The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 20, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key lest Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. L. P. ARTMAN, Pres JOE ALLEN, Assistan From The Cit! Corner Greene ai gine Building 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 repubbication of all news dispatches credited to it of How Milierwise credited. tw this paper and also | * the local news published here. One Year ..... Bix Months . Three Mg One Mont! Weekly ~... _Maae noi OO SIRETS BiG 2 (SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of <eapect, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at the rath of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainment by chyrches from which @ revenue is to be derived are 5 cents & line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest byt it wil not publish anonymous communi- cations. x Key West is your town; help it along. It is seldom the deaf whom the judges give a hearing. American place names: Ore., and Big Isaac, W. Va. Big Eddy, Almost any citizen will” admit that any tax'that he pays is “pefdensome.” id Fewer college girls marty, which may indicate that higher education: improves their judgment. We acknowledge that free speech is a blessing, even if some folks West do talk too much. Key West, where President Roose- velt is fishing, and seeing the Caribbean maneuvers on the side. The Chicago Daily News suggests that a woman’s tongue is her sword. Than which the pen is not mightier. Deserving Democrats get what is coming to them, if they were lucky enough to have backed the right horse. It is said that the average ; family’s doctor bill is $75 a year. It would be nice for the doctor if he got it. The people of the United States can save money by not rearming, but they may be saving their money for someone else. Key West—the stragetic position for an air base, a naval base and a submarine base, but the political strength is want- ing. If you will stop to consider it, the fellow who insists he is boss in his hause, is a fellow who will lie about other things as well! What has become of the old-fashioned man who believed that the professions were dominated by men not interested in profit? To a man up a stump, it.appears that the dniy real offense of which Germany’s Jews have been guilty is having:something Hitler wanted. The Murphy law gives every delin- quent tax payer an opportunity to wipe out all county and state taxes with small ex- pense. After June 9 the state will take title to all property with, unpaid taxes. Then some property may be acquired cheaply, The column recently asked: ‘What has become of the umbrella mender? — His cry “Umbrellas to mend” familiar to the oldsters, is heard.no more in the land.” Ever alert to: sq! xe fhe intricate and per- plexing problems of the world, P. E. B. in the Tampa, Tribune, se ins and asks a pertinent question: veral theories of the mystetiouwS disappedrance of the um- brelia mender.haye been. advanced by biologists. One is that due to lack af con- |. servation laws, all the umbrella menders have been shot during the mating season, or rum over by automobiles, becoming. ex- tinct. Another is that nobody -carries or borrows an umbrella any more, using rajn- coats instead, or closed cars, or staying in- doors, or just going ahead and getting wet, so the umbrella having vanished, the mender co-vanished. The third theory is that umbrellas have been perfected so they don’t need any mending. Do you know anybody in Key West who has an umbrella which needs mending?” around Key} VISIT OF OUR PRESIDENT | ernment the nation’s chief executive has | no power to legislate Jaws or to ap- | propriate cnapiey, f ahs purpose a authorized by Congtess. 2: lat&ybhub.tite Congress has given the country’s greatest | wide powers in the expend ‘cient, within the limits fixed by Congress, to make * possible. such® “projents: 8 seas highway. Saturday President Roosevelt spent approximately 90 minutes within the city | limits of Key West. Perhaps 15 minutes main streets on the way to the naval sta- tion. | the President sat in his car and” ‘chatted. pleasantly and informally with a wide variety of persons, several of them Key fairs, velt in his car by invitation. All the way down Roosevelt boulevard and even while | he was waving his hat and smiling broadly at the applauding populace, the President fired literally hundreds of questions at the | mayor. The mayor, fortunately, is only the city’s chief executive, but a mem- | ber of the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge | district and entirely familiar with a num- ber of prablems confronting Key West. Therefore, he was able to supply the an- swers to those rapid-fire questions. From what the mayor was able to re- veal, without violating confidences and | the proprieties, the President was _ inter- ested in the proposed extension of Over- seas highway on.the railroad Madacts and roadbed, because he thought * the . pleted section “is magnificent”; in th plan to bring fresh water from the main- land and in possible uses for Key West | naval station. Mayor Albury, but Lieut. Fort Callahan, officer in charge of the naval station, and Lee Pierce, aide to Lieut. Callahan, re- garding the naval station and submarine base. Mr. Roosevelt seemingly; was .sug- ‘|! ing all naval craft except battleships ang airplane carriers, with a draft up to 25 feet could move in and out of the naval base and could be moored there. The President took a deep interest in charts shown him to substantiate this fact. Coming down the boulevard, Presi- dent Roosevelt also inquired about the navy seaplanes anchored off Trumbo sec- tion. anchorage available for seaplanes and stressed the availability of Trumbo as a navy air base, the unexcelled flying con- ditions and other facts. “This city has dome to life ‘since I was here some years ago,” the President com- mented, “Iam familiar with some of the problems confronting. the citys; T.am glad I came down over.the beautiful highway and saw what you are doing to brighten up this fine little city.” Mayor Albury and others got the def- inite impression that President Roosevelt is interested in the future of Key West. If that is the fact, Key. West.may expect some developments which will benefit not only this city, but the nation as well, for no city is more stragetically located than this in any scheme of national defense that may be developed by this administration. ABOUT SECRETLY PAID ADVOCATES In a representative government it is necessary-for the public to be informed up- on public questions. The expenditure of money, in reasonable sums, for this pur- pose ought not to be considered a crime. For example, when an editor ad- vocates a public policy the presumption of “his readers is that he is an honest, un- sions. If unknown to his readers, he is in the paid employment of those who profit by his advocacy the weight that attaches to his opinion, on account of his reputa- tion for honesty, vanishes and he hecomes a special advocate, for compensation. _ ment advanced, but considerable differ- ence in the value of his opinion. of that visit was spent traveling from the | head of the island, through two of our 1 Having arrived ahead of schedule, Westers, while waiting to make broad- | casts opening San Francisco and Tampa | Within range of his voice all the time | the President was in Key West was Mayor | Willard! M. Albury, who joined ‘Mr-‘Roosé- + not | THE-KEY, WEST CITIZEN FLORIQA'S. EXHIBIT IN ‘PHILADELPHIA’ STATION Under our democratic form of gov- | | nlégs | personality, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, | | sums for:relief and for public. works proj- | ects of all kind. His signature is suffi- | i i | the wioten: ee in Na ent eehabites staff are h concourse of He Tew $60,000,000 ia Chowning and Miss Katherine Leary of charge of the Information Hara. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1989 KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Heprepins dere Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken Orders for advertising Editorial comment: The city is space |and publicity folders totalling a | offering a reward for the party or | cost of $1,755 were placed by the Pennisy! iment of travellers see this penntitnl exhi a srk Op oF POOPESEOLOED ECO ETEPOEHOCEEOOHOODESOODEHOROLORNE® | | "PEOPLES FORUM |Editor, The Ci | In my preyious letters I have} | Editor, The Gitizen! \discussed certain phases of the | Yesterday afternoon my ‘wife tax situation both as to principle ‘and I were seated peacefully in ‘and practice byt with no idea of front of our cabana on Beat) trying to cover the details | Beach, which we had just rented. ituati ‘Near us was a large machine en- of the whole tax situation. MY cag Pats Ce vatne sspiagioae |idea was to point out the great-; We were politely approached by est weaknesses and the most dif-|the man in charge, who told us} 'ficult problems and suggest rém-|they were about to set off a ledies to correct them. At e' {charge of dynamite, but assured | opportunity I have emphasized tua that we w ould not be dis-| the fact that we cannot heye! But when the explosion came, “A just and equitable system of it raised a column of water taxation” throughout the state; ithirty feet high which swept | without state control. With “el down. over our cabans, drenched} due respect for the county assas- | sors, thar jot develop a si “of assessment { Tying our car by the roadside. Al- so, 4 number of large stones fell > | very, near us. We were obliged bees I drive back to. town in dur wet | 0 drive back own in our wet | cause they are elected every four: ‘elothies ad's @ Wet & hats |years and the personnel is don- | had recently got out of hospital | |tinually changing. I know if the: having had a very bad attack of | state had a body of high class pneumonia, and my wife was re- JOHNNY. MORI AR, VISITS Hi | WEIGHS BUT §& POUNDS AND ONLY 43 INCHES. HIGH: AB- RIVED IN DIMINUTIVE CAR | Johnny Morris, Jr., of the Phil- lip Morris Tobacco Co., was a visitor in the city last week, ac-| companied by W. N. Bennett, dis-| trict manager of the company,! and N. C. Butler, salesman. Johnny came in in his diminu- tive car, with his chauffeur, Russ; Diers, and was the ¢ynosure of: jus to the skin, and also drench-| all eyes when passing through” qnore will be room for 20 boys| the streets, dressed in his uni- form. The other members of the group rode in regular size car. Johnny is 43 inches high and weighs 52 pounds. His car is made to measure for his size. session last night. The transac- | r cor ‘tion provides for the , ene ae AS Sos nt | parties who cut tires on a number of automobiles recently at a | county . commissioners. in special | place where a dance was in prog- endable step aibaia be! ang- | from the American Aul bile | mi Aer al rewards | Assogiation of 50,000 folders for} ee? Forget and substantial |-$1.806, the amount including they eit {expense of mailing the folders, 30,000 of them, from Washington | Irving Berlin, of New York, fa- and one page of advertising space }mous‘i'writer and composer’ of jin the Southeastern Tour Book | popular songs, arrived in Key \of the association at a cost of West’ from Long Key 8 o'clock {$250, This book or directory last night with a party of friends | of the Southeastern territory was!aboard his luxurious yacht |shown by Darden Allen, field|“Windswept”. The party sailed | representative of the association, | 11 o’clock today on the return. |to have a circulation’ in excess of | | 400,000 The folders, which fea-! 4 baby weighing 10% pounds the “Overseas Highway |nas arrived at the home of Mr. Henry system, will be practically | nq Mrs. John Bennett Villavi- in “the same colors and designs. | sanes, 703 Duval street. The |Ten thousand of the folders or-) youngster has been given the | dered last ight will be furnish-| name Thomas A. Villavisanes. jed immediately since the ‘county has none on hand and finds the s x demuts demand increasing every. day. | Sheriff Niles and leputies ieee a raid last night on An- tonio Martinez’ place and seized i ee are Fenorted fo navel a spindle which they describe as OVE -FAAFE. homes. in me | a Mexican gambling device. The Es ott. Oe nets cork | sheriff placed Martinez under. \ depredations to that] bond of $100. at the Kistle ame 2 adel avenue, nday | (night. Professor Carter, . princi- j pal of the West High School, | says everything in his home at! | 1419 Yon ol street was turn-' ‘ed topsy turvy Monday afternoon by thieves who forced an en-! trance through the screened’ bathroom window and stole about $24 in cash. Tw $10 bills were |ineluded in the loot and can be jeasily identified by ink which! had been splotched on the bill. ; Mr. Garter said that the neigh- bors on the same street, Mr. and! Mrs. McKillip were also visited | | by the thieves. | Let Us Estimate on YOUR Printing POSTERS BOOKLETS STATIONERY OFFICE FORMS at Reasonable Prices of Key West between the ages of; 16 and 21 at the Citizen’s Mili-| |tary Training Encampment at} Fort Screven, Ga., this year, ac-; cording to William V- Albury, o: ;the local company, Florida Ni | tional Guards. The training Be} The President questioned not only | prised when informed that vessels, mean- | The mayor pointed out the good | /men to establish rules for obtain- ing values on which to base fas-' yy \sessment, with sufficient power | to enforce its orders and decisions, most of the troubles of the county | assessors would be removed. i aa (#4) governments '; simply 5 sions | of state establishéd “for the sake ott convenience to help carry out the! laws of the state. It was neges- ;sary to have many counties many years because of the di culties of travel'at that time, tak- ing more time to travel ten miles than it takes to travel one hun- have nothing to do with business and all values are effected by | taxation, so the tax problem: is state-wide and not local. The| |legal profession would be de- stroyed if every county judge could establish principles of law and methods of procedure in his: | county. This, of course, is |thinkable’ “The state, through | ‘sovering from bronchitis, ere both afraid of the results. The man in charge was very courteous, and did what he could to make up for the accident by |having my car washed. I had supposed that, the work | being done on Rest Beach was) intended fo. deepen, | water } e (there sand 80 iMprove ‘the beach; ton ‘inquiry T was told that it smiling, Loved by every one, sunny and! riod will start June 13 ‘and’ end! he is a unique figure in July 12 The government pays! the radio world, as he is the pale the expenses of the boys who} star who holds a ‘lifetime con- pitend the capne | tract. \ All is ready for the great Red Johnny visited a number of|Men’s Jubilee and Picinic with | business places, distributing sam-|an elaborate, extensive and spec- {ples of the cigarettes he adver- | tacular, program tp be rendered | tises, and once in a while ‘utter-| Friday in celebration of Wash-| ing the cry which is heard over | ington’s birthday anniversary. PHONE 51 THE ARTMAN PRESS THE CITIZEN BLDG. a | terial to use or sell for the build. - |ing of houses. ! dred miles today. County lines) yn- | was a private business enter- jprise, that the owner of that] Tis”. | property was excavating ma: ould help to keep the-property some kind of conditio: My wife and I have. been in; In spite of the natural Jloveli- | ‘Key West for seyeral ,.winters, ness of the beach and the whole | \this being the fif Everything of Key West, I myself have met | about the cabanas has depre- | seyeral persons who have given | ciated since they were first built, Up the cabanas becatise of the, except the price; many of the general conditions | ther Key! steps are broken down, the beach ' | West is in special need, because | is neglected, and evidently. no:of the economic conditions,’ of effort whatever is made to keep visitors; and it doesn’! t seem quite things in condition. ‘logical therefore to it = PALACE And now, added to these at-;conditions to persist.. So far | * PALACE tractions, the lives and health of! we can see, nothing watever is \the hirers of cabanas are en-,done to make the place attrac- the: Be Pal for Phillip Mor-| eeeee Tommy Ryan—Jyne Storey ORPHAN f he STREET ececepgoce INFORMATION MR TOURIST diitcieniiiel — Fishing — Accommodations ITY | OVERSEAS CAFE & LODGE j Marathon, Fla. Phone No. 4 | “The Best in Food and Rooms” Between Key West and Miami COMPLETE GARAGE SERVICE biased thinker, and, hecause of. that be-. lief, some..weight attaches. to-his-conclu- }- ‘There is no difference in ‘the argu-|” ‘enterprise. One would think at} [oer imprint public cone any ey that the man who de- Bs Piteatth, behools, roads, \tives a pee from the situatior are restaurants, state banks, | ——— fish, game, ete. No one has? any confidence in our tax methods. The finances) of the state and most of the gov- ernmental. units aré seriously volvéd and all kinds of “patent-| meditine tax methods” are pro- pased, Sry roy The advalorym system is con- demned, but there is no adya- lorum “system”. There is plenty of authority under the law, byt} }no system. | The present method or meth- ods (67 different-kinds), of course, is a failure—so would any kind of business fail if. sixty-seven differ- ent managers had charge of it’ There is only one answer—a state tax an@ finance commis- sion. What objection can there be fo a state tax and finance com-/ mission? PERRY G. WALL: Feb. 17, 1939. When you weary of _ same old round of ‘ay life — when you crave new interests o ;dangered by: a. private | business ‘tive or comfortable for: visitors. ‘HIN! iS HAPGOOD. .” BUTC! 1113 Grinnell St, ei your everyday environment ... pick up and go—by tele- phone! Call up some far-away friends—ones you'd love to hear from—for a chatty get-together. 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