The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 26, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO Tie Key West Citizen. =Published Daily Except Sunday By ?9HE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. LSP. ARTMAN, Président and Pablisher JQE ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only: Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe =z 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 ompot etherwise credited in this paper and also the létal news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year Six MUbrths Three Months One Month ADVERTISING RATES Mad®known on application. ac. SPECIAL NOTICE Fag notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of Au ‘ obituary notices, ete, will be charged for at f, of 10 cents a line. iges for entertainment by churches from which Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- ‘Public issues and subjects of local or general bet 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. cA girl’s idea of a perfect man usualy subject to frequent revision. is Ht was a clever hotel keeper who thought up the idea of calling his victims “guests.” : -Ananias must have been an enthusias- tie fisherman and a regular golfer or whatever they played instead of golf in his day... ‘A Kansas baseball league will put uniforms with stripes on its umpires. Um- piregchave been called “Robbers” so long that'stripes seem to be appropriate. ‘It is said that King George had to be persuaded, even urged, before he would consent to make the trip to America, but England needed the propaganda so he re- luctantly submitted to insistence. A Citizen subscriber, finding that this colugin frequently quotes paragraphs from the ‘Fimes-Union with due credit, thinks ve should add the name of the city where is published, but that is unnecessary as there.is but one Times-Union in Florida andAt is generally known that the place of publication is Jacksonville. The king of Italy is an inarticulate personage and has little to do except to look pert and pleased at dress parades and doesn’t have to worry where the next meal is céming from, but regardless, being human, he would rather be king with all the Mforries of a kingdom, than a_nonen- tity {playing second fiddle to his powerful pretijer. — TReverberations of the forged absentee vote¥"in Miami Beach recall our own “hot vote” in 1936 when something like 400 absefftee votes were cast when normally not more than 100 absentees cast their votes; This irregularity happened during the imcumbency of Judge Rogelio Gomez whoshad been appointed county judge by | Govevnor Sholtz, to fill the unexpired term of Judge Gunn, deceased. After charges weré preferred against Gomez, the Grand Jurs“indicted him, but at the trial which follg§ted he was acquitted. ZEvery once ina while,” Key West Citizen, “we hear comfgent. upon the fact that somebody ‘worked himself to death.’ As a matter of factfew, if any, individuals have ever worked themselves to death. People get physieally tired, not by the exercise or.ex- ertiow involved, but rather through a lack of ititerest in what they. are doing. An example, going back to childhood, is the caseZof the little boy, too tired. to hoe his motkér’s garden, but not too tired to play a game of football. A boy, or a man, in- terested. in what he is undertaking, for- says. The gets-fatigue. Of. course, the thing can be | overdone, but it is rare.” The. Citizen’s poingis well, taken—and, it seems reason- | ablystertain that far more deaths are | caused by failure to work, or. exercise— | thanz=by, “overdoing.” —Times-Union, somebody | THE LIGHTHOUSE SERVICE Under the President’s reorganization | plan the U. S. Lighthouse Service is to be combined with and absorbed by the U.S. Coast Guard. Naturally the question arises in local minds as to what will happen to in be house Service which is Key West. Will moved away from Key West and headquartered the headquarters lie servants high and dry on the sands of unemployment? It will be recalled that many of our citizens were thrown out of work when basis and when headquarters of the Coast | headquarters, the maintenance shops and other operations here would be a severe blow to the city’s welfare. Such blows are becoming too frequent to be ignored. Accardingly, a number of city and civic leaders appealed to Congressman Pat Cannon for information. gressman has replied that at the present him no radical change in the personnel in the Lighthouse Service here is contem- plated. That statement has allayed im- mediate fears as to the future of the serv- ice. There is no assurance that later some program will not be worked out to the dis- advantage of Key West. The _pessimis- tically inclined believe this to be the cer- tain fate of the Lighthouse Service here. The Citizen is inclined to take a more optimistic view. If the idea back of the reorganization program is to effect econ- omies and bring about greater efficiency in governmental activities, the seventh dis- trict of the U. S. Lighthouse Service should become a model for the Coast Guard or any other federal agency. A study of the records will reveal that the seventh district with a total force of 119 persons is operating and maintain- ing on a high level of performance nearly five times the number of aids to naviga- tion that were in operation 30 years ago when the Lighthouse Service became an independent organization. In 1910 there were 117 men and women on the seventh district payroll. Today there are only two more and these were added only because of demand for radio beacons, radio tele- phones and other modern devices to aid the navigator in safely skirting the Florida peninsula with his cargo of passengers and freight. Key West must watch the reorgan- ization of the Coast Guard and Light- should be made without protest if the ef. district’s operations are believed in jeo ardy. While seeking new federal activi- ties here we must not fail to do all in our power to hold the little we have. JEFF DAVIS’ MONUMENT Perhaps the largest and most unique monument to an ill-conceived idea of na- tional defense in the 'United,States is ‘the ruins of Fort Jefferson, on one of the is- the Gulf of Mexico some 60 miles to the westward of Key West, Fla. This massive pile of brick and mortar was built largely under the direction of Jefferson Davis, who was secretary of war in the administration of President Frank- lin Pierce from 1853 te 1857. Four years after the expiration of his term Davis be- came president of the Confederacy. Fort Jefferson still ranks as the largest all-masonry fortification in Am- erica, but was never of the slightest mili- useless even before its completion. It is only fair to say, however, that its estab- lishment was not initiated by. Jefferson Davis, as construction was begun in 1846, before Davis became secretary of war, al- though he favored the project, which was named for him. < Because of its remoteness from sourc- es of material, and its enormous propor- tions, the, cost of Fort Jefferson was tre- | mendous. It was used as a Federal prison during and after the Civil War, and there Dr. Samuel. Mudd, imprisoned for inno- cently setting the leg of John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln’s assassin, was unjustly in- carcerated for several years. The Tortugas islands are now used for government biological research and as ; & bird sanctuary, j the Seventh District of the U. S. Light-_ leave | another group of loyal and efficient pub- | the naval station was placed on an inactive ! Guard service were moved to another city. | The closing of the Lighthouse Service , The con- | time there is no cause for alarm; that high | officials of the Coast Guard have advised | THE. KEY WEST CITIZEN | eocccccccccscccersececocs | ‘THE DWARF POINCIANA The | ovcvcendggesoosaseacsend] suukpba | Not | "Meets Barbara pO opeoacreccocen ciana, Some tiny tots to meet; . am aflame six months the year, |It was not long before ‘he hear and bare eae | Feet-patter on the street. glories in the tourist time, as/ j dead. ‘Twas Barbara, I’m just a bush, my flowers saf- | young, fronish | Who rushed to him with glee. |Pale red, but yet an evergreen, “Barbie”, he said; “I like you lots, i that blooms | Because you’re good, you see?” Throughout the seasons. Mortals | may. despise Of five summers 4 The child turned up her chubby } |My size and garb, But He who face, ‘ made all things, And said, “Pie-Pipah, yeah! \‘Regarded Mary’s lowliness’, and! You lack all peoples” Off she loved sped |The little children and the hum- With: kiddy-pals to play. ble souls, | Whose Providence | raven’s brood, | And cherishes the | fields, |Doth care for me, a treelet of Key West. A’LOVER OF TREES. | "KEY WEST IN. WHITE CALLS. FOR: DAYS GONE BY MEETING TONIGHT) _TO ORGANIZE. A SYMPHONY | SPONSORING COM- MITTEE | 5 . George Mills White, supervisor Antonio Gonzalez, known a8 of the local Federal Music Proj- | |Manenge, aged and almost deaf,’ oct has called a meeting to or-! was injured; a street bus damag- ganize a Symphony Sponsoring | jed to tne extent of more than Committee to assist in promoting /$2,000 and a Monroe county/ the concert which will be heard | {truck badly done up in a crash’ jn Key West on June 8. The! doth feed the And as he left he | David, of the!Who, in the Bible, says: |“From mouth of sucklings and of i infants The Lord can perfect praise”. KEY WEST PIED-PIPER. thought of lilies Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Taken From | The Files of The Citizen { CLASSIFIED-COLUMN like my. kin, the Royal.Poin- ‘The old Pied-Piper strolléd:along will be inserted in The Citizen ai’ the rate of one-cent (1c) a word! for each insertion, but the mini- | mum for the first insertion in) every instance is twenty-five | j cents (25c). Advertisers should give their! street address as well as their telephone number if they desire’ results, jit shapes trees, tho perhaps less! FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1939 TODAY’S COMMON ERROR | Do not say, “It is essen- || tial:to arrive early”; say. wevseesee PEOPLE'S.RORUM seoce eceacsencvccces COLDEST | SPR Editor, The Citizen: “’ We have béen sampling New England's coldest Spring in mem- ory and it convinces us more than ever that climate shapes men, as} | | | DAILY QUIZ | ae prettily. They pay eight months|Can you Answer seven of these of cold, changeable and dreary | Test Questions? Turn to weather for four months of near | Page 4 for the Answers Florida weather in summer. ee In which European city is Charing Cross? What does pro mean? Name the smallest Great Lakes. What is the correct pronun- ciation of the word his- tory? | Payment for ciassified adver-|i8 @ high price and for all her| jftisements is invariably in ad- | @uick stepping energy her people! vance, but regular advertisers 27 less cheery and life-enjoying | with ledger accounts may have than in any Florida city you} ‘their advertisements ‘charged ‘might name. The winds do not| 1 blow away cafes and the New “~ FOR SALE | Englander worries more about his! 200 WHITE LEGHORN LAYING, than Floridians. Perhaps this is| tempore of the money and outward appearance | HENS, AAA Strain. Brady’s! Poultry Market, 1214 White’ Street. may24-1mox | PEDIGREED WHITE LEGHORN COCKERELS, Laying Rhode 2S: in Florida, he laughs it off| Island Red Pullets, one sewing machine, one burner 3-heat electric stove (new), good for sick room or nursery. Phone 152-M. FOR SALE—14-foot Sail Boat, $40. Complete with sail and jrigid, straight ahead stare. | Apply 1411, may20-lwkx equipment, Petronia St. $50. OLD PAPERS FOR SALE~ Three bundles for 5c. The Citi- zen Office. nov25-tf , may24-tf - 3 ‘lustrates well how a cold climate why New England has stood the! depressions. with less impoverish- ! ment of her wealthy class. When | a man loses his fortune here, he| goes down with his ship, where- | What ani- mals? The President of which Cen- tral American Republic made a recent visit to the United States? In which part of the human body is the muscle known as the biceps? Which country’s flag is red with a large white cross in the middle? How many eggs We begin to hear rumors the | average laying World’s Fair is a bit greedy and} duce annually? that if thé traveler from distant|10. Who was Jacobus Stainer? parts has a few hard-earned dol- | lars it would pay him to stay; Garlic-Parsley an Aidin are vertebrate There is more insanity in Massa- chusetts than in any other state and, by the same token, less | laughter and fewer smiles. A! walk down any Boston street il-| countenance ‘chills the into a} does hen an pro- home and paint his house or in- ‘which took place Saturday aft- ernoon on the county road in! front of the Cortez Cigar Fac- tory. It was at first thought that meeting will be held 8 o'clock tonight at the Key West Art Center. house Service very carefully. No step | ficiency or the personnel of the seventh | iC a All interested citizens, music , Mr. Gonzalez was seriously in-| teachers, representatives of vari- | |jured but later the reports state | ous civic organizations and clubs, | he has sustained a slight gash on | are extended an urgent invita- | the side of the head and ‘today | tion to be present. The proposed is resting well at his home on Du- | committee will assist in different val street. One or two others! ways in the work of general pro- | | were said to be slightly hurt but| motion. It is hoped that a rep-; this could not be confirmed: The’ resentative group will be present | crash is reported to have been a at the meeting. | most terrific one, the truck run- The Florida Federal Symphony ning into the street bus while it Orchestra of 70 pieces will play | was standing at the curb to dis- | at the Lighthouse Building where | charge passengers on an outgo-/ 1,000 seats will be made avail-/ jing trip. The crash occurred;able. An excellent program has| ‘near the bus turn-around. The) been arranged and a memorable | county truck was bringing high- | evening is in store for those who way laborers to the city. Charles | attend this first Key West sym-' Aguero was driving. Mr. Gon-| phony concert. j zalez, not being able to hear and | | not noticing the approach of 2: STEAMER OZARK | |truck, started to cross the street {to board the bus. In his efforts ARRIVED T ODAY: |to avoid striking the aged man, ‘the truck swerved and © crashed | ‘into the bus. In this way the pe- truck. "Witnesses to the accident| Steamship Ozark, of the Clyde-| express the belief that Gonzalez ,Mallory Lines, arrived in port| would have been killed had the |this porns at 7:45 o'clock, with | |truck continued on its course. ard shipments, for localypeal- | e i | There were two cars of lumber | Perico Perez, arrested here Fri- for yarious dealers and. a peal jday by Officer Robert Carey, | ment of two cars of cement, which charged with the theft of a mo‘|it is understood is for the WPA| torcycle belonging to C E- Brown | activities at Key West Barracks. ‘of Charleston, S. C., is still being eet) ei ae | sheld in the county prison, and is i attempting to regain his liberty SS GRANADA FAILS: | while the authorities in Charles- ti < Ta ' ton are seeking extradition. | 0 ARRIVE IN PORT Editorial Comment: Public of-| piuaciil Sy os ficials come high. Their embez-|- Steamship Granada, of ., the zlements have cost the city and/standard Fruit and Steamship county a mint of money. |Co., which was expected to: ar- | H i 'FOR SALE—2 lots, each 50x100. Run from Washington to Von Phister street. $1,000. Apply rear 1217 Petronia street. aprl4-s. PERSONAL CARDS, $1.25 per 100. THE ARTMAN PRESS. ‘fun25-tt FOR SALE—Bargain; Furnished House, situated on two lots, 100x100 feet each. Apply to 1306 Virginja Street. may25-tfs BARGAIN—20 Lots on Stock Is- land, $2,500. Brokers protect- ed. Apply “R”, The Citizen. may15-1mox FOR RENT FURNISHED ROOMS for Rent, with or without board. Rea- sonable. Good location. 419 Southard street. may19-1mo | 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 comfortabl¢ | rooms in town. Special Sum:! mer Weekly Rates now in ef- fect. All new furnishings. Cor-| ner Southard and Duval streets. apr7-tf| ROOMS NEW VALDEZ INN, 521 United. | Sixteen beautiful new rooms., Across South Beach. Phone, 9135. feb23-tf | HOTELS i . vest in a-‘new jalopy. What with Cola drinks at 30 cents a bottle} land hot dog buns at “two-bits”, | his adventure in: New York's big- | |gest come-on this year will net) Medical report that. Garlic-Parstey con centrate has action 1m reducing bigh blood pressure. First,it tends to relax tightened arteries. Second, it checks or inhibits decom; sition of waste matter in the bowels, vontribu: blood pres To get The Service Club defeated the Key West team yesterday after- noon at the naval station by a score of 5 to 1. Tirknet started for the Service tearn ' and ‘ held! rive'in port this morning at 6 o’clock for a supply of fuel oil, | did not arrive but continued on to destination, which is believed to be some Mexican port. Yesterday, morning a_ radio- lands of the Dry Tortugas group lying in | tary value, as it was generally considered. | ‘the locals to one hit in foyr in- nings. «Burgess allowed fouf, hits fin three innings. Yredt, fbr ‘the locals, allowed 13 ‘hits in the game. grari was. eiv by the Horter Dock: Co, of her arrival, and Rear e' evening. another telegram was received advising of the change in schedule. Application Received For Marriage License Pirates and: Sluggers were the winning teams yesterday’ at the American Legion grounds. The first game was a one-sided affair | in which the Pirates whitewash-| Application was made today led their opponents, the newly-| by letter from Notary Public Ray- | organized Cardinals. The Pirates| mond Maloney to County Judge | bunched their hits and garnered Raymond R. Lord for a marriage seven runs to cinch the game.|license for Benjamin Franklin The score at the end of the game | Werkheiser and Irene Henry. |was 7 to 0. In the game between| The former is from Easton, Pa., |the Key West team and the Slug- | the latter from Bridgeport, Conn., | gers the game went to the latter | and the ceremony will be per- |with 14 runs and the Key West| formed ,by Rev. Bowery at Isla- team got eight runs. morada. a visit with another sister, Mrs. Willard B. Curry at Jacksonville. At Tallahassee they will be join- ed by their daughter, Miss Caro- lyn Hattrick, and from there re- turn to Key West. The largest pineapple shipment j}of the season arrived here last |night on the ferries of the F.E.C. Ferry line. There were 60 load- ed cars on the boats and they were transferred to the refrigera- tor cars which were waiting, and} |when Ioaded there were 94 cars{ ready for shipment. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hattrick, 808 Flerning street, left yesterday on a two weeks’ visit to points in the states. They will first visit Mrs. J. R. Collins, sister of Mrs: Hattrick, in Miami, and then for also |HARPER &. CARR PLUMBING | ——— nr FOR SALE OR LEASE... . ANY OR ALL OF TRUMBO ISLAND Key West,—148.2 acres of high filled land, 2 con- |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 a |, st.Miami,Fla. | Cool rooms, hot water, free} parking, reasonable. | may16-1mox PLUMBING | CO,, 521 Simonton Street. Tel. 373. Expert work at reason- able prices. Estimates Free. apr27-1mo | MISCELLANEOUS FULL COURSE DINNER 30 cents at Johnny’s Manhatta.. Diner. Fruit. Juices. val street. apr26-l1mo YOUR OLD SUITS made to look like new. Apply White Star Cleaners. apr26-1mo Subscribe to .The Citizen—20c weekly. 627 Du-} tary cause of high blood pre a coneentrated garlic and parsicy in odoriees, tasteless form, ask for ALLIMIN. These tablets, used at regular intervals, aid in re- ducing blood pressure and relieving headache ‘and dizziness caused by excessively high read- ings, To learn what raises your blood pressure sad for ‘medical treatment congult yout doctor. MIN is ' Large box, him, subsequently a pain in the| neck. This “low down” to Florida | brothers who crave a look: See it | in pictures and spend your money at home. for sale by all druggiste. 80e,. Special economy size, $1.00. Yours truly, For sale by Gardner's Pharmacy C. G. FLINT. MONROE THEATER William Boyd—Nora Lane CASSIDY OF BAR 20 —and— They Made Me A Criminal Matinee—Balcony 10c, Or- chestra 15-25c; Night—15-25¢ Haverhill, Mass., May 22, 1939. GREAT MUSICIAN HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Smiley | Burnette comedian, plays 52 dif- | ferent musical instruments, and! one of his own invention, a cow- bell organ. — "Meet Your Friends At. . . Key West Bowling Alleys Opposite Jefferson Hotel | OVERSEAS | CAFE AND LODGE Marathon, Fla. 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