The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 13, 1945, Page 2

: _— - - —- wens Se fi incon Greene and Ann Sreste ° spaper in Key West and Monroe inty . —————$<—< << semmere’ at Key West, Florida, as second class matter & THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Press is exclusively entitled to of all news dispatches credited ie-it oF not wise credited in this paper and sine the local news published here. ADVERTISING RATES ‘Made known on application. AL NOTICE an notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of poems, etc. will be obituary notices, for at rate of 10 cents a line. tertainment by churches from to b cornet are 5 cents @ line. o Citizen, is & ° forum and invites dis- ef public issues ‘and subjects of local or interest but it will not publish anonymous nications. “ : Rane “MPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN . ion rr EDUCATOR SPEAKS THE TRUTH “Neither education nor government ely be truly free so long as either is dom- and controlled by paid lobbyists and offer representatives of special interest gfeups” declares Dr. Henry C. Rainey, for- mer President of the University of Texas, who was discharged because he attempted te protect the rights of certain professors toe-state their views upon economic and so- ofa) issues. “. The educator calls attention to an evil which, unfortunately, exists in the United States and with which most Americans are thoroughly familiar. Too often official ac- tien by boards and legislative bodies is guid- ed-by lobbyists and pressure-groups. ~ Despite tthe proclamations about @®moeracy that we often read, the United States operates under a form of representa- tive government. Officials, elected or ap- pointed, are supposed to represent the in- terests of the people as a whole and to base their aetion upon the general welfare, It is the business of lobbyists and pressure- g®eups to prevent this and to secure results {0% the cliques which they represent. ’ The public should recognize the power egerted by these representatives of special . This is the t step in making them ineffective. It does not do much good té denounce an official, caught in the pres- lite. who very often knows what will hap- p@n to him if he ignores the threat of the lobbyists. The only remedy is in a thorough- educated citizenship, ready and willing tte uphold the intelligent and honest repre- sentative who serves the people as a whole apd dares to challenge selfish interests. EDITORIAL FOR BONDS Ever let a neighbor down? No. You'd think of doing such a thing. Yet, if sell a single one of your bonds today, op*ven tomorrow, or many of your-bonds right after peace is signed, you'llibe doing jast that — letting a neighbor down. . Why? ~ Your neighbor speeded victory the day hesold you that bond. He volunteered his services to the Treasury Department as did six million other men and women all over the land, so that the cost of selling war bonds turned | out to be the cheapest underwriting ever conceived — one third of one percent. If you sell your bonds too soon, all of tHat good work will be undone. Your Government still needs your loan mere than you need that money. A normal economy cannot be expected to spring up overnight, Industry is not yet ready to sell you al the goods that you expect — it may take two years instead of two weeks to deliver alt the cars and radios and electrical gad- gets you're dreaming of. Don't ask too soon for too great a share of the good America can give you. SDon't let a neighbor down. , The weakness of humanity is centered in-felks who get a headache when they think. ~ Yeu show your intelligence when you bélieve ten percent of what you read and ete percent of what you hear. | TIME FOR REGRETS With peace apparently assured Sat- urday, news came out of Washington that the army and the navy had canceled con- tracts amounting to four billion dollars, and it was stated further that within six months after the war is over eight million workers will lose their jobs. A Key Wester, commenting on those 00" statements, remarked: “Fortunate is the man who systematic- ally saved part of his earnings during the lush times.” : But how unfortunate is he who spent all his earnings as fast as he got them, ap- parently believing that good times were going to last forever. : Many times, during the several busy years in Key West, when everybody who wished to work could get work, The Citizen pointed out that he was a wise man indeed who was consistently saving a part of what he earned. It said further that the best way to invest the savings was in war bonds. Not only would he then have the best security in the world but also, while he held the bonds, they would accumulate interest for | him. Many Key Westers took that advice, and today, with the likelihood that, before long, obtaining work will not be as easy as it is now, they will not have to worry about where they will get their next meal. It is our opinion that there will be many a time when those Key Westers who cashed their bonds as soon as they were cashable, will regret that they did not hold them until they -were really in need of money. Freedom, so-called, is a matter which every individual must attend to himself. At times we are convinced that secrecy is the best publicity, since it is the easiesr way to put over a proposition. COMPULSORY PHYSICAL TRAINING Cornell University announces the adop- tion of a permanent compulsory physical training program for freshmen and sopho- mores who will be required to devote three hours weekly to some sport. The idea is “to make such training en- joyable rather than a chore” by “emphasiz- ing games and particularly carry-over sports beneficial to health after graduation.” In- structors will teach swimming, tennis, golf, badminton, squash, bowling, hand, ball, fencing, volley ball and other sports. We call attention to the action of this university because the number of men and women rejected for the armed forces reveal the necessity of greater attention to physi- cal development in our schools and colleges. The program announced at Cornell is along the right line, because it attempts to enlist the pleasurable interest of partici- | pants in the various sports and because the student, upon leaving the University, will be able to enjoy participation in the sports | in which he has acquired some proficiency. Other schools and colleges would do well to follow the example set by Cornell which is, ater’all, along the lines of the physical educational program installed in the schools of Washington some years ago. When -cropks ‘fall qut;:they get hurt and by themselves. The Coast Guard Magazine is inquir- ing to know “How come gals with cotton stockings never see a mouse?” HITLER’S PLAN FOR ENGLAND The British report that they have pos- session of Hitler’s master plan for the ad- ministration of the British Isles which Der Fueher planned to occupy in the Fall of 1940. | Soft-headed Americans, worrying about | the punishment of the German people, might note that the Nazis intended to de- port the male population of the British Isles, | 17 and 45, to the continent where, presum- , they would have joined the army of slaves that worked for the Nazis. The Germans had no intention to re- strict their evil-design te war criminals. They planned to punish all the British peo- ple and to enslave the able-bodied men. The ultimate objective, no doubt, was to weaken the British people and use their labor for the benefit of the German people. | | British air foree was a fighting organiza- j tion, manned by crews ready to die in the | defense of their country. including men between the ages of | The Nazis leader, however, failed to | f | get into England. His plan misfired, largely | ¢: because he had no navy and because the | Veterans Unit To» - Open Office Hee A contact office of of the Veterans Administration is to be opened in Key West to assist veterans in this area in securing benefits pro- vided for them by the Congress, it was announced today by Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, = | tor of Veterans’ Affairs: Other contact offices have been authorized to open in Florida at Daytona Beach, Fort Lauderdale, !1 and Ocala. The offices will begin operation as quickly as space and personnel! can be secured. This is part of the program of the Veterans Adminis- | | tration to bring its services direct- ly to an increasing number of vet- erans throughout the country. In order te reach veterans in towns where the opening of a contact office is not justified there Fort Meyers, Fort Pierce, Lakeland!the Palace Theatre on the night bis the “Green Project,” Air ine pisoeee Ce presentatives who will operate from various regional and branch offices in the state. PEOPLE'S FORUM SAE The Citizen weleomes expres- ig of the views of its read- bat the editor reserves the Fight to delete aol items which considered Hbeious or unwar- Tented. ‘The writers, should be fair and confine the letters to and write on one, side Sigvature a t foe 300 words, of the paper only. the writers must aeeompty letters and will be publ less requested otherwise. TRAFFIC OBSTRUCTIONS Editor, The Citizen: Congratulations to Mayor:Car- bonell and his clean-up campaign. { Also to the Police Department and their recent raids. If the may- or would stick his neck out a little further and do something about the Over Seas van that blocks traffic in Caroline Street at the Express office, on the way to the ice house, it would be ap-! preciated. MOTORIST Key West, Fla., Aug. 11, 1945 POST WAR KEY WEST Editor, 'The:Citizen: +++ j The pleasure ot hearing the news of the possible surrender of the Japanese was dampened only by a question by one of my customers who asked, “What are you going to do after the war”, I replied, “Oh, I don’t know, how about you?” He answered, “Well, Dad and Mother are going to live in Miami, guess I'l] go too, that is, if Key West doesn’t improve. This was a taxi driver, father of four children. His parents once operated a grocery store, and now a large property owner. whom were reared in Key West. Now that the war is near over, people are speaking their plans more freely. It does not sound good. Most of our intelligent and cultured people who have brought home and reside in Key West are planning along the same lines. And what are we doing about it. Nothing. Did you ever stop to figure how the city with a budget out- lined in boom days is going to survive if a great percentage of the taxpayers leave. Have the police, firemen, and city officials | forgotten the script that was onee} issued as a payroll? I haven't, and unless we can persuade these peo-} ple to stay with us and induce others to make their homes her the script will be back in a few years. I would like to appeal to every man and woman of voting age, to} select carefully and put in office men who are going to, manage} our city as it should; be. 'Phis is} Hot meant; to.critici: ur present officials, a& Tégardless. ofwho- we | may put in office, if wé de not follow up and demand the things; we want, the political set-up will always be the same. This: applies to the county as well as the city. If we had been more forward with suggestions and demands, we would have been much better off. In closing I might add that any of us who are dopes enough to think that people will be lured here for fishing and climate alone, should change their mind® They can get that just a few miles away, with better surroundings, j and less expense, and further- more the Florida Keys will offer some stiff competition in this line after the war. Key West, Fla., Aug. 11, 1945 WCos: 36-POINT NEW YORK.-—Mrs. Rita Mundt, 28, recently presented her hus-! band, a soldier in Germany, with 36 discharge points — two girls{ and a boy. ject any THE KEY. men CITIZEN will be a number of traveling re- jehildren, who had been visiting Welch. 1 All off, (Key WEST IN DAYS GONE BY}, aie rave rane or OB Gees = Dr. William R. Warren will’ make an address at the benefit performance for the Key West Hospitality Band to be held in of August 20. A girl, weighing mine and \three-quarters pounds, was born August 12 to Mr. and Mrs. Leo: Curry in their residence at 915 Southard street. The newcomer has been named Myrna Lee. Mr. and Mrs, Harry Pierce:and Mrs. Pierce’s brother and sister- in-law, returned yesterday to their home in Homestead. An Associated Press dispatch from Jacksonville published in The Citizen today, says that nine PWA projects for Monroe county have been approved, Mario Mesa left yesterday for Madison county to begin his} duties with the rehabilitation program in the Cherry Valley area. Mrs. Alice Holland, of Miami, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Hattie Mr. and Mrs. Starling and three children, Frank, Rose and 'whose home is af the Key West editorial paragraph: JESSIE BRIGGS IS NOW REPOUTE HOME it is the eastern taken, over as far west as the Curzon line, drat) Tatar Pass, . -| conquerors. after ag at Tr Pass itself is and at least: Ruthenia. Gelicia are S-Sgt. Army Barracks. » Sergeant Briggs’ has passed | Wes taken Bessarabia OPPS Bukovina. Czechoslovakia Center, at Camp: Blanding, Fia., and is on his way Among the mor Army’ rede-{ has ceded Ruthenia. areas fr pt i sy ‘Russia might advance logical) Russian tends te . ———— claims based on or! Some 59 perecent of the ; in-all these areas. She was language might want them for tier osita| 2 ne same ae sources; oil and mineral deposits | Ukrainian. : ONE WAY TO DO IT EAST ST. LOUIS, IL—Alex- i pabe ander Nagy recently secured a court injunetion . restraining his| motebr-in-law from bap nym at his home or molesting his family. {° —— Joseph, who bed been visiting/ Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Mathews, ) But Russia has plenty of people and doesn’t really need any more oil or minerals. Why, then, is she going after these areas? The answer is mili- tary. All of them contain some-|; ‘thing that Russia needs to make certain she is never invaded again The plains between the Curzon yline pie the 1939 — vragen the approaches to North Carolina, returned yester-/ eat Russian Ukraine. Istrail- day. roads, in Russian hands, could be Mrs. Beryl Curry and sen, Ken. |S Detore iene Sg ee t exist neth, left yesterday for Miami ta Laer visit Mrs. Curry’s sister, Mrs.} Bessarabia offers Russia a de- Leon MacFarland. fense from attack from the south. From the mouths of the Danube = to the Transylvanian Alps Miss Lulee Johnson, who had been_on a two weeks’ vacation in: Today The Citizen says in an is a narrow bottleneck which “Not every editor knows half ‘could be held by a relatively small as much as some of his readers} number of troops. It would be @ think he knows. simple matter—and Russia would; Classified Column Advertisements unéer bead will be inserted in The Citten at! a word for each inser- but the minimum charge for the first 15 words or less is 30c, The rate for blackface type is 3e @ word and the minimum charge fer be in the office the day ef publication, TELEPHONE OPERATORS WANTED i Full Pay While Learning Vacations With Pay Sickness Benefits PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT See Mrs. McDermott Chief Operator TELEPHONE OFFICE W. tull time employment. No experience ne- cessary. S. H. Kress & Co. augl-lmo WAITRESSES and FOUNTAIN GIRLS. Good salary. Southern- most City Pharmacy. augi-Imo PART TIME fountain clerks se NAS yen Service Dept. WANTED —————S TO BUY furnishings and furn- iture for four room apartment. } Send information P. O. Box 309. ; No dealers. augl3-2tx EMPLOYMENT WANTED ——————— WANTED — Laundry to do at home. Wet wash only. Phone 224. aug8-6tx MISCELLANEOUS | LAWN MOWERS sharpened, re- paired; sewing machines, knives, scissors sharpened; keys duplicated. B. F. Camp- bell, 803 Simonton street. augl-lmo LOST |LOST—USN billfold with money; in same, at Poinciana Projects. | If found call Mrs. Whitney, Project Office, 404. Reward. augll-3tx "KEY CHAIN with eight keys; not hesitate to do it—to step) the Prut river and march! Ruthenia to join the few miles across Moldavia] last war—and the — an necessary to secure the western flank of the bottleneck. . If the bottleneck were forced, he Russians could fall back, ber e Prut valley, making a moat i each of flats small rivers! weelly. FOR SALE VITA VAR Super Chromium Finish Aluminum Paint; covers 30% more surface than most of the aluminum paints. $5.40 per gallon, Pierce Bros. augé-lmo ELECTRIC STOVE in good con- dition. Johnson and Johnson. augl0-tf! DINING room set; buffet, China closet, cabinet, extension table, | 4 chairs and rugs. 1125 Flagler | avenue, phone 340. aug4-tf} YELLOW SECOND SHEETS: Package of 500, 76c; two pack- ages $1.25. The Artman Press, Citizen Bldg. apr2tf 1 BED ROOM SET; vanity, chest, dresser... -beadstead, box spring inner spring mattress; 1 gas | stove, almost new; 1 single bed, | complete; prewar couch, many | other household furniture. Ap-; ply 1108 White street. augl3-. -2tx | SUPPORT THE MIGHTY SEVENTH WAR LOAN DRIVE To the utmost, Now is the time to keep on buying more War Bonds. Let us all pull together to finish a peal ahora off the Japs and return to payable monthly. Johnson & aP ful World. Johnson, Phone 372. augi-lmo { a FURNITURE for sale. Call any; night after 6 o’clock. 708 Pass- | over street. augl3-2tx TRAILER, $275.00. Reduced for quick sale. Newly decorated. rand Collins, 612 Simonton augl0-6tx USED FURNITURE bought and sold. Key West Co., phone 669, 515 Front St. jly18-1mo THE CITY ELECTRIC SYSTEM Overseas Tr Company, Inc. ast, Dependable Freight and Express Service Between MIAMI AND KEY WEST Also Serving All Points On Florida Keys Between Miami and Key West Express Schedale: place. augl3-3tx VITA VAR HOUSE PAINT guaranteed 100% pure. $3.25 gallon. There is none finer at any price. Pierce Bros. aug8-lmo ‘Guaranteed PLUMBING WORK and SUPPLIES; toilets, lava- tories, sinks, brass fittings and PRE-WAR BATH TUBS — Al) sizes of water and sewer pipe and fittings. Free puoelaboocs Jos. D. Lopez, Plumbing and} Supplies, 922 Division Street, , Phone 765. jly2MWF-t¢ STUDIO COUCH and lounge j Leavin’ sae KEY chair; good condition. 723 White | = SUNDAYS) ay street. ee = Miami at pein FOR SALE — Three bedroom | MIAMI house; bath and garage, $8500. 4 LUNDATE: at 180 ch Selsets 1118 Olivia street, 4 to 7 p. m and arrives at Key West at 6:08 Sao v augl3-2tx Lac FLOOR lamp, $5.00; sisal a : $5.00; steel cot, mattress and} spring, $5.00; play pen, $1.00; high chair, $5.00. 164-B Poin- ciana place. ee Saturday night between Post- office and Duval street to Pe-/ VITA VAR FULL BODY Floor | tronia. Finder please return to, Varnish; $5.00 value, $3.95 gal-| Mr. Weatherford, 629 Caroline. lon, none better. Pierce Bros, | street. augl3-Itx, augé-Imo/# FREE PICK-UP and DELIVERY SERVICE FOR SALE FOR BENT FULL CARGO INSURANCB Office: 813 Caroline Street Phones: 08 and @ WAREHOUSE: Corner Eaton and Francis Street? ‘LADY'S AND MAN'S prewar, FURNISHED ROOMS and apart- BETTY M. SHUTTS, aug. 13, 1945 bicycles. 714 White street, Apt.| ments. Reasonable rate, 411 No. 3. augl3-3tx William street. jly30-1mex