The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 11, 1941, Page 2

PAGE TWO >ublish pt Sunday By L. P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOE ALLEN, Business# Manager zen Building ‘orner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Entered at I orida, af sééond class matter Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use fdr republication of all news dispatches credited to | igor the SUBSCRIPTION RATES not ctherwise credited In this paper and also local news published here. me y Six, Months Three Months On® Month Wégk1 ADVERTISING RATES known on application. Made SPECIAL NOTICE ds of thanks, resolutions of | etc, ¥ il be charged for at 10 cents s for entertainment by churches from which is to be derived are 5 cents a line. C'tizen is an open forum and invites discus- idw of public issues and subjects ofJocal or general inferest but it will not publish anonymous communi- | | | | KEY WEST AND WAR People of Key West, far removed from | the flurry of war preparations in the in- | dustrial north, have few reminders of the war raging in Europe and our own frantic | | to stop ordinary seamen from | sea; reserve officers and draftees ‘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. We read that race horses feel the cold more than other animals. Well, a lot of suckers still put their shirts on them. It is never smart to tell a newspaper en “to go to Hell,” either in Key West or elsewhere. He might not like the injunc- tion. » Key West needs the public-spirited co- operation of every citizen; you can make your personal contribution without waiting fofa special drive, : The main reason why Hitler will never have world peace is the fact that there are millions of individuals who would rather die than live in a Nazi-dominated world. > Hitler brought peace to Poland, Italy e~tended a similar blessing to Ethiopia and Japan is presenting the boon to China. The i trian rations talk peace and deliver itawith the sword, Governor Holland has notified the sheriffs of three counties that they must © @r out the slot machines. The slots were | bahished frem Florida by a 5 to 1 popular vote, 6 it is the will of the people and they mgst go. Those who are responsible for their re-installation should be punished to the full penalty of the law. ‘There is only one Miami, Says a writer inta Miami paper. He’s wrong; there are ven localities bearing the name of Miami | — Arizona, Indiana, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas and W. Virginia. Of | vr we concede that Miami, Florida, | tops them all. However, there is only one | Key West, the southernmost city in the Unk the Gibraltar of America, with a climate unsurpassed any where. {States Cenditions are beginning to improve in Key West and Monroe County but in 1939 the income was only $4,20 ), which is That is very low n compared with the national average However, the forecast fot 1941 is 5. For the state $1,024,106,665 anticipated. 1d improvements are in here that the annual ineome » nearly $5,000,000, only $325 per capita. is ects a in which the s vers are interesting them- sent commences its winding at nt, N. J. and ends in Key West, completed all the ) will wend their sa human quirk to go West will profit s incompleted pc way, way to the erested in ° hard to se it th states are work C eans for the completion of the waterway—inland all the way. | hard and fast rules from Washington efforts to prepare. Visitors frequently re- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | To Play Part Of Conquistador mark that citizens here don’t seem to know }»:; there is a war going on. % 58 5 No crowds pack around street radiés | | to get the latest flash from the front and newspapers don’t send new and more spec- tacular editions to the street six cr Seven | times in an afternoon. And yet there cre many little things | for a Key Wester to see and to make him wonder. Closing to the public of a lighthouse | tion nearly 100 years; more stringent in- ’ which has been open for anyone’s inspec- j spection of visitors to the navy yard; new, | | im- posing silence on naval officers about the goings and comings of their vessels; orders with civilians the things they have seen at being called into active military service; men in uniform on the streets, more ships and a concentration of mosquito beats-and submarines in southern waters.” All tionary. None of them means war. from the normal routine of life build up a picture of a world at war more depressing | | than the flash of the black headlines. Yes, Key West knows there is a war | going on. NOVEL LIQUOR CURE After experiments with liquor addicts over a period of four years, Drs. Voegtlin and Lemere of Seattle report in the period- ical, Western Medicine, a new method for | Their technique | curing the drink habit. discussing more | of these measures are precau- | | And | yet, all the little things and their changes eS z : . BRADENTON, Feb, 11.—Police Officer W. A. (Bill) Sheetz of this ‘KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings On This Date Ten Yeats Ago As Taken From Files Of The Citizen A ' State Senator Arthur Gomez ;today published _a_ “local” bill, which, if passed by the legisla- ture, will cut the pay of county commissioners from $150 a month to $50. *Senator Gomez’ bill will cut the pay of the superintendent of public instrucuon irom $450 a month to $250 and will repeal a law closing Sugarloaf Sound to 1ocal spongers. E. C. DeGarmo of West Palm | Beach, maintenance man for the state highway department in this division, arrived over the high- way yesterday and left this morn- ing. The trip was made to in- spect the state’s highway equip- ment in use at points along the Overseas Highwa Personal taxes. have been paid on only, 875, of the 1,500 local automobiles listed on the county tax books, Tax Collector William F. Maloney announced today. Last year the city sold 1,476 tags;“which lacks but 24 of bal- ancing with the number listed on the county tax books and indi- cates a delinquency of 171 in the city at the present time. an editorial, The Citizen, -in Florida Wist Coast winter resort, pictured in the court costume of Said: Hernando DeSoto, will play the part of the colorful conquistador in the DeSoto Pageant-Spectacle to be presented here on the night of the state comes talk of reducing February 19. The extravaganza, with a cast of 500, will be offered on county officials’ the largest outdoor stage in the South, NATURE NOTES By J. C. GALLOWAY (Reprinted From Port Allegany (Pa.) Reporter) embraces a combination of drugs and psy- | chology. The patient is placed before a table on which are bottles of whisky, which he is told will make him sick. He is then given an injection of a drug which will severe nausea, and at the right moment is given a drink of liquor. ly sick, but is urged to take several more drinks. This “treatment” is repeated daily for about a week, after which the patient is liable to nausea every time he sees, smells or tastes liquor. Of 538 persons given the treatment, 97 | per cent remained total abstainers for more than six months, and about two-thirds were still “on the wagon” after nearly four years. Some curious facts were noted in the course of the experiments, one being that women were harder to. cure permanently than men, and another was that better re- sults were obtained with older men. Per- sons under 28 years of age were not bene- fited by the treatment, according to the doctors. One patient was so greatly affected that after taking the course he was)unable to even look at the picture of a whisky bot- tle in an advertisement without becoming nauseated: sey The Success of the treatment depends on making the patient imagine that it is the whisky that makes him sick, although he knows better. HEROIC GREEK WOMEN Reports from Athens recently have told of the war activities of Greek women, who are contributing much toward keeping | every man possible on the fighting fronts by doing most of the work behind the lines. With truly Spartan courage and forti- tude these women bring food, ammunition and other supplies to the soldiers, besides performing other duties of the most exact- ing nature. It is said that most of the drivers of ambulances and other vehicles are women. ; All classes take part in war work with- out distinction. The wife of the Greek commander-in-chief is a hospital nurse society women share the innumerable with their humbler to g blood for transfusions to wounded soldiers. On one occasion a group of duty near the front saw an opportunity to do some effective fighting. Stationing them- selves on a high ridge beneath which large detachment of Italians had to pass through a narrow ravine, they practically wiped out the enemy by throwing and roll- ing large stones down upon them. It is through the indomitable spirit of ts men and women th the Greek nation has won victory after vict ters, even women on a both small over superior forces of Hahans on eve fighting front, to the amazement miration of the world. and ad- cause | He becomes acute- | Today we bring you a little song that Ella Flatt Keller calls Beyond Beyond the clouds Are calm blue seas, Where dream ships sail With grace and ease Beyond the thorns Which prick and tear, A perfect rose Blooms everywhere. Compelling winds And slashing sleet, And then, beyond Lies peace complete. Defeat? Ah, yes, And grief and pain, But just beyond Gleams joy again. Oh, just beyond Life’s darkest night, Are golden beams Of endless light. “Tell us about the flowers”, asks a reader of these Notes. It would be a long story if we told you all, for’ this city is a botanic garden itself, filled with the finest ornamentals from all over the tropie world; and never would get through. But say; you should have been along the day the Browns and Landrys were here froge Baton Rouge. Clair, that is Dr«Brewn, you know, is botanist of LS.U. and knows more about the native plants of Louisiana than any other man; and the Landrys are landscape gardeners and familiar with or- namentals. It to the real tropics; and as the Landrys could only have one full days here, there was a lot to do and we did it; and you missed something by t being along. in we tell you about it, any- way. First they all came over for their breakfasts in our . rooms; where there were u d if some ate stand- mattered? Then we ack of of name St sitantic kapok tree f .gpeen flower getting acqua at that great belis neienially with i to the to see @ cars church € mahog h rough gray pods Then an ™m Rest Beach; then te Mott Parker's gatden the Lighthouse ken the waterfront and the docks and a look at the Willet. Out to Stock Island. for a picnic dinner by for = the sea and Casvar- Botanie Garden welcome under the cocoanut: then to tt inas here we wen Svyeks and J his pet allig Mr ine is nice girl, but a bit bashful with strangers as girls go nowadays. Then to the Confederate Monu- ment, to see the great Phoenix palms filled with bunches of golden dates; the Trevor and ad- garden, in which one plunges into perhaps the richest tropical luxuriance in the city. Back to the south shore next, joinin ‘through the cocoanut groves and rast Casa Marina, to the beach where the young folks went bath- ing in safe but turbulent waters! and had a glorious time. Up town for some shopping; more films and other supplies; and here it vas sunset and no time to visit the Long garden. which we took in with the Browns on another jay. But what a wealth of in- teresting and beautiful things we nad seen. “We never knew”, said the Landrys, “that so much could be done in a day”. “And I won- der”, said the professional botan- ist, “if I can remember it all”. Well, anyway, since you were not along that day, we will take you round a bit. First here are these hedges, heavy and cut square, four feet tall or more, that front tiny cottages or more pretentious places. Some are dark maroon: some green and yellow, some gay with green, pink, yel- low, scarlet, and maroon all min- gled on their broad leaves; as rich and brilliant—or more so than autumn foilage up north; the leaves heavy and waxy, and according to the variety, of al- most any shape. One kind has aroon leaves like narrow tape. ted into beautiful spirals. These are crotons, brilliant the year round; one of the most jominant features of the city, and used for hedges, foundation planting, and specimen plants Imost as bright, but with rough es and fewer colors, mostly s of red, are the acalyphas. shrubby clumps six feet lawn is gay with leaved shrubs hollyhocks. but d finer texture. They bloom daily. and the geran wing rich ted single is the probably the though that is a There are lovely nm ones with fringed related the Matvaviseus. with hat. like abutilons. do not oben wide, ahd hang pend- Every dav in the year. they ht with their red belts they are fot over- Kev West. since they are tewhere seen over most of ndispensable there and ¢ taste reed beine ieee enecimen nlants n for porch “vines” (TO BE CONTINUED) “From almost every section of salaries as a means of cutting the tax burden. Little consideration is given, however, to the fact that a far greater saving could be effected without real loss to the public, by the abolition of many of these county offices. “On a basis of 1928 population, Florida has one county for each 3,668 voters. In the United States as a whole, there is one county for each 11,165 voters. From this, it will be seen that there are more than. three times as many counties in Florida as in the coun- try as a whole. “In the face of these figures, ‘ean anyone deny that Florida has more counties than she needs? And if the public is really con- cerned about economy in state !government is it not evident that abolition of these counties offers a far greater opportunity for sav- ing than any reduction of sal- aries?” Mrs. Victor Moffat, 925 White- head street, entertained her bridge club last Thursday after- noon. There were three tables in play. Mrs. George Lucas won TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1941 ! Observation taken: at 7:30 a.m , 75th Mer. Time (city office) Temperatures Highest last 24 hours Lowest last night |Mean 4a 33 Normal ane 56 ot et Precipitation. Rainfall, 24 hours-.ending 7:30 a. m., in¢hes') Total rainfall since Feb, inches at SAS eh Excess since February inches eee Total rainfall since Jan. inches Excess inches = 2.95 Wind Direction and Velocity NE—13 miles per hour Relative Humidity 83% Barometer at 7:30 a. m., today Sea evel, 30.02 (1016.6 millibars) Tomorow's Almanac Sunrise 7:04 a. m. Sunset 719 p.m. Moonrise :17 p. m. Moonset 18 a. m. since January 60 High 53) Low : { | THE WEATHE eo Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Buse) AM. 10:26 -& ~ 4:02, ) FORECAST (Till 7:30 p°m." Wednesday) Key West and. Vicinity: Con- siderable cloudiness with showers this ‘afternoon and tonight, ‘prob- ably ending Wednesday morning; continued cool tonight; somewhat warmer Wednesday; moderate northeastrly winds, fresh at P.M. 10:20 3:47 | times. ‘northeast winds, Florida: Considerable cloudi- ness, showers in extreme south and east-central portions this aft- ernoon and tenight, probably ending Wednesday morning; slowly rising temperature Wed~- jnesday, and in west-central and northeast portions tonight. Jacksonville to Florila Straits: Moderate to fresh variable winds, mostly northeast and north; cloudy weather tonight and Wednesday with occasional showers. East Gulf: Moderate north and fresh at times first prize with Mrs. Grover Kirk- over south portion; partly cloudy land second. | Members present were Mrs, E. Bussey, Mrs. Charles Wardlow, Mrs. Clifford Hicks, Mrs. George’ Lucas, Mrs. M. Zwicker, Mrs. H. K. Taylor, Mrs. Lewis Pierce, Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Bernie Papy, Mrs, Jack Maloney, Mrs. Grover Kirkland, Mrs. Tom Ketchings and Miss Eliza Borroto. With a small force of men, the Cortez Cigar factory began op- over north, cloudy with scattered |showers over, south ‘portion to- night and probably Wednesday. H CONDITIONS A low pressure area’ of consid- erable intensity is ¢éntered this morning off the northern Cali- fornia coast causing precipita- tion throughout the Pacific North- west and in portions of the north- ern Rockies, with heavy rain in jsections of northern California. Generally fair weather has pre- vailed throughout the remainder of the country, under the influ- erations this morning and the ex-|ence of a widespread high pres- pectation of the management is | sure system whose principal cén- to gradually increase the force | ter overlies the Atlantic States, until the regular number of em- | except for light rain in extreme ployes has been put work. Newspapers cf the country are still giving Key West and Over-| seas Highway their share of pub- licity. In a travel article in a recent issue of the Washington (D.C.) Herald, the drive from Mi- ami here and this city itself are given generous. mention. CASA MARINA Key West's Hotel De Luxe American Plan 200 delightful ROOMS, each with PRIVATE BATH Beautiful Cocktail Lounge DANCING NIGHTLY Casa Marina Orchestra PETER SCHUTT. Manager Frequent departures from stations right in the heart of business and sho pping, centers makes Florida TAMPA ST. PETERSBURG OCALA ORLANDO BOK TOWER BUS STATION PHONE 242 6.05 LORIDA MOTOR|INES | back to'southern Florida and snow flur- jries in portions of North Dakota. KENNEDY, Le} jal in Charge. HIGH TIME Low-Cost Extension Telephone Probably your stairs seem to assume these after you've dashed down several times a day to answer the tele- phone. Then isn’t it high time you thought about the only —an upstairs extension telephone? Think of the hua dreds of tiring, time-wasting steps it would save . . . the extra ease it would give... plus the priceless protection at night because of its nearness. And then consider the trifling cost—only a few pennies a day—less than you pay far a package of gum! Isn't an up- stairs extension something you really need for the sake of comfort, efficiency and secut- iy? Call the telephone office, Sourwern Bett TeLepuone ANB TELEGRAPH COMPANY ne eagigs se