The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 22, 1939, Page 2

PAGE two ; The Key West Citizen | _ Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. YP. ARTMAN, President and) Publisher ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corher Greene and Ann Streets 1. J 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 republication of all news dispatches credited to | it or pot #therwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here. a erie SUBSCRIPTION RATES $10. rx 2 ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of bituary notices, etc. will be charged for at » of 10 cents a line. HEALTH ACT AND KEY WEST | municipal hospital. 1t is cited as the Na- tional Health Act of 1939. If ‘enacted the | measure would enable the states to make more adequate provision for public health, | prevention and control of disease, mater- | nal and child health services, construction and maintenance of needed hospitals and health centers and for other purposes. | Under title XII of that act it is pro- | vided that the federal government aid the states especially in rural areas and in } areas suffering from severe economic dis- | tress to construct and improve needed hos- pitals, and to assist the states for a period of three years in defraying the operating that may enable Key West to procure a es for entertainment by churches from which | costs of added facilities. & revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The 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. Modern cooking schools should teach how to wield all the various kinds of can openers. A writer says “revolt “against au- thority is at its peak.” So is authority at its peak. One should never want anything so badly as to be deeply disappointed when we don’t get it. Since Hitler cannot be depended upon to observe the rules, a ruler properly ap- plied may get the desired results. Hearings are to be held by the Senate Labor Committee on the proposed amend- ments to the Wagner Labor Act. The AFofL has insisted upon these hearings and CIO has been opposed. Victory No. 1 for Green over Lewis. The public stands a chance to get most of the benefits out of the amendments, A recent visitor to Key West from Massachusetts has written The Citizen a letter complaining that a Duval street business house was charging 5c for a foun- tain pen filling. He stated that at that rate a 5c bottle of ink would yield $2.50, or the exorbitant percentage of 4,900. Gougings each day will keep tourists away! If Miami does not want the airbase, on account of the terrific noise the whir- ring machines will make, Key West will take it with gratitude. This city does not like noise anymore than any other place, but it needs to live and the placing of the southeastern airbase on this island would make us independent of more succor from Washington. At the same time Key West is the most logical point where the base can be placed if the strategical position of nearness to the Panama Canal is taken, in- to consideration. Bemol Going scientific on its public for a moment, The Key West Citizen reports | that: “The deer fly is the fastest living thing known. It is said that it can propel its wings to make 800 miles an hour. At this rate an airplane could make the trip to Paris, for instance, in about four hours; but neither the deer fly nor airplane could go that distance without being destroyed by friction. The deer fly darts, rather than flies, and possibly couldn’t go 15 minutes at a stretch, before being singed to death.” Be that as it may, we have had several recent instances where planes have | been reported as diving at speeds in ex- cess of 500 miles per hour—and the fore- casters are hinting at early attainment of such velocity, or better; for military air- craft of practicable build. Without any pretense at engineering ‘skill—but judging purely by what has:already been accom- plished—it seems safe to assume that within the next decade man will “fly through the air with the greatest of ease” at speeds which today would seem ‘utterly fantastic. The race may not be “to the swift”—but humanity clamors for speed, and yet:more speed, and it Tooks as if while that clamor. continues, engineers will find ways and means, year by -year, to satisfy the demand,—Times-Union, It is provided that the government ap- propriate, for general hospitals, $8,000,- 000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, | 1940; $50,000,000 for the fiscal year end- ing June 30, 1941, and $100,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1942. These sums would be used for making payments to states which have submitted and have had approved by the surgeon general of the U. S. Public Health Service state plans for constructing and improving ‘needed hospitals. The Citizen believes this bill carries hope for substantial improvement of the hospital facilities in Key West. The U.S. Public Health Service at present operates Marine hospital here. It is the only hos- pital available to this city on Florida keys, but, while it does serve the people of Key West in emergency, it is not equipped to handle the hospitalization of the general public of Monroe county. It is a marine hospital, as its name implies. That Key West can qualify for a share of the federal funds that would be- come available by passage of the act can be proved. No other American city of its size ever suffered a more severe case of economic distress. In fact, it is still suf- fering such distress that it will take years for the city and county to get back on thein financial feet. The need for a municipal hospital has been stressed by city, county and state public health agencies. Our public officials, our civic organ- izations and the Key West Hospital Com- mittee should lose no time enlisting the | | | | | lature for the preparation of a state hos- pitalization program, including hospital facilities for Key West, so that the state may participate in the federal _ distribu- tion of funds for that purpose when they become available by act of Congress. BILLBOARD LAW ASKED State and city officials of New York state, backed by numerous civic bodies, are supporting a movement to have the state legislature pass a law during its 1939 session for the regulation of billboards and other outdoor advertising along the high- ways. The group sponsoring this legislation is headed by Robert Moses, state super- intendent of public works, and the cam- paign is outlined in an illustrated booklet entitled “The billboard, a blot on nature and a parasite on public improvements.” Noting the fact that Federal, local governments are making extensive improvements, Mr. Moses adds: “Remedial measures to curb the sign evil are absolutely imperative if the invest- ment of the people in these improvements is to be protected and the great value of the state’s scenery is to be preserved.” Organized efforts to abate the billboard nuisance have been made in many states ‘But the apathy of the public to matters which do not directly or seriously affect the individual citizen has made it diffi | cult to obtain action in most cases. WHY? “Everything proves the great demo- cracies are moving speedily toward war,” writes Virginio Gayda, Italian editor, who is said to reflect the thoughts of Dictator ‘Mussolini. Naturally, democracies move toward war. one wonders why the In_ the Joseph Goebbels the western democracies nies and raw materials,” are “much better off” and can “therefore afford the luxury of a democratic state.” | official why should they want war as-the ; Italian asserts? support of our representatives in the Legis- | state and | and in some with considerable success. | words of German Propaganda Minister |: “are in the happy position of having colo- |, THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | |. THE ISLAND CITY Now pending betore Congress is 4 bill | { Along the Waterfront i ARDING ‘THE -STATE-, H this cohimn made that ‘there should be appropriate pub- | licity: concerning the cruising grounds of the Keys given yachts- men, one objector states that) since yachtsmen are the “world’s ‘worst sailors" they will use very Tittle of the tricky, although beau- tiful, channels of the Keys.! Again, unless there is sufficient development with protected wa- ‘ters and cheap fuel and food yachtsmen will, not flock to a! scene. This objector claims that | the scenery of the Keys is very| |“anbeautiful” ‘and the column jagrees with that statement, but) pointed out to him that the. beau- ‘ty of the little channels and flats | with, thousands of birds on them jis a high point in, marine views. | For the rresent the most satis-| |factory method of exploring the ‘marine beauties of the Keys is to anchor. one’s yacht in one of the, ‘larger harbors of the Keys andj \use a dinghey with outboard or \inboard to explore the winding \channels, spreading flats and |green _mangrove islands. This week this columnist talked to a | yachtsman here who knew little of the possibilities in Key West \fishing and Keys cruising. The | vast majority of visiting yachts- {men do not réalize the beauty of | cruising waters of this area. | DID YOU KNO' That there |is sea trout fishing in the trian- | gular, 30-mile shallow water area formed by the line of Keys and Mainland coast meeting?. . .That the best bonefishing is probably | ‘around Key Vacas?. . .That the |Cape Sable country to this day is! jlargely unexplored?. . .That the | tide flows west 80 percent of the | time on the Inside Waterway be- | tween Bahia Honda and Key | West because of the peculiar for- |mation of the area?. . .That the reason there are 20-foot channels | running through most of the Keys |is that the large area of two-foot | depth flowing against the islands | esential to the life of, any nation. ‘We cannot continue to exist with- joyed for the last hundred and fifty years represent an unpre-' | systems that have been followed /by other countries throughout ‘the’ entire history of the world. ‘gréat statesmen, is said to have !remarked that our Constitution | evidenced a degree of wisdom that was almost divine in charac- | ter. ; | During Fourth-of-July celebra- | tions previous to the New Deal |revolutionary experiments we | boasted of the supriority of our, | system. We are a free people.! | Washigton, Jefferson are cited as \saviors. The wisdom that was | manifested in the _ governmental’ | system created byjthese pioneers jhas been heralge throughout | ‘the world. i. i H We have enjoye Wealth be-, | yond the wildest imaginations of; the rich ‘men of former periods. ! | But the more wealth we sceure, | the more privileges we enjoy, the’ less patriotism we seem to have. ! Why can’t we learn to appreciate the ‘good things in life that have \eome to us practically without effort? ; | We will either learn to appre- | ciate them, or ultimately they | will be lost forever. | | If we buy a fine automobile, | |we realize the necessity of tak- ling ‘care of it. It is given every | possible attention. -furnished | ‘ith oil at proper intervals and | ‘frequently cared for like a be-/ |1éved ‘child. “And if not it soon| jrusts and its usefulness is de- stroyed. Even life itself must be appre- ciated. We must love life if it is to be enjoyed or prolonged. We must love our country. We} must be willing to fight for it.! Without this ‘evidence of pa- If the democracies are in the happy ja | position ascribed to them by the German | ‘riotism ‘as a nation we are head- pushed by the tides exerts more ‘fntcn8e” pressure and therefore cuts a deep pathway?. . .That the, conch ‘shells vended by most peddlers throughout the city could be a little better cleaned of sea moss on the outer surface by the applying of scrubbing brush and then a little muriatic acid where only scrubbing brush is now used? fi |THE KEY WEST KINGFISH- iprices at places on _the Keys,/ERMEN who fish about 40 E miles from Key West in No Man’s Land have a hull for a couple of hun- dréd dollars and their motors for about $50. There are many breakdowns in No Man’s Land but there is also a cardinal rule |never to leave a fisherman be- jhind. The fishermen are Starting to realize now, however, that when they have a dependable boat which as a rule will not breakdown for long they will make more money. Nearly every day the 30-foot boats with either Nash or Buick auto en- gines may be seen late in the afternoon from the Naval Station dock returning with their day’s catch. IF YOU'RE FISHING in the Keys pick a channel’s mouth or find rocky bottom with brown moss and sea fans for ‘bottom fishing. For trolling pass close to the bankS of channels or around coral shelves, shoals and reefs. A THRIVING CONCH shéll shipping business was built up several years ago by Abelardo Lopez and Willie Curry. It was estimated at the time that they were shipping an average of 200 shells a day. Conch were gather- ed and brought to Mr. Lopez’s shop at 800 Simonton street, where the marine animals were taken out and the shells cleaned and polished. The largest shells were used for radio horns, Mr. Lopez claiming that nothing was better for that purpose. PATRIOTISM—NO NATION CAN LIVE WITHOUT IT Bernarr Macfadden In March Liberty A love of country is absolutely article, Yosuke Matsuoka, speak-!pin, were offered by two type- ing of this patriotic influence, says: “It gives a spiritual force out it. The liberties we have en- to every activity of Japan utterly {of Miami. beyond the conception of any ether people—a mystic power cedented divergence from the that defies all scientific measure- School auditorium last night for ments this, Japan is and analysis. Without like any other 'eountry in the world—a third- 2 delighfully interesting and most Gladstone, one of England’s' rate Power in fact. With it she Successful enfertainment. stands alone as a political miracle among the Great Powers”. Has Japan anything to be thankful for that cannot be se- cured in this country? Those who visit that country will un- doubtedly prefer America in every instance. The Japanese who are living here and enjoy the priv- ileges that are given our people so freely would undoubtedly pre- fer this country if it were not for their patriotic love of the home- land. ‘We must find some procedure that will rouse within our peo- ple an appropriate love of coun- try. We must learn to appreciate the good things we have enjoyed. The flag of the United States is waving in the school yards of this country. We have certain What's the matter with us? ceremonies in some’ schools that. are supposed to stimulate a pa-! triotic spirit. But such cere- monies are usually mechanical, without enthusisam, feeling and emotions esential to make the youth of this country appreciate their importance. ! WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1939 | KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citixen Key West will be turning more than 1,500,000 crawfish loose per day from three hatcheries by May 15, according to Dr. Thomas R. Hodges, state shell fish com- missioner, who arrived yesterday to select locations for the plants. The state will have two hatch- eries in cperation this year in Key West. The U. S. Fisheries Bureau will operate the third. The big hatchery on board the converted yacht SFC-10, which visited this port briefly last > will be stationed at Key West this year aboard the trim craft. \Dr. Hodges estimates that the two state hatcheries will produce |more than a million crawfish | ‘daily and that the -government ‘outfit should exceed half million} daily. He says the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries has become very ;much interested in the propaga-; tion of crawfish as so successfully demonstrated by the state shell- | fish department last year. Dr. A.; 'G. Adams, who had charge of the} hatchery last year in Key West,) and is being credited with the! success of bringing forth the first | |crawfish, has been detailed from; the station at Booth Bay Harbor! in Maine, to superintend the hatching cperations at Key West this season. Hamilton Adams,’ ‘who towed the hatchery to Key West and assisted in the opera-! |tion of the plant, will be on the| work again this year.’-The 38,- | 000,000 crawfish ‘hatched at Key ‘West last year should be large enough for table use by next sea- son. The converted yacht given to the state by the U. S. Navy was a coal burner when the craft came to Key West last year. Not |so now. She has been changed jto an oil burning ship and has been remodelled in a number of | ways. Editorial Comment: We've heard of a bad man’s threat to make somebody “eat his own gun”. Toronto bandits actually varied this procedure by actually making a victim swallow his own knife. Miss Ruth Davis, senior pupil at the Convent of Mary Immacu- late, was awarded two prizes for speed and accurate performance on the typewriter during the month of February. Her record was 60 words per minute. The ‘awards, a gold pin and a silver weiter concerns. Miss Davis is a daughter of Mrs. George Davis The musicale given at the high the benefit of the firemen con- vention is reported to have been \iffs’ convention, Sheriff M. P. Lehman, of Dade (A020 i i eee County, who remained over for a short visit as a guest of Sheriff Cleveland Niles, after the sher- left yesterday afternoon on the late ferry for Miami. Delicious cake, candy and ice cream may be purchased Satur- day afternoon in front of thé Fleming Street Methodist church, according to an announcement being made in The Citizen today. Rev. P. C, Barkley of DelRay Beach, will preach at the First Baptist. church in Key West Thursday evening, March 28. Rev. Barkley is said to be one of the outstanding preachers of the Baptist church organization. IN THREE STATES ANGOLA, Ind.—Park Watts of this city has a farm, 42 acres of which are in Indiana, 43 in Ohio and 62 in Michigan. He has to pay taxes at Bryan, Ohio, Hills- dale, Mich., and Angola. WHO KNOWS? those with Here’s a test for have kept up ” each week. who “Who Knows below The ten questions are taken from questions asked in previcus weeks. How you answer? 1. When did the Spanish Civil | War begin? 2. How many banks are there in the U. S.? 3. What is euthanasia? 4. When did the Federal De- posit Insurance Corporation be- gin to function? 5. What is the cost of a mod- ern destroyer? 6. How many soldiers were killed in the Spanish Civil War? 7. Who was Johann Guten- berg? 8. Is there a law limiting the nation’s public debt? 9. What was the come in 1929? 10. What is the distance Guam to Japan? many can national in- from Subseribe to The Citizen—20e | weekly. 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