The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 13, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO ihe Key West Citizen — a Pubiishéd Dally Except Sunday By - ‘THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. i. P. AKTMAN, President and Peblisher - JO8 ALLEN, Assistant Business Maceger From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets “ily Dally Newspaper in Key West sud Monroe = County = : @rea at Key West, Florida, as second elass matter - Member of the Associated Press ~de Associated Press is exclusively entitled use —fer_republication of all news dispatches credited to | t etherwise credited in this paper and also - ‘al news published here. SUBSCRIPTION HATES te Year e-BMonths _ fares Months @ne.-Month Weekly " ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. 7s SPECIAL NOTICE A reading notic fate of 10 cents a line. ces for entertainment by churches from which is to be derived are 6 centa a line. ‘itizen is an open forum and invites discus- | public issues and subjects of local or general st bat 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- never be 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. coumend good done by individual or organ- tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate 23100; and not contaminate the reader; never com- romise 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. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Whenever we get a truthful account of what is going on in Europe it will be news. Mexico is said to be tightening up on government employees, who are now al- lowed only three hours for lunch. A neighbor who denies being super- stitious nevertheless reminds us that it isn’t necessary to light three cigarettes with one match. There is no cynicism like that of those who have somewhere or other, lost their hopes and perhaps, their jobs, whether in | private or public life. Man will have to do a lot of digging in future. “Digging in’ when the guns begin to shoot and “digging down’ into his pockets after it is all over. The world would probably contain a _Zteater number of satisfied beings if more ~of the people inhabiting it lived their own > lives, without so many inhibitions. - This writer believes that the greater ~ percentage of those people who prate that =this country cannot stay out of the pres- =ent European war hope to gain by Amer- iea’s entry. Isn’t this so, you who belong ©to that class, and are reading this item? Governments are organized, funda- =mentally, to serve the people; when they fail, they will be supplanted by new forms cf government which will serve all ~people, and not just one class that has the = preponderance in voting power for the ztime being. . Chang Kong, an elderly Chinaman, =0f New York, was found drunk and fined 3a two-day jail sentence. gcovering more than 100 years, revealed gthat Kong was the first Celestial to be ‘convicted of drunkenness in New York =City. Chinese are not paragons of sobriety “either, they seek their nepenthe not in the | «flowing bowl, but through inhalations of | the opium weed. Every race of people =seeks surcease from the sorrows of humah existence in some form, mostly in drink, -which some writer has described as “the taughter of the fool, the sigh of the phil- “Oapher and the tear of womans" ¢o | tween Big Pine Key and Key West. 8, cards of thanks, resolutions of | tices, ete. will be charged for at | | tion. the | Court records, | | APPEAL TO MR. HALE | The Key West Chamber of Commerce has taken up consideration of proposals | for increasing public travel to this city. | One of these is elimination of the toll gate ; on Overseas highway at Big Pine. Key. | This appears like a reasonable suggestion. | But even if it were adopted it is doubtful if it would result in ad heavy increase in traffit to Key West. It seems to The Citizen that the best way to accomplish this meritorious pur- | pose is to finish Overseas highway be- That |;portion of the highway now Consists of a | dozen wooden bridges and a score of dan- | gerous and unnecessary curves: It is the | hardest kind of motoring. No motorist en- ; joys that part of the trip to Key West. Some months ago the State Legis- lature authorized appropriation of more than $200,000 for extension of the high- way from Big Pine to Key West. Surveys | were made, estimates were prepared. These were forwarded to Washington and | were approved by the United States Bu- reau of Roads, which thereupon matched the state appropriation. In other words, more than $400,000 reportedly is avail- able for extension of the highway via the old railroad viaducts and right of way. It has been estimated that figure will cover cost from Big Pine as far as Pirates Cove. | That is the werst part of the unfinished | portion of the highway and the com- pletion of the work would be a grand im- provement in travel to Key West. No one in official position in Monroe | county seems to know why the work has not been started. There are numerous theories. None of them is worth consider- work. Apparently that is a matter for Chairman Arthur B. Hale of the State Highway Department to decide. State Highway Department approp- ‘riations come from the State Legislature. The members of the State Legislature therefore have some standing in Mr. Hale’s book of rules. Why not follow the common sense suggestion of enlisting the services of our two legislators, Senator El- mer Ward and Representative Bernie C. Papy, in this effort to bring about exten- \ willing to visit Mr. Hale and talk this mat- ter over. The Citizen respectfully suggests that the Key West Chamber of. Commerce call in Messrs. Papy and Ward and plan a lit- tle chat with Mr. Hale. TRADE BARRIERS TO PROGRESS That the automobile has revolution- | ized life in Key West and throughout the | United States is apparent to anybody who reflects upon conditions that existed thirty years ago. The 25,000,000 moter vehicles that crowd the nation’s wonderful highway system have not only exercised a major in- | fluence upon social life everywhere but they have transformed economic condi- tions. Moreover, by making cheap trans- pertation available they have removed some of the handicaps that afflicted in- dividuals off the main lines of the railroads. Because people travel faster today than a-generation ago distances do not mean the same barriers. The trend to small @6uitries, so widespread has been replaced by a slow-growing conviction that’ government can be revised in the light of present-day advantages. The danger that threatens the full ‘ utilization of motor vehicles is to be found in heavy and punitive taxation and regula- tion by which States and communities at- tempt to restrict travel and _ transporta- We do not intend to imply that motor vehicles are taxed unfairly but we refer to discriminatory action that threat- ens the “freedom of the highway.” Certain States have established vir- tual ports of entry which almost amount to customs borders between adjoining commonwealths. The tourist who begins a long journey is fairly assured that he will not meet with undue restrictions upon his right to travel but the commercial motor vehicle is blocked and hampered by various forms of taxes, licenses and barriers. The economic development of the United States is to be attributed, we think, largely to the practice of free trade be- tween the various States. There should be no barriers to the flow of commerce be- tween the citizens of our States. What- ever temporary advantages the citizens of | some States may gain by these tactics will | be overwhelmed by the disadvantages that | will subsequently follow the general adop- ition of such methods, ing. What is needed is starting of the | sion of the highway? They are reportedly | THE KEY.WEST CITIZEN KEY WEST IN | DAYS GONE BY —e Happenings Here Just Five, Ten and Fifteen Years Ago As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen OCTOBER 13, 1934 Lighthouse department head- quarters today received a radio message that a man named Yates, : whi is working with the Sherman Adler forces at Fort Jefferson, had been injured. The Marine hospital was given the message and a plane was sent to get the injured worker. J. Gerry Curtis, director of parks and recreation, today asked property owners to consult that department before pruning their | trees or removing any shrubbery | and vines. There have been nu- merous cases of valuable growths being destroyed through lack of knowledge of the value of the trees. Columbus Day was fittingly ob- served by the pupils of the Con- vent and St. Joseph’s school yes- terday. Appropriate songs were | sung and delightful readings were given by the grade pupils, giving |them a more vivid knowledge of j the discoverer of our great coun- | i try. Prizes awarded at the Baby Show given yesterday at Bay- view Park went to Clara ,Jean Cleare, first; Mary Ann Matchett, ,second; Ann Doughtry,, third, for the prettiest baby. Billy Spencer, first; Zola Marie Camus, second; Eloise Curry, third, healthiest ba- \bies. Vincent Molina, first; Cath- lerine Moore, second; Jackie Ma- loney, third, best dressed babies. | |Judges were Mrs. Hary Galey, ‘Mrs. E. Pangle, Miss Mary B.| i Trevor, Mrs. Jerry Trevor. Cad Coles, purser of the P. and |O. S. S. Co. who was out on a} jfishing trip yesterday at Mascotte | Shoals, with Captain Paul De- | |meritt, succeeded in catching the | | first kingfish of the season. The! |fish weighed 28 pounds. | | OCTOBER 13, 1929 | Mrs. Cora Russell, D.D.G.C., of the Pythian Sisters of this dis- ‘trict, has returned from a visit to | ‘points on the east coast and will) |be present at the meeting of the | |Key West Temple 20 tonight. Past | {Chiefs’ Nite will be observed at, |the meeting. ; With exports amounting to $2,- 057,517, Key West led all other ports in the state during the, ;month of August, according to the report issued by Sidney H.| | Brown, collector of customs for \the State of Florida, with head-| quarters at Tampa. | Beautification program for the| city boulevard, including Planting | of 1,000 cocoanut trees, is making | |rapid progress and the improve- | jment this already has shown is; being the subject of much favor- | able criticism. The plan is being |sponsored by the county commis- sioners. Hl Privilege of paying poll taxes | for voting in the coming Novem- |ber election has been extended to! |October 23, County Tax Collector |Wm, F. Maloney announced to- |day. The books were to have been closed 5 o'clock Saturday after- |noon, John McEntee Bowman, head of the Bowman hotel interests |who was visiting in Key West yesterday, stated that the business for the coming season is expected \to be the biggest in years. He predicts that Florida will: enter- | tain a record number of visitors. | The three seaplanes which had | been in port during the San Car- los Celebration, left yesterday on | the return ta Pensacola. Previous | to shaping their course the) planes circled around the harbor: several times for the pleasure of | the hundreds of spectators who} were watching the flight. Transport Maximo Gomez, of | |Cuba, left yesterday for Havana | } with two companies of artillery | band and a number of Cuban of- | ficials were also on the ship. A) |short time afterward the S.S. Al-| \legheny left the port enroute to} | Pensacola. | Inability of the Key West play- | ers to score runs and erratic sup- | | port resulted in Quintan Lopez, | |Key West hurler, losing one of the prettiest and most interesting |pitchers’ battles seen in many | moons, in the game between the | University of Havana and the| |Key West team, the latter making | |no score and the University five. | Joseph Hessmer, grand master of the Odd Fellows in Florida, is scheduled to arrive in Key West | on October 27 and on the evening | of that day will hold a joint meet- ing with Key West Lodge No. 13) and Equity Lodge No. 70. The evening following he will meet; {with Cuba Lodge No. 15. Mrs. Helen Stickney, who was | recently taken ill_and| removed to the John B. Maloney hospital for treatment, has re- covered sufficiently to be re-/| moved and is now at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Alice Scheurer. OCTOBER «3%, 18a 1] | ' THE ISLAND CITY ceived by this column:..“About three years ago Geneva Russell of this city bought a rooster from Mr. Archie Thompson. .Wednes- day Mr. Thompson complained to’ city officers that this same roos- ter was a nuisance andsthat if Mrs. Russell did not get, rid of the rooster he would ‘have her arrested for maintaining’ nuis- ance, a crowing rooster. «;His of- fer'for the rooster, which ‘has ‘but one good leg to hop areund on, was the “large amount of $2.00”. The letter is signed Earl Russell. WHAT HAVE Key West and Keys to be publicized? They have everything. The Florida‘reef is the Great Barrier Reef of Amer- ica. Florida Keys are the South Sea Islands of America. Key West is the Havana of America, the Tia Juana of America, Bermuda of America and Guantanamo Bay of America. These points; must be polished up in the city! and broadcast to the world. H UPSTATE TOURIST resorts are being warned not to raise their prices this coming winter in line with war prices everywhere . . ‘The weather this summer has been very quiet with nq,indica- tion of a major hurricafie. This reason has made it one of the best boating summers in years. . .This column would like to see/ \fashions, architecture, food, trin-| factory here’ could get \kets, way of life, in Key West ex- ‘seaweed it might need with the! cellently distinctive of the place. | Miami has capitalized on tropical j phases. Key West is even more} distinctive than Miami and has! . .’.Retiring groups often choose a place with a balmy climate to settle in for their “sunsets of life”. Key West might do well | to go after pensioned railroad} workers or Army and jon board. The Cuban municipal| Look at the greatly increased size and luxury of this car with new longer wheelbase and stunning new “Royal Clipper” styling. ...And then you will know it’s the streamlined beauty leader of the low-price field and the biggest value money can buy! FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1939 | flight of planes which will base | await future orders, this column jhere .“indefinitely”. longer stay is pending future war | ‘developments. The prseent three fF Tenewal..of The Citizen and FOLLOWING LETTER was re- service men, Many army and destroyers and three planes now |states that he will be here for the navy men and their families! based here have orders to remain regular winter season again this spend the winters here now. the city cemetery. Everyone knows of the theft of wreaths from graves, all of which have not yet been recovered. This! column understands that there have been many unreported cases | of theft. inthe cemetery. It seems that the walks are some- times ‘used as. a “lovers’ lane”, and’ thieves lurking in the bushes and in the shadow of the fences and plots ‘have bludgeoned the} male of the group and stolen all! his money. Naturally, the blud- | geoned one wouldn’t talk regard- | ing such a delicate situation. | Added to all this is the fact that, it is indeed a spooky part ofj town on a dark night with the; graves and shadows indistinct. | FE SEES - | CHARLES H. KETCHUM is| just back from a visit to Atlanta, | Georgia, and has interesting man- H ufacturing possibilities to report. | In Atlanta there is a button fac- tory, which is producing buttons | from conch shells, brought all} the way from Florida. How; much better production could be had right here on this island, with millions of the shells obtainable. Again, there is an iodine factory there whictt imports seaweed. A! all the; sea casting up great quantities daily. Anyone interested? | OVER THE COFFEE cuPs:| 'features Miami can never have} That sponge project which may, be under W.P.A. auspices here! will probably be for $45,000 and may start in November. . .To in-} terpret reports that Key West will be a sub air base, the Naval, WY RADTATLib until January 1 and will then year. Iwo girls were Don't miss the entertaining new serial STARTING OCTOBER 15 IN THIS PAPER Navy !Station will be visited by a lace PML LILI I Sa IS IIIa aa: No other motor car can match its all-round value Exclusive Vacuum-Power Shift. ... Test its matchless combination of Power, acceleration, smoothness and economy. ... And then you will know it’s the best-driving, best-riding and best-performing low-priced car! Tune into gear with Chevrolet’s New Only Chevrolet °° P. VALVE-IN- gives such HEAD SIX == 659 Costs...Low Upkeep. AND UP, of Flint, Michigan. Transportation based on rail rates, state and local taxes (if any), optional equipment and accessories extra. 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