The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 17, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO 7, The Key West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. ENC. L. P. ARPMAN, President and Pubiisher 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 Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to ot etherwise credited in this paper and also news published here. it or the b ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTIOR All reading notices, cards of ay resolutions of -espect, obituary notices, etc. will be charged for at the rate of 1 cents a line. Notices for entertainment by churches trom which @ revenue is to be derived are & cents @ line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and-subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations. ¢ 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 injustice; 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 com- promise with principle. (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. No one but a convict likes to be in- terrupted in the middle of a sentence. ~| the Highway every day, every week, every | Condition of our beaches drives hundreds PROJECT WORK ESSENTIAL It is evident to every thoughtful per- son in Key West that Key West cannot prosper unless Key Westers do something for themselves. The bridges completing the Overséas Highway did not bring the continuing prosperity so many of our citi- zens expected. The completion of the Highway via the railroad right-of-way will not bring it. Nor will it come completely with assurance of a running water supply. Many thousands of unspent dollars, so-called “fresh” cash, come down over month, each year. Majority of the visitors have to buy gasoiine and oil, a sandwich or something to drink. That is the mini- mum expenditure and ninety percent of the time it is the maximum. Most visitors fulfill their minimum demands, take a quick look at the city and turn right around and go back to the mainland. Why, it as asked? Because many visitcrs cannot find here the facilities for “enjoyment they seek in a vacation resort. Our beaches are inadequate, there are few | amusement places and those outmoded by present standards even in smaller com- munities and there is virtually no organized recreational activity. Many improvements are needed here. away every month. Since neither the city nor the county seems financially able to provide a municipal bathing beach, Key West must look to WPA to develop a proj- ect providing this facility. All projects “must be sponsored by the_city or county, | or both. Sponsorship involves paying from 25 to 50 percent of the cost of such work. The days of outright contributions from the WPA to Key West are gone forever. A citizens’ committee is now seeking subscriptions to a fund to be used for spon- sorship of such projects. Plans for raising the money by various forms of taxation have been abandoned by reason of pres- sure from numerous taxpayer groups. Now is ‘the time for those pressure groups and all the big and little taxpayers of Key West to demonstrate their willingness to help the city out of this financial hole. They must be prepared to contribute liberally YOU'LL ENJOY THIS - MONDAY, JULY 17, 1939. of 4 stars in Warner Bros.’ current production “DAUGHTERS COURAGEOUS” ... and the 4 star reasons why you'll like Chesterfield’s Right Combination of the world’sbest American and Turkish tobaccos are * First, they’re Milder * Second, they Taste Better * Third, they have a more pleasing aroma % And most important of all THEY SATISFY When you try them you will know why Chesterfields give millions of men and women More Smoking Pleasure... why THEY SATISFY @e¢ tel, hailing from Johannesburg, | COMMENTS and CRACKS sou atic. | PEOPLE’S FORUM HISTORY: 17, 1898—! Copyright 1939, Liceert & Myeis Topacco Co. Today’s Horoscope FLORIDA CRACKER | July eecoeccocovececeeceese® (Spanish forces surrender 24,000; ST. MARY’S STAR of the Sea men to American army at San-} Catholic Church is donor of. a! tiago. \ Editor, ‘The Citizen: and immediately to meet this emergency. ee Key West will never be a resort city of the first water until it makes improve- ‘ments that will attract tourists and vaca- tionists. The way to make those improve- ments is through sponsorship of federal projects. The way to sponsor projects is to put up part of the cost. The way now provided to raise that cost is by direct con- tribution. A contribution now may save; the city from losing its last great industry— the tourist business. Oe OO0 C9 O86: ha he | Today gives a strong, master- DEFENDS LOCAL WRITERS. i lars from the pockets of Key! ful nature, with great endurance | West business men; whose work |and ability. Ambition is the key- priceless gift to the people of Key | De and Mrs. ’Steptlen, Dougtas | For ‘séveral years Key West)2° ‘writers” has been confined | note of the character and, with West in lending the use of their; ‘ V Doug | : ‘ ;to small town or country week-|the combination of a studious building for Public. Libra: _ {who's hospitable home sits in ae con sch iioach * See og: if at all, and who do fiot| mind, it bids fair to make one of uliding. for Ty: miniature park on Division street, | With itinerant “writers” who |, Key West, bi ¥ The wonten of the % West | : . |know Key West, but whose bold | powerful presence, who will not of the Key are a real bit of the Grand Old jcome here to “put Key West on! front attack is designed simply | f - i te ce oe ee ; the map,” and ineidentally to’ to fill their empty pockets atthe | OMY attain success, a Job" in establishing “and = main-} | fill their pockets at the expense | expense of the gullible, and make | taining the library and what’ A LITTLE BIT OF HEAVEN:!of 4 long suffering public, for; Key Westers, at least some Key | Well. wealth of mind is lying there un-' Mrs. O. L. Long’s beautiful lawn. | books, folders, pamphlets and Westers, believe they are just) Te touched. . .These long, hot sum-' Every true lover of beauty can’ what-not. In defense of our local! what the doctor ordered for the |T9e County publicity to local mer days, when children should have flowers. in Key West-and | writers, men and women who are | island’s economic plight. | People who kniow how to do’ the be indoors a good part of the every one should. It seems aj well able to take care of any and! I consider this a reflection on| Work as it should be done... If time, gives opportunity to learn; part of civic pride to beautify | all publicity Key West and Mon- the intelligence of Key Westers, | not satisfactory they are here to to love books and if your chil-' one’s streets and lawns. ince County needs; who have!and think city and county pub-|%€ questioned as to why the dren do not love books, teach or} * “covered and inter-, licity should be handled by local work paid for is not satisfactory, lead them to do so and they will) FROM AN OLD BOOK: !national publicity who know the | people. well qualified, who have | Whereas on the other hand, out- bless you in later years, A Span-, We see with our vision imperfect, writing game in all its rami- shown their ability to put Key|ftown “writers” have long ish proverb says, “The pleasures’ ~ Such ‘causes of dread or fear, /j fications, and who have written | West on the map without out-|Since passed the boundary of of the senses pass quickly: those Some that are far in the distance, countless thousands of ‘words ex-' side assistance, when Key West | Monroe County when their fold- of the heart become sorrow, but’ And some that may never bé tolling Key West, gratis, I say was entirely unknown to these |?» book, pamphlets and what- those of the mind are ever with’ near; |the invasion of outside “writers” | present day “writers.” |not are delivered, and the Key us, even to the end of our jour- When, if we would trust in His should be curbed in some way, Of course, those who are taken| Wester is left to sing that old, Christianity is a wonderful way of life, but some of-the interpretations are rancid. Now is the time to form the resolute will to keep out of war. That is all it needs to prevents up from becoming embroiled, and do not let anyone, including President Roosevelt, tell you otherwise. much for the world at large as The biggest little thing in a postoffice is that slot where the mail is dropped; around that little slit the entire structure of the building is built—it is the center of attraction and the cynosure of all eyes. THE AUTOGIRO IS USEFUL caachsccsinciaibiihs national An autogiro is being used to transport mail between the Camden, N, J., airport ‘and the Philadelphia postoffice. It makes the six-mile trip in six and a half minutes, Recently Chamberlain said: “The aim |, Gout ixth the ti ired_ b: ‘or about one-si e time require y ‘wisdom, local nd Well known song “sung of our foreign policy. is now, as always, td establish a peaceful world.” That “as al- ways” is a blunder for the world bas not forgotten English history, and right now the distrust Stalin has, of England is block- ing the Anglo-Russian rapprochement. There still is a lot of “bull” in Johnathan. Few Englishmen have mastered the American language but they are learning rapidly. “Okay” and “Here’s How” are being generally heard. The staid Man- chester Guardian winds up an_ editorial with “So What?” and even the august Times of London declared that the Jap- anese are “getting away with murder” in China. Evidently Stalin does not believe in Voltaire’s theory that if there were no God it would be found necessary to create one. ‘He has tried to exterminate all forms of religious and so far has failed. Human nature craves the belief in a Creator and Supreme Being. Other rules have tried to throttle that belief but had to give it up as a bad job. Vsevolod Meyerhold, for. years one of the greatest names in the Soviet Rus- sian theater, was thrown into Lubyanka prison, the greatest torture chamber of modern times, because he produced “God- seeking dtamas.” This is another proof thet Russia continues in her endeavor to exterminate all forms of religious beliefs, and a good reason why God-fearing na- | tions should beware of her. truck. The use and development of rotary- winged fying machines is, engaging the at- tention of aviation expérts all* over the ‘world, Because it can haver in the air and land and take off from very restricted areas, the autogiro has much promise in commercial and private flying service. In Philadelphia, for example, the autogiro, coming from the airport, lands on the roof of the postoffice building. The autogiro and the helicopter, which has been flown successfully inside an audi- torium, indicate that in the not distant fu- ture vertical take-offs from roof-tops and lawns will be possible. When that day ar- rives, the speed and convenience of flying will be greatly increased. A SKELETON EXCITES SCIENTISTS Archaeologists and anthropologists all over the world are excited over the discov- | ; ery of the skeleton of a child in a cave on the face of a high cliff in middle Asia. Ordinary individuals, not knowing where the human race is going much less where it came from, are somewhat immune to the excitemnt, but experts say that it proves that the Neanderthal man was widely dispersed. Never before had such a . skeleton been found between Europe and China. The Neanderthal man, who existed about 100,000 years ago, was the huntsman of the old Stone Age, bringing down mammoths and other game and using crude stone in- struments. ney”. Librarian Miss Mary C.: Wardlow and Mrs. Jennie B. De- j of beoks. fis SOLDIER BOWS: hooting lass handsome in their natty unitorms | at the Rotary’ Club Thursday,.atid not to be overlook-| .ed, oyr “own sons of Key + Sa jooking brave in Khaki, and theri = * mn . The Albury twins are the pets of the”town, and darling ones at | that, : | M. B. Gibson, Sanitary Inspec- tor of the city;is more than the} title implies. Mr. Gibson patient- ly gives time and effort to assist | those who néed his help and ad- | vice. When any knocker tells you if Hi é e 8 fi i i L i [ p ‘Whose purpose we cannot see, | popular objection. Boer, assistant, will graciously, We would find whatever our, aid child or adult inthe selection: . i é trial, As per day, our stfength shall bet ~ igi. fi. Adios, ‘either by ist FLORIDA CRACKER. other than that of wheedling dol-.again. Give Key West.and ;Monr legislation .or in by these |“writers’ ‘are not men or women In many instances, and those! who know anything about the who have been “stung”, know it business of writing, they are men _is true, these out-of-town “writ-|and women who believe the } ers” come -here where no. one: word of the “writer”, and wake ; knows their ability in any line! up to find they have been stung See SR FLORIDA wir on. sche mooth . ee again.” § Hougrne noe Ai Pape te EEE abe Key West, Fla., July 15, 1939 SSE RES SESS ¢ TAXPAYER. y! na h 8 ripe to, The Citfzen-206 SC RAGE oth yom vd be bee gerne Srsex