The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 30, 1939, Page 2

_PAGE TWo _Ghe Key West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe - County <ULF) Entered at Key West, Flprida, as second clas: hd! Amsocinted Press f ess is -excltsively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to itsor not otherwise: credited in this paper and also tiredoval mews’ put/ish here. Web a SUBSCRIPTION RATE One Month Weekly AD Made known on All réhding notic or rtainment by churches from which | a ‘2 eenue cents a line. The Citi sion ‘of derived are 5 n open forum and invites discus- issues and subjects of local or general wrest but it will not publish anonymous communi- | ® " IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. P “ Comprehensive City Plani¢2agpng)- Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. : : Consolidation of County ‘and City Governments. dewe!! Dodge Widow Gets $500 a month. Iswt~<that simply five. grand?—New Smysna Beach Daily News. you add another cipher. When a paragrapher thinks of some- thing he thinks worthwhile, it is best to make note of it at once. It is always the best and biggest fish that get away. This column knows of no better way to help Key West to make forward strides than by a membership in the Chamber of Commerce. '. Obey that. impulse’ and do it now! i | Admiral Hepburn; scouting for the goverment for naval air ‘bases, judged Key West by remote control. He did not come to this ‘city to make his own personal observations, but probably trusted some one else to give him the low down on Key West, and pretty low it was. The height of something or other, Senator Pepper’s request for pensions for formér Panama Canal employees! And =< Some say he is of presidential timber. Maybe so, but the termites which do not show their destruction on the surface, evi- dently have made the timber worthless. ‘There is a submarine base at New London, Conn., Hampton Rds., Va., Puerto Rico and the Canal Zone. There is also a completed submarine base at Key West but inactive; Why should not this base be made active, especially since jts activity on account of our perfect d always clement weather, could be uninterrupted throughout the year. It is the intention of the government to construct two army bases and we are in- formed that all indications point to the ” Florida peninsula as a site for one of them. Instead of constructing another base in this * state, why not utilize the one here in Key | | West, where thousands of soldiers were | quartered during the World War? But, of course, economy is out of the question with this Administration. The Citizen is keenly sorrowful in the passing of Avery Powell, the distingyjshed _ and kindly souled paragrapher of tl sonville Times-Union. He wrote hundreds of paragraphs about Key West, all com- plimentary, and just a few ago, he expressed the regret that, wish to visit thefsland been gratified. Instead he has taken the | long journey from which there is no re- turning. While not unmindful of the misery of those who must, through necessity, live in wintry climes, it is nevertheless gratifying to be among the fortunates to enjoy Flor- ida’s balmy weather. Comparisons are - odious, but read this note a Key Wester received from a friend in the north: “The weather has been most miserable here— snow, rain, sleet and bitterly cold. Nearly everyone in town is ill with something or other—even the doctors don’t feel well, although they are aaking the money.” of thanks, resolutidns of | , will be charged for at | It will be if | RG | KEY WEST AS NAVAL BASE Some time ago a board headed by | Rear Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn, United States Navy, to “report on need of addi- | tional naval bases to defend the coasts of | | the United States, its territories, and pos- | essions” made a tour of inspection to de- | termine the contents of that report. Sec- | tion 126 of that report contains the follow- | ing enlightening information: |. “Key West, Fla.—This naval station {is completely closed. It contains special "submarine facilities which would be im- for that reason should be retained, though not required at present { status,” _to learn the Hepburn board never spected Key West naval station. worth the bother of coming here. Hence | the inaccuracy of the report affecting this | | station, for everyone here knows that it is | not “compfetely closed.” Not sf long ago several destroyers put | | in here fof fuel and found a crew of com- formed the fueling if'record time. Today | several of the buildings and a portion of This unit is to participate in the navy maneuvers designed to test the defense forces and facilities for protection of the | Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean and the Fanama Canal Zone. In the light of these developments it seems strange the Hepburn report states that the Key West naval station is not re- quired “‘in active status,”’ Congressman Pat Cannon of this dis- trict performed a real service for this com- munity when he recently drew admission | from Admirals Leahy, chief. of nayal opera- tions, and Hepburn, author of the report which placed the proposed. main’ naval j station at Jacksonville, that Key West will be virtually unprotected in time of war ex- cept by air; that Key West may be a more important’ defense unit for continental United States than Guam, thousands of miles away; and that Miami is the center of population in Florida, and is closer to Key West than Jacksonville, if the nation’s southern air defense should be moved north of the keys. Later the naval affairs committee of the house, of which Pat Cannon is a mem- ber, questioned Capt. Arthur L. Bristol, Jr., United States Navy, a member of the Hep- ; burn board, and learned that Miami had been disregarded by the board’s report be- cause of traffic on Biscayne bay, a short- age of land there for a naval air base and the high cost of necessary dredging. Key West would not offer such dis- | air base, There are unlimited protected water siaceashere, as shown by the recent atrival SLA armada of 16 navy sea- planes @fid their safe landing and anchor- age off Trumbo island. Trumbo island, Stock island, owned by the city of Key West, and the outlying keys controlled by the government, offer all the space re- quired for hangars, aprons, ramps, machine shops, quarters for the operations forces | and for any other required facilities. Privately the men attached to the navy seaplane unit here will tell you that | Key West is ideal for their training opera- | tions, They have good anchorage, a good | takeoff run on the water, there are no air pockets that make their flying hazardous | and there is no fog. Fog is probably the | greatest hazard the men of the air have | to face. Jacksonville has plenty of fog. | ~~ Even though Miami’s chances of land- | #i#@Gn appropriation for a naval air base | seem rather slim, that progressive city is a delegation of engineers.to Wash- | serling raid in an effort to disprove the conten- iors f the menibers of the Hepburn board. | It is too bad that Key West, with un- | limited land and water areas and with un- excelled flying conditions, cannot send a | similar delegation to Washington and pres- | ent our case. unless something along this line is done Key West will lose another opportunity to | rebuilt her economic foundations, | The famous line “O speak for thy- | self, John,” is found in an old Scotch ballad dated at least 250 ‘years before _ Longfellow’s “Courtship of Miles Stand- ish.” Maybe that’s where Priscilla or | Longfellow got the idea. | | portant in time of national emergency, and | al- | in active | So far as The Citizen has been able | in- | The | board did spend some time in the Miami | | area, but apparently did not believe an in- | | spection of the Key West naval facilities | petent mafntenance men on hand who per- | | the docking facilities are being utilized by | a seaplane unit of the United States navy. | advantages in the construction of a naval | | ounces that the troop will‘ give The Citizen believes that | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN SF = / Hi (Ss ~ “We were one three-lone highwa' DAYS GONE BY | { | Happenings Here Just {0 Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files of The Citizen \ | | Blue prints of three sites in Key | | West will be submitted to the! | committee of the New York State | monument committee for selec-| | tion as places probably appropri- | ate for the erection of the me-| morial monument, planned to be! placed in this city in honor of} | the soldiers who were from New, | York and’ died’ ‘of yellow. fever | *here during the civil ‘Period, | | The interesection of the highway | {and the boulevard was ‘the place} | determined on as being: the most} fitting and was most favored by | the committee members, who’ made a round of the city follow-' ing a meeting held yesterday, and, it was generally concluded that} 'a plot 20x20 feet could be easily | spared on the extreme side of the | boulevard, yet would be. on. the right-of-way of the thoroughfare | and just off the railway property | there. Here the shaft would come within the full view of visi- | tors and could also be seen by, those who come by railroad. Since | all visitors, practically, come by | automobile over the boulevard, it is believed by the committee that this site would make the monu- ment better than would any of, the other places selected. The| local committee is composed of) Mrs. Norberg Thompson, Miss; Tleen Williams, Mrs. R. L. Spotts- | wood, Mayor Leslie A. Curry, | Karl Thompson and W. W. De-| meritt. ‘tah } |. With due appreciation, The! Citizen acknowledges the ‘receipt of the following letter from Gov- ernor Carlton: “Dear Mr. Art-, man: I am taking this occasion! to thank you for the fine services} rendered by your paper‘in con-}| nection with our recent. inaugu-| |ral ceremonies. The work. done by the press in this regard has rendered a genuine service to the | state in preparing the public mind for that kind of copoeration which insures success in public} matters”. Editorial comment: It is a man sized sport to pull in 40 barra- cudas, giants all, the fierce fight- ing tigers of the sea, but the feat |is frequently done in Key West waters, not to mention the ever | game tarpon and others often in-| cluded in the catches, Mrs. A. H. McInnis, scoutmis- | tress of Troop 5, Girl Scouts, an- an entertainment and supper. | February 5 in the annex building; of the First Methodist churgh on} Eaton street. An excellent menu) is being arranged for the event. Mrs. McInnis states this will be the first in a series of entertain-| ments-on evenings, being arrang- ed by the troop, to be given at) intervals for the purpose of se- curing funds for the encampment} OUR FELLOW DRIVERS | sult in a breakdown, a separation By Mueller Mii, i « (Ct y in heavy traffic, and the dope SUNDAY DINNER By CORA ANTHONY Director of the A&P Kitchen GG prices have continued to drop to @ very reasonable point for first quality and to cheap for ordinary grades, Even the cheapest eggs should be unusually good. Butter and cheese are inexpensive. Forequarter cuts of beef and lamb are lower, ‘making for a more normal rice range between chucks and hinds. ittle other change will be noted in either meat or poultry costs. _ Apples and the citrus fruits con- tinue to be plentiful and cheap. Peas, cauliflower, broccoli, and lima beans are now reasonably priced. Green beans are less cheap but the quality is better and the price still reasonable. Salad greens, cucumbers and tomatoes ave available at moderate cost. Here are three dinner menus. \ Low Cost Dinner !\ Broiled Shoulder Lamb Chops Scallo; Potatoes . Green Beans Bread and Butter Apple Betty Tea or Coffee + ‘Medium, Cost Dinner Roast Stuffed Shoulder of Lamb G Browned Potatoes Green Peas Bread and Butter Floating Island Tea or Coffee Very Special Dinner Broiled Grapefruit Individual Chicken Pies with Peas, Onions and Celery New Potatoes Currant Jelly Salad of Mixed Greens Rolls and Butter Frozen Strawberries and Cream Cookies Coffee Milk Milk OeCooevorvesacnvecesene: Today’s Horoscope *OCSCCOOSEOMS CAL HAOHEEEEe Today gives ability for organi- zation. Final success is probable but the danger consists in a lit- tle lack of co-ordination of thought and effort which may re- from kindred, or in an elevation ef the sphere of action due-to the enmity of another calling atten- tion to the abilities. VALUABLE CHAIR VIENNA, Md.—A chair which J. A. Blades of this city paid $1 for at a second-hand furniture store, yielded $840 in cash and a gold watch. WANTED HAPPINESS LONDON — John O’Brien of this city explained his marriage to four women by testifying he was “searching for happiness.” evening at the clubhouse on Di- vision street, beginning at 7 o'clock, at which time the board of entertainments and the direc- tors of the entertainment com- mittee will meet with Mrs..L. R. Warner. Several matters of im- portance will be discussed at this meeting and it is necessary that interested members be i tendance. : Business Guides By C. E. Johnston Director, Business Training ‘Schools, International Correspondence ODERN business is largely con- ducted on credit. The manu- | facturer allows wholesalers and job- bers time in which to pay for what they buy, the latter in turn ordi- } gparily do not demand immediate | Payment from retailers. The exten- sion of credit allows many business transactions to take place that would not otherwise occur. It, MONDAY, JANUARY 30, 1939 Diamond Encrusted Rosebud therefore, increases the number of | sales and thus makes possible a , In spite of the frequency of credit transactions there is a widespread misunderstanding of the nature of credit. Credit passes from the debtor to the creditor, from the buyer to the seller, and never in the opposite direction. Few people realize this. We frequently hear such statements as “Mrs. Blank found it annoying to pay cash for her daily purchases, so the grocer gave her credit”, or, “Mr. Citizen asked for credit at his clothier’s and the clothier was glad to give it to him” eee As a matter of fact Mrs. Blank | and Mr. Citizen did not credit, They possessed it to begin with, otherwise they could not have purchased goods without paying cash. They parted with a portion of their credit when they bought goods from merchants with promises to pay ia the future. The castomer | offers credit, and the seller accepts | or dcelines to accept credit. This ia | farge | his true in all credit transactions, or siaail, The debtor redeems credit, or that part of it with which he has parted, When he pays his bill. Tf a dealer realizes clearly that credit is an attribute of the buyer be will be more able to size up the credit standing of a customer and be will, therefore, have fewer losses trom bad debts. TODAY’s COMMON |: ERROR Do not say, “It is better to take preventative meas- ures”; say, ‘‘preven- tive”. —, TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE) Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to Page 6 for the answers For- what degree do the in-| itials J.C.D. stand? On what river is the city of | Berlin, Germany? How is, 1939 written in Ro-| man numerals? For what is Sir Henry Bes- semer famous? What does perfidious mean? What religion did the French chemist Louis profess? Can women vote in the U. S. at the age of eighteen? Who was appointed by President Roosevelt to fill! the T.V.A. post vacated by Arthur E. Morgan? What is another name for the game of draughts? What is the poetical for Ireland? DANGEROUS GLASSES PORTLAND, Oregon. — John Woodson of this city was burned about the face when the “shell” rims of his eyeglasses caught fire as he lit his cigar. Hear the Whittemore | “International Host” | | 5:15 P. M. Monday thru Friday Interviews with vlane arrivals at the famous Pan- American Airways. LESLIE HARRIS at the mike WOQAM 560 KC Pasteur | | name | || BEST FISHING IN FLORIDA Rose without thorns helped decorate social Dorothy {de Milhaul who helped model a $1,000,000 fashion show ‘in New York. Paul Flato spent a year creating these three |diamond-encrusted rosebud designs. COMPLAINT SERVICE. .. If you do not Receive Your Copy of The CITIZEN By 6 P. M. PHONE—WESTERN UNION Between 6 and.7 P. 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