The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 4, 1938, Page 2

PACE two a3 = Key West Citizen | Pablished’ Daily Bxcept Sunday By PUBLISHING CO., INC, » Assistant Business M » ‘the Citizen Building in Key West and Monroe punty Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Axsociated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use all news dispatches credited to | redited in this’ paper and also | it or $10.00 5.00 ADVERTISING RATES » known on application. rds of thanks, resolutions of te., Will be charged for at for entertainments by eburches from which is to be derived are § cents a . Citizen is an open forum ana invit sion of public issues and subjects of local or genera) interest but it Will not publish anonymous communi. cations. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilién. Airports—i.and and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. em News is not what happens; it is what is reported. a What about loving ourseives only as we love our neighbor? Whoever runs from an enemy, ~ mits an enemy to run his life. per- : Superstitions always revive in time of “stress. Have you become superstitious? It is prudent to put a little sugar into what we say and take a little salt with what we hear, Comedians are not allowed to’ crack jokes about the Italian army Even second lieutenants are taken seriously over there. When a skunk gets incensed, so does everybody in its vicinity——Lee Morris in the St. Petersburg Independent. And seat- ter in all directions, Under-Seeretary of State advises his _gountrymen to mind their own business. If the present government continues its inter- “ference soon there will be no business to mind. Separation of church and state is the ‘foundation of religious and political free- dom. They should»progsed side by side, though not hand in hapd, as the poet Goethe so aptly putiit. wi. The editor of Mhe Key West Citizen » complains that it took |a combination of the Overseas highway aad the Murphy bill to make Monroe county property owners adveitise in his paper.—Fort Myers News- Press, Bathing in the bathroom is exhilarat- ing, it often causes us to sing; though the precaution to lock the door is recommand- ed if we do not desire te be interrupted, unless the voice and the song are properly attuned, In 1894 Ben Caldwell of the Jasper Newivivtas a news boy on The Key West ree eS and sinee the new highway has bi €d Ben and his family and Nheothertdd’nilreve dcwn te visit scenes of gs Rik. gPUBERE days.—Florida Newspaper bs vews, Ys ft yoo ua_ye spent $5,967 in his effort to be elected to abe Senate. Approximately $4,7 “amount was contributed by his This is a far ery from the $50,000 friends. slush fand we heard so much about, byt saw so | little ef during the campaign.—Sanford Herald. And that small amount ‘trom private contributions and not public funds by detour. cam: ¢ foor PROTECT THE KEYS Demand has been made upon the county commission to provide fire-fighting | equipment on the Florida Keys at Mate- | cambe or some other readily accessible | point. It is a matter that deserves serious | attention and the commission has appoint- | ed Commissioners Cleveland Niles and | | Braxton B, Warren and Fire Chief Harry M. Baker of Key West a committee to in- | vestigate the proposal. j Few realize the importance of the | Florida Keys in the economic foundation of Monroe county. Frost-free, the keys produce the famous key lime, the only | spot in the United States where such limes ‘can be grown. The production .of’ this fruit gives employment to a considerable | | number of persons and gives value to land | which otherwise might be worthless. Therefore, the limes are the source of con- | siderable tax revenue for Monroe county. | Many agricultural authorities believe that properly irrigated, the keys would produce almost any kind of tropical and eitrus fruit in quantities that would make the section one of the most productive in Florida. When a fresh water supply is brought from the mainland, it is planned to pipe water all through the grove and groveland parts of the county and thus give an added value to the property. ,.The enhanced land values. would ‘bé'Ali' added b source of tax revéhué''to thé copnty:"' i Certainly some’ kind of firé protection” | is needed to protect lands of | such rept, potential value. Not long: NBO ‘aidisastrous fire burned hundreds of lime trees and de! | stroyed the productive top soil on hundreds of acres of land. It will take years to re- | pair the damage wrought by that one fire. | Another such fire or series of fires may very well destroy not only the groves and top soil, but sweep through such communi- ties as Tavernier and Matecumbe and the fishing camps in between. One of the most needed fire-fighting requirements is a supply of shovels and grubbing tools. Fire Chief Baker reported after the last fire that much of the dam- age could have been prevented if the keys had been trenched across at certain points to check spread of the flames. With pro- bas TO of this | , in this direction, per tools and a piece of mobile equipment, a small force of men could be trained to protect the keys against future serious fires. i CITY AIRPORTS LOSE MONEY Some years ago when the future of aviation fired the imagination, many cities | and towns rushed to construct airports in | order to secure the advantages which were | expected to come from the civil airways systems. With millions of dollars invested, the cities now find that bigger and faster planes bring new problems. Most commer- cial airports are operated at losses to the cities owning them. The outlook is not very bright unless the Government participates in the construction and maintenance of air- ports on a large scale in the interest of preparedness, The American Municipal Association | reports that 738 cities operate municipal airports, They have invested between three hundred millon and four hundred million | mission THE KEY WEST CIfIZEn ~ WILTED! Nv ti 20 While the Florida Citrus Com- is primarily concerned with oranges, grapefruit and tan- gerines, nevertheless it has one PLUM in connection with its op- erations and that is a_ bigger problem than even the surplus citrus crop. Burdened with the task of in- telligently and effectively spend- | ing the money collected from cit- rus growers in the form of ad- vertising assessments, the com- missioners are constantly en- meshed in a web of state and in- {dustry politics that is good for a nerve-racking headache in any- | body’s language. The citrus advertising account, ‘which next year should run close to a million dollars, represents an inviting tidbit to even the larger advertising agencies and most ; any of them would like to have the contract, but ~ plums;» when steeped in a brine of “politics”, often become gigantic lemons and for this reason a number of the) larger agencies hesitate to even |bid for the. business. Leaders in the industry, includ- | ing most shippers and large grow- ers, favor the employment of a “name” agency—in other words, a concern that over the years has built up a good reputation for the handling of food accounts. Ruthroff and Ryan, the agency that has been handling the ac- count, is so rated, and many feel that it has done a good job when all angles are cosidered. On the other hand there are some who take just the opposite view and feelAkat a change would be wel- dollars, Moreover, sevénty-éight ities ree pworts «+ port an average logs Of $13,332 oftheir air- ports and while this is not necessarily’ retis:| son enough to stop the development; it is’ warning that some study of: the aituation.| should be made by all municipalities. before spending money for developing airports. GLASS TRAIN O ON TOUR Asa practica al demonstration of the advanees made in the utilization of glass in modern home building and equipment, an all-glass railroad train has been touring England, Scetland ard Wales, making stops at important towns. In building the exterior of the train more than 120,000 pieces of a special type of blue glass were used. Inside are glass doors and walls, with bathroom and even pictures made of glass. The train was constructed by a Lan- cashire firm to advertise its products, and it is said to have attracted wide attention 1b Al) a } and interest, wdhaxk..Wileox, in nik enn sworn statement | ‘a campaign expenses, reveals that he} applied seience in recent years has One of the striking developments in been the adaptation of various materials to new uses, and the success which has attended many of experiments has amazing. in such developments American scientists and industrialists have played a most conspicuous part, and there seems to ag Mimit to what may be accomplished these been Sa wernor Cone is known to fa- vol florida agency and feels that We could do with a Jittle less “name” and keep more money in the state. At least two Florida agencies contend that they are | qualified to handle the account and propose to bid for it. The small agency finds itself in much the same position as the young doctor or “rookie” lawyer: folks may like them and all that, but when it is a matter of life and death they want the best doc- tor or lawyer they can find and that usually means one who has had plenty of experience in such cases and has established a repu- tation for “success”. Realizing this, Loomis & Hall, Miami agency, have done what iS a Fae) OVERSEAS \Gy AUTO AND DRIVER . \of hopes than, .the EACH ADDITIONAL PASSENGER | TRUCKS—ACCORDING TO SIZE (424 ee rebe¢iLeLhtitbettdtdéeédé& eeeccvcscesesccsons 1 ‘oday’s Horoscope sees eereccoccomocseeesem Today’s native will, be, actly and strong, but restiess; and. craf- ty; quick témpered:and ‘probably secretive.’ “Post ‘Bett i the night “hour's walt” “have”! chance of sy more, athersy for the sun is then out of the way and much depends on the aspects of the major planets. {many young doctors have found | He it advantageous to do. They have! merged or “gone in” with a “name” agency, Brooke, Smith & | French, Inc., of New York and Detroit, in the hope that this will serve to offset opposition based on inexperience and lack of or- ganization. Favored by C. C. Commander of the Florida Citrus Exchange and looked upon as in the most favorable position to secure the aceount among the several large agencies expected to bid for it, is J, Walter Thompson Co. If they get it, it probably will be over ‘Loomis & Hall’s dead body, to express it dramatically. Citrus commissioners, sineerely anxious to serve the growers and ‘at the same time keep peace with | the politicians within and with-| out the industry, find themselves! ‘activity among candidates Vipin che AA Sin aR partment of the, ik thi uy te : and, realizations, KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen Key West went to the polls steadily all day today. There was every indication at 3 o’clock this afternoon that the vote would not fall far short of 4,000. At 10 o’clock this morning more than 25 percent of tne expected total of votes haa pen cast. At 2:30, this afternoon, 2,515 Key Wes had expressed their choice at the polls and at 3 o'clock there had been a total vote east of 2,675. The voters were passing through the polling places at a rapid pace, and the rate was being sustained when the observers returned to the office. There was no disorder reported at* the polls although there were unusually large crowds of workers at most of them and and their friends was never greater in the city’s history, according to those who have been watching elections here for years. The im- pression that there would be a falling off in the number of votes cast, was dispelled at an early hour when it was shown that at 10 o’clock, or two hours after the polls had been opened, 1,168 votes, more than one-fourth the total number Bb aes had voted. sigh che oa Kec o me a the operation of city. so agers the removal of gar- e now. being vetted Und atts understood “30, “ad''Contract for fork’ ‘will be Jet’ For almost ears’ no contract for the ser- ‘vide’ existed. .The work has been done by Roy Lewin on an agrée- ment with the eity but no con- hn He receives $1,300 monthly for the operation of three trucks. pays all employes. It is pre- sumed that Mr. Lewin will be a | bidder on the new contract. Reports ‘ived at The Citizen are to the effect that disorders are reported in priesguuy ad fe county where guarding many polling booths dis- armed one man and arrested four for illegal voting. Special officers also patrolled polling places in the county, Editorial comment: 'Shodting MOMPOROFOC ORO Deen SEReS The Favorite In Key West — TRY IT TODAY — STAR * BRAND. CUBAN COFFEE between the well-known devil, ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS and the famed deep blue sea, hemmed in with the doghouse cn one side and the eight-ball on the, other, Martyred by gubernatorial ap- pointment and burdened with a> load that would stagger even an Atlas, these brave lads who gath- er around the big directors’ table in Lakeland must sit for many weary hours in a stuffy smoke- filled committee room and listen attentively while master-adver- tising-mind after master-advertis- ing-mind presents glorified and detailed accounts of. how they propose to “Carry the Message to Garcia” if given the opportunity to carry it. Finally, all fogged up with sta- tistics, bleery eyed from cigar smoke, and punch drunk from pep talks, the poor bozos will go into the final huddle. John; Maxcy will timidly. inquire as, to. wheth- er or not there is a “motion be- fore the house”. All” thése in favor ‘will ‘sty “aye"''and Glen Grimes, stepping: into»the: ‘hall,” much after the manner of. the family doctor, wil), inform wait? awks whether it's a irl”, or a “mis-carriage”. No matter what it is, a lot of folks will still think they ought to take it aut and drown it. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT OVER - SEA HOTEL Now Being Completely Renovated OPEN THE YEAR AROUND Moderate L. S. Gruber Prices Res. Manager $17 Fleming St. Phone 9104 The New HIGHWAY TOLL RATES gs 5 Weirrrw rrr rasa wat CSIP IOIIIMIOIIIAIL OOS: peemocccoccenconensccpes deputy sheriffs | wildlife from the ferries stop at once. It is wasteful, crimi- nal, cruel, Too, it is diss one of the biggest Ss highway can possibly have. The Citizep was in no small way responsible for the success of > the Knights of Columbus Conven- tion, held recently in West, and the state council Key has gone on record as thus feeling. A’! resolution thanking this paper for its efforts in behalf of the cone}: vention was unanimously adopted at the closing business session here which has just now been made public by H. W. Barnum, state secretary. The Cuba will arrive this after- noon from Havana and leave at 7 o'clock for Tampa. The steamer ‘Algonquin is due from New York tonight en route to Galveston. She will bring pas-{ sengers only. The Palma arrived last night from Havana with 15 carloads of pineapples, amount to 6,187 crates. She also brought 11 empty cars. (The Governor _ Cobh brought over 200 Passengers yesterday af- ternoon from Havana and most of them left on the evening train for points in the north. at Captain H. T. Wright and group of officers of the United States Navy, arrived last night and will make an inspection of the four submarines which have arrived from the Canal Zone and are berthed in the base at the naval station. 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