The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 20, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO . She Key West Citizen “published Daily Except Sunday By : < TRE N PUBLISHING 0. ENC. L. P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOB ALLEN, Assistant Business Mancger Corner Greene eat’ Anu Strests + we = Onl¥ Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County “Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter boere wr 3 Of the Associated Presa ~The Associated Press is exclusively Bi bana) to use for republication of all news dit @ credited to — it or pot etherwise credited in this paper and ajgo the lotal news published here. , ne Fear: . Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application, + SPRCIAL NOFICE . All reading notices, cards of et vectct oMttiey: Natioee, clés Wht be charged Tor at ethe rate of 10 cents @ line... ~ Notices for entertainment by churches trom which « revenue is to be derived are 5 cents @ line, The Citizen is an open forum and invites @iscus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general nterest but st will not publish anonymous communi- zations. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN fa 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 eleyate and not contaminate the reader; never com- promise with principle. {(MPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Compreheusive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing» Pavilion. Airports—Land and _Sea. Consolidation: of County and City Governments. T : Even if you are only half as good as you think you are, somebody will find it out. When individuals become discontent- ed and discouraged, they are apt to accept radical ideas. There is one job open all»the time which nobody seems capable of filling— the national situation. > Slacks, when worn by a well-formed «woman, are easy on the male eyes .and hard on the manufacturer of clothing; if there were no winter he’d go broke. ~ The Citizen is breathing heavily and wiay not last long as a daily unless the sup- port is considerably better in the future than it has-been in the immediate past. Millions of polyps will build a° solid wall, but just a few polyps in the nose will give you a nasty cold. If you have them, your physician will advise their removal te cure the cold. In 1936, President Roosevelt polled more than 90 percent of the Negro vote. If is evident that this was accomplished mainly through relief funds; relief funds also helped to bring others into the fold, Sufficient proyocation to purge the various rélief units and bar politics. The Hatch bill is the eure. — Just before the expiration of the Mur- phy Act, this column stated that some small tewn dailies in Florida wil) either have to fold up or return to the weekly field after its beneficence ceased. This ha@s oceurred in several cases, the latest being the Polk County Record, of Bartow, which had been published as a daily for 14 | years, and will now be issued twice a week only. During June mighty England, ‘with great fanfare, sent us King George and Queen Elizabeth, while diminutive .Fin- land, without any fuss or.feathers, paid her usual installment on her war loan. Yet we will fight for England. and will not-fight for Finland should it ever come to a show- down. Of course, we will be told that we aie pot fighting for England but for de- | ‘HIGHWAY TRAFFIC GAINS Travel via Overseas Highway. is«gain- | ing steadily, it is shown by the June opera- tions report just issued by Manager B, M. | | Dunean of the Road and Toll Bridge Dis- | trict. During June a total of 7,124 vehicles _ of all descriptions and 20,000 persons, in- cluding drivers, passed through the toll | gates at Lower Matecumbe and Big Pine Key: Persons using ‘the. highway went | above the number. recorded in May. Not all of the mofor vehicle drivers and. passengers came to Key West, ut of the total passing through the southbound toll gate at Lower Matecumbe the» great majority came to theend of the rgadway. That woud mean.an ayerage of 300 per- song probably entered Key West every day during the month of June. . If it is estimated that each person spent an average of $1 the total expendi- | | ie tures every day last, month from this | © source amounted to at. least $300. In all probability the average outlay of each per- | son was considerably higher, for many ate | meals, bought cigarettes, filled up with gasoline and oil, if they did not stay © to take rooms and make other expenditures. But just figuting the lowest probable aver- age, $300 a day coming in over the high- | way to be spent here,*méant a. substantial sum. tor Key West. “Phe bulk of this money is spent: for jautemobile supplies, meals, sandwiches, drinks, rooms and similar requirements | of tourists and motor vehiele drivers, Prin- | | cipal beneficiaries would appear to be the filling stations, restaurants, cafes, hotels, | and other places of. busi- | roominghouses ness, but the scores of Key Westers who who work in these establishments enjoyed part of the prosperity touching their em- | ployers, The Junior Chamber of Commerce has interested itself in the problem of creating better recreational facilities so as | to induce the’traveler to stay here-longer. | The Jaycees are’ particularly interested in | a plan to provide temporary bathing facilities ‘until the city is.able to establish ‘a permanent municipal beach. Why ‘not enlist the aid of the hatels, | restaurants, apartment house operators, roominghouses, filling?stations and © cafes | in this constructive program?, Several businessmen have been heard lately to state they would contribute some;time and money toward a municipal bathing: beach. This suggestion appears to be worth the study of such organizations as the Junior Chamber of Commerce, since our city of- ficials appear to be ungoncerned about the | need for adequate beaches and. bathing facilities. FATHER OF BASEBALL The American national game. of base- | ‘ball was born at Cooperstown, N. Y., 100 | ‘years ago, and a 20-year-old West Point | cadet, Abner Doubleday, was its father. Many changes in the rules have been made since young Doubleday devised the game, but its principles are still essentially the same as those established by him in 1839. : Claims in behalf of.other mento the title-of “father of baseball” have been made, but painstaking investigations ‘into the-history of the gameghave caused the ‘honcr to be almost wmiversally conceded to Doubleday, and 18389 is being celebrated as baseball’s centennial year. : Deubleday had a distinguished mili- tary career after his graduation from the United States Military Academy, rising to the rank of major general. He served in the First Artillery re- giment during the Mexican War, partici- ‘pating in the battles. of Monterey and Buena Vista. He was on -duty at Fort Sumter at the outbreak of the Civil War, and in 1862 he was made a brigadier gen- eral of yolunteers and placed in command of the defenses of Washington. He. was made a major general the same year and fought in several major battles of the war. At the battle of Gettysburg, General Doubleday was for several hours in com- ‘mand of the Federal forces engaged in the first day’s fighting. b He retired from active service in 1878, and died in 1893 at the age of 72. He had lived t@ see the game he devised become the most popular sport of the nal _ Huey Long was an ardent advocate of share the wealth (of others), though this should Gasire. Elvira Laine, fines lected EE hostess, ® hi a as, tl HIGH FLYERS! Jacqueline Cochran, famt recei the Harmon Aviatrix Frophy from Mra, Roosevelt; whe not long age was noted for being‘an outstanding air-passenger. Happenings Here Just Ten. Final report of County Auditor C. R; Tidwell, in which he claims that county fee‘officers have been making. exeessive charges and some of them drawing more than | their lawful salaries, was formally submitted at a special meeting of the county commissioners last night. A quorum was present at |the session but the commission® jers deemed it best to defer action jon the report until a meeting |could be had with alf commis- sioners present. Recess was tak- en until 10 o’clock this morning. Some“ of the .members found, however, that it would be impos- sible for all the commissioners }late to be reported in The Citi- completed his work for the coun- ty and is leaving for his. home up the state this morning. He: {stated that he did not contem- plate making any. repert submitted }¢¢ «the } last night. The: auditor’s report will be available for publication have taken definite action. heeived by The Citizen this after- noon. Miss Avila and her mother left Key West for Miami in time to. catch the steamer for New York, and was to be married on her arrival there. The advices failed to give the name of the groom, but it is understood that he is @ young businessman of New York. 3 At a regular meeting of the city council held last night, J. ‘Otto Kirchheiner, former chair- writer never thought him to indi, worl : | his advocacy; now, President h miggracy, while little Finland has no such | of L.S.U., has put it into practice by swip- | idgalogy to. offer. as.a blind. ! ing something like $100,000. KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY From The Files Of The Citizen to be: present so the session was | postponed until this afternoon, ‘too | zen today. Auditor Tidwell hadj ges in the ‘ bogrd] ‘| as soon as the commissioners | © Miss. Lydia Avila, daughter of |, Mr. and Mrs, Jose Avila of this, city, was married-in New York j - today, according to advices’ re-j| | cuaredi: Rev. H. G. Cowan, wh | | win be present with his family. | Members of the reception com- | mittee say that an i ‘itation is) {extended to the public. Years Ago Today, As Taken note . =| Lawrence Gichner, who has day with The Citizen at Phelan' tramped his. way through a’ nym- Park. The game ended with the! ber of states, argived in. Key |score of 7 to 5. | West today and ‘made a-call at | The, Citizen office. He says he \is hiking for the love of it:and| writes stories of his experiences. “Looks like I am about ‘at: the Thére ‘will be played a double-| header of baseball tomorrow at! Phelan Park between the Pirates} ; ji jand the Key West. team. and the | Set Be fates Songs fe oh a | Sluggers and the Cardinals. The | fons here. | first game will start at, 2 o'clock | ! P | between the Bucs and. rere | SSRN Ton EERE RERE ERD and the second game Will begii For Fifty Years a NAME! {15 minutes after the first is end. | in Coffee in Key ‘West ed, when the Sluggers and Cards/ | will take the diamond. b ARM | 4 | |_A reception will be held at the’ COFFEE First Methodist church parsonag THA REP’ t Monday night for the pastor of th ES TAS | i 4 i a2 Hi: 4 é THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1939. ” \epeusceesaven ee | John Wayne-Ray Corrigan THREE TEXAS STEERS CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF. KEY WEST as at close of: Business Junb 30, 1939 Comptrolier's Call $ 273,654.83 21.94 27,240.56 47,192.67 4,600.00 Other Assets. 1,815.26 United -States Government fully guaranteed darasc! State. Muticipal ‘and Shs re Beta ves Cash and “due from Banks soniaess 1,033,801.16 $1,388,326.42 Capital site. $100,000.00 Surplus, Undivided. Profits and Dividénd declared and'U: lectric 4] : r Values