The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 25, 1938, Page 2

The Key West Citizen | re wud y Newspaper in Key West and Monroe is exclusively entitied to use rwise credited in this pauper $10.00 5.00 Na ards of thanks, resolutions of charged for at 8 from which line. its by chu i are 6 cents forum and in D : subjects of loc rest but it will not publish anonymous coramuni- | IMPROVEMENTS. FOR KEY WEST | | ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN |, ! Things will be humming this week. “Life ; it killed the Stork. politically Why not leave it as it has always been: The Overseas Highway. The Miami Herald is: still hunting a. name for the Overseas Highway, as if it didn’t have one.—Fort Myers News-Press. Atta boy, Carl. Six months ago, Tokyo was seeking a victory song to’ greet returning troops in the Spring. Now, Japan needs a song to welcome new troops being rushed to re- inforce its army in China. To the editor 6f a newspaper it is just as important to know what to leave out of. the paper as what to put in it. The omis- sion often is more satisfactory to a com- | munity than the commission. ne | President Roosevelt and Henry Ford will sit down together next Wednesday and | baseball had its first | amateur club in 1866, and professional outfit in 1869. break bread. If Henry will not become frightened in the august ‘presence he. will tell him the truth and it will hurt, but likely as not, the automobile magnate will leave the White House magnetized. It has been said, and it is probably true, there are 26,000 ways of making a living, ingthe United, Stated, @ndji this does | not take fA the technique of the loafers who toil not, and neither do' they spin, bat they make a go if it just the sime, Maybe they | read the New Testament and consider the | lilies of the field, Do not let any Administration work- ev frighten you into believing that you will lose you relief job if you do not vote for Pepper. Furthermore when you are in | that little booth you can exercise your franchise as a free man or woman, and you needn't fear there is a check on you. Unless , you desire te express yourself, no one will ever know how you voted. Over a year ago The Citizen suggest- ee that a name be given officially for the Overseas Highway, but there was very lit- tle respense, most of the people of Key West believing that the Overseas Highway definitely designates a road to Key West. All along The Citizen has insisted that the unique name of Key West be ineorperated in the official appellation, but selfish ov to have Key West as may be gleaned from iggestions offered by an paper reulating in the city. It seems appropr naming ef the rondway should siders would like the name eliminated, outside the people of Key Wes the Toll it designates, trumentality giving Overseas Road and the agency which STREET SIGNS NEEDED | Vsitors to Key West are experiencing considerable difficulty locating the address- es of friends and relatives because many of our streets are not marked by street signs. Some of the markings on the curbs identifying others of our streets have fad- ed. and’ worn out. All in all it is. pretty con- fusing to strangers in attempting to find their way around the city. Our city council or the department of public works should make the marking of our streets an early order of business. Per- haps the job might be handled by the WPA, thus providing jobs for men handy at lettering and painting and others adept in the use of saw and hammer. In this connection the police depart- ment should be congratulated for the en- terprise shown in the erection of street markings on such thoroughfares as White- head, Duval, Simonton and Fleming streets. The department is reported busy on stop signs to be erected at blind intersections of the through streets. EARLY BASEBALL The distinctively American game of crude beginnings about 100 years ago, and the first attempt to develop the game is generally credited to Abner Doubleday of Cooperstown, N. ¥., in 1839. In the early days the ball Was ex- tremely “lively,” being made of two and a “half ounces of rubber, covered with yarn | and leather, and scores ran high. first intercollegiate game, In the between Am- herst and Williams colleges, on July 1, 1859, Amherst won by the score of 66 to 32. The game lasted 26 innings, hSw- ever, and there were 13 players on each side. The first professional team was the Cincinnati Red Stockings, organized. as an becoming 4 In that year it made a tour of the United States, meet- ing local amateur teams, winning 56 games | and tying one during the season, averaging 42 runs per game, while its opponents averaged 10. The first pitcher to throw a curved | ball. was Arthur Cummings, who intro- | duced the innovation in 1866. The oldest professional baseball league is the National League, organized in 1876 with eight teams: New York, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, St. Louis, | Cincinnati, Louisville and Hartford. The | American League was formed in 1900, the | Buffalo, Kansas | original clubs being Chicago, Cleveland, Indianapolis, Detroit, City, Milwaukee and Minneapolis, In 1884 the first “world series” was played, when Providence, champions of the National League, defeated the Metro- politans of the old American Association, winning three out of a series of five games. GREATEST BASSO DEAD From Paris, France, came word a few days ago of the death of Feodor Chaliapin, for many years recognized as the world’s greatest operatic basso, at the age of 65. His greatest artistic triumphs were achieved as a'member of the Metropolitan Opera Company of New York. Born in Kazan, Russia, of poor and obscure parents on St. Valentine’s Day in 1873, Chaliapin began as a shoemaker’s ' apprentice, but early showed evidences of the marvelous Voice which was to thrill | music lovers throughout the world. He joined an operetta company in his native Russia at the age of 17, and after studying with capable masters made his debut in grand opera at St. Petersburg (now Leningrad) when 22. He became a member of the Metropolitan in 1906, and also appeared in concert in numerous Am- erican cities. Chaliapin was an imposing figure phy- sically, being six feet four inches tall. He was a prodigious consumer of food and hard liquor, but his indulgences did not appear to interfere with his artistic career, although they may have shortened hfs > life. Among bassos Chaliapin held a rank comparable te that of Caruse among tenors at the very tep> In his death the opera- tic and concert stage suffers grievous lo. a Onee more let us remind yeu to drive —more thar one hundred persons n highway accidents daily. Driv- efully may avoid you being one of s, or the cause of one or more of the deaths. "Madisonville, > THE KEY WEST CITIZEN KEY WEST IN" DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Years) Ago Teday As Taken From The Files of The Citizen. Already several small - parties. of Shriners jhave passed through the city enroute to Havana, but the first delegation of size will pass through the city Friday morning. There: will be 125 mem- bers of Rizpah Temple, from Ky. Besides these 60 members of the Florida Post- masters: Association. will arrive enroute to the city of Havana as |i, ere well as same 40 members: of the Eastern Star, which is now hold- ing its state convention in Miami. So heavy will be traffic between this city and Havana Saturday that the P. and O. will send both the Governor Cobb and the Mi- ami away that morning with ca-, pacity loads. This, according to J. N. Costar, will mark the inaug- uration of a special schedule which the company will main- tain for the 10 days the Shriners | are in Havana. The delegation from Madisonville, which will leave for Havana from Key. West Friday morning will return to the city on Sunday at 4:30: o’clock Sunday afternoon. Today is a red letter day in the history of Florida. The day the famous Tamiami Trail opens as a through Highway across the Everglades and linking up the lower east and west coasts of the state of Florida. Heretofore the only way to cross the Everglades has been by foot in dry weather or by dugout canoe during the rainy season. And only few white men have made it either way. Now it is possible to drive across from coast to coast in three hours or less, over one of the fin- ‘est and one of the costliest roads in the United States. A. 30-foot hard surfaced solid rock filled highway the like of which is met with nowhere else in the coun- try. Editorial comment: The county has invested some $750,000 in the boulevard and now its surface is being badly damaged by driving $50 automobiles over it. Is it good business to allow this to continue. Boil your drinking water is the warning being sounded by City Health Officer H. C. Galey. By so doing much of the illness among children Would’ be ~avoided, he points out. Seahorse Reef Spit Bellbuoy, Number 3, at Cedar Keys, has been replaced, the local light- | house department announces. The buoy was reported. out of place the early part of last week and instructions were at once issued for its replacement. The Fourth, Fifth and Sixth de- grees are those whicly are to be exemplified at the meeting of Scottish Rite Masons in their hall tonight. The building used: as headquar- ters of the Key West Electric Company is being overhauled and will be painted in the inte- rior. The exterior may also be given a coat of color. : The large party af mi o the Alabama Pre: if; | A aaefsond and their families, which passed through last Friday enroute to | Havana, returned yesterday aft- ernoon and in, the evening took train for the north. Meeting of all these who are interested in obtaining an athletic field in Key West will be held at the American Legion Hall tomor- row night at 8 o'clock. Not only lovers of sport, but all who are interested in the general welfare of the city are invited to come. City Lot Dance to be given at the K. of C. Hut Friday evening will be featured by the final elim- ination contests in the waltz tournament in which two silver cups will be awarded. Dancing will be to the music of Carbonell’s orchestra. foegerese eeccceccocoes hiSdays Horoscope seeeecccccccccecccescces Today giyes a disciplined na- ture; nafurdl good will and a lik- ing for hard work on its own ac- count.” Th gaay carry a happy dis- position, aingent with its own let in life; but is more likely to be dominated with a strong love of justice. It produces a leader of men, whose following accompan- ies its chief through pure regard for his sterling qualities. Not V Worth the Trouble “Reggie is lost in thought”. “Yes, but I don't believe he's , Worth @ relief expedition”. | TODAY'S COMMON | ERROR Connoiseur nounced kon” kon‘’-i-shure’. is pro- -i-sur’; not The largest key of Florida’s chain Is old Key Largo of pirates’ fame. \Here old Black Caesar -brought his ships, Made merry and rested between his trips. Imbedded in the coral ring bolts he used, are Made of pure iron and properly sas fused. creek, Prospectors come, seek. his. gold stored; Mother Nature now has covered the hoard. Who knows but what, future date, Some luck one may find: pieces of eight. FRANK C. SCHNEIDER. 651. William Street, Key West, Fla. at some FIRST DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY 38 For Congress Fourth Congressional District HENRY H. FILER For Congress. 4th. Congressional. District LEWIS. E. MOORE _A business man for Congress For State Senator MELVIN E. RUSSELL “BR School Man Fighting For School Children” F ‘or State Senator DAVID ELMER WARD “I'll Do The Best I Can For All” For Representative State Legislature T. S. CARO For Representative State Legislature BERNIE C. PAPY For Representative State Legislature EVERETT W. RUSSELL For Judge of Criminal Court of Record WILLIAM V. ALBURY For Judge of Criminal Court of Record LOUIS A. HARRIS For County Solicitor ALLAN B. CLEARE, JR. (For Re-Election) For County Commissioner First District WM. H. MONSALVATGE |For Casimily Commissioner Vo §Fieét District WM. R. PORTER {For Re-Election) 5 SPS eindlaeatent For County Commissioner . Sth District Fos Censte Commissioner Fifth Distriet T. JENKINS CURRY For County. Commissioner, | Fifth District CLEVELAND NILES (For Re-Election) “For County Commissioner Fifth District HASTINGS C. SMITH Subscribe to The Citizen—20c weekly. pei NO NAME LODGE No Yame Key) the: { at the entrance to Caesar's; to: ~ }and East Gulf: THE WEATHER Cecccecesseccecccccccces Temperaiure" Highest Lowest Mean. Normal Mean _ { Rain Yesterday’s Precipitation Normal Precipitation .02 Ins, .02 Ins. ending: #t N o'et Tomorrow's. Almanac | Sun rises Sun sets Moon: rises ‘ Moon sets: x= 33 Tomorrow s Tides Low Barometer rede at 8 a. m.: Sea: level, 30.06. | | WEATHER FORECAST | (Till 7:30 p. m., Tuesday) | Key West and Vicinity: tonight and Tuesday, little change in temperature; moderate north- {east and east winds, probably | fresh at times. | Florida: Generally fair tonight land Tuesday except unsettled on extreme south coast, not so cool ‘extreme northeast portion to- | night. Jacksonville to Florida Straits Moderate north- east and east winds, fresh at times in Florida Straits, and part- jly overcast weather tonight and | Tuesday. WEATHER: CONDITIONS Pressure is moderately high this morning throughout the coun- {try east of the Plains States; | While a moderate low pressure area, centered over the Plateau States, overspreads western dis- tricts. Light rains have occurred since yesterday morning from the Lake j region eastward into New Eng- | land, and in. scattered localities in | the western portion of the coun- try, and there have been light showers in extreme southern Florida. Temperatures have fallen some- what in northeastern Florida; j while elsewhere changes have been unimportant with readings |near or above normal. ui S. KENNEDY, Official. in Charge. i Partly i On old Key Largo his plunder is cijoudy and somewhat unsettled | ‘when Joseph Holland, playing the; in this city pried’ loose a MONDAY, APRIL 25. 1938 COPS SES Oe OVD DLSSOSOS OOS TESSOOEEHESESE CITIZEN COOKING SC HOOL Palace Dedee Abot and Mike Anders have lunch on the beach-in one of the many entertaining scenes in “Star in My Kitchen,” the interesting and instructive picture that every woman in this community should see. TAKE SAFE AWAY TOO REALISTIC New York. — The acting of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. be-} Poughkee, . Y.—Burglars came a little too realistic recentl? Who robbed:an oil company office 150+ title role, was actually. wounded, pound, safe. buried two inches in during the performante:of the fae eqncrete and ‘carried it away mous “death’ scene”. ‘He “lay still while the conspirators’ “finishede their lines concerning his disposal _ Kissing the bride is out of fashy and Mark Anthony plotted his ion in this vicinity. When a guest eulogy, after which he was taken at a recent wedding was asked if to a hospital. Rubber daggers he had kissed the bride, he rex will be used hereafter. plied, “Not lately”. pfncicessit EE Changing; Prairie Customs. ¥. SE. 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