The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 21, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO the Key West Citizen | LISHING CO. INC. ly.Execept Sunday By President and Publisher nt Business Manager izen Building and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County ed at Key West, Florida, as second class matter | Member of the Associated Press 1 Press is exclusively entitled to use on of all news dispatches credited to | ding notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of obituary notices, ete. will be charged for at , | let alone stop when they through street. y churches from which 5 cents a line. n open forum and invites discus- ie issues and subjects of local or general pul s it will not publish anonymous communi- rest but } 'MPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WESi ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports--Lind and Sea. Consotidaticn of County and City Governments. 1 2 3 4 5. 6 to the past—but not to go back to it. When individuals break contracts it is rascality; but when nations do it they call it diplomacy. Is this merely a poor translation or a prophesy? An Italian newspaper refers to the Farm Bureau as the “American Peasants’ Union.” iles should not be shot at us like the click of a camera, but they should be deliberate, broad and long. It should be remembered that there is a mile between the first and last letter. There is, of course, no accounting for taste. The poorest Key Wester wouldn’t think of eating preserved eggs, thoroughly aged, which is an important item in the feast of the wealthy Chinese epicure. Charles P. Summerall, former chief of staff of the U. S. Army, is quoted as having said: ‘We should abandon the Monroe Doctrine or prepare to’ defend it.” Isn’t the latter just what we are doing | now? At last this column can agree with something Hitler has uttered. When told of the Buergerbraeu catastrophe he said: “A fellow has to have luck.” Getting at least some of the breaks is necessary for Key West, (Fla.), residents sight a submarine. Now let California tie that— | the police justice claimed the | let the worst offenders alone. | begin arresting traffic law violators. ENFORCE TRAFFIC LAWS! Scores of atitomobiles and trucks in | | Key West are operating without mufflers | or with faulty muffling devices. H Dozens of cars aré still THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Thanksgiving To Be Observed In running around with last year’s Key West license | plates. Motorcycles roar through the streets | with cutouts open, backfiring as they go. Relatively few drivers even slow up | come to a Bicycles are peddled the wrong way | lights. There is a lot of unnecessary horn- blowing. These facts are evident to anyone who | cares to investigate. They must even be known to the police department. Then, the | in Duval street and many create a traffic | danger by operating without front and tail | average citizens ask, why aren’t the traf- | fic laws enforced in Key West? The policemen claim they could not get co-operation from the police justice; | policemen | brought in only unimportant violators and | Those who | fail to stop at through streets allege the | streets are not properly marked. Some of | those who have not taken out their new | Key West license plates state they cannot afford them. What the average citizen wants is ac- | The police must | tien, not explanations. The police justice must begin fining the —of- fenders. The city council must arrange to put up proper signs at street intersections. Motorists must be compelled to buy their new license plates. Let’s have a proper enforcement of the traffic regulations, thereby cutting down accidents, eliminat- ing nuisances, adding to the city’s rev- enues. Perhaps the breakdown in traffic law enforcement may be due to the faults of the present city charter. It requires cer- tain police officials to seek re-election every two years. It fails to give policemen protection under civil service regulations. It is too much to expect any police official to offend very many voters by too strict enforcement of the laws. It is too much to expect any policeman to go about enforc- ing the law when politicians expect him to go out drumming up votes. Tt would seem to the average citizen ‘that strict enforcement of the traffic laws should be one of the first concerns of the new city administration. The Citizen hopes that the city council and the mayor éan find a way to effect this needed re- form. AN ALIEN’S GIFT A most remarkable gift, both with respect to the circumstances under which it was made and the results which have sprung from it, was that of James Smith- son, an Englishman, who left his entire fortune of about $540,000 to the United States a little more than a century ago. From this legacy has arisen one of the leading scientific establishments in the boat officers and goes on to im-/council could not do more than THE ISLAND CITY | MISS BEBE SPENCE sends us: would “cooperate in the future | an Orlando Sentinel column by prosperity of the city”. Treasurer | Martin Anderson, who picks up Roberts said he would “do all' But if I win that Irish Sweep-' who will come Home to spend} | about Cotton Maher's fantastic. possible” to help everyone. Presi-| ‘chronicle of his journey over|dent Freeman urged attendance} | South Florida with a pair of U-!at council meetings, said that the ‘ply that “Key West Conchs” sup-|the people would let them. City |ply the boats with oil. Now wejHealth Officer Warren said this know a few things about the; promised a rebirth of good gov- | waterfront here and we’ve seen |ernment. It was an encouraging | not the slightest sign of an oil/sign of the people of Key West! shipment. Anderson insinuates|/thinking for themselves and! that Conchs also ferry ashore'electing men who could help | German U-boat men. He goes on/| them, and he was glad the poli- |to trace back rum running off/}ticians who said they -had the | | Florida Keys and states “it was!vote of the people in their poc- | a business. It was _ bread and | kets kept their hands out of; meat”, He says Hemingway’s'' their pockets. Three of the audi- | “To Have and Have Not” provesjence accepted President Free-; | that Conchs also smuggled aliens; man’s invitation to speak. and dumped them overboard! — H regularly with chains and} WE PREDICT Melvin Russell} weights on them. Anderson will be new commodore of Key | wants to know if such Conch|West Yacht Club at meeting | traders eren’t still around. Saturday. Retiring commodore , —— j Lieut.-Col. J. D. MacMullen has |. OUR STORY on the above: | done a splendid job in clearing, | Everybody knows that two Ital-| the groundwork. Under his lead- | lian tankers were caught tefuel- | ership a clubhouse has been se- | ing a German submarine off Mi-|cured in a beautiful location, | jo but outside American water municipal yacht basin project in rights. Foreign tankers are un-/ Garrison Bight started, friendship | doubtedly refuelling, anyway, and! engendered. Work is being laid the most faftastic stories are|in an effort to secure junior | heard of these islands. The Key | membership. | |West “tough” is not so tough when it comes to murdering and} A 7 Milling: “AN the Veuthd Miesof| oe eee ee. eee Purp een ra | jury in Miami over the weekend hi-jacking in liquor cases here | was G. N. Goshorn, deputy col- reports not one killing. There jector of customs, and Com- | was Uguor smuggling, alien mander Hilton\of the Pandora. jSmUReIOg and opium Smaeore They testified regarding strand- |G-men will tell you there still is.! ing “of four Jewish aliens on | But sped ide around Be are) Woman Key last year by smug 4 met fleas meres Secine oe : tite said they were! | : «| only “fishing”. are far too friendly to commit|°"Y : | the crime evident in most places. | TREMENDOUS APPLAUSE | followed a telegram to Mayor Al. bury from Charles Taylor, ‘who |founded Schoolboy Patrol idea, TODAY’S | COMMON ERROR | Never say, “The typist nnn Sectinmen Key West On The 30th TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1939 Five. Ten} Abtam ‘Garfield of Cleveland. aa | architect, a President’s son, born jin Washington, D. C., 67 years | 2g0. | Walter F. Dexter of Sacra- mento, Calif, state director of ' j Sugar cane with a length of | joint of nine inches is growing in |Key West. The length of the |stalk is 10 feet and is Six anda ihalf inches in circumference. It jis growing at @15_ Francis street |and the owner, E. R. Johnson, is-| |sues an invitation to all-to see } it, Interest of a crow of Key | Westers. was centered on the | Plorida East Coast are, ‘Com- ‘pany terminals, Which Has 4} {train with a number of trained | animals awaiting shipmient to “a | edueation and -Lions_Internation- jal leader; born in Chicago, 53 !years ago. | Judge Oscar E. Bland of the Court of Customs and Patent |Appeals, Washington, born in | Greene Co.,,Ind., 62 years ago. Ex-Gov. William H. Murray of |Oklahoma, born in Collinsville, | Pex, 70 years ago. Stuart A. Rice, chairman of the |Central Statistical Board, Wash- jington, born at Wadena, Minn., 50 years ago.. | Dr. Frederic C. Howe of New | ck i inci York, lawyer, organizer of the | ¢gircus in Cuba. Principal among; . ‘them is a chimpanzee, whose hu-: Federal Employment Service, \iman-like actidns ‘Keep the crowd! born at Meadville, Pa., 72 years interested and laughing all the ‘9° | while, fray. The game will start at 8 % fo’elock and from start to finish | _ Writing from New. York, where will te good. | she is at present with, Mr. Kirke, - | Mrs. Kirke says there are a num-| Inquiries are being daily re- | ber of people who ‘ate loking ceived regarding land on the forward to a stay in Key West Keys. As a rule the inquirers | this year, and she has contacted seem to know a great deal about | many who are asking for infor- j Boca Chica but seem to be able | mation about the city. It is mar-|to give no description of the oth- velous the interest they display, et Keys. Those who intend She says. SCUTHERN DESIRES By EDGAR ADGA I live in a land of snowballs, Of sleet, an’ slush, an’ rain} | “At the business meetitig of the ‘Junior Woman's Club yestérday ‘afternoon, it was decided to give ‘an entertainment for the students stakes You bet. . .'H grab a train the Christmas holidays. No ar- rangements were made but it was decided to give an afterrioon tea For good old Cayo Hueso ‘dance for the. students. (That's spig for a warmer! TEN YEARS AGO clime). Nowi Is the teil-end of Plorida— —_| taurie Roteres, covtnin af palin, Key West. . -heaven-blest. . ./ city ‘council decided to purchase sublime. a new automobile fér his use in is |the police department. Captain I long for that coral isle of sun-| ‘Roberts statéd that the ola auto shine, ‘turnéd ‘over ‘to him by the tity To swim in that Ponce-de-Leon |égyncil ‘éould be furnéd in 8 part Stream; | payment on the new miachirie. Then back ’neath coconut-bear- mee ing palms Lulled by steel guitars and mandolin. The city council at a_ special |mieeting of the body last ‘night was presented with a_ tentative proposition for the drilling of On the ak of dreamy eyed mai. | wells to supply the city with Or plump senorita (do I care?) | *Twill induce peaceful siesta, “Run away you boys, don’ stare”. in question Was received frém an a | organization in Hollywood. | Key West ele Overseas vet Teatavea i ‘Twas in Florida that Ponce-de- | 8 dire a pt aN er) acer HE ‘Leca | lithogray n Soaehig ee Tees Foose ot ing Company ot Florida, of Which ‘outh; | pipe nse; If he had tested the Gulf Stream, Boake rag FH we pr He'd ha’ been much nearer the | or Commerce regarding the pic- truth. |fures fo be used. | That Stream'il bring back health} Wm E Reading, chief engi- An’ health is wealth, for sure;) jeer of the coun Fe Florida So pack your bags an’ travel | Keys, @ied this phil fat the Clima ; ‘home of his brother-inlaw and Key West. . .opens wide. . -her sister, Mr. and Mrs. Mervin Sor, | Thompson, 320 Margaret ‘street. Rev. C. W. McConnell of Flem - SE! B jing Street church will ‘conduct BUMBLE BEE \'serviées 4 o’cléck this aftertioon. ae i YEARS AGO TRIOLET Next Friday fight tHe Key She finds a mouse hole for a nest, | West Rotarians will give their But she alone can wax the floor | @nnual minstrel show at the Gar- And clean the place to look its|4en theater and the. proceeds best. will be oe es a eh She find: hole f Woman's Clul ibrary ie nest se ole Tr 8) Boys’ Work Club Fund, of. the fresh water. The communication | | buying on the Keys could do no | better than take a trip over the highway and see for themselves. 1 | j There will be a scout meeting jfonight end the girls .of Troop | Number 4 will be in. their. head- quarters under Mrs. A. H, McIn- nis and will meet with the scouts of other troops to discuss matters of the greatest interest. {it is expected that all scouts will Apesir \asking that Myrtland Cates be! | continued as director of the pa. | |trol. The telegram cited the splendid work of Cates and ask-' ed that the welfare and training of the young boys be considered | | and Cates be reappointed. The! TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ oe ringing applause left no doubt) j only made one error”; gay. “made only one er- ror”. Then scttles down to Have a rest,|¢lub, in. equal parts. The pick | While others guard the open door.|0f the. black. face comedians in |, She finds a mouse hole for a nest,|Key West will appear. _| But she alone can wax the floor.) . ; HELEN WELLS. | Married Men and the Mys- ember of Creative Poetry | terious Five will meet in what Group of Key West High | Promises to be one of the fastest School, sponsored by Hilde-| basketball games played this sea- gard Ott Russell. son. Both teams are in the pink 1 of condition and ready for the world, in accordance with the terms of his ‘will, which provided that the money should be used to found in the city of | Washington, under the name of the Smith- | sonian Institution, ‘an establishment for | Gleveland Plain Dealer. We would all leve to see that one tied up in some neu- tral port.—Times-Union. We are not quite so charitable; we would like to see it spurlos versenkt. The result of the caucus held last | Friday night by the newly elected city of- | ficials was supposed to be kept secret but there was a leak. Since the offenders are not definitely known all participants in the caucus are under suspicion. However, the accusing finger is generally pointed. cor- rectly to the guilty ones. What body of water; was dis-| MEMORIES covered by Vasco Nunez} de Balboa? When the day is In. what year did the Boer | night if War end? , | And twilight shadows fall; which standard time |] jive again in your dear love, zone is the city of Cleve-! And seem to hear you call. land, Ohio? ' What is the highest: hand in| your Jove was a light on my Toad poker with the deucés of life wild? That guid i PSS . | guided me day by day; If a child is born to natural-| ang, as I think of that distant ized American citizens in| ; : past a foreign country, is he! ay twilight, for you I pray. . . ALBER’ : passing into} In the increase end diffusion of knowledge of public sentiment. Lopped off|Can you answer seven of these | among men. __ |the police force by the mayor, %n Test Question? Turn to A strange fact connected with his gift | were Cates, Basil Tynes and w.! Page 4 for Answers sell Albury. | never set foot on American soil. He was | ard born in France, of English parents, | < jeandidates featured a plea by} wards becaffic the Duke of Notthtmiber- coe gee fern eee ae land; his mother was Elizabeth Keate | negroes. one sf whom tendered | a jhim a bouquet of flowers last} Gold veins have been rediscovered in| son was a scientist of some note, deeply | ment was run for them as well! California and Georgia, the latter’s rival-| interested in research, particularly in |as whites. Archie Roberts said | ‘ i " iS i | “spiritual renaissance”. Ral h | lode, in a 110-year-old mine. While the | to the United States is unknown. | Boyden séid he would: be ae government will pay the market price for ; In any event, as was recently said, | jas ee against nit With what sport is the name 913 Peachtree St., metal back into the ground in Kenttcky, | tion of American science and even to a, Colstel: Brinten pres. the, see a Edwards associat-| atlanta, Ga. ‘ where other gold reserves valued at many | measurable extent of world science.” Be- councilmen even though they| : | wuld hi | rates Greenland from the | For Fifty aah a ‘ . ne e el; ity i - | ‘i ontinent. | law to have and to hold gold, gold, gold. other men who have given princely gifts to who.c8 am ihe ny imabienee-) sag be PShigehern sa prabiin in Coffee in promote the spread of knowledge. for his handsome vote. Grillon| said he ran ‘a clean campaign and | ? | i F * * Of which river is the Pecos! with a heping hand on that Florida East | brought from Genoa, Italy, where he died | tion, Sweeting said, “We must| River the principal tribu-| BRAND COFFEE | Coast Railway re-organization. The new | in 1829, and interred in the grounds of the |forge ahead”. Wesley Archer, | tary? | z : a S week |justice was concerned he was! served as Secretary of lions of which 25 would be fixed 2 per \ceoior BENE", he waln"t of Agricaltire in Woodrow i cent bonds. If the road earns it the hold- | A | Wilson's cabinet. 1 n in the efficacy of prayer, nét even an | before him and he would hold} sorta like a ee preferred | atheist, for prayer often works out its OWN | Lertus addresséd the Aew council ‘honorary ‘president ‘of the Colis| stock from this corner. As the road is all | answer, through the clarification of motive, |and old council as “the boys”.|de Trianon, an organization| . = cate e 4 ‘ ‘ tinuation of careful work as audi-|baceo and other gifts’ to i be Minér.—Eeonomist Fuller. j which it affects in the person who prays. | pt Aiatlins “Lopes wsdl Walet te trent git soldiers is that during his life James Smithson |F. Collins. Appointed was An-| the | SHORT TALKS by clected! natural son of Hugh Smithson, who after- ‘ers”. Mayor Albury praised the | Macie, a descendant of Henry VII. Smith- sah tzatid nid. the cus aecche | ing in richness Nevada’s great Comstock | chemistry. Just why he left his fortune {the mew council promised a |to those whg elected him as well | also an American citizen? | T C. the gold mined, it will at once put the | “Smithson’s bequest became the inspira- |sight of a city which elected | a Name the strait that ar millions, are planted. It is still against the | sides, it has served as an example to |had been here only a year but) ly. .Carbonell thanked everyone | ciation of the word longer STRONG ARM The house of Morgan hi i 9 i ity? y Fg as stepped in In 1904 Smithson’s remains were piachiond. an Tusiest scuctoletee:| proposed capitalization is fixed at 60 mil- | Smithsonian Institution. police justice, said that as far as'10, Name the two men who No one should refrain from believing {sible for what one did who came | ers will get 2% per cent more. Sounds | ee eee ‘court 4 p.m. every day. Janitor Al-| The Duchess of Windsor is/ in the state of Florida legal hurdles should and the stimulus to reason atid ‘intuition, |Charles Roberts promised con- | formed in Paris to send food, to-