The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 19, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO Cit ae yS wee et Citizen = _— ZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. Datty cept Sunday By MAN, President and Publisher ‘N, Husinesx Manager tizen Building ne and Ann Streets Unly Daily Newspaper in Key West and Mohroe County lorida, as second c! matter ted Press is exclusively ntitigd to use n of all news dispatc! és credited to soeia tor republicat i nt otherwise credited In this paper and also | news published here, RIPTION RATES SPECIAL NOTICE A} rending notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of « notices, ete., will be charged for at ate of 1 its a line, or entertainment by churches from Which | 3 to be derived are 5 cents a@ line. »n is an open forum and invites discus- { public issues and subjects of local or general interes cati THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; never be afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; always fight for progress; never be the or yan o: the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or elass; a.ways do its utmost for the never tolerate corruption or public welfare; injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue. coumend good done by individual or organ- izacion; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that. will elevate and not contaminate the reader; with principle. never com- promise 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. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. German patriotism—love of another’s | land. The trouble is that after the worm | turns it is just about as helpless as be- fore. We wonder whether a woman dreads fixing her face as much as a man _ hates shavirg his. Overheard somewhere in Key West: She detests him because he looks so much | like her husband. You can save yourself a lot of wasted | effort if you will not believe everything | thet you hear about other people. The United States manages to keep her merchant vessels from being sunk by | keeping them from European waters. The world has many thankless jobs; a man is not a fool if he takes one but he if he expeets to get any thanks for his work, very family has a packhorse who carries the load, bears the burden, often | cheerfully, and gets kicked in the pants because he doesn’t go fast enough to suit the drivers. Now is the time for all good Amer- icans to be glad that we are Americans. Let us remain out of the European em- broilment and remain glad that we are Americans. We get our word “tariff” ffom Tarifa, Spain, from which place the pirates gangsters cperated more than ago. The word “tariff” corresponds to the modernized “graft” of today: “Ships thet plied the Mediterranean were halted | at Tarifa, near the Straits of Gibraltar, | and forced to pay tribute, and if they re- fused the ship would be looted and then sunk. tions paid the graft, considering easiest way out. Unwisely the buecaneers made no exception with the ships of the United States, and that was their undoing. | Uncle Sam got up his dander - and sent | Stephen Decatur over to put a stop to the racket. That’s one tite the . elongated gentleman put his nose in Europe’s affairs that was coetennnontte and had satisfying results, it it wil not publish anonymous communi- | or, | a century Most of the ships from many na-) it the | Collision cf two automobiles at South- é "OUR TRAFFIC HAZARDS | | ard and Francis streets | drew attention to our traffic hazards. | unaware Southard street is a through street, sé-he’ drove against the | Why “aid t that stranger, | other strangers driving in Key West, know that Southard is a through street? Monday again | Al | stranger, driver of one of the cars involved | |in the accident which sent a Key Wester | | to the hospital, informed police he was | side of and all | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN TIME FOR _THE FACTS. Be- | | cause of the backward Key West method | of marking such thoroughfares, or because | they are not marked at all | points, Lately the city council had stop signs | painted on the pavement at important in- tersections and along through streets. strains his eyesight or looks down instead Stop signs in other cities are almost en- tirély at the right of the approach to street intersections. They are placed on stand- ards and are clearly visible to the | motorist, Sih Bey*West ‘there seems to be some strong objection to the use of such stop | maintenance charges. Painted signs on the are obscured. Stop signs must be placed on standards where they may be seen and | heeded. If.the city is unable to pay the cost of | such signs, some effort should be made to have them built by the NYA. It seems the city supplied the materials. It would be a good work project for the boys and a sound method of solving a problem. drivers will always refuse to obey stop signs no matter of what material or where they are placed. Shooting through | streets is regarded by some drivers as the best way to get nowhere in a hurry. They horns at intersections instead of using their steering wheels and what. few. brains ! they have; who usually swing far to the | left before making a right turn or vice versa; who usually cut corners especially | at blind intersections where they can’t see what traffic is approaching the same cor- ners, or who pull away from the curb into the line of traffic without observing whe- ther another car is approaching. Signs or no signs we’ll always have the screwball drivers with-us, but proper | signs properly placed will keep the sen- | | sible stranger from entering a through | street without stopping or going the wrong | way in our only one-way street. RELIEF FOR NORWAY (Newark Star-Ledger) With commendable speed, emphasized per- haps by the agonizing slowness with which mili- tary aid is reaching that beleaguered country, a } group of Norwegian-Americans has organized the | Lake Telemark Norwegian Relief Committee, be- lieved. to be the first of its kind in this country. | Not far from Rockaway, Lake Telemark is not a | large place, but it has a particular interest for | residents of this section in béing the product of | the enterprise of Stephen Bergdal, former Verona ! councilman. Mr. Bergdal, who is one of the sponsors and | seeretary of the new relief group, has evidenced the same driving force in getting the new or- genization going that he has previously shown in | business and municipal affairs. | group was only organized Saturday night, he has already obtained the authorization for further | activity in behalf of the victims of Hitler's latest | military venture from Norway's official repre- sentative in this country, Minister Wilhelm Mor- ganstierne. Furthermore, Mr. Bergdal is organizing a hgithilar commjttee in this section, and to that end is holding a meeting Friday at his Verona home, to Which he invites all interested persons. Re- membering Poland, and considering the horrible } treatment which its civilians are undergoing un- der the heel of the Nazi invader, one can only wish him the greatest success in establishing a group which will function swiftly and efficiently to aid the residents of his native land. Saas peer et eee a When Napoleon was asked for three essential reasons to wage war stccess- fully, replied laconieally: “Money, money, | aoney.” To paraphrase the great general, where are three rules for business success ond they are: “Advertise, advertise ad- | vertise.” pavement soon wear out, or get dirty and | likely the NYA would build such signs if | Of course some of our very smartest | stop | | ere usually the drivers who sound their | Although the | at some | Those signs are still visible—if the motorist | of to the right where he has been trained ‘ | to look when approaching an: intersection. | signs, for certainly, in the Jong run, they | Fadia’ be more effective in preventing in- | | tersection collisions and in keeping down | FIVE YEARS AGO |built by the Key West Admini tration and a 20- foot sloop will, |be constructed asa flagship. A jboating club will be organized, \it is said, and sailings will be en- |joyed by the members during che months of the summer. In a letter to The Citizen, Mayor Wm. H. Malone calls at- iention to the fact that tomorrow |will be Good Friday, “a day in! all the year which should be) sacred to all Christiandom”. He jealls on the peaple of Key West, | to observe the day religiously. Tentative plans were made last inight at a meeting of the Amer-)} jiean Legion for a minstrel show | |to be given in. the ;near future. ; |The show will be a combined! | vaudeville and minstrel and style’ |show, and composed of all Key; | West talent, There was a well attended meeting of the Knights of Pyth- jias held at their hall last night; |which was ih celebration of the | Official visit of Reno S. Harp, the! ;supreme chancellor, who, during |the evening, gave an interesting talk. Hugh Joseph Chisolm, paper manufacturer of Portland, Me., and party, who were on Mr. Chisolim’s yacht, Aras, yesterday jand last night, ¢elebrated in honor of the owner’s 39th birth- |day. During the day the yacht! was a colorful scene with the hundreds of flags and at night there were many electric bulbs! lighted. eee eoleerseLewk TEN YEARS AGO Information to the effect that} | the;pyesent ‘congress will vote WARD YOO GO DackwarD, AND SIDEWAYS, AND Here Just Five, Ten and F Ten and Fifteen Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen janniversary of the passage of the A fleet of 10 catboats is being joint resolution of Congress de- jelaring war on Spain. sion will be celebrated Carlos Opera House. The bill creating a new circuit | for Monroe County, z = by Representative J. F. Busto, of | pond to keep the clock in repair. this county, passetl ture yesterday. ‘much interest to Key West inas- been called to Jacksonville to at- | | much as it will \judge for this district. Raymond Scum ;who play- | last Coast this ‘evening. | jed the role of Savery Eye in the! production of the Love Garden, | is arranging to give a series of parts ‘of the city has taken on a | specialty acts for’the benefit of lot of activity recently and own- Arthur Sawyer Post of the Amer- ‘ers seem’ to be vieing With each | ican Legion at the Legionnaire’s: thet \in’ seeing whose lots will | Clubhouse. Dr, William M. Bartlum, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1940 TODAY'S COMMON ERROR De net sez. “The class indulééd in hiking trips in the spring": say, “took hik- Piri meri Today’s Birthdays Today’s Horoscope oe wberececessdd BESSSEE ES OESs crs bedddove Paul P. Ha¥ris of Chicago, orig ‘Today gives the practical per- iffator of Rotary Clubs, born at/son; one who finds pleasure in Racine, Wis., 72 years ago. persistent effort. Aggressive, ‘George Gibbs of New York, sometimes destructive, meeting noted consulting engineer, -born, many obtacles in life, he delights nen emnstmnnnns | in Chicago, 79 years ago. to climb over ‘them, holding lofty _ TODAY'S, 5 DAILY QUIZ. Augustus E. Giegéngack, Pub- ideals in view and constantly li Printer of the United States,| working toward them. Today's a ee annwad Seiten ‘@ these,‘ born.in New York, 50 years ago. | native is likely to bring up chil- aes Spit ie hacoes to ev. Dr: Harry M. Warren, dren attaining even greater suc- : *t edihitier:f président of thé’ Savera- CoS than his own. | Lifei(League, New York, born at’ sioner, born at Elizabethtown. What is 24-karat gold? |Hudgon, N. Y., 73 years ago. i, 73 years ago. Are porpoises classed as rep-:, John T. Arms of Fairfield. William W. Hawkins, Scripps- tiles, manimais or fish? Conh., oted etcher, born in Howard Newspapers’ beard chair- What is the official langu- | Washington, D. C., 53 years ago. | man, born at Springfield, Mo., age of Haiti? | May Robson, sereén star, born years ago. Who is Speaker of the U. S. jin Australia, 75 yeats ago. ee errr ee ne House of Representatives? | William A. Ayres of Wichita,) Subsctibe to The Citizén--20c The sun is approximately 93 Kans., Federal Trade Commis-/ weekly. thousand, million or bil- | lion miles from the earth? } Was baseball-player Ty | Cobb an. outfielder, in-| fielder of pitcher? | What is the highest-denom- | ination U.S. gee stamp? In what book by Charles , Dickens does “Little Nell” | appear? The head of the goverhment j of which ‘country is called | the Dalai Lama? Does any, Species of extant} bifd have teeth? | | $3,000 FOR Own CLocK "| 1 i 1 | i t | Overseas Transportation Company, Inc. Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service —bet ‘ween— MIAMI AND KEY WEST Also Serving All Points On Florida Keys Between Miami and Key West | WINCHESTER, ‘Mass. —Atinoy: | Express Schedule: ed at the inaccuracy of the pres-: beawea ‘cer wee OME (Ex. The oéca-\ent town clock, Henry F .Hunt, a CEPT SUNDAYS) AT 1:00 o'clock. in San!magazine subscription collector, | Arrivés at Miami at 7:00 o'clock \left the town the sum of $3,000 j A. M. ee are { LEAVES MIAMI DAILY (EXCEPT re in his will to buy a new one, pro- SUNDAYS) AT 1:00 o'clock A. M. vided the town posted a $10,000 | — searing at Key West at 7:00 o’clock A. Local Schedale: (Stops At Intermediate Points) LEAVES KEY WEST DAILY (except Sundays) at, 8:00 o'clock A. M. and priging at Miami at 4:00 o’élock P. M. LEAVES MIAMI DAILY (E: Sun- days) at 9:00 o'clock A. Age ar- nd at Key West at 5:00 o'clock introduced | the legisla- | \ This bill is of the State Board of Health, has, create another | tend an important serjes of con: | \ferences with other officials of | the state, and will leave over the | The clearing of lots in all FREE PICK-UP and DELIVERY SERVICE FULL CARGO INSURANCE Office: 813 Caroline St. Phones 92 and 68 WAREHOUSE—Cor. Eaton and Francis Sts. appear’ the best: kept. Weeds. | |bushes an@ small trees have bea! an ‘removed andi the lots now have al inspector in Monroe ,County ‘for fapiido and kpiens appearance. ' | ed. fy, ie abe 1 oe re a8. Pe dad COTITOTISOTOU ETERS, | money for a new poStoffice build- / ing‘in ey West comes from {Senator Duncan U Fletcher and Congressman Ruth Bryan “Owen. * |The receipt of this news is wel- comé ‘to Key! Westérs. The in-, |formation was received by The: | Citizen. Andrew J. Page, who recently | constructed a modern two-story! building at the corner of Duval! and Fleming streets, has moved ; \part of his store equipment in-| |to the new structure and has, |everythnig appropriately arrang- | jea in the building. 'SOTOMETOTOTEEIEE OTE A Knights of the Rose Croix, Ma- sonic Order, ‘will hold the regu- lar Maunday Thursday cere- {mony in the Sedttish Rite Hail tonight. The beautifully inter-. esting cerémony of extinguishing \the lights will be carried out to-! night at 8 o’clock. | | Chas. B. Ridenhour ,radioman | at» the local naval station, had/ invited about 200 friends to at-) tend a birthday perty at his | house tonight. This mornihg he lreceivedcorders to proceed. at) ‘once. to Jupiter, and -the party | ‘had to be calted off. Editorial Comment: Despite the | belief to the contrary, the voter who is téo ill to go to the polls, | The absentee voter law applies ; jonly to those who ate absent | trom home. 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