The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 22, 1938, Page 2

PAGE TWO it cept Sunday By YN #RLISHING CO., INC. AN, President and Publisher Assixtant Business Manager ¢ Citizen Buildin reene and Ann Streets n Key West and Monroe aunty Only Daily Newspap Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Ax ed Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here. One Year Six Months Three Months One Month 2 Weekly ADVERTISING Made known on application. RATES CIAL NOTICE . Will be charged for at Notices for ente a revenue is to " The Citizen | public iss but it will ments by nin rived are ents a line. 8 of and subjects of local or genera) i 5 cations. urches from which | open forum and invites discus- | t publish anonymous communi. | IMPROVEMENTS FOR: KEY WEST \ BDVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Whiter aba, Sewekagesvonii ie Coniprehityisive ,City ‘Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apaftinents- . Bathing Pavilion!” ' 3.4. Airports—i.and and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. A Missouri mule was born with three hind legs. We have no ambition to inspect ‘he phenomenon closely. “How to Approach a Mad Dog” « ethe title of a recent article. In an armored tank would be one good way. Last Sunday we had Father’s ptys daze. An exchange observes that when town belle became a June bride “several «eligible bachelors went back into circula- tion.” After lunching with the President, “ Senator Gillette bought a bag of pean > ‘Readers may supply their own bright com- ment, if any. Day. "> There are days for almost everything ~imaginable. So many days put us in a is the uts. Tom Ham writes in his radio column: ‘Morton Downey has only four children now, but just wait till July.” May be '‘Rnother set of quintuplets! eae, When traveling, do not fail to tell “the folks you are from Key West; it is now one of the most publicized com- munities in the United States, and people have questions to ask. 4 Theré:were more strikes ji‘7937 than \\ clttany.etheyearmae American’ history. “There were-4,740 strikes invelying 1,861,- 000 Worker's, ahd’ Toss of 28)425;000-man days “avpitration thay have saved most of | ~ that tervitie "Tos! ania’ Withouti,.the scars __ that strikes leave in their Wake, One: of the wealthiest men in the swlorld once told a friend: “The height of ““fiiy ambition has always been to be able to . hunt and fish every day of my life and do nothing else, but it looks as though I will never realize it. You see that fellow over there? So far as I know, he hasn't a dime | in the world, yet he spends his life doing | the very thing I have always yearned to! do.”—Sanford Herald. Senator Guy M. Gillette was one of those senators who opposed President Reosevelt in his Supreme Court plan last year, and was marked for the axe. Jimmy and Harry Hopkins tried to help “his oppenent Wearin, but didn’t make a Gent, After Gillette won, the President in- vited him to lunch in the White House, and “that evidently may be construed to mean | | st Citizen | | | PUBLIC PROJECT NO 2 High up on the list of projects that should have the support of every official | and civic body in Key West is extension of the Overseas Highway over the viaducts and former right of way of the Florida East Coast railroad from Big Pine Key to this city. There can be no of the urgency of this extension. +The . wooden bridges built by the county and’ now main- tained by the state toad “department aré a constant threat to Kéy ‘West's ability to reach the mainland. ‘These ‘flimsy struc- tures are going to bear a terrific strain the question | rest of this year, the peak load probably | { rds of thanks, resolutions of | and extensions. | FEC property from Florida City | West, is chairman of the during the period of our celebration for- mally opening the Overseas Highway. Fire 50 | is a constant menace to the bridges. The state planning board will meet in Tallahassee next Wednesday. It will recommend certain highway construction The money for such work, in the main, will be jointly appropriated by the state and the U.S. Bureau of Roads. Arthur B. Hale, chairman of the state road department in which rests the title to the to Key state planning board, i While Chairman Hale is reportedly favorable to the extension of our Overseas | Highway, some opposition to the: project Dwight L. Rogers, representative on the may be developed. Fort Lauderdale, | planning board for the fourth district, | believes the prime necessity is | federal highway No. | Son? that the reprisal program will be conduct- , ed with circumspection. And it’s dollars = 2, doughnuts if any of the remaining nine »sasonators who opposed the court program +evare defeated at the polls during the en- rie ‘Suing campaign, none will be invited to dine with the President. much as would be like to see them eat erow. However, if they win he will take them to his bosom as in the Gillette case, a es which includes Monroe county, has stated he has studied the needs of the district and widening 1 throughout the length of Florida to Miami. He does not make the definite statement he believes the highway from Homestead to Key West should be improved on*those portions not covered by the Overseas Toll and Bridge District. Because there seems to be some dan- ger our requirements may be overlooked in the shuffle of politics and other con- siderations that come defore the planning board it is our opinion the civic groups of Key West should adopt some strong resolu- tions urging attention to extension of the Overseas Highway. The Key West coun- cil and the Monroe. county commission should adopt some similar resolutions, 90 that our needs and demands may become a matter of record. It does not pay to neglect such mat- ters. Too often we have seen other sec- tions of the state benefited by prompt and vigorous official action, while Monroe county was forgotten. Let’s go on record for extension of the highway. WEALTHY DIPLOMATS It is rather well known that only wealthy men can afiord to become United States ambassadors or ministers to leading nations of the world, as the salaries and ‘allowances from the government are insuf- ficient to maintain them suitably in such posts. The background of a few of our prin- cipal diplomatic representatives abroad will illustrate that they are mostly drawn from the wealthy class. ' ‘Joseph P..Kennedy, ambassador™ to | Great Britain, was a big Boston’ banker | and motion picture magnate before enter- ing the government service. Hugh Wilson, ambassador to Ger- many, is from the wealthy Chicago shirt manufacturing family. William Phillips, ambassador to Italy, is related to the banking family of J. P. Morgan. Joseph C. Grew, ambassador to Ja- pan, is also related to the Morgan family. Norman Armour, ambassador to Chile, is a member of the Armour meat packing family. Alexander W. Weddell, ambassador to Argentina, married the wealthy widow of James H. Steedman of St. Louis in 1924. Anthony Drexel Biddle, ambassador to Poland, isa member of the famous banking family of Philadelphia. Many other high ranking American dipiomats and meémbery of, their staffs are also men with large fortunes. Real mothers-in-law are permitted a certain amount of leeway in messing up family affairs, but a Glasgow judge has ruled that a mere prospective mother-in- law must refrain from such activities. Hence, Mrs. G. H. Stewart, who interfered with her son's intended marriage to Miss Grace Leighton, must pay the prospective i bride $750 as damages. WHAT BRIDES SHOU househo! and cooking arts is being taught in Nazi “School for Brides” of LD KNOW about id which above Schwanenwerder school near Berlin is the model. “KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen The audit of the county books, which has been in progress for the past two weeks, will be fin- ished about the end of the week, it was stated by the auditors to- dgy. Accounts of the county judge, sheriff and tax collector have been completed and the audit of the county clerk’s office. is now being made. The records of the bond commissioners, which are practically under the same department, will next be gone over. The audit of the education- al accounts will be taken up next week and is expected. to take some time, as the books have not | been checked up for a year or more. Auditors B. J. Lining and A. J. Hendry, who are conducting the audit, say that no report will be given out for publication by them. That they will submit their report to the state comptroller, who will send a copy of the same to the county comissioners here. The contents will then become a! matter of public record and be available for publication. A pigeon with three fully de- veloped legs and feet was dis- covered yesterday in the lofts of Mr. and Mrs. W. Benton Sawyer, 609 Angela street. The bird is ;seven weeks old and so perfectly ‘had it functioned the deformity was not noticed until yesterday. | |The bird is snow white and is per- fectly normal in all other re: Mr. and Mrs. Sawyer are proud of their feathered freak and are making preparations to arrange a {nest and quarter for their strangely marked pet. | Editorial comment: If Key | West girls are noticed to be get- |ting round shouldered, it can’t be attributed to the amount of clothes they are wearing. The Island City Juvenile League, which was started last night with a perfect organization, | will start with a series of games to begin Sunday afternoon. The Monroes defeated the Pi- rates yesterday faternoon at Gato Park, with one of the most inter- esting games of the season. Both | | sides played perfect and a very | pleasing game resulted with the score at the end of the game 3 to 0. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Pinder at their home, 1409 Pine street, yesterday afternoon, ,baby girl. f \ G\SA- baby boy weighing nine pounds was born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ingraham at their residence, 920 Fleming street. News has been received in the city announcing the marriage of Miss Lonnie Phillips, of Dothan, Ala., to Wyman Russell, at Ever- Blades, Fla. Mr. Russell former- ly resided in Key West. j esata est The pineapple shipment receiv- ed last night on board the ferry boat from Havana was very small, there being only three car- loads arriving. The season is now getting along toward the end. Ferry leaves today after being bere several days undergoing re- pairs. The vessel was the Florida Keys and was sent to Matecumbe. According to the reports issued by the United States Weather Bu- ‘reau, Tampa experienced a 2.76 _ inch rainfall during the past 24 hours. This precipitation, which is way over the two inches ex- perienced in the usual rainfall, is considered rather heavy for the : period mentioned. There will be a special meet- ing of the council tonight to take up the question of the Key West Water Company’s franchise and to read for the second time the ordinance relating thereto. The ordinance was passed on its first reading Monday. LA CONCHA HOTEL In the Center of the Business and Theater District EXCELLENT RESTAURANT Garage———Elevator——Fireproot Open The Year Around OVERSEAS, TRANSPORTATION £0, Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service —bet ween— MIAMI and KEY WEST Also Serving All Points on Florida Keys between MIAMI AND TWO ROUND (Except KEY WEST TRIPS DAILY Sunday) Direct Between Miami and Key West. DIRECT EXPRESS: Leaves Miami 2:00 0 West 7:00 o'clock A. M. ‘clock A. M., arriving Key Leaves Key West 9:00 o’elock A. M., arriving Miami 2260 o'clock P. M. see aves Miami 9300 0 eek A. Meee Key - mS Leaves Miami 9:00 o West 4:00 o'clock P. M.. Leaves Key West 8200 Miami 3:00 o'clock P. M. diciogid A. Ml lattiving Free Pick-Up and Delivery Service Full Cargo insurance Office: 613 Caroline St. Telephanes 92 and 68 Warehouse—Corner Eaton and Francis Streets eeccccccesecccancce | TAILOR BIRD I don’t know his name, but since Theard | Him sing, 1 call him the tailor bird. 'A tree is his home, and a bough; 1 his bed, He has no scissors and he has no, thread. But he wants to mend and he wants to sew, And here is how I came to know: He swings on @ baugh of a China- bough he> Why, I ask, does he tell what he’s done, As he sways and swings in the, morning sun? i Does he ask a needle to mend his’ coat, J Or to fasten a button at his slen- der throat? His feathered coat is new and bright, 4 And as black as the sky on a) stormy night. | Oh, I wish I knew what he wants to sew, As he sings and sings, first high, then low, “I broke my n-e-e-dle, I want a n-e-e-dle”. —MARIE CAPPICK. Key West, Fla., June 22, 1938 | pomepeenseccowsmmsenns ss ‘J AW FOR THE LADIES psi ETHEL ERNEST MURRELL | en eneeeseceo 2eeeee oe If you sat down to play a game of bridge, you would not dream of doing so without knowing the WED A TWIRL OF THE GLOBE (Opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily agree with those of The Citi- zen). Seecececesscecces LIFE FOR McCALL? The first and only interview with F, P. McCall, kidnaper and killet of five-year-old Cash, Jr., has been published. This column believes. now, as it has always, that McCall, as he says, smother- ed Skeegie Cash unintentionally. It believes McCall was frantic and tried everything to revive the dead child. It believes that Mc- (Call knows the horror and lasting pain of his crime. It believes that MeCall was struck with the fact of the easy money te be made from kidnaping with no thought of murder and indeed thought Skeegie’s parents would soon for- get the ransom money when they got their child back. But, as the interview said, “Answers cannot be had fram a human body hang- ing limply atthe end of a rope”. Punishment is negligible, such is the few minutes of pain. The world is rid only of a bad one. Is MoCall still the ruthless person ‘who a month ago confidently thought of daring the world? This column believes not. It believes jlife imprisonment is punishment enough. It believes more good to the world will be done in that ‘way. It would not believe so’ in many other cases. /SPANISH WAR TRUCE Probably the most striking news yesterday qwes jsthe truce ecccecee NESDAY, 22, 1933: JUNE e a e Voday’s Llorescope eoccessseoascercccesecer Today’s native should have enough of the comforts of life and will make good use of them. The attachments are strong, and the sympathies tender. A happy mar- riage is probable and the social life is dominant. This should be a contented life, full of good works, and reaping a reward com- mensurate with its deeds. Roosevelt threatens to revoke the licenses of American fliers who enlist in foreign revolts. tions at the melting pot of the na- tions, New York City. Two of the indictments are against offi- cials in the German Reich. Ger- many claims that the indictments by the U. S. were done for “ob- vious reasons”. Which can mean anything, but which probably means that America is beginning a mild campaign against recent German aggression in Europe. Really, though, democratic Amer- ica is beginning to recognize the growing strength of foreign bands im this country. America’s gov- ernment allows almost anything in this matter except active or- ganization. MAJOR CHINA BATTLE Hankow, China's capital, has great dikes, which are at present holding back the flooded Yellow and Yangste river waters. While the dikes, hold, military experts are forecasting the greatest battle of the war, as, concentration of “guns, and men 6n both the Jap- ;anese. and Chinese sides reach new highs. China is drawing up her largest defense lines. The pleasant evening, because you Will strive to effect in Spain. The |definitely would not spend a headlines seem to indicate that pleasant evening. Yet, you throw |the war can be easily stopped. up your hands and say the rules This is too superficial an infer- that govern every move you/ence. Germany had not sent imake, are of no interest to you. , delegates to the evacuation com- These rules that ascertain what Mission. Italy has not either. you may, or may not do with, France has. Russia, though act- your own property; what your ing more slowly, has, too. The baby girl may do with the prop- truth? The Loyalist side, backed erty you and your: husband are by France and Russia, is losing | working to accumulate for her, fast. The Franco side, backed by you mean to tell me that these Germany and Italy is winning rules interest you not at all! No, fast. Unless extraordinary pres- definitely! You had net thqight sure is brought to bear upon Ger- of it that way! You thought of, many and Italy, and this hardly law as being something in a seems possible, the war will go musty book stamped with unin- on! teresting letters, (that might as well be hieroglyphics) and you SPIES felt that if you needed to know, It is believed that the U. S. Dis- these things, you would hire a trict Attorney's indictment of 18 lawyer to read the musty books Germans and German-Americans for you and to tell you what you/on charges of espionage has the must, or must not do. approval of the government at That’s fine and proper if you|Washington. This means that jae in trouble, but why not know Washington is finally becoming your laws and so keep out of just a litlte alarmed over Fascist, ‘trouble! .Nazi and Communist demonstra- break in the Chinese war may come soon, as it has in the Span- ish war. Once again the world moves toward a world war, as Fascism and Imperialism lines up against the liberal democracies! DeSOTO HOTEL Sarasota Florida Vacation Land OPEN ALL YEAR EUROPEAN PLAN All Qutside Quiet, Clean, Good Free Parking { $1.00, $1.25, $1.50 single 1 $1.50, $1.75, $2.00 double La Verne A: 336 So, Osprey Ave. Everything furnished for housekeeping. 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