The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 17, 1943, Page 2

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1943 - ———_—_—————- SERRE SSeS aes - ; ~ =~ age ! ANNIBAL’S ELEPHANTS Tio cw Thest Citizen — ~ : Many cf us are prone to think that, be- cause of heavy explosives, the tank, the sub- marine, the airplane, the soldier has less ’ chance to survive than he had in ancient SS times, 5 ; eannot be annihilated by y)dern weapons. Neither ALL OVER THE WORLD Y everywhere in a field “America’s 900,000 aviation workers t T've been through hell,” a soldier oS ised sonra per ye may declare after coming ‘out ‘of a’battle conibiné their ‘skill ‘and ey o 40, safisty toys yo rotow where bursting shells and “bombs seemed as demand for:vital. war necessities. ‘ne eipesaiend sa ray enveloping as lightning during a heavy crash lan : rake ‘ d r i i pci of thunder. But, in an extensive field of bat- Pe 9.4 $s, groun crews and pilots Jike Capt. a comparatively few places are}. Haakon Gulbransen (shown “here), of Pan Amétican’ struck by either shells or bombs. i Airways, needed supplies ‘are flown to our fighting” Seay Annihilation, or almost annihilation, oc- men all over the world. for at | curs only when opposing soldiers come to s from which | grips. We have had a few instances of such fighting during this war. Thus, on the night of last August 20, only 35 out of 700 Japs, who attempted to overrun the United States Marines’ positions on Guadalcanal, survived that combat, which was fought chiefly at the point of the bayonet. i The Russians, in this winter’s offensive, zlmost wiped out columns of the enemy in Stalingrad, and, a few days ago at Rostov, in bayonet fighting. But such outcomes are exceptions in this war, whereas they were the rule when Hannibal, more than 2114 centuries ago, made “Rome bleed-at' every pore.” q At the Battle of Cannae, the Romans lan army of 80,000, and when the figh:- i ing ended, 50,006 of them lay dead on the field and 20,000 were captured. Only one- eighth of the Roman forces succeeded in es- | ng in that darkest day of ancient Rome. and not contaminate the reader; never corn- A promise with principle. 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 fhe public welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue, commend good done by individual or organ- on; tolerant of others’ rights, views and nions: print only news that will elevate great deal was written about Caz- thage, whose legions Hannibal led for 15 : = See ears, when whe Allies invaded North Af- j————— ti because Carthage was situated near | -MPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST where Tunis now stands. Carthage finally ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN | fell to Romar arms, but before that day came, Rome trembled at Hannibal's might, Water and Sewerage. and what the Roman. soldier feared more More Hotels and Apartments. than anything else in Hannibal’s army was Beach and Bathing Pavilion. his cavalry of elephants. Airpurts—Land and Sea. It may sound like a joke to assert that Consolidation of County and City Gov- those elephants created more havoc among ernments. Roman soldiers than tanks do amorg sol- | 6. A Modern City Hospital. diers in modern warfare. But such was the | | case. In battle after battle, Roman ranks were disrupted when the elephant charged; in battle after battle, the tide was turned in favor of the Carthaginians whose trained ! elephants tore the enemy to pieces. The elephant was hardez to stop than P i the tank is today. There were ro shells to big x form, is interesting. : S 2 ' li the Senator has in mind a confer- | woud en on conic lahin seria cas Peet | ns Tosacco Co. rows in his hide, added only to his infuria- ence of the United States, Great Britain, | |. : — = Se ; 2 Se . 5 . tion and resultant deadliness. | China and Russia to evolve solutions for all | -! | ae i Deadly weapons now must avoid or try | = . FlAG “nag the troubled conditions of the earth, such to avoid deadly fire to destroy them. The KEY WEST IN Todav ’S Birthdays { Today’s Today’s Horoseope a eonference would be the utmost foolish- "ene, tank runs into the tank gun; the bomber DAYS GONE BY | Anniversaries The proposal of Senator. Gillette, of | Jow2, that early treaty negotiations set the Unite tions’ war aims in more legal and Tneiiaennimint aiparieyatoancee up" into the fighter plane or anti-aircraft fire. Col. Robert R. (“Bob”) Ney-) = > ST” * as a a ag — . : ’, 12 ame mm s Gite tenament to be accorded our ene: The elephant, up to the time Hannibal land, Jr.. last year’s All-Army pe and the na’ : : p . | drank poison from a ring he wore, ju. |FROM-FILES/OF THE CITizEn {2 soe). bom Greenville) ew an, er oe em mfes when they have made their uncondi- ie Tex., 51:years ago. ed Maryland Revolutionary lead-| remain in the dibnal auievden the proposdl’ runacito | Dneme on thesticld sot. battle gbecausesno|| <i ameaceenenen cere a er, advocate of civil and religious |life and ete aulti eas rae Rlaea counter-forece had been invented to destroy | Thomas J. Watson, president, liberties, born there. Died May broaden v« difficulties because Russia is not at war with | Rin: The first of hundreds of mahog- International Business Machines, | 1791. NE ie ae SSORC ABM BEAED COPPEE Japan. any saplings was planted this born Campbell, N. Y., 69 years| eg RE : : a ee, : 1746—John Sullivan, _ noted It strikes us that what the Senator, and morning on Flagler avenue, with ago. . = ye alee ea ae pier Sor : z Revolutiona eneral, New COFFEE 4 e Se aay a as The zen refuses 7 y’g | appropriate ceremonies, durin = ~ 2 others, desire is a grand pow-wow, design- bape nen en metunes)t0 pull iain body’s | which Mayor William H Maik Neville” Miller, create Na. Hampshire jurist and President, bd bd MaLLS ed:to compel all nations now fighting against | Ch¢ st nuts out of the fire re: ardless of what | made the chief address. Gonal Astcemtion of Broadcast. |boTn New Hampshire. Died Jan. LICENSED PLUMBER the Axis to accept our war aims in principle | the sympathies of The Citizen may be. | | SST TT, ers, Washington, D.C. bora,” ; 1308 CATHERINE STREET — and then settle the ‘details. It cannot be Patrol leaders"9f Tro6p 5, Boy Louisville; ae pe ial 880. ©) "51807 William L. Dayton, not- ————— «or eceeeeer s+ oneness | Scouts, of; America, mei last night sey. juriet,. -aenshex: fend anueatie ik te: | fox! ay done and any attempt to do it will lead .o THE BITTER TRUTH in the-hore of J..A.“Boza, Scout-, Dorothy ‘Canfiel@Fisher-of! At ing ai boca iemdaidgn bitter disturbances in the‘ relationship that is inaster, 11") 1 lington,, Vt., ‘noted*“alithor, “born J Died Dec. 1, 1864 noW exists between the countries united by Citizens have yet to realize that infla.| T 8 eat be ble ie Peete oe ee ETRE eae ae ’ : ‘omorrow mothing a-Hew bus cp ek 18164. Alfred Holbrook, Ohi nl > neces efea i ; Wa SacoaaS ae ees rer jolbrook, io yond, the necessity of defeating tion is not an easy way to escape financial | line, operated by the Overseas! Bess Streeter Aldrich of Elm-|ncrmal school founder, Middle’ 5 difficulties. They have to realize that it is | Transportation Company, will be- i wood, Nebr., novelist, born]West pioneer in teacher train- Gillette would expect, we infer, ! a costly luxury; that it can permanently joes i eve trips between Key |Cedar Falls, Iowa, 62 years ago./ing, born Derby, Conn. Died ‘ EEE ie i “a arene? ag: id s 2 a ae a Pest ant Jami. — H i 4 4 eomennes io state ou war aims and apply destroy basic liberties. | eee JescpiiigerD. D: Bacon of Note 16. 1908 them to all situations that come to mind. In According to figures released by the| A. F. Avaia, sales manager of York, author, born Stamford,, 1843—(100 years ago) A. (Aar- short, the Senator forgets that we are in a) Office of Emergency Management, the in- | the Key West Electric Company, |Conn., 67 years ago. ‘on) Montgomery Ward, founder oalitio aie ee E ae ie ane tetas z ? ._, | yesterday caught the first sailfish er of the Chicago mail order house, coalition vee and that no one nation will be flationary rise in prices during the Period | of the season in local waters. The| John L, Beven, president of at 19 a store clerk at $5.00 a able to write all the terms of the peace | between September, 1939, and May? 1942, | fish was six feet six inches long the Illinois Central _Railroat,' month and board, born Chatham treaty. | surpassed the total cost of World War I. In | 274 weighed 70 pounds. ae aera, Mix, 26° years Ns teed Dee 7 In a world as wide as that on which | other words, Americans have in effeci | The grocery store, conducted by : 1856—Frederie E. Ives, Phila- we live, there are many divergent opinions. | squandered over $30,000,000,000 in a fool’s | Miss Marguerite Roberts, at An- aes aes ehiscag tern oe an|delphia inventor on half-tone en- li is not proof of depravity that other arvadise of war sperity -|gela.and Margaret streets, was! Official visit to Sparkling Waters! graving, pioneer in color photo- ost RAC SUE Ye Hi Cuneey On, arauine! Cs oats Dice Der because they | purgiarized last night for the fifth Lodge No: 14, of Key Westt. \graphy, born Litchfield, Conn tions do not agree with the ideas of Mr.) will not abandon the fallacious notion that | time in the last few weeks. a Died May 27. 1937. tte, or even with those of the United the other fellow — presumably the rich f ma eee Many Key Westers attended ; s expressed by our government. The | low — should pay all the ta: i Marvin Thompson, of Key. Lar- the Valentine bridge held Yast) yatue-of nation's 4942. manuatc- 7 eae i F : RA i, Po, is aiding in the beautification | night at the clubhouse of the Key ng of the earth is too big a job foi | still being used as a political, instrument 9% |eampaign thht. is being copductad| West Country Club on Stock Is- I : 5 ASS one man or one nation, social change. x sihiwersil 6° eboet are Key Wests He has given the; land. Colonel H. K. Taylor won! Pheiadlse ae tancn ions meconite pane wink % ehoab SON Committee 408, young magononu -the fist Ptize, and Mrs. B.'Curry; MMAGtH TSA bl Anise). : When the present war is concluded, National income ts: WAG AS 2 RORSYUMED in ahogany trees ae nettect coAlt:* Moreno the cinsolution prize. sei 4 Antigo, Wis.-57_ears ago. just recognition must be made of the con- suplies are dwindlir\Otay:wevenvessis faery tion for transplanting. .1)1) 14 |? | jamais | snes -etnincnn dae —— trigution that has been made by other na- | short of war ae haa 5: Ok werent oa ror e Cato) BB ergni-siollbn 4 ions i > defe 7 2 sie - ae 2 The name of Judge M. Phipps, rica in Kev West will serve; Beware oe in the defeat Se the Axis freebooters. ernment borrowing fro the banks c who practised law key West te dinner tomorrow afternoon and | lhe Russians, the Chinese and even the | tinues at a staggering pace, and still poli- | many vears, was found today inj evening, 5 to 8 o'clock, in the Re- British will be entitled to a voice, along with | ticians and public alike avoid an honest, | his own handwriting on a slip of | nedo building on Duval street. | the representatives of the United States ena hni Re = | paper that turned up while clean- sh oe ne United tates, hard-boiled reckoning. ing the customs house. The name; John Nebo left yesterday for, (. susiston retiewes We are not fighting the war exclusive- They avoid the fact that high war | was signed to a receipt onthe bill| Miami, “apd” will work out with | cause tt ‘to y and we will not be able to make peace ex- wages are little more than an illusion. In- | 8e@4 of the Key Wetlmprovement his brother Pete, who will fight! peng nak nip clusively. More to the point, if we make it | flation will reduce them if taxes don’t. And Zeta tis bs gael i eet one ee goes : petesenne soothe and exclusively, we will not be able to main-| every billion that we spend on inflation Mrs. Leonore Clarissa Roberts, ! { tain it. lessens the ¢ "es eeie + aivza | 83, died at 12:15 o'clock this after-| The: Citizen savs today in an; essens the chances for survival of individ noon in her home at 307 Elizabeth | editorial " i — ual freedom after the war. Every billion so | street. “Not knowing the exact mean-' Peanut Week in Georgia a concom- spent lessens the confidence of all peoples —— ing of technocracy, a lot of people j itant «f Peanut Politics in that state. in future financial stability | Mrs. Lorine Fay, president of’ think it is fiction—Times-Union. poe iire timgncal stability. ‘the Rebekah Assembly of Flor-, It is,mostly.” eeeeeeee > . is to protect your wirmmg amg esectoca aspuencss When a short circuit develops or 2 motor = overinad «5 = - = = - : 2 1. DON’T use fuses that are too large, aoe the proper size. turees is put at $121,000,000,000. 2. DON’T use pennies or wire to restore service. If you do. you nave no pratechom. 3. DON'T use substitute fuses @ your per- colator. Use the one designed by the manufacturer. WWowrrreerererr rT TTTrTCCCCCTTrCCleTrrcr rrr rrr, If you do nct have lights or an appliance doesn’t work, check your fuses. THE KEY WEST ELECTRIC COMPANY Showers Fees eereeeereee pwwweverrwrerer rot t i.)