The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 17, 1941, Page 2

_lions for defense CUR NOISY AUTOMOBILES he Ket ‘y aest Citizen The campaign of Key West Woman’s CITIZEN PUBLISHING co. INC. club members to put a stop to horn blowing and noisy operation of motoreycles here cught to turn into a crusade with everyone who lives here or visits in Key West taking part. As the women have pointed out in a jetter to Mayor Albury, Key West has laws coyering unnecessary street noises and gon | is.uo reason why they should not be enforced, at both from the standpoint of the pe:- son who makes his home in Key West and of the visitor who is here only for a f‘time, the constant and raucous blow- ing of horns is a distinct headache. What good the drivers imagine it does them is a my 4 Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and class matter REED, Pod Wey SAS entitfed to ie Menshér ot. ANY ted Vr i $s ews publish®a tere? * © * SUBSCRIPTION RATES that $10.00 ste ADVERTISING RA own on A Bos ton visitor who has home after a visit in Key West describes the racket for Woman’s club members in a application SPECIAL NO loiter to Mrs. Knapp, president of the club: ( “The noise which motors with their cutouts in full blast made and motoreycles ridden by young men roaring up and down ileming street with a speed which threat- cned life and limb, blasted the quiet of the urrounding countryside to such an extent IMPROVEMENTS FOR KE¥jwi that conversation on the verandah of our ADVOCATED BY hatel-was stopped again and again. : “T realize some of the people are driv- ine cld ees where there is perforce noise ich cannot be prevented, but I studied ubject very carefully for about three weeks and noted that the most noise was made by reckl drive There was ab- olutely no necessity for it.’’ Our sister city of Miami is a beautiful niple of Key West noises on a larger Probably no where else in the world do sc many people have automobile horns so constantly in action. New York, or the other hand, is an ex- ample of a still larger city (the Jargest) where sensible control has made auto- mobile horn blowing a thing of the past. A man standing at the corner of Duval and Fleming streets would hear many more herns in a day than if he stood in Times iol a Square in New York. Isn’t Engl and due an apology for hav- There is no excuse for the horn blow- ing kept her waiting so long? The “abject | ing or the reckless motorcycle riding in compliance” of Cong the will of Key West. Let’s hope the Woman’s club -Tresident Roosevelt should have been more | can stop it. “precipitant and tess delayed, + ine 8a line. y churches a line and it tainmen from which open forum discus and subjects nymous communi- Water and Sewerage. More Hotejs,and, Apartments. Beach andyBathing . Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea Consolidation »f County and City Gov- ernments. 6 A Modern City Hospital SE eale. An exchange age when a fellow how far he used to to school. Says it old begins bragging about walk through the snow is a sign of Those who prefer iong life might as well obey traffic regulations; the habit may not guarantee immunity from injury but it will help. ss to CONFIDENCE INCREASING Once the American slogan was, “Mil- lions for defense and not a cent for tribute ;” Mil- and billions for tribute.” Time will tell whether our forefathers were wiser than the present generation. Confidence begins to show itself in re- sponsible places in Washington, we are ad- vised by some writers in a position to know. The production of airplanes in country is greatly encouraging. Last week y of War Stimson predicted that the nation will soon see an enormous in- e in airplane output. Secretary of the now our lease-lend-spend program is “ In the Naval Supply Bill which wa »duced in the House yester ppropriation is $16,711,100, amount Key We million dollar in- , Florida’s and of this t will receive nearly three The ng effectively the America. to the Navy are ahead of schedule. The impression begins to grow that Americar aircraft are about equal to any planes that are to be found in the world. The new plants will soon begin to turn them out in record numbers. Many of them will wing across the Atlantic to England, where they will help overcome the Nazi aerial superiority. We are nizing the serious: threats that i the British, there is an undereover n that believes the Nazis will cer- Various factors tend to trengthen this feeling, essentially government is recog- his strat value of t Gibraltar of The policy from Administration has decided as its towards Latin America to keep Axis influence to what it buy those countries produce instead of making loans About, 70 per tent of former have béeen defaulted,and might well be ‘consideréd as having been shoved thole, policy,of buying in- < ead of lending is a:commendable one. also advised that, while recog- still sur- as in the past. loan as rour cown so the yptimis tainly lose the war. based returned | this | , Knox revealed that plane deliveries | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN MONDAY, KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY, Happenings On This Date Ten! Years Ago As Taken From Files Of The Citizen ae = MARCH IS An exchange of the interna- tionzl salute of 21 guns shortly before 4 o'clock this afternoon announc.d. the arrival of H.MS. Dragon, British light cruiser, which is to remain in port five e days on a good-will vsit. A number of functions are be- ing planned for entertainment of the visiting officers and men during their stay. The officers are being invited to attend the St. ‘Patrick’s day dinner to be given this week at La Casa Marina ender the ausyices of the Wom- an’s ‘Club. More thin an inch and a half of rain had fallen before noon iteday, after starting shortly after 10 c’clock last night. The exact amount «was 1.55 inches. This is more rain than all of March is supposed to see here as the normal for the entire month is 1.39 inches. Coming to Key West of R. G. Grassfield is expected to lead to co-ordination of efforts between the Key West Rotary club and the Florida State. Chamber of ‘commerce in giving publicity to the eastern route of the Pan- American highway. Grassfield is secretary of chamber of commerce, which has been giving a great deal of publicity to efforts to have the inter-continental highway routed through Florida instead of through Texas. Edward Johnson, second assist- ant scoutmaster of Boy Scout troon No. 1, has been appointed head of the troop’s drum and bugle corps. Johnson has been drum cap- tain for the past several years and fills the post left vacant by Samuel Higgs. The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Albury was named Muriel Louise at a christening ceremony yesterday at St. Mary’s Star of the Sea, Roman Catholic church. The Rev. A. L. Maureau read the service. Sponsors for the child were Miss Irene Albury jand Hilary Whalton. Personals—Mrs. Carroll Bethel and Miss Dollis Curry. her sister, were passengers on the evening jtrain to Miami vesterday. . .Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Willis, who have |been visiting cities throughout | Florida, returned here vesterday . .Mr. and Mrs. Beryl Curry and their son, Kenneth, returned here \from Miami Saturday. . .Mr. and Mrs. Albert DiNegro and Miss i Sybil Roberts, passengers on the evening train last night, spend a few days in Miami. MARCH 17 A. W. Johnson of Greenwich, Conn., enjoyed his visit to Key | West and he showed his appre- ciation yesterday in the way that counts—$100 worth. Johnson gave the $100 to Mrs. R. T. Menner, half of the money ‘ to go for the poor and half for} havy personnel recreation. | “Pussyfoot” Johnson, world’s best known jrontibitios | lecturer, will tell Key Westers tonight about his fight to outlaw liquor throughout the United | States. Exports through Key West port during January totaled $1,194,- the a will | N ATURE NOTES. /oripa SUNSHINE By J. C. GALLOWAY . (Reprinted From Port Allegany (Pa.) Reporter) (Continued from Preceding Installment) Clinging to tne uneer s: of the same stones we find black spined sea urchins or “sea-eggs” eS @&Many as eighteen of butegas but tomato- shape under ché’stone. Often ce aon ea A nest dike eay- rif they Jobin selves... nee out their n in the plaster tock. In-decper and quietet ~ waters these urchins grow a foot or more in diameter, spines ,and all; the spines are so slender and fragile that cave dwelling’ seems impracticable; and we see such big fellows like giganti¢ chestnut burrs attached to the sides of submarine cliffs. Their sharp brittle spines are poisonous and barbed; when re- moved one finds a shell remind- ing one of the most elabora royal crowns of Europe, with bosses’ all over it in radiating pat- terns.; There is another found farther .out with short white spines. The denuded shells of either are used in clusters to make shades for dainty night- lamps. One: who walks along the south boulevard, the Atlantic side next the Gulf Stream will in time find jellyfishes; oftenest a white ice- colored circle of gelatine as big as dinner-plate, reminding us of a flower with its three or four smaller white circles clustered at the center. ‘The animal floats as it swims: a strange and beautiful object. The blue tinted bubbles of the Portuguese man-of-war often drift ashore; the red and purple trailers sting terribly, but the bubbles may be handled. An- other interesting jellyfish com- mon in north shore waters with lime mud bottom, is pale brown, with a disk about three inch across; below which is a mat of tentacles like moss. This one often rests moss upward on the sea floor, but is the other side up when swimming. This south boulevard is also a gocd place to watch the great sea- slugs here called ‘“sea-pigeons” They really are that shape and size. ‘They are found in all wa- ters hereabout: but frem the boulevard sea-way one looks down in erystal clear waters and sces the big dull yellow fellows with their decorations of brown rings, about their business un- cisturbed. To see one swimming is a wonderful sight, for its brown wings are like a shawl with a wide edging of black and white, and move with the utmost grace. which will carry them to Paris. They will sail from New York aboard the President Harding | Personals—Miss Sylvia Rob- jerts, who has been visiting with Ther grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene W. Russell, in Collier county, has returned here. . .Mr. and William R.-Russell, re- ‘cently married and on a honcy- ‘moon in north Florida, returned yesterday. i] t -These » But the largest vary in col- of the islands we They “sea-pigeons” or tones; at one found them almost black. are mollusks without external shells, and correspond to the small slugs we find >:ander,: old boards at home. More like flowers than anything > the and beautiful clse anemone here large and kinds. The smallest we have net- ed is dark brown, two inches or so across the fringe, and its colo- nies cover the rocks like mosses. Next in size is a “flow- er” as wide as a saucer, like a full double flat aster or chrysan- themum of many short petals, brown and white intermingled. These we find in rocky places. is like a huge quilled dahlia, of any color from ivory through pink and _ purple tints to deep aniline purple. It is common in the rocks, and seven miles out in grassy shoals we found them “blooming” almost like dandelions amid the, grass and seamosses on sandy mud. All these have a vase-like base sunk- en in mud or a cavity in reek, into which th retire their “petals” when disturbed. sea- The casual looker might think shells are scarce, as the beaches have few as compared with the Gulf shores farther north, where Ella Flatt Keller writes us her parity picked up 250 Fighting Conchs on one beach, and could just as well have taken 5000. The gentle Sister in charge of the museum at the Convent here told that years ago shells were ebundant on the beaches, but the dredging of ship channels all und about b formed an im- ible barrier so they no long- reach the shore a formerly How r. Frank ith, con- valéscent at the Marine Hospital here, has collected 2865 different kinds about Key West. We find many species living on the rocks Leave KEY WEST 10:30 Mondays & Thursdays Arrive Havana 5:00 p.m. the same afternoon Ly. Havana - Wednesdays 10:00 p. Ar. Key West - Thursdays 7:00 a. Fridays 9:00 a. Fridays 3:15 p. Lv. Havana Ar. Key West - THE PENINSULAR & OCC Tor Intormatvon, Trek Consult YOUR TRAVEL AGENT or SY Gone in and Ste YZ By THOMAS R. Vi R. WIMGA’ MARCH 17, 1941 | ——__________________ TNS RTT Make the most of Florida ‘sun-} shine; It is really good for health. If you do the thing just mention- | ed, You will have abundant wealth. It will make your cheeks leok rosy, Make your body. full and form. When. you feel.the, Florida sun- shine, You will feél-so nice and warm. Not like poor old Ponce de Leon, | Who sought the fount’ of youth; } You-can find the Florida sun- shine— I am telling you the truth, along shore, but almost no empty shells; be carried by the receding tide to be buried in the channels. the above and you But look along tide-level and will the rosier submerged rocks will have round conical Astraliums, polished beautifully -pearly; and hairy Arks are fastened: tightly by ligaments, hard to , pull | off. There are lovely slim little yel-j low clams, oysters, and pearly inside; ple snails. In the shoals one ids big Tulip shells blotched with purple, and, of course, the great pink conchs; and multi- tudes of tiny ones, covered with moss, must be cleaned to show their beauty. And as their ancestors lived in the Palaeozoic seas so they live today; unconscious of any higher and more abundant of anv life in closer touch h heaven, than their own. and dainty winged And, we might add, manner live many of us. in like t Subscribe to The Citizen, 20¢ weekly. ROUND TRIP 10 day limit including meals and berth at sea Cuban Taxes 70¢ To PORT TAMPA ROUND TRIP $18 Leave Every Fridey at 4:45 p.m. IDENTAL 5. 5S. COMPANY wots and Weverwationy J.H. COSTAR, Agent * Phone 14 3°90 ALM. ~ THIS NEW GENERAL ELECTRIC RANGE it appears these too must} shore at} find manv button-like Neritas | on the rocks and walls, both the}" black and white N. tesselata and’ Bleeding-tooth. The, that can bei streaked with brown, | and stout Pur- | in the irass meadows; that} RSET FOR SALE |FOR QUICK SALE—Lots 5 and 6, square 6, travt 21, each 50x100. , North side Flagler (County | Road) Avenue, between 5th | and 6th Streets. Price $600. ary Box LG, The Citizen. jané-tf | FOURTEEN FT. 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All leading breeds A grade: English White Leg- horns, R.I. Reds, New Hamp- shire Reds, Barred and White Plymouth Rocks, White Wyorn- dottes. $8.00 per hundred de- livered. Send for complete price list. Seminole Hatchery, Fort Myers,’Florida. maré4-15t [TYPEWRITING PAPER — 500 Sheets, 75c. The Artman Press. mavl9-tf FOR SALE or Exchange—Cabin Cruiser, 28-ft., 6-ft. beam; 40 h.p. Gray Marine Engine. Will exchange for ‘ot, full or part payment. Box B.R., The Citi- zen. mar6-tf BEST BEER, WINE and LUNCH STAND in Key West. Other business reason for selling. Phone 9169. marl2-tf ' CORNER LOT IN GOOD Resi- dential Section and two blocks from City Park. Apply 523 Eaton Street. feb13-tf FIVE-ROOM FURNISHED COT- TAGE on waterfront. On Big Pine Key. Price, $700, or will | consider trade Write Caulk- ins, Ramrod Key, Fla. marl2-ts SIGNS—“For Rent”, “Rooms For Rent”, “Apartment For Rent”, “Private Property, No Tres- rescine”. THE ARTMAN PRESS. jan25-tf | PERSONAL CARDS. $1.25 per | 100 THE ARTMAN PRESS. nov25-tf HELP WANTED 326. giving this city first place | sTRUCK DRIVER and Delivery Tni National Editorial As- iation Convention will be held in Flor- ida. Editors and their wives in the It Jenjoyed the privilege of Wational Editorial time they West culminat i Casa Ma tien will »n the confidence that Hitler cannot suc- stuily invade England and that, unless he is beaten. year the soc from Florida s been 20 years since this every state nion will visit next month state 1940 BETTER THAN “1929! the that ined ir entertaining Association and at The estimated cash income of Amer- during the year 1940. was Jesse H. Jones, Secre- , who points out that this figures for were handsomely enterta citizens, ing with a banquet This y is city 200,000,000 by th of Commerce 2 per cent below similar reason possib of th however, 929 interesting to observe, t prices in 1940 were lower than in 1 Jacksonville ind that the smaller 1940-income bought as much, or more, than the 1929-income. r words, the standard of living people of the United States in 1940 sly above that ef 1929. Never- hear some grumbling and " which the Legion Convention in Key We is time the spy new per men’s taking place tea The duke POP of ghe should make the gift t at yma theles > still ma memt ng about the “hard times, sh in ravishing gher-bracket families. that the up has suffered some loss of in- t the lower-income groups i reased incomes. This rally arouses the ire of the wealthy sresee certain catastrophe abead. but ter stability fer the asa wh the Eng v severe statement es of the } is possil f course, big ° gro means gre social re of the nation in Florida as a port of embarka- | |tion. it was revealed teday. Key West holla a:ed of mere than $500,000 oyer Jacksonville. | its nearest competitor, which has xports for the month amounting { to $602.557. Pensacola is third Tampa fourth and Miami,! fifth is “Come out of the Kitchen”, a comedy in three acts. will be pre- sented by the senior class of the hieh school Friday night Leading roles will be playe® Lanes Lestre, Jr.. and Rosa- lind Grooms. by The said “Tt encouraging to have Chase S. Osborne of Michigan not o give his enthusiastic approv- al te the plan to route the Pan- American highway through Key West. but te promise his active support “In enlisting the former Michi- gan governer in the highway matter, the eastern route has ob- tained assistance. the value of which it would be hard to over- estimate. Key West and the en- ture Atlantic coast have reasen to be profeundly grateful” Citizen m an editorial. Car! Stier. for the past two vears assistant pharmacist at the“ local Marine hospital, end Mrs reson are leaving by rail tomor- | r m the first leg of a jeummey 4 Lenene (ow Jou May Come tt FREE! ALSO LEARN HOW YOU MAY OWN A COMPLETE G-E ELECTRIC KITCHEN Just by sending in your favorite OVEN-COOKED MEAT DISH RECIPE! Join the Come in and get “Reast-of-the-Month” Club entry Scie ar re meer information Club member receives many have to buy 2 thing Come i: today! SEE THE NEW GENERAL @ELECTRIC RANGES HERE TODAY! THE KEY weSi ELECTRIC CO. Man. 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