The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 31, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO Se Key West Citizen THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. Published Daily Except Sunday By L. ». ARTMAN, President Publisher =OF ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County tntered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter | | | | Anno Press is exclusively entitled to use tion of all news dispatches credited to otherwise credited in this paper and also re@#l news published here. Press SUBSCRIPTIV: RAPES | the awful Jack Frost’s icy fingers killed garden | crops, fruit and flowers throughout Flor- ida, all the Gulf states and the entire southland—except along Florida Keys and at Key West. Although the thermometer dipped close to the low record of 41 de- grees ABOVE zero along the keys to Key West, it did not get down far enough to this blessed island archipelago. While sympathizing catastrophe that the unpre- 520 | cedented cold wave brought to truck farm- | ers and orchidists, the citizens of Key West and the keys above them cannot help feel- | ing thankful for the fate that settled them | Je known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of obituary notices, etc. will be Charged for at | p of 10 cents a line. tices for entertainment by churches from which to be derived are 5 cents a line. is an open forum and invites discus- | ¢ issues and subjects of local or general 1t 1t wiJl not publish anonymous communi- | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it aout fear and without favor; never be to attack wrong or to applaud right; vays fight for progress; never be the or- van or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class; a:ways do its utmost for the welfare; never tolerate corruption or public injustice; denounce viee and praise virtue. mend good done by individual or organ- tolerant of others’ rights, views and print only news that will elevate ion; a contamicate the reader; never com- jvomise witn principle. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. tes Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). More Hotels and Apartments, Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. Take a look at Europe and you wi!! be a better American. Tt is unlucky to dream you are in jail | —and then have it come true. Fi rgetting is really sometimes a far lore marvelous thing than memory. We may forgive those who bore us, but never those who find that we are bores. Cnr funny English language: Pants are not kept in the pantry nor vests in the vestry. Business men who are too modest to toot their own horns will not continue in business. In the word sounded. ver sung. debt the “b” is not It was put there to give the pro- No set of rules, ever adopted by man, ez cover every case that confronts com- | plex humanity. This winter will be remembered as | the ene in which the weather man’s worst | predictions all came true. The rulers of most states want to} make the people happy, but do not know how, and there’s the rub. There is liberty for everything in the Unrted States except the liberty to change he form of our government. Industry is that devotion to purpose | which makes a boy plan diligently for hours how to avoid ten minutes’ work. Black- outs are amorously inclined. d.cs not emit sparks seene, welcomed by the! Sparking in the dark to illuminate the Buying power is as important as pro- duction. What's the use to manufacture things if there is no money with which to buy the goods, Isn’t it strange that most people will go all over town with their complaints, yet when these complaints are published in 2 newspaper the people feel offended. | in this frostfree area. | of the year, however, rainfall | cient to raise crops.° | of water when the rains are | the advice. | ignore it. United States can now boast that it is free from frost, In that fact is to be found still another | argument favoring early construction of a fresh water system from the mainland. The water that is to be ‘piped to Key West | | ean be made available all along the keys. | In general, the pipeline will follow the old | | Florida East Coast railroad right of way | That | route touches virtually all the larger and fertile keys, so that the water made avail- | | able under the project can be used to irri- from Florida City to Key West. gate a soil that needs only water tormake it highly productive. The soil is rich in natural elements beneficial to plant / and tree. There is almost constant stnshine throughout the year. For several’months is insuffi- Give the keys and Key West a supply scarce and Monroe county can at least own population with fruit and vegetables. It would insure the island residents with | fresh vegetables that probably will be de- nied them for many months as result of the killing rosts to the northward of the county. Arguments that such a water supply would be too costly for profitable agricul- tural operations do not hold, according to experts who have examined this source of consumption. They claim that during the night periods, when Key West: demands were at low ebb, large supplies of water can be dumped along the keys for irriga- tion at low cost. The income thus derived would be almost pure “velvet” to the water operating authority—hence an important item in figuring the self-liquidating as- pects of the loans being sought from the federal lending agencies, The frostfree Florida Keys offer an opportunity to experienced agriculturists with broad vision. IT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR With the advent of cold weather the newspapers will begin printing stories, telling about the death of automobilists from carbon monoxide gas. Motor vehicle officials in many states are about to issue their annual warning to motorists, calling their attention to the danger that lurks around defective ex- haust systems. It has been estimated that five per cent of the cars on the road con- tain a dangerous concentration of gas. It is recommended that motorists keep a window of the ear partly down, even, on | cold days there are as a precaution. Of course, some drivers who will profit by There are others who will Most of them will get by but some of them will be found dead in their automobiles before the Winter is over. AIRFLEET VERSUS BATTLE FLEET That the airplane is the master of the | naval vessel and that a fleet of air'planes, “in sufficient numbers,” will prove the nemesis of the battleship, is the opinion of Robert Insley, chief research engineer for the Pratt and Whitney Company, maker of aircraft engines. This ‘proposition has been advanced for a number of years without any satis- factory demonstration of its truth being available. In the war now going on in Europe, conditions are ripe for a_ test. Great Britain has the battle fleet and Ger- many has the airfleet. ‘A decision should result, Of course, no nation is going to de- pend entirely upon warships any more than an army will depend entirely upon artillery. There is power in diversified forces, with each unit having points of value that are unequalled by other units. | The importance of an airfleet cannot be | overestimated even if possession of a cor- responding fleet will offset it. Battleships have similar advantages that ean. be se- , cured only through their possession. support her | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN MONROE ONLY FROSTFREE AREA | ‘Life Begins At Fort y? | bring killing frosts or blighting cold to and regretting | No other spot in the i WALTER B. PITKIN, author of “Life Begins at Forty” dnd holder Sarasota Jungle, Ftorida’s newest am not a botanist, but I can say knowledge of and scany interest in excited. | shall come back again linger and study.” As Taken From The FIVE YEARS AGO | Asked this morning if the at- was as large as last year, W. |Curry Harris, who was chairman jof the ticket committee, said it was larger. There were 210 tickets presented at the door but it is known that the sale exceed. ed that number. Gus Hon, engineer with the St. |L. and S, F. Lines, was in Key West for a vacation, accompanied by his wife. They have spent a most delightful time and today will go to Havana for a vacation, return to Key West, spend a few days and then leave for Memphis, Tenn. | Dredge Benyaurd, of the Unit- ed States engineering depart- ment, has completed the work of dredging the Northwest Chan- nel and information was given |The Citizen that more than 300,- 000 cubic yards of sand and fill has been removed from the chan- nel. | Edelmiro Carpentier was ar jraigned at a preliminary hearing | before Justice Frank O. Roberts on a charge of threatening Urban |Bethel, foreman of the WPA land displayed a knife while mak- ing the threat. He was held in }$100 bond for trial at Criminal Court. Key Westers were urged today |to bring their ‘volunteer work |cards up to date! so'that the Key West Administration can have an accurate record of the number of hours which citizens have work- ed. Money for labor, which has been spent, should appear on the jcards. TEN YEARS AGO The two cars which met in col- jlision today at the corner of Elizabeth and Caroline streets’ were somewhat injured but no lone was hurt. One of the cars | was driven by Ira Thompson and |the other by a man whose name | was not learned. ; U.S. Falcon, with the sal- vaged hulk of the Submarine |S-4 in tow, returned to port this jmorning after being buffeted by jheavy seas on the trip from Smith’s Shoals to Key West. Tests are being made of a diving |bell, which is the invention of |James O'Rourke, but were. not successful today. |_ The second doubleheader of the |Island City Baseball League -is |to be played tomorrow afternoon jat the Fort Taylor grounds. The | first game will be between the \Pirates, league leaders, and the Ringling Museum of Art, declared: and floweré which hitherto have been looked upon only by explorers. | In the upper reaches of the Amazon and the swamps of Malysia. I |tendance at the Presdent’s Ball! Author Likes ‘Jungle’ of the record of three “best sellers” in one year, after a visit to the | showplace, one-mile south of the that | entered this Jungle with ne what lay ahead. | came out deeply this winter, when | have time to DAYS GONE BY KEY WEST IN Happenings Here Just Five. Ten and Fifteen Years Ago Today Files Of The Citizen ;which gave every evidence of en joying every minute of the game. pleted for the appearance tonight ‘of Marie Houston, famous soprano, who will be heard in a group of selections at the Casa |through your paper in connection | hounded by the triangle lie trade | Arrangements have been com- lyric | TODAY’S COMMON ERROR “Different to” and “dif- ferent then” are expres- sions frowned upen by many teachers of English in the U. S., who insist upon “different from”. Both, hewever, have con- siderable literary sanction, especially in England. ~ might arise WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1940 Economic | It has become evident that the |United States Navy's tremendous proposed expansion plan—as em- podied in Representative Vin- {son’s bill for appropriating $1,- 300,000,000 for the floating branch of our fighting forces—is design- ed largely to meet problems that if the totalitarian | | | | TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ |Can you answer seven of thes ten Test Questions? Turn to Page 4 for Answers 1a. dad the capital? | 2. What is the name for a mass of compacted ice originat- | ing in a snow-field? Which state is represented in Congress by Senator Robert A. Taft? How long is a fathom? Entomologists study climate. trees or insects? Who is the French Ambassa dor to Italy? What is the atmospheric pressure at sea level? What is the correct pronun- | governments come out on top in ,Europe’s and Asia’s wars. If the idemocracies win, the Admirals |figure, we wil) have nothing to ear—it is inconceivable that |} England and France would take |up arms against us. But if the |dictators won, the United States Of which country is Bagh- | would be the only great democ-! |racy left, and it would be sur- |rounded by potential enemies. | This danger was brought frank- lly into the news by Chief of |Naval Operations Admiral Stark, \testifying before the House Nav jal Affairs Committee on behalf |of the Vinson bill. The Admiral said: “What we have asked for, {which we believe for the present | will maintain the 5-3 ratio in the !Pacifie (that is, five tons of U. S. | fighting craft for every three tons |of Japan’s), is not sufficient to jdefend cur home waters, the ciation of the word ethe-}Monroe doctrine, our possessions, real? *. J /and our trade routes, against a With what sport is Melio|coalition of Japan, Russia, Ger Bettina associated? With what countries was Spain allied during the World War? PEOPLE’S FORUM “Vve been seeing trees, plante , The Citizen weleomex expres- sions of the views of its read- ers, but the editor reserves the right to delete any items whieh are considered libelous or warranted. The writers should be fair and confine the letters to 200 words, and write en one side of the paper only. it necompany the letters be published untess requested otherwise. | PLANNING EXHIBITS ‘Mr. L. P. Artman, Editor, The Key West Citizen, Key West, Florida. I wish to convey to you the ap- \preciation and thanks of the members of this board for the cooperation which was given us many and Italy”. |, To the layman, the possibility jof such a coalition of powers | joining up to sack us may seem remote, but navy men are con- lvinced that we must prepare to |meet it. And all you need to do 'to get a realization of the diffi- | ~ {culties of defending all our in- jterests, is to take a look at a map jof the world. Primary area of |defense will be outlined if you | will draw a gigantic triangle, run- jning from Alaska to the Ha- waiian Islands, then back to the mainland at Panama. Here we are today supreme, so far as any lmilitary expert can see—the | great Pearl Harbor Naval Base is believed adequate to hold off any invader from the East and, even lif it were taken, the enemy fleet would be so far from its bases by (the time it reached the continent |that it would be in no position to | wage a long fight. And defense |preeautions are now being taken in Alaska, including construction But beyond the area | of air bases. Marina hotel. This noted enter-| With the recent display of the/routes and other island posses- ‘tainer will be under ments with the Woman’s Club. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO Announcement was made today that Malcolm Meacham, of Palm Beach and New York City, has |purchased the tract of land in the eastern part of the city from the |Key West Realty Company for half a million dollars. The prop- ery comprises approximately one | thousand acres and includes the salt ponds, used three quarters of a century ago in the manufac- ture of salt in Key West. The ponds will be converted into the most novel yacht basin in the country. More than six miles of water frontage is included in the tract, which extends from _ the ocean to the bay and with Flag- ler Avenue to the county road running through it. . Senator Park Trammell intro duced a bill in Congress today providing for the purchase of sites for the erection of public buildings in Key West and Fort Lauderdale. The site for the Key West public building on which the postoffice will be constructed has been purchased. The Goast guard cutter Saukee, while on duty in the vicinity of Dry Tortugas today, Captain Brown commanding, seized the Cuban fishing smack Adelfa and brought the vessel into port. The boat was taken because of violat- ing the federal laws. The Indians, formerly the Reg- ulars, will tackle the All Ameri- cans in a game of baseball at the Army Barracks tomorrow after- | noon. Alfonso Thompson, mana- ger of the Indians, feels confident of victory. But Paul Albury, pi- lot of the Americans, thinks dif- ferent. Tomorrow will prove who is right. z ‘ sis ears The custom of English parents selling their children to the Irish for slaves was prohibited by King Canute about 1017. |Monroes. The second game be-}; jtween the Sluggers and the Serv- ice team. Troop 5, of the Boy Scouts;de- |feated a picked team in a game | last night on a local basketball court. The contest ended in a seore of 43 to 19. The exhibition | 'was witnessed by a large crowd. for arrange- Florida State Planning Board's 'sions. | Exhibits. The articles in your columns as well as editoriais appearing dur- ling the period indicated a thor- jough knowledge and_ interest ‘on the subject of planning and no doubt aroused some thought in the community along that even though I regret to say our ‘evening discussions were not well attended. {attendance at the exhibition was ivery satisfactory. | The courtesy extended by the | \staff of The Key West Citizen |was greatly appreciated. Many thanks. ' Sincerely yours, H. C. GALEY, Chairman. | Key West, Fla., January 19, 1940 | eececce wocececconeese | Poe cccevecccnccocococess | Today may carry more force than power of action and the na- \tive is apt to be moved more by strange impulses than by reason. | Try to remember that more will be gained by the exercise of dis- cretion than by mere brute strength. 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They point out that the cost of building war ships, great as it is, doesn’t end the financial drain by a long shot—these ships are extremely expensive to operate and main. tain in fighting trim. And they feel that the chance of the dicta- tors ever getting together, judg- ing by the differences which have now appeared between them (italy and Russia, for instance) is hardly worth considering. So, no matter what your own views on naval expansion are, you can see that the groundwork is laid for a first-class, knock- *em-down-and-drag-’em-out fight in Congress. 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