The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 11, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO ° The Key West Citizen | Published Daily E: THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher | JOE ALLEN, Assistant Basiness Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets rept Sunday By Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe 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 credited to it or not etherwise credited in this paper and also the Iécal news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year Six Months Three Months Qne Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of sespect, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at | the rate of 10 cents a line, Notices for entertainment by churches from which enue is to be derived are 6 cents a line. Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- | of public issues and subjects of local or general | r t but it will not publizh anonymous communi- cations. (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. The things some people don’t know about driving a car can fill a hospital—and usually do. | find work in other lines. The world is bothered by too many | citizens who think they ought to ‘have seats on the rostrum. The moons that float overhead on these warmer nights probably will be blamed for a lot of things that will be said before the summer is over. It is hinted that Florida may go Demo- cratic in 1940 if the government decides to waste millions in building the trans- | Florida canal. It is possible that the ditch will cause the switch. The writers of ballads flourished at all tinie’; Wut particularly in thé;i6th cen- tury was this the case, when their songs had a tremendous influence over the pop- ulace. About that time Andrew Fletcher ef Saltoun in a letter to the Marquis of Montrose wrote: “I knew a very wise man that believed that if a man were per- mitted to make all the. ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a na- tion.” “The fish around Key West are doing their best to make the Island City famous —and doing a good job of it” remarks L. P. Artman, in The Key West Citizen, add- ing “What are you doing to help?” Editor Artman himself has done plenty, if you | must know—his bright stories of angling escapades, and his peppy paragraphs, carrying the message of Key West into far- flung corners of the Nation, and contribut- ing most substantially to that beautiful and unique municipality's publicity —Times- Union. State Senator Pat Whitaker wants to be boss of Tampa as a stepping stone to his desire to become governor of Florida. A set-back to his aspirations undoubtedly | are the utility measures he has introduced without a referendum which would have | given the people of the west coast city an opportunity to express themselves pro or | con. Both leading Tampa papers are “ferninst” the bills, and the directors of | the Chamber of Commerce voted 17 to 1) to time selves. j Ment, ow é j ymeasure Of prosperity. the blight disappears and sponges | serve it and provide American ANOTHER INDUSTRY DIES One by one through the years the in- | | dustries and commercial activities ‘of Key | West have languished and died. Only | Dame Nature seemed to take pity on this | stricken city. She continued to keep the | surrounding water alive ; Many varieties and regularly sprinkled the j bay bottoms with sponges. with fishes of employed i While citizens | ther occupations from time | out employ-./ 44 fairly even Now Dame Nature has joined hands | with the evil fate that has dogged our in- strange | dustrial and economic ‘dife. A blight has spread‘dtros8'the ocean _bot- toms. With mysterious force and with deadly swiftness this strange malady has killed 98 per cent of the yellow, wife, glove | and grass sponges and between 70 and 80 | per cent of the sheepswool, the highest grade of sponge taken in Monroe waters. For all commercial purposes the sponge beds in this area are ruined. It may be years before the sponging industry can be | revived. What about the 200 Key West sponge fishermen and their families, numbering in all approximately 1,000 persons? not take a large amount-.of imagination to answer ,that,,question. The 200,,spongers are out of|Work. Many businesses’ that are facing starvation, according to a survey made by the Morroe County Fishermen’s Associa- tion. A few of these unfortunate men may A few may have sufficient money to keep them going until begin again to multiply healthy growths. A few may be able to live with relatives. But to the majority destruction of the sponge beds means the end of every hope. Realizing this situation, the Monroe County Fishermen’s Association has ap- pealed to U. S. Senators Claude Pepper and C. O. Andrews and Congressman Pat Cannon for federal aid for the spongers and their families. It is suggested that | perhaps the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries might sponsor a project for the propaga- spongers in the work. This seems to be a reasonable and sound suggestion. The sponge industry is important inthe nation’s economic life: Sponges have many industrial which no satisfactory substitutes have been developed. It would appear that such a project would serve two purposes—give werk to a body of men who need and ‘de- industry with a vital product that will have to be im- | ported until native sponges again appear in commercial quantities. NEUTRALITY LAW FOOLISH The neutrality laws of the United States should be amended. The present mandatory embargo, in the case of war in- volving nations, is absurd. It makes for a theoretical neutrality that inevitably works to the advantage of one contender or the : other. aa In the Spanish war the embargo: was applied, {vith disastrous results. ite the cause of the Spanish government... In the | clash between China and Japan it has not been applied because, officially, there is no war. In the event of a war between Ger- many and Italy, on one side, and Great Britain and France, on the other, it would prevent the democracies from securing materials that might be necessary to ‘their successful defense. It looks like the best thing to do | body had swiped his foot stool. | ee It does | | depended in some measure upon the sponge | industry have been seriously affected. The | spongers and their families ing to tales of tourists and winter | thing to do, he got a $5, ticket to} | visitors about how Florida sticks! “show” on the colt “@n Loca*} -THE KEY WEST CITIZEN HONEST WEIGHT?22?__ It Seocoocceavcsesos TE TO CLASSIFY. , By RUSSELL KAY; “) > TOGLA For years I have been listen- id eccccccccccccesccee \, +——— | program. | KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY | ! Happenings Here Just 10 Years, Ago Today As Taken From | The Files of The Citizen H Under the auspices of the| American Home Department of! i n .Q' nds | 0 tol fe rev ie to the! JEL eon “addresses, | ceremonies and music and read-}{ ings. e _eyent vill take its; | place pane Ee creas fea-! ‘tures planned. in ¢ennection with | Mother’s Day in Key West. Mrs. | Andrew R. Miller, president of | the Woman’s club, will preside, ! and the dedicatory address will} be delivered by Rev. L. Munro, |pastor of the First Methodist church. A male quartette will} sing “Beautiful Land” and a; ;member of Mrs. McInnis’ Scout i Troop will give an appropriate {reading. There will be two mu-! |sieal selections and other excel- | |lent numbers will complete the| eo | . Leaving this port for the last , time on the present . schedule. \May 20, the S.S. Henry ,R, Mal-! ‘gry will take an mon |. , largé passenger list to New, York | | | 1 Just beause it seeméd’to be the sfrom Key, West. Even at’ ‘this arly date there are 25 bookings| listed at the Mallory office and} ‘the officials of the company have | jthem for hotel accommodations, | tion’—to be informed after the! teen advised (of otfiers, who are| for meals and*in other ways, and! yace that iis choice finished a'contemplating making the trip. while in a few poor last, about an eighth of a After May 20 no other passenger instances such |complaints may be justified I’ve | found from personal experience, | winner, as have many other Floridians, | ‘mile behind “Johnstéwn”, “It was a great rade"; he says, tice, is the the | steamers of the Mallory line will | make this port until further no-! official announce- | ‘that our state is no worse than @/«and the greatest crowd’I’ve ever; ment. The ship will arrive here \lot of other places. kick out of listening I got a big! been jostled about in, ‘and’while 'next Tuesday evening enroute to! to Burton: can't say that I SAW:'thé Der-}Galveston and will return May Schoepf, president of Tamiami | py, I can at least say ‘that I at-|20, Trail Tours, tell me of his eX-! tended it. iperiences in Louisville last week | considerable doubt {W my! mind | during the Kentucky Derby. Being called north on business, | ence was worth what it ébst, it|ing of Anchor Lodge, {he found his schedule would per- mit him to stop off and take in every hotel filled and had the (‘hardest kind of a time getting a “cubby iol” of a room nominal rate of $20—in fact, the} held at Hialeah!” |elerk assured him he was lucky} ito get even that. at, the Food was as which, ‘set And_ whilé'' there is Sess H Work in the entered apprentice | as to whether or nof:tte experi-| degree is scheduled for the meet-| | nevertheless convinced me tha’ ‘like Florida better than and that if I ever | Kentucky Derby’ it’ Burton’s experience parilla Carnival, iT ' any- an announcement by \the Derby at Churchill Downs. | where else on earth;° that, com-| John C. Park. He arrived in Louisville to find! pared to other sections; we give | jour visitors a mighty good ‘break; ! siege snore ibeen recognized ‘ave to be by statesmen as the soundest and'come last year? which will) tt I,meet Monday night, according to/| Secretary | Editorial Comment: From the! ivery first our constitution has; the world over | best foundation for government | reminds | “ {me that a fellow complained bit A has sever) been) devised. tion of sponges and employ the Key West | hard to get as were rooms; but i terly to me because he was charg- | |he managed to satisfy his hunger | eq $5 a day for a room7n Tampa (hi | with a-platter of plain old. fash- | during the Florida Fair and Gas- ioned ham and eggs Entertainment presented at the” junder the auspices of ‘the local and howled Amateur Actors Association, was {him back one buck, and the cof-| about a steak’dinner that cdst him | witnessed by a large crowd and | |fee was extra at 15¢ a cup, take) two bucks, and we had over a number-have been heard to say it or leave it! uses for | “What?” I asked. Sorange juice?” “If there was anything in Louis- ville being offered at 5c”, he says. “I didn’t run into it’. Then he | 6n occasions, I know of one of them ‘ ture. launched into a description of his that experience at the race track. The “home folks” for I’ve 100,000 visitors: in the ‘city that’ that it was ‘orie of the best ‘éver- we are just a bunch of pikers. And while Florida innkeepers ' used {may advance their prices a right weil by just does the “No 5c¢ day. So compared to Louisville’ produced in this city. The pro- ceeds of the evening are to be for securing copywright bit ‘plays for presentation in the fu- 1 , Must Help or it Will Cost You Nothing | Over orie million bottles of the WILLARD re-| Sapps Brothers, new proprie- taxi from his hotel to Churchill turned from Jacksonville where tors of the Sanitary Restaurant, Downs was $5. All grandstand 7 was the guest of “Bob” Kloep- have just completed a See! seats were sold, so for $2.35 he pel, who operates the George of remodeling within. They have; got an admission ticket for stand- ing room only. ing about the grounds, the prob- | With some 80,000 people mill- lem of finding a vantage point to view the race was something to |worry about. After being pushed and shoved by the milling mob, he finally managed to work his | way to within about 75 or 80 feet of the ‘track, where he was jammed in so tight it was all he he saw of it wag $ ‘could do to breathe. Washington and Mayflower | decorated and painted to a point hotels in that city, and the George | where they have one of the neat- Washigton at West Palm Bea He gave.a little party for me ) bers of the Legislature, state ficials and other special guests. ch. est and most attractive places in| m- the city. { of- - { Officers and members of Troop | Tallahassee must have Jooked like 4, Girl Scouts, are requested to} a deserted village over the week- asemble at the corner of Divi- end, for it seemed to me | just about that sion and White streets tomorrow ; everybody: attended afternoon at 5:30 o’clock with or TODAY'S COMMON j you CaN see/iT ERROR ‘Do ‘riot say. “John grad- vated from Harvard”; say, “was graduated”. TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to Page 4 for the answers 1. What is the name for earliest inhabitants country? Does gravity affect articles in a vacuum? Into what body the of a of water THURSDAY, MAY 11} 1939 HERE TODAY! ‘HERE’S THE TIRE does the Ganges river emp-! ty? Is a child born in the U. S. of alien parents‘an Ameri- can citizen? Name the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. What famous address con- tains the words: “Govern- ment of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the earth”? What is the correct pronun- ciation of the wofd dem- onstrative? What is the name of the cav- ity at the mouth of a vol- cano? How many square rods are in an acre? What is the nickname South Dakota? 9: 10. for | Peecvvecvvecvocvecccccoce WHO KNOWS? (See “The Answers” on Page 3) Pevececccacccoce 1. Can scientists really identi- fy elements on distant stars? 2. Is solar radiation useful in forecasting the weather? 3. How many members the Red Cross? 4. When does year end? 5. How many Catholics are in the U. S.? 6. Is there any cure for hemo- philia, the bleeding disease? 7. What was the national in- has the U. S. fiscal 8. Is the new British budget balanced? How many men were idle during the soft coal mine strike? compare with those of a year ago? QUICK RELIEF FROM ‘Symptotis of ‘Distress Arising from STOMACH ULCERS bueto EXCESS ACID FreeBookTelis of HomeTreatmentthat TREATMENT have been sold for relietof sore of distress arising from he an Poor erry eas le t Bassi ‘Stoeplesaniess, ete, due to Excess Acid. Sold on 15 days’ triall ‘Willard’s Message ‘Ask for “ ”? which fully explains this treatment—free—at GARDNER'S PHARMACY Pleasing You ... Delights Us STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE CUBAN and AMERICAN igh ‘schcol auditorium last night. | 10. How do prices in the U. S.| “Bob's” party, from: Governor without uniforms to attend the Quality and Service—Our Slogan TST Cone on down. : Everyone had a .wonderful Byi this time the first race WaS| time and it -sérved.to®reak the ee on, and, according ,to Burton, all tension. and ‘gave our iégisldtors| News has been retéived an- e tops of the # chaiice’ td Jet their hair. down! nouncing the death 'éfMrs. Eric jockeys’ caps as they flashed by.) and catch their “breath :before |eeremonies connected with the, planting of the royal palm. | { &. Curry at ‘her homél itABalti- | Noting: that-some ‘folks around| they plunge into the trying last 'tore at 10:30 o'clock’ lastiiight. him’ wére‘istanding:om boxes tO/|period of their official duties. Mrs. Curry formerly ‘¥ésided in quiries and managed to rent @ and box from a kid for $1.00. Climb- helpful to everyone. 1); ing up on this for the next race, | nf jhe did better. for while he still) — jcouldn’t see the horses, he dis-| covered that the jockeys had on} | blouses as well as caps. During the excitement of the \Tace, he had the box knocked from under him, and before he | could get on his feet again some- gain a better VieW, he made in-| The party was a great success’Key West and has a large num-! should prove {immensely |ber of friends, who will be griev- | ‘ed to learn of hr passing. Lopez Funeral Service |: Established 1885 Licensed Funeral Directors and Embalmers 24 Hour Ambulance Service 135 _ Night 696 You're Close to Her Heart ia THEY ALL ADMIRE! GOODYEAR’S GREAT “G-100" ALL-WEATHER STANDARD EQUIPMENT } ON SMART NEW CARS THIS: YEAR yours NOW on EASY-PAY rekws! Here's what you get in "G-100" All-Weather 1. New tire engineering provides a COMPRESSED tread — greater resistance to cuts and bruises — up to 33% more tread mileage. 2. 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