The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 11, 1939, Page 2

“the Key Best ¢ ——~—Published Datly’Bxcept’Sunéay By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING OO. INC. EP, AWPMAN, Présidént\and Publisher JOE ALLEN, Assintant Manager “From The Citizen Building Covner Greene and ‘Ann Streets — Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe entered at Key West, Florida, as second elass matter the Associated Press is Lag He entitled to use e@ credited to ne paper — mine Le Associesed for republication of all news disi it or pot etherwise credited in the ictal news published, here.; une Year six Month Three Mont One Month .. Weekly ... ADVERTISING RA’ Made known on applieation.* © bg. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notf¢es, cards of cocoa ees rege ion ‘Will be enehy 2572; Satishe tor Ctertetsaent by churches fom ‘which . retemek bg to be a be asrteee are 5 cents a-li The Citizen is an open forum end invites discus- sion. of public issues and subjects of lecal or general tnterest but it will not: publish:snonymous eqmmunt- cations. + wilt be ‘ch bee gd gf ', If there is another city in that needs a low-rental hou has never heard of it. The need for. such | ‘a project here is recognized by ‘federal of- ; ficials. Their casual surveys have proved with the city in such a project. The city has delegated its authority | to proceed with getting such a project to the Key West Housing Aut - city council went so far some ‘months ago | as to budget funds for the use of the ! authority in pushing the project. as The Citizen has been able to learn the Housing Authority. Despite this obvious handicap, Housing Authority has kept plugging away | So far | money has not been appropriated to the { the the need. They seem willing to co-operate { 2 BEEN PLENTIFUL IN THE RIV- £55 OF IE BRN SLES, ny ftom_ gambling Blace. \ 1 note with exrteme pleasure your _coliittin in The’Kéy West i ‘The first Crackers were the tet col taining cdentiis for a tedchingjob | wandered “for 13 to’ catch ‘a.man fleeing years over'thé United States and ’) \finally. reached .its address. PA’ ER answers the questions you nal your friends are’ asking ‘with its” concise, vivid portrayal of the current scene~ Events of national and inter- national significance are* fully and impartially: covered. at its job. | swamp boys who Tode Pine with Facts, new and old, that add clarity and meaning to the 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; aiways 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. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WESi ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). . “Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion.” . Airports-——-Lind and Sea. . Consolidaticn of County and City Governments. We would rather see than Saw War. it “Warsaw” A Paris spiritualistic medium says she has had a message from Hades. Evidently a hellegram. Everybody who reads English reads The Citizen, but not everybody pays for the privilege. The human race is divided into two groups: those who are go-getters and those who had it. Maybe it might be. better if we said nething about it, and if you will excuse us this time, we won’t. A new book is called “The Drama of Weather.” Another story with an un- happy ending, we imagine. Those gentlemen who prefer blondes haven’t so much to squander on them, now that the government takes so much of the swag. : Keep your eyes, Mr. and Mrs. Key West voter, on designing politicians who are forever: trying to pull the wool over your optics. Every town needs unselfish community leaders, willing to work for the common welfare. There are such leaders in Key West and they deserve the support of all good citizens. We have it on authority of the Fed- eral Writers’.Project of New York City that the Indians took a bath once a year, and lived long lives. All little boys who read this item with delight in | showing it to their mothers. The people who criticize the Amer- ican system. of government ought to ‘trans- fer their citizenship” to some ¢0 ntry where they can try a different brand. We are not speaking of constructive criticism ; there should be more 6f that. Many a voter thinks he should .be given a government job just because “he voted for a certain public ‘official, and. is indignant if,he.is turned down, hut \his | right to sée that the officials he ‘helps | Pisce in” ig e ae theif Sworn, duty doesn’t | i; WPA, the Authority is rapidly completing work necessary in making application for | federal funds to carry out what’ appears | to be an adequate house construction pro- gram. Plans must be prepared, a_ site must.be selected. It’s a man-sized job | that the Housing Authority has under- | cial support from the city government. Congressman Pat Cannon now enters thority. The husky congressman” from Miami has announced he is running for re- election. ty’s vote at the last election helped mightily in landing Pat Cannon the congressional job. Pat Cannon is duly appreciative, go | far as we have been able to observe, and is | willing to help Key West get a federal al- location of funds for a housing project. Fred J. Dion, who will be ‘our next friends and advisers in Key West.. Fred Dion is chairman of the Key West Housing | Authority. Which is fortunate for Key West. The congressman. from this. district has advised that regardless of the defeat i in Congress of the national housing bill there is still an excellent chance to get an early earmarking of funds for the Key West housing project. The Citizen hopes this information is correct. If Congressman Pat Cannon can bring about this happy result he would de- serve the undying thanks and the never- ending support of the people of Key West who are compelled to live in squalid, de- lapidated and unsightly shacks flung up on | the sands of negléct by the econorhic hur- ricanes of the last several-years. More power to Congressman Pat Can- non and Housing Chairman Fred J. Dion! PERSONALITIES USELESS The attack of John L. Lewis upen Vice-President John N. Garner was un- doubtedly personal and intended to be personal. There is little to be gained by such tactics. Mr. Lewis has a perfect right to dislike the attitudes and public‘acts of Mr. Garner but the cause he represents will habits of the Texan. A democracy is bound to include men of different views, both as to public’ and private life. fairs but where opinion varies as to private acts there is much to be gained. by keeping the discussion on the basis of public acts. The cry of “personalities” is often raised by public officials to screen their official misconduct when opponents at- ‘tack only their public life. The Lewis as- sault is of a different type, involving the persona] habits of a man in public life. While many Americans do not believe in poker playing or liquor drinking for themselves, they have to associate with |i? other citizens who indulge in these habits. They get along better when the differ- ences between them are not intensified’ by the injection of personal issues. THE.BIG, BAD WOLF? guaranteeing the territorial integrity “of ‘China, ‘and the Kellogg pact, ro war as an instrument of ational poly. Her attacks ‘upon China “ Plenty in Violation of both Why do the other | wink at Japanese viola ns? body taken without the benefit of proper finan- | the picture to help Key West Housing Au- | He is in a mood to help his con- | stituents in any way he can. Monroe'coun- | postmaster, is one of Cannon’s closest | not be helped by denouncing the private i Japan signed .a the Nin Nine Power pact, }° © With the assistance of the | | surveys, studies and other preliminary | ATO OFTEN MADE AN-ENTIRE MEAL ON OLIVES. | 1 | 1 i} | eer *Y"CAKE EATING WAS FORBIDDEN ( SUNDAYS HE STATE OF RG AT ONE TIME.IN US HISTORY. eeeccce eecccee, ‘KEY WEST IN | ba eg Here Just 10 Years ‘oday As Taken From = The versatile and _ energetic | fire laddies of Number 1 Station | W! jare today adding * the finishing touches -to the new sleeping quar- ters, a new and comfortably- built and substantially-construct- ed building,-which they -thém- selves designed and: erected. The; | structure consists ‘of room ' 18 by | 20: feet, the <floor of which ‘is 10 feet from the ground and support- éd. by ‘numerous’ strong columns, | and affords a > passageway ‘for trucks passing through to ‘the | freat. ‘The large’’ posts forsiiing | {the columns Gre set in contrete | sien ard braced by strong ‘timbers | | | bolted on instead: 6f' nailed.” ‘The | | exterior of the building is paint- led white and trimmed ‘in green. (Ten large windows and’ a door afford ample ventilation and the elevation ‘is such ‘that’ the sleep- ing firemen will enjoy the breeze from any” and‘all diréctions. An unoccupied” dilapidated | two-story structure to the rear \ | Duval street between Petroni and Angela streets was practical- ly: destroyed this morning. by fire | al |about 4 o'clock. A quart tin can under the rear wall of the struc- ture at the point where the fire appears to have broken out still ggest’, any * motive that | could have prompted” the burn- ing of the building. An old} colored man whe lives near the} scene''says the building was fired Politics inyolve public af-|<oine time ago, and ‘caiised ton-| Fern Chapter No. 21. fourth Siderable damage 6” neatby st¥uctures. Thé property is own- ed by ciit-of- people, ‘and ‘no | instirance was Carried as ‘far as can be The cathilic Daughters of América ‘will’ meét “tomorrow night in their on “Windsor Lane. *'A’ req is made by‘ the officers for'a large attendance. * next ay” home, "said?" did the’ Way the 1 Editorial Comment: The © city ccs 3 fa rene Se oe DAYS GONE BY) poaeson evden Minoca Council No. 13, Degree of Potahonta#’ meets Ist and 3rd ‘Tuesdays of morith, 8:00 p, m:, at ‘Red Men's Hall, cotrier of Caro- | for line “dnd Elizabeth’ streets, “Im: | Proved ‘Order of Red Men meets Fevery an 7:80'p. thi, at Wig- iq F..& A. M. Lodges Scottish Rite Hall “as iellows ond and fourth Mondays; Dade prob Lodge | No. 14 every first and. third Wednesdays; Scottish Rite, rome "and, fourth. Wednesdays; Varela Ledge inests at the ithe ve beth street-hall every secon she “ fourth Thursdays;. eee Perry Chapter, Order DeMolay. “meets every: “Tuesday. Y KGE., “meets ee: fourth ree Mor lays at 1 Equity | meets fiirst and third ‘Thi |K. P. Hall, Fleming street. iusacs Rolinah Todas, 0. (14, meets 2nd “an at,7:30 p. m. Gabe Lodge “18, » Varela Hall, 919 Eliza-| Beth ‘street. each eet: P.O.0.A., second Thi k each month at Duval-Street Hall: meets second and of each month at Scottish Rite Hall. sof} 52, long ten-foot whips, fine . strips ..of-.raw ahae fhat ‘¢rackell “fike®a rifle “Whip was ‘twirléd “over ‘the: héad; | = flung out in a.line snapped | batk, rine a foneg ihe “These je raisers “were the first: ean ote ‘this: ‘disdained’ agricul! fure;' they raised vestock and the “herds were ‘as large as any the west are so ‘proud-of** ” The cow-boys were called Ciatkers bécause df their ‘stock £ whips. the: of South}! Georgia en’ ‘the term’ so much | that they applied ‘it to themselves | so the world would know that as ‘a Cracker ‘they Were’ well’ able ‘to -méét'any ‘Situation ‘aiid if ‘the | world :was.smart<it “would ‘leave | eal Crackers over ten ‘years’ of ® | age and able bodied _ strictly geal ii * Then came the Civil War. . ./ | Well, Teilfitiaséée (as "you “know) | was the ‘lastirebeleapital to give jin to the Yanks (some - of ‘us | jhaven’t . gi et, .grandma a the war the | carpet baggers had a‘ sweet time |, trying to subdue thé uriconvinced | natives of: this ‘state, ‘The ‘Crack- ir the: : The cca was applied in” the} wrong ‘way -ahd‘-Was Supposed. to | telix | SiBnity a-person bf'sloverly man- | ; ‘one’ pf poor means and the 's6-calléd "white trash: of these whips they. Gudles two |¥ ‘when “the 3 ta) praia They |" ers (sort of -went “wild. 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