The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 20, 1939, Page 2

-PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen | Pubiishea Daily Except Sunday By ‘THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. L. P, ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner 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 = The for republ it or not a the local ion of all news dispatches credited to erwise credited in this paper and also ws published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year Six. Months .. Three, Months One’ Month INWeéekly ADVERTISING RATES Made ‘known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of | respect, obituary notices, etc. will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainment by churches from which @ revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion 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. Compreheusive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Isn’t it grand to have Congress in ses- sion again? Americans are a tolerant people. See how they let saxophonists and crooners go right on living. Today’s youth doesn’t differ much from yesterday’s child, except that yester- day it only asked for a nickel. Economy is that thing that makes i $3.98 sound to the average Key West wo- | man like a whole lot less than $4.00. Nuts, according to ancient supersti- | tion, are generally credited with propitious qualities, but not the nuts we know. If some people could borrow as much money as they could spend, the world would be out of money in two or three months, One thing nice about a broken leg is that few doctors will advise you to have your teeth pulled as a certain cure for your illness, For every being in the world there is not one star apiece—there are ten thou- sand. That’s enough to make: the spirit of mortal quite proud. * Key West—the key which unlocks wonders of the Union, to many of our up- coming visitors from the nations below the | equator.—Times-Union. German and Italian cannon have been doing deadly work for the cause of Spanish liberty during the past few days. And the Moors have gotten in a-few licks too. n A man who can’t:stop yawning puz- zles the doctors of Florida. Maybe that “no more gambling in Miami” story has put in its yearly appearance——H. V. Wade, Detroit News. j They may wear skirts long enough to cover up the knock-knees and bowlegs, but | the more we look around we figuie they will never get them long enough to do much good for the pigeon-toed girl. Reckonings of the Ford Company fix the sum of $18,000 for its lowest priced car were it not for the machine and for | mass production. Qn a like reckoning one copy of The Citizen would cost $85.32, but with the total subscriptions and the} aggregate of advertisements the price on a weekly basis is slightly more than 8 cents | the copy. Cooperation counts. The craze to tax business out of busi- ness seems to have spread from state and federal governments to municipalities. For the moment, the chain stores are the par-| ticular target of the professional politician who is out to destroy some type of business as evidence of his solicitude for the “dear public,” even though his destructive pro- posals boost the cost of living for évery | consumer. ‘The cost of living would be! considerably reduced if Key West had a, | troversies. chain store for foodstuffs. SUPPORT THIS PROJECT! Every citizen interested in the future of Key West should arrange on Monday to attend a public hearing to be held by Col. | Lewis H. Watkins, engineer corps, U. S. engineer’s office, Jacksonville, in the of- fice ‘of W. W. Demeritt, superintendent of lighthouses, for consideration of improve- Presi | Associated ‘Press in cxclusively entitled to use | ment of the introcoastal tween Miami and this city. The purpose of the hearing is to pro- vide data for a report authorized by Con- gress in accordance with a resolution of the senate committee on commerce re- waterway be- | questing a review of previous reports “with a view to providing a protected channel not less than eight feet deep at mean low tide from Miami to Key West in continua- tion of the intracoastal waterway from | Jacksonville to Miami’, and a resolution of | the house committee on rivers and harbors requesting a similar review “with a view | to determining if it is advisable to improve the section between Florida Bay and Key | West at this time.” It most certainly is advisable “at this time” to improve, or rather extend, the | intracoastal waterway from Bahia Honda to Key West. At present yachts and other | boats are compelled at Bahia Honda to | leave the protected inside | take the outside course into Key West. channel and Lack of a protected inside channel to this , Tite Rey west. cities KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY { | Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files of The Citizen ¢ | The Porter Dock Co. has been | notified that the Wrecking Tug ; Warbler has been sent, to the as- | Sistance of the Dollar Line Steam- | ship President Garfield, which is \reported ashore on Matanilla |Shoal, about 60 miles off the | Florida Coast, and near the Ba- |hama Islands. ‘The Warbler left | for the scene yesterday. The dis- ‘abled steamer had 83 passengers jon board and was bound from j Jersey City to Havana and inter- mediate points to Japan. The! | Munson Line steamer Pan Ameri- ; ca reached the disabled ship yes- jterday afternoon late, took the {passengers off and carried them | to Nassau. The President Gar- | field is a vessel of 10,558 gross | tons, net 6,200 tons, having a | length of 503 feet, breadth of 62 | feet and draft of 28 feet. Captain | P. T. Quinn is the master. The | distressed steamer is on an around | the world tour and ran aground jearly Sunday morning when the j distress calls were sent out. The ! ~ | THE ISLAND CITY | Along the Waterfront ANOTHER GROUP of deriva- ‘tions of the interesting names of the Keys as compiled by Lieut. E. R. McCarthy of the Coast and Geodetic Survey are printed in | this week’s column: Key Largo | City, real estate development on the shore of Garden Cove was called-by that name. The plans called for an extensive develop- | ment similar to Miami Beach but | it collapsed before any real de- ‘velopment was begun. Point | Willie, name will be . further investigated. Lowe’s Point, |name of point owned by the | Lowe family for generations, Rod- riguez Key, derivation unknown, | sometimes known as Dreguez key, | probably a contraction. Panhan- | dle Key, because of shape. Bow- \legs keys, Billy Bowlegs was a | pirate and the shape is bowleg- | ged. Caesar’s Creek, Black Cae- | sar was pirate. The Elbow, proj- ects well out into the Gulf Stream. Dry Rocks, any shoal: | which are awash. Hen and Chick- lens, one large coral reef and |}many small coral heads. Card show Card’s and Barnes’ Sounds, |so probably named after people. | Boggies or Boggy Pass, bottom | soft and boats could pull through city has served in the. past to hold yacht | last word received was to: the ef-| it on bottom. owners furthér up the keys and in the future will. keep a.large amount of such boats from coming to Key West. | It is'im- portant that Key West be put into the intra- | coastal picture, foré yachts and other pleasure craft, and those engaged in fish- | |ing and other commercial | need a better channel into this port. occupations, In notices of the hearing, Col. Wat- kins requests the following information: Views upon the necessity for the pro- posed works. Suggestions considered desirable Suggestions for improvements in the present channel to Bahia Honda, Data on the economic benefits to be derived from the improvement which may justify its construction by the govern- ment. Data as to the freight and passengers which may be received or shipped over the | proposed improvement, terminal facilities : available, and similar information. Commercial fishing of all kinds, in- cluding quantities caught per: annum, the number of boats engaged, the draft of them. Data as to use of the waterway for health and recreatioral activities, includ- ing number of boats and yachts engaged | in this direction. Oral statements will be heard, but for accuracy of record all important facts and arguments should be submitted in writing, Col. Watkins suggests, because the records will be submitted to the war department for consideration. The Citizen hopes officials of the county, city, such associations as the Key West Chamber of Commerce,-and the rep- resentatives of fishing and sponging inter- ests here, will be prepared to supply the requested information in writing,:so that some definite action may soon be taken to extend. the intracoastal waterway to Key West. It is important to all commercial in- terests centered here—and a vital improve- ment in making this little city of Key West a haven for yachtsmen, fishermen and va-- cationists. THE 1939 OUTLOOK Nearly all economists agree that un- less some unforeseen upset occurs , there will be at least a moderate improvement in business during 1939, although the first | three months are likely to remain about stationary. While government spending of bor- rowed money will continue to stimulate business, the national debt will reach more than 44 billion dollars during the next fis- cal year. The number of unemployed, now still about 10 million, will show some decrease during 1939, but will remain a | Unemployment re- | lief will continue to be the greatest single | most serious problem. item of expense. Leading observers do not expect a European war this year, but Germany and Italy will continue to press for further ter- ritory, and may obtain added concessions without fighting for them. Stormy debates are expected in Con- gress over government spending, national defense and a wide range of domestic and foreign questions, but it is too early to pre- «ici the outcome of these important con- fect that the ship was-in no im- mediate danger. .The Warbler SUNDAY’S NORTHWESTER, jand Barnes Sounds, old maps) tion except when slamming into bait. WHY BOATS MUST be drawn | UP on the ways regularly, about , once every three months, is be- ; cause they soak in water to an jextent that their speed is ma- | terially reduced. Another factor | collects on the bottom. On the {ways they are allowed to “dry jout” for three days after being cleaned. This makes them light jagain. A boat will rise almost a foot higher in the water after bottoms are then painted with | copper paint, red being found the | best all-around color. This is to ‘protect the wood against water | and against teredos or sea worms which in a few months can eat | the keel completely out of a boat. | Many boats, which have been in | the water for a year, are brought jon the ways and their dead- ; woods drop right out. There is more expensive yacht paint for | bottoms that are even more effec- | tive against worms, but not abso- lutely necessary to boatmen. | THE GULF STREAM is harder on charter boats close to the reef | than in the middle of the Stream, | halfway to Cuba. Close to the reefs is shallower water. The ! wind slams+the waves into the ; focks and the waves rebound. in reduced speed is the moss that! | it has come off the ways. Their; FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1939 TODAY’s COMMON | ‘TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE rer 20 of these i {Can you answer seven \ test questions? Turn to | Page 4 for the answers 1 ae { When did the 20th century begin? 2. Name the first three-year- | old to win the Santa Anita Handicap. What is the political affilia- tion of Frank D. Fitzger- ald, governor of Michigan? How many centimeters are’ in two inches? i What is the name for young foxes? i What is the correct pronun- ciation of the word laryn- i gitis? 7. Into what ‘sea does the Mac-! | kenzie river empty? { 8. Which baseball club finished last in the American} | League in 1938? | What is the official name for ; a “Lie Detector’? How long is the term of members of the U. S.j House of Representatives? 5. 10. Endurance Does It Julia—Do you think it’s un- How They Increase! “Yes, ” panted the new shepherd. “I got all the sheep in, but I had to run some to get those lambs”. “Lambs? I have no lambs. Let's see what you got”, was the an- swer. Looking.into the shed, the as- tonished owner saw fourteen panting pack-rabbits. COLDS Pieters Whenever anyone in your family has a cold, don't take; Vicks Don’t Miss Doc Sellers’ True Stories 5:30 P. M. Monday Thru Friday in | the interests of navigation and commerce. | {had only been at Jacksonville @| strangely enough, camé out of the This makes high-crested waves |e time. when the news was re-! southwest first. Looming up to! spaced closely together. The bow ; ceived of the danger of the Gar- the east of Sand Key light in a’ of the boat falling off one wave | field and was immediately dis- | long, low bank of gray clouds the finds no smooth trough down patched to the ship’s assistance. cold weather cloud roared over-| which it can coast. It slams into | The tug had just completed tow-| head with little rain and was| another wave and “pounds”. In | ing from Gilbert Shoals the Trin-| followed by cold weather. The! rough seas the nails in the plank- jidadian to Jacksonville. This is} water, however, from recent! ing will “back out” of the frames ;the third wreck the Warbler has) warm weather, had not become|or ribs and the planks become | had since leaving the port of Key | oid, although the air was plenty| loose. This sank many old ocean, ; West November 12’ to go to the/ coo], Weather has a great deal! wooden ships. In the middle of | Shores of Haiti and rescue the} to do with fishing. When a run} the Stream the waves are long, j ship Irtega, which was aground) of sailfish is noted, for instance,| high rollers and the boats can | in Haitien waters. land the wind drops off, See] coast up one side and coast down nceaenmeas | men are pretty sure to continue! the other without jars. Ask any Telegrams were sent today by to hook sailfish, as the Stream/old bootlegging captain around | the County Congmissioners to the! rovers will remani in the area in| Key West. One fellow brought ; State Road Department, backed| which they are when the wind|his boat safely in to the Keys by other communications seal drops off. At other times they/ from Cuba, but when he got close the Chamber of Commerce .urg-| are heading westward. Local, to the islands he thought the boat ing that action be taken in the/ fishermen swear that sailfish| would sink with its 300 cases it matter. of the Overseas Highway! never stop heading in this direc-| pounded so |to be taken over by the State} - . Le : Road Department and maintain- ed by the organization. | COUNCIL CALLS | passed on its initial readings. It was ordered that a copy of the lucky to postpone a wedding? Frank—Not if you keep on do-} ing it. The Cities Service Thrilling Dramas over WQAM 560 KC TRY >... Deepsea and Key West Reef Fishing on the Charter Boat “MARLIN” CAPT. FRANK GATES Phone... ; K. W. Citizen—Phone 51 or 157 Miami Broadcasting Company |. All men employed by Monroe eounty in the highway ; depart-! ment-have been Jaid off indefin-| itely and all branches of road work,-ineluding the Chase Trail, will be suspended until fund: payrolls. This statement was made by Commissioner C. C. Symonette, who said the board SPECIAL SESSION (Continued from Page One) | by one of the police officers dur- | ing the Batista visit to Key West! | property of Esmond Sawyer, who | | loaned the machine to the city,| It’ | ordinance be sent to Dr. William | R, Warren, city health officer, for | his opinion as to its contents and | provisions. Regarding Suits The matter of instituting suits become available to meet the) sme time ago, and which was the! against delinquent property own- ers, and also that of the city fore- closing on property for which the city holds tax deeds, was dis- cussed, but the matter was de- arrived at this conclusion. “We | was taken up for discussion. don’t consider it fair to work the} was ordered that Mr. Sawyer be ferred for further consideration. men when not sure where the/ paid $125 for damages to the) ———————————— PIRATES COVE money for the payrolls are machine: FISHING CAMP Ome said the eg’ Repett, of Callaptions MS Sa | The report of Tax Assessor-|| Pirates Cove, Sugar Loaf Key Editorial comment: Cuba: an-| Collector Sam B. Pinder for the|} BEST FISHING IN FLORIDA Lae Saw ee Geet! eaceil month of December showed that Individual CABINS with + Lb gene saith wreak: lungs. “Now | Se taeet bad been -ciected in| ate | even equestrian America will be|Gelinquent taxes, licenses and, CHARTER BOATS | taken to Cuba to recuperate. One| auto tags, in cash, warrants and} thing in their favor is that Cuba’s! bonds. . Of this amount $15,451.33 Key West's head tax applies to caballeros and | was in cash. not to Caballos. | Ordinances Passed \ Hotel De Luxe 200 Delightful Rooms, Each The colored person reported as| An ordinance prohibiting the killed on Grassy Key yesterday | parking of automobiles.;on the by a deflected bullet was Ernest| streets of Key West between the Roberts, a six-year-old _ boy | hours of midnight and 6 a. m. was Murray Hill, who was holding the} passed on its second and final With Private Bath gun which fired the fatal shot, | reading. } came down with the body on the} An ordinance regulating the: Beautiful Cocktail Lounge train as did also the stepfather! proper handling of all food prod-| DANCING NIGHTLY of the boy. | ucts, calling for screening of’ Dave Garson’s Orchestra ooo | places where food is served, and Total volume of traffic handled! many other requirements, was PETER SCHUTT, Manager by the Key West and other ves-} sels of the Ferry System today consisted of 28 automobiles, two/ trucks, two buses and 84 passen-| gers. Twenty-six of the passen- gers came to Key West and 58 are to go to Havana. | It’s Sportwear Time POLO SHIRTS $1.00 up Manhattan BATHING TRUNKS Fishing and Beach HATS 50c 75¢ $1.00 BUSH JACKETS $5.00 1. $1.95 Sport WOOLEN SOCKS Famous PALM BEACH CRAVATS just arrived— Usual Cates, whose decaying | body was found early Saturday | afternoon in the room in Wong Song alley, was buried the same! afternoon. He was a native of the Bahamas and his age was! unknown. eegccccecesoeceseesesoee $4.95 +1 $1.95 (Today's Horoscope: STREET SHORTS All Colors BEACH SHOES and SANDALS $1.00 $1.50 | Soa" - $2.00 $1.00 STORE FOR MEN Today’s disposition is some- what gloomy but gifted wit celerity and directness of action. The native should do his best look on the bright side of life, as | the tendency is to follow the in- herent impulse. A good training | is important. 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