The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 21, 1939, Page 2

- ~ - - = hE PRP Pera OP ROC Bo ek Pe ae todatarar asa: Hiyt . petaye ae TWO rH h sh G CO- INC. . PB. ARTMAY. Presiden: JOE ALLIGN. Assintant Has From ‘the Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets miy Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County ed at Key W ‘est, Florida, as second 5 ‘mber of the Associated Press = rid TRAFFIC COMMITTEE ACTS There now seems to be some hope. that Key Westers will act to curb noises | | that disturb and drive visitors and winter | | residents out of the city. The latest con- tributien to the noise abatement eause | comes from the Citizens Traffic Commit- ated Press is exclusively entitled to use | for re it or tthe 1 't otherwise credited in this paper and also news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year Bix Months Titvee Months a2 SP <All reading notic , obituary not ate of 10 cents ices for entertainment by, churches from which enue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. an open forum and invites discus- n of pub! ues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations, of thanks, resglutions of » Will be charged for at IMPKOVEMENTS 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. If you believe the world is getting better, it is a sign you are. : - If you are in the dark about what you eat, you had better stick to a light diet. _... Honesty is the best policy, but some seem to think the best comes too high. Correct this sentence: “Little Willie is behaving much better since Christmas.” The same fellow who refuses to look you in the eye can’t be believed over the telephone, either. : There are some folks everywhere who are willing to try anything once, with the possible exception of work. to a “Farewell as ’ Hemingway wrote Arms”, but is still swinging them, publicity stunt, some say. { Religion is more important than any organization; the latter may be suppressed but the former lives forever. It is a good idea to go to church on Sundays. You may get enough religion to last you throughout the week. Is it possible that mangoes instead of apples were the forbidden fruit in the Gar- den of Eden, for where mangoes go woman goes, too! Jokes that are clever and clean seem to be rare.—Key West Citizen. Jokes that are clever and dirty are even rarer.—- PE.B., Tampa Times. ‘ There will be no parking meters in Key West for the time being and that may be for a long time, and now since Mayor Albury has declined to sign the contract for their installation it can be told that had not done so, responsible individuals in this city would have instituted injunction proceedings, and that will be done, it is Said, in case attempts are made to install the gadgets here at the present time. In his Forum Letter, City Health Of- ficer Warren states that offering spoiled food for human consumption in any form is unlawful and when reported to him, of- fenders will be dealt with according to law. Merchants offering ‘flippers’ or “springers” for sale should take heed or take the consequences. How any merchant can.take a profit from spoiled food that may cause pain or serious illness is beyond the ken of decent folk! ! The committees appointed to investi- gate the WPA, both minority and ma- jority, urged cuts in the spending and cen- sured the agency’s purported connection with politics. The majority report charged that 10 per cent of the WPA workers had been with the agency since inception of the xelief program, that many thousands of others were Qn the rolls “neither rightfully nor_justifiably,” and that there were many “malingerers” (those who do not properly | Delong, like aliens). Some of these may be found right here in Key West. lication of all news dispatches credited to | tee of Key West Chamber of Commerce. The committee has addressed letters | to business and commercial firms announc- | | ij ing a survey has shown “that visitors are not staying here, that there is much com- plaint about our noises and that you are | losing business, if your ¢dr or truck is a | nuisance.” Concluding paragraph of the letters makes this request and important an- nouncement: “Will you please instruct your drivers to drive more slowly, obey stop signs and stop blowing the horn? The police de- partment is getting ready to enforce the , law on these matters. We are assisting them and hope by this friendly means to help you avoid the expense and embarass- ment of arrest and fine.” | Enclosed is a circular, prepared and contributed by Guy Carleton, who liked Key West so much when he came _ here some time ago to live, that he invested mary thousands of dollars in local prop- erty and gave many of our local workmen employment converting that property into income-producing and ° taxpaying homés’* Mr. Carleton knows ‘from: and dwellings. experience that unnecessary city noises have driven prospective residents back to | the mainland. Hence his interest in the noise abatement campaign. Mr. Carle- ten’s circular makes these pertinent state- ments: “You want to see Key West grow and prosper through steady development of the tourist trade and in the construction of homes by folks who like our climate and our city, but not our unnecessary noises. “If you do, then please co-operate by installing proper mufflers on your cars and trucks, by not blowing your horn except | when necessary to avoid an accident, by observing the stop signs and by keeping well within the speed limits. “Key West cannot prosper if roaring | motors, blasting horns and traffic viele: | tions disturb. our community.” The Citizen subscribes to Mr. Carle- ton’s sentiments and statements, but would add’ howling dogs to the list of ‘noises that | should be eliminated. Seemingly thou- sands of nondescript dogs are roaming the streets and vacant lots and making. the night hideous with their yappings and snarling quarrels. City council recently | authorized employment of a dog catcher. Let’s get him busy as quickly as possible. Sale of tags to owners would more than ! cover the cost. Key West must be a quiet city to at- | tract those who want peace and quiet | when they relax on their hard-earned va- | cations. A LIMIT TO AIRPLANES Reading about the spectacular speed of modern airplanes and the miraculous heights to which the airmen ascend, we sometimes wonder whether there is a limit to the development of aircraft in these | respects. The answer, according to Professor William F. Durand, of Stamford Univer- sity, is that the limit is about five hundred | miles an hour and that the airplane will not be able to climb much higher than sixty thousand feet. Already, planes have gone 56,000 feet in the air and at speeds of more than 440 miles an hour. | Evidently, if the Professor is right, | the development of airplanes will hence- | forth proceed along more utilitarian lines. | ideas of city management | government which are coming | from winter residents. | ter visitors. | Westers. | and electricity, | down to $28 a month. | this income will amount to $336. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN TIRED QF IT THE ISLAND CITY ne At Present PROBLEM of relations be- tween Key Westers and winter visitors will be salient in the next few years. Outsiders, in a gleat many cases more compet- ent, will come here to live and will want to run the city their way. ‘Key Westers with individ- ual codes and dialect a hundred ycars in the making have their own ideas. To show how diffi- cult the problem is, a combina-' tion must eventually be reached | of Key West’s unique personality and the initiative and excellent and Neither the compelling ideas nor the unique personality must get en- | tire attention. Key Westers must not set themselves against win- Winter visitors must not hold little brief for Key Friendly cooperation must obtain in this “neighborly” little Island City. WHAT DOES it cost to re- model one of the beautiful old homes in the city and convert it, into an apartment or rooming house? Here’s an average case: Property and house purchased for | $1,500. Hand pumps must be re- ; moved and automatic pumps in- stalled. Usually two rooms need | extensive renovation.- General | renovation, such as replacing fren eeiten flooring, painting throughout, installing concealed wiring in walls and ceiling, to make a six-room house with two | baths. All this will cost about $2,000. Now the rent income average for summer and winter | will be about $40 a month. Out’ | of this must be taken $8 for gas $4 laundry, a month. This will bring the net In a year If one placed the original $3,500 out at 6 percent, which is abso- lutely the highest one can expect (usually it is four percent) one will have $210 a year. Thus the difference between $336 and $21) shows that roomnig houses are a little more profitable. Two oth- | Allow- | er factors usually enter: ance for one’s time in supervi- sién’ improvement at the houses, and rent money is saved, which Ofild be a factor if the house were not owned. YACHT BASIN ¢ chauffeurs in Key West are finding new aims under the heading of service. Used to getting the best. and most | particular service and paying for it, yachtsmen are chauffeurs’ best customers. Some chauffeurs here understand the little tricks| of service which their clientele require and some do not. The courtesy of opening the door, of speaking the calm, vividly inter- esting talk encerning Key West, i and other topics which yachts- men like to hear, of courtesy and | willingness to aid, are but a few! in the thousands of things the yacht chauffeur must know. | When a yachtsman wants a car) he usually wants it in a hurry, be | it night or day. One chauffeur here was given his car by a steady yacht customer. That! chauffeur has learned never to ask a fare from the gentleman. But what the chauffeur gets a month when tht yachtsman is in port is the envy of others. A lishing guide here was given a $1,000 diesel engine for his boat, after he had been having trouble with his own gas engine. The} better folk who winter here are liberal, but only when they get the service and friendship they | demand. THERE IS A GENERAL indi- vidual campaign carried on in Miami and other East Coast cities concerning Key West to the ef- fect that water must be bought here, that soft drinks are 15 cents, a sandwich a halt dollar, | that this is a disease spot, that all hotel rates go up into the two figures and are inadequate. Tour- | ists troop in here with water barrels and provisions very often and feel silly when they see the! splendid hostelries, restaurants and healthful conditions on the Island City. Principal complaint in Miami is lodged against the string of gasoline stations along Biscayne boulevard leading into} is the principal! Miami. This route the tourists take in enter- ipg Miami and often stop at the beautiful, big, gaily colored sta- tions. But ask not about Key West for ye shall not receive oth- er than deliberate misinforma-| tion. But do we Key Westers! get the laugh when yachtsmen and rather distinguished visitors come down lampooning the steep! | prices and right and left soaking | in Miami. health and leat Influx to Key West, moderate prices, THE WEATHER — Temperatures” | Highest .. SUNSHINE | Mean - | Normal Mean - (Tampa Tribune) Weather bureau records show pletely cloudy days in Tampa last year. The Bureau ignores sunshine unless the sun appears | enough to register on the instruments at mal four minutes within one hour. St. Petersburg last year claimed only four days without sunshine. But over ‘there they dont | bon wait four minutes to say the sun is shining. Now the Key West Citizen says: “During the | year 1938 not one day passed without a rays of | the glorious sun shining on Key Wi Well, we won't fight about a few minutes of | sunshine on a few days. All South Florida is | practically free from monotonous totally gray | days. It enjoys a large number of completely | | clear days, especially in winter, and it enjoys a ‘arge number of partly cloudy days, particularly | 2 sutamer when their shade and showers are nine com- | | most appreciated. | Yesterday’s Precipitation | Normal Precipitation Lowest _. 60} 63) Rainfall .0 Ins. .05 Ins. This) record cavern 24-1 coir SX Selvck thix morning. w's Almanac est. Se Rs 6:05 p. 8:16 a. 8:05 p. w sama les £ A.M. | High 11:21 ‘Low - 4:48 Ba: 30 a m.. today: Suet 30.25. ° WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Sunday) Sun. risés ~ Sun sets Moon r: Key West and Vicinity: Fair; | with rising temperature tonight : and Sunday; light to moderate) easterly winds. Florida: Fair with rising ‘eich perature tonight and Supday. F period | m.| m. | master”. PM. | 11:06 | 4: a put enough fire intp his winds, becoming moderate south} and southwest over north, and a 69 east to southeast over south por-| | tion, and fair weather tonight and Sunday. He Remembers “Why did that old gentleman big Veg 2 out of your way as you m. passed?” “Oh, he used to be my dancing The Public Be’ Slammed “Do you. think the’ candi 4 “Rather. The trouble was e | ‘didn’t put enough of his speech | jin the fire”. Bags TONING BOARD | MEETS MONDAY, Meeting of the Key West Zon-! ing Board is scheduled for Mon-: day eyening at the home of! Chairman Wallace Bryant ee at 410 Caroline street. Commiitee reports are to be heard and work on preparing the‘ special act to be submitted at the 1939 session of the Florida Leg- | islature is expected to be started.' eeecccee wcccesecccer: _ ENTERTAINMENT | eeeccee Tonight is the big night at Habana-Madrid club—with the Grand Opening Dance being held. | Admission this evening is by in- vitation only. Jimmie Heffner’s Revue will have its inaugural } showing at this club in connec- tion with the dance—and all in- dications point to a capacity crowd in attendance. The Lee Sisters, Billy and Marigold Ar- mond, Hambone Lewis and the ; girl chorus will all be featured in the entertainment. Key West Park Big-Hearted Bennie’s Skilo game at Key West Park has a big announcement in another section} of this issue. Turn to it now and make arrangements to drop in: for the big games to be played tonight. Plenty of prizes all; night long—and just see what the; big special. prize is. Marvil’s Cabana Mardi Gras Nite will be cele- brated at Fred Marvil’s Cabana tonight—with plenty of surprises and entertainment galore in store {for all who will attend this pop- ular night spot. And, don’t for- | get, every afternoon from 5 to 6 the Cocktail Hour, with aI | unique - Penny Drink feature as the main attraction. Pena’s Garden Gould Curry’s 7-piece orchestra jholds forth at another of the fa- mous Saturday night dances at! |Pena’s Garden of Roses tonight. } Visitors are especially invited to attend the festivities at the Gar- ,den—townspeople can recom- mend that “you always have a good time at Pena’s”. Raul’s Club Key West’s “400” will be in at- tendance at Raul’s Club tonight jwhere, the regular Saturday night dance will again attract real dance lovers. John Pritch- ard’s ;Dance ; Orchestra—than which there is no unit offering | better swing music here—will furnish the inspiration for par- par ois in all of the latest dance iteps. Sloppy Joe's There’s “hot” fun at Sloppy Joe’s Bar every night of the week j—and especially on Saturday ‘nights when special entertain- ment is offered. You're all in- vited to drop in and participate in the game of naming old or new songs for the Harmony Boys, Tryon and King, to play and sing for you. Then there is the Rhumba Queen, who, with her partner, really does that exotic |dance in no uncertain manner. And then all the rest—the Sloppy Joe Band—the singing waiters, Bud and Jim, and a host of other attractions—all for the enter- tainment of guests. TRANSPORTATION See eeepecesencacsersesces 8.S. Ozark Comes and Goes | Steamship Ozark, of the Clyde- | Mallory Lines, arrived in port this | morning 9:15 o’clock with small shipments of freight for local | business places. ; There Were two carloads of lumber for Key West barracks, |and miscellaneous freight, un- | loaded at the Mallory dock, after | which the vessel sailed for New | Orleans. A CONCHA HOTEL In the Center of the Business ? ‘Theater District | PIRATE ae a an Fi he “with ts for the ting CHARTER BOATS if REWy. , PASTOR Invites You! ol Bada Soa 7:30 P. M.—“A Sacred Con- cert,” directed by Prof. T. B. Klebsaitel. | 4 SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1939 HE_ MIGHT FINANC! HIS EXPERIMENTS, GOOD YEAR WAS. FORCED TO PAWN HIS BELONGINGS. SuLPHUR 7 TOP OF A HOT. CHEN STOVE. THIS. 1S HOw THE Ss OF VULCANT , WHICH MADE PO3- eae y, HAPI NED FF io BE DISCOVERED. “KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen Carl Fisher’s palatial yacht, the “Shadow K”, of Miami Beach, one of the finest yachts afloat in southern waters, unable to dock in Miami, has arrived in port here and was this morning haul- ed out on the new and extensive ways of the local Marine Rail- way. The vessel came here to be docked for generai inspection, a thorough cleaning and to be re- painted, according to Captain Howes, commander of the , trim craft. with the marine facilities found in Key West, which have been recently installed. In times pasi it has been necessary for us. to dock the vessel in either Havana or Jacksonville, but with the “We are greatly pleased} bers of the State Road Depart- ment. Instruction Car No. 1 American Red Cross first-aid service will arrive here about Fberuary 19 for a visit of three days, it was announced today by A. G. Lund, chairman of the local chapter. Traveling over the lines of the Florida East Coast Rail- way the car is stopping at the principal cities enroute to give in- Structions to railroad men, em- ployes of stores and factories, po- of the \1ice and fire departments. splendid facilities now available; at Key West, we find it much more convenient for us to come | sere’, said Captdin Howes. It is expected the yacht will be on the ways for three or four days. Meeting of the members of the State Road Department in Tal- Editorial comment: The man who is very optimistic about his affairs when borrowing money fiom the bank, is likely to be quite pessimistic , when making out his income tax returns. Arthur Baker, who was sen- tenced from this county to life | imprisonment for killing Johnnie ahassee today was for thé pur-} pose of organizing the new board and to prepare the organization’s’ budget for the fiscal year, ac-| out of Raiford. cording to here. Commissioner Norberg Thompson, who was to go from Jack:onville to attend the meet- ng, learned this in Jacksonville, and after accomplishing the pur- pose of his visit returned to Key West this morn-! when telegrams received | in Tallahassee,| had been left in r Ranger in 1926 and who recently escaped from state prison but wag recaptured in Chicago, is back again behind the bars and with the penitentiary gang working An unoccupied sedan automo- bile late yesterday afternoon took a high dive from the F.E.C. term- inals dock ahd attracted large crowds to the sce The se gear and io Borges cranked it, it ing. The state highway board| went overboard about 30 feet in- wil Ihave another meeting ed, and stated that notice would be given in ample time for Mon- roe county to have representa- } 1 > tives there in the interest of the movement to have the state take over the maintenance of . the Oversea Highway. Mrs. Bryan Owen told the local com- merce secretary that she is doing all in her power to have the state take over the highway and, in} about 10 days, telegrams disclos- | { | | to the water. A wrecker was summoned and arriving on the scene had the would-be amphibi- an car back on the dock within 30 minutes. The “Green Light”, a New York tourist magazine, carries in its Ruth! January edition a story of more than two pages dealing in an in- teresting way with Key West and the Over-Sea highway. Hamilton to} Wright, the author, carries four this end will bring influence. to} scenes of the highway ahd bridg- bear on the governor and mem-’ es to illustrate the story. 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