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+ PAGE TWO : . THE KEY WEST CITIZEN MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1939 The Key Went Gitizen | BRING CONVENTIONS HERE! | PEOPLES FORUM ff pe tena IpaDabad Lea Sapape Sunmay ay Plans to bring the 1940 convention of | THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. . | ee, PHOS SCCCEGSCOODOOS L. P, ARTMAN, President and Publisher ; the Florida State Department of the Am- A 7 ULT JOE ALLEN, Asnistant Business Manager | erican Legion to Key West have been OF KNOCKS From The Citizen Building ae Corner Greene and Ann Streets launched by members of Arthur Sawyer | Editor, The Citizen: * I enclose copy of part of a let- Only Daily News; in K we | Pog atz, = 4 ra . * pi paper in Key West and Monroe | Fost 28. Questionnaires are to be sent ter sent to friends in Winnipeg, Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter | Merchants, civic organizations and other nae aS perhaps in- pee = terest yot ; The Asaniicdcerse In, cotitaeale entitied tones | CtOUDS and individuals to, determine sheir | For yeur information 1. misnt : , é | attitude toward bringing the s' en- | £ay Mist I am supposed to. Know | : : : : neat ed eas . H tate conv , something about public resorts. If 5 ees = : < AGEING—Chesterfield’s mild | tion of the Legion to this city. 1 don’t, my employers who have i 4 j ripe tobaccos, like fine wines, are One Year been paying me for twenty years ' : } aged for twoor more years in huge Bix Months 200 | eit ‘to manage and develop a large dea : : wooden casks. Here they gradu- ree Months - 250 3,000 persons to Key West, it is con- summer resort of Victoria Beach, : eee ally acquire that true Chesterfield seats 2 ? mildness and better taste which give Dne Month 20 ' servatively estimated by Arthur Sawyer |08 Lake Winnipeg; have been Fee : ut millions of smokers more pleasure. S.. al news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES $19.00 The convention would attract at least x | s badly fooled. During that twen- Made known on application. | post. It is safe to assume the delegates, | ty years, in order to keep up to E Ws eo ase their wives and families would spend up- | 4ate. I ave visiied “Healy Ver eadiny otices, ec tl , re! . . } Ss in by obituary notices, ete, wht"ue'charged for at | Wards of $100,000, possibly more, during | the United States and Mexico ‘of 10 cents a line. 4 ‘i ives for entertainment by churches from which | the period of the convention. The ex- | with trips to Nassau, Bermuda, “cliuzen isan open ‘forum and ‘invites discus. | Penditures would be pretty generally dis- | Barbadoes, Honolulu, Suv of ne u i > lic s ti local 1 i * * | Feji i ; * STEMMING —“ ” scect, tn Sti act Sn aacanoanoenmer | tibubed thyonghout the liz. divegy tine |S! tenes (eee ie cree blera pindpaprey epee inter- tion - : eorine of business, every roominghouse, hotel and | jia) and with this knowledge I : ; esting stemming machines, whose ¢ fingers pick up the tobacco, leaf ———. apartment operator, and scores of persons | have no hesitation in saying that empl ‘ i Key West has a wonderful future by leaf and take out the stem, IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST | employed by them, would benefit to some hes anette j leaving only the mild, tender, | > . . A b: » ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN extent. Such a distribution would m-' ‘The people of Key West have’ i Sood-tasting part of the leaf to go crease the community prosperity at a been so darned decent to me that ; into the making of Chesterfields. time when business usually is slack, for the | 1 just feel like giving them a pat : . é 4 . ‘on the back. convention would be held in the spring of FRANK E. SPRAGUE. the year. prRIe Bringing the convention to Key West | Copy Of Letter will invol g | The favorite pastime of the anole se louotied onticnesegnarcict | people of Florida appears to be to Arthur Sawyer Post members and the ac- knock Key West. All the way : BLENDING —There is only one tive and wholehearted cooperation of citi- down at Jacksonville, Daytona : : : Chesterfield blend... the blend zens generally. Arrangements for Beach, Hollywood and Miami I : that can’t be copied... a happy e for the vas told, “You won't like it at combination of the world’s best eee eee business ons, decorations, entertain- Key West”, However, being one Bie f . ep a American and Turkish tobaccos. Don’t forget: Trade in Key West. ment, music and other adjuncts are not |of the few places in the world I | : : f i J Just the rightproportions to make piled MeN LTE Lawes made without work—and some money. |had not visited I decided to give, : Chesterfield a milder, better-tast- a F Legi Pas 3 : it the once over. That was two, ing cigarette. Germany of today, under the maniac | F¢w Legionnaires are wealthy. They will | months ago and I am_ getting) Hitler, follows closely the medieval im- need financial assistance to match their | more in love with the place every : ‘ 8 y perialism: and relianceion. brute force so |) Willingness in making the)1940)atatecon-)/¢sy, It has almost every shine 19) _ : : Scti ; ; vention of the American Legion a suc- |#Ke an lenioya ne: anes characteristic of medieval times. - & “ing place in which to spend the! Hi Wi Lo hk h ° sss = h ra [winger months. ‘There ean be no| ell say... Look what it says ae SUES ee Local Legionnaires are faced with |argument about the climate;) smoke is wrapped in pure cigarette The editor of the Times of Cuba says i i i paper one problem that money and work cannot Here is no place in America that) on the back of the package. ee Burnie viapaer pao Miami’s claim that it is nearer to the ie ca dseatah 2 » |can equal it. The bathing is ex-| Panama Canal than Key West is pre-| Provide—a suitable convention hall. It is | celient—and the fishing? Well it] Chesterfields are milder and bet- posterous. It is not only that but also not probable they can use the armory or one {is just the kind of place good fish- “Chesterfield Cigarettes are a balanced blend ter-tasting. ig’ g ildi he t t hen they | s : true. of the lighthouse department buildings | omen ae ee a oor buying films| of the finest aromatic Turkish tobacco and the and make satisfactory makeshift arrange- | there i d to the intereat-| i G OC Senator Gerald P. Nye says: “I do ments for the business sessions of the dele- ice eee Ne! ea be taken. | eoenet several American waniesicy blended gates. It is just too bad that Key West |The palm-shaded streets, the in the correct proportion to bring out the finer not believe the dictatorships want war any & i sti more than the democracies do.” Certainly | has no real convention hall. Such an as- Sa eel qualities of each tobacco.” When you try them you will know why the eye ean follow, Chesterfelde Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports--Land and Sea, Consolidation of County and City Governments. not so long as they can get what they want | Sembly place would be of immense value |oider colored people with the! in attracting conventions. Some communi- | passing of time etched deep in without fighting. i er) ive ons men om. ies ce ions liheir faces—they are all worth! Chest fields alli and come rolling out of the marvel- ties cater to conventions. They make a pone Sree ees give m Li of women caniamuaiiesaneicagausslanen: zen’s sanctum that got the right slant on i i : . leasantest holidays of my life. | WPA payroll cuts. They are to go into | enviable chance to land many conventions, ‘ i weaaperit note paved a effect on April 1. both state and national. Present avail- making the acquaintance of Mr. able facilities would limit the city’s effort |Joe Cramer, better known as) | “Suicide Zorsky”. Joe has a small While travelers tell us that the waters | in this direction to state conventions. | skiff and kindly offered to intro-| es ter tie of “the beautiful Danube” are yellow in} The Citizen believes that some effort guce me into the mysteries of . ’ ‘ é color, they look blue on a moonlight night | Should be put forward to procure a suit- fishing. He did not promise any we the blend that can t be copied paar cones noma y it is sai | able vention hall through the WPA or ‘fish but he did promise that i A when, it is said, Joh Straus composed able conven sara . | would get wet. I got wet alright ... the RIGHT COMBINATION of the Te eee ae of his beautiful “An der schoenen blauen | one of the other federal spending agencies. ..4 gecided after the first day e ‘ Id’ zs soskegee! Regardless caweae nau? | Other cities have acquired such halls at | that a bathing suit was the prop- Caeilekciiies: worlds best cigarette tobaccos you buy them, Chesterfields reach | comparatively little local expense. The | er costume. We got fish, too, lots Lacaert & Myers Toxscco Co, 2 you as fresh as the day they were Key West keeps adding one world’s | idea is worth further investigation and paaagra agua he Nine net — record after another, to its list of angling | concrete action if it is practicable. |tomed to the rocking of a small) = —$—$—$—$ $$$ — laurels.—Times-Union. Soon there will | boat I accumulated callused spots/reap the benefit of increased shows that these views are nar- —* :| AUTO CRASHED INTO PARLOR be no more worlds to conquer and then MYSTERIOUS BUT PROFITABLE © that portion of my anatomy realty values, which is bound to row and lose sight of the broad | TODAYS COMMON —— i a | piers Mek ss | which points North when I am |take place with the development a ERROR CHICAGO—A disturbing noise we'll rely on record catches in the mass— Ran, , | walking south, but it has been @ o¢ the district. peoblemiae, 2 whole: which aroused Mrs. Marie Anti- always to be had in Key West waters. Advertising is a mysterious but none- | wonderful experience. A swim in| Jy case you are not already Taxation is a great problem, Sota aie: on a gaa dep ay the-less potent force in modern business. _ the morning, a mile or so walk! conymced that I like Key West not only on account of the im- j 4) 42, snes pistes 2 8 Se es y Social security in all its phases—for Whether the advertising be done in one tena pager atter- let me tall you something: I sm mense amount of money involved | facaasts ay) “canons ioe re eae ee % : wae : n 3 | coming back here again. Yes, for) —j i imately = babies, hired girls, the unemployed, sick | the columns of The Citizen or in SOME | getting a good sun tan—how | the ae tiie: ins rene years of} in Florida approximately $100, which had crashed into her F is. i 000,000—but, also, be and disabled, hospitalization, pension sys- | °ther medium there is, it seems, an in- |could one spend a more pleasant traveling I have found a spot that) pie Rina peceusen iba parlor. ' tems, and for retirement plans. That's all | definite benefit that flows to the intelligent ox healer eae pecieeaal IWant to visit a second time. | Tectly rears che ee a aTeEsST YOUR y . j _— | e FRAN ones i they can think of now—more anon. A | User of this modern business developer. holiday and a holiday never ta,be) ayavieits hi EAEEROAN eters — eae te KNOWLEDGE, An | h check for everything, but no check on There are business men in Key West forgotten.’ Without him, I doubt I Merch '25, 1939, ave of all the ceople ep ih | ases gry. , i r itch tortured skin that needs iev lif 1 sh hi stayed so long} who believe that everybody knows them |! - sores nlge si Ss i ng | ri Every kind of business profes-'Can you enswer seven of these For itch tort aat needs and what they have to sell and that, con- |i ue eH i ee EGE i d_ ind i ; test questions? Turn to IN. Bwiftly, it eases the itch- had such memories to take back | Editor, The Citizen: ae ae eer: Sennen He ing of Eczema, Rash, Tetter. Ring- Why isn’t Congress smart by being | sequently, they do not need to advertise. | with me to Canada. This is the last of my series of|methods and policies to meet Page 6 for the answers worm, Scabies, Scalp, Between Toes. ' : rts economical? Place the southeastern air-| It would seem logical to draw such a con- ears the best panies of Key! letters about the tax situation and , changed saaisearou eas tears, = oie ak not satisty, Sold cverywhare £ 1 asfasece: s ins th fest is the people themselves.|f wish to emphasize some general} "a: not Gone this, but has the! 1. Name the Secretary of State base here in Key West and then the gov- | clusion but the fact remains that people jo.) ore the nicest people one| points that must not be lost sight Same methods it had fifty years! in the Harding cabinet. | i ernment will not be required to spend | often lose sight of the obvious and that | could wish to meet. Always smil-! of. | 80. 2. What event does the Gem JOB PRINTING The Fort Myers News-Press is the | business of that activity usually through | 2) taken in color, will be of great more smoking pleasure...why THEY SATISFY Chesterfields are always round, firm only Florida paper coming into The Citi- | 2 convention bureau tied in with the local | interest to you people in Canada, Chamber of Commerce. Key West has an |2nd will recall to me one of the tay & economy. another penny for relief in this com-/| repetition is the only way to assure per- [ime a pleasent word oe . nod] The tax problem in Florida is! A state exe ene finance com- | “Marching Through Geor- ity 1 illi i cs i i they just make you feel that they | purely a business problem—the | ™ission would study the tax ia” commemorate? " munity, and save millions in the construc manent supremacy in any field. fae rad a eave lge wil tea. P 4A poe spe Grae ee | Groblebu tg) ise econbmnid chang Bh _ ral of AMKiids tion of the base, besides. This is no Every reader can instantly name pro- | when the storekeepers bid youl a ats face, jes and how to equitable and just-| ~" : specious reasoning, but just ordinary com- | ducts that are known from one end of the | goodbye you do not feel that they | First—Do our tax laws fit into ly crary out the tax laws and, mon sense, and good business acumen. United States to the other. A little re- ie ee braked oe as and conform to fe economic lite hme aon economy in| j i | resort ie people? jo they urnish | oti al ie same’ a2 ss — flection will reveal that every one of them jtowns. The members of the po-|the best protection to property time give to the people such gov- 5. What mountain range did According to press reports, the Jap-| is a well-advertised product and a Tittle lice force, contrary to the usual| and foster the constructive indus- ernmental service as a progres- the Spanish refugees cross anese have erected an airport within 300 | observation will reveal that the advertis- aor are aN od ate tries of the state? lev people are entitled to. In ad- ine Ee | miles of the Panama Canal. Darn clever ing is being continued by the wise men eetares Mec aiel batihaas nly ke yond they equitable oe Sate i pees ine : Nine aadl nomena these Japs; they get as near the scene of | that operate the business. | gation of one’s tonsils are invari- | Third—Are the expenses of the Tesults of its studies and make| 7 Under which ienecks of: the} possible activities as they can. The United | |ably genial gentlemen. | different governmental units—- Tecommendations for changes in} government is the U..S. States should have the prospective south- | COOGAN GETS A LITTLE : fa ager sepia bee Se fut state, counties, cities and: munici- a i and ah ad to a | Bureau of Fisheries? ern airbase as near to the Panama Canal | a | imei peti Piet cre ‘ay ASK ae properly ispecies fo: pote ae ae ee en aban . In units of length, how! : as feasible. Everi further south than Key | Jackie Coogan, who as a juvenile star in the future. Up to a year or| “These questions must be con-|the good such a commission can | bie] cui ee ig ae tii Yer perid West if arrangements can be made to place | of the silent screen, is reported to have |so ago it was pretty much the/sideted as.a whole and are de-|and will do. ‘The legislature) | Jos. 0 saitiest body of |} j 0 Ot SIGs oF PES it there. earned millions of dollars, will receive | forgotten man” of the United/ pendent on each other, and the should establish a state tax and} © ag tiest body of || ing — quickly, eco- is je ae Gan it f ttl at States but it has all the essen- | adjustment of one or two of them finance commission. water in the. world? | nomically, and with See about $150, 0:85: 8 TERR Ol ae ement | tials of a successful resort. First) would only partially help the sit-| PERRY G. WALL. | 10. Who. was President of the|/} the best of workman- Parole of prisoners has long been aj of his accounting suit against his mother. and foremost it is at the end of| uation: I want to emphasize the March 22, 1939. | U. S. at the time of the}} chip. Call 51 for controversial question. Attorney General | We feel sure that most people will | ‘te Sind dices mot kaon pe pend aarp fecal eae “ate ia Cee ML gatieake pec i RAPID SERVIC! What is the correct pronun- ciation of the word main- tenance? Murphy calls a conference to help! conclude that this is not much for a young | the irresistible urge to go to the! balanced whole, but from one or| weekly. H straighten out the matter, to meet in) man, who, as a youth, was able to amass (end of the trail; it has the clim-| more angles, usually their own | The Fayorite In Key West Washington next month. Social service | a fortune. That his earnings were legally | te, the fishing, the natural beau- special interests. Intelligent peo- | ‘ — THY IT TODAY — REASONABLE experts differ widely upon this subject. | those of his parents does not prevent the Se erie oe Be, = : FREE ESTIMAY Paroles are ir. effect merely bargains with attachment of a strong moral claim in be- | ready betn exploited. Possibly| be ail tight if we had a just and THE ARTMAN good prisoners through which they are, half of the.young man. Surely, he was | the local people are too close to equitabie assessment of proper- i CUBAN COFFEE t PHONE loose, with strings tied to them to bring cntiiled to share substantially in the profits | te — to — Properly to; ty"; or, “If we bis py eter eg | ! ss them back to the pen if they don’t behave. | :hat his work developed. : jespiiar simea in which | when assessed Pettitt || ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS } The Citizen E