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

SOCTAL ACTIVITIES “PEOPLE'S FORUM | Editor The Citizen: H I read your article a few days | ago outlining the need of cot-j tages and cabins by the sea for} SOCIAL CALENDAR TUESDAY— Stone Church Service Club supper, open to winter visitors. 6:00 | |ly with gasoline. Pp. m. Church Annex. Regular meeting of Key West Woman's Club. 4 p. m. Club- house. a WEDNESDAY— Everready Star Club meeting. 3:30 p. m. Residence of Mrs. Paul | recent U. S. Supreme Court opin- | Mesa, 1211 Washington street. BES EES SHURSDAY— Meeting Key West Lions Club, Stone Church Annex, 6:30 P. M | voted to taxation. Concert by Key West Hospitality Band. 8 p. m. Bayview Park Brotherhood Banquet 7:30 p. m. Fleming Street Methodist Church parsonage. Rotary Club meeting 12:15 p. Stephen R. Mallory Chapter, U. D. C. 4 p. m. at home of Mrs. | m. St. Paul’s Annex. W. E. Huston, 1404 White street. ee SUNDAY— Concert, Key West Hospitality Band. 5 p. m. Art Center Park. Famous Self Portraits Shown “Self Portraiture Through The Ages” is the title of the exhibi-| tion which opened today at the Key West Community Art Cen- ter. This show is composed of a col- lection of photographic reproduc- tion has both artistic and psy- chological interest for artist, his- be concluded with a moonlight ; State departments and the courts} am glad to see that some one else | torian and layman. In addition to a large group of examples of such famous mas-| ters as Durer, Memling, Hals and| Velasquez, the display includes an interesting and varied mod-| ern group of works by Gauguin,}| Cezanne, Van Gogh, Rodin, Rousseau, Mattisse, Munch, Mod- ligiani and Picasso, which give a} brilliant survey of modern and present-day portraiture. Rem- brandt probably painted his own likeness single artist, of five of his sixty-four portrai in oil are included in this exhibi- tion. more than any other} and reproductions | [pa Clab Has \Ladies Night Stone Church Service Club, will have a busy night ‘in its |quarterly Ladies Night program j tonight. j meeting at 6 p. m. Following this! vival services. The evening will) sail on the “Balmy Days” motor- | sailer. Everready Star Club To Meet | There will oats a regular meeting | jof the Everready Star Club held} jeomorsaw afternoon, beginning at | 3:30 o’clock, at the home of Mrs. Paul Mesa, 1211 Washington! street. All members are requested to be in attendance. The show is well presented, be-| * ing separate into chronological groups with informative placards describing each period, while un- der each painting is a brief com- ment on the artist. This exhibition has been sent out from the Exhibition Section of the Federal Art Project, WPA, in Washington, by C. Holger Ca- hill, National Director. It is be- ing circuited through the Federal Galleries and Art Centers in *Florida by the State Exhibition Section, Federal Art Project, Eve Alsman Fuller, State Director. The photographs were produced by the Photographic Division of the Federal Art Project at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Johnsons Left Enroute Home Dr. C. W. Johnson, well-known } angler and yearly visitor to Key West, left by car this morning for his home in Lawton, Mich., ac- companied by Mrs. Johnson. A caller at the office of The Citizen yesterday, Dr. Johnson said he had enjoyed a very de- lightful visit, and the most ex- citing part of his stay was when he and a group of friends last week landed an enormous saw- fish while angling at Long Key; bridge. The fish was 16 feet sed and the saw measured four feet | It was considered the largest ani-| mal of its kind ever taken these waters. Mrs. John H. O’Brien, daugh- | ter of Dr. and Mrs. Johnson, who} was here visiting for several; weeks and was a member of the} fishing party which captured the} monster, left Saturday for her home in Detroit. P.-T. A. Council Plans Meeting There will be a meeting of the Monroe County Counéil of} P.-T. A. held tomorrow afternoon, | beginning at 3 o'clock, in the High School Auditorium, accord-} ing to announcement mage by} Mrs. Sebastian Cabrera, Jr., pres-| ident of the organization. Mrs j Cabrera will make a report on the} recent board meeting at Orlando, | Fla. Plans will be discussed relative! to attendance at the summer in-| stitute in Gainesville from June} 6 to 9. All units will be asked to co} operate in the summer round-up! of which Mrs. Ramon Rodriguez is general chairman. All members are requested to be in attendance. Armando Solano, dairyman of Key West, was a passenger on the early bus today, going to Miami for a brief business visit. | Francisco Torres, known as left this morning for Miami to have his right eye treated from which a cataract had been re- moved some time ago. been in Key West several days! and made a trip on the Talofa to | Fort Jefferson to see “that his- toric old pile”, left on the morn- ing bus for Jacksonville. Dr. Julio de Poo, who left last Saturday for a business visit in | Havana and to see his family and friends is a passenger on the’ aes today from Havana. — | provided by strengthening the; the members who are each to! 2 es : 3 tions of a number of the best self-|bring a lady friend during the |€Xtta two percent estimated to cottages with their front yards in | portraits of all time. The exhibi-! evening will attend the Tent Re- | |“Pancho” to his many friends, | George M. Busch, who had | our next season and I know from} the inquiries I had this past sea- | STATE LEGISLATURE son that you are right. At one (Continued adnee Page One) time we had miles of beautiful tute for gasoline, be taxed equal-! beaches and now the only beach |property that can be used for. 14. The Legislature study this purpose is the property be- ! whether to tax governmental sal- ae White street and south | a ently authorized ;end of the boulevard. Thirty | zak arpas phe cottages and cabins can be built! and furnished in a neat and very | \ion. | j tadicactive manner, with running | | ! | bee ee — water and baths and kit-/ jchenettes for about $10,000. A| | erent $3,100000 fox tnt aueishort dock built out from the| = = seabsieaeen. pik beach with small boats for hire | Pensions i HERE coe iieslariciea ,and the income from this invest- | Jpesuiee it pore blind and) ent will cover the cost in the | ifirst year. This past season I} | $400,000 for dependent children. thad as many as 50 tourists ask | | In his next sentence he pro-! me if they could get cottages or | |posed that this extra $800,000 be cabins by the sea. | If this development is started | of liquor taxes, 'here this summer and advertised | |which care for the Welfare De-!in the right way, every cottage| | partment. He specificially asked and cabin will be occupied the | ‘that state, like Federal, officers , beginning of next season and re-! be given authority to confiscate’ main so. It would be the only | ‘automobiles and other property development of its kind that I} jused in bootlegging. know of. There are lots of finej On racing, he suggested that;beaches throughout the ccuntry | i present three percent tax,| where people go to spend the day} | enfcccement the 67 counties, be increased to|don’t think there is a place any- | =< five percent. Proceeds from the| where, where 30 or 40 modern produce about $1,300,000 a year— the Atlantic Ocean are available | j would go to the now depleted to the tourist. I have given this | {general revenue fund from which | matter considerable thought and} is interested also. |draw their support. i oe L. C. ROBERTS. | Again, the governor asked that/ |the state take about $600,000 a/800 Olivia street, iyear now going to race track|Key West, Florida. jowners from the odd-cent break Serre a —the few pennies on each win-! AGAINST FALSITY ning pari-mutuel ticket that do {not figure out to an even 10-cent | denominator. | The message emphasized again } jand again that enough taxes now are levied to run the state, if| {Properly collected and adminis-' 444 otherwise, misstatements are tered. As one example, he cited common, we commend The Citi-| jthe millage on personal property zen for its straightforward, jWhich he said “has been sadly truthful standards. It has been| jneglected by the collecting au-|4 pleasure to read your paper| |thorities”. Then he said: ES ES “I recommend that a law be; We regret that demands upon |passed authorizing the governor | our time have kept us from send- jattorneys to collect delinquent! ing in items dedicated to our ; taxes on personal property; that| friendship for Key West, as |the salaries of such attorneys be/heretofore. We believe that ab- paid out of the amount so col-|sence and distance, once you lected, so that the State of Florida|have known Key West, deepen ‘will not have to pay any of the; an affection for her in memory. expense in connection therewith”.| Not those who can write fine For the first time, he asked that| essays, upon a brief sojourn, but independent boards and commis-|those who have sought her as_a sions which collect their own fees| haven of refuge from a false and and spend their own money be| greedy world can truly find required to operate on two-thirds! words to sum up the “call” of of what they receive and give the the Island City, which we still other third to general costs of! hope to answer, one day, again. government. He did not estimate! C. G. FLINT. what this would produce for the| 2238 S. W. 9th street, state. | Miami, Florida, The message strongly empha- | April 3, 1939. | sized the governor’s intention to keep after his search for untaxed - PIII I ILL) | present $900,000 = ee the) sy ? present m this source) feEL DROW SMELL EXHAUST cas 9 Editor The Citizen: In a day when the published |lie has become a fine art, when millions of dollars are being spent | to foister frauds and fakes upon the public, and when, editorially | |can be increased to “at least $1, “| 250,000 or $1,500,000”. He recommended that this two- | mill levy be increased to zeal mills, and added: | “Practically all these intangible! | Wm. Egan, formerly in charge! taxes are collected from people of the information booth for Kay | who live beyond the confines of West in Miami, was an arrival Florida but who take advantage over the highway this morning on of our liberal laws and become business and to meet his many friends. Judge E. R. Lowe, of Taver- Fax peace justice in the ‘third! Monroe county district, is a visi- tor in the city, having arrived iat yesterday for a combined busi-| manitarian Purposes as many of! ness and pleasure visit. ANSWERS TO TEN TEST _QUESTIONS Below are the answers to test | Printed on Page 2 ——— Union of Soviet Socialist Re- publics. One-third. Congress must enact coinage laws. Funchal. No. Lab’-o-ra-to”-ry; not lab’-ra- tory. Braintree, Mass. Piteairn Island. Electricity at rest. Off the coast of Florida, at the entrance of the Gulf of | Mexico. Ccccccccccorescocsoocces — THY IT TODAY — | The Favorite In Key West STAR ¥ BRAND ——- of this state for the pur-| |pose of evading higher taxes on} | their incomes as levied in — | former homes”. The governor urged co-opera-| tion with the New Deal program jof President Roosevelt “for hu- | our under-privileged would have, | suffered hardships had it not! been for the aid granted throug) | our national government”. : ihhatoubahe SIO LD | | The Vacation £ Route... font : enjoyable iB = po fee cal a forges clude fine meals ead jatercom ! to PHILADELPHIA. S, every Wednesday, 3 p.m, toBOSTON .....s4gso Direct Norfolk connection - April 2, % 23, 30; May 14, 5 p. toNORFOLK.... Direct sailings April 2, %, 23, 30; May 14,5 p.m. Year For Polka Dots es Se a This is the year for polka dots, dict, and the smartest of them all are the brown and white. REV. PAIN TO ARRIVE TODAY | Wat. BE HEARD WEDNESDAY ; EVENING AT FIRST CON- GREGATIONAL CHURCH Rev. Arthur W. Pain, well-| known in. Key West through the! | five years he has been broadcast-} ing the gospel over CMQ in Ha- vana, will be at the Congrega. tional Church Wednesday eve- |ning at 8 o'clock, giving a Bible} jlesson, and, afterwards, showing| full-colored moving pictures of} the work in Cuba, including! street mectings, preaching serv- This dress is of blue and white dots There will be the usual supper| which is divided equally among or take a swim in the sea, but I/ and lends a note to somber day eece oie . YOUR LODGE MEETS — | Minoca Council No. 13, Degree of Pocahontas mects ist and 3rd Tuesdays of month, 4:30 p. m., at |Red Men’s Hall, corner of Caro- jline and Elizabeth streets. Im- | proved Order of Red Men mects jevery Monday, 7:30 p. m., at Wig- jwam Hall. Sparkling Waters, Re- | bekah Lodge No. 14. meets 2nd jand 4th Tuesdays at 7:30 p. m. | F. & A. M. Lodges Scottish Rite Hail Anchor Lodge No. 182 ever; ond and fourth Mon | Lodge No. 14 every f | Wednesdays: Scottish Rite, second |and fourth Wednesdays; Dr. Felix Varela Lodge mec Eliza- beth street hall every second and fourth Thursdays; Robert J. Perry | Chapter. Order DeMolay, meets jevery Tuesday. meet as folk Knights of Golden Eagle Lodges | meet at Golden Eagic H i |lows: Key of the Gulf Casile No. 2 every Tuesday, i Ignacio Agramonte No. 3, [first rd | Thursdays. Pythian Organizations Fleming street = Pythi Pythian Sisters night; Knights of P- fashion experts pre- ; Pere Peel 163 every Friday. nig blue or the B. H. McCalla Camp No. | United Spanish Wer Veterans jand Ladies Auxiliary No. 2 1 ifirst Tuesday of each m Legion Hall. NAZI BEER COMES BACK BERLIN—The National Health office has come to the conclu- sion Germans must have their beer. A natoinal policy of ab- stinence.has been modified lapply only to the youth of the | country. Cuba Lodge No. | Varela Hall, 919 E Order Caballeros de Marti: Marti Lodge No. 3, Saco Carrasco No. 2, called m« r « Ww nesdays; Sacerdoti: del Hogar second and fourt Fr month. to 16. LO.OF. j ices, Cuban life as seen in the city and country. Rev. Pain’s Key West friends are invited to attend this un-de- nominaticnal meeting and hear this preacher and see the pictures portraying his gospel labors dur- ing his five years in Cuba Rev. Pain will also be at the Congregational parsonage, 527 William street, from 1 to 5:30 o’clock to talk with any one who ! wishes to see him. P.0.0.A., si each month at D NEW SUMMER RATE TERRACE OUTDOOR BOWLING Duval at Angela 10c DAY or EVENING | Free Instruction Free jSovlest Cor. Now U =: SETTOTELTOLTSSSTSSEI SS Fae as a SLEPITEMTODIPOMIPODLOAOIOT OOS: FOAL 2 2 A TOPOL TD TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1939 NOTICE sorte LEGALS naswe "Ss SALE Y WEST PAINT CO. 2 Fie 3 St—Phone 118 Factory Stece Annual Electric Range Sale! A set of electric Cooking Utensils will be given away with « model General Electric Range sold and installed during so—a liberal allowance will be made for your old stove. at A New Lower Cost you can now enjoy the « fort, the speed and ecor of modern electric with the new Gene ages no other range cal z \ The Key West Electric Company RES EE a I a. AE ERMS ELECTRIC RANGE z-» COOKERY FREE—ELECTRIC COOKING UTENSILS! 0: a ae (LArrtAtAAtAtAtitAtAdAdd