The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 10, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO on hes eee Published Daily Exeept.Sunday By THE CrTtZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President and. Publisher JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets nly Daily Newspaper in Key West sud Monroe - County ed at Key West, Florida, as second elass matter | Member of the Associated Press ited Press is exclusively entitled blication of ail news dispatches eredi ue Assi for re: tal news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. > ome Year 4 six Months three Months ge Month Weekly ean ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. aes SPECIAL NOTICB All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of sempect, obituary notices, etc. will be charged for at he rate of 10 cents @ line. : Netices for entertainment by churches from which ‘ revenue is to be derived are 6 cents @ line. “The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- Won of public issues and subjects of local or general st but it will not publish anonymous communi- | 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; 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- ion; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions, print only news that will elevate never Le izs and not contaminate the reader; never com- promise with principle. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WESi ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Lind and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. : A free people can remain free only by abhorring intolerance. Correct this sentence: “She gave up the idea of marrying him when her parents éxplained how ornery he was.” Key West Citizen: ‘Public speaking is sometimes as hard on the speaker as it is on the audience.” When?—Eustis Lake Region. Some persons can distinguish more than 100 different colors, it is said, Others can't tell red from green when it’s a traf- fie light. If the Germans fail to win the war in which they are now engaged, Hitler’s “Mein Kampf”, may have a personal sig- ificance other than he anticipated. The Venus de Milo statue in the Louvre in Paris has been covered with sandbags to insure her from assault by the Germans. Evidently the.French think the Germans will not even refrain from hop- g cripple. on On the banner of Pulaski, who like Kesciusko, fought for America’s liberty, appear the words “Non alius regit’”—none other rules, referring’ to freedom. But the dictator Hitler, using the same slogan, egotistically applies it to himself, Deformed persons have our sympathy, not inanimate objects, for the Venus de Milo, one of the most beautiful works of art ever wrought by the hand of man, was deformed, lacking both arms, statue has the admiration of the artistic world. For a number of years European na- tions have weaned the South American nations from us, and now is our oppor- tunity to get back into the good graces of | those southern republics and convince them of the sincere intentions of our “good neighbor” policy, and profit thereby. If war comes to the United States, Social Security will be thrown out the win- dow. Furthermore there will be no more Unemployment Compensation, for con- seription with the Army or Navy is sure te follow. This is something for those to consider who so glibly say we cannot avoid being drawn into the European war. use | to | or pot etherwise credited in this paper and also | yet this, | THE BOULEVARD APPROACH Condition of our streets and_ thor- year. Even strangers and those who come } to Key West only once in a while have-re- | marked the improvement. In general the | streets are cleaner, there are not quite so many holes and ruts and the curblines have been brightened up by the tree | ‘planting program. However, there is one thoroughfare that needs some attention. velt Boulevard. It is the highway ap- proach {4 fhe city. It attracts immediate that attracts favorable attention. As it | now strikes the visitor it gives the impres- sion of an approach to a dead town.’ It is anything but attractive. |‘ parently dying. Their fronds are droop- ing yellowly. Tall grass has been allowed Old slabs of concrete at some points are piled around the pianted plots, Experts inform us that the palms need fertilizer. The grass needs cutting. The plots need trimming and _ attention. The concrete slabs should be removed. The | whole job does not appear to require 1 either, much fertilizer or a great deal of }labor.irThe idea of j bouleyard approach should be _ investi- | gated as soon as possible. | If there is any money left under the | tree-planting program fostered by the Key applied to this work. It would be a shame to let the boulevard palms wither and die for want of a little fertilizer. It certainly would be a shame to let a little grass mar the ‘appearance of our front door. SOME EARLY SCHOOLS One of the first laws passed in Am- erica in the interest of education was en- acted by Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1647, and required all towns with 50 or | more householders to appoint a teacher to instruct children to read and write. No special qualifications were set for teach- ers, and the pay was miserably small. Even before this law was passed Ded- ham, Mass., had a free school supported by taxation, 'the teacher receiving. $66.80 a year. In most cases, however, the town | paid a portion of the expense and the ‘pupils made up the remainder through | tuition fees. The record of one school shows that the tuition charge was 67 cents for three months. Closely following Massachusetts, similar schools were established in the Con- necticut colonies, and in 1657 the New | Haven colonial court ordered that each | town not already maintaining a _ school | should open one and pay one-third of its | expenses, the rest to be paid on a_ per | capita basis by families served. | Plymouth Colony later on provided school money by leasing its fisheries on the coast, thus raising about $150 a year. In | New Amsterdam, now New York, the | first schools were supported by the West \India Company, but controlled by the Dutch Reformed Church. These were also “dame _ schools,” taught by women in their homes, these | teachers receiving as little as 10 shillings, ' or $1.67, a year. In 1682 the salary of President Rogers of Harvard University was fixed at $516 a year, one-third of | which was paid in provisions or other | goods. | In the early elementary schools only | reading, writing and the Bible were | taught, those who desired to learn arith- |metic being obliged to resort to a special “ciphering master.” | | | | | ' | | NO END OF CIVILIZATION | How many people heard the prop- | heey, before the European war broke out, that a great war would be the end of | civilization? Well, the idea is debunked by Dr. | James B. Conant, president of Harvard | University; ‘who recently assured his listen- ers that’“‘We,;are not facing the end of civilization.” He told his young students that the nation in which they would earn a living would not be radically . different frcm the United States as we now know it. Every once in a while a college presi- | the intelligence that is presumably re- ;quisite in his office. Dr. Conant’s ob- | servation falls into this catagory. oughfares has been improved in the. last | That is Roose- | attention. 'It should be the show window | The palm trees are wilting and ap- to grow up around the base of the trees. | rehabilitating the | |"West Garden Club it might very well be | dent makes a statement that demonstrates’ THE KEY WEST CITIZEN FIRE PREVENTION PAYS! | evcvcccccsreccocccocoocs _ PEOPLE'S FORUM | | a % z See oo “KEY CLIMATE!” | Editor, The, Citizen: I read your article in Saturday the Seventh’s Citizen pertaining (to the curative properties of our | think | “Key Climate”, which I was right to the point -in pro- claiming the vast advantages to ‘thousands of sufferers of sinus, bronchitis and asthmatic condi- tions, now living under unsuitable (climatic conditions just north of ‘a “Key Climate” for the above ills. . MARCUS ELLIS, 000 ¢ (Editor's Note: Mr. Ellis was one of the two gentlemen men- ticned in an article in The Citizen Saturday who secured wonder-| ful cure from the curative effects of Key West climate.) AGREES WITH BOAKE Editor, The Citizen: | We hope some of your readers were able to see Boake Carter’s column headed “Second Surren- ‘der?” and “European Friends’. ‘It was one of the finest, clearest statements arising out of the pres- ent war-aid debate. Mr. Carter was in Key West not so long ago, wrote several peppy \letters in The Citizen’ and made ‘himself identified there, as a man cf opinions. He is not always as clear and strong as in the edito- rial mentioned and we wish every school boy in the country could read and remember the should- er punch Carter has given our “lovable allies’, England and |France, whom we supported in 2. What is the strength of the|the last war with the blood of Officers’ Reserve Corps? ‘our clean, strong American ! 3. Is unemplo: t di _ youth, to say nothing of our good Pe ee It is well to remem- OCTOBER 10, 1934 | gold:sinitel Midst a perfect setting of palms | ing? 0. 5 7 : and other tropical foliage, with| 4. What is the estimated na- ber what we did back in the last countless colored and flood lights, | tional eer. for this year? | got for it, before launching a lending brilliance to the gorgeous; 5. Did German aviators an new “save the world” effort, setting, Miss Martha Carbonell, |*he British cruiser, Ark Royal? headed by Generalissimo Roose- ‘Key West and Adolfo Naranjo, | Oe What is the-largest’ bank in | velt. ; | the a United States? Havana, were last night crowned | %: Wat is the armatnt: of king and queen of El Grito de Germany’s “pocket” battleships? | Yara celebration. | 8. Can you give a comparison Today 23 years ago Mercedes! of income taxes in England and hospital was dedicated with beau- this country upon bachelors? itiful ceremonies, which created ! 9. What percentage of U. S. memories that are recalled each sales to Europe are included on October 10. From the day of its “contraband” lists? inception to the present the in- 39, Are farmers allowed \stitution has been under the care/yote on marketing controls? jof Maria Gutsens, its matron, and oi DR Roe AA, through years of plenty and years » ee of stress, she has never failed ’ |aecept those who were in need bi Today Ss Horoscope ‘medical care and kind treatment. | egeceecececceseccecocees | Joseph Lloyd died _last night . |8:30 o'clock at his home in the| ,70day Promises energy and the rear of 513 Margaret street. This jability to promote large combina- 14-year-old lad had on yesterday tions. The nature is rather crit- afternoon fallen from the roof of ical and a little too quarrelsome, \the Consumers Ice Plant. Joseph |t2°, apt to find fault and sone: land a group of his friends were times seeking to tear down what playing ball on James street. A it has not the ability to build up. fly ball went on the roof and Jo-|!f this tendency can be curbed seph climbed up to get it. He lost there is good prospect for success | his balance and fell to the ground. in life. Curtis Eatherly was given pre- liminary hearing yesterday in the court of Rogelio Gomez in a charge cf carrying concealed weapons, When arrested he was carrying a loaded repeating Win- chester rifle and~ had concealed in his shirt a .45 Colt automatic fhagrudessd choteers tes n is taken from exactly the same | mite eaten REEL Cas vi tal cede een Se amt aT ns cen sph ping. wits! pesteated, frees Sehe Cedthers Biaient. Be earcs Service photos.) KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY | Happenings Here Just Five, Ten and Fifteen Years Ago As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen WHO KNOWS? See “The Answers” on Page 4 1. Did the cotton-rubber bar- ‘ter dea] go through? Cc. G, FLINT. “Clowmere”, Hampstead, N. H., Oct. 5, 1939. COWBOYS VS. TURKEYS (By Associated Press) AUSTIN, Tex., Oct. 10.—Out in those parts of the west where cowboys now ride herd on huge flocks of turkeys, instead of cat- tle, the problem arises of what to do about birds that don’t come home to roost at night. Leon Alexander, Mason county farmer, has solved it. His tur- keys frequently range out in the brush and try to roost there. They are easy prey for coyotes. So Alexander placed a goat with the flock and the goat has become so attached to the tur- keys he never leaves them. When- ever Alxander calls the goat, the animal bleats and Alexander knows the location of his — tur- keys. Toda ’S Birthdays to thinkable condition, The Citizen will find out why. The dance given at the Cuban Club last night in honor of thej Cuban commission here for the; ¢® ‘celebration of El Grito de Yara, elen Hayes, actress, born is conceded to have been one of Washington, D. C., 39 years ago. ) and ammunition. | the most distinctive and brilliant Kermit Roosevelt of Oyster Mr. and Mrs, Henry Brewer, of |¢Vents of the season. |Bay, N. Y., steamship president, Ishpeming, Mich., have concluded | OCTOBER 10, 1924 ‘son of the first Roosevelt, born larrangements for leasing a cot-; A brilliant and delightful so-| there, 50 years ago. tage in Key West for the winter |cial event in connection with the, Rey. Dr. Edmund A. Walsh of season and will arrive about No-'San Carlos Celebration was a Georgetown University, noted vember 10. dinner tendered last night by Jesuit educator, born in Boston, | “OCTOBER 10, 1929 Captain and Mrs. Clarke D.|54 years ago. Through a motion introduced, Stearns in their quarters at the Dr. Frederick D. Patterson, by Commissioner C. C. Symonette | naval station in honor of Dr. Car- president of Tuskegee Institute, and adopted,the county commis-,los Manuel de Cespedes, secre- born in Washington, D. C., 38 sioners last night. obligated the! tary of state of Cuba. years ago. board to pay $250 toward the cost} The parade, which was given; Alonson B. Houghton, onetime lof printing in book form the re-'this morning on the celebration congressman and ambassador, | port of the port and. industrial!of the San Carlos Dedication, re-|born at Cambridge, Mass. 76 survey made of this city by Engi-| sulted in the awarding of prizes years ago. neer William T. Donnelly in con- to. the following floats: First Dr. Beatrice M. Hinkle of New nection with having Key West prize, Cuban Club; second prize, York, noted psychiatrist and ps- named as a free port. United States Ship Maine; third cho-analist, born in San Fran- | The Citizen has just received | prize, San Carlos. cisco, 65 years ago. \information that Judge Jefferson; Grand pageant in celebration. Prof. Arthur O. Lovejoy of |B. Browne and Colonel Daniél|of El Grito de Yara was one of Johns Hopkins, noted philosopher, ‘Rountree, of Atlanta, Ga., have the most beautiful and colorful | born in Germany, 66 years ago. ‘returned on the Steamship Stat-|ever seen in Key West. It started, ————— endam from a sojourn of several i AKE FOR in ‘at 11 o'clock and there were so months in Europe. Judge Browne many units in the parade that is expected to arrive in Key West}Lieut. C..W. Mattyr, U.S.M.C., within the next few days. was occupied for two hours get- \Arriving in the city this after- ting the lineup in readiness for | ‘néon will be between 75 and 100 the start. delegates to the National Ex-| Editorial Comment: A Miami change Club Convention, which real estate firm in one week sold closed recently in Jacksonville. more than $110,000 worth of prop- The party under the direction oferty to Key Westers. And there J. E. Kenworthy is bound for Ha-|are some knockers who say there | vana and will leave tomorrow|is no. money in Key West. Of! Don't endure the wracking chills morning. jcourse, at that rate it will not be and fever. He Steamship Brandywine, whose |long before there is no money ,,/t Srst sign of the dread disease, commarider, S. E. Dandelius, died {here. ae) Malaria medicine, ‘Made while the ship was in port here,| Yesterday Herman Wolkowsky | especially for purpose. Contains |sailed this morning for Philadel-|and Herman Markovitz sold their | “goss: Anmudine Spd tray. phia. The vessel, on leaving, |lot and building at the southeast Malaria |was in command of Captain A: coroat of Duval and Pleming | the oes ves the awful : |B. Baussey, who. came to Key streets to Andrew Page. ‘The | 2nd fever. Helps you feel better West by plane from Atlanta, Ga. purchase price of the “property | of: Key West through which the street car tracks formerly now look like. a man- with patched pair of pants. [streets are to remain in Fever! MALARIA Don’t put up with terrible Malaria. | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1939 7 = ___ THE. ISLAND CITY REAL WORK in cleaning up Rest Beach will get underway to- iday by the Boy Scout troops, di- rected by the Lions Club. Sec- tions of the beach are to be di- vided up proportionately, accord- ing to membership of the troops, | and a small placard denoting each troop’s section raised. Ob- jections raised by some to clean- ing up a private beach are ren- dered nil in the light that owners of the property have graciously allowed the public, Key Westers and tourists, to use the. beach and not cut it off with a fence as others might have done. Property ,owners do not receive revenue at this beach. This goes to the care- jtaker. Casualties thus far: scouts have reported blistered and burry hands. Gloves will be supplied. COFFEE SHOP TALK: How'd you like to have an anchor around you and be thrown over- board here? was asked as writer of this column looked overboard ‘in the blue” waters of the Gulf Stream with the bottom, accord- ing to the chart, 800 feet below. . . Those housing units may have from one to five bedrooms, ac- cording to the needs of the com-, munity. Committee has looked | over several sites. . .R. E. Crum-| mer Company is taking aerial! views of Florida and has already CITY ELECTION, NOV, 14, 1939 released a book of 300-400 aerial’ eeecececcccseceosccscese photographs. Mr. Crummer, you; For Mayor will’ remember, has participated lin may city and county bond WM. T, DOUGHTRY, JR. For Chief of Police refundings and he would like to 'see the value of those bonds go, IVAN ELWOOD (For Re-Election) up. . .Cruising by the destroyers, For Chief of: Police on Sunday at Pier B in the Naval C. (Floney) PELLICIER Station one can see Monday's For Captain Night Police wash already out on the line. Navy does its own. . .To tell the ALBERTO CAMERO (For Re-Election) ed. It is high time city officials request that the Navy Depart- ment install proper equipment. Expense is slight and we under- stand it would probably meet with favorable response. KEY WEST FORUM LETTER was not the only one in Florida to complain of a great amount of homework for grade children. Fort Myers and Orlando have made front page issues of it. The need for recreation for school children after their day’s work is stressed. Below the sixth grade Supt. Walker of Orlando said children should have little homework. The trouble seems to be that extra-curricular work in the schools has taken up the time usually applied toward do- ing “home work” or “assignment work” as other teachers prefer to call it. Extra-curricular work is fine and so is assignment work, beth calling for initiative and study, but proportion of hours should be obtained. facts about Key West to the, world through newspaper meth-/ ods of complete news is the aim} of the Publicity Bureau now inj} planning. There is also a pic-j torial plan of presenting Key West's news in the making, which j will shortly be announced. For Captain Night Police MYRTLAND CATES For Captain of Police ROBERT J. LEWIS (Better known as Bobby) WITH ALL THESE SAILORS | in town, it has been suggested that some group donate the} wherewithal to light up the Ro-| tary Shuffleboard Courts in county building square. This: | would prove to be another bene-; ficial activity at nights in our leity and a pleasant means of so- cial activity. , AS THE WAR PROGRESSES | {and more and activity is noted at | jthe Key West Navel Base, the; j Naval Radio Station Kere sends} {more messages throug the air. | ‘Important as these Message are, they create a major problem in lots of Key West homes when in- | terference renders programs tun- | ed in 100% unhearable. Radio technicians have stated that the) naval transmitters could be shield- For Councilman JOHN CARBONELL, JR. For Councilman JONATHAN CATES For City Councilman LEONARD B. GRILLON (Better known as ‘Lennie”) Licensed Funeral Directors - and Embalmers 24 Hour Ambulance Service Phone 135 Night 696 | | | } a A FLORTD