The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 14, 1945, Page 2

} PAGE ° ——— fhe Key West Citizen West and Onty Daily ad Geteret at Key West, Florida, as second class matter w ASSOCIATED PRESS hush titled to eee ot au mews Gtapatehse credited ited in this SPRCTAL Wi eTicR an meting notices, cards of thanks, resolutions t obituary notices, poems, ete. will be for af the rate of 10 cents a line. dees for entertainment by churches from ® tevenue is to be derived 5 izem emetien of pub? interest wenere: cote ur ations. 1 More Hotels and Apartments. 4 Beach and Bathing Pavilion, Consolidation of County and City Gov- & Comsunity Auditorium. ¥ ° FREEDOM OF THE PRESS ‘Where news is suppressed there is «natehy; where news is controlled there is % tear: enw where news is free aré human be- CARL ACKERMAN, Dean, School of Journalism, Columbia University. CUED eeE————— ee T ‘THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seck the truth and print ft without fear and without favor; never be efvesd two attack wrong or to epplaud right; shways fight for progress; never be the er- ean or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, fection or class; always do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue, . commend good done by individual or organ- ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views end opinions; print only news that will elevate ‘and not contaminate the reader; never com: promise with principle. TRUMAN IS DIFFERENT “Comparisons are odious,” according to French, English and other proverbs. Nevertheless, there is nothing odious in the statement of a great national commentator that: “Mr. Truman is a different kind of President and he wants every cabinet offi- cer to be an assistant to the President in his own right.” That is simply a difference in the way administering public affairs. Most of our Presidents have kept tight contre! over the cabinet officers, but Mr. Truman has a different method, which leaves it wp to cabinet members to advise and recommend policies without waiting Tor lnetructions from the President to work out the details. Up to this time President Truman has made no blunders, and the reason is found in bie wnusual ability to bring conflicting groupes together and let them agree on so- utions for all important problems. No better illustration of this will per- haps ever be found than the most surpris- img sueeess of the San Francisco Confer- ence, which was followed by demands of Republicans and Democrats in the Senate for prompt ratification of the United Na- tions Charter. There has been no such re- markable unity and strength in the govern- ment in many years. Presenting Riddle, Advertising in reverse: Buy only the actual things you need. Ind.; Right An- You really have insomnia when you can't even sleep when it’s time to get up. The average American schoolboy is net interested in the opening date of mhool, Key West has capital and labor and brains, Let's utilize them and reap the benefits! GOLDEN DAYS Probably oldtimers in every town pre- fer to have back the conditions that pre- vailed in the days of old. We have yet to discuss that subject with an elderly Key Wester who has not expressed a preference for the easy-going days of 50 years or more ago. Diseussions of Key West’s pristine youth were given an impetus by the story published in The Citizen about the proposal of the Florida State Chamber of Commerce to present a centennial plaque to William Curry’s Sons, in whose shipyards were built clipper and other types of ships and whose general store was stocked with everything necessary to the life of that day. Key West’s harbor was then crowded with shipping except when the fleets either were in the sponging grounds in the bay or out to the salvage wrecks. Through the medium of wrecks, many of which occurred along the Florida Reef, Key West was supplied with merchandise of all types from all over the world. The poorest among the women in Key West in that day were able to wear silks and satins, for those goods were sold cheaply by the bolt, recovered from ships that had gone ashore along the reef. "And the best of wines and liquors was frequently available to Key Westers. As re- ‘récently as 30 or 35 years ago, one could obtain all the wine he wished for nothing by going off the south shore of the island, fastening a tow line to a hogshead, contain- ing 140 gallons of wine, and towing it ashore. Best-paying wrecks were those that contained mixed cargoes of what were styled “quality” goods, such as linens, silks, satins, though, in the long run, the most | money was earned out of salvaging balés of cotton. Life was easy going in the town then, because of its isolation. At the time Wil- liam Curry’s Sons was founded, under the name of Wall and Curry, there were no specified times for the arrival of ships. Later on, Henry B. Plant first ran one ship a week here on regular schedule, and the business paid so well two boats plied be- tween here and Tampa and here and Ha- van, :-¥ As laté as 1885, a writer in The New York ‘Sun said that life in Key West. was without bluster and flurry, except during the time when auctions were held from 10 to 12 in the morning on that part of Front street, beteen Duval and Simonton streets. After the auction, Key Westers, except workers in. cigar factories, passed the re- mainder of the day in comparative ease, conducting their business without resorting to any highly strung methods. The same writer said that a man easily could live in Key West on 75 cents a week, | as he could obtain for nothing all the fruit and vegetables he wanted at the auction | rooms and on harves while boats were be- ing unloaded, ‘and a drygoods box, be- cause of the mildness vides him with excellent sleeping quar- ters.” Your health is, to an extent, the result | of your living habits. ee Minorities are for tolerance except when they muscle in on the majority. No matter how often vou feed a press, it always has its mouth open waiting for more. A fortune is not what it used to be, largely because interest rates are not what they were. POINT SYSTEM FAIR Parents, wives and loved ones of sol- diers in Europe are especially interested in the prospective return of their fighting men, hoping that, even if en route to the Far East, a furlough will afford opportu- nity for a visit home. It may interest them to know that 357, 686 American soldiers in the Mediterran- ean area will be redeployed to the Pacific within the next nine months, but that 87 per cent of them will come to the United States en route. While it is perfectly natural for every family to desire the release of their loved ones, it must be generally realized that the plan of the War Department, providing for release upon the basis of earned points, is fair, reasonable and just. Consequently, there is no occasion for icizing officials, regardless of happens to any particular soldier. If loved ones must lambast somebody, let them turn their wrath upon the war lords of Japan whose nefarious conduct makes war against them a national necessity. of the weather, pro- | Chapter 8 V JITH Magnolia’s words ringing ing in his ears Fred walked’ out of Winston Manor, climbed into his sedan, drove off down the long, winding driveway, and] headed straight for the Tennis and Racquet Club, where John was accustomed to reside while stay- ing in New York oe sche Dr. Bliss was disappointed, when he arrived at the club, to find that John was out. Consider- ing his mission extremely impor- tant he decided to wait and strolled into the lounge. He hoped John wouldn’t be too long, as al- ready one hour had elapsed sinte he had left Winston Manor. As he sank into a deep leather chair he wondered what had taken place in the gloomy old house since his departure. But Fred was wrong about the house being gloomy, and as for what was taking place—well, had he been able to see Uncle Louie, he would have seen the little, old white-haired man fling open the basement docr and emerge into the great hall, gleefully shouting at the top of his lungs, “I’ve fin- ished it! I’ve finished it! I’ve fin- ished my formula!” In his hand he waved a small vial filled with a bright purple liquid. With twinkling eyes he jubilantly. skipped down the hall to the den’s door and thrust it open. “Madge, my dear, where are you?” ¢ Madge, who had suddenly turned domestic, was up on the second floor cleaning and sweep- ing his room, when she heard his call. With a dust catcher tied around her hair and carrying a broom, she dashed to the head aS the stairs and peered down at im. “I'm up here, Uncle Louie.” By leaps and bounds he started climbing the stairs, waving his vial. “It's finished, my dear; the for- mula is finished!” “No!” she cried excitedly. “So + soon?’ “Why not?’ “I don’t know,” she said in amazement; “you said it was such a stupendous undertaking, that—” “You forget, my dear,” he panted and chuckled at the same time, as he reached the second over forty years to ‘e out my every move to the detail.” Short of breath he mana; to whi: “And now that it is fin- ished, would you like me to tell you its secret?” “Would I!” she cried. “I can hardly wait!” ~_ “Come then,” he beckoned with his little finger, “into the privacy of my room where no one can hear.” With bated breath Madge fol- lowed him, whereupon Uncle Louie mysteriously and quietly closed the door. LL this excitement Dr. Fred Bliss would have witnessed had he remained at Winston Manor, and had he, of course, been able actually to see Uncle Louie. He would have changed his mind about the house being gloomy, for the atmosphere of ex- citement became more electrified as the door of Uncle Louie’s room flew open and an_exhilarated Madge sallied forth. Undoubtedly, he had done an excellent job of enlightening her regarding his astounding formula. She actually twittered as she left the room and called back to him. “TH change my clothes in a jiffy and meet you in the garage.” Halfway down the stairs she nearly collided with Magnolia who was laboriously on her way up with soap ‘and mop. “What you-all shoutin’ about, chile?” Madge grabbed her by the shoulders and shook her excitedly. “Uncle Louie has finished his formula! Isn’t it wonderful?” Magnolia’s face darkened two shades from added worry. “You- all means de one dat’s goin’ to revolutionize de. whole worl’?” “Yes, but he’s going to let me try it first? “He am?” “He's a gente Why if I told Pes the raculous. things his. formula can ripe you wouldn’t believe itl” “Dat's right,” she agreed whole- hearted! “Be the darling you are and finish cleaning his room without me.” Magnolia watched Madge as she started to go downstairs. “Where you-all goin’ chile?” “We're driving into New York City.” “You means you and dat Uncle Louie?” “We have some very impor- tant business to attend to.” Then Magnolia heard her honey-chile burst out laughing as she entered her bedroom and shut the door. | “Monkey business—dat’s what!’ mumbled the angry Magnolia. And while she stood there trying to make up her mind whether she should go up the stairs or down. Uncle Louie ap, , unseen by her, at the head of the stairs. He looked dashing and dapper, hav- ing changed into his nineteen- hundred-and-three street attire. Holding his cane and derby at a jaunty angle he started down the stairs, but stopped suddenly genius, Magnolia. A mi- as his eyes rested on the broad | mahogany banister. An impish expression. came over his face as he recalled a delightful old habit of his. Net seeing Magnolia, who was just around the bend, he threw his leg over the banister, and, gripping his cane and derby, started sliding downward at a frightful speed. As he swished around the bend anc shot past Magnolia with terrifying velocity, he caused a good stiff breeze that made her kinky stand straight up on end. Fortunately, Uncle Louie made a happy land- ing, and, with a satisfied smile, continued on his way to meet Madge. Magnolia looked as pale as a black ghost as she stood frozen on the stairs. Instinctively, she knew something had whizzed past her and she wasn’t quite sure what it could have been. To be continued Bill used to deliver my paper a} few years ago. He was just 2, neighborhood kid, an average! American boy, no different from! millions of others. He found out! that I had a stamp collection and| new set he had acquired. He was! ja bright, intelligent youngster, and we got to know each other| i pretty well. | Then Bill went into the ser jr had all but forgotten the bo: | { We ast week Bill came home He w ne of the group that turned on the Queen Mary. Whe! |he walked into my office, a h | bronze giant in civilian cloth ‘didn't know him. I arose my chair to greet th wondering who the MA It didn’t take us long to renew; I {our acquaintance. Bill had aj | problem and he had come to me for advice. He had seen over tw years of the toughest kind o! ice and had come through without} a scratch. Now he was honorabl; arged and home, but he was not happy. All those. months of mud) and} blood, bitter fighting and fatigue! were behind him. He had done his part. The thing that had sus-! tained him and kept him going,} he pointed out, was the thought of home. ,; Would hurt the folks, but I could TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY By RUSSELL KAY where they called on him for a talk. His father had promised the; fellows that Bill would tell them{ all about his experiences. When, Bill got up and simply said he. Siti didn’t have any story to tell ex- heart. if “Mr.Kay,” said, “I don’t want to hurt Mom and Dad, but they just don’t understand and I'm get- ting so I dread going home. Last night I stayed down town hanging und a bar with one of my old saas buddies. wanted to be there particular- ly, but it seemed we HAD to be to have any peace.” “When I came home about 10 nalf high, I was ashamed I had never taken a drink before the war. I knew it not help it. If I had pulled a trick like that before I joined the service Dad would have beat me to a pulp. I was hoping he would this time. I would have taken it and liked it ,for it would be like! old times, like the home I dream-, ed about! and, wanted, to. come! back ‘to all those’-months, But’ NO, Dad isn’t sore. He ‘under-' stands’. He knows I wouldn't do TO: A a thing like that ordinarily, but on account of what I've been through it is no more than he Neither one of , TODAY’S HOROSCOPE Saturday. July 14 Today gives considerable ver- satility and an inquiring mind that leads to the study of unusual subjects.. There is some lack of Perseverence and an undue tend- ency to worry, which sometimes prevents the attainment of the noo and even a due success in ute. Sunday, July 15 The characters blend with the gen- used to come over to the house; cept that he was glad to be home,! €ral tendencies of the past or the frequently to trade or show me ait just about broke the old man’s! following days, if the native is born in the earlier or the later hours. LEGALS c + the own) M Jly7-14-21- IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCU! OF THE STATE OF FLORI IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY. IN CHANCERY. ALLAN P. FI 16 Plaintiff, DIVORCE vs. ANNA SMITH F | Bayview Park Sunday afternoon. | OF JULY 14, 1935 ————— B. Porter-Allen Comany, local in- PB gn 2 for Miami, surance agents, has been present- will be one of the judges to od with a) cold) plague Oy mot (tbe oat lene American urance Company 0* ity of the new Newark, WJ, for mare than 25) er vocn po 4 years of continuous service. ——— Today The Citizen says im Mr. and Mrs. Nore ir sig y be: son and children, Miss : Thompson and John N. Thomp-) poverty: it keeps us from son, sailed from New York Satur-|a lot of things we are better day, aboard a Panama Pacific, without.” liner, ‘on their way to California) ————————~ by way of Havana and the Pana-; ma Canal, a special dispatch in: The Citizen said today. | ‘ ae a 90 | A baby show will be held in! A car, runping backward, with ever-increasing speed, sheered off the Jerusalem thorn trees in front of the lighthouse department building this morning, and did not come to a halt until it ran spang-bang into a wall. A young woman in the car said she did not know how it came to run back- ward. She was unhurt. | PRESCRIBED FOR | “iyRars” Few sponge were sold today on the local municipal sponge wharf. All the lots brought only approxi- mately $350. Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Goshorn, their daughter, Marguerite, and ESD as a Aa cE S03 NOTICE The Board of Public Instruc- tion for Monroe County will hold a public meeting on Friday, July 27, 1945, at 7 p. m., in the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction on the second floor of the County Court House, for the purpose of explaining and dis cussing proposed increases in th School Budget for the year 1945- ’46, Interested parties and the general public are invited to be) present. J. CARLYLE ROBERTS, jly7-14-21,1945 Chairmen. REAL ICE is MORE ECONOMICAL. .. It’s Healthy and Safe ... It’s PURE THOMPSON ENTERPRISES, we. (ICE DIVISION) Key West, Fla. Phone No. 8 Overseas Transportation what | orce fed against you Ve entitled cau in |°"Now that he is back, he finds{W°Uld expect. After all a fellow ! the Ist day the home he pictured and dream-| 58s to let off a little steam once. ‘ ed about and fought for has|72 while. Mother isn’t sore, eith-' changed. Instead of being able to, Eat SiS: paar Sony. and worried, |return and pick up where he left) Put she don't blame me. No, 1) 4 off as he had expected to do, he} #™ DIFFERENT. It is just some- | finds that he is a man apart and! thing the big bad war has done| lhe doesn't know how to adjust|'© her ‘baby’ and I tell you I'm) | | going nuts.” himself. It was a rather pitiful) >") ' ' | ery Well, gentle or otherwise read- = 9 This the of June, A. a J D. Circuit Court Seal) Clerk of the ; stor: \""“Most of his younger friends|€T: how are you going to help a jlare’ gone. To! his mother he i|SU¥ solve: 2) probleme like “thatz) | S ees iI can see his positio: y still a little boy. She ins position and I pity, eae the boy. At the same time I think! T can under of his parent N i (1933 Probate Act 19, 12 N THE COURT JUDG jcalling him “baby” and vy | him Se Gea Gs stand the viewpoint . I thought of call-! Ee eee nes bee ae ing on his father and having a In re: lees fopene ae EE coree ne | Cele, wath, ims) Buby figuredi it] | GE r f 8s wouldn't do much good and I' j objects to her serving his break- fast in bed. He mustn't mow the] ||, Sunnis |lawn or even help with the dishes. People’s affairs. : “| So I'm putting the story in a [He must just REST and get his! column in the hope that not only| aptified and sa cs the father and mother of this lad, or either of i, His atten is slnost 2 ped a but a lot of other parents of serv-|{%* © in/a diferent Ww e old mam| ice men will read it and THINK 1 |Proud of his boy, insists on mak-| about it. Maybe it will do some ‘ ing a hero of him. He wants t (ii M jtalk continually about the WAR,| S0d maybe it won't, anyhow it |He invites friends over to meet] ied a | “My Bill” and then when Bill re- - {fuses to describe his experiences ALIBI DOESN'T WORK lin every gory detail, his dad’s feel-} ings are hurt. Berwick, Pa. — Claiming that | He wants to get a job and go to his legs were too short for Army a: | work and forget as far as he can,;duty, an inductee hoped to con- |but no. -He must not think of| vince examiners, and thus keep {such a thing. He must REST and out of the Army. The Doctors, |have FUN. He told me how his however, passed him, explaining {| |Dad had insisted on taking him! that his legs were all right since ‘to a luncheon of his service club, they reached the floor. never liked butting in on other, TOA ‘You and each of you are he! quired to present any demands which yo! ve again ritin, tbe in w such shall be Company, Inc. Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service MIAMI AND KEY WEST Also Serving All Points On Florida Keys Between Miami and Key West WEST DAIL’ . CEPT SUNDAYS) at 6:00 P, M. » 4 oe Miami at 12:00 o'clock Mid- LEAVES MIAMI DAILY ‘CEPT SUNDAYS) at 12:00 oelock Ba and arrives at Key West at 6:00 o'clock Local Schedule: ‘tops At All Intermediate Points! LEA’ KEY WEST DAILY (EXCEPT SUNDAYS) at 8:00 yee A.M, am at Miami at o'clock P.M LeAves MIAM™ DAILY (EXCEP1 SUNDAYS) at 9:00 o'clock A.M. and —— at Key West at 5:00 o'clock FREE PICK-UP and DELIVERY SERVICE FULL CARG Office: 813 Caroline a e WAREHOUSE: Corner Eaton and Francis Streets \coabiateae: Rly