The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 20, 1940, Page 2

PAGE EVO. The wey West Citizen ITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. plished Daily Except Sunday By ARTMAN, President and Publisher iness Manager r Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County entered at Member of the Assoclated Press West, Florida, as second class matter republication cf ull news dispatches credited to not otherwise credited in this paper and also published here. ----$10.00 5.00 @ RATES known on applic "SPE CIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at churches from which a lime. invites discus- or general and a Ss communi- «but it will not publi cations, THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it never be without fear and without favor; id to attack wrong or to applaud right; s fight tor progres; 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 Wat and Sewerage. More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Airports ilion Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital One can hate Mussolini and_ still. be fond of spaghetti. Key West has a charm all its own; ihis is noticeable particularly by traveling Key Westers. A man who is clever enough to to brag about. it. Congress should remain in session dur- ing the present crisis. This is still a re- public and not a one-man country. Father’s Day was cele tes June 16. It was his day all right; he paid for most of the presents in some form or other. The Internal Improvement Board all the way through doesn’t seem to know what it’s all about, or is the job too big for the personnel? Unele Sam is nct a benevolent land- lord, and those who rent houses in these vernment hcusing projects have learned that they must pay their rent promptly or out they Unlike Key West landlords, Uncle Sam forgives debts and ts no respites; permit the ttitude to materialize that it is cheaper to ve than to pay rent. ‘0. no rent he doesn’t Willie Bioff, Pacific coast leader of the Internationa] Alliance of Theatrical and Stage. Employes’ Union, is serving a jail sentence for pandering, imposed 18. years ago but only partly served. The union thinks.the former pimp is being persecuted for a “youthful indiscretion,’ has refused to accept: his resignation and will retain him in office. Such acts do not do union- ism any.good; and public opinion is dis- gusted-with disreputable leaders like Bioff, Scalise and others of their ilk. On account of the “Fifth Column” infiltration apparent in the United States, the Immigration and Naturalization Serv- ice has. been transferred from the Labor Jepartment to the Justice Department, whcre greater strictness will be exercised over privileges to enter this country, and clso increased vigilance will be maintained at borders. Weare now most painfully aware of Hitler's mania for territorial and political acquisitions and he may have de- signs on America so we might as well start early to nip them in the bud. | wa e Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use | t | ects are pushing ahead. be| boss in the home is also wise enough not} PROJECTS HANGING FIRE! There is always a time between the st announcement of a project and the time when beginning of work comes, or, at least a declaration of some sort as to an During that time is when of develop various and assorted cases of the jitters, oiticial okey. beneficiaries projects-to-be ing to see whether their dreams are going to come true and how soon. Such a time is being experienced in Key West. And it isn’t just one project that we’re awaiting—it’s a long list of benefits that have been long talked about and appear to be in the about-to-be- authorized classification. Of course, the two main projects Key Westers and The Citizen are most im- patient about are the water and highway , projects that will mean so much to us all. For ten days now The Citizen’s news desk has been devoid of any definite news from : either of these main-line items, and it goes hout saying that the force is “rarin’ to on the first release that comes to its attention. We are assured, go" however, that both projects are likely to be removed from the | uncertain classifieation in the very near future, and, as this column has mentioned it will be a matter, sooner than we perhaps suspect, of which one will come in the finish line in first place. ‘ihere are other projects that are ina sort of status-quo classification—and they are quite importart, too. Hew is the Gar- ght Yacht Basin coming along? the latest on the Housing Project? re asked these two questions quite lately. And about that County ch plan—how soon is that likely to get before, across rison | What’ We’ frequently | started? Suffice it to say that these three proj- Information at hand, but not quite ready for definite news | release, is to the effect that Key West will soon hear of good news in respect to all of them—especially the Housing Project. But, in the meantime, we join the rest of the residents here in being all ajitter | about when to expect the glad tidings of authorization and start of work on the two main projects. May the indefinite period | be not too long stretched out! NEWSPAPER FACTS Some interesting facts. concerning newspapers and advertising are contained in a book by Fred J. Haskin, veteran syn- dicator of information, from which the | following are condensed: Egyptians used advertising 4,000 years ago. Most early advertising was pictorial in character. The first news- paper advertising is said to have appeared in Germany in 1591. It is estimated that about a_ billion and a half dollars are spent annually for all kinds of advertising in the United States. More than 360 American daily newspapers are equipped to print ad- vertisements in color. The fastest modern newspaper. presses j can turn out aBout 34,000 24-page papers an hour, and a somewhat larger number of 12-page or 16-page papers. The first news agency in the modern | sense is believed to have been that or- ganized by Charles Havas of Paris in 1835. | In 1840 he established a news service be. tween Paris, Londen and Brusseis, using carrier pigeons. James Gordon Bennett began the publication of the first review of financial | news in the New York Herald in 1835. Newspaper editorials were originated by John Dillingham, an English journalist, and one of them got him into jail in 1645. Sometimes justly and sometimes. unjustly, other editors have met a similar fate many times since. FOOD FOR THE WAR REFUGEES The people‘ofthe United States, as Secretary Wallace says, “have been shoek- ed by the untold misery and suffering of Europe’s war refugees, the great majority of whom are women and children.” ‘ Fcr this reason they. will approve the | plan that has been worked out by. the De- | partmert of Agriculture by which the Am- erican Red Cross will. buy food supplies at about one-half of the mar- ket cost. the Red Crass will.come from government funds already appropriated to increase the distribution’ of surplus farm commodities. | The payments will constitute an export subsidy. | laboratory surplus farm | As we understand it, the payments to | THE KEY WEST. CITIZEN PITY THE POOR CADDY apt KIND Whi Teh GAME IS‘ THIS < siderable ability, but | Loday’s Horoscope Today is likely to give a pessi- ,Mmistic nature. There is con- probably many plans will be abandoned on account of a doubt as to their value. Cultivate strength . of * character and decision of mind, os s\e i such bad language when and beware. and do not let ver-{ satility overcome continuity. Maturity “Little boy, don’t’ you know what becomes of boys whc use they j Play. marbles?” ~ KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Five. . Ten and F and Fifteen Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen FIVE YEARS AGO There will be 15 scientists at Loggerhead Key this summer carrying on experiments in the maintained by the Carnegie Institute. Dr. Coswell Hargrove and Dr. Paul E. Newel arrived here this morning and the 13 others are to arrive later. A call for 50 bathing beauties and 100 baby show contestants is being issued today by Delio Cobo, in charge of this phase of the July 4 celebration which is to be staged here on Independence Day, and sponsored by the Kappa Pi Club. Dr. V. M. Jonnson, pathologist * at the Good Samaritan Hospital at West Palm Beach, and his friend Robert Kleiser of Kleiser’s Sport Shop, are enjoying great fishing at the Marquesas. under the guidance of Captain Eddie | Saunders. At a recent meeting of the Key , West Philatelic Society, an in- teresting talk was given by Miss Mary Fay McClanahan on the Louisiana Purchase, commemora- tive issue, after which an ex- change of stamps was started. The stamp exchanges are a reg- ular feature of the meeting nights. V. C. Spencer, deputy sheriff in the office of his brother W. C. Spencer, sheriff of Hillsboro county, left on the Steamship Cuba yesterday for Tampa with Lucas Gomez, prisoner wanted in Tampa on a charge of assault and battery. Gomez is charged with assaulting a young woman and taking a payroll, amounting to $700. ythe roll this year The*slash in property valuation | ‘TEN YEARS AGO Nearly $125,000 has been paid in duties at this port during the past week as the results of the tariff measure recently adopted.} The sum was $122,649 and. was paid by the Reedy Forwarding Co., on imports of sugar for the Hershey interests. Paul Parker and Roy Hall, wanted in Clearwater for the larceny of an automobile truck, were picked up here yesterday by Deputy Sheriff Dalbert Bethel ; and are in jail awaiting the ar- rival of officers. The arrests Were made at the request of Sheriff E. G. Cunningham. The city tax roll for 1930 which has just.been completed is 467,200 less than that of last; year, which was $9,967,200 and is $8,500,000. is understood to be general on real ‘estate improvements and personal property. $1,-| “Yes'm, they grow up and play golf. Your shot, Jimmy”. approximately $1,300 a month were granted to city employes by the city council, at the regular meeting last night. All city em- ployes with the exception of | those working for the Board of! Public Works were benefitted by | the increase. Charles H. Ketchum, of Key West, has resigned as Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan and/ his resignation has been accepted ; by the Imperial Wizard of the! Order, aecording to word which was received in Key West yester- | day from Jacksonville. Mr. ; | Ketchum has been head. of the | | Klan in Florida for several years. ~ Temple No. 26, Pythian wud ters, will entertain on Monday | evening at their hall following the regular meeting of the or- der. The entertainment will be past chief's night and is a reg- ular feature of this organization, which honors all past chiefs with ; |a similar event. { The Clearwater and St. Peters- | burg Boy Scouts will be enter-| tained by the Masonic bodies of Key West Thursday evening. The | party will be held at the Amer- jican Legion clubhouse and Masons, their families and local Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts will attend. Miss Violet Acosta, 16, sus- tained several severe cuts and bruises and had three teeth knocked out last night when the Essex car she was driving ran into a telegraph pole to avoid a | collision with a Ford runabout at the corner of White street and the county road. Today's Birthdays Rear Admiral Royal E. Inger- soll, U. S. N., born in Washing- ton, D. C., 57 years ago. Harold F. Pitcairn of Philadel- phia, aircraft manu’ m at Bryn Athyn, TS age Dr. Raymond L. Ditmars a New York Zoo, noted curator and author, born at Newark, N. J. 64 years ago. Dr. Arthur E. Morgan, ex-TVA Authority chairman, former An- tioch College president. born in Cincinnati, 62 years ago Josephine W. Johnsen of Web- ster Groves, Mo. Pulitzer prize novelist, born at Kirkwood, M 30 years ago. Gail Patrick, actress, berm at Birmingham, Ala. 29 years ago Edward G. Seubert, president Standard Oil of Indiana. t born Arrangements just made with | the Western Union Telegraph Co., mean that cable messages “which have heretofore been sent direct from here, will in the future be sent to Miami and from there relayed to Havana. of business between this port and Havana is given as the reason. Replevin procedure was in- stituted this morning in the court of Judge Hugh Gunn‘ by C. C. Stubbs to recover from Rebecca Poitiers articles including rituals, one ledger charter on the Junior Class, and jewels of the United Order of St. John, colored. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO Salary increases which totalled For Shaves That Look And Feel Like | Lack | GHT now, just picture | | Not so hard to imagine, is it? pa lg ge ml style, in luxurious. appointments and refinements! NAVARRO, Inc., 60.1 Duval Street 1000 Dodge Lusery Linet. 6 Pemmenge:. Deer Seams S86 ate = Smee BIG DODGE LUXURY LINER COSTS ONLY FEW DOLLARS SMALLER, LOW-PRICED CARS!