The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 5, 1938, Page 2

“PAGE nifo Rk Key West ds fixen | Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Florida, as Second class matter Dutered at Key Went, Member of the Annociated Prens Phe Associated Press is exclusively entited to use for republication of ail news dispatches credited to ted in this paper and also whe Year . Bix Months Three Months Qne Month . Weekly ADVERTISING RAT known on application. PECIAL NOTICE cards of thanks, resolutions of tices, etc, will be charged for at ade All reading noti t, obituary of 10 cen ee for entertainments by ehurches from which nue ix to be derived are 6 cents a line The Citizen is ah open forum and invites discus- sion of puliie issues and subjects of local or general | faterest but:it will not: publigh anonymaus communt- cations. I IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY ‘WEST ° | : ; APNOCATED,BY THE: CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. The first primary is over; now for the run-off, A work plan is very good if the work follows the plan. If you pick ’em according to the dic- tates of your conscience, you can't be far | from wrong. Elections are necessary but they cause sorrows and joys, make enemies. The beautification of a town or city is the work of decades, not yéars, In fact it , must be perennial. Our side of zero in news pictures is | one showing someone turning the first spadeful of earth for something. | An Ohio editor notifies his readers that there is no use in sending him anony- mous letter’, as he never opens them. | The great Edwin Booth was so wrap- | ped up in the part that on the days he play- | ed Shylock he would never eat ham. No ham attor he! eraay Teople, who possess ‘Some | aaa or de- ‘ficiency Of which they are achamed «are often potoriously intolerant of that ‘same fault or deficiency, in others,.; ¥ A emertenecyouw met ts aaa Tn the ola days defeated candidates and their supporters had to eat crow, but in recent years it has been discovered that crow is good eating and very palatable if properly cooked; so some other dish not xo inviting will have to be invented. cerry With the new Overseas Highway, the eity of Key West should certainly hooming in abeut three or four more 5 People throughout the nation are béing at- tracted by the new bridges, and in- cidentally, the toll gates taking in} plenty of money right now.—The Florida Advocate. be are Athens, Greece, is world for its average of sunny da S40 yearly, but Ke has a better record, having an average of 364 days of sunshine. The Citizen knows and keeps record be- cause it has a standing offer to pay the local Publie Library the sum of $5 every day the sun fails to shine on Key West known ys being some Florida had 2,500,000 winter visitors the past season, who spent conservatively nearly 400 million dollars. With the com- ¥ on of the Overseas Highway, Key West may reasonably expect 25 per centum who will spend approximately one millon Nat cotumn may be dollars during the season bad beginning, though this little teo optimistic. fer a ‘really generous allotment to the celebra- | tion fund. The county will get it back and estrange friends and | | general committee and render every | possible, DECISIVE ACTION IMPERATIVE July the Fourth, slated to be one of the red-letter days in Key West’s history, will soon be upon us. It is perfectly obvious that the time is all too short in which to arrange a major celebration such as that planned for the formal opening of the Overseas Highway; yet relatively lit tle work has been done to further the ob- servation, The Citizen is tlad to note that John | Costar has called a meeting of the fen- | held eral arrangements committee to be next Monday night. In the meantime, it reported, the names of several men quali- fied to manage the celebration and to pro- vide the needed spark plug in program- ming the event will be selected for pre- sentation to the general committee Mon- day. The general committee determined action Monday the manager of the celebration and direct him to get busy. If he is the right kind oi man he will brook no delay, keep after the | sub-committees and see that they function effectively. The most important sub-com- mittee, the financial group, has been named. Théy have decided that, $10,000 is the minimum amount that will'he needed | to finance''the celebration. That committee should ‘appear at | once before the county commission, the city council and various civic organizations | and make its appeal for funds. The re- sponse should be just as liberal as possible. In the case of the county there seems to be ample money in the treasury to make a should night, take name | more, for the celebration will help our | | people in the payment of their forthcom- ing taxes. The Citizen believes that one of the most serious conditions confronting the city in connection with the celebration is the housing problem. We believe that | another sub-committee, a housing commit- tee, should be named at once to survey of the city to determine start aj where | rooms may be available and to attempt to work out some fair price that should be charged. visitors when they come here to help us celebrate. It is certain that every | room in the city not now occupied will be | needed to house the incoming horde of old | Key Westers and others who will be here during the celebration period. The hous ing committee should know the exact loca- tion of every available room, the number that each will hold and the price that should be charged. Every citizen interested in making this a real celebration should get back of the aid MAGIC IN WASHINGTON (From the New York Times) There are a good many people in Washington who apparently believe that the time has come for the President to draw another rabbit from the hat which produced so many rabbits during his first Administration. They are urging him to perform some feat of; magic which will startle and impre: the country, Some of them think thatgranting a ' large subsidy to the railways is the right way to go about it. Others want another experiment with Government pump-priming. Still more monetary manipulation of the kind that was ! tried in 1933 and 1934. The sponsors of all these others, have one faith in common that theée is some legerdemain by which the Gov others favor plans, and many They believe ernment can suddenly create prosperity There is no reason to believe that sober-mind- ed business men share this faith or that they are of Washington i looking now to the Government for What they hope to find in of the Senate Finance C an act magic. a very simple thing: more same spirit of cooperation which the amitted has shown in its revision of the tax laws. They » hopeful that wel ned which needlessly discourage iN be put in orde? af rapidly as possible threat further Above all Administration to avert the af a heavy burden of taxation hopeful that the Roosevelt wi cease to regard as a covert attack on gr teres social pro. every proposal that is put forward in th of saving this program from the which awaits it if business continues long er run downhill. There ernment can re-create But " tterprise to is no act of e by which the Gov ¢ conditions of pros path of ne obstacles which 1 overnight it can hift out of the some « block a resumption o: me woe covery 'Can you answer seven of these | 10. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN OUT THE WINDOW! ‘Sup the Keys) but’? stranger, in- ivwhat shocked by a scarcity of THINGS ONE REMEMBERS Never pronounce crucial |} - —croo-si’-al; say croo’- | shal. Boe PoCoscesocreoeseeocece The Booneville hydro-electric jdevelopment on the Colimbia | River, is the second egg to be . * It EST ¥ 0 UR hatched in the government’s pow- KNOWLEDGE & socialization incubator‘ | | As one listened to the stories its promoters told of the ble: it would bring to the Northy . 'one almost became hypnotize | with the thought that this great ction of the United States had ‘never scen electric lights. Then when the spell-bindnig ended one suddenly remembered there had , been electric lights and power in the Northwest ever since ore could remember, and that, strange as if may seem, Booneville could test questions? Turn to Page 6 for the answers Name the smallest state in area in the U. S. What horse won the Grand National at Aintree, Eng- land? Is a child born to American parents, temporarily resid- ing abroad, an American citizen? What is the name for the side of a right-angled tri- angle opposite to the right angle? Name the capital of the Phil- ippine Islands. * When should wedding an- nouncements be sent out? What is humidity? In French history, what was] roads and all public activity, The Hundred Days? jstuding paying for Booneville. What is betel? And what happened! The spell Who composed opera| must have been broken. By a a 2 {majority of nearly two to one, ex | the people of the ‘en counties voted not to saddle themselves with debt to duplicate electric service they alre njoy w ith- out public debt, , destroy one of the assets, private eee cor The Northwest needed Bonne- about as much as the average home needs two pianos and may- be the voters looked at the mat- ter in that light when it came to going into debt for s hing they already have, and when the thing they have taxpayer in stead of a t a wheel would stop turning or a light stop burning in all the country tributary to it. The people of seven counties in Oregon were asked at a recent special election to vote for a tax- exempt power district to use tax- exempt Bonneville power, ia com- petition with th wer service they already enjoy from highly taxed private companies, which 7. , taxes help support their schools, 8. in- 9, the Voday’s Iloroscope, Today’s nature is one of jus- tice and rectitude, one who finds pleasure in good works. But be extremely careful of choice of marriage partner, for otherwise your good qualities will’ not be held at their full value, as there is indication of trouble in married life. Today gives great ability of expression. panies. HERE'S YOUR CHANCE TO GET = REAL SHAVING @ Enjoy perfect shaving comfort and save money et the same time. Quality plus economy — that's the happy combination that makes Probak Jr. Biades the best razor blade buy on the market today. Why risk your money? Get a package of Unese world-famous blades at your dealer's to- day—4 double-edige Probak Jr.'s for only 10¢. PROBA JUNLOR BLADES S life, and who will expect to find be washed out completelv and not | CODIMIIIIOS, IAP AA Le A SUOMI ATOCOOTE TA @ sccbvecdssvess WILDLIFE IN 7. IN THE KEYS — THE WEATHER _, .«» xan By eM. M. M. Poecsoccdssccddoocccsoes Christ proved it here on this earth, veeenseses eens Temperature” (Editor's Note: This article Heenan on the Great White Heron is ah the first of a series on the in- N 1 Me. dividual birds to be found on «SOTA! Mean the Florida Keys.) Raletee | Sel ead: Yesterday’s Precipitation .0 Ins. The average’ resident, of Key Normal Precipitation .05 Ins. > West probably does not natice the! Tomorraw's Almanac Ths record covers 24-hour periad | derth. of birds along the highway enitime atx o'clock iorhion. | Reaping or sowing never forget Sun rises 5: ‘Thoughts, and actions return, Sun sets 6:59 In foliowing the steps of the Mas: Moon rises 12:06 ter, Moon s 0:29 -. Material things are of no concern. First Quarter, 6th 4:24 Tomorrows Tides A.M. High 3:14 Low 8:10 Barometer reading at 8 a. Sea level, 29.91. MIND OVER MATTER Sitting relaxed in the Silence, i Will prove to you its worth. 79 As you gaze up at the planets That surround you all about, You may be sure that those who study Have no room in mind for doubt. ‘terested in’ birds ‘and accustomed cua |ta.'seeing them, would be some- bird life which he would be at a loss to explain. The truth is that Key West has been careless in the matter of her | birds. A natural resource, which would now bring in rich returns, has been squandered heedlessly through the years, and there have been few to raise their voices in remonstrance. Fortunately it is still possible to bring back the birds to the Keys and so give them ah added beauty and inter- est, both for the home dweller and the stranger within our gates, but in order to do so it will be necessary for us to join the rest east to south. of the country in the keen and ae DeSOTO HOTEL \ iq active interest in conservation Today’s Birthdays Sarasota Florida which. has swept over it. It is not} evaee : Ghough to merely decry, waliton | Freeman F. Gosde ithe ‘Amos’ . Vacation Land destruction in the abstract. Key! a0. ak a. Dita at Reh.» OreN -¥ a Cor tion program, ' a chherete conservation progra AN Outside R backed solidly by public opinion, which last is a force few human | John M. Jobiset of Maton, Quiet, Clean, Good Beds beings care to fight for any length S. C., assistant | secnetany,.of .cam- - Free Parking Lani chinese enables BSI I IS \ $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 single of time. Wildlife Value =o + $1.50, $1.75, $2.00 double The new highway will bring in, hundreds of people who are very much alive to the’ value of wild- Try to reflect in your daily life P.M. Forgiveness and thoughts of love, 2:40 That the peace that passeth un- 9:40 derstanding May eome as on wings of a dove. FRANK C. SCHNEIDER ne 651 William Street, WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Friday "4 rib Key West and Vicinity: Partly Subseribe to The Citizen cloudy tonight and Friday; light. ¥eekly. to moderate winds, mostly south- 200 Rates Otto Klemperer of Los Angeles, conductor of music, born in Ger- many, 53 years ago. nucleus around which to build the organization so sadly needed. We should not leave them to work alone. La Verne Apartments 336 So. Osprey Ave. Everything furnished for housekeeping. Moderate rates by week or month it in a land ideally suited to its existence. When they do not find it is it not possible that they may question the friendliness of a peo- ple who will not let their native birds live? The killing of birds, some of them among the most beautiful in America, still goes on in the Keys, though at a diminishing rate, we believe, but Key West should not leave to more or less alien agencies the entire problem AN) N N of conserving her peculiar herit- ®& N N z. 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