The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 29, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO Che uicy _— quest Citizen TRE CrT12: “rom The Citizen Building Corner Gree and Ann Streets unly Daily Newspaper in County ey West and Monroe tered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter | Member of the Associated Press ihe Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of ail news dispatches credited to it or pot otherwise credited in this paper and also he local news published her: SUBSCRIPTION RATES me Year ix Months ...... Lhreé. Months ine Month Weekly ADV > migwn on application, 4 SPECIAL NOTICE Ali reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of rexpect, obituary netices, etc. will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. Ps es for entertainment by churches from which is to be derived are 5 cents a line. itizen is’an open forum and invites discus- n of public issues and subjects of local or general t but it will not publish anonymous communi- Ma 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. J On the sea of matrimony look out for the squalls or you may run into trouble. The Citizen expects every debtor to do his duty, meet the collector with a smile and pay up. Key West always has a white Christ- mas; not from snow but through the good greces of Old Sol. The futility of diplomatic notes rather refutes the idea that the pen is mightier thau the sword. F2ople who know nothing about a major problem can give you the answer without waiting to think. Did President Roosevelt unwittingly give himself away on the third term when he asked Senator Taft, who is also a can- didate for the presidency, to show him how to balance the budget in two years, when he has but one to serve? The Cambridge, Massachusetts, city council has gone to absurd extremity in outlawing all publications containing the name of Lenin or Leningrad. Hitler did that before signing his pact with Stalin, but now Lenin is persona grata again. The Roosevelt family, male and female, does not get along so well with its partners. The only daughter was divorced and remarried, while Elliott’s marriage also went on the rocks; now Jimmy R. is longing for his renovation. his column that life in the Germany Navy is all beer and seuttles these days. That play on words was first seen by this writer in the Fort Myers News-Press, which may have snitch- ed it elsewhere. But it may be a case of two great minds meeting a parallelism. Winchell says The proposed fresh water line to Key West is not dried up, though at the moment we are hearing little of the prog- ress being made. We would like to de- seribe the line in the vernacular as all wet but that would indicate it might be all washed up, which, decidedly, it is not. There is no ham in hamburgers, but | there is turtle in turtleburgers which may | be obtained at most restaurants in Key West. They are delicious. If Wimpy ever hears of these savory turtleburgers, he will leave the comic strips and take: up his residence in Key West, we are quite sure, Not only has he has also restored the domestic quotas. Over and above that the United States is | going to lend the Pear! of the Antilles, the | appreciable sum of $50,000,000, when as a fact it has not yet paid some $3,000,000 owed since the Palma Administration. Yet benign Uncle Sam is pictured to the world as a miserly Shylock. Are we Americans dumb! | have elected their delegates, | their choice in preferential primaries, so President Roosevelt | lowered the barriers on Cuban sugar, but PATCH UP PAVEMENT Visitors who were in Key West last | | year were wont to remark two things: | | That Duval Street was poorly lighted at night and that there were no recreation | spots where they might enjoy our un-! matched climate. | Those two situations have been reme- | died. Duval Street white lights have been | turned on as result of a concerted effort by | the Junior Chamber of Commerce and Key | West Lions Club. Many businessmen con- | tributed tc the lighting fund. Recreational | facilities have been increased. South Beach | has been restored largely through the ef- forts expended by the Key West Hotel and Tourist Homes Association. City Council aided along this line by getting the co- operation of the County Commission share the expense of lighting the shuffle- board courts at County Courthouse. Now a new complaint has among our visitors. ' arisen cause of the ruts and holes. tion they are joined by our residents, men, women and children. ride. a dead dog in many thoroughfares. conditions along such streets as Eaton, complaint. The Citizen that one or two of our civic organizations some time ago | some action toward repair of our streets. A few of the councilmen were elected on a platform which carried a better highway The conditions have not improved. The deeper, more dangerous. The Citizen believes the City Council and the Board of Public Works should do something at this time to make temporary repairs to the pavement where they are most urgent. This is hardly the. time of year for major street improvements. Those can wait until after the . tourist season when fewer will be inconvenienced by torn up streets. What is now needed is some concrete or asphalt fill in the hol and ruts. Bicycling is a form of recrea- tion that many visitors enjoy. Let’s make it pleasanter to ride bicycles in Key West. DIRECT VOTE FOR DELEGATES Last January Chairman Turnbull of the State Democratic Executive Committee sponsored a resolution providing for the selection of delegates tothe National Democratic Convention, to be made by the committee, and not allow the people of Florida to vote on this important matter. Tyn Cobb, Jr., member from Orange County, fought this resolution on the floor of the meeting, and later gave a_ state- ment to the newspapers that was carried over the state by the Associated Press. Nearly all the editors of Florida took it up and agreed with Cobb, and later Mr. Turnbull said he would drop the matter, if Cobb would. Lately Mr. Turnbull has made several statements and they have been carried to state papers by the Associated Press, to the effect that the law gives the state com- mittee the right to name such delegates, and also the choice of holding a_ pref- | erential primary. This past week he has | even had Attorney General Couper Gibbs give an opinion on the matter “ment with him. For many years the voters of Florida and voted in agree- why not continue this? If the chairman is going to allow the people to vote, then why does he keep making statements to the | effect that the committee can take this right away from them? Unless the voters are aroused and make it a point to urge members of the state committee to let them vote for their delegates; they might wake up after ; January 12 and find that the state com- mittee has disfranchised them. BE SUSPICIOUS It is time to be suspicious whenever a stranger offers to give you an opportunity to make a lot of money without working. It is time to be suspicious when any- body offers a get-rich-quick scheme that will make you a fortune almost over-night. It is time to be suspicious when any- | body pretends to give you an inside tip | that is worth money and urges you to risk jyour bankroll for a huge fortune. As we recall past events, it occurs to | promised plank. They deplored the conditions then. | old ruts and holes in the streets are getting | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | | to | They find it difficult | to ride their bicycles on some streets be- | In this direc- | On some streets it is | virtually impossible to enjoy a_ bicycle | There are holes big enough ‘to bury | The | United and Simonton are evidence of this | | H president Herbert Hoover. THERE HAS BEEN much} frantic worrying ever so often |by fishing parties using Key West charter boats, which is really very useless. Key West. veteran |captains understand the phases {of the weather and they have |very protected grounds. Fishing jis done in the Gulf Stream and! Reef on the outside and up| through the Keys on the inside. |On the outside, it might be,dan-! | gerous if a motor conked out, but |there are from 10 to 15 bdats al- ways there and there is: an_un- ; written rule that the last boat out there always turns to go in when’ the second to last boat heads to- | ward shore. No Key West fish-j{ jerman will leave another boat |which is broken down on_ the |Reef. On the inside, dangers are |just about nil. So protected are |the small channels in between |the islands that Key West boat- |men use those channels for ‘hur- |ricane harbors during the hurri- cane season. The only possible \danger really is hitting a reef on the outside and Key West cap- |tains usually watch them very |earefully. There never has been |a serious accident with a fishing |party in Key West waters. LONG, sleek yacht of Mr. Mel lon, owner of Gulf Refining Com- pany, came into Key West yes- terday. It is one of the longest houseboats that has been seen along the waterfront in many a day. It is tied up at Craig’s. WE MUST COMMENT on the) very attractive window displays featured by local department |stores, The award for best will naturally go to Appelrouth’s |Store of Fashion, with ifs large |vari-colored beach shade spread- jing over tropic sands and beauti- ful clay models perched in the |most fetching of costumery for |the beach. But all stores in. town jare displaying simple and effec- tive window designing. Nearly |100% they are all showing beach | wear. KEY WEST THIS WINTER is going even more after writers. They appreciate the international viewpoint of the city and its real |history with the sea. One writer \dropped into. The Citizen office jand asked to look through the jfiles to.see the story in which a | — crazed yacht captain jumped into jthe sea in the midst of a school of sharks. A number of other well-known _ newspapermen throughout the country have, |dropped into this Southernmost City. Key West is well-known} among the writers in the nation’s, capital. | TOUR OFFICES in Key West jreport ever increasing business} for Cuba travel. Hundreds are still disappointed over the single sailing a week to Havana and hundreds go back to Miami im- Lounge , DINING and DANCING pesee tte red Senge PEOPLE'S FORUM The Citizen welcomes expres- sions of the views of its read- ers, but the edifor reserves t right to delete any items which are considered libelous or unwarranted. The writers should be fair and confine the letters to 200 words, m on one side of the i ! | “I MISS OLD KEY WEST” Mr. L. P. Artman, ‘President and Publisher, |The Key West Citizen, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1939 “TRANSPORTATION S.S. Cuba's Traffic Increases Steamship Cuba arrived yes- |terday afternoon 4 o'clock from Havana with 107 first cabin Pas- | sengers and seven second cabin TODAY’S COMMON ERROR Do not say, “It has no relation as fo time and place”: omit “as”. ‘passengers for Key West, and} TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ |130 first and one second cabin | \Passengers for Tampa. Key West arrivals were: Ar-) thur Ritch, E. C. Rush, Nola Ter-! ry, Milton Terry, Mildred Butch, | Harry Butch, Lalo Lewyn, Alvarez, W. E. Powell, Mrs. W. | M.| } ELEN HAYES, one of America’s foremost actresses, posed for this poster to aid the Finnish Relief drive headed by former THE ISLAND CITY \Key West, Fla. E. Powell, Esther Agnes Kee, H.}| Nickelson, Alta Mickleson, Hilda | o \Lilienthal, Lillian Lewoff, Min-| Well here I am in the old home |nie Ort, Milton Ort, Catherine | {town and I tell you that I miss |Ort, Julia Semones, Victor Se- | jold Key West. I need not in- |mones, Haraid Et nee ang } { i i jform you about the weather here, |!®¢KOurn, Alice Mickelson, #en- cy \ty Mickelson, Jr., Maurice Pyle, | joue oh what a change it is from Mabel Cunningham, Ralph P| | the unequalled climate of dear | Dowler, Hugo Stern, John A.| jold Key West and I regret very Frazer, Kathryn Fraser, Parker} |much that I am not there now—/|Ewan, M, Ewan, John F. Hull, lbut business compels me to re-|Anna Hull, John Hull, Charles | ee here \Liebet ,Margaret ‘Liebet, ‘Wayne | i : es ._ {Oviatt, Fred Oviatt, Theodare | They talk about Chicago being Maurer, Electa Maurer, Emmaj the Windy City. It has nothing {Sue Stewart, Arlin Gowdy, Har-| on New York, and a cold wind | ry Rierde, Frank Sabine, Juan | jat_that. My friends say to me,!Genart, Rosinda Genart, Pear! | ‘Don't you wish you were in Key/Manes, Patrick Duffy, Marion | \West now? | Duffy, Paul Fonts, Fay Fonts, | | Well, Mr. Artman, I hope you R Le fend. Roy Green, ! are well and that business is saith ahaa seis - oat \good. I sincerely hope the day will come when northern capital will start something in your city |soon, and make it an all-year re- sort. It has been said to me that it !must be very hot down there. I |tell them that they suffer more |with the heat in New York than \they would ever do in Key West. 'They do not know. Only those ;who have been there. | Kindest regards to Mr. Artman, |Jr., Mr. Grillon, Mr. Gray and mediately to take the: boat there.'all the other gentlemen of the This Fall there was some talk press, and trust you all will have about bringing a charter plane|@ happy, healthful and pros- into Key West to fly to Havana. | Perous 1940 with many more to Each tour office almost daily is | interviewing 15 prospects, nearly | Yours sincerely, all of whom will go over if a! JAMES M. LEISHMAN. plane could be charteted. U. S,/313 W 51 St. Government dees not allow a |New York City, N. Y., plane to operate from. America | Dee 26, 1939. aaa to a foreign port with present} TRADE AGREEMENTS splendid service of Pan Ameri-| Editor, The Citizen: can, but it does allow charter! Experience with reciprocal plane service. ‘trade agreements to date shows chip were the following items: THERE IS A PRIVATE PARTY |” such dire results as predicted For Key West, two tons of freight, : ; TY’ ‘by opponents, but, on the con- ‘six automobiles and three sacks | in from the middlewest stopping |trary, beneficial increases in our | of mail; for Tampa, 57 tons of at the Casa Marina. This party |foreign trade—increases which jfreight, one automobile and 27 likes fishing and flying. Their would have been even greater | sacks of mail. plane is at the old Pan American had normal international com-| The vessel sailed 6:20 o'clock airport. Yesterday they were merce not been interrupted by |for Tampa with the following running her over the city and the war. |passengers: Mrs. Berkley Allen, | such rolls and steep glides and Never before in our history | Miss Ruth Salisbury, Mr. and | power dives you never saw. They have tariffs been fixed with such | Mrs. R. R. Burley and Mrs. Kay | plan a fishing trip to Marquesas careful attention to the interests | Perper. i in the very near future. of protected industries, export | _____ industries and the general con-| @@C@eeeveseceseceoesccer suming public. Exhaustive in- — TRY IT TODAY — terdepartmental and Tariff Com-| The Favorite In Key West ! } mission studies have replaced STAR » BRAND { | | } 1 Dear Sir: Katz, Abraham R. Keiffler, Pearl | Keiffler, Elly Keiffler, Estella | ;Hopkins, Pearl Hopkins, Sara Brinkley, Misa Fender, Harriett | Gregory, Charlotte Gregory, Ern- | est Healy, George Brown, Isidro Ginart, Ora Prestwood, O. A. Henderson, Zella Mayo Smith, R. J. Hyder, Henry D. Hyder, Lula Hyder, Salvador Napoles, George |White, Ambrosia Naltzel, Ferne . |Hoover, Willie Brinkley, Ray- }mond Brinkley, James T. Mer- \rill, Frank E. Schiffer, Isabelle Spencer, Ora M. Newton, Anna} Isgrigg, Grover Schiffer, Ovilia | Schiffer, Yetta Glazer, Stanley: Glazer, Wm. H. Luden, Alonzo Peeples, Inez Knox, Marie \Sharpe, Leon Van Wert, Janet |Van Wert, Edward Meter, Morow Meter, Beulah Haynes, Thelma’ Hunt, Beatrice Lodes, James Lodes, Eugenio Machin, Harry ;Beagler, Helen Hurley, Robert Hurley, Rolando Socarras, Clif- ton Weaver, Spottswood Towles. | Listed on the manifest of the I beg to remain, SIGHTSEEING of Key West is getting increasingly popular. Many sightseers are dropping in- to local tour offices asking to see the city and age quickly re- ferred to sightseeing guides. Congressional tariff log-rolling. CUBAN COFFEE Failure to renew the trade agreements act, or weakening it! ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS | ° | in any way—as by giving the | Senate a veto over the agree-| ments—would be a long step’ backward. This would be most (unfortunate at a time when the) United States is trying both to} improve business relations with | South America and to persuade European nations to abandon) their suicidal warfare in favor of | IT IS A BANNER SEASON, indeed. Most hotels are crowd- ed to capacity, but there is still plenty of space. Today’s Birthdays coco e Thomas G. Corcoran of Wash eereqecee | Can you answer seven of these ten Test Question? Turn to Page 4 for Answers What is primogeniture? Name the President of the Republic of Colombia. In which state is the range of mountains named San- gre de Cristo? Who wrote the famous southern plantation song, “Old Folks at Home”? With what sport is Jean Bauer associated? How many gills are in one gallon? Has President Roosevelt al- ways been a Democrat? How is 1939 written in Ro- man numerals? What is the citizenship of a child born in this coun- try, whose mother is an American and whose fa- ther is an alien who en- tered the U. S. illegally? 'Robert Berg, Ludwig Katz, T. B.|/10. Of which U. S. Territory is Juneau the capital? Subscribe to The Citizen—20c Hopkins, Matthew Hopkins, Lois | weekly. 3 Things To Remember! . The letter your wife gave you to mail. 2 Your Wedding An- niversary. The printers who are best equipped to do your work. 3. The first two items are up to you alone. . .As to the third— IF YOU ARE ALREADY AMONG THE FOLKS ACQUAINTED WITH US, YOU WILL NOT NEED TO BE REMINDED OF OUR . QUALIFICATIONS TO DO YOUR WORK. = grees: ARTMAN PRESS Citizen Building PHONE 51 ington, D. C., noted New Dealer, born in Pawtucket, R. L, 39 years 2go. Dr. Jean Broadhurst of Colum- bia University, noted bacteriolo- gist, born at Stockton, N. J., 66 years ago. U. S. Senator Joseph F. Guffey of Pennsylvania, born in West- moreland Co., Pa., 64 years ago. | U. S. Senator Ernest W. Gib- son of Vermont, born in London- berry, Vt.. 68 years ago. peaceful and prosperous com- | meree—which is possible only if these nations follow our example, ‘and either form a_ tariff-free United States of Europe, or else enter extensively into reciprocal trade agreements with each oth- jer to eliminate their business- stifling, hate-engendering trade barriers. | In our trade agreements we have set a good example for the rest of the world—and not with- out profit to ourselves. What Company, Inc. Overseas Transportation U. S. Senator Lister Hill of sound reason is there for new Alabama, born at Montgomery, emasculating them or giving Ala., 45 years ago. jthem up? Dr, Chris L. Christensen, dean | Yours very truly, of the University of Wisconsin | ROBERT §S. FIELD. School of Agriculture, born at Vineland, N. J., Minden, Nebr.. 45 years ago Dec. 26, 1939. MIAMI AND ALL POINTS ON Round Out Your KEY * >} were HAVANA a LEAVE KEY WEST 10:30 A.M. EVERY SUNDAY DURING THE WINTER SEASON Arrive Havana 5:00 p.m. the same - Havana on Thursday, sailing at 9:00 a.m, and arriving Key West at 3:15. p.m. Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service —between— KEY WEST ALSO SERVING FLORIDA KEYS —between— MIAMI and KEY WEST