The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 16, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TW¢ Two The _The Key West Citizen ¥ ta! ‘vrom The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streeta Only Daily Newananer in Bey, West and Monroe Count Whtered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter aE Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use | for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also | the local news published here. *e SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year Bix Months Three Months One Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of spect, obituary notices, etc. will be charged for at of 10 cents a line. s for entertainment by churches from which nue is to be derived are 5 cents a@ line. Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- f public issues and subjects of local or general st but it will not publish anonymous communi- ons. 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. The second best navy is too small for the United States. $$ E In the strictest sense of the word, criticism means judgment, An Ohio newspaper says the relief problem is taxing our best minds. Well, everything else is taxed. Death or imprisonment is the only logic a dictator knows when dealing with all who differ with him. Making the City of Key West solvent. is a problem not easy of solution; if it were easily solved it would be no problem. A foreign language’s idiomatic speech is often amazing; our “to sleep in the open air,” for instance, is expressed in Spanish by the more beautiful idiom, “to sleep in “the inn of the star.” Why should the governor go to the expense of calling out the militia to stop gambling in Miami when he can remove the sheriff with a stroke of the pen. He may have read that the pen is mightier than the sword, A new gambling casino is widely re- ported in the newspapers of the state as having opened in Miami. For some reason or other this is regarded as news.—San- ford Herald. The news is that with a/ plethora of gambling joints, there is room for another—that the saturation point has not been reached, Benny Bubelsky, better known as Jack, Benny, comedian of radio and sereen, has been indicted for purchasing smug- gled goods. On the radio he is constantly being ribbed by the company he heads for his parsimonious habits, but what was said in jest now appears to be, the ‘truth and 3enny will have to explain to the govern- ment in due time why his avariciousness led him to cheat Uncle Sam, who will see to it that he gets back with interest all he lost, The Citizen favors the appointment of Felix Frankfurter to the Supreme Court because it considers him qualified, not for the reason attributed to the senate judi- ciary sub-committee that he definitely as- serted his faith in the Constitution after being questioned. His actions not his words prove his fitness for the position. Undoubtedly interrogations like this are mere formalities as the one asked of im- migrants, Are you an anarchist? The an- swer is always and definitely, No. : Representative Pat Cannop seems to be the kind of man who has thoughts of his own and believes he was elected to repre- | holding large rifles and with one foot on the neck | 786, 1 sent his constituents and not to follow blindly the idiosyneracies of the leaders so-called. He is strongly for national de- fense and told the boys in Washington that he weighs 300 pounds and no 120-pounder In a budget Friday night adopted by city council there is provision for discounts | for taxpayers who meet their bills prompt- | TAXES MUST BE PAID! ‘ly. The rate is 4 per cent discount for pay- | RECORDS MADE IN WATERS OF KEY WEST. 00000000000 00SCCCCOOOCOOE OOOO LE OO OOOO OO OOOOEOOOD | ment during January, 3 per cent during | February and 1 per cent during March. After that full payment will be exacted. From all The Citizen has been able to learn, it will pay the taxpayers to take | advantage of the discounts this year. In the ist-it has been customary for some | tied eity; council reduced the assessment | roll erthe tax rate,., This year there is not | likely to be any such relief for tardy tax- payers. The city:council evidently is seri- ous in its‘decisiom'to make every taxpayer pay on the line in actual cash. On the face of it 32 mills, or $32 for each $1000 of assessed valuation on the | non-exempt roll of $3,130,140, appears to | be pretty stiff. However, the majority of properties are assessed at only about 50. pe cent of their market value, so that in | effect the tax rate is about half $32 on the | actual valuation. Some $48,398 must be raised by direet taxation, the remainder of | the budget totaling $105,748 to be realized | licenses. Those sources are expected to produce $57,350. ~ The budget shows tlie city council has | lone a business-like job of providing ‘for | vital requirements. Included in an allot- | ment of $15,217 to the board of public | works is the sum of $5,000 for sponsorship of public works projects. This is a wise | provision and should provide many of the men who soon may lose em- ect is closed down. Another important item is one of $15,- 652. This is to be used to pay interest on notes and revenue bonds now outstanding cash. City council voted against the pro- | posal to issue certificates of indebtedness | to cover some $300,000 in floating debts. Whether this was a mistake remains to be seen. At the rate the city’s financial posi- tion is improving it will take several years to pay these debts, but the city saves the interest which have been paid on the cer- tificates of indebtedness. Other principal provisions, besides one of $44,713 for general operating ex- penses, are one of $21,661 to meet the funded debt requirements and another of $6,902 to satisfy any possible judgments that may be obtained against the city by bondholders who did not enter the bond re- funding program. “AIMED AT GETTING THEIR CASH” Sir George Paish, British economist, visiting this country, says that the nations of the world are spending $12,500,000,000 a year on “pump-priming”’ and the danger that the power to'spend Government credit will not last should lead the nations to- gether to consider their joint economic problems. Among other observations, the British visitor expressed his opinion that the per- secution of the Jews by the German Gov- ernment was “aimed at getting their cash.” This confirms anopinion expressed in these columns several. Wweéks ago. Any- 4 iliar with the ecénomic position of y can easily understand why the thing to get new sources of revenue. FISH PHOTOGRAPHY (Tampa Tribune) “Somebody caught a 100-pound tarpon and a 300-pound jewfish last week at Key West and hung them up at the yacht basin. Whereupon, the Key West Citizen reports, 500 people took pie- tures of the two big fish, and most of these got friends to snap their own pictures standing beside the fish. They borrowed rods and reels to use as props for the pictures, to prove that they caught the fish themselves. One lady, according to the newspaper, the prize. She had her picture snapped al eth‘ fish and then went away grumbling beralisé ‘she was snapped holding her and. “people wouldn’t believe I caught a a pocketbook in the picture.” men have ha@ their phdtographs made in studios of a stuffed tiger. grapher will buy a fair-sized stuffed whale he can soon pay for it by photographing visitors holding harpoons. The Key West snapshots, which have been jayers to put off, payment until a wor- | from other sources, including occupational | work for | ployment when the sewer and water proj- | | and to pay some of the floating debts in | regime is ready to do almost any- | Hk REY WEST CITIZEN Kingfieh, Tarpon, Wahoo Complete records of World and | Atenaie fishing catches show many made in Key West and | Key waters. U. S. coastal record kingfish, a 65-pounder, was caught at Taver- tnier. U.S. coastal record tarpon ‘of 231 pounds was made at Key | Vaca cut. U. S. coastal record ' ' | wahee was made at Long Key.| !It weighed 78 pounds. Woman’s | world reeord for kingfish, 58 | pounds, was made off Long Key. | Woman’s world record for tarpon, 231 pounds, was made at Key Vaea cut. Ernest Hemingway, Key West novelist, caught the {North American record shark of 786 pounds. However, this catch | ; was at Bimini. | Following records are compiled | by Thomas Aitken for Outdoor | Life and are corrected to Janu- ary 1, 1938: WORLD'S RECORDS Albacore (Germo _alalunga), 66% pounds, 1912, Frank mally. | off Catalina, Calif. Amberjack (Seriola lalandi), (106. pounds, 1937, Harvey M.; | Harker, off Pas-a-Grille, Fla. Bass, channel (Seiaenops ocel- latus), 74, 1929, Chas. D. Beck- mann, Chincoteague, Va. |__Bass, striped (Roccus lineatus), | 73, 1913, Chas. B. Church, Vine- | yard Sound, Mass. Bass, white sea (Cynoscian no’ | bilis) 6842, 1937, James Bailey, off Coronado Isl, Mexico Boundary. Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix), 25, 1874, L. Hathaway, Cohasset, Mass. Bonefish (Albula vulpes), 13%, | | 1919, B. F. Peek, Bimini Flats, B. Week. Dolphin (Coryphaena hippur- us), 63, 1930, Zane Grey, off Ta- | hiti. | Kingfish, king cero (Scombero- morus cavalla), 734, 1935, Lerner B. Harrison, off Bimini, B.W.I. Marlin, Pacific black (Makaira nigricans marlina), 976, 1926, Laurie D. Mitchell, Bay of Is- lands, N. Z. Marlin, Atlantic blue (Makaira nigricans ampla), 636, 1935, Thomas H. Shevlin, off Bimnii,' BW. Marlin, striped (Makaira mit- sukurii, 692, 1931, Alphonse He- mann, off Balboa, Calif. 152, 1936, Marion B. Stevens, off Bimini, B.W.I. Permit, great pompano (Trach- inotus goodei), 37%, 1936, a ard C, Miller, off Miami Beas Fla. toralis), 72, 1937, C. C. Chandler, | Gulf of Panama. Sailfish, Atlantic (Istiophorus americanus), 106, 1929, W. A.) Bonnell, off Miami Beach, Fla. Sailfish, Pacific (Istiophorus, greyi), 182, 1935, Louis W. Myers, | off Cape San Lucas, Mex. Shark, mako (suropsis mako), | 798, 1931, H. White-Wickham, | Bay of Islands, N. Z. Shark, white sea (Carcharodon carcharias), 998, 1935, Francis H. Low, off Brielle, N. J. Snook, robalo (Petropema undecimalis, 49%, 1926, L. Caine, Marco, Fla. Swordfish, broadbill hig maar 842, 1936, Geo. W! G: off Tocopilla, Chile. arpon (Tarpon _atlanticus),’ . 1934, Jax M. Cowden, Panuco River, Mex. Tuna, bluefin (Thunnus thyn-} nus), 85}, 1933, L. Mitchell-Hen-| ry, off Whitby, England, Tuna, curved yellowfin (Sema- | thunnus itosbi), 265, 1937, Jas. W. | Harvey, off Oahu, Hawaii. Tuna, Guild | (Semathunnus guildi, 176, 1933, Aksel Wichfield, off Tahiti. Wahoo (Acanthocybium solan- dri), 124%, off Hawaii. regalis), 17 3-16, 1933, Fred J. Conzen, Peconic Bay, N. Y. 111, 1926, Zane Grey, off Russell, N. Z. NORTH AMERICAN RECORDS Dolphin (Cotyphaena hippur- us), 61, 1935, Jack Gore, off Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. nigricans marlina), 622, 1936,) exactly new! Long before this, Geo, F. Baker, Jr, Gulf of Pana- | ma, C. Z Shark, mako (Isuropsis mako), | sey yaad “mag gn Tuna, bluefin (Thunnus thyn- nus), 821, 1937, John Stuart Mar- had ever attempted to sock him. That’s| sent to several hundreds home folks allover the | 5": of Liverpool, N. 8. right, Pat, we want a powerful line of de- fense on land, sea and air. Then no nation will attempt to sock us, provided we do not attempt to start a rumpus. country, indicating that 500 people each caught a | ari), | fairly authentic. At least it is a fact that some- body caught a couple of big fish. (Acanthocybium solan: ari), 91, 1937, Harry J. Tucker, ONL Z. . Marlin, white (Makaira albida), | Rogsterfish (Nematistius pec-/ 1938, J. B. Stickney, Weakfish, sea trout (Cynoscion , Marlin, Pacific black (Makaira | age Hemingway, off, MANY WORLD, ATLANTIC COAST FISHING In Prize Catches Off Keys UNITED STATE COASTAL RECORDS (Other than those included in other charts) » Kingfish, king cero (Scombero- morus cavalla), 65, 1936, D. A.) Kane, off Tavernier, Fla} , | Marlin, Pacific black (Makaira! nigricans marlina), 588, 1936, U. C. Murcell, off Catalina, Calif. Marlin, Atlantic blue (Makaira! nigricans ampla), 37’, 1937, Ma-; Eon E. Sibley, off Miami Beachy a. Marlin, white (Makaira albida), | 14134, 1936, John Cass, off Miami! Beach, Fla. { Swordfish, broadbill (Xiphias | + gladius), 573, 1927, Geo. C. Thom-| | as, III, off Catalina, Calif. Tarpon (Tarpon atiinticus), | | 232, 1924, Mrs. Howard F. Whit-/ ney, Jr., Key Vaca Cut, Fla. Tuna, bluefin (Thunnus thyn-! { nus), 705, 1933, Francis H. Low, | off New York Harbor, N. Y. Wahoo (Acanthocybium solan- dri), 78, 1929, T. D. M. ‘Cardeza, | WORLD'S RECORDS ! i BY WOMEN : | Albacore (Germo alalunga), 55%, 1927, Mrs. Lee M. Doxie,} off Catalina, Calif. Amberjack (Seriola | lalnadi), | 86, 1935, Mrs. R. P. Deubell, off; Cape Charles, Va. | Dolphin (Coryphaena hippur-| 5 jus), 51, 1937, Mrs. Warren Web-/ ster, Jr., off Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. | Kingfish, king cero (Scombero- | morus cavalla), 58, 1927, Miss) Mae Haines, off Long Key, Fla. | Marlin, Pacific black (Makaira | ‘ nigricans marlina), 823, 1932, Mrs. | B., Eastham Guild, off Cape Brett, Marlin, Atlantic blue (Makaira, nigricans ampla), 510, 1936, Mrs. | Paul C. Sanborn, off Bimini,) B.W.I. Marlin, striped (Makaifa mitsu- | kurii), 402, 1934, Mrs. Carl W.} Carson, off Catalina, Calif. | Marlin, white (Makaira albida), | 152, 1936, Mrs. Marion B. Stev- ens, off Bimini, B.W.I. Sailfish, Atlantic (stiophorus| americanus), 88, 1925, Mrs. John | ' Lochrie, off Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. | Sailfish, Pacific (Istiophorus| | greyi), 165, 1931, Miss Peggy) Hardwick, Cocos Island, Costa| Rica. Shark, mako (Isuropsis mako), | 495, 1932, Mrs. V. G. S. Taylor,' _ Bay of Islands, N. Z. H | $wordfish, broadbill (Xiphias, | gladius), 426, 1921, Mrs. Keith’ Spalding, off Catalina, Calif. i Tarpon (Tarpon atlanticus), | 231, 1924, Mrs. Howard F. Whit- | ney, Jr, Key Vaca Cut, Fla. Tuna, Allison Genatiunaus| —————— | allisoni), 172, 1924, Mrs. Keith Spalding, off Cape ari Lucas, Mex. H | Tuna, bluefin ines thyn- | nus), 760%, 1937, Mrs. William | Chisholm, Il, off Jordan Ferry, m3 ‘Tuna, yellowfin (Thunnus ma- | eropterus, 145, 1924, Mrs. J. M. | Greenfield, off Cape San” Lucas, Mex. j | Princess Elizabeth, daughter | of George VI of Great: Britain, | is learning Scot dances. { Peru has disposed of most of its cotton surplus. areys | tet — I | | — Get within Yellowtail (Seriola dorsalis), ' Your WISHES must fiy | than your feet in this | medern day, and that is one | weason why you need a tele- phone in your home — Sreep. Every member of yourhouse- hold benefits from the ease with which a friend or relative can be reached for a pleasant conversation, which is another reason — Socia Contact. A je puts in im- wigtined omc coh omarents druggist and other business firms and avoids many person- al trips, it saves Tue and Money. off Long Key, Fla. | 8 ‘pal University, onetime secretary | Range OF YOUR FRIENDS’ VOICES WITH A TELEPHONE OF YOUR OWN Sourwenn BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH Co. INCORPORATED TODAY’s COMMON ERROR Do not say, “Pleasant Surroundings redound to our pleasure”; say. “con- duce to our pleasure”. 'TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE) | Can you unbiur soben <6 tote test questions? Turn to Page 4 for thd ahswers What is morphology? | In which city was President} Garfield shot?./§] {> | 3. Who scored the touchdown for Southern | California! against Duke University,} in the Rose Bowl game? Name the capital of Turkey. | Did an American man lose} his citizenship when he married an alien woman during the World War? What is the correct pronun- ciation of the word lament- | able? Which actress won the 1937 “best performance” award | presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and} Sciences? What is the product of| 2x3x1x4x0x2? | Where is the Mayo Clinic? | ‘What is the political affilia-| tion of Senator Joseph F.| Guffey of Pennsylvania? i. 2. 4. 5. 6. {6 9. 10. Secesocecccoveqvecccscce| | Today’s Birthdays) eee 1 Dean Carl W. Ackerman of the | Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, born at Richmond, Ind., 49 years ago. Dr. William M. Jardine, presi- | dent of Wichita, Kansas, Munici- | of agriculture, born in Oneida, } Co., Ida., 60 years ago. Rev. Hall McAllister Griffiths of Philadelphia, Presbyterian} clergyman and editor, born in San Francisco, 39 years ago. Buckner A. McKinney of Dal- jJas, Tex., banker, born at Mc- Kinney, Tex., 67 years ago. George S. Harris of Lancaster, | S. C., cotton manufacturer, born | at Cedartown, Ga., 58 years ago. “Dizzie” Dean, baseball star, born at Lucas, Ark., 28 years ago. Robert W. Service, “poet of the} Yukon”, born in England, 65 years ago. Hon. Lucien Cannon, Canadian judge, former solicitor-general born 52 years ago. | i NO NAME LODGE Famous Bahia Honda Fishing Reef - Tarpon - Permit - Bone Fishing Cottages—$1 per person and up Stone Crab Dinners a Specialty Phone No Name Key No. 1 For Information Ask Your Grocer For Strong Arm BRAND COFFEE Serving the Key West trade for over thirty-five years! Naturally, in considering the value of telephon ice, we think of the many ways we can place telephone, calls to.acy our purposes ly. But of almost cqual avigte gh nah ty ns ago us, for gives the family AccEssiBILITY. boa The two-way value of tele- phone service is low in actual cost. To order your telephone, get in touch with the tele- phone business office, Topay. MONDAY, JANUARY 16, 1939 KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen News has been received in Key West announcing the death of Darwin Curry, which occurred recently at his home in Tampa, with burial taking place in that city Monday afternoon. Mr. Curry was well-known in this city, hav- ing resided here the greater part éf his life. The deceased was a ‘Brother ‘of the late Charles J. Curry, of this city, and was also a brother of Mrs. Charles A. Rob- ests of this city. He leaves many other relatives, including his wife and children. He was 68 years of age and left this city about 25 years ago. He had been connected with the government’ service in different departments for the past 30 years. At the time of his death he was at the head of the prohibition forces in Tampa. The deceased had been in service in Cuba, the Virgin Is- ' lands, Porto Rico and other places | from time to time while connect- ‘ed with the government service. He had a large number of friends | in this city, who will learn of his: | death with keen regret. American Home Department of the Key West- Woman’s Club extend a hearty invitation - to visitgys in town and to members! of 2 gfub to attend a Du Pa be given Friday, Janu-° | ary 25‘ the clubhouse on Divi-' | sion Street. The affair will begin! jat 8 o’clock and an_ enjoyable, evening is promised. State Attorney Arthur Gomez has prepared a statement, quite lengthy, to be printed in The Citizen. It was received too late for the issue of today but will appear in the issue of tomorrow afternoon. Editorial comment: Key West was the only city in Florida where people played in the sun- shine during the recent wide- spread cold wave elsewhere in the state and nation, B. H. McCalla Camp 5, United | Spanish War Veterans, will hold a very important meeting tomor- row evening at the legion hall. It is anticipated that a full at- tendance will be present. U.S.S. Nokomis, of the navy's air squadron of the fighting fleet, now operating in Cuban waters, arrived in port today for fuel and suppliés. The Hannibal, another ship of the outfit, is in port, hav- ing arrived several days ago. Special meeting of the Wom- an’s Cathelic Club of Key West is called for Friday starting at 6 o'clock in the evening in the K. C. Hut on Duval street. This an- nouncement was made by the sec- retary and a large attendance is expected. Steamship Pawnee arrived in port this morning from Miami and tied up at the Mallory Dock. The sel took on a load of iton ballast while here and was con- ' sigi to C. E. Smith, agent of ! the Mellory Lines. The ferry Key West, one of the county highway system boats, was brought to port today for the , purpose of being placed on the , Ways for slight repairs and is ex- pected to be back on the run in a few days: This leaves but one vessel in operation today. It left No Name Key this morning with 16 passengers, four cars and two trucks and: is’ returning from Matecumbe this afternoon with | 26 passengers, nine cars and two ‘irucks enroute to Key West. A chapel for the blind has been opened at Ovingdean, ec ce CASA MARINA Key West's Hotel De Luxe AMERICAN PLAN 200 Delightful Rooms, Each With Private Bath Beautiful Cocktail Lounge DANCING NIGHTLY Dave Garson’s Orchestra PETER SCHUTT, Manager ALl BUS FARES SLASHED Effective January 15th FLORIDA MOTOR LINES and its connecting carriers. the Grey- hound Lines. greet the New Year with drastic reductions in fares to almost every city and community in the United States — parts of Canada. Always first to p-ovide the greatest service, the latest in comfort and convenience. Florida Motor Lines agein leads the way in providing more schedules than ever before at lower cost for 1939. Fares are reduced to the lowest they have ever been in histery. You can tra’ driving the average small automo; for one-fourth the cost of Compare These Fares With Driving | Costs JACKSONVILLE - ST. AUGUSTINE __ DAYTONA BEACH _ $ 7.55 7.05 6.30 5.25 ae Save 10% on Round Trip Tickets BUS STATION Corner Southard and Bahama Streets PHONE 242