The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 4, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO SS ee Che wry West Citizen 3N PUBLISHING CO. INC. i Except Sunday By ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOB ALLEN, Business Manager From The Citizen Building Cc Greene and Ann Streets Crees, hi vaily y Daily Newspaper in Key Monroe County West and West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the A: jated Press ociated Press is exclusively entitled to use | tion of al news dispatches credited to wfke credited in this paper and also | published here. known o pplication. SPECIAL reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of | t, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at-| line. nment by churches from which be deriyed are 5 cents a line. an open forum and invites discus- | issues and subjects of local or general will not publish anonymous communi- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL alw ut fear s seek the truth and print it . d 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, 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- tolerant of others’ rights, views and »pinions; print only news that will elevate ard not contaminate the reader; never com- | promise with principle. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. re Hotels ach anc and Apartments. Zath'ng Pavilion. and Sea. of County and City Gov- perts—Lar solidatic ernments. A Modern City Hospital y West, Florida—where you do not have to pay city taxes—unless you do so as an honest citizen! Politics, regardless of its rottenness, is nevertheless the machinery of man to determine the voice of the people. Al Smith likes to take a walk; prob- »bly that’s what keeps him healthy. This time he has lots of company. The American people just can’t swallow that | third-term necessity. No man is so big as | to be indispensable in this world. so | i ; ae | The people of every age worry about | the problems that will face the people of | a successive age, except the politicians; they pile on taxes to their hearts’ content and let future generations do the worry- ing, and»>no Administration been guiltier than the present. has Key West, a city which is making the trip from rags to riches, now lays claim to the distinction of having no hay fever vic- tims, and they do say that the malady is unknown in the island city—Florida Ad- vocate. Key West has many good quali- It is the warmest spot in the country in the winter; it is hay-fever-free, malaria- and frost-free. ties. Every modern dictator thought him- self as indispensable to his country’s wel- fare and then by every means, fair or foul, persuaded or coerced his countrymen to t}! ikewise, the bait being benevolence, quickly followd by the tyranny of power once the people are trapped. Extrication will take many, many years of struggle. Think and act before it is too late. The world of today is not in a_ posi- tion of asking for a “‘more abundant life,” oil and sweat” awaits our future as Willkie indicated in his accept- ance speech. That also applies to local cenditions, and the time is past to be soft with the tax dodgers, who in one form or another evade t’ payment of their just taxes. With reference to the payment of personal property taxes, the city charter makes it mandatory for the tax collector to issue distress warrants when delin- ,uencies occur; he is fected by the peo- ple and responsible to them. Any inter- ference by other officials is unwarranted, iMegal, and smacks of dictatorship. but one of | at all. | the ci | derstanding? | thority that it will. | fog. | about it. | the history of the world. HOW’S THE AQUEDUCT? os i The one topic that is discussed of late in Ye Editor’s office more than any other out of a good many covered dvring the run of any day, is that of progress, or lack of it, being made on the aqueduct line from | | the mainland to our city. {in to “get the dope” Those who come on various subjects, ask before the talk is far pro- the aqueduct project invariab] gressed—*How’s coming : long?’ The Citizen-is finding it increasingly | hard to answer that question with any de- gree of positiveness—so, too, are a ™a- jority of the citizens of this city. there should be such a_paucity of informa- | tion on the subject is beyond us, especially since awhile back, everything seemed to be | coming along in fine shape and announce- ment of start of construction was expected soon. It appears now, however, that unless some legislative or political blitzkrieging is done, the aqueduct is doomed to be laid on the shelf. of indefinitely postponed That doesn’t suit Key Westers And they’re beginning to tell us about their serious concern in the matter. We do not subscribe to some belief in , that the Florida Keys Aqueduct Commission is 2cting to hold up the project until certain interests allied with that group can be assured of a return on funds already invested, and then some. Our ob- servation on the manner in which that body pioneered the project to its present atus is too fresh in projects. correct ergineering : | s :. : o e. ; mind to admit detraction of any sort from | the good job perfo med. However, and in view of the obvious | position that group now finds itself in in | not being able to proceed immediately with their share of a combined navy-com- mission project, it certainly appears the sensible thing to do to let the navy proceed with their separate project as approved. Then, when the line is established, or even before its conclusion, the commission can, if ready, come along with its allied project and add lateral lines on the keys or act as the public clearing agency for the navy line, as originally talked about. Will the navy proceed with that un- We have it on good au- At any rate, it might be a good idea to let it be known that the commission approves of that plan. Then we shall see what we shall see. It’s clari- fying that this project needs—and some- thing of the sort suggested in the preced- ing paragraph, to our mind, is one way to bring the aqueduct proposition out of the How about it? BULLITT TELLS AMERICA Th? turore among the isolationists in the United States, over the recent speech of Ambassador William C. Bullitt, springs | from the simple fact that the former Am- erican representative in Paris knows what he is talking about when he warns the United States that it is in danger. Mr. Bullitt saw the German war ma- chine at first hand. Nobody has to tell him He calls it the most powerful in He says that this country is in the same danger that France was just a year ago. The absurd criticism, heard in the Senate, comes from those who want the American people to continue to dream, like the small democracies in Europe, that neu- trality is a perfect shield in this present- day world. We don’t doubt the patriotism of those who profess to believe that the United States is in no danger but we ques- tion their intelligent appraisal of the world situation. Mr. Bullitt’s address was a powerful document, deserving the attention of Am- ericans, A BETTER WATERMELON? In the midst of elections and wars it is refreshing to hear, via the coastal ex- periment station of the Department of Agriculture in South Carolina that a new streamlined watermelon will make its de- but in 1942. Lest there be a misunderstanding we hasten to record our hearty approval of present types. The crop this year has been excellent but there are few good things that cannot be improved. According to Dr. Bryan L. Wade, di- rector of the station, the new melon will be better in several ways. It will have bright red meat, mature about a month earlier than customary and will be sweet and firm. Now, what could be better news? Why | “GO AHEAD AND HIT ME!” Don’t be like that! is the safer way. teous we The cour- = BEVERAGES GREAT Notes and ppenings in connection with growing Art activities in Key West will be published weekly in this column in The Citizen, sponsored by the WPA Key West Art Center. ART CENTER felt some un- certainty last week due to the fact that the project proposal for the next twelve months of op- eration under W.P.A. funds had not been approved in Washington up to the 28th. Thanks to the very generous public spirit of many people in Key West who wrote letters and sent telegrams to our representative and sen- ators in Washington. word came through on Saturday that the Florida Art Project was approved and waited the President’s sig- nature. You may be assured that this cleared the atmosphere for many interested c: = employed f. no on of the « at the Center. A NOTABLE VISITOR was in Key West last week. Registered as Ivan Dmitri at the La Concha Hotel, ne was in Key West to make a collection of color photo- graphs for use in the Saturday vening Post. Mr. Dmitri is nene other than Levon West, a descendants of Benjamin West, one of America’s leading etchers. Well known to F. Townsend Mor- gan, etcher of Key West and di- rector of the local Center, Levon West was here several days be- fore his identity was known as the creator of the famous etching “Newfoundland” (Lindbergh’s Flight), which brought to Mr. West undying fame overnight. At the time of the take-off of Lindbergh on his lone flight across the Atlantic. West was serving the Aviation Service Cor- poration at Roosevelt field. He had had some experience in fly- ing and had made sketches of the various types of plane that hap- pened to be at the field, including the Ryan which Lindbergh used. Possibly stirred by the excite- ment in the atmosphere the eve- ning of the flight, young West ‘rushed off to his studio and scratched all night on the plate producing the lines of the plane poised over the great expanse of ocean, flying through the night, with dehcate suggestion which can only be achieved by etched lines on copper plate. The trial the when the next morning’s was flashed across the At- lantic that Lindbergh had reach- ed Paris. That morning the news- papers carried West's etching with the startling headlines. Im- ; pressions from the plate were sold as fast as the editions could be printed, in fact it was impos- sible to keep pace with the de- mand. It was a very.good etch- ing and it brought’ @lmost im- mediate recognition to the artist in America. When Levon West was about to depart for Cuba at the steamer dock on Monday morning he told Townsend Morgan that he would be back in Key West next win- ter, and that he was going to con- tinue with his etching and also would do some watercolor paint- ing here. Said he was delighted | with the prospects for material in Key West. A small group to see him off included Mr . and Mrs. Jerry Trevor, with whom he had been visiting here: Frank Ed- wards, son of Col. Edwards, who, had assisted him with his camera! AID TO HOSTESSES “As the summer season draws to a close and people begin to re- turn from their vacations, helps.to entertaining are in great favor among hostesses here”. says the management of the Key West Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Because there are still many warm days, women welcome ideas that aid in launching the new entertainment seasor. with- out a gréat expenditure of effort on party preparations. For in- stance, many clever hostesses here are finding that bottled car- bonated beverages are indispen- sable for both formal and infor- mal affairs. Poured cold from the bottle, these sparkling soft drinks please everybody. They can be kept al- ways on hand for unexpected callers or impromptu gatherings. If something more elaborate is desired, a combination of ice OLN Cr » with your favorite beverages makes a that both looks and It can be put to- y. Fill tall glasses two-thirds full of the chilled beverage, add a scoop of ice cream or ice and top with a lit- tle more of the beverage to bring up the foam. Delicious punches can be made by combining carbonated bev- erages with lemon juice, orange juice, grape juice, pineapple juice or other fruit juices. Sugar or sugar syrup may be added if a sweeter drink is desired. Colored, flavored ice cubes—made by freezing carbonated beverages in- stead of water in your cube tray —add to the attractiveness of these thirst-quenchers. easy equipment, and Mr. Townsend Morgan. and Mrs. FIRST SCREEN PROCESS POSTER job at the Art Center studio shop is now on the press. There was a trvout last week on a small test job and everything worked out very well on the newly installed outfit. This first job is a colorful cover for the Center booklet. There are pend- ing jobs for the Woman’s Club and the Chamber of Commerce which will soon be ready for the press. RESPONSE to the newly or- ganized Art Class for colored peo- ple at St. Joseph’s Hall has been most gratifying. Sixteen pupils attended last week. The class is held each Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock and Roger Wilcox of the Key West Art Center is in- structor. The Center has ar- ranged to have the art galleries open on Friday afternoons from 4:00 to 6:00 especially for colored people. A representative of the colored people will be in attend- ance. Licensed Funeral Directors and Embalmers 24-Hour Ambulance Service Phone 135 Night 696 “Key West's Outstanding” LA CONCHA HOTEL Beautiful—Air-Conditioned Rainbow Room and Cocktail Lounge DINING and DANCING Strictly Fireproof Garage Open The Year Around re es WEDNESI ‘WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT POLITICS? Ans’ Four 1. Who Wallace to the post of § of Agriculture? 2. Right or wrong: cago Daily News, Navy Frank Knox’ newspaper. stated editorially that it lieves that Wendell Willkie; should be chosen the next president of the United States”. 3. Who said, in response to Candidate -Willkie’s challer Mr. Roosevelt for debat “The President cannot adjourn the Battle of Britain in order to ride the circuit with Mr. Will- kie’? Secretary Ickes? F.D.R? National Democratic Chairman Flynn? Secretary Wallace? 4. How many cabin have been affected by tions since June, 1940? . Why has Coffeyville, Kas taken on political significance Each full question counts 20 A score of 80 is good succeeded Secretary of be- posts Today's Birthdays Poday’s Horoscope Simon Lake of Mi submar? Jersey, 74 Beatrice congressm; tary, born yeaTs ago land State ginia. 59 Rollin cartoonist years Tom bank) 58 years TRANSPORTATION S. S. CUBA Steamship Cuba of the P. & O. S. S. Company arrived from Tampa Monday morning at 6:25 o'clock with one second-class pas- senger for Key West and 54 tons of freight. Embarking here for Havana were 33 first-cl and five second-class passengers and there were 42 first-class and one second-class passengers from Tampa to Havana. Four were taken on board here ship left at 10:30 o'clock Arriving from Havana day afternoon at 4:20 o' Cuba disembarked 45 f and five: second-class ps here and unloaded 11 freight. Six autos were a loaded here. Through passe from Havana to Tampa totalled 11 first-class and one second- class. On the ship’s manifest were 120 tons of freight from Ha- vana to Tampa. One first-class passenger embarked Tampa—the port at 5:35 autos The here for shin leaving for that o'clock Suheeribe to The Citizen—20% weekly entor ars ag years Kirby ¢ iy Lee iCb Carmi A; Thompson of C ex-Treasurer of school. Favorite of students and iecury right to the campus gates of Florida State Women. University of Florida Stetson and other col leges. There's an EXTRA saving on every tip by bux BUS STATION—Cor. Southard and Beheme Se —Phone 2«2 - 4 © pau BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA CO. Sr KEY WEST COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY SE THAT REFRESHES