The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 25, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING O0., INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President and PaWiisher JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Anh Streets Cnly Daily Newspaper in Key West sud Monroe County -atered at Key West, Florida, as second elass matter | was a statement by Dr. J. B. Parramore, Member of the Associated Press he Associated Press is exclusiydly entitled for republication of all news dispatches erédi to “ or pot etherwise credited in this paper and also ‘he Idéal news published here. a SUBSCRIPTION RATES ne Year __. six Months fhree Months gne Month Week. A RTISING RATE! Made known on application, ro. SPECIAL NOTIOH All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of | spect, obituary notices, etc, will be charged for at .@ rate of 10 cents a jine. Notices for enterteliment by churches trom which a rewenue is to be derived are & centa @ line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites diseus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general st but it will not publish andnymous communt- From Russia to Poland it was only a few Steppes. | The Russ ans seem inclined to carry | their fight to the Finnish. Evidently the strain of trusting each other is mutual between Hitler and Stalin. The United States wants its Rents to | will ass | health STUDY HEALTH PROBLEMS x Among the important news items of | the last week here was the announcement | that a Monroe County Health Committee | had been selected to co-operate with the | State Board of Health in dealing with pub- | lie health problems. In connection with the announcement director of the Monroe County Health Department with which the citizens’ com- | mittee will work. Dr, Parramore stated: “Object of forming this committee is a group of citizens whose interest ist in presenting to the people their problems and recommendations from the study for solution of these prob- lems.” With characteristic energy, Mrs. Hugh | Williams, who has been named chairman of the new health committee, immediately issued a statement in which she suggests | that anyone who would like to receive benefit of medical services of the County Health Department may interview any of | friendly ad- | the committee and receive vice. It is evident that the public health serv- ice will be placed on a more personalized | basis. Those who believe they are afflicted | who know | with some disease and those they are in bad condition will thus be en- zo down, but France wants its Rentes to go up. | The higher institutions of learning | are being weighed in the balance on the | nation’s gridirons. | | aati ores | Russia, chuckling in her sleeve, has a | right to think that the present war is the best the Germans ever waged. President Roosevelt will announce his declination of a third term just as soon as hd is convinced that he can’t get it. “Let those who consider war to be the better solution reject my outstretched hand.’’—Hitler. A hand dripping with he blood of the murdered is not a hand to clasp with a feeling of confidence. Lord Beaverbrook has arrived in the | United States and, of course, denies propa- ganda purpose. There will be others, if the war continues; its the English tech- nique to get us into the war that is none of | our business. Frederick, Maryland, is famous for | abled to discuss their probems with a group of sympathetic and understanding citizens. No longer need a person suffer in silence or remain silent longer than it takes him to consult someone interested in bettering the condition of his fellowmen. Another activity of the committee will be to emphasize the importance of prompt attention to minor ailments. A school health program will be one of the phases of the work to be fostered and for- warded by the citizens’ committee. The formation of the committee te handle this pressing problem was a bright “idea. It appears certain the effort will be productive of results, which means that the health of many of the citizens of Mon- roe county will be restored to them. Any community is fortunate in having an or- ganization dedicated to such a service, FORCE ALONE INSURES PEACE More than a hundred “leading his- torians, economists, politicians and sociol- ogists” of the nation, queried by a com- mittee of psychologists, agree that the best factors for keeping this country at peace included international education, freedom the homes of Barbara Fritchie and Charlie [ from economic nationalism and the “break- Keller, of the Yankees. Barbara made history in an early American revolution | against the Red Coats, while Charlie dis- tinguished himself in the recent American revolution against the Reds. | A hair-splitter is the statement made by Italian papers that Rome was not fight- ing Russia but Communism. That’s akin | to saying by an enemy of the United States | (who fortunately as yet does not exist) that he was not fighting the United States but was fighting democracy. | Assuming that both proponents and opponents of the lifting of the embargoes ate honest, the controversy shows def- irlitely how impotent we are in solving any pablic question. No one knows what course to pursue, yet each contending side beli¢ves it is right. Like in everything | clse,-time alone will tell. | --While Finland could not expect the United States tc render material support | in the event she was forced into war with Russia, this country could lend her money | to carry on as the Johnson Act forbidding | either private or Treasury loans to coun- | tries that have defaulted in their war debts | does not apply as she has meticulously paid ber war debts to Uncle Sam. Mayor Maury Maverick, of San An- | tonio, Texas, former -representative in | Congress and New Deal exponent, has} been indicted on the charge of conspiracy | to pay the poll taxes of five of his. work- | ers. A Texas law provides that no person | may pay another’s poll tax, and the felony indictments carry penalties up to five years imprisonment. Before the law was changed in Florida, it was common prac- | tice for candidates to pay the poll taxes of | all. who asked, and had the law been en- foff€d not many candidates would have estaped punishment. A former mayor of at taxes, j it. down of childish patriotism.” We take leave to doubt the conclu- sion of the eminent gentlemen. The fac- tor that will keep this nation at peace is outside the United States. It is the belief on the ‘part of possible aggressors that it will not pay them to attack the United States. The guarantee of peace today is force and nothing else. It is a sad commentary on civilization that every nation has to rely upon its own strength but the Chinese, the | Ethiopians, the Czechs and the Poles know They learned the lesson the hard way. If we don’t care for the same lesson, we will see to it'that we are strong enough to | give two blows for every one directed at us. Frankly, we think the world would 1 be much better if the nations of the world which stand for the orderly processes of civilization could get together and _pre- serve the peace of the world. Unfor- tunately, every one of them is anxious to avoid all risks and to dodge all respon- sibility for law and order in a world that lawless and threatened by international criminals. MEN ARE VAINER THAN WOMEN Just for what it might be worth, and to curry a little favor among our women readers, we record the conclusion of Dr. Theron W. Kilmer, New York photo- grapher, that men are much vainer than women when they are being photo- graphed! : “People say women are vain,” says the doctor, “but don’t you believe it. I never saw anything as vain as a man ina studio.” Naturally there will be many men in Key West to intimate that the worthy artist is talking through hig hat, or some other article of wearing apparel. We are | not inclined to argue very strongly in favor Key West once informed the writer that | of the conclusion he announces but, just | tery months to bring in catches of he would be shocked if given the names of | these who had asked him to pay. their | jance as if they had something there. the same, we have seen some men who gave both eyes to their personal appear- THE KEY WEST. CITIZEN _ FIRST THINGS FIRST TR t jup, which are expected to keep |Key West relief workers going at! |least two years, are the mosquito | | Project and the $700,000 housing SLAN | TWO BIG PROJECTS coming) THOUGHT which occurs. is! D CITY 4 developers on the Keys cah eas- ily eliminate swampy areas at Tow cost by digging short ditches _. KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happeniaigs Here Just Five, Ten and Fifteen Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The. Citizen OCTOBER 25. 1934 Captain Arthur Sheppard, drill WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1939 i 1 1 j | | | be active from now on advertising | Key West and making. various POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS CITY ELECTION, NOV. 14, 1938 |master of the American Legion | arrangements to promote the suc- | @@®@¢@@@eeeveesoccoccccce Drum and Bugle Corps, of Key West, returned yesterday from Miami and said that the local | boys presented a very creditable j appearance at the meeting now | being held in that city. | Ly C. Haines, vice-president of ithe: Florida East Coast Hotel Co., yesterday added his praise to th booklet just published by the Key West Administration. In a letter to M. E. Gilfond he said |that the booklet was very attrac- {tive and carried a wealth of in- | formation. Admiral Charles S. Freeman, \USN., expresses the belief that | the future of Key West lies in | beautifying it in such a way as |to hold out inducements to visi- j tors. json, officer in charge at the naval | station. Another large party of men and | women legionnaires arrived in the city from Miami this morning lon the Havana Special, many of whom will remain until tomorrow and go to Havana for a visit. A goodly number have decided to | forego. the! Cuban trip and will | remain, jn-Key West. Mei ts of the Hospitality | League were on hand at the in- \formation booth at the F.EC. ‘station today and were kept busy presenting booklets to the visitors | project. The housing project calls; to waterfront and laying small from Havana and Miami, who |for the building which is a considerable |The mosquito project calls |ditching all ponds in the out- iskirts of the city and allowing} |live salt water to enter, thus} |making it largely impossible for mosquitoes to breed. It also calls: |for mosquito preventive work in the city proper. Both are big |\factors in a tourist program. — task. | TOP PLAYING in the middle} of the street has largely ceaséd, | |following announcement in this column that it was highly dan- |gerous for the boys who often- times were so wrapped up| in their games that they did not of 200 units, stone jetties to keep the *-area;were there open to the sea. mosquitoes. Keys were built by nature with a high side toward the sea and another high side to- ward the Gulf usually. _ This left an open area in the middle. Gradually the sea closed the two mouths leading to the area and ate mosquitoes. MISS ESSIE GEIGER. field in great numbers. { OCTOBER 25, 1929 ; Open season on doves in Mon- roe County will have to remain as is for the present, according to information received by Wm. W. Demeritt, superintendent of the Seventh Lighthouse District, who ‘ator Duncan U. Fletcher. Mr. De- ;meritt represents the biological 'survey in the county. i La’Casa Marina, Key West’s This view was expressed | jin a letter to Lieut. W. B. Jack- | jcess of the tourist season this; jyear. Bureaus in this city, Mi-| jami and Tampa will not be open- | ted until after January 1. ! | “Kéy West is’ the last spot on} | the map of the United Sates but; it is the best”, commented Paul} | Wilkens Hjort, wealthy young !Dane of Copenhagen, world trav-} eller, who has been all over the; ‘United States. He said “today is / ithe first city I have been in in| | which I have really been happy”. ; | During the last few days rep- resentatives of The Citizen have} been asked about the prospects for starting work on the Boca; hica bridge, and the informa- tion may now be given out that | {the work has been laid out and} is in readiness to be started, next | week. i There will be a special meeting , of Robert J. Perry Chapter De; Molay held Monday night and all} ‘members of the chapter and mem- | bers of the Advisory Council are jurged to be present and meet |Brother Elmer G. Wilkins, who |will be at the meeting. | The revival services which are being conducted at the First Meth- odist Church and are conducted tby Evangelist A. F. Turner, of Tampa, showed evidences last night of the interest being taken | Fish will then More than 150 Legionnaires were by the people of the city, who for |enter and really wade into those ‘at the station. {attended in large numbers last night. ; WESLEY P. ARCHER For Mayor WILLARD M. ALBURY (For Re-Election) For Mayor WM. T. DOUGHTRY, JR. For Police Justice For. Chief of Police IVAN ELWOOD 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 RALPH B. BOYDEN For City Councilman COL. L. C. BRINTON For City Councilman JOHN CARBONELL, JR. For City Councilman GUY CARLETON | = | Today In History , | 1846—American squadron un- ‘this left a swamp. Opening this | recently received word from Sen. |der Commodore Perry bombards |swamp to the sea shoul@ elimin- \Tobasco, Mexico. | 1870—A convention in Cincin- {nati warmly discusses removal of ithe National Capitol to some representative of state W.P.A.' magnificent tourist hotel, will be ; Western city. Recreation Department, is ex- pected in the city today to confer | remain open until March 31, 1930, ;Stanton ;opened on December 27 and will 1893—Rear Admiral Oscar F. temporarily removed with Mrs. Eva Warner regarding | according to information receiv-,from command of South Atlantic | notice the approach of automo-|Recreation program soon to get ed today by The Citizen. ie P: biles. We now report another ,Underway, jSchutt, who has been manager of practice which residents close to, ; ;the hostelry since opening 10 Trumbo Island claim is even |/‘WORSHIP’ SUBJECT AT ¥eats 280, will be in charge. | more dangerous. With the open- | All is set for the city election, ing of the dove shooting season, | many hunters have cen fel jand 3,847 citizens have register- stands in the Trumbo Islan@i Youth Crusade Week con- ed, according to George F. Saun+ property and are firing in all di-|tinues with a service tonight at ders, supervisor of registration, |rections at the doves which are First Methodist Church, the topic with 35 candidates in the run- YOUTH CRUSADE MEET | which wilt be held November 12, : plentiful there. When one is out shooting he may quickly become | excited end not so careful that spot. Residents along Palm Avenue report that shots have fallen in their yards and rattled |against their window panes, We | suggest there be some city action jto stop this. Trumbo Island is | within the city limits, and shoot- |ing in city limits is against the | law. H | COFFEE SHOP TALK: Judge! |T. S. Caro must have a tougn |time sometimes to get the truth} out cf City Court defendants. ; T habitual drunks are easy. | | They always plead guilty. But in the case of fights, occasional |shooting, neighborly disputes, | you can hear even more sides to a question than the usual two. . . Did you know that getting up a! W.P.A. project takes a ‘single | man about two weeks of steady work? Jacksonville and Wash- \ington usually then come through |in about three months. . Un-| sightly/open ditch bordering ‘the Fort Taylor property will soon | be eliminated. . .Bill Demeritt’s | dove trapping grounds near Fort} | Taylor will be deprived of a wa- | ter ditch shortly through the Army project just approved, . .| Dredge will be used in Fort Tay- lor bight to secure fill. | ALONG THE WATERFRONT: | Catches of “bottom” fish—yel- | lowtail, snapper, grouper—are | becoming smaller and smaller | now that cooler weather is ap- | | Proaching. Soon the “floating” | fish wil. be plentiful. These are | mackerel, kingfish, tarpon, sail-| fish, amberjack, etc. . St. Clair | | Edgar and Charlie Demeritt are | | two habitual dock fishermen and | | ave really a part of the northwest | | waterfront. Charlie, who usually | |ships aboard local commercial | fishing boats, returns in the after- noon and immediately casts his | line from some wharf. Charlie is | perfectly satisfied fo haul in any- | thing that bites, but St. Clair, is | | always after the’ big fellows. . .| | Hoping for a good. market, local |the beginning of the mackerel | and kingfish season. Practically | all of Key West’s commercial ves- bee are used exclusively in win- these seasonal warm-water roam- |" ers. Smaller commercial boats | then have a clear field for the’ fishermen are anxiously awaiting | of -which will be “Worship”. Meeting will start at.7:30 o’clock. A short period of hymnal study he is always shooting into a safe|Wwill be presented preceding the | discussions on the subject of the evening» All young people of the city are invited to attend this and other services of Youth Cru- in the family home at Bredfords-|down, says: sade Week. Subscribe to The Citizen—20c weekly. ning, all working strenuously. Prospects are good for a heavy’ vote. P. M. Crews received a_ tele- gram last night advising that his aged father had passed away yesterday afternoon at 5 o’clock ville, Kentucky. The deceased had attained the age of 79 years. OCTOBER 25, 1924 | The Three-Way committee will 'squadron for saluting Brazilian | {insurgent cruiser. i | | 1897—The Pope refuses to in- jterfere in case of Prof. Schroeder of the Catholic University in} Washington. | 1992—Dr. Woodrow Wilson in- |augurated president of Princeton University. 1917—American steamer Luck- | enbach successfully resists attack by U-boat. | 1918—Germans in Argonne} 'damn rivers and flood country. to | stop American advance. 1929—President Hoover, two days after great stock -smash- “The fundamental business of the country, that is. the production and distribution of ‘commodities, is on a sound and ‘prosperous basis”. 7 For City Councilman JONATHAN CATES For City Councilman LEONARD B. GRILLON (Better known ag ‘Lennie”) For City Councilman ERNEST A. RAMSEY For City Councilman JIM ROBERTS (For Re-Election) For. City Councilman CARL L. SOULE For City Councilman JOHN GLENWOOD SWEETING For City Councilman EVERETT P. WINTER Lopez Funeral Service Established 1885 Licensed Funeral Directors and Embalmers Phone 135 With jother edible fish. at lunch time good to drink. Make it ice-cold Coca-Cola and you'll add a taste-surprise to lunch, It’s the drink that makes lunch time refreshment time.