The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 18, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO _The Key West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher 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 “he Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to | it or. pot etherwise credited in this paper and also the ldCal news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year ...... Six Months Three Months One -Month Weekly 00 $10, 5.00 ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of obituary notices, etc. will be charged for at f 10 cents a line. for entertainment by churches from which « revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. ‘The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general terest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations. ———$—<———[$— | 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. Trading at home is the activity that best promotes the growth of our own markets. . The Japanese. government, pears, is looking for another place to de- fend itself from invasion. it ap-| Already one Florida daily newspaper has suspended publication, even while the Murphy Act is still in action. At least not directly, Uncle Sam has not insisted so far that the wages of sin be included in our income tax reports. Uncle Sam used loudly to insist on freedom of the seas. Hitler and Mussolini appear to prefer freedom of the seize. ” ‘There are some school girls who do; not know their grammar, they can’t even decline a kiss—and that’s the trouble.— | Key West Citizen. That’s not the trouble; that’s perfect—Sanford Herald. Now that the per capita share of gov- ernment obligations has reached some $320, the Key West Citizen wants to know if there is not some way we can Mur-| phyize this debt. Don’t worry, we will when the time comes.—Sanford Herald. The most unusual and outstanding | man in any community, and it goes for | Key West, too, is that fellow’ who pays | cash for everything as he goes along. We | refer, of course, to the fellow who could get all the credit he wanted, but prefers to pay cash. If you keep your mouth shut long enough and tight enough, people will sus- pect you have brains—perhaps. A father | once gave that advice to his fool of a son, but after following that advice for some time he gave it up when he saw that the people found him out anyhow. At the World’s Fair in New York a | house may be seen that was built by the | WPA and cost the taxpayers $6,500,000. | t is claimed that a private concern could | have built it for a million less, but why | complain if it is the government’s object | to strew the taxpayers’ money around | promiscuously. | England's budget lacks balance by | only $1,778,000,000, that of the United | States more than $40,000,000,000. Either repudiation must follow or future genera- tions will be enslaved for years. All be- cause President Roosevelt listened to an English economist so-called, who had the | bug that we could spend ourselves into | prosperity. Bedouin desert women dye their finger- nails, toe-nails and the palms. of their! hands red. The American women haven't | got down to dyeing their hands as yet, but | they dye their finger-nails and toe-nails. | There are many American women whose husbands, however, have the palms of) their hands greased, but that is apparently | a world-wide custom whose origin is lost ; in the maze of time, | fantry in China for three years, MONROE GETS ACTION | | | West legislation is moving forward through | the clogged legislative machinery ‘at Talla- ; hassee with unusual speed. Already sev- | eral acts introduced by Representative | | Bernie C. Papy have been passed by the | House of Representatives and are sched- uled for action in the Senate next week. Amorg'the Papy measures | by the Assembly were those fixing the | salaries of Monroe commissioners at a | | lower level; abolishing the Court of Crim- ! school ‘authorities; requiring that the at- | torney and all permanent employes of the | Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District be | residents of Monroe County; authorizing } Key West to tax wage earners from 50 cents to $1 a month to raise money for sponsorship of federal projects; providing for retirement of municipal employes on pension; prohibiting the killing of key deer in Monroe County; and enabling the | city to enact building restrictions as set up by the Zoning Board. Broadly speaking, these are all good | measures. The majority of them un- doubtedly has the backing of the bulk of our citizens. Probably the most im- portant; measures in the foregoing list are the movement to abolish the Criminal | Court of Record and that permitting adop- | tion of zoning regulations. Papy says the former is an act of economy | and the latter an important step in prim | ing the construction program so_ sorely | | needed in Key West. What happens to the Criminal Court measure when | reaches the Senate remains to be seen, but | it is probable a referendum provision may be tacked to it by State Senator David El- mer Ward. What Representative Papy’s reaction to that may be is anyone’s guess. The constitutionality of the act en- abling the city to tax wage earners even for so worthy a purpose as sponsorship of federal projects undoubtedly will be ques- tioned. However, it is unlikely that work- ers earning fair salaries will protest the levy because the funds so raised will serve two ends—pfovide the city with many vital improvements and furnish work for men and women or relief. On. the whole it seems to The Citizen that Representative Papy has done a good job of representing Monroe County at | Tallahassee. He has shown himself alert to the county’s legislative requirements and has sufficient standing in the Legis- lature to have the needed acts brought be- fore the Assembly for consideration. The only act not so far introduced is that set- ting up a new city charter for Key West. | This matter probably will be cleared up within a few days. NEW ARMY CHIEF In selecting Brigadier General George C. Marshall to be chief of staff of the United States Army, to succeed General | Malin Craig next August, President Roose- velt passed over 20 major generals and 14 brigadier generals who now rank above Marshall, es The man who will thus jump over the heads of his 34 present seniors by being | promoted to the army’s highest ‘post is not a West Pointer. He entered the service as | a private soldier in 1902, but was a grad- uate of the Virginia Military Institute be- fore enlisting in the regular army. General Marshall is 58 years of age, and is now deputy chief of staff under General Craig. He served as_ assistant | chief of staff of the First Division in France during the World War, after which he was aide-de-camp to General Pershing. Later he commanded the 15th In- followed by service as instructor at the Army War College, and as chief of the war plans divi- sion of the generd} staff, before his ap- pointment as deputy chief of staff last year. Sis ei : Until te seléetion to be chief of staff a few days ago, General’ Marshall was lit- tle known putside of army circles, but he is said to be*highly regarded by his brother officers. His new office will give him the rank of full general, the highest in our service. The world is plagued by citizens who believe that without them the world would | be ruined; and there are employees who think the business would collapse if they resigned or were fired. They never think their removal could possibly improve con- ditions, Proposed Monroe County and Key | adopted | | inal Record; diverting some of the coun- | | ty’s state gasoline taxes to the city and | Representative | it | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN KEY WEST IN» eveocee ego RETURN .TO KEY WEST | DAYS GONE BY | FOR YOUR HEART DITTY TO JUDY Four-year-old Tourist Vee eesscerdeoreesesesoe | “Kiddy, Judy, cutie Judy, i | What you’re doin’ on the porch? Takin’ sun-bath in the sun light? Ain’t you scared the heat will’ scorch?” ] Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files of The Citizen ao nieeeemeneenelicnnensaties All Key West will join heartily | with members of the Cuban/| ‘colony next Monday in a fitting 4 rs |Judy shook her tiny plats, | celebration of Independence Day. | Hanging je head with May 20, which is to Cuba what grace. \the Fourth of July is to America. |Full of joy and innocence t This date is always anticipated;Beamed her merry cherub face, \gleefully for it is a date which ' jis dear to the hearts of Ameri-| When we parted oe enh nag | Happy, waving at each ‘other; jeans, as well as Cubans. The /Playfui Judy’s heart I kidnaped, | principal event in the program Of! as 7 jeft her with her mother. this year will be the renedition of ; a patriotic program in the his-! Judy soon will motor northward ‘toric San Carlos building, which On the way to New York City; | | occupies the same site as did the! What a pity! What a pity! |former building in which Cuba's Next 3 year — oer N.Y.C. li !For the island e sea. final struggle ee dee ety was For your heart return to Key {planned and which is often re-; West, ifesred i the ce of Cuban And T'll write a Kiddy Ditty. | ; Independence. ie cremonies WES’ os will commence at 8 o'clock Mof Key beside Fla. PERLE IPER: iday evening in the San Carlos | May 18, 1939, |theatre with an interesting and | is = very impressive program. | which were sent north for distri- | Preparations for starting the | bution, jcrawfish hatcheries at Key West} —— |were commenced this morning; Local Red Men and members; |under the direction of Dr. A. G./of the Degree of Pocahontas will | Adams, who was in charge of the|tnorpow conduct a wigwatn of! plant here last year and has ar- . Ret rived from Booth Bay, Maine, to |S°trow, the ceremonies to begin’ [superintend the hatching pro- at 10 o'clock in the morning. Ti-' gram for the present season.;ger Tail Tribe 19 and Minoca One of the local plants get be | Council No. 13, Degree of Poca- | | placed at the Porter Dock where | i ici j : large wooden tank has been Rone ary cae: ‘placed and a, portable building | ‘ y ! las been attached to house the; An interesting program has; |hatching equipment. The float-|been arranged for the entertain-! jing hatchery at the Thompson; ment which will be given on Dock will also be operated this Monday evening at 8 o'clock at oe the American Legion Hall in! Government civil engineers | honor of Past Commander War-/ | from Washington City, who came ten E. Magee, who has been or- | ‘unannounced, are reported to} dered to the Philippines for duty. ‘have for some time very care- |All Legionnaires and their ladies | fully and page ‘making si? invited:to attend. | survey of the wide! water spans}, ; jaG@inowares i on the Over Sea’ Highway, and| * hyd ATES | are now understood to be com- pleting their work, expecting to return to Washington and pre-| pare their report. « i | i es municipal Editorial Comment: “An apple a |called for nominations, but none day keeps the doctor away and an ‘have come forward to take the { away” but we know a man who and members of town council ; gave his wife an apple a day and Whose terms have expired. still could not keep the doctor/ away. QUICK RELIEF FROM Before the present session: of | the criminal court adjourned yes-| terday Judge J. Vining Harris | complimented the juries on their | decisions during the present term, | and thanked them for the excel-/ jlent service rendered. ; | An illustrated sermon on the life of “Jeremiah the Prophet” | Ses ‘will be delivered Sunday evening by the minister of the First | Presbyterian church. | ‘There were 47 carloads of pine- | apples arriving last night on the | ferry boats from Havana, one of; Sate, | otc., ‘trial! ‘which the fruit arrived that com- |. pleted shipments of 87 cars, also known as Florida SELLING OUT ENTIRE STOCK THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1939 SMALL 10 AN ACT | TWO STEAMERS DUE FRIDAY ' | two ships of the Clyde-Mallory , West tomorrow evening and both jof the vessels are bound for RELATIVE TO EXCESSIVE IN-' northern ports. TEREST BEARING ON The Steamer Ozark 4 a New Orleans enroute Bere and Jacksonville and the Brazos is | bound from Galveston enroute to TALLAHASSEE, Fla. May 18| New York. (FNS).—With proponents of bills! that would repeal all laws gov-/ “1 wag all tn, Only 45 but felt 70. ‘Then took Ostrex. Feel 20 years younger."’—Robert Fitzjohn, Toledo, O. OSTREX contains organic stimulant. obtained from raw oysters, which peps you up AT ON 180 Invigorators advised by leading doctors ant tablets, Get regular $1 OSTREX today If not delighted, maker refunds price of this FURNITURE of late Benjamin, er a al Tynes Furniture Store. All, consideration of kindred measures | The New Raw Oyster Tonle Stock selling below cost. Every- | | For Sale At Gardner's Pharmacy thing must go. Open between has narrowed down ta a determ-! 1 and 5 p. m. daily. Corner ined drive, lead by Rep. J. P. Olivia and Windsur Lane. | farchant, of Lakeland, to bring! may15-lwk the so-called COLUMN PERSONAL pe RE Ray OLD AT 40! GET PEP. New Ostrex Tonic Tab-| lets contain faw oyster invigo- rators and other stimulants. One dose starts new pep. Value $1.00. Special price 89c. Call, write Gardner’s Pharmacy. FOR SALE a SIX-FOOT SARDINE CAST NET, made by hand. Reasonable. Ap- ply 1018 White ‘Street. ~ may16-18-20 f é We panies meeting decisive defeats from Miami is to erning Florida’s small loan com- in committees, this legislature's TRE “salary buyers”, |FOR SALE—2 lots, each 50x100. Run from Washington to Von Phister street. $1,000. Apply rear 1217 Petronia street. aprl4-s BARGAIN—20 Lots on Stock Is- land, $2,500. Brokers protect- ed. Apply “R”, The Citizen. may15-1mox FOR RENT Serene FURNISHED APARTMENT. 517 Bahama St. may8-17tx | FIVE-ROOM Furnsihed Apart- ment. _ Modern conveniences. 511 Simonton Street. may 16-6tx FURNISHED GARAGE APART-) MENT. Electric Stove and Re- frigerator. Also, unfurnished apartment. 1502 South St. may8-tf CENTRAL HOTEL—Home of the largest and most comfortable rooms in town. - Special Sum mer Weekly Rates now in ef- fect. All new furnishings. Cor- ner Southard and Duval streets. apr7-tf SIGNS—“For Rent”, “Rooms For Rent”, “Apartment For Rent”, “Private Property, No Tres- passing”, 15¢ each. THE ART- MAN PRESS. nov25-tf ROOMS i NEW VALDEZ INN, 521 United. Sixteen beautiful new rooms. Across South Beach. Phone 9135. feb23-tf HOTELS BRING YOUR VISITING friends in need of a good night’s rest to THE OVERSEAS HOTEL. Clean rooms, enjoy the homey atmosphere. Satisfactory rates. 917 Fleming St. may17-tf 128 N.E. 4th THE MUNR st.Miami,Fla. Coo! rooms, hot water, free parking, reasonable. may16-1mox PLUMBING HARPER & CARR PLUMBING CO., 521 Simonton Street. Tel. 373. Expert work at reason- able prices. Estimates Free. apr27-l1mo MISCELLANEOUS : FULL COURSE DINNER 30 cents at Johnny’s Manhatta:. Diner. Fruit Juices. 627 Du- apr26-lmo like new. Apply White Star apr26-Imo AI RP onion a day will keep anybody {Places of Mayor R. J. Melanson, pleasing You... Delights Us | 3 ALLEYS DUCK PINS .. . TEN PINS ‘Open 11 A. M. to 11 P. M. fly | pay” Warren and “Jack” Long FOR SALE OR LEASE... ANY OR ALL OF TRUMBO ISLAND East Coast Terminal at Key West,—148.2 acres of high filled land, 2 con- inquirieladdress:— T. E. PRICE, +11 Seybold Bldg., Miami, Fla. ™ TRUMBO PROPERTIES, T. E. Price, Pres. who now charge interest as high ARUNDEL as 240 percent a year and operate | AOTEL without any form of state regula- tion, under the provisions of a CENTRALLY LOCATED @ND uniform small loan act. MODERNLY EQUIPPED As the legislature is entering | its fifth week, indications point FOR COMFORT AND to this one issue and representa- tives of the licensed companies | CONVENIENCE aT ‘voiced the prediction here that thepnext move of the salary buy- ‘erss:would be a demand for in- creasing the interest now charged CONSIDERATE RATES by the. licensed operators, which are now permitted up to three —_— and one-half percent a month. “These tactics have been em- ployed in every state in which battles of this kind have been staged”, a licensed company rep- resentative stated. “Obviously the purpose of such a move is to ‘create sentiment that might re ‘sult in reductions of existing charges”. The licensed small loan companies insist that all salary buyers should be made to ,conform to state regulations, which weuld limit their interes charges to not more than 42 per- cent a year. $1.50 UP FOR ONE OR TWO PERSONS TWO BLOCKS ONLY FROM B & O MT. ROYAL STATION CHARLES ST. AT MT. 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