The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 15, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO ae The Key West Citizen | THR ‘O INC. day By Publisher 712) | 0 i From | Corner ¢ ! G nd Ann Streets ¥ Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County | second class matter Member of the Associated Press © Agsoviated Press is exclusively entitled to use | for r@fBblication of all news dispatches credited to not otherwise credited in this. naper and also »cal news published here, ION RATES | local workmen is an important factor | most significant aspect of the NAVAL AIR BASE BEGUN Upsetting the dire predictions of some | of Key West’s most noted pessimists, ground was broken this week for the $750,- 000 naval auxiliary air base on the Trumbo ection of Key West. While the work that is available to in the construction of the aviation base, the project is that such a base should be. established here in the face of bids of other Florida | cities. _ Those cities, however, were unable ADVERTISING wn on application, AL NOTICR ards of thanks, resolutions of | ete., will be charged for at | vents a line, A itertainment by churches from which | derived are 5 cents a line. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ek the truth and print it never be WILL always s without fear and without favor; afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; always fight for progress; never. be the or- yan o1 the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class; aiways do its utmost for the publie* welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue. commend: good done by individual or organ- izscion; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that’ will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com- promise with prineiple. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOOGATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. 7. A Modern City Hospital. Politicians may propose but it takes illions of American voters to dispose. ooo | We wonder if Mr. Sumner Welles) ever heard the one about Mr. Henry Ford’s | peace ship. | almost free; | the way of | The American press is think what you can buy, in newspapers, for a few cents. | is inconceivable that the Key West | base will be abandoned by the navy after gram. | young aviators. | the present emergency. to take away our matchless flying condi- tions and the strategic position of Key | West with relation to the Gulf of Mexico, the Florida Straits, the Caribbean and the Panama Canal Zone. So the air base is being built. It will accommodate one aviation squadron for training while conducting routine patrols | in connection with the neutrality activities of the United States navy in this area. There will be a huge hangar, barracks for | enlisted men, a bachelor’s quarters for of- ficers, streets, sewers, water, gas and elec- trie lines, and numerous other works. In the opinion of competent observers, it air the present war in Europe ends. The base may nct be in constant operation after the war, but it certainly will be:maintained fi the training of pilots and mechanics under the naval expansion pro- new Experienced pilots state without equivocation that the atmospheric condi- tions here are ideal for the training of There is no fog, the wind blows at a steady rate, the sun shines al- most constantly and there is water on every side for landing aircraft. In short, a | young aviator here can gain the confidence | so essential to his success | ruined by harrowing experiences with fog without being and other hazardous conditions prevailing elsewhere. F If Key West continues to show its ap- | preciation of the return of the naval forces, | if our citizens continue to strive toward friendlier relations with the naval per- sonnel, there is no good reason why the new air base should be abandoned after U. S. HAS NO IDEA OF FIGHTING THE KEY WEST CITIZEN KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Five, Ten! and Fifteen Years Ago As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen FIVE YEARS AGO ; Before leaving by day Sholtz called at the Citizen and chatted import. of tiu from which quickly. of the c After a delightful “visit of two! days in Key, West, the All State Association will re-; turn on the afternoon train for | During their stay they were the guests of J. Gerry Cur- tis, assistant administrator of the Miami. FERA. “Pirates of Penzance”, colorful opera from the works of Gilbert | and Sullivan, which ed here during Alegre”, is to be presented in Mi- ami twice during the latter ‘part of this month, said M. E. Gilfond, Key West administrator. A. W. Dougherty, many years, has been an annual| 7, visitor to Key Wes! day afternoon for his home Waterbury, Conn. Before leaving the visitor said to The Citizen he had as usual enjoyed a very de- lightful time. Musie Departmen West High School, for Tallahassee, The governor is com- pletely recovered from an attack ‘inanks to the climate ‘_ TODAY’S ; COMMON ERROR j. i} | | | Fine ic a word of such indefinite meaning that it usually is preferable to employ a more definite werd. For fine explanation say clear; fot fine looking man. say handsome; for fine spring water say de- licicus cr refreshing. i plane yester- Governor | office of The | on matters of ! TODAY’S. DAILY QUIZ Can you answer seven of these. ten Test Questions? Turn to Page 4 for Answers he recovered members of Where will the Demcoratic | and Republican National Conventions be held this | year? 2. Who painted the Sistine Ma- donna? 3. Do roosters ever night? 4. Do harbor pilots board bat- tleships and steer them in- to port the same as mer-! chant vessels? 5. What world-wide organiza- tion was founded by Gen- eral William Bogth? 6. In magnetism, do like poles} repel or attract? i What does the Latin term F Persona grata mean? im’ 8. Are cranberries ever eaten Taw? 9. What is the official language of Brazil? 10. Where is the largest steel | producing center in the United States? | crow at was present- “La Semana who, for it, left yester- it of the Key under the di- rection of Miss Emily Crossland, is at work on the beautiful musical | ) comedy, “Miss Cherry Blossoms”, | and hopes to provi entertainment for goers of Key West. SIDELIGHTS By MARCY B. DARNALL _ Former Editor of The Citizen | ide delightful | the theater-| TEN YEARS AGO Miss Mary Cur who has been for some time con- nected with the A. port office, is leaving the city to accept a position w: Dr. J. N. Fogarty, Fla. She will join Miss Helen Williams, who is in that city. A dinner was given last eve- ning at the Manhai D. N. Gorvas, in h tain Ernest Roberts. was brilliantly was beautiful | throughout. Miss Florence Murray, grand: Gaughter of W. J. K wluminated with a profusion of colored lights and with decorations The story is related of Vice-; President Garner that when a) visitor to his office introduced \himself as the head clown of Hagenbeck’s circus, the genial | Texan replied: “And I am vice-| president of the United States. | Stick around a while. You might , pick up some ideas that you! could use.” tis Williams, C. Elgin ex- ith her uncle, in Daytona, her _ sister, John Kaczmarek of Chicago started to ride a motor-powered | {scooter without learning how to! stop the thing, and crashed into! a building. At the hospital he! declared that he would try it! again after taking a lesson or| | two on stopping. | ittan Cafe by jonor of Cap- The cafe ‘emp, 310 Wil. | Henry Walsh, 62, became im-| Giovanni Ainsaldo, editor of an Italian |jjam street, will be united in| Patient with traffic which de-| newspaper, says that Great Britain and marriage 5 o'clock this evening layed his crossing a busy New! France desire to broaden the war front be- cause it would compel Giermany to invade the smaller neutral nations and obtain for the bride by Rev. Arthur B. Dim- | CT0SS 8 moment later under the | | the Allies the supreme objective of their “Beware the Ides of March,” the | soothsayer warned Caesar. Not the sooth- yer but the internal (or infernal as some | prefer to say) government agency is warn- ing the income taxpayers of the United States that the annual disgorging of this tax is at hand. The Ides of March are | here, Dania, Fla., near Miami, didn’t let | the fact that the tomato crop had been | virtually wiped out by the freezes of a few | weeks ago interfere with its annual tomato | festival, and 5,000 onlookers saw bathing beauties stage their annual tomato battle | —and were they a sight when it was over! Ten érates of over-ripe tomatces were | hurled at each other by the girls. Anda good_time was had by all. a —— Representative Woodruff, of Michi- gan, in Congress asked his friend from Pennsylvania while speaking of the hotel busimess, if he knew of the hotel business in which the government is engaged in Key West. This column has no knowledge of what is going on here regarding govern- mental engagement in the hotel business now=but does know that in the Stone Age, of seven years ago, there was at least one hotel that was the recipient of Administra- tion fargesse. Representative Bernie Papy has not as yet announced for re-election to repre- sent Monroe County in the Florida legis- lature, but presumably he will offer for the @fice. It is rumored that Mayor Wil- lard-M. Albury also will get into the race | for the legislature, and that presages a race-decidedly above normal temperature as beth aspirants have a host of influential friends and are campaigners of finesse. As always it is in the interest of the peo- ple that the better man win and the elec- “torate is the umpire to make the decision. May that decision be in favor of the better man! i diplomacy—the intervention of the United States on their side. No doubt, the Allies would welcome the United States if this country went into the war against Germany, but, so far, there is little indication on this side of the Atlantic that the invasion of a neutral nation by Germany would be _ fol- lowed by active intervention of the United States. : In this country, the determination to remain at peace with the world is strong. About the only development which could bring the United States into the present war would Bethe conviction that without active help from this country, the Allied nations faced defeat. bring about American intervention. It is possible that the people of the United States might prefer to risk a future world, dominated so far as Europe is con- cerned by Germany, Italy and Russia and so far as the Far East is concerned by Russia or Japan, rather than take part in | the war now going on. WHAT IS CLEAN POLITICS? The Hatch Act ferbids Federal em- ployes from engaging in political affairs, and the latest chapter of this story con- cerns extending its provisions to cover State employes paid in part from Federal funds. With these principles no one, need disagree. But in view of the longi history connected with législation, abundant’ with orders of Departments of the Government, and speeches by political leaders, there has been one result—and that is that such laws have been complete failures. It is perfectly clear that hundreds of thousands of public employes who receive all or part of their money from Federal. funds will obey natural impulses and quiet- ly campaign for their favorite political candidates—the law notwithstanding, and not even restraining them. Even this might not | to Private W. F. Powell, U.S.A.,| York street. Drawing a pistol, of St. Petersburg. The ceremony he quickly cleared the way and will be performed a’ mick. L. S. Chapman of t the home of | Tossed in triumph—only to re- | escort of a policeman. i DeLand, Fla.,| Arrested for kicking his wife! D.D.E.R., of the B.P.O. Elks, paid on the street in Seattle, Herbert | an official visit to the local lodge | Hayes explained: “You. see,!/ last night and was received by a judge, it was my wife, and’ she large number of members. Mr. didn’t mind.” But the judge did Chapman’s visit was in the na-|mind and sent Herbert to jail for! ture of a homecoming, as he was | 10 days. pastor of the Stone Church this city for a number of years. Ira W. Aldom, mi Key West Investment Company’s|when arraigned jNew York headqua! in| ae Fascinated by a cuckoo clock, | Elmer Koch of Cleveland yielded | ember of the |to the impulse to steal it, and / in court for! rters, and an theft he told the judge: “I associate in the Guaranty Trust | watched it for twn weeks and} Co., in the same city, was host at | couldn’t stand it ‘a dinner party last any longer.” evening at Elmer was given 30 days in \the Casa Marina, in compliment | which to try to control his cuckoo |to Mrs. William Cates and daugh- | complex. ter, Doris Cates. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO Tourists as well as some Key |Senora Haydee Teresa Arrenti| | Westers have been discussing the | under In Buenos Aires triplet girl} babies were born to 19-year-old unusual _cireumstances. | | Proposed changing of the names The first was born at the moth-| of some of the Florida Keys. But|er’s home while she awaited an! |with only one or two exceptions ambulance, the second was born | the proposal will likely fall on in the ambulance.and the third dead ears. The Present names at the hospital. All were re-| are characteristic and appealing. | ported as doing. well. i A small fire occurred last night; Large numbers of French’ wo-! jin a small tenement house locat-; men who do not like the prospect ; ed on Simonton Louisa. The blaze extinguished by apparatus from them. Then, street near of going through life unwed are| was quickly |said to be paying men to marry having removed | 'No. 3 engine room, which quickly | the supposed stigma of being old | responded to the ca! The local Elks will give a ban- quet tonight in the in honor of John G. jexalted ruler of th IL. maids, they get. diverces and ‘pursue their way, entitled to be} called Madame. Casa Marina Price, grand) e Benevolent |and Protective Order of Elks. The | visitor arrived. here was met on arrival the members of the Mrs. Charles S. today and} by many of order. Simms, of, ‘Knoxville, Tenn. who is vice- \president of the Tennessee Wom- an’s Press. Association. and. Au- | thors Club, is in Key West gath- ering material for a series of art-| icles, all of which will be devot- | ed. to Key West and its charac- teristics. Comic cpera, “The Love Gar-| iden”. which, is ta be produced by. | the Woman's. Club at the San) Carlos Theater: during Easter, is. to have a.cast of several, hundred. {Key Westers, both grownups, and: I | eocccccccvccscoscccscces| | years ago. FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1940 j LIQUORS _WINES nin vane bee A Rp <n nee gh A Ceeccccesoaococovccecses - ; AS A torch Ieaps up into the pine ne is ‘. bya = ah om Goods Creeping fire |There in the sun we watch it rise ;"P€C!#! “PACs 8 Wacken Higher, higher— |A dazzling white beam in the, pyyal at Petronia St. Phone 138 Red gold gorgeouls flaming vine—/ skies, Special Delivery Key West, Fla. Bignonia! | Aa Gender and-as full of grace) Others vainly try to match As anything that wings through NO NAME LODGE The glory only you may catch, space. j Directly on Beach The color only you may snatch, ;On either hand the Gulf or sea j Famous Babia Honda Fishing Vermillion hued. Gleam as lakes between each Key| Reef — Tarpon — Permit Bone Fishing Could sun resist And there within the marshy COTTAGES $2.50 AND UP. The coral-kist © lands Ps Pendants. swaying? The Crane in stalky vigil stands. | Sore ony ecia Like ear.drops.on.a lovely. queen,!To watch the crafty Pelican A Her- jewels. laying. With disregard for bird or man sa cseeiocpete alt — In and out ‘mong: leaves of green, |Pass Pigeon Key or Saddlebunch With treasured glints imbued. To swoop down and purioin his Running, tumbling on the fence, | lunch, Climbing o’er the garden gate, {Speed through the heavens on Blazing vivid radiance, that span Shining bright, ornate. —_—_ Built and created just for man Across the roof a banner flung—!Look as far as the eye can see— Dew-wet glistening in the sun—/There it lies—the southernmost | Tinted festoons, gaily hung— key i Bignonia! \Here within reach of your two} What bloom could claim hands So true a name, ‘Is all the lure of tropic lands! 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