The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 9, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO The ikey West Citizen PUBLISHING CoO. MAN, Presiden’ LLEN, Assistant Business M: nm ‘the Citizen Building ner Greene apd Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Axsociated Press sociated Press is exclusively entitled to use | ll news dispatches credited to | publication of t otherwise credited in this paper and also ycal news published here. Months Month ADV Made known on appli IAL NOTICE s of thanks, resolutions of te, Will be charged for at All re: respect, the ri t by churches from which are 5 cents a line. n open forum and invites discus- ic issues and subjects of local or general st but it will not publish anonymous communi- 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. Naval armaments are to be reduced —with the next war. Renee ee | President Roosevelt is fond of Frank- furters—the kind one eats and Felix. Every day we see evidence that the “ape” and “tiger” in human nature is still | enormously active. Many a captain would rather wreck his ship than to permit somebody else to exercise some authority. Every community is plagued with selfish people; they are the weeds that spring up in any garden. We read of a girl who penciled her name and address on a good egg and there- by got a rotten husband. A teacher wants laughter taught. in school. We used to get results in that line with no equipment except a bent pin. Many leaders, uncertain as to the out- come of possible actions, sit still and com- mit their greatest crime, doing nothing. A Californian suggests that the best | buy in Florida is a ticket to Los Angeles. | Strangely enough, Floridians do not agree. | The next bugaboo in taxation that Floridians have to worry about will be the state income tax. Other states have it, | why not we. One of these days force may be out- | lawed among the nations of the earth but it will take more than diplomatic notes to turn the trick. nually to enable the Chamber merce to operate on a large-scale, effec- WISE ADVERTISING PAYS | Within recent weeks Monroe county | commission and Key West city | have been approached and urged to ap- propriate public money for advertising space in various publications and for other allegedly fine pieces of publicity. For- tunately, the proposals have been rejected by both official bodies, principally be- | cause neither the county nor the city has | an available fund for such purposes. County Commissioner Norberg Thompson remarked, in voicing his opposi- tion to one advertising proposition, that if the county did have a fund for advertising and publicity at least some of it should be Commerce to carry on its work of answer- parts of the world. The Citizen believes this a idea, Virtually none of the advertising pro- posals presented to city and county officials ments placed in obscure and questionable publications do not perform the function for which they are designed. In the first of the fly-by-night variety. The promoters may publish enough of their guides and directories and whatnots to supply single copies to those advertising in them, seldom do they produce the promised by their solicitors and rarely do they give a distribution which would guar- antee the results so glibly presented. of a shortage of funds, is where it will do the most good—direct to those requesting it. tion that requests information usually is a man or an organization interested in the Key West picture. folders and other literature to such per- sons and groups is pretty certain to pro- duce effective results, Therefore, it seems to The Citizen that the city and the county should adopt a definite policy in dealing with the pro- moters of various advertising and pub- licity schemes. First, all such propositions | should be submitted to a board of experts consisting of men engaged in the news- paper and publicity business in this city. Second, appropriate sufficient funds an- of Com- tive basis. Key West needs good advertising and council allocated to the Key West Chamber of | ing inquiries and distributing booklets and | other literature to interested persons in all | sensible | for consideration has any merit. Advertise- | place, the majority of these publications is | but | number | On the other hand, the Chamber of | Commerce, operating under the handicap | doing a meri- | torious job in the distribution of literature | The man or organiza- | Distribution of proper | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Gambling Fu OU can’t win. b 3 one answer—“You can't win.” J. C. Furnas, noted writer anu author of “And Sudden Death,” in the February issue of Cosmo- politan Magazine, presents a sen- sational expose. of the tricks of the gambling fraternity. Michael MacDougall is a card detective. | | | | | | | to be a ecard detettive, | Dougall told Mr. Furnas. “I started in Phila@elphia, I was fourteen. One day I wan- dered to the Globe Vaudeville The- ater, where Horace Goldin, the famous Royal Russian Illusionist, was headlining the bill. “The first performance had me popeyed, with moving pictures that turned into real life and girls who | walked through glass and such, I stayed through the next show. This time the illusion went to pot, for the musicians in the orchestra | had left the pit door open. There, under the stage, plain as day was | Goldin’s crew of stagehands going through all of the business that produces illusions on the stase itself. “That spoiled everything, and I resented it. So, after the act was finished, I went backstage and saw Goldin. He asked me what the so- | and-so I wanted, and I told him. I wanted@ job with the act. “He 4 1 was inexperienced. Isaid I mart and could learn. He studiéd me a moment and asked, ‘Are you limber?’ “I doubled into a knot, for I was small and wiry. (I still am.) He hired me.” For years, MacDougall toured the world and took every oppor- tunity he found to learn about The gambling trade, as practised by a few of the su blers in the country is filled with ingenious tricks,, by which overconfident amateurs in the nation are being fleeced every day by the boys who know there’s only@—--———__- —- Hl of Tricks, Expert Maintains ccessful gam- “I know of ohly one way to get | when | Michael MacDougall, noted card detective. gamblers and gambling. until the depression that his knowledge became his career. The depression didn’t break MacDoug- | all but it sent to the cleaners a certain young member of an aris- tocratic eastern family, and that's | what put him to work spotting | craoks. This amateur now is the fam- ous card detective and has played | in scores of fashionable clubs, trains, steamships — everywhere gambling goes on. He always gets his man. The writer exposes the simple | and also the intricate card tricks that are being practiced in thou- sands of gambling games every KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen More than 1,000 navy officers! and men arriving at intervals aboard egiht navy vessels and 25 planes will enjoy liberty. at Key | West for several days. The ships | and aircraft compose the navy’s flotilla of the scouting fleet and consists of two divisions. The outfit is on the annual visit to these waters and after visiting will go to the coast of Cuba for ) regular maneuvers. It is expect- | |ed that movement back. north | will commence late in Fébruary. The movement of the tenders and airplanes for southern wa-) | ters started on January 5 at! | Hampton Roads. The airships | have been flying leisurely down! the coast, stopping at various | points enroute and in this way | | the sea and aircraft reached Key nounced picked team as publish- ed yesterday. There will be a large crowd from the airplane squadron and the tenders out to witness the game, and the Wright crew will be out in full force. Harry Gregory of 1110 Fleming; street has inaugurated a move- ment for starting a mission in the city which will be open to all re- gardless of their station in life. ; The idea has taken a firm hold, says Mf. Gregory, and it is ex- pected that the progress of the mission will go ahead adding to the interest daily. Houseboat Willowmoc arrived here yesterday from DeBruce, New York, and is consigned to It wasn't | TODAY’S COMMON ERROR Do not say, “That will be the ruination of me’ say, “That will ruin me’ TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE GO test. questions? Turn to Page 4 for the answers | | | | | 1. At the mouth of which river is the city of Leningrad? In what federal department is the U. S. Children’s Bu- reau? Name the French engineer who constructed the Suez Canal. Which team won the 1938 Professional football cham- pionship? Of which country is Cairo the capital? Name the planetoid that ap- proaches nearest to the earth. What is the name for a set of musical bells in a church tower? Name the instrument used to determine the specific gravity of liquids. In which state is the Penob- scot River? Where is the native habitat of the chimpanzee? 2. | PIRATE’S GOLD Edited By LILY LAWRENCE BOW ROYALTY |The ecstasy from Autumn’s sun- set sky Can fire the blood like breath of wind-swept pine; |A soothing spell, its dusk of sap- phirine, No season with such majesty can i vie. poignant call of wild geese | flying high, ; The dusky grapes that purple on H the vine, Are fused with breath of Aut- umn’s heady wine : That holds me in its spell as it { goes by. i i {No king in robe { compare | With Autumn’s majesty of crim- H soned gold. No knights of splendor found in 1 royal hall ; Were gay as scarlet maples, de- bonair. _A page’s horn was heraldry less bold ' | The ‘ of ermine can good publicity, but is in no position to pay good money for poor advertising and poor | Weel er eabaut ane same mae: | When the movement north starts | ;the Porter Dock Company. The Than clarion note of wild geese’s vessel is practically a yacht and ; a : longing call. is well furnished in every respect.| /°NS'n8 | ways pet remedies that have publicity. PREVENT IT If there is one thing of which you can get too much, it’s everybody’s special remedy for treating colds. There are al- cured the patient and never fails on the friends for an equal cure. Some of these favorites are good remedies but you would probably be a long time deceased if you tried all of them! After all is said and done about it, there is one item that stands out in the cold There are some heavy women in Key West who won't do a thing to reduce ex- cept shrug their shoulders when they step | off the scal We concede the right of a woman to | change her mind, but would appreciate her refraining from doing so just as she is about to turn a street corner. The grafting situation in Key West is commencing to smell to high heaven. Some day the decent people of this community will revolt—Key West Citizen. Have you | tried grafting stink weeds to rose bushes? That'll reduce the odor.—Sanford Herald. It is open season for snow-birds. Last week one of this gentry, came to town to ask for contributions for his sheet. He was turned down by the County Commission- | ers, the City Council and the Chamber of Commerce, nevertheless, he inveigled | some of the local business men to loosen up and these fel] for his chatter. Commis- sioner Thompson in voicing his opposition | had the right idea when he suggested if the business men of Key West have any money to spend for advertising purposes to | give it to the local] Chamber of Commerce | which is handicapped for funds to publicize | the island city, and by so doing they and | the entire community will benefit. This is | sound common sense and the suggestion | can be profitably heeded by everyone in Key West. } contro] situation. That is known as cold prevention. As far as your medical man has advanced he still is a bit reluctant to | make drastic statements about the common | cold. The fact that it is so common is the big reason we take extra precautions to prevent catching it. The best remedy, the one that seems to be the most tried and | true, is to prevent colds through com- | | fortable, sensible dress, good, and a well-chosen diet. What man refuses to believe that the best cure for a cold is to go to bed until relief is obtained? Two days of complete rest in bed may be the prevention of two weeks of misery n your feet. The association of folks with colds is the easiest way of passing the complaint around the neighborhood. Use common nse with the common cold. JAPS SAY IT IS “DANGEROUS” Japanese diplomats, commenting * on the American loan to China, declare it a “dangerous” gesture. Apparently, the Japanese not only intend to regulate the Chinese in China, the relations of the Chinese to foreigners in China, but also the action of foreign governments, anywhere | in the world, that have anything to do with China. In other words, the regime serves notice upon the world that | China is Japanese game and gives warn- ing to the rest of the world to keep out of | the preserve. clean air | Tokyo military | | separate movements of units will be started but it is expected that leach unit will spend about one} | week in port from time of ar- | rival. Decorations and material and _ paraphernalia belonging to C. El- | wood Dillon, would-be promoter | of the recently proposed yacht | races at Key West and Havana! | and which were levied on by the | sheriff to satisfy debts incurred here by the owner, have been| | released and will be sent to Mr. | | Dillon at Homestead. The obli-| gations for which the material | | was attached and the costs in the | | matter of $350, will be taken care | of at the Pank in Homestead, | and payment will be made by) | the bank upon delivery of the | stuff to Mr. Dillon. It is under-| |a regatta at Homestead and the} | material will be used there by the committee in charge, under ; the direction of the owner. | Editorial comment: In the death | of Tex Rickard sportsdom has lost a commanding figure. Vision and square dealing are the chief qualities that made him the peer} of all in his line of activity. | ——— { Carl Bervaldi heads the new; ‘board of county commissioners. | He was named for the office at) | the meeting held yesterday after- ; noon. Last evening the two new, | members took their seats. Retir-| ,ing members of the board were) | Braxton B. Warren and J. Otto Kirchheiner, who are succeeded | by Norberg son and C, C, | ef the board will be held tonight: | 8 o'clock. ? i | Baseball game scheduled for) | tomorrow afternoon at the navy} | yard will be between the team_ from the Wright and eovceescoe eeccoce Alexander Kovda presents | | | | i | | DRUMS In Glorious Technicolor —also— COMEDY NEWS ecececececonerescaccosee. | Symonette. First régular. meeting | the an-* @eoceso ee y 7 +4 Today’s Birthdays ee ee Carrie Chapman Catt of New Rochelle, N. Y., noted leader, born at Ripon, Wis., 80 years ago. John Danaher, new Connecti- cut Republican senator, born 40 years ago. Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, chairman of the Federal Mari-; time Commission, born in Con- necticut, 60 years ago. Richard Halliburton, travel book author, born at Brownsville, Tenn., 39 years ago. Dr. John B. Watson of New Greenville, S. C., 61 years ago. lin, Mo., 62 years ago. ,Maj. Gen. John L. De Witt, U.S.A., bern at Ft. Sidney, Nebr., 59 years ago. Frank C. Dodd of New York, bock publisher, born at Winne- bago, Minn., 64 years ago. Rev. Ivan Lee Holt of St. Louis, ME. clergyman, born at DeWitt, Ark., 53 years ago. —Doris Evelyn L. Dexter. 1 TIME | Time has on his marching clothes: | (I would hold him still) | His marching moves the shadows | That lean against the hill. | He is just a thief at best, But I will not care— | That he wrinkles up my face, | And thins out my hair! —Leah Sherman. SUPPLICATION | Give me the strength | For a long, long stride ' Down through the days of a year. Help me remember that time and tide Wait not for me, and clear | My eyes of the blur of sin. | Put away my baneful pride, | stood that Mr. Dillon will put on | York, psycologist, author, born at; Make me conform to discipline, | And, Lord, with me abide. | Emily N. Blair of Alexandria, | For I want to walk | Va., writer-lecturer, born at Jop-| With a strong, strong stride | Down through the days of the year. i —Lily Lawrence Bow. | WE STRESS QUALITY— NOT QUANTITY in the Baking of our Bread Try Aunt Molly’s Bread } | Round Gut Your KEY WEST visit nik» bo SLAVANA, ia P & O Steamship CUBA . Key West, 8:300m. Mondeys-Thundeys § Ar. Havana, 3:00p.m. same afternoon 9:00a.m. Tuesdays-Frideys Ac. Key West, 3:15pm. same afternoon ® CUBAN TOURIST TAX Soe Lv. Havens, ROUND TRIP HNCLUDING MEALS AND BERTH AT SEA 10 DAY Limit To PORT TAMPA, Tuesdays end fridays, 5 p.m. CIDENTAL S. S. COMPANY The PENINSULAR a OC! For Information, Tickets ond Reservations, Phooe 14 9 MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 193 \ALYCEB. ON PIRATES COVE FISHING TRIP’ CAMP OPENED MOTOR BOAT WENT OUT MANY HAVE ALREADY REG- THIS MORNING TO ISTERED AT FISH- FLORIDA REEF ING CAMP i ! Motor Boat Alyce B., owned and operated under the manage- ment of Miss Ruth Ellison, left her berth this morning shortly after 9 o'clock for a day of deep- sea fishing near the Florida Reef. #The vessel] is one which is well adapted to this class of angling, and Miss Ellison, formerly of New Found Harbor, feels confident that the fittings of the ship andj °“ its arrangement will meet the re-| ere ease eee ee i e ning last week o e “Val- quirements of the most exacting | ieia", with Captain Earl McQua- Lying at her berth at the Por-| ide, was Clarence W. Grosne ter Dock Co., the Alyce B. can| Washington, D. C., and his gue always be contacted whenever ra and Hast Fi 4 i Man on sland, and Short wit .perincamtactint| Se A Welker of Baliiane piati carhicelmay, bel made: Maxwell brought in a sail- Hand bills printed by The Art-| OS: » Seas eee long and man Press and showing prices) WS) "in8 * ja i cee for the hire of the Alyce B. and|. se bar rdesgeate eck other information are to be dis-| included Mr. and Mrs. ¥. G. Pa- tri z this week, ' tience, Hartford, Conn.; Mr. and ributed by the owner this weel Mrs. F. E. Pigott, Roct te eoccececccceccocsccceees Y.; E. G. Bewly and son, Tulsa, PORTATION | Okla.; Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Noble and Miss Noble, land, O.; eenccesncase ;Mr. and Mrs 2 F. Fiske, © | Amesbury, M: and MV Steamer Cuba Arrives | Lewis H. Carris, New York Cit Steamship Cuba, of the P. and| Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Parish and O. S. S. Co., arrived this morn-! Mrs. A. Wainwright, Miami ing from Tampa and St. Peters-| Beach; Mr. and Mrs. Albert E. burg with five first and three! Howatt, Niagara Falls, and J. P. second cabin passengers for Key | pj.,).- To West, 92 first and two seconds| *i*<!» Quantico, Va for Havana. | Key West arrivals were: Louis! Alazar, M. A. Khorun, A. N. Goshman, Mrs. S. White, Mrs. M. Waller, E. R. Deshong, Louise | Deshong, J. L. Alpizar. ; Among the passengers for Ha-! vana was a group of 52 citizens of Pennsylvania, members of the State Society, going to Havana! for a vacation and expecting to return on Friday. Several groups : 1 of the society rode over the city \ this morning and had a most en- joyable time. Items listed on the manifest of the Cuba showed: For Key West, | 32 tons of freight, two auto- mobiles, and six sacks of mail. For Havana, no freight and 189 sacks of mail. Sailing a few minutes after 11 o’clock the ship carried bookings from Key West numbering 74 first cabin and two second cabin Passengers, and eight auto- mobiles, Beware Coughs from common colds | | Stanley Marshall, of Mass., and Bar Harbor, Maine, opened the Pirates Cove Fishing Camp January 2 for the season, and is satisfied with the busine: which has already come to the camp, and the prospects for the ‘balance of the season. Assisting him is Mrs. Marshall, who has ,had a wide experience in hote} Boston, Mrs. | 3 ‘ LA CONCHA HOTEL In the Center of the Business and Theater District Open The Year Around Garuge——Elevator——Fireproot SECOND SHEETS 500 Shects for MANILA, 8¥2xl1 WHITE TYPEWRITING {PAPER '| 500 Sheets \ for 75c —THE— ARTMAN PRESS The Citizen Bldg. . PHONE 51 OVERSEAS TRANSPORTATION CO., INC. 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