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NOTHING

1t is difficult for The Citizen to deter
mine whether a letter sent The Citizen is
copy of one mailed to the mayor, because
it is addressed to him, or whether it was
intended for publication in this paper, but
in either event the letter will not appear
in the Forum because the name of the
writer is net given.
A few hey ,Westers seem to be un-
aware that The Citizen does not publish
anonymous letters, though that statement
has appeared daily in the masthead of the
editorial page since the founding of the
paper. But aside from that circumstance,
the writer, in his letter addressed to the
mayor, raises some very interesting ques-
tons. For Instance:
The mayor has full control of the po-
lice department, SO much so that he has
the power to appoint and remove police
men. It follows that rs such is the case,
he is to blame if the policemen do not per-
lorm their duties, and the writer demands
whats the matter with the officers
who let a small group of teenage boys es-
tablish q gangland in the swamps of Key
West? You are the mayor, or you are sup
posed to be- Why don't you see to it that
this condition is stopped?
Are you afraid of the gang, or are
you SO tender-hearted you can't bring your
selfto stop it?
You were supported by the writer
and received the support of many other
good citizens. but we are certainly disap-
DCirted IN you as mayor.
do you think for just minute that
the public in general is going to tolerate
his kind OF monkey stuff much longer?
Show the public the exercise of some
Of the authority vested in you as mayor,
and get busy, please, and break up this
crime stuff, so that the citizens can live
in peace and safety"
A great deal more has been said about
the mayor, and much of it has been pub
lished in The Citizen, but it seems that the
public" which the writer mentions, will
have TO wait till the next municipal cleo
ton before it can express its sentiment, be-
cause, in the final analysis, any blame for
an untoward thirg that goes on in Key
West is directly traceable to the city
council
A writer in The Citizen, two months
ago, spoke Of the three public jobs the
mayor is holding, and called on the council,
because Of the impossbiIity for the mayor
or any other one man to attend to at least
superintendent, at the same time. But what
did the council do?
NOTHING!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-07
Chapter 10

THE distant believing Of cows
L drifted down on the breeze
that soughed through the mes
quite.
"Thar they bel" said Hardtack.
"You always was fighting fool,
Mike. Dye figure to throw down
on the jaspers?"
81 amt that foolish" grinned
the redhead. Listen! You ride in
and act natural. FleeSon will fig
ure you're just a harmless old
hombre hunting color-which you
are"
The prospector spat disgustedly.
Locate the gal. Tell her TO slip
out of camp after midnight and
nit for the herd"
"What'll she do, kiss the night
guard?" inquired Hardtack.
Suits me, I'll be the night
guard"
CHIELDED by a yucca clump,
- O'Shane eyed a hunched figure
in a sIicker slowly circling the
cows. AS he watched, another
rider logged out from the silent
camp.
"The relief man." growled
O'Shane to the roam. Guess it's
my play"
Taking one turn around the
sleeping herd, the relief checked
his pony and rolled a smoke a
loop snaked thorugh the air with
a faint hiss. Legs threshing, he
hit the ground-a rock, clenched
in Distances fist, descended upon
his unprotected head.
Swiftly, the redhead trussed him
up and gagged him, then swung
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-07
ONE HOUR OF MERCY

The American Red Cross has asked
the ration for $lSO.OOO,OOO to carry.
OF the work of that great organization
for another year. BY comparison with ma
tional quotas for war bonds, the amount
isn't a great deal. The quota for Key West
and Monroe County has been set at $4,000.
When we consider the tremendous
scope Of the Red Cross and its glObal serv-
ice. this quota, we believe, should meet
he whole-hearted support of every Key
Wester.
Nothing in life is more difficult for
peaee-loving people to bear than war with
an It's grim horror, its amending trail of
sorrow, It's disruption of homes and its utter
waste of life and property. Yet the people
ol this nation are in the third year of the
worlds most horrible war.
Each day more blue stars in service
Tags turn to gold as this son, that brother
or that father falls or a distant and un-
known battlefield. Each day hundreds or
Thousands, OF men are carried back TO hos
pitfalls wi h grievous wounds
Zach + a member of some American
family. Thousands, yes millions of Ameri-
can men in uniform are tired beyond be-
lief OF battle. and hOmesck for home and
family. Yet they know they must keep or.
There is no one Of us but would give
everything to tighten the burden of sorrow
ing families who have lost their men, or
calm the fears of those whose men have
Teen wounded We would give all we
could TO ease the pain of the injured, or
stll the inconsistencies in those who must
light on.
Today. as Key West Chapter Of the
American Red Cross carries or its cam
paiTu for funds. we can do our share in
lvhtsring the burden Of sorrow, in calm
ing the fears and in easing the pair Of the
wounded.
The American Red Cross was created
FOR Just that purpose and through it's chan
ucls of mercy we can do most for those who
need our help.
The Rel Cross is at the front keeping
alive the atmosphere of nome for the men
who are fighting; the Red Cross il in the
hospitals cheering the wourded and send
mo messages home to anxious and fearful
relatives the Red Cross is sending. blood
rlasma and surgical dressings to save the
lives Of American youth; the Red Cross is
here ~ home To aid and assist families in
distress.
This is your Red Cross. and through
y can do your share in human kindness ard
blunt somewhat the horror of war.
SO when you are asked to help meet
our quota-which, by the way, will pay
thc cost OF Red Cross operations through
cat he world for just one hour, at the rate
If 81 per seeond-don't hesitate. but give
and give generously
Help Key West buy one hour of mercy
Cor Our loved ones.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-07

YESTERDAY Anrered a To" :
sons attempts 10 trap ana l1,]e
HIM out, Mike OS .a7le rides to-
udrd the Double Q to square dc-
counts. Bat the Spl lad as COM
pletely deserted From Cassidy.
the Double O casper lUho had led
rim into the trap, he learns that
FleeSon has split tUith WdckeT,
la stolen the Double Q herd,
kidnapped Joan Curran, and tDontd
force deed of sale out OF her:
O'Shane goes after them; and
1Dhile on their trail meets up t1lth
Hardtack Harry .,Dhom he be-
friended gears back. Hdrdtdck
promises to help O'Shdne rescue
Joan.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-07

NoIens volens if the scarcity of meat
continues. we viii all be compelled to be-
come gymnosophistS. But that sect in India
ate no meat beea1se such was their desire
while We will abstain from meat becouse
"we haze nae meat"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-07

Cayctano Camus, who has
been visiting his son and daugh-
ter-in-law, Nj and Mrs Fernan
do Camus, VIII leave this after
noon for Birmingham, Ala.
where he has accepted a position
IN hotel IN that city.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-07

H. Laid, accompanied by Mrs.
Laid, left yesterday for Tampa
to attend a convention of tax
collectors from all counties in
the state.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-07
LrouoR RETURNS

DETROIT. - In The Twelve
wears Maine has operated its y.
auor monopoly, the state rs
realized ss5.250.24070 aboye e..
penses.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-07

Today The Citizen says in an
editorial paragraph:
"We venture that the London
woman who kept her marriage
a secret for 30 years had a sorry
looking husband
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-07

Miss Nina Ryder left yesterday
Ia spend II week in Miami visit
ing friends
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-07

The English word barber is
from the Latin "barba", meaning
beard.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-07

Miss Cecele Leach, who had
been visiting relatives, left yes
terday for Milwaukee, Wis.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-07

Mrs. C. H. w. Read, who had
been in Key West to attend the
funeral of her grandmother,
Mrs. Charlotte Gould, returned
yesterday to her home in Miami
Beach.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-07
ORIGINAL. MEANING
To be continued

BALTIMORE. - Ambulance"
originally meant movable hos
pital, and duringi the Crimean
War it came to- mean vehicle
for the conveyance of the sick.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-07

The war has developed some new
rich in every community in the land and
the money has gone to their heads
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-07

You shouldn't run down anyone unless
,ou are an elevator operator.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-07

Guard all secrets large and small:
Their terms relate to none at all,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-07
TODAY'S HOROSCOPE

Today gives ambition, but the
native is cautious and patient.
There is great attachment TO
friends and a protective care ex-
ercised in guarding them. Failure
in undertakings is seldom found
for what is not done by energy
is accomplished by patient and
intelligent waiting.
The Spanish American War
lasted only ten weeks.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-07

/. More Hotels and Apartments.
q Reach and Bathing Pavilion
g .AHpoas-Land and Sea.
Consolidation Of County and City Gov
ernments
s. Conn unity Auditorium.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-07

County Tax Collector Frank
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-07
KEY WEST IN
DAYS. GONE BY
FROM FTT-E OF THE CITIZEN
MARCH 7. 1895

Lieutenant w. Curry Harris,
of the local battery of the
Florida National Guard, who had
been on duty in Matecumbe, re-
turned 10 Key West yesterday
afternoon, Asked what was now
the attitude Of the veterans at
the camp on Lower Matecumbe,
he replied that they had re-
turned 10 work and that there
was no further disturbance there.
Secretary Of War George H.
Dern has approved the revised
clans for the Overseas Highway
bridges, according to a special
dispatch from Washington, pub
lished in The Citizen today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1945-03-07

The Oder that you smell is Cologne.
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DILEMMA IN JAPAN
By ANDREW Roth. little,
Bro10n & Co., $780,
Reviewed by
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GARRETT D. HORNER.
With the self assurance of youth
and book learning" untempered by
actual experience in Japan, 26-year-
old Andrew Roth attempts to lay
down the law in 291 pages about how
the Allied occupation forces should
treat the japanese.
Parts of his book are rather con-
fusing, but other parts contribute
apparently factual explanations Of
the tieup between the militarists,
wealthy industrialists and financiers
and so-called moderate" politicians
in the old japanese ruling class. He
concludes that the concept of jap
anese liberals "as virtual angels of
peace" is one of the most dangerous
bits of folklore in American think
ing about Japan
Some confusion arises when he
attempts to make out case that
responsible Allied government Of
ficials are not fit to make salts
factory peace with Japan. He de-
votes considerable space to criticism
of Joseph c. Grew, former Under
secretary of State and the last
American Ambassador to Japan,
who is credited with major share
in formulation of the Allied policy
toward Japan in defeat. Then he
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adopted.
Most confusing is his discussion
Of Emperor Hirohito. 1T must be
stated fatty" Mr.. Roth so states at
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Three O'Clock Dinner
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By Josephine P1nckney. (Vtk-
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The contrast between an estab-
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geoisie is one of the standing themes
of modern literature. We find it in
the writing of all countries. In our
own country, our tradition being
what it is, we have usually handled
the comparison so as to throw the
most favorable light on the rising
group. We are by habit sympathiz-
ers with the new rather than ad-
mirers of the old. In this novel by
one of the Charleston Pinckneys,
however. we get the reverse English,
or perhaps one should say the re-
verse American.
The story concerns the Redcliffs
and the Hassenwinkles, both fam
lilies of Charleston. The Redclif1s
are aristocrats, comfortably we'll off
though not so rich that they do not
work, and somewhat eccentric, as
seems to be the privilege of people
who have enjoyed security for a
long time. The Hassenwinkles are
the arrivists, descendants of Ger
man baker who made good.
A neurotic Redcliff boy tries to
escape his personal inferiority feel
ing by taking up radicalism. which.
to him. means associating with peo-
pie whom he believes are his in
feriorS by category. He marries the
Hassenwinkle girl, Lorena, who is a
sort of unprofessional prostitute
Miss Pinckney gives the big scene of
her novel over to the contrast OF
the two tribes thus united It takes
place when the Redcliffs invite the
brides family to O'Clock Sunday
dinner
What she shows is that. in Amer
lea at least, the self-assured aristo-
crat is much more of true demo-
crat than the aggressive nouveau
richie. The Redcliffs, being faced by
fat accompli in the marriage,
set themselves seriously to Welcom-
ing the Hassenwinkles as kin. But
the HaSSenwlnkles have not acCuS-
toned themselves to thinking of
good will or any form of spiritual
generosity: their minds have been
formed in the struggle to get ahead.
They are. in short, snobs of the
crudest type Instead of being in
suited by the proud folk of the big
house, they deal the insults out of
their own unqualified materialism
The marriage breaks up on its own
sheer impossibility.
/ The book is uneven in quality
/ Sometimes it is shrewd and humor-
Gus, sometimes it is on the ladies
magazine level both in thinking and
writing It's chief weakness, one
feels, is in the character of the Has
senwinkle girl. She is editorially
described as lovable. but she is
actually shown as repulsive. 1t is
impossible to believe in her.
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Contrast in China Before and After
The Horrors of Japanese Invasion

foreigners in Shanghai, before get
ting down to the serious part of her
book in which she spares no words
in describing the cruelty Of the in
vading japanese.
The events she pictures both be-
fore and after the arrival of the
Japs follow pattern grown famil-
lar but worth reiterating now that
many of the Japs are smiling a
welcome to our forces of occupa-
ton.
Mrs. Booker carries her story ul
to the point where she and Other
foreign women leave for home prior
to the Pearl Harbor attack. From
that point on, her husband take,
over, describing in a diary the in
ternment and treatment of the mer
and such women as stayed behinc
too long to escape. Finally, Mrs
Booker adds a concluding chapter
after the return of her husband or
the Gripsholm.
Flight From China" is one o.
those books you don't like to pu
down, once you start to read.
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Heritage Of the River, by Muriel
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little boy and his dominating sister.
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RAM The current O. Henry Memo
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A Dynamic World Order, by Dom
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of a new world order based on the
Christian pattern. Merits serious
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War and Peace Aims. Omitted Ma
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from statements by United Nations
leaders relevant to the coming peace
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Among
the Authors
BY CAROLYN Ioqqins

Zelda Popkin, who wrote the
novel, "The Journey Home" Is a
little woman, dark and cheerful
looking. Her expression may re-
suit from having done all her life
just what she wanted to do-Write.
She began as a wee girl with poetry.
More serious things like essays
followed and eventually the down.
to-earth job of reporter for her
hometown paper in Pennsylvania.
She moved to New York when she
married another writer and to-
gether they ran their own publicity
agency for "a years.
Since then Zelda Popkin has
written six mysteries and numerous
articles. A firmly established pat
tern is set for her writing. She
works seven days a week while she
is doing a book and suffers from
insomnia the whole time. This goes
on for about six months before the
book is finally completed Her novel,
THE Journey Home" was written
in the same time, but she worked
harder on it than on the mysteries.
She also made a trip to Florida to
get material for the story.
On her own "journe( home" by
coach she sat in the ladies' room
with lotsof servicemen's wives and
got material for the book that
night, although no sleep. Don Cor
bett In the book is modelled after
a young man who was a writer for
the Kansas City Star before he be-
came a bombardier in this war.
Half of her year is given to book
writing and the other half to doing
articles. She has one coming out
In the October McCalls o. the
touchy subject of war widow b. One
enchanting bit to come out of the
statistics scanned for that piece
was that divorces marry more
often than widows. She is a bi,
annoyed with the wives who have
read pieces about how changed theil
men are going to be until they
are half afraid to see them again
One woman spoke in a f1utter about
her husbands homecoming, Tn
afraid to see him. Do you think
I'll say the right things?" To tina
Mrs. Popkin replied firmly, al
he'll want is for you to be natural
Be glad, don't be afraid" And ther
she added, Il wish my HUSBAND
were coming home. I would know
how to receive him"
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