The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 18, 1946, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen Published Daily, Except Sunday, by i. P, ARTMA P 208 ALLE r From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County emtered at Key West, Florida, as second olass matter MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to se for republication of all news dispatches credited it or not otherwise credited in this paper and «iso the local news published hére. SUBSCRIPTION RATES me Year . Six Month: - Three Monti jue Month Weekly ...... ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE sth All reading notices, cards of thanks, rerolations respect, obituary notices, poems, | ett, will be ged for at the rate of 10 cents a line, <otices for entertainment by churches from revenue is to-be derived are 5 cents a line. he Citizen is an open forum and invites dis- cussion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous rommunications. ———— ae IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Community Auditorium. GOOD GOVERNMENT The people of Key Westinpreens in good government and the i ovemrent of the social order, should not lose sight of the fundamfenhtat principles upon Which’ these desirable ends are based. The American teny of government, whether federal, ‘stat® or [municipal, ‘rests upon the theory that the voters have sense enough to understand the issues involved and that there will alwasy exist capable and honest men willing to serve the public, as an entity, unselfishly and devotedly. There is, and has been, we fear, a tendency on the part of citizens to look for outstanding issues in political contests, For example, today one hears much about the atomic bomb, the United Nations, the | merger, universal military and etc. These questions, un- important but back .of Army-Navy training, etc., doubtedly are them, and vastly more important, is the | question of, securing? honest, fintélligent; unselfish 4nd! faithful public Servants. The Citizen, in this article;-does not wish te be construed as criticizirig existing officals. In truth, this is written merely to emphasize the vital importanc® of good men in public office and to cause, ‘ifepOxe sible, a proper realization of theirworth when they"give their service to their peo- ple. es The other day the writer happened to read a néwspaper from a far-off state and noticed an account of a meeting of a board of county supervisors. In fact, the newspaper published an acount of the meeting of this group of five men who had charge of the fiscal affairs of its county. The thought comes that there exists in each governmental district of the United- States a similar board, regardless of its name. How wonderful and how effective would be the local governments of the United States if each board only contain- ed members of the higher type, men who do not condescértd to, serye| E ir personal ends but, on thé contrary} in Thdhty and intelligently serveithe people faithfully. in every respect, ‘even to the spending ~of smal] sums. The failure of our govegnament»sys- tem today in many: eyes is its inability “to attract the highest type of men and women to positions of moderate salary and con- siderable difficulty. Nevertheless, such a must met and every city and county that expects to secure the benefits of proper government must contain a ma- jority of citizens with sense enough to ap- preciate and to vote for candidates of this type. They should not permit transient political issues to becloud their vision and persuade them to support a professional politician, who takes care of his friends and relatives at the expense of the public. Regardless of other issues none transcend in importance the question of “hénor honesty and good conscience. i It will take virtue as well as wisdom to work out the peace. pS SE “The desire of perfection is the worst disease that ever afflicted the human mind,” said a famous writer. However, in Matthew 5:48, we read “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in Heaven is perfect.” There is nothing wrong with the desire for perfection and while it will never be attained, the desire is commendable. need be human OFF TO ANOTHER RACE Considering that Monroe county’s registration books will not be closed till April 20, the qualified list thus far, while not high, is fairly good, with more than 350 names on it. With the entire county to draw from the registration should exceed/the 4,916 who qualified for the city election last November. However, there is a possibility that a good many of our natufalized citi- zens will be unable to find their natural- ization papers, and, in tia will not he-ttble to regi; In the’ city, citi ed by oath, which, c tounty also, but in thé eity Of@ not native born did not have to producéthis natural- ization papers. But it is different in the county. In the case of one born in this country, the oath is sufficient, but, other- wise, the oath must be backed up with proof of citizenship. | Will the percentage of votes cast in the county be as large as that which was recorded in the city election? Despite the fact that every one of the 28 candidates ) in the city race was instrumental in getting ! out much of the vote, yet there probably |} will be far more workers in the primary than were in the city election, because of } the outstanding contest for the Democratic nomination for representative. Anybody swho, has his finger on the public pulse i aware'that much campaign* has not yet announced for the ~ of member ‘of the county commissio: as been carrying on a canvass@that began only a few days after the city’ election on November 6. See the people, talk to them, one by one if possible, is an effective way to con- | duct a campaign. | a | Law enforcement shouid know | favorites.and seek no favors. no Labor is not inclined to yield to the industrialists, and the industrialists are not inclined to yield to labor. That situa- tion requires another and more powerful force to jsole ¢he,impass 5 aed | bsg af” i BETTER THAN No} AL Just a week ago we commented upon the tabulation of accidental deaths over the New Year weekend, with the observa- tion that so far as traffic déaths were con- cerned-the toll was below the-average. The figures given for more than three days included 329 ttdfilg Qédths whic compares with an average of 80 a day, ac+ cording to the National Safety Council. Obviously, the New Year celebrants did not set a new high. At the time we said that we were unable to comment upon the 114 deaths reported due to miscellaneous accidents but suggested that the “increase over nor- mal must be rather small.” We said we had no figures to check the weekend tab- ulation but the Metropolitan Life Insur- ance Company has announced comparable figures. The statisticians of the company as- sert that accidents kill 96,000 persons a year. Deduetifg}the 29,0091 ol heh ett v age “way fatalities* we have 675060 is an average-of-more than t6¢-a-day | The New Year weekend toll was only 114 for a fraction more than ‘three days. This; is far. below the normal. So what's all this dislpay about the terrible toll of the holiday weekend? Never try to convince other people; it's a waste of time, unless they have as much sense as you have. For subsequent check-up: The asser- | tion that synthetic tires will be better than | those manufactured from natural crude. BIGGER AND BETTER The atomic bomb derby gets into an- other page with the statement of a British scientist that the Russians have’ already dévefoped* a bomb” tHat*make® our owt bomb “obsolete.” |. *™ Ss “ Dr: Raphael B. Ge ArmBEXaiso AS sists that,the Russian by an an factured’ on a mass* pi n .scale, ra it is about the size of a tennis ball and that it has a horizontal pulverization range of 53 miles and vertical lift of more than 6.2 miles. ae This is in the range of inté¥esting, if true, statements. We are inclinedsto doubt the accuracy of the report but’ it will help spread the hysteria that has about gripped some minds in connection with the atomic i bomb. ing in a quiet manner is already going’ 6n Tleonies . BIRTHDAYS ~M ; per: rep resentative of the Presidént THE REY WEST CITIZEN Unapter 7 L AURA LACEY, Christopher ‘ decided for the one hun- dredth time as she Sat opposite him at luncheon the day after his return to the city, was the most beautiful woman -he had*,ever known. ‘There’ was something gdAdess-like “about y, though she was»not excéptionall, Her hair wa8%such a lovely 8} -tall. den | shade,,while theSergamy pallor a5 skin, ae Caetonce of eyes and the»gracious ar- riggé Of her gure cémpléted 3 pittute’ of éxtreme Joveliness. Christopher “felt and appreciated the admiring glances east toward his companion as she sat there, so cool and beautiful in her smart, dark-green ensemble. Her weari- ness of the evening before seemed to have vanished and.a sparkle and zest for living permeated her ) being. “I suppose you know you're looking exceptionally lovely in that outfit,” he said. “Of course!” Laura’s eyes spar- kled with laughter and happiness. “I bought it only after hours of concentration on its good points. I’m glad you like it.” “It’s perfect, and so are you. And what have you been up to while I've been away?” “Nothing serious.” “You seem to have acquired a new beau +4Crosby. f like, him, though of purses Umi very jeal- pe a3 a4 5 Laura smiled. “A newg\boss) rather, He’s rea ine sony ae “and acl { laiiteve- “ning—he’s important, reall uld is on out it, ;And quite fortunate, I say, to get you for illustrat ‘Calendar.’ But What's this your hearing from Whit?” “What do you make of Chris? After all these years of blank silence, wanting Edith to come to Kentucky for a visit?” “Well, knowing the man as you and I do, I'd hazard a guess that he might want to annoy the sec- ond Mrs. Lacey!” ~Laura’s hand clenched on the table. “If I thought that I wouldn’t let her go a step. I'd a like to feel. that Whit may have developed a sincere parental de- Sire to know his daughter.” Chris shrugged. “Who shall say he hasn’t? And I’m sure of one thing, Laura. When he sees Edith, he’ll be proud of her!” Laura’s face glowed. “She is Jovely, isn’t she? I’ve tried hard to keep her sweet and kind.” “You've .sueceeded ,wonderful- ly. How does ing?” “She wasn’t ‘anxious at first,” Laura admitted. “She said tere was a particular reason for her wanting to stay in New York. But I think now the spirit of adven- ture makes her a little eager to start. After all, it’s a perfectly natural desire for a girl to want to see her father.” “When does she go?” “A week from today. I wrote Whit last night. We must make this a happy-never-to-be-forgot- ten week, Chris—else—she—she might not want to come back to us. Will you help?” 4 “In every way possible.” He paused and studied her face for a moment. “Laura,” he said final- ly, “is there any reason why we shouldn’: be married before Edith goes? You'll want her here for the ceremony, I’m sure — and you're not going to ask me to wait unti? she returns, are you?” Laura’s eyes met his and in their serene blue depths he found the answer, he wanted. He reached: a’ hand across the table to ‘hold her’ fingers in a warm clasp. i “No—no reason that I can think of, ‘Chris. If you want me—so soon.”. i she feel about go- ion... “Tf I. want you, darling!” he said. eloquently. . Edith had been skating in: the park with Jodie Lee. Since it had grown too warm for ice-skating, her crowd had taken up roller skating and almost every after- noon found a group of them at the roped-off space reserved for that purpose. Later they all went back to the snack bar and Edith left Jodie at her uncle’s apart- ment where she was to have din- ner. Then she walked home alone ternoon with her own thougnts so that she had answered the chat- ter of her companions as if from a great distance. If she could only get over the notion that Chris and her mother—perhaps even her father, Whit Lacey, had been; taken in on it—had arranged this visit to Kentucky for her in or- der that she might mend her bro- ken heart. Had she been ascun- concerned as she would ‘have wished when Christopher. had told her he intended, to marry h€r mother? Had she been convincing when Laura had talked the ‘mat- ter over with her? Was her’ sécret | really safe — this agonizing. love for Christopher that had made her so foolish as to believe he! might return it? What an utter | fool she had been—thinking the ring he had brought he: meant something more than a peace of- fering—as she had thought at the time, a bribe in exchange for her mother, All day she had wal- lowed in the depths of humilia- tion and despair. Would she ever get over this feeling she had for} Christopher Collins—this utterly! hopeless madness that made her tremble in his presence? Would ' she have to go through life like , this? Or would the trip help her! to regain her balance—might it be possible that she would make a new life with her father that | would replace the old one? Could, she stand it to live without her mother? She felt she hac ‘never Joved Laura so deeply. nor felt so distant from her! Her confu-~; sion was complete indeed... “| She reached home and‘‘went un?! in the elevator to the anartttié: For a) moment. she. tl the darkening window—Laura in Christopher’s arms. They turned ? to smile at. her.as. she came in| and to draw her into thé circle; of their embrace, but Edith’s des- | deplorable. I would not vote for olation was not lessened by being ' the bond issue because we bond- included in their happiness. Laura said, “Edith, since you'll be leaving next Friday, Chris and | I have decided to be married on, Wednesday. What shall vou want } through the gathering twilight. Her mind had been busy all af- tu wear as yqur mother’s brides- maid?” - To be continued | queen ener erence amen | Daily Reminders | Standard Press Association TODAY'S reper tht nif} Webster, nity) ct WU. ator-and” secretary “of “state, ‘at Salisbury, N: 4. Died 24, 1852. uh ed. Orn, 1799 — Joseph Dixon, restless|,,, inyentor-manufacturer, leadpen-| cil ‘maker, ‘born at Marblehead, Mass? Diéd ine 15, 1869.4 1813—Georde R. Graham, not- ed sPhiladelphi® editor and ub-| lisher, publisher . of} get ae The ia ‘bot in at i@oDied July 13, 1894. 1818—Nelson Ludington, Mich- igan-Wisconsin lumber industry pioneer, born in Putnam County. N. Y. Died Jan. 15, 1883. 1859—Frank J. Goodnow, polit-; cal scientist, adviser to China, president of Johns Hopkins, born in New York. Died Nov. 15, 1939. TODAY IN HISTORY 1797—Weekly mail servite bast tween United States and Canada established, 1802 — Detroit incorporated a town—population some 2.000. 1836 President Jackson’s special message to Congress rec- ommends reprisals against ince and’ fhe building of caas' de- fensés — France had ref i pay $5,000,000 due us. sty = \Indidn Chief a Horse ‘captures’ wagon | train *) immigrants west of the; Mi ur) and kijlS twénty. 3 | 1912°*= “British Capt. Robe Falcon Scott reaches the ‘South{ Pole after a heart-breaking jour-j ney only to find evidence there that Norwegian Amundsen had gotten their first only a moth before. | 1919 — The Versallies Peace! Treaty Conference formally opens. 1920—Allies demand that Hol- land surrender former German Kaiser. 1930—U. S. House votes to con- tinue’ poisoning of industrial alcohol to discourage bootleg drinking. { 1942—Gen. MacArthur reports Japs had taken over all goverre} mental functions“ in occupied Philippines. subs repoi al in droves off the Atlantic /eoast: 1 Gdyernment turns, thi tallroad§ back, to owners. the Vatican, born at Lyons, Y., 72.years ‘ago. Caty Grant, screen. star, born} in England, 50 years ago. ry Lieut. Gen. Barton K. Yount! of the Air Corps, born at Troy,| Ohio, 62 years ago. Prof. Donald G. Paterson of the University of. .Minnesota, noted psychologist, born Colum- bus, Ohio, 54 years ago. Richard E. Berlin of New | cal Seminary, ‘borti' in'New, York nef é | horn in Brooklyn; 56 years: ago. to} | 11:00 ‘ orn! York, magazine publisher, bi Omaha, Nebr., 52 years ago. Dr. William T. Foster of Bos- ‘ton, noted economist, born there, 67 years ago. Dr. Tertius Van Dyke, dean of the Hartford, Conn. Theologi-| 60 years ‘ago. neon Gilbert,’ W.,) Gabriel °o York, . dramatic | critic, if New) author. TODAY'S HOROSCOPE * Here, is a. life of success, if} there is a proper leading. It may| be lost ‘in \contemplation or ab- sorbed in ambition. With educa- tion and right life, there is great strength; without it only, medi- ocré success due chiefly to lack of ‘definition’ of /action. ie ANNOUNCED BY STATION Subject to Change Where to Listen— 1600 On Your Dial Mutual Broadcasting System (*Designates Network Program) Friday, January 18th 6 P. M, to Midnight News 1600 Club Weather Report 1600 Club Fulton Lewis, Jr.* Xavier Cugat 39 Frank Singiser* 7:45 sIfiside of Sports® 8 00-Russ=Drew-Show *- 8:30 ink You,Know Music* eis “Heater _ | 9715 —Reak Life Stories* '9:30 Spotlight Band* 10:00 Your--Land and Mine* 19:00 To ouniced 10:30 Meet the Press* News* Dance Music* Dance Music Orchestra News* Dance Orchestra* 11:15 11:30 11:45 11:55 12:00 Saturday, January 19th 7 A. M. to Noon Sunrise ‘Serenade News — Sunrise Serenade Weather Report Sunrise Serenade News Sunrise Serenade Musical Clock Bee a yan This Week in Washington* Southland Singing He + SooooPsraa ss SHESSSRSESRS 107 House of Mystery* ; Weather Report Lopez Music . Opry House Matinee* Marine Band* Dance Orchestra* Dance Orchestra* Dance Orchestra* Music At Home* 12:00 12:30 12:35 1:00 2:00 2:30 3:00 wo s \held at Tulsa, Okla.. in 1947. The! > oO Southern Harmonizers* Don eS sSsss TO BE HELD IN 1947 CLEVELAND.—The next In- ternational Oil Exposition will be | expositions were suspended dur- | ing the war. Political. Announcements For Representative - JOHN CARBONELL, JR.' ‘ For Representative BERNIE C. PAPY For County Gonkismaaioner i (Second District) FRANK BENTLEY | RE EE ELLIE, Your Grocer SELLS That GOOD STAR * BRAND | AMERICAN COFFEE and CUBAN Try A Pound Today! i ' i a j Rad vo WERK PEOPLE'S FORUM The Citizen welcomes expres- sions of the views of its read- ers, but the editor reserves the items which Mbelous or writers . shoul and confine the letters to 300 words, and write on one side it, Signature of writers letters and wi less requested otherwise, PROMISES Editor, The Citizen: The duck ponds in the streets of our. negro -sections® are’ still duck ponds. ‘Where are ‘those pledges made in Dixie Hall to use the city’s trucks to haul marl and alleviate ‘this condition im- mediately}! All these speeches make. more than ‘pretty figures of speech—it ‘is the fullfiliment of pledges. The promise to cut city taxes has been exploded in one myth—the sky is the limit] at the City Hall but the Nation and the press speaks in terms of billions so an increase of thirty | five thousand in a budget is not even mentionable. I cannot understand the rea- soning that is being followed. At one meeting hands are raised in’ horror about liquor, and the next meeting everybody is happy and the problem is solved. there is concrete reasoning and a firm course set no one will be able to predict just what will come next. Not one cent should be in- creased in the){budget until we ean do.something about our streets. Before our city manager! eas iki Key West, Fla.,, ought thes he, phquid be there: long enough| Jan. 16, 1946. living room was empty. Then sha¢tp _veally. know, ‘what, our. con-; — saw the ‘two ‘silhouetted against,.ditions and problems really are, j but, we have never received anything. for it. Our streets are worse than) seeg fit, to. raise salaries I thin! We,.do not ‘mind taxation, ed Key West to build the Boule-) : vard, and now we bond to tear cause it We need good streets trouble it up. worse than beaches, white ways or high salaries, and let our City | Commission keep in mind that branes. Tell your druggist to sell you there is going to be an inevitable os | slump and with a twenty thous- } and dollar pension roll hanging | over our heads that we should learn the meaning of economy Unless} UARY 18, 1946 {Repatriation Of Poles Up To 10,000 Per Day (Ry “Associates Prene) WARSAW, Poland, Jan. 18.— ; The reparation of an estimated | four million poles from western and eastérn Europe is being step- ped up to more than 10,000 per | day. Wladyslaw Wolski, vice minis- ter of public administration, re- | ported 4,500 Poles are entering | Poland at Szczecin (Stettin) from Germany daily. Six thousand | Poles are passing into their home- | land from American zones of oc- | cupation. Repatriations also are | being speeded from Soviet Rus- | sia. | Return of Poles to their home- land originally started on ~the | basis of 3,000 daily. More than | 200,000 have entered southern | Poland in the last three months. Japan is astounded by a pic- | ture of Hirohito in civilian garb. | Manager remember that it is the taxpayers’ money being spent and if we have a cent to spare our streets really need it. From all appearances somebody is bending over backwards to please somebody else, so let us see our Commission vote and vote each time the same way and not switch between meet- | ings. We still have churches and | schools, remember that, and pub- | lic opinion. How about those | pledges? Let’s save, not splurge | and not squeeze t6 Hard. * ALBERT G. ROBERTS | How To Relieve Bronchitis ' Creomulsion relieves promptly be- pe oe to the seat of the help loosen and expel gee laden phlegm, and aid nature soothe and heal raw, tender, in- flamed bronchial mucous mem- & bottle of Creomulsion with the un- derstanding you must like the way it allays the cough or you are EOMULSION ve CR Let our Commission and City for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis ie uation ru; Key West. Florida, ;; (1600, ON. YOUR, DIAL pete te bh 83 ‘We'hope you're amo. West folks who have lite: mg. Monday through Friday at Weather ‘Forecast and Morton Downey. If you, are,, you'll be-happy ‘to know that, due oithis noontime broadcast of yor tcbeen forced to the cony; The Rhythm Makers, Jud; Happy Al, Doc Hopkins, will be ig your favorite singin: and Western ballads, and novelty tunes, And—don’t forget the outstanding tunes select Dan's Sunrise Serenade and heard on Hometown Frolics FROLICS, Mondays through big new Saturday morning jemboree from nine to ten, Your Mutual Outlet, WKWF. __ About, that new, ‘ate built around an eres trad 2 ee yaar ts : OLD. JUDGE: “It’sZunny you asked that, ‘DICK: What did it say?” OLD JUDGE: “A very sensible statement. It said the beverage distillers are fully aware of this problem and are cooperating in every way possible to help solve it. The alcoholic is to the beverage distilling industry what Dick... vi was j the reckless driver is to industry. There is nothing bar). 1 the automobile wrong with the This advertisement sponsored by ally jumped on the bandwagon of our new program, HOMETOWN FROLICS heard every day FROLICS to,take care of your requests. It will be heard’ at ient Saturday morning time of nine to tén' o'clock! actus Slim, and the whole gang f i those many thousands of Key 12:35 noontime, following. the to the tremendous response to ur fevorite entertainers, we've add jan additional full hoyr of HOMETOWN Mertin: end Her Mountaineers, American Folk Songs, Cowboy led by yourselves from Uncle Kermit Lewin’s 1600 Club are too. Don't: miss HOMETOWN Fridays at 12:35 noon, and the | | | ! automobile, but in the hands of a man who..«.:: doesn’t know how to drive it or is reckless, it becomes a menace. Likewise, it’s not the use but the abuse of alcoholic beverages that causes trouble.” * DICK: “Wonder why it is most men can _. drink moderately and others can’t?’”” OLD JUDGE:* university has shown that most excessive drinkers dre really sick people. They are suffering from some tional upset. And great strides have been made in developing clinical methods of help- ing these unfortunate ‘people.”” Intensive research at a great physical, social or emo- Conference of Alcoholic Beverage Industries, Inc.