The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 5, 1940, Page 2

PAGE 1WO The Key Weat Citizen THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. Published Daily Except Sunday By L. P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOE ALLE! assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets | | Unly Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County 4 at Key West, Florida, as second elass matter “Member of the Associated Press fated Press is exclusively entitled to use nblieation of all news dispatches credited to otherwise credited in this paper and also news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES fonths - Months Month known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of ituary netices, etc, will be charged for at of 10 cents a line, for entertainment by churches from which i. to be derived are 5 cents a line. is an open forum and invites discus- peblic issues and subjects of local or general | but it wil not publish anonymous communi- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it ut fear and without favor; never be afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; always fight for progress; never be the or- gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class; aiways do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corru! injustice; denounce vice and pray commend good done by individuagfM iztsion; tolerant of others’ right. y, s; print only news that will clevate contaminate the reader; never com- with principle. and no pron: '<€ Sine WSS nS SaaS Ie 4MDROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN “ater and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilfon. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County & ity Gov- ernments. ad A Modern City Hospital. Few men succeed in a work that they dislike. It is unlucky to kill a spider; very un- lueky—for the spider. The strange thing is that Fritz Kuhn and Earl Browder were both convicted without being charged with income tax evasion. Last week Southern Florida’s ocean bathers postponed their ‘plunge for a few days for obvious reasons; but there were exceptions. Of interest to baseball fans: All tickets for the Cincinnati Reds’ opening game at Crosley Field next April have been sold already. Time to make political announce- ments—the early bird gets the worm. Be- sdes ‘he primary has been advanced a month; it is now held in May. It is rumored that the race for sheriff will be sulphuric. Though not a German, | one of the candidates is dee ly interested | in Bei'in; another candidate for the Mon- | roe County shrievalty will Curry the favor | of the electorate in his usual aggressive | manner; a third is a familiar bird. Last | but net least, is a fellow who is confident | he will K. O. the whole bunch. Ready for a new gastronomic adven- ture, this writer will next attempt the in- dulgence of a turtleburger, said to be an | epicurian delight and a worthy con-| comitant of nectar and ambrosia, the food | and drink of the gods, but he will first get | on? between his grinders before passing | jedgment as a connoisseur of what’s good | to eat, regardless of “de gustibus nil dis- | puiandum.” ?| Ernest Ramsey was right when | marked Thursday night that the question | of settling delinquent taxes on a basis of 30 | ing’s ‘proposal, if finally approved | new councilmen were elected on form calling for greater economy in muni- | back on its financial feet. | collecting back taxes. | the 30 per cent settlement proposa: | forced him to sign the Charter. NO MORE TAX HOLIDAYS THE KEY WEST CITIZEN At last Thursday’s meeting of City | Council there was some discussion of the question of collecting delinquent taxes. On the suggestion of Councilman J. Glen- wood Sweeting, the city attorney was directed to draw up a resolution to ‘permit settlement of delinquent taxes due the city prior to 1936 on a 30 per cent basis. This resolution will come up for consideration | at a meeting to be held February 15. The Citizen believes that Councilman he re- per cent calls for serious thought and care- ' ful action. In the first place, Councilman Sweet- | by council, would upset the entire fiscal pro- | the plat- of a ram of City Council. Majority cipal operations and for putting this city Certain econ- omies have been effected, despite some undercover effort to have them restored to their old extravagant level. restore the financial standing of the city has been predicated, in part, on a policy of It is obvious that defeat that objective. The old city council tried to settle the | matter of collecting back taxes on a basis The effort to | would | FOR REAL M AND BETTER Fal ILDNESS TASTE... What you want in a smoke you GET in CHESTERFIELD’S RIGHT COMBINATION of 20 per cent of the amount of taxes due | the city. According to most observers, this of the world’s best cigarette tobaccos policy failed to produce either the revenue j; ive confidence ration. How, needed by the city or to rev: in the municipal adminis then, would the program calling for settle- | ment on a 30 per cent basis produce the de- sired results? Some time ago the new City Council agreed to permit settlement of back taxes without interest. In other words, linquent taxpayers were to be permitted to pay the money due the city without be- ing penalized by payment of interest on the sums rightfully due. That program apparently irked some congenial delin- quent taxpayers, but it induced many others to settle their tax bills under the belief that there would be no more tax holidays in this community. There should be no more tax holidays in Key West. Back taxes must be collected to pay bills accumulated by the city dur- ing the period covered by the delinquen- cies. Current taxes must be collected to pay curvent bills, pay current salaries and wages to city officials and employes, to meet bond interest requirements and other fixed charges. Granting further concessions to de- linquent taxpayers only penalizes those who pay their tax bills on time and in full —and keeps Key West in the ranks of backward communities. THE GREAT CHARTER What is said to be the best ancient copy of England’s famed Magna Charta, or Great Charter, now rests temporarily in the United States Library of Congress, near the originals of the American Dec- laration of Independence and the Con- stitution. The English document was sent to the United States for display at the New York world’s fair, and through fear that it might be destroyed at sea the British government had it removed to Washington for safe keeping during the war. There are several old copies of Magna Charta deposited in various cathedrals and other places in England, including the British Museum. Whether either of these is the real original is doubtful, for the Charter was granted by King John on June 15, 1215, a little more than 724 years ago. On that date, the English barons, who had long protested against the arbitrary rule of the kings, surrounded King John at Runnymede, and with arms in their hands This con- tained, among many other things, provi- sions in some respects similar to the Amer- | ican Bill of Rights. One candidate for governor announces that he has contacted 250,000 people in the last three weeks. And the St. Peters- burg Independent has it figured out that that is at the rate of one person every three seconds, working ten hours a day, eve, Sundays.—Sanford Herald. Even contacts by mail would make that quite a “eat. Maybe the impish typist slipped in a couple of naughts; she can be quite “naughty”. at times. The Magna Charta is looked upon as | the keystone of English liberty, and it has | been declared that “if every subsequent | law were to be swept away, there would | still remain the bold features that distin- | guish a free from a despotic monarchy.” | Lord Lothian, British ambassador to | the United States, committed the copy of the Charter now in Washington to the cus- tody of Archibald MacLeish, librarian of | Congress, on November 28. de- | MONDAY, FEBRUARY Thousands thrill with pieasure to the flashing blades of ROY SHIPSTAD and BESS EHRHARDT .--Star performers of the Ice Follies. 5, 1940 These tobaccos, and the Chesterfield way of a them, is why Chesterfields SMOKE COOLER...TASTE BETTER ..and are DEFINITELY MILDER than other cigarettes. For more pleasure, make your THE ISLAND CITY | | QUEER FATE is running be- side Toar, a coal black dog own- ed by Mr. and Mrs, Bill Lee of Simonton street. Toar is a des- |cendant of a beautiful race known jas the “57 varieties’. So pro- |nounced were these traits in his | brother, which was owned by the jproprietors of the filling station |just above Pirates Cove on the | Overseas Highway that the broth- jer received the name of Heinz, jand as the human person wants |a little more affection revealed | |to a very affectionate creature Heinz was known as Heinzie. |Whenever Toar and Heinzie met they would run up and _ caress each other by standing on their |hind legs and wrapping their jforelegs about each other’s neck. | They were very loving brothers. |Heinze’s tolks were very careful jabout his upbringing. They jeven taught him always to trav- jel on the paths off the highway so that a car would never hit him. Then came fate with a swirl of dust and a black hood. A car ran well off the road on a curve and Heinzie was killed. A few weeks went by and Toar one \day saw a big car before him and before he could scamper back to safety the car had applied its screeching brakes and bumped |him not too gently. Heinzie’s | parents some time back appeared jin town and stillfeeling badly jabout their dog’s death asked |Lee to let them see Toar. Then |they were told about the car hit- ting Toar, also. Perhaps, though, |Toar has broken the bad luck which has run in his race of “57 |varieties” for many generations, and from now on can scorn the rolling tires and roaring motors on all sides. WE'D LIKE to be able to tell you the inside on the Sutton |Lines’ Flerida and of how she was not allowed to make the run jbecause she did not have steel ‘decking and steel superstructure. We could tell you a lot about |Washingtcn and Tampa _inspec- tors feudings and howls which | between the two places. ran MR. SOBEL, OF DETROIT, is back in Key West again. Folks who regularly visited the Yacht Basin last year saw the ever- ismiling Sobel in a tiny sloop! jwith a big Palmer engine for \auxiliary. With him then was |Ralph Dominguez, a Key Wester, |who piloted him around the reefs | and of the underground | ;schooner with very short spars | ‘just out on pleasure tripping. | | MARQUESAS must be jam-) med with yachts this time. Yes-| terday and last weekend they,| ywere leaving every other few | hours for those famed islands.’ Yesterday, a party of young fel-| ows with very hefty Southern accents stopped in at Porter Dock and gassed and watered up.! They were on their way to the! Marquesas. An old fellow who | nad fished with the kingfish fleet out of Key West had them rip: out their charts and told them; the best harbors in which they | could lay. He also pointed out a few potent fishing holes reefs. { EVER NOTICE in what oud | shape the Garrison Bight is shap- | ing up as a Yacht Basin? A new channel is being run right along- side tne Highway and its getting | \to look like more heartening deep | ‘water. The dragline went oui; |toward the entrance to the Bight! * as far as possible before the marl bed ran out. The next marl bed {was found to be nearer the |Boulevard, so’ the dredging goes jon there. MERCHANTS along Duval are keping plenty busy this time of ,the season. Try to approach them if you don’t believe this. They're running about servicing stranger land Key Wester alike. It is the time of year when the dollars are moving more readily and the; ‘cheerfulness of the resident is on | a higher plane. Today’s Birthdays | eeeccccosoe scorescecseee Ewin L. Dais of Tenn., chair- man of the Federal Trade Com- mission, born in Bedford Co.,| Tenn., 64 years ago. | Dr. Bayard Dodge, president of | the American University at Bei- ‘rut, Syria, born in New York, 52 years ago.. Michael Williams, editor of The | ‘Commonweal, New York City, born at Halifax, N. C., 63 years Ralph P. Fogg, consulting en- gineer of the U. S. Department of Labor, born at Lynn, Mass., 56 years ago. | Sheldon Whitehouse, onetime | and| ? |and holes of the waters near Key diplomat, born in New York, 57 |West. Now Sobel is back in years ago. i town with a racing yacht whose | Maxine Elliott, oldtime ac-' mast rears far above the Florida |tress, born at Rockland, Maine, , |and whose sleek lines seem ready '67 years ago. |for greyhounding on the sea.| ——— Sobel says he is planning to en- | AFRAID OF GHOSTS WAUKEGAN.—Patrick Bren- |ter the St. Pete-Havana-Key | {West races this year, and he and | his crew are‘ getting the yacht nan of this city resigned as care- |into shape.~-In the harbor yester- taker of the cemetery because he [day was another Grand Cayman |was “afraid of ghosts”. next pack Chesterfield. TODAY’S COMMON ERROR Do not say, “He dove off the springboard”: say. }| TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ Can you answer seven of these! ten Test Questions? Turn to Page 4 for Answers 1. Under which river is the Holland vehicular tunnel? Where is U. S. paper money printed? 3. A sugar solution will not conduct electricity because it jacks hormones, genes or ions? Who was Jacobus Stainer? How many eggs does an average hen lay annually? Which country’s flag is rea with a large white cross in the middle? Ambergris comes from jas- mine flowers, muskrats or whales? With what sport is Johnny check associated? In which European city Charing. Cross? In what part of the human body is the muscle known as the biceps? 2. 4. 6. is Copyright 1940, Liacetr & Myers Tosacco Co. PEOPLE’S FORUM BOAT SERVICE! Editor, The Citizen: After having traveled in more than a score of countries in Asia, Africa and Europe, and after having visited every state in this country, I have made my first trip to Key, West. In view of the fact that this city is nearer to Havana than it is to any city of similar size in the United States I had thought of taking a trip to the Pearl of the Antilles. But what do I find? A steamer service, the poorest of any I have found during thirty years of travel. Here is a city half the popula- tion of which is related by ties of blood and of language with the little Republic to the South. the great majority of whom would be glad to make the trip if accommodations were provided for them on a scale commensur- ate with their financial situation I venture to say that a great deal of the financial backwardness of this town is due to the fact that the less affluent half of the city’s population has no convenient means of travel between here and Havana. Let me cite the example of the Japanese service between Shang- hai and Kobe. Several companies The Bathing Gir!’s rela “By J. SOOHHSOTHOSO SESE SSSOSSCEOS I was lured to southern beaches, | Where ‘twas said cold never) reaches, | By seductive advertising ingly Advising me to flee from frost and | snow. | invit- | i “Just bring your summer dresses, leave your woolens in the} presses— Here the skies are always smiling in a manner most beguiling. | You will find it just like summer | everywhere you go”. | Woe is me! these words I trusted; | now my faith in them is busted; | For I wheeze and,sne¢eze and shiv- | ver everywhere I roam. While my thoughts are ever turn- ing with a sad and» wistful learning \ To the wood-fire brightly burning / in my dear old northern | home. | The manufacture of woolen car- | pets was introduced into France from Persia about 1589. | For Fifty Years A NAME! In Coffee In Key West )there have put modern boats in- to service. one of them with ves sels of a speed of 22 knots. In- stead of restricting their clientele to the affluent few they provide service for all classes and at pric- es which even the poorest can pay. The resuit 1s that the steam- ers are crowded, the company is making money, and trade is fos- tered between the two countries —this despite the fact that a war is in progress. I suggest, as an observer in many countries. that a more fre- quent service, and particularly the putting on sale of tickets to the hoi polli at rates that they can afford to pay, would have a revivifying effect on the life of this port. GEO. W. MESSEMER. Feb. 3, 1940, 315 C. St. SE, | Washington, D. C. “Key West's Outstanding” LA CONCHA HOTEL Beautiful—Air-Conditioned Rainbow Room and Cocktail Lounge DINING and DANCING Strictly Fireproof Garage Open The Year Around "I'm Glad I Tried Alka-Seltzer And They Say lt With a Smile! Do the members of YOUR family say this? If not, perhaps it is because you have never given Alka-Seltzer thorough trial. 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