The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 1, 1940, Page 2

a PAGE TWO The Hiry West Citizen TRE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. Published Daily Except Sunday By L. P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOE ALLEN, Business Manager ym The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monrve County "Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press ted Press is exclusi entitled to use plication of all news ches credited to otherwis credited in ADVERTIs pplication. "SPECIAL NOTICE caris of thanks, resolutions of : te, will be charged for at churches from which ne. ites discus- ‘ 1 or general »nymous communi- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it thout fear and without favor; never be aid to attack wrong or to applaud right; ways fight tor progress; never be the or- 1 or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or cla always do its utmost for the elfare; never tolerate corruption or ; denounce vice and praise virtue, nd good done by individual or organ- ad ion; tolerant of others’ rights, views print only ne t will eleva and not contaminate the reader; never com- promise witn principle. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Se > Hotel erage. Apartments. and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County B h nd City Gov- Tnments tainly, President Roosevelt “drafted’’—by himself. was g the Fourth made in Japan. Americanism: Celebr of July by displayi g flags The French may now use their ra- berte, Egalite, Frater- It out- | tional slogan of nite’ as an epitaph. has been lawed by Hitler. Why do people and newspapers talk about mosquito eradication instead of mos- quito control. The pesky critters cannot be eradicated but they can be controlled. Americans like to get their money’s worth, and in the proposed expenditure of | 310,000,000,000 for the purposes of de- fense, they are likely to get it from a busi- ness man rather than from a politician. With the appointing publicans to his cabinet, his party naming an ex-Republican as vice-president, and the Republican party nominating an ex- Jemecrat, things are coming to pretty pass in the United States politically. Party lines 2 tightly anymore, and the silent independent voter, compos- ing the inarticulate third party, is coming into its own. President Re- a e not drawr so Recert elections to of the United States must convince every think- ing person that the time is not as yet ripe or the people of these countries to govern themselves, and this condition must cause Tio Samuel come concern, since it proves those countries ripe for the Trojan Horses d susceptible to the machinations of Fifth Columnists. Not the South, as Presi- dent Rocsevelt said, but the lower half of the Western Hemisphere, is our No. 1 rr blem, Spain is asking for the return of Gibraltar. It will not be returned by Eng- land for the asking but will have to be fought for. England may have to give up the old rock but not without a fight. From 1779 to 1783, for three years and seven months, the Spaniards besieged Gibraltar without succe: New, with England be- sieged on land and sea, and harassed on ali sides, she may not be able to hold what has always been considered an impreg- nable fortress. paper and also‘ ; pen to her territorial poss THE KEY WEST CITIZEN PROBLEMS TO THE SURFACE! In two instances during the past week The Citizen has presented controversial subjects in its news columns. One article, sponsored by local navy officials, treated on subjects of sanitation. The other, writ- ten by a Citizen columnist, started the ball rolling on subjects of rents and cost of liv- ing in the city. By giving space to the articles, con- trary to belief of some in Key West, The Citizen followed gcod newspaper pro- cedure in serving to bring smoldering fires of criticism on controversial subjects to the light of public gaze. In that manner are many problems solved when intelligent | thovght is brought to bear on them and solutions found. The Citizen has ever stood for what- ever is best for Key West. Our institution would sadly lack in its duty not to get be- hind any movement designed to better con- ditions here, and, by and large, this has been exactly the motive that guides its edi- Sometimes, however, the out- of such movements require some start- ling publicity until the propositions smooth out into reasonable debate and_ bettering “torial policy action. In the case of sanitation, Dr. William Warren has arswered the navy in- sistence that sanitation measures be en- forced here with the assurance that he, as City Health Officer, stood squarely behind the navy in its desires. He sponsoring legislation that will correct certain lack- ings on the city books in regard to sanita- tion enforcement, for presentation to the council at an early date. In regard to the question of high cost cf living for navy families; The Citizen finds a healthy reaction even now in | process of forming to provide adequate an- swers to some of the subjects brought up. Other alleged wrongs are being seriously studied by many residents with a view to- wards correction. In both matters, then, it appears that The Citizen has again proven its worth by championing exposure of problems that have smoldered under the surface for some time. There could be no constructive ac- ticn taken while this condition existed— the best way to do is stis the pot of public welfare and bring the problems up on top of the kettle for skimming into ladles of either waste materia! to be thrown aside or worthwhile information of benefit to the community. Thus The Citizen serves—and will continue to serve—the best interests of Key West. is TROUBLE AHEAD IN THE FAR EAST The new Japanese government will probably not lose much time in making known its intentions in the Far East. Dominated by the army and navy ex- pansionists, the regime of Prince Konoye will move to oust western influence from the area in which Japan asserts domi- The western nations will get out, face trouble. France, prostrate in Europe, has al- ready given up the fight. What will hap- ssions depends ions to be made in Berlin and nance. or upon de Tekyo. Great Britain, facing the battle of her | life in Europe, cannot take the risk of a conflict and must come to terms with Japan, The United States, with her fleet in the Pacific ocean, is another proposition, so far as the Japanese are concerned, but the Tokyo group is convinced that no ef- fective opposition will come from the United States. At the worst, the Japanese expect nothing but diplomatic notes _ if they can advance gingerly toward their goal. AN INEVITABLE CONFLICT The so-called conflict between busi- ness and government is as inevitable as the clash between private profit and pub- lie welfare. Business has its being in profits and nothing else. Such service as business ren- ders society is performed because better service returns greater profits. Government, be it State or Federal, is the agent of people, created to protect the general welfare and given powers-to restrict selfishness in the general interest. Naturally, whenever government ex- ercises its unlimited power to restrain the grcedy it interferes with profits. Nothing excites a selfish business man more than the idea that he is not entitled to all the | profits that he can acquire. “AND YOU WENT FOR A WALK ON A SUPER- The motorist is protecte HIGHWAY!” d by 2n all-steel body, but the walker hasn’t even a strong bumper. PENETRATOR PENS Adieu! hope But not for long, we Our first love, as it were, was Tampa, ever since that day “way back when” we first laid eyes on her. She’s grown to be quite a big girl now, and spite other loves, like our love for Key West, she still has a big place in cur heart. There was one fault! had us separate from her and poor girl, it wasn’t entirely her fault. She was just too cold. in of she had, howevez, that True to our acquired phil- osophy of “never do anything to- day that you can put off until tomorrow”, we dare not set a date for our departure west- ward. No doubt we will plan to go on a certain day and then re- member that we forgot to have the oil changed or something. Anything to postpone leaving Key West although we know we have to go. How many times we have left Florida with fear and trembling! So afraid something might hap- pen that would keep us away and what a thrill to heave a sigh of relief when we crossed the state line back into Florida again! After ten years of living steadily in Florida we stil] have goose pimples chasing up and down our spine when we realize we are here. Note to landlords who may have thought Penetrator didn’t know the other side of the story when the article about the navy and high rents was written: Penny has been a free holder in Florida since 1933 and knows all too well the heartaches of managing rental property. We know the tenants with children who mar the walls, the police dog that digs holes in the lawn, ;the fly-by-night who moves into a furnished apartment and leaves it unfurnished when he goes (usually in the middle of the night); the behind-in-his-rent /tennant, the nosey woman who wants to run everything for you, ‘including collecting rent from | the adjoining tenants, and so on | ad infinitum. | Not to mention the expenses on ; j the place that a tenant never sees, water pump repairs new \floor boards in the bedroom where the baby crib _ stood, broken dishes replaced, re-paint- ing everything after a dirty tenant who stays one month in spite of a year’s lease. Usually {all the tenant sees for expense is taxes. Our tenants will not per- ceive perhaps that it is partly ; because of them that we are forced to make a trip to Tampa from Key West. To what should we charge the expenses of the trip? Oh, just take it out of the rent and forget it, We can say this though, we wish we could rent to a navy family, at least you have the pro- tection that you will get your rent money because if a navy man doesn't pay and it is re-* ported to his superior officers, they have the means of wielding a big their records kept clear. The State of Florida is very kind to its touring public, gives an added zest to traveling around the state by its system of * numbering the license tags on automobiles. We have a card > giving the location by county and} county seat of each number. Of course 38 is Monroe County. | And when you stey in one county | llong enough you can also start; THE LOWDOWN FROM HICKORY GROVE SE Se creer ee a I just been reading some about Uncle Samuel and his ventures into business, and boy, he takes the cak The latest I been reading is about a deal down near Boston where the Govt. wanted to start another housing project. So they bought-out the Bohemia Club there, for 18 thousand dollars. But in order to get going on the project, they had to get rid of the clubhouse, so they sold the build- ing back to the Bohemians for 105 dollars. The club moved it ‘across the street to a vacant lot. Brother, that is financing, a la Samuel. But my neighbor says, Jo, don’t get too excited—calm yourself. The Govt. gourd research makes your clubhouse financing look sick, he says. The paper says the Govt. looked into the idea of using gourds for bird houses. And they finally deducted and decided that the size of the gourd should be in proportion to the! size of the bird, for it was found ‘useless to invite a large bird to nest in a small gourd. I musta looked kinda dubious or something, because Henry says, alright read it yourseli— here it is in this Florida news- paper. Yours with the low down, JO SERRA. memorizing the rest of the num- bers following the 38. If you get really curious you can learn the name of the owner of any par- ticular car you see at the county court house. If you are curious about the letters on the tags, T is for midget cars and Model T's, no letters appear on the tags of light weight stock cars, D is for heavier cars and W for the heaviest. The G series are trucks. E is taxi. X is police—X marks the spot—to step, look and listen. How ‘m’ doing’ S. K. A.? Off the record. When the 65th Division U. S. N. neutrality patrol leaves Key West, lots of little girls will start singing, “I'm no- body’s baby, now.” Goodbye, boys, smooth Jing; Key » Westers—please note—a bad penny always returns. Adios PENNY. TRY IT TODAY— The Favorite in Key West STAR + BRAND | CUBAN COFFEE ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS SSTISOISS : stick. Navy men want :* PAY Az the io™ "> ORAS ~~ AGREED STLRIDIAID IDS TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY By RUSSELL KAY As brilliant as the glistening, greed and hate and brutal agg: sun on the turquoise waters of the Caribtean was the masterful work of Secretary Cordell Hull in bringing together the 21 Latin- American countries and gaining their united approval of the plan for protection the western hemisphere. ’ Orphans of the storm, the pos- sessions of European powers in the western world lay as fire- brands which at ai moment might plunge this he phere in- to the maelstrom of war. Powerful and dominant. fied by the Monroe Doctrine United States might well h ignored her sister. nations acting alone, stepped in to estab- lish a protectorate. There were some who advocated such action Such a move would have been in keeping with the long es lished policies of those that today find themselves in death struggle, and only have served to generate di: jealousy and misunderstanding between this country and Latin America. 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