The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 14, 1939, Page 2

PAGE Tw Two She Key West Citizen extept Sunday By 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 Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use cation of all news dispatches credited to | it or not otherwtse credited in this paper and also the local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year Bix Months Three Months One Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES known on application, IAL NOTICE ards of thanks, resolugions of etc. will be charged for at Made sP an respect, obituary ne e of 10 cents a for entertainment by churches from which | s to be derived are 5 cents a line. itizen. is open forum and invites discus- public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- | cations. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). 0 | well begin, to realize that out’, itch- 5 | | HITCH-HIKING DAYS ARE OVER eneqsepee coe Thanks to the fact that Key West and the marvelous highway leading there- | to could fairly be called ‘‘news” the city has received in magazines and in the daily | and weekly press of the country an im- | measurable amount of gcod publicity and | has profited thereby to'a degree that few of us) can realizes ates ate - But that happy ‘pertgd 1 is nearly over. | Whether We like it or' not; we might |.as ing | | days are about over; that we ‘canino Yonger | | expect to thumb our way’ ig ‘the road to prosperity, and that it becomes not only | | a matter of self respect, but of necessity | ' for us to begin to pay our way. Once, a, | magazine like ‘“Collier’s” will assign a | writer like Nina Wilcox Putnam to use her | | talents to give out a gowing story of the Island City; but not twice. Future pub- | | licity in the local or national press will de- | | pend largely upon the recognition of the | | fact that there is such a thing as an adver- | tising department and that if we wish to | | prosper by the.use of paper and ink, that Stiohen Foster Memorial Ampitheater Design FEBRUARY 14, 19 THE ISLAND CITY _ Along the Waterfront MUCH HAS BEEN WRITTEN its diet of delectable in this column about the num- and crabs. . . erous and outstanding fish found, After being hooxea, the jew- in these waters, but we believe fish puts up a terrific struggle to i sariti shake off the hook and in doing if os hapits moc pec a ee eet so breathes more air than it is the jewfish are perhaps more va-' ahJe to exhale. This causes a ried and interesting than any! pocket, bag or sac to fill with other fish. air, and after attaining a certain For instance. . . height, the jewfish simply floats Did you know that this mon- to*the top. THE KEY West CIMZEN oosedoccccece ee Soonneeecceccscseeeseseeee evengeeoges crawfish In this condition it ster “camoflages” when getting turns belly up and will die if -“ its “eats”? Yes, sir; this much- S°- It is necessary to “wind” sought-after fish lays alongside a 28 fishermen say. Under its bas mass or coral rock and becomes fins is a spot that can be pricked almost a part of the stony mat- to allow this air to escape. Some ter. If lying on a sandy bottom fishermen put a tube into the it changes to a light brown color Pening to allow all of the wind in keeping with its surroundings. t0 come out. To be sure you And what has all of this got to have “hit the spot”, no blood will do with procuring its dinner_or ®Ppear from the wound. Fisher- supper, as the case may be? men around, thsee parts declare Just this: After the jewfish has they have boated jewfish with- lain there With its tremendous ©Ut attempting to catch them. mouth wide open, crawfish and It seems that sharks, probably in crabs craw] right in, believing it 2 Playful (?) mood. chase the to be an opening for which they jewfish until they are so full of have been hunting. Soft living, Wind they float to the surface. isn’t it?. If a fisherman is in the vicinity There ii is “another way a jewfish 2t the time, he is in luck. All can gets its food without moving he has to do is gaff the fish, un- we must recognize the ,stern fact that | these commodities arg “purchased for cash | and not by wishful pleading. Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. The Stephen Foster Memorial, to be erected on a bluff overlooking the Suwannee | viver, has:-been designed: by the architect, Britton Kirton cf Jacksonville, to express in | marble the simplicity, friendliness, dignity and rhythm fourd in alJ''the composer's songs. The imposing structure will stand open ‘to:the sky in a hundred ‘acre park of, an inch. The great suction in the Wind it and pull the monster on gills of this fish is well-knewn to -board. , local fishermen. Commercial fish- Bait ‘from five pounds to 15 ermen vouch for the statement Pounds is’ used to catch ‘jewfish. Consolidation of County and City As much as ghyenterchant in the, city,:|beautifully-woeded land at White. Springs, Fla. ‘Facing the river, in. the, »open rotunda Governments. Now we have Bolito by radio—on the Havana lottery every night at 10 o’clock. There isn’t a fellow in Key West who likes to lose, just for the sake of being a | good sport. If your friends do not hurt you, your | enemies will probably have no oppor- tunity to injure you. One way to avoid arguments is to re- member that smart individuals rarely waste time trying to convince fools. If the president of a company is too cowardly to assume the responsibility in any matter, he can blame it on the board ; of directors, Don’t be discouraged. flunk in college, you can ‘easily become a graduate of the ' University of | Lem and Abner, gol dern it! to Theré are three Cannons in the House | The | of Representatives in Washington. Florida Cannon (Pat to you and me) is} roaring the loudest at the moment and is | being heard. A muffled Cannon is use- | less. If you happen | Key West is in a highly competitive bus ‘same dismal rut as is occupied by non-advertising merchant, it is up to us to | see that our climate is not forgotten in the | | din occasioned by cities asserting their | \licity for nothing. | It is a discomforting fact, and one habitual chiseler, that living on hand-outs is seldom a sustained success. The non- cooperating merchant will grow indig- community gravitate to the man who ad- vertises in the local paper and who | is | known to the membership of the Chamber of Commerce as one of their as- sociates. | Key West is in the position of the-man | who has emerged from a long period of | bitter poverty and who now finds his busi- | ness beginning to be profitable... If - his spirit has been ytterly broken, he will | probably:continue to starve his’ | businéss ; and try to bury his profits and abide in | the condition of a miser, no matter how | much of a reserve he may accumulate. But if adversity has not dulled the edge of his courage nor the fire of af- fliction, robbed his steel or its temper, he | will, “plough his profits back in” as good {| farmers do, make use of his strengthened | | position to command a wider range of | profitable action. As intimated in this column _yester- | Key West has one tremendous ad- ness and unless we wish to drop into the!) the | claims to the patronage of the tourist, and which are not expecting to get their pub- | which grates upon the sensibilities of the | nant in vain as he sees the trade of the ! local | circled by columns. will stand the bronze fizure of Foster, slightly over life-size. Flank- ing ‘either side of the rotunda and giving mass to the design, will be two wings, in one of which there will be space for a small mu*eum to house several of the original Foster‘ manuscripts and other mementos. Just behind this front central mass will be built the |open-air amphitheater, the rotunda’s back servirg as a bandshell and stage. Cam- |paigr dates for the collection of the money necessary are February 19 to 25. The | project is sponsored by the Florida Federation of Music Clubs, and it is expected that sufficient souk will be obtained to begin co: ‘uction eatlyg this spring. enncercaecewvaetee PEOPLE'S FORUM Pe ee ie ae scppnbinwaibions (Dash ren Ves soiAge1XodssyAskTolen From The Files Of The Citizen so | | KEY WEST IN N DAYS GONE BY | | | Inauguration of a quick bus andj will be held at the First Metho- dist church. Editor, The Citizen: May I use your valuable ‘column for a hurry up, and posi- ai ‘ tive source to convey the follow- A number of lights have been ing message to the Honorable placed..on the radio towers in the City Council. Gentlemen: With navy yard, all of which gave bril- the news reaching us that the liant illumination, last night. procident will be here Saturday, which could be seen for a long gon't you think it apropos to distance. These lights were yrge immediate delivery of placed to aid aviators and others “them” parking meters that the who may have occasion to navi-’ public don’t want?. If they ar- | gate in the air and waters of this rive before the President, place Vicinity. them at stragetic points‘and may- ‘cmaaaa cea be you can hook F.D.R. for a A. Ford car and motor truck jitney! collided this morning at the cor- j¢ perchance they don’t arrive ner of Greene and Whitehead ,ount some empty “coffee” cans | streets. The truck was capsized. ae : discarded broomsticks . . ., ‘The car received bent fenders and ©" ' , minor damages. with a little sign, “Help us who a cannot see beyond the end of eeececgcecooeceoeesveee® our noses.” It is for the public Aboard the Balm Days to laugh last at asinine gestures see © ‘of public officials. The DeLuxe Motor Sailer, R. ADRIAN O’SWEENEY. “Balmy Days”, Captain C. H. Key West, Florida, | boat service ‘between Key West |and Miami by the Lovell line be- | gan yesterday, ‘clipping off three jor four hours from the old time. | The ‘first bus on the schedule left Key West ‘this morning at 9 | o'clock with F, M. Key in charge, and a transfer was made at No Name Key to the beautiful speed | boat “Key ‘West -Pilot”; which |proceeded to Matecumbe, arriv- jing at 12:30 where transfer was made to the waiting palace-ob- |servation bus, due to arrive in | Miami at 3:30 p.,m. Parade for the Spanish-Ameri- jcan War Veterans Maine Me-! morial service tomorrow atter-; |20on will start from the corner of Eaton and Duval streets at 5 |o’elock, formation of the pageant | will be at 4:45. The line of march will be along Duval street to Fleming street, thence to Wil- iiam, to Southard, to Margaret and the Maine Plot in the ceme- that a jewfish, can Suck a, victim into its mouth from four to five feét away. A visitor once bet’ a Key West fisherman that a run- ner thrown into the car} in which a jewfish was being kept alive pending time for its slaughter, could not bé caught by the larg- er fish. The runner was thrown in and after darting here and there for a while, settled in the opposite corner from the jewfish, which simply turned its head in the direction of the runner and sucked it right into the gaping cavity. Fishermen declare the jewfish does the same to bait, crawfish, crabs and other which are needed for a meal at the moment. Another soft way! of filling the stomach, huh?. . . Fifteen years ago, the late Ben (Tink) ,Demeritt ' caught a jewfish, which, upon being brought up on the dock, spewed up a 30-pound green turtle. Mr. Demeritt told the writer that the, turtle was still breathing, which proved that the jewfish; had not long captured it... The excellence of jéwfish meat, claim local fishermen, is due to eoese The Favorite In Key West — THY IT TODAY — STAR 9+ BRAND fish } Live fish cre preferred, but it is said that the jewfish likes the head or half of..a barracuda to most fish. Very interesting fellow, jewfish! 666 Liquid-Tablets Silver-Nose Drops this SALVE relieves PoeOS 10e & 2c JOB PRINTING of All Kinds | We are. equipped to do all kinds of print- ing — quickly, eco- nomically, and with the best of workman- ship. Call 51 for an estimate. RAPID SERVICE FREE ESTIMATES REASONABLE PRICES THE ARTMAN PRESS very. The parade will be led by Wade, is making two daily sight- Feb. 13, 1939. day, Tresident Roosevelt will come to Key | vantage over every mainland resort in ‘West by way of the Overseas Highway, | Florida. Now is the time to stress it. We which he termed as a “pet project”. The | have the finest summer climate in Florida | official arnouncement will probably be | or in many places far to the north of us. made today by Lieutenant Callahan. | We have nothing to bar our progress a but the lack of understanding of the uses | In considering national defense, Key | and the possibilities of advertising on the West’s very evident strategic advantages| part of too anys of our people; and this | can’t reasonably be expected to over: | applies equally a§ } well to the small mer- balance the political expediency of spend- Chant who would,#éll| goods to his neigh- ing money where it can buy stronger sup-| bors as it does to the City Council, port at the polls—not under the present | County Commission or to the Chamber of | the | |the drum and bugle corps with | the line consisting of a detach- | ment from the local U. S. Marine | Corp:, and a number of local or- nizations. An impresisve pro- |.ram will be rendered ‘at the | Maine plot. |- Reports this afternoon from | Captain R. W. McNeely are to the ‘effect that the two airplanes, | | which were reported: missing yes-| terday, which caused a lot of ap-} | prehension in the city, have been | jocated with all persons supposed seeing excursions from Porter Dock and patrons are reporting a delightful trip, well worth tak- ing the two and a half hours off to make. Included among those who made the trip last weekend were these visitors to Key ‘West: Mr. and Mrs, H:, Z. Webster, Rockford, Ill.; Frank Blanc, Can- ton, Ohio; Mr.’ and Mrs. C. Geckler, Mineral City, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. R. Schwarskopf, Wash- ington, D. C.; E. J. and Warren Howard, Toronto, Can.;.Mr. and ENTERTAINMENT BECOOCHOOOOOCOOCOEOECODD Habana Madrid Tonight the Club offers another of its famous Valentine Parties—at which your R. impromptu werse may win a| prize. ide Jimmy’ “St ettner’s revue of lovely giris’’as'the “Sweethearts of the Hour” assist in making the evening an occasion not soon to; Habana-Madrid | set-up, at any rate. The Key West Club of Dade County claims a membership of 1,000, derived | from an estimated 8,000 former Key West- ers,—most of whom would be happy to re- turn to their old island home. going to have a jamboree on March 81, commemorating the first the opening last spring of the $30,000,000 Overseas Highway. Serap for an air base between Jack- | sonville and Miami is at fever heat. Rep- resentative Cannon wants it for Miami but fears insistence may cause the site to be | given another state and that would be) There is a bare | possibility if Jacksonville and Miami will | get the hurtful to his prestige. Tun a dead heat, Key West will coveted and absolutely deserved prize. The Miami Herald says editorially that “Unfortunately (sic) there is no rail- way to Key West, and Miami, therefore, They are} anniversary of | Commerce. Advertising is the compressed air that starts the Diesel engines of com- i mercial prosperity into action. SIDELIGHTS By MARCY B. DARNALL, Former Editor of The Key West Citizen Former Congressman Andrew J. Vol- | stead, author of the Prohibition .law, re- cently gave an athletic fiéld.:to .a high | school in his home town of: Granite, Falls, Minn., where he lives quietly.,as ,Ne ap- proaches his Both birthday. = ee oy It is saidit at: ‘more than four, “Million. , dollars worth of counterfeit Irish’ sweep- stakes receipts have been sold to Amer- | icans in the last three years by a gang of | in crooks recently run down by police Westchester county, New York. | Gilbert Boettcher was crowned cham- | to be lost, safe on board. |Mrs. Cedric Hunt, ‘Nashville, be forgotten. This lovely spot |Tenn.; F. W. Waterman, Johns-| here “dancing is at its best” town, Pa.; Mr. and Mrs. N. S. prevails amid swaying palms Ryder, Lemoyne, Pa.; Mr. and with music as you like it, offer-, Mrs. J. A. Westwood, Kansas ing “tops” to all pleasure seek- | City, Mo.; Marion Keister and | ers visiting Key West for local! daughter, Margaret, Buffalo, N.'night life. Wednesday night, sion street and North Beach. y.; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bailey, many quarts of Champagne and This was definitely decided upon! Johnson City, Tenn.; Mrs. Fiora’ Burgindy will be given away as and announced at the rooms of|W. Fladd, Kenmore, N. Y.; Louis,the annual “Sparkling Wine” the Chamber of Commerce this Hersey, Detroit, Mich. ‘dance is presented. morning. pang aca eae } | Editorial comment: “The num- | ber of visitors to Key West next * | month will be limited only by |the capacity of the highway fer-; ry system to handle the traffic”, | aceording to Darden Allen of the THROUGH | AAA. FARES TO line MIAMI ALL POINTS These ann include the best of {via ship and. train) Fr He ap stateroom: ac- MIAMI TO: - ‘ © — aboard a large, BANGOR ... . $56.90 Capen Miami to: ” f 2 53.15 PHILADELPHIA . . S, TORONTO - s3.18 aD 405° Weal «> BALTIMORE... “ALO » 49.40 ecee PITTSBURGH Grey Sendiy 3pm. — = BOSTON ......$ every Sun.3 pn. yie Belle. Autos carried ai very iow rates. The New York State $12,000 memorial shaft will soon be erett- jed in Key West and. will occupy ja place at the corner of Bayview | | Park at the intersection of Divi-' | Principal members of the fac- !ulty and the student body of the Douglass School are «perfetting <Inas to celebrate the greatest’ educational rally of its kind | among the colored people of the city ever held. | Mayor Curry is wry is publishing an, | official notice today assuring po-| | lice protection to all autombiles | parked at the Key West Athletic! NEWYORK... To other cities at pro- fe fares. CUBAN COFFEE | ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS The Citizen Building PHONE 51 NOTICE ALL INTERESTED RESIDENTS IN AWNINGS and CANOPIES for Porch or Stone—also—Truck Covers —-PHONE 52. DADE AWNING: e in. town for a limited tim Miami Representa lcovs We carry a complete line of Umbrellas for the vt and beach as well as outdoor furniture of all kinds. mit price and samples today. Let us sub- “WE GOVER AN¥THING UNDER SUN WITH CANVAS” For Real Economy For Real Service For Real Protection DELIVERED DAILY EVERYWHERE Thompson Enterprises is the next best location for the air base.” | pion liar for 1938 by the famous Liars Club | Club during the dance to be giv- What has a railroad to do with an air! of Burlington, Wis., for his yarn about |¢® there tonight. base? In allocating the money for the | stoking a boiler with the bark of a dog- | Reverend De Barritt of the! Overseas Highway one of the factors that fish. Second place went to Mike Donaher Presbyterian church requests | decided the allocation was that the drive- jor telling of a lazy man who crossed the members of the Key West Minis-) terial Alliance to meet tomorrow | INCORPORATED ; ALSO, SERVICE FROM JACKSONVILLE Apply Price Tour and Travel Service, 505 Duvel Street, Key West (Tel. 124); or A otal Minees Line, 211 S. £. First Street, ICE DIVISION PHONE NO. 8 way could be utilized as a military road in , arass on his lawn with sword grass, so time of war, i when the wind blew it would cut itself. afternoon 4 o'clock to attend the/ ‘funeral of Cyril Munro, which’ MERCHANTS MINERS LINE}