The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 24, 1940, Page 2

The Key West Citizen THE 1ZEN 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 Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County sitere at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press Ihe Associated Press .is exclusively entitled to use, for repuplication of all news G@ispatenes “Credited ‘te it or not otherwise credited in this paper and aiso th: local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES » Year : is aths | RECREATION PROBLEMS i One of the developments at last | | week’s council meeting brought out the | | fact that recreation problems here still ex- | ist. In fact, by reason of a communication | | from a navy official, the problems insofar as tendering suitable facilities for enlisted men is concerned, are just as acute as they | ever were. recently .copeluded with the opening of La! “CoficHa’ center. “While it was understood*; | that the’ center left much to be desired in | | the ‘way of adequate facilities for either | si The whole city recalls the drive just | | service men or tourists; still, it was some- | ADVERTISING RATES iiade known on appl. ion. SPECIAL NOTICE 1 reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions. of pect, obityary notices, ete. will be charged for at rate of {© cents a line. Notices for entertainment by churches from which enue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. Citizen is an open forum and igvites discus- public issues and subjects of local or general ii t but it will not publisk 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. thing. THe city council expended $500 on | this project and much velunteer labor and { direction was contributed by workers and j | members of the Community Recreation Committee. | Considering the financial condition of | the city—why must that come up again?— | $500 is a lot of money to spend on any sin- ‘ gle project. Especially so, when it now | appears that the main agency for which | that amount was expended has proven to be not interested in it any longer—in fact, | never did seem to take to the idea con- tained in the center with its fairly-full pro- | gram. | Whether the fault lies with the man- | agement and direction of the center or in its planning, is not known. The enlisted men didr’t take to the facilities in the first | place, despite some effort on the part of | navy officials and recreation directors to frame suitable programs. The point is— not sufficient follow-through was furnish- ed the cause of recreation in this instance. A good start was provided—but, as this column pointed out recently, apparent | lack of interest worked to defeat the fine | ' purpose of that start. | The Citizen has long recognized the | need for a permanent Recreation Commis- | sion in Key West. It advocated the forma- tion of such a group when the recent move MONDAY. JUNE 24. 2568 At Sivils’ famous roadside restauront in Houston, Texes there ere 100 smiling girls: who serve you and they will tell you thet Chesterfield is the cigarette that satisfies thou ds of - Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. | A Modern City Hospital. got under way. If sucha commission had | been in the picture from the start, we are reasonably sure that failure would not have attended the first real gesture aimed | at establishment of recreational facilities in this city. | TODAY’S COMMON ERROR Never say, “I should prefer to go there than anywhere else": say. “I should prefer going there Today's Birthdays Dr. John C. Wright of the Fed- eral Office of Education. ‘vocational expert, born at hart Co., Ind., 64 years ago Happenings Here Just Five. Ten and Fifteen Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen noted Eix- a FIVE YEARS AGO The store of Diaz Brothers at i friendships are not worth having, why worry about them. It is always cool in the shade of Key West in the summer, and while it is hot in the sun it doesn’t “bake you alive” but you can get a tan here quickly from the health- ful atinic rays.of Old Sol. No people admires and practices fair play more than those of Ameri That is why the American people are embit- tered against Mussolini in joining the vie- torious Hitler in France’s hour of extreme peril. so The war in Europe is keeping about $500,000,000 in the United States. That is about the sum of money wealthy Ameri- cans spend traveling and reveling in the did country évery year. Being disposed to rumirate, that’money will be Spent here in “seeing America first’’. this “intervention- At the Republicar convention week, it is predicted that ’ against bitter oppositien of “‘isola- ts”, would move for a strong plank ng unlimited aid to the Allies, which is going into the war by the baek door, a form of undeclared war. ists’ The Japanese High Command has congratulated Premier Mussolini on Italy’s entranec into the war and heped Italy Would continue its glorious tradition and | Sthieve great and swift victories. The | Japs must have forgotten all about Ca-| paretto, where the Italian escutcheon was marked with the yellow mark of } cowaidice, like Il Duce’s stab in the back,| while Franee was engaged in trying to} ward off the superior force of a powerful enemy. j England, France and Holland should | find their present situation an opportune | time to dispese of their West Indies posses- | sions.. England owes the United States} billions and so. does France and these debts could'be liquidated by such sales. Then both of’ these countries would be en- abled once more to borrow money from) us sinee the Johnson Act applies only to | these nations. which have not paid their; war debts to the United States. If the Al- lies: want to be aided again by the United | States, they: should-meet us half way, Something may yet be salvaged out ; of the partial-wreck of this initial start, but it will need a serious consideration paid to the existing problems on the part of interested persons. Let’s find them now | and band them into a permanent organi- zation! i | eas i DRAFTING MEN AND MONEY | | No citizen of the United States knows today whether this country will be fight- ing for its life within the next few years | or not. | Such a battle is easily possible in a world that moves as rapidly as it has in the past nine weeks. However, there is not a certainty that we will engage in a | tremendous struggle. The safety of the United States can- not be based upon a guess and it would be | only an opinion if we based our national | policysupon the assumption that we will | not have to fight. | Consequently, the people of the Unit- | ed States are today urging Congress and the President to’make greater and in- creasing strides toward the development of a complete defense of this continent. | The decision of the people is plain but it is the duty of Congress to enact the legis- lation to make it effective. The suggestion has been made that a universal draft law should be enacted. This is thoroughly democratic and the | method that should be used when neces- | sary to increase our armed forces. Along . With it there should be something like a | draft of the wealth of the nation to meet | the crisis- The details may be difficult to | delineate but the idea is eminently. sound. | NOT FOR WAR USE ONLY ___.The idea that patriotism and loyalty | dye ‘wer products, to: be used: only im case of a natienal emergency, is too prevalent HitHirbughdut the-lamd: Much the same observation applies to — the average Americans coneeption of free- j dom. It is a thing to be enjoyed, to be taken advantage of and a means of more money for less work. It is seldom: recog+ nized as a priceless possession to be: pre- | served by fidelity to the principles of free goverrment in times of peace. A child must have both affection znd diseiptine. Deprived of either. tends to dis | rupt its disposition and: later reselts in a | serious problem -for the parents: Mayor Wm. H. Malone who at- tended the meting of mayors and business men of Sea Coast cities’ jat the invitation of Mayor La; Cartons of-cigarettes and some! Guardia, of New York, returned to the city yesterday and was | met at the station by President lieved. of City Council Leo Warren, and other members of the body. Classes far children will start at the Key West Tropical Aqua- |rium Monday morning where} |the youngsters of the city will’ have the chance to. study and learn. about fish life in the tro- pical waters surrounding the is- land. The classes will be started by Emory Lowe. > Elmer Pershing Curtis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Curtis, | formerly of Key West but now making their home in San Fran- | cisco, was am honor graduate at the recent commencement exer- cises of the Polytechnic High School of that city, and made a member of the students federa-+ tion. This morning Ju@ge Jefferson. B. Browne in c: a than a-block of land, has beer, | | and in addition fifteen 8. What kind of goat is called) “| blocks between this property Judge Charles B. Barnes, gov- ernment representative of the Board, and Mrs. Barnes arrived yester- day and will. spend several months in Key West. They were in Key West earlier im the year end: Cachet atthe tinge to: ae) turn for the summer. This is the longest day of i at 7: the corner of Duval and Petronia streets was broken into last night ¢and two boxes of ‘cigars, four to. going anywhere else”. ‘small change from the cash re- | gister stolen. The burglars were TODAY’S DAILY. mainly after the smokes it is be- Can you answer seven of these Two red hot’ games will be 4 played tomorrow afternoon at! 1 | Fort Taylor. The Key West team! ~ which is leading the city league for the first time in years takes on the service outfit while the Sluggers and Pirates will lock horns. The fur is expected to fly when the latter meet. i] book; FIFTEEN’ YEARS AGO Friends The South Florida Construc- People”. tiom and Engineering Co. has been awarded the contract for the improvement of the subdivi- | sion of ‘the Burbank Realty Com- pany, and work will begin at onte,. said E. A: Strunk this morning. The contract is said to be for $125,000. 6. Key West is to have another (new! hotel and subdivision. The ! location of the Ruy Lopez Hotel, ser, in the “How To and ten Test Questions? Turn to Page 4 for Answers In which of the National Parks is the famous gey- Presbyterian missionary, presi- “Old Faithful”? 2. Which motion picture actor China. born in Chnie (of Ameri- was known as “the man can missionaries), 64 years ago. with a thousand. faces”? Name the author of the mathematician of the Institute of Win Advanced Study, Princeon, N. J. Congressman Louis L. Ludlow of Indianapolis, born at Fayette Co., Ind., 67 years ago. Thomes Pearson, American genera} receiver of customs im the Dominican Republic, born at Asheville, N. C., 47 years age Congressman Andrew J. May of Kentucky, born in Fleyd Co. Ky., 65 years ago. Dr: John Leighton Stuart. dent of Yenching University Anc nos Prof. Oswald Veblen, famed Influence born at Decorah, Iowa, 69 years States before 4. The largest railroad center United New York, Boston, cago or Kansas City? 5. Does a bullet begin to drop ,onetime champion pugilist. bern immediately upon leaving @t Manassa, Cole., 45 years age. the muzzle of a gun? ee ener In which Democratic Na- is | corner Washington and Thomp- 7. With what sport is the name son ‘streets, which contains more “3 | purchased a nanny goat? Where is Boulder Dam? j10. What does “Gesundheit” | | The graduation exercises of) mean? \the eighth grade pupils of the} [Convent of Mary Immaculate in (> of Lew Jenkins associat-| (St. Cecilia’s Hall, was one of the best attended affairs and was at- tended by the relatives, friends Todav’s. Heroscone! of the graduates, and many stood Today's mind will be given outside while the exercises were Over to affairs that seem mys- conducted. ful plans will Dr: Ary D’Armona of Key /plish the aii | ‘West was found dead in his home | pects of |in Key West barracks about 6 much to do wii ' o'clock this morning. Heart fail- | daily avocations. jure was the cause of death. The ful to exercise caution i doctor had been in his usual ings with the opposite terious to the ordinary and care- ago. Frank Czowninshield of New York, magaine editor, born in Chi- France, 68 years ago. Jack Dempsey of New York, St. Pierre and Miquelon, two Yours with tional Covention were 103, Tocky islands close to Newfound- ballots taken 7 nomination for President Tuled by an administrator assist-; The adheswe was achieved? land, belong to France and are ed by a council. everybodys = oo Ge radio s 2 cums ey or to