The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 13, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO ; The Key West Citizen UE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. , L. P. ARTMAN, | at and Published. JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monros County Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches crelited to it or pot etherwise credited in this paper and also the ldcal news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Une Year six Months Three Months dne Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. Lee SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect of 10 cents a line. \ -s for entertainment by churches from which is to be derived are 5 cents a line. 3 izen is an open forum and invites discus- c issues and subjects of local or general ost but it will not publish anonymous communi- 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. If dodging work was a paying busi- ness, there would be a number of mil- linaires in Key West. : Now that Clark Gable has taken unto himself another wife, we wonder who will be the hero in feminine Key West hearts. Nothing on earth would induce her to run for the presidency, Mrs. Roosevelt A president does have to tie him- self down to one spot for some time, even if frequent vacations are permitted. Says. Every indication points to early pass- age of the bill to provide Florida with a new Criminal Code, which lawyers look upon as one of the most needed pieces of legislation now before our lawmakers. Key West’s anti-noise campaign is commencing to bear some fruit. In muni- cipal court this week Judge T. S. Caro plastered a fine on a too enthusiastic horn blower, and that should serve as a warn- ing to others. You can still blow your own horn as much as you like but it musn’t be the cne attached to an automobile. Marriner Eccles, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, thinks the foreign silver purchase program does more ulti- mately to destroy the domestic silver in- dustry than anything else he knows of. Yet the Administration is continuing to buy silver from Mexico in face of the fact that the Cardenas government is expropriating American property and not paying for it, which is plain theft. Sometime ago, the manager of a large bus company complained to the Chicago Tribune that one-of its staff was writing stories inimical to the best interests of his company, and suggested that they cease to be published or he would find it difficult to persuade his company to continue their advertising. The Tribune replied in a bristling manner: ‘We are going to con- tinue to edit the Tribune and no one else will edit it. If is not getting his money’s worth it is his duty to cancel the contract. It’s all right with us either way, but if we get #hymore letters from like the last one we won't leave the deci- sion to him.” In other words merchants and business men buy space in newspapers and no more. The Florida senate has adopted a resolution designating a State tree in line with the custom of the other States. It is proposed to name the Sabal Palmetto, otherwise known as the cabbage palm, which is depicted on the Great Seal of the State and is certainly typical of Florida. The Florida Federation of Garden Clubs inaugurated the move to have the cabbage palm designated as the State tree. The house has not acted on the senate resolu- tion but will probably fall in line. Why the Garden Garden clubs preferred the lowly cabbage palm, which is a small genus of American dwarf fan palms, to the Royal Palm of tall and graceful stature, is not known to this column, but there must be reasons for the chdice, obituary notices, etc. will be charged for at , | | | splendid example of INTOLERANCE History has dealt heavily with the | Jewish race. They have beén a ‘pedjile that the Jews have faced extermination, have been forced to flee for their lives, is to the disgrace of a so-called civilization. the Jew has become closer to his race in sympathy, ard consequently racial ties are strong. _ The future of the Jew Austria and Italy is uncertain and likely to be a trial and tribulation to the people peoples. garding the Jewish race, but intolerance of our fellowman will get us nothing. A consideration and | benevolence was displayed by a southern | negro church whose members subscribed money for the aid of the Hebrew refugees. This is known as toleratice and godli- | ness. OUR DEFENSE PROGRAM One of the first bills introduced in the new Congress was one by Congressman McCormack, Democrat of Massachusetts, providing ultimately for an air force to- talling 10,000 airplanes and 100,000 re- serve pilots. This is a large order, but if war should really come, it may not be too large. Furthermore, with such a force at cur command, war would be unlikely to come. : bate and public discussion of President Roosevelt’s defense program, and properly so. But it can not be doubted that a very large increase in all arms of the service will be provided, especially in the Navy ard air force. A large standing army may not be authorized, but facilities for equip- ping such an army may well be con- sidered. A good many citizens feel that the danger of war is being exaggerated, and some even hint that the President is pro- attention from the continuing unemploy- real, and that we should rush our arma- ment program with all possible speed. Congress will probably develop a pro- gram somewhere in between the two ex- tremes. : There is no doubt that the people of the United States want adequate protec- tion and are willig to make sacrifices to obtain it. But they do not want an ill-ad- vised orgy of extravagance and _ waste, even under the guise of national defense. THOMAS JEFFERSON, DEMOCRAT On the 13th of this month, occurs the anniversary of the birth of Thomas Jeffer- son, in 1743. It is well for the nation to remember the author of the Declaration of Inde- pendence and the man who wrote the Statute for religiots freedom in Virginia and succeeded in establishing the Univer- sity of Virginia. These were the things for which he asked to be remembered, al- though the epitaph that he wrote for his monument made no mention of the fact that he was twice the President of the United States. . Jefferson was a democrat who be- lieved in and cherished its ideals. In- cidentally, he regarded agriculture as the best occupation for men and the founda- tion of all other wealth. He was a scien- tific farmer in his day and constantly en- deavored to improve methods and intro- duce new crops. ; 3 It might not be a bad idea for Amer- icans, in this day, to become acquainted with the life, works and writing of Thomas Jefferson, the “sage of Monticello.” In his life and in his thoughts are lessons for ds all. People who see rarely think of the handicaps of the blind, or appreciate the advantages of siglit. will hold on until they can occupy their | | place under the stin with the rest of God’s There are various criticisms re- | THE KEY WEST | GET THOSE FEET OUT OF without ‘a flag or ‘country and maititaitied | their homes in lands all over the globe. There have been many times in the past | have been persecuted and spat upon. This | But However severe the treatment, the | darkest hour for the Jewish race is lighted | by the fact that they, with the Chinese, | are the two oldest peoples in the world. | They have lived to write the story of their i persecutions ‘and of the downfall of those | who persecuted them, states one Hebrew | scholar. Perhaps due to their wanderings, in Germany, | | concerned, but however the outcome, they | CITIZEN HIS FACE KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Ago Today As Taken From Senator W. H. Malone has | formed no definite opinion rela- | tive to the proposed bill which | would ‘place a tax ‘on all retail Sales | senator states in a letter under idate of April. 11, and. reéeived j this morning by Joe Peariman, | president of the Retail Merchants } AsSociation. Rélative to his at- ' titude concerning the tax, Mr. ; Malone's letter says; “I have not i committed myself on the sales { tax, but am giving it careful of in a THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1939 | Cecccccccsccecccccceceececocoeoeeseeseeeeeeeeeeee Sitting In With The Lawmakers | } | Poeccccccccccecceccccccccccceccoeccceeeeeeseesee® Remember those stories of Scat-, tergood Baines in one of the magazines a few years ago? Scat-; tergood, you recall, sat on his store porch and waggled his bare two. ent; toes but his shoes were handy.) Florida, ‘the | Just a word here, a hint there, and the outcome was what Scat- tergood expected. He could think ‘better when he waggled his toes | study and trust that it is final-| ly enacted that it will give as lit- | tle trouble to cur city as possible j and will be spread out in such a | manner that no one will feel its , burden. We have a plan under consideration which appeals to me as a good orle, and if enacted | into law there will be no need of :@ sales tax particularly those counties in the western part of | Florida and is known as the |bankers’ plan. This is the only ; time the bankers plan is men- : tioned in Mr. Malones letters to | Mr. Pearlman and there is no in- and eventually other folks came around. Governor Fred Cone called up Attorney General Gibbs and gave him‘an errand. Jadge Gibbs ap- peared before the joint session of the Senate and the House, read- ing Governor Cone’s message. The setting was novel in Florida legislation. The new House chamber is beautiful and digni- fied without extravagant ornate- hess. It is a fit setting for the making of laws which may regain a measure of dignity from having their inception in such surround- ings. But let’s get back to the Gover- There have been THE ISLAND CITY At Present dication of what is prescribed in S¢S!0ns when. such propositions |the way of taxes. It would be as were made in that document Ps Sicabie Bear in ainee ail would have aroused laughter and lteieeretes ceria on SE even catcells. It fairly coned There will be much Congressional de- | moting a war scare to divert the people’s | SALIENT, POINTS abopt the!sjgns, stimulation of Boy. Scout-| ters, writes the senator and asks ©COmO™myY and “no more taxes”. It | Proposed City Charter is t have! »a-strong head of the city govern-/ ment and to put employes under: Civil Service, which will guaran-! tee efficient government to the citizens of Key West. The salary; sub rosa, for the Mayor each year! is recommended for $2,500, but! there will be provision that he} be in his office five hours each; | day to manage the city’s affairs. The only public-elected officers will be City Council and Mayor.’ | Such offices as Police Chief, Fire | Chief, Tax Assessor and Collec-| jtor, City Clerk, will all be ap- Pointed by the Mayor. City Judge; jand City Attorney will be ap-! Pointed by City Council. The! Civil Service Board, it is provid-' | ed, will be comprised of represen- | |tative citizens, if i a} ete. Civii Service tests are dé-; | signed to determine a man’s cap-' | ability of fulfilling a city offige. j |_A BRIGHT CULTURAL spot, in the city’s future is in the de-| | cision of the Red Barn Players to | return to Key West again next Badly hit by poor péat- | season. Tonage last’ season the Players. | who, in the surnmer, have a théa- | tre on the Boston Turnpike in} Massachusetts, are hopiyg that |next season they can keep their jheads above water. The group | | has luite a number of talented players who have experience jn | putting on the better plays ina} ment situation. Others think the danger is | modern and excellent manner.| Mean | Key West usually supports stage | Plays pretty well, and the Play-: | ers cannot understand why such | small crowds attended the per- | formances.~ All who went agreed | that the entertainment was of a | superior variety. The Players are also looking for a theatre of | their own. | REGRETTABLE is the siiniga | | breaking up of the Charter Boat- | men’s Association this year. Prin-| | cipal difficulty seemed to be over! | the Casa Maripa, trate, with one group accused of holding a “cor- | | ner” on the trade. The Casa de-| | mands courteous, veteran guides who produce the big sport fish and have nice lookihg, nd-| have not these qualifications put | up a howl. However, a few vet-| } eran guides did not get the Casa | trade tais winter. The Associa-| tion first ran into difficulty when; | it realized that it could not stop’ j the Alyce B from operating here, jeven though its Mianf guide| | knew nothing of Key West fish-| |ing and brought in relatively | | poor catches. The need for a | bottom fishing boat, however, is, the Alyce B burned this week. and déliberate misinformati get parties was hoted duri year. eel TITEL LEAT . | A TAXIDERMIST winter tried hard to aE ‘Key West and Vicinity: Partly! ——— Housing and; other | that the letter be given publicity |in ordered that all may read. | An excellent m has been NOTES AROUND THE CITY: | arranged by the Glee Club to be Outside shop heads are still; rendered at the High School aud- realizing opportunities in the| itorium on Monday evening. This ‘ hes . -. | affair is to be given for the bene- city establishing fruit stands with | Fit of the typewriting classes en- the choicest of fruits, novelty | tering the contest conducted by shops, dress and design shops j the schoo}. with modern designs, and other; public service features. .The = a a =e og .|pany’s revised proposition to Pelican gang’ 3 section at the! furnish fresh water to the city of south foot of Simonton street was} Key West was considered at a noted for rum running and hi-| meeting of the Monroe water dis- jacking during the prohibition ot joney. in the oe of Paul days. . The old lighthouse keep-| Boysen, chairman of the board. ers who have tended the Florida)! mouon it was ordered that Reef lights for many a moon andi Laenky 2 the city ioe of Key West without comment and the new electric machinery _| that the body be notified that the cently installed at important | board 4 oe Sn tiushees stands light points on the Reef.’ One of-| 1<ad¥ 10 Join the comet > con fered to resign, but Superintend-| {rence to discuss aa The Layne-New York com- ! acknowledged new calls for money but explained how these calls could be met without ex- ceeding the appropriations of two Representatives listened with re- They represent a people—even you and I—who have acquired a champagne appetite but still pos- sess only a beer pocketbook. Not even a million dollar a year ex- ecutive could balance “those twain” and we must not expect a@ group cf citizens of average ability to accomplish such a miracle in sixty days As a working orga tian both groups have started i Com mittees have been well chosen Senator J. Turner Butler is an able man to preside over the up- per house and Senator Sid Hine- ly is an able pro tem. Represen- tative G. Pierce Wood has al- ready demonstrated Speaker and his pro my Joh Burks, is standing | ant There is a veritable dei bills but none of them surprising. Mi been aired t Schools, organ racing. visions of servation wives, gas ta spect. Less spending, less expan- sion, surer provisions for esen- tials, were its high points. There was a bit of a gasp here and there when the message deviated from the straight course and suggested that salaries of elective officers might be upped a bit because it costs more to live. These six- dollar-a-day men could be seen wondering where they might get their own pay and being paid so little in comparison that it is al- most a joke to mention what they receive. If all the state depart- ments were on their basis there wouldn’t be such a tax problem ent Demeritt talked to him and | CoMMitions of the tentative con- i told him he would soon be as fa-; 7° miliar with carburetors and points| as with any part of the old sys-| tem. Editorial Comment: Spring never comes in Key West because it is always here. Flowers cease Blooming and trees are the i : THE WEATHER Peecccccccccoccosocccscs Temperatures” Highest _ Lowest mr | ways prin’ ze Normal Mean = Yesterday’s Precipitation T.Ins.| be attired in costume. Normal Precipitation -03 Ins. r “Thin Screamers qux.period, Pirates and Sluggers will play ending, at % o'clock thix morning. the second game in a series of ‘Tomorrow's Almanac five at the American Legion Sun rises . M.' grounds tomorrow afternoon at Sun sets _ . M./ o’clock. The game will be ~fe at St, Paul's Parich Hall. All tak- F 8 Moon rises Moon sets - é fr Low —. gees oifer | one has been gi WEATHER FORECAST win Lotiise: ; {Till 7:30 p. m., Friday) { For Over a cloudy, possibly light showers| ‘ no to east win | COFFEE Florida: Partly cloudy tonight an Reidey, possibly light show. | Obtainable All Over Town! EE EOD ae os ers near extreme south coast; j Jacksonville to Florida Straits| and East Gulf: Moderate north-/ east to east winds, and partly overcast weather tonight and| showers in Florida Straits. | of LA CONCHA HOTEL Pee iis re eign» ye Maa | lature by political pressure from : f i g g Hy give them credit ‘ing part in the entertainment will ing it as their own chosen " y Charles Musser collection of mort ferent belis from all parts of the sHtEE i