The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 20, 1938, Page 2

Phe eee OO Ae f P Fo : z Ps A P > ; . Z a - ¢ = #, ya Pht ad She SY ce ek kh ee PAGE - The. Key, Mest Citizen E TWO Published ba THE CITIZEN PUBLISH: L. PB. ARTMAN, Presiden’ JOR ALLEN. Agnintant Oniy Lysiness From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Datly Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County @utere 4 at Key West, Florida, as second class matter The A for r it or the Member of the Associated Press ssociated Press is exclusively entitled to use epublication of all news dispatches credited to not otherwise credited in this paper and also | local pews published here. one ¥. Bix Monthe SUBSCRIPTION RATES ear . Vhree Months one M Wey 86 20 onth ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of a rev The sion of interes cations. , obituary notices, ete, will be charged tor at + of 10 cents a line. es for entertainments by churches from which nue is to be derived are & cents a line. Citizen is an open forum and invite: public iwsues and subjects of local o1 t but it will not publish anonymous discus- eneral IMPRGYEMENTS FOR KEY WEST 1 2 3, 4. 5. 6. ‘ 4 ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Y a and Sewerage. Compreheusive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments, The tactful husband remembers his ‘wife’s birthday, but forgets her age. Key West has Banyan trees, and the Banyan-tree is the fig-tree of India, in case you are interested, “Vote as you please,” says Harry Hop- kins, don’t K. Ballinger mentions a" boom for to the needs of Key West as he "ee to the WPA. And may we add, “But let us catch you voting wreng.” Beulah Hooks Hannah for State Chairman, forgetting that Mrs. Hannah will not be a member of the new Committee.—Tampa Tribune, r Florida bankers are going to college. We k now one part of their education that hasn't been neglected—how to say no.— Tampa Tribune, Charles Lamb wrote that no sound has the thrill of hearing a knock at the door. But suppose one expects the bill collector or suspects it’s the sheriff. a Don’t laugh at the other fellow’s oc- cavional display of know you a ignorance; he may sowfething vitally important of which re pbsolutely ignorant. Fishing gives lots of men an oppor- tunity to he away from civilization for a time, and who does not want to get away | encompassing them? But now, with the opening | from its complexities every so often! Throughout history it has never failed that a retribution comes, sooner or later, t each come oO} tyrant. Unfortunately, when it does it brings war in its wake—a natural consequence after so many abuses, There are so many this and that | weeks, it seems advisable to have them | day by day to get them all in the course a! a year. Then let's join the boy scouts and | have turn, At last the Unemployment! Pehsud! 4 t| a day to give each of them a good pleted, It cost the taxpay tite sum ®f $1,986,595.46, ea she He learned ig'that there is more ungpplar ment! |: during = the Roosevelt administration than hefare. Let us be charitable and trust that the famous “we planned it that way” dees not apply ta this lamentable condition. Three Miami Commissioners voted to <ey West's Overseas Highway celebra- ti two voted against any assistance, ting threug Furthermore the Manroe Caur sieners alone have given Miaui pu toins July 2-3-4, in a financial way, while forget- that _ Miami. will benefit eh the construction of this highway. < Comm: tiea more than the sum asked. °° | that it will materialize, especially since we | greatly | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | KEY WEST IN" * . ant | | DAYS GONE BY (Opinions expres expressed in this ' Happenings Here 5 os 10 Years: column do not necessarily Ago Today As Taken From rf — with those of The Citi- | The Files of The Citfeen zen). ma eeeccccceccccccecanceces | Key West is today entertaining | GABLES GRAFT 1150 or more members of the! SETUP Knights of Columbus here for the | f agh tenet news to the citizens twenty fourth annual convention }\ of an¥ municipality, and this does »Fiorida. | |not exclude Key West, is the dis- i, ge panes af ue pat charge Of Coral Gables Judge |" fpading’ i |Philip E. Paine yesterday by the before yesterday with the rest of, Gables City Commission. Young the, mein body arriving yes-| Judge Paine had begun a fight terday morning, afternoon and: | against bookie ‘joints and the sys- evening. Reverend = M. P.| |tem of giving “protection” funds. C@mapana of Tampa spoke at} |This eolumn recently pointed out the pontifical hign mass vesterday | that “there was something behind ™erning and the address opened all this”. That something, of the eanvention. There is na more| | ; “ Shei patriotic bedy of men in the coun- reiaguesmD tua the “protection” fund- try than the Knights of Columbus, | ng system, and the Gables Com- the speaker declared, pointing out { {missioners place themselves in that religion is the basis af pat-' ‘the strange light of initiating ac- riotism. This was a declaration of- tion against one struggling ta George Washington, the speaker, fight the gambling evil, but the snowed and has been the verdict not-so-strange light of supporting of all thinking men since that‘ {a graft setup, present in most 4) Memorial services were. cities. Arrests of three bookie conducted last evening by State grounds last Saturday night in honor of Judge David Elmer Ward, who was nominated State | OWNETS and fines of $100 and Deputy A. P. Mickler. Island belong? casts, which will about triple i pauyer id | Senator from the 24th Senatorjal Disigict in the that mounit, "ha “10. What is a eenotaph? ‘| i Ve followed Lad ret democratic primary, ap as one of ‘Frank H. fe presidents of |, ine's: rent Others: have been ip. Hol yas Chainber of 4 than-an even ‘hand "that! esent who were calle a fewine- " hagit.written., Robert! just that, eee atresia Mi while me “knight mercy! in shining “armor” ine COM Austin, president of the tinues the fight against the Nivagr West Cha: es ind mber of Commerce, te 3 ae Oem ditty, soem fe eviieninn. Me | Marsha | mes HAI RAILROAD International Highway Commit: : ¢ompanied oy theje families, ar,} inasmuch as since Lee County qwagpcagved from H ¥4 ry tees ba aig ae is this anacning on: the Ha- | Monroe in 1888 this is the second CA. Senatoyf! TA py ee petty ij Pili Eitien that .Y. y iid vai S sesial and left again at of of being from Monroe | red sun-tayed flags Mesres in the in furthering the eampaign for ade te lh gram gots County. However, by pursuing the “good neigh- macnn Five Gergen the highway. Mr. Austin be ‘several days. ‘They had been at- por” policy toward our Monroe County friends I | every street corner. Suchow-Pu mae Vode that teas oe the ae the convention in see believe it possible to better that record within | had fallen! Battered by Japan- i city of Key West is very much in-; the next fifty years. |ese long range guns, the city lay terested in the chance of having | ‘i Es 5 id 4 in ashes and fire today as three ‘In time past Key West has seemed most re- Nippon armies marched into the mote and almost like a foreign country, but now | birthplace of Confucius, that the Overseas Highway is open for trayel, ®teatest of Chinese philosgghers. hi 1 h It ad Westward went another yameem: this is no longer the case. was sugges’ iy | | army along the railroad tracks of the writer that in view of this fact we should | Lung-Hai, marching toward ‘Han-' endeavor to cultivate the acquaintance and good | | chow, China’s temporary capital. will of the Key ~_ people, who are said to al No FRENCH- ITALO 1 folk: ‘to! real folks and are @ aye of our sena' rag TREATY . « pas ditemmons Previous to this | district. A good will delegation from For France is stiil adamant over the the estimated voting strength = Myers, with a return visit from Key. Westers,.., Fascist ara in “ean he ee 3 fis would help to cement the’ ties of frigid Hi ricant tha: “This idea was touched: upon by seve! i i speakers, including Judge. Ward, who’ sta’ he would”be jist as soliciteus and | MAINLAND COUNTIES’ CELEBRATE |[rogesensbanserstooragens On May 7, on the court house grounds | | at Fort Myers, there was a celebration in | | honor of Judge David Elmer Ward, who | | was nominated state senator from the 24th Senatorial District in the recent democratic | primary. The people of Monroe, Lee, Col- | lier and Hendry counties were invited and | many responded. A. H. Andrews, editor of The Amer- ican Ragle, published at Estero, Florida, | | near Fort Myers, was called on for a talk, | and it was happily received. The speaker | expressed himself as favoring a good will | delegation from Fort Myers to go to Key | West and a return visit from Key Westers which he thought would help to cement | the ties of friendship. There is no doubt | | about that and The Citizen feels certain DF oe GBS, bi ge, BEES PTE TODAY's COMMON ERROR Detour is “js Pronounced if de-tug’ (the “u” as in'ryle): |) : not dee'-tur or de-towr’. | eons ‘TEST YOUR KNOWLEDG Can you answer seven of these Tura to i time between New York | ned fi oe Mevnivea city in What is a Maxim silencer? Was Canada ever owned by: the United States? Who 2s tne present holder af! the U. S. Open Golf Cham- pionship? What is the ancient name for the Black Sea? Name the last letter of the Greek alphabet. 9. To what country does. Yan-~; feel that in Judge Ward we will have a | representative who will be just as solicit- ous of the welfare of Monroe as of his home county. | The article follows: “At the celebration held on the Courthouse a man, marks. “From past observation it occurred to me that we have had, all the rest The Miami Beach jtorcad «| the road routed this ‘way and that/ the Chamber ery ' Game ‘haa he will be glad to serve and do, been ed until every thing possible to further | in ithe fare Sent seme aur * DeSOTO HOTEL Florida gern Land ae at PLAN i pet o si pats Stes of cli foe Estimate of the voting strength! in the county had jumped to 5,- 000 and the county had Fooelver tg about $6,000 from poll tax pay- (SAF | ments when the books closed Sat- industries in rday she ret ent for rnin with Italy. Weeks ago it ap- | peared she would do so, but other entanglements probably ardse, | = sage? she is deciding to lose all : it: - Work ‘on their final Pachees Hoa having, completed their studies in class, Friday. For the remainder of ir term the class will be busy wi n be thrown a_ few tests-and bia 1 work prepara- | poate oe pro- | State | hould be rotated regularl: = eu leanwhile, insurgent 4° sagen = ugg sg ae is at pting to coritrol all = 908 the fi 4 ne ald by the 5. Wan West and the mainland, this ee a ee 4 is from sea in adhered to and many mainland _resi¢en' ge jénstern Spain found{ tw pr ton ye felt resentment in consequence, I have never | ain strongholds, one in the Sierra tne only graduate. Since et personally felt that way, as I realized that for |de Corbalan and the other in the time the classes have continued | i Sierra de Gudar, strongly held by to increase with the class of a many years Key West has been in desperate | Loyalists. og ai aeaater straits. Once the largest city iA Florida and port | ‘the eatin year. of call for ships from the seven seas; with great | waeouere ry | cigar factories, sponge fisheries, navy yard, coast One of the better moves of guard base and other activities from which it ! government instigation was pass- rospered, for many years past these industries jed by the House yesterday. A Laci . oe x i ‘ $375,000,000 flood cantrol bill re- have been slipping away until e city was tae ceived its approval, and will go duced to but a fraction of its former population. | to the senate. It is estimated that Then came the final blow with the wiping out of mee of agra d been “om ed by people o: areas be- the Overseas Railroad by the hurricane of 1935. | cause of the dams which have “Most people thought Key West finished’ and }peen erected in the past. ‘The is it any wonder, under the circumstances, that siggy huge sum Nass be notes ioe she ching desperately to the State Senatorship,— | “U8* cam against wastefe},* ey the one influence that seemed to offer same hope of relief from the desolation and despair that was be in con- sidering the needs of his home county. “Although an agreement was entered into fifty years ago the effect that the office The Shiggers easily seas the Latinas yesterday morning by ‘a score of 9 to 1. Ayila pitched a apd game, allawing but three hits and striking out 12 men. ba was a good game but the advant-! age was al an the side of the, N N The Carabinas wan both oad of a doubleheader yesterday, takeh ing, the. first game from the Pi- ratés and the second game fro) {the Junior Sluggers. The score me wat Pita | RACING ES ane co \ | end 'Carahl tin he sone bi, hg |b a4 of thetUtide: Pre enomyotre tusin See gat. 1a [and the Carabinas 3. always at march, were nowaind |in the fight over, collection of the! Bditorial Gebietes: Al ‘kitting state gros; receipts tax now rag- , the Key West Water Company's |ing in Miami. Speakers in a mass’ “proposal, it is to be ea | meeting in Bayfront Park yes-' hoped that the city council didn’ terday accused racing interests of il] all immediate prospect of wa- | “lobbying” against repeal of the ter here. There seems to be much BRIGHT SA) In Gallons structive waters. oxide] | of the Overseas Highway the island city is coming | back with a vim and enjoys all the advantages of mainland connection. This will resylt in closer | acquaintance with one’s neighbors throughout the | | 24th Senatorial District and a unity of purpose and good fellowship such as was impossible un- present tax, that their awn taxes! der the ald isglated regime.” +would not become too high,' Board decided in his favor re- } = which onee again shows that! garding the strike against him INSURANCE CONT E CONTRIBUTES levery agency connected with! and promptly ended the holdout shady practices threatens mu-|. . Mayor Robert R. Williams of i The i insurance | companies of the United | nieipal benefieence. Miami in a minute-and-a-half | States, according to Howard W. Cox, of | SHORT sea City Commission session sought! Cincinnati, president af the Union Central be TWIRLS to have City Clerk Kelly remov- | Life Insurance Company, have given policy- Glimpses here and there: Ger- ed, but a deciding vote, that of mans must now have passports to Commissioner Ralph B, Ferguson, | helders pnd thesr beneficiaries more money | to stabilize the country, in the last eight travel Hungary. Ford’s non- was absent. . Russia's Stalin ex- unionism triumphed, in Mexico tolled science, “which does not yennsy titan] the) Government has given in | relief. ‘Since 1930, according to Mr. Cox, | rg | City when the Mexican Labor segregate itself from the people”. {(thelsahied Qdidd By thé léonipanies! was $21,- + 350,000,000. Rverybbay! Fevbaahinks the ‘importance of insurance. Moreover, we know that in- surance companies have vast capital re- sources and their anrual payments to, bene- ficiaries are immense. "The extent of their contributions to “stabilize the country in the past eight years, however, depends up- on the difference between what they paid out and what they took in from the people.” Regardless of what these figures would show, it is somewhat surprising to be told that in eight years the insarance companies ef the nation have paid out more tioney than the Government has spent in . its various relief enterprises. Sherwin AOL me ey € SEERA TRMIOEEEEE EE Bh, AUTO AND DRIVER ... EACH ADDITIONAL PASSENGER . TRUCKS—ACCORDING TO SIZE ee ee ee ee de x. FTP PTT IO IT ‘tonight and Saturday; moderate SALE ON PRESENT STOCK ONLY REGULAR $2.78 VALUE : SALE ON THE FOLLOWING COLORS OF GRAY — OAK — WALNUT BROWN — MAHOGANY S-W FLOOR ENAMEL CAN BE USED ON WOOD AND CONCRETE FLOORS AND IS A FINE DECORATIVE FINISH FOR LINOLEUM Sale Price BRIDGE LAMPS, Special 98c Each GET YOURS WHILE THEY a ee A FEW IN STOCK Ts 00 Each Fresh Imported Cement 70c Per Sack SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING CO. White and Bliza Streets “Your Home Is Werthy (4 The Heat” II ADI AA Ad be hh hed hed heeded ed Le FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1928. THE WEATHER His Bright Idea | eegcccnes eoqoccce emperaiure” Lowest __ Mean z Normal Mean R Yesterday’s Precipitation Normal Precipitation Tomorrow's Almanac “Thin reeyra covers Z4-baup perio’ ending af 3 o'clock foe eae evi ; se! § 14:39 a. ih. ten Tides A.M. An old Chinaman who was working in the bush, was aghast to see a big brown bear sniffling at the tracks he had made in the newly fallen snow. “You likee my _ tlacks?” he gasped. “I makee some more”. Morgenthau plans eleven tTe- gional officers to decentralize ad- \justment of tax disputes. 87 aR 82 80 .0 Ins. ; -16 Ins. 307 p. ee .. “and East Gulf:_ Variable winds ever north portion and moderate tion; fair - weather tonight Saturday. P.M 3:09 2:06 8:04 9:05 Sean reading at 8 9. m.: Sea level, 30.04. WEATHER FORECAST pact baa 8 “ ti. S. KENNEDY, Official in Charge gecegegeccoesessocescese The Favorite In Key West — THY IT TODAY — STAR >* BRAND CUBAN COFFEE ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS (Till.7:30 p. m., Saturday) Key West and Vicinity: Fair easterly winds. Florida: Fair tonight and Sat- urday. Jacksonville to Florida Straits y MARKOWITZ and RESNICK ——Offer——_ VARIQUS PAYMEN FOR HOME IMPROVEMERTS MODERNIZATION LOANS For Any Kind of Home Improvements. We are not a bank but we can help you. Applications for credit treated confidentially Tipistra Circulars Upon Request WISIT. Ty : FINEST SHOWROOM. i D IN THE U,. §&. A, ARKOWITZ & RESNICK 1220 Biscayne Blvd. — On the Circle MIAMI, FLORIDA CSESTETTETEMEEEE OETA TM ET EON | SPECIAL PAINT SALE ON THE FOLLOWING COLORS OF Sherwin Williams Flat Tone DISCONTINUED COLORS EE LT * GE — OLIVE TAN — PALE GREEN — SHELL, PINK — SKY BLUE and Quarts at $1.80 P& Gal. ; Williams Floor Enamel $2.75 Per Gal. REGULAR $4.00 VALUE — REGULAR VALUE $1,649 CTRIC STORE FAN FINISH, ON ADJUSTABLE STAND q easterly winds over south por- \ and