The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 15, 1946, Page 2

PAGE TWO the Key West Citizen Published Daily, Except Sunday, by From Corner Greene and Ann Streets Culy Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County utered at Key West, Florida, as second elass matter MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Asscciated Pr is exclusively entitled to for republication of all news dispatches credited it or not otherwise credited in this paper and 0 the local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION R. re Year Month ns ADVERTISING RA Made known on application. NOTICE IAL resolutions , obituary notices, poems, ete. will be rv at the rate of 10 cents a Mine. for entertainment by churches from | revenue is to be derived are 6 cents a line. | Citizen is an open forum and invites dis- F > issues and subjects of local or 1 interest but it will not publish anonymous | munications. —_—<—<—<$<—$—$—$———————— | IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN | ticians, as a rule, e: STILL IN FORCE State money evidently is kept in so many different funds it is difficult for the layman, who pays the taxes, to keep track of it. Early in January, it was said that the state had a balance of $100,000,000, and now comes Comptroller J. M. Lee: and states that the balance is $34,000,000, or thereabouts, but if certain funds are con- sidered the amount is hiked to $57,000,- 000. : In view of that statemént, it Mdy*bé | true that all the state’s cash would total one-tenth of a billion dollar important point in connection with Mr. Lee’s announcement is that there is a probability that taxes may. be lowered. That is the most cheering news that has come out of Tallahassee in many a But don’t let us be too hopeful. Poli- xcluding Mr. Lee, resort | to talk about decreasing taxes either to Whether that is so or not, the! most | Chapter 30 N ing autumn, “completély at “lodse ehds. had preferred to be alone. the matter for herself. miss her, IGHT was beginning to fall as Edith made her way: across the park toward home, an early nightfall that presaged the com- It had not been a happy after- noon for Edith. She had been course there;were,a dozen people she could have called up, but she What was she to do with her life? A few more days like this and she’d end up in the mad house! Tomorrow, she decided, she’d begin her s:arch for a job. 1 Chris and Laura would probably object, but she’d have to decide She’d had a letter from her Aunt Josie that morning which had started off a train of thoughts concerning thing; best forgotten. Gallant Lady’s colt seemed to ios ae Chris had insisted on taking her to the theater last night and to ary. gay night spot afterwards. She ad been more depressed than ever when she got home. Chris said, “I must say I think you could show a little more ap- preciation of my efforts at enter- {She felt very ,tired, and sud i very tired, and sud- N deny: very. old. She smiled, wan- “I’m sorry, Chris—it was kind ‘ou to try, anyway. I guess just. port of—not feeling very We: shouldn't ‘have let you go away!” ihe said.crossly. : | She-had asked rather suddenly, “Where did mother go anyway, Chris?” ' He had seemed to hesitate a moment before he answered. “Somewhere out of town.” “T know that, but suppose we wanted her rather suddenly.” “Well, I imagine Crosby vould know where to reach her.” “Edith, ‘my darling — ‘don’t b hope died and she would accept the truth that Burk did not mean to write, ever. i CT WAS growing dark in the | living room, Dabney had not lighted the lamps yet, but the tall man who stood in the curve | of the window was plainly vis- | ible. She stopped abruptly. This | man was. too tall for Chris—! Her, heart *began to beat in | hard, thudding jerks that shook her body furiously. Her toi felt dry’ against the roof of her mouth. ‘Had the madness she dreaded’ really overtaken her? Burk Angus said’ very gently, ie alarmed. It’s really I—” He_came and took her hand in his. Even in the gloom she could | see that his eyes were pleading. “I've been such an awful fool, | a Ral I just can es it | without you! larling, jope you feel that way, too!” | | Havana. Mr: Watkins is in the ; Cuban consul in ‘Key+ West,! re-| FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1946 | Your Horoscope | FEBRUARY 15, 1946—Today indicates a person with skill of West In Days Gone By texecution and a certain persist- ence of purpose that goes far tu FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN | ena: in life. But = this ‘ sometimes appears a lused OF FEBRUARY 15, 1996 | State of mind which causes a wan- iene from the right road. Good After residing seven years in/fortune is promised in working Panama and other Latin Ameri-|near home or in the midst of fa- can countries, Mr. and Mrs.|Mmiliar scenes and persons. Joseph N. Watkins and children,| Joan, Martha and Nancy, return-| subject to the Democratic prim- ed home yesterday by way of, ary to be held in June. A: special ‘dispatéh Se | Citizen -totlay from Lala states that a bill, introduced in United States) eh eke 3 de- partment’ 9 | ERs | Berardo Rodriguez _ Valdez, the House, provides:a fund for’ | thaintenance: work in Key “West turned yesterday” from Havana,! harbor. 5 bringing official word that the! EME Cuban government will partici-! Mrs. Warren Watrous, of Hen- pate extensively in the festivities Gerson, N. C., arrived by plane of La Semana Alegre,or the this morning to attend the funer- Week of Joy, that will be held @! services for her brother, Liv- here beginning Sunday afternoon,| ingston Bethel Phillips, who will February 23. Cuban gunboats, a\ be buried tomorrow. marine band and a group of high | Today The Citizen says in an { editorial paragraph: ! “Many who have a worthy aim in life persist in shooting blan\ cartridges.” How To Relieve Old Eugenia talked about Edith all the time. Josie wished she might be at Roselands for her wedding. The place was utterly desolate without Barbara —and as for poor Whit, Dr. Ben- nett said something would have to be done to cure him of the mad obsession for his son. It was going to be bad for the little boy to be the object of such adoration when he grew older. Whit rarely She thought it rather odd that Laura should have gone. zway without telling either Edith or Chris exactly where she had gone. But then tee were al- ways doing odd things these days, it seemed. 2 The lights were coming or. in the shop windows as she turned into her own street. They were like little pools of brilliance on the sidewalks. She was officials will come to Key West, i | Arush of such delightful warm is woblel God. feeling flowed over her that she caught her breath at its loveli- | ness. “Burk! If—if ‘it’s really you | —how did you happen to come?” | “Your mother brought me. She | made me see that pride is silly— | and that nothing is big eneugh to keep two people apar' if th really love each other Her mother! The tears flowed | gain votes or to bolster the taxpayer's | morale. It is doubtful if there is any other ( state in the Union where the residents are | taxed as much as they are in Florida. Tax- payers in other states may pay higher ad valorem taxes, but what we save on that More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Community Auditorium. Judge Jefferson B. Browne, in a State Plant Board case, in which Merlin Roberts was charged with contempt of court for interfering with the board's employes in spraying trees in his yard. Mr. Roberts was fined DON’T LOOK TO WASHINGTON The contyoversy,..over wages and, riges is paralyzing the,countty- The, situ yg-@alls to mind the words of the editor , more theyttyo-y ear ago: ‘Some- n the notteotdistant’ future “we, at , are going to find out what total war ¢ , even though we may never feel the mpact of bombs on our cities. A pretty oed indication of how we are going to can be seen in the gusts of bitter sweeping through the land taxes, subsidies and inflation. They are the prelude to the storm. When hits in full fury, the test of our love of edom will be upon up.” The storm has not hit in full fury even et, but as it builds up, as the terrific cost “total” war begins to be felt, far too | atiy people are seeking the “protection” | gbvernment by decree. Their eyes are <ed on the price-wage’ storm! Thayer? regopnizé the deity menate bf Opprés: igtpiindbheis: side. Th: Avishbrity oF ¢ 1 d all the other anti-inflation’ para- alia, ‘4s! a matter.of principle, “are king @t askaneé‘and are rendbaalt prices. Suppose this) kind of ichicken-hearted, asoniigyhad been indulged in by theymen tiie *rdnt who learidd about total wat e bard way? Suppose those men whosé just their comfort, were at stake 1 said they would not tolerate the haz- of facing the enemy? The answer to whe & nae "Ss er! not A Rl ¥ Will bt tolerate teamed Pe BOREAS score is paid out in other forms of taxes, such, as, for instance, seven cents on every gallon of gasdline-we buy and-four-cents y Mage of cigarettes! —~ ly, the cigarette tax was evolve s mergency measu#©'to offset fhe! loss of Faetrack- fw a opportuni s,ntlarednae abolish that tax, it was,/instead,-tinerfased7Now race- track funds are larger than during any other time in the history of the state, and the four-cent tax on a package of cgarettes still remains in force.. ri 1 Let’s not become so engrossed in minor domestic troubles that we forget the great stake that we have in a properly ordered world. TESTING THE BOMB “Operation Crossroads” is the code ‘name’ thé 'Navy ihas selected for-the-series rofcexpériménts it’ will ‘catry out’ this ydat, 9° ascertain the significance! omb in terms of -sea power. tting,' for these’ tests will: mgunted {ign an, unprecedented -\scale. nd they aay show: ‘that ziavies vas’ the: has a them are a thing of the The »choice by yoasthe plans made: public: by Admiral Blandy, point @learly to the conclusion that fhe) (Navy hot underestimate the potentialities: @f the atomic bomb and is prepared to determine just what it can’ do to a modern fleet under all conditions. alis that the war would have been lost. Today we are going to lose the fight aimst inflation, we are going to lose the and we are going to lose our free- m-unless we stop cringing before the sks of instability that are destined to be ve home front’s part of the total war we | home have talked about so blatantly for ; ie past five years. There is something of far greater im- ortance to every Aimerican than the im- mediate problegi ‘of “prices and. wages. ba ace That something repre of government W nich, é e r it We have imposed upén it a far great responsibility “for our personal». welfa than it was ever intended to endure, Tt has efun to spring at the seams. In short, America must not look to | Vashington for answers to probiems | which not even a dictator could solve. Mees S aeca aD Ee ae Pena 1 ARMY PLANS “While no official announcement has Wi Made, it is understood that the War epartment is considering a plan to stabil- the Army at 1,000,000° men sometime i1M7. Of this force, 400,000 would be Air Force personnel. Already the Army has set a goal of 1,500,000 men by July Ist, 1946. This m@ans that drafted men with two years of setyice will. be discharged.” Thereafter, amd as two-year men are-released, they’ willehaye tobe replaced’ by recruits, sceured either by the yolinteer system. or by. Selective Service methods, ifthe Army {6 maintain a strength sufficient to con- tinf@"fts occupation duties in Germany and Japan. PARES AE SENSE asco There is no better definition of- faith than that given by the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews: “Faith is the sub- stance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” | No fewer than 97 vessels of all types, from battleships down through transports and landing craft, and including Japanese and German ships, will be used as targets. They are to be exposed, successively to at- tacks by bombs exploded above the sur- face, and under water. Tests this year will be conducted on ships lying at anchor in shallow water. -A deep water test is planned later. Sem: 20,000. men will take part in Operation Crgssroads ,and,,they will. be engaged in it’ for:mamvivitonths:rThe first ropped in May, another in eep water attack. will come s the‘cost will besheavy, aly 2 s to be used as guinea pigs are Ww at figures far lower than the investment they represent. In a sense it is almost incredible that the world is about to see all this effort and expense lavished on experiments designed to measure the destructive power of the atomic bomb, Yet it is necessary and it can only be hoped that the knowledge of this fearsome weapon thus gained will be worth its price. This is an election year for all mem- bers of the House of Representatives and for one-third of the Senators, which may explain much of what yeu hear. INTEREST RATES TO’BE LOW There are cautious financiers in the nation today who yearn for the return of the good, old days of high interest rates. They tend to hold down on money lending in the belief that, a little later on, they can get a higher per cent. The policy of the nation is for low in- terest rates. The national debt makes it almost imperative and the national wel- fare makes it inevitable. There is not much chance that money rates, so far as the average borrower is concerned, will go higher. Ss, but when “an ¥ | | t left the house now and was s0 her mother was coming ee that iome to~ nuisance of himself, \. The letter Burk Angus: - emotidns)| been lurking stalking along the way, in Barbara's death. much under foot that he made a did’not mention | She was thinking-now of how that trip to Kentucky began— how, im spite Cob! hervidisturbed | fort over hiss sand; her mother’s wedding, it had stretched before her like. an enchanted journey into some delightful un- known world. It had been an en- chanted journey that led her to Burk Angus, but she could see now that tragedy had always in the shadows, until finally the culmination had come night. She still had faith in her mother to believe that Laura would. help her} work out, the solution, to her life. She had been disappointed, : because Laura. had seemed tovhaye tio word of com it (0) i aaiieH for hot the, other, might. But) she’ had: to believe ‘that’ df ‘everyone’ else’ in the world failed her, Laura would never let her down! é She turned into the doorway of the apartment building, took the elevator and reached her floor quickly. She stopped in the foyer to look over~the mail, still hop- ing that in spite of everything a letter aa ae come one day. She’d keep on looking until at last that unchecked down Edith’s cheeks. No—Laura would never let her down! ite ott | There. were, ja s}ot, of. questions’ | that a to .be..asked: | apaweved bet ‘they ae Dea | wait, Now it was enough to know that Burk’s artis ‘were’ arot i idel' the breathless‘ecstacy® is nearness, to: “know dthat ‘he! would always ke clossibssidezhert hort hee Wee Se She bass art had hoped. for.a:She been thinking al rut at en- chanted journey on which she had started that day, which now seemed so long ago—but in this | moment she knew that her en- | chanted journey had just begun! (The End). Spiritual Food . By J. W. R. READER CONTINUES REVIEW OF SPIRITUAL FOODS The Spiritual Food discussion begun in this column by W. J. R., a) contributing reader, and which ‘drawn ‘favorable comment trom followers “of ‘the ’ editinin, continues today with ‘the ete of 'the' third arti¢ie on tiis ibject. \Tn“his ‘ prévioug' ‘articles! reader showed “us that bfead is npt’only necessary for the natural body but, algo, for, the. spiritual body., That'ls, the ‘bread’ we find in the-Holy Bible. In his latest contribution, “WiR. has’ gone sMuore fully into: the subject. We are cartied' back to thé ‘Old Testament déys ‘of Josep; the dréamer. i But let W.J.R. teach us tije Jesson-we find therein: Bread’ (Continued) Looking back through the pag- es of sacred history we read of the lad Joseph, the owner of the many colored coat, who was call- ea the “dreamer” by his brothers. Being jealous of their father’s tne Midianites. They took him to Egypt, where he was again sold— this time to Potiphar, Captain of Pharoah’s guard (Genesis 37). There in Egypt he grew to man- hood and by God’s grace had the ability to correctly interpret the dreams of two of his fellow pris- coners. Two years after this the Pharoah had a dream which all the magicians and all the wise men of Egypt were unable to in- his’ prégenéé; told hirn;' in mie!SGod'shalP give ansWer “ot pi ? SitHen “he “in! terpretadd the atehny'aa foretell sevén “years ‘of great . pléit: throughout thé ‘latid: followed by seven years of severe famine. Pharoah showed his confidence in his ability by putting Joseph in charge of storing the abund- ence of the harvest during the seven good years, to be kept for the seven famine years which were to follow. He had the full 1esponsibility of “rationing” from the great storehouses—not only to the local Egyptians, but also to the starving countries round about them (Genesis 41). We read in Genesis 41:54: “And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in ALL THE LAND OF EGYPT THERE WAS BREAD.” With this story in mind, let us consider the spiritual aspects ‘of; it» “The. word “Egypt’t' means black—we often speak of-“Egyp- tian darkness”. Black reminds us! of death, and death is the-tesult of: sim. “The wages of ‘sin'is death; but -the -Gift--of -God--is Eternal Life through Jesus Christ our Lord” (Ephesians 6:23). Thus the whole world today, because of sin, lieth in wickedness and it is a dismal prospect.. “And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the. world, and men loved darkness rather than Might, because their deeds were evil” (John 3:19). Man cannot expect to produce food for his temporal needs with- out sufficient amount of light— “dt is fot ‘oah ‘an but! love for the boy, they sold him to} terpret. Joseph, being called into, Winter Cloaks | AP. Newsfeatures ; TROMSO,. Norway, Jan. 15) |The ansiver to how, jritbitants of | war-runied” “Finnmark,.in north-| | ern Norway will survive the wint} ter now is hidden indefinitely be-} hind clouds of Arctic snow. -| The! few. military planes! that! ttaveled between mso' and the! | thore“’northerly” points of” Alta, | Hamnbucht,. Hammerfest and! Kirkenes, are:;weathered, in, and. bods, hick ‘grein’ disepaiy and lack tise ie only. sporadically. But still every loodl:!steamer into Tromsd’ bring$’a "new, group jof people; evacuated from Finn- mark at the time of the German destruction and. now trying to re- turn on the ‘chance of finding their homes intact. Some of these sneak of north jin fishing boats. Othérs remain \in Tromso, whrere they wander! [aimlessly up and down the! ‘streets until the settlement has} ‘the constant appearance of a } { Middle Western boom town on a! Saturday night. Retreating Germans destroyed! fall except four buildings—three } churches and the North Cape Tea House in Finnmark, which once housed 30,000 Norwegians; and 20,000 Laps or Mongolian Nomads. ee A 7 j . Before German, prisoners,.were Tevétuated frorfi’ Fintimdrk: this fall they cleared ont midst of ‘the mines nes Be tne iat sopetasicr) But st: es float aroun: in ete tna ‘barracks, and igloos “with Buu ift insulation: | of peat offer. ae sheltee from! Arctic winds. 3 | Whole settlements are com-) pletely isolated and the food , sunshine—neither can the spirit- ually-starved world today be sat- isfied until “The Light of the; World” has shined into individ-; ual hearts, “For God, who com- manded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our} hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ” (II Cor- inthians 4:6)., We can joyously proclaim to-! day, “THERE IS BREAD IN EGWPT.” Those who have re- ceived the “Bread of Life”, the |Lord Jesus Christ, and have tast- and seer that the Lord is good; have the privilege to pass a the i this is ing done all over the world” “téday. The “Bread of Life” is Still being freély offered to “Whosoever will’ Men and ‘women in-all- walks- of-life-are seeking to “feed” the Spiritually starved; and many have left home and family, friends and earthly comforts, to go forth as mission- aries in foreign lands, carrying the Gospel or Glad Tidings of a crucified and risen Christ to j ‘those who sit in darkness.” Let us thank God for the “Bread of Life” and for these who faith- fully distribute “BREAD” to the spiritually hungry. \ 1 Of Norway Province By HELEN CAMP! | RADIO PROGRAM Fate problem is acute. Oile old man ‘built himself ia log tepee covered with cardboard) about 80’. miles{ south of Hamnbucht, refused’ to}: move. and! asked only ‘a blanket or. tworso: he could winter.! i , | Last spring >t sian, prisoners, were :dug out of Finnmark’s,. snow, -Whether.. the) hardy Norwegians can. survive aj,; | similar;,winter, only the spring thaw will tell. ‘ ee eee | Truman endorses victory cloth- ing collection, ANNOUNCED BY STATION Subject to Change WKWF Where to Listen— 1600 On Your Dial Mutual Broadcasting System (*Designates Network Program) Friday, February 15th 6 P. M, to Midnight News 1600 Club ‘Weather Report 1600 Club Fulton Lewis, Jr.* Louis Jordon ‘ Frank Singiser* . .°’ Inside of Spolase ="! Human Adventure* ’ Think You Know Music? Gabriel_Heatter Real Ti fe pine: tlight, nc seatee Taylor* Jon Gart Trio* Meet the Press* News* Cooper’s Orchestra* Dance Orchestra Orchestra News* Dance Orchestra* Saturday, February 16th 7 A. 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