The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 6, 1938, Page 2

pu, gpk Sunda On JAN, President and Publisher |, Assixtant Husiness Manager @ ‘the Citizen Build nd Ann Str Only Daily Newspape and Monroe rond © matter the Associated Press tled to use | exclusively news dis) credited in this paper an¢ | highway system, will be able to get a fi hand view SUUSCRIPTION RAT One Year Six Months Months the $3,606,000 eMY PET PRO] The enthusiasm with which President | Roosevelt greeted the representatives of ‘the Overseas Highway celebration com- mitiee at Washington last week augurs well s of the July 2-4 fiesta. Presi- dent Roosevelt probably will for the suce be repre- sented in the person of Thomas H. Me- Donald, chief of the U. S. bureau of roads, who, while formally opening the mainland st. of the further needs necessary to give Key West a strong, permanent link vith the rest of the nation. Told that the | iy complete and that full amortization of em is near- seemed assured well in ad- the requirement, the lent declared: “Splendid! That's vance of 30-year Pres my pet project, | you know, and I am very proud of what ards of thanks, resolutic charged f interest cations. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—i.and and Sea. Consolidation of County and City sovernments. | interest in the project. * | pet project with him, but | token it is Key West’s pet project. | out it this city would still be limping along | whe | clreulations has heen done down there by en- gineers and bridge board.” There is no question of Presidential It undoubtedly by the same With- your with only toward the road to oblivion, some zy old ferries forming the nection with the mainland. Key West has every con- reason to be | thankful for the President’s interest in the highway, for the federal aid that enabled | its completion and for the opportunity it ffords to put the city back into national Every«-citizensins: this com- munity will réap anjeventugh benefit, re- | gardless of the competitive conditions the Today’s advice: McCarthy to any man; Don’t be a Charley be yourself. Once more the Administration is in a quandary, It can’t decide whether to sock | or to soak the rich. Trouble with most families , is _ they have more than one head.—Times-Union. Even that is better than an acephalous family. . Those Chesterfield advertisements The Citizen is publishing during the pres- ent campaign are a delight to the eye. Congratulations are due those responsible for the artistic productions, Television is in the air. Sets are on sale but at a very high cost, although they are still in the experimental stage. Some day it will not be necessary to travel any- more; everything will be brought to our x It will be fine for hermits. Key West has many distinctions not - least. of which are the only turtle soup and pineapple canning factories in the United States, and to bring you to the seéne of these activities you traverse the only sea-going highway in the world. ~ On account of the Overseas Highway Celebration, President Federico Laredo Bru, of © ba, is in the limelight, having | revently béen invited to attend. Most n@wspapers add an extra “r” in Federico, | ag they de in “temblor.” It seems natural, but is incorrect. The question has been asked since “primary” means first how can there be a “second primary.” The reference, of course, is to the elections. Correctly it should We called “secondary”, though pri- mary is used in the collective sense of the | two selective elections primary or prior to | the general election, Things are breaking for Tampa, the | ever-patient. Recently it got a shipbuild- ing contract award, and row President Roosevelt has signed the independent of- | fices appropriation bill which contains | $100,000 for Tampa’s DeSoto Pan-Amer- | ican Exposition. We are curious to know who puts these projects over for Tampa; is it-an individual, a body or progressive citizens, or the eeiaks “et i Ccuceatulatans to aati Key West. THe city’s excellent newspaper, The Citi- | an, daily records news of construction, pegress and beautification —Times-Union, Daily The Citizen extolls the beauty of Kéy West; it:is up to the people of thi edmmurity to make the extolling Key West should be a veritab'e vem of the ocean and can be made so, but be no lagging in the of unsightly conditions good here m | highway has ¢reated and the temporary losses some few may suffer. Competition | is good for the economic future of the com- munity and eventually Key West will make a grand and glorious recovery, Therefore, it behooves all of us to get back of the program arranged by the cele- bration committee. The first step is fi- nanecing. A drive for funds is getting un- der way. The list of contributors is to be published daily. We should all try to be represented on that list, giving to the best of our ability that the celebration may be a success, that the world may learn Key West may have been down but not out and that the city is prepared to give the visitor hos- pitable and generous treatment. KEY WEST AT THE WORLD’S FAIR There is little question that Key West feels it should continue to be in the public } eye as it is now with the Overseas High- way—the Highway that goes to Sea—at- | tracting world-wide attention. Ata ngeee meeting of the Commis- sioners R. S. Miller, representative of a New yon ei Fair non-profit group informed the body that it would be glad to welcome a Key West addition to the Fiorida exhibit. In this exhibit are many dioramas, or scenes in. motion, one of the most effective ways of catching the pub- lic’s eye. It seems s this suggestion, that it is a maryel some- one has not yet expressed himself on the matter. With wealth of ideas to draw from, the magnificent, white spans of the Overseas Highway, the pirate lore behind the Island City, the Key West—Cuba of the United States idea, a diorama could be arranged that The Citizen ventures to state wouldebe@oneor the Uittanding ex- hibitions of the Florida seetioni: ‘of the World’s Fair. In_a related aspect, also, The Citizen wishes to tall gattention to ‘advertising igns above Miami and below Homestead, | which offer the chance to make outstand- iy ivertisements for Key West. As the amz2s will stress one or more ideas, why cannot the signs benefit likewise? A picture of the Overseas Bridges with motor cars zooming over the white spans high in the air over blue waters and some lightly drawn picture of a buecaneer in the background to give the sign added attraction, would bring more tourists here, especially from the sign above Miami. To visualize the effectiveness, if you were approaching the famed Magic City Miami by and that sign flashed into view vivid colors, the the world would be mental reservation, “Il have to sidetrip to that place”. When they sidetrip down here, they will want to stay. Very little money will needed have the ional Youth Administra- to build the signs, the Federal Art paint the pictures, Key West he Commissioners’ investigation, of motor car with most natural thing in to form ; make a be We awaits » reasonable to follow | THE, REBUILT BLUE EAGLE KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings, Here Just 10 Years Ago Teday As Taken From The Files of The Citizen The election, in so fects county, office ently resulted as most local for casters predicted. Kirchhei Bervaldi and Curry, county com- missioners, will all be renomin- ated, returns 2 o’clock this aft- ernoon indicate. Kirchheiner w already nominated at that time and the others hetd com- manding leads. At that hour complete returns had come in from the First, second, Fourth and Seventh Precincts. were twice as many votes ¢: the Fifth and Third Preciiiets, however, as in these four com- bined and not more than half of these had been counted. William F. Maloney held a_ comfort? le over Willard M. Albur, Dave Filer had a comfoi lead over the opponent, Ross € Sawyer. Eugene Albi N leading Robert H. Giver Me " vin E. Russell was far ahead of | Virgil S. Lowe. Sheriff Cleve- j\land Niles had received more | votes than both Sands and White | combined. George Brooks had upset all calculations by appar- jently administering a severe de- feat to Arthur Gomez for State Attorney. | Ruth Bryan Owen will carry {every county in the Fourth Con- gressional District except Osceola, the home county of Congressman Sears, she told The Citizen at 0 this afternoon. Told that she | was winning here by two to one, Mrs. Owen gratifica r lead more than she aout have for. hoped Chance remarks of a returned arty from a trip over the Over- ‘ s Highway, tourists who were ing the country, plus Yankee intuition, brought the Lovell Bus Lines into existence between Mi- ami and Key West. .. That after- ‘noon John F. Lowell, «moter bus pioneer of New England, lunche in Home with his wife an associate in the busines: had driven back to Miami upon the protestation of his partner “that it’s no use to go to Key | West. It’s only a fishing village and there is nothing below Miz except swamps and alligators.” nd Editorial Elections may come and elections may. go but the question of fresh water we will have with us un nething is done to pr de upply the city must ha atly alway: ve if Ashe, former Key me president Gu and the G }pany of Guantanamo, Cu Ashe has recovered from received, when throw horse. fror A slight t 3 fire was in the { the Modern Meat Market oom —— d by iA CONCHA HOTEL In the Center of the Business end Theeter District EXCELLENT RESTAURANT Garage ——Elevator——Fireproot Open The Year Around [| ——— $$ TS il “TODAY'S COMMON | ' ERROR Discourse is pronounced i not dis’-kors. TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to Page 4 for the answers oevesecesessccooe i. 4 are the Dry Tortugas tthe first- century n Roma an Gen- tatie electricity? a the jockey who rode Lawrin, winner of the] Kentucky Derby. Who discovered the North) Pole? What is the official abbrevia- | tion for Pex yivania? s ‘acuum ever | nt Roosevelt a animal smallest offspring at birth in proportion to its size? which city ue the M is guished Pinder sa about $10. with chemicals, s the Gamages will be sil Scouts, will hold monthly meeting to- ernoon 4:30 o'clock in » club, instead of Every member | p this sum- » on hand. Scout- | nnounces. Troop 4 Quail, navy tug! Zone, arrived in 1 is berthed at | ine submarines d Sunday. | tion and 2 ree other ion arriv for ek ew Modern Tile Floor and Wainscot In Bath, Kitche Porch Sanitary, Decc Colorful Cuban Tile, Resilient Tile, Marble | Terrazzo. 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Again, with a ba drop of sky, the bird seems to be surrounded by a sort of halo as the light filters through the filmy lacework of delicate plumes. These same aigrettes, beautiful beyond description, were very nearly the death warrant of the species, for, like the plum the American Egret, they we such demand at one time that the birds were killed in untold num- bers that the “needs” of fashion might be met. Over most of the country the egrets now enjoy the best of protection, but it is an unfortunate fact that the plume hunter still exists in Florida. The ; Snowy is no longer in danger of extinction, but the abominable practice of plume hunting has not been entirely stamped out in the State, and, indeed, it must be rt from | Florida, in their attitude t wildlife, are far behind the of the nation. There is, of ¢ |a certain section of the pop | tion to which this statement does jnot apply, but the average visi- tor will not know this, and would not, in any case, take the trouble \to sift the good from the. bad. When he sees, as he must, pla evidence of wildlife destruction | all around him, ‘he will not take the trouble to ask if the practice | is universal, but. will condemn |the righteous with the unright eous as has been done befor: | The Snowy is, today, well es- | tablished over most of its former | range, and may be seen at times in the Keys. It is well worth look- | ing for, especialy if you are not familiar with the bird. There are | many general as well as specific marks by which one may identify | this egret, but there is one out- | standing field mark which eyen a j child cannot miss. This is the | bright orange color of the bot- | toms of the feet which are, other- wise, black. This peculiar mark serves to differentiate the bird |\from the immature Little Blue Heron which is also white, The are, of course, other differen | but this is one which anyone can see and use in the identification | of the species. Identification Length, 25 inches; spread, 4u' re: n PS ed & iN) 8 i & IK —\ K} S : i) IN N ) a & N N) « & \) ‘ & ) A) \) \) S % . % & e % | } Special { jeveled Tile (in Sheets 2 DeLuxe Qu: arter (# Wide, 8’, 9’, Fir Grained Sh Sheets 4°x9’, ’ Sheetrock Tile Special pany with ot of Of small fish, WALLBOARD BARGAINS Structural Insula Soard, Re 4°) er eR RONEN 1'x10’, RL Walnut Grained Sheetroe Boar THE ABOVE PRICES ARE ON PRESENT STOCK ONLY SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING C9. White and Eliza Streets “Your Home Ix Worthy The Best” eeececcosoe eccese __ WASHINGTON NOTES. ina ah sd Taking cognizance of the that the under-world makes restricted use of wire facilities to carry out thei’ and schemes, the Senate rece passed a bill legalizing wire ping by Government-law enfore- ing agencies. Under Supreme un- Court decisions, and in the ab- «+ : sence of specific legislation, evi- dence secured through wire-tap- . ping cannot be used in the Fed- _ eral Courts. c.1 0, John L. Lewis, chairman of the Committee for Industrial Organ- ization, recently declared to work- affiliated with the CIO. that s we grow in natural strength, eur union will grow in political strength.” He declared that the CIO is holding its membership and waiting for the day when the - economic tide will turn and his union can begin “the greatest or- aniznig ampaign of workers ea, that this country has ever -wit- nessed.”” fact inches; bill, 3 inches. lores, yellow; legs bottoms of feet, orang plumage, pure white: ¢ curved at the tips. Habits The birds Bill, bl lower limbs feet above v three or four, are are much like those Blue and Loyi ing begins in March and c until June. Food cons’ inse ete. LEBEL LEE EET, OVERSEAS TRANSPORTATION C0., INC. Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service —between— MIAMI and KEY WEST Also Serving All Points on Florida Keys between MIAMI AND KEY WEST 0. TWO ROUND TRIPS DAILY (Except Sunday) Direct Between Miami and Key West. 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