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

PAGE TWO The Key test Published Dally Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN, PUBLISHING CO. INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President and Pubiisher JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Maneger From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Citizen Unly Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County catered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter | Member of the Associated Press Le Associated Press is exclusively entitled use for republication of all news dispatches erediled to it or jot etherwise credited in this paper and also | ‘he ical news published here. é SUBSCRIPTION RATES ne Year. . tix Months Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of | e¢t, obituary notices, ete. will be charged for at rats of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainment by churches from which venue is to be derived are 6 cents @ line. ¢ Citizen {8 an open forum and invites discus- of public issues and subjects of local or general rest but it will not publish anonymous communi- 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; 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 WES’ 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. 1 Paying cash is a custom that deserves reinstatement, A wise man studies, but seldom ridi- cules a foolish man. There are very few things in the world worth quarreling about. Any economic system is in a state of collapse when millions of citizens cannot find employment. Peddlers who come to Key West should be able to remember it as the place where the people trade at home. A specialist says washing one’s hands “with unusual frequency indicates a slight mental disorder. this troube. Small boys do not have A dependable newspaper has a prestige that is worth money to any ad- vertiser; the results of advertising depend much upon where it is placed. Seme people have the idea that going to church and putting a quarter in the col- lection plate is all there is to religion. two bits. Criminals from prisons. the criminal as the imp escapes will c are constantly escaping When those responsible for are made to take their places soned make their get-a-way, se. * It is a fallacy to say that the world owes everyone a living. thing. The world does, however, owe everyone the opportunity to make a living. and the sort of living depends person himself. Not a life of ease implied in the so- called “more abundant life”, but a simple life and a life of sacrifice is the Spartan | philosophy to be practiced by the demo- cracies if they hope to contend with the} dictatorships. " Rome once lived an epi- | curean life at the height of its power and glory, and soon decayed. if the god of war will not destroy all the progressive steps it has taken. Hedonistic nations will be eventually conquered by those nations that “shun delights and live laborious days.” ty “West in the nineteenth century, adding “it And | not so many splurge even to the extent of | It does no such | upon the! It is now mak- | ing a valorous come-back and will succeed | | WILL ALASKA PROVE THE NEW | “PROMISED LAND’? Secretary of Interior Ickes’ recently | | announced suggestion that Alaska be | opened for colonization for American citi- | | zens and also “artisans now fleeing Eu- | rope” has aroused considerable interest \ and not a little speculation. On his recent | | trip to Alaska Mr. Ickes was convinced | | that the development of that country can be as proportionately important to our present economy as the building of the is a matter for serious national concern | that Alaska, with a’ territory, climate and | resources equal to all Scandinavia, now | has a static population of about 60,000 as | | compared with a population of 13,000,000 in Seandinavia.” | According to a recent report from the | Interior Department, the resources of Alaska are very different from those of the United States and can be developed along lines that will not compete with | products of this country. The products of Alaska are in a large part the very prod- ucts which we now import from Asia and | Europe and their development will help | to make the United States independent in the event of war. For example, in the north- ern territory there is tin, and it is a known | fact that the United States imports most of | its tin; there are enormous forests and it is | a fact that three ourths of the news print | used in this country is imported. Also fishing and trapping would reduce the im- portation of fish and furs. Surely, it | would seem that in our great possession of | Alaska there is ample opportunity for men | and women who have enough of the fron- | tier spirit to be willing to undergo a de- gree of hard work and perhaps temporary deprivation in this new field of endeavor and opportunity. Our American pioneer of yesterday took his little family far out into the wilderness, and with only a few rudi- mentary tools and a muzzle-loading rifle for defense built his log cabin, cleared land, and gradually acquired the comforts | of home. With others of like courage and determination he built up communities and founded new states. Such a spirit is needed in those who go out to develop Alaska. Without it, the result will be just another “noble experiment.” NORMAL CHILDREN HAVE PROBLEMS Fortunately for the children of Key West, there seems to be little occasion for any Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, if we understand the word cruelty in its usual sense. | The day of barbaric and unusual punishment has passed for most children in this nation, athough occasionally one hears of incidents of brutality towards children that are shocking to all of us. However, parents do not complete their obligations to children when they refrain from inhuman action toward them. Nor do they comply with their responsibility when they provide reasonable shelter, ‘clothing and a hit-or-miss amount of food. There is much for all of us to learn in child nutrition and child psychology, in understanding the normal development and growth of little bodies and the appre- ciation of the importance of providing tiny souls with. ideals and aims that will make their lives fuller and perhaps more glorious. ee, We purposely do not call attention to | such evils as child labor, the mishandling of children who clash with the law, the care of foundlings or the special treat- | ment required for the physically afflicted and feeble-minded. Rather do we refer to | the normal child in the average family | where father and mother, busy with their own cares and problems, are apt to pass up | those that seriously affect the lives of their little boys and girls. Given average physical and mental inheritances, such as normal birth, there is no reason why proper parental care should | not develop the average baby into an adult, fitted to assume a place in the social | and industrial life of the nation. There is | no reason for a normal baby not to have a normal growth, excepting sometimes, the inattention and neglect of parents. The visibly afflicted child attracts the attention necessary to secure needed cor- rection of its disabilities. But, very often, the apparently healthy and normal child requires some special attention which it | | fails to receive, resulting in retarded de- | velopment and growth for that child, giv- | ing an outlook that is abnormal in some | degree and adversely affecting the entire THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Trapped In Tree By Giant Snake Man Blinds Reptile Into Flight FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1989 THE ISLAND CITY _| |_ LEAVING OUT A COMMA in when the connections with priv-| ibe paragraph in this column yes-'ate water, systems have been terday gave us the definite state- made from their pipes to the! ment that Willard M. Albury ‘curb line. A present project is| “will not” fun for mayor in No-'on its way for the W.P.A. to ex-} vember in the city election. The tend the pipe line from the main ;comma would have made the'pipes to the curbing. At the statement read, “it appears that same time this is done the priv- |Mayor Albury will not run”. As'ate owner may extend his pipe; 4 a matter of fact, there is pretty line to the curbing and join up, As proof of his adventure, Arthur F. Kane exhibits eleven feét of skin cut from boa constrictor which treed: him. tienes ‘ACE to face with a huge boa con- strictor in a tree twenty feet above the ground in the Amazon jungle, Arthur F. Kane, foreign correspondent and explorer, of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, attacked the snake with his flashlight, forced it fo back down the tree and fol- lowed it until he was low enough to jump to earth. Kane, who was collecting rare tropical insects, had hacked a clear- ing in the jungle. He cut the top off a tree and on the trunk he built a wooden platform a yard square for his insect trap. Waiting up there in the jungle blackness, he heard a swishing, hissing sound be- hind him. “Though the night was boiling hot,” he said, “my whole body be- gan to freeze, There was no mis- taking that sound. “| had no weapons—only my flashlight,” he explained. “Sliding | it over the edge of the platform, I pushed the switch. There, not two feet away, I saw the huge body of a snake coiled about the tree!” Kane's first thought was to jump, but he could not. The sharp stumps hand steady as he advanced it to- ward the reptile. Within six inches of the boa’s spitting tongue, he stopped. “For a moment,” he said; “noth- ing happened. Then slowly, 'a frac- tion of an inch at a time, the snake began to back down the tree, spit- ting and hissing at the glare from the light. I redoubled my efforts to keep the light steadily on him. As he slowly retreated, I slowly. ‘fol- lowed. “He moved so deliberately, with- drawing one section of his body, then another, then another, that I knew it would take a long time to force him back. Yet so long as my light held out, I could 46 it. For- tunately I had put dated batteries in at Rio de Janeiro, and ‘I knew Ithey were fresh. The light kept working, and I forced him down inch by inch.” f t Hours seemed to pass, Kane said, before the snake was low enough ground, Running along a jungle path, he made his way to the village. of the trees he had cut to make a clearing for his trap covered the ground below, standing up like ranks of spears. If he jumped he’ would probably kill himself on one of them. Gripping his flashlight, Kane again leaned over the edge of the platform. He pushed his light close HOLLYWOOD. A few nights later he returned with his porters, found the snake again and killed it. Boa congtric- tors, Kane knew, rarely attack any- thing as big as a man, but he got , little comfort from that at the time. Even now, he says, he’d just as soon not meet another one sudden- ly in the night. By COONS «By Associated Press) \ A HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 15 (AP)..movie, that scene in which I dive TEM. which has been completed to the snake, struggling to keep his H for him to jump past it to the | ‘strong evidence that Albury, 'with the system. A former proj- ‘during the last 30 days, was not ‘ect to extend the spurs to priv-| | always sure he would run. Last ‘ate water lines did not meet with night, though, he told this col- ‘higher W-P.A. approval. It is ‘umn he had definitely decided to‘ pointed out that in the long-run, | seek re-election “regardless of connecting up with the new sys- ‘the opposition” and would an-!tem will mean savings. Operat-; nounce before October 1. His! ing the sewer and water system | probable opponents mentioned j will call for electrical operation | around town are Will Doughtry, 'and installation by the city. ‘Dr. H. C. Galey and Allan Cleare, Sr. | LOOKING OVER issues of the ‘National »Geographic Magazine, | WITH SEARCHLIGHTS ‘best known travel periodical, this | reek oN mee s mest _column. ney oo suas. the sed arbor, ji a o ie real- ten years, eys and Key West | ism that is war comes to the Is-! have gotten very high amount of | land City. Tuesday night reports | space, greatly comparable to such | came in that the army search-jisland resorts as Nassau and the light from West Martello tower ‘ Hawaiian Islands. - Scientists and | ‘lit up the area out toward the! tourists and sportsmen are inter-| | Triangle for some time. Then a ‘ested in the Keys. searchlight from Fort Taylor to- | _— 1 ward the ship channel was} A KEY WESTER RAMBLES | ablaze for a few moments. Wed-| AROUND THE COUNTRY: Los/| nesday night the Fort Taylor Angeles: Stopping over we spent! searchlight waz on for a few mo-}a week with Oliver Griswold, | ments, reports had it. }who is in the publicity depart- | Eas ;ment of the U. S. Film Service. LOCAL P. & officials say His mother, Mrs. Griswold, they have heard nothing official, spends each winter season in the as to when the SS. Cuba willicity. Oliver is a great angler sail again for! Key West and Ha-/and revels in the wonderful vana out of Tampa. As this col-|fishing to be found around the umn understands it the Cuba/‘Island City. Introduced around | wint not sail out of Tampa until|the studio, we met prop men, di- protection against striking sea-jrectors, technicians, cameramen, ;men is given. jactors, production managers, cut- —_——— ters, editors. We met Pare WITH RECERTIFICATION of|Lorenz again, brilliant young di- 450 W.P.A. employes, beginning jrector of U. S. Film Service, who today, and a former group of 850|was a satisfied fisher in Key continuing in their work, Key|West last winter. He has just | West still has 1,306 workers on finished a social film designed to relief. With reports that Tampajeducate the public to — sanitary had jobs opening up many Key (measures, which will lower the | | Westers rushed over there but! maternity death rate. Going to ‘the greater number have been jthe cutting room, the editor, who {disappointed. Locally, the situa- jedited the picture Ben Hur, tion for employment remains un- ; Showed how he synchronizes encouraging. Although W-.P.A.jsound tracks to the exposed employes will be recertified asj|film. A “marker” filmed before fast as possible, even after they 'the action of each scene claps to- ‘are recertified they must wait un- gether a wooden sign, which til requisitions come in from the {bears the number of the scene area supervisor before they get and title of the picture. The }jobs again. Upon local sponsor- editor then places alongside of ship, therefore, depends much ofeach other the sound of the re- |the relief work. (port with the picture in which the board is brought together. jof Dun and Bradstreet, SEWER AND WATER SYS. | \by the W.P.A in the city, will be/ The sound track then fits into a blank space on the exposed film. But more of the movie industry | —“How this business of acting ‘under the bed in panic when the has changed since the movies in-'gunman takes a shot at Mr. Pow- vaded the kennels!” observed'ell, or Nick Charles as we call Asta with a self-satisfied air.|him in the picture? “For the better; of course. Need| «wey, that was acting pure and I add that?” = 35 ; The celebrated star was taking |Simple. Tm not ely afraid of a morning constitutional outside | anything. Eh, East the sound stage where his sup-| “Right you are, Asta”, Mr. East porting cast, including Myrna ‘corroborated, and Asta registered Loy and William Powell, was | what I think was surprise but busy on some less important! % i is matters pertaining to filming of ™¥. have been I-told-you-so. “Another Thin Man”. He was “There was more to the scene, | ready for use by private residents | next column. Ha ABOUT MANTA ad MAN { i oe ewvcce (By Asscetated Press) By TUCKER! NEW YORK, Sept. 15 (AP).— conversation begins to flow. Ordi-| accompanied by his companion and bodyguard, a human named |remember?” the star went. on.|An uptown bride, purchasing the aay he is gruff and looks half |“After the excitement, I poke my week's groceries, selected a ten- | scared to death—not actually, but ill at ease around strangers and! Henry East. Of Mr, East the fa-|head out in shame, but then I see pound bag of sugar to be taken mous dog observed generously, |that my retreat hasn’t been no- t her car. . “But you can only fighting against the impulse to turn and walk away. After he: “A right good fellow—without 'ticed, so I pop out and him I might be just another pup |atound proudly as though I, sin- looking for a meal or a break. gle-pawed, had driven out the With him—well”, and he cocked gangster. More acting—and, if I his ears back in a quizzical ges-|may say so, first-rate stuff”. _ ture that said everything. | I was curious as to his’ begin- eo jnings in the struggle for fame, “But back to this business jof ‘and Asta révealed a strange se- acting”, he resimed at st, |cret of: his.early career. “There was a time’ in pictues,| *“Mr Hest! picked me for star- you know, when all we dogs were !dom, actually, before I was six stalk | |claim a repertory of 15 stunts, |chasing an Indian? | sist—Well, I yawn beautifully. expected to do was jump fences, wake up the baby when the} house was on fire, bite the vil-| lain where it would: do the most! good, and save Baby Peggy from! the gangsters’ guns. Of course’ we had a few odd chores like | picking up time-bombs in our! teeth and burying them: in the; river, or snatching the pay-puhs from the snarling old skinflint! who was foreclosing on the old | homestead—but those, too, were merely acts of physical prowess. ; Akin, I might comment, to that! early period's glorification of the cowboy on horseback, and hav- ing no relation, obviously, to the real art of acting”. | At this point Asta paused, | looked reflectively at a prop lamp-post. muttered “Phoney!” | and resumed his monologue: | “Take me, now. With due mod- esty, and I am sure Mr. East will! vouch for the truth of it, I can: each of which is purely mental, totally unphysical, Incidentally, I find such real acting much more | comfortable—I simply don’t care for running. I always say it’s the mind that counts, anyway. Well, could you imagine my); friend, Mr. Powell, on horseback, | “My repertory? Oh, I don’t want to bore you, but if you a look lonesome or happy. I regis- | ter surprise, fear, anger, i life of the individual. remember the first months old, a mere pupling. Why? Because of my ‘‘motion picture eye’-—an eye |: which shows a great deal of’ white around the pupil. That was na- ture’s contribution to my career. The rest—let’s call it: talent, pluck, hard work, adaptability, courage, tenacity, a sense of hu-| can”, mor. And now, if you'll-exeuse me—”. 7 The lamp-post, this time, was no prop. PEOPLE'S FORUM MAYOR WILL RUN Sept. 14, 1939. Editor, The Citizen: I read with surprise today in ithe columns of your paper under the caption “The Island City”: Present Mayor Villard M. Albury will not run; meaning, no doubt, for re-election. Please permit me to. contradict your statement, and th lor persons informing -you of such are incorrect. It is my intention of making jhave five pounds, Miss—the or- «warms up”, they say he is a \ders just came through”. 'plenty good egg. | Hurrying home, and frighten- eee ry Today’s Birthdays eo oe Rev. Dr Frederick May Ekot, president of the American Uni- tarian Association, born in Bos- ton, 50 years ago. Warden James A. Johnston of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, born in Brooklyn, N. Y., 65 years ago. Arthur D. Whiteside, president New York, born at E. Orange, N. J., |57 years ago. Rrank E. Gannett, Rochester, |N, ¥., newspaper publisher, born at Bristol, N. Y., 63 years ago. Col. Leonard P. Ayres of Cleveland, noted banker-sta- tistician, born at Niantic, Conn., 60 years ago. Robert C. Benchley of Scars- dale, N. Y., writer, born at Wor- cester, Mass., 50 years ago. Lena M. Phillips of New York, lawyer and editor, born in Ken- tucky, 58 years ago. SPECIAL NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS The Tax-Assessor of the City of Key West, having submitted to the City Council his pre- liminary assessment roll for the ;year 1939, for approval, all per- sons desiring to ‘have corrections jthereof made whether in listing; valuation of the property, or otherwise, are hereby notified {that said assessment roll will be |in the City Clerk’s office acces- sible to the public beginning Thursday, September 14, 1939, to and including Thursday, Septem- j ber 28, 1939, for the purpose of inspection. The Clerk’s office will be open during said period from; 9:00 A. M. to 1:00 P. M. and from 2:00 P. M. to 5:00 P. M. daily excepting | Sunday. Any person desiring a correc- tion as above should file with the |City Clerk on or before Thurs- |day, September 28, 1939 at 5:00 |P. M. his or her objections to said ‘assessments and the corrections desired to be made. | The City Council will meet at ‘the City Hall on Thursday, Sep- tember 28, 1939, at 8:00 P. M. for the purpose of equalizing the as- |sessments and making proper |corrections and will reconvene |from day to day until all of said petitions shall have been heard ‘and equalization of assessments have been completed. H ARCHIE ROBERTS, | septl4-15 City Clerk. BOB BAKER in GHOST TOWN RIDERS ed by stories of rising food prices | due to the war, she quickly: spread the word and everybody” in the neighborhood began hur-| rying down to the grocery to lay’ in supplies, Everybody got him- , self five pounds of sugar, but no After awhile the store became | so crowded that the manager and’ his staff asking questions. That made the manager laugh, because the “‘5-lb. limit” was his town order. He was having a sale jon sugar and wanted all of his \customers to have a share in it. TWO ROUND 1:00 o’clock A. M. 8:00 o’clock A: M. * 1:00 o'clock A. M. 9:00 o'clock A. M. 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