The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 22, 1940, Page 2

P PAGE T TWO Che wey ‘West Citizen | : CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. Published Daily Except Sunday By .. P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher LEN, Business Manager The Citizen Building r Greene and Ann Streets NEW SCHOOL FOR MARATHON That Florida keys are facing a sub- | | stantial development is seen in the an nouncement of the Monroe County Board | of Public Instruction that it has allocated funds for sponsorship of a federal project | for a $6000 schoolhouse at Marathon. The school will be large enough to cover the | needs of 60 pupils, although now only 20 | attend the school in temporary quarters | there. Businessmen of Marathon have sug- | gested a site on property held by the Over- seas Read and Toll Bridge District com- | on, not far from the district head- | quarters. While this site fronts on the Newspaper In Key West and Monroe County Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press {s exclusiyely entitled to use fe republication of ail news dispatches credited to not otherwise credited in this paper and also local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES > Year : Months Months mth ADVERTISING RATES ie known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of | ry notices, ete. will be charged for at will be off the highway when it is moved to the old right of way of the railroad. Members of the highway commission lic issues and subjects of local or general | favor giving the site to the Board of Pub- but it will not publish anonymous communi- | ,. . * - | lie Instruction at the nominal price of $1. However, this step would have to | be approved by three agencies: the State | Board cf Education, which must approve | of all school sites; the National Park | Service, which is beautifying the highway | under a zoning ordinance adopted by the ertainment by churches from which 1 ) be derived are 5 cents a line. Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN VILL always seek the truth and print it nout fear and without favor; never be afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; always fight for progress; never be the or- gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class; always do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue, which loaned build the tion Finance Corporation, the ccmmission the money to highway in that locality. Under a motion adopted by the board B. M. Duncan, who has been reappointed manager of the highway, has been directed to confer with W. A. Parrish of the Mara- thon Chamber of Commerce, and Melvin E. Russell, superintendent of public in- struction, to select a site of not less than three acres, the minimum demanded by the state, but running as near four acres as possible, and proceed with other ar- rangements necessary to complete the deal. The Highway commission is to be con- | gratulated for its prompt approval of the suggesticn in virtually donating a site for | the Marathon school. There is no question but that Marathon will grow into a very | prosperous community. It seems clear to many observers that a school for 60 pupils (SoS acerca re || will soon become overcrowded. The Citi- zen hopes so—more power to Mara- thon! commend 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 Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Goy- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. The world is still a pleasant one in} which to live—in America. | VAMOS A ESTUDIAR ESPANOL Mars may be the god of war, but | Ananias is running him a close second. With the completion of the first-year’s | trial course given in Spanish by the faculty | at San Carlos Institute, comes the news that similar courses, for young and old, ; | will be conducted next year. The Citizen s in accord with this move and it would like to see larger classes of those who | weuld learn the language of all of Latin- | American countries. San Carlos school, it is said, s kind in this country, maintained as it is by a foreign nation, Cuba. And it is well that this school sponsors these classes in Spanish. A loan company advertisement is| else could you expect to receive better headed “A message to men and women | training than from scholars educated in who need money.’’ In cther words, a mes-| Havana with a complete knowledge of age to everybody. their subject.at hand? Then, too—learning Spanish, es- Key West is not the dnly city where | pecially in our city, with its Latin-Amer- city taxes are collected in installments, but | ican atmosphere. is in line with President the only one we recall of its size. More | Reosevelt’s Good Neighbor policy towards than three-fourths of the cities in the | nations to the south of us. It compliments United States over 30,000 population now collect property taxes in installments. The reason is obvious—taxes are so high tax- | payers find it difficult to pay in a lump sum. If one half of the world doesn’t know hew the other half lives, it must be mind- ing its cwn business, A quitter is described as one succumbs to the inevitable before comes the inevitable. who it be- is the Wives are more suspicious than hu: bands, says a writer. And have their sus- picions confirmed oftener. opens up a vast field of future enterprise, if we should so choose. The next big drive for world-com- Seuth American nations, the economists tell us, so it appears quite imperative that the language of those nations be learned. Better entree to the homes and _ business houses of these countries will be accom- plished if we know their language. The Germans have long realized that point in foreign trade relations, and by reason of that insight, have progressed far towards amicable relations. First we must remove from our minds the phobia of fear that we cannot keep out of this war. We can if we will. Then we must destroy the “fifth column” lurk- ing in our midst, and obliterate the in- sidious propaganda of the’ war mongers. Lastly, without hysteria, strengthen our army, navy and marine corps to such proportions that no nation or combination of nations will dare attack us by land, sea exploitation of Latin-American resources. | So, to be in on the ground floor, this nation } might very well take time out now and be- | gin to study the ways of those countries and, to above all, learn to speak their lan- | guage. San Carlos Institute is doing a fine work in pioneering the Spanish classes in this city. That the kind of lightning war now being staged by the Germans in Europe could be brought to the United States as President Roosevelt told the hushed legis- lators in Congress Thursday noon is too far fetched to give the statement any credence. The expression sayors of emotionalism in the highest degree. If Hitler wins, the war he will wage against the United States in the future will be economic; he will de- mand unreasonably favorable trade agree- ments and endeavor to best this country wherever he has and wherever he will seek commercial control. elsewhere in this country. At any rate, let’s resolve now to spend a few hours a with the language of our neighbors—the | Latin-Americans. | present road, a heavily traveled artery, it j highway com-mission, and the Reconstruc- ! Where | those nations, and yes, at the same time, | merce-control will be aimed at Central and | No matter who wins the war, thej of swirg will be, as we have said, towards fon the U.SS. Bayspring for the,.Cgral Hotel Ai — THE KEY WEST CITIZEN = KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Five, Ten and Fifteen Years Ago As ‘Taken From The Files Of The Citizen FIVE YEARS AGO Approximately 200 persons on jthe relief rotls have failed to file their relief cards in the new files placed in condition for the issuance of the cards. Per- sons whc have received cards should report to the office, says | Mr. Gandolfo. Final meeting for the organiza- tion of the choral group of Key West will be held tonight 7:30 o'clock in the administration building of the WPA. George Mills White will be in attendance and requests all members of the group to attend. ’ Congressman W .J. Sears and about 12 other members of the House Committee cn Naval Af- fairs are expected to arrive in the near future, it was learned today. Details of the trip and the time the partv will be in Key West are expected later. Friends in Key West of John Di Lustro learned today of his death in Miami Monday. He was here two weeks ago. Mr. Di Lustro was one of the state agents for automobile tags and had gain- ted many friends during his sev- eral visits to this city. The Launch Lamb, which was seized by Agent P. J. Galvon, assisted by Customs Agents from the loca custom house, was sold today at the federal building fcr the sum of $165. The purchaser was Benito Perez, alias Mexicar.o. V16129, Customs TEN YEARS AGO The county commissioners will meet in special session tonight at 8 o'clock for the purpose of checking the qualified list of voters as prepared by the deputy supervisor of registration and presented this morning to Clerk Ross C. Sawyer. News has reached this city of the death of Wm. Penn Rison, of New York, who was for many months a resident of this city.} and vice-president of the Ha- | |vana-American Cigar Co. He; had a host of friends in the city who will be saddened by his; | death. Activity in the local sponge} market showed a marked. in-! crease in the previous sales of the season. The highest price paid for today’s sponges was, $1,273.66 for 363 bunches of wool. | Total sale was $1,499.66 for 988 bunches. Pineapples are stacking up in Havana and are now getting in large accumulations, so much so that it was found necessary to last night send three ferries to the Cuban city for the purpose of having enough transportation on hand to bring over the heavy shipments . Second expense statements of candidates in the June primary campaign are due to be filed jwith Clerk Ross C. Sawyer be- tween May the 22 and 25. number of aspirants have already |been- warned abcut this over- sight, but so far 25 have failed | jto file the reporis. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO Messrs. J. C. Keller and C. Le-! Roy Boyle of Miami are number- } led among the recent arrivals in! |the city and will offer for a lim-} lited time an opportunity to in-/ ivest in Palmdale, which is pre-! dicted as a coming city of Flo ida. | Charles S. Baxter, vice-presi- dent of the Key Largo Club |properties and owner of exten- sive real estate in the city, ar- rived Saturday on board the Yacht Akbar. Mr. Baxter was accompanied by several promin- ent men and spent the afternoon inspecting the properties on South Beach. Troops 1, 2 and 5, Boy Scouts: America.-who went to Havana inauguration of President Gerar- |do Machado, at his invitation,’ lare expected to return to the city | Friday afternoon on the ‘same | vessel | Leo Gomez returned to the city | Tuesday after a lengthy absence | |durine which he visited We can hope that the example | we set might be picked up by other cities /si week next season and become acquainied | jthe success it was. - “WHO KNOWS? See-“The Answers” on Page 4 SN ANTI l:' When did Germany agree to respect the integrity of Bel- gium? 1940 WEDNESDAY, MAY 22 i TODAY’S COMMON ERROR Do net sav. “The cbser- 2. What position did Winston} Churchill hold with the British Government during the first; World War? 3. How far is it from Hono- lulu to Yokohoma, Japan? 4. Who is the candidate’ of the | Prohibition Party for the. presi-! dency? 5. Were Belgium and The Netherlands ever the same coun- try? 6. What finally became of the Submarine Squalus? 7. Does the British Govern-| ment own the Suez Canal? 8.° What country is ruled by! the House of Orange? 9. What was the Schlieffen Plan and when was it used? 10. How many automobiles are owned by the governmental units | of the United States? ~ SIDELIGHTS — By MARCY B. DARNALL Former Editor of The Citizen nee ean aE Some ancient inscriptions un- earthed by Prof. Jean Capart, the noted Egyptologist, are said to be maxims of schoolmasters who served under the Pharaohs 30 centuries ago. “The way to the brain of a boy lis through the seat of his pants.” An attack of paralysis would! ordinarily be about the last thing one would expect to be an aid to a screen career, but such one proved for Miss Rosina Law- rence of Los Angeles. to aid her recovery, she became so proficient as to win a film contract after conquering her ailment which lasted about a year and a half. J. Edgar Hoover, efficient di- rector of the division of investi- gation of the Department of Jus- tice, whose officers have rid the country of its most noted bandits during recent years, says: “Most gangsters actually are yellow rats; not one of them would go ,into a room with you to fight it out with fists.” It is said that an ancient law on the statute books of Virginia {permits a man to curse and abuse |his wife either at home or else- lwhere, if he speaks in a low voice. In such cases it might be suggested that the lower the voice the better for friend hus- band, law or no Jaw. Sixty years ago a boy stole a watermelon from an Indiana farmer. He recently sent the farmer’s daughter $1, saying: “Tm.on my way to heaven, but that melon is blocking my way.” This is perhaps the first instance on record in which pride in get- ting away with a watermelon was not lifelong. Japanese dead are buried with their heads toward the north, hence it is considered by the liv- ing to be unlucky to sleep with their heads in that direction. On journeys some carry a compass, lin order to get their bearings at bedtime. Perhaps there is nothing in a name, but A. G. Luck of Bridge- ;well, England, probably believes ' jthere is. He insured his married ‘daughter against the birth of? more than one child, and when \she bore twins he collected $5,- An old story about Benjamin Franklin is again going the |rounds, to the effect that when he wanted to marry a_ certain, girl, her mother objected on the | ground that Ben was a printer. She did not object to his trade, | but said that as there were al- ready two printing shops in the country, she didn’t think there was room for a third one which he wanted to start. wish to extend thanks who assisted in making the affair LC dinrmermaemaiada c (s) One that has al sinister twist is tranSlated thus:! 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