The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 8, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO _ The Key West Citizen -Published Daily Except Subéey By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. ENC. L. P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher 40E 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 l6Cal news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year Six Months Three Months Qne Month Weekly . ADVERTISIN Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of sespect, obituary notices, ete. will be charged for at the rat of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainment by churches from which ® revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general but it will not publish anonymous communi- (MPROVEMENTS 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. A political machine, too, runs smooth- er when it has a plentiful supply of “grease.” This is Music Week, and the thought that music forms one of the finest and most delicate means of sympathy, comes to mind. chain stores are among the na- tion’s biggest advertisers, also its biggest dividend-earners. Reckon that’s only a coincidence? You never see an ad in the Classified Column of The Citizen by anyone looking for “trouble.” That is one thing for which you don’t have to advertise. This week being National Music Week, it may not be amiss to state that many a husband in Key West who has no musie sense, plays a good second fiddle in his own home. Trade to the south of the United States is rich in prospect and should be cultivated by us and held, before the Euro- pean countries make inroads on the trade that is a natural for Uncle Sam. If tax dodging continues now that the slate is wiped clean by the operation of the Murphy Act, tax dodgers will not fare as well in the future as in the past, for there are determined men with money to stop the tacit sabotage of the public treasury. It is really wiser to choose a wife who is handy. with the kitchen rather than around the automobile, for you have more appetite than you have tire trouble. Oddly. enough there are wives who are always ready to drive an automobile but too indis- posed to brew a cup of coffee for their husbaiids. The strange sponge blight that had its origin‘in the waters of Nassau and invaded Key West, has reached Tarpon Springs. Dr. Paut S. Galtsoff, senior biologist of the Bureau of Fisheries, of Washington, D. C., who has recently been in Key West to ob- tain and make observations, believes the cause of the mortality has been found, but | OBSERVING MUSIC WEEK There has never been a time when a | | song would not lighten the heavy load, | make the hard road easier, bring comfort | to the disconsolate, and restore courage | | where courage was beginning to falter. | This is a contemplation which comes to | | mind as we begin to observe Music Week. | | sang the bard, and certain it is that one of o | thé essential things that a tyrant must do, | if he hopes to succeed in his tyranny, is to ! see that certain songs are sung only at the peril of the singer’s life. Not only are certain songs forbidden at all times where tyranny rules, but; even among a free people, in timg of stress, cer- tain songs become a fetich to which obei- it is in their hearts, and the disloyal to hide their disloyalty, stand in outward regimentation when, set to music, the ques- tion is put, “Oh! Say, can you see?” the mysterious tides and currents that sway men’s thoughts and exert a decisive | influence on human behaviour, music is of a week in which-our attention may be devoted, not only té°the sensuous enjoy- ment of melodious strains, but also to a serious consideration of the trend of ‘the music of today, and of the vast importance of encouraging and developing a high Na- tional standard of music, is fully justified. “Music Week” affords an excellent oppor- tunity for every citizen and _ especially those whom we have charged with the education of the youth of the Nation, to “take account of stock” and if certain trends are debasing, to create an_ intelli- gent understanding of that fact and to de- velop in the minds whose formation is en- trusted to them, an intellectual fastidious- ness that will regard slovenly music as it would regard slovenly apparel; and that will estimate at its true value that musie which is wings to the soul, armor to the warrior, solace to the distressed, vision to the blind and the highest and holiest lan- guage of love. For, every one of these things good j music has been, is, and will continue to be. The origin of music goes farther back into the mists of antiquity than our in- telligence can reach. Perhaps some pre- historic man, having made his kill, plucked at his bow string as he raised his voice to summon his group to the feast and the twang of the string and the pitch of his ery happened to be in harmony. It was a result worth experimenting with, and in that far moment, music was born as a means of human expression. But, from the beginning it had been. The songs of birds, and the sound of the wind among the branches; the rippling laughter of the stream, the majestic notes of distant thunder played upon the emotions of men to whatever degree the development of the human soul and its emotions permitted. Music advanced from inarticulate cries to soul-stirring melody, keeping pace with man, as man advanced from an. inarti- culate brute to a heing with infinite as-. pirations. se So, we come downto Music Week, 1939, in Key West, with the full realiza- tion that into our hands has been placed a mighty instrument for the inspiration of our youth, as well as an opportunity to hear the talented interpretations of the great masters of music as well as the best of the music written in a lighter strain; music that dances in the heart like bright | flowers, breeze-blown along the paths we daily tread. Let Key West but sing in unison and ! “Let me write the songs of a Nation, | and I care not who makes.its.laws,” wisely | sance must be made and the loyal, because | Hence, it is evident that among all | among the mightiest ;.and the setting aside | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Highlights Of Florida By KENNETH’ FRIED! 299 0202028000800 2090009800: PERFECTLY’ FORMED LIVE OAK Appa THE, SO-CALLED HANGMANS OAK” ON RLVRREZ STREET, SOUTH SCRSOMPMLE, HAS THE MOST SVMMUETRICAL FORM AND THE MOST MPOSING ARRAY OF MASSIVE se = my? ANO LWE OM. 17 OFS FEET, ca é IWCHESY St. Mary Star Of The Sea Crowns Queen Of May (By ROSE CAMERO, Sodality Secretary) May in Convent of Mary Im-| maculate which is given each} year to the Senior who attains} Sanchez, Miss Mabel Perez. monies began dren of Mary Sodality. assembled in St . Cecilia’s were those who had received the | Virgin. highest average in the remaining the church they knelt eleven grades of the school. middle aisle to recite the Act of Consecration to the Blessed Vir- Mary N.!'gin. Their great love and léyalty Gato, tenth grade; Sylvia Gwynn, |to the Mother of God was shown Migdalia Solano, }in this act when they said: Olive C. Gato,jpromise thee to keep round our seventh grade; Elizabeth Russell, | souls the bright armor of faith. fifth ;We promise to wear, for all the fourth world to see, the beautiful jewel These were: Catherine Ybar- mea, eleventh grade; ninth grade; eighth grade; sixth grade; Ida Soriano, grade; Helen Crusoe, grade; Muried L. Albury, third |of innocence.” grade, and Joyce Ann Parks,! second grade. by the entire school. The reer cession to the church was then formed beginning with the ban-!maculate Conception. ner of the Children of Mary)|that the crowns of flowers alone Sodality carried by Antonio Mar-' were not enough but when these Behind this came all the| young ladies offered the diadem members of the Infant Jesus/of their faith and devotion, they Sodality and the Holy Angels! really’ proved their love Sodality made up of the. eight: Christ and His Blessed Mother. The‘ After his sermon, Rev. Kelleher pronned net pera tive forces of the earth’s tinez. grades of grammar school. néxt section of the -p Was composed of Children Mary Sodality fo! sion | enrolled the Blessed Virgin on a beauti- ‘fully deeorated rack carried: by The honor of being Queen of jfour altar boys in red cassocks. Daniel the highest average in Christian|Charles Perez. Doctrine was awarded Sunday to| honor came next and The cere-| Queen in her white robe and,blue versed the | the | ther the in the morning} mantle. The procession trav: with a Mass of the Angels sung | the green lawns in front Of in Gregorian Chant by the Chil- | Convent and then In the!church. The rosary was recited evening, the Queen and her Court | along the way by the eftire pro- Hall 'cession and as they were enter- + aes with parents and friends for the ing the church they began to sing. crowning. The maids of honor ,the May hymhs of the Blessed! ~ When they were all in the “We 5. the? the The Queen then crowned | Blessed Virgin’s Statue and The crowning of the Queen! members of the pri¢ession offer- and the Maids was performed by ed the flowers they carried as Rev. P. J. Kelleher and this cere- | they passed the statue mony was closed by a hymn sung , way to their respective places. Father Kelleher based his ser- mon for the evening on the fm-* said to Turkey in an effort to sof gengolledj ja, she Scapulars. wed by Thos ‘closing ceremony was the Beng,, | wesecosccconsenscovccecs | WOULD BEAUTIFY CITY Editor, The Citizen: It seems to me to be a pleas-! ant coincidence that Mr. Boake Carter’s interview was in the April 18th issue of The Key West Citizen. I read it with great interest and his suggestions for the better- ment of Key West. SRITRINS YEARS GROWTH IN 36 HOURS WHEN ITS 01D SHELL SPLITS OPEN, THE CRAB GETS RP WHOLE Vf GROWTH Lappe ‘way of the * Do you know whether there has ever been appointed a com- mitte of your citizens to consider! means to. beautify Key West? I would like to make a sugges- tion in regard to a feature that might prove a-great attraction to, visitors that go down the “Higii- way that goes to Sea”. I understand that several and | various convention are held in! Miami during the summer, and it seems to me that if Key West could have a “royal poinciana festival” at that time, it might at- | tract many and also induce them to stay at least a few days in the very nice Overseas Hotel or else-| where in the city. A mass of these flaming red trees in bloom to greet the eye of visitors as they enter the city by “Overseas Highway” would surely be an attraction. The palm-fringed boulevard al-| ready established on the Gulf of Mexico side, together with the proposed buolevard on the Atlan- tic side of the city, would make, I think, a fine background for the poinciana trees. The foinciana trees have sparse leafage, I understand, during the winter months, but, by planting perhaps cleanders and_ hibiscus | with the poincianas a colorful all- year-round attraction would be attained. Emphasis, however, al- TODAY’s COMMON ERROR Do not sav, “Mary was given a music lesson”; say, “a music lesson was given to Mary”. !These were: Louis Roberts,,Dario S Sawyer ea] — TEST ‘YOUR KNOWLEDGE Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to Page 4 for the answers What compounds have the property of neutralizing acids? Name South America, bounded by Bolivia, Brazil and Ar- gentina. What is the mean distance from the earth to the sun? In what round did Joe Louis knock out Jack Roper in their recent bout? Name the capital of Norway. What is the correct pronun- ciation of the word def- lagrate? the 7. What is the average life of horses? Whom did Adolf Hitler re- cently send as Ambassador counter Franco - British diplomacy? What is tne current nautical term for the middle of a for ship? | What instrument used in na- vigation utilizes the direc- magnetism? ime officers, Mary Agnes Kelly, Rose ‘diction of the Most Blessed. Sacra- | Camero, and Celina Bethencourt.|ment sung by the members After these came the Statue ofthe procession. Mrs. Benjamin Lopez Has House Guest Mrs. Bnejamin Lopez of Ba- hama street has as her house guest, Mrs. May Hunt, who was! lon of Key West. William V. Little, head of. the before marriage. Miss May Rid- employment service for the state ss i in Key West, has received a; re- | Fred” about it. of, SITTING IN WITH THE LAWMAKERS: (Continued from Page One) | that doesn’t keep hasn’t, but FOR EMPLOYES folks who get hot and bothered about how things are going for or against them coming down- stairs and consulting “Uncle Sometimes that Mrs. Hunt, who is now making quest for two men, one a body corridor is as quiet as the Sun- her home in Jacksonville, states builder of trucks and the other day school room of a Baptist the inland republic of * ways being placed on the “Royal Poinciana Festvial”, in June and July each year. Would it be a good idea to plant the poinciana trees and the olean- ders and the hibiscus in the spaces between the palms on the boulevard? This letter is just a suggestion, but I think that so many sections )in the United States have flower festivals, why not have one with the glorious poinciana West? EDNA M. JOHNSTON. New York. N. Y., May 3, 1939. WHO KNOWS? (See “The Answers” on Page 4) eee 1. Where is the Atlantic west ot the Pacific? 2. Why is the Red Sea red? 3. How often does the century} plant bloom? 4. What animal holds the speed record for running? 5. Which is the longest moun tain system on earth? 6. Where is the et? 7. When was the first news-| paper printed in the English colo- nies in North America? 8. How high does the strato-} ‘sphere extend? 9. How many U. S. acres have become worthless from erosion? 10. How much gold has come into the U. S. since January 1, 1939? ——__——... in Key; “Painted Des- | MONDAY, MAY 8, 1939 SIDELIGHTS By MARCY B. DARNALL j Former Editor of The Citizen O. O. McIntyre, reputed to have been the highest paid writer in the world at the time of his death, left a net estate of only $72,456, or less than a_ single ‘yeag’s income. But the small- jtown reporter who became a noted columnist packed a lot of |fun and rich experience into his |54 years of life. | According to the |stitute, which for 60 been treating habitual drunk- ards with its “cure,” women al- jcoholic patients have increased 42 per cent in the last five years, and 80 per cent of these are mar- ried. Keely. In- years has | Three applicants for police !jobs at Newark, N. J., who had been rejected because of flat feet, ‘protested that the flat-foot test was the “flooey.” In support of their argument they brought be- ‘fore the board Eulace Peacock, |star sprinter and twice winner of the national penthalon, whose feet are flat as a pancake. Alabama has no Jones county, but at different times has had two. The present Lamar county was called Jones prior to 1867, while Covington county was designated as Jones for a short time in 1868. In a recent article on famed San Quentin prison it was re- vealed that California's first jail was located in that vicinity in 1852. It was a small ship, an- chored off Point San Quentin, which could take care of about 50 men, and was used to incarce- rate unruly old-timers of the early gold rush days. A rural jury in Coosa county, Alabama, returned a_ verdict which was anything but a model, but it was upheld by the state court of appeals. It reads: “We as joury find the defendant guilty of an tempt to commit pettey larncy and fix the fine at one cent.” The name of Calvin McVey meant nothing to the present generation of American boys un- ‘der 60. But his death in San Francisco at the age of 76, re- {called the fact that he was the |Babe Ruth of his day, a great slugger of the National League.in jthe late ’70’s. He was captain land manager of the Cincinnati Reds in 1879, later playing with iBoston and Chicago. He was | given a life pension by the Na- \tional League in 1922. Time’s Reversal |, As Grandma Wayback remarks \in the Pathfinder: “The hand that {used to darn the husband’s socks, ‘today socks the darned husband”. | OVERSEAS CAFE AND LODGE | Marathon, Fla. Phone No. 4 | “The Best in Food and Rooms” Between Key West and Miami COMPLETE GARAGE SERVICE Charley Toppino, Prop. dm) OVERSEAS TRANSPORTATION CO., INC. Fast, Dependable goon ~ Express =n ae MIAMI axiel | KEY WEST Also Serving ALL POINTS ON FLORIDA KEYS —between— MIAMI AND TWO ROUND KEY WEST TRIPS DAILY that she is greatly delighted to manager of a recreation center. . i be back in the Island City again; The eall states that the man-| Church Saturday , morning and meeting so many old friends and ager of the recreation center again it — with humanity and acquaintances. ‘must be a high school graduate, the babbling is almost as buzz- —-—-——_—----— ‘be capable of handling 50, men 222zing as that in the lobby one School Group {and the salary will be from,$35/ floor above.;. You.can tell by that Meets Tomorrow i it may take some time before a cure is ef- fected... That the disease is spreading to | all the beds in Florida is not an encourag- ing prospect. it will be unconquerable. Direct Between Maimi and Key West LEAVE KEY WEST DAILY (except Sandoz) 1:00 o’clock A. M. arrive Miami 7:00 o’clock A. M. 8:00 o’clock A. M. arrive Miami 3:00 o’clock P. M. LEAVE MIAMI DAILY (except Sunday) 1:00 o’clock A. M. arrive Key West 7:00 o’clock A. M. 9:00 o’clock A. M. arrive Key West 4:00 o’clock P. M. Free Pick-Up and Delivery Service Full Cargo insurance Office: 813 Caroline St. Telephones 92 and 68 Warehouse—Corner Eaton and Francis Sts. TRADE AT HOME ito $50 weekly. whether the goyernor is in. Megs oes in connection. with _ There's, a liquor lobby here all mind the people of this section that local iMone ia i bi ‘ these positions ma’ secured -he, time but. up to now all its The last regular meeting of the by applying to ond Little’ et at the troubles have been little ones. merchants deserve a chancé' to supply |,. 7° Division Street School P.-T. A. ; their needs, tor tie jekaah Gi DAA, es building, on Eaton sfgect, |i atlas a eee. lest last : Whenever you have anything to buy ee talaga $ oe, se For Hot Weather Reading _ them serve, Pi Ags in a givelocal business houses an opportunity given: progr , Give me an old nor-easter, paeparate room,, ‘but, that’s one of. ve i ;} With hailstones by the peck; the bills that can be put out! to serve you. The future prosp erity of all Orchestra selection. la drivnig sleet, and ‘neath my without a general alarm. There of us depends upon a willingness to ¢co- | Mandolin Quartette. feet is less “freak stuff” in this session operate in the common good and one way see ee ‘an “See than I ever saw either in Florida, to do this is to patronize home concerns j| night. pe ae tae foes gered cee 7 i 34 me al in a bli ibama—rec: i whenever possible. meee aa en | A-furling a frozen sail, _ | legislatures I have “sat in” upon. We do not urge any person to pay an eer eae ie iP bare with zest my manly, Next week may develop noth- exorbitant price for goods. is th | TOPAY WITH INTEREST | chest : ing but “heavy stuff” which can) ness of a Ss e > te . ee { To the teeth of the icy ile. be told in a f2w important words. se lers 0 meet competition. y LINCOL N, Neb—/ Neb.—A thief who! 4 'Then I can disgress and tell you, must do this if they expect to stay in busi- ness. It is their obligation if they desire | local trade, It’s about time for The Citizen to re- Within the past two weeks two emi- nent columnists, Westbrook Pegler and Boake Carter, paid The Citizen office welcome visits. Both are hefty hombres and ref{ind one forcibly of our own fel- low townsman, Ernest Hemingway, the internationally known writer, who dis- plays 4#ke mental and physical virility. In a speech reeently Harold Ickes, secretary cf the interior, characterized columnists as “calumnists”, indicating a low, despicable and gpineless individual, but on the con- trary-both Pegler and Carter are a pair of fine fellows whom it is good to have the | fortupe to know. They exude pep, health and happiness, The toss of an icy deck. stole $5 from a grocery store in This is the life for me, boys! ,, about the lobbies and maybe a this city following a hold-up,’ The life of a sailor, oh!— few words about that interesting promised to pay it back with in- ‘I live it ere three times a week | subject, the attaches. Until then, lterest within thirty days. In a nice warm picture sow. adieu!