The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 3, 1940, Page 2

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN THE LY RABES.. HEEL WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1940 The Kry West Citizen H Seeeessevessesseaessseee Today’s Horoscope HOUSING PROJECT APPROVED ane PEOPLE’S FORUM - = — Federal funds for a low rental project BLISHING CO., INC. y ept Sunday By ¢ and Publisher ws Manager tizen Building and Ann Streets CrTIZEN * is gressive temperament is this and will bring honors despite trouble for Key West will soon become available. Citizen welcomes expres- Sena awinexon }the above information known to © views of its rend- fe editor reserves the |Your readers. delete any items ‘ “Yours sincerely, considered lbetous LUANG THAVIL. Consulate General of Thailand. @ Park Avenue, {New York City, N.Y., March 31, 1940. When completed, there will be 136 dwel- ling units for white families and 84 for Each dwelling will have Each will be avail- in Fisht which nwarranted. uld be fair and coatine the etters to 200 words, and write and tri ually an r in Key West and Monroe colored ilies Spunte colored families. a S NAN Mi wRee Sip eDaRas ht y moderr acility West, Florida, as second class matter © very modern facility. ——— tribulation and the frequ ing and unmaking of pl. = eS) => — income their eto 220 families “low at total earnings. Several benefits from this project are Member of the Associated Press pal exclusively entitled to use ll news dispatches credited to credited in this paper and also hed here. brackets” rentals well. within The 1940 tensus is the sixteenth of its kind conducted in the United States. \ \ Yosemite National Park state is of “THAILAND” | Editor, The Citizen: about the size of the I take pleasure in extending to Rhode Island. you my best wishes for a very | eee ssful New Year. in Thailand the nerwise publ \ NY SUBSCRIPTION RATES SN expected: (i happy and Our New Year gins tomorrow, being thousand four hundred and eigh- | ty-third year after the death of Buddha (B.E. or Buddhist Era 2483). First, it will enable 220 families now living in “sub--standard” dwellings to be- move into quarters that will give them plenty of air and sunlight, playgrounds for their children, clean and sanitary, spic and ADVERTISING RATES n on application two! AL NOTI ards of thanks, resolutions of notices, ete, will be charged for at ents a line y churches from which | SPan. are 5 cents a line. »pen forum and invites discus- d subjects of local or general yt publish anonymous communi- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN seek the truth and print it be afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; WILL alway without fear aud witnout favor; never always fight for progress; never be the or- gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or ; aways do its utmost for the publie welfare; ncver tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue commend good done by individual or organ- izasion; tolerant of others’ rights, views and | groups of modern buildings Second, it will enable property own- ers to tear down a number of unsightly, delapidated and tumbledown old _ build- ings in which these families now reside. Third, it will impreve the appear- ance of the city by construction of two in sections where there are now no buildings, or on lots now occupied by shacks. Fourth, it will permit areas now pop- ulated by white and colored families.to be zoned under a program segregating the different groups to their own and the com- munity benefit. The Citizen believes that the new zoning ordinance should prohibit the re- construction of these old shacks in areas KEY WEST WOMEN Their Homes and Gardens i TODAY’S COMMON ERROR Never say. can't help but regret’: say, “can't helr regretting”. By MYRTLE COSGROVE number of people MRS. JOHN C. GEKELER My country, although known to the world for almost a century “Siam”, has recently changed to “Thailand”, which means Land of the Free and the of Thailand being | “Thai” instead “Siam- its name people called are of ese”. Due to the fact that a large} have question- | ed me as to the reasons which brought about this change of name, I feel that I should take this opportunity to explain them to you and I hope that this in- formation will also be of inter- est to your readers. How the country came to be known as “Siam’ dated back to an early period when contacts opinions; print only news that will elevate The “Society of Friends”, bet- ter known as “Quakers”, at present very much fn the public This is mainly due to the the American | Committee in with foreign nations were few. Chinese merchants traded with the country through a_ small trading post by the name of “Sayam”. . For their convenience this name was used to signify the whole country of the, Thai. ‘The. word “Sayam” was _ first corrupted to “Siem”. Foreigners | who entered the country later on ‘found it convenient to adopt the name used by the Chinese and called the country “Siam”. How- ever, the name “Siam” was mostly used among foreigners but among my people, the coun- try has always been known as! gacksONVILLE Prades Thai. “Prades” means ATLANTA Land; “Thai” means Free. To CINCINNATI facilitate foreign prontnciation, DIANAPOLIS “Thailand” was adopted as the AGO chien pre scoun.| DETROIT deere foreign name of the coun: poe that should be restricted for highel.: r&sidences and apartment _ buildings. There will be little point in the ‘housing project, aside from the direct benefit to ‘the 220 families, unless these shacks are | removed from the local scene . The Citizen also believes that the con- struction of the colored housing project | should signal a movement to keep the races separated. The mixture of the races | here is becoming a serious problem. It | will be better for all concerned for them to be kept apart. The present conditions carry a large freight of dynamite that would take only a spark of intolerance or disturbance to explode. Those cf our public and civie officials and not contaminate the reader; never com- is TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ Can you answer seven of these ten Test Questions? Turn to Page 4 for Answers 1, Name the capital of Dominion of Canada. What is the name for young swans? Was the Declaration of In- dependence _ signed on July 4, or August 2, 1776? What is the name for a se- ries of arches? Name _ the well - known American University at New Haven, Conn. Can a mechanical invention be protected by the copy- right laws? promise with principle. eye humane work oi Friends Service war-torn Europe. -Our unfort- unate neighbors across the sea have lea d to place their trust in these calm, gentle folks, who, while assiduously striving for peace, are at the same time feed- whg the hungry and ministering to their sick and wounded. . . This sect had it: ise in Europe about the middle ‘of the 17th cen- tury. They were non-conform- ists in many respects, declining to pay homage to king and court, reserving that reverence alone for their Creator. Holding no belief in war they refused mili- tary srevice. They also declin- 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. If in a hurry to get “back home,” make reservations now on one of the new, luxurious air-conditioned Limited buses—all seats reserved, no local stops, ward service, free pillows, hours saved—at small extra fare not exceeding $1. You and enjoy your trip more by bus. COSTS LESS THAN ANY OTHER WAY IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST the ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1. Water and Sewerage. 2. Comprehensive City Pian (Zoning). More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. . 755 ¥ el +s. Consolidation of County and City Gov- 2 ihe ernments. A Modern City Hospital ROCH LAND, 0. 2045 BAL E Perhaps Mr, Welles was merely find- rg out what Europe thinks about the third ! term idea. ‘a normal | Which probably ac- Gambling is said to be human weakness.” counts for a lot of marriages. An additional 1,000 beds are needed | at>St. Elizabeth’s Hospital for the Insane in Washington, D. C. Are the crackpots | becoming violent? Key West has no cases of malaria or other malignant fevers, but after one of the local theaters shows “Gone With the Wind”, there will undoubtedly — out- breaks of Scarlett fever. be The Times-Union paragrapher says that fishing is better for the fellows who catch ‘em. We say it a little differently Key West, where the fishing is best for ‘ellow who catches the biggest whop- Here no fisherman returns empty-handed. in the ever When a stranger comes to your office, yeu can be sure of one or two things; he wants to sell you something or else he wants you to give him something. That also applies to newspaper offices, but the exception is the candidates; they want some too, but are willing to pay for it, thing, as a rule. The Key West Citizen scores “Public officials seeking office’ who call taxpay- ers “vile expletives, behind their backs.” Most folks share the viewpoint—but on the cther hand—taxpayers have been call- i: ¢ lots of public officials and office-seek- “thisnthat” behind their backs and to a pup.”— er their faces “ever since Hec’ was Times-Union. Every time that Key West thinks it is riding high, wide and handsome some- thing happens and the island city gets a sock on the chin, the latest whack being the abandonment by the P. & O. Steam- ship company of its Tampa-Key West- Havana service for at least two months. Key West has been the receiving end of so many punches that it is a wonder we are not punch-drunk. Nevertheless these hard hits seem to make us more robust, ‘greatly increased, especially during | and everybody should. who labored so hard for so many weary menths to procure the assistance of the U. | S. Housing Authority in financing this fine | housing project should be | community action looking rewarded by toward better zoning regulations and living conditions for all the elements of our mixed popula- tion. INFANT MORTALITY In the long list of accomplishments to the credit of modern medical science per- | haps none ha. a greater significance than the success auwained in the reduction of childhood deaths. Queen Anne of England, born in 1664, bore 17 children, only one of whom lived more than a year, and he died at the age of 11. Now large families of children often mature without a death. Through medical education and the treatment of early defects the child’s chance of reaching maturity has been the last half century. The lengthened average span of human life which now prevails | largely due to reduction of mortality among | infants, In addition to reguiarly employed physicians and nurses by public units, thousands of volunteer workers are cooperating in the noble task of saving babies’ lives. For their effective efforts in this and other directions looking to the preserva- tion of human life the medical profession and those cooperating are entitled to the | highest praise. NATURE’S BEAUTY PARADE Delayed about a month by extremely cold weather, Nature is about to put on her annual show. During the next few weeks it will take a very belligerent individual to keep his mind upen the fighting that is go- ing on across the Atlantic ocean. Trees, bushes and plants, apparently dead a short while back, will burst in bloom. Men will marvel at the beauty of color and wonder at the splendor that en- riches the earth in Spring. We are not much at naming the species that give mankind the tonic that | new life affords but one can hardly walk around nowadays without an impression of loveliness at hand. Everybody can enjoy the bountiful exhibition that Nature offers | health | jed to take oath in court. | were of dress, plain living. thrift, in-, | dustry. serenity Church ot England many of them sought America. . Walter Roberds and his wife, Re- bekah Williams, left their home in settled sylvania. ...A descendant of Wal- ter Roberds is the subject of this week's Gekeler, now making in Key Wet. the wife of Dr. John C. G pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, 1932 from a former pastorate at Homeste from childhood home and family, the pr have “bee heredity‘in Mrs. Gekeler that she still jher daily life dignity, poise, ittdustry, firm re- ligious tion of the true all these are a right royal herit- ge to her from Quaker forebea . She also has a superb sense jof humor which may or may not | be “Friends” }of her was an oidained minister of that denomination born in the little Quaker city of Richomond, Indiana. near Indian- apolis Earlham College. tution located in her home town jin a full and varied life, What is the correct pronun- ciation of the word dic- tionary? Two famous military de- fense systems of modern times are the French Mag- inot Line and the West- wall. Name one in Ru- mania. Name the fifth largest city in population in the Unit- ed States? Where is the Big Sioux Riv- er? They firm believers in sobriety and, above all peace and Persecuted by the freedom them religious .Among in were who, in 1755, Wales and in Bucks County, Penn- 10. <ketch—Mrs. John C. her home Gekeler is fer it so often happens, she does everything well. . .Being ested in many things, she is nat- urally interesting to others. Having a creative mind she works for beauty in any form. . . Wood carving and interior dec- orating are her hobbies. She took up the former under the able tutelage of Mary Latham, while living in Delaware, Ohio Mrs. who was called here in Fla. Though far pts of the Quaker faith so deeply ingrained by many of them Serenity, peace, into -: fully and intricately carved. . . She works from nature, flower and fruit models entire- ly. beliefs ‘and an apprecia- values of life— decorating stands stead her, said: “If the definition of a great ladv be one who has beau- jty, poise, serenity, a sense of |humor and a consideration her in good inheritance from the She is justly proud | great-grancmother, who an -Mrs. Gekeler was assuredly a great lady”. She was educated at ae a Quaker insti- water storage capacity c, which, | dam built or building. as been ‘She majored in mus a population of about 15 million, while it is Thai race consists of about fifty million people, living land and the neighboring tries. effort on, your part inter- | Her heme contains many fine pieces of her handiwork, beauti- | using ‘She is a born home maker and delights in keeping house. It is here that her love of interior . A friend, in speaking of of others, then Mrs. Gekeler is most Boulder dam has the greatest of: any! her great and absorbing interest little girls who lessons for hours without urged, which no doubt accounts {for mueh of her musical ficiency. . mental TRY IT TODAY— The Favorite in Key West STAR * BRAND CUBAN COFFEE ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS «She was one of those unusual practiced piano being pro- instru- until, She music studied exclusively after her marriage when she took up vocal training singing and “She has a tralto voice, clear, strong and autiful. Her forte is dramatic she has the splendid I Fdagos ability to convey to her audience by means of words and music, a perfect picture of her song. ing her music she pours it un- restrained!y melody. . ‘She studied voice un- der Laurence Cover of the Edin- boreugh School forte being oratorio and church music is probably the cause of Mrs. Gekeler's singing Biblical texts rather than secular music. melody is of secondary ance to words and sentiments. . . She is especially fond of Easter music. . | [essed with many talents and as/629 Duval St. 410 Fleming Street WHERE GOOD FOOD MAY BE OBTAINED a—o—o Cocktail Lounge Liv- forth in floods of of Music. His ROYAL PALM DeLUXE Local Sightseeing Tours TAXI SERVICE Key West Representative of THE ROYAL PALM HOTEL in Havana, Cuba preference for : She feels the import- She is a versatile person Thailand is a kingdom having estimated that the Cor. 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