The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 24, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen = = = = == hed Daily Except Sufday By CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher J@E ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and 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 republication of all news dispatches credited to itor not etherwise credited in this paper and’ also the ldcal news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year . Six “Months Three Months One Month . Weekly ... .$10,00 4 5.00 85 .20 ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of sespect, obituary notices, etc. will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainment by churches from which & révenue 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 Ioeal or general imterest but it will not publish anonymous ecommuni- cations. 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 Governments. end City Weather conversation never rains but it bores. It is sometimes very important who is putting the “prop” under the proposition: President Roosevelt says his former estimate of WPA appropriations needed “still holds good.” Which is bad. An engagement ring means to some Key West girls that they have some poor fellow wrapped around their finger. Correct this sentence: shopping I always'drive around and: see what is advertised on the billboards.” There are about 600 sextillion/‘ pop: sible combinations of the letters of the al-’ phabet. them all. Ps Stenographers have discovered Tomorrow Civil Service examinations for the postmastership of Key West will be held. If the applicant who will emerge with the highest rating would be con- _ sidered, this column could tell you who the next postmaster of Key West will be. Florida sorely needs a new Criminal Code that will serve to speed up the work of our courts and eliminate flaws in the present code which permits shrewd crim- inal lawyers to clear criminals on pure technicalities. The Florida State Bar As- sociation plans to push for code revision at the coming legislative session. An American factory worker can buy; with one hour’s wages, four times as much = food and clothing as a. German worker; = nine times as much as an Italian, and nearly 12 times as much as a_ Russian. These are facts but one never hears of *. complaints by labor in the countries over- ~ lorded by dictators because it must re-/ main inarticulate or else. Clam chowder would be protected un- der a bill in the State Legislature to make it a misdemeanor to put a tomato into a - clam chowder in Maine. Mainites say _ Manhattan chowder is “stew” or “vege- - table soup.” Why not leave this all-im- portant matter to taste, for which there is no aceounting. The writer, for instance, = likes his clam chowder with a tomato or = tomato juice. How do you, dear reader, like yours? Or don’t you like clam chowder in any form? It seems that a Fair or Exposition must have nudity in order to bea finan- cial success. The Chicago Fair of recent memory was a flop unti} Sally Rand’s fan dance became widely known; the San Francisco Fair is doing quite nicely, the piece de resistance being a ranch of gals in the semi-altogether. The New York ~ World’s Fair has not made any announce- ment along this line, but there is talk of a - daily parade of a bevy of young women deing the Lady Godiva act on beautiful | white steeds. Peeping Toms need not fear . of being struck blind as the stunt will be . ah open face affair with no looks barred, “Before I go! “SECOND LINE OF DEFENSE” | If the suggestions contained in the re- | ; port of the Hepburn Naval Advisory | Board made public at Washington Wed- H nesday are finally approved by Congress, | the Southeastern Navy Air Base will be | located at Jacksonville. As it looks now, | there seems little chance of changing that setup; so Jacksonville is entitled to :the | congratulations of Key West; Miami and ; other communities that sought the base. | The Key West Aviation. Committee | headed by Charles Tayloris refusing to | take the Hepburn report as the final bell | | in the fight to bring the navy air base to | this city. Believing from the beginning | the Hepburn board could not be swerved | from its original decision to favor Jackson- | ville’s bid, the Key West group has been | quietly working among the members of | the naval affairs committees of both the Senate and the House. Today that effort is being insensified. The committee plans to be represented at the committee hear- ings in Washington and proposes to have proponents of Key West’s plan carry the fight to the floor of both houses when the navy air base proposition comes ‘up for debate. } This iis the kind of fighting _ta¢ties that has been so sadly lacking. in. many. ‘other \wromotions,put forth....hy, this, city, The Key ‘West’ Aviation Committte“plans to dispute the Hepbufh’ Board’s ¥ findings that the cost of locating the navy aif base here would be excessive, that there is'no adequate water supply, that there are no transportation facilities and that a costly breakwater would have to be built if the Trumbo section were converted to naval flying operations. Although The Citizen feels the effort to land the navy air base will not bear fruit, it is certain the Key West group will be able to focus the attention of Congress en the facilities available here for other naval operations. The’ Hepburn report line of defense,” ,‘Therein:liés: Key West’s ; hope of bringing about reopening of the naval station on an’ active basis, commis- sioning of the submarine; base and selec: tion of this: city. a w Smavy air i The Citizenhopes the Key West Aviation Committee follows through | its fine effort to land the air base plum in be- lief that it will prove successful. in effect- ing use of the naval station facilities. That would make the Committee’s; work ims mensely worthwhile—and the members of the committee would deserve the. undying thanks of a gratefol ecmmonity. THE BILLBOARD BEAUTIFUL! The Citizen has taken a stand, for a scarcely needs the addition of advertised coffee, cars and cafeterias, to enhance its beauty. How many times have Key West- ers been riding aleng:: our Highway re- marking about the loveliness of some road- side picture, when up pops. a: billboard to hide and mar it, but which informs you pills. “The public has put. up with in- | creased billboards and -until, recently have | suffered with little direct action. How- ever, billboard advertisers realized the | feeling and signs were removed from resi- | dential sections in many cases, and _bill- | boards were planned to be more attrac- tive. But can a billboard ever be beauti- ful? Many states say no, and follow this up with laws regulating the erection of outdoor advertising, We have written before of many a summer Sunday ride | spoiled by too many signs. Vermont and | laws controlling the problem, A prominent Florida city had a recent controversy re- garding the placing of a prominent sign which was an eyesore to the citizens who | prided themselves on the beauty of their | city. So the movement grows and will probably spread to other states. The na- tion is becoming more conscious of its read. side beauty and are anxious to make na- tional highways attractive. It was Ogden Nash who cleverly put it in his “Song of the Open Road”. “] think that I shall never see & bill board lovely as a tree Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, T’ll never see a tree at all.” One of the most important things in life is to realize that if you want other peo- ple to like you, you must like other people. guaranteed:Key West; status:ds “second | long time, against the unsightly signs, the | ugly billboards that dot the highways and obstruct the view of scenic spots. Nature fully-of the merits of a,varnish or liver | Virginia, and now New York, have their | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Cocococcccooaqoeos \aSeamae WILDLIFE | RESTORATION WEEK | @ecnccccccccccacece | This entire week—March 19- |25-—is being observed throughout the country as National Wildlife Restoration Week. Federal, State, Conservation Societies, Audubon Societies, 'Spotsmen’s Organizations, bird |clubs, and individuals are stress. ing, in talk ald} writings, * the | great need for more Brotegtion | |and inerease of oyr feathered and \jurred friends! | j Conservation Stressed ‘ Secretary of Agriculture Wal- |lace has stressed the need of it, jin a broadcast during the Nation- ‘ai Farm and Home~ Program on | last Monday. | It is admitted and recognized \that many things have combined to deplete this nation of its nat- ural heritage of wildlife—over- ‘shooting, lumbering, commercial shooting and civilization itself! with its new roads, automobile ‘highways, new cities and towns and easy access to the last stands |of the birds and beasts. Several years ago the Federal Government took cognizance of \the situatior. and about .1934 \funds ‘were det’aside’ for the ac-! | quisition of areas particularly tadapted te-wildlife-needs. Along | the main routes, of bird migration |—such as the Atlantic Coast, the {Mississippr , Valley,’ the Rocky | Mountain section, and the Pacific | Coast—areas were purchased’ and ‘made ‘into Refuges where no \guns, traps, nor other accoutre- |ments of destruction are permit- |ted and where ingress can only |be had by special permit of the | government men in charge. | Keys Under Federal Protection One of the last of the areas to be established and of particular linterest to residents of Key West and adjoining sections is the |Great White Heron Refuge, con- |sisting of the many Keys lying along the Gulf shores of the main |Keys. These and the Marquesas Keys are now all combined under | Federal ‘protection, being aéinin- listered by the: Bureau of Bidlog- | Agriculture, :making a continual | stretch of islands and water dbout %5 miles in extent, ‘Daily patrol- iling, .by officials.of the Bureau, jis done in these waters and about jthe Keys. One of the chief forms ‘of bird life to_be protected jf the |Great White Hefon, a bird found nowhere in the world except |along the Florida Keys. St S, fishermen, hunters and others, | brought this noble bird cloge to | extinction, but it is believed with the present. protection given’ and. an @roused “Sentiment oft the citizens of Key West and others |in the breeding grounds, that it jis possible to restore this beauti-~ ful and interesting species to its |former abundance, so |tourists and visitors to this sec- ition may again have the pleas- jure of seeing one of Nature's grandest forms of bird life. Key Visitors Interested Many tourists have visited Key West and fishing camps and re- sorts during the past two months. ; Many have asked concerning the birds, key deer, and other: ani- j;mals, Many. have been disap- |pointed at the lack of ‘these forms. Some of the visitors have had an occasional glimpse of a Great | White near the highway. |; -. May: copperate this'weel | and “in, “weeks to come to ‘bring back one of the chief charms jof the Keys—its wildlife. © A 'Today -In History le ebee | 1495—On his second trip, Co- | lumbus begins campaign against | the Indians of Haiti (Hispaniola). Had some 200 men, 20 horses and 20 dogs. Spaniards said to have killed some three million na- tives before fully conquering | them. 1847—American army — and |mavy made furious attack on {Vera Cruz in war with Mexico. | 1870. S. Senate rejects 1867 Treaty buying Danish West In- Virgin. Islandg,;now. | 1882—Dr. Robert Koch, *Ger- mah médicaly{scigntist, submits his epochal discovery of the tu- Physiological Society. 1919-—Order of DeMolay found- ed in Kansas City, Mo. 1924—Archbishops Hayes of New York and Mundelein of Chi- cago created Cardinals. 1933—Central Union of German Citizens of the Jewish Faith brand “as pure invention” stories that Jews in Germany suffer at the hands of the Nazis! ical Survey of the U. S. Dept. of | that: the! }dies—bought im '1917 and_ the} berculosis bacillus at the Berlin| | | | | i 13s ij VISITOR | eee Mrs. Otis Duncan and daugh- ter, Miss Joan Duncan, were two !of the happiest people who have ever come to Key West, solely for the reason that Miss Joan j came here several months ago a sufferer from infantile paralysis, and this morning left ‘ for | her home ‘in Chicago completely cured. When the mother and daugh- ter made the trip to Florida sev- a wheel chair, and at intervals a ‘specially made pair of crutches, they stopped at Clearwatex and there were informed by: friends tat the place which would prove most beneficial would be Key West. Mrs. Duncan started ‘imme- diately to make preparations and came to this city. Shortly after arriving Miss Joan began to show the effects of the sun baths she had been taking and in a few weeks discarded the crutches and ‘IS COMPLETELY CURED 0 Joan Duncan Left This Morning Enroute To Chicago eee INFANTILE PARALYSIS IN KEY WEST eral months ago, Miss Joan, using! TO TRAVEL FROM CALIFORNIA TO FLORIDA INIT THIS SPRING. ee eee managed to get around with the assistance of her mother. - Within the space of the few months she has been in Key West | Miss Joan responded to the sun \ bathing and the continuous rub- bing administered by her mother, and Mrs. Duncan said this morn- ing to The .Citizen, when she was on the bus, that recently Miss Joan had been riding her, bicyele and hiking for several miles daily. “I am really so happy at the miraculous. recovery of my daughter, that both she and I can never forget the benefits received in Key West, and will ever hold a delightful memory of the peo- ,ple we met and this wonderful climate”, Mrs. Duncan said as the bus pulled away from the sta- | tion. | The railroads in 1938 installed only one-fourth as ‘many new freight cars as they did in the previuos year. FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1939 KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen “Our only regret about our stay jin Key West is that we are leav- ing”, said Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cline of New York, who are leav- ing after a stay in Key West since February 5. The Clines found everything as they had expected, and were delighted from the mo- ;ment they arrived, They spent la great deal of time on the golf ‘links, which they declare to be | wonderful. In the opinion of Mr. | Cline, who is a retired business ;man of New York, there should be nothing left undone which | would aid-in the eompletion of the highway. He: said that ‘he had heard that $12,000,000 would be necessary to build the bridges, whieh are contemplated, and con- icluded by saying that if $30,000,- 000 were necessary that amount should be expended. “With the ferries eliminated and a straight i drive to Key West made possible, |90 percent of the tourists coming }to Florida each season can be counted on to make the Key West | trip, And that would mean more }to the city than even fre8h wa- | ter”. The planes seen over Key West ‘at intervals today are the navy’s two aerial photographic -pianes now operating in connection with (the Hannibal, survey detail in Cuban waters. They came in for slight répairs and to develop films, and will be in port for a, few days. \ At a meeting of the directors of the First National Bank, of Key West held yesterday after- ‘noon, it was decided that the bank will this season have its half-day closing during the sum- mer months on Saturday instead of Thursday as heretofore. The new rule will become effective on the first Saturday in April. Arthur Serra, president of the West Indies Fruit Company, is a \visitor in Key West, and yester- day spent the day fishing with !Captain Henry Bush. He says fishing here is simply “great”. On Tuesday, March 26, Robert O. Jones, associate director of the Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medi- cine, will be in Key West and a guest of the Rotary Club. He will during his stay address the stu- dents of the junior-senior high school at their chapel exercises the following day at 9:45 a. m. Sheriff Niles reported raiding 116 places last night and making itwo arrests. George Reese, col- ored, was picked up on _ the streets with liquor found in his possession. At a hearing before ‘Judge Gunn this morning the de- fendant was bound over in bond of $100. The other case. that of Oscar Fraga, will be tried tomor- row. Editoriai Comment; We are making progress, Britt Pringle who brutally slew an aged negro, wilt be the first white mah in Florida to suffer death for his crime. The pardon re- cently refused to interfemg-with the verdict in the lower Court. =_o om. Rev. P. C. Barkley, of Deb Ray Beach, is scheduled to arrive in Key West some time this week and will be heard at the First Baptist church Thursday and Friday evenings. County commissioners held a special meeting in the court house today. The hour of adjournment was too late for the report to be printed today. A full account will be in the issue of tomorrow. There were only two marriage licenses issued during the past week from the office of Judge Gunn. One of these permitted the marriage ,of William A. Carey, Jr. to. Mary A. Higgs. and the other the marriage of John Harden to Angelita Valen- zuela. F pees Subscribe to The Citizen. 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