The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 16, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO ” She Key Published Dally Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. &. P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOB ALDEN, Aasistent Business Manager From The. Citizen, Building Corner Greene and.Ann Streets West Citizen | Unly Daily Newspaper in Key West aud Monroe County = entered at Key West, Florida, as second elass matter Member. of the. Associated Press “he Associated Press is exclusively entitled use “for republication of all news dispatches to 2 or Rot etherwise credited in this paper and also =the ictal, news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. ‘fe Year 2 ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application, SPECIAL NOTICE ~ All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of “s*pect, 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- ten of public issues and subjects of local or general Aterest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cauions. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it = without fear and without favor; never be S afraid to attack wrong or to. applaud: right; ‘always fight for progress; never be the or- .. $2n_or the mouthpiece. of any person, clique, _ faction or class; aways do its utmost for the "public welfare; never tolerate corruption or i injustice; denounce vice and, praise virtue. i coummend good done by individual: or organ- : jon; 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 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. Because one man lives, millions must die. The political campaign of 1940 al- ready is casting a shadow over the land. The making of speeches is often a Waste of time, and a.source of aggrava- tion. It is not necessary for a Navy man to} prove his loyalty to the Navy to eat only |: navel oranges. Civilization: Being more concerned over where you can buy a good hot-dog than over the standard of living of the people in your community. We are a nation at peace and not at war; why should anyone, unless the wish is father to the thought, say an emergency cXists? It might be a political emergency! Speeding in an automobile may get yan there quicker most of the time, but sametimes the calculation won’t work and you will take your place as Casualty No. 13. Cengress is now engaged in a battle of-words on the Neutrality question, Presi- dent Roosevelt might try his apprenticed hunds in mediating the conflict waging there and then he would be more capable | of-acting as mediator in the European war ifpealled upon. Cincinnati is a better baseball city | tan New York if attendance at the games | proves anything. It has a population of | only 450,000 yet sent. more than 950,000 caéh customers through the clicking turn- stiles, while New York, a metropolis of 7,- 500,000, drew less than 800,000 to the games in which the Giants participated. > Florida, which invested $1,000,000 by®public subscription in the World’s Fair ha§ signed the first State’s contract for participation in the 1940 exposition, One ofthe new attractions will be a Florida beach. with sand imported from the “Sun- | shine State,” and with cabafias. lining the | shores, together with an aviary filled: with trepical birds. Key West and’ Monroe | County should again be. represented: but | with a guarantee of better representa- | ; new lease on life. tidh, one calculated to be more attractive. DON’T SELL KEY WEST SHORT Key West appears on the verge of a THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | “Safety with Light” Awards The faint-hearted: have | been selling Key West short. Too short. | They could see no future for-the city. They i Here are a few of the | seemed discouraged by the constant set- H | backs. silver-lined | clouds that appear on the city’s economic | horizon: Federal officials announced Saturday that Key West Naval Station would re- | open on November first. This means the | employment of many idle’ civilians, the | coming of a large number of naval per- sonnel and a demand for many supplies | That event spells pros- ; and materials. perity for a great portion of the city. Well-authenticated reports that the United States Housing Authority is about to allocate about $800,000 for construc- tion of a Key West housing project. Thi: will provide 200 or more dwelling units | for families whose annual incomes run be- tween $400 and $1000. Out of the two developments un- doubtedly would come greater federal in. terest in the completion of Overseas High- way via the old railroad right of Way and viaducts, the construction of a water line to the mainland and numerous other im- provements, You can’t keep a good city down—if that city wants to rise again from the dust of bitter despair. . What is needed now is a little: vision at city hall and county court- house. The individuals and organizations working for the housing project, the re- opening of the naval station, the construc- tion of a municipal beach, the creation of a yacht and commercial boat basin at Gar- | rison Bight and other sound and sensible projects need official support and en- couragement. This is no time for quib- bling over details or a few dollars. This is the time to do something deserving of favorable attention in Washington .and elsewhere. The Lord helps those who help them- selves.. And by the same token the best way for the people of Key West to help themselves is to help those who are trying j;many “klee klee” hawks and in-{be taken in the following: “One| was taken suddenly ill late yes- | to help Key West. Throw away your |‘ect mosquito hawks out of eve- politician recently was reinstated hatchets and get busy with shovels and dig in. better town. Don’t sell Key West short! MILLIONS FOR BEAUTY WELL SPENT _Hallowe’en coming up. little boys|Doughtry has reinstated himself; tensive It costs the American woman $113,- 000,000 a year to keep her hair waved, according to the American Cosmeticians Association, which held a convention in Chicago recently. Figures show that 39,000,000 women beat a path to 78,624 beauty shops where they spend what money they have to sparé for what they, are told is an enhancement of beauty, charm and personal attractive- ness, The modern American wife, taking a tip from the predilection of her bald-head- ed husband for the alluring girls of the beauty shows, puts the beauty shop on her “must” list and keeps a keen and critical eye on her appearance. Personally, we don’t blame the women. As long as men demonstrate their fondness for the form of grace and the face of beauty it behooves up-to-date girls to guard the beauty lines, There is danger, perhaps, in the be- lief that is widespread among some women that a trip to the beauty parlor can re- store, preserve or create beauty. The beauty folks can do wonders, we admit, _but permanent beauty is likely to be the | “product of something more than facials, treatments, oils and permanents, The attractiveness that women de- ‘sire is not altogether the product of ex- ternals. The spirit of beauty is just as im- portant. There is more to the inner life than most persons realize and life will be- come more enjoyable when this is more generally believed and acted upon. Meanwhile, until the human race reaches a little closer to perfection, we ad- vise women of all ages riot to neglect their looks. In a man-dominated world it is im- portant. Do the best you can to take care of the beauty that you have and make up for what you lack by developing graces and charms that outlast appeals that are frankly physical in their nature. The Nazis of Germany use the. terms. Aryan and non-Aryan as if they meant something in connection with race, where- as they refer only to.languages and. the speakers of those languages, Jewry, also, is not a race but a religion. im, plot survey disclosed that nine fatal of all night accidents, a THE ISLAND CITY SIGNIFICANT is the inclusion losing. The rumors state that the me ey et : Florida, ep ee ,Plantation Key project will be of \John Jennings, ‘The book ‘covers similar: type with the dock to the Virgin Islands, Porto Rico|¢ for yachts. 'and other tropical points owned | a by the United States. In the book! ONCE AGAIN the are two beautiful.photographs of Herald is meddling with Key the Overseas Highway, one of West business. | sponge sale and one of the unique Fait, ial 1 i lanes of Key. West. «Key Westers |@ditorial. column smeared the [have long maintained that this city badly in the Overseas High- city marks the real beginning of way business and created much the tropics since we have the unfavorable publicity. In “East \coral reefs, atolls, tropical foliage' Coast Notes” yesterday it pushes and climate which characterizes: ‘ ‘i ie \the tropics. Mr, Jennings also Pretty much against he Citizens «(ment of the FERA and. those in Once before an! OCTOBER 16, 1934 | Steamship Mayan arrived in} rt this moning from Chester. ‘Pa., wiht a cargo of material to ‘be used in the construction of a! light at Pulaski Shoals and an- ther at Cosgrove Shoals, and ‘minor aids to Navigation in this | district. £ Many inquiries are being re- ‘ceived at the housing depart- (charge are being kept busy an- ‘swering requests for information \Telative to houses, apartments land rooms. Most applicants say ‘they will remain until April 1. | Occupational licenses issued by 'the county are being called for} |as fast as they should be. This jis shown by the number which |has- been issued, of 73 which 18 | are for merchants and 55. are for| jother than merchants. There are | _a number yet to be issued as there ‘were 362 issued last year. Mrs. Cyrstal, Manson, grand | chief, Pythian Sisters, was an ar- | rival over the highway yesterday from Tampa to attend a session | jof the order of Local Temple 20. | Miami In company with Mrs. Manson | visit and most enjoyable vacation were Mrs. Louise McCay, Mrs. J.| |Lynott and Mrs. Mary Harris. Mrs. Quintan N. Starling, who} was before mariage. Miss Bessie Skelton, arrived over the high- way, yesterday from her home in| |Belle Glade and will visit for aj while with her parents, Mr. and iMrs. Thomas Skelton and other | relatives. MONDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1939 PEOPLE’S FORUM | Editor, The, Citizen: ; Will you he kind enough to} publish this in The Citizen? It} is a people’s forum. letter pub-} lished in a San Francisco paper. | JOE PERRA. 305 Virginia St. Key West, Fla., i Oct. 14, 1939. 000 i The. forum in question follows: | To the Editor: | In one of. your earlier editions, } yeu wrote an article saying there should be more colored youth and fewer Fillipinos in our Navy. | I’ve been in the Navy for three | years, After arriving at Norfolk, | Va., for training, I found that, all} captain of the Steamship Albert E. Watts. Indications are that the tourist | season in Key West will be fairly started immediately after the} elections of next month. Key West this winter, more so than; during any other, will get a large share of the tourist business, is the opinion of those who have followed the trend of travel. , j United States Tug Bayspring, : Captain Frederick Muller, return- ed this morning from Havana where she went to take back the Cuban Boy Scouts following their in Key. West. Key West will have an aqua-! rium this winter which will be the foremost of the state as re- gards the number and varities of fish to be exhibited. Milton W. Curry, who, at his own expense, | established: an aquarium here, ' will do the same this year on a! jearloads, This makes I could ever do was be a mess attendant. Lots of us think we should. have colored midshipmen at Annapolis. Well, we should. But how can a baby walk before he can, crawl? Our colored boys are coming in the Navy from the South by the it very bad. As long as they accept scul- lion jobs, so long will they be kept on them. We are deprived of the opportunity to study electricity, mechanics, quarter masters, ra- dio-electricity, etc. Being a subscriber, I know your paper will do anything to help its people. May I suggest that you. publish propaganda that will keep some of the colored person- nel out. of this rotten outfit until they can come in as real sailors instead of a “white man’s cham- ber maid”? MESSMAN, U.S.S. Phoenix. San Francisco, Califi For Fifty Years a NAME! in Coffee in Key West STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE THAT'S A REPUTATION Lopez Funeral Service ‘ Established 1885 Licensed Funeral Directors. and Embalmers one 696 |recognizes this by including Key; West in the “farthest north Unit-' ed States point in the tropics”. | | VERY SHORTLY it will be an-! nounced locally that the Key | | West National Guard unit will be‘ increased to 87 officers and men. | | There will be two. meetings held} jeach week instead of the single. jone which has been held in the |past. Weekly also on Sunday | there will be held maneuvers. It is considered that the increase in} | personnel and operations has been |caused by the war in Europe. © | COFFEE SHOP TALK: Notice! nings smacking into mosquitoes noticed lately. the many. It is, This is a good town and will be a |amazing how these birds and in-‘hered to, he would have been un-/dence of |sects can hit the mosquitoes in) ‘the air. Especially can they bey jseen around Rest Beach. . .With! |and girls are already attired of |nights in grotesquerie. Key West |makes a carnival indeed of the |period before and during Hallo-j |we’en. . .Goniting of the Light-! hcuse docks is only half provided for in present W.P.A. project. but) |application for completion of the} | project is being drawn up. . .| | Proceeds from rent of cabanas at} |Rest Beach last year was given to the Key West Community Clinic. Would like to suggest! that a few dollars be set aside |for upkeep, especially painting! |and thatching. | TWO of the best foremen on} |the W.P.A. are Wells and Shep- | pard. Wells’ pride is the Light- |house Building project with the | exposed framework of the ceiling | well covered, new rest rooms jinstalled and a complete paint! job. He is known for his stretch- | ing of funds and making projects | \last longer. Instead of. calling for a large amount of men ‘to work on a project with most of them loafing, he will call for only the needed number, Thus there | is more to show for the money. | Sheppard.has been keeping the! boys moving on the Tree Planting project and has always insisted on real. work from W.P.Aers. | Excellent mechanic, always ready |for call, is Leo. Haskins. WHAT MAY BE CALLED the first Key West ‘estate’ is the resi- dence and grounds of Mr. and | Mrs. J. J. Marks on the property | where once was the Biological jstation. The Marks keep the | grounds in beautiful order with the tropical blooms in clear em- |phasis. The residence and. other | buildings on the property are im- | maculate and there is a boathouse and cruiser, also a channel going }out. to sea. . .Key West Adminis- | tration. insists that relief work: men; go. down. on their. knees if | they. are engaged in such projects | as. beautifying, etc. No sitdowns are tolerated. TOMAS BENEDO is now plan. ning: a 592-foot. wharf. on his property. on, Plantation: Key, near Tavernier. Permit has been sent the war department. At the out- er-end there will be a T-head, was; the. Plantation House where the wheels. of chance gaily. spun and. vacationing millionaires en- joyed the thrill of winning. and |. | oe oe eo. Today’s Horoscope! Circuit court of the Eleventh | and Taxpayers and there is a; OCTOBER 16, 1929 crack said to be against mayor-| Seniors of the Convent of} alty candidate Will Doughtry.| Mary Immaculate held their first First the column announces, pre- class meeting at the home of Miss | sumably sneeringly, that the Citi-| Rita Pinder last evening. At an! zens and Taxpayers listed “pre-election held- Miss Pinder was! ferred candidates”. Again the/named president, Miss Macie| column marks most pointedly 'Gaiti was named vice-president: | that four of the ten preferred|Miss Edah Albury, secretary; | candidates said they will not Miss Florence Sawyer, treasurer, | xun. Regarding two of the pro-' and Miss Elizabeth Diaz, reporter. | posed councilmen, who afe win-| Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Larken, of ter visitors, the column «points Francis street, announce the ar-! out that one registered only last rival of a bouncing son at their | year as a voter for the first time |home recently. Mother and baby | and it is also strongly pointed out' are reported to be doing nicely. | that the other is a winter visitor.; William L. Whitmarsh, 52, ap-| Crack at Will Doughtry is said to parently in his usual good health, terday and passed away at 9! in a civie club when, if the rules|o’clock. Funeral services will be| of the organization had been ad-j|held this afternoon ate the resi- | his _ brother-in-law, | able to do so because of having Romey Tynes, 700. White street, | passed the age limit”. As a mat-|to Ley Memorial church. ter of fact, this is the second time} Editorial Comment: The ex-| transportation facilities | in ri sears mae ae es-| being seca anes for sae pecially that e “Notes” do not jist travel sout jis year may | talk up facts about k the other | taken to safely indicate that Sonata cok Se el un- | Florida ae chad we pale favorable light. is column |season in history as America’s | holds no brief for the ' Citizens | playground. | and Taxpayers. It believes, how-| Arrangements have been made! ever, that the group represents aifor staging the play entitled, “A| move with many good points}Party From Bookland”, at the about it.. No advantage should be | Harris school on the evening of | hi of eee ae 18, beginning at 7:30 | Grea “calle sane? icnagitecekt. che gest ie priest Sao of | - | bei el | ly for coloring its Key West items. |raising funds for the purchase of | |small school needs for students. | OCTOBER 16, 1924 jabsdudicechshosakaetsldc|Den™ Circuit convened this/| |morning with Judge H. F. Atkin- | Today indicates an all-round json presiding. First case called mentality, with a strong leaning!was that of Miss Mary Louise toward scientific pursuits; -com-|Cappick, who alleges damages prehensive and_ well-balanced, )sustained some time ago when careful in research and accurate she fell on one of the sidewalks in tabulation; the native should! which, it is claimed, was in bad make a record on the roll of fame, | condition. and bring himself a pecuniary re-| A radio message received at) ward that will take him through | the Naval Station today advises life comfortably. jof the sinking of a Cuban tug jwest of the Yucatay nel. The Subscribe to The Citizen—20c|tug sent up distra#|pignals and ‘assistance was rendered by the CONDENSED STATEMENT. OF CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST as at close of business Oct. 2, 1939 Comptroller’s Call RESOURCES Loans. and. Discounts Overdrafts Banking House, Furniture and. Fixtures — . Other Real Estate ___ - Stock of the Federal Re- serve Bank __ ; Other Assets United. States Government Obligations, direct: andjor fully ranteed. Stas bonds... seb Cash and. due from Banks $ 302,651.48 8.00 56 47,192.67 27,340. OI hdd 100; 85,168.62 ~ 1,127,025.71 i $1,312,194.33 .Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporatior Member. of the Federal; Reserve Serving Key West!an@ Monroe County since 1891. Surplus, Undivided Profits and Reserves — Deposits iets ebb Mi larger and better scale. | oe HOTEL LEAMINGTON N. E. Ist Street at Biscayne Boulevard Overlooking. Bayfront Park and Biscayne Bay Opposite Union Bus Station MIAMI, FLORIDA One Block from Shopping Districts and Amusements SUMMER RATES UNTIL DECEMBER Single Room with Bath—$1.50: Double Room with Bath—$2.00 ALFRED SIMONS..... Manager Round: Gut your KEY WEST visit eee LAVANA, —waxevia P & O Steamship CUBA woniay and’ hertdaye “> BRS Arrive ‘Tuesday EST, M., EST, West, 315 P. M. EST, = Friday. 10 DAY: LIMIT CUBAN TAXES, 62 To. PORT: TAMPA, Tuesdays. and Fridays, 5 p. m. The PENINSULAR & OCCIDENTAL S. S. 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