The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 14, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO Che Key West Citizen ‘THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. Published Daily Except Sunday B: PEMAN. President and Publ. , Adsintant Business Mai From The Corner Gree n Building nd Ann Streets only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County satered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter | Member of the Associated Press he it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the ‘ocal news publishéd@ here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ne Year ae é ix Months ..... vhree Months One Month Weekly Made mike pe on appli SPECIAL NOTICE a@ing notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of eoituary. Rottegs, ete., of 1 cents a line. utices for entertainment by churches trom which -nue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general | rest 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. Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use | for republication of all news dispatches credited to | will be charged for at | | history. | ing job. | Key West. | react to the benefit of Key West, | navy station that is operating on | NAVY MEN WORKING HARD | called to the fact that some of our resi- dents are writing letters to the United | States Navy Department about things they | know nothing about—as usual. According to the reports these “poison pen’”’ correspondents are criticizing the of- | ficers of the navy on duty at the naval station and attached to the destroyer and seaplane units in port. They are calling | attention to allegedly wrong activities by | officers and enlisted personnel. Reporters for The Citizen and other 0 | newspapers are readily admitted to the naval station. These reporters are entirely familiar with the general activities in the THE KEY WEST CITIZEN HAPPY LANDI Attention of The Citizen has been | station and know just about how the of- | ficers and enlisted men spend their idle time off duty. They know that the navy | men here are working hard at their jobs. They are working long hours putting Key | West naval station in tip top condition. They are preparing to give a type of navy service never before excelled in Key West’s It is a big job, a hard job, a try- Yet every bit of the work they put in | is helping Key West and every citizen in praise upon the navy officers and enlisted | men engaged in the job of putting the yard That will for a an ef- | in shape to give good service. ficient and economical basis will Now is the time to do your Christmas shopping in—Key West. Taxfiscation of realty And that’s no ‘“‘con,”’ is a_ reality. in the vernacular. Sentenced to kiss his wife or go to jail, a Brooklyn man spoiled a good story by kissing his wife. If world sympathy and moral sup- port can win a war, the Finns have victory over the Russians in the bag. Presidential Candidate Thomas E. Dewey needs a little seasoning in the minors | before he is ready for the mound in a crucial game. A Japanese statesman says war be- tween his country and the United States is “unthinkable.” Then how did he happen to think about it? Correct this sentence: “We want you to be chairman—you won’t have much to do.” Chairman Brinton of the city coun- cil is qualified to make the correction. “Most people spend too much time worrying about the troubles of other peo- ple.”—The Key West Citizen. And med- dling in the business of other people!— Times-Union. All collections by the city of delin- quent taxes will be earmarked as a Christ- mas payroll for the city employees. Part payments of taxes will be accepted. Do your part and you will kill two birds with one stone—do your duty and help the em- ployees at the same time. The payment of taxes, looked upon as a burden, is the price that we pay for the | blessings of modern civilization. What we get is cheap at the price we pay, yet there are many who dodge taxes and put the burden, if such it may be called, on the shoulders of honest tax payers. Once more Great Britain let the Ger- man liner Bremen slip through. The ex- cuse that it was against international law to sink her without warning is too flimsy for consideration. is that the British submarine sighted a German airplane overhead and ducked to safety. Germany is playing ducks and drakes with Great Britain on the sea, and the people of England have cause to ask | “Are we at war or not?” BRAN oe Ug In Tuesday's issue of The Citizen the ~ was given as 35 when it should have been ~ 45. There is nothing remarkable in a “2 newspaper making an error, but worthy of -note is that so many people called atten- | = tion to the mistake and asked if it was “true. The weather man informs us that 41 | ~ was the lowest thermometer reading on | | properly managed and functioning | perfectly. | tlemen. The truth, apparently, | not and will not come to pass. | people of the United States im- im- closed down as soon as one that is It must be pretty discouraging to the hard-working navy men to give their best day in and day out, some of them on duty night and day, then get word that their efforts are being rewarded by criticism of their off-duty activities. No one could on some of the people of Key West. No man likes to be kicked around by those he is trying to help. The majority of our citizens will agree with The Citizen that the navy of- ficers and enlisted personnel now in Key West have acquitted themselves like gen- Their off-duty activities have been no better and no worse than the play- time activities of our own citizens. Our people generally have found the navy men an upright group of men, always willing to give this city a break when they can do it without hurting the service they honor. Let’s give these men a break. Let’s not write any more letters to their su- periors. Let’s show them Key West likes them and wants them here. We want all | of them to enjoy themselves as much as they can while not engaged in their of- ficial tasks at the naval station. DON’T BE KIDDED Springs that President Roosevelt wants drastic slashes of the budget the next fiscal year. If our recollection is correct the President has called for similar slashes in the budget every year since he has been | in office. Unfounded hope and pledges have always been followed by annual | deficits. Now, don’t miss the point about this new lending plan of the New Deal because instead of spending there is likely to be tremendous lending, which will suit the railroads, and other groups that are in the habit of trying to pull themselves out of debt by their boot-straps. The method can be very easily ex- tended to cover the 500 million dollars which the President asks for more mili- tary preparedness, in behalf of neutrality. In short, all this talk about improving on past records regarding the budget can- So don’t take it seriously—your taxes will be more | next year than they have ever been before. $200,000,000 FOR TOYS Toy manufacturers estimate that the will spend | more than $200,000,000 on toys this | Christmas. temperature on one day five years ago| spent. too many toys and other children receive too few but, in the main, the joy and hap- pingss that many children get is worth the price of the toys. In this connection it may not be too early to suggest that citizens of Key West | record for Key West. Well does the | writer remember the dip to 45 five years | “ago and he almost froze to death or | imagined so, anyway. who are financially able to do so should take advantage of the opportunity that | Christmas presents to make somebody else | happy. A good navy yard will bring | not be! blame these servicemen for getting down | The country has heard from Warm | This is a lot of money but it is well | Of course, some children receive | FIVE YEARS AGO Rear Admiral Norman Smith, joints. CRC. US, reau of docks and yards, says ‘several persons that Key West is the most de-}The liquor seized was said to be! \lightful city he has ever visited of extra quality. and should in the course of time become the ideal city for winter. KEY WEST IN DAYS DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Five, Ten and E Ten and Fifteen Years Ago ‘Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen vliquor in a number They made chief of the bu- amounting to about $15,000 and to give mil'tary: aid to ae The three-masted \ “Economic It. “would. be difficult to exag- | \gerate the grave importance of ‘Russia’s attack on Finland. It, _|came as a fearful shock to the European neutrals which have) ‘been attempting to move heawent and earth to keep the war from | ' spreading. The repercussions ‘were felt strongly in the United | States. Paul Mallon, speaking of | ithe reaction of our own officials, said of the Finnish invasion, that “there is not a mind on high THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1939 Highlights | jibing all the time) to dominete | ;the entire hemisphere. So much for prophecy. When lit comes to facts, it does seem | that Russia's latest adventure has | jserved to clarify the European} situation. Germany and Russia! \apparently really are allies and | | working close together in “ques- | jtions of policy, even though their | troops have not fought - by side. The small nations are def- |initely lined up now on the’ side | TODAY'S DAILY QUIZ Can you answer seven of these ten Test Question? Page 4 for Answers to ‘Is the sun a star? = |which does not privately believe |of the democracies. And Italy|-2 Name the manager of the jthis is Sarajevo”—in other words, {that the fuse has been lit which | jhas just about severed the Rome- \Berlin axis. The Italian press | {may blast a localized war into a |denounced Ryssia’s Finnish inva-| 3. \general European war. One thing is apparent, in the; view of most reporters—and that lis that Russia’s action was an ex- lample of totalitarian power poli-|lini hates Stalin more than he! 4. tics at their worst | brutal. \the Finns started the trouble and ‘threatened her territory is dis-| ‘counted exactly 100 percent in jmost quarters—it isn’t reason- able for a nation of 3,000,000 peo- ple to threaten one of 150,000,000. jie local explanation, say and most |opportunity to gain at minimum jcost a long-desired territory. jis virtually impossible for En- gland and France to give aid to ithe Finns. Germany. whether )She likes it or not, claims to be solidly behind the Soviet desire jto dominate the Scandinavian of booze! nations. And the other Scandina- a ‘haul ) Vian countries are in no position | \neighbor. Prime fear now is that the in-| ;vasion of Finland was simply the | jfirst step in a grim plan which ; | Stalin has long had in mind— | schooner: J.jand which has been held it were -arrested. | Mr. and Mrs. Smith were guests O. Webster arrived in port yes- ‘abeyance until other major pow of Lieutenant and Mrs. Jackson. W. B.\terday ‘afternoon from Tampa; with a load of lumber for the| \tively oppose his ambitions. ‘ers were so engrossed with other ; ;matters that they couldn’t effec-! Ex- | jwork of constructing the bridges !perts foresee the possibility of jail, suspected of being one of a land. gang attempting to steal a ca: box from a coffee shop on Duval street, owned by Frank Roberts. There have been other depreda-} man they want. sh | will begin within the week. The U.S.S. Bayspring, Captain | jot the Frederick Muller, has returned to: which the Nazis port from Hampton Roads, where | great success in Central Europe | tions committed recently by the ‘the tug towed an army barge. | when they placed the gang and Thomas may be the ;On the return the Bayspring had | over Czechoslovakia, Austria and; |the Aramis in tow and after he- ‘much of Poland. And then they | Harold Thomas is in the county ; jfrom Boca Chica and ..Stock Is- | |Russia slowly and steadily mov-; It is expected that work ling forward until all the small} Balkan and Baltic nations are; either absorbed or made puppets | Kremlin—a _ technique pursued with Swastika | ing gotten in shape for the trip envision a comb'retion of Russia! |charge of the painting and sculp- ‘denas, Cuba. ture secticn of the Treasury De- Edward Bruce, noted artist in| the vessel will be towed to Car- and Germany (whose ideologies | are obviously coming nearer to! | partment, expects to leave Wash- jington for'Key West about De- cember 16. In company with Mrs. Bruce he will come over the |highway and in Key West will joccupy the home of B. D. Trevor. Nearly half a hundred boys jand girls are included in the | |membership of the Junior Drum and Bugle Corps recently or- ganized by the recreation de- partment of the Key West Ad- ministration. First appearance \of the band is scheduled for Feb- ruary 15. TEN YEARS AGO Repairs to the ferry slip dam- | aged in the hurricane of Septem- ber will be made in the very} near future. County Engineer | Bailey has been authorized to! go ahead with the work and isi} today placing an order for the piling and other neceenty ma- terial. Cuban, Consul Jorge Ponce and | Frank Ladd, who went to Ha- {vana in the interest of federal aid forthe Overseas Highway, jare expected to return this aft- . lernoon. Nothing has been heard |from either and it is ‘assumed |that they will report on their |suecess immediately upon > their { ; Teturn. Key West Camp, Woodmen of : the World 23, held an electicn of officers last night with the elec-_ tion of the following; Paul Boy- sen, C.C.; W. W. Demeritt, A.L.; | George B: Graham, banker; F. | Weech, clerk; W. F. Roberts, es- , cort; Jos. H. Roberts, watchman; |W. R. Tedder, manager; W. R. Warren, physician. Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Anderson, who are now residing in Chicago, announce the arriyal of a son at | |\their home. The boy weighs / eight and one-half pounds has been given the name of Rawley. Mr. Anderson is wel eit. | |known in Key West and was at | one time coach at one of the pyb- | {lic schools. ¢ SETTMEIOTTT OM. Beautiful! iagwhite all-steel Seynine ‘with one-piece a interior. the |t observers, is that Russia saw an/ It sion, and un fascists held ; | public meetings, which were not | jdisturbed by the Police, in pro- | |test. Best guess is that Musso- jloves Hitler, and that if he is at attempt to keep out of the war, | he will throw in his lot with the | | democracies. j Interesting phase of Russian- | |German cooperation is what has | |happened to the Communist par- | ty in the U.S. To put it mildly, it has been split wide open—| 8, well known sympathizers have! resigned from its councils, unable ; |to stomach what they regard as | |Stalin’s cynical discardance of} : Lenin’s principles. And the pub | |lic generally seems to view Rus- |sia with almost the same ~pro- found distaste with which it re- | |gards Nazi Germany. Gone is the | jday when the world at Russia’s argument that ‘last unsuccessful in his desperate 5. 6. 7. 9 10. large | | tential ally of Hooked toward the Soviet as a po- | Powers. New York Giants base- ball club. Which anniversary of the U. S. Congress was cele- brated with ceremonies in the U. S. Capitol Building on March 4, 1939? Name the capital of the Re- public of Colombia. What is the political affilia- tion of Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture? Name the chief river of Flor- ida. What is the astronomical name for the luminous surface of the sun? When it is 12 o'clock noon (ES.T.) in New York City, what time is it in’ Lon- don, Eng.? For which sate is “Badger” a nickname? Name the poisonous element in the exhaust gases of an automobile. the democratic x. PIPIPOPOPOLOILIL LLL ay | PIP PPPOE ELL eZ COMPLAINT SERVICE. .. 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