The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 12, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO Cle ixry {est Citizen THE, CITIZEN PUBLIS JING CO., INC. Published Daily Except Sunday By ARTHAN, President and Publisher ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets i Unly Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe | County L. JOE «red at Key West, Florida, as second class matter | Member of the Associated Press ciated Press is cxclusively entitled to use | publication of all news dispatches credited to | not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ADVERTISING RATES kngwn on application. SPECIAL NOTICE : reating nofices, cards of thanks, resolutions of ect, ub tuary notices,fetc., will be charged for at rate of 19 cents a line, Notices for entertainment by churches from which venue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. b- Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- public issues and subjects of local or general but it wl not publish anonymous comrauni- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it ithout fear aud 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; a.ways do its utmost for the public welfare; never :tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue. simend good done by individual or organ- sion; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com- promise with principle. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1. Water and Sewerage. 2. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. More Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. 4 Modern City Hospital. A candidate is a fellow who hopes to exchange his old bunk for a new berth. When pensions are cut, you can put it down in the book that Congress is mak- ing entrenchments all along the line. Trade will come to Key West when- ever the business men of the city offer service and price that equals competition. The British tamper with our mail and Japan runs roughshod over our trading rights in China, and there are people in the n«tion who can’t see any difference. While in Miami be sure and hold on to your pocketbook. Besides racketeers, burglars, hold-up men and other denizens of the underworld as J. Edgar Hoover af- firms, there are also pick-pockets operat- ing in the Magic City. Charged with seditious conspiracy to overthrow the government, the 17 Chris- jn Frorters were indicted, and will be | kspt in durance unless they can make bail, which range from $5,000. to $20,000. The alertness of the F. B..J. nipped the ap- parent conspiracy in the bud, before seri- © s consequences resulted, as in the case | »f members of the Irish Republican Army, twe of whom were hung last week for their part in the killing of five persons in an “Irish freedom” bomb terrorism, B. F. Paty, gubernatorial candidaie, | who spoke in the interest of his candidacy last week in Key West, apparently has herd luck when he speaks here. While | running for the same office two years ago, he could get no one whom he asked to in- troduce him because all were afraid of the then governor of Florida, Dave Sholtz, the | “Nero of Tallahassee’, as Mr. Paty. dub- bed him. With undated resignations in the possession of the govérncr, it took | bravado, resoluteness and /mpral courage to take a chance at offendipg:the whim of | a person of Scholtz’s caliber: . The other | night the lights went out just as Mr. Paty | was about to commence his talk, and there adjusted. His only comment, made.to this writer, was,that. when people.saw.no lights | tyranny—vide Germany, Italy and Russia. | at Bayview Park they concluded there | wovid be no speech and left, leaving :him with ather.a.small crowd, but. which, Mr. Paty stated, was very appreciative.and:at- tentive. | | Key West are C. H. and Mary | stead. They came here once and hated to.} | go. .way. ; They a> likely to prove useful | uable .itizens of this community. Having | guidance during reconstruction. | Specie AN ADMIRABLE AVOWAL Like some women, Key West has the power to arouse love at first sight. Many folks come here without finding anything to their liking. Some come here and’have a temporary infatuation for the city. A few fall in love with Key West. They find it as difficult to tear themselves away as a young man does from his ladylove. When they do finally leave they can hardly wait | until they get back. Among those who fell in love with they came here the secend time and again find it difficult to leave. While THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | LET HIM INI Reid Ums ' here the other day. knowing they must go | away for a while, they caused the publica- tion in The Citizen of the following dec- | laration: “This Simonton Street, Key West, Florida, to | adopt Key West as their legal residence on | | and after February 5, 1940.” | It is a newsworthy event when a couple decides to adopt a city as their legal | residence. The notice indicates that Mr. and Mrs. Umstead like much indeed. decision to adopt the city that they make a | public avowal of their intention. Such sincere men and women are the kind of men and \,omen that make a city. adopted Key West as their legal residence, they are going to buy a lot and build a home here. Homes are needed in Key West. They attest the stability of those who build them. They make for the steady, healthy growth of the city. Key Westers should feel a pride in the fact that some folks fall in love with | the city. Our citizens should feel so proud | about such fine declarations that they will be willing to sacrifice a little time and money to make this an even better city in which to live—so that others of the type of Mr, and Mrs. Umstead may be ‘attracted here in the future. The Citizen salutes Mr. and Mrs. Um- stead and hopes that their love of the city will grow stronger as the years march in peaceful review past their Key West door- step! LINCOLN AND DARWIN On February 12, 1809, two boy babies | were born in widely separated homes, one in America and the other in England, but both were destined to exert a far-reaching influence upon their own and future gen erations. They were Abraham Lincoln and Charles Robert Darwin. Aside from their common birthday and the fact that both attained undying fame, their careers were almost entirely dissimilar. Lincoln lived in the maelstrom of politics and war, while Darwin pursued the quiet life of a naturalist, although the scientific ideas which he advanced raised a mighty controversy, the end of which is not yet in sight. Lincoln was born of obscure parents, had almost no formal education, but rose to the Fresidency of the United States dur- ing the time of the nation’s greatest crisis. His assassination just at the close of the Civil War deprived the country of his wise Had he lived, much of the bitterness engendered during that trying period might have been | avoided. But his greatness of mind and | heart is universally recognized and_ his name is honored in the South as well as in | the North. Darwin came of distinguished an- | cestry, was educated at Oxford, and as a | result of his researches gave to the world the epoch-making work, “The Origin of ’ in which, to quote Rev. Henry Van Dyke, “he gave lucidity and coherence to the conception of a progressive and con- tinuous creation, which has, changed the face ofthe modern scientific world.” Probably no two persons born on the same day ever made such an impress upon the lives and thoughts of their fellow- men as have Lincoln and Darwin, who first saw the light 131 years ago. 4 | Dictatorships start with benevolence, | pica ant was a long-wait.until the breakdown was | followed by regimentation and severe |_ Operations of the submarine) Today we have walked many} punishment for non-compliance, then The Christian Fronters and those of like ilk.must learn that the kind of liberty they preach is license which would soon | undermine democracy. Key West very | They are so proud of their | and val- | is to certify that it is the inten- | | tion of C. H. Umstead and Mary Reid Um- | stead of St. Johns county, Florida, and 411 | KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY | Happenings Here Just Five, Ten and Fifteen Years Ago Today | As Taken From The, Files O£ The Citizen { \ FIVE YEARS AGO |to see all parts of the punts W. E. McLaughlin, of Lubbock, | grow and prosper, have provided | Tex., arrived over the highway , $50,000 in a bond issue, to im-} jtoday with Mrs. McLaughlin for | prove the Ingraham Highway, an extended stay in Key West.jfrom the Dade county |He called at The Citizen today | Cape Sable. Repairing of the | |and said that he had come tojroad'is sure to lead to heavy {Key West on the advice of alsales of iand. i |physician and believes it will do! Bre RS |him good. He is a sufferer from| ‘To safeguard the asthma. line to, sensibilities | lot Jumbo, the little loggerhead ee. ‘turtle in the aquarium at Curry’s, Alto Adams, District Deputy ‘the following sign has been plac- rand Exalted Ruler, B.P.O. Elks, led above the tank and is read by jarr.ved ol fos aay eis aa jhundreds: “Pofane Language | companies y rs. jams ani 7 she 4 \Harry Bethel.and Mics. Panel oe Prohibited—the Turtle |Mr. Bethel is the Past District | Objects”. | | Deputy Grand Exalted Ruler. Mr. | a | |Adams paid his official visit to| Mrs. Rose Marie Lopez Long- jthe local lodge last night. \ley, former Key Wester, was the ee ‘successful winner in~a_ bean-| | Congratulations to Key West'guessing contest held at the on the completion of the aqua-}Washington Times food show, rium were received today by M, ‘and writes friends in this city of E. Gilfond, acting administrator, |her success. All are very much! {from J. Hampton Moore, mayor | interested. fa of Philadelphia. Mr. Moore says, _—_ | in his letter that it will not bé| The Jefferson Hotel will be the long before his promised visit scene’ for a large. gathering of so- | | will. be paid. :eiety. when the Catholic Daugh- | | —— ters of America entertain Wed- W. Curry Harris, chairman of nesday night with a card party. the ticket committee for the |The guests will be treated to a President’s Birthday Ball, told musical program, which begins The Citizen today that the re-|at 7:30 o’clock, and cards will be- jceipts from the ball totalled ‘gin at 8 o'clock. 258.25. After all expenses are, —— } paid, 70 percent will be retained| Next week in a tent with a in Key West for sufferers from seating capacity of 3,500, the; |infantile paralysis. |Shriners’ circus will be present-} ——— ed in Key West and is guaran-; Admiral Edward B. Fenner, teed to be one of the best shows | |U. S. N., commandant of the that have ever been seen in the} |Sixth, Seventh and Eighth naval city. There are a number of; |districts, arrived in Key West great acts and many funny | jthis morning, accompanied by |clowns. ‘ | Mrs. Fenner and Lieutenant Com- ; mander Kendal B. Bragg, U.S.N., |W" jaide to the admiral. | THE KNOCKER { | TEN YEARS AGO | Key Westers who have not! hue ovchedwaze | purchased their 1930 license tags| f |are liable to be “pinched” at any |They say every knock is a boost: \time, says State Motor Vehicle That may so be, — A Commissioner W..S. McLin, who | But the one who is always saying, lis in the city and going over the |“ ¥0U got to show. me”. situation. There are many auto!They.come here and look around ; |owners in the city without tags,|And take all we can give. he declared. {They sneak away and say, — \“It ain’t no place to live”. | _ Three was a large Congrega- | what did they have of their own? } tion assembled at the First Meth- they. took- all they,.could get, |odist Church last evening for the | : |Epworth League program, which oa He they oe ee | was “Law Enforcement and Good | = aay & ea |Citizenship”. Dr. Wm. R. Warren| —_ P2M*S gave an address on “The Duty of!Their knocks turned out a_ big the Christian Citizen”, which | boost— i |was listened to attentively. |As you can plainly see. | we |More. tourists have come our way W. D. Evans has been selected |And just as pleased as can be. to head the committee to make | They say it is the finest place preparations for the Maine Me- They have ever been, jmorial Exercises and make pro-| And will be looking forward to grams for the event, which will! the time } be held on February 15. An ex-|To come back here again. tensive and attractive program is| |being arranged. | LOVE By ALBERT C. KEITH | | | The contract: covering the sale | | of the Monroe. County ferry sys- jtem, and franchise to Clifton |Bailey and associates, is not ex- |pected to be taken under consid-| Do you remember it was only jeration by the state board until | yesterday we met. The , skies the meeting of that body in regu-|were blue, birds. were singing lar session February: 25, accord-|and flowers. were growing as we jing to information. received. | walked together, down, life’s path- | | way. |S-4, experimental unit, have miles together, sharing life's: |ceased for the time, being and the | weather, sunshine and rain, hap-| USS. Falcon, flagship. of the di-|piness and pain. | |vision, will sail Wednesday for| The same blue sky is above, | Havana for a period of. recreation | the same flowers are growing and |and to be present at the-Memorial |the birds. that were singing have \activities for the Maine. not flown. God is still in-heaven | above and blesses us each day. | FIFTEEN YEARS AGO We found God when: we found County commissioners, anxious | love. TODAY’S COMMON ERROR Do not.say, “Are the child or the parents to be blamed?” Instead, say, “Is | the child, etc.”: because { when the alternative sub- jects are in different num- bers the verb takes the 1 number of the nearest sub- ject. Thus, the declarative sentence would be “The child or the parents are to blame”. : TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ | MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1940 By HUGO S. SIMS. Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizen FARM AID REDUCED se to recommend a $655,000,000 WALLACE PROTESTS |the Navy asked for. program: which is half of what Readers NAVAL AUTHORIZATION __|should understand that this does not appropriate any money what- EDISON CITES CONDITIONS soever. The action of the Com- jmittee will not reduce naval ap- Rigorously foilowing its econo- propriations a nickel. All that my policy, the House Appropria- }the action of the Committee ‘“—e—* |tions Committee last week dras- | means is that the naval committee tically reduced the budget re-jthinks, that in view of present quest for farm relief, cutting the/world conditions, the existing Can you answer seven of these |t0tal from the $788,929,519 re-|navy, plus all ships heretofore ten Test Questions? Turn to Page 4 for Answers slices from the budget |quested to $634399,256. The chief | authorized, is not large enough figures |and therefore it approves the | were $72,678,812 from the surplus |construction of 21 additional war- commodity disposal item, which | ships to cest $372,000,000, 22 aux 1. Into which sea does the | Danube River empty? | 2. Name the President of Fin- | land. 3. In units of length, how | many links are in one chain? | carries out the Food Stamp Plan; Sugar Act and $25,000,000. for |000,000. farm tenant loans. { The severity of the cut recom- mended is emphasized by jiliary vessels to cost $183,000,000 | $47,975,000 to carry out the 1937/and 1,011 airplanes to cost $100,- { The Navy had recommended a |$1,300,000,000 expansion program the ito provide 77 fighting ships, 31 Which state in the U. S. is failure of the President to recom- | auxiliary vessels and 2,395 planes. named for the brother of Mend eure tees for parity pay-!Work is now proceeding on 61 ments. The much-sought goal of | fighting ships authorized by pre- Charles II? The compression of an auto- | mobile can be employed as a shock absorber, brake ; or self-starter? With what sport is Mme. S. Mathieu associated? Name the first U. S. Secre- tary of the Treasury. parity for farmers means pay- ments designed to raise farm pur-! chasing power to the 1910-1914} ed with price levels. ratio between prices received by | meet Charles Edison, vious action of Congress. Secretary of jlevel This.should not be confus- | the Navy, in a plea for approval Farm pur- of the full program, |chasing power-depends upon the ‘opinions must be readjusted to changing ‘the farmers for agricultural prod- referred to treaty conditions and said that conditions. He For which state is “Penin-| ucts and the prices they have to; warned that our fleet “when aug- sula State” a nickname? | Who recently took over com- | mand of the United States | Fleet? | 9. ‘10. Into what body of water} does the Scioto River emp- ty? | Today’s Birthdays | eeercaagoccacece, Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Long- worth, daughter of the late President Roosevelt and widow of the late Speaker, born 56 years ago. Henry F. Grady of Calif., As- sistant Secretary of State, Wash- ington, D. C., born in San Fran- cisco, 58 years ago, John L. Lewis, born at Lucas, Iowa, ago. Dr. James H. Kimball of New} York City, noted meteorologist! of the U. S. Weather Bureau, | born at Detroit, 66 years ago. Dr. Jesse F. Williams, noted Teachers’ College, New Yor City, physical educator, born at Kenton, Ohio, 54 years ago. Prof. Fred A. Shannon of the Kansas State College of Agricul- ture, noted historian, born at Se | dalia, Mo.. 47 years ago. Willam Faversham, oldtime ac- tor, born in England, 72 years ago. labor leader, 60 years Today’s Horoscope Today gives much executive | ability, coupled with diligence and industry. The native is gen- ial, but.may be lackng in ambi- | tion to reach for the position he or she is so amply able to oc- cupy, and wanting the force of | character to push a way by per- | sonal exertions if a fight’ is ne-; cessary. Make a determined ef- | fort to throw off any tendency to | apathy. | | | Subscribe to The Citizen. ion of every ZEW Fatalities. After Dark 7 omiTto stares JumioR coamene of COMMERCE on YOUR Printing POSTERS BOOKLETS ‘STATIONERY OFFICE FORMS at Reasonable Prices PHONE 51 THE CITIZEN BLDG. | pay for the non-agriculturai goods that they buy. While farm prices in January approached parity levels, the prices of non-agricul- tural products were nearly thirty percent higher than in the pre- war pericd. This means that farm buying power: measured in the purchasing power of the farm dollar, is at a thirty percent dis-, count. jized but. not combined enemies”. needs, he present Following the action of the House Committee, Secretary Wal- | conquerors”. lace warned farmers that an at-!} tempt was being made to “scut- tle” the ferm program. He again’ stressed the need of some source of funds to provide parity pay-| ments and suggested the income! certificate plan of processing taxes to finance them. Edward A. O'Neal, president of the Ameri- can Farm Bureau Federation, protested against economy “at the expense of agriculture”, point- ing out that farm income is near- cost us in {mented by ail_ship# now building \or ordered, plus ‘all ships author- yet for, will still be inferior 6 the strength In calculating defense said, must be given the possibility of a defeat for either side European War. 'strength of friendly nations may leven be turned against us if they should fall into the Deploring the cost of naval expansion, he told the committee that money than a dozen navies”. appropriated of possible col eration in the “The hands of “defeat would alone more The political situation in the United States continues to be un- certain with neither party appar- ently able to get into great ac- tivity until the President public- ly announces his intentions. Roosevelt. it appears, jenjoying the perplexity Mr. greatly of the is ly “two billion short of parity”, political leaders. The Chief Ex- and that the economic balance in ecutive gives no word but there other groups. k this country will not be restored |is no need to change the state- until framers are able to trade|ment made previously | their products on a fair basis for|column that he prefers not to goods and services produced by !ruri again inf 1940. This does not imean that he will not run, but in this od | barring unexpected crises in for- Final action by the House Nav- eign affairs, the President will |al Committee on the fleet ex- {step aside if his element controls pansion program is expected this |the Democratic Party and names week. The Committee is expect-'the candidate. MODERN BANKING. SERVICE The First National Bank of Key West Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Serving Key West and Monroe County Since 1891 "LL TUNE OUT THE Dont-THATS THE MOST one THING