The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 4, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO ‘The Key West Citizen | Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. L. P. AIRTMAN, 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 cutered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use ation of alt news dispatches crelited to rwise credited in this paper and also ws published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES The KEY WEST INVITES LEGION Our own Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28 | of the American Legion is conducting a | businesslike and purposeful campaign to | bring the 1940 convention of the Florida State Department of the American Legion to Key West. The climax of that effort will be on the floor of the 1939 convention to be held at Fort Lauderdale next week, but the foundation for that are being laid this week in Key West. As a general rule important conven- | tions do not go to certain communities by RTISING RATES lication. All reading notice . bituary e of rds of thanks, resolutions of | notices, etc., will be charged for at i0 cents a line. i ices for entertainment by churches from which | nue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. Citizen is an open forum and invites “discus- public issues and subjects of local or general st but it will not publith anonymous communi- (IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Ba & Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City G Good old Atlantic Ocean, you are go- ing to keep us Pacific. Now the European democracies preparing to Czech Hitler. are System is a fine thing even if it is a in business system to avoid a system. There is a chap in Key West who says he would like to be the fellow they talk | about when they say, “he has more money | thar is good for him.” “Now little Willie do you ken, what | famous words did William Penn?”—Key | West Citizen. We do now ken, may not: have read—but William had a level head. | —Times-Union. | “The King Pin” is the title of a new | novel, which might interest the bowlers of | Key West. How about presenting this book as a consolation prize in the forth- | coming bowling tournament, Messrs. War- | ren and Long? The Citizen is usually glad to receive shcri letters giving the views of subscribers upon matters of public interest. The real | name of the author must be signed to such communications, not for publication unless requested; otherwise they go wastebasket. into the/ Wouldn’t it help some if we adopted | the dictators’ policy not to let any money | leave this country except for exchange? Two million Americans had tickets on the | recent Trish Sweepstakes—that’s money | which should have remained in these | United States, A Key Wester informed this writer that he sees no great difficulty in the ef- | fort to “Stop Hitler!” That a well-di-! rected shot would do the trick. That’s quite right. But let’s look at the con- sequences: It would further infuriate the Nazis, cement the German nation which is | slowly disintegrating, and prove a martyr- dom for the Jews. The county commissioners, most potent political body in the state, at a meeting re- cently held in Jacksonvilie, went on record } among other legislative suggestions, as fa- | voring the erection of a new insane asylum. | If the National government and the state legislative bodies keep on adding to the existing taxes the need of another state asylum for the hounded businessman will | be apparent. | This column does not envy the next President cf the United States; he will | have difficulty to extricate himself from | the mess to which he becomes heir—unless | he continues the spending policy of the | Administration for another four years. It | is possible that the inevitable deluge may | be deferred another quaternary, but not | much longer. The Augean stable must be | cleaned up eventually, why not during | the next four years? Itis not probable | that the present Administration will even | think of attempting it, much less make a | start, though the President has _ several times promised to do so. H | individuals. | the | American Legion convention comes accident. those places that make the strongest bids for them. An individual does not ordi- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN They usually trend toward | narily go where he is not invited or where | _he feels his reception will be lukewarm or Delegates to conventions are | Collectively they acts as an} perfunctory. individual; so that when some community makes an exceptionally enthusiastic and line attending they are likely to fall in | with the idea of going to that city. Key West Legionnaires are enthusias- | appealing bid for the convention they are | tic over the prospect of bringing their state | | organization here for the 1940 convention. | Their infectious enthusiasm is beginning to Another Utopia! gain broad gereral support in Key West. | Persons not identified with the American Legion are giving their time and effort to the cause. Some of them have donated | substantial sums of money or material to | help Arthur Sawyer Post’s Convention Committee in the campaign. The Convention Committee has mail- ed formal invitations to each of the 119 | American Legion Posts in Florida to come | to Key West in 1940. the posts will instruct their delegates to | the Fort Lauderdale convention next week | to vote in favor of a Key West meeting next year. It is hoped many of | KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Tonight Arthur Sawyer Post with | such invited organizations as the Boy and Girl Scouts and the Hospitality Band will stage a parade to headquarters of the {hamber of Commerce; Wednesday night the same group will parade to the Court- house where the Convention Committee will appear before the Monroe County ; Commission, and on Thursday night the | parade will be to City hall where the | Legionnaires will make an appearance be- fore our councilmen. The Convention Committee is seeking te have our leading civic organization and our public officials prepare suitable formal invitations to the delegates at Fort Lauderdale for the state convention to come to Key West a year hence. The Citizen believes on the success of American Legion’s pre-convention | campaign depends a great deal helpful to If the here the future prosperity of the city. | and the city shows a capacity for ade- | quately handling such events, other groups and organizations will become interested in Key West as a convention city. Arthu | Sawyer Post is to be congratulated for its fine effort and deserves the support of every public-spirited individual and or- ganization in Key West. FLYING TO EUROPE Now that the 42-ton Yankee Clipper, giant plane of Pan-American Airways, has made a survey flight to Europe, it may be assumed that regular passenger service | across the Atlantic is only a matter of time. Even the most confirmed moss-back should realize, by this time, that the air- plane has reduced the size of the world, so far as man is concerned. The ocean that once required months and good winds | fer its crossing is to be spanned regularly in a day. What the automobile has done in the development of this continent, the air- plane will do for the world. Gradually, the old globe shrinks, whether it yields to planes of peace or bombers of war. ONE DAY: 100,000 DEAD! Erich Maria Remarque, German | author of “All Quiet on the Western Front,” is on a visit to this country, where he wants to see the people “who so im- press every one in Europe.” The German writer has been living in Switzerland, having lost his German citi- zenship. - His report on the outlook for peace is not encouraging. The popular conception in Europe, says this author, is that a world war will break out and that 100,000 persons will be killed the first day. From a “little fire’ the conflagration will spread throughout Europe until it involves the whole world. By invitation of Mrz. W. W. Demer'tt, the regular monthly ‘meeting of the local chapter of the W.C.T.U., was held yesterday at her home on Whitehead street. The question box, a new feature of these meetings, provoked much |interest, while at ihe same time |affording valuable information. { | Editorial Comment: Key West put over the Firemen’s Conven-; | tion in great shape. Now let us jget ready for the great council |of red men, which starts May 21. County Commissioners Carl Bervaldi, W. Hilton Curry, C. C. Symonette and County Engineer | Clifton G. Bailey, who motored |to Miami to meet members of the |State Road Department, and | make an inspection trip over the Overseas Highway, returned by automobile last evening. The | state highway officials were call- ed to Tallahassee before complet- ing the trip. Members of the Key West High * | School Glee Club, including about |30 boys and girls, who are. in | Tampa this week to take part in’ | the series of state musical com- | petitions, are expected to arrive ‘next Monday morning. The club members are in charge of Miss | Veronica Davis, “their instructor on the trip. : | The residence of Mrs. Walter Curry on Duval street is: being repainted and other improve-! | ments are being made on the | building. When the;work js com-; a the residenge® and sur- | roundings will present a much, better appearance. . j An interesting -and detailed story of the operations of the ram | Funner I'm Alone, which’ was | fired upon and sunk by a coast | Zuard vessel some time ago, the | incident being in the spotlight of. | liquor traffic circles at the time, | | appeared in the current issue of The Boston Sunday Globe. The article in question shows where }@ rum runner sent out a distress j call between Key West and Ha-| | vana, and endeavored to prevail! } upon the captain of a steamer,’ | which answered the call, to tow | the vessél-into Key West. The! | article giving ‘full details of the | incident, as formerly shown in | The Citizen, is printed in the Bos-| | ton paper. ; | | A number of business places to- | | day entered In the regular | Ogisgetage fate it Of The Citizen barbers of the city are among those taking their first Thursday afternoon holiday of the season. Tie First National Bank and the Bu Cu: on Saturdays instead of Thurs- days. House will close at noon will be the first Thursday in May. “On behalf of the visitors to the Florida Siate Firemen’s_Conven- tion, I wish to express my deep- est appreciation of the courtesies » wonderful hospitality e iby the citizen of K West. No words of mine can suc cessfully express our thanks to our hosts here during the happy stay of three days in your charm- ing city. Vero Beach is thankful for the 1930 convention and will endeavor to imitate Key West in handling the annual meeting next year”. Thus spoke Honorable Alex MacWilliams, mayor of Vero Beach and vi Firemen’: of the con’ ciation, at the close ntion yesterday. i The half holidays for the ™' } merchants the drops of crystal rain eneath the sun’s warm glance, And twinkle, meltingly smile and dance Away until—here comes again tering steps of April rain; sun impatient to nold his nbow darts that ensnare sparkling drops, clinging there Upon the flowery April’s throne. Could any month the. jyear through Smile and weep at time, too? 1 comes and go@s away, ll through, totthe very st day. 4 MILDRED EMILY. SCAIFE. beauty of the same $ Subseribe to The Gitigen. iy... BENJAMIN LO! FUNERAL HOME Established 1885 president of the over 200 persons were get the was 2 Sunday unable tc as case or TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE State the official name for ¢ Russia. What proportion of U. S. 1 Senators are elected bien- nially? Can the President order the coinage of U. S. money Name the capital of deira Islands. Has an absolute va ever been attained? What is the correct pronw ciation of the word labora tory? Name the only city im the U S. where two Presidents of the U. S. have been born On what island in the Pacifi did the mutineers of the ship “Bounty” settle with their Tahitian wives? What is static electricity? Where are the Dry Tortuga Islands? the M the Ma GOSHORN IS TAKEN HOME FROM HOSPITAL ‘STUDENTS GET PAID FOR THEIR CLASSWORK all ® PHL LL LLL LLL. (Ry Associated Pressey CHAPEL HILL, N. C., April 4 —Students in the dramatic ejass es of Prof. Frecerick H. Koeb at ;,, the University of North Cardlina write plays and get paiid: for them. 4 Koch, who is director of the Carolina Playmakers, hag_fjus distributed more than $200, royalties to members of the ganization whose plays were’p lished in “Carolina Folk Play: S77 OP POOLE i . American Legion Convention oe Committee LA CONCHA HOTE. Please call on me fer a small donation to ueio bring the 1940 ‘State Convention to Key West. NAME ADDRESS _ If you are a KEY WEST BOOSTER, fill out the above coupon and mail or send to Convention Headquarters — in the La Concha Hotel. We will gladly call te see you. PALA bb dtAtédAAAAALALALAAL 4 HALIFAX RELIEF DROPS “~2ELLAAAAAAAAAA A Coca-Cola belongs in your icebox at home You enjoy ice-cold Coca-Cola every place else; why not at home, too. The whole family will welcome its pure refreshment. Get 2 six-bottle carton and pre-cool the bottles, before serving. - KEY WES? COCA-COLA BOTTLING C0.