The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 19, 1945, Page 2

r fhe Ley West Citizen 2% TWO ished hafly, Extent Ly an A ™ a From The Citigen Building Corer Greene and Ann Streets paper in Key West and roe County Onty Datly Ni sieved at Key West, ja, as second class matter THE ASSOCIAT! Press is exclust tion of all spa it 4 obherw i i ed in, this paper and ot the ‘cea! wewe published here. oTCcEe cards of thanks, resolutions will bo EIGHTEEN DIE EVERY HOUR & Alrports—Land and Sea. * 2 Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernmenis. ¥ & Community Auditorium. y While follow the action of our armies on the world's fighting fronts, let pause long enough to give a thought to he loved ones here at home’ that the GIs wwerseas are fighting to protect. Statistics prove that the average sol- dier in his foxhole under fire is safer than we at home, One, two, three million might die on the battle front. Such a casualty list would be viewed with grave concern, yet here in America 17,000,000 persons are deemed to die from cancer, and we apa- thetically shrug off the fact. we ‘ Kiehteen persons die from cancer in this ountry every hour of the 24. For the most ~ port (hese deaths are needless, of all the atal diseases, cancer is curable according to the American Can- hight ost often er fociets If people could just be made to under- they could be educated to a point recognizing the first danger signal, they would not have to suffer and die. April has been designated ‘Cancer mitre! Month” and the Florida Division the Field Army of the American Cancer will conduct a statewide campaign ds with which to fight cancer. : Your contribution today will help re- uee this frightful death toll, will protect d ones, perhaps yourself. Funds ded and t « jety »f those now in need of treatment: help by joining the Field Army itributing as your funds permit: 1,500 VETERANS’ BILLS in favor of legislation to legislation, to: assist v ta he present war in man¥ mig nd to the fact that the matter can done * ews from Washington is thet half of the of the 3,000-bills int ‘ f January 1st t veterans in one way or according to House Bill Clerk McDermott, Jr.. who suggests o{ the Congress be known ‘ of re thir ongress from ongress MV nnot imagine vide ’ event war except that prac : congre for prans ically seman wants to get his name any reason benefits for ve of the country a True man at the helm, where rrar With t of our fears? Words are still weapons in this total ar. Loose talk on military matters in- r cause. Make sure that your words our side. Careless talk ves. Careful talk saves lives! | MacArthur, upon leaving the * in 1942. said: “I shall return.” e hack to the Philippiy he Another well- always on ES sit } or research, for education and- slation taking care of the boys | ral MacArthar , ET ee oe ALWAYS CHANGING + It doés us all good once in awhile to face the realities of life, and one of those | realities is that all of us .will have to die at some time, and that time, however far away it may be, is not a split second in the | scheme of eternity. “Often there was a far away look in his eyes,” Prime Minister Churchill,. on Tuesday, said inthe House of Commons "about the appearance of Roosevelt when he attended the Yalta conference. That far away look comes into the | eyes of All of us at some time, but, judging | true of Key WeSters as well as other peo- ple, we seem to think that we are going to live foréver. We continue to be grasping; we con- inue to be adherents of “take” and not of ‘give’; we continue to complain if every detail of our busifess does not turn out as , we had intended it to be; we continue to | worry about this and about that, not realiz- | ing that most of our worries are based on | | | | been concerned, of course, with from the way somne of us act, and that is | | j; an enormou: Chapter 26 ‘HE election in Rivér Gap hdd been set for late in February. Hugh had managed to about over the country, despite the snow and the bitter cold, to talk to various ple about the coming election. In reality he had an attempt to get a line on the‘ mysterious “higher up” who was. backing the moonshiners atid ops February, _ Sheriff deputies had raided ll not as far from River Gap as the citizens of that town might have liked. | erating the taverns, in is ‘HE destruction of the still was enough to merit an editorial | in an Atlanta paper, as well as a blistering’ write-up in the county Paper. “But what’s it going to.get us? Not one blamed thing,” raged Sheriff Webb to Hu; on, the morning after the raid. “There that blamed thing’s been setting, uring out that rotten stuff, and | ‘ears of what may happen, but, as all of tis have experienced, without learning from that experience, much of what we feared never came to p } we continue to stick to ) habits that we know are not good for our | health, always assuring ourselves that we | are i toustop them some day, and that | day es i to many of those who have assed on,.and will never come tommany of fi w still living. 3 YQ! may find’men and women in Key West, as well as elsewhere, who have no i reason to worry about the future, so far as their financial status is concerned, but they go on worrying just the same. We knew of a Key West woman, who, while in fairly good financial circumstances, talked recurrently about the coming of the day when she would be “fixed” financially, un- aware that she was “fixed” already, and she. was still talking about that day when she lay in what turned out to be her death bed. While all of us have our lives to live, yet we should not resent good advice about the living of them, and the very best advice is to take life in its stride. If things that happen today*go @gainst the grain, they will slide along smoothly with the grain tomorrow, for the universe and everything in it is in a constant state of change, | Who will be the first headline writer to use HST? The history of any nation is what peo- ple are led to beligye.is its history. The. best, thought in President Tru- man’s address to congress concerned peace makers: it is for the defenders of the peace, not the breakers of the peace, to determine the type of peace we shall have. | Some news commentators continue to | pronounce Elbe, a river in Germany, as a | oné-syllable word, and even the sagacious | war news commentator, who nightly visits | Fire Station No. 1, pronounces it as a word | | of one syllable. The correct pronunciation | is El-be, With the “e” in “be” having the ee sound of “a.” Roger W. Babson, in a recent column, Leaimattention to the incredible effects of Mheig jecialized training given to Army and Navy personnel, saying’ literally armies of men have received training in hundreds of courses cbvering languages, mathematics and technical skills. “Compared with the corresponding records of traditional schooling,” declares Mr. Babson, “these new military methods have proved their startling superiority. Subject for subject, the service trainees | have absorbed far more knowledge and wisdom in far less time.” _. THE ATTITUDE OF THE TAUGHT vis {son Archer 0 isi up good siigar—ahd now eee and the boys smashed it, thé guy that’s footing the bills will just order -him ahothér and it up a mile or so away, and/ set that'll be that! “So, of course,” a poifited out, “we've fot to find out who the fellow is that’s footing the bills.” Sheriff Webb looked at him hard. “You got any ideas along that line, Mr. Prather?” he demanded. Hugh hesitated, frowning. “Well, maybe ideas, Sheriff,” he emphasized the wotd. “But that’s a long way from proof.” Sheriff Webb nodded, fished out ah eformous ‘plug of tobacco, bit off a giant chew, miasticated it a bit, and spoke around it. “I just kinda wonder if you and me have ot ideas about the same fel- low,” he mused aloud, his eyes sttaight and serious az they met Hugh’s wary gaze. “That's possible,” Hugh admit- ted. cautiously, smiling warily. + Sherif Webb gtunted and stood up. Bs Hugh’s eyes followed him out of the office. he saw a man KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN OF APRIL 19, 1935 Senator Arthur Gomez intro- duced three bills in the legisla- ture yesterday affecting the gov- ernment of Key West, one of which provides for a three-man governmefig 13 5 ite 4 aMiss Lois Sawyer, it. was an- nounced today, leads inthe con- test for queen that is being con- ducted by the Young People’s Un- ion of the Methodist Churches in Key West. Willard S. Russell, senior pa- rol inspector of the immigration in Key W left yester- day for an official visit to Miami, Allan s left yesterday for Miarr it his son-in-law nd daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Edi- Mrs. Katie Carbonell, who, with her family, has spent sev- eral y in Miami, returned yesterday and will remain indefi- nitely. Other members of her family -willsarrive ‘shortly! W. S/'Eaki delegate “to the convention: of lie SX ights jof Pythias to riled yesté where he and niece, Mr. and Pinder, for seve proceeding to G y for Tampa, sit his nephew J, Warren before tives. ho had n Key eiurned The observation is eminently correct | and it has undoubtedly forced educators to j “think.” It would be a mistake, however, | |not to realize that the “near | achieved by Army and Navy instructor. were due largely to the “radical difference in basic attitude of both teacher and taught.” The amazing progress shown by men took «instruction courses under the who which cannot be duplicated in public edu- cation. The services rigidly controlled the | activities of the students, forcing them to / observe & schedule to keep them fit, and regulating their lives in such fashion that the courses of study became the jective. Moreover; men in the serviee, 2° ; were imbtied with a will to lear hich is probably the most ifitortan: f: r securin’ af education. sole ob- miracles | Army or Navy is, we believe, due to factors | in Miami. More Comfort Wea ting | FALSE TELIA s them firmer so e ccmfortsble. No STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE | TRIUMPH COFFEE MILL AT ALL GROCERS (oS Saco aes 2° ee be held’ im. Gaines+4i76.a battle standing vols desk? pueise et railing, talking to one of. tl Y Getke ‘The mah was Dan Littey, who had been nominated to ru in Jerry’s place, dnd as he turned to go, hard’ g! that was de ‘hostile. But he said nothing an made no gésture that could be construed as a greeting. “What did Lacey want, Ruby?”’ he asked casually. The girl looked up, smiling hae as : “He just wanted a copy of the new. regulations governing the price of corn and of dairy Mr_ Prather.” Hugh nodded and stood silent for a moment, And then he reached a sudden decision, and said briskly, “I'll be over at the hospital, Ruby, for the next hour or $0, if you Want to get in touch with me.” “Yes, sir,” said Ruby, and!Hugh went out. (CAPTAIN GORDON looked up - as Hugh came in, and rose to hold out his hand and to say cheerfully, “Hello, Prather—come in! Glad to see you.” Hugh shook the proffered ‘hand and dropped into the chair beside Meredith’s desk. “Thanks, Gor- don,” he said. “What’s the good word?” Captain Gordon met his eyes straightly and said quietly, “The net’s. narrowing, Prather. I’m afrafd- there’s not much dotibt, any longer—if there ever was ” Hugh nodded, his expression sober. “I was afraid we were right,” he admitted. “But of course, we've got to have something more than just suspicion.” Captain Gordon gri: “Well, as to tha’ 3 proof, in black and white, very soon,” he admitted. “We've got a. good man on the job.” “The fellow that replaced Jerry Butler in Dan Lacey’s lace?” asked Hugh unexpected-|l¥. Vig hoped we were a little more subtle about that. How did you suspect?” he wanted to know. Hugh grinned. “Oh. 1 knew that was the most strategic spot in town,” he answered, ! ' rave Hugh a straight, |. ‘feed, | him. bl AP Newstuct Captain Gordon nodded. “Wi that was the way we Per ba figured.” err doubt if- anybody does, ex- pines? House? (Review Questions 1. Can you name six larger islands of the Philip | ao 2. How many presidents been inaugurated 3. How far is Hong Bong (rom | Haw: | Cald Preparetions e+ Repeated) hree of the at a in the son | 4. How tian’ eolibers b. wn . will the House of ivi Betting | 5. Where is the ‘Polen Cote: tay dor?” bi ote te in a 3 eae won't,” Hugh a aestibc | “Webb’s a good man, | steady, honest, plodding, maybe —but he gets there in time!” Ovrsipe in the corridot, a | Pp probationer nurse sa ty CY the ‘torridor, eeting | With Obvious e H “Hi, brother-in-law,” said Ros- | . “How's with the | rhost hate@ man ifi town?” “s th stared at her, his eye- re § elevated a little. ‘Madam, you will kindly ac- company a ¢rack liké that with a smile,” he warned her sternly. “But as soon as you become Hizzoner the Mayor—they’ll all love you to death!” she pointed out golly. She hesitated and then, ber mouth tight, she said, care ‘was a pretty little brawl over at the Rose-Tree Tavern last’ night. ‘We've spent most of the fering patching up a couple of seven- teen+yeat-old kids'that were due to go into the Cadet Air Force in another tonth. Now they’ be darned luck: if. they aren’t | erippled: for in the knee that splintered the one, and the other was blinded. | ‘etty, eh?” ife.-One got a shot } | 6. How many nations signed ‘the Bretton Woods agreement? | 7. Why should Tokyo remerni- ber the number 58? 8. What does a paratroopers | jumping equipment cost? 9. What was “The Spirit of St. Louis?” “Any idea what the brawl was a that ‘rot-gut’ moonshine couple of marihuana cigarettes!” Rosalie answered him as intent- Hugh’s fists clenched and his face was grim. as Late afternoon, as he turned home, he muttered wearily, “It’s like looking for a needle.in a haystack.” To be continued TODAY IN HISTORY 1774—Historic Edmund Burke speech’ on American taxation in the House-of Commons — Burke an agent for the Colony of New York, : . 1775—Battle of Lexington and Concord; opening of the Ameri- jean War of the Revolution. 1783 — Day fixed on by Gen. Washington ending the Revolu- tion. Clayton - Bulwer Treaty with England. 1861 — The 6th Massachusetts Regiment attacked by mob as it passes through Baltimore. 187 — The Catholic University, Washington, incorporated. 1892—C. E. Durvea of Spring- !field, Mass. operates country’s first gasoline auto—his own in- vention. 1917—First gun fired by Amer- icans against Germans in first world war—by the naval crew of merchant ship Mongolia at a German sub near coast of Ire- land. ry 1933 — United States officially {goes off the gold standard. 1941 — Decision of U. S. Su- preme Court that colored pas- sengers must be given same ac- comodations on trains as others. 1944—More, than,30 planes lost {in Allied bombing of Germany. Rodsevelt,: rejects. De. Valera's plea to pave Rome from becom- ield. | Portland, Ore.—Although the jman had not been outdoors, hos- |pital authorities reported that a n had been admitted—its first im of sunburn on the face, and abdomen. The man had {fallen asleep while basking un- der a sun lamp at home. Dee and Jane Cuppers used to say that as soon as the children had flown the roost, they were going off together on a second honeymoon... take a trip...or rént an apartment in the city. So after littlé Sue got married, I stopped in to say goodbye. Dee was sitting in his favorite chair before the fire, sipping a mellow glass of beer. And Jane was btisy with her knitting, just as always. They looked about as restless as the tabby cat on the hearth. “Jane and I figuted,” Dee ex- plained, “that you couldn’t beat 1 No. 113 of a Series 1850 — Conclusion of historic | From where I sit .. 47 Joe Marsh. | TODAY’S HOROSCOPE Fate Re NCS ET eee ere Today gives a practical person, fand one who finds pleasure in persistent effort. Aggressive, sometimes destructive, meeting many obstacles in life, you’ de- light to climb over them. You are very likely to bring up children attaining a greater succes than your own, ORDINANCE NO. 469 COUNCIL SERIES AN ORDINANCE PROVID- ING FOR A TEN PER CENT. SALARY INCREASE FOR CERTAIN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES AND A FLAT SALARY INCREASE’ FOR CERTAIN OTHER OFFI- CERS AND EMPLOYEES, EFFECTIVE ON AND AFT- °ER DECEMBER 16, 1944, TO AND INCLUDING APRIL 15, 1945. Passed by the City Council on its first reading April 17th, 1945. Passed by the City Council on its second reading April 18th,} 1945, Passed by the City Council on its third and final reading April} 18th, 1945. | (SEAL) J. G. SWEETING, President City Council. Approved: April 18th, 1945. WILLARD M. ALBURY, Mayor. Attest: ROY HAMLIN, | City Clerk. apr19,1945 Your Grocer SELLS That G90) _ STAR * BRAND AMERICAN COFFEE and CUBAN Try A Pound Today! The Cuppers Have a Dream Come True | being at hore alone togéther, with olif own things —talking 1 and reading—enjoying ty glass of beer, and Jané her buttermilk —living and letting live. 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