The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 29, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen | Pubiished Daily Except Sunday By THE CIVIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. L. P. ARFMAS, 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 Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press iated Press is exclusively entitled to use ication of all news dispatches credited to not etherwise credited in this paper and also ical news published here. ” SUBSCRIPTION RAPES Entered ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of <espect, obituary notices, ete, will be charged for at of 10 cents a line. s for entertainment by churches from which ue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. itizen is an open forum and invites discus- f public issues and subjects of local or general est but it will not publish anonymous communi- 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 and City Governments. The daily grind seems harder when it | is devoted to sharpening someone else’s ax. Why shouid Congress abdicate in favor of one man? Congress to do that? Did the pecple elect | Judge Lindsay says that 6,000,000 young American men are too poor to get | married. So poverty has its recompense. | There is no malady more _ insidious than that which afflicts a man out of pub- lic life who thinks he ought to be in public life. The man who wants but little here below is usually too lazy to go after more, | but is usually quite eager to get all he can} get for nothing. : Going after business is one way to get | it, but it is not the only way. Repeated | advertising is the best way and the easiest | Customers go where they are in vited. | ply from the mainland, in | Overseas Highway via the old railroad | undoubtedly has delayed a_ broad | today it is believed to ! dividuals expressed their ANOTHER STEP FORWARD approved for Key City Council has formally the proposed zoning ordinance West. The measure now goes to State Representative Bernie C. Papy who is scheduled to introduce an act in the Legis- lature to validate it under state There is every reason to expect tnat the or- law. dinance will soon beceme law, for State ; Senator David Eimer Ward has indicated he will give Representative Papy every as- sistance in the passage of the act. Last week Senator Ward was in Key | West interviewing local interests regard- ing legislative matters in which they are interested. At the end of several such | conferences, Senator Ward said: “T will give every assistance to the city cf Key West in bringing about effee- tive action in procuring a fresh water sup- extension of right of way and in creating an adequate zoning ordinance. I believe that a zoning | law will be of the greatest good to Key West. Lack of proper zoning regulations con- struction program in Key West, so that the proposed ordinances have my unqualified support.”’ The zoning ordinance was prepared | by the Zoning Board after months of study. | Copies of it'‘have been displayed at County Courthouse and at City Hall. Several sug- gestions advanced by private citizens have been incorporated in the measure, so that contain provisions which protect present properties and give | prospective builders legal assurance their homes will not be depreciated by con- struction of objectionable adjacent struc- tures. Key West needs new homes, apart- ments and other structures. Demand for such buildings is increasing. Many per- sons who wanted to spend the winter here were unable to find the kind of facilities they desired. A substantial number of in- willingness to build homes to satisfy those desires as soon as the city set up zoning regulations | that would hold water in. court. The present proposed zoning ordi- nance provides those regulations. The State Legislature should lose no time mak- ing it a law. That accomplished, Key | West seems assured of a sizable building | program this summer and _ fall. Such a | program will reduce unemployment and Telephone, telegraph and soon tele- Far-hearing, far-writing, far-see- | ing. In the past only exceptional persons | were far-seeing, soon all will have these powers. The Citizen has stated before that the bribe giver is as bad as the bribe taker. Bribes are seldom given directly and there are devious way in which this is done. Those guilty of bribery know what this column means, Ip Europe the question is who will bell the cat. England would like to have the United States do it and we chumps in ! the United States may be just gullible | enough to fall for her wiles. Terfidious Albion. 1 Wonder what the three applicants for the postmastership were asked in their examination last week! Questionnaires generally have some tricky questions like: What is the highest denomination of U. S. postage stamps now used? We have seen so many advertise- ments, in out-of-town papers, lauding grape-fruit bread that it has created a de- sire to have some. Are local bakers bak- ing that sort of bread? If they are, it is being kept a secret by them. “If your memory is faulty, become a money borrower.”—Key West Citizen. By the way, what’s your street address, Brother Artman?—Times-Union. Around the Ides of March, Uncle Sam got all we had left, and our pockets are empty now. | Let’s stick to the adviee of Washing- ton (the Administration is not meant) and keep free from European entanglements. Minding our own business in the present imbroglio on the other side of the pond | is reminiscent of the story of the China- man at the time, of rioting between Catholics and Orangemen in Britain. He decked his window with a large sign read- ing: “Me no religion at all—me only wash clothes.” Beware of the first time. create a large amount of profitable busi- s and commercial activity. It will be a long step forward in our economic re- habilitation. ne THE TOMB OF COLUMBUS The recent visit of American dig- nitaries to the Dominican Republic, in con- nection with the proposed erection of an immense memorial and lighthouse to the glory of Christopher Columbus, has_ re- vived the old argument over the tomb of the great navigator. Dominicans showed their visitors the supposed coffin-and remains of Columbus, which were photographed, it is said, for These are to rest in the base of the five million dollar memorial, to which various na-ions of the New World will contribute. According to most authorities, Colum- ' bus died at Valladolid, Spain, in 1506; his body being deposited in a monastery at | Seville, but in 1542 removed to the cathe- dral of San Domingo. In 1795, when San | Domingo was ceded to France, the body of Ha- loss of was transferred to the cathedral vara, and finally, after Spain’s ' Cuba in 1898, it was taken back to Seville, where it now reposes. But the Dominicans deny that the dis- | coverer’s body was ever removed from their island, and assert that in 1877, or 82 years after the supposed removal to Ha- vana, a lead coffin bearing an inscription saying it contained the bones of Columbus was discovered near the altar of the San Domingo cathedral. They believe the Spaniards took the wrong coffin to Ha- vana. In any event, the remains now in the Dominican Republic will be given the place of honor in the new memorial. Per- haps it doesn’t matter if the Dominicans | are mistaken. What Columbus did in life is more important than the identifica- tion of his bones. Every situation, no matter how dis- _ couraging, has its bright spots, if you have the patience to look for them. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN "KEY WEST IN | DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10. Years Azo Today As Taken From The Files of The Citizen Advices received in Key West are to the effect that United States Congressman M. Alfred Michaelson, of the Seventh ‘Hlin- ois District, was indicted on three separate counts charging viola- tion of the federal prohibition laws. The indictments were re- tnrned by a federal grand jury sitting in Jacksonville, the rec- ords of the district cuort clerk’s office reyealed today. The counts charged possession, importation and transportation of a quantity of liquor into this country from Cuba on January 3, 1928. The in- dictment charges that Michaelson landed at Key West from Cuba, his baggage being put through on an expedite order from Washing- ton and that one bottle breaking in a trunk at the railway station at Jacksonville led to the seizure ‘of the trunk by state authorities who reported ‘to federal officers. Ernest and Jack Pinder,’ chil- dren of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Pinder, were struck by an auto-— mobile yesterday afternoon on South Beach under the picnic trees while the youngsters were playing in the grass and Mrs. Pin- der was swimming in the pool with another child, according to the statement made by the mother today. Ernest received! an injured ankle and Jack a cut on the back of the head. Mrs. Pinder said she had no idea an automobile would traverse that part of the ground, which is a long distance from the roadway, saying that the driver of the car never stopped to see what- had happened. The children were taken to a local hospital and giv- en the propert attention. Every effort is being made to run down the driver of the car, who, Mrs. | Pinder said, made a quick get- away directly after the accident and was soon out of sight. There is not: the slightest clue to ‘his! identity. i , Editorial Comment: Recent scientific experiments show that | kissing is a healthy form of exer-| cise and stimulates the heart ac- tion. With the proper environ- ment we wouldn’t object to doing our daily dozen. The fire department was again called out last night to the scene of the recent fires at the Ruy Lopez Cigar factory, where the smouldering debris had rekindled | into flames. Half of this fine old structure burned Wednesday, an- other blaze started yesterday and the remaining portion was de- troyed. F. B. Dillon, superintendent of lighthouses at large, of the bu- reau in Washington, arrived in Key West at noon today on the Tender Ivy. Mr. Dillon is leav- ing on the evening train for Mo- bile for an inspection trip to the different lights in that section. H. B. Haskins, assistant super- intendent of lighthouses ‘in this district, who had’ been ‘in ‘Miami after an extended trip to maviga- ‘tion aids in the district, returned | to the city yesterday and is leav- | ing again this evening on the Sun-! dew to supervise the construction | of three aids in Hawks Channel. | Mrs. Grace Phillips, executive | secretary of the local Red Cross | Chapter, announces that a contri- bution of $27 has been received from St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Catholic church for the benefit of 'flood sufferers of Florida and other sections. News has been received in the city announcing the marriage of , Walter J. Kemp and Mrs. Louise | DuBreuil of this city. The wed- ding took place in Miami a few days ago. It is understood they ; will return-and make their home + From and To ' | Boston, New York, Miami | Jacksonville, Galveston |New Orleans and Beyond | _ Prom Key West alternate Mon- From New York every Thurs- Reston svey Zusntey. | New every two weeks. \CLYDE-MAL RY sor SEE me Lut. ——— | sas 4 TENT SERVICES HERE CONTINUE Large crowds continue to at- tend the tent revival, which is being held under the auspices of Methodist Churches of the city. On Monday night, Dr. Tyler used for his snbject, “God’s Loneli- ness”, and last night, “The Gos- ‘pel, the Power of God”. The speaker thanked the people for ‘their unusual attention during the On Monday night a solo was rendered by Mrs. Watts, who is a deaconess of the Methodist Church. Her home is in Nash- ville, Tennessee. Mr. “Rankin, song leader for the revival, stated that he had rarely seen so much musical talent as is found in Key West. Prayer meetings are being held sentative Oliver Louis criticized a ficial state song” ,each evening at 7:30 o'clock at the Fleming Street Church. Chris- tian people are asked to attend this prayer service in preparation for the preaching service under the tent at the corner of Eliza- beth and Fleming streets. CUBA BRINGS IN 86 PASSENGERS Steamship Cuba, of the P. and O. S. S. Co., arrived yesterday afternoon from Havana with 86 passengers. Of this number there were 44 first cabin and two sec- ond cabin passengers’ for Key West; 30 first cabin and five sec- ond cabin passengers for Tampa. | Shown on the manifest of the Cs; ship were the following items: For Key West, five tons of m freight, ore automobile and six: sacks of mail, and for Tampa, 56! tans of freight and six sacks of mail. The ship sailed for Tampa at 5 o’clock with four first cabin pas- sengers and one automobile from this port. ! Makers of the MARAUDING LIONS SWAKOPMUND, South Africa —Driven by starvation, five or six packs of man-eating lions have carried off natives and live- stock in the Namib desert re- gion. : D-BULT more style and luxury to the basic Ford advantages than any car we have ever built. It is better looking, better Fiding, quieter, and all-around better JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — In choosing state songs, the senti- ment is more important than the music, the Missouri house of the legislature has decided. Repre- and harmonically” the honor but the proved it anyway. ANHEUSER-BUSCH World-Famous WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1939 ‘AL SONGS CONTENTED COWS SENTIMENT. MAYAN RUINS FOUND VERA CRUZ, Mexico—Ruims that the National Geographic Society has announced are un- mistakably Mayan discovered at Tres Vera Cruz state. much more accessible to v from the United States than famed ones of Yucatan Subscribe to The weekly. LAUREL, Neb.—James Suther- land installed a radio in his dairy barns and he turns it on every day at milking time. The musi- Schick of St. Proposed “of- ie as “Melodically unsuited for house ap- cally contented bossies don’t kick the which more than pays for the ex- of the radio, Sutherland milk pails any more, pense Citizen—20¢e ... but HE will What a waste of time, says Mge— making plans that wor’t work. Wasting time? Not at all! These youngsters are showing us how to look facts and fate right in the eye. Failuces can't squelch true courage. Today's er- rors are the ABC’s that spell Tomorrow's success for all of us. Discouragement can’t undercut confidence when we see life as an inviting program. Psecicus spirit of youth! It made America! Isn't it more precious than ever when the calendar says, “Look how old you are!” and the heart answers back, “I am young in spirit”? golden minute of 4 Budweiser MAKE THIS TEST prink Budweiser For Five DaYs. 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