The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 25, 1943, Page 2

tZP TI iy. by ding in Streets Key West and ty @s second class matter | ASSOCIATED PRESS is exclusively entitled to use news dispatches credited 20 so in this paper and also the iN RATES es it 1.00 25 ERTISING RATES on application. SPECIAL NOTICE reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutioss of obituary notices, etc, will be charged for at 10 cents a line = “BACK THE ATTACK” pt In Loan ment it two weeks, the Third War will begin, with the Govern- the people of the country to invest €15,000,000,000 in the cause of free- | dom. * It might not be a bad idea, just before the drive begins, to remind Americans on the home front how little they know of war. Those of us, who.stay at home, do not face | the peril of enemy action and our grumbling ever minor inconveniences amazes the peo- ples of: nations, completely mobilized for a war effort. The only opportunity that a civilian has to helpi win the war is through the oppor- | tunity f assist in financing operation-. | These are of vital importance, both to the | prosecution of the war and to the equilibri- um of the economic front at home. The civilian investor is not asked to give away his money. He is invited to make | an investment which wil: be safe and pay him interest. Every individual, man or woman, must | determine the amount of bonds to be pur- chased. This is a problem to be solved on! by the person affected. All that the govern- ment asks of a loyal American is that he, or she, “Back the Attack” to the fullest extent Possible. FROM 1-TO-7 to 50-TO-1 The British government has issued a | statement showing the comparative tonnage of German bomb< on Britain and of British | bombs Gropped on Germany in various eee > gee periods since the war began. reveal the startling | Pe. _ \fome about in three years. Whereaa,“Germa bombs on Great Britain in the third quarter of 1940; the best the Nazis could do in the second quarter of 1943 was 700 tons The British, who dropped 2,750 tons of bombs on Germary in the third quarter ef 1940; were able to drop 36,700 tons in the second quarter of this year. The British have advanced from the aismal day of 1940, when they were able to drop only one ton of bombs on Germany againsi‘seven dropped on Britain, to the present time, when they are dropping more than fifty tons of bombs on Germany to one that drops on English soil. It should be understood that these figures do not include bombs dropped on oc- | jan dife and give in Europe, the activity of the United States cupied territoric air forees in Africa, or bombing missions that land. . operate from Eng. Mussolini didn't pered. Suggesting @ vacation spot: Texas, and Lively, Va. But the bard sa there's nothing in a name, and it may ap- | due to a failure ply to these places. Strange as it may seem there are some | out of civilian raw materi citizens of Key West who have made ino contribution to the war effort, thus joining | try have every reason to take pride in \ the 15 per cent in the United unpatri tes wh« \ have been equally tic dropped 18,900 tons of | fiddle while Rome burned recently, but he whined and whim- Placid, s in this re- , AFTER THE WAR—WHAT THEN? Several times recently The Citizen has been asked in effect: Key West will be like when the war is over? Do you think it will return to its former status, that is, the economic condition thai | prevailed here just before the Navy Yard | was reopened? Do you think Key West will | | hold its own, or continue to grow? The Citizen knows only one answer , ; that covers all those questions: Key West, | after the war, will be what its residents want it to be. | At present Key West is being da ddied | | to an extent that governs completely our | economic life. Or, would a fitter term be | “uncled”, for Uncle Sam is shouldering the |-wheel of progress in Key West, and most of us are content to let the old fellow do the job alone. But a few of us are like that Key | West woman, who objected to a proposal | that the Navy be asked to solve our scaven- | ger problem. “Isn't the government for us already?” she demandea. is time that we do something for ourselve That is sound reasoning, which pr ects this question: What will we do when | Uncle Sam steps out of town? Will we en- | gender sufficient enterprise to keep us going forward, or will we yearn for Uncle Sam to come back to us, and, while yearning, do nothins whatever to help ourselves? The | grow ing boy, who never, makes an effort to j buck the current and is content to drift along with it, does not amount to muc h, and the same thing is true of a town that sweeps contentedly along with the current. ning committee to complete arrangements | that will conform with the Federal Works / Agency, but a dozen aggressive postwar committees will not save us if we refuse save ourselves. : We sat supinely by during a generation and watched Miami grow while we crum- bled away economically, bit by bit. Some of us admired the Miamians and commend- ed them as go-getters, forgetful that we too | could have been go-getters. But to be a go- | getter one must keep hammering away; if | he is thwarted here, hammer in some other | place, and keep on hammering till the nail is driven home. We lacked that quality of going ahez | surmounting every obstacle. As one Key | Wester has remarked, several times, we | were something like a nor’wester, we came up quickly, warmed with enthusiasm and | determination, but blew ourselves out in a little while and settled €own to the old hum- drum manner of life — the calmness that | comes after the nor’ wester. | What Key West will be after the war to is entirely up to us — it will be what we will it to be You'll always have a nest egg — if vou save with War Bonds When the war ends there will great powers ith sufficient fighting for to make their wishes count be three Although the things s there scover ists d always som may be very great, thing greater and more wonderful bey A CONSIDERABLE ACHIEVEMENT The campaign in Sicily offered proo that this nation has a mature and profes- sional “fighting machne,” which althoug! small, represents the spearhead of an ef cient army which will include mill ' soldiers We should not overlook the tr dous advantage possessed by Germag Italy, where compul has been in effect for years when they start a war, rely ready trained in the art of battle. In this country ary traini nati ipon diers al- and G Was necessary to mobolize them adeqt before it was possible to have jarmy of “professional fighter } It is a remarkable | democratic country to create an army t is capable of fighting on a par with composed of men who have had lo periods of training . We sometimes that the jtience expressed by Americans over the failure of our High Command to launch a immediate invasion of Northern France to understand plexities and difficulties the tremendous task mer achievement think is the com- connected wi of ¢ n arm The f is that the people of this cou: » successful creation of large arm oughly supplied and trained, re vaaly | to me any a foe on any battlefield What do you think | doing enough “I think it | It would be wise for our postwar plan- j Lila. it does not permit, from his own person property. Senorita, the time does not permit. We will be compelled to take measures on your own person.” “Damn & right!” Johnson said. “Taggard, maybe you could take; it without breaking. But are you going to sit in that ringside seat while we—” “You can't bluff me,” Taggard said. I was trembling violently. Mirtilo bowed to Lila Taggard. ; father—your us, senorita—” His fury burned up} his bitterly polite phrases rounded by white areas that; seemed enormous. A shuddering fear turned my bones into putty. Johnson grabbed Lila. One of his hands covered her mouth and with the other he wrenched her arm backwards. Sam Taggard said. “Stop Johnson pushed Lila eas him. “Talk sense. “I'll give you the location—” “How many maps’ve you got?” Johnson turned to Mirtilo. “Take her out.” Three.” “Where are they?” “Where I've been staying—” “Where's that?” ND AS we all waited, Sam Taggard said. “The Hotel Fa- ‘°. KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE B FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN OF AUGUST 25, 1933 a former ied in a erly con- the customs in Key West, was gent of the mpany and Tavernier Ray SUMMER SESSIONS Afternoons: Tues. - Thurs. and Sat., 2:30 - 4:30 évervy Evening: 3:00 - 10:30 p.m uaates Invited SKATE for HEALTH’S SAKE Lessons Phone Silt wevwvvvevvvrvevery Your Grocer Sells THAT GOOD STAR * BRAND ced cusaNn COFFEE TRY A POUND Annet eenesecsesesen THE KEY WEST CITIZEN “You are charming. But your turn over to you father—He leaves’ m: Speechless, his eyes were sur-| <. rtilo led her out of the room. | od | “I thought so,’ ENORITA,” Mirtilo said to “Where are these maps?™ ” Johnson said. “In the bottom dresser drawer.” “Ab senor,” Mirtilo said, re- turning. “ senor.” “The bottom dresser drawer,” Johnson said. “How many in that drawer?” “How ond did you turn over to the GI “None.” “Take the gag out of that G.L’s face,” Johnson said to Mirtilo. Mirtilo walked over to me. I _ ig finger at the back of my —s the gag out,” Johnson said. I spat the loosened gag out jon the floor. “How many aps did Taggard Johnson asked ~None.” “Taggard, vou said there} were three maps. | warn you }not to palm off any dead pigeons on us. We're going to check on them. We're going to hold you and your kid and if those maps iad n. g—They better not be.” pped over to Tag- small dancer-like said s The re failed him. “Where?” he said weakly. “What republic?” “This country.” Taggard said. “Right here in Mexico.” “Mexico!” Johnson cried. An inner voice was shouting in- side of me. I tried to shut out this inner voice, but it cl: tamored | louder and louder. You are through! Through! I glanced at Sam Taggard. I saw the sentence of death in his eyes. It was un- mistakable. I was glad that Lila wasn't in the room with us. We'll check on that,” Johnson | “This hideout of yours,” John- son said slowly. “The G.L’s got i it surtounded, you damn buzzard!” Workingmen’s Party, opens first convention in Philadelphia. “Nobody knew where I was ex- : cept Lathrop.” “What about him!” pointed at me. “No.” “So you say. I see it now. We go for the locations and the G.L's pick us up. Damn, how do we get to that hotel?” “Walk there,” Taggard said. Johnson's head jerked back. “I'll kill you now!” he screamed. Johnson | begun in \from Baltimore D. N. of ! the | “Damn you, you've jinxed me!” | ; 'No.” Mirtifo cried. “Kill him, kill him!” said, leaping at Taggard. JOnMSON whirled at Taggard. lashed out with his fist, hitting him on the temple. Taggard’s head shot back, but his. lips were tight as a vise. I knew then that Sam Taggard had prepared him- }self for any eventuality. I bit my lip so hard I tasted the salty | taste of bload Johnson lit a cigarette and leaned against the wall. When he stamped the butt out on the floor, he touched his fingertips to his forehead in a gesture of Talt. admiration. “Okay, Taggard. You win. We don’t get the tin. You win. Only three copies of your location! You mean three at the Famoso. But how many copies have the G.l’s made from the one you turned over to them? We ain't going beck for those three come-ons. Nothing doing. You win | Taggard said. “Do you think Et jfamble with my daughter's Johnson “You'd gamble for anything.” “Not with my daughter's life. | There are only three copies. e in the hotel!” is nightmare was worse than any nightmare. I knew that there ws nothing left of time but a few more hours. To be concluded ' (Copyright, 1943, Carl A. Peterson) | LARGE CARGO EACH WEEK © Today's Birthdays DETROIT. — The Transport Command fli than one million pounds of cargo each week to points within the western hemisphere. y Air n Subscribe to The Citizen—25c weeklv. lives, ami Miss Margu and Ziven a was night. She wil! le her home in M Mr. and Mrs. George Pe jback frem Miami, where they had Fhe Citizen editorial paragraph It didn’t take discover anothe other of Jon the doorway says in an ...0r how Americans make pals in Palestine Peace be unto you, says Have a “Coke’ bas made « new friend Harrisburg. Around the globe Coca-Cola stands for the pause that refreshes —has become the high-sign between kindly-minded people. SOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY UF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY KEY WEST COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY ore pall are | © AUGUST 25 ul H. Buck, s and scie Ohio. 44 H eo STRONG ARM BRAND COFFE? TRIUMPH COFFEE MILLS AT ALL GROCERS sae the hospitable FOI III ISIOISISISISITIOI IOI III III III TOTO TIT IIII ATID AAA NAIA IAN. ment | skilled labor gram. vice—London to Paris—begins. between U. S. storing friendly the two. tests activities of Communist In ee | Today In History | ——_——— j AUGUST 25 1718.—New Orleans founded. 1828.—Pioneer labor party, The nephew, Ralj ‘aldo Emerson, ee won. Biaest 1835.—The Baltimore & Ohio,| born 1828, finally finished | +863. to Washington. Scot immigrant, Hlinois cooper, found- er of the detective bureau, borp-, Died Chicago, July 1, 1884. c. 1835.—Historic “Moon Hoax”— Y. Sun prints story of discovery ayreat human population on moon. 1822—Gardiner G. Hubbard, telephone organizer, lawyer, pro- Lincoln authorizes ¢1 nlist- | moter of education for deaf, foun- of negro soldiers. lder of the National Geographic — | Society, born Boston. Died Wash- 1918.— (25 years ago): Lack of| ington, Dec. 11, 1897. imperils war pro-} 1862_— tie ew Se 1825.—Jane ‘tant Stanford, 1919.—First world daily air | Soames 1839.—Bret Harte, poet and no- life, born Al- ts in Berlin} 1921 —Treaty signed ermany re-|velist of Western and G lations between! bany, N. Y. Died May 5, 1902. 1650.—Edgar W. Nye ye’), humorist, lecturer, author, born Shirley, Maine. Died Feb. 22, °935.—U. S. unsuccessfully prc ternationale. | 1896. 1940.—British bombers attack BEGAN IN 1838 ¥ Berlin. ——_ ‘ i ~_ NEW YORK. — Immigration | 1941.—British --Russian forces) from East India to British China enter Ir = Have a Coca-Cola=Sa-LAM-oo a-LAY-koom Moslem when he greets a stranger. says the American soldier in return, and in three words he It's a phrase that works as well in Haifa as in a ‘began in 1938. 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 Ixbri- cated. If they need minor repairs, TAKE them to a serviee dealer. gee 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 obaahannannnannneeneineteetilie teil tye itty eae yor" aan YOU) It’s natural for popular names to acquite friendly abbreviations. 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