The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 2, 1939, Page 2

Fa Fs ee bo Pa ee a 4 st AAS As ch | rr a ee be tg he™ eytaS acta tac en tase? Li ba ha tte its Baty MARS ey tet ~ Ratti, the late Pius XI, was elected.) ‘pronounces a blessing to the assembled PAGE TWO * The Key est Citizen aily Except Sunday By Sitizen Building Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Entered at Key , Florida, as second class matter 5 ly entitled to use for republicat all news dispatches credited to it or not etherwise eredited in this paper and also the ldial news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year Six Months 7 Month ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolugions of obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at of 10 cents a line, s for entertainment by churches from which enue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- public issues and subjects of local or general tions. 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. Every absurdity has champions to de- fend it—look at the New Deal! There seem to be three or four par- ties operating at Washington now. Ken Wilhelm of California shot an arrow 758 yards. Another likely recruit for national defense. A statistician says it costs $6,000 to bring up the average child. Another argument for birth control. The inventor of the periscope possibly may have obtained the idea from a view | at the elongated neck of a giraffe. Isn’t it strange that the older we get the more we are puzzled by the things that were very clear to us in our youth? Modern fable: Husband presents wife with box of candy. Wife suspects husband of devilment. A row ensues. Moral: Be good and you will be happy. Columnist Eleanor Roosevelt writes a daily column ‘My Day.” For a long time she stuck to her subject and told of the daily doings of the first lady of the land, but recently she has ventured into the field of politics, and if she isn’t very care- ful she will put her foot in it. ELECTING A NEW POPE The election of a new pope is al- ways a matter of world-wide interest, but the choice of a successor to Pius XI is also one of grave concern, because of the deli- cate political situation in Europe. Many believe a cardinal who has not strongly committed himself on totalitarianism and | other controversial questions may be chosen, in order to avoid a direct affront to Hitler and Mussolini. pes While any adult male Catholic may legally be elected pope, the choice has al- | ways fallen upon a cardinal since the year 1378, and-since 1532 all popes have been | Italians. There is little likelihood that | either of these precedents will be broken | in 1939. A two-thirds vote of the cardinals as- sembled in sacred conclave is necessary to a choice, and after preliminary cere- monies, including high mass, a ballot is taken twice daily until a pope is chosen. Each time that a vote is indecisive, the ballots are burned with straw, which sends black smoke through a chimney of the Sistine Chapel to inform the populace. When a choice has been made, the ballots are burned without straw, the resulting white smoke signifying that a new pope | has been elected. | The cardinal selected is then asked whether he accepts, and by what name he wishes to be known. (Cardinal Laurenti refused the office of pope in 1922, and balloting was resumed until Cardinal Affer being invested with the ponti- fical white robe, the new pope appears on the balcony of St. Peter’s Cathedral and st but it will net publish anonymous communi- | | FINISH OVERSEAS HIGHWAY Meeting in Ft. Lauderdale today and tomorrow, the officials of the State Road Department will have laid before them the demands of the Monroe county commis- | sion for settlement of the current con- | troversy with R. C. Perky regarding right of way for extension and improvement of Overseas Highway above and below the 40-mile area between Lower Matecumbe |,and Big Pine Key, and for starting of work on extending the roadway from Big Pine to Key West. a Some rumors regarding the right of | way question and “éxtension of the high- | way have been set afloat and these have been brought to attention of the Monroe commission, which will be represented at !the Road Department meeting by Com- missioners William Monsalvatge and T. Jenkins Curry and Counsel W. Curry Har- | ris, One rumor is tu the effect the Road Department is determined to begin work on improving the Overseas Highway some- where above Lower Matecumbe, The | other would have the commission believe | that Road Department officials in demand- | ing a fee simple title instead of an ease- ment from R. C. Perky for right of way of | | the highway are seeking to get some con- | cessions from the American Telephone & | Telegraph Company. Wires of that com pany long have paralleled the old Florida | East Coast right of way. Perky in wishing | to grant merely an easement for the road. | way would be in position to do some fancy | | dickering with the A. T. & T. If the Road | Department procured an outright title to: | Where he has accepted a position | the right of way, it would be in the driver’s seat now occupied by Perky. The ad- vantake of that position to Road Depart- ment officials is obvious. The Citizen believes the Road De- partment must and should be compelled to begin extension of Overseas Highway at this end of the line. and Key West there are a number of nar- now wooden bridges and innumerable sharp and dangerous curves that exist no- where else on the highway. They should be the first to be eliminated. Above Marathon, to be sure, property values there first, but Overseas Highway will not Pine-Key West section is improved along the lines followed by Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District. As to the right of way question: The Citizen feels that the matter of telephone lines and other such factors should be buried and forgotten as far as the Road Department is concerned. The right of way for extension of the highway is the important, the pressing thing. The pub- lic needs the land for the roadway and is not concerned with other extraneous ques- tions. It is to be hoped the Monroe rep- resentatives at the Road Department meet- ing take a firm and uncompromising stand in these matters. UP FROM THE RANKS with the best American tradition, J. L. Beven recently became president of the Illinois Central: System, with which he be- gan as a messenger in its New Orleans freight office at the age of 12 years. He succeeds L. A. Downs, who also rose from the ranks, beginning as a rodman with an engineering crew, and who is now chair- man of the board. Mr. Beven was born at McComb, Miss., in a house rented from the railroad by his father, William Beven, a locomotive | engineer, who worked for the Illinois Cen- tral for 52 years. The future president of the road attended grammar school and moted through various clerical positions he was appointed trainmaster on the Louisiana division in 1915. The following year he became a divi- sion superintendent at the age of 29. He was assigned temporarily to the Federal railroad administration during the time the government operated the roads on ac- count of the war. Mr. Beven’s further advancement was rapid, and after filling Several increasingly important positions he became senior vice- president in 1931, which office he held un- til his recent elevation to the presidency. That two successive presidents of the Illinois Central should have risen from the lowest ranks is quite remarkable, and speaks most highly for the able men con- cerned, as well as for the democracy of 3 ae throng and to the world. the great railroad system which they serve. Between Big Pine | might be enhanced if work were started | get the traffic it deserves until the Big | business college, and, after being pro-| THE KEY WEST CITIZEN THE ISLAND CITY see | Old Ke Key West of older days was connected more strongly with Cuba. In a copy of Daily Equator ‘Democrat of March 26, 1889, own- jed by Miss Marie Cappick, Key West historian, is recorded the opening of Alfred Lowe’s and M. M. Cordero’s markets, in which 'Cuban beef was sold. I. C. Al- bury, R. H. Albury, Charles R. y West Capt. Mears, arrived this morn- ing at John Lowe's wharf from Torch Key with a cargo of to- !matoes for the northerg markets. Schooner George Asher sailed from Apalachicola with«a cargo of lumber for sponge poles for | John Lowe, Jr., and, fears are |entertained of her loss. Schooner | Ada B, arrived this morning frorh’ Last year young Stephen C. Singleton, then employed at the | Chamber of Commerce, designed ‘a little sticker for outgoing mail, | which «was, distributed by Harry C. Davis, of Coral Gables. They fproved popular and the supply ‘WaS soon exhausted, but 4 requestsfor them have been con-! Pierce and Co., J. W. Sawyér, J.|near Duck Key with a cargo of! tinuous. | A. Larkin and Co., Enrique Es- | tevez, J. Thompson and John Mc- Killip had been designated as distributors of Spanish boot for ladies, misses |and children”. | Dongola leather. “The Richard’s! old brass, copper, chains, iron, ete, from the wreck of the Schooner Adalaide Baker. “Everybody and his best girl | will be at the wharf this evening | President Cleveland.) We have |. Recently, Secretary Singleton 'met Mr; Davis and invited him to renew the supply and has re- ceived word that Mr. Davis will be in town again in a day or two It was made of|to witness the arrival of ex- to take orders. » The sticker, designed to go on Attention was also being called! not had any Mayor’s court but the back of envelopes, is one of ; to mistreatment of a pony in try- jing to get it to pull a large load jover the bridge at the corner of Greene and Simonton streets, | where was a large swamp in days past. “The absence of small ves- sels this morning makes news ; scarce”, the paper reports. The! |“Minnie Irwin’ of Captain Carey left Taylor's wharf “today for | Pascagoula for another cargo of , lumber”. Schooner Etta A. Watt, ‘Capt. Thorston, “from Jamaica {with a cargo of fruit came into ‘aylor’s wharf yesterday morn- ‘ing and is now selling bananas, | cocoanuts, etc., at low prices”. Schooner Ardell, Capt. Sawyer, “left for Miami this morning. | Among the freight were a num- r of young orange trees. trees are from five to eight years jold”. | evening for Carysfort Lighthouse |as assistant lighthouse keeper. |in accepting the above position | will kill two birds with one | stone, to-wit: While he will have | same time, have a most excellent opportunity to continue his studies | undisturbed. “A fine lot of Havana tobacco larrived by the Comal last night |from N. Y. for trans-shipment to ;Tampa. Schooner Lizzie May, 1 From The Files Two members of the board of county commissioners, the board’s gineer will attend the meeting of the state road department in Tal issee t Tuesday, it : age . emer cee esciay, wasia while in the city today. The celebrated singer is returning from Cuba enroute to Miami, where she is booked ‘to sing to- night. |commissioners yesterday atfter-| |noon. They are being sent in the interest of the movement to have the state take over the Oyer- j Seas highway. Those selected to! sioners include Commissioner W.! Hilton Curry, County Attorney! Wm. H. Malone and County En-/ |gineer Clifton G. Bailey. It was The! “W. Hunt Harris will leave this} Young Mr. Harris has decided to! \make an attorney of himself andj |his time occupied, he will, at the! decided at a meeting of county, |represent the board of commis-/ jonce this week. We have the most moral city in this country, J. N. Sacket, U. S. Assistant En- | gineer, is expected heres about | the 5th prox to make borings for the contemplated jetties at the Northwest bar”. Under a column, “Items Wise and Otherwise”, is recorded the arrival of the Schooner Mystery |from the mainland with a cargo jof buttonwood for Thomas Rob- lerts, Schooner Cleveland, Capt. Samuel Williams, “left for Key | Largo for a cargo of pineapples”. “Capt. Roberts reports that ice |brig was ashore on Marquise Bank and would get off yester- day evening. We trust that she | will as the ice supply of this city is now exhausted and it is pos- sible that another ice famine ‘will result”. In a full column forum letter on the first page, D. T. Sweeney writes, “What busi- ness has a man, anyhow, to be kissing his wife of a Sunday, es- pecially during the hours devot- ed to church and Sunday school. Is not this flying in the face of the Almighty, when he has six days in the week to do this”. “For Sale—one side wheel steamer ‘Cora’ and one schooner, ‘Meteor’.” Advertisements _ of ;Benners Schooner line to New York, Plant S. S. Line with the superior steamship Mascotte and the Mallory S. S. Line were re- corded serving Key West. | KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken Of The Citizen pound girl, born to them at their ‘home, 1327 Simonton street. legal adviser and the county en-' Marian Talley, distinguished ,Star of the operatic stage, spent Mrs. Eveline Reshore, wife of Frank Reshore, of 609 Grinnell street, who has been ill for some time at her home, has been pro- nounced insane by a local lunacy the least expensive and most ef- fective ways of advertising the ‘most southern city in the United | States. Mr. Davis writes that Mrs. Da- vis will be with him again and | that they are anticipating another idelightful visit. The Artman | Press has prepared order blanks; |for Mr. Davis’ use on this visit. THE WEATHER {Highest . | Lowest - Means ...2-.. | Normal Mean - Rainfall" | Yesterday’s Precipitation ‘Normal Precipitation Thin cee period ing nt 8 Kk thin morning. | Tomorrow's Almanac | Sun rises - = EK Sun sets —. = Moon=rises) Moon sets . m. m. Barometer 7:30 a. | Sea level, 30.08. | WEATHER FORECAST | (Till 7:30 p. m., Friday) | ; Key West and Vicinity: Gen- erally fair tonight and Friday;/ ‘little change in temperature; |moderate winds, mostly north- | east and east. | Florida: Partly cloudy, some- | what colder in north and central} portions tonight; Friday general-| ily fair, slowly rising temperature \in extreme northwest portion. Jacksonville to Florida Straits) and East Gulf: Moderate winds, mostly northeast and east, and partly overcast weather tonight! and Friday. ANNOUNCE AGENCY ' FOR FAMOUS RUM Cabrera Wholesale Grocers and | Liquor Distributors announce their exclusive agency for the fa-! mous line of Don-Q Rum in a dis-| |play space on page one today.) Special prices for fifths, tenths! ‘and half-pints are announced in the display. This rum is manufactured by! |reported at this special session board, members of which were) National Distilleries and is con-| | that the Chantber of Commerce is! sending Frank H. Ladd and the | Rotary Club, Bascom L. Graoms. | | sa Es gas company will in the’ future {be allowed to make a minimum: \charge of $1 for the ‘use of gas,! but the same rates yow,in effect! | will continue to “ptevail! ‘Each’ customer must use 500 feet of: gas undef the new ruling, with the minimum charge of $1 to be collected whether this amount is, used or not. This, it is claimed, } was ordered to protect the gas, | Company in receiving a sufficient; amount to cover the expenses of; | 9peration. } Editorial comment: A Missouri | editor refuses to publish obituary j notices of people, who, while liv- | ing, failed to subscribe to his pa- per, and gave this pointed reason, “People who do not take their home paper are dead anyway, and their passing away has no news value. The Pirates will play a double- header tomorrow afternoon at the American Legion grounds, The first game starts at 1:30 and the second will start 15 minutes after the first has ended. baseball doubleheader to be play- gers and Key West team. The White Sox will play the fi game with the Key West tween the Key West the Sluggers. Seminary street. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ji : \the Pacific ae |_ It was announced last night at’ accompanied by Mrs. *McLanson, tions. Rising from the ranks in accordance |# meeting of city council that the were arrivals in the city yester- : Doctors Warren and Plummer. ‘ H. H. Melanson, manager of National Railways, day on the Steamship Northland ' from Cuba, where they were vis-| iting. ‘They will spend a time in} Key West, before continuing their! journey to Canada. ROM GOES TO LIGHT STATION Carl W. Rom, chief radio elec- trician at the lighthouse depart- ment, left over the highway yes- | terday afternoon for Marathon and was to take a vessel there for Sombrero light, where a force of men are at work, The project being carried ori at the light is the increase of the light’s intensity 100 percent, and! the electrification of the quartets. | It is expected that the work will! be concluded early Mext week. ed between the White Sox, Slug-j j sidered the very finest of Puerto! | Rican rums. 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