The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 26, 1939, Page 2

vo Key West Citizen Hablishied' Daily. Except Sutiday By THE Crtt PUBLISHING €0., INC. L. P. ARTMAN,. President and Pablisher JOE ALLEN, Assistant: Business Manager From The Citizen Bulléing Corner Greene and Amh Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Entered at Key, West, Florida, as second class matter mber of the Associated for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here. SUBSORIPTION RATES Werkly . q ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading noti cards of thanks, resolutions of t, obituary notices, etc. will be charged for at te of 10 cents a line. feré for entertainment by ehurches from which ® revenue is to be derived are 5-cents a line. The 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- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan: (Zoniig): Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and! City Governments: Never worry about your competitor; give him something. to. worry about. ; Officials are elected to office to see that the laws are not violated instead of being violated by them. There are some married men who-are so tired of it all they find it is much. easier to listen than to argue. * We may also remember 1988 as the year in which Mussolini began playing second fiddle to Hitler. A man with short arms is: grievously handicapped when. trying to describe the length of the fish that got away. It took a Key West chap to figure out that the reason they have honeymoons be- fore they settle down is for the same rea- son that prize fighters shake hands before they start in to fight. The people of the United States are reconciled to the efforts being made by the government that there shall be no destitu- tion of anyone, but they will no longer con- done indiscriminate use of the funds ap- propriated for that purpose. The symbol of the Democratic. party is the Donkey, that of the Republican party, the Elephant. It is strange. that no “party has arisen and: adopted the Bull as its symbol, probably because it would in- fringe on the prerogatives of both parties. There was, however, a party, short-lived called the Bull Meose which stressed the first half of its name. Bull shooters and recalcitrants, like Ickes, were instigators or followers. $ Mayor Albury has advertised: for a dog catcher, but nothing has been: heard since. Is there no one here willing to do the job?—Key West Citizen.. All Conchs are happily employed, no doubt, especially at this season, and do not desire to: sever their present connections:in order to 4as- sume the responsible position of canine collector for the city of Key West. You may have to send out of town and import a pooch picker-upper.—P.B.B. in Tampa Tribune. Newspaper men know a lot about sacred cows and purple cows, but Citizen Roland Adams knows a great deal about the -@ichewing kind. However, this , column-wonders if he knows muck or any- . thing about the musical ears of his bovine “¢harges. A certain university dairy school | ted a research and one of the { fikdtags were'that the peaceful cow is a j greattire affected by swing music and Wagner, when it comes:to the opera num- bers. But how is the music to be supplied when the average milker doesn’t know much about Wagner and. the mechanical devices are not equipped with musical at- ctachments? It is nite to know, though, sthat the contented’ cow has an ear for music, but what we cannot understand is the cow’s liking for swing which is the antithesis of grand opera, FIGHT AGAINST PARALYSIS Early. reports indicate Monroe: county is responding liberally in the | out the country. including the dimes being sent to the White House, will be returned to this | county as a permanent fund to be used in aiding those in Key West and the re- mainder of the county who have been stricken by the dreaded disease. Dr. H. C. Galey, chairman of the Mon- roe county. “Fight Infantile Paralysis’ cam- paign, reports that the response of the | people of this community has been “most gratifying.” The final evefit in the cam- paign will be the President’s Birthday Ball” The dinner will be served at La Concha hotel, while the ‘ball will be held at Club Miramar, Roosevelt Boulevard: Many dinner tickets are being dis- posed of, but there are still some reserva- tions available. The dinner is being -ar- ranged as one of the most outstanding so- spacious dining hall of the hotel should be filled with diners. Receipts above actual expenses will go into the paralysis cam- paign fund. The tickets for the dance are on sale and it also promises to be a well at- tended and enjoyable event. The same rule prevails—all receipts above expenses :| will’ be advanced to the fund. The idea of turning back half of ‘the receipts to the various counties for carry- ing: on. local move. Millions have been raised''in the last few years for such institutions as that sponsored by President Roosevelt at Warm Springs, Georgia. Science knows little about a disease that has affected the lives of 600,000: Americans, scattered. in every section of the country. It is fitting that some of the money raised in this cause should be returned to the communities which donate it, so that they may each have a fund for aiding and treating local sufferers. Should Key West some day see con- summation of the dream of a municipal hospital, a unit of that institution might be made available td, those stricken here by infantile paralysis. Some medical authori- ties have rated Key West’s ¢limate and the warm salt water highly in the treat- ment of many diseases and it might well be that infantile paralysis victims would be able to get some relief from their suffer- ings in this area. The idea is worth some thought and study when facilities for treat- ment of such diseases finally become avail- able. SIDELIGHTS By MARCY B. DARNALL, Former Editor of The Key West Citizen Party harmony so complete as to be almost touching is seen in Congress at last. But it is among the Progressive members of the House of Representatives, of which there are two, Merlin Hull and Bernard J. Gehrman, both of Wisconsin. Each chose the other as floor leader of their party in the 76th Congress. In the last Congress, House Progressives numbered seven. Governor A. Harry Moore. of New | Jersey recently announced: that he had received 54 proposals of marriage for a woman who had written him that she was lonely. After the announcement, 12 more offers were received for the lady, and the governor decided to quit, his activities as an emissary of Cupid. * The up-swept hair-do has met a seri- ous obstacle in England, as_ it with the fitting of gas masks so they will stay put. This probably means that the style will be abandoned over there, where everyone must have a gas mask. Writing proposals of . marriage has for wealthy men. Now, it seems, talk is equally dangerous. Miss Genevieve Kieley of Milwaukee is suing Robert .Melius for $10,000, charging breach of. promise, and declares she will offer phonograph records of his proposals as evidence. — George Spikler of Chicago; bystanders noticed a bullet hole in his right trousers leg and called an ambulance. Spikler pre- tested, saying: “I don’t need a doctor; I need a carpenter. That leg is) made of | hickory.” infantile | paralysis campaign being waged through- Half of all funds: raised, | cial affairs of the current season and the | interferes | long been considered a dangerous: pastime | After a Negro took a pot shot at THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ZOO LATE TO €LASSIF —— ‘ The habits and love life of the) | Coquina may not sound like a/ very interesting subject, but’ it: | really. is, and after Luke Cates of| |Fe Myers delved into the subject ; and gave over six years of inten-; | sive study to it, he decided .to es-; \tablish: a new enterprise and a! ‘new industry: the harvesting of! | Coquinas and the canning of Co-; | quina: broth. C0 00SGo oes ceccccc cccosscessenesooces eewccscccce | buried coquinas, the procedure is} repeated except that their move- | ment is controlled by the incom- ing waves until at extreme high! ‘water the coquinas: have again’ reached their original position on} the beach, | The harvesting of this unique, erop.is done by manual labor and | is- controlled entirely by. the va-| | | | < TEST Y TODAY’s. COMMON E ERROR DBo-not say, “John Jones presided’ at the piano”? say. “played the piano”. UR KNOWLEDGE Can you emwer duven: of ttiese test’ questions? Turn to Page 4 for the answers | While Floridians are more or rious actions of the tides during! .—.—.—~~. less familiar with the Coquina,} | tiniest. of shell fishes that are) bfound in great numbers ‘on both! | our Atlantic and. Gulf coasts, and! ;product, most visitors and tour-i jists know nothing about them and! | trample them underfoot by the| | millions with no~ Knowledge st |the fact. that when collected and \properly prepared they provide jone of the most delightful and’ jhealthful food products imagin-| ‘able. H | Another thing that few people! | know is that Florida is one of the} few spots in the entire world! where Coquinas are found as) \there are only about 150 miles of! | seacoast on the globe where these! tiny sea creatures are found in! | Sufficient quantities for commer-! cial consideration and the bulk of | {this area is in our. state. | Eight years ago Luke - Gates, satisfied’ that it’ was practical to}of the time during the night they, commercially pack a Coquina | { prodact, developed: a marvelous; broth which he gave the trade! and continuing warfare | name of Ko-Keen-A and which he | opened, the coquinas again wash- against infantile paralysis is;,a splendid |has been putting out with stead-|ed in the open Gulf, résacked,, ‘ily inereased demand from year! |to year in spite of the fact that! ‘limited finances prevented either promotion or rapid expansion. Because of its nutritious value; |Ko-Keen-A broth is particularly | valuable for invalids. Hospitals; ‘have proved one of the best mar-| | kets for the product while clubs, | better hotels and restaurants are | specialty. Many retail stores now| stock it and this new product ‘gives promise of eventually be- coming quite popular. | This amazing seafood delicacy’s chemical analysis shows it con- |tains calcium, phosphorus, iron, iodine, protein, hagnesium, potas- |sium, copper and glycogen—a ‘substance resembling starch but more easily assimilated. and not fattening. The Coquinas from which the broth is made are very tiny, sel- dom reaching over %%-inch in length. Their shape reminds one of a diminutive butterfly with; flat paired valves spreading like, wings. Nearly every hue of the rainbow is reflected in their love-! ly pastel shades, which range! from bluish white and buff back- grounds with radiating bands of| contrasting color, giving a plaid; effect, to delicate salmon pinks, pale greens, yellows and laven- ders. At high tide coquinas will be} found two or three feet below: the extreme wash of the waves. | As the tide ebbs they emerge from the sand at intervals of fif-| teen or twenty minutes and al-| low the receding wave to carry.} them a foot or so nearer the wa-} ter’s edge. Then before the next'| incoming wave reaches them, with a sudden protrusion of a tongue | or mantle and a quick turn they.) bury themselves with g ' speed to a depth of: from:fifteén: to twenty minutes{ /ffthen at what! appears to be a prearranged sig- nal, millions of them will pop: up! out of the sand and repeat the| operation by riding another wave! a foot or two nearer the water's, edge. | This procedure is repeated con- tinually until about an hour be-/| fore low tide, when they go into, the sand and remain buried at} this point until the tide reaches the low-water mark. When the| tide turns and the first few in- | | coming waves wash over the! How To Relieve tween the high-water mark and does Florida. the month. Specially designed} screens of suitable mesh are used, | which permits the same to be! washed from the coquinas as| 3 and Dinner this coming Saturday night, | Probably are the state's oldest | they are shoveled from the beach. |’ The harvesting is conducted by) a three-man crew. Their aver- age day's work results. in the! gathering of about forty bushels| of coquinas. | Eaeh man has his own screen.! As the shell fish are dug and! washed they are sacked, about) forty quarts to the sack, placed along the beach, just at) the water’s edge, so tHat the wash of the waves Keeps the| sacks moist at all times; And at/| the end of the day’s werk the! sacks are loaded onto a truck and! hauled to the beach in front of, the plant, where they are placed) at a position about half-way be- low-water mark, so that part! ‘will be submerged ang part of} the time exposed. to theair. In} the morning all of the sacks are and hauled to the canning plant.| Few states offer as many op-} portunities for new industries, as| Luke Gates. de-! serves credit for his »courage) and enterprise in the promotion! of this one and. my wish is that ha meets with the success he! deserves. Mrs. Rawlings: “My dear, did; you never observe that designers | take a woman’s head to adorn! many of your coins?” Her husband (meekly): 201 but I have observed that de-) signers take many of my coins to adorn a woman’s head”. | and/| 5. 1. Where is the Copper River? What is a hydronieter? Who was appointed by President Roosevelt to the ‘Supreme Court of the U. S., to fill the vacancy cre- ated by the death of Ben: jamin N. Cardozo? Can the President pardon anyone who has been con- vieted of a crime? What are the pigment pri mary colors? Whom did Jess Willard de- feat to win the world’s heavyweight boxing cham- pionship? What is the correct pronun- ciation of the word satiate? Is Armistice Day, Nov. 11, ‘@ legal holiday’ in the Dis- trict of Columbia? What: are the colors: in. the flag of Czecho-Slovakia? Name the river that drains the five Great Lakes. in- 10. The Cycle Act Now Sue was just'a simple girl Who wore the country tan, Till talkies set her head awhirl Which made her plain Sue, Su-! made almost necessary because! zanne. ' Suzanne soon got an extra part|to meet competition, And wealthy’ lovers, too. now beginning to serve it as a) Or Make the Gesture, Anyway {One jilted her and broke her|tinually get worse and will never! heart, Which made Suzanne just sue.) the facts and demands Which Should End That THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1939 IPONCE “ScapERe copii CONCERT TONIGHT eee rke| IN BAYVIEW PARK i PURPOSE OF LICENSES | Editor, The Citizen: | Why are licenses required by| PROGRAM TO: BE. RENDERED Governments? To_ obtain revenue| BY KEY WEST HOSPI- _and protect the public from ir-| responsible people. The method TALITY BAND of licensing business in Florida does not accomplish that. purpose. { i | A law of Florida provides that Another entertaining concert a false statement. of assets | liabilities and. obtains credit |thereon the individual making ‘the statement is guilty of fraud! Park. 4 ‘and punished therefor. Complete program, which ‘will This law was passed at the re-| be under the direction of Alfredo Key West Hospitality Band, be- at {if a business or individual “sale be rendered this evening by ginning 8 o'clock, Bayview William Tell—Ros- |quest of the business people. and ip 030, follows: | ly all, if not all, of the states. This} law protects the business people; deau. Overture, Princess of India— feounties and municipalit hould have equal proteetion “by Waltz, Impassioned Dream—J. | from businesses such as to values} Rosas. a on which assessment could be sini. business gets more benefit fromy; Sounds From Erin—Bennet. jovernment than real estate— ment business as now conducted mann. | could not exist. | Star Spangled Banner—Key. tection, fire protection, or it could} Much Rather |not get insurance and, therefore, | In a certain Western town, a linea earthen detail, but will re- {| banker for breach of promise and in| Was awardéd ten thousand dol- business, both tangible and in-| lars. 2 | tangible, not only gets more bene- | Court room she was hit by @ street estate but really could not exist|The same judge awarded. her | without the government. eight dollars. |taxation the standard of honesty-|@n’s heart—kick her in the ribs. ithe business world’ demands and i state, counties and municipali-| | ties should require—tax evasion) | similar laws are in force in near- + March, Flag of Truce—Lauren- j themselves and surely the state, King. lrequiring certified statements Selection, | based. Personal property used in | without the protection of govern-j; Mareh, Old Faithful—A. Halz- Business must have police pro-} | would have no credit—will not go beautiful chorus. girl sued a rich | peat—personal property used “ | 4 v4 Shortly after leaving the [oes from government than real| Car and had’ eight ribs broken. i | Under the present method of| Moral: Never play with a wom- which is enforced by law, the} |now is not only encouraged but} j the worst offenders set the pace; } ;making honest men do likewise The result is conditions con-; improve until the public knows | reform, jand then reform will come. I ‘will appreciate any criticism or. YOU.T00, SHOULD TRY “Your bread: is all right, dear, | suggestions, either private or pub-| ) -{lie in reference to the above. but it’s not as light as Mother’s' “Well, I might add that your roll is lighter than Dad’s”. | PERRY G. WALL. | Jan. 23, 1939, Low Cost Leader of a GREAT Line of FORDS... STYLE. 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