The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 27, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO ] Cie Key West Citizen | THE C2TIZEN PUBLISHING t het Daily b 1. P. ARUMAN, Pi SOK ALLEN, From ‘The ¢ Corner Greene Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County s second class matter at Key West, Florida, Member of the Associated Press ated Press is exclusively entitled to use iblication of all news dispatches credited to t otherwise credited in this ~aper and also published here. —-— &—___+4 BSCRIPTION RATES Fz +=. +B Month ADVERTISING RATE! wn on application, SPECIAL NOTICE AU rbading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of reshevs, ubitwary neti tc, WAL Be cfarged fer at | the rate of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainment by churehes from which a reve to be derived are 5 cents @ ne. The js an open forum and invites @isous- sion of fssues and subjects of local or general inter t wiJl not publish anonymeus communi- « ThE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; never be ifraid to attack* wrong or to applaud right; slways fight for progress; never be the or- in or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, action or class; aiways do its utmost for the publi fare; never tolerate corruption ox injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue. commend good done by individual or organ- yn; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinic print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com- romise 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. Consolic on of County and City Goy- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. After taking a fourth wife a Mas chusetts shoemaker now declares hé’ will stick to his last. An Indiana man was arrested with-19 watches in his pockets. Now he is doing time and doesn’t need even one. Key West should have more umbrella trees for the wood from that tree smells like raspberry jam. So far as this writer knows there are only a few on this island, grown in the garden of Miss Molly Parker. Good products often languish be- cause they advertised but this is no sly argument to persuade you to ad-| vertise in The Citizen what you have to sell. You know your product best and it may not be fit to advertise. are not After fear Key West off atithogized 30, per (- £936 ‘ully dodging for six months | finally by a 4-3 vote | cent settlements. for} delinquent tas provided | since are paid full. There'll be no | Fuller's . Florida Letter. Nary a Thomas, well-known com- mentator, last night joshed L. P. Artman, lisher of The Leader and Editor of The West Citizen. Mr. Thomas didn’t Artman was correct in his that the frozen fish found around the Florida coasts were due to the cold they had contracted while up north. “If this were so,” explained Lowell Thomas, | in the "warm Ke *—Point Lowell pui Ke thin! reasoning Editor “wl waters Pl leas: iidn’t they thaw out of the Florida nt (N. J.) Leader. Eventually when the econontic condi- | tions justify the inauguration of another naper in Key West’ it will be brought! about. With that eveiituality let us hope that the owner or premoier is a decent in- dividual and a credit to the newspaper fraternity. A few years ago there was a rumor that another paper would be started | here by an individual who, it was later learned, was just about three jumps ahead of the sheriff. Now, it is rumored, that anciher ouestionable character, known at, one time to be a “dope” peddler, not of this city, wants to start a weekly paper in the interest of outside gamblers who have sinister designs on Monroe county, and for personal nefarious gains, news {There is no,adequate baseball | station or the army bs idea got sunk beneath the old | will employ a gener ATHLETIC FIELD NEEDED Key West is one of the best baseball towns in Florida. notch ball players, hundreds of There are scores of top- red hot ; fans among the civilian population, and a large number of servicemen, _ sailors, guardsmen, who either play ball or enjoy watching a ball game, Yet these hundreds, yes thousands, of Key Westers and servicemen have no. place to go to indulge.in their, favorite 4sporg field, np stadium, ng provision whatever for han- dling this ‘great American. recreational activity. There are ball fields at the naval rracks, but admis- to finance the marines, soldiers and coast sion cannot be charged | hometown teams in the purchase of balls, bats, gloves and uniforms. Just the cther day it was called to the attention of The Citizen that among the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Pan- | dora is a topnotch baseball team that has met and defeated a number of highclass in the United States and in Central nerica during a recent good-will tour. 1ere are also some good teams among he hundreds of sailors and marines sta- tioncd here. The army probably could 1 ball outfit onto a playing field, a playing field. 2 our city council was nine if there wa me § xt about the b an athletic plant:and stadium on city prop- out Flagler avenue. The WPA some ime ago drew up preliminary plans for such a plant and offered to make a project ‘) the city would come through with a ponsorship fund, which, under present regulations, amounts to around 25 _ per cent of cost. All that seems to have come out of these proposals was a lot of interesting conversation. When it was discovered that the city would be forced to put up 25 per cent of the cost of an athletic field the Key West complaint—no funds available for such projects. It seems to The Citizen that, the city council should go into this matter again with a yiew to exploring all the possible avenues for financing this important rec- reational project, A fairly decent base- ball field and bleacher seats to serve tem- vorarily might be built for around $10,- 000, according to some interested persons. That would require a city sponsorship fund of $2500. City council should consider the proposal at once. SENSIBLE AND TO THE POINT (From Winter Haven Daily Chief) The Florida Tax Revision League refers to Primary Election Day, May 7th, as biennial “Em- ployment Day.” The League points out that Florida’s govern- ment, state and loeal, spends more than 100 mil- *, therefore, is the state’s big- of Florida a every or licn dollars per 3 E Ider in that business and gcst business very citizen is stockt contribu in the form of direct indirect taxes, te cost of its operation. If we regard government as a busin said L all as appl that business, we can the League, “considering candidates merely for jobs in necessity of employing ilable to operate; our more full h appreciate the most capable men av business of government. “On May 7th and in the second primary on th, we will elect state and local officials In other words, we > 28 from governor to constable. 1 manager, a board of direc- 1 all department head3. f we hire good men for these jobs, men of | ability, honesty, and integrity, we will have good | If we hire men wha-are the best whose vernment promisers, best handshakers, or men only qualification is the fact that they need a job etent men who have neither the ability grity to perform the duties of the jobs for hich they have asked, we will have inefficient, government and every itizen of Florida will suffer through excessive also through wasteful, extravagant. t cost and high taxes, depressed economic conditions. “Voters* should judge applicants for jobs by the same standards they judge applicants for private jobs. Ask yourself in the considera- tion of each candidate—Would I hire this man to Government is your business.” public run my busine In conch members of the board of directors. The legisla- e is the board of directors of our public,busi~ -*°?*s ss, therefore, the most important jobs we have to fill on election day. They are local men—you can carefully check their honesty and ability. If ‘o hire good men for the legislature they can cor- ect many errors that we may make in the em- | ployment of men to other jobs.” iding of a ball field, ; THE KEY WEST CITIZEN PEDESTRIAN: WHO DON’T KNO HOW TO DRIVE most 8 PEDESTRIANS KILLED IN CONN, HAD NEVER SEEN LICENSED TO 4 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1940 ! 1 Pecccceccccsecess 2000000 Netes Frem° Pirates Cove kins, of Allentown, F Mrs. C, Dr: ahd Mrz MORE THAN 9 OUT OF EVERY IO ‘RIVE ~ THEY SAW THE AR BUT DIDN’T RE- \LIZE HOW. LITTLE THE | | JRIVER CAN SEE AFTER eo snere Lighting to-day sofity!| oe eee | ‘| 4 SIDELIGHTS By MARCY B. DARNALL Former Editor of The Citizen The recent death of Solomon Levitan, 77, who was serving his sixth term as state treasurer of Wisconsin, recalled a quip of his, made a candidate in 1936, when a critic suggested that he was too old: “Better Iet an elderly man ,hahdle your money; he is looking*for the golden gate, not the golden calf.” Daniel Harri the only surviv- ing Jewish ¥etéran of the Union armies in the Civil War, has just celebrated his 94th birthday. He served under the name of Irv- ling, and his’ pension che are }made out to “Daniel Harris, alias | George Irving.” Before the Spanish-American War the total strength of the United States regular army was only 25,000 men. At: pres-. ent almost exactly that ‘many soldiers are stationed at _ posts established for the defense of the Panama, Canal, and.pthers are to be added : Offhand one might think that U. S. presidential elections are always held in leap years, but there have been two exceptions— those of 1800 and 1900. Years ending in even hundreds are not leap years except when divisible by 490. Thus 1600 was a leap id 2000 will be, but 1700, 1800 and 1900 were not. he Chicago Historical Socicty has a collection of 27 miniature jrooms, abott 16 by 24 inches in size, fully-equipped with tiny furniture, chandeliers, curtain’ and other accessories. tains the sthafest {c$cktail table, | complete.with tray,"shaker, bot- tle, glasses,.ice. bowl, tongs and ‘cigaretté éasés, Germany has sold the remains of the scuttled pocket. battleship | Admiral Graf Spee to a junk dealer for the equivalent of about $17,000. The wrecked ves- sel, now sunk in the harbor of | Montevideo, originally cost ap- proximately 19 million dollars. During the last 10 years 84 jmew symphony orchestras have been founded in the United States, not including WPA units. This is as many as were estab- ‘lished in the 30 years between 1900 and 1930. The works of Beethoven have always been played oftener in America than those of afy other classical com- | poser. | When Patrolman Koster — of «Detroit stopped Mrs. Elsie Gar- jland for speeding she grabbed | his, book of tickets and slapped. him soundly in the face with it. 7 Sent ‘to jail for five days, she did not protest, but merely remark- ed: “It was worth it.” jon, the League said, “the most im- | portant officials of a private corporation are the | ‘Today’s Horoscope The sweet and bitter mingle in this life. It is a day of ability and honor, but may be full of discouragements, It will be force of circumstances that will often determime the issue rather than \personal efforts. “Phe life is far. ifrom an unimportant one. i3 not adeguate foryeut One con" eeccaccacsceccooce | TODAY’S COMMON ERRCR Do not ay. “This is a grzrd day", “I had a grand time”, or similar ex- pressicns. Grand means en a large scale, imposing, as, “a grand range of meuntains”, ‘as grand vista”. a a a ne | | | ! | } BE ae ed SS TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ Can you answer seven of these | ten Test Questions? Turn'to = | Page 6 for Answers 1. What office did Robert; H. ‘| Jackson hold when he was appointed U. S. At- torney General? | On what date will the twen- ty-first century begin? Who said, “My kingdom for , a-horse”? What is H20? Name large, Australian bird. Did George Washington sign of . Inde- pendence? i What is the male bee called? | Name the capital Nor- 2 a flightless, the Declaration of way. Do comets the sun? Is the Louvre a group of buildings, a monument, or rk. and where is it lo- revolve around sooo DREAMING By J. I ley on the cand Cf a coral strand, Drowsily watehing. the sea. The waves rising slow Sang a lullaby low And soon I was dreaming of thee, | i dreamed you were there, The wind blowing your hair gaily you called to me, » sleepy hea: tome out of Your bed— Lets take a dip in the sea’.. So we romped ‘neath the skies, As blue as your eyes, Then raced to a coconut tree To rest in the shade Its broad leaves made— While’ sweetly you sang for me. A wandering breeze Strummed on the leaves The tempe of your song. The children at play In the ocean spray Drew nezr in a hushed throng. A gay, little boy— Some mother’s joy— Seated himself on the sand. fwo tiny girls, With wind-tossed curls, | Stood holding each other's hand. } ‘Twas a beautiful theme, Your song in my dream, As I dreamed on the sand ‘by-the+ sea— Of fragrant flowers And fairy bowers . And birdies that nest in a tree: little A ducking stool was. punish shrews in Eng! :1745. son and Mrs. Litehtied, Edward Oberg, of Mou N. LOESER, cf New H. while f with C. Thursday last, caught a 12- er Ja vLcureue- eveweeece Recent vsiitors at Pirates Cove, also gucsts now at the 2, include, the followin: J c Thomp: W Donovar Fake York Mrs Ralph, nas Whit- and B. Hood, Cufumbus, Ohio; R. MacKay Ma.y M and 1 sons, and Bob, at {e and and Mr. and Mrs Mieveland. Obis J. Kingsbury Conn.; Mr. ¢ Y.; Mr. and Mrs. tender, E, -P. Mr, ard I cago, Tk. AND MRS. FRED L. , Conn., Cove on pound barra- MR. ng out of Pi Earl ot. McQuaide mangroye cuda, eight DARK jack, one weighing ; ry REMEMBER pounds, | taken by’ Mrs. Loes and one’ 38 pounds, eaught by Mr. Loeser. MR. AND- MRS. RALPH: JAMES and sons, Ralph, Jr, and Bob, of Allentown, Pa. and “Pinky” Whitkins, of Whitkin ville, Mass an exception day’s fi y of $ |week v . out of Pirates Cove. tion included: two weighing 53 pounds and the oth- th Capt. Earl McQuaide The collec- sailfish, one 46 pounds, both taken by mes, Sr.; a 43-pound grouper aught by “Pinky”, several small- er grouper and three barrac MR. AND MRS. JOHN RAPP, ROYAL PALM DeLUXE Local. Sightseeing Tours TAXI SERVICE Key West’ Representative of THE ROYAL PALM HOTEL in Havana, Cuba ROYAL PALM TAXI CO. Rolph DuBreuil, Prop. 629 Duval St. Phone 9147 of Chicago, fishing out of Pirates Cove with Capt. Roy Shook. brought ir a fine catch of group- cr, mackerel, kingfish and barra- cuda, one of the grouper weigh- ing 39 pounds. WITH THE MOON RIDE WITH FULL. Capt. McQuzaice has start- ed his night fishing for tarpon. The large cruiser acts as th- er” ship and the smaller are released when the ta grounds ere reached many twelve can be fishing at « ats o that a as ten or Enroute NORTH by BUS Meet Spring enroute North this year in the comfort and ease of a Florida Motor Lines Zephyr bus. Travel scenic highways through the heart of the Historic South, taking your choice of picturesque routes. 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