The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 14, 1940, Page 2

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Five. Ten and Fifteen Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1940 leoccccccccccccece ag Ge ake. Peer. REMEMBERING THE MAINE ip aeced Cifizect ae a Forty-two years ago this week the | cable stretching from Key West to Cuba | carried the startling announcement that | the Urited States Battleship Maine had blown up in Havana harbor. Key TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Today’s Horoscope see e Jack Benny, radio star, born at! George J. Nathan of New! Waukegan, Ill’, 46_years ago. York, editor and author, born at ie FIVE YEARS AGO camp of Spanish War Veterans, Rear Admiral William C. Watts, Ft. Wayne, Ind., 58 years ago. ‘ West Dr. Robert O. Van Deusen, su- which will be the thirty-second U-S.N., born in Philadelphia, 60° Judge Thomas S. Williams of became the focus of national and_ inter- ‘pcrintendent of the Fairmount Observance of the memorable he Af a ae Sa er ae the U. S. Court of Claims, Wash- | national attention. Later many of the Park Aquarium in Philddelphia, day. i lon ne thes Yak Catholic. Truth ington, D. C., born at Louisville, | Maine dead were buried in what is known arrived he re today on the train At the Monroe Theater tomor- Society, New York, born at E Ill, 68 years ago. of frenzy, since unrestrained it as the Maine plot in Key West cemetery. © a He dedication of the Bridgewater. Mass., 61 years ago. Charles Rann Kennedy of Mill- may lead to mania. On Thursday, Feb. 15, those eroic id’s only open-air aquarium, Rt. Rev. Wyatt Brown of Har- brook, N. Y., teacher, dramatist SSSA Leen en _ = ole “which will take piace Sunday. risburg, Pa., P. E. bishop. born at and author, born in England, 69 dead will be remembered. On Feb. 15, Dr. Van -Deusen to make the fala, Ala., 56 years ago. ) ago. . Today indicates an intellectual person, with a scientific mind eager to experiment, and with Under some aspects it may develop a malicious disposition, which should be curbed to avoid danger “nt and Publisher t iaxiness Manager zen Building id Ann Streets fluency of expressio: in Key West and Monroe luency f expression row night there will be presented an exceptional bill and 20 percent of the evening’s receipts will be n this paper and also wae da ea Subscribe to The Citizen—20c weekly. ~ SURSCRIPTION RATES -$10.00 5.00 " ADVERTISIN known on a SIAL NOTICE ete. will be charged for at cents a line. erived are 5 cents a line. an open forum and invites discus- rublic issu nd subjects of local or general but it wil not publish anonymous communi- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. rehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. Beauty is only skin deep, and a lot of ue mighty thin-skinned. Not every stenographer who knows hoy to typewrite, knows how to make a ypewriter type right. The American people with the underdog and they are about 100 per cent for the Finns. A man may criticize his wife’s judg- ment, but he will admit it was good when she picked him for a husband. | war on Spain by the United States. 1898, they were killed or injured so seri- ously that they died. That their death was not in vain is attested by the declaration of This | eenflict lead to the liberation of Cuba from ment by churches from which | rds of thanks, resolutions ot | SPanish rule. Today many of the ,de- scendents of the Cuban patriots who fought for freedom are among the citizens | of Key West. | interested. Ir arranging for memoria! services at the Maine plot on Thursday, B. H. McCalla Camp 5, United Spanish War Veterans, ear has outlined a fine program . in h the general public should be deeply There will be a _ parade | throughout the city at 4:30 p. m., with the services at the cemetery scheduled to get under way at 5 p. m. Among the speakers will be Capt. Arthur S. Carpender, U. S. N., senior of- | ficer of the naval forces afloat in this area, , and Capt. P. L. Cosgrove, Jr., retired, who | commanded the Lighthouse Tender Man- | grove when it Havana harbor after the explosion and carried some of the entered | dead ...d wounded beck to Key West. | West life. sympathize | pen to one of the naval v | plosion that sank the it's getting so these days that you | cau t judge a man’s bank account by the ize of the automobile he drives. Whenever you hear . somebody ning about ‘too much work”, the ances are that his complaint is really “too little loafing. Key West deser 2» loyalty of all of its citizens. When a community proj- ect ic underway, it is the duty of every- body to lend a hand. A businessman who starts at the bot- om has a better chance to succeed than * + who attempts to start at the top. He lkely will topple to the bottom, If Key West merchants want the resi- memorial services to the Maine dead take on a new significance this year. The navy is again a component part of Key It was at the time of the Maine disaster. This time the navy is charged with the duty of maintaining the neu- trality of the United States in the Euro- pean disturbances. Anything might hap- els now oper- ating out of Key West, just as the ex- Maine happened when it was not expected. In remembering the Maine, the citi- zens of Key West will also remember the men of the nation’s defense forces who are now on national emergency duty in this | area. com- | IF A CANDIDATE DIES In view of the age of some of the prospective nominees, the question of what would happen if a candidate for President | should die between the time of his nomina- tion and election day arises. The answer is that the national committee of the can- didate’s party is authorized to fill the vacancy, or it may call the national con- vention for that purpose. If a candidate for vice-president should die under the same circumstances a would be followed. 1912, when similar procedure This actually happened in | Vice-President James S, Sherman was a dents of the city to patronize them, they | raust acvertise their goods to let the cus- temers know what they have for sale. Ad- vertisements are also considered an_ in- ‘ion to visit the where they are welcomed. said that state officials are puz zied that there is no particular eagern by speculators to buy land acquired by the phy Act of sainted memory. Owners who lost their lands through error, care- ness cr oversight will be given full con- ideration by the I. I, Board which has hority to deed back to the owners the pr been dis- ed under those circumstances, The ailure of the previous city council to Mur- phyize the properties which the city of Key West had aeqnired or owned will now cost the taxpayers considerably more than iy that matter had been attended to in the first place, but undoubtedly the I. I. Board will give the city a break and permit re- possession at no great cost. It recently greed to accept a bid of $100 from Port Tampa for 2,000 lots needed fer the army bese, Economist Fuller states, in his Flor- ida financial news letter. He also states the case of a family which had continuous- stores—people go| | states, Vermont and Utah, on candidate for re-election with President Taft. Sherman die or October 30, only a few days before the election, and the Re- publican national committee named Nicho- las Murray Butler to take his place. Taft and Butler carried only two the split in the Republican party caused by the nomination of Theodore Roosevelt on }the Progressive (‘Bull Moose’’) ticket, and ly lived and owned a farm in North Flor- | ida for more than 100 years to have found that the state had acquired “title” be- cause of one year’s taxes of less than $10.00. To have retained this property under the circumstances as stated, the Board would have been guilty of con- ton, which is a polite word for rob- But the I. I. Board is not function- Wilson was elected. f a President-elect should die be- fore inauguration day, the Vice-President- | elect would become President. But if both should die before inauguration day, Con- gress would determine the method of se- lecting 2 new President, If both President and Vice-President should die after inauguration, the Secre- tary of State would become President. HITLEP. TROMISES WAR ‘1orr Hitler promises Great Britain and France the war they have asked for. He still poses as a seeker of peace. This pose-is repeated after the recent rev- elation of the outrages in Poland and Czechoslovakia, where thousands of help- less people have; heen impressed into labor | service and a number are reported to have -} been slain. Hitler’s public attitudes seem so un- reasonable on the basis of his brutality to other peoples that one must accept the conclusion that nobody counts in his ing except Germans, or that he is a hope- less lunatic. In either event, he is a dan- gerous man to be running at large with a war machine as formidable as that of Ger- ; Mary. account of | dedicatory addre’ In compliance with his request the body of William W. Beck, 59, who died in the Marine hospital, will be buried at sea. The body has been prepared for burial by the Lopez Funeral Home, and when permission has been grant- ed will he placed on the Coast Guard Cutter Saukee and his wishes carried out. A speed boat race is to be stag- ed Wednesday afternoon as part of the entertainment of La Se- mana Alegre. Many of the boats participating in the race will be seen in the moonlight regatta, which is to be staged the follow- ing night. Plans were completed yester- day for the entertainment of the Committee of One Hundred from Miami. The Committee will come by special train and the ob- ject of the visit is to see Key West from every viewpoint, and ; also the sociological experiment being carried on by the govern- ment. Busy Bee’s diamondball ten defeated the Adams Dairy ten last night at Bayview Park. Lead- ers at the bat were Roberts, Car- bonell and Ward, who each poled two safeties in their four times at the plate. The game ended with the score of 7 to 2. TEN YEARS AGO Mrs. Mamie Landor, worthy grand matron of the grand chap- ter of Florida, O.E.S., will arrive in Key West tomorrow afternoon and pay an official visit to Fern! Chapter 21 at 7:30 o’clock tomor- row, at the Scottish Rite HaH, | where a social hour will be en- joyed. Commander Allen , of the burea4 of construction and repairs ig Washington, has been ordered to report for duty at Key West in connection with the experiments being conducted in the harbor with the testing of diving bells. Maine memorial exercises dt the Maine plot in the city ceme- tery will be held next Satur evening at 5 o'clock. The affa‘r will be sponsored by the local given to the Woman's Club for the purpose of carrying on the anti-mosquito drive in the city. The Miami Chamber of Com- merce has gone on record as ready to do anything in its power to put an end to the practice of giving false information about Key West and the Overseas High way. A practice which numer- ous people say is comman in Mi- ami. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO Police Officer Cleveland Niles arrested a man yesterday who goes by the name of Lucky. He was charged with robbing an- other man by the name of Ernest P. Vozarc. who claimed he was relieved of $140 by Lucky. The prisoner was given a hearing be- fore Judge Hugh Gunn and plac- ed under bond of $2,000. Mrg. Claude Christian, grand master of the Order Eastern Star, accompanied by Mrs: Angie Mank, grand marshal, paid an of. ficial visit to the Order last eve- ning at Scottish Rite Hall. After the business session. the mem- bers and gue retired to a res- taurant, where a banquet was en- | joyed. Mrs, William R. Warren ehter- itained last night at a_ bridge party at the home of mother Mrs. George W. Allen on Caroline street. The home was beautiful ly decorated with potted plants and there were about 100 guests to enjoy the hospitality of their gracious hostess. It was June last night in Key West. The lowest the mercury dropped was to 58 above, eighteen {degrees warmer than it was in Miami, and Miami the sec- ond warmest city in Florida, which gives one an idea of how cold it was in other winter re- sorts in the state. A Cuban man named _ Hevita ;made an attempt this morning to commit suicide by hanging. He “rose early this morning, went into the yard, placed a rope around his neck, fastened it to a tree and jumped into space Someone appeared on the in time t ve him. No reason was giver for the attempt REDUCTION ON C “COSTS LESS THAN DRIVING” One Round Wa i s1L4s suse 23.60 30.70 37.75 Atlanta Chattan‘xa 13, 10 Cincinnati} 7.05 Shicage 20.95 ‘ainesville 7, fakeland 640 11 ss a: Bag 708 Cor, Southard SUS Station and Bahama Sts, One Round Tri $34.05 5.40 Orlando > Bes St. Pts: if 20 ‘'ampa . i 6.85 Wash‘ton _ 15.95 pe fe Contributions--- are now coming in for the _ Finnish Relief Campaign HELP FINLAND DRIVE | | Your Contribution Will Help Monroe County Fill Its Quota Send it to the local headquarters or to— 403 Consolidated Building Jacksonville, Florida State Headquarters | MONROE COUNTY HEADQUARTERS: CITIZEN BUILDING L. P. Artman, Chairman Every day people the world over stop a moment... enjoy an ice-cold Coca-Cola...and go their way again with a happy after-sense of complete refresh- ment. The pause that refreshes is a real idea,—really refreshing. 5 THE KEY WEST COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA CO., BY PAUSE THAT REFRE