The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 5, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO ? FIFTH COLUMNS! = News stories from all over the nation TIZEN PUBLASHING CO., INC. Published Daily Except Sunday By L. P. ARTMAN, President ana Publisher JOE ALLEN, Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets | ties of various patriotic and civic groups | designed to forestall any advance into the | life of this country of, so-called Fifth | Columnists. Investigations of the House committee Only Datly Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County | eottered at Key We Member of the Assoc! Press | past year, with its uncovering of much The Assocated Press fs exclusively entitled to use | oubversive activity by various foreign-ism | tor republication of all yews dispatches credited to it or not otherwise creo @ in‘this paper and also | groups in this country, is the parent organ. the local news published Here. x sCRI z ization of’the ones now being formed, and | the oné hat has gone a Tong way td“ @e- | ° | fend the United - States against danger One Month ... a es : 2° |from within. i | Not until] the recent uncovering of Fifth Column espionage work by Nazi i | ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE { All reading notices, cards of thanks, resoluti | i ies i respect, obituary notices, ete., will iavcuerena for ax agents ed countries invaded, however, has the rate of 10 cents a line. | the subject come to be of first-ranking im- Notices for entertainment by churches from which venue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. | portance here. Now we hear of all sorts 4 Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- | = of public issues and subjects of local or general | of volunteer groups organizing to help the ‘est but it will not publish anonymous communi- | | countries. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN =o West is in operation. We wouldn’t hear WILL always seek the truth and print it || about much of their findings—but it is without fear and without favor; never be | generally believed there hasn’t been much afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; || of anything uncovered. Yet, it behooves always fight tor progress; never be.the or- || aj] of us to be alert to prevent any spread- | gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, {| ing of activities which would be injurious faction or class; always do its utmost for the |/to the nation and its newly-inaugurated public welfare; never tolerate corruption or defense program. 5 injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue, } commend good done by individual or organ- | ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and | News’ story yesterday stated that Clear- l have appeared lately in regard to activi- ; ma class matter | under Chairman Martin Dies during the | ‘THE KEY WEST CITIZEN [rststosssetanonectersones eovcee Covecveccooe | Highlights Of Florida | | . { By KENNETH FRIEDMAN Sccdecsccevorences . = RERCHES: FROM RTIRNTIC | government fight these agents of foreign | Naval intelligence department in Key j WHAT FISH SWHNS | FASTEST fe We can all do our part. Every city | | should plan just what it can do to help. | opinions; print only news that will elevate || water, Fla. had organized its Police Pistol | and not contaminate the reader; never com- | Club into a “third-line defense” unit. This | promise with principle. a tthe gs | POWN in the nation: stepid ereesize a unit < — |of heme guards. There’s something in IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY T: HE CITIZEN Key West. Water and Sewerage. More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. heads in our city. hysteria rule the day. Alertness coupled with calmness is the power that will prove | forms of espionage. OUR GOLD WORTH HAVING Let’s have-mettle and metal! The Fifth Column—the invisible h ‘dials olumn—the invisible hand | 1 ited States has crossed the $19,000,000,- : | 000-level and the experts are already be- ginning to worry about what will happen to this huge hoarde if the totalitarian states reform the ‘savings economy of the Mussolini, like a jackal, is cunningly watching to pounce upon his prey. Life is too short to be bothered about | Word. 2 ste Yn thi individuals who desefve to be ignored. Bankers and economists in this coun- try have expressed the opinion that the Tourists will motor thousands of miles | 204 standard cannot operate if Germany this summer and see about the same kind | #74 her allies win the war and dominate of billboards they have at home. | the future economic set-up of the world. Their system of trading, involving barter and controlled swapping, tends to elim- inate the necessity of another medium of exchange. While it is within the realm of possi- bility, in the event ef a German victory, that gold will lose some of its importance Via grape-vine we hear that graft in | Key West has been increased 100 per} centum. That percentage seems to be} about all the illicit traffic can bear. | Of course We can always insist that | | organization has suggested that every | that suggestion and The Citizen would like | to see something of the sort organized in | Let’s be prepared to drive the Fifth | Columnists out if they should show their | But, on the other hand, let’s not let | the most effective in helping to combat all | | a | The monetary gold stock of the | Only one mile long, Duval street is proud-] Atlantic side of the island, deep channels and iy referred to by aged wine ee the egress ae Gulf Ci dia longest street in the world” as it reaches from vccording to He: Howell, writing for the bathing beach where the public dunks] “Field & Stream”, the bait authenticated ad itself in the Atlantic and extends one mile to] of the speed of a Wahoo for a known distance the dock facing the Gulf of Mexico, where ocean} is that of a 67 pounder which reeled off 200 foing steamers are moored at the end of the] yards of line in 11 seconds flat on light tackle. street. Duval St. is the principal business street This would figure a little better than 41 miles in the city, that distinction haying been acquired | per hour. Unquestionably, this record stamps when waterborn traffic was the city's principal] the Wahoo as one of the fastest, if not the vocation. Shoals and reefs characterize the] fastest, of all fish. <n jhaving a great time, according to KEY WEST IN DAYS GONEBY = iasvisaciy a's today from the camp, written by 8 ———_— one ‘of the members of the troop Happenings Here Just Five. Ten and Fifteen Years Ago Today | under the guidance of Mrs. A. H As Taken From The Files Of The Cifizen |Metnnis, scoutmistress. FIVE YEARS AGO {transferred to the command of| All persons interested in the the naval station in New York. | little theater work are invited to pa { attend the meeting, which will iss Florence Clover Niles, | j be held tonight at 8 o'clock in'gaughter of Sheriff and Mrs. | |the hospitality hewse on Duval ‘Cleveland Niles, will tomorrow | |street. The group will be address- evening at 8 o'clock become the! jed by A. E. Fisher, director of bride of Benjamin Franklin Saw-| dramatics. yer, son of Mr. and Mrs. G.| Se Frank Sawyer, of 523 Fleming Mayor Wm. H. Malone left yes- 'ytreet. Wedding will be at the} jterday afternoon tor New York pride’s home. to attend the meeting of mayors | jand business representatives from! Arrangements have been made | |the seacoast cities of the United for holding a card party at the |States. The invitation to attend woman’s Club building on |this meeting was extended by Thursday evening, executive sec-! Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. retary of the local Red Cross! pS hei Z chapter announces. The proceeds! Morgan O. Hamon, traveling wi}! go to financing local relief | representative for one of the work, which is badly needed. larger companies selling travel- { # forced the restrictions of the Treaty’ of! | powers, such as Germany, Italy and Japan, the Monroe Doctrine really applied only to Monroe county. — Sanford Herald. Which one—Fiorida or New York, or | both? | Had the Allies from the beginning en- | Versailles against a defeated Germany, this holecaust would not have happened, and the world possibly at peace today. in international trade, the disability will | be temporary. In fact, we do not think that the United States need worry very much about having a worthless gold stock on hand. We might worry about the pos- sibility of losing out gold stock if this nation is ever attacked by a coalition of after the totalitarian states have con- | quered Europe. ing insurance, says that Key West shows some signs of im- provement since his last visit the early part of last year. He trav- ‘els out of Louisville, Ky.,~ and \through the larger part of the country. Heavy outgoing traffic yester- iday afternoon made it necessary be added to the,afternoon train. There were quite a few passen- jgers from Key West in addition |for an extra passenger coach to; The local order of Elks plan to; hold more elaborate exercises on} |Plag Day, June 14, than have) ‘been held heretofore. The cere-, Monies will be held in Bayview ;Park and as the date falls cn ‘Sunday, it is expected that a large crowd will be present. y Miss Janice Hicks, an attrac-j itive bride-to-be of the month: ,was the inspiration of the linen} shower given by her aunt, Mrs | ‘TODAY'S DAILY QUIZ Can you amswer seven of these ten Test Questions? Tern te Page ¢ for Answers 1 Are whipping pots «i = use in any of the states” Which state is nearest te th- North Pole? What is the correct prome=- ciation of Thailand the new name for Siam’ How many days are there in 19407 What character =» ome ™ said, “To be or not te be that ss the question”? Was the first imeugursticn of éefferson Dewis as President of the Oonied erate States of America = Montgomery, Als ta, Ga, or Va? Which state is cal State”? How many nr stripes has Flag? Do moles eat vegetables or insects? The ruling sovereign of Great Britam is George V, Vi Vi o Var" It is believed that the first fire insurance company im Americas was organized at Charleston S. C., in 1736. A BENTHAM’S GDD WILL to a crowd of excursionists who} oyis T. Bragassa and her cous-| Governor-nominate Spessard L. Hol- |were staying over from yester-!in Mrs. George Lucas, yesterday | land is powerfully set against the one- | As a result of a queer will made over \day. jafternoon at the home of Mrs.| armed bandits which are now operating 100 vears ago, the dressed-ap skeleton of | rise ietbad Ets: Jackson. oe 1301 Flagler avenue. } illegally in Key West and other spots in | Jeremy Bentham still presides’ at meet- uSN. commanding officer at) Extensive and elaborate plans Monroe County. So get all you can, boys, | ings of the trustees of University College the naval station, Mrs. Jackson'are being formulated by the while the getting is good; it won’t be for | Hospital in London, according to Ripley of |@"4 their daughter, Nancy, will Chamber of Commerce for the; lon: decree | “believe it or not” fame - leave tonight for Loggerhead Key | entertainment of 250 members of e. we ie .,, on the Lighthouse Tender Ivy, the Association of Engineers, | Bentham was precocious as a child jand will spend several days at who will be the guests of the| Congress has declared the United | and received his bachelor’s degree from the kev as guests of friends. \Island City for half a day on| Sates to be a neutral nation, but Senator | Oxford at 15. He became the leading | TEN YEARS AGO ome = 7 w come to Kay) Pepper's declaration and efforts to aid the | writer of his day on jurisprudence and The publisher of The Citizen! sheer roe ' Alties with all our means “short of war” is | goveriiment. He traveled widely and was eget ears eerste MréZ. B. Michael and Mré.| a declination of neutrality and an open | received everywhere with great acclaim. ne noe ae win visio leit ae the pases x be egg Millions of times a day, people every- avewal of non-belligerency, amounting vir- | He was a humanitarian, interested in ‘evening while the election re- | ner Southard and Ashe _streets,| tually to undeclared |war. Pepper's bill | the condition of the poor, in prison referm, (turns were bulletined at this of- in compliment to Miss Flofence | : , se x - id was vetoed by the assigned committee 12} and'in many philanthropies. He founded ‘Tice. Posting the Tue a pleas, Mackie, wha will wed Noel Solo- sing. 5 ages Haine icmanhd to one, his being the affirmative vote. | the hospital mentioned five’ years before | ure. F188 eetaaid xd “ nd --> CocaCola. They like its clean taste and the | his death in 1832, amd his will provided for | | Key:West girls of Troop No. 4) _ s + | : i. tid G “Caesar had his Brutus; Charles the| the unusual disposition of his body which Ria seograingiyes Camp_ | girl scouts of Key West, Gag \ féfreshed feeling that follows. Thus te | aes ¢ t $4 First, his Cromwell; and George the Third | was carried out. | a Poy ne camp life at Long Key sree ! primary to determine who will) j may profit by their example. If this be has become America’s favorite moment. < | His clothed skeleton sits in a chair at represent the district in the 5.” i | treason make the most of it—Patrick | the head of the table atound which the |S Shon eer pee mos par Wo} Ke | Henry in a speech in the Virginia Conven- | hospital trustees meet, his skull resting in | Fort Myers marj ahead and spoil- i tion, 1765. To paraphrase, Napoleon had | a glass ease on the floor between his legs, jing Malone's chances. | his Watetioo, Kaiser Wilhelm his Verdun, | while an artificial head reproduced from a | a : and may Hitler meet their fate. This may | mask of his real features is placed upon |y.sw. who arrived last evening not be neuttal but it is human in view of | his shoulders. {by. automobile from New York, | this “man’s inhumanity to man, which | Thus he has been a silent member of |'5 today commandant of the mav-| iy, Fines ae makes countless thousands mourn.” | the hospital board for over 100 years. 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