The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 12, 1941, Page 2

The Key West Citizen | esti CITIZEN PUBL IING © 04 IN2. Published Daily Except Sunday By P. ARTMAN, President and Pablisher Jo i » Business Manager rom The Citizen Buxiding Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and County * Member of the Associated Press «be Assocyntea Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not ctherWise credited in this paper and also the local news published here. ‘ SUBSCRIPTION RATES we Year «ix Months Three $10.00 3 5.00 Months eee 7) 85 | agent, ee figures throw an interesting light on SPECIAL NOTIC All rending notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary notices, etc., vil be charged for at the 13 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainment by churches from which to be derived are 5 cents a line. izen 1s an open forum and invites discus- jon of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonyreous communi- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. More Hotels and Apartments. Beach‘ and Bathing Pavilion. * Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation ».f County and City Gov- crnments. A Modern City Hospital. | Hitler’s hits are all base hits, and we mean base. Japan seems very afixious to prevent the United States from getting into war. It must be grand to have a big income, at least unti] the income tax investigation starts. If Britannia rules the seas she requi why does Aimerican assistance to main- tain that privilege? Chief Justice Douglass, looking fox, | ‘work, many times rode the rods on freight | trains. Perhaps he enjoyed the experience. That reminds us of Poet Saxe’s words in his Hymn of the Rail: “Bless this i pleasant riding on the rail.” me! “It is now 9 o’clock, WIOD radio voice announces. w what kind of time is that? We have Eastern Standard time, Mountain time, daylight saving time, bed time, etc., and now WIOD time. It is iilso time to stop this squib. time, a A Miami paper recently took President Roose Perkins from the job of Secretary of Labor when the country wants her ousted. The paper forgets that the. ay idént has a wife who can be very pexsuasive and qn occasion does some definite insisting, Yq This column repeatedly hag said that | President Roosevelt looks Out for!those who | 5, plug for his theories and if the electorate puts them hors de concourse he still will see they get the choicest chops from the pork Bariel Minton of Indiana ws rewarded recently as this writer predicted; Senator so Tn fact it was not a prediction but a sure thing. Scientists have discovered that an en- tire!y normal man is one-fifth woman with when these third of the ievelops without the known as a hear a man asa conclude > scientists that he has an overdose respect to sex hormones, but feminine hormones reach one total sex hormones, a mi feminine characteristics but He next time feminine charms is then “sissy.” So the you referre “sissy” you with of feminine sex hormones the United urging who is ir Senator Lord Halifax, States, Americans to get into the got a hot reception out men the womer Pepper is European war, t where and with men are and the women glad of it. Outside of where he was to speak informing auditorium carried banners politely him to go to Halifax. The men used a stronger and more jesignation Lerd H % bein, get the d later, shman, didn’t it may have dawned on him velt to account for not dismissing Miss | EXPENSIVE PATROL Florida newspapers, including The Citizen and those in Miami, Tampa, St. Petersburg and several other cities, have wondered editorially what the state road patrol will do with $700,000 a year which | will be its share of the new $1.00 driver’s license. -A!lof them-still are wondering, and ihe suggestion of one paper that the road patr¢] use part of, the $700,000 to hire a press agent with'instruetions to publicize put, the use to which the money will be sounds like a good one. While we are waiting for the however, press some generally accepted the subject. The $700,000 will provide for about 120 road patrolmen, or approxi- mately $5,800 for each patrolman. Editors visiting in Miami were quoted as marveling at the excellence of Florida’s road patrol. Here is about what some of their states are paying for the service, in comparison to Florida’s $5,800 per man: po che: Colorado, about $2,800; Tennessee, | about $3,400; Maine, about $2,900; South | {Carclina, about $2,400; Louisiana, about | $2,400; Iowa, about $2,800; Minnesota, ,about $3,600; North Carolina, about $2,- 200; Maryland, about $4,400; Alabama, about $3,100; Virginia, about $2,600, (Maryland and Virginia spend a large part of their patrol appropriation for civilian employes.) Of the states listed, Virginia protects citizens on the highways with the greatest | number of men, 175, while Maryland and Tennesgee each have 95. Kentucky has the | lowest total appropriation for the patrol with $300,000 a year, while Alabama, pay- | ing $468,000, is the highest of the group | listed. | Florida’s appropriation, therefore, is | $237,000 higher than that of any of the | states listed, provides less men than several | of them, and individually casts more per | man than any of the others and twice as | much as several of them. | Add to that the $194,000 provided yearly for the license inspectors of the | motor vehicle commission and you have a | picture with which something is radically | wrong. GRAVE DANGER (From Leesburg Commercial) There is grave danger that the “change-over” | from state to county ad valorem tax assessments may result in inadequate public notice and in- validate every tax deed that may be issued under the new setup. Counties exist at the pleasure of the State as expressed by laws passed by the State Legislature. In themselves, they have no right or authority to deed anybody a piece of property unless they have acquired it legally from the former owner. Florida is one of several peculiar states in ai much as a large part of its real estate is owned by non-residents. If a cqunty WITHOUT ADE- QUATE PUBLIC NOTICE should attempt to de- | prive a non-resident owner of his property and convey it to some tax deed buyer, there would be complivations that could get into the United States supreme courtia generation later. With.all d¥e respect to county boards of com- missioners, few of them have broad views of legal matters. Even county attorneys in many counties have a very limited experience. The fact that for everal years the erganization of county commis- sioners has attempted to do away with detailed de- scription of property put up for tax sale and has tried to get a law that would let a little display ad saying the sale would be held at a certain time suffice, is enough to throw that organization out of court on a simple motion. The idea is so infantile that it is grotesque when adults consider it But Governor Holland is insisting upon counties taking over in full responsibility now that the State has receded from ad taxing That being the case, a new law must be drawn and many interests are teying to have a finger in the pie in this drawing. In the turmoil, the question of ADEQUATE public! notice may} be overlooked. It behooves every citizen to take a hand and insist that prop- erty rights be safeguarded at least as well as they the valorem are now. Tell him for Get in touch with your Legislator want whatever bill is passed to provide ublic notice as a protection to your you ADEQUATE pi property Even the weather man favors England in her struggle against Germany for Euro- pear weather travels from west to east and n that way England gets the weather warnings first and can plan military opera- tiens accordingly. recently , THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ‘Youthful and Aged Play Saddest Accident Roles Saddest roles in America’s tragic highway accident drama are played by the very young and the very old, according to an an- alysis of the 1940 accident record re- cently issued by The Travelers Insurance Company. When a baby under four or an elderly person over 65 is killed by an automobile, the chances are greater than six out of ten that it will be a case of being struck down by a modern jehu. True, death strikes often in every age group, but the gruesome picture of this slaughter of usually inno- cent pedestrians. is one to give} every motofist pause. the 5 to 14 age group are split about equally between pedestri- ans and operators or occupants of vehicles. Almost as many children in this group are killed in bicycle accidents as in smashups involv- ing two’ ears. In the age group 15 to 64, a rela- tively small percentage of persons on the death list where pedes- trians, according to this latest Traffic deaths mie youths amabied seers serene ‘KEY WEST IN.:. DAYS GONE BY {Happenings On This Date Ten Years Ago As Taken From Files Of The Citizen The F.E.C. has not the idea of operating trains over the water tween No Name key cumbe. H. N. Rodenbaugh, vice-presi- @ent of the company, today ask- ed The Citizen to furnish him with data covering the number of motor vehicles handled by the highway ferries from Nov. 1, 1930, until May 1, 1931. Roden- baugh, with other company offi- cers, arrived here on a_ special train. given up shuttle gap be- and Mate- Key West continues to hold \her lead as the first export city | of Florida, although her record for March, just issued by cus- toms hcadquarters in Tamna, shows a falling off from the average of the past vear. Almost half of all shipped from Florida ports to foreign countries in the past month passed through Key West. The state’s total exports amount- ed to $2,414,350, while Key West alone shipped: goods worth $985,- 228 goods Exhausting the regular ven: of 18 and a special venire of 10, 13 new jurors had to be drawn in criminal court this morning before proceedings could be got- ten under way. Jurors finally selected were Robert Ingraham, John P. Baki- Hilton Henson, Fernando o, E. L. F. Knowles. Coach Noel Gordon yesterday afternoon led his East Coast baseball squad through strenuous workouts as-logal players pre- pared for their first regularly scheduled contests. Vidal,: Griffin,, Pena, Lopez, Casa;*A¢evedd, the Cas- tillo brothe gnd; Louis Gon- zalez took part in the workouts. Gordon said there will be no letup in the workouts until the team is start league play Acosta, ready to The C graphs, said “Ww n ase repair bids due by Jr The Citizen forecast ago, it seems reasonable tc > there will be considerat ctivity here dur- ing the s And the pros- pect of ions is made doubly the certainty that the ilding and that $28,000, at the Ma- rine fospit ij eek wi eT way not % o h Marked activity at the Gr y Canning com- pany” editorial para- Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Williang’ 822 White street, have annqunceG the birth of an 844-pound daugir ter. to w the name.of Mam has been given the fourth for Mr ams and the birth thday of her eid- i$ seven years the garie € The and M came est sister, wh baby's senior. Albert Para, spn of Mr Mrs. A. Para, Francis street. ] of his fr and has nds nd after a vacation birthday PERSONALS—Salvader Ardu Villareal and Robert '§ U. S:- WEATHER © - BUREAU REPORT ak rvation taken at 7:30 a. 75th _Mer. Time (city office) Temperatures Highest last 24 hours 86 Lowest last night 74 Mean 80 Normal m., Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending 7:30 a. m., inches Total rainfall since May 1, inches Deficiency inches Total rainfall since Jan. 1, inches ess since January 1, inches 16.78 Wind Direction and. Velocity N—8 miles per hour Relative Humidity 66° Barometer at 7:30 a. m., today Sea level, 29.89 (1012.2 millibars) Tomoxow's Almanac Sunrise 5:43 a. Sunset 7:03 p. Me onrise 9:52 p. Moonset 8:07 a. Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) AM 10:55 4:20 FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Tuesday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly i with scattered show tonight and Tuesday; little change in temperature; gentle to mod- erate winds, mostly north and northeast. Florida cloudy tonight since May 1, 23.81 m. m. m. m. P.M High Low 5:44 Partly cloudy to and Tuesday, attered showers on southeast st and Florida keys; little » in temperature. sonville to Florida Straits and East Gulf: Gentle to mod- erate winds, mostly north and northeast; partly overcast wea- ther tonight and Tuesday, show- ers over Florida Straits. CONDITIONS A moderate high pressure crested this’ morning , over Plains States, overspreads of the’ “central portion of the country and southward to the Rio Gragde Valley, and has caus- ed wi onably cool weather from the middle Mississippi Val- ley eastward over the southern Lake region and Ohio Valley, and into the At i E Gulf States, with light to heavy frost reported this morning in lities from Mlinois eastward over New England. Tempera- tures over western districts are paneray above normal, being is morning Mour area the most many ai has eccurred dur ing the Jast 24 hours in the Pa cifie States drot San -Francisco northwatd-and there have been light “to ‘moderate seattered showers it the Gulf States and southeastern Florida 'S. M. GOLDSMITH ,porarily in Cha ing here for a f Peace Justice Rogelio Mr. and Mrs. Clarke D ited here several! days with Dr. W. R. Warren and Mrs. Warren, left yesterday aft ernoon for Miami Maitian Pinder left yesterday for Pigeor Key, where he will join his boat in Key West Pete Nebo. widely known loca boger, left today for New York for a series of fights and happenings in nm 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. MAY 11 (yes- exhibition of Paint- Center, ON SUNDAY. terday), the notable Contempcrary American ings:closed at .the ‘Art WPA. That Kev West has enjoy-i yident from the is. In making that this exhibi- if be brought to the city, the committee of citizens and or- ganizations should be highly | commended, those in charge. The high ‘d of art pre- sented to Key West public and members of the armed serv- a credit to the Art Center and all of its members. There is little doubt that the pictures shown will be long remembered. It is the hore of the Center that some of them may remain to race the homes of the Island A sale will mean a com- ion to the Art Center spon- soring corporation. en this show attends arrar ART CENTER announces the addition to its pr ional » staff ofHarriette Critchlow, artistvand teacher. Harriette Critchlow: has been working until recently un- ‘der the direction of Dr. Max Bernd-Cohen, head of the art de- partment at Florida Southern College at Lakeland, painting wa- ter colors fer the Florida Art | Project, WPA. Her paintings are to be included in several exhibi- tions now being arranged for cir- cuit to points of military con- centration under the defense program of the project. Harriette Critchlow will assume this week, the instruction of the Tuesday morning adult outdoor sketch class of the Art Center. This class will continue its plan of sketching on Tue mornings and meeting .again on Friday mornings for general criticism at the Center. THE KEY WEST ART CEN- TER, a unit of the Florida Art Project, WPA, is now officially known as non-certified Defense Project No. 5284. It is particu- larly desired that members of the armed forces and their families jjoin the classes at the Center ‘and take part in all activities. As! the Art Center becomes organiz- ed for its new functions it will adjust its schedules for classes, production of art material, pos- ters, signs, etc., and exhibitions to best meet the need for defense service, CHILDREN are showing _in- creasing interest in the Saturday morning class at the Center. Charles Farr,;the present instruc- tor, reports a splendid response to the recent e of clay modelir which he has introduced to vary the work in drawing and painting. Art Cen- ter classes are free and children of Army and Navy and other services are encouraged ‘to join. WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, the Art Center is exhibiting the work of children of the Saturday cla —the pictures of 12 children of both civilian and service fami- lies have been chosen. This promises to be of unusual inter- est. The public is cordially in- vited to visit the gallery at Front and Whitehead streets. MONDAY, MAY 12, 1941 | LT Today’s Birthdays ES Dr. Mildred H. McAfee, presi- dent of Wellesley College, Mass., born in Parkville, Mo., 41 years ago. Bishop William T. Manning of New York, P.E. clergyman, born in England, 75 years ago. famed. ex- born orth, engineer, Lincoln Elis plorer and civil ‘in Chicago, 61 years ago. y in the field! Sidney J,, Williams of Chicago, the National Safety Council's di- rector of Public Safety, born in Milwaukee 55 years ago. Col. James A. Moss, tor of Flag Week, born yette, La. 69 years ago. origina- in Lafa- Robert D. Kohn of New York, noted architect, born in Manhat- tan, N. Y., 71 years ago. Dr. Warren Du Pre Smith of the University of Oregon, noted geologist, born in Germany, 61 years ago. 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