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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1940-03-01
WE HAVE HAD TO-DAY

WE HAVE HAD TO-DAY
Maybe not tomorrow nor year
from now
But today you love me I'm content,
Here we stand together on Parnas-
sus' brow
Among the stars Of loves own firm
ament.
Can the rose forever keep its fam
ing hue?
Does the waning moon took cold and
gray
While I walk the earth roads lonely
OF with you
shall not mind 70, we have had
today.
This poem appeared recently in
the American Weave magazine. Mrs
Stuil. Dayton woman, has been ac-
corded place in the sunshine among
writers Of verse, because Of her Vi
brant expressions Of serene beauty
Send in your origina poem to.
(Addreas) POETRY EDITOR.
by THE RIVER OF LIFE
a Space for Literary Effort
Charlest r. H. Johnson
Dayton Forum,
414 w. Fifth Street
Dayton, Ohio
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24
YOUTH ACCEPTS DRAFT
And Merry Christmas

For several years certain youth or
g2nizations and some college students in the
United States, instigated by subversive ele-
ments and Pacifists. nave rather loudly eX-
pressed their determination never to fight
for their country 1t was feared by many
that the spread of this idea might weaken
the nation.
These pacifist groups were particularly
active while the draft bill was being dis
cussed in Congress. Yet a Gallup poll
showed that 68 per cent of American boys
between q and "a were willing to give a
year to military training in time of peace,
while 81 per cent in the 16 to p age group
expressed willingness to serve.
Since the passage OF the selective serv-
ice law, even the pacifist minority has had
little to say. and opposition to the draft has
died to a whisper With the crushing of
peaceful nations by the tOtalitarlan powers
has come the realization that American
freedom is in danger, and the young men of
the nation have responded nObly to the call
for service.
With few exceptions, they realize their
responsibility and accept 1t willingly. Ihey
are coming to understand that our liberties
were bought with sacrifice. and must be
maintained the same way when danger
threatens.
All of Us regret that world events have
m?de sacrifices on the part of our young
men necessary. But it is a source of
patriotic pride that they illustrate the fact
that America is still 1.-The land of the free
and the home of the brave"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE
KEY WEST CITY COUNCIL

Gentlemen of the City Council,
are the ordinances in the city
books applied to every citizen in
Discriminatory. or. are the said or
dinances applied only to some of
the citizenry and not to others?
IalWayS take out my occupa-
tiOnal licenses and pay my personal
tax on the 1st day of October of
each year. This year did not get
out license for a meat market as
| did not intend to operate one.
However, on the 23rd, / went be-
fore the collector, MIR. Sam Pin
der, for the purpose of obtaining
meat market license and offered
to pay same in three weekly in
Stallments, as l was short of cash,
and | was bluntly refused.
The license is worth S4376-a
ridiculous amount for a meat
market license. Never in the his
tory of the Island City have we
paid higher occupational licenses
and received less protection and
service from the city We don't
even have garbage collection un-
less we pay for it to private
operator. Yet the collector tells
me that there are $4,000 unpaid
occupational licenses outstanding,
meaning that a great number of
business places are operating
without a license.
II is time that fairness and equal
justice be dispensed to everyone
within the confines of our COM
munity if we want to progress and
avoid the caustic criticism that we
hear wherever we 60.
LOUIS BANCELLS.
Key West, Fla,
Dec. %. 1910
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24
SAYS OUR PLANES ARE ALL RIGHT

William Stout, American airplane de-
signer. insists that statistics prove that the
American P-36 pursuit ship has been vic
torious in three out of four battles with
German MeSSerSchmittS
Denying that our planes are inferior to
foreign makes the designer asserts that
faults are minor and can be easily remedied.
The engines are far superior and such faults
as armor plating and the number of ma
chine guns are minor problems.
The American warplane is funda-
mentally all right" he persists, land all We
reed is to put it on the production line
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24
CLASSIFIED
COLU MN

Advertisers should give Their
street address as well as Their
telephone number II they desire
results
Payment for classified adver-
tisements Is invariably IN ad-
vance, but regular adverfiserz
with ledger accounts may have
their advertisements charged
Advertisements under TINS head
VIII be inserted n The Citizen -
the rate Of one-cenf (lc) a zord
for each insertion, but the mir
mum for the first insertion N
every instance Is twenty-five
cents Csc.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24
CHRISTMAS EDITORIAL

Editor. The Citizen:
Although the exact date of the
birth of Christ Jesus is not known
we may approximate the date by
reasoning upon Gods Word:
Christ Jesus was brought forth
under the Law of Moses, in which
we find the following: Take the
sum of the sons of Kohath.
from thirty years old and up
ward. even into fifty years old,
all that enter into the host. TO do
the work in the tabernacle of the
congregation" Numbers abb
Saint Luke writes: Now when
all the people were baptized, it
came to pass, that Jesus also be-
ing baptized, and praying. the
: heavens were opened. And Jesus
himself began to be about thirty
years of age" -Nuke 3:21 ,230
From Daniel 9:26,27 l quote the
following: And after three score
and two weeks shall Messiah be
cut off, but not for himself.
And he shall confirm the covenant
with many for one week: and in
the midst of the week he shall
cause the sacrifice and bloation
! to cease" A footnOte in the
DCuay (Catholic) Version of the
Bible says: Christ preached
three years and a half: and then
by his sacrifice upon the cross he
abolished all the sacrifices of the
law"
1t is a fact that Christ Jesus
was crucified about the first day
of April (the year unknOWn) If
he taught three years and a half
he must have begun his ministry
about October first. According
to the Law of Moses he might
have been thirty years old when
he began to preach therefore 1t
reasonably follows that he was
born some time near the first of
October. He certainly would not
have waited from December I'M
til the next October TO begin, nor
Is it reasonable that he would
have begun three months before
he reached his majority. God 5
workings are not done in such a
manner. Moses was admOnished
of God when he was about to
make the tabernacle: or, See,
saith he, that thou make all
things according to the pattern
showed TO thee in the mount. :"
HebrewS 8:50 There are many
other things which I should be
glad to bring 10 your attention,
but which / do not consider ex-
pedient in a letter of this kind
The above treats the subject
fully, although the manner
whereby the three and one half
years is obtained may be found
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24
CAN YOU?
By EDWARD II. ]. GoSSELIN

Can you put aside the cares that
press you,
The ills and worries that distress
you?
Smile while being down and out.
With never a single sigh about
What the next tomorrow brings
And the next and next. and
things?
While nothing short of dark dis
aster
Follows on and follows faster,
By the fates that nearly down
yOu,
And the many sorrows almost
drown you?
Does YOUR faith run short of
doubling,
While your friends are ever
shouting,
1T can't be done. 4 told you
So,
'Nothino comes save grief and
woe;
The Il is this: You're simply
doting
On the grim. unyielding, stern,
fOrboding".
Can YOU plod on, with reed and
shuttle
Without the web you weave.
warp and muddle?
Bring in by night a page unblot-
ted,
MAX each returning day bene-
diction;
It's n':ipt close hallowe'ed vale
diction
Your conscience clean at setting
sun?
If So your rests ASSURED, your
guerdOn'S won
Can you?
Key West. Fla,
Dec. %, 1910.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24
CHRISTMAS IN AMERICA

Guns thunder in Europe, in Egypt,
China and on the high seas Fast-flying,
dcath-dealing bombers rain devastation up
on tie capitals of the World Some say the
civilization of the 1905 is doomed to ashes,
as were the civilizations of ancient Rome,
Greece and Maya. Men are out to kill one
another There is blood on the face of the
Sun.
And tomorrow is Christmas-the nine
teen hundred and fOrtieth anniversary of
Christs coming to bring Peace on Earth and
Good VIII to Men.
Tomorrow will be a pretty pathetic
day in the most highly cultured part of the
World; that part from where our forebears
came-EurOpe.
In Once-gay France, where Noel was
the most joyOusly celebrated season of the
ertire year, there echoes the heavy, master
ful tread Of hOb-nailed Nazi troops.
In the fatherland of these same troops
-Germany-peoplea are eating dog meat
when they can get it.
In proud little England the air raid
sirens scream prelude to death. The odds
are about , to l that many British Christ
mas dinner will be interrupted by a
scramble for bomb shelters.
Ir Norway. Denmark. Poland, HOl-
land. SlOvakia-in a dozen nations where
this time two years ago peace and merri-
ment reigned supreme-there is misery.
hunTcr and sadness.
But tomorrow sometime you and will
take our places at gaily decorated tables
laden with turkey and choice viands and we
will not, unless we read the daily paper,
even know that elsewhere in the world
millions are suffering and starving. We
will not be aware that ''Over there Christ
mas IS a CHASTITY mOckery.
WE ARE AMERICANS!
We are free to worship. free to GO
about our business as usual, free to express
ourselves and to read the happenings of the
World in an uncensOred press.
So tomorrow. whether 1T your church
or in your nome. stop for a minute and give
up humble thanks for the Stars and Stripes
and what that glorious banner represents.
And perhaps, if you'd like to. offer up
prayer for those vast legiOns who are not so
fortunate.
And Merry Christmasi
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24
Key West Christmas

Christmas brings to us no ice snow
And we know not of the hOlly's glow,
No candies CLEAN on mistetOe
But here is Yule-tide as we know.
At dawn the South wind; gently play
With little clouds upon their way,
And rustic the tops OF tall palm trees,
Then stOOr to kiss the opal seas.
And here are roses bathed in dew
That are sweeter far than the fragrant yew;
And when it's Christmas in this town,
The gay pOinsettia dOns gown
With velvet skirt of crimson red
And wears crown upon her head.
When night comes down or silent feet,
And myriad stars CLEAN above each street,
Then comes to mind story old,
Of Christ, babe, in nanger cOld
And down the years we hear again.
A message of goodwill to men.
MARIE CAPPICK.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24

England is slowly dragging the United
States into this European war, and the
game is being played in the same cautious
but insidiOus manner that led to our in
volvement in the World war. First, as now,
Great Britain asked fer the production of
our factories, not man power; then she
asked for naval help to fight the sub
marine menace; finally we were inveigled
into sending our armed forces. because as
she is repeating now, 1t is our war they are
fighting as much as theirs"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24
BEVERAGE MADE
BY KEY WESTERS

Pepsi-Cola, that sparkling brac-
ing beverage. is again represented
in The Citizens popular business
directory in another section of this
issue.
Pepsi-Cola is bottled in Key
West under the st7icteSt sanitary
conditions and people of this city
are invited to inspect the plant
All labor used in the production
OF Pepsi-Cola is local.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24

Jesse II. Jones. Federal Loan Admins
traitor says that the only one who can lend
Britain money is Congress. You are wrong.
jesse, only the people can lend Britain
money; Congress hasn't got any money.
Nor has the Administration any money ex-
cept that which it eXactS in taxes or Dor
rows from the people.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24

Fort Myers has parking meter system
and soon Key West will find it expedient to
ulate Duval Street congestion and in
cidentally to help reduce taxes The matter
Of resulting graft must be considered if and
when such system is adopted
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24
WANTED TO BUY

WANTED TO BUY-Fireuraar
and burglar-prOof Safe Tnslde
dimensions not less than Is
inches square. Box CD. Tn
Citizen. dec1s-zr
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24
PEOPLES FORUM

by a careful study of Ezekiel 4:6;
Revelation 11:2, IL.
j. E. CARNEY.
Key West. Fla,
Dec. %. 1910.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24

The love of liberty is as natural and as
inevitable as the love of life itself The OPP
pressed and suppressed liberty-loving peO-
pies of Europe will some day revolt against
the brutal dictatOrS.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24

The longest nonstop railway
passenger run in the United States
is 324-5 miles. between Salt Lake
City and Caliente, New
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

3 Water and Sewerage
2 More Hotels and Apartments
3 Beach and Bathing Pavilion
1 Airports-Land and Sea
5 Consolidation Of County and City Gov
cTnmentS.
A Modern City Hospital
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24

President Wilson was reelected in
1916 largely because he had kept us out
Of war" And was forced to take US into
one five months later
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24

Strange that none of these folks who
know exactly how to ruE the Government
ever land place in Washington.-Win
ston-Salem Journal. But they have.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24

The main business of every citizen of
Key West is to improve the community by
improving himself. That's the only way it
can be done.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24

We learn of the number Of folks that
autos kill but we don't get the number of
folks that autos broke.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24

A lot Of fellows who tore their shirts
for their favOrite candidates have already
become forgotten men,,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24

Popular humOrists are highly paid. but
some Of the funniest people do not get cent
for being that way.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24

The Italians have an old prOverb which
says. 1T is only the truth which irritates a
man" Get that-Mr. Mussolinil
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24

Surgeons could give lot Of inside IN
formation concerning their patients.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24
FASHION NOTES

lHy Assoriated Presal
Report from the New York re-
sort fashions market says beach
bags are bigger than ever. Color
full satin, hOpsacking and canvas
make lots of them.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24

A senator says Americans are not tax
conscious later
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24

Kindness, unfortunately, is too often
its own reward
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24

Pompadour hats are going
places in New York these nights.
They're net skull caps topped
with feather fronds, plumes or
leaves of jet black plastic
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24

Miami can pull your leg or your tooth
nth equal suayity.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24

A single rosette of brilliants
set into the side of a pompadour
is trump trick, especially if you
are wearing other jewelry.
Quaint indeed is the idea of TAX
ing several of these big brilliant
SwirlS tn make a top-knot splash
as substitute for grandmother's
perfect pompadour.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24

GlamOruS models in one New
York agency are selected on the
basis of a well-Scrubbed look
which. its head says, is an Amer
lean ideal.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24
WANTED
PICTURE FRAMING

PICTURE FRAMING, Dipl0mss-
antique frames refinished SlEn
painting Paul DiNeEro. e1z
Francis street. novl8-tf
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24
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BUREAU REPORT


Observation taken al 7:30 a. IN
18th Mer. Time (city Office)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24
FORECAST

CTin 7:30 .. m, Wednesday,
Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy with mild temperature to-
night and Wednesday: gentle TO
moderate variable winds.
Florida: Partly cloudy in
south, occasional rain in north
portion tonight; Wednesday part
ly cloudy. possibly showers IN
extreme north portion; mild tenn
perature-
c.. S. KENNEDY,
Official in Charge.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24

Informal modern lamps give
zip to room. whether its decora-
ton is early American or in the
modern American way. Old mate
rails are combined with modern
metals and plastics.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24

NFinc Direction and VelocifY
SW-2 miles per hour
Relative Humidity
95re
Barometer at 7:30 q. m. today
Sea level. 29.85 QOIO.8 millibars)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-24

Key West. Fla,
Dec. %, 1910.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-30
COURT DECISION IN
TRUST FUND CASE
Clipped From Daily
Paper Published Last
Week Friday

Under the heading Supreme
Court Decisions" appeared the
following which pertains to the
trust fund case of the First State
Bank:
Stearns County. Cooper, v. Rien,
trustee, Respondent. Appellants
(plantiffs) have appealed from an
order modifying prior one which
had set aside defendants appoint
ment as a cotrustee-of the assets of
a reorganized bank. BY the modif-
ying order defendant was author
lied to prosecute to final judg-
ment in action then pending in
Ramsey county wherein defendant
is plaintiff and the present plain
tiffs and others are defendants.
The bringing of that action had
Heretofore been specifically auth
orized by the court.
Held, that inasmuch as the court
had plenary jurisdiction of the res,
the claimed defect respecting no.
tice of Rien's appointment as CO.
trustee, which was claimed to be
inadequate, was a mere irregular
ity; that the said appointment was
not void, and that the courts order
directing him to judgment in the
mentioned suit was within the
courts discretionary power and
was under the circumstances here
existing properly exercised.
Affirmed, julius J. Olson, ].
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-30
Naomi Chapter Honored
MIR. and Mrs. w. A. Kohl
CONTINUED from Page One)

cept the same was made upon the
offer Of better remuneration and
greater security.
At the close Of the program, Mrs.
Leon Veeder, Worthy Matron of
Naomi Chapter, presented Mr.. and
Mrs. Kohl with a beautiful gift,
the token of appreciation for val
ued service and remembrance of
lasting friendships made during
their residence in Sank Centre.
Following the program, the
guests and Star members gathered
in the large lodge room and spent
the evening in an entertaining and
social way. Mr.. Kohl played sew
eral piano selections and Mrs. Kohl
sang, both responding graciously to
the requests of their many friends.
Other entertainment included sing
ing by Miss Leila Beck and Chuck
Rattle, as well as community sing
ing by the group
Mr.. and Mrs. Kohl and family
came to this city nine years ago,
and they took active parts in COM
munity service. They left Tuesday
for Hackensack, their summer
home on Ten Mile lake, where they
spent a few days. They returned
to this city on Thursday and Mr..
Kohl returned to Evanston, Illinois,
to continue his work. Mrs. Kohl
and Douglas will spend the sum-
mer at Ten Mile lake. When the
family leaves for Illinois later,
they will make their permanent
home at st. Charles, Illinois.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-05-30
Congress Acts ON Defeuse

On Friday, last, the House with
but one dissenting vote passed the
Emergency National Defense bill,
which authorizes unlimited expan-
sion OF the Army Air Service and
for speeding up the production of
munitions and supplies. The Senate
has already acted upon another
Army appropriation bill which car
ries 1928 million dollars. 1t is plan
ned to speed up production to a
point that will give the Navy an
air force of ten thousand planes
with sixteen thousand pilots and.
and probably a larger force for
the Army.
Industrialists say that it will
take several years for them to be
ready to carry out such an ambit-
ious program with the speed that
Is being demanded.
AS a people, we never do things
by halves and when occasions like
this arise we are apt to think with
our emotions. We are all set to get
steamed up like we did back in
1917. We will have our spy hunts,
meatless and sugarless days, day.
light saving, and all the other gy-
rations so dear to the heart OF
America in unusual times. We
have already mortgaged the future
of four generations. Perhaps we
may succeed in mortgaging a
couple more generations before the
investors wake up to the fact that
the Federal Treasury is empty.
National defense is always ser
ius matter, and it is particularly
so now, but the way in which we
F, are going at it cannot but bring
smiles. The party in power hasn't
| the courage to ask Congress to
raise the debt limit before election,
! neither does it dare to bring out a
new tax bill at this time, so it is
probable that more currency will
be issued for a while and after
election will come the I.O.U's.
Congress Should Not Adjourn
Administration leaders say that
Congress can wind up its program
by the middle of June and adjourn
sine die. In the opinion of many
it would be the height of folly for
Congress to go home while Europe
is aflame. When this Congress ad-
| journs it cannot re-assemble ex-
cept by proclamation of the Presi-
dent, and 1t is pretty certain that
he will not issue such proclamation
unless the need for more money
should arise. Roosevelt believes in
one ring shows, with himself as
ringmaster. To him Congress is but
a necessary evil that is better dis.
banded. Certainly, shall do every
thing within my power to oppose
| adjournment.