The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 29, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO The PUBLISHING CO. INC. Published Daily Except Sunday By 1. P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOK ALLEN, Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Daily Member of the Associated Preas ted Press is exclusively entitled te use blication of all news dispatches credited to t otherwise eredited in this paper and also publishe@ here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES SS $10.00 - 5.00 s notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of ! tices, ete., f 10 cents a line. for entertainment by churches from which derived are 5 cents a line. orum and invites diseus- bjects of local or general h anonymous communi- will be charged for at THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL aJways seek the truth and print it rout fear and without favor; never be raid to attack wrong or to applaud right; ys fight tor progress; never be the or- an or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, n or class; always do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue, commend good done by individual. or organ- ion; 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. More Hotels and Apartments. ach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. # fellow to keep that schoolboy stomach. The one-armed bandit and the one- ~-eyed automobile are meraces of which to | beware. Women are not so Just look at some of the pick out. hard to husbands The installment sales fine for the seller, but it monotonous to the buyer. plan gets may be extremely If the United States is really worried cvcr its gold hoard, we will be glad to take over some of the burden. From the 16th century to the World War, Italy filled the part of a every great European war. It matter‘of time when she will present conflict. is only a ‘enter the On account of the European conflict, we have been since the early part of April in one of those periods when the stock market and the curve cf business activity have moved in opposite directions. The stock market has always prover itself a reliable business barometer, but because of the nature of the current decline and the fundamental reason behind’ it, business this time may not follow the stock market Mcney may be made quicker and | wise lost quicker in the months thar during normal times. ever, keeping out altogether is wholesome advice. coming How- always “Key West wants water and is indif- ferent to the agency that will bring’ it. Only insistence is that water for.the keys must be provided as well.”—Key West Citizen. Today’s perfect illustration of that poetic line: “Water, water, every- where and not a drop to drink”—not “a drop” save cistern water, and what’s ship- ped in. Key West wants an adequate sup- ply of “fresh” water.—Times-Union. Key West has all the potable water, heaven- sent, she needs; but requirements for com- mercial purposes, for the army, the navy, the marine corps, ete., are inadequate. The supply will be abundant when the > aqueduct, bringing water from the main- ~and, is put into operation. ey West Citizen | | memorates the laying | foundations. | honoring the builders, now dead, of this | | nation. ; loyal Ameri | and exercise: please. | they general * ~Furopeagnhattlefield, being implicated in | MEANING OF MEMORIAL DAY Despite the fuss and feathers of the | second primary campaign, the members of Arthur Sawyer Post 28 of the American | Legion have not neglected to make plans ior Key West observance of Memorial Day. It is sitting that this group of veterans should not forget Memorial Day. The members of the American Legion must | carry forward the torch of patriotism as it was carried forward in the vigorous man- hood of the United Spanish War Veterans and, before thém, by the veterans of the War Between the States. It is to be hoped that the day will be continued to be memorialized, not by a new crop of war veterans, but by the Sons of the American | Legion after the present Legionnaires pass on or are too feeble to busy themselves with such affairs. There is a great need for demonstra- tions of a patriotic nature in Key West, Florida and the nation. Until the recent invasion of the democracies in Europe by | madmen bent on imposing their will on the rest of the world, few Americans gave thought to or took an interest in the mean- ing of Americanism. Patriotic observ- | arces, to them, were just an excuse for a | parade of veterans and the men of the! army, navy and marine corps. To them, patriotism was the business of veterans and military men.. To them, Memorial I was just May 30th, a national holiday. Americanism, the observation of na- tional holid should be the business of evezy Am n. Nearly all national holi- days have a deep significance in the his- tory of the nation. Men shed their blood laying the foundations for this nation of free men, and Memorial Day com- of one of those The day is set aside for The Citizen believes that every man | and woman of Key West should prove on Memorial Day that he and she is loyal to this nation of free men. It affords all of an opportunity to show the “fifth column” termites in our midst that we are an citizens determined to de- fend our hard-won freedom, our right to us We see nothing advertised to enable | live our lives, under the law of the land, without interference from any outside dic- tator. Arthur Sawyer Post 28 of the Amer- ican Legion will have the co-operation of the armed forces in this area in a parade late Thursday afternoon. It is up to our citizens to turn out for this ob- servance in force and forcefully. ALUMNI REUNION Now comes the event, celebrated an- nual!y in Key West, which is at once a delight to the graduating class at Key | West High School and to the alumni group mutual at a of that school—both uniting in tekens of welcome tomorrow night | dinner-dance. The purposes behind this annual af- fair are highly commendable. In the first place, the occasion marks possibly the only occasion of the year that graduates get together to compare notes | on whaf they've done since last they saw one another. Vacation-kound students at | colleges and universities make this an op- portunity to renew friendships made dur- ing their High School days—to relate of their experiences at the different, higher educational institutions. Then again—and more important, the current year’s crop of graduating seniors is introduced to the association and _ re- minded of its purpose, having to do with keeping an interest in their Alma Mater. The affair is an all-important one to the seniors and they should not miss it, for it is here that they catch a different spirit that is likely to stay with them all through life. On the following day they become official alumni of the High School, and it is well that they catch the true alumni spirit as soon as possible. The Alumni Association is to be com- plimented for the very excellent. esprit de corps maintained through the years that has brought such fine affairs to successful culmination each graduation week. As the } list of alumni increases from year to year, | | the work entailed in staging these reunions becomes increasingly a hard task. Yet, as witness the affairs of previous years, and we hear of tomorrow evening’s event, it does appear that the association is in good hands. Alumni of Key West High School! | The Citizen salutes you—both the oldsters and the new ones, just becoming members , of that select group! THE KEY WEST CITIZEN i TODAY’S | COMMON ERROR It is always preferable to say “aloud”, not “out loud". KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings teak Just Five, Ten end Fifteen Years Ago As Taken From The Files FIVE YEARS AGO Shipments.,of;, pineapples from , Key West Sunday and this morn- ing brought the total number of the fruit up to.1008 cars. This indicates, said one of the ship-: Pers agents, that the number of. cars this year will easily go, ahead of last year. { cecal potato”? Arriving over the East Coast this morning was a party of members. of the grout of officials! ‘connected with the veterans re- lief camps coming for a confer-, ence and to look over the situa- tion with M. E. Gilfond. They will meet at the Colonial Hotel this evening. Golden State State? In_what county is Chicago, m.? What is the geographic sig- nificance of the abbrevia- tion, T. H.? Do electric fans in a room actually lower the tem- perature? For which commodity used in making auto tires is the United States wholly de- pendent upon imports? How many times was Presi- dent James Buchanan married? Are duck .eggs edible? Who said, “I only regret that TI have but one life to give for my country”? or Sunset , Offerings of sponges at the’ municipal sponge wharf this morning totalled $3,370.08. Most of the offerings were bought by one firm. The largest sum paid was for a lot of 200 bunches of wool, which brought a price of $752. A ceneerted effort is being made this week to, have all record cards of volunteer work- ers turned over to the office by the end of the week. Nearly 3,- 000 persons ‘have turned in their | a—__---__7 cards which shows registered: — work of 112,610 more hours than pledged. pon. By MARCY B. DARNALL This morning a special show-, Former Editor of The Citizen ing of the film of Fort Jefferson ~ = < = was seen at the Monroe Theater. The arrangements were made by Mrs. Wallace Bryant Kirke and was for the entertainment of the Miami Homemakers Club of Mi- ami, who are visiting in the city. In a discussion at a Rochester University round table David |Selznick was asked whether he |thought the motion picture in- ldustry would ever stop foisting trash on the public. The noted ———— producet replied: “If we don't TEN YEARS AGO give them trash, the radio will.” A total of $53,000 will become available by July 1 for repairs at the Seventh Lighthouse District, Wm. W. Demeritt, superintend- ent, shows. The program of ac- tivities made possible by these funds will keep the fleet ‘and force busy for some months. Dr. Walter D. Craske of Chi- cago told a convention of Illinois osteopaths that the European war and fears that the United States would become were giving millions of citizens high blood pressure. Having failed to furnish the $200,000 bond required by the customs house as guarantee that she will clear-for and actually land at some specified foreign |port, the English Steamer Glen- worth, whith put into port Wed- nesday with $90,000 worth of fine liquor, is still being held. The’ recent death of Harry Wilson Watrous, 82-year-old New York painter, recalled his fond- ness for practical jokes, the most famous of which was perpetrated on residents of a Lake George colony in 1904, when he scared them badly with a log carved in imitation of a sea serpent. A fire alarm turned in through mistake called the city fire de= partment to the navy yard just before noon today. The error was made by a man taking a course of instruction at the naval station, who pulled the fire alarm box instead of calling. ably ‘unique is Samuel Morris, an Ohio woman. First she married J. W. Parsons, ris, lafér divorced Morris to re- , Marry; Persons, and finally di- vort lersons to re-marry Mor- aoe ie ris. Business men’s bible class of the Baptist Sunday School met last night at the home of Mr. and When-an Oklahoma editor er- roneously announced the death of Mrs. G. N. Goshorn for its regu- |@ subscriber, an apology and re- ‘ar monthly session. which was traction were demanded — and attended by forty-five men and | granted as follows: “In our last women. After the meeting ne ee MS ey Be Sepa seba pelae and refreshments | Leg icy scan ~ peste se served. — not true”. Commodore Ernest Lee Jahn- eke, assistant secretary of the ras |pavy,, will come to Key West for |James MoLamgtilin, seen, Hite the purpose of inspecting the sub-} = re waa8 marine. base at the naval station, |handkerchief over a crying child's and to.consider the desirability Mouth. Thinking they had caught of making it a. permanent base |for the undersea craft. dent. There are but two honor- sa ary members of the Legion, FIFTEEN YEARS AGO {President Machado and Domingo Key West property is the best Milord. jinvestment in America, is the | opinion of Judge Henry Douglas | Pierce, Indianapolis lawyer and |globe-trotter, who arrived here , last night and was the guest of G. A. White, of the Oversea Com- pany, who is also from Indiana. Sixteen government - owned} buildings at Fort Taylor, which {have not been used since the! war, are now being offered for, sale under orders from the war department. Sealed bids will be treceived until June 18 and re- main open until July 25. H ne? ee “a L. L. Chandler, Dade county secretary of the organization which was farmed to oppose the 'movement for forming a new countyfrom Dade and Monroe counties; was..a, visitor to The Citizen this morning and thank- ed the people of Key West for! their support. . Holiday hours will be observed |at the Key West post office on Decoration Day, Saturday, May |30 it was said today by Post- master Charles Williams. All of the windows will be open from 8! until 10 a. m. and mail will be dispatched as usual. consul at Key West. has been {made an honorary member of; the Patriotic Legion, of which Louis Valdez, who has visited i Key West many..times, is presi-| ‘a bold kidnaper, they were about | Juice Mitchell of Joplin, 1. What musical instrument is twice in a single day. The first 'years ago. commonly called a “sweet time the judge performed a mar-j Alert Pittsburgh police trailed i i WEDNESDAY to arrest him when he explained | that the child was his own daugh- | ter, who had just had a tooth; pulled. | Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow. wid- Se jow of the late New Jersey sens Marshall Neilan, a film direc-|tor, mother of Mrs. Charles A tor, sounds a discouraging note |Lindbergh, acting president c for fond parents who think their Smith College, born at Cleve bright children should be in mo- land, 67 years ago. tion pictures when he says: “Odds; Bishop Raymond against a child’s breaking into | Methodist bishop ithe movies, even for a minor |Part, are about 20,000 to 1. J of Wade Sweden ago. | Prof. Louis L. Thurstone of the before ‘University of Chicago, noted psy- Mo.,'chologist, born in Chicago, 53 . Dr. W. Lee Lewis of Chicago \Tlage ceremony for Queens, and ‘noted chemist, born at Gridley Albert Queens appeared Can women vote in France? }2 few hours later sent him to jail'Cal, 62 years ago Is California nicknamed the © ® forgery charge. Helen W. Atwater, editor of the Se \Journal of Home Economics Completely bomb-proof will be | Washington D. 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