The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 31, 1943, Page 2

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MEMBER —— % LORIDA PRESS ASSOCIATION, \ NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION 2) | ‘THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it w.thout fear and without favor; never be afraid tg attack wrong or to applaud right; ‘fight for progress, never be the or- mouthpiece of any person, clique, class; always ‘do“its utmost for the public Welfare; never tolerate corruption or injusticé; 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 Wate und Sewerage. More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airpurts—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. \ _ —— FARMERS AND WORKERS LOYAL There are rumors that the farmers of the nation might not produce enough food for the needs of the United States, much less the nations that we are supplying with foodstutfs. This would be unfortunate. If our farmers do not provide the focd that the Allied nations require to. win victory they will soon discover that it is easier to raise crops under @ democratic regime than un- der an axis army of occupation. The Same observation goes for some laborers in the United States. If the work- evs of this y do not produce the guns, planes nd tanks that we need for victory they will find out the difference be- tween working for a benevolent govern- ment instead df providing forced labor for an Axis agtocracy. We point outithese obvious fa we are cOpvinced that/the farmers and la- borers ofthe{United States have too much sense to fill déwntoht¥é tremendous job that comed to them in our fight for freedom. While there may be hot-headed farm- ers and loud-mouthed labor leaders, the rank and file of agriculture and: labor is solidly behind the democratic war effort and can be counted upon to deliver the stuf needed to carry us to victory. ts but No government, responsible to the peo- ple, can destroy the rights of the people. The feod ration of the people of the United States is nothing to complain about, we probably ate too much, anyway. AFRICAN AND HOME FRONTS American soldiers, inexperienced in desperate warfare, are fighting for, their. lives against the’ trained veterans’ of R6m- mel’s Army. a aah Behind the picture drawn by the of ficial utterance are hundreds of American dead, others, wounded and some captured. “Heavy casualties,” admitted by our War Office, means that ovr soldiers are begin- ning to shed their blood gn a large scale for freedom. Themen who have made and will make the supreme sacrifice on the fighting fronts ceserve the support of their people at home. They would not be comforted by those wha grumble about every regulation designed ia add to their provection in battle. iin efficacy te leaf mold, VALUE OF MULCH K. N. Dahle, in an interesting letter in | The Citizen, asks, in effect, this question: | Why de not more avocado trees in Key West | | hold their fruit? H The writer may easily find the answer | to that question: Exceedingly | of fertilizers. Here is an experiment the writer made i that may interest Mr. Dahle and Key West- cado tree with stones, about three feet in diameter and a foot high. In that ring were cumped vegetable matter—, including or- ange and grapefruit rinds, potato peelings, the greens of carrots and turnips—up in “dear ole Georgia” would have been cooked down with sow belly, but he preferred to use them as fer- tilizer—and everything else that came out of the kitchen except that in which flies breed. And swept-up leaves also went into the mix- ture. What was the result? The vegetable matter or mulch, as it rotted, created a fruit. effect of the humus, bore bountifully. Few | of the small fruit, just beyond the blossom | stage, fell off, and none of the larger fruit, unless it was blown off, or, as happened three or four times, became so heavy as it | neared maturity the weight of the pea broke the branches or small limbs on which they had grown. No commercial fertilizer is comparable and yet, as Mr. Dahle points out, Key trash cans. The greatest need of all plant life in Key West, because of frequent short periods and plants is mulch. Sprinkle a gallon of water on a plant if there is mulch around the base of the tree, the moisture will be retained for a week or longer. There has been no time in the history of Key West when a dealer in fertilizer eould have earned enough to provide him- self with our favorite dish ~of grits and grunts. Our tropical gardens are wonderful now, but how much more wonderful they would be if we knew the value of mulch! What ruins a vacation is the work that piles up when you are away from home. There are so many things that escape miss a few of them ourselves. individuals of wealth are able to take care of their problems; consequently, we are in favor of assisting those less fortunate in meeting the vicissitudes of life. 2 ES eS ES A, Philadelphia preacher says that we cannot save ourselves unless we serve the world. Serving the world ience for America and no one knows wheth- er it will work, and it is going toe cost a lot of money to find out. . JUST A VOTE CATCHER Here isan example of Congressignal nothingness : The House has unanimously approved a Senate resolution, which no doubt went through the upper chamber with a roar, causing the outrages ‘‘should be punished.’ This resolution has no meaning except in so far_as it may comfort the kindred of the victimized peoples and secure, for Con- gressmen, some good will. In its effect uv- on those guilty of committing the outrages it is an absolute zero. lution and do something for the innocent victims of Hitlerism, let it pass a resolution pledging the United States to cooperate with the democratic nations of the earth, in will not oecur. Let Congress tell the guilty aggres- sors that it is ready to support a world force to keep the peace and to punish those who use of American forces, if necessary, to maintain civilization, whenever and wher- ever assailed, ers generally: he ringed the base of an avo- | those turnip green; | humus, and humus, more than anything else, | is what makes trees grow and hold their | Westers, as a rule. | | sweep up their leaves and put them in the | of drought, is moisture, and the best thing ; to keep moisture around the roots of trees, or tree where there is no mulch, and the | next day the ground will be dry again, but | | Kirke left yesterday for Miami to; the wise men that it is not strange that we | It has been our observation in life that | condemning Nazi outrages against the civil- | ian population of occupied countries and | expressing the view that those guilty of | the future, in order that similar outrages | wilfully assault innocent, peace-loving peo- | ples. Let it say, directly, that it favors the | few Key | Westers realize either the nature or value | | { | That avocado tree, in responding to, the | | | ij | | | | i | | i If Congress wants to implement its reso- | | } | | be open in that city tomorrow. {ernment employes. is a new exper- | | Perry | wartime | cften |firmly-placed day and a day of _ THE KEY WEST CiTiZEN W. DAYS GONE BY bnew Abieeesetapemmlte oh 4 FROM FILES OF PHE CITIZEN OF MARCH 31. 1933 oa a ENE The Key West Municipal Band Started a movement today to raise @ fund to purchase music selec+ tions. Judge Henry H. Taylor, tite ¥ president of The Citizen Publishy ing Company, and attorney for the. Overseas’ Bridge Corporation, arrived in Key West yesterday to have a conference with William k. Porter about the application that has been made to obtain a loan from RFC to construct the propos- ed bridges. A. C. Brown, associate inspec- | tor for the State Plant Board, who had been in Key West on an of- ficial visit. left yesterday foy his headquarters in Gainesville. Frank Johnson returned yester- day afternoon from a_ business visit in Miami. Attorney William V. Albury, representative from Monroe Coun- ty in the state legislature, left this morning over the highway for Miami. where he will be joined by Mrs. Albury and then protéed to Tallahassee. George W. Wall, West on a busine: ae | : was in Key: visit, and was! : Z ‘ a guest. while here, of Robert In- ‘. | gall, manager of the local gas com- : .». winning more and more pany, left yesterday for Atlanta. The Woman's Missionary So- ciety of the First Baptist Church will hold a meeting Monday after- noon, beginning at 4 o'clock. The crew of the steamship Cuba will give a dance tonight in| ‘he Cuban clubhouse. Howard} Wilson’s orchestra will provide the | music. J. J. Trevor. president of the; Key West Country Club, an- nounced today that a tacky dance will be given tomorrow night in: the clubhouse on Stock Island. M Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Bryant EVE attend the Flower Show that will t H. L. Chilton, who had been} working in the mechanical de- partment of the Florida East Coast Railway in this city was trans- ferred yesterday to St. Augustine. Several Key Westers will repre- sent this city at the annual cun- vention of the Parent-Teacher As- sociations to be held in Holly- | wood on April 5 and 6. The Citizen says today in an editorial paragraph: “Beautiful girls are more plenti- } ful than -intellectual ones, and a | #rouch remarks that thi: i keeping with the demand. Today In History | 1836—The Pickwick Papers by 24-year-old Charles Dickens be- gins appearing in 19 monthly in- stallments. 1840—By executive order, President Van Buren establishes 10-hour. working day for Gov- Copyright 1943, Liccrrr & Mvens Tonacco Co. | Today's Birthdays Today's ' Anniversaries —— Jchn J. McCloy, assistant sec- . retary of war, born Philadelphia, 1824—William. Morris Hunt, 48 years ago. opening Japan. to. the ,wog- | painter, leadifig - figure shaping Uni tate _| American art, born Brattleboro, 1917—United States takes for. iVt. Died Sept. 8, 1879. mal possession’of Danish West! cae fake ie aleanden {Louis publisher of literature, born Oxford, rake April 17, 1918. 1854—Historic treaty of peace, amity and commerce sig! by for U.S. and Japan—! U. S. Senator Francis Maloney ;of Connecticut, born Meriden, ‘Conn., 49 years ago. Langley, St.! e communistic | Ohio. Rear Admiral John F. roth, Jr., born in yDenver, jyears ago. a Shaf- 1922—Great coal strike begins 56 at midnight. = Se aa her} 18383—Mary A. Dodge, author, 1923 Bulgaria Sere eas ta| Who wrote under name of “Gail i : bringi try into| Hamilton,” born Hamilton, Mass. Prison for bringing country ini? |Died: there, Aug. 17, 1896. James, M. Cox of Dayton, Ohio, newspaper publisher, ex-gover- nor, Presidential candidate, born Jacksonburg, O., 73 years ago. famed stained Vardis Fisher of Died |Idaho, noted poet-author, | Annis, Ida., 48 years ago. | 1835—John La_ Farge, lartist and worker in i glass, born in New York. | Nov. 14, 1910. 1933—Works Division succeeds Civil Works Administration. Hagerman, born 1933—President signs Unem- ployment Relief Act, which in- cluded the Civilian Conservation Corps. 1853—Angelo Heilprin, Phila-| Dr. Leon Green, dean of the delphia scientist and explorer,’ Northwestern Univ. Law School, RA ie born in Hungary. 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