The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 10, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By TRE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO, INC. { L. P. ARTMAN, President an@ Pubiisher JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Maneger From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets . | -nly Dally Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County stered at Key West, Florida, as second elass matter Member of the Associated Press ue Associated Press is exclusively entitled use for republication of all news dispatches to ‘< Or pot @therwise credited Hd is paper and also ‘be iétal newa’ published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ime Year . tix’ Moyths Three Mont dne Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made knowp on application. ee SPECIAL NOTICH All reading elgg | cards ef thanks, resolutions of sonal, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at » rats of 10 cents, line. Notices for entertairiment by churches from which 2 revenue is to be derived are 5 cents & line. The Citizen ii open forum and invites discus- public issues and subjects of local or general but it will not publish anonymous communi- (MPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WESi ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN. Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—-Lind and Sea. Consolidaticn of County and City Governments. The last word about women will spoken by another woman. be The freedom of the seas has now be- come the freedom of the seize. The European war almost came to an end last Wednesday—a bomb almost got Hitler. Soe exposing communists in the em- ploy of the United States is a “sordid pro- cedure.” Sorry to see Alice Brady go so soon; she was one of this writer’s favorite actresses. The static-less radio has one disad- | vantage—you can still hear the advertis- ing blurbs. Dull pupils cheat more than bright ones, says ateacher. But maybe the bright ones are too smart to be caught. The English, dispatches inform us, are playing baseball. Is that some more propaganda? It isn’t “cricket” to do that. In his beer cellar speech Wednesday, Hitler said that Great Britain’s “police dictatorship ovef Europe” must cease. Shades of Czechoslovakia, Austria and Poland! An exchange says that the only way to make some citizens contribute to the public welfare is to tax them. Yeah, but suppose they don’t pay their taxes as is the habit in Key West? “Health note: yican Legion. ARMISTICE DAY IN KEY WEST mistice Day. It should be a memorable | day in Key West’s history, for a compre- hensive and appropriate program of events | has been arranged under the leadership of Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28 of the Amer- The program gives every op- portunity for observing and commemorat- ing the 21st anniversary of the Armistice | that brought the first World War to an. end. It will include elements of the United States army, the federalized National Guard, the United States navy, the United States Coast Guard and possibly the United States Marine corps. The American Legion ! has likewise invited all veterans regardless of their affiliations with any veteran or- ganization, the Boy Scouts, the Girl Scouts and other civic and patriotic groups to participate. At the conclusion of the pafade, Ar- mistice Day services will be observed at Bayview Park. There will be a fine speaking program. Among the speakers will be Army and Navy officials, city offi- cials, Legionnaires, civic leaders and clergymen. A silent period in memory of | the men who have died in the country’s service will be observed. Whistles will be blown, bells sounded. At noon the whole | program will be topped off by a salute of 21 guns—the National West Barracks. The foregoing events are in keeping with the spirit of the day. When news of Salute—at Key | the Armistice was first received by the | soldiers overseas and the-civilians at home there was a brief prayer of thankfulness, a quick intake of the breath, a deep stir- ring of the emotions. Then joy rode up- permost, bursting through the pent emo- bration. For that reason it is fitting that Ar- thur Sawyer Post should arrange that the concluding event Armistice Day should be a grand ball and a joyous floor show at Key West Country Club. The Legion- naires, from every account reaching The Citizen, have outdone themselves and topped all previous social events in their arrangements for the Country Club affair. From gravity to gaiety; from solemnity to hilarity. That is life, and the Legicn program tomorrow reflects life —and puts life in the social life of the community. RED CROSS IS BUSY The American: Red Cross is calling on women.to aid again in bringing comfort to victims of the war by knitting sweaters destitute and homeless. 1, the garments to be made by American women in Red Cross chapters all over the country. A special delegation went to Europe last month to survey the most urgent needs, which they found greatest among the Poles, driven from their ;honies:. and country by Hitler. The most dynamic forcé in the direc- Eat less and you will feel better. Try it!”—L. P. Artman in The Key West Citizen. Those Germans must be feeling “just simply spiffy” if that’s | what it takes——Times-Union. The soothsayers are already pre- dicting who will win the election in 1940. Right now, Key Westers would like to know who will win in the coming city | election. The Citizen will tell the day after the election. The day’s news fairly crackles with items telling of how business is gaining | throughout the country. A good deal of | this optimism is due to the expectation | that the country is entering on a war! boom. Don’t get excited and plunge too | deeply into the stock market; peace may be just around the corner. | We have a peculiar idea of liberty of speech when Earl Browder, who as_ the leader of the Communists in this country, | owing allegiance to Russia first, openly | states that the United States is ripe for transition to Socialism, and we stand supinely by. Transition in this connection qs the camouflaged word for revolution. One of the rights of democracy is freedom of speech, but it should be withheld from those who seek to destroy that very right. tion of the American Red Cross is Miss Mabel Boardman, its general secretary, who has devoted 40 years to this humani- | tarian work without ever receiving a dol- | lar of salary. Under her direction the or- | ganization’s 3,700 local chapters have been set up, and the splendid work done during the World War and since was largely due to her leadership. There is no doubt a generous response will be made to the present appeal in be- | half of the unfortunate Polish people. DEMOCRACY NOT WIDESPREAD the idea that democracy is making great strides in the Western Hemisphere but the fact is that, with the exception of the United States and Canada, and perhaps ene or two smaller nations, the ‘govern- ments of this hemisphere are not demo- cratic in the least. This conditivn arises in part because the people of many of the Central and South American nations are not qualified for democracy. The government of the ‘ have sense enough to make it function. In | view of the difficulties that we experience in securing good government there is no | wonder that democracy is only an idea in inations where illiteracy is widespread. Key West tomorrow. will observe Ar- | In the forenoon there will be a parade. § tions and breaking forth into a wild cele- | and making clothing for the thousands now | Norman H. Davis, national chairman, | has announced that the organization hopes | to send 137,000 sweaters and 83,000 win- | ‘ter dresses to Polish refugees by January | The people of the United States have | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN A GREAT DEAL of insidious dirt being slung locally is being spiked by political workers for the candidates in the city election next Wednesday. Among these are rumors that gambling will be closed by a certain candidate, | that the negro vote here has been ‘disrespectfully referrd to, that Key West is only for Key West- ers. It was pointed out that Key | West is a tourist town and large- lly will continue to have gambling with no one man really able to (stop it; that the negroes in Key 'West have always been very ifriendly with the whites, much (more so than in the North and ‘even in the deep South; finally, that hundreds of Key Westers |now hold important positions in |Miami, Tampa and other sections ‘of the country, which positions | were open to them as well as to people from other sections of the |states. T. E. PRICE has offered the 60 tacres of Trumbo, which the Navy {Department wants for an Air | Station, for sale at a price be- [lieved to be acceptable by the \fhe Navy. Trumbo Properties | was sold by receivers of the Flor- ‘ida East Coast Railroad for $126,- |000 to Trumbo Properties, Inc., following the hurricane in 1935. \The price offered by Mr. Price is iprobably in the neighborhood of {that figure. To be retained is Trumbo Hotel and the P. & O. |docks. Thompson’s Pineapple |Canning Factory site will also {not be included. In the air also jis a rumor that private interests ‘are becoming interested in one of ithe P. & O. docks for a drydock | for destroyers. Nearest |docks now are {New Orleans and Coco Solo, | Canal Zone. AROUND TOWN: Notice the little sprouts just above ground in the Stowers plot of the Works Progress Farming Project. . | Houses are renting early in Mi- jami, local realtor reports, and |predicts that Key West rents may advance slightly later this winter. He claims that Key West |rents approximate as low as 30% |of those in Miami. . .Agitation is icommencing for an adequate winter program this season with games and recreation provided in \parks, swimming facilities, boat {races, social activity, more con- certs, drama, floor shows, better movie facilities. . .Duval street is | well-filled with tourist enter- {prises this year, such as knick- ‘knacks, souvenirs, latest dress |fahion, lending libraries, artist's | Shops, curio shops, citrus fruit shops. . .Merchants report busy | week with the cool snap recently begun. They don’t eyen take) time off for lunch now. | GRADUALLY. ever so gradu-, ally, the beautiful white paint | which goes sa well in the trapics | is beginning to spread ever Key; West. The average tourist who} comes here gets a distinctly bad first impression. The real: beau- ty of the Cape Cod, .Bahaman } and. Latin architecture of the city is largely hidden under, graying surfaces or garish paints. More and more, though, residents are turning to white paint. If you would get a real contrast look over the beautiful white homes along Division street . between! the entrance to the Boulevard and White street and then saunt-! er a little further down Division. ! A bright, white little. city with‘ gorgeous tropical blooms in the yards will give good first impres- | sions. ALONG THE WATERFRONT: | ! Almost twice as many. mackerel as were caught Tuesday were brought to port Wednesday byj commercial fishermen of one of} the local fish markets!’ As the news spread by word of mouth) ‘and in print there were many calls for this delectable member of the finny tribe... .Two: boats of, the commercial fleet have each reported catches of 500-600: pounds of “bottom” fish, which | just about means normal condi- tions along the waterfront al- though rough seas continue. . . jamus of the Cincinnati Zoo, be-/ {placement self again. . ‘monial from the Pratt-business|and, perched over a memorial FRIDAY; NOVEMBER 10, 19389 SIDELIGHTS By B, Former Editor of The ' ' | | PEOPLE'S FORUM | | a ? | ARMISTICE DAY A South Dakota newspaper | asks these questions: “Would | This is a summary from part you tack the news of your daugh- | of the article on “The Dove ter’s wedding on a telephone | Symbol’. bird bearer wren by ? A y in ‘atholic ‘igest, pole? Would you use a hotel | cept, 1939, “Among. the pagans register or telephone directory to| o¢ Mesopotamia white dovrs tell that you had enlarged your |were sacred to Ishtar, their. god- store? Would you put the news | dess, representing marriage bliss of your wife’s party on a bill- and productiveness. In Christian board,.or moving picture screen? ‘art the dove is the symbol of th Then why in heck don’t you put | Holy Ghost, purity and inspira. your advertising in the news-'tion, while in cemeteries on a} paper, too?” slab it is the sign that one has} jdied in the faith. Among Maho-/} = jmetans this bird represents in-j When Zecko, baby hippopot- |. iration from the time that; Mahomet trained a pigeon to} came fretful and cross some time | pick seed from his ear. The go an examination of her mouth | dove brought back an olive) Gh tae aan” Tee se ein: [branch to Noah in the ark, so it} thndenit-obeed ed. an oh de yr ith symbol of peace. In olden} 4 wee tire days a golden dove was sus- for Zeeko to use as a teething, aided. by « chain -cver te ee pot rican! ravines com- | Citar for the reservation of the Blessed Sacrament.” ii wiht “A curious coincidence occur- Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia red at Brownsville, Tex. in 1921, of New York City has just re-|where on the morning of Nov.! ceived a belated reward in the 11, snow-white pigeons flew into! form of a leather-bound testi- the Church of the Sacred Heart school. As a student at the|window, remaining throughout school in, 1906, he mastered the the Armistice Day service. This; shorthand and typewriting,; was generally regarded as a course in.30 hours, immediately peace prognostication.” obtaining a job as stenographer While Europe burns and peo- at $18 a week!’ His salary is|ple are slain, may we ever have} about $450 a week now. the Dove of Peace. | : A LOVER OF PEACE. JOY An odd coincidence brought | ; were the following TODAY'S COMMON ERROR A title fol- lowing the name of a per- son, or used as a substi- tute for the name, is most often regarded as a com- mon noun; as Nicholas Murray Butler. president of Columbia University. or the president: but Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the U. S. or the President. TRANSPORTATION S. S. Cuba - Small passenger list arrived on the Steamship Cuba yesterday from Tampa, consisting of three first cabin passengers for Key West, four first cabin and two second cabin passengers for Havana. Key West arrivals were: Manuel Ramos, Mrs. J. L. Dums- ford, Mrs. J. H. Woodard. Listed on the ship’s manifest items: For Key West, 60 tons of freight and one sack of mail; for Havana, there was no freight, one auto- mobile and 80 sacks of mail. Sailing for Havana at 10:30 o’clock the Cuba carried 32 first cabin passengers booking at Key West, four automobiles and 15 sacks of mail. Years ago there was a good mar-|the automobiles of Oliver Mor- ket for arberjack and barracuda ton of Dublin, Ind., and Mrs. locally and from vessels making! Oliver Morton of Fort Sill, Okla., this a port of call, but a fable ‘into collision at Richmond, Ind.,: began making the rounds |con-ja few days ago. The two are not cerning residents who were poi-jrelated, and they met for the CONSIDER THE LADY Constable—If this is your pocketbook, how is it there’s a photo of this gentleman’s wife in it? Ready-witted Pickpocket— ‘Ush, constable—no I pik S508 | Do you remember, twenty-one years ago, When whistles blew, were rung, The people shouted and bells and also . son by fishermen but there are soned by these fish and it has: dry. jbeen difficult to sell any since.|head-on without serious dam- in Charleston. 'However, there are a number of age. Key Westers today who consider | amberjack a delicious dish when | ‘properly cooked, and many con- | tinue to eat barracuda. There is! ‘a certain species of the “tiger of | , the sea” which is considered poi- | but few of these caught locally. Oldtime waterfronters claim practically all, if not all, Key | Westers poisoned by fish were; victims of uncooked seafood. . .| Edwin “Old Ropes” Higgs made | an unucual catch yesterday. Cast- | ing his line from .the side of his: boat it immediately became taut and he began to haul it in. In- stinctively turning to watch the, surface of' the water in the vicinity he noticed his line was not under ; water but on top. Yep, he had} hooked an ocean gull, It made! a vain effort to free itself, but! was finally boated. Before tak-| ing to the air after being freed, | the gull took a bite at its captor and today Higgs is nursing a sore! thumb. As Taken From The NOVEMBER 10, 1934 | Mrs. Lewis Pierce was hostess |yesterday to the Harris School ;Room Representatives at the |home on Elizabeth street. Mrs. ,{M. E, Berkowitz, chairman of the | organization, opened the meeting with the usual roll. call and a | goodly representation answered. | Dr. Robert O. Van, who has been ly in the Key West Aquarium for a number of years and is the diree tor of the Fairmount Park Aqua- rium near Philadelphia, arrived this morning and before begin- ning the assembling of his col- lection of fish is meeting his host of friends. | Mr. and Mrs. Julio Lopez gave |a party yesterday afternoon cele- |brating the thirteenth anniver |sary of their daughter, Ramona, at their home.on Olivia street. (The white and pink cake with 13 |candles was cut and served’ dur- | jing the afternoon. Games were played, the first prize going to her mother, Mrs. John Park. NOVEMBER 10, 1923 The Buenos Aires bound 32- plane of the New York. morning and wil South America, There were 11 passengers on board. people cannot function unless the people |had KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Five, Ten and Fifteen Years Ago Today a short time | took off for Havana enroute to! Files Of The Citizen and have it on display at the San F. J. Gelhaus and Roy A. Daniels of the construction de- partment of the Pan American | Company are in the city plan-! ning extensive improvements and ! {expansion to the airport facilities | (of the line in preparation for the | jresumption of plane and passen: | |ger service from Key West. | Editorial Comment: ‘Advertis-‘ i in two ways. First it| triage tae | ‘buyers directly to the | seller in response to the adver- | tiser’s message. Secondly, it may | create a favorable impression: in ; the subconscious mind, which is | translated into action when the need arises. | NOVEMBER 10, 1924 American Legion and 40 and 8 hope to see all people of the city tomorrow wearing the poppy, } which is emblematic of this me- | |morial day, designating a thought | \for the ones who gave all for his! country so we may thrive and all prosper. Under the supervision of the} Rotary Club the annual roll call} of the American Red Cross was jstarted today and will be con- viaP& O Monday and Arrive Havana, 500 P. Monday and Thursday. Leave Havana, 9:00 A. M., ‘Tuesday and Friday. ‘Tuesday and Friday. CUBAN TAXES, | cident. | January, but was let off by the! : sufficient fund will have been! Round Gut Yous KEY WEST viet Leave Key West, 1090 A. M., EST, ‘Thursday. xu. _Axrive Key West, 2:15 P. M. =ST, Ya PORT TAMPA, Tossdoye tnd filders, 5 9.0. P Z Sash first time when their cars met sung, For joy because the o'er. war was The San Francisco Aquarium!A thrill of happiness, swept; has 16 baby seahorses, hatched | through our country, | out by their daddy, which is an The home of the brave and the! old seahorse custom. The female free, of this peculiar species of fish Our boys would come home, and deposits eggs in a pouch attached | they’d be united, to the male’s body, where they Once more with their families. | are carried until hatched. Aj L. S. grown seahorse is about three! — SAMPLE | | Captain John L. Reynolds of! the steamship Collihgsworth, | which rescued 55 sailors from the British airplane carrier Courage- ous, got a break out of the in- He was on the carpet) for ramming another vessel last) navigation authorities because of | his “excellent performance” in} the Courageous rescue. tinued until Thanksgiving Day. By that time it is hoped that aj raised to continue the work and) n.ake it more extensive than any |@ other year since its establish i$ ment. \3 Patriotic Order Sons of Amer- ica has a picture of all the boy: of Key West who died or who! were injured in the World War, 2 Carlos Book Store. Everyone is invited to view the picture and see the many who took part in the great conflict. Much interest is being mani- fested in the basketball game to be played at the Athletic Club between the Married Men’s team and the High School tomorrow night. The Married Men, with three straight victories to their |" credit, will battle hard for an- other win. eeeccccccccccoscore @ WHERE ALL POINTS ON THATS A MIAMI and LEAVES A.M. of M. LEA’ MIAMI o'clock A. 520 "tre ATSEA 10 DAY tlmit EST, EST, Office: 813 Caroline St. W AREHOUSE—Cor. 3. 1. 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