The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 9, 1945, Page 2

ttteetes “ seeeatoverne . chereeere ; . |. to RT entertainment le to be derived are 5 een and invites i an open F ~K: = @DITORIAL_ TIO MPROVEMEHTS FOR KEY West ADVOCATEL BY THE CITIZEN Where news is suppressed there is omssav: where néws is controlled there is er cow where news is free are human be- CARL ACKERMAN, Dean, School of Journalism, . Columbia University. a. UY Weer crrizEn pres 9 attack wrong or to applaud :righ! “giways tight for progress; never be the or- xan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, fection or class; always do its utmost for the - pubtic welfare; never tolerate corruption of , be good done by individual or organ: | tation; tolerant of others’ rights, views and ‘eplivond: print only news that will elevate ead not conteminate the reader; never com- orqmume with principle. a THE SHOCK IS LATE | What should shock most of us now now about the — revelations of recent German atrocities is the fact that we are so shocked. Now in the news columns of the daily papers, the photographs in papers and magazines, the eye witness accounts, the tales of returning soldiers, the terrible mo- tion picture records, We are“ seeing what t to * et it is hallihe tou Does anyone still think that this is a] theater as qu Did no ome ever stop to consider that if you train our university youth (long before Hitler) to fight duels for the scars] they serve others. that were honorable on their faces, you Did no one «ver stop to cohsider that when the cruel brutality of conscript army training (long, long before Hitler) led both to the highest ealcide rate in the world and to emigration | had a sere rom Germany, Dachau was being built? sider that the xtermination of the Jews of Europe by the would lead to the starved ) *heletons of French, Polish, Russian, Brit- new manifestation of Germanism? the cream of » ere creating Lublin camp? iid wo one ever stop to cor Master Race sh and American prisoners of war? Why are we shocked now? A. things long before V-E Day. Pon't discuss military information, Zip the lip! «iow many bonds would you buy rath- “epdban take part in the advance up a Jap- | suming that his own shall be safe from WeTT HN on Okinawa? mn appalling revelation of vait for these revelations to drive the shock Was.not the time for shock in 1870, in 1914, in Germanism has merely reached its These Dachau, Lublin, Vught, Stalag 9— all the horrible list—these are but the end = results, foretold—tong before Hitler, long, roe county, gave an outline in yesterday’s Citizen of what he had accomplished in the people.” The peo le will-havea-clean_and-genuine that every, ballot they cast, will determine mii bs sha: lin te 2. os dis local or ‘hot publish anonymous jin Key W It is never too late to learn—unless She stopped ing at once./had romped through many times | you know it all | The hurt was gone but it was} but now it was not the same. She s succeeded by something more|was ashamed and hurrying, fear- re subtle but not less keen, ful of the ears of the house. General DeGaulle, the Don Quixote | t 0! Pfodiest| yokig,,, hviHngive vebit to a hip anda huitaltthat | the United States and Great Britain lib- erated it at tremendous cost. the Big Five, possibly out.of consideration of her once former gréatress; and not be- causevotrine power hic tg. thin air? DeGaulle has © ‘He thumble!and none for bein OUR NEW CiTY GOVERNMENT = , Bernie C. Papy, representative of Mon- this session of the legislature in putting the affairs of the city “into the hands of ‘ 2 je thi “Moving my thing: ~ whis- YESTERDAY: pea car Ber, was Neaistinct. *Aunt Maud And everything Mr. Papy said is true. A horse, As they, a> eal 2. . qualified list; made possible through ‘régis- tration; ahd they will ‘have’ the ‘assurance the final.count’and not be: offset, as too frequently~has been fhe gase, by ballots fraudulently cast. ‘ ° We still have fresh in mind all of the meful comment that resulted after the last city election, regarding the allegations of the wholesale stuffing of ballot boxes in two precincts. As a result of those fraudu- lent ballots, honest votes were overcome, ahd it is almost ceriain to say that the will of the people in at least some instances was hot carfied out. : But Mr. Papy has put an end too to the stuffing of ballot boxes, because there will not be any to stuff. Voting henceforth in the city will be by machines, and those machines, in the custody of Supervisor John pnpand and ranklin Archer, a ‘mechan- | atechnicjan, -will record votes only as | oe sobbed, . theyiare honestly dist !O’ of dos OL) —t-eottapsinig oft the chetise “Tongue, and she shrank a, ‘ ae a: ayl could feet. it like ola -wind| “Carey, don’t! “What could be better than ajlake’s edge and washed her face cold: wind? They'll be all right by | and combed her hair. But this was tomorrow. You're tirec, honey |different. girl,.and your conscience is work-| He, picked her up and carried ing overtime. And now—where’s|her in and turned on the shower. | the bathroom?” Tt was the rowdy sort of play they hand, watm and secure. x still your mother. Don't look like that, you kids. He knew how ‘o talk to them. ‘They were pretty decent about it: R “Out you it was only that she couldn’t feel g0, sins, ” he shouted over the that she had been fair to them. |"°o" . ! | i | ‘They behaved as well brought they sheok ‘bamia with, Carob the: 100) ands wil arey % hs and kissed their mother but the ot aie a — fate the Kisses were not like the first ones.|Sky for .a roof. Edris had seen Aunt Maud was climactic. “You| People take showers a million | must be dreadfully tired. Dinner| times. Why Should she. be horri- is a little early tonight and you'll pol te a the sight of Carey in be glad of that. But there’s time|their bathroom? to freshen up—” She mela be have|_ Carey, | shameless, came out been talking to week-end guests. |8lowing. “Great. Don’t come near In the shadowy blue bedroom| me "tihyou've had a shower your- Cynthia really cried. self. You're filthy, “They're furious ,, But he was toward her inst the wall, ey'll hear us. dishonest elections no ionger syill-be held} ‘HE opened the bathroom door for him and there was Edris “CYNTHIA, why don’t you laugh?” His eyes lost their iS of European politics, is acting up again in Sako - tinct Surin « eba | with her hands full of tooth-|gay tenderness. “Are you tired his stand against S; ia and Lebanon. He | brushes and wash cloths. The|and cross? I was only roughing seems to forget that France, once great, | child was white as paste and|you. Or is it—Edris?” | = r trembled all over. a box of dusting cloud rose and obscu faces before it scttle “Edris!" ‘Cynthia c tled. “What are you di dropped er and a d all their “No, no.” He mustn’t think chat. He must like her children. All at once that was tremendously important. Incredible that it star-{hadn’t been important before. —" ‘It's just that this is different was helpless against Germany, and. that Furthermore, France was given a place on the rostrum of Not ‘been all at once or expect give me. They’ve always trusted and depended on me to be right. It’s bound to be mixed up until we get used to each other—you and the children—me, too.” She gave a shy laugh. “It was lovely and natural, being married at th cottage and on the way back, but I—the person I am in this house —Im not used to it yet.” “You’ve turned—prude, shall we say?” His smile was only half way. It was so true that she denied it fiercely. “That’s hateful, Care; You make_me. feel—” i It was halting, awkw: a hot good enough ah kissed the top of her ‘hea ad set her ‘aside. ’ op i “PIP go down and ‘ teleplione Ray Brandon while you finish. think I spotted the telephone.” ERA and Chester were not at dinner. Edris was a_ pale wraith and Maud had been cry- | ing. Only Peter was normal with the appetite of a young hyena, Editor, The Citizen: Seems like every time I decid to forget certain affairs, some- thing. comes up to make me blow ‘eff steam. I’m letting the boys in * Hall sit this one out, Harr ive a ‘waltz with the County Commissioners. I thought that the City Coun- til pulled the biggest boners, but without a doubt I think this last affair in the county takes the honors. Before I go on lets pin on two stars. One for Frank and mittee could be formed the ‘other for Clarence. At least! would make a survey of, lets we have two men who have the ajJ the overgrown vacant guts to “beef” when something the city. The owners could tainly could get toget! question and with enough viduals to back them up get action. For instance a joint lots Lj FAR seediE : is out of line. Frank ended his proached for permission statement thusly, “I wonder what ‘these and to make itt the people of the County think | such as planting hibiscus of us.” We think very well ofycrotons, palms or other you, Frank, but the others—well)plants which require little or —Mr. Parrish pulled a boner{eare at all. These could be pre ~ when he refused the resignation vided with benches and ofiMrz Gornez,.when Mr. Gomezfinto lovely rest stops. bluyitly refused to make any cor-/not a single public nd: prettions in the matter. As for Mri}tion in the city of Key Gomez.-I.don’t: know. Either he]one public drink had/a bad.mite; or else those two}'This may seém a janitors must-have alot of pull. }taking on the surface &s 1|lf they are not going to do any}, financial responsibility, work,’ they might just as welliye willing to bet that ve: fired. I did not know the WPA} means could be worked out {still existed, if not, then we have employed te make this a preg. ja sequel which we are being}tical plan. I could go on but taxed for. And in closing, boys,|feel sure that if action were I might add: If you can’t keep/taken these clubs could find the thinking only of his own wants. | your own house clean, you make] other things for themselves. Maud explained the absentees. | “Vera and Chester went to a beach party. She was quite | broken, of course.” | “You mean that a beach party | will mend her?” | Maud lifted her thin brows. | After a pause she said in a cool voice, consideration from youth that is.) looked for in older people.” To be continued 1 —_-- a ) LATE TO CLASSIFY | 000 TONS OF SUPPLIES Some ‘idea of the size of the war in Europe con bs with the announcement that ‘ By RUSSELL KAY!) 10) | American grmies had more.than 5,500,000 } Yo gy ib q at tons, of surfplie® On’the continent at the end Tit 3 pa ~ Itvis ‘doubtful! if any questionpihe> form and mariner of Yeap-| of-the stru gle. :This inchyded ;700;000 tons | resented’ for legislative’ ednsid-\ pointment were expressed in the! 6f ammunition and more than’a million sep- | eration is more controversial th heré. North + Florida} that of reapportionment. So dif. ficult is the problem that nothingjvoting st has been done about it for the! of Marian: |past 20 years in spite of the fact {that the constitution requires that j the state be redistricted every 10 years. arate items, ranging from locomotives to watch repair tools. Brig. Gen. Morri. nce of} s or Lewis; a, leader of the North] Florida bloc, proposed that reap ;Portionment be accomplished by! {a constitutional amendment to] give more populous South Florid \three additional senators and| | North Florida two. { This plan was opposed by Sen- jator Matthews of Jacksonville, {who expressed the opinion that fany form of reapportionment! through constitutional {me nt would be invalid, and by Senator Sheldon of Tampz id that a plan to give W. Gilland, deputy chief of staff for suppli ays that the ma- terial must be rehabilitated, packed and shipped to the Far East. The repair pro- gram calls for going over 94,000,000 pieces of clothing, 160,000 motor vehicles, 220,- 000 radios, 21,000 pieces of construction equipment, 2,000,000 gas masks, 23,000 pieces of electromedical equipment, 3,000,- len are ie 000 small arms, 11,000 medium and light | aes Ui iieuarn eek artillery pjeces, 350,000 automatic weap- | teats that tks will not The Governor is to be commend- ed for calling a st session and it is hoped t kers } will set aside their selfishness and {greed and reapportion the state on a fair and equitable basis with | the interests of all the people and l writing, ons. and rfortars, 52,000 combat vehicles |North and South Florida poonda hres Psu mida-vestads He \ - special |to be lining up their f } Nort! orida’s two was ‘the only al purpose, and ;special Bites eit sid cao one alone tha would be accaptaning | | Sheldon threatened that unless} {South Florida were given fairer} representation and consider dict how long it may la: bitter it will become. At North’ Florida of the number of item’ listed shoiild be apparent that the task present is ators Lewis and F: BRONCO Ae Ree North Florida selfishly seeks to| ; : ees ly as possible and the pro- [hold this aavantagelacd with oom: AUB USE ne 5810 tl) ee grain is already in progre: jplete disregard for fairness andi ever, geree to. aby plan’ thi ————— Pedulty, on the interest of the peo.) “ous colamey, Milbsany of Hie Men and women find themselves when {FI€ and the state as a whole, is [SSDS ceisiative Seats, and Lewis proposed that the 1 ‘ture fololw provisions of the 19 constitutional amendment pro al elec ‘prepared to fight to th | Several jattempts mad rk e finish to ing for a spec When the famous Joseph H. Choate reapportionment { Flor-j rey eteaoy gee - * : e a lida is determined t on constitutional ch was past 70, he maintained in a New York | not giv up a one of he Se A ; % speech, that the happiest time of life was , ators and if any new dist He said cps uae Kane pla se between 70 and 80 years of age, but he ; “ested in the mwas propose a1 Sane suey sees ne old age and was speaking for |} by a thr s e, let the himself. Most oldsters will disagree. ida 1 © ae pele r ; a a eRe ial elec # ts c and reconvene later to activat« THIS ISN’T SOCIALISM this time it will got a/the plan adopted by the voters 5 para oes 5 Since there is; Senators Beacha West Line addienai - 5 es.|Palm Beach and Bayard of St i Linco addressing a deputation of ase | Petersbe lared that working i stated, “The strongest bond Ine if, Portion: s not an ¢ of human Bympathy outside the family re- |'* tal ney propos Aen and that it would have to out by some other lation shojld be one uniting all working eel people of all nations and tongues and kin- rtem-| And so, as Major dreds, nor should this lead to a war upon | ‘ ve justi 2%) 2stound and/avound sh 4 sti o ts) } < - and 21 sh stops property or the owners of property. Prop- A oeet Lo bes iaowe b: pees nee pike fe as Bia - oe : y and left 5 aes erty is the fruit of labor, property is desir- i state of con tues ane ; able; is a positive good in the world. That nored I'm betting me hould be rich shows that others may _ hig pe a YOUNG BORROWER become rich and hence is just encourage- House ap- See i ment to industry and enterprise. Let not. P died on the! Moscow, Idaho—An 8-year-old him who is homeless ‘ 5 Ser he close of boy, who borrowed four bicycles tikes | mee pull down the house | ;; were intro-/in five days, promised police that of others, but let him work diligently and when the special session; he wouldn't do it any more. How- build one for himself, thus by example vened. Both th House and ever when his mother reached Senate then recessed for the week home, she found that the boy had end to reconvene on Tuesday. ung colt and tied! Sherp differences uf opinion on!it up in the woodshed |“borrowed” a lence when built.” amend-| * thi ction of the state would re- Sfegring, material to;the Far East Red eaaiae fe ghee os taliate by refusing to’ elect any will require some time. However, all usable |1y three-fifths of the states popu- |More state officials from North; war supplies will be sent to the Pacific |'ation, has only 15 co TODAY’S HOROSCOPE _TODAY’S HOROS( June 9, 1945" This is a feminine degree, giv- ing lofty aspirations and ‘keen mental powers; with fair’ execu- tive ability and a pleasant nature. Reputation will probably be at-) tained, possibly wealth. If you| work hard and kéep’ the desired| end constantly ‘in mind. there is more promise of success. June 10, 1945 } Artistic desi: are indicated, | with much ability. The disposi-| tion may perhaps be termed er-| ratie with but little tendency to| rake friends. The fortunes of the are not very good, unless ipported by good aspects. Much} sorrow may, at times and how- ever undeserved, follow this de-| gree. a Raymond B. Fosdick of New} York, president of the Rockefel- ler Foundation, born Buffalo, N.} IN Rv oF THE! A ROL VEY DRANG BLICATION ii 1AM ALLEN ! D 1 M A. J (SEAL) Monroe ¢ ! Vy Kath (Sd) ALLAN #. CLBAT for | iff. IN bivoncn Defendant PUBLICATION Plaintift | } j which, lis nsurance Corporation a very poot impression on the people who let you move in. DISGUSTED Key West, Fla., June 8, 1945. URGES IMPROVEMENTS “We cannot accept the same |Bditor, The Citizen: I am one of those individuals who loves the city of Key: West. X love. it for its natural beauty Spreads as far as one’s ieee seé—heavenward, sea- Jand even over the land. I {ibécduse it means home. I know that many letters are written about the conditions of the streets, sidewalks, etc. But I have been thinking quite a bit along the same subject, It seems $10 Will open a Special Per- sonal Checking Account without obligation to 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. 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