The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 5, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Kry West Citizen 1ZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. ly Except Sunday By resident and Publisher uxiness Manager izen Building and Ann Streets Corner Gree only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press | ed Press is exclusively entitled to use | lication of all news dispatches credited to otherwise credited in this paper and also news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ear 3 LL eee ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. - ~ SPECIAL NOTICB All reading notices, cards ef thanks, resolutions of uituary notices, ete, will be charged for at ‘eof 10 cents a line. for entertainment by churches from which s to b rived are 5 cents @ line. ‘ ;’is an open forum and invites discus- f public issues and subjects of local or general | t but it wiJl not publish anonymous communi- | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN A WINTER PROGRAM Nearly every . Florida ‘City, except Key West, has an outstanding attraction that it annually builds up with widespread | publicity and advertising. Miami has its Orange Bowl football game which usually | heralds the opening of the winter season. Tabaco | Tampa has its La Verbena Del which usually occurs at the close of the season. In the first case the central idea is to bring tourists to Miami early, in the other the purpose is to keep them a little later at Tampa. Key West does have its annual tropical flower saow under the auspices of the Garden Club. This year it was outstanding success, despite the tardiness of some plants and flowers by reason of | cold. The flower show attracted many visitors. It was given good publicity in the newspapers of Florida through the co- operation of the Garden Club and the City News Service Bureau, now a_ function of the Key West Chamber of Commerce. an: a THE KEY WEST CITIZEN KEY WEST IN i DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Five, Ten and Fifteen Years Ago As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen FIVE YEARS AGO Three at Islamorada returned to work following a strike lasting for several days. President Roosevelt wished per- Workers at Veterans’ Camp No. | — OUR YEARS By L. S. NASH The years we spent together Were happy and full of joy, But they could not last forever— And sorrow was our goal. The flowers bloom the same, dear, As they did long ago, 'And we still can see their beau-| j ty Even if we have grown old. ‘Time brings many changes ‘sonal success to the Key West As it still keeps going on. Stamp and Coin Exhibition ,which opened this week in this city. He sent a letter of ‘commendation to local officials of. the society. | ; Thomas J. Gorman, deputy commissioner of customs, of | Washington, D. C., arrived on the S.S. Cuba from Tampa for a short visit with G. N. Goshorn, deputy | collector in charge at this port. Rev. James S. Day presided at a regular meetnig of the Key West Hospitality League. Mrs. Stephen Douglass, Mrs. G. N. Gos- ‘To some it brings happiness, And some, nothing but pain. No matter what the changes, We will always be |Loving, faithful sweethearts Until Eternity. ‘SCARLETT O'HARA AND RHETT BUTLER CN TOBACCO TRAIL Eighty-five years time but those years is a IN Notes and happenings in connection with growing Art activities in Key West will be published weekly in this column in The Citizen, sponsored by the WPA Key West Art Center. IN THE BOOK OF THE MONTH CLUB for February ap- peared the following review: “WPA Guide State Guide prepared by the Fed- eral Writers’ Project—is, as most |0F. Wis., 49 years ago. a people know by this time, a com- v . plete and thoroughly satisfying associate chief forester of the departure from Guide Book form. |U. S., born in Humboldt Co., Iowa, : FLORIDA: A Guide to the South- |69 years ago. ‘ernmost State, ($2.50) the latest; | volume, is among the best of the |banker, born at Watertown, N. Y.,: It is history, travel-help |59 years ago. in one. trip South should not be without it. It is fully illustrated”. This book, as you know, or if you did not, is obtainable at the Key West Com-} long munity Art Center. The first lot'10, there were 2,189,350 persons ! have not of books sold very quickly, and a | series. and bedside companion |Anyone contemplating a dimmed the beauty of the plan- new shipment has just arrived. TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1940 | Today’s Birthdays Soerevecesesecsocccce oe Ernest J. Russell of St. Louis, | noted architect, born in England, | |70 years ago. ! | Dean -Cronwell of New York and London, eminent mural paint- Do not say. his mother is say, “suppose”. TODAY’S ‘| COMMON ERROR “I expect quite feeble”: jer, born at Louisville, Ky., 48 lyears ago. Edward K. Gaylord of Okla- {home City, newspaper publisher, | {born at Muscotah, Kans., 67 years | jago. ' to Florida—the: Daniel R. Fitzpatrick of St.} Louis, cartoonist, born at Superi- ; Edward A. Sherman, former! 2. Floyd L. Carlisle of New York, | ; | today? Ex-U. S. Senator Daniel O.; Hastings of Delaware, born in} {Somerset Co. Md., 66 years ago. | ; 2,189,350 ON WPA ROLLS WASHINGTON. — On January | age? jen the WPA rolls, an increase of | 29,403 over the week-ended Jan- Jackson or | TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ How long is a furlong? Who was nominated recent- ly by President Roosevelt as Minister to Ireland? Which calendar is used most of the civilized world in Is the planet Neptune larger or smaller than the Earth? Who was elected President of a large country when he was past eighty years of Is Frank Murphy, Robert H. Homer Cum- tations and mansions and coun- ‘uary 3, but considerably under mings, Attorney General of WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and 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; aways do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue. commend good done by individual or organ- scion; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com- promise with principle. ed a IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Ww Comprehensive City Pian (Zoning). More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- r and Sewerage. ernmen’ A Modern City Hospital. Don’t forget to register for the May primaries! Sumner Welles does not seem to be | making much headway as a Dove of | Péace. As was to be expected. Oslo, Norway, is practically never dark throughout the summer. In a war) during that time she can’t resort to the moderr. blackout. There is only one Finn residing in| Key West and he is Olaf Soderberg, aj sturdy specimen from the land of the} Finns—hombres de pecho, all of them. The European war is at an impasse. | Hitler wants a German-dictated peace and | Chamberlain an _ English-dictated one. | That means force must decide the issue, | and as Ambassador Kennedy -said re- | cently, “Soon all Hell will break loose.” | Not a modicum of chance for a _ peace | without victory. While there are only isolated cases | where charter boatmen refuse to give all the fish to those who charter the boats | after a day’s outing, these few mercenary | fishermen give the whole city a bad name and it behooves the Key West Charter | Boatmen’s Association as well as the in-| dependent fishing boat operators to see | that this practice is abated. Those of our folks who are down in Florida this winter have been sending | home for blankets. Virginia Bailey sends back word that she is missing the post of- fice furnace, even though it had a habit ef going out oftener than “Ted” did.) Others of the deputation from Point | Pleasant are requesting reports on the tem-{ perature up here and on receiving replies, | immediately start for home. The only} chap who reports solid comfort is a lead- ing citizen who took his mother-in-law with him. She is making it hot for him.— | Point Pleasant (N. J.) Leader. That the | Point Pleasant folks sent home for! blankets shows the lack of need for them in Florida. That they did not come to Key West, where the thermometer during the | recent cold spell never registered below 44, | is their hard luck. And that gives this column the opportunity to say once more that Key West is the only frost-free city in the United States. | an outstanding show. | arouse a whole chain of ideas, But Key West should have another annual event that will appeal to all classes of visitors, while enabling our own citizens to give vent to the carnival spirit that needs only the match of inspiration to ex- plode. The Citizen has in mind, as it has suggested on previous occasions, a celebra- tion that would be as unique as the Mardi | Gras—that would be recognized through- | out the country as something | this tropical island and worth coming to | see. typical of We imagine that if the people of this city could be interested in such a celebra- tion it would be relatively easy to put on of Joy during which our cosmopolitan citizenry wore costumes of Spanish in- fluence. The main streets might be dressed up to resemble old Seville on a festive oc- easion. There might be a free public en- tertamment each night featuring the out- standing rhumba exponents and bands of Havana. There might even be a_ bull fight, probably in burlesque, so as not to offend finicky visitors. The idea would if some group would get busy on the proposal. Like every other worthwhile proposal | it would take time, effort and money. The ! men who can put up these three priceless commodities will deserve the undying thanks of Key West. Success of the re- | cent Chamber of Commerce campaign for | public support shows that when Key West | decides to do something it can be done. | little of the same kind A of determination pointed toward giving Key West a mid- March celebration would soon turn the | spotlight of national attention on this little | community. HOW TO MAKE ANGER PAY Instead of sulking when you get mad, make up your mind to “show the world’—and you'll go places. That’s the common sense formula presented by Dale Carnegie, author of the famous book, “How to Win Friends and Influence People,” in an original article in Your Life Magazine. Plenty of famous folk have done just | that. Ernestine Schumann-Heink was one. Destitute, hungry, cold, she was on the point of taking her own life and the lives of her three small children when she de- termined -to ask the director of the Ham- burg Opera for more and larger parts. Laughed at, she was angry—so angry that she “showed the world” that she was its greatest contralto. Clarence Darrow, one of the most fa- mous criminal lawyers of modern times, was another. Anger at a woman’s belit- tling remark caused him to move suddenly from the little Ohio town where he was practicing law. Anger carried him on to the top of his profession. A drugstore manager’s bawling out of a young clerk was the stinging lash that kept Charles Walgreen in the drug business and finally made him head of the vast chain which bears his name. “The next time someone makes you angry,” Mr. Carnegie counsels, “don’t try to get even with him. Any fool can do that. Do something that fools never do— try to turn that emotion into a drive for self-improvement or self-advancement.”’ An oceanic toast: “The Pacific— may it remain so!”’ After all, any and all education in- It might be a Week | horn, Mrs. Norberg Thompson and Mrs. Blanche Winslow were ad- mitted to membership and asso- ciation projects were discussed. | Miss Kathleen A. Hughes and Allan E. Hughes, daughter and (son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo F. Hughes, operators of the Overseas |Hotel, arrived here from Trenton, iN. J. Egbert Rosecrans, associate att torney for the defense in the ;Bruno Hauptmann case, arrived here by plane from Miami for a short stay. He was accompanied by his wife. TEN YEARS AGO There were indications preval- ‘ent here that the proposed bill iproviding for government con- the Overseas Highway may be \introduced in Congress in the next five or six weeks. Engi- neers of the bureau of public roads at Washington were busily engaged in checking surveys re- cently made. Mrs. Norberg Thompson was |elected president of the Key West Woman’s Club at the annual meeting. These were named to assist Mrs. Thompson: Mrs. W. R. | Warren, first vice-president; Mrs. |Plies for the boys in gray. You'll | \w. J. Phelan, second vice-presi« ident; Mrs. A. M. Hewitt, record- |ing secretary; Miss Minnie Por- |ter Harris, corresponding — secre- \tary; Miss Grace Roberts, treas- \urer. | Slightly more than 10,000 fold- ers about Key West have gone into the hands of out-of-state folks within the past month; County Commissioner Symonette, just back from an advertising tour of the state, declared. Sale of the county ferries was slated for a prominent part of the | discussions to be had at the first monthly meeting of the County Commissioners here this week. An enthusiastic reception with ,full naval honors is scheduled for David S. Ingalls, assistant secre- tary of the Navy, upon his ar- rival in Key West tomorrow aft- ernoon. | ss FIFTEEN ‘YEARS AGO The American fishing schooner Emily Sears, of Carrabelle, Fla, \went ashore on the reefs at Dry |'Tortugas end sunk with her decks fifteen feet below the surface, according to Captain H. S. |Browne. Jr. ,of the Coast Guard Cutter Saukee. Arrangements were completed to start the drive soon for mem- |bers in the Overseas Highway ‘Association. Completion of the highway required that as many residents as possible sign up for membership in the group, it was announced. nounced that they had secured \the Bert Melville tent show, with a full program of plays and vau- Ceville, for a two weeks’ engage- ment. The train arriving from Miami |and points north had an unusual- jly large number of passengers for this city, many of whom left.jtween, and there are no toll| jon board the boat for Havana. One of the most enjoyable and: jbrilliant events of the social 'sea- json was the miscellaneous show- ler given at the home of Mr. and |Mrs. Leslie A. Curry, the affair) being in honor of Miss Naomi Hudson, whose marriage to Wil-_ jlard Whitmarsh will take place in| jthe near future. | | | FLUSHING, N. ¥—Seymour| | Taft, of this city, has invented a/ tryside of the South as it was in Rhett Butler, and if you'll go to | Savannah, Ga., turn off there and go to Summerton, S. C., and from jthere on take the Tobacco Trail north on’ U. S. Highway ‘have a peek at the world as it jwas in the days of “Tara” and Aunt Pittypat, and -you’ll see a (bit of history, too. There'll. be plenty of things to sce, also. plenting time in the Southland, and all along the Tobacco Trail you'll be able to see the hundreds 7 their | fruit punch. their| Winter of Caanan, jof planted tobacco beds with white netting covers and | boarded sides. | And to add to the gaiety of events as you slowly drive north- ward you'll still find southern after Reynard in their own pecu- liar southern way, and if you take the time to stop you'll probably ‘be invited to participate in the chase. | For the Tobacco Trail this \time of the year is filled with romance, history, interest and ‘sport. ' It all starts at Savannah, Ga., where the blockade runners of the Confederacy started their brave dashes to Bermuda for sup- ‘go through country with man- sions and plantations scattered fover it as beautiful as “Tara” ever was, and you'll travel right up US-301 from Summerton on the route that Sherman took aft- er he ruined Scarlett’s Atlanta and the kouses around Tara. From Summerton in South Carclina to Petersburg, Va., you also drive through the world’s richest agricultural section. The Tobacco Trail brings you through the great tobacco mar- kets of Rocky Mount, Wilson, Smithfield and Lumberton in North Carolina; and Dillon in South Carolina, while you also pass through the great world cot |ton marts of Benson and Dunn. At Halifax, N. C., you take a short stop to see Independence 301, you | other It’s tobacco |Center extended hospitality and Flower Show. \cheer and in addition to the usual | Morgan won first on the shadow | 10. coffee, the So-|boxes, as did Mrs. L. M. Spaner’s \ciety of Artists served a delicious miniature exhibit. Both were! Mr. and Mrs. Ezra | well deserving of the honors. Mrs. | Conn., were |E. P. Winter rounded up a fine | flower paintings | Ithe murals for the Congressional;from the Key West Society of | laboratories in the United States jsession last Tuesday evening at ‘the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. |Dudley on South street. deal of important business transacted. The time and. place for the next meeting will be an- nounced later. ;quota of “Pepe’s’ \present. Mr. Winter is painting at Washington stay Library would have liked to studio space for his line of work. Robert Reitz has for a studio on Windsor Lane, a converted saloon | and although the beer sign is still ‘on display, Mr. Reitz assured us |that he does not peddle it. Mrs. Curtis Brown, wife of the pub- lisher, here awaiting a passage to \London; Lauren McTeer, artist, ‘and her husband. Lloyd Franken- berg, who has just published a: book of peems; Mr. and Mrs. Gus- tav Pinneo; Mr. and Mrs. P. C. Jefferies; Mr. and Mrs. Edward Bruce with their son-in-law, Greenville Smith; Virginia Bears- | (ford, artist, and her husband, Mr. | Teilen; Mr. and Mrs. Everett Win. iter; Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Peirce; | |Mrs. William Morton, of Char-) |lottesville, Va., with her friend, | Mrs. Ellen Perkins; Mrs. Wallace ; Kirke; Mrs. Adamson, and Mrs ;Hansen, who were charmed by the works on display at the Gal- lery; Mr. and Mrs. Cyril Mar- shall; Mrs. Esther Morton, of | Warrenton, Va.; William -Little, ; who is living up to his word (he is a great supporter of the Cen- ter); Mrs. Jeanne, who arrived | | with a friend, Mrs. E. H. Lake, | who took everyone’s breath away | | as she looked so much like Garbo; Commander Storrs and Mrs. | Storrs; Mrs. E. M. Hume and daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Radford, , KEY WEST SOCIETY OF ART- the 3,061,283 enrollment reported | the days of Scarlett O'Hara and |ISTS held an interesting business for January 11, 1939. j RARE ae een | 'John Putnam; George Edwards; With |Mr. Park; Drs. Oskar and Janny sixteen members present a great|Kuodt; Miss Rosalie Price; Mrs. | was |Charles Nostinck, jand many others of our own city. | | collection and | Artists, and put them on exhibit, | here where they received much praise. | qualities of alloy metals. struction of the long bridges for |gentlemen riding to the hounds [Put was unable to secure proper | THE ART CENTER should be! a |proud that two contestants from | | THURSDAY EVENING the Art/the staff won blue ribbons at the of the United States? What is the source of the fol- lowing quotation?: “To be or not to be, that is the question”. On what river was the trial trip of the Clermont, the first steamboat, made? The Armistice which ended the first World War was signed in a sleeping car, a dining car. or a_ freight car? Name the signers of the Dec- laration of Independence, who later became Presi- dent of the United States. of Belgium, ' F. | Townsend | Approximately 2,000 research lare worrying on the distinctive For Real Purity For Real Economy For Real Service For Real Protection DELIVERED DAILY EVERYWHERE Thompson Enterprises INCORPORATED ICE DIVISION PHONE NO. 8 House where the first state, North | Carolina, ratified the Declaration | of Independence. There in Hali- fax also you'll find the oldest | of Fairfax, Va.; T. Frank Litaker; Masonic Lodge in the United States, Then, of course, you're all the time passing through the section famed for that fine southern food you’ve heard so much about, and cooked in only the way a southerner can cook jit. Rich fried chicken with crackling golden butter sauce and dressing; cornbread, barbecue and bruns- | wick stew and dozens of other dishes. All of this you'll’ find along the Tobacco Trail. | In Wilson, N. C., you'll find West Nash Street, one of the ten {most beautiful streets in the world, while further north you'll ‘hit Richmond and Petersburg, Va., with their great tobacco fac- tories. Later still you’ll run into Key West Fire Department an- | Washington where history always | \has been and still is made, and Baltimore with its quaint red brick front homes and its mem- jories of old lace and lavender. |And Philadelphia, Pa., with its Independence Hall. And as a safety hint for motor- ists along the Tobacco Trail,. grade lerossings are few and far be- | bridges or ferries to annoy the ‘traveller with delay and_ addi- itional expense. Accommodations 4are_commodious, beautiful and up-to-date all along the way for | the tired traveller. 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