The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 21, 1945, Page 2

sito PAGE TWO ° She Key West Citizen s rin Key West and ee ne ‘et —<$ $$ «amteret at Key West, Florida, as second class matter ASSOCIATED PRESS ted is eae ww g 4 regener 9 Fe ®epublication of all news patches cre = oF not qeerwice, credited in this paper and ADVERTISING RATES "Mae Known on application. - SPECIAL NOTICE ~ an reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions ituary notices, poems, etc, will be for at the rate of 10 cents a line. for entertainment by churches from ‘& revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. wth Citizen is an open forum and invites dis- et public issues and subjects of local or interest but it will not publish anonymous Te DITORIAT . a | ee eOVOCATED BY THE CIFIZIA 1. More Hotels and Apartments. © @ Beech and Bathing Pavilion. fs airporte—Land xd Sea. co Consolidation of County and City Gov- = ernments. pS. Community Auditorium. ~ DON’T THROW BRICKBATS NOW ~ The armed forces are doing a great job in getting the soldiers home from Eu- tgpe more rapidly than anyone hoped for. The railroads, using all available equip- ment, are carrying the men from the ports ty their homes with no more than the de- lays incident to so huge, a mass transpor- tation task. >. If you'are inclined to complain be- dause you can't get peacetime railroad sftvice, just stop and think what it means when ‘a ship like the Queen Mary lands agme 15,000 troops! And the Queen is but ship, several may arrive in a single &. These troops must be moved—some # few miles, some 3,000 miles. a Never was such a transportation job fied by any railroad system. Resporsible @ficets in the arnied forces and in the rail- read industry realize that no transporta- tion task of this size can be accomplished rapidly as this one is being done without me difficulties and discomforts. The to- @) passenger travel on the railroads this War will probably be nearly five times that @ pre-war years, but it is being carried with virtually the same number of coaches and sleeping cars then available. This year's load, close to two and one-half times that of the peak year of the first world War, must be carried with 30 per cent few- @ passenger-carrying cars. ~The railroads would have more cars to meet the increased traffic demand of re- cent years, but permission to build them qeuld-not be obtained during the war be- q@use- of material and manpower short- ages. The roads are now being allowed @ build some cars, but these will not help jeve the situation for some months. wer effort is being made both by the railro ds and by government agencies con- eerned, to secure the maximum use of ex- faking equipment in moving soldiers prompt- f— an@ with as much comfort as can be Povided, with facilities “dl by the government’s own needs. > Impatience and name-calling will not change the fact that the demands of war @onvinced those in government who had fmal authority, that it y not earlier de- sirable to permit the railroads to buy ad- ditional equipment. r We have heard of a few Americans Who wanted to keep on fight the Jap- @iese until they ere annihilat but none @ them wore uniforms or stripes. -- he cooperation of Great Britain and the United States in ‘warfare was the main Hope of the world in the dark days be- tieen September 1939 and August 1945; te same cooperation remains the hope of fgre peoples everywhre. = While the secret of the atomie bomb i@ in.the custody of the United States, it is Khown that Great Britain and ‘Canada Qiare the scientific knowledge from which €gme the new weapon. Both nations, it is Sgid, are anxious to prevent dissemination of information which might permit others te discover the secret. However, some Sienfists say that it could be discovered by five years’ intensive work in other coun- fties. “CHEERIO!” The boys are coming home again, coming back to Key West, for which they had ‘longed and longed and longed since they have been in their country’s drmed services. Up to last Thursday,.277 of the men and women who had enlisted from Monroe county had returnéd out of a total of 1,355, and, sitice then, a féw others have come home, including Lieutenant Colonel Edwin Trevor, who had been in the services 42 months. Sinee this country’s entrance into the war, The Citizen has published several editorials about the men in the services be- coming homesick, which was the worse part of the war for millions of them. One of those editorials concerned a story about several servicemen in Key West “knock- ing” the city, and we said that, regardless of what city théy would have been in, ex- cept their home towns, they would have knocked it just the same because they were homesick. = Their hometown might have been a crossroads village, yet it was their home, and no other place in the world was com- parable to it. Whether they were in Key West or overseas; the hortiesick man saw nothing that could relieve the longing to get back to his town. Uncle Sam was well aware of that condition, and it led him to establishing more than 2,000 USO clubs in every area of the world where Americans were stationed, in the hope that the enter- tainment provided at the clubs would re- lieve the brooding caused by homesick- ness. We have heard some people say, in effect, “We can adjust ourselves to every time and place”, but, in saying that, they overlook the fact that homesickness is like- ly to strike anybody, away from home, at any time. It probably is the most insidious thing in the world. One may be feeling contented with his lot, whether in or out of the armed services, in being away from home, when, suddenly, he jis overcome with a longing for home, and, if that feel- ing continues, it makes him the most mis- erable man in the world. Back home! Those of us who stayed at home during the war should extend a welcoming hand, with a “Cheerio!” to our servicemen and women when they return to resume the arts of peace that, some times, are as upsetting as the arts of war. With millions of worn out automo- biles on the highways we suggest that owners observe traffic rules designed to save human life. The admonition might apply to you, too. MUST WE HAVE PLANNED CONFUSION? On the subject of postwar price regu- lation, the New York Times says editori- ally: “OPA has now issued the regulations governing reconversion price adjustments. These regulations apply to a nonexistent world which has been created by OPA ad- ministrators. The facts of business life are completely disregarded. In their place is found a series of yardsticks as to what has been happening in this nonexistent world. OPA’ recognizes that the 1942 price line whichiit desires to hold, may not be appropriate for every product. It there- fore establishes a formula to determine the magnitude of permitted price increas- es ... This formula disregards many of the actual increases in cost which have taken place. The net result of using prices established under it will almost cer- tainly be to slow up réconversion and to force many companies to operate at a loss.” Official planners who now have such a hold on our nation, seem fully convinced that the average American is no longer competent to manage his own production, buying and selling affairs, as in the past. If they manage to perpetuate scarcities for which they are now being blamed, our na- tion can look forward to unemployment and restricted production and consumption for years to come. The future of our whole reconversion program will rest on production arid dis- tribution. If production is discouraged, there can be no satisfactory employment. | And if the people are restricted in their | buying, there can be no satisfactory pro- duction, because retail sales are the life- blood of production. It is one thing for OPA to work out theories; it is another for American pro- ducers and retailers to deal with the facts. It is about time that the men who actually have to supply our nation with the essentials of life, were given more freedom. ? . THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ‘ SYA SLIGHT “The gas teleph that the gas would be if the bill wasn’t paid at once. You ou.” told me weeks ago that you had| paid it.” See “So what!” ene Brenda looked up quickly, startled at his unexpected flip-| self and the futile picture he made pancy. Before: she could reply, aitting there, taking it all on Tom cut in hastily: chin this way. His wif “When I don’t have money, Ij bills and Fran and Pet don’t pay bills. Period. Anyway, 1} ting him in on the books just when ting had bills of my own to pay. Bills] they felt like it—although he was| co: that do rot concern you—” supposed to be a Ce age bern x “Even those I think you let slide them.” He ‘o hell with all at as long as you could.” Brenda| muttered. Tee began, then stopped suddenly as} A wave of baffled fury swept she laid the little sheaf of bills on} over him-as Brenda started to] jike it!” He taunted ker. “It takes the table in front of her. From the} clean up the kitchenette. Gradu- o z scattered pieces of pape she| ally the shortness of breath left se Fences to get a divorce and I Mrs, James Adams sailed this: ne pire up one that she held in her | him, and his heart stopped pound- and as she continued slowly: ing so violently. Tom felt his} yi. eyes and the dead pees of his voice as he threatened | er. “If you' divorce'me—I'll: frame o¥ SO, there: won't be: a respect- “This is a bill for a watch which] strength returning, but an omi- you sent to Francine Norman last} nous silence was growing in the March. It was given me by the} little room. The clock on the shelf}; auditor of the bookkeeping de-| above the abbreviated sink point- partment the day I left the Empo-}ed to ten minutes. past eight. pine 4 : , j % i % . * " tore in this country that will than 300 men will be rium. It’s a bill for $259. A fare-| Brenda’s first appdintment’in the eyer‘hize you again. Don’t forget that more than en well present from. the old job I} store wasqwith the floor manager was leaving!” at pide aélock, It was getting late “You bought! the watch, didh’t] --s! you?” The way Brenda spokes ity silené€}} 1, was more a statement of fact than] “Give me those bills, Brenda.” She turned and faced him. a question. “These bills, after all, are only an Tom nodded, still not speak- toh PEOPLE'S FORUM | WHO KNOWS? i | | ‘The Citizen welcomes expres- | | ANSWERS ON PAGE 3 | sions of the views of its read- ers, but the edi right to delete are considered ranted, ies weetes hos be | Luzon? “and write me side | 2, When the Marines landed ef jon Guadalcanal? ished ae 3. When the Japanese were | defeated in the Battle of Mid- WRITER WARNS OF EPIDEMIC Way? : DUE TO CITY’S INEFF ICIENCY | 4. When the Eee ae Editor, The Citizen: eather raids from the Marianas On Tuesday, August 14th, there}. yy, rf were three drums half full of] ,,,,When the Japs captured dead cats and dogs sitting on the! POeSDOTe® old scavenger dock at the foot of| 6. When the Battle of Leyte Simonton Street. |Gulf occurred? 4 Today, August 20th, tide three” 7, When’ Russia declared war steel drums, now full of deadfon Japan? dogs, dead cats and maggots, are} g. When the U. S. invaded still sitting on the dock at the/ Okinawa? foot of Simonton Street, waiting re for the persons, who are paid ei Pd CE eur aries for this service, to perform ‘ - their duties and remove them, | 10. When the first atomic bomb This, despite the fact that 1,¥@S dropped on Hiroshima? | i have personally reported this con- LEG | dition to M. r John Carbonell and to Sanitary Inspector Millard} Gibson. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE, On Thursday, August 16th, the TH SUDICEAL CHRCUIT) reserves the a jens requested otherwise, THE STATE OF FLORIDA, IN| mayor thanked me for giving him | IN this information and for bringing} i the condition to his attention. He} , 4 evidently has no more influence Plaintiff, { | DIVORCE with the’ Sanitary Department! pi.ich KNow than I have, because the condi-| oe ‘ tion still e: S. On Fridz ugust 17th, I re-|7° ported this matter to Mr. Gibson. | He told me he had been out of} the city and did not kr had taken place in his a asked, “Do you not have an a: sistant to care for such m: eearbdcate Key. during your absence?” ’ “Hi. | this 1ith day of August, swered, “No”. , 2 Today, I triget ‘to cont 3 i Gibson’ at 4He“City /Hall and F informed that he: ‘was | playing} dotinos in|the*fite Station... HAN It doesn’t seem reasonable to] Attor me that an official should be! playing dominos while these con-| , ditions exist and while they: are| not being corrected. Today's newspapers carry the} story that an entire city in Il-| linois is being sprayed with the; new insecticide DDT because it! is believed by competent medical} authorities that the dreaded poleomyilitis or infantile paraly- 40 Oakland Ave H sis, which has caused nearly al yoo yar yg, eee to ap: hundred deaths in that city e| pear to the bill for divorce filed | to the common house fiy. mines You tn tne Abere sivas) we not being subjected to an ep’ #45, otherwise the demic of this same disease by t ed therein will be | inefficient operation of our city Sanitary Department and by the } | neglect of our officials of the du-| (Ci™guit ¢ ares | ties they are sworn to perform?} Clerk of the Circuit Court. | Citizens of Key West, I know Ij BY: (Sd.) Florence Pi. Sawyer. am “sticking my neck out” by LIAM V. ALBURY. ae | criticising this situation, but I a itor for Plaintiff. | willing to leave my case to your} ek i fairmindedness. Do you think] yemce UNDER Fictitious | { THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT STATE OF FLORIDA, IN | EUGENE ‘DIV ZANE HURLEY SKAGGS, OF PUBLICATION a Jeane Hurley Skaggs, | vs. NORMA J orD N TO i this in right? | NAME Ee Let's get some action from someone. Certainly this city not entirely without honor. B. E. F. | Key West, Fla., Aug. 20, 1945. | FOX-HUNT IN GOTHAM NEW YORK. — Fulfilling the | |claim that anything can happen | yoy Grocer SELLS That GOOD| jin New York, some 50 volunteer | jhunters and one policeman staged | STAR * BRAND a foxhunt through Manhattan streets for half a mile recntly.| AMERICAN fj The red fox they were pursuing,| and CUBAN ¢ however, escaped, after leaping “| Try A Pound Today! thirteen foot fence. aug? ago. She knew. ar it was 1} less. Wiping én a a tewel, she took the bills out-of her ‘burst out, as he stuffed the bills in {from Tampa. his] his pocket. “* divorce. me, Brenda.” Anger gave | Funeral services for Mrs. Cyril hut hot searing fl rm of fated Griffin, who died Monday, will * be hel@ tomorrow afteftioon in | editorial | “Extra! Extra! were not short in their MA CHECKED IN 7 DAYS Wi 666 sts joves myse! ‘ ‘Dr. William R. Warren made ah ‘ad¥ess' at the benefit perfor- TRIUMPH mly Tom's voi¢e broke the ‘ale stopped - abruptly. Brend: 2 1 door behind her. of the load of a truck fell off, a! patrolman offered to help the truck driver put it back. A peep | eke the truck, however, showed | items whieh | i n|a load of gambling tables. A vice | be Le phen dia tne Jone oe | squad arrived soon after the truck | ‘had reached its destination and iraided the establishment—which jhadn’t even opened for business, | the paint still wet on the walls. | MISSING BOY ON BERRY HUNT | mother had reported him missing, ' Pdlice searched for miore than a mile of disconnected storm sewer | for Leroy Derosier, 8. After sev-? eral hours, the search ended when the boy returned home.with a pail , of raspberries he had picked on a neighboring, hill, | oF tHe OF niet 91, 1998. the Weather Bur a tropidal disturbance this ing near latitude a7 longitude 60 west, moving slowly Horenorthweatward o northward with indignation of recurve, It ts attended by shifting gales over # ct séHaiderable area atid possible w mene nie u! apron ‘winds of hurticane force hear Cef- ia auld Rave pune | ait ie show! — Dr, and Mrs J. ¥. Porter and daughter, Mary tonite pes been touring in the wester t and silently handed them 574 Yynited Stites, reurned this “And. get this straight.” He lmorning of the steamship Cuba not going to —— He had no intention of let- he wife slip away from him |the Pritchard chapel, with the Rev. J. H. Pierce, of the Church jof God, officiath “You'll stay right with me and ‘on’t let you go.” later teamspip Cuba Brenda caught the ugly ‘aternoon on the. steamspip \for Havana en route to California, where she ‘will spend several months visiting friends, WPA officials announced today employed on jocal projects, re- cently approved, Tecan ky che out a few TA 4 . Breni left the dinette and closed the | |mancé that was given in the Pal- Sat els ‘ace Theatre last night to raise furids to buy music for the Key PHOMPT WORK | West Hospitality Band. \ — PORTLAND, Ore.—When part’ Mr. and Mrs. Paul Edson of To be continued DULUTH; Minn. — After his; critically needed 5; i i ESSENTIAL TRAVELERS_ oy this be conserved for the unremitting demands of ware 4 Se don’t plan any trip that can be se . embarrassment, : the firing ceases. Save yourself discomforts and loss of time, /,One day we'll get the “go ahead” alan agam, restrictions will be odcok game a “g og ping up” of motor bus service... in frequen = schedules, in comfort and in speed. Until that a _ let’s cooperate to the fullest .-.~, me LET’S USE TRANSPORTATION WISELY! aT ALL | GROCERS 4 a _ Lot WA Send l < of this Clean, Family Newspaper With our war fn the Pacific feaching __ Climactic intensity, and with peak moves He ments of men and materials across the U.S.A., ‘ansportation meets its greatest challenge, sthe Office of Defense Transportation believes that —-™