The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 11, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO She Key West Citizen THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. Published Daily Except Sunday L. P. ARTMAN, Presiden Pul JOE ALLEN, Assistant Bi From The Citizen Corner Greene and Ann nly Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe Bounty Coun entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press sively entitled to use | news dispatches credited to ted in this paper and also here. ISING RATES SPECIAL NOTICE reading notices, s ef thanks, resolutions of t, obituary noth o ents 9 lin for entertainment by churches from which d are 5 eents a line. forum and invites discus- n n $s and subjects of local or general | lic iss t but it wil 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 Governments. A Modern City Hospital. and City Miami t brain. is week had water on the What has become of the old-fashioned | editor who thought everybody who dis- agreed with him wasa....? (Designa- tion deleted.) The wind should have some _ opposi- tion; so far everything has gone with it. While the airplanes start against it; they ete, will be charged for at | KEY WEST’S AIRPORT Visit to Key West of the aviators who participated in the Miami-Havana air races this week pointed up the necessity for an adequate Key West airport. While the visitors the other day ex- perienced no great difficulty landing or taking off from the ill-equipped field at the head of the island there was a reason | that does not detract from the statement | that Key West needs better airport facili- ties. The reason is that the planes landing here were small individual pleasure craft. They need little room for alighting and | leaving. Key West will never become a port of | call for large commercial airliners and either t’.e large army bombing smaller, but faster, pursuit ships, until it | has an airport. It takes a minimum of 5000 feet for one of the large commercial | liners or army bombing planes to land or take off. even longer. Planes are getting bigger every year. It may not be long before a runway 10,000 feet long may be necessary for handling such cumbersome craft. | | | planes or} It is better if the runways are | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | sje ees _ THELIGHTONTHEFLAG| TODAY'S | & fF COMMON ERROR | : = é All thru the zones of danger, } eS | : Thru storm and placid seas; = ~ To identify our vessel, Proudly, in the breeze. There at the stern a searchlight; Shone ail night, all night; On our beloved National ensign— a An emblem of power and might. | TODAY Ss DAILY QUIZ ’Twas wartime in thirty-nine; } Fe 3 S yt: (Cam you answer seven of these fe apie twinkled bright; teal Teak Gupetiona? Tura to ly, we felt our way, Up the Narrows, to, the Light. Fogo 4itoe Soewers | ¥ Nearer and clearer we saw it— | i s % A sight to go miles to see; i ) y The light from that grand old Lady— The Statue of Liberty. Speedy ferries to Staten Island Wended their busy way; Liners were returning Glad to dock that day. ‘Tow boats were noisily tooting Si r ° In spirit of vigor and joy; | 4 ina a ae - g Were we glad to see that statue? | Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy. =I Past the Battery, up the Hudson; Bisa — Do not say. “I beg to differ”; say, “beg leave to differ”. 1. Into what body of water does the Thames River empty? For what degree does the abbreviation Ph.D. stand? Name the coach of the Green Bay Packers, champions of the National Football League. Which countries comprised the “Central Powers” dur- ing the World War? An automobile distributor regulates the flow of gaso line, oil or electricity? From whom did Jess Wil- lard win the world’s heavy- weight boxing champion- ship? What does the legal term, 1 1 1 | a otal —* Luxury liners lazed at pier; | But, two of ’em were lightless, ly Silently, stealthy, securely here. Can you name that famous duo? Any boy or girl can, with glee. | They’re the biggest and fastest of THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1940 "INSTALLATION OFFICERS FOR NEW YEAR | HONORED AT DINNER TUESDAY NIGHT | Logia Cuba, No. 15, LO.OF, ;held installation of officers Tues- day evening in the hall at Divi- |sion and Elizabeth streets. The following members were installed: | Noble Grand, John Carbonell, |Jr.; Vice Noble Grand, S. V. Rod- |riguez; Master of Finance, Joseph Fernandez; Keeper of Records, | Ygnacio Medina; Treasurer, Feli- jciano Castro; Chaplain, Joseph C. |Fernandez; Vigilant, Mario P. /Role; Conductor, Enrique Bar- celo. Board of Trustees, Enrique Es- quinaldo, Sr., Joseph Sanchez jand Ygnacio Perez. Past Grand, J. F. Fleitas. Others besides the officers who jattended the banquet following \ihe installation were: Arturo Ar- | | either through the army or the | There, again, the cost element may be too | Certainly the air field at the upper! end of the island does not measure up to | the modern requirements. That field can | be extended, of course, but the expense in- | KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY | volved is obviously too great for this fi- | Happenings Here Just Five, Ten| nancially crippled community to | take. under-| and Fifteen Years Ago As 2 ra i ee Taken From The Files The only way that field can be de i Of The Citizen federal operation, PWA. ‘veloped is by direct FIVE YEARS AGO The recreation department of great. ‘the Key West Administration has The obvious solution, therefore, is an airport on one of the nearby keys where land prices are low, where the land avail- able is sufficient to provide runways of at least 5000 feet. The Citizen hopes that the civic com- mittee named some time ago to investigate and report on the feasibility of establish- ing an airport on Geigers Key has not lost |by members of the Key West ‘Hospitality Band to boys and igirls who own musical _ instru- |ments but who are without funds |with which to take courses of \instruction, Unless something unforseen happens to mar the schedule, all |FERA office activities will be \transferred tomorrow from the {arranged for lessons to be given} i liners— |The Queen Mary and The Nor- tne mandie. PEOPLE'S FORUM ne‘treciious patisades i The Citizen welcomes expresx- | But the finest sight of the whole} g sions of the vi of its read- panorama ‘ i ers, but the ed! reserves the a Tight to delete any items (Was the light, on the flag, Liberty. ar mayor, Oscar Milian, John Cobo, nas sees mans eae Barcelo, Alfred Lucig- Under which government) pani, Sr, Jose Menaya, Miguel department is the General Mujica, Jr., Ernest Salazar, Theo- Land Office? ‘dore Betancourt and Horatio What is the correct pronun- | Pons, ciation of the word autop-. Outgoing Noble Grank Frank sy? ‘Fleitas was presented with a Historically, which is the diploma in honor of his work oldest alcoholic beverage? | performed during 1939. ere | of which are considered libelous or unwarranted. The writers should be fair and confine the letters to 200 words, and write le of the paper only. ot the writers must y the letters and will be published unless requested otherwise. ANSWERS NAVY WIFE |Editor, The Citizen: Although I am not a ALEC ALLAN. |! 800 South Broadway, Baltimore, Maryland, ‘MISS WILDERNESS’ GOES TO TOWN AP Feature Service | eeecccevceeccesseceseees § Roughly three-fourths of Al- td ; igeria is desert. Today’s Birthdays | ; e ee; Subscribe to The Citizen—20c | Paul A. Walker of Oklahoma, | weekly. |Federal Communications Com- Wife” or even a native of Ke: missioner, born in Washington! | Y| BELLINGHAM, Wash. Jan.\Go pa, 59 years ago. (et Cal eatatts challenge | 11 May Larsen is a daughter vice Admiral John W. Greens-| Should be accepted and something | 4¢ the wilderness and she doesn’t dale, US.N., born at Bellevue, jdone’ in the line of organized en- react to dances like the ordinary 'Ohio, 60 years ago. | jtertainment for » navy BEE year-old girl. Eva Le Gallienne, actress, born Wives. With her two brothers, she had in England, 41 years ago. I have a very humble home 'fer first look at civilization here| Alice Paul of Moorestown, N. “Navy For Fifty Years A NAME! In Coffee In Key West STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE THAT'S A REPUTATION |building on Duval street to the |but it could be used as a place /recently. The three had never J., noted feminist, born there, 55 |marine barracks in the naval sta-|for a preliminary organization been out of British Columbia’s years ago. __ 5 { | tion. |meeting. There are many places Wild Cariboo Trail country be- Thomas Dixon of Raleigh, N. | eer Is . | fore. :C., novelist and playwright, au- [in Key West suitable for a club/ “p3ken to ner first dance, May, |thor ofThe Birth of a Nation”, | Jacob Baker, one of the three | house if sufficient women are in- | gn expert horsewoman and rifle born at Shelby, N. C., 76 years’ : ee assistants to Harry Hopkins, fed- terested to make a club worth- shot, later confesced, “Meeting a \ago. some report by that committee is in order. (ae sinh fed ee adminis: while. #|cougar on the trail takes much Dr. Olaf M. Norlie of Decorah, | Key West must get back of any sound = er saaninee in Pek ere After years spent in church,'less courage than going to a|lIowa and New York, noted Luth-| program for providing an airport. Only ay grange and community service |dance. I just trembled all over”. eran statistician, born at Sioux ee is | wes | work, find time sometimes! May, with her brothers, Jack, |City, Iowa, 64 years ago. i in that way may she become as one with ‘hanging heavily on my hands. So 18, and Leonard, 13, gaped and, Charles S. (“Casey”) Jones of the other progressive cities of the state that | sight of its objective. Since no official an- nouncement has been forthcoming as to the efforts of that committee it is assumed that nothing has been done about follow- ing this suggestion. It would seem that soon give up the struggle and are gone with the wind. Lopez Funeral Service Established 1885 Licensed Funeral Directors and Embalmers 24-Hour Ambulance Service Phone 135 Night 696 Stern is the name of the new leader of the Russian army in the war with Finland. From reports that’s where the Finns are kicking ’em, and further since the Rus- sians are wont to turn tail and run, it’s, natura! that the Callipygian sector gets the works. I Among the many visitors in|] would be willing to do anything This is the open season for the city slicker or so-called ‘“‘snowbirds”, who will taik you into this or that big quick money proposition, These slickers are fast talk- ers, put up a good front and have often what appears to be splendid recommenda- tions. Don’t be misled, be careful and tay on your guard. Attorney General Murphy’s appoint- ment to the Supreme Court was a natural, though we will never forget how flagrantly he handled the sit-down strike in Detroit when he was governor of Michigan. His successor is rabble-rousing Robert Jack- 1 appointment no less distasteful than that of Hugo Black, an ex., to the highest court in the land. Sa, ar Recently this column quoted an _ ex- change as saying that contented citizens are a town’s best asset, and doubtfully asked the question where contented citi- | zens could be found. The Tampa Daily | Times, whether from experience or just | heresay, replies these may be found in a| dead town, but discreetly refrains from mentioning any particular place. Those Republicans who were invited to the Jackson Day democratic dinner whieh was free to them and cost other | diners $100, certainly missed a swell feed, | judging from the menu prepared by the! chef, whose piece de resistance was heart | of filet mignon excelsion, and for the sweet teoth there was real spumoni with spun sugar. Fourteen other pziate_ ticklers | made up the repast. | | t | | States Army and Navy to make pregnable to attack and invaluable in de- | are listed on the nation’s airway maps. FORTIFYING PUERTO RICO one of places, United it im- Puerto Rico is fast becoming the world’s most heavily fortified in accordance with plans of the fense, General Edmund L. Daley, com- mander of the department embracing the caribbean area, reports that fortifications are ready for emergencies and work is far ahead of schedule on the $27,000,000 air and military base, projected to protect the Panama Canal and the entire north coast of South America. Eventually, 10,000 soldiers stationed on the island. constiucting a $9,000,000 air and sub- marine base at Isla Granda and squadrons of scouting planes are already stationed there. will Decision to fortify Puerto Rico re- | sulted from the uncertainties of the world situation last year, before the war began in Europe. It is necessary to assure the safety of the United States in the event that Great Britain and France lose their present struggle. It is intended to prevent unfriendly nations from establishing bases in this hemisphere. A 10,000,000-YEAR ERROR You’ve got to hand it to paleontol- ogists! They never mind admitting a little mistake like 10,000,000 years. Here we had been thinking that a fossil found in | Whitehall, Mont., last Summer indicated | that monkeys lived on this continént 35,- Successful in obtaining a daily ex- | be! The Navy is now | |Strohl of Akron, Ohio, who will/an organization. |remain for a month’s stay. enjoyment out of riding in ele- ago. ‘ vators. Invariably when the ele-| Joseph B. Keenan, ex-assistant vator stopped they’d ask the op- attorney-general, born at Paw- erator: “Did we go up or down ‘tucket, R. I., 52 years ago. | MRS. J. S. DANIELS, JR. jJan. 10, 1940. | Approximately 300 more work- 610 William Street, fers will be added to the force Key West, Fla. |now employed on the bridge op- | lerations at Lower Matecumbe, | ‘bringing the total up to about 875. that time?” 350 miles north of here in the byville, Ky., 70 years ago. heart of the. Canadian Rockies. | Their father operates a hunting and fishing resort. | COMPETITION FLOWERS 'ON TEXAS HIGHWAY «ys Associated Press) “Key West's Outstanding” LA CONCHA HOTEL Beautiful—Air-Conditioned LEGALS | Rainbow Room and Cocktail CIRCUIT COURT OF THE! A UIT ONROR CounTY, | Strictly Fireproof Martin Key and Miss Anne |Barton, who were in the automo-; BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Jan. 11. {pile that tumbled into the water, —Residents of the lower Rio |causing the death of Mrs. Edith Grande valley hope soon to have |Botsford two days ago, will ap-!the longest flower trail in the pear to testify before the coro-' nation. It will extend from Edinburg ———— \to Brownsville and Port Isabel TEN YEARS AGO with branches to Raymondville C. E. Smith, local Mallory S.S.|and through McAllen to Mission; Co. agent, has a force of men at’ thence parellel to the Rio Grande work in repainting the main of- along the Military Highway. fice building and other struc-| Millions of bougainvilleas, a tures on the property. vine that blooms almost all the Se year in this climate, will be | Weather report advisory told’ planted and the “trail” is ex- lof a disturbance of moderate in- pected to be completed by 1941. |tensity northeast. of the Bahama! It will be a rival for the famed i] Lounge DINING and DANCING Garage Open The Year Around i ner’s jury. . 7-212 ROBERT MARTIN THOMAS, Plaintiff, i v DIVORCE. MARGARET K. THOMAS, Defendant. ORDER OF PUBLICATION It appearing by the sworn bill filed in the above stated cause that | the residence of the defendant, Margaret K. Thomas is unknow last. known residen Moultin Street, Boston, a rhusetts; that she is over the we of twenty-one years and there | no person in the State of Florida, the service of a summons in chan- | cery upon whom would bind said defendant. CASA MARINA Key West's HOTEL DE LUXE American Plan 200 Delightful Rooms, Each With Private Bath Beautiful Cocktail Lounge DANCING NIGHTLY Casa Marina Orchestra PETER SCHUTT Manager tt Islands. | Azalea Trail of Mobile and the | Oleander Trail of Galveston. or be tee eee i Ma aret K. Thomas are hereby required to appear to the Bill of {Complaint filed in this cause, on or before February 5th, 1940, other- | —_ | Wise the allegations of the Bilt | | Key West is the coming marriage | proceeded with ex parte. | — of Miss Angela Baldwin of this| It is further ordered that this | , order bi blished once each week Rev. E. R. Evans, new pastor |city to Peter Vaughn of New \for four <4) consecutive weeks in| for the First Congregational) York, which will take place on e Key West Citisen, & newspaper | church of this city, with Mrs. |January 21. | 2 |Evans and their four children, | aaa AS 4 jarrived over the highway today! The Three-Way Committee, be- | lfollowing a leisurely trip from |sides enumerating golf and oth- \Galva. I. er attractions in Key West, will eet Seats a devote a great deal of its adver- | Don Orester Ferrera, Cuban 'tising of this city as a winter re- ambassador to the United States, |sort and to the incomparable jand Jose A. Sera, attache of the game fishing in local waters. Cuban embassy at Washington, | = arrived here by steamer from| |Havana and entrained for the) |trip to Washington. | Trial of Rewis and Anderson, | = - | ~ = alleged “bad men” of the Ten |charging violation of the immi- | Thousand Islands’ region, is gration laws. scheduled to come up before the session of Criminal Court open- |ing here. | Key la. e and Ordered in Key West d day of January, A. D. 1940. | it Court Seal) Ross C Sawyer Clerk of the Circuit Court. | By (Sd.) Florence E. Sawyer, Deputy Clerk. | (sa.) Allan B. Cleare, Solicitor for Plaintiff. jan4-11-18 Monroe | feb1,1940 LEGAL NOTICE | FOR SALE AT PUBLIC AUC-| TION—At the P. & O. S.'S. Com- pany freight house, Key West, Monroe County, State of Florida, ithe 19th day of January, 1940, at 10 a. m., to the highest bidder, | |the following described freight | One crate, Dissatisfaction was noted city- wide with the manner in which the F.E.C. R’y. was running the — \thrice-weekly excursions from | i |Miami. Separate trains had beer Deputy Sheriff Lawrence of| . West Palm Beach arrived here |Tun before—the new | arrange- to take back with him as prison-|ment was. to attach excursion Alice Hegan Rico of Louisville, | | gasped as they toured Belling-'Newark, N. J., noted aviator, ; |Key West are Mr. and Mrs. A. W.!in my power to help with such |ham. The youngsters got the most |born at Castleton, Vt., 46 years The Larsens live at Roe Lake, Ky., noted author, born at Shel- | | \ | | | | Let Us Estimate on YOUR Printing POSTERS BOOKLETS STATIONERY OFFICE FORMS at Reasonable Prices PHONE 51 THE ARTMAN PRESS THE CITIZEN BLDG. DELIVERED 000,000 years ago. We had it on the word | a. ‘Tom Higgs, alias Nassau coaches to the regular trains. | shipment: press service between Key West and Mi- emi when the P. & O. reduced its service, | the Chamber of Commerce has made a ten strike, which should encourage it to make yigorous efforts to obtain other major re- quirements such as increased steamship “trensportation between Key West and Ha- | ~ana, completion of the inter-coastal canal to this city, the establishment of an ade- “quate airport in this area and some lesser projects toward which that civic organiza- tion has focused its attention. | of a paleontologist. Slick, wanted in Palm Beach It seems that it was a mistake. Dr. |County on. an assault charge. John Clark, of the Carnegie Institute, says FIFTEEN YEARS AGO that the monkey lived on this continent Within a few days, be ae 25 a j . : —— years ago. In a sense, 10,- je Tit Esa tag eit F years is a long time, in the life Of |}aye work started on the first a man or a monkey, but not many years in /|oef five wrought-iron structures | the history of a fossil. | Let’s not spoil the New Year by say- | ing nasty things about the paleontologists. After all, what difference does a mere ten | | million years make between friends? Deputy United States Marshal Andrew Lopez placed Keysee Russell under arrest today on é {warrant received from Miami |that will be built in Key West | H — |Cake Mixing Machine, consigned The All-Americans, baseball ‘to B. E. Brantley, Key West, Fla. | lteam, handed a decisive beating |More fully described as follows: | lto the Regulars, 9 to 4, at the| Read Type A-Cake Machine, No. larmy barracks, marking the first A-1-X. J. H. COSTAR, Agent, |time players on the winning side the P. & O. S. S. Company, Key had played as a team. West, Fla. jan4-11,1940 [wo NAME LODGE. 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