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year OF wal, all such miSStepS
bear even a more careful examina-
ton - not to magnify them to the
place where their adjustment may
seem impossible, but TO avoid the
misfortuneS to which further and
like missteps can bring us in time
of war. In other words, if we let
this past year reveal the errors
of our ways, we can discern what
to do, by knowing what not to do
in bringing this conflict to sue
ces1iui conclusion. We must not
be diverted like those resolution
makers who, early in the year,
become unmindful of their good
intentions and stray from the
course they resolved to follow.
1t must be owned that. in this
past year of war, an over-use of
red tape has been one of our chief
mistakes - and one which, if not
corrected soon, can promote such
mounting confusion and continu-
ed delays as TO give the enemy
the play for time they are seeking
above all else. Red tape, as we find
in WebSter's Dictionary, is of
fetal routine; hence, necessary of
official delays have even deemed
official delays have chen deemed
necessary. But now, in the win
ming of a war as far-reaching as
this one has come TO be, not TO de-
lay is the necessity here, and the
only course which points to VIC
tory.
Ernie Pyle, one of our CORES
pondentS now in Algiers, wireless
ed a press release on this same
issue.
Many of the red-tapish for
malities," he wrote, that are
common to the military are cast
aside when the army is in the
field, moving relentlessly for
ward.
AT an American airdrome,
where two of US correspondents
went to arrange transportation
farther east, a major said:
law, to hell with your per-
mits. / haven't go thine to look at
them. Just camp here in your bed
roles, and I'll put you on the first
plane going your way
Many a good clerk in Wash
ington would turn gray at such
clerical simplicity"
But this clerical simplicity,
which is put to such quick prac-
tice on the battle fronts, should
be put to quick practice in every
official avenue on our home
fronts as well. For if is from the
home fronts that our war machine
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN

WILL always seek the truth and print 1t
w thout fear and without favor; never be
afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right;
always fight for progress; never be the or
gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique,
faction or class; always do its utmost for the
public welfare; never tolerate corruption or
Injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue,
commend good done by individual or organ
ization; tolerant of others rights, views and
opinions: print only news that will elevate
and not contaminate the reader; never COM
promise with principle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

receives acceleration or delays.
Right here. let me give you what
a drafted father recently told me.
Now that this thiTty-eight-
year-old exemption has gone
through" he said, i don't be
lieve my son, who IS forty-tWo
and married with three children.
will ask for a release from the
army. When he was drfated, he
had a mighty good job which was
important to the war. But with
all the red tape, he feels If viii
take too long before he can get
his release. He thinks he'll be
sent across before il would come
through, if ever. This makes me
feel pretty bad. AT his age, my boy
is more useful to the war at home
than he ever could be as a SOL
der"
Drafted mothers of our nation,
such situations are not unknown
to you. Therefore, IN this New
Year of war when your sons must
fight as they never have before.
your task is to support them as
you never have before. And this
task includes that you put every
effort toward effscing the mis-
takes which would delay those
sons in their gallant fight for the
life of our nation. Dickens said,
Life is given TO US on the defin-
lite understanding that we boldly
defend il 10 the last. But only by
correcting mistakes can we do SO,
and put ourselves in position
to win this war.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18
Harvest OF My Years

MIR. POLLOCK OPENS: Whose
Morale? Not men earning more than
the reward allowed; certainly not
that of men working with such re-
ward in view. And these are the only
considerable classes Of any value to
the nationi Conceivably limitation of
income may bolster the morale of
the enyiously futile-but does that
matterf
It would be as reasonable to ask
whether we could bolster the morale
Of our armed forces by limiting pro-
motion or improve the human race
By Withdrawing the promise OF eeles-
tial reward.
It seems even less likely our fight
ing spirit win be reinforced by the
reminder we may be losing the lib
erty for which we are fighting. The
order to limit incomes, originally
proposed in the 1928 Communist
Party Platform, and twice rejected
by Congress, is as totalitarian as any
thing In Russia or Germany 1t af-
fects not only larger incomes, but
millions of workers who depend on
| them; it is a complete negation of
the American idea that earnings are
limited only by a mans own ability
and industry. Abraham Lincoln said:
81 don't believe in a law to prevent
a man from getting rich When one
starts poor, free society is such that
he knows he can better his condi-
ton"
MISS ELLICKS0N CHALLENGES:
Mr.. Pollock apparently refers to
President Roosevelt's order limiting
salaries-but not other income-to
$3.50 a year after large deductions
and taxes. Soldiers, teachers, public
health workers, farmers and wage
earners know very well that they
will never earn that much. Surely
they are of value to the nationl To
quote Lincoln after denying this is
as misleading as to call the Presi-
dents action totalitarian.
Most Americans realize that their
individual welfare depends upon the
WS4-Del0S Oh Tue naklOn as Whole.
They share willingly in the sacrifices
which war has forced upon US
MIR. POLLOCK REPLIES: Hotp
do wage-earners know they viii
never earn that much? Most of
those earning it now began with low
incomes. The foundation of Lincoln s
'sfree society" Is that any man may
earn as much as his capacity permits
Is the chance Of the small wage
Garner improved by limiting him-or
the large wage-earner? Miss Ellick-
SON suggests that wages be equal
Would she say that the labor leader
should receive no more than a la
borer? Or would she agree with
Theodore Roosevelt that, There is
no more mischievous form Of priv.
ilege than giving equal reward for
unequal service ?"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18
UNsYMpATHETIe MOTORISTS

STAUNTON, Va, Jan. 15.-A1-
len Caldwell found that modern
passing traffic is very unsympa-
thetic to one who is having tire
trouble. For more than fifteen
minutes after he had begun to
change a tire, cars whizzed by
with never an offer of assistance.
Finally, a taxi driver stopped. He
found Caldwell trapped fast, his
thumb caught between the jack
and car bumper and extricated
him.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18
LEGAL cMTICEa

All persons are hereby notified
that request has been made by
the United States Naval Operat-
ing Base, Key West, Florida, to
close the drawspan of the Moser
Channel Drawbridge for the pc
riod from January 8, 1913, To
February 8, 1913. Request has
been made to the United States
Engineers Office at Miami Beach,
Florida, and any person wishing
to interpose an objection to such
closure shall make such objec-
ton in writing to the War De-
parement, United States Engi-
neers Office, Miami Beach, Flor
ida.
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER
K. NJ. FENWICK,
Public Works Officer, Naval OPP
eraing Base, Key West, florida
BY direction of the Con1mandanf.
- jan8 to feb8
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

a better course
than tn at to
w h ch those
missteps hap
lessly have led
US. And now,
as we are fac
ing anot h e +
our misStepS of
t he previous
year. 1t is then
when we re-
solve on taking
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18
MOTHER STILL BOSS

CHICAGO, Jan Is. - When
End Lieut.. Earl r. Epperson, Jr.,
of Clinton, Miss, arrived for a
visit with his mother, Mrs. Doris
E. Epperson, he found that she
was still boss" Mrs. Epperson
recently was promoted to the rank
Of First Officer in the WAACS,
which is equivalent to that of an
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18
Today's Horoscope

Today'S degree indicates a life
of success, if there is proper
Leading. It may be lost in con-
temptation or absorbed in ambi-
ton. A lack of definiteness OF
action may giveY99ly mediocre
success
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18
KEY WEST in
DAYS GONE By
FROM FILES OF THE CITIZEN
OF JANUARY ls, 1888

Key West ranked second in ex-
ports last November, according to
reports issued today by the Gus
toms service. Pensacola led the
state.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

More than $4,000 was distribut-
ed today by the county to the IL
employees who were released from
the ferries, in accordance with a
decision recently made to decrease
expenditures in the maintenance
of the ferry system.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

Prof. Donald G. Paterson of
the University of Minnesota. not 2
ed psychologist, born Columbus,
Ohio, 81 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

1901. S. House votes to con-
tinue poisoning of industrial al
cohol to discourage prohibition
drinking.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

1836-President Jackson's spe-
cial message to Congress recon-
mends reprisals against France
and building of coast defences-
France had refused to pay five
million dollars due us.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

1912-Britisl1 Capt. Robert Fall
con Scott reaches South Pole aft
er heart-breaking trip only to
find evidences there that Nor
ways Amundsen had gotten
there only a month previously.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

j. A. Mendoza, on the pharn1a-
cists' staff at Gardeners pharmacy,
IS observing today his twentieth
anniversary as registered phar-
macist in the state of Florida.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

DR.. William T. Foster of Bos-
ton, noted economist, born there,
"a years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18
TOday's Birthdays

Maj. Gen. Barton K. Yount.
chief of the Air Corps Flying
Training Command, born Troy,
Ohio.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18
CALLING
DRAFTED MOTHERS
BY
ERAINE TURIN
CODyriphed 1910
Copyrighted, 1912

Often at this season, when an
other year is in the making, we are
given to look back and to examine
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

Gilbert Wolf Gabriel of New
York, dramatic critic, born New
York, So years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

The Citizen in an editorial
paragraph says today:
During the winter months Key
West continues to be the Warmest
spot in the United States. The
Weather Bureau will verify this
assertion"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

Criminal court recessed at IL
o'clock this morning because of the
absence from the city of material
witnesses in several cases.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

19l9-Versailles Peace Treaty
Conference opens formally.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

Alan A. Milne, famed English
author, born 81 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

Myron c. Taylor, the Presidents
envoy to the Pope, ex-chairman
U. 5. Steel, born Lyons, N. Y,
90 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

18O2-Detroit, population some
1000, incorporated a town.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18
Today In History

1797-Weekly mail service be-
tween u. S. and Canada estab-
ished.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

1859-Frank J. Goodnow, po-
litical scientist, adviser to China.
Johns Hopkins president, born
New York. Died Nov. Is, 1899.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

Cary Grant, actor, born in Eng
land, 80 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

Our 1912 war output highest in
history, says w. P. Witherow.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

1854-William Walker, Ameri-
can fiibuster, proclaims Republic
of Sonora.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

Tomorrow afternoon a benefit
bridge luncheon will be held at
the clubhouse of the Woman's club
on Division street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

Richard E. Berlin, of New
York, publisher-president of the
Hearst Corporation, born Omaha,
Nebr., 40 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

1877-Indian Chief Crazy
Horse takes wagon train west of
the Missouri and kills 20.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

1799-Joseph Dixon, restless
Observation-Disclosures in many
fields, lead pencils, etc., born
Marblehead, Mass. Died June Is,
1869.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

1856-Willis L. Moore, q. S
Weather Bureau meteorologist
its chief almost two decades,
born Scranton, Pa. Died Dec.
l8, 1927.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

At 6 o'clock this morning, in
the First Methodist Church, Miss
Marjorie Baker. daughter of MIR.
and Mrs. Will Baker. and Ray
mond CuFrys son of, Mr. and Mrs.
Beryl curry;swere married by the
pastor, the Rev. John G. Strad-
lev l@7s'f t's's's f'--t
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

State Senator Arthur Gomez
left yesterday for Fort Pierce,
where he will confer with other
senators from various parts of
Florida.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18
An !s;.|3;8
I ''WiI Limitation Of Incomes
Bolster National .MoraIe:''


As debated by
Miss Katherine p Elickson MIR. Channing Pollock
Department of PLa,wrigh, aufhor Of the forthcoming
Education and Research aut0biography:
CL.O "a. Harvest OF My Years
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Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Lowe and
daughter Beverly will arrive to-
morrow fom Tavenier to join MIR.
loves parents, Judge and Mrs. E.
R. Lowe, who are visiting in Key
West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18
Today's
Anniversaries

l782-Daniel Webster, famed
Massachusetts, lawyer, senator.
secretary of state, Presidential
candidate, born Salisbury, N. H.
Died Oct. "a, 1852.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

1818-Nelson Ludington, Mich
igan-Wisconsin pioneer of &: the
lumber industry, born Putnam
Co, N. Y. Died Jan. Is, 1888. ?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

1813-George R. Graham not
er Philadelphia-publisher of his
day, born there. Died July Is,
1894.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert c. Pritch-
ard and their son Bob arrived in
Key West yesterday to visit rela-
tiveS.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

A musical and vocal program
is being arranged by the Patriotic
Daughters of America for an en-
tertainment they will hold on the
evening of February %, in cele-
brating the birth anniversary of
George Washington.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

The Fine Arts Department of
the Key West Woman'S Club will
present the drama, Spoon Fed"
at the Garden Theatre on Tuesday
evening, January 81.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

Mrs. Daniel Bacon, formerly
Miss Margaret White, will arrive
tomorrow to visit parents, Cap
tain and Mrs. Wellington M. White
at their home on Fleming street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-01-18

Key West ranked second in ex-
ports last November, according to
reports issued today by the Gus
toms service. Pensacola led the
state.
j. A. Mendoza, on the pharn1a-
cists' staff at Gardeners pharmacy,
is observing today his twentieth
anniversary as a registered phar-
macist in the state of Florida.
More than $4,000 was distribut-
ed today by the county to the IL
employees who were released from
the ferries, in accordance with
decision recently made to decrease
expenditures in the maintenance
of the ferry system.
Criminal court recessed at IL
o'clock this morning because of the
absence from the city of material
witnesses in several cases.
Tomorrow afternoon a benefit
bridge luncheon will be held at
the clubhouse of the Woman's club
on Division street.
At 6 o'clock this morning, in
the First Methodist Church, Miss
Marjorie Baker, daughter of MIR.
and Mrs. Will Baker. and Ray
mond Currys son of, Mr. and Mrs.
Beryl Curry, we're married by the
pastor, the Rev. John G. Strad-
ley. -
A musical and vocal program
is being arranged by the Patriotic
Daughters of America for an en-
tertainment they will hold on the
evening of February q, in cele-
brating the birth anniversary of
George Washington.
Mrs. Daniel\ Bacon, formerly
Miss Margaret White, will arrive
tomorrow to visit parents, Cap
tain and Mrs. Wellington M. White
at their home on Fleming street.
The Fine Arts Department of
the Key West Woman's Club will
present the drama, Spoon Fed
at the Garden Theatre on Tuesday
evening, January 81.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert c. Pritch-
ard and their son Bob arrived in
Key West yesterday to visit rela-
tiveS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Lowe and
daughter Beverly will arrive to-
morrow fom Tavenier to join Mr.
loves parents, Judge and Mrs. E.
R. Lowe, who are visiting in Key
West.
State Senator Arthur Gomez
left yesterday for Fort Pierce.
where he will confer with other
senators from various parts of
Florida.
The Citizen in an editorial
paragraph says today:
During the winter months Key
West continues to be the warmest
spot in the United States. The
Weather Bureau will verify this
accarfiov,D
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-11-27
Dem0nd For Copper
Appears To Be E0sinq

Indications are that copper has
joined with tungsten, mercury,
manganese, and several other met
ais in that the demand has eased
with some possibility that the sup
ply viii soon be in excess of the
war requirements. The Combined
Copper Committee has reported
that the United Nations supply of
copper and their war requirements
were in balance and was pointed
out that copper stocks at brass
mills had been accommodating due
to less-than-capacity operations.
Shortage of manpower in the
brass mills is stated to be the reas.
on for operations at less than ca
pacity and until this situation Is
corrected the demand for copper
viii be less than the supply avail
able. AT the suggestion of Donald
M. Nelson, the man warpower com
mission has taken note of the un-
der-capacity operations and It is
expected that some action win re-
suit promptly, probably through
measures similar to those now be
ing put into effect on the west
coast.
However there are a number of
other factors, according to the Com
bined Committee report, which
have contributed in positive way
to the more favorable position of
copper supplies. Among them is the
fact that collection of copper scrap
in the United States is exceeding
all expectations and is adding ma
terially to available supplies.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-11-27

last month our planes alone used
enough gasoline to give $50 aver
age American motorists their nor
NAL peacetime supply of gasoline
for one year. To keep in the air
for one hour the navy's fast new
fighter plane, the Hellcat, which
took part in the engagement, re-
quires as much gasoline as to drive
a car on 31s-day trip from Chicago
to Los Angeles.
Although synthetic rubbers are
being produced in large quantity,
the tire situation will be the most
serious during the next six to nine
months, according to Rubber Di-
rector Bradley Dewey.
By early 1914 all plants in the
synthetic program will be in oper-
alton, but that does not Immediately
assure sufficient tires. Necessary
production of tires requires plant
expansions that will not be com
pleted until well into 1914. High
tenacity rayon and cotton tire cords
must also De produced IN greater
quantity. Production of these is
being expanded but the full pro
gram for rayon cord win not come
into operation for almost year.
Glenn w. Collins of Denver, re-
gional director of the office of price
administration, predicts that the
value of gasoline ration coupons
would be reduced to two gallons
each shortly after the first of the
year because of military needs.
He said he believed the cut would
be effective in all regions through
out the nation where the coupons
have present values of three gal
Ions each.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-11-27
NEW RECORDS SET

Many new records were estab-
lished in September, with crude
production at an all-time peak of
4,347 900 barrels daily, reports the
bureau of mines. This output sur
passed the August record by $4,000
barrels daily and was 4S3, 900 barrels
daily or 1875 percent greater than in
September, 1912. The principal gain
again was in Texas where produc-
ton was $4,000 barrels daily great
er than in August, with West Texas
accounting for $4,000 barrels of the
total increase for the state.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-11-27
ALLOWABLE BOOSTED

Petroleum Administrator Harold
L. Ickes has announced that a rec
ord production rate of 1894 200 bar
rels per day of all petroleum liquids
has been certified to the various
oil-producing states for December,
1943. This figure represents a net
increase of $500 barrels per day
over the total rate certified for
production during November, 1943.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1943-11-27

Highwood Sarcee Oils is rugged
up for test of the Devonian lime
at Pekisko Hills, south of the Tur-
ner Valley field in Alberta. Drilling
is to be resumed in a hole which
has been standing at 400 feet,
since 1894.