The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 4, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO he Key West Citizen’ Published Dajly Except Sunday By BRE CIVIBEN PUBLISHING CO, INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President ety Publisher JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Mancger FE it! CoP ERT Bees ‘Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County temtered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press he Associated Press is exclusively entitled to yes for republication of all news dispatches creiited it or Ret etherwise Credited in this paper and also the lotal news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES vne Year - pix Months Three Months . Month Weekly - 10.00 peas 20 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 rat» of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainment by churches trom which a revenue is to be-derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general sntersst 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 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- promise with 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. The world needs ‘moral re-armament and plenty of it. Schram, new RFC head, has a name that sounds like an invitation to clear out precipitately, and. will keep many a timid borrower away. We venture that the California woman who kept her marriage a secret for 20 years had a sorry-looking husband.—Key West Citizen. Well, a sorry husband any- way.—Sanford Herald. The Baptist World Alliance, recently assembled in congress at Atlanta, adopted the resolution, among others, that racial discrimination was a “sin.” In that un- doubtedly all religious bodies will concur. Former Vice President Marshall said that what the nation needed most is.a good five-cent cigar. Now a_ discontented minority is clamoring for bigger and bet- ter watermelons. Man will never be satis- fipd until he isn’t interested in anything anymore, There is talk of a monument for Carl G, Fisher who developed Miami Beach and made it a great resort city where once was but a mangrove swamp. Although his wealth at times was computed in millions, he died a comparatively poor man, his will disposing of only $40,000. Where he succeeded at Miami Beach, Fisher failed at Montauk, L. 1, but he did not lack imagination and both Key Largo and Key West were in his mind’s eye for develop- ment when death which overlooks none came to him. Westbrook Pegler refers to Key West in his column as a “God-forsaken settle- ment.” The calumnist who spent “one glorious night” in this city last winter in a binge that had him groggy, physically and mentally, the next day, was a caller’ at'Phe Citizen office at the time. Pegler, | 5% who hates everything and everybody in- cluding himself, has a large reading public and thousands of them reading the “slam” will come down to see for themselves if Key West is-really a “God-forsaken settle- ment”, or if “Peggy” was prevaricating as usual in the Peglerian manner. Since thereby Key West will profit financially, = we have Mr. Pegler to thank. In the - future as in the past, a knock continues to = be @ boost. So cut loose, Westbrook; we + “salesmen who personally’ alk WORTHWHILE CIVIC EFFORT ‘Key ‘West is fortunate in at least one vespect: It has two organizations which are concerning themselves with youth ac- They are the Rotary’ Club and | tivities. Arthur Sawyer Post -of the American Legion. At a meeting this week officials and | committee chairmen of the Rotary Club decided to continue sponsorship of the Boy | Scout organization, furnishing lunches to ‘undernourishéd school children and meain- | taining the school safety patrol. ‘The | group also decided to seek a means of co- ordinating the work of all organizations | interested in youth iand boy activities. Arthur Sawyer Post reported at the | Fifth District Conference here of the vet- eran organization last Sunday that it was progressing with the state-wide program Lor organizing junior baseball teams, a | junior drum and bugle corps and forma- | tion of a squadron of the Sons of the | Legion. The Legion here is also sponsor- ing one of the Boy Scout troops. These are all worthy projects. The boys of Key West are the future men of Key West. In the Boy Scout organization, in the schools, on the playgrounds and by contact with the men of the American Legior and the Rotary Club our boys learn the fundamentals of good ¢itigenship. Un- consciously they are steeped with the meaning of Americanism, the principles of our form of government, good sports- | manship and the debt one citizen owes to another. They learn while they play. | They learn to play fairly and to meet the world squarely. They are more likely to grow up into the kind of citizens this city needs than they would were they left to shift for themselves, without the guidance of men who have rubbed elbows in various parts of the world and know their way | around. The Rotary Club suggestion that the efforts of all the organizations interested in boy movements. should be co-ordinated is a good one. tion, concerted action. will prevent overlapping of such activities, spread the projects to. embrace a larger | number of youngsters. Each organization | should be assigned definite fields in which to point their efforts, with every other or- ganization co-operating in the success of | the various projects. Rotarians and Legionnaires deserve the thanks of the entire .ccommunity for fostering and furthering these sane youth activities. ABOUT SALESMANSHIP In a radio talk some time ago, W. J. Cameron made some rather surprising statements concerning salesmen and sales- | manship, among which was ithe assertion that about 70-per cent of all sales are made on the initiative of buyers themselves, and | only about 30 per cent through personal | selling efforts. He also said that 70 per cent of all | goods sold personally through the initia- | tive of salesmen are sold by only 20 per | cent of the salesmen. These figures apply, we ume, to : prospec- tive customers, rather than to’ clerks in stores or other regular places of business, whose results could hardly be checked or estimated. Mr. Cameron does not believe in so- called “high pressure’ salesmanship in which the prospective buyer is harangued by a lot of bombastic and meaningless sales talk, which is exceedingly distaste- ful to any intelligent buyer. The ‘best salesman is one who studies the needs of his customer, and gives him information that will lead him to buying intelligently, and such a salesman is usually welcome on a return visit. Mr. Cameron significantly adds: “The salesman who comes in with a lot of orders dangling Nke scalps from his belt is not a good salesman, for you .can scalp a man only once. Making a cus- tomer is more important than making a sale. Since 1704 the rock of Gibraltar has stood as a truculent symbol of English power and as an advertisement for Pruden- tial. While the rock itself is impregnable the little town nestling at its foot could be bombarded into splinters from by Al- geciras, Spain. England doesn’t need the fortification anymere and would restore Gibraltar to Spain, but fears it fall into the hands.of some other than. power. It needs further explora- | Such co-ordination | ‘THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | Soorevcessevoressccoooes |COMMENTS | and CRACKS | | povcepoegar-nacecenecene | itt der this head | ppear from time Ry pin Citizen—from the pen | ef a local lady-columnist. Naturally, she assum full esponsibility for al) sixte- ments made.) —o 1 } AMERICAN LEGION ECHO: Commander W. J. Schoneck ae this committee members of the (Arthur Sawyer Post are receiv- |ing much deserved praise for the | good time had by all-at the Fifth | District Conference held in Key West. Bill Lee, who worked at all ends of the affair as well as tat publicity; Dr. A. M. Morgan, |toastmaster; R. A. Lehman, John- \ny Delgado, T. A. Woody andj 4 : a pack-mule. In those. days, too, coca (others, made a great success of jthe conference. Visitors report a) most delightful time and © were} | elated with the hospitality of the; | Key ‘West people. . Among the} distinguished guests attending/ \the confernece was Major Harve; | Payne of Miami, National ‘Execu- itive :Committeeman. Harvey |one of the best:known, ibest loved | {men in Florida, a native of Jack-; sonville but claimed by the state-| at-large. There was also P. N. Hiatt, of West Palm Beach, chair- | man of the National Committee |for the Sons of the Legion, accom- | panied by ‘his lovely wife, who jhas long been active in Auxiliary | | work; and Mr. and Mrs. James O. | Sheppard, of Edgefield, S. C. Mr | Sheppard is National Commander \of the Forty and Eight and has otherwise distinguished himself | |by marrying one of South Caro- lina’s most beautiful daughters. | W.P.A.: Judging py the num-| ber of projects planned or ‘pro- posed for W.P.A. work in Key West it sounds as if the planners |think in terms of third terms. | WRESTLING MATCHES: | | Watching some of the new danc- ing, ene wonders which of the! |partners will soon take the| ‘count. | TAXICAB DRIVERS: None but} jlicensed taxi drivers should be! allowed to act as tourist guides. These men pay an occupational | |Ticense, are competent to show |the city to the best advantage) and are among those who pay for | exception of one.or two men who | jare not really taxi drivers, who | | drag the tourist off to slums, the| jother men deserve this ‘business | and it would save the tourist from being annoyed, as is often; je case. | | BAN DANCER: Sally Rand} claims a new speed record from} | California to Reno. However, seems that the speed from Cali i A |home, 1214 Knowles Lane. Death Treveling POUCH of dry leaves to the victor! And it was the most soveted prize one could win for § /Drowess in athletic games —cen- turies ago in the days of the Incas. “The pouch was-wondrously woven in colorful patterns originated by ‘Mama Occlo, sister-wite of;the first | Inca; the leaves were ‘those of the sacred plant ¢gca. Accompanying this pouch, known as chyspa, was a small gourd called popora, contain- ing lime, The two substances to- gether—chewed like tobacco—pro- | duced maryelous powers of endur- ance, rendering the coca chewer al- | most insensible to cold, fatigue, and even to hunger—with but.a Lge leaves were used as offerings to the Sun; they were burned''to make smoke at sacrifices; and buried. with the pody of the deceased ready to help him on his way through the Un- known, Today the Indians of the Andes till chew these “magic” leaves, to combat cold and fatigue: fhree or | tour times a day they take a rest | trom their labors for “acuilicar” the chewing of coca-is called—con- suming often as much as two or three ounces a day. The pouch swung from his belt is a regular part of the Indian’s garb; and the en- larged jaw and puffy cheek, .a per- manent characteristic of-his face. In the meantime. the medical .protes- sion hag discovered the henefits of = cocaine and coca leaves are export-| grown.are among the most pel ed in great quantities. The cocals, or }-Ing sights enjoyed by travelers tak- farms, upon hich the plant -is| ing the weekly cruises to Peru. KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Otis R. Curry, third mate onj who had been employed on the | ship for the past 10 years, died} quite suddenly last night in his] curred at 11 o’clock. In addi- tion to the large number, of; friends, who will attend the fun-| ‘eral, which will be at the chapel | at 312 Bahama street. There will be delegations of Improved Order | | en. Eagle, Isle- of, theSea Lodge | Knights of Pythias, Ladies Tem- ple of the Golden Eagle, Decree of Pocahontas and Arthur Saw- | )Post, American Legion. Sales of property for delin- | quent taxes started today, at 11) o'clock by Tax Collector William | Maloney from the front porch of the county court house. He started on the Everglades taxes} Of The Citizen the owners on payment of taxes jthe Ferry Estrada Palma, and | due and the accrued costs. and Mrs. Packer | The home of Mr. Francisco Perez, 1116 | street, was the scene of a pretty wedding last night at 8:15 o’clock when their aaughter, Miss Maria | Perez, became the bride of Henry | Fulton Baker. The home was beautifully decorated for the} event. The marriage was wi more than 200 friends. Miss Eu; nia Perez, sister of -the bride, was the bridesmaid, and Vicente Molina stood with the groom. A} jreception followed the ceremony | Mrs. and» refreshments were served while the guests danced and made merry until a late hour. Members of Boy, Scout Troop Number 1 were happy this morn-. ing when they left over the high- | fornia to Reno has been anything'and at noon began the. -sale of;way enroute to the proposed {but slow so. far. | AFFLICTION: The members of | hours until the.entire list of about’ Brown, in honor of |qur human race who move me |most to scornful diction are sen. | sitive and injured souls luxyriat. jing in affliction. |sending gut cards by dirty un] |kempt tramps on the streets toiee solicit business instead of doings legitimate advertising. | AIM | | “I do not aim for wealth or fame; rs other hope than far long to find before I die| Just one’ becomihy' hat! « BUSIEST MAN IN TOWN: ‘Rex (Deacon) Wilson, field engi- neer for W.P.A. and acting area supervisor. Things are ce ba | but some of the {he songs are bad, ON THE STREET: Miss Addie Blemys. neat in white uniform; Dr. and Mrs. J. B. Parramore, ilogking sweet at each other; John Sawyer, with scholarly "mein; ‘Mrs. Harry Prindle, in the cool set of summer dresses | looking | most attractive; Mrs. Bob Spotts-| wood, passing by—she always in- Mrs something finer; Page, sn as ee jack Long, who the prettiest there is Al Mills, ‘ing and Edgar Stark walking slow like a ship in a calm. When pompous people Hi et ee Ther ne to ii |real estate. This will be kept up for. several days at the stipulated | 000 items is read, Mr. Maloney | states. Absence of bidders this morning was taken to, indicate! by the ‘sale will revert to BEAUTIFUL | sakeas YOUR PLUMBING camping place at Atlanta, Ga. The camp is to be called Camp Tom a scout of the troop, who is now {making his home in Atlanta. Tom worked hard to have the people jthat practically all property af-'of Atlanta extend an invitation | fected to his scout friends and is over- 4 NO DIGNITY: Business men} | the state subject to redemption by ‘joyed at the prospects of the “ta ‘YOUR HOUSE PAINTED —— WITH = VALENTINE’S ALSP HOUSE PAINT NOTHIN G5 | 1. - FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1939 4 1 | In which Stase 45 Abranam Lincoln National Park? 2. Name -the science which treats of the celestial »bod- ies. ; -What is meant by the flag of a newspaper? What is the name of the British possession nearest! to Spain? | Who was:the youngest ‘Presi- | Gent of-the U. S.? | What is the correct pronun-/ . ciation of the .word at-| tache? In which ocean-are the Horse Latitudes? With what sport is the name | of Don Meade assoc iated? | ‘What is the name of the first | day .af Lent? Whmo was Vice President of | the Confederate States of; America? boys coming, according to -his let- i | ters. | Editorial Comment: ‘It is © the; {part of wisdom to see through a/ \thing and the part of courage to! ‘see a thing through. jthe winning teams at the Phelan grounds in the games of baseball | |yseterday. It was a surprise to jsee the Cardinals break ‘their los- ling streak and win from the Key | | West team by a score of 8 to 2.| \In the second game the Pirates fell easy, victims to the Sluggers, | who defeated their opponents by |the score pf 8 to 2. It was con- jsidered remarkable that in each game the scores were exactly alike. The fight card to be staged at jthe Cuban Club Stadium tonight | promises to be one of the best | seen at the club in some time.) The principal scrappers will be| seen in the main bout and will | be Kid Castellano and Battling the upkeep of the city. With the | of Red Men, Knights of the Gold-/|nessed by numerous’relatives and Vigi. Young Franks and Battling | Dindi will be seen in the semi- final. { i] R. Ruesca, Mexican consul, and Ruesca, who had been} {spending a delightful visit jn Key, ‘West for several days, left yester- isay for their home in Mexico. Mr. Ruesca was in Key West in| the interest of shipping cedar to West to be used in the manu- | facture of cigar boxes. former ° PROTECTION ECONOMICAL Ubesecccccocosose Teday’s Birthdays | Ceeepoesesecesooncsonoocs N. Max Dunning of Chicago, noted architect, born at Kenosha »Wis., 66 years ago. Rev. Robert P. Shuler of Los | Angeles, noted M. E. clergyman, born in Grayson Co. Va. 59 years iago. Prof. Jacob Papish of Cornell, noted chemist, born in Poland, 52 years ago. Arch \W. Shaw of Chicago, pub- lisher, born at Jackson, Mich.; 63 years ago. Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, born jin London, 39 years ago. Sir ‘Harry ‘Lauder, famed Scot- tish entertainer, born 69 years ago. Knut Hamsun, famous Norwe- i gian novelist, born 80 years ago. 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