The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 22, 1943, Page 2

PAGE. TW a 5 presen The Key West Citizen | HE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. elit oly | soe Bxeept Sunday, by . ART Fro. Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets ‘Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County _utered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter “T) MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS *The Associated Press i ag entitled to use fof republicati all’ credited to it br not other: egites 5 ang al a. | pM news pu &| SUBSCRIPTION RACES ne Year .... im Months Three Mont! Ure Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES nown on application. SPECIAL NOTICE “All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutioss of respect, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line, *Notices for entertainment by churches from which & 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 ingerest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations, ' €DITORIAL_ SSOCIATION other always seek the. tru thout fear and without be to attack wrong or to applaud right; Ries ce Stags: Always do ite utendet foe the iblic welfare; never tolerate corruption 8f?" ; denounce vice and praise Slee EUTITT See TT Te eee ofintons: print only news that will elevate . afjd not contaminate the reader; never com- phomise with principle. ~~ < i{PROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN s ry | ( 1] Water and Sewerage. + 2{ More Hotels and Apartments. ‘Beach and Bathing Pavilion. (Airports—Land and Sea. 5 Consolidation of County and City Gov- Hi ernments. : 6."yAEModern City Hospital. THE PRICE OF FREEDOM — “Everybody wants freedom. “Freedom” is a*popular word. But, as Eric Johnson re- eently pointed out in an article in Reader's Digest entitled ‘““Your Stake in Capitalism,” you cannot have freedom unless you also have ‘ ‘capitalism.’ Capitalism is as unpopu- lar Agfreedom is popular—and therein lies the danger to freedom. + has long been good political strategy to talk about freedom and damn capital in thewsame breath. Under such inconsistent reasoning our lawmakers have enacted much social legislation designed to enhance fhe freedom of the individual by establish- ing wage and hour standards and other eco- nomic safeguards, while at the same time passing laws which destroy capital and hreaten the very freedom they profess*t6 aphaia. nis £ 2 Capital is accumulated savings whith pu ductive use by “private sup) ipa jgbs and opportunitieg, Whe yatesitizens are prevented from_accu! ing capital and using»it to create jobs, pri- yate jobs in free enterprise gradually cease to exist. ," AS Mr. Johnson observes: “ .. ..A great Inany ‘people—in polling booths and in leg- islative bodies—have thought that you can tax business just as much as you like and Still have ‘free enterprise’ and the ‘Amer- ican way of life.’ You cannot. Just suppose that: you taxed all nev vings and all new profits and all new capital out of private hag4s‘into the public treasury. What wuold you have left to be the creator of new jobs? Only the government. Only the totalitarian State .. . We stand atyp the ways. Our busin bor.leaders Want freedom. . the price of, freed m+ With whic ikl doehady Moar ak The word? Js capitalism. | . Freedom will be lost ‘antens we recog- nize the truth of Mr. Johnson's words. ’ » Bey bat is is the ‘capital : Over-cautious people are almost as svorthless as those who are careless. -~het’s not forget the Japanese admiral who declared that he would dictate terms of peace in the White House. One way to fight inflation is to increase | ‘epezcontribution to the support of your | church; let it have an opportunity to find | | way to spend surplus cash. roc ed¢ hist vebidé exin olemn parting of | eaders and our la- | THE MILLEDGE APPOINTEE | the time this editorial appears in print, the | sets up two requirements regarding the a, this part of the judicial district, for which Stanley Milledge will be the ate attorney, ning in July, a All assistant state aWavbeys's in Florida ave the one in Monroe! ‘county; and;‘under a pro- vision of the bill, ‘hé'tod must be confirm- no reason why he should be an exception. The second requirement is that one of Mr. Milledge’s assistants must be a resident cf Dade county and the other a resident of Monroe. That provision is also fair. The latter provision has been the sub- ject of discussion in Tallahassee, as well as in Key West, as to whether or not Henry M. Jones, 2 Miami lawyer, who will have re- sided in Key West more than a year by the time Mr. Milledge takes office, is a resident of this city or a resident of Miami. discussed that question on several occasions, ery lawy r biti is up to the man affected to decide the questi on “himself. oul Sadk Bow walsbésidertcet in Key West, and voted here through the facilities afforded by the election machinery in Tallahassee. But he could have claimed Tallahassee as his resi- he had lived in that city. Mr. Jones has the privilege of doing the same thing. He may claim Miami as still his | residence or he may assert that he is now a here and vote here, Wester does. So far as The Citizen can see, if the sen- ate bill becomes a law, it will not tie Mr. as every other Key tends to appoint resides in Key West, and, undoubtedly, he does reside here,’ A's to the required confirmation by the senate, that come effective till 1945, because the present session of the;legislature will have conclud- \'ed before Mr Milledge makes his appoint- ment. There is no law forcing him to name a man now; he can wait till after the legis- lature adjoins before taking that action. of them is that Milledge can not, be forced to choose anybody he does not want to serve with him. He has mapped out for the peo- ple in this judicial district an admirable program for* law enforcement, and The Citizen fervently hopes he will succeed, but, should he fail, he will not have the excuse of asserting that he was handicapped by not having as his assistants the men he wished to serve with him. As The Citizen said before, let Mi ledge choose his own men. The way the fighting in Africa is go- the Desert Fox will soon have to desert. Val &che ie investigation * ‘eontihit: jerchare way for a politician to neandggebadittle publicity. Back in 1988 and 1939 there were thou- sands of intelligent Americans ready to wager money that Japan would never at- tack the United States. ing, HARD TO DIGEST In testifying before the Truman Com- mittee which is seeking information on the holding down wages, John L. Lewis said: “One way to get cooperation is to give the workers of this country enough to eat... .” With coal miner’s wages around $1 an hour, it is hardto digest such a statement. In the best-fedfcountry in the world, the publie would t want to see any group of persons going Hungry, but it.would like to | se® more proofithat a hu ists with, mén twho are more an hour. ' ; If these men are going hungry, a large | percentage of the people of the United States are also going hungry, for it is prob- | able that a majority of them do not make | | the average monthly wage of the coal miner. We are face to face with the question | of when this nation will ¢all a halt to the | constant inflation of war wages. Inequities | may remain that need correction in parti- cular cases. But'the day of the grand hold- up on threat of strike must end or we might as well kiss any check on living costs good- bye. | pointment of an assistant state attorney for | ‘to be confirmed bythe senate, except | ed. That is fair and right and just. There is | The late Judge Jefferson B. Browne | dence, had’ he so wished, six months after Milledge’s hands, provided the man he in-'| provision of the proposed law will not be- | * There are some things that political | maneuvering can not circumvent, and one | possible coal strike and the problem of* om condition ex: 5 jeing paid $1 or} THE KEY WE The senate has passed a bill and, by | house probably will have concurred, that | and his conclusion was that of practically | pointed out that, during ‘Jahassee, as a’ member | bofst héssup: nfe court, he maintained his‘le- | KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY 22°" | FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN! president of the College of New Sunsien OF APRIL 22. 1933 resident of Key West, and he may register | Ciy Council, at a meeting last! | night, discussed proposed change} | to be made in the city charter. Fi- | nal action on the matter will be taken at another meeting. } i Judge Hugh Gunn, in an int | view in The Citizen today, ex | Pr essed his hearty accord with the 's decision to issue scrip. He} id “that should all merchants} join in the movement, economic conditions in Key West will be im- pryved immeasurably. I Frank Johnson, jeweler, on ar-! | riving at his place of business this! morning, found one of his plste- glass windows shattered. How-/} ever, a thorough examination of his stock did not show that any- thing had been stolen from his store. Mrs. Julia Aguero returned yes- j terday from Miami, where she} | was present at the marriage of her |son Otto, and Miss Dorothy Tay-| lor. Ernest Thompson, quartermas-! ‘ter with the P. & O. Steamship: Company, returned yesterday | from Jacksonville, where he took | the examination to become a third | officer in his company’s employ. ! Rev. Alfred DeBarritt, who had | | been attending the annual meet-! \ ing of the’ Presbytery in Lakeland, | | reurted yesterday. Lincoln E... Spencer, division | freight agent of the Florida East | | Coast Railway, with offices in; j Miami, awas. in Key. West on:an | Vofficial Visit’ yesterday =| } Mrs. J; E. Lawson and her son, | James, Jr.; who had been visiting | in Key West, left today for their} home in Crester, Pa. | of Miami, are visiting the latter’s parents, Mr. end Mrs. William Nel son, of Pine street. A son, Eugene | Nelson, is also here from Miami, | visiting his parents. j —— ' Major General Harry C. Hale, USA, retired, entertained last {night at a dinner in honor of Ma- | | jor and Mrs. M. S. Lombard | | A benefit bridge party was! | given yesterday afternoon in Py: thian Hall, under the auspices of} the Parent-Teacher Association of | | the Harris public school. Today The Citizen says in ap} | editorial paragraph: “It may interest some to know | that the first woman typist in the | | world is still alive and well at the! | age of 80. She is Mrs. Charles L, | Fortier, of Miltvaukee, daughter | | of Christopher Latham Sholes who is credited with being the in- * “Died April 27, 1902. Today’s Anniversaries 1688.—Jonathan Dickinson, first! Jersey (later Princeton). born! Hatfield, Mass. Died Oct. 7, 1747. 1729.—Michael delphia. Merchant-patriot. Treas- urer of the U. S. (1777-1789), born i there. Died Sept. 29, 1804. 1831.—Alexander ajor- -general, member of the iamed “fighting McCooks.” born in Ohio. (1903. 1832.—Julius S. Morton, Ne- ; braska agriculturalist, secretary of | born Adams, N. Y¥. agriculture, 1839.—Olive Logan, actress, journalist, and lecturer, born El+ mira, NY. Died April 27, 1909. 1860.—Ada Rehan. actress, born} in Ireland. Died Jan. 8, 1916. The pocket watch was invented in Nurnberg. | Me Hilligas, Phila-' M. McCook, | Died Dayton, June 12,; | THE HEART SPEAKING | (TO *M.") The seen—a blessing on 1 heart— The tingling wind—a prayer— ' Blowing against my lips . . . | That felt the pressure | Of your own. my ANSWERS ON PAGE FOUR 1. In aerial operations,- what is a sortie? +2. What is the middle name * John L. Lewis? The night heirus—blue velvet And stars are fine-flies. ‘Caught in a web of Trees that feel the bi | Strike emerald sparks { (My eyes, my éyes, } them...) | And the lace of the Tamarind {Is wrapped "round my dreams. light. of ar sun~l cong ( These things I cannot say— | To even you— | And so my heart | Speaks fairy words— | That left my lips Vegeked in stupid silence . | | BARBARA GREENE. WEATHER REPORT Fans | Observation taken at 8:30 a. m. E.W.T. (City Office) Temperatures | Highest last 24 ‘hours _ ; Lowest last night __ ‘Mean . | Normal Precipitation Rainfall 24 -hours. ending 8:30 a. m., inches - Total rainfall since Apr. inches __.. } Deficiency since April | inches __ | Total rainfall since Jan. | inches __ i | Deficiency since ‘January ; inthes _ - 0.69 0.27 457 1.68) ~ 6:57 a. m. ; Sunset en Moonrise 11:20 p. m. i 9:38 a. m. Tomorrow's Tides i i Key West and Vicinity: Slight- ly warmer tonight. Florida: Slowly rising tem- jperature this afternoon and to- | night. | Hatteras, N. C., to Apalachi- cola, Fla.: No small craft or storm warnings have been -issued. Overheard ney Brown Marry Sis?” “Why, I don’t know, son. What | | makes you think he might?” | “Well, Dad is playing cards in the front room with ‘em and I | just hear him say, ‘I'll raise you, Do Your Part--- Buy Bonds Monroe County’s April Quota—$310,000.00 SeeE WE HE FIRST NATIONAL of KEY WEST Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance" Corporation PU LD | Mr. and Mrs. Everett Kinsman, | REAL ICE Is More ECONOMICAL, . It’s Healthy and Safe. . It’s Pure 29 70! 74! | Dr. \Geor a6 ‘Am 253 p. m.] 3. Who is the Minc er in the House of Re tives? 4. What is a destroyer-eseort? 5. What explains the relative on the battle front in Rus- ity Lead- 6. Who said, “Bataan starvec “bouncing ba- 8. When did Hitler demand the surrender of Czechoslovakia? 9. How many ge become President of States? 10. Why has the Chinese ernment ordered half of population of Chunking to the capital? v Ge the leave Thornwald Re-istrar of Manitowoc, Wis., Cop 9 ‘ e F. Zook. presiden’ Counéil of Education. iss on, born*Ft.'Séott, Kans. 58 ei ee : Air Service, New Yor years ago. born M. W. born | Prof. Oliver Harvard economist |70 years ago. Sprague Bostor Allen Glasgow, of Richmond. Va., novelist, born there, 69 years | ago. Mark F. Ethridge, of Louisville, Ky., newspaper publisher. born | Meridian, Miss., 47 years ago. Today’s Horoscope There may be too great an am- bition, a too strenuous reaching after something too remote for the inherent powers. Yet the aspira- tion may be its saving character, ;if combined with the judgment to Lag when you have reached the limit of your abilities. ae cae “Ma, do you think Pap is going | to let tat little shrimp of a Sid-| Grandma Hoskins knows a lot about history-but when we asked her where the first brew- ery was built in America, she wouldn’t take sides. “You see,” says Grandma, “wherever the colonists settled, one of the first things they thought about was food and beer .-. In fact, one reason why the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock was because the Mayfiow- er was runnin’ short of beer.” Well, that was.a mew one on * us, but Grandia showed it to us ‘ No. 58 of a Series Copyright, 1943, Brewing Industry Foundation and Sat, 2:30 - 4:30 Phone $i J. F. SIKES LICENSED PLUMBER 1308 CATHERINE STREET From where I sit... —just as it was written in the Mayfiower's log. And it seems that all through our early American history beer sort of tempered the hardships and helped to make us a toler- ant, moderate people. From where I sit, beer is the American drink of moderation and friendliness—kind of a sy m- bol of our personal liberty. Pe Worse, “Electrical DON'TS” ELECTRIC WASHER DON’T leave pressure on rolls when not in use. DON’T use same tor all sdgeet wringer Ber clothes; types. of DON’T use the center section of rolls, use full width. DON’T allow grease to accumulate on ends of rolls, as this will rot the rubber. DON’T overioad, fill with clothes and water to water line. DON’T start washer with full load, put clothes in after washer is running. DON’T leave agitator on shaft, remove and clean after each washing. The Washer have will have to last for the duration. Tabe care of i. | 2very Evening: 8:00 - 10:39 p.m SKATE for HEALTH'S SAKE Lessons % PERE EEE E EEE EEE EEE EERE OU EE Eee EE EE Re