The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 2, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO Clw wey West Citizen HING CO., INC. cept Sund i nt Business Manager izen Building 1 Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Key West, Florida, cond class matter Associated Press exclusively entitled to use news dispatches credited to dited in this paper and also d here. Member of t ated Press i pISING RATES lication, AL NOTI ds of thanks, resolutions of , Will be charged for at ding notice tuary 19 cents a line, or entertainment by churches from which ts of local or gener anonymous commun THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always scek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; be afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; vays fight for progress; never be the or- never n or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class; aways do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue. couumend good done by individual or organ- ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com- with principle. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Comprchensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. of County Governments. A Modern City Hospital. Consolidation and City | other. | the response will be heart-warming. Hitler, through Goebbels, has de- clared that Germany is fighting for her | existence. Well, aren’t we all. There are some folks in Key West who may be led into temptation, but there are those who manage to find their own way. Maryland a motorist to pay his city property taxes be- fore he can get an auto license. There’s an idea. Sixty cities in require Calvin Coolidge Sphinx but he did say “I do not choose to run.” Roosevelt will not even that much, but he could say the opposite with one word le was known as a say Governor Cone did not attend the nge Bowl footfall game in Miami on New Year’s day. The newspapers gave | wo reasons; one that he was too busy, the other that he was too ill. One hundred million dollars will be listributed to retired elderly workers and their families during the year 1940. It isn’t over much for the beneficiaries, but ufrvicient to keep them off the relief rolls, | and that is a great relief in itself. It doesn’t take a military expert to know that the Red Army’s attack on Fin- | land so far at least is a miserable flop. Its high command is stupid, and the chief was | last week removed by Stalin because of the poor Furthermore the troops of | Russia are poorly trained, equipped and disciplined; i rplanes and motorized equipment have been easy meat for the} Finns. An efficient army, such as the} G an or French, experts say, would | have taken Finland in less than a week. eed | When the historians write the story of | this war, they will have many a_ knotty problem to unravel. One of the most in- | teresting will deal with Italy’s current | poliey. She is supporting the Finns against | Germany’s economic ally, Russia. At the | same time she recently announced that she tN stands firmly by the Rome-Berlin axis. | The only way you can get much sense out | of that is on the supposition that Mussolini | has decided to keep his country out of war | st all costs, while cementing her influence in the Balkans, howing. | begin i HAPPY NEW YEAR Key West greets 1940 with a welcome that rings with a hearty sincerity that has been sadly lacking in recent years. For, beyond any manner of question, the tide has turned, our ship is moving in- to safer waters and desirable charters are | ea waiting for our readiness to accept them. The plotiing of our course has been delegated to our duty elected county and city officials. Much will depend upon their careful considerations of the problems that will come before them for solution, Upor us, the crew, the citizens of Key West devolves the duty of clearing away the evidences of these tedious days when, beaten by the storms of adversity and ly- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | ! | Traveling Around America ing hopelessly becalmed in the doldrums, ! there was little to encourage enterprise or activity in keeping our community “ship- shape.” 3ut this is 1940. Already we are making good headway and the harbingers of success are apparent at many points of the compass. The Barracks and the Naval Reserve; the certainty of fresh water to fill the mains already in place, the extension of a modern highway from the mainland to | Key West and, above all, the evident pur- | pose of many of the finest of people to es- tablish homes in the best climate in the United States and in a city which has de- clared its purpose to become a desirable home f«r desirable people and to present a cold shoulder to those energetic rackets which every winter regard Florida cities zs choice hunting grounds. On every side, the future is bright for Key West. And now, let us heave overboard all the cld prejudices the baseless suspicions, | the petty dislikes that, human nature be- ing what it is, thrive and multiply on a ship in distress. We have something much better to do than to ru grudges. [Tet us, in the words of Saint Paul, “forgetting those things which are behind, press on to the | mark of our high calling” as a community and as individuals and face the new year, | and each new day in,it, and our neigh- bers old and new with smiling faces and renewed trust in the future and in each Even in some unlikely quarters To all Key West and to the stranger within our gates, A HAPPY NEW YEAR. THE 1940 CENSUS It is estimated that about 121,000 people will be employed for varying periods during the taking of the 1940 United States census, and the questions to be asked will cover a wider range than ever before. Amorg the new questions will be sev- | eral dealing with employment and hous- ing conditions, concerning which inade- quate authentic information is now avail- able to the government. Among other things, enumerators will ask whether dwellings occupied are rented or owned; such as radios, re- conveniences, are are used what equipment, frigerators and other installed in homes; what fuels for heating and cooking; whether homes | are mortgaged, and if so for how much. Beginning today, census takers will obtaining information concern- and business enterprises. ing factories | The eanvass of individuals will begin on | April 1, ard data obtained will be con- sidered as of that date, regardless of the actual day on which the enumerator calls. The task of the Census Bureau in 1940 will be a tremendous one—quite different from that imposed by the first | census of 1790, when very few questions were asked. MUNI SAYS FILMS ARE “TRIPE” Paul Muni, famous actor of the stage and screen, says that motion picture films are, to a considerable extent, “tripe.” Mr. Muni says that high-class pictures ought to be subsidized just like a sym- phony orchestra. The return on them is insufficient. The criticism of Mr. Muni may be entirely justified and we are in- clined to think that it is. Nevertheless, the motion picture is essentially a program of mass entertainment. Producers of pictures must offer the public what the public is willing to support. In time, as the publie taste improves, there will be a demand for high-class films and they will be produced. Of course, in making these remarks, we do not intend to endorse suggestive and salacious films which are sometimes seen upon the screen. Most of these pictures would produce very little profit without the advertising that they get from _over- calous reformers. They should be barred by effective supervision. U.S. Bu TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 194 dget Is Like Yours ---It Simply Can’t Be Cut By PRESTON GROVER AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, Jan. 2—Out; ‘of a contemplated national bud- joto Grace Litc—— PANAMA CANAL ZONE Pictured above is a scene depicting a main thoroughfare in Parama Canal Zone. Long known intimately by a majority of U. . Navy sailors, the city takes on added interest at present with | the vast coast defense plans under way which will bring thousands of airplanes with their pilots and U. S. Army detachments to the territory. THE ISLAND CITY ERNEST HEMINGWAY, noted {novelist and Key West resident, is expected back any day now to spend more time in this city. He has been visiting in Havana. ANOTHER PUBLICATION, called, “Tropical America”, is off the press. Its frontispiece has a pirate head and a wide-sweeping view of sunset over the Florida Keys approaching on the Over- seas Highway. Inside are scenes around Key West, a good map of | the Keys and Highway. There is a very well done and _ inviting article on visiting Key West by S. C. Singleton. DIVERS at the Duval street end have a good time enticing \Strangers to throw their bright |silver dimes into the water, |“Howdy, captain”, they greet the tourist while perched on a near- by boat. “Throw us a dime and watch, us dive”. There are many tricks to the trade. If one is last jto dive he dives deep under the \first sprawling pack and reaches up for the coin instead of down jas the others are doing. }travel interests paid P. & O. to take its boat off the Key West, run and put it at Miami. How-! ever, a checkup through Cuban governmental circles reveal that there is no truth to the Nor wegian ship line story. We'll see. Reason why it is so difficult to run a charter plane service to Havana from Key West is about |$50 and half a day’s red _ tape, which must be handled before | {the trip can be made. | WITH ALL the new literature about Key West it would be a good idea to flood the Miami \travel agencies with it. They ;clamored for the literature last jyear and found none. These ‘agencies get their cut by routing ‘a tour of Key West via Florida oo Lines through Key West jwith complete sightseeing. All |have their local agents. DESTROYERS coming into Key West use Man of War Har- bor for a turning basin. Their tall lights may be seen in the evenings from shore slowly| ‘maneuvering to turn. They must} iealeulate against wind, strong! \money but did put back the ap- get of nine billion dollars (count ’em), it seems as if Congress ought to be able to chisel off a couple of billion at least. But when you begin looking at the! Congress cut the emergency | budget—item by item—you can’t! escape the conclusion that there will NOT be much trimming. The congressional heart is; probably as hard as_any other, heart—in the mass. But the con- | gressional heart is never j fronted by the budget in the} mass. It is confronted by it’ peacemeal. And the congression- | al heart, section by section, melts. The long odds are that, | in the coming session of Con- gress, the mass heart will melt again, piecemeal, and there will be no cutting down of appropria- tions. | Congress can always make a! show and demonstrate that it cut | | get is what the various depart- | ments ask for. j well-established practice they al-, ways ask more than they expect diately. Moreover, only a small | to get, although they will defend ;amount of the total cost of the | 10. every dollar as essential to the new air program has been cov- | continued national existence. \ Congress Raises F.D.R. The President gets first chance! at. cutting the budget. He too is, a past master at doing it the! skillful way. More than one con- gressman will tell you that the President does his heavy trim- ming in items which he expects Congress will put back. The idea is that it leaves him a margin so he may be lenient with those portions of the budget for which he has shown special favor in re- cent years—notably the Navy and Army. As an example, he trimmed a slug off farm benefits a couple of years ago and_ suggested that Congress could put it back only if it was willing to raise the ex- tra money by taxation. congressmen didn’t raise propriation—and the President ' has been punishing them verbal- ly ever since. Take individual appropriations, | then the point is clearer. For the old-time services of the Depart- ment of Agriculture, such as ex- tension work, inspection, experi- ment stations, and the like, about $391,000,000 is needed. But the |would like to see local charter ‘run up quickly to the Navy Yard, Propriation last year was $1,289,- | boats equipped with a homing pigeon each. At least once year a koat breaks down and stays out all night. there is little danger, the Keys being so protected, at least those on shore know that all are safe when the pigeon arrives with the message. Another thing would be buttons for large fish caught. A GOOD SOURCE tells us that the Norwegian line will run in- to Key West port this winter and that P. & O! may eventually pull out to Miami to protect its inter. ests. The rumor is that Cuban Happenings Here Just Five, As Taken From The FIVE YEARS AGO |campaign was started will be |called on next week to begin work on their pledged time. All volunteer workers will be called {on to work on public projects, |development of the beaches and | work on the aquarium. While fishing in Northwest Channel yesterday afternoon, ; Theodore Roberts, son of Peter | Roberts, landed an immense jew- fish, which can now be seen at Curry’s fish dock at the foot of |Frént street. The monster meas- ures eight feet from tip to tip and weighs 600 pounds. After being in port for the holiday celebrations, the three tenders of the lighthouse depart- ment left today to resume ac- tivities which were interrupted. Tenders Ivy and Poppy went out to Cosgrove Shoals to continue their work, and the Poinciana }has been assigned work in Miami | harbor. New ordinance passed on its first reading before city council refers to liquor and repeals the one which was recently adopted by council. The new ordinance provides that no liquor can be isold within 300 feet of any jchurch. It does not mention schools. Another meeting will |be held tomorrow. TEN YEARS AGO A Curtiss-Wright . airplane \ ay Although} KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY ‘en and Fifteen Years Ago Today | ! -—— | ARRIVING YESTERDAY from up Bahama ways was the Warb- ler. A ship had gone on the rocks in those dangerous waters and busted a hole in its bottom. Its screw was in enough water for running but it could not come off with that hole in the bot- tom. The Warbler crew soon patched the hole inside and out and then brought her off. The vessel was then towed to Mobile for repairs. A number of local boys are now running around |with about $65 apiece from the 14-day trip, a nice stake. Files Of The Citizen jlanded at the airfield this after-| ‘Elks, and his party. Mr. An-| drews comes on official visit to} 000,000. Where did it all go to,: and why can’t some be cut off? Well. $654,560,000 — two-thirds ‘of a billion—went out as soil con- servation and benefit or parity payments to cotton growers, to- bacco growers. corn and wheat | growers, end farmers in general. In an election year do you expect Mid-western senators and house St. Louis, is in Key West making | an investigation relative to the | company’s accepting the offer of | the franchise to construct a sew-' er system in the city. This morn- ing Mr. Humphrey denied the report that the franchise had been accepted, but said he was work ing on the matter. All of the sponging vessels in port are making ready and get- ting in condition for the second trip of the winter. Some of the boats which brought in the large | catches of the first trip have Volunteers who pledged volun-'noon, bringing Walter P. An-|been hauled out on the ways and | teer work last July when the drews, grand exalted ruler of the |@re being scraped and painted. ee { Key West Chamber of Com-| members, or those from the cot- ton and tobacco belt, or the trans- Mississippi wheat states, to vote for cutting that figure? If you think so, you have never seen a congressman in the flesh. relief appropriation last session, but even then it reached the 'somewhat staggering sum of $1,- | 755,000,000. That is barely half what it has been at times. Con- con-'gress is more likely to increase | that sum even for this year than to cut it. Take the next item, the veter- ans’ administration appropriation of $561,093,000. That sum, will increase, not decrease. Have you heard any one arguing for a reduction of the CCC? That cost $295,000,000 this year. . Firing Won't Help ‘How about the Army? It got $531,940,000 in 1939, and the \the budget—but that claim is al- sum was jacked up to $742,058,- | ‘ways a publicity cheat. The bud-! 000 for the current 1940 fiscal year. The President has already As a matter of asked another $118,000,000 to pay | for increasing the Army imme- ered by appropriations. Unless (nice pun, suh), more cash must The Navy got $625,066,000 in |1939 and $778,188,000 in 1940. To | pay for ships already started more must come next year. The flat half billion. That will mean an even two billion for defense. Want to cut it? You can’t make a dent in such figures by firing a few dozen sec- propriations likely to be cut by the coming Congress we will be glad to send you a picture of the President laughing up his sleeve. "Today's Birthdays | essees James Melton, singer, born at Moultrie, Ga., 36 years ago. Prof. William Lyon Phelps, Yale’s noted professor and public orator, born in New Haven, 75 years ago. William M. Jeffers, president years ago. Robert Nathan of New York, noted writer, born there, 46 years ago. Dr. Herman G. James, presi- dent of Ohio University, born in Philadelphia, 53 years ago. Tito Schipa of Beverly Hills, Calif., noted opera singer, born in Italy, 50 years ago. Prof. Roger Adams of the Univ. of Hlinois, noted chemist, born in Boston, 51 years ago. Frederic J. Fisher of Detroit, eldest of the noted brother manu. facturers, born at Ohio, 62 years ago. BROKE UP THE PARTY “What broke up party?” “An old-fashioned girl appear- ed in a nightgown”. NO NAME LODGE Directly on Beach. Famous Bahia Honda Fishing Reef — Tarpon — Permit Bone Fishin, COTTAGES $2.50 UP Stone Crab Dinners a Specialty the pajama PHONE NO NAME KEY NO. 1 | the local lodge. He was met and |merce has received a letter from | Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Craig, Owners extended a hearty welcome by | the members of B.P.O.E. 551. ! See | Interesting developments are} expected at the county commis- ‘sioners’ meeting tomorrow night. Employes of the county laid off | \by the board are said to be pre-| pared to go before the members | }with petitions signed — by.; many | persons asking for reinstatement. | |The reduction followed a re-| trenchment program adopted by | ‘the board December 26. ;. New Year's Day was ushered ‘in yesterday with a win for the Sluggers ever the Pirates, which iturned out to be a_ slugging, !match. Both sides playet! good! ball as far as they could, result- ing in both sides piling up big! scores. The result was: Sluggers | ‘12, Pirates 11. Captain Eugene Knight, pilot | ‘on the Key West bar, returned to port yesterday afternoon with three shipwrecked sailors who were picked up by the oil tank Steamer Glenpool. The men were Cecil Curry and two com- ‘panions, who left Palm Beach in ta fishing boat and ran out of gas. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO William R. Humphrey, of the | j William R. Compton Company of: Senator Duncan U. Fletcher, giv- | ing his assurance that he will try and have an amendment made to | the bill providing for an exten-| sion of the submarine base in Key West. It is proposed that the extension will cost $100,000. | Rev. Charles DeWolf Bower) and Mrs. Bower are due to arrive today on the Florida East Coast | Railway. The Rev. Mr. Brower} has been invited to attend the} First Congregational Church and occupy the pulpit, taking the post of Rev. Thomas J. Armstrong, who was recently called to San- | ford. For Fitty Years a NAME! STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE THAT'S A REPUTATION i “Key West's Outstanding!” too, | Sandusky, | TODAY’S COMMON ERROR Do not use “greatly” or “very much” with “ap- preciate”. The word needs no qualifying adverb. | TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ ‘Can you answer seven of these ten Test Question? Turn to | Page 4 for Answers i of the in What is the name main mountain | Mexico? What determines the boiling temperature of water? | 3. With which college team did | George Cafego play foot- i ball? In which national park Old Faithful Geyser? Name the governor of Ohio. . What is the correct pronun- i ciation of the word car- nivorous? { 7. In astronomy, what | cultation? “Mansard” is the name for a kind of roof, pavement or bridge truss? From what country did the U. S. obtain the Louisiana Purchase? 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