The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 13, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO ie | Cue + ‘wok i page - Citizen Eocene UBLISHING COw INC. fly Except Sunday By TY Published is 30f ALLEN, Amestant Bases Manager From The Citizen Building Corer Gréetie and Ann Streets Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County only ered at Key W Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press ted Press is exclusively entitled to use ication of all news dispatches credited to otherwise credited in this paper and also the local _news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES me ‘gar iix Months ihree Months iade kngwn on application. _ " SPECIAL NOTICE All :eading notices, cards of thanks, resolutigns of respect, obithary notices, ete, will be charged for at , the Kate of 19 cents a line, H s for entertainment by churches from which is to be derived are 6 cents a line. | izen is an open forum and invites discus- | ne blic issues and subjects of local or general res but it will not publish anonymous communi- a pevénu THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print i without fear and without favor; never be | afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; vays fight for progress; never be the or- yan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class; aiways do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue -oumend good done by individual or organ- ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; priut only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; promise with principle. never com- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. 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. a! Presenting: Silverbell, Ariz.; Bird- song, Ark.; Echo, La. There are months without an “R”, but | they are all in the year. In the selection of a wife, as in a proj- ect of war, to err but once is to be undone iorever.—Middleton. Stock buying has its beginner’s luck, . ist like poker, or any other game of chenee, for that matter. But don’t forget the law of averages, you contemplaters. Our people are the only ones who will ever take enough interest in the city to make it really beautiful. Citizens who dcn’t care how their own premises look don’t care how the town looks. Sumner Welles is Roosevelt’s “Colonel House” or Man Fri- day. The announcement has not been re- ceived with eclat anywhere not even by now President | FINLAND HAS OUR SYMPATHY Just what has happened to the pro- | | posal to lend money to Finland in order to | assist that Republic in its fight against | aggressive Russia is enough to convince | the meople of that tiny country that while | they have the sympathy of the United States, they should not depend too much | upon assistance from us. While no direct loan to Finland for the purchase of war materials received | serious consideration, there was the thought at one time that a considerable sum would be advanced to that Republic in | | order that they could buy non-military | Inasmuch as no | supplies in this country. | restrictions would be placed on such pur- | chases, ic was belielved that Finland, if necessary, could swap the agricultural and other non-military supplies for war ma- terials closer home. Recently, however, there seems to be a reluctance on the part | of Congress to do anything at all. It appears to most of the people of | | the United States that the Finns are wag- ing a courageous battle for their freedom | against the forces of despotism. Under such circumstances, it seems that the | United States ought to be big enough and courageous enough to make an_ outright | loan to Finland regardless of what Stalin and the Soviet Government thinks about the transaction. If a few million dollars worth of credit in this country will enable | the Finns to maintain their independence, the money will be well expended if the United States never received a penny of it in return. LINCOLN’S BIG FEE During his career as a lawyer, Abra- ham Lincoln’s biggest fee was received from the Illinois Cntral Railroad, which | paid him $5,000 for his services in win- ning a case, which if it had been lost might have ruined the road, then in its in- fancy. When the railroad was granted a charter by the state of Illinois in 1851, it | was stipulated that the road should pay 7 per cent of its gross revenues into the state treasury, but be exempt from other taxa- tion, Shortly afterward, one of the counties assessed the road for taxes, and the latter | took the matter to court. Lincoln was the railroad’s attorney, and lost the case in the lower court, but on appeal to the state Supreme Court he won. If the final decision had been un- favorable to the railroad, other counties naturally would have taxed it also, and the millions the Illinois Central would have had to pay in such local taxes no doubt | would have bankrupted the company. It seems, therefore, that Lincoln’s fee, big for those days, was well earned. He also acted as attorney for several | other railroads up until 1860, when he was elected to the Presidency. It is related that he once was offered the position of general counsel for the New York Central at $10.000 a year, but he declined, saying he wouldn’t know what to do with so much mone} AN INDIAN SOPRANO Among the stars of the new Chicago City Opera season, perhaps the most in- France and England, who view it in the nature of butting in, “where angels fear to | tread.” When the present Administration came into power one of its slogans was | “Out with the money changers,” but the newcomers didn’t add, “let us do the| spending,” and proceeded to do so at an| enormous rate. Now retribution is at| hand, and they must make way for others, | sounu in body and mind. Garner, Hull and | Wheeler are statesmen, not politicians. Newspapers from various parts of the mainland, some weeklies and others dailies, show that there is confusion among clerks of the various circuit courts and the papers about how and at what rate the | new Murphy Act legals should be: pub- lished. To comply with the law they must be uniform and this information will soon | be forthcoming, showing the prescribed | legal rate. the real purpose of the Act is not going to be realized under the present system. The avetage citizen has no way of knowing | what parcels are available for bidding without personally inquiring about specific parcels at the clerk’s office. That deci- sion is in the hands of the I. I. Board, who has the matter in charge. However, it is apparent that | teresting is Mobly Lushanya, a Chickasaw | Indian soprano from Oklahoma, making her debut this month in the title role of Verdi's “Aida.” Miss Lushanya’s original name was Tess Mobly, but when she was selected as the official representative of her tribe scme time ago she was called Lou-Scha- Enya, meaning “song bird.’ This she | shortened to Lushanya for her professional ; cognomen. She was educated at lege at Columbia, Mo., and the University of Oklahoma, afterward receiving vocal training from Ettore Verna, a leading New York teacher, and later studied dancing | under Maud Allan of London. About two years ago she made her | opera debut in Trieste, Italy, and has since sung in several other Italian opera houses. Joining the Chicago company this season, she got an unexpected break when it was found that a leading Italian soprano, Maria Caniglia, would be unable to re- | turn to the United States because of pass- | port difficulties. As a consequence, several leading soprano roles that were to have been taken by the Italian singer have been assigned to Miss Lushanya, who is believed to, be the only American Indian girl to become a jeene opera prima donna. Christian Col- | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY. Happeninys Here Just Five, Ten and Fifteen Years. Ago As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen. FIVE YEARS. AGO “Our friends in Jeffersonville are going to eat Key West fish”, said. John M. Hibstenberg, chief of police of Jeffersanville, Indiana, | who returned yesterday with one ‘of the largest, catches of the sea-/ son, and shipped the best of the catch to friends at home. | Approximately 150 winter resi- ‘dents of Miami, composing the |Committee of One Hundred there, | jwill be guests of Key West next | |Friday. A specially chartered |train will bring the group to the) |Island City, Wm. R. Porter, presi- {dent of the First National Bank, lige today. Key West will be dressed festive array beginning Thursday for its celebration of La Semana Alegre, which. starts Tuesday night, February 19, with the open- air presentation of Gilbert and Sullivan’s opera, Penzance”. |. Among the visitors of note in Gregory, of Los Angeles, Calif., the Mystic Order of Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm. He was accompanied by, Mrs. Gregory and about 15 members) of the Great Grotto of Miami. pointed a committee to determine the feasibility of making a sur- vey of Key West with the inten-/ tion of making . application for the establishment of a Foreign’ Trade Zone, Free Port, in Key West. TEN YEARS AGO Large and attractive signs and guide posts are being placed to- day on the boulevard at the end of the Overseas Highway. These markers are intended to indicate: to tourists where they should leave the highway upon leaving the city over the highway. Members of Sea Scout Ship No. 2 are planning a delightful Valentine ball to be given at) Coral Isle Casino on the evening | of February 14. Motifs of St.! Valentine Day will be featured | and the music for the affair will orchestra. The period designated as clean- | up week in Key West under a} movement sponsored by Mayor) Curry and local civie organiza- tions came to a close with the days ending yesterday and was rejuvenation. Recruiting for the tenth annual Training Camp is about to begin. Major B. C. Riley, state aide to the secretary of war for Florida, announced the above today and further stated that Raymond Lord has been named civilian aide. The P.-T. ‘Association of the Harris School will-hold its month- ly meeting in the auditorium of the school this afternoon, | Dr. M. S. Lombard, chief surgeon at the Marine hospital, has been asked to address the meeting and has con- | sented to do so. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO ed this morning in the yards of the Florida East Coast Railway on a charge of issuing worthless checks. Sheriff Roland Curry, who said that two of the checks were ot the Biscayne Bank of Miami. |Charges were preferred by the sheriff of Dade county. Judge My» K. Landis, high com- missioner of organized baseball, was a visitor in the city yester- |day afterroon ffom Havana, and remained for several hours be- pa. Judge Landis said that he had heard about the food in Key West, had eaten it and proved its goodness. On Thursday eyening, Feb- ruary. 12, at 8:30 o’clock, the Key West Auxiliary Naval Relief So- | ciety, | will; hold its Valentine dance at the Casa Marina. The; proceeds will be used to help the; personne! of the navy and ma- tine corps, in need of financial assistance. ie | Kingfish are now biting better lin local waters than ever at any time this seasom and run boats) coming into the harbor today have brought catches larger than | ever. Special ‘boats from the| vicinity of Marquesas came in in) “The Pirates of} Key West yesterday was Miles S., grand monarch of the Interna-/| tional Grotto Supreme Council of | Mayor Wm. H. Malone has e be furnished by Howard Wilson’: 3} a success in every way. The city | has taken on an appearance of; meeting for the Citizen Militarv | Morris Cinmertatzel was arrest- | ee The arrest was made by, fore taking the steamer for Tam- | TODAY'S © COMMON ERROR Do not say, “The few tax tates will be as fol- | lcw:"; say, “as follows”. | \ FODAY’S DAILY QUIZ Can you answer seven of these’ ten Test Questions? Turn to Page 4 for Answers i What is the French word for | castle? 2 In which book of the Bible | is the story of Abraham's life? How long does it take the sun to rotate on its axis? On what river is the city of New London, Conn.? | The calendar that we now| use is called the Gothic, | Julian or Gregorian? | Name the statesman and | general who founded the| empire, of British India. What is the correct pronun- | ciation of the word infa- mous? i What type of vessel was the | British Exmouth, recently | sunk by a torpedo or mine? Name the mythological crea- ture, half man and half horse. | To which government de- | partment has the Bureau | of Fisheries been trans-} ferred? 10. | The Pearl Of Great Price | By A FRIEND | Within the manger’s straw of | Bethlehem | In gloom lay hidden Heaven’s Greatest Gem. 'Before this Wondrous Jewel of Heaven offered | | His Life poor fallen man to save, | | Within the Holy Land He preach- | | ed His Kingdom; |The truth in parables He gave. | “Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant seeking good pearls. Who when he had found one pearl of great price, | ;went his way, and sold all that jhe had, and bought it”.—Matt. | XHI 45-46, So we must be as prompt to sac- | rifice All that is dear to us on earth ‘To gain the heavenly kingdom, that excels | \“The Orient Star”, a foxtuns worth, L’Envoie 'Now, Marguerite, whose name in| Greek means pearl, {The merchant imitate this Pearl to gain ' Christ’s kingdom, which true courage doth require To choose at first and later to re- tain. | | |ALWAYS REMEMBERING | By J. I am always remembering you—, ‘The way you look when you're smiling, jane how your eyes are so blue. i Tho’ far away I may wander | Pm always remembering you. i am always remembering, too, {Our happy times together; The things we used to do. \You’re locked so deep in my heart, | | dear, | I’m always remembering you. MAKE YOUR NEXT PACK Today’s Birthdays © | The Citizen welcomes expres- Robert H. Jackson, Attorney) 2l0m4 of the viewn of itn rend- General of the United States, Fight to delete any items id born at Spring Creek, Pa. 48 eaeentee: <n sy ‘years ago. { Grant Wood of Iowa City, Iowa, |noted artist, born at Anamosa, Towa, 48 years ago. | Joseph C. Lincoln, popular! wayy WIFE THANKS ALL | |novelist, born at Brewster, Mass., | Dear Citizens of Key West: | |70 years ago. | Icertainly do appreciate the in- | | Dr. Kirtley F. Mather df Har- | terest that you have taken in the vard, geologist, civie worker, born | |Navy Wives’ welfare and, recrea- jin Chicago, 52 years ago. | tion problem. And I am sure | Dr. Dugald C. Jackson of the | that all the girls feel as I do. |Mass. Institute of Technology,) It was really difficult being {noted professor emeritus of elec-|sent here from different sections |trical engineering, born at Ken-|of the United States, hardly any nett Square, Pa., 75 years ago. two girls knowing each other— Lewis H. Brown, president of |let alone the townspeople. Johns Manville, New York, born; Most of us have been jat Creston, Iowa, 46 years ago. from three weeks to two months Prof. John R. of the jand_ Fventure to say that there} | College of the City of New York, isn’t a Navy Wife that doesn’t! {noted economist, born at Matville, feel “at home’ already. |W. Va., 58 years ago. | A few weeks ago I sent in aj } |plea for recreation facilities for lyesterday with catches of from|us “Navy Widows”. You respond- | 35,000 to 38,000 pounds. ‘ed wholeheartedly and showed us| } {more genuine hospitality than I! \ A binder of $500 was put up |have-ever seen before. |today for the purchase of land on| Our club has been organized | \No.Name Key. The parcel con- and we have nearly thirty mem- jsists of 67 acres and is owned by | bers. We want to especially John D. Knowles and the price of | thank the Fellowship Club of the |$10,000 is the highest which has |Stone Church for providing our| ‘been offered for land in. this Key.'first “get together” and a grand | e pal Signature of the writers must accompany the jers and will be published unless requested otherwine. TUES oe DAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1940 ANN MILLER, ster of stoge and screen, now appearing _ In George White’s Scandals, is definitely the outstanding dance discovery of our time . . . and a discovery more and morte smokers are making every dey is that CHESTERFIELDS are COOLER, BETTER-TASTING ond: DEFINITELY MILDER, AND BETTER-TASTING You'll always. find these two qualities at their best, -plus a far cooler smoke, in Chesterfield’s Right Combination of the world’s M. ake your next pack Chesterfield and see for yourself why one smoker tells another They Satisfy. You can’t buy a better cigarette, hestertield The Cooler, Better-Tasting, DEFINITELY MILDER Cigarette Copyright 1940, Liccrrt & Mysrs Tosacco Co. 1 PEOPLE’S FORUM evening; the American Legion for the use of its hall for our club meetings; the WPA recrea- tion committee for the dance and the interest taken in our welfare; ithe Lions Club for being so gen- erous in offering their new club- house for our meetings; and all ithe citizens of Key West for be- ing such good neighbors and friends. Sincerely, “NAVY WIFE”. Key West. Fla., 'Feb. 9, 1940. III PTI IIP ALAA AA Ae COMPLAINT SERVICE. .. If you do not Receive Your Copy of The CITIZEN By 6 P. M. PHONE—WESTERN UNION Between 6 and 7 P. M. and a Western Union Messenger Boy will deliver your copy of N : N . N : K . N Leek hk heh didédééddé Seecccccecesevsereeeesee 2 Today’s Horoscope Cocereececcncceceseesese Today’s indications are for a person cf considerable mental ability, benevolent, and with deep sympathies for the unfortunate. 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