The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 13, 1938, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen and Publisher N, Assistant Business Manager Wrom ‘rie Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County entered at Key West, Florida, second class matter Member of the Associated Press +Be 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. GS 4 Hi O; H ‘Sa .ne Year . Six Months Three Months One Month Weekly ADVERTISING RAT! Made krown on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary notices, ete, will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents @ line. for entertainments by churches from which is to be derived are 5 cents a line. Sitizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publigh 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 for progress; never be theor- 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. eouimend 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 eom- promise with principle. IMPROVEMENTS 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. A dietician says most diets are wrong. Just like they taste, A tactful wife is one who contrives to let friend husband have his own way. Dull brains result from a deficiency of iron, scientists say. Or from an excess of bone. To determine whether a servant is honest one must often judge by the dis- appearances, Harvard professors are studying causes of fatigue. One cause is reading reports of professors’ studies, _ Our idea of an independent gourmet 48 a diner-out who will go to a fashionable restaurefit'and order spare-ribs and sauer- kraut. ger on Some newspapers are referring to the | “Big Four’ at Munich, But Chamberlain | and Daladier looked ‘pretty small after the | party was over. A card authority declares that a game resembling bridge was played a thousand years ago. Some play it still, but the resemblance is not very close. Some folks may not relish corned beef and cabbage, but Jiggs does; and he has rie, will not admit they have such vulgar taste, “On Borrowed Time” is a new play which had its premier in. New. York re- cently. Geo. M. Cohan, the playright, said it was the best comedy he had-seen in five years. On the other hand Lionel Halves, ; an English eritic, said on its opening in Lon- don, that it was “trite, over-winsome, con- fused, tricky, unconvincing, pathetic, il-! shaped, ingenuous, indeterminate, callow and a calcuated, bare-faced, blue-eyed bore.” The conclusion to be drawn frem the counter criticisms is that a play is like a cigar, a matter of taste—good if you like | a little gambling case being heard in your court | it and bad if you don't. Ne one can force a play or a cigar down our throats, TRIPPERS ARE HOME PROSPECTS “T can’t see how the Overseas High- | way has helped my business any,” a Key | West merchant was heard to remark the other day. “The majority of those who have come here the last few months just came to look around. They didn’t buy their own lunches along.” | That’s an isolated and far-from-pop- | ular opinion. The businessman who ex- } pressed the nents isa pretty narrow |man, for all he fan see ‘is today’s cash | balanee. Tomorrow’s possibilities and the ' prosperity of thé majority of this com- ‘ munity are of no interest to him—or so he | believes. He forgets his profits in the past have come mainly from northerners who | have wintered here. Key West should welcome the tripper who comes for an hour or two or for a day | and then drives back to the mainland. Such a tripper during his short visit might to the architectural appearance of one of our old residences, or he may be fascinated | by the towering trees and shrubs on_ this | beautiful island. That man will remember something abéut Key West and will make | arrangements to. | Tf he do | pressions are | survey he bu vacant lot on d by more careful ‘ home or selects a hich to put up a dwelling. | man makes a cash investment in Key West. He is a property owner and soon may be- come a resident, for a part of the year at least. If he only stays a few months he will spend at least $1,500 for rent, food and services for himself and family. It is reasonably safe to state that the bulk of the 250 families that winter here came down the first time just for a day or ‘two. They found local conditions to their liking and returned year and year. They either own their own homes or rent them ing or planning to build new residences. Thus the logical conclusion is that a | day tripper is a prospective citizen of Key West. If just one out of every 100 tourists expected here this next winter remains for | the season it would mean a_ tremendous volunie of business for this community. It would mean prosperity for many of our merchants and work for many of our citi- zens. Welcome the tripper with open arms, show him the beauties of the city, and let nature take her course. KEY WEST'S COME-BACK (Orlando Sentinel) Key West is getting to be a leading tourist center. It is America’s farthest South magnet for visitors. city of the state; in 1910 it had 21,563 and was eighth city in rank. In 1920 Key West had 18,749 population, was fifth city of Florida. Orlando only had 9,282 population and was seventh, right behind St. Petersburg. Miami had only 29,571 and Tampa 51,608. had 13,334 compared to Orlando’s approximate 35,000 and Orange county’s 60,000. Fuller’s Florida Letter comments: “Key West is sorely puzzled at times by grow- ing pains. Economically asleep for 20 years, fi- naneially anaemic, peopled mostly with a placid people; it has suddenly been hurled by its new | auto bridge into a business maelstrom and must | attempt almost over night to convert itself from a sleepy fishing village into that mpst highly or- ganized form of community—a tourist center. | “Suddenly Key West finds that it needs a | multitude of things. From collections of as low j as 30 per cent it has sprung close to 100 per cent | as its realty suddenly had value. But 100 per | many followers, a lot of whom like Mag- | cent is not enough. So council ordered the As- | sessor Samuel B. Pinder to double assessment. } He'vefused as only a Key West Pinder can refuse. | But council outmaneuvered him. When they sit | as'an equalization board, they will do the doubling | piece-meal. “Soon there will be need of bond is- sues, That's when.the screaming will really } start.” All Ploridians are happy over Key West's | comeback. What helps that city perched upon the keys helps Orlando. Leadership builds cities, brings greater pop- ulation. Key West's spurt and new life, should | stimulate local leaders to greater efforts. Judge Arthur Gomez: Strange, isn’t it, how «in clamp the lid down tight en all of Dade , County?—Biscayne Bill—Miami Herald. | anything and some of them even brought | | No matter which course he follows, that | - THE KEY WEST | KEY WEST IN | DAYS GONE BY | FEEL OLD AT 40 when Fish For Food; Visitors Warned; Armies Help Others Happenings Here Just 10 Years’ Ago Today As Taken From The Files of The Citizen | There were 1,436 Spanish War | Veterans arriving in Key West} jyesterday afternoon from Ha- vana where they had been at- tending the annual convention of ithe veterans. The Steamship’ | Baracoa, which was chartered by the Cuban government for the| purpose of transporting members | lof the organization to and from; | Havana, brought a full load. The lothers arrived by vessels of the! |P. and O. S. S. company. While most of those arriving yesterday | lafternoon left on the evening) | train, there were many, how- ever, who stopped over to spend | \the night and many of them re-' {main until tomorrow in this city. | |Members of B. H. McCalla Camp, | jot Key West, the Drum and Bugle | Corps and many other local resi- | |dents came over on the Baracoa, | ‘arriving just before dark. Many | |of those who decided to spend to- be delighted with the climate. take a fancy |morrow in the city declare they |FOR jhad a most enjoyable time. The; |Knights of the Golden Eagle |Drum Corps of Key West was | awarded first prize at the conven- | |tion in competition with 20 other | |similar organizations. The trophy | for a longer visit. \ and if his first im- |* {tion for the Spanish, War: ‘ans of Florida, it was stated. , 1 wae ! | John L. Long, representing the , | Omaha Bee News, member of the | |United Spanish War Veterans, is} a welcomed visitor in the city, ! \arriving yesterday afternoon from | ‘Havana where he had been to cover the convention for his home !mewspaper. Mr. Long and an-, other newspap* an, Emilio Cas- | FOR SALE—Stoutly-built CITIZEN Poecececcaccesccccsoecos! seeceeceoeeees CHASSIZED. SOUL THAT SPANISH CIVIL WAR JUST PERSONAL i } system runs down. New! 2° OSTREX Tonic Tablets have oysters plus general body in- vigorators. age. If not delighted with re- sults, maker refunds its price.. WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.—A Reg. $1.00. Special now, 89c. visitor on the Aragon front in Call, write today, Gardner’s Sigidailast sepring, was amazed Pharmacy. tues-thur-tf | ‘ and alarméd to find himself HOTELS | walkingwith a guide through ‘trenches only knee-deep, and the BRING YOUR VISITING friends | enemy 300 yards away. in need of a good night’s rest to’ x if OVERSEAS HOTEL. Clean cer guide turned to reassure him. rooms, innerspring mattresses. ty saying: i Under new management, 917 “That's all right, we don’t shoot Fleming St. augl8-tf at each other up here”. ‘The visitor thereupon proceed- FOR RENT |ed with a three-day survey of for- FOR RENT—8-room House, com-! which he avows he didn’t hear a pletely furnished. Hot and cold rifle shot fired “in anger”. running water. Seasonal or’ ‘In fact the story was current, otherwise. Apply, Rear 1217 he said, that a rifle shot was used Petronia street. aug9-tfs as an airraid warning. He couldn’t _— ~ confirm this, but he was able to FOR SALE OR RENT ‘confirm that officers, instead of die cnesaccokcieae _________ | living at the front, lived leisurely SALE OR RENT—Cabin in homes several miles behind Cruiser with living quarters to the lines, and came to the front accommodate 4. All modern during the day much as a business conveniences. Good for party |man would go to his office. fishing. 1014 Varela street. | Beware of the Enemy octl0-s| Another visitor to that front onee reported an arrow sign, \like a highway 0 , pointing tifieations in that sector during; inning condition. Cash} DANGER”. |“'. $45.00. Phone 669-R, |. Along this front, it might be octl1-3t added, troops planted and culti- | vated flower ga! ibetween the lines during the er of 1937. That’s all changed now, how- ever, for when General Franco _—_—___—_—__—______—— looking for a weak spot this FOR SALE—11% acres Planta- spring, hit this sector, his troops tion Key, 3% acres on ocean, | weren't stopped until they were 8% acres on Bay, on Highway, |swimming in the Mediterranean all high land, beach front on and Loyalist Spain had again both sides. P. O. Box 23, Key ‘heen divided in half. West. sept7-8 No-Man’s-Land may be 14-ft. Sailboat with well. Apply The Citizen Office. octl2-s 10 jmiles or more across, the lines Try whole pack-| eevecscecsceccccsccsesescssccecocoseoeeeeeeecesecer (iy Axssociated Press) jrejoined the Loyalists-at: Madrid. i Fishing for Food As he dived for cover, his offi- THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1938 THE LOW DOWN | FROM HICKORY GROV | vee ee I am no Edison, and do not {know any too much about volts, jand kilowatts, etc., so I am up a {stump and do not savy just why Wash., D. C., is so mad at the electric fellers. And if it was me, and I was looking around for somebody to be mad at, I would pick out some n bozo like a tax-collector versus lines, afd} the electrician. This. tax-collec- tor person—there is the guy to be mad at. Troops often hunt and:fish be-| Sambo, he has some curious tween the lines, not for sport, but ,and funny notions. The old sport, {for fresh food which is always, he does a good job with the army Welcome. Cases of peasants tilling i and navy, but when he starts tell- their soil in “comparative peace jin’ a farmer how to wean a calf, bewteen the so-called lines have or something he does not know ‘been reported at various times. | beans about, he is a fizzle. The reason is obvious. Spain is| And if the Old Boy edges into divided into two enemy camps by | the light business it will be a ‘more than 1,000 miles of lines. . .| fizzle also—and we will maybe ;three times the front line terri-|read by the moonlight half the 'tory in France and Belgium dur- time, or can go to bed. jing the World war which was; Old Kickapoo Oil, it was great ‘manned by probably 10 times as' stuff too—cured everything—un- many men. Even in France there ‘til you got home. were quiet sectors with weeks of} Yours, with the low down, ‘inactivity. JO SERRA. | In Spain only key highways) and positions are heavily en- i trenched and fortified. Even man- ining these fortificatinos requires | What is a Communist? One who {so many men that neither side | has yearnings has large numbers of offensive! For equal division of unequal ‘troops. That is one factor pro- earnings; i longing the war. Neither side has |jgjer or bungler, or both, he is ‘a force free to: strike with over- |... willing powering’ strength at a vital spot. Qo fork out his copper ahd pocket Fraternizitig across the lines de- your shilling. spite every effort to stop it is re- ported on a limited scale. % Gob—Last night I ‘hi | Pfopaganda by loudspeaker is fy) pain in my arms. ,used to convince the other troops Ditto—Who was she? they are fighting for the wrong cause and should desert. These methods reap some rewards. There is constant desertion back ‘and forth on a small scale, such deserters often bringing import- ant military information. The enemy invariably starts minor ac- tion when the loudspeakers go in- to play, attempting to drown out . eee W THE RULES | troops made their way unmolest- | ed through the enemy ines, ‘across 250 miles of enemy coun- | ; The Red a + 2 : ad an awe \si, of the Havana Post, succeeded | SMALL HOUSE AND LOT. in having a resclution passed at; Cheap for cash or terms as de- consisting only of outposts, an the voice. t artillery piece, or a machine gun; Often this spreads the alarm to | from others. Not a few of them are build- | In 1850 Key West had 2,645 population, 10th | _According ta ‘the 1981 state census (Key.West- } the convention pledging their | |support to the movement for the | repeal of the Platt Amendment, | | which act would leave Cuba en- | jtirely free from all restrictions. | Speaking of those who have | | made their fortunes in this coun- | try might be mentioned the name of A, L, Cuesta, now cigar | | manufacturer of Tampa, who |came to America a penniless lad many years ago. Cuesta, now | wealthy, came to Key West Spain | and when locating here had $2.20 | in his pocket. Today he is recog- jnized as one of the greatest cigar manufacturers in the United, States. He has other large inter- | ests in Tampa and ranks as one of the city’s most influential | citizens. | Editorial comment: A candi-| |date has to tell what he thinks| jabout the issues of the campaign | and the business man needs to! jtell about the goods carried in |his stock through advertising to be a winner. A son was born this morning |to Mr. and. Mrs. T. R. Payne, jat their home, 322 Elizabeth |street. Mr. Payne is an employe of The Artman Press. Pan American Airways’ new) Loring airplane, an amphibian, to | be used on the Miami-Nessau| route, arrived pt Meacham® Air-)) port today and; departed i diately on the return \flighip Havana.:)The ‘hap* wa$) made” | \ The Key West, Chamber of | Commerce is preparing an elab-| orate window display to be plac- | ed in the Miami Motor Company |of Miami. Most of the curios will be furnished by Chester Thomp- son. Mr. Thompson states that; jhe is donating the very best in his collection of thousands of The Italian Steamship Escam- ; | bia, from Genoa, Italy, to Pensa- teola, was refueled at this port | yesterday and sailed for destina- tion. Seccccccececseccosceseces ‘Today's Horoscope eevee ecccccece | Today’s native, a quiet, pleas- ure-loving person, will probably {take much interest in the study) of religion, perhaps a clergyman. The life will be a quiet one, per- haps secluded, but the native will | {hold many and powerful friends | who will exert themselves for his benefit. He should only beware of lapsing into self-indulgence. The Favorite In Key West — THY ff TODAY — | STAR 2% BRAND | CUBAN COFFEE | ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS ° sired. Apply P. O. Box 165. |erew commanding a valley. On nearby sectors and before long | FOR SALE—Lot on Stock | test instrumentes-on, the sratte* ve septl6-s | one occasicn the Loyalist cavalry furned cowboy temporarily ree |rounded up 6,000 head of cat pans gto. 1% couipped, | srazing in “No-Man’s-Land” on 2 » fully ~|the southern front. Not a shot Built for party fishing. $400.00 | was fired at them. cash if sold within 5 days. mt Another time in Estramadura, be seen at North Beach Bo jtwo non-commissioned officers vard. Apply 1502 South a ‘from Insurgent Spain deserted to 2ugl8-8 the Loyalists in a high-powered 2-STORY BUNGALOW, 4 bed- {American motor car, riding up in rooms, 2 baths, double lot. 1605 | Style to surrender and to be Flagler Ave. augl2-tt greeted joyously because they Js. | Sands of cigarettes to the tobacco- ‘less Loyalist outpost. When isolated Asturias fell last October a number of Loyalist FOR SALE—New boat, 4 weeks land, waterfront. Also, lot cor- near Boulevard. RC, The Citizen. Apply Box D, The Citizen. nov2-tf FOR SALE—2 lots, each 50x100’. Run from Washingten to Von Phister street. Reasonable. Ap- ply Rear 1217 Petronia street. | aug9-tfs | IIPL LAL LL 2A ALLL Le LLL AREAL LEE EE LL Eb eee eb MP WILL EXCHANGE—4 lots Miami, close in, for Key W. property. One lot, 50x150’, lots 50x100’ adjoining, or will sell. Address Box P, The Citi- | zen. $ aug23- asl Be | + Propelling Invalid! yheel. Chair at reasonable price, \Mrs. Mayo, Island Tnn.| octl-3t | WANTED—Used desks, chairs, tables, wicker furniture, lawn mower, bicycle, anything ex- cept beds and bedding. Write Box X Citizen. octl3-1tx} Channel. Drain Squai ‘ SALESMEN WANTED HUSTLER WANTED! to intro-| duce, supply demand for Raw-| leigh Necessities. Good routes open nearby. Rawleigh Meth- ods get business. No selling} experience needed. We supply | Sales, Advertising literature—/ all you need. Profits should in- crease every month. Low pric- | es; good values, cornplete serv- ice. Rawleigh’s, Dept. FAJ- 116-63, Memphis, Tenn. i oct6-13-20-27 | These Articles ROOMS NEW VALDEZ INN, 921 United. | | t i ; { water, pleasant surroundings. had the wit to bring along thou-! SPECIAL CASH RAISING SALE METAL ROOFINGS 63 Boxes Metal Shingles, Slate Pattern, regular price $8.50; to go at Sounte $6.79 coated Refng Shots rar price #628, «© BS AQ Sale Lasts This Week Only. Remember--- “South Florida” quality merchandise. Come out and see for yourself. Anytime you want crooked lumber or rejects; we have some in « special bin at give-away prices... We don’t sell. this unless you see it yourself before you buy. OUR CUSTOMERS EXPECT THE BEST—AND GET IT SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & FNGINEERING C9. White and Eliza Streets “Your Home Is Worthy @£ The Best” AI 2 Le Lh hhh hb hdd deddkdedididdud, there is heavy firing on a miles- long front, none knowing just what brought! on the action. Advice i i | A well-known attorney was al- ways lecturing his office boy, whether he needed it or not. One, day he chanced to hear the fol- lowing conversation between the boy and the one employed next di iif : ; ! é rH z i | | a ie H i rl § F F i joor: “How much does your chief pay you?” asked the latter. “T get $1,500 a year. Five dol-) lars a week in cash and the rest in legal advice!” - if i} E { frag B el nr et a ne a a NR iy a ne “f 6.29% o———--0 Offered Only for Cash at These Prices. oO-—-—----9 Quality—don’t confuse our offerings with lower Phone 598