The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 1, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO West Citizen UBLISHING CO. INC. xcept Sunday By exident and Publisher inexs Manager suilding nn Streets Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Florida, second class matter he Ans da Press is exelu t all news dispatches credited to n this paper and also sociated Press republication of or not otherwise ere ocal news publi 10.00 0 0 aa - —— — ADVERTISING RATES le kngwn on applicatio = = NOTICE { thanks, resolutions of ., Will be charged for, at line. és es for entertainment by churches from which se is to be derived are 5 cents a line. © Citizen is an open forum and invites discus~ public issues and subjects of local or general | but it will not publish anonymous communi- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. A Modern City Hospital. Some writers seem unable to put a pint of meaning into a gallon of words. Eventually the astrologers constantly predicting the death of Hitler, and always failing us, will get the date right. Throughout history, a comparatively mall but determined band of fanatics have had the power, as the result of ac- tion, to make revolution, a reign of terror, and a dictatorship. The U.S. Office of Education has just issued a 146-page book on education in Yugoslavia. The American taxpayer has to pay for the printing, and what good does that do him? Once more this column records the fact that the world is topsy-turvy. For- merly when business went up, the stock market followed suit. Now with business improvements nearing peaks, prices on the stock market are going down. If this re- versal of form continues, some day virtue will be a crime and crime a virtue. Any- | thing is liable to happen, even the unob-| tainable. Canada has inaugurated a campaign a who are} LET THERE BE LIGHT! _| The average tourist or visitor in any | town always looks for the business dis- | trict. He expects that district to contain stores and shops and services where he can | ; fill all his needs, find his way to hotels or | | tourist homes and give the town the once | over. He spends as he goes and his busi- | ness, in the aggregate, is so substantial | bid for his business. | Key West has a business street, Duval | street. It is equipped with a modern light- {ing system. The catch in this arrange- down. There is no electricity flowing through the system. Since there is no pro- ! light system in Duval street, the matter of providing the electricity is one that must be undertaken by private interests. In this emergency, the members of the Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Key West Lions Club have been brought to- gether in a campaign to raise the neces- sary funds. Conference with the officials of the Key West ‘Electric Company re- vealed that the white way lights could be turned on from 6 to 11 p. m. each evening during December, January, February and March, the months of heaviest tourist in- flux, for a sum approximating $500. This seems like a trifling sum for so im- portant a project as the white way light- ing system between Angela and Eaton reets. The Lions and Jaycees ‘should have no great difficulty raising this money if our liberal-minded citizens realize the importance of the program. Getting that | angle across will be a jop, a job that will merit the two organizations the city’s dis- tinguished service medal. If the campaign for private subscrip- tions falls short of the goal the drive sponsors propose to ask city council to contribute a part of the money for the white way lights. Such a request should get the careful attention of our economy- minded councilmen. Perhaps they may be able to find some available funds in the contingency fund set up in the municipal budget. This looks like a worthy con- tingency. Key West needs a municipal show window. The white way lighting system ; in Duval street should be that show win- ; dow. It will be a source of credit to the community, a source of needed income by our merchants and commercial. interests. Giving our merchants a better income will enable them in turn to hire more of our idle citizens, to improve their stores and properties and to pay their taxes promptly and in full. Let there be light along Duval street! PLANS A HEALTH PROGRAM The nation seems to be getting some- where in the debate over public medicine, | ie entitled to use | that a majority of progressive communities | ment is that the system is dark after sun- | vision in the municipal budget for a white ! THE KEY WEST CITIZEN THERE'S THAT. MAN AGAIN YOULL. NEVER GET ANYWHERE WORKIN' HARD, SLOW DOWN! THE ISLE OF KEY WEST December 21st, 1901 Crowned by no giant hills, whose summits soar Toward the vault of heaven, bending o’er, A small, flat island, scarce a league in length, Battling old ocean with tremendous strength; Bathed in its waters of empyrean blue With, just above the tides a span or two, Its waving palms inviting dreams and rest, Is Cayo Hueso, fair Key West. Here ev’ery day is like a day in June, When nature’s pulse, in. harmony, keeps tune, And every breeze is whispering some refrain From sea to earth and earth to sea again; Here, night is like some soft langourous dream In which the isle seems floating with the stream, Whose tiny waves in golden showers, break Upon its sands, and rhythemic music make. Here summer sheds the splendor of her days, And nature smiles beneath the genial rays, While balmy winds stop, lingeringly on their way To stir the palms and with the flowers play; Then perfume laden, wing their flight to waft Across the deep some heavy freighted craft, Or, bellying out, white sails on pleasure bent Return,—to cool the land when day is spent. Oh perfect days, the broad expense of sea Over which the eye may rove, with vision free, Flecked with white sails;—a moment lost,—then seen,— Changing from deepest blue to lightest green,— Mirroring in sun-kissed.depths, an azure sk: y *Neath which white ciouds, like idle phamtons, fly. It bathes the isle with gentle mystic sweep, And, on its shores, in murmers, sinks to sleep. Oh perfect nights, when day has just begun, For.day begins,—not ends,—with set of sun; When myriad worlds, ablaze with glorious light, Proclaim the grandure of their silent flight; And palm trees wave in every: fitful air That heavy laden with the sweets they bear, Carry before them—but on unseen wings,— The voice of ocean, with its whisperings. Sprung from the deep, this little world doth seem An emerald, in an opulescent stream, A land, unto itself, where once to dwell Is to remain a captive to its spell; Where time seems not, and day. sueceedeth day “Till other shores grow further yet away”; A remnant of “The Fair Lands of the Blest” This Cayo Hueso—Island of Key West. \. file in our office. +; circulars that may help me in re- FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1939 THE. ISLAND: CITY __ POOR OLD Ellis Hollums in his|come too enthusiastic. The facts Bp spurting te = age ag remain that the Navy has not | aan th oda shat one sare peas | purchased, the site, and it has not | time” you read of the announce- [ Sesitnated Key West as a perm- jment of the building of hangars anent base as it has the Jackson- ;at Key West Trumbo Island. It ville major air base. There may bets = poor re up”. noe come a time when the sub air lerald missed the story, which! pase ; | was carried in The Citizen No~ w qs eat o =k | Editor, The Citizen: |vember 7, and in many articles | St ™@y leclared inactive I note in your People’s Forum before that. This column car- | and the Jacksonville base prob- column of The Key West Citizen | Tied the rumors on the story | ably reduced as war scares pass dated’ Noverahie: Sith: '@ letter | Shortly after war was declared in over. Jacksonville will have ' signed by Mrs. Rome T. Calendar, Europe. |around 12 squadrons. Key West in which she states that she has; THE CITIZEN ‘ will have probably a squadron { | is starting | along with other sections of written to Key West for infor- | campaign to secure a municipal | a . mation and to date has received hospital for Key. West, and re- Florida. The last time the Navy nothing. | ports much interest re-awakened. | had hangars on Trumbo it was ebcrencived. @: comsnstication | aw. small cities’ throughout | forced to move out as the F.E.C. ¥ | Florida have secured municipal |expected large freight shipments from Mrs. Calendar on Novem- hospitals and there is no reason |from Cuba and asked the Navy ber 28th and answered with a; why Key West should not have to move out its equipment, detailed letter that same day. pits nespieah The So efforts ras =e aes oy ——— i i \ wil nt tow: getting a, This column does no lieve Ascueysof this letter Anew: on |new, modern hospital. There is/| this will be the case again but it ? |a move locally to combine the:is interested in developments Also, the Chamber of Com- | county clinic and the Mercedes; following relaxation of defense merce corresponded with the | hospital, but The Citizen is after! tactics far in the future. above mentioned party on the! even bigger things. i ——_ 13th of November, giving Mrs.| a | JSLAND CITY. POPULATION: Calendar the name of the La) THE OLD, OLD STORY was Allan B. Cleare, as befits his Concha Hotel’and suggesting that Fepontad to tis saan, thes week: a jai crear rane? | : a . Two couples from Washington | Sion. As you know he’s county she, write us direct for informa-|here on their vacation, found at | Solicitor, the ‘Thomas Dewey of tion regarding the hotel. first they did not like the city | Key West”. . .William V. Albury TI feel sure this will assure the | ang were preparing to go back.|is judge of Criminal Court but people of Key West that the phen they met people around /¢ontrarily. is one of the jolliest Chamber of Commerce haf not town, took a fishing. trip and,fellows around town, which ‘The Citizen welcomes expres- sions of the views of its read- ers, but the editor reserves the righ® to» defete any items which re considered libelous arranted. The writers sheul be fair and confine the letters to 200 rds. Signature ¥ the letters and will be pub- nies requested other- INFORMATION, PLEASE! =|neglected any duty: in promptly) made a whale of a catch, en-|™akes no difference in the sen- answering correspondence receiv-| joyed night clubbing here on a tences he hands out when a per- ed in their office. 'Saturday. night. Result: their |£0 deserves it. . Lance Lester’s Very. truly yours, |Key West stay is a gem of the,€yes blink open and shut fast " LA CONCHA HOTEL. | mind to be brought back. Con-. When he's thinking and giving Elizabeth Sharpley, clusion: There should be a tour-) YOu a legal opinion. Assistant Manager. ist greeting service here to get state’s attorney, he grills often Key West, Fla., all oriented. Sarasota Junior 2nd well in criminal prosecu- Nov. 30, 1939. |Chamber runs this service with, tion. . Johnny Sawyer drawls —O— ‘an information booth on the'Slowly and well when he is EDITOR'S NOTE: What Mrs.| main street. How about it, Jay-| talking to you, but there's plenty Calendar asked for and denies! cees! How about that beach |0f thought behind the drawl. . . she received was “any sort of | club for young winter visitors|CUrtry Harris is another very, jalso you were planning, Jaycees! | Very sober lawyer and helps to eiannmake j keep up the dignity of the pro- fession. . Louis Harris has a fund of good stories dating back gard to schools, places to live, ete.” Evidently the subscriber was not looking for hotels, but) seeking information concerning | jayen’t! Key West has a lot, *° Old Key West days with which nag on eT 0 schoo! that Miami hasn’t, but let's look | ‘0 KeeP =F priate Fikes Susana aaah i; fe ages d ired | OVeF a ae Miami. }rittiant oa lca tend be- that she and her family desired |}... the brightest of bright lights Prilant a ; to live here for considerable | hind him. When he first came satisified with living conditions. | pi5 program of nationally known | English, being alice Sage |The secretary of the Chamber of | sports shows, such as $1908 | Geren a nurse Commerce has repeatedly com-| Open golf tournament, 96 days of bd ‘peilli ; be ania. ge plained that he is Papaicaperen AY ores racing at two tracks, 80 pee 5 ne awit aandest | supplying. desired: information EY:j nigity: of: deg: racing? at four; iY Ui: Of Eine ae moti Tamiie the seGmmmetionlNet: | iveke,* s5RAM” bemetion a} oe mene nL Gam nee ture to distribute and only a few| tootball, ice hockey, deep sea| eT wo Aeram ee rant “Erete, had any af ite| fishing, tennis, bathing, shuffle-| oP any years and is. now in | board, chess, checkers, ‘park con! tyisinj° ‘Taylor drops in at Mi- ami to see his folks often. JUST AS A CHECKUP: What does Miami have that we “Guides” to forward to inquirers. erts, sunbathing. . Miami has -a| ‘cultural program of music. Mi- | ami has boat.races and pleasure boating. Miami is a live city of live ideas. It has huge movie | theaters, latest tropical fashions, | big orchestras. Key West can-| POWERFUL LIGHT SIDELIGHTS By MARCY B. DARNALL Former Editor of The Citizen LYNN, Mass.—A 25,000,000- candlepower searchlight, using | three ett tte en tte centr Willard Sharp, 22, of Webster Springs, W, Va., felt that he was old enough to take a wife, but desiring a helpmeet more ex- perienced than himself he mar- ried Mrs. Emma Garvin, 64, who H. H. BUCKMAN, Senior-1901. | not expect the immensity of each one of Miami's attractions but it! could turn out quality: in better | movies and movie houses, organi- | zation of boating, better tropical j fashions, securing of nationally-! known athletes here for short’ exhibitions, more Saturday night jeury ares, which do tiny water-cooled mer- not wear out, need no adjustment and are designed for lights in inaccessible places, has been developed by the Gencral Electric Company as a rival to the time-honored car- | bon-are searchlight. to “Buy British Goods”, and is desirous to have the people of the United States do | likewise. Here is a bit of the propa- “Our friends in the United States | are showing their desire to be thoroughly practical in their support of the cause of freedom. The advice, ‘Buy British Goods,’ may well appeal to them also.” That’s a nice appeal in the face of $10,000,000,000 owed Uncle Sam from the last war. has 47 grandchildren. Several ” of them are older than their Street dances. There is much which has aroused considerable con- i step-grandfather. for a Key West planning board | | | troversy in the past few years. Dr. Morris Fishbein, spokesman for the American Medical Association, an- tagonistic to the pending Wagner National ' Medical Bill, says that regardless of which party wins the next election some program is certain to be adopted because the trend to governmental medical measures is: “un- mistakable.” The sign of progress that we are glad to report is seen in the health program i i | that representatives of organized medicine can do no wrong and is entitled to take | ey Tag his haa 4 will submit for the consideration of the : this secs testified te by all the bandsmen | COmstesS. Dr. Fishbein says the details | TODAY'S: DAILY QUIZ |=¢0. tof these have been destroyed ORE ee bY e buncsmen | are now being outlined and that the plan | Jefferson Caffrey of Louisiana, since hostilities began. who were called as witnesses, so in his own | will be submitted to the President and Can you answer seven of these ambassador, born at: ‘Lafayette, eyes as well as those of his followers he oi thi i ton Test-Question?: Tura:te: La. 53 years-ago, 7 1; 4 tell story, thet mayobe- tenes poses * Rafe VERN other officials within the next thirty days. Page 4 for Answers | “Frazier Hunt, noted journalist, |is told by Capt. Martis Vidos of pis iy eeeear resins ADDS nS See It will include some forms of volun- born at Rock Island, IH:°54 years’ the trawler Lion, which recently | the United States, bitterly opposed to the t ick: ps d call for a cash | 1. Name the largest in area of ago. : ¢ \Put into port at Morgan City, La. | © the totalitari cunedaseana | ary sickness insurance and c r the Hawulisn: Island F Breen ¢ He declares that a big shark got | neepts 0 otalitarian ¢ S, : * . « 2 iian Is! s. : “Clarence Frantis, ident. o! ig so Kuhn, subject to the laws of this land, eS se ines of er sess How many offices are there General Foods, New York, born oy pear ia ee deipuiibe: atten foundole the ius | Other information is not available bet i is in the President’s cabinet? in New York, 51 years ago. , when it was dropped a ‘is- er -” peyenay | hoped that the suggested program will How many times was the George Creel of = | serve as a basis for legislation that will great race horse MAN O’. cisco, writer, world war chief of; meet the needs of the nation and, at the WAR defeated? | public information, born in Laf-; * ; ‘ lym, ., for the trial Sct Flee oe tanita) Tin Which of the following ayette Co., Mo., 63 years ago. {at Olympia, Wash., Mie mi Herald columnist, admits his be- same time, win the approval of organized ry’ lated information that Key West is to get snediniae : rs ‘ ‘of William Cole, former state cities are not state capi-| Robert H. Cabell’ of Chicago, be . R ! tals: Toledo, Boston, Al- Armour & Co: head, born» at: Patrol chief, charged with mis- a naval air base when he says: “You read | pa mE at here for the first time that Key West was | A LUCKY MAN! bany, St. Paul and Pitts- Brunswick, Mo, 70 years:ago. |US¢ of funds, the first name i pica seamiaerer¢ to get a naval air base...” The Citizen | George Jones, of Coulee City, Wash- burgh? {pulled from the box was that of What is a foundling hos- ben papier yg = puadeenpeachaape | Cole himself. pital? ‘Today’s Horoscope! inincis wana be| printed this welcome news item in its is-| ington, is a lucky man. He-escaped death In which state is the Paint-! °° °° oti we Fiera Si pl aoe at ue of November 7 as the readers of this | the other day because he was standing fhe —- ge hae Hi | ite production is relatively small, paper well remember, and the source of | close to fifteen sticks of dynamite when Christopher Columbus? tat thle. yaar, iid: neceiie 39 este the dispatch was the Associated: Press. | they exploded. Define S%oyards or. 16% i 1 but misied to hep a | Several months ago, shortly after the out- | He was only two feet away and all he oe Patan word. TCA : bal so number raised in 1937. break of the European war, The Citizen | got was a little dirt in his eye. His escape i ciation of pe ee ther- : learned through reliable sources, and | jis explained by the fact that he was in the apy? ’ printed the rumor, that the project was in| “center of concussion” where waves from WiBelieve Mor Not tn? ; jot? the “air”, and it was grounded as a fact | the blast did not develop full force. prahes i0t, on the date stated above. It is expected This information may be valuable to | THEY COME IN bids will be let within two weeks. How-| any reader who happens to be near dyna- ever, if the columnist intended the word | mite when it explodes: Just be sure you “read’’ to be read in the past iense, then are in the “center” of the concussion: and, his assertion, nevertheiess, may be candid | if you keep your eyes shut, you: may not or candied as the case may be. ieven get a little bit of dirt in your eyes. eencccococes pas IT TODAY — The Favorite In Key Wesi STAR >+ BRAND CUBAN COFFEE ON.SALE AT ALL GROCERS The above poem was sent to The Citizen by Mrs. L. E.- Spencer, 208 Michigan Ave., Decatur, Georgia, sister-in-law of the author. The Spencers lived in Key West for several years, and upon Mr. Spencer’s passing last August; the poem was found among other papers belonging to him. Mrs. Spencer states—“the poem expresses so beautifully my recollections of the Island” to consider. Another baby giant panda has 5 Ci aR been received at Chicago’s Brook-| RUNNING AGROUND of the ‘field Zoo. This is the fourth of Reuben James carries a little in-| these rare animals to be brought side story little known to all. If to America, and may be the last, | the’ culpability is the captain’s, ‘las their exportation from their; he knows-that he will:never ad- {native habitat’ in China has been | vance further than the rank he forbidden by the Chinese gov-| now has. Such is the discipline ernment. and tradition of the navy. How- ever. it is possible that the James might have gone aground through; other causes. WITH THE FIRST burst of en- thusiasm over. the Trumbo han- gars project, we art apt to be- ganda: TODAY’S COMMON ERROR Never say, \‘Let me tall - Forests to whomever is going first": say. “whoever”. [evcvececcoercessesce i ’ * i i Today’s Birthdays ve ecvocoenzee ‘Swope, retired head of) < Electric, born in St According to the best informa- Louis, 67 years ago, ‘tion available, Germany had only | Rt. Rey, .John J: Cantwell,j about, 65 submarines at the be-| Catholic archbishop of Los An- ginning of the present war. It is! geles, born in Ireland, 65 years: believed that about one-fourth | As head of the Bund, Kuhn assumed the principle of the German Fuehrer who BLUE ied danales SKIES COMEDY and SERIAL | New Designs of Personal Engraved Greeting Cards Order Them: Now ‘At The Artman Press Phone 51 Candor is admirable. Ellis Hollums, 10. jshe says exactly matches the | | color of the car”. Dr. Killum—I can’ stop that* \