The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 9, 1938, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen Pubsished Except Sunday By THE erTrz! ‘BLISHING CO. INC. ident and Publisher Corner Greene and Ann Streets in Only Daily Newspaper Coun: Key West and Monroe ity untered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press he Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use | - fur republication of all _news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and aiso the local news published here. Me : ACTIVE sue Year .. tix Months . Three Yonths One MInth Weekly . 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. Sotives 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 ons. See IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Waterand Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Read the advertisements in The Citi- zen-and trade at home. = Strange how “governments can be erlémies of their own people! = Americana: Grumbling because we hayen’t the money to buy greater luxury. = Heard at a local night club: “She let's everything out, except her husband.” = When Representative Cannon goes to Washington he will do a lot of firing, it is | make plans for providing facilities | visiting yachtsmen. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN |THE ADVENTURES OF OZZIE DOWN TO BRASS TACKS | | of Commerce got down to brass tacks in their consideration this week of a long list | Members of the Key West Chamber of propositions affecting the community | | welfare and the future growth and de: | | velopment of the city as a tourist center. Here are a few of the matters dis- | | cussed and acted upon: it was gathering information on which to | base suggestions for action, and announced The committee on road signs reported | | it had extended an invitation to those in- | terested in noise control, rubbish | tion, mosquito control and kindred sub- | jects to meet with it to consider a pro- | gram. The noise abatement and traffic reg- ; ulation committee was directed to con- | tinue its study of the necessity of enforcing | existing ordinances and the measures that collec. | should be undertaken with co-operation of | | the city council and the mayor. | The Everglades National Park | mittee announced it is awaiting replies to | to various persons before making a_ re- | port. rest but it will not publish anonymous communi- The yacht basin committee reported | it had obtained a number of signatures to request the WPA area supervisor for, | permission to make arrangements for placing a watchman on the piers and to for ‘the committee appointed to study ways and means of procuring county sponsorship of additional WPA projects reported it was printing English | and Spanish circulars for distribution as a | | preliminary to calling a mass meeting to | a ee consider the serious situation confronting the city. : Thus it is apparent the chamber is fully aware of some of the vital things re- quired to place this city in the forefront of Florida winter resorts. Noise abate- ment, rubbish collection, mosquito con- trol, elimination of unsightly roadside signs, a properly guarded yacht basin and sponsorship of WPA projects certainly are important matters that need sound and speedy solution. Night noises, filthy streets, and mosquitoes are three things your tourist and winter visitor resents. If he cannot find peace and cleanliness and rest in Key West he’ll get aboard his car and go where he can get those requisites. com- ; | a number of letters which have been sent | city and | | DAYS GONE BY. | Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files of The Citizen | — | | To provide Christmas boxes for | jthe inmates of the various hos- | |pitals and the county home in! |this city, the officers of the local | Red Cross chapter of the national KEY WESTIN CHRISTMAS TREE SYKES SELECTED — BENEFIT HEARD INTEREST TAKEN UP AT SUPPER MEETING: |con-| DUCTED LAST NIGHT; Plans for the Annual Christ- = The man who is always blowing his The citizens of Key West must be o'clock and that two prizes will) Sione Church Annex. Lion presi- be offered. One for the highest gent H. E, Day called the meet- ovm horn usually hasn’t very much of an eat for music. = instructed along those lines. They have lived pretty much to themselves during the |score among the ladies and one) for the highest among the men. | ing to order at 6:30 o’clock. The committee, Lions Victor last several years and have not had to give _ : 2. ‘ =-Phis is the time of the year when| much thought to what the visitor ex- Light refreshments will be served. 't o:cen and Albert Hinson, re- Considering that the affair will} ported on the work of Boy Scouts be for such a worthy cause and/2nq Girl Scouts together with everybody can do a good turn by buying Christmas Seals. Anna Hahn, the murderess, was one woman who couldn't get away with it; and it tsa pity sc many have escaped in the past =Any fortune teller can tell you it is cofisidered a bad omen when your rich unetedies and neglects to mention you in <jVnfortunately, those who dream of neat \good they would do if they had a lion! dollars are usually about $999,- t — ~ unpardonable eril among | | seek Key West. friéiids: hypocrisy and treachery which, | wH&ii discovered, automatically dissolves | th@friendship. | Ernest Hemingway has written a new play-called “The Fifth Column.” Tabloids | have five columns, so there is probably no | mee to a standard paper, which usually has eight columns. A score of | years ago a Mexican play called “La Qidfa Plana,” (The Fourth Page) made a Gitided hit; let's hope “The Fifth Cdiiiian” will turn out to be an even greater success. | oa | "~The expressed theory that the Naval Station in Key West is too greatly ex- posed*to attacks from the air, if sound, weuld apply equally to all naval air sta- tions even if situated miles inland on ac- count of the attainable speed of airplanes. That argument should be dismissed and thé fact advanced that Key West besides | haS_a submarine base that could be made efIncalculable use for the harboring of suifarines at any season of the year, and itgcomparative proximity to the Panama Canal could also be stressed. If we had the political pull the local Naval Station weuld be reopened, and would never have been closed in the first place if we had hadtbat most desirable commodity, pected. Tourists form an industry, prob- ably the only important one that may Many of our unskilled workmen and workingwomen may be trained in providing the services demanded by tourists and winter residents. Expan- sion of the tourist trade here can be a means of reducing the relief rolls, so it is up to citizens of this city to begin catering to that trade. OUR SUGAR INDUSTRY There was recently held in New Or- leans a meeting of Louisiana sugar pro- ducers, at which it was proposed that ef- | forts be made to increase the market for | the state’s sugar, and also to have its pro- duction quota enlarged. David W. Pipes, a representative of the sugar cane league, said: ‘From the way the brakes have been applied to the Louisiana sugar industry, one would be- lieve that the Department of Agriculture's intention was to force the cane growers out of business.” A similar complaint was made by Clarence A, Bourg, vice-president of the league, who said that continental Amer- ican sugar farmers should have a fairer | } share of the nation’s consumer market. It was announced that the agricultural department of Louisiana State University would make a survey of cane and sugar production in the state, with a view to giving its delegation in Congress informa- ‘tion designed to lead to legislative action favorable to domestic sugar farmers. In view of the fact that sugar cane is one of the few domestic food crops that is insufficient for the nation’s needs, it is somewhat difficult for the layman to un- derstand why its production within the United States should not be encouraged, instead of restricted. Eddie Eckleman of the St. Mary’s In- stitute team at Amsterdam, N. Y., appears to have attained a new kind of baseball record. During the season recently closed he was “beaned” by pitched balls 16 i times, proceeds will bring cheer to many who would otherwise spend a |cheerless Christmas, or be en- janticipates a accordingly. Tables may be |served by calling any of the |ficers of the chapter which in-} | clude Mrs. Grace Phillips, execu- tive secretary; Mrs. Clifford Hicks, chairman, production com- mittee, or Miss Mary Louise Cap- pick, secretary. | Arrangements have been com- | pleted and all is in readiness for the typewriting speed contests to be held in the. La Concha Ho- tel next Friday and Saturday un- |der the auspices of the commer- | |cial department of the Junior- | Senior High School. It will also be a Christmas Carnival and Mrs. Hildegard Russell, in charge of this department, says there will be something doing every minute | of the time at this two-day event. That there will be regular bazaar booths entertaining _ novelties, “fortune telling” and everything. Each evening there will be card parties in charge of Mrs. Clifford Hicks. The typewriting contests will be the main features of the bazaar, Mrs. Russell assures. Editorial comment: Cleanup week just keeps on keeping on in Key West. Scores of places are being cleaned up, brightened and beautified, with everybody pleas- ed but the truck crews. The belated eighth inning ral- jly of the Pirates in which they ‘had four runs, earned for them a deserved victory over the Young Sluggers on the Coast Guard diamond yesterday after- noon. The Citizen has been request- ed to state that Mrs. Nellie Hov- ey, who died recently at Newton Highlands, in Massachusetts, has a brother residing in Key West on Elizabeth street, Herman Saun- ders by name, and other relatives, who were named recently in an article announcing his death. } Regular monthly meeting of the Parent-Teacher Association; jof the Junior-Senior High School ‘will be held in the auditorium of \tirely forgotten, the committee | | large attendance | |and arrangements are being made | NYA boys and WPA workers, in | gathering old toys and renovat- ing them for distribution on De- cember 23. Rotary Club coop- eration in the project was wel- comed by the club. It was stat-, ed that more toys were desired and that the city-at-large could help by donating toys when trucks called on Saturday of this week. The club voted to collaborate with the Rotary Club and Serv- ice Club in a joint meeting to go into the matter of clearing away objections to the setablishment of the Everglades National Park. An official of the Park Associa- , |tion plans to attend this meet-! ing. Lions Club members will enter- tain themselves at a Fellowship Gift meeting at the December 22 session when all members in at- tendance will present gifts to each other. A cheering team was | organized to attend basketball games being played twice week- !ly—to help the club-sponsored |team climb into undisputed pos- ‘session of first place in the city | league. 3 Guests of club members includ- ed Joe Pinder, Norman Brantley, Bob Saunders and Charles Bak er, Jr. Such Popularity First Celebrity—How do you like these cigarettes? Second Celebrity—Worst I ever endorsed. the institution tomorrow evening commencing at 7 o'clock. No’ marriage licenses were is- sued during the past week from the office of County Judge Hugh Gunn. There has been but one issued throughout the month to date, according to records in the office of the judge. A daughter was born on Fri- day, December 7, to Mr. and Mrs. Seferino Aimyda in their home at 1209 Olivia street.. Mother and the new arrival are reported to be getting along nicely. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Watgon, 1110 Florida street, announce the -ar- j rival of an ecight-pound girl born to their home early. Sunday | morning. | Thrown For A Loss | FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1928 “The plan was a success”; say. “plan INVENIENCES— A_ telephone | booth is a desirable feature in a | house today There is apt to be too much noise in the front of the aver- age home and when this is not the case and your house is located in | @ quiet street, a booth is still a de- cided convenience. A vault is another desirable fea- ture to install in your home. Such TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE Can you answer seven of these test Turn to Page 4 for the answers | @ feature can be large enough to ac-. | commodate | Jewelry and | Many homes today. By means | this device clothing may be dropped | able. Naturalty, when Soles NEW ARRIVAL AT FOR BAFFIN BAY BY LIONS CLUB SCIENTIFIC TRIP |OTHER SUBJECTS OF MUCH coast GUARDSMAN, WHO WAS ONCE STATIONED IN KEY WEST, TO HEAD FOR ICY NORTH = | Appearing in a current issue of organization will hold a bridge! 45 Tree Benefit for underpriv- the Rochester Times-Union, New | |party next Tuesday night at the | ij¢¢oq children of this city were | York, was an article concerning, |American Legion club house.'y-aqiined at the regular Thurs-| Boatswain R. M. Sykes, who, is Those in charge announce that! qo, evening supper meeting ofa member of the United States) ~~ playing will begin promptly at,8 | igey West-Lions ‘Club. held at Coast Guard Service: | The article in part says: | “When the U. S. Coast Guard’s General Greene sails for Baffin Bay and Greenfand next March | on a scientific expedition, her warrant officer will be Boatswain R. M. Sykes, 228 Merrill Ave. “The stocky seaman who came to the Summerville Coast Guard | with the Cutter Jackson in 1936! has received word he will be} transferred in January. | “The expedition in which sev- eral maritime nations have an in- | terest, will last three or four! months, and will chart ocean! depths, salinity and temperatures, Sykes believes”. Mr. Sykes, who is well-known in Key West, resided during a part! of his stay here at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jose Pelaez on Caro- line street. He was also a close friend of Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson Knight and other members of the Knight family, besides hav- ing numerous other friends in Key West. | Larder Ardor | Shipwrecked Sailor—Why does that big cannibal look at us so in-! tently? His companion (cheerfully)—I! expect he’s the food inspector. tiber' valuables, "| 1, Which Secretary of State ieee negotiated the treaty with China that established the “open door” policy? What is Bing Crosby’s voice pitch? What is a relinquary? With what sport is the name of John Henry Lewis as- sociated? Name the birthstone for No+ vember. In which ocean is the island of South Georgia. What is the correct nunciation of the forehead? What was the former name of Nova Scotia? What is the proportion of water in watermelons? Name the U. S. Secretary of State. Clothes chutes are installed in of from the upper stories directly to the laundry room in the basement or cellar. It does not cost a great deal more in your building plans and the steps saved consider: linens | can be in this manner it | makes for a more sanitary house- hold operation. The busy house- wife will appreciate the savings in | os" Do not overlook the importance | of installing plenty of electric out- | lets. These should be provided for ! electric irons, egg-beaters, fans, toasters, heaters, refrigerators, | stoves, vacuum cleaners and numer- ous lights. There should be a good light at the kitchen sink and in large homes another over the stove. Lights should be so arranged that they will reveal objects in the deep interiors of closets when the doors are opened. pro- word eeccescoe H ee HOME OF BANKS If I were but a little bird (I'd fly around the whole wide ae world; Captain and Mrs. W. C. Banks Td Po = children all announce the birth of a girl 7:15 | 25 : ies, oh new. o'clock yesterday morning in the | tr aie ce ee home at 611 Fleming street. ‘hen I'd come back to my own The new arrival tipped the home scales at 10 pounds and has been To live and love, no more to roam; given the name of Coralleen Ver- | I'd stay there till my days were nella Banks. 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