The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 7, 1939, Page 2

; ‘“eorner under the whiplash | «-ment spend-and-tax policies, so they are | payers. payer! ..” also syndicates an editorial service which | PAGE TWO Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. L. P, ARTMAN, President and Publisher 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, as 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 also, the local news published here. (a é SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year $10.00, Bix Months 5.00 2.50 85 120 Three Months One Month Weekly ADVERT! Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE ding notices, cards of thanks, resolusions of RATES bituary notices, ete. will be charged for at | 10 cents a line. for entertainment by churches from which | enue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. he Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- catio 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. —— EE With all the taxis in Key West, why are there no more taxidermists! Golf would not be so bad if the play- ers would forget to tell you the details of their game. George Washington’s remedy for a ,¢old_ was “onions boiled in molasses” in case you want to know. Put off until tomorrow what you ought not to do at all. Of course, you know tomorrow never comes. McPhail, the Brooklyn baseball man- ager, thinks the Dodgers may see the World’s Series at home. They may if the trolleys don’t get them. Many are voicing their objections to the billboards being erected on vacant corners. One way to get rid of them is to buy the lots and build on the premises. ‘ Never knew before . . . Orlando, Fla., was named for Orlando Reeves, killed | there by Indians in 1835.—P. E. B. in Tampa Tribune, (not Tampa _ Times). ‘\Just as ignorant, we are passing the item along. H : aes | The American people are tired of ~The Key West Citixen | BOY SCOUT WEEK Twenty-eight years ago tomorrow, | the Boy Scout movement was chartered in | America. In celebration of that event, Boy Scout Week will be celebrated in hun- dreds of cities nation-wide, starting on ‘the anniversary date, February 8, and continuing through Tuesday, February 14. | Key West will compliment its Scouts, too, , with proper observance of the week and | evetits, : | "Phd world interest in the Boy Scout ‘Méyement challenges the intelligent un- derstanding ofieveryone, and yet many ‘people still. ask “What is Scouting?” “What do.) Boy Scouts do?” Scouting | means.outddor life and so health, strength, | happiness and practical education. It develops the power of initiative | and resourcefulness. It helps boys. It insures good citizenship. | The Boy Scout Movement thealthfully | and sanely offsets the disadvantages which | civilization has caused. It seeks to help boys on leaving school | to escape the evils of “blind alley” occupa- tions—that is, such work as give the boy a | mere wage for the moment, but leave him | stranded without any trade or handicraft \,to pursue when he is a man and so’ send ee é ‘him as a recruit to the great army of un- {.émployed and, what is worse, the un- émployable.’ ; Scoutcraft ineludes instructions First Aid, Life Saving, Tracking, Signal- | ling, Cycling, Nature Study, Seamanship, | Camperaft, Woodcraft, Chivalry and. all of the handicrafts. No expensive equip- ment is required. All that is needed is the out-of-doors, a group of boys and a com- petent leader. In Scouting the boy does not stand still, The opportunity and incentive for progress are always at hand. Second Class Scout, and then a First Class Scout. After this the whole sphere of the Scout program is made available by the boy’s: own application in qualifying himself to: pass the tests for the various Merit Badges. Fe : As a Scout the boy willingly adopts as real and vital the universally accepted | principles of life as set forth in the Scout | Oath and Law. ‘ j “On my-honor I will.do my best: 1. To do my duty to God and my country, and to obey the Scout Law; .2. To help other people at all times; 3. To ‘keep ' myself physically strong, mentally awake, . and morally straight.” This is the Scout Oath —taken by all boys before he becomes a Scout. And the Scout Law! There is no | danger of “isms” creeping into this coun- try of ours with thousands of boys grow- ing up, repeating these tenets periodically waiting for prosperity to come around the of improve- ~demanding economy in government, and | will get it. A start already has been | made. | Advertisers may be compared to tax | If there were no advertisers, | there could be no newspapers; and. if | there were no taxpayers there could he,no,} Jaw and order. So the nom-advertiser..and the tax dodger receive benefits to whith! dhey.are not entitled. Think that over, | Mr. ‘Non-Advertiser and Mr. Non-Tax- | Merchants of Forest City, Iowa, have shown their interest in the recent con- solidation of the two papers there by sign- ing an agreement not to patronize or to en- courage the establishment of another news- paper in Forest City for a period of five years. The two papers that have con-! solidated will be published as a_ semi-! weekly. | The Alabama correspondent of the! Publishers’ Auxiliary has the following en- | comium about a former resident of Key! West and one-time editor of The Citizen: | “Some men accomplish many things: Take,’ for instance, the case of Editor Marcy B. Darnalt of the Florence (Ala.) Herald. He* has held rank in the army as bandmaster, in the navy as navigation officer on a bat- | tleship, has passed the Alabama Bar as- ociation examinations to practice law, edits one of the South’s best weeklies, and | he:.writes—truly a self-made man if there @ver was one.” Mr. Darnall left here 18 years ago and established himself in Flor- | ‘ence, Alabama, purchasing a weekly ‘paper at that place. He has not visited »~the city since. | Gilder, poet, editér and | at Scout meetings: | A Scout Is Trustworthy; A Scout Is Loyal; A Scout Is Helpful; A Scout Is Friendly; A Scout Is Courteous; A Scout Is Kind; A Scout Is Obedient; A Scout Is Cheerful; A Scout Is Thrifty; A Scout Is Brave; A Scout Is Clean; A Scout Is Reverent. May the Boy Scout Movement thrive in this city of ours! FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS Although it is. the shortest month, February perhaps holds the birth anniver- | saries of more famous Americans than any other. Among these, Washington and ‘Lincoln are preeminent, but two other presidents, William Henry Harrison and | Millard Fillmore, were also born in Feb- ruary. This month also marks the birthdays of David Porter, naval officer of the War of 1812; Zebulon M. Pike, soldier and ax- plorer, for whom Pike’s Peak was named; General W. T. Sherman of Civil War fame; Horace Greeley and Henry Water- ‘son, noted editors; Henry W. Longfellow arid! Sidnéy Lanier, poets; Mark Hopkins, the"gréat,. educator who was president of Williams, College for 36 years; Roger Wil- jaths;’pionéér of, religious liberty and formder of Rhode Island; Richard Watson civic reformer; Dwight L. Moody, evangelist; Peter Coop- er and George Peabody; philanthropists; Joseph Jefferson, actor; Cyrus H. Me- Cormick, inventor of the reaper, and Wil- liam F, Cody, the colorful “Buffalo Bill.” ) The February list also includes sev- eral famous American women, among them being Susan B. Anthony, pioneer suffragist, and two noted woman educa- tors, Mary Lyon, founder of Mount Molyoke Seminary, and Alice Freeman Palmer, former president -of Wellesley | { College. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ee Se Loe ee ID @ DEAL as. Ye at Ait. WWaseNnGKon By HUGO S. SIMS, Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizen = Le G French Purchase Of American Planes Causes Some Concern To The Congress The injury of a French Air at+" tache, when a Douglas bombing plane crashed in the West had its repercussions in Washington where suspicious senators: want- ed to know what the French of- ficer was doing on a plane, pula- tively designed for the Army. THE DEFENSE PROGRAM For the Navy, during the next fiscal year. about $68,000,000 is the present year and is required by the heavier outlays for con- | structing ships on tne ways, The | Army is scheduled to ‘get '$442,- It was not long before’ the fact ; DRG whieh is aboulitye: sane developedittind tie Beeadh:Gots| 2k voon De othien wands: the | two services are given $1,100,- ernment was rtying to buy five 990,000. or six hundred American air- ;Planes as quickly as possible in’ [pn addition to this program, in { He becomes a Tenderfoot and then a order to supplement the produc- tion of French factories, and. thus | | secure some assistance in balanc- ing the air forces of France and: | Germany. i Much was made of the secrecy | with which the French were at- | tempting to secure airplanes. One ‘sympathetic. explanation is that the French! did’‘not want to in- | form competitors of their purpose ‘and, for domesti¢ reasons; ‘did not wish to,advertise the purchase ‘of | planes in this country. ‘ i Previously the English Govern- ment had openly ordered Ameri- fean airplanes: There is nothing illegal in the sale by American | manufacturers of airplanes to for- eign nations. The rumpus in the | Senate, however, was apparently ‘caused by suspicions in the |minds of some senators that the | President had taken an active part in facilitating the French air mission. Readers should understand | that there is a militant group in Congress determined to keep this country from doing anything whatever that might entangle .it jin a European war. Certain sena- tors are anxious lest: the: Presi- ‘dent’ commits this country to more than they think:the people ‘approve. They. follow his ‘foreign | policy very closely, scrutinizing | his words and’ zealously. watching the action taken by this country, | fearful that something, of a tie-up with Great Britain or France will | inevitably result, id This. congressional group spon- sored the various neutrality iacts,” intended to restrict the PréStdent | in ‘foreign’ afairs,. Its spokesmen | include Senators Clarke, ‘Vanden- berg and Nye. In general, the group talks about taking the prof- | its out of war, would, prevent the | side of American materials to countries at war, and prohibit | almost anything that tends to \create an identity of interests | with another power. In the face of the French effort |to buy planes in this country, there are several good reasons for permitting such sales. In the | first place, the American airplane |industry was lagging and the | French order would assist in the development of the industry. This would be an asset to the United, States in the event of an emer-/ | gency and, possibly, might, mean cheaper plafies when the Army and Navy placed their ‘orders ' for new machines. the: stand- point of foreign pony; th nation | would prefer to see Great Britain“ [and France better equipped to withstand the aerial strength of! | Germany and Italy and the sale of American planes to these coun- tries will help to establish an, equilibrium. Faced with these considera- | tions, the President, it is said,| lagreed to tielp the French buy | planes here, but was firm in his, } insistence that it be a “cash-on- | the - barrel- head” arrangement. | Last week, Mr. Roosevelt invited} | the Senate Military Affairs Cormh- |mittee to the White House and ‘there informed them, according to reports, that the selling of mili- | tary ariplanes to France was in| ‘line with the present American) ‘foreign policy of helping the dem- | ocratic nations of the world. Al-| ‘though evefyone attending the | conference was pledged to secre-| icy, bits of information came} i through. The Chief: ' Executive, | | talking to newspaper men, denied | | that military secrets were divulg- | \ed to the French. It might be well, in this con-! |mection, ‘to consider the current | jdefense program. The idea that) this involves a sensational effort ;to catch up with other nations | jis not aceptable. It is based on! ,@ survey of present defense needs | | in view of what other nations are | | doing and its course will be di-| |rected, year by year, as neces-| which we might term the regular defense plan, the President would spend an additional $500,000,000. Of this, $210,000,000 would be used in the year beginning July 1st. It would enable the Navy to start construction and improve- ment of forty-one bases, twenty- LOOK AT—French Pur—No. 2 five of them for the air service. Fifteen are urgently advocated, eleven in the Pacific and four in the Atlantic; Guam and other out- posts would .be. developed in the }Pavifie, The Atlantic Fleet would tbe developed, and the air .force of the Navy increased by two a year for the The Army, in its program, does not ask for more, numbers. Its standing force will remain at about 165,000, with a National Guard and Reserves to bring the total trained force ot 400,000 in an emergency. The Army, how- ever, wants more airplanes and more equipment for its men. It also wants to spend money for “educational orders” that will equip industry with machines and tools and dies to be utilized to speed mass production of war equipment when necessary. It would: also clear up complications in the national power and trans- portation systems. In addition, there is a desire to train a large humber of pilots and mechanics each year. Seoescocecccvecvecessoee TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1939 ‘ will be conducted by ' KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just T: From The Files County Tax Collector Wm. F. Maloney again presented the er- ‘ror and insolvency list last night iat the meeting of the Board of County. Commissioners. It was accepted by the board with much discussion,,.the name of , William R. Porter being left off, he having refused ‘to sign it. i ty represented as being’ ifsolvent whom he knew were able to pey" their taxes. The matter was di: cussed at length and at last ac-* cepted by the board, with Mr. Porter’s name left off the list of' signers. Dr. A. H. Wale of West Palm Beach, who came to Key West to take charge of the decorations for the Firemen’s Convention, which is to meet here in April, was ar- Early" in Des: WH isa 3 cember of‘last year Mt. ‘Porter. divided. This is an increase of naq ‘declared’ the’ list, 'a§:,ridiqut $?/ie™Pathe company artived in pproximately $100,000,000 over lous. He pointed out the fact that port: yesterd: a number of citizens of the coun-"ih the vici Years Ago Today As Taken Of The Citizen guaranteed to slow up before hit- ting the ground. Lighthouse department an- nounces that Indian Key Light, reported extinguished February 6,, Wil be, relighted as’ ‘soon as apractieables »») ® fut Navew, Of; expert cameramen and today; are out yy of the Submarine m4; and ure making pictures of > @xperiments which are being onducted on the vessel and ten- det: Mrs. Emma E. Kerr, pioneer and highly estemeed resident of the city, who died Tuesday night at her home, 410 Simonton street. will be buried this afternoon fol- Munro. Eighty-seven passengers are enroute today to Key West and 59 are outbound over the high- way today. The total movement cf traffic toward this city is re- ported to consist of 25 automo- biles and 87 engers. Out- bound there are 16 cars and 59 passengers Tony Sarg’s n seen by a large audience yester- afternoon and by another rge crowd last night in the Strand Theater. The show cre- ated much ‘favorable coment, and it is believed that further pre- sentations would have drawn large attendances. Cuest Cotps RELIEVE MISERY of your cold as 3 out of 5 people do—massage throat, chest, back with VICKS VAPORUB. Its direct poultice-vapor action brings lowing funeral services at the First Methodist church. Services Prompt comfort and relief. irested yesterday afternoon by j sheriff’s officers on two warrants issued out of a peace justice court in Miami. Dr. Wale ‘with the sheriff an amount suf- ficient to satisfy the claims on deposited | which the warrants were based j and it. is believed’ this will’ end ;the matter. He-.declared the charges agaitist, hint are ‘unjust and without, foundation ip. fact. Chief Ralph’ Pindér ‘said that he had known; Dr. Wales for five | years and that Hé jis considered ; as good a man as there is in Flor- nomy For Réal Service ida: It is understood that the doc- | tor’s connection with the conven- | For Real Protection tion in Key West will not be af- 7 fected by the trouble, unless the ; charges are thoroughly establish- } ed. Undersea tests being made on DELIVERED DAILY EVERYWHERE the Submarine S-4 off Key West | were halted yesterday when a leak in the periscope of the ves- sel developed. The leak was dis coverd after the tanks had been j[ | filled and the vessel had started to submerge. No material on the vessel was-available to make re- pairs, so ‘the S-4 returned to port. Editoris!1 comment: Slower air- planes are demanded as a means ; of greater comfort for the passen- gers. Particularly a kind. that is Yoday’s Birthdays": ° Sinélair Lewis, famed novelist, Nobel -prizewinner in literature, ; born at Sauk Center, Minn., 54 years ago. " Stanley Washburn of Lake- wood, N. J., journalist, war cor- respondent, author, born in Min- neapolis, 61 years ago. George Herman (“Babe”) Ruth, former baseball star, born in Bal- timore, 45 years ago. Andrew W. Robertson of Pitts- burgh, Westinghouse Electric board chairman, born at Pana- ma, N. Y., 59 years ago: F. Trubee Davison, president of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, born in New York, 43 years ago. Emile E. Watson of Columbus, | O., noted actuary, born in Saline £o., Mo., ‘54 years ago. TONITE “BIG TOWN” AL JOLSON 8:30 “WE, THE PEOPLE” 9:00 BENNY GOODMAN . 9:30 “DR. CHRISTIAN” 10:00 Stay Tuned To 560 KC WQAM Thompson Enterprises INCORPORATED _ ICE DIVISION PHONE NO. 8 CHICAGO and the Mid-West 44 Hours to Chicago via Florida Motor Lines and Greyhound’s new CHICAGO- FLORIDA luxury limited... All seats reserved, white stewards, free pillows, no local stops... through passengers only. 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