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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10
BUY ONLY TO MEET YOUR NEEDS
Key Westers buy foodstuffs today as


they bought real estate in 1925 - without
weighing value against price. When the
realty boom was at its height, the prevalent
slogans were, Grab it quick and "The
sky's the limit Somewhere in the back
Of the minds of spectators dominant
thought lurked the time would come when
there would not be enough land to supply
the demand, and higher, still higher, the
prices would go I,,,f,,, q,
But all of us learned-mOst of us 70
our regret-that there was more land, far
more land, than even a feverish public
could buy up even on paper. In the Ever
glades, for instance, land was sold by the
section, and still there were many sections
for sale when the crash came.
So it is with foodstuffs today: there is
plenty food for everybody. The govern
ment, ever since the war started, has tire
lessly assured the public that there is no
shortage in food and not likely to be any
shortage. Sometimes there are shortages
due to improper distribution or lack of
transportation, as is at present the case with
meat in Chicago, the center of the meat in
dustry but countless thousands of beeves
ale on the ranches and in the fields ready
to be sent to market when arrangements can
be made to ship them there Such short
ages are temporary and will be overcome
shortly.
Key West, as another instance, went
without ham for several weeks, despite the
fact that 65,000,00O hogs were slaughtered
this fall. AS with beef in Chicago, it sim
mered down to question of TRANSPORTATION.
There will be ham for everybody in Kew
West this winter.
Every day in Key West now residents
frequently buy more than they need. One
may ask for beef cut that costs a dollar,
and the butcher, after the cut is made, says,
Zone sixty" Before the war, the buyer
would have replied, That's too much,' but
now he says, "All right, I'll take it,
Undoubtedly TOO, some Key Westers
are boarding food, for which there is no
reason whatever. Besides, if the boarded
1ood is not in alright containers, it means
waste of food, and that is the one thing
the government has been preaching
against: Eat all the food you want. but
don't waste anything
The two main things that contribute TO
wasting foods are boarding and buying
more of anything than is needed.
Above ALL don't mix fear with your
buying of foodstuffs, that is, don't be fear
full that you won't get this or won't get that
and therefore, take substitute.
Buy only to meet your needs is good
rule to follow
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

The lesson for the past twenty years is
that the loss of freedom by any one nation
is stepping stone towards the enslavement
of other liberty loving countries. To fight
tyranny at its outset is cheaper in lives and
treasure than after it has been strengthen
ed by the destruction and robbery of its JIG
tins. 49,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

Today's mind is philosophic
and a little too critical. There is
some genius but the mode of life
may be eccentric. This mind may
furnish good material and be
successful, if trained into stead
mess of purpose.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10
Why are thew called Flying rortresses

: Why are they called Flying Fortresses
5nstead of Flying Forts? The first has
Sort of feminine ring, like poetess, for in
stance. We wonder if the man. who named
this most terrible of flying machines IN
striking power, had in mind Kipl.ng's line,
1.-The female of the species is mole deut;,,y
thas-ihe male"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10
HARD AT WORK AT 80

SAN FRANCISCO - Busy and
happy at his six-day, forty-eignt
hours-a-week job as an engineer,
Hayden Tracy, 80 years old, is
hard at work at the big Marine
ship Plant at Sausalito. Tracy,
retired at so, is graduate of
Worchester Polytechnic Institute
and Cornell Institute and the
former manager of the Tracy En-
gineering Company.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10
War Plant Head Tells
Army How He's Doing
tBv Associated Press)

81 RINGFIELD, Mass, Dec. 10.
The power of the pen, detail
ing war production. can make
the sword mightier. in the opin-
ion of George A. Mohlman.
Despite a long and arduouS
orkweek. Mr.. Mohlman, presi-
dent of the Package Machinery
Co., a war plant, finds time to
write every one of the 50-odd
employees of the plant now, in
the AIMED forces. .-... 40
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

The Japs are described as fierce and
Fearless, unafraid to die, yet they have been
reported, time and again, to have wept like
babies, whose feelings have been hurt,
Nwhen their ships were sunk from under
Them and they floundered about in the sea-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

A dance will be given tonight
at the Cuban Clubhouse for the
benefit of the Harris School Par
ent-Teacher Association. Music
will be provided free by Howard
wilson's orchestra. The money
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

His name did not mean a thing, it
Seems. Recently, Safer Safer was brought
4nto court at San Francisco, charged with
operating motor vehicle with unsafe
brakes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10
Today's
Anniversaries

1741-John Murray, Glouces-
ter, Mass, and Boston founder
of Universalism in America. born
in England. Died Sept. 3, 1915.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

: The possession of a fur coat doesn't
make the wearer anymore important than
she would be without it, but what one thinks
is another matter
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10
PECULIAR TONGUE

WASHINGTON - The natives
of Savo, one Of the Solomon Is
lands, speak peculiar tongue
thought 10 be . lost Melanesian
dialect.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

The individual who talks lot certain
, believes in advertising-himself
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

Even very small man thinks ne is
big boy when you put him on committee
and give him piece of ribbon TO wear.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

TIC Citizen in an, editorial
paragraph says today:
THE sales tax is the one uni
form and just tax. 1t gets all
alike from the bootblack to the
banker, but it ic so difficult to
operate and so easily abused
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10
Today In History

l790-FirSt census gives coun-
try'S population as slightly I'M
der four million.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10
Today's Birthdays

DR.. Willard E. Owens, secre-
tary of the Natl. Education AS
ISOLATION, Washington, D. c.,
born Anderson, Ind, Sc years
ago.
Maj. Gen. Edwin M. Watson,
secretary to the President, born
Eufaula, Ala, SO years ago.
Maj. Gen. Cortlandt Parker.
born Fl. Apache, Ariz., SO years
ago.
JCuett Shouse of Washington,
D. c., Liberty League president,
born Woodford Co, KY, So years
ago.
John Cudahy of Granville,
Miss, former ambassador to Bel
GUM, born Milwaukee, SIS years
ago. at-a 49,. .t
Rabbi Marius Ransom of East
Orange, N. j., born Cincinnati,
40 years ago.
DR.. Walter G.. Cady of Wesley
an University, Connecticut, phys
icist, born Providence, R. l., So
years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

million dollar credit for agri-
cultural supplies.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

There are always ways to beat the law.
but, just at truthfully, there are always
ways for the law to beat you.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

The Jap propaganda minister says the
Japanese are waging "holy war" For
Instance, the "holy" sneak attack.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

: Selfishness never built town into a
5ity.let all the people in Key West work
together unselfishly and we will be on the
fight road
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

1787-Thomas H. Gallaudet,
Connecticut pioneer in education
CT the deaf. father of noted deaf
teachers, born Philadelphia. Died
}Septat6, 1851.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

Russell Baker, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Baker, left today for
Miami to visit relatives
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

1817-Missisippi admitted to
StatchoOd-the 10th state.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

Advertising is the servant of those
Tho know how to use it.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

Men as rule definitely recognize
merit and tend to side with the better.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY TIE CITIZEN

/. Water and Sewerage.
g. More Hotels and Apartments
g. Beach and Bathing Pavilion
A. Airports-Land and Sea.
S. Consolidation of County and City Gov
- ernments.
6. A Modern City Hospital.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

- Business men who are too modest to
foot their own horns will not continue long
N business.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

194l-CongresS grants PTesi-
dent Roosevelt full war powers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

Bernie Papy, of the firm of
Charles Saunders and Company,
left yesterday for Miami on a
business trip.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

1837-Edward Eggleston, nov
elist-historian, born Vevav. Ind
Died Sept. 2, 1902
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

You don't have to get up so early these
Lys to see the sun rise.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

raised will be put in a fund that
is used to buy luncheons for
needy school children.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

l869-Wyoming's first Terrl-
torial Assembly, the first in
country to grant woman suffrage
intention was to embarrass
governor who was expected to
veto measure-and he didn't.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

Roosevelt ends draft deferment
for government employees.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

Colonel George E. Brown, for
merly Of Key West but now sta
toned at Miami Beach, is in
Kew West to have conference
with John Borden, foreman, in
charge of the work that is being
done at Fort Taylor.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

I William Lloyd Garrison,
famed Boston abolitionist. born
Newburyport, Mass. Died May
"a, 1879.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

1827-William J. Rolfe. Shake
spearean scholar. teacher and
philologist, born NeWburyport,
Mass. Died July 7, 1910.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

docking Edward VIII of
England abdicateS throne
1871. s. grants Finland 10
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

1830-Emily E. Dickinson, Am
herst, Mass, poetess, whose work
was only published after death,
when found to be among the
cOuntrv's greatest. born there
Died May Is, 1886.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

The Key West Tennis .Asso-
citation. at a meeting last night,
decided to start the tournament
this afternoon to determine the
tennis champion in this city. The
games will be played every aft
ernoon on the courts in Bayview
Park until the championship is
decided.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

The Citizen publishes a front
page story today telling about
Congressman Ruth Bryan Owens
appearing before the Rivers and
Harbors Committee to urge that
the Inland Waterway between
Miami and Bahia Honda be ex-
tended to Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

George Gomez, state automo-
bile tag agent in Key West, re-
ported today that only a few IL
censes have yet been sold. He
said that he believed sales of IL
censes will be slow until after
the holidays.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

Rabbi Marius Ransom of East
Orange, N. j., born Cincinnati,
40 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

l9l7-(25 years ago. Rights of
employers and of organized la
Dor defined by U. S. Supreme
Court; former may operate open
shops and restrain conspiracies
to force EMPLOYEES into union:
employees right to organize for
lawful purposes reaffirmed.
l935-England and France Of
fer Mussolini slice of Ethiopia 70
end war.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10
KEY WEST in
DAYS GONE By
FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN
of DECEMBER 10. 1882

The Citizen publishes front
page story today telling about
Congressman Ruth Bryan Owens
appearing before the Rivers and
Harbors Committee to urge that
the Inland Waterway between
Miami and Bahia Honda be ex-
tended to Key West.
The Division Street School
Parent-Tecaher Association will
hold a meeting at 3 o'clock Tues
day afternoon, at which an ad-
dress will be made by Attorney
William H. Malone. After Mr.
Malone has finished speaking.
the primary school children will
give an entertainment.
The lighthouse tender Poin-
ciana, which has been in use
along the west coast since Sep
TENDER, will 60 into drydock
next week. After she has been
overhauled, she will be used in
repairing and replacing beacons
between Bahia Honda and Kew
West.
Today was pay day for some
of the unemployment relief
wokcrs. The amount distribut-
ed among them totaled 5000.
The city's delinquent tax list
is published in today's Citizen
and, according to a sub-headline
81 a front page story. the list
shows disastrous condition of
city with approximately only 80
percent of taxes paid.
The Key West Women's Club.
at a meeting yesterday, decided
not to give baskets of food TO
needy children this Christmas.
The club feels it is doing more
effective charitable work by
helping poor children in Kew
West every day.
George Gomez, state automo-
bile tag agent in Key West, re-
ported today that only few Ii
censeS have yet been sold. He
said that he believed sales of IL
censes will be slow until after
the holidays.
The Key West Tennis .Asso-
citation. at a meeting last night,
decided to start the tournament
this afternoon to determine the
tennis champion in this city. The
games will be played every aft
ernoon on the courts in Bayview
Park until the championship is
decided.
Colonel George E. Brown. for
merly of Key West but now sta
toned at Miami Beach, is in
Kew West to have conference
with John Borden, foreman, in
charge of the work that is being
done at Fort Taylor.
Bernie Papy, of the firm of
Charles Saunders and Company.
left yesterday for Miami on a
business trip.
Russell Baker, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Baker, left today for
Miami to visit relatives
A dance will be given tonight
at the Cuban Clubhouse for the
benefit of the Harris School Par
ent-Teacher Association. Music
will be provided free by Howard
Wilson'S orchestra. The money
"A ''All the, Jewelry Y
II nusv Uo,.~ M
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

The Key West Women's Club.
at meeting yesterday, decided
not to give baskets of food TO
needy children this Christmas.
The club feels it is doing more
effective charitable work by
helping poor children in Kew
West every day.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

The Division Street School
Parent-Tecaher Association will
hold meeting at 3 o'clock Tues
day afternoon, at which an ad-
dress will be made by Attorney
William H. Malone. After Mr.
Malone has finished speaking.
the primary school children will
give an entertainment
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

Maj. Gen. Edwin NJ. Watson,
to the President, born
Eufaula, Ala, 50 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

The lighthouse tender Poin-
CHINA, which has been in use
along the west coast since Sep
TENDER, will 60 into drydock
next week. After she has been
overhauled, she will be used in
repairing and replacing beacons
between Bahia Honda and Key
West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

The city's delinquent tax list
is published in today's Citizen,
and, according to a sub-headIine
IF a front page story. the list
shows disastrous condition of
city with approximately only 80
percent of taxes PAID.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

Maj. Gen Cortlandt Parker.
born Fl. Apache, Ariz., SO years
ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-12-10

Today was pay day for . some
of the unemployment relief
wokcrs. The amount dstribut
ed among them totaled $500.
Nogales international., 1942-12-25
THE ANSWER-fair and sound!

The farmer and the lvestockman have definite
protection in the form of fixed floor price,
DUCER ARE IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO THE PRESENT TAX
ALTON PROGRAM. The hog producer is the exception
which the has granted consideration the
farmer The farmer wants his however,
he have definite of floor the
alton of the and suitable period thereafter plan
labor shortage and priores of We believe
that everyone should for the good whether he resides
CITY country Immediately all of his influence
mandng action the ndatons approved by the
meeting of the American Bureau Association Chi
cago which briefly follows:
Delegation to person every locality the power
local decisions without having through
Notwithstanding red tape of raonng dur
ing the current emergency period
e. Granting agriculture sufficiently high priority
ing to fit present need of equipment and supplies.
The immediate devisng of national plan which will
permit the Army and Navy fight the battles Of indus
take of the needs of industrial producton
and above all to let agricultural planning and its regulation be
left in the hands of Agriculture.
The American to government
of agriculture and livestock The farmer asks only stand
his and be given fair protection for the stab
zaon of the prices of his products The farmer wiling and
always has been let the job and the hours he works
the volume his products The for planting and h
vesng have always been regulated by much higher authority
than politics and legislation.
Tuesday, January H. has been proclaimed by Pres
dent Farm Mobilization Day. On this day farmers and live
stocken all of the nation urged to gather with
of Agriculture representatives. extension
agents. vocational Teachers officials farm organizations,
others concerned The subject of these meetings will be the
consideration of for 1943 the
duction foods We patriotic that
every rancher in Arizona keep mind the
facts forth in this statement and brine en the
of the meetings be held January H. The times
and places of these meetings will be announced at later date
Voice your views = Farm Mobilization Day, Tuesday,
Nogales international., 1942-12-25
AR|z0NA'S WAR TIME F00|
PRODUCTION PR0BL

sections country where report
ed to be plentiful His findings that these sections as
short of agricultural labor Arizona lack
than 900 needed local agricultural live
production possible.
Nogales international., 1942-12-25
ARHZONA'S MEAT SUPPLY!

Right civilian aotms for Arizona pressing
be Unless the livestock Arizona and the
tie duration Of this and the period ouowng Victory We
Nogales international., 1942-12-25

DASED upon the belief that the people of Arizona want
know the real truth concerning the important facts behind
the food production uaton Tovrea presents the fol-
lowing with the explanation of how continuation of
present conditions will affect food supply the immediate
future
are principally interested in the problems of agricu
ture livestock because far the general public
concerned industries producing meat poultry
milk dairy products, fruits and vegetables all of which
vital foods and for which must depend the main local
production Our has continued to emphasize the
necessity for aou production of food and livestock the
principal contribution of the farmers and rancher toward
the There question of the patriotism and loyalty
and rancher of country They know that food
than tanks and planes Our Secretary
of Agriculture stated that Food will this and write the
peace" We all know immediate need for the produce of the
farm both the fronts and the home fronts
LOW FARM PRODUCTION here's why!
The American farmer and livestocan to turn
in record breaking production the time However, the
following of conditions will the general public clue
the obstacles confronting the farmer.
l. First in Importance, agriculture and livestock must be
assured the same consideration manufacturers
and industry. The manufacturer producing under def
mite contract many instances it is plus cent
with the In other Words ne knows at
the outset how much he produce and how much he will
receive for his work. Compare the situation with
the following:
Nogales international., 1942-12-25
MILK SHoRTAGE-here's why!

2 The Arizona Dairy Commissioner has recently issued
less than fifty per of the Grade milk needs for
consumption let alone surplus for and distribution
armed forces civilians in other Due the ceiling
milk products diaries losing money and
dcontnung operation. The being that the
ceiling declared dairy feed and labor advanced high
ninety with the result that many dairy
being shipped the The
has further hampered production.
Nogales international., 1942-12-25
HAY SHoRTAGE-here's why!

B. There already exists in Arizona hay shortage due
largely to the lack of farm labor harvest hay
The immediate future for hay very serious. Hay
imperative the Pacific Southwest for the fattenng of beef
and lamb we'll the dairy industry. These problems
confront the producer of vegetable and fruits
section of Arizona.
The secretary and of the Arizona Agricultural
Production Committee has recently from extended