The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 6, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen PUBIASHING CO. INC. THE TZN I + Business 3 tizen Building and Ann Streets unly Daily Newspaper in . County édred/at Key West, Florida, as second class matter | | ue Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this naper and also the lodal news published here, SUBSCRIPTION. RATHS e Year ~ ADVERTISIN de known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE cards of thanks, resolutions of , obituary notices, ete. will’ be-charged for at e of 10 cents a line. es for entertainment by churches from which is to be derived are 6 cents-a'line. zen is an open forum and invites discus- plic issues and subjects of local or general of T t but it wiJl not publish anonymous communi- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN 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, | ter the advertisement, of. course. | localities it is the custom for | associations to take the band occasionally | trips invariably result in closer | and consequently increased trade. faction or class; a:ways do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue. commend good done by individual or organ- n; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com- promise with principle. | is overlooking one of the most valuable | 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. Anything can happen nowadays— and often does. Sympathy may please the Finns but | it doesn’t worry the Russians. You. can’t shoot with sympathy. We just happened to think how many of those affected can rattle off their social security number without batting an eye. While in Miami keep your hands in| your pocket and firmly clasp your wad.| Otherwise it might be snatched away from | you and in broad daylight, too. To do business in Sanford, outside} contractcrs will now have to pay a license | fee of $100 under an ordinance adopted by the City Commission. By its very exist- | ence a city, which took money, effort and management to build, offers outsiders the opportunity to make money and that priv- | ilege should be paid for. Nothing illogical about such requirement. T. Jenkins Curry, candidate for sheriff, complimented the Spanish-speak- ing population of Key West by also hav- ing his announcement published'in Spanish in The Citizen. While most of our Latin | ; and West. | position to lynching folks read English besides Spanish; Mr. Curry’s Chesterfieldian linguistic gesture | will not hurt his candidacy one bit. The | graceful gesture could be imitated by} otlier candidates withoyt prejudice to) themselves. Soon the time will! be here when you | will have to tell the government how. much | money, if any, you. made last year. You} have to make that intimate: statement to the income tax collector in March. In April,.a month later, the census taker will’) come along and‘ask the same question. A | tip: see that the answer is alike in each instance: The government might make’ comparisons and’ comparisons. are “odor-| ous” as Shakespeare wrote originally; | they are also “odious”, as several great writers have stated. Penalties for refusal | to answer the census enumerators’ ques- | tions range from $100 fine up to $500‘fine | or one year imprisonment. While-the law) decrees that all information obtained by census-takers be kept confidential-it: would: take more’ than blood-hounds to ‘track | down leaks. It is one of those things- one “has to take on the chin and like it. THE TOWN BAND It is safe to say that no institution of | a civic nature gives greater returns for the money and effort expended upon it than | does a good town band. The benefits de- ! rived through the maintenance of a band ; touch the entire cultural, social and com- mercial life of the community. Members of the organization .are en- abled to develop their musical talents in pleasant association with their fellows, while the discipline necessary to their suc- | 5 A | cessful advancement is most desirable for boys and young men. After the band is capable of playing | in public its presence adds immeasurably | to parades, ceremonies and celebrations of: | every kind, while its regular concerts are a source of enjoyment for the entire citi- zenship. As a business proposition, band is of the greatest value in advertis- ing its town. The better the band the bet- In some merchants’ on good-will trips to various rural com- munities in their trade territory. Such relations It does not take a large town to main- tain a good band; in fact, some of the best | amateur bands are found in towns of less ‘than 1,000 population. | willing members, a capable instructor and | reasonable support from the leading citi- | zens a good band may be developed any- | where. : A town that does not possess a ban agencies for its social and commercial ad- vancement. OPINIONS ON ANTI-LYNCHING BILL The controversial Gavagan Lynching Bill, which has passed the House, awaits action by the Senate where it is certain to run into a filibuster. Recently, the American Institute of Public Opinion interviewed “a _ scien- tifically selected cross-section of men and women in every State,” asking their opinions of the proposed bill, with the re- sult that fifty-five per cent were recorded in favor of the pending legislation. Interesting is the report that the strongest support for the bill comes from. | Northern Democrats, with the strongest opposition from Southern Democrats. In- teresting also is the report that the Re- publicans questioned about the bill record- ed themselves evenly divided on the ques- tion, There is no necessity for the passage | of the Gavagan bill except so far as it af- fects the political fortunes of members of Congress who face'a heavy Negro vote in their congressional districts in the North So far as the crime of lynch- ing is concerned, the record shows that it is gradually disappearing. i Moreover, as almost any sensible per- son knows, the best way to avoid lynchings is to mobilize public sentiment against them in the South. With the better class of the people of the South almost unani- mously against lynching, regardless of al- leged cause, the practice of lynching is al- most certain to die out. The maintenance of this powerful op- is more important than the passage of a bill of doubtful value except as a sop to some fanatics. WAR AGAINST THE NEUTRALS According to the Associated Press, twenty-three ships were lost at sea during the twenty-fifth week of the war, from | February 18 to February 24, inclusive. It is interesting to note that of the twenty-three vessels lost, only seven, or 20,- 541 tons, belonged to Great Britain. The other sixteen, with tonnage in excess of 42000 tons, belonged to neutral coun- tries. Of the eight ships sunk by sub- marines; planes and warships, only three were British. . Of.five sunk by mines, three were British and:of'the ten that went down through other causes, or for unknown rea- scns, only one of ten belonged. to. Great Britain. Of the fifteen neutral ships destroyed’ during this week, five belonged to The) Netherlands, four to Norway, two to Fin- land, two to: Sweden, one to Spain, one to Denmark and: one to Greece. The: tabulation seems to indicate that the Germans are having greater success: in sinking neutral ships than in destroying ithose belonging to the British. a good | With earnest and | Anti- | THE KEY WES' | KEY WEST IN | DAYS: GONE BY Happenings: Here Just Five, Ten and Fiftesn Years Ago As | Taken From The Files Of The Cifizen FIVE YEARS AGO Wrecking Tug Warbler arrived| jin port with the Steamship Ha-| |vana, of the Ward Line, in tow.! -|Both ships anchored in: the! |Southwest channel. The Havana‘ was stranded for several weeks on Mantanilla Reef; Ok | An alarm from Box 131 early ithis morning brought the city’s \fire apparatus to a burning ;building in Sawyer’s Lane, run- ining between Caroline and Eaton! | streets. soit | Mayor and Mrs. W. H. Malone | planned to leave for Miami Beach where they will attend the Fifth | \International Tropical. Flower | Show in the Miami Beach gar- dens. Nine passengers left on the/ |plane for Miami, listed as fol- | |lows: George Kirkley, Scott, Ju- lia, George, -Jt.. and Rosa Kirk- ley, Howard Bloomfield, Frank | Marino, Anthony and Agnes Re-| 8 | taliatta. Rev, J: M. Walsh, provincial of the Society of Jesuits in the South, and Rev. J) Ji: MeCarthy, | |seeretary to the Provincial, ‘left |for Miami enroute to New. Or- leans following their annual call at' the Rectory of St. Mary’s Star |of'the Sea Church. TEN YEARS. AGO David‘ S. Ingalls, assistant sec- retary’ of the U. S. Navy for; aeronautics, with his aide, Lt.) |Commander Moulton, and party,! are expected to atrive here by |plane this afternono, to land at the Pan-American airport. i Wrecking Tug Warbler, |tain Davis, with wrecking mas- | |ter Captain Dexter on board, left |port enroute to Petzel Shoals, | labout 15 miles north of Cape, Carnaveral, going to the assist- jance of the British steamer Key- | jingham. | | Cap- | “Mike and Herman”, widely- known radio comedians, and now |engaged in an imaginary travel- ogue, are giving Key West some |good publicity on their show, jaired over. WENR, Chicago. Sale of the Monroe - County | \highway ferry system by the! | Beard of: County: Commissioners, | | was consummated at the regular. |meeting of: the board. Clifton G. Bailey, county engineer, is the |new owner, and private opera- |tion of the ferries is expected’ to start in the near future. Yacht Murdona, Captain B. D. Martin, with Captain Norman Sweeting on board as _ fishing | guide, arrived in port from Tor- |tugas. The yacht is owned by | Donald. Woodward, retired busi- | nessman of LeRoy, N. Y. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO Coats of oil for Palm Avenue |and White street from Division to the County Road, were ordered at a meeting of the Board of Pub- jlie Works. Repairs were recently made on these streets. | Arthur A. Winters, the ‘world’s jhighest-paid food expert. will hold | \3 demonstration at the. Tip. Top, Bakery, Eaton, ’street, this Satur- | |day afternoon. \ Commodore F. S. Fish, of South Bend, Ind., president of the board jof directors of' the Studebaker | Company, accompanied by his! | wife and Mrs. George O’Brien and | |Mrs. Owen Roberts, arrived in| |Key West on the Yacht Moby | Dick from Havana. i C. W. Coons. president, and J. \E. Smith, vice-president, of the Standard Oil Company of Ken- tucky, accompanied by _ their wives, arrived here yesterday aft- |ernoon.on the boat from. Havana and were entertained by J. M. | Wilson,. local representative of the compeny. G. N. Goshorn. was elected to |the post of Exalted Ruler of the | local. B3P.O. Elks lodge, No. 551, ‘at-a meeting held in ledge head- jquarters.. CG. R. Gwynn. is the new , Esteemed Leading. Knight. | | ‘The Steamship North Eand left | |for Havana with a large number | | of passengers. mest: of whom ar- rived on the-train from the north. | Qne of, the-first-tunes used for the waltz’ was: “Ach, du Heber | | Augustin”. } {5 EPILEPSY INHERITED? _ | A bpoklet containing the-opinions of-tam- | Gus doctors.on this-interesting subject! will - | Be-sent FREE, while they last; to any-reader | jwriting to the Educational’ Division, 335) Fifth Ave., New. York, N.Y. Dept, BES1L 'Clyde-Mallory Lines, is \seaports cn the T CITIZEN sere TODAY’S COMMON: ERROR Do not say. “He came arcund every so often’: say. “at regular periods” cr “intervals”. TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ Can you answer seven of these ten Test Questions? Turn to Page 4‘ for Answers 1: Which actress was recently. divorced and married again. within fifteen minutes? Name the President of Ar- gentina. What portion of the world’s|ment in May or early June. The; habitable land surface does WE DNESDAY, MARCH 6, 1940 | Republican opponent. In the elec- tion last week, the District, by a jvete of 27,437 to 22,894, after a campaign in which the New Deal ;was a clear-cut issue. Republicans {hail the election result as a baro- | By HUGO S. SIMS, Special Wathingion Correspondent of The Citizen ™cter showing how Ohio and the | TALKING. ADJOURNMENT | SENATE TESTS ECONOMY |FUNDS FOR FARM AID “LEAVE IT/TO,.NEXT YEAR” |REPUBLICANS JUBILANT 'PD-R. MAY RUN IF— The first’ week of March finds |congressmen and political observ- \ers speculating about an adjourn- |House has proceeded with dis- |payments, $72,000,000 additional {funds for surplus crop disposal land $45,000,000 for farm-tenant \loans. | Senate decision is not expeeted |for:some time but a start will be |made this week when a sub-com- ‘mittee will begin to study the ‘House measure, carrying $732,- | 896,084 ‘to finance the Department jof Agriculture in the next fiscal jyear; which begins on July Ist. There is discussion of reducing the British Empire occupy? jpatch to dispose of most of the) appropriations for national de- Was the Circus Maximus im}regular- appropriation measures, fense in order to find funds for candidacy seems necessary nation will go in the election of 1940. i! Speculation continues over the | President’s intentions in regard to \a third term, but political -observ- jers.are generally agreed that the {nomination is Mr. Roosevelt's if he will take it, Best opinion at this time is that the President will make no declaration for some months and that he may wait for the Democratic Convention to as- semble before saying anything. Many things can happen in four months and if there are startling ;developments abroad, or if his ta Rome, Athens or Alexan-|trimming.them.severely in the the farmers. Congressmen are|maintain the New Deal, there is dria? What ‘American-born person with a Spanish father and Irish mother became Prime Minister of a foreign coun- try? Name the publicity chiefs: of the Republican and Demo- cratic parties. Have three, twelve or six Popes been named Pius? What are the pigment pri- mary colors? What building is depicted.on the Jefferson five-cent piece? The diaphragm _ separates which parts of the body? EDUCATOR SPEAKS 10. | AT SCHOOL CHAPEL Dr. Lee L. Driver, noted educa- tor from Pennsylvania, will speak on James Whitcomb Riley at a special High School chapel Fri- day morning, aceording to an- nouneement. by Professor Horace O’Bryant today. Dr. Driver was formerly in the State Department of Education in Pennsylvania, and-is now re- tired. He knew Mr. Riley per- sonally, and. an interesting. pro- gram of first-hand anecdotes about him and_his poetry name of economy. What. the Senate will do, in view of the fact that it seems to be less inipressed: with the need of economy, remains to be seen. |The upper house inereased by ‘about $35,000,000 the amount vot- ed by the House for the Inde- pendent Offices. The Senate disinclined to raise the statutory debt limit above the $45;000,000,- ‘000 limit and, as this is an.elec- |tion year, almost adamantly op- |posed to creating new sources of revenue by levying additional | taxes. j When the shouting and clam- |oring dwindles toward the end of growing belief that the President will not hesitate to accept the nomination for a third term. If! the: European scene develops |favorably and the President is in jcontrol of the Convention, clearly able to- name its candidate and frame the party platform, the probability. is that Mr. Roosevelt |made practically no reduction in |the session, the probability is that will not run again. Despite the the Treasury and Post Office Bills. | piles ate | Net reductions in these meas- ures, the first’two to be disposed of by both houses, amount ‘about $57,000,000 compared with | budget “requests. As leadérs discussed possibili- ties of early adjournment, the general idea is that action will be limited to the remaining appro- priation bills, the measure to pro- jvide road aid authorizations for the next’ two years, to amend the National. Labor Relations Act and’ a conference report on the Wheeler-Lea transportation’ bill. This is the talk at present, but! the probability is that other items will be included, and‘ if we are jto judge by the past, adjourn- ment will’ be later than now ihoped for. One of the questions to be de- to| the situation willbe met as it-has |been sometimes in the past. Funds will be-appropriated with the-un- \derstanding that they are inade- {quate for the purposes intended; llarged by deficiency appropria- |tions made at the_next session of \Congress, which will convene jabout the middle of the fiscal \ year. | Republicans are jubilant over jvictories in the special congres- ‘sional election held'in Ohio last | week when they captured two | Seats in the House, one from a district which has not sent a Re- | Publican to Congress for ten \years. In. 1938, the 17th District ‘sent the late William J. Ash- | brook, Democrat; to Congress. by ja vote of 51,304 to 46,300 for his TRY IT TODAY— is cided revolves around farm aid, |The Favorite in Key West promised at the chapel exercises. | with present signs indicating that.| STAR: us BRAND FIVE SHIPS. HERE TODAY Four déstroyers and the Sea- plane Tender Gannet were at their base off Key West naval station today. , The destroyers ‘were the Flag- ship Lea, the Evans, Schenck and Williams. The Evans is at the upkeep dock in. the submarine base, the Williams anchored off- shore and the Lea and Schenck at the fuel dock. jthe Senate will restore some of |funds ‘slited ‘from the agricultural program by ‘the House. The low- ler body declined to appropriate |$212,000,000 for continued parity | | ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS MALLORY STEAMER: DUE HERE MONDAY $S. Henry R. Mallory, of the due to arive in Key West next Monday, March 11, from Galveston. The ship will leave “this: port directly for New York City. The longshoremen’s strike in some Atlantic coast makes necessary the revised schedule. and notice is . given herewith for convenience of, loeal persons who plan shipments __ to northern points. DIVISION: WORKERS GO QVER THE TOP (Continued from Page One) sults”, declared’ Everett Russell, president, today. “I am surprised at the total”; said Ernest Ramsey, program chairman. “Tt is a larger result than I ex-| pected”, declared Wm. 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