The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 9, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen , ‘ ept Sunday By ZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. AN, President and Pw JOR ALLEN, Assistant Business M ‘om The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County -red at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press ted Press is exclusively entitled to use blication of all news dispatches credited to t etherwise credited in this paper and also I6¢al news pubjished here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year Three On Wee Month ADVERTISING RATES Made known gn application, SPECIAL NOTICE r reading notices, cards of thanks, resolugions of , obituary notices, etc. will be charged for at te of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainment by churches from which a revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. » 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- cations (MPROVEMENTS 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. It used to be the pen versus the sword; now it is the umbrella. Mussolini has not bereft his people of every liberty. He still lets them poke their noses into their handkerchiefs. Key West has a lot of public drinking places but there are some Key Westers who have not been in one of them—which one is another question. Most people who are always prating that the United States will be drawn into a European war when it does break out, want it to become involved. The Lorelei maidens who lured the river folk of the Rhine to their doom have | their equivalent in a Hitler who is surely luring his people to their doom, Advertising, Mr. Merchant, is a good stimulant if you take it wisely; like every- thing else it can be abused and overdone, but we never have found fault with the latter. . In 1937 Secretary of Labor Perkins pepperly proclaimed that “the legality of the sit-down strike has never been deter- mined.”’ But the Supreme Court deter- mined it the other day. A famous Pennsylvania weekly prints this compliment from a lady subscriber: “I like Grit because it publishes my hus- band’s poetry, and once even printed a rear view picture of him.” We eat horse collars in Key West. If outsiders want to know what they are, let ‘em come here and we'll show yem, No, horse-radish is not an ingredient; nor a horse-laugh a concomitant. $0 A constituent has written one of the Congressmen a puzzling letter, to-wit: “Please send me at once a list of every- thing that has not been invented.” course, the congressman complied forth- with. After the government has designated an airbase at a place other than Key West, this island city still will be the point near- est the Panama Canal and the Caribbean, | follows: Of | THE EVERGLADES PARK | A recent bulletin issued by the Ever- folades National Park Association, which | is striving to arouse public interest in the creation of the Everglades Park embrac- ing a large part of Southern Florida, calls | attention of The Citizen to some pertinent | statements by Secretary of the Interior | Harold I. Ickes in recent radio addresses. Secretary Ickes is quoted, in part, as “When ‘we try to round out the na- | tional park system of the country, victories | must be won by those who believe in na- {tional parks for the people against an ar- iray,of selfish adversaries who spring into tion whenever they fear that creation of:the park.... | which the establishment of a _ national | and happiness of the neighboring people. | Opposition to the national parks | from those who have been honestly misled by false arguments.” | For some time the Everglades Na- | tinal Park Association and the Everglades | National Park Commission have been try- | ing to obtain approval of Monroe County Commission to a program calling for the inclusion of the mainland and some of the key sections of Monroe County in the | Everglades National Park. In opposing the idea, the Commissicn has at various | times set forth that the park would ab- | sorb a substantial portion of the taxable property on Key Largo and would result in the closing of the fishing grounds and sponge beds from which a large number | ef Monroe citizens make a living. On the other side, officials of the Everglades National Park Commission and the National Park Service, under which the park would be operated when it was established, have stated there would be no interference with fishing activities. Fur- ther, it has been pointed out that the prop- erty sought on Key Largo is not revenue- producing land, but largely an area in- | habited only by birds and other wild life the sponsors of the park idea want to pre- serve. Believing establishment of the Ever- glades National Park would be an im- portant economic asset to Monroe county, The Citizen thinks the County Commis- sion should appoint a committee to make a new study of the park proposal and to take some final action either for or against the project ir line with the findings of the committee. If, as has been stated, the project would not affect “our fishermen and would not deprive Monroe county of any substantial portion of her taxable property, the park plan should be ap- proved. It seems certain the park would provide Monroe county with a volume of tourist business that would more than off- set any slight loss in taxes. OUR CHILDREN IMPROVE Thirty years ago the woods were full of men and women who were sure that their generation of children, then grow- ing up, was going to the Devil faster and faster as the years passed. Today, these grand-parents are equally certain that the “grands” are an impudent, unappreciative and ill-controlled flock of youngsters. In some cases, they are jined by the parents, who a generation ago were the condemned children. Meanwhile, the human race remains | about the same, with some neticeable. There is, we believe, a little less ignorance about certain vital facts of life, a little more willingness to frankly face issues and, we hope, a little more charity toward other human beings. improvements | THE. KEY WEST CITIZEN ITS sag Suca TEENY WEENY BIT, IM SURE You WONT Busine cf NS TENOGRAPHER HY 9 SSMAN PRoFeEssore private | | commercial interests, no matter how trivial | | or remote, will be encroached upon by the “JT have never found one instance in | | park failed to contribute to the prosperity | | comes | THE ISLAND CITY At Present THE W.P.A. DOES NOT oper- ate the Key West Yacht Basin as an “operations” project—which means that there are no dock- masters or dock assistants ap- | pointed to preside over the boats, give regular weather reports, phone for gas or diesel oil, patrol the docks to watch for thieves, | dispose of refuse, and be ready to answer the thousands of ques- tions yachtsmen like to ask. This column remembers when a Sr. and Jr. Chamber of Commerce committee met to consider plac- ing a dockmaster at the Basin with the salary to be paid by in- terested gas station operators and grocerymen. If it remembers ter strongly before the proper authorities. THE QUESTION OF BEACH- ES in Key West is a point worth consideration. Rest Beach is be- ‘ing planned for a writers’ colony \by Robert Allen, co-author of the !Washington Merry Go Round, and who annually spends a month in the city and would like to construct a number of cottages | there and rent them out to his literary friends and Washington |men. He and others would form a corporation, and the beach | would be exclusive. At present ‘South Beach, at the foot of Du- ‘val Street, has no offers. There has only been but a single ap- ‘plication for a lease for it since ‘the highway was opened, _ this ‘colunm learns. However, South | ‘| TODAY's COMMON ERROR Do not say. “He pays little attention to his les- sons”; say, “gives little at- tention”. TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to Page 4 for the answers 1, On which thermometer scale, ‘Centigrade or Fah-! renheit, is zero the freez- ing point of water? | Name the manager of the! Washington (Senators); Baseball club. To what country was the former German territory of Memel given after the World War? How many _ avoirdupois pounds are in one short ton? What is the name of the ship that picked up the passen- gers of the wrecked Bri ish flying boat Cavalier? In which country is the Lake of Bienne? 2 What is the correct pronun- ciation of the word: «mu- nicipal? i Which boxing bout drew the largest gate receipts? What is the Decalogue? For what government agen- cy do’ the initials FPC stand? and should be cieaned of sea- weed and usual refuse every week. Lieut, McCarthy, of the C. and G. S., tackles the prob- lem earnestly and effectively as he has been doing other civic problems. Just above the Boca Chica camp and beach is a nice stretch of beach, which, if the sand vines and grass were cleared off, would be as beautiful as Rest Beach is at present. With some kind of development there tourists would flock to that place. Scores stopoff at Boca Chica now intrigued with the beauty and peace of the spot. They would be impressed with a civic beach rightly those interested parties! Beach is not always a tidy beach there similarly. were willing to pay the salary of; a dockmaster during the season,; ~ | but the matter was never pressed. | Probably nothing more will ,be ‘done about it at present in the! middle of this yachting season. | | Next season; however, the same’ questions of giving superior serv-} ice will arise. To give you. an inkling of how much study the question requires: There - is no | literature prepared locally on the | sort of fish one can find in Key) West waters nor is there any- j thing on the wonderful cruising ; waters through the Keys or the} sights to be seen along the way. | Most yachtsmen now come down! through a regular route and miss | a great deal of the little traveled | beauty. Again the richer yachts- ; men require certain kinds of food. | Southern bacon is often com-} plained against as having toc | much fat. Preparations to serve | them as they have been accustom- ; ed is another point. Approxi- ; mately 300 yachts will make Key | West port this season. That trade | requires to be well served. | | IF KEY WEST I§ NAMED as’ ; an auxiliary air station it will probably mean that five or six} | patrol wings, such as Patrol Wing Five which was here for a month, | |would remain here regularly. ! This would also mean that a per- | sonnel of approximately 400 men | would be stationed in the city.) | This column is in receipt of au-; | thoritative information on that’ cost sheets of maintenance of the planes and men in Key West! have been called for by Naval of- | ficials. In the big defense bill; now before Congress a number of important submarine bases are ; | planned. The naval and House | | committees in Key West for an inspection trip were particularly tradition 11S ‘Mr. Osborne’s guests were ‘thusiastic about Key West and THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1939 KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today Ap Taken From The Files Of The Citizen “I discovered Key West half a century ago and it is just as beautiful now as it was then”. said Charles Osborne, former governor of Michigan, who mo- tored down yesterday and left to- day in time to catch the after- noon ferry at No Name Key. The distinguished visiter had with him as guests, Mr. and Mrs. Webb Waldron, the country’s most widely popular co-authors, producers . of notable” volumes and contributors to leading maga- | zines, their latest short story ap- pearing in the March Delineator. en- said they intended to come again for a longer stay. “I found them up the east coast and just couldn’t let them go back north without seeing Key West so I brought them down”, said the former gov- ernor of Michigan, referring to the famous authors. A gasoline truck burst inte ‘flames late yesterday at the cor- ner of Division and Simonton streets. The vast clouds of smoke, dense and black, made it appear as if a conflagration was under- way, but the fire was quickly extinguished upon the arrival of the firemen. Charles Pierce is being proclaimed a hero in con- nection with the fire. The truck was backed up against the filling station at the corner when it was discovered to be in flames, the origin of which is as yet unde- termined. He hopped on the truck and drove it out on Divi- sion street. thus saving the sta- tion from destruction. The wall was badly sorched. There were two large tanks of gasoline on the truck, the whole truck being enveloped in flames and it is con- sidered as miraculous that there was not a terrific explosion. A larger crowd of people was never seen at a fire in the city, it was claimed. Editorial comment: Why is it that the big folks and the com- petent ones invariably praise The Citizen, while the small fry and TES the incompetent ones frequently knock their home town paper. The Woman's Gulid of St. Paul’s church parish meets Mon- day afternoon, it v announced today by the secretary. The meeting will be called at 4:30 o'clock and it is expected that there will be a = attendance. Members of Troop 1, Girl Scouts, will attend divine serv- at Ley Memorial church Sunday night and are requested to meet at the corner of White and Division streets and wear regulation black ties. ices There will be no sailing of the 1 oclock fe from No Name Key tomorrow, according to an- nouncement from headquarters, and perhaps not until Tuesday. The county engineer told The Citizen that the will have to go on the ways minor re- pairs. Frank Lowe and Leonard Bor- den will be given hearings in the court of Peace Justice Rogelio Gomez, 10 o'clock Monday morn- ing, according to announcement made today by the peace justice. Samuel Hig of Troop 1, Boy Scouts, who carried an import- ant role in the musicale at the high school, collapsed last night but today is pronounced much improved by his physician. Get Comforting Relief from RUNNY HEAD COLDS Do THIS: Put some Vicks VapoRub up each nostril and sniff well back. NEXT, melt a spoonful of VapoRub ina bowl of boiling water; breathe in the medicated vapors for several minutes. ‘This loosens phlegm and further clears the air—passages. AT BEDTIME, rub VapoRub on throat chest, and back so its fang-sootisued doubie action can re- Heve the misery of the cold while you sleep. Try sT—then you'll know why VapoRub is a standby in 3 out of 5 homes. yicks VapoRus impressed with the well-kept and + complete facilities of the subma- | Tine base here, and they will! | recommend establishment of a. sub base here. Chairman Carl; Vinson of the House Naval Af-: | fairs Committee, a particularly STYLE LEADERSHIP—The turury of the low-price field. id panied is fine in quality and work- gine bee Jaa illge ley a manship. Passengers find new #2 ériplp-cyebianet tae naka Bee ee ee REE Rew sting as well as new riding quietness. 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