The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 20, 1945, Page 2

She Key West Citizen ee Se zen Building: Corner Greene Ann Streets Onty Detly in Key West and ree County —— Gatered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ‘The Prenp is ane for thon of ein ‘aN news dispatches, cred! © & oF at wine ited in this. paper and eine the news here. ‘ Salada RATES SPROAL NoTICn notices, cards of thanks, eget tg ete... w izen i an open forum and inv’ eee peblic imeves and subjects of local or qemerel interest but it will not publish anonymous corcemen bea hi, When the Senate passed the Lucas Bill authorizing appropriations amounting to $520,000,000 for planning and financing pera! electrification projects, regardless of their desirability or merit, it passed a hot potatoe to the House. The time is rapidly approaching when Congress must consider economy and ease up on appropriations. REA is part of the great tax-exempt federal power system that uses countless millions of taxpayers’ money to render services which would otherwise be supplied by publicly-regulated private enterprise, which pays handreds of millions in taxes ennealiy If support of government. There are already pending in Con- grew legislative plans for government busi- nem to compete with private activity which would cause ap annual increasé in the use of public funds estimated at $3,315,- 506000, Such projects or replace tax- paying i el erament. Ther tend to the initiative end incentive on which this nation must de- pend for expansion and employment after the war, unless it wishes to return to a pemp-priming and WPA basis until the taxpayer is busted. The federal budget has not been bal- aneed for se many years that some persons | seem to think it is no longer necessary to strike a balance. Our expenditures for the tical year will be approximately $100,- 090,000,000 and our receipts $45,000,000,- 000, leaving a deficit of $55,000,000,000. On July 1, our public debt will be $254,000,- 900,000. It is estimated that our present system < mane not allowing for any reduction, Produce about $33,000,000,- GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY The Citizen received a letter yester- day from Chester J: La Roche, vice chair- man, announcing that the Blue Network had changed its name, June 15, té the American Broadcasting Company, and en- closing a map of the stations in the United States that are hooked up’ with the Ameri- can. , ‘One of them is WGBS, Miami, which aged from Mutual to American and ereby Tost several thousand listeners in ‘| Key West who had been accustomed to dialing Gabriél Heater, Fulton Lewis, Jr., Frank Singiser, €ecil Brown and Cedric Foster. en < It is ow opinion that no other quintet of American news commentators in the United States could be brought together and compare favorably with the Mutual string of five. One Key Wester, after striving on sev- eral occasions to connect with them on a less powerful broadcasting station in the Miami district, gave up the endedvor as a bad job and declared hereafter he would i go fishing. At the No. 1 fire station last night, a group of listeners, unaware of the change, | growled, at 9 o'clock, “We can’t get Ga- briel Heater!” A fireman explained that WGBS had gone over to another broadcasting system, and that, in addition to Heater, other com- mentators that were now lost to Key West are Brown, Lewis, Singiser and.Foster, It is presimed that WGBS knows far more about its business than we do, but we wonder if its owners stopped to think of the all-engrossing habit it had created among its listeners by the top-flight of news commentators that~had been heard over that station for several years? This is a golden opportunity, we be- lieve, for the lone Mutual in‘the Miami area to increase its voltage so that it can be heard plainly. It may mean it will be used far more as an advertising medium. Miami, the Pittsburgh of Florida. An fy EVELYN MURRAY CANPREL iB Hi a i uee i i z it Hf “The, semet” Vere cruel little laugh. “You mean— H b i fi ify hard look like a Russian Grand Duchess without doing much about it. The boy di lo anything help her. Sewes white and Lorad as if he wanted to hide under the cushit ‘ Chester Armes ‘iad been Vera's ions, laymate compani af co days aod hed coe led i i airiness was erack any moment. Vera got up, lingering ee pat Chester’s arms Te: i an unfesponsive arm that fell feadenly away from her waist. “FH just and get a i become an accepted part of: ~ jusehold. The two had quar- and and made up and Pe y up on his long legs like , uncertain colt and his face flamed. with embarrassment. “We feel awful about this—you know.” laughter came clicked on the polished stairs. ~ YNTHIA followed without} ¥! ig us | plan. Her legs felt wooden i t i Ee Ee R thia knew and now a blinding moment amounted to nothing. Shi know Chester. She did Vera, her own child. -These two strangers in her house it- ~~ tell her of a blow about to ce but they moved. She knew that. Carey waited for a sign from her but she would not give it. Some- ee She closed the bedroom door] Cynthi one re. “I didn’t want it-to be this way, thothet,” she smiled through Carey. took hold of her arm but she moved away from him. This — ers own. She had to bear it alone. Her voice was strange. “What is it?” that we will serve the City of Key West by representing the General Electric Company relative to the sale of slipping. Cynthia stood with her never wanted them to open again. ed for $30,725 for work, to. be| DANGEROUS PLAY appropriate slogan but not for long, we hope. JAPANESE KNOW WHAT’S AHEAD The Japanese have clear warning of what is ahead. They have experienced a foretaste of the terrific devastation that is inevitable, They have resorted, in despera- tion, to suicide tactics, both for aircraft and surface ships but, even so, they are fully aware that the,tide of American power is moving irresistibly toward Tokyo. In the islands of the South Pacific, scattered Japanese garrisons fight an iso- lated battle. We have to admit that the enemy soldiers fight with fanatical cour- | age, against overwhelming odds and in the | face of vanishing hope. Yet, they hold pos- session of*many islands, some of which are practically self-supporting, and it may re- | quire months of bitter fighting to oust | them. j The battle for Okinawa began on April Ist, that of the Philippines in Octo- ber, 1944, and now, at last, it seems likely | that withdrawing soldiers in south China | indicates the beginning of Japanese de- | tense strategy in Asia. Tightened supplies and supply difficulties probably explain 000 anne: wm a $125,000,000,000 in- come. The is whether the country can stand of more than $20,000,000,- O00 & yearG peacetime without destroying production. Why talk about curbing inflation or reducing taxes after the war if Congress shows no interest in economy and continues t® appropriate money by the billions to promote tax-exempt federal competition with private business? Certainly the finan- cial problem our government faces and the spending epree which many of our law- makers seem determined to continue in pereetime, is cause for alarm. In things where the heart is not, the hand is never powerful. Just as the ham on the stage was be- moaning the fact that he was starving, the eartain came down with a roll. President Hartford, of the Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., will have something to explain to his stockholders at the next meeting of the company. Lending $200,- 008 to Elliott Roosevelt and then settling for $4,000 when he couldn't pay back that sum. just because he was the former presi- dent's son, will not be considered a good business transaction no matter from what angle viewed. This writer owns no stock im that company, but if he did he would raise the roof in protest of President Hart- ford’s action. romeo ene ne tent tte the Japanese withdrawal, rather than the admitted inerease in the. fighting power of the Chinese. Moreover, the desire to safe- guard Manchuria, if possible, and the fear of Russian intervention, compels the Jap- anese to give up some of the far-flung area that was seized in the first flush days a | the war. es Jesus said that if we become conscious that our brother or fellow man has a grie cern of our mind to make the matter right. | 14,000,000 KILLED | Preliminary estimates are that 14,- 000,000 persons were killed in battle or died irom other causes in the great war that has come to ar end in Europe. In addi- tion, 5,500,000 persons were permanently incapacitated. | This total does not inelude civilian | casuaities. It does not count civilians killed by bombs or the number dead from starva- 7 tion, malnutrition or war diseases. | manently injured, it is estimated that 30,- | 000,000 men were wounded but returned to | duty and that some 10,000,000 were cap- tured. The figures given may prove to be too | high when final estimates are available, | but the total, when known, will indicate | that the war in Europe has been one of the | bloodiest in history. | {this afternoon in the Fleming ance against us, it becomes the prime con- |; In addition to those killed and ‘per- |j semen cial Patt nnn Am | | a | against the panels as if she | | | | KEY WEST IN jdone in the Key West Barracks, ; ——— according to a dispatch from | Helper, Utah—Fumes from a; Washington today. fire extinguished solution which! DAYS GONE BY < \they had sprayed around the, Gerald Saunders, who was a'cave which they had dug near | ene from the First Methodist | their trailer camp home asphy-/ hurch to the confefences of;xiated one child, John Herber Methodist churches in Florida,|Emms, 12, and overcame five! held in Orlando, returned yester-| other children. The children were ‘day. * discovered by Dixie Shuler, ! enother child who returned to, William R. Porter, president of | the cave to play after going on an! the First National Bank, returned |errarid for her parents. : yesterday from Miami, where he} 3 had been on a business visit. Subscribe to The Citizen. | j coe acanete acctemeaeas | | TRIUMPH | | CITY ELECTRIC SYSTEM ELECTRIC APPLIANCES A supply of appliances will be carried as sooh as available. Have your name placed on our waiting list for your requirements, FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN OF JUNE 20, 1935 Jefferson’ Browne, grandson of Judge Browne, won second prize in an airplane modeling contest, held in Jacksonville, according to information received today from that city. The contest: was; conducted by the Jacksofville Modeling Club. Today The Citizen says in an editorial paragraph: : : “Japan's policy is t b what | The city’s. recreation depart- she ante | oe, Nine bam pee ment will give a carnival tonight | ,atj t in Bayview Park. jnations keep the peace. No Obligation : | Josephine W. Johnson of St. Funeral services are to be held ‘Louis, novelist, born Kirkwood, Street Methodist Church for’ Mrs. |M°* °° Years 28°. Laura Collins who died in Miami yesterday. Mayor William H. Malone, who d attended the conference of yors in New York City, re- ed yesterday. He said that much good was accomplished at the meeting, which was presided | over by Mayor LaGuardia of New York. 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