The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 12, 1940, Page 2

WO Key West Citizen THE CITIZEN 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 itered.at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use | ublication of all news dispatches credited to or pot other credited in this paper and also * local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ADVERTISING RATES Made known o SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notic ards of thanks, resolutions of {| s, ete, will be charged for at line. ment by churches from which THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it thout fear and without favor; never be id to attack wrong or to applaud right; ys fight tor progress; never be the or- lways do its utmost for the welfare; never tolerate corruption or 2; 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 witn principle. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN r and Sewerage. More Hotels and Beach Airports—Land Apartments. and Bathing Pavilion. and S Consolidation oi County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. | cooking? | all you want. $$$ Sightseeing at the World’s Fair in New York produces hot dogs, but not the kind you can eat. Since the Republicans believe in a| democratic form of government, why don’t they let the Democrats run the country? Both President dential Candidate Street_lawyers, so it score, Roosevelt Willkie is tit for and Presi- were Wall | tat on this Three years behind prison bars is ample time for Convict Moe Annenberg to come to the conclusion that honesty is the | best policy, : The net effect of the government's | spendifg for preparedness will be the | same a8 in the days of pump priming, and the industrial boom it will create will be | artificial. We will now spending as we “ain't never’ seen it before, and you are going to feel it pretty soon, too. see People are speculating on the curious | parallel of Marshal Balbo’s death and | that of General Werner von Fritsch, who was also killed under equally obscure cir- cumstances. In former days tyrants poisoned those in their way, the technique today is apparently of a different and not wholly understood nature. Key West is not prepared to enter- tain a national convention, commercial or political, but it is prepared to take on state conventions which should be sought by the | Chamber of Commerce. That kind of busi- ness is like any other business, you have to go after it to get it. The Chaniber of Commerce of Philadelphia estimates that $12,000,000 was spent in’ the City of Brotherly. Love.as a result of the récent | Republican Convention. President Roosevelt has signed Aljen Registration Aet and delivered a | final warning to disloyal aliens that this Government will “deal * vigorously” with | all subversive elements. Starting Septem- | ber 29-all-aliens will not only be required | to register but also to have their. fingers | | printed» Itis:said. there are 3,500,000. people-in this country who owe allegiance | to other countries than the United States. Many im Key West-will be affected by this | law. : Another wise step would be to out- | brought up | spurts. | another dose of action right soon. | Citizen, as usual, is all agog to tell readers all about the next step. | back” the! s WANTED—RAIN! - The Citizen is not a rain-maker. Neither does it profess to be a weather propret. The closest we come to any con- tact with the weather is our duty of print- ing the reports each day as compiled by the le The point is, however, Key West needs rain, and that badly. What to do about it? Well—if there’s anything. in the superstition that, just as sure as an editor cal bureau. torial in advance on a controversial sub- ject, then it is sure to happen that sub- sequent events make the editorial out- dated—then, we contribute that idea to hope that written ten hours in advance of publication of this the cause and sincerely colurrn, More clearly—we mean that this ar- ticle, stressing the need for some good iny weather, may bring on a good cloud- burst if for no other reason than the fact that, violating*the common rule, we didn’t wait to see if it would rain before we pre- pared this editorial. Another thought—advanced by our next door neighbor—seemed quite reason~ able. Left-handed as the jibe is against the weather bureau, we believe that thy organization can take it if we re- mind them that their prognostications last week calling for rain did not prove all that they should have been. Contrariwise, then, the fact that no predictions of rain- fall here were made this week, bring on the rain. Or are we getting this thing all twisted up? What we started out to say, however, is that the complaints of no rain have the question of drinking water, and its shortage in many areas city- wide. Wouldn’t it be nice if we never had to worry about. drinking water again? Just think about it—then realize that that conGcition will be with us when the pipe- line comes from the mainland. Thirsty? Want some nice clear, fresh water for Just go to the faucet and run off No limit at all. Which reminds us—how’s that proj- ect coming along? It seems to go Action galore for a day or two, then all is quiet. It should be time for our Nope! It didn’t work!~ As we go to press. it hasn’t rained yet. Has someone else an idea as to what to do about getting some rain? BOTH GUILTY A former Governor of Louisiana has been sentenced to ten years in a Federal prison after being convicted of using the mails to defraud the State of Louisiana in the purchase of trucks. Apparently the Governor was victed of receiving $31,000 in a commission from an truck dealer who charged the State an ex- con- “kick- cessive price for some two hundred trucks. The motor vehicle® dealer and another | State official plead guilty, receiving fines of $3,000 and $1,000. While the Governor of the State, who was caught taking the “kick-back,” de- serves no defense, it appears. that the others indicted, including the motor ve- hicle dealer, got off rather lightly. Busi- ness men who complain of graft in gov- ernmental affairs should be discouraged from participating in such transactions. They are as guilty as the officials they | buy. s WHY YOU CAN’T BELIEVE ALL in jtoday for the The | automobile | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN writes an edi- this | sue will be ridiculous. ; should | “Look here,” quacked Donald Duck, “what have you done to help those miserable millions of refugee children in Europe?” “Little children whom | used to make laugh, are weeping bitter tears today,” said Mickey Mouse. “Won't you give to help them?” “'d be a Red Cross nurse, if they'd take 2 some mouse to help,” Disney's popular characters turn serious for a promised Minnie. moment to urge all Americans to give generously to feeding, shelter barked Pluto. 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 Plans were virtually completed entertainment of ithe visiting members of the Mi- ami Beach Business and Profes- sional Women’s Club, who will visit Key West tomorrow and be accompanied by a goodly number of their friends. M. E..Gilfond told The Citizen today it will take from 30 to 60 days to bring about the changes contemplated in the administra- tion, changing over from. the present emergency relief admin- istration to the proposed Works Progress Administration. A drill will be staged tomor- row morning at the submarine base for the members of the Key | West Junior Beach Patrol, it was announced today by the recrea- tion department of the Key West Administration, It will start at 10 o'clock, says M. V. Plant. Dr. E. H. Carnes left this morn- ing for Tortugas on the Light- house Tender .Poppy for the pur- pose of studying the physiological jexperiments now being ~carried jon at.the Carnegie laboratory by the group of scientists who go ithere for study yearly. The first of a series of concerts to be given by the Key West jHospitality Band was presented last night at Bayview Park. |George Mills White said this ‘morning that every effort is be- ing made to improve the pro- gram and that the listeners could expect to see much improve- pa TEN YEARS AGO the 11 Tarpon Springs spongers who are to be tried on charges of violating the sponge laws. Most of the arrests were made at Marathon and the charges are practically the same in every case. The county’s bond and interest account is in perfectly good shape with all obligations paid to date and resulting cash balance to its credit in Tallahassee of $67,000. This statement carrying the above informatich was read at a meet- ing of the - commissioners last night. Ship No. 2, which left here July 3 for camp at Sarasota, ex- pects to start back for home to- morrow and to reach the city late Tuesday afternoon. This word was received from Skipper John Roker, who reports the out- ing a wonderful success in every way. Edward J. Hanrahan, formerly of Chicago, Veteran’s Bureau pa- tient, who slipped away from the Marine hospital a week ago, was apprehended at Big Pine Key and is leaving this afternoon for-a hospital. in Augusta, Ga, in charge of a nurse who was sent here for him. Captain L. W. Maddox, of the United States Army, Mrs. Mad- dor and her sister, Mrs. J. H Barnhouse, will leave Monday for Fort Benning, Ga., where Cap- tain Maddox, is stationed. The three have been occupying the lieutenant’s quarters at the Army reservation. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO The largest.of what are known | the American Red Cross War Relief Fund for rescue, and medical care of millions of hometess and orphaned children in the European ‘has been sold to what is known as the “One Hundred Club”, composed of a group of New York sportsmen, for $100,000, and will be used as a clubhouse. Major General Harry Hale, who commanded the 26th divi- sion in France and recently has been in command of the Sixth Corps Area was placed on the re- tired list of the army yesterday on account of his age. He will be succeeded by General William Graves. Twenty-three members of Boy Scout Troop No. 5 are leaving! tonight on the Steamship Cuba for Tampa. The boys will be in charge of Scoutmaster George F. Archer and Assistant. Scoutmas- ter Roy Hamlin. They will go in camp at Odessa, near Tampa, for 15 days. A Iocal organization of the In- ternational Typographical Union was formed at a meeting of printers held last night in the Jefferson Hotel. T. R. Payne was elected president, T..L. Ketchings vice-president and Charles L. Atwood secretary and treasurer. Admiral Claude C. 62 years ago. Arthur M. Hyde of Princeton, Mo., ex-secretary of agriculture. born there, 63 years ago. Hugh Ferriss of New York City, a noted ‘consulting archi- jtect, born in St. Louis, 51. years; ;ago. + Judge Samuel H. Sibley of the Sth U. S. Circuit, at Atlanta, Ga born at Union Point, Ga. 67 years ago. Dr. Olin West, secretary of the American Medical Association ‘Chicago, barn at Gadsden, Ala 66 years ago. Kirsten Flagstad, Norwegian soprano, born 45 years ago. Sidney S. Lenz of New York, bridge expert, born in Chicago. 67 years ago. Dr. Robert M. 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