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

~ Che Key Wresi Citizen | Repeeee: “PACE TWe d Dally Except Sunday By . President and Pablixher , xiftant Misiness Manager Sjtizen Building Cornet Gre and Ann Streets Only Waily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Vest, Florida, as ¢econd class matter Entered at Key V Member of the Axsogiated Press ated Press is exclusively entitled.to use ication of all news dispatches credited to it @r nt otherwise credited in this paper and aiso the joral news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES me Year Six Months .. — Three Months _ One Month ADVERTISING RATES rown on application, CIAL NOTICE cards of thanks, resolutions of ivituary uotices, ete., will be charged for at ARE FOR. TRAFFIC Except when politicians get together | and decide to run a roadway to no place in particular to give “the boys” That is to handle the flow of traffic between cities or to some special point | intetest. Along the Florid, | highwayyserves another, | tensively used for fishin; The Citizen :doesn’t ‘ Our staff members like to | pose. men. well as thousands of other citizens, Fisher- | men coming from the mainland or going | up the keys from Key West provide a large | volume of income for the state in the form of gasoline taxes and for the Overseas Fishermen buy considerable equipment.and bait, employ guides and are _ generally pretty liberal with their funds when on a fishing excursion. They should: be pro- vided with every facility to follow the sport. | | some ~ soft | jobs, highways are built for only one pur- { THE KEY WEST CITi2EN 7 Leomine | ii 2 : ~ at i i . ' _-» WA SHINGEON | \ ET | By HUGO'S. SIMS, Special Washington Correspondent of The Cifizer European Shado v Falls Across America; eos ill the Suture Repeat Oar-1914 Course? 9 a question whether , the, “United jws a States could get sufficient man- fe our power into Franéé ¥6 prévent the ition, falls cross Germans from winnihg the war. es. Comment of on dente bis the situ- The development... of, . public the unan- opinion in this coy ‘betweert —————-—- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 19: KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just-Tén Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Many Key West friends of Captain B W. Leek were at the Mallory Dock last night to bid farewell to the captain who made his fa yay for season last téamship, Algonquin. vee ié vessel was en- ¥ ton to New ibe trahsferred to the run between the metropo- Jis and Midmi. Many Key West- ers have expressed their appre- Highway District in the form of tolls. ; tion to keep the | United StatéS- from becoming in- ; volved. A: few statsmen venture , to suggest: what European nations | should do, but all of them join ‘enthusiastically in the chorus, “It’s no affair of ours”. Back to 1914 | Those of us who are old ‘enough to remember the out- ‘break of the European War in {1914 will readily understand the in 1914 and 1917. was’ from actual ciation of Captain Leek, who neutrality to a_limited participa- would always hold his ship at Key tion in the war abroad. Shortly West in order that the passengers thereafter; the same public opin- ™@y have some time. ashore and ion supported the use of every © on sightseeing trips. The nation energy, to. wit? the war to Chamber of Commerce took note., make the world safe for democ- Of this fact and wrote the cap- racy. Once involved, the nation tain of their apprciation, and went into the struggle without that of the citizens, for the fore- reserve. thought shown by the vessel’s Fastest ‘commander, and expressed the This resume of past events is hope that it would not be long given in order that the readers before the captain was again on | may: have no misunderstanding of the run, which would necessitate Of The Citizen Red Cross contributions for the storm relief fund at noon today totalled $1,343.08. Showing an in- crease of $109.08 over the collec- tions of yesterday’s totals. The ‘special show. to be given this aft- ernoon and tonight, proceeds of which will be added to the fund. Mr. Carbonell, owner of the Strand Theater, where the show will be given, says that every cent of the receipts will be added to, the fund. Editorial comment: The com- missioners gét pay for the ferry that was burned; the city gets back the money embezzled by the former treasurer, and his books are being audited. Now, if some- |? thing could be learned about th county audit made several weeks ago the people would have a pret- ty good line on things in which they are most interested. The lighthouse department an- nounces that the Tennessee Reef Gas and Bell Buoy, number 4, re- ported extinguished on Septem- ber 20, has been relighted and is now in perfect operation. Local chapter of the,Woman’s Christian Temperance Union will meet in regular session tomorrow afternoon 4 o'clock in the rooms of the Weman’s Club. The sec- retary made the announcement and added that business of the utmost importance is to be dis- cussed. BENJAMIN LOPEZ FUNERAL HOME Established 1885 i Licensed Funeral Directors j and Embalmers $ ; 24 Hour Ambulance Service | Phone 135 Night 696 i In time the highway will be lined {similarity between events | with fishing camps, the bridges with plat- | Burope today and those which oc- | forms out of the line of traffic. /"There are jis gen edseanhd Trg (oatately, neutral in regard to any ; le of the United States, ate war:in,.Europe. In view of the £10 cents a line. for entertainments by churches from which derived are 5 cents a line. what will happen in the future if his making this port. the United States fails to be ab-; , ee OVERSEAS lic issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not pul _ tactics will make the difference. ae ON Le RRR ~ THE’ KEY WEST CITIZEN ~ wood o9f-yeuf aoY woll j WE Dways ep YoA Gu print it withdet Sew Cand: withvatsifaypr pnbevek be afraid tojafleck wrong or to applaudiright; always fight for progress; never be the or- gan o: the mouthpiece-of any person, clique, faction or class; always do its utmost for the public weliare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounee vice and praise virtue. commend good done by individual or organ- ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com- promiixe with principle. ; io ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN _ 4xyeWater and Sewerage. i HK pprehe ve City Plan (Zoning). | # Motels ana Apartments. re . 4_Bathing Pavilion. - | 5. Airports—Iand and Seca. 6. Consolidation of County and City Pianning for business. and: getting business is different; correct advertising _ Hitter had the drop on Czechoslovakia and all it could do was to throw up _ its hands. When a burglar has you under cover it woulfl be foolish to start an argu- ment. Tommy Corcoran, nicknamed by the President as “Tommy, the Cork", says he | r' t is politié@Mly blind, deaf and du | mby be blind’and dunth, hutjhe Auli for he still hetrs HigAfste ’s Woice. ; os U _ Czechosiovakiagiatad it il an ’ OSU APB gs, ino should not be allowed on thi ridges. They are only 16 fee wi le, barely wide enough to allow two en in thé-middle~ of one of tHe nm bridges and the traffie situation es exceedingly hazardous. The fishermen are in danger and in turn en- danger motorists. On the Card Sound bridge are signs prominently displayed | and pointedly. prohibit fishing. Go up there any Sunday and you’ll find anywhere from 20 to 100 fishermen on that bridge. | Bait boxes, rods, poles, equipment of all | kinds and dead’ fish are strewn from end to end of the bridge. It is dangerous to drive across and impossible to pass another car at some points without injuring the fishermen. That stretch.jof the highway is under control of the State Highway Department. The Citizen;recommends in the interest of safety to motérists and fishermen that the | department proceed at once with con- | struction. of proper fishing platforms out- side the readWay and then strictly enforce the law prohibiting fishing on the wooden | bridges. Continued neglect in this ‘matter +h more thoroughly infgrmedi' fact that public opinion in| this as to European affairs. Meountry is already overwhelm- s\Sympathy of this country is fixed »thting:ta)do. If any war continues fon the side of the :deméeraticifor along period in Europe, ipowers. Moreovér, the ited { there; will be the same. repetition | States is better prepard td de-(of events, the gradual change of fend its: interests than in 1914. public opinion under the influ- ne ae a ence of partisanship, and the gradual envelopment of Ameri-} can interests in the warfare abroad. , When we come to the thought |of participation in a war in Eu- rope there is no difference in the « | state of public opinion that exists ak REY \today and that which existed No Half-Way Ground | years ago. The people of this; There will be, so far as Hie jeountry today, just like in 19147; “Titer is.able to judge, no half- l|want no war. They have given! Way ground. Either “the United | | more thought and study to the States will be in the next war up tmethods of avoiding — entangle- io its neck, or it will stand ab-' ment than they had when the solutely apart and aloof, regard- | rge con- ‘mander-in-chief .Alcom of Ohio. They were met at the station by George E. Spencer, of the local camp and extended the courtesies of the port. Other large parties are expected to arrive daily on special trains, Mr. Spencer states, and many of them will spend some time in Key West, both go- jing and’ coming. An automobile party consisting of Past Com- mander John H. Eck, and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Hugo E. Kurholy, and Frank Harvey, of: Jackson- ville, arrived over the highway late yesterday and sailed on the | More than 200 veterans of the’ Spanish-American |‘ War » passed : through the city enroute. to Ha-' : re i a vana where the 1928 convention i Bak rete PAR I an * e * thay mk és D | have a much clearer inieghand. cnaly op.the side of the dem to be held. This. or vehicles to pass. Place several ing of the issues invdlved.§ The l¢ratie:powers, this will bea hard agent was “headed ° by" Cont: Fast; Depeiidable: Preightjand, Express, Service MIAMI. y16, aabetweensau Hu and- KEY WEST Also Serving All Points on Florida Keys between MIAMI AND KEY WEST TWO ROUND TRIPS DAILY (Except Sunday) Direct Between Miami and Key West. DIRECT EXPRESS: Leaves Miami 2:00 o’clock A. M., arriving Key \ previous war began. They are | willing now, apparently, as they; | were in 1914, to forego material | gains from war trade in the hope of remaining at peace. | | How: Neutral? | Itis a fact that the nation fail- jed to keep out of the last great |eonflict. The question arises, {“Can .we successfully steer a| course in the future that will! keep us out ,of :@ widespread But ropean war?” Surely, mary less of what happens in Europe or in the Far East. It may be pos- sible for the people of this coun- try to continue unmoved if the dmocratic countries of the world suffer serious reverses and face impending defeat. Nevertheless, in the interest of truthful writing, we reluctantly record our opinion to the contrary. TODAY’S COMMON ERROR Governor Cobb this morning with | their automobiles. Thomas. Alvin, carpenter, goes on record as being the first to |join. the Red Cross membership ,_ drive this year in Key West, He ‘said he knew he was a month ‘ahead, but wanted to join. In \nickles and dimes-he paid his dol- |lar and went off happy. County Tax Collector Wm. F. ‘Maloney and Sheriff Cleveland West 7:00 o'clock A. M. Leaves Key West 9:00 o'clock A. M., arriving Miami 2:00 o’clock P. M. LOCAL: (serving all intermediate points) Leaves Miami 9:00 o’clock A. M., arriving Key West: 4:00 o'clock P. M. Leaves Key West 8:00 o'clock A. M., arriving Miami 3:00 o’clock P. M. Free Pick-Up and Delivery Service think, the experience of the past | will surely ‘result in'some serious, if not | should help us in dealing’ with | fatal, accidents during the coming season. new crisis. At the same time, |many competent observers se |riously. doubt the ability of the | United States to remain neutral jin the event of:a great conflagra- tion abroad. ATTENTION; STATE TAX-DELINQUENT (Lake Wales Highlander) The Murphy law will be in effect only until | ‘When the Great War began in June 9, 1939. So, if your property is delinquent | 1914, President phewoae Mei on that date, you will lose it irrevocably. ee dale Boney fie ek Leigh As the law now stands absolute title to every main neutral in thought as well piece of state = in Miorida vests in |as in deeds. This seemed like good the internal improvement’ board, and former |@dvice at the time but it was not ‘ tas < long before the people in this owners will be prohibited from even making a | country divided into two partisan protest in court. | groups. If you are inclined to think this is rather | ape avery drastic, we call youf attention to the facet that for While millions preferred neu- two years property owners have been given an | trality there were aggressive fac- tunity to clear up all delinquent taxes at | tions championing the respective ically :their: ba sides in Europe. Every incident of acesly: | Caeit: Own ‘priee. war-time operations that affected; If the legislature lives up to its word, as it is | the United States, or its citizens, ant Ig tically sure to do this time, it is going to be |OT its interests in any| way was/ pro- fen up and magnified th just too bad for those who slept on their rights \pasindists and partisahs 0} ‘Niles. are in receipt of reports , from the state auditors, which \are highly complimentary to the I officials. The reports were ac- nah ker’-tah: the second. ‘companied’ by special letters mag’-nah char’-tah. showing that the accounts of the | eee ~—"—""'| offices of the sheriff and the tax j collector were found to be in ex- iT EST YOUR Icellent shape. KNOWLEDGE) —— Magna Carta may also be spelled Magna Charta. The first is pronounced Mag’- Can you answer. seven of these, questions? Turn to | Page 4 for the answers j | 1. To what — commissioned grade in the Army are West Point graduates ap- j pointed? ' 2. Who won the 300-mile Thompson Trophy Classic at the recent National Air Races at Cleveland? 3. Name the ruling power of ‘the Fiji Islands. ; 4. What is the name for a sev- | en-sided geometrical _ fig-i ure? \ ' ' bi IPP OPODES LOSE ST! SE NO. 14 BLACK OR WHITE. ete... ’ NO. 10 BLACK OR, WHITE. Full Cargo insurance Office: 813 Caroline St. Telephones 92 and 68 Warehouse—Corner Eaton and Francis Streets RUBBER COVERED WIRE 1é PER FOOT Ate PER EOOT SLOP DSBS SM, d lost their homes, orjofer property, which fight, would? ¥eMehedn a mibilated Wi a few mohtite,"* eFha p| reeks. “they could} hav i tifje.to at a very smal] hy the you c bedt Britain and | France lny down their lives for a cause whieh is not their own! Particularly, since | »o humanitarian issues were at stake. The real burden of the excise tax | falls not on the manufacturer or merchant | but directly on the pyrchaser of com-| modities. A package of cigarettes offers | 2 copvineing illustration: The Federal | excise or hidden tax is six cents and in 21 | states an additional state tax is imposed. This means that the average smoker con- suming one package of cigarettes a day pays a minimum annual tax of $21.90, For the privilege of blewing smoke through the nose, the cigarette smoker pays ‘plenty on the nose. The Treasury’salcohol tax unit now offers to pay informers who help to catch bootleegers. Yes, five years after repeal there's bootlegging aplenty. Revenue agents have been very active in the last fiscal year and captured 11,400 stills, con- fiseated 7,500,000 gations of alcohol mash, and arrested 26,000 persons. The reason se much bootlegging exists is high taxes. The federal tax on a gallon of alcohol is about $4.00. The bootlegger can make a gation for a dollar. The only way to stamp out bootlegging is to lower the. taxes so beotleg liquor cannot be made profitably. A& it is, the profit is worth the risk of be- ing-nabbed by the revenue agents. You have nearly niné months to profect your- self if you are delinquent, but our advice is get busy now. Don’t wait till after the ship has sailed. TEN REASONS FOR THE SEWER PROJECT (Clearwater Sun) 1. Life insurance on the sewer you already have. 2. Cheap’ health insurance for entire family. 3. Best and cheapest advertising for your in- vestment property. 4. A guarantee of local prosperity by releas- ing $204,000 for payrolls within twelve months period. 1A 5. Will increase value of@irserit property by encouraging building. isial¥ 6 Will increase towriit “thadé BY overcoming long-standing objections by foutised about lack of sewers. 7. The only way that existing state quaran- tine on shellfish in Clearwater Bay can be lifted. 8 Will avoid probably higher charges for re- pairs to present system. 9, Stamp out forever the possibility of sewer berne disease epidemics. 10. To be able to tell the world, you live in the cleanest and most healthful city in the United States. What is called a herrieane in Florida | 3 cailed a storm in the East, both equally |sides. Serious diplomatic versies arose, with Great (BbSwell as Germany. Eventgally,:; public opinion! ¢grn and the| | United States t into the war: jon the side of the Allies. trons, in Looking back on 1917, one re- calls that when the United States entered the war aganist Ger many, it was assumed that what the Allies. needed was financial and material assistance. It was considered likely that the Navy would participate in duties abroad, but not many citizens at large had the faintest suspicion that a huge army of American men would be sent to France. 1917 Revglation Not” long ‘after the declaration of war, however, a huge Allied commission; ;ietfwding General Joti other British and Pree hie line to Washing- tontotefeattthe plight of the Al lied nations. 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