The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 8, 1940, Page 2

os ie Er PEER. Be te ee ~ - _ , ning. - under which the United States has bought foreign silver at prices above ‘buying of foreign ‘ministration, PAGE TWO ~Ghe a acey West Citizen ZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. Daily Except Sunday By ARTMAN, President and Publisher ) ALLEN, Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets only Daily Mewenenes ad West and Monroe ntered at Key West, Frorida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication offall news dispatches credited to t or ngt 6 | pa ras ig this paper and* ‘also: iondt BES eb Aantoa! he joa SUBSCRII Year 22 Months Months .. 1 onth Weekly ECIAL NOTICE 8, cards of thanks, resolutions of ry notices, etc. will be charged for at f 10 cents a line. for entertainment by churches from which venue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- public issues and subjects of local or general st but it wil not publish anonymous communi- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | WILL @lways seek the truth and print it | without fear and without favor; never be afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; always fight fer progress; never be the or- van or the moypthpiece of any person, clique, faction or clags; aiways do its utmost for the | public welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue couimerd good done by individual or organ- | tolerant of others’ zscion; 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. of County and City Gov- ernments. = A Modern City Hospital. Consolid It will soon be tulip time in Holland. Adults who expect children to exer- cise their caution are as foolish as_ their children, Key West will be a better place in which to live when you become a_ better neighbor, Congratulations to the winners and re- | grets to the losers; better luck next time, for the latter. Nearly every American thinks he is a writer except the men and women who have to make their living writing. Norman Thomas, the permanent So- cialist candidate for President, never has | to worry over selecting a cabinet. a ay ‘ Much can be learned from cities } across the pend. For instance, Helsinki, Finland, (regently so impressively.in the jime-light on account of the war with Rus- | though a city of more than a quar- ter of a million inhabitants, has no slums, for the big companies built flats for their workers at the same time they built their factories and the city authorities under- took city planning from the very begin- In that respect the larger cities of the United States are very backward, and i shame that this the richest country in the world permits slum conditions to exist, though in recent Years some progress has been made along remedial lines. The bill of Senator Townsend provid- ing for the repeal of the 1934 legislation Treasury the world market has been reported favor- -ably by the Banking and Currency Gom-, mittee of the’ Sérate. It is perfectly clear “that the bill does not touch domestic silver at all, since the sole object is to stop the silver which Senator Townsend condemns as “‘a wasteful, un- sary, pointless and disturbing pro- There are plenty of votes in the Senate and House in favor of the bill which would discontinue foreign silver purchases. Opposed to the plan isthe National Ad- including the President, and The Citizen which doesn’t matter much, if x we apything. | MOSQUITOES STILL A PROBLEM Three kinds of pests ‘have been bothering Monroe county residents the last few weeks. Mosquitoes, candidates and workers who plugged for the respective cendidates. The candidates and their busy | workers ar ppearing, but the meos- quitoes go right on biting. In the hubdub of the political cam- paign the mosquitoes have been forgotten. They remain our great menace, so that their contrél.and eradication-continues-td | be something worth attending to as quickly 6 | as possible, before the rainy season séts in. What has become of the movement to 24 jcreate a state mosquitc control authority for Monroe county? This project gave F promise of being what was needed !in this county. Under that proposal 10 per cent of the freeholders by petition might cause the County Commission to call a special election to determine whether the freeholders wanted to establish a mos- , quito cortrol district in the county. If the | voters so decided, the governor would be empowered under existing law to appoint | a mosquito control board for | the board to be supported from state mos- quito contre] appropriations for eliminating the pests here and along the keys. The Tampa Chamber of Commerce | has just issued a report submitted ‘by its | health and sanitation committee. Among other achievements of this potent commit- tee has beer the procurement cf two mos- quito control projects for Hillsborough county during the last year. Sponsored by the county government and the WPA, these projects totaled $177,000. reported that pest mosquitoes in and Hillsborough county “have been prac- | tically wiped out.” | It is evident mosquitoes can be wiped | out. The Citizen does not believe that Key | West and Monroe county are unable to at- tack the pests as vigorously and_ effec- tively as Tampa and Hillsborough. Every- one admits mosquitoes are pests, but no one seers to do anything about it here. Why wait until the mosquitoes are so thick in Key West they obscure the sun? CONQUERING DISEASE | Americans have added nineteen years to the average length of life in the past hundred years. Eleven of these nineteen years have been added since 1900, accord- ing to health reports gathered by the Hos- | pital Research Institute, Chicago. Efforts made to lift the national | health standard have been aided tre- | mendously by the growing knowledge that the hospital is coming to be the community health center in which this battle of science is waged to defeat disease and accident, the Institute declares. “Contagious and infectious diseases are being traced to their causes,” con- tinued the Institute. “They are being de- feated by isolation and asepsis, steriliza- tion, serum, and other modern methods | which improve from year to year. cause of advances made in science and the medical professions, the mortality rate for tuberculosis has been reduced more than | 66 per cent in the past three decades. | Pneumonia and influenza deaths have | been reduced 24 per cent, measles 87 per cent, whooping cough 59 per cent, diph- ! theria 90 per cent, and scarlet fever 87 per cent in the same period. “There is still much good work to be | accomplished in the wearingout diseases, such as those attacking the nerves and heart, and the conquering of cancer. Un- tiring medical research, with the aid of modern hospital technique, is making progress in this direction.” TO TEST BARLOW’S BOMB Inventor Lester P. Barlow claims to have developed a bomb of extraordinary destructiveness, with a “shock wave that will kill everything within a quarter of a mile and stun at even greater distances.” This is evidently “some” bomb. The only way to escertain its power is to see what it will do. Naturally no human be- ings will, be subjected to the test.> Fo‘ob- tain the answer to thé'inventor’siclaim is to try out his bomb and the Army is'’mak- ing ready for a test in Maryland, using | about 250 goats for the experiment. Opposition ‘has been reported by | various citiztns who object to the goats being the goats of the experiment. It is | even threatened to take the matter into the courts to protect the well-being of the goats. be between inventor Barlow and ‘the Army | on one side and the friends of the goats on | i i the other. the county, : It is now | Tampa | ~ THE neal — —— “KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Five, Ten and Fifteen Years Aco As | Taken From The Files | Of The Citizen } FIVE YEARS AGO Drivers and owners of auto- mobiles and trucks being operat- ed without the necessary state | license are being checked today | ‘by State Agents W: E. Van Loon | and Jchn DiLustro. These agents | have been in the city for several | days and have gained a good; idea of conditions. i Nearly 8,000 pounds of fresh! vegetables received from the Federal Transient Camp at Mi- ami were distributed to the re-! lief clients in Key West yester- day. The amounts were enum- erated and turned over to Ad- ministrator M. E. Gilfond. | Net guilty was the verdict re- | turned by the jury in Federal} Court yesterday, in the case of; Dora Lopez, charged with having | in her possession liauor on which | the required tax had not been paid. The defense was handled by Attorney W. H. Malone. Bernard Waite was this morn-! ing offered the position of chief deputy sheriff with the forces of Sheriff K. O. Thompson and has! accepted the position. Mr. Waite: will assume the duties of the of- fice some time yet to be de- termined. a [ John A. C. Bogart, of Tampa,! ‘and engineer of wide experien¢e, left yesterday on S.S. Cuba for Tampa, with detailed plans of ‘the sewerage system in Key} West. The plans were prepared | some months ago to be ready in; the event the sewerage system | was authorized. TEN YEARS AGO Democratic and Republican executive committee of Monroe | county will be in the future con- | |sist of 17 instead of five mem- ‘bers each as formerly, County | Clerk Ross C. Sawyer called at- 110. Does j influence ‘er unprofitable things, _ TODAY’S | COMMON ERROR De not sav, sav, “He has a mad on”; s3y, “He is an- gry”. Mad means a disor- dered mind. i TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ Can you answer seven of these ten Test Questions? Turn to Page 4 for Answers 1, Who was the first U. S. President not born a Brit- ish subject? 2.. Bamboo is a vine, grass? 3. Which island of the coast of Scotland is famous for its ponies? Which country is known as the Hermit Kingdom? A stereoscope is something to hear, see, or speak through? Who takes the oath of office first, the President or the Vice President? Who is the Attorney Gen- eral of the United States? With which Major League baseball team does Dom- inic DiMaggio play In what poenr are the “Tis better to loved and lost, Than never to have ed at all?” traffic in England vel on the right or left > of the highway? tree or lines, have lov- neocece Today’s Horoscope Today’s native, endowed with a broad, powerful mind with original ideas, should have much among people but should aim to avoid straining aft- or a mis- direction of effort. Seek to con- serve the energies in proper di- jrections, in order not to waste a portion ef the life. Be- | So it seems that the first test will | tention to this fact this morning,|. A™ericans are cultivating. a and 13 members of each commit-|t@ste for the exotic Cuban papaya tee must live in the city. | fruit. Demand during February \trebled over the month in 1939. = tor tour and drive to various states throughout the south and west to Louisville, Ky. Coast Guard picket boat disappeared some time yester- |day from the piers of the local | submarine base and has not been, j ‘heard from up until a late geet Sea this afternoon. Officials |lieve that the vessel was eis { wwe SOORIIOOTOOTEES Ses. loony and broke away and not} stolen. The annual May Day cen 5 put on each year by the Woman’s }Club will be staged at the SN racks tomorrow afternoon, It was} postponed last Thursday because ‘of rain. Mrs. Andrew Miller, under whom the affair is’ ar- ranged, said this afternoon. , Lyalle D. Van Valkenberg, for- | mer United States deputy mar-/ |shal at Key West, whose trial in federal court on a charge of em- WEDMESDaT. Mat > | ENS FACE YEARS _17E cteeeeeeweeeneeeee nee SIDELIGHTS By MARCY B. SY B. DARNALL Former Editor of The Citizen — When Princess Elizabeth, heir presumptive to the British throne. celebrated her 14th birthday a few days ago, she had a cake, be- cause she and her sister, Mar- _garet Rose, had saved up some butter and sugar from their war ration. It is well known that the Italian royal family and the Pope are strongly opposed to the en- try of Italy into the war on the side of Germany, and are said to have made renewed protests to Tl Duce. Reports persist that Mussolini is in poor health The Elks lodge of Queens Borough, N. Y., presented oxygen tents costing $500 each to nine hospitals, and in addition do- nated $100 to each for a first sup- ply of oxygen. The money was raised through a charity bazaar held by the lodge. j pects am | A compilation of all Federal rules and regulations of various departments and bureaus is be- ing congpleted. It will be issued in 17 volumes, totalling about 20,000 pages. But the rules are being changed so often that the compilation will soon be out of date. Sam Houston Jones will be in- augurated governor of Louisiana May 14 in the big L. S. U. stadium at Baton Rogue, the event mark- ing the end of the Long machine's regime. One of the biggest bar- becues ever held in the South will be a feature of the day. Magistrate Anna M. Kross of New York dismissed a woman's complaint that John Adami had told her to “take that basket off.” referring to her hat, as she sat in front of him in a theater. “Most of us do wear crazy, ridiculous hats,” the magistrate said After completing 11 years as a daredevil stunt driver in auto- mpbile exhibitions without in- jury, Robert Wilson came to grief in Kansas City a few days ago. He had a collision at a street in- tersection and suffered a cracked vertebra. One living member of , the United States Senate holds the unique distinction of having had bezzlement of government prop- erty, was included yesterday aft- ernoon when the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. The ferry boat Henry M. Flag- ler arrived last night laden with |pineapples. There were 35 car- loads cf the fruit and the ship- ment was transferred to refrig- ‘erator cars and sent out over the East Coast to points of distribu- { | tion. | FIFTEEN YEARS AGO T. Douglas Robins6én, assistant yas of the United States Navy, accompanied by his aide, |Commander R. L. Ghormiey, U.S.N., are expected to arrive in |Key West Monday, May 11, for an inspection of the naval station and other points in the district. Mr. and Mrs, Michael P. DeBoe | are visiting Mrs. DeBoe’s mother, Mrs. Minnie Otto, at the home on 'Eaton street. Dr. DeBoe will leave here on‘Friday for a visit in Havana and go from there to |Panama, where he will spend ‘several months hunting wild {game in the interior. NARY! Key West Athletic Club met last night at the-club where an election of officers was held. Those eleeted to office were J. ; F. “Sinnott, president; Douglas | Frevor, vice ‘president; U. J. Del- | gado, secretary, and Chas. Curry, treasurer. The board of direc- {tors were also elected. { | commander of the Sixth Corps Area, U.S.A. has written Cap- tain J. J. Maher, in command of |Key West Barracks, that it is his | intention to visit Key West in the {near future and will in all prob-; lability remain for the season. w. D. Hailley and Robert Schultz left on the Steamship | Governor Cobb last night for a visit for a short time in Tampa, jafter which they will take a mo- | Major General Harry C. Hale. | as low as JUST THINK OF IT! TORRINGTON. C Com — L> erated in Port Buren, Mich. co June 4. 1937, for 2 S0O-miie cace to this city, 2 Tacing pigees oo * ed Charles Albrecht anc Jame Fox arrived almost three years late. having come im on Apel & 1990. It was still wearing @ rec- ing tag. n = s Saar Henry Fountam Ashura. whe mitted to statehood m 1952 A British war offiee oer cently caused conmsderebie amuse ment. It read: “Members of te Women's Auxiliary Termite Service show ther pk forms whenever calied upper & do so.” The “pink form: red to are pink pass cards used for identification purposes FREE PICK-UP and DELIVERY SEEVEE Pooees Si enc of WAREHOUSE—Cor. Eaten and Freacss Se Office: 813 Carclime St. A Standard Size HOTPOINT ELECTRIC RANGE . OF Less $10.00 fr Yor Gt Range For only No Down Payment HERE IS VALUE EXTRAORDE cooking top and back splasher, thrift cooker and directional heat oven—-at am exceptionally low price! even has two heating units. Monthly Payments $943 The Key West Electric Company [LIS EAM AMAA EAA AA hh db db bed db pb¢dtdéidéiéiéétééitidéiéiéitiitiiéédé SEEPS ILI s* a. 0th ee tage Be te: gt