The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 23, 1943, Page 2

SAGi Two Ra PUBLISHING CO. INC. Published ily, Except Sunday, by L, P, ARTMAN, Owner and Publisher JOB ALLEN, Business From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets eee Only Dally Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County tered at Key West, Florida, ae second Clase matter Sern ei clans tepton aeseataatanntce eo Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutioss of respect, obituary notices, etcjwill be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. ; Notices for entertainment by ehurches from whieh ue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. ‘an open forum and invites discus- ‘ Citizen is sion of public issies of local or general interest but it will not | jonhymous communi- cations. d a s NA €DITORIAL_ SOCIATION IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED, BY THE CITIZEN er abe: More Hotels and: Apettents. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments, A Modern City Hospital. NERVES, PATIENCE SHATTERED There seems to be a prevalent notion | that retail distributors can operate like “LUCK”? You will have to think up some other | term than “good fortune”, or its colloquial | equivalent of “luck”, for those countless | thousands of meng who have gone througit | the hellfires of scores of battles and come | out unscathed. First, let’s consider the Germans. Since ! they started their undeclared war in Poland, tens of thousands of them:have gone through uttacks of all types, bursting shells’and bambs, whizzing bullets from the’ rat-a-tat- tat of maching guns, and yet:they have not sustained the least injury. “i So it is with the fighting mén of all | cther countries. It is.hard for the mind to | conceive how it is possible to go through | battle after battle, sometimes in the very heart of the fiercest fighting, and come out of it untouched by the tiniest.fragment of bomb or shell, or without the least symptom of having been shell shocked. But that has happened in every war and is happening in this. On the other hand, thousands of men are killed in their first battle, and other thousands die before they | fight. } Murat, in the thick of the Battle 0 Wa- | terloo, beat his chest and called on the | English and the Germans to kill him. All about him men dropped, two horses were | bkilled under‘him, but.Napoleon’s knell waa’ sounded,;St. Helena’ this time instead of Elba, and Murat remained unhurt. | “Buck”, “good ‘fortune”—those terms are too weak to satisfy our searching minds, And, of course, we brush aside predestina- | tion. It would be a tragic thing for one to be | destined at the time of his birth. His will to. | succeed, his will to lead a model life, would | be of no avail, if Nature had prescribed otherwise. But Nature is not inexorable: agencies of government—regardless of profit. Ceilings and “roll back” prices are tossed at them in withering clouds, and mar- gins be damned. While one government au- thority is playing with prices, another stops the production of everything from clothes pins to refrigerators. To cinch the case, a few czars step in and swing uncoordinated hay- makers at trained retailer personnel, with the result that if the Army doesn’t get ex- perienced store employes, the shipyards do. In spite,of it all, the merchant, as the only source through which the civiliam popula- tion cartbe fed and clothed, is supposed to carry oneas usual, : . 4 In response to queries on the effect. of latest priee ceilings and other government decrees, “ane food chain representative re- marked: “You ask what food distributors are thinking...Their nerves, their pa- tience, are shattered. The first impulse may be to. fold up—but they recognize a respon- sibility to the public, to their associates and employes, to their stockholders. The loyal- ty, faithful patronage and service of these people may have made their retirement— escape from abuse—possible. Food chain operators can’t let them down now. No, food chains will not fold up. People must be fed. Organized distributors must feed’ them in times like these.” ; This attitude is typical of the entire or- ganized retail distribution industry. It ex- plains ina large measure why so far the gives us free will to fashion our lives as we | see fit. Many a crook has reformed and | lived a model life to the end of his days, and | many a good man has been tempted and | fallen, never to arise again, morally speak- | ing. | But»back to the battlefield, where so | many men survive, regardless of how fierce a. fight may be. altogether unlike a baseball field, where the heftiest clout may go for naught. Willie Keeler said, “Hit ’em where they ain’t’, | which frequently has the element of luck, | so on the battlefield we have the reverse of | | Keeler’s baseball classic, “Be where they | FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN} mouth and Ohio surgeon-profes- ain’t’”’, that is, where shell splinters and bul- | lets don’t happen to strike. | Yearsiago a Union soldier told-the | Philip Cosgrove, son of Captain 21, 1866. writer: “I fought through the four years of | Civil War. pierced my trousers, but I came out of the war uninjured.” | “Luck”? “Good Fortune’? Do those | words satisfactorily explain to -you the rea- | son? : ‘average speaker. The idea that a person who wears a “GOOD FORTUNE”? | By amplification, a battlefield is not | | The ignorance of the average audience | is only equaled by- the ignorance of the} THE KEY W! Chapter 5 I ATER when Ann caught Mr. Baxton at his desk, she made sure he was alone. Then she said, “I'd like to ask if you’ve made any other efforts to locate the will?” j ead his hands in a futile ge a rrington! Cy made a thorough’. grandmother left no will.” “But she did,” Ann said evenly. “She made a will: leaving Ter- rence House to me. Gibbs, the gardener, witnessed_ it.” He raised doubtful, i brows. ‘Dr. Renfrow memtiched such a will and I made inquiries, Just a moment.” He took the phone, asked for Sarah. She came quickly. Her smirki: face didn’t change as she stood before the desk. Mr. Baxton cleared his throat, his eyes intent on hers, _ “Miss Harrington is under the impression that there was a will made leaving this pfoperty to her. Didn’t you say yeu had some knowledge of such a will?” Sarah didn’t look at eith them. She repeated as if ‘bys of “Mrs, Terrence called.me in here morning and said she wanted “Did she give any reason for’ her act?” Mr. Baxton asked. “She said she’d changed her mind.” “How long ago was this, Miss Townsley?” “About two years.” “Thank you.” When the nurse had gone he turned back to Ann. “You see?” Yes, she saw, but she was sorry Bert had mentioned the will to Mr. Baxton. She would. have liked to have been the one to break that news to him herself. “I... I can’t think my grand- mother would . . . do that!” “She was a queer woman.” SHE was queer, all right, but two things about Sarah’s story didn’t seem true. In the first | place Grand Gussie, once her mind was made up, seldom changed it. In «the second, she | | would never have thought to call EST CITIZEN | LOSER TAKE ALL ' BeSee2| _ by Adelaide Hazeltine a witness for burning it. She) His face creased with disgust wasn’t that methodical. “That ’un. She’d pick seaman 3 Bes ee sar ye yg off'n the eyes of the dead. ing it, right now Ann would si i jie al’ay: her life against Sarah’s word that Po ea Pi A wf a Grand Gussie hadn't, burned her ae BAS he Zepeated stubborn- rv" Z Pe oti, Se fe reckon "s good enough act te thi ncerme |for me. That’s why I’m a-askin’ ied... bate: eve for the money. I got to get some things An ‘dn’ “hold with” of that mineral stuff.” either, 2 : “What mineral stuff, Gibbs?” “[ still believe it will be found,” “The stuff for the water.” she said through stiff lips. “I'm A pucke: of perplexity-drew going to look-for it myself.” tie brows together. “But I don’t Baxton pouted belligerence. Then 3 mepes abruptly his~manner changed, |. He glanced at the door, closed “If you insist. You can look now.” i firmly behind him. “The stuff He rose, made a show of opening| 4, Put in out at the bluff where desk drawers for her, repeated | ‘h¢ heater sits.” | - the process in the bedroom with|_,.22¢ heater?” Her voice was her grandmother’s dresser, flip) Lantpe What are you talking over some magazines on a table. | *>out? “You see? It’s not here.” ‘The water’ they takes those No, it wasn’t. Not in any of the |baths in. It’s got to be hot, ain’t places to which Mr. Baxton it?’ Miss Gussie says never Jet it pointed and in which he allowed |Set cold or forget the mineral her to look. As he eased her to| Stuf and I ain’t a-aimin’ to.” _ the door she realized his consent} “But I. . . I thought the spring to the search was lip service only. haa naturally hot. I thought it He had no intention of turning |h@d minerals in it. I thought my her loose to make a real investi- |8Tandmother discovered it wher gation on her own. she was digging a well?” ‘ibbs met her in the hall as she 7 left the office. “I was a-lookin’ Gz Shook his head. “She for you.” was a-diggin’ a well, all righ “Yes, Gibbs.” She — stopped,|but she ain’t discovered no hot itirig for him to speak. spring. She just got the idear dJooked behind him, shifted | folks'd like hit hot So she put in a rom one foot to. the| heater and made hit hot.” kon we'd best go back| “All this time;*,.Ann’s mouth motioned with his|& “she’s beer: fooling ‘every ard her room. -s ¢ibe *) | , Of course, if you want to,” ‘Ain’t foolin’ ’em. They gets hot ed. The concern in his|baths with mimerals in ‘em, don't eyes worried her. “Let’s stop by| they? They gets what they pays the back porch. I want to take my | for. er’s bird with me.” “I . . . I'm not sure, Gibbs.” “Her bird?” He shook his head|{Terrence Springs a fake? vigorously. “I clean forgot *bout|her grandmother made a smail Matildie. I was a-aimin’ to tell | fortune from a deep well with a you.” secret heater and some mine: “Tell me what, Gibbs?” tossed in from a bag? A feelin; “Miss Gussie says to me ‘Now, |Tevulsion swept her. Gibbs, when I gets done with this| _ “She shouldn’t have done thi here earth Matildie’s to go to Ann. | Gibbs. It’s . . . it’s dishones She'll know how to do for it.’” |had no right to take peor Ann smiled wistfully. “I'm glad | money for it.” she mentioned the bird, Gibbs.| And she didn’t have to let peo- I'll. feel better about taking it.” |ple like Mrs. Fay and Mr. Newton “She sure said it!” stay there month after month paying exorbitant prices for the HE varried cage and bird to her| healing that the famous sprinz room for her and placed them |W8s. supposed to offer, when on a small table by her window. |Feality there was no spring at ai “They done any more lookin’|It was preposterous. It wes for the will?” he asked. frightening, too. “How | man: ““They say it’s been destroyed.|others know about the hect Sarah ‘says she saw my grand-|Gibbs? Who . . . else knows? mother burn it up.” To be continued grandmot ‘KEY WEST IN OF JUNE 23. 1933 and Mrs. P. L. Cosgrove, is ex- 2 pected to arrive here tomorrow; Bullets pierced my coat and | from Miami. He is aboard the U.! versatile and prolific illustrator S. S. Fairfax, due in that port to- | aay. Prices of commodities show a slight gain, according to an Asso- | ciated Press dispatch from Wash- }ington, published in today’s Citi- zen. The uptrend is supposed to | show returning prosperity. George J. Rosenthal, who sought |to stop the Overseas Bridge Cor poration from continuing its ef- forts to obtain a loan from the Re- | Today’s DAYS GONE BY construction Finance Corporation, ! REQUIRES 22 HOURS NEW YORK.—It is less than 22 hours from Washington to Tokyo by air. Anniversaries 1780—Reuben D. Mussey, Dart- | Sor, pioneer medical scientist, {born Pelham, N. H. Died June i 1822—Felix ©. C. Darley,} and humorist, born Philadelphia. Died March 27, 1888. 18337—Henry O. Marcy, Bos- | ton surgeon, credited with intro-} ducing anti-septic surgery in | country, born’ Ohio, Mass. Died} |Jan. 1, 1924, 1837—Nathan S. Boynton, sol-} dier, Port Huron, Mich., founder; jof the Order of Knights of Mac-j cabees, born there. Died in 1913.! | * * * * 7 * * * > * oa * * * * * i+ * * * * * * * * * * * * i* * * * * * * * ~ * * * * * . * o + * * * * perewerrre, Mary Livingston. born Fond @ ago. over % perature. “Electrical DON'TS” ELECTRIC REFRIGERATOR Don't allow frost to accumuiete om the freeser %" thick as this decreases the cabinet com Don’t store moist foods without cowers es cis increases frost on the freezer. Don't crowd the shelves with food t the paint of interfering with the circulation of ai Don't wait toc long tc clean your cabinet. defrost and clean weekly. Don't allow perspiration cr grease & seme on door gasket as this causes the rubber t softe= DON'T WASTE ELECTRICITY even though no ration coupems required : IN WAR THE KEY WEST ELECTRIC COMPANY for your supply ALL WASTE IS SABOTAGE more welcome in war work ANAGERS and personne! Grecorss will ell vou that regular resi-peuses peas che retresn- ment of ice-cold Coca-Cola imcrease comsemomenr in their plants. Thus producner is mmcressed A pause for Coca-Cola is 2 Etie thing @ mel, but one of the little things thar: Dengher= 2 bbb bb bh hrha LEILA LiL tii ill LLL LAA zoot suit deserves any treatment that he may receive has its suporters. 1851—Clarence Eddy, _noted| | is reported today to be “‘out of the buying public has hardly felt the effect.of war. Retailers have managed to keep an pe unbroken flow of necessities mgving to cons sumers. They know that maximim war, pré/ duction depends on their continying effort! At present the gove: ent is ‘attempt- ing to limit the price of she merchant sells without effectivel viting the cost of production of those g Even a school The recent flurry of rumors relating to the WAACs. reflect the seamy side of | American life, withthe public generally sitting back and ap} ten to any kind of nb The members oft#e WAACs are not all saints, but they are.asgood, on the average, as any group of Américan women. To im- pute planne, morality to the women, now serving thei intry, is.to betray sinister thoughts, n fogether connected with in- nocence. f The prompt denial of the unsavory ru- mors by officials will not convince the'frifize of our population ever willing to believe evil of others. not believe the rotten charges but, unfor- tunately, there is no way to cleanse some minds of ignorance and suspicion. The Japanese tell their people that the war is in a serious stage and urge them to prepare for a long struggle. Housewives, who are looking "tar 2nough ahead, will take time this Summer to can something to eat next Winter, Intelligent Americans will | | ‘ABOUDTHE ITALIAN SURRENDER Having expressed thé, view that Italy ility and“that it*might be the best | stiitegy not to actept, any unconditional surrenderswhich’ would entail the job ol feeding 45,000,000 Italians, it is probably‘ well to mention arguments of the other side of the question involved. Italy was the birthplace of modern | Fascism. Its surrender would indicate the | futility of Mussolini’s system and serve no- | tice upon the world that Hitlerism is unable tosprotect its friends. The damage to Axis | morale would, no doubt, be irreparable. Italy’s surrender would be a confes- | sion of the weakness of the Fascist govern- | ment, and cause the withdrawal of Italian | | troops from the Balkans, thus placing an- cther strain upon Germany’s exhausted | manpower reserves. It would have great ef- fect in Hungary, Bulgaria and Rumania and | ee an easy way into the heart of the Bal- an peninsila, _The taskiof ‘feeding 45,000,000 Ital- ians would be onerous but, after same re- | flection, we must realize that this‘job wiil have to be assumed, sooner or later. If it | | comes now, following surrender, it will be | | no greater strain than if it comes tater, af- } | ter heavy fighting. ‘ | | There is the possibility that the sur- | | render of Italy would give the United Na- | tions sites for air bases with which to spread | the bombardment of Germany. This would | mean that Italian soil would be the scene of some fighting, perhaps, »as the Germans | would probably make a strenuous effort to | prevent the Allies from utilizing Italian ai:- | ports. | today that letters for local deliv-| Tylyx 1. ‘obert J, Perry? Chapter, \ lef and Mrs. William R. Warren afi@t" |line and Duval. : streets; toda: | versary of his birth. He entertain- Chicago organist, born Green- oie field, Mass. Died Jan. 10, 1937.) The local post office reported} i 1854—James C. R. Ewing, | ery will be mailed for two cents,! Presbyterian missionary-educator' instead of three. beginning on_ in India’'43 years, born Rural | } tfValley, Pa. Died Aug. 20, 1925. | of De Molay, entertained friends| daughter, Miss Leonor Warren| Wednesday evening at a card|left yesterday for a sojourn in party given in the home of Mr.\Miami. and Mrs. Charles M. Curry, Jr. Re-! i freshments were served after the! Richard B. Curry, who was in} caine , Key West visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Curry, return- ed yesterday to his home in Miami. Virgil S. Lowe, accompanied by his son, William Herman Lowe,} left yesterday for Miami on a! business trip. James Thompson, who had SERA {been in Key West visiting rela- Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Stemmel and | tives, left yesterday for Miami, ; daughters, the Misses Barbara and! Where he will remain for a few Leona Stemmel, of St. Augustine, | days before returning to his home} are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron | in Espanola, Florida. McConnell at their home on Flem- | ing street. Today The Citizen says in an editorial patagraph: “Comes*nows aw-new kind -of hoarder. Frank Cimoni, a big gar- lie pane a os ii a | verdict of $35,515, S$ against hich | a Chicago sto! Rasy parece ., | let a lot 6f his, Mrsi9 Norberg: Phompson ~idnd | in its eate. The, ¢ Tesi daughter, Miss Marie Thompson, | called Chnoni 2 hh ler.” | rt | Captain J. ‘L. Watrous, Caro- | observed the eighty-eighth. anni- ed,a fyi fri¢nds:at idinner:i — TWO HOTELS = MILA MI Porcran prices LOCATED IN HEART OF CITY Stu ROOMS criss Reasonable for Reservations WITH BATH AND TELEPHONE j 60 NE. 3rd ‘Street 226 N.E. Ist- Avenue ~ 80 Rooms ~ Elevator 100 Rooms - Elevator Solarium e 3 BLOCKS FROM UNION BUS STATION Letters from plant managers from coast to coast emphasize that the little moment for an ice-cold Coca-Cola meansa lot to workers in war plants. It’s a refreshing moment on the sunny side of things .. . a way to turn torefreshment without turning from work. busy day. You might think = srange that workess have such a welcome for 2 S¢ sot dem Bat Coca-Cola has something all #s oom i” always pleases. More than just quenching thir=, it brings a happy after-sense of compiete retes ment. The only thing like Coce-Cole is Coca-Cola, itself.