The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 5, 1938, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key Wes West t Citizen oe = ay Tes SOE ALLEN, Asnistant e from ‘The cnien Building Corker Greene and Ann Streets Onty Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter | Member of the Assoeinted Press he Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to Mt or not otherwise credited in this paper and aiso | the local news published here. ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of Tempect, obituary notices, etc. will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents @ line. Notices fer entertainments by ¢hurches from which & revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general | Interest but it will not publish anonymous communs- cations. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and .without favor; never .;be afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; always fight fer progress; never be the or- gan_or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class; always do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce 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- promise with principle. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and rast Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Visitors are coming; let’s tidy up aj bit! Propaganda is the dope sent out by the other side. | Everybody thinks that the safety de-| viee is for the other fellow. If-you want to see two master-minds | watch | | national indebtedness. engaged in a ponderous problem, two fellows playing checkers. Correct this sentence: “I help to build up Key West by buying what I want from salesmen and mail-order houses.” It’s a good idea to consult your lawyer ‘ore ig into a lawsuit, and the same applies to consulting your phy- A newspaper absolutely reflects a community, and whef-you criticize your paper, you are criticizing yourself. height of assininity is criticism from one who is neither a subscriber nor tiser, Good letterheads make a impression, in fact they reflect favorable to write their letters on any old scrap of paper, Dr. Howard Gray, who operated on James Roosevelt, the President’s son, for stomach ulcers, speaking before a group of his professional colleagues, implied that it is a distinction to have stomach ulcers. The ailment is mainly due to the fast pace of modern life. Men who are;always on the go, who are always keyed, are most susceptible to peptic troubles. Dr. Gray thinks ulcers are almost a compliment to a man. After this disclosure it will become fashionable to have an ulcerated stomach @s was appendicitis in former days, and when the doctor informs the patient that he has ulcers in his stomach, he will hear the news not with distress but with a de- gree of elation believing himself aligned with the great. | them and send them away singing praises | those who see disaster inevitably ahead. It | is worth recalling that the national debt | The | an adver- | |-end of the Overseas highway over the old rail- | road trestle into Key West. the char- | acter of the business, and yet there are) business men in Key West who are willing | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY A CITY OF RESIDENCES | | During a community service program | | ot the Rotary ‘luncheon Jast week one of | | the speakers asserted “Key West should | | | be a center of residences rather than a cheap tourist town.” “He added that the \ | coming of large numbers of tourists to the , city will benefit principally operators of | roominghouses, restaurants and filling sta- | Four out of five of the tions, ‘candidates who will .run on in- There is no question of the value of | election were confronted with a | many residences. As pointed out inthese |barrier at the meeting of the columns last week that section south of eee ce cenit had fea the United street between Whitehead and | --ouired petitions with the neces- »White streets alone will carry 190, or more |sary amount of signatures of bona | tine: homes and represent a total invest- pee Seepuas onthe bapa’ | ment of approximately $2,000,000. Many Ithe @lection. Attomey Malone Old houses are being restored and _ re-read the law which prescribes modeled, many new residences are spring- , that any person Who parncioated ing up all over the island. Those sections eget ent hate ails| zoned for residences should be protected from all commercial encroachments that \can rear our new residents may enjoy life in the ead space ie "aRocuer | most beheficent climate to be found any- | but his name must be written on where in the United States. jthe ballot in the space allowed But the city of Key West cannot and |?" the names. | should -not attempt to discourage the tourist. Rather, the city should make | every effort to make it worth while for the | tourist to come here. A Key West trip is | virtually the.only side trip available to tourists wintering in the Miami area. | When they arrive here to look us over we should welcome thém, entertain and amuse | Ago Today As Taken From The Files of The ‘Citizen who recently checked the ac- more complete check of the |quested by the. county ‘comm: }sioners in a beg to the gov- ernor. fact at Clerk Filer ta it he; had’ ceived no Ge ih the at tors, as was announced in The: Citizen. This paper was aware of the, fact that the report was! |received Tuesday from Talla- | over our hospitality. After all, others: besides operators of | roominghouses, filling stations and res- taurants benefit from their coming. The | hotels benefit, the night clubs benefit, the charter boatmen. benefit, the gift shops and stores benefit and the host of men and women employed and supported by vir- | tually every enterprise in the city bene- fit. called before an executive ses-} sion of the commissioners Wed- nesday for an explanation. The report mentions an apparent dis- ‘ ‘crepancy of $21,000 in the tax re- demption certificate department. Broadly speaking, the entire state | 344 would not affect the county's} ‘and all of Monroe county and Key West | accounts, since handling these ac- benefit from a tourist influx. ‘fhe state counts ay pi cage diggs at : le state. ie auditors were gets the gasoline taxes on every car that |handicapped by the continued ill- makes the roundtrip to Key West from |ness of Mr. Filer and the audit! | the mainland, the Overseas Highway | pene! be soma te! ed . 7 . soe \sI ou! ave en withou' ie Bridge District commission gets the tolls | presetice of Mr.iFiler to \aneveer’ enabling it to pay off the highway in- |some questions. debtedness and the county and the city | sc oye itoria! cornmen' auto- tax collectors will be able to collect a | mobiles were built more for serv- greater volume of taxes from an employed | \ice than for speed, if they were group of taxpayers. so constructed that only a certain } Therefore, The Citizen believes that |PU™MPer of miles per hour could Key West should do two things—make the | be much safer for travel. city attractive to those who want to lead | | ara quiet home lives.and at the same time make | provision for receiving and handling a large volume of toumtst traffic. One need iasgperd ; agg :, a | the entire crew o! six took to life not interfere with the other. | boats and headed for Key West, and arrived here last night, it is ;said. The crew reported the | wreck to the local naval station, and the Coast Guard Cutter Sau- kee was sent to the scene. Cap- | tain C. G. Hanson, of the Sau-} ‘kee, repertd the Arago as going Tug Arago, of Seattle, that| jaged by striking the shoal that NATIONAL DEBTS The increasing size of the national debt of this country has caused many citi- zens deep concern. We are not among , those who look lightly ‘upon an enlarged loss. available stuff from the At the same time, we are not among tu Mrs. Venetia Lowe Otto, passed away this morning in the | of Great Britain is larger than the national Thome at. 414..Simontan .. attest | debt of the United States, although the |She was a native of Key West | population of Great Britain is about one- | and widow of the late Julius Otto, who died 13 years ago and was third that of the United States. } THE HIGHWAY (Miami Daily News) The Overseas highway commission has taken a step for which the motoring public has been | clamoring for many months. It has petitioned the PWA for enough money to run the western Contemplated in the program, cost of which is estimated at $1,325,000 are surfacing of the railroad trestle between Grassy key and Marathon key and from Big Pine key on into Key West. It has been an unwelcome shock to the tourist to drive more than two-thirds the distance to the island city over the strong, smooth concrete trestle and then suddenly find himself rattling over Sumpy asphalt roads and rickety wooden bridges. * The completion of the highway according to | the original program is both desirable and neces- sary. It is to be hoped the PWA will not be hesi- the 3 ‘ou want good ee iendly discussion of some phase customers’ requests. All of these Careful selection and adequate to you. Then these service tant in recognizing the need and funds. allotting Postmaster-General Farley is missing fire. Speaking of the President's grip on the ‘public, he said “there is no rival statesman on the horizon at present that can success- fully challenge his influence at the ballot box.” How does this statement stand in the balance with what the voters did to his attempted purge during the recent fl | | maries? In 1937 this service index was make the service you receive 2s t correctly and pleasingly. 1mco! Happenings ‘Here Just 10 Years, local | {dependent tickets in the coming | name printed on the ballot as al |candidate in the general election. | The report of the state auditors , jcounts of the clerk of the Cir-) cuit Court, D. Z. Filer, finds the} records of the county in such de- | plorable shape that another and” |clerk’s accounts are made as re-| 'hassee, and the clerk had been | |be driven, the highways would | to pieces rapidly, and expressed | the opinion she would be a total! The Saukee salvaged all} illfated | 74, | Naturally, with such a large number of “contacts,” Practices must be followed by the telephone company service repre- sentatives to avoid wasting customers’ time and to facilitate poy practices are designed to give 4 best service from the customer's viewpoint. measure the quality of the servier given, ‘This service index is a calculation based on the work of the service representative considering (1) bag ® i minor inaccuracies, (3) pleasant manner, () delays during contact and (6) failure 10 complete cnsiomer’s business ly. Accuracy is the most important feature. cent, Legon. . mail and in person. rede, meh pee ee ater es id ee tied Every telephone employe's aim, in every pha of te hh is to echnically: ly perfect as powible, more than that, to give you good service im the way, you wine i. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND en se alee mi-ra: "3 at my‘tej. PEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE Can you answer wer seven of these test questions? Turn to Page 4 for the answers a. Andes Mountains? What is the largest item in the operating expenses of railroads? Who holds the world’s land speed record? In what year did the Ameri- can Civil War end? Under which department of the Federal Government is the U. S. Patent Office? Who was the first widow of a President to receive a pension from the federal government? On what river is the city of Fairbanks, Alaska? What is the tympanic mem- brane of the human ear commonly called? | 9. Who wrote the Creed? What is the prdouct of multiplied by %4? 2 10. % Todays: Birthdays. Ay Peyton Rous, noted pat logist of the Rockefeller Insti- tute for Medical Research, born jin Baltimore, 59 years ago. |. Dr. John Erskine of Columbia ; University, president of the Juil- ilard School of Music and noted novelist, born in New York, 59 years ago. | This, it is shown, is a state fund | Louise Dresser, ant actress, born at | Evansville, Ind., 56 years. Louis Botts of New York City, | artist, born at Little Rock, Ark., 65 years ago. | Prof, Robert H. Goddard of |Clark Univ., Worcester, Mass., | aed physicist of rocket fame, | ; born in Worcester, 56 years ago. ‘at the time U. S. Commissioner. | |Funeral services willbe held 4 ‘o'clock tomorrow afternoon from ‘the residence. be an | There will immense ; throng of people at the conven- | {grounded yesterday on Eastern|tion of Spanish War Veterans to| | Sanibel Reef, was so padly dam-|be held in Havana, as indicated os. by the crowds which are going | through this port with the sailing of each steamer. On the P. and ;}O. Steamer Governor Cobb last , |night there were 441 passengers land there are a large numbers in the city today arriving on the | morning train and a large num- ber expected this evening. Pay by the week at PAUL’S Beccepecccceseces The Favorite In Key West — THY IT TODAY — STAR * BRAND CUBAN COFFEE | ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS As YOU Like it service when you get in touch with the telephone asa customer of the telephone company. ‘There are, on the average, 38,000 occasions every day when tele- business office exuployes and telephone customers meet in of the business. some general training of service representatives is followed by the telephone company to make possible good service atives and their supervisors by use of a “service inde” G) speed of oan comracts by ratives it seat aont i aTeD On which continent are the} American’s | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1938 THE WEATHER _i| Se enaeReNnEEEEeeel erally fair -tonight and Thurs- 84/day; moderate northeasterly go winds, possibly “fresh at times. ~_§1, Florida: Generally fair tonight {and Thursday except possibly .0 Ins. | light showers near the southeast -19 Ins, | coast. Jacksonville to Florida Straits jand East Gulf: Moderate to locasionally fresh northeasterly. - 6:21 a. m. winds; partly overcast weather p. m.! tonight ard Thursday ‘with scat- -P-.™ tered showers over south portion. 2, 7 | portion. State Administrator Front-Whitehead Sts. Key West, Florida, October 4, 1938. {Mr. L. P. Artman, Publisher, The Key West Citizen, Key West, Florida. ‘Dear Mr. Artman: | Yesterday's Precipitation Normal Precipitation _. | “Phin record covers 24-hour period | ending at 8 o'clock thin morning. Tomorrow's Almanac ‘Sun rises — }Sun_ sets _. loon rises In ‘making up my monthly 8 oe sets port for the State Office and, for ****** * ‘Tohiortow ‘Tidés” + Washington on the Federal Art! AM» '] APM | No trouble to buy at PAUL'S ; i ‘ ‘High Te, Casal Project, I am delighted to note #75 116 “540 a we that you have given us very Won- tax eter 7:30 a. ot derful publicity in your ‘paper PSea leyel, 30.04. ” 7 \ La CONCHA HOTEL \covering the varied activities of ee eee the Business 'the Key West Community Art] Fa piaiat Center. I appreciate this very} oO much because with this coopera- cases ae tion on your part, my burden is lightened in the promotion of a} civie center for Key*West, stress-} ing the cultural side of life for: the citizens of the community; and encouraging their participa-' tion in the better things of life. I shall take the opportunity to! point out to our State Publicity | Director thé very fine work you are doing for us in giving space |to our announcements and our ;programs for exhibitions and tree classes. : ‘Thanking you, Iam Very sincerely: yours, F. TOWNSEND MORGAN, (Director, Key West Community Art Center. | FTM:W CC: Miss Buford Meckilin, TWO ROUND TRIPS DAILY State Publicity Secretary, | Jacksonville, Florida. pe i Gxcent meen | Direct Between Miami and Key West. | Buy on the Budget plan at Paul's | | DIRECT EXPRESS: Leaves Miami:2:00 o’clock A. M., arriving Key DeSOTO HOTEL West 7:00 o’clock A. M. Leaves Key West 9:00 o'clock A. M., arriving | 373 Main St. Vacation ek Miami 2:00 0’clock P. M. LOCAL: (serving all intermediate points) OPEN ALL YEAR EUROPEAN PLAN Leaves Miami 9:00 o'clock A. M., arriving Key AH Qutside Rooms West 4:00 o’clock P. M. Leaves Key West 8:00 o’clock A. M., arriving Quiet, Clean, Good Beds | Free Parking Miami 3:00 o’clock P. 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