The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 4, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO THE KEY WEST CITIZEN MONDAY, MARCH 4, 1940 The Key West Citizen | enee TO A CHILD By ALBERT C. KEITH VOeevescscncressccescose {Your voice is missing your sweet little kiss PUT KEY WEST AHEAD! TODAY'S COMMON ERRCR The possessive of com- “TO A CONCH” By ART. ESPINOLA | Tomorrow morning upwards of 100 | Economic Highlights Key West public and civic: officials and | volunteers will breakfast together at St. HAPPENINGS THAT AFFECT THE DINNER PAILS, DIVIDEND ecaMleied values 04 sola: | i i 4 ‘ ; 2 CHECKS AND TAX BILLS OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL: H . : ae coum EY, mall tomb eraaialect NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS i| body else, is written | fort in the “Put Key West Ahead” cam- INSEPARABLE FROM LOCAL WELFARE |] somebody else's; never PUBLISHING CO, INC. Except Sunday By President and Publisher Baxinens Manager E tizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets My little friend, You are so much Like some one I used unly Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe i v5 Sounty | lorida, as second class matter red at Key W “Member of the Associated Press | ated Press is exclusively entitled to use blication of all news dispatches credited to | t otherwise credited in this paper and also news published here. "SUBSCRIPTION RATES $10.00 | 5.00 2.50 ~ ADVERTISING RATES lade known on application. "SPECIAL NOTICE notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of , rate of 10 cents a line. es for entertainment by churches from which © is to be derived are 5 cents a line. tizen is an open forum and invites diseus- | blie issues and subjects of local or general but it wiJl not publish anonymous communi- | | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN \ withont fear and witnout 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; aiways do its utmost for the || welfare; never tolerate corruption or | | WILL always seek the truth and print it | publi ; denounce vice and praise virtue. comend good done by individual or organ- ion; tolerant of others’ rights, views and | injus 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 Pian (Zoning). 3. More Hotels and Apartments. 4. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. 5. nd and Sea. 6. n of County and City Gov- 7. A Modern City Hospital. If this keeps up, the best place for the car will be the garage. : | Life looks grand to all prospective candidates about seven months before election. An unimportant country cross roads may be recognized by the fact that it has only four filling stations. It is surprising how fast a month rolls around when you have notes coming due. The cellow who said originally “tempus fugit” probably had a note due at the} bank. | Folks would rather donate $5 to a worthy cause, than have the government tract 5 for the same purpose through the process of taxation. Ain’t that so! e cents A German army, assisted by the Fin- | Guard, took Helsinki, then called Helsingfors, away from . the Rus- | sians in 1918. Now the Soviets are deter- | d to get it back and will succeed un- | less outside help is fortheoming and it | cannot be too soon, Fifty to one is too much even for the Finns. nish Civic Nlorida’s congressmen voted solidly zgainst the Administration’s resolution to continue the reciprocal trade agreement | program. They contended that the Cuban egreement has seriously hurt Florida farmers by opening unfair and unwar- ranted competition. The Roosevelt ad- inistration is carrying the “good neigh- | * policy to the point of assininity. | The supreme court said February 16 that surpluses received by circuit court | clerks in the sale of tax deeds on-property | involved in Murphyized ‘tax certificates should be ‘distributed pro” rata among | of Commerce must be built. paign of the Chamber of Commerce. The purposes of the campaign and the necessity for centralization of effort in developing Key West have been pretty tor of the drive. Everywhere the Chamber’s tentative | program of civic activities has been out- lined and considered it has received the groups. There is general agreement that {the program, perhaps broadened to meet | new suggestions that have been advanced ';yle was when dark horses Cox by interested citizens and organizations, | should occupy a large part of Key West’s | concerted attention for the next few years. Tomorrow is the do-something-about- it day. Constructive talk, general agree- ment on a program and a desire for force- | ful effort by a strong Chamber of Com- merce are not enough. A strong Chamber That takes ef- fort and some cash. No businessman, no | can expect to go on taking a share of Key West's prosperity without investing some | of it, plowing back a little of his income, | into the community that supports him and his activity. Key West represents an in- vestment estimated by Chamber officials at around $25,000,000. The protection of and its citizens and the future of Key West are worth all the time, effort and cash every man and woman in this community can put into it. The Citizen has been happy to give its columns to the support of this campaign. The Citizen expects to go on supporting all similar constructive efforts in the future. This support by The Citizen comes from the selfish wish that Key West may grow an/ prosper in order that it may grow and | prosper. If Key West does not grow and prosper, The Citizen cannot grow and prosper. So it is with all of us—businessmen, workers, investors and retired citizens If this community falls down on this com- munity compaign, the “Put Key West Ahead” campaign, we’ll all fall down. None of us can go ahead alone. We need the company and support of our fellow citizens. NOW IS THE TIME TO DO SOME- It was recently pointed out that this is one of the extremely few: general election years since the Civil War in which the public | thoroughly outlined by Chamber of Com- hasn't had a pretty sound idea of | merce officials and Larry Vaughn, direc- who the Presidential candidates would be. Generally, the coun- try has known long in advance who was going to be battling for the White House—the nomina- tions of Hoover, Wilson, Hugh Franklin Roosevelt, Al Smith, ; endorsement of influential individuals and | ete. were practically dead cer- jtainties many months before the ;conventions were called to order. |Single reeent exception to this and Harding opposed e2ch other. The rumor always goes around about this time that some vague and immensely powerful polit- ieal bosses have the key to the puzzle, and will put their candi- dates over with ease and dispatch when the time comes. But if that ‘is so, every political observer jn ithe country hss been fooled. Both parties are divided within them- selves to an abnormal degree. ‘and the ranks of both are alive professional man, no public-spirited citizen with self-starters, favorite sons and others who are simply itch- ing to take the oath of office from Chief Justice Hughes next year. Starting out with the party in power, everything hinges on what the President will do. If he wants the nomination, it is hard to see how he can be kept from getting lit, despite the growing disaffec- tion of many prominent Demo- | that investment, the welfare of the city rats in public office. Working on the assumption, which many do, that the President does not plan to run again. and is keeping silent only because he wants to keep his party under control, the ‘outlook for the Democrats pro- ducing a solidly backed candidate is not bright. The McNutt can- didacy seems to have blown up. Garner could carry the Solid |South and would get considerable conservative support, but he is not warmly regarded by the strong New Dealers. There was considerable talk about the pos- sibility of running Robert Jack- son some time back, but he does not seem to have attracted any considerable public following. |Frank Murphy, who used to be |talked about also, is on the Su- |preme Court and out of active 'Clyde-Mallory Lines’ ‘Car-On-Board’ Service Boon To Motorists Exchanging days of tiresome politics. Secretary Hull would probably have the best chance of cementing together the warring wings of the party, but, due to his job, he has had nothing to do with aemestic questions for eight years, and nis stand on many big somebody's else. | TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ Can you answer seven of these ten Test Questions? Turn to Page 4 for Answers issues of the day is not known. | At the moment, however, Hull and Garner seem to have the in- side track. On the Republican side, Tom Dewey has started his campaign m earnest. It has long been said of him that no one knows much about his views save in the mat- ter of criminal law enforcement, and he is offsetting this by mak- ing a series of major speeches covering our principal problems. Strongly in his favor is his voice and radic personality. Against him is the fact that men high in Republican councils would prefer | some one older, and with a long- | er and more varied record in pub- lic office. So far, the political experts say he has been no whirl- wind in whipping up general enthusiasm for the cause of the GOP, but he has done better than anyone else. Vandenberg is out for the nom- ination—and he has the advan- tage of a long and capable record in the Senate, plus an established machine. But he, like Senator Taft, lacks color, which in this! day of the radio has become one of the mest important political assets. At the moment, these three men are in the lead, with the other prospects far behind in |the race. But, as in the case of the Democrats, anything can hap- pen. There is an off-chance a dead- lock might result in the Republi- can convention and lead to the nomination of some extremely dark horse. | The recent polls indicate that the Democrats still have the edge in popular fancy. They also indi- ‘eate that the President is still the most popular candidate. But they do not give him any over- whelming majority—if he did |win, the polls say, it would be by a comparatively tight squeeze. Rarely has it been so difficult to forecast whether the next admin- istration will be Republican or , Democratic. LARRIE LOU VAUGHN Eleven-Year-Old Tourist By A FRIEND OF CHILDREN THING TO REALLY PUT KEY WEST |ariving for relaxation and gayety (Larrie Lou, Larrie Lou, AHEAD. BEER AND DEMOCRACY on luxurious American flag leruise ships, motorists, north- ward bound from Florida resorts, jare prolonging their southern Kiddy verse all for you! I'm so glad you're not a sitter— | You skip and bounce and jitter, You run fast. dear Larrie Lou, In keeping with the American tradi- |holiday through Clyde-Mallory |; 5. the northern ‘caribou. tion of a free press open to both sides, we should like to report on a booklet we have j just read on the subject of beer. This booklet, though prepared by brewers to state their case, seems never- theless thought-provoking. Perhaps some readers will differ with certain of the con- clusions. But the booklet gives some new information about beer of interest to both | sides, The booklet shows why a noted Yale scientist and writer s “beer in reason- able amounts is essentially non-intoxicat- ing.’ It tells how beer taxes contribute a million dollars a day to help carry the growing cost of government; how many hundreds of thousands of people have se- cured respectable jobs since beer came back. It tells how thousands of farmers profit from the 100 million dollars brewers spend annually for beer crops. Another feature of public interest is the forthright plan of the brewers themselves to help law authorities “clean up or close up” any of- fersive places licensed to sell beer. Since Democracy decides by having | all facts and opinions, this newspaper feels | it has done a duty to the community by | reporting on this booket. If our readers so desire, this newspaper will take a further step and see that copies are furnished to those interested. Let us know if you want a copy. THE KAISER’S SUGGESTION Lines’ popular “car-on-board”’ |service from Jacksonville and | Miami to New York. Feature of this convenient service is that holidayers, their lcars lodged in special garages ‘aboard the Clyde-Mallory Lines’ liners, arrive fresh and rested at their home cities through the elimination of the arduous drive | overland. With frequent sailings from Jacksonville and Miami, the fast |fleet of spacious Clyde-Mallory “Cruise-way” liners, the |nee, Seminole, Cherokee and Al- jgonquin, provide the only direct \all-water service to New York, key city to the north. Simplified so as to create no |inconvenience to cruise passen- he low-cost Clyde-Mallory ‘ear-on-board” service is !complete to the smallest detail. Vacationists merely drive their cars to the pier on sailing day and go aboard, while attendants roll the automobile into the ship. Upon arrival at New York, the {cars await their owners on the | pier. |NO NAME LODGE Directly on Beach _ Famous Bahia Honda Fishing Reef — Tarpon — Permit Bone Fishi | __ COTTAGES $2.50 'D UP | Stone Crab Dinners a Specialty | PHONE NO NAME KEY NO. | Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Craig, Owners Shaw- | Like a Key West bird you chitter, Sweetly cing and twitter. ‘With your playmates you're not bitter, You are gay and laugh and titter. When at home, when at school, Always learn yourself to rule. Don’t be a ritter, Rather a knitter; Make yourself fitter, Be a sweet critter. When you grow older, full of great knowledge With goodness and grace, then you will glitter. Some Fairy Prince, O Larrie Lou, A Cherming Prince will marry you. When ycu go homeward, don’t be a quitter— Next ycar come back to breezy Key West. Guess I'm too long;—I'll give you a rest; So I'll shut up, or you'll tearfully pitter. Blondie, bye-bye; There’s joy in your eye. Now mirthfully sing and _fairy- like jitter. ROYAL PALM DeLUXE Local Sightseeing Tours | SPER SESNVICE | Key West Representative of THE ROYAL PALM HOTEL j in Havana, Cuba | ROYAL PALM TAXI CO. Ralph DuBreuil, Prop. 629 Duval St. Phone 9149 1 Where is the crest of a hill? 2. With what sport is Jackie Flinchum associated? 3. For whom was Tuesday named? Be 4. Name an insulator for mag- netism? 5. According to Homeric leg- end, who were the Cy- clops? 6. Which state in the Union has no counties? 7. Is Warm Springs, Georgia, a national park? 8. Which of the followin; jungle beasts is larges' lion, jaguar or tiger? 9. In what month in 1929 did depression begin? 10, How many articles were in the original Constitution | of the United States? ssecoceve eevccoccecee: Today’s Birthdays Gen. Charles P. Summerall of \Charleston, S. C.. U.S.A., retir- ed, born at Lake City, Fla. 73 years ago. Rear Admiral Clark H. Wood- ‘ward, U.S.N., born at Atlanta, Ga., 63 years ago. Milt Gross, cartoonist, born in New York, 45 years ago. Dr. John H. Wigmore, profes- sor emeritus of law, Northwest- ern University, born in San Francisco, 77 years ago. Ellen E. Rand of New York, artist, born in San Francisco, 64 years ago. Dr. Richard C. Tolman of the California Institute of Technol- \ogy, famed physicist, born at West Newton, Mass., 59 years ago. Channing Pollock, noted writ- er, born in Washington, D. C., 60 years ago. | “The RENDEZVOUS _ 410 Fleming Street o—o—o ‘WHERE GOOD FOOD MAY BE OBTAINED o—o—o Cocktail Lounge MEMO: The ARUNDEL is Baltimore’s only hotel offering the same low rates for either ONE or.TWO $450 PERSONS! up | Baltimore, Maryland BELIEVE IT OR NOT o | | 4 ~ | ‘| LEAVE KEY WEST 10:30 A.M. rn EF érvel Gas Refrigerator $125.00 And your tender ways brought! me a world of bliss. } To know; | Sometimes I think as days go You, with your rough | Dersmnhy Exterior, That you are with me, my heav- 7 z : enly paradise. H Remind me of him who What is this life, only dream of Lats us future years. Z ; Not long ago. You were my angel; I sked lone- | He, tno, was modest, ly tears; | And, like you, Who doesn’t care The better points To show, Would hide his pearl | In the deepest corner | Of his soul, ! Away from the reach Of friend or foe. King of the deep, I acclaim you, For in your simplicity There is grandcur. But above me there is love in skies so blue— I must be true, my child; heaven | is you. PEOPLE'S FORUM ‘The Citizen welcomes expres- sions of the views of its rea ers, but the editor reserves | | Hight to delete Your home yeu build or unwarranted. With the greatest | { | Which are considered lhe | should be fair coafine the Of care— letters to 200 words, and write 1 on one side of the paper anly. A lesson to us, Signature of the writers must my friend; accompany the letters and will | be published unless requested | Simple, yes, but pure. | i otherwise. —e————E | Subscribe to The Citizen—20c | ATTENTION, MR. HOOVER! | weekly. |Editor, The Citizen: | I noticed in your paper where |ex-President Hoover has testified The — | before Congress that there are seven million Poles who are un-,; LUNCH — TEA — DINNER 512 Caroline Street derfed and clothed. Won't some-| lone kindly inform Mr. Hoover, Open 8:30 a. m. to 9:30 p. m. |that there are eight million chil-/ LUNCHEON —________ 35¢ up {dren in the U.S. who are in a’ DINNER _.._____._.___. 65e up |similar state? But what's the use, eee | LIQUORS — WINES ; Congress won’t believe it. ! | Respectfully, | Complete Line i AciTiZzEN. 'CURRO’S BAR |Key West, Fla., PACKAGE STORE March 1, 1940. ‘Special Prices on Package Goods | For Two Weeks | eee Duval at Petronia St. Phone 138 “Key West's Outstanding” | ®P¢ci#l Delivery Key West. 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COSTAR, Agent * Phone 14 Listen--- to this almost UNBELIEVABLE PAA AAABPALAABPLALALA LAS $49 Magic Chef Range FREE YES—We are giving absolutely FREE One Magic Chef Gas Range with every Electrolux Refrigerator Sold! NOW IS THE TIME TO ARRANGE THAT APARTMENT e Come In Today! Key West Gas Company F dddddiddidkedede de ded diddddddadd dd de dd county, state and sub taxing districts. It The former Kaiser, now in exile in also said that drainage district delinquent | the Netherlands, suggests that Germany tax certificates are not covered by the and Great Britain and France make peace | Murphy redemption law if they are ad-' in order to join in a concerted warfare up- | ministered by the state drainage board and on the Reds. Hl fi of Key are not commingled with state, county and The lack of faith in the purposes and | Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation road and bridge district taxes. Most | pledged word of Hitler represents the drainage districts were created by special great barrier to negotiated peace and laws and their delinquent tax certificates practically makes this impossible until the | are handled by the drainage board— ;}Geiman Government is controlled by of- | Florida Municipal Record. | ficials in whose word there can be reliance. MODERN BANKING SERVICE FIIFIFILIZALLAALALLLLLLLLLL A (Lb hh ded SM, Serving Key West and Monroe County Since 1891 Td ff