The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 3, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO She Key Hest Citizen | Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. IDLE NAVAL PROPERTY The Citizen carried a dispatch from | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN i | eoaseneescceveccosccceces -_ by Sgeter; PEOPLE'S FORUM Beeseccecsecees APRIL 3, 1¢39 LARGE CROWD AT | REVIVAL SERVICE which had some truth L. P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOE ALLPN, Assistant Business Manager Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press “he Associated Press fs exclusively entitled to use | for republication of all news dispatches crelited to it or pot etherwise credited in this paper and also | the local news published. here. UBSCRIPTION RATES One Year Six Months Three Months Dne Mont Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. | SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of | Zesrect, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at | the rate of 10 cents a line. for entertainment by churches from which | @ revenue is to be derived are & 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- | eations! a IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN | Washington last week in which. it was re- | | ported the Navy Department had refused , @ request made by the Key West Rotary | Club to turn the old Naval hospital build- ings over to the city for a Child Welfare Boarding Home. Admiral William D. Leahy, .acting | secretary of the navy, is quoted as stating | in a letter to Ernest A. Ramsey, president | of Rotary Club, that it had been “adminis- | tratively determined” that the best inter-'| | ests of the government will be served: most | by retaining custody of the property for | ; Naval and other government uses. The hospital property is now under | | lease to WPA. One of the structures is oc- | | cupied by the Community Clinic and County Health Unit. ings have not been repaired in years, others have been demolished. As pointed ment does not appropriate any funds for | upkeep, other than furnishing electricity Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. . Consolidation of County and City Governments. ST A Pan-American University for Mi- We’re for it heart and soul. An umbrella serves to ward off rain or snow but it’s no good when it’s raining bombs, ami! Be a good Citizen and subscribe for The Citizen. That is the way The Citizen loves to see the citizenry express its citizen- ship. It is strange. A Key West boy spends years learning how to write $0 you can read it, then goes into business and writes a hand that nobody can read. * The Key West Citizen declares “Gam- bling must be dirty, for we are hearing ; ment uses.” | would be immensely valuable in case of a | poses.” | naval facilities available here are so used. | for pumps that would be operated in case | of fire. No Key Wester will dispute the fact that all-the naval structures here should be retained in the custedy of fhe Navy De- partment for “naval and other govern- The navy plant in Key West national emergency. If the Western Hemisphere were in danger of European | aggression, the Navy Department would | waste no time utilizing the Key West naval | plant to the fullest extent. The depart- ment knows the strategic position of Key | West, although that seemingly is over- | looked when it came to the question of lo- cating a new air base under the national defense plan. Knowing these facts, the Rotary Club or no other Key West organization ques- tions the advisability of the navy depart- ment keeping custody of the naval build- ings here. That is, if the buildings are used for “naval or other government pur- At the present time few of. the That’s the fact Key Westers resent. Seme of the finest property on this island Some of the build- | | out by the Rotary Club, the Navy Depart- ‘ DOLLAR 41S OEFLATED | ae TAXES Rem } Acton ot Sais te hand the other | KEY Ger HOLIDAY—BEST ‘L. L. Artman, Esq., Editor, The Citizen: | I promised you at our very en- : joyable little meeting in Febru- ary that when I got back to Eng- jl. would send,you.a copy of y papef,where I mentioned “4 om! It's now ‘in the ‘post. ‘|< T arrived home the day’ before ‘yesterday, as I-picked up a cruis- '4: all round the West Indies before, — across the Atlantic, so I che FS 3 to the tax collectors. seerces seseseseeceaes HARMONY ing ship at Miami and wandered ;have had a very enjoyable three | weeks’ cruise. I came home to cold.weather and a dreadful state. of unrest. I wish I was back in Key West with no papers to read but yours. Really, the peace and loulct of your part of the world is something to be envied and I, shall always have a wonderful memory of the seven weeks I spent at the Casa Marina, quite DAYS GONE BY | jane imagination raises barriers the best soliday I have ever had |Bappenings Here Just 10 Years| | Age-Teday As Taken From © | The Files ‘of The Citizen { Key West Electric Company, : through Manager B. L. Grooms, has turned over to the city a check for $35,000, the funds to be! used in defraying the expenses; of eliminating the old trolley car! rails from the city and repaving! |such thoroughfares as are af-{ |fected by the removal operations. The check was deposited in the First National Bank to the city ,council’s credit as a special sav- ings fund. Members of the Board jof Public Works are understood to take the position that the money should have been deposit-| |ed to the credit of that organiza-| |tion and it is intimated that the| public works board will not make any move toward doing tie | work until this is done. It is ex-| pected that the city council and! the board will arrive at a defin-} ite understanding on the proposi-| tion and that preparations for! |commencing the work will‘ soon |be underway. se | when Something not tangible evades human grasp, And _ we. iovk: to ven for an- * gweri'then- the friendly}; clasp sk a teat expresses harmony |’ Ofa Hine fillea life, which re- flects.in the face of a friend. So harmony is not confined to far away blue Of skies, nor all in music when Grand Opera’s spell Pours forth in overtures, like Rigoletto or William Tell; Or in beautiful arias—and nature, too, | Gives us songs of birds and mel- ody when vesper bells begin To float o’er meadows green and singing brook; ; Such smple things that we over- look. Harmony is not, limited that! a few know its worth, For it’s the priceless heritage of. all the earth. MILDRED EMILY SCAIFE. in .my life. | I-very much appreciated the publicity you gave the fishing ex. pibit? of Mrs. Griess and myself, ‘| and I have talked to a great many > abgut ‘the joys © of’ Key: sWests's0 mutch :so-that have been ting my Jeg pulled and asked | if I had any shares in -the land there, as I seem to be acting as a kind of publicity agent for the place. With best wishes, Yours very sincerely, PHYLLIS ROBSON. 12, Smith Terrace, Sloane Square, London, S.W.3. 23rd March, 1939. POSeecccevessecocosccoss WHO KNOWS? (See “The ° 1. How many wheat growers» juse crop insurance? There was an overflow crowd oat at the revival tent of them was able + the me f the service night at the corner of Fie and Elizabeth streets. Every available seat was taker s before the service began and those who came late were forced sz to either stand outside or leave The tent seats 600 people com- fortably. Dr. Tyler chose for John 12:32: “And 1 up from the earth, will draw all his text if I be lifted ektv. -¢ SIOTTOTETIEOE ES. ae rae twavsiaceis LZ nN American Legion Convention Committee LA CONCH’ HOTEz. Please call on me for a small donation to 2ei> ering the | 1849 State Convention to Key West. NAME ADDRESS If you are a KEY WEST BOOSTER, fill out the above coupon and mail or send te Convention Headquarters — im the La Concha Hotel. We will gladly call to see you. FR PRBaR LaLa eae CII SAALLALLALLALLLLALLZ ba SOCCO SOS S LSS e SES SESSSSSSSSSSESSSSSS OSES SESS ESO SOe Jean Arthur . . 2. How much money has been ;} collected under old-age pensigns taxes? | 3. Was Memel, the Baltic port, once a part of Germany? | 4. What will be the average j;age of the Supreme Court jus- tices, if Mr. Douglas is included? 5. What team has the prospects to win the INFORMATION For'rouristS Entertainment — Fishing — Accommodations . Jas. Stewart Lionel Barrymore You Matinee—Balcony 10c, Or- chestra 15-20c; Night—15-25c | NO NAME LODGE _ Pees Pelee Mahe Mling best | National! James Dunn eeeeeereeeeeee Raiph Morgar SHADOWS OVER SHANGHAI and a strip of the best waterfrontage are now occupied by the inactive naval station and a submarine base that has never been | commissioned. Key Westers can see no justice or reason why this situation should much longer prevail. If the property is not going to be used for “naval and other government” purposes the people of this city ask—why not abolish the naval facili- ties and throw the property open for pri- vate or community development? ‘oday’s Birthdays A combined total of $185,240:51, | |including both city and county eeccexseseasecosceosocoocs | taxes, was paid into the city of .George Jessel, actor, born in ‘weepstakes tickets? : ? sidiary organizations. Of this| is . ! 8. Which is more deadly, aeri- | A “Bud” (H. C.) Fisher, cartoon- ; ‘more than 10 years that the city . + 28, What is asbestos? has received: regular assessment Nelson T. Johnson, Am! ~~: 10. How much gold does taxes from the FEC, as the for 1 Chine. born in Washing: | y_s. hold? terminal property was eliminat- op, ¥ ap. | ed from the city limits for a pe- riod of 10 years, exempting Dr. Eugene. L. Bishop, T.V.A.| . League pennant this year? 6. How many Americans Lory 44 Stone Crab Dinners a Specialty Phone No Name Key No. 1 * For Information constantly of having it cleaned up.’ | Trouble is, they. never seen to finish the laundering process.—Times-Union. COMEDY NEWS Peeecrccosesesaseecsesss “Key West's Outstanding!™ LA CONCHA HOTEL Beeutiful—Air-conditiened Rainbow Room and Cocktail Lounge DINING and DANCING Strictly Fi : cS Open The Year Around OVERSEAS CAFE AND LODGE | Marathon, Fla. Phone No. 4 the’ “The Best in Food and Rooms” | Between Key West and Miemi COMPLETE GARAGE SERVICE Charley Toppino. Prop. Neither the labor department nor the | citizens of Key West like the idea of Rep- | resentative Kennedy of New York to con- vert Fort Jefferson on Dry Tortugas into a concentration camp for criminal aliens, whether the cost would be prohibitive or | Subscribe to The Citizen—20¢ | i weekly. — not. The Murphy Act will soon be a closed book if the legislature does not revive it. It | is better to be safe than sorry and many | are taking advantage of the law while it is | still on the books. The legislature may up- | set all plans for the future and there is not | much time to waste in guessing about the | matter.—Perry News. i On account of the many governmental taxes, many small town daily papers are | forced into the weekly field, the latest be- ing the Wyandotte (Mich.) Daily News. In this case “labor conditions” also mili- | tated to bring about the change with the | result that a number of employees have | joined the unemployed. | Sulfpyridine, a derivative of .sul-| fanilmide, the chemical enemy .of strepto- | cocci, is now medicinal tops, and may de- | velop into a positive cure for the dreaded | | disease of pneumonia. Already many cures | have been attributed to the remedy,-some | physiciars exuberantly declaring that it will end one of mankind’s scourges. | prefabrication process,” The Citizen‘ hopes Congress will see | the light and do something about ap- propriating $1,000,000, or more, as sug- gested by Representative Pat Cannon, to bring the Key West naval defenses up to a definitely determined standard. BUILD HOMES CHEAPER One of the best ways to encourage home building is to reduce the cost of con- structing a home. In the United States, despite the in- | troduction of modern methods in most in- dustries, the building of a house continues | to be an individual affair. Little or no ef- | fort is made to take advantage of the ecan- omy which would be possible through | mass production. The Farm Security Administration, which adopted “self-line” technique in | building small five-room frame houses near New Madrid, Missouri, reports that it has been able to build small, frame houses for as little as $1,100 each. “Each step in the says the FSA, “was arranged so that materials and semi- finished products flowed smoothly frm one | group of workmer to the next, with a | | minimum of delay and lost motion.” A woman who had just arrived at the age.of 100 was asked by some reporters to | what she ascribed her longevity. She re- | plied laconically, “By minding my own business.” Uncle Sam might take a hint } and mind his own business, particularly | with reference to European affairs, and | live longer as .a democratic state. | A year ago this column expressed the | conviction that the Spanish fratricidal war | would end in victory for General Franco andthe hope that hostilities cease. Since | then thousands of lives have been lost, more thousands wounded and_ sickened, while the population was starved white. What a price has been paid for a hollow victory! It is interesting to note that at least somebody is trying the experiment.and to believe that eventually the construction of a house will not be the complex undertak- ing that it is today. There are many men who do not want to be millionaires—they are multi-mil- lionaires. In Key West the other day, where we must admit they do have some real fish, the capture of a 5414 pound grouper is re- ported. In the same catch were three mackerel, nine other groupers, and four | barracuda. for Herald. Not a bad day’s haul!—San- Approbation from Edi- | tor Dean is praise indeed. taxation for that time as an in- ducement to the F.E.C. R’y to se- ‘eure the erection of the Hotel Casa Marina, with the under- standing that the hotel property should during the decade be as- sessed at nominal valuation. The director of health, born at Nasi-' — ville, 53 years ago. George Wadsworth, consul gen-| eral in Jerusalem, born at Buf-! \falo, N. Y.,.46 years ago. i i Margaret Anglin, actress, born: Key West Bowling Aileys j | PIRATES COVE FISHING CAMP Pirates Cove, Sugar Loaf Key BEST FiSHING IN FLORIDA term of immunity ‘from taxation had expired before the last ses- sion of the state legislature, when @ measure was passed bringing {the property within the corpor- ate limits of Key West. at Ottawa. Canada, 63 years ago. | | Henry R. Luce, publisher of j Time Magazine, New York, born; in China (of American parent-' age), 41 years ago. \ Editorial Comment: You can catch all the crawfish you want Robert T,, Haslam of N. J., not}. 3, + . ed chemieal-engineer, born at to aarti Balt iS the: Hoses Si seute ait. abe season, but the fosbids you! Satis Mess, St da Aa ey on on YOUR Printing to sell any to be used as bait by Po. oe Leslie Howard, actor, born in} POSTERS other anglers, says the state shell-| | England, 46 years ago. | fist commissioner. > : - ie zt a3 dik this! SOC OCCSTT SER TALESEsOCED morning called the department to! Today’ s Horoscope | the vicinity of the gas plant, ; where an old abandoned shack jwas found in flames. The fire Today's aggressive ace! _was quickly extinguished. ment will bring honors despite a Manuel Gonzalez of this city,/00d deal of trial and trouble. | |formerly with the P. and O. se | Although there is usually an ul-' Company, is in.New York where |timate attainment of success, the! he recently successfully passed| Way leads through much tribula-' | the examination for third assist-|tion and the frequent making and | |ant engineer. He writes relatives unmaking of plans. Today is, jhe is now with the Ward Line. called the degree of Reward. H cba | Each and every ane of the per-! |parade of the local and- wsting| formers taking part in “The Lit- firemen. 4 | tlest Rebel” last night in the Con- vent quditorium gave evidence of | \being trained to ‘perfection in|’ | their respective parts, and naught | but the most favorable comment | | was heard from the audience. | Congressman Michaelson’s trial ; will -be held in Key West next | month advices were received | 4rom Tampa indicating that the’ .] trial will be attended-by a num-} | ber of friends of the accused. He} will .be tried -here, it is said, be-| | cause the indictment charged that! BOOKLETS STATIONERY OFFICE FORMS at Reasonable Prices PHONE 51 j ic | Individual CABINS with Appointments for the | Drscriminating | CHARTER BOATS Opn IIA.MitollP.mM | “Billy” ab mer Leng TRANSPORTATION CO, INC. 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