The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 3, 1938, Page 2

PAGE TWO ~ The Key West Citizen. xcept Sunday By NG CO. C. THE CITIZEN PI LP. ‘MAN, zs Corner Greene and Aun Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County ~~ Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter the Associated Press s exclusivély entitled to use Nl news dispatches credited to Membe: The Associated f for republicatia it or not other the local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year . s _-- $10.00 Six Months Three Months One Month Weekly ADVERT + RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notic t, obituary n rate of 10 cents Notices for entert @ revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line The Citizen is an open forum and invites diseus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi cations. ., Will be charged for at IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST be ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Compreheusive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. When in Rome do as the Romans do— the will of Il Duce, Let the youngsters have a good time in the present. We are mortgaging their future with debt. A “basketful of oranges” is a “pretty woman” in Australian slang. In Florida that means a lot of pretty women, for we certainly have the oranges. Those visitors who do not come to Key West to fish, must be otherwise amused, and one of the most popular amusements is bathing and‘swimming. We must have adequate facilities, and’ these do not now exist. It can be done; let’s do it. The Murphy Act put on its feet many a wobbly Florida newspaper and it enabled one newspaper man in the state to erect a house of his own, something he had not ~ possessed before and in gratitude, innate “in newspaper folk, he called it the Murphy Villa. A little less jealousy would be bene- ficial to Key West. As soon as anyone makes a couple of dollars extra here, there are those who envy him. If any Key West- er should be so fortunate as to win “el gordo” in the Havana lottery, we want to be the first to congratulate him. (It might mean another subscription.) “® The Citizen has always contended and has never been made aware of anything to change its opinion that in the summer and fall is the time to advertise the attractions of Key West and that this should be done in the eastern and northern papers. Dur- ing the winter when tourists swafm all over Florida, then advertisements in Flor- ida papers, say Jacksonville, Palm Beach, ‘Tampa and Miami, will bring the best re- sults, Miami papers certainly have found a good thing in the Monroe County commis- sioners. Every time these publications get redited in this paper and also | ments by churches from which | | CONGRATULATING THE GRADUATES Schools, colleges and universities are beginning to hold their commencement ex- | ercises throughout the United States, and | before long thousands of graduates will | step from the halls of learning and face 5.00 | cards of thanks, resolutions of | | up of the | sympathy do not take the place of an op- | when disputes arise. life with all of its problems. A small percentage of the graduates of the nation’s high schools will continue their studies in college. Some of them will join the graduates of colleges and univer- i sities in seeking economic success. , After years of training, they are ready to step in- to a busy world, to make their contribution | to its development, and, in return, to ask for themselves, a livelihood. There was a time when their economic success was more or less assured by the education they had received, Today, unfortunately, thousands | | of them will look in vain for the oppor- | tunity to make their way and to serve so- ciety successfully to themselves and credit- ably to their fellowman. Quite frankly, we know of no advice to give to these students who may fail to find profitable places in the economic step- nation. Congratulations and portunity to work. About the best that we |-ean do is to hope that conditions will im- | prove rapidly and that the graduates of 1938 will find reasonable good fortune within their reach. We trust that the graduates will not make the mistake of thinking that their education has been completed. The truth of the matter is that they are only begin- ning to learn. Much that they must under- stand, if they are to sueceed in life, can only be learned through the hard school of experience. They must recognize that the intelligence that they have acquired | is only a means to a successful and _ well- rounded existence. May they, as the years pass by, grow older in wisdom and win the esteem of their fellow men. The Citizen fully appreciates the epoch that graduation marks in the life of men and women. We share with our high school boys and girls the happiness that the occasion brings to them. We_ wish them well in the future and can. truthfully advise them that the world at large is ready to receive them on their own terms. The value that human society will put on their lives depends largely upon the value which they place upon it themselves. GOOD NEWS TO TAX-PAYERS The decision of Secretary Morgenthau to decentralize the revenue system of the Government is‘good news to taxpayers throughout the United States. Some months ago, the Bureau of In- ternal Revenue, charged with collecting taxes for the Federal Government, estab- lished a regional office at Los Angeles. It was given authority over tax collections in Southern California and Arizona. The tax disputes rate has fallen from 1400 to 5007 cases a year and settlements have been ac- celerated. More important, those who wish to appeal from the rulings of tax col- lection officials have their cases disposed | of closer home and are spared the necessity of a trip to Washington or the employment of attorneys at the National Capital. The experience at Los Angeles re- gional office has led the Seeretary to de- | officers | to adjust disputes on the spot and in the | cide to establish eleven regional field without long litigation or costly ex- peditions to Washington. Each office will have experts to travel to smaller cities Appea!s will go to the regional office and the Washington Bureau will serve as a standard-setting and supervisory ageney. This effort at decentralization THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ~ | SOCOHCS COE SSOSOHOODOOOOE | PEOPLE'S FORUM | Ceeserereseereseresseoee A DEPLORABLE SITUATION Editor, The Citizen: I wish to commend The Citizen | !on its fine cooperation in our campaign to preserve the tropical | flora of the island. Your articles and editorials deserve a favorable public response. i At present, however, the palms are still dying from disease and |the vandals are still despoiling! the beauty of our community. | Here are some further examples of the outrage that is tolerated in’ Key West: The other day a boy climbed a |eoconut tree belonging to an in- |habited house and cut out the heart to make a hat of the tender | fiber; of course killing the tree. | Another boy was observed stand- ling guard at the base of a nearby | |palm, idly hacking the bark off’ | the trunk. Still another privileged cherub was amusing himself by swinging on the fronds to see how soon they would tear off. Can there be anyone in Key West so spiritually dead as to condone such acts? And yet how can we expec: our youth to have any public decency | when their elders set the example for them? Take the recent out- burst of pyromania in Martello Towers, where a grown man, who loudly proclaims his civic virtue, set fire to an entire block of fine coconut palms and was seen watching them burn. What can we say to the yunger vandals with such a precept before them? And yet this man’s stupid act so reduces the sales value of the surrounding property, to say nothing of the incalculable aes- thetic loss to the entire com- munity, that it is equivalent to taking money out of everyone’s pocketbook. But nothing has been done about it, not even by the owners of the damaged property. And we are doing nothing to, lessen the disgrace of our refuse-! littered streets. For example, the Martello Towers section should be one of the beauty spots of town and a great attraction to outside investment, instead it is a shambles. The debris from the ravaged palm trees litters the! land, the sidewalks, and the streets, constituting an eyesore and a fire hazard. Can’t we see that such a condition is a black- eye to us all? Once a year Key West wakes up. In the fall we clean our- selves up to hide our shame from the tourists. I understand we are also going to wash our civic face for the impending bridge ce@lebra- tion. Are .those people who are coming to visit us so much bet- ter than we are that we must) create a fine clean city for them} to look at and yet be content to} live in a pigsty ourselves? Em-! phatically not! Then why should we not keep our town clean and make it a place of beauty for us! who live here? } There is much talk about this deplorable situation — much lament that “somebody should do something about it”—but mean- while the city sleeps on. Why not come out of this state of som- nambulance before the shock of awakening kills the patient? In other words, let’s get going before it is too late! Let’s co- operate with the Plant Board and stamp out the palm blight. Let’s have a scavenger service that will keep our streets looking their best. Let’s have a police force that will protect our natural en- downment. And let us all do what we can to preserve and in- crease the beauty of. our island | Key West, Fla., {June 2, 1938. USELESS PLEA DULUTH—James Corwith this city applied for an injunction to stop his wife from talking, but his plea was denied. ‘NOTICE to and crush those elgments .‘that would destroy it. i ei, H. P. Cr . TODAY’S COMMON ERROR Elongate is pronounced €-lon’-gate; not ¢’-lon-gaie. ereeeceesecessceesseees TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to Page 4 for the answers secceseeecesscseosoorss: | 1. Of which body of water is the Ionian Sea a part? What is the geographical definition of an island? Under which department of the government is the U. S. Coast Guard? Where are the Carpathian Mountains? Does ice contain heat? What are cameos? Name the capital Carolina. 2. 3. of South FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1928. | KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Azo Today As Taken | From The Files Of The Citizen Leroy Delancey, one of three negroes who left yesterday in charge of an officer enroute to the |the state prison camp,, broke jail in Miami last night and has not been located up to the time of going to press, accordnig to re- ports received from Miami. De- ‘ancy was given 10 years after pleading guilty to a charge of par- ticipation in the theft of an auto- mobile in Miami and robbing sev- en places on the Keys. No details ‘of the escape of the prisoner is given in the -notice-sent to Key; It was understood the! West. prisoners would be locked up in the Miami jail and await the ar- rival of an officer from the state prison. The others were Ernest Sauchart, alias Shine, who drew 10 years for breaking and enter- ing and attempted rape, Theodore Smith, alleged leader and} in each game their opponents played great ball and fairly out- classed the Sluggers. Editorial comment: The worm has turned at last. A locomo- tive hit a truck in Indiana the other day and two persons were killed. They were on the engine, though, and not on the truck. J. L. Johnson, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Johnson, of 616 Caroline street, has just been graduated from Gordon Institute at Barnesville, Ga., after making a most creditable record, accord- ing to Mrs. Sue A. Veal, well- known to many Key Westers. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson were on hand to see their son graduate. | A board of naval officers will arrive in Key West tomorrow to | Do retired Presidents of the of the Miami gang, who drew 13 inspect the four submarines sent U. S. receive pensions? What is a caribou? Did Italy make a formal dec- _years. That Doyle Carlton is not fit to here from the Canal Zone. The tinspection and survey board will be headed by Captain H. T. laration of war against be the governor of Florida, was; Wright, assisted by Lieutenant Ethiopia before invading the main point made by Pat Whit-} Commanders M. G. Gilmore, E. F. that country? I sit alone by the fireside, Dream of the days in the past; My dog is sleeping beside me, Will remain with me to the last. ‘ Then I will not have anyone Who cares what I may do, For it seems the world just ended When the angels came and took you. * about. We both remained at your bedside Long after you passed away. You smiled the moment you left us. He looked at me in dismay. He seemed to think you were sleeping Till the moment of departure came, ‘ Then I think he saw more than I did, He barked when I spoke your name. He looked at you so sadly, Those large brown eyes of his | Were filled to the brim with long- ing— He showed all the affection there 1s. His throat was as tight as an E string, No sound could issue from there; For now he was sorely grieving; Sunk in depths of despair. No human being could ever Express more feeling than he, For when I am alone in the eve- ning He puts his head on my knee. {He looks in my eyes and asks me Why doesn’t she come back home. He feels you never intended To leave us here alone. Some day he too will leave me But I think he’d-rather stay ' So we could both pass out togeth- a Be with you again some day. So, as you look down upon us, We can see a radiant glow; We know you won't forget us As we grieye for you here below. FRA C, SCHNEIDER. 651 poor Street. BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME ——with—— Modern Tile Floor and Wainscot In Bath, Kitehen, Porch Sanitary, Decorative, Colorful of Cuban Tile, Resilient Tile, Marble Terrazzo. See— Overseas Tile Company 706 White Street the PUBLIC i Because of unforseen delays and shipyard difficulties |League took place 'taker, Tampa man, in his address at the city park last night. De- claring that he had known Carl-| ton for many years, the speaker went at length into the candi- date’s record, citing numerous facts which he said proves that Mr. Carlten is not fit to be gov- ernor, The bitterest political campaign Key West has ever known will be brought to a close tonight. To- morrow some 4,000 voters will journey to the polls in Key West and decide what it has been There are exactly 61 can- didates for the 21 offices to be filled in Monroe county. Interest in these races are usually tense, but little less so than the interest , Zemke and E. I. McGee. | Four couples were given per ;mission to marry through marri- tage licenses issued from the office of County Judge Hugh Gunn during the past week, as follows: Alfredo Camero to Maria Lopez; Wilmore Nottage to Luellen Thompson; Allen Hampton .to Mary L. Lowe; Leroy Roberts to Ruby Charlow. ROBS HOSPITAL ST. PAUL—The night before he was to be discrarged from the hospital in this city, James Ker- | win robbed several of the nurses | and the office cash box and escap- ed. which has been brought out in = the race for ‘governor. County officials announce that everything is ready for the opening of the polls tomorrow., Voting places have all been given extra booths, so that even with the unusually long ticket and the large vote predicted, balloting may proceed quickly with no possibility of any- one being left without the op- portunity to vote. A doubleheader of the Junior yesterday when the Junior Sluggers lost both ends of the twin bill. The first game went to the Carabinos by a score of 7 to 5 and the sec- ond was lost to the Pirates by a score of 7 to 4. It was evident ‘from the beginning that the Slug- gers had little hope of winning as WALLBOARD BARGAINS 14” Structural Insulation, Regular $50.00, Special (In Sheets 2’x4 (4’ Wide, 8’, 9" DeSOTO HOTEL Vacation Land OPEN ALL YEAR EUROPEAN PLAN All Outside Rooms Quiet, Clean, Good Beds { Free Parking es | $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 single : 4 $1.50, $1.75, $2.00 double La Verne Apartments 336 So. Osprey Ave. Everything furnished for housekeeping. Moderate } rates by week or month » 1%” Beveled Tile Board, Regular $55.00, Special 2, \y,” DeLuxe Quarter Board, Regular $75.00, Special , 10° Long) \,"’ Fir Grained Sheetrock, Regular $70.00 Value, Sheets 4’x9’, 4° x10’, Special BEACH YIELDS GOLD San Franciseo— eral per- sons have set up sluices and are working the California beach for gold. One man, M. J. Larson, claims to have washed out much as $19 worth of gold a but now admits that his aver is only about $2 a day. as UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT OVER - SEA HOTEL Now Being Completely Renovated OPEN THE YEAR AROUND Moderate L. S. Gruber Prices Res. Manager 917 Fleming St. Phone 9104 SEE. PLUMBING! SPECIALS. THIS WEEK ONLY | TOILET SETS $15.00 LAVATORIES $11.60 i $22.00 | and up | | | it } BATH TUBS KITCHEN SINKS $8.08 and up i KITCHEN 5 ! CABINET SINKS $35.00 | Prices Include Complete | Trim We carry a complete line of plumbing supplies, pumps, pipe and fittings. WE WILL NOT BE UN- DERSOLD. ALL ESTIMATES FREE Home improvements may be financed under terms of the PEPPER | Plumbing Supplies 512 Fleming Street $30.00 $35.00 ° ‘LILI a EBL L MS Do. $50.00 $50.00 \ } was | based upon the success of the Farm Credit since drydocking for repairs, repainting, ete. 3-8” Walnut Grained Sheetrock, Regular $80.00 Value, hungry they come to Key West and are | given an ample supply from the feed bag | at the taxpayers’ expense. The Miami | Herald, the Miami News, the Miamian, the | Tribune, a weekly which we understand | has folded up, Friday Night, and possibly others, in the past have been nurturéd to gurgling satisfaction, and they are going to continue these periodical raids on the pub- lic treasury until it is depleted. But in con- nection with the above we do wish to em- phasize that advertising done in the Miami | papers at the present time, and for the Overseas Highway celebration, will prove a paying expenditure, provided it is done prior to the dates of the celebration. Mon- roe county has spent much wampum in Mi- ami for publicity, it is time we get some- thing back from Miamians, even if the of- ficials of the public bodies have not ceea » fit, or were impotent, to cooperate. Administration whieh installed a decen- tralized mechanism. It is to be hoped that | the Government will proceed further along this line as fast as possible. TWO FACTORS Memphis, Tennessee, was recently awarded the National Grand Prize for cities in the sixth annual national traffic safety contest, staged by the National Safety Council. We call attention to two factors which may have helped Memphis. First is the fact that Clifford Davis, Commissioner of Public Safety, has a standing offer of $100 for anyene who can prove a traffic ticket was fixed. Second is the fact that each motor vehicle in the city is inspected three , times a year, i .... TO HAVANA— & 0.3.5. “CUBA” WILL RESUME SAILINGS Thursday, June 9th, 8:30 a. m. -+.+ TO PORT TAMPA Friday, June 10th. 5:00 p. m. Above dates supersede sailing dates previously announced General Offices: Jacksonville, Florida J. H. COSTAR, Agent Telephone 14 Key West Special 3-8” Sheetrock Tile Board, 4°x12° Sheets 4’x9’, 4'x10’, Speciai THE ABOVE PRICES ARE ON PRESENT STOCK ONLY SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & FNGINEERING C9. White and Eliza Streets “Your Home Is Worthy { The Best” SAL AA Abed dodidadd deh dadedidhadadaedea de tei dA , Regular $100.00 Value, $60. 00 } p $60.00 Phone 59% IA PALALLLLLALLAL LL 2 LY