The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 26, 1938, Page 2

-PAGE TWO : The Key West Citizen | xcept Senday By JBLISHING CO., INC. MAN, President and Publisher N. Assistant Business Manager Ciuzen Bailding Corner Greeae and Ann Streets Published Dail ; LEN in Key West and Monroe ounty iintered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Press is exclusively entitled to use | on of all news dispatches credited to wise credited in, thig.paper and aiso | published heré. ‘lish a municipal A RAY OF ZONING HOPE Lawyers studying the city charter in preparation for its eventual revision have been taking a deep interest in an ordinance passed by the city council in 1927 to estab- planning commission. They have found the ordinance was passed under an authority of a special act enacted at an extraordinary session of the State Legislature in 1925, This enactment by the Legislature | gave the city broad powers to appoint a ion. NOTICE of thanks, resorutions of ¢., Will be charged for at ainments by churches from which e derived are 5 cents a line. itizen is open forum, and invites discus- public issues and subjects of local or generat | ‘ but it wilt net publish anonymoys communi- cations. Many automobiles are wrecked daily; it is a wondér there are not many more. One Ofithese days, all the ‘froblems “of the world will be settled and:thenthe last man will die. oT Creators of illusions have had more | . temples, statues and altars raised to them | than any other class of men. When a man is sick and his wife has | to nurse him, he isn’t the only one who is | “hoping for an early recovery. Americans buy more than, 300 mil- lion pairs of shoes annually. Stepping on the gas is wearing on shoe leather. 4 Men who are successful in business | are generally very intelligent, and intelli- | _-gent business men always advertise. | It seems never to occur to some auto- mobile drivers that they can lose a few * seconds without being severely injured. 2 When a Key West girl thinks she is _-homely she consoles herself with the re- ~ flection that it is better to have brains than ~- beauty. When you are looking at a little man ~ who is a little lamb around the house you can bet also you are seeing a man who is a | little goat around there, too. | One of the most powerful deterrents “to war in Europe is that the nations of the “Old World are convinced they cannot look | oto the United States for its sinews any-| more, Europe burned our fingers once too | often, | “Next to a pretty face and form,” says a Key West youth of marriageable | age, “the most attractive thing a girl can >have is a rich father.” But if a girl has a | rich, father he need not have a pretty face | and form. ‘** ii Uncle Sam is a generous lender but a! poor collector. The foreign nations who are indebted to the United States are not making any plans to pay their debts, and certainly will not pay them so long as this government makes no effort to collect them. It is interesting to know that in Flor- ida-the nomination of Senator Claude Pep- per by the Democrats, which was looked | upon as a great victory for the New Deal, was actually ensured by his advocacy of the $100 a month plan. After all, $100 a month is not so far behind the California promises. Yet we speak with derision of the “Ham and Egg’ plan of California. ; P At Arles, in France, a pagan notary, #Genesius by name, refusing to record the «wicket edicts by which Christians were commanded to be punished, publicly threw away his tablets and declared himself a Christian. On August 25 at the end of the third century he was beheaded, and thus baptized in his own bloed, he became a martyr. It is a custom in Europe for the various trades and professions to choose a patron, and the N. C. W. C. News service tells us that in 1922 when the stenograph- ers held a meeting at Arles, quite ap- propriately they chose St. Genes (Gene- sius) as their patron, planning commission and to vest that body with wide authority in shaping the trend of any building program that might be undertaken in Key West. It is now the opinion of some of these lawyers that the special act might be construed to cover zoning in the city. If it does, the present zoning ordinance can be enforced, legal experts argue. Zoning and planning go hand in hand. A zoning ordinance is simply a plan for prospective builders to follow when they build in certain areas. A planning ordinance based on a special act of the State Legislature would hold water in any court. which is already ordinance as part of a plan to be followed by the city? The idea is worth investigation and | should be studied by our tity officials! Fe outside of real estate circles and members of contracting firms realize how much building is being held up because of the eonviction the present zoning ordinance will not be effective until the State Legis- lature next year passes an enabling act. Builders do not care to risk erecting their homes where they may later be squeezed | between a hot dog stand and a filling sta- tion. Home owners want to know in ad- vance their properties will be safe from such objectionable buildings. A typical case is that of Miss Thelma Strabel, noted writer, who some time ago purchased a lot at the foot of Whitehead street. When she statted for Hollywood to write the dialogue for her serial, “For Richer—For Pooper’, which is to be the | Why not appoint the members of © | the zoning board as members of a city | planning commission, authorized under state law, and-let-them-— | adopt entirely the provisions qf/thpyzoningy rang. Ip Grit race, coming through 12 tad) i { | { { SOME OF THE BEST of the waterfront “talkers” are found in | the following places: Site of the | construction of the new cable schooner; the sponge market dock |benches; ruined warehouse at foot of Simonton St.; waterfront \“dead end” at foot of William street; fish markets at foot. of \Elizabeth street; benches facing ;Garrison Bight; Atlantic side of Simonton street on beach; fish |markets at foot of Front street. Old timers and present fishermen ;Tecount experiences and discuss the town. Some of the longest and interesting talkers are not con- nected with the waterfront at all ‘but are frequent visitors there. STANLEY SINGLETON, pro- prietor of a logal machine shop, thas a good yarn. It seems that ‘back in the days when pineapples | were grown on Key Largo the | sloops and schooners loaded down | with the pines raced to the main- \Jand and. other points, each hop- ing to get there first to dispose of its cargo. Singleton’s boat was better on a certain tack than an- other fellow and for mile after mile on one tack his slower boat would keep ahead of the other, onfy_ to be ovrhauled and com- Fietely outdistanced on another {the “Lakes” a boat he was racing misjudged her tack an# landed }on a_ bank. Singleton! proudly Usa ast until he had Biff thro oft stretch did ‘he‘ ‘sail and throw out a rope to tow the other boat off. Talk- ling to Mr. SINGLETON you will and bank He knows them |picture every shoal |along the Keys. fall. MANUEL LOPEZ, fishing | 8uide, shows off a number of let- jters he has gotten from “north- ern” parties who intend to be down early. Many of the letters {state that the parties will be down earlier than ever this season. THE YACHT BASIN, now ,cleared of the two bulky ferries, |is coming into its own in recog- |nition. Quite a number of chug THE KEY WEST CITIZEN THE ISLAND CITY Along the Waterfront ‘ehuggers’ and sailboats ‘drop in! on Sunday afternoons ‘to run} around the edge of the crowd in| swimming. The large yacht “El- freda” is docked there. This beautiful basin, almost entirely | encircled by a breakwater, has plenty of water and is one of Key, | West’s beauty spots. Tourists ar- riving early daily go out on the breakwater facing the main ship channel and the west to fish and to view the gorgeous golden and rainbow tropical sunsets. WHAT HAPPENS when a boat is overhauled is something like this: She comes up on the “ways”, a railway affair with chocks to hold the boat upright. Then the bottom is inspected. ;Maybe she'll need some new frames (ribs to you landlubbers) or a new keel or new planking, The carpenters, all of them in the business for years, then get to work with new wood and their crews and nails or drift or ma- | chine bolts and get the new wood in ina hurry. Then comes caulk- ing with cotton in the seams. Rough weather can knock the caulking completely out of a seam for yards at a time, On top of the caulking, which is, weted first , With paint, comes red lead putty. Then, a, new, coat of copper, paint goes below the waterline as a protettion against the teredos or marine werms. whieh can leave ai! hull but a shell with but a pin ‘hole on the outside to show where , they entered. Then the topsides will probably be painted white or green, the usual fishing boat col- ‘or, with orange buff the most {lasting deck and flooring paint used. Overhauling a motor con-, |sists of replacing all worn parts) |which may break if allowed to” run longer, perhaps placing new ‘rings on the pistons to get strong- ‘er compression and more power. |The boat has to be “packed” at ‘various places as seals against \ water seepage, such as the rudder ‘shaft box, the propeller shaft | stuffing box, etc. Then a new coat of steel gray, and the boat is ready for quite some time. TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS brought to the screen, she was asked her | home address. “Key West!” she promptly replied. In letters to local friends, Miss Edward A. O’Neal, III, presi ;dent of the American Farm Bu- jreau Federation, Chicago, born TODAY’S COMMON ERROR Monogamy is pronounc- ed mo-nog’-a-my; not mon- o-gam’-e. TEST YOUR 1. Where is the British Island of Grenada? With what sport is the name Carl Hubbell associated? Do ships have a lighter draft in salt water than in fresh water? For which state is “Pelican State” the nickname? What is a “bean ball” “duster” in baseball? What is the correct pro- nunciation for the word commandant? Which country was formerly known as the Ottoman Em- pire? Can a person be a citizen of a state of the U. S., with- out being an American citizen? Historically, which is the ldest alcoholic beverage? white is desiccation? 2. 3. or PbCCCCCCCEsEEoCCTCOECESS 1, What radio station uses the greatest power? 2. How is national advertising divided between newspapers, magazines and radio. 3. How many workers there in the U. S.? 4. Is a crippled child, over 18 years of age, a dependent unde1 income tax rulings? 5. Is the U. S. doing anything to encourage American painters and sculptors? 6. Has the: President power to devalue the dollar? 7. Are reliéf workers finding private employment? 8. How much is the govern- ment spending for farmers this year? are 9. When will the “monopoly. inquiry” make its report? 10. What percent of the cost of a PWA project is paid by the , Federal government? counting, born at *Mass., 56 years ago. Worcester, near Florence, Ala., 63 years ago. | Strabel states she will come here to live | this winter, but will not build her home until she is sure the zoning law will keep objectionable businesses out of the area in which she has bought her lot. Miss Strabel plans to build a home costing about $15,- 000 when the zoning law becomes effec- tive. Our city officials can perform no greater service for this city than make a determined effort to end the uncertainty, regarding the zoning ordinance, a HITLER’S PHILOSOPHY In five years Adolf Hitler has brought | Germany from a position of military im- potence to that of the most powerful and | most feared nation in the world. This amazing result was not achieved by mere accident or good luck. It w: lanned that way. o We 04 i For an insight into Hitler’s moral and political philosophy, one needs} only to read his own book, “My Battle,” written for the most part while in jail at Lands- berg, Germany, for an attempt to start a revolution 15 years ago. Briefly stated, he believes that might makes right and that a nation is entitled to take whatever it can by force or threat of force. One or two quotations from the book are sufficient to make this clear. He says: “No nation on earth holds a square yard of territory by any right derived from heaven. Frontiers are made and altered by human agency alone. The fact that a nation succeeds in acquiring an unfair share of territory is no superior reason for its being respected forever. proves the strength of the conqueror and the weakness of those who lose by it. This strength alone constitutes the right to possess. “Therefore, just as our forefathers did not receive the land in which we live as a present from heaven, but had to fight with their lives for it, so in future nothing will grant us land ard life for our nation, except the power of a victorious swerd.” So, whatever may be thought of Hit- ler’s philosophy, the rest of the world may as well realize just what it is, and be pre- pared to meet his aggression with the only It merely | Doris Stevens; woman leader, ; born at Omaha, Nebr., 46 ytars | ago. | Dr. Henry W. Holmes, Har- |vard’s Graduate School of Busi- press’ dean, borm in Boston, 58 years ago. |. Prof. John T. Madden of New {York University, professor of ac- LA CONCHA HOT In the Center of the Business and Theater District Garage——Elevator—Fireproot _ Open The Year Around | - | te aie | Henry B. Warner, actor, born in London, 61 years ago. Jackie Coogan, actor, born in Los Angeles, 24 years ago. Dr. Max Mason, noted educator now at the California Institute of Technology, born at Madison. Wis., 61 years ago. — THY IT TODAY — STAR * BRAND CUBAN COFFEE ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS ° e _ OVERSEAS: ~~ Fast, Dependable Freig ht and Express Service —between— MIAMI and Also Serving All Points on Florida Keys between MIAMI AND TWO ROUND (Except Direct Between Miami and Key West. DIRECT EXPRESS: Leaves Miami 2:00 0 West 7:00 o'clock A. M. Leaves Miami 9:60 0 West 4:00 o'clock P. M. Leaves Key West. 8:00 o'clock A. M., arriving Miami 3:00 o'clock P. M. 0 Free Pick-Up and Delivery Service Full Cargo Insurance Office: 813 Caroline St. Warehouse—Corner Eaton and Francis Streets argument he understands—military force. Leaves Key West 9:00 o'clock A. M., arriving Miami 2:00 o’clock P. M. LOCAL: (serving all intermediate points) ‘clock A. M., arriving Key KEY WEST KEY WEST TRIPS DAILY Sunday) ‘clock A. M., arriving Key CSPPMEIIMIDODOBOEODID OES, SYNTHETICS GET TEST BERLIN—The new swim suits of synthetic wool, cotton and rubber have appeared in a variety of color and design that this land of spas and bathing re- sorts has never seen before. 5 Cah hhh dk h hada NOW IS THE TIME 10 PLANT WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST STOCKS OF FERRY’S SEEDS od Tree gc WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1938 aie ie KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten i From The Files Of The Citizen The City of Key West, the \local Chamber of Commerce and ; the Monroe County Commission- fers will have three representa- tives in the big motorcade which will leave Washington for, Key ‘West on November 15 in celebra-, ‘tion of the formal opening of the Atlantic Coastal Highway from Calais, Maine, to Key West. This was decided at a joint meeting of the organizations held last night. The Chamber of Commerce se- lected Frank Ladd, one of thé jtwo Florida members of the board of governors of the high- way association to represent the ; Chamber and to be chairman of the Key West contingent on the , trip. J. Otto /Kirchheiner wili represent the County Commis- | Sioners and Ross C. Sawyer the ‘eity council. The Key West unit is instructed to be int Washing- ton by November 15 to join the train of automobiles and exert every effort to bring as many of the cars as possible through to Key West. The great demonstra- tion is being sponsored by Mayor ‘Alsop of Jacksonville, who pre- ) dicts that it will be theumost ex- tensive parade ever seen on highway in this countfy. | A little “lost” ad in Phe Citi- zen restored to Deputy Sheriff |Ray Elwood, a highly pritied par- | ‘rott that had strayed from his home. They had searched high and low for the bird but had been ;unable to locate it. They. were very anxious to recover the pet and at last decided to place an ad ‘in this paper. It turned the trick. Within a short time after the pa- |per was on the street the valu- jable bird was returned to the owner by a good neighbor, who had found the Polly laughing in ,high glee while shaking ) apples from the tree in his yard. The Citizen's classified column is j great.on finding lost things, rent- |ing rooms, so say all who have ever availed themselves of the ' service. Princess Zoraida, the greatest living master of the occult science, who has mystified thou- sands and whose mastery of the! magic art and sensational achieve- ments have electrified the entire ,country, will be seen at the San |Carlos theater, beginning .Satur- day and will be in Key West one jweek. Princess Zoraida is a de- scendant from one of the oldest and most aristocratic families of Egypt and her title has been \handed down for generations. 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Length Blue Ribbon Lawn Mowers Every part guaranteed. 5 blades of hard tempered steel. 16” long. $12.25 SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING White and Eliza Streets “Your Home Is Worthy ( The Best” IAs Asset tsethtthidgethtitiddtkdhddtdédude Years Ago Today As Taken | Editorial comment: To induce some people to vote the polling places will have to be hauled around from golf club to football fields, women clubs and home kitchens. * “Willie Jackson, Key “West's popular scrapper ring honors, is scheduled to meet Mike Kelly, another contender in fistie cir- cles, at the Fort Lauderdale arena tonight. This. will be the second fight: Jackson has had with Kel- ly. The Hallowe'en parade to be held tonight by the Carabinas will be led by the Knights of the Golden Eagle Drum and Bugle Corps and a number of gorgeous- ly decorated cars will be featured in the pageant. The parade. will start at 8 o’clock from 1120 Pack- er street and will follow the route as printed in the issue of yesterday. The Havana football team is due to arrive this afternoon on the P. and O. boat from Havana, The boys are, enroute to, Miami where they ho series of games scheduled for ‘Week. Some of the Prom Te in Key ‘West tonight leave ih the | morning for Miami. Rev. Andrew Doherty, SJ. @ native of England, will preach Sunday in, St. Mary’s Star of the Sea church. BENJAMIN LOPEZ FUNERAL HOME Established 1885 sugar | Boston, New York, Miami Jacksonville, Galveston New Orleans and Beyond From Key West alternate Mon- From New York every Thurs- CLYDE-MALLORY c. Be SMITH, 1ne4. _ Agent curate wi: semen nm West, Fis. $3.00 . 3.00 3.50 . 2.75 1.50 50 $2.60 5.00 \ Phone 598 VET IPMEIDIIIIIIIIILIGSIIIOISEMMOIIIIIII IDIOTS S.