The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 3, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO ~The Key West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By «THE CrriZzEN PCBLISHING Co. INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President an@ Publisher JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Maneger From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets = only Daily NeWspaper in Key West and Monroe County tntéréd at Key Wést, Florida, as second class matter 3 Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it #3 etherwise credited in this paper and also the idtal news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES — One Year wx Months Three Month: ‘Dne Month "Weekly ... ADVERTISING RATES Made Known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE ~_ All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolut espect, obituary notices, etc. will be charg Fthe rate of 10 conte ® ins, ‘ Notices for entertainment by churches from which & revenue is to be derived are 6 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- ‘¥ion of public issues and subjects of local or general “nterest but it will not publish anonymous communi- Pations. ms of {oF at 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- gani or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faétion or class; always'do'its utmost for the , public welfare; never ‘tolerate corruption or injustice ; denounce vice and praise virtue couimend good done by individual or orgai- ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate and not contaniinate the reader; never com- | prpmise 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, - : ‘Most educated Negroes are said to be Ashamed of their parents. Just like a lot pf educated white folks. } THE CHARTER MUDDLE | Efforts of the city to get a néw ¢ity | charter have struck an unexpected sag. | When the hatter bill was introduced | to State Representative Bernie. C. Papy it | did not contain a referendum clause. It | was passed by the nouse as introduced by Mr. Papy. Later the measure-went to the ‘state senate. There Senator David &. Ward added a section requiring a reféten- dum election if demanded by 25 per cent of the qualified voters. The sehate passed the. charter act with the addition‘ of this requirement. The house later approved and repassed the act. as amended. In due course more than 25 per cent of the voters dematided the referendum. City council had the ‘petitions examined and ordered an eleétion held Aug. 22. Later this was changed to Aug. 15. Then the city clerk atid thé city attorney sent to Tallahassee for a certified copy of the charter act so they might be fully in- formed of the provisions. The certified copy in the form of a photostatie reproduc- tion of the original bill was received early this week. Everything was found in or- der—except the referendum use was not shown on the copy of ‘the’ act. Al- though the journals—the offitial records —of thé house and senate showed the référendum ¢lause had been adopted by the,senate and later concurred in by the housé,' ‘this important section was missing. The city attorney has held verbally that the new city charter is in effect. He so states because the original bill provided ‘it would go into effect immediately upon passage and approval by the governor. It will be remembered the original bill had no referendum requirement. The city at- torney has promised city council a written opinion on the charter question by tonight. Proponents of the hew city charter were as amazed as anyone else to find that the certified copy sent to the city by the secretary of state did not carry the referén- dum provision. The Citizen nopes that the matter is untangled in such 4 way as to reqttire the referendum election on the new city ehar- ter. A substantial proportion of the quali- fied- voters have demanded the right to express themselves on the’ new ° ¢harter.; They should be given a chance to vote on ~ If the WPA,strikers don’t look out ‘they: will wake up ‘to find 6uf! that the £mployer has struck, too, z ‘By this time the June bride-groom _may have formed a rough idea of how he -is going to like his new boss. s ‘» Mars, the war god, is busy near us, and last week Mars, the planet, was nearer +o this earth than it had been for fifteen Fears, Neither frightened us. It is said that business executives see Better times ahead. They must be using powerful lenses.—Key West Citizen. Let’s ope they're not figuring prosperity is just Y aa @ the corriet—Sanford Herald. = What the governor of North Carolina Said to the governor of South Carolina Goes ‘not interest the governor of Michi- gan. Instead of bemoaning the long time tetween drinks, he believes a life-time should intervene. . 4obn L. Lewis’ denunciation of Vice- President Garner as a “poker-playing, whiskey-drinking, evil old man” is having" the effect of strengthening the latter’s candidacy «for the presidency. Lewis’ venom against the vice-president is due to Garnér’s attitude towards the sit-down Strike and which. also brought him his first disagreement with Mr. Roosevelt. Later the supreme court outlawed the sit-down strike, and that decision doesn’t sit so well with Mr. Lewis. Last April, 41 years ago, Lieutenant Andrew S. Rowan, landed in a fishing boat at the southeastern coast of Cuba and delivered the famous “message to Garcia.” Last Wéek the bearer of that Message, now sick old mah of 82, learned that he céuld'add another decoration te those he ‘ears, President Rodsevelt approved 4 bill aljowing Major Rowan, (the rank at which he retired in 1909) to accept from Cuba | Ofder Carlos Manuel de Cespedes. it. It is the American way to settle such ‘controversies at the polls. BOTH ARE VALUABLE Let’s not make the mistake of under- estimating intelligence. Too many people take every oppor- tunity to say smart things about the man of book intelligence, suggésting that they believe that this is a big joke. No problem of the world will be solved by emotions. No great benefit comes to the world except through change. Thousands of experiments would have ‘been valueless without a trained mind to read their messages and apply them truth- fully. It’s all right for a man to take pride in hisekperience, garnered through the years. He has something that is distinctly an asset to him: However, lef kim:not un- der-estimate the value of led book- intelligence, if he has little of i Experience and intelligence together will solve many problems that neither alone can hande. The man without either is handicapped. He who pokes fun at in- telligence is as foolish as the book worm who imagines he can understand life from reading between the covers of the printed page. CULTURE BEHIND THE WHEEL The other day a young man remarked upon the possibility that somebody might practice and develop automobile driving as a fine art. There is something to the suggestion. It is amazing how many cultured men and women, who are the essence of gentility in personal contacts, forget all Manners when they get behind ing wheel of a modern automobile. So, as a word of advice to drivefs, “ OUT OF EL08E FO MUNOREO SPECIES OF TRUE SHARK: RECORDS INOICAFE ONLY S/X Pa MAN-EATE: Ss NTRIGUE VISITORS THESE UNIQUE PENS SN THE TERS OF THE GULE OF ONTAIN “UACLET AND AL50 PaeeAb EO THE | 2 thik CANWIG OF Gabon LE SOUS FOR LUMI a WEY nas? 15 FAMOUS, TOO LATE By RUSSELL KAY As might be expected, I have received five letters since the Publication: of my last week's | column, solemnly or vitriolicly in-| forming me that I don’t kndw what I’m talkin’ about, in spite of the fact that twice in the said column explainéd -in lanugage that I thought clear the fact that} I didn’t Claim to know any mofe than the next guy, and probal fot a8 muth, and that the other féllow’s guess was as good és mine. So I find myself in the positidn of the poor husband, who, af a qlarrel with his’ wife, while they were sittin’ back to back sulkif’ silence, decided to adopt a Chamberlain attitude, said: 1 i “Darling, I’ve been, thinkin’ and I'm sofry about the whole thing. “11 know that you’ wéfe right and I was wrong”. 3 “So what?” snapped the wife, “# you think that is going to do you any good you're ctazy—I’ve changed my mind!” If any of these letters agreed as to thé standing of importante of any ohe candidate I might feel that perhaps my personal views as advanced in the coltimn were indéed screwy, but believe it or! not, each of my helpful crities éonterided that a different man) was the “Number One” contend-! er, pointin’ out how much they} had on the ball and how much all | the other aspirants lacked. | All of which seems to indicate a wide divergante of opinion and | promises af interesting campaign when the melee really gets un- derway. £3] I have also been informed that. T failed to even meéhfion, a num ber of meh who are potential can- umn, not compile a state -direc- tory or an unabridged edition of “Who’s Who” among gubernato- | rial prospects. * Among those called to my at- tention as ptobéble entries in the | race that I had failed to men- | UP CeCOe se vESTCoeCesedsoe Today's Birthdays Charles Edison, secretary of the 5 . |navy, son of the late famed in- ~~ ventor, born at West Orange, N. he would be better off if he did'y. 49 years ago. have a “mother to guide him”. | Walter W. Rose is an able and! likeable chap, fair-headed boy of the Flofida Association of Real Estate Boards, who has cham- pionéd the cause of thé property| owner against the grasping claw | travel books author, born in New of the tax-gatherer. | York, 66 years ago. If he enters the race he will! j Probably be bunched with that} Arthur A. Ballantine of New) |roup that afe just a few lengths|york, lawyet, éx-under-secre- | behind the winners but going | tary of the treasury, born at Cher- | |strong. He might adopt)as his}lin, Ohio, 56 years ago. | |¢ampaign slogan “We Don’t Need | | CLASSIFY } S.-Paul Johnston, editor of | Aviation, New York, born in | Pittsburgh, 40 years ago. Clara E. Laughlin of Chicago, THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1939 BEAUTIFUL SCENES OF = FLORIDA SHOWN IN MAGAZINE Floridaé—visit its histbrical and | shown in the magazine, “Florida|traditional points of interest, | Sports, Recreation and Points of|study the legends and Indian | Interests”, which was recently is-|lore and the exploits of the first | sued by the Department of Agri-| white conquerors. | culture of Florida, through Com- | “Visit its many state parks, missioner Nathan Mayo. |game_ preserves, federal forests, | "The book contains 52 pages|Matural wonders, mammoth | pfofusely illustrated with gcenes|SPrings and gardens filled with lot the Sunshine State and every | Fare exotic flowers, plants and |conceivable outdoor sport and tfopical growth”, the invitation |rébreation activity, which is/furthet asserts. “He who comes \found throughout the year is | ce, comes again, and this is why | beautifully shown, some of them | Florida attracts more visitors |in-colors. than any other State in the Scenes of the home of the late | Union. There is ‘but one Florida”. Judge J. Vining Harris, southern-} eT gS ae Sie Most residence in the United) Captain J. C. Kelley Rogers, States at Key West; the séven- the Irishman who made the first jmile bridge, a part of the “engi. ,night flight from Kisumu, Soma- | Heating wonder of ‘the Overseas |liland, to Durban, South Africa, Highway, stretching from the {last year, commanded the flying | mainland over Keys and ocean to /boat which inaugurated the ex- |Key West, are graphically illus- perimental air mail service across ‘MANY } | 1 Beautiful scenes of Florida are | trated. ithe North Atlantic this year. | There is a picture of Pigeon; | Key, the smallest inhabited island | }im the world, over which crosses | a Span of the highway; scenes of | | the naval station and the ruins of | jold Fort Jefferson, now being | | transformed in a spot of historical intérest at Garden Key, Dry Tor- | ‘a | tugas, and which has beén aptly; 5 4 termed “America’s Devil’s Is-} ‘And Malaria Chills and land”. Fever! It was at Fort Jefferson that | Here’s what you want for Malaria, | Dr: ‘Samuel. A. Mudd, imprisoned | folks! Here's what you want for for giving assistance to John| e reg Boe eg ar SS ae |Wilkes Booth, slayer of Abraham | A real Mslaria: medicine, ‘Made his life. His cell is still kept_inj , ahh < tthe Fort. During the Civil War | tusily combats the Malaria: intec- |the island had a population of Fa Me She pond. 3 had the |prisoners and officials of 1,500) Tt scips you feel better fast. | souls. | "Thousands take Grove's Tasteless | In the fear of the magazine is! Chill Tonic for Malaria and swear Para P "| by it. Pleasant to take, too, Even an illustrated map in colors of the | CRijdren take it without'a whimper. state, showing the activities found! Don’t suffer! At first sign of Ma- in every section. There is an in- aos oR pew sd-4 ‘onic, At all drugstores. Buy the | vitation on the face of the Map /jarge size ‘as it gives you foes | which bids the world to come to!’ more for your money. | i ema - | ard fi \No More Taxes On Real: Estate”. |But, ariyhow, from authorative |Sources, you can list him among ernorship. Amohg the most formidable jimelighters of the past week is Senator Spessard Holland of Bar- tow. While certain disgruntled | groups will turn their guns on him, he is an able and convincing erator and about the only.-faults that might be charged ..against ‘him is that he goes to-jchurch, | doesn’t gamble, drink whisky or |ehase women. He is somewhat fof a stiff shirt and will five to |develop an earthy touchi if he |hopés to click with the masses. TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Do not say. “The soldier ‘those who are “out” for the gov- | | “Col. Johin Murston of the U. S.| Marines, born 55 yeats ago. | ' | |. Lester H. Wolosey of Washing- | ‘ton, D. C., lawyer; onetime solici- | tor of state, 62 years ago. | | Bishop William D. O’Brien, | |president of the Catholic Exten- | |sion Society, Chicago, born in! | Chicago, 61 years ago. H Farl (Stanley) Baldwin, ex-| English prémier, born 72 years | ago. | AMERICAN BOY MAGAZINE | | COMPANION TO THOUSANDS | | For Real Purity For Real Economy For Real Service For Real Protection DELIVERED DAILY EVERYWHERE Thompson Enterprises INCORPORATED Hundreds of thousands of boys} 5. young men read THE AM-| ICE DIVISION ERICAN BOY Magazine every) |month and consider it mpre as a/ | living companion than as a maga-| zine. j PHONE NO. 8 was dressed in citizen's clothes”; say, “civilian”. ss } “It's as much a buddy to me as |my neighborhood chum,” writes one high school senior. “THE AMERICAN BOY seems to un- derstand a boy’s problerns and considers them in such a sym- pathetic and helpful .way. ‘It |gives ‘advice and entertaining . }reading on every subject ip | which a young fellow is inter- \ested. It is particularly helpful jin sports. I made our school | basketball team because of play- ing tips I read in THE AMER. | ICAN BOY.” “DAILY “Quiz What is the ¢ommofi name for methyl alcohol? Who first advanced the theo- ry of Relativity? Namé the’ largest inland | tion are Arthur Hale, chairman} Atthut, while some thought to the matter and is being strongly urged | by his good steer- |? who woiild like to live long and enjoy {# many motor rides, we suggest that they practi¢e good manners on the-highway. It will riot hurt anybody and it might be’ the means of avoiding personal injury. Any- |5, Sometimes the person who rotks the a bélated recognition of an heroic aet,,the decoration will brighten the eyes, boat is the first to drown. The German puts it this way: “Der eine 1 he has given! Pro sea. Was Maine one of the orig- inal thirteen States? {vteal’ des For which American League | i baseball team does Emil| “Dutch” Leohard pitch? | What is the product of 1-4/ x 1-28? | What is the flower symbol | for April? Where is the Godavari Riv- er? every major sport is covered in fiction and fact articles. Teachers, librarians, ciation of the word retrib- y’s Ho SSC SCe ede decscsssoodduecs ‘Today endows with a_ firm, character, The ll Many famous athletes in all sports credit much of their suc- | ketball, track, tennis in fact) , parents and leaders of boys clubs also se recommend THE AMERICAN | ‘What is the correct pronun-| BOY. enthusiastically. They have |