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

PAGE TWO. The Key West Citizen | Published L lly deieapt Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. L. P ARTMAN, President and Publisher SOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager ¥rom The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County ‘Sntered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Axsoeiated Press she Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use | for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and aiso the local news published here. Six Months Three Months One Month Weekly -. ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainments by churches from which & revenue is to be derived are § 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 commun- 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 for progress; never be the or- gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class; always do its utmost for the public welfare; nevcr tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue. eoumend 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, ‘MPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Dale Carnegie might try his “how to influence people” theory.on Herr Hitler. Europe is all set for the next war whenever Uncle Sam ‘puts up the money. As we understand it, we must prime the pump if it takes all the water in the | well, Give the neighbors half a chance and they'll do all the necessary worrying about | your affairs, A neighbor declares his wife is so economical that she used only 80 candles on, her 49th birthday cake. Thé closed car:is an improvement in some way3,)but the fellow who- feels devilish can’t drape his long leg over the front door, You’ve met a wise man when you meet a Key West chap who would rather | keep his bills paid up than to keep up with | his neighbor. Every woman knows if she could spend as much money on clothes as some | other woman does she could show them off | to better advantage. You are getting old when you remem- ber the time women wouldn't show their pedal extremities above the ankle. What didn’t the oldsters miss, now that their eye- sight is failing them! Professor Einstein thinks people who look into the future are to be pitied. He} is right; if we look far enough we will see the grave. It is better to think and act in the living present—‘still achieving, _ still pursuing, learn to labor and to wait.” Here’s hoping that the Key West Charter Revision Committee will effect a_ long-felt want and that its efforts will not fizzle out like an impotent firecracker as happened in the previous attempt. The movement is a progressive step forward and should have the hearty cooperation of all citizens of this community. A MERCHANT MARINE BASE? While withholding comment in keep- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Le ¥ | ing with his service training and back- | | ground, Commander William N. Richard- | | son, U.S.N. Retired, seemed to onlookers | to have been impressed with the facilities | By HUGO S. SIMS, Special Washington Correspondent of The Citize of The Citizen and equipment at the Key West Naval | Station if and when it is converted into a | base for the training of men for the mer- chant marine. Commander Richardson | was making a tour of the yard with Mayor Willard M. Albury in connection with the | proposal of the U.S. Maritime Commission | to establish such a training station at one j of the Gulf ports, At thé naval station Commander Richardson, who is representing the com- | mission, found adequate buildings for . | housing a training personnel and enrollees | in the merchant marine, complete machine | shop equipment kept in first class condi- | tion, storage capacity for more than 1,- | 200,000 gallons of fresh water and con- densers capable of producing additional supplies and many other facilities which might be utilized by the commission. Tomorrow the inspector is scheduled to make a further tour of the city with the mayor. He has been shown the general beauties of the city, the recreational pos- sibilities including golf at the Country club and has been introduced to many of our leading citizens and civic leaders. The | mayor is now anxious to show him the waterfront outside of the naval station with a view of impressing the } with the fact that every facility in Key | West would be made available to the Mari- time commission if requested. , The movement to obtain the marine | | training station for Key West was initiated by Mayor Albury after the commission’s , determination to establish one at a Gulf port had been called to his attention by one of our citizens. Since that time some months ago the mayor has been in constant communication with the commission at Washington and it was he Commander Richardson first contacted when he reach- ed Key West Tuesday night. Mayor Albury is to be congratulated for his effort along this line. Reopening of the naval station will mean much to mechanics and others thrown out of work when the yard was placed on the inactive list and will be felt in every line of local | business activity. The Citizen hopes the idea will not be lost sight of after Com- mander Richardson leaves to continue his | study of the Gulf ports. It may be two or | three months before the inspector makes his report and the commission acts. In that period some other community may step in and grab off the plum, so it be- hooves our city and civic leaders to follow through. A PLUCKY WOMAN Of recent years many women ex- plorers have braved the dangers of moun- tain, river and jungle in search of adven- ture or scientific knowledge, or both. Among them Mrs. Alicia Renthall, an Eng- lish woman, is one of the most daring. For 20 years she has been traversing | remote wild regions, mostly on foot, and has been around the world six times. Her wanderings have carried her across Africa | several times, as well as into Tibet, Arabia, where. One remarkable characteristic of Mrs. Renthall is that in her jungle explorations she goes unarmed, carrying nothing more | formidable than an umbrella. She recent- | ly said; | “T have been quite close to lions and | | leopards in the bush, but they have never harmed me or any of my carriers. I al- | ways go unarmed, and I think wild ani- j mals know by instinct that I have no de- | sire to kill.” While admiring Mrs. Renthall’s superb courage, and taking her word for the harmlessness of lions and leopards, most folks would shrink from penetrating an African jungle armed only with an um- brella. SO DO WE ALL! An American citizen, in talking the other day, was discussing a foreign peo- } ple. His criticism was that the foreign race believed it was superior to other na- tionalities and that it was better than other peoples, Certainly, such a belief is not suffi- cient to damn a people. The French be- lieve that they are the world’s leading peo- ple. ialians, the Japanese and, be it admitted, i the Americans, inspector | Syria, India, Central America and else-| So do the Germans, the English, the | \THE COURT GATHERS RAILROAD STRIKE? MORE ARMAMENTS WOULD AID OTHER NATIONS THREE SENATORS’ VIEWS The gathering of the eight judges of the Supreme Court this week is almost routine, so far re- moved is the bitter fight for ju- dicial reform that rocked the na- tion when President Roosevelt first proposed such a course in an effort to secure judicial coopera-! tion in meeting the problems of | the nation. Regardless of what one may |think of, the proposals of the |Presideet it is an established fact |that shortly thereafter the coop- eration of the Court was evident’ in the opinions that were handed ' down. Now, with the new ap- pointments, the Court is on the “liberal” side and there is in- creasing likelihood of its decisions \reflecting the present political judgment of the people. The problem of the railroads will engage increasing attention \from Congressmen, with many vexperts believing that some dras- tic solution will be necessary if the carriers ara to go on a sound | basis. One of the ideas suggested | is that bondholders be put on a basis comparable to that of stock- holders, getting their interest if, and when, the railroads earn the | necessary funds. The strike of the workmen on the railroads is not taken serious- ‘ly because nearly sixty days must | elapse before the men can put in- to effect their strike vote. The commission, headed. by Judge | Stacy, of North Carolina, is con- | ducting hearings and will make its decision in thirty days. | who has been called upon by sev- eral Presidents to serve in such a capacity, considers the presen’ problem the most serious _ tha’ |has arisen under the Railway La- |} bor Act. So long as the United States! continues a policy of “isolation” | sary, in the opinion of army and |navy officials, for the nation to | much greater strength than has been considered necessary in past years. Of course, this conclusion is based on the unsettled condition of affairs throughout the world and would be altered consider- | ably if there is a turn for the bet-! ter in the adjustment of deep- | seated European quarrels. If Eu- |rope faces war every year or so, however, there is no way to be! sure which side will win and con- {sequently the United States, in its own defense, must be able to talk |to the victorious combination | upon terms that insure adequate |protection against unjust de- | mands. The idea is advanced by David | Lawrence, editor of the United |States News, that the immense gold hoard of the United Stdtes | could form the baSis of reasonable ROADSsii IS YOUR DRIVING SAFER The! |North Carolina Chief Justice,) \in world affairs it will be neces-' loans to European nations, thus | facilitating the economic im- provement of the world and eas- ing the economic stress that is, at bottom, the root of present polit- ical strife. Mr. Lawrence, an_ ardent ad- mirer of Woodrow Wilson, blames | the selfish nationalistic policies of the United States, in part, for the bad condition of affairs, econom- ; ically, throughout the world. He thinks it would not be a bad idea to risk some of our money’ in the cause of peace, believing that such unselfish action is what the world needs today. Senator George W. Norris, of Nebraska, who voted against par- ticipation in the World War, is one of the few men in Congress who says that there is more rea- son for the United States to take, a hand in European affairs today | than there was in 1917. Senator Carter Glass of Vir- ginia, who has been somewhat opposed to large expenditures for naval purposes, now declares that he is ready to back them. Senator William E. Borah, who is opposed to American. partici- pation in world affairs, insists that it is up to the other nations to solve their own problems and that the United States should | have no part in any solution. He is an “isolationist” so far as our |participation is concerned but once he slipped bad enough to, prea ek a resolution to “investi- | gate” Mexican affairs. | AROUND AND ABOUT | oe! Put an extra cot in the hos- pital. The football season is here in all its splendor with a new crop of heavy-bodied youths out to test: their collar ‘bones, | hip joints and knee caps. Of the skulls, we say nothing for, ob- | viously, they must be rigid, even |, ‘under padded leather helmets.) ‘wo of the essential fequire- ments of football are weight and the ability to make faces. , The fighting face of the cornered | | hyena is an excellent example for young fellows who want to ex- cel in the football line-up. | | Most of the young bloods who | take up football have no diffi- Piltdown man. Mathematics of | this sport indicate that one man | of 200 pounds will easily bole! lover two men of 150 pounds. | Thus tHe wild African gorilla, weighing 700 pounds, would make | the ideal football star. It has always seemed to us that the old English joust, in full ar-| mor and on spirited stallions, had | it all over football. “The lists”, as they called the jousting field, | abounded with action. In the modern pile-up of two varsity teams the only herald of the! charge is the siren of the am- bulance for the fellow pinned un- derneath, Heroes of football en- joy a spotlight about as transient | as a lighthouse “wink”. After! that it’s a flat nose, or a pain- ful limp, or a collar of steel, for years to come. | NE IRS TELE {Easy to. pay on Paul’s Budget Plan ARE ARE SAFER 7 (ODDDDED ADE Ta TTTDEAEOUTITUTEDAAEaerEn aE OER TODAY’S COMMON ERROR gnin'-e-a-tur: not min’-i-tur iTEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to Page 4 for the answers 1, In which country is the city of Prague (Praha)? 2, At a dinner dance, should a man ask his hostess or his ' dinner partner for the first ' dance? What is the name of the} Philip Morris page boy? With, what sport is the name! Alice Marble associated? Who signs the acts that are passed over the veto of the President? In which state are the Finger | Lakes? Where is the International} Date Line? How long is a fathom? What is the name for a shal- low one-headed drum with loose metallic disks, or jingles, at the sides? 10. Today’s Birthdays. ee ee0ce eo! Carole Lombard, screen star, born at Fort Wayne, Ind., 30 years | ago. Helen Wills, tennis champion, born at Centerville, Cal., 32 years | ago. Janet Gaynor, screen born in Philadelphia, ago. star, 31 years | John Van A. MacMurray, Am- bassador to Turkey, born at Schenectady, N. Y., 57 years ago. Laurence A. Steinhardt, Minis- | ter to Peru, born in New York, 46 years ago. Dr. Clarence C. Little, noted} biologist, born at Brookline, Mass., ' ; 50 years ago. David Dietz of Cleveland, noted science editor, born there, “| years ago. Ernest Lapointe, statesman, born 62 years ago. CCMOOOTOOOTOOO EES, ELECTRIC SUPPLIES RUBBER COVERED WIRE Solid brass Push switch What government agency do} the initials TVA stand for? | NO. 14 BLACK OR WHITE .................. ‘ NO. 10 BLACK OR WHITE ................... Chain pull or key sockets: Wiring cleats or nail knobs 21 Mirror Glass Plates for Receptacles and Switches 35c SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING C9. White and Eliza Streets “Your Home Is Worthy ( The Best” FA edd hh ddd d Luk hh hdduatuabalud THU RSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1938 KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files f Formal presentation to Gen- eral John J. Garrity of Chicago, jcommander in chief of the Span- ish War Veterans in America, of ithe colors sent here from Wash- )ington for him, was witnessed by ia large crowd of local people at {the navy yard this morning just} {before the general, his staff and! } official party boarded the Cuba ‘for Havana this morning. The presentation was made by Cap-/ tain George T. Rice, commander general and his party arrived last} drum corps and many local and | Visiting veterans of the war with Spain. A line of march was} | formed and the column proceeded ‘to La Concha hotel where the ! general and party remained for the night. This morning the Key West unit of National Guards |staged a parade for the general and under the command of Cap- tain William V. Albury marched | from the armory to the naval sta- ition dock to participate in the program in connection with the presentation of the colors to the general. The Gunboat Cuba de- |parted at 8 o’clock' with the gen- leral and official party on board to join the Battleship Texas at sea and escort her to Havana, ex- | pecting to arrive there 5 o'clock j this afternoon. With a total of more than three jtimes the quota allowed Key | West, the Red Cross storm relief | collections came to a close this jafternoon. The announcement | was made by Mrs. Grace Phillips. ‘Total of collections was $1,503.08. {Since that count the Order of {Eastern Star has given $5 and La’ | Trinidad Sunday School has giv-; fe $3, bringing the total aggre- gate to $1,511.08. It is understood | | Ess : a ‘of the local army barracks. The | evening over the East Coast Rail- | ‘way and was met by the K. G. E. | Of The Citizen by the local chapter that other contributions are pending. A district convention of the Florida Christian Endeavor Union will be held in the Congrega- tional church in Key West for |October 12 to 14, to which the |general public and especially the young people are invited. There will be several out of town state speakers, among whom will be Jerry Johnson, Marcus C. Fage jand Dr. E. S. Smith, teacher in ene of the Sunday school classes, which is said to be one of the largest in the world. Editorial comment: It used to be considered desirable to haye |fame as a great benefactor of |one’s country. But now they want to know how much money there is in the benefacting business. Registration books for the gen- eral election will close one week from today. After the end of j business next Saturday there will be no further opportunity for qualifying for the elections in No- vember. “Key West, an Island Supreme” is the title of a story appearing in the South Shore Country Club magazine for September. Sev- eral of the illustrations are very interesting and include the home of Vining Harris, fine scenes of the harbor and others of deep in- terest. Again the passenger list on the Governor Cobb, sailing last night for Havana, numbered more than 400. Since the Spanish War vet- erans have been coming in to ‘take passage for Havana to at- tend the convention, the vessels of the P. and O. Company have been very busy. 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