The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 24, 1939, Page 2

PAGE cy bate _ Che Key West Citizen ee ree Dany Except Sunday By THR CFFYZBN PUBLISHING CO. INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President and Pubiisher JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Maneger From The Citizen Buil@ing Corner Greene and Ann Streets Unly Dally Newspaper in-Key West and Monroe County Entered at Key West; Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press 4p exclusively entitled to use for republication of alk sieges dispatches credited to it or pot otherwise crédited in this paper and also the ldtal news publishéd here, Une Year . Weekly ..... ADVERTISING RATES Made knowngon application. a SPECIAL NOTICE All teading ‘noth rag of thank tions of cespect, obitusey notices, ete., wilt we dhetned for at the rat# of.10 cents # line, Notices for entertaitiment by chuéhes tfém which a Fovende if to be derived ate 6 conts @ Tine. The Citizen is &n open forum and invites discus- of public issues and subjects of local or general est but if Will not publish anonymous communi- - 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 ftmost for the; publie welfare; néver tolerate corruption oF’ injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue; commend good done by individual or organ- ‘ization; tolerant of others’ rights, vjews'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 Plaw (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. < . Bathing Pavilion. . Airports-—Land and Sea. » Cénsolidation of Wounty ‘and City Governments. Political . principles rarely prevent votes for a scheme that is certain to lure votes. . As a rule, it may have been observed, people without stability also have no ability. One of the deficiences of life in the average small town is a lack of social and cultural life. How many of us are afraid to say what we think because we fear somebody will laugh at us? When a sweet young thing tells. a strong young man how wonderful he - is, Cupid looks for other work to do. Civilized communities should make every week count for something in the de- velopment of human beings and their wel- fare, Advertising won’t do any. business any good unless it is intelligently prepared and wisely’placed; brains make advertising profitable. President Roosevelt has been some- what indifferent to strikes in general but strikes against the government is some- thing else, and he has emphatically stated to the WPA workers that “You cannot strike against the government.” Tt’s about time for somebody to - in- vent something to take the place of the special weeks, inasmuch as the fifty-two wéeks of the year are'‘now burdened by abobt fifty-seven varieties of specials. We ‘suggest a Rest Week from all “the other weeks. - A lot of folks think night air is harm- fut to and maybe it is, but the U. S. Weather Bureau says there is little differ- ence between the night and day air. Fur- thermore, there is less dust. at night and in generat less htrmidity. To which should be | added, however, that there is no health- giving sunshine at night, making it leas healthful, though perhaps ec a to thé health. The readers may question their physicians on this subject but their judg- ments may be like our watches, as the poet pa oad m= Jnst alike, yet etch = Canada. ; ing! | Who misrepresented the provisions of the | | |FOR SALE—2 lots, each 50x100. NOW THE REFERENDUM City council has decided to hold a | special election Aug. 22 on the question of | whether or not the new city charter shall | be adopted. Council's action followed | in the act finally approved by the State | Legislature. It seems like a waste of time, money | and effort to hold a referendum at_ this | time when the co-operative attention of |* "(SCOUT TROOP iy BAS MEETING _ Former Editor of Tha Citizen $SSa coc ncccassassocess ¢ Several’ South Carolina: farm- signing of petitions by more than 25 per | ita, held’ their regular meeting +, were victimized By” a man | cent of the qualified voters, as stipulated |Friday night in their headquarters | i. ig he was a #overnment | Troop 52, Boy Scouts of Amer- }at the Naval Hospital grounds. | There | ance. was a very good: attend-/ The sesion was.opened with the | looking at. their. .lightwing rods. | Blesige of. allegiinte to the ‘flag| the Scout Ooath and Laws. | ee members from the award-/ weveseosseeeresce " SIDELIGHTS. y By MARCY B. BD “Jightning rod inspector” charged fees of. from “$6 up \Ie-appears that there’#s no. di inution in the gee ce of, ‘Suckers. aur-citizens should be direeted toward | ing court were present: Mochrie, J. Paul Anderson, ; a te-year- solving such problems as. providing Key \Bérkowitz and Wetstraub. ‘They |one-armed retired steel' worker, |presented awards for merit badg-|$w&m eight miles in the Susque- | i jhanna River in eight/and a half; West with better bathing and beach facili- ties, with raising a fund for sponsorship | | of federal work projects and other more be vital matters. There are few changes in the new | charter to which any straight-thinking tax- | payer and citizen can object. In general, t competent and impartial observers believe the new charter merely attempts to im- | rove our municipal operation machine. It | protects the city employe by giving him | civil service rights, it insures a more’) equitable form of tax assessment and col. lection of taxes, it. provides for recall bi! city officials who neglect their’ dpty abuse their power. It seems to be a step forward in the direction of better local government. CF ays Of course the election was mandatory | j when more than 25 per cent of the voters’), signed petitions asking for it. But whe | forced the State Legislature to put a} teferendum provision in the act?. Wha} prepared and circulated the petitions? | new charter, so that many signers unwit- tingly demanded an election that ntight | result in knifing their own bést interests? | Who are the.men most interested: in keep: | ing things as they are? If the citizens of Key West want their | taunicipal government to continue limping | along with one foot on a financial banana | peel and the other im an economic grave, | they should vote against the new ee | charter. If the citizens of Key West want to | | see an improvement at city hall, if they | | want a dollar’s worth of service: for their | tax dollar, if they want to see something | done about reducing’ the public debt, so that funds can be made available for pay- | ing our city employes, for sponsoring work |. projects and for other urgent improve- | ments, they should vote for the new =e charter. It is a downright shame that our aa, lid officials had the power to compel a referendum on a question that should not ‘even be debated. President Roosevelt has | said that no one has a right to -strike against the government. Why should the | people of Key West be asked to strike | agninst their own best interests—better municipal government? PURGING THE PAYROLL (News Tribune, Ft. Pierce) | Governor Lehman of New" York has, sigried a bill which bars from school teaching atid «civil | service jobs:in that state all persons who ad- | vocate the overthrow of the government / oF | force, violence or any other ‘unlawful meat,” says the Key West Citizen. . He also approved another bill which: mages, it unlawful to wear in public a uniform similar to that worn by military or other mapaitatioen ot a foreign country. It is @nfortunate that a situation exists which makes the passage of. such laws necessary, but it is becoming more and more evident that something must be done to curb un-American ac- tivities which are so widesptead in “the United States. Changes in our goverfimental policies, may always be effected by lawful means, which . is through the _ ballot. But patriotic Américans should not tolerate the abuse’ of the — privileges granted by the Constitution and the Bill of | Rights by persons wheres destroy our demo-— eratie institutions. Such persons are- Hecring! of nO encourage- mient ot sympathy. ‘They ate a gréster menace | to the United States than any prospective foreign | foe. Certainly they should be excluded from the | pe 2: oaany jes to two scouts. Seout Jack Sawyer. received al pe Hag badge for “Fifermanship” | Eugene Sawyer received) pt badges: fo® “Carpentry, | \Firemanship and’ Handicraft”. ~ | Cay were collected and Good | ‘Purns given by the scouts. . | The body voted to have a hike! Monday night at Raul’s Beach. } The meeting was closed with a} | seripture reading, the Lord’s) | Prayer and the Great Scoutmas- |ter’s Benediction. Scout Jack Sawyer is scribe of | | the organization, SOCCCCOCETE CORE CEO CHSEKCO <> | CLASSIFIED COLUMN ee eed TRANSPORTATION WHO'S GOING TO MIAMI FRI-| and ;from jail at Macon, Ga, and fled ‘to: Atlanta, sage gat ‘freight for he! thought, but wound up back in| | Macon. Police were waiting for | him and returned him to jail. - Bernarr MacFadden, 71-year-; lola publisher, léd a party of. 82 | persons who walked from: Phila- delphia to the New’ York fair. MONDAY, JULY 24, 199 lof other ' sightless persons. The, group has been igight years. | Ted Underhill, a Canadian col- jlege student, got, such a good | snapshot of King George and Queen Elizabeth on their recent ‘trip that he has ‘sold more than $600 worth of the pictures. “Key West's Outstanding!” LA CONCHA HOTEL Beautiful—Air-conditioned Lounge DINING and DANCING Strictly Fireproof Garage Open The Year Around ee for | MacFadden still pilots his own; ty es Rae airplane in spite of his advanced im-| age. {Dave Kaman, wno runs the! ola Hobby. ‘Lobby radio program, had | a letter-from a man whose hobby | is collecting war- weapons. He wrote: “Under separate cover i hours, just to show that he could {am sending you a bomb.” do; it. from his difficult feat: He showed no ill effects Chicago ies © a comparty of} amateur actors, all of whorn are! Arthur Wagner, charged. with!blind. They study. their parts in| killing another negro, BAY, JULY 28TH? Mother and Is young son would like te go/ along. Will share expénse. Addvess Box XYZ, Citizen. i jly24-3t FOR SALE Run from Washington to Von Phister street, $1,000. Apply fear 1217 Petronia street. aprl4-g em SALE—Bargain; Furnished’ House, situated on two lots,| 400x100 feet each. Apply. to 1306 Virginia Street. ‘may25-tte: Ene nv reire W CicRnT UN Dva tte Wun Je Oi | POURTEEN-FT. .V-BOTTOM CYPRESS BOAT; Four ‘Horse Johnson Outboard Motor; Four | Life Preservers, One Fire: Ex-| tinguisher; Pair of Oars and Row Locks; Anchor with Rope; Umbrella—all for $65.00, Apply 1217 Pettonia Street. jun27-s; TYPEWRITING PAPER’ — 600 sheets, 75c.. 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