The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 19, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO Che idcy Ulest Citizen prher Greene nn Streets «mly Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County smtered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter "Member of the Associated Press blication o} A nt otherwise credited in this paper and also ‘al news published here. Associated Pregs is exclusively entitled to’ use | news dispatches credited to | | except Saturday, they knocked off for the | | CITY HALL UPHEAVAL | Tt seems as though nothing around | Key West is sacred any more. For years, for example, our city employes, except | policemen and firemen, have had a very | fine workday schedule. They took up | their pens and pencils promptly at 9 a. m. each day. At 12 noon they went home for | lunch. Promptly at 2 p.m. again they were back at their desks. At 4:30 p. m., | day, with a sigh of relief. This went on @ | day in and day out, except on Saturday dhree Months ine Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATE! Made kngwn on application, SPECIAL NOTICE reading notices, cards of thanks, reselutions of Texpect, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at the rate ef 16 cents a line. N s for entertainment by churches from which Je 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 but it will not publish anonymous communi- ar f in 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. EN : IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN t It took the co-ed to put the “leg” in college. If love weren’t blind there would be fewer giving and taking in marriage. Advertising is good sales insurance, but it takes an alert, wideawake mer- ehant to realize this. Many drivers are so intent on letting their lights shine before men that they never use their dimmers. When the college boys and girls come home, the old town will take on a new life—some of it night life. Acting Seeretary of the Navy is pre- | paring to protect Florida with a mosquito fleet. California will hear of this with glee. In Europe there are blackouts for fear of the enemy; in Key West the city coun- cil has ordered a partial blackout to cir- “fumvent another kind of “travagance, or is it impecuniosity. Putting the German pocket battleship Graf Spee hors de combat has the outraged feelings of Great ~when the British admiralty allowed the -—Bremen to outwit Great Britain, and re- turn-safely to her German port. The Atlanta Constitution “issued) a large special edition to celebrate the pre- mier of “Gone With the Wind”. im the Gecfgia city. The frontis-piece shows an “Hid colonial home with the foreword of the | sereen version of Margaret Mitchell’s famous book: “There was a land of cava- ~tiers and cotton fields called the South. . .It was the last tableau of feudal ‘days, the last ever to be seen of knights and their ladies fair, of master and of slave. . .Look for it only in books, for it is | Sho more than a dream remembered, fivilization gone with the wind.” a Some 70,000 parcels of land were: not Murphyized though delinquent, and, ac- cording to law, reverted to the state and placed in the hands of the Internal Im- provement Board, which will offer the parcels for sale and to the advantage of +he delinquent taxpayer, who will get two shots to repossess his property. He will be permitted to make an offer for the enemy—ex- | assuaged | Britain | Old | when they quit for the day at noon and THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | on all the holidays when their schedule | called for a complete rest. | Now all this is to be changed. Mem- bers of city council were unable the other A on Saturdays are sufficient in which to | transact the city’s business. Councilmen | felt that the city employes should work a | few more hours each week. They directed a resolution calling fer 714 hours for five days and four hours on Saturdays. | fell swoop they voted to increase the work- | week from 3014 hours to 414% hours. Councilmen argued that keeping city hall open for business a few hours longer | | each week would enable businessmen and | taxpayers to come in at more convenient periods to pay their taxes. The council- | men seemed to take the position that if | more taxes were paid more cash would be available for city employes of the employes. This looks | tough break for the city employes. it? like a very Or is are being disturbed by the new council. tending the council meetings are being re- varnished and repaired. Some councilmen are reported to be planning to change things around so that city employes will have larger offices in which to transact the city’s business. This might make it | possible to get at books and records more line to pay their taxes. There has been no collector’s office, but one might occur at any time. Hence the rush to make things taxes. Well, the way things ‘are going around city hall The Citizen expects al- most any day now to hear that. city em- ployes are being paid in full in cash paydays, that the city is paying all bills on the nose and that some old bills are being settled. _LAMBASTS FADS ABOUT CHILDREN The average, everyday, ordinary parent of Key West should appreciate Dr. Leo Kanner, Associate-Professor of Psy- chiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital, who recently assailed the fads of child-rearing. Dr. Kanner insists that there should be a return to common-sense methods in brirging up children. He lambasts the fadists and so-called specialists, with their meaningless terminologies and unproved theories. The.worst thing that. has hap- pened, says Dr., Kanner, is the prevalence | of the theory that every act and every omission should be guided by the thought of preventing something or other. A little reflection ought to convince parents that Dr. Kanner is correct. The | human race has existed for untold cen- turies. Naturally, the offspring of parents is adaptable to the training of its peculiar | parent, and should be reared according to | the enlightened common-sense of its | parents. The progressive development of the | human race procéeds rather slowly. The | training of children should be based upon the age-old experience of parents rather than according to a plan, adopted by | frightened parents who do not know whe- | ther the new fad-has any backgreund. ex- | cept a theory. ~property and if there is a higher bid to | Meet that bid. That is not competitive | “IMPRACTICAL” bidding as required by law; it is going out | ‘of the way to favor dispossessed owners and lien holders. This plan was insisted upon by Governor Cone, though opposed by Comptroller Lee. The tax dodgers of Florida are a coddied lot. They didn’t dake advantage of the Murphy Law which wave them the opportunity to wipe the tax | Slate clean but banked on just such a sit- ation which has arisen. It is _ believed, however, that the limit ‘has been reached and this time the property will be lost be- > yond: retrieval, It’s an interesting story which comes from Kirksville, Mo., where the operators | of two mines offered to let striking miners run the mines for a test period to deter- mine the practicability of operating under a@ higher pay schedule. ‘ We gather from. a news article that | miners demanded. an increase in pay from | $3.20 to $5.00 a day. The operators countered with their offer to the’ organ- izers of the strike. It was rejected as “im- | practical.” day to get it through their heads that 54% | hours a day for five days and three hours | At one | on paydays. | So they voted to revise the working hours | | Other sacred things around city hall Chairs used by citizens and taxpayers at- | | easily, so taxpayers won’t have to wait in | noticeable traffic jam lately at the tax | ready for taxpayers anxious to pay their | on | PIPL LLC LL oD ‘SAILFISH TURNED OUT TO BE TUNA Charles Thompson, Mrs. Charles Thompson and Nor- beétg Thempson had an ex- citing time of it in the Stream Sunday aboard fhe “Poorfish”, Captain Austin Roberts. A large fish wallowed into the open for one of the out- riggers and against the strong sunt if appeared to be a sail. The brake was kicked locse, and the fight was on. Just then a huge sail came into view and slapped the bait en the other outrigger. The brake was released in time, but the hook was not set and the sailfish walked the waves to safety with a mighty leap. Strangely enough, the oth- er sailfish on did not leap. Finally the fish was brought to heat and it was then re- vealed that it was a large tuna. It weighed about 20 pounds. The tuna had small fins unlike most tuna caught locally which have long fins like a jack. SOIT ILIL IS eodecse | Santa Claus, Tarn About Is Fair Play: ms | (Written for my son, Harley Boy’ | Coeeeece ° |My mommy always taught me to | be fair and do right, |To be polite to every one, and seek the truth and light. If I judge things correctly, I've | done more than my share, i Weigh matters ag they should be, and you'll know when I declare: CHORUS T can’t count all I've done for , my mommy’s sake, ” ‘ Every one thinks that you should give me a break, Santa Claus, turn about is fair play. When you start sorting this,’ year’s many Christmas toys, } List me with the nice girls and with the good boys, Santa Claus, turn about fair play. Now since you have a kind heart you’re bound to be good, I know you'll do what is right and treat me as you should. I want lots of toys, I want candy and nuts too, So don’t slight me, for I’m depending on you, Santa Claus, turn about is fair play. DR. V. A, AVAKIAN. |2710 E. 46th St., Chattanooga, Tenn. | Observation taken at 7:30 a. m. 75th Mer. Time Temperatures Highest last 24 hours Lowest last night Mean ... |Normal - is j ‘ion Rainfall, 24 hours ending | 7:30 a. m., inehes Total rainfall since Dec. inches _. wilt | Deficiency since December 1, inches | Total rainfall. since January | 1, inches — —- 38.61 | Excess since Jan, 1,-ineches 1.04 Tomorrow's Almanac | Sunrise 7 Sunset - | Moonrise | Moonset | Tomorrow's Tides | (Naval Base) | AM. {Low - -10:20 11:15 High - : 5:00 5:09 Barometer at 7:30 a. m., today Sea lever... Wind Direction an: NNE—10 miles per hour Reletive Humidity 95% N. B—Comfortable humidity should be a few points below mean temperature FORECAST (Till. 7:30 p. m, Wednesday) | Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight; Wednesday most- ly cloudy and cooler; gentle east shifting to 0.00 1, 0:19 0.94 i | GRILLERS VICTORIOUS | i . IN THE CIRCUIT COURT LETTER OBJECTS — ~ TO BINGO GAMES ‘LOCAL THEATRE OWNER OF- | FERS FACILITIES FOR BENE- | _ FIT PERFORMANCE | Arthur, Sawyer Post, ‘No. 28, ' American Legion, was addressed } iby letter yesterday in protest) jaganist the introduction of bingo |this season in Key West. Thiet ‘ter was written by Gonzalo Bez-' ‘anilla, proprietor of the Palace | 'Theatre, and called attention to \his belief that “bingo games and | carnivals only leave everybody | | broke” upon departure when the | ‘season is over. ‘ | Mr. Bezanilla offered all fécili- | ities of his theatre to the Legion| \Post for a benefit performance! !should the Post so desigi@ it. _He states that Mr. Sabini has volun- teered a free stage show for such | a performance and furtheryopines that “the show, properly run, would make more money than} without —hurtisig the | | RETAIN HOLD ON | FIRST) PLACE IN LEAGUE BLAY: | i} i ! Coast Guard team kept up} | their’ “red-hot pace” in thé“Island’) City Basketball League \tougna- ment with a close.game victory | ‘over the Lions Club last night at | the High School Gym., Final ,score was 41 to 35. Lions led |ap the: half, but tired in the final | |two quarters. | Seafood Grill crept ito sec-| ‘ond place in the standings with \@ 37 to 29 win over the still- struggling Army five. Lions team lis now in, third place with four ‘wins: and three losses. | |REXALL CONTEST + ENTERS FINAL DAYS The Rexall Christmas Contest at |Gardner’s Pharmacy, 534 Duval street, is steaming full speed | ahead into the final fivé days, | with deadline for filing all mer- ‘chandise votes next Saturday ‘night at 11:00 o'clock. 1 | Mr. Gardner expressed himself today as being well pleased with | |the reception accorded the new | ' cditest® itlea, and urged all con-, \testants to put on last minute, spurts in order that the present | jratings for high eight boys and | jeight girls may be changed. | \“Anybody still has a chance to win one of the prizes for either | boys or girls”, he said. ' Prize awards will be made} ‘next Sunday afternoon between | | 4:00 and 6:00 o'clock. t | | LOOKING UP RECORDS |. Harry Gwynn and Ambrose) Becker, were in the city yesterday | busily engaged in looking up) property records at the county jcourt house. | } | LEGALS i sae | ELEVENTH JUDICIAL MONROE COUNTY, IN CHANCERY. LOUIS KLEINMAN, ‘ vs. = RACHAEL GLAMAN Ki’ en ORDER FOR PUBLICATION TO: RACHAEL CLAMAN ‘Stara. Usehitza_in the of Kaminitz Podolsk, You dre hereby required to ap- | |.pear to the Bil of Complaint in the | labove styled and entitled ) on | |January Ist, 1940 otherw al- | |Iegutions therein contain ill be taken as confessed. is order to be publistied once @ week for four consecutive weeks | in the West Ci 1 He ile Sar Wyre Dore and sap tage gp 27th day of) A. Be . we > Ross C Sawyer ‘Court, Monroe | By: (35)) Blorence EB Sas nov28; decs- rovince |FURNISHED COTTAGE «Yours Watistaimantt © CLASSIFIED COLUMN! FLOWERS SAY IT WITH FLOWERS—Beau- tiful Flowers now arriving daily for the festive season. Gladiolus, Poinsettias, cut flowers, potted plants, corsages, roses, wreaths, ete.. Order early. BRAXTON’S FLOWER MART, corner An- gela and’ Simonton Streets. dec19-3t ROSES | RED and PINK RADIANCE. ROSES at. all times, I MAN’S, 1121 Catherine s * dec6-9-12-16-19-23-2 MISCELLANEOUS . OPENING FOR THE SEASON, Key West’s loveliest Gift Shop: OLD ISLAND TRADING POST, at the Water Front, North End of Duval street. | dec13-1mo FOR RENT | PRIVATE HOME FOR RENT, jagainst the University of Havana, furnished. All modern con- veniences. 1403 Catherine St. } dec2-1mo | and | two Apartments. Hot Water.: Apply 630 Elizabeth St. | dec16-1mox | | UNIVERSITY BASKETBALL | ALLSTAR FIVE BINGO POPULAR TO PLAY GRILL == —_IN CINCINNATI TEAM FRIDAY DRAWS LARGER PATRONAGE THAN BASEBALL; CONNEC- TICUT PERMITS GAMES STARS WILL ENGAGE LO. CAL TEAM ON RETURN B FROM HAVANA TOUR CINCINNATI. Ohio, Dec. 18.— fingo in Ciicinnati drew 2,- 300,000 in the past. year. 200.000 more than had been estimated. During the summer it easily out- iC GWYNN, JR. classed baseball as a major at- . Sports Writer traction, it was revealed recently Funs!of! that favorite sporting|in a repott!filed by Police Chief pastime, basketball, will witness! Weatherly to City Manager ‘ Sherill. one of the best cage contfsts over | Chief Weathery said that dur- to be’ played in th} local High ing the baseball season bingo at- School Gym, this, friday night |tendance was 1,108,095. In the when the Y.M.C.A; All-Stars meet*same period the Reds’ games at in an exhbiton game with the Crosley Field, including the Seafood Grill. 3 World Series, drew paid attend- Coach Jack Gramley arrived in ance of 984,854 or 123,241 less. Key West Sunday night to make During October, 218 bingo games arrangements for the game. drew 243,917, a new record. After three games in Havana: Receipts totaléd $195,993.61, an average net cost per player of the Vedado club and the Cuban 61.1 cents. Athletic club, the All-Stars will} Bingo in Cincinnati is claiming return to the Island City forthe attention of people all over their clash with the Grillers. ‘the nation. The game is enjoy- To be seen in action are such|jng sensational popularity, so, well-known basketball and foot- | quite nattirally, churches and ball stars as: =f civic clubs are watching the trend Eddie Dunn, Mike Ruggles, of its pulling power. At a re- Whitey Kelly. University of Mi-|cent meeting of the city council, Br FURNISHED APARTMENTS, | ami; Mickey Lubel, Alabama Uni- electric refrigerators. Apply | versity; Al Lankford, Eddie Leo- Valdes Bakery. ~ sept303mo| ard, University of Utah; Lefty \Gaither, University of Florida; | PRIVATE HOME with all modern John McDonald, University of Il- conveniences; two bedrooms; also, hot and cold running wa- | ter. 1418 Catherine Street. | .nov20-1mo FOR SALE linois; Shorty Yountz, University of Richmond, and Doc Zalukas, | University of St. Louis. |. Manager Austin Yountz of the 7{Stars stated, that he, anticipated an interesting and hard-fought 'TREAT YOURSELF AND FAM-|£2me when the two teams meet Friday. Jack Carbonell, Grill MAS PRESENT—Bargain in /™anager. announced today .. that nice eight-room home on/h¢ would use his usual line-up é¢orner lot near North! With the possible addition. of Ed. Beach and*’ City Park, com- and J. V. Woodson from the pletely renovated, new floors Coast Guard quintet, and Joe and a new Bathroom. Price, |Pinder of the Lions. Tentative $3,300, terms $1,000 cash and lineup for the Grillers will be: $1,500 first mortage, payable in| Ed. Woodson, William Cates, 30 months, balance $25 month. eae sara House alone could not be re-! placed for less than $4,500. JOHNSON and JOHNSON, 419 Duval Street. decl8-tf FOR SALE CHEAP—’31 Chevro- | let Coach, cash or terms. Apply | Archer’s Grocery. dec18-3t | LATE 1934 STUDEBAKER DIC- | TATOR, fine condition, $215. 1409 Albury street. dec18-2tx | CHRISTMAS CANDIES, choco- } Tate assorted; 5-Ib. box $1.25. | Jockey Suits, $1.00;Policeman Outfit, $1.00; Cowboy Outfit, | el Scooters, $1.00;. Air) les, $1.00;.. 21-piece ink-, Wet Doll Set in Chacdea t: Skee-Ball Alley, $1.00; Christ- mas Cards for every member of the family, beautiful senti- | ments. from ic to 50¢ each. SAN CARLOS BOOK STORE. | 518 Duval Street. decl-tf | ILY TO THIS FINE CHRIST | / CA 0104726 FOR SALE—2 lots, each 50x100. | Run from Washington to Von Phister street. $850. Apply rear 1217 Petronia street. aprl4-s SECOND-HAND BICYCLE, good condition. Apply 320 Margaret _ street. dec19-1t | BUILT-IN” BA’ Cabinet | lavatory and toilet with all faucets anc{ drains; one electric tion, priced for quick sale. $50.00 entire lot. Apply 1115 | Margaret St. One Round fa five-to-four vote opened bingo ;fo labor, ¢ivic and patrictic or- | ganizations and their auxiliaries, sin addition to churches and jcharitable institutions and bona jfide fraternal organizations. | Connecticut's new law on bingo jhas spurred organizations there to make elaborate plans for the game: ; The; firgt bingo party at Stratford drew a crowd of 700. At West Haven permits have been issued Wilmot Lodge, Knights. of Pythias andthe Elks’ | Lodge. forwards; Jack Cerbonell, center; \J. V. Woodson, Wickérs; ‘guards; Canfield Lewin, F,_Carbonell, G. | Pinder, Joe Pinder and Steinlieb, subs, . ¢,, 10% REDUCT ION ON lind: DAY