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

PAGE TWO Key West Citizen’ baily Except Sunday By LITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. N, President and Publisher Assistant Business Manager , from The Citizen’ Building Cerner Greene and Ann Streets Only Dally Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Chiered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press : be Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use foe republication of all news dispatches credited to it-or not otherwise credited in this paper and aiso the local news published here, Nii! NZS Hil anerall une Year Six Months Three Yonths One ith Weekly ... 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 @ line. Notices for entertainments by churches from which enue ig to be derived are & cents a line. e Citizen is ap open forum and invites discus- sion of publi¢ issues and subjects of local or general interest but ft will not publish anonymous communs- ns. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST | ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. ITAT@2 Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Payilion. Airports—Land and Sea, Consolidation of County and City Governments. December’s precious stone is the tur- quoise—Happy Love.” “Never forget,” said a Greek sophist to a Greek tyrant, “never ferget to slander those you have wronged.” Correct this sentence: “My friends, I-know I am unfitted for the honor that “you have conferred upon me, etc. etc.” Suggested correction: ‘For once you are » telling the truth.” ' Perky is a word that may be found in the dictionary; it is applied to one who is forward, jaunty and cocksure. So if - anyone calls you “Perky” look at him askance or swat him on the beezer. Ben Wand, editor of the Southern Lumber Journal, advises all of us to “quit groaning and start grunting.” That’s just what we in Key West have been doing, and we've got the grunts with which to do | it, and the grits, too. Oceasionally The Citizen bascives | commendation. The other day we were told that the editorial in praise of the! police department was “noble.” so many brick bats that an occasional bouquet is quite welcome. In Anglo-Saxon countries the conven- jal insult is to cal a man a liar, but in Latin cotintries, “mentirogo”’ its equivalent, . it is used in a spirit of levity. In Germany, thg-conventional insult is to call han stupid (Dummbopf). We do not Ww what it is:'in England, but presumably’it is a “bloody’ ass.” .... A spéeial war department official board wants a base in Florida to protect the Caribbean and the Panama Canal. Ad- vocates have been particularly active since Roosevelt declared that national defense involved the entire Western hemisphere. Key West is the logical site for this base as it is already established and needs aug- mentation and official designation only. The Citizen is in receipt of a com- plimentary copy of Greenwich Time, seribed by the owner, Albert W. John- ‘stone, who is well known in Key West, haying visited here several times in his yacht, the Nicoya. Only a year old, under the able editorship of Wythe Williams, the newspaper has made a mark for itself in the Nutmeg state, and bids fair to out- distance many a competitor, especially in the field of Buropean politics, and has forecast uncannily several major happen- ings in the Qid World. Recently, too, it predicted the recall of Ambassador Wil- We get | in- | FREEDOM OF THE PRESS | When a dictator springs up and seizes | the reins of government he first makes cer- tain he will get the proper kind. of pub- ' licity. One of his first steps, therefore, is to work out an effective control of the press of his country. the press becomes that dictator’s forum | and his only. His views and the yammer- | ings of subordinate leaders fill the pages | of that press. No contrary opinion is al- lowed to creep into print. If it does, off goes the editor’s head. ; That is why it is dangerous in a demo- Meé¥acy such as this one to attempt to con- | trol thé press. The minute the people lose a free press they begin to lose their other rights and privileges. Any man or set of | men who resent adverse opinions aimed at them in a free press and then attempt to | muzzle that press are plainly seeking to | perpetuate themselves in office. When a | governmental agency cannot stand crit- | icism there is pretty certain to be some- | thing wrong with the policies and prac- \ tices of that agency. | Recently attempts have been made to | persuade The Citizen from expressions of | opinion regarding the WPA and other fed- | eral agencies. We have been informed | that any adverse opinions in these columns | along certain lines would react against | give up its right to write independently and fearlessly the federal | | | | | weight. This is The Citizen’s platform and we intend to stick by it as long as this is a free country: We will always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor. We will never be afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right. We will always fight for progress. We will never be the organ or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class. We wiil always do our utmost for the public welfare. i We will never tolerate corruption or injustice. We will denounce vice and praise ‘virtue, We will commend good done by in- dividual or organization. We will tolerate others’ rights, views ! and opinions. elevate and not contaminate the reader. We will never compromise with prin- | ciple. The Citizen believes that while oc- | casionally it may have erred slightly it has | stuck pretty close to that platform. We | believe we have reflected the opinion of ' the community, that our editorials have | been open and independent, that we have taken definite positions on various ques- tions affecting the best interests of the | community and that we have devoted a lot of our time to promoting the general wel- | fare, i | So believing, we do not propose to be muzzled by any man or governmental agency and will go along as we always | have, fearlessly and independently. BRING THE WRIGHT PLANE HOME | Orville Wright, who with his brother, the late Wilbur Wright, was the first to fly | a man-carrying airplane, has endorsed the idea of the Association of Men With ' Wings that his famous first heavier-than- air flying machine, now in the Science Museum, in South Kensington, London, on loan, be returned to this country. Mr. Wright naturally insists that the | Smithsonian Institution at Washington : correct its records to give credit to him- self and his brother for their achievement, jawhich startled and amazed the world in 1903. Accordingly, it is probable that the historic airplane will soon come back to the United States. The records of the Smithsonian Institution show that the orig- inal Langley plane was the first man- carrying plane “capable” of sustained flight. There is little use in reviving the Once under control, | government would not make any further allotments for | public works in this community. Although | we do not subscribe to that belief, we still | reserve our constitutional right to criticize | where criticism is demanded, even grant- | ing that the threat carries some official | We will print only news that will | son from Berlin, and Ambassador Dieck-) argument about the Langley plane. The | ~hofi from Washington. Editor Williams main fact is that the Wright plane flew | selieves there will be a world war within a and the Ohio brothers are entitled te full | year, and that is one time we hope he will credit for being the first to make flying a | > >THE REY WEST CITIZEN eocccccccecoe | SNAKE FACTS | Only Poisonous Snake Of MORE — INTERESTING sae Lower Keys Is Diamondback eee par ae ‘THAN FALLACIES, WILLIAMS CLAIMS | eee Harold Williams, Key West ;snake handler, told the Service | Club, at a supper last night, that | the only poisonous ‘nake of the | Lower Keys was the diamond- jback rattlesnake and that the feared moccasins here are noth- ling more than a species of :harmless water snake. Calling on Rev. Joe Tolle to hold an ordinary water glass, Mr. | Williams extracted a rattler from ;a bag and pressing its jaws open “milked” the rattler of its poison. \“I caught five of these in ten minutes on the Keys”, he said. |He then brought out a king ‘snake, which is extremely un- jeoncerned of the presence of man jand demonstrated the constrict- |ing power which is identical to |that of the huge boa constrictor lof South America that can crush a man. “Facts about snakes are more!by its diseases”. is a much more dangerous. crea- ture from the deaths it causes. “P've been bitten husdreds of times by harmless snakes and never gotten an infection”, Wil- liams stated, “but every time a rat has bitten me the wound has become infected. It seems the fangs of a snake are fairly clean”. Some snakes are worth $300 apiece, the speaker revealed. The rattler attains the greatest proportionate weight of all snakes. It has extremely large fangs, carries more venom than most snakes, and is extremely nervous. Chicken snakes do more good by killing rats than they do harm. A_ snake hears with its tongue. Its poison is humatoxic, that is, affects the blood stream. A snake has a low- er body temperature than a hu- man, and “we are not affected A rattler has |interesting than fallacies”, Wil- not a rattle for each year of its liams said. For instance, there |are distinguished marks about | the usual poisonous snake where- by it can be told from a harm- jless snake, but the coral snake, jone of the most poisonous of snakes, is the one great excep-/| Key West and Monroe county. In short, it |tion. A rattlesnake at the maxi- | was intimated that if The Citizen did not ;mum can strike only 2-3 of its jlength. Snakes are not invented | by the devil to torment men, but rid the earth of the rat, which Benito Perez, alias life. Sometimes two and three grow in a year, then they break off when the rattle becomes too long. Snakes are easy to kill. A little handling of them and they die. “We will gather snakes from North America, South America, Africa and India”, Williams con- cluded, “and we will attempt to find markets for them in this country”. KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen Mexicano, 8:30 o’clock at the corner of Du- larrested, according to Deputies val and Eaton streets. The purse, Bethel and Rivas, on a charge of Mrs. Russell said, contained some |driving a car without the neces- \sary license, pleaded guilty when arraigned before Judge Hugh |Gunn for preliminary hearing, and put up the necessary bond term of criminal court. In com- imenting on the arrest of Mexi- cano, Judge Gunn complimented the officers and the leniency of | the sheriff and his deputies up to the present time with those who are really unable to purchase the necessary license plates for their jcars. “But now that it has come to the head, officers should ‘be |fair and not let the matter end ; there”, he said in calligg the at- jare known to be using cars not {equipped with the license plate as required by law. Officers Rivas and Bethel assureg the court that this would be the last arrest for | violation of the auto license laws. | Regular business meeting of |the Woman’s Club of Key West | will be held tomorrow afternoon at 4 o’clock in the home of the jorganization on Division street, it |was announced today. The di- \rectors of the club will hold a |meeting prior to the one to be |held by the entire membership starting at 3 o’clock. At the business meeting plans for the |supper to be given on Thursday, December 13, will be discussed and a delightful program will be outlined for the club’s Christmas j relief activities. Mrs. Wm. R. | Warren, in making the announce- ment of the meeting, stressed importance of every member be- | ing present. | Editorial comment: Having the |Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa stationed at this port on a regu- ‘lar basis means much to Key West and will greatly increase the payroll of the Coast Guard activities here. Key Westers are pleased to welcome the vessel, as most of the officers and crew are well known here. | The P. and O. Steamship Cuba, | Captain White, arrived from Port Tampa this morning with 68 pas- sengers and sailed 8:30 for Ha- vana with 207 passengers and the U. S. mail. Mrs. W. F. Russell’s purse was snatched from her hand by a white man Saturday night about : Get Comforting Relief from RUNNY HEAD COLDS weymutirn reams © 'for his appearance at the next! , reports. tention of the officers that others money, and a few articles which she had purchased. The thief got away but was noticed by Mrs. Russell to be white. Fifty-seven persons arrived in Key West yesterday over the highway and practically all of them came to No Name Key on the ferries, Traffic Officer Rivas The first boat brought 12 passengers and the second 45. The north-bound boat handled 10 cars, one school bus and 21 pas- sengers. South-bound boat han- dled 17 cars, three trucks and 57 passengers. Steamship Henry R. Mallory of the Mallory line will arrive to- night from Galveston bound to New York with passengers and freight. The San Jacinto will ar- rive tomorrow night from New York enroute to Galveston, Henry Peak of Kansas City and now stationed at the Army Barracks and Miss Lugy Gashou of this city were married Satur- day afternoon by County Judge Hugh Gunn and are making their home in the barracks, Regular meeting of the Fed- eral Business Association was held this morning with a good attendance. There was a spirit- ed discussion of a number of im- portant matters, according to re- {| ports. GIVEN PAINT JOB JACKSON, Mich.—When Ottis Ritter of this city was convicted of reckless driving he was sen- tenced by the court to give the town’s traffic signs a new coat of paint. or eS HOTEL, 10 eecccecccecocoosoenesece PIRATE’S GOLD Edited By LILY LAWRENCE BOW Peconeepeegroccrecasene TQ AN OLD CANDLE-LAMP It was half hidden in the water- weeds Amid the ruins of some cab-|"p ST YOUR in home; Lovely with age, as things which serve our néeds Are like, bneath Time’s fin- Can you answer seven of these gering, to become. Even the child who found and brought in, Sensed something of the grace, sedate and true, | Wrought by the carful potter, who had been Purveyor of what light that cabin knew. How long ago it sent its mellow gleam Across the room, or what it shone upon, ‘We could but guess; renewing the hewn beam, The simple furnishing, work half done And for the moment laid aside,’ while hands Rested a little; and a baby slept Unconscious of the challenging demands Whose cloud already o’er his cradle: crept. the Then, by the yellow father read ray, Some ancient story from an Mowing machi “TODAY'S COMMON | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1938 ‘Today’s Horoscop: ie ERROR Do not say, “I will try and see you tomorrow”: say. “try to see you”. ee Today gives great executive jability. An adaptable nature with good powers of imitation, enabling the native to display his faculties in such a degree that success and fortune are almost certain. With any reasonable KNOWLEDGE “ects. considerable fame and money should be acquired. PICKAPACK FLYER CITED LONDON—Captain D. C. Ben- nett, who flew the “Pickapack” plane Mercury across the Atlantic in 22 hours, 31 minutes, has been awarded the Johnston Memorial Trophy for the year’s best air test questions? Turn to Page 4 for the answers On -which continent is the Congo river? What 1s the legal age in each state? ‘ How many ounces are in a eee Troy pound? Who is to be the next op- | ponent of Joe Louis in his defense of the heavy- weight championship? : Which state borders Arizona | on the north? ‘Liquid, Tabi What is the correct pro-! S#!¥¢ None ¥ nunciation of the word dis- putant? What is quicksand? In what country did Sung Dynasty reign? f Name the capital of the Re- | public of Latvia, i in. What is lita? | ad ee | OVERLAND STAGE RIDER —also— } COMEDY and SERIAL voting relieves COLDS Headaches and Fever due to Colds, in 30 minutes Try “Rab-My~’ —a Wonderfud Liniment the | The Three Mesquiteers USED FOR 50 YEARS BINGHAMPTON » N. Y¥.—A jere than 50} hallowed page, year old still Ks like a top,” Stooping toward the light his according to its owner, Charles E obie had, Knapp, of. this city. vas DeSOTO HOTEL Deciphering calmly words of | bought the machine for $1 at an ; 373 Main St. Sarasota, Fla. royal rage— auction. i x 1 Vacation Land perhaps, or Saul’s—it j ttered not “Ta noun net aise oc aa: the phrases LA CONCHA HOTEL pOPEN ALL YEAR the Center of the Business — EUROPEAN PLAN Theater District u All Qutside Rooms Garage——Elevator——Fireproot Quiet, Clean, Good Beds Qpen The Year Around | Free Parking | ates | $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 single { $2.00, $2.25, $2.50 double David's, were divine, Reverently accepted, every tithe and jot Laying down Godly precepts, | line by line. __ BENJAMIN LOP FUNERAL HO! There was a hymn; then in the quiet room The meek petitionings of honest prayer, While tender shadows kindly gloom Moved like a holy benedic- tion there. 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