The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 10, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO ~ ~The Key West Citize: 1 Published Daily Except Sunday By - ‘THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. ~ 4 P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Maneger From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets “only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe ‘County sntered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Meniber of the Associated Press ‘he Associsted Press is exclusively entitled to use itches crelited to t etherwise credited in this paper and siso for republication of all negvs dis} _& bet * the Idtal news published here. One Year wx Months Three M Qne Mon Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. ne SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notl sespect, obituary notices, etc. w! the rats of 10 cénts a line, Noticts for entertainment by bor oey — which ® revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a 4 The Citizen ts an open forum and lavites dscus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general smterest but it will not publish anonymous communi- eations. 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 tite” 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, cards of ae resolutions of 2} be chatged:for at {MPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). (MONROE PROPERTY SOUGHT is becoming increasingly evident that unprotected condition. the present owners of Key West and Mon- roe county property do not value their holdings other and smarter investors do. County Tax Collector Frank H/Ladd had proof of this the other day. vertised the sale of some 600 parcels of such sales attract little or no attention. Imagine Mr. Ladd’s surprise when a large group appeared for the sale. They quick- ly snapped up the tax certificates on some 50 parcels, while the remainder passed to the state. The properties bid in by the buyers included some choice parcels Key West, along the keys and on the mainland section of the county. of Monroe property; second, property owners will have to watch in future to be sure their holdings are not bid in by buy- ers who have the money to pay taxes. Many Monrce property owners, fol- their holdings would be sold for taxes. The delinquent taxes against the proper- ties put up for sale did not amount to much, certainly not enough to work a not paid—apparently the property owners are expecting a benevolent legislature to pass another Murphy act, thus enabling them to hold their properties by pay- ment of a trifling fraction of the accum- ulated taxes. | estate market seems to be picking up. It | it | | isn’t safe to leave valuable property in an | It is obvious that if | There are two facts apparent in this | rush te acquire Monroe property. First, | investors are beginning to realize the value | lowing an o!d Monroe custem, paid no at-| tention to Mr. Ladd’s advertisements that | hardship on the property owners. There | was only one reason why the taxes were | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Activity in the Monroe county real | He ad- | i property for delinquent taxes. Ordinarily | in | modern express industry, Just 100 years old, has grown from Ploture History of Express—Upper Teft: William F, Harnden, frst press. Upper right; Modern Diesel electric streamlined operations, sometimes actually car’ rying commercial packages and let- ters between north and south, After the conflict, the companies played a noteworthy part ip quelling the wave of banditry and keeping the nation’s roads open. Great versatility has been the te- ward of these many and varied expe- riences. “vay the ‘expressman rightly boasts that he can handle anything from a needle to an ele phant Created » he urgent needs of a growing ontion express has grown with Amerwa The -seveti majorcom- panies were united under one gov- Messenger. Lower left: Pony Ex- sores Express Train and trane-continental plan the Express of talay, Losier pightt Gxprews:wngs onbih'in inalan Sousa " ernment-controlled organization, ‘the wartime year of 1918. After the war the railroads took over the unt fied company, renaming it the Rail- way Express Agency. The air divi- Gene, left this morning on the! hong journey to their new home THURSDAY, AUGUST 10,'1989 | They are S. L. Harman, 86; J, M. ty 84, and John H. Har- |There’ll Be A Hot Time , tn The Old Town-—| man, | “(By Associated Preas) mined in South Africa in BOWLING GREEN, the! ase month was valued at “oldsters” are going to have a $37,958,560, i | tite of it at the annual Warren | ies old men’s reunion. j Jesse Russell, wo directs the re- lunions, said 147 men 75 years or older attended the first program }four years ago. Their ages to-! SERRE Lopez Funeral Service Established 1885 Licensed Funeral Directors ‘\talled 11,437 years. } Last year 171 men attended andl their ages totalled 13,488 ‘years. j “Unele Jim” - Corbin, 94, Of | (is | Bowling Green, is the oldest man j expecting to attend. this year’s} WE'VE GOT THE TIRE THAT SAVES YOU MONEY jcelebration. 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Just now it looks as though Key West company of the Flor-| Eugene Pinder, Jr., who was| Monroe property is in demand. After all, [ida National Guards left on alsteeping at his father’s Siena | artic 206 ee, Rint oeeet ond Bie SuignOh Gk BrOvEn ey See re Oh vais to tect acteavole ris. while his. family, was. visiting in |Ashe and. family will sat from So far, it appears, the county is limited. In a few years the Flor- ty. their annual encampment of Miami,awoke 4:30' this morning} Miami to Nassau from there they dential race is a: horse race. ida keys may become the great play-|two.weeks. The Battery is into find himself almost completely |,will take ship for New York and ‘ : ground, the Riviera of America. command of Captain Wm. V. Al- | surrounded by flames.and Larely ‘tan a ul gen go rnd th to { sa lontevideo, rugua; property owners should meet their rel- ‘tire which completely ‘destroyed | atively smal] tax bills promptly and pro- | titiation. esi sri {the residence and its contents, | tect themselves against héavy interest | There will be a meeting of the 2ccording to reports. The pro-; Marshal A. H. McInnis placed payments and loss of valuable assets. (Woman’s Guild of St. Paul’s|perty was owned by Bugene C. Ramon Garcia under arrest yes- ‘church held this afternoon at 4 Pinder and was situatett‘on Flo- ha os een tone hi ae eornies * is oar that all| lrida street at the edgé of the |; Gisaseus ko fd: members be presen’ salt pond just off the County vane. tried Road. near’ White ‘street, In-| \Jating the narcotics act and was iven a heari before United Editorial comment: Candidates surance to the amount-of $3,000 Sato, Commisdoner Rodney cannot announce too early but is known to have been,carried on Gwynn, and placed under bond being too late about it has caused the building but none;.on the 5¢ $19,000 to await trial at the the defeat of many good men. Contents. Fire Cheif Ralph Pin- next tarm of United States Court. 50c MANILA, 84x11 TYPEWRITING PAPER 500 Sheets for eS AEE EE REE ae eal P 1940 presi- Some people who travel the road from Nowhere to Somewhere have a_ return ticket. When a politician asks you to vote a certain way, look around; he may have an dxe to grind. MORE NIGHT SPORTS SAVE aT THE SIGN OF Lighting engineers believe that im-{ THE GOODYEAR DIAMOND When the price of peace is the sur- : : proved and more economical outdoor light- render of self-respect there is no sale, or shouldn’t be. An Ottawa dentist has been widely His solos are said acclaimed as a tenor. to be painless. What's the good of a public library if nobody wants to read books? Thats not a hard one to answer. Most men are not half as busy as they In many cases it is 40 per think they are. / cent work and 60 per cent worry. After many attempts race track fans can’t beat the The losing horses are in the same will decide that horses.” fix. “you Most of us are fair. his dinner. If you grant an individual a favor do it gracicusly if you expect appreciation, bat don’t expect it in the first place, and you probably will not be disappointed. The Citizen tries to print all com- munications that it receives from its read+ ers. However, it does not print them as a compulsory obligation, but as an extended courtesy. The CCC boys of Beaver City, Neb., are patronizing beauty shops for per- We thought it would eventually come to that. Instead of being “ruddy”, they want to be manent waves “like Rudy Vallee.” like Rudy. ‘ A bachelor is a timid soul wouldn’t try anything once—Key Citizen. ——The Independent, St. naomi 3 interested in the world’s fare and not so much in the world’s Man, the hungry sinner, still prefers who West t And a benedict is a more brazen soul who wishes he had been more timid. ing systems will eventually lead to the playing of most athletic games at night. Recent trends lend support to this belief. Now that night baseball has been ac- cepted to some extent in the major leagues, the prejudice against sports under arti- ficial illumination which formerly existed seems to have been largely overcome, Great strides have been made in ath- letic field illumination within the last few years, and there seems to be no reason why ‘practically every form of: outdoor games may not be played at night. : Several large electrical companies have special research departments survey- ing the field of sports and developing light- ing plants which the average community can afford. One electrical engineer pre- dicts that athletic fields of the future will be constructed so as to have playing space for a number of different sports—base- ball, football, softball, tennis and others. enjoying them to many who are unable to attend in daytime, and in the heat of sum- mer the spectators are much more com- fortable than in daytime. They therefore promise to become more and more popular as lighting facilities are extended to the smaller communities. When it comes to fishing in the wa- ters surrounding Key West you don’t have to look for the right place at the right time to make the proper connection with the right amount of fish—you simply go out and fish until you are tired pulling "em in, The world’s best selling book con- tinues to be the Bible. It was printed in nine new tongues last year, and if inter- ested they are: Wonge, Hangaza, Muer, Bua and Kituba in Africa; Eskimo in the American Arctic. Over 1,000,000,000 Scriptural volumes have been issued since Gutenberg invented the art of printing. / Night games give opportunities for } i. A telegram received from Scoutmaster Charles Sands yes- terday advises that the troop ar-| rived in Atlanta at 1 o’clock yes- | .terday afternoon, and all the boys | were well and happy. time he was in Key West that he liked it immensely and would jcoming here again. Jimmie Fountain also has a peed opinion. jof thé ‘OldRock, ‘stating that } he: ‘was treated royally when he was ‘here. So it was arranged by the |proprietors of the Cuban ‘Club Stadium that the two flyweights ‘would be matched, and the fight s are eagerly looking forward stadium next Monday night. F. 0. (FOOT ODOR) Make This Overnight Test friends smell it. You don’t. You| are immune to the odor. Get a from any druggist. Apply full strength for F. O., sweaty feet, itching toes or “Athletes Foot”, Feel it take hold. Itching stops almost instantly. Locally © at —advt. Battling Dundee said the last |’ \like to have the opportunity — of | to the bout which is scheduled for | them on the fight card at the} test bottle of TE-OL Solution | jder, who lives not far from: the |” scene of the fire, states that when | jhe arrived the flames were al-| |ready sheoting from every win- | jdow in the building,.and the) jstrueture was doomed before the | .arrival of the fire trucks. The owner of the home is expected ito artive from Miami today. | Strict fe | Mrs; Eugene Ashe and children | ‘Cornelius, Jerry, Thomas and | — rst | |) For Fifty Years a NAME!» | 4) ig Coffee in Key West, | | | | | | Lounge DINING and DANCING trictly Fireproof Garage Open The Year Around . — TRY IT TODAY — ) The Favorite In Key West STAR BRAND CUBAN COFFEE ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS coececcce F. O. penetrates shoes. Your | esocesiooces | PAUL’S TIRE and AUTO SUPPLY STORE White and Fleming Sts. PHONE 65 RAY CURRY, Prop. facilities, Produce a blade like this. And it sells atonly 10c for four. The edges are of an entirely new kind—stand up where the going is tough. Get a package from your dealer today.