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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-19
Todav's Horoscope

Today gives a retiring nature,
studious, and with deep intui-
tons. The affections are not
very warm, but the nature is
constant. Today's native is cap
able of rising to distinction and
it is a position from which one
of humble birth may rise to
great influence.
Church, born Greensboro, N. c.,
II years ago.
Garet Garrett, writer, born
Dana, Ill, SIS years ago.
Edward. Weeks, Jr., editor of
The Atlantic Monthly, Boston,
born Elizabeth, N. j., As years
ago. .G,.s.4 ii i. Il
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-19

ieIlows-real he-men just ike you and Bin
and George-from good American homes
Handle themselves well. too.
You know, I've been checking up On it.
Bob. and I've found out that the American
army today is healthier. better disciplined.
better trained, better taken care OF than
it has ever been in its history. And you can
take my word for It. Mary. hen come back
to you fine man IN great shape. Best oil
luck to you, Bob.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-19

Conference Of slcohplic Beverage Inss~s-srsr Ens-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-02-19

Bishop Robert E. Jones, of Co.
Iumbus, Ohio, of the Methodist
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
They Die by Two's and Three's

Fire losses for the nation during the first five months of this year are estl- mated at $163, 3,660,000, an increase of $15,578,OOO over the same period in 1942.
 When anything less than billion dol lars is small potatoes, many people will scarcely notice these figures unless they happen to be among those unfortu- nate souls whose property contributed to the ghastly total. And make no mis- take, ghastly is the only word that ade- quately describes the gigantic and wholly unnecessary fire waste in the Unlted States. What is more ghastly than the waste itself is the fact that the coun- try accepts the Wiping out of several hun dred millions of dollars worth Of homes, factories and farms as a routine annual occurrence. The still more ghastly fact of 10000 lives going up in smoke with costly property is also callously taken for granted. A man, a woman, child here and there; they die by tWo's and three's in the ashes of nations care leSSneSS
 Occasionally public complacency is ruffled by horrors, such as the Boston night club tragedy. Then agencies like the National Board of Fire Underwriters can get temporary cooperation to put Tn force fire prevention measures which public lethargy has long blocked.
 And so slowly through the decades, the science of fire prevention has moved ahead Steady progress in fire proven ton depends upon continuous pubic education. Individuals must learn to recognize common fire hazards and fear them sufficiently to remove them. Full and effective fire prevention is impossible otherwise.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
Straight From Shoulder

The Seiberling Rubber Company has performed a real public service by ln- forming motorists flatly and with stated reasons, why they must not expect flood of tires in the near future. "Take extra care of your tires" the company advises, because it will be the end of next year before synthetic tires will be avail able for civilians "in sufficient quantity to keep all essential cars and trucks on the road" This might seem, if one were too indolent to read the convincing eX- planation, to be in conflict with official statements that synthetic plants next year will make more rubber than the United States ever used in any normal year. Actually it is not. First because as Seiberling explains, synthetic rubber is not rubber, but a soft plastic, and up to now nobody has solved the problem of making satisfactory tires without us- ing at least some natural gum rubber The industry is working hard on this problem, exchanging information among companies, and nobody questions that the hitherto impossible will be achieved. But 1t has not yet - and you can't oper- ate your automobile on unfabricated soft plastic. It is tires you need
 Furthermore, when the industry is ready to make tires from this synthetic, military uses will have first call on the output. Until the Army, the Navy and our Allies have all they need for use in whipping Hitler and Hirohito there can be no diversion for tires for civilian usage The warning voiced by Bernard Baruch and his associates in their famous report last year still stands, and those who refuse to heed 1t will deserve no sympathy from the rest of us: The las. half of 1043 and the first part of 1914 will be the critical period for automobile tires. So when some irresponsible person proudly boasts how he drives at 50 or so miles an hour, and no snooping cop has caught him yet, kCw about recommending him to Hitler for an iron cross? He deserves 1t. And tell hip how you feel about It.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12

failed for some reason to explode. The officer of the demolition squad sent his men all away and climbing up to the bomb examined 1t care- fully. Then he removed the fuse, thus rendering 1t harmless.
 Someone asked him If he was not afraid to do this sort of thing. His reply was that he was scared stiff every time he confronted such a sit- uation. That is," he said. T am scared until ! walk right up to t and start to remove the fuse. You may laugh at me-" he said, but many years ago my mother taught me. in the face of danger. to repeat the words. Yea. though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death. will fear no evil find that every time I say tbese words and I have said them hundreds Of times--fear departs form me. and ! am able to do what ! need to do unafraid."
 We think soldiers are made in the trainign camps. but they are not. They are made in the home. in tine school. on the athletic field. in places Of amusement. in shrines Of worship Mothers still continue 10 be man. kinds chief teachers. and the Word of God remains our only infallible rule Of faith and practice.
 fAII Rights Reserved-B Babson News paper Syndicate.)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
Prepare for the Future

Unless far-sighted legislation aimed at postwar expansion of commercial avia- tion is enacted by the United States, "our present great aerial effort will be scat tered to the four winds of heaven and our national security will again be jeo- pardized," says Col. Edgar S. Gorrell, president of the Air Transport Associa- tion of America
 Pointing out that the Civil Aeronau- tics Act of 1888 had made it possible for the United States to build the worldwide air transportation system that is prov ing invaluable in the war emergency, Col. Gorrell recommends the Lea-Bailey Bill.
 Unless it is enacted, and enacted wise ly, there is grave danger that private fly ing will be crippled; the aeronautical training schools of the country will go bankrupt and close at the signing of the arnistice; the aircraft manufacturers will be practically out of business for seven or eight years subsequent to the war; the airlineS of the country will be subject to destructive competition; our nations largest industry of today will be headed for the rocks of destruction, and our leading pilots, mechanics and other skilled heroes will be destined to walk the streets jobless"
 Col. Gorrell points out the great chang es thmat have taken place in aviation since 1888. These changes are the prin- cipal argument for modernizing and making equitable the legislation and reg ulation under which commercial avia- tion of the United States must carry on and meet world competition in the fu- ture
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
While Others Cheer

When the prospect of peace becomes more real, literally hundreds of millions of people will stand ready to join in a deafening tumult of relief and happiness. Victor and vanquished alike will revel in a reunion with loved ones.
 But there is one group whose shouting will be muted-the doctors. For them the job of rebuilding the shattered wreck that humanity has made of itself and of the world, will begin. Many of them will not be able to return home. They will have to stay in far away places battling as they never battled during the war, against disease and starvation. They will have to work against time to develop new aids and new techniques in world wide struggle to control the spread of fearsome malades. These men in white know that the war has created medical problems which if not solved could easily make the war itself look like pink tea No, the doctors will not cry out in care free happiness when this war ends.
 Laymen, who know so little of the grim task the doctors face, should en- deavor to ease their burden wherever pos sible The standards of our medical men are high. They serve rich and poor alike to the best of their ability, and the abil- ity of American doctors is not surpassed. We should reflect soberly on these things in the years ahead when the doctors will be fighting the greatest battle of all time-for us-and pause before needing an unsuitable howl for an impossible med ical Utopia under the banner of social reform
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
A Thought for Today
Bow Your Head

American citizens should not overlook the fact that John L. Lewis called off his :oal strike only on condition that the government would operate the mines. The government strictly obeyed MT. lewis terms. The implications involved n that equalization of government to abor leader dictatorship, are staggering. The pattern is now perfected to set aside he right to private ownership and oper- ition of property and establish state so- :ialism, strike by strike.
 Discussing this situation, the New York Times says: "Mr. Ickes may declare hat the government has no desire and 10 plans for naturalization of the coal industry. He may declare that it hopes Q return the mines to private ownership at the earliest possible moment But meanwhile the government does precise y what MT. Lewis has demanded
 "Even MT. Ickes, after saying that he hopes government operation will be 'ex- :eedingly brief adds, but I regret to say there is nothing that leads me to be- ieve that this will be so.' And he en- ohasizes the fact that the government is settling down to long tenure of oper- ating the mines at MT. Lewis insistence by announcing the appointment of MT. Newton, president of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, as head of government organization being built up to operate the mines.
 'Thus the United States government, whatever it's verbal protestations may be to the contrary has in it's actions accept ed the terms of John L. Lewis. It has done nothing to enforce the War Labor Boards order for contract. And the government will continue to operate the mines, according to MT. Ickes (mean while collecting MT. Lewis dues for him) until there is reasonable assurance that the miners will work for private owners. This means that not only the miners, but any other group of workers, can now force government operation of an indus try simply by declaring that they Will not work for private owners.
 What the Administration is saying, in brief, is that it must accept John l.. Lewis terms because it is poWerless to do anything else. It might review it's la Dor policies of the last ten years, the one sided set of laws it has placed on the books, and the one-sided enforcement po- lcies of its agencies, to learn now It came to be so poWerless.'
 And that is a picture before which every redbooded American should bow his head in shame-government impo- tent before a labor dictator-gOvernmen violation of private property rights for a labor dictator-governmen collecting dues for a labor dictator-government powerless to employ workman not sanc- 4ioned by a labor dictator-governmen he puppet of a labor dictator.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
Press Comment
LIQUO1s SHORTAGE
Bridgeport Telegraph

Well, our friends the Drys won't like it, but the fact is that official Washington is beginning to think about permitting the distillation of more liquor. And with good reason, too.
 The growing liquor shortage is a cause of concern on the part of the government for two reasons. First, because it may lead to revival of bootlegging with all of its attend ant evils and second because 1t may result in serious loss of tax rev. enue to the government. We don't know which motive is stronger but it really doesn't matter. Both are important.
 Distillation of beverage spirits was prohibited some time ago in order to build up a stockpile of industrial |alcohol for wartime purposes. We needed the alcohol both for the making of high explosives and arti- ficial rubber. The stockpile has been built up faster than anticipated needs and some of the distilleries may go back to making rum, whiskey and brandy.
 In Canada it costs a customer about eight dollars for quart of liquor - at least seven of the eight dollars being for taxes. The Can adians don't object to a persons drinking but they insist he must pay well for the privilege-that is pay the government for war pur- poses and not the distiller who only gets a reasonable amount for his product.
 Tn this country our taxes are lower but supplies of liquor are dwindling. meaning a loss of rev. enue to the government.
 A liquor shortage created by gov- ernment edict would mean that the bootlegger, not the government would get the revenue.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
Selected Poem
WHEN THE TREES MARCHED

(sgt. Daniel smythe in the New York Times'' We walked on without looking left or right Across the sanded lot, by the dark road, And gradually the trees were pulled up over us Before we were aware. They lined our path, A row Of moss-caid oaks and few pines, And the sound Of falling feet was lost on them,
 shade
 The trees, the strong trees holding us with bonds Intangible as air; the pulling boughs Bent over gently in the cufiing windstream, As fl they were for strolng Of the wind As we the grounI The motion Of high air Made deep the picture that we wiSked beside. Truly they knew us not, but we knew them; We talked to them with sound, sound of our feet And looking back we saw them strolling on the air.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12

services. He pointed out that rents already have been rolled back to March, 1941.
 Little Steel Formula. Roosevelt frankly stated that he vas not enthusiasiastic about any arbi- trary ceiling on wages - Is per cent above those prevailing in January, 1941. However, he con- sidered the Little Steel Formula the best brake on wage imitation so far proposed.
 Instead, the President suggest ed that war workers would be much better off, and that the present wage stalemate between labor unions and the WLB could be broken, if workmen agreed to accept non-negotiable bonds, pay able after the war, in lieu of wage increases.
 Copyright, 1943, by United
 Feature Syndicate. Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12

because it does not sink into the earth, explodes with immeasur- a b le destruc- ton.
 One day one of these bombs c a m e d o W n upon a factory in England and, lodging in the steel conStruc- ton of the roof,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12

It can now be revealed that the President was extremely perturbed about the burly mine labor chiefs efforts to climb back on the AFL bandwagon. In fact he expressed himself to friends in very blunt language about how foolhardy it would be for the AFL to welcome back man who was in disrepute for openly defying the govern ment during the mine dispute.
 It also can be revealed that William HutchesOn, AFL carpen- ters' boss, and other Lewis friends on the executive council had the stage all set for special meeting of the council last May to consider Lewis ap- plication. This was the inside reason why John l.. enclosed fat $60,0O0 check for advance dues with his application.
 Just who blocked the move and how closely the President himself was involved - is 8 se- cret. But Administration insid- CTS report that Mervin Mcintyre, the Presidents secretary, a great friend of the railroad brother hoods, had hand in it.
 Furthermore, immediately af- ter Lewis requested readmission, the President had separate con- ferenccs with Dan TObin, team sters' boss and a tOp-rung mem- Der of the AFL executive cOun- ell, plus George Harrison, rail- way clerks head, who Is the most powerful figure in the brOtherhOOds.
 Immediately afterWard, the move for special executive coun- Gil meeting was abandoned. In course of one of these confer ences, the question of Lewis ap- plication for readmission was dis cussed at length and the President expressed himself point blank against it.
 UNENERGETIC HOPKINS
 When Winston Churchill was last in Washington, one very priv ate luncheon he attended was with President Roosevelt, Harry Hop
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12

tune and the telling turn of speech. is not one to lavish praise unless there be sufficient cause. His trib- ute, therefore, to the men of the American Seventh Army, commando ed by General George s. Patton. Jr.. addressed to their command in the name of the Eighth Army, is some thing Americans and their descend- ants will always remember with justifable pride.
 T want to tell you soldiers of the Eighth Army that this has been e very fine performance" he said as one campaigner speaking to another. "On your behalf I expressed to the command of the American Seventh Army on our left the congratula- tions of the Eighth Army on the way in which American troops captured and cleaned up more than half the Island (sicily) in record time. We are proud to fight beside our Amer icaY allies"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
I'VE ARE PROUD"
(Hartford Courant)

Praise from the victory of Tunisia and the man who chased Rommel out of Africa, the commander and maker of the British Eighth Army. General Sir Bernard L. Montgomery
 is praise indeed. Sharing with that heroic Army the laurels gained in their by now legendary exploits in saving Egypt and Cairo from the Hun. General Montgomery, given as he is to a picturesque flair for CO.'S
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12

no use worrying about the threat of Naziism in this c ou ntry, you're just kidding your self. Nazi propa- ganda in the United States to- day appears to be just as strong as 1t ever was. How it is being financed is still somewhat of a mystery. If 1t Is being financed by German money, cashed in the United States be-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
WORLDS LARGEST BIBLE

A Bible in i08 volumes. worlds largest edition. Is owned by na- tiyes Of Tibet in Asia. Thirty-six yaks--Asiatic bison - are required to carry it.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
STRENGTH FOR THE DAY
A GOOD WORD TO STEADY US
By EARL l.. DOUGLASS, D. D.

The Germans, in their evil crafti- ness, began using early in the war variety of bomb which reaches the earth by parachute and therefore
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
Your Health
 By Dr. William Brady

Signed letters pertaining to per- scnal health and hygiene, not to disease. diagnosis of treatment. will be answered by pr. Brady if 2 stamped self-addressed envelope Is enclosed. Letters should be brief and written in ink. No reply can be made to queries not conform ing to instructions. Address Dr. William Brady, National News paper Service, 32O West Madison Street, Chicago, Ill.,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
Nazi Propaganda Still Active
 In United States
Last of a series of four articles on
 sedition- -as- -usual.)
By PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington COrresDOndent

If, in snug complacency and op- timistic over-confidence in the belief that the vars going to b. over quick, you lean to the belief that there is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-08-12
Washington Merry-Go-Round
Roosevelt Opposed Readmisson Of John L. Lewis To AFL
 Intervention From The White House Blocked Move In May Hopkins Satisfied With Plane Output But Baruch Isn't President Suggests NonNegotiabe Bonds For Pay Rises
BY DREW PEARSON

 the application John Lewis United Mine Workers chief for reny into the the time strong hte HOue
Evening star., 1943-11-01
GoebbeIs BIomes Allies
For Balkan Resistance

STOCKHOLM. Nov. ! tP,-Prop-
aganda Minister Paul Joseph Goeb-
belS, attempting to explain the pro-
longed resistance which Yugoslav
euerrillas have maintained against
Nazi forces. told the German home
front in the Nazi press yesterday
that it was due to American and
British support.
Travellers from Germany said both
soldiers and civilians had begun to
ask:
If the German Amy cannot
master few bands of guerrillas in
the Balkans. how do the Nazis ex-
peCt to win the war against the
United States. Britain and Russia?
One German press report from
the YugOslav front said that masses
of booty captured by the Germans
included American weapons, trucks
and great amounts Of gold pieces
and Uni.ed States dollars along
with British uniforms, parachute
material and radios.
Another report reaching here said
German forces in Yugoslavia were
being reinforced constantly, ano
hat trains were sabotaged with such
frequency that the Nazis now were
sending handcars manned by
prisoners ahead of the trains TO set
of mines.
Evening star., 1943-11-01
Canada Advances
Labor Priority for
Pu|pwood Industry
BY the Associated Press.

BY The Associated Press.
OTTAWA, Nov. IA government
campaign to shift farmers to the
woods during the agricultural slack
season this winter for pulpwood cut
ting operations, now given a higher
labor priority, promised today to
stave off an impending pulpwood
shortage affecting both Canada and
the United States.
The change in the labor priority
and the proposed campaign to re-
cruit workers were announced in
general terms last night by Labor
Minister Humphrey Mitchell
A statement by Mr.. Mitchell did
not give the prority category to
which pulpwood cutting had been
assigned, but 1t was learned else
where that such operations had been
raised from the &C" classification it
formerly held to "B' priority.
Mr. Mitchell said further that
"other measures related to the sea-
Sonal character" of pulpwood cut
ting were planned, but he gave no
details. Another source said this re-
ferred to new dominion provincial
campaign to induce farmers to work
in the Canadian pulpwood forests
this winter while they otherwise
would have little to do.
Raising Of the pulpWood cutting
prioroity leaves it still below such
vital operations as fuel production,
steel and war and combat materials.
but puts II on par with logging
communica tlonS. transportation. ag-
rlculture and newspaper publishing
The Wartime Information Board
said Canadian output of pulp and
paper products so far has been
maintained at high level to meet
war needs at home and in the United
States, which has lost other sources
of supply because OF the war
The current volume of news
print shipments to the United States
-2l0 900 tons months well
above the average for the last five
prewar Years and the flow of other
pulp products TO the United States
has also been greatly Increased" it
said
NeWSprlnt paper consumption in
Canada represents less than 3 per
cent OF the total. the remainder
being the sole source OF newsprint
paper imported by the United Ma
tions."
Mr.. MltChells statement said
much of the industry's products
go into essential war uses. At the
same time he called for ellmina-
tlon OF nonessential use of paper
and pulp products and AN effective
and vigorous program OF waste
paper salvage"