The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 26, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO .. The Key West Citizen THe: N PUBLISHING LP. + Business Manager The: Citizen, Bui, s second class matter Member of the Associated Press d Press is exelusively entitled to tse ation of all news dispatches credited 'to herwise credited in this paper and also hews published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ADVERTISIN le known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of espect, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at line. inment by churches from which riyed are 5 cents a line opvtn forum and invites discus- and subjects of local or general vill not publisk anonymous communi- ee THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ecceereeee WILL always seek the truth and print it i ‘fear and :without favor; never be afraid to, attack wrong or to applaud right; fight tor progress; never be: the or- or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, ; always do its utmost for the ; never tolerate corruption or tice; denounce vice and praise virtue, mend good done by individual or organ- n; tolerant of others’ rights, views and inions; that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com- ciple. print only news promise witn p ee ‘| IMPROVEMENTS . OR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. More Hotels and. Apartments. ach; and Bathing Pavilion and City Gov- rnments. , dern City Hospital Even the person, who loves his work s anxious to have a vacation with pay. “The enemy,’ according to what we in the papers, is taking plenty shment in Europe’s war. of are as daffy everything Westinghouse Electric Company re- ports 1940 to be the best year in its history as . 58 per cent gain so far over 1939, t the stock is 25 per cent lower than it as during depression years. “To Have and Have Not’? was immoral in the sense that idualism which This column trusts who ve glimpséd some of the manuscript ‘(the author writes long-hand( to be his master- piece—does hot’ fultivate abnogmal only, ‘ Ernest Hemingway's c esse? a selfish indiv s social duty. s réxt' nevel—said by 1 neg those the Dictators Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin will be pleased to know that the United es Congress did not think there were n patriots in this country to defend voluntarily and that it drag or draft our boys into my for that purpose—that they have to be conscripted just as in Germany, Italy was Ragweed has begun to shed its pollen all over the country and hay fever is mak- iself everywhere except the Flor- including Key West. Here its vill find relief without resorting to various remedies used to combat the e. Ragweed, also known hog- weed and bitterweed,isia hardy annual of the genus ambrosia, rowing one to seven feet tall all ever the-eeumtry. It has hairy stems, divided leaves; and spikes of small, een flowers that shed pollen profusely 1-August to September. l ida ke the as about the Mark Twain remarked, anything about it. Like- wise everybody is complaining about the deplorable condition of the city’s tyboedy is talking ¢ but, as doing 3 streets ut nebody is doing anything about it, be- cause doing anything about it means pay- nent of taxes and that duty ever so many citizens of Key West take tizking. We emphasize “take pleasure” because we know and so everyone else that many property owners could pay their just taxes if they so desired. pleasure in does PROTECT OUR HIGHWAY! Of all the highways in this state that need to be protected from commercialism constitutes the i‘ all kinds, the Overseas first. It * and Monroe our stands counts t: should be made as possible, hile tra ing on this highway of ovrs that visitors catch first glimpses of nature has done fcr us in'this part of ical America—view the varied-colored wat along the way, that one can see no att place in the world in such grandeur. On our highway, too, are seen outstanding engineering feats and their attendant im- provements now being installed. Awhile back, The Citizen was glad to see that a state-wide movement was get- ting under way to regulate the number of sign boards along all roads in Florida. We gave space in this and other columns to that worthy project, and will continue to do so as the move goes forward. But we will give still more space in aid local problem of not only keeping boards off the Overseas Highway but reg- ulating the erection of unsightly shacks and commercial structures of cne sort and | another. The Monroe County Plannirg Council to be hly complimented for taking initial steps in this matter. This was done at a meeting of that group last week. ' Members spoke out in favor of such reg- ulation, after they had heard from a rep- resentative from the State Planning Boar< and another from the National Park Se ice. to,..our sign Incidentally, the National Park Serv. | ice has shown the way to such a highway. | protecting move with the work it is super |.vising within the limits of the Bridge Dis- trict. C.C..C. labor is being used to create scenic and practical adjuncts to the high- “way in the form of by-paths, | spaces and rest stops. 2 The Citizen will be pleased to ‘operate with the Planning Council in any it can to ‘further its fort to keep the free from inflience that «would lower its value. parking co- way highway any HARMFUL “CHARITY” Kind-hearted citizens, in Key West and elsewhere, often take unction to their souls‘in the thought that they cheerfully contribute their bits to the relief of any one who comes to them with a tate of woe, or seeks succor for distress. It would surprise some of these peo- ple very much to learr that they are prob- ably making a mistake. More often, they are encouraging a habit of begging, which will make of the recipient a panhandler all The aim of niodern relief is to correct the condition which-causes a man, or a woman, or a family, to be on the seamy side of went. Very cireum- stances car be so altered as to-make the individual or family. self-supporting, and enable them to take their place.in i as wcrthy members, earning what they!re- ceive. This is mueh better than scattering ms wholesale and without wise discrimi- nation. While we would not go so far as to say that all charity should be controlled by social workers, we do assert that most ef it should be so expended. often these SOLDIERS FROM INDIA? The promise of “independence” to India, after the that the British government. hopes to mobilize, if necessary, fighting men from the 000,000 teeming people who live in vast area that is a part of the Empire. The British want the cooperation of the people of India. To get it they must offer some reward that will quiet. discon- tent and make it worth while for the lead- ers of India to mobilize their peopley :2 u war, means 35,- the We have no way of knowing British - war plans but if they ever expect to take the offensive against Germany they must have greater manpower than is available on the British Isles, or available from the Dominions. Obviously, the great reservior of humanity is in India, where the people can become good soldiers under proper training and leadership. = There may be no connection between the two announcements but some of the guns, tanks and armored cars, which the British want American industry to build, may be manned by soldiers from India, if the war lasts long enough for the Empire | to take the offensive. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN 1 ART. e Notes and ppenings in ction with growing Art vities In Key Wi in The Citizen, 7 the WPA Key West Art Center. ART CENTER last week arranged to continue pictures by Key West artists in the small gauery and the feature of this ng will be the inclusion of second and third most pictures selected by pub- oting during the last exhibi- was made up entire- ctures by artists in Key including oils, watercolors, s and prints. shov FIRST ART CiASS establish- the colored people in Key st by the Center—The move- ent will be directed in the col- ored co ity by the follow- representatives: Miss Lor- Wake, 812 Windsor Lane, rs. B: R. Cornell, #0 Thom- The instruction will be in charge of Roger Wilcox ist-teacher of the Center staff. st organization meeting v eld on August 20 and ar- rangements have been made for ‘s to be held at St. Joseph’s Angela and Thomas streets, , on Tuesday afternoons from 2 to 4 o'clock. F. Townsend Morgan. director of the Center, and Cyril L. Marshall, president of the Art Center Corporation, will be associated with the work and will give lectures and dem- onstrations on various media from e to time. . It is planned that this work ll offer advantages to children and adults interested in both art appreciation and art perform- ance. The Center invites the colored people in Key West to y exhibitions at the galleries on Fridav afternoons from 1 to 4 o'clock. Mr. Morgan or Mr. Wil- cox will be available to meet visitors and it’ may possibly be arrangéd to ‘have one of the col- ored representatives act as a gal- lery attendant and extend the open time until 6 p. m., on Fri- da It is hoped that the establish- ins of this organization may de- velop extension Center work. in lored school and possibly in a senarate Center devoted pri- marily te celored people. ROOSEVELT SUMMER CAMP is preparing a brochure or book- let to be devoted to the activities of the Summer Camp at the Har- School this summer. This klet will outline the object d advantages of the Summer np movement and will report ymplishments of this itial activity for the benefit of school children in Key West dur- ing summer months. It will also contain a description of the va- rious classes and a roster of the registered personnel. The Center is pfeparing a dis- tinguished cover design and will uperintend the publishing of the booklet This week, on Friday, August 29th, as the Summer Camp clos- es for the season, there will be a vublic exhibition held at Harris School displaying ‘the work pro- dueed by the children during the Camp period. with appropriate axercises, All those interested in the fu- ture of Key West, dependent as it is upon the aims and abilities of the coming generation, should not fail to give this educational mevement support and at least visit the camp site and see for themselves the work that has been accomplished this first year -PEOPLE’S FORUM reeompeny the letters and will be publixhed unless requested otherwixe. “RELINE BRAKES” Editor, The Citizen: It was a pleasure indeed to see the dining room at La Concha Thursday night with its distin- guished guests. Scouting most of them, they looked as if they were men who know what they are doing. Key West, let’s sit back and Test our weary worries. Men like that surely should be able to take care of any situation. In the meantime, let's get our brakes relined—we will have the same roads for 2 long time to come. = By the way, as a matter of de- fense, which is the best to have— two roads or one? Key West, Fla, | Sug. 3, 1940. NCHS. OUR DEFENSE {Continued from Page One) time our mobile coast artillery is heing read.ec for action along the front. Coast Artillery In contrast to the heavy weap- ons of the harbor defense units “i the coast artulery are the hight. fast-moving guns of the anti-air- craft units. The problems’ are somewhat the same, but anti- aircraft batteries must attack and smack down a target that flies several hundred miles an heur, anywhere from the end of the gun’s muzzle to the height of four miles. Anti-aircraft batter- ies must also be able to move to new firing positions in protecting the army, and to be where the enemy airplanes are protecting the cities. Therefore, there are few fixed anti-aircraft guns at vital points; all the rest are mo- torized and can move on_high- ways—guns, searchlights, fire director and all, and they can move at high speed—more than three hundrea miles in a single day, and get there in time to fill the air with flying explosives. be- fore dark. The present standard weapon of the coast artillery anti-aircraft is a 3-inch gun that heaves 4 13- pound projectile against enemy Planes up to four miles altitude. This gun will be replaced shortly by the 99 mm. 13-inch (gun) which has a more rapid fire and shoots nearly six miles straight up. Above that level the enemy Pilots are so busy trying to keep warm that they have little oppor- tunity to do much bombing. The shells have time fuses which are fixed to burst when the shells climb to the midst of the enemy airplanes. They do not have to make~a direct hit on an airplane destroyer. These shells follow the bad neighbor policy. Anti-Aircraft Works Like Shotgun As an airplane does not remain stationary, it is necessary to throw up quite a few sheils to make an impression. It is easier to hit a flying duck with a couple of hundred slugs from a shotgun than it is to hit it with a single rifle bullet. | Therefore, a’ battery of four anti-aircraft guns can fire 100 aimed shots ‘in one minute. Each anti-aircraft battery has a. director or “mechanical rain” This complieated instrument — is pointed continuously at any air targét, and automatically com- putes the right direction for aim ing the gun so that the shell and the airplane will arrive at the same point together. This point- ing information is transmitted electrically to each gun, and the guns do the rest. Anti-aircraft guns are supple- mented by searchlights of over 800,000,000 candle-power to find targets at night, to enable the searchlight crews to find the Planes quickly as they approach high in the air. Sound locators are used. These sound locators are really over-grown ears some 20 feet high, by which trained listeners can tell the direction of the plane by the sound. This guides the searchlights to the plane. The searchlights, of course, are placed in a citcle at a consider- able distance from the gun bat- tery. Farther out, in a ~ much larger circle, are ground observ- €rs, equipped with their own ears and night glasses, who give ad- vance warning to the whole anti- aircraft defense system. The anti-aircraft guns of the |3-inch type, built for long range jfiring, are not effective against |low flying airplanes at short- |range. To deal with these hedge- shoppers something lighter and quicker is needed. For this pur- pose we have caliber .50 machine guns and the 37 mm. enti-air- craft gun. A machine gun fires a stream of tracer bullets %-inch {in diameter. The tracer bullets burn like a Roman candle—with smoke in the day time and light at night, so that the gunners high up can follow this stream of destruction for nearly a mile. Enclosed in that stream are bet- ter than 500 shells 2 minute— not a very pleasant thing to meet on a dark night. A war strength anti-aircraft regiment contains one searchlight battery with fifteen searchlights; SIDELIGHTS By MARCY B. DARNALL Fish or 7 finger food: serving. Roi thin and Lina Medina, the Peruvian In- the circk dian girl who Save. birth to @ son ,cpeamed fish last year when, She was only Sve “mixture Cover with years old, “Mri Hip Grought” 19:86 circles. Press aig: Chicago, whérd her strange tase sission of distinguished - Amer ican physicians. . In Kansas City a telegraph’ cierk glanced at a message pre-: sented by a stranger, and read “I am holding this place up” A look at his customer, who held a drawn pisto], convinced the clerk that the message was “collect,”, so he turned over the $42.35 in his cash box. Brookfield Zoo in Chicago is believed to have the only pair of pygmy donkeys in captivity, brought from Ceylon by Frank Buck. They recently became ‘the parents of.a male colt, 20 inches high and 27 inches long, and@ re- Ported to bé doing’ fine. 2 The goverhor of Arizona’ jac tually rules-over only about, 1% per cent of the state's area; the ~ rest being composed ‘of . Indian reservations, national parks, ‘'na- tiona! forests, ‘military resefva- tions and other lands owned and controlled by the Federal govern- ment. General Julian F. Howell. com- mander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, announces that he will recommend that the reunion to be held in Washing- ton in October shall be the last. Of the remnant of Confederate soldiers still living only a few are physically able to attend this year’s reunion. | ‘Passavant Memorial hospital ;in Chicago reports that the sluggish circulation characteristic of .cer- tain diseases may’ be pepped up by using a .cradle bed, which rocks, the #patient,in an end-t6- ' end motion, describing an are ,of one to two feet. bes fices: Six, \W. Va; * Sixtebn, Mont.; Seyenfeen, O.; ‘Twenty-- six, Ky.; Hundred, W: Va; Nuzm- ber Four, N... Y.; Figure Five, Ark.; Peculiar; Mo.;:Nonchalant, -Waj5 Caa, Ga; Pie Town, N. M.jyAccident, Md_; 'Ty | Ty, Ga.; and Goody, N. C. A plot of Tand 30°by 100 fect| is perpetually set aside as a camping ground for Indians at Watt and Chancellor streets, Philadelphia. The land was designated to “forever remain as a free meeting place” for the redskins by John Penn, grandson of William Penn, in 1682. of twenty-four guns, and one machine gun battery of 12 ma- chine guns—that makes forty- eight guns and. several thousand shells a minute. However, the coast artillery: has rio monopoly on taking pot shets at airplanes. The troops ofall ‘other arms. and some of the services fire on low flying airplanes ‘with anything they aye handy. The Codst) Artillery. takes over the job where protection is not furnished by the other arms themse)ves. Now we do not have: a great many anti-aircraft guns* in the} country, but the Netional De-j fense Advisory Commission has already approved millions of dol- lars worth of army contracts for production of these guns. Tool- | ing up of the factories is now under way, and deliveries are being expedited. Riding gossamer parachutes, young spiders have floated hun- dreds of miles. | Ellis Drury, postmaster of Bone | Gap, IIL, collects women's hats as a hobby. j three gun batteries with a total ; of tweive 3-inch guns; thre bat- teries of 37 mm. guns with @ total FOR YOUR VACATION TRIP It will be a wise precaution before you leave home, to change the cash you had planned fo carry with you info Protected, spendable— These Cheques are known and accepted , and if lost or stolen, a prompr refund is made. FOR SALE IN $10, $20, $50 AND $100 DENOMI- NATIONS AT 75c PER $100 BOUGHT THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ? wath toe Ji be investigated by a com=: —— _ Single Reom—Bath—si st THE PENINSULAR £ OCCIDENTAL S 5 More odd names of post pf rk and prick NOE is: Sree 2 Buscewee Seneca sthoaka: rem Micen Florade Summer Rate. | ata Deere Doume Boo 5. Sizer Mondays € Thursdays Arrive Havens 5-00 p= the same atternoon. 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