The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 3, 1939, Page 2

From The Citizen gir Corner Greene and Ann Streets “Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe a County Shterea ‘at- Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press Phe Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use «for republication of all news dispatches credited. to cit of- pot etherwise credited in this paper an “the Weal news published here, SUBSCRIPTION RATES e Year aver $10.00 : 6.00 = Maaé known. on application. SPECIAL, NOTICE |All reading. notices, carde of thanks, resolutions of- sespect, obituary notices, etc. will be charged for at Ake rate of 10 cents a line. = Notices for entertainment by, chut trom which Ziovente in te'be asrived are @ cents o The Citizen is an open forum and Gavites discus- -sion of public issues. and subjects of local or general terest but it will not publish anonymous communi- aAtions. at 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; always do its utmost: for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustive; denounce vice and: praise virtue. - commend, 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; never eom- promise with principle, IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEW Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). . Hotels and Apartments. . Bathing Pavilion. . Airports—Land and. Sea. . Consolidation of County and City Governments. ~ ‘There may be many “‘colas” but there is but one atid only “coca-cola.” 3 In-laws are often the cause of more disagreeable situations than outlaws: The United States imports a pound of “gurtles every minute. That’s more ‘than. *half‘a million pounds a year. Much of that :poundage is canned into turtle soup xright here in Key West. ~ .A school boy was asked why we pray “for our daily bread and flippantly replied Sin order to have it fresh; but the world is hot satisfied with its fresh daily bread, it Dvants it sliced and buttered, too. Animals, which includes us humans, ‘cannot live without iodine and America imports it at the rate of $3.50 a minute. Phere are enough fish swarming the swaters around Key West to supply that de- hand, = Pemocracies endeavor to show the ‘Dest gide of life and do the most good pos- SRible; dictatorships on the contrary do just fhe opposite in glorifying pillage, war and hatred. It is a conflict between love and Jratred with love always emerging the con- “‘queror, but at -what a price! = All gold owned by Jews in the Reich Drotectorates of Bohemia and Moravia, “@ceording to the latest decree, must be ‘tprned in.. In the United States, the New “Deal; copied after Fascism, required. every- sbody: to turn in all gold money in their »possession and’ receive Roosevelt's 59-cent ‘doliars im return. There was not so much “eproar; perhaps we can take it on the “chim with greater composure than: those: on: Former Judge Manton, who once Zame within an ace of being named as a “Jhstiée of the Supreme Court of the United ‘States, was convicted of conspiracy to sell judicial favors to litigants, and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary and a $10,- 000 fine. That is not a heavy sentence for # heinous a crime, but it was the maxi- ‘hum: that could have been imposed by Stated from the bench: that he regretted ‘that no severer penalty was provided by daw, and added: “All publie office is a Bublic trust, but the official office is even ‘same slackness PREPARE FOR WINTER NOW Federal work relief activities: axe | slackening off in, Key West, as elsewhere Right now it appears furthen substantial layoffs. by WPA may be expected. here. That means there will be a surplus of un- | employed workmen in Key West. They must be provided with work or the tax- payers, the property owners, must be pre- pared to provide them with food, clothing and shelter. Regardless of the number of federal jobs that. will be available, regardless of the city’s belated job sponsorship pro- gram, we must be prepared to take care of the jobless. The doldrums of summer are upon ‘us. sarily slow. pected because Key West is now a tourist and vacation center. The summer vaca- tionists who last year gave us a. business revival in mid-summer this ‘year are headed toward the world fairs. It will be late fall. owinter before they can be ex- pected to. come here in any volume. But they will.come. Be certain of that. Every tourist center experiences the in ‘summer. The rush comes when the frost begins to settle up north. Key West next fall and winter may expect an even greater influx of tourists than came here last season. There. were periods last winter when there were Lino available rooms in. Key West. Some hotels and. roominghouses enjoyed a capacity business. Restaurants, filling stations and recreational resorts reported substantial and profitable operations— that is, those prepared to handle the tran- Fh scient trade that came to them. It was noticeable that those who en- | joyed the greatest volume of business had done the greatest amount of improvement last summer. They had pepped up their sales facilities and efforts; they had: put in new lines of materials and supplies; they had rebuilt, repaired or rehabilitated their places of business. They were alert and were prepared to grasp opportunity by the hand. when it was extended. In general, these who did nothing, those who were unprepared or those who decided to wait and see what was going to happen got nothing in particular out of the: tourist trade. The result is they have’ no re- sources to.carry them through the sum- mer doldrums. They are singing the blues —and still doing nothing. Now is the time to prepare your home for roomers. Now-is the time: to extend your present hotel and roominghouse facilities. Now is the time te paint up, clean up, make repairs, rebuild and re- model. Now is the time to connect with the new sewer system. Some of our busi- nessmen have started this important work of preparation. They stand to reap the greatest benefits next season and the sea- sons. after that. They discourage com- petition by ‘peating outside competition to the bacon. Labor will be plentiful, ma- terials will be relatively cheap and prompt service will be certain NOW. Help yourselves to future prosperity by helping others now. “SHOWERS OF STONES” All you have to-do is to read the news- papers fairly regularly. and* you: will! run: across some interesting examples of the credulity of mankind, The latest story to attract our fancy comes from Port. of Spain, Trinidad, where a 17-year-old girl is suspected of being an “agent” of mysterious’ spirits. It seems that: her father ran an inn, Suddenly, in the lobby, showers: of stones began to fall. They stopped, so it is said, when the girl moved to another house. A day or so later the showers began at the new resting place. The dispatch says the parents moved from. the inn, the mother unable to “stand it another minute.” Persons who gathered said their saw pebbles, marked with erosses, fall in the lobby. Occulists attri- buted the happenings to “African sorcery.” Qf course, nobody with any sense be- lieves that there was any shower of-stones, unless the girl threw them into the air be- fore they fell. However, there are people in the world, and not all of them in Trini- dad, ready to believe, and anxious te be- lieve, that showers of stones fell mys- teriously and miraculously. The people, as in older: days; look for a sign. Superstitious under the thin veneer of civilization, human beings yearn fer portents, voices. and the supernatural. All business activity is neces- |: This condition: was tobe ex- |, THE ame WEST CITIZEN THE MALE GLOOM CN. Wt FLORIDA) | BLOOM: LOOKS LIKE CAULIFLOWER! THE TORREVA A STRUNG Happenings Here Just Ten From, The Files The. address of Mrs. Ruth Bry- an. Owen at Tavernier Monday night was heard by .more than 200- people from that section and many from Key. West, according turned, from. that station yester+ day. aftrnoon. M, Gonzaez won from Rogelio on Duval street. a play-off of a tie game of last week. Seven games constituted the series’ and the next to played: will be tomorrow. sre July 4. The game: was The most elaborate Fourth of July Celebration, in many yeafts is slated for Key West and will begin. with a monster parade 10 o’clock tomorrow morning. The big day is being sponsored by the } P.O. S. of A.with Ulric Gwynn Lunn, director of sports. West lad who. knocked out Young Fernandez last. Monday night in two rounds at the Athletic Club, maker Louis. Carbonell for a 10- round. bout with Jimmy Fountain on July 11. The Weather Report issued to- day announced. heavy rains at Miami: where 1.46 inches has fal- len in the past 24 hours. Also 1.10 inches is recorded at Sack-. Sonville. Site & Members of- the local Sea Scout crew, are ordered to meet at the KEY ‘WEST IN DAYS GONE BY to €. Sam B. Curry, who re-} "ford: Gomez ‘in. the checker game of | last night at Russell's Cigar Store ; | as general, chairman and Charles | Six cyinder, the former Key; has been signed up by Match-; ee ie La Concha Hotel corner this eve- | Years Ago Today As Taken Of The Citizen will. be an important. meeting and all. members should. attend, —— Judge W: W. Wright: who ar- lrived yesterday to hold a special term of cireuit court’ in: the city, eompleted the session. and left | last evening for his home in San-, ling, Waters,, Rekekah 14, meets 2nd and 4th ‘Tues@ays at 7:30 p,m. Cuba Lodge No. 16, 1.0;0.E... Varela. Hall, 919 Eliza- Mrs, C. L. Lightbourn and son, idack,, and Niecer_ Cynthia Sends, | ‘West with Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Pinder, left yesterday after a de- ‘lightful time, for their home, -in Nassau. Lieenses issued from the bu-|* reau in the office of Judge Hugh Gunn: during the past. week were to: Claudio Perez Navarro. and Olga Janice | fourth Thursdays; Robert. J. Perry Chapter, Order DeMolay, meets levery Tuesday. |Ray. Darling. to. pTaescnvans Hy oi Nunnery, of Louisiana, |stationed’ at Key West barracks, land Miss Gladys Roberts, of; Shenandoah, Virginia, were. unit- ted in: marsinge yesterday, County 2 every Tuesday, and Ignacio Judge Hugh Gunn ; Ag@ramonte No, 3; first and: third the ceremony: in his-office in, the | county court house. | Mr. and Mrs. Frank Torres and y two grandchildren, Joseph Tor-|meets. second and fourth Fridays res and Rose Crusoe, returned to! of each month at Scottish Rite Key West recently from Miami, Hall. bg Mr, and Mrs. t-!impersonate the minister, who who are now | will perform the ceremony. in that city. Fred Jackson, who has been stationed in Key West for some time with the Salvation Army, is leaving: tonight enroute to Atlan- ‘George B. Graham states that vas The craving takes strange forms in differ- | ent localities and. every once in a while | ‘there are signs that indicate its existence | in various sections of the United States: ning at 7 o’¢lock. Commander | ta, Where he is to be stationed at the barracks there. Wedding”. George THE SUGAR. QUQTA _ -| Yes, I Ramona Perez Izqueirdo;, Harold | beth street hall every, second and | eomcece eo! Temember ha Rina | quite well. ‘The little gray house where she: iused to dwell } } FE seem to; | With its vine-covered. patio is standing there, Just one block south of Jackson uare. Four score and ten were her numbered. years, And the tales.she told)of laughter !: and tears Now come to mind. see. Her sitting in the shade of a! tamarind -tree. been a slave, And: to her white “Missus” love and devotion she gave. One of the tales Gran’ma Rina told Was ofa house with cached: gold ' Sealed in the walls, and forgot- ten, she said, By blood-thirsty pirates, now long since. dead: H She. told me of a white woman! who hated A little black baby the good Lord j created, And: she buried it where the red ants. nested, Beneath a palm tree, regal and crested, ‘Then, there was. a.tale of a wom- an who killed: (She made her slaves do as she | willed.) Her will was to bind a_ black'. man to a tree 4nd lash him, to. death because he. dared, to go.free. Gran'ma. Rina, saw: clipper and cargo ships. come Laden. with treasure and mare} Spanish: rum. Some of the tales she told rn! never forget. Gran’ma Rina’s gone and my eyes | are. wet. ‘With tears. In memory,I.see her face |Kind and gentle beneath a cap, Strictly oft lace, . MARIE CAPPICK. |Many years Gran'ma Rina ma MONDAY, JULY $, 1939 e eve DAY. i, > . Che. Equrth of: July), SOCSoosensenascocccosceH Let us = this natal day of To, those who fell. as martyrs, to destroy Oppression’s power. In veneration let us consecrate The heroes who first launched our: ship. of state; ‘Who stormed the fort, threw open wide the gate, To Breadom's tower. ‘ And. let us pause and meditate q while Beside their graves; let nothing base beguile Our gratitude. Not while our fathers’ blood runs in our veins, Nor while one trace of liberty re- mains, Shall we forget, no matter what profanes. The interlude. They who gave up their lives de- fending right, @hose- death to know the thrill of ending night, Belong: to fame. | Let what they: lived and: died: for be our stand; [nei let us guard our native land | Against the despot’s heel, the traitor’s hand, Or bow in shame. DR: V. A. AVAKIAN. 2710 E. 46th Street, Chattanooga, Tenn. Subseripe to The Citizen—20e | weekly. “Key- West's Outstanding!” LA. 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