The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 23, 1943, Page 2

nd Publisi ss Manager AIIUTMAN, Owe v West matter MEWVMBER OF THE ASSOCIA mar lispatehe credited to and also the $10.00 resolutioss of ged for at { aprop.’ 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- tolerant of others’ rights, views and print only news that will elevate ization; opinions: and not contaminate the reader; never com- promise with principle. ‘MPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. 4. Airpurts—Land and Sea. 5.1g Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. 6. MIGHT HAVE KIDNAPED STALIN We continue read he to in the public | lamentations those who de- | sbsence of Joseph Stalin from the of ablane the I tes offered to fl 1¢ Anglo-Egy Russian dictat print } con neces in Ca The f United Khart meet the After all, the | east as act is that resident of is far um, in ian Sudan, to Yr d. Every ¢ lin was irvite range the place of con- to suit (he deman‘!s upon his time could have | 1d was nothing Ise that ne, unless mmmandos cou w to kidnap nse in mi out of nothing. The presence oO unnecessa Mr. relaied The parley American ant British ; it did Stalin was to the use of sivength against Germany in Europe lude both any request of the Russians be- Churchill know | ussians are doing their pay i Roosevelt and » who has lost confidence in himself x more to lose. j you have extra money and are in | buy war bonds. STEPPING-STONE CAMPAIGN | strategy and tactics and the dire “if | will result if this or that thing is not done. j it from | panse of the Pacific,” AIR-WAVE STRATEGIST mistakes in talking, the radio, and a little more All of us make whether vis-a-vis or tongues over sometimes our slip than usual. in his broadcast Sun- ay night, slipped than any other e onan iaton we have ever heard. He spoke about Germans’ “treat” in Russia, caught himself and said “retreat, ” but he overlooked his slip when he said “The 400 * And he just couldn't Drew Pearson, worse the in China; .)-- ince “reverberati¢ They were only a few of his mautings end maimings of the English language. He became so bad we heard a radio listener re- “He’ s trying to imitate Mrs. Mal- people prone mark, All of which proves that a man may be a good writer, or fairly good writer, and a poor talker. Pearson’s trouble is his eager- ness to impress his listeners. That is parti- cularly so in his so-calle od predictions. One of his predictions Sunday night was that Marshal Rommel, in thrusting so deeply into the American lines in Central Tunisia, exposes his right flank to the Brit- ish First Army in the north and his left flank to the British in the south while the Allies made a frontal attack from the west. And Pearson “predicted” that the Allies will “outfle * Rommel. The Citizen pointed out that very thing last Frid but made no in an editorial because, as has been remark- “prediction,” ed before, one person’s prediction is as good as another's. Incidentally, air waves bring us assinin- in ever-increasing volume from com- mentators who talk freely about war strategy as though they were military ex- perts. It must amuse men learned in mili- tary science to hear the endless verbiage, authoritative tones, about that Ny as air-waved in Things have reached that pass, in ra- dic comment about the war, to justify us to Giscard that old stand-by, “rocking-chair strategist” and substitute “air-wave strat- | egist.”” Trading in Key West is an obligation | on every good citizen whether you believe or not. The lazy man seldom works; the ave- rage man always works; but the brainy man gets the dough. Most advice to the contrary, the who puts off doing things very often finds that he does not have to do them man WAR EFFORT MEANS CASUALTIES There will be increasing war activity in the remaining of 1943. Prime Minister Churchill says that plans matured carried out “during the next nine months” and President Roose- actual invasion of the Contin- ent of Europe. Let American imagine that these blows will be made without loss of American lives. The overthrow of the A nations can be accomplished only by the de- struction of their military power and this ins the killing of their soldiers. It is not to be an easy parade. The President admits that “the amaz- Russian armies in the East have been delivering overpowering blows” “we must do likewise in the East.” In the East the United Nations have no idea of “ to ii months ai Casablanca will be prorfiises velt no great me. Far and across the vast ex- asserts the President, are many roads which island who adds, “There | lead right to Tokyo. We shall neglect none Knox is author- | 2 | Navy does not | Navy that Secretary of the ity ement he sta contemplate an island } and campaign | d Tokyo. He speaks because many so-callel com- rts have consistently re- strategy. There never a belief that the N mentators and ex} ferred to such has bee asis for Navy isior uch a campaign. The fact that Japan has been held in the south aerial s despite when great naval anc the wat rLed, the courage and fight- t is not to be presum- } Pacific, uperiority star speaks volumes for skill of our Nav ed that when ships and planes give us su- perior torces that we will be sz waging a lo Naturally, when isfied with distance war against Japan there is no inside informa- | Admiral Halsey gets the d the planes peeded for aggressive, | The fighting will not center around islands thou- of miles from Tokyo, tion, bu ships an tactics, c..ensive they will commence. Sang | Italy of them.” This may be interpreted in the light of | his statement that and decisive ac- tions against the Japanese will be taken to drive the invader from the soil of China.” Moreover, ‘Important action will be taken in the skies over China and over Japan itself.” Like Mr. Churchill, the President ex- uded confidence as to the final results. He looked ahead to complete victory — “‘to the day when United Nations’ forces march in triumph through the streets of Berlin, Rome and Tokyo.” Admitting that the enemy has strong forces in strong positions in Tunisia and that the impending battle will cost us heavily in Mr. Roosevelt pointed out that Hitler is willing to pay the cost of an engage- ment in Tunisia because he knows that it will be followed by actual invasions, design- ed to make the pressure on Germany and “constant and unrelenting.” casualties, and adds, | inching our way forward | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Rox ae velt Meets Giraud E a MEETS FRENCH CHIEF—Gen. Henri Honore Giraud, North African high commissioner, with conference. President Roosevelt at Casablanca Ted ay Int History | 1822—Governor approves Act} establising the City of Boston. 1836—Beginning of the histor- ie siege of the Atamo, Texas. 1847 — Gen. Mexicans battle Taylor in second day of Buena Vista. defeats of the; 1886—Charles M. Hall, 22- year-old Oberlin, Ohio, College grad, discovers first cially successful way jaluminum. to make 1905—First Rotary Club in world organized in Chicago 1917—Federal Boa tional Education ci for Voca- ted 1918—(25 years ago) Red Army of Russia founded. 1918—President fixes price of $2.20 a bushel for coming sea- son’s wheat. 1926—Thomas Midgely, patents his ethyl g 1939—House eliminates Guam from naval construction bill for national defence—Japan had called Guam defence objection- able. 1942—Enemy submarine bombs California cc bombers Bali in 1942—American army sheil Japs on Island of the East Indies. | ease The Republic of Liberia is slightly larger than Ohio, though its population is far less. commer- | ~ WHO “KNOWS? | ANSWERS ON PAGE FOUR (A Series of World Geography) 1. Where is Cape Town? 2. What is the approximate dis- tance from Guadalcanal to Tokyo? 3. Is the Black Sea east or west of the Caucasus? 4. Does the Suez Canal con- nect the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea or the Persian Gulf? 5. Casablanca is a seaport on what body of water? | 6. Does the continent of Asia lextend south of the equator? | 7. Is a straight line, on a flat map, the shortest distance be- tween two points shown on the man? 8. Is Yokohama, Japan, closer to e, Wash., or Sydney Aus- trali 9. Is Jacksonville, Fla.. east or west of the Panama Canal? 10. Which is further north, Rome, Italv, or New York City? -. Today’ 5 Horoscope Today gives good abilities. There is a tendency to petulanee with some disposition to be head- strong, and you are apt to be midjudged, which is a mistake, for the instincts are good at bot- tom. 7. F. SIKES ' LICENSED PLUMBER 1306 CATHERINE STREET Fas ke Se Overseas Transportation | Company, Inc. 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Porter, vice chair- man of the Overseas Bridge Cor- poration, declared today that ;Meither the decision of the state supreme court that the corpora- tion has no franchise nor the per- sonal opinion expressed in a newspaper in any way lessens the chance of a loan being secured to construct the bridge from the Re- construction Finance Corporation The Parent-Teacher Association of the Division street public school will give an entertainment ‘tomorrow afternoon, beginn | at 4 o’clock, to raise a fund to pa for luncheons for 116 pupils at that school. The noonday session of the Key West Rotary Club today was c fined to a program that had to do the Army Air Corps, born Chz g Council of TUES3DAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1943 Today’ Ss Bir ‘tnday s Maj. Gen. Walter R. Wes rles: ton, S. C., 58 years ago. Gen. Julian L. Ga., Maj Savannah, years ago. John*G. Win shire, Ambassa‘ t born New York, 54 years a William L. Shire caster-: author Chicag born years ago. Howard E. Babcock N. Y., president of Farm tives, born New ago. Dr. Alan Valenti f the Univ N. Y.. born Gler years ago. with the observance of the twenty-' eighth anniversary of that organ- ization. General repairs are being made to the telephone building in Key West. Information was recei here today that Mrs. Robert H. Givens, Sr., died in Miami this morning. The body has been sent to Tam pa for burial. Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Plummer left yesterday for Miami to visit friends and relatives in that city. | Attorney William V. Albury, who was in Miami and Tallahassee to attend to matters pertaining to the Overseas Bridge Corporation, returned yesterday to Key West Mrs. Morris Holtsberg left yes- terday for Miami to visit her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Suber. V. A. Johnson left for Jackson- ville to attend a convention of in- surance brokers to be held in that ' city. Mr. and Mrs. Bert A. Linderman, who had been in Key West visit- ing Mayor and Mrs. William H. 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