The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 6, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO Che She Key West Gitixen | THE CITIZEN; PUBLISHING. CO, INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President and Ppblisher ! JOE ALLEN, Assistant, Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe | County | Entered at Key West, Florida, ag second class matter 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 and the local news published, here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year ...... Da onths Montha ADVERTISING. RAPES | known on applieation. H SPECIAL NOTICE — All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolugions of obituary notices, ete. will be charged for at Made IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN i Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. ‘ Bathing Pavilion. | Airports—Land and .Sea. Consolidation of County .and city Governments. Apparently Congress would like to economize without cutting appropriations for anything. Business is expected to be better . in 1939 and to improve in 1940. Pessimists are wondering what will follow. It still remains the foremost problem cf 1939—that of knowing where you can park and how fast you can jump. We try to be consistent. In 1938 we advised merchants to advertise. ‘We con- tinue to advise them to advertise. Let us hope that the Pandora has a box that contains some blessings for Key West, but we will not let our cursiosity get the better of us by opening it and let those blessings escape. Operators of bingo games _ informed The Citizen they thought the law would be obeyed and there would be no more bingo games operated here in the future. This elicits the natural query, ;How long is ‘in the future?” President Roosevelt is adopting the method of his kinsman, Theodore .Roose- velt, and calling those men liars who quote him off the record. Being president of the United States he is in an. impregnable position as a reply in kind cannot be made. So Tom Mooney is going .to .divorce his wife, the woman who stuck by him for 22 years, spent all she made during his incarceration to secure his liberty and was so overjoyed when he got his pardon. Now the ingrate casts his helpmeet aside, but the divorce he craves’ will be fought by her. His action will alienate mich}bf the sympathy labor had for him. The house naval affairs committee has decided to visit Miami this. week for an inspection of possible locations: for the southeastern naval air base. If there were no political pressure brought to bear, Key West would be designated as the - most stragetical location. We hope the com- mittee includes Key West in. its itinera: and then it can see for itself and not.make its decision without an inspection of the island city. On hearsay Key West hagn’t got a chance. Rae : Economist Walter P. Fuller in _his| latest weekly financial digest says -the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District situation looks good to him, and ,adds: jj replace. | should not close this matter. RUINING SCENIC VALUES It is conservatively estimated -that half the people who.drive to ;Key West from the mainland make the trip to-enjoy | | the beautiful vistas of sea and | both sides of the Overseas highway and land on to view some of the scenery-for which this old Florida city is noted. Many of those who come for the trip stay in Key West for a,day or for several.days, and quite sfrequently the visitor remains. all .winter. | It is obvious, then, that the scenery here is valuable—yes, almost priceless. ‘The, average man takes good care of | his valuables. .He keeps them -in good shape, protects them against theft or loss | and whenever possible attempts to en- hance the value of his fort to maintain and protect. their scenic values. Once destroyed they.are hard to Trees and shrubs and other beautiful growing things cannot be grewn in a day or a month and no one. can outdo nature in the. creation .of outdoor pic- | tures. Right now our scenic value s.are threatened from two directions. Disease has gotten into some of the palms, but this is being eradicated. : The other destructive agency is commercialism—the -kind of ruthless commercialism that sacrifices beauty for a little gain. We refer par- ticularly to signs and billboards. They | | are sprouting up like weeds, blotting out views, ruining trees and shrubs and spoil- | ing the beautiful pictures nature has painted and which attract visitors to Key West by the thousand. Up along the keys, particularly from ! Big Pine Key to Key West the roadside is | studded with whole forests of signs—signs | inviting the tourist to eat.at Joe’s Joint, stop at Pig’s Inn or hoist a festive drink at | Dirty: Dick’s. They should be ruled off the highway .under a.state law giving the . county commission control of. all right-of- way land and the power to create zoning regulations in regard to signs and wayside | servicing spots. In the city some of the choicest views, some of the finest trees, and shrubs: have been. hewn from vacant lots to make. way for billboards and signs. Eyerything points to the time when -every .lot.. and every point of view will be covered with such. signs and billboards. More trees.and shrubs will be cut.dewn. More scenery will be.spoiled. The city: has. authority to prohibit destruction of trees on city prop- erty. The zoning. law when it.goes to the legislature for validation should cover erection of billboards except in designated sections. In short, it is time the county and city |-* started a concerted movement to save our ' scenery’ from ruthless. destruction, — SOMEBODY SHOULD.BE PUNISHED The disclosures made concerning the borrowings of.Martin T. Manton, _ senior judge of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, for the,Secand Circuit, reveal a shocking lack of taste.and an impropriety that is to be condemned in a judge. . Without attempting to.impute .crim- inality to the Federal jurist, it should be- , apparent to every citizen that it is not. conducive to justice for a judge .on the circuit to borrow.as much as . $250,000 through arrangements made by officers ‘ef.a corporation which has a_ suit . pend- ing before the judge. This is only one of the instances brought to light by the let- | ter of Thomas E.. Dewey, ; District Attor- ney of New York, to Congressman Hatton .'W. Sumners, chairman of the Judiciary ; Committee. The resignation of Judge Manton Further: in- vestigation. should: be made, and, if -pos- |. sible, not only the judge but the parties . lending him the money should be punished. They are as reprehensibie.as the. jurist. Qverseas .highway to Key West wants—a-—— -$1,368,000 gift from PWA either to re- duce the $3,600,000 loan to.RFC or.to im- prove the toll .road. . Original financing was a straight;loan with ;no gift. » Nine months of toll operations produced $167,- 815.87, enough for.a year’s interest of j, $144,000 and opérations. |As best . three tourist, months, Jan.,.Feb., March didn’t: contribute, situation looks goad. +Right-of- way troubles: now. appear . settled, /pros- pects .of .getting fresh :maney, to, improve the read.good. -Prompt success ,of this revenue—secured: financing adds, strepgth | to the growing popularity,of this type of | borrowing. in Florida. i WHY {THEY SPEND THE MONEY The seven leading powers of the .World, according to the League of Nations’ Armaments Yearbook, spent 7,400,000 old gold..dollars in 1938 for. military, pur- poses. This figure does not include ex- .penditures for. semi-military. public works, |4n such.as roads and airports. “The United States, France, ;Great ; Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan and. Russia spent.nearly eighty per cent of this total. It.does not require.a,very acute intelli- gence to,.be able to- guess why they are spending the money. : THE KEY WEST. CITIZEN A Day et e 4The Eau Claire, Leader, Eau, Claire, Wisc.) : An:Eau-Claire. party .whesling; editor a philosopher and a pes- £ vga or in any Bey simist. He said the coming of the est, Uncle ’s most southern city,.and: the one. place absolutely {702d had given the, people, pf frost proof. It was forty years; Key West a chance to get away— .ago that -Edward H. . Harriman} ' and, the, place went from 25,000 to planned a railroad system to! 10,000 or 12,000—80 percent went ireach, save only for the Atlantic’ on relief! How make money run- ;Ocean, around the world. ‘ning a newspaper? © Hé flasked, | North America, up. through: Brit-! “Did ;you.ever-hear of the Mur- ish Columbia and Alaska, across! phy law in Florida?” He explain- | Bering: Strait by bridge or tun-!ed how delinquency: in taxes is inel, sthen .across -Siberia to| met up. with. »The owner of prop- /Burope, and.the thing was done.; erty files necessary statements, ' Japan objected, afraid that Har- , publishes certain notices and lo, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1939 is v4 EST IN | TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS | ‘DA BY '- | “Dean Annie Ww. Goodrich of,ton, noted physician, born at } Yale University’s. School of Nurs-j Stoughton, Wis., 47 years ago. Happenings Here Just 10 Years! ing, born at.New Brunswick, N.} Aas Tobey Aa Tel From \J. 73 years ago. The Files of The Citizen Ernest Gruening, editor and | a a jauthor. former head of the Divi- | UL Se et Lfoeahr sion of Territories and Island | lette, Jr., 0! isconsin, mn at: Posse: na New York, Further tests of the Submarine) Madison, Wis., 44 years ago. Pees bom: ;in: New: *7 “s ' $64 this morning prove conelu-! —— sively that a: man can escape fry | Prof. Walter) B. Pitkin of New! a submerged-submarine at any York, noted psychologist, born, at} depth, and the.40“men ont the 6.4) |Ipsilanti, Mich,, 61 years ago. when. the. vessel. was rammed ani :Eldridge R., Johnson. of Moore- |e sunk: were not sacrificed in vain. | town, -N. founder of the Vi ‘Today’ Ss Horoscope Ben Lyon, actor, born in Atlan- jta, Ga., 33 years ago. The tests today followed almost tor Talking Machine Co., born at property. Key }# + West. as a city,-the entire county of Mon- | roe, therefore, should put forth every ef- riman’s .railroad would bring| | Russia. across-Siberia-against Ja- | {pan. <The: Portsmouth treaty of} '.1905, ending -the ‘Russo-Japanese | \.war,.contained a clause dooming Harriman’s plan. Now .where did Tarriman get >that plan? «It.was from the late \Henry M.. Flagler, builder of all | Florida, who hopped from. key to! Key, with his railroad from the ;mainland.to Key West. So it] would.be,easy to hop from the islands of:Bering Strait—but for} ;an automobile highway, rather! |than.for a railroad. When the: | “railroad went-to sea” to reach | Key -West,.a ferry or two was |needed, but now. with a score of | bridges, short and long, the auto- |mobile, rolls. the -172- miles, at as fast a speed as the law allows} and ‘the driver fancies. So the his delinquency is wiped out, and he starts all over again. The pub- lication of the notices help The Citizen materially, but of course there is another side of the prob- lem. However, there is a dear:friend of Artman’s named Stephen C. Singleton, head of Key «(West's Chamber of Commerce. He breathes optimism as he talks of the city that came back, begin- ning with the history of Cayo Hueso—island of bones. . English pirates made it Key West. Mi- ami was not dreamed of, and Jacksonville was yet “Cow Fo When the Maine went down Key West became reorganized, in| Mr. Singleton’s own language, “the outpost sentinel of our Southern ‘gates; unsheathed its day will’come when we will be’ vigilance, it stands and waits”. driving by auto from :New That.true, Key West waits. The York to .Paris, from Buenos crowds. that visit Miami couldn't {Aires to Brussels, and from Chi- turn around on Thompson's is- cag to Cape Town. That’s the land—“and we don’t want them”. | belief. of experts, that.evéry con-, Through sponges and cigar. fac- tinent in the world, save only iso- ' tories, through army and navy lated Australia, will be linked by, station, the place was famous for | highway in no great while. Butjher wealth and property. Mr. | are. we sure: the automobile high Singleton then admits that as in way, given another 40 years, will: the case of Job, one after another | not be as decadent as the railfoad'the elements of prosperity were | }is now? So, as the Miami News, stricken from the hands of Key puts it, we might wait awhile,’ West, until at last the railroad de- {before building that highway to clined to repair damages wrought jsee what: flying is to do to the by storm, and those hands hung roads. ‘empty in despairing helplessness. The road to Key West is past | But remember Job—and a great- | Coral Gables, out by Homestead, ! ter glory than any that has gone on to Key Largo. Between Isla-i before. Yes, indeed, almost out morada and the Matecumbes ‘is, ‘of sight of land you will travel seen the monument to the war’ over time-defying stone ‘arches, veterans and civilians whose lives’ across waters whose irridescent were Jost in the hurricane of | colors beggar description, Said | Sept. 2, 1935. Florida people will! Mr. Singleton, “Key West is de- jing here but a short time, that tell you that there are always warning as to hurricanes, adding that in California there is no warning as to earthquakés. Through some blunder the work-, ers were taken unawares by the storm which took from the _ is-, lands a railroad and gave to titem | a glorious highway. Of the many bridges, one is the seven-mile bridge, longest across water in the world. There was time in Key West to meet.Editor L. P. Artman of The Citizen, an evening paper of less than 2,000 circulation, but of real | value. Qhe is inclined to call that termined to become an American city, far out at sea, holding out no inducement to those who would dissipate life”. Continuing, “It has a higher destiny”. Yes, indeed, “the soul of Key West is not for sale”. Summer vacationists are welcomed, and to ‘meet with the lordly _ sailfisrh, amberjack, kingfish, dolphins, the wahoo and barracuda, to see the ‘Dry Tortugas, and ferry over to Cuba—170 miles from Miami, 90 miles from Havana, and 375 miles farther south than is Cairo, Egypt. But—no dog or horse | GIVES .VIEWS. an *TAXATION Editor, The Citizen: | Any law taxing intangbiles |should be governed by the prin- ciple “Ability to Pay and Bene- fits, Received”. Apply that nl ciple, money and bank deposits should be exempt from taxation; from state and local ernment] ine because only the« .U ment has any comittob and bank deposits are same position, simply being money of the people placed in trust in the banks to loan and to} invest in securieties and on these loans. and_ securities the banks should and.do pay taxes. A constitutional .amendment will prebably be needed te ex- empt from taxation money and! bank deposits. ,The law of Flori-! da taxing intangible property, was; |no-doubt drawn, not as a revenue} measure to obtain an income for! the state—based on the principle! “Ability, to.Pay and Benefits Re~ ceived”—but had only one pur- pose, “to conform to the letter of the constitution”, and it ig- sense. It leaves the door open, not only. to. tax eyasion, but actually invites .it. | Regardless of the low rate at/ the law it provides that intan- roi ane pel one ee pe sessing..property, has. been estab- lished | out the . state of Florida, either by law or. prac: tice. This provision of the, law. gives nores every -principle of common} which intangibles, are taxed, mjace returns, have nothing to fear, not only from the law, but the con- tempt of their fellow citizens. A splendid illustration of the situa- tion has been.afforded in the last few days in the city of Tampa— a large corporation having | in; gible property worth, . accord- ing» to their own ;statement, $1,- 243,303.00, was.assessed at.50 per- over mney cent of its . value—$621,651.00— and applying the.rate etsablished in ‘the law for class C—one-tenth of a mill—the tax was-$62.16 and the company protested the tax as being higher than other business institutions were paying. On: the basis of this case $124,- 330.00 would, according to the law as generally interpreted, pay $6.21—$124. 33 would pay 62c. It is evident from this that millions tof dollars of accounts and notes of the smaller business institu- tions are practically exempt from lany. taxation because the tax is [too small. to. bother about. Five ‘thousand dollars accounts, representing a normal in mercantile -business in sales of at least, $20,- 000.00, would be. taxed only 25c, A. tax of at least.$1.00.per thou- sand.on_all classes of intangibles. at.the,value set forth in the: busi+ ness. records of the owners and accepted. by the -business..world would be a fair-tax, would bring hundreds. of thousands of dollars .in revenue to the state, and. es- tablish the rule of -business. hon+ esty in-dealing with the state. = T will.be pleased to discuss the intangible tax, either privately or publicly, with anyone or any group that is interested. PERRY | G. WALL. Set satiaty. Sold everywhere. the same procedure as was car-| ried out yesterday except they! were made in: 76-feet instead of | the 40 feet of yesterday. The re-; sults were even more satisfactory thani.the previous test. Only eight| minutes had elapsed from the time the sub dived until .Koli-; nowski broke the surface and! was quickly followed by Lieuten-| ant Momsen, and both were im- mediately lifted from the Mallard! into a waiting surf boat. Further} tests will be made this afternoon, | the commander said, and _ this! time at a depth of 110 feet. It is, agreed by the officers that these * results will be satisfactory. “I was advised by my physi-}$ * cian to come to Florida for my health, and not to stop anywhere else”, said Mrs.:Minahan, wife of Hugh Minahan, deputy attorney general of Wisconsin, who has arrived with her little son-to re- cuperate in this matchless clim-} ate, rejuvenating atmosphere and! health-restoring sunshine. So she is here as are many others and | _ she has the confidence, after be- her physician made no mistake| in sending her to Key West. Tug Warbler, Captain Dexter, | this afternoon received a call to proceed to the asstance of the; Steamship Glendola reported, ashore in-the waters near Banes, Cuba. ~The Glendola is operated | oy the Atlantic Fruit and Sugar, Company. The Warbler had just) returned to port yesterday after-| noon .from .Bahaman waters) where she succeeded in floating} another vessel. | Key West will be liberally rep- resented in the 12,000-word Flor- ida story to be issued by the Na- tional Geographic magazine of December. The magazine is one of the most important and high- est class publications in the coun- try, says Frederick Simpich, of the editorial staff, who is in Key West today assembling data for the story. Editorial comment: Key West is decidedly the most logical loca- tion.for a free port and the ideal gateway to the American mar- kets. .It can and will be made one, if the proper and persistent efforts are made, with all local geople cooperating. Passengers -sailing on the Mal- jory Line vessel last night for Galveston included W. A. Ben- ham, -Miss Marie Ulrich, Miss Minnie: Booth, Mrs. M. H. Town-| send, Mrs. E. Bates, M. H. Stick- rey and F. H. Rickey. The city’s paving assessment notice is being published in this issue of The Citizen. It is show- ing these assessed pro ita _as- ssessed to the owners of the :Hear :the Monday thru Friday Interviews with vlane arrivals at the famous Pan- American papeinccal , LESLIE HARRIS atthe mike Wilmington, De)., 72 years ago. Dr. William P.:Murphy of Bos- ;property andthe cost of the im- provements. Cubs, or Junior Scouts, enjoyed picnic at the South Beach yes- terday. There were 30 members present and under the guidance ‘of Scoutmaster George F. Arch- er. With proper training, today turns out a powerful nature, well “| centered in its action and with broad and liberal views. Certain | planetary aspects, however, may ‘entirely change the effects and incline the native to indolence and self-indulgence. | Parents should endeavor to direct the child’s mind into proper channels, until it becomes able to choose ‘for itself. 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