The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 7, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Bey West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING Co. INC. L. P. ARDMAN, President an@ Publisher 408 ALLEN, Asuistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building er Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County tntered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter lember of the Associated Press he Associated Press is exclusively entitled to fot republication of all news yt itches credited to to it or not #therwise credited in this paper and also chal news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES athe } une “Year six Months Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of t! ay resolutions of <espect, Obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at ihe rat» of 10 cents a line, Noticés for entertainment by churches from which a revenue is to be derived are 6 cents a line. The Citizen fs an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general sntereat but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations. sso Some of them have the ARE YOU HELPING KEY WEST? Quite a number of men who like to re- gard themselves as stalwart citizens of Key “West and staunch defenders of the rights and privileges of the “little man” in keep- | together are plain, | These talkers occupy | prominent positions on the public side- | ing body and soul everyday talkers. walks and just talk about what should or should not be done about this or that, They | talk grandly and propound grandoise solu- | tions to every problem confronting the city. idea that mere vocal volume solves every question; so the loud talker is regarded by many as the great-grandfather of Wisdom. The trouble is, of course, these men are just talkers. They are not doers. They wait until the doers bring something out | into the open where they can pounce upon it like a cat on a mouse. the ideas advanced by the doers and grad- ually, ruthlessly and completely tear those They play with | TODAY'S COMMON EF ERROR Do not tay. Me bed great for z | TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ . What body of water lands from China? the the initials J.S.D. stand? trol lights? ed War Admiral Fei sep- arates the Philippine Is- coast of . For what college degree do | wn of th tee Flee: nal propery nl ~phia, ‘had the first traffic con- . What is the name for the loss of the sense of smell? | . Name the horse that defeat- | in a match rece, held at the MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1939 | eesdeccecscccccccccccece PEOPLE'S FORUM Vovoesestovecoevvecvsevcre WHY DILEMMA? i { | Bditor, The Citizen: | In the Miami Herald of the 5th instant, under a Key West date line of Aug. 4th, the Herald Bureau of this city quotes as follows: “Sam B. Pinder, tax assessor, is in a quandary. Under the old charter real estate in the city ‘Was assessed at 50 per cent of its face valuation. The new charter makes compulsory a 100 per cent assessment.” Section 53 of the old charter states that “all property shall be assessed at its full cash value.” Section 52 of the new charter assessed at its full cash value.” From the foregoing it is evi- dent that the method of assess- | ment is identical in.both charters, }and could not possibly place Mr. | Pinder in a quandaty. The statement is an unwar- ranted. aspersion on Mr. Pinder’s Pimlico Race Track, Bal- timore, Md. < . Name the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. “ . For whom were the Philip- | Key West, Fla., pine Islands named? Aug. 7, 1939. . What is the date of Armis- | tice Day? . What is the correct pronuh- | ciation of the word robust? | Where is the highest point |. of land in North. America | computed from sea-level? | intelligence. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN CHARTER REVISION COM MITTEE. was ue 70 DIES CRUMBLING HUMAN BONES ve iN Gap SECRET OF OL: boven 1M (898, INOICATED Duar sane PRISONERS WERE "SEALED WG * ALIVE ANO LEFT 70 PERISH, /N THIS DISMAL CHAMMER WHERE DAYLIGHT NEVER PENETRATES _ TWE i oe 48 20 FEET LONG, 12 FELT aNO *ROUT_F FEE. IGE. ideas to pieces. While destroying the new | ideas these talkers do not advance any- | thing constructive to take their place. j “Tf it was me, I’d tell them where to go!” ‘WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; never be afraid to attack wrong or to applayd right; always fight for progress; never be the or- gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faetion 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 prgan- ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions} print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com- promise with principle, NATURES OWN ALLIGATOR / > REMARKABLE LUCENESS or FAMILIAR FLORIDA. REPTILE GROWS ace" A TREE AT EUREKA, fia, \Baltimore Honors “Next time they ask me to pay taxes i; His Majesty’s Men T’ll tell them where to go!” “7 wouldn’t give them a red cent!” “What right have they got to tell us | what to do?” “We know how to run our city with- out them!” he With such adamant remarks the talk- | ers dismiss all proposals designed to help the city of Key West. They are against everything and everyone. They do noth- | ing themselves and resent anyone who tries (Ry Axwoctated Press) | BALTIMORE, Aug. 7.—The —_—_—— | City of Baltimore entertained of- “SADDLES STILL SELL |ficers of the British cruiser Exe- |ter, then added up the bill and SPRINGTOWN, Parker Coun- paid for: |raaes re vn RAPIDLY} ty, Tex.—There’s hardly been an} 115 mint juleps at 35 cents tup ‘on a down in the saddle mak- | each. (By Annoctated Presx) ing business in 56 years for S. L. j 20 bottles of sauterne at 75 HOMESTEAD, Fia., Aug. BE bom 80. He’s never been | cents each. |One avocado grower in the rich 4 bottles of beer at 10 cents KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen p idle and his saddies are bought | as fast as he can meke them, even each. (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. Those who keep their mouths shut are seldom misquoted. z A community that depends on tourists, ~ must cater to them. Sally Rand with feathers plucked < from birds danced into fame at the world’s > fair in Chicago; now the nude dancers at the New York world’s fair dance with birds without plucking the feathers. Representative Patrick of Alabama -- says that the difference between a states- man and a politician is that the politician delivers what the statesman promises. This column thinks that ‘both are long on promises and short on delivery. President Roosevelt is having a lot of fun with newspapermen who inquire about a third-term statement. He chuckles when- ever a reference to a third-term is made. _ Previous inquiries about a third term have ~ resulted in the President telling the in- ~ quiring reporters to don a dunce cap and stand in a corner. Fifteen thousand ardent Cincinnati baseball fans already have applied for World’s Series tickets, but the club has not aceepted any requests for the very good - and sufficient reason that there is many # ~ slip between the cup and the lip, or as the ~ secretary expained, ‘We don’t want to put ~ the ‘whammy’ on ourselves.” It is just ~ possible, too, that if applications for tickets were accepted the Reds would go into a _> tail-spin, and lose the championship now - almost within their grasp. ¥ Treaties, unless backed by force, are — mere scraps of paper. In 1922, Japan, the - United States and seven other nations ~signed a pact that pledged them to “Te- spect the sovereignty, the independence, and the territorial and administrative in- tegrity of China.” But for two years past ~ the Japanese have been waging. a_bar- barous war of conquest against the Chinese> “Further, in view of Japan’s conduct against _. American citizens in China, the United “States fs justified in ‘abrogating the treaty ~ with Japan made in 1911, which was. a ~-treaty of commerce and friendship. Secre- tary Hull’s denunciation of Nippon’s dis- regard for American rights in China and his wish to have the 1911 treaty scrapped “will meet with the hearty approval of the be ns ae people, to do something. They know all the wrong answers and tell you. the right way how NOT to do anything. ‘ It is time Key Westers quit listening | to such false prophets. It is time for sincere Key Westers to join the parade of honest, hard-working, civic-spirited citi- zens trying to do something through the | various civic, religious, fraternal and | patriotic organizations of the city. Every man interested in the future and the de- velopment of Key West should join some organization striving to build a strong foundation for this city’s growth and pros- perity. The Chamber of Commerce,: the Junior Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club, the Lions Club, the American Legion post, the Citizens & Taxpayers group, the Stone Church Service Club, the Key West Yacht Club, the Elks. Club, the Cuban Club, the Marti Club—these are all worth- while organizations with worthwhile civic aims and objectives. one or more of these groups working for Key West for the benefit of all Key | Westers. Quit talking—do something! FIRST ARMY PLANE It is just 80 years since General James Allen, then chief of the signal service, for- mally approved the purchase for the United States Army of its first airplane, built by the Wright brothers in ele Small shop in Dayton, O. X aay The modest specifications for’ this plane are interesting for purposes of com- parison with the giant war planes of the present. The contract called for a heavier than air machine, capable of carrying two passengers with sufficient fuel for a flight of 125 miles, and able to remain aloft an hour with this load. It was also required that it should have a speed of not less than 40 miles an hour. In its tests at Fort Myer, Va., the plane actually attained a speed of 42 miles an hour, and it remained in the air’ 1 hour and 12 minutes, then a world rec- ord. The final acceptance test was made over a 5-mile course along the Potomac, marked by captive balloons, on July 30, 1909. “It was accepted by the Army on August 2. ‘ This pioneer plane, now in the muse- um of the Smithsonian Institution, appears , crude indeed in comparison with the new fighting machines with speeds of more than 400 miles an hour. The 30th anniversary of the first “military plane was observed with ap- propriate ceremonies and aerial exhibi- tions by the Army air force, centering at Everyone should join | |control stations at Key West have} |been completed and are as power- | United States. All of the equip-/| lament has been thoroughly tested | |port of entry for airplane, now} versatile, aids to aerial naviga- tion. Only three other stations. in| modern or efficient. The Citizen is in receipt of a! N telegram from Charles Sands, | scoutmaster of Troop 1 Boy) A Scouts, announcing their arrival! it in Palm Beach yesterday and that | all the boys are well. Members of | \ | the organization are getting feotly | to proceed to Atlanta. | | | News has been received an-} |nouncing the birth of a daughter | i& | to Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Hety | lat Grand Rapids, Mich. Mrs. Hety before marriage was Miss! Helen Leuthi, daughter of Mr./ | and Mrs. A. D..Leuthi of this city.’ | The little one has been given the | name of Harriet, in honor of Mrs. { |Hety’s brother, Attorney Harry | Leuthi, of Miami. With the people of Key West | voting almost two to one in favor of the 10 mills school tax ; at the special election a peat aa when the polls showed a total o: 314 votes, and this) was ‘said be the largest voté Serb a special election in this eity. The | final count showed that | 136 favored the 10 mills assessment, | 76. voted for the assessment © of three mills and 66 voted* for no! milis. Chares Curtis, wel well and favor- P74 =} 3 RS Bo Fy : ision Street. A. request is| made that all members attend. Editorial comment: Advet Ohad, Wright Field in Dayton, but including ex- |; hibitions at various military air bases. An English genealogist says Queen Blizabeth is a distant relative of Washington. Probably both are de- scendants of Adam and Eve, ; The U. S. Lighthouse Depart- | this city. Mr, Myers is a member men’s radio beacoris and radio! of the Cortez Cigar Co, and a frequent and welcomed visitor to \ful and as efficient as any in the | Key West. John Marzyck, showed his enjoys the distinction of being; seeing, | the first point this far south to | was strictly a business one, Frank | production. | \be completely equipped with the found plenty of time: . to show; The owner, George L. Swan, most modern and marvelously lis the main -attraction, which | says he doesn’t know of another | is the girls. ‘such grove in the country. Ranting bargein 92.90 ERTS ESS Ost EE pep eee this state. trees that everything, worth| | He experimented with different local produce } varieties, budding them to his| jand found to operate with the |@ealer, returned yesterday from | best stock. |greatest degree of perfection,/2 business trip to Miami, which Now he has, in one grove,/ ino Nar sr larlgg me im ae = i = eae ant mth in the year—with} lficially di ‘rank Curry. John says nk | every moi — ‘icially designated as an official sdanebla: meatie: in the early| many new highways. |Redlands section at the tip of jn this machine age. All of his! Nobody spoiled the dignity of |Florida’s peninsula found Cae 108: years of saddle making have the occasion by asking for the tition keen from groves in Cuba, ' jbeen spent in the same store on | seaman’s celebrated |California and other parts of; | the public square. 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