The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 19, 1940, Page 2

~~ PAGE TWO Che Key THE KEY WEST CITIZEN lest Cite ee ean eet cceutany KEY WEST IN PENETRATOR PENS 70() - | aN ER The Lions Roar—heard regularly GO NE | each Thursday evening, issuing forth from DAYS a BY | PERMANENCE AND PETS i the Lions Den at the Key West Lions Club Happenings Here Just Five. Ten; We started out in life with LATE weekly meeting, will issue forth possibly As | fhe subject png erg 1e perman a many times this weekend as ldeal club were going to have a ae 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 Dally Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press ihe Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also | the local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ADVERTISIN Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, eards of thanks, resolutions of espect, obituary notices, etc., will be char; the 4 of 10 cents a line. eeeeeiterst tices for entertainment by churches from which nue is to be rived are 5.cents a line. Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- public issues and subjects of local or general t but it will not publish anonymous communi- catiors. Es | 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. KK IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. More Hotels dnd Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. | Selfishness wrecks nations, wrecks individuals. As the stock market is acting at pres- | ent it might be said to be “stock still.” Per. haps that’s where the expression orig- | inated. A physician says coffee is not harm- ful if used in moderation. We imagine three or four saucers a day would be reasonable. Apparently Princes of Privilege and | Economic Royalists come in handy “when there’s trouble in the wind.” Also chickens come home to roost. ~~. France’s future policy is dined by the.German government even to sdemanding that the Freneh @aditional slogan of “Libertyg Fraternity afd Equality,” and substitite “Labor, Pamily and Fatherland.” But what kind ‘of a “Fatherland” is one that gets its or- | ders from a foreign country? It work for long and a_ fourth through revolution may result. won't republic President Roosevelt has asked Con- gress for a total of $14,000,000,000 for defense. Now if the country is looking for seme one who can spend that vast sum of money, Roosevelt is the man. Of course, there will be some boondoggling like the $5,000,000 Florida cross-state canal and the Quasimacoddy fiasco, but. he knows how to dispese of money faster than the government printers in Washirgton can print it. * Announcements of deaths, marriages, births and engagements: ate-“printed sratuitously in The Citizen as is'thé custom in all small newspapers, though “paynient is sometimes proffered. That, however, is not without precedence since the larger newspapers charge for sueh announce- ments. The rate for such insertions in the New York Times, for instance, is $1.05 an “ate line on weekdays and $1.25 on Sun- days. Fourteen agate lines go into an inch of space. just as it | being out- | If a charge were made by_| the smaller newspapers for like dnnounce- ‘ members extend a rousing wéleome to some six hundred Lions from various parts ef the nation on their way to the Havana convention opening in that city next Tues- | day. It. was a lucky choice for Key West that brought the International Conven- tion of this worthy organization to Ha- | vana—a choice that is going to mean much ' to this city, both monetary and from a pub- lieity standpoint. | These six hundred Lions are going to | embark on the S. S. Cuba next Sunday morning and night. They will, many of them,'stay over night in our city—will eat meals in our midst, park their cars here for the week, buy souvenirs of their trip and in many other ways contribute much to the economic welfare of Key West. But more important, is the good pub- | licity these Lions will carry back to their home clubs and cities. Ever since a Lions club was established in Key West, much publicity about the club and the city has found its way into pages of the Lions Magazine, circulating to over 150,000 Lions internationally—and many times have local Lions received recognition of those stories by entertaining visiting Lions | brought to the city by virtue of the ar- ticles. But—this influx of Lions from all | over the nation will do even more to help our city become even more widely known. The Key West Lions Club has been a decided asset in our community, It has | entered, with a willing spirit, into civic af- fairs and has filled an important link in | helping Key West back onto its feet. in more than one way. It is a leading civic | organization and Key West has come to | expect much of it. So—in recognition of | that opinion, Key Westers will join with the Lions in affording a rousing weleome to the visiting Lions, and will join with the local club in its entertainment program. And local residents may even learn to roar in the manner of the famous Lions ex- pression of goodwill. Local Lions stand ready to teach anyone interested. Six hun- | dred roars will be loud enough—bat let’s make it unanimous! | SOME “DON’TS” FOR SWIMMERS zens were drowned last year, many of them because they thought they were_per- | fectly safe. With the Summer bathing sesson in full sway, it might be a good idea to re- mind all persons, including ‘good swim- mers, that the water can be dangerous. There are certain rules to be followed if | one wishes to exercise caution in the water. The “don’ts” that might save your life include an admonition against swim- ming alone, swimming in unpatrolled wa- ters or too quickly after eating. In addi- | tion, you are urged not to depend on inner H abandon their | tubes as safety belts and to exercise care in boats and canoes. ‘These simple rules might save the life of some boy and girl in Key West this Surtifier if parents will take the fime to call them to the attention of their children. In addition, good swimmers should be cautioned against over-confidence which might lead them to over-exertion. SEND WASHINGTON THE NEWS The people in a representative demo- cracy have not orly the right, but the duty, to advise their representatives of their opinions and desires in regards to ques- tions before them for decision. Consequently, they should not hesitate to write letters or send telegrams to sen- ators and representatives in regards to de- cisions to be made in regards to the atti- tude of this nation- toward the war in Europe. For eXample, just now, the nation is | fast swapping a neutrality position for one of non-belligerency. This is a fateful de- cision. Tt means, if it has any meaning, that the people of this country are ready to play their cards on the side of the Allied nations and against the Germans and Italians. There are individuals who disagree with this policy. They should let their congressmen know what they think. Other citizens who favor all steps, “Short of Something like 7,000 American citi- |. FIVE YEARS AGO No finer specimen oi the silver ,king has been caught this season} than that captured by resén- jative B. C. Papy last night; and; his angling companions, Frank; Johnson, and his sister, Miss. Maudie Johnson. When brought’ to boat the tish measured six= feet, three inches. home, a permanent marriage, a permanent job, permanent re- ligion, permanent love, perman- ent ideals. fe have none of them. The dniy thing we havé been able to discover is the perm- anénée 6f the transitoriness of life. A ee e How often is permanence a synonym for stagnation? <<. es By : KAY aa. manatee Lat —p . “Temptation” is a _ terrible :thitig—especially when it is red-» headed and comes prancin’ into your office on a hot summer day and starts talkin’ about cool, Organization of a board of di-! Stagnation bréeds mosquitos ‘shady pools, refreshing lake rectors for the Key West aqua-; ‘tium was held yesterday after-) noon. Dr_H. C. Galey was nam-/ ed chairman and other officers jare Chas. E. Smith, secretary and | Andrew Miller, treasurer; William Klaus, Mrs. G. N. Goshorn, Mrs. | Norberg ‘Thompson and Miss Tleen Williams. Youths between the ages of 12 and 18 years are to be entertain-; ed tonight in the Knights of Pythias Hall on Fleming street by Equity Lodge 70, LO.0.F. All) white youths between the ages,)' specified are invited fo attend. Among the hundreds of | fish native to these waters, which are seldom seen in Captivity, is! the squid, osmasprehes illece- brocus, four of which are in the aquarium and are a sight to seen. They were captured yes-| terday near the tanks. | | General P. J. H. Farrell, who will be recalled by many Key |SPots to | Sides. Westers as a visitor last year the city and remembers his stay} and the many people he i gives evidence of his memories! in a letter received by The Citi-| zen. j TEN YEARS AGO _ E. F. Stephenson, caretaker, for- merly of the biological station here, has réturned from Denver, 'Colo., where he spent several | months visiting his daughter. | Mr. Stepherison a native of New Jersey, but'after living in: Key West for months, he says! there is no place like this. | Milton Cohn, president of the’ Gulf and West Indies Company, Inc., now operating a branch! jhouse here, is visiting his busi-! ness in the city and will leave tomorrow for Havana. He said, |today that the sponges now be-| ing brought in are the finest | ever. j S.S. Pawnee of the Mallory Line will arrivé tomorrow from Miami enroute to New Orleans} with freight for Key West. SS. ‘Alamo is due to arrive Mofiday | from New York and S.S. Neches will put in here from Tampa Monday, making three boats in ifive days. State Auto License Tag Inspec- | |tor James A. Boehm is in the city} ‘with a list of offenders against the law who have gone all the year without buying the requir-' ed license. Names on the list he ‘has were notified early today | ‘that they must have tags this aft- ernoon. } | | wool, with 158 bunches, sold for $677.55 anid was the best that has; Been placéd on Sale for sdme! time. The price paid for them lwas way above the average. | FIFTEEN YEARS AGO At préss ule this afternoon no word had Been fecéived from Gov. John W. Martin setting a |date when he will hear commit-/ ‘tees from the Board of County | | Commissioners, the City Council} and the Exchange Club, who | Will ask that a Spécial session of ‘the legislaturé be calléd to re- Jenact the water supply district ‘bill. i —- j In thé béautiful Roman Catho-/ \Tie Church of Los Angelés in| Havana at 9 o'clock this évening, | city, will be mafried according to; the rités of the church fo Miss | Nieves Maria Urquiaga, of one of ithe oldest families in Cuba. McNear and and other pests. we 2 38 From pests to pets. We had a house on Long Island that was built on a side hill so that the cellar in the back was five feet high but at the front it tapered to two feet high. One day we heard the footsteps of a man run- ning up our hill and a breathless voice calling, “Here, pussa, here, pussa!” We .wéent out and there stood an agitated but stocky English- man. “I think my pussa is in our ¢ellar”, he said. “Pussa?” we asked: you mean cat”. He nodded. “PH get it for you just as soon @s I get my flashlight”, we volun- teered. We got the flashlight and then.crawled on hands and knees “Oh, yes, be toward the front of the cellar. We played the light around until we had spotted the animal. {Spotted it surely was. We saw twa eves as bie as billiard balls. as big as saucers on its We turned and fled, as fast as we could on hands and knees, bumping our head on every floor beam, water pipe and gas line on the way out. All we could say as we emerg- led was, “Did you say cat? If that’s a cat. you go after it your- self”. The man smiled and said, “Tfs an African cat, I brought it back with me, but it’s domesti- cated”. He went in after it and brought it out. His pussa had paws as large as our arms and had broken a chain with inch- long links. That was how we met Gordon MacCreagh, world traveler, ad- venturer, author of the book “The Last of Free Africa”. Later Gordon had to give his pussa cat to the Brooklyn Zoo. eee One man’s pet is another man’s Especially if it howls at night. Pa eee Or crows at dawn. PEOPLE'S FORUM The Editor, The Key West Citizen, Key West, Florida. | Dear Sir: Expenditures Report, which ap- peared in the issue of July 17th. The same sense of fairness and disapproval of exaggerated claims prompts meé to state that I lieve the former city council breezes, and fish that bite at the drop of a bait. “Red” Edgerton, impetuous salesman for the Western News- paper Union, can disrupt -any business organization by simply putting in an appearance and that’s “how come” I played hookey last week and joined him on a trip to the Lake Okeechobee section. At Sebring we met Nate Brok- ing, publisher of the Highlands County News. Nate is the kind of a that goes around with an déutboard motor in one hand and a mess of fishin’ tackle in the other. He not only knows > x Dr. Archibald J. Cronin. Eng- lish novelist, born 44 years age. * : and downs of fortune, and all the fish in South Florida by |UP* their first names but has their |7@t#et Poor luck im love affairs address and telephone number) as well. -- In spite of the fact that ‘was all stove up from a recent automobile accident and was ‘three days behind in his work, he quit everything and person- ally escorted us to one of his pet fishin’ holes. It was a swell trip and you know I enjoy “just bein’! out” éven if you don’t get any; fish. A “Scotch and Soda” usually goes pretty well after a trip like that, so we stopped at a roadside place in Hardee county to see what could be done about it./ Steppin’ up to the counter, I con-- fidently plated our order. “You want a WHAT and WHICH?” the man says, lookin’ at me like I was a curio or somethin’. “Scotch and Soda”, I repeats, rather tim- idly this time. Well, the guy grunts, shrugs his shoulders, and begins pawin’ through an assortment of bottles on the back shelf. Finally he found one marked “Scotch”, dust- ed it off, and, opening it, set the darn thing on the bar, at the /same time layin’ out some plain whisky glasses. | “How about the soda?” I asks; nervously. “Soda”, he mumbles, his face as blank as a sham-bat- tle cartridge. “Oh yeah”, and lreaching under the counter he! drags out a package of baking! soda. “What's the matter, bud- dy”, he says, “you got heart- burn?” Well, there was nothin’ else to do. so I pours a modest drink, puts in a pinch of soda and says, “Open up, mouth, you asked for it!” The rest of the trip I stuck to Coca-Cola. Arriving at Clewiston -wé found Jay Moran of the U. S. Su- ‘ear Corporation as busy as a battalion commander of a bliitz-, | tion of my Revenue Receipts and ‘Just old fashioned Clewiston Mighty prosperous. Everyone was busy and looking forward to great winter season. The new unjustly criticised by The Citi-| zen through the remarks ceding my report. Some ago I gave The Citizen an out. the former city council, i was published at that Please forget petty spites grievances and be impartial Re- member, former | some Vie. dese SeuneaY Hetedo, oF tins) Some gies, tat the inherited large amounts of indebtedness incurred by for- jmer councils, and that the for-| - Seer mer council successfully amount of the City’s \Company, Chicago, and Cald- 3; well and Company, The i (city treets (a special meeting night in the of ments it would tremendously increase their tar,” to assist the fighting d@emOcfatics, | tatives revenue and result in much better publica- tions, ‘should also express their views im mes- | sages to their representatives. jcify and they will be present. | sme overseas Company i bina ind iy i just naturally have to At ig ; i I i i i Bin Nin fice et iH j i net eri to develop stsbility of Railroads now own or operate more automobile trucks than COMPLAINT SERVICE. . . 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