The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 15, 1938, Page 2

Published Daily Bxcept Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING, CO. INC. U.P. AKTMAN, President and Publisher TSO ALLEN, Assistant ag <i 0 Manager From The Citizen Building - Corner Greene and Ann Streets only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County utered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press he~ Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all_ news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise eredited In this) paper and aiso the local news published here, nau Wrssse. Ada Malis oe ADVERTISING RATES Mute. known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE .. _ All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of _ Fespect; obituary notices, ete. will be charged for at the 1ate of 10 cents a line. for entertainments by churches from which e is to be derived are § cents a line. — _ The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- - Siom.of public issues and subjects of local or general = Interest but it will not publish anonymous communi. - io 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 ae and City Governments, Se eee ee Adolf : “Democracies are stupid.” — Hitler. But not crazy. ; All roads lead to the Overseas High- = way that brings you to the island of Key ~~ West. ~ * Governor Cone has a perfectly ob- = vious reason why he does not want his pic- = ture taken, and it isn’t modesty either. ‘* - : Toataliment buying may be all right, = but isn’t it funny how one loses one’s en- = thusiasm for the idea after about six = months of paying. = ~ - Soon Miami will reach the saturation "point and then the seeker for a home will ~_trek to Key West, now made easy through =the, : completion of the Overseas Highway. * Ickes may be asked to run for mayor sof Chicago. The Windy City needs a <“windy” like Harold to whip. the recals _Jcitrant inhabitants on the shore of Lake .Michigan into line, ‘ =|. Key West Citizen has invented a new ~ word to use when you blow a tire or mash =a finger with a hammer. It is “Heldam.” =—Times-Union. No invention, but a com- -=pensatory expletive. . Every so often The Citizen is re- uired to remind its readers that unsigned = articles or items of news.cannot be printed Sunless signed, though the signature will _mot be printed’if'so requested, ee esees saan Ouecm inate In New York City it is against the “law to play an accordion on a ferry-boat. ~—Washington Post. Wonder if anybody “ever tried to play an accordion on a ferry- «boat-in New York City! Must be quite a otrick, ! Tuberculosis tests upon indigents.| “only were made this week by the State “Health Department and the report has/| 4g TRENDING TOWARD KEY WEST? Nearly every passing decade finds the great bulk of tourists wintering farther | | south in Florida. It is not so.many years | ago that St. Augustine was the winter | H tourist capital. | trade began trekking toward Palm Beach. where it now centers. | There is sound reason for the constant | trend toward the tip of Florida. North | | Florida is not blessed with the warming | breezes from the Gulf Stream. The weather |in South Florida is much warmer and gentler than farther North. Frost in the Miami area is a rarity and only occurs | | when the wind shifts away from the east- ern points of the compass—away from the | Gulf Stream. If the past may be regarded as an in- dication of future events, is it not reason- | able to suppose that sooner or later the larger part of northern sun-seekers will | find their way to the Florida Keys and Key West? year the transportation lanes will. be im- | proved and beautified. The trip to Key | West will be quicker, cheaper and safer. for that matter, along the keys. When a “norther” drops in for a brief visit it some- times gets cool here, but those visits are few and far between. Weather bureau | records reveal that the lowest temperature, | reading in Key West was 41 recorded in 1886. That is 11 points above freezing. | Going over the records for 65 years we of the year, has been 69.9—a figure no other Florida city can boast. When such facts become more widely | publicized and appreciated by the travel- | ing public, Key West will come in for greater attention. There will be a larger demand for properties and homes in this | sun-kissed area. steadily, though perhaps slowly: Gradually Key West will become a great tourist cen- ter. It is at the end of the road, the south- ernmost spot in. the United States, and folks like to go to the end of the road. Key West, therefore, must be far-see- ing and. plan for the inevitable coming of sun-hungry tourists. Our people are cour- teous and go out of their way to assist strangers. This is the first step—courtesy on the part of citizens and our policemen. Courtesy pays good dividends, as tourist cities farther north have discovered. Give the stranger a square deal and he’ll gen- erally respond in kind. Our slogan might be—“Courtesy is a Byword in Key West.” A STORY WITH. A MORAL It is right and fitting that every so often we repeat the ancient tale of truth and a moral that might be remembered by | a number of The Citizen readers. The story concerns a preacher who closed a sermon on indebtedness with this request: “Let all in the house who are paying their debts stand up.” Everybody in the church, with the exception of one man, stood up. The preacher seated the congregation and said: “Now, let everybody who is not paying his debts stand up.” an who had remained seated, a care- worn fellow wearing last spring’s suit, slowly rose to his feet. “How is it, my friend, that you are the only one in town unable to meet your obligation?” asked the preacher. The man replied: “I run a newspaper and the brethren who stood up are all my subscribers and haven't settled for their subscriptions.” The preacher been made public. It is encouraging. Re- cently: tuberculosis tests were given to 14,- | 177 New York high-school students and’! they showed 50 per cent were infected Swith tuberculosis germs, a In one of his recent columns, Walter | Winchell said that a bookie went over to, “Ernest Hemingway, seated at a table in New York night club, and asked him if he | ~wrote “Farewell to Arms.” Hemingway | ~nodded assent. Then the bookie said that | ~his wife thought it was marvelous, and | | hurriedly remarked: “Let us pray.” WELCOME SANTA CLAUS of Santa Claus, inevitable master | childish hearts, is about to pay his annual visit to the homes of Key West. Children are already writing their letters to the good Saint, making known their dream desires, and counting the days and nights until he makes his magic entrance into their homes. What man or woman can bear the awould he mind autographing a copy. | thought of disappointed faith in the hearts “Hemingway replied that he would be glad! of little children? “to do so. Thereupon, the bookmaker pro- | “ducéd a copy of “Farewell to Arms”—the “song—from his pocket, and Hemingway | What one of us would not give ‘til it hurts in an effort to help ful- | fill juvenile hopes? Let’s make the heart of every child in It is relatively easy now to reach | Key West than in years gone by. Year by | Frost NEVER occurs in Key West or, | find that the average mean. temperature | ‘| for the month of January, the coolest month | Our population will rise | and circumstance, a story with a moral | Then the one | THE-REY WEST CITIZEN | |= -eeeeeeseeencocnace While Congressmen and Sena-, _ ington during a congressional | session, may be visioned by some} | meet them between sessions they! | generally prove to be a pretty | | swell bunch of folks. The acting of the State Cham-| ber of Commerce in bringing such |a group of dignitaries to the state as were represented on the “Flor- | ida Resources Special” is indeed ‘commendable. The Chambers of ; Commerce and business interests in Florida that made it possible | deserve the thanks of all Flori-! | dians. < Never have I seen any group, jas keenly interested, as apprecia- tive, or as deeply impressed as these recent guests. The know- | ledge and understanding of Flor- ida and Florida’s problems they | gained on the trip represents an) |investment in “good will” that! will pay for itself many times | over. A large number of the party | had never been to Florida before, | and like “Alice in Wonderland”, | their faces beamed amazement! cnotinually. All of them will! long remember the trip and their | memories will be most pleasant. While there was plenty of | sparkling wit displayed by. mem-! | bers of the party, I'd term Con-; gressman Sol Bloom of New York | | the chief funster. casion that his colleagues show- jed signs of becoming the least bit self-: important Sol would man- | age to stick a pin in them. At the Chamber of Commerce |luncheon in Miami, | Champ Clark was called on to re- | spond to an address of welcome. | Arising with dignity Clark began jan impressive and | room, as the phone operator’s| | is very important”. Clark stopped, cleared his throat and began again. He just | got going good when the shrill who seeks fish scales. The scales which are used for commercial purposes in making tropical flow- , ers, and in other forms of orna- mentation have been secured usually in the well-known way of scaling for them with a knife. But this fellow uses a machine. In goes the fish at one end and out he pops at the other—only! ee is de-scaled, the scales being; | deposited in a neat little heap on, \the side. A pair of shoes made from the scales by this gentle- man sold for $18. THE SPONGING FLEET to’ | the number of three boats are in | preparing for sales next week at the municipal dock at Caroline jand Grinnell streets. The re- mainder of the fleet, about 25 boats, are expected in next week | in time for the sales. Those who are in refuse to sell until the |claim they can get higher prices when all are in. SIXTY BOATS of the Thomp- son Fish Company fleet are in Key Vaccas preparing to fish’ for mackerel. The entire fleet pounds in a single night. Fish- |ing for the mackerel is by net jand is done mostly at night, though there has been some day fishing. Mackerel are spotted at night by phosphorescent streaks} in the water marking their trails. In the day they are found by rip- ples they make. Five miles away at Key Vaccas is a packing dock | where the mackerel are packed . {and shipped for Florida distribu- |tion. At present the market is low since Boston has just brought in.a huge catch. MOST OF THE FISHERMEN | in Key West are turning to the more lucrative mackerel and king- fish angling. During the summer) they bottom fish yellowtail.) grouper, muttonfish, snapper but catches of them are much slower than the fast biting kings and |mackerels. Then, too, an aver- jage of 5,000 pounds a week in these catches will bring $250. Of course, that is gross profit, not net. Five cents a pound is what the fishermen get. Another im- | portant factor why fishermen go | mackerel and kingfishing at this; <Sautdgraphed it. Five minutes later at the} Key West glad for one Christmas day. | time is because this is the season) bar "the bookmaker was heard to com} Let’s see that every child, in our _plaip: “How do you like that? That guy | munity, has at least one day of unalloyed | "Hemingway is a phoney! His ~doesn’t appear anywhere on this song!” com- | for these kind of fish and they; | must be caught now or wait until | next year. The season lasts for name happiness, a day of joy and gladness, a | several months. | day when their dreams shall come true. i | POMPANO CATCHES have On every oc-; i shrill voice boomed, “Calling Sol! | Bloom, Mr. Sol Bloom, please; it} been cut and so we couldn't be |Catholic archbishop of Cincin- ! call for Bloom again drowned! others get here because they, | has been known to bring in 16,000" “TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY By RUSSELL KAY eeeseece: By this time the hotel’ eeereene him out. Then by degrees the heavy | ators, when assembled in Wash- manager, red faced with‘embar-| | rassment, went rushing out to the | It eventually drifted southward to Miami as. orges and: demons, when you | lobby to prevent another such in- terruption. Arriving breathless at the phone | operator’s desk he heard a chap asking her to please be good enough to page Mr. Bloom just once more, as it was a matter of | grave importance. “Stop”, screamed. the mana- ger. “You can’t do that, you are interrupting Bennett Champ | Clark, who is speaking”. “I know”, the man at the desk | said, “but he’s been interrupted lots of times, he won’t mind”. “Who are you?” asked the irate | hotel man. “Who, me?” replied the man/| jwith a grin. “Why, I'm Sol | Bloom”. Another chuckle I got on the trip was when a very dignified | statesman seated himself’ in the} club car beside one of the charm- ing ladies in the party, a senator’s | wife, I believe. . Paying no attention to anyone tin the car, the gentleman pulled a long black cigar from his pock- | jet, bit the end off and was just | about to light it when he sudden- ly realized that he was. seated next to a lady. Turning to her he.. inquired, fou don’t mind if I smoke a: | little, do you?” “Oh, certainly not”, the: lady | replied. “Go right on ahead and | break into flame for all I care”. | At Belle Glade, Sol Bloom com- | plained during the luncheon be- table. “Here I’ve been riding) through cane fields all day”, he! | said, “and have been _ hearing impassioned | about Florida sugar ever ‘since Ilrector of | speech only to be interrupted by | left Washington, and now when! Users Conference, born in Harni- the loud speaker in the dining} I want one spoonful for my coffee son Co., Mo., 59 years ago. I can’t find any’. Someone re- minded him that our quota has | jas free with it as we'd like to. | “Well”, mumbled Bloom, “ “you | |may be a bit short on sugar in| | Florida, but you’re sure got a lot) of Pepper in Washington”. THE ISLAND CITY| iy Along the Waterfront THERE'S A FELLOW here been noted around Marathon. | ¥°4*S 889- | This delectable fish is “better’n | chicken”, as many say, and is al-} ; Ways sought around Florida. TORTUGAS CATCHES of 1,-' ;000 pounds of yellowtail and 700) |pounds of grouper were noted — the weekend. These catches | are all made with hook and line | by striking schools and “chum- ming” up the fish by throwing | ‘live bait overboard. Lines with- jout sinkers are used. | CHAMPION of all Key West \fishermen was the late BEN! “TINK” DEMERITT, who knew ; more about fishing than any man in Florida. He could talk about fish habits and fishing straight | through the day and never ran, ‘out of material. It is estimated that he caught two million fish in his lifetime, which is a lot of line running over the fingers.' He had an average of about 600 pounds a week, which would amount to 30,000 pounds a year. | GEORGE WASHINGTON’S | AXE hangs over PETER ROB- | ERTS’ fish market! The axe was} ‘placed on the market wall by BILLY MARSHALL 40 years ago} and rain or shine has remained up there. The wood is well grayed and the axe itself is plen- ty rusty. BILLY says he knows the axe was used by his great- grandfather and swears that his great-grandfather got it from) GEORGE WASHINGTON. Any| man who stands under the axe, | Says that he has never told a lie, will find the axe will fall in his | .arms, if he is speaking the truth, and PETER ROBERTS will pay him $500. Just a tip: There are six-inch nails running through) the axe handle into the wall. OLDEST BOAT floating Key West harbor is that ow: by “COPPERLIPS” BAKER. is 60 years old, was built in Cu of madera frames and of Fi long-leaf yellow pine which sent there to be used in the ing. In all that time there w jonly mnior repairs needed for waters of Bahia Honda cha boat. Of course, the body's seams. are pretty wide by this time, and COPPER refuses to go out in too ie FN a ee 1 foot of Front street. beg in Key West since 1888, bu’ built in 1678. At present ja Palmer engine. TODAY'S. COMMON |!) ERROR | Do not say, “The experi- ment was carried on for a estar long space of time”: say, “period of time”. i TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1938 | eoccccccccccccvccccccccccocecocccese CLASSIFIED COLUMN | eensenece | TRANSPORTATION WANTED ; ‘LADY and TWO ‘CHILDREN’ want passage to Tampa De-! mber 18 or 19 and return be-/} fore December 28. Help pay expenses. Address T, The Citizen. HELP WANTED decl5-1t! paca ; TWO-STORY HOUSE, modern conveniences. Near Casa Ma- | Tina, lot 163’x98’. Apply 1125 Von Phister street. oct31-s FOR SALE—Grocery Business; good location. Apply 1200 White street. deol0-4t | Can you answer seven of these PxPERIENCED WAITRESS| NEW 13° DINGHY. 615 Francis test Turn to Page 4 for the answers 1. For what labor organization | do the initials S.W.O.C.| stand? 2. In which country is the sea-| port town of Arica? H How many grains are in an avoirdupois ounce? H By whom was the “Ameri- can’s Creed” written? When are “Dog Days”? Which river forms the east-| ern boundary of Arkan- | sas? What is the name of the na- tive beer, the common) stimulating drink of the! Japanese? Who is president of the New| York World's Fair of 1939, j Inc.? In geography, what is al reef? | Name the sister of John | and Lionel Barrymore. 3. 9: 10. e i Today’s Birthdays; eceneccecaceccoscocesese Dr. Vida D. Scudder, iesdessor| emeritus of English literature at | Wellesley, born in India, 77 years |" Bennett | cause there was no sugar on his’ ago, | Chester H. Gray, Missouri} farmer and farmers’ leader, di- the Natl. Highway | Most. Rev. ‘Tonn T. McNicholas, |nati, born in Ireland, 61 ago. years | Maxwell Anderson of New! | York, author-playwright, born at) Atlantic, Pa., 50 years ago. Alice W. A. McCully of Wash-' | ington State, writer, born in) Seattle, 56 years ago, Silas H. Strawn. of Chicago, | |lawyer, born near Ottawa, Il, ~ Bishop James H, Ryan ot | | Omaha, Catholic prelate, born in| Indianapolis, 52 years ago. } Hold Your Breath I met her’in the garden— H The night was still as death. i I knew she knew her onions, I could smell them on her | breath. | I left her in the garden, j She breathed a fragrant sigh; | Her best friends wouldn't tell | her, So why the heck should I? WANTED. Mrs. Rhoda Baker’s Restaurant, corner Fleming and ; decl5-3tx Margaret streets. STOLEN | STOLEN—Small French Antique | Baby Chair with yellow silk pad. Reward and no questions asked if returned to Robert H. Lindsay, 319 Grinuell street. decl4-3tx ; Lost | LOST — Yesterday somewhere } between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with | sixty diamond minutes. No re- | ward is offered for they are gone forever.—Horace Mann. nov30 |NEW VALDEZ INN, 521 United. ; Sixteen beautiful new. rooms. Across South Beach. dec9- eh |ROOMS with or without board. Sunny and. cool. 419 Southard, street. dec2-Imo ; STONE HOTEL, clean, spacious rooms. Hot water. Reasonable rates. White and Division! streets. decl-1mo 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-1mo pel pA 8 Bog in n a rest te OVERSEAS HOTEL. Clean rooms,. innerspring. mattresses Under new management, 917 Fleming St. novl8-tf REAL ESTATE | WANTED—Real estate listings on | Florida Keys, preferably Key Largo: Address Key. West Pub- licity Bureau, 303 N/ Street, Miami. W. M. Egan, Registered Real Estate Broker. oct25-tf pletely furnished. Hot and cold Tunning water. Seasonal otherwise. Apply, Rear 1217 Petronia street. FURNISHED ern conveniences. nell Street. mod- 1114 Grin- tt | Subseribe to The Citizen—20e weekly. ! E. First! ort augd-tfs | | street. nov7-s ee. FOR SALE—Lot 8, block 5, Mar- ' tello Towers, $3,500. P: L. Wil- | son, 1722 Jefferson “Ave, Mi- ami Beach, Fla. decl0-lmo | { \ i ‘ |FOR ‘SALE—Cabin Cruiser, fully equipped, engine and hull, in very good condition. Newly renovated. Reasonable for cash. Apply 506 South street. decl0s ‘FOR SALE—Cotton Candy ma- | chine, cost new $150; sacrifice | for $30. Gomez Furniture | Store, 720 Duval. decl-tf | TWO LOTS on_ Washington } street, 90 ft. front, 112 feet } deep. Reasonable. -Apply 1219 \ Pearl street. novil-s | HOUSE AND LOT, six rooms and bath, $2,000. Easy terms. Phone 895-J or inquire at 912 James street. dec6-22tx ‘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 | 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 ahd Staple Avenue. Apply Box D, The Citizen. 1 nov2-tt i ; FOR SALE—Magic Chef Stove. Reasonable. Apply 408 Vir- ginia street. decl2-3tx FOR FOR SALE—2 lots, each 50x100’, Fate from. Washington to Von ister street. Reasonable. Ap- oe Rear 1217 Petronia street. | aug9-tis , FOR SALE—Lot, 48'x50’, corner Duval and Oliviar streets; two lots, corner Bertha street and Roosevelt Bouleyasd;. two» lots on Pine Key, 100°x100’, good location. Apply 1212 Olivia street. decl4-s FOR SALE OR RENT | FOR RENT—8-room House, com- FOR SALE OR RENT—Cabin Cruiser with living quarters to accommodate 4. All modern conven! Good for party fishing. 1014 Varela street. octl0-s |SIGNS—“Por Rent”, “Rooms For | “Private Property, No Tres- | passing”, 15¢ each. THE ART- MAN PRESS. Saturday, December 24 Seasonal Cuts and Editorials available aN aN NI) WOIIIIIIOPPIGIIIIPIODIOLOIa SS. 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