The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 11, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO Che ivy West Citizen THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. Published Deity Except Sunday By L. P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOE ALLEN, Business Manager From The Citizen Puilding Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily News in Key West and nroe County entered at K mber of the Assoc ted Press is y_enfified to use lication of 2 a ithe® credited to otherwise credited in this-paper and also published here. Press L NOTICE cards of thanks, resolutions of ces, ete., will be charged for at 10 cents a line. br entertainment by churches from which is to be derived are 5 cents a line. Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- of pu issues and subjects of local or general inter t will not publish anonymous communi- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL a)ways seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; never be afraid to attack wrong or t@ applaud right; ays fight tor progress; never be the or- gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or cl: always do its utmost for the never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue, end good done by individual or organ- ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate com: and not contaminate the reader; never com- promise witn principle. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airperts—Land and Sea. Consolidat of County and City Gov- ernment. 3. A Modern City Hospital. If you do turn the other sure the other fellow is litter’n you. It is not necessary to see “Broken Dishes” at the theater; they can be seen ‘in the home right along. Patronize the merchants who adver- tise their goods or product in The Citizen; the saving gives you something for other things. Under Chamberlain, England turned the other cheek and Hitler, accepting the proffered invitation, is socking it with all “his might: Nearly four million Americans unable to write, and consequently ave to explain their fool letters to an in- westigating committee. are Why-should Congress desire a lay6ff during. an entire summer, particularly in a critical period like the _ present; thought its members were hired by year. : we the President Roosevelt who, according to “his own words, “don’t ask em but tells “em”, will soon be compelled to Say yes or no; he will have to bow to time, the in- vitable, which waits for ne man. “Who saw Willkie first’? That's the ~guestion now, and the controversy is get- ting acrimonious. Perhaps it the stork. = this primary occular feat, but three months zgo he expressed the conviction that W. L. W. was of presidential timber and it is modest satisfaction to think that the Re- publican Convention thought so, too. was A $4,000,000 New Deal ‘expériment originated by Rexford Guy Tugwell, ‘an original “brain truster”, has gone on the rocks, as private interests took control of the unsuccessful attempt in socialized liv- ing near Highstown, N. J. It was estab- lished by the government six years ago as a collective farm and manufacturing en- | terprise and was-a failure from the start. Figures show the government subsidized 200 families to the extent of $20,000 each, which is a sizable figure for a crack-pot | idea. This tremendous waste of tax- - Payers’ money may serve the purpose of “halting future experiments by the Roose- “yelt administration, but will it? Florida, as second class matter | never | | and be our age. The writer makes no pretense in | ANOTHER ZONING MESSAGE! Much confusion exists in the city on the zoning violation case tried in muni- cipal court on Monday of this week. Con- troversy runs high on the merits or de-: ‘merits of the matter, attendant, The Citi- zen is sorry to see, by some bitterness on the part of those who, to their way of thinking, were discriminated against. The trouble is, personalities are being allowed to enter the picture: When, that happens, the crux of many a point es- capes discussion. sonalities in that the controversy has to do with a most vital law on the city’s books, the outcome of which will decide much of Key 'West’s future. If all those who would express their opinions on this, the first violation of zon- ! ing ordinance case, would forget the vio- lator, the manner in which the violation occured and the subsequent events which tended to uphold the violation, contrary to simple legal points, and give thought to the principles involved in the matter, a ) clearer picture of the city’s responsibilities in the controversy would stand out. Dangerous precedents are in process of being cstablished if the council sees fit to chenge the zoning law at tonight’s meet- ing. It is safe to say that residents at large will lose all respect or regard for the law if, as is threatened, exceptions are read into the ordinance that would change the main purpose of a zoning law which is to designate certain sections of the city as desirable for certain type construction, and so forth. But, the most important considera- tion in the whole matter is the interest manifested by those Mr. Muchmonis de- scribed in this column two days ago. The | Citizen is sent out of town to many of them. Since the violation came up, many | wires and letters of protest have been re- cause for alarm—one ; ceived. All see even suggests legal procedure to preserve the ordinance in its accepted form. Can the council ignore that phase of the matter? Will the council look to the future of Key West and agree that there’s —————— | no time like the present to demonstrate de- cheek, © be | pass desirable The termination to not only laws, but enforce them to the letter? Citizer hopes so! AND HOW WE CELEBRATE! You can say one thing for the people of the United States: When they celebrate they celebrate! The Fourth of July, which was once an occasion for patriotic gatherings, has become a public holiday, marked by acci- dents, deaths and much misery. It is the same for almost any other holiday. Everybody takes the day off, apparently to risk their lives and see how long they can gamble with the Grim Reaper before he mows them down. Even without a holiday we manage to astonish the world with our annual list of traffic fatalities. It’s not an average day when 100 Americans, good men, women | and children, and true, are not removed from’ the mortal shuffle by highway acci- dents. Tt’s about time for us to settle down Let’s recognize the neces- sity of trying to conserve human life and to save the expense account- that comes with accidents and deaths. THE TWO WORLD FAIRS Transportation, hotel and other ac- commodations to the New York World's Fair have been reduced to such low rates that it is almost cheaper to go to New York than to stay home. the advantages of motor travel, have been made so attractive that it is now possible for thousands of persons who never could | contemplate a journey from coast to coast to plan this Summer to go to both the New ¥ork ‘and San Francisco fairs, and‘to see the great American country in which they live between the Atlantic and Pacific Coast. LOVE, NOT HATE, YOUR ENEMIES With thoughts of warfare stirring the hearts of men and women it might not be a bad idea for us to remember that the ideals of religion apply in times of stress and that faith should not be surrendered in the midst of vicissitudes. does not require the spirit to worship at j the shrine of -hate or vengeance. In this case it is all the ! more important to keep away from per- | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | Lets M. Young Research Worker ‘on University Staff Real “Iron” Man HILE other people try to keep away from mosquitoes during the summer months, Philip Granett, ‘young “iron” man“at Rutgers Uni- versity, “gtes to a great deal of trouble to get them to bite him. He ‘hhas‘endured ‘more than 300,000 bites to help make it possible for other folks to escape insect annoyance. Granett is one of ‘@ group ‘of sci- | entists at Rutgers who, under a ; grant from the National Carbon Company, are studying insect teac- tions to various chemicals. They have been working on this one prob- ; lem for five years As a result, they have ‘direa@y ‘succeeded in making | @ repelient lotion that not only ‘pre- | vents mosquitoes from biting ‘but keeps them at a distance. Granett's job in this research has \ been that of a haman guinea pig. He has tried out on himself the hundreds of chemical combinations produced by the laboratory staff to learn which solution would work best. His method ‘has been to take a sample of the chemical to be tested, : ‘stand in a mosquito bog, roll up | sleeves and trousers, and apply a measured amount of the repellent te one arm and one-leg. The other arm and leg have been left unpro- tected. Then the number -of bites received on the untreated parts of his bedy were counted. Bites were counted until Granett got one on the.arm or leg having the repellent coating. As soon as that happened, he noted the time that had elapsed since the test be- gan, and the experiment was over. His purpose, of course, was to find & chemical combination that would extend the protection iime as long a3 possible. 306,000 ri Bite Him To Find Ferloet Tract Repellent i Day after day Granett has gone through this routine, trying out one chemical after ahother. During the summer he has stood in swamps un- der a boiling sun. In winter has ‘been bitten ‘by mosquitoes especi- ally raised in the Rutgers labora- tories at New Brunswick, N. J. Every one of the thirty-five kinds of mosquitoes found in New Jersey has had a chance to feed on him, Granett says. Along with them are many others of the 350 varieties that exist in different parts of the United States. Graneft’s endurance has been fi- nally rewarded. The laboratory staff Teperts that it has developed a lo- tion that withstands all tests better than any other. Not only does this - substance ens protection against ‘mosquitoes, but it keeps away gnats, sand fleas, black flies, deer fiies. chiggers and similar pésts. One ap plication may last as long as thre hours. KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Five. Ten and Fifteen Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen ' FIVE YEARS AGO Schools of Monroe county were Yecently allotted the sum of > $27,561.05 in the distributions of tax collections. This was indi- cated in the report of Tax Col- lector Frank H. Ladd at the meet- ing of ‘the county commissioners last night. Melvin E. Russell, who was re- cently elected president of the Rotary Club, presided at the noon luncheon hour today. He gave a talk which was interest- ing in the extreme and gave a detailed talk of the many side- lights of the things the Rotary has in view. Robert B. Inglé and son, Rob- ert B. Ingle, Jr., are in Key West meeting old friends and forming new ones amidst old scenes and familiar surroundings. Mr. Ingle will be pleasantly remembered as manager of the Gas Company who moved to Augusta, Ga. several weeks ago. More than 1,000 double mat- tresses were made by the FERA shop during the time it was op- erating last month and which brought to a close those activi- ties with the end of June. The )sewing room is continuing the activities along different. lines. | Mas. “Sawyer. wife of Mortician Benjamin Sawyer, and daughter, Annmié, who were spending two /months at pléasufe resorts in the inorth, returned yesterday, ac- jcompanied by Mrs. John Car- bonell, Jr.. who arrived on the Clyde-Mallory Steamer Shawnee jat Miami. | TEN YEARS AGO Arrested yesterday with 16 ‘eartons of cigarettes in his -pos- tsession, Rafael Romas, a native tot Puerto Rico, — was the perpetrator of a sé¥ies of such offenses which {negro, who was later arrested. ED. Connor, Chief Boat- ‘“mander “has been ordered transferred } station 4 } i of the American Legion, | putting in practice for the pro-! 333 bunches of wool, which sold for $706.15 and° there were 603 which were yellows and sold for $236.66. The variety hour to be pre- sented next Thursday evening, . July 17 .will have some novelty tnumbers and will furnish lots of | the best of entertainment. The entertainment is being directed by the older members of the troop, and is expected to be the best of the long list put on by the troop. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO Malcolm Meacham today re- fused $1,000,000 for the tract of land which he purchased some time ago from W. R. Porter, of, the First National Bank. Mr. Meacham sent a telegram to The Citizen, which reads: “I was of-‘ fered today one million dollars for the one thousand-acre tract in Key West, and it was refused”. The Cement Post Company, of Miami, had been awarded the contract for installing whiteways in Martello Towers by the South Florida Contracting “and Engi- neering Company, which has the contract. for development of the entire tract of land. Cables are to be ditt underground to con- nect the posts in accordance with the contract with The Key West Electrie'Co. 3 i —__s j One 6f the largest teat estate deals Gf recent weeks has been! concluded bv the sale of the Con- sumers Ice Company to Harry Boyajian, eastern capitalist, who has recently purchased consider- able -property in this city. The, exact price was not given but it jis said to be about $200,000. The first candidate to formally | jannounée for the position of sex- City of Key West’s Sanitary De- partment. He knows the work ' isfactio Posed encampment, THE WEATHER CONDENSED ST=.TEMENT OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Observation taken at 7:30 a. m, 75th Mer. Time (City Office) _ Temperatures Highest last 24 hours Lowest last night Mean ___ Normal OF KEY WEST Comptroller's Call RESOURCES Leans and Discounts Overdrafts House, Furniture 91 81 “SCR " Bankine and Fixtures Other Real Estate Stock of the Federal Re- serve Bank Other Assets United States Government Obligations, direct andor fuliy guaranteed $236 _707 a8 State, Municipal and other bonds 171 ST14 Cash and due from Banks 73130835 Rainfan, 7:30 a. m., inches _ Total rainfall since July 1, inches pee S= Deficiency ‘since July 1, Tota: rainfall since Jan. 1, inches kde Deficiency since January 1, inches — 392 Wind Direction and Velocity E—10 miles per hour 0.00 0.55 0.53 10.93 Capital _ Surpius, Undivided Profits and Reserves Dividend Declared and Unpaid Other Liabilities Deposits 80% Barometer at 7:30 a. m. today Sea evel, 30.9 (1019.0 millibars) . m. Member of the Federal Deposz Imsurence @s at close of business June 28. 1560 ee Ei $1 Sue mae se 3S [She8S se aa =e 12 5 a 1357 aa8 Ts — =p Member of the Feceral Resar== Serving Key West and Monroe County (Till 7:30 p. m., Friday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; gen- tle to moderate southeast and south winds. Florida: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday. Jacksonville to Florida Straits and East Gulf: Moderate south- east and south winds over south Portion and moderate south and southwest winds over north por-! tion; partly overcast weather to- night and Friday. A seven-foot skeleton, believ- ed to be that of a Roman, was unearthed near Hutton, England. 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