The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 27, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO aGhe # fary West Citizen CITiz y PL BL ISHING co. INC. Except Sunday By President and Publisher » Business Manager n Building nd Ann Streets rin Key West and “class matter Member of the Associated Prens ed Pi exclusively entitled to use tion of all news dispatches credited to therwise eredited in this paper and also al news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES $10.00 PISING ation RATES SPECIAL NOTICE es, cards of thanks, resolutions of THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL a ncut fear and without favor; ys seek the truth and print it never be fraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; always fight tor 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, good done by individual or organ- tion; tolctant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com- n principle. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN ad Sewerage. City Plan (Zoning). and Apartments. comprehensive Hotel. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. More Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. Are We Getting Shorter? Headline. Stature or funds? Maybe the English channel + Hitler's Waterloo. will be Scientists say that life on earth began } = in hot water. And it is still there. There - and in city where streets.—Times-Union. And else? Good political adviée: the position sought. Vote tomorrow; it is not privilege, which should appreciated, =but your duty, which should be done cheer- fully without nelng urged, only your be An optimist is a fe eee that a movie couple, just live happily ever after. i nct married, will A good bet is they their tin wedding. Either Holland or Whitehair will be Florida; tomorrow the decision is to be made. May the judg- ment of the electorate be the best in- tcrests of the state! the next governor of When a political candidate resorts to railing language against his opponent, it is : cit admission that he is waging a losing campaign but must continue his diatribes | to save his face with those who are his sup- porters. Senator Pepper, who never wants to lose his grasp on Roosevelt’s coattail, with emotional enthusiasm, introduced a bill authorizing the President to give the Allies all the planes and munitions of war “they need. It was turned down 12 to 1, a most conclusive denigration. The President’s attempted strategy to = squelch the republican party by the for- | ==meation of a coalition cabinet has failed. It =-4-imperative to the well-being of this = eovntry that the two-party system be main- =-taitied, one to serve as a check on the =<tiher. The alternative is a dictatorship [With all powers centered in one man, like “Titer in Germany; Mussolini in Italy and Stalin in Russia. are crooks in country roads— | Vote for the | person whom you think best qualified for | who believes | be united long enough to celebrate | | HIGHWAY HOPE ENHANCED No matter who of the two candidates for Governor of Florida is suecessful in to- morrow’s primary, the man who becomes Chief Executive of the state next January will be committed to a_ better highway program. This fact has been discussed at length on the mainland, for it is generally be- lieved that the State Road Department, un- der the next governor, will do something about g Federal Route No. 1 be- tween Jacksonville and Miami. The sug- gestion is that this vital entrance to Florida be made into a four-lane highway the en- tire distance from Jacksonville te Miami. Key West is at the end of Federal Route No. 1. Every motorist likes to go to the end the road. Virtually every motorist that enters the Miami area takes at least one day to visit Key West. The he can get to Key West by high- Federal Route No. 1 If it important to mainlanders to make thc route above Miami a four-lane theroughfare, it is regarded as vitally im- portant by the residents of Monroe County ; that Federal Route No. 1 between Miami and Kcy West be improved, so that it will and improvi of y is over be fe easy to go between the two on a two-lane roadbed. Key residents, and from all sections of the country, conditions Mi poirts motorists know the between Miami and Key West. imi to Hom modern two-lane highway; Home- stead to Card Sound the macadam_ road- resembles a roller-ccaster for the t part; then comes Overseas road and toll bridge district. This is a fine high- way, key and the ap- many stead is a rete from except on Grassy | proach to Marathon. | But below the toll bridge district, the highway is a constant succession of wooden bridges, uneven roadbed and dangerous | curves. The bridges are in constant need | of Some motorists are afraid to | drive over them. It is nearly impossible for a bus and a car te pass each other on | the bridges. About every bridge approach There i always danger of fire —a good fire will sever our connection to | the mainland completely. Under Gov. Fred P. Cone the State Road Department has dene very little about eliminating the wooden bridges and rebuilding the roadway, a comparatively rep. | is a curve. simple engineering job involving transfer | of the highway to the old railroad bed and | viaducts. The Citizen voices the senti- ment of every Monree County resident in expressing the wish that either Francis P. Whitehair or Spessard L. Holland, when he becomes governor, will not forget Monroe county as completely as Gov. Cone. KEY WEST RESPONDS Key West jeined the 1 ranks of cities of the nation who fulfilled quotas set by Na- tional Red Cross headquarters in Washing- ton last weekend. The drive was in- | augurated a little over a week ago and | hundreds of citiés girded for the task of for the very worthy work | raising money sponsored by the Red Cross organization in wartorn Europe. By accomplishing the set task in short a time, Key West again demon- | strates its desire to stay on the credit side of civic resporsibility insofar as competing | with other cities is concerned. The Citizen joins all other agencies in doffing our hats to the fine work done by the soliciting crews led by Chairman Charles Taylor. The systematic performance of the task was admirable. Key West can rightfully be proud of the job well done. And to those who cooperated by readily subscribing to the fund—who en- abled the crews to quickly gain their goals, which, added up made the $600 quota for Key West; they deserve a special round ef applause, too. Their contributions, given with such keen understanding of the urgency of the need, were gratefully acknowledged by the committee-in-charge —even as we know the national organiza- tion will acknowledge the quick fulfill- ment of our quota with the same feelings. 31,009,870 MOTOR VEHICLES so Life in this republic isn’t as bad as some people think if we are to judge by the number of citizens who operate auto- | mobiles. In 1939 there was one automobile for every 4.3 Americans. The total of motor vehicle registrations reached 31,009,870, which is an all-time high. Apparently the prosperity, such as it may be, extends to all branches of govern- ment as well as to the people. Everybody, | ie seems, rides. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN “HIGHER and wont That describes Chesterfield’s” increas#ig popularity ond the ; | new Broadway hit of the some name in which Marto Eggert, Leif Erickson, Lee Dixon and Billie Worth share honors with - that’s MILDER, that TASTES BETTER... Are you getting all the pleasure that Chester- field’s RIGHT COMBINATION of the world’s best cigarette tobaccos gives millions of smokers every day... the pleasure of a milder, cooler, better-tasting cigarette? Copyright 1940, Liccerr & Mraas Tosacco Co. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY By RUSSELL KAY As news of the terrific conflict in Europe comes to us in all its horror and stark tragedy, it so over-shadows our local problems as to make them appear of no at consequence So amazing and terrifying is t it is beyond our One after jan- other we, haye seen the weaker helpless demotratic nations in- vaded and’ enslaved by brute force. And as this is written we |find Britain @id@France fighting desperately Gr their very exist- lence against a foe that but twen- ty-two short years ago was sick and broken, but |which today has so regained its |strength, extended its power and rearmed itself to where it is able to threaten the peace and se- curity of the world. 0 grave is the situation we may well afford to give serious thought to the future and what it may hold for us in the event the {totalitarian powers, drunk victory, should unite their forces and set out to conquer the world. It is gratifying to note that our Congress, ufder the able leadership of President Roosevelt, recognizes the danger and has appropriated generously for the strengthening of our national de- fense. God forbid that Be becomes involved, but - if } does come and we are called upon * to defend’ our. shores and ‘those Democratic principles. of govern- ment we ‘hold ‘deat,’I hope and+ {pray that we will find at the helm a determined and courag- eous leader who can awaken and unite our people so that we will stand as one in defense of our homes, our lives and our liber- ties. The time has come in America and in Florida for clear thinking and straight talking. No cone can say what the future holds for us and we must put our house in or- der and prepare ourselves for whatever may come. You may wonder what the war iin Europe could possibly have to with, do with the selection governor, and you have been en- of our ne couraged in such thought by the recent statement of one candi- date to the effect that “if war comes there is nothing much that a governor can d> about it I entirely disagree, and point td such reasoning as shallow and evidence of inability to clearly understand the crisis we face. I contend that if war should come, the question of who sits in the governor's chair at Tallahassee is a matter of grave concern to the people of Florida. I tell you there is plenty a gov- ernor can do about it and we do not have to wait until war in ail its gory frightfulness strikes us before we get at the task, and that is why this is one time that we can’t afford to pick the wrong man for the job. How pitiful is our p day. Just how wo answer if our President, in his hcur of need, called upon us to do our part and asked if we were ready? We would have to admit, if we told the truth, that our towns and cities are practically without defense, that our people would be at the mercy of any foe. We would have to admit that because. we have negiected jour youth a large percentage of them would be found unfit for War military seryice—afflicted with } ion to- Florida The Chesterfield combination really satisfies. unchecked; that our people, in- stead of united in thought and action, are concerned with see- that our roads in bad condition, average natural resources have womer cally may © Fic tional quarrels; far below that are the our of other states; been depleted and little effort made t& sh them; that the buik of people poor and impov- to contribute repleni our are erished and unable much either in money or person- al service toward meeting the emergency. I ain nvi an alarmist. I do not anticipate immediate war. But we might as well face facts and start counting our change. We had better begin to put our house in order and be ready for emergency. We must revamp our governmental machinery as to be sure that it will function promptly and efficiently, climin- ating the deadwood and red-tape. We must look to the health- and welfare of our youth and begin to build sturdy healthy men and any For Fifty Years A NAME! | In Coffee In Key West STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE THAT'S A REPUTATION | BRENNAN “Everything In Photography" DEVELOPING — P! 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