The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 8, 1938, Page 2

aay Le é ‘ b * * b | ' F = HA ORE EME MED PERERCADAE DR ~ EO Ge Tee e we rer eee Terr Pree eran) Cre) “PAGE TWO The Key Weet — y INC. o (blisher JOE ALLEN, Asvivtant Business Manager Frum ‘ihe Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets oniy Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County sntered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Presn Associated Press is ex entitled to use mn of all news dispatches credited to wise credited In this paper «nd also published here. me Year Bix Months Three Months me Month Week! ; soe $10.00 ADVERTISING RATES known on application NOTICE of thanks, resolutions of ., Will be eharged for at ainments by churches from which derived are 6 cents a line en is an open forum and invites disc sion of pu issues and subjects of local or ge st but it will not publish anonymous commu Bes “ one SPAT, =su Gada Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land. and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Some display at will j power, while | others annoy us by demonstrating their won't power. Keep in mind what your bank balance ameunts to. Law ‘prohibits a bank from paying an overdraft. | Depression. Fashion pOekets"No immediate’change expected. When you see a man talking earnestly to another man, the chances are that he wants’to borrow a few dollars for a few | days, The perfect platform, announced by friends of a Southern candidate: liberal without being radical, and servative without being reactionary.” Ten years ago, Key West introduced a sinuous dance and called it “The Ba- mena,” which for a time was a sensation. Now ten years later, we have “The Big Apple.” Those who have not business should be ‘rérhinde Woolworth, wha, ites fo “five and ten')rstarea;intter rT; before baa gti — | Ht peemss that Pidritth’dfals helpew pet Richar hitney into a jam. He should have confessed down here; we'd elect him to office instead of sending him to jail— Fort Myers News-Press. ucG gded | in that? FW: ine out of his 4 Congressman Wilcox is speeding to Washington, after canceling several speak- ing dates, to vote against the Reorganiza- tion bill which gives President Roosevelt dictatorial powers. Wilcex, so active in ob- taining the funds for the construction of the bridges, of the people, his judgments, is a conscientious servant and always sound in It seems that. the are in earnest to have their city morally cleaned up. The grand jury indicted n teunty, city and district officials for ure te do-their sworn duty. In a telegram to Governor Cene, the grand jury that the indicted officials replaced “with honest and courageous men who are without pelitical entanglements.” The telegraphic request further stated that “for many years Tampa has suffered eco- nomic strangulation at the hands ef gamb- and people of Tampa fait- asked be lers and racketeers whose iinancial power have influenced and cor- rupted many public officials.” There question that without the acquiescence ap } coeperation of county and c't f the law against gambling could not be s> activities is no o “Yldgrantly vielated anywhere. | ing on the wooden structures will put them | section, thad the District bridges. |-swerve will) mean a sideswipe, with poss Note — Men’s | trousers continue to be made without | ! Yess to-act gn the matter. “Governor Fred | ., upon the Commi “He is | con- | * great number of motor catastrophes, which a id States y apa fusips tO’ prirchase articles made in that counffy THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | LAWS AGAINST SPEEDING IMPERATIVE JUST Mayor Willard M: Albury, member of the Oversea Highway Commis- who is a sion, will propose at a meeting uf the Com- mission to be held this week, that a speed limit be set on the bridges and roadways of the Overseas Dik! ales Rt a dauaeaes This is a matter wideh deserves im- mediate and special consideratioyi, the speed Serious danger of accidents: District ony properties, now without limits, comfort that governing body. Some of the drivers now travelling the Highway make it extremely uncomfortable for oth- er motorists by flashing close by at a high rate of speed on the bridges and roadwe Everywhere it that speed limits must be observed on bridges, mostly from the fact that one cannot swerve away from a car coming too close because of the limiting bridge rails. An accident on the bridges at high speed would be one of the happenings most to be feared by the brifge highway, is recognized commissioners of the new be- INNOCENT FUN PAN 9 " eause such accidents are deplorable and make very untavorabeheadlines:On theewmen] (1) Y WES Ft DAYS GONE BY roadways, there is ul danger now b et protettiiig Wiketfences haxe t be Stalled.’ Overcrowding out eau ers hurtle over the embankments. The Citizen earnestly hopes that the bridge commissioners promptly sonable speed limits in the District and en- force them. Mayor Albury’s suggestion paves the for another consideration, Far more important is the question of speed limits on the wooden bridges, which at present are being maintained by theState Road Department. A large number of com- | munications by word of mouth and letter have reached The Citizen that fast driv- espec Frown The F See ce ae ee Plans are way to ¢ rea- bine Labor Day ot ance this fall with a “home coming week” the two to be handled by the committee which, so far, has had only the Labor Day under co: sideration. “Home Coming Wee will be the first of Septeniber, it is planned, as Labor Day comes during this period. The events will bring to the city large num- bers of former dwellers in the city, it is pointed out and the coming of these will induce oth- ers to join in and make it a great week in the history of the city. Decision to combine the two events was reached at a meeting held tecently by the finanee cof- mittee of the general Labor Day committee, which decided to put on several benefit performance and contests with a view to rais ing funds to defray the cost jof the celebrations. under mn set way out of commission. There is much more danger, too, in traveling the wooden bridge For one thing they are much narrower. Even a short ble serious results. > Roa pa ent is power- : The State F Rog ad Depa aurtm| t is p Yr Chernemewyer na Phul Lowe were arrested and 153 patk- ages and parcels of rum seized aboard Motor Boat V-16529 when the vessel was captured Sunday morning two miles off Stock Is- land by Coast Guard 223 in com- Cone, upong entering office, abolished the state patrok department. Patr lmen to én- force speed Jaws gre not available from this source. The re&ponsibility thus comes to rest on. It is up to that body, as the body with leading authority in the matter, to set certain speed laws, to consid- er the appoinimeni of motorcycle patrol- men, and to do this as speedily as possible. Fast driving, which is daily reported on the County roads must be curbed. A G. A. Choquett, according to of- ficial reports from the Custom house. The liquor was contained in 143 s. s and 10 demijdbns which were turned over to the customs officials. The estimated cost of the liquor has not been | checked up, but it is understood that it is all of the select brands which are usually handled by smugglers. The men taken with the catch entered pleas of n guilty when they were taken be- fore U. S. Commissioner C. Rod ney Gwynn and through coun- sel waived formal arraignment Their bends w placed at $1,000 each, which were promptly fur- nished for their appearance at the next term of United States Court , are sure to result under present conditions, will thus be averted or their number, at least, diminished, ANOTHER JAP TALKS NONSENSE The suggestion that the people of the boycott Japan by refusige Before an audience of 200 i. sons, marked by all the solemnity i |aud ceremonies of a hyiab at Zea w an interment was made at thé P. yand O. Piers this mapeing a ay consideration. P an in view of the may deserve serious sibly it is a foolish ic fects on our foreign}tfdde. igs s disclosure mand of Chief Boatswain’s Mate , Happenings Here Just Tn Years Ago Today As Taken “body” consigned to the en wept and men grew sad s “Chapla Herman A. Smith, of Florence, C., said the last rites before the-lifeless form was into the Four attend- ants attired as hospital nurses re- moved the sheet from the pros trate form just before its plunge into the briny blue and disclosed an old family washing machine that was being buried by laun- drymen of four states, having put to death” on a charge of creating unsanitary conditions in the home, where steam laundries would have brought health and happiness. Many of the people gathered for the ceremonies were not advised of the identity of the “corpse” and it was not until the was made that tears turned to smiles and laughter re- sounded Editorial comment: It probably takes all sorts of fools to make up the World, indlidihg*thé OWla- homa man who dedided he want- ed to pick a fight with the sheriff. As a preliminary he went home and put on a steel vest. He then staged a duel with the officer, only to learn that the vest wasn’t bullet proof.. He was probably the most surprised man world when he died wounds. of his U. S. S. Antares, after a stay of 10 days at this port with Ad- miral Walter Crosley, formerly of this city on board, will sail to- morrow for Hampton Roads, tak- ing all the maneuver equipment except the two planes and the flyers, who expeet to hop off about Wednesday Ernest Hemingway, widely known author, has arrived in Key West for a stay of two months to complete literary work he has under way. He came from France via Spain and Cuba and has tak en apartments at the Trevmor Hous+ TE AN MONS in German faculties, gave been dismissed by Nazis sthesis At the same tinie, it is intérésting to —— --—— report that Dr. Roy H. Akagi, Japanese counsellor to the South Manchuria way Company, declares that the boycott is a manifestation of the same Communistic Rail- influences which stage-managed the anti- Jap China and brought about the present Dr. Akagi, nonsense. The is an expression of anese feeling in hostilities.” talking this disgust m our boycott opinion, is sentiment in country utter with Japane loathing for the Chinese civilian population by .ctivities in China and a barbarous treatment given oldier LiA i and aviators in Japanese service, QvIGAaL AVY to NATTA CRAWFISH VERSUS, ‘LOBSTER isduD stizeqqO tlamp: The increasing popularity of the crawf ka Ssthe “Key the lobste dar ar should never be a “silent partner.’ i at do you use it? APY OR ww the telephone Use it, and particularly, remember that a long dis- tance call is a swift and economical way to buy—sell M Maine produce ove utherr asters. Th terites an there you will find action on many a business problem use i collect, preter The crawfish ha: ig it out-of claws. collect—in any part of your territory. Study the list of rates to other citics in your telephone disectory, for a picture of the low cast wd¥ to get To buy, sell, “Long Distance.” SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH Co. tmecCoarorateo in the | 4 seccsocoeseoe CITES BRUTALITY Editor, The Citizen: Wednesday afternoon I had the misfortune to witness the shoot- ing of a dog by a member of the Key: West. Police Department, by the wall of what I believe is call- pineapple factory”. The dog was ‘tied ‘with a long rope. He was shot at least five times, at intervals of five minutes or so, "Béfaré he was killed. In between the shots he ran back and forth on the end ef the rope, howling and bleeding. One of the shots either ricocheted from the cement wall or was _miss- aimed, and flew over the Warbler dock, dangerously close to the heads of the men fishing there. The killing of dogs is occasion- ally a necessity. However, it seems to me that it could be car- ried out in a fashion more hu- mane to the animal and the spec- tators (although, of course, it should have been done in priv- ate). The dog could have been chloroformed, or tied down and shot with one bullet properly placed, or, at least, the five or Six bullets need not have been spac- ed to let thevanimal suffer, ap- parently, as lomg.as possible. FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1938. ©0000 000000000 00000 000000008 SOS OSSSOSOORSOOOOOOOSS PEOPLE'S FORUM eoce ° naturally wonders how long they can hold out. When these go down, of what use are the new ones? For, after all, a road is only as strong as its weakest bridge. Something must be done and done speedily. We cannot afford, now in our hour of rtiumph, to be cut off from the mainland, es- pecially through any fault of our own. I would suggest signs be posted on these bridges, “Speed limit 15 miles per hour”, and a speed cop assigned to patrol them Bad news travels fast. After a score of arrests, there would be few offenders. Believe it or not, but a little law enforcement goes a long way. A year ago, half the motorists here were breaking parking regu- lations. Fifty of the ofienders were arrested and fined. Today, one rarely sees a transgressor of this Jaw. Try the same tactics on these speed-mad motorists. Save the bridges at any cost! P. L. COSGROVE, JR. Sailor—Say, faster. Coxswain- stay with the can’t you go any Sure, but I have boat. to =_ THAT ARE NEWS | Such an example of brutality | cannot help but detract from the ¢harms of Key West in the opin- ion of anyone. TOURIST. Key West, Fla., April 7, 1938. WARNS AGAINST SPEED Editor, The Citizen: I have just returned from Mi- ami where motorists are boasting of making the Key West trip in two and one-half hours. As the distance between the two cities is 169 miles, it doesn’t take a professor of mathematics to figure their cars are running well over a mile-a-minute. Perhaps the new bridges can stand the strain, but the old wooden structures are taking a terrific beating. Considering the fact that thousands of cars are weekly traveling over them, one PIRATES COVE | FAMOUS FISHING CAMP On Oversea Hichway. 20 Miles Fram Key West 1 —SwImMMING PooL-- | For Reservations Telephone PIRATES COVE sides roofs. SPECIAL SALE PRICE SPECIAL SALE PRICE THE OLDEST PAPER IN ARGENTINA (A SPANISH SPEAKING COUNTRY) IS AN ENGLISH JOURNAL, Presen! COLUMBIA YES’ sIR !... THE AAGUEY PLANT'S ATERPILLAR A MEXICANS ITS FOUND INSIDE THE PULQUE, (THE PRESIDENT: nt eras ans FATHER PURCHASED THE INDIANS Aap ace FARM IN id A BOWL. pF ted By LAUNDRY ALL LAUNDRY AND DRY CLEANING SERVICES 617 Simonton St SPECIAL PAINT OFFERINGS White Creosote Paint This paint combines durability of good exterior white paint with protective and preservative qualities of creesote. Regular $2.50 Value $itLL nth dtdidtitd ia SOTTO OTTTIEE a, | PRESENT STOCK ONLY pears Masonite Beveled Tile Board In sheets 2’x4’, brown in color. No paint mecessary although water paint will take very effectively on it. Here is a good buy for a good wall board at an extremely low price. Regular $55.00 Value SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & FNGINEERING C9. White oad Eliza Streeis “Your Home Is Worthy @ The Best” OSLEODIIPIIPIIILISIIIILIIILEDIID Ss. $1.80, PER GALLON A Regular Seller At $2.25 Per Gallon’ Green Metalic Roof Paint A good green paint that can be used om many exterior surfaces be- 50 PER GALLON $40.00 PER THOUSAND SQ. FT. Phone 87 —OTOOOTO ew Sew, SOMME MES. OL dk oe". ma Phone 598