The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 23, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO : The Key West Citizen Pubiished Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. rom The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated “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 idtai news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES wne Year @x Months See Phree Months _. Dne Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. + SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of tuary notices, etc., will be charged for at 10 cents a line, ‘or entertainment by churches from which enue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. c izen isan open forum end invites discus- lic issues and subjects of local or general yut it.will not publich 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. It appears judging from results the Kellogg Pact was packed. They say time flies, but that is not always true; for the girl who is 18 today, 10 years hence will be but 23. Being in the red, makes us blue, or white with rage; then we show a yellow streak. Human nature, besides being what it is, is also colorful. The gross federal debt on April 28 was $40,056,071.60. The government has it all figured out even down to 60 cents, A very economically minded government? When Franklin _D. Roosevelt was Democratic nominee for Vice President in 1930, we find Mrs. Roosevelt charac- terized as “domestic and has her principal | interest in her home.” Yes, Mrs, Franklin D. Roosevelt! Attorney Louis Harris is telling a story (no, it’s not the kind you are think- ing of) about a little pickaninny to whom was pictured the awful fate awaiting her if she didn’t quit the naughty habit of sucking her thumb. | Who says there’s nothing in a name? Representative Papy of Key West is the daddy of several legislative bills relating | to Monroe County.—The Lake Worth | Herald. It appears the writer of the| above knows how our representative pro- nounces his name. no projection room in Windsor Castle and have to go to the village theater to see a moyie. Onthe other hand the White House has its own projector with sound apparatus attached, and will probably have television installed as soon as prac- ticable. In this case, who is more demo- cratic, England or the United States? BERLE ie tose cea | That old idea that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach is brought out | again by Editor L. P. Artman of The Key | West Citizen, in a brief paragraph. As | the Island City editor views the matter: | “It is really wiser to choose a wife who is | handy with the kitchen rather than around | the automobile, for you have more ap- petite than you have tire trouble. Oddly enough there are wives who are always | ready to drive an automobile but too in-| disposed to brew a cup of coffee for their‘ | husbands.”—Times-Union. | A recent survey of congressmen and senators disclosed their opinion that home newspapers lead all other media by a great | margin in influencing the voters of the) various congressional districts and states, | It was also revealed that the average sen- | ator subscribed to 6.7 daily newspapers and 30.5 weeklies from his home state, | while the average congressman received | 3.6 dailies and 17.8 weeklies in his office. | Large city centers were not included in the | survey. Senators Andrews and Pepper) and Congressman Cannon are on the com- i plimentary list of The Citizen and reg-, ularly editorials and items of interest are_ *GLADE AND KEY PARK AREAS Considerable attention is given the proposed Everglades National Park and | the Florida Overseas Parkway in a beauti- the Florida State Planning Board. If the recémmendations of the Board are finally adopted Key West is in line for substantial benefits that would result from the con- summation of these great projects. Prepared in co-operation with the Department of Interior, the National Park Service, the National Resources Committee seas Highway districts, states: and location of structures along the entire 45-mile strip to preserve the area its natural state and develop a parkway ef- fect. The control of entire distance from in beauty characteristic of this area—the only one of its kind in the United States.” Regarding the proposed Everglades park the report says: “The site selected for this park, con- sisting of 1,454,092 acres, covers most of the southern end of the Florida peninsula, including some of the Florida Keys, many of the Thousand Islands, and is 350 miles further south than is Cairo, Egypt. “The entire section is flat, the eleva- tion not exceeding eight feet, and is a dense tropical jungle with tidal lakes and es- tuaries where the Americar crocodile is making its last stand. In the southern- most part of the area is a vast mangrove forest, reported to be the most remarkable on this continent, and it is stated that no- where in the word are to be found such magnificent orchids as grow in abundance in this proposed park.” Jefferson on Garden Key of the Dry Tor- tugas group was proclaimed a National Monument now under control of the Na- tional Park Service, which “has made vast improvements and repairs.” Copies of this report are being distri- buted throughout the state and nation and Monroe County is certain to get some fine publicity from it. One of the purposes of the report is to arouse public interest in the necessity of conserving and increasing the park, parkway and recreational re- sources “if Florida is te maintain its pos tion among the leading states of this union.” It seems to The Citizen that it be- hooves the people of Monroe County to take a more active interest in the proposal to make the Everglades region a national park and the plan is to give the state con- trol of lands adjoining Overseas Highway -from Florida City to Key West. Both proj- ects should prove extremely beneficial to Key West, increase the travel along the Keys and make the area a great all-year- around resort. THE STRATEGIC CARIBBEAN The increasing strategic importance of the Caribbean area in the defense of the United States is emphasized by the ap- peintment of Admiral William D. Leahy, now Chief of Naval Operations, to succeed Governor Winship. That Puerto Rico is to be a main link in the defensive chain in the Atlantic ocean is evident in the decision to place the island under the jurisdiction of the Navy. Gen. George C. Marshall, recently desig- -nated as Army Chief of Staff, on his way to Brazil, took time to inspect proposed sites for the aerial center. Readers may wonder why the United States suddenly finds it necessary to make Puerto Rico an island stronghold. It is plain that responsible leaders of this coun- danger exists in the Atlantic ocean. This is contrasted with the fact that, during the World War, no need was seen for any un- usual development of the island. The answer, we think, comes when one realizes the tremendous strides that have been made in aviation. As Gen. Mar- shall says, “New strategic lines of defense, far in advance of those heretofore con- sidered adequate, have now become neces- sary.” One reason for this is the pos- ibility that the totalitarian powers may clipped for their perusal by secretaries. ; win a war in Europe. “Tt is intended to regulate the type | Florida City to Key West (by the state) is | also essential to protect the unusual scenic | The report also points out that Fort | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | THE BARRIER | | ful printed and bound report prepared by | | } | | | 9 | Florida Forest and Park Service, the U. S. | and the U. S. Forest Service, the Board’s | preliminary report, speaking of the Over- | ECONOMY DISAPPEARS HOUSE VOTES FUNDS SO DOES THE SENATE |NEW BUILDINGS GALORE F. D. R. TO TRAVEL SOON TO TALK ABOUT POLICIES The much-talked of economy is pownere evidenced in Congress. |Here and there one runs across a |legislator who is insisting upon j}economy, but when the test comes .the vote: are always suf- ficient to pass appropriations. In |fact, the present Congress is ap- | propriating much more money hen the President requested. It [will always be the. case. The muy opportunity for economy in this country, so far as we can see, depends upon the leadership of jan executive, ready and willing to veto excessive appropriations by the Congress itself. There was little of economy in | the $305,188,514 War Department | appropriation bill passed by the | House last week. It was largely {composed of funds for flood con- | trol and rivers and harbors im- | provements in the year beginning July 1st. The bill carried $66,040,- |047 more than was appropriated }for the War Department’s civil |functions in the current year. It | provided $172,000,000 for flood | control and $96,000,000 for river |and harbor improvements under | the direction of Army engineers. |The budget bureau had recom- |mneded only $110,000,000 for flood control and $71,000,000 for river and herbor work. | When the Senate added nearly $400,000,000 to the Agricultural By HUGO S. SIMS, Special Washington Corres>ondent of The Citizen \ties of the Government, such a the Social Security and Railroad Retirement Boards, will shortly be under construction. | aes The probability is that Presi- dent Roosevelt will take advan- tage of his trip across the Conti- ‘nent to visit the San Francisco | World’s Fair to discuss the for- ‘eign policy of his Administration. ,The President, it is said, is anx- | ious to defend his actions and at- titudes in the foreign field of in- ‘ternational affairs as a safeguard against war. He will particularly reply to the advocates of strict neutrality legislation and those who urge an isolationist policy upon this country. Necessity for leadership and initiative on the part of the Pres- jident is seen from the fact that for the past month and a half, the Senate committee om Foreign Re- jlations has been holding hearings on proposed amendments to the ‘Neutrality Act without seeming ‘able, apparently, to reach a deci- sion as to just what kind of leg- islation should be presented to ‘Congress. President Roosevelt and Secre- tary Hull have remained on the sidelines, without approving any suggestions and without making recommendations of their own. Apparently, the time has come for the President to make known the changes that hie desire: in the present neutrality legislation. Otherwise, the prospects for sat- isfactory legislation are not very bright. The existing law, which impos- ‘es an embargo on the export of KEY WEST IN | | DAYS GONE BY. | Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Taken From : TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1939 ‘SPECIAL CAKES AT MALONEY’S Delicious cakes continue to w—e—-w==' headline the specials offered at TODAY’S COMMON ERROR Do net say, “The money was furnished by taxes”: say, “provided”. The Files of The Citizen “We believe that nothing has been left undone in the way of affording enjoyment and _ enter- tainment to make our stay more pleasant, but, on the other hand, many extra favors and entertain- ment has beer provided for our) ‘ pleasure”, says a resolution unan- imously and enthusiastically adopted by the Red Men at the closing session of their forty- sixth annual convention of the order and of the Degree of Poca- | hontas yesterday afternoon. Thanks and appreciation are ex- pressed to all citizens of Key West, members of Tiger Tail Tribe No. 19, Improved Order of Red Men, and Minoca Council, Degree of Pocahontas, for the many courtesies and favors ex- tended during their visit. Thanks were also extended to newspa- papers ard a number of business concerns. The state sheilfish départment , vessel veported afire off St. Marks, in Associated Press. dispatches yesterday,, was the converted Yacht S. F.C-10, into which was built the floating crawfish hatch- iery that was to be operated at Key West during the present ‘hatching season, and at the tirhe was awaiting to be ordered to this port. Later dispatches an- nounced that practically the en- tire vessel was destroyed by the, flames, which started in the en- |gine room of the vessel and re- ‘sulted in an explosiom of gaso- line. The crew of nine left the | flaming vessel in one of the life- boats, which had been snatched from the flaming craft. None of the crew sustained any serious injury except one man who was burned. about the legs. Shell’ Fish Commssioner Hodges is re- ported to have rushed from Tal- lahassee to the scene of the burn- | ing vessel, but did not reach*the scene until the craft was practic- ally destroyed. Dr. A. G. Adams, who arrived recently from Maine to take charge of the Key West activities, says it is too soon to say what effect the burning of the vessel will have on: activities here. Editorial Comment: If liquor is poison why does the government | so zealously guard it for re cinal purposes. If it is not poison why is its use so considered? | Jonah, our porter, wants to know. | Ferry boats arriving from Ha- | vana last night brought 227 car- jloads of pineapples, which were transferred to other cars at Key West for shipment north. | Abel Ramirez succeeded in landing a tarpon while fishing! {from the Porter Dock yesterday | afternoon. The prize measured three and a half feet in length’ and was a beauty. Many other’ varieties were caught in the aft- ernoon’s sport. Harry H. Johnson has_ been} appointed constable for the First | District of Monroe county, taking | the place made vacant some time | . . ; . N DAILY QUIZ — Maloney Bros, Bakery. 812 Flem- ing street, and in line with those offered in the past, the special Can you Answer seven of these for today, tomorrow and Thurs- Test Questions? Turn to Page 6 for the answers day will be a Golden Orgnge Layer Cake at the same bargain price of 33 cents. In which South American Another special will be offered country the city of Thursday afternoon for this weekend. In the meantime—a ee ided hi h I . ste. | deci it with family Has Adolf Hitler ever visit-| may banhanawith Golden: ed the United States? Orange special. To what division of the ani- mal kingdom do crabs and! lobsters belong? Name the bay in the north- east section of Lake Hu- Tron. What is the correct pronun- ciation: of the word dime- ter? Who was recently appoint- ed British Ambassador to the U.S? Between which two of the! Great Lakes does the Ni- agara River flow? How many stripes are there in the American Flag? What does ad valorem mean? Name the capital of the Re- public of El Salvador. FOR SALE OR LEASE... ANY OR ALL OF TRUMBO ISLAND also known as Florida East Coast Terminal at Key West,—148.2 acres of high filled land, 2 con- crete piers and other improvements. 1. is your this Subscribe to The Citizen—20e weekly. | Lopez Funeral Service Established 1885 Licensed Funeral Directors and Embalmers 24 Hour Ambulance Service Phone 135 Night 696 ° _ — THY IT TODAY — The Favorite In Key West STAR -+ BRAND CUBAN COFFEE ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS . All inquiries address:— T. E. PRICE, 901-11 Seybold Bldg., Miami, Fla. TRUMBO PROPERTIES, T. E. Price, Pres. GRISISI LL SE SMS SS LS SL BM, ‘ N COMPLAINT SERVICE... If you do not Receive Your Copy of The CITIZEN By 6 P. M. PHONE—WESTERN UNION Between 6 and 7 P. M. and a Western Union Messenger Boy will deliver your copy of The Citizen. hod de hedde di hehedade he dhedea ddl A Big Now POPOL ISI DI! DSS. | appropriation bill, there was no'arms and munitions in time of|ago by Cleveland Dillon, who re- roll-call. Economy-minded Demo- | war does not have the approval of signed. Mr. Johnson was for-| (cratic senators were silent. Eyer, {he vast majority of the people’ merly on the police force for) | the Republican leaders who have if we are to judge by efforts to more than two years and was al- denounced spending placed ‘n6'}poll public sentiment. Certainly,!so a deputy sheriff. He will be \‘obstacle in the way of passage of! the pegple, of this country do not connected “with the court of the measure. Ini this case, pres-| want to become embroiled in any | Frank O. Roberts, peace justice jsure from the farm group was | European trouble, but at the same of the First District, too strong to be withstood. 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