The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 30, 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 Monroe County Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter he mber of the Associated, Breve The Associated Press is exclusively entitled ‘to use for republication of all news Giapatohes 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 Eee ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of espect, obituary notices, ete, will be charged for at rats of 10 cents a line, otices for entertainment by churches from which @ revenue is to be derived are 5 cents @ line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites. discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general mterst but it will not publish anonymous communi- eations 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. King George of England is shooting all. kinds of animals—with his trusty camera. Bill collectors report a most friendly attitude on the part of the merchants and a cordial invitation to call again. If you don’t know what a Murphy is, ask a physician, a gardener or a printer. Each will give you a different answer and each will be correct. That sounds like a Ripley. This is certainly the time of the year to ride around Key West and feast your eyes on the beautiful blooms of bougain- villeas.and. poincianas.: It is a riot | of colors. Some of the small town newspapers have been making so much money, pre- sumably through the Murphy legals, that they are sending two papers in exchange instead of one. Advertising is not'a skin game unless the advertiser is trying to skin his pros- pective customers. One way for the cus- tomers to avoid being skinned is to buy only advertised goods at advertised prices. A certain individual in Key West was once asked if he would accept an appoint- ment as county commissioner, but knowing politics to be what they are declined with thanks, remarking laconically, “I’m not that kind of a girl.” That woman who claims she can make it rain by simply sitting down and waiting has the same technique as Mahatma Gandhi who also. gets what he wants by sitting down and waiting with the slight difference that the lady in waiting brings along her victuals while the Indian leader | fasts until the job at hand is done. | A member of the city council, on be- ing requested to attend the charter meet- | ing, last Thursday, is reported to have | said, “Why should I go; I’m not going to run again.” This was before Representa- tive Papy changed the compensation from $1 a year to $250, in the new charter. With that provision he may change his mind, and run again. Although thousands of parcels of Monroe County real estate have been re- deemed under the Murphy Act, other thou- sands of acres of property, tax delinquent under the law, now pass to the state for disposal. Thousands of acres revert-to the state because of negligence to Murphyize, but mostly because the owners could not even rig up enough money to redeem the preperty under Mr. Murphy’s benign gen- erosity. The law provides that the title of such unredeemed lands held by the state on June 9 when the Murphy Act expires should be vested in the trustees of the in- ternal improvement fund, hut if a proposal goes through for the sale of acreage at $2 an acre, the original owners have the op-' portunity to repossess upon. payment of} this minuscule tax. KEY DEER NOW PROTECTED Governor Fred Cone last week af- | fixed his signature to the bill ‘introduced | by State Representative Bernie C. Papy | ‘giving the Virginia deer, commonly known | as the Key deer, the full protection of the law. Under the provisions of this act it is now unlawful for any person at any time | to take, injure, kill or be in possession of | any deer, male or female, of the species of Key deer which is found on Florida keys | and nowhere else in the world. An excep- tion is made in the case of those concerned with propagating the species or those tak- ing them for scientific purposes. When the proposal to protect the Key | deer was brought to the attention of Rep- resentative Papy by the Key West Cham- | interested | groups and individuals there were only a | ber of Commerce and other relatively few of the deer left on the keys. Their once proud numbers had been re- | duced almost to the vanishing point by ruthless gunmen and-so-called sportsmen. Many of the beautiful and unique animals | | had‘been slaughtered by heartless marks- men firing from their cars along Overseas highway. The legislative act just signed by the governor clearly calls upon the city, county and: state authorities to afford the Key deer every protection against further de- struction by these wanton slayers.’ Every city policeman, every sheriff’s deputy, every constable and every policeman em- ployed by the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District is now a game law enforce- ment officer. Any officer overlooking this law is negligent in his duty. Any citizen aware that others have killed Key deer contrary to this law should report the facts immediatey to any of these officers. Besides the sentimental and humane aspects requiring strict enforcement of this law, there is at least one economic reason for protecting the deer that should act as a deterrent on hunters and gunmen and should serve as’an inspiration to those ob- serving law infractions to report the vio- lators. Protected, the deer would multi- ply... They would soon become a part of the key scenery. In short, they would be- come a tourist attraction—and tourist trade is good trade. More of it is needed along the keys and in Key West. No gunman should be alowed to exterminate a scenic asset. Any Monroe County resident who kills a Key deer or fails to aid in protect- ing these animals is acting against his own and the interests of this area. HARDER FOR ELOPERS New laws in recent years have greatly handicapped couples:who would. elope or r otherwise seek to be married on the spur | Such laws take various | of the moment. forms, such as requiring physical exami- nations, providing for delay between of public notice of intention to marry, and soon. : In the past, numerous places near state lines became famous as havens for eloping couples from nearby states where marriage laws were strict. Such a place was often referred te as a Gretna Green. The original Gretna Green is a small village in the southern part of Scotland, near the English border, which became a favorite place for eloping couples from England shortly after the tightening of the Engish marriage law in the 18th century. Most Gretna Green marriages were | performed over the anvil of the village blacksmith, a law of Scoutland providing that a man and a woman were legally mar- j ried if they exchanged their vows before a witness. Finally a Scotch law was passed re- quiring that both parties to a marriage | must be residents of the country for 12 days—and Gretna Green, too, disappeared from the matrimonial map. CUBA’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION Cuba will have a presidential election | within a few months. Article 235 of the Military Penal Code forbids Army offi- cers from participating in political activi. ties. Colonel Batista, the so-called strong man of Cuba, is undoubtedly trying to di- rect the political life of the Republic, con- trary to law and precedent, and he is be- ing attacked. on that account. Presumably, if he wants. to aspire to the presidency of Cuba himself, he must resign from the Avmy. But what is law between dicta- tors? THE KEY WEST CITIZEN POCSES OS DECCO COS HOSSAROCAHOEEESHSODZOOOEOOOCOOOOE In Memoriam POOCRSORRERERSSOHSESEESCRESERESCOOOOOSOROOERD LOOSE SOLDIER BOY! You went away with a smile on your face— Courage in your heart, and snap in your pace— “Your’s not to question why, your’s bui to do or die”. A mound now covers that precious smile, No need for courage in a heart now stilled— But we who live, shall ne’er forget to tell the story Of how you marched and how you fought For Freedom's Glory! é —R. B. BERKOWITZ, Key West, Fla., 1939. | WAITING | They are waiting where the tall grasses wave Their slim blades bathed in springtime dew; | You will find them where the sunbeams fall | Across the slopes from skies of blue. They followed the path through the great Argonne, Each with his rifle pressed close to his breast; They followed the waters of the Meuse and the Vesle, There you will find them—there they rest. In Belleau Woods the soft winds chant Paeans to the noble brave. Who sleep while stars are keeping watch Above each humble, white-crossed grave. They wait where the wild thrush keeps a tryst , By the banks of the Marne with its dark, swift flow, ‘In dreams they tramp the Icng, long trail, By the light of the poppies that crimson glow: . . . —MARIE CAPPICK. LOOKING AT WASHINGTON Study Of New Deal Spending Indicates | 22 States Got More Than They Paid | Up to the end of 1936, the New |from smokers all over the coun- |Deal lending-spending Program | try, turned in approximately $1,-- involved $9,379,000,000 in work | 739,000,000 to the Treasury and |relief and direct relief payments / got back only about $167,000,000. and $2,227,000,000 in payments | made to farmers throughout the | San. Illinois and Kentucky, which, in ja similar way, contributed in | their returns much of the liquor revenues of the country, and | Michigan, whose collections in- clude the automobile excise tax- jes, also showed similar disparities There has been considerable | speculation in various parts of the country as to how individual states fared under the program. The method of distribution has ! _ PEOPLE’S FORUM TUESDAY, MAY 380, 1939 WHO KNOWS? . | (See “The Answers” on Page 6) | PEDERAL ARTS PROJECTS | | CARTER ASKS QUESTIONS Editor, The Citizen: A few days ago you put a note in a box on page one that Td dropped in town, for which I thank you. i But I’m not so sure that print- ing the fact that Mr. Singleton gave me a bottle of his pet mos-— quito chaser was good advertis- ing for this section. Between us girls, it’s admitted the skeeters have been bad but, let us not say too loudly for all our tourists to hear. Editor, The Citizen: . The Byrnes Bill providing for Federal work relief after June 30th omits entirely the Federal ‘Arts Projects, which include the | Writers’, Art, Theater, Music, ‘and Historical Records. To say that this is a serious omission is _ not enough; it is a gross mistake. All of the Federal Arts Proj- ects that have operated in Key West have been of incalculable value to the life and progress of | J isten to me, talking as though the community. x I was already a native! Consider the achievements of But then I have came to love |e Ai ae Froject: the rer this territory so much that I feel | est Historica ‘ageant’ be at happy, contented and thoroughly | has become an annual event, im-" 1+ home. Once before you scoffed {Pressing both residents and visi- at me for saying that and was jtors with the colorful back- surprised that I returned the ground of the city; splendid pub- second time. I hope to be a per- licity for Key West and Monroe jotyal annual visitor and then County in such volumes as Plot en <1 have’ reeched + that ida, ee eeattrs reesei pleasant mellow age of youth ee ae » “Plorid ee esters now enjoyed by your Secretary dee ene cite te the Sonia? of the Chamber of Commerce, (ee we a id ee jouth. maybe I too shall remain to find e “Key West ‘Guide,” more the perpetual health that you! jthan 80 per cent complete, con- people seem to enjoy down here. jtains a_wealth of information “jy °am curious about a. number |that will be of tremendous value ¢¢ things on which perhaps you |if completed and published, but might enlighten me if, politically |a total loss if filed away to col- 14) would not be treading on too lect dust. ‘Key West certainly 4): ; j 4 thin ice. i [needs an sdequate guide book “No. 1. What, for instante, i ist Ah ae rape hog 4S was the real reason for chopping Sie, ee Be yee sect; down SOME signs along the aa nee ie iis, Lroveht Overseas Highway. that‘ were the FERA originally Drove short of the 33 foot limit, while celebrated: artists eames. with other signs also offending that beautifi local buildings with jaw, were left significantly un- |Key West paintings, and their-)) Chea? jexcellent art work added im-. “No 2 Is it true that ove of [oeaeura by to Bie neers oe thoes your leading lady citizens was [reueeree tee Boe ie instrumental in putting a stop to | present project and its Art Cen- the CCC camp cleaning up both | ter, one of the outstanding points sides of the Highway between ‘of interest on the island; the art Big Summerland Key and Key jclasses for visitors, adults, chil- woos dren; the work in Cuban art ap- Nas 3. Why is it that when Laine oy pee ane ie Key West is struggling to rebuild | rent World’s Fair publicity ob- itscif and attract commerce some Seeceerseceacsoussuscocs 1. Can you give the real ‘names of Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor? 2. What is the strength of the National Guard? 3. Can starch be from sweet potatoes? 4. What is a soil-cement high- way? 5. Did Great Britain guaran- tee the independence of Czecho- slovakia? 6. Has the U. S. subsidized the sale of wheat to foreign coun- tries? 7. Was Secretary Wallace a Democrat when appointed to the cabinet? 8. Is there any agency to en- force international law? 9. Is there any legal restric- tions against a third term for President Roosevelt? 10. What is Decoration Day? English Air iden Get ‘Primp Up’ Orders (Ry Associa’ d Prexx) AMSTERDAM. May 30.—Air- hostesses of the Ro Dutch Air- lines-K.L.M. planes ha been instructed by the management to have a well-groomed and lady- like appearance. They were told that the face should, be well cared for,'4 mod- erate use of rouge -and lipstick was recommended, hands should be manicured and nail varnish be white or nature-colored only. Shoes should have heels one and a half to two inches high. extracted welfare of the city at large. other words it seems to me Key West will jump forward when all citizens, high as well as_ low, j learn to pull their weight in the boat for the benefit of the city. BOAKE CARTER. May 23, 1939 jin contributions as against re-| tained for Key West through its of your leading citizens, who con- Dictated while in Florida, writ- is- | suance of license and the ceremony, giving | been attacked repeatedly. Pros- ceipts perous states have asserted that} 7 they pay the bill while the poor-| Sree |er states receive the benefits. It| On the other hand, Alabama lis a fact that twenty-two states!0t more than $193,000,000 in they have contributed to the|@ccounted: for only about $68,000,- Treasury in Federal taxes of all!900 in Federal tax revenues. kinds. | Arkansas paid $28,000,000 in tax- ‘es and received $184,000,000 | in The table below, gives the fig-|Federal aid. Nebraska raised lures for Federal taxes paid and Some $78,000,000 in all Federal payments made to the various. ‘@xes and got about $190,000,000 |states in farm and relief ‘ pay-'in Federal grants. Montana con- |ments during the five and a half tributed a little more than $29,- years of the New Deal, including 000,000 and received beneficiences those for 1938. In discussing these ©xceding $170,000,000. | figures, Frederick R, Barkley, of enone: |The New York Times staff, re- Although the revenues collect- jcently pointed out: New York ed in some States obviously were |State, for example, contributed swollen by taxes passed» on more than $5,000,000,000. to the consumers, all over the land, thus | Treasury in the five and a half making greater the disparity be- years but received back in WPAjtween taxes paid and_ benefits and AAA grants only about $1,- received, similar disparities ex- | 393,000,000. North Carolina, where |isted where no such . condition | tax receipts are enlarged by most! was apparent, a study of the fig- | of the cigarette taxes collected, ure showed. Table of Taxes Paid and Aid Received by: States The following are the figures for Federal taxes| paid and farm- subsidy and relief payments received by the States in the five and ‘a half years up to the end of 1938: Present Farm Relief Taxes Paid Subsidies Payments $ 68,160,728 $ 72,751,409 $ 121,015,000 15,800,327 7,108,667 42,501,000 28,190,452 79,613,695 104,923,000. 1,304,035,426 35,612,497 491,240,000 134,356,560 3,887,177 111,623,000 339,402,188. 3,668,913 95,327,000 2) 275,619,126, + ,3:580,880 8,739,000 159,826,095 7,775,989 116,159,000 156,841,394 74,927,471 125,441,000 a 15,246,729 22,575,084 38,144,000 .. 2,008,755,669 103,934,352 698,544,000 444,658,770 66,436,424 248,766,000 120,454,763 178,338,535 96,325,000 116,383,435 159,253,517 125,089,000 578,036,110 48,243,918 130,626,000 177,680,545, 63,221,838 132,622,000 56,938,093 2,661,312 34,600,000 546,380,886 7,077,590 -. * 179,134,428 2,482,649 - 1,170,952,872 27,171,795. 318,719,197 75,701,661 22,084,841 85,209,765 575,154,960 81,820,838 29,248,299 41,279,603 78,585,897 110,640,138 17,553,309 523,090 35,688,176 461,749 905,211,588 2,194,731 9,579,220 11,742,479 a 5,007,551,014 9,477,423 __ 1,739,457,794 67,619,824 8,464,484 88,844,563 1,273,696,498- 54,407,003 292,610,674 | 107,552,070 57,752,465 15,811,455 1,915,251,030 11,731,619 — 128,233,759. 74,860 State— | Alabama — | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut — | Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho -. Tlinois Indiana Towa Kansas Kentucky | Louisiana - | Maine _ | Maryland | Masachusetts Michigan Minnesota 409,825,000 299,856,000 222,984,000 86,442,000 245,569,000 11,577,000 27,730,000 339,371,000 40,252,000 1,383,748,000 99,308,000 66,234,000 647,529,000 160,133,000 68,927,000 969,111,000! 43,164,000 91,137,000 79,637,000 103,539,000 232,683,000 48,274,000 14,374,000 78,210,000 New Mexico . New York __ North Carolina 139,207,518 26,381,890 89,601,996 3,227,200 _ 388,631,253 40,365,778 * _ 259,687,000 1,871,141 8,479,974 + —_19,033,000 have received much more than Federal relief and farm aid but| \ 76,712,000 | 138,364,000 145,328,000 | | art exhibits. | As for the Music Project: well, ' | Voltaire said that life without music would be a_mistake. To | music-loving Key Westers such a \life would be tragic! The Key | West Hospitality Band, composed |of local musicians, has an en- | viable record of innumerable en- |joyable concerts for special oc-j casions, receptions, celebrations, The Week of Joy, and, most of all, weekly concerts under Key; | West's palms and tropic sky. , And there were the superlative productions of “Pirates of Pen- izance” and “H.M.S. Pinafore” ; that brought state and national | acclaim for the polished perform- ‘ances of local talent. | The Historical Records: with its painstaking and deliberate lcompilation of records of all | kinds—historic, municipal, civic |—hag not only benefited contem- |porary Key West, but its work will be a boon to future adminis- trations, historians, writers. Val- uable records that would other- | wise have been lost forever have ‘been located, dilligently classi- fied, indexed, and safely filed | away. Except that Key West is par- ticularly fortunate and favored in many respects, it is very much ‘like any other American city. And Key West's experience | shows that the Federal Arts Proj-| ects fill'a very definite need in providing employment for writ- ‘ers, artists, musicians, actors, and \clerical workers—in addition to ' the dollars-and-cents and cul- ‘tural benefits derived by the! whole population. Key West needs its Pageant, Guide Book, Publicity; it needs its Art Center, Art Classes, Art) |Lectures, and World’s Fair Ex- ‘hibits; it should never part with its Hospitality Band, Weekly Concerts, Receptions and Light ; the rich history of Key West should be preserved for future generations: in other | words, Key West needs the Fed- eral Arts Projects! | Efforts to curtail governmen- | tal expenditures should be gov-| erned by sound discretion; the) Byrnes Bill should be amended | |to include the Federal Arts Proj- | STETSON KENNEDY. | | May 27, 1939 1210 Duval Street, Key West, Florida. ee a ae “Mest Your Friends At. . .” 3 ALLEYS | ‘Open 11 A. M. to 11 P. M. 68,496,000 | ccts, 80,068,000 | Management “Billy” Warren and “Jack” Long i= i “Key West's Outstanding!” | LA CONCHA HOTEL | Rainbow Room and Cocktail Sey: DINING and DANCING | Qpen The Year Around | Lopez Funeral Service Established 1885 Licensed Funeral Directors the influx of healthy competi- — THY IT TODAY — only one sign north of Home- No. 5. Why is it that, that one CUBAN COFFEE long, and which is difficult” to No. 6. What are the prospects | CAFE AND LODGE feel a measure of confidence and Between Key West and Miami I have written this letter in progressive discussions around The answers to these questions and Embalmers that Key West will not move trol much of the business of the ten in Philadelp! town, do all they can to prevent eeeeeseeucavessseseve-=- tion? oe __ | The Favorite In Key West No. 4, Why is it that there is . N stead which points the way to STAR % BRA D Key West? lone sign is but a piffling piece. ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS of board about 4 inches by 2 feet! peeeecasencerereconesece find for tourists Key West ; it bound? ERSEAS of getting a decent City Charter so that the city government may , Marathon, Fla, Phone No. 4 “The Best in Food and Rooms” security in the policies of renova- tion it may: propose? COMPLETE GARAGE SERVICE Toppino, P: the form that it is in the hopes], “==? ere you will publish it and stir some town for a change. Any raps, pass the buck to me. I’m Irish! will intrigue me for I feel, mere- ly as a presumptuous _iutsider, forward as rapidly as it should; Phone 135 until the local big frogs give up. 24 Hour Ambulance Service Night 696 A Big New GENERAL ELECTRIC -Six’ for only $155.00 6.1 cu.ft. Storage Space 11.7 sq. ft. Shelf Area 60 Big Ice Cubes Stainless Steel Super-Freezer with One-Button Control. All-Steel-Cabinet with one-piece porcelain interior, gleaming white glyptal outside, G-E quality through and through. 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