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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-06
ODDS AND BOOK-ENDS
By TOMMY MURRAY

Fugitive Flowers. picked in
a Garden Of Books. A Christ
mas Carol originally contained
fifty thousand words; II has been
ct1t down 70 twelve thousand
The first book written on what
IS move American soil WIS True
Relations by Captain John
Smith subject. The Virginia
Colony John Runyan, author
Of Pilgrims Progress was. in
prison for twelve years and
while there made shoestrings to
earn 4 living for hK family
The early fiction OF John Gals
worthy was published under the
pen-name of John Senjohn. j.
jonathan Swift (Gulliver's Trav-
els1 died a mailman, and IN his
viii left all his property to the
Saint Patrick's Asylum for luna
tics 8 S. Van Dine used six
letter titles IN his famous MUIR
der Cases: Greene, Benson.
Scarab. etc. Stevenson dream
ed two or three OF the scenes in
the Strange Case of DR.. JekyII
end Mr. Hyde. He dreamed
these dreams in considerable de-
tail, and the circumstances of
the Transforming powder. To
the monks of the Middle Ages
we owe the fact that our check
er boards are in the form of
books. Chess playing was for
hidden In The early tnoaaStarieS.
and the monks. 20 escape detec-
ton, made their cheSs-boards in
the shape of books Thus they
could secretly indulge IN the
game. . !.
This is for Nom and Pop. !.
Do they recall these best sell
ers Of yesteryear2 .1e0l-Alice
Of Old Vincennes. NJ. Thompson;
l902-Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage
Patch. Rice: 1e03-Lady Roses
Daughter. Ward; I9O4HThe Lit
tie Shepherd of Kingdom Come.
Fox; lS05-The Masquersder.
Thurston-
In the library of the Univer-
sity of Notre Dame there IS a
rare book OF philosophy bound
with human skin. from the L.
brary of Christopher Columbus
The Return of Sherlock
Holmes" by A. Conan Doyle,
was written. with scarcely any
corrections. in three ordinary
ruled copy books such as school
CHILDREN nse in the grades.
AND. The bathtub in Anatele
Frances famous villa Said was
used as a receptacle for books.
Some hbraryl
Key West Fla.
Dec. 3. 1871.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-06
PUBLIC HOUSING

Continued from Page One
part Of the future policy Of USEA.
Mr.. Straus said
Although USHA figures or inc
Key West public housing rato
are based upon the 1870 Cens1s.
which, Of course, SIS not complete
Isl accurate TODAY. tire rauo in-
ciudes the go units oi pz1-r
housing financed ny USEA
The USHA housing prqEam 1or
Key West WlI provide q t11al O.
$50 rooms, an average 81 A8
rooms per dwelling p'hich IS
siehtly below the nali0nal ever
ere Of 423 rooms Per CSHA
dwelling.
Total overall cost per dE-ell.as
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-06
PAUL DANIElS SHOT
TO DEATH BY GANG

tehntitnbi kAhA FAee orel
rear tires Of their auto with a
fusilade Of accurate shots.
As he drew alongside. one Of
the men shot at him point blank.
Daniels sltlmped on the seat. They
dragged him out, threw him on
the highway and made their get
away in his automobile,
Law enforcement officers of
Monroe. Dade and Broward coun-
ties and the state road patrol.
aided by city police have set a net
for the killers.
The following description of
one Of the men has been wired to
all law enforcement agencies:
Louis Alma Humber, light
brown hair. brown eyes, scar over
right eye. Weight. between 1s0-
zoo pounds Wore brown over
ais with blue stripes. ALFRED to
give the impression that he IS go
ing fishing.
Daniels has been member Of
the highway patrol for only six
months. He attended the motor
cycle school at Lakeland last year
and was one Of rs who qualified
for the position of motorcycle
trooper.
His superiors said this morning
that the former Key West police
man was making an enviable
record
He was alone in the patrol car
when he met his death at 1890
this morning.
He leaves wife, Florence, nee
Cooper, Of Smith Lane. and an
eight-yeaT-old-son, William. For
the past year. the family resided
in south Miami.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-06
THE POET AND
THE Girl.

The Poet speaks:
Remember. .dandelicns sprin-
killed. their gold
In that upland meadow so old,
so old.
And the deep wood was filled
with green new things. 7
And the wind Ali it whis-
pered strange true things
As We knelt ! statheslike, sand
pressed so near
To watch two lovers in a pallid
mere.
THE Poet softly signs and
closes both his eyeS1
Remember. as over the pool we
bowed.
All the half-wiId. half-sweet
things We vowed?"
The Girl answers.
tShe is lovely darkeyed
brunette She speaks
flippantly and lights a
cigarette.l
Why. I'd forgotten all those
things.
But I do remember this:
A swift wee swallow dipped its
wings
Just as We started to kissl"
TOMMY MURRAY.
Key West ia. $50.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-06
TANKS VS.. LUFTWAFFE

Continued from Page Onel
rather good feeling to be fight
ing over enemy territory at last
rather than over land we were
defending. Even when we went
over France. German fighters
seemed rather yellow
After that first trip We went
on bomber escort operations( go
ing in as far As Lille
It IS on JOB Ike that that
you feel the value q teamwork
and how completely vital it IS
for success. a supreme thxsIl
comes after one OF nese opera
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-06
TOMMY MURRAY

Key West. FIa.
Dec 5. 1871. 49,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-06

This IS a spirit as The Aus
tralian aborigines conceive spir-
its.
He IS painted On bark, and at
the moment IS travelling IN the
United States with an exhibition
Of Australian art Of all kinds
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-06

lions. after you've done your
shooting and are heading home.
You run alongside ore Of your
bosnbers and get --thunbs up
from , rear gunner or pilot II IS
then you know your JOB Is im-
portant
Well do I remember the time
when We were up high escort
ing bombcrs on one trip when
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-06
FIREMEN HELP
SEAL CAMPAIGN

The eaIl for volunteer workers
70 aid in the Christmas Seal
driVe had scarcely gone o,,s =
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-06

6 emily when
Fire Chief Har-
~ Baker tele-
p b oned can-
paign headquar-
iezs Of the Mon
roe County Tu-
berculosis Asso-
citation and re-
minded presi-
dent ]. ]. Trev-
or that city fire
men. as usual.
would be glad
- -
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-12-06

could
Anything for the fire depart
ment to do this yeargr asked
Chief Baker.
Well, replied Mr.. Trevor
mcdlsaiively. iii isn't eombus-
tim we've got, but it's certainly
congestion
Spontaneous congo stion2
asked the chief.
Almost said Mr.. Trevor.
who went On to explain that a
hit Of letters were waiting to be
mailed out to prospective Christ
masl seal buyers TIE letters had
to be inserted il the envelopes.
zenIed ard Stamped H.
THE chef prornbtly dispatched
car ami loaded Up sheets of
Christmas Seals and envelopes
and brought Them to the FIRE
h0lsse. eu s9tsh
An afternoon the firemen
worked. with no inteFrupting
alarms, filling hundreds OF en-
yelopes for the mails The pin
ochle game went by the boards
as the firemen became volun-
teer mailing clerks for the good
cause.
Summed up the chief: Sure.
we put Out fires. but this is a
different kind Of fire we're help
ing 70 put out today"
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-05
NEW PROFITS
GO FOR TAXES
(DeS MOineS Register

The Wall Street Journal printed, the
other day, detailed earnings of some
large corporations in 1910. The reports OF
two of the largest companies, General
Motors Corporation and E. / du Pont
de Nemours & Co., show some interest
ing things.
General Motors total earnings (before
taxes) rose by S92,000,000 in 1940 but
taves increased by SS0,000,0 00-with the
result that only S12,000000 more was
available for distribution to shareholders
than in 1899. The amount which Gen
eral Motors had to provide for taxes out
of 1910 earnings was nearly three times
the sum that had been necessary in 1889.
The du Pont company returns show the
same trend. Although its earnings from
its operations and its security holdings
in 1910 were S37,000,000 in excess OF
1889, its federal taxes increased by S33,-
100000. And after the sum Of $4,000
600 had been set aside for certain con-
tingencies, there was actually S6,OOO,O00
less to distribute to stockholders than IN
the previous year
The excess,profits tax, enacted last
summer to insure that mo new group OF
war milionaires come into being in this
nation as a result of the struggle abroad
lin the words of the Presidency. is appar-
emily having effect.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-05
by Willis Thornton
Heroism Without HEROES

Can death be remarkable in a
time like this, when men are dying
daily in wholesale heaps from
Chungking TO Cheren?
Yes. What heroisms are hidden
between the lines of casualty lists,
what unseen deeds of selflessness
are daily fare in half of England's
cities, on Albanian mountain slopes.
or in the glaring Libyan deserts, we
cannot know. Men are so utterly
swallowed up in the nav OF war
that they die unnoticed, even among
their comrades But in this weller
of sudden and violent mortality.
death can be remarkable.
DR. MatiaS Duque is dead. He
seized the privilege of dying with
a difference.
DR.. Duque was Havana physi-
clan. at one time CubaS director
of public health. AS a physician, he
was accustomed to look death in
the face. AS duelist, he had more
than once thrust himself in the way
of death. He was not afraid.
His mother, then his wife, died
of cancer. Then he knew that he
had an enemy more worthy than
any who had ever received his
challenge. His grin face frightened.
Either I'll get cancer" he said,
"or it will get me-"
He volunteered TO be inoculated
with cancerous tissue, to make of
himself a human guinea pig, in
the hope that study of case from
its first inception would reveal
means of fighting this dread dis
ease which has yielded so slowly
to the assault of the medical pro-
teSsion.
This was three years ago. Soon
it became apparent that DIR. Du-
que'S last challenge had been ac-
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-05
FEWER FORECLOSURES
Riverside Press

Every person, every family, owning
the house and land on which they live
have doubled stake in the country they
may be asked to defend All of us have
a stake in America, all derive very tan
gible benefits from our free way of life.
But those who actually own a bit of the
land itself have double stake. They are
rightly considered an anchor of social
stability.
So it is good to note that foreclosures
on city homes have fallen to the lowest
level since 1926, a decline of 25 per cent
last year. There were only four fore
closures per 1000 city dwellings last year,
as compared with 13 in 1888.
SO far, SO good. Now the problem is
to increase by hundreds of thousands the
number of people who are able to own
their own homes. Increased income, de-
creased cost of Land, building. and fin
ancing charges, are all elements IN attain
ing this desirable goal. But recent rises
in the cost of building a modest home,
estimated by the Northwestern National
Life Insurance company at several hun
dred dollars for modest home within
the last twelve months, are going to hold
back that desirable trend toward wide
spread ownership. One of our problems
is to try to prevent repetition of the
1914-1920 situation, when construction
costs rose 100 per cent
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-05

Imperial Valleys recent cloudiness and
rain have been roundly condemned by
most residents as inconvenience, which
they are.
But, just as there is good in the worst
evil, so is there a silver lining to the val
ley's clouds. 1t will be apparent within
few weeks to anyone who wants to take
an hours trip by automobile.
Imperial county's desert wildflowers,
fed this year by an unusual abundance
of rains, have already started up in some
parts of the county. Before many weeks
are gone, there will be more flowers on
the desert than there have been for many
years.
From the common pink wild verbenas
that grow in the sand to the rare, giant
blooms that peek from rock clusters in
the more hilly regions, the flowers of
the desert have beauty all their own.
Anyone who misses their profusion, as it
will exist this year, misses a sight the
memory of which fingers a lifetime
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-05
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

IN THE
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY
OF IMPERIAL
No. $3.50
Notice Of Time and Place AppOint-
cd for Proving Will and Hearing
Application for Letters Testament
airy.
In the Matter of the Estate of
MARY TUEL. Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that a
petition for probate of the will Of
MARY TUEL. deceased, and for
the issuance to John c. Fritschler of
letters testamentary. has been filed
in this court, and that Friday the
7th day Of March. 194l. at 2 o'clock
p. M. of said day, at the courtroom
Of said court. at the Court House
in the City of Ell Centre, County of
Imperial, State CT California, has
been set for the hearing of said
petition, when and where any per-
son interested may appear and
contest the same, and show cause, IL
any they have, why said petition
should not be granted.
Dated February "a, 194l.
OSeab w. j. McCLELLAND.
County Clerk.
BY G.. o. KENYON,
Deputy Clerk.
T. 25-M ms.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-05
LABOR PROBLEMS
ALL OVER THE PLACE

And while this committee takes
endless testimony, other depart
nents OF The government rassle
with labor in defense problems.
You will be hearing a lot mere
Of Dr. Isadore Lubin's B. l.. s.
Bureau Of Labor Statistic. 70
instance. The Maritime Commit
zion is given the job to build zoo
cargo beats. It's up TO BIS. 10
determine how many men in what
Crafts will be needed. Next prob
I'm is to find out where the mon
are, with the necessary skills. And
If they're not there, where can
they be trained
Surveys on ship and aircraft
building ha.ye already been complet-
cd. Surveys on ordnance, arms and
armament making are next.
Surprising there is a shortage Of
skilled machinists. There will be
a job Of breaking down the opera
lions OF the all-round machinist
so that three or four machine
operators can DO the trick.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-05

HOLLYWOOD, Mar. - YOU'D
think that the announcement OF
Daanna Durbin's engagement al
INST might have Jared her studio
off its foundations, along With
starting stampede Of broken
hearted male fans to recruiting
stations and monasteries.
Somehow, it hasn't worked out
that way at all Ever since the
news that the 13-year- old singing
star and Associate Producer
Vaughn Paul had decided to marry
en- June7-and especially since her
trip TO the Presidents Birthday Ball
with half a dozen appearances at
way points-Miss Durbin has been
getting more ian mail probably,
than anybody else in Hollywood.
It's al congratulatory except for
q few kidding protests and despair
ing walls.
I asked what her bosses had
thought before they saw all the
seassurng stacks Of letters and
kilograms.
Miss Durbin said, Oh, OF course,
Vaughn and [ Went TO the studio
before anything was announced,
and everyone thought it was swell.
The head of production told Us
just not to pay any attention if
anyone tried To persuade US to
wait. And anyway, he said, get
ting married when you're in love
is lot mcro important than hay
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-05
MET CAN WAIT,
UEANNA DECIDES

Just the prospect otamalrlage al
ready las affected Dcarnas ideas
about the future She didn't aCmit
it. exactly, bat as Q correspondent
vino has interviewed her at least
annually for i've years, l can test
ify TIC q change.
As first she was eager Tor an
operate chance. even at the cX-
pensc Ct her movie Job. II a year
OF so She was citing the examples
Cf LILY P0ns and Grace Moore to
prove that she could work both in
the metropolitan and in Holly
we'd. Lately l tcrnd her figuring
that the Met could wait, reminding
herself that Miss Pens didn't sing
there until She was IS.
I wouldn't have any pride in an
operate debut just because I was
young" Miss Durbin said. And I
couldn't work up a role properly
and still stay in pictures A con-
cert tour?-Well, maybe. But I like
the screen SO well that I really
don't want to do anything else
During her early stardOm Deanna
told me that she regarded herself
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-05
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
CERTIFICATE OF BUSINESS
Fictitious Firm Name

The Undersigned does hereby GER
tify that he is conducting Fruit and
Vegetable Carlot business at FL Gen.
tro, California, under the fictitious
firm name of JEROME KANTRO
COMPANY and that said firm
is composed of the following per-
son, whose name and address is as
follows, to-Wit:
JEROME KANTRO,
Barbara Worth Hotel
El Centre, Calf.
Witness my hand this 18th day of
February, 1941.
JEROME KANTRO.
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF IMPERIAL }
ON THIS 18TH DAY of February,
AID, l94l, before me, Notary Pub
lie in and for said County and State,
personally appeared Jerome Kantro,
known to me TO be the person in
whose name is subscribed to the with
in instrument, and acknowledged to
me that he executed the same.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
my official seal the day and year
in this certificate first above writ
ten
j. HENDERSON,,
Notary Public in and for
said County and State.
My Commission Expires Aug. IA,
l943.
(Fl9-26; M5-12)
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-05
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 2159

Estate of JULIA H. GRANT, de-
ceased.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned, BERT p. HASTINGS,
as executor of the last Will and
Testament of JULIA H. GRANT, de-
ceased, to the Creditors Of, and all
persons having claims against the
said deceased, to exhibit them with
the necessary vouchers, within six
months after the first publication
of this notice, to the said executor
at the office of william H. Wilson,
his attorney, 604 Quinby Building,
$50 So. Grand Avenue, in the City
of Los Angeles, County of Los An
geles, State of California, which
said office the undersigned selects
as a place of business in all matters
connected with said estate, or TO
file them with the necessary vouch-
erS, within six months after the
first publication of this notice, In
the office of the Clerk Of the Su-
perior Court of the State of Cali
fOrnia, in and for The County of
Imperial.
Dated February s, 194l
BERT P. HASTINGS,
As executor of the last will
and Testament of Julia H.
Grant, deceased
William II. Wilson,
GOA Quinby Building, $50 So.
Grand Avenue, Los Angeles,
California, Attorney for Ex-
ecutor. tF12-19-26; M1-8D
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-05

EDITORS NOTE: The foiloIping
editorials are presented as interesting
opinions UOiced by editors elsewhere.
They do not necessarily reflect the
opinion of this paper.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-05
WISE TENANTS WILL
BECOME OWNERS


who plans as soon as possible to purchase
the land he is now farming, or another
parcel of land equally good, will be fol-
lowing wise business principles.
Already since the final court approval
of the Imperial Irrigation Districts re-
funding case, land values in the valley
have begun a steady increase. 1t is al
most inevitable that the prices demanded
for acreage here today will be turned
down within few months as ridiculously
low. The farmer who buys land now will
save considerable amount of money or
the purchase price.
The factors contributing to increasing
land values in the valley are healthy
ones. They divide into three main classes,
with numerous side issues also contribut-
ing to the improved outlook. First, at
least in chronological order is the re-
funding program. Its approval had the
effect of placing the district on a solvent
financial basis for the first time since
1882. Additionally the program guar
antees a ceiling on taxes-always an i'm
portant consideration in the acquisition
of land.
Next two vital factors are completion
of the All American canal which al
ready is supplying large part of the
valleys water supply, and the bright
prospects for federal Land bank listing
of the valley as an approved area for
farm loans.
The benefits from the All American
canal have been listed so many times
that it is not necessary to review them
extensively. They include, of course, silt
free water which solves to a large degree
an expensive dredging problem, and free
dom from engineering and economic diff
ficulties attendant upon a water supply
system running partially through for
eign country.
Federal land bank loans, when extend
ed in the valley, may not be as important
from the financial viewpoint as from the
psychological one The fact that land
bank loans have not been made in the
valley has been a drawback in the eyes
of potential investors, even when they
had no ida whatever of borrowing from
the land bank. The refusal of loans set
up doubt in their minds as to the desir-
ability Of investing in the valley. With
that doubt removed, many potential in
vestors will undoubtedly be turned into
real investors-and their demand for
acreage will naturally result in a fur
Their boost in land values.
These and other factors make it almost
certain that the present upward trend
in valley land prices will continue, and
even be speeded on the upward incline.
The man who buys now will be wise. If
he is leasing today, he must take into con-
sideration that the lease price will go up,
along with the value of land Delay will
cost money.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-05

And whoscever will not do the law of thy God and the
law of the king, let judgment be executed speedy.
upon him, whether it be unto death, to Danish
ment, or to confiscaton of goods or to imprsor
ment.-Ezra 1926
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-05
Uranium Crackers

Listed below are 10 inventions
credited to Americans: in an OPP
posite column are the inventors
themselves. Can you pair them up
correctly?
l. Steel warship; ca Coolidge.
2. Lightning rod; OBJ Colt.
3. Motion pictures; tc) Franklin.
4. Vacuum tube; Id Merg1n-
thaler.
5. Cotton gin: tc) Ericsson.
6. Revolver; O. Westinghouse.
7. Sewing machine: tg) whit
ney.
g. Linotype: Gh) Howe.
8. X-ray tube; ii Edison.
10. Air brake; % de Forest.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-05

A scientist finds that women painted
in the middle ages We find that they
still do.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-05

1t took the defense boom to convince
the wheels of industry that it's their turn
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-05

Mussolin says the Greeks beat the
Italians to the punch. But it was the
Italians who got plastered.
Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1941-03-05

You can learn to do anything if you're
willing to do anything to learn.