The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 29, 1938, Page 2

PAGE TWO : The key West Citizen Puvlished Daily Except Sunday By y EN PUBLISHING CO., INC. jent_and Publisher Business Manager ‘rom The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County od at Key West, Florida, as second class matter | Member of the Axseciated Press he 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. : gt i ise il SUBSCRIPTION RATES sme Year o.. Six Months Three Yon One Math Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thahks, resolutions of Tespect, obituary notices, ete. will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents @ line, Notices for entertainments by churches 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 generat imterest but it wil! not publish anonymoss communt extions. ————_—_—_—————_ | PROJECT SPONSORSHIP | | Directors of the Key West Chamber of | Commerce got to the core of the unemploy- | ment situation here when they determined it would get steadily worse unless the city | and county arranged to sponsor a number of needed WPA projects. The chamber | officials decided to meet with members of city council and the county commission to discuss ways and means of raising funds | for such sponsorshjp. Until very recently Key West had re- ceived more outright grants from federal agencies for work projects than any other Florida city. Government officials now be- lieve the city is getting into a position + where she can begin to help herself. In | other words, unless the city or the county sponsor future projects by making required i | | payrolls are soon scheduled for a drastic slashing in the city. Every 100 men taken from the rolls means a monthly loss of ap- proximately $6,000 in the municipa] in- come and other complications such as an increase in relief allotments for those so removed, Indicative of the possibilities of the IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADYOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gavernments. Printers like to have a case and set em up for all customers. Prophecy: ‘Business this December will be the best in years.” Americana: Cussing out Hitler and accepting decorations from his hands. Gift suggestion: A subscription to The Key West Citizen. There are others who are doing it, why not you? An up-to-date shopper knows how many shopping days there are until Christ- mas day. If not, The Citizen reminds him every day. z There are Key Westers who have more Standard Oil stock than John D. Rockefeller had when he died. Yet he created the industry. There’s a certain something about mud which causes it to stick to the hands of those who tarow it.—Eustis Lake Re- gion. Remember that, you mudslingers. The year before the advent of the Oyerseas Highway the building in Key _West amounted to only $6,375. This year the completion of the bridges jacked up the amount to the appreciabe sum of $73,- 395. Loyalty to your employer, the per- ~-~#on who enables you to make a living, is a requisite per se of your wage or salary, as the case may be; if you are not loyal you are not earning the money you re- ceive. . Certainly, the utility companies should be regulated; they should be so regulated that the investors occasionally will receive some dividends, instead of most of it being squandered for taxes to support multitudinous and profligate gov- ernment agencies as well as highly paid government officials. J. P. Morgan, America financier, home from Great Britain, : that Cham- berlin’s work during the crisis over Czech- oslovakia “may be the beginning of better things.” His statement signifies doubt, and in view of recent developments, there hardly seems a chance that things WILL be beter. Nevertheess, we hope so. n The opening of the Overseas Highway, while producing considerable activity, has | not developed into an actual real estate} boom for Key West, and perhaps it is best | to have a gradual development based on | the demand and not a mushroom growth i with its attendant flurry of excitement. | Each winter we will see substantial invest- ment and resulting improvement. That is a bright prospect, sure of realization, city,makes a contribution of cash and ma- cortributions of cash or materials, the WPA | PHE KEY- WEST CITIZEN A LIST of principal beaches} along the Florida Keys on the, ocean side is given The Citizen} {by Lieut. E. R. McCarthy, in| |charge of the Coast and Geodetic’ | Survey of Monroe County: Beach-! jes occur whenever there is open |water and the waves can come| |do not occur where the reef stops | | water action. The best beaches the “water gap” is. List follows: | Upper Matecumbe, Lower Mate-! ieumbe, then along the entire| “water gap group” with the prin- | cipal spot at Long Beach where | was a famous fisherman’s colony, | "and including Boot Key, Grassy |Key, Key Vacas, Bahia Honda, | |Big Pine, Sugarloaf with the | beach ending at Sugarloaf point. ! |The reef breaks open again! along Boca Chica. On Key West! {island there are scattered shoals, jand reef and this allows water | action. | beaches here—Rest, South, Raul’s land the Fort Taylor Beach. Re- |mains of another along the Bou- levard have been found. Else- ' where along the island’s seafront \there are mangroves protruding jout even into the water. They can grow because there is no There are three good) THE. ISLAND CITY Along the Waterfront ‘% Keys was named because only “little money” was found on! them by diggers. The entire key | was dug up. “Cayo Jae’, named after a man, is one possible de- rivation of Cudjoe. -Then there is the story that an. eld Indian chief, driven south and named ‘rolling in with the sand. They; Cudjoe, lived there. How Alli- Gay you answer seven of these gator Shoal, way out in the ocean, was named is a mystery. are in the middle keys where|Old names frequently came from! landmarks now gone, *Hich were | the most salient points to be ob-! served for early captains along the Keys. Key Largo means “big key” and is the largest, of the Florida Keys. Torch Key prob- ably derived from a big fire on it. Stock Island was named be- | cause cows wer not allowed on Key West in the old days and all, were kept there. Boca Chica means little mouth—small. chan- nels. AS ALL SAILORS are noted} |for doing when the Survey group invites local fishermen in to} |check and recheck names, the jold fellows will not hesitate to ‘invent names and stories on the jspur of the moment. That is the reason why one name and story is checked against many others terjals is the project for repairs:to Roose- | surf to break them up. The only/ for accuracy. »velt boulevard, the gateway to downtown Key West. If the city puts up $3,000 in cash and supplies materials costing $5,500, ‘the WPA would expend approximately $60,000 in labor for making this needed improvement. for many men over a period and in the end give the city an ap- proach in keeping with the beauty of the Overseas highway. The boulevard is pit- ted with holes, a menace to traffic and a mighty poor advertisement which is read ‘ by every passing motorist. A number of other improvements are being held up for a lack of proper sponsor. ship. Beaches are needed, a new munici- pal yacht basin is a crying necessity, sec- tions not covered by the WPA sewage and water project should be supplied with sewers and water mains—all these need the sponsorship of city or county, or both. | Everyone knows the condition of the city and county treasuries. They have been depleted and public employes are unpaid. The chamber officials believe it is possible for the city or county to buy materials for WPA projects on a time payment basis. The Citizen hopes the proposed conference of city, county and chamber officials will ‘develop a sound program for financing and ‘furthering these works to prevent a large layoff of WPA workers and to improve the appearance and the facilities of the city. WHOM THE GODS WOULD DESTROY Since the dawn of history, ego- maniacal tyrants have held him in bond- age, despoiled his damsels and spilled his blood, but the Jew goes on forever. As wide-eyed tots in Sunday school | we were told about the beloved Hebrew patriarchs of our Bible who had been torn and oppressed, their temples burned, and their people made captives of idolatrous ~pagans. By unpronounceable but om- inous-sounding words, with beautifully ‘colored pictures, in sermon and in song, the faithful Hebrew Children were por- trayed to our imaginative young minds as awe-inspiring heroes who, in our childish reverence, ranked almost along with God, even. But now, the atrocious plundering and persecution of Jews by modern pagans become but commonplace routine news of the day. Modern Pharaohs, 1938's mad dicta- tors in streamlined Babylons, are too much the matter-of-fact realists, and we, the people of the world, although con- dem..ing persecutory brutism, are far too practical-minded to believe in actual visi- tations like another Passover, or a new Red Sea catastrophe. But we are hopeful that\“whom the gods would destroy they first make mad” still holds good, es pecially in extreme cases, and that a cer- tain toothbrush-mustachioed jackal has now been mad long enough to warrant the dawning of his own day of retribu- tion. Today, as it has been since Abraham, ‘the Jew is the world’s No. I problem. 1s there not within Israel’s very ranks a Moses, a Joshua, or a Messiah to lead them out Must the Passover and Red Sea tragedies be repeated—at least sym- bolically?. A recurrence of these, in some form, are items which belong on the prayer lists of all decent people. j surf of the Keys is around Con- }tent Keys. Quite a large num- ber of beaches are found on the Gulf side also. H ace | SOME of the interesting deri- ‘vations of Key names checked by ed thus because there were turtle | crawls built on them. Key Vaccas | was probably named after an ex- | plorer as only the old maps have |this spelling. All others are LVaeas. Whale Harbor was nam- ted because a large fish, probably a blackfish, was once found on jit. Molasses and Cotton Keys | were named because ships wréck- ed on the reef spilt those cargoes | on those Keys and traces continu- |ed for years afterward. Bahia Honda means deep water. Some “holes” are 30 feet deep in this |channel. “Friend” Key was sq named because a wrecked spong- er was.cast up on it and he nam- |ed it accordingly. Little Money THE MAPS of the Coast and :Geodetic Survey can eventually {be used for a complete resurvey | of land titles and definite estab- Vishments of many questionable | |places. The old method of in- That would provide work | the survey are Crawl Keys, call-| viting a surveyor to plot one’s considerable | property results in throwing out !all property lines for miles! | around. | pee a | MOST OF THE WRECKS of | the past took place between two lights off Key Largo. Most boats tend to run from light to light in the channels. Well, if |they do not off Key Largo and) are without a chart they are go-! ing to run smack into a shoal in! between which sticks out into! | the line. The reason why the oth- | er two lights cannot be t | ‘out further off their/shoals is that | | there is deep water off of them. | | Eventually on that hidden shoal .a light will. be erected. | KEY Happenings Here ‘Just Ten Commander L. C. Farrell, of ‘the coast guard, well known ‘and popular among a wide circle of friends in Key West, is leaving a visit of a few days in the city. | Commander Farrell was former- ly, and for a long time, stationed |at Key West and was an officer Modell, which is stationed at Wilmington. “Just like a, pretty Sabbath day”, many have been heard to ance and fitting observance of Thanksgiving Day. Picnics, fish- | ing and motoring parties predom- , inated in the main modes of pleas- ; ure and diversions of the day, | while many homes spread spe- jcial dinners for the entertain- | ment of family and friends. Main; the; | ceremonies at San Carlos Thea- : {features of the day were }ter this afternoon when the silver cup, won by the K.G.E. drum | corps, was presented to the mem- jbers. The cup was won in com- | petition with other organizations }at the Spanish-American campment held in Cuba last month. Cuban Consul Jorge Ponce made the presentation on the part of the Cuban awarding committee. The main sports event will be a fistic battle at the Key West Athletic Club Arena tonight when Young Jackson meets Mike Kelly in a ten-round battle for the championship, fol- lowing a number of other shorter fights. This morning early auto- mobiles and trucks started out with loads of Thanksgiving din- ners for the poor, furnished by local benevolent organizations, which for many years have look- ed after the needs of those un- able to do so. There were Thanks- , giving services in many of the churches. and other services are announced for this evening. The publie schools and Catholic insti-| tutions Nave closed for today and tomorrow. Editorial comment: Haggard knew a great deal about }women or thought he did. He wrote “She” and he would have learned more about women had he written “Her”. Mallory Steamship San Jaciete , will arrive here from Galveston jenroute fo New York and has = WEST IN’ DAYS From The Files Of The Citizen tonight for North Carolina after | on the C. G. Cutter Forward. He! is now stationed on the Cutter, speak today of the city’s appear-| en-" H Rider GONE BY Years Ago Today As Taken i number of passengers“booked for | ‘this port. . i 1 | i | | There will be a dance given at} the Cuban Club this evening with | ;Carbonell’s orchestra “furnishing !the music. An enjoyable eve- ‘ning’s entertainment is promised tall who attend. There were a fairly large num- ber of passengers arriving in the {city this morning from’the North. Many of them will spend several days in Key West while others will leave for Havana tomorrow morning. Miguel Munoz, former city councilman, has sold his restau- rant and meat market on Divi- sion street, and left this morn- ing for Tampa. Steamship Cuba will arrive in port tomorrow from Port Tampa and at 8:30 o'clock will sail for Havana. Bookings at the P. and ©. dock show a number of pas- sengers who are enroute to Ha- vana. Work of dredging the channel just off the old P. and O. dock at the foot of Duval street is. pro- gressing very rapidly. When this is finished the channel will af- ford a much safer passage for vessels entering or leaving the harbor. Subscribe to The Citizen—20e weekly. DeSOTO HOTEL | 373 Main St. Sarasote. Fla. Vacation Land OPEN ALL YEAR EUROPEAN PLAN All Outside Rooms Quiet, Clean, Good Beds Free Parking $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 singi=> ‘ Rates * $2.00, $2.25, $2.50 double ; ' | nen eemnnnmmrensne anne eS G—_—_———__— TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1933 TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say. “The event transpired in 1932"; say. “event occurred” or “event happened”. | Wis., president emeritus of the in Dane Co., Wis., 88 years ago. Smee erasers Se Joseph E. Davies, U. S. ambas- TEST YOU R sador to Belgium, born at Water- KNO Ww L E DG E pom Wis., 62 years: ago. 7 Dr. John Haynes: Holmes, pas- tor of New York’s’ Community | Church, born in Philadelphia, 59 we | > _ > | years ago. 1. Who invented’ the sewing! . Mone os | machine? | gi) Name dnashighest (peaks, ofj tos nee re New the Andes Mountains, com-| York, former League of Nations | puted from sea-level. jcommissioner for German refu- | Name the principal actor in| gees, born at Coldwater, O., 52/ ‘the broadcast “War of the} years ago. Worlds”, which recently } spread panic among thou-! sands of Americans. What is the Pentateuch? Why is June the traditional month of marriage? RK Bets Name the capital of Michi-' ‘Trixie Friganza, of New Or-, gan. ‘leans, Tulane University’s noted} What is the name of the U. radiologist, born at Mepicicon-| S. naval vessel that engag- ville, La., 56 years ago. | ed in a series of brilliant; i and sweeping victories} over British naval vessels | during the War of 1812? ! Of what metal was the framework of the dirigible | airship Hindenburg made? | Name the jockey who Tode | War Admiral in his recent match race with Seabis- cuit. Which President was_ twice married and had 14 chil-; dren? { test questions? Turn to Page 4 for the answers Adella P. Hughes, organizer | |and vice-president of Cleveland’s Musical Arts Association, born! there, 69 years ago. j Today’s Horoscope see ceacccecceeee Today gives a patient, happy, contented, and self-possessed dis- position. The existence may be uneventful, but probably happily suited in the domestic ties, even though the life be devoted to an unambitious calling or a reward long deferred. It is far from a useless life, though it may be a simple one, or perhaps not given its due reward till too late. ‘Tampa |] SHE LOOKED '| LIKE A GHOST i | BUT SHE HAD TO BE REAL Who was the strange woman on the bal- cony ? Was she beckon- ing, or desperately pushing back some- thing that threatened her? | ‘ : After the firsticy shoek of horror, Katherine decided to find out. One murder had been committed — there might be another. | ecccccceccccvccvccccocce! ‘Today's: Birthdays 6 6 6 iene? 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