The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 27, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO é The Key West Citizen 1 Daily Except Sunday By EN PURLISHING CO. INC. Citizen Building ne and Ann Streets Qnly Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Entered at Ke. The Associated Press is s foy republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ADV 4 RTISING RATES known on pplication. of thanks, resolutions of it y will be charged for at of 10 cents a line, r entertainment by churches from which to be derived are 6 cents a line. open forum and invites discus- | and subjects of local or general publish anonymous communi- 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 end of the world will find much unfinished work waiting for “tomorrow.” Rivalry between towns is foolish. Co- operation would be more profitable to all concerned. What Key West citizen wouldn’t be tickled pink and utterly frightened by an industrial and business boom! It has come to pass, in this automobile “lorida, as second class matter —_ | age, that the only time’ a horse is scared | ' is when he meets another horse. An airplane has two wheels and flies, | but it has nothing on the garbage. truck that shas four wheels and even’ more flies. Even a business man can do as_ he pleases; he can advertise or let his com- petitor, who does advertise, get the busi- ness. Municipal Judge Caro must have a goat someone is trying to get. belongs to the genus Capra of the milk- giving family Bovidae. President Roosevelt fights shy of economy, as if it were something loath- Maybe it | RADICAL TO DICTATOR Mussoli radical and Socialist into an advocate of totalitarian government and the sion of individual freedom is a striking ex- | ample of how men’s thoughts and actions may change through force of circum- | stances, As a young man, Mussolini was a | violent agitator, and in 1909 he was sen- | tenced to jail for smashing a ballot box, | but escaped to Switzerland. Allowed THE KEY WEST CITIZEN evolution from a_ fierce \ suppres- | PERSON AGE IN KOREA RIDES PLACIDY ON HIS ONE-WHEELED CARRIAGE... to | | return to Italy later, he became editor of a | | rabid Socialist newspaper, and once served ; five months in prison for his utterances, incendiary | After his release he resumed his work | Monitor recently quoted a paragraph from | one of his editorials, written in 1912, follows: their brains were made in an_ identical mold, and you would have a madhouse, or | “Imagine an Italy in which 36 mil- | lions should all think the same, as though | as an editor, and the Christian Science | as ¢ | rather, a kingdom of utter boredom or im- , ' becility.”” Only 10 years later, in 1922, Mus- | solini became dictator of Italy, and ever | since‘has used his power to make all Italian people as a whole relish their situa- tion, but the power of Mussolini is such that they appear helpless, as Germans un- | der Hitler and Russians under Stalin are , helpl One wonders how long this ab- | ject submission can be maintained. SIDELIGHTS roo) By MARCY B. DARNALL, Former Editor of The Key West Citizen The next time George Burgoyne, a Canadian trapper, kills a wolf he will make sure that*it is “killed dead.” Find- ing one in his trap a few days ago, he beat it with‘a ‘stick until it was apparently life- less, then slung it over his shoulder and started home. On the way the wolf re- vived and bit its captor severely before he could finish it off. As Achilles was vulnerable ‘in the | heel, ‘so is Thomas Hogdon of Michigan vulnerable in the ankle. He says every time he is hit on the ankle he becomes blind for a week or more. This peculiarity has given Veterans’ Bureau officials a tent of Hogdon’s disability. some to be shunned instead of a virtue to be admired and practiced. Nothing is good for everyone,” the Greek sceptics pointed out. though very desirable, has been the ruina- tion of many a man—and woman, too. The system of finger-printing has proved its effectiveness. A recent » ten- | United States last year, Even money, | strike was the Coster-Musica denouement. | One can fake his past, ‘his birth certificate, his name, his financial rating, his honor; but the finger ends point his way to des- tiny. Some people carry on conversations with the apparent idea that they must say | all the mean things they have heard about their neighbors, forgetting that others are saying the same things about them. Sel- dom are the virtues of others extolled; it is such a bore. It is estimated that 85 million dif- ferent persons attended the movies in the spending $972,- 400,000 for admission tickets whose aver- age cost was 22 cents. slightly under those of 1937, according to a trade paper. In the opinion of a New York scientist, “no psychologist has publicly uttered any- thing in 10 years worthy of the attention of a 10-year-old boy.” We wonder whe- ther the gentleman was not rather con- servative in limiting the period to 10 years. Ed Burkett, head of a Missouri laun- dry, reports a great increase in his busi- ness in the last few years. He expleins that many women who formerly made a living by doing family washings have gone on relief, thus causing this work to | be sent to the commercial] laundries. It is stated that Harry Bridges is both | a Communist and an alien. If the charge can be substantiated, there is only one thing Secretary Perkins can do and that is to deport the firebrand. Why she hasn’t done this will undoubtedly be brought out in the impeachment hearings. s > S Barcelona, a nest of anarchists, Com- | munists and recalcitrants, has been cap- tured by General Franco’s insurgents. The inhabitants of Catalonia, of which the city | and province of Barcelona isa part, are a bit uppish and while acknowledging them- Selves Spaniards always expressed the ad- mission by adding—“but a Catalan.” Like | saying “I am an American, but a Souther- ner,” with the difference that Catalan | speaks a distinctive dialect, while the Southerner has only the distinction of speaking his native tongue with a soft ac- cent. Mrs. Victoria Harmsworth, wife of a London metal worker, will not surprise her husband when she gives birth to quad- ruplets shortly. An X-ray examination at the Royal Free Hospital has already ad- vised him of the impending event. Success story from a Kansas news- paper: “Floyd Tuthill, who, distinguished himself as a poet while a resident of our burg, has a job in a packing house in Kan- sas City and is reported to be doing equally well there.” Miss Anna Kriochik of Chicago out- witted two bandits when she and her escort were held up while sitting in a parked car. That is, she fooled them for a minute or two, by quickly tucking her diamond ring under the seat cushion. Then the two hold-up men put her and her boy friend ,cut and drove off with the car—and the iving. perplexing problem to determine the ex- | These figures are | | Italidns “think the same;” in other words, | ; as he would have them think. | It is not reasonable to believe that the ; THIS GRACEFUL LITTLEMOTOR ineactapee nner S UNIQUE (NAN EI x AND SMOKING AUTOS. 17 WAS ODORLESS AND NOISELESS. GERMAN RACING AUTO IS DESIGNED FOR SPEED. PLEASURE CARS: PEOPLE’S FORUM | POPCCCOCE OAC OOOO OOO OO OOOOCEOEOOEOCEPOCOOOOOOOOOC® CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM | Editor, The Citizen: As a reader of your paper I congratulate you on your edi- torials. Your recent editorial on 'the relation of the tourist to the people, and I add, the exception- ,ally fine people, of Key West and |visa versa. Your view is broad land intelligent and surely cor- rect. As new people come into your midst, whether owners or renters, they will naturally de- |mand to be heard and rightfully {they should be. However I do j hope that they will not change {the spirit and friendliness of |your people. The lust for gold has corrupted many good people —let us hope that as Key West 'welecomes us outsiders to the newest tourist city that she will |keep her chin up and let the {money changers know that her |soul is not for sale. Would you care to hear from a tourist that liked Key West well enough to come the second win- ter from far away Oregon. How- jever I hope I am not the kind that wishes to pick flaws with you; my suggestions I hope will be taken in the spirit intended which is constructive and not as the one to accuse your merchants of selling spoiled food. It is your own people that are going to be hardest to change, for haven’t they always parked their car out in the streets’ and haven't they lived here for a hundred years without a_ street sweeper, haven’t the dogs always howled and the cars made their pleasant 3 a. m. to say nothing about the hordes of cats that chime in on the midnight party. You are very right in your noise crusadé. No other city that I know of permits the noise that goesjon,in Key West; in most. cities, even the trains are: forced |to pull lightly on the whistle at night. We live on Margaret street; tho I like dogs, the howl- ing and barking of dogs that has been going on here nightly of \late to say nothing of the cat par- ‘ties is out of reason. Then about 3:30 a. m. every morning one of those cars you mention, races through apparently’ to see how much noise he can make. Most {of the people that come as tour- lists are middle aged or past— Hight sleepers—quite naturally |they resent so much noise. My suggestion—place a license of | $2.00 on dogs and $5.00 on bitches jlike other cities do and mean it. |Get a dog catcher if you have to import one and clean up your jtown and why not include the j hordes of cats at the same time— |you might have a wild bird stop |to winter in Key West too, be- jsides clearing. up another’ noise. You are,right also that anyone that can buy gasoline for a car can put a muffler on it. Now ‘about. parking meters. First I would suggest that many of the merchants that drive their cars to their places of business could help the congested condi- tion of the business streets by parking them a block or two ‘away instead of all day before their store and reserve that dead | space for some car that wishes to trade. We travelled nearly 8000 miles this year before reaching Key West; nearly every day we stopped some place along the | way. to get what food we needed, bss we aim to stay at tourist camps, when we ran into a town that charged us for trading with them, after begging us to come their way, we went on to the ;road for me to travel next town or to some store be- yond the parking limit. The same rule applies to toll roads and bridges. We try to avoid, and are mighty successful at it, all places that beg us to come and charge us for coming. For two years we have wanted to come via Panama City; I wrote them that when they provided a free I would visit their city. Only the toll on the Overseas have I been willing to pay because, so far it is not unreasonable but what the future will be—I wonder. Like the fish in the sea tourists are too often considered legitimate prey, but once hooked they are hard to hook again. My advice to to those that cater to the tourist is to take and be satisfied with a fair profit and to bear in mind that it is not the tourist that lives at the best hotels that brings the most profit to your town—they wouldn’t wear clothes purchased in these common stores —their trunks are filled before they start for Key West and their hotel buys their furnishings and supplies wholesale out side; instead it is the medium priced tourist that pays and is the least mentioned or considered — he buys milk from your dairy, groceries from your groceryman, fish from your fish markets as well as vegetables, dry goods from your stores as well as shoes and clothing, etc. etc. I question if the average tourist that comes here for the winter can get by for as little as $2.00 per day, be- fore he leaves in the spring he has left you quite a sum. It seems to me that Key West's future is as a tourist rendezvous, be satis- fied with a fair profit and do not soak us too much to get here, in fact put yourselves in the other fellow’s shoes. , Now about beautification: The, other day" we visited a few minuteg with one of your citizens and tax payers. He was mourn- ing the fact that cocoanut palms had been planted along’ the boulevards instead of royal poin- cianas. The fact remains that if you are going to make Key West a tourist town cater to them. Where is the tourist that ever sees a poinciana in bloom. The cocoanut palm is unique and ever interesting to the tourist. Sup- pose the roadway between the keys was lined on either side with cocoanut palms, could Key West possibly have a better slogan than “follow the cocoanut palm to the cocoanut city”. Another good slogan is “welcome | the hand that feeds you.” Many tourists will come to your town of the “would be type” that barely made the grade, who will be a poor neighbor here as he was at home however the bulk of your transients will prove acceptable. Do not judge us by; the “poor neighbor kind” any more than we would judge you. by the type of fellow, whethcr white or colored, that accosted my wife and a lady from Ver- mont in front of the city hall yesterday for money to buy soup with, likely whiskey; wherever goes the tourist, parasites, in many forms follow and it is up to the city to curb these parasites, whether they advertise with big signs as we saw along the high- way coming into Key West or the degraded bum. Like the pueblo architecture of New Mexico, the mission of San Diego, the New England of Ver- mont, the colonial of Virginia, so are your old Bahama houses’ dis-; ‘cocoanut palm, both TODAY'S COMMON | ERROR Do not say, “I do not pretend to know the an- swer"; say, “profess”. EST YOUR KNOWLEDGE T Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to Page 6 for the answers 1. What is a corduroy road? 2. In which state is the geo- graphic center of the U. a2 On which river is the Grand Coulee dam? Name the new Premier of Japan. In which state is Mount Rainier National Park? How many square yards are in one square rod? Name the executive director of the National Emergency Council. For what government agen- cy do the initials FCA stand? From which city in England is the standard time for the world counted? In which city in the U. S. is the Library of Congress? ' INTERESTING NOTES A total of 100 prisoners escaped from France’s dreaded Devil's Island in the last year. There are now 209 United’ States schools for deaf children. A safety association declares that men between the ages of 50 and 60 are the most careful driv- ers. American people pay about 10 million dollars a day in life in- surance. A submarine canyon, compar- able in size te the famous Grand Canyon of the Colorado, has been discovered in the Pacific ccean near Monterey, Calif. Approximately two million gross tons of steel rail, sufficient to build a track 10,009 miles long, are normatiy purchased each year by the railroads of the United States. ! tinctive of Key West and just as interesting to the tourist as to the artist and its twin brother is the should be preserved and encouraged. K. N. DAHLE. Key West, Fla., Jan. 25, 1939. | GUARANTEED FRESH DAILY The Best In Key West VALDES BAKERY Home of Aunt Molly’s Bread BENJAMIN’ LOPE; FUNERAL HO. Established 1885 ! { Licensed Funeral Directors | and Embalmers t 24 Hour Ambulance Service j Phone 135 Night 696 Hear the Whittemore “International Host” 5:15 P. M. Monday thru Friday Incerviews with vlane arrivals at the famous Pan- American Airways. at the mike WQAM 560 KC Miami Broadcasting Company E FRIDAY, ANUARY 27, KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Mrs. Louisa Curry Porter, 79, widow of the late Dr. Joseph Yates Porter, Sr.. Florida’s first health officer and noted medical man of his day, mother of Wil- ham R. Porter, president of the First National Bank of Key West, passed away yesterday noon at ine family home, 429 Caroline street. The funeral will be from <ae home at 4 o’clock this after-* noon with services at St. Paul's church. The rector, Rev. Arthur 4. Dimmick, will be the officiat- ing minis band passed away on March 16. 1927, he had attained the advan ~<a age ot 79 years and fi months. senior, and it 1s strange coincidence tha ow was exactly that age to a day when death claimed her. Repre- senting one of the prominent pio. neer families of Key West, Mrs. voiter had been a tong r vf this city. From early child- nood she had been a member of St. Paul’: Episcopal church, and for many ye was identified with religious society activities of the community where her out- considered a t his wid- , Standing influence for good was greatly missed as advanced years came upon her. The White Sox took the first game of a doubleheader yester- day afternoon, defeating the Young Sluggers by a score of 13 to 3. The feature of this game was the hitting of Medina and the pitching of Pellicier for thc Sox. For the Sluggers the field- ing and hitting of Pie Traynor was outstanding. The ond ame started like a house afire. with the Key West club making ‘ive runs and ending the game with the score of 10 to 7 in favor of the Conchs. The crowd was one of the largest ever to assem- ble for a like event, and they started with cheering and c tinued until the end of the inning. Editorial commen The Citi- zen has for a number of advocated the matter of Key West being made a freeport and this paper is highly gratified to t » the important move- artment responded to a call at an carly hour morn- When her late hus-', He was two years her , Round Gut yous KEY WEST v: Of The Citizen ing, which led to an old shac! the the Fourth of coffee shop on Duval street. The rear of July flames were qu lv extinguis found that very littl done. id it wa. jamage w About 15 members of Battery B, Florida National Guard, en- gaged in target practice” thi ning at the butts « ay- cording to F nant fired. The ad the style i “rapid previous hese lucted preliminary to the 1ades of the members . Mr. Albury state > were city been ill the past live Ww able to be out Two marr issued during the past we: the office of Judge Hugh Gunn Issues were made permitting th weddir of Charlie Total Key sound traffic over the highw today consists of 20 motor vehicles and 47 - s, according to the off reports. NOT SO EASY DETROIT—The Michigan Su- preme Court ruled that a woman could not get a divorce merely because her husband had called her “a hell of a wife.” BROTHERS ‘WED SISTERS CLERKENWELL, Eng.—Thom- y Eagle, Agatha Wrenn, sis cently. relieves 1 COLDS Headaches and Fever ton ome ie LAAN. Avia P & O Kiker West, 8:30a.m. Mondays-Thursdays 3:00 p.m. same afternoon \. 9:00 a.m. Tuesdays-Fridays \ { Ar. Key West, 3:15 p.m. same afternoon Ar. Havana, Lv. Havana, %® CUBAN TOURIST TAX 5c To PORT TAMPA, Tuesdays end Fridays, 5 p. m. Steamshin CUBA & A ROWND PAY) TRIP INCEUDING ME/.LS AND CERTH AT SEA ¢ 0 a 10 DAY LIMIT The PENINSULAR & OCCIDENTAL S. S. 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