The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 27, 1939, Page 2

PACE TWO The Key Wrest Citizen Published Daily Bxtept Subday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INO. L. P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOE ALLEN, Aésistant Business Mansger From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Dally Newspaper in Key West snd Monroe County -atered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the ted Press ue Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches ed. to \< or got otherwise credited in this paper and also the Ideal news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ne Year etx Months three, Mouths dne Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on applicatfon, tis SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of spect, obituary nétices, etc, will of 10 cents a line. ices for entertairiment by churches from which ue is to be derived are 5 cents @ line. Citizen is an open forum and invites diseus- public issues and subjects of local or general terest but it will not publish anonymous communi- m8. ike, resolutions of e charged for at The average politician may not own a seismograph but he can detect a ground- swell, Firland has scrupulously paid all her obligations and now Russia wants her to pay through the nose. New York’s honor is upheld; more perscns have seen the World Fair than saw the Chicago Fair in 1933. It might be a good idea for the fa- thers and mothers of Key West te visit our schools and see how good they are Medical advice at no cost: If you have neuritis, arthritis or rheumatic pains, come to Key West and absorb the healing rays of its sun, The National income is up 3 percent this year. Have you felt the change?— Key West Citizen. We must have been short-changed !—Sanford Herald. A winning football team ‘does not necessarily mean a good faculty, or even a good coach, but it would be hard to make a high school student believe it. Advertisers should appreciate the quality of subscribers, as well as the num- ber. The readers of The Citizen are, we believe, above the average, and are quick to respond to trade appeals that are timely. Hitler and Stalin are now occupying ‘| tails of a suitable program. GALA DAY FOR KEY WEST i November 1 will mark another mile- | stone along the rocky road to Key West rehabilitation. On that date Key West A substantial | humber of civilians has been added to the navy yard payroll. for new naval operations. and marines will go into barracks there. These facts mean much to this relatively small community, mittee has been appointed to work out’ de- lights of the celebration will be a purely civic parade leading from the Naval Station through the downtown section, public dance in Duval street Southard and Fleming streets. between colorful parade and dance. be awarded to children wearing the most picturesque, the most humorous and the most unusual costumes. They will be in- vited to appear in the Hallowe’en regalia, or in any other suit or dress that will add march or street scene during the dancing. Undcubtedly the merchants and citi- buntings. Store windows will be lighted; the street lights will be kept on later than usual. tive garb and show the sailors, marines their presence means to them. One good suggestion has vanced to The Citizen. Why not the former residents of Key West, of whom were forced to move away when the Naval Station was decommissioned in ticipate in the celebration? Without doubt many of these former observance. The civic committee might give this idea consideration and, if. ap- proved, issue a formal invitation to these old residents to come on back here and enjoy themselves. Of course no one knows how long the here. The reopening of the yard was brought about by navy need of a handy base from which to carry on a neutrality patrol arising out of the emergency of the In short, Key West will don a fes- | and soldiers on duty in Key West just what | been ad- | invite | many | 1932, to return here November 1 to par- | residents will be glad to return here for a | day. They would grasp the opportunity | to participate in a sort of Old Home Week | WM. R. PORTER, on his return} is now in season and will shortl jfrom New York, it is believed,'be out of season. Cerise cherries, | will stop in at Washington and are ripening at present. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | | Naval Station is to be formally reopened | ‘ Shortly many sailors | It is fitting, therefore, that the oc-! casion should be celebrated. A civic com- | The high- | and a! From all indications it will be a very | Prizes are to. life, variety, gaiety or color to the line of | zens of the city will follow the suggestion | to decorate their premises with flags and | IS striking painting. of a Red Cross nurse keeping the symbol of mercy flying is the keynote of the 1939 appeal for membership in the American Red Cro! ‘aced with the need for strengthening daily Red Cross services in 3,700 Chapters, id with its chartered obligation to aid in some measure in meeting the @istress of the men, Women and children refugees in war-torn ‘coun- tries across the sea, the Red Cross ks every man and woman in the | niente tt te nation, able to do so, to join as a member this year and support America’s official voluntary relief agency. Ruskin Williams, a distinguished artist, is creator of this ideal con- ception of the nurse heroine. ‘The roll call for members will be held November 11 to 30—foin through your local Chapter. Help your Red Cross help others by be- coming one of the millions who wil) add their. names to the roll of mercy, THE ISLAND CITY Sapo- | offer the Army lease of the old'dillas and the amazing, Spanish |Pan American airport for one; Lime are both out of season. Su- dollar a year. The Army is said ' garapples are in season. The tam- to want it for an auxiliary field. | |bright day for all. |planning the celebration would | northern taste. 5 ‘ j | NAVY YARD Celebration next! navy department will continue operations | Wednesday is expected to be a these preserved for tourists. They Committee |are tangy and would suit the jarind is admirably adapted for canning and for making ' cool drinks. We would like to see Sapodillas and ! | 1 [MOSQUITOES AND BATS sci sacs. poare | | Visitors to San Antonio, Texas, | ‘may See what at first they may | (mistake for Chinese pagodas, but | FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1939 KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY ‘Hiappenihgs Here Just Five, Ten ahd Fifteen Yeers Ago Today ‘As Taken From The OCTOBER 27, 1924 “Key West shoud give a prac- jon closer examination will prove |tically solid vote to W. J. Sears |to be the municipal bat roosts./to succeed himself as represen- These huge homes of hundreds of | tative in U. S. Congress from this thousands of bats were built by | district. He has always done | ithe municipality with public money, but the income derived Files Of The Citizen |required lines on their premises, \between Nov. 1 and the week jof February 18, when the contest closes. Joseph Edward Murray, prom- |what was possible for this city”.|inent corperation lawyer of Phil- | This statement was made by one ‘adelphia, writes The -Citizen as lof the best known residents of! ¢jows: ‘from the fertilizer ‘produced by the city today. | the bats is said to pay the cost of ‘maintenance. These bat roosts ‘were not erected for the purpose |of obtaining cheap fertilizer. | These thousands of bats are the first line of offense in the | A. R. Campbell is a San Antonio Within a few days announce- ment will be made about sub- division to be laid out on Boca |Chica by well-known developers of Miami. It will be the first of several developments which have been planned for the Key and fight on malaria fever. Dr. Charles Will be started soon. United States Eagle boat 36, in command of Captain Harry “In all the “42 years I jhave known Key West, no year has held such promise as this jyear of 1934”. | Is it the intention of the sani- |tary department to actually exe- cute stray dogs and cats, was a }question asked The Citizen to- ‘day. The answer is that not only Will the city do so but 10 animals were painlessly put to death yes- physician, who has been special-! Black, arrived in Havana yester- | terday in the lethal chamber of ‘izing to the extent of limiting | day from Galveston with 56 the city, recently constructed. his private practice to malaria }members of the naval reserve on | {and typhoid fever and therefore |board for their annual cruise. jhis studies, of malaria preven-|Dispatches from Havana indicate \tion by warring against disease-|the ship will leave for Key West first will be between the All \carrying insects have value. He is convinced that the malaria germ is sometimes car- ried by other than the anopheles | mosquito, but, whatever the mos- game to be played at the Athletic | ‘quito, he is equally convinced!Club gym. The Mysterious play- | increased | tonight. Married. Men’s basketball quin- tet will try and even games with the Mysterious five tonight in a ; that its most effective enemy is ers won a hard-fought victory ithe common bat. He does not | question in the least the value of jOther methods of fighting the ‘mosquito, such as drainage and loil treatment, but he thinks that ‘if man hopes to free himself from ; the curse of malaria he will have to use every effective means he ‘can devise. | Dr. Campbell has been carry- ing on his experiments for a last Friday night. Several sponging vessels left port yesterday and today and others are getting ready to leave in the next day or two for the sponging grounds. Most of the boats are bound for waters near Bahia Honda, where are some of the best grounds for sponges. ‘OCTOBER 27, 1929 Arthur Gomez has announced good many years in districts in that on Thursday evening in Bay- that he has Texas badly afflicted with the! view Park he will make the first | )disease and he is well assured of series of talks on local in- proved beyond a qustrial conditions. He says that| doubt the very great value of/e will make other speeches at the bat. five-day periods until election At the beginning of his book, time comes. '“Bats, Mosquitos and Dollars, ,he lays down four “allegations,” torce of trucks and dragline op-| as follows: That+ the malarial ‘mosquito is one of mankind’s (worst enemies; that the bat is ;one of man’s best friends be- Island, inflicted by the storm! Approximately 45 men and a erators are repairing the damages to the Overseas Highway be- tween No Name Key and Stock cause of the destruction it works nich did considerable damage in !upon the mosquito; that bats can be so protected and scientifically that section. The lavish dceorations on Du- ‘housed that they will increase |.) street and bright white way amazingly and eradicate malaria in their vicinity; that each such ‘bat roost can be made a source of illuminations are expected to blend beautifully with the spec- tacular pageant, which is to pre- income by reason of the commer-' 44, the Hallowe’en ball at the cial value as a fertilizer of the guano it will yield. Almost the whole of the volume is devoted to the proving of these “allega- tions,” one after the other, not by argument but by detailed ac- count of what the author has actually done himself and of the jlike to have a carnival spirit |Sugarapples do not go over with ' results he has brought about by everywhere, They ask storekeep- ' tourists. ers to display flags and buntings |his efforts. So important have |been these results, that they have in \recéived by the Porter Dock Co. ; other | Cuban Club tomorrow night. Wrecking Tug Warbler left port last night in response to a call from the Steamship Oakmar, which is reported to be ashore at a point near Castle Island, Ba- hamas. The vessel left port im- mediately after the report was General laws of Florida, which were enacted at the last session A doubleheader of baseball will |be played tomorrow at Navy \Field, beginning 1 o'clock. The \Service. team and the Pirates ‘and the second will be between \the New Sluggers and the Ace- ivedo Stars. ———. } ‘CLASSIFIED COLUMN i | PERSONAL }GEr VIGOR AT ONCE! >. New Ostrex Tonic Tab- lets contain general invigora- tors, oyster elements for vim, vigor, pep. Reg. $1.00 size, special today 89c. Call, write Gardner’s Pharmacy. FOR RENT FURNISHED HOUSE, 5 rooms and bath; G. E. Refrigerator. 517 Bahama street. oct26-10tx |UNFURNISHED APARTMENT, two bedrooms. Modern con- | veniences. Apply Smith's Gro- | cery, corner Georgia and Vir- ginia streets. oct20-tf FURNISHED APARTMENTS, | electric refrigerators. Valdes Bakery. sept30-3mo |FURNISHED DOWNSTAIRS APARTMENT, two bedrooms. All modern conveniences. 1500 Seminary street. oct9-tt —— COMPLETELY FURNISHED BUNGALOW and Apartment. Frigidaire, hot water, etc. 1321 Newton street. sept29-tf FOR SALE—2 lots, each 50x100. Run from Washington to Von Phister street. $850. Apply jin all windows, and if possible, to; BICYCLE RACK for the con-'attracted attention ;keep lights burning for the night venience of the public will soon countries and Italy, Austria and ae * ¥ of celebration. Torches will prob-|be installed at the post office. /Belgium have sent scientists to| ra in) the Citizen in supplemen: | jably be carried in the parade. Construction is now underway, 'study and report on his experi- | ay z / { i i | Hallowe’en costumes are expected | with galvanized iron tobe used.'ments. Bat roosts have been |‘he laws a ee a, peg jto add much color to the affair. |For those who go to the post of- ‘ | built in the malaria-cursed en- \fice for no other reason than to vironment of Rome. OCTOBER 27, 1934 Several | ; i “ ‘ ‘ Ernest Hemingway, /deposit letters and post cards, a ‘State, municipal and private bat +. -) aiy-known petal ono hal mail box will be placed at the;roosts have been constructed in y-know! | entrance for their use. For these ,Texas because of Dr. Campbell’s — San ahem aprile albet tate aber in- ‘success in freeing certain dis- terday on his rife yacht Pilar Kdebted toyepostunenteh redo lary, telcts ie Heeee aaa Ler and is now at his home on White- who requested permission to in- quitos and making them habit- Reaat dinata Hee separ aiaiee |stall the conveniences. ‘able. His work and its results| hi fared Po! ae re ‘have been endorsed by medical | Cate! ehapoeres c one 0! i societies and by the late Dr. W. bea = Poun a pone C. Gorgas. arl Thompson has oer ‘Here is something that might|$100, which will be used for ‘be given serious consideration | @Warding cash prizes in the aoe Joeally in connection with the | tification to those who show fight against mosquitos in dis- |gteatest improvement along the tricts where it is not possible to | carry out thoroughly sanitary ;measures enforced and applied in | European war and the presence of prowl- of the legislature, will be publish- ing submarines in this hemisphere. It is to be hoped that the powers that be at Washington will finally recognize the fact that here in Key West is a readymade | naval base from which to protect hostile approach to the Gulf of Mexico through Florida Straits or Yucatan Channel. When this fact is recognized and Key West is given the attention she deserves there will be real cause for rejoicing. the same bunk, yet in Hitler’s book ‘Mein Kampf”, he had this bitter denunciation of Russia: “We must never forget that the regents of present-day Russia are common blood-stained criminals; that here is the scum of humanity.” tear 1217 Petronia street. apri4-s FOURTEEN-FT. V-BOTTOM CYPRESS BOAT; Four Horse . Johnson Outboard Motor; Four interna- ii ‘i tinguisher; Pair of Oars and Row Locks; Anchor with Rope; UmbreYia—all for $85.00, Apply 1217 Petronia Street. jun27-s HOTELS BRING YOUR VISITING friends in need of a good night's rest to THE OVERSEAS HOTEL. Clean rooms, enjoy the homey atmosphere. Satisfactory rates. 917 Fleming St. mayl?-tt COFFEE SHOP TALK: Mrs. F. |H. Callahan gave up trying to |give an entertainment for the of- |ficers and wives of the destroy- }ers on patrol duty here. The de- stroyers went out sometimes with ‘only a few hours’ notice. . .Mrs. Ernest Hemingway may be seen around town in her little brown Bantam roadster, . .Police are still While our sympathies for Finland are partly commercial because of its prompt payments of its financial obligations to The United States, we also remember how hard the Finns fought for their independ- @nce against the onslaughts of the Rus- ‘sian bear, who again is menacing the free- dom of a fine people. ALONG THE WATERFRONT: (Interesting sights at the north- |working at keeping kids off! west section of the waterfront streets in top playing and take are the many gulls flying about. an occasional spin out,at Trumbo | At times they “glide through the to check up on dove shooting... .'air with the greatest of ease”, By the way, try baked and.stuff- then swoop down to snatch un- ed dove. Better’n quail, . .Key suspecting little fish swimming | Westers everywhere are alwaysjnear the surface. There is a-mad |proud of their black beans dish|scramble after the lucky gull in the city ‘proper. ‘ { and serve it often to visitors. . .an ‘attempt to wrest the “lunch”; Anything that helps in the; Turtle eggs are even better when from it. Sometimes the capured fight ‘against mosquitos and | not so fresh. They are harder to|meal drops out of the gull’s| malaria, especially when the cost! find off Cape Sable now. ‘mouth and sounds of flapping is so low ms it gerne ie i i a | wings can be heard: as the others | enlisting eal oO! y | attended church services at the Westside | yp you DON'T BELIEVE Key dive to nip it off the surface be-|worthy of consideration. Presbyterian Church every Sunday morn- | west is coming back into its own jfore it sinks... Now it can be} How would a sign reading || ing for the past sixty-four years and four as a boating town take a look atjtold. Willard Baker, generally | “Welcome to Key bhai te months. | the scene off P. & O. docks if you! known as “Copper Lips”, is not city without mosquitos” loo! al haven’t been out that way for|a Baker at all. His real moniker | visitors coming here on the Over- The lady began her attendance when sometime. Schooners now lift is Willard Artiego. Baker is the seas Highway? Let’s try to do ore year old and when the church closed | their tall spars to the horizon title of his grandfather on his just that. CAN during the influenza epidemic of 1918 she went there every Sunday morning and CHURCH-GOING RECORD The people of the United States, as we have said before, are record-conscious. No matter what it may be, if an individual | can set a record, he is sure to receive ac- claim. This being true, we might as_ well take some notice of the fact that Miss-Jen- nie C. Powers, of Germantown, Pa., has Overseas Transportation Company, Inc. Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service Fe —between— MIAMI AND KEY WEST ALSO SERVING ALL POINTS ON FLORIDA KEYS —between— The height of something or other is Wen in a cancellation of a subscription to a ational magazine by a man named Welsh when he objected to the statement: “Am- erica’s bitterness at its former Allies’ welshing on their war debts.” Some read- rs are just plain dumb and no one knows that any better than the editor of a news- paper or magazine. The aggressors, like Bret Hart’s “Heathen Chinese”, are peculiar. After they've got what they want in rapacious wars, they say war is “silly, senseless and |where there were only a few|mother’s side. . .With the charter! before. All the Sponge Fleet is;boat and commercial “floating” ;\——————_ { now in because of badly struck fish season approaching, a minia-| progress of a vessel, and now sponge beds. The charter fleet|ture war is being waged on the|that “long runs” after sport and} stupid”, as Gayda, Mussolini’s alter ego said the other day, forgetting that Italy fought wars against Spain, Albania and Ethiopia. Now, after the ravage of Poland, worshipped alone. We doubt if anybody in Key West ean equal the record set by this lady but is there. Many private \have also anchored there follow- | toms. ing closing of Submarine Base. we wonder who can come the nearest to it. | boats; moss that collects on boat bot- This growth slows the ‘commercial fish are just ahead, | The editor will be glad to receive informa- lee sp are oye er tion about individuals in this county who | ami to Key West by car for only have gone to church every Sunday for as |67 cents, ‘excluding tolls. He has) much as ten years. Maybe we will dis- converted his car into a distillate \burning engine. A few of Thomp-! cover the church-going champion of the | con Fuh Counpatiy ‘oats are | country. |perimenting with distillate-using | fengines and many West Coast) ‘boats have used it for years. If} you are dubious try starting your | boat motor on gasoline from one} tank. Then switch to a half and) half mixture from another tank. You will save about three cents | a gallon besides marine cut. You | ‘most watch for thinning of oil in| ‘the base, however. | SOME OF OUR more delicious tropical fruits are not available to visitors during the winter ‘sea- son, The luscious, tangy tamarind Hitler implies the same thing. Perhaps the results are not what was expected, and the accounts not yet closed. Round Out You KEY WEST Wut with @ Drip to _ “A Victorian in the Modern World,” is the title of a book of memoirs written by ‘Hutchins Hapgood and published by Har- court, Brace Co. The price is $5. It deals with the left-wingers of a quarter of a cen- tury ago and admits the reader in an in- | tekesting way to an interesting group of R@Wan beings in an interesting period. Hutchins Hapgood, with his wife, is a| with triplets. ‘yearly winter visitor to Key West and has Three years before twins were born several times Written articles in The ‘Citi-| to the couple. It is just ‘possible that zen concerning conditions in the iIsland | Frank has his mind on what might happen City. lin 1942, = Leave Key West, 10:30 A. M., EST, Monday and Thursday. Arrive Havana, 5:00 P. M. Monday and Thursday. Leaye Havana, 9:00 A. M. EST. ‘Tuesday and Fridny. POSSIBLE _——— EsT, Frank Zimmerman, of Rochester, New York, is beginning to “recover from the shock,” after his wife presented him ‘ ROUND Bee neg FREE PICK-UP and DELIVERY SERVICE FULL CARGO INSURANCE Office: 813 Caroline St. Phones 92 and 68 WAREHOUSE—Cor. Eaton and Francis Sts. The PENINSULAR & OCCIDENTAL 5S. S. 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