The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 11, 1946, Page 2

PAGE TWO the Key West Citizen Published Daily, Except Sunday, by L. BP. AWEMAN, Owner and Publisher Business Manager e Citizen Buiiding eene and Ann Streets Culy Datly Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County niered at Key West, Florida, as second elass matter MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS T scciated Press is exclusively entitled to ublication of all news dispatches credited ot otherwise credited in this paper and {OF the local news published here. SUBSCRI Year ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE ding notices, cards of thanks, regolutions obituary notices, I petted ree will be at the rate of 10 cents a . tor entertainment by churches from nue is to be derived are & cents a line. en is an open forum and invites dis- public issues and subjects of local or est but it will not publish anonymous ns. ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea, Consolidation of County and City Governments. 5. Community Auditorium. ee PLANETARY PERSIFLAGE | naPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST | | . - The business of bounding radar ses off the moon has resulted, in res ewed scientific speculation about #hézex tence of human life on other vipat iven new angles*to the fascinating stion of whether the inhabitants could ymunicate with such beings if they a a Army communications officers now ontemplating the possibility of gen- ting enough power to send radar mes- to such distant spots in the heavens ars and Venus. Said one officer: = “I see no reason why, eventually, a irm of Morse code by radar could not be Ansmitted to some of the celestial bodies which conjecture has been made life exists.” It X jout hat be taken for granted that sets of sufficient power for this ration will be developed. The next lem would have to do-with the’ matter le replies, provided life exists and men of Mars or the ladies of Venus e] like answering. In what language would the answers Maybe this problem wouldn’t be so gh at that. American cryptographers ed the Japanese code before Pearl Harbor—they might be able also to de- cipher celestial conversations. Or maybe they could get a little help Orson Welles. Remember his radio are about the Mars hobgoblins? He night know something. And if he does, he :pparently can be relied upon to talk. The possibilities unquestionably are ntriguing. Some lack of enthusiasm over he prospects may be discovered among e young, though. Language lessons of he future are going to be really tough. can a TO CURB PETRILLO Congress should promptly pass the ill intreduced by Representative Clarenee rederiek Lea, of California, designed to prohibit certain coercive practices affect- 1g radio broadcasting,” Representative Lea admits that the grew out of the demand made on adeasters by James C. Petrillo, head the Musicians Union, and which the Congressman says “a self-respecting gov- ment cannot afford to permit.” Public reaction to the demands of Mr. llo ought to serve as a reminder to or leaders not to go too far. The Musi- ins Union representative, among other 8, compels broadcasting stations to musicians if they broadcast music ting elsewhere. The number of by musicians to be employed de- etr the bited from broadcasting musical pro- ms originating outside the United What we particularly object to is the kase of Mr. Petrillo that radio stations ust employ musicians whether they want music or not. In brief, they must pay 1 for not working in order to take ‘ad- vantage of modern inventions. This is in- excusable, in our opinion, and the Con- ess should make the ban against such demands broad enough to include all unions and all activities. “Jak Kofoed, Miami Herald column- st, wonders what Captain.Reordan thinks of Our Town. Why doesn’t he ask him and fimd-out. a LOCAL BUSINESS OUTLOOK The Citzien was informed Saturday by the manager of the largest business house in Key West that our recent editorial about the resumption of an uptrend in! local business was correct, according to } the receipts in his store. He said, as The Citizen had observed, that, shortly after the war was over, busi- ness here showed a decided falling off, but that now it is as good as during the peak of the activity in Key West, primarily as a result of war activities here. One thing he pointed out that ‘The Citizen had not mentioned, and that was about the increase in the volume of trade in his store despite the fact that there are | many lines of goods he has yet been unable to obtain. What applies to his store, in that re- gard, applies also to every storekeeper in Key West, including dry goods merchants and grocers. They have been, and still are, unable to obtain certain types of goods, yet their volume of trade shows a decided pick-up in comparison with what it was a few weeks after the conclusion of hos- tilities. So far as can now be seen, there is no immediate ‘sign of a decrease in business in Key West. It may be affected adversely if reported changes in naval activities in the city and on Boca Chica go into effect, but to what extent it is difficult to de- termine. One thing is certain: local naval activities will be continued on a scale that may be ealled extensive, compared with what occurred in the Key West Navy Yard shortly after the end of World War I. We can remember the first billion- dollar Congress; this year the nation is spending that much on relief extended to the people of other nations. U. S. TO HOLD ISLAND BASES There is some speculation, both in this country and in other countries, as to what the United States intends to do with the former Japanese and Japanese-man- dated islands which have been taken from Japan in the course of the war. It goes without saying that the ma- jority of the people of the United States are firmly convinced that the strategic in- terests of this nation in the Pacific Ocean region, including the Far East, should be safeguarded and that we should not risk the possibility that these islands might again serve as bases for enemy nations. There has been some confusion in this country about the right of the United Nations to determine what territory the United States shall keep for security pur- poses. This arises from the provision: in the ‘Charter providing for trusteeships, but it should be pointed out that these are submitted to the United Nations by in- dividual nations upon terms satisfactory to the naitons concerned. The Security Coun- cil can accept, or not, as it sees fit but it does not have power to write the terms or alter the conditions. . It is a fact that the United States largely upon the whims and desires | union. Recently, the stations were | pledged itself not to seek territorial ex- pansion through the war, This is undowbt- edly a correct interpretation of American desires. It does not mean that we dre barred from taking whatever steps are necessary to safeguard our position in the Pacific and this naturally requires the permanent establishment of adequate bases. No community can make progress without unselfish. leadership; have you cantributed anything along this line? ANTI-FLU SHOTS The influenza-suffering general pub- lie will welcome the announcement of the Army Surgeon General that the Army’s new anti-flu shots are producing encourag- ing results. With vaccine made from killed viruses of influenza “A” and “B”, the two most common types, the service doctors began vaccinating 7,000,000 men early in the fall. The new material reduced the in- cidence of flu by approximately 75 per cent among those vaccinated with it, as compared to unvaccinated persons. The country is just now recovering from another flu wave. There seems to be an annual occurence, with the peak weeks after Christmas. Many lives are lost in these epidemics, to say nothing of the suf- | fering and the loss to workers and em- ployers. If the Army Medical Corps has pro- duced something that will prevent flu, even in a sizable percentage of cases, it should be made available as quickly as possible through civilian medical channels, Chapter 26 EDT huddled there on the wide window-seat of the’ up- per hallway, staring out into the night. The storm had quieted now, but devastation had been left in its wake, The smoothness of the lawn was strewn. with leaves and branches and bits of buffeted debris. Telephone wires were down, too, as they had learned when Dr. Bennett had found it necessary to go into town for his nurse, after learning that there was no place tonight for Barbara in the crowded hos- pital. Now a pale’ white moon came and went from behind rac- ing clouds. The stillness outside was matched within save for those heart-wrenching sounds that came from Batbara’s room. Each time they came it was as if they tortured Edith’s own body — a very real agony raced along ev- ery straining nerve. There was something animal-like and prim- itive in those cries, It was almost one o’clock when Josie came out of the bedroom and found Edith. “You should be in bed,” she whispered, sinking wearily onto the window-seat, “but I’m glad you're not.” “How is she?” Josie’s lips trembled. “It’s fight, But strong!” Edith’s heart lurched. There had, then, been something differ- ent about those cries from the bedroom, “You mean—?” her fin- eh ee and found Josie’s icy, “Well just have to wait an see. I—I couldn't stand the smel of chloroform! It made me weak and faint.” Her laugh was a half sob, “I made suc! after all!” A wave of hot anger ped Edith, Her father away.on a night like this—at such a time as this! a jarbara’s young and a good doctor’s wife, Spiritual Food By J. W. R. HOW DAVID SLEW GOLIATH (The Story Thus Far: Armies of Philistines and Israel gather together to battle. Champion, Goliath of Gath, comes out’ of camp of Philistines to defy ar- mies of Israel. Seeks to fight man. of Israel’s choosing with victory going to army of fight- er remaining alive. Men of Is- rael sore afraid. ‘David, young- est of eight brothers; sent by father to take food to his broth- ers fighting with King Saul of Israel. While talking with brothers, he hears Goliath issue his challenge. David inquires of men of Israel, “What shall be done to man that killeth this Philistine?” and learns king will enrich him, give him his daughter and make his father’s house free.) And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kin- died against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left; those few sheep in the wilder- ness? I know thy pride, and the; naughtiness of thine heart: for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. And Da- vid said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause?, And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: end people answered him again after the former manner. - ‘And when the. words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: ‘| and he sent for him. And D: vid said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail against this Philis- tine to fight with him: thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock. And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it} cut of his mouth: and when he arose against ine, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath brass upon his head; ess I wouldn’t have Pee the doctor came’ out into the hallway and see- ing the two women huddled there on the window seat, came to stand beside them while he smoked a vigarétte. Edith saw that his hand holdiga., i : bled a little. They plied him with questions. He was evasive, only. to say—“Frankly I don’t like the look of ae wish we had her at a hospital!” “Then shouldn’t Burk and— and my father be here?” Edith asked, surprised that her voice should be so quietly calm. “We'll wait half an hour. No use in spreading an alarm if it’s not necessary.” Old Eugenia came down the hall from her bedroom and joined the group. She looked old_and shriveled and- curious, Edith ey “How. strange that she should have wielded such power over everyone for such a long time! She’s nothing but an impo- tent old woman!” When she heard the doctor’s doubts she began to shake uncon- trollably, ai he ordered her back to her room. “Pll do nothing of the sort!” she snorted with something of her old spirit. “If anything goes on here I. want to know it!” And when they saw she meant what she said, they brought out a com- fortable wicker chair and éstab- lished her in it. “Well, why do. you stand there?” she demanded of the doc- tor impatiently. “Seems to me you could do something useful!” ‘He smiled a little. “This is something Barbara has to do for herself,” he suggested, “I, can only assist, you know!” Edith wondered how he could be so gentle with the old woman who had done so much to thwart his life. He should really hate her and yet he spoke to her as if she were a fretful child. The cries from the east bed- room were weaker now, infinitely more pitiful and Edith thought Percentage | On his arrival at Port of Spain, Trinidad, a traveler dropped into a restaurant for breakfast. He or- dered two boiled eggs. The native waitress brought him four. “But I ordered only two,” said the mah. “I know,” was the waitress’ ex-! planation, “but half the eggs heré | are bad.” aa put them in a shepherd’s bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling’ was in his hand: i and he drew near to the Philis- ‘tine. And the Philistine came on and drew nedr unto David: and the man that bare the shield went be- fore him. And when the Philis- tine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but; ‘a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair; countenance. And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and Ij will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field. Then said David to the Phil- tine, Thou comest to me with a j sword, and with a spear, and | with a shield: but I come to | thee in the name of the Lord of : hosts, whom thou hast defied. | This day will the Lord deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from three; and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the may know that there is God in Israel. i And all this assembly shall ; know that the Lord saveth not} with sword and spear: for the bat-| tle is the Lord’s, and he will give} you into our hands. And it came to pass; when the ; Philistine arose, and came and} drew nigh to meet David, that , David hasted, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, j and slang it, and smote the | Philistine in his forehead, that . head; and he fell upon his face | t t head ;and he fell upon his face to the earth. So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a@ stone, and smoté the Philistine, } jand slew him; but there was no { jsword in the hand of David. ; Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and. took his sword; and slew him, and cut off FT RR otha PR a I Mh ore ES, the silver lighter trem-|ing |16:30 with tightening throat, how very much Barbara sounded like Gal- lant Lady! Were animals and peo- ple pretty much alike in the ele~ mental moments of life? But Gallant Lady had died-in giv- birth to her son. Barbara mustn’t—! Again Edith , pushed the terrifying thought from her. ‘The nurse came to the doorway and beckoned to the doctor and he hurried away, leaving the three women together in their anxiety. It seemed eal a momeént until the nurse was back again. “The doctor says things are not so good. You’d better send for Mr. Lacey and Mrs. Lacey’s brother— quickly!” When she had gone back, they stared at each other with incred- ulous eyes. Edith was on her 7 striving to quiet the trembling her limbs. She went to the phone and tried to call Burk. The line was still dead. ‘Tll go for them!” she said. “Where would I be likely to find Whit?” “At Barton’s no: doubt, over the gambling tables,” cried old Eu- genia sharply. “And with some woman hanging around his neck!” “But Edith can’t go there alone!” Josie protested, still the “pale mauve duchess.” “Let Jake or someone from the stables—|” “Why can’t she?” snapped old Eugenia. “She’s a grown woman. Hurry, Edith!” “Yes,” Edith said with quiet de- termination. “I think this is my job, Aunt Josie, They gave her minute’ direc- tions’ as ‘to how to reach the night club out on the other edge of town, and Edith ran through the somehow frightening. night to get the station wagon. She was glad she had something to do. She could not just sit still and wait. She shuddered as she swung the car out onto the dark ribbon of roadway. To be continued Your Horoscope FEBRUARY 11, 1946—Today indicates a strong and forceful nature ;a day for a politician; a natural leader of men, capable of forcing his way by push and en- ergy. Avoid the tendency to ex- cess of violence in word and act, and keep the passions under con- trol. The nature is endowed with a fortune. . EARLIEST RECORD CLEVELAND. — The earliest record of an “April Fools Day” was in England in 1713. RADIO. PROGRAM ANNOUNCED BY STATION Subject to Change- 5 Where to Listen— 1600 On Your Dial Mutual Broadcasting System (*Designates Network Program) Monday, February 11th 6 P. M. to Midnight News 1600 Club Weather Report 1600 Club Fdlton Lewis, Jr.* Here Comes Louie Jordon Frank Singiser, News* Inside of Sports* Bulldog Drummond* Sherlock Holmes* Gabriel Heatter* Real Life Stories® Spotlight Band* ‘Henry J. Taylor* Jon Gart Trio* Detect-A-Tune* All the News* Dance Orchestra* Feeling Is Mutual* Dance Orchestra* SOP OSAIITARAAGR BORMSWwWES BSSSESSSaSaS 11:15 11:30 11:45 11:55 12:00 Tuesday, February 12th 7 A. M. to Noon 7:00 Sunrise Serenade Frazier Hunt, News* Shady Valley Folks* Program Resume Meditation Happy Cowboy Tick Tock Time* Fun With Music* Cecil Brown, News* Maxwell* 9: 10: 10:15 10:45 11:00 11:15 11:30 11:45 yoreney BRN PIT hm POO Nr PON SaSsussaescs S8ass . MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1946 Key West In Days Gone By FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN OF FEBRUARY !1, 1938 Goes To Tampa Fair Horace O’Bryant, principal of the Key West High School, and Mrs. O’Bryant left Sunday morn- ing over the highway for Oxford, Florida, to attend funeral services for his father. | Mrs. Nathalie Taylor and son, H. H. Taylor, Jr., came to Key West from Miami to attend fun- eral services for her uncle, Coun- ty Judge Hugh Gunn. Navy Photo CAPTAIN C. M. (Dr.) WASSELL, hero of Java, will appear at the Tampa Fair this month on a good will tour. . Many other specimens of fish, caught in local waters, were put hin the Key West Aquarium to- day. Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Lowe, 1104 Margaret street, today an-} nounced the marriage of their son, John William Lowe, and Lil- lian Jacqueline Brown in Atlan- ta on January 15. MUCH URANIUM CHICAGO.—Erough uranium to make 10,006,000 bombs the size of the one that fel] on Hiro- shima is owned by Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia and the Mrs. Louis Solano yesterday en- United States, tertained members of the Busy Bee Sewing Club. Radar vode to planets suggest- Harris School Parent-Teacher Se BY South eat aca: Association will celebrate Found- er’s Day at a meeting to be held Thursday afternoon, February 13, in the Woman's clubhouse. Mrs. Susie Cassidy and Mrs. Belle Snell of Miami are visiting their sister, Mrs. Harry Lowe, 1104 Margaret street. For Your Cough be- cause it it to the the trouble help loosen. mig Mrs. Nellie Morroe is in Miami visiting her sister, Mrs. Mary Pay- ton. Today The Citizen says in an editorial paragraph: “There are doers and undoers among the ministers just as in every other profession.” Overseas Transportation Company, Inc. 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