The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 11, 1938, Page 2

PAGE TWO ~~ The Key West Citizen waa LET’S GO! ‘The Citizen believes that in Warren pa Smith we have a good manager-promoter N./ Assintant Business Manager From ‘The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets for the July 2-4 celebration formally ob- serving the opening of the Overseas High- way. We believe he has a good board of directors with which to work—John Cos- tar, Charles Aronovitz, Fred Dion and Franklin Albert, With such a bogrd Mr. Siiith ‘should havé*hthler'gifticulty getting any, proposal “he. might ‘celebration Oniy Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe Gntered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Preas The Assoviated Press is exclusively, entitled to use for republication of all news djspat credited to it or not otherwise eredited In this’ pi rend’ atso the le ws published here rer to sane a0 siqntiek action! on, ier as ‘make. The arrangements shoud: “$O» vaherdat full speed. “Now, ait liehooves the'rest of us to back them up inany' way we can. The commit- tees named to handle details with promptn and dispatch. man can do everything. should act No It will take large SUBSCRIPTION RAT! $10.00 5.00 “ane Year Bix Months "Three Months one 86 _" | gobs of hearty co-operation to put this af- NG RATES fair over, to make it a really outstanding event in the history of the city and memorable one for the thousands of visi- tors expected to come here for the occa- sion. There are many important commit- ft it will not publish anosymous communt- | tees not’ the least of them . Héiig ‘those charged with handling a city-wide clean- py tempaien, with raising."the necessary | funds, with housing at svithe publicity and , tilansportation. The clean-up thas an especiglly important task. All of the city’s available manpower, including the WPA, and all of the: trucks that can be obtained from the business establish- ments of the city should be pressed into service at the earliest possible moment to eart away the debris picked up in yards, vacant lots and in the back lanes. Every householder should be willing to exert himself to the extent of cleaning up his really told the other what he thought. | own yard. He should, wherever possible, | use a little paint to brighten up his own home. We want to present a bright face | to our visitors. Fa ae | The matter of housing is. very im- One way to heip Key West is to learn | portant, as we have pointed out before in ; how to cooperate with the people who live these columns. Every available, rogm ‘in vere | here. ‘ the city should be listed, so that Mr. Smith | and his co-workers may deterthine , what . Hitler hasia semblance of a mustache, | other facilities must be provided.’ Tent but we doubt that he-has any hair on his | barracks at Bayview Park _ or’,,elsewhere “ehest, may be a necessity; so a careful chéck of a cards of thanks, resolutions of , will be charged for at nts by churches from which 5 cents a line. is an open forum and invites disev sion of * issues and subjects of local or gen interest », IMPROVEMENTS. FOR:-KEY WEST ).. ADVOCATED 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. We doubt if either Hitler or Mussolini | One can largely judge an individual * Hy the nature of the excuses that he makes. | the city’s housing facilities is ‘an urgent, ‘There is a man ‘in Key West who is | matter. very talkative, bat honest. Which provokes | | In the matter of the entertainment, it “a wag to exclaim that he is a man of his | | is possible the manager may find plenty of words, talent and possibilities right at home... Our eelipicorbrteteate: | Cuban organizations probably, would be The Plant City Courier runs four | glad to stage a fiesta in the ‘trde Latin ““aquibs at the head of the editorial column. | style. One of Key West’s attractions is its ~“Phat is a prerogative of Carl Hanton of the | atmosphere and much of this is generated Fort Myers News-Press. No trespassing, | by our Cuban-American population. That please! angle of the celebration should be played ee een neeennes® {up in the publicity pregram. “And now you can drive to Key | However, those are all matters for the West!” declares the Tampa Tribune, not | manager and the committees to handle. taking into account the very many things | What the generally run of citizens should which might keep a fellow from doing just | do is offer every assistance in effecting the that, even if the overseas highway is open | arrangements for a really first-class cele- > for traffic.’"—Levy. County ast bration—one that will be remembered and sea AER recorded in the history of the city. Let .Mayor Williams of Miami, one of | go! halve , commissioners who is fighting their “GdbalfGlaims that because of the opposi- cabon o the Miami Daily News and the Mi ; imi Daily, Herald, the! commissioners aré;),, 2). Without opportunity to'present “the true facts” through the newspapers. Might an tutsider suggest they try the radio, or does ‘broadcasting come too high? Peakoncamener nts Gaiwr s 7 Sic, REDFERN‘1S DEAD Paul Redfern, the American -aviator “who left Brunswick, Georgia, in August 1927, on a planned non-stop flight to Rio Brazil, is dead. was established by out a steamer art 3 Janeiro, The fact teenth expedition which set Last Caribbean, de the thir- to fin: the the wiretappers in Key West. There what was Rumors are boom, here in During the tried to anchor reported by Redfern was never seen * him. e some who will remember of the done to ther reports came out telling of a white although many and who did it. mazen jungles captive, current that big gamblers have their eyes West again, but even satwork to keep them out. their the savages. The successful expedition, led by Theodore J. Waldeck, found the place where Redfern’s plane landed and secured definite proof of his death. The four mem- suffered terribly on'their living among oan “Key now civic foree Gen- ‘ the gamblers start machina- by efforts to bribe the press and pub- ic officials with important money, but failing in this they the may bers ef the party daring ventareinte the jungles and one of Dr. Frederick John Fox, greased. help. ies oe News-Ret ay a __.McGraw- DEATHS DECREASE n, of New Y Cts, of Ma oe eee re 668, makes’ the sthtement’ ‘that traffic is now using the Dverscas In Apr 14,790 cars traversed the Over- By the in a reputable only it cannot operate do, you rest assured that prof- them, died far alms have beer The Eng 3 DY Here's a cheering piece of new Deaths from automobile accidents are $4,206 passengers and reduction compared he first three months reduction in the number Highway showing a a hary as with 8,650 persons in 1937. The deaths was made wi total ef s Highway the use of word of “t “some” magazine any lessening of minimizing meaning could have been in vehicle travel tentled tor In dred m as a‘publication of good rey » tead of killing about Americans every day, killing is room f one would not descend to the vernacular our present about eighty r consider. to une the street expre amount or abundance. Evidentl ~ Recor! was grossly misinformed in trying hwas e daily Th improvement " executive committee » THE KEY WEST CITIZEN KEY WEST IN_ DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files of The Citizen County Commissioner J. Otto Kirchheiner won his fight the county executive committee today at Miami. The contained in a telegram re by The Citizen Reginald Pritchard, the local who at- tended the hearing with Judge J. Vining Ha: as attorney for the committee. This that Judge Rose, before the hearing was held, ruled as The Citizen predicted he would, that the committee had no authority to bar Mr. Kirchheiner from the of with message is eived from chariman of committee, means whom Democratic party, regardless what he done at the This is in line ing by Attorney Davis. There has been no time to determine what — the will do, but it is taken for grant ed locally that it, will cualify M Kirchheiner and permit , him to run in the primary may or not last gi ral election with General F: recent rul- committe pd A \Chairman Frank Roberts and Reginald Pritchard’ arc ones that will Kave opposition in the race to, succeed thems members of the Democ ecutive Committee, Th known yesterday w for candidates filir declaration of expe Ben Trevor will run again t Pritchard, recently elected to tz the place of D. Z. Filer, resigned This will be in the fifth precinct. Mr. Roberts, the p: ent member of the third precinct nosed by both Eugene Mears and Tony Gandolfo. The time for fil- ing first. statements of expenses expired yesterday and there will be no further entries for office: in the primary. the only will be A motorcade conveying mem bers of the Miami Beach Char ber of Commerce will arrive in st on the evening of Fri Chase writes the secretary that the: to be about 25 car: arrive here on the evening of the Junior-Senior Prom. Everything: is in readiness for the Operetta to be given tonight in the auditorium of the High §chool at 8 o'clock by the music }department of the High School A dress rehearsal was held last night, and those watching performance predict thi: Jone of the most suce jever given by the department. The High School bovs swampe4 the Marines yesterday afternoon at the Navy Yard. It was a one- sided game from the start and the final score was 24 to 11. It was a good game throughout and the breaks were all on the side of the school boys, who did heavy work with the stick. Announcements carried in t +, |issue of The Citizen }names of 46 candidates for offic n the June primaries the in: were to adopt:a it, would uh Tat Editorial comment: If stallment hous jnew national air, > race rae —_— | t : | Derogative is.pronounc- | ed ae og'-a-tiv; not der- i on \ ! L IST YOUR KNOWLEDGE Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to Page 6 for the answers a eecwccecve: cocescceess: 1. What is the middle Norman ’'H: ‘Dav qan of the Am Cress? a is namé of chair, an Red the island of Jamaica? what invention is Sam- Colt be n 1 ty alled the South the tragedy, What was the for Wales? For ancient name what patric the organiza- tion de DAR tand? front of a boat? m inst tation? 2097620805060 0902000008 AW FOR. THE LADIES x non. Histor So are th age it represent s interesting ef ancient Rome me of none of us would ts and live t to unearth thesc gulation: sypt, but in the ni surely under them! t our ture Li islators, do we want to urn to the days of drafty cas- tle: the plague year in Lon- don when Defoe held forth in an essay entitled ‘ Academy for Women”, and begged men to edu- cate them as companions even to the poetical age of Elizabeth when.“‘a. woman on the s et prancing, Avould be a trained ‘dog! détne and nei- ther do we appreciate, nor under- stand your predecessors psychol- ogy in, refusing | to' remc the fragments. of the rusty. old com- mon that Tie “like ‘shackles yabout the collective wrists and ankles of Florida xanhood to- day. doubted and Buy’ ge s ysurd. as spee 3 Slim”, owned by Thompson, ‘won out ina sterday dl baat ‘ Walter to afternoon a: Maloney from Number ye the 1 ed own The Man- Eight Py. AF Henry rd Marshall, was completely yed by fire last night at the Ii is said the treet, nd ther laughter born yester afternoon to Mr. and Mr Leon Cates, who reside in th home to fhe rear of 608 Francis street. Mother and child are ré ting well ported res as'Mies APART” says the ‘map. “Togetlier’right now,” says the telephone e For two persons ARE “together, when their voices meet over the voice-highway that the long distance Operator creates so quickly. friendships alive by tele is waiting to take your ca Keep YOUR precious shone e “Long Distance” lat any time e After seven at night and all day Sundays the cost is lower to most points. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH Co. wnco ORmatio ee PEOPLE'S FORUM eeoce CITES DAN ag Editor, The Citizen: I noted in 4 recent issue thi the FHA might help in bulidin; some houses in Key West to cart for the crowds expected now the the bridges are compieted to Ke: West. It is’ also rtigté Iehat “thie Ga ble ‘tq causé) An ‘expldsipn a: any time, night of" day: : a We are familiar with Gas iHéid: ers and city housing’ and we sug- gest most respectfully’ nd w hope not prematurely) that onl; fireproof housés—brick or ston construction— floors foi or concrete block be used with concrete the ground floor porches, garage: and all out-buildings. adequate reaso for a Gas Holder to lie locate close to the awelling houses, th now located in New Yor! 65th street and 8t Avenue and elsewhere. Eithe| the houses or the Gas Holde should be in a zone apart fro! each ‘other, Now, Seems to be time'toltake up these matters be-" foré,, the “éity becomes built up! taround the Gas Holders: ‘A, coniprehensive plan of ‘the city» onw@ large scale should be de by’an experienced firm: of City Planners”, the same as they did at Paris, Texas, after the fire in 1917. I suggest that Key West secure a copy of their Report on Paris, Texas, City Planning. 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Y. » in. his chicken house, An- dvew Hunter, 75, seized a lighted lantern and ran for the barn where he saw figure hiding Hunter ran into a punch to the jaw that floored him, upsetting his lantern. The flaming kerosene ignited the barn which burned to the ground. The thief escaped and all two chickens the thief was carry- ing in a bag Waiting aj that Hunter saved was : THE LOW DOWN FROM HICKORY GROVE jserverecedeseovevecsceseve I was skimming paper the other day where out there on the Coast, they had an election and tho: web-feet there, they voted agai going into pardners with Govt., in the power business. So it looks like it is not just in Tennessee that the Govt. has hands full. And if the folks out there in Oregon do not want tt power I guess it is another dead horse You take an ordinary and let him get into a jam, a the law will grab him till straightens things out; and if Govt. gets itself into a jack-p and runs into debt—head over heels—it should be the same And the geezers we elect to of ce, if they had to make up the on stuff they promote, but tich does not pan out, we could athe easier. And if these p s do not have the cash to make the deficit, they could work hut, at so much per day Some kinds of business, they ‘ay not be so grand and rosy “ght now, but boy, the deficit it is booming with the low down, JO SERRA through and I see the its nd he NO NAME LODG Ej | No Name Key i Directly on Sand Beach : Fishing and Charter Boats | Céttages wind Resfaiivant | Phone No Name No. | | Mr. Mrs..€.L,, Craig. 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