The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 11, 1945, Page 2

A ee RO eee «> Prose tn exclusively, entitied to of ail Rews dispatches credited im this paper aad re. 6.00 2.76 L +25 | ditiecn tarts ct thanks, resolutions motives, poems, ete. will be of 10 conte @ line. by churches from and bet Hh will not publish anonymous | j Where cows te suppressed there ts ancy, Where news i» controlled there is + an ome where news is free are human be- DON’T VILIFY THE BRUTE Peace is so near at hand it may have come by the time this-editorial appears in print, but whether or not that is the case what we have to say still will be pertinent. As The Citizen has remarked a.good many times, it is difficult for us to under- stand the Japanese mind, and apparently it is just as difficult for the Japs to under- stand ours. However, they evidently have awak- ened to,one fact about our.way of viewing things, and that is that:we can-not be fooled by them. While broadcasters over Radio Tokyo, on several occasions, were barking about the “inhuman” atomic bomb and about its being a violation of international law, we wondered if they thought we had forgotten their dastardly attack on us at Peal Harbor. Did they think that it was in. aeccord- ance with international law for them to backsiab a country with which they were at peace? Did they think that we had for- gotten that they had-sent plenipotentiaries to Washington to lull us to sleep while they were preparing to make a bombing attack that killed several thousand Americans and sunk many of our ships? That, then, was in accordance with in- ternational law, with the Japs on the giving end, but pow that we are at war it is a. viola- tion of that law to use the atomic bomb, with the|Japs on the receiving end! Foolish, foolish, is the American who bemoansithe fate that has befallen the Jap. They may be sure that our fate would have been fay worse, judging by the Japanese | atrocities among the Chinese, particularly their women and children, and the inhuman | way in which they treated our prisoners, | subjecting many of them to slow starvation. (8g tee | CARL ACKERMAN, | : Dean, Schoo! of Journalism, | | et wrong oF to apploud right; | | cod be the oe || - aww eique, | | ‘ect ef ena, always do ite uimost for tie | §#CKES AND COAL Seetetary of the Iuterior Harold L eke Ree been conspicuously on top oi t gite mast of the time since the begir of the war. lekes says that the Unite: ites & behind 37 million tons of pr c- Army t : ee. and he has been telling ihe eke & epecial ruling to (urlough 30,000 ee Wiese He warns the Army chat the collet Witter of the year to American eee ey limit war piants to a 4-day wok Retwithetanding all the terrible shor age of cael at home lekes insists on shipping i million tons of coal to Europe aa Congres a few days a thie Con! & ehipped overseas that, “We must expect either rioting eruetion af ali semblance of oement.” For th Americ eating te be returned from Eu oaet be dome, lekes « homeetves fighting a and h o that unl bloodshed and de ord sake of n mé . this they will find r war. fmeonststent bk idently is trying wee the Army to put the coal miners whi are tm the service in a preferred 38 hat they can dig coal for Europe. At the one time he admits that the shortave ai hette & ee great that the American peo) te shivering and freezing this coming er there ie an ounce of in the tobe Glan & will not be discovered by the average feader. In fact C. J. Potter, Deputy elit Peel Administrator, told a Committee Compress Buropeans do not need all that wet. We said that the solution of Europe's heetieg problem can be straightened out, a there & enough available lumber that owed be shipped in from an occupied area » furnish all the fuel that was needed in Barepe. We says the Allies could get th oam up c 3 send- mg oar coul te awd wt willh—there plomty of fuel in the coal and lumt t take care of the needs of both the Unit Mates and the captured European areas. se lise but will if reason rul undoubted! ay of warmth Sympathy for the Japs is wasted. They sowed the harvest that they are reaping | today. They started out on a conquest of worldwide dimensions, and, to attain their goal, resorted to barbarities that turned the tomachs of civilized men and women, To gall the Jap a brute is a vilification of the Brute, The Jap is something far worse, something that must be eradicated rom thd, world before we can ‘have a last- ing peadg. .o»Pinllly,.should. you, detect the least f ‘sympathy in your:system for the recall what they did to thousands in China—put them to the sword had violated them. Japs, ju of wom after th Thig is the time of the year when hot weatherfiaffects energetic people. Take it The, Japs may take it a while longer but Emperor Hirohito is presiding over a ifth-rate nation from now on. This paragraph was written to fill this pace and for no other’ reason than .to 1ccomplish this object, as you see. OUR NAVY’S TRIUMPH The Japanese Navy, once the third strongest in the world, which swarmed over he waters of the Far East like a plague of locusts when the war began, now faces an inglorious demise. The only victories credited to the Navy of Imperial Japan occurred in the early days of ‘the struggle when overwhelming Japanese cut gallant, but; fighting, detach- ments. In the Battle of the Coral Sea and despite its considerable superiority in the Pacific, the Japanese fleet has suffered severe and repeated reverses. Losses were particularly heavy in the Battle of Midway and the naval engagements adjacent to the Philippine Islands. While the Japanese Fleet was being mauled, the American Fleet was increasing | in strength monthly, and today, the battered remnants of the enemy fleet desperately seek to avoid destruction. by hiding ignomi- niously in the home waters of the Empire. The parade of the American and Brit- ish warships along the Eastern coast of the Japanese islands, which began several weeks ago, continues. The Fleet arm has delivered damaging and devastating blows upon the remaining warships of the Japan- ese and, in the words of one naval official, what remains of the Japanese Fleet could be disposed of by our destroyers. It is quite possible that the people of this country do not yet appreciate the mag- nitude of the victory scored by American | warships in the Pacific. In our pride over yresent-day achievements, we are prone to forget the many dangerous months during which our Navy operated in the Pacific with strength considerably inferior to that available to the enemy. What we lacked in waships was compensated by the skill and courage of our sailors, not only at Midway, but in the Solomons and at, other places. ‘NJO,. you are. not with |) the store, Christopher,” there determination ‘ou to take up your responsibil- Hies there, iat your father and grandfather did before you}, “We'll not go into family his-} tory, either,” Christopher inter- rupted irritably, “I’m fed up a 4 that too—if you must aan decide what my res) are and what : them. I’m through letting other | fm people run my life.” iy Two pairs of brown eyes stared |j at each other across the length of | Ii the room. ‘They were. curious!y alike—the shrewd old eyes and the resentful ing eyes. Some- thing aloof sure and stubborn marked the rather striking fam- “interest: ‘apy ily resemblance -between these two. Genevieve Humbert sighed || and then deliberately ended one} row of knit and started an- other. Christopher knew she had something more to say. He’d have anes it pada he might re well stay ‘take it now—noth- ing stop} the ‘Duchess once she got.on the beam. ‘ “I attended the stockholders’ meeting at the store this morn- ing,” the ‘Duchess said firmly. ‘You should have been there. They sent out a call for Re but no one could fiad you. All the officers were re-elected and a new vice- resident and general merchan- manager) named.” “They'd have to do that. White has gone into the Navy. They have to have a man to fill his place.” GUPDEALY. the Duchess dropped her knitting and leaned for- ward, with a single eager gesture. When she spoke there was an overtone of excitement in her voice that Nee sap bothered him. “I want to the first to con- gratulate you, Christopher. They elected you first vice-president and general merchandise mana- ger. I have'hoped for this for a long, Jong: time.” “Me—they elected ME—general merchandise manager—” Christo- pher stared at r in blank “That shipment of minks ex- pected today has been lost.” was just twenty-six. At last he said in a lew voice, “I can’t qual- ify for a position like that. “You qualified all right with the stockholders,” the Duchess re- ined calmly. For the first time that evening, Christopher smiled. His aunt was one of the store’s largest stock- holders. So her “hopes” had prob- ably been a deciding factor in the surprising and unprecedented ac- tion taken that morning. “But my dear Duchess,” Chris- th 3 ith reat. sharply. quick - gesture Duchess catch her She had seen her- You know, if I was to pick somebody that I could feel most sorry for, I kinda think, today, lthat it would be the pickets walking up and down outside of stores, and shops, ete, Husky fel- ‘ows-—-not working—but. looking lisinda sheepish, Put on the picket ‘his nice soft job even if the pic- i}ket don’t work, or eats scanty. These. fellows walkin’ up and down have just .been out-talked and out-smarted. That is why I feel sorry for them. Just why |they should be a sucker for the wise-guys bossing labor, ito savvy. Maybe they had a \teacher in the grade school who never told ’em any stories by |AEsop. Maybe their mama and papa didn’t see to it that they |did their home work. It is a cinch ‘that their Mayflower blood has | thinned. : But in conclusion, I am still lsorry for the pickets, And if any ‘one of them ‘should cast an eye d jover this essay, I say to him, | buddy, you won’t get to first base ; by ruining the boss’ business— ‘and also, you might have a busi- HICKORY GROVE tine by a guy who will hold to | is hard | Members of the Citizens’ mittee, organized with a ‘assisting in the proposed | to obtain money to j Overseas Highway j urged that the loan for immediately, and that, in the future, the ' commissioners ; held in Key West instead | Miami. i Charles Berlin Russell, iliarly known as “Boy | died at 7°25 o'clock last tii gy ppg A ret thi thing wh: r he |mess of your own some time. his residence at 1124 at wees nae ‘intent on | It is never too late to be some-| street, Funeral services be making one of his famous light- | body—in America. conducted tomorrow afterngen im ning decisions. ‘Then Stistopher Yours with the low down, the Ley Memorial Church, jammed: a deep ; ERRA the slae of Mie pane rere shat Armando Acevedo, who has solemnly: . Subscribe to The Citizen. been playing shortstop on = “Duty, obligation, SUCCERS,: DeLee | Key be Regulars, y= severance, patience, my LEGALS for Sanford to join time count. Good Lord! Pause ida State League. reels ee | VITATION FOR BIDS ee went NVETA’ sn Grapetathes peenina! ah fe | SALE OF CONDEMNED PROPERTY Mrs. Hilary Albury and stay home and join the counter Beasts cone. ee ome ter, Miss Rose Mary Albury, hoppers—no dice, f Tm | office of the Supe: yesterday for Miami, and, alter going where s-happen—and |.Ceunty of serene’ ‘County 13 stay of a few days Mrs, happen fast—and I’m on my way Key Went, Florida. will return to Key West and now!” ‘HE telephone on the library table filled the room with its | sudden, insistent rin three times before could get across the library answer it. “Mr. Humbert,” a vibrant fem- It rang er | rs amazement. “Why. that’s impos- sible!” Sheer incredulity crowd- ed out every other consideration, as he looked at-her in bewildered silence. The thing was unreal, fantastic. They never put young men in a position like that, and he topher insisted. “I am thinking of | inine voice, low and urgent, came the hard boiled gentlemen on our] over the wire. “This Brenda board. They’d never vote a dol-/| Blair lar for anything without a writ-| mink. expected in furs as No, it’s all cock-eyed. It doesn’t make sense. Besides,” he added more-soberly, as he saw the wor- cate it ~ ‘To-be continued ‘That shipment of | today hi: ten guarantee of five coming back! | been lost in the store. I thought | you might be able to help me lo- | |what a helluva mess a gob of] was one of - TOO.LATE TO CLASSIFY By RUSSELL KAY to tryyand take a two weeks vaca- over the place tryin’ to be helf- tion all in one day ought to feel ful. the way I do this morning. Any-| We try trollin’ for awhile, but how I am a living picture of what that was no go for you couldn't the insurance policies term “an get your spoon ten feet behind act of God”, which is just another your boat before you would start way of saying that when any- harvestin’ a n thing like that happens to you it | whole blamed bay was lousy with is your own hard luck. \the stuff, it looked like somebody In the days before Pearl Harbor had mowed the lawn and then I used to have a little boat and failed to rake it. spent a lot of time chasing fish) So we decide we'll go in: around Tampa Bay but with the and try casting for meee T dont coming. of rationed gas and re- know whether you ever tried stricted areas, I sold it and casting with a concrete mixer for thought I had given up fishing for: reel or not but I can tell you the duration. lig will bring out the choicest pro- I was doin’ all right until Uncle fanity imaginable. About every John. comes down, from New jcast I'd get a grand and glorious Jersey. and. nothing: ta do, he’s|back-lash and before I could get gotta go fishin‘, He is the kind of |the line straightened out the; bait a guy that just naturally talks, would drift around and get tangl- eats, sleeps and dreams fish. I.ed with the propeller, resisted him as long as I could, but-he got the wife on his side. g succeeded in breaking two She ‘says, “Why don't you take rods and losing our anchor, we Jolin’ out on the hay, it'll do you ‘decided to quit foolin’ ‘round and good.” Well, John’s fishin’ tackle ‘settle down for a spell of old consists of one hair-lipped mouse- | fashioned fishing with cut bait faced minnow. and a couple of and hand lines. So we rusty hooks, so I climb-up in the over in the channel. Being what attic and get my assortment of the better out-door m: rods, reels, tackle boxes and what term a “Sportsman”, I had g ave you. It is really amazing ‘sneer of grass. The r an hour or so of this, moved iat this kind of angling, these smart guys fishing tackle can get itself into that the game fish. went for two or three years. The rods were fishin’ and by Allah, I'd sce that warped, the reels frozen and the jhe got it even if we were reduced lines rotten. \to going after them with goggles Oh well, I would just go down and a spear. to the tackle shop and get a couple of new rods and reels and ‘bridge with the tide swirling be- whatever else we might need. neath it and as fast as we could The guy behind the counter was Tig up our lines with bait, hook just about as helpful as the and sinker and get ’em to the age butcher. The only kind of bottom. they would wrap them- rod you can buy nowadays is one ‘selves affectionately around the that you wear in a holster and a piling. Now and then, if sheer reel is a condition you acquire in |luck and awkwardness enabled a saloon. |you to keep your line clear of the Well, I patch up my old stuff Piling, you would be rewarded the best I can, arrange for a boat With gentle tugs on your bait, and John and I set out to give|Which served to signify that a the unsuspecting fish a tough day. |¢f@b or cat fish had the proper |Just why a guy thinks he has to Se™Se of appreciation and would {get up before daylight to go fish-!welcome a second helping. in’ I've never been able to figure! And this just goes on and on out, but that seems io be rule, While you sit in a bouncing boat one so, of course, we observed it,}@d unsuspectingly accumulate I’ve gone bail fer a lot of folks Sunshine until you look and feel in my time but goin’ bail for a ‘like a broiled Key West crawfish. boat is something else again, es-'This column isn’t copyrighted ' pecially at the crack of dawn with and the Chamber of Commerce is | | I suppose any guy dumb enough a flock of friendly mosquitoes all| when left alone in a hot attic for But I'd promised John a day’s | To start with we tied up to the " Provide For Buffet | Service After War CHICAGO, Aug. 11. — (FNS) A “smorgasbord of the rails” pro- viding buffet service with com- fortable lounge accomodations is planned for post-war. railway. travel, according to engineers of ufacturing Co. ‘The new type grille room car is not a substitute for the diner but rather a supplement. Instead | new car will off@f a kind of smor- | gasbord, with hot and cold dishes. 50 against the old type diners 48. GI RECOVERS WALLET LOST IN EUROPE BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Pfe. Merlin E. Ogg, now home on a 45-day furlough, lost his wallet! containing cash, while crossing Belgium and France. Recently, he received a letter from a Chap lain that the wallet and money had been found and were being returned to him here. welcome to it, but I imagine they } will go right on showing pictures | of long Strings “of fishy’ With! the’| jcaption “Caught in Tampa Bay.” LEGALS OF COUNTY JUDG * BLORIDA, MONRO! his w at the the 11th 3, for an ’ the in- id Florence Mc- following de- nd bei 1 da ordi te D sc M uthorizing ‘of the afor mott in and to thi do known on Wm, A, map, delineated ii 29, aS a part o a point on asterly from t monton and Pie treets and running thence along the line of Pierce et in a North- qu) tion forty right angles in a sixty= hwesterly direction (63) feet; then | angles in a Southw tion forty (40) right angles in a at ice McDermott, non com- pos mentis, William V. Albury Attorney for Guardia n 7 aug. 11-18-25-sept. 1-8,1945. the Pullman-Standard Car Man-} | of a choice of regular dinners, the! It will have a seating capacity of; SEALED BIDS, ; gubject to the conditions contained a9 a below; condemned pro- | perty authorized by the aid sale for th | Public Instruction of Mon. Florida, at their regul: held in the Office of | Superintendent, Coun equipment can of John Curr ) (1) Ford used for s tto inspect two 'p ubmittin { condemne used again for its orig namely, school buses, , offered for s 1B “BOARD OF PUBLIC MONROE Cot TION OF FLORIDA | By: J. Carlyle R s! MATERIAL: Masti-pave as _ re f to or its equal i | i by Paraffin P. AL installe@ and the 1 Material shall be Mproved contractpr, ation “of * th ete in u ist Meet With Manufactur f BOARD OF F TION OF 4 FLORIDA. By: J. Carlyle ai aug, 11-18-2 THE TIME TO When earnings are high unprocurable. Open a Savings Member Federal "enter St. Mary's THE FLORIDA NATIONAL BANK AT KEY WEST Corporation Albury will leave for ton. Two weeks later she Academy Windsor, Ontario. W. S. Roberts arrived :| day from Miami to visit — Today The Citizen says ip a editorial paragraph: “Nothing pleases us better (ham {to have those irresponsible people disappointed who hope for war. Japan's main hope lies in fom enting discord among Allies. — EE ODT puts all rail passenger cars in military pool. STRONG ARM BRAND TRIUMPH COFFEE MILL AT ALL SAVE IS NOW and consumer goods are Account with us. Deposit Insurance