The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 26, 1945, Page 2

Ann ale Betty Howeney ————— _ so4 @t Key West, Plorida, as second elass matter eee THE ‘West and ‘S exclusively rapa eg in ‘ts a : : geomet ae «fancy; where news is‘ controlled there is ear: omay where news is free are human be- ings tree. “WILL always Seek the*truts ana print without fear and withvul tavort; never oe } 0 gtrres te attack wronpy « to applaud right. _ stways wight for progress; ‘aever be the or- 1, Ammend 608 done by thiividual or organ ] ation: tolerant of others nights, views and opimons: print only rows that will elevate _ #7! Pot Comtaminate the reader; never com- * vrtmase with principle. SUPPLIES FOR CHINA Announcement that American service troops, together with transport vehicles, 7 ~ ' . > > . s r ~ ® 2 . — 7 > - > ” = - . Se ens arena re : : have been transferred from the Persian > Gelf area into China reminds us that many = experts believe that the bulk of Japan's © (rmy is in China and Manchuria and, ihere- fore, the primary purpose of our opera- tiens in the Far East should be the destruc- tien of this fighting force. ‘Other experts advocate a direct inva- gon of the Japanese islands, believing that the capture or destruction of industrial fa- ~‘eilities and the armed occupation of the home islands would end the war. Both seheools of thought express the opinion that the Chinese army, properly reinforced and supplied, could take care of the Japanese on the mainland. The service units transferred from the Persian area represented some of the force bollt up in that section to speed supplies ‘oe Soviet Russia. When the Dardanelles were opened to traffic and Russian ports beeeme available, the main purpose of the. Persian operation was ended and the trans- fer of personnel and equipment to China was logical. We are fetting out of date; it’s been ® week since we looked at the baseball *ores and standing of the teams. With 1,500 experts covering the San Praneise conference, and nearly all view- ing with alarm, there is no limit to what ohne May read. nena There are two requisites for a success- ful democracy: intelligence and unselfish- mess. Russia has the intelligence but not the unselfishness. : ohana € from the era when there were no lights at sight; besides night-work is not normal. “It Ja natural to belie “sr love, LT iy ME i EN energy OE ELE ee nine eeeereenenneene | The habit of working’in the day stems | pd that night Was made | " “SUICIDE. IS CONFESSION” _.. Isa man’s aggressiveness along purely physical lines measured by ‘the value he places on his life? : : To put the question in another way: Is the most warlike man he who values life least? a We have heard those questions, in ef- fect, asked'in Key West a good many times: during the frequent suicides, capped with Heinrich Himmler’s, that have been com- mitted by Germans sini¢e the collapse of their country. : We turn from the Germans to the Japs and find that suicides among the latter are even more frequent. When Japan was closed to the world, suicides were far less frequent among her nationals than at present, and it has been only during the last three or four genera- tions that suicides were so frequent in Ger- many. Most of the suicides in Germany, dur- ing the last three-quarters of a century, | have been committed by hanging, and in Japan by disemboweling, two of the most horrible ways of taking one’s life. Thus it turns out that, in the two coun- trigs where life is least valued, the spirit of conquest, of waging war in its most cruel “form, regardless of the lives of civilians, ‘has been the most pronounced in modern | times. Germans are paying an awful toll to- day for that attitude. They are a people without a country, so far as its government is concerned, and they have been as utterly frouted as were the Carthaginians by the Romans after Hannibal suffered his final defeat. And the toll the Japs will pay will be far worse than that which the Germans will suffer. Aside from the fact that the Japs ‘will lose all of the territory they have con- quered since they became an aggressor na- tion, they are not mentally sufficient, as are the Germans, to adjust themselves to the conditions that will be forced on them when they unconditionally surrender, as ‘hey will do, despite all the biarings and “leatines that are coming out of Tokyo over or through the air. The picture is dark for Germany, but ‘t is far darker for Japan. The Japs will resort to suicide on a ‘ar greater scale than the Germans have, ad. as Daniel Webster said, ‘ sonfession.”” It’s nice to talk about what vou think of the, boys at the front, but have you tought some war bonds? FOR TARIFF REDUCTIONS The U. S. Chamber of Commerce has <ndorsed the administration’s proposal for addition! tarifi-cutting pewer. The direc- iors, it is reported, unanimously approved the bill extending the Reciprocal Trade Act -or three years and giving the President ments with other nations. x We do not know whether this view- point reflects a change in the established policies of the Chamber of Commerce. The fact that business men, through such ‘an ergenization. approve further re‘tuctions in the tariff indicates that not all business men continue ito believe in the protective theory espoused by manufacturers who are the beneficiaries of the tariff. The progressive removal of bartiérs to international trade is certain to result in the economic improvement of the world. Moreover, in the opinien of many students, the removai of economic grievances will tend to make possible an era of peace. .What this means in essence is that all people in the world should have the right the best advantage. Guard mi are listening. AIR CREWS AND DANGER | The cost of our aerial] offensive against | Germany is seen in part by the fact that the \U. S. Eighth Air Force, operating from England, li 42 fighter pilots and | bomber pilots crewmen as killed or miss- fing in actio: ! The miss | men who managed avoid death | crashes inside Germany or bailed out to safety. Thi {in operation « ' probability that thie barbaric Japanese may pexact reprisa!s upon captured airmen. In this connectior, it is not too early ; for the people of this country to make up “their minds to demand severe to “of Captured Americans, “Suicide is | new authority to cut duties in trade agrec- | i to dispose of their services or products to ag in action include some air- ; in !} r will probably be absent ; ist Japan because of the | against the Japanese for the mistreatment | Atlanta, very proud of the long, | poverful car Francis had given sh eae = hed and a. Mook ea afting “or, his admitation A waiting ‘or, i b ut Se SE making tne} but be wes not smiling. Tm money it had when she fixst came fata her pyre ag come to. the a once. ae had grasped patty “= yey much concerned for Kay's unis S25 Midded ‘hes She wae “ynaced?® ‘she ately bored. ‘and she felt she hated evetything and every- { bout her. | sie ucia’s eyes ‘was it, was oung. Brent at the Ps "d be very, un- uming, I was coming here to ." She stood and to the door. z rose, too, and faced her, his with determination. interest to listen for Th” she demanded “Because I'm asking %.” % what do I owe you?” WARNER folded his arms across his chest and stared down at her from his seat height. “Well, I've kept silent about you and Brent. But suppose I should Francis Lambert what I Dr. War- triumph. asionally time pital, or the LUCIA was ala when the phone rang. To her. surprise Warner. was Dr. know?” = “No need 9 trea might—lead to she rej amusing. He had been Imows te ee 9 buke-ungoobeedty he he does. But does he hee scr niaee know the whole story?” he asked. She would, she said, come soon “¥oy see, I live at the Lashley, after noon. Lambert. I could get proof, mecessary. Lucia sat down again, her face with anger. “Yet you want TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY co By RUSSELL KAY I am grateful to Keathly“Bow- and they stayed with the job un- Gon, publisher of the, Monticello till it was finished. amused in her black eyes as} him. “"" : ’s 2 sure way to make ee nee short. sanee into| her miserable—to hurt her fa- in. “Yes, And if she should learn of}, k| bye? Brilli ’s happiness,” she reminded ther’s pride.” “Yes, found.that out ear! ‘he Jaime didn't. you?” he rly. ae red that thrust asked She “Don’t be Bs r. in such poly know another. story interest your husband.” “What do you mean?” “Well, it starts in France more than twenty years ago. Captain Robert Wentworth: is the hero, or rather, I should «the victim.’ No imemories softened ‘Re an- ger on Lucia’s face. “All right, she said coldly, looked at her as lane lige wor' is effo1 ] M d asked. “Can you re- oe Eo looked_when - Ber hating Sein ee laring as a swo! ing at war, anxious to have it over because # kept him from you?” He did: not- wait for her answer, but asked again scorn- fully. “You .wouldn’t understand that, would you?” Lucia held a jeweled lighter to her cigarette. at are you try- ing. to do? Blame his death on me “Yes,” he answered, “Yes, 1 p “You're cazy. I don’t know why I sit here listening to you,” she said, exhaling smoke. “ died of. a wound in the hospital. How could I help that?” “He killed himself in the hos- pital!” Lucia stared at him. “That's 3 lie!” He ignored her words. “You didn’t have to know, because ! asked the authorities to spare his Aunt Sara. Surely you admit it was not exactly a pretty story.” Suddenly a terrible fear formed in her mind. “Why,” she askeé hoarsely, “why did he kill him- self?” To be continued ATTRACTIVE LURE News, for calling my attention to; Jt was strictly a voluntai 5 3 t " iS S ly ef- | an incident that occurred in Jef- fort. These negroes were Ne tach ferson County a short time ago. laborers. They were independent} While it may appear as small) farmers themselves, most of them} | news in-a world tense with inter-| with plenty of work awaiting | national happenings, it, neverthe-|them at home, but because they| iless, is directly related to the fu-/loved Farmer Jim and because! j; ture welfare and happiness of the! they knew from experience what human race and to my mind is.as/ ijt meant when adversity caused deserving of widespread publicity |the loss of a erop, they pitched in as the San Francisco conference,}and helped and were glad to do fer it is a practical demonstration] jt. They were not getting paid, of the harmony, understanding: wanted no pay, although old Jim and tolerance that all the world] would h been more than glad |Mmust practice if we are te avoid/to remunerate them. They were janother war and gain the peace/simply exhibiting a spirit of good | we all hope for. j will and neighborliness toward a ¢ in distress. In the northeast section of the} fellow fart The county, Jim Lacy operates a 1,100; fcat that they labored in the hot! facre farm and had a large section) SUP to sav 2 \didn’t worry them. This wasn’t a i‘when he was taken) hysician advised that} st have complete rest and not engage in any kind of} The manpower shortage} olor or creed. This was a case of a neighbor needing help, help that these} humble colored farm fe were robbed Lacy of most of his-able to give. They laughed and he had no one who was able | S#"8 as they worked and they did |2 Magnificent job. They welcom- mechanical equipment -and: it| ed this opportunity gece some- ru looked as though he was destined} thing for a kindly, friendly man to lose his entire crop. which was who on numerous occasions had suffering from’ lack of cultiva-;80ne out of his way to do things tion. | for them. The neighboring farmers were! _ The incident speaks volun question of r et }could work oe to operate his tractors and othe 's for themselves short handed and hav-} the relation between the races in ing a hard time taking care of Jefferson Cou: It is typical of their own fields and the situation the situatior as long exi: looked -pient a. A SélBbbor,:e? im the and which the busybody ed the matter negro county -w and liked was affec- {Carl Jc | with Mile | ager ‘equalit ‘not unde nown in the Ji area, | was moa in bed ar nus y t lor a month or more and unless he me help he stood to} re crop there was a pro- ch with hi ading f , they came from Jim Lacy of them e u s. Under tt a ction of Coun , they parcelled o: Lacy farm and went to wor! e noon 30 colored farme: at work in the fields, ea ; with his own equipment cultivat- ting the section assigned to service and safegu Official Navy Photo | . RUTH CLEMMER, Yic, of | Gastonia, N. C., is evidently a gal who believes in lures. Or be a white man’s crops; did her outfit have anything |™ade to acquire wealth and posi- to-do with her success in land- | ing the 30-pound grouper she | is shown holding above? The catch was made from aboard the Kickapoo, when Ruth and a party of 12, all from the Cap-_ tain of the Yard's office, when | out for a Sunday afternoon of | fishing. | LONG WORK DAY Minneapolis. — To be certain that her husband got to work on time on his first job ix years, ie M. Morgan, back in , 1934, drove him down- He never came home that i Morgan hasn't , she testified, in ivorce from Walter BROADWAY CIGAR STORE 610 Duval Street —o0o— COMPLETE BASEBALL SCORES “Received Daily by Leased Wirt —o00— ; Popular B--nds of CIGARS and COLD SOFT DRINKS | | Reduction Bill. A | ‘awithout obligation to Pa.,! University on May 31. Program for commencement ex- ercises of the senior class of the Key West High School will be- gin Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Edwin Trevor will enter, tain witha bride’s tea tomorrow - afternoon in her apartment at the air station, in honor of Miss Annie Lois Hicks, whose marriage to Daniel Lewis. will take place on June 8 in St. Paul’s Episcopal Che rch, e | 1 Ne — ze N, Street) 1104 Ink Whe ng 1308 Fewipp sists lary Fes CLYDE WILLIAM son, Bradley, to Miss Lucille Bea-}- vers, of Atlanta. oe ge Be C1276, Peet Mrs. J. F. Curry left yesterday for New Smyrna to visit relatives. John Carey, who had been vis- iting in Miami, returned yester- day. fi City Attorney J. Lancelot Les- ter returned Saturday from a You are he pear to the Bill | business visit in Jacksonville, Miss Dorothy Knowles, former- ‘ly of Key West, now of Miami, ar- rived yesterday to visit relatives. ' “Today The Citizen says in an. , editorial paragraph: |. “Human pests: People who, | think they know it all and insist iving you the full details.” By (ad) (34) ALLAN B. CL Solicitor for Plaintiff. a therein pending, Preston B. Pinder t Cyrus C. Osborne, if li 1868—President Andre’ john- son acquitted in impeachment | trial. | 1870—Canadian militia repels Fenian raid from United States. 1919 — People of é in Czechoslovakia set up Ws in streets and threaten to hang prof- \ | | iteers_on_ it. 1924—Immigration Bill up annual quota of 2 per based on 1890 census signed by President. 1927—Smaller paper money au-! thorized. 1928—Congress enacts a Tax- House © Florida, in the Oly 1941—Youths ‘21 since previous, Oct. 26 register for draft. | 1942—Axis forces begin Spring! drive in North Africa. | On the Island of Up eumbe, and being @ Go. he MATECUMBE BE corded in Plat Me Saturday, May 26 Today gives literary and artis- tic abilities, mingled with a jeal- ous and ‘combative disposition, '*** » | | | Records. | Dated this 12th day of Mee RAYMOND Bh (REA hancetied Great efforts will probal as Sp baad AQUILING ition, sometimes proving success-| ~”''*'*”" ful when supported by other as- | Pects. Much opposition may be met, partly due to the tendency STRONG ARM BRAND ' | to be truculent. . MILL AT ALL Sunday, May 27 With this day comes a more | sensitive disosition, retiring. per-| j haps, and liable to be misunder- stood. There s sound reason, good | judgment, probably good learn. | ing and manners, but the feelings will appe o be dispassionate. Success Uy follows this day but friends are not many. | Will open a Special Per- ! sonal Checking Account i maintain any fixed bal- ance, provided as many as five checks are written in any one month. As much or as little may be kept in the account as desired. and the cost is only 10 cents for each check written, ‘{For further information 1 at the bank or phone for folder. The FLORIDA NATIONAL * BANK at Key West Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | | |