The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 13, 1938, Page 2

PAGE TWO THE KEY WEST CITIZEN TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1938 | ececccccevcccscccccceses | cocccccevecccccocooccece | "TODAYS COMMON | | eovecsces eo | HELP WANTED | ewocescccccccccccccococs | | WHITE WOMAN to care for MR. FLAGLER'S MONEY year-old baby and house. Bring! Editor, The Citizen: references. Apply Wednesday | In the Times-Union of Decem-| NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS! The tax committee of the City Coun- | cil has served notice that the 80 per cent discount on delinquent city taxes which Daily Except Sunday By A PUBLISHING CO., INC. L N, President and Publisher JOE ALLEN, Asnistant Business Manager from The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe | County “ntered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter | Member of the Associated Presse ue Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and giso | the local news published here. Haar SUBSCRIPTION RATES bix Months Three Yonth: One Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resojutions of respect, obituary notices, ete., will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertain.nents by churches from which ® revenue is to be derived are 6 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general interent but it will not publish anonymous eommuni- cations. | IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN ' Water and Sewerage. © | Comprehensive City! Plan (Zoning). ‘ Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments, | Have you bought your supply of Christmas Seals? The oyster is male and female by turn —a convenient arrangement, Inspection of almost any family tree would disclose a fair-sized quota of nuts. A singer says‘music students never commit suicide. But they often nearly drive the neighbors to it. It hurts us as much as it does you but the truth must be revealed. There are many Key West men who talk just as much as women and sometimes say less. Many of the larger industrial com- - panies paid out more taxes to the govern- ment than was received by owners in dividends, and some companies paid out enormous amounts in taxes and not a cent to the investors. That condition cannot continue if the country is to remain nor- mal, An investigation of sixty cases of men acquiring sudden wealth shows 10 per cent continuing in the even tenor of their way; 8 per cent turning spendthrifts and prodigals; 20 per cent becoming very generous and making a point of remember- ing old friends; while 38 per cent became |. suddenly haughty, proud, arrogant and un- sociable, This column is somewhat dubious con- cerning a change in the osed charter whereby the mayor will appoint the chief and captain of the police, instead of their | election by popular choice. It fears that if in the future Key West should have a “crooked and graft-taking mayor” he could fire honest officials and replace them with those amenable to him and of | his ilk. It might produce a rotten condi- | tion, whereas under the present charter | there is on!~ occasionally a whiff offen- | sive to the nasal channels, | i | | Secretary Cordell Hull is advocating | a Western Hemisphere League of Nations | without naming it so. Its expressed ob- | ject is to unite the 21 repubics into a Union | against any foreign or political invasion | of the Western world. While;the mass | population of these nations jis illiterate and in each country a form of dictatorship is | necessary to keep peace, id ‘educa- | tion is being made resulting, in..a more | democratic rule as time marches on. The | task for the present is difficult but demo- | eracy in these countries is attainable to. some degree soon and fully in time. The-+ psychological moment to start the ball) rolling is now and the eighth Pan-Amer- ican conference being held in Lima offers | the first opportunity to let the Old World know that in future it must shinny on its own side. | their properties. | was permitted under a resolution adopted a year ago will cease December 31. Many taxpayers have taken advantage of the op- portunity offered by the resolution, but scores of others still have done nothing ‘about wiping off delinquent taxes against Unless .the council changes its present attitude, no further ex- tension of time is to be granted and the | | full amount of the taxes may be | against the tardy delinquents. levied In the light of reviving trade in Key West by reason of the highway to the mainland, city officials are unable to un- derstand why taxpayers should be re- luctant in the payment of their city taxes. Few property owners today are unable to meet their tax obligations; they cannot plead poverty and be convincing. Prop- erty values have been enhanced, higher rents are being charged and there is a greater demand for rooms and other facili- ties in all sections of the city. If Key West ever is going to amount to anything as a tourist and vacation cen- ter the city must realize a greater volume of taxes, The demands for better police and fire protection, enforcement of traffic i regulations, the sanitary laws and nuisance ordinances, and for general public im- provement will increase almost in the pro- | portion that the city prospers from the tourist trade. Key West cannot stand still and hope to compete for this trade against | the competition of progressive and deter- | mined communities where taxes sessed AND COLLECTED. Every public-spirited citizen hopes that when the proposed new city charter leaves the hands of the charter revision committee it will contain provisions for are as- proper assessment of city preperties after | an actual appraisal and for a simple, sure and swift collection of taxes after they are levied and fall due. No property owner should be allowed to escape taxation— certainly no right-minded property owner would protest payment of taxes if he knew that all properties were being assessed and taxed on the same equitable basis. Key West has got to quit making col- lection of taxes a political football, with the ball always in the territory of those favor- ed by the politicians. Collection of taxes must be as certain as death, or Key West will die of dry rot, SIDELIGHTS By MARCY B. DARNALL, Former Editor of The Key West Citizen Some amazing results of scientific floriculture are displayed at the annual chrysanthemum show of the Chicago park district this month, at which 775 varieties are on exhibition. Bushes bearing 300 or more flowers are to be seen, and some huge blossoms measure 21 inches in diameter. Jiggs, a collie dog, has been awarded a bronze medal by the Kiwanis club of Yakima, Wash., for his intelligence and bravery in defending his master from an attack by a bear. Although the dog was severely mauled by the bear, he fought the | aninfal until the man escaped. Henry Lorenz, 25, of Lisle, Ill, is a volunteer fireman and likes it. Caught | placing old newspapers suspiciously in a garage, he confessed sefting four recent fires, because, he said, “I like to hear our new electric siren go off.” Some extremes in prison statistics are reported from Colorado. Jackson and Summit county jails have been empty of prisoners since 1935, and Custer county since 1987. But Kiowa county’s record for the last year is even more surprising, with 18 women prisoners listed and not a single male offender. The dairymen’s association of Hono- lulu operates the longest milk delivery route in the world, making deliveries to the islands of Midway, Wake and Guam by airplane. From Honolulu to Guam is 4,000 miles. In 1925 the Forty-Fifth Division of the National Guard adopted the swastika as its special insignia, it having been the emblem of Coronado, the early Spanish explorer of the West. Now the guardsmen want to change it, for fear of being mis- | taken for a division of Hitler's Nazis, ROOSEVELT’S COURSE | GARNER HEARD FROM DEMOCRATIC HARI-KARI | REPUBLICAN HOPEFULS WATCH LATIN-AMERICA AGGRESSORS UNITED i | OUR FOREIGN POLICY | | DOMESTIC OUTLOOK i The President, returning to| | Washington from Warm Springs, |Ga., proclaimed the virtues of| | liberalism, gave notice that the! |New Deal would continue, and} | reaffirmed his belief in the Amer- | j ican way of life, including capi- | talism. Declaring that we are not only the “largest and most power- | ful democracy”, but one to which} j other democracies look to leader-| |ship. Mr. Roosevelt said that; what this country does or fails to; |do, in the next few years would} | have a far greater influence upon | | the history of the human race | than most people conceive. So, apparently, from a first-} |hand source, we have an inkling jof the Administration course! | when Congress convenes next! |month. That it will be aimed, | generally, at the same objectives, | regardless of methods and tactics | |appears conclusive. Those who) | have studied* the President's} jcourse in the past had no other jidea. He is convinced that the reforms that he urges are neces-| | Sary to the welfare and continu- | jance of the American system. He ‘is not likely to turn away from a fight, even with his own party, lif they are challenged. Word comes from Texas that the citizens of that state are| boosting the Vice-President for} {the Democratic nomination in} | 1940. At the same time, through ; several sources, comes the word that Mr.-Garner will have noth- | ing to do with any effort to form! |a coalition with the Republicans in any effort to hamstring the New Deal. This conflicts with! the writings of some columnists: | who have had “Cactus Jack” sulk- | jing in his tent and leading the! conservative Democrats in under- cover activity against the Presi-, dent. While it is possible that! the Texan might not agree with | everything that has been done, or the manner of the doing, he is a | straight-out party man and : too good a soldier to knife his own | comrades, In fact, it ought to.be apparent to all Democrats that the fate of | their party hangs on the succéss of the President’s program. And ; whether they like the program, jor not, it is the record of the | party. The Republicans will put | up a candidate to lambast it and to point out its errors. The voters, in 1940, will either endorse the Democratic New Deal or they | will elect a Republican President. There is no other probable out- |come and conservative Demo- |crats, who think they can take control of the party machinery in spite of the President, are just amusing themselves. | Republicans generally look to |the minority party to write the {G.O.P. record during the next | year and a half. They do not give a very high rating to the policy committee. The meeting in Washington, in the latter part of November, not only advertised _ the liberal and conservative dif- ferences, but by allowing a con- servative of the old school to ‘score a victory over a_ liberal, gave aid and comfort to the Democrats, who want nothing more than a Conservative Repub- lican to oppose their candidate an 1949, It is too early to try to pick candidates for either party. Presi- dent Roosevelt has not announc- ed his course and until he does the faihtful will “lay low”, de- spite the McNutt and Garner talk. If and when the President s he will not be a candidate, that is probably what he will there won't be much time for the Democratic rivals to stage a fight. The chances are that the Administration will hand-pick the nominee before the rest of the crowd has a chance to line Up any opposition that would stand a chance. On the Republican side, the talk of Dewey and Taft, et al, di edly premature. No one can tell what party member might develop leadership during the next twenty months, or who w capture popular fency by sound political strategy. All that | we can do is to watch develop- ments. It is not yet apparent} whether the course of the Repub- | lican minority will veer toward! liberalism or “old guardism”. Un-| til that is to be certain, the can-| ,didate is bound to be unknown. The Conference in Lima is un- derway, with Secretary Hull and the other American delegates, in-| cluding former Governor Landon, looking out for the interests of the United States. It should be re- membered that, in such a parley, | the United States has only one| vote and policies may be approv- ed that would seriously injure} this country. Naturally, the Lat-/ in-Amerieans will strive to get) all that they can secure for as} little as possible. At any rate, | the United States is trying to play} a sane cooperative hand at this time and we will have to see what response it gets. It may be! necessary, in the future, to have | a showdown with some of the re-} publics and let them know that) the United States, while willing) the hemisphere’s job, is not go-, ing to do it all. i In the Far East the commercial | interests of this country are at| ‘the mercy of the Japanese | invading China. Without regard to treaty rights the Japanese | have assumed contro! and it is | plain that the future policy of the | island empire will include domi-| nant rights. What the United) States will do about it, we do not; know. Our diplomatic notes} mean little or nothing, to. the Japanese. If the nation has any ‘rights that it intends to protect | in regards to China the national) backbone will have to be stiffen- ed and something more. than! notes offered for the considera- | tion of the ruling clique in Japan. | . Along this line, it is apparent that Japan, Italy and Germany are working together in their ag- gressive policies. These , three; powers do not admit an alliance, | held together by the hope of booty, but their acts in the past | few years demonstrate a common | policy. Thus they are able to ignore the protests of any single power and so long as they can keep other nations from getting together, in a common policy to protect identical rights, the era of plunder is without any bar- rier. The forcign policy of the Unit- ed States may be clear in Wash- ington but not to the man on the outside of officialdom. The Presi- dent scores German treatment of the Jews, thus creating bitterness in Berlin, and asserts treaty rights in China that Japan shows no in- tention of respecting. To what purpose are these protests? When Manchuria was invaded the idea was to deny recognition of any territory taken from China in violation of treaty rights? So what? Well, Japan gobbled Manchuria, although we do not recognize her acquisition, and for the past seven years has been doing her best to develop it. We protest her present course in China, assert our rights and sit back, expecting what? The national economic picture has brightened _ considerably, with industrial production leap-! ing forward and, already, there is some fear lest the upsurge move so fast that a down-sweep develop carly in 1939. The un- employment situation continues} abnormal, without any hope of early solution regardless of busi-! ness improvement. The plight of agriculture is bad—don’t let any- bedy fool you—and farmers con- tribute more than their share to the economic unfortunate group. In fact, since 1921 the farmers of this country have been the vie- tims of a national policy that has all but stripped them. Sec- retary Wallace, in this writer's opinion, is doing a sensible job in trying to gradually adjust the farmer's relative position but he is beset by a host of opponents, some political and some other- wise anxious to outbid the slow but sure process by @ rapid-fire scheme that, in the long run, can- not last. woareceecce . » Today’s Horoscope \OCSOSHSL OA SEEESESESEOOS Today promises a measure of success, the favor of @mployers, @ good balance of mental and physical forces with the power to utilize them, and great insight into speculative affairs. If the native will only work, fame and fortune are as certain as any- thing can be in this world. between 9:00 and 11:00 A. M.}ber 9th, under heading, “Florida! 1012 Varela street. ie LOST LOST—Gold Onyx Signet Ring; with letter “H”. Reward if re-| turned to 1212 Olivia street. dec12-tf tole) | NEW VALDZZ INN, 521 United. | Sixteen beautiful new rooms. | Across South Beach. dec9-1 street. STONE rooms. Hot water. Reasonable | rates. White and Division} streets. decl-1mo | | FOR SALE | TWO-STORY HOUSE, modern! conveniences. Near Casa Ma-} tina, lot 163'x98’. Apply 1125 Von Phister street. FOR SALE—Grocery Business; | good location. Apply 1200 White street. dec10-4t | oct31-s | ito undertake the major part of | FOR SALE—Lot 8, block 5, Mar- tello Towers, $3,500. P. L. Wil- | son, 1722 Jefferson Ave., Mi- | mi Beach, Pia. decl0-1mo | Mr. Kenan to establish a dairy | FOR SALE—Cabin Cruiser, fully | equipped, engine and hull, in| very good condition. Newly | renovated. Reasonable for cash. | Apply 506 South street. ies FOR SALE — Six-room house, | 1409. Olivia street. Apply 1205) Division street dee2-s FOR SALE—Cotton Candy ma-, chine, cost new $150; sacrifice | $30. Gomez Furniture Store, 720 Duval. decl-tf TWO LOTS on Washington! street, 90 ft. front, 112 feet! deep. Reasonable. Apply 1219 Pear! street. novil-s HOUSE AND LOT, six rooms and, bath, $2,000. Easy terms. Phone! 895-J or inquire at 912 James | street. dec6-12tx | FOR SALE—11% acres Planta- | | thd Key, 3% acres on ocean, | Peal, so the Flagler millions went | 8% acres on Bay, on Highway, | all high land, beach front on beth sides. P. O. Box 23, Key| West. sept?-s | 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 CORNER LOT, 50x100 feet. Cor- | ner 5th and Staple Avenue. Apply Box D, The Citizen. nov2-tf decl3-1tx| politics”, on page 4, is the follow-; jing item credited to The West Citizen: Key| TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE “In California milk is 10 cents the quart; in Florida it is 18 cents, almost double the cost. They must have more contented cows on the west- ern coast”. i Nothing is said about the con-; tented or discontented consumers mo | Of this milk at 16 to 18 cents per pes «eso __./ quart from Jacksonville to Key ROOMS with or without board. | West, but perhaps that is the rea-| Sunny and cool. 419 Southard| son this item is placed in the dece2-1mo | Times-Union | column. HOTEL, clean, spacious} much politics in Florida, even in Where is the Gulf of Aden? What was the name of the first American steamboat to cross the Atlantic? Name the famous pianist who recently died in New York City. Are women eligible to the office of President of the U. S2 What is the slang term for a ten-dollar bill? Name the fast runner who carried the message to Sparta for aid, in the Bat- tle of Marathon. Can a patent be obtained for a method of @oing busi- ness? Does Cuba require Ameri- can tourists to have pass- ports? 9. Name the U. S, Ambassador to Great Britain. farm in Florida”, “that Florida, e ie needs men like Mr. Kenan, and; !0. Name the capital of Bolivia. would be glad to have him lop off that other town name (Lock- port) and make it just Mr. Kenan of Florida”. This is an extremely valuable suggestion coming from the “Florida Politics”, There is altogether too its milk. This item, however, recalls at-| tention to that interesting “Story | of Randleigh Farm”, appearing} on the editorial page of the: Times-Union of November 7th, and taken in part from the St.! Augustine Record. This tells of! the wonders of the dairy farm of! Wm. R. Kenan, Jr., of Lockport, | N. Y., with “hundreds of acres” | and “hundreds of prize Jerseys” | with “210 production medals won} by his cows”. “That St. Augus- tine is proud of her part-time; citizen, Mr. Kenan”, that it would seem to be a good idea to induce ‘ 8. money spent, as shown by Mr. ‘and Mrs. Flagler’s wills, has been sadly neglected. Perhaps Mr. Kenan might, in gratitude for escaping Justice Times-Union, not only as to the pont mie spate: vdeo rs ae pond Tie anipaade for | Florida and die here, giving 5 ai i estat Mr. Kenan a citizen of Florida, rid3 9 chance at ene taelee and thus bring back some of the minions that Mr. Kenan has en- Flagler millions that Mr. Flag-| joyed. ler tried so hard to keep in trust) Will the ‘Chaitibers.of “Com- for the protection and mainten- | merce of Jacksonville, Miami and ance of his railroad and hotels, Key West take action? as his will provided, and Mrs. 2 A. V. S. SMITH. Flagler in her will attempted to’ nopand, Fla. continue. ! 1938. 5 . 10, 1938. Unfortunately for Florida, and eed the carrying out of the trust for! the benefit of the Flagler proper- DeSOTO HOTEL ties; Justice Levy’s decision against Mr. Kenan, in 280 N. Y. Supp. 28, was reversed on ap-| 373 Main St. Sarasota, Fla. to the Kenans, the railroad in re- Vacation Land ceivership, the Key West Exten-'QOPEN ALL YEAR sion abandoned instead of being | si pocorn PLAN repaired, and two of the biggest! hotels torn down. . , j Robert W. Bingham, of Louis-| ville, Ky., married Mrs. Flagler, and a codicil to her will gave § $1.25, $1.50, $1.75. sing)= Mr. Bingham five millions, and | ~ $2.00, $2.25, $2.50 double he became Ambassador to the Court of St. James. Kentucky} obtained a large share for estate taxes, North Carolina benefiei-| aries have received much, but} poor old Florida, where Mr. | Flagler had his home and his FOR SALE—Magic Chef Stove.} Reasonable. Apply 408 Vir-) ginia street. dee12-3tx | FOR SALE—2 lots, each 50x100’. Run from Washington to Von Phister street. Reasonable. Ap-| ply Rear 1217 Petronia street. aug9-tfs FOR SALE OR RENT FOR SALE OR RENT—Cabin Cruiser with living quarters to) accommodate 4. All modern conveniences. Good for party fishing. 1014 Varela street. octl0-s PLUMBING { NATIONAL PLUMBING CO. has} establishd a good reputation with? first quality work and! reasonable charges. Estimates! given free. 900 Fleming Street. Phone 581. decl-Imo | HOTELS | BRING YOUR VISITING friends in need of a good night’s rest tc | OVERSEAS HOTEL. Clear WANTED—Real estate listings on Florida Keys, preferably Key Largo. Address Key West Pub- licity Bureau, 303 N. E. First Street, Miami. W. M. Egan. Registered Real Estate Broker. LARGE SPACIOUS BUILDING, Lawns, Trees. Opposite POST OFFICE. Good for any Busi- ness Lease ALL or PART. Ap- ply, 532 Caroline St. nowl2-s FURNISHED HOUSES—all mod- ern conveniences. 1114 Grin nell Street. nov3-tf' lifework and intended to have his! SPECIAL HOLIDAY ROUND TRIP FARES Florida Motor Lines gives you a big Christmas gilt this year with special reduced fares for the Holidays. There's added saving and added pleasure in every mile when you take your trip in the cory comfort of a Florida Zephyr. Bus travel is more convenient. too. with stations right in the heart of shopping centers and more departures than by any other way. Buy EXTRA Gifts With Money Saved ee —. $640 $15.05 W. PALM BEACH 8.60 17.20 FT. PIERCE 10.40 21.10 MELBOURNE .... 1.65 21.28 DAYTONA BCH. _ 13.95 28.00 JACKSONVILLE 1640 CHARLOTTE 15.75 ATLANTA - 2455 NASHVILLE 28.78 On Sale December 10 Throwgh sanwary 3 BUS STATION Comer Southard and Bahama Streets Phone 242 MoTor|IN TAMPA GAINESVILLE TALLAHASSEE SAVANNAH BIRMINGHAM a ere LORIDA