The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 18, 1940, Page 2

PACE TWO THE KEY WEST CITIZEN The Key West Citizen THE CITY’S FINANCES “TIMEPIECES, TOO, ARE MER "DISEA _| FOR YOUR VACATION TRIP it will be 2 wise precaution Sefer woo Meee bee = Since publication yesterday of the City of Key West’s balance sheet, reflect- PUBLISHING CO. INC. From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County , Florida, as second cl: ifie Associated Press is exclu for republication of all news si OF not otherwise credited in this paper and also Uis ‘Tocal news published here. oe Year 3ig Months Phree Months 2.00 Ove “Month Weekly . je known pplication. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of | expect, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at wie rate of 10 cents a line. s for entertainment by churches from which je is to be derived are 5 cents a line en is an open forum and invites discus- issues and su of local or general ut it will not pub’ anonymous communi- 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. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. $$ —$— Procrastination was the thief of | France. If life is getting too realistic, surceas may be found in reading a book. A dietician says pork digested than turkey. neither, South America is safe as long as American warships can guard her coast line and port: A reader asks what is meant “Severarce tax. Perhaps it is a name for alimony. by a new A disregard of the new zoning wi step backward. Retrogression in public matters is a crime against progress, and leads to decadence. If more billions of dollars are gomg to be placed on the backs of the tax- Payers, we favor turning the country baék to the Indians. When a businessman takes cyer a business and fails to make a go of it he turns it over to the original owners. Perhaps the Indians wouldn't take it back in the condition it’s in. This writer always finds pleasure in ding articles from the gifted pen of Marie Cappick, particularly because they are factual and full of meat—crab meat in her item printed in the July 5 is- sue of The Citizen. To an epicure the of ‘a crustacion is a gastronomic de- t and Westers are epicureans when it comes to edible treasures of the sé@2, Key In Berlin, after two months on the 7, Hitler returned to Germany | a edéived Such an ovation as only the Romans of old were wont to accord their | victorious Caesars. But history repeats it- Self and Browning’s “Patriot” ‘may be prophetic. He, too, traveled through glad acclaim and “roses, roses, all the way,” Ont year and over the same streets in sitence and-hatred to the gallows the next. Even ‘if the world’s great are honést ‘and just, nations tire’ of according adulation to the same personality and dispose of him, just'as the people of Greece became’ tired of hearing Aristides called the Just and ran him out of the country. is more easily | Which information | is of little value to those who can afford | ing the financial status of this eity follow- ing seven months of administration by the | new council, The Citizen has heard many interestirg comments on the report, chief- ly complimentary te the council. And, now that the réport has béen rcleased, one of the first reasons for print- ing it may be divulged. So much doubt has existed in this city concerning the straight-forwardness of city financing, both in past councils and, to | some extent, during the present adminis- tration, that many people have felt uneasy about paying taxes. What’s the use of ying our money into the city’s coffers when we have no assurance that an honest effort is being made to use our money to | the best possible advantage, they argued. Then, too, definite knowledge of the city’s finances has never been at hand for general public consumption. Residents who have any interest at all in the city’s affairs have long felt that periodic state- ments cf receipts and expenditures should be released so that the trend of improve- ment or retrogression could be observed. These facts governed The Citizen in | its effort, extra as it was, to consult with the City Auditor on the most feasible pre- sentation of the balance sheet as of July | | first. pre It was our thought that by so doing, owners city-wide could interpret the figures into terms that may bring on a consciousness of civic pride and a desire to help the city along in its effort to achieve an economically sound condition. The present council is doing a mighty fine job of financing its way out of a seri- ous condition. Slowly, but surely, credit is being established where none _ existed | before. Outside interests have indicated | interest in the city and alleviating, funding operations may be expected as a result of | the council’s sincere effort to prove its de- | sire to aid the ci The financial state- ment proves this sincerity and The Citizen “would spare no words in congratulating all | members of ¢ .e body for their strict atten- | tion to business and intelligent handling of the city’s affairs. perty ALLIES RECEIVED 3,886 PLANES Of the 9,512 planes, ordered in this | country by England and France, 3,886 had been delivered to the Allies by the end of June and it is estimated that more than 3,000 have been shipped to Europe. The first accurate fighres as to the number of American-built warplanes which have been securéd in this country by the Allies became available when the British purchasing mission ‘assumed French contracts when that country collapsed. Up to that time, France had ordered 4,934 planes and Gréat Britain had purchased 4,578. The French had taken delivery of 1,- 858 planes and the British had received 2,028 planes. Of the airplanes delivered to the Alles, about 1,700 were training planes, 1,400 bombing planes and 700 | fighting types. The strangest phenomena connected with Allied efforts to secure war planes in | the United States is that the two nations | delayed giving orders for planes for sev- eral months after the combat began. The British, it is understood, placed no orders for combat planes until the end of January and until the first of March France had ordered only about one-third of those finally put under contract. Thus it appears that a delay of three or four months occurred in the placing of large-scale orders for American airplanes. If the British and French purchasing mis- sions had been able to place’large orders when the war began, the, output of Amer- ican piants would now be much higher than its present monthly total, and both nations would have secured more planes. USING NEWSPAPERS ‘Association in an address by George M. Somé significant’ statements were | made reténtly before the “Mississippi Press / NEW YORK, July (By Aksociated Prean) 18. —Does your watch have summer com- OUT. ITS AGIN 4 THe : CONSTITUTION KEY WEST IN DAYS'GONE BY Happenifigs Hete Just Five. Ten and Fifteen Years Ago Today | As Taken From The Piles Of The Citizen FIVE YEARS AGO With the rainy ‘season = ap- proaching now is the time for residents to put their homes and places of business in condition to withstand the rigors of the season, and to improve them as much as possible, it was pointed out at the administration offices [this morning. | Alfred P. Marshall, governor of * the thirty-ninth district of Rotary International, will pay his an- riual visit to the local Rotary Club on Friday, July 19. The weekly luncheon will be held on that day instead of Thursday as usual. Mrs. Sylvia Amador de la Tor- ‘tes and daughter, Miss Estelle Amador of Cardenas, who were the guests of their uncle and aunt, Mr. and-Mrs. Abelardo Es- tevez, left yesterday for the week-end in Miami. Accom- panying them were Miss Carmita Sois, of Key West. Sister Ethelbert, superior of the academy of the Holy Names \of Tampa; Sister Mary of the Epiphany, Sister Stella “Maria * and Sister Mary Hermanus of the institution, “atrivéd ‘over “the Overseas Highway last night and are guests of the Convent of Mary Immaculate. The Junior Patrol is rapidly becoming one of the most active agencies in Key West. Not only is it participating im sports but is developing an attitude of pride in the city and a desire to see Key West as the most beautiful place in the country to live. TEN YEARS AGO Construction is to start at once on a $250,000 fishing lodge on north Key Largo, facing Card }Sound, according to ‘plans just disclosed ‘by attorneys for“W. H. ‘Rickert of Miami and ~-Galves- / |ton. A large concrete containing the bedrooms and locker’ rooms will ‘constitute ‘the building. The visit to this port yesterday land last night of the naval re- {serve units of the southeastern | port cities aboard a fleet of five naval completion of the annual 15-day training for the reserves of the several cities they are from. SS. Governor Cobb took up | its regular run this’ morning, re- \lieving the Steamship Miami, Only.31 of the more than 200; firms and individuals estimated | to be doing business without! state licenses and county licenses on June 30 have taken out the; licenses since. Under the law the licenses were due in October. | ‘— FIFTEEN YEARS AGO J. Lancelot Lester and Harry} Gwynn, of the Exchange Club, will go to Tallahassee next week with the committee from the board of county commissioners to requést Gov. John + Martin to hold a special session of the Leg- | islature to pass the Monroe coun- | ty water supply district bill. | The big passenger buses which are to be used as auxiliary to the} street car lines of The Key West} Electric Company, will probably | change the cash you nec pimmmec c2 cecy wet em =m protected. spendabie— American Express Trewelers Cheques a tortured whir and then fold up? Henry B. Fried of the Horologi- Cal Society of. New York, Inc. an ‘organization of watchmakers. knows about that. He’ blames the whole difficulty ‘on the mainspring. It may bind because of sudden changes in , temperature. “Also”, he says, “electrical storms seem to exert a phenom- enal influence on the sulphur spots in high-grade carbon steels”. Summertime tips for healthier watches: Don’t wear your watch at the beach. If it should get wet, soak it in benzine or light lubricating oil Wind it only once a day, pref. efably in the morning. : Don’t try to regulate it your- self. Tax revenues from operation |of motor vehicles today exceed the total of federal, state and lo-| jeal taxes in 1896 when the auto- j mobile was a sideshow curiosity. These Cheques ave kuoe= ac eS everywhere anc ¢ oe © goer 2 Soo refund is made FOR SALE IN $10, $20. $50 AND $209 DEROsEL NATIONS AT 75< PER $199 BOUCET Member: of the Federal Devos: i=mccesce (operesoe LEADING HOTEL Enjoy ct this modem, fire- proof hotel in the SUMMER B82 ot downtown COMFORT Soom wih tan ond COCKTAIL LOUNGE ond COFFEE SHOP Other J. 5. Pound Hotels be put in operation about Sep- | tete Pattes—Chortoncoge — liste! DeSeto-Sovonnch tember 1. Bascom L. Grooms, | manager of the company, said to-| day. Mr. Grooms base® his date of delivery on the date of ship- ment from ‘St. Louis. Superintendent Demeritt of the lighthouse department has a force of men working at the erection! of another beacon in the Vicinity of the other, Which was erected | the other day out near the north- | west bar, nearing the approach! q to the harbor. —- j Rufino Ortiz was ‘arrested to-! day by Deputy United States! Marshal Andres Lepez for viola- tion of the national prohibition | act. He was given a hearing be- fore United States Commissioner C. Rodney Gwynn and placed under a bond for his appearance im court. Mayor Perry G. Wall, of Tam- pa, and his seafaring companions, | who ‘sailed from here for Ha- vana some time-ago, has set ‘sail on the return trip and will again | make_4 Call at this port befote | ‘safliif*for home. “Word “Was “te- ceived from Mr. Wall before he left “Havana. | destroyers, marked the | which had been on the run while |S.S. Cuba was in drydock in Mo- | | bile. i L. A. Armitage, British sub-! 'jéct held in jail here for the past | three months ‘on a charge of hav- ine stolen ttaveler’s checks from a bank in British Columbia, is to |be sent ‘baék to that South! | American country just as soon as | }extradition papers “are received. , Crowson, assistant to the president of the ; Illinois Central, a railroad which Has con- ducted a newspaper advertising campaign without 2 break for 20 years. This advertising, carried by news- papers in the vast territory served by the railroad, has been of great value in build- ing good will, through informing the pub- | lic concerning the road’s probléms ‘and’ the | efforts made to meet them from time ‘to } time. There's always 2 moment for the pause that refreshes witha icc-cold Coca-Cola at-home. The caste of ice-cold Coca-Cola delights your taste. that is always welcome. Your dealer has the handy six-borie camen_ BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA CO. BY KEY WEST ‘COCA-COLA BOTTLEWG COMPANY