The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 27, 1938, Page 2

onty Gntere ed at | 1 ARPMAN, Preside Daily Newspd tounty rds of thanks, resolutions , Will be charge $10.00 5.00 d fol IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST | ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water Comprehensive and Sewerage. Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. 5, Airports—Land and Sea. > Governments. City Plan (Zoning). Consolidation of County and City still announces that expectant parents are | It rains more on the just if they leave their umbrellas in reach of the unjust. Trading at home is one way to keep | more money circulating here in Key West. The English are an eyebrow raising | nation, yet in doing so how do they man- age to keep on their monocles! If some of those major league base- ball teams would do their spring training in Key West, they would undoubtedly make | a better showing in the race for the covet- ed pennant. Walter Winchell knows a lot, but he anticipating “a bundle from Heaven.” Evi- dently, the columnist has failed to see a recent copy of “Life.” Very few ‘people in Key West, that matter anywhere else, or for forget the names of those who owe them money. The familiar excuse of remembering the face but not the name does not apply in these PS. Imagine forgetting the name of a fellow who owes you a $5 spot; instead of forgetting, in your memory, job. boat trip t car OW ak the name and that’s Fort Myers Floridan says the the world i: inzie ferry boat, is indelibly engraved Mnemosyne’s “finest sitting in your own Another fine sea voyage is to take your car and go to Key West over the ocean highw Union. the opportunity to visitor Key West, for several y: —Times- ars, offered and its own resi- dents to traved a portion of the Overseas Highway in their own cars on ferries cov- ering the water gaps, but evervone gottired of this slow mode of transportation, and so we had the government build bridges and row the charming island of Key West may be reached from Miami, by motor car with- in four hours, in an enchanting and unique drive, che unsurpassed anywhere in the world. As in Florida, W. P. A. heads are ved in Pennsylvania with intimidating workers with threats of losing their jobs unless they vote for those candidates who have the Administration's sanction. This column knows who are active in Key West for whem you plex » all government projects to which it alarmed and vote for West will lose no in fact we pro waa bum to Pp tanding having enjoy f pap right here for se ee years. His € one in sek eH who i th yed epper, enate, West in the Key Do not be Key ct if Pepper is not elected, even expect better senatorial other hand ay the sap. future is out- ucculent re- t is that unless Pepper is returned to will t is consid ; ious to interest outsiders in our city. | storms expect that you help them enjoy 3. LET’S HELP OUR OWN CITIZENS | Key West welcomes newcomers, with new ideas, willing to invest their money in fresh enterprises in this community. Few of our own citizens have a great deal of spare cash for such investment. The mon- ey must come from the outside, so every thinking, fair-minded Key Wester is anx- However, there is another angle of the present prosperity which reacts against the best interests of Key West. That is the invasion of the city by a horde of mainland merchants and business firms who employ no local labor, pay no local taxes, contrib- ute to no local. institutions and have no local interests whatever. They drain city of the littlke money we have to spend for necessities and a few luxuries and give nothing in return except merchandise which, in the majority of cases, can be sup- plied by our price. The Citizen has no quarrel with the outside merchant or business firm who comes to Key West and establishes a store, a shop or plant giving employment to local people who need the work. Such enter- prises are good for the city, tend to inspire other businesses to give better service and create a healthier competitive condition. We agree with Basil R. Tynes whose letter calling attention to the invasion of Key West by undesirable interests appear- | ed in our issues of Wednesday. He said, in — ° part: a “Whenever you discontinue patroniz- TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE ing local business places you help create unemployment among our local citizens and increase employment in other locali- ties. .. . You have had enough relief and charity, you have been living under dark clouds and with the help of our business- men you have been able to weather the 1. storms and pull through; now that the silver lining is making its appearance those businessmen who helped weather the our local merchants at a lower TODAY’S COMMON ERROR Costume is pronounced cos’-tewm; not cos’-toom. Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to Page 4 for the answers Aecovccccccecococcosesrs At the mouth of what river is the city of Leningrad? Who won the recent Mas- ter’s golf tournament at Augusta, Ga.? What are the three states of some of its benefits.’ maser! We believe that where the price and service are about equal the local merchant Name the principal river of Indiana. s : : 5. What is the name for the and business firm should be given what lit- scientific study of crime | tle business we have. It is the only fair way, and criminals? : | fair alike to the merchant, to the consum- | 6. Who was the first President aw aid tal eviieat to die in the White House? 2 gers 7. For what do the initials H.MS. stand? JACKIE COOGAN SUES HIS MOTHER = 8. What quality of a body caus- es it to float in a liquid? sal gt “ian 9. Across which state does the : Jackie Coogan, the Kid” of the mo- eis Canaleateul? tion. pictures, is suing his mother and step- 19 what is the Decalogue? | father for an accounting, charging that he peer e es | has been deprived of his earning of more | * sence eecee than four millon dollars and that he is now Aw FOR THE LADIES — By | ion dollars as 4 child screen star and is now | “broke.” | We certainly know very little of the | facts in this controversy. As this article is written, the Court has rendered no opinion. Involved is the legal provision which de- clares that earnings of a minor child be- come the property of the parents. Moreov- er, the mother asserts that her boy was un- fit to be trusted with large sums of money, which, in her opinion, would prove injur- ious to his character. If young Coogan earned several mil- | ETHEL ERNEST MURRELL eoecce Other women in other states are free. Now it is time Florida freed her women. Why, do you know that women from _ other states are afraid of buying prop- erty in Florida; families from oth- er states are afraid to change their residence to Florida because they fear these darkly antiquated laws of ours? Before we finish this series of columns, we will lay before you a program for a change, in mar- ried women laws. We are not ad- vocating the destructioh of one structure without anpther to put in its place. The ram. we have drawn is based upon the* laws that work, in Alabama, Ari- zona, Georgia, Colorado, New York and Wyoming. We have carefully read the married wom- en provisions of these states, and have a drawn to take the without funds because his earnings have | been retained by his parents, individually or collectively, the young man has a right to kick. Having become of age, it is nothing but right and proper that he should now enjoy some of the wealth that he earned. THE HITCH-HIKERS place of the: backward laws that are the dis- grace of Florida today. The going is getting harder for hitch- hikers, according to a recent survey by the Institute of Public Opinion, which indicates that 57 per cent of all motorists never pick up hikers, while the other 43 per cent ; they do so once in a while, when conditions seem safe. Please write your suggestions, and your questions, to this col umn, care of this newspaper. We will be glad to consider and an- swer them. Meanwhile, let us get together, sister chattels, and work for our liberty Remember, a chattel with a vote doesn’t need to be a chattel any longer than she chooses A majority of car drivers questioned believe there should be strict laws against hiteh-hiking, and 17 states and the District of Columbia have such laws now, but it is THE KEY WEST CITIZEN FOOLISH QUESTION NO. 41144 which ISIT#IOISOTORSOOEEO eRe SEEMS To BE SOME SORT OF A DEPRESSION, WHAT DO You SUPPOSE 1S CAUSING Advance guard of the Shrine Hosts which will be in the city within the next 10 days arrived on the morning train today and after a short ride around the city, left on the P. and O. boat for Cuba. Rizpah Temple, of Madi- sonville, Ky., a few more than 150 strong, were represented by the group of arrivals and advised that many others would be ar- riving within the next few days. In fact there is a large crowd ex- pected tomorrow mornnig and both the Cuba and Governor Cobb will be needed to accommo- date the Shriners and others who will make the trip. Members of the Alee Temple of Savannah, Al Shihah Temple of Macon will come in a body 350 strong. They will travel to the Island Republic on the Cobb. CEs Registration books for the June primary election will close on | Monday at 5 o’clock. Monday is the last day of the month and the law provides that the registra- KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen and the government and the \material in use in building the highway bridges. Editorial comment: In these days when it is evident the young folk get far too little attention from their elders, it is refreshing to find the Rot ns devoting an entire week to the High School boys. A son weighing nine pounds was born Wednesday evening to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Sweeting in | their home at 1024 Packer street. F. H. Hardin of the local Army detachment returned yesterday from Fort McPherson, Ga., where he had been undergoing medical treatment for the past eight weeks. He saw the unveiling of tions for the June primary must .4 end on that date. After that time no one can qualify as an elector, except those who are eligible in | ment of the poll tax. DECORATE GRAVES — Resting places of those nat ee 9, says Supervisor of Regis- lost their lives while fighting for|tration Roberts. At 10 o'clock the Confederate cause, and whose | this morning 819 names had been entered on the registration books memorials are in the city ceme- Vand Me: Roberts believes. that tery were yesterday, Mespoeiel the number will exceed 1,000 by , Day, decorated by a committee!Monday afternoon. More than from Stephen R. Mallory Chap- | half the new registrants are wom- ter United Daughters of the Con-|€ the books show federacy. | Sin Flags and flowers were rever-! ently placed by the committee members. There was no pro-| West cemetery yesterday after- gram arranged for the day, and} noon, when reverential ceremon- no ostentatious ceremony. The|ies were performed over the offerings of the memorial were! 8*@ves of soldiers of the lost Flags of the Confederacy min- gled with the stars and stripes at placed on the mounds in reveren- | well. Dr. The Patriotic address by tial silence. E. E. Carr paid eloquent Members of the committee to tribute to those who struggled in : whom was designated the per-|the uneven contest of the formance of this solemn duty ties”. »: Mrs. Claude Albury, chair- | Bs Stephen Douglas, Mrs.! Engineer D. N. Frazier, of the George Archer and Mrs. Wm. E./ state road department, has ar- Huston. ‘rived to assist Division Engineer |Fergus and Engineer Kratzner, jalready here to make the survey ‘and lay the groundwork for the “six- LEAVING KEY WEST Today I leave Key West for|long bridges of the Overseas home | Highway. At present the engi- Where I have been at will to | Peers are estimating the merits of sana bride structures now in use by My winter stay was a plensent the F. E. C. railway, the county one nai In a charming private nee I've won. And charming family that made \) me Happy, at home, at ease, In old Key West, a city of please. Quaint homes with cupalos, I shall m To brilliant sunsets and flower, I throw a kis Swaying palm trees I love best of all, And beautiful spreading ones that grow so tall. With hope I shall again return, For Key West my heart will sure- ly yearn. Tranquil days ond nights I leave ' with a sigl ¢ Goodby d, Goodbye FPP EEE EL heimy old Key West.{ MAY M. HAWLEY Stanford, Conn Dz Roche the vid and Solomon Degelin of er, N. Y., have announced completion of a machine sews permanent creases into trouse: . ee ee a Electric range pan — steam seal — made to cut fuel bills. STAR -* BRAND 2 QUART $1.69 3 QUART $2.25 CUBAN COFFEE 4 QUART $2.69 ON SALE AT ALL GROCE: [CLP LLLLLERA AA AA LA A hd he | every other way except the pay- Such may_ | the memorial service at the Key + {cause and the Union army as } Polling Place ny West, FI Third Preciact 915 Polling Place Key West, Flor H. Sands; Inspec! Curry, Ulric Gwyt Russell Polling Emerson Electric Fans IN YOUR HOME — OFFICE — STORE — OR WORK SHOP ———KEEP COOL &” Non-oscillating 10” Oscillating 10” Oscillating on adjustable floor stand ee - Vacoum Cleaner-—“Lady Hibbard” $28.75 Make house work simple and safe with thie low pviced vacuum cleaner. WEAR- EVER ALUMINUM Blue Grass Extra Heavy Quality Aluminum WEDNESDAY, SMALL THEFT, HEAVY FINE Rockville, Md.—A confession to police that he stole 22 cents, re- sulted in a fine of $25 for Charles Edwards, 50, of this city. He is working out the fine in jail Kennedy predicts no general European war “ year, at least”. for the rest of this the Lee Memorial at Stone Moun- tain. Eagle boats which have been port for the past few days, led this morning for Miami to participate in the program of the Shriners to be held this week The the in two of U. S. Navy, the s Moine er, of the al Bank, chatcia of the merican Homes Department of the Womai Club, entertained the members of the anization today at a prettily appointed luncheon in her home at 221 Du- val street ination waltz contest, which has been in progress here each Friday evening, will be stag- ed spnlents NOTICE To THE PUBLIC of INTERRUPTION of SERVICE between PORT TAMPA KEY WEST and HAVANA eros of the necessity of dry-dock- ter repetrs, re: . ete. the PaO steamsHiP CUBA will be whbdrawe tom sereice for period APRIL 28th to JUNE 2nd LAST SAILING To PORT TAMPA Tuesday, April 26th, 5:00 pm To HAVANA Thursday, April 27th, 8:30 em e FIRST SAILING To HAVANA Thursday, June 2nd, 8:30 am To PORT TAMPA Friday, June 3rd, 5:00 pm e NO INTERRUPTION of SERVICE HAVANA to MIAMI General Offices Florida Netiorial Bank Building JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA J. H. COSTAR, Agent Key West - - Telephone 14 ts, SIETIAAETTTL SS, TOeOas. BLL LS. COIN $3.95 $9.95 $14.95 admitted that enforcement is not very rigid my, in = cases. y : : 8 \) DOUBLE BOILERS: CONVEX KETTLES: Nearly all motorists agree that the & LY Q Q 1.40 hiteh-hiker is a nuisance, but many are ® ’ ’ ~ pier . . pe too Kind-hearted to refuse to give them a . 1% - pep — pn lift, which they often do to their sorrow ® i) a si ——o le pope One can seldom be entirely sure that a per- & 4 sie —— pe . sons who seeks to thumb a ride is not a NEV &Y, \ eee ete ae inal, and ses only safe course is never LY The states with laws against hitch- N : SO hiking at present are Colorado, Connecti- * AUTO AND DRIVER ao i) White and Eliza Streets Phone 598 cut, Delaware, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, \) , "4 The ” Mic an, Minnesota, New Jersey, New \) EACH ADDITIONAL PASSENGER we . “Your Home Is Worthy at Best y rth Carolina, North Dakota, Ore- N TRUCKS—ACCORDING TO SIZE & \) Tennsylwania, Vi Washington “ ha Thetis eens } and Wisconsi Nununeedaamammammenie II Ad td digdetidzindirddddrtdd ddudd