The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 13, 1941, Page 2

PAGE TWO | Che « Bit , Hest Citizen | RECREATION AME: CUEIZEN PUBLISHING CO., I Published Daily Except Sunday B) L. P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOB ALLEN, Business Maunger From The Citizen Building Curner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County y West, Florida, as second class matter Entered at K Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclu y entitled to use for ublieation of all news dispatehes credited to it or not ctherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Mie Year Six Months Three Months Month Weekly $10.00 One ADVERTISING RATE: Made known on application. AL x notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of will be charged for at | NOTICE tuary notic £10 cents a line. , ete., nt by churehes from which 5 cents a line, n open forum and invites discus- and subjects of local or general terest but it will not publish anonymous communi- s fo entertainm » he derived ar IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN. Water and Sewerage. More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. Time is always before us. As it comes use it to.the best purpose. As long as a man builds, he lives, it is said. Well, Key West is building. The time to start saving for your old age is today; you never will begin by plan- ning it in your mind for some more con- venient day. Key Westers talk a lot about the weather but don’t do much about it; we could adverjise it tremendously more, and | get results too, 4 Irflvenza in a “mild form” is sweep- ing over the Southern states and several thousands of cases have been reported, Use the precautions any physician will pre- stribe, A Key West winter visitor expressed to | the writer a few days ago her amazement | that the local merchants do not advertise their wares more extensively in view of the fact that gan! have such attractive stores. Now isa goed time to remember that | Patriotism, as such, has no necessary con- nection with revenge. Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin are not true patriots; they are out for revenge and conquest. Revenge | may be sweet, but it never lasts. re | Former King Carol of Rumania has | threatened to go on a hunger strike if he is not permitted to leave Spain at once. It will do him good, he is too corpulent any. | way. At the same time he will know how | it feels to go hungry and realize the un- happy condition of those who go hungry in- voluntarily. Nevertheless, it’s a hundred to one shot he will not go through with the threat, if we know the man. President Roosevelt good care of his own—the coat-tailers, which pardonable. Sherman Minton, repudiated at the polls by his constituents nh Indiana, has been given a fat job as the President's ears and legs.” When- ever a New Dealer is defeated by the elec- torate, he is sure to be given some sinecure by the Administration, which might construed as a slap at the voters, certainly takes is eyes, be Ww heeler the United States is in a pos n to force world peace if it wanted to. Yes, the United States could cut off its aid to Great Britain and the war would be over in a short time.—San- ford Herald. If defeat of England would bring about the cessation of hostilities, we'd be for stopping all aid; but in case of her defeat the aggressor nations would gang up on the United States in a drawn-out war, while this country eventually would emerge the winner, the cast would be staggering. Helping England with all our resources “short of war” seems to be the wiser course to pursue, nieatouee says long and 9 | son or body designed to | carried to completion the | outdoors | weather and would furnish entertainment for large numbers of participants and more Two weeks ago The Citizen published | one more in a series of appeals. to Key West civic leaders to do something about forma- tion of a department for recreation. The | season is now two weeks older, the flood of | | visitors and naval personnel is rapidly in- creasing—and there is still no start in the direction of a planned recreational pro- gram. As was previously pointed, out, civic problem individually and produced a num- ber of suggestions any of which would at least provide the opening gun for a_ rec- reational program. The need for some per- coordinate and carry out the plans, however, cannot be de- ; nied. a temporary commission construction of La Concha park, but without encourage- ment from the city, it dissolved and activi- ties at the park have been allowed to de- teriorate and die out. It is still not too late for the city to take action and provide some form of leadership for construction and maintenance of recreational facilities here, but it certainly is high time. Without attempting to give a detailed recreational program, it is certain that a commission empowered by the city to handle sports here could expect the co- operation of both residents and visitors. Last year, | Baseball, diamond ball, basketball, boxing and many others could easily be handled in the city’s prevailing mild spectators. / As The Citizen has said before: | clubs ard churches here have studied the | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN * DEPARTMENT NEEDED | CHESTERFIELD’S FREE OFFER HAS. NATIONAL APPEAL FREE BOOK, “TOBACCOLAND, U.S.A.”, IS TEXT FOR STUDY ON TOBACCO INDUSTRY: CAMPAIGN STARTS “Tobaccoland, U.S.A.” — prob- jably the most complete picture- |fame, Carol Bruce of “Let’s form a Recreation Commission. | Now!” FIRST LADY CENSURED Mrs. Roosevelt is being criticized all over the country for her denouncement of those members of Congress who failed to applaud the utterances of her husband on the State of the Nation made in the Capitol at the 77th session. One of her own sex, Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers, mem- ber of the house foreign affairs committee, in a statement said: “Under our form of government, mem- | eee of the house and senate are not elected by the people to applaud the official utter- ances of the White House, but to frame legislation and proclaim national policies in accord with their constitutional powers. “The suggestion that the first duty of the congress is to applaud the President ap- pears to me a dangerous and. unwholesome manifestation of war hysteria. The only legislative bodies which must applaud the utterance of the head man are found today in Germany, Italy and Russia.” Adulation, which is servile flattery, does not become a democracy in the throes of fighting for its existence. Some day we may have to kotow to the head of this Nation, but we have not as yet reached that stage, and may it be protracted: for a long time. MIAMI'S “SEASON” BRINGS SOME TROUBLE (Tampa Daily Times) While some Florida communities report that | | visitors are just beginning to arrive in expected numbers, Miami's “season” apparently got an early start and is now in full swing, judging from the fcllowing items in Miami papers the last few days A wave of pocket-picking developed last week war on the and the police announced an “all-out” light-fingered gentry Night club goers and gossip columnists com- plained of padded prices and watered bar drinks in some a! the “hot spots.” Railroads were trying to curb ticket-scalping reported buying up-all New York and Chicago and selling them only to those w ho make those par- as some Beach hotels were available seats on fast trains out of N advance deposits on reservations at lar els. Other hotel men complained that while they prohibiting were observing the Beach ordinance fi rovyiding beach chairs to their gues profitable ¢hait ‘rental their competitors Wert “bootlegging” thus busines to the C chairs to guests and others. All of which is rot to suggest that practice Miami is plagued by more of these unsavory other t does ind resort as the anything for entertainment” icate that Miami's emergence world’s foremost playground is not all sweetness any as its problems as well “season” is definitely on. In our blind faith of England the past we may have to say good-bye to the dollars we lent, but let us see that we do ; not lose our sense, story of tobacco farming and cig- arette manufacture ever publish- ed—is offered free to the public by & Myers Tobacco Company in its new Chesterfield Cigarette campaign. The new 42-page, 14-inch book illustrates the growing, curing and processing of tobacco, as well as scenes from the typical. life of the Southern country, with over 100 large photographs and drawings and __ interesting story captions. It is already in use by colleges and libraries in many parts of the country, and the public offer has been made as a result of this great demand: Copies. of the book will be sent to individuals or groups on ré& quest to Liggett & Myers Tobacy co Company, 630 Fifth Seen New York, N. Y. The new Chesterfield campaigny to appear in newspapers from coast to coast, features such celebrities as Ann Sheridan and Ellen Drew of motion picture the New York musical hit “Louisiana Pur- chase”, and Mary Jane Yeo and Jo Ann Dean, star skaters from “It Happens On Ice”. Brilliant new dealer displays will follow colorful Chesterfield Christmas displays now in dealers’ windows, and the new schedule will also be supported by national bill- board showings The popular Chesterfield radio shows, Fred Waring’s “Pleasure Time” an@ Glenn Miller’s “Moon; light Serenade” will continue to entertain millions of listeners on coast-to-coast networks. Liggett tobacea point-of-sale U. S. WEATHER ___ BUREAU REPORT the! Observation taken at 7:30 a.m.’ 75th Mer. Time (city office) Temperatures Highest last 24 hours Lowest last night Mean Normal 67 52 58 69 Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending 7:30 a. m., inches Total ranifall since Jan. inches Excess inches Total rainfall since Jan. inches Excess . inches 4 0.08 Wind Direction and Velocity E—7 miles per hour Relative Humidity 76% Barometer at 7:30 a. m., today Sea level, 30.14 (1020.7 millibars) Tomorrow's Almanac ) Sunrise Sunset Moonrise | Moonset Full moon Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) AM 11:00 4:26 FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Tuesday) Key West and Vicinity: Gen- erally fair and samewhat warmer tonight and Tuesday; light ¢ moderate winds, mostly easterly Florida: Generally fair tonight and Tuesday with slowly rising temperature. Jacksonville to Florida Straits and East Gulf: Light to. moderate variable winds. and parity over- cast weather tonight and Tues- day. ms 0.75 since January 0.08 0.75 since January PM 10:29 3:56 High Low CONDITIONS A low pressure area of consid- erable intensity is central this morning off the New England . and pressure is moderately low from the central Plains States i ever the Rio Grande while moderate high pres- sure apeas are crested over the northern Rockies; Lake Superior region, and the southeastern por- tion of the country. Light to mod- erate precipitation has occurred during the last 24 hours in the North Pacific States, from the uthern Rockies and western Texas northeastward into Mis- $ over the North A: Temperatures con- normal over south- and are below sero this morning chigan: while rerdings are ve the seasonal average in the Missouri valley G. S. KENNEDY. Qfficial. in. Charge. wer 7} 0.00 Ls 14 a. mp ‘the neighbors a: . Me . ne You can start | cement floot for shuffleboard, northern pe PEOPLE'S FORUM ‘The Citizen welcomes expres- sions of the views of its read- ers, but the editor reserves the right to delete items whieh are P: Signatare of the wri accompany the letters an@ “iit he published unless requested otherwise. CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM Editor, The Citize: I am a visitor from the North and I find that vour city has many attractions and despite these I) note that few visitors stay more | than one or two days. This is con- trary to their general practice in other Florida cities. Even in small towns like Naples a considerable proportion of visitors stay for a month or more while some thou- sands of elderly people return to | St. Petersburg vear after year and remain throughout the winter. Why this difference? The question is important be- cause these shortened visits mean a potential loss to the citizens of Key West of some tens of thou- sands of dollars per year. There! are perhaps many things that could be done to hold people here for months in place of days; but I believe that the establishment of a social centre is the most im- portant of all. Judging by the} success of the social, centre of St. Petersburg; an efficiently run certre in Key West would yield a profit of fully 100 per cent per year. Hundreds of people go to. and remain at St. Petersburg because of its social centre, because they can always play a game of cards or the game of checkers in which they get pleasure. Many retired farmers are happy if they can spend a few hours every day pitching horse shoes. Hundreds of such farmers flock to St. Peters- burg in the early winter and re- main there until spring. I am told Key West is so poor that it cannot provide a_ social centre. Nonsense! What you really lack is creative energy. I heard of one suggestion that an old residence could be fitted up. But that would simply mean shelving the matter with the poor- est of excuses. You need a centre that at once can accommodate several hundred persons and that can. be €xpanded to accommodate seven hundred or a thousand. Such a shelving of the matter would not help but hurt your city. Can you pitch quoits in a house? Can you play shuffleboard or the C MARY JANE YEO and JO ANN DEAN of New York's Skating Hit “"It Hoppens on Ice” at the Rockefeller Center Theatre MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1941 St bappent wenjwheee— hesterfields ve ameckeed whal they want It’s the cooler better-tasting... milder cigarette Te’s called the sMoKER's cigarette...Chegterfield... because it’s the one cigarette that gives you a COMPLETELY SATISFYING smoke. You try them and find them COOL and PLEASANT. You light one and find they really TASTE BETTER. You buy pack after pack and find they are MILDER. game of bowls in a house? How many visitors would care to play bridge in the house on a bright sunny day. Today’s Anniversaries. * You nave many hundreds of acres of vacant land. I have seen a number of tracts that would pro- vide ample,space. There must be mere than’ one owner of such a tract whd would be willing to give the city say a ten years’ lease with an option to purchase in re- turn for the remission of taxes. Fifty years ago when I was a boy, couritry people had less money than have the citizens of Key West—yet they built substan- tial houses and barns. If a man wanted to build a barn he col- lected the necessary lumber often by exchanging his labor for it Next hethad a “raising bee.” All ted and in @ day or two the barn was complete. with a simple a rest room and a couple of very light sheds in which to play cards. | Could not'a few ddzen of your} younger citizens contribute their labor for a few evenings to erect these? Arouse their enthusiasm and they would prefer this work to spend their evenings in idle- ness. In conclusion let me say that I like Key West and I like the peo- ple I have met, otherwise I would | not write this letter. B. A. CRAIG, Toronto, Ontario, Canada January 12, 1941 col bo 18 po; bo Ar Ju jin bo! 18. c See “The Answers” on Page 4 ee Ee 1. How does Democratic} strength in the new Congress com- pare with tion before the 1940 electio 2. 3. What is the present strength of the Army? s the current an j pr month- | Da nati actor of his day, American 1820—Divie neer medical sionary to China, of great aid to’ 1827—-Ethel Lynn Beers }tess, born in Goshen, N. Y. Died professor wri | Jan | Federal lawyer, treasury, appointed by Lin- n Chief Justice of the U.S. and such during Reconstruction days, rn at Cornish, N. H. 1873. Died May 1813—Nathaniel H. pular Southern and prolific early playwright of note, rn in Baltimore. Died Nov. 2, Bannister, 1847. B. McCartee, Presbyterian pio- mis- nericans in rebellion in China, trans- Died ly 27, 1909. poe- Orange, U. J., Oct. 11, 1879. 1834—-Horatio Alger, Jr., ar York City author of more than Government. 100 boys’ books. lar author of such tion, lavish the most popu- in his genera- who himself died poor, was his generosity to all, rn in Chels Mass. Died July 1899 80 1841—(100 Wood, Union y of a0 Horatio Univer- physician- therapeutics textbook years ago) P ny medic: in F d_ medicine ter, born 3, 1920. 1866- Kietisaer Legge Inter- Harvester Company first chairman of the Farm Board. born’ in Wis. Died Dec. 3, 1933. eS ane Co. mn of the American) When did London ence the fire? 6 How many hours of ing did London experi 1940? experi- bomb- ne How long did the last ea sion of Congress stay conv’ 10 What is the popul: the United States. and sessions? Key West's Hotel De Luxe DANCING NIGHTLY Casa Marina Orchestra ‘Today In History 1733—Gen, Oglethorpe lands. at | 1808—Salmon P. Chase, Cincin- Charleston, S. C., senator and gover- band of 150 English settlers bound nor, Lnicoln’s great secretary of for Georgia. the 1791—First Sunday School country formed by Quakers Philadelphia. , 1804—-Jacob Johnston of Phila Western celphia introduces modern print- er's ink. 1904—Commercial US. at Washington. treaty tween 1908—Nearly 200 persons perish in theatre fire at professor in Japan and arbitrator Pa, between China and Japan, lator, born in Philadelphia. 1908—Staunton, Va., first form of government 1913 court, U.S. Senate, sitting removes Judge Robert W. Archbald from bench and forever under him holding office ulfers tory 1918—South blizzard in its his to date. upreme Court ng taxes returned. 1936—U ders proces: or with his first be- and Canada ratified Boyerstown, city in country to adopt city manager as from worst FROM HICKORY GROVE I like old stories. Pretty often, the oldest one is the best. Some of the old ones on the radio are not so good because they are not really old enough. They are sorta half-way; something like half- aged cabbage, which is not yet sauerkraut And while we are still on sauer- kraut versus old stories, you are in for an awakening if you. still think sauerkraut is common. Sauerkraut is now stepping out it is served én high places, And when more people eat more sauer- kraut the doctors are gonna have tough sledding. But to get back to old stories, ) The old timer I had in mind was the one about the souse who was bragging he conld lick anybody in the house. Nobody took him seri+ ous, so he kept broadening his scope until he finally reckoned he could pulverize anybody—no limit. Whereupon a quiet kind of person popped the gent on the chin. And when the gent woke up and was able to talk, he kinda agreed he had maybe taken in too much territory in his last re- mark, This Mr. Mussolini, there in Greece, he savvies what I am alking about. Yours with the low down, Round Out Your KEY WEST vi Mw oa a A ALD to Leave KEY WEST 10:30 A. M. 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