The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 19, 1939, Page 2

PAGE GE TWO ats ~ Che Key est Citizen wedtatectats age is lost, all is lost. Published. Daily Except Sunday. By THE CITIZEN PUDLISHENG Co., INC. L, P. AKEMAN, ‘President snd Publisher JOR ALLEN, Aagistant Business Manager From The Citizen Bull eS Corner Greens and Ann “Gilly Dally Newspaper in Key West and Monroe ‘County Sntered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the ted Press -The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not etherwise eradived in this paper and algo the local mews published. here. por RATES Une “Year Month ree Mont ne Month Weekly ... ADVERTISING RATES ‘Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of -espect, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at ihe rats of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainment by churches from which a revenue is to he derived are 6 cents a 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 ublic welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; d@nounce vice and praise virtue. coiamend good done by individual or organ- ization; tolera#t of others’ rights, yiews and opinions; print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com- promise with principle. “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. : Perspiration often develops tion. inspira- Information is almost useless unless you can use it, Grocer's sign on a basket of peaches: “Don’t squeeze me until I am yours”. Hitler is reported as saying his time is short.. Here’s:hoping he-is a good pro- phet, ~~ Tt is said that the toeless shoe fad is going out. Now who'll think’up a sillier pne? “Every little village has some guy who thinks he ought to be a local dicta- tor.”—Exchange. ‘ Americanism—Charge: “You are a Red.” Defense: “Liar.” But actions speak louder than words. * : The avérage Key West family could | buy what itiaéeds if it did not spend its | income for what it wants. Movie stars are being fingerprinted “asa protection against kidnaping.” But kidnapers take fingers and all. Many ar official in an ‘important executive position would have starved to death if his family hadn't owned. enough stock in the corporation to land him a job, We see no reason, not being an ecé- nomist, why the government that lends ninety per cent of the cost of new ships, Should not lend ninety per cent of the cost of new homes. The Overseas Highway had some’sur- prise for us Key Westers when it was com- } elena: & "TAXPAYERS, INC. Under this title, several retired busi- nessen and-fermer aymy officers, who have adopted. Key West as their heme, | have incorporated to sponsor movements | to ‘promote the general welfare” of this | ‘Tae xity WAST CITIZEN “8B por cent | News Item: city. Anouncement of the formation of the | corporation and the general purposes of | the organization are contained in letters | sent to several hundred citizens of; Key | West. The primary objectives appear to be ; a balanced municipal budget, establish- | ment of an equitable system of taxation, | collection of alf the taxes due the city un- der such a fair system of taxation and strict enforcement of the laws of the city. With these objectives attained, Citi- zens & Taxpayers, Inc., believes that the | city.would be in financial position to pro- | vide an adequate water supply and sewer | system, public beaches and bathing fagili- ties and better street pavements and to | sponsor such WPA projects as would give the city some sound improvements. These are all worthy objectives. less the city’s budget is balanced, unless taxes are properly levied and collected | and unless the municipal laws are enforced strictly and impartially, Key West is never | going to be on a firm financial footing. As conditions are now trending here, Key West is headed for bankruptcy, according to Citizens & Taxpayers, Inc.—and ac- | cording to every other straight-thinking group. And what outside financial inter- est wants to invest in a community headed for the financial junk heap? ; Citizens. & Taxpayers, Inc., rightfully believes that the way to bring about an im- provement in the conduct of municipal af- fairs is by the election of men qualified to run the city on a business basis, without fear or favor, for the benefit of all, not a few, of our citizens. Principal objection of some of our native residents no doubt will be the fact the incorporators of Citizens & Taxpayers, Inc., are newcomers to Key West. The in- corporators are Col. L. C. Brinton, Guy Carleton, H. P. Connable, B. P. Winter and Henry Brewer. They are newcomers here, but it must not be forgotten they deserve more credit for wanting to be good citizens of this community and to make this a bei- ter community than those who stand around and talk and do nothing. These men have invested their money here and, being citizens, have a right to want to pro- tect their investments against . wasteful practices. The Citizen valioian in the sincerity of these men and their program, insofar as it has been revealed. Further revela- tions are scheduled to be released by the corporation from time to time. They will be closely watched and studied by those of our citizens who feel that a change in municipal affairs would be better than no change. ARGENTINE’S “UNITED STATES” SCHOOLS 2 In most of the Latin-American coun- tries, some form of celebration is expected on United States’ Independence Day. Re- cently, in reading a news story from Bue- nos Aires, Argentina,.we were surprised to -learn that one of the.graded-schaols bears the name “United States of America School” and that one of these schools exists in the capital of almost every Latin Ame- rigan Republic, just as others bear the names of other American Republics. The interesting. point about these | schools is that the children attending them are given special instruction about the United States, its history, traditions, its great men and its place in world affairs. Each school room is named after a famous American, whose picture hangs. on the wall. The same program is followed in the other schools that bear the names of other republics, In this way, some of the children become familiar with ideals, history and folklore of the other republics in this pleted, We looked upon it as a cornucopia | hemisphere. that would pour weath into our laps, in- It sems to us that these schools ‘con- stead we are realizing that a pendulum | stitute an important point of contact for swings both to and fro—it gives and takes, | the development of cultural relations be- and while it gave us something, it is taking | tween the countries in North and South more from us, but let us not hecome dis- America. Perhaps, it would be wise’ for heartened—the condition is amenable to |.some of the schools in the United States to remedy, All it requires is a little less ease | follow the example of the other American and & litte more work. Above all do not | be discouraged, As the poet so aptly states: If money_is lost, something is lost; if friends are Jost, much is lost; but if caur- Republics in order to encourage a greater knowledge of the South American ¢oun- tries and to develop a better appreciation cf the people who live in the Western Hemisphere. Un- | lw. J. Lord. ‘Phe men arrested) From The Files The Coast Guard Cutter Tal-| lapoosa will be transferred from Key West to the waters of Alaska, where the vessel is tWrgently ‘needed. This was an anounce-| jment made today by the com- |mandant ‘of the Coast Guard headquarters. in Washington. The matter of assigning another vessel to Key West will be given every | | possible consideration, the depart- ment commander said. The Tal- \lapoosa came to Key West on January 13 and it was understood | that ‘the vessel would be perman- |ently stationed at ‘this port. i _ | A collection of 1,560.fish, rep- ‘resenting 90 distinct species; left here yesterday afternoon bound. for the Fairmount Park Aqua- rium at Philadelphia. Dr. Robert |O.-Van Deusen, who has ‘been; \coming to Key West annually for} many years to gather specimens for the aquarium, declared this| was the largest and finest collee- tion of specimens he ‘has, even taken. “I got a great many more) ‘species this year than I did last! year”, the doctor said. The doc-| tor especially prizes the three large and beautiful margate snap- ‘pers as they: are difficult to get. Before leaving, Dr. Van Déusen said he was grateful to the citi-| zens and fishermen of Key West for the cooperation extended him | in: securing this wonderful col- | lection. | An automobile containing (12 quarts of assorted liquors was seized by customs officerse last | night on Boca Chica. Albert Leon |and Orion Demeritt were the men taken by Customs Officers H. D. Werren and O. C. Lounders and were this afternoon before Com- missioner C. Rodney Gwynn andy placed each under- a bond of $1,-| 000 to apepar at the next term af| United States Court. Returns from the. “Lou given out. by The Citizen at the Sands Pool Room. ‘The returns i came from the ringside and there } was-a large crowd waiting eager- ly for the reports. Much interest..is manifested in the checker game fight tee staged at the cigar store off Dod: ridge Russell. The tournament is nearing the climax now and the best player in the city will soon cee Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken hing other improvements. | weeks. ghran-| Braddock fight Insts night! werd; # of the national income of the United | the st-enpleed" | | OF The Citizen. be declared. Last evening’s play jwas between Rogelio Gomez and Anthony Fernandez, and Gomez won 4 to 0. One game was‘de- clared a draw. f Editorial ‘Comment: The world! despises the writer of anonymous | matter whether printed .or in| manuseript form. The coward! |who hides behind the cloak of} anonymity is loathsome to decent | minded folks. i A force of men is employed inj; the yards of the Porter Dock Co.,| repainting the oil tanks and mak-~} ‘Phe city firemen at Station Number 1 are busily employed today in building new sleeping quarters for themselves. The! framework of the structure is! pretty well finished and the en-! tire structure is expected’ to be; finished within the next two/ A party of Key ‘Westers, com- | ‘posed of Miss Grace Kemp, Miss |Miriam Curry and Miss Nellie Bly :Curry, left yesterday. for a moter trip through the state. They expect to return within the | next several days. ng of Reser, Has etter, Hing = dat cheese are. |Sea level - WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1939. day; light variable winds. Jacksonville to Florida Straits * Jiahd. Best. Gult: «Light. variable wihds and partly overcast wea- jeloudy tonight nd Thitfsday, | {hép- tonight and, Thursday with with seattered showers »Thurs-| scAtteted showers. *Thin record covers 24-ha ending at 8 o'clock thin mi Precij Rainfall, 24 hours ending at 7:30 a .m., inches _. Tota} raipfall since July~1, inches pened since ® ‘s end less en ee trip~ ‘an * oe DRT get there! Seagate agin Wp ae any hn apeabe going by It’ cooler by bus. IP FARES Total rainfall ‘since January 1, inche: i 12:16 Barometer, 7:30 a, m.. today at . 30.01! INES WEATHER. ‘FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Thursday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly | LORIDA| 'HE VALSPAR STOR: HAVE YOUR HOUSE PAINTED ——Wr VALENTINE’S \VAis SPAR HOUSE PAINT PROTECTION ECONOMICAL PERMANENT BEAUTIFUL © INCLUDE YOUR aetna NOTHING ; PEPPER’S PLUMBING SUPPLIES 512 Fleming Street Call—Phone 118 —See Us Also About— Crosley wi) Automobiles Refrig Radios on Easy Terms THE VALSPAR STORE. Yr A Coca-Cola goes along... for the pause that refreshes When you're out for an quting, you're in for a Se ee refreshes 1 does things far chit that you'l like,