The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 27, 1946, Page 2

?AGE TWO ihe Key West Citizen Published Daily, Except Sunday, by L. BP. ARTMAN, Owner and Publisher JOE ALLEN, Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets te Culy Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County ntered at Key West, Florida,,as,second elass matter MEMBER OF THEASSQCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to -8e for republication of all news dispatches credited 4, it or not otherwise credited in this paper and xiso the local news published ‘here. SUBSCREPPION RATES ne Year - Six Months ihree Months ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions cf respect, obituary notices, poems, ete. will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. N s for entertainment by churches from n © revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites dis- sion of public issues and subjects of local or eral interest but it will not publish anonymous tommunications. A 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. ED” = “FOR I WAS(ANJHUN Lf President Trugaar “nie yRED" i state 7 people face starvation and™even ‘actual ha death for want of food today than in any previous war year” and adds, “ more than in all the war years combined.” The President has appealed to the people of this country to acept sacrifices, necess to ease a food crisis that threatens millions of people in the Allied end liberated nations. The Chief Executive expressed his confidence that the people of this country will not “withhold or stint their cooperation while their fellow-men n other lands suffer and die.” ‘The facts upon which the President’s appeal is based are startling. With the food;situation critigal in the Far East and Europe, disastrous cyclones and drought have qppioaain imRaeed AT eNe ore IP pects_in Africa, Australia, India and Ar- In- -addition, -China--and---the area have been. devastated by gentina: Ukraine war. The Emergency Economic, Committee or Europe reports. that 140,000,000 ner. sons on the Contingnt will livé on an avers age diet equivalent to only four-fifths of what or experts consider a daily minimum afety. In addition, another 100,000,- 000 will have té exiat, if possible, on a ‘diet of little more than half the daily require- ment for good health. We have called attention to the serious threat of starvation in Europe and t Far st before, but we give these additional figures in order that our readers will understand the necessity for some sacrifice in regard to our food supply. It is hard to realize the desperate plight of millions of people, but the actual starya- tion in Europe involves a population equal to that of the United States and all other countries of the Western: Hemisphere, The only way we ¢ar':contiitite to the prevention of suffetifiz’ avi feath “is making certain, that a substantial amount of food leaves, this country, regard: less of slight -inconveniences: in» our! own: Pious’ proclamations of concern ‘over te of inriocent men, women and hildren will put nothing in their mouths, inless the people of this country back up their sympathy with the shipment of food. If President Truman’s estimate of conditions in Europe is correct, the civil- i Christian world faces a challenge un- alled in recorded time. It is not too h to say that the extent to which they | are willing to meet the needs of suffering human beings is something of the measure of their belief in the religious principles they espouse. . Utopia is the place where one can find white shirts and nylons; plenty of these and sugar, too. To procrastinate is to make an ap- pointment with opportunity to “call again tomorrow”. Embxaee opportunity when it comes; it may nét'pass your way again. One of the most. significant movements underway in these days of over-organiza- tion is the welding together of some 2,000 taxpayers asséi@lions, throughout the country. It y a “grass roots” government in An era when the well-or- ganized few are trampling on the rights and hopes of the unorganied many. It has longs been evident. that such an upsurge would come in time and now is the right time. c: fil perhaps | GIVE AND TAKE OF LIFE Don’t be squemish or hypersensitive. The writer of that advise has made num- erous observations of a critical nature, for it has been his business to make them since the turn of the century, but, in mak- ing them, he has been aware that he leaves himself open to criticism. He has been the butt not only of criticism but of abuse also but his invulner- ability has. not been pierced’. since. his youth. Let us cité only one. instance: he wrote many an editorial about’ ‘the ‘late city council, taking it to task chiefly. for its apparent lack of thrift in spending the taxpayers’ money, so one night, at 4 coun- cil meeting, a councilman roundly criticiz- ed the writer, and the next day another councilman wrote a column and a quarter about the criticism of the other council- man. \ But the writer has not said a word, though a year has passed, to either coun- cilman about the criticism. He viewed it as just so much grist going through the mill. But, it may be said, he must have boiled inwardly over the verbal attack. The truth is, he did not simmer; his feel- ings toward the councilmen were the same after the attack, as they were before it was made. The councilman who made the attack t have been &iware writer had no ntment, becalisse ®h, the to whom thes¢o mone s ed his ‘ e | was given assuratice .of the Ma) fi | intention to run tor of! port. Indeed, the nearer the primary comes,’ the harder the writer “pulls” in be- half of the councilman who turned loose his invectives against the writer at a pub- lic meeting in city hall a year ago. All of which leads to this observation: we know of sundry Key Westers, and one in particular, who are given to criticising, but when anybody hits back at them, anger turns their faces red and glints in their eyes, and they fret and fume, and spew maledictions, which betoken an un- balanced attitude toward life. ing that .ldssaxing ; 2 “If you-can’t take it;-don’t-give it.’ hace Toss Some 200 children of strikers in Phil- adelphia, four to twelve years of age, have learned the tegh que off picketing early. oS veekoritn gidket lingB against a local éplant:‘ It’ ‘doesh’t~seent” fair to inculcate ‘hatred into the hearts of these youngsters so early in Jife. ra ¥ * -OUR 'FO6D PROSPECTS The Department of Agriculture says the consumption of wheat products in this country continues higher than before the war despite the President’s recent decision to extract more flour from wheat so that the hungry abroad can be fed. Predicting that the food supplies in the present year will equal our appetities but not our buying power, the Department lists sugar, butter, meat, canned fish, fats, rice and canned meats as foods that will be somewhat short, The report points, out that per,capi food/-supplies: are 1:about: twelve: per ce below pre-wai levers in bent wh is “ih) shatp Yonteast™ With he situatio here, where, the, nutritive, value..of. 1946 supplies. is.expected to, be equal to that of 1945. This is considerably higher than dur- ing pre-war years. An average of 3,360 calories per person per day is forecast, compared with 3,250 for the 1935-39 period. Well, let’s see, who and what struck ; today besides the town clock. NO TIME TO REDUCE TAXES Reflecting the general prosperity of the country, Federal tax collections in 1945 reached: a» record-breaking total of $43,352,715,621. Of this amount, , individual ,,income corporation income taxes’ totaled ‘$14, 471,- We call. attention to these figures be- cause of the action of Congress last year in reducing taxes by an estimated $5,000,- 000,000. The tax colleetions show very plainly that the people of this country are enjoying a prosperity that has been caused | largely by spending for the purposes of war. It would be nothing but fair for those enjoying high incomes, during the present period, to pay high taxes and thus make a definite contribution to the payment of the expenses of warfare. !Pon’teriticize, if you insist on being | on the giving end of’ cism all the time, fea Pes taxes contributed $19,885,275;248 and_|, 3° 734,838) | ~ rae ee DARK POWER BY ELISABETH HOLDING 2 Chapter 10 wut considerable curiosity, she opened the scrap of paper. to see what Wren wanted to say to her. “Nine o’clock. J. F.” “I will go!” she thought. “He wouldn't ask me if it wasn’t impor- tant. He’s—trustworthy.” It, occurred to her that Mrs. Frick's letter might contain some explanation of Fennel. She felt in her pocket for it. The ten-doll: bill was there, and the note , had just given her, but Mrs. Frick’s letter was gone. “Tt must have dropped it up in Uncle Rufus’s room,” she thought, very much distressed. “Well, F cer- tainly can’t go. to look for it now. Tihave to wait.” This was a singularly unpleasing idea, for she was morally certain that Aunt Emma would read the letter if she saw it. “She'd do anything she wanted to do.” thought Di. Just then she caught sight of a figuie breasting the hill. outlined clearly against the pale. clear sky. Tt was Miles, handsome and debon- air and cheerful. “Yd better tell you, Miles, there’s bad news. Poor Uncle Ruf- nea” “There couldn’t be any news bad enough about him.” said Miles, “No, seriously, Miles, he’s very} Pe ara He’s always getting ‘very wwe ; Pilot And she, who had in her tithe ene] dured.so much. and with such for+ tit (began to cry. esis ile ked at, her, astounded, “Diana!” he said, really alarthed by her tears. “DIANA!” said Aunt Emma’s voice. “Will you be kind enough to cook the dinner?” Di gianced up, so startled that she forgot the tears still wet on her cheeks. “Wren will have to sit with your Uncle Rufus.” said Aunt Emma. “He won't havé-ahyone else with him: (he won’t even see Doctor Coat. So I'll have to ask you to help me out. There’ll be the Doctor and Mr. Purvis and your Uncle Peter] and Miles and you and I—six of us. Justia simple dinner. naturally.” “But--I'm awfully sorry—” said Di, “but—I’m afraid I don’t know “Very well!” said Aunt Emma. “Then. Miles, you and your father will: have to cook the best sort of dinner you can. Perhaps Diana wil be able to turn on the light in the dining-room and put the chairs at the table.” “She and I will get your dinner,” said Miles..“There’s nothing Diana can’t do, when she puts her mind on it.” Aunt Emma turned. and walked off, erect and composed. The larder was disconcertingly bare. They found one tin of soup which they diluted lavishly .with water: they found a slab of bacon and six eggs. anda large vegetable which baffled them. “Those bananas—” said Miles. “They seem-pretty crude... Can’t ‘we make some tasty little what- fHot’gut of them!Mash them?” * His good-humor, his-willingness, the preparation of that.din- nets thes pleasantest; hour, Di, had, spent in,a long fime. She was sp uaminealy glad to, laugh again. She forgot. ‘for that hour, alf her’ anxietiés.’ she €ven forgot por Unele Rufus. i af “Now!” she said, at last. “T think we've done all the harm we can, If you'll please start setting the table while I dart upstairs and brush my res @ ) 4 hair. I'll help vou when I come down. I shan’t be a minute!” And then, as soon as she reached the upper corridor. hes happiness deserted her: she was in another world now. where there was no youth. no laughter. only sordid sus- Picion! and ehilly loneliness. Her conscience, Petneenge pee . ufus for having forgotten Uncle ‘After all, she was staying here only on ‘his ‘account: she’ had’ money ‘enough to Jeave now: nothing kept her but ‘her promise to hitti. “T'll just look in anid sée him,” she thought. “And speak to Wren.” She went down the dim corridor to Uncle Rufus’s room, and knocked softly at the door. There was no answer and she hesitated to knock louder. for fear of disturbing the old man. She tried the knob and the door opened. To her surprise, the room was ; black. and from the open window a current of air blew cold on her face. “Wren!” she whispered. There was-no answer; no sound at all. Fear seized her: she stepped back into the hall and closed the door again. But she knew she must go back. She could not leave the old man there alone in that dark wind- { swept room. Once more she | opened the door and felt for the switch; she turned it, but no light came. “Wren!” shi “Please answe: mat ope! wae Ro other a a jpdd her, way, towar 254 id. witha théught that turned: ff She felt ed hee'b]dbd td ice. ° But the bed was empty. over it, from head to foot, and it was empty. (To be continued) Your Horoscope | Tactful and resourceful, and} rather fortunate in friends, you! will need all your abilities to withstand the attacks of fortune. If the minor aspects are favor-} able, there is opportunity for suc-| cess; if not, it will be better to keep in the shallow waters of life. In all events, walk cautious-/, Key West In Days Gone By FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN OF FEBRUARY 27, 1936 A street dance, beginning at § 4 ara eyening, will be inc tee gouinere og het wean ‘dhama and, Dyyel,, streets, in -|.connection with the, bration ~}of..La Semana.,Alegra, News 1600 Club. Weather Report 1600 Club Fulton Lewis, Jr.* Louis Jordan Arthur Hale, News* What's That Song?* Fresh Up Show* Gabriel Heatter* Real Life Stories* Spotlight Band* Radio Auction* Dance Orchestra Jesting With Jesters All the News* Earl Roth Orchestra* Dance Orchestra Dance Orchestra Sunfise Serenade ‘Weather Report Sunrise Serenade News Sunrise Serenade Frazier Hunt, News* Sunny Valley Program Resume Meditation Tick Tock Time* Fun With Music* Cecil Brown, News* Elsa Maxwell* Take It Easy Time* Victor Lindlahr* Noon to 6 P. M. Lyle Van, News* Morton Downey, Songs* Weather Report Siesta Serenade Lopez Music* John J. Anthony* Cedric Foster, News* Smiletime* Queen For A Day* Names in the News Songs ‘for Everyone Remember* Dance Orehestra Erskine Johnson” The Johnson Family* Melody Hour* Pete Howe* Superman* Captain Midnight* Tom Mix* a ge SSSesas seu The body. of Charles B, Fogarty arrived thi Pigés, and. funeral, services , will be held this afternoon in. Lopez! chapel, with the Rev. A. B. Dit mick, rector of St. Paul's, ‘o: chat or as The Citizen reprints’ today an arti¢le about’, fi i ; waters that was’ W! He ‘by Frea P. Bradford, an. authority on angling, Miami Daily News. Beginning tomorrow, the Key — t West art gallery will be open ‘from 10 o’clock till noon and ‘from 2 to 6 p.m. ,morning from Bay; if Tocal! and published in the, Fern Chapter, Order of Eastern votes.” WROTE MANY BOOKS MILWAUKEE. — Horatio Al-} ; ger, who wrote more than one hundred books for boys, also’ | produced a volume of poems and! several girls’ books. SEVEN STATES VISIBLE BALTIMORE. — Seven states | visible from the top of, Look- ‘na, Georgia, Virginia-and;Ten- | nessee, (1 Star, entertained ).yi bers of the order at a -meeting. held Monday night: in Scottish Rite Hall. : Key West Garden Club opened its flower show yesterday: after-/ noon at the public library, _., Mrs. Joseph Pearlman, left th) morning on a visit to Miami. seni Mr. and Mrs, Norberg ,Thomp-' son, who had been visiting in, Haiti, returned this morning by plane. Today The Citizen says in an | editorial paragraph: “Silence may be golden but it doesn’t bring the politicians any) | cut Mountain in Tennessee, Ala-., ;bama, Kentucky, North , Carpli-~\ WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 27, 1946 FOCUSING BY LENS New York.—The cornea-of the fish’s eys is flat and all thé fo- | cusing is done by the lens of the: + eye. 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