The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 18, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, THE KEY WEST CITIZEN -~-he hey West Citizen fubiished Daily Except Sunday By ‘Tie CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President and Pubiisher SOK ALLEN, Assistant Business Mansger From The Citizen Building Corher Greene and Ann Streets HANDS OFF HIGHWAY | Red Cross Warns Home Is More Dangerous | State Attorney George W. Worley of | Tl Hi I way, Urges Check for Hazards i THE ISLAND ry jane hasceiven close sbreasiiin to allega- | COFFEE SHOP TALK: Three ;cipal as rapidly as surplus | tions of misconduct and mismanagement |parrots around town who keep will permit at the lowest pl in the affairs of Overseas Highway and | their tongues wagging are those, at which offerings may be | has issued this significant statement: |owned by Beryl Curry on Flem- dered from time to time. . - . | “nly Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Member of the Associated Preas we Associated Press ts exclusively entitled use tor republication of all news dispatches ere to + of got etherwise eredited.in this paper end also he lotal news published here. 2a SUBSCRIPTION RATES we Year .... tix Months Three Months gne Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. "SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of weet, obituary notices, ete. will be charged for at rate of 10 cents a line. ices for entertainment by churches from which enue is to be derived are & cents a line. Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- catered at Key West, Florida, as second elass matter | public issues and subjects of local or general but it will not publish anonymous communi- “After making a study of the Dunean was general manager, the turds but, on the cther hand, the com- ing into imaginary misconduct.” and forever more those ungenerous and un- | kindly Key West critics of the manage- | state | auditor’s report of activities while B: -M. | I have | found nothing wrong in the handling of | mission has been complimented on keep- | ing the accounts accurateiy and properly. | | In the face of this audit, I do not feel justi- | | fied in spending the public’s money look- | { That statement ought to silence now | American Red Cross supplies householders and farmers with a check | Hst of accident hazards in fight against large annual death toll. Hazards shown: top, left, mi rs, harrows and other farm machinery, left in gear when making repairs, may result in grave injury to farmer. Top right: jing street, one owned by the El- | ;woods on Ashe and that owned ' iby the firemen at city hal The} |firemen’s parrot only says, “Hello, | |hello, hello”. So far it hasn't men- | | tionea anything about politics. . .| |High School Music Director T. B. | ;Klebsattel studied under a profes- | |sor in Michigan this summer. The | |professor’s band had won the, na-; |tional competition five times| |straight. . .County has about $2,-/ | 600,000 bonds outstanding. Gen- ‘eral Moters, by the way, owns ! over $200,000 of these bonds as an investment. . .One Key West! | boy couldn’t pass the Coast Guard | |color test on red and green. Yet! he can see traffie light } colors. | have heretofore expressed views regarding the advisabil of the county temporarily al ing the surplus funds as rapi as they accrue to liquidate largest amount of bonds at lowest average price at whi they may be obtained, and if recommendation is carried o we have no serious doubt regard ing our being able to ultimatel] make available to the three tax ing units, Monroe County, Boa of Public Instruction and City ol Key West, the benefits contem plated by the refinancing pro grams involving the threé units,” which should limit the aggregate”” ad valorem debt service tax © levies to $20,000.00 per annum , 4 with which to substantially meet ~ ment of the highway. In some respects | these critics cannot be blamed for their | Shows high rating of tests. . Key | | West Fire Department will prob-j lably not sponsor a carnival this pointed shears In the hands of children are as dangerous as matches. | the requirements of the present | Below right: most home accidents are due to falls, and scatter rugs on outstanding aggregate indebted- 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 yan 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- iztsion; 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 (Zening). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Lind and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. People who can’t spell dictionaries. appreciate Health note: Eat less and you will feel better. Try it! We dislike people to tell us where to get off. The exception, of course, is the street car conductor. People shouidn’t blow their noses so noisely; remember when the elephant trumpets, it startles you. A young man wrote a young lady in Key West, saying: “ ed What did he write? is wrong!) (Your first answer ‘ Now more than ever it is imperative that Key West have an efficient body of councilmen.’ These may be secured at the coming November election if citizens com- petent to serve will offer their services. In France the Communist Party and all related organizations have been dis- solved. The same should be done in the United States, the Bund included, as their continued existence in the present emer- | gency is a menace to the peace of this courtry. Uncle Sam’s agreement to swap 680,- 000 bales of surplus cotton to John Bull for 82,000 tons of rubber is beginning to look like a clever Yankee trick or luck. ‘Rubber went up and cotton went down to Uncle Sam’s advantage totalling the sub- stantial profit of $20,000,000. That, how- ever, is a drop-in the bucket to what Brother Johnathan made off the elon- gated uncle in the world war. During the Harding Administration a vacancy occurred on the Supreme Court which the President desired to fill with a Catholic, no communicant of that church béing on the bench at that time. The per- son most actively urged upon the Presi- dent for the appointment was a member of the United States Cireuit Court and the appointment was about to be made when several of the President's influential friends unhesitatingly denounced the pro- posed appointment and in no uncertain language. Then Harding appointed Pierce Butler, also a Catholic. The name of the _ other judge was Manton. wrongful and harmful criticism—they were misinformed by self-seeking in- dividuals who, fortunately, now have been returned to the limbo of oblivion whence they came. Mr. Duncan still retains his firm position in the confidence of respon- | sible state and federal agencies. | Out of these charges of “imaginary [ misconduct” one <2sson emerges—Key | West should keep ard maintain a hands of Overseas Highway. There are three Key West men on the commission. They ~should be able to protect this county’s vital | and the auditors for the Reconstruction that the books and accounts are in proper | and legal order. The attorneys for the state road department should be able to steer the commission through all legal shoals. should .be. squelched. They hurt Key West’s chance of getting an extension of the highway and other vital | ments. Heads of the federal lending agencies and the state agencies involved in highway construction are easily dis- couraged by spread of false reports of mis- conduct and sabotage in Key West and | Monroe County. They can’t be blamed | for giving closer attention to the needs of other sections where public officials are al- lowed to function in peace. Hands off the Highway! APATHY OF VOTERS Many articles ard editorials have been written about the failure of a large percentage of citizens to exercise their right to vote. It also has been pointed out that these same citizens would set up an nied them. : | Even in the greatest political land- slides those who stayed away from the polls had the potential power to change the result if they had all voted one way. Many have proposed that some kind of penalty should be imposed for failure to vote, unless for a good reason. Whether the apathy of voters makes tion, as it may be assumed that about the In some cases of course, determined efforts on the part of one side or another to get their voters to the polls may be sufficient to turn the scale. It would be a healthier sign of inter- ‘est in popular government if all voters ex- ercised their right of franchise, however, and took the trouble necessary to get to their respective voting places on election day. The best type of citizen considers voting not only a right and a privilege, but a patriotic duty as well. SUB WARFARE STATISTICS During the World War the Germans began unrestricted submarine warfare on February ist, 1917. In the first 29 days 184 ships were sunk, including 111 British, 20 belonging to other belligerents, 2 Amer- icans and 51 owned by other neutrals. We cite these figures in order that readers may be able to compare the de- struction of the present war with that of the former struggle. In the first twenty- nine days of this war 53 merchant vessels have been destroyed, of which 31 have been British, 2 belonged to other belli- gerents and 16 to other neutral powers. In considering this. comparison it | should be recalled that “during the early | phases of the World War submarines did not attack merchant ghips,_. ‘- | off policy with reference to the operation | | interest in the highway. The state auditor | Finance Corporation should be able to see | All volunteer auditors and managers improve- | awful howl if voting privileges were de-. much difference in results is open to ques- | | polished floors should be anchored by use of non-skid lining as shown. | OME mishaps kill or injure | many more persons than motor | vehicles, yet the average house- | holder faces traffic with misgiving and relaxes at home. Each year hazards injure more | than 100,000 persons engaged in farm work, yet the farmer fails to take safety precautions which the factory worker adopts as a matter of course. ‘Together home and farm work ac- cidents last year killed 35,400 adults and children and injured the stag- gering number of 4,750,000 persons. To combat this annual accident scourge the American Red Cross launched a nation-wide program in 1935 to acquaint householders and | farm workers with the hazards coin- | cident with their work and home life, This year more than 1900 Red Cross chapters are sponsoring this task in the communities they serve. On October 23 the anual Red | Cross campaign will begin through- out the nation to assist household- ers to discover and eliminate haz- ards Hable to cause accidents in the home. Members of the American Junior Red Cross and their school- mates will distribute check lists to parents and assist in examining their own homes and in removing hazards. This Red Cross warning Teaches more than 9,000,000 homes and farms each year. The Red Cross stresses the need of removing hazards which may cause falls, as this type of accident resulted in more than half of last ear’s home accident fatalities. eae chief causes are poorly lighted stairs, loose railings, small rvgs improperly anchored and chil- dren’s toys left about. Burns and explosions caused the next heaviest loss of life, 5,300 being killed in 1938 by this type of accident, and the Red Cross self-check list points to the danger of scalding liquids in pots and pans left near the edge of the stove, matches left within reach of children, and fireplaces unguard- ed by proper screening. Other main causes of accidental death are me- chanical suffocation, poison gases and firearms, Red Cross officials said. ‘Accident prevention is a part of the continuing Red Cross program directed against illness, death and disaster. All Red Cross services are supported by the people who join at the time of the annual Roll Call, this year from November 11-30, KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Five, Ten and Fifteen Years Ago Today As Taken From The OCTOBER 18, 1934 Nine trucks owned by the Flor- tration are scheduled to arrive, Monday for the 30-day intensive clean-up program mentioned by Julius F. Stone during his ad- dress several days ago. Jerome | trator, arranged for the loan of | |the trucks. | | There will be 12 local enter-| ltainers appear on the |The announcement was There will also be a Kiddie Kab-; |aret Saturday morning. Files Of The Citizen OCTOBER 18, 1924 | A message was received today ida Emergency Relief Adminis-' that several sailors on the Nor- wegian Steamer Mirlo had been injured during heavy weather and asked that a vessel be sent | something — besides out to meet the Mirlo, which |. ico. js would be off Sand Key this aft./yolce! T learned how to lis | Connor, assistant FERA adminis- ‘ernoon and bring the men ashore the | who were to be placed in Marine Hospital. Steamship Roanoke, owned by! amateur | the Texas Oil Co., ran ashore thi: | program to be presented at 7:15‘ morning during stormy weather. | o’clock tonight at Bayview. Park.'and was awaiting assistance of made this the Wrecking Tug Warbler, when | morning by the Recreation and word was received that the Roa- Parks Department of the W.P.A. noke had floated without any as- sistance and was all O.K. Spongers of Key West are look- | ! i SIDELIGHTS By MARCY B. DARNALL Former Editor of The Citizen | Remarkable fortitude was dis- 'played by Rosa Maria Acosta of Havana, who refrained from speaking for five months on ad- vice of her doctor. At the end ‘of the ordeal she said: “I did save my ten. |Everyone might try it with pro- fit.” But they won't. A University of Wisconsin student based his senior thesis jon a study of what kind of jokes the faculty and students liked best. It is doubtful that his re- search added much to the store of human knowledge. He found the most popular. Salvaging crews are at work on ing forward to clear weather: |removing the coal hoists ‘other equipment at the | station, which was sold some time | the officer in charge. A clinic and community nursing , service center has been opened: | treatment. jand United streets. ! Supervisor of. ed the registrati: of county commissioners. The and when they will start on the first; naval trip of the winter season. Weather time {ago to a firm in Jacksonville, but! made it impossible to undertake |has been sold again, according to the voyages, but the sponge fish- |advices received at the office of'ermen are satisfied that the sea- ‘son will be productive of good conditions have for some catches. The Cruiser Yacht Lady Luck, by the Key West Administration Captain Venson, arriveth yester- {with four local physicians hand- day from Miami and will spend ling persons applying for medical some time in these waters fishing The clinic is located, between this port and Toftugas. in the old naval hospital at White'A Key West guide is to be secur- ‘ ed here for the trips. Registration! Mrs. Herman WolkoWsky de- John England last night present- jlightfully entertained ‘Jagt | night | books of the with a bridge party given in hon- same percentge of each party fails to vote. | county to a meeting of the board or of Mrs. Markowitz of Miami, formerly of Key One of those wonderful gov- ernment bulletins says “a trap- ped skunk can be killed without disagreeable odorous conse- ' quences if approached slowly and quietly and given a sharp blow across the back with a stick.” We merely pass the information along, admitting that we have not yet tested its accuracy. Declaring that it is sometimes ‘Possible to give logical answers to silly questions, an exchange submits the following: “How long is a piece of rope?” Answer: “Twice as long as the distance from the center to either end.” | Another: “How far can a dog run into the woods ” Answer: | that brief and obscene jokes were | .|R. E. Crummer, who is handling | year. $ | ONE INDUCEMENT those who | ‘are thinking of joining' Battery E \of Florida National Guard have! lis more pay with more meetings! ‘coming up. Officers off the troop | ‘have lately been emphasizing the | {point that artillery officers and imen do not have to go in for! |front line trench fighting in case / lof war. Less mud, less lead, less! jcooties. Prodigious work done \by the “Key West Mosquito} \Fleet” in the last World War is! ' being recalled around town. Their | principal work was said to be} jdone at the “battle of Porter/ |Doek”. Many local boats had! |been commandeered for patrol | work by the navy. | | THOSE INTERESTED in wea- © ther bureau’ reports concerning | winds may study the following in- formation from the Bearfort Scale \in Bowditch: Calm, three miles| {per hour; light air, eight miles per hour; light breeze, 15 miles per hour; gentle breeze, 18; mod-| erate breeze, 23; fresh breeze, 28; / | strong, 34; moderate gale, 40;| |fresh gale, 48; strong gale, 56,/ whole gale, 65; storm, 75; hurri- | cane, 90 or over. If you've read/ \this far may we add that Bear-| |fort and Bowditch were two il- lustrious men in dr@wing up wea- | | ther bureau data. | A RESOLUTION, requesting! that the State Board of Adminis- | |tration purchase for Monroe} county Kanner Bill bond offer- ings approximately $150,000 of September 29 identified as items B, C and D with gasoline fund! monies the county has in state} treasury, has not been acted on} by the State board. The value, of the bonds has now gone up, and the county thus lost thou- sands of dollars. Besides this, the bond refunding program for many Florida counties and for |Monroe county, states that failure to purchase the bonds violates the contract with the; county. Monroe County, Board of Public Instruction, and City of Key West entered into re- funding operations with Crum-j mer. “Obligation”, Mr. Crummer writes, “under the - refunding agreement is liquidation of prin- anonymous letter saying he | “wanted to get right with God.” | from a penitent who wrote an|~ ness.” The $150,000 of bonds, which the Board of Administra- tion refused to purchase after having been. requested to do so by the Board of County Commis- sioners were resubmitted two weeks later at an advanced price of two plus points. Which means that the same bonds were re- submitted at an additional cost of approximately $3,500. An ex- planation is still pending from the State Board of Administra- tion. 4 ——— ee 4 eo CITY ELECTION, NOV. 14, 1939 For Mayor WILLARD M. ALBURY (For Re-Election) For Mayor WM. T. DOUGHTRY, JR. For Police Justice WESLEY P. ARCHER For Chief of Police IVAN ELWOOD (For Re-Election) For Chief of Police C. (Floney) PELLICIER For Captain Night Police ALBERTO CAMERO (For Re-Election) For Captain Night Police MYRTLAND CATES For Captain Night Police ROBERT J. LEWIS (Better known as Bobby) For City Councilman JOHN CARBONELL, JR. For City Councilman JONATHAN CATES For City Councilman LEONARD B. GRILLON (Better known as ‘Lennie”) For City Councilman ERNEST A. RAMSEY For City Councilman CARL L. SOULE West; Present '¥ books were carefully studied and,were Mesdames f¢ Kantor, ;“A dog can run only half-way the board accepted them after a W. Elliott, F. Mullety Sophia|into the woods, because after move was made and carried. ; Pe: James A. {that he would be running out of OCTOBER 18, 1929 ;Heckler, M. Holtsberg, M. Zuber, ithe woods.’ | Dr. M. S, Lombard, surgeon in |Charles Aronovitz =~ Marter, | |charge of the local Marine Hos- lumbus, O., claims to have traced pital, and Mrs. Lombard, have re. erennenetoe ther ancestry back through 159. {turned from a tour of about two} Today’s Birthdays ! generations to Adam and Eve. weeks. The Lombards spent most! 9g geeeeeeceecceseeceeces But what of that? According to of the time in Washington and} jwitnessect the football game be-} Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, | the pea fe net Lo oppo {tween the Navy and Notre Dame |U.S.N., who today reaches the 4. records. And perhaps find a Monroe county highway ferry ;Statutory age of retirement, born jo¢ of pretty sorry ancestors| system will continue operating ;at Independence, Iowa, 64 years aiong the route. |with one round-trip daily for rae ete one Mucden Deel ad least 15 days longer, according to i. ina Marden De Yo, sec-/ Being identical twins proved; retary of the W.C-T.U., bom in|, ae advantage to Mark and! Mrs. Christine Jaeger of Co- |Chaiman Carl Bervaldi, who says |that motor travel to the city is|Glasgow, IIL, 71 years ago. 'Clark O'Connor of Los Angeles. |very light now, because of storm} James Truslow Adams, ‘noted sentenced to jail on different |damaged road in Dade county. _{historian, born in Brooklyn, N. | minor charges, it was found that | Telegram received this morning fY., 61 years ago. * ‘the names of the twins and their lannounces the death of Lurton} J. Butler Wright, Ambassador | offenses had been mixed up on |Pangle, employed with the Mer- oo born in Irvington, N. Y., the records. After futile efforts itt-Chapman Co. Mr. P; le years ago. t - to get matters fell i from one of’ he Struthers Burt, novelist, born in pennnain sai aa be- | vessels, which was operating in }Baltimore, 57 years ago. |came dit bod ‘antl i both Canadian waters. Charles E. Denney, president of | twins loose. A Spaniard giving his name as|the Erie R-R., born in Washing-| BO RAS Francisco Fernandez, who arriv-|ton, D. C., 60 years ago. | The United States Treasury's | ed on the boat from Tampa this} Harold L. Davis of Calif., nov-| «, jence fund,” made up of Overseas Transportation Company, Inc. Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service MIAMI AND’ KEY WEST ALL cstreet, born in Douglas Co.. contributions from persons who Oreg., 43 years ago. ‘have cheated the government Henri Bergson, famed French jand later repented, now amounts philosopher, born 80.Years ago. 19 nearly $700,000. Not long ago cemnisionawninactnade ¢ |2 Temittance of $20. was received ‘Legion unit at Rock Harbor, ex- | tends thanks to the Key Westers Today’s Horoscope rromize of personal charm and in the party from this city, and eecceaccocecaccecoocqccs A ee ice of "s favors. , morning, attempted suicide in a local restaurant room. He was taken to the Marine Hospital for treatment. Cc. O. Garrett, assistant in charge of work of the American ALSO SERVING POINTS ON FLORIDA KEYS —between—