The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 18, 1943, Page 2

ne id Ann Streets per in Key West and iroe County ‘West, Florida OF THE ASSOCIATED PR Press is of all news dispatches credit pis paper and also the SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of th resolutioss of obituary notices, ete, will be charged for at Notices for entertainment by churches from which & revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. ‘The Citizen is ston of public issues and subjects of local or genera erest but it will not publish anonymous commu fons. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airporis—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. TWO WARS AND DIFFERENT | The United States is engaged in two wars, one against Germany and Italy in Eu- rope and another against Japan, in the Pa- . cifie, ~< While we speak of the war as a singie operation, we must not forget that the only connection between Japanese aggression and that of the Axis in Europe is that Ge many and Italy created conditions favor. | able for Japanese attacks. The war in Europe is essentially a land , ; war, with immense armies of men in close | about was their own—the people's mones _— = 4 combat in Russia and with other millions | Of course, The Citizen is aware that : 34 ready to carry the battle to Germany in the | Key West also is a corporati municipal to an Associat west. corporation. Is there any reason why ht hed in Tke war in the Pacific is primarily a | should not function as efficiently as a pub- naval cperation, with the fate and future | lic or semi-publice corporation? The Key West G of Japan depending entirely upon her abil Itisupto the voters of Key West io t t ity te maintain sea control, without which the island empire will be ruined. | or “He isn't much, but I like him”, should no en forum and invites discus- | r | ment’s LOOKOUT FOR THE KICKBACKS The people of Key West will be calle! upon to perform a duty of great importance on Tuesday, November 9 Tins is no longer a “two-by-twie ity; we b e entered a pe f transitier % : ) entered se of transition Chapter 24 Smat ca he most substantial mer vi T was about six in the morning cur midst to conduct our civic a s. “He when I left the Club Opalo. When I got back to the Hote! Fa- moso, I don't feel like going up to , . my Foom. longer be considerations in the election of The city was still asleep or al- our off most asleep. I entered a little " American-style restaurant on San Whether the people of Key West real- Juan de Letran and ordered cafe t or not, the purchase of the Key West con leche " 5 “Pan dulce?” the waitress said. Electric Company has put the city into biz busiress, and it requires big men to atte cousin”, or “He’s my cousin's cousin’ my n dulce, sweet bread or bret t cakes. Her thin face remit of Lila’s and I wondered effici » affairs of big business. v Awd what was 1 sen is aware t seamen. ost » now? Per- Jt enis aware th wher. ttle. The realty West are not and will noi be > was that our dual govern- e for the debt contracted in a quiring pessession of the Key West Electri respons behind the THE KEY WEST CITIZEN {and women carried tremendous] ple, of their fight ads on their backs, a city at} And I thought of t people who had followed Was ington and Jefferson and Li war I thought of Lila. Did I really believe in her or was I fluctuating} and of how we, too, during between some half-backed ideal | history had to fight the & j.and my boss's estimate? Was that | evil and gr and treache all there was to my heroics? Ten| resented | to vse, Johnson and his crowd] Mirtilos « in any coma now. Even | Chevaile had been able to make | decisions. That damned crew, human brotherhoc one, but it was tl thought: Johnson, Chevaile, Mir-| 2" man could tons tilo, Hernando, Loomis! | thought: What did th sity Clerks were pushing up the! sentiments have to t iron shutters. The sun shone on probl The the plate-glass windows. The me simp nd * i morning wa: The} satisfying and the a morning be | fled me. I was go out with the Ge’tapo if I could lines: Girl, Kidna Gest damned_in The | "7 HREE war | fourth nell before FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN OF AUGUST 18. 1933 or the county’s or the state’s or the govern- Those glib-tingued critics did not aking | realize that the money they were s question in the election to be November 9; it | answer tha held on Tuesday, is up Germany, in the summer of 1940, had | them to see that able men are elected, par- NRA the opportunity to attack Great Britain, | ticulariy in the executive and administrative |_| scatidanntic with immense armies and air forces ready | branches of the government. “Yes-yes” men aqop: 133-34 ak to carry out the orders of the high com- | and “he’s-my-cousin” mer should have no 2 d tonight ; mand. The attack did not come because it place in the administration of the » ; es : involved sea warfare against an island em- | the city ics e ae : pire ard Hitler was not ready for a cam-! The same aftute Key West business 75% west-of H | paigR against a naval power. voman who complained about the disrupted and + > : The development of aircraft has not | garbage situation, remarked, “I wonder if R , changed the essentials of battle, whether o1 land or sea. The plane that bombs, replaces, to some extent, artillery; the plane that city will conduct the electric company the in the same slipshod way as it is running the 2 service?” 5 garb launches torpedoes does the work of the That's another question for Mi submarine. In both instances the range and | t« They should bear in mind nM speed of the offensive weapon is enlarged, they go to the polls next November , and the weapon becomes more dangerous voting for their own inte If tb and hence more important put € i men in Office, the electr S “BIG” AND “CONFIDENT” ean a reduction in rates to consumers a vy reasons other U! t t Life Magazine, discussing pla hemselves will be the butt he protect the returning soldier from r are re to cor _ tune, urges a “big, vonfident Amer the goal for every) Exactly what mayaz mind ‘s doubtful. Certai - States is big, ard prior to tr a nobody ever accused the nat 4 zens of a lack of confide < In fact, one of the tr terfered with the dé« z foreign policy was tr of conzident America CRUMLINS the world.” We were so confid h L Congressmen were © th J ms amass not dare to attack u f they did, th would be the imme Alot of post-war pla: wishfu: thinking. Well, Lex Green nas brok« i as gently as possible. It comes as no «ho at all tat he is going to run for yovernor next year. In fact he has been rurni ' i i r 1 quite some time and as of today, h« he ' leading candidate, almost the only one, in or rea fact. That is a big handicap to overcome, for « he the leading candidate a year before election he ropr hin is almost never ” cted. ov wer ‘a _ d + y Amer k STRONG AMM BRAND COFFE? campaigner and may upset the tables ad} r do tes of fact conditions are so differ Flying For er N TRIUMPH 4 these days, that nothing that has happen d, ashe sips his co this COFFEE in the past is any criterion at al! as to v grumlin fe orry for himself and : MILLS , is going to happen in the future.— at his wife because she has use P b AT ALL Sanford Herald. red stamps and can't ser v ba GROCERS SB eee ee sees sees rreseees Company, yet that doesnt alter the fact on« vg Pi ge — tan te ~ —— whit that the company should be conducted i t down the y would b just 3 {ficiently as it has been in the past a I drank the seal 4 when * was owned by a corpor ’ « “Gpen up™ It ha said, and saic ily, th : | HAILED a cab at the Zecalo.! I rushed to the door and 1 The we ec r corp. ns watch the pennies as wel th t iw n » Aollars. x at they are bie becan« th 5 rr wn s the dollars, and that they are big becau ere Indians on 1 decided to ge md he cov | they have been efficient. If an employe does markets, carry-! ther ould re of the cory < tuty h i have been j not pertorm the duty he was hired to per- woe . | form, he is dismissed and a better qualified 3 wonderi , y | , n huaraches made ‘Taseard was smeared w | man is put into his place. A passion to give e rubber, t Indians and Gestapo tain or not. I wa > ae actuates everv big corporat — s had taken over the rt of the final < servic actuates every big corporati bu rhing city. T teat oF y final a in giving that service every penny z tT e 3 spent must not only be accounted for b ke looking ou must aiso contribute to the advancement crowded busses, were like a raimneiilions® sine mural in transit. These |* © © co~poration’s interests : ‘ 2 production soldiers. | gy. It has been a practice in Key West, not They ai A their, sh i ea, 5 © pronounced now as it was in the old days, the torv of the Mexican peo- ' (Copyright, 1943. Car o blare, “Oh, that’s the city’s money, what's Be - i s = the differénce?"’ when a question of was | or extravagance was discussed. “County's” T Hi T ’ Bi hd ae In ‘ods or “state’s” or “government's” were some- KEY WEST IN oday istory SY Ss srt. ays times used in place of “city’s”, but the sen- See — od - timent ‘vas the same: of what consequence DAYS GONE BY AUGUST 18 AUGUST 18 was it in wasting money that was the city’s a 1587 Dare born at) Maj. Gen. Ralph M. Pennell R Va.—first white born Anderson Co., S. ( s ge known age col WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1943 > Today's Today’s Horoscope nitwnis ===. ——___________F} AUGUST 18 Today indicates a schemer, de- veloping the character on its bet AUGUST 18 1774. Meriwether Lewis, joint-| ter side, a strong business man and nomander of historic Lewis-! 4 good citizen results. Suf if there Clark expedition, born Albemarle pe bad aspects ani laxity in Co,, Va, Died Oct. 11, 1808, training, prison mav be the end, 7 Great caution is needed im the 1807.Charles Francis Adam: daily conduct of affairs. amed diplomnat, son and grand- a SON OL PC 00S, CONG OL LC born Boston. Died Nov. 21,! Chicago merchant prince born; ne Cor M Died n. 16, ‘AL ELECTION. — NOVEMBER 9. 1943 oe a ————— Ind ‘ For Captain of fuiice sor Di vi 23.) W. J. WALKER (MACK) 7 V 1. Died Jan.‘ ° 4 .—G S F ton, i India, (of 125. - ; _ AMERICAN and CUBAN TRY A POUND RA eas BAAS ADASESSED ELECTRIC APPLIANCES HOW TO GET LONGER LIFE FROM THEM Never immerse in water. Keep them clean and ready for use. Take good care of cords and plugs. When not in use store where they will not become damaged. Keep motor-driven appliances properly !wbri- ODEN EEA EE OOS CORE RED cated. If they need minor repairs, TAKE therm toa service dealer, DON’T WASTE ELECTRICITY ~* even though no ration coupons required for your supply IN WAR ALL WASTE 1S SABOTAGE CITY OF KEY WEST ELECTRIC SYSTEM AE RR RET EEE ERR EEE EERE REPRE Ee aaannanneeeeeeGRban ttt TT TT TTT TTT, * Have a“Coke’= Aloha No 4 933.—Japan explair ss ward Ck » apologies pias s = C z C. WW. There are two ways to greet a friend in Hawaii native, and Have a “Coke, says the sail same note of welcome and affection Coca-Cola has become the symbol of te pause thai gious introduction between k BOTTLED UNDER AUTHOmIIY OF THE KEY WEST COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY r. Both expressic From Honolu adly-minded strangers. DCA-COLA COMPANY BY (WELCOME, FRIEND) ) nN AA “Coke"= Coca-Cola It's natural for popular names to acquire friendly abbreviations. That's why yeu hear Coca-Cola called “Coke nz No, says the 1s Carty the Hartiond «freshes ~the gra- -_ high-sign @ 1943 He C-C Co, ‘