The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 4, 1947, Page 2

PAGE TWO Publis! wnt Only Datly Ne’ ote : y Monroe County -Btered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter ————— HE ASSOCIATED PRESS is exclusively entitled news dispatches credited credited in this paper, and MEMBER 61 “ The Associated Pr » use for reproduction o: to it or not otherwis . sino the local news published here. BSCRIPTION \VERTISING RATES Known on Appl; iy SPECIAL NOTICE All reading. G respect, ol ~-» charged for at. it Notices for! entertainment by which a reven h « * vommunications, ary notices, MEMBER ——————$ ; he Seen West Citizen Except Sun Pied Publ ‘N, Business Manager = Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets wspaper in Key West and notices, cards of thanks, resolutions poems, etc., be e rate of 10 cents a line, is to be derived are " e Citizenis an open forum and invite als: ¢ issues and subjects of local but it will not publish anonymous IMPRO FOR KEY WEST |” ibocarin BY THE CITIZEN | Mare Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion, Airports—Land and Sea, Consolidation of County and ¢ City Governments. ‘\* 5. Community Auditorium, = “> MONOGRAPIT Harry S. Truman, “President of the United States, “. | Key West,. Florida. Again we have the pleasure of wel- coming you to Key West. May you en- joy every minute of your stay! ~ = ; THE ORACLE. GEN. PATTON ON BRAVE MEN General ‘George S. Patton,.Jr., was a OUR “AMBASSADOR” A man who forever complains about his neighbors should consider well his own mode of life. He may find something in it that is a contributing cause to faults | he finds readily in his neighbors. In a similar manner, one may judge the disposition of a man by what he has to say about a community. We have known of.a few persons who have come here, and complained from the day of their arrival to the day of their leaving. Always they took a parting shot at Key West before going away. They were cantankerous while they were in Key West, and you may be sure they were cantankerous before they came here and after they left here. “It is the nature of the beast,” as the saying goes. Persons of that type are fault-finders wherever they reside. Only a small percentage of Key West- ers know Captain Harold A. Houser, USN, commanding officer in Key West for six months, but every Key Wester can easily determine the type of man he is by read- ing what he had to say about this city on Tuesday, the day before he left for Wash- ing to become liaison officer between the Navy Department and the Senate Military Affairs Committee. His tribute to Key West is well worth repeating: “Some of you no doubt recall the pleasure I expressed some months ago at being assigned to duty in Key West. That pleasure is now matched by the regrets I have at leaving after such a short period of service here. : “I have thoroughly enjoyed the asso- ciations and cooperation which all the citi- zens of Key West have freely given in connection with the solving of, our mutual problems. “In Washington, and such other places as future duty may call me, I intend to constitute myself an ambassador of good will for the city of Key West. I hope to have the pleasure of again visiting Key West and enjoying the incomparable cli- mate which you have here.” You can make many friends if you are willing to keep your mouth shut. CENSORSHIP DANGEROUS Early in the year a radio commenta- ~» picturesque military leader and his record tor assailed a book being used in some of in tha recent war is being suigye ysl anew, | the schools of the nation because it includ- as a result of the posthumous publication | ed a chapter on Henry A. Wallace. of his book; “War As I Knew It.” Thereafter, some citizens of Rocherter, The General made a fair contribution | N- Y., influenced by the radio denuncia- in securing the victory that permits Amer- tion, insisted that the book be banned and = icans to sit around and criticize those who | Withdrawn from classes in biography. of the Bulge. fought the. battles. The campaign of his 3 =+ Third Army across France was unexcelled | With the request but asked the members ~~ and so was its performance in the Battle The school superintendent complied of his board of trustees to read the book and make a decision. This they declined Somewhat surprising is the entry from to do but the superintendent put the book General Patton’s diary, written on January | back into circulation. 4th, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge, when he said: “We can still lose this war.” Not so surprising is his repeated insistence that he could have ended the war in the We have not read the book but the idea that American youngsters must only read what arouses no discussion is noth-. ing less than absurd. To handpick volumes late ‘summer of 1944 if he had been given which contain nothing but the platitudin- permission to strike ahead. ~ Most military experts, however, do not >. agree with this conclusion. They point out = sufficient gasoline and ammunition and ous nonsense that pleases everybody and evokes no intellectual reaction is to stifle true education. The incident tends to verify suspicions ~* that the ‘Third Army, if it had gone far | that censorship, .one of the first weapons afield, would have been subjected to flank | Of fascism,.as well as communism, is liable attacks, might have been cut off and even- to encroach upon the rights of Americans tually destroyed. This debate can keep up | t© read, think and say what they like: It indefinitely but the General’s performance = entitles him to a hearing. ai On the aubject of bravery, the General _. admits that if it means one who knows not ~ fear, “I have never seen a brave man.” He adds, “The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened. The courageous man is the man who forces himself, == spite of his fear, to carry on.” _ FOOD PRICES =. prices upward. These are: 1. Government policy since 1982 of is a dangerous state of mind, now largely based upon the communistic-phobia, to believe that censorship is the way to dis- cover the truth. This is a good time to make up your mind to be more intelligent in 1948. READY FOR THE SHOWDOWN The wheels of Congress are rolling again. Apparently President Truman and Congress will not agree on any program There are three ways in which gov- {to pull Europe out of its hole. Senator + ernment action has served to force food | Taft and other strong men in Congress disagree with Mr. Truman. A large number of Senators and Rep- _ financing public projects and the war | resentatives have toured Europe during money supply. chiefly by borrowing, causing a Swollen | the last few months and unless all indica- tions prove false the Republican maorijity 2. Support of agricultural prices by | in the Senate and House will rise up to law, placing an effective floor under such | oppose unlimited European aid as it has prices, ‘Qe Od a 3. The government-sponesred “export been outlined by the President. The personal views of Senators and ~ Program,’ which has had a considerable’ Representatives—especially in the Re- effect on prices, publican party—have already been made Rising fgod prices haye been much | known. They are preparing to cut down more importantly affected by Federal | costs by one-half. government policies _ recognized, than When the flood came, Noah did not is generally So, there you are—and the chances are that the overflow of money and goods from the United States Government will eventually be put on a basis of continued ask for an appropriation, Probably, he- | relief—from time to time—as long as it ‘cause he did not think of it. is needed by our European chums, $ ‘ THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | lire rere Radio Programs SERS EMUMMRESESSCEES EE : are broade: time Mone gay through Frid eastern two houre. : aa DEC. 1 THROUGH DEC. 5 Morning 9:00—Honeymoon in N. 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LEGALS ~ Plaintiff, PLYORCH E PINKSTAFF ap- e filed 20th “day otherwise ed. therein bE at Key 25th day of No- liam V. Attorney for P’ noy Albury, intiff. ; dec 4-11-18, 1947 mes known deceased. AGAIN d each of you, e of Ma f residence and post office ss of the claimant, by the (Community: Chest | {min D. Trevor, tand John Costar, organized at a ! 1 Slated:For Berlin, BERLIN. — (AP). American} military government. for. Berfin | |has annownced establishment of | a Berlin Community ‘chest. Its! ‘objective is to‘'relieve suffering | and want in the American sec- | ttor of the capital by supplying! telief food, clothing and medi- ' cines to the needy: | (Oneurncegeuentcevcnsenenapvansrneegget gee nn ak Key West In Days Gone By: AS TAKEN FROM FILES — OF THE CITIZEN OF DECEMBER 4, 1937 ANU Auuvenoavtrietagcan yg | Richard Metz, who recently | has been among the top-notchers in the professional golfing world, arrived in Key West today, and tomorrow he will be one of a foursome who will play a round on the course on Stock Island. } The other members of the four- some are Bob Spottswood, Joe | Lopez and James W. Milligan. Osgood Kemp, who is in charge of the starter shop on Stock Is- land golf course, reported to: Sheriff Karl O. Thompson this | morning that burglars broke in- to the shop last night, rifled ; the petty cash box and also stole } golf balls and cartons of cig- arettes. The new Board of Public} Works, comprising Everett Rus- | sell, Norberg Thompson, Benja- } Nestor: Recio, meeting last night. Harold Pin- der was reappointed clerk. Fifty airplanes, which are par- ticipating in the flights to Ha- vana, are due to arrive in Key West Monday afternoon. | Mrs. A. O. Siler, who- had been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Doderidge Russell, left | this morning for Miami. w. J. Peabody and daughter, ; Jane, arrived yesterday to spend | the winter season at their home on Flagler avenue. Mrs. Peabody } and another daughter, Ellen, are expected to arrive on the steam- ship Cuba on Monday. j Annual memorial services ‘of 0) ab A EF He a A yi jorrow afternoon, beginning i :30 o’clock, in the High School ; ‘auditorium. iia Today The Citizen’says in an} editorial paragraph: : “Poetry is Inguage operating in high gear.” \ i eae There are almost 60 species in ; the lily family, all confined to the northern hem isphere- | i Your Grocer SELLS That Good STAR * BRAND AMERICAN ana cuban COFFEE ——Try A Pound Today: ! gratification of the +|the pushing of a ITCHING | Chapter 8 “VOU'VE certainly stirred up the animals with that politi- cal series!” Bill O'Reilly told Jean admiringly. “The day the papers | carried that one about gambling —what an uproar! Meetings at City Hall; all the big brass in a | huddle at police headquarters.”. “I haven’t,seen any denials af | the gambling,” Jean said. “I half- expected jone from City Hally uf know the Mayor's, no friend of gamblers.” ’ “Amen to that; I'd swear by him,” Bill said. “But he’s been so busy settling strikes he hasn’t had enough time to wipe out the bookies and, gambling-joint mob. “I didn’t dare write it without proof,” Jean said, “But gamblers don’t prosper without official con- nivance and a payoff to the right people.” “Not much!” Bill agreed. “They're ying—right through the nose. But there’s plenty left for the mab when cops have been aid off.” He winked mysterious- ly. “Just wait; there’ll be shake- ups at headquarters. Lots of brass turned out to grass! Don’t think the Mayor’s dozing—not after the clamor you started.” “It seems I’ve stirred up some new grief for you, then,” Jean re- inarked, ‘“Now you'll have to watch him for any new break on the gambling situation.” “Don’t apologize,” Bill advised her. “Glad to see things pepping up; gets dull otherwise. All I’ve had Tately is strike stuff and re- ceptions for U.N. delegates.” He waggled his head ruefully. “Some of those Indian names would baf- fle Gandhi! Give me a good, clean city scandal any day!” Jean laughed. “Delegates or scandals—I know they’re in good hands,” she said. “T'll be watching for big doings at City Hall.” Having met Bill on the street, Jean continued to the TN office, dropping in on her day off to see what response the political series had produced nationally. Working the early shift, she did not ordi- narily meet Arter, the department editor, who usually came to work MANHATTAN EDITOR By Gene Gleason . he saw her almost as soon as she entered the office and walked over to greet her. ‘ “Well, Jean,” he said warmly. “Your series has paid off hand- somely. Come over here and look at the exchanges.” He led her to a rack along the wall which car- ried hundreds of newspapers across the country receiving the TN news. He picked out a dozen apers at random, finding jone;‘of er’articles on the front pages of ten of them, a “That’s what I mean,” he said, “Almost. all the (papers used the entire series, and most of them played the article about post-war gambling on page one. We’ve even had one request to reprint the articles in’ booklet form for a col-~ lege class in municipal govern- ent.” She walked back to Arter’s desk with him, : “Yes, I’m really delighted with the response,” he said, “and Pl see that you have more opportu- nities to do features.” He opened a desk drawer and fished in its interior. “Here’s a bonus for the series,” he announced, handing her a check. He reached into an- other drawer and drew out a second envelope. “And you might as well take your regular pay- check while you’re here; they’ve just come down from the treas- urer’s office.” Jean took the checks and, as she did so, noticed Charles Daw- son approaching Arter’s desk. “I just dropped in to pick up my check,” he told Arter. “Figured I'd cash it before the banks close. He made no sign of noticing that Jean was there. “Sure, Charley,” Arter said, taking the check from his desk. “Y’ve. just been telling Jean here what a good play her political se- ries had,” he remarked in passing. “Yeah?” Dawson answered chal- lengingly. “That’s great. Only that series has made them so sore down at City Hall that my news sources are a dead duck.” “That’s not true!” Jean retorted sharply. “The Mayor hasn’t said a word about them—and he’s al- ready investigating police officials to see who's mixed up in gam- bling.” : ‘i “Fine, swell,” said Dawson with cold sarcasm. “All I know is, I’ve got some of my best City H AP Newsfeatures breaks from Jack Callahan, the Mayor's publicity man. Last nigh’, I called him to check a labor story and he wouldn’t even come to tl phone! I can’t see how those ap~ ticles have done us much good .in building up news sources.” t DAWSON seowied, ana walkg away, trying to control temper. Arter turned to Sean ta though their conversation never been interrupted. He quaess tioned her about her ambitions in the TN organization and :re. peated his promise to advance her as rapidly as possible. When Jean came to work ‘that night, Dawson looked at her sour- ly_and commented: Little Miss Scoop! Just around a few more of those stink- bomb features and I won't be able to get a story out of the City Hall janitor.” “Oh, I see,” Jean said! with elaborate sweetness, “I thought you were getting most of yours from him; they read like it.” Dawson snarled a repay, but Jean ignored it. Taking no further notice of him, she started. writing the night’s stories and presently forgot that he was there. She con- tinued writing, with few inter- ruptions, until a few minutes after 3 o’clock, when Ross Mercer, the news supervisor, stopped at her desk. “The late editions of the tab- loids have a story about a shake» up in the police department an- nounced from City Hall a few hours ago.” Ross said. “Do we have arithing: on it?” Dawson, who had just finished clipping the morning aper: Heese up and commented Bitter? ly: “No, we haven’t got a word, And you know why?” t “Why?” Ross asked. “Because that gambling stuff that Saunders wnote has made everyone at City Hall so sore they won’t give us:a thing!” Dawe son snarled. Jean protested hotly, but she could see that some of what Dawe son had said took effect with Mer. cer. When Mercer took the report back to Arter, she realized, it would add one more victory in Dawson’s war to discredit her, - allt (To be continued) sk-rtly after she finished. 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