The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 19, 1943, Page 2

‘The Key West Citizen ‘THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. Rae tg co Daily, Except Sunday, by » Owner and Publisher » Son ALLEN, Business From The Citizen Building _ Corner Greene and Ann Streets ul only Dally Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County J a etored: at Key West, Florida, as seeond class matter de eta Raat ACRHTRIRTON FAME 6.00 ADVERTISING RATES iasits known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE Ing notices, cards of thanks, resolutioss of ituary gy ces etc, will be charged for at ieee rate of 10 cents a | ices for ouitertalzment by churches from which ' jue, is to be derived are 5 cents a line. Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- jot npbite issues and subjects of local or general i egy. Pe it it will not publish anonymous communi- EDITORIAL BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and A) ents. | Beach and Bafitigi [Pavilion. Airports—Land and Coftsdtdatiot! asedants and "city as: ernments. A Modern! City Hospital. PREEDOM OF THE PRESS Where news is suppressed there is Bnarcny; where news is controlled there is ffe"t: ony where news is free are human be- sings free. CARL. ACKERMAN, Dean, School of Journalism, Columbia University. . THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it .thout fear and without favor; never * to attack wrong or to applaud Tosci nad ae poupsiocs aver tea bel Sgan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, Baction or class; always do its utmost for the ‘public welfare; never tolerate corruption or iifustice; denounce vice and praise’ virtue, commend good done by individual or organ- tolerant of others’ rights, views and - ‘opinions; print only news that will elevate wand not contaminate the reader; never com- tpromise with principle. | WHAT IS YOUR OPINION? Australia’s foreign minister’s fall about the same time that the Germans surrender, adding that it will not surprise late, has given impetus to the discussion of that question throughout the country. The opinions are just as much at odds as are those entertained by two of The Citi- j zen’s editors, One believes that the Japs will be the first to call quits, and the other is just as confident that the Japs will hold out for what may be called a fairly long time after the German collapse. The latter opinion is in accord with that expressed by General MacArthur and former Ambassador Grew to Japan. They think that the Allied Nations will be fight- ing the Japs for many months after Ger- many has sued for peace. The other editor bases his conclusions on the outstanding fact that the Germans are better fighters than the Japs, that their technica] coordination is far superior, they are ‘scientifically on a far higher plane than the men from Nipon. A lieutenant who fought the Japs at 4 Guadalcanal, in the Solomons, and at Buna in a talk over | and Gona, in New Guinea, the radio last Sunday afternoon said in ef- fect: “The impression fight to the last man means war. The outstanding fact that should be weighed with consideration is that they are tactically weak, and the abandonment of tactics is fatal, as has been proved con- clusively in every clash on land, in the air, and on the sea between Americans and Japs. The Japs have lost every time,.and several times they lost when they greatly outnum- bered the American fighters.” American airmen have... performed wonders in the European and North African theatres against the Germans and Italians, but those wonders pale when compared with what Ajmerican flyers have done against the Japs in the Southwest Pacific. In the last series of dogfights, the Aimer- icans shot down 77) enemy planes and lost only six of their own, a ratio of approxi- mately 13 to one. : Fighting to the “last man’’ is of little consequence against weapons used:in this war, unless the “last man” and all the oth- ers who preceded him are finished fighters. It is almost like saying that a herd of lions will fight to the “last lion”. The big thing in fighting in this war is:the adherence to tac- tics, and the Japs are not comparable, in that most important factor, with the Amer- icans, the English, or the Germans. The other editor takes the viewthat the Germans, because of the very r if their mental superiority to the Japs, willsurren- that the Japs wil an- nouncement Thursday that the Japs will | him if the Japs will be’the first to capitu- | that | little in this | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN 7|| LOSER TAKE ALL By Adelaide Hazeltine ton, foster niece of Augusta Hotel Terrence House when her grandmother dies, discovers her Grandmoshar '§, will is, missing, depriving her oF the ‘right to the property.’ ss | Chapter! 2 CAN'T bélieve it,” Atin’ sila to Mr. Baxton more’ 'to' reags- sure herself than to contradict him. “There’s bound to be a will.” “We've looked every place. In her desk, the wall safe, her bed- room. We've asked both her phy- sician and her lawyer. Everybody agrees she left ne will. That's why Jerry Lane has me to repre- sent him. He’s with the Coast Guard stationed in the Canal zone. “He—he thinks he can inherit Terrence House?” “He’s the legal heir.” “I—I see.” For an instant the room swam before her eyes. Then she blinked back her tears. Grand stussie wouldn’t disappoint her like this. She knew she wouldn’t. | For though her grandmother was supposed to have been domineer- ing and eccentric and hard in business''she was soft in her af- fections. that in al! her vitality she was unable to give birth to a child! of hef owH!"soft enough to adopt } Ann’s mother, Lydia. She had been good to Lydia and Lydia had been grateful but it was Ann who loved her. Love: her enough to realize that if taken in large doses Grand Gussie might be fatal even to a granddaughter. So when Lydia died Ann chose | to get a job rather than return to Terrence House to live. Yet always in the lonely cor- ners of her mind it was home to her, the only real home she’d ever had and she had never doubted that one day it would belong to_her. Grand Gussie had built it with the.money her first husband left her and ‘before the walls were plastered she had married Jeri- miah. Being a man of moderate tastes the lavishness of both the mansion and Grand Gussie proved twelve months he died. rE was years later that Grand Gussie had awakened one morning to find that her bound- YESTERDAY: Ann Harring- | Harrington, comes to take over | oft Seif to regret}; less energy was ho longer imatthied | by a boundless péckétbodk, ‘that her faithful old gardener” and Matilda, her parrot. It was then that she accidental- ly discovered the hot mineral spring which now flowed in never ending volume from the hillside. Grand Gussie piped one line into her spacious basement where she built shallow bathing pools and another upstairs to where the te inal six bedrooms on second space for four more on third fad been converted into ten pri- vate. suites. She engaged Bert Renfrow for consulting physician, Sarah Townsley for head nurse and with a man and woman bath attend- ant, a cook, a -housekeeper, couple of maids and old Gibbs she opened her mineral springs ; too much for him and within] hotel. Terrence House had become a haven for those with small pains but big purses and at $25 a day per person Grand Gussie was soon doing very well, thank you. KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY FROM FILES OF TI OF THE eee | OF JUNE 19, 1933 | i The case of Mrs. Annie T. Sweet-| ing, who is suing the Key West; Electric Company for $7,500,,came| up in the circuit court today, with | Judge Jefferson B. Browne pre-| siding. William H. Malone is at-' torney for the plaintiff and Sen-| ator Arthur Gomez represents the | is Recrui agrees She left m no a Ms; Mode said. Event tefl ‘that shé had ‘be | ven! tbe a Jegend ih Radvitle: she had nothing ‘bu: her ‘white | She. hag endo} stone edifice left. That with Gibbs, | starge B fg dat and ge taney dl the impri ndowed'| a hospital, on ,for_a library. zen projects for it of the city. With adequate funds again at her dis- posal, she gave more than ever and the town went from admira- tion to adoration. wey Jerry Lane, strange to all the traditions that had made Grand Gussie great, dared to think he might step in and take her place. Bewildered, almost reproachful, Ann left Mr. Baxton’s office and finding Sarah at the lobby desk she asked her to have Dr. Ren- frow call her in the morning. She wanted to talk to Bert. He a|had always been.nice to her, had acted at times as if he might be a little in love with her. At least be would be erage in helping er. But. the. next day, before she had a chance to. see Bert, Mr. Baxton' sent for her. (Chapter 2 continued én next page) Of the midnight raid of a Yatlk bombardier He's the fellow, you know, whom jou tried to quell And a bloody earth showed him where France, Poland, fell. Then you pointed with ptide, warped, ha@bitisicrih?, | To Czechoslovakia wheré' Nazis rule. And there on the site where Lidice drew breath You showed him destruction, disease; famine, death. Violations too awful for man to conceive Were laid before him—he had to believe. Yet somehow this fellow, this Yank bombardier Didn’t quell as you'd hoped, didn’t blanch white with fear. He just silently vowed he would send you to dwell Today In History 1787.—C tion adc Plan,” bas 1846.—Base game—New Knickerbocke: 23-4 in 4 innings ing 2] runs won 1864.—Historie Civ jof the sea sinks Confe 'bama,” off co: 1894.—Treasury’s reserves at j of $60,000,000 | Yilliam A. Brady | vor theatrical manager. barr | born. London, | ago ; Neal O'Hare }umnist, born in M 50 years ago. Charles Coburn actor-manager, bor Ga., 66 years ag William R. C. ton, D. C., fc of state, bor ago Duchess of Win: terey, Pa. 48 years ago. Vital Scatistic ‘Where did I come from? ed the little rosebud. “Why k brought vou. ” ask- With your pardner in crime, the horned devil in hell. Your diabéjidal brain would feel steel from the air As he bombed you to bits in your mountain top lair. ; der, as they did in the first. World War, NO CHANCE TO “LOSE THE PEACE” | when they are convinced that it is futile, ‘ the waste of German property» and the company. | The Elks clubhouse was bur-| ‘ We are constantly being advised that unless. the United Nations look out, they will 16sé the peace after winning the war. {° This is nonsense. Winning the war will be{its own reward, regardless of what hap- pens after the fighting ceases. It, may, be thatithe nations will find it imppossible» tor) agrdes|upon a procedure which'Will!make péaée permanent and it is quite eh that no perfect world will be precipitated’ when the fighting ends. H gta so,,thewinning of the war will represent a tremendous gain for civiliza- tign. It will insure the world against Axis tyfanny and preserve the fundamentals of Aapesexte freedom for the peoples of the ire globe. }) Even the most ignorant tribe of semi- bakibafic nomads will profit through the vidtory of the United Nations. The world thét éxists after Germany, Italy and Japan have been defeated will be so much better than in the event of their victory that com- parison ‘is almost impossible. ; The “lose the peace” idea is apt to miglead people. The objective of our war is nof a_re-ordered world. It is to exist, with thq incidental opportunity for peoples ev- er¥where to deyelop peacefully and to im- préve their condition. This will be ‘possible when the United sin win; it’ will not”be possible if the 8 aggressors enslave mankind. N. A Don’t forget your safety first lessons | just because gasoline is not as plentiful as it used to be. + One of these days the organized min- | orities in this country will run into an or- gagized majority. : + Germany coJlapsed in the first World wak and our own idea is that the Nazis will | | collapse in this war. The harder we hit ’em the quicker they will quit. waste of German life, to fight any longer. He is confident that the German collapse is likely to come as suddenly in this war as it did in the last one. If you love the good earth, cultivate it. Start a Victory Garden. PLANES, SHIPS AND VICTORY General Henry Hy Arnold,. Chief of the Army Air Force, says that. we récently manufactured in one hundred and fifty days as many airplanes as we made in the whole thirty-six years before the war. Rear Admiral Howard L. Vickery, the construction of 175 vessels in May with 2 deadweight tonnage of 1,782,000. The Harbor was delivered during May. In the production of ships, the Admiral reports that for the first five months, our yards turned out 711 combat ships with a deadweight tonnage of 7,142,122, which compares with 8,489,732 deadweight tons | for the’entire year of 1942. The almost miraculous construction of aircraft and merchant ships in the Unitéd States constitutes the main reason for the enjoy in the present war. In addition, news fromthe Atlantic tells of U-boats being surfk faster than | they can be built in Germany and of a the sealanes through which men and ma- terial must move to Europe, ‘ The Battle of the Atlantic can be un- derstood by the statement that only five per cent of Lend-Lease equipment has been lost in view of the depredations of the U-boats and the fact that our ships and men have Maritime Commission chairman, reports | 1,000th Liberty ship to be built since Pear! | excellent prospects that the United Nations | steady flow of new escort vessels to patrol | at sea. This is a rather remarkable figure | | been compelled to give especial attention | | to transports ferrying men across the water. glarized last night, and large quan-! tities of cigars and _ cigarettes} were stolen. The burglars gained | entrance through a doorway on} the ground floor. | J. A. Purvis, keeper at the AL} ligator lighthouse, was feported | iil today. He was brought to Key| West and his wacancy was filled by J. O. Duncan. | Union will hola a meeting tonight, beginning at'8 o'clock, in the an-} nex of the First Methodist Church. | “The Misses Anna and Ottolee! Kirchheiner, daughters of Mr. and} Mrs, J. Otto Kirchheiner, left yes-} terday for Miami to visit relatives. | to Homestead, where she wil visit} relatives for the next two weeks. |children, who had_ been in Key | West visiting relatives, left ce |terday afternoon for their home; in Fort Pierce. | Mrs. Wallace B. Kirke, daugh-| ter of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Porter, left yesterday for Miami, | row by Mr. Kirke and their daugh?! ter and then’ proceed ‘to: Dutchess (county. New York,:>to'spass the summer. = Jonathan Gates}; aahuriige esr, terday afternoon from; Miami, | where he had been visiting rela- \tives for two weeks. Mrs. Cates | intends to remain in that city a week longer. } } j Re a a | | Lain Dobbs and family arrived here yesterday from Franklin, Ky.} His chief purpose in coming to Key West is to testify in the case VUVVVV IV CNT CVT TS | | Your Grocer Sells THAT GOOD} STAR * BRAND | AMERICAN COFFEE °33 and CUBAN TRY A POUND 02£4444444444444444 The, Young People’s Island ae | where she will be joined tomorr! Then the whdle world would sing; your own people rejoice That once more they could worship the God of their- choice. The laughter of children, new books, the green field, Would flourish again as the stricken earth healed. You say I am boasting? Believe me, I'm not At midnight, Herr Hitler, a bomb is your lot. - I KNOW this young Yankee, he'll fight.;til).weiwe won... .; : ‘He's also my son. He's the chip’ off a veteran . 1 Key West, Fla, June, 1943.” A COSTLY SEARCH’ LAKEVILLE, Conn.—Declaring I that he saw a rat pick up his false! eae ce j teeth and disappear behind the! Mrs. J. W. Ludlam is on a trip | woodwork, John Jordan determin- ——_—— edly tore up two floors of his) three-story pouse and planned to| ‘ee W. Williams ae three | 79, out his search under the rs able. ability, . but,, probably many iremaining. i of Mrs. Annie Sweeting against | yee Key West Electric Company. Sheriff K. O. Thompson left for; Miami today to bring back to this | icity a Key “ester who is charg- ed with the non-support of pl mings children, ty mappa Today, ‘The Citizen says in i editorial paragraph: “Governor ;Falmadge of Gegrr. gia;has the capijol in that sta guarded berause of the thre: that it would be dynamited. That | would be both a capitol and a; capital loss.” See PAUL SmitH_ 334% Simonton ST. | continuity. be By DELIGHEOSNGS | one ¢ yortt bie ' Sunday’s Horoscope ) Meee Today is likely to give a pessi- mistic nature. There is consider-| plans will be abandoned on ac- | count of a doubt as to their value. 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