The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 17, 1939, Page 2

PA AGE TWC TWo The The Key West Citizen y Except Sunday By \ PUBLISHING Co., INC. ™. ident Publisher N, Assistant Business Manager m ‘fhe Citizen Building ‘orner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter | Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatehes credited to it or the loca! news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES IN known on application. AL NOTICE cards of thanks, resolutions of etc, will be charged for at Made inment by churches from which ived are 5 cents a line. t but it will not publish anonymous communi- imPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Compreheusive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports--Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. If pride goes before a fall, fall is Germany due for! Goebbels got “froelich’” with Frau Froelich with the usual result. There are at least three ways of being short: In stature, in cash and in the mar- ket. Know any other? Connie Mack says the New York Yan- kees can be beaten. Sure; just as soon as a stronger team meets them. Go find the team. The Arabians and the Jews are the only surviving Semitic peoples, and yet to- day are engaged in bitter antagonism, and even warfare. Don’t forget to greet the stranger with a pleasant smile; it won’t hurt you and it may help him. In fact a smile is good for the health. Derizens of the cold climes now so- journing here are aware that the winter of their discomfort has been made glorious summer by the sun of Florida. All the football bowl classics are out | of the way, but the' flowing bowl is always with us, and some of the imbibing cham- pions are making staggering records. The merchant who does not advertise cr ceases to advertise pays for the adver- tisements of those merchants who do—in the loss of trade. Be wise, advertise! Several complaints have reached The Citizen in the last few days concerning the dog nuisance in Key West. Mayor Albury has advertised for a dog catcher, but noth- | ing has been heard since. Is there no one here willing to do the job? The nuisance | must be abated. When the president of a parking | meter manufacturing company, after a survey of the city, says he sees no need for meters in Key West, it seems but logical to take such an authoritative statement in- | to consideration and decline to install the | meters, although even common sense _in- dicates the uselessness of the gadgets. The pardon for Tom Mooney, as well | as the appointment of Felix Frankfurter, is another indication of how far this coun- | try has drifted to the left during the past | ten years. The one is the inevitable ac- | companiment of the other. When the radi- | cals got in control of things in Paris during | the French Revolution, the first thing they did was to open the gates of the Bastille | and let all the criminals out. Tom Mooney | killed ten men in 1916 when he threw that bomb into the Preparedness Day Parade. If there was any doubt about that, any one | of the twelve men who sat on his jury (and | there must have been one conscientious | man in the bunch) could have given him | at least a mistrial. But he was convicted, sentenced to death, and the courts, to ‘the highest in the land, said he had a fair trial. But today he is pardoned, while the ten men whom he killed, are still dead — _ Sanford Herald. not otherwise credited in this paper and also | what a} ANOTHER DISAPPOINTMENT Early last summer it appeared certain | that one or possibly two ferry services be- | tween Key West and Havana would be in operation by December. Early last week | it seemed highly probable that an airplane | tablished by the end of this week. The months have come and gone, the weeks | have passed and nothing has come of the | promised services. First, an effort to establish a daily | round-trip service by ferry was blocked be- | fore the U. S. Maritime Commission by the P. & O. Steamship company which op- | posed an application for a subsidy to a re- sponsible operating company. This or- | ganization is reportedly preparing to es- tablish the service next season, but may country to obviate the necessity of getting | a certificate of convenience and necessity | from the Maritime Commission. | Next, the Hamburg-American Lines | tablish a Key West-Havana service on a | three-trips-a-week basis. Because the Ham- burg-American Lines is a German com- | pany it was not necessary for it to obtain permission from the Maritime Commission to operate the service. However, it was later announced the service plan had been abandoned presumably because of anti- tributed on the mainland. Finally, a group of Key West citizens underwrote the cost of building facilities for passengers and government officials on one of the piers at the submarine base for use of Pan-American Airways promised to establish a daily round-trip the ship to connect with one leaving daily from Havana for Miami. When work was about to get under way, service into effect this year because of an alleged shortage of equipment. Sponsors of the air service proposal state that no additional equipment would equipment which daily remains on the ground at Havana is adequate and it was service. Despite these statements, American Airways officials stand by their guns and will not operate a Havana-Key West service. It is plain that Key West is being dogged by misfortune in the old hope of building up a better transportation system to Havana. The P. & O. operates one ship twice a week to the Cuban capital, but this is not regarded as adequate now that Over- seas highway is open. It is argued that if a daily round-trip ferry or air service were established that thousands of Havana- bound persons would go by way of Key West and that many travelers to the United States would come through this port. It is cbvious such a service would prove profit- able to Key West. The Citizen hopes that some agency will make a more determined effort to es- tablish both air and ferry services to Cuba before next season. It seems like a grand opportunity for someone to reap a hand- scme profit in the promotion of such serv- ices. THE SMALL STORES Pessimists have long predicted the gradual extinction of the small stores and their absorption by the national chains. One observer of the trend toward the dominance of combinations of capital in the retail trade wrote: “It is not pleasant to the small mer- chant to be dragged behind the counter as a salaried employee; a little spoke in a big wheel.” ; But it happens that this doleful pre- diction is not of recent origin. It was writ- ten and published in the Springfield Re- | publican in 1895—43 years ago... At that time the big department stores were just getting under way. Since then we have seen added menaces to the small retailer in the form of mail order houses and chain stores. Yet thousands of small town stores have survived, many of them becoming big stores. Naturally those which _ have succeeded are the ones which have kept abreast of the times, adopting new methods and policies as occasion de- manded to meet the keener competition presented by the larger enterprises. And a most important factor which has con- | tributed to the success of retailers jJarge and smal has been intelligent, persistent | and adequate advertising. service between the two cities would be es- | | have to register the ferries in some foreign | | announced it had assigned a ship to es- | Nazi opposition in the form of posters dis- | which | service between Key West and Havana, | Pan-American | announced it would not attempt to put the have been required. They say the present | that which originally was intended for the | Pan- | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN CHESTERFIELDS the Happy Combination Sor More Smoking Pleasure More smokers every day\are turning to Chesterfield’s happy combination of mild ripe Amer- ican and aromatic Turkish tobaccos—the world’s best ciga- rette tebaccos. When you try them you will know why Chesterfields give millions of men and women more smoking pleasure... why THEY SATISFY Copyright 1939, Liccerr & Myers Topacco Co, Pied” TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1939 ... the blend that can’t be copied . the RIGHT COMBINATION of the world’s best cigarette tobaccos THE ISLAND CITY Olid Key West TWO OLD HOUSES sitting on opposite corners at Duval Lowe and Fogarty homes. eee Caroline Lowe home was built in 1869 by ship carpenters from the Bahamas. Captain W. A. Lowe was a merchant and own- er of a fleet of ships which dealt! }in cargoes from various ports. The home is built almost entirely ; of virgin long leaf yellow pine, which was brought to Key West! from Pensacola. and} Caroline streets are the Caroline, of Charles Curry, later became || the wife of Dr. J. N. Fogarty, |; then one of the most prominent} physicians in the state, and Dr. and Mrs. Fogarty occupied the’ old home upon the death of her} father. It thereafter was known! as the Fogarty residence. It was occupied by the Fogartys until! Dr. Fogarty went to St. Augus-| | tine some years ago as chief surgeon for Florida East Coast ' railroad. In 1912 President Taft, enroute | to Panama canal on a trip of in-| TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say, “The con- victed man redeemed his good name”: say, “retriev- ed his good name”. TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to Page 4 for the answers 1, Can woodchucks trees? climb 2. WHO KNOWS? Steamer Cuba Sails Prof. Departing for Havana about 11 1. Where was Felix , Frankfurter born? o’clock yesterday morning was 2. What is the estimated def-! Steamship Cuba for Havana, with icit of the Government for the 95 first cabin passengers and one | 1940 fiscal year? ‘second cabin passenger booking 3. Where is Berchtesgaden? at this port for the trip, making 4. Was President Roosevelt's! » total of 155 bound for the Cu- message to Congress broadcast in ban port. | German or Italian? : _ - (is = JsiGens Jokur.JiBershingial. ne et Soren hemes Mason? shortly after 7 o’clock from Tam- 6. F hak Th ‘pa and St. Petersburg, four first y oe pepiacpr aes ick a sisi ;and three second cabin passen- am Denney, ee en gers for Key West and 57 first 7. When did “Matt” McGrath and two second cabin passengers represent the U. S. in the Olym- | The staircase railings are of! spection, stopped in Key West.| solid mahogany. It has a cupola’ Dr. and Mrs. Fogarty held a large | on the roof which was used great-, reception in honor of the Presi- | ly by Captain Lowe in watching dent and his official party, and} for his incoming ships. The home | virtually the entire population of | has three stories and contains ten; the city attended and paid their! rooms. There are two extremely/ respects to the nation’s chief ex- large reception rooms on the! ecutive. When President Taft! first floor. ileft Key West on a cruiser, he| Captain Lowe was an impet-! was accorded a vociferous fare-| uous fellow. Although Caroline, | well at the naval station. He) here for a short visit before go-| was the first! President ever to) ing back to the Bahamas where set foot in Kay West. she was to be wedded, was quite sure she would marry in the is- lands. Captain Lowe was as cer- Pecccocveccenvceveccesece| tain she would not. He was 50} Today’s Birthday 8 sure of this that he took Caroline ence hodily from the schooner os! Dr. Robert M. Hutchins, presi- which she was preparing for a) dent of the University of Chicago, | return trip and eventually con-' born in New York, 40 years ago. | Name the body of water which lies north of the Bal- tic Sea, bordered by Swe- den and Finland. For which state is, Line” a nickname? | bune” in Germany. What was the score of the} 10. What percent of Govern-| Orange Bowl football game | ment expenditures is for national at Miami, Fla, between! deferse? Tennessee and Oklahoma? How are baseball batting averages figured? What subject has the Dies Committee been cago gating? % Under which covenant department is the U. S. Office of Education? Name the capital of gale gary. Liquid, Tablets Which European country has| Salve, Nose Drops pic games? Guam to Japan? “Old | Subscribe to The Citizen—20¢ | | wee kly. relieves COLDS Headaches and Fever due to Colds, in 30 minutes 8. What is the distance from | 9. What is the “People’s Tri-| vineéd her that she would marry! him, which she did. Caroline her-| self was a woman of spirit. When the Union troops, stationed here during .the Civil War, paraded! down Duval street out would pop a Confederate flag held by} a hand with the face of the own-| er of the hand concealed behind; the balustrade. Union troops} searching the house never caught! a glimpse of the flag—only when} union troops marched at which ‘time it was flaunted in their) faces. eeee Scene of many notable social’ events for a period of 50 years,) ‘including a reception in honor of! former President William How-| rd Taft in 1912, was the old | Fogarty residence at the north- east corner of Duval and Caro- line streets. The home, a three-storied struc- ture of 15 large rooms, was built in 1887 by Charles Curry, eldest! son of William Curry, who en-| joyed the distinction of as Florida’s first millionaire. Charles | Curry built the house because the vene he formerly occupied on the same site had been destroyed by the disastrous fire in 1686, which swept everything in the north-' east section of the city. Alvan Maculey, president of Packard Motor, Detroit, born at Wheeling, W. Va., 67 .years ago. Cora W. Stewart of Morehead, Ky., founder of the ‘Moonlight Schools. born at Farmers, Ky., xe years ago. | Carl Laemmle, pioneer movie maker, born in Germany, 72) years ago. Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey | City, N. J., born there, 63 years ago. z J. Warren Madden, chairman of| the National Labor Relations | Board, born at Damascus, Ill, 49 years ago. Prof. Luther H. Gulick, presi- dent of the Tax Research Asso.,’ New ‘York, born in..Japan, 47/ years ago. ane Glenn L. si mane noted airplane manufacturer.’ born at Macksburg, - Towa, 63!) years ago. David Lloyd George, Britain's | | war days poe Rae yous) ago. suffered partial dismem-!| berment at the hands of Germany, Poland and Hun- gary? 10. Where were John Rolfe and | Pocahontas married? wcccccccsusescevececoses ‘Today's Horoscope | ee eveneecesseceecce ade gives a certain uneven-/ mess of temper that will try the patience of friends, except those ‘who can see beneath the crusty | exterior. A rugged, natural life, | | but preferring isolation and the! opportunity to study and medi-| tate by himself. The native of| today is warned to be content | with a limited sphere of action. TRY... Deepsea and Key West Reef Fishing ee “MARLIN” CAPT. FRANK GATES Phone m"—e Wonderful Liniment Try “Rub-My | | The Favorite In Key West" | — THY IT TODAY — STAR > BRAND CUBAN COFFEE ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS | | 0000 00080008880808808688 for Havana being on board. Key West arrivals: L. A. Llans- burg, Mrs. Flansburg, Basil Holt, |G. Perez, Marianne Fletcher, William Baso, and Mrs. C. E. Rus- | | sell. Showing on the ship’s manifest were items as follows: Key West, | 17 tons of freight, one automo- bile and one sack of mail; for | Havana, one automobile and 205 sacks of mail! ° |B | } ” | Playland Park Duval and Division Streets TONIGHT AND ALL WEE BEN BENO Spanish Dare-Devil of the Swinging Trapeze WILL POSITIVELY APPEAR EVERY) NIGHT AT 11 O” Admission To —FREE—