The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 1, 1938, Page 2

The Key West Citizen THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. MAN, President and Publisher Assintant Business Feom ‘ihe n» Bull Corner Greene Ann St Oply Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Entered at Key Plorida, as Member ed Press The Associated Pi atehes credited to credited inthis paper and glso 1 news published here. 5.00 Three iD One Month . Weekly Made NOTICE rds of thanks, resolutions of etc, Will be charged for at All réading notices, respect, obituary not the rate of 10 cents # ine. from which f public is a interest but it will not publish anonymous communi. cations. a 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. You can gain time by reflection, and lose time by hurry. 4 | Too many consider the convenient rather than the right. | = t Some people show their egotism by the large life insurance policies they carry. In St. Louis an escaped lunatic was ‘found playing in a jazz orchestra. There may be others. You certainly can’t blame the unrest ‘that is rampant all over the world on the moon; perhaps it’s the sun. If Mexico develops a real revolt the United States will begin to understand the ' French position in regards to Spain. . The more we know of men who follow | the sea the better we like them; in most . eases their character is worth emulating. x A dispatch tells of a man who “died » without the aid of a doctor.’ Fortunately, * few have to shuffle off without professional | assistance, In the governmental planning of the . “more abundant life”, we are getting less ' of it; we would be better off if left alone to our own resources. : Hitler did not have to put up much of a “amo to annex Austria; it yielded so readily. But Czechoslovakia seems de- . termined to put up a “kampf” of its own, _ Times of Cuba says that God and not * Edison made the first talking machine, but qualifies the statement that Edison made the first one that could be shut off. Plutarch in his “Life of Caius Marius” says “Extraordinary rains pretty generally fall after great battles.’ Still true today. Last week we had a great battle in Key West and heavy rains followed. The Uncle Sam of two and three gen- erations ago was the tall lanterned-jawed | man; but today he closely approaches the squate-faced, stocky business man type of Mr. Babbitt—more like his cousin, well- fed and beefy, John Bull, cond class matter | | ment. entitled to use | | cept life as it unfolds | | of sympathy with one another—but | found floating, 310.00 | “reproducing.” TRUE TO THEIR TRADITIONS Men who follow the sea for a living are a rough and hearty breed. They ac- before them and carry on as best they can in the face of | hardship, danger and financial disappoint- They make few complaints and of- fer no apologies. An outsider listening to their discussions might feel they were out let disaster or death threaten one of their number and they become a solid unit of | unselfishness and helpfulness. Such was the case last week when a dinghy from the sponging boat of Richard Skelton, veteran Key West sponger, was eloquently empty, near Archer’s Key. Skelton against the advice of relatives and friends had gone on a lone spong:ng trip in a direction opposite from that followed by the majority of the spong- | ers now operating in Florida bay. Discovery of the empty dinghy when announced along the waterfront saw an immediate gathering of the charter boat fishermen whose seasonal lack of business held them at the docks. A fleet of char- ter boats put out at once for Archer’s key and the surrounding waters. This lead to the discovery of Skelton’s sailboat, also unoccupied. Unable to search the nearby shallow waters in their vessels, the fisher- men put back into Key West.and picked up dinghies to carry on the unselfish work. Although convinced in their own minds that the aged sponger had drowned, the fishermen carried on the search hour after hour, day after day. It was not their fault they found no trace of Skelton or his body. out thought of compensation or any other selfish consideration. A man was missing and they went out to look for him. From that incident a minister of the Gospel might preach a beautiful sermon. | It would be easy to point to the moral, to the true spirit of Christianity displayed by the fishermen. But the chances are the fishermen would scoff at such an idea. They do not like to be praised for what to | them is a simple act of duty. “Why, Mr. Skelton was missing and we thought there might be a chance he was alone on a key without food or water; so we went out to see if we could find him, that’s all,” one of the fishermen declared when such a point was raised. ‘“‘Anybody’d do that, so why get excited about a little thing like that?” All we’ve got to add to that is: If everybody in Key West showed the same spirit this would be a mighty fine com- munity in which to live—and we have an idea that in a pinch they would rise and meet any common emergency in much the same fashion, AMERICAN STOCK DECLINING? Present reproductive trends in the United States point to a possible decline in the intelligence of the American people, amounting to approximately two or three per cent, according to Dr. Norman They did the best they could, with- E. | 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 The largest crowd in history to attend an affair of its kind here was present at the annual class day exercisés given last iight’ in the Hi Sché@l\Auditomiti by the | senior class. , Long, before ,the ex- ercises were ‘to begin ence had well filled the audi- torium and by the time the pro- cession started the windows were filled and people packed in the doors many deep. The exercises, school authorities say, were arnong the best in the history of the school. A uniform dress was adopted, the boys in white flan nel in white dresses. Neil gave the class history. He ad- vised all freshmen to work hard the first year, saying the re- mainder of their school career would: be easy. The class prop- heey was announced by iss Nellie Louise Russell and the “jast will and testament” was read by Miss Dorothy Archer. Absentee ballots voted today include tickets of among them the crew of one of the éounty ferries who cannot come to town Tuesday. County Judge Hugh Gunn motored to No Name Key to receive the ballots upon arrival of the ferry at noon today. Crews of the other two ferries will have time to visit the polls. The number of absentees’ noon today with indications that votes has passed the 110 mark at! make voting easier in the Third: the! and Fifth precincts deserve the; time the privilege ceases at sun- {commendation of every voter as} the total will reach 125 by down tomorrow. The only political rally to be held in Key West so far during the present campaign will be held tonight at Bayview Park at 7 o'clock. date for governor, and the audi-. and blue coats and the girls | Knowles eight men,| TODAY’S COMMON ERROR _ Duty is pronounced diu’- ty: not doo’-ty. | TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to Page 4 for the answers eeeescvecceseeses What fis a pulmotor? Name ithe three largest fresh water lakes in the world. What is the name for the science of the study of.sea shells? Are passports required when flying to foreign countries? What is the political affilia- tion of Senator William H. King of Utah? 1 [AW FOR THE LADIES 1 ——8y— ETHEL ERNEST MURRELL | SPCCHSOSERASCOOLOEESEBLE { If-you-are a married woman! ‘and you run your automobile’ ‘through someone’s plate glass °*° | window, in order to sue you for ‘the damages, they will have to | join your husband as a co-de- 'fendant. But as the law stands inow, you (and not he) will have to answer with your own prop- lerty if the case is brought in -equity. Courts of Equity, you pknow, were founded because it | was generally felt that certain | matters, if decided entirely by the |letter of the law, were apt to | work injustice, and so the Court |of Equity tries to adjust matters }according to the rights of those jinvolved, rather than by the | strict wording of the law. And it is in a Court of Equity that women can be made to an- | Swer for contracts on her sep- WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 1938. _ PEOPLE'S FORUM ; Sees etvesseee REGARDING FRESH WATER Editor, The Citizen: In regards to the article in The Citizen of Friday, May 27, con- cerning fresh water. | It is very interesting to learn that water will cost Key West | residents four cents per hundred |Sallons, which should average $17.00 to $18.00 per family per | year. At that cost, we would get | water for about what the average ‘family in Miami pays. But, if private capital is to be used to install this water supply as men- tioned by our water commission, here is something vital to look in- , to and that is this: We all know , that the pipe line is to cost, about | $2,500,000,00. Now the average jreader of our paper has never In American history, who ' arate property, to pay damages considered that such an invest- were called Tories? How many quarts are in one bushel (dry measure)? | 8. Name the capital of Portu- | guese India. i What is the minimum age for the office of President of the U. S.? Has there ever been a no-hit- no-run game pitched in World Series baseball? 10. | cided that Tampa would furnish the Orlando, oranges, and Key West, turtle soup. Editorial comment: Arrange- ments now being completed to i well as every person who wishes ito see the right of suffrage used as generally as possible. | Program of Memorial Day which was arranged for the occa- Sidney J. Catts, candi-' sion by the American Legion andj uth ' Spanish American War Veterans. | cigars for the Asheville meet-; ing; Ocala will furnish the celery; ; {from her separate property, and jin various ways be dragged from | behind the so-called protection of “coveture”. os ° | eee ee {egy oday’s Horoscope [reeceacccsescescoaesooooe | Today's degree promises a kind, | sympathetic nature. Today's na- ) tive will gain a’ knowledge of the jarts and scierices; ‘will be thor- ough and will make himself un- derstood. The disposition will jaenecelly *be ‘benevolent and gen- tle, witha desire to help and con- | sole the sick ‘and the needy. | cteierteinnne eERE enc [NO NAME LODGE! No Name Key Directly on Sand Beach | Fishing and Charter Boats | Cottages and Restaurant j Phone No Name No. 1 { Mr. Mrs. C. L. Craig, Owners | DeSOTO HOTEL i Bryan Owen, candidate for con-|The parade was greeted by a| Sarasota Florida gress, will be the speakers. Mrs. Owen will be introduced by Dr | William R. Warren and ex-Gover- by J. Lancelot Lester, ities will begin at 7:30 o'clock when the Key West band | will begin playing for the hun- dreds who are expected to be present by that time. The first jspeaker will be j promptly at 7:40. Pictures and stories of Key | West and the Florida Keys will |soon be broadcast to every por- |tion of the globe by the Inter- | national News Service, one of the ‘largest companies of its kind in a | the world. R. Amos Wright, rep- |resenting this service, has been jin Key West for some time and jhas taken several hundred pic- tures. Key West will furnish turtle soup at a banquet of more than 250 covers in Asheville, N. C. at jan early date. The occasion will |oe the anniversary convention of the Southern Commercial Secre- taries Association, at which a dinner will be served with only southern dishes and southern products on the menu. At the annual meeting of the Florida Association at Ocala, it was de- Himes, Professor of Sociology at Colgate | University. Dr. Himes points out that the wrong family stocks are now doing most of the one-third of the population, and this is the poorer, socially disadvantaged part which is unable to give its children adequate ad- vantages for education and cultural ad- vance. So far as we are aware, there is is doing the reproducing for the nation. There is considerable discussion over the proper steps to be taken to meet the con- dition which, in the long run, threatens a dive effect upon our democracy. There are those who contend that the proper thing to do is to see that there is widespread knowledge of birth control among all peoples. The argument is that such instruction will reverse the trend. On the other hand, there are those who insist that the so-called most fortunate The “Mayor of Hell” has been visiting | classes should undertake to equalize the New York City. He is and he is mayor of Hell, Finland, which belies its name, for it is a cool, pleasant re- sort in the summer time and bitterly cold in winter. In fact, Mayor Stenvig de-/| clates “Hell freezes over” quite frequently. | The tewn bas 1,465 population, is a law- abiding community with two churches, net ever having a jail nor a fire department Mayor Stenvig advises all who Spend a pleasant summer vacution to to Hell, | ments of our population, wish. to! Lorents Stenvig | situation by doing more reproducing them- selves. This basic idea may be all right, but, just now, it seems not to be taking so well with the so-called fortunate classes. There seems to be another way to meet the social threat, This involves a continuous effort to provide equal educa- tional and cultural advantages for all ele- In time, this will tend te lift the average of the so-called un- fortunate groups through the gradual pro- | cess of improving their children. One-half of the next gen- eration, he says, is being produced by | no dispute as to which part of our population | present j ‘heavy rain as they were leaving |the Harris school and the exer- cises were not held. One patient, beneficiary of the |veterons bureau, has arrived at the Marine hospital others are on the way. The first came from Miami and the others introduced fom South Florida. The beds} have been allotted to the veterans and M. Bryson, regional director at Jacksonville, informs the local chamber of commerce that in | future all patients from South Florida. From and To Boston, New York, Miami Jacksonville, Galveston New Orleans and Beyond From Key West May 13, June 6, wate Mondays, New York ever Roston May 5, an ee eat dacksonvilh mi New Orleans every two weeks. CLYDE-MALLORY OVERSEAS TRANSPORTATION CO., INC. 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Special KP2PSIPODODIIDEOIIIIIODIODIESOTEOLISL DIED OS, ment will have to be guaranteed a revenue that will pay interest on $2,500,000.00 at least of two percent per year which would be $50,000.00. This is for interest alone. How about maintenance and the retirement of the loan? What source of revenue will be | used to provide all this? Is it one more case where the tax payer gets an unpleasant surprise? : EDWARD KOEHN. Key ‘West, Fia., May 30, 1938. ee Today’s Birthdays Pencccccccccecsocccccese Frederic Clay Bartlett of Chi- cago, noted artist, born there, 65 years ago. Arthur Pound of New York, au- thor-historian of industry, born at Pontiac, Mich., 54 years ago. | Dr. Charles B. Davenport of }Cold Spring Harbor, New York, |famed biologist, born at’ Stam- ford, Conn., 72 years ago. Frank Morgan, actor, born 48 years ago. Dr. Frank H. Lahey of Boston, noted surgeon, born at Haverhill, 8 years ago. Tex., Dan Moody of Austin, 2 a1 born Yr, onetime governor, , 45 years ago. 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