The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 26, 1943, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen | sTRAIcHT To your Pockets0ok | GE Gh RO 1 TRE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. Published Daily, Except Sunday, by P. ARTMAN. Owner and Publisher JOR ALLEN, Manager From The Citizen Bullaing Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily ig inn ge a in Key West and lonroe County » tered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter 23 the olecranon MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press ii Wes'seretstecthe setuesd'Te saber asa thetnes in this paper and al ‘cal news published here. a "ie ADVERTISING RATES Made known 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. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN ‘More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion, Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- eraments. A Modern City Hospital. WHEN THE WAR ENDS? The people of the United States will be amazed, a while later, when the facts are revealed as to the number of fighting ships that have joined our navy. Battleships, carriers, cruisers and de- stroyers, with lesser units galore, have been rushed to completion and it is assumed that, as of today, we have the most powerful navy afloat. The end of the war will find the Unit- ed States possessing the most formidable array of warships ever possessed by a single nation. What will be their fate? Will we fall for another disarmament program and junk the ships that insure the safety of the seas? Let us hope not. If we do, another war will develop in the next thirty years and, once more, we will enter the combat with- out the essential weapons of warfare. Again, we will suffer humiliating losses and strug- gles against odds until new ships can be constructed. If a nation can learn it is reasonable to presume that this eountry will maintain a fleet adequate in size, as compared io ‘other fleets, to insure us against attack anywhere in the world. Disappointments are inevitable, if you have ambition or hope. The only way to get business is to go after it and keep going after it. The Victory Gardens are not causing as many smiles as they did when first an- noun¢ed. ‘ .SUCCESS IN WARFARE The geeret» German. si , in the earliey pees of the war, can be explained by the Nazis’ overwhelming superiority in the tools of warfare. Similarly, the magnificent success of the Allied army in Tunisia can be explain- ed by overwhelming superiority in the tools of warfare. It will be observed that the Axis occu- pied the inner circle operations in Europe and in Tunisia. The possession of this favor- able position brought victory only when ac- companied by marked superiority in equip- ment. Much the same observation can be made in regard to so-called strategy. Ger- man strategy was successful in Europe when accompanied by a striking power greater than her adversaries. Axis strategy collapsed in Tunisia when conditions were reversed. Jealousy and envy affect nati8ns, as well as men and women. Advertising works for intelligent users; regardless of the state of business. William Penn worked out plans for a League of Nations 250 years ago. Is there anything new under the sun? By staying on the level you will prob- ably have a better chance to reach the top even if you started at the bottom. xclusively entitled to as years by The Citizen. | ty, how much better would it be for a smail { county like Monroe, with the vast majority of residents concentrated in Key West? The Gautier measure provides for one tax assessor, one tax collector, one prosecu- tor, one superior court clerk and several other changes that will obviate overlapping or duplication. Os what need is there for Key West, which, from a viewpoint of population, is Monroe county, to have three prosecuting to keep one busy? No need whatever, though the plaint of the political office hold- three, where there is not work enough to pay for the salary of one. also of others. Two or more salaries are paid—and the taxpayer foots the bill! And, in footing the bill, the taxpayer trudges up the two flig’ house to pay more taxes, whereas and time too would be saved if he paid them in one place. But. why save his pocketbook? Yes, why? Doesn’t the taxpayer owe the politicos, small-town, though they be, a living? fewer public office holders than more! Hun thing! taxpayer’s pocket! the taxpayers — sheep, gentlemen, good-sized load of politicians out of office. That is the only way it will be done. If you, Mr. Taxpayer, trust to the politicians to do something for you, the only thing they will do willbe to separate you from more of | your money to pay more useless salaries. It is up to you, Mr. Taxpayer, to act. You surely believe that the consolidation of ‘our city and county governments is the right and the fair and the just thing to do, but you may be sure it will never be done unless | you do it yourself. Leave it to the politici- ans, and they will multiply the offices, stick more men in them, create more expenses that go in a straight line to your pocket- book. Money talks and it speaks effectively in all languages. How do you expect the Poles and Rus- sians to agree when Democrats and Re- publicans can’t agree? It takes courage much turmoil and confusion around us, sometimes takes a mite of courage to go on living. to die, but with so it OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL NEWS Europe has been in full blast during the month of May, with heavy raids on Sicily, Italy and occupied Europe. Official communiques seldom reveal the strength of attacking dents supply, even if they have to speculate a bit as to the facts. The British attack upon Duisburg was cefficially termed the “heaviest” of the war, ef planes involved. A United Press dispatch “almost 2,000 tons of bombs” states that were drop- ped “by moonlight,” touching off “tremen- | dous explosions and starting fires visible for 150. miles.”’ This “news” is not official. The British communique merely reported that “visibility was good and preliminary re- ports indicate excellent results.” The contrast between the official re- ports and the news accounts of these raids may suggest that the public must learn to | differentiate between the two. | It may be that official communiques | | err on the side of understatement and, then again, it may be that the reporters become over enthusiastic, basing their accounts up- on uncorrected personal narratives. Ob- viously, the correspondents had no first | hand information. Florida’s senate passed, 32 to 0, the | Gautier plan for the simplification of gov- | ernment in Dade county, much along the | lines of the consolidation of political offices | in Montoe,-as advocated for more than 29 } If Dade, with her population of 300,- } 000, believes the plan is good for that coun- | attorneys when there is not sufficient work | er is salaries, brother, salaries—salaries for | What is true of that duplication is true | hts of stairs in the city hall to pay | his taxeés,+turns‘about, goes down the two | flights, then goés up to the»eaunty court- | money | the taxpayer money | when politicians are tenaciously clinging to Think of having | don’t be so foolish to think of so ridiculous a | Give us more offices! Give us more | men, all worthy men, to dig deeper into the | That’s the politician’s view, and he is going to keep himself glued to that view till | sheep, | all of us—, wake up to the fact that they are | needlessly spending tens of thousands of | dollars and firmly decide to root a fairly | <idren left yesterday for Tavernier squadrons but | what the war offices omit the correspon- | although London did not reeval the number | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Chapter 10 ‘HE man at the campfire didn’t impress Penny too favorably. He was big, chunky, red-faced, with hair the color of faded yel- low flanne!. His nose was long and thin. He talked out of the corner of his mouth, kept blinking thick lids over a pair of weak watery gray eyes. | “You're sure welcome, both of you,” he said. “Glad you came along. I was getting me some chow. Let’s make it a party.” | The smell of crisp bacon and steaminy black sofiee was irresisti- ble. Its appetizing odor blended with the aroma of spruce, pine and campfire smoke. Penny was famished. Cleve filled his lungs, took a swift look about him, and nodded their acceptance. Then he said, “It’s very kind of you to ask us. Matter of fact, our supplies are running pretty low.” Penny stified a weary giggle. That was putting it mildly! “My name’s Stringer,” their host said, putting down the skillet to shake hands. “Bert Stringer.” Cleve introduced Penny and | then himself. He picked up the malemute puppy, grinning. “And here’s the third member of our party.” he said. “Our mascot.” Stringer barely glanced down at the dog, and he wasn’t listen- ing to Cleve. He was staring Penny. His gaze took her in fri head to foot. It was appraising, even speculative. Penny flushed. “I know I’m a sight,” she said. “We were duinp- ed in the river, and naturally a girl doesn’t-come out looking like Fifth Avenue.” He said heartily, “Miss, look plenty good to me.” SB prospecting?” asked Cleve. He wasn’t really in- terested. He was eyeing the ba- con, swallowing hungrily, just as Penny was. The stranger’s eyes “You might call it that.” He stooped to poke around among 2 heap of supplies, pans and kettles, you shifted. jacks strike you folks?” Flapjacks,” gulped Penny. “Flapjacks! Oh, glory, Cleve!” Cleve grinned back at her boyishly. “Sure you wouldn't prefer caviar and biscuit tortoni?” Penny made a face at him, but fs + “How would some sourdough | he’d turned his back and was helping Bert Stringer rustle the grub. Unable to help it, Penny moved unerringly toward the skillet their host had set on a nearby stump. She burnt her fing- ers snaffling a Sizzling suapegt bacon, and didn’t care. ily she popped the hot morsel/anto her mouth. “Shame,” said Cleve, catching: her. “Where are your manners, tot? What would Powell say? Aren’t you ever going to grow up into a nice little lady?” “I’m beginning to wonder,” ad- mitted Penny, licking her fingers. “Mm, Cleve, was that good!” Stringer laughed. “Just go ahead and help yourself, Miss.” Penny didn’t wait for a second invitation. Presently, there were brown-scalloped flapjacks, too, and Penny lost. count of how many she ate. She washed the last one down with black coffee and sat back luxuriously against a log. Through a pleasant warm drowsiness, she heard Cleve say, “Now that, Mister Stringer, was teally something. I don’t knew how we can ever thank you.” “Glad you liked the meal,” said Stringer, in his sidewise voice. “Enjoyed your company. Where’re you heading for?” He glanced from Cleve to = curiously. “City folks, aren’t ou?” “Yes. We’re on our way to a cabin of a half-breed about twenty-five miles up Moose Creek. Pierre le Frene’s.” A queer pause. Then Stringer said slowly. “I’ve been Sy there.” “That’s' where Miss Vance’s brother is laid up,” Cleve ex- plained. “He was injured in a plane crash—we don’t know how badly.” Fully awake now, Penny said eagerly, “You didn’t happen to see him, did you, Mr. Stringer?” Bert Stringer’s pale eyes slid over her, dwelling upon her slim relaxed young figure, her tawny hair caught with firelight. Under his lingering appreciative gaze, Penny felt uneasy. “No,” said their host, “I didn’t see your brother, miss.” [- occurred to Penny that, al- though he seemed perfectly at home in these Canadian wilds, Bert Stringer would also have fitted into city streets as easily. In fact, he was probably a man who could make his way any- where in the world. He'd been around, had heard most of the questions, knew all of the an- swers. After a moment, Cleve men- tioned the gold strike at Dead Stick”Creek, told about the dif- ficulty they’d had getting a guide. “Gold strikes!” said Stringer contemptuously. “Nowadays gold’s not so valuable as a lot of other things.” “That's right,” Cleve said. He rose, stretching. “The fire’s get- ting low. Guess I'll rustle some wood.” Cleve lounged over to Penny, cupped her soft dolling chin in his hand, then pinched her cheek. “I won’t be long. When I come back, I'll fix your bed-roll.” Penny murmured lazy thanks. He disappeared. The peculiar mauve of the long northern twi- light sifted down through tall dark pines ringing the campfire. Somewhere, over some lonely lake, a night-bird called. Stringer got up and came to sit beside Penny. She wished he hadn’t. Somehow, she wasn’t comfortable with him. Still, he’d been hospitable and kind enough to them, certainly. She told her- self he was probably harmless enough, He wasn’t harmless. To Penny’s alarm, he reached out and drew her to him. “Let me go! Don’t be ridiculous. Mr. Stringer!” She was locked even closer in his steel embrace. His face came nearer, greedily. “Quit kidding, sister. You’re not married to this man you're trav- eling with.” PENNY struggled violently to | free herself. “Cleve and I have known each other for ages. We’re { like — drother and sister. You've got the wrong idea.” His hold tightened. “One hug | and kiss won’t hurt,” he mumbled. “This will!” Her hand flashed up, fingernails slashing his cheek. “Damned little wildcat.” Stringer snarled. He bent her | head back, set his soft slack mouth on hers. But only for a instant. Sudden- ly, she. was free of him—gasping blessed clean air. Bert Stringer lay sprawled on the ground. Cleve stood over him furiously. To be continued { { KEY WEST IN FROM FILES S OF TI THE connate! OF MAY 26. 1933 | | Members of the local Odd. Fel- | lows and Rebekahs lodges held al | joint meeting last night in their} hall on Caroline street, with | District Deputy Grand Master} William Mendell presiding. | | The city council, at a special | meeting this afternoon passed an} ‘ordinance on its final reading {which abolished the bus system {in Key West. At the same time | the Key West Electric company | canceled the city’s debt for street) lighting. | | The Arthur Sawyer Post of the American Legion declared to- morrow as Poppy Day in Key | West. | Mrs. Morell Bradley and chil- to join Mr. Bradley, who is em- ployed at that place. 1 | William R. Porter, Norberg | Thompson and Charles L. Rob- erts left yesterday for Miami on a business trip. Quintan Lopez, who has made several enviable records in the box in Key West, left yesterday for Miami to pitch for the team representing that city in the East Coast Baseball League. Mrs. William Walsh, formerly of | Key West, who is now making her home in Boston, arrived yes- terday to visit her mother, Mrs. Joseph Lowe. nego. i Harry Baldwin, assistant keep- jer at the Carysfort lighthouse, who has been in Key West on his quarterly vacation, will leave to-| morrow to resume his duties. j Mr. and Mrs. George Gardner left. yesterday for their home in} facksonville, after having spent} two wéeks in Key West visiting} | relatives. J. Frank Roberts, who has been | visiting several cities along the East Coast, returned yesterday. William Arnold, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Arnold, was christ- lened yesterday afternoon by the | Rev. Arthur B. Dimmick, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church. Mrs. W. W. Demeritt yesterday afternoon entertained the mem- bers of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. | Miss Aileen Bethel left this | DAYS GONE BY | Dec. 1, 1910. | chief, she will visit her father, J. M. | | Today’s Anniversaries | 1801—John Kingsbury, whose! Providence, R. I., high school for | girls was a novelty his day, born! Coventry, Conn. Died Dec. 21, 1874. 1823—William P. Letchworth, | ‘who devoted his life for better- ment of orphans and _insane,} {born New York. Died there, 1835—Edward P. Alexander, famed Confederate artillery born Washington, Ga.} Died April 28, 1910. 1837—Washington A. Roebling,} builder, with noted father, of big bridges, bofn Butler Co., Pa. Died July 21, 1926. 1865—Robert Chambers, novy- elist, born New York. Died Dec. 16, 1933. | war have equalled a voyage 6,-| | 000 times around the world. British | convoys during the! | } 1867—Robert Tait McKenzie, sculptor and physician, Univ. of Pennsylvania physical education head, born Canada. Died April 28, 1938. Today’s Horoscope artistic mingled Today endows with and literary abilities, with a jealous and combative nature. Great efforts will be made to attain wealth and posi- tion, and much opposition may be met with, partly due to the tendency to truculency. morning for Rock Harbor, where Bethel, for two weeks. Today The Citizen says in an editorial paragraph: “The prima donna of the land, in the strictest sense of the word, is the wife of the President.” AL & JOE RADIO SERVICF Also Electrical Appliance Repairs 629 Eaton, Cor. Elizabeth “THE FASTEST RADIO SERVICE IN SOUTH FLA.” 2s Aine Servi aera = asnee kat eee a | trial. in streets, ! profiteers. | President. WEDNESDAY, MAY 26 | Today Today In History Today’s Birthdays 1864—Territory of Montana S. Sena created by Act of Congress. Alexander Wiles bern Chippewa 1865—Last Confedera lays down its arms. 1868—President son acquitted at Andrew John impeachmeni New York Scranton. 1870—Canadian.: militia ,.repel Fenian raid from United States. ee ses y ye corps chief, born Mass., 62 years ago. 1876IGAinshdigughis | painting, the Duchess of vonshire, stol- en in Londgnt¢returned 25 later becatse thief unable to it nderson, ex-price 1919 — People Czechoslovakia, Beal, mama Ca N. Y of Episco- set up threatening to Pra; gall > hang | Zone, t S ago. Leonard Bac author 2 So! years ago. 1924—Immigration Bill setting up annual quota of 2 percent bas- ed on 1890 census, signed by ‘J. F. SIKES LICENSED PLUMBER 1306 CATHERINE STREET of paper 1927—Secretary authorizes smaller treasury money. ee | 1328—A tax-REDUCTION Law, enacted by Congre: 1941—Boys reaching 21 previous Oct. 26th register | Www wwe verwrwreee |Your Grocer Sells THAT GOOD STAR * BRAND | AMERICAN COFFEE and CUBAN TRY A POUND 224444444444444444 1942—Axis begins Spring drive in North Africa. MORE THAN 50 PER CENT BALTIMORE. — Carbohydrates furnish more than 50 per cent of the energy content of most cities. NOTICE! To Landowners in Everglades Drainage District The Everglades Act, which became law June 3, 1941, contains the following provision: SECTION 15 (i)—This section shall remain in full force and effect for two (2) years from the date this Act shall be- come a law and at the expiration of such two (2) years period then the fee simple title to all lands against which there re- mains outstanding any such tax sale certificates, or tax liens. shall become absolutely vested in the Board of Commissioners of Everglades Drainage District and every right, title or in- terest of every nature or kind whatsoever of the former owner of said property, or any one claiming by, through or under him, or any one holding any lien thereon shall cease, terminate and be at an end, and the Board of Commissioners of Everglades Drainage District shall be authorized and em- powered to sell the said lands as provided by law. This notice is published for your protection. EVERGLADES DRAINAGE DISTRICT. 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