The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 27, 1939, Page 2

~The Key West Citizen Published Daily Except Suagsy By | THE. CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. L, P. ARTMAN, President and Pabilsher SOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From ‘The Citizen Built Corner Greene and Ann 3 itreets \ “Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe 4 County Prteres at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press he gan vir Ae 4 creep mee entitled to pes « for republication of a! pure credited to it or pot etherwise tin this Dap paper and also « the lo¢al news publi SUBSCRIPTION RATES anno 10.09 eune Year . six Months Phree Monti “ne Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Mede known on application. . SPECIAL NOTICE All. reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of ‘Yespect, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at "the rats of 10 cents a line, * Notiees for entertainment by churches trom which ™® revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum arid invites diseus- “gion of public issues and subjects of local or general “interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- rations. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; never be afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; always fight for progress; never be the or- gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class; flways do its utmost for the publie welfare ;ynever tolerate corruption or injustiee;denounce vice and praise virtue. chumend good done by individual or organ- ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; promise «with principle, never com- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN * Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Payilion. Airports—Land and Gea. Consolidation of County and City Governments, Z Any young man can tell you where pthere is a “breath of heaven.” Trade, based upon taking advantage « of another, rarely proves profitable. . The more prejudices aman has the “Jouder he talks about his individualism. - = There are very few people in Key West who ‘know it all,” but the pest pre- “wails here, too. ' Those who are entrusted by the peo- <ple to enforce the law, should set the ex- ~ample of obedience. ““ Sage advice concerning raising chil- “dren is still being dished out by experts “whe never had any of their own. A Kansas man says he stands on his _ghead five minutes every day. Perhaps to {get a better view of this topsy-turvy world. ‘Judge Manton of New York seems to ave been a worse stripe of criminal than Piorida’s Ritter,’nd is being punished ac- —tordingly. a3 When the chief executive of a cor- poration runs deeper and deeper into debt, ‘the stockholders oust him. Mr. Roosevelt oust be pondering that thought! William Woodward, owner of the “race horse, Johnstown, never bets a dime “6r any other amount on a race. That makes Shim not only a fine horseman but also a 200d: businessman. France has announced that a new >Phenix will arise to take the place of the ‘Submarine that recenty sank with the loss at many lives. Premier Daladier -made the announcement saying that the country “Salthough bowed in sorrow over the Phenix “gatagtrophe, does not relax over its liberty Kad honor.” >=. Gene Tunney, former world’s cham- Pion heavyweight boxer, has joined the ‘Committee of Catholics to Fight Anti- ‘Bemitism. He is quoted as saying: “No one ean expect the friendship of God who Awould perseeute any of His children for ny cause.” Tunney didn’t “persecute” day of his opponents, but he surely mowed Zam down. Of course, he did that by ap- TAXES FOR PUBLIC WORKS City council tonight will hold a spe- cial meeting to consider levying a tax to go into‘a fund for sponsorship of federal works projects. "WHAT DOES Qne suggestion is for a one cent gasoline tax and another is for a | general sales tax of two per cent. It is realized that such taxes would have to be | paid voluntarily by gasoline-consumers or | buyers of commodities. There seems to be considerable dan- ger_in either of these two forms of pro- posed taxation. hicles already pay a combined state and federal tax on gasoline of eight cents ae gallon. tion and generally regarded as high enough | or too high even by sueh liberal spenders as our own state legislators. It is believed a Key West gasoline tax. would lead to} evasion of payment by motorists crossing the city line, and would give the mainland knockers of this community an excuse to turn tourists away from the area. Why, it | is asked, should motorists be singled out | to bear the burden of the expense Operatorsof moter ve- | That is a very steep rate of taxa- | in- | volved in providing WPA workmen with jobs and in giving the city needed public | improvements? A sales tax would be a fair tax, for it would hit everyone, including the WPA’! workers who stand to reap the greatest benefit from the . sponsorship program. | This form of. taxation has its drawbacks | also. It would be difficult to collect, even | with a token system as suggested by the | planning committee. It might become a racket. Our city officials might want to perpetuate such a tax after ‘the public | works emergency ends. Qne thing seems certain—no federal agency or state-con- trolled body such as Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District would be permitted to | pay a sale tax on commodities and ma- terials bought in Key West. The business Key West enjoys from these sources would go elsewhere. Do the business interests of Key West want to lose this source of in- eome? Other cities in Florida confronted with the need of revenue have considered all these various special taxation proposals and have discarded them. Those cities have turned to the only real source of rev- enue—collection of taxes on property. It is reported Key West has a large volume of uncollected taxes on its books. It is also reported that a great deal of these taxes are collectable. : Why, it is asked, doesn’t-the city of Key West collect these taxes? Other cities do. Our city officials in opposing the new | charter have contended taxes can be col- lected under the present charter. Why | don’t they act to collect such taxes? Why | do they demand special taxes for public | works sponsorship? It seems to The, Citizen this source of | revenue should be thoroughly explored be- | fore any special] taxes are levied. SUBMARINE TRAGEDIES The sinking of the British submarine | Thetis with the loss of 99 lives, following | the disaster which took 26 lives in the American Squalus only nine days before, | brought the number of dead in sunken | submarines on peace time duty in the last 25 years to approximately 1,000 A total of 20 submarines haye been sunk with loss of life in time of peace, .ac- cording to the best records available, of which there were 7 British with 376 dead; 4 American, 120 dead; 3 Japanese, 215 dead; 3 Russian, 155 dead; 2 French, 106 dead, and 1 Italian with 31 dead. American submarines sunk, with the number of dead in parentheses, were the F-4, sunk at Honolulu March 24, 1915, (21) ; the 8-51, sunk off Rhode Island Sep- tember 25, 1925, (83); the §-4, sunk off Provincetown, Mass,, December 17, 1927, (40), and the Squalus, sunk off the New Hampshire coast May 23, 1939, (26). Two of these, the S-51 and the S-4, were sunk in collision with other vessels. The saving of 33 of the 59 men aboard the Squalus, all who were not drowned when the vessel first sank, was one of the greatest rescues of all time, and an almost incredible feat considering that the ship lay in 240 feet of water, How much better off the world would be if the deadly submarines — eae never been invented! Since Eve women have never satisfied with the way nature made them, and have always tried to improve its work. In the Bible we read that Eze proaehed the daughters of Israel for paint- Re ae se eee 1 kaa hak enon ta END REY : been | Te- | eee |) AN OPEN LETTER TO THE CITIZENS OF KEY WEST Shall the Art Center be discon- tinued? You have no. doubt heard or | read of the threat to the continu- ance of the WPA government- {support of the Arts Projects: Art, | Music, Writers, Theatre and His- | torical Records. Your Art Center under the; | WPA Federal Art Project, has | now operated for a year. A non- | profit civic corporation, the Key poration was organized to raise |the neeessary funds by member- \der. the WPA regulations. |. Already over 20,000 people have attended: the exhibitions, classes, and other scheduled ac- you have had an opportunity 4o program as arranged by the a- tional and state officers of the Federal Art Project, your Pfo- |gram and Exhibition me School Committee, and the | Center. director. After August 31, the WPA may | | withdraw the Federal Art Proj- ject. If the Art Center is to cén- |tinue in Key West as a perman- | ent institution it will be neces- ‘sary to increase the membership at once. Together with the splendid support of the City of) |Key West, the County Commis- | ;Sion, and public-spriited organi- zations, the individual members |may build up in Key West a most | |important attraction of which jany city may be proud. | ° This fine little organization is jnow well launched in the com- |r |munity. If you want Key West | to have a permanent cultural | | civic center for the benefit of our, \citizens and their children, and | |for the visitors whom _ everyone | desires, now is the time to make |this possible. Your membership in the Art) | Center Corporation ' will. help; anges are four. dlasses of: an-) |nual membershi 1e fiseal lyear starting sent ik 1 Active, $2.00 per annum. Sponsoring, $5.00 per an- num. Sustaining, $10.00 per an- num. Patron, $25.00 per annum. Become a member in one of these classes. “Those who do not want to pay at once may mark! application “pledge”, which. will |indicate a promise to pay by No- vember 1, and by installments, if desired, Application blanks may be ob- PEOPLE’S FORUM eepsecoeoeo | West Community Art Center Cor-| | Ships to cover the required per- | erty. |centage of local sponsorship un-| tivities of the Art Center, and’ jView the accomplishments of ‘its! Ore ME? ecepeeraeoes. Seeesecccccecoccce | AGAINST SALES TAX Editor, The Citizen: I believe that all thoughtful | citizens will regard with some- thing like contempt the proposi- | tion to raise needed money by aying an additional burden on} the backs of every hungry soul in. Key West with a sales tax;: |merely so that the duly elected officials of the city: may evade their sworn duty © of collecting | ‘taxes due and overdue. It is time fot a new deal in Key West; a deal that regards the con- | dition of tha lowly and cease be- ‘ing partial to the holders of prop- A sales tax will be a_ knife |@rawn across the throats of our merchants and it will be paid lmainly by people too poor to be able to deal out of the city. i There is just one thing to doi jand that is ‘to deal justly with all ‘the. people .of Key West. The (law provides for that and lasting ‘disgrace awaits all who would ‘Members of the Atlantic Coast- jal~ Highway Association, who; linees for the past two days been | attending their annual convention | guests of the city, were last night ‘entertained by Cuban Consul; |Jurge Ponce at the Cuban Club, jassisted by a aumber of resi- jdents of the city. Carbonell’s jo syste delightful hours were At what temperature does | Soci. a eget The affair was. the « water boil at sea level? | crowning eyent to the many en- What is the unit of weight |tertainments which have been! for precious stones? furnished the members of the On which continent is the association since their sojourn Sahara Desert? “| .. What famous god rush jorchestra furnished the music| jin Key West and every one ex-! oc- | pressed themselves as enjoying | TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 1939 KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY | Pappenings Mere Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken | From The Files. { Of The Citizen {A few days.ago two more teams were added to the string they style themselves the No. Names jand The Stars. Yesterday these in Key West and have been the! | two ‘teams enetered in a contest jand the no Names were beaten to ;@ frazzle on the Gas Plant lot by The Stars the score being 12 tot An account of an entertainment | given in Oswego, N. Y. recehtly jim honor of Mrs. Charles and jdaughter Miss Anice Smith, of. \Key West, who are there visiting with relatives, appeared in a re- jeent issue of the Oswego Palla- \dium Times. ‘The benefit dance given last curred in 18! . What fs the correct pronun- ciation of the word galaxy? Will a body weigh the same at the equator as at the poles? . Name the largest river in, Russia. . Off the coast of which state | in the U.S. are the Paral-| Jon Islands? Is a naturalized American! citizen eligible for the U. S. Senate? 110... Name the famous waterfalls this morning. in’ the Africa. Zambesi River, eeeesecccevevccccecovees| THE WEATHER 200 000000000000000990000 Temperatures” Highest - Lowest . ,Mean - Normal Mean - Thin record covers our period | ending at 8 e’cluck thin maruing. Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending at 7:30 a. m., inches Total rainfall since June 1, inches 3 Deficiency since “June 1, inches Total rainfall since January “4, inches: Excess sinee January inches Sephcer 89 03 1,80 - 16.23 Sun sets turn aside the course of justice and add to the burden of the’ }poor. Whether it is apparent or; jnot, their cry is heard by God | | Almighty. | Key West, Fla., June bs 1089. ‘Heat Resistant Pine Used As Fire Weapon (By Amnociatea Pens) | REDLANDS, Calif, June 27. —Foresters believe they have discovered a major «weapon | ‘against fires, which are an ever- | | present danger in the dry, south- | ern California mountains, The area around Arrowhead ' ‘Jake will be planted’ with the “heat resistant”. knobby. cone pine. Under the intense: heat of \fire conditions, the cones of this tree open and drops seeds, which | germinate after the fire is, over. Moon. rises Moon. sets Barometer, Sea level, 30.04. WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:30 p.m., Wednesday) - Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy -tonight and Wednesday, scattered thundershowers Wed- nesday gentle to moderate amt to southeast winds, Florida: Partly cloudy caine and Wednesday; scattered after- noon thundershowers. Jacksonville to Florida Straits and East Gulf: Gentle to moder- ate east to southeast winds; partly overcast weather tonight and Wednesday with scattered show- 2.13} i themselves immensely. night by the Boy Scouts at the j Athletic Club was largely at- i Officers, memibers and dele- tended by Key West folk and a ;gates of the Atlantic Coastal | number of visitors. The drum and Highway Association, which {bugle corps of the troop paraded opened jn this eity Tuesday and | | Duval street before the dance and | closed ‘yesterday, left this morn-} formed a very impressive sight. \ing for Havana to hold several’ —_— in that city. The crowd | of passengers numbered 85 and! included 28 Key Westers. Prac- j tically all the delegates who were | attending from other points are/ making the trip. ‘Only six of the! # \automobiles, which brought the| mic anion bea lates nescm |members, left over the highway | biage of. friends who were there for the purpose of bidding fare- | well to the “Adopted Daughter A party of approximately 300] of Key West”, who left for Coral |teachers from the public schools! Gables, of Havana are to arrive in Key | | West on July 6 on an educational! «¢, " 27 tour, which will carry them far | ATHLETE S FOOT ijnorth as Niagara’ Falls, New| Makes This Overnight Test | York, where. more time will be) It requires a powerful Fungi- spent than at any other points cide. Mest liniments or oint- fon the trip. e party will re-~|ments are not fungicides. Ask main in Key West long enough jany druggist for a test bottle of \to pay @ visit to San Carlos Hall,;Te-ol Solution. Apply _ full ‘the Maine plot in the city eeme- ‘strength for “Athlete's Foot”, tery, also the plot where illus-| itching toes, sweaty or smelly |trious Cubans were buried, and | feet. Locally at Gardner’s Phar- jail places of special interest in ‘macy. | the city. The party has a spe- | jeial train awaiting them at Key! West, which will take them di-} West's Outstanding!” 2 | rect to Washington. | LA CONCHA HOTEL | _ Beautiful—Air-conditioned Editorial | comment: There | Rainbow Room and Cocktail {should have’ been more visible; : Lounge | progress on the distilled water | SUMING. and DANCING trictly Fireproof Garage | Ptoposition by this time. * ° Aro and Baseball is sweeping the city.| une Yor Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen, con- gressional, representative from |this district, who had been vis- \ iting in the city for the past three days, left last evening on the F. PIGEON KEY THE VACATIONISTS’ PARADISE 52 Miles North of Key West on Overseas Highway DRIVE, DOWN RAMP FROM SEVEN MILE BRIDGE Reasonable Rates Fishing Meals Lodging Bar Special Rates Thursdays Through Weekends GEORGE G. SCHUTT, Manager Phone: Pigeon Key 1 P. O, Marathon, Fla, Highway Tolls $1.00 Car and. Driver, $.25 per Passenger "inte lla Annual Electric | Fan Sale For the next few days you can get a ten-inch W: house Eleetrie Oscillating Fan fof'ohly 95c¢ down and $1.00 per month. Total cost of fan, $9.95. DOWN $1 PER MONTH Westinghouse Ten-Inch Oscillating Fan . One Week’s Free Trial You may use this fan for one week without cost or obligation. a S0-vatt lamp. electricity than Phone Today To Have One Or More Of These Fans Delivered To Your Home PHONE 16 ’ sei taal ili aig ideal la a oe CLLALLLLELALLLLLLLLLIZ LOO! ow