The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 17, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO ~The Key West Citizen Published: Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. L. P. ALTMAN, President and Pubiisher JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets ““cnly Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County aitered at Key West, Florida, as second elass matter Member of the Associated Press vue Associated Press ts exclusively entitled use -for republication of all news dispatches ered: to ~- +s oF pot etherwise credited in this paper and also ‘be ideal news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES me Year six Months Three Months @ne Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES ~Made known on application. 7 SPECIAL NOTICE - All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of « te., will be charged for at | xespect, obituary notices, s for entertainment by churches from which nue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. Citizen is an open forum and invites disous- of public issues and subjects of local or general { 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 ary person, clique, faction or class; aiways do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or never be injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue. coumend good done by individual or organ- izasion; 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 WESi ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—-Lind and Sea. Consotidaticn of County and City Governments. An absolute sign of sanity in any per- son, is consideration for his fellow-man. If the Europeans would practice more continence in political matters there would be longer peace on the Continent. European military staffs are not con- ducting their campaigns in accordance ‘with the strategy that is being fully dis- pensed in the newspapers. ; In the war news we are now receiving from across, there are bullets in the bul- jetirs, and we perceive there is also bull. Don’t believe all you read! Here’s a problem in higher education: A man, with a dollar in his pocket, bought 4hree cigars at five cents each; a box of e@andy for a dime and a magazine for twenty-five cents. How much money did the man have left? (Figure it out for gourself but he had a dollar left; eh de- @rahé sih sesahcrup!) If Key West had the facilities to en- tértain conventions, it would help greatly in solving its economic problems. During the month of November New York city Will be the host of 109 bona fide conven- tions, excluding meetings of company sales groups and other sessions that do not come strictly under the designation of conven- tions. The number of delegates to these conventions is expected to run in excess of ~40,000. Besides these there are other onventions held in various parts of the United States. Under the present condi- tions in Key West it is futile to try and get ‘Any but state conventions. : Congress at the last session instituted # reform that ‘has not received much notice gnd yet is of paramount interest. The bill, signed by President Roosevelt, means a ‘complete and salutary divorcement of the Federal judiciary from control by the Ex- ecutive branch of the ‘Government, and @reates a new administrative office, that of proctor, who is to be appointed by, the Supreme Court and solely responsible to %__He will be a sort of liasion officer be- tween the courts and Congress, In the original Court bill presented, by the Ad- ministration, the, proctor would Have been @irectly under the Executive, but Congress was in the mood to detract rather -than add to the power of the President,’ DISCOURAGE GREED! There are indications that Key West’s | | most dangerous and contemptible foes | | are those of her own household, | Having moved Heaven and_ earth, | with what facilities for moving we pos- | sessed, to bring back the Army and Navy | | to this community, it appears that some of | | our citizens are so comporting themselves as'to give the Army and Navy good reasons to moye Heaven and earth to get away from Key West and stay away. And, if the Army and Navy are given good reason to feel that they can not get a square deal in Key West, it will be found | that they have considerable influence in | | determining just where they shall be sta- | tioned. j Word comes from a reliable source that officers stationed here have found in some cases that rents which had _ been quoted to them at fifty dollars per month, | when they were considering Key West as a desirable station, have suddenly jumped | to one hundred and fifty dollars per month. | j | If there is any quicker or more ignoble way for Key West to commit sui- cide, it has not yet been discovered, There may be no legal means to compel decency on the part of short-sighted owners of houses; and while they are public enemies of the most damaging sort, it is hardly | feasible to handle them by direct action, joyfully as that would be undertaken by some otherwise law abiding citizens. Of one thing they may be sure. While they can not long succeed in charging | three prices for their rental property, they ean be absolutely certain of success in lowering the values of all property, and retarding the progress of Key West for years to come. It would be a fine thing if, in the rejuvenation of the city government for which we all devoutly ‘hope, that there could be some way found to base a tax on rents so that the profiteer would not dam- age the city without at least paying some- thing for the privilege. It is not the province of The Citizen to regulate such matters. But, in common with all citizens who have the interests of the city at heart, The Citizen can most heartily hope that some way -may, be | found to discourage the greed of those who would give the lie to all the assur- ances of welcome and fair dealing that have been sent out from this city to the Army, Navy and Air Forces whose pres- ence here tends so much toward speeding up the return of the city and its business interests to a healthy financial condition. THE MAGINOT LINE To the imagination and good sense of ‘a former first sergeant in the World War the republic of France owes her great Maginot Line, stretching 150 miles along the border facing Germany, which is the | strongest defensive military wall ever con- structed by man. Andre Maginot was the sergeant, who rose te be minister of war in the French { cabinet, and for whom the completed sys- tem’ of fortifications was named. He con- ceived the plan, which was adopted after funds‘for extraordinary measures of mili- tary preparation were voted in 1928. The Maginot Line consists of con- tinuous fortifications, including 300 mighty forts, and cost about 150 million dollars. It is considered impregnable, so far as at- tacks by land are concerned, and it is be- lieved that little damage could be done to it by air raids, as much of the defensive works and equipment are underground, Steam and electric transportation sys- tems, supply bases and communication | lines ary all protected in tunnels deep in the earth. Troops, equipment, food and all manner of supplies for the line can be brought to the front by trains operating | wholly underground and a million men ean be garrisoned under its protection. “MORE THAN AN EVEN BREAK” In contrast to most men who make what the world considers “outstanding suc. cesses” the late Charles M. Schwab main- | tained that “there is certainly something that gives some men more than an even break.” Mr. Schwab called himself. “one of THE KEY WEST CITIZEN THE ISLAND CITY THIS ¢oLuUMN has fairly au-, thoritative information that a naval plane hangar and machine shop will be established at Trum- bo Island. On Trumbo once was a dirigible hangar and machine shop.. The new plan is expected to have resulted from the Navy Department’s decision to base a large group of planes here. It is reported that there has been some surveying of the property, es- pecially around the old seaplane ramp, by officers who have been sent here. IF THE HOUSING GROUP! locally does decide to use. the Trumbo Island property . for a housing project, it will mean that Roy Hamlin, kingfish of local baseball, will be without a base- ball field. Added to these woes is the fact that the W.P.A. now seems well on its. way to building a municipal field on its County Road property. Hamlin, during the past five years, has revived interest in Key West baseball by active management and in many cases by actual donations. He has been the kingfish of local base- ball in the sense that all the ac- tivities are centered in him. He = ——~S s HNEWS ITEM: Communists to be, ousted |\SOISLIIILS iG FOR i CUB REPORTER (NY \ANGeinted Pi WAYNESBORO. Ve. Oct. 17.—The News-Virginian has been proud of its window brought in by subscribers are exhibited. An identifying card was printed for. each ex- hibit, and everything went well until a wag contributed a Mexican jumping bean. “Since then,” the bewilder- ed editor announced, “it has been necessary to have some- one constantly watching the bean so the descriptive card can be moved as, it jumps. The bean simply won't stay put and it is too little to tie to the card, It hops around like popcorn. How can we | keep card and bean to- | gether?” 2 SIDELIGHTS From ee UNI ak: vernment. jo! | By MARCY B. DARNALL | Former Editor of The Citizen lem, Buffalo, Minneapolis, Omaha, |Milwaukee, Portland, Ore. and Salt, Lake City are among the jlarger cities. which had no ‘ . ‘deaths from typhoid fever dur- KEY WEST AQGQUARIUM/|ing 1938. Bridgeport, Conn., grounds with the walk down the| with approximately 150,000 pop- ,center of two long plots is very| ylation, has had no typhoid beautiful. Lately there have | fatality in five years. been added several new rows of ee tropical plants. Visitors spend a _ At a wrestling match in Phila- great deal of time examining the delphia, one of the contenders, beautiful blooms. Because there | Everett Marshall, suddenly went is a different kind of color up, haywire and gave a most surpris- north, Cars will not be allowed! ing exhibition. He threw his op- ‘to park in front of the beautiful, Ponent out of the ring, smashed jwalk as they have been ‘doing. | the referee on the nose, and beat | This will allow much more beau-/|UP his manager, who was trying ‘ty when the full length of the to quiet him down, He was ‘walk is seen. It will also give \finally subdued and a sanity test jeamera fans more ,beautiful shots Aeseae ordered. WHAT IS A KEY WEST | Harold Krebs, a California bee HOME? Well, from the many | keeper, gives this version of the types of distinctive Key West origin of the term “honeymoon:” homes we've seen, we would say|It was an old Babylonian custom it would have long, thin and clas-|to spread honey above the door ‘sical columns going up two sto- | of a newly married couple, and ries. The second story would |the aroma was supposed to cling TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1939 te loses its attractiveness . without the pulp. Ui a, FRUIT . | VEGETABLE USES COCKTAILS, SHERBETS Afternoon Tea— 4 3 teaspoonfuls of tea. H 2 cupfuls of boiling water. 1 lime. { Cloves. H Loaf sugar. Sprigs of mint. i Make the tea in. teapot or with tea ball; let stand for several minutes; then serve, placing in! each cup a slice. of lime, pierced with a clove. Add a cherry andj serve sugar separately in such: quantities as may be desired. | cosiiotns | Fresh Limes— | To keep limes. for several} weeks: Select clean, sound fruit, picked with stem. buttons an. Place in air tight fruit jars. Lime! juice extracted, strained after it settles, may be filled into jars, corked and kept for several months. Lime Sirup— 2 ‘dozen ripe limes. 1 pound of cube sugar. % ecupful of water. i Wash the limes thoroughly in‘ cold water and dry. Rub the| sugar vigorously all over the lime until it loses its color. Squeeze the juice on the sugar, add wa; ter; then bring almost to a boil and strain. For cold drinks, place 2 tablespoonfuls of the sirup in a tumbler with crushed ice and; fill with plain water. i j Lime With Fish— Squeeze juice of two limes over} fish when ready to bake. Add more lime juice while fish are baking, if desired. Garnish with! parsley and slice of lime. Serve fish with sauce, Tomato Juice— t Ripe tomatoes (red) should be! slightly heated and pressed to! obtain pulp with juice. A dilver| or. sieve may be used for home} use with cold tomatoes, The juice | have small windows under the|to the house during the 28 days)’ roof. There are usually two ship |0f the moon’s, complete revolu- lights mounted on either side of tion, or a lunar month. There- the door. In the yard, there are fore, .we assume, the honeymoon a number of large coconut trees | Should last only 28 days. or. sapodilla trees. Beneath this! Sieve eee foliage, there is a great deal of shade and many tropical ferns and flowers grown in the yard. There may be a clump of banana trees in one of the cooler corners. | those proverbial jacks-of-all trade who are usually failures” and declared, “Why Iam not, I can't tell you.” He believed in “luck, opportunity, chance—call it what you will” but he was also, in his day, a hard worker, which might go a long ways to explain his success as a steel man, Old homes always had_ these) cool yards. More modern Key has received little cooperation, however, for his efforts. Since he reorganized the league, out-of- West homes have little of this town games are getting to be front yard vegetation. | quite common, the players all ee ' | have uniforms, there is better um-, . BOYS ON WHITEHEAD arc} piring and there is a fairly nice |breaking up the asphalt. streets | grandstand at Trumbo Field. This | with their .sharp-pointed tops. column is sure the ball players |Something should be done to con- | and fans appreciate all that, Roy! beg this. . .A large number of {new names have been noted on COFFEE SHOP TALK: The |the jury list now being drawn for Key West Weather Bureau does;Criminal Court. duty. . .Cubans not officially regard close of the |in the Island Republic. call, tour- hurricane season until after No-/ists “ducks”. from their waddling | vember 15, when special teletype ‘and quacking about at the sights. machifiery for dispatches from|Wonder what we should call the| storm areas is taken out of ; the | gapers who just about drive their | offices. . .Dr. and Mrs. W. R. Rob- cars off in shops and into other| inson, who own a home on Sem- autos while taking in the sights? | inole, Avenue at . South Beach, But we'll make them feel happy, writes The Citizen “you. are do-!even though we have to drive ing a swell job”. The Citizen edi-|our car up on sidewalks to get| torial staff is attempting to give ‘out of their way. . .Much bitter-| much improved sérvice . to patrons lately. ..To. give Key city agreement is heard-at Home- West an even miore® tropical jat:|stead.’ ¢ {was a flourishing | mosphere this column would like | pineapple usiness for South} to see thatch roofs over refresh-' Florida in the offing before the ment stands and other lone-stand- | agreement... Former Representa- ing places of business. It would|tive J. Mark Wilcox says there give a quaintness to modernity lis. not a hint of reciprocity in: the inside. jagreement for Redlands growers. WHO ) KNOWS? See “The Answers” on Page 4 feaccece eco Today’s Birthdays COSC ececoevoescosucseres Rear Admiral Christian J. Peo- ples, director of the Procurement Division .of the Treasury Dept., ; born in Iowa, 63 years ago. Judge William C. Coleman of the U. S. District Court of Bal- timore, born at Louisville, Ky., 55 years ago. 1. How old is Adolf Hitler? 2. What is a reconnoissance flight? 3. Who was the first president of the A.F.ofL.? 4. Who referred to; Russia as “the bear that walks like a man?” 5. How wide are the Darda- nelles? F 6. How many Germans wefe killed in the campaign against Poland? . : 7. How far apart are the Sieg-! ex-secretary of the. interior, son Lota President, born at Hiram, Ohio, 74 years ago. x Dr. James S.. Montgomery, ME. clergyman, chaplain of the ‘U.S. House of Representatives, fried line and the Westwall? {born at Mt. Carmel, Ind, 75 8. Where .was the German |¥ears ago. | * fi ‘1, |» Dr. David. A. Robertson, presi- the wosid esse pari — * ldent of Goucher. College, Balti- 9. In what year was the world bind born in Chicago, 59 years “fo. _What is the position of Sen. Prof. Edwin gs ye of. Yale, of the arms embargo? Bis H 4 E 'New York City; oa eae Today's Horoseo | 1 TOVAH, ‘Tex, Oct. 17—-R. L. by a horse: ban James R. Garfield of Cleveland, | _ The only idea that, a heavy jaw and prominent chin indicate strength of character is not.neces- ‘sarily true, according to Dr. Wil- |kinson, a noted Australian scien- tist. It is, however, an_indica- tion that the person concerned did not have the thumb-sucking habit when a baby. A sports writer relates that Charley. Moran, pitching for Nashville Academy against Van- derbilt University years ago, struck out nine men in one in- ning, a. world record, Yet in that inning Vanderbilt made six runs, The explanation is that Moran’s catcher muffed six third strikes. Dr. Lee Paul Sieg, . president of the University of Washington, doesn’t think new college grad- uates should be too chesty. He says: “It is a mistake to think that one gets educated in four years. It’s four. years. of ap- prenticeship in. which he._ learn: how to get educated. What li its | ness against the Cuban recipro- {tle education I have I learned after I got my Ph. D.” To the list of highly versatile people should be added the name of Miss Varney Cashmore of Banbury, Eng. Her regular job is dispensing beer, brandy jand whisky as a barmaid, but |she filled the pulpit of a local church this summer while the pastor was on his vacation. tion, but too proud and haughty. The result may be that when an opportunity for success is at hand, jthere will be no friends to help, but on the contrary secret ene- \mies who will gladly aid in pull- ing down. To guard against this, |cultivate friendly relations. A in, For Mayor ‘WM. T. DOUGHTRY, JR. For. Chief of Police IVAN, ELWOOD (For Re-! ) For Chief of Police | C. (Floney) PELLICIER For Capt | grape, 1 egg yolk. %4-cup orange juice. %-cup thin cream. Sugar if desired. Beat egg yolk until light, add orangé juice and blend thoraugh- ly. Pour into glass and stir in cream. Sweeten to taste. Serve at once. Sweeten milk with sugar and add two tablespoonfuls or more jof any of the fruit juices—lime, loganberry, pineapple, grapefruit. Beat well before serving, and add a beaten egg white and a dash of nutmeg or 2 or adab of whipped cream for each glass.