The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 29, 1943, Page 2

Wun crrinay PUBLISHING CO., INC. ‘ Published Daily, Except Sunday, by ‘From The Citizen Bu! Corner Greene and Ann Streets “Only Daily Newspaper in Key Weat and Monroe County dent eae MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS igeerabeeigatio, cera abe aieactnce, erated fo ‘al news published here. cays 34 30 a ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. Pr SPECIAL NOTICH All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutioss of obituary notices, etc, will be charged for at he of 10 cents a line. for entertainment by churelies from whieh ® revenue is to be derived are 5 cents @ line. . The Citizen is an open forum and invites diseus- aon of. «nterest.. Public issues ang subjects of local or general but it will not pablish anonymous eommuni- ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1. ‘More Hotels and Apartments. 2. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. 3. Airports—Land and Sea. . Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. ‘A Modern City Hospital. ‘THE RACE RIOT IN DETROIT The race riot which occurred in Detroit last week, resulting in the death of more than a score of persons and the injury of nearly one thousand individuals serves no- tice upon the people of the United States that racial relations are delicate and sensi- tive. The Detroit rioting is one of a group of such incidents which have occurred in the United States recently. They include the clash jn Beaumont, Texas, and the rioting in Mobile, Alabama. The disorders are not restricted to the Southern States, however. Beside the De- troit affair, and the Los. Angeles “zoot- suiters’ outbreak, a clash recently ocour- red in Chester, Pennsylvania, where five ~«-Negré workers were shot by guards at a ship building company. Moreover, the recent rioting of school- boys in Newark, N. J., which resulted in the death of at least one Negro student, wasaclash between white and Negro groups after an interscholastic track meet. The Detroit disturbance originated, according to press dispatches, with a fist fight on a bridge leading to a recreational and swimming center. It spread swiftly and impetus was added, according to some Ne- gro leaders, by an erroneous report that a Negro. woman and child had been Slain on the island. It is obvious that a fist fight between two white men or two Negro men on the bridge would not have resulted in a racial riot. That an incident of this kind shouid touch off rioting and fighting is an indica- tion of a tenseness in racial relations which promises further disturbances in the auto- mobile métropolis. ltis incumbent upon the leaders of both ‘races ‘to treat unfortunate events as isolatéd explosions of human nature. Sure- ly, they do not reflect an accurate picture of race relations and they should not be al- lowed to create suspicion and discord any- where in the United States. JAPS WATCH THE WHITE HOUSE The Japanese still have their eyes on the White House and talk glibly of dictat- ing peace in the home of Almerican Presi- dents. Last week Dr. Ryutaro Nagai declared that the departed soul of the late Admiral Yamamoto will not rest until ‘“‘we have car- ried the war over his body to American shores.and we have won our terms of peace in the’very chambers of the White House.” This is bad news for the soul of the de- parted admiral. Evidently it will not rest in peace. , ‘tf Hitler’s intuition is working he has.a hunch that he has lost the war. The American public scarcely had time to lend its approval to the pay-as-you-earn tax legislation before Congress came face to face with the question of producing a new tax bill to provide for 30 billion dollars ad- ditional revenue on an annual basis in order to raige the 16 billion dollars more which Py nt Roosevelt has asked for the fiscal year starting July 1. ROBINSON CRUSOE’S GOLD Some people entertain queer ideas about winning or losing the war, and some of the queerest, as Key Westers who listen to the radio know, come in to us over the air. Sunday, for instance, an American who is an authority on Oriental matters, won- dered if we would be able to continue the | tempo of the air raids over Europe. He said that Germany was forced to abandon her all-out warfare in the air on England be- eause of the vast cost in men, money and material, and he intimated that Germany and Italy think the Allies will be forced to decrease the intensity of their raids for sim- ilar reasons, He cited the cost of a big air raid in so many gallons of gasolire at so many dol- lars, the loss of so many planes at so many more dollars and then gave the number of flyers who either lose their lives or are cap- tured. Of the three things he mentioned the one that concerns us chiefly is the loss of precious lives—lives just as precious to the men who lose them as is our.own. As to consequence: It is like the seat in a Ferris wheel that returns to the place from which it started. The United States, for instance, gets its money, either in taxation or the sale of bonds, from the people, who give it back cling of the Ferris wheel. The greater the governmental expenditures the larger be- comes the amount that the people give back to the government. The only danger from sess too much of the money at the same time, as that would lead to inflation, but Uncle Sam will see to it that our financial belts are kept tightened. Let’s take a squint at Germany. In the course of seven years, despite the fact that her financial structure still felt acutely the effects of the worst inflation the world had ever known, together with the crushing bur- den of the first World War, she built up and thoroughly equipped the most stupen- dous war machine in the history of the world. How did she do it? The answer is easily found in material and manpower. As for money, Germany had little of it, barely enough to shunt back and forth between its people and the government, so it swapped with other nations its finished machinery for raw materials that were needed. The United States, with its Allies, will win this war not because it has the greatest hoard of gold the world has ever known, but because of its manpower, its inventive genius and its tremendous resources of the | raw materials that are essential to the win- ning of the war. We are pressed fora few | materials that are not produced in this country, but we are either obtaining them from other members of the Allied Nations or, as in the case of rubber, producing them | synthetically. | And bear in mind that the Axis powers | have only one-eighth of the manpower in the world. | Germany, Italy and Japan are now | losing their ships and men and planes far faster than they can be replaced, whereas the United States alone is doubling the num- | ber of ships and planes every three months, compared with the production of the pre- ceding quarter. * Money, unless it can obtain its equival- ent in raw materials, is of no more use tc | Germany and Italy, than Rebinson Crusoe’s bag of gold was to him on his lonely island. President Roosevelt took his time be- fore he turned thumbs down on Congres- sional pleas for a one-man food “czar.” At the same time he renewed his demands for a subsidized roll-back of prices to support his theories and plans to check rising con- sumer costs and prevent inflation. Congress will continue to oppose—and probably de- mounting opposition to that way of handing out public money. Bloes, for and against sub- sidies are being formed,: JUST SILLY An overlooked hort yr, it seems, is being” passed around annually the nation as some self-appointed Americans get busy and select the country’s “No. 1 Father.” We can imagine fewer Sillier efforts, Mother.” Pa No. 1 for 1984, be it noted, is none other than Gen. Dwight D: (Ike) Eisenhow- er, who has’ been rather busy in North Africa. | How many votes do you think the Gen- eral would have received if he hadn't just completed a successful military campaign that has nothing to do with the job af being a father?) * : money, in the final analysis, it is of minor | to the government in a never-ending cir- | that procedure is that the people may pos- j lof the Monroe County Relief West degi feat—granting fresh subsidies as there is {month unless it be the selection of the “No. 1) THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Chapter 10 , Picture in hand, stood GHE saw a circle ‘of light from A aSculine “hard "Then she could Sas le han en si terrified, waiting for the in- eee a pair of ‘substantial ine truder to make the next move.| shining in its glow. All was deathly still. Then there] The intruder was a man and was the sotdid Sofi cautious he was-Jeaning:over Mr. Baxton’s » «a|desk. He: touched «a . Kt _— eergniaee rid erackled Jike-a machine gun stac- Whoever “be | catos Ann’sstraining ears. his bearings. ok “th pees drape ene hue would touch it Lege ugh rc tents, closed h ii Dlaeounall# fore he searche or turn a flash light bedialaroundl| 7 CoE Hed ail the loose tee Bers, studied one for an inter- | minable minute. the room. In either case she would? Then he turned to the safe in be caught. F The ey es oe satin smooth- ness 0! ¢ damask ‘ drapery|the’ wall, seemec surprised against her hand suggested her|find it would open at yee only refuge. Swiftly she twisted|He drew out the old statements her body and noiselessly drew} Ann had handled a brief five min- the drapery across in front Of| utes ago, went through them one by one. He stuffed them back and continued his progress around the fe k ee her. Still clutching the picture she Toom. He was looking for the will was hidden behind the red dam- ask. For the moment at least she was safe. all right. It didn’t take a mathe- There was movement now. She|matician to figure that out. could hear the soft tread of shoes| Ann’s knees went limp and a on the thick Chinese carpet.|lump of fear rose in her throat. Around the edge of her curtain|A lump that refused to be swal- she saw a thread of light. ‘ _ —“Howed. Who was this man? What Could it be Mr. Baxton coming} would he do if he found her here behind her screen? What would Mr. Baxton do if he found them in late? No, He wouldn’t bother to be both here together? Her forehead felt cold with quiet and long ago he would have switched on the office light. He wouldn’t now be warily| perspiration. touching the papers on:the- desK.| The figure moved closet Was tall enough to be Bert... * Bert! The thought ate her: She stopped athing as she} and she breathed again.) She had tealized*#hat the person standin; only,a few feet from her didn’t asked Bert to help her search the suite. Maybe he was doing so and belong there at all. Like herself he had come on a secret mission. wanted to surprise her if he was successful, What mission’ she could only conjecture and yet her good sense told her that there was but one} She .drew the drapery back thing of value hidden in her|more boldly, studied his shadowy grandmother’s rooms. outline for a clue to his identity. The will! He had come to the teakwood __ This unknown person was look- | box now. He lifted it, shook it and ing for the will! set it down again. She smiled to After what seemed an hour she|think what he. would do if he dared to peer around the edge| knew it contained more $100 bills than she had had time to count. | ", He of the drapery. LOSER TAKE ALL * By Adelaide Hazeltine ‘iy He moved on to the what-not shelves. There, like a slow movie, he looked behind each gadget. E he noticed the bright spet on the wall paper where the cross stitch picture had hung he made no sign. He reached for another picture, took it down, examined it minutely and returned it to its place. He did the same to the next “ere yp the — , he was doing a good job of the search. If he tind ting Ann need not look any farther. Then quite suddenly he did find something. She saw him pull the artificial bouquet from the hand shaped vase, watched him probe the in- terior with his fingers, saw him stiffen as he tried to grip some- thing imside. _ He worked intently, his flash light held close to the opening where the flowers had been stuck. He seemed to be succeeding only to fail and try again. At last he drew back and pulled a roll of white paper from the ‘WA roll that was 1 rh rol at was long en) to be a will! gears she Ann couldn’t breathe, couldn’t think. She couldn't even | swallow. ER heart stood still as he un- | rolled the paper, rattling it in his haste to see the contents. There was a pulsing pause as he read what he had found. He lifted his head, stared ahead of him. Then he read the paper again. “Holy smoke!” he. exclaimed at last in a whisper loud enough for Ann to hear. “Hol-y s-m-o-k-e!” His voice was low, vibrant. Jerry Lane! Jerry Lane with the will in his hand! } Today In History | 1794—First Negro Church, nam- KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY’ Bethel, in America, dedicated FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN! OF JUNE 29, 1933 i 1865—End of month and a half The Key West Rotary Club, at|coln assassination—4, including a its luncheon today, pledged its|woman, hanged July 7. support of Marcus Fagg, recently oe named as administrator of relief} funds in Florida. Mrs. W. W. Demeritt, her son and daughter, W. W., Jr., and Mrs. Al Moore, Mrs, By A. Baker and Miss Catherine Lightbourne leave over the highway tomorrow morn- | ing. Mrs. Demeritt and Mrs. Baker will remain in Miami and} the other three members of the! party will continue to Chicago to visit the World's Fair. ' 1896—Pioneer showing of mov- ing pictures in Union Square} Theater, New York City. 1906—U. S. Bureau of Immigra- tion and Naturalization establish- ed. . « 1918—(25 years ago) U. S. Sani- 5 i Funeral services for J. B. John- tary Corps arrives in Italy. son, who died on Tuesday morn-; ing, will be held tomorrow .after-! noon beginning ate5 o’cloek, the! Rev. J. D. Stradley officiating. 1937—Historic yelt. Henry J. Weatherford, 70, died} at 10 o’clock this morning in his! residence at 1412 Newton street.; Funeral services will be held to- morrow afternoon in the First Baptist Church. 1941—Big F.B.I. spy roundup. 1942—Germans break into inner} ring at Sevastapool. 1942—Italian planes bomb Gi- braltar. Today’s Birthdays 1.4 Giffen, 5 ago. William W. Demeritt, chairman Council, said today that he expects} to obtain an increase of funds for} workers in this county. The Economic League of Key! today to check «the} hag regis ks of Key West be-! fore ‘the referendum on the new! city charter is held next Novem- ber, ar Admiral Robert C. ears Pennsylvania, 57 Maj. Gen. James A. Washington, D..C., 51 | Nelson Eddy, singer, born Prov- idence, R. L, 42 years ago. Prof. Edwin W. Kemmerer, famed Princeton Univ. economist, born Seranton, Pa., 68 years ago. lio, born * ats ago. Five hundred cases of. toma- toes are expected to be received in Key West from Miami in a day or two for distribution among the needy in this community. County Judge Gunn said today/ that despite the fact that June is considered the “Month of Brides,” only five licenses have been grant- ed in Monroe.county thus far this Lothrop Stoddard of Washing- Mass., 60 years ago. Harry A. Franck of New Hope, Pa., travel book writer, born Marco Mesa, local representa-; Munger, Mich:, €2 years ago. tive of a meat packing house, left today for Miami on a business trip. James.S. Knowlson of Chicago, industrialist, born there, 50. years | ago. : : of: William F. Ogburn of the Univ. of Chicago, noted sociolog- ist, born Butler, Ga., 57 years ago. gc) J. L. Stowers, of the Stowers Music Co. of Key ‘West and Havana, arrived jyesterday,;from the Cuban capital jun) jafter a. short visit here withshissbrother, J.R. Stowers, left sie Sud bh ‘Today gives an extremely force- ful nature and the native will hew Today The Citizen says in an} his way by sheer strength of foree, editorial paragraph: without any consideration of Riverside, Calif. and a weather. jman in Key West.” ' pith a. ate | BEGAN IN 1939 { pmmeeae - NEW YORK. — ‘Transcontinen-| tal air service was inaugurated in Canada in 1939 . when the first) ‘Three hundred planes iook off on flights of 3.500|from’ disease, lack of food miles, Japanese camps. ~ visit relatives. « ‘trial of those implicated in Lin-} “A plague on} both your houses,” by Pres. Roose-} i ton, D. C., writer, born Brookline, | WHO KNOWS? | | ANSWERS ON PAGE FOUR 1. Where is Lampedusa? 2. When did the British acquire control of Syria? 3. What do sailors mean by “pigboats”’? 4. How do subsidy payments affect the cost of food? 5. How fast are men being tak- en by the Army? 6..When did the federal gov- ernment levy its first income tax? 7.. What is the B.E.W.? 8. What is atabrine? 9, About how many Japanese { i 1869—The National Bank of| | Davenport, Iowa, first national bank under new “banking law, Rawgeree submarines? 10; Who is commander-in-clief of ETOUSA? Today's Anniversaries 1830—John Q. A. Ward, famed New York sculptor ‘his day, born near Urbana, Ohio. “Died May 1, 1910. | 1 1835—Celia L. Thaxter, popular born Portsmouth, N. H. Died Aug. 26, 1894. 1852—John Bach McMaster, Univ. of Pennsylvania’s noted his- torian, born Brooklyn, N. Y. Died May 24, 1932. | dier, engineer, _ administrator, .| builder of Panama Canal, born Neéw York. Died there, 1928. i Jan: 21, 1861—William J. Mayo, elder of the two famed brother surgeons of Rochester, Minn., born Le Sueur, Minn. ‘Died July 28, 1939. | | 1865—William E. Borah, famed Idaho longtime senator, born Fairfield, Il. Died Jan. 19, 1940. | Pay-as-you-go tax is signed; | in effect .on July 1. - i Americans die New England poetess her age,! 1858—George W. Goethels, sol-| ay ES | CONCERTS TAX NELSON EDDY By JOHN SELBY Associated Press Arts Editor NEW YORK, June 29—Nei- son Eddy, who is in to {days between dates, may not | bother to sing concerts at all ™ jmext season. He may just sing ). ‘a bunch of dates |and sailors. | Somewhat reluctantly, Mr | Eddy explains why. He does not like to talk about his financiai jaffairs for two reasons: it sounds jbad, he thinks, and {produces a flock of letters from |people who want him to put | their daughter through the New |England Conservatory. Or some other school. i “It's this way,” he explains }“Once over the minimum, I aet-'s | ually get 4 per cent of what 1)! jearn. That's what a 96 per cent © ;Surtax does. | “I'm not objecting But on the other hand when it means so little in a fimancial sense. | why shouldn't I just give my time to the soldiers and forget 2 about singing for fee? “Provided I'm not }myself, next season.” H The laws do some odd things | to artists. Eddy is supposed to be the biggest earner among can- |cert artists, and probably is. Betas means that if he -wants to give a concert and turn over the gate to the Red Cross, the Red j Cross will, get a neat sum ‘-But I can't do it,” says Eddy. -T can be invited to doa few JUNE (By Aamertawed eran: NORTH CAMP POLK La for soldiers Fischer's pet checker Amanasro. and the heuse t just the same That's 2 a soldier band m Eady as me 31 has actually sung many ‘These rietta” made 2 ing baritone WHAT THEY WERE natione! champromshup three tume< in a smail company and led to the mfermation operas, and were af hiladelptaa. am the dust- before “Kaughtr Me- work §celetriy light-haired, goed-look- songs on a benefit program, ail right. But if I sing a whole recital and give the Red Cross, jall the proceeds, I am taxed on ithe whole amount.” It's pretty complicated, but ino matter for complaint, except |that Eddy would like to give jmore, rather than less. And in jany case, he has his garden to | work. Out in California, he bought |the Jot next door to keep some- jone from running up 2 garage junder the Eddy bedroom win- |dows. The new lot is about an j acre, and it's all in cultivation jnow. “Twenty-five varieties of vegetables,” he says, “all heal- | thy.” | -Eddy just has finished the | first Picture he has made since the day he decided he was fed up with Metro and the parts they were giving him. The new ohe is “The Phantom of the Opera,” for Universal, and the baritone is very happy about the | “| whole affair. “I didn't know you could get the kind of treatment they gave me, in all Hollywood,” he said. {“They even came to tell me | good-bye when the picture was |finished. 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