The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 8, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO y West Citizen Vublished Daily Except Sunday By TBE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. L. P, ARTMAN, President and Pubiisher JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets cnly Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County entered at Key West, Florida, as second elass matter Member of the ited Press ue Associated Press is exclusively entitled for republication of all news dispatches credited to 4, or pot etherwise credited in this paper and also ‘he ld¢ai news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Ame Year .... six Months @hree Month: Qne Month Weekly . : "ADVERTISING RATES = Madé known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE ~All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of , obituary notices, etc, will be eharged for at ate of 10 cents a line. ticks for entertainment by churches trom which a revenue is to be derived are 6 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- “Bion of public issues and subjects of local or general THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; 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 never be 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. | — -—— (MPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WESi ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Compreheusive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Lind and Sea. Consolidaticn of County and City Governments. The United States has a large army, too—the army of unemployed. When all the nations of the world sign ~hon-aggression pacts we will have peace, maybe! Semebody lost $2,000 in Wall Street. ‘In the street, not in the market,—that’s “the news. Fashion has it that the wasp waist is “coming back. Possibly to accentuate the *pustle which is also reported to be com- | ‘ing back. This column has_ always that all aliens on relief or in other govern- .nental jobs be eliminated. Senator Cap- “per, of Kansas, goes a step farther and ad- “yoeates the expulsion of 4,000,000 aliens “how in this country, unless they become American citizens within a year. According to the New Jersey Agri- ultural Experiment Station at Rutgers Wniversity there are forty kinds of mos- §uitoes in that state. Most of the various ‘species are not migratory, many not flying away more than 300 yards; they are the kind that breed in rain water. water mosquitoes, however, have been known to fly 110 miles. When you are bitten by a mosquito, it may be interesting to know, that the bite comes from the -female of the species which in this, like in most insect and animal life is “more dead- ly then the male.” The New York World’s Fair, in its ereative efforts to amuse the visitors, is making fun of the ills of man. Hay fever Wietims were enticed into a sneezing con- dest in which 18 victims participated. Monroe Solodar, strangely enough of Mi- advocated | The salt | RELIEF WORKERS’ HOLIDAY : More than 400 relief workers are now idle in Key West. They may be seen sit- | ting diseonsolately in all sections to get along without assistance. plight of the majority is perate. These men were laid off under an act of Congress requiring 30-day “vacations” for those employed continuously for 18 months by WPA. The act was aimed at the WPA career men. Career men are generally those who never did work, will not work on private jobs if they were of- fered and who believe the government owes them a living. This small group of men usually are the worst agitators within the WPA ranks. They are often identified with won’t-work radical and screwball or- ganizations and activities. These warped individuals are not worth a hoot in a hoosegow to themselves or anyone else. However, the law had a broad gen- eral application. While aiming at these | lazy and tongue-wagging undesirables, the law included many honest and hard-work- | ing men and women. These people have | always given the WPA all they could and spent their relief earnings on their families. They earn the small federal pay checks they receive and spread it as far as they can for food, clothing and shelter. These | people are up against a cruel fate. They | have been unable to save anything for this | rainy day. The enforced holidays granted them by WPA found them empty-handed and helpless to face this cash-and-carry world. They have pulled their belts up to nourished, often hungry. They live in tumbledown shacks, ufsereened against mosquitoes and often are without decent sanitary facilities and water. “These con- ditions can’t be laughed off—they are serious. state has not got around to setting up machinery for recertifying these unfor- | tunates for relief. When these men and ' women were laid off they were auto- matically dropped from the relief rolls. Their need for relief must be. certified again. Key West Chamber of Commerce and other groups have offered to set up this machinery locally. Officials of WPA have | written their regulations will not permit | this kind of service. They state that the | governor is moving toward setting up a | state-wide recertification service. The 30 days “vacations” will be up Sept. 15 for a number of the men now idle here. looking for jobs, for food, for homes, for light, for hope. at once to solve this problem. PREVENTING DEATHS IN CHILDBIRTH “Decided and accelerated strides” in reducing deaths of mothers in childbirth are reported by statistics recently pub- lished in the Journal of the Medical Association. The death rate has dropped from 7.0 per thousand in 1929 to 4.89 in 1937, but | Dr. Scott C. Runnels, of Cleveland, says | that “if obstetric conditions were as fa- | vorable over the entire United States as | try, there would be an annual saving of | 2,500 lives.” Here is something that the people of Key West can attend to without waiting for anybody else. A survey of childbirths | would easily reveal sections where educa- | tional and medical assistance is needed | and, perhaps, save the life of a mother jn | | the near future. | There is no use in becoming excited | over the 2,500 mothers who can be saved, | all over the United States, if we aré not | concerned with the one mother whose life of the) city. A few of them have found jobs else- | where, or are trying to find work here. ! Some of them are doing the best they can | But the | pretty des- | the last notch. Their children are under- | Yet, in the face of all this misery the | By Oct. 1 the entire group will be | Gov. Fred Cone must act | are those existing in a quarter of the coun- | “gmi, Florida, won the title of “Chief Ker- Chooer.” Odder still it would have been Uf Sclodar, whose cognomen has a familiar | “Key Westian sound, had come from our | CASUALTIES | depends upon what we do ourselves. During the World War, as E. Guy island city, where never a case of hay | Talbott, of San Francisco points out, there fever has been known. It will be remem- | were 39,362 Americans killed in battle; ‘bered that an article in a recent issue of | 90,766 died of wounds, disease, accidents the magazine “Life” stated that Key West and other causes, was the only place where hay fever vic- | wounded. Tims would find immediate relief from this | Mgeravating ill, unlesh to undergo a pollenization treatment with a cost of $621,290,417. | 182,946 veterans were hospitalized. only palliative results instead of a cure. From 1920 to 1938 1,863,289 veterans they decided | were admitted to government hospitals, at In 1938 alone, and 192,369 were | THE KEY WEST CYTIZEN —_— 'CRACKS and COMMENT; | By A | i (Items under this head will appear from fire to time in The Citizen—from the pen ofa local lady-columnist. Naturally, she assumes full responsibility for all state- ments made.) “WHAT MAKES THE | WHEELS GO AROUND": News-, |Papermen seem fanatically mod- jest about their names appearing jin print but at least we can talk | about the machinery of a daily |paper. Often times one won- iders how such institutions ean af- ford to centribute daily, yards jand yards of high-priced white |paper space given month after jmonth, year after year, as must jbe given for the upbuilding of a community. You will say advertising does lit. Yes; but how often does one | advertise and how small a part |of the paper really is filled with ‘advertising matter. Upbuilding j@ community means culture, pro- gress, and increased values investments. Where one good citizen will give generously for leivic advancement that helps jevery home and business in the }community, there are hundreds lof citizens (or should we call them just folks) who do nothing, but who are benefited by | given by others. white space that is given is amaz- jing but there are many other things to be considered The pay- rolls to be met. Many families }dependent on that institution. | There is the expense of collect- |ing news, and worse still, the jenemies that a publisher must inevitably make when he oppos- es forces that to him seem detri- mental to a city’s welfare. ; A woman visitor, walking into |the mechanical department of iThe Key West Citizen, hearing |the clankety clank of machinery. seeing the busy but cheerful, hard-working men, a great blur of wheels, smell of ink and whir jof linotype machines, huge print- |ing presses and another big blatk noisy thing neatly cutting your daily Citizen, Then there is Jo- |nah, the. printer’s devil, with his infectious smile and _ glistening {colored face. Groups of news- boys with eager, young faces |were waiting for the fresh edi-; [tion to be distributed over the|many pleasant affairs arranged this morning from Tampa with 39 | city.. So, the writer,. pretending to look intelligent and well-in-| {formed about machinery, says | good bye and thank you but, be- |ing a woman, she keeps wonder- |ing “what makes the wheels go “around?” EXTRA May I print a kiss on your lips, he asked? She nodded her sweet permis- sion. So they went to press and I rather guess They printed a large edition. TO COMMANDER HOWARD HARTLEY I'd rather be mean to a person Than mean to a dog or a cat; |For people can call a policeman | And animals cannot do that. Commander Hartley, whose |great sympathy for helpless, | homeless animals keeps him busy |doctoring and feeding the little American | Waifs of the alléys,“has “his own | |pet cat, Peter. Peter.is a world traveler. having circled the globe | with Commander and Mrs. Hart- ley and is most snooty in his choice of friends. Inthe Orient, Peter took a shine to Chinamen but detested Japs. Be kind to all dumb animals And give small birds a crumb; |Be kind to human beings, too— They’re sometimes pretty dumb. | —McCann. | Adios, FLORIDA CRACKER. A GOOD EDITOR (From the Albia, Iowa, Union Republican) A good editor is one who has never made a mistake; who has never offended any one; who is always right; who can ride two horses at the same time he is straddling a fence with both ears ;to the ground; who always says the right thing at the right time; | who always picks the right horse as well as the right politician to | win; who never has to apologize; | who has no enemies and who has | worlds of prestige with all classes, | creeds and races. There has nev- er been a good editor. “Key West's Outstanding!” LA CONCHA HOTEL Beautiful—Air-conditioned Rainbow Room and Cocktail Lounge t DINING and DANCING | Strictly Fireproof i Garago Open The Year Around in| that , Not only the great amount of: S plan represents most of the ideas now popular in small cottages and includes the good points of the Cape Cod and Williamsburg Colonial. It is a one-story house, al- though the roof has a suf- ficiently high pitch to allow for the finishing of at least one room in the ample space above. If not used for living quarters, the overhead area would certainly give this cottage something most houses lack . . . ample storage space. Both bedrooms have cross-ventilation, cool breezes on the warmest nights of summer. sage Ser easily be screened making a third bedroom for those who enjoy “sleeping out.” KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen S. P. Vecker, formerly mana- ger of the local gas plant and ‘now in a similar line in Havana, jarrived this morning from a brief stay with his family in Hendersonville, N. C., ‘ where |they spent the summer. He sail- ed immediately for Havana. Mrs. Vecker and mother, Mrs.’ Nellie; Williams, of 522 Elizabeth street,) Following recess of Criminal will leave Hendersonville Satur-'Court this morning there was day with Paul Vecker, Jr., en-'organized a fishing party, which Hider to New ee ae te a consisted of state officials, eanky in Connecticut, where the son i ici t will enter for his second year sy eden ra peed school. Mrs. Vecker and mother ‘fishing boat of Chief Ralph B. expect to reach Key West about Pinder, who acted as guide. In October 1. jaddition to the chief, members ee : of the party were: Assistant State Mrs. Pearl Shields, clerk ‘cl ARR Houselt, County the State Organization of Re- | Judge Hugh Gunn, County Clerk bekkahs, who had been in the! Ross C, Sawyer, Sheriff Cleve- icity on an official visit, left yes-!land Niles, Judge J. Vining Har- terday afternoon on the P. andiris, Judge Uly G. Thompson, will be in Key West again Octo- | i ber 1. Editorial Comment: Miamians speak well of Key West when they want to pick up a little easy money down this way. Oth- erwise—well, you know how it is. O. boat for Tampa enroute to|Criminal Court Clerk C. Sam B., her home in Tarpon Springs. A'Curry and others. reception Friday night and an} = elaborate dinner were among the} P. and O. Steamer Cuba arrived for the visiting guest’s entertain-' first cabin and ‘five second .cabin ment during her visit. Mrs. passengers for Key West and left Shields cnoducted a school of in-|8:30 o’clock for Havana with 115 struction at Rebekah hall on Sat- | first cabin passengers and United urday and most all of the local! States mail. classes attended. | — 1 I. N. Meltzer, head of the Melt- zer Motor Co., and his bride, who |was Miss Margaret Curtis of this city until they got married in Mi- ami last Friday, arrived in the ‘city this morning and were ex- tended a tremendous welcome by Harris, left here August 15 for their many friends. They are Hendersonville, after which they now at home to their friends and |were to go cn a railroad tour of will reside here permanently. the Pacifie Coast. They proposed od traveling the continental route,, Miss Rose D. Petty, 514 South- which will take them through ard stréet, who left recently for Canadian Rockies with stops atian extended western tour and Banff and Lake Louise. They sailed from Miami, was taken off Curry Harris is reported to have left Hendersonville, N. C., this morning by automobile and is enrouté to Key West His mother, Mrs. W. Hunt Harris, {and sister, Miss Minnie Porter OVERSEAS TRANSPORTATION CO. (NC. Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service Between 3 | MIAMI and KEY WEST ALL POINTS ON FLORIDA KEYS ry—between— MIAML;AND KEY WEST TWO ROUND TRIPS DAILY || LEAVE KEY WEST/DAILY (except Sunday) 1:00 o’clock A. M. arrive Miami 7:00 o’clock A. M. 8:00 o’clock A. M. arrive Miami 3:00 o’clock P. M. LEAVE MIAMI DAILY (except Sunday) FRIDAY,SEPTEMBER 8, 1939 POCOCOSSS OSH TTSUSSCORSOSOOEOESOSOEELESTTELELEeOES ecg ad iF Wot Successful; Began LOUISIANA TELLS OF Missionary Career WORK AMONG SEMINOLE In Key West INDIANS (Ry Associated Press) j TAMPA, Fila. Sept. 6—Un- | | Successful efforts were made 40; years ago to convert the Semi-! ‘mole Indians to Christianity. ; The Rev. A. Latiolas, a Jesuit priest from Louisiana, told of be-; _ ginning his missionary career in Key West soon after the turn of | the century. | “Every effort was made to seach the Seminoles with reli- gion,” Father Latiolas said, “but | they had been so illtreated in the | '19th century that their chief wanted nothing to do with white BACK TO SCHOOL Allen Neil Roberts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Roberts, will leave tomorrow morning’ over ‘the highway for Gainesville, Fla., where he will enter for his freshman year at the University of Florida. He was a graduate. of the 1939 class of Key West; High School. | Accompanying Allen Neil will be his parents and aunt, Mrs.| | Sidney N. Thompson, who will go} {with him to Gainesville and aft-| erward visit in Jacksonville and} other points in the state before returning to Key West. ARTHUR MULBERG | RETURNS TO CITY Arthur Mulberg, president of Mulberg Chevrolet Company, re- | turned yesterday after attending ‘the largest field sales organiza- tion conference ever held by the} |Buick Motor division of General | | Motors. While in Flint, Mr. Mulberg in- | jspected the new Buick models! for 1940. Details of the new cars! lare to be withheld until the pub- |lic announcement date, but Ee} Mulberg stated that full details! will be given through the columns ‘of The Citizen in a short time. ciate chin jthe ship at Savannah, Ga., be-) cause of illness, and went to the jhome of her uncle and aunt, Mr. } and Mrs. George Pierce’ in ™ St. Augustine. She has now fully! (recovered from her illness and is! spending a while with Mr. and| Mrs. J. Michael Navarro in Coco-| men and didn’t want about Christianity.” When he began his missionary work, the priest said here, the south Florida mission territory extended from Tarpon Springs to Key West. “At that time there were few settlements in south Florida with a permanent Catholic church,” he recalled. “Many of my parish- to hear jioners at Key West were sponge fishermen who since have moved to Tarpon Springs.” The Jesuit order sent priests to Tampa when the three resident priests died from yellow fever. Biggest Tie Full dimension! Made ofwear-resistingrubber # for long mileage! See us Wy about Goodrich COMMANDERS while the savings are big. ld *Pricessubject tochange without notice @ Goodrich Commanders GULF PRIDE SERVICE STATION Sid Curry, Prop. Division and Simonton Streets PHONE 3110 READING It doesn't take much reading of textbooks or studying to learn the advantages of motor bus travel. 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