The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 28, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TW cy ilest Citizen Except Sunday By SEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets ly Daily Newspaper in Key West end Monroe County red at Key West, Florida, as second class matter | Member of the Associated P: ke Associated Press is exclusively entitled use fer republication of all news dispatches credited to « or pot etherwise credited in this paper and also *he local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Three Months _. Qne Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of sespect, obituary notices, etc. will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line, Notices for entertainment by churches from which revenue is to be derived are 6 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- public issues and subjects of local or general * but it will not publish anonymous communi- TRE 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 o: 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. [™MPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WESi 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. This is Europe’s war, not ours. War would be exciting and even lots of fun were not human lives at stake. Key West must have a zoning law if it hopes to keep in step with the march of progress. The loyalty of its employees is one of the best ass that a business, large or small, Everybody seems to be of the opinion that the present Eurcpean war will be one of long duration. So just to be contrary, this writer predicts a brief European con- flict. It is pleasant to contemplate that with a twist of the knob the radio listener. can find surcease from the horrors of war and hear the sweet and soothing strains of music, unless it is jazz. It is said that talk is cheap and it is, provided you do not have a “lapsus lin- guae.” However, if you want to talk to Rome by radio-telephone it will cost you $80 for a 10-minute conversation. There is one similarity between Na- poleon and Hitler. Both were by birth siangers to the.countries they were to lead as dictators—one a Corsican, the other an Austrian, and both rose from complete obscurity. And if this writer is permitted a guess, Hitler's fate will be like that of Napoleon. Carelessnesgs is a besetting-sin to which most of mankind is heir, though in matters affecting money most of us exercise a little more care, but in New York ‘state alone there are 15,831 bank accounts with de- _posits of $1,712,217, whose owners ‘have not been ‘heard from for)15 years. One of these dormant accounts .amounted to $8,190. Again the United States Treasury reported at the end of the last fiscal year that $142,283,000 Government bonds, long since called for redemption .and -payable now in cash, were still outstanding with jnvestors. A New York state law requires banks ‘to publish their annual lists of ‘tun- claimed deposits”, when they have Jain dormant for a period.of 15 years. Has any reader of The Citizen been careless about his deposits in ‘the banks? If *he ‘has, let this be a reminder to wrack his memory. | ABOUT SAVING SCHOOL CHILDREN \ The importance of training children ; to look both ways before crossing streets | and to acquaint them with the sound rules | of safe conduct on the highways cannot be over-estimated. Figures gathered by the American Automobile Association show that in- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN j | | juries to children of school age are higher | than for any other group of pedestrians. occur of | school days, but outside schdol hours. | School authorities all over the nation who walk upon streets and highways con- | of streets and roadways. | make it their business to maintain con- stant watch for little children on the streets and highways. | to insure the safety of children in areas ful driving at all times is incumbent upon motorists but no driver | presence of children on the roads. In this connection, afford some protection for its school chil- dren with the establishment of school | patrols at each of the grade schools in the | city. The A.A.A. program of nationwide movement. The Rotary Club of Key West deserves a round of applause for their ac- tion in collaborating to bring the patrol plan to Key West. It is safe to say that Key West chil- dren will grow up with a healthy regard for traffic laws. Patrol boys themselves are schooled in traffic rules and regula- tions, and they usually are quite free in and girl friends. THE SAFEST SHIP The United States has never gone in for building merchant vessels of great size, but the steamship America, recently launched at Newport News, Va., will be the largest passenger liner éver built in this country, besidés being the safest in the world. Through the use of marinite, an as- bestos material, for partitions and other construction usually made of wood, the America will be fireproof, and the largest of its kind afloat. the new fleet being built for the U. S. Maritime Commissior, all of which will be of similar fireproof construction. With a gross register tonnage of about 26,000, the America will atively small as compared with such super-liners as the Normandie, ister of 80,000 tons or more, Now about 40 per cent completed, the America is expected to be ready for by ‘the United States Lines.’ There will be 400 staterooms, with accommodations for 1,219 passengers and a crew of 639. The ship will not rival the big luxury liners for speed, as it will take about a week to cross the Atlantic. It is primarily ' designed for safety and economical opera- tion, although having most of the com- forts and conveniences of its more pre- tentious sisters of the sea. HE HAD $4,937 IN CASH New York last week, asked for a drink of and die on the sidewalk. Police, searching his pockets for taining $4,937. Most of the readers of this item of good fix” if they had that much money on them. Many of them have never had that much in goods or cash in their lifetimes. Nearly $5,000, it seems offhand, would be about what an individual needed to have friends, get along and enjoy life. Well, the stranger with the cash died in New York, just like some “strangers” in Key West will depart, without anybody mourning his passing. The possession of money may not be enough; the individual must have something else, as well, and money won't buy it, | should concentrate upon the problem and ! cooperate in the effort to make children | scious of the dangers that threaten them | and well acquainted with the correct use | Incidentally, automobile drivers should | Speed should be regulated | where they were apt to be injured. Care- | | should overlook | | roadway signs that warn of the probable | Key West has | taken a definite step forward in moving to | scope has done much to save the lives of | | many children in fostering this excellent | ,,. extending their knowledge to their boy | The ship will be one of | be rel- | service next spring, and will be operated | water, tottered to the street to collapse | identifying papers, found four purses, con- | news would think they were in a “pretty | | They also show that the largest: percentage | 0 | of child pedestrian fatalities i HIS Cape Cod home is designed for a wide lot. The house has been ex- tended to give five openings across the front, allowing plenty of light to penetrate the living room and frent bedroom. The living room has an THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1939 THE ISLAND CITY 5 WITH “THE “MONROE ‘COUN-; NOTES: If you ever want to (TY Bar “Association labelling:the; know how it feels to be in a ‘scrap between the new city | stampede, stand on the corner of i charterists and the old city char- | Varela and United streets when >| terists as a “legal and political” | 12 o’clock strikes and the High PLAN If your lot is narrow, the home can still be made to fit by placing the garage in the rear. open fireplace. Note that this one-story house, as contrasted with many of simi- lar size, has a full dining room. If a larger living room is wanted the partitions between it and the dining reom can be easily removed, adding several feet to its length, yet leaving space enough to provide for a dinette. KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen With but little damage to small craft on the waterfront, Key veathered a touch of the disturbance yesterday jand awoke this morning on a sunshiny day, happy in the fact ‘that this community had been ‘barely brushed by the tropical storm, which has been reported to-have done much damage else- |where. The wind only attained ja force of 70 miles and that only jduring cccasional gusts. The laverage was 66 miles per hour. |The storm was so mild here that a visitor. expressed disappoint- ment because it was not. suffi- ciently thrilling. The velocity of j the wind in the morning of yes- terday was between 48 and 50 miles and by 2 o’clock in the aft- ernoon it had reached 66 miles, according to the local weather. bureau records. It is shown that | Miami had practically the same velecity, with a tremendous rain- fall of 10 inches. Key West had | precipitation, which measured |2.87 inches. The center of the disturbance passed a point mid- way between Key West and Mi- lami, says the weather — bureau, and a rising barometer today in- !dicates' normal weather.: No damage was caused on the high- | way as representatives of The Citizen went oyt over por- tioris of the road and returned to {report that all bridges were in good shape, except the Big Pine Key span, where the north ap- proach to the structure was washed away. Rumors, the origin of which {cannot be traced down, are being Queen | ___ Mary and others, which have a gross reg- | A “bum” walked into a restaurant in | Mie decent shave with a ‘low-priced ‘blade are enthu- siastic about the new Thin Gill Andnowon ded Tis blade, that sells at only 10c ‘or 4, is made of easy-flexing circulated in Key West today to}he grasped ‘to. save “himself from; aAtTHOUGH ‘IT COULD :NOoT| the effect that Mrs. Caroline |quarrel, and voting hands off,' School lets out. . . . Understand'can be advertised, but one the question once more is up be-/artist Cyril Marshall, one of jfore the city. According to legal many who are taking up helmet |advice the ‘city can*be ‘friendly diving on the shoals near here |sued” by Supervisor of Registra-' for sport and-scenic beauty, “up-| | tion ‘Eddie Gomez asking that it)set” his helmet under water. ‘show cause why 'the-city is not !Cyril was quite a bit under wa- ‘operating underthe new char- | ter and after he gained ‘the: sur- |ter. This suit_may go wp before | face of the water was a pretty the Circuit Court or the Supreme sick man from the strain of the Court and in the resulting legis-| ascent. . . . Suggestions to Trum- ‘lation the validity of the new bo Properties, Inc.: (1) a swim- charter willbe ‘determinéd. If!ming pool near one of the docks | this is done before the election | (2) possibility of an enormous and the new charter declared in- ' drydock between two of the valid all officers who are docks. . . . Key West is not the elected in November, will take only city with a deficiency in office. If the old charter is de- purchase of new state auto jclared invalid then those seek- licenses. Vero Beach has only ing political office may proceed sold 1,500 out of an autoist pop- under the new charter—that is ylation of 5,000. . . . ‘The new |mayor and -councilmen elected cistern which is being built in and other present city officers the warehouse next to the city |get their positions .baek auto- hall is being constructed under matically. The question now is adverse conditions. Water flows ‘who will bring up the suit? “The jn terrifically fast from the cost, in¢luding attorney and earth. Many years ago a chan- (papers, will be about $15 and a nel flowed by ‘this ‘spot, which decision from the state Supreme ‘yas ‘filled by ‘townspeople. . . . Court should “be ‘strong enough. professional divers in the city The suit may be taken ‘directly are watching with interest for ,to the Supreme Court. “The Jay- the time when the Claxton :pulls |cees‘have been mentioried ‘in this jts anchor up in\Man o’ War Har- ‘role. jbor. ‘Many ships anchors have {been lost there and never found. tening down ‘things when he;perhaps the -Claxton’s anchor slipped ‘and “his ‘hand was badly , wil) draw one up. cut ‘on the metal shingles, whieh! | falling. ' well ‘be expected that this -sea- | which could’ supply the Mark Byron, Inc., advertising agency ;with-publicity «concerning Key West. Byron has a $12,000 con- tract from the Bridge Commis- sion to advertise the bridges. Undoubtedly it will have to ad- vertise Key West.in its publicity ‘and signs. There are hundreds |of points about Key West which in particular is salient. Key West {is the only city in the U. S. free | from=ragweed and the only city in the U. S. where hay fever victims»can rest in peace. Rex- }ford Tugwell, former Roosevelt brain truster, is here to get al- Neviation from*hay fever. ‘There iare 1,300,000 people in‘the'U. S. |—one per cent of the population |—who suffer from hay sfever at |this time of the year. ‘The fact ;that Key West is surrounded by | water is declared the cause for ! the absence of ragweed here. In ‘hay fever the body develops a ‘violent aversion to a substance in the air and the breathing | passages swell up alarmingly. UN RS PEER GS ARES “ATHLETE'S FOOT” Makes This Overnight ‘Fest It requires a powerful Fungi- |cide. Most liniments or oint- ments are not fungicides. Ask any druggist for a test bottle of Te-ol “Solution. . Apply full {strength for “Athlete’s Foot”, litching toes, sweaty or smelly Locally at Gardner’s Phar- ES |[Wepccuceremonmeosemscces: Herttell Ford and son, Carl, Jr., who were at Long Key Fishing Camp, have been missing since the storm. Though mere rumors tained at ‘Havana since Saturday and apparently of the most un-jon account of.the storm. There reliabie kind, these reports are| were 65 passengers on the vessel, causing much anxiety for the|most of whom will leave on the relatives and friends of Mrs.|train over the Florida East Coast Ford in this city. Despite the! Railway, if a train leaves, which fact that there was no means of!js very doubtful as there was a communication between this city| washout on the road, damaging and Long Key, no trains run-!the right-of-way for a consider- ning and any mode of travel im-' able distance. Up to.the hour of ‘Steamship Cuba arrived in port this morning, having been ‘son would match the “first year” CITY ELECTION, NOV. 14, 1939 lof opening of the Overseas High-| Covccesecescecsescocoese | way, "Key Westers are still await- | For Chief of Police ing eagerly the winter season to} IVAN ELWOOD see if the three winter months of (For Re-El ) this year matches that of last) For ‘Chief of ‘Police year. "There is strong belief ‘that | ~~ C. (Floney) PELLICIER this will ‘be so. -For the rest of | For Captain Night Police the year, probably the same! figures of this year will obtain, | | ‘MYRTLAND ‘CATES a figure lower than in the first year of opening the Highway. possible at the time the report was started, there seems to be a disposition on the part of many to take the rumors seriously. Robert Herttell and Wallace Watkins left this forenoon on a fast boat enroute to Long Key to} investigate the report. The Citizen is being published today to complete the which was started yesterday when the electric current was cut off as a precautionary storm measure. The Key West Electric Company workers were on the job night and day to keep things going as well as possible from ‘start to finish. Editorial _Commentts..» Govern- ment experts are seeking to make a cotton cloth which ~ will not wrinkle. Inventors usually look for a new wrinkle. Isadore Appelrouth is today nursing a wounded hand, the re- ‘sult of a fall he had while mak- ing repairs to the roof. of his home. He had just finished bat- a issue | WE WISH there were some |going to press no advices had ‘Key West publicity agency ‘been received. | For Councilman JOHN CARBONELL, JR: odd FIRS { } i i va =o a part of your daily 3:15 o’clock TI PLS LL LS Oe $10 PER YEAR ‘85¢ PER MONTH © Rede td ikhitdgid¢gdéiéiéiéd eee With the latest WAR NEWS KEY WEST Late dispatches—received long after other papers have’been printed. . . up-to-the-minute news releases _ +» -saecurate and informative feature stories. . . .all “he KEY WEST CITIZEN ‘Off'the Press Each Afternoon at Read about ‘the War in Europe—late de- velopments in Washington—together with complete coverage of all local:news — 15 to 24 hours earlier than is pos- sible in other newspapers serving ! wre 6 hae ae