will come to an end, when the last power of Sov- | iet resistance will have been broken. Then | the luftwafft will be free to retaliate for | | what has been done to German women and | children.” | The first statement may be discounted by the simple fact that, despite the enor- mous territorial losses, the Russians have | never thrown into battle their “last re- | serves.” For nearly two years they took a ! terrific pounding, but, always, they main- tained great reserves in strength, awaiting | an opportunity to hit the enemy at the first favorable moment. The second sentence, quoted above, refers to the bombings of the R. A. F., make Goering’s pre-war prophecy that no bombs would fall on the Reich utterly ab- surd. It is a direct admission that, while the campaign in Russia continues, the luft- waffe cannot do anything much about the fWerial offensive that the British, and now thesAmericans, have underway, THE TEST IN RUSSIA The heavy fighting continues in Rus- sia, with the Red army making substantial gains, but it might be a good idea to remem- ber that what was true when the German army was advancing remains the truth today. When the Nazis were going forward into Russia, we pointed out that the success of the German offensive could not be deter- | mined by the land area occupied. It would have to be measured by the damage inflict- ed upon the Russian army. Now, the converse is equally correct. | The Soviet drive has reoccupied land that ! de Bussians desired but the test of the Ruys- |: igesii® teniipaign is to be measured by _the OUISITRAV Gn ah Money, if it worries yout, is 4 snanne rine e3.*~ oN EV TOR TY s inflicted ugjon Hitler's. drmed| a: Lili 4 prtesa disarmament did not keep us out of the present war, even though this nation led | the world in disarming. despicable. | United States | When you read the news on the home front, in this year of 1943, you will do weil | to keep in mind that there will be a presi- | dential election next year. i of the devastation was wrought actually | Whe erever men and women gather in | that Rus- | which | “4 Now Is a good time to’ remember that | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WONDERFUL ISLE By VESTA TOMPKINS HOMMELL sakiiciinieaiindia: ) BEFO ic | RT H U, Hi Pearl P. ‘charged with slashing ‘colored woman, Maggie C. Ar- line, with a knife. will be tried | ' There’s a wonderful isle, set out in the sea, Each winter to lure, my husband and me From states farther north, where snowdrifts pile high fe And wild wintry winds sweep clouds through the skv. { There’s a wonderful isle with palm trees as green With beauty of color, with each change of scene The mystical tints of the ocean’s own..hue— | From amethyst, gray or glamorous blue. jin $500 bail, ~ Each day as I,dream, I wonder what's best— My northern home, or the lovely Key West. In summer, I. sit in tHe maple’s cool shade; Ip winter, the salty old ocean I wade; In summer, the robins and birds build their nest; In winter, they leave and I go to Key West. There's a wonderfffi chance, I had to See “this— Where ocean high wayes the seawalls, do-kiss. I'm thankful I came to see this gr isle; It will be still more beautiful after a while. For beautiful dwellings have sprung yup about In place of brush heaps we can well\do without. And nice painted houses where othérs “once stood That never saw paint but are made. df Wood. But don’t take away all the picturesque homes Which makeq Key West more pleasant ‘than domes Of beautiful marble—that would be quite out of place, Like trimming of overalls with bits of fine lace. Yes, I love Key West with its weather so fine, Its folks are so friendly—like kind folk of mine; Its fraternal orders, with sisters so grand, To meet you and greet you and shake*your hand And welcome a stranger and make you feel glad— When. at leaving your home you felt bit sad. If all of people were-as friendly and Bay lam sure this’ old world‘would be worth what we pay, Of hard -work and worry ana ‘trouble and time. dt’s a joy just to be in ‘this: wonderful clime, ‘Where palm branches swajy’arid the whole atmosphere Just makes us real glad that again we are here. venes here in June. The crime | was committed in the Naval Hos- pital. hut after “Maggie! iwound and was released from the | | Marine’ Hospital, the bail was! reduced .to $309 by United States | “a | {structed in Key West last year, ; County Tax” Asséssor Claude | Gandolfo and his assistant, jleave Thursday for the’ main- land part of Monroe county. then will work back toward Key West from Key Largo. On their return, they will complete the in Key West last yéar. E.W.T. (City Office) Temperatures ; Highest last 24 hours Lowest last oe Mean’ ___ Normal | Tannersville; Ne ¥- KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY FROM FILES OF TI OF THE CITIZEN OF FEBRUARY 15, 1933 Rabe =7i Precipitation Rainfall 24 “hours” ending Anniversaries | 8:30 a. m., inches seems Total rainfall since Feb. 2; h 1797—John Bell, Tennessee | petlctaliey since eb. senator, cabinet holder and Pres- | inches idential candidate, born near Total rainfall since Jan. 1, \Nashville. Died there, Sept. 10, “inches z "1869. Deficiency inches Relative ‘Humidity 1, S a & Education was the subject dis- since Jan. 1, cussed at a meeting of the Key West Boys’ Club held last night in the county courthouse. ) 3 1809—Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor of the reaper, one of the! !world’s great inventions, born Alfredo Barroso, director of ‘Rockbridge Co. Va. Died the Key West Municipal Band,|Chicago, May 13, 1884. |said today he has prepared an in-| aaa i 5 teresting program for a concert! 1§12—CHarles L. Tiffany, New to be given next Sunday aftet-!York jeweler, who started as 2) noon,” from 4:30 to 6 o'clock, in ‘partner in-a small notion store |Bayview Park. cn a borrowed $1,000 back in’ 1837, born Killingly, Conn. Died Members of B. H. McCalla:Fep. 18, 1902. | Camp, \Noz Bare -this! afternoon: decorating the graves in the! /Maine plot in the ‘Iotal cemc- tery. oy Tomorrow's Almanac in Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Mocnet 538s MOFTOW’s Tides Teper Tl High Tide Low Tide 9:31 a.m. 2:52 a.ni. 749 p.m. 2:06 "p.m. - 4, PORECAST Key West and Vicinity: tinued: cold tonight. « Florida: Continued cold to-| inightj’héavy to killing frost and ifreezing to mucklands of extreme | south portion, followed by slow-j ly rising temperature late to- night or early Tuesday. 2 274% 1820—Susan B. Anthony, turer, temperanté- suffrage’ cru- sader, berti Adams, Mass. Died Rochester, N. Y., March 13, 1906. ine Con- | Members of the City Council % land the Board of Public Works! jheld a joint meeting last night,!_ 1845—Elihu Root, famed New at which the financial condition | York senator, railway head, sec- of the city was discussed. No retary of state, Nobel prize win- Hatteras, N. C., to Apalachi- | definite action was taken. ner, born Clinton, N. Y. Died Feb. cola, Fla, No small craft ——- 6, 1987. |storm warnings have been Fae Fire was discovered at 7:25! H o'clock last evening in an_out-| 1882—Johm; Barrymore, actor, ' house in the rear of Frankiborn Philadelphia. Died May Johnson's Jewelry store on Du-|29, 1942. i val street. No. 1 fire company responded and soon had the blaze under control. Many are willing to take jobs in | war plants, Gallup poll finds. il sama teens Today’ Ss | Horoscope The Junior-Senior High School | Parent-Teacher Association will | give a Colonial silver tea to-|_ TO@y sixes good intelligence pate an: Ten morrow afternoon’ in the fon, jand an ingujring mind. It de-, Year. See clubhouse on Division velops a good citizen who will | Prosper respected by all. E. F. OBri PAR aaa jfheré is ae lency to acquire (Times of Cuk ba erg x St. Paul's. Choir Guild gave Property [Seu ait at San {an entertainment, comprisin; vocal and musical sclechane al Bea relatives, returned ‘today to M, mia a dramatic performance, last! rome i aa night in the Parish Hall. : ab % ythe ‘says in “today’s! aragraph: fo Alms’ when! doling: dirt, fe dolés ceases, and ‘Havana « \day evening, Februatyia7, in the Happy’ day are “here again,” |Garden Theater. ry ‘A dance and a bridge will be| STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE," given Saturday evening, Feb- TRIUMPH ruary 18, by the Key West Elks; in their clubhouse on Duval’ ¢ street. jan’s street. will present a ies Fri Joseph Sebastian Dongo, 13,/ |died this morning at 1 o’clock in! |his home on Elizabeth street, and this afternoon funeral serv- jices are being held in the First Methodist Church, the Rev. J. G. Stradley officiating. ‘ Mrs. J. B. Maloney, who had} diols oe Asks you Been visiting friends and rela- To Lead Him. tives in” Miami, returned me 1 PERCENT OF rapR OME }day afternoon. —«—__* U.S. War Savi Buy A che series ~Se ams Mrs. John Lowe is bat® Yor | ja visit to her! parents, Mr. and | | Mrs.' Albert Sweeting, . at. their! j;pome in’ Miami Beach. Pete wane s and. Sr ti i i Mrs. Mamie Atheson,*who! had been in Key West two weeks vi ! LICENSED PLUMBER y “NATIONAL Pe PN Member of the Federal. Deposit Insurance. Corporation The defendant. was first held 'Qbservation taken at 8:30 a. m..' MONDAY FEBRUARY 15, 194% in the federal court when it con-! : ami iim akak | roewewera we ewes 1164—Laclede establishes the Battles, colored lebiet post. of the Louisiana Fur York, undersecretary of the army. another Company and names it St. Louis born Beacon, N. Y. James V. Forresthal of New years ago. —— the city. 1846—2,000 Mormons. van o the exodus, crosses the Missis sippi on the ice. 1870—Ground broken for building of the Northern Pacific Philadelphia. 63 yea Joseph —~ ge erme the '\Chester, Pa. Railway at the Dalles of ‘the St :Arliné had recovered” front “her 'y Guis River’ —_— on the citizens to So many buildings were con- |Tecruits for the army. They will visit Pine Crest ‘and shot at Flamingo, on the mainland, and Chicago fatally + Duluth, 1879—Act '§ |Congress ‘afionits} Hill women to 2 | Commissioner Rodney C. Gwynn. lus. Supreme 1898—U.S.S. “Maine” To jin Havana Harbor. M. ae 1917—War De; 1918—(25. years \Frank Roberts, will not be abie to ensure movement |to check all of them before they @nd supplies to Europe. 1933—President and Ma: 'Fla, nilla to Europe trom their Central beers i fe rs Eari H. Balik, West Point foot- ball coach, bern Detroit, 46 years blown up 'ago. Dr. Abram L. Sachar calls |cago, director of the Hille! getting |dation, born New Yor! ago. partment help ago) President J. Wilson embargoes all cargo space of troops -elect Roosevelt yor Cermak o. hit at Miami Moscow born ago. 1942—Singapore checking of the buildings erected the Japs. The Spanards surrenders *° DR AARON H. SHIFRIN GENERAL PRACTICE Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery introduced va Anierican possessions in the I€th| 925 wWhitehead—Opp. Lighthouse | century. Subserjve to The Citizen. | Vwwwewwerverrery ‘KEY-WEST BEDDING CO. a $8 | S1S"Front Street Phone 66°. The Southernmost Mattress eed in the 0.00 =* evr e Syne The heating unit in your electrical appliances, such as Irons, Ranges, and Toasters, is the Heart of that appliance. Take care of it, as it is made of nickel and chrom- which i was imported and may soon be unavailable for replacement units. DON’T leave heating units on when not in use. 1, ra any will DON’T ever immerse a heating unit in water. DON’T use makeshift fuses for appli- ances. ed by the manufe-turer. REMEMBER—There are no new heating appli- ances being THE ctrical [)QN'TS DON’T clean exposed wires in units with KEY WEST ELECTRIC > > 24-Hour Ambulance Service » PHONE 135 MIGHT oss 7 Be | CAAASASAASASSSBSSES United States Ri Sagal ? are extremely scerce. Most of our metal instrument. A damaged unit not heat or will burn out quickly. Use the fuse that is recommend- manufactured. LEON EEE EEE EE EEE EERE EERE EEE EE EERE EERE ET EEE EE TENE EEE EEE RE EE RH COMPANY Overseas Transportation Company, Inc. ‘ast, Dependable Freight and Express Service —bet ween— MIAMI AND KEY WEST Alse Serving All Points On Florida Keys Office: $13 Caroline Street Phones 82 and 6