The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 15, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO “Published Dajly Except Sunday By Business From ‘The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets ~ Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County ‘intered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press x he Associted Press is exclusively entitled to use i? Py pce bo gore 6 “ chee ited to or erwise credit ‘this paper and also the ident ews published here.- . - SUBSCRIPTION RATES vue Year -.: paceoee six Months ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of ‘ks, resolutions of <espect, obituary notices, etc, will be charged for at the rate 9 To cents a line. Me for entertainment by churches from which = revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen i sion of public wnterest but it w! cations. and subjects of local or general ot publish anonymous communi- 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. eens IMPROVEMENTS. FOR KEY WESi ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Lind and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Money making may not be the most important task of human activity but it is what gets our attention. A wise man never tries to convince a foolish man; he lets the foolish man think that he has been convinced. The power of the purse is running the power of the press a close second and in some cases leaving the people’s cham- pion far behind. For the present Generalissimo Franco will have to be content with riding in the rumble seat of the dictators’car. There is only room for two in the front seat. ‘ Congress passed 244 bills in six hours just before adjourning. Now we know who reads the Congressione]l Record and the purpose for which it is printed—Congress- men want to know what they voted for during the interim of sessions. President Roosevelt thas often ex- pressed his bitterness against the news- papers, yet it is stated on good authority that he wants to be an editor after he leaves the White House. If that is correct and since his nature is satisfied only with the glamour of the supreme we may find him filling the editor’s chair of the New York Times, America’s greatest news- paper. : ’ Phere are many noises to wrack one’s nerves, most of which could be decreased or stopped altogether..One of the worst offenders is the automobile horn. A study of city sounds made several years ago in New York by Carl Myer, acoustics en- gineer, using the now accepted decibel as the measuring rod, brought to light many interesting facts. A decibel is the faintest change of sound which can be deteeted by the normal ear, and itis not until 130 degibles axe registered that a noise phy- sieally painful. to the ear is reached. The engineer’s study revealed that a tiger’s roar is only 82.6 decibels; 2 policeman’s whistle is 9; a steam shovel goes. to 93. But the automobile horn, impossible as it | seems, screeches to 109 in sound. A quiet section in the city, ing about 40 degrees .will be 0 to 80 with a single tet of the automobile horn. Now will_you stop to toot your automapile horn | open forum and invites discus- E "KILLING ANOTHER GOOSE Qn first reading, .city council ‘has passed an ordinance prohibiting Florida Motor Lines from delivering and picking | up passengers at P. & O. docks. The mea- | sure appears to be on a par with the re- solution adopted by Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District Commission to raise | highway toll rates 75 percent. eof Singe the opening of the highway to | the mainland, the bus company jhas spent | many thousands of dollars develop ni { traffic between this-country. and Cuba. | The company has contacted tour agencies | throughout the country, has spent large | sums for advertising and worked out’ ar- | rangements with the Cuban government | for diverting a large volume of travelers to and from the United States by way of | Key West. | This. business has been developed by | providing travelers with tickets for | through connections, including transporta- | tion to and from the Cuba wharf. here. | Key West taxicab drivers contend the bus | company has no right to transport pas- sengers from the docks to its terminal sta- | tion in Southard street. These taxi opera- tors want the exclusive right to carry these travelers'from the terminal to the docks and from the docks to the terminal —at from 25 cents to. $1 a person. , City councilmen and our other public officials seem fated to do the wrong thing for Key West. They have fallen for the demands of the taxicab drivers. If the or- | dinance is passed, unless the company went into the courts to fight it, through passengers would be forced to dig up the taxicab fares to the bus terminal. This “nigh a =| ae S is the type of looks well on a wide the porch and g with a majority they are not a necessity home that lot. While e are desirous home owners , and if pre- ferred they may easily be left off when building. Their addition at a later date is a simple the home. Lovering Writes About “Message To Garcia” (Contniued trom Page One) instructions by President McKin- traffic would be affected. Some of it would 'ey to take word from him to Gen. be lost. ‘Travelers would return from and go to Cuba by way of Miami or Tampa. Many of the through passengers take the advantage of the Key West stopover privilege. They remain a few hours or overnight. They spend a fair volume of money here, then beard the boat to Cuba or a bus for Miami. This business is a new -development—a development conceived and engineered by the bus company. It would be unfair and unwise for council to listen to the taxicab men, who have con- tributed nothing to the development of “this business, and disrupt the service. There is another angle in which Key Westers are vitally interested. Were it not for the through passenger business the bus, company would not be able to run six buses daily in summer and eight or more buses daily in winter between Key West and Miami. Cut the through traffic - and Key West cuts its bus service to the main- land. i The bus company can fight the or- dinance in the courts on the ground that ‘it interferes with its Interstate Commerce Commission permit and restricts interstate and foreign commerce. It would be ‘best not to force the company into the courts. | The city council should kill the ordinance and The Citizen so recommends. CONGRESSIONAL NEGATIVE The session of Congress that ad- journed early this month did not de- monstrate any ability to solve the . prab- lems that confront the nation. : It is true that the Congress «gave .an exhibition of independence, in executive recommendations, but en it killed suggested legislation it failed to provide substitutes. Democracy suffers in the world today because of the apparent inability of de- mocratie governments to function effec- | , tively and nowhere is this more apparent than when legislative blocs develop the ability to thwart legislation without, at the same time, exhibiting the ability to pass satisfactory legislation to meet given situations, = eral Garcia, beloved leader of the: Cuban forces. Rowan crossed ithe Caribbean in an open boat, eluded enemy patrols on the Cuban coast, made his way alone through the jungle to Garcia’s geadquarters. Such is the story in summary. eee Elbert Hubbard called his not- erature a “literary trifle”. It was written on the night of February 22, 1899, and has since been \ranslated into many of the lan- guages of the world. Mr. Hub- bard lost his life in the Titanic disaster. In the pamphlet, not oyprighted till 18 years after it |was written, Mr. Hubbard said that his gon, during a teacup dis- cussion, claimed Rowan was the| real hero af the Cuban war. “Like a flash it.came to me, ‘the boy is right!’” and Hubbard rose fimmediatley from the table and wrote the brochure which first ii tine, Hub- ed then in ‘Thousands of extta copies of able contribution to English’ lit-| ‘matter and their absence does not detract from the general pleasing appearance of |neart, in four days landed by| night off the coast of Cuba from; ten open |boat, disappeared into the jungle, and in three weeks came out on the other-side of the lisland, having traversed’'a hos-: |tile country on foot, and deliver- ed his letter to Garcia, are things I have no special desire to tell in. detail. 3 sane “The point I wish to make is this: McKinley gave Rowan a {letter to be delivered to Garcia. not ask, ‘Where is he at?’ By’ the eternal, there is a man whose "form should be cast in deathless | bronze and the statue placed in every college of the land! It is inot -book-learning’ young men land that; but a stiffening of the jvertebrate which will cause them jpto be loyal to a trust,, to. act promptly, concentrate’ theif ener- | gies; do-the thing-=@arry A Mes- | sage To Garcia’. eehe “General Garcia is dead now, but three are other Garcias. No jman who has endeavored to car- ry out.an enterprise where many |hands were needed, but has-been at times well-nigh appalled by ithe imbecility of the average} \man—the inability or unwilling- jess to concentrate on a thing | \and do it. Slipshod assistance, |foolish inattention, dowdy. indif-! Washington, D. C | Rowan took the letter and did) {need, nor instruction about this! lone were present. All bedrooms have cross-ventilation; there is a large fireplace in the living room, from which entry into the dining room is possible, and the kitchen is accessible from two directions. ‘A basement is also provided. This house appears in the September issue of HOME Magazine, pub- lished at 1337 Connecticut Avenue. Z time in a vain attempt to get, growsy ne’er-do-wells to do in- telligent work; and his long, pa- tient striving after ‘help’ that does nothing but loaf after his back is turned. . .in our pitying jlet us drop a tear for the men who are striving to carry on an enterprise, whose working hours are not limited by the whistle, whose hair is fast turning white through the struggle to hold dowdy indifference, slip-shod im- becility and heartless ingratitude which, but for their enterprise, would ,\be both hungry and home- less. tease “Have I put the matter too strongly? Perhaps I have, but when all the world has gone a-slumming I wish to speak a word of sympathy for the man who: sut the man _ who, against great odds, has directed the efforts of others, and having sueceeded, finds there’s nothing in it: nothing but bare board and) clothes. I have carried. a dinner pail and worked for day’s wages; and I have also been an employer of labor, and I know there is’ something to, be said on both, sides. There is no .excellence, ‘per se, in poverty. Rags are no recommendation; and all employ- ers are not rapacious and high- TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 1939. KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken ‘From The Files Of The Citizen . The controversy over the Te-| expected to arrive in: Key West cent special school tax district as-|next Wednesday evening and de- sessment election could be aired | liver an address on the evening or | |is now making a tour of the aes iat \i t cities and has wil the county commissioners, due to | /portan' . , : the lack of desired information | Robert B. Austin, chairman of: the andthe more than 200 citizens |!ocal Chamber of Commerce, present were informed that the his intention to come to Key matter would be taken up at a; , : Ay aie special meeting.to be held tomor- | mne Citizen ‘players. detested the Sluggers in the game of base- court | ball yesterday played at ‘Phelan room upstairs. All the commis- ) Park by the score of 11 to.6. Bat- sioners and County Attorney Ma-|ting honors went to Lopez, who Members of} &0t a single, double and triple out the school board were absent, | ef four times at bat. ayer {game will be played Friday aft- iver comsal ae ca avd lernoon 3 o'clock at Bayview present. The question of the 10 | Park. mill assessment came up with the reading of the minutes of the | Bolivar Castillo, matchmaker brevious meeting and a report of | at the Cuban Club Stadium, an- the school trustees, which was, nounced this morning that he had signed by Wm. M. Albury, Abe- | booked Kid Roberts, “Old Man”, lardo Lopez and Edward Strunk, to meet Kid Castellano in the Jr., who compose the committee.) main go Monday night, “These Mr. Malone said that the state- | boys are both Key Westers but ment of the trustees was correct. | have never met before. It prom- He also called attention to the | ises to be a lively canto. fact that the report on the school | budget, of which the declaration! _A prettily appointed wedding of the trustees was a part, should; |took place Jast evening when, at according to the law, haye been'the home of ‘Mr. and Mrs. W. M. filed with the county commis-|Baker, 1215 ‘South street, Miss sioners on July 1. Mr. Brooks;Dorothy Baker*became ‘the bride stated that he was not there to|of James D: Carver, formerly: of argue the issue but to find out)Tampa,-now located in this city. just when the school board could'The home was vbeautifully dec- expect definite action on the mat-|orated for the nuptial event. The ter. Commissioner Porter then |rites were said by Rev. William moved that Friday night,be set}, Wolfe, rector of St. Paul's as the date on which the matter|church. Miss Violet Kemp was could be brought again before the bridesmaid and W. F. Newell board and that the board of edu- !stood with the groom. cation be requested to turn over) to ‘Mr. Malone. the records of the Steamship Governor Cobb sail- special election as prepared by! 4 this morning for Havana with the managers. It was so ordered. | 138 passengers, most of whom ar- \rived on the morning train from Miami and points north. F. 0. (FOOT ODOR) for the party at the Woman’s| Make This Overnight Test Clubhouse will be delightfully! F.O. penetrates shoes. Your cool and while the games are be- friends smell it. You don’t, You ing played fans will be in con-|are immune to the odor. Get a tinual motion. There will also be test bottle of TE-OL Solution plenty of cool refreshments. ‘from any druggist. Apply ‘full strength for F. 0., sweaty. feet, itching toes or “Athletes Foot”. Sack, who is now planning an ex-|Feel it take hold. Ttching stops tensive tour of Latin-America in'almost instantly... Logally . at the interest of foreign trade isiGardner’s Pharmacy.—advt. To add to the pleasure of the occasion the committee in charge | of the card party to be held to-! night announces that the roomis | Foreign trade secretary F. M. the Philistine were ordered, and {ference and half-hearted work in.a day.or two President George |seem the rule; and no man suc- handed, any more than all poor} ;men are virtuous. My ,heart goes ds to | Dis H. Daniels of the New. York Cen- tral railroad asked the. price on 100,000. Daniels issued the “Mes- | sage” in booklet form in editions of one-half a million, distributed everywhere. A Russian’ railway official in the country at the time had the booklet. translated and given every railroad worker in Russia. It passed on to France, to Germany, to Spain, to. Turkey, to China and Hindustan. Every Russian soldier who, went to the ted bese enema kit Phe di so. many booklets among the Rus- sian dead.and wounded, conclud- ed it must be a good thing; the Mikado put a copy into’the hands of every Japanese, soldier and civilian. oaee It is possible that the Congress of the United States will be divided into three or more groups of members, none able to pass legislation because of objections on the part of other groups. It is also evident |S that such a development would almost |* fatally effect responsive government. ‘ A change in scenery is sometimes |: better medicine than physic. - An explorer tells of an African tribe among whom husbands and wives different-languages. An ideal arrange~ ment. em ee Which is better, all“ to ha ‘wages and little unemployment to receive big wages but. employed? ; Hi » finding | “ ae i say,’ laoe , and go and do the ee ceeds.unless by hook or crook or | |threat he forces or bribes other! men to assist him; or mayhap | |God in His goodness preforms a; miracle and sends an angel of light for an assistant. You, read- er, put this matter to a test: you | are sitting now in your office—/ six clerks are within calh Sum- mon one of them and make this request: Jock in the»encyclo- task? “On your life he will n@.’ “He will look at you out of a fishy eye and ask one more of the following questions: “Who was ‘he?’ . ch encyclopedia?’ a is«the encyclojiedia?’ “‘Was I hired for moa % pedia. make a brief memoran- dum’, ye, concerning” the life ton of Bine a ig 3 out to the man who does his work well when the boss is away, as well as when he is home, . . ones “And the man who, when giv- ‘takes it without asking any ques- tions, and with no lurking inten- ition of chucking it into the nearest sewer,.or of doing naught else but deliver it, never gets ‘laid off, nor has to go on a strike for higher wages. 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