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PAGE TW Ann streets: Only Daiiy Newspaper in Key West and : Monroe County Florida, as second class matter MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PH ‘The Associated Pr exclusively entitle for republication of all news dispatches credited t -L or not otherwise cred:ted in this paper and also the ocak Mews published here. ed at Key West, SUBSCRIPTION RATES en Vear «3 rae ox Months mR | NOTICE of thanks, resolutioss of All reading notices, will be charged for at respect, obituary notices, etc., she rate of 10 cents a line Notices for entertainment by churches from which | a revenue is to be dorived are 5 cents a line, ‘The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion-of public issues and subjects of local or general mterest but it will not publish anonymous communi- NATIO! vt €DITORIAL_ | F wk always seek the truth and print it & thout fear and without favor; never be | Afraid to attack wrong or to appiaud right; | lways fight for progress; never be the or- ; n dr 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, fommend 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- jromise with principle. i U4PROVEMENTS FOR a wea ADVOCATED BY CITIZEN Water and ag More Hotels and Apartments. Béach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. NIGHT VISION entists have discovered Idiers to see better at night | leaving a lighted room. Details of s done are not revealed. Under the method a red soldier leav- 2 lighted room will be able to acquire | * within five or six mir. usual three-quarters of This is attested to by Ktikor Kek Nikolai Derbhavin and Sergei P £ Mes scientists and medical n, who have e discovery but have withheld de It is suggested that the method is based ry that a man with a full stom- § 8 sense ¢{ smell, hearirg ing sutled, cannot see as well as one who is has not heard loud talk er @se tecently and ha k ¢for egoin; néthod f oen after ot been active just m light into darkness. + Seien sert that the senses are am poethe is held that il a person has téen list a very int sound while ingfoots he can detect noises outdoors thet he m have heerd at all. 4 room has less night outdoors than one in bright light. hint that 0 do otherwise t not he method used with gazing at a ying to d in the shadow. are ney can thank Der wehrer. rid, after this war, €3 in the conti ation of the Brit- ish, C wealth cf Nations and the United America. It is the way to i ued coop A- sign of the times, maybe, and pos- oi the days that are to come: Japan and Russia have reached an nt under which Japanese fishing k leges in Soviet far eastern wate*s have been renewed for 1943. A_recent disclosure that Japan willing- eb poae Soviet ships, from the west ‘he United States, to transport war to Siberia, indicates that ré'stions Eee n these two nations are not “coth- | ture is such i | which holds fast edvised American doctors of | g and feel- ; NATURE iS BENIGN i With the sun coming up this morninz | na clear sky and with a vitalizing chill i the air, how many of us in Key West, le ng cul the newcomers here, who apprecia‘e | our climate far more than we do, give a | thoucht, even new and then, to the ki | nesses that Nature forever bestows on us? Very few of us but thatis no reflect on cur faculties to appreciate the thing , that are good and beneficent. Human n.- is impossible for our inter- est to Le be general, as is our climate, or | as is the war. | We are tired of war news, unless | excepticnable, and we have come to take it | as a matter of course, in a reversed 1 ; our taking our climate as a matter of ¢ It is well that human nature is so con- | stituted, for sustained interest in anything ; breaks the human mind. Those people who | have commitied suicide because of the w: | kept their interest at sc sustained a pitch it | turned into brooding, and the only way out | of constant began is the enc nd what is ; | true cf everything else in every walk, | Fame isa shooting star: it flares bright} an instant and then is swallowed up i | blackness. The present generation has | more fame shine brightly and then die out } | than any other generation in the hist mankind. Motion pictures “shooting st Irs2. ' with * Who were the stars of e s the last time you | saw the name of Mary Pickford in the pa- Yesterday she was ‘America’s Sweet- } today she is forgotten. Who speaks today about Wallace Reid, Rudolph Valentino, Lon Chaney, who were | thrilling millions yesterday? And so it goes; time marches on, and, as it marches, there is constant change ci everything, including the mind of mar, to nothing, and it isa blessing that it doesn’t. Were we to concentrate on the horrors |, | of war, day in and day out, thinking of the | millions who loved | have lost their lives | their own, it would not be long before this .| would be a world of madmen..,.,; and ‘were loved who through no, fault. of vecoaht Nature is benign; she strives to take care of her children, and those. who do-not | heed, try to ease their troubled minds ih ob-" ivion. Tired business men might | that isn’t rationed. You might as well make up your mind | to plant a Victory Garden. The quicker the | better. If you are di vation you can do one of two things: the Navy or visit Brazil. Never get hot and bothered about what | the author of one beok says; if you don’t like what he writes, read another book. Join OUTSMARTED (Fuller's Florida Letter) | You can use big type and a srhall sheet | of paper to write down the times Roy Crum- | mer gets outsmarted. But for last week write down the name of Tom Watson, At- torney General of Florida. Roy Crummer has an almost finished | Municipal banqruptcy refund at Key West. | He yet hasn’t been able to get a bond dealer | license for his new Crummer Co, The mighty boom in Key West makes city officials very itchy to close the 2-3-4 per cent (10 year periods added these together and wrote-a letter to the city council. You get me, he said, by *s March 25, a temporary permit from the Se- sustained in anything, whether it |< horrible, | have had much to do ; lachhpte tisfied with your coffee | for each rate) callable refund. Roy ; THE KEY WESE CTU2 SOOe IIE 4\E. \. DREW HEADS ‘KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY | FROM FILES oF 7 THE CITIZEN APRIL 7. 1933 “Court Rules. Against . Rosen- | thal, is the streamer headline on | the front page The Citizen to- 2y of an ‘Associated Pr dis- >, Tegarding ings he. in- agains: the Overseas Corporation. Rosenthal i that he had a franchise to ict the _ br but the in a five to one derision, egainst him. wit of the tardiness of s of the automobile in nty to purchase their license tags, an inspector irom. the Florida Motor . Vehicle a d here today to 3. of delinquents. The city council has had script inted end will begin the issuing i c ee next Saturday An, Associated und:r a Washington dateline. pub- ishca today’s Citizen) states bthat the king of Denmark favors fthe appointment. of Mrs. Ruth : Bryan Cwen as minister to that fcountry. dispatch, ! ier of dic! stoms services, has been d deputy collector to suc- late Louis T. Bragassa. The city council, at its meee last night, considered the Dro-| | Pe osal to discontinue the operation icf buses in Kev West. A commit- was named to communicate! ith the Kev West Electric Com-! Fany about the matter. eas i Par Teacher Association public school will 1 a meeting at 3 o'clock Wed-' afternoon to arrange for a, > | SPECIAL—One thousand Manila! % rept | $1.00. 500| Day celebration. The Daughters of the King 0° Paul’s Episcopa! Church, will! oid a meeting tomorrow after-} non, beginning at 4:30 o'clock. Gonfederate Memorial Day will! “beiobserved in Key West on Wed-/ esday.April 26. under the aus-' ides of "Stephen. R. Mallory | United: Daughters of the! <Cofifederacy. | Lincolp E. Spencer, division! fre “ie agent for the Florida Fast | | Goa: Railway, arrived in Key} Ww yesterday on 2 ote vis Today The Citizen says in al } editorial paragraph: “The Florida Legislature has a and the Tampa Tribune’ so. But | Sapp, comes right out and sa: j wi mention only one? 4 | ne nday’ s Horoscope | Today’s natives are amiable,; with pleasant dispositions and} friendly with all. There is a. taste} for experimenting with probable | success therein. H Australians say more arms are} en for a holding war. oS | i “Emcuir COURT Ov THE TH JUDICIN v WHE STATE OF ‘OR MONROE COUNTY. < oR TO: Helen Olle | 1 | > - Home $ ause on| A.D. 1943,1 tions therein} confessed. This Order is to be published once | a week for foun ecutive yeeks} in Th a newsna- est. Florida, | ats any, ot curties commission to finish this job or 1/°'° must reluctantly advise my elients to with- | draw their bonds from the proposal. (The | bonds involved belong almost entirely to, speculative bond dealers, and the Federa! | Court, not Roy Crummer, has discretion as to the matter). The Key Westers scurried to Tallahassee. i Tom Watson wrote a_ letter. He re- called that R. E. Crummer & Co., made the refund contract and it has a bond dealer’s license. You, he said to the city council, teil Roy to finish that job or you will sue him. Next day the Florida Securities Com- mission met and advised the Crummer Co.. | that it would discuss a license for it after | R.E, Crummer & Co., had completed its Florida commitments, and that it would cancel out R. E. Crummer & Co.'s licetise if it didn’t comply within 3 months. And in- cidentally it was the canny Tom who fe- | fused to allow R,E. Crummer & Co. to surrender its license early in January. marlS-25:apri-S-1943 ! i NOTICE TO CREDITORS (IP33 Prebate Act, Seex. 119. 120) IN TH t H. DEMERITT, Deceased. ‘Te All Creditors and Persons Having | Claims or Demands Against Said Estate: You and each of you are hereby notified and required to present any claims and demands which you, ori either of you, may have against the; estate of orge H. Demeritt, de-) ceased, late of said County, to the! j County Judge of Monroe ‘County, Florida. at his office in the court bouse of said County at Key West, Flerida, within eight calendar | months from the time. of the first | | publication of this notice. Each | claim or demand shall be in writing, }and shall state the place. of- resi-i dence and post office address of the j claimant, and shall be sworn to by} the claimant, or thei agent, | thee attorney) and any such claim | or demand not .so filed shall be void. GEORGE c. DEMERITT, 3° As administrator of the Estate of Demeritt, deceased. t George H. apri-$-15-22,1943 ‘THIS’, SAID SOLDIER, ‘IS JUST TOO SUDDEN’ | Press) ARMY BASE, April 8—Don’'t send Sergeant Wilbur Jones (that isn't his name) any more f:xed-text telegraphic mes- sages because he doesn't irust them. Sergeent Jones, 17 months in Alaska. recently received arriy fixed-test message number 85 from Fis wife. After 36 hours, a. correction wes made. Whet Mrs. Jones kad sent was message num- ber 35. The texts; No. 85—“Son born.” No. 35— All mz darling.” ee ee ee | (FNS)—E. Har love, Considerate “A nice sert of weicome!” the father visiting his of the train when you ask me for money.” train was 20 minutes late.” NOTICE I will not ‘be responsible for} any debts contracted by any one] .other than by myself. W. F. WILLIAMS. opr7-3tx son at | an bearding school. “I am hardly out f 1 “Well, dad, you must admit the}! Olanified FOR SALE TECHNICAL BOOKS — New | | es | FLORIDA BAR ASSN. JACKSONVIE ILLE. Fia., Apri! Drew, promin- ent West Palm Beach a'‘torney, was elected {_ of Florida- State fe Thomas Gutnev of Orl is H. Tribble of Ta LEGALS <THE UNITED RICT C¢ I Identified Shipment weekly. A look at, t our Techical Shelf may save! you. dines of postage weeks of waiting. SMITH, bookseller, 334 Simon- | ton St at Eaton St. Second Sheets, Sheets, 60c. in effect. 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HE FIRST NATIONAL f wesr?Tt Member of the Federal Deposit insurance Corporation STUN A eka ———— HELP WANTED WANTED—Five Waitresses, cne| } Counter Man, one Short Order Steam Table Man. Good salary. Room and board, if desired. Apply J. D.’s Restaurant, cross Street from bus station. apr5-tf WAITRESSES and FOUNTAIN GIRLS. Good salary. Southern- most City Pharmacy. — WANTED—Young High School Graduates. Excellent chance, promotion, steady work, perm- anent residents preferred. Ap- ply Western Union. apr7-4t FOR RENT | FOR, RENT—DETECTIVE STOR- TES... The very newest. and goriest—not an antique in the jot! Rents start as low. as 10c per week. PAUL SMITH, book- seller, corner Simonton and Eaton St. apri-tf FURNISHED APARTMENT —No| children, no pets, 818 Olivia| apr8-2tx | street. ed LOST LOST—Gas “A” Wheeler. Quartemasters’. Of- fice, Army. Barracks. apr7-3tx REAL ESTATE Business or Residential Lots All! Parts of the Island; Terms J. OTTO KIRCHHEINER Phones 124 and 736-R 505 Duval - Ration Book | “LF YOU'RE Loskie Fon | | son or attorney, and to show! what right. title or interest you) have or ciaint We or to-sala pro purposes m, and this upon | penalty all claim’ and and vo said jar nd of ment by 1 3 WITNESS in use. mlinson. Deputy clettes; types. 417 DIVISION ST. DON'T = has returned and his office is now open daily 10 to 12, 2 to 3. Sek | We tes eek : af FICTION - NON-FICTION ‘TECHNICAL BOOKS Open 8:30 A.M. to 7 P.M. SOIC EIEIO SOISISISISI IO ISIS IESG EIT OSISOIISISISI ISSO OOH SITS OHA Ia: OPT enn | “Electrical DON'TS” ELECTRIC WASHER THE WRINGER DCN’T leave pressure on rolls when mot DCN'T uce same pressure for all types of adjust wrmger fer differex=t ON’T use théicenter section of rolls, use fall width. cilow grease to accumulate om ends of -olls, as this will rot the rubber. THE WASHER DON’T overload, fill with clothes and water to water line. DON’T steri washer with full lead, put clothes in after washer is running. DON’T leave agitator on shaft, remove and clean after each washing. The Washer you have now will have to last for the duration. THE KEY WEST ELECTRIC PEPEPPO ROTOR ORO Oe LLL Liha e ahaha eee he eases Take care of it.