The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 17, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO - The Key lest Citizen | Published Daily 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 ‘ered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press ne Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to t or not etherwise credited in this paper 4nd also he local news published here. = SUBSCRIPTION RATES une Year . ¥ six Months. Three Months Qne Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATE: Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of ct, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at he rate of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainment by churches from which revenue is to be derived are 6 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- ston of public issues and subjects of local or general nterest 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. : A fyke is a fish trap, but in England it is a “fake.” Health note: Never try to stop a fight between a husband and wife. After all it is best to let women talk; the first woman who listened got into trouble. Just as this writer was speculating on the latest dope from Germany when in he walked. Germany’s economic situation is ad- mittedly bad. The people can’t eat can- non and airplanes. “Steel Head Predicts Récovery”’—: headline. Bone heads have been predict- ing that for six years. Facts to remember: Business, big and little, is interested in profits. So is Labor, only it is called wages. A sweet voice is woman’s_ greatest charm, and while the voice of a siren is tempting it is not sweet. i The Massachusetts legislature killed a bill to supply false teeth to the poor. Didn’t want a law with teeth in it. It is said that most girls close their eyes when being kissed, and from the looks of the average male we don’t blame them. Just because Key West has got every- thing—for a naval station, an airbase, and a submarine basin—it is going to get little to nothing. Unimportant, but true: The letters in the word “contemporaneously” can be arranged to form the sentence, “Many sleep on our cot.” It is said it takes a childless woman | to tell you how to rear your young, and it takes an old maid to tell you how to manage your husband. ‘200-room castle and will do‘ his best from | ing a $5,000,000 inheritance tax. | Duke but we wonder if he is following the A born pessimist is that Key Wester | who is always ready to remind you, when | the worst happens, that he is the one who | told you it was going to happen. | Henry Ford, the motor magnate, says | that “a man who can’t find a job doesn’t | deserve a job.” There are fellows’ who | are constantly looking for a job and pray- | ing to Heaven they won’t find one, and | tickled pink when their prayers remain unanswered, | Someone writes the -Tampa Tribune, “Your damned stupid editorials condemn- | ing the nazis fascists must stop right away.” But we doubt if he made any real offer to buy the paper.—Sanford | Herald. Nazi propaganda, _ undisturbed for the time being, might be more effec- tive if the propagandists were a_ little more ingenious or delicate in putting over | tween the two countries, dropped a rather | broad hint that if the United States friled A BLOW TO KEY WEST WPA executives in conference with city officials Wednesday announced work on the Key West sewer project would j come to anend April 15. This step, it was | reported, was being taken on orders of State Administrator Roy Schroeder and | presumably his authority for the action is based on instructions from Washington. City officials at the gonferencd fle- cided to communicate with Administrator Schroeder to determine if the project might continue after April | | the work and to pay for the materials needed to complete the job. If the shut- down. order originated with Washington | headquarters of WPA there seems small chance that an appeal to Schroeder will bring the desired result. Area officials of WPA state that the near-future sewer requirements of the city | cannot be completed by April 15. It is be- lieved, however, the work can be com- pleted by June 30 when all projects under present appropriations will end. The city may obtain $10,000 from the county to carry on the sewer project to carry on the work until other funds become available. | State WPA officials, refusing to vio- | late the order of Administraton Schroeder, state that the city must put up $2,500 for carrying on the sewer project until April 15 and suggest that the remaining $7,500 be used to sponsor other projects to em- ploy workmen who would lose their jobs | with shutdown of the sewer work. Until the city gets definite word from Schroeder no action will be taken on this suggestion. Why shut down the sewer project and | sponsor other projects not so vital to Key West? That is the question city and civic leaders are asking today. Nothing is so sorely needed in Key West as a compre- hensive sewage disposal system. The WPA has spent, more than $1,000,000 on the combination’ water and’ sewer system. That portion which went: into sewer con- struction ‘will be wasted if the government does not'¢omplete the system. At present the work is partly finished and there is no outlet to:the disposal. plant at Garrison Bight an Eaton Street. By the same token, the water system will be prac- tically useless unless the government as- sists in bringing the city a fresh water sup- ply from the mainland. It seems to The Citizen that if WPA activities here must be curtailed by shut- ting down some project that the sewer job sheuld be continued and the economy axe swung in another direction. For instance, WPA officials can purge the work relief rolls of aliens, malingerers, chiselers, in- competent supervisors and reduce many so-called “skilled” workmen to laborer classification. The sewer project must be completed regardless of what other WPA work is discontinued. WE WONDER The Duke of Northumberland, 26- year-old British peer, is moving out of his now on in a 20-room house. It seems that the Duke, owner of vast coal, properties, faces doslining. royalties and heavier taxes. Moreover, he is pay- We haven’t heard a word from the example of some Americans and howling that things will be better if the British government will reduce taxes? ARANHA DROPS A HINT Dr. Oswaldo Aranha, Foreign Minister of Brazil, who is in the United States in an effort to secure closer cooperation be- to act his country cannot refuse the! 9p-, portunity “to others.” ie ; Declaring that Brazil is a big e¢oun- try, full of lands and riches to be de veloped, and that there are countries hun- gry for raw materials, the ‘Brazilian re- ported that he had found it a problem to sell the idea of cooperation to this country because we “have a presidential race so near.” ’ It might be pleasant to hear nice things said about you, but don’t be simple enough to believe everything you hear. Because advice is cheap so many .peo- ple don’t take it. Anything, as a rule, one 15 prdvided |. Key West raised enough money to sponsor | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WAS OPENED, STARTLED PEDESTRIANS WERE AMAZED \ 70 SEE AUTOS CLIMBING THE 2 EB si HE ISLAND CIT Along the Waterfront QUESTIONS this column is in-| fishing. On the South beach side terested in: How many grunts! pick out rocky bottom with yel- are caught a year in Key West low weed and fans and there waters? Why is Florida the only | you'll find fish. On the shoals off state in the union with a tax on' South Beach side there are my- marine gas? What do the U. S.|riads of colorful tropical fish and | Engineers think of deepening the|scme crawfish. On the Bay side, | ntracoastal Waterway from Ba-j starting at the bay mouth of hia Honda to Key West? How 'Calda channel, right on up the much longer will the Key West|Bay at the mouths of any of the Yacht Basin be at the sub base? channels may be found excellent Are the Trumbo Properties think-| bottom fishing with few fishing ‘ing of providing for the larger the areas. Go. west to Boca yachts’ each winter at the old Grande and on‘the ocean side F.E.C. piers..when the sub base may be found good bottom fish- is recommissioned by the navy'ing bar bottoms. The deepsea and the Garrison Bight becomes sport fishermen keep playing the “small boats” Yacht Basin?. around the “Reef”, seven miles Why not some markers for the out, picking up barracuda and g@hannel leading along Trumbo~large grouper. They troll with Island on the north side from Key* rod: and reel-about 150 yards be- West harbor to Garrison Bight? hind, the boat, using a stream-. Why can not there be local de- lihed*cut mullet bait. In’ the ing channels and Keys of the bait, and probably adding a wigg- lower Florida Keys, with | scen- ling red and white! teaser to the ery and cruising surpassing any sterfi, they fish for sailfish, dol- of the famous Ten Thousand Js- phine, amberjack, kingfish, mac- lands group, which could be giv- kerel. en visiting yachtsmen? | ———— TWO GOOD LATE FISHING BOOKS, concerning fishing sim- ilar to the “monster”. fishing of Key West waters, are F. A. Mitch- ell Hedges’ “Battles With Deep- BOATMEN ARE STILL AT ODDS concerning the relative values of auto engines in boats. Most of those who can afford Pa ¥ (friends | scriptive literature on theswind- Gulf} Stream,, using the same} = igasa [mori UEDA marine engines say they would never have an auto engine in a ooat. They point out that the auto engine’s cylinder walls, thin- ner than those of a marine en- gine, soon cave in from the cor- roding action of salt water used .n the cooling system throughout he motor. They point out also hat auto engines are lighter and wear cut sooner. The more eco- nomically-minded say that if it is true’ that the auto engines @Mustsbe;, replaced then you can pick up’an auto engine for from $25-$50, which is just abgut: the & igddd ovethaulirig. ofa aS far op sai jo, they, pointed out that auto carts, because there are more of them turned out by factories, are about a third cheaper. Most of those who tend toward auto en- gines in boats are fair mechanics and can keep their motors going. WATERFRONTERS near the main ship channel are always in- trigued by the “sucking” action of the S.S. Cuba as it wends its way up the harbor. The channel, which is about 30 feet deep in most places, is about two hundred yards wide. The bottom then slopes toward the docks on Key, West island until it comes com- pletely out of water. When the 300-foot Cuba moves up the ghannel, apparently mysteriously ' all the small sponge and fishing Boats in the bight at the foot of Grinnell street and those at the foot of Elizabeth and Front streets tug heavily on their an- @hors in the direction of the Cuba. The water, too, leaves the shore for about two feet. This mystic drawing power of the SS. Cuba is explained by the “suck-! ing” action of the large hull of the S.S. Cuba pushing the water ahead: of it out of the bight. both sides of the Northwest Channel near the white and red lights marking the entrance. Near the white light in the chan- sea Monsters” and Zane Gray’s “Tales of Fishing Virgin Seas”, the first of Caribbean fishing off Honduras and Central America, and the locale of the second plac- ed in the Galapagos islands of the Pacific. Fishing similar to} Key West’s is described with the} addition of larger catches, due to little fished waters. ‘Remperaiures” | Highdde pets Lowest a Mean® - Normal Mean SA Rainfall" Yesterday’s Precipitation Normal Precipitation “Thin record period song wt Ss thin morning. Tomorrow's Almanac aaa SOB O: TH: ._. 6:37 p. m. Moon rises <a = SOB) Oy TE, Moon sets 4:47 p. m. Tomorrow's Tides A.M. High . 8:43 8:45 Low _. ac Be 2:4 | Barometer 7:30 a. m., today: Sea level, 30.08. WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:30. pom.».Saturday) Key West and, Vicinity: Gen: | erally fair tonight and Saturday; not much change: in temperature; | moderate northeast. and’ east! winds. © LA Gd li= .0 Ins. .02Ins. Sun rises Sun sets - | PM.| | ay in west-central and extreme) uth portions. | Jacksonville to Florida Straits! ,and East Gulf: Moderate north- | ,east and east winds, and partly | | overcast weather tonight and Sat-| lurday. | | GETS SLIGHT INJURY BAKERSFIELD, Calif—H. E| Crawford of this city crashed his | motorcycle into a Santa Fe party arrived yesterday from Ha- : Florida: Fair tonight and = ‘urday, rising temperature Sc ieiernaaee and ied a FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1939 1 . KEY WEST IN _DAYS GONE BY | ABOUT TAX SITUATION Editor, The Citizen: Happenings Here Just 10 Years One of the most important facts | Ago Today As Taken From in connection with our tax situa- The Files of The Citizen tion is generally overlooked and given no consideration and that is our county tax assessors are practically independent officers, subject to no control, except that the Board of County Commis-| sioners has the right to make ad- |justment of assessments in spe- \cific cases when complaint is’ made. While the law gives the| governor the right to remove an} The annual convention of Flor- \ida sheriffs will convene in Key West tomorrow morning and con- j tinue in session for two days. | Convention visitors commenced fing last night, “Bob Baker, lof West Palm Beach, president {ef the assogiation, and a number accessor, it has no practical ef- f others are known to be en-! oct unlk : fect unless the assessor has been HF ute to the city today over the guilty Of sdtie céime or misdtémea- ‘aighway. : ‘nor that can be clearly proven. Sheriff Niles, who is hand ing | The lack of judgment or ineffi- sen ee a Liab oly ore jieney of ae sone mane not | sixty-seven counties in the sings | Seely vs ior Jo et | will be represented at the se he would rot be sustained by the ng, by toenpeten pening at ‘Senate—and if he should be sus- j opening hour. _tained, at the next election the | removed assessor would go be- |__Dr. Thomas 0. Otto, former fore the people and claim he was | Key West boy, now resident ads removed by the governor because sician for the Union Memorial’). would not increase the taxes Pevaa erat te bag ee of the people in his county and, rg age : —_, of course, he would be re-elected. Mary Pinchot, leaving New York | Everyone familiar with practical soon on a 15,000-mile scientifie Foities knows this to be true, fishing trip to the south. seas with | 1s that no officer of the state 1 ES es as eres on the ‘can help the situation because he tg, is 2 SOM has no authority under ‘the law. of Mrs, Thoma’ “Oa 584 \Eat-i if any elective officer is given 1b, vand. recently spent ythority and wade any effort to me, time visiting relatives and’ change conditions, it would mean emesis ‘his defeat at the next election. | ERS Ba | ‘fhe simple facts are: | |__ Yesterday afternoon the U.SS:! First—Every state in the Union | Hannibal crossed bats with a loc- nas Advalorum Taxes. ‘ al team at the Navy Yard. Uncle’ Second—Forty-five states have Sam’s boys won by score of 5'state Control or Supervision of to 1. | Assessments. = | Thir€—Inequalities in assess- A delegation from the Three-' ments throughout the state are Score and Ten Club of Miami is | acknowledged and condemned by scheduled to arrive here tomor- oyeryone. j row over the highway on the! Fourth—We have sixty-seven Lovell bus, and have mapped out county governments, about one, a tentative program of activities hundred and fifty municipal gov-' City. thousand road, bridge, school and ee drainage districts, all of them Passenger steamships of the spending money, levying taxes, penticey Lane ih Sioyareeml iy: no practical conirol over any on ule will cease making of them. z calls at this port on May 21, ac- Fifth—The distressing thing is cording to official information jot only the actual money in- received by Cc. E. Smith, local volved, but the Destruction of agent for the line. Property Values and the Lack of ae ae i Confidence that the situation has irs. Virgil Cordero was hostess rought about. ! Pearcy Valiiie at the Athletic!’ Sixth—Counties, ‘special dis- 1 ip’ 0! je ‘younger | tricts, and municipalities are or-/ society set in hnoor of her daugh-| ganized under the laws of the ter’s, “Alice Faun, «fourteenth ‘state. Most of them are woefully Rity Soe ke present were in debt and the state, as the Sov- Kitty az, eo Warren, Doro ereign Power, is responsible, , oy Oe ion ah ; both Lewaty and Morally, for this 1 5 * ro, | situation. | will Wahl and Mr. and Mrs. Vir- | The legislature can correct this gil Cordero. by establishing a State Tax and) Rie Finance Commission. Editorial Comment: Key West's | PERRY G. WALL. fine harbor has been visited by jarch 13, 1939. more nice yachts this winter -han ever before in a single sea- FINE PUBLICITY son: This means that the numbef | Editor, The Citizen: vas te come some eget eee > | King’s on ‘orul 7 every party has expressed keen | She cocaine. is giving some — delight over the fine fishing im | good publicity material that ; these waters. should be used. I should think! Rageranes \the Sutton Line would have; Ata session of the county com. ' thousands reprinted for summer } missioners, which closed at 4:30 distribution on their New York! Saturday afternoon, many items | ryn, PEOPLE'S FO | timely RUM Needs Advertising”, is most and educational. Such articles, if given at regular in- tervals, will in time sink in and awaken the business folk of that God’s Own Chosen Spot, to the need of inviting people to Key West the year around, for people go where they are invited and stay where they are made com- fortable aad happy. WELL WISHER. Marathon, Fia., 'March 16, 1939. APPRECIATES THE CITIZEN Editor, The Citizen: May I thank you for your cour- tesy in sending me the copies of your paper showing the Baha'i House of Worship, and stating so clearly and well the Baha’l ideal of peace. I was much impressed, too, with the general spirit and tone of your paper, a spirit which no doubt in large part accounts for the unusually fine spirit of the city of Key West itself. I must say that I could not find one lurid or even slightly destructive note anywhere, and this is as- tonishing in these times! I“promise myself an early visit to Key West. Meanwhile it is my hope that your city may have every success. And thank you again. DOROTHY K. BAKER. (Mrs. Frank A.) 615 West Elm St., Lima, Ohio, March 14, 1939, Ob Liquid-Tablets Silver-Nose Drops SALVE COLDS price during their stay in the Island ernments and more than one ; Let Us Estimate on YOUR Printing POSTERS BOOKLETS STATIONERY OFFICE FORMS at Reasonable Prices PHONE 51 THE ARTMAN PRESS THE CITIZEN BLDG. of business were among those) Algo your passed upon, including. . .The| chairman, of the road committee | was given authority to replace broken planks on the highway ~ridges;_“no parking” signs were rordered placed on all Over-Sea Higiway bridges; two payrolls fgr., truckers on the Chase trail job were ordered paid; tax asses-| 6f Was required ‘to furnish the | commissioners with a copy of @ report of receipts from the month ending June, 1928; George F. Cook, William H. Malone, E. A. | Strunk and Frank H. Ladd were appointed as a committee to rep- | resent Monroe county at the ap-| proaching meeting of the Florida | Flood Control Association and other matters. editorial, “City TR MIAMI and MIAMI AND TWO ROUND William T. Donnelly, consult- ing engineer of New York, official ‘engimeer for the present move- trent to have Key West made a free port, is prominently men- tioned in the docket of the New York Board of Trade, a copy of | which has been received by The , Citizen. , | — +P. J. Saunders, . vice-president and..general.manager for the P. | & O. steamship .company, and DIRECT EXPRESS: Leaves Miami 2:00 0’ West 7:00 o’clock A. M. Miami 2:00 o’clock P. M. LOCAL: ( night mid-|{ West 4:00 o’clock P. M. enroute to Jecksonvulls. ; Subscribe to The Citizen—20¢ | weekly. Miami 3:00 o’clock P. M. 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