The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 7, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO “The Key Mest Citizen PUBLISHENG €O., INC. ily Except Sunday By President .and) Publisher ‘, Business Manager e Citizen ‘Building ene and Ann Streets rom Corner Gre: unly Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County _utered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press Assoviated Press is exclusively: entitled to use publication of all news @igpatches credited to dited ij paper and also ed her “tor it or not otherwise the local news Publis SUnSORIPTION-RATES | ADVERTS known on appl! gies. SPECIAL NOTICE | reading notices, cards of ‘thanks, resolutions of i, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at f 10 cents a line. r entertainment by churches from which to be derived are 5 cents a line, : Cuizen is an open forum and invites discus- f public issues and subjects of local or, general but it wil not publish anonymous communi- ion. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Wii always scek the truth and print it «thont fear and without favor; never be straid to attack wrong or to applaud right; aiways fight for progress; never be the or- gan o: the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class; awayg do its utmost for the oublic welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue. ‘couumend good done by individual or organ- izssion; tolerant of others’ rights, views and 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 Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Pian (Zoning). More Hotels and Apartments, Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolida of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. “Man wants but little here below”, providing. his neighbors have less. Why in the world do they call it the idle rumor? Nothing works more indus- triously. Be careful what you put down on paper; you might be confronted with it in a courtroom some day. | So far the chief issue of the 1940} political campaign is whether the Presi- dent will run for a third term. If you want people to believe some- thing, you have to repeat it over and | ever; this is the secret of advertising re- sults, President Roosevelt repeatedly ‘has} ~ said that we must put human rights above property rights, but we must not forget | that property rights are among the most ~ precious of human rights. The two.go to- cether hard in hand}and ignoring one is inimical to the interest of the other. i While laundries undoubtedly should | be subjected to certain sanitary regula- | tions, this column cannot see why an extra board should be commissioned to do that | at further cost to the taxpayers. That | seems to be a job for the state board of health. The state is cluttered with too | many boards, anyhow. The basic principle of the foreign policy of the average American is the be- lief that the United States-can whip’ the world. Many years ago this writer heard a lawyer quite seriously tell an audience | that if any country ever attacked the United States we would “lick them before daylight in the morning.” | | Plant City. Sometimes -we wonder -whether arch- | eologists, deciphering records left by us, will-be able to: make much headway with our-sports pages. In addition to the weird, | special jargon.of the sports realm—which | won't tie in with the dictionaries—there is another field of confusion. The names. of | race ‘horses and .of dog champions-in ken- | xe) shows are baffling to the uninitiated | even today. What can remote scholars | think when they .come -upon “‘Winter's | Rashion Plate”, “Desert Deputy”, “Nornay - Saddler’, ‘Seabiscuit’, “Man .0’ War’, ~. and allthe rest? | ences at spots where they are t | available, or unavailable because the cost | | of power production is too steep for | dividual property owners to handle. | come immensely valuable. | moval. | nature to handle the job. The fast tempo *tewn.government must fold up. Key-West is in a j martyrs \thereto. IMPROVE THE KEYS [ Three projects now shaping toward consummation are going to prove bene- | ficial in the growth and development of | the Keys above Key West. They are: 1. Reconstruction of Overseas High- way on the old bed and viaducts of the Florida East Coast railroad. 2. Delivery of fresh water via pipe- | line from the vicinity of Homestead along | a route generally following the old ¥ail- road. | 3. Production and distribution of.elec- | tricity on the Keys between the upper end I of Key Largo and Stock Island at the edge of Key West. | Primarily, the first two projects in | this list are aimed to help Key West. How- ; ever, who can deny they will be of im-/ mense benefit to the keys above this city? | | Shortening and smoothing the route from | Miami to Key West will greatly augment the travel to all the keys; piping fresh | water through the heart of the keys will | make productive land that can be made into an agricultural ard residential para- dise. ‘ | The third project is purely a_ keys | project. It is being developed by and for | the residents of the keys. Completed un- | der loans to be advanced by the Rural | Electrification Administration, this project | will provide light and power and conveni- | not now in- Only a few more signatures remain to | be obtained by the Florida Keys Electric Co-operative Association, Inc., to insure federal co-operation. At last report 220 of the 250 signers to petitions for the proj- | ect had indicated their desire to co-/ operate. Every progressive Key resident, every Key Wester, hopes the remaining |Battery THE KEY WEST CITIZEN } KEY WEST IN . DAYS GONE BY and Fifteen Years Ago As Taken From The Files Of ‘The Citizen FIVE YEARS AGO Lieutenant W. Curry Harris, “E”, Florida National Guard, on duty at Matecumbe, visited here briefly with his fam- ily. He reported that conditions at the camp were very satisfac- tory. Exemption of $100 for importa- | —=—= tions brought from a, foreign Happenings Here Just Five, ‘Ten; signatures are quickly placed on the dot- |ccuntry included alcoholic -bev- | ted line of approval of the project. Key West needs a back country from | which to draw trade and support for the county. Great bulk of expense of operat- ing the county falls upon the Key West taxpayer. If the Key lands can be made | productive by electricity and water and> have a good highway over which to de- liver their output, that-property will be. It will go on the tax rolls at assessments much above present levels. All Key West should be thankful for | the bright outlook for a new career for the | Florida Keys. $2,000,000 TO REMOVE SNOW One of the severest snow-storms on record hit the city of New York this month and almost before the flakes had stopped falling, nearly 30,000 men .were | working to clear the streets, Some idea of the magnitude of the | undertaking is seen in the estimated cost | of more than $2,000,000 for the labor necessary to clear away the snow of the heavy storm. This is one of the prices that men have to pay for modern civilization. The | same amount of snow, falling in an agri- cultural section, would cost nothing for re- | The sun and warmer tempera- ture, would, in time, do ‘the work free. The big cities; however, cannot wait for t of the lives of its people requires imme- diate action. Navy for Aeornautics, ;}Commander ‘Moulton, erages, according to advice from G. N. Goshorn’s office. C. Horece Tuttle, prominent {young attorney of New York, is! a visitor here, with his family, | ed with the city. Backfiring of the engine in the powerhouse of Hotel Colonial caused oil onthe floor to ignite, ; resulting ina great quantity of smoke to spread through lower after the fire was extinguished. | Governor and Mrs. Dave Sholtz were two of the 18 pas- isengers leaving by plane today for an excursion trip to Garden Key and an exploration of his- toric old Fort Jefferson. TEN YEARS AGO B. C. Papy was elected to the position of Exalted Ruler of the local lodge of B.P.O. Elks at the regular meeting held at the lodge hall. Esteemed Leading Knight was listed as Ross C. Sawyer. Assistant Secretary of the David S. Lieutenant took off from “Key West this morning on the last leg of ‘their airplane trip from Washington to Guantana- mo, Cuba, where navy air maneu- vers are to be held. Ingalls and aide, Captain Stafford H. R. Doyle, located in Key ‘West for the -past six months-as commandant of the seventh naval*district, has reeeiv- ed-orders transferring him to the lnavy yard in New York City, the ehange to take place in May. G. ‘W. Godoing ef West Palm |Beach, department commander of MARTYRS (Fuller's Weekly Financial News-Letter) This service has long railed at the cynical disregard of professional refunlers for the reason- | able future needs of a political unit for operating | funds when’ they jam through refunds. Chief | jammer of course has been Roy Crummer and his crowd. Typical cases are Plant City, /Areadia, | Key West. All three are small fairly static towns and no difficulty is involved -in ‘deciding by casual study the reasonable future needs of the | taxpayers. All three are now in bad jams, particularly | Desperately searching for 10,000 badly needed dollars because debt service ha’ drained it dry, the little farming community: is seriously studying a monthly levy .on every earner’s salary. Arcadia was stimulated by completion of its | refund, got by after a fashion for two years on a | share of the delinquent tax settlements that } the United Spanish War Veter- jans, paid an official visit to B. H. McCalla Camp, No. 5, of this city. A warrant ‘has been issued here for the arrest of B. L. Smith .in connection with a shooting scrape reported to have occurred on | Turkey ‘Key. FIFTEEN ‘YEARS AGO W. G. Naylor, of Olean, N. Y., representing the Newspaper En- terprise Association of Cleve- jand has declared himself delight- | | \floors. No damage was reported ! ! i | | SIDELIGHTS By “MARCY B. DARNALL Former Editor of The Citizen } During the days of prohibition | in the United States, the preven- ition of rum-running from Can- jada was one of the problems. | | Now, because of the high war | tax, Canada’s liquor prices are | So high that smugglers are Sslip- | Ping liquor across the border | from: the U.S. into the Dominion. | Maurice A. ‘Hamonneau of ;Brooklyn is an unusual book- | binder who designs his covers to harmonize with the contents: of ‘the volumes. He recently bound !a book on reptiles with snake \ skin, and to cover.a copy of Hit- ler’s “Mein Kampf” he used the jhide of a skunk. | Charles (Chuck) Fenske, who ‘has twice tied-the one mile‘run- jning record set by Glenn. Cun- ‘ningham, 4:07.4, is a graduate of )the University of | where he is now taking a_post- | graduate course. To aid in pay-. \ing his expenses he helps in the! ‘university kitchen. Albert Basserman, a famous German actor and refugee from his native land, has appeared in his first Hollywood picture at the age of 73. He plays the part of Dr. Robert Koch in the pro- duction of “Dr. Ehrlich’s Magic Bullet,” in which Edward Robinson has the leading -role. TODAY’S COMMON ERRGR Avoid ‘the use of the-ab- breviation “etc.” in - any context excevt to dispense with useless repetition of terms that are entirely ob- TS vious. Hearing her parents planning ee ve ‘a trip to Miami, 10-year-old Car- peda Varbertans of New York wondered what the Florida city TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ | was like. Using a store tele- ae :Phone she got her information ‘an you answer seven of ‘these from the Miami ten Test Questions? Turn to | Commerce. Page 4 for Answers |for $8 covering the long distance service. 1. Who played the role ofj -— “Father Flanagan” in| Real mothers-in-law are per- “Boys Town”? jmitted a certain amount of lee- Who is ,the majotity leader | WY in messing up family affairs, | in the U.S. House of Rep. |ut a Glasgow judge has ruled resentatives? jthat a mere prospective mother- Name the capital of Cuba. | ties. Hence Mrs. G. H. Stewart, } Did Thomas A. Edison in-! who interfered with her sonie| vent an electric storage! marriage to. Miss Grace Leigh- battery? 'ton, must pay the prospective} Is a dachshund ever .known ‘pride $750 damages. | by another name? j PSS Wendell L. Willkie isa pub- | One good reason for giving up jic utilities official, a mem-' smoking wes advanced by Emma | ber of the Securities and!Goldman, the famed ‘anarchist. Exchange Commission, or /She said she suffered from being head of the Reconstruction i deprived of tobacco while in jail, Finance Corporation? and.as she was never sure when | ‘What was the nationality of|she .would be in again she Jules Verne? |thought, it best to give up the How many columns are on a lhabit altogether. page of a newspaper of standard size? | What constitutes -suecess -in Where are United States life depends upon one’s view- coins made? }point. Success of a sort came to Which of these ports has the !'Tim ‘Doherty, an Irishman who! most shipping,» Philadel-'sought his fortune- in West j \being conducted by medical and | Wisconsin, | Chamber of | The store got a bill | } {in-law must not take such liber- } THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1940 j Scoccececereccooeseoeses SPECIAL PICTURE . AT MONROE TONIGHT | Diane Lefevre (Tourist) Every so often: Sbeatre-goers of Sundey Child 'Key ‘West look for something un- | ‘By “A ‘LOVER OF CHILDREN usual in the way .of entertain- | # oo coco eeccecsce ment and a spicy - midnight -or}Her dad believes in bringing her Owl Show seems to be the an- to church swer. The first of these for the |On Sundays, though she’s but a current season is to take place tiny tot. at the Monroe Theatre tonight at |When once he asked her how she 11 o'clock when “What Price Pas- | liked to go, sion?”, one of the most unusual } “Yeah, dad”, she lisped, “but Oh! of the schisational-type ‘of ‘film, _. he talk a lot. productiors, is-to-be exhibited to | Diane adult audiences. i “What ‘Price’ Passion?” is one } of the outstanding pictures of its | \type and has received wide praise fYou like to’ pray, but cannot fol- |from.authorities as being a decid- | low sermons. }ed.asset in the drives that are |When big, this training you will hibes ict n | never rue. \civie authorities to wipe out the with chubby fingers throw a kiss jgangs of unlicensed quacks who | to me |are a pronounced menace to the | Bye-bye! bet: wibae coms tinal future of America. .Every year, | see our Rey. hundreds of unwed mothers and | ee 7s 2 thousands of unwanted babies:are | si leaceificed. and..go,to.their death|. corse’ % The Citizen. (beeause of the far-flung activi- | \ties of these nefarious groups | who prey on the ignorance of! young girls and the downright | laziness of indolent women. H The picture deals forcibly with the modern American woman's vindlination to avoid civilization’s price for ‘their indescretions and } |pulls no punches in exposing the | }methéds usedjby the abortion \gangs to-extract:the Jast dollar! § jfrom the:unwary women who are | unfortunate enough to fall into |their clutches. | Because of the candid treat- you mean the preaching oo lengthy; Goldie-locks, it is quite hard on you. to “\ment of the heretofore forbidden subject ‘the management is re-| |stricting ~attendance to ' adult) fo You Lie Awake Nights? | patronage only. sid ee ILLIONS do. The worst of LIQUORS — WINES \ it is, you never know when | Complete Line | sleepless night is coming. '‘CURRO’S BAR! Why not be prepared? | ‘PACKAGE ‘STORE | DR. MILES / Special sine on aoe Goods | Effervescent Nervine Tablets ‘or Two Weeks } ; | Duval at Petronia:St. Phone 198 | belp to quiet the nerves and Special Delivery Key West, Fla. sleep. | _ Stop in at the drug store to- day and get a package. MARINA | ‘Try Dr. Miles Nervine Tab- | lets for Nervousness, ' lessness due to Nervousness, Nervous Headache, Excita- bility, Nervous Irritability. se Small Package 5¢ CASA ‘Key ‘West's HOTEL DE LUXE American Plan 200 Delightful Rooms, Each With Private Bath Beautiful Cocktail Lounge DANCING NIGHTLY Casa Marina Orchestra PETER SCHUTT, Manager NERVINE TABLETS phia or Baltimore? Africa some 300 years ago and _ |recently died there, having .ac- BOCK STORE H. ‘AS |mumulated 16 negro wives, 50. half-breed.children and an es- CHANGED NAME tate valued .at.a million dollars, Island City Book Store is the new name of the long-established beok store located at ‘222 ‘Duval | street and formerly known as Cormack’s Book Store. Store is now under the man- agement of H. E. Day and -has been greatly improved during the | past few weeks, new lines hav-} . ing been added and old stock re- plenished. } In today’s issue of The Citizen the store advertises a néw line of Easter greeting cards. | 14 ‘where he had been engaged in! fishing on board the yacht Miak- | ka in those waters. | Samuel J. Wilde, real estate’ expert, connected with the Home | Savings Bank of Boston, Mass.,! who -has "been spending a while | ‘in Key ‘West. has made a purchase | land, O., is at the Casa Marina | \for a few-davs.and is looking over Key West. which, ‘he states, has | a brilliant future. First Anniversary of San Car- los. Castle, No. 9, Knights of Gold- | the event. Key West ‘temperature of 61-to- tourists in “Miami, where-the dow jen Eagle, is to\be celebrated soon | jat the ‘lodge rooms. An excel- | jlent ~program was scheduled for | \day .proved attractive to winter! flowed in. (Bonds ‘got a of it.) But this well ‘thermometer readings registered | has run ‘dry now and officials are making .an | 4g. “Many visitors testified to the | emotional. appeal to delinquents to pay..else the | similar ‘fix. | “better climate” here when they ther” in-other Florida cities. \artived to escape.the “eoolér wea- | i All three are Crummers, the -taxpayers _ Henry’H.Reuss, 61, retired cap- italist of Chieago, was drowned lyesterday near Shark River, | of 15 lots while here, it was an-! nounced today. | ‘ Monroe County’"Democratic Primary, May 7,°1940 Cecccccccccccccsecocesccceseosncoesoeconcensecces For Judge of the:Circuit Court GEO. E. MeCASKILL (To Succeed Judge Trammell) CLAUDE GANDOLFO For Sheriff ‘T. JENKINS CURRY For Sheriff BERLIN A. SAWYER The First National Bank of Key West ‘Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation fhisk Through Better-Looking Shaves )duee as,fine a blade as:thisto sell:at:such low price! Buy:a ‘kin from smart and burn Producec