The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 20, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO c ent and Publisher Business Manag-r izen Building nd Ann Streets in Key West and Monroe County second class matter Member the Associated Press jated Pr is exclusively entitled to use plication news dispatches credited to’ i not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here. e., Will be charged for at y, churches from which a 5 cents a line. open forum and invites discus- public i and subjects of local or general t'but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations. ooo 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. “The horse is not as says Dr. Crile of Cleveland. us; and that’s no fish story. swift as a whale”, Plausible to We read that Nicaragua has a_ bal- anced budget. But, of course, Nicaragua is a rather backward country. “Education is good when it ‘takes’.” —L. P. Artman in The Key West Citizen. Don’t blame “education” if it doesn’t “take.” Blame the subject.—Times- Union. Scuttling of the German liner Colum- bus by its own crew was off Key West all right but it developed later that it was away off. The further off these wartime activities are from Key West the better we like it. The German warship Admiral Graf Spee which was scuttled by order of Hitler was a menace to the Allies and now is lying in 25 feet of water near the harbor of Montevideo it is still a menace, and to all shipping. This is the time of the season when it behooves Key Westers to keep a keen weather eye open for the slickers from the frigid north, east and west and the warmer | southern clime for that’ matter. They never visit us in the good old summer time. | Some, of course, have legitimate proposi- | tions and should have our ear; we must | learn to discern, if we do not want to fall | into a trap. No, The Citizen hasn’t been stung—not yet. Although several candidates for the governorship of Florida have visited the East Coast as far down as Miami, none has put in his appearance in Key West, and that is just as well since the topnotchers today perhaps will be on the side lines to- | morrow. When more is known about the qualities of the various candidates later on, the electors themselves will be better | qualified to make their selection and avoid premature commitments. Followers of President Roosevelt are endeavoring to make themselves solid with the chief by advocating a third term | for him, but as a fact are only making themselves ridiculous in the eyes of the public, since it is obvious they are exhibit- ing anxiety regarding their own fat jobs. One word frem the President would stop | the alarming utterances of these Chau- vinists so the assumption is reasonable that he permits the expressions in the*hope® that enough enthusiasm can be whipped up to bring favorable reactions for a third | term, but so far these trial balloons have had adverse results. As one news com- mentator said, 130,000,000 people do not | whom | I’ke to be told, by office holders, they should choose as their leader. So far Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, Secre- tary of the Jaterior Iekes, Ambassador to England Kennedy and Ambassador to Bel- gium Davies have expostulated putting Roosevelt in the White House for arother quadrennial period. with the! people of this country on the urgency of | ON RECREATION FACILITIES THE KEY WEST CITIZEN A CHRISTMAS ADVENTURE ; Key West has got to have better and | | more adequate recreational facilities. That this is realized in some quarters has been ' demonstrated by City Council which has entered into an agreement with the County Commissicn in the operation of the shuffle- | board courts at County Courthouse. Also | the Key West Hotel and ‘Tourist Homes »Associatior has supplied a real need by { xestoring South Beach. But the effort must not stop with these improvements. ‘Tourist trade is in- | creasing, while the number of navy per- | sonnel is getting larger every-day. Tourists | | and navy men alike need recreational | facilities. More shuffleboard courts | the tourists, particularly the more elderly | men and women. be provided with wholesome recreation. They must be supplied with baseball fields and with reading and _ writing Some steps to meet these demands are be- ing taken. On top of all these, a municipal gym- nasium and athletic field are a_ crying ; need. The numerous fine baseball, basket- ball and football teams of Key West need playing grounds and floors. The make- shift baseball field on Trumbo island will | disappear as soon as the navy gets ready to use the site for its seaplane base. Various members of City Council and citizens interested in athletics have been conferring recently on a plan to develop a eymnasium and athletic field on city prop- | erty off Flagler Avenue. A rather am- | bitious tentative plan has been prepared | fer consideration of Council, probably at the meeting Thursday night. The Citizen believes it will be but echoing the majority opinion of Key West if it suggests that City Council give this question serious study. Several thousands of dollars have been collected in a special funé for sponsoring WPA’ projects. At | least a part of this money should be spent on recreational facilities, including the athletic field and gymnasium. No com- viding facilities for the enjoyment of its citizens and guests. AID FOR FINLAND It appears that a substantial amount of aid for Finland in the way of clothing, food, medical supplies and other neces- saries will be forthcoming from various sources, including the United States. This assistance will temporarily re- lieve much suffering, especially on the brave little nation is not to be crushed by | overwhelming numbers of Russians, mili- tary aid also must be given, and it must not be too long delayed. Norway and Sweden could do much to halt the Russian advance, and they | must realize that if Finland is conquered they may be the next to face Russian ag- gresion. There is little to indicate that Stalin | will be satisfied with the conquest of Fin- land alone. He could have obtained con- | cessions from Finland to meet all reason- able requirements in the Baltic area with- out fighting at all. It appears, therefore, that his aim is to extend Communistic con- trol to all Scandinavia. If this is true, Norway and Sweden must fight Russia eventually or surrender. And if they are to fight at all, they should go to Finland’s aid now. BABY GIRL FACES HARD LIFE There are undoubtedly a number of | queer notions in the world, but it is some- | times difficult to determine .which are utterly absurd and which may possess some elements of truth. Along this line, we notice that the Royal Fraternity of Master Metaphy- | sicians, in Oakdale, New York, have adopted a five-months-old baby for ar ex- periment to prove their belief that human _beings can live forever. The little girl will be fed a vegetable diet, her training rigidly controlled and no death or disease; The metaphysicians be- | lieve that illness and death result from destructive thinking. At this distance, and with our limited intelligence, we regret to think of what lies | ahead of the little baby. Just the same, we regret the disillusionment which one | day will envelop the Royal Fraternity of Master Metaphysicians. Their subject, we are quite sure, will proceed to develop the common ills of mankind and, on some un- | happy day, pass to her forefathers, Navy enlisted men must , rooms. | munity ever lost on an investment in pro- | part of the civilian population, but if the | one will be allowed to speak to her» of | YOUNG MAN, WHAT HAVE #3 I-1'M SORRY YOU TO SAY? and ; Places for playing games are needed by Associated Press wired at 4:30 o'clock that a German freight er had been chased _ into |the editor, circulation manager, two linotype operators, one make- jup man. The front page was {ripped up. Meanwhile the AP! | wired the story in about 6 o'clock. | |The boys got busy with of the local destroyers for a local: ‘angle. Then two scare heads and the boys began to put the type! into the forms. Other thre THE ISLAND CITY HAD A LITTLE FUN with the West last winter than did iextra of The Citizen yesterday.’ van; VERY LITTLE is known about $10,000 ‘interest payment due in their the good work being.done locally \double column lino slugs and by Mrs. Will Phelan. ‘Mrs. Phe- contrary to underhanded rumors soon the story was up. A check Jan headed the Botanical Garden that it’ will not. on Stock Island when it was held by W.P.A. To get! more: sponsor- 'ship allowances she {pages of the afternoon edition'plants herself in her ‘backyard during the period now closed. i geline out of Miami, which ves.el went on for the P. & O. Port @uring the winter last-year. But Everglades by an English cruis- it’s not a matter of dollars with er. Then followed a roundup of the P. & O. It’s only a matter of is working the Finance Depart- | protecting its Miami interests and ™ment of the city is planning to/n,ijign¢ shadows cover the lone- service. eccccccesscoecoceseqeeses EVENI H ed ; il tine deine tet THE NEW CITY COUNCIL is! shadows are falling over hill and having a tough job raising all its! dell : monies, but the old wheel of pro-|Where happiness and sorrow: gress is slowly moving along’ dwell; Pa H after being bogged down for ee a ans long. To show you how well it) At evening when the sun goes} down. { ,town, which are both very dis- |turbine. the ‘remodel its offices to secure. larg- ly paths t “her f aunt and her mother”. (TODAY'S DAILY QUIZ er space. Big debt ahead is a}That men have trod to life’s last [Can you answer seven of : day; January, which this column un-}Some are sad and there are roel derstands will positively be paid who laugh ’ At fate. as onward they plod| 4, their way. NOT MUCH TROUBLE is an-|Children and mothers, the aged| ticipated from owners of proper-'_ , 2nd gray, ; ee ties which were not murphyized jn homes where there’s happiness | every day, rooted the were kept and run in. The big and then transferred them to the Internal Improvement Board of ; Where all are traveling a silent |press began to roll, slowly at first Garden after they came above the Florida. will shortly put the lots! way then faster, the boys eagerly ground. Very shortly the city on, the block. The plan now ad- 'At evening at the end of day. . . |grabbed their copies and off they must consider taking Over the vanced by leading civic authori- about Botanical went velling “Extra” at |7:30 o’clock. EVERY SO OFTEN we snappy memories coming up as we cruise around the repertorial] NOT EXACTLY fronts of the city. As we passed friendly thing is being done by a! Authority is using in its project last number of drivers in the Olivia |for Key West. jnight and saw the bright lights!and Windsor Lane section. Driv- |Whitehead and Southard ALBERT C. KEITH. which are ties is for the city to buy the!91g Peachtree St, Gardens, jsaid to be a great tourist attrac- | properties and to then start small! Atlanta, Ga. __,|ion and may be madé 'self-liqui- housing projects on them with, find | dating. the tenants eventually paying for | get in which did not clear up Te them by their rents. This is the | government problems, we allow-? inost 'same plan as the U. S. Housing |eq the city to fall in poor shape. | With the city going into bad! ‘shape, new investors are not: 8. PS 6. the 7. jof the shuffleboard courts, we crs going through there asked if WHEN THE. CITY COUNCIL |likely to come in. Result is that 9. | were reminded of the string upon |the P.D. marked, |string of shuffelboard courts light- ' horn” signs were really set {edeon the sparkling west~ coast the police department. jcities of Florida. | moves, on! A “Don’t blow once more establishes the credit |our pocketbooks and payrolls are up by ‘of this little old island city, then directly affected. As many now 10. The an-|investors will be more likely to'say about the winter-resident} Key West swer given them was no. So the |put their money here. They look 'city-government we. now have, {boys have been running across /at the city’s credit rating down,|“We are glad the winter resi- | a 'the thoroughfare blowing their |and they say phooey. But with |dents got in. Those fellows will VERY ENTERPRISING (horns as loudly as possible. The |the debts and deficiencies being attract more outside wealth here ten Test Question? Turn fo); Page 4 for Answers Which country had the larg- est navy at the beginning of the World War? Of what chemical elements:is gasoline composed? With which sport is E. +L. (Curly) Lambeau associat- ed? 7 What is the title of the cash- ier or chief clerk on board @ passenger steamer? Into what body of water does the Ganges River empty? What is monasticism? Who was the youngest Pres- ident of the U. S. when he assumed office? When is Low Sunday? Which state has the largest water area? What title is borne by princes ranking between king and duke? | WHOLESALE TONSILECTOMY business man is Mr. Fleck of Du-|loud blowing is directed against |cleared up rapidly by Brinton et with their outside contacts and | CHICAGO.—Seven of Mr. and vangela. A year ago bowling Guy Carleton, who is really do- al, investors will be heartened. }will give us the benefit of new,'Mrs. P, Jay Davis’ family of was at a low ebb in Key West. \ing a good civic job in trying to: This is something we Key West-jfresh ideas for the city, All ofjnine children had their tonsils Bowlers were dropping off fast. quell excessive horn-blowing and ‘ers have never realized, that by|which is money and happiness removed at the Chicago Hospital Then Fleck began to post high |open {scores of the evening for ladies jand then men. He dropped the price. He got up bowling teams. | general, he promoted interest, |saw to it the pin boys were set- ‘ting up fast, and now he has a/ |booming business. Just the dif: ference between an inexperienced | investor and an experienced one. FREDERICK S. PARKHURST. |JR., formerly manager of Hotel -Olean in Olean, N. Y., and city engineer for Niagara Falls and | Olean. now retired, is finding Key West is growing on him. Like | many others he came here for just |a week. will now spend. the win- | ter in Key West. First he bought a fishing rod. Then he found out best fishing was out away from land. So he bought a rowboat. The rowboat had no oarlocks or oars so he bought them. Now it’s | hard work rowing one’s family jaround, so he’s out looking for an outboard for the boat. Pretty soon he will be flying the Key | West Yacht Club flag. } } Inj KEY WEST PUBLICITY BU- REAU under Bill. Lee and the |Hotel Association will shortly start sending out publicity to | northern cities telling northern | newspapers just which of their | prominent ciitizens are visiting | |Key West and at which hotels. |The service will be for all hotels which .can furnish first-class | news. | TALKING TO Juan Carbonell | this column learned that the |Strand will shortly be opened. | |Not for movies, as many Key |Westers had hoped, but for a stock company show. The stock ‘company will probably be here | through the winter. Mr. Car- \bonell says that cost of rebuild- | ing the Strand would be very high and that projectors and oth- er equipment would amount to much, aiso. However, he |planning to put a canvas / roof.’ over the building. The walls; land front are in-fair ¢hape. | AROUND TOWN they're | say- ing the P. & O. certainly pulled } a fast one. First, it allows the seaman’s strike to continue | through most of the summer so that it will'not have to continuc unprofitable summer sailings. It! | doesn’t announce then that it wil’ | have only once weekly sailings} for Key West tc Havana starting | jin two months. It gives only one | week’s notice and then shoots | ‘schedule through, so that i pressure hardly has time enough | to organize itself to make a loud | protest. S.S. 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