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

PAGE TWO Key West Citizen : £ Published Daily. Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. L. P. ALTMAN, President and: Pabiisher JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Maneger From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets ‘ly Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County -ulered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press ue Associated Press is exclusively entitled tp use for republication of all news dispatches credited to r pot etherwise credited in this paper and also | the l6cal news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATE: Une Year ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICB reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of pect, obituary notices, etc. will be charged for at of 10 cents a line. icks for entertainment by churches from which enue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- f public isgues and subjects of local or general but it will not 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 ; denounce vice and praise virtue. commend good done by individual or organ- izAfion; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate inj and not contaminate the reader; never com-' promise with principle. (MPROVEMENTS 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 Governments. KEY WEST MOTIF | Cities, large and small, are subject to | a curious epidemic. It might be called the | “Exposition Fever’. Each. city, having broken out in a rash of artificial publicity, pumped up by ardent promoters who sud- denly love the city—for a price—it be-| comes hypnotized by some Whalen, or | | Jones, or Smith and embarks upon a brief | spasm of crowded hotels and advertising columns and then, sobering with dismay it proceeds to figure up the deficits, and is from then, henceforth, immune. But, cities are like the people of whom they are composed. Seldom do they | learn from the experience of others; nor | does what they learn make a very lasting | impression. | So, with the example of the grief that is being experienced by New York and San Francisco before us, it would be a_ very | good time for Key West to “highly re- solve’ as the phrase goes, that in the future all glittering schemes would be, | carefully scrutinized and all gift horses carefully examined for dental defects. This is not to say that Key West does not need attractions. It certainly does need them. But the main advantage that | Key West. has over all other cities on the routes that tourists travel, is the fact that Key West is different. It will only be the | cheapest and least worthwhile type of | visitor that will be attracted to Key West | | by the same sort of cheap carnival, or arti- | ficially stimulated celebration that they | can find in every other town along the route. | It is true that we need amusement for our young people. It is also true that the money drained out of Key West by skillful | promoters would supply our young people | with wholesome amusement parks, under home management, amusements that would be an inducement to travelers to bring their children here, instead of avoiding a place | where the gaudy type of carnival with its | attendant camp followers, eager to do any- thing for money except earn it, was a domi- | nant feature in the municipal landscape. | THE KEY WESt CITIZEN KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Here Just 10 Yeurs Ago Today As Taken From City council, at its regular | meeting last night, heard a re- iquest from Dr. J. S. Merrill and a | a | associates for an extension of 30 and equipment for furnishing Key West with distilled water, |which was granted) him some time. ago by the council. The jrequest was made by Robert B. § | Austin, president of the Chamber of Commerce, who addressed the jccuneil in this connection, read- ing considerable correspondence ‘received from Dr. Merrill dealing jon the subject. After consider- jable discussion council decided ito let the matter rest until the next regular meeting night when definite action will be taken on | f byt house is noteworthy for its excellent room ar- rangement giving a maxi- mum amount of space at the lowest possible cost. On: the first floor, of this inexpensive house, there is a combination living and din- ing room so planned that the dining end is adjacent to the kitchen, making service facilities comparatively simple. Both bedrooms being upstairs, the entire first floor may be given | August was a banner month over to use during waking hours. Plenty of storage meron is, with the city in collection of de- vided and two closets are available for the larger bedroom. | linquent taxes and the total was The only ornamental elaboration on this dignified exterior $39,000. As a result the city’s is that about the entrance. jemplayes are being paid two oe i months delinquent salary at once ._, today, according to Ross C. Saw- ‘yer, president of the council. | Ordinarily. the city’s collection -of [delinquent taxes amounts to jabout $2,000. during August in delinquent payments. The jump to $39.000 is attributed to the the matter relative to granting the request for the extension. THE ISLAND CITY THAT STORY ABOUT the sub- regard Southerners as lazy and a’ marine seen first just off the Sea Southern accent is sure to arouse recent action of the legislature, Buoy at the sea entrance of the reserve. Many up there in the which upeaten all penalties spa : . interest on delinquent taxes for e ern | ship channel into Key hides ap: early euee when ae aera DELLA phiGy coaea/iant «Gat: pears to be no fake. The mem-'Colonel type was much respec’ lurday. By. taking advantage of bers of the Pilot Boat Three, up north took advantage of the | this privilege a large number of waiting for the Norwegian tank-|fact. Some “fakes” even culti- j taxpayers on the delinquent list er, “Raila” to approach saw the, vated southern accents. Business Saved quite a substantial sum by sub’s riding lights in the dark-:in Jersey comes from the tourist | paying up during. that time. ness of early morning. When | trade which fishes and swims) dawn broke they saw it clearly and boats, in large industrial | jy and tried to approach nearer, but plants such as the factories in| this. city, met with an automobile it proceeded away “about two Newark outside New York. In|accident in New York yesterday feet to our one”. The Pilot is’ small coast cities food stores are | when his car turned over when said to make 20 m.p.h. so that patly + Gini. sttives clothin, jstruck by a taxi-cab, apparently was a fast sub. ‘yim v is 8 iin a head-on collision. Mr. Adams jstores small, hardware stores suffered several broken ribs and large, drug stores large, and a! bruises about the face. host of super salesmen taking ads} According to reports received Key West, Earl R. Adams of AN AIR OF SECRECY hangs over the matter. Members of the ———- Every report received as to the The type of attraction that will be |Raila do not give positive evi- THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1939 | | CITES HOSPITALITY | Editor, The Citizen: This is a letter written, be- ‘cause in your town I found |something that is quite uncom- imon these days; and that is true ' hospitality. | On Thursday, Aug. 24, I visited days in cennection with erectingiKey West to call on Hilaris. a plant and installing machinery | Ramos. It was my intention to solicit business from Mr. Ramos and then get in a day’s fishing. I saw Mr. Ramos, conducted my ‘business and asked him regard- ing the best means of arranging ‘a fishing trip. Incidentally there PEOPLE’S FORUM ‘and all as a grand place to visit and I shall count the days until I can return. WILBERT S. HART. West Palm Beach, Fla., Sept. 1, 1939. For Fifty Years a NAME} in Coffee in Key West STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE THAT'S A REPUTATION | were three in my party. By cus-! jtom Mr. Ramos should have.been my guest.” But no! party of three became the guests of Mr. Ramos. It was he that made all arrangements, and as- sumed all responsibility. We went on the boat of Capt. Frank Harris and spent a day fishing. From the fisherman’s angle the day was most successful. We had a good catch. From the human’s angle we had a mar- velous day. “Our host, the cap- tain and his mate could not do enough to make sure we were comfortable and had a good day. At the completion of the fishing we went to the captain’s house and cooked a fish supper. Rather, Mr. Ramos cooked it. |whether it was the cooking or the fish, I don’t know, but the taste was superb. However, I'm straying from the point. Key West has not only “good fishing”, but should be known as a spot where the people are outstanding as a group who offer their guests and town’s visitors the utmost courtesy and hospitality. one, shall be glad to recommend jyour town and people matters to be discussed. A young man known by the name of Othelo had his hand in- jured in one of the machines at the Maloney bake shop last night. He was taken to one of the local jhospitals where his injuries were attended to and is reported to be getting along nicely today. Now: Instead my When your son or daughter is away at school, > does your guiding influence remain | at home ? I, for! to one the members be in attendance as, there are a number of important - As boys and girls leave for schools and colleges, homes are made lonely and the young people face homesickness and separation from the guiding influence of home. Zhe affectionate, sympathetic understanding present in home- life is difficult to maintain by | letters, but by telephone, home {dence that the vessel seen was a Meena: oF ee, be japan is to | creat influx of visitors. to Flor- | make .a dollar are continually; most profitable for Key West, is a native |submarine. That can be ac- MaKe. : lida is being confirmed, according | Key West attraction sponsored and carried |counted for. No captain in such dropping around. |to R, E. L. Neil, district manager out by Key West talent a position would want to im- ___ |of the American Automobile As-| | - i AMERICA IS MAKING a firm sociation, who returned to the! | \ 1 — — —- - Telephone visits at regular in- Hard work is hard work; you may lay tervals with children away at school are as intimate as C 0 0 | ties can be kept alive and warm. to that! Federal be spent favor to Most communities pending if the money locally. is Most men would be in the gutter if it not for their wives, if you believe what many wives believe. = Emily Post says only one hand should becused in eating corn off the cob. Even Emily doesn’t know everything. = Beyond pleas for peace, the United States should keep out of European af- fais. We have problems of our own to beSsolved. Our destiny is here. == Maybe Roosevelt’s spending-lending policy has for its purpose the avoidance of letting it get into the hands of other na- tions as it did some 20 years ago. Does he thik the Johnson Act may be circum- veftted? . good as Professor Because cow beef is not as steer beef of the same_ grade, Bull (no pun intended) of the University | of Hlinois, advocated the stamping of the sex-on beefsteaks and other cuts. Pre-| sumably in that event the butcher needn’t be cowed when the customer beefs. Poland has gone through four _his- torical partitiors and seems destined for a fifth, but perhaps not a final partition. A vation that has survived so many assaults on its national existence, that came to life mare than a hundred years after its last supposed extinction, seems marked by des- tiny for survival. The last chapter in its tory will be a chapter of triumph. ~Former President Woodrow Wilson while discussing warfare said that major modern war was a matter of five M’s— mem, money, materials, morale and mobil- aiion. It is hard to say which is the most imortant, it has been asked. This column wduld say it is “money,” since money will acQuire most of the others. In this con- nection Napoleon’s answer is revealing. When the Little Corporal was asked what were the three most necessary things in war, he replied: “Money, money, money.” | Allies | Without Americam money, the woill@ not have won the World War. | Just as the guest appreciates the de- licious home produced foods we serve them far more than they would a table furnished with cheap canned goods from some dis- tant source, so would they appreciate the hospitable, native type of entertainment, far above anything that would come in a tent and depart in a haze of debts and de- moralization. THE NATION IS NOT SAFE With European nations in warfare let us be thankful that the people of this country face no such immediate perils. Let us realize, none-the-less, that the future may present such a threat to this nation. Let us not assume that we are im- mune and that no nation can successfully attack our shores. Unfortunately, we cannot conclude that no nation would dare attack us if we do net attack. Defenseless America would be quick prey of certain powers who covet the wealth that nature has given us. There is no moral principle to restrain nations like Germany, Italy and Japan from using war to secure booty. Regardless of what the moralists pro- | claim the only defense for any nation, against such free-booters, is armed | strength. China, Ethiopia and Czech- | oslovakia attest the fact and illustrate the | tactics of aggressors. DON’T WORRY; USE COAL FOR GAS! For the benefit of those who are worrying lest the world’s supply of gaso- line runs low we call attention to an ex- pefiment in Chicago, in which liquid coal ‘was used to drive a standard automobile without changing its carburetion system. Liquid coal, we are advised, is com- posed of 60 per cent range oil, a very light fuel, 10 per cent petroleum for easy start- ing, a secret chemical and 30 per cent pul- verized coal. It can be manufactured much cheaper than gasoline. Now, that’s settled and the average motorist can ride around to the filling station, fill up the tank with gasoline and take a ride without concern lest the auto- mobiles of the world come to a stop for lack of fuel. It’s the same old story, whether you happen to hear it or not. plicate his ship in foreign mat- 'ters during the major European | war now raging. Even the local pilots were loathe to give out in- formation, but it is evident that | the sub was seen clearly from the |bridge of the Raila. First. re- jae had it that the Raila was a | French tanker, but it is a Nor- |wegian ship which is in port | awaiting orders due to the Euro- pean war. Key Westers will re- member when an American plane lerashed near here during the World War and The Citizen was | given strict orders not to mention |the fact. | A KEY WESTER RAMBLES ABOUT THE COUNTRY: New Jersey: If Key West were as close to New York City as cities on the Jersey summer vacation coast are, the Overseas Highway would witness a solid line of cars, lone behind the other in many ‘places stopped for miles stretch- ing from New York to coast cities as far away as 70 miles. |Everyone who can afford it gets out of New York on the. week-; end to spend the ‘time at ‘the sea- ‘stand for neutrality it may he|city ‘yesterday to spend the seen from orders received here month of September in this city | M ALA j J by officers of the Naval Station in the interests of the organiza- | Sy jand Coast Guard vessels. orders state that of the government to give out, little information that neutrality may be ensured. attractive by the elimination of! It may readily be The tion. it 1s the policy poaiem Weel Editorial Comment: Duval is in war matters | being made much safer and more seen that if the | the old street car rails. It is now U. S. were to have allowed a big | a pleasure to drive over that sec- fuss to have been made over that'tion of the street from which reported sub seen off Key West the rails have been removed. yesterday, complications have arisen. As it was the mat-| ter has been treated , Something however was seen out. baseball there and perhaps within the ter- | Sluggers might: lightly. | played tomorrow at the Phelan grounds between the and Pirates in the first There will be a doubleheader, —And Malaria Chills and Fever! Here’s what you want for Malaria, folks! Here’s what you want for ' the awful chills and fever. It's Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic! - peel nian mecicine. ene for the se. - tans tasteless igine Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic ac- tually combats the Malaria infec- | tion in the blood. It relieves the freezing chills, the burning fever. it helps you feel better fast. Thousand: Chill Tonic for Malaria and swear ritorial limits of the U. S. waters. and the Cardinals and Key West! by it. Pleasant to take, too. Even GOOD NEWS has been re-jwill start 15 minutes after the q9 ‘in the second, The second game ceived at the Key West Com-' first has ended, munity Art Center, operated by the Federal Art Project. As has/| | been noted the staff of the Art/by Rev. DeBarritt through the Center has been considerably |tourist season will cut so that the Center will be} Sunday 9:30 a. m., and will be} open but two days a week now.;held at the kindergarten build- Jacksonville office has sent down jing. All adults are wlecome. A) a; communication advising Direc- | special course going through ea The bible class to be conducted commence the’ th F.. Townsend Morgan that bible will be conducted. lans “for: sponsorship of |shore. The water there during | Project throughout Florida are! The Citizen has been requested the summer is very cold. There! are a number of rivers nearby on which summer camps with cabins built of pine logs, stained in walnut with bright red touches to brighten them up, have sprung up and are drawing their crowds. |The water in these rivers, semi | salty, is much warmer. The sea-! son for New Jersey is very short, | from just before July 4 to Labor Day. Ancestry of settlers along the coast are reminiscent of Key West Sea Captain ancestry. Gov- jernments there are in county, | |city and boros, with the boros a! {small town. In the boros many | of the citizens take an active; |part in demanding things for, their town. Members of the jeouncil are usually influential }citizens who draw little to no) }salaries, but who take the jobs | beeause of the contacts and busi- | | ness: opportunities it gives them. | | There is probably -very little graft among the small town councilmen. Jersey has just voted in a bill allowing racing. | Some years ago a big graft scan-" dal caused a ban to be placed on racing. Now it is brought back | as a stimulus to the tourist trade, | which might go to Saratoga | above New York City or to New) England Race Tracks. The ambi-} tion of most Jerseyians is to/ spend summer in Jersey and win-| ter in Florida, but it is a little difficult to get good jobs in Flor-| ida, so they stay in Jersey. On! the seashore there it is very cold} during the winter. Jerseyians } nearly complete. The Citizen to announce there will be a meet- understands that the State Plan- | ing of the Altar Guild of St. ning Board will sponsor the Flor- Paul’s Episcopal church on Mon- ida project. the Key West Center. This will apply to day afternoon, beginning at 4 (o'clock. It is also requested that EVERYWHERE ik INCORPORATED ICE, DIVISION PHONE NO. 8 ildren take it without a whimper. Don’t suffer! At first sign ot Ma: ria, take Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic. 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