The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 28, 1938, Page 2

_ PAGE TWO Tye Key West Citizen | STOP THIS DESTRUCTION One of Key West’s greatest attractions | to, visitors, and one that tends to draw the largest number of tourists, are our fine growth of palm trees and other tropical | flora. Nowhere in the United States are so many varieties of beautiful trees, flowering | plants and bushes to be found. They are worth preserving and protecting. Yet our public officials had done noth- ing to protect this beauty that a. kindly | nature has bestowed upon us. Palm trees by the score are dying, as N. P. Connable of Martello Towers pointed out | Citizen yesterday, of a combination of blight and wanton destruction by boys and men. Many small tropica] plants are fall- | ing beneath the hackings of misguided in- dividuals in clearing off their lots. PUBLISHING €O., INC. » President and Publisher Axswistant Business Manager , Citizen Building nd Ann Streets THE crr ~ JOE ALL Feom ‘f Corner ca tis te: masts =+ = Only spaper in Key West and Monroe County Daily Ne ida, as second class matter er of the Associated Press Prféséi4s exclusively entitled to use of all news dispatches credited to @-credited in thig paper and also | blish e MEMBER ADVERTISING RATES tade known on application, | serious consideration: That the city co- operate with the State Plant Board in a periodic survey of the flora of the island; lerived ate 6 contse ne. | that every diseased tree be cut down and sid of public tasues aud subjects of local or genera) | destroyed and the healthy ones sprayed ; jotesest hut it will pot publish anonymous commun) ‘that the scavenger service regularly clear —_—_ ; the debris from beneath the trees to pre- ae EY WERT SPT aT avi Vent fires and to enhance the appearance | seestaar det baba Ht aay port ie Oh OUR streets; that the police be instructed rhe} | L NOTICR rds of thanks, resolutions of | w.ll be charged for at | Ail Tespect reading notic yituary notices, ete., @ line. | inments by churches from which | are 6 cents @ line. | “ol ton ob ow [betol stopiwandalism on all publie-and private WILL always WR Whe ‘tawth and, wrant, i idaho, tai, sis hia without, fear and | wi gut Fivoryiaewbr (| ba {bE blerty Loan acted aroused to afraid to attack worig.or to iiptdud tight; ee de WHEREP always, fight tot ‘probes; never: be the wees Mitte most important. Our civie organiza- wan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, |) sion. can unite in a campaign to instruct faction or class; always do its utmost for the || }ouseholders in the care of the trees and public welfare; never tolerate corruption or | | flora in their yards; Boy and Girl Scouts injustice; denounce vice and. praise virtue. | | can be employed in passing out leaflets commend good done by individual or orgen- || hich while urging improvement in the ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and |) 4 earance of private properties, would opinions; print only news that will elevate |) yoint out the need of protecting the trees and not contaminate the reader; never com- and plants; all citizens can report acts of ae pee vandalism to the police and cause the ar- rest of the vandals destroying trees and plants by set fires, We think if the dollars and cents value of the flora and trees is brought to the at- ' tention of the general public there will be a greater effort toward protecting these natural beauties and seeing that others do not wantonly destroy one of our principal bids for distinction in the list of American cities. Official action usually follows public opinion. Public opinion can be swayed in this, as in all other matters, hy an aroused group of civic-minded individuals and groups. They are earnestly urged not to overlook the necessity of protecting our tropical flora. ' IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Compreheiisive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels. and. Apartments. ‘Bathing ‘Pavilion. »’ Airports—iand and Sea. Congolidation of County and City ~ Governments. Some people have their pictures taken, because they flatter ‘them. Oddly enough, the reckless driver's cars likely to last him a lifetime. It’s a great thing to be thankful for your lot—even if it isn’t such a lot. MEMORIAL DAY The beautiful custom of setting aside one day in the year for the decoration of soldiers’ graves is said to have originated in Petersburg, Va., where Memorial Day "was observed for the first time on June 9, 1865, in honor of Confederates who were | killed in battle there just one year be- liaw obedience is a popular topic now- | fore. ondays » people! aneowery found of recom! - mending dt to titers, hens nig co Many great achievements in life are *-fuilt upon faith, even when circumstances encourage doubts, |,,,In 1868 the wife of General John A. 16 vse ot Jo an »jchangan, then commander of the G. A. R., : Crops —2nH3 msilfiW sjohWppeméi to be in Petersburg on its Me- Ada iy” BMA ea {a ade io Day and was so impressed with the world. | Some of our fieanut politicians | tributes.of flowers and flags’ with which can't, offen garry a ward, orae > the graves were decorated that she sug- : ‘hated to the general that this be made a national custom. General Logan accord- ingly issued an order to the G. A. R. “that every post of the Grand Army should hold hag. boll ad t r sé r Every intelligent reader should. be | "Able to differentiate between matters of opinion and statements of fact. Advocates of economy in government usually have pet activities and expendi- tures that they consider necessary. of their dead comrades with flowers,” on May 30 of each year. The idea spread throughout the South, also, and Confederate Memorial Day is observed in various states on the following dates: April 26 in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Florida; May 10 in North and South Carolina; the second Friday in May in Tennessee, and June 8 in Louisiana. In the South the national Memoria) Day of May 30 is more generally observed since the World War, the exercises being con- ducted by the American Legion. At the national cemetery of Aflington, near Washington, the grave ef America’s Unknown Soldier is decorated with special The League of Nations undertakes to | protect mother whales and their young. ; —— No wonder whales are becoming scarce. Father Coughlin wants Congress to print the money that it is now taking from the pockets of the taxpayers and spending so lavishly. The wise or just man or woman is not the one most conscious of his or her wisdom or justice ; Just as the healthy person thinks * ~=~fite-about-his health. a rent nner es he in The) Mr. Connable’s suggestions are worth | aid Of' these we think the latter is one of | KEY WisT IN | DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files of The Citizen Arrangements which will make voting in the third and fifth pre- beincts ‘at’ least: dour':times,as fz as_it, has; been, inthe past a ;rapidly being completed. With more than 1,900 Voters “in the ‘fifth precinct atid neaMy“1{500 in the third there will be»practicall, no'chance of the number eyer ing voted in the, SSIES under the regular system, Under the plan which will be put‘ in’ effect |' June 5, however, voters will be able to file past the ballot box | four or five times as fast as they have been in the past. The regu- ‘lar registration books in each of these precincts will be divided In ‘addition two type written lists will be made of all voters names. Both the names on the lists and the registrations books will be numbered from 1 upwards for ‘each letter of the alphabet, the number on each side of the names . on all three lists being the same. |The extra typewritten lists will |be sent to the polling places in | charge of two extra clerks. When a voter enters to cast his vote ‘he willbe directed to one of the ‘extra ‘clerks who will at once | point dut>the number, find the name and@ voting will be made | easy. Sidney J. Catts, candidate for \governor, will speak from the same platform as will Ruth Bry- an Owen, candidate for congress lon Thursday night. Mr. Catts made the appointment nearly two weeks ago, but it had not been definitely known that the speaker would arrive until word was received yesterday. In the ‘meantime, Mrs. Owen had made arrangemefits, hence they will | both appear on the same plat- form. The crowd which will greet jthe speakers will be much the largest that has appeared at any political gathering this year. Mrs. Owen has never made a political ' | speech before this and she, alone, | would attract a large crowd. Mr. | Catts, because of the position he holds in the gubernatorial race | and his announced position on the question of the bridges, will at- tract an equally large crowd, his friends believe. | Exemption of homes from tax- | ation, quarterly payment of taxes, ' 'child welfare, mother’s pensions |federate veterans were some of and inereased pensions for con- |the things advocated by State | Senator John S. Taylor, of Largo, ‘candidate for governor, at his |spech made at Bayview Park last (night. The movement for legal jgambling in Florida was scath- | ingly aenounced by the speaker, “Tf tourists want to pass by Flori- \da and go to Cut for their gamb- | ling, let them go. Florida can get |along better without them.” | emesis | __ Editoriai comment: Senator | Trammell says that Key West is} assured a new federal building out of the $200,000,000 public building appropriation already | voted. This is not only good news to Key Westers, but news of the very best sort. | Ferry Henry M. Flagler arriv- \ing last night from Havana | brought two carloads of sugar, three carloads of bone and other freight. The other part of the shipment ‘was made up of empty | freight cars which are jnew in juse conveying pineapple “from Cuba to the American markets. Dr. Antonid Sanchez de Busta- mente, Cuban member of the court of international justice is | suitable exercises and decorate the graves | a temperature Teco) i a PLAY SAFE— 3y keeping FOODSTUFFS at the right, THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ~ SR ae Ree | TODAY’S COMMON | { Douche is: pronounced doosh: not dowsh. | eecccccccccencsccccecce: | ‘TEST YOUR |, | KNOWLEDGE | Camyou answer, sewan/of these’) yo tédt questions?) ji Tata toto} Page A fexithe answers '2>!+ setae, 78 | in vial pall OP does | ed Gone! play? ‘ ’ OF What country is Kabul the ot “usggnital? | 4. Does Soviet Russia have the bbdin OW wb ot same calendar as the Unit-/ ed States? | What is chilblains? j What is the shortest verse in} the Bible? For what government agency do the initials USHA stand? 0 What is ornithology? What is the title of a student undergoing the ‘course at the U. S. Naval Academy? Canj a person be a. citizen of a state of the U. S., with- out being an American citizen? eeeene conesee Study thectivés Chosen by Christ from the sea; The disciples had no education, Yet wére the pick from Galilee. They received their learning ftom Spirit— Even so should you and I— But the desire for worldly pleas- ures Makes us blind to gifts from the sky. | Following the dictates of your conscience And observe the Golden Rule— | These things are born within you, Not acauired in any school. Do not trespass, forgive all others, Help them to understand 'That only by following the Mas- ter Can they reach Land. the Promised Rely on the Divine Intelligence That surrounds you everywhere i in space. F St. Paul savs all things are ours, ‘Believe and reach that place Where all is pedceful and Happy, After their labor on earth is done. So study the lives of the Fisher- men That Christ gave a place in the sun. FRANK C. SCHNEIDER. 651 William Street. due to pass through Key West this evening from Havana en route to Geneva. Members of the party include the doctor’s son, a daughter-in-law, grandson, secre- tary and nurse. Cuban Consul ;Jotge Ponce will meet the party upon arrival and extend the hon- ors of the port. The 100 large arrow shaped signboards ordered by the local Chamber of Commerce have ar- rived. The lettering is done in black on an orange ground and can be read at a considerable dis- tance. ; ° eee The Faworite In Key West fot TaY IT TODAY — ~ STAR * BRAND ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS 4 i gie Me HEY in one of:outir: SATURDAY, MAY 28, 1938. MINISTERIAL ASSN. REMODELLING OF WILL MEET MONDAY HOTEL COMPLETED i. There wifl bea meeting of the } Ministerial Alliance held on Mon- iday morning at 10:30 o'clock at ithe church school building of the 'First Methodist Church for the | purpose of arranging the Sunday i program of the Overseas Highway | ; pote iCelebration, according to an- iG. sod repairing oek pas beep i nguncement made by 0. C. How- | Progressing for the past six weeks jell, president of the organization. | under the guidance of that hos- ;. A request is made for all mem- | telry’s new resident-owner-mana- jbers of the alliance to be in at-' ger LS. Gruber. {te sa New beds and mattresses have APSPOVORESHPSOOPSSOPOPS® | - ~ --- - Much after the manner of! chants have paid it and fail to ex-| been installed in the Overseas G-Man Hoover, who doesn’t hesi-: Plain how we are going to justfiy and, in general, everything put in tate to lead his men into battle j Collectin ’ from them if we turn readiness for the large influx of when the going gets tough, Comp-¥ around and let the rebellious four! a ivolier Juin & 4 led a Percent go untaxed. Returning aj tourists expected for the Celebra- raid on tax-dodgers down in Dade million and a half to those who | tion and for the summer and Fall county a short time ago and as a! have already paid might be fun months coming up. i .|for the merchants but it would result has got himself a reputa: be costly and di entant N ‘A tion on par with Simon ee.) half of one percent ipts | ates et ae eu sce tax has been in the hair of Foren legislation: Fyre ne ane oe Lovers of good food served in a truly modern atmosphere will be pleased to receive the announce- ment of the opening this week of | UePeeoesegersece Announcement comes this week to The Citizen that the remodel- ling operations at the Over Sea |Hotel.on Fleming street are about completed. New plumbing, paint- sea. merchants But pete Of them ! for it nevertheless is the law and have paid it under protest and! . j await another session of the Jeg- | Sietice he exe ee ee #elature: in the hone nk se repeal. | cone might call a special session In the meantime Jim Lee is . empl by th of the legislature to accommodate - paren by eee collect | percent who want to get out the tax, and a flock of school of payin’ a tax that 90 percent teachers are depending on this vénud for. their salary chec! Jim’s more or less direct meth od of cellectin’ taxes is contrary toall the rules ‘of the game, f ‘| while :all politicians agree thi taxes. SHOULD >be; paide few "em ‘would! ever goisaofar as * actually try and : MAKE. +o! body pay ‘em. They) usually ly paid, but somehow think he will. No iHsbecome howls of Key West's newest restaurant-— The Alibi, located in the Jeffer- son Hotel building. The proprie- tors of this establishment have >. had long experience in the res- “ts thi a Chairman ‘of taurant business which indicates , that service and food will be of Ane best. j {Ee tacts luncheons and din- ‘nersare served at popular prices plead and beg and whimper f0F! ghé Btate Democrati¢ Committee and the menu is replete with all a year or.so and then wind up by and three estimable gentlemen! kinds of delicious _items—both guy who was dumb enough to pay ’em a first-class sap. To jus- tify their action they usually pic- ejected home, Every Florida merchant able to read or write has known all along that he was obligated to collect and pay to the state one-half of one percent of his gross receipts and)>,in, the case of Dade county 96 percent of the merchants met this obligation. Four percent ig- nored the comptroller’s frequent demands and. warnings and insist- ed they. wouldn’t pay it. Jim Lee just happens to be the wrong guy from her | merchants, as a result, have been forced to close their doors. Dade county legislators and other noble citizens are horrified ane. gndemn Lee for his action. ep ¢ demandin’ an extra ses- sion’ ofthe ‘legislature to repeal this obnoxious law but seem to forget that 96 percent of our mer- Coney Som ~ f } dor baot aq, ROOF CEMEN®. PING LEAKS IN OF ROOFS— °° SOMETHING Roll Roofing ASBESTOS R PAL CTING ~ } Handy 5 Ib. Can - THE NEW PRINCIPLE IN PAINT— -USG TEXOLITE A WASHABLE COLD WATER PAINT FOR INTERIOR USE ONE GALLON OF PASTE TEXOLITE MAKES ONE AND ONE HALF PER GALLON Chicago saloon-keepers are being reg- sulated regarding the size of the foamy col- lar on a glass of beer. Tt appears that un- dler a deep cap of foam there are but 6 or 7 ounces of drinkable beer whereas the cus- tomers are paying for 16 ounce schooners. In ye olden days these trivials “themselves, but now under our new systera of regimentation, some government .l agency is going to step in end do the rer- ulating. regulated | ceremonies, usually participated 'in by the President and other high officials, on Me- morial Day. It is highly fitting that all citizens should join in the observance of this most beautiful and sacred of our national holi- days, A creditor of the city could levy on the city hail but if he got judgment what would he do with the building? Perhaps is could rent it to the city councilmen for their meetings. i we ‘ Trot ALL ME T AL antinovd ICE REFRIGERATORS ; These refrigerators are doubly... HBRAT, + PROOF and absolutely air tight $20.00 «- Easy Terms—i0 Days Free Trial On Display et THOMPSON ICE COMPANY, Inc. —Phone No. 8— ence COPPOLA IMITOITOIEIIIED. 2 FOO ODIOOIDOAILS jlando -and ' Monticello, | The prinepial concern of Flor- “Tif” Turnbull of the aims and ambitions of the President and this hope was evi- !denced in the recent’ senatorial , election when an out’ and out, New-Dealer was given the back- ;ing of 242,000 democratic voters. Of the three seeking the office, ; ,two have apeared more or less lukewarm as far as New Deal, |aims and the President are com}, :cerned. One alone, “Tif” Turh-' ‘bull, has a clean record for his to talk that, way to, and several consistent and loyal support of | Rates j _ the Chief Executive, and the New Deal. With the furor and storm that | followed expressed opposition to ‘the President by the late Chair- ‘man Hodges still ringing in their ears, it is probably that delegates will think twice before they cast \ their ballot. 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Soviet seeks world supremacy ture a poor widow woman, all ida democrats is the hope that the in chemical output; industry call- tattered and torn, being forcibly Standard Bearer of the Demo- ed on to spur production. ramshackle cratic Party in Florida will be a. - man or woman in sympathy with ~ D.S0TO HOTEL OPEN ALL YEAR EUROPEAN PLAN Clean, Good Beds Free Parking $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 single $1.50, $1.75, $2.00 double COATING AND PRO- KINDS OF GAL. CANS Phone 598 PALA AAA AAA AA A he dade de! Ledodi ddd dididdididididdddaddh ddd as