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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15
SPAIN LAMENTS BOMBING

Spanish newspapers now contend that
the belligerents should agree to cease aerial
bombardments, taking the position that
such methods of waging war are not to be
countenanced.
The objections of the Spanish newspa-
pers come at late date They had no croco-
ollie tears to shed when the German Luft-
waite was dropping death and destruction
upon Great Britain. They had no lamenta-
tions when Poland, the Lowlands and
France felt the weight of Nazi explosives
Certainly, no responsible leader of the
United Nations will pay attention to the hy-
pocritical suggestion that emanates from
Spain, where the government is in SYM
pathy with the Axis powers, which con-
tributed the armed forces that made Fran
cos revolution a success.
The British, it is clear, have no ideas
of easing the aerial bombardment that IS
beginning to pay big dividendssSir.A An
thony Eden, Foreign Secretary, has made
it clear that the British will bomb Germany
and Italy relentlessly
Air Marshal Sir Arthur Harris, chief
of the Raj bomber command, explicitly
warns Germany that what she had had in
the past will be chicken feed compared to
what she is going to get and adds that
''the same applies to Italy,
Britain's memory is long, says Harris,
"and she knows who started the bombing .
He declares that Germany knows her air
power will never catch up with the Allies
and believes that Germany fears air power.
more than anything else.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15
DICTATORSHIP IN DEFAULT

There is possibility that this nation
may go totalitarian by default And if that
happens, we will see ''the beginning of a
cycle Of tyranny and impoverishment such
as other nations have experienced when
the individual was superseded by the
State. = That is the warning of Eric john
son, president of the United States Cham
Der of Commerce.
The. danger of America going totali-
tartan arises from the illusion that govern
ment is blessed with an inexhaustible sup
ply of wisdom and cash, which can be
drawn ON freely without any strings attach
ed to freedom. 1t is a dangerous illusion, a
warped conception of democracy, the result
of which has been a staggering growth of
bureaucracy, debt, and political domina-
ton of private effort 1t must be erased be-
fore the future can be approached with
confidence.
Our republic became great because it
has always been land of individual enter
prise. It's people grew strong because they
were free and self reliant. A man who had
a good idea and was willing to work to put
it into effect, received encouragement and
reward, providing he could actually give
people something they needed and wanted
Thus industry was built Hard work by in
dividuals keeps it going Our bountiful ma
tural resources-the OIL coal and metals so
vital to victory still be buried in the
ground but for the individuals who were
afraid to take risks and back up those risks
with lot of sweat.
The people of many nations are count
ing on this country. The men and women
CT America are literally the last hope for a
better civilization. It is incopceivable that,
with the tradition of greatness which is
theirs, they will seek'to solve their problems
by following the same tawdry path of gov
eminent idolatry that has destroyed civili-
cation in large partkfthe world.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15
WHO KNOWS?
ANSWERS ON PAGE FOUR

l. What three states lead in the
production of coal?
2. How large is Pantelleria?
8. When did Napoleon attack
Moscow?
4. What South American coun-
try has revolutionary govern
ment?
5. Did John L. Lewis support
President Roosevelt for a third
term in 1910?
6, Are U-boats sinking about a
million tons of shipping a month?
z. Name five important cities
on the Russian front in order
from north to south.
8. Can you name the five mem
bers of the Office of War Mobili-
cation?
9. When did Congress adopt
the reciprocal trade agreements
policy?
10. When did the japanese oc-
cupy Attu and Kiska?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15
COUNCIL ON RIGHT TRACK

In defense of trying to tax each bus in
Key West ST day, at least a few Key West
ers have said that the city council is justi-
fled in taking that course because of the
wear and tear on our streets by the buses
running over them.
But the councilmen know how our
streets are being torn up, and they acted
promptly on that knowledge. Of course,
/ streets must be torn up in making certain
types Of improvements, but the streets, af-
ter having been torn up, should be replac-
ed, in reasonable length of time, in at least
as good a condition as they had been in be-
fore trenches were dug.
The councilmen put their finger on the
right spot when they accused the company
that owns the ditchdigger that is tearing
up Key West streets to lay water mains or
laterals. The company was doing much as
it pleased, first, because it was not under
bond, and, secondly, because the Key West
Board Of Public Works had been pushed
aside and not permitted to require the COM
pany TO put streets back into good condi-
ton.
In any other city repaving crew fol-
lows a ditchdigging crew when streets are
torn up to make Improvements. After pipes
are laid, the repaving crew starts its work,
and, in a few days at the longest, streets are
again in good condition But what has hap
pened in Key West? The trenches were
filled with loose stone and dirt, and streets
were lined and are still lined, either with
ruts or bumps Some roads have remained
in that state for more than six weeks. The
Citizen is confident that that condition
would not have been permitted in any otn-
er city in this country.
But back to the buses. Everybody
should know that narrow tires wear out a
street quicker than do wide tires A rut must
be opened large enough by narrow tires be-
fore the wide ones can begin their tearing
up process.
However, let us admit that the buses
are wearing away our streets. Is that suffi-
cient excuse to cause the city to try to go
back on its solemn pledge?
The city and the Key West Transit
Company have entered into a properly ex-
ecuted contract, and thousand laws or So
called laws passed by the legislature can
not impair the obligations set forth in that
contract.
Finally, the council is on the right track
in that most important matter of the tearing
up of our streets.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15
TO THE WAACS

You volunteered-not with the thought
OF any private aim,
But to protect the structure wrought
In freedoms holy name.
You left behind your peaceful path
To overwhelm THREE MADMEN'S wrath.
Your patriotic move defes
Our strongest enemy;
Despite all risks and palms, you rise
To set all nations free;
In these our countrys darkest hours,
You help to crush the Axis Powers
Your stand for right is strong enough
To merit true renown,
You who release the men and stuff
To strike the outlaws down.
Tomorrow ALL shall grant your worth,
When liberty fills all the earth.
May God be your defense and guide,
Your refuge from distress
May faith and hope stand by your side
And bring you happiness
God bless you WAACS, who will serve peace
Till tyrants fall and discords cease!
DR.. v. A. AvAKIAN
Rossville, Georgia,
June 9, 1913.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15

Despite the alarms from Australia,
which filled the newspapers some months
ago, the Japanese have made no offensive
thrust against the island, and few days
ago Prime Minister Curtin declared that all
fear of Australia being invaded by the Japs
has disappeared
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15
Today's Horoscope

Today gives ready sympathies
and perhaps some unsatisfied
warnings, with comparatively
quiet lot in life. There will be a
multitude of friends. and they
VIII be very unselfish comrades.
All together it is a strong, desir-
able life.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15

Today The Citizen saws IN an
editorial paragraph
'Desertions from forestry CAMPS
have reached less than one Per
cent Under the prevailing popular
ratio, We assume the boys WI Be
permitted TO make II the popular
81 percent.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15

Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Warruus
left today for Miami. where they
viii remain for the weekend Ar
er they return 10 Key West tnsy
viii stay here a few DAYS BE-
fore sailing for their home II IA
vana.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn Al
though he's 10 years Of age.
Uncle Mark Thrash. who helped
bury the dead on the Chiekz-
manga battlefield, IS busy plant
ing a victory garden and pray
ing three times day for q
World War II victory
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15

Mr. and Mrs Joseph villas
their daughter. Mss Joan Ezris
Williams, and niece. Mss DorS
Albury, who had been VisItlnE
relatives IN KEY West, len vester-
day for Miami. where they VII r.
main a few days before c0ntinuInE
to their home IN Mobile.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15

Residents Of Kew West Who hzrs
failed TO pay taxes On persoza
property shortly VII have dlS-rez
warrants served On then II 80
cordance with decision MADE q
the city councilmen a. q uase1zzE
last night
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15
PantelIeria. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES =,

Pantelleria, Lampedusa- Sicily next
Beyond Sicily lies Italy President Roosc-
yelt hasinformed the Italian people that If
they kick out the traitor Mussolini, their
land will not be devastated nor invaded.
BY this time the Italians should have learn
cd to choose the better part.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15

Henry B. Haskins. assistant su-
perIntendent in the Lighthouse
service IN Key West. left yester-
day to inspect LIGHTHOUSES and
beacons along the Florida Reef
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15

Burglars broke into the = n
Fernandez store. Packer and Czzh-
ere streets, .laSt night and sfole
SIX barrels Of beer, two SACKS Ct
rice and two cases Of Spanish olzvs
oil
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15

Reduction IN the number q e.
ployes at the Marine Hospital vi
be made on June q, II Was an
thoritatively announced today
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15
EIGHT INCREASES

NEW YORK.-The average
height of the human race has II
creased two inches since the Stone
Age.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15

Scores Of women white and cul-
ored, registered today a the reIlst
agency IN the CHAMBER Of Con
merce office 10 engage n bezu1i-
LITIGATION work
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15

The county comnIsSionsr pass
ed resolution last night rzz1 MI
make II possible for the county 10
purchase road and ferry bld buuGs
of this county.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15

MEXICO CITY-Charles Phil
npp, French motion picture pro-
Queer, now refugee in Mexico
viii produce Mexican films
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15
KEY WEST In
DAYS GONE BY
FROM FILES OF TIE CITIZEN
OF JUNE Is. 1879

Arrangements were maze toGzy
to have relief workers repair Izr-
eral roads on BOca Chica- Tne
work VIII be started 1ornorr0w-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15

Mrs Clara Lewis and dsughter
Mrs William Arnold, LEFT yes1sr-
day TO visit relatives in Fort Land
erdale.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15

James jerks left this morning
for Detroit on a business risIL
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15

In case of doubt you should make the
contribution to the charity under considera-
ton.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15

Victory Gardens are now being in
vaded-by bugs, beetles and similar in
sects.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15

A three-year-old bathing suit is apt to
make today's girl feel horribly undressed !
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15
Today's Birthdays

Maj. Gen. Robert Olds, born in
Woodside, Md, AZ years ago.
Mai. Gen. Gladden. Barnes,
Army Ordnance Chief, born YER
fnontsville, Mich, Sc years ago.
G. Rowland Shaw, of Mass, as
sistant secretary of state, born
Boston, so years ago.
Mary E. Dillon, president of the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15

Brooklyn, N. Y. Borough Gas Co.
born New York, So years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15

Malvina Hoffman, CMrs, Samuel
sculptor. born there, Sc years ago
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15

William McFee of Westport
Conn, author, born in England, 81
years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15

Mary E. Dillon, president of the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15

DR.. Harry Elmer Barnes of New
York, educator and author, born
Auburn, N. Y, 81 wears ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1943-06-15

James w. carp, of Kansas, writ
er, born Clarence, Mo-, SIS years
ago.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-20

Gingerly l tried my weight up
on .. and found that | could
still walk When | looked ahead
again, saw tina. the light was
gone. That gave me queer
feeling.
But before | had time 10 think
about il | heard something or
someone coming dow that black
path toward me. ! c'u' hear
the pad Of running steps and the
sound of hard breathing.
And i'm tina split second sheer
terror took possession Of my
soul For | remembered with
horrible SuddcnneSs that Derek
Grady had been murdered only
Yesterday in that ravine back OF
me. and that his murderer was
still on the loose was too
paralyZed 90 scream or 10 run or
10 breathe. And while | stood
there frozen with panic the
Thing was upon me
(TO Be Continued
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-20
THE THING
CHAPTER VIII

Sleep chases a variety of COB
Inns; by morning everything and
everyone at kraiktower seemed
normal again.
Then Walter called. He was
II the villag"
John drove me 10 e station
~ the big car Walter was i'm
patiently striding up and down.
He scarcely greeted me.
What the devil did you mean
yesterday not telling me any
thing. and the morning papers
full Of it,"
Get in first" | ordered
On the way back 10 krakow
or | told him all that had hap
pened as far as | kneW--or near
ly all | told him that Derek
Grady had been killed within
a stones throw Of our house, and
that the coroner hal fixed the
time OF death between II and
o'clock But | didn't tell him
that his wife had been absent
from the dining room for five
unaccountcd for minutes during
that hour, or that we had only
Kathy's word for & that she was
in her room at the time of the
killing.
didn't tell him either that |
was afraid II was too pat for a
Mere coincidence that Derek had
turned up at iraiktower the
same day Kathy came down.
You know what this means,
mother. II will be a picnic for
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-20

the newspapers. He spread a
crumpled copy Of a morning. pap
er out for me TO see There
was Derek's picture and his
name in the headlines.
The newspaper account gave
Derek's address as that of his
fathers home | rerear the
street and number, 410 Wheat
land Avenue There was SUnUe-
thing familiar about il, but |
couldn't think what.
Next thing YOU know, the
papers'll dig up that old affair
between Kathleel and Derek, -
Walter groaned.
Connie went all 10 pieces when
she saw Walter. and he took
her upstairs and either one of
them came down until dinner.
/ saw then that Connie had
gone glamor girl on US. Her
dinner gown was daring and she
had knotted a gold scarf, agllt-
ter with sequinS, over her shout
ders and arms.
Walter didn't say anything
serious until we reached the -Cey-
Sert. Then he looked down the
table at me.
Comics pretty much upset
about this affair think we
ought TO call an attorney down,
just i'm case -
II wouldn't rush things if
were YOU Dad ~ Kdthy broke I'M.
She was speaking to Walter but
she looked straig al Connie.
| didn't like the look on her
face.
After a moment | said slowly,
Call a lawyer, Walter, and the
police will thin we are guilty"
A better idea than that was
forming in the back Of my head
II would be only neiGhborly
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-20

if | dropped in 10 call on Clint
Mattison A man with a brok-
en- arm living alone is rather a
helpless creature.
But there was more than char
ity back OF my intended call A
writer Of detective stories
should know something about
solving crime.
After dinner | retired TO my
study on the pretense of reading
and then slipped out To reach
the cottage i'm the woods on the
other side, one has 10 take the
path from the east terrace down
10 the lake and follow the shore
TO the place where the banks
of the ravine flatten into the
beach. There you can cross the
creek on stepping stones.
| struck out surcfootedlv ]
reached the lake, walked along
the shore for couple Of hun
dred yards, the small gravel
stones hurting my feet through
my thin-Soled sandals. crossed
the creek on the stepping stones
then took the path under the
trees.
II was pitch dark in the
woods, and somewhere close at
hand a wmppoorwill whiStled his
sad complaint.
had only gone a little way
along the path when ! saw light
ahead Of me, shining through
the trees At first | thought il
was a light from the Cottage.
and then rememb cd that I
hadn't reached the turn in the
path. The lights from the Cot
tage are not visible unit ! YOU
make the turn.
went along staring curiously
a. the light ahead and not pay
ing much attention 10 where
was going and suddenly ! trip
ped over a tree root in the path.
II turned my ankle and cried
out with pain and caught al a
low hanging tree ranch ! held
on 10 the branch and stood on
one foot and leaned over TO feel
how badly my ankle was hurt.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-20
SOUNDS YLL RIGHT

CHICAGO = Rug cutting was
out AT a dinner dance held by the
national faternal society Of the
deaf.
The 9.84O square feet Of car
peting which ordinarily covers
a loop hotels grand ballroom
was removed for the benefit of
the society'S dancers.
The bare floor permitted them
to received the vibration and
beat of the music via their feet.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-20
(To Be Continued


FORT DIES MONIES. lathe
band played martial airs as the
WAC Third Regiment marched
in fatigue uniforms 10 a new
drill field
Upon arrival they heard from
Mai Joseph Fowler, reglmental
commander, this order new to
WAC ears
Prepare TO weed " II was fol-
lowed by the command Weed
And while the band played
Bend Down. Sister the WACs
Weeded
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-20

TN STORY Derek GRADY has been
found murdered on the grounds Of kraik-
tower Tn. police recognize him a. a
man wanted for kidnapping Marthe
kraik admits he was the grandson of
her housokeep. Margaret Grady, hut says
rothing about the elopement wears ago
of Derek and her granddaughter, kathN.
Connie married 10 walter, kathy's father,
has ben acting strangely.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-07-20
WOMEN WON'T TALK

BY RENE RYERSON MART Go'y yssv;g 1879 Sas
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-03-21

"BrcaLfad Of Champion" ffr
Not raiioHsd-hmt bo,s, y
~ cn1omcr. Groccry Debdvt-
meHf-Ra1doibh store oHiD.
Evening star., 1943-08-23

beat somebody with nobody" ]
have never forgotten that. = am
anxious to see the outcome of the
Mackinac conference on September
7 and from the personnel of those
invited, feel confident that Senator
Vandenberg and not National Chair
man Spangler will dominate the con-
ference and write the resolutions.
II was in Pittsburgh last week
and made q speech in favor of the
Hatch Hill Burton resolution
and since that time / have received
several hundred letters land they
are still coming i'm indorsing my
position. so I am very confident as
to where Pennsylvania stands on
this subject. The two uppermost
things in the minds of the people
of Pennsylvania are winning the
war and securing just and last
ing peace.
Views on Peace.
This time the two Senators from
Pennsylvania, Senator Davis and
myself, will both favor just and
lasting peace. whereas in World War
No. l, both Senators from Pennsyl-
vania were bitterly opposed to Presi-
dent Wilson'S peace program. espe-
cially Senator Knox. who was de-
scribed by former President Taft,
in letter dated February %, 1919,
as follows:
The selfishness, laziness and
lawyerlike acuteness of Knox.
Knox is confidentially and COM
monty known to have financed the
fight and encouraged Senator Lodge
from the beginning.
Evening star., 1943-08-23

Il am inclosing herewith copy
of the Taft letter from which this
quotation is taken, and which I wish
to make part of my reply. Written
by William Howard Taft to Gus J.
Karger. February %, 1919, it follows:
LAS l write l 1ook out upon the
desert of Nevada, and it suggests
the waste that war makes And
when l think of the vicious narrow
ness of Reed. the explosive ignorance
of PoindeXter, the ponderous Web
sterian language and lack of stamina
of Borah, the vanity of Lodge as an
old diplomatic hand on the Foreign
Relations Committee, the sellShness,
laziness and narrow lawyerlike
acuteness of Knox the emptiness
and sly partisanship of Hale, with
the utter nothingness of Fall, in the
face of this great world crisis, I
confess l don't see where we have
any advantage over the women-at
least in this juncture.
american LittIeness."
Il beg of you to believe | am not
drunk or wild, but am only reused
to the critical situation in world
affairs that those who gather
around the council board in Paris
Evening star., 1943-08-23

was always weak. Now, thank God
he is out of it."
ITO have incurred this condem-
nation by so noble body as the
Republicans of the Senate, and such
8 shining leader as Fess. is certainly
a sad fate, but I must bear it. "
Michigan Letter.
A Republican Representative from
Michigan wrote off the record" as
follows:
Il have had an opportunity to cir
culate throughout the counties of
my congressional district and I find
the people generally are fairly we'll
satisfied with the way the war is
being handled on the battlefronts
l notice great deal of apprehension
about the way things are going on
the home front. People are dis
turbed about the constantly re-
curing strikes and the apparent
Evening star., 1943-08-23
THE WASHINGTON D. C.. MONDAY, AUGUST

only four people who frankly de-
clared themselves for Wendell
Willkie. Nearly every one is most
vociferous in their hostility to the
gentleman.
II have made 1t point to get
their views before / disclosed my
own. and my previous opinion as to
what their position would be has
been confirmed. / have been sur
prised to find that nearly every one
Evening star., 1943-08-23

know. and that these barking critics
do not seem to realize
1T is their American selfshness,
their American littleness. binding
them to the real interests of this
Nation as we'll as of the world. that
arouses me. / can see that little
head OF Hays wagging over the
errors I have made from a political
standpoint. I can hear the dis
cuSsions in the cloakrooms and the
damning of me. l can hear the
wiseacres say-"That shows what
defeated the party in 1912. and
here's a repetition of it. Weren t
the Progressives justified in break
ing off? Taft,s LOYALTY to the party