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

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen Pubsished THE CITIZEN P! ING CO., IN “ P. ates, Prckilest ava Publisher SUE Al oN, Ammin ie e rom’ ‘the Cirlzen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Dally Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County -ntered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter | Memtiér of the Associated Press he Associated Press is exclusivély entitled to use fur republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and aiso | the local hews published here. A TREASURE HOUSE | In announcing that the U. S. Bureau | of Biological Stuirvey’s proposed bird and | game refuge on the Gulf Keys from the | Marquesas on the West to Little Pine Key | had finally been approved, E. M.* Moore, | Key West Audubon Society conservation | agent, stated that the area involved “is an almost certain that the scientists bureau will find much of interest and value in the refuge.” Mr. Moore added that there is no rea- | son why Key West should not become a vestigator—that is provided the notably the great white herons, and game almost untouched treasure house and it is | of the} | mecca for the scientific collector and in- | birds, | THE-KEY WEST CITIZEN SLAYER A lad’s hand aimed the cruel sling | That stilled the heart of a lovely thing, | That from a tree the winter long Poured forth a melody of song. A voice that warbled like a rivulet, From down until the sun had set. Whose treble notes, clear as the dew, Thrilled happily beneath the blue. Whose wings had cleft unmeasured miles, To reach the shores of sunny isles; Who, to express a heart-felt glee, Filled the winter days with jubilee. It was a lad with an ugly sling That muted the song of a lively thing . . . —Marie Cappick. TODAY’S COMMON ERROR Do not say, “He tried the experiment’; say, “made the experiment”. TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to Page 4 for the answers "TOGLATE TO CLASSIFY By RUSSELL KAY SCdodaesse AecAesecesseesoe | Pointing to improved busjness,them into the background to conditions the country over, slow the wheels of our progress 1. Name’ the two prin¢ipal riv- ers of Oregon. From which country did the U. S. purchase the Virgin Islands? Name the first Secretary of the Treasury under the ie THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1938 MITTUIIIttittttt tt | eosee HELP WANTED CLASSIFIED COLUMN CARD READING | WAITRESS WANTED. Commun- } icate with Raymond Maloney,} | Tavernier, or call at 420 Eliza- beth street. dec1-3tx | WANTED TO BUY | WANTED TO BUY—Good used bicycle, either style. Apply 611 Fleming, upstairs. decl-3tx FOR RENT FOR RENT—8-room House, com- | pletely furnished. Hot and cold; running water. Seasonal or} CARD READING a specialty. 1123 Stump Lane. _nov30-3tx FOR SALE TWO-STORY HOUSE, modern conveniences. Near Casa Ma- rina, lot 163’x98’. Apply 1125 Von Phister street. oct31-s ;}FOR SALE—Grocery Business; good location. Apply 1200 | White street. nov30-4t |FOR SALE—Cotton Candy ma- chine, cost new $150; sacrifice otherwise. Apply, Rear 1217 Petronia street. for $30. Gomez Furniture decl-tf ‘are protected against the depredations of -tfs| Store, 720 Duval. | The area in- ral and advancement. Constitution of the U. S. | 10.00 5.00 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 5 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 communi- cations. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and .Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. 3 Airports—Land and Séa. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Sometimes one may get rid of a pest by lending him a little money. Today we can express our thoughts still without cost; tomorrow it may be dif- ferent. ' It’s a funny world. Some men get their pleasure sitting at a radio and others get theirs swearing at it. The féllow who pays alimony has at least one advantage—he doesn’t have to , give an account of what he did with the rest of his money. If we ever get one of those new nickles that we have been reading about, we will deseribe them to our readers, and also hope they will get plenty of ’em. No harm in hoping. The prediction of the Japanese that they would conquer China in three months will go down in history, along with a cer- tain Literary Digest poll, as another of the world’s worst guesses, Here we were all set for getting 30 bucks every Thursday, but the plan fell through, and now we still have to depend on the boss every Saturday, and we have to work for it to boot. Helldam! Frank Gannett, New York publisher, predicts Roosevelt's defeat if he runs for a third te We don’t think there is any likelihood of his seeking a third term.— Sanford Herald. Unless he has lost his political acumen. Outside papers take delight in pan- ning Key West, thus wittingly or unwit- tingly, advertising this island city resort. The latest outburst was printed in the St. Petersburg Times of recent date, a copy of which has been circulated about town. Frost Seen For Florida. Miami Herald headline. That statement takes in much territory; it does not exclude this is- land city. city in the United States, and that is one advantage Miami cannot take away from us, Foxecast by The Citizen last June that portions of the highway to the mainland would be added to the federal aid system, has been confirmed by Chairman Hale of the state road department in an A. P. dis- patch and printed in The Citizen Wednes- day. a The Citizen sometimes hears of com- plaints that it is publishing too much news concerning the government agencies oper- ating in Key West, but it must be remem- bered that this city is practically a ward of the government and the various activi- ties make news, too | Key West is the only frost-free | | hunters and wanton killers. cluded in the refuge comprises all the wa- ter and land lying between the main keys It was established primarily to protect the great white herons which are facing ex- tinction as result of storms and shotguns. If Key West does become a mecca for collectors and investigators, as well as for all lovers of wild life, that would be a source of considerable income to our citi- zers. It would mean the rental of addi- tional homes and rooms, food, supplies and boats. The annual total of such expenditures by such visitors would be considerable, so that it behooves every citizen interested in the welfare of this community to lend every aid to the field agents of the U. S. Biological Survey in protecting wild life in this area. F. W. Shultz, field officer in charge of the refuge, states there will he no in- terference with fishing and sponging oper- ations. In fact, he intimated the survey may cooperate with the State Conservation Department to protect the sponge beds of Monroe county against illegal operations by divers. Fishermen and spongers should, every assistance. Much educational work must be done in Monroe county before the great white herons and other birds peculiar to this area are safe from harm. Many hunters have been heard to boast they had shot a great white heron and had eaten it. The ma- jority of such hunters do not know what they are doing. They don’t appreciate the fact the bird is. near extinction and that its very presence in this area is an attrac- tion for many visitors. Key West’s main hope of future prosperity must come from the tourist trade. One way to help de- velop that trade is to protect everything that is interesting to tourists. FACTS ABOUT INSANITY It is somewhat surprising to be told that one of every twenty persons born in 1938 will face the prospect, on the basis of current statistics, of being committed to a mental hospital sometime during his life span, Dr. Harold F. Dorn, of the U. S. Pub- | lic Health Service, says this will result be- | cause of the changing character of the pop- ulation and the fact that larger proportion of mental patients come from the older groups. He points out that data kept by several states over.a long period of time “do not support the contention that the in- | eidents of mental disorders have been in- creasing rapidly.” While mental disorders are not yet thoroughly understood, either by psychia- trists or the general public, they are now generally considered physical maladies. In time, even the general public will begin to understand that mental disease is closely related to physical disease and thereby lose some of the superstitious awe with which such cases are sometimes regarded. It is interesting to report that recent studies show that violent and delirious suf- ferers from pellagra are restored dramatic- | ally to reason overnight by nicotinic acid and that insulin now used to shock certain | patients back to sanity, can be used suc- cessfully to treat delirium tremens and other mild mental disorders. The fact that } nicotinic acid cures only the mental disease associated with pellagra may lead to the ' discovery of other specifics for different | forms of mental diseases. ' It is estimated that the Government | now spends around $150,000,000 a year to | * maintain the institutions in which mentally diseased and defective individuals are | eared for. If specifics can be found to re- store dark minds to light, the saving will be tremendous in money, but, more im- portant will be the restoration of con- sciousness and responsibility te those who | suffer from mental maladies. jern Lumber Journal, admonishes |Ben Wand, editor of the South- | | This is a mighty good time for! 'SIGNS—“For Rent”, “Rooms For to the east to the open waters of the Gulf. | us to “quit groaning and start|every American to stop and | grunting”. _ * {count his change. We today en- Which is just another way of: joy advantages and opportuni- sorry for ties so great as to be beyond the ”’.| comprehension of countless mil- \saying “quit feeling jyourself; get down to wor! |For quite a spell, we Americans lions in other lands. We who) have been going around with! burden ourselves with fear and our hair down, crying on each | self-pity, possess blessings that other’s shoulders. 'the rest of the world has long With greater comforts, greater visioned with envy. ‘freedom, greater opportunity and| What have we to yiew ‘with more advantages than the people | alarm, in comparison with the of any other nation on earth, we/ peoples of any other country? to weep and wail over problems| changing places? Have we any | that our forefathers would have! problems today that might just- |laughed off or grunted their way ly be. termed “beyond the solu- | through. | Like small é#i¥a¥en, we have! ined, industrious people”? | been listening ’to’ stories of orges,| True, we live in a troubled |giants and bugaboos until we world; we face certain internal ihave developed dangers and and international problems. But \fears that are unwarranted. The | worrying, fretting, crying and | knock that our forefathers reoge- groaning won't get us anywhere. |nized as “Opportunity’s”, we|Things are getting better, gray leringingly attribute to the/skies are turning blue. Business “Wolf”. the country over is “perking up” | Political aspirants, sensing our|and business men are looking |#hanged mental attitude, have at-} forward confidently to better /fempted to turn it to their ad-' days. vantage by amplifying these; Call it what you will—inflation, clothing |have discounted all our blessings! With whom would we consider, , |tion of a-sane, peaceful, determ- | eocceve ecoadsogsoove AROUND AND ABOUT | (By C. G. FLINT | eoecceeeees /BRING YOUR VISITING friends | Miami's house-to-house sales | Clear What was the lowest de-| LARGE SPACIOUS BUILDING, , —"F nomination United States! Lawns, Trees. Opposite POST; Rent”, “Apartment For Rent”, coin the Government ever. OFFICE. Good for any Busi-{ minted? ness Lease ALL ot PART. Ap-} Who was voted the most Ply, 582 Caroline St. novi2-s/ valuable player in the Sb ne TT Tee F 5 FURNISHED HOUSES—all mod- | me Lage tgs ern conveniences. 1114 Grin-! eee —== nell Street. nov3-tf What name is give! at | part of the earth’s surface FOR SALE OR RENT surrounding the South I A A Df ant Pole? FOR SALE OR RENT—Cabin} Which State borders Ala- Cruiser with living quarters to! bama on the north? accommodate 4. All modern, and signor Conveniences. Good for party: Hew sourced? fishing. 1014 Varela street. | Why is a ship lighter when SctlO-s) traveling eastward than REAL ESTATE westward? | | What is the meaning of two WANTED Real estate listings on | silver stars on the sleeve: Florida Kevs, preferably Key) of @ Mail Carrier's uni- Largo, Address Key West Pub-: form? licity Bureau, 303 N. E. First Street, Miami. W. M. Egan.’ Registered Real Estate Broker. | oct25-tt | “Private Property, No Tres- passing”, 15c each. THE ART- MAN PRESS. nov25-tf SECOND SHEETS—500 for 50c The Artman Press. nov19-tf TWO LOTS on street, 90 ft. front, deep. Reasonable. Pear! street. Washington 112 feet Apply 1219 novll-s NEW 13’ DINGHY. 615 Francis street. nov7-s FOR SALE—11% acres Planta- tion Key, 3% acres on ocean, 8% acres on Bay, on Highway, all high land, beach front on both sides. P. O. Box 23, Key West. sept?-s 2%STORY BUNGALOW, ¢ bed- rooms, 2 baths, double lot. 1605 Flagler Ave. augl2-t? FOR SALE—Lot on Stock Is- land, waterfront. Also, lot cor- ner 5th and Patterson Avenues near Boulevard. Apply Box RC, The Citizen. aug3l-s pictures of clouds so black that we've lost all thought of a pos- sible silver lining. | imaginary dangers, painting word | artifical prosperity or whatnot— | it’s a something that has greased | the bearings of industry and is causing them to move faster. therefore, give Mr. Shultz and his aides | Headline writers, playing on} Workers are being re-employed, ‘our emotions, scream at us| industrial production is approach- through scareheads that leave us ing normal. Rents are getting half paralyzed with fear. Over| higher, deals are going over, sell- jthe radio, business leaders, laborjers are getting a better price, leaders, political chiefs and ord-!capital is beginning to earn inary run-of-the-mill howlers, warn us of this or that the rear and optimsits are begin- terrible something that may hap-/|ning to crawl out of their holes. pen to us. “ If the nation has much to be On several occasions in the na-| thankful for and much to look | tion’s history we have faced prob- | forward to right now. Florida |lems and difficulties far more se-;has MORE, for Florida enjoys tious and trying than anything | blessings and advantages above we know today. Panics, -| those of her sister states, just as ployment, civil war, strikes and| America holds an enviable posi- what-not—and in every case our | tion among nations. courage, faith, common sense; The coming winter season and industry have enabled us to/should be the greatest in our overcome théfii and march on to history. Florida business and in- greater victory. fiusely should prosper, even if In the hearts of millions of}the citrus outlook is not particu- Americans those same winning | larly bright at the moment. Let’s qualities still exist. Only for a/not cry about it. Let's quit brief period have we allowed |GROANING and start GRUNT- fear and mass hysteria to drive | ING, and see what happens. KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen Harbor of Key West is ideal for and positive health work by th the events of the international Florida Public Health Association regatta to be held here in March reached 2,926 children in Monroe and it offers a course second to county. We hope to increase this none in America. This is the number in this year’s drive”. | gist of a statement made yester- —— day by Jean Dager, supervisor of More than two-thirds of the the big meet, plans for which are traffic handled by the Over-Sea | now being perfected by Will Tray- Highway ferries yesterday was nor, as anndudcét yesterday.’ enroute to Key West. The south- | William Freelove arrived this pound boat brought 33 passen- morning from Philadelphia and gers while travelers going north | will act as assistant to director numbered 15. Total number of Traynor. motor vehicles handled was 20, according to Traffic Officer Ever- Miss Maty J. Lechnich, one of ett Rivas. The report shows that the proprietors of Lechnich’s 12 cars and two trucks and 33 | Flowers of Miami is in the city ‘passengers arrived at No Name calling on customers of the firm. Key for Key West. Today 60 She made the trip over the high- passengers are being transported way yesterday in company with by the ferries. Mrs. Sam Rounds and her little! son, Jack. Miss Lechnich has. Editorial comment: With the just returned from a visit north completion of the government's | where she and her sister, Miss radio beacon and contro! stations, Lena, attended the convention of now under construction in Key Florists at West Baden Springs, West, this city will have the most Indiana. completely equipped radio ad- vantages in the southeast, with Annual meeting for roll call the latest and most complete fa- will be observed at the Temple cilities for aerial navigation lof Pythian Sisters, No. 20, “on known at this time. Monday night. Committees in, —_—_ charge of this meeting have been’ Miss Evelyn Miller,,and her planning for more than two weeks mother were hostesses last eve- tand in addition to the roll call ning’ to a group of Key West's of members, a Thanksgiving pfo-' younger set at a dance party gram is to be rendered with the given at their home in the bar- patticipants suitably costumed racks. ‘and decorations in accord. rated for the occasion and the af- a fair was said to be one of the Miss Mollie M. Parker has most successful of the present been appointed Christmas Seal season. Mrs. Miller received the chairman in Monroe county, ac- guests in a beautiful gown of yel- cording to announcement made low georgette and Miss Evelyn today by Ruth Bryan Owen, state was attired in a dress of brocade- ‘chairman of the Christmas Seal’ geret, with a lovely ping roge on |Sale, from her h at her shoulder. the Florida Public Health Asso-' : ‘ciation. Miss Parker, in accept-' The social which wat to have [ing the Christmas Seal chairman-, been held at the Presbyterian ship, said: “Last year preventive’ manse next Monday night has a calamity | profit, pessimists are falling to’ artists have come in for some} hurtful publicity lately, due to |the imprudence of a few “push | ‘em over men”. It is an art, all the same, to sell people some- thing they don’t want. You have ‘to know the answers and have a glib tongue. This writer made the round, with a true “push ’em over man”, just to see how easy it is to whack out a $100 book sale. The approach” is perfected with greatest care to place the pros- pect in a mind hypnosis where- |in he sees the likelihood of get- ting something for nothing. But’ he doesn’t—quite. The “close” | is where the artist, having dis- played his wares and sales talk, first mentions the “terms”. / We called on some nice people. | It is surprising how a smooth approach will’open doors to the) house-to-house sellers. “In sell- | ing these people you must have ice-water in. your veins”, said the sales artist. “But it’s easy once you perfect the ‘approach’. One in twenty will sign up. That }means twenty dollars for my share of the deal. I make $3,- '000 a year just repeating the same talk, but you have to be careful”. “The truth can be stretched only so far, and our art lies in so balling up the prospect that he can’t remember just what we've told him. . Of course he has the goods, on payments, but he might back out, even then, on any misrepresentation”. Our hardest “prospect” was a min- ister who said he was a “work- ing man” and couldn’t afford | such luxuries as new editions. | “Ministers are tough”, mourned the sales artist. CAUGHT IN CRUSHER NEW YORK—A moment after his clothes became caught in a rock crusher, J. L. Brooks of this | ! city found himself garbed only in a hat, shoes and gloves. been postponed until the follow- ing Wednesday. Colonel Robert M. Thompson sailed this forenoon on board his houseboat Everglades to cruise the Keys for several days and go as far north as Miami. The ball room was deco-} in need of a good night's rest te OVERSEAS HOTEL. rooms, innerspring | Under new management, 917 Fleming St. nov18-tf ROOMS Bespy seen eg FOR SALE—2 lots, each 50x100’. NEW VALDEZ INN, 521 United.! Run from Washington to Von Sixteen beautiful new rooms.| Phister street. Reasonable. Ap- Across South Beach, nove-imo| ply Rear 1217 Petronia street. TS augd-tfs THE MUNRO, 128 N. E. 4th St. Miami, Fla. Enjoy living, hot water, pleasant surroundings. § ——————-__—_____—_—- nov7?-1mox | NATIONAL PLUMBING CO. has establishd a good reputation with? first quality work and reasonable charges. 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