The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 17, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO ‘The Key West Citizen | THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. Published Daily Except Sunday By P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOE ALL iness Manager From The Citizen Pailding Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter | Member of the Associated Press Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use | republication of all news dispatehes credited to oF ngt gtherwise credited in this paper and also ! local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RAPES The fe ADVERTISING RAPES ae known on application. SPRCIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at th of 16 eents a line. for entertainment by churches from which © is to be derived are & cents a line. ‘itizen is an open forum and invites discus- of public issues and subjects of local or general “cect but it will mot publish anonymous communi- cations —_—————]$]$—————————————————________ 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 injustice; 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 contaminate the reader; never com- promise with principle. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 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. Se oP won In union there is strength; there is right. in might An optimist is one who depends on the town clock when he has to catch a bus. Courage and patriotism cannot fight metal so the United States plans to have the metal. The trouble with most of those secret | weapons we read about is that they re-/} main secret. The gveater the war the greater the starvation to follow it. We saw what fol- | lowed in 1918. Then there was the Scotchman who epent $40 for accident insurance and com- plained becauge -he hadn't been in a single wreck. A physician s boys should. not smoke before they are 21. By which time mother and little sister will have demon- | strated how to do it gracefully. Let it be recorded, very plainly, that | we are not among those who believe that a | German victory would work for justice, | equality and liberty throughout the world. | At least We are spared the hypocracy | of the last war, when the German kaiser | telegraphed his family to go down on their | knees and implore God for the early de-| feai.of the French. | In 1926 Marshal Foch warned, “The | military mind always imagines that the | next war will -be on the same basis as the | last. ‘jhat bas never been the case and | never will be.” War weapons become | more deadly with each succeeding genera- | tion. | President Roosevelt’s ardent speech at Charlottsville last week is interpreted by | many newspapers as another step towards | our entry into the ‘European war. It is| natural-to assume that the billions we are about to spend are for preparedness .and | possible defense, not for offense against | any of.the warring nations. Having thrown | neutrality out of the window, we are now | entering the phase of non-belligereney. | What the next step will be is easily | guessed, ; | regular meeting this week. | patcd that the discussion will ANOTHER TAX PROBLEM 1 Municipalities all over the State of Flcrida will be determining shortly just | what they are going to do about the Su- preme Court decision that prevents the In- ternal Improvement Board from _ giving deeds to Murphy Sale bidders on parcels of land on which city taxes have not been paid. The question is vital, in many re- | spects, chiefly because it throws muni- cipal tax problems into the Murphy Law field in.a manner that bodes no particular amount of good for the future. Hereto- | fore—state and municipal taxes have been levied and collected (perhaps) on sep- arate bases’ and with no relation to each ! other. Now it appears that the cities are being dragged into the Murphy picture of delinquent tax-dodging, and the outcome is shrouded in much uncertainty. The Key West City Council has sched- | uled this subject for first call position at its It is antici- be quite drawn out, and the vote, for or against of- fering a settlement agreement along lines suggested by the County Clerk’s Associa- | tion is not predictable at this time. A delinquent tax measure is now in | force on the city books, and will be until July 7th. By it, those who owe taxes over a Jong peried of years, may clear them by paying 30 per cert of the taxes due prior | to 1936. if the following years taxes are paid in full. The response to this relief h2sn’t been much to write home ahgut. It | is not likely that many others will respond before the deadline date. But—now comes another, and a more | outstanding bit of catering to the tax dodgers. We can well imagine that there would be quite a rush to clear city taxes if persons who successfully bid for their tax certificates in the Murphy sales can do so at a cost of from $1.00 to $3.00 per par- cele Or, as another suggestion states— get a receipted bill for maybe ten years taxes by the payment of only the 1939 taxes. The Citizen is in a “prove the worth of it’? frame of mind on this question. It will be much interested in the manner in which it will be handled by the City Coun- cil when it meets next Thursday night. | HOW MOTORISTS PAY Representing the results of six years of study, a report by Chairman Joseph B. | Eastman of the Interstate Commerce Com- | mission appears to refute the contention | that highway transportation is subsidized | by the government. The study was made by Mr. Eastman in his former capacity as “ederal coordinator of transportation. The study regards the special taxes levied on motor vehicles to finance high- way improvement and maintenance as the equivalent of the railroads’ investment in rails, right-of-way and other property. On that basis, highway transport is seen as the least subsidized of all modes of trans- portation. In 1936 for example, it is siated that the total net subsidy to transportation was 193 million dollars, of which water trans- port received 66,6 per cent, the railroads ; 18.5 per cent, air transport 10.8 per cent, and motor transport only 4.1 per cent. | In the period from 1921 through 1937 the Federal, state and local governments expended on highways the tremendous sum of 31 billion dollars, of which all but a | few million dollars were paid by motor | vehicle users. Thus, it is indicated by the | report, motor vehicle transport has always | | paid its own way, and earned on merit the | competitive position it now oceupies in na- tional transportation. Efforts to penalize it would serve to handicap a great and in- | dispensable transport facility. AMERICAN VACATIONS | As much as five billion dollars has | been spent in a year by Americans on vaca- ticns and recreations, according to a re- cert estimate. With European travel cut | off more vacation money will be spent in this country during the coming major holi- | day months than ever before in history. ' Medical authorities.assert that greater | attention is given to health building vaca- | tions, as against former tendencies t ward over-exertion, which caused more | physical harm than good. | Heavy advance reservations are being | made in Michigan, as shown in records of | the Battle Creek Sanitarium, a health cen- ter. In preparation for a ‘heavy season | ahead, the staff of the institution has un- dergdne more efficient departmentaliza- tion in recent months, according to Dr. | John E. Gorrell, the administrator. attended the amateur perform- ance given last night at Bayview Key West Administration. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN SEE OPE THRONGS OMAR SS ama Vast crowds (more than 123,000 attended) view the Golden Fourties Fiesta parade on Treas- = ure Island. Here is a part of the throng pictured in the Temp!- Compound as the column passed. Such scenes were duplicated hour after hour throughout the gay i KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Five. Ten and Fifteen Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen PIVE YEARS AGO of fifteen young ladies and there Dr. H. C. Galey, city health of-iwill be a half-hour of interesting ficer, has issued a statement call-' music. ing on all citizens of Key West to} go to the FERA clinic tomorrow} merning to receive inoculations! as a preventive against typhoid fever. This is a county-wide program and all persons are urg- ed to take advantage of it. PIFTEEN YEARS AGO “Are You A Booster or Are You A Rooster?” With this chal- lenge to Key West, the Overseas Highway Association next week :begins a drive for more members ‘of the organization, to which yeveryone interested in the pro- gress of the city should belong. Approxmiately 2,500 persons Park, under the direction of the, Win-} ners in the contests were Olga Ranfos, Shirley Hinson and Ellen May Wharton. There were oth- ers competing. ; Initiation of new members in- ,to Troop 4, Girl Scouts of Amer- ica, was one of the entertaining numbers for the old members of the two weeks which the girls Sere spending at their camp at ‘Long Key. The girls are camp- ing under the leadership of Mrs. A. baad and will return next w £ Lucas Gomez, ‘who was arrest- ed immediately after the SS. Cuba arrived from Tampa on Monday, is being held under close confinement orders from Tampa, which gives the infor- mation that he is considered dangerous. Officers from Tampa are expected to arrive Friday for the prisoner. i aes | Following a residence of sev- eral years at Tallahassee, Judge and Mrs. Jefferson B. Browne have returned to Key West and {will make this their future home, much to the delight of their friends of former days. The judge has been appointed judge of Circuit Court. Six fairly large lots of sponge were offered for sale today at what were considered good pri- ces, the total of which was $1,- 410. But none of the bids were accepted, the owners declaring that they were worth more as the sponges were in fine condi- tion. Children’s Day exercises will be held tomorrow evening at the Congregational Church in which pupils of the Sunday School will take part. They have been prac- ticing under Mrs. Thos. H. Cur- tis and Mrs..C. De W. Brower and promise to give an excellent per- | formance. Today marks the 158th anni- versary of the American flag and in various sections of the city the national colors were on display.' In former -years organizations of Key West made preparations for tnd attle duati ; 5 Fi uating class from celebrating this day, but in Te- ithe College at Dental Surgery of cent years this interest has not xyay 97 passing the examination Deen evident, for the practice in that state. On TEN YEARS AGO June 24 he will take the Florida Joseph D. Margoulis returned from Atlanta Saturday. He was opening day. ] TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Never use “proposition” as a verb. Do not say. “He an auto; say “made a prop- osition to me to buy an auto.” ——— TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ Can you answer seven of these ten Test Questions? Turn to Page 4 for Answers 1. How many American re- publics are there? Which American General said, “Lafayette, we are here” when he arrived in France, in 1917? Was Pennsylvania or Mary- land the only. American colony that tolerated free- dom of worship for Catho- lics before the Revolu- tion? Name the present Cabinet member whose father held the same position in a pre- vious Administration. The Federal Reserve banks are owned by individual stockholders, the Govern- ment, or the member banks of the Federal Re- | serve System? | Does increasing air pres- | sure, increase or decrease | the boiling point of water? | Who immediately preceded Henry Morganthau, Jr., as! Secretary of the Treasury? Labor's Non-Partisan League associated with the A. F. of L. or the CIO? What is the letter postage to Canada? Of what magazine was Glenn Frank the editor? 2 Is 9. 10. South America, fourth largest of the continents, has an area of 7,570,000 sauare miles, about 14 percent.of the world’s land sur- face. f Close to 190s$even-foot sharks /°*#™mination at Jacksonville. are being caught every day at, Big Pine Key by the boats of the Hydenoil Company, which are engaged in the work. Not a particle of the shark is thrown away, ecah part being utilized for different purposes in the plant of the company. a | Todav’s Horoscone| Today’s nature is a stubborn! one, perhaps willful, yet easily convinced when there is real} merit under judgment. There is! ee £ a Bpirit of compassion, a very At a special meeting of city! strong intellect, and yet there} council held last night the board may be a quarrelsome manner unanimously voted to accept the that may lead the native into new fire engine, which has been difficulties. Avoid attempting to \given tests on two days by six secure revenge, for it will recoil. engMeers and whose reports were heartily in favor of the pur- Qrigin Of Svecie chase price of $13,000. .We hear them say, the woman - pays, Harry W. Childs, of St. Peters-- Which seems so very funny. burg. was elected president of They never remember to explain | the ‘Florida State Pharmaceutical es done with hubby's aaa Association at the .Twenty-Sev-/ i enth Convention, whieh is being jheld in this ..city.,.They were} joined vesterday by 240 druggists! from Alabama. who arrived from Cuba, where they had been hold-! ing a convention. Hampton, left yesterday for Pen- sacola, where he has keen assign- ed as commander of the USS, Commander George E. ‘Tarbell. ee to HAVANA and PORT TAMPA have been CANCELLED “Win'lacladive in order that the P. & 0. S.S. CUBA May be operated in the MIAMI- WV. in - oa =) |A smile comes MONDAY, JUNE 17, 1940 ——————EEEEeee THE VALUE OF A SMILE. ‘Today's Birthdays U. S Senator Eibert D. 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