The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 14, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. + Published Daily Except Sunday By L. P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOE ALLEN, Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Only tered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use fe publisation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES On+ Year 3ix Months h Months h ADVERTISING RATES ifiade known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE I reading notices is of thanks, resolutions of °., Will be charged for at tes discus- al or general 48 communi- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; never be afraid 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 injustices denounce vice and praise virtue, commend good done by individual or organ- ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate and not eontaminate the reader; never com- promise with principle. i SS ee | IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Moye Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and ernments. A Modern City Hospital City Gov- It is fine to have mettle but metal in | war times is better still. The lawyer is one individual doesn’t mind if life is full of trials. Miami, Key West, Havana—like sandwich, the best is always in between. a It is easy to have the last word in argunent with your youngster if that word is “Yes.” That Vermont mayor who vetoed an increase in his own salary must be a tax- payer as well as an officeholder. If the democracies of the world had worked together as well as the totalitarian states there would now be no totalitarian states, Mer can see their fellow man mowed down by the thousands without an emo- tional outburst, but the anguished cry of a stricken child makes them shudder. to exercise affairs, they For people as a whole supreme contro] over their must first of all be kept well informed threugh the press and, secondly, they must have full control of discussion. The alternative is dictatorship. In its efforts to have the federal gov- ernment construct the toll road to the mainland, this column has often stressed the necessity of designating it a military road. It is pleasing to note that such designation is now being considered by the navy department aecording to a statement attributed to Admiral Moreell. To get the United States into the pres- ent European war, the same propaganda was used in the last world war. Unless we came to the rescue of the Allies then and helped to defeat the Germans, the kaiser after his victory in Europe, would come to the United States with his hordes and bend our knees. The Allies now say that unless we enter the war, Hitler, if he wins, will endeavor to subjugate this country as he did the smaller. nations. In the opinion of this writer there is no need, and not good | judgment, to enter the conflict acress the | seas, but we should be prepared to the hilt, and we are doing that very thing new with a vengeance and to the extent of $6,000,- 000,000 as a starter. who | COUNTY BEACH PROJECT So much has been said on the subject of beaches in Key West—the lack of good beaches, the move to provide beaches here ! and beaches there, that it is almost a hope- less proposition to bring up the subject again for discussion. But—being that it is the number one problem existing here in- sofar as proper entertainment of our tourists is concerned, the subject appears worthy of mention once more in the light of the move now being instituted to pro- vide sponsorship for the County Beach off | Roosevelt boulevard. | Definite figures on the project that really means something in terms of an honest-to-goodness beach for this city, were released yesterday by the County Board, as discussed at its meeting the night before. Engineers have drawn up plans for a complete and permanent beach which will cost, in all—$64,452. That amount is comparatively cheap when it is | considered what it will furnish. Approximately 40 per cent of that ammount will go towards filling in work, the making of the beach proper. The other 60 per cent provides the means to keep that fill in place—groins. Nearly 45 per cent of the figure, how- ever, must be guaranteed by sponsoring | groups. That is where the rub comes in— for the Sum of $28,270 is a mountainous | figure when it comes to putting it all up | in a lump sum, no matter how widely it is | distributed among various agencies, as the | plan now stands. And yet, The Citizen will state again, as it has in the past—that, no matter what | the cost, a good beach should be provided | for if we are to become a resort city of any great size or reputation. Sacrifices of many kinds may have to be endured to en- ter into this program, yet the dividends ta accrue from it are of such nature that it becomes a must on the list of our worth- while endeavors to push Key West ahead. The Citizen can very well believe that the agencies to be contacted for agreement to enter into a co-operating sponsorship will be inclined to say—‘‘its cost is pro- hibitive”. Yet, is it? Can the cost be | measured in terms of present outlay of money when the long-time view is enter- | tained? COSTS OF CITY LIVING In a recent study of city living costs, ja research organization finds evidence that, roughly speaking, the larger the city | the more it costs to maintain a given | standard of living. Naturally this points | to the conclusion that New York is the most expensive American city in which to live. The survey report estimates that an | average family with an annual income of | $1,000, if residing in a small city, can live as well as those earfing $1,500 in New York, $1,400 in Chicago, and $1,200 in the next six cities of the country. The cost of | housing and food are chiefly responsible | for these differences in the expenditures | for absolute necessaries of life. i From another source it was recently stated that living costs in Washington, D. C., were even higher than in New York, and that among cities of moderate size . living costs were lowest in Mobile, Ala. great deal depends, of course, on what are | considered the minimum necessaries of life, and the spending habits of people in various localities. In the case of wage-earners, it is like- ly that the higher wages paid for a given kind of work in the larger cities would be found to offset the difference in living costs." This is recognized generally by labor union wage scales, which as a rule | are goverred to a considerable extent by the size of the city. While in Southern cities the family expense for fuel and heavy clothing is somewhat less than elsewhere, the pre- vailing wages are also usually lower, so | that the natural advantages of a milder ) climate are thereby largely wiped out. WOMEN STUDY TAXES Women of the country have lately begun to take a greater interest in the workings of government, particularly as it affects their home economy, and are ask- ing questions about public expenditures which may give officials and candidates food for thought. For example, women in many com- munities are meeting once a month to study the impact of taxes on the family budget and to find means of easing load through improved efficiency of | governments. the loeal A| THE KEY WEST CITIZEN “KEY WEST IN Streamlined DAYS GONE BY [a Fifteen Years Ago As t The case of W. H_ Perkins, | known under the _sobriquet of. | Bonus Bill, whq was arrested, jf charged with selling government |j property, cots and, mattresses, of |f the Florida Relief Administra- tion, was heard in Rogelio Go- mez court yesterday afternoon’ and the defendant was placed under bond of $200 to appear be- fore criminal court. Being told by Dr. Rexford Tugwell that the climate of Key West had a wonderful effect on sufferers with sinus trouble, Ar-' thur Falke came and made ‘preparations fora stay of two ff weeks at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Hicks, and left yes- terday for New York a “new man”. pat bat coneeneneees sah ——E a ER I 2 sot | Tiny Joaquine Bascou (Baby Streamline) plays her part in the opening ceremonies of the 1940 Golden Gate International Exposition. Here she’s helping President Marshall Dill with the children's program at the Treas- ure Island fair. TODAY’S COMMON ERRCR “Phase” means appear- ance or aspect, as, “a phase of the moon™. It should not be used in such connota- tion as. “different phases ef college pleasures”: say. “different kinds”. Nearly half a hundred public er semi-public places in Key | West have agreed to use nothing ‘but boiled water or sterilized wa- ter in serving their patrons ‘be- cause of the shortage of water here and the possibility of an outbreak of typhoid fever. Repairs were started this week - on the Marine hospital by John ,Cates and Sebastian Dongo, who were awarded the contract some jtime ago and have been await- ing orders to go on with the | work. ! J. J. Shea, representing the} |New York Aquarium, said today that it is much pleased with the! specimens secured on this visit jas he has been able to secure cum ‘more than 60 specimens of fish, jand a number of them are rare TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ tones, he said. When the vessel ———— |with the tanks arrives, he ex-|Cam you answer seven of these pects to have 2,000 specimens. | ten Test Questions? Turn to aig Page 4 for Answers TEN YEARS AGO Another test of the new fire engine was held yesterday after- nosn with four engineers and members of the city council present. The engineers, Wm. White, Lou Smith, H. Smith and |Myrtland Cates, will make their jreport at a meeting of the coun- cil tonight. Who originated the comic strip, “Mutt and Jeff’? 2. A coup de grace 1s a bril- liant political strategem. type of French onion soup, or merciful blow? Into what body of water does. the St. Lawrence River empty? Who was Crispus Attucks? What is the distance of the famous Memorial Day Auto race at Indianapolis? What is a necropolis? What are “fifth column” ac- “tivities in a war? Will a ship which sinks be- low the surface in mid- ocean continue to descend until it strikes bottom? Which travels faster, light or sound? 10., Who produced the photo- - play, “The Birth of a Natio . az) 5 Ruth Bryan Owen, member of! Today sB irthdavs Congress from this district, wilt . come to.Key West to give an ac-. John McCormack of New York, count of her stewardship early in famed singer, born in Ireland, 56 July, she has jj written The Years ago. eo She Boxe ti to return, “Archbishop John J. Glennon of ‘later with Commodore Jahncke, St. Louis, Catholic prelate, born | who will come to make an in- in Ireland, 78 years ago. spection of the naval station. ; Dr. Chauncey S. Boucher, — chancellor of the University of There were close to 1,000 Nebraska, born in Chicago, 34 jbunches of sponge offered for | years ago. ot : sale at the municipal dock andj Albert N. Williams, President, all of the sponge brought un-/ Lehigh Valley R. R., born in Den- usually good prices. Three grades/ver, 52 years ago. |were represented, sheeps wool,! Frederick M. Feiker, noted en- |vellow and grass. There were 151 'gineer, dean of the George bunches of wool, whieh sold for} Washington School of Engineer- ‘ing, Washington, D. C., born at —_—— |Northampton, Mass, 59 years Clifford G. Hicks and William; Frederick E. Williamson, presi- |M. Albury, members of the city ‘dent, .the New York Central jcouneil, and B. Curry Moreno. R_R., born at Norwalk, Ohio, 64 left last night for Miami to con- years ago. }fer with city effieials there in| Major Edward Bowes of New regard to the official map of Mi- | York. xadio headliner, bern in fami, made by the Associated |San Francisco. ‘ —— ed Absentee voting for the second 4 ‘primary commenced today and & will continue until sundown on Saturday, June 21, Judge Gunn announces. During the period 6. any voter expecting te be away ‘ from home on election day will be permitted to east his vote. | ® William Redice, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Redice, of 609 Caroline street, is reported to have saved a playmate from drowning when he fell in the water from Thomp- son’s dock and was going down for the second time when young Redice leaped in the water and brought him to shore. by | disposal. } Miss Clara Powell, who, for i j cn iE z || Africa populated by American i) Negroes, of which he proclaimed . heart. He attends the races, how- 25 SIDELIGHTS | By MARCY B. DARNALL Former Editor of The Citizen As the result of a too realistic | dream, Alvin Rasch of Madison. Wis., is suffering from a broken back. He is a veteran World) War aviator and in his dream he thought his plane was being, forced dewn by an enemy flyer, so he made a “parachute jump,” landing in the back yard, 20 feet below his bedroom window. My little biack aog is a very is well behaved and extremely friendly, but with one word I can transform him from a serene and happy canine imto a reving, scratching, yelping maniac. All I have to do is say “RATS in a more or and hell jump from a sleep into a ball of furry fury Although the nearest rat may be ten miles away,I can poimt under the davenport er back of a door or most anywhere and he'll start to sniff and claw and bark and whine himself inte perfect frenzy. “A dumb animal”, you sey himself Emperor Marcus I, died Yes, but not much dumber than in London at the age of 53. He alot of so-called humans we was convicted of mail fraud in meet every day. During the past the United States in connection few weeks in this country a let with obtaining money from |of otherwise sane and normal hv- members of his race in 1923 and'man beings are acting pretty ‘was later deported.- Thomas Hitchcock, Sr., father Vivid tales of “fifth column” ‘of Tommy, the premier polo ‘activities in connection with the player, is a famous trainer of European conflict have suddenly horses, specializing in steeple-. awakened us to the fgct that chase jumpers. For 30 years his |similar operations are in progress jumpers have won more races in America. Thousands of folks than those of any other stable. who for months paid no attention But Mr. Hitchcock, now 19, can to the findings af the Dies Com- not watch the races any more, because his doctor says the ex- citement whould overtax Great Britain's oldest soldier, General Sir Bindon Bicod, called the “father of the British Army” and a veteran of seven military don at the age of 97. He was a famous big game hunter, credited with killing 57 tigers. The noterious Negro promoter, Marcus Garvey, originator of a scheme to found an empire in z talking about ‘- alarm on “bunds” or numerous his other subversive activities ever, keeping behind the club- ber to start a “witch-humt” thet house, where messengers bring 'if not curbed and intelligently im ie Fat Richard aca cell inhuman as anvthing a Nazi Ges- might devise. artist with a peculiar —— ot gt 3 has rightfully —— — paintings iM termed the “melting pot” of the 7 {world, for our 130,000,000 people But he puts modern heads on 21. ade wi 5 ample: js p of a conglomerate panes sin a aig ay = mass of descendants of every C. a ayes C. Fields, Geins- nationality. They represent be ~e “Blue Bo: ” with the CVY creed and color and they basses Mare end Leonarde Have come to us from the ends da Vinci's “Mona Lisa” with the Of {he cartp on features of Fanny Brice. i rang. eam ane sey = Germany, France, Italy, Belgium. Russia, or some other country 5, A Additional millions are only one by Gus Stringos of Hutchinson, a : Ken, isthe peed ethers of Se Sees SS quintuplet kids, all females, “Old country”, but if they were which have been named, nat-| orn in America or have become facie enough, Cecile, Yvonne, | Daturalized they are just as much Emile, Annette and Marie, after Americans and just as much en- the famed Dionne quints. Quin- titled to enjoy its blessings and tuplets are said to be almost as Protection as you and 1 Like- rare among goats as among ‘Wise, as good Americans they humans, and Snowball’s flock are just as loyal and ready to , placed exhibition. defend this country against its cedibees ew enemies, whosoever they may be | Victor Hedman of New York _ From the days of the American was recently rejoicing because Revolution up to the present, the he was spending his birthday | blood of every nationality, every out of jail for the first time in 17 a and a eee a ears, and mt the morning &' on tthefield. aie to ined, informing America and all it stands for them of that happy fact. In the might live. afternoon, however, he was ar- During the past few weeks I rested on a warrant charging him have encountered hysterical with forgery. rumors and wild talk about this or that citizen suspected of be- ing a “fifth columnist”. Ugly ad rumors, absolutely unfounded as Today Ss Horoscope to fact. based only on a German “ name, an Italian accent or some Today's influences give large other nonsensical triviality. ideas, but carry with it imprac- This loose talk and these silly tical uses. There is enough abil- Tumors are picked up by thought- ity to make a suceess of life if less fanatical people, to be en- the thoughts are turned into larged upon and passed along proper channels. But if they are permitted to fall into improper ways the end is liable to be a blighted life, often” from sheer, circumstances, which might be often the saving of this nature. | Snowball, a nanny goat owned | (oe | |FIRST STATE CONSTITUTION | ial re ' COLUMBIA, S. C.—In a pile! iof musty documents in a — ‘used room in the State House, the original copy of South Carolina’s , Constitution, adopted in! 1776, was found. The document, older than the Declaration of In- dependence, will be placed in the archives of the State Historical |Commission. The Censtitution is/ much like the little deg I've been | until they are magnified into gentle and peaceful creature He + less sinister tone ¢ soune But there & 2 SANE aot cumpiete deta: FBi agent and you anc 1 a urvesce<c a chimed & cmp = et * ” az =e boowes us we ret pressing our o= Startimg ues that wr Frei Let us aeep greund sua Lo mittee, who have looked with ne — have — suddenly come out of thei shum- 'directed can prove as crue! and ,, been , REGULAR SAILINGS WILL BE RESUMED to PORT TAMPA Tuesday. June I0th to HAVANA ‘Thursday. June Sith Gowers Oftcen -: + eee fete