The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 13, 1939, Page 2

FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 1939 ' ee e ‘yy 7 = ‘Today's Birthdays | @eqgcceqecooaqacagegvoce ) Dr. Francis E. Townsend, orig- Along the Waterfront linator of the old age pension KEY WEST SPONGERS now/on keys fishing; Charles Pinder,}Plan, born at Fairbury, Ill, 72 on a six-week trip on Bay bot- 36 years sponging; Benjamin j Ye@Fs ago. toms of the upper Keys will use! Sawyer, 25 years fishing and! a | many natural springs which buc-' sponging; Birge Saunders, 35! c puree ee apart a ao “~*~ | caneers who. patrolled these wa- years fishing, sponging and pilot-!Conn., founder of the brush com- TEST YOUR | ters often used. One of the larg-| ing; Thompson Fish Company! Pany, born in Nova Scotia, 54 K N 9) WwW L E DB G E ‘est is at Big Pine Key. The large fishermen. {years ago. Se | Pine trees which are found on t ? saad | that island grow to such luxuriant dimensions,. because ‘of the nat-— ural wells there. A natural clay PAGE TWO THE KEY WEST CITIZEN : The Key West Citizen Publ HE | KEY WEST IN. | TODAY’s COMMON =I Evidence that the United States navy | ERROR °* eee nO | recognizes the strategic importance of the | DAYS GONE BY ag | Key West naval station may be seen at the | Wo Tg aeeworead Do not say, “I will remit “yard” today, Headquarters for patrol . Assintant Business Manager rom The Citizen Building 1 the money when I receive ‘ 2 | Happenings Here Just 10 Years | your bill”: say, “send the | wing five of the navy has been established . is vd Ee | in one of the station buildings, some of the Corner Greene and Ann Streets | Age Teday As Taken From || ™oney”. : | Sia eens Deceet ex aa | enlisted personnel of the wing have been The Files of The Citizen ik iy i | given quarters in another building and two | Benson. Sawyer, 45, member of converted destroyers are tied up at the eee SE Aen | docks. These men and ships will sérvice | west Paim Beach today as a re- 4 | the 16 seaplanes of patrol wing five now KEY WEST AND WAR GAMES ‘THE ISLAND CITY Except Sunday By a) ~ ished Daily TIZEN BU Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use jon of all news dispatches credited to erwise credited in this paper and alsa hed here. OTHER NAMES CONTINUE: Prof. Ross G. Harrison, noted Horseshoe Bank, two shoals cause} Yale biologist, born in Philadel- bank bend; Sideboard bank, used! phia, 69 years ago. Can you answer sever of these te questions? Turm to =.) Page 4 for the answers | sult of an aecident and injuries | received while assisting in the Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. AL NOTICE ards of thanks, resolutions of will be charged for at ices for enter ment by churches from which ue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. ‘itizen is an open forum and invites discus, ion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations. {MPROVEMENTS 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. —— There are very few senators who do not believe they are presidential timber, The Citizen most assuredly believes in | birth control—that of the pesky mos- | quito, Correct this sentence: “But, wifey, dear, you must spend more money; I can afford it.” Let’s make 1939 a “Buy at Home” year and give the local taxpaying mer- chants a break. Electric frost alarms are used in orange groves. They should also be sound- ed just before a radio comedian begins. What has become of the old-fashioned man who always carried an umbrella? We are not referring to Neville Chamber- lain, Public officials—servants of the peo- ple—should remember that the conscience of the community is extremely sensitive to wrong or injustice. Felix Frankfurter’s appointment by President Roosevelt to the Supreme Court | of the United States seems to meet with the general approval of the people, except those living west of the Mississippi River, who would have preferred a western man. Governor Cone is very much concerned | about the gambling situation in Miami, but | passes Key West—a hot bed of cheap gambling—over very lightly. Why in Key | West even the—but that is another story and we will tell it some other time—elec- | ‘tion time, perhaps. P The Citizen’s stand against purchase | of parking meters by the city council has | | station on an active basis. 9 | anchored off Trumbo island. Why are the service ships and sea- | planes in Key West waters? ‘The answer | is the navy next month will:engage in ex- tensive maneuvers in the Caribbean to | work out problems involved in the defense | of the Fanama Canal Zone against, foreign invasiorf. While much of the naval ac- tivity will be farther south, or between | Cuba and the Canal Zone, it is certain that the plan of defense being evolved: by the | navy includes protection for the Gulf of | Mexico and the Gulf ports against any possible invaders. That is where Key West fits into the defense picture. Navy vessels and seaplanes operating from this southernmost American point can control the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico, at once protecting the flank of the navak vessels defending the Canal Zone and preventing invasion of the Gulf, : Many local observers feel that the navy’s use of the Key West naval station and adjacent waters for seaplanes is the beginning of a movement to re-open the In fact rumors are current to the effect the “yard” will be restcred to the active list within six months. These may be the result of hope on the part of the men who formerly found employment at the naval station, but there is no escaping the fact that Key West must be regarded as an important and strategic point in any scheme of de- fense against European aggressors, While awaiting orders in connection with the maneuvers, patrol wing five un- Hundt, will engage in gunnery, bombing Key West. of visitors and thus should prove a source of interest and profit to the people of this community. Commander Hundt and his The Citizen wishes them the best of luck in their training and war game activities, THE WPA AND THE WORKERS’ ALLIANCE (The Record, Toms River, N. J.) Recently the editor has been asked about the Workers’ Alliance of America, an organization whose membership is recruited from the WPA rolls and the ranks of the unemployed. The answer is a simple one. fit is communist from top to bottom. It is de- cidedly an organization that was designed for wrecking and not building. demonstrations, noisy picketings, etc. Some may remember the disgraceful exhibi- tion staged by the state assembly two years ago when the Workers Alliance, led by John Spain, met with hearty favor by Key Westers in | general, and many complimentary and en- | couraging remarks have been addressed to | the editor. It is unquestionable that in- | stallation of the meters would be contrary | to the desires of the citizenry of this com- | munity. } A man is never so fortunate or unfor- tunate as he thinks himself. While there are those who are more fortunate, there are also others who are more unfortunate, | and it is impossible to know who is the! most fortunate or the most unfortunate | person in the werld, as we are all com-| paratively fortunate and comparatively | unfortunate. The Miami News in its rotogravure | setion headlined one of its pictures “Hark! | The Herald Angels Sing.” This is news, | since it is seldom that a newspaper chants | the praises of its competitor—Key West | Citizen. The Herald, in turn, one day ran the following announcement: “Good News,”—P. E. B., Tampa Tribune, The Independent has been predicting Good Times in 1939.—Lee Morris, St. Pete Ind. Net having a competitor The Citizen ean. | not demonstrate its magnanimity as the | We sincerely hope that residents of county, whether they are on WPA rolls or not, | will reject any proffers of “help” held out by rep- resentatives of this group. Like many other similar communist organ- izations, the alliance bores from within. By this | we mean that they will tie themselves to, the tail of movement that has unquestionable merit. With this beginning they slowly permeate the entire movement with their own people and in a few months the original leaders have either become dupes or have been thrown out. The names of the national leaders of the | Alliance are David Lasser, president, and Herbert Benjamin, vice-president. These names speak for themselves to any one familiar with current | events. A copy of the Daily Worker, national com- munist organ for the third Internationale in the United States, passed through our hands a few months ago. In it we noticed that Toms River was listed as having made contributions totalling more than $60 in two months time. This newspaper does not believe in fascism, communism or bossism, or any other ism that may come to mind. The only exeeption we make is to unceasingly reiterate our stand for Americanism. Have you ever stopped to notice how many of the really big jobs are held by above named contemporaries have done,! fellows whose neighbors said, when they and so we give to our misery all we have, a | tear, were kids, they would never amount to | much?, der the command of Commander L,. Tf. | and other plane operations im vicinity of | These will attract thousands | men are sure to be warmly welcomed and | The whole out- | It appeals to people whose f, Q, is rather low. | The tactics are the same as scores of other Mos- | cow controlled gangs; strikes, violence, turbulent | took possession of the assembly chambers, in Tren- | ton and conducted a “sit-in strike” for day: ' fying the authorities to oust them. 6 n. | Work “df dislodging ‘the Gulf Re- | fining “Company's: Tanker Trin- | idadian, which is ‘aground off the | Florida coast, 25 miles north of ,Jupiten dospital authorities | Said ithat Sawyer’s leg was’ near- ly torn! from, his body when he | was caught between the tug and ‘the stranded vessel. The body | wilh be brought here for burial. | Arrest of Elwood Dillion in ; Homestead on a charge of ob- , taining. money under false pre- tenses in this city recalls to mind, | the actions of Mr. Diltion when. | he first came here. He started | @ movement to stage yacht races | ip the harbor and interested lead- | ing people of the city in his plan, | seheme as it turned out to, he | Much money had been subserib- ed when he disappeared. Sus- picion was aroused when some of his workers attempted to de- Lpart with two. wagon, loads of ;Benmants and bunting, which | were to be used in decorations for the city. 128 | ‘Twenty-three seaplanes of the aircraft squadron of the ,U. S | Scouting Fleet, which had been | at Key West for the past several | days, left yesterday for Cozumel, | Mexico. The’ fleet is under the} ‘command of Rear Admiral Mar-| | shall, who is on board the U.S.S. | Wright. The planes took off at | 9:30 this morning enroute to the | Canal Zone. They were under the command of Lieutenant-Com- |mander Capehart, U.S.N., and with him was George Allan Eng- land, well-known writer, who ob-| tained permission from the sec- | retary of the navy to make the flight to. Cozumel, where he will ; make notes of the Maya ruins. “To my way of thinking, Key, | West is. the loveliest place in Florida for a visit of a few days and to spend the winter”, said Hugh Bancroft, Boston banker ; and publisher of two of the na- tional leading finance journals, | at a local tourist hotel yester- |day. “Today is the proof of it”,; said the visitor, continuing with, | “We have a cold spell on all over, |the country and in no otheri Florida city people are out play- ing in the sunshine this morn-) U. S. Coast Guard Ship Talla- poosa, one of the finest and larg- | est ships of the service, carrying a complement of 100 officers and |men,. arrived yesterday to be permanently stationed at this port.‘ Captain S. E. Barron is in command of the ship, and is well- | known in this city, having been | stationed in this port on other vessels of the service. Editorial comment: The Citizen | is almost daily in receipt of com- munications from prospective vis- | teen 2 MIAMI and MIAMI AND FWO ROUND DIRECT EXPRESS: » £0 Reaves Miami 2:00 WESET 200° o'clock A. M. Leaves Key West 9: iqMiami 2:00 o’clock P. M. LOEAL: (serving all inte: “Beaves Miami 9:00 o' West 4:00 0° oglock P. M. Leaves Key West 8:00 o*clock A. M.) “Arriving Miami 3:00 o’clock P. M. Free PickUp and Delivery Service Full Cargo Office: 813 Caroline St. | is on foot to change the laws so 'feit notes of $20 had been pre- ‘ fuel * @VERSEAS TRANSPORTATION CO, NC. Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service —between— 7 (Except Sunday) wurect Between Miami and Key West. °’ 00 o'tlotk’ A."M., arriving rmediate points): fo” 1, What is keeper 797 2, Which’ country lies north of Belgium? Who was. inted by Pres- ident Tac to, fill the! office of Secretary of} Commerce to s! Dan- | iel C. Roper, resij ? What is the product of! Wax? 4 Name the inventor of the telephone. b What is the correct;,pronun- ciation of the word imdus-} try? ‘ Name the Emperor of Aus-| tria-Hungary who died during the World War. Which state .is nicknamed “The Wonder State”? What is a buoy? |, Which President of;Abe U. S. lived to the .gneatest age? wAoel 3. 9 10. int Poseqecervaeccaeaceseces Today’s Horoscope evee ecoe Today endows with a genial and fine disposition, which, turn- ed in the right path, makes for a student of philosophy.’ Watch for the danger sign—a_ certain weakness of character which may xun away from control and, un- less curbed, lead to dissipation. eccccee In the prison hospital at Tou- louse, England, where he was held to await trial on’ robbery charges, Sylvio de Souza joined a funeral cortege as it passed him in the garden and walked out to freedom with the mourners. Following spy scares in Eng- land and Scotland a movement that “third degree” methods may be used in dealing with persons arrested on espionage charges. itors asking for information about Key West. One this morning wanted to know about our gar- age accommodations. The Gato and Curry garages are probably the largest and best in the state of Florida. : The Citizen was informed to- day by officials of the First. Na- tional Bank that several'counter- sented at the bank, recently. A request is made to give ‘warning to the public relative’to ‘the cir- culation of these bogus’ bills in the city. i U.S.S. Hannibal, of thé navy’s survey expedition, arrivéd yes- terday from the Cuban coast for and supplies. The’ vessel will be in port for a few days| and then will return to the field of operations. KEY WES Also Serving All Points on Florida Keys between KEY WEST TRIPS DAILY clock A. M...anrixing. Key clock-A. M.,-arriving Ke Insurance Telephones 92 ahd 68 = deposit is near the well. Key West island has three such wells, | one of which pumps 30,000 gal- lons a month with ease. An! | early voyager in Key West mak- ing a landing here discovered one of the wells. ! FOLLOWING are derivations) [of Key names compiled by the Coast and Geodetie Survey, now |in charge of Lieut. E. R. McCar- thy: Stock Island, cattle once | roamed this island; Nancy Cut, Nancy Bulman often used this waterway; Geiger Creek, named for Henry Geiger, old Key settler; Bird Key, a common name; Sad- dlebunch, named from up and down appearance of tree tops; Sugarloat Key, the sugarloaf! Pineapple was once cultivated on | this island; Gandolpho Creek, named’ tor old settler; Torch: Keys, named for trees of thati name; Nile Channel, named for old settler; Lower Matecumbe Key, corruption of Mattacomba, | Spanish for bent bushes; Lignum- ! vitae key, receives its name | from Lignum Vitae Key; Teatable | Key, key of that name is flat like} table; Islamorada, Spanish for: “purple isle”; Plantation Key,' from many early pineapple and; sugarcane plantations; Key Lar-! go, Spanish for “long”. | MONROE COUNTY, named: 1828 in honor of President Mon- | roe, Spanish Harbor Keys, from; early settlers; Don Quivote Key, } name obscure; Buttonwood strips, from trees on it; Sandfly Key, ap- | propriate name; Refuge Key lies; in mouth of bight at west shore of No Name Key, best hurricane key in vicinity. | ' SOME of the sources giving! these names were Charles L. Pinder, sponger; Verrel Roberts, ! sponging, fishing and _piloting;| Allan Parrish, 20-year resident on Key Vacas; Jakie Key, 40 years as landmark from similarity to! kitchen equipment; Bluefish: bank, bluefish can be found here when not found elsewhere; Bul- | lard bank, fishermen name who; first used it; Burnt point, burned | landmark; Russell and Stirrup! points, named after early resi-‘ dents; Fat Deer Key, appropriate | name in old days; Coco Plum’ beaches, once had coco plum trees! in abundance on it; Sister Rocks, | two, shoals near each other; Beth-| el Bank, probably early visitor: there; Barrelhead bank, original-! ly named from barrel on a stake; which marked it; Buchanan keys, | after President Buchanan; Horse- ; neck or Arsenic Keys, from shape, i arsenic probably from dropped! “h”, custom ‘of early Bahaman' residents; Pontoon Bank, pon-! Dr. Frederick A. Kolster of New York, radio engineer, born in Switzerland, 56 years ago. Prof. James G. Rogers of the Yale Law School, onetime assist- ant seeretary of state, born in Denver, Colo., 56 years ago. banks with distinctive markers, such as palmettos, tripods, etc. After the beacons were placed in them. the names died out. The old names were very picturesque. The original land survey was made by a contractor of Florida in. 1873-2? and divided the Keys into townships and ranges. The work appears to have been done piecemeal and has been supple- mented since 1910 by surveys of several small keys east of Fla- mingo on the mainland, Taver- nier Keys and a few other minor keys. During the construction of der mangroves for jewfish know the railroad several improve- of this appropriate name. ; ments were made in channels by Se ‘dredging and numerous water MANY OF THE EARLY mari- passages between the keys were ners in the Keys staked out the toons from railroad construction would break away and eventually land on this bank; Jewfish’ Bush Bank, anyone ‘who has fished un- filled. 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