The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 19, 1943, Page 2

si rat Citizen INCONVENIENCES ARE PETTY THINGS n Key West and Monroe West Flor cond class matter ASSOCIAT: 3 entitled to use hes credited to | who had in stock canned roast beef and can- ) but the writer was unable to find any of them. And the $10.00 | 5.00 250 85 20 ADVERTISING RATE wn on application. CIAL NOTICE ards of thanks, resolutioss of *, Will be charged for at +s for entertainment by churches from which s to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general in rest nt it will not publish anonymous communi- MEMBER FLORIDA PRESS ASSGCIATION }, \ NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION Wy 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, commend 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. {MPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST Water and Sewerage. More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airpurts—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. 6. A Modern City Hospital. } ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN ( SHOES ON THE FRONT LINE The order rationing shoes to three pairs a year for every man, woman and child is ; concerned, the tables | from now to April 1 as they had been look- | marked, in | again that good old stand-by of happier | days—grits and grunts. | was earnest, when ; humble dish, we will be sundry thousands | of times better off | live as we have been accustomed to living. | on the home front, are of little consequence | night, All of us can not fight, but all of us another indication that the nation must use | its available supplies for the needs of the armed forces. The order will probably be followed by others, regulating other commodities now on unrestricted sale. Gradually, the people of this country are beginning to ap- | preciate what total war means. There will arise complaints from the ; now believed to have been killed, captured same greups of citizens who criticize the | rationing of gasoline, sugar, and food. The public will hear that there is plenty of leather, that new supplies have aged and that there is no nec- essity for rationing shoes. It is what the public will hear about any future rationing regulations. It may be ebserved, however, that ra- tioning can be avoided by any gritic who will enlist in the fighting forces of the n tion. On the front lines, a man can have anything that he get. He can ehjoy other things if he manages to live. ’ been misma can coffee, tires | | of the United Nations and German insur- We read an editorial the other day on | “Where the Money Is?” That’s what we would like to know. We admire the Chinese tremen ‘ously for their powering foe, but we think they have a lot ofnerve when they begin to talk about what ihe United States owes China. THE BOX OFFICE CHAMPIONS We see where Messrs. Bud Abbot and Lou Costello have been voted the nation’s best box-office attraction by the theatre owners of the country. This seems to establish the popularity of the comedians with the public. It also goes to show just how far away our judg- ment is from that of the public. Anyhow, in a free country, the public its money and it makes its choice. In- cidently, the comedians have given more than 570 performances in 400 Army camps plendid battle against an over- | | more than 4,000,000 | 15 years old and and have been responsible for the sale of | an enormous amount of war bonds. They deserve the good hand that the get from the public even if we cannot agree with the public’s choice, P | to try to beat Uncle Sam to the punch, Mr. | right course to squelch that type of Amer- | the market ‘strategy in thi8 war against Hitlerism. in- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN l FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1943 7OO LATE TO KEY WEST IN The OPA is now striking with the sud- denness of a camouflaged machine-gun, but its latest surprise edict, banning the sale of canned meat and fish till April 1, is of little consequence in Key West. There might have been some grocers cLassiry | a ee OF FEBRUARY 139, 1933 WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—Ac- leanaing to the District of Colum- jbia division of the American ‘ |Automobile Association, the na- Colonel Carlos Mendieta, who |tional capital's share-the-car pro- is freely mentioned as the next/gram has bogged down. z | President of Cuba, arrived here! The AAA survey, conducted im Thanks to the determined and, clear, Congressmen are thinking! yesterday afternoon from Havana both the District. and suburbs courageous efforts of Attorney: along independent lines. ‘on the steamship Florida. \shows that cars arrive in shep- General Tom Watson, a free-born'» iThe fault does not lie with the! “ping and government office American in Florida, at»least, {aboring man. A large percentage! Miss Mollie Parker, chairmanjareas with an average of ap- may seek employment in a wari'of union members don't like the! of the Conservation Committee of|Froximately two persons per industry without first making -his/presén¥'situation any better than the Monroe Council fpr Unem- car, so slight an increase over the peace and crossing the palm of; the public’dves but they aré pow- | ployment Relief, anndincéd today |start of the share-your-car drive some union boss. erless‘t6 d@ much about it so long! she has received 100 packages of |that it is hardly worth consider- The courts have ruled that the as the union bosses are allowed to | vegetable seeds which she will dis- | ing- , “closed shop” is illegal and con- operate unbridled and unchecked. | tribute to Key Westers who int Not only that, says the AAA, trary to public policy. The unions; Congress can very easily rem-'to plant gardens. but holders of B and C cards have will appeal to higher courts and) eqy the situation and end the a record only fractionally better the outcome of these cases can} abuses that have brought labor in- > - ._.q{than the limited A-card holders. have far-reaching effects. ‘to disrepute by simply passing pee nee There are only two conclu- Just as industry in an earlier | laws that will provide for the same | Parent-Teacher’s Association at ajSi0"S to be drawn from this: (1) day overstepped the bounds of de- supervision over the acts of labor meeting to be held in the high | 2®€ national capital's car-owners cency and fair play, so today has as now exist over the control of school auditorium. are uncooperative; (2° this is one anizea labor abused the power: business and industry. jor the country’s most unfriendly it has attained to the end that it; Gross discrimination exists. ,, towns. finds if faced with an irate} Business and industry are framed: riers reeto eas “pel I don't know what the AAA public opinion. lin a network of federal and state'Su Go wae i Key West on ee at, Tey wouldnt Earlier New Deal Congresses | regulations to a point where tite epee ue geile est onstate them. But I think both of have given labor move and more’ average employer is kept so busy | 7 cee deductions are partially rope. egged on by an adminiStra- filling out questionnaires, sub- # : fion detecmines e coddle and en- | mitting to inspections and grovel-;_ Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lunn left! Most of the capital's drivers courage labor, backing up its ev-' ling to the majesty of the bureau- yeterday for Miami, where Mr. today are government work: ner”’ is played. But when it comes to a matter cry demand. Now the administra-|crats, he ,is a miracle worker if rr eae ve = eyes treated ror < working care ee - of tightening his belt a little more to pro- tion is beginning to stew in the he stays in business. ; ee ee aka eee ae ws joa feaauigy ES eet "14, pot of its own unsavory brew. Labor. gp the,gther hand. is, Se _ mote the war-effort, his brain sets to work ~ One of the questions that Man-| countable, to no.-pne,, not ey feel, perhaps, that they should to devise schemes to undo what the govern- power Commiggioner;Raul McNutt : to those in its qwny inks. Ty; , not besasked to take on the ant ment asks himto do: will have to decide is whether or , nical leaders, impose.sheir will, on {Leslie Cutty, ‘the last two months, ditional burden of playing bus ae as : : cnle Mot: in ordering a fellow citizen the workers a they. gan like. {\left’ yesterday for her home in dfiver mornings and evenings; Had he been given notice that the sale \{9 give up one job and take an-| or else. No one,seeks information Atlanta. nor should they risk tardiness or of canned meat and fish would be discon- ; a other, that free citizen must pay 'as to their incomes or-their ex> ae tinued in a few days and would be kept off | tribute in the form of union initia-, penditures. A] John Lewis may: Donald Williams, who is mak- ana a transportation round- till April 1, he would have tion fees and dues. spend a million dollars to elect a, ing his home in Miami, arrived Editor Gilbert Leach of the Lees-, president of the United States' yesterday to visit his mother, On the other hand,Washington hoarded these foods, instead of complying, burg Commercial sums it up like without the consent of one union Mrs. Charles S. Williams, Mar- Spe gee mm : longer a “friendly town”. yor true blue American would have with the OPA! order. this: member. garet and Eaton streets. want proof, ask the personnel Some months ago The Citizen re- i If an employer even acts like A ‘he wanted to have something to The State Road Department has | - -— a light vein, that Key Westers, war over, may popularize say about the operation of his own | notified county commissioners business. labor runs screaming that its forces will start next week to Washington and a flock of bu-|to repair roads in Monroe county SAYS eee oo enn wie ies been | Check up frequently to make in Key ‘est a week visiting; Daigiesisieciend . pelatives, left. yesterday for Gade. oe = 7 oe reaucrats, lawyercrats, concilia- Z for cooking is not rancid. It is bet- cinnati, where he is now making} | tors, referees, seconds and hang- !ers-on come rushing to labor's this owl ter to use several jars for storing See: \this fat and not pour some fresh _corner with everything from a set of brass-knuckles to a dray-horse’s shoe for their boy, while the cry of “Foul” goes up if the business ‘fat into that of a little off flavor man even doubles his fist. Vernon Spencer was a passen-} si iy | This is wartime “must. The outcome of the recent gen-! ger on the afternoon train yes-j} eral election gave ample evidence terday for Miami, where he will) spend a fortnight visiting rela-|_ To remove all food parts from | tives and friends in that city. | fat used for deep fat frying, strain 22s 7 ; the warm grease through a heavy of the temper of the American William Mendell left yesterday | ™uslin cloth into the container reople to this sort of thing and the outlawing of “closed shops” in for Philadelphia and New York Cover the fat when it has cooled and store in the refrigerator. Food Florida will be applauded from ‘ocean to ocean and coast to coast. If labor was smart it would | where he will arrange to purchase 2” | clinging to fat to be saved is like- ly to cause spoilage. By RUSSELL KAY ned corned beef during the last month or so, wa oniy canned fish he ran across were sardiries of the cheaper sort and an occasional few cans of mackerel. So Prentiss Brown's latest surprise or- der takes nothing from the tables in Key West. So far as canned meats and fish are will look the same ing for several weeks before the ban was suddenly announced. As there is a tendency among a small percentage of Americans, war or no war, Brown, The Citizen thinks, is pursuing the ican. As a rule, he’s the type that hurrahs loudest when Old Glory flung to the breeze, and sticks out his chest, in standing at attention, when “The Star Spangled Ban- is Mrs. Ralphy Sanders, who had been visiting her mother, Mrs. as eve qi done, “If our fellow Hoosier, Paul MeNutt, takes one man out of a job where he is making a living on his own and puts him on a job that he — McNutt — classi- fies as essential, and that man »mpelled to pay tribute to a ion racketeer before he can start on the job or even after he is placed on that new job, then — that man becomes a PEON.” than those Americans ‘ who are risking their lives so that we may _ The closed shop question with ~ \ its attendant abuses is only one of the many problems that must | be sclved, and the present Con- gress is being pressed for action. Unlike those that preceded it, this new Congress gives every indica- | tion of being able to think and act on its own. The rubber stamp has been tossed ‘in the ashcan and with the feelings of constiluents; s before the is a But The Citizen - added, that, even to faring on that it though we are reduced Inconveniences, whatever they may be, compared with the hardships in those places where death tirelessly stalks day and accept this little restriction and|a large stock of spring and sum- thankful it isn’t any worse. |mer goods. can keep our chins up while we uncom- ! Plaga rr ber plainingly submit to everything Uncle Sam believes will help the men who are fighting for us. Inconveniences are petty things in this war. ’ Mirs, George Morris returned! Cover meat and pjoultry with yesterday from Miami, where she | waxed paper and store in the cold- | had been a guest of Mr. and Mrs. est. part of the refrigerator for = Bee { Tr Bas {Gordon Ent. ; best keeping. 7 ” av oars { Tedav's Bittiays | TGS POPORRGRr scan cnesih! ioe an an meme |urday from a two weeks’ visit in| vegetables; it destroys Vitamins B U. S. Senator Scott W. Lucas} Today gives a retiring nature, | Tavernier. jand C. of Illinois, bern there, 51 years studious, and with deep intui- ago. tions. The affections are not ivery warm, but the nature is| Dr. Milton C. Winternitz, Yale ;constant. Today's native is cap-| pathologist, born Baltimore, 58 able of rising to distinction and | years ago. jit is a position from which one} cea ‘of humble birth may rise to John H. Fahey, Commissioner, '8'et influence. Federal Home Loan Bank Admin- | istration, born Manchester, N.|Chureh,, born Greensboro, N. C., a H., 70 years ago. /71 year$ ‘Bo. NAZIS HAVE LOST 4,000,000 MEN More thar 4,000,000 Nazi soldiers are | If you can still get pastel shaded paragraph says today: after-dinner mints they can be “Our grandfather no doubt’ used effectiveiy for coloring cake would have thought us flippant: frostings. Crush the candies until our grandchildren probably will’ jike powder, then thin with a lit- think the same of us.” tle cream and use as frosting or add | to other frostings to give the de {sired tint. The Citizen in an_ editorial! or permanently crippled so far in the war, reports C. L. Sulzberger, writing from Lon- | don to the New York Times. The newspaper correspondent s the | estimate is based on confidential figures, as- sembled by the intelligence division of one { Especially the Last “Name the solids.” “Mineral, vegetable, geometry, | and comfort.” Vanilla is the cured pod of one {of the orchid family of plants. i ,.|. Garet. Garrett, writer, born Guy F. Allen, U. S. Treasury’s pana, Mk).65 years ago. Chief of Disbursement, born Del-j} fi phi, Mich., 66 years ago. | Edward. Weeks, Jr., editor of| ;The Atlantic Monthly, Boston, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, English|}born Elizabeth, N. J., 45 years} acter, born 60 years ago. ago. ance statistics smuggled out of the Reich. | These are astounding figures, indicat- | ing the enormous losses that the Germans have suffered in Russia, where the bulk of the heavy fighting has occurred, according to the Red®*Army theory that successful { * Thomas D. Campbell of Mon. ‘tana, agricultural engineer, noted | 1 large-scale farmer, born Grand. ° e { |Forks, N. D., 6Ivyears ago. j | | | LICENSED. PLUMBER | volves bleeding it to death. be | Bishop Robert E. Jones, of Co- 1306 CATHERINE STREET The confidential report made avail-) liumbus, Ohio, of the Methodist | able to the correspondent estimated Ger-| __ gies s - man losses, up to June 30, 1942, at 1,250,- 000 dead, 1,450,000 severely wounded and incapable of further service, and 3,500,000 lightly wounded. Losses at the same rate for the second half of 1942 would bring the totals to 1,750, 000 killed, 2,005,000 incapacitated and when prisoners and missing are counted. These figures are termed conservative in view of recent events in Russia where the Red Army's Winter of- fensive is playing havoc with German armies. The estimate is that Germany ha about 6,000,000 men ynder arms at this time out of a population of 40,000,000 males, of whom paige are jchildreii less than 06 are men over 65 years of age. This I@8¥es 27,000,000 men “disposed for military and auxiliary duties at the fronts and behind the lines.” By subtracting the men under arms and those dead and capacitated, the Reich has a manpower reservoir of 17,000,000 left. This is not enough for the extensive and heavy requirements of the German war effort, especially when it includes boys between fifteen and seventeen and old men above sixty years, Coceccccccccoccsosoococerseeecceces® if eccecccce Is More ECONOMICAL. . It’s Healthy and Safe. . It’s Pure hares THOMPSON ENTERPRISES (ICE DIVISION) INC. Phone No. 8 Key West, Fla. SO SCOSCOSESOSESSLSEEDOCEROEESES fi directors who are conducting the so-called “exit imterviews” <quiz- zes of persons who insist on leev- ing their jobs). I have lived in, worked im, or visited i: many of the country’s big cities, and of all those, only New York can Wartime Washington in ,who are not driving cars and |who are looking for some sort of share-the-cost. if not shase-the- can transportation. There is one other important factor. The Washington share- your-car program has bem kick- ed around so much that no agen- cy has really had an opportunity to develop #% Most of the time, it has been in OCD, but even there it has had no abiding place of sufficient ™manence to per- mit enforceme: any rules reguiatuons. Officials are wying to @o son ing about that now, but the consensus is that it's pretty hopeless and never can be brought to even the partial success which some ‘war industry areas have approached down. When the public tation system is upset, as it was py the recent big snow storm, it becomes a Gefinite threat to ef fective prosecution of the war. Russell E. Singer, AAA eral manager, mm summing up the local report, said: “Much poten- transportation space the District) is being wasted. We have a long way to go before we can say that the automobiles in Washington and surrounding territory are being used to max- imu capacity.” That's putting LEGALS IT COURT OF THE JUDICIAL CrRCUrr ‘TATE OF FLONIDA. IN corer. tial t mildly Kes this 1943 Wee 18th ordered om Florida . ye Circuit Court Ry: (S¢.) Kathleen Novtage y Clerk ‘WILLAAM ¥ Attorney f FANCY DRESSMAKING Our Specialty SERVICE MEN’S WORK DANIA DE BOIE 801 Simonton St. Conference of Alicotclic Beverage Indvatetese tra ——————————————————