The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 16, 1943, Page 2

PAGE TWO c The Key West it Citizen baily, ’ . Owner and Publisher Business Manager ‘itizen Building 1 Ann Streets in Key West and ounty ed at Key West, Flor da, a as second class matter MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to | <1 or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the lecal news published here. SUBSCRIPTION R4'CES une Year ‘x Months. . Three Months 1 Made known on application. PECIAL NOTICE i reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutioss of spect, obituary notices, etc,, will be charged for at rate of 10 cents a line. Votices for entertainment by churches from whic! a revenue is 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 interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- ations. thi MEMBER FLORIDA PRESS ASSOCIATION \ NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION ‘ w sf 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 und not contaminate the reader; never com- promise with principle. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water und Sewerage. More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and ‘Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. PRAISES BUSINESS MEN Mr. James V. Forrestal, Undersecre- tary of the Navy, recently told a House committee that “ninety-five per cent of the men in American Business are quite con- seicus of the undesirability of excessive profits.”’ The Naval official was iscussing agreements involving the renegotiation of contracts and reducing prices when it was discovered that expanded profits was low- ering costs. We think Mr. Forrestal is right in his belief that h a high percentage of American business leaders take this splen- | did attitude. We are willing to go further and assert that ninety-five per cent of the business men of America are for fair bu ness methods, honesty in trade and agains special privileges that rook the consumer. The mystery that we have never un- cerstocd is why such a large proportion of ss men permit a small minority to practice such crooked policies as to give business in general a sha ly reputation. PLANT A VICTORY GARDEN | an | about the house or while using a knife or { LET US BE CAREFUL Despite the terrible weapons of de- | struction used in this war, casualties on the ‘heme front in the United States still con- | tinue to be far more than they are among i Americans on the fighting lines. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WORKER HONORED BY PRESIDENT SAYS SAVING HABIT GROWS ON Home should be the safest place in the i world. yet, though the enemy bembed any of our homes, Falling down stairs, believably large number of lives to be lost Outside the home, they had been during any other year in a decade, yet Joseph B. Eastman, director of { defense transportation, said Sunday that more persons were killed at railroad grade crossings last year than in 1941, despite the curtailed use of automobiles, He did not give the comparative fig- ures, but explained that the reason for the | incréase was not hard to find. Railroads last year were running far more trains than normally, it was “train time’’ more frequent- ly at the 230,000 grade crossings in the United States. Accidents cause the loss of millions easiest to avoid yet. they occur more fre- quently than in the out-of-doors. A misstep, instant’s abstraction while moving an icepick, results in an injury that some- times leads to death. Accidents caused the loss of millions -f manpower hours, and, now when man- power is the cutstanding factor in our win- | ning the war, more | cised than ordinarily care should be exer- in guarding against | mishaps. Fortunately, we have had only a few | accidents in Key West due to darker streets and painted headlights on automobiles. The | way to keep down the number of accidents in night driving is to avoid speeding and to stop at every corner where stopping is required, Carefulness in the home or on the street | is needed to conserve the manpower that is | essential to winning the war. Let us be care- ful. Today’s favorite: Pancake, Ohio. Some wives are like fishermen. They | always think the best got away. Soreheads and sapheads are not the same but they are equally tiresome. There are people in the world who | judge every individual by the size of his | bank account. Perhaps the most astounding tax item in the news comes from Morrce. There a “gentlemen’s agreement” to keep the as- sessment of a cigar factory at the insignifi- cent sum of $1,500 was cancelled by the cperations of the 100 per cent valuation Jaw. | Not daring to invcke the wrath of Jim Lee, | at Tallahassee, the commissioners found s way around by giving the factory owners $200 from the county’s “advertising” fund. —Fuller’s Florida Letter. MUCH FOR ALL TO LEARN The church leaders of the nation have | heard repeatedly that soldiers and sailors, | in the face of death in the service of their James C. Patton, president of the Na- tional Farmers Union, suggests that ihe government invest one billion dollars in pro. cuctive facilities for farmers now produc- | ing less than capacity because of a lack of} capital. He warns that the nation faces acute | hunger unless Congress acts quickly to set | up a food pclicy designed to make full use | of the “productive facilities of 4,000,000 in- | efficient farmers.” It all adds up to the wisdom of planting | our own Victory Garden. If there results chortage ef fcod supplies, as many farmn | leaders forecast, the family that has grown romething to eat in 1943 will be sitting | pretty. Most people are optimistic when they consider their own good points. The “good neighbor” all our cifizens, in nteremnenetenmihiicg Advertising does to business what yeast does to dough, but you have to know something about the use éf both if you ex- pect to- get the best results, policy might be | applied with some benefit in Key West by | country, have meekly turned to God, seek- ng succor from their Creator in the hour of agonizing need. Many of these men have not been ac- tively connected with church organiza- | tions. Obviously, so far as they were con- cerned, the church meant little or nothing. Apparently, there is an opportunity for church leaders to do a little thinking on their own. Men and women, as a rule, bélieve ia God, They have certain fundamental re- ligions which are deeply imbedded in their beings. It is the business’*ofiehureh organiza-- tions to give them ful press and develop this Why should an individual have to face death and suffer to.experience the feel of | religion? Flainly, beeause nobody has made known to him, or her, the full mean- ing of religion as a source of constant power in everyday living. It may be possible that while these fighting men are turning to God and seek- | ing religious understanding the good people of various faiths might develop a deeper | understanding of human nature and thus seek to intelligently instruct the unen- i lightened in the way of truth. opportunity tos ex: automobile acci- | | dents account for thousands of lives. While | fatalities last year in the United States from ; aecidents of that nature were lower than has not } thousands of | | Americans annually are injured fatally in i | what should be the security of their abodes. | slipping in’ bath | ? | tubs, wounds from household. utensils are | among the aecidents that cause an almost | vf boy in naval service now, lauds By JOSEPH H. KAUTSKY (Cited ‘by President Roosevelt and War Production Board as one of 10 American workers who made an extraordinary contribution to the War Effort). SLast January ony y company made it possible for tis purchase War Savings Bonds on’ the weekly payment plan! “Just about 100.per cent*of the workers ‘availed themselves of the chance to buy bonds. Most of us started with time to time, as a result some are now saving as much as $25.00 per week in bonds. “The plan is very popular in our shop for several reasons,' chief of which is the fact that as {the companv .does all the work, i keeps all the records, deducts weekly payments from each pay; | check we don’t miss the payments and are saving without any effort on our part. “Also the personnel has doubled in the past vear. Many new work- ers are ut ‘killed, start at the minimum rate of pay and could not buv bonds except for this vlan. The saving habit grows on them and individual subscriptions are constantly on the increase. “We think the vlan was made to order ‘or us. Productioneers. and all workers of America. and are thankful for the chance to do our “bit by keeping up our bond buying and paying our war texes cheerfully.” eee Josevh H Katusky. 63. a life- long toolmaker and mechanic. is the central fisure of one of the, best human interest stories to, rome out of the Battle of Produc-/ tion. | A. native of Indianapolis, Indi-" small subscriptions} 0n production but as the months went by in-| Government. creased our subscripitons from | MEN AND WOMEN IN FACTORIES Joseph H. Kautsky of Indianapolis, World War veteran and father payroll savings plan. jana, he graduated from grammar school and then decided to learn a trade. He went East to gain his practical experience 4nd then came back to his home town to work as foreman for thaDiamond Chain Company. Three years'later he shifted to)the Link Belt Com- pany. The next 30 years of his life he Worked in Detroit, Cincinnati, and many other cities, and for a while had his own business. In the last war he was a trouble shooter for the Federal Three vears ago, as a man o7 60, he returned to the Dodge Plant of !the Link Belt Company in Indi- anapolis where he worked as a youth. Out of consideration for his fellow workers whom he did not wish to embarrass with his sug- gestions, he submitted his ideas for speeding up and improving pro- duction as Mr. X. His handwrit- ing eventually gave away his secret. Kautsky turned suggestions under the name of “Mister X.” and it was not until seven of these won plant awards that his identv was uncovered by the War Production Drive Com-! mittee at the plant. He has been honored locally as one of the men doing the most “Thinking for Vic- torv” at Link-Belt. Mr. Katuskv was awarded his citation for four suggestions, each technical. He suggested a grinding ine wheel adapter which vermits hich sheeds in internal grindings; cimnlification cutting down the number. of snecial grindin# svin-} de wheel. adanters from 12 to 3: the adortion of a precision screw adi:-stment to the vertical column ef dial indieator gauges. to give faster adiustment without danger to the deals. and a new method of testing concentricity of internally ground parts. Military | Con- | 1802—West Point Academy established by gress. 1867—Henry Barnard of Mas- sachusetts made. first U. S. Commissioner of Finance. 1889—Historic hurricane off Samoa taking toll of several German warships , ee & averted war! and germany. aie from and meal for starving Russia. 1918—(25 years ago) Coal deal-* ers put under license by Fuel) Administration. | 1919—American soldiers — take | up strategic position on Trans-} Siberian Railway. | 1935—Hitler declares military} | conscription again. 1941 — Pennsylvania Railway | sabotaged; 5 killed and more; than. 100 injured. 1941—Greeks defeat the Ital- ians. Dried persimmon leaves boiled! in-water have been found to yield | large quantities of vitamin C. ‘ eats | { i H i ' ! t STAMP NO. 25 (Sugar Book) For One Pound PERSE | army, born. Keobuk, 7 Todav’s Birthdavs Irita Van Doren of New York, literary editor, ham, Ala., 52 years ago. Elsie Janis, actress, lumbus, Ohio, 53 years ago. William B. Stout of Detroit, noted airplane maker and_pio- neer in-air. transportation, born gunn, Ii, 63 years age : no | Yeeturer, born Clevelasd. et years "ago; soo Archbishop Robert E. Lucey; Catholie*prelate of San Antonio; Tex., born Los Angeles, 52 years | ago. Conrad Nagel, actor, now in Towa, years. ago. Joseph L. Weiner of the Office | | of Civilian Supply, Washington, | born in Russia, 41 years ago. Prof. Eric P. Kelly of Dart-} mouth, noted author, born Ames- bury, Mass., 59 years ago. ‘Today’s Horoscope Today produces a good mind Set on high things; aspiring and sustained by a faith leading to! success. If the luxuries of life are given, they will be | still certain to result. Bewares| ' however, of partnerships. SPENT ON EDUCATION LONDON. — More than one-! tenth of the total governmental expenditures in Britain is spent on education. ce bn nnn din tninctntintinintindantntndind| KEY WEST BEDDING CO. 515 Front Street Phone 66° PEE EEN ERE EREREEEEE OO pee eeeeesee in nine! born Birming-;| born Co-. 46) KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY (OM FILES OF THE CITIZEN MARCH 16, 1933 The ferry Joseph R. Parrott ar- rived yesterday afternoon from Havana with several carloads of | horses that had bean gon in that city this winter. © Dr. M. V. Mayer and ‘his corps of assistants from the Shedd Aqua. tium in Chicago, ‘have arrived in Key West to make a collection of rare and other fishes to be used for exhibition purposes. More than 350 sacks of flour distributed by the Red Cross |to needy families in this com- i munity. Several residents and_ visitors, who have been out recently fish- | ing for tarpon, say that the Silver King is running in large schools and are eagerly taking the lure. Several fine specimens were brought to port yesterday after- noon. Mrs. Antonia Fleitas, 42, died this morning in her home at 524 Elizabeth street. Funeral services are being held this afternoon in the First Methodist Church, the Rev. J. G. Stradley officiating. Mr, and Mrs. Sam Galey, Bill Meeker, Mrs Ruth Bryan Owen’s son-in-law, and Jack Semple, of Coconut Grove, arrived in Key West this morning on the auxiliary yacht Fighting Gull. Train 76, which left Key West yesterday, was delayed two hours just as it passed the drawbridge in the Garrison Bight. The delay was caused by a broken evventric rod on the engine. | Mrs. Victot Moffett and two daughters, of Whitehead street, left yesterday to visit relatives in Miami. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Paulerson and two daughters, Catherine and Florence, who had been visiting in Kev West, left yesterday for West Palm Beach for a short stay before returning to their home in Albany, N. Y. Mrs. Andrew R. Miller and her nephew and niece, Mr. and Mr-.! H. M. Richards, returned yester- day from a short stay in Havana. Lenior Russell arrived yesterday | from Miami to spend the next twe weeks visiting relatives and {friends in Key West. Today The Citizen says in an} editorial paragraph: “An interesting situation is seen | in the fact that while Harold L. Ickes is secretary of the interior , in a Democratic cabinet, his wife is a Republican member of the linois legislature, in which she is serving, her third term.” ~ WHO KNOWS? ANSWERS 01 ON N PAGE FOUR 1. How far is it from London to Berlin? 2. How many times has the RAF bombed Cologne? 3. What is the estimated month- ly airplane production of all Axis! nations? 4. Why is Faid Pass so vital to both sides in Tunisia? 5. What is the name of ourtnoat: recently launched aircraft car- rier? 6. Is Argentina one of the Unit-| ed Nations? 7. What is the monthly average | cash expenditures for the Amer- jiean Army in Britain? | 8. How many wheels “hansom” have? 9. How many masts are there on a ketch? 10. To what pungent plant is the leek related? Big guns in ferocious duel across English channel. AT FIRST SIGN OF A 706 666 TABLETS. ee, ade 6 AARON i. SHIFRIN * DR _AARON PRACTICE ——. ani $25 Whitehead—Opp. Lighthouse PHONE 612-W | Tuary 27 by the Bo | order of your President. does al$ TU ESD. AY, MARC H 16, 194 MESSAGE 10 THE THE RUSSIANS By JOHN SELBY Associated Press Arts ‘Editor NEW YORK, Mar. 16.—Roy Harris getting started on his fifth phony, but when, after a summer in Colorado. he began work, it went swiftly. was finished last Chri ing, and the 1 brated at Ithaca, where Har: connected with the music de ment of Cornell ‘s toasts from the student body composer's family. wayfarers not in « tion. The work was played on Feb- n Symphony was two occa under Serge Kou: the performance the world, and particularly to Rus- | wa sia. This was because Oklahoma composer h the work to the “heroic and dom loving people of o: rea ally, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republ It was a message from Roy Har- ris to those people, and it tried to convey in tone something of th- character of our own people. There is more to us than our popular music expresses, Mr. Harris says. “We also have qualities of heroic strength, will to strug, faith in our stir, tion,” he declares. sessed of a fierce driving power, and I am convinced that our anistic age has not de: appreciation of more tender moods.” | Dr. Koussevitzky has played the first performances of M ris’ other symphonies. His ers will find the first of its three movements marital, the second chorale, but rhapsodic in style, and the last one of those super- complicated affairs that Harris loves—a combination of Fugue and Rondo form, intricately writ- ten and intellectually interesting. Fritz Kreisler’s recent per- formance with the Philharmonic Symphony came at an unlucky time. Specifically, it came on the day the orchestra announced through its head, Marshall Field, that when Dr. Artur Rodzinsky takes over next fall 17 familiar faces will be missing from the 103 which confront Philharmonic au- diences from the stage of Carnegie ST NOTICE . The annual election of Directors of the Grief Relieved Association | will be held on Tuesday, March 16th, at the office of the Associa- | tion, 921 Thomas Street, All mem- bers ere requested to attend by— GEORGE BAXTER. F. A. JOHNSON, Secretary. Mar. 13-15-16x | | Hall y'it would net m ky that K Chief casualty is Mishel Fiastre The men applauded master Piastro roundly ppeared on the stage, Concert- when he and under- less well done for he program at followed. There was a feeling of tension, a lot of over-blowing, It is now the when Fritz K remark, appears, that whether he played vio! t all, such is his dig- y, poise and general nobility Barbiro ielded the meat program to Kreisler, who yed two concertos—his own C major, and Viott And the that th th tter many years ly to compos- t. It was sup- posed to have been a transcription from Antanio Vivaldi, and by odd 2 performance was the ad by the Ph: rmonic. later refused water. The farmer's eyes gleamed hopefulls If this nag's a good worker. what a bargain I've made!” Not Necessary you heard the latest? Mrs. Fisher walks in her sleep!” “How perfectly absurd, when they have three cars!” “Have - | Wwwwwwrwrv vw TRY IT TODAY... the Favorite in Key West STAR * BRAND CUBAN COFFEE ON SALE at ALL GROCERS AABAS AAAAAASAAAEES J. F. SIKES LICENSED PLUMBER 1306 CATHERINE STREET Open 8:30 AM. to 7 PM. 1E You'Re Looxwe Fon See PAut SmitH 334 Simonton $7. 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