The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 10, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO — ~e 2 oe ied | Che wvy West Citizen tat Key West, Florida, a second class matter Member of the Associated Press u 8 in this ~aper and also cards of thanks, resolutions of ces, ete, will be charged for at | s for enterta is to be derived are 5 cents @ line. ni open forum and invites discus- ues and subjects of local or general 1 not publish anonymous communi- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it t fear and witnout favor; never be 1 to attack wrong or to applaud right; ‘ht for gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, always fi progress; never be the or- tion or s; aways do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue o.amend good done by individual or organ- ization; 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 1. Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Pian (Zoning). More Hotels and Apartments, Bez and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolida of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. The “forgotten man” will probably be found before the census enumerators | finish their job. Unmarried ladies who are prone to} procrastinate are reminded that Leap Year| rly one-third gone. The Russian novelist Feodor Sologub idn’t help matters much when he chose as his pen name “Kazmich Teternikov.” The U.S. Steel Corporation paid $67,- 000,000 in taxes last year, while the stock- holders who are the owners got nary penny. a When the auto disposes of all horses, » will be no more horse-thieves, and | only thing to remain of the horse will | be the expletive, reminiscent of the equine | age. | Never expect a official to] please you in everything; be thankful if he pleases you in anything. Of around election time excellent cxpected and obtained. public course, service is Desire on the part of the de- the cost navy of the con- struction of the fresh water aqueduct from the mainland to Key West s interpreted to mean that the local naval partment to beg proposed station will not again be that the reestablishment of the navy yard last fall will be permanent and remain ‘as an advance operating base for submarines and destroyers. The local submarine base will prove an adequate facility in aiding naval operations in this area. If Congress- man Cannon succeeds in his efforts to have congress authorize the construction of the pipe line, it appears as definite proof of | the navy’s intention to operate the Key West station as an integral part of its de- fenses of the Panama canal. Since the aqueduct of necessity must run along the keys there can be no reasonable doubt that water will be furnished applicants all along the line, as it will reduce the cost of »peration to all individual users and serve a long felt want. Whether the navy or the water commission constructs the pipe line, Key West and the keys are assured of a plentiful supply of fresh water with- in a reasonable lapse of time. sively entitled to use | dispatches credited to | abandoned and! CHARTER BOAT BUSINESS shipmasters and guides. Among the thou- | sands annually coming to Key West are many hundreds of anglers who'd | fish than eat. may be found. Key West ‘Possesses saxchoa@ fleet and such a group of men. At the present time there are 41 boats in the | operating from this port. Only a few years ago there were only five boats in service here; only a few years ago the annual income of the boat captains amounted to less than $20,000. It is now estimated that during the four that ended March 31 the charter A valuable asset to any resort com- | munity with a fishing grounds is a fleet of | good charter boats operated by competent | rather | If they cannot find good ! boats and guides they will go where they | charter fleet | charter THE KEY WEST CITIZEN months | boat | captains collected approximately $69,000 | for their services and the use of their ves- | sels. That amount of money is considerably raore than smal] change. | the 41 boats, although not all of them | shared equally in this income, the average | would be about $1680 a boat. net an excessive sum invested and the time and in- volved in operating his boat. be paid, fuel, bait, ice and tackle must be | bought. any strétch of the imagination, but it is | enough to give the boat owners and their mates a fairly decent living. Solution of the problem of increasing the income of the charter boatmen rests in advertising. Instead of a four-month expense season, the season should be expanded to | There is only five, six or seven months. | one way to bring about that happy situa- tion—advertise. Advertise the fact that the best fish- | | ing occurs after the regular winter sea- | son, that it occurs during the spring and early summer. Advertise the seaworthi- ness of the charter boats, the competency | of the captains and guides. | sideshow aspects of a fishing trip in the waters surrounding Key West, such as the ! schools of tropical fish that cavort and trut their beauties free of charge over the | coral reefs and bay bottoms. | To advertise requires cooperation, the | combined contributions of all the charter boat operators. Key West has a Charter Boatmen’s Association. It was formed to protect the industry, give the fishermen better service, increase the efficiency of | the guides and enhance the safety of the This is the logical organization to advertising and _ publicity boats. undertake an program. Every charter boatman should be a | ! member of that organization, so that their | industry may become better known and widely demanded. There can be their services more What helps one, helps all. | no progress, no betterment of conditions among charter boatmen unless they all fight the good cause together. THEY WANT OUR BEST PLANES British and French purchasing agents are seeking to buy 8,000 warplanes in the United States and news reports indicate that the proposed buyers are insisting that they be allowed to purchase the best combat aircraft that can be manufactured. News from Washington indicates that the War Department will release for for- eign sale a 400-mile-an-hour fighter plane, ordered by the Army less than a year ago. This immediately “surprises” some con- gressmen who are amazed that the Army does not insist upon receiving the first of the planes for its own use. i It seems to us that if Great Britain and France are ready to spend about a billion dollars in this country for fighting planes, it will benefit the United States to encourage the transaction. Certainly, the manufacture of 8,000 warplanes in | this country will develop our aircraft in- dustry and enable it to supply the Army and Navy at a rate which would be im- possible without the Allied order. It is quite possible that in the manu- facture of the planes designed for the Allies, some improvements will be made and the United States, by postponing its purchases, will be able to take advantage of these improvements. If an emergency should arise, the nation has ample power ' to seize all planes being made in this coun- try for its own use, regardless of contracts which aircraft makers may have with | some other countries, Certainly | considering the | amount of money each. boat captain has Mates must | The income is not all net, not by | Advertise the | Spread among | Ledersen .-. the smiling hostess who welcomes guests at one of New York’s most famous hotels. She will tell you Chest- erfield is the busiest Cigarette in the place. Copyright 1940, Liccetr & Myers Topacco Co. FIVE YEARS AGO The Canadian Yacht Kallisto, formerly Walucia, III, arrived in port late yesterday afternoon | from Havana with owner, W. W. Near, and party of friends on board. These are Mrs. Marjorie |M. Wise and Mrs. Florence L. {Cullen, of New York. | Avery Johnson, first artist to |arrive in Key West with the Flor- lida Emergency Relief Adminis- ‘tration, resigned from the Key | West Administration today to de- vote his efforts to independent | painting. | ra Thieves entered the music store of J. L. Stowers last night and departed with one all-wave |radio and a late model speedster bicycle. The loss of the articles | was reported to Sheriff K. O. |Thompson, but no clues for ap. |prehending the thieves were | gleaned. Madam van Haersma de With |wife of Jonkeer H. M. Haersma de With, minister from The Netherlands to Washington, caught the record sailfish at Pi- rates Cove this week. The catch weighed 83 pounds and measur- ed eight feet, three inches. County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer is now preparing a payroll for county employes who are paid from the General Revenue Fine and Forfeiture Funds. checks now available are: Gen- eral Revenue for the month of | April, 1934; Fine and Forfeiture for the month of July, 1933. TEN YEARS AGO | The county commissioners at their regular meeting last night |took under advisement a _ pro- {posal made by R. G. Mills, rep- ‘resenting the United Tours Co., {which contemplates sale of the Over-Sea Highway ferry tickets lat all offices maintained by the | company. been in Cuban waters, sailed from |Nuevitas yesterday and is ex- \pected to reach this port either this evening or tomorrow morn- fa week and then clear for Phila- delphia, where she will get her annual overhaul. According to a message receiv- ied here fram Vero Beach, {Key West team competing against eight other organizations }made up from other cities, won state honcrs in the competitive drills and other maneuvers fea- turing the ii firemen’s jtournament and convention, which opened in Vero Beach on Monday morning. KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Five, Ten and Fifteen Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen and! The ing. Shé will be here for about, the | ‘charge of the U. S. Engineering office here, has received orders itransferring him to Miami will Jeave here Sunday morning {to enter upon his new duties. His scope of duty will take him from Fort Pierce as far south as Jewfish Creek. Greek sponge fishers, having | |failed in their efforts to make! | Key. West their headquarters, have now decided to ga to .Mi- | ‘ami. They state that they are, ibacked by the Miami Industrial | |Board. Key West always has \fought bitterly against the influx lof these fishers. Thirty-cne carloads of pineap- ‘ples were brought in last night |by the Ferries Flagler and Par-, ott. They made 56 carloads }going out. The Flagler brought ;14 cars and the Parrott 17. The two boats will bring 40 cars to- night, it is announced. | FIFTEEN YEARS AGO | Late yesterday afternoon the Inegotiations for the sale of the Key West Realty Company’s| tract on the east end of the is- }land were formally concluded in the office of Attorney J. Lance-| lot Lester, with the transfer of the property to the Meacham {Corporation of West Palm Beach and New’ York. ' Arrangements have been com- | pleted for the entertainment of General Machado, president-elect ‘of Cuba, «nd his party, updn their larrival in Key West next Mon- day afternoon from Havana. | ;Colonel J. H. Carroll will be at} |the head of the receiving party. | | Major George E. 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It was bought by Juan Carbonell for came to Key W everal months $175. The boat is 36 feet long ‘ago and we ptivated with the and 10 feet wide, with a power- ‘island and believe there is a |ful motor. great future for the cit and The motorboat Maria, whieh' W.F. Burns and son, W. F. Subscribe to The Citizen. | y “ with a happy after-sense of refresh- ment. Thirst asks nothing more. ‘THE PAUSE THAT REFRE® BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA CO. BY KEY WEST COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY