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

t Citizen | 1s ! { Sunday, by and Publisher Manager n Building _ be a pet saying of a happy-go-lucky club- swinger on Key West’s golf course. Since County , the Quebec conference has been in session, Florida, as second class matter €Very radio commentator has been his own ‘THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | guesser. and Ann Streets per in Key West and Press is exclusively entitled to use | of nm dispatches credited to ks, cents a line. ts to be derived are 5 cents a line. forum and invites discus- | fourth felt confident that the smash that ‘of local or general it Will not publish anonymous communi- | WOuld open the second front would occur in | France. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST | “_ ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN | | 1. More Hotels and Apartments. | 2. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. 3. Airports—Land and Sea. 4 Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. 5. A Modern City Hospital. | — CIVILIANS SHUN DEFENSE WORK i | Many men and women in Key West | and Monroe county have given generously | of their time to the deveiopment of mea;- | ures to promptly meet emergency events. / . to four different commentators, and every | one of them made a different guess of the | decisions that would be reached at the cont |” | ference. Hitler was the man who was be- } vewery inch of it had been steam- jing lined up for the worst drubbing, said} _ the | one commentator, and another was just as | sure plans were being made to begin imme- | ee resolutioss ot | diately to pound Tojo into submission. Italy | notices, etc. will be charged for at | was the country picked out for the next in- entertainment by churches from which | vasion, said a third commentator, and a | form your own conclusion. The fact is, as a commentator declared, probably the strict- est military secrecy of the entire war is be- ing maintained at Quevec, and, so far as the public is concerned at this stage of the pro- | | ceedings, one person’s guess is as good as | | another's. H | may denounce them for their ruthlessnes: we must admit that they are a highly int H ligent people. On that ba Unfortunately, the number of patriotic voi- | to assume that the German warlords, havin unteers is insufficient to properly man the | fooled their people so frequently during civilian defense organization and to assure | this war, are not fooling them now, except | MORALE’S BIG BROTHER “Every man his own caddie,” used to We listened a couple of evenings ago | | | } | And so it goes: take your choice, or i What our military strategists are do- | | ing is not for us to know; the right attitude | | for us to assume, in keeping up or promot- | ing our morale, is to have confidence in our leaders. Confidence is only another word | for morale; so it may be asked: What is the | confidence today of the German people in | | their leaders? ‘ he The Jap warlords may go on intermin- | j { ably to fool their sheep-like people, but not ; 80 with the Germans. However much we | s, it is not an ; | its prompt response to unexpected and sud- | in extreme cases. den contingencies. The German people have been prom- | While an air raid on Key West may be ised victory until they are now sick at heart. extremely improbable, it is not impossible. They have been given propaganda, in the In time of war, no nation can risk its safety | upon probability. Likewise, municipalities | and rural areas must be organized to meet | possibilities which lose much of their dan- da Minister Goebbels told them, but whe fa ‘| it dawned on them, as it has time and again, gerous potentialities when adequate plans: and organizations exist to meet the burden' that what he said was false, their confi- | ofa catastrophe. | dence in him surely must have been broken. And an unstable confidence plays havoc | with morale. If some sudden misfortune should be- fall tis community without preparations to meétit, the public would be quick to con- | | guise of truth, that later turned out to be false. At first they might have swallow | “line, hook and sinker” of what Propag: German morale has been undermined . t ores ¢ demn ts leaders. Here we have an instance —there isno doubt about that—, but to wi preparations have been made what extent we do not know, but we do but the-leaders find it difficult to persuade know that when it is broken, the German individuals to make their contributon to the | Watlords will realize as they did in 1918, war effort of the naton. | that further fighting will be futile Tithe present emergency, there is a | place Zr every man and woman on the | leaders, and, while maintaining it, fully ap- home ffont. Unlike the Axis countries, the | Preciate that it immeasurably aids the cause So let us maintain our confidence in our f the Allied Nations for the leaders to Unite@States employs no force to make its | ©f the / i ' citizegg do their civilian duty. | maintain secrecy. But there is an important linia eioncnarserinnis } thing we should guard against: don't let our — RICKENBACKER KNOWS | confidence lapse into over-confidence. Ov = | conifdent people don’t exert themselves, be- a (Christian Science Monitor) | cause they feel there is no need for exertion, Phe Apostles, when they were work- and what applies to people individually ap- ing their greatest works, continued “with | Plies to a nation as a whole one ageord,” according to the second chap- | ter o: Acts—that is, they were in com- | 0Ver-confidence, for confidence is ‘ | big brether. plete ment, of one mind, concerning | their , and they devoted themselves to it. It of their harmonious endeavors | was mendous growth in Chri ity and its firm establishment and the working of what the world called miracles of heal- y | Bonds. So be confident, and guard against The best barg in history—War A smart lawyer can find a “case” to ing. — | uphold any act of man. Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, who knows ! something of the power of prayer from per- sonal experience, says now — after return- ing from the European fronts—that “only a miracle” can bring victory over Germany sooner than the fall of 1944. But he add: “Lhave confidence in the possibility of that miracle, and the accomplishment of that miracle lies in the hearts, heads an‘l hands of every American man, woman an:l child, and your faith in God.” .What Captain Rickenbacker obvious- ly means is that if every man, woman, and child in the United States will pray — in the best way he knows how — for a swift right- eous outcome of the war, and will back up his prayers with practical devotion to the task on the home front, the “miracle” can be wrought. It will not do, of course, to offer pray- | ers for a quick victory and then take a few days off from the job at the plant to go fish- ing. One cannot expect. an answer to h’s prayer if he then goes out on strike, chise! on gasoline, patronizes_ the black markets, fails to buy bonds, or does nothing for the war effort. “Let thy deeds be thy prayer to God,” ! wrote an American poet, and the Apostle Jam@ said: “Be ye doers of the word.” One of the greatest victories of the war, that over the U-boats, gets few head- lines. It appears that we need a new ground air technique to get the Japs out of New Guinea. P. T. Barnum didn’t believe in sincer- ity, and acted on the theory that the world wants to be cheated. History proved that alliances be- tween nations are made only to be broken, but at least they have the effect of prolong- ing peace. Without alliances wars would be more numerous. Walter Lipmann, the writer, Says the United States in al! its history never has had a foreign policy. We did have an all embrac- ing foreign policy as advised by Washing- ton and Jefferson to keep our hands off things European and thus avoid entangle ments. but we threw that policy out of the wind: w and are now so deeply involved that we could not extricate ourselves and per se must form alliances. We have the bear by the tail and can’t afford to turn loose | Let’s hear you say it.” joy hin suffer awhile. But ea too. I had to a His daugh- to move jerkily I said|ter meant something to me,” quseniee “You don’t have to get] “Keep on talking.” 4 as “I was engaged to his daugh- ter. All he wanted was his daugh- doorway, light outlining her body. She was very pretty as if cut out of some bright light metal. " Johnson's cheeks be- “lI red. He yelled, louder and The ri "4 . “He gave you the tin!” ae 3 “No. I'm here only as a go-be- “Clara,” Ji said to her. eee. Taggard’ll give you the tin if you release his daughter.” “You expect me to swallow that?” “way not? I went to the spot alone. I gave the password 1 The woman laughed.:“No bones broken,” she said. “Leo jammed yor a fool Johnson,” I said. S when he hit you.” He recoiled and I said. “Where is Lila Taggard?” “Leo. Sure.” “Like to know, huh?” was driven out to Chevaile’s hide- “Where am I*” “Of course, you damn fool,” Ij out. I didn’t think I was bound “In a house. for Chevaile. I thought I was “Johnson here?” didn’t see Taggard,” John-| bound for you—” “ Yeh, he’s here.” son in. “You're a liar!” again.” I forgot about my body but! “How’dI the password?” “You had Lila Taggard. Did 1 only for a secorid. “Is Lila Tag- “That's what { want to know. |surround Chevaile’s hideout with gard here?” ow Government men? Ask Leo. | “Yeh, She's here.” “Sam Tagsgard.” work for the Government. But “How long have I been here?”| “You'll be telling me you got|when I went out tonight. I was “Couple hours. Leo, he pickedj that buzzard’s tim next.” His face}on my own. On my own because you up and drove out here. Can! was still T'm_human, t you get up?” “You to marry her like} “You've got the tin.” I tried-to but my knees wouldn’t| it’s ‘in t er the woman} “Dou you think Sam Taggard’d stay stiff. called to me. voice told me} give up his maps as easy as that? that she was from a big city. She} He'll give them up when his “(C)KAY,” she sai. “Ill callj was what in the old gangster days | daughter's free.” Johnson. He wants to talk} used to be called a moll. ‘0 who?” I be,” I answered. “Jc'snson,}| “To you.” in dar! in. Taggard the papers like you]. “And six copies to you G.L’s. Johnson was ina wanted Fahy but he send ‘No. A hell of a lot of good mine’ll blue bathrobe, the from me—” be. He paused. He was silent a open F “How’d| “Just like that,” Jehnson said.jlong time. “You're the go-be- tween, huh’ You and me got to you?’ think up something to get hold of “Taggard was all bottled up.|Taggard. Clara, get some rope ‘Where's he?” 5 ii lawyer Lathrop was his only| We'll tie him up now that he’s a ti ‘et: astistan and Lathrop was oe a ; “ gave you password.-| dead—” “Tm al roken up,” pro- “Get to the point!” tested. I said it. “You figured Taggard right,| “You're moving, pal. You ain't He strode over to me and his}Johmson. He's human when it|dead yet. Yeh, I got to think of face was stricken. I guess what}comes to his daughter. But he was | Some way to get hold of Sam Tag- he was thinking. He was thinking|afraid of you. didn’t want | gard. Some way. The newspapers’ we had the tin. In his fear, he|Lathrop’s treatment. So he came} That's it!” © do you expect to believe “From Sam Taggard.” | seemed to have no features at/to me. He took a chance that I To be continued (Copuright. 1943. Carl A. Peterson) all. There was just the valeness.!would helm him. J was human. ' 1 mi KEY WEST IN TedayIn History Today’s Birthdays DAYS GONE BY 1784—John Sevier elected gov-, Lt. Gen. Jonathan M~ jermor of short-lived State of | wright, hero of Bataan, a Jap pris- ‘Franklin. oner, born Washington, D. C.. 60 FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN ae Vears ago. OF AUGUST 23, 1933 { 185@—Uncle Tom's Cabin first - — dramatized at Troy, N. ¥ poet, born A board of examiners, appoint- ed by th t of labor, is in ucting an ex- © personnel of the office. 1912—The Fede Bureau established. declares state of Gonzaga, Jr W95). 1917-12 dead and a score injur-, Sophie Kerr, author. born, Den- ¥ ed in race rioting between Negro ton, Md., 63 years ago. day afternoon : a bumper and Soldiers and civilians at Camp over him. He is 1088. Texas. & Sars Ww. x cing ts cota. (eee ago) Youths 21/Ala., 53 years ago fering from pains in his chest { a since June register for draft “Raging s Batter Atlan- i, 52 ga : Henry F. Pringle, Columbia tic Seaboa al Large Ships ,, 1926—Died—aged 31. Rudolph’ Univ. professor ef journalism, au- Valentino, movie idol. thor, born New York Battle Wit That isa t on High Seas.” humn headline} »n about the tropi- that had been 1927—Saceo and Vanzetti cuted at Charlestown, Mass Caribbean and At- Prison ; lantic days 1930—Ru cieia ii <n Women members of the Ley "°™ RapreeHon pact They Tell ‘Em Memoria sacred ¢ tomor arranged for a nt to be given ening in that church 1941—Presiden seize Kearny. N plant od and Miss were hostesses) ——=—— noon and evenings Today’s Horoscope" social eting e Key West Junior Woman's This defree’s attainment o' jcess reaches its cl sailed yester-j weakening in those bo: the Florida for|gay advances. The full ‘latives in that! make a ruler of men or ¢ sia of his many friends, hz - riéd life and the attainr sit néf& | ambition mestead and Miami TRIUMPH Subscribe to The Citizen. sailed yes- a business SCOCCSO COSTCO SOOO SOTO SSSESSSE TESS TESST ONSESESEES ° left yesterday $ Calif.. to join'® Mrs. Smith was Miss Etta Thomp- PLACE YOUR Pe ant REFRIGERATION REAL ICE BASIS and you will get GUARANTEED Refrig- eration Service. Lopez, daughter Mrs. Aquilino Lopez afternoon for Tampa where she will visit Mr. and Mrs. MarianeAlvarez and children . Lester left ye: mi for a legal con. ory H. Taylor, for- of this city merly REAL ICE Is More ECONOMICAL. . It’s Healthy and Safe. . It’s Pure THOMPSON ENTERPRISES Today T Citizen says in an aph magine sleeping lent in Phila Louis, un- d there jess the beer manufact qualitie NUMEROUS N'IRSES CHICAGO. — According to rec (ICE DIVISION) INC. : ia) nurses in the's @hone No. 8 Key West, Fla. Died June 9, 1826. \chief engineer in War of 1812, in| ‘ton. Died Jan. 9, 1904. jlisher of The Anderson Daily - “Oh, you expect to win the cth-| AMERICAN COFFEE jer half?’ | and CUBAN 46 vears t MONDAY, AUGUST 23,}1943 PAY PATI ARE NOTE Today's Anniversaries —_—_—_—_oO 1761—Jedidiah Morse, Congre- gational clergyman, geographer, “father of American geography, father of the inventor of tele- graphy, born Woodstock, Conn. : i ; ¢ id i ! i cians of | F il } t | 1788—Joseph G. Totten, army! service till 1864, born New Ha Conn. Died April 22, 1864. | was a keen one 1826—Francis Wayldnd. noted} 1. book, which has been Yale law dean, son of famed edu- | oie by G. Pierce Browne, i cator of same name, born in Bos- | Goctor’s son, and a former pub- “— " | Mail. 1830—David Swing, Chicago} em evangelist and essayist, born cin-| cinnati. Died Oct. 3, 1894. 1855—Barrett Wendell, Harvard! fo professor, man of letters, born in|"Swhen T pe i Boston. Died Feb. 8, 1921. | t (the’ old t g 1869—James Rolph, Jr, San/and Pitched and bellowed just Francisco mayor, California gov-: ernor, born there. Died June 2,! 1934. i 1. What is the official language | of Switzerland? ! 2. Are plastic tokens under con-; sideration to replace stamps? ‘fractured skull. 3. Is the owner-operator of aj small business entitled to draft’ WINETY-THREE PERCENT deferment? 4. What is the difference be-; DETROIT. — The United States tween Victory and Liberty ships? | gets 93 percent of its bauxite im- 5. How many electoral votes are!ports from British and Dutch in the “Solid South?” \Guian.a 6. How many Republican gov-} ernors hold office in the 48 states? | __—_——————— 7. When will new automobiles! become available? i 8. How does the vast naval strength of Japan compare to that! of the United States and Great/ Britain? MUNICIPAL ELECTION, 9. Who is Colin F. Stam? { NOVEMBER 8. 1943 10. How do farm land prices} compare with those of 1939? i For Captain of Fuiice Competition W. J. WALKER (MACK) “L suppose the little wife will’ Ywwwwwver vw rrrrewrs all the arguments in your Yeur Grocer Sells THAT GOOD i but my mother-in-law TRY A POUND lamamnameennseenene TO OUR DEPOSITORS AND FRIENDS The Treasury Department has advised us of our qualification as Depositary for Withheld Payroll Taxes. We will be pleased to accept your de- posits for this account beginning Monday, August 9. THE FIRST NATIONAL B of KEY weEs tT Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Depositary of the U. S. Government MUU TAU ET EnNASenaMan RES EE 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 lubri- cated. If they need minor repairs, TAKE them to a service dealer. DON’T WASTE ELECTRICITY even though no ration coupons required for your supply IN WAR ALL WASTE IS SABOTAGE CITY OF KEY WEST ELECTRIC SYSTEM AIRISISIIIDIDISIIIIOIDISIIIOIDIDIIIDIIOISIDIIOIIIIIIDIIIIIOIISIITIIIII INITIO TI III IIE aah hah anahabnndehahanhaanaeneeeeeen thee Lace Lee itt tt |