The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 31, 1939, Page 2

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INC. | spent by various federal agenciés in the | JANUA ARY 3i, THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Gonorriés sid Syphilis: TUESDAY, | e@ocddedededco Covevcoceccveverces PEOPLE’S: FORUM COSCOCOHSSOTELOOOOTSSO SOLOS SO SOOEOLOSOSOOSSSSOSOOES A CRUMB OF COMFORT ai TODAY'S COMMON ERROR © MAN, President and Publishér Assistant Business Manager he Citizen Building eene and Ann Streets Only Daily N spaper in Key West and Monroe County Entered a , Florida, as second class matter e Associated Press The s exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also ra ed here. ding notic rds of thanks, resolutions of pbituary notices, ete., of 10 cents a line. for entertainment by churches from which s to be derived are 5 cents a line, i n open forum and invites discus- ues and subjects of local or general ill not 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. fs s come to him who goes after Louis or Lewis?—Tampa_ Tribune. Why the question mark! Pedestrians are just about as well off if they leap before they look. One frequently hears the term “cheap politics,” when politics is about the costliest thing we have in our country. One trouble with the United States is the number of professional, patriots. who are on the look-out for personal profit. Presumably with a view ..to making our smal! army as strong as possible,’ edch soldier is allowed an ounce, 6f oniori a.day. | The “flying age” iggupon us with a vengeance.—Times-Union. Spaniards and Ethiopians have been made to understand that. You can’t say a hen is real smart, and | she does give one a lot of trouble at times, but she is honest. No hen has ever laid a | bad egg. This writer has been reading Eleanor Roosevelt’s column for a long time, but there has never been noted the slightest | criticism, even of a constructive nature, of the government. Surely she is not pre- judiced! During the present time, while demo- cracy is being assailed by the totalitarian governments, it is well to remember the | words of former President Wilson that | democracy cannot be safe anywhere until | itis safe everywhere; ‘ Key West has no reason to say a kind word for Miami which has robbed us of | about everything we ever had through its political strength, but if the island city is } not chosen as the cite for a new air base, | then we believe Miami and not Jackson- vilie is stragetically the most suited. Senator Pepper has gotten off the wrong foot in a number of instances re- cently. In a move to control the Florida vote for Roosevelt, he advocated the Flor- ida Democratic executive committee | should name the Florida delegation to the ’ Democratic National Convention in 1940, instead of letting the voters do the nam- ing. Furthermore he favors the construc- tion of the Florida canal or rather its. com- | \ pletion, more than $5,000,000 having been | j boondoggled thus far. popularity, however, is ‘his . advocacy of pensioning former Panama Canal em-| ployees, who received good wages, rent for those married and free fuel, days off each year with full pay; hospital- | ization and doctor’s fee free. Unmarried’ employees at I. C. C. in the Zone got meals | this improved safety record is the extensive | A 30-meal ticket cost only | safety educational program that has been! at 30 cents. $15. Sanitary conditions were excellent’ and Colonel Goethals and Colonel Gorgas | saw to it that there were no flies nor mos- “quitoes. Now the senator wants to pension them. Ye Gods! will be charged for at | | of | which has its problems. | health program is concerned it | construction and maintenance of Key West | Some of the submarine base | in } | naval station. | facilities are serving a useful purpose | the docking of yachts and pleasure craft, in the service of the navy now stationed here and in boats which put in fuel and supplies. The bulk of the government’s invest- ment at the naval station : is. lying quarters. The machine shops aré closed, ice. Quarters, shops and other facilities | waiting to be used. Within the last few months move- | ments have been launched to induce the U. S. Maritime Commission to establish a training school for sailors in the naval sta- to station a cutter here, where one is cer- | tainly needed. A representative of the | Maritime Commission visited the station | sibilities for a training school here, but no official action on establishing such an in-, stitution seems to have been taken, Last wéek Cornmandér , Loyd: Kiel. permanent board of the’ Coast Guard at | Washington, ‘visited Key West to ttiake. a semble housing and other data that would | mendation some time ago made by Com- here. Commander Kielhorn is familiar with | conditions at Key West. He has_ been | stationed here on several occasions since 1913—and he likes Key West. He met a number of public officials and the repre- he séeméd convinced the city could’proper- ly hdus§ the 45 to 50 men who would came here with a:eutter when it is assigned. The | commahtier: seemed inclined to agree with Commander:Hilton that the submarine base: would provide : unexcelled facilities / for’ the Coast Guard service. q news. ‘Too long Key West has beeWi sittin; on the sidelines. while other Flotidd ‘cities. have, beén favored with naval “seaplare | Reports ‘indicate there is little immediate prospect the naval. station here ’ will utilized by the navy on an active status; so that the coming of a Coast Guard cutter is | one little crumb of comfort for the citizens | of this neglected community. ENDORSING THE HEALTH PROGRAM > While we are noi prepared to give any whole-hearted endorsement to the de- | tails of the proposed national health pro- gram, especially since the details are not known to us, we feel that the people of this country are united in a determination that the great mass of the population, in- cluding the unfortunate of every descrip- tion, should have better medical :care. Te say this is not with any intention, criticising. the medical ...profeasion, However, the ad- vanced treatment of modern scientific re-' search is not available to men, women and_! children in this land for one reason or another and, as a consequence, there are deaths every day that could be prevented. So far as the general purpose of the has the support of most Americans. There may be details that must be tried out and cor- rected upon the basis of experience but, in the long run, the nation will greatly bene- fit from the expenditure of any reasonable sums, however large, upon preventing ill- | ness and curing the diseased. FEWER FATALITIES It is gratifying to be able to report in 1938 showed a_ reduction: from the | figures for 1937. The same trend, we be- with collisions with trains. Undoubtedly, one of the reasons for launched in many ways in all sections of the nation. Let us keep the subject constantly in :aind and continue the good work that is i ieflected in lower death rates. seaplane unit | serving navy | idle. | oo | Juarters of the officers and enlisted men | are being used to house a few radiomen, a | few naval officers and government | offi- | | cials and by the WPA as an area head- | the majority of the docks are not in serv- | | are in first-class condition, just ready and | and seemingly was impressed with the pos- | personal inspection of the station‘and to as- | enable him to report favorably on a recom- | mander Hilton that a cutter be stationed | | bases, ‘havai bases and Coast Guard. pases. | be} ican public is becoming awakened to an undersfanding that 9 cases out of 10 can be cured if treatment |is begun early enough and continued, is to borne out in the fact that | Florida State Board of Health laboratories are now running 600 Kahn tests (blood tests every day. | tion and to induce the U. S. Coast Guard | mately 200 over the highest number ever before handled over a sus- | ‘tained period of time. W. A. McPhaul, state health officer, says he | would place the laboratories.on 24-hour operating basis if the budget; ; would permit but that it is impossible to employ more help at pres- |ent, since the State Board of Health is operating on the same state | budget that it has ever since 1933, when demands upon its services | | were far léss {Man they are today. = ‘Association, distributed ‘by Florida State Board of Health). te Jp & ee its | | By | ECONOMY DIFFICULT THE HEALTH PROGRAM | BASED ON AID TO STATES, | RAILROAD LEGISLATION | LANDON ON DEFENSE horn, connected‘with what is known) 4s the | if The trouble as we see it is that! sentatives of our civic organizations and | many congressmen are anxious to now must meet personal catastro- | effect certain’ ‘édondmies that will | reduce the total of Federal appro- | |priations but the difficulty is to ‘secure an agréement. as to what | Activity should feél,the knife. It ig One thing for cofigressmen to! | vote appropriations’ to be distri- That comes. under the heads of.| good): | buted amng the residents of his’) ilitate the railroads of the ‘eoun- district and anathér, thing:to take | who are insistently: : demanding relief. The President insists upon the full amount requested and {there is powerful outside support | behind him. This menas, in our opinion, that régardiess of what | tne Congress does in the present instance, the full amount request- ed will be available before the end of the fiscal year. Last week the President referred to Congress “for careful study” | the report and recommendations on national health prepared by); his inter-departmental committee !to coordinate health and welfare activities. Pointing out that losses ‘on account of sickness,’ dis- ‘ability and premature death ac- count for $10,000,000,000 annual- ly, the committee-saw a need for {a national health program. Sick- | ness, it is said, is more frequent |zmong the low-income families, among. whom. maternal and child- birth is inadequately Protected. fon an average way, accorain, | the féport, ‘about estou tah persons are disabled |Pive teasons are advdtited fin program, which: involves ‘possible’ | éxpenditures: of $850,000,000 an- | nually after, ten years.” Reasons follow: Services to pre-' vent sickness are grossly insuf- | ficient; hospital and organized | facilities are inadequate, particu- \larly in rural areas; one-third of |the population receives inade- | quate medical service; a far larg- jer part of the nation suffers from: | the economic burden of illness; | wage-earners and their families! need protection during periods of | temporary or permanent disabil- Lity. | The essence of the medical-aid fr | eration, cays the President, who |pointe ‘out..that Federal :egisia- | tion must- indicate the ‘assistance His silliest bid for | that fatalities at grade crossing accidents | ce esc nea ve States in a co-. ani ferowthe fae ti fon’ She NS bheat expansion | of: Federal health services | by states and localities, with the / assistance of Federal grants-in- aid. the Chief Executive, which, in the | ‘long run, will wipe out certain’ }costs.now borne in.the form of. Lead: Among: Commumicaie Bi ._ Wa snunereon | HUGO S. SIMS, Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizen cg cisth, hazziism and communism.as 61 BE | program -is’ Federal-State coop-; EESASTS ‘TEST YOUR Do-net say. “The sor disappeared previous to his mother’s death”; say. “previously”. KNOWLEDGE: eT mm rue OnrreD stares Each symbol représents 50,000 new cases each year in the ‘United | States alone, making a fotal of 1,000,000 new cases, That the Amer- ; to the need of syphilis control and This is an increase of approxi- (Chart by The American Social lie j necessary to insure adequate medical treatment for its people which, in many cases is impossi- ‘ble for millions of families and is financial catastrophe for other ‘families, The President argues ithat the “average level of health jor the average cost of sickness test quéstiévis?” Turn to Page 6 for the answers What place is known as the Mosquito Coast? Name the U. S. city directly opposite Juarez, Mexico. In electricity, what is coulometer? What is the correct pronun- ciation of. the word ly- ceum? Name the Presidents of the U. S. who were assassinat- ed while in office. What is the name for the plastic material secreted by bees and used by them in making their cells? With what sport is the name of Byron Nelson associat- ed? Name the thrid the oceans. Where is Holy Cross Moun‘ tain?’ ‘10. Nameé, the great lyric poet of; : Scotland? a largest of TOURIST CRITIC | Editor, The Citizen: There is much to be said on both sides of this matter of tour- ists vs. natives, and too much has ‘been said already. Nevertheless, you are neglect- ing the side of the residents and business men (the length of time they have been here is imma- terial). We may need money,: but hot’ at the price of being domineered over or insulted. We are tired of outsiders who refuse to drive carefully in the city, who come into town at such speed that if it were not for the traffic lights to stop them htey would inevit- ably go off the other side of the island and make a_ three-point ‘landing on Tortugas. They kill our pet animals and menace our childrén with equal disregard and consider that fling- ing a piece of money at us is sufficient compensation for sneer- ing at the best merchandise and accommodations we have to of- fer. LOIS WILLIAMS. P.S.—Those persons who become irritated by tne above aré prob- ably those whom we could very well do without in Key West. Key West. Fla., | Jan. 28, 1939. , 1214 Von Phister, \LAW ENFORCEMENT NEEDED ~ | Editor, The’ Citizen: KEY WEST IN = DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files of The Citizen Every member of the state road! department appeared to be hear- tily in favor of Monroe county’s has litlte meaning for those who | phes. To know that a ‘stream ‘is four feet deep on the average is of little help to those, who drown in the place where, it is ten feet deep”. Apparently, an effort will be] | made’to pass legislation | to reha~, |try, which, it is ‘estimated isa; funds from‘ people in’ his. istrict | $26,000,000,000 industry. Recently,} |representatives of the raflroads, 1aporr,and; Cengress conferred’ ‘with the President to consiter the problem. and it was announced that ‘the details of legislation would be left to Congress. Sena- tor Wheeler, of the Interstate; Commerce Committee, advocates | the reorganization and expansion! of the Interstate Commerce Com-| mission to regulate all transport) agencies, including water car-; riers. While there is some diffi- culty in reaching agreement as to; the legislation necessary to solve} the nation’s transportation prob- Jem, there is no disagreement as to the need of some action. : Speaking recently befre an au- dience of newspaper men in Kan-} sas, former Governor Alf M.; Landon declared that the United States and all other nations hav- ing représentative forms of gov-j| ernment are the targets of an eco homic war being waged. by th to; totalitarian powers. He listed fas wdthe foes of democracy and’nal Getmany, Italy; Russia and. Ja? ‘pan as totalitarian nations which! had made state slaves of , ir | citizens and were now conducting} economic war. While giving generous support to the foreign policy of the Pres- ident, Mr. Landon insisted that! world conditions required a bal- anced budget, saying that in} modern warfare financial réserv- es are as important as military; reserves. As to the armament program, he favored adequate! preparedness but “not one cent! for a defense that was merely! another name for government pump-priming”. Referring to the} petition for the state to take over, the highway for maintenance, said County Attorney W. H. Ma-} lone, who returned last evening from Tallaifassee where he at- tended a, meeting ‘Gf the . state‘ highway ‘board Monday and Tuesday of this week. Mr. Ma- lone ‘also had a conférence with Governor Carlton, and “was _as- sured’ the! ‘influence of the chief ,éxecutive and his coopération -in » the move for the state to take ver the highway will be given. “Nothing? was decidéd at the meeting of the board”; said Mr. Malone, who explained that rec- ords were made of ‘all the mat- ters brought forward at the meet- ing’ and will be given future con- sideration. ,After the items are finally passed on, they will be considered in the préparation of the budget which will be made public and then will be issued a call for a meéting at which dis- cussions and complaints concern- ing any of the items will be heard. The budget will be only ‘a tentative one until the regular session of the board. The county attorney said that he has every confidence the forthcoming bud- | get will provide for the perman- ent maintenance of the Over Seas Highway by the State Road De- partment. The subrharine S-4, which prov- ed to be a’ deathtrap for 40 men in the memorable sea tragedy of aap when the S-4 and sunk. by, the CuttersPullfing off] fhe coast of Massachusetts, is due to arrive in the harbor Key West late today under tow of the mine- | i layer Maflard. The navy has in- stalled new life-saving devices on the salvaged S-4 and the vessel, is now brought to this port for | the purpose of testing the effi- ciency of the contrivances. Lieu- | tenant Cornmander P. H. Dunbar j arrived over the East Coast yes- terday and will be in charge of the experiments. ' Dr. Thomas Travis, assistant éditof of “Fotest and Stream”, has taken in big events first hand. He was one of the few Americans recent conférence at Lima, he* termed it a success and declaréd serving with the Anzacs in ‘the | \gréat war. Hé-saw the red In-| that democracy recovered some} dian’ in the freriches facing the’ of the ground lost at.Munich, He’ warned, however, that) German South } America 3s" having considerable ; effect. + ah j is" free lieve, has been recorded in the death tol | platined, but the prograth should| °*** 15| from highway accidents not connected | be workéd out and administered | tT ‘oday’s Horoscope. aree0c00e006000 | Today carries more force than! power of action. The native is' ber that more will be gained by,’ the exercise of discretion than by mere. brute strength. “You. may | white man's wat magic. He was! six times through the subrharines’ ‘and also was with the Australians when they blew up Messines ‘Ridge... He-is an explorer of the ' wilds and a hunter after big gante/ with the camiéfa, a writer of books! and short stories and a lover of! rod: and reel from all the waters | from New Foundland to Florida and from Ontario to Catalina Is- land. He will give lectures un- The cost of the program repre- apt to be moved more ‘by strange|der the auspices of the Rotary sents a sound’ investment, argues impulses than by reason. Remem-' Club. Editorii cofament: Key West; shoul@ be made a harbor airport. | jrelief. The idea back of the pro: carry your point for the mothent; ‘The marine relationships to avia-: gram is the thought that the en-' but danger follows close in such tion should not be overlooked. It tire nation cart bear the expense. eases. | would be a grievous mistake to, The writer has read with in- terest the various letters appear- ing in The Citizen relative .to !joeal conditions, After the argu- ments and rebuttals are siftedy it would seem as if total agreement was reached—present laws and ordinances are sufficient, need is for enforcement. As a tourist, I am not welt cquainted locally to criticize personally any of the City Coun- cil, the. Municipal Judge, the Mayor, the Police Chief or any other city or county employe. An honest Mayor, Police Chief and Municipal Judge are neces- sary if a city is to be run effi- ciently. Tourists are mostly coneerned » with cleart beaches and attractive streets and less unnecés¥ary noise at night.’ This is all very well, but tourists can’t .do, anything about it but write letters to the overlook ‘this factor on aerial de-' velopment ee f Lighthouse department reports. that Caxambas Pass Light 2, which was reported extinguished January 2, has been relighted ané is now in use by those having oc- casion to navigate in the waters: in that vicinity. The highway ferry system is handling a total of 105 passengers today, 56 of that number being enroute to the city, reports state. The two southbound boats are handling 19 cars, two buses, one truck and 56 passengers. Out- bound traffic from No Name Key is given as 14 cars, one truck, one bus and 49 passengers. 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In order to se- cure control at the Democratic primaries, honest voters who now only complain over their back fences must co-ordinate. I realize of course how the local Democratci Party is controlled by those now in office and by their friends, but a slate presented to the public on the Republican ticket would stand no more chance than as if they ran un- wer the Hammer and Sickle of the Communist Party. The only local group at present whose aims are to love their ;neighbors and serve their fellow |mren are the churches and a few f.aternal organizations. I know that every time a church lends jits influence for better govern- ment a chorus goes up that the church should mind its 6wn busi- {ness. This chorus is always led ‘by the politicians’ and-crggks and ‘finds a ready ally in same,of the old ladies, some’..thinKing a chureh’s. most constructive duty lis knitting woplen ‘bellybants for heathen: Chinese : babies, ,and the others, nearly ‘all’ church’*mem- bers, glad of any chance to ham- string’ an organization the ma jority of whose members are honest. Any man who will benefit in any way from lax and dishonest city officers will work, and will continue to work for his friends. It doesn’t matter whether he is operating a gambling club, a numbers game, sells liquor next to a grammar school, or merely wants to continue to operate a decrepit jalopy without adequate equipment, to the annoyance and danger of the public. The cor- rection of abusgs is not easy, and requires the cooperation of every honest man and woman who can vote, and who’ is public-spirited enough to realize many sacrifices must' be made, many toes must be stepped on in order, that jus- tice may be ‘ admihistered im- partially. “‘ROURIST. Key West, Fla., Jan. 29,1939. (Editor's Note: ’ te: ” Believing that the subject is about exhausted, arguments and rebuttals publish- ed, the editor thinks that nothing further can be gained by ‘con- tinuing the discussions of. local short-comings. No more’ letters pertaining to this matter will be published for the present. Most of the criticisms were of a con- structive nature and accepted in that spirit. 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