The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 28, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO ~ Bhe Key West Citizen BK Gerher saaaoesi4 Rt « Only Daily betes: gr ta eg in Key ‘West and Monroe "Entered at Key West, Florida, a second elass matter Member of the Ansociated Presa “the Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use .. for republication of all news Giapatches credited to it or pot etherwise credited in this paper and also . thelotal news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Bes Month Weekly .. ADVERTISING RATES - Made- known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE ~All reading notices, catds of thanks, resolutions of | respect, obituary notices, ete, will be charged for at “the rate of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainment by churches trom which wa revenue Is to be derived ate 6 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- rations. 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 pregress; 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- premise witn 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. F. A person may feel “good” even if he knows he is bad. After children go bad when grown up, ‘the fault often lies with the parents .who treated them better in their youth than it was good for them. President Roosevelt is known to be “emotional. Maybe he appointed Paul V. “McNutt as the new federal security ad- gministrator because he was born in Frank- ain, Ind. 4 Tolls totaling the sum of more than ‘ten thousand for the month of June with wo diverting fairs beckoning the tourist @ives. us an inkling of the large number of Sisitdrs who will come to Key West next SPason over the Overseas Highway. Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen Rohde, “mdopted daughter of Key West,” now living in Alderson, W. V., and serving as a tollat-a-year collaborator with the United States Travel Bureau, operated under the Bepartment of the Interior, recently: stated that shé would like to see the very’natural beauties of the United States depicted in Poster form and given wide distribution abroad so that the Yosemite Valley, Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Glacier, Zion and {uturé parks like the Everglades National Park “may be a8 widely known abroad as the eathedrals of Belgium and the chateaus of France are to our own people.” In 1931 and 1932, John Pierpont Morgan and his banking partners paid no income taxes, but soon were raked over the coalsand made to pay heavily. They paid as the government required and appealed, ii due time the Bureau of Internal. Rev- enue admitted its error and ordered, the réturn of the income taxes imposed and the customary 6 per cent interest as well. Now these lucky taxpayers will get their thoney back and the accrued interest is iore than they would have received had they invested the money in bonds in the first pace. So if you happen to have a lot of money whith is yielding a measly three or four per cent ‘include the surplus in y: tax return. The government rei ae ea but slow as molasses: will return your thoney in a few years at 6 per | 1,000 CHARTER ADVOCATES Responding to the unwarranted at- tacks of theif opponents, méthbets of the Charter Revision Comiiittee havé dig down into their own pockets, not into the city treasury, to print 1,000 copies of the ‘proposed new city charter which will be voted upon at special election August 15. These copies will be distributed to in- ‘dividuals and interested groups, so that they may be honestly informed as to. the provisions of this new municipal - doca- ment. eee Even casual study rev e lies that have been: spread by the tipeatets oppos- ing the proposal to improve Key West’s limping municipal machinery, All’ that the new charter does is replate worn out parts with new, tighten up. the beatings, remove the'‘rattles and grind out the car- bon of waste and inefficiency from the valves of this opefating machine for the benefit of the taxpayers. It does not give the mayor “dicta- torial powers” as’so frequently alleged in néws stories appearing in the Miami ‘Herald. It does not deprive present ¢ity em- ployes of their rights. The new charter proposes to place responsibility for the proper policing of the city in the hands of the city’s chief ex- ecutive, the mayor. The new charter pro- poses an equitable form of assessment and tax collection. The new charter gives city employes civil service rights, a privilege® they do not now enjoy. The new charter gives the people power to recall city offi- cials who neglect or abuse their “jobs, - a ‘privilegé they do not now enjoy. Opposition comes mainly from those who benefit from the present order of things and who intend to continue to en- joy those benefits regardless of any other “consideration. The citizens of Key West will be given a chance Aug. 15 to answer this opposition by voting for the new char- ter. Without change there can be ho prog-, ress. The present city charter, according to the record, has failed to restore the city to a sound financial position, to enable the city to sponsor needed work projects and to give relief to honest taxpayers who have been footing a heavy bill because a chosen few have been permitted to es- eape paying for necessary municipal services, ‘4 ¢ It ig too'bad city council did not throw open the registration books to all our citi- zens. Only those who voted in the last ¢ity election in 1937 may. vote Aug. 15. If all our citizens had a chance to vote there would be no question of the outcome— adoption of the ney city charter. ADVERTISING PAYS Advertising to pay must be in the right medium, in the Man manner, and at the right time. Just because someone is willing to spend a little money with a newspaper does not-mean that he is an advertiser. It may show that he is a spendthrift. The Citizen believes firmly in the power of advertising in its columns.. We feel certain that it will hélp the business upon which it is spent. However, no ad- vertiser should get the foolish idea that alt, he has to do is to put any old thing im a printed appeal and the magic of advertis- ing will bring home. the bacon. Successful advertisers are men and ‘women who have studied the art, who un- | derstand some of the psychology which sways buyers and know enough about the things advertised to be able to buy and sell them correctly. For Key West merchants, advertising is not the most important part of their business. It is, however, ai important fac- tor in merchandising which has demon- strated its power to produce sales results. It should be utilized for that purpose, and’ no other. We have no objection to any person spending money as he or she deems proper, but it sometimes gives us a pain in the neck to see what some nierchants buy and charge to “advertising.” The Danzig question Hitler will transfer the { city which is 90 per cent German to ego many instead of attempting to pon aig the foreign territory as well. doing that very thing in the Tyrol with some 200,000 cent interest wh ch is a greater return than | on moat. s, and at list you have rocage over oa Uncle Sam, people who, by the treaty of § t signed in 1919, a roe A FRaiD-cat! ‘ TERE Ain't GREAT OVATION GIVEN GARNER FOLLOWED CHARGES MADE BY LEwis IN HEAR- ING CONDUCTED (Wy Asnbelated Préas) WASHINGTON, July 28— Politicians in the nation’s capi- tal were placing various in- terpretations on the John Lewis-; John. Nance Garner episode} whith occurred late yesterday when John Lewis testified in the hearing being conducted on pros- pective.changes in the wage- hour law. ‘The House of Representatives | gave the Vice President a great ovation in answer to the charges mde by Lewis that Garner wai “a labor-baiting, poker-playing, Whiskey-drinking evil old man”, the Téxas delegation. especially, leading the demonstration against the CIO leader. Of great importance - in election next. year, will be, t Gewis outbutst}' it was stated all sides today. The situation e £ the more lines up the conserva-| ip tive democrats with the républix cans, with Garnef; as a result of | the tirade, the symbol union. Lewis’ testimony completely surprised the labor committee members, catching them in ni position, to ward off the attack. It was felt that Lewis’ action will be harmful to the iabor cause, coming as it did when Washing- ton was giving serious considera- tion to more concessions. to. the unions. Lewis has long con- sidered Garner a bitter enemy of labor, however, the personal at- tack will do him no good, in the opinion. of many statesmen. STEAMER CEIBA of the Steamistiip Ceiba, bf the Stand- ard Fruit and Steamship Co, came into port this morning and berthed at the Porter, Dock Co., main pier, at 9:05. o'clock, and at once began preparations for tak- ing fuel oil and supplies. While these activities wete tak- ing place the eight passengers on the vessel, who were on the sum- mer eruise of the ship, came on shore and secured taxis to take them to different points of inter- est, including the aquarium, ‘and joyed what they termed a “de- itful rést from the steamship The next stop of SS. Céiba will be at Frontera, Mexico, for which port the vessel left after taking 35,069 ae of fuel oil and sail- eee at 2:30 o'clock for the des- Another vessel of the samé line ve at 3 o'clock from -- HATCH MEASURE PRESIDENT EXPR NOT SJGNED As YET { | (By Assoctatea Pebmi} | WASHINGTON, July 28.— | President Roosevelt today’ assert- ed that he was in favor of the Hatch Bill to prohibit, employes lot the government from entering | into politics. i He anriounced that he had not signed the bill as yet, waiting to jget reports from various govern- | ment departments as to feasibil- ity of operation. | Full effect on federal govern- |thent employes, ineluding relief workers, was being studied, pra President stated, there, that he would sign The bill within the time limit A , lowed. sbenadeucsdecsouaweseess| PERSONAL MENTION’ Seadedcvedbsossseccdse Mrs. John Blackwell and. son,! Kenneth, wete passenger léav- g oh the early bus this morn- ing for Miami enroute to Tampa for a visit with relatives and friends. | John Roberts, additional ikeepet | at the lighthouse department, left | this week for St. Petersburg. and will relieve the keeper of the) Chas..S. Taylor, manager of | W. ©W: Demeritt, tendent of lighthouses in this the! Seventh District, who left. Wed-| nesday for his regulat inspeetion | trip of, aids. to nav’ pe! on ‘the; east coast, rettimned to lie city | Important mieeting of Fo West Junior Chamber . of will be held this e 6:30 o'clock, at ate Gardeii urain sg ens *vil be Bill Leg of 2 Mittal Dally Ret, who will ti on “Key West Publicity”. er Humbers on the program will be under the direction of: Mrs. | | Eva Warner. 4 ieaving FOR WORLDS Fain Mrs, Grace Lowe, by het Miss Pare ae wonderful ‘transformation is \taking place at the waterfront at} |south. terminus of Whitehead | |street where the Woman's Club; ;park.building prdgram..is now ee rapid ba ahe. grounds ére being cleared and scores of nativé trees have been set out,in systematical or- der. They ate all large trees and are to miake a beautiful appearance ‘When the next tourist | season comes around. Among the | trees already placed are the. big | plum tree, several almond. trees, palms, tamiarinds, a number is haa ahd hunibr of che trees which | is. hoted. he ni basicly lines, and ‘wide walk eee § béén laid out atong | will be provided under the coop- eration of the American Legion, using the platform of an immense army cistern as & foundation for the structure. Mrs. Ralph Spald- ing, chairman of the American | | gitieenship department of the ——-+——— |Worhan’s Club and Mrs. W. J. | Phelan, member of the. sane divi- ways planned. A ‘band stand | KEY WEST IN DAYS: GONE BY [ is oem eaae sh beautiful gifts, which nature hi so bountifully bestowed”. ; Lieutenant Commander J. R. | Peterson, U.S.N., captain. of the a ee eee . Name the. capital of the re- on board the U.S.S. Oklahoma. |The store of R. M. ‘Archer and| > ‘Son at 814 Fleiing. street wa’ wey the scéne of @ small fire 6:30 jo’clock last evening. The stor was cléSed a8 ustial on Suriday, | ino one Was present and the ofigin | _ of the blaze is not known; but it) fis believed to have originated | \through spontaneous combustion. | {Th stock Was damaged to’the ex- tent of about $20. 4. { Editorial Comment: Lady As. itor, Virginia born, was called} a “dirty liar” in parliament | Week by a fellow merfber, who j9, also skid that he is a better m That's 9. public of Costa Rica. HoW many moons has - the iplanet Mars? Do ministers and ambassa- dors have the same diplo- thatic rank? What: is the correct pronun- ciation of the word photo- meter? Whieh céuntty. owns the is- land of Jamaica? Who wrote “Tales of a Prav- eller”? How is 1812 written in Ro- man humerals? Who, Won the récent worh- en’s Western Open Golf championship? Naffie the principal river of Idaho. What’ isa sphersroctest, |sion, are personally looking aft-| jer the details of building the new | *vers® English. | Whitehead: street pleasure plate, | jdrunk than he is sober. tj The Sluggers and the Pirates) ESSED HIMSELF: BILL | the Porter Dock Co., left | the day afternoon at 2° 0% for a business visit in Miami. | | |and ‘they are to be seen’ on the| | grounds every week day working |hard on the job. A prominent citizen well known \for his civie pride and _progres- sive spirit, dropped in The Citi- zen: Office’. today to register his |surprise and disappointment at something he had : just learned. “Some Key Westers. are really selling their pretty trees, . their eoconut palms and other kinds of shrubbery to be taken” out of} town”, he declaréd. “Our people should think fitst. of home: Keep their fine trees to beautify Key West‘ afid see that this city is abundantly supplied before con- $idering the sale of treés to out+; {siders. It seems to mie that no! local: Ke Wester would sell the POINCIANA ON BEACON iron Tender Poihtiand, of the light-/ house branch of the Coast Guard, was this’ mofning busily engaged in repairing an@ instilling aids’ to navigation along . the Intra- | coastal Waterway .from Santa Lucia River to Big Spanish Key. | Terider Zinnia reports ‘at 10} o'clock this morning. deing a’ Elbow Reef, making ie re: | quired. soundings preparatory to installing a beacon at the , reef,! which was .fecently authdfized Tampa Bay light who ison vaca- has, weré the winning tedins at mt Phelan Grounds yesterday. | first game between the Cardinals| and the Pirates fesulted - in a/ séére of the Winning team of 17, while thé Cardinals had 12, In) |the-'seéond game the Sluggers storéd six ‘runs ahd the. Key West team scdred ‘five. | A minstrel show will be given| Thursday night at’Sari Carlos the-| atre under the auspices of the) ‘Arthur Sawyer Pést 28, Amefican | Legion. The curtain will 86 up| iat 8 o’cloek afd the audiéhée will | bé greeted by sorme of the best | jtalent of the black face line al |the city. | | | vatey Weai's ens, | CONC | Ralhbow Root aad Lourige | | DINING and DANCING: | Strictly Fireproof Garage | Open The Year Around | ae | ARM (si: thalter Where ges mah ainioe ed he A Derapiomen ing a Fans: tee teenies qoeanen mar « assed tater wien ‘teed, Yes tai att tire tine rere , oeeree ey: (eee WUT TLE: iT cosTs. THESE BIG; FULES GULF PREDE - SERVICE. STATION _ Bid Curry, Prop. Division and Simonton Stréeté mae ae