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

PAGE TWO ‘The Key West Citizen Except Sunday By _ Puipished Daily THe © N PU Greene and Ann Streets Only. Daily. NeWspaper in Key West and Monroe County iintered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter | Member of the Associated Press he Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use | ews dispatches credited to for republication of it or not otherwise c this paper and aiso the loeal news publis = Ni ADVERTISING RATES Made krown on application. cIAL NOTICE of thanks, resolutions of .. Will be charged for at otices for enter & revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. we Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- of public issues and subjects of local or general, rest but it wil! not publish anonymous communi- cations. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE; CITIZEN mens £E. UT Water and Sewerages! 1/3 a0: Comprehensive City Plan’ (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea, Consolidation of County and City Governments. A college is known by the football team it keeps. The reason silence is preferable to speech is that in silence you do not hear any, noise. An exchange reports this sign dis- played by a hairdresser: “We curl and dye for you.” Accidents in the home are a close _ second to traffic accidents, Be careful wherever you are! As a rule the man who knows it all isn’t a great deal more popular than the - man who wants it all, Correct this sentence: “Small nations of Europe have powerful allies. who will | protect them from aggression.” Expect no good from him, who, avenges | every slight, is a Roman thought. and ap- | plicable right here in Key West. A scientist declares the. human jaw. will grow smaller and eventually disap- pear. But not from want of exercise, The youngsters growing up in Key West deserves the best thought of all adult citizens. They. are our responsibility. Courtesy is rarely. the distinguishing mark of a motorist but, give the. drivers time, ant they may realize that it works. The real trouble with the younger generation around Key West is that there were not enough parents using a paddle 15 or 20. years ago. Occasionally we have more joy. added to our life by meeting a Key West man who doesn’t want us to roast somebody or something in the paper. Unless you are impervious to knock- ing, don’t knock for knocking is retribu- tive and comes back at you with renewed force, like a boomerang. One reason why some men fail in business is that they spend too much time and thought on what their competitor is do- ing. They have a negative instead of a positive program, which always results disastrously. America’s 150 largest corporations are not owned by a few wealthy citizens, as Many suppose, but by 6,490,000 holders of preferred and common stock, the vast majority of whom are small investors, in fact three-fourths of the shareholders have fewer than 100 shares in which they bave invested their savings. You do not seck the righ algne when you soak the corpora- tions, up | | WHAT IS KEY WEST SELLING? | Every city has certain assets that are | demanded by certain types of individuals | ' and investors. When they find what they want they usually remain in the com- munity offering it. The concensus igs that Key West’s principal assets are unequaled. atmospheric conditions and an unmatched | atmosphere. These do not have to be sold to visitors. The combination of ciimate and charm sell themselves, so that when | men and women seeking them come here they often decide to stay. When a business or commercial firm decides to put a new product on the mar- ket the sales executives must first deter- mine whether the buying public would want that product badly enough to buy it. They make surveys and studies to find, out | | just what things the public looks for in a given product. | Key West is being offered as a new | vacation and resort center. It is a new | product, for until recently the city was too far off the beaten path to attract a heavy visitor influx. -Time has Key West is attracting widespread atten- tion and is going to be visited by thousands | this coming season. Among those thou- sands there will be many who will want to remain here once they have sampled the climate and the atmosphere. ~Ehe majority of those who decide to fain will be businessmen who want to sand who. want a comfortable place in Which ‘to; live. Now, a, businessman is a. pretty ¢agey investor. He knows the | valiié df a dollar and will not invest it un- | ti-he knows where it’s going and when it’s | coming back with a little interest. In gen- eral, such a man wants to be assured of three things: 1. That Key West is a growing, pro- gressive community, so that his investment will not depreciate through decline of pop- ulation and realty values. 2. That the home he proposes to build will not depreciate in value through the construction of objectionable struc- tures and businesses near his property. 3. That he will have peace and quiet | in his home. There is every indication Key West will grow, but it must grow progressively and intelligently. It should be the concern of all our citizens to see that the city grows according to a well-ordered plan, to see that residential areas are protected against | encroachments by honky-tonk enterprises and to see that unnecessary noises are minimized or entirely eliminated so that | home owners may enjoy the peace and quiet they come here to. seek. THE CHILD AT SCHOOL With the opening of another school year, the problem of encouraging the child to make the most of the opportunities which the school offers again presents it- self. should take a keen interest. Perhaps the most important objective to be sought is to awaken in the chid a real desire for knowledge. It should be | pointed out that it is possible to derive en- | joyment from the pursuit of school studies | if one approaches them with a genuine | ambition to Jearn. The child should not ; be led to feel that going to school is an un- | pleagant duty.if He should be - impressed {with ‘the fact that it is a privilege to be ap- | preciated, not only as a preparation for after life, but as a means of present hap- piness and satisfaction as well. Some children appear to realize this without urging, but others seem to be naturally averse to mental] effort, and re- quire patient handling in order to arouse their interest in school work. Parents should not place the entire re- sponsibility upon the teachers, but should cooperate with them, not only insisting up- on punctual attendance, but also in lead- ing the child to adopt a proper attitude to- ward his studies. LEFT AT THE POST When it comes to achieving “self- earned social security,” the American peo- ple leave the rest of the world at the post. The figures show, for example, th. there is about three times as much life in- surance in force in this country as in the United Kingdom; about thirty times as much as in Japan, and about sixty times as much as in Sweden. These figures are important, not only because they show what our citizens have ' done to guard against the exigencies of the future, but because of the influence of life Insurance on the nation as a whole. Life insurance is a great stabilizing force —-and a force that makes for progress and , Prosperity in the long run. changed that. | It is a problem in which parents | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN PEOPLE’S FORUM ~ | I RE SEC. 53. Editor, The Citizen: At the present time, when the prospects for the construction of |a pipe line, to supply our long | standing want of water, is bright, vit seems appropriate to review a |few facts in connection there- | with. The cost of the pipe line, which |it is estimated to be over one |million dollaks will be covered in two ways: first by an outright grant of 60% and a loan by the | REC. of 40% thereof. The latter grant is the one with ; which. we are most concerned, for it has to be repaid at some time, | and this can only be done through taxes. | Sec. 53 of the city charter pro- {vides among other things that i “all property shall be assessed at its full cash value.” It is our belief that. this is not now being done, and the council has from time to time lowered Happenings Here Just Ten From The Files The Cuban government will be {represented in the great motor- {cade which will leave Washing- ton on November 15 in celebra- | tion of the formal opening of the | Atlantic Coastal Highway from | Calais, Maine, to Key West, Fla. | Cuban Consul Jorge Ponce is in receipt of a cablegram frm the |president of Cuba, instructing |him to participate for the Cuban | government. This will make two fears at least and four persons |who will be in the motorcade leaving Washington on the date set, which announcements __ indi- cate will be the most impressive and extensive automobile parade ever seen on any highway in the world. Ross C. Sawyer, presi- |dent of city council, will repre- |stration and J. Otto Kirchheiner, chairman of the county commis- sioners, will represent the coun- |ty. Frank H. Ladd, member of the board of governors of the At- lantic Coastal Highway Associa- tion, will. go as chairman of the Key West delegation. Mayor Curry’s order that po- lice arrest every motorist driving a car without a city license be- comes effective today. However, there were no arrests reported up to 2 o’clock this afternoon. “This order will remain in force until jevery car in the city is properly equipped with the plates”, said the mayor. “A person who can- not raise $2;50 in 30 days has no | business owning an automobile”. Regardless of who or what they are, the police have been ordered to arrest them and “I am going | to see‘that the orders are carried out” the mayor concluded. This is the first year that the license | system has been used in the city land was inaugurated in lieu of poceseona “PUBLIC SCHOOL NEWS KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY |sent the city in the big demon-; the assessed valuations until they now stand at about 50% or, less of their cash value. By thus disregarding the re- quirements of the city charter, | the ability of the city to borrow money to meet the above men- tioned R.F.C. is seriously en- dangered, for the charter speci- fically limits the amount of such bonds to a percentage of the as- sessed. valuation. ' This will work no hardship up- on any of us, since the ' millage) | would be lowered, thus, keeping, our taxes as at present, The only: | effect would be to permit us to, jissue bonds to meet. the R.E.C. | Tequirements. It is our understanding that | about fifteen years ago, all as- sessments were so made, but; ‘have been reduced to'the amounts | | Stated above from year to year. TAXPAYERS, \Key West, Fla, |Nov. 1, 1938, Years Ago Today As Taken Of The Citizen the persoral tax on Key West! ‘owned dutomohiles. | Allan B, Cleare, Jr., and Judge | Frank O. Roberts were the prin- cipal speakers at the Democratic rally held at the county court} ‘house last night under the aus- | pices of the Young Men’s Demo- | cratic Club of Key West. They} ,Stressed pure democracy and jpreached the importance of vot- jing for the party nominees all} ithe way through. ! Editorial comment: Quite al ‘number of people who have been busy as bees at political work | this fall will have to worry along jfor the next four years without | getting appointed to any political | Office. U. S. Destroyer Hatfield arriv- | {ed at the naval station at 6 o’clock last evening from Lake Charles, La., and from this point will pro- ceed up the East Coast. Willie Mack was arraigned yes- terday before Judge Hugh Gunn, charged with assault and battery and was released on his own recognizance for the next term ‘of criminal court. | A daughter was born this ‘morning to Mr. and Mrs. E. L.| Bowers in their home at Hialeah, | according to telegrams received | by relatives in this city. The} father is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Bowers, corner of White and | Washington streets. Ferry Boat Florida Keys arriv-_ ed in port yesterday afternoon in command of Captain Veral Rob- erts. The vessel came from No. Name Key to be placed in the ways for repairs and special work on the struts. Peeeecveqveeeacqeeqecooe | CaO Cee ee OTSESOETSSOHEASOLEHESOOOSOSOSESOSOOSORY | SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL | HONOR ROLL Pupils in Key West Senior High School who have done above |average work during the instruc- | tion. period, wHich ended October {2h are as follgws, Honor point avetage 2.75, Mar: | gart Bernalj 2.60, Walter McCdok, Jessie Watkins; 250, Phyllis Adams, Anita Berkowitz; 2.40, Betty Henriquez; 2.25, Eugene ; Lowe, Bonnie Mae Watkins; 2.20, Gilbert. Lord, Mario Napoles, Susan Roberts; 2.00, Harry El- wood, Hollis Knowles, Edwin Berkowitz, Ray Demeritt, George Henriquez, Roland Keeton, Phillip Orta, William Jackson, Louis Qvide, Elizabeth Roberts; 1.80, Carmen McBeth, Ray Perez, Nellie, Louise Russell, Betty Lew- in; 1.35, Edith Mae Sands, Rich- ard, Chapman, Eugene Fabal, Wal- lace Mitchell, Ella Nicolai, Sam Collins, Olga Camo, Florida Pin- der; 1.60, Shirley Elbertson, Flos- sie ‘Key, Jack Einhorn, Barbara Guerro; 1,50, Charles Mendoza, Everett Pinder, Jack Weech, Sylvia Henriquez, Sylvia Pinder, | Vergie Key, Canfield Lewin, Ruth Osterhoudt, Lillie Mae Carey, Juanita Dongo, Harry Knight, Margaret White. JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ONOR ROLL Students of the Junior High School who have made better than average grades during the first period of the new school year follow Honor point average 3.00, Eli- nor Larsen; 2.50, Gertrude Gon- zalez; 2.40, Julius Napoles; 2.25, Donaki Lowe, Orquidea Ber- mudez, Wilma De Loach, Helio Gomez, John Neff. Copeiyn Ram- sey. Adolfo Lopez. Catherine iConner, Betty Kline, Henrietta ‘Carey, Eugene Rosam; 2.20, John | Day, Evelyn Sealey; 2,00, Louise ; Collins, Geraldine Kennedy, Nor- ma Riggs, Ruth Baker, Amalia Blanco, Billy Cates, Raymond Ovid, Walter Price, Jack Saw-! yer,, George Barber, Charles, Sands, Arthur Valladares, Edna Hoff, Barbara’ Stansell; 1.80, Her- bert Betancourt, Raul Cuesta, Laudelina Perez; 1,75, Nellie Tift, Oscar Albury, Richard Noyes, Bobby Sawyer, Roy Rog- ers, Richarz Skelton, Yvonne Stewart, Peter Perez, Charles Wallace, Shirley Bullard, James Singleton, Harry Robidere, Doro- thy Johnson, Persis Larsen; 1.50, Ruth Currie, Ellie Rae Gwynn, Rose Del Pino, Bobby Gardner, Fred Johnson, Betty Pierce, Wil- ma, Russell, Edward Nelson, Hen- ry Sawyer, Juanita Spencer, Ed- ward Strunk, Charles Perez, Mar- | garet White, Eugene Berkowitz, | Mary Ramsey, Floyd Russell, Everett Sweeting, Jennie Mae Albury, Marion Shehan, Lavinia Ricketts, Bertram Cates, Jewell Fine, Emma Ayala, Frances Col- lins, Oscar Fabal, Lorraine Rus- sell, Eugene Sweeting. SAN CARLOS SCHOOL HONOR ROLL Following is the honor roll for the present session of San Carlos Institute. Principal Benildes Re- | mond wishes to call attention to the closing date for enrollment Nov. 11 Class A—Orlando Garcia, Edna Machin, Evelia Baso, Geraldo Al- fonso, Bugenia Faldivar. Class B—Rosa Watsdn, Ivan Watson, Alice Garcia, Aleida Spencer, Rose Alfonso, j English classes—Eugenia Fald- | ivar, Edna Machin, Hector Ma-/ chin, Alicia Garcia, Graciela Sanchez, Geraldo Alfonso. 666 j, TODAY’S COMMON | | followed by a pronoun in the nominative — “than who". TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE Can you answer seven of these) names of its natives. test queitions? Tur to Page 4 for the answers, TUFSDAY; NOVEMBER 1, 1938 if | ADDITIONS. to the nickname ;department, which began in a ‘previous issue of this column, are ‘given herewith. At some time in {one’s life something one said, did or acted stood out prominently "™ |and from then on an abbreviated been completed, {phrase of that incident (nickname {to you) became attached to the jone behind the name. Key West has beome noted for the nick- The selec- tion this week includes: Bloody Blood, Laughing Donkey, Your .| Dog Can, Stay, Picolo Pete and a 1, For what government agen- cy do the initials USHA stand? Name the capital of Con- necticut. What causes rainbows? With what sport is the name Raymond. (Sonny) Work- man associated? What is heliotherapy? What is a primary election? Where is the island of Maui? Who wrote “Hard Times”? What is the correct pro- nunciation, of decadence? What form does. the pure element radium take? anacenagaaacaces qqqnqageseqcesneaagae ef VW QF THE FLUTE PLAYER Lyric—First Prize. Flute tones rise from a slim brown hand, Silvery sharp as the pointed * stars, | Night stands still at a lad’s com- mand; Storm clouds gather over the land, Din low to meet the high- flung bars; Flute tones rise from a brown hand, Tunes lash out in a flaming band, ? Curved and keen as new scimitars,— Night stands still at. a lad’s eom- mand; slim Darkness presses the listening sand, Lighting flashes drawn scars, Flute tones rise from a slim brown hand; Tawney his hair and skin sun- tanned, Lips more red than @ ray from: Mars,— Night stands still at a lad’s com- in. fine- mand; Wild his songs,—does Night un- derstand : Young dreams leaping like Jaguars? Flute tones rise from a slim brown hand, Night stands still at a lad’s com- mand! —Eunice Carter Smith. - For Early Evening - The mellow sun has disappeared Behind the shadowed mountains, And fluffy, clouds of white and pink Are full as beautiful, I think, As plashing, moonlit fountains - i Besides which lovers soon will join In sweet nocturnal meeting— While cricket choirs, as like as not, ‘Will offer up from sqine dark spot Shrill overtures of greeting. —Roger Winship Stuart. ASKS TO BE LOCKED UP HAMMOND, Ind. — Stanley, Hajduk of this city walked into police headquarters and asked to be locked up, explaining: “My wife acted mad at me and said I ought to be in jail, so here I am.” Police accommodated, and locked him up. hes and Fever Liquid, Tablets Salve, Nose Drops “a Bar of Soap, Kermizer,’ Fried Rice, Windy, Hurricane, Old Brass and just plain Brass (colored), Dew, Cigarette Willie, Gundy, ‘Scabby, Boiled Goat, Horned Fish, Brime, Che-Che, Sack-a- Hame, Monkey-on-Boca Chica, Loggerhead, Water Pickle, Easy }ife, Mahond Soldier, Hollum farm Black Bottom, Blind THE ISLAND CITY Along the Waterfront wide. The posts are 2x2’s. At intervals, the cars are removed from the water, left in the sun to dry for several days and then all the mess on the bottom and sides scraped- off. After this has the “pen” is ready to hold the fisherman’s catch once more. In tying a car to a dock care must be taken to give enough slack to the ropes to allow for rising and falling of the | tides. THE FLORIDA KEYS. roman- tic haunt of pirates, wreckers and fishermen, have many beau- tiful winding waterways through which yachts cruise. Close to Key, West there are a number which visiting yachtsmen spend much time at. First, there art the Keys on the bayside. These are reached through Calda chan- nel which is a continuation of the Shark, Monkey, No Killie the) Key West main channel running Horse, No Killie the Fish, Dum- pey, Kaiser, Pie, Couchie, Bow- ‘Wow and Brr-Rat. DID. YOU. KNOW that a jew- ‘fish cooks the food it catches be- fore it digests it? Local fisher- men claim they often catch a “jew” which, after cleaning, re- northward through to the Bay. The Bay keys, by name, are first. There a very pretty beach with a winding blue channel greets the voyaguer. Then along the Keys farther on are found channels breaking toward Key West but which run a few hundred feet and then come to a dead end, weal the presence of a crawfish, Here are where the party boats or. fish, that was cooked as well go at night and get strikes of the any. you and I have eaten..This ‘is. due, fishermen claim, to the heat inside the jewfishand to the fact.that the “jew's” teeth are al- Lost nil, The food it catches en- ‘.tens..its stomach whole as the Jewfish swallows its food in a ‘gulp. It is said that the jewfish is the only inhabitant of sur- rounding waters that employs this procedure. It is known that the pelican and man-o-war hawk, both birds, however, swallow their. food in one piece and put it “in the pot”. THE RECEPTACLES in which fish are kept alive are known fish are kept alive in the water alongside Key West docks and boats are known as “fish cars”. Many visitors call them pens or boxes, which are also quite ap~ propriate names. These cars very in size, both as to the kind of fish they contain and as to the size of the boat on which the fish are caught, Fishermen in the small 15-foot sailboats use a car that is four feet square. This is the ‘usual size for small fish. The cars are constructed of slats an inch wide and a quarter of an huge tarpon sliding through the waters and feeding on the banks. Farther up there are the Mud Keys. Through these Keys run a channel from 17-20 feet in depth with large jewfish and myriad- colored fish skulking under the banks rimmed with mangroves Many crawfish for bait, are in holes there also, Snipe Point, a lony beach, is another beautiful place. Graceful Great White herons, blue herons and chattery kingfishers flop in and out of the ;mangrove branches. Now back ‘at Key West, let’s go westward. Boca Grande is but 20 miles from the city. Bottom fishing on the ocean side and barracuda, tarpon and bottom fishing in the deep blue channel on the Gulf side are more than excellent in these virg- in grounds, Across open water about ten miles are the Mar- quesas, only cora) atoll on the ,Atlantic, Three channels, old ‘wrecks, beautiful long beaches ‘are within its boundaries. And don’t forget Boca Chica with its three deep blue channels. inch thick ‘nailed to posts about} twice as thick as the slats and_ approximately as wide. Cars built to keep jewfish alive are reonstructed of boards an inch thick and from four to six inches i @ 4 sithe tee BUS STATION 210 Dw Ph | } 7 Ts PLAY SAFE— By keeping FOODSTUFFS at the right temperature ip one of our ALL METAL ICE REFRIGERATORS These refrigerators. are doubly HEAT PROOF and absolutely air tight Priced, from, $20.00 vv Easy Terms—10 Days Free Trial On Display at