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

PAGE TWO The Hry West Citizen THE CIT ‘abli vi ZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. Daily Except Sunday By =. P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOE ALLBS, Ansintant Bust Manager From The Cit{zen Building Corner Greene and 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 Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to | it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also | the local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES | CAROLS FOR CHRISTMAS | Songs of joy and praise, especially of | the Nativity, have marked the pathway of | Christianity through the years. Carols at | Christmas are common in most Christian {lands.. In some communities celebration | of Christmas is not regarded as complete | without carols. Some communities have even attained national or international fame for the quality cf the community carols. In season, there is no more beauti- ful singing. Nothing is more stirring, 9 | more compelling, more thrilling. No mat- | ter how hardened we may become under | the buffetings of life we ngwn on application. SPECIAL NOTICE Ali reading hetices, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, objtuaty notices, etc. will be charged for at she rate of 16 eents a jine. Notices for entertainment by churches from which a revenue Ig to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- { public issues and subjects of local or general est 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. If you can fool half the people all the »—that’s good enough, too, Senator Borah again reserves the | iight to bolt the ticket. Which is hardly a startling bit of news. An exchange says that “it’s not the cost of food that counts, it’s the cooking that makes people eat too much.” A good appetite also enters the accounting. It has always been said that only death and taxes are certain in this world. | To these may be added one more certainty —nhen-payment of the war debts by Great Britain, | Fish history: The deep-sea fish gas- | trostomids, somewhat similar to eels, can extend their stomachs outside their body and thzs are able te devour other fish even larszer than themselves. Extra! Extra! The British ship Exeter that was disabled by the Germans actually ence made a call at Miami. That it didn’t get stuck in the mud while there was, of course, the big story at the time. The trouble with the tax dodger is! that he dislikes being alone and inveigles cthers to join him in his anarchic attitude, and in this maneuver he is easily success- ful since birds of a feather flock together. On the basis of pay, if it takes American workman one year to earn enough money to buy a moderately priced car, it will take an Italian workman 10 years to acquire the same priced car. Italy is beautiful and artistic, but tough on the artisan. an) Although the body of Judge Atkinson had not been laid to its last resting place, | a Miami columnist started speculation | about his successor. The habit or anxiety | of certain newspaper men to be “fustest”’, even with mere rumors, on delicate sub- | jects, does not redound to their credit. The American people will be satisfied | | scenes, old friends, old songs. | inte | through the hubdub | They will pause, they will listen. | tire community. | officials for the offensive tactics | Russia and Finland. are stung to the depths by Christmas carols. c So it is with a great of satisfaction that The Citizen calls attention to the fact that Mrs. Eva Warner, Monroe county di- } rector of the statewide WPA’ recreation project, is working on a proposal to make the singing of carols a Key West Christ- mas eve event. Tentative plans call the rehearsal of a group of singers and | their appearance at various points through- | out the city Sunday night, December 24. They plan to travel from point to peint in a truck. They. propose to carry a_ piano | for accompaniment. It sounds like a grand idea. Hun- dreds of visitors and sailors will be in town | Christmas eve. Many of them will be lone- | some. Their thoughts will be filled with cld memories—memories of old homes, old They will ream the streets seeking solace for their souls. Suddenly a group of voices spring the air. A Christmas Carol will shoot of street Some- how their minds will be at rest. Some of the hurt of their lJonesomeness will be wiped away. The true spirit of Christmas will have crept into their hearts. They will find peace. The Citizen knows that those vol- bration will give their best. bring joy to themselves and to others— those others who are here far from their homes and dear ones. We believe it will be an outstanding Christmas event. We feel that it will merit the thanks of the en- We hope there are some good carols this Christmas, TO SICKEN THE HEART OF HUMANITY Now that the German Gov't, in a three-thousand-word statement asserts that the origins of the war are in “the treacher- cus, two-faced game” which Great Britain | pleyed with Poland, the only mystery left to be determined is who is responsible for the hostilities between Russia and Finland. What nefarious plotter persuaded the | Finns that they could run rough-shod over the Soviet? Who provided the tonic that convinced 3,700,000 Finns that they could whip a nation of 170,000,000 people? What potage did the Finns drink to make them so warlike as to menace the security of Russia? Of course, we have the word of Soviet of the Finns, They tell us that the safety and | security of Russia were threatened by the aggressive policy of Finland. They send us news of bombardments which they say were initiated by the Finnish artillery and evidently.designed to lure the Russian Army into a trap. Seriously speaking, however, civilized world must stand aghast at the | picture presented on the border between A vast army, be- longing to an immense nation, marches forward to trample under their feet the resolute soldiers of a tiny republic. It isa disgusting spectacle and enough to sicken | to make a loan to Finland although, ac- | cording to the present outlook, there is a | slim chance of ever collecting the money even at a remote date. We sympathize | with the Finnish people and at the same time it is giving us satisfaction to let the | ¢efaulting debtor nations know how we fee! towards a nation that does not re- pudiate its honest obligations. | It is generally thought that a camel | can g° seven days without a drink, but who-in h... wants to be a camel, has been | a jocular disclaimer. However, it is not | true that a camel can go without water for | a week; in fact it drinks about ten gallons | a day. In its hump it conceals a natural reservoir, a score or more of pouch-shaped cells, each holding about three gallons of | water. The beast can open a cell at will | and drink its fill whenever it becomes thirsty. That knowledge is new to the writer whatever it is to the reader. i | to pass | generous public from becoming the vic- the heart of humanity everywhere. THE “CHARITY” RACKET While some states have legislation to control fraudulent charities and to reg- ulate professional beggars, many of the commonwealths of this country have failed legislation designed to protect the tims of charity racketeers. While this detestable fraud is prevalent in the metropolitan cities, it is not entirely unknown here. Many schemes are engineered, under the cloak of a charitable or worthwhile object, but when the funds are divided between solicitors | and others, the so-called object of the drive nets practically nothing. The average citizen has a kind heart and usually responds liberally to what he | considers a real need. It is not always wise |i to give a coin to every one who asks for assistance, for | sounds. | unteering for this Christmas eve song cele- | They will | the more THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | KEY WEST IN DAYS GONI GONE nd Happenings Here and riten’® ta Fakeg Fram ae FIVE YEARS AGO Mr. and Mrs. Charles Taylor | returned over the highway last | night after spending a while with relatives in Tampa. Mrs. Taylor was before marriage Miss Fae Ayala and was married to Chas. Taylor on October 24. Immediate- ly afterward they left on their honeymoon, } Mr. and Mrs. William Streeper and their niece, Miss Anna May Reed, have arrived in Key West jto spend another winter here. Mr. Streeper is in the fish and ‘oyster business in Atlantic City, N. J.. and has heen coming to Key West for his winter vaca- tions for the past 30 years. AAA and fended B. M. Duncan, FERA adminis- traton in Key West, left over the East Coast yesterday afternoon for points on the Florida Keys. Before returning he will spend some time at Matecumbe, where activities are underway con- | structing facilities for workers on ‘the bridges. At 2:45 o’clock this afternoon, the jury in the case of the State against Juan del Pino and Boni- facio Rivero the jury found that del Pino was guilty of murder in the second degree and found Rivero not guilty. He was al- lowed to go at liberty. TEN YEARS AGO Eduardo L. Sanchez, until now consul in commission at the lo- cal Cuban consulate, has been promoted to the position of Con- sul Third Class at Key West. This gives Key West two consuls, a distinction shared only by two other cities. One of these is New York and the other is New Or- leans. Congress. Suggestions Miss Diane Guggenheim, daughter of Harry F. Guggen- heim, U. S. ambassador to Cuba, is expected to arrive in Key |West Monday morning an the P. and O. boat, and will leave the boat to join her father in Havana. She will be accom- panied by a governness. | There will be a doubleheader at the Fort Taylor grounds Sun- | discussion. force the campaign. the reciprocal program, asserting that beneficial to agriculture. make a difference. the President, ot it is continue to be nothing. heard that the Presidential cam- j paign next year will get off to a, delayed start. The idea‘has met!cates that with approval on the paft of |strenuous effort to create the some Democrats and Republicans | impression that there is no hasic, although it is too early to de-|clash of interests with the Unit- termine whether the subject will led States. The payments of some prove to be anything more than |indemnities | WALLACE AND HULL. " SPEAK joften advanced by labor, that | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS THE ANTI-TRUST LAWS JAPAN AND THE YJ. 5, their | Dewey in a formal announce- constantly |Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., El- growing criticism of its program 'liott V. Bell and others. Mr. ‘in the farm areas of the West. Speculation as to the length of | twelve might be a “brain trust”. the approaching Congressional | session can be discounted by the | smjple truth that nobody knows|is no development of startling what will develop. Internal ques-' significance and probably none ‘tions are not apt to prolong the | will be forthcoming until Mr. | 8. session but the developments that 'Roosevelt’s intentions are made} g. oceur across the Atlantic mayjclearer. There is a good deal of lig, Naturally, |sparring’ for position by those! 1940 being a campaign year, the;who are willing to go after the | Congressmen will want to getjnomination, but none of them as! home early enough to take up jyet have seen fit to openly chel- | the defense of their records and ‘lenge the President. This is large- | thought, /ly because of the general recogni- | would not mind the absence of ition that the Democratic nom- Democrats, | |unions are exempt. The recent | ‘decision of a lower court in re- gards to the milk cases indicates! ‘that no exemption applies to farmers. These decisions, it should be noted, merely relate to :unlawful acts and do not restrict} 1 Secretary Wallace and Shade ‘the right of labor or agriculture tary Hull took oceasion last week | cantinue legal practices. to make addresses at the annual| meeting of the Farm Bureau nomination brought Federation in defense respective policies, Mr: Wal proclaimed the virtues af Mr. Hull stoutly de- names of twelve close advisers, trading | with whom he is in “almost daily it was conference”. These group are: John Foster Dulles, cabinet members apparently rep- \Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick resent the first move of the Ad-! Simms, ministration to meet The race for the Republican out Tom | ment last week, which was fol- e |lowed by a statement listing the Included in the} Arthur T. Vanderbilt, Dewey laughed and shook his Ihead at the remark that the} ¢, On the Democratic side there 2. | 5. 7. TODAY’S Do not say, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1939 HE’S HOPPING “Jumping in again?” “Yes, I have rescued myself and now Tam going to rescue "He had no my wife”, lpve or confidence in his brother”: say. confidence in". TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ ten Test Question? Turn to | | Page 4 for scopes. the purchased? What was the political rea- son for naming Andrew Johnson as dential candidate on the! ticket with coln? What two te: first ball contes' bail celebrated day? Where is Where is the To which race do the Ha- waiians belong? ppm Lee ct OR Subscribe to The Citizen=20¢ | eekly. Name the two kinds of tele-} From which country was} territory of Alaska | intercollegiate foot- Name the two principal riv ers of Oregon. Which Major League base-; president Alcatraz Penitentiary? Who is Viscount Gort? 500 Shects 50¢ H MANILA, 84x Answers | TYPEWRITING APER 500 Sheets for 75¢ —THE— ARTMAN PRESS The Citizen Bldg. | PHONE 51 | the Vice-Presi- Abraham Lin- | ams played the it? recently his 70th birth- Island | Assuan Dam? Roosevelt’s | little or, lination, with . Mr. ‘enmity, will be worth i | i age ! News from the Far East indi- | Japan is making’ and the assertion The Republicans, it | that Americans have been given is said, prefer to hold their con-| special treatment, thus far vention last but the if they delay their own, Republicans ‘to tee a stiffening of opinion in the | ahead or else have a very short | United States that this country re- ported, do not touch the basic is- may | sue involved. There seems to/| jshowld not lend further aid to’ | Japan, in the way of oil, scrap) The campaign of Thurman Ar- |iron, ete., and that we should not nold to enforce the anti-trust strengthen the Japanese finance laws runs afoul of the contention, by our buying. day. First game will be between |the Cardinals and Key West. The next game will be between the Sluggers and their old ene- mies, the bat Gray and |Lowe, battery for the first game, Varela and Ingraham for the sec- ond. Baby Trojans and The Citizen team met in one of the fastest and one-sided games ever seen at the court house square. The fast playing was all one-sided as ‘can be understood when it is ,written, that the score at the end jof the game was Baby Trojans 48 and The Citizen” 0. FIFTEEN YEAR YEARS AGO Sell R. Mead. passenger con- ductor for the Chicago andj Alton RR., and John R. Wittig, of St. Louis, were arrivals in the city vesterdav and said that though they had passed throygh the city on several oceasions, this was the first chanee they had to see Key West. and that they were going to stay a while. Out of the mindy falda Viste lyesterday by the |agents. with a k Saat ae of booze being seized, theré. were jonly six defendants to be haled ‘before the court ahd tried by the United States Commissioner, ¢ |Rodney Gwynn. They were B53 |placed under bond. At a meeting of the executive committee of the Overseas High- way Association held last night, |Captain Clarke D, Stearns pre- |sided and it was decided to make jarrangements tq call a mass ;meeting at which will be consid- | ered all suggestions for the con- struction of the road to the | mainland. Some of Key West’s most |prominent residents are taking jlessons in playing golf and they jhave found out that not until one tries to sock the bail \does he find that it is not at i Beautiful! Gleaming white all-steel cabinet with one-pi Poscelain intetior. Thrifty! Pamous G-E sealed-in- A Bargain! 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