The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 30, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO he Ben Mest Cine Published Dajly,Except Sunday By ‘TH CLTIZEN, PUBLISHING 00. ENO. “*L.'P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOE ALLEN, Assistant Busitiess Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene atid Ann Streets nly Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County oatered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press ue Associated Press, is exclusively entitled to-use for republication of all news Giapatches efedited to 1 or pot etherwise credited in this paper and also the lotal news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Une Year six Monthi Three Months gne Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application, ae SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of vespect, obituary notices, etc, Will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents @ line. Notices for entertainment by churches from which a revenve is to be derived are & cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general uterest but it will not publish anonymous eommuni- 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; a:ways 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 WES‘ ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Lind and Sea. Consotidaticn of County and City Governnents. A hungry man is in no , condition to listen to reason. Blow your own horn if you must, but leave your Klaxon alone. “Money talks,” and in a language everybody can readily understand. Blessed is the husband whose’ wife knows how to cook, and does cook! “Give me neither poverty nor riches,” says a philosopher. Those not philosophic- ally minded say if it must be one or the other, let it-be riches. Either may be a curse. So let us be philosophers and take thegolden middle ground with happy satis- faation. The President can do what he likes about changing the Thanksgiving date ahead by a week, but the Thanksgiving Day of the voters continues to-be.the first ‘Tuesday after the first Monday in Novem- b@gcwhen the usual bunch of misfits | is turred out in the cold. . Soon the borrowing and spending by the Administration will cease. since the ceiliig has been reached and no further | borféwing can. be done unless Congress raises the lawful limit. By refusing to do so, the national legisative body is placed in the position to save the country from the+profligates. ‘There is.a universal phobia against the-payment of any tolls, but when these aré censidered too high, the tourist simply makes a detour and goes elsewhere. So} the result is the loss of the toll and the community to which the highway leads is deprived of whatever sum the visitor had in mind to spend. The Overseas Toll & ‘Bridge Commission is making a costly mis- take in raising, the tollage instead. of lower- ing it. Advertisements are vitations to. visit the store of the advertiser and see for yourself what he has to offer. The mer chant goes to the trouble of investing his money in the goods:he has to,offer for sale and-he deserves the courtesy of a visit, a pi not being ebligatory since the invit doesnot .require it. In most ¢ however; where the prices of mer- chahidise are published, the values. are.ap- | parght-and 2, purehase-profitable, WHAT ABOUT A YACHT BASIN? Use of submarine base as a private yacht basin under WPA operation will come-to an end at midnight Thursday. | This is a. most serious situation and affects | many of our citizens and business interests. Without an adequate yacht basin Key West cannot hope to prosper completely as | a resort, tourist and fishing center. thousands of northerners spend their win- ters in.Florida on or near their yachts and fishing boats. They are aware that Key | West is centered in the finest fishing | grounds in America. Some of the boat | operators come here at least once in the season; others remain the entire winter. They are in the market for all. kinds of sup- plies and services every minute they are docked here. The volume of their trade | and the amount of work they require makes a respectable item in the city’s to- li tal of business and employment during the | season. Garrison Bight is to be developed as a municipal yacht and fishing boat basin. The plans call, for a substantial. develop- ment and some sound improvements. A sizeable sponsorship fund will be required to meet WPA requirements. The develop- ment of the bight, however, will take time. | It may be next year, late in 1940, before the job is finished. In the meantime visit- ing yachts must be provided dockage and anchorage space, City officials some time ago started a movement to ask the War Department for use of the submarine base and two of the piers there for another season or two. The request is reported to have gone forward to the Secretary of War. Under this ar- rangement the city would pay the depart- ment a nominal rental for the basin. The season is. approaching. It is im- portant that a yacht basin’ be ‘provided. | Our city officials should begin burning up the wires to Washington to get the basin. There has been enough procrastination on vital municipal problems already. Key West demands action by her city officials in this, as in other important matters. Please get after the yacht proposal for the sake of Key West. RARE U. S. MONEY In a collection owned by a New York bank is the most complete assortment of rare money in the world, which visitors are permitted to see. A few of the rarest United States issues may be mentioned. There is a silvér dollar of 1804, only 14 of which are now in existence. It is said that the rest of those minted that year went down with a ship bound for China and Jost in a storm. Another oddity is the! Pine Tree shilling. Although this coin was minted for 80 years, the date 1652 is on all of them. There are paper bills issued in the | early days by various states which were printed in two langyages; for example, Louisiana issued bills printed in * English and French, and Pennsylvania in English | and German. Various specimens of local scrip, is- suéd during emergencies, are also shown, as well as greenbacks issued by banks be- tween .1820;and 1860, also- specimens of | Confederate money. In the early days, American . Indians valued red woodpecker’ scalps, | which were used as money. Two cancelled checks issued by Henry Ford: are shown—one for one cent, the other for $146,000,000. ‘There is also the special check designed for the payment of Lindbergh’s $25,000 Atlantic flight prize money, and a draft executed in Braille, signed by Helen Keller. Altogether there are: about 40,000 pieces in the collection, owned by the Chase National Bank, which is visited by | | fi some 15,000 persons every year. OVERSEAS ROAD TOLL (The Lake Worth Herald) | ‘The tourist industry over the state will be interested in ‘outcome of a move to keep the Over- seas Highway tolls from being hiked from $1 to $1.75 an automobile. The’. toll “increase was recommended .on | August 12 by,vote of the Overseas Road and Toll | Commissitini! éffective September 1. Now Mayor Willard M, Albury of Key West is asking that a apneting be relied to. earthy Hires fey oF ing into effect. From what we can learn at this distance from Key West and the famous new boulevard con- necting it with the mainland, travel over the scenic road and the Island City’s tourist business revival have not entirely -fulfilled expectations. ‘The higher toll charge may be justified by finan- cial needs but it certainly won't induce increased | travel.to Key. West, Many | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN esecneseeseden:| "EY WEST IN IDAYS GONE BY | appdaiags Here Just 10 Years i Ago Today As Taken From | ° ‘The Files of The Citizen [RETeRtooRseeeneeneneerery The clandestine marriage of a +popular Key West couple, Miss !Lillie Schulsinger and Louis Car | |bonell, was announced yesterday | lin news despatches from New| |York where the wedding _ took} place and has been kept a secret } jfor one month. They had re-| |turnea to New York from their / By MARCY | jtax ,burden.” payroll, was furnished nouncement was made, it jare now visiting in. Washington, | jit was learned locally, The bride | Spee eR? gate se is widely popular in Key West, | . ‘a recent graduate of the local \high school. She is a daughter jof Rabbi and Mrs. L. Schulsinger | jand a sister of Mrs. I. Appelrouth | of this city. The groom is the} ‘son of Mr. and Mrs. Felipe Car- | bonell, He is an aceomplished | | musician and was creator and di- | jrector of Carbonell’s orchestra, | {which was popular in this com- |munity for the past several | lyears. They do not plan return- | ing to Key West but will estab- |lish a home in New York where |Mr. Carbonell will devote his | |time to the study of music. is White Street Civic Association will hold an important meeting |this evening.in the Key West High School auditorium tonight | jat 8 o'clock, the secretary an- nounces. It is expected that the | subjects to be discussed will be! j}of the utmost importance to all} jresidents and property owners on | White street and the secretary | urges all who are interested to be present. | | There will be a special meet- jing of city council held this eve- |ning at the regular hour, and tax ‘adjustment matters will-be taken | up. The council has been meet- | ing quite freauently of late, hear- jing complaints. on these matters | from the property holders and; jthere are several others’ to be/ |heard at the meeting tonight. Day celebration Captain Luther} Pinder, who is a member of the \Legion Post and owner of the} | speed boat Miriam, stated that he} | would be glad to enter his craft! jin the races and would like to! compete with the Baker Boy.| owned by Maloney Brothers of | this city. ‘There appears to be! keen rivalry between the Pinder | j}boat and the Maloney craft. If jthe Maloney boys do not accept | jhis challenge, Captain Pinder will \be glad.to enter his boat against} any other speed boat in the har-| | bor. he says. } In connection with the Labor |. Editorial Comment: The up- | keep of-an airplane is not a ae | Serious problem, but the keep- up | jmight develop into. an alarming | situation at. times. | The birthday celebration of | }Robert Morris will be celebrated | jat the Masonic Hall this evening |by the,members of the Order at | | Eastern Star. All members are} jexpected to be present.and a spe- | | cial invitation is,extended to. vis- | iting members .of the. order. Al |delightful and entertaining pro-| | gram has been arranged for. ‘the : evening. 4 j pee Se ai yi Twin sons were born this morning to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bush at their apartments in the! Air Station. Names are being selected for the new comers, Mother and sons are doing nicely. | Steamship Cuba arrived in port | this morning from Tampa with} }37 first and nine second cabin | | passengers, The vessel sailed} 8:30 o’clock for Havana with 35 Former Editor of The: About by SIDELIGHTS sai - "The News-Telegram of Port- jland, Ore., established in » 1877, that children who show a ten- has ceased publication, among ‘the reasons for its suspen- trained early to use’their right sion “greatly increased costs of, hands. production and an ever-growing | An unusual robbery is reported 150 “em- \from Harrison N. J., near. where ployees were on thé newspaper's | four men held up J. F. Thomas \and G. L, Campbell with a truck :load of rayon and a trailer. They ‘locked. Thomas and Campbell in Musie for the national reunion ' the trailer, transferred the rayon of United Confederate Veterans to another truck and fled. the famous! thoneymoon tour when the an- | United: States Marine Band, now! Mayor Fred J. Huester, of was jon a nation-wide tour. The re-!Scranton, ‘Pa., set aside August] Strictly Fireproof istated in the despatch, and they. lunion; held at Trinidad, Colo., (24 as “Gloria Jean Day,” in honor |was attended by only, a small of the homeciming of. the city’s ' number of surviving veterans, |11-year-old | Whose ages.ranged from 90 to 97. Gloria Jean, for the world pre- } | Left-nanded persons are at a disadvantage ‘in almost igallingy with the single exception of professional. baseball, according to a_ psychologist. giving denty to left-handedness WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1939 soprano prodigy, miere of her first. motion picture’) it to! at a Scran' on. theater. The London Daily Telegraph He advises|has joined the ranks of English | Steamship Colorado, of |newspapers which print news on} Cylde-Mallory Lines, .arrived in the front page. Until recent years | Port front pages of British. papers were |Small shipments of freight. The vessel discharged and sai!- ments. The London Times and © 1 o’clock for Tampa. be devoted entirely. to advertise- the Daily Mail still this ancient practice. adhere to yesterday ‘STR. COLORADO ARRIVES HERE the 10 o'clock with Subseripe to The Citi: weekly. “Key West's Quistanding!” LA CONCHA HOTEL Beautiful—Air-conditioned Rainbow Room and Cocktail Lounge DINING and RANCING Garage Qpen The Year Around Coesccesevercocce — THY IT TODAY , The Favorite In Key West STAR »* BRAND CUBAN COFFEE | ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS PURCHAS ONE TIRE AT LIST PRICE AND ON THE NEXT ONE! ONLY FEW MORE DAYS LEFT TO GET Fmous 50; LE ENDS SEPT. 4th ) irestone STANDARD TIRES z ‘hese History ON THE NEXT ONE Boy Now! new tire safety for fall and wint AND YOUR OLD TIRE UNDER The igh Tre set bicncans $7.20 | *3.60 7.45 | 3.73. 7469 | 3.80 9.50 | 4.75 Making Lo Enjoy new tires for your Labor Day week end trip, and have Prices riving. Every tire bears the Firestone LIFETIME NO TIME OR MILEAGE A 50% DISCOUNT ALSO APPLIES TO THE PURCHASE OF THE 2nd TIRE ON THE FOLLOWING: Scene mee 4 Pag as tes aerate ors tes PAUL'S. TIRE and AUTO SUPLY STORE “RAYMOND CURRY, Manager White and Fleming Streets Network, Telephone 65