The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 18, 1945, Page 2

PAGE TWO She Kry West Citizen | Published Dail L. P. ARTMAN, con JOE 4 untered at Key West, Florida, as second class matte MEMBER OF TI ASSOCIAT PRESS The Ass aoe : n¢ithe for republ 1 cred 6 itor not 4lso the local news pu SUBSCRIPTION RATES jne Year 2 Six Months Three Months Mn nth Ww ADVERTISING RATES known on application Made SPECIAL notic NOTIC All reading which d The ussion of public but general interest ations. |AL EDITORIA He SSCCIAT communi IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and n Airports—Lan Consolidation of City Governments. . Community Auditorium. Te i THERE IS A DIFFERENCE Some people find it difficult to un stand why it should make whether government or p! operates industry, so long regularly. Well, were at the helm politics The r to in the first place. if governm would b work would up with jobs. with inevitably depend upon “s ¢ the political group in power— lead straight to oppression © sort. In the second place, Ny were at the helm there would proba aly few industries of any kind. Thi ed by the fact that while other nations have great resources, no other nation has joyed develompent comparable to United States, and on! the individual always been as his capabilities permit. » Tf you think treedom and pr the United States are a mere coin look about you at any major industry. will se the most strenuous effort to for the future. You will see You will see the most ingenic the public to government in this country free to go as far ress in sidence, You build new ideas galore. dévices to encourage these new ideas. The coal industry, promoting the construction of neys in new homes—chimne for the installation of coa plants. The slogan out.” Sure, is the desire to teach consumers new for coal. This process of lemand is.used by all industry. F our American standard 0} not been for such continu: ent day luxuries and con “nCeS still be buried in the The pu would never have known than the cave-man had uninspired officeholders to + tried. Don't dismiss the ¢ public and private owner eyewash. try out for example, larger chim- s big enough rning heat build coal ine don't it’s advertising! ack of i uses s come Had it woul ground bli era atre ip as academic WHY NOT IN THE U. S.? For many years travelers ates have urged the nation to provide coast-to-coa railroz car service, such as the enjoy. Recently one road service, offering to partic rails extend, but there nouncement, t we have stallation of the service. It looks to us that if can operate such service between Atlantic and the Pacific our railroads ought to be able to duplicate the feat. ple proposed has been 1 a the seen, ¢ the Canadiz People who insist on slamming doors should live in tents. The United States, rapidly ing its forces everywhere, wil] soon be the position of the man able to walk | not to fight. demob A Florida citizens comm ing the old question of whethe versity of Florida and Florida State Uni- Col- lege should be made co-educational and | will report to the next legislature, | or evening, ; nounced now that peace is i now | a small Texas town for war purposes. study- OUTLOOK Is GOOD Any resident who doubts that busi- ness is still good in Key West should take a look at local stores, morning, afternoon and he will be convinced that trading is going on at a topnotch pace. It may be said that the large volume iving is due to the holiday shoppers, ch is true in a measure, but even holiday pping is curtailed when any community d for money, a condition that is > in Key West, for local merchants y are having one of the best sea- their history. Yesterday, the beginning of the week before Christmas, showed a volume of busi- ness in Key West that was comparable with any similar day during the war, and was better than it was last year, probably be- ause the spirit of Christmas is more pro- with us again. Outlook at present is that next year will keep economic conditions in Key West sent level. During the early the year additional men are expect- io join the anti-submarine group in the yard, numbering approximately 1,000 Unofficially, the total of offi- id men in that group eventually will » between 2,500 and 3,000. the building trade in Key will continue its present activity in The thing that may retard x would be a shortage of material. s company has declared it will be- on their pr present. Besides, only The Kre | gin the enlargement and moderning of its here and f building materials are avail- many residents intend to have houses and apartments constructed in at- tempt s to relieve the acute shortage of ising accommodations. Yes, the outlook is good. Christmas gives everybody an oppor- tunity 10 give to discover that it is more blessed than to receive, though selfishi- most of us prefer to be at the receiving d, but we wouldn't admit it for the world. GOLD TALK Interest in the country’s gold hoard of $20,000,000,@00 has been renewed by two bills in Congress. One, by Senator Taylor, the Idaho banjoist, would have the government coin $50 gold pieces for il circulation. Representative Engle alifornia asks for the minting of $10, $20 and $50 gold pieces. There are rum- ors that the government is considering rais- ing the price of gold above the present $35 an ounce. None of these developments is antici- pated. There is little popular demand for gold coins. A return ot coinage might the gold reserves, now nominally used as backing for currency and bank de- posits. Neither is any advantage seen in hiking the price of gold. A higher price would bring a paper profit to the Treasury. Under present conditions this would be drain used to finance deficits and not to retire | the debt of $265.000,000,000. Raising the price of gold would the- oretically cheapen the dollar—prove to be flationary. the inflationary tide, it is probable the nation wlil stand apt on its pres- ent gold policy. to bite. This is the time of the year when body tells you what to give somebody else for Christmas. AIRPORT WARNING A survey of the country shows virtually every city has ambitious airport s embracing extensions, runways and ngs. warned that they are too enthusiastic about rport plans. They may encounter ancial difficulties later. Three that one example. No commercial airline has as yet set an airplane down on the field. It promises to be an expensive instance of trying to keep up with the Joneses. Even when an airport is built and paid | for, it can cost a lot of money. The gov- ernment built a million-dollar airport near The town wanted to take it over, but officials seemed to be surprised when they learned a that expense of operation would be $25,- 000 a year. Every city should have some sort of landing field, but in laying out plans for it it is important to keep within the reali- ties and hold expenditures down to a point justified by the prospects of income. | time for | though not yet f. Because the administration | is ae to a policy of attempting to | utter, butter all around and not a bit | that | Cities under 100,000 are being { medium size cities in Michigan | built an airport jointly are cited as | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN By DOROTHY ROE ne {four years | tions again a tireless eager ly awaited a 1945 Christmas pack stockings, alread manufacturers’ stock rooms. are due to appear ves in time to suppl Part of the Chri woman on your this the gift supreme—but yo : better edit ae list a They one or two Pairs per cus Household Gifts In Demand Household gifts, to replace t equipment of | Christmas, and no wife Plain in *45 about washing machine, an electric r cleaner. All these items are rolling off | lines already, but deli | ly is still on a priori | who have had their names on the list first. A few lucky families may even} re a new 1946 model car in Christmas or at leas surplus jeep. And radios are pearing Teasing the longest get their orde: ply fully the pent-up der If Sister and Jur those struction they've about, vou'll h: gent with the wh some early and | ping. The toy tight, says the Toy of America. restrictions V-J day, less tha the toys ilable will be metal. Limit on Steel, Rubber Toys “There will be only showing of wheel trains and mechancial toy James L. Fri, managing dir of the toy associat “The metal toy lines which will be p simplest type of metal toy Rubber toys also will scarce, and plastic toys availbale in about the same vol- ume as last year. predict. Textile continue to limit dolls. The scarcity of to stamped out restriction: production than five million extra children have been added to the toy age} population as a result of the h wartime birthrate, purchasing power is at peak level, and pro piling up in} XMAS SHOPPERS CAN REALLY PICK ’EM THIS YEAR CHRISTMAS °45: Supply Limited rites i Flinch as < fancier d mpetitive bo: Monopoly, A limited sup- 1es is available, and start off with some Came- roquet and t tmas doll to be hard to find 1 find her she may € more an nd 5 than can be combed. Babyette dolls, exact mc ng ng items will be with elaberate layettes, | Without bassinets, and in twin, with or Two KEY WESTERS WILL ENTER ARMY al Hecueine: at a 2. mbers! and accepted | ruiting | Post Of- left Key West last Ww be in ' JORGE FONT LEAVING | ON TRIP TO HAVANA Font will lea, y tomorrow for he will board a Pan-Ar "s plane for Havz Cuba, to spend the holida ' ing relatives and friends. RADIO PROGRAM ANNOUNCED BY STATION ct to Change WKWF Where to Listen— 3600 On Your Dial Tuesday. December 18th i 6 P.M. to Midnight 6:00 New 6:30 Weathe | Business and banks in pe 6:35 condition, Bell of Treasury says. | 7 steadily recovering ears of occupation Norway from five 1600 ¢ prior to Saae 31, 1946. Chapter 12 [Sunday 1:03 p.m. to 5:37 p. N OORE yas alo. rather wild when f his hat. “T can’t find cd.” him now and up} il n't you cail up instead of coming d ¢ Police a line without crack You probably picked up a_trail| just so they'd iw Mrs. B: was here. If you can’t do be than that ae sell “em a job on you that'll sti Moore's fest j | he ran the back of t his mouth. “Honest, Mr. Hayes, | thought. I'll be more time. Honest, I will I it but them cops are after I can’t think.” : Jerry had cooled down when he answered. “Okay. Get back home and there and watch for I never Moore didn’t wait. He | his hat on and slipped out | and sat down again. a “Hank must have got the wind up. If the police don’t find him}! no one is going to spill that res cue story.” ERRY, there is something else. Robey was planning a coup last jpight. Do you know what it was? | were white as she waited for his answer. A lock of hair had fallen over his forehead and he ap- ~ared to be weighing how much Ee should tell her. “He must have given you some The fingers around her glass/ hint,” she persisted. “What he said was crazy. It couldn’t have meant any! thing.” “What was it, Jerry “He said he was aang four Mrs. Bakers.” ”” she corrected. | back, stay But they did go and leave | Moore brought a tray of fc — bedroom where she y oF vi 5 cember 1Sth the chaise lounge. There her it better after she e rang for Moore. “Moore, when you take the tray in the v bai “Yes, madam.” As soon as he had left she we to the salon and w eae Quickly Smiionione eet ie nea’ picked out a sr Iderment. She tried to Imly but in replies that sounded enable said little but mer and two other men took turns throwing ques- tions at her with implied mean- ings which she was too confused to grasp. A stenographer worked | si quietly back of her and the fact that her words were being re- cman added further to her panic. think that’s enough for now,” d Venable say at last. Cx it, she_ noticed the coals back In spite of her care made a tinkling sound one she had heard the Robey came back from | the woman in the red he wore a eas a piece about fou: which had been read the old English type. Then + written in precise seri “Robert C. Baker = and Adelaide Campbell” The only other words were type again: “Have This Day Been in Holy Matrimo On the side were tt “5-8-32” in pencil, evident. Robey had put there and to be the Gate—of the marr she sup} For a long. time she sat there. She wondered why there was any ecrecy about a marriage when | obey had had several and had made no effort to conceal any of them. Then she realized that one thing could make the marriage important—if Adelaide Campbell was alive and there had been divorce. COLD PREPARATIONS Liquid, Tablet, Salve. To be continued Nese Drops | information at the bank er phone r folder. The |A NATIONAL BANK at Key West