The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 26, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO The 4 wie West Citizen , Business Manager izen Building d Ann Streets From < Corner Greene Daily Newspaper in Key West and 88 matter Member of the Associated Press d Press is exclusively entitled to use tion of all news dispatches credited to wise credited in this paper and also published here. NOTICE , cards of thanks, resolutions of ete., will be charged for at entertainment by churches from which a ve is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an open um and invites discus- 5 public issues and sub al or general t but it will not publisk mous communi- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL out fear and without favor; always seek the truth and print it 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, faetion 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- with principle. promise IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN r and Sewerage. Hotels and Apartments. and Bathing Pavilion. rts—Land and Sea. solidation of County and City Gov- ernments A Modern City Hospital —$<$ $< —$ When some people get mad, they get mad all over and stay put. You might keep an eye on the presi- dential election thi if Hitler wins it might be our | year; The days of kings and fleeting and soon will be won't say with the wind. queens gone—ro are we Well, the commencement orators didn’t make a dent on the problems of the world. Too much competition! Advertising is a necessity to sales and better the merchant understands ad- ~ertising the more sales he will have. the Neutral, non-belligerent, belliger- We have never been the first, are rowsfunctioning in the phase of the see- ond, and hope to avoid the third. ent, “Just because the w orld i is convulsed in } ar, there is no reason for the people of 5 West to forget the necessity of making some improvements in conditions here. Ke Revolution in France is a possibility; the French may not take their defeat lying swn unless Hitler makes an “honorable *. cf which he is probably incap- If the Allies had prevented the Ger- mans from entering the Ruhr in contra- vention of the Versailles treaty all this would not have happened. Dictators do rot understand the meaning of benevol- ence. if the American baseball thumbs down and shout “Kill the umpire” for just one excusable decision, what world they dc to fellows like Hitler, Mus- solini or Stalin if they got their hads on We close our eyes to the horror. fans put "em? In Penetrator Pens, a feature column in The Citizen, the writer Italy! Henceforth all buzzards should be called Benitos”. This writer objects: why damn Italy since it is under the powerful thumb of Benito Mussolini and must do his biddirg or else? Further, why call all buzzards “Benitos” since the word in Ital- ian means “Welcome”. We do not desire te welcome buzzards; we have too many “Fifth Columnists” in this country now. ] the | key “Damn | WATER’S COMING SOON! Action taken by Congress last week- end in passing the navy aqueduct bill, be- ing a part of the national defense measure totalling over a billion dollars; met with universal approval in Key West. The amendment added to the bill brought the Florida Keys Agneduct Cémmission into the piéture in a éo-operative position, with that agency’s total project of $1,440,000. Thus, both sides of the question &s fo who will bring fresh water to this “tity have won their case, and, as the popular saying has it, thing”. The Citizen has been definitely on record as wanting an aqueduct line con- structed. It cared not who built the line —just so some agency showed definite THE KEY WEST CITIZEN TIME TO GET GOING! “we're all happy about the whole | proof of ability to bring fresh water to Key West, and the sooner the better. At one time, it looked like the navy department was going fo win out in the matter, what with Congress in a mood to appropriate any amount of ready money for construction of any project defined as necessary for the country’s defense. And the navy, in no uncertain terms, has stated time and again, repeating the statement just last week, that speed is essential in | bringing water to Key West. -That’s all well and good. Now, with iigettion of the Aqueduct Commission project into the picture, with the assur- ance that final steps are about to be taken in Reconstruction Finance Corpora- tion approval for a loan of $1,000,000 to commission, for a WPA labor project to match the ma- terials to be purchased with the loan, there is every good reason to expect that the to- tai project, navy and commission, can get the go-ahead signal at any time. Of importance to Key West and the is the knowledge that both projects, working hand in hand, will provide for a much larger flow of water into Monroe County than if just one of the projects had been approved. It was stated that the pipeline called for 10-inch pipes. being true, the addition of the com- ssion’s project will enable the navy, which was supposed to have preferred su- pervision of the whole works, to install much larger pipes on the line—some es- timating from 14 to 16 inches. In view of increasing evidence of ex- pansion in Key West and in much of the k area, the increase in pipe size will provide our needs for many years, whereas the smaller size may have been outgrown in a few years. Water is coming to Key West! The Citizen rejoices along with all of Key West. th COST OF ARMAMENTS It is difficult to realize what a crush- irg economic burden war and preparations for war are placing on the peoples of the world, to say nothing of the terrible sac- | rifiges, of human lives which war entails. W.e think, and rightly, that the expen- ditures ‘Velng made for national defense by our°oWn'cotntry are enormous, but rela- tively they. are small compared with those of othergreat powers. Th is illustrated by an estimate giver in the United States News, which compares inilitary expendi- tures of various nations with their national income. It says: “Where the United States devotes less than three percent of national income to defense, Britain is devoting 30 percent, Japan 30 percent, France devoted 40 per- cent, Germany as much as 50 percent”. No estimates are given for Russia, Italy or other nations, but it is known that all are making expenditures for arma- ments far greater than ever before. And in every one still heavier burdens will be laid on the people as the theaters of war are extended. Appalling as all this is, the situation must be faced by every nation, ,however much°its people: may desire peace. Even the most, ardent pacifist, Gam, gw] realize that the United ‘States must arm, mightily for national defense—and we may as well prepare to pay the price. GROWTH OF HOSPITALS In 1875, when this nation was already a century old, it had only 149 hospitals, containing 35,000 beds. In the 65 years which have elapsed since that time these facilities have been increased to more thar 6,200 registered hospitals with a total of 1,195,026 beds, and with a capital invest- ment estimated at nearly four billion del- lars. These figures are from a review by | the Hospital Research Institute of Chicago. KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Five. Ten and Fifteen Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The. Citizen and steps already taken | FIVE YEARS AGO County receive their emoluments from the Gen- | eral Revenue and Fine Forfeiture j funds are being paid today at the office of Clerk Ross C. Sawyer. ‘Checks for the month of October are drawn for the General Re- venue fund and for the Fine and Forfeiture fund for the month of February. forces who A class in Marine Biology for the youngsters began yes- terday by Emory Lowe Pierce superintendent of the aquarium. Sixteen boys reported for the first session, and the response was very pleasing said Mr. Pierce. ‘perties intends to spend $20,- 000,000 was announced yesterday along with making public a real estate deal in which a purchase of property for $1.500,000 was made by the holding company. Enlistment of she National Guard Company here, in time to bring the company up to its full strength before going to camp, is the object of a campaign being arranged by the officers and men of the unit before it leaves for Pensacola in August. Red Men will hold a torch light procession on the night of July | 4. There will be a band in atten- Dr. H. B. Spitler, prominent optometrist of Eaton, Ohio, was an, arrival this morning from Mi- ami where he had been attending the national convention of opto- | metrists of the country, in good standing. Dr. Spitler is the’ house guest of Rev. and Mrs. John C. Geckeler. Mayor Wm. H. Malone, in a communication to the city coun- cil last night advised that he had removed from the police force of Key West, Captain Everett R. Ri-j vas, Patrolmen Rex Shaw and Bienvenido Perez. Accompanying the notice of removal was a list of reasons. A. E. MacKrille, of Jackson- ville, has been appointed to the office of clerk of Florida Emer- gency Relief activities in place of Kay Schutt, who has been grant- ed an indefinite leave of absence. Mr. MacKrille arrived yesterday and this morning assumed his duties. TEN YEARS AGO The Key West pilot commission | last night decided to cut pilotage charges one half on all ships cal- ling at this port for fuel, supplies, repairs and other needs. This move was made to induce more | shipping to use the port, and the commission believes it will be successful. H. B. Haskins, assistant supe- rintendent of lighthouses, left jlast night for Groton, Conn. to inspect the new lighthouse ten- der that has been designed for this port. The new Tender is ex- pected to be named the Poincia- na, and will be tried on June 30. A freight train was wrecked last night in the vicinity of Gras- sy Key between Key West and Miami. This however delayed the morning train only about 20 minutes in arriving this morning. | A wrecking crew had the tracks cleared a short time after the wreck. J. J. Shea, who has been com- ing to Key West for about 10 years in the interests of the New York Aquarium, left last night on board the Steamer Colorado, with what he said was the largest collection of specimens ever tak- en here. There were 1,500 fish of 85 varieties. The schooner Louisa and her by the sheriff's force. } eee of Key | which the K dance and after the parade there will be held a reception at the hall on Caroline street. The pa- rade will start at 8 o'clock and all brothers and sisters are ex- pected to be there. The musicale given under the auspices of the Woman’s Chris- tian Temperance Union in the auditorium of the Harris School last night was a decided success Joseph B. Eastman, chairman of the Interstate Commerce Com- mission, born at Katonah, N. Y., 58 years ago. William L. Chenery, editor of Collier’s, born in Caroline Co., Va., 56 years ago. Octavus Roy Cohen, noted novelist and short story writer, born at» Charleston, S. C, 49 years ago. Pearl Buck, prizewinner, born at W. Va., 48 years ago. novelist, Nobel Hillsboro, Today indicates a tive nature, sometim and penetrating ™ portunity, there The dangerous ward excesses i jey may be in pleasw table. When thi properly curbed generally turns __REALTY TRANSFER Mary van Kleeck of the Rus- * sell Sage Foundation, New York, noted sociologist, born at Glen- ham, N. Y., 57 years ago. Antonia Brico of New York, woman conductor, born 38 years ago. Ganna Walska, singer, born in Poland, 48 years ago. Richard Crooks, tenor, born in Trenton, N. J., 40 years ago. SUMMER vACATION and the members of the Union, are grateful to those who assisted in making the evening such a pleasurable one. Last night the Knights of Co- lumbus held a social meeting at the halfvom Eaton street and all officers and members were pre- sent. Father L. P. White, rector, made the ‘principal address and was followed by Lieutenant Thomas James, who spoke of the K. C. activities and duties of the members as patriotic citizens. TODAY’S COMMON ERRCR Do nct say. “Keep me posted”, when you mean “informed”. ————————— TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ Can you answer seven of these, ten Test Questions? Turn fo Page 4 for Answers “In Flander’s Fields” is a notéd poem, novel play? Which President of the United States had pre- or viously been president of; Princeton University? The term “Vulnerable” is used in Poker, Contract Bridge or Five Hundred? What causes tides? Which three Presidents of the United States were as- sassinated? Which race horse finished | second to Bimelech in the 1940 Preakness Stakes? What are sepoys? Is Greenland in the Eastern or Western Hemisphere? What were Caesar's dying words, referring to the part played by Brutus in the plot to kill him? Realty transfer county courthouse lows: Edna Ireland and L. 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