The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 29, 1937, Page 2

ee st at IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST Only Daily PE Ker West and Monroe County. i ce Oe Sutered at Key West, Florida, as second. Class matter is exclusively entitled to use foe republication of all news dispaiches credited to or not otherwise credited in thi: published here. Cugriten enaes the local news ADVERTISING RATES on application, SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of tharxs, resolutions of » obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. Noth for pe rtainments by churches from which is to Made known -_ terest but it will not publish anonymous communi- eations. -\DVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. 2. Bridges to complete Road to Main land. &. Free Port. Hotels and Apartments. Rathing Pavilion. 5 6. Aboorts—Land and Sea. 7. Consolidation of County and City Governments. ee eee ee as Work that is well done never wor- ries the laborer. The word from Europe is that the nations do not want war—yet. The spender usually has plenty of friends—until his money is gone. Compromise is the device of progress in almost every line of human activity. Some years ago, Key West had a “mule” scandal, and did that have a kick in it! It is not casting aspersions on any one if at this time he should be referred to as a “brick.” Undoubtedly there are some _ indus- trialists who would like to smack a Homer, in or out of season. Real estate is moving, but unlike some of California, it is moving from one ownership to another. A professor says “the country suffers from a surplus of brains.” Perhaps in quantity but not in quality. Let us hope all the loose bricks will soon be disposed of. Then we will have no more brickbats to throw at one another. Stepin Fetchit, the colored Hollywood star, who was born in Key West and whose family name is Ferry, is the only native who has ever owned a Rolls-Royce. Horace Greeley advised, “Go West, young man, go West,” but had he lived at the present time, he, with his keen vision, surely would have advised not only the young man, but everybody to go to Florida. In Italy the average hourly factory wage is one lire and 81 centimes, or slightly less than nine and one-half cents | Since the 40 hour week is ob-| served in all except war industries in Italy, | the worker's average weekly wage at} present is $3.79. And if you open your; mouth to complain, in the hoosegow you | go. an hour. A former Key Wester, now living iu| Miami, dropped in the other day and said that the most pleasing thing he hears from visitors to this city when they return to the Magic City is that Key West people! are the most hospitable and courteous to be found anywhere. That is an asset we must never lose. It held this writer here |} for a quarter of a century when his orig-{ inal purpose was to stay but a single year. PEACE PROSPECTS BETTER The situation in Europe seems to have ‘improved somewhat in the past few weeks, with the general opinion being that war is not now as imminent as it seemed. Apparently, the armament program of Great Britain is having an influence for peace even though it is hardly underway. The fact is, as we gather from European observers, that Germany is not yet ready for a general war. Russia prefers to carry out domestic policies, France plans no | present offensive and the British want to get ready before a storm breaks. The Spanish civil war continues but indications last week were that foreign in- tervention might become less important and that the factions may be allowed to fight it out. This means, on the face of | the present situation, a victory for the gov- ernment, which is a marked contrast to the outlook six weeks ago. KEY WEST FOR FISHERMEN (Times-Union) “While Key West awaits the completion of the $3,600,000 Causeway to connect her isolation with the mainland, the question in the minds of many devotees is whether the new link of over- seas roadway will spoil the isolated picturesquenes: and inherent charm of the “Island of Keys,” says the Boston Transcript. “This stepchild community which is 875 miles further south than Cairo, Egypt, | has long been known as the stretch of narrow reefs lulled by the tides, and at present slumbers in a life different from all Florida.” goes on to say: The Transcript “Key West each Spring becomes a magnet for the big game water sports, and is an angler’s paradise where fish stories come _ true,” states C. E. Bell, general passenger agent of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, who tells how thousands each year seek the mooz- ing coral hamlets of the Keys. From numer- ous docks, pier and bridges, hundreds of anglers follow the fascinating sport and bring in fish from one thousand pounds and The native life even larger. and sedateness is transformed when fishermen from all parts of the country come knocking at the the great catches. door for One of the charms of the resort lie.: in its architecture where houses built over a century ago on crooked little flower-filled lanes and Picturesque alleys resemble the dwellings of old Virginia and Spain of the West Indies. Evidences of pirate days are still seen recall- ing the roaring buccaneers who used Key West as a place to careen theiy ships between raids on the Spanith Main. An Old World atmos- phere pervades the string of islands. is heard from the dignified , old houses, cupolaed and yellow-shuttered, with native habits, customs and bi le riding add- ing to the illusion of a foreign land. In the resort, which is Spanish in atmosphere, one Spanish balonied may still hear the cockneyed speech as hand- ed down from English tars and the New Eng- land clipper ship sailors who settled down on the Island after helping Commodore Porter raid out the freebooters of the Spanish Main. The story is much more informative about Key West, telling of the way the flower secd brought there by seafaring men from all over the in- world, and planted, to grow beautiful and teresting in the yards and gardens. is one of the of Key West,” it is told, “found in rare and abundant foliage, flowers and trees. Here the ro charm, al poinciana, as bright as the burning bush of Biblical legend, blooms several months of the and the night-blooming cereus. year with East Indian palms, Spanish limes Tourists who seek the unusual will find Key West a one-street town of little houses, looking out on the lush of tropi- cal growth.” It is not likely that the completion of the ! Causeway will lessen the charms and of Key West for fishermen or tourists; it still be far from shore, and the isolation that was actually ended when the great Overseas Railway was built by Henry Flagler, years ago, i; not de plored. The Transcript suggests in its headline: but fact is that it slumbers right on through the year that Key Wect “slumbers until Spring” —to a great extent—and is always As in all tropical countries the people do not tr to work in the middle of the day. Key We tropical; and the only part of Florida that can be } so called. Fishermen, sportsmen, pleasure-seekers, tourists, will continue to visit Key West—even as | they go to the islands of the Caribbean Sea, and southward. There are many good things that na- tions and people cannot afford. Vice is more surely punished in this world than virtue rewarded; in fact virtue | is its own reward, attractions | will the interesting. | t is} | Age Teday As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen ‘flood sufferers in the good old Key Wiest way. The total at noon today was $592, having increased ;to the extent of $186 since ‘the j total was announced yesterday at | this time. Employes of the First | National Bank swung in today |with $30.50 and the Woman's |Club yesterday afternoon collect- ed $50. There is also a surplus jin the Woman’s Club milk fund which amounts to $50. This will |be turned over to Miss Lyon, lo- jeal Red Cross executive. The } Elks Club has given $10 and the ilodge is sending $100 through the ' grand lodge to be expended by a | representative of the order who is jlocated in the flood area. Miss Lyon is satisfied that as has been the case in previous instances when Key Wet has been called for a quota to a just cause, this city will maintain its reputation for keeping the pace. Harry C. Maine, wanted in this city for passing worthless checks, and captured at Home- stead yesterday, wa3 brought back and arrived in the custody of Policeman Vinson 3 o’clock this jafternoon. He has confessed and {told She Niles that his reason for assuming the role of a legion- naire was that he was sick and needed money. He acknowledges the bogus checks and said he ;would make the money good when {he “came k.” Telegrams state that he is not on the American Legion rolls in Binghamton, his declared native city. Dr The “May Festival” which is staged annually by the Woman’s ;Club will be put on next week at the barracks. The day will be \'Thursday. The entertainment part jor the festival will be under the direction of the Junior Woman’s Club and the May queen will be ¥ DAYS GONE BY | Happenings Here Just 10 Near? morning by Lay : plus accrued interest. Three total of $250,000 were | York bond houses were represent- (Key Westers are responding to eq in the bidding. They combined, the call for aid of Mississippi their bids this’ morning’ jointly! buying-the bonds at the price stated. R. M. Grant company,' Heiminger company atid ‘the Wal-' ter Woody company, 1 the bonds. Hy Parent-Teacher Asdobiation for the other schools are to be or- ganized, it was stated’ fotlay. The! only school now with such an or- ganization is the High School. An organization meeting for the Divi- sion Street School will be held this week and another for the Harris School will be held next: week, it was announced today. | aeaaene i Editorial comment: Most grown folk think they are too smart to believe in Santa Claus, but the bulk of them are believing the fairy story that Europe’s going to pay that which vhe owes the U. S, A daughter was born Wednes~ day to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Mul- berg in the home of Mrs. Mul- berg’s mother on Eaton street, Mrs. Mulberg was before mar-* riage, Miss Gladys Kantor. ( Suit for $5,000 against the city of Key West has been filed in cir- cuit court by John C. Erwin, whose car was struck by a fire truck several weeks ago. Mr./ Erwin claims that he and the car were injured. | The negro who gives his name as Suber, who was shot by a white man at Bahia Honda, April 16, hae recovered sufficiently to be able to tes John Ray, as- nt section foreman, has been arrested in connection with the shooting and will be arraigned tomorrow. Of the chemical elements, only ten are known to have been fa- miliar to the ancients in their pure form. Normal Mean i Rainfall* Yesterday’s Precipitation Norm Precipitation Thin record covern 24-1 custing nt % avelach thin Tomorrow's Almanac Sun rises 5:52 a. Sun sets Moon rises Moon sets High pee ee Sarometer 8 a. m. today: Sea level, 29.96. WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:30: p. m., Friday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly; c.oudy. tonight; Friday scattered! showers and thunderstorms; mod- | erate southeasterly winds. i Florida: Oloudy tonight, prob-, ably showers in extreme north; portion; Friday scattered showers | and thunderstorms. { Jecksonville to Florida Straits: : Gentle to moderate southeaster.y winds, and partly overcast weath | er tonight and Friday. : East Gulf: Moderate southeast- erly winds, fresh at times over | north portion; overcast weather) with occasional showers tonight | and Friday, { pete i WEATHER CONDITIONS { A moderate high pressure area! has moved in over the Pacific) States, and pressure is also mod-} erately high over the Lake region, | and upper Ohio Valley, and rela-! tively high off the south Atlantic ! coast; while a widespread ‘ow! — 1 A Soothing Reward For Itch Sufferers: Several highly valued mediciues | are so combined as to make Imperial | Lotion a most tw reward in joyfully relieving the itching of | eczema, rash, tetter, ringworm and | Common itch. 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