The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 24, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen . President and Publisher |, Business Manager he Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County da, as second elass matter Member of the Associateg Press ‘ Associated Press fs exclusively emtjtled to use ublication of all news dispates@s credited to rt otherwise credited in this{ paper-and also ews published here. ADVERTISING RATES Made known pplication. SCIAL NOTICE cards of thanks, resolutions of ces, etc., will be charged for at y churches from which cents a line. and invites discus- S and subjects of al or general 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 perscn, 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 d Apartments. i Bathing P. and and S& Beach a Airports— Consolidation of C ernments. A Modern City Hospital. Se a EE eee eee, Promise is good, intention is better, but performance is best of all. One trouble with America is that too many citizens think that patriotism is only a word, found in the dictionary. One must admit war, better known as Hitler’s lightning “Blitzkrieg”, was not misnamed. He called his shot. It is well said that lying is illness; truth is health. W y healthy liars but the know some ve ir minds are in decay. Government experts “the chemical composition and nutritive Thus science solve another age-old mystery. are investigating value of sausages.” Political platforms do not mean any- thing anymore than a document for re- pudiation'in most instances. The voters will measure the presidential candidates of both parties by what they say and do in this campaign. After the last night of the Republican convention in Philadelphia, porters clean- ed up 30 tons of refuse, which is “lit (t) erally” 66,000 pounds. The Democrats might use this dirty statistic in their cam- 1 against the Republicans, if their re- fuse shows less poundage. Great Britain continues her fatal Policy cf “appeasement” in agreeing to clese the Burma road for a period of three months to halt the flow of war supplies to the Chinese Central government. England should know by this time that an aggressor does not understand the meaning of “ap- peasement”’. His interpretation ,ef the * world is “weakness,”’ and that’s about it when considering recent. results. Speaking of the selection of Willkie by the Republicans, Senator Connally- of Texas said that the choosing of a Demo- | cratic recruit to head them is a sad reflec- tion on Republican material and men. Has the senator forgotten so soon that President Roosevelt has chosen two Re- .publicans for seeretary of war and navy respectively, and is this not also a “sad re- fleetion” on Democratic material and men? What is sauce for the goose is also ~ sauce for the gander. may | LOCAL RED CROSS WORKERS With the shipment of articles made by Key West women working in conjunc- tion with the local Red Cross chapter go- irg forward to New York headquarters to- day goes this city’s heartfelt expressions of sympathies for the war sufferers in war- torn Europe. * Key West is doing its part in the great National drive to send relief to Eu- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN TO THE. rope. Its financial quota set by Red Cross | headquarters was filled with dispatch by the local committee. signment of garments prepared by a list of nearly seventy-five willing Key West women, this city again demonstrates that it will not shirk its responsibilities in Now, with the con- | ai loyal and patriotic sense to alleviate world- | ' wide suffering. Many people stopped in to see the ex- | hibition of materials prepared by workers during the past two months. And the display was quite worthy in its num- ber of articles and quality of workmanship. There were sweaters for men, women and children, layettes, a great array of dresses for women and girls, suits for men and boys and shirts for boys. Common enough articles to our way of thinking, but all so desperately needed by refugees in Europe today. The work is going on, The Citizen hears, with still more women enlisting to devote a few hours each week in this humanitarian worx—knitting and sewing ¢erments for orphens and widows and homeless families of. conquered lands abroad. Still others will contribute money which will be used to buy materials and, -all in all, a solid front will be presented in this battle locally to relieve the horrors suf- fered by thousands upon thousands in Eu- rope—even as it is being done throughout America today. Vivid pictures of suffering are flashed across the ocean to us. concerning the urgency of this work. The inadequacy of the work done so far serves to spur the wemen of the nation on to greater results. The Citizen congratulates the women of Key West for the cooperation they are ex- tending to the cause. The whole city is proud of the part the local chapter and its committee is playing in fulfilling Key West's obligation, ELEPHANT AND DONKEY For nearly 70 years American politi- ca] cartoons have been adorned with pic- tures of elephants and donkeys, as symbols of the two major political parties, and have amused millions who never heard of their originator. The Republican elephant and the Democratic donkey were the creation of Thomas Nast, the most famous cartoonist | of his day, and first appeared in Harper’s Weekly—the donkey in 1870 and the ele- phant in 1874, according to researchers. He also first used the tiger to represent Tammany, and his cartoons exerted a great influence on public opinion for many | years. Thomas Nast was born in- Germany a century ago, on September 27, 1840, and came to America at the age of six. He early. began the study of art and when only 15 was appointed to the staff of Les- lie’s Illustrated Newspaper. He later drew for periodicals in London and Paris, but returned to the United States shortly be- | fcere the Civil War. His powerful carica- tures during that war in advoeacy of the Union cause led Lincoln to call him “our best recruiting sergeant.” Besides his newspaper and periodical illustrations, Nast produced several credit- able paintings in color, and illustrated a | number of books. He also engaged in the publishing business cn his own account without marked success, and was finally eppointed United States consul-general at Guayaquil, Ecuador, in 1902, where he died of yellow fever the same year. His name is now aimost forgotten, but his famous elephant and donkey will ap- , pear on the pages of American newspapers and magazines so long as our present poli- tical parties survive. FRANCE ABDICATES We see by the dispatches from Paris that “liberty, equality and fraternity” is to |tag inspector, who had been injany official discussion become “labor, family and fatherland.” The Petain government thus abandons the ideals of democracy upon the orders of a dictator. The French pretend to like the dose given by Herr Hitler. Soon they will denounce democracy, excoriate the British and sing the praises of tetal- | itarianism. these | RESCUE | iT KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Five. Ten and Fifteen Years Ago As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen FIVE YEARS AGO Through the efforts of M. E Gilfond, Works Progress Admin- istrator in Key West, the scale of pay for workers on projects in Monroe County hes been increas- ed 10 percent. The increase was mentioned in received this afternoon. Dr. J. Y. Porter nas been grant- ea six weeks’ leave of absence from his duties as representative of the State Board of Health and will spend some of his vacation visiting the large clinics through- |out the country and viewing the sights. Prominent among the arrivals from Havana on the Steamship Cuba yesterday were Dr. En- rique Patterson, recently appoint- ed third secretary of the Cubah Embassy at Washington, and his family. They were entertained ‘by Consul Berardo Rodriguez and Chancellor J. A. Mendoza. At a special meeting of the city ‘Today's Birthdays |. Frederick Law Olmsted of Bos- jton, famed landscape architect, ‘born in New York, 70 years ago. Charles V. Vickrey, of the Golden Rule Foundation, New York City, born at Iola, Ill, 64 years ago. Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman, jProtestant Episcopal bishop of | Washington, D. C., born in New | York, 74 years ago. ! Philip D. Wagoner, York, born at Somerville, N. J., 64 years ago. Dr. Raiph C. Williams of the U. S. Public Health Service, Washington, D. C., born at Uchee, Ala., 52 years ago. H. Edmund Bullis, head of the | Natl Committee for Mental Hy- giene, New York City, born at Manlius, N. Y., 52 years ago. | Dr. Robert M. Kelley, president tof Regis College, Denver, Colo., born at Manson, Iowa, 63 years ago. ‘Today's Horoscope Today, a strong day, indicates a person of great dignity, self- reliance and, generally, good president ,. . I president a communication |°! Elliott-Fisher Company, New jose the family of Chief Commis- t their lot to follow. NAVY NOTES Dermod Tucker, son of Pharm- acists Mate First Class Burl Tuck- er, of the USS. Aaron Ward, will celebrate his llth birthday on July 29th, thanks to his dog, Buddy. Buddy, a brilliant little cocker spaniel saved his young master’s life when he was but a nine months oid puppy. Dermod was riding his bicycie in Brem- erton, Wasn., amu struck a rut He was tnrown off his bicycle ito a deep ravine and knocked unconscious. Buddy was follow- ing his young master and sensed that something was very wrong when his master did not respond. Buddy licked the boy’s face and tugged at his clothing to no avail. Then this smail puppy went for help. He found a group of men. working nearby and whined and pulled at their trous- er legs until he got them to fol- low him to the place where the’ fallen child lay. Needless to say, Buddy will have a large place in any birth- day celebration that Dermod may have and although cake is not good for dogs as a regular diet, a large piece of Dermod’s cake will be his on each succeeding July 29th. eee Mother is busy getting Sunday dinner ready for the family when Father afrives home with this announcement, “I've been trans- ferred”. ‘Navy families know what that means and it is indica- tive of the tempo of navy home life that by the following Wed- nesday the house has been clean- ed, their personal belongings have been packed and the fam- ily is ready to move on to the next place where Father's duty ies. Thus it is that Key West will, sary Steward Harris, formerly on the U.S.S. Crowninshield. Chief Harris now goes to Philadelphia, whence the family will follow him but it will not be until after arrival there that they will know what ship it will fall to The departure of the USS. Lea for other ports takes Mrs. H. F. Lee, 706 White street, away. She plans to drive through to New York by car. Whites and Blues in uniforms meant Navy to us and we fing even some of the navy wives do not know about the new khaki, uniforms for shore duty men in the tropics. They are optional now but will probably be strict- WEDNES SS LE eS) VINELAND get shooting inends. = IID DID DID 0 Me Gare KILLED AT TARGET SHOOT i—St. = nome wt KR Hecoe 4 t stew SHA APPODIAP LALLA OLA IIH COMPLAINT SERVICE. . . If you do not Receive Your Copy of By 6 P.M. Between 6 and 7 P. M- deliver your copy of The Citizen CEA bh Ah dh hh hdeadadeaded NOTIIIIIIIIOIIIL ILS Company, Inc. The CITIZEN PHONE—WESTERN UNION and a Western Union Messenger Boy will Add¢tststttahhiia Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service MIAMI AND KEY WEST FREE PICK-UP and DELIVERY SERVICE council held yesterday afternoon 6 o'clock, Ordinance 312 was ap- proved on its second and final reading. The ordinance pertains solely to milk, other dairy prod- haps rather fond judgment. The native may bejly regulation as the old uniforms rather fond of honors and per- are replaced by new ones. We of praise; if this can hear the cheers of those navy does not lead to conceit, smoth- wives who assist in the washing ering the natural kindness of the/of their husbands’ “whites”. The FULL CARGO INSURANCE Office: 813 Caroline Street WAREHOUSE—Cor. Eaton and Francis Sta ucts, the care of the dairy and, in fact, all things appertaining | thereto. More than half a dozen of- ficials of the city administration jare leaving tomorrow afternoon and Sunday for Jacksonville and other points north of here to con- fer on final instructions relative to the Works Progress Adminis tration. TEN YEARS AGO Fuses in 50 electric transform- jers were burned out and one telephone knocked from the wall |and many others put out of serv- ice by the most terrific thunder- storm that ever visited the city. |3t aroused almost everybody in the city. « How Ruth Bryan Owen men- |tioned Key West not once but a laa of times was told by Mrs. |. S. Golden, when she made an! jaddress to about 15,000 educators | |from all over the world in Co- lumbus, Ohio, where Mrs. Gold- en has been visiting for her va- cation. Roy E. Faulkner has been nam- \ed as commander of Arthur Saw- yer Post 28,° American Legion, succeeding Roy E. Connor, trans- \ferred from the local naval sta- tion. Mr. Faulkner has been fi- Nance officer of the post and a new man will be named to fill the position. A special program will be jheard, onthe air. from Station |CMBS in Havana tomorrow \morning:from 10 until 12 o’clock. | There will be several outstand- jing numbers sung by Miss Lour- |ves Pineda, who has sung many times for the entertainment of |Key West. | James. A. Bochm, auto. license | the city since yesterday, left to- |day, having made a clean sweep jof the 18 persons he had listed but added many more to his list. “I. did not get them all”, he said, “but most of them”. FIFTEEN YEARS AGO All members of the Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28, American Legion, are ordered to Be at the heart, it may not be harmful, but therein lurks danger. NEWS MADE TO ORDER (By Associated Presa) LEADVILLE, Colo.—Speaking literally, reporiers for The Lead- ville Herald-Democrat barely had to budge from their chairs to “cover” one recent news story. The brakes on a car failed to ,;hold and the vehicle came through the front windows of the Herald-Democrat’s building. There were no casualties but equipment was damaged. F.EC. station tomorrow morning at 7:45 o'clock to greet General \John J. Pershing, who arrives, here and transfers to the U.SS.| Rochester on his way to South America, where he is high com- missioner in the Tacna-Aricaj plebiscite. From Tampa comes the report} |that Roland Ayala was painfully , but not seriously injured this/ morning when a car in which he | was driving overturned on the {Gandy Bridge near Beach | Park. He was said to be resting | jeasily at the Gordon Kellar hos- pital A preliminary and general! survey of the Island of Key West will be made by Leslie S. Mar- shall, engineer for Charles Leav- itt and son, city planners, who arrived in Key West yesterday ,afternoon. Mr. Marshall’s first step will be toward the outlining | of the Malcolm Meacham hold- sings. Lack of an official map and certified copy of the bill passed, ‘by the jast legislature Saari ing the city to issue street im- provement bonds for up to $125,-; 000 and for completing the golf! jcourse up to $100,000 prevented of the council | | ‘paving matter by city last night | The Standard Realty Com- pany’s offer of 13 Toca in tract 21, in ‘high and |foot jie. ate i new uniform is quite natty, tail ored shirts, long trousers without the bell bottoms and a helmet for headgear. After a stay of four months in Key West, Mrs. J. F. Catania and her two daughters, Geraldine, 5, and Josephine, 3, expect to leave shortly for Galveston. Mrs. Can- tania is the wife of Fireman First Class Catania on the USS. Evans. Friends who wish to bid the family adieu may call at 916 Virginia. street. { The Navajo Indian tribe, num- bering about 50,000 inhabits 25,- 000 square miles in northeastern Arizona and northeastern New| Mexico, an area larger than some states. fi ik; lt; lis le 3 i fi £ 8 8 t f f i f iy | I i i | fF i Fe | | Seft-Lile Lenses. DR. J. A. Address VALDES For the next few days yeu can get 2 tem inch Emerson Junior Oscillating Fan fer only 95c down and $1.00 per month Total cost of fan—$9.95. ished fans. . .at popular prices. Emersen-Elec- tric now presents the new Emerson Jonier Fans. . Look at these features: Streamlined breeze capacity; 90 or 45 degree oscillating year guarantee. Phone Today Te Have One Or More Of These Fans Delivered Te \ our Home The Key West Electric Co. Phone 414