The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 4, 1939, Page 2

pean Eee —Ohe Key ® West Citizen | | Publishea Daily Except Sunday, By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President aha Publisher JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets ~= Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County - Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this. paper.amd. also the local news published here. “ SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year Bix Months Three Months One Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES ~All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutfohi#'6P . bituary notices, etc. will be charged for at | »f 10 cents a line, for entertainment by churches from which i is to be derived are 5 cents a line. ‘itizen is an open forum and invites discus- public issues and subjects of local or general i but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea.’ aan: Consolidation of County caadCity Governments. aaron et It is better { to : save and be safe, than to spend and be spent. We often wonder whether those noisy | legislators carry on that way around home. Human beings apparently often for- get that they are supposed to be “human.” The possession of power may turn even the greatest lover of liberty into a tyrant. We have a constitutional right to the pursuit of happiness, but no guarantee that we will ever catch up with it. It is hardly fair to keep a Key West boy after school, just because his father worked the arithmetic problems wrong. Joanson Wright of Missouri deeded 120 acres cf land to the Almighty, who | was designated in the deed as “the party of the second part.” Baptismal Notice: The following | ‘notice appeared recently in a small town paper in Mississippi: ‘Positively no more baptizing in my pasture. Twice here in| ‘the last two months my gate has been left ‘open by Christian people and before I chase my heifers all over the country again, all the sinners can go to hell.” | “Jehovah” 5,845 times; .¢ ment,” “eternity” and | of the Bible is in existence. SOME BIBLE FACTS Dr. Thomas Horne, an English Bible scholar and critic who died in 1862, de- voted several years to compiling interest- | ing facts about the Bible, among them be- _ ing the following: The Bible is composed of 66 books | containing 1,189 chapters, 41,173 verses, 774,746 words and 3,566,480 letters. shortest verse is John 11:35 and contains only;the two words, “Jesus. wept.” The longest verse is Esther 8:9. The | The word “Lord” occurs 1,853 times; Je the word “girl” only twice; “everlasting fire’ is found Ewidé; while the word “everlasting punish- “reverend” occur only once each. Several verses are duplicated, thus four verses of the 107th Psalm are iden- tical, and the 36th chapter of Isaiah and the 19th chapter of II Kings are exactly , alike. No original manuscript of any portion 1 The oldest manuscript known, a fragment of the 11th | chapter of the Psalms, thought to have been written in the third century, is pre- served in the British Museum. The Bible | as we know it has come down to us through many translations, the first com- | plete English translation having been | made by John Wycliffe, who died in 1384, and his fellow workers, Nicholas and Pur- | vey. William Tyndale was the first print the Bible in English, beginning in 1525. | ment and a small portion of the Old, but his translation came under displeasure of the ecclesiastical authorities. After 15 months’ imprisonment he was tried and burned at the stake for heresy on October 6, 1536. ADDITIONAL COMMANDMENTS There are resolutions that are neces- sary for every citizen in Key West to make, and to keep. They must be made, or renewed, by every one so that the rec- | ords of his home town:may be kept clean. to | He printed all of the New Testa- | Along er Waterfront AN INTERESTING AREA of |Monroe County mainland lies at a point midway between the east }and west coasts of the state be- tween Madeira Bay to Snake Bight. Land coverage is over an: area that is cut by many large lakes and smaller ponds, while the high water mark is charac-| terized by many deep bights and! j bays. Water area is very shal-! iow: Shoals grade off into slight- | ly deeper water gradually and do} | not have a definite edge. There} is more higher hammock found ini |the area covered by this sgect! than has been encoutered in any j{ other area along the southend of the Florida peninsula. This high- jer land is: found just inshoge’ of! |the narrow fringe of mangrove | along the highwater line. Farther north is the saw grass and ee of the Everglades. There are ten ‘‘musts’” that should be in- | cluded among the New Year's resolutions of every motorist and pedestrian in our, cities. ¥. der. 2. Drive carefully, using hand sig- , nals at all times. 8. Give the pedestrian a chance! 4. Watch for school zones and school bus stops. 5. Study automobile traffic rules Keep your brakes in perfect or- | and obey them. 6. Pedestrians, look both ways be- fore crossing the street. 7. Don’t “jay walk”. tersections. 8. Watch traffic lights and signals Cross at in- | before crossing streets. In a cross-section survey conducted by the British Institute of Public Opinion, 91 per cent believed that it is advisable | Roosevelt should be re-elected. Since Roosevelt is pro-British why shouldn’t | they feel that way; and isn’t he quoted as | having said he would not; permit the | démocratic countries (England and France) to be attacked by the totalitarian states, without coming to their:;aid. But! Congress may think differently and will if it listens to the voice of the people. The Supreme Court of Florida is a human machine subject to moods just like | any other body of men, and their judg- | ments therefore are variable. The City | Commissioners of Miami were declared | guilty of contempt and court costs which amounted to $3 for each of the trio, but | three Miami Dry Cleaners,.‘also cited for | contempt, were fined $500 and sentenced | to 30 days in the juzgado. The variation | of these fines, while not CONTRARY to human understanding are certainly .BE- | YOND a layman’s comprehension, This column has stated seyeral,times | that there need be no reduction im‘the roll | of the unemployed, if chiselers and Yhalin- | “gerers are weeded out. A WPA worker in the Miami area cites one of several | cases where a man in an administrative | capacity is drawing $225, his wife in a job paying $150, and his father-in-law in| a supervisory capacity drawing $150 per | month, thus creating an income ‘of $525 | »-each month for a family of three. Cases | like his may be found in every state of the | «Union, Let the government clean out the , Augean stable and the $150,000,000 relief reduction ordered by Congress will bring , no hardship to the deserving. 9. Don’t walk around an auto into | traffic. 10. Don’t insist upon the right of way—the auto may win. The nation’s high automobile fatality | rate can be reduced by the cooperation of all of us, deaths due to carelessness and neglect can be avoided. Lend a helping hand. Keep the commandments. U. S. ARCHIVES BUILDING In the new Archives Building in Washington, built at a cost of 12 million dollars, the United States has a repository for its historic and other valuable docu- ments and records which is unequalled in the world. In ventilated steel drawers and vaults the record of the nation’s history and prog- ress will be preserved for future genera- tions. Not only written documents, but sound motion picture films of important events also, will be kept for centuries to come. It is proposed to enclose many priceless records and documents in cello- phane, so they may be read without being touched by human hands. Mest interesting to people of the future will be the motion pictures, where- by they may see and hear what has gone on in the world in the past. Think what it would mean to us if we could see films | showing the great events of history and | hear the voices of the dominant figures that participated in them! Another of life’s little annoyances is breaking one’s finger nails while trying to rip the cellophane off something. Among time saving devices the waste- j basket holds a deservedly high place. | KEYS ARE OF TWO TYPES, different in character, Samphire and buttonwod groups. To the west they are bound by a man- grove fringe but no buttonwood in trees are found. To the east | there are mangrove and inshore buttonwood and open grass areas and mud flats. Except for wild jcotton pickers, and occasional fishermen, plum hunters and |charcoal burners, the land has | been put to little use. Here was | the theater of most of the plum- raiding operations of the Florida Keys prior to 1900. The outlying | Keys and particularly the Key in Cuthbert Lake were rich rook- eries used by the egret and ibis {as nesting places. Many bitter jand bloody wars were fought by |rival factions over the raiding rights of the rookery in Cuthbert Lake. Ever after these © opera- tions were declared illegal they continued and the aigrettes were shipped toe the northern market in coon skins. As a consequence of these activities few of the birds ; are found in the area at the pres- ent time. AMONG THOSE c QUIZZED by ‘the Geodetic Survey to verify; names of localities were Bureau jof Entomology and Plant Quar-! antine of Dept. of Agriculture, which has been active for four) | years in eradicating wild cotton;) |ioring Roberts, whose family lived on Cape Sable for many years and is at present engaged in hunting and fishing; Ed. Ed- wards, who carried the mail from Key West to Flamingo in 1902; Bob Douthit, owner of the sugar} plantation at Flamingo, later sold to the Roberts’ family; C. M. Brookfield of Coconut Grove, for sportnig fishermen and hunters of Miami who have used the | names. TERRAPIN POINT, in the area, was named because a col-| \ored fisherman caught many dia- mond-back terrapin many years ago; Umbrella Key is named be-) cause of a large fan palm in the center which gives it the appear-, ‘ance of an umbrella; Rankin Key | |is named after a colored fisher- man; Buoy Key is believed nam-; ed from Bouillier, a Creole negro} | who farmed the key a number of | years ago; Curlew Key was a nesting place for curlew or ibises; | Dinner Key is another name for Curlew Key because fishermen | stop there to eat at midday; West | {Lake is the westernmost lake; | the Lungs Lake is named. from the shape of the lake; Seven Palm Lakes was named from the | seven royal palms at west end of, jlake. A date, January 31, 1901, i one of the palms is believed to; have been carved by the Florida |close February 28. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN SO SAY WE°ALLI THE ISLAND CITY + son ‘will sink until the underlying! pected that more than 1,000 visi- | :get ashore because of the deep: ‘PUBLIC SCHOOL ‘fonso, Graciela Sanchez, Hector SATUR DAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1959 HE WEATH eo! KRY WEST IN “THe DAYS GONE BY - : : | Happesings Here Just 10 Years Age Teday As Taken From = Files of The Citizen | Highest - :. Lowest Mean _. Normal Mean ~ Rainfa! Yesterday’s Precipitation That Key West is ideal from Normal Precipitation ‘every point of view and is bound aia fe eta crocn to develop into an open door, of the United States was thorough-; Moon ris | Bort completed last Week by Wil- Moon’ sagesees jliam T. Donnelly, eminent engineer of New York City, ‘Shows the possibilities in thé ‘évent of Kéy West being cfeated a free port.- This survey, spon- | sored and financed by a group of ' progressive citizens, was planned ' WEATHER FORECAST 'as the ground work of a move- (Till 7:30 p. m., Sunday) iment to make this city a free| Key West and Vicinity: Partly port, an easily accessible gateway cloudy tonight and Sunday; no “|to this country for products of decided change in temperature; the republics of South America’ joderate winds, mostly north | as Well as from the nations of the Aiaatinast | world in general. This, it is °” : s ott ‘shown, would add in a measure Forida: Partly cloudy tonig! \inconceivably tothe, importance, and Sunday, possibly light show- _ activities om aie a Key weelere over extreme southeast coast; ‘as a port, ani ve this city the slightly cooler in central portion — i elstifnetiony at Betis tase aly free and on northeast coast tonight. | port in the United, States. |" Jacksonville to Florida Straits ii os Ca ey West Podaroncyes crea ing. | to northeast This was’ demonstrated at - ‘meet-| ‘able over ex' ing of the organization | ae a a few a reconnaisance while, searching! It developed that whilé t - | night ani gh ay, ie extieme for a route, for the Overseas Rail-/ mittee has not’ heretot | scattered nti fabi said road. Lake Munroe is named for! any formal méetings,’ vidual *outh ea Commodore. Munroe of Cocount{imembers have been quite busy’ Grove. Oyster Creek on Middle| advertising Key West and what, Lake hassan oyster bed at the! the city has to offer. Mr. Bra- southern entrance to the creek.! ‘gassa stated that he had gotten | Snake Bight was named because three broadcasts of information ;of an old Indian legend about ajabout Key West sent out during huge snake found there. |the past month and was interest- ae ‘ing various business men and AT LITTLE MADEIRA BAY) bodies in putting a line of pub- is found the southern limits of! licity in their letterheads. the Everglades. A heavy. growth, —_——— of saw grass and hammock is, Addresses were made last night found here. This saw .grass area, by Dr. A. H. Wales, of West Palm | is covered with frgm, two to 18 Beach, who is in complete bg ‘inches of water draining out of| of the program and atrangements the ‘extensive! Everglaties area to|of the forthcoming annual con: | thd ‘north . during | alli seasons, of.| vention of, the Btate Firemens As. | the year. Land is marshy And | sociation. The event will cover a will not support a footing. A per-' period of six days and it is ex- East. Coast Railroad Company fit Don‘t guess about it— KNOW— that it’s FRESH “AUNT MOLLY’S” by For Real Purity For Real Economy For Real Service rock is reached. two feet. below) tors will be present. Addresses | the surface.’ Lakes throughout) Weré;also made by Chief Ralpb the ‘aréa have ai'“run off” which | Pinder, and Charles Ketchum. pemES ETS a jgomment: Why do we attains considerable speed of ack EN acer in ugar operators wheh rent during rainy seasons. is found four or five feet Bas from, scouring. process. tntrances jerome control two-thirds of ‘are obstructed by bars of mud’ the “output*of the Cuban sugar) with 18 inches of water. In ham? industry. The holdings of Ameri- mocks found a little north of thé*can sigar. investors ‘in ‘Cuba rep- area a foot and a half above wa-' resent the sum of $900,000,000, of | ter elevation is caused entirely | the* ‘total investment of the bil-| by decaying vegetable matter.| lion anda half in the sister re- There are no inhabitants in the’ public. immediate vicinity of this area. —___ —_ Gallery at the Strand Theater FEW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ‘will be reserved for colored folk ABLE to find Joe Bay because of on Wednesday afternoon arid the overhanging trees at the en-! evening when Tony Sarg’s mario- trances. Betty Pass was named nettes are the attraction. from the small boat Black Betsy! found in the Pass aground with; Only two marriage licenses’ the skeleton of her owner aboard.| Were issued from’ the office of | Story is that the owner went County Judge Hugh Gunn during | aground in attempting to get the week just ending. They au-/ across the shoal and with no as- thorized the weddings of Luis! sistance available he died from Acosta to Mabel Knowles, Ivan; hunger or thirst, being unable DAILY Fo G: -—Merle Oberon HE GoweoY and THE LADY with Patsy Kelly mud on the bottom. Seven Bush-|. Fifteen automobiles and 36 es are seven prominent maf-! Passengers are reported to be en- jthe highway ferry system. The: jee southbound ‘beats are bring- | NEW ARRIVAL AT ie tye. “onmound, ast cai WILLIAMS’ HOME" 2" nr" Jy — a . There will bea announce the birth on Thursday pi ay 4:30 | of a 10-pound son. at the home ot The new arrival has been giv: 1404 White street. In making the | THE | afnowncemeént thé secretary urg-| Mother and son are reported | eq that a full-attendanee be pres- ecessecsocvesss A resco . " | Si tied at the Wesley Community PIRATES COVE cccvecccvecceccesésoeces | House on afternoon from | Ot ce ae ee of all childten under school age.|| Pirates Cove, Sugar Loaf Key |] The conference will be under the |] BEST FISHING IN FLORIDA Supervision Of @ Health nurse. | Individual CABINS with rora Leon, Nelida Sanchez, Dora| . Subsertbe to The Citizen—20¢ ing Spencer. weekly m |) CHARTER BOATS Lower Grades: William Her- —= 2 = fa bs | groves on a Key. toute to Key West today over; the day consists ‘i ft S Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Williams| see Mrs. ad E. — the name Gordon Williams, doing nicely. ent. | . “NEWS 3 to § o'elock for an examination|| FISHING CAMP divar, Evelia Baso, Geraldo Al- Machin, Onelia Fernandez, Au- i Appointments for the Discriminati: nandez, Ivan Watson, Biarica Leon, Aleida Spencer, Gloria Watson, a San Carlos School Perfect Attendance Eugenia Zaldivar, Gratiéla Sanchez, Hector Machin, Aurora Leon, Geraldo Alfonso, Orion De- meritt, Eddie Fernandez, Ivan! (Watson, Arcado Zaldivar, Nor- berto Pons, William Hernandez, | Eduardo Dial, Aleida Spencer, | Alba Rodriguez, Gloria Watson, | Panchita Pons, Anita Fernandez. | Enrollment Closes February 28 Principal Benildes. Remond ot; | i rant Sea Hane LODGE | the San Carlos School an- neunces that enrollment will The favatie In Key West — TRY IT TODAY — STAR * BRAND CUBAN COFFEE ; ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS “Listen Tonite! Joe E. Brown Post Toasties 130aP mh. Phil Baker Dole Pineapple 9:00 P. M. Saturday Night Serenade Pet Milk 9:30 P. M. Hit Parade 10:00 P. M. 560 KC WQAM Miami Broadcasting Company For Real Protection DELIVERED EVERYWHERE Thompson Enterprises INCORPORATED ICE DIVISION PHONE NO. 8 erercccoosocossooce INFORMATION R TOURISTS Entertainment — Fishing — Accommodations LA CONCHA HOTEL In the Center of the Business and Theater District Open The Year Around | Garage——Elevator——Fireproos Key West's Hotel De Luxe AMERICAN PLAN 200 Delightful Rooms, Each With Private Bath Beautiful Cocktail Lounge DANCING NIGHTLY Dave Garson’s Orchestra PETER SCHUTT, Manager BIG PINE INN ON BIG PINE KEY One Hour From Key West HOME COOKING —All Outside Rooms— REASONABLE MONROE THEATER 7 See ed Fete ~sindongs um pnhrey Ba ANGELS WITH, DIRTY FACES Matinee—Balcony 10c, Or- if chestra 15-200; Night—15-25¢ JamBE ot 8 2 See elas