The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 20, 1943, Page 2

fest Citizen , Except sunday, by i. Owner and Publisher EN, flusiness Manager e Citizen Building Greene and Ann Streets fy Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County ty West, Florida, as second class matter OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ted Press is exclusively entitled to use tion of ail news dispatches credited to tie am yea CREATE TO DESTROY | Those persons who cuntend there al- | be war draw their inspiration | from Nature, where its multifarious off- springs are forever preying on one another, | the stronger destroying the weaker, and so | en down the seale till we run across what we | consider the “weakest”, but, on. further in- | Chapter 26 \ JE DROVE back towards the night-time streets that new THE KEY WEST CITIZEN driver wasn’t Spanish. He was a{Chevaile was unarmed. I picked 2 and he worked for Che-lup a from the driver vaile, the Jap agent. It appeared! which I shoved into my pocket. | vestigation, learn that there is something ive credited in this paper and also the ished here. suaacnirtion marae } weaker than what we thought was the | ; “weakest”. | 338 | Let Nature remain in a_ benificent | ae | mood, and we pay little attention to her, but | let her become aggressive, and our thoughts turn immediately to her. And so it is with | the pests that Nature has evolved. The littie black caterpillar, which develops humps in | its back when it crawls that remind one of the humps in a camel's back, visits us every summer, but we do not give it a passing thought unless it attacks in hordes as it is doing now. But the poinciana caterpillar | | has its enemy, as every other creature in | Nature has its enemy. Just as scon as chip- chips and other small birds come to town, they will make short shift of the caterpillar. Blackbirds also feed on the poinciana | caterpillar, but there are only a few small flocks of blackbirds in town, not nearly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTI line. for entertainment by churches from which is to be derived are 5 cents a line. | is an opeu forum and invites discus- | blic Issues and subjects of local or general | it will not publish anonymous communi- | EDITORIAL_ SOCIATION IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1. More Hotels and Apartments. j enough to exterminate the caterpillars. A | rs o ana ge | Key Wester tells a story about watching a Ci | single blackbird gourge and gourge on the “ es af Cn og | littleyblack caterpillars till it seemed_his b p bi a. rv City Hospital. crop would burst, but the number he d stréyed was, in comparison like a couple vf | | hundred dollars compared with a couple of million. ' The Department of Agriculture warn: -home-canners to avoid the use of “canning ; -powders” and chemical preservatives. Agricultural experts say that “the safe way for the home-canner is to process foo.s adequately with heat. “= Backing this warning, W. B. Camp- zbell, Commissioner of the Federal Food and “Drug Administration, declares that the ipresent war emergency does not offer “any valid reason for condoning the use of chemical preservatives by home-canners in “place of tested and approved processes of -heat sterilization. : Mr. Campbell says that the substances proposed are of limited value, that some have known harmful effects and others are pf doubtful safety. TOO TOUCHY . The Spanish Ambassador to the United States, taking offense at a statement of the 7 Mexican ambassador, protests to the Sta‘e t Department. ¥ What incensed the Spanish official was reference to General Franco asa “traitor” and “puppet.” The objection was 4 probably based upon the fact that the c Speech, containing the references, was ar- * ranged and broadcast by the Office of War ; Information. The Sganiards, like the German Nazis, be ure extremely touchy about their dictators. As a matter of fact, they seem to be to touchy, A PROMISING ANSWER ; ae! $ thony Eden said something when, in ceanded te a query whether Italy would be given back her colonies in Africa, he re- . plied, “No, sir.” 3 This is common sense. It should be th Bttitude of the United Nations in regard to Au Japanese possessions in the Pacific. the stolen lands in the possession of G many. When the present war is over, the first Lusitieds of the United States and G Britain will be the retention of adequat« bases for naval and air units. This will sa: trouble in the event that plans for perman- ent peace are unsuccessful Men make their living either by work or mampulations. PP + Our hamanisis are now concerned lest fe hurtthe Germans, the Japs, . Italians or the : Who remembers the good old days when a person could get all the gasoline he eould yay for? > dt may be somewhat old-fashioned but we believe that the people of this nation are well abie to direct its policies. At one time’ Churchill stated that if the United States: would furnish the tools, England would finish the job but it couldn't be done. However, if China is given the tools fur the millions of her f she will finish the Japs. You m that aad win, positively y wager on or Albury recalls, Key West, 19 pestered with hordes of aterpillars. The appearance of | “caterpillars” in the realm of world affairs generally takes a little longer than that time, but in the life span of a man, who has lived his Biblical three score and 10, he | can recall several oceasicns when human “caterpillars”, bent on destruction, mani- | fested themselves. The “hunger” of the human “caterpil- | lars” is just as insatiable as that which | strips a tree of its leaves in strip- , Was poincian and, ping, sometimes kills the tree. And the hu- = | man types. whenever they appear, arouse the world to action to annihilate them. In | our anxiety to obtain spraying machines to destroy the poinciana caterpillars, our ob- | | ject is to savesthe trees. We sensed a sim- | the highway, began to show a few pedestrians and suddenly we were out onthe Zocalo. The square seemed to tend for miles between the dral on the riorth and the Nacional on the east. I glarea out at the square. Now was the time to arrest the driver. I had my .38. I could pull him in and we could — Johnson's hideaway out of am. __ We had a good chance to pull in the whole tp But Lie domen went wrong, if anything tin from Sam Taguard shut mop tin from jut my eyes. I felt jed and stupid and the sowioe was aj ack ing. Johnson would never escape from Mexico. He would never return to Germany to lecture to Gesta ents on successful techniques for the Americas. The houses were scattering out as we approached the irts of the city. I wondered if we were returning to the house where Lathrop had been tortured and murdered. In this weave of con- spiracies and courter conspiracies many seeming impossibilities had already taken place. Hadn’t John- son walked out of the Club Opalo as silent and _umseen as a-story- book ghost? The Gestapo planned | efficiently. My comater-plee showed no such planning. I was simply try- ing to exploit the business rival- ries of the representatives of the ipo and the Japs. And Sam Taggard was the broker. in silence, the driver finally braked to a stop in front of a house a few hundred yards off the highway. In silence we walk In silence we walked to the door. We were let IHEVAILE wasn’t even , the| ask same man I had seen at te Club Opalo. His face was shrunk- en and tired. The living-room of the house where he received me was shabby. It fitted the man. This blond elegant man whom I had first met in his home on the Paso de la Reforma had changed into another-personality. He stared at me as if he didn’t care what happened. He spoke to the driver in Spanish. The as if the enterprising Gestapo had | “Sit down.” I said to them I'm otaree MT wing wg ce Jap apparatus. I wij my face. I was perspirin, g- Chevaile said. “You have sur- Tounded this house. Call in your men. It is better so.” He didn’t ask me how I knew of the pass- word. He simply looked it. His i blond eyebrows lifted a fraction e Ts ay Ti d todi I “T spoke to Taggard today.” said thinkin that l was still the tsame blundering tin specialist turned investigator who | Te- ot ee ly to Lila Tag- gard’s original summons. “Taggard! in d him! life!” I glanced at the driver and then at Chevaile. “Taggard made you rich once,” I said. “The silver mine was cursed! Curse@! It has ruined me!” | was in an oblique way speaking the truth. His invest- ment in Taggard silver had made him rich; but his connection with Sam Taggard had subsequently ruined him. If he had been a stronger personality he might have still been master of his Paso de Ja Reforma house. but as it was the Taggard tin had pulver- 1!” Chevaile eried out | ir. ‘If I had never met le has ruined my whole not arresting you as yet.” I said patiently. “Anyone else in this j house?” “No.” “Expect anybody?” “No” “I want your Ni in reaching Johnson,” I said. “I promise you that any help you give us—” “You are not arresting me?” vaile asked. 'No.” “What do yuo want?” “Johnson. “And me?” “Johnson.” IS eyes flickered at me, the eyes of a man possessed. He seemed to be totally uninterested in the tin or his own fate. He re- minded me of the beggars you meet all over Latin America, who stand in one spot for hours, arm outstretched, but never asking for alms. Chevaile, too, had en- tered some phychological state in which conscious choice had been undermined by fatalistic indiffer- enc “Where is Johnson?” I asked. He shrugged. “You both tried to get Taggard’s tin! You're both wanted! Do you expect to escape from Mexico? ized the silver. But where can you go?” There's no “I give up!” the driver said. escape for you, Chevaile! “C'est finis!” he said, wiping “BEFORE I call my men in,” 1| his pufly eyes. ; began “Chevaile tell me’ As|.","¥ou do not have to be fin- I said. a business competitor of John- son's.” I was using the termin- ology Sam Taggard had instructed me to use. i “Senor, I do not care. You are the Government officer. Why don’t you arrest us? I do not| a” { “Where's Johnson hiding?” I| ed. I said nothing. “Why do you not arrest I realized that I would ge here with Chevaile until Ib y. It was a disgusting si I had allowed Sam Taggard deflect me from our main g ould have held } the main go: his daughter “I do not know,” Chevaile said. I seemed to me that he didn’t know. He was through. He had been used by the Japs and the Gestapo. He was scrap and the Gestapo had delegated the driver to be his | Dusted me de keeper. “Well,” I said. “I'l call in} oe id of rivi f my men.” I snapped the .38 out of nad a ag voradiae my holster. “Up with your hands. |4d again brought Chevaile. you step over to your| To be continued friend:” I held the gun on them.’ (Copyright. 1943. Carl A. Peterson) WEST IN DAYS GONE BY FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN | _Teday In History Today's Birthdays AUGUST 20 AUGUST 20 1829.—Some 100,000 Turks, in Maj. Gen. Henry L. C. Jone Russo-Turkish war, lay down arms Lorn Brokénbow, Neb. 56 vears ‘ilar anxiety; far deeper and more Serious | OF AUGUST 20, 1933 1" Te approach age | of course, when the Germans overran En- , ee ae | rope and the Japs stabbed us in the back,! A reception was given this’ 1866.—Official end of ( or Yermesee Vaile to get the weapons to save democracy, mning to Berardo Rodriguez, War oan . wal " : » ‘the new Cuban consul in Key j which means conserving the kind of life we yo" Y 1999—Treaty_witt i el : aia i Edga . of Detroit, poet have been accustomed to live. ee Sula made by Gen. J Bates: sa hago ce The pests will come and go and come | The Weather Bureau reports a he acknowledged An sov- ‘ soca tropi 1 > of grea - ereignty in return for monthly } again, as long as the world lasts, but ropical peggy : gener A a = ‘ Ralph Budd, presid . : ns abou miles west of Subsidy fii fai : : whether or not that fact will hold true of 4,, , noving aetna - go. Bur nat ey wars is for every man to decide himself. r storm, probably of 4 1913.—20th i Many mer think that wars will continue to Pe oP i d 20) a eh kee é recur as long as human nature remains as it broke out ’ , is; others think that the mind of the race or at . ae ea will in time reach that state of almost per- = = Be: semen troor mn fection that will view war as so abhorrent ? it will never occur again. 934.—U. S Meanwhile, Nature continues to cre- ate and destroy A free press has more to fear than ¢o ernmental publicity. Somehow or other we seem to be un able to make detanite contact with this sur- ,) plus money we id so much about. The slogan for the Drive is “Back the Attack,” consistency might be called “Last Call for War and with equ next Sond Bonds.” BUILDING MORALE Drug T N t Ye bulelts Win the war with . bullets of steel, backed by ial morale! i War, at best, is uncer So much depends upon the unexpected. the pre dictable. Pla shot to pieces cceed, or they are liter People and doubt springs up all ove Pessimism is the natural offspring of war give way to fear, r the country. Nothing helps the run-ef-the-mine people so much as a display of courageous optimism by commur leaders. There's no sense getting frightened so long as the cap- ‘fain keeps nis head. Confidence and trust build morale. Confidence begets faith, and faith up- lifts the soul of the people. Virile consumer advertising in times like these bespeaks faith in one’s business, and faith in the fu- ture. It’s betting al money that America will come through! This is a good tims to its guns! Public and accurate business to st morale, in a v se depends largel; ipon how widely confidence building advertis- T. H. Pittn Mr, and Mrs. Joseph Plummer. week la nd Mrs. Lionel Bummer and nd Mrs. Frank Papy HEALTH PROGRAMS DETROIT. — Thirty-two U.S. health IAI OIIDIIRIIDISIISIINIDIIISIISII III III III IDI IS IOI III IIIT cepts invitatic member of the 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 cated. properly labri- If they need minor repairs, TAKE ther to a servine dealer. DON’T WASTE ELECTRICITY even though no ration coupons required for your supply EO IN WAR ALL WASTE 1S SABOTAGE : CITY OF KEY WEST ELECTR SYSTEM : FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 19-3 @ CENTER Today's | oniuwcne | ADNIVERREEIES KEARNS, Utah, Au. 20 —————__—= Joseph F. 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