The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 27, 1940, Page 2

ZaCE Two The ae West Citizen and Ann Streets y Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe _ County est, Florida, as second class matter | Associated Press | ZONING LAW URGENT | building boom, the first in many years. | Several parcels of real estate lately have | passed into the hands of men who seem | determined to supply at least a part of the | city’s building requirements. Others have bought lots on which to build homes. A | few new houses are to be built as soon as 1 Press is exclusively entitled to use | tion of all news dispatches credited to ted in this paper and also | ed here. | Key West adopts a zoning ordinance. For many years Key West has been | trying to establish a zoning ordinance. | Such laws have been passed, buf were | later rejected because of various legal ob- ADVERTISING RATES known on application, ards of thanks, resolutions of te., will b hi df ae a reine.” Wut be charged for *" | took office last’ November, 10 cents a line. r entertainment by churches from which derived are 5 cents a line. an open forum and invites discus- : issues and subjects of local or general it it Wil not publish anonymous communi- tices fi T#E KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; to attack wrong or to applaud right; always fight for progress; never be the or- never be gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class; aways do its utmost for the public welfare; injustice; denqunce vice and praise virtue. never tolerate corruption or commend good done by individual or organ- iztsion; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news tliat will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com- promise with principle. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Pian (Zoning). More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land.and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. Epithets replace reason when the in- tellect is deranged, or out of control. Most of the good things that come to the individual in life have to be paid for in some manner. Maybe F. D. R. went to the Pacific to get away from people who ask him about a third te is, in St. Peters- burg Independent. It is a civil question; why doesn’t he answer them? The peo- ple have a right to know. Last Friday night the House passed the Reciprocal Trade Agreement Act for | its renewal of another period of three The record of these hearings com- prises enough reading matter to fill up ten average-sized library books, which no one will ever read in their entirety. years. While the modern scientist stands aghast at the world’s vastness and poten- tialities, Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini, find the world too cramped and small and ever want more and more of it. They speak of | ‘lebensraum”, but their nationals won’t | move after they get it. How many millions | oi Italians have moved into Italy? j The eceeiose Express Travel Service | sent out a questionnaire to 42,000 corpora- | tion stock holders asking them for their | | ing regulations. | weaken the authority structions to enforcement. Last year it | was finally decided that the way had been \ cleared for the adoption of such an ordi- ! When the new city administration | virtually. the ; the appoint- | | ment by the mayor and confirmation by | nance. first order of business was | city council of a zoning board. | That board has not acted to recom- mend a zoning ordinance for adoption by | city council. It is reported that some few | of the members of that board have not qualified to serve, have never attended a meeting and have taken no interest what- | ever in the adoption of this vital nance, nance has not been submitted to city coun- cil for final consideration, Do the members of the zoning board realize the seriousness of their lack of in- | terest in this matter? Lack of a proper | zoning ordinance has caused a number of | property cwners to defer their construc- | | tion programs because they do not want to | protected against | A zoning | build unless they are objectionable nearby structures. law would establish definite limits in which industries, filling stations, stores erected. Certain other sections would be | reserved for residential buildings, with | provision for proper yards and other rea- | sonable restrictions. The FHA will not loan money for new buildings in areas where there are no zon- No financial institution, in fact, is going to accept a mortgage on a piece of property that might be de- preciated by adjacent buildings erected in certain zones. gram here. Our mayor and city council | must act as quickly as possible to compel | early action by the zoning board as now constituted, or for the appointment of a board that will go to work on this project. There has been enough delay in regard to zoning. HOW STATE’S RIGHTS VANISH Last week, by radio, the President authcrized the expenditure of $272,500 of WPA money to aid Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut to meet blizzard and storm damage. There should be no objection to the action taken by the President, but it is in- teresting to remind citizens who protest against the centralization of authority in this country that such measures inevitably of state govern- ments. The argument over states whether advanced from the South or from deep enough to reject proffered Federal funds. Theoretically, the states are anxi ous to reserve their powers but, actually, |.when the money is being passed out, the | commonwealths keep’ their hands out, ready to grasp the funds which may come their way. vacation preference. Slightly over 20 per cent of those poled showed Mexico as their | choice. California was second with 14.6 | per cent, Nassau third, Bermuda fourth, South America fifth, and Florida sixth. Hayana and the West Indies followed. The poll did not determine that the 42,000 visited the resorts in the percentage order stated, so it may be presumed that most of them came to Florida after all. A Swiss savant says that a man can cleaning and cooking potatoes. “If she peels the potato, rinds, she is extravagant; if she leaves the eyes, she is lazy; if she uses a great deal of fat in cocking, she is greedy; and if she allows it to burn, she is negligent.”” How- eyer, this wise man fram Switzerland says nothing about what kind of wives those women will make who will not peel potatoes in any manner, nor cook in any form, He says, cutting thick } THE STUDY OF INSURANCE The investigation of life insurance companies by the Federal Monopoly Com- mittee puzzles policy-holders throughout the country, because the average citizen looks upon these Government inquiries as indicating that there is something wrong. | Chairman O'’Mahaney of the Mo- | nopoly Committee told the Senate a few | days ago that “the only object of the always learn the character of the girl he | s to marry by watching her peeling, | Committee is to gather substantive facts regarding the economic situation and to present them in such form that they may | be studied not only by the Committee but by the public aso.” He said he had taken pains to set at rest “some of the mistaken notions as to what the Committee is trying te do.” In substance, he denied magazine and news | articles that gave the impression that the | agency system of selling insurance might | be overhauled and destroyed by the Gov- | ernment. ordi- | The result is that a zoning ordi- | and other commercial buildings might be | A zoning ordinance will go far to- | | ward launching a needed building pro- rights, | other sections of the country, does not go | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Key West seems on the verge of a, DRIVE OFF A TEN STORY BUILDING BuT 2 HITTING SOMETHING AT 5OM.P.H. HAS JUST ABOUT THE SAME} | i i. MT ea he | igo ee ee | | | SAFETY LIGHTING YOU EE OBSTRUCTIONS TOO IMPACT conseguently EASTER By L. S. NASH Hester soon will be here. What does it mean to you? Will you offer up a prayer ‘(To Him this coming year? Will you think of that lonely) | night “ jIn the Garden where he pray OREN, HOSE on. Thursday | jAnd looking round for the friends? evenings at the Art Center for 'They all had strayed away. visiting artists and friends con- | tinue to be a remarkable success, what with the steaming hot cof- fee so generously furnished by “Pepe”, with cakes furnished by Mr. Einhorn, the grocer. What more could one wish? So many ‘notable artists and) many . others! |in varied walks of life go to make up a gathering unprecedented before in Key West. Among |those present last week were our ‘own Jessie and Wallace Kirke;|And heard His loving plea, Dr. S. Kingdon Avery of the Ma-' ‘Come kneel down with me and rine Hospital; Mr. and Mrs. W. T.| pray y of art aes melee? And watch one hour with me’? friends, Mr. an rs. Fre ard- ing, of Wynnewood, Pa. By the Bus He Nees left alt alone, way, Mr. Galey is a cousin of Dr. Terneee ae after al > Harry Galey of our city. John Zor nice ti cena eae Dewey and son-in-law, Green- ville Smith, added “much to the | Now let us go to Him and say, [| gathering by being present. Mr.|‘Dear, Lord, we did not know and Mrs. Pinneo of Connecticut | How cruel we were then to you; | dropped in for a short time. Mr. Now we will watch and pray’. | Pinneo is an accomplished artist, | yo¢ only on Easter time, dear | who is making his first visit to Lore | Key West and he assures us it But each and every day will not be his lest. | We will give you that hour, dear | Lord— ! Now and all ways. | | | | { | | | ART... oe Notes and happenings im connection with growing Art in Key West will be weekly in this column e Citizen, sponsored by the WPA Key West Art Center. |Had you been there with Him) then, Could you have turned away | Seeing that sorrowful face \ And not kneel down and pray? | | i j There was that long and dreary road That led up to the Hill. And see that cruel cross— And not do His will. |Could you have stood silently by THE EXHIBIT of “35 Chil- dren’s Paintings” sent out under |the direction of Holger Sahil national art director, WPA, and | circuited throughout the state bey Eve Alsman Fuller, state super- visor of Florida Art Project, | | WPA, has been showing at the is Elementary School this | week. It has been a decided , the attendance record howing that over 600 children | viewed the pictures and over 100 Harlan, Ala., 54 years ago. jadults. The paintings will be| Haram Os “oy « moved to the Division Street | David Sarnoff, president, Radio | School on Tuesday, February 27, | Corporation of America, born in where they will be on display | Russia, 49 years ago. until Saturday, March 2. We hope Maurice G. Hindus of New great number of persons York, writer, born in Rusia, 49 e advantage of the oppor- | years’ ago. ‘0 go and view them. Dr. Frank Kingdom, president Re Soar of the University of Newark, N. JACK AND ALICE DUDLEY'S| J. born in England, 46 years ago. one-man show at the Art Center; Dr. Ralph C. Hutchison, presi- |last week surpassed all others | dent of Washington and Jefferson heretofore exhibited; either Alice | College, Pa., born in Colorado, 42 or Jack hzve been in constant at- | years ago. tendance during open hours,| John E. Steinbeck, novelist, re2dy to answer all questions|porn at Salinas, Cal, 38 years concerning their “arts and crafts”. | ago. Ellery Sedwick of Boston, for- GEORGE MILLS WHITE, di- j mer Atlantic editor, born in New rector of the Florida Music Proj- | york, 68 years ago. ect Band, WPA, has notified us LEE Ee EERE AEE IE. that there will be no more con-'live in and paint the real Key certs held in the Park adjacent to | West. | the Art Center. They will play; at South Beach on Sunday after-| |noons from now on. Today’s Birthdays | pecreeeecacce2zanecenaeee U. S. Senator Burton K. Wheel- | er of Montana, born at Hudson, | | Mass., 58 years ago. Justice Hugo L. Black of the U. S. Supreme Court, born at ¢ LEITH-ROSS is going to be ex- hibited as the next show at the | |Gallery, the program committee | THE ART CENTER will fea-'says. Everyone will remember | ture exhibits by visiting artists in he was here briefly last winter, the large gallery this week, while | Painting. He also exhibited with the “Family Morgan” will have | the Society of Artists’ show a three-man show in the smaller then. gallery. All season the Center! }has featured the Key West So-| THE CENTER inst institutes a new ‘ciety of Artists’ paintings, and /rule. All’members in’good stand jeveryone has been pleased with |ing are entitled to a 10% dis- the displays. Especially interest-|count on purchases made from ed in the work of the artists have |the Art Center Exhibitions on |been the tourists, all seeming to | presentation of their membership lappreciate the work of those who 'card. eeccce oday’s Horoscope! eovccees Today’s native will need all the | jabilities to withstand the attacks ; \of fortune, although tactful, full | lof resource and fortunate | friends. leult ta understand. If the minor | ‘aspects are fayorable there is op- .portunity for success; | will be better to keep in the shal- paw waters of life. } | Subscribe to The Citizen—20c | west hei eR otey vote ail LA "CONCHA HOTEL Rainbow Room and Cocktail | Strictly Fireproot Nn iN CEO CASA MARINA 200 Delightful Roosas, Each | wee aw AaaTOa Ente we: Pen ne tet a, |AY’S COMMON f0N ERROR The best way way to form the adjectives from “krees” is with an apos- frophe, 28 “knock- kenee’d, breken-knee’d”, etc. = =| To TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ | PEOPLE’S FORUM “he Citizen Sagleumes sions of the views of its ers, but the editor reserves the Tight to delete any items which are considered libelous or unwarranted. The writers should be fair and confine ¥ f the writers must y the letters and will hed unless requested otherwise. surely “will ‘have. Why spoil his day when arriving back in port by refusing to allow him to give jaway, if he so desires, the catch jhe has made to this one and that tone? | Just who do the fish belong to? iI maintain to the “Tourist Fish- \erman”, inasmuch as he has paid coal \NOTICE, CHARTER BOATMEN} |¥°U “Mr. Skipper”, $25.00 for his What state in the United States ranks first in area? vis Wat is a philanderer? How. many men rode into the “Valley of Death” at} Beans in the Crimean War? “down beat” a term used in’ swing music, or cattle ranches, or in table tennis? What is the name for young hares? With what sport is Hal Sur- | face associated? What is Paul V. McNutt’s position in the Federal | government? | Dees a person born in the United States lose his citi- zenship when he is im- prisoned more than a year? i Does a body of water freeze frorn the top down, or bot-; tom up? What is agar, the material used. as a culture medium in bacteriological labora- | tories? Is evaccoaceceoae in; It is a combination diffi- if not it Beautiful—Air-Conditioned Lounge - DINING and DANCING Garage | Qpen The Year. Around Key West's HOTEL DE LUXE American Plan With Private Bath Beautiful Cocktail Lounge DANCING NIGHTLY Casa Marina Qrchestra PETER SCHUTT Manager Editor, The Citizen: This is criticsim aimed and di- E rected at “The Skippers” the charter boats, in your city. It is evident that foresight as to future business. When a of fish w: “Tourist. Fisherman” comes to your city he is after a Key West, Fla., jday of sport. Tourist. Fisherman” will tell his fellow “The Skip-|about your treatment. pers” are not aware of the dam- | Your practice of allowing the only: one ill ruin your business. He fishermen Respectively submitted to right age they are doing their business | ja wrong that now exists for the and Key West by their lack of {benefit of the “ “Skippers of Char- West. increased |ter Boats” and the City of Key A SUBSCRIBER, day of good fishing. 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