The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 7, 1940, Page 2

PAGE 1wo TUE CITIZEN PUTLASHING CO., INC. Duily xcept Sunday By AN, President and Publixhe: + Assistant Baxiness Manager om The Citizen Building Corner Gree nd Ann Streets \ Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County 1 at Key West, Florida, as second class matter “Member of the , Annocinted Press d Press is exclusively entitled to use tion of all news dispatches credited to | therwise credited in this paper and also | ews published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ADVERTISING RATES kage” n on application. SPECIAL NOTICE i reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of ; respect, obituary notices, etc. will be charged for at | th of 0 cents a Bne. for entertainment by churches from which to be derived are 5 cents a line. is an open forum and invites discus- | sues and subjects of local or general it wil not publish anonymous communi- If. ROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Vater and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. 6. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern 1 2. 3. 4 is ue ‘ity Hospital. An “executive is a man who puts his feet on the desk. When told that Mrs. Roosevelt would | lecture on “My Day in the White Hous,” a wag asked “When was that?” Don’t be bashful! Bring whatever you wish to donate to the Finnish fund to The Citizen office. Let Key West make a zood showing. The Honorable Clark Gable seems to have what it takes at the box-office. This screen artist has just signed a contract that cal's for $5,000 a week, runs for seven years and gradually works up to a figure that rets the he-man star something more then $2,000,000. This column has been one of the first to Ceery the cacophonous mouthings of Father Coughlin and last Sunday his voice was silent, for reasons still unknown, which lead one of the Miami papers to state editorially that the radio listeners got a deserved rest from this source. Can’t the I seners turn off the dial when the forensic aker starts his diatribes, haven’t they the physical strength to do so, or are his oratovical powers so strong that the histcner is spell-bound? Ss) The Key West City News Service is meking its existence felt as northern and astezn newspapers are printing the stories seut out by this service, publicizing the notavle events of this city, its fishing and mate. It should be sustained not only by the hotel association which is sponsor- ing the publicity bureau, but should have the financial cooperation of both city and county. In that way all contribute to the edy.tising fund which this city should save for publicity purposes. President Cardenas of Mexico has} complimented the American State depart- | ment for “its correct attitude in not dec‘r- ing to become involved” in the problem of the seizure of the properties of American ard foreign oil companies in Mexico by not interceding in behalf of the oil companies, whese properties the Mexican government | has confiscated (expropriated is the legal | term) by not paying for them. Once large wastes of land, the confiscated properties | were developed by their present owners | aiter years of research, labor and heavy financial expenditures. If there were no international law protecting investments | in foreign lands, common decency de- mands, if expropriated, they be paid for in cash at the time of the expropriation. Evi- dently, Cardenas is interpreting the “(good | .eighbor” policy on the broad com- | munistic theory that the Americans are rich and should cough up without register- ing a recalcitrant kick. The American | gove. ‘ment could secure justice for its | known, is growing heavier. | the constant stream of trucks, busses and | cars along this highway is greater than on | | any other similar stretch of road in the | nationals in Mexico in a jiffy were it so inclined, but for the unfavorable reaction | in all the other countries toe the south of | us. The Wilsonian policy of watchful | waiting may be the better policy for the time | -ing. ROAD DEPARTMENT ERRS Up in Miami certain interests are pro- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN THE ISLAND CITY | testing an item in the State Road Depart- ! ment’s budget calling for expenditure of | $553,925 to build 18.75 miles of highway | from Road 140 to Pennsuco, where it will connect with Road 26-A. The Miamians contend the department’s attention should | be devoted to completing Road 26-A, be- cause there’s ro point in spending money | on Road 140. If you ask the taxpayers of Key West and Monroe County there’s no point in | spending a great deal of time and money on either of the two roads mentioned. Neither Road 140 nor Road 26-A carries ; nearly as much traffic as Federal Route | No. 1, formerly State Road 4-A, from Mi- ami to Key West. And except for the 40-mile stretch improved by the Overseas Road and Toll | | Bridge District between Lower Matecumbe | and Big Pine Key, Federal Route No. 1 be- { tween Homestead and Key West is in rel- | atively poor condition. It is getting worse | every day, for the volume of traffic on Overseas highway, as it is more intimately Passage of; state. it is O If any highway needs improvement as Highway from Lower Mate- 4s 'ecumbe to Homestead and from Big Pine | Key to Key West. ~The Citizen ventures to state that | Road 140 and 26-A combined, even after | their improvement, | amount of traffic that comes down Over- will not carry the s Highway. That volume will become greater as soon as the State Road Depart- ment recognizes the fact it is supported by | gasoline taxes and moves to complete those highways which will increase the consumption of gasoline. West route, according to some observers, produce more gasoline taxes than any other road of its length in the state. Some months ago the State Road De- | partment was reported ready to proceed | with extension of Overseas highway via the old railroad bed and viaducts. The U. S. Bureau of Roads moved to match the state funds allocated for this project. Sud- tnly and without explanation the State oad Department equipment was moved | north, the extension plans through Monroe | County abandoned. There have _ been rumors to the effect that nothing would be done to improve the Key West end of the highway, the part most in need of im- provement, until the mainland section had been finished—because certain state of- ficials allegedly have property at the up- per end that would be benefitted by the improvement there. The Citizen hcpes rumors has any foundation. none of proceed toward improvement of Overseas Highway where the improvement would do the most public good. It is to be hoped that the U. S. Bureau of Roads forces state action on this project. Aside from resi- dential and tourist demands, Overseas Highway improvement is*important to the national defense forces which are increas- ing constantly at Key West. TRAINING IN S SURGERY American surgeons are perhaps equal to any in the world, but there are not enough of them who have had the long training necessary to become highly skilled in their profession. This is the view of the American College of Surgeons itself, | which is making plans to increase training facilities. These plans include a three-year sys- tem of ‘suyer-training,” -vhich is expected to ultimately turn out 600 or more new surgeons of exceptional skill each year. | By this means it is hoped to provide bet- | ter surgical aid to smaller communities, as well as to the larger cities. Following a study of the problem, 881 hospitals have been approved to give | this advanced training in accordance with official standards to be established. One object sought is to broaden the general sur- | gical knowledge of specialists who now work in restricted fields. Additional hos- pitais will be approved as qualified to give this higher training from time to time. Aside from the designation of train- ing hospitals, the American College of Surgeons has also announced its genera! approval of the staffs, equipment and methods of 2,720 hospitals as being up to a satisfactory standard. The total number of hospitals in the | United States is 6,166, according to latest | available figures. The Miami-Key | THE STORY OF THE TURTLE has recently been printed by The Aitman Press in 2,000 booklets for Tnompson Enterprises for distribution to visitors in the city. The story, bringing out the hapits of these which make such delicious eat- ing, follows: THE GREEN SEA TURTLES ‘are’ truly the aristocrats of the sea. They are not vicious and eat only’ vegetation which grows ‘on the bottom of the ocean. They are found principally in the wa- jters adjacent to the southern tip lof Florida, Mexico, Cuba and Central America. {are to be found at all times in the | crawls of Thompson Enterprises, | |Inc., at Key West. These crawls! jare built of concrete posts prop- jerly spaced to prevent the turtles from escaping, and to allow fresh }sea water to circulate through \them. Two men are regularly employed to gather vegetation \daily from the bottom of the ocean to feed them. / THE GREEN TURTLE SOUP; (CANNERY is located alongside the crawls and the required num- | |ber of turtles are slaughtered , |each day to take care of the can- | nery requirements. Only the' gelatinous meat found in the back and breast of these turtles \is used in making the famous “Key West Brand” Clear Green ; Turtle Soup; which is distributed |by Thompson Enterprises, Inc., at Key West. THE GREEN TURTLE STEAK ;found in these turtles is sold fresh to housewives, hotels and _ res- taurants in Key West, Miami and |other cities. When properly pre- pared and served, these steaks are considered a rare delicacy by | many connoisseurs. Unless they | ‘are properly prepared, they lose! itheir flavor and are inclined to be somewhat tough. GREEN SEA TURTLES, and} jother varieties of sea turtles, are | propagated in the following man- |ner: The female turtle, when |ready to lay her eggs, crawls up jon a sand beach, digs a hole in | the sand, lays her eggs, covers them with sand and crawls back |in the water. The sun hatches |them. The average nest will con- |tain from ten to twelve dozen eggs. They are round. smaller than the average chicken egg and have soft white shells. The baby turtles emerge from the shells in labout three weeks after the eggs are deposited. They are “on thei own” from the time they ar hatched, as the duty of the mother turtle is done when she lays the eggs in the sand. The’ baby turtles stay in the shallow jwater close to land and as they | grow in size and strength, they, these | This publica- | tion hopes the State Road Department will | As Taken From The FIVE YEARS AGO Henry Dixon Meyer, of Bos- ton, Mass., who has been trying for the: past week to catch a sail- fish, yesterday landed a_ prize. The cateh was six feet long and was men. — Cove and had it mounted. | Much interest is being display- {ed by School Mothers ;)of Key | West in the series of ‘lectures, ' | which are sent out on the air from Station WQAM in Miami. Not only are the mothers dis-' playing great interest, but the pupils arc manifesting pleasure over the broadcasts. Chester E. McCall, assistant to the secretary of commerce, ar- rived this afternoon for an in- spection of the Seventh Light- house District, with Superinten- jdent of Lighthouses William W. \Demeritt. He was met by the ‘superintendent and official per- |sonnel of the station. lished at Miami Beach, is a color- ful article on Key West, entitled, |\“Sea of Dreams”, from the gifted ‘pen of Elizabeth Cooper, a fre-' )quent visitor to this city, and an eminent ‘writer. Alto Adams, District Deputy! }Grand Exalted Ruler of Elks, of Florida East, is due to arrive in| Key West this afternoon and | preparations are going forward to |receive the distinguished visitor. jing a yaa TEN YEARS AGO aoe cae aaa the third series with different ‘satis |factory results series of experiments de- jsigns of operations submarines, Yeturned to Key ‘Smith's for rescue the USS. ‘West last | Shoals. |for use in owork from Falcon evening from <éa monsters, ; HUNDREDS of these turtles KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY __ Happenings Here Just Five, Ten and Fifteen Years Ago Today considered a perfect speci- | He brought the fish from‘ Appearing in the February is-' |sue of the Society Pictorial, pub-! — mcve to deeper water. When hatched, they are no larger than a suver doliar in diameter. Quite vlién green turtlies weighing as. much as 500 pounds each are caught. TURTLES are very much like | chickens, insomuch as they al- ways go home to roost, and be- cause of this habit the fishermen are able to ‘catch them very eas- ily. They locate one or more turtles feeding in the daytime and follow them all day with small boats. When darkness comes, the turtles siop, or come! to rest, and the fishermen know \that is the place where they are/| going to spend the night. This | fact is also confirmed by the pres- | ence of other-turtles so the fish- | ermen put down a marker or | ‘buoy and the next day when the | jturtles have gone out feeding again. set their nets all around ‘their sleeping grounds. In the} afternoon when they return, they strike the nets which are of large | mesh, and become entangled in} |them, and in that manner are! \ canetit. They are animals, there- | fore they come to the surface of | ‘the water at intervals to expel | air from their lungs and to take | in a new supply of fresh air. | ‘After they are caught in the nets, they are put in small boats and transferred to community crawls. | ‘Each fisherman brands his in- | |dividual catch before placing | them in these crawls, hence brand | seen on all green turtles, They | fare kept in these community | crawls until four or five hundred | are accumulated—or enough for | a schooner load. They are then| taken from these crawls, fins tied, and placed on their backs in the ,hold of the schooner, “A. M. | | Adams”, and brought to Key! | West. Qn arrival they are placed in our crawls until used. | THE LOGGERHE D TURTLE lis not an aristocrat. They are vicious and will not hesitate to} attack one another. They are! carnivorous and live principally jon fish and attain size approxi- | ‘mately the same as Green Tur- jtles. They have no commercial value. | THE HAWKSBILL OR TOR-| | TOISE variety of sea turtle is al- }S0 inclined to be vicious with habits about the same as the Log- gerhead. The turtle yields the tor- toise shell which is used in the ‘manufacture of expensive combs, belt buckles, pins, etc. The meat from these turtles has no value. THE TRUNK-BACK variety of ea turtle is not found in large ,nhumbers, but one is occasionally ‘caught by the fishermen. They | gvow much larger than the other \varieties and will weigh up to 1500 pounds when fully matured. | They are of no commercial value. Files Of The Citizen | Pedro Aguilar, who has been ‘under trial on a manslaughter } ,charge in Criminal Court since | 'Monday, was today acquitted by! |the jury. The case had been in| the hands of the jury for about | 18 hours when the announcement | was made by the foreman that a! “i verdict had been reached. ;, Rev. Thomas H. Howitt will deliver ‘the invocation at the Uni- |versal Peace Day Program to be | ‘held tonight at the high school. Five-minute talks will be given by Captain Doyle, Rev. DeBarritt, Dr. William R. Warren, Profes- isor Horace O’Bryant and W. Cur- ry Harris. | United Daughters of the Con- federacy held a meeting yester- | day afternoon at which time the | memorial services of Lee, Stone- wall Jackson and Matthew Maury | Fountain were held. The organi- zation completed arrangements for an entertainment to be given lon February 21. | Joe Elwood and his band of Red Hot Peppers will furnish the mu- sic at the Miramar tomorrow | jnight and that news will be the | kind that will make them dance | whether they want to or not. The | ‘Miramar is located on the boule- | yvard, an ideal place for, dancing. | FIFTEEN YEARS AGO Plans were filed this morning | land the permit was granted for | |the building of the Hotel La Con- ‘cha, operations to begin early lof 25 men will be employed and | fon the arrival of equipment and |material 150 more will be added. | County Commissioners at the iregular meeting last night adopt- | 1 ‘than ‘ten percent of the freehold- vers of the an elec- tion to bond the city for $2,500,- | {000 to construct a boulevard WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1940 The on ASK FOR Copyright 1940, Liccert & Myers ‘Tosacco Co. of tts kind , can look the whole world over and you won’t find another cigarette with Chesterfield’s RIGHT COMBI- NATION of the best American and Turkish tobaccos. In Chesterfield you find just what every smoker looks for... COOL SMOKING, definite MILDNESS, and the one thing that really satisfies...downright GOOD TASTE. The famous COCHAND family. .. father, son and daughter (the only com- bination of its kind)... show thousands every winter the fine points of skiing, America's fastest- growing sport. a cooler, better: sate DEFINITELY MILDER actund EFFORTS TO SAVE DOG FATAL TACOMA, Wash. — Rushing back into her burning home to rescue her pet dog, Mrs. Inez Townley, 60-year-old retired school teacher, perished with the | dog in the fire. Her body and that of the dog were found in the ruins. along the shore of Key West at) the places designated. American residents of the Isle jof Pines are well satisfied with the prospects of the United | States declaring the Isle a part of United States Territory, but an! Havana newspaper has gone one; better and declares that Key West is Cuban Territory. re aaa i 4 Mrs. Samuel E. Pinder, accom- | panied by her two children, Roger | | jand Mary, after spending sev-| feral days in Key West visiting Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Albury, were | loutgoing passengers at night over |B. P. O. & Lodge 551 is prepar-'next week. By Monday a force |the East Coast Railway for their | eo home in West Palm Beach. There is to be held this evening i ‘an important meeting of Troop 2, \Boy Scouts of America, and it is! urgently announced that all! diving ‘bells developed ted the petitions signed by more scouts should attend. The mem- 19, wae what bers are requested to report in |full uniform, and the reason for the meeting will) be revealed upon their arrival at the hall. TODAY’S COMMON ERROR It is vulgar to call a res- taurant or a dining room an “esting house” or “eat- ing place”. TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ | ‘Can you answer swer seven of these | ten Test Questions? Turn to Page 4 for Answers What is a cygnet? 1. 2. What is the name for the} Picture characters’ of an-| cient Egyptian writing? Astigmatism is a defect. in) the eyes, knees or ears? on the north? What is the correct pronun- ciation of the word here- tic? Does long residence in the U. S. alone confer Ameri- can citizenship on aliens? In astronomy, what is oc- culation? Is Lower California a part of the United States? What does “boxing the com- pass mean? sport Bauer associated? George Washington vetoed two bills during his presidency. 8. 9. is. Jean Which state bounds Alabama | ee weaee Horoscope | pocwsecccecccccccosocsse Today indicates a sensitive, im- |pressionable nature, but with some leaning toward jealousy and selfishness. Try to culti- vate a freedom of thought, that | melancholy and hatred of others |may not gain an ascendency and thus ruin the life. Love of ro- ;Mance is strong. In Coffee In Key West | STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE THAT'S A REPUTATION [For Fifty Years A NAME! | i | | The RENDEZVOUS 410 Fleming Street o—-o—0 WHERE GOOD FOOD MAY BE OBTAINED o—0—0 | Cocktail Lounge nis BETTYE RAYMONDE ‘RESTAURANT | LUNCH — TEA — DINNER j 512 Careline Street + Open oe eae. |LUNCHEON _ | DINNER |