The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 18, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO Che Kry West Citizen THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. Except Sunday By ‘| and Publisher tant Business Manager e Citizen Building d Ann Streets y Daily Ne and Monroe eet ee tered at Key West, second class matter Member of the Associated Press | ihe Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use | for republication of all news dispatches credited to | otherwise credited in this paper and also | news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES $10.00 Months 5.00 Months Month Ay = ADVERTISING RATES de cect adi on application, SPECIAL NOTICE li reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of | bituary notices, etc., will be charged for at | of 1@ cents a line. for entertainment by churches from which is to be derived are 5 cents a line. € Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- f 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. Presenting: Virginia. Ruin, Ky.; Skipwith, | Users of safety razors don’t talk them- | sélves into having a massage, shampoo, singe and hair tonic. It takes only a little bit of informa- tion on a subject to make a man an ex- | pert among those who know nothing at all. It is about time for business men to | understand that unselfishness pays hand- | some profits, but unselfishness does. not | mean the giving of unlimited credit. pialiria J Seca Beas | Considering the turn-about face of | Hifler and Stalin this war certainly has produced a couple of strange bed-fellows, | although both punks use the same bunk. Senator Key Pitman, chairman of for- eign relaticns in the senate, recently a visitor in Key West, expressed curiosity about this other Key and how it got its name. The curiosity is reciprocal and Key West is interested to know how he got to benamed Key. We're all keyed up. Those Miami papers, some of which | are circulating in Key West, (for what | there’s in it), often make themselves ridiculous. The latest faux pas is that the expression “Isn’t it great to be an Amer- | ican?” is a Miami slogan. That one is covered with moss. It was probably used by.the very first American, whoever he was. Former Governor Cox, president of the Miami Daily News, has added the At- lanta Journal to his newspaper enter- prises. The sale also included radio sta- | tion WSB. Mr. Cox with former President Harding once sold newspapers on the | streets of Springfield, Ohio. Fine accom- | plishments for a couple of former news- boys, | Councilman Freeman at a_ special | meeting Inst Saturday accused The Citizen | by. implication that it stated the former | council of which he was finance chairman | did not previously make a cash payroll for | the city employees at Christmas time. The Citizen has never made such a statement. What it did state was, what everyone | knows, that the city employees have never | béen paid their wages in full regularly and | that the new council had decided. to do} something constructive to remedy this sit- | uation. There was no specific reference to | a_cash Christmas payroll not having been | paid before; but this paper did advocate | the payment of delinquent taxes at this | time and expressed the hope enough | money would be realized so that the city } employees could receive a full month’s pay | at. Yuletide. However, the response from | the tax delinquents was not sufficient to { niake up a payroll and the balance had to | he borrowed on an interest-bearing note | which further handicaps the city council | im-unraveling the-tangled web of finar- cial chaos which it inherited through for- mer official incompetency and neglect. | and in peace. | the term. | from the economic storms | way in line with his CAPT. CARPENDER’S POSITION Key West has been enjoying pleasant contacts with the Among the most affable of them is Capt. Arthur S. Carpender, commanding officer of all the navy units afloat and in the air operat- | ing out of the Key West base. Capt. Carpender wears braid and rib- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN, | A CHRISTMAS ADVENTURE, some | officers and | | men of the navy stationed here. WHERE SANTA LIVES AND HAS HIS ORKSHOPS, ONCE UPON A TIME HE DECIDED MO INVITE A GIRL AND A BOY T VISIT HIM, THEIR NAMES WERE. JANE AND JOHN) JUST LIKE YOURS. NOW... . 9 bons on his uniform that indicate he has | been around the navy a long time, in war He is a man of’ parts. He not only knows his way around a warship, but he knows how handle himself in civilian — contact: | In paying his respects to our city officia) to | and in his appearances before our civic | groups, he has proved himself an officer | and a gentleman in the true navy sense of He is as highly rated among our citizens as a man as he is rated in the navy as an officer. He is the kind of of- | ficer who wants the men under him to get | every break to which they are entitled. Woe unto him who discriminates as_ be- tween him and his men! At his public appearances, Capt. Car- pender has spoken briefly and to the point. He has shown he appreciates the fact that Key West has suffered greatly of .the .past. Knowing that, he has declared his inten- tion of helping Key West in every possible duty—and even a little further if— If he gets the cooperation of the city of Key West and the citizens of the com- | munity. clear. Capt. Carpender has made that He offers his cooperation, but ‘in | effering it he expects community coopera- | tion. That, in The Citizen’s opinion, is fair and right and proper. In accepting the help of this amiably firm and just man, the city has got to help the navy in every possible way. This city must provide the men of the navy with better recreational facilities, with better opportunities for amusement in leisure hours. This city must treat of- ficers and men of the navy fairly and squarely. They must not be gouged or thrown around. The Citizen believes our city officials know this, and intend to follow this pro- gram. It also behooves every citizen of the community to help any proposal help- ful to the navy in carrying on their national | defense work, or in their periods of re- laxation. and rest.. We believe the navy will have little complaint against our citi- zens generally. If any untoward event oc- curs the navy can be certain the solid peo- ple of this city will do the right thing. We salute you Capt. Carpender—you | and your men! DO YOUR BUYING AT HOME The standard of living in a given com- munity depends upon the volume of busi- ness done, it is true, but it also depends upon the distribution of income as well. There are other factors involved but we started out to call attention to the pre- diction that Christmas trading this year is expected to be at least ten per cent higher than last year. TRS Assuming that business “in ey will be ten per cent higher itis to pected that this will improve the standard of living of the individuals who depend upon local business for their incomes. This means that if local, buyers will trade at home they will inevitably have a part in improving the standard of living for local | families. | You may not be interested in the eco- | nomic welfare of some of your fellow citi- zens until you realize that as they prosper you may expect to prosper. The welfare of local merchants affects other people, in- | cluding employes and everybody who ex- pects to sell anything, either in the way of service or goods. We do not urge local buyers to trade at home at exorbitant prices. Merchants in Key West, who expect your business, expect to meet competition. They must if they stay in business. Give them. the op- portunity to serve your needs.and, if they cannot do so, that is their fault,.not yours. UP TO: THE PEOPLE The government of any people will be no better than the government that the people demand. The political principles of men in of- fice will be no better than the principles of the people who put them in office. The way to have good government in the United States is to have good citizens, intelligent voters and. honest. men and | women, KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY |Happenings Here Just Five, Ten | and Fifteen Years Ago As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen FIVE YEARS AGO Another contingent of ap- proximately 300 veterans are en- \route to Matecumbe and will be °t#eTwise- |engaged in building the bridges, é MEN |which were started some time ioe ee sah jago by the FERA. There will be 4 f |approximately 1,000 men working on the bridges project. The Citizen welcomes expres- sions of the views of its read ers, but the editor reserves the right to delete any items which considered 1 or unwarranted. ‘The ters should be fair and confine the ' | | | | i ) | | letters to 200 words, and write on one side of the paper only. Signature of the writers must accompany the letters and will be published unless requested I wish to call the attention of your readers to a- celestial phe- nomenon that oceurs’only once Plans have been completed for in a generation, the appearance of the Booster; Key West is the best city in Band tonight. While it has not the United States in which to \been said in what particular watch or study the stars, be- parts of the city the band will : : appear in these concerts, as a Cause many southern stars are rule they will appear tonight on Visible here that cannot be seen Fleming, Division and Duval as far north as Jacksonville, and \streets. lat the same time, all of the stars MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1939 SI HERE.ARE JUST THE Two T WANT--JANE AND JOHN. TLL SEND MY MAGIC PLANE ine iS wheeled. 6 te bri Christmasi adventurest _ COMMON ERROR | Do not say. “Henry Clay \ | ‘was one of tle greatest, if not the greatest statesmen activities: in Key West will be published weekly in this column in The Citizen, sponsored by the WPA Key West Art Center. THE REGULAR STAFF at the! WPA Art Center is granted the {following Christmas holidays: December 23, 25, 30 and January 1. Volunteerd from the Key West Society of Artists will attend gallery on some of these days. TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ | i aM | Se Can you answer seven of these) i ten Test Question? Turn to | THE ART CENTER has an op-| A {portunity to perform an unusual Yage 4 gor jal service for the City Planning in- ; |terests in Key West. The Exhi- Net pera te ecrvalyearr onl a |bition displayed at the Fifth An- | rective force of. the earth's Ua! Soutneastern Planning Con-! etism? iference recently held at Holly- ‘ twood Beach, Fla., is made avail- Whom did.James J. Corbett apie here in Key West: from Jan- | defeat to win the world’s | a 4 4 fuary 4 to 20 by the Key West heavyweight boxing cham-| ar; Center. Clifford Hicks is 1 plonshipt jhandling all arrangements with | 3. What is the correct pronun-'the various interested organiza- , Cecceveccoscecsacecsesee Admiral William H. Standley, US.N. retired, of San Diego, Cal, born at Ukiah, Cal., 67 years ago. Walter W. Head of St. Louis, life insurance president, boy scout head, born near Adrian, Ill., 62 years ago. Joseph Wilshire of New York, board chairman, Standard Brands Company, born in Cincinnati, 60 years ago. Prof. William I. Myers of Cor- nell, professor of farm finance, born at Lowman, N. Y., 48 years ago. Dr. John L. Newcomb, presi- dent of the University of Vir- ginia, born at Sassafras, Va., 58 years ago. Alvin S. Johnson of New York City, a noted educator, born at Homer, ‘Nebr., 65 years ago. Francis Burton Harrison, time governor-general of one- the American their | Letters from an absent son to; his mother are always a delight, | lespecially when they “are of the! kind which was received by Mrs. ' ‘Eva Torano from her son, Joseph, who is a student at Florida Uni- versity. Joe is heard on the ra- dio from the college and Mrs. Torano gets delight from hearing |her son’s voice on the air. i Thomas W. Curtis, of Hunger- |. ford, Texas, in a letter to The Citizen, expresses great interest ‘in the city and asks that a copy of the paper be sent him, es- pecially an issue containing the most advertisements. Copies of the paper are being sent to Mr. |Curtis today. 1 | TEN YEARS AGO ‘ ‘of the northern hemisphere can’! | be plainly seen here. if aton? If your readers will look to- night, just after dark, up at the ecliptic they will see the planets | Saturn, Jupiter and Mars in a row—one, two, three _ order. | Watching from night to night, | they will observe Mars moving| toward Jupiter with which it will soon have a conjunction. At) the same time Jupiter is moving, ‘but more slowly, toward Saturn. | Jupiter will also overtake Saturn | and, of course, have a conjunc- | 9. tion therewith. Mars, traveling faster than Jupiter,..will pass him and have a conjunction with Saturn. long ed the United States? before Jupiter arrives. —ateemeemnasiateennsnstioetiey burn? Webster’s dictionary? What is the nickname the U. S., where ed? Under which river Holland Vehicular nel? is for ;munity at this time. the sport of horse racing? bition extensively displays Under the Constitution of | photographs, charts, is the jother power to declare war vest-|planning projects and works ac- i i Has Adolf Hitler ever visit- Board is well | i | ciation of the word autom- |tions so that the program of ac- tivities, speakers, etc., may pre- vital questions faced by the com- The exhi- maps and graphic representations complished by the South’s lead the jing states. The WPA work of Tun- | projects officially sponsored by State Planning represented, to- gether with historical objects of great interest. the Florida REALTORS are advising the Art.Center director that artists by * tags goes right along and _ will® i lcome up to the 100 percent{fore, many of us will not be able mark. City Clerk Wallace Pin-jever to see this beautiful celestial ‘der says there are about 1,500 phenomenon again. cars in the city and they will be} J. D, PEEBLES, all served with the tags, it is be C.T.G. lieved, before Christmas. ‘Key West, Fla., acduaceahs Dec. 14, 1939. Younger pupils of the Convent; recital in the Music Room Wed-Mr. L. P. Artman, nesday tlight of this week. The |The Key West Citizen, recital will commence at 8 o’clock.| Key West, Florida. and relatives and friends of the ; class are invited to attend. ‘A (Dear Loe Us ‘beautiful program has been ar-! I have no hesitation: in saying ranged. \that the success of the nation- _— |wide Bowl of Rice Partie of the Alfred H. Pheil, of Summit,| United Council this year is due in New Jersey, who was taken from | great measure to the sympathetic the Mallory ship Algonquin cooperation of: the newspapers while the vessel was at sea andy throughout the country. I wish brought ashore on Saturday, into thank you personally and your an unconscious condition, died|newspaper for the excellent sup- | this morriing in the Marine Hos-|port you have given to this | pital. The body was turned over’ worthy endeavor on behalf of to the Lopez Funeral Home and ;the 60,000,000 civilian suffering. will be shipped to his home. ~ refugee men, women and children —_—- jof China, in response to our ap- Christmas Day, will be a realjpeal for cooperation. ie jheliday to the employes of thé |‘ “So long as there are 60,000,000 |Key West postoffice. There will) homeless and ill ‘refugees who be no delivery of mails on that{are innocent victims of a cruel day except in the case of special foreign aggression, our efforts'on delivery letters. There will be/their behalf must not cease. His- no incoming mail worked at alljtory has proven that no country jin the postoffice. |can go untouched and unscathed ee while others are in so desperate FIFTEEN YEARS AGO ‘a plight. We hope therefore that The Three-Way Committee, in in our future activities, we can an; endeavor to get as much pub- |coritinue to count on you in sup- licity as possible, has decided to! port of our relief program with have The. Citizen distributed on which all Americans are in deep jthe trains of the F.E.C. R’y., and | sympathy. |this advertising campaign is to Yours very sincerely, start on January 1, continuing to} THEODORE ROOSEVELT. ithe end of the season. \National Chairman, United Coun- RARE cil for Civilian Relief. In | Leonard Lowe, formerly of Key China. | West, is a visitor in the city from New York, N. Y., his present home in “Tavernier, | Dec. 12, 1939. and states that gamey fish are; | plentiful now .and are running in | Svecvcccccssesssesee Harge schools». “He is especially) od intcscettn Denetsh. cai’ aye LOdaY’S Horoscope | that they-are running better than S jever and anglers are going after! Today’s nature is poetic, sen> jthem. in large numbers. jsuous, sympathetic and+ dex+ | terous. perhaps a good endow- |. There was a meeting of an actor or-actress. The |Modern Woodmen of The World dis; ion is kindly: fidelity. and {held ast: night and an election | affection are prominent charac- 1st officers followed. After dis-' teristics, and many friends . will |posing of the business on hand be attracted by the pétsonal |the newly-elected officers invit-\charm. Some degree of fortune jed their guests to join in an ice may accrue. but it is rather too ‘cream feast at a nearby parlor. generous for worldly ‘success, |though its benefactions ‘will be |. The Twelve Pal Club held an hidden.. * ' | interesting session Monday aft- jernoon at the home of Miss Nelot penis played, after which -re- jenna were served. Hie Louise Russell to discuss mat- |ters relating to a cart ride to be jheld on Christmas. After the| Subscribe to The Citizen—20e meeting there were a number of weekly. * The sale of city automobile, Sition again, and this. same con--/ junction con be witnessed; .there- | of Mary Immaculate will give aj NEWSPAPER COOPERATION | It will be thirty more years | before Saturn is in the same po-| HONOR ROLLS IN KEY WEST SCHOOLS are already writing in for ac- commodations this winter. Some | Honor Roll of the Division /of the invitations sent out last |Street School for the six weeks’ spring by the Center are already \period ending December 1 fol- |bringing results. There is every | tows: jevidence that the Art movement | 1B—Miss Susie Gardner, teach- |i8 growing, and it would not sur- ‘er; Don Williams, Peter Diaz, |prise those who are familiar with |Diana Gonzalez. \art trends if a considerable win- 1A—Miss Miriam Carey, teach- | te? art colony developed here. A ‘er; Alice Hernandez. - |strong artist group will material- | 2B-Mrs. Eulalie Jones, teach-|1y help in bringing more winter er; Shirley Mae Albury, Betsy Visitors to Key West. |Belle Cates, Sylvia Clark, Faye | RE SEED Knowles, Lee McGinnis, Barbara) THE CREATIVE ART CLASS \Mora, Zaida Diaz, Althea Has-|°f the Center is designing and |kins; Patsy Hampton, Jennie Mae | building special Christmas dis- Russell, Betty Louise Roberts, | Plays for the show windows at Nathalie Valdez, John Smith. jthe Center. This work is under 2A—Mrs. Anna Roberts, teach-|the volunteered instruction of ‘er; George DeValle, Kermit Kerr, 'Mrs. A. E. Peirce with the aid’ of William Pinder, Beverly Arthur, he various committees of the | Virginia Russell, Claudia Rob- | Key West Society of Artists. e Adolfo Barcelo. PTS ey: Cochrane,| LIEUT..COMDR. RAY BYRNS, |supply officer at the Navy Yard, was a welcome visitor to the Art Gallery. He is an ardent photo- ‘teacher; Jack Larsen. 3A—Miss A Marjorie _ Roberts, iteacher; Anne Doughtry, Jack) Spencer. | 4B2—Mrs. Florence Mullinax, | jteacher; Elaine Albury, Lillian \Rodriguez. Rose Marie Sanchez. | 4Bl—Miss Gladys Pinder, | teacher; Elsie Mora. * 44&—Mrs. Amelia Cabot, teach- | ‘er; Antonica Smith, Evelyn Skel- | \ton, Rose Mary Kerr, Rene Rojas, | ;Tony Machado, Joseph Lowe. | . 5B—Miss Virginia Shine, teach- ler; Lorraine Adams, Dolores Boney, Gerry, Albury. Seymour, | | 5SA—Miss Jennie | teacher; Moreno Mora, Elizabeth, Ann Gardner. Florence Mitchell, | Mary Louise Spencer. | Argelia. Acevedo, Anita Aguilar, Betty Lou Boza, Bertha Perez. | 6A—Mrs. May Hill Russell, | jteacher; Nilo Albury, Herman | Cerezo, Norman Roberts, Frances | ‘Mora, Josephine Garcia, Joan Doughtry, Alice Diaz, Lauriette } (@ Ceeeeseoovecucoovoses. if SELECTED SHORTS | EA CONCHA HOTEL | _Beautiful—Air-conditioned j Lounge | Strietly Fireproof Garage Philippines, the first to become a Philippine citizen, What is the hold of a ship? {sent the best possible picture of born in New York, 66 years ago. In the reign of which Ro- planning ideas for civic needs; | man Emperor did Rome ;zoning, recreation, water, govern-! iment services, housing, hospitali- ; Did Daniel Webster compile | zation, administration and other ; ON HER ROUNDS Husband (a traveling sales- man)—Who is that strange wom- an I just saw in our kitchen? Wife—S-sh! That’s the cook- of-the-month. grapher and has a unique col- lection of views taken while sta- tioned in faraway countries. He delights in showing these to his many friends. Later in the sea- son it is hoped he will give a talk to the Art Appreciation Group with lantern-slide pic- : tures. THIS WEEK the Art Center was able to render a_ valuable service to the Naval Air Squad- ron stationed here. Jack Harris, staff photographer. answered a call to develop and print some official film, thus saving the service considerable delay, since their equipment is not yet avail- able for this work. Photography is offering a useful service of the Center. Recently, pictures of record for the WPA Lunch Room Project. undey Mrs. Sybil Dexter, was ably handled. This week, Mr. Harris plans ‘pictures for publicity for the N.Y.A. wood- work shops, in the process of pro- ducing Christmas toys for needy children of Key West. THE ANNUAL Christmas Show of the artists of Key West is on at the Center this week. Pictures and crafts‘ of great variety are on display, of interest to every- body. These exhibitions are al- ways a feature of the season in Key West. Don’t miss the show!