The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 31, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO OUR SUMMER BREEZES ‘Che Ary West Citizen | IZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. cept Sunday By RTMAN, President and Publisher N, Business Manager he Citizen Building Corner Greene and Anm Streets y Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County ey West, Florida, as second class matter | Lida | Member of the Associated Press ‘ ress is exclusively entitled to use | { all news dispatches credited to | w credited in this paper and also | news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES : : $10.00 -. 5.00 2.50 “ADVERTISING RATES application. ‘SPECIAL NOTICE rds of thanks, resolutions of ! on ete, will be charged for at a line. « tainment by churches from which o be defived are 5 cents a line. S an open forum and invites discus- } ues and subje of local or general ill not publish anonymous communi- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ays seek the truth and print it ar and without favor; never be id to attack wrong or to applaud right; s fight tor progress; never be the or- or the mouthpiece of any person, elique, faction or class; always do its utmost for the ; never tolerate corruption or stice; denounce vice and praise virtue, mmend good done by individual or organ- ization; tolerant Of ethers’ nights, views and } ; print only news that will elevate ot contaminate the reader; never com- 2 with principle. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN || Water and Sewerage. More Hotels and Apartments. | and Bathing Pavilion. | rts—Land and Sea. solidation of County and City Gov-- ernments. ‘A Modern City Hospital. Ce The problems of the nation will be | solved ain. when thee commencement | Orators make their addresses. | that jazz musi¢ is: cases of deafness. | jazz - somewhat, A doctor asserts ber ial certain and deafness mitigates Toc. in The most logical excuse that any los- | ing candidate can give for his defeat that he lacked sufficient votes to put him 2cross. A newspaper is a business enterprise tial prints for nothing the political propa- | ganda the radio gets paid for broadcasting the nizht before. Since it is evident that the power to is the power to destroy, it becomes im- "perative that the power to tax must be limited or destruction is inevitable. There are thods of protectien and these must | be invoked. ta t Let us hope now that the cowardl; procedure of undated resignations” being + demandcd before a state job is handed out i ng of the past. The practice was lemned mostly during the administra- of former Governor Dave Sholtz. Goth Carter and Whitehair, who had the blessing of Dr. Townsend, were de- i sively. Serator Andrews, who s renounced the Townsend plan as un- inable, favors aid to the aged in a zsible ameunt, and that is sensible. 1 dec While the situation of the Allies is “desperate, the hearts of the Third Ter- mites are filled with glee, for they see their man in for another quadrate of years and their jobs secure for that period of time, Aside from the munitions makers there is no other group that would bei harder hit _by an armistice than these.very. our Termites. Ct E wit is now believed that the $4,000,000 cfree~bridge aeross Tampa bay will not be built. The structure was to memorialize “the name of Arthur B. Hale. chairman of “the state read department, who has just , “handed in his resignation to Governor ~Cone. ‘Phe result ef the recent electicn ay have had something to do with Hale’: ignation. | likel = j city. | are | grand | some of the inland territory might The move instituted recently by the Florida Association of Publicity Directors to form a “Selling Florida” group aimed | at encouraging tourists to visit, eur state during the summer months, is a good one to bring corsiderable business to Florida merchants during otherwise dull and in-between season periods. Under chairmanship of editor W. F. Therkildson, the move is gaining headway | as planned last weekend in a meeting of | publicity men of the state at Tampa fol- lowed by a joint meeting with the Com- méreial Secretaries Association in the same Chambers of Commerce statewide now ‘furnished with complete details of the plan and much in the way of pub- licity of all kinds is expected to be _ re- leased soon. The Citizen subscribes heartily to the nise that, by and large, Florida is a e in which to spend a summer Especially along the East Coast with its fine beaches is this so. Perhaps be a “bit warm” for ideal climate during sum- mer months—but, the peint we want to make is that, of all sections of Florida, Key West is incomparable as a summer resort. And who can deny this fact? Favored by a constant breeze blow- ing from off the Atlantic or Gulf, Key Pp ion. AWest chalks up the best summer tempera- Rie! ef any locality in the state, therefore, is entitled to first rating as the ideal sum- mer spa, Our city is reached by steam- ship or by a magnificent ride over the | Overseas Highway bridges in buses of the Florida Motor Line or in private cars. And we expect announcement shortly of the inauguration of airline service to Key West which will complete the transporta- tion story. The “Selling Florida” movement then cannot fail to list Key West in a top posi- tion on the itinerary of must resorts for a | delightful week or two at anytime during the summer months now soon to start. SURVIVAL AFTER DEATH The possibility of survival after death has intrigued mankind from the earliest d of recogded life. Primitive man had an'tidea that there would be an after life | and the American Indian dreamed of the Happy Hunting Ground. Modern individuals take for granted, upon religious greunds, the- survival of the spirit after the death of the body.. They believe.in immortality but no matter how stre ngly’ they believe they do not have proof of it. Science has set itself to the study of the possibility of proving immortality. While no definite proof has been adduced there is little yet to disprove the theory widely held by man. In London, several years ago, there was begun a two-year investigation of evi- dence to support survival after death. Re- cently the Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral dis- closed his belief and reported that the in- vestigation had shown that after fraud, deceit and illusion were discounted there | remained a residium of established facts that suggested a hypothesis of survival. The Rev. W. R: Matthews reported, “It is evident that some persons survived bedily death but the investigation could not show that all persons did.” He said that some persons apparently made con- tacts ‘‘with some source of energy” that reinforces natural endowments and gives them unification of purpose that makes them most formidable. Christian believers have long main- tained the individuals can commune with God and that from His storehouse acquire superrormal strength for the trials of life. In fact, a good Christian takes such a be- lief on faith, as is entirely proper. Just the same, there is no reason why scientists should not seek to establish the truth by scientific methods. No harm can be done and some doubts might be removed, THE WARS AHEAD }. A-faint idea of what future war will be like is seen from the recert article by Henri de Kerillis,’an aviator in the World 2r and now editor of the French news- a L’Epoque. Instead of an army of masses, he says, there will be an army of machines. Three- quarters of the mobilized soldiers would be put to werk in fields and factories, un- der military discipline, to increase the eco- nomic staying power of the nation. The front would be taken care of by smell forces cf highly armed = specialists, manoeuvering machines, tanks and air- | planes of fantastic quality and power. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | UNSAFE at HOME eae me | TODAY’S. ! | ! COMMON ERROR Never say. “You hadn't cught to go”: TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ Can you answer seven of these ten Test Questions? Turn to Pace 4 for Answers 1. What type of a motion pic- ture is/¢alled ja horse opera? ’ When were tanks first used y is locat- T, Ithaca, or New York City? Which is heavier, a pound of feathers or a pound of lead? What is the name of the in- strument, consisting of nine knotted cords. that formerly was used for flogging in the army and navy? ~ Which Scandinavian city is called the “Venice of the North”? In wéighing precious stones, how many points consti- tute a carat? Who is called “The March King”? Where is the new Mellon Art Gallery? Is a marmot an animal, bird or fish? ‘NOW YOU TELL ONE (Ry Axxociated Press) HERE'S THAT STORY: MARTINS FERRY, Ohio—An- swering a shrill scream emanat- ing from the kitchen, Mrs. Harry Laase rushed in to find her son, Donnie, three and a half, vigor- ously chewing on the leg of their pet dog. Donnie explained: “But, mam- ma, he bited me first!” FEATHERED BLITZKRIEGERS PUEBLO, Colo.—All this spring robins on the courthouse lawn have been digging worms from the turf and sparrows have been waiting nearby to make light- ning dashes for the robins’ worms before the robins can eat them. Kibitzers report, however, both the robins and the sparrows are fat. MUSIC SPOILS BATH WALSENBURG, Colo. — From now on Jack Johnson, 17, will do his own singing in the bath tub. | Letting a portable radio set do it for him, he scrubbed himself | contentedly until, soap got, into his eyés. ‘He tedched ‘for’4'towel, fand knocked the radio inte the | tub. 4 ] It charged the wateR with elec- tricity, paralyzing Johnson. A brother heard his moans and res- cued him. | A SMASH SALE BUTTE, Mont—One way to drive a customer right out of | the salesroom is the way William Corbett, car salesman, used. “How’s the motor.” inquired _a@ prospect sitting in the driver's seat of a salesfloor sample. Economic Highlights HAPPENINGS THAT AFFECT THE DINNER CHECKS AND TAX BILLS OF EVERY NATIONAL AL. AND INTERNATION. There was no lightness in conquest of Poland. Today air- .President Roosevelt's voice when planes are any army's eyes, even ‘he addressed the Congress with as they are a great offensive his request for a national de-| weapon, and a blind army is a fense program unprecedented in beaten army. our_peace-time history. There: was Only the deepest gravity—! even as there was only worry The 50,000 warplane request, of ;course, entails a long-term pro- and wonder on the faces of his &T@™—it is estimated that it will audience. For total. war, jJong- be at least a year and a half be- dreaded, doubted by many, ‘had fore our factories can turn out come at last. Holland was Ger-'that numper annually. Of more tmany’s, and her bombers were immediate concern is a speeding but 30 minutes flying time from'yp of the army and navy im- London. The Belgian forces had provement started all but capitulated. The British months ago. More troops, more and French were falling back.!guns, and more and better anti- The greatest military machine in aircraft protection, more tanks, all history, the swastika ward. munitions He v flying better protection for battleships above it, pressed inexorably for- against air attack, accelerated production, a great The problem before the Presi-/'air-pilot training program—such dent and the Congress was not matters as these are to be at-. whether the United States would 'tended to with maximum speed. go to war. There can be no For the experts have been sud- doubt that interventionist spirit denly convinced that there is no has immediately increased—yet,'time to waste. If Alaska, with its even if there were unanimous ‘tiny white population, were cap- support for sending an A. E. F. tured, the entire Pacific Coast abroad again, it could not be!and much of the Western in- done now. Our army is small, terior would be in ready range and in need of vital supplies. ‘of enemy airfields. And from Our air force is minuscular be- Greenland, Bermuda, parts of side that of the great foreign Letin America and other places powers. Our industrial machine where an invader might establish is not geared for war. It would bases, today’s swift and deadly say the duthorjties, and perhaps more! equip and provide transport and dustry and |} supplies for a sayin e%-| So the, Ppeditionary force. +? | is some ¢ So immediate war was not the President's ‘@,a year bombers, would find,if..an easy Brepare, 'flight Jo out great egniérs of in- id population. Story zuns. There > Hte“as to details of the program—such as problem. The problem was how his proposal that $200,000,000 be to make this country against invasion and attack. The Executive’s ready appropriated to be spent at the discretion—but al- Possibility of a crushing allied de-- most no question as to its neces- feat was not mentioned, but all sity in general. One suggestion, think it was uppermost in the made by Mr. Hoover and others, President’s mind. And if that is that we should thoroughly in- happened, and Germany sat as- vestigate what has happened to tride Europe, swollen with suc- past military appropriations be- cess, what would happen? Would fore making the new ones—many the British fleet fall into German believe that there has been great hands? Would Hitler lay claim waste and inefficiency. This may to Canada, Bermuda, the Indies or may not be done—under any and the other British possessions circumstances, it in this hemisphere? is inevitable And if he that we are about to embark on did, what position would Am- a record-breaking military bet- erica take? That last question terment campaign. is easily answered—no one doubts’ From the economic point of that we would have to meet force view, this presents many grave with force. And what the Presi- problems. With a distorted bud- dent asked was that we give all get and a gigantic debt, it will be we have to getting an adequate tifficult to raise the hundreds of force ready. 'millions military expansion de- Never has one of Mr. Roose- mands without further disturbing velt's many speeches met with our touchy economic structure. so-enthusiastic a reception. Die- But as a White House spokesman | hard Republican newspapers ef- ' observed, when a fire approaches dorsed it almost in toto, no less your house you don't worry than New Deal newspapers. Ex- apbujt! how to pay for extinguish- President Hoover said firmly, ers—you charge them and con- “The President is right.” The sider ways and means to meet Republican minority in Congress, the bill later” And that seems to with few exceptions, prom! be the general attitude now. FRIDAY. MA¥ Si YOURE NOT AN EMANUEL IF YOU aP —Reviewer Paul Bunyan ang his legendary feats of strength? North Bend is the home of most of the descendants of Peter cies Emanuel, and through the years North Bend is painting Peter Preservstion we as Emanuel more and more m Bum- | tpeemmg 5 the sulgect of ape yan-esque colers. ments at the Onieeraty of Peter Emanuel, his yarn-spin- @ornie ning descendants say, was bo ———————————— in Huettersdorf in 176. & was THEN WOMEN then a French area, is now Ger-, man. He lived there until his) death in 1858. Once upen a time he and wife went to the meadow fer load of hay. His wife climb on the loaded couldn't make it. So her to the top. But he didn’t his own strength. She flew over the rack and landed on other side, unhurt. Then there was the time @ neighbor's horse trespased Peter's garden. The irate Peter Roy Rogers—Gee Hepes threw it over the hedge YOUNG SUFFALO SEL In war time Peter was a sol- a= dier. Once another strong man SERIAL anc COMEDY = non bails, pounds. tapped them together im front of him, swung them around and tapped them tegether behind his back. ‘ The other soldier made the front tap, but when he tried the back one he collapsed. iy three days later of internal in juries. i THE PENINSULAR & OCCIDENTAL S S COMPAET Sr Consult YOUR TRAVEL AGENT or 1 full cooperation. The President’s request for 50,- “000 warplanes, coupled with a TRY IT TODAY— plant capacity adequate to re- The place that many annually, literally “brought down the house.” That was to be expected. For few doubters still question the efficacy of the air-arm. It has not definitely proven ability to destroy major whr- ships, but it has proven beyond - question its ability to harass, to disorganize, to wreck. The British and the French admit that air in- feriority was the prime factor leading to their failure in Nor- way. And air superiority was a major factor in the success of Hitler's blitzkrieg in the Low Countries—eveti ‘asiiit }was last Strictly Fireproof fall in the astonishingly swift eae ae scathed from the encounter, but “Try it,” generously suggested | Corbett. The customer stepped on the starter. The car scooted right through the plate glass window. DUSTY’S DOGGONE GOOD BELLINGHAM, Wash. — Fred Hamsen gets police “protection” |The dog stands beside Hansen's | automobile ‘until he sees a traf- | Dusty goes to the door to Han- jsen’s store and - barks. , Hansen moves his car and aveids an overtime parking ticket. THE BEAR WAS THERE IRONTON, O.—Don Schwartz- ‘welder didn’t believe he really victs in the huge state prison here play an unusual i game which pays off in sacks of. tobaceo—gambling on which of California's 58 counties will sup- ply the next “even numbered”; inmate. Numbers date from the/| prison’s founding in 1852, and! the latest arrival to win a prize! for a lucky player was No. 6500.) DRILLERS FIND FISH ; AEAMOSA, Colo. — Alamosa saw a bear standing in the miid-+ ,dle of the street—that is not until! the actually hit it. The bear had escaped from its wi: jeage at a nearby gasoline filling of Favorite in Key West STAR * BRAND CUBAN COFFEE its ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS “Key West's Outstanding” LA CONCHA HOTEL , Beautiful—Air-Conditioned Rainbow Room and Cocktail Lounge DINING end DANCING The Year Around } Annuel Electric Range Sale A Standard-Size HOTPOINT ELECTRIC RANGE for only $89.95 LESS $10.00 FOR YOUR OLD RANCE No Down Payment