The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 15, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO She Key West Citizen Rublished Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Mansger From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets nly Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County satered at Key West, Florida, as second elass matter Member of the Associated Press Le Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches eredited to at or got etherwise credited in this paper and also ‘he local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ae Year ax Moyths fhree Month: Dne Month Weekly .... ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICH All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of ‘ spect, obituary notices, ete., will be charged for at @ rate of 10 cente.a line, Notices for entertaitiment by churches trom which 2 revenue is to be derived are 6 cents a line. ‘The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- public issues and subjects of local or general t but it will not publish anonymous communi- MPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WES 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. Expect no favors arid you will retain your friends. A perfect wife and a perfect husband | would find life pretty dull. Government spending is usually bad unless it happens to be spent in your own community. 3eautification of Key West upon what each lot-owner does. you plan to do? depends What do Some fellows who think they should be elected to office display much orig- inality of thought. Democracy will succeed only when men and women understand that it is not a sign of ignorance to disagree. “The heart of America is sound,” de- clares an orator. The old lungs also seem to be hitting on all cylinders. The prime function of every citizen of | Key West is to improve this community. | This can’t be done by improving one’s | self. Correct this sentence: “My husband | almost forces me to buy new hats every | season.” The merchants wish this were | true. It should always be borne in mind that only your equals can insult you—you don’t fight with dogs because they bark at you. Sick men who get well appreciate the science of medicine, but the appreciation | often dees not extend to paying the doc- | tor’s bill. When men are placed in high stations and are great, the eminence will make them greater while small men in eminent stations will be even smaller. One of the beneficial results of the | defended Hy strong war in Europe will be that the United States will become better acquainted with | the republics south of us through trade re- | lations. To paraphrase Horace Greeley’s | advice: “Learn Spanish, young man, and | go South.” There must be something about being | governor of Florida that destroys men’s | sense of reason. Now you take John Mar- | tin. He thought he could be elected sen- | ator because he had once been elected gov- | ernor. Then came Carlton with the same mistaken idea. Dave Sholtz tried it. And new Gov. Cone still unable to profit from | the example of others who have gone be- | fore him, marches ‘up to the slaughtering | block. Florida has a law that a governor USE KEY WEST SUB BASE! Florida members of congress report- | edly are making an effort to arouse the interest of navy department and naval af- fairs officials in the establishment of a submarine base at “some point on the | Congressmen lower Florida peninsula.” see in the proposed huge increase in the navy’s submarine flotilla an opportunity to | do something for some community on the lower Florida peninsula. The citizens of Key West naturally | ask—what about the submarine base at Key West? Do not the members of Con- gress ard the navy department know that | Bs United States government spent sev- eral millions building a submarine base at Key West? a submarire base at any other point in Florida until the Key West base is com- | missioned and utilized? Why forget the Key West sub base investment and waste many more millions of public money build- ing a submarine base elsewhere What’s the matter with Key West anyway? Who’s holding this city back, who’s endangering the national defense by insisting on locat- | ing submarine bases, seaplane bases and other kinds of bases at points hundreds of miles away from the Straits of Florida and Yucatan Channel—vital entrances to the Gulf of Mexico? Some years ago, it will be recalled, | former Congressman Mark Wilcox and several Key West civic leaders tried to in- | duce the house naval affairs committee to commission the Key West submarine base. This request was turned down because, it was alleged, the navy didn’t have any spare submarines to assign here. Now that situation is changed. The | navy has more submarines, and is about to procure others. Bases for them must be established and maintained. Here in Key West is a brand new submarine base. It would take relatively little outlay by the navy department to put it in operation. The change from an unused status to ac- tive operation could be made in a matter of a few weeks. Certainly it could be com- missicned while congress was dickering over sites for a base to be located else- where on the peninsula of Florida. If there is any justice, any common sense, any patriotism in the hearts and minds of official Washington, then those men cannot help recognize the fairness, the wisdom and the necessity of putting the Key West submarine base into commis- sion. Why continue to play politics when the public economy, the public necessity and the public defense is at stake? NAVY’S FAITH IN BATTLESHIPS The United States Navy continues to rest its fat¢ upon the battleship as the backbone ¢f naval power, supported and sea and air arms. Nothing that has happened in the present war requires a change in this policy, ac- cording to Charles Edison, acting Secre- tary of the Navy. At the same time, the officers who will have to fight our engagements con- tinue to observe and study all phases of naval action. Should developments con- vince them that the American conception of a well-balanced fleet is wrong, they will | undoubtedly hasten the creation of a navy in keeping with the new intelligence. It is interesting to learn that new hips are being constructed on time. This is a great achievement in itself because of | the disorganization in the shipbuilding in- dustry that inevitably resulted from our | naval building holiday, which lasted from 1922 to 1933. During these years there | was little opportunity for naval architects and expert technicians and, consequently, many of them drifted into other industrial | activities. WHO IS FIGHTING? The Russian Foreign Commissar Molo- toff bitterly assails the United States and the Soviet government takes the oppor- | tunity of attacking the motives of this re- | public. A casual reading of these remarks, and the attitude of the Soviet, would lead an unsuspecting individual to think that the war was being fought by the armies of the United States and the Soviet. Back of the criticism of this govern- ment may be the Russian idea that it. will render some sort of assistance to Germany, or that it will have some effect in certain Why consider the location of ; | colored folk come into the polls; Wester-Winter Visitor squabbles | zen office that often they missed | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN and Better Taste With Chesterfield’s Right Combination of the world’s best American and Turkish tobaccos The great combination of BETTE DAVIS and ERROL FLYNN, shown above in costume and informally, gives millions a lot of pleasure in Warner Bros. current release, “The Private Lives of Elizabeth & Essex” The great combination of tobaccos in Chesterfield gives millions real smok- ing pleasure because they’re cooler, better-tasting and definitely milder. Make your _ next pack ‘Copyright 1939, Liccatr & Myers Tosacco Co. THE ISLAND CITY CITY GOVERNORS: Mayor Al- voted for three election commis- | bury and council of Freeman, sioners instead of two. i Grillon, Carbonell, Boyden, Brin- ; i ton, Sweeting and Ramfey. They; THERE IS a strong bloc now! will run’ the city for two years, in city council, whith ‘will see to NOVEMBER 15, 1934 West, and should have full sup: ' business-like government, “more Net entered a plea of guilty to al port. jfor your money’s worth”. {charge of petty larceny and was! j ——_ ‘sentenced to six months in the UNDOUBTEDLY there was ajcounty jail. During the pro lot of money spent in the races ‘ceedings of the court the class 4 A outside of council. Maybe coun from the High School witnessed ers watched all their votes. .“.Un- : ci] candidates getting “$200 a year coccinea. “i doubtedly our residents, who ” , i ; have eke from other parts’ of an plies “aye ala Hotel Casa Marina opens this the country, contributed largely ; af a0 ogee rat se cab snyrte okt to their election by splendid talks} « rhas been made public it is under- | de at Bayview Park Monday! 1eee ,, WAS one “double | stood that notice of the opening | See Senne vac ne londay | cross” ifi the election but the! night. Then, too, they have been one doublecrossed was strong bos slippers ect ara = Dap amen making many friends in their’ ht ti office of the Florida East Coast ee ee | Hotel Company within the next, years of stay here, especially with , ; zi their active civic work the past! NOW THAT the campaigning, | ew days. two years. + the taxiing of votes, the careful Mie Ginedader aus vi genes a ‘distribution of votes politically, Be Philadelphia Seca leat WATCHING many of those the mud-slinging, the talk of re- ae ting, we would scores. of week and is busy preparing sea ey A rere rts Be eae ane ot non reform, tbe Kay growths and rocky formations in the tanks at the Key West aqua- rium before the supply of water, MAYOR WILLARD M, AL. | BURY ran a very strong cam- paign. He and his fellow work- tightly clutching their sample have all gone way of ballots. In the booths they would the boards and the trend carefully lay the sample ballot’ is strongly toward business-like '® ‘urned on. , alongside the official ballot and! gévernment—we hope there is no | Initiation work was the main mark accordingly. A lot of po-' squabbling and _ bitterness be- | activity et the meeting of the, litical work was spent on them. | tween factions as there was in| Key West Rotary Club today, | 1 te last election. jwhen J. Gerry Curtis, James } | Moore, W. Curry Harris and John A BIT of polities, which ——___ carried out: ih this fese I ka oth} AND THEN there's the,election Key were made members of the er council races, was “single, Story about the little girl, appar- {organization. Dr. Robert O. Van ing” id _i ently all enthused about the big!Deusen gave an interesting talk sae Thass are eayelt Gi a day, strutting up to ene of our|on the Key West Aquarium. the entire candidates and had to ‘go! then the others who are competi: ; fF There were many single shots. 2 playing — king of {and left on the P. and O. boat factions in the race. When a jbastian Cabrera, Jr., B. Curry Mo- could dee that;he wouldn’t-get the (C@R. You answer seven of these|and Senator Wm. H. Malone. the other faction for. mayor, po } Jat the local ‘postoffice “is ‘being! ELECTION CLERKS were so) 2. For which labor organiza-|is produced by 12 150 candelpow ‘Where is Oneida Lake? The new city administration son oa sae kat, ent to witness the ceremonies.’ . Where was the body of Pope council. If you vote only for one, citizens and asking him to “vote NOVEMBER 15, 1929 3, things—she gives the man the;tary Club joined with the party, paar eile direc a ancy eee card of her candidate. It was an!of 150 members from other clubs! | . if for Havana on a goodwill tour. | THERE WERE definitely: two’ oN ee ae Ee ballot. was being tabulated aj TODAY'S DAILY QUIZ peso, Wi Sates, Bobert f | council candidate of one faction | a [Spotewood, De “Win. i. Werren | : | ten Test Question? Turn to | The new and highly ornament- ! vote for council as members of | Page 4 for Answers jal lighting system just installed’ lice chief and night tain re- ; : ceived their wot ies: | 1. In units of length, how |admired and complimented by | many links are in one rod? many visitors. Soft illuminatio: tired when they “counted up”! tion do the ‘initials SWOC er lights and each of the lights for the press returris at The Citi- | _ stand? is enclosed in a large bowl. Name the President of the|was inducted into office last 5 night. A large crowd was pres Philippines. The old city council concluded its Pius ‘XI laid to rest? |final business after which the Name the-smaiiest of the | new council took office with all ‘With what sport-is the name | of Ace Parker associated? Name the inventor of the air ¥ cuted, according to orders "When you ask for Chesterfields you’re buying something no other cigarette can give you at any price -..a@ cooler, better-tasting and def- initely milder smoke. Make your next pack Chesterfield. You can’t buy a better cigarette. Light up a Chesterfield and you're all set to enjoy Real Smoking Pleasure with the best cigarette money can buy . » » THEY SATISFY. KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Five, Ten and Fiftéen Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen NOVEMBER 15, 1924 At the session of ‘Criminal): Annual meéting of the Cham- accountable to the citizens of Key it that the city gets efficient and | C°Utt this morning Ofelio Far ber of Commerce was held yes- /Today’s Horoscope | ecovcccccccccsosccocceses Today bestows strong attach- ment to home and parents. The | life may be narrow, perhaps con- { fined; but not on the whole un- |happy. The mind is festless and a little too impulsive, and not terday with the election of offi- | quite enough foresight may be cers. lone; Grooms; The following were elect- ed: President, Dr. Joseph Y. Por- ter; Vice-President, Wm. H. Ma- Directors, Thompson. George Morris, Her used for great success, but with reasonable precaution there | Should be no failure in life. ! Bascom L.' Norberg Subscribe to The Citizen—20c | weekly. man Wolkowsky, A. R. Miller, E. ‘A. Strunk and A. C. Elgin. John Thompson, quarter century a valued for over a em- |} ploye of the Western Union Tele j graph Company cable depart- ment, has retired on a _ pension, and moved with his Matecumbe, where family to; they have) taken up their residence. Members of the Twelve Pal Club were delightfully tained yesterday enter. afternoon by Miss Mary Elizabeth Grillon at the residence on Southard street. Refreshments were served end the members expressed them- selves as having enjoyed the aft- ernoon immensely. Mrs. S. Paul Vecker, formerly ‘Miss Jennie Williams of Key| West, who has been residing in Panama for many years, arrived | in the city yesterday’ over the East Coast and will remain for) ,an extended visit and was given | welcome by her many | { . 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