The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 9, 1938, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key W | est Citizen aut Sunday By : ISHING a, + Assistant Bosivess Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets omniy Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use | of republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also | the local news published here. The f | weak in words, the merchants and businessmen of | their home communities Aafe 'fot including SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year Bix Months Three Months me Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, eards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary notices, ete, will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line Notices for entertainments by churches from which enue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- | cations. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN a8 2. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). 3. Hotels and Andrifhents. nh withing Pavilion. 4 rts—Land and Sea. 6. Consolidation of County and City Governments. The Citizen wag thinks that if the govermment Owned everything, it would have to pay all the taxes. He, he, he! Dizzy Dean has a damaged deltoid in his throwing arm. That in common par- lance, we are told, is called a charley horse, Roosevelt is now after the monopolies —always after something. The greatest monopoly is the federal government, and he, probably, does not want any competi- tion in that line, : There is considerable thought and ac- tion to bring visitors to Key West, but not much consideration and preparation for them after we are honored with their pres- ence. Not everybody finds night life charming. ‘ Mussolini is a pretty smart bambino; he tricked Hitler into coming to Italy so the German dictator could see for himself how powerful I] Duce was in air, on land and sea. It was a sly hint that if the Ronie-Berlin axis cracked, Italy could very well shift for herself. The Supreme Court has upheld the | Wileox municipal bankruptcy law by a 6 to 2 decision, and let it be remembered at J. Mark Wilcox is the only member | the ridd, @legation in bl ro 8 write made ie@ of national history- } ¢!agay ; ay ‘ | ast6 wipe“dul profits in important” indus- king Jfgiglation into Jaw. oe | of various publications. | weekly, or profess to be. weekly, | papers and magazines, | ing budgets. | mittee of te Merchants Association, | Miami Restaurant association. out of ten, except in the case of recognized | B iItisa predominant human quality to | take risks, to speculate and to gamble in | erder to make money. The Irish sweep- stakes take millions from the United States, and the total amount of money spent in gambling of various sorts is enormous. | Right here in Florida, during a depression year, the Florida State Racing Association | reports an attendance during the 1937-38 | season of 2,401,378 persons at horse races, dog races and jai alai games. The num- , her of persons represented an increase of 70,434 over the 1936-37 season, and wager- fhe was nearly $4,000,000 greater at the dmazing figure of $54,047,114. Recently this column asked the ques- tion, “How does Key West stand when its musical resources are weighed in the balance?” George Mills White, supervisor of the local Federal Music Project, an- swered adequately and showed an abund- ance of musical resources, but deplored i #he lassitude of the public toward the per- formances, lack of financial reward and failure te respond with applause. He thought that a better question might be, “How would Key West stand if local in- terest in her musical resources was weigh- ced in the balance?” He answered his wn nuestian by the above statement, dhough deplorable, if fact. which, STIFF CENSORSHIP REQUIRED Any community, sueh as Key West, which appears to be on the threshold of | prosperity, is certain to attract all kinds of | pronioters, get-rich-quick speculators, fly- by-night boosters and other undesirables. They can do more to retard - sound ad- vancement and permanent improvement | than any other single type of individual, Among the latest variety of promoter to invade our city hos been the salesmen The majority are news- Few of them have any real standing where.they are published and their pages generally are noticeably advertising ‘volume: In’ other that type of publication in their advertis- They are too smart to give their hard-earned dollars to a Generally there is a reason .why mer- | chants are unanimous in rejecting the ad- | vertising propositions of such publications. That reason is usually to be found in the local chamber of commerce, the board of trade or trade association. In Miami, for instance, the advertising solicitor must present his proposition for approval to the executive secretary or the publicity com- the Retail Grocers association or the Greater Nine times and responsible daily newspapers or trade publications, the propositions are rejected | and the affected businessmen save their money. In Key West there seems to be no central committee empowered to judge these spurious advertising proposals. True, a central publicity committee was appointed some time ago presumably to function in behalf of the Chamber of Com- merce, the Board of County Commissioners and the City Council. . One appointee re- fused to serve and the other two have been inactive. Key West needs men of experience on publication methods and related matters on a central committee to protect our mer- chants, and indirectly the consuming pub- lie, from periodic raids on their purses by panhandling publishers. - It does no good to publish an expensive advertisement in a low-grade publication in another city. No one expected to visit Key West ever sees such an “ad”, or if they do, it doesn’t im- press them. Let’s reconsider this proposi- tion and get a live-wire censorship com- mittee on the job, WHAT CAUSED THE SLUMP? It is interesting to read some of the ex- planations given for the present slump in business. There are some experts who im- mediately plant the responsibility on the Government while others, closer to their own observations, give a variety of rea- sons. Recently, Dr. Harold D. Moulton, of the Brookings Institutions, gave as _ his diagnosis, “wages that were forced so high tries.” This souh reasonable at first glance but Mr. C’ Hughes points out that Dr. Moulton does not specify the “im- portant industries,” that he has in mind. In fact, the National City Bank com- pilation for 1,720 manufacturing and trad- ing companies shows a gain in net profits of 8.7 per cent over 1936. There may be some basis for the con- clusion of Dr, Moulton that wage increases wiped out the profits of industry. At the same time, there is considerable opinion to the effect that prices rose faster than wages and were more responsible for the decline. There Were other factors as well. TALKING ABOUT PICTURES Gilbert Seldes, author and critic, says that if the public wants motion pictures whith afe' “dignified, literate and sen- sible,” the mevie-goers must ask for them. It might he interesting if Mr. Seldes would signify the person to whom moving- picture fans might make their requests. Certainly not to the operators of theatres who have to buy whatever the producers offer, So long as the moving-picture indus- | try sells its product under the “block- booking” and “blind-buying” system, the public will have little to say about what | _ kind of films are produced, publisher ' | who has no real circulation or any other | valuable service to offer. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN KEY WEST IN | it DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Ye: Ago Today As Taken From The Files of The Citizen Judge Jefferson B, Browne, of circuit court, this morning dis-| qualified himself to sit in the) mandamus proceedings between} J. Otto Kirchheiner and the! county executive committee. This} will mean that it will be several | days before the questioning of | Mr. Kirchheiner’s being allowed to run in the primary can be set- | tled. Judge Browne disqualified | himself in the mandamus _pro- | ceedings because he had express-; 3, ed himself publicly and gave an opinion on the matter. This, he, explained in court, was before he had any idea of the case coming! before him. A judge, he said should avoid any appearance of! iality or bias, if court de-! sions are to have the weight they should. With this®in mind, | he feels, he said, that it would be better to have some other judge of the circuit court to hear the case. There is barely time for such procedure, it is pointed out. Under the law, Mr. Kirchheiner must pay his entrance fee by one week from today. There is, therefore, just six days after to- day in which to appoint the, judge, hold the hearing and com- pel the committee to certify to receipt of Mr. Kirchheiner’s en- trance fee, Sheriff Cleveland Niles has been appointed by the Knights of Pythais Grand Lodge. of Flor- ida and commissioned as Deputy Grand Chancellor for the Isle of | the Sea Lodge 104 at Key West. | He is today in receipt of his com- mission, signed by W. B. Davis, grand chancellor, which the sher- iff is having nicely framed. The’ selection of Mr. Niles for this highly important office was made, at the recent Grand Lodge ses- sion in Winter Haven, he states, | and he expresses deep apprecia- | tion of the honor conferred upon: him. Sam Blythe, world famous writer, told several Key Westers The Citizen was an outstanding newspaper for a city of this size. Will Rogers, even better known to the general public, said exactly the same thing. And now Colonel Peter O. Knight voices even loud- (er praise for the paper. It would seem, therfore, that there must be some basis for such opinion |from such unquestionable authori- | ties. Doyle E. Carleton, candidate for governor of Florida, is in the ,city and will at 8 o’clock tonight address the voters at Bayview | Park in the interests of his can- didacy. He came in on the} morning train and spent most of, the morning conferring with his supporters. “I am high man in the state today”, Mr. Carleton de- ‘clared while discussing his candi- dacy at the office of The Citizen. “I am as confident of that as well! asa man can be of anything which is not an absolute certain- ty. I have been gaining strength ; for some time and daily find that my strength as a candidate is in-| | creasing. I am confident that Key West will give me a courteous hearing, however she may vote | when the primary rolls around”. | Nineteen carloads of pineap-, | ples, approximately 9,060 crates, arrived on,the Kerry Estrada Palma from Havana last night | and were transferred to refrigera- tor cars and shipped out over the F. E. C. R’y. to distribution points in the north, A Filipino, giving his name as Cayo Balgoma, charged with beating a bill at the Over Sea Ho- tel and borrowing money from Manager Gregorio Sanchez with fraudulent intent, was arrested yesterday as he was shipping on board the Oil Tanker Pioneer. The arrest was made by Deputy Ray Elwood, who also found a white man, who was intoxicated, and was attempting to leave on the same ship. They are both in county jail IN AUTO AND DRIVER (¢4it bi tkttid tid ;coincided almost H different POPPE LLL LL ee eee ee EACH ADDITIONAL PASSENGER TRUCKS—ACCORDING TO SIZE PIS PIA AS DISA AA LEAL TODAY’S COMMON RR is pronounc- MONDAY, MAY 9, 1938. | pecccccdeccccccccccccesocccscccscccccccescccccece | ecocesevececoosccssssces PEOPLE’S FORUM _ seeecereones ed de-pre’-she-ate; not REGARDING WATER SUPPLY |so as to prevent waste, and spe- | Regceaesogeeseseogoseses TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to Page 4 for the answers aagvcccccccscescedecess: 1. Which of the American colonies was’ founded by James Edward: Ogle- thorpe? Who is chairman of the Gen- eral Electric Corporation?) What are gamma rays? Under which President did William Jennings Bryan serve as Secretary of State? Name the capital of Mlinois. What body of water sep- arates Long Island from the Connecticut shore? What is an anemometer? Name the President of Mexi- co. What is the plural of the word tempo? Which country of the world has the largest population? WILDLIFE IN THE KEYS By E. M. M. Ceeeranceoocosavceesenre Wurdemann’s Heron This heron was named for Gus- tavus Wurdemann, who did a great deal of very valuable bird work in Florida during the period from 1856 to 1859. The bird was at one time thought to represent a distinct species, and it has been the cause of much controversy among ornithologists in times past, because of its doubtful orig- in and the general atmosphere of mystery which surrounded it. It was noted by the earliest observ- ers that the range of. this heron exactly with that of the Great White Heron, ‘and that, as the latter increased or decreased in umbers, so also the star of the Wurdemanns waxed or waned. This peculiar circumstance led to additional in- vestgiations on the part of men and organizations interested in bird life, and their work ‘has fin- ally established the fact that this! big heron is that rare phenomen- ,on in the avian world, a hybrid. He is the result of cross-breeding between the Ward’s heron and the Great White,, which, of course, accounts for the restriction of his range to that of the latter. Only On Keys It will thus be seen that this ‘bird is exclusively a Key product, and that he is not to be found elsewhere in the world. It is to be noted that the very existence of this hreon depends upon that .of his Great White relative, for, since it is generally accepted by science that hybrids do not breed, it may be safely taken for grant- ed that this bird does not repro- duce. If, however, it did so, the result would most certainly not be true to type, so it may be as- sumed that any bird identifiable as a Wurdemann’s Heron is a hy- brid of the first generation. In this Key world, so vastly * from anything to be found elsewhere, one rather ex- pects to find the unusual, and, for many visitors, a sight of this rare bird will round out and make complete a visit to Key West. The habits of this heron are identical with those of the Wards, its food consisting largely of small fish, frogs, mice, crustacea and some of the larger insects. IDENTIFICATION $2 inches: wing spread, 80 inches: bill. six inches. Head and upper neck, white: forehead streak- ed with brown: back, wings and tail, smokey gray: pri- maries lead color; underparts white streaked with brown. The New OVERSEAS HIGHWAY TOLL RATES $1. Rog CIPI DOMIMaA EME \e .¢ iid Ahh hh Ahd Add hd hd hdd hd A dd MM Editor, The Citizen: We have hesitated a long time before venturing on this letter. First, because Key West is big enough and old enough to take care of itself, and the poem is to the point, viz: “Anybody who don’t like it can buy a ticket to points elsewhere”: I agree with ‘that poem, word for word, Two things made mie decide to cial self-closing valves used on all houses and hotel fixtures. Mt. Wilson had a similiar prob- lem at the Astronomical Observa- tory. They allowed 30 gallons or less for each person per day, but that included water for bathing purposes. As I said above, this amount could be cut down to 20 gallons per 24 hours in Key West H-O-M-E eeagcecceqreeercacegeeeocosceges | dream of a home by the blue sea’s edge, And beyond its doorstep a jessa- mine hedge That will waft its fragrance on the early dawn, Then what care I that all else is gone. Across the hedge there will come io me The lashing spray of the thunder- ing sea, And far across the horizon's edge Wi al 9 New water sup-| by teaching the users to rely upon watt ebvid ide me/'why Key) the ocean or the gulf for she Some one will dream of my jessa- West does not have artesian wells the same as other Florida cities? Myreply. isy“T' don’t know”. About the summer of 1917 I) attended a mass meeting held in ‘the City Halk of Key West inj which a new water supply was discussed as running in a_ pipe) supported by the railroad bridges from the mainland to Key West. The opinion then was that the, United States government and. Navy Department and Marine ‘Hospital and Army Barracks, | which used and needed large! amounts of pure water would} contribute a very large percent- age of the original cost of instal- lation of the pipe line. The writer was very much in- terested in the mass meeting but | being a non-resident took no part , and made no suggestions. Having worked in the water supply department of New York . City many years ago and in the | Physical Laboratory charged with 'except Rhode Island, Maryland, | protecting that city against ty-| phoid fever, I was very much an- | noyed to read that Key West ex- | pected to transport drinking wa- | ter from the mainland in floats. | This is more dangerous than! transporting a city milk supply. A total of 500,000 lineal feet of , water pipe would be nearly 100} miles long—say’ Key West to! ' Florida City and Coconut Grove— | and would cost $1.00 per lineal” foot or % million dollars- includ- ! ing a small reservoir at Key West , Federalists, because he advocated | and a pressure tank and tower| liberty of belief. He and other | and pump, good for 24% hours’) supply for 15,000 population. The collections from water me- ters would pay for the sinking for bathing exclusively. To allow drinking water to be handled and rehandled is a very dangerous prpcess and invites ty- phoid fever. While Key West is on the up-grade it would be very poor business policy to invite the possibility of an epidemic (how- ever slight) just as things are go- ing along well with your city. We trust you will not consider this letter as premature. C. H. UMSTEAD. P. O. Box 701, Benjamni Franklin Station, Washington, D. C., May 4, 1938. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM Editor, The Citizen: As George Revelyan says in his History of the American Revolu- | tion, “the revolt of the Colonies arose not only from taxation, but because the Church was the State itself in these commonwealths, Pennsylvania and Delaware. Rog- r Williams was probably the first to advocate separation of Church and State. The unhappy Quakers, fleeing from persecution in England, were kept on the run in some colonies. To the non- conformist there were rese! the whipping-post, fines, exile and sometimes death. Thomas Jefferson, a Virginian, a deeply religious man, was accused of be- ing an infidel by fanatics and the God-fearing men finally succeed- ed in passing the Act of Religious Freedom in 1785, In his self-writ- ten epitaph he glories in being mine hedge. . . . MARIE CAPPICK. Voday’s Horoscope | tee ecengecccacecceansces This day indicates one who is subtle and steadfast of purpose. There may be many advantages supplied in early life, and some gain through marriage. Make the most of your opportunities, for there is danger of some mis- understanding and any false sense of security will be fatal. and Red Communism, now taught in some schools, as well as Black Legion and other isms, so as to save the country from the dan- gers of Germany and Russia, ‘which are trying to crush all re- ligions and destroy, liberty, except for the Jeaders,.and. their heneh- True’ Amériéans» ‘ares satisfied with’. theif” government, ! ended thbike, -Englistihen ° ich: ‘theirs, ‘at: which, futon Mberty of consciences: Let, us. not forget Washington’s Farewell Address, when he said, ‘morality and citi- zenship could not be maintained without Religion’. AN AMERICAN. Key West, Fla., May 7, 1938, DeSOTO HOTEL Sarasota Florida Vacation Land fund and interest and repairs and | the Author of the Declaration of OPEN ALL YEAR maintenance. People do not care to risk in- vestments in property if there is a possibility of 9 water famine, | There is no danger of union of! With the ocean and gulf close at | ‘Independence and of the Statutes , i of Virginia for Religious Free- dom. Church and State in our country, hand, very small amount of fresh }each creed being too small a mi- water would be needed for bath- | nority against the others, and a} ™ one time union of all Christians would still ing. Philadelphia at (used 250 gallons per person per 24 hours, year after year. a manufacturing city. be a minority against such It is}have no church affiliation, Wi ‘out union of Church and State all Key West could get along on believers in God, keeping their 20 gallons ber day as it is not a\own creeds, should unite on com- manufacturing city. 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