The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 31, 1941, Page 2

2 CUNIAE 1 Daily bxee MAN, President and P the ¢ Corner Greene Frou and Ann Streets ly bully Newspaper in Key West and Monrve County Key West, Plorida, as second class matter | af the Axsociated Presa ig exclusively all news dispatches credited to thirw credited in this paper and also ws published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES sete ADVERTISING RATES own on applicatto SPECIAL NOTICE ae cards of thanks, resolutions of \ il be charged for at 10 cents a tine ainment by churehes from which derived cre 6 cents a line. n open forum and invites discus- ects of local or general C.tizen BeasPrCrvaraeps sas &es ee | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN eaeathe s always: Bagh the.truth and print it without fear and without favor; never be afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; ear we always fight for progress; never be the or- ~@anor the mouthpiece of any person, clique, “faction or class; always do its utmost for the never tolerate corruption or injustice vice and praise virtue, .sotmimend good done by individual or organ- public welfare; ; denounce tolerant of others’ rights, views and print only news that will elevate the reader; tization; F sopinions; nd not contaminate never com- omige with principle. i IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Waier and Sewerage. More Beach and Bathing Pavilion. and Sea. f County and City Gov- Hoteis and Apartments. irports Land wlidation aments, A Modern Git) Hospital. t preacni is proper living. men are the only ation in killing off one modern magazines with half dressed t can manage to last for , will be saved by the for democracy ple coincides with t but it will not ‘publish anonyrsous communi- | | the nation’s skeleton peace time fore TIME TO REGISTER with news Contrasting the conscript army 1 writers at the time of the draft registration | | the United States | | rh r t entitled to us | West participated in the formation | real citizen’s army. | army, only a small part of which will be ! uniformed and armed to fit into the ron mal | | of mind was brought from India by a | first volunteers yesterday eventually | hold within its ranks every | of the regis frequently referred to the new soldiers of as a “citizens’ army.” That it undoubtedly was—an army, not yet of but of clerks and cab drivers, laborers and farmers, young busi- fiess én and scions of wealthy families. By now, the subdivisions from which the draftees came probably are being broken down, leavirg instead the uniform description—soldiers. Yesterday, Monroe county soldiers, and | of a It is a different sort of conception of a soldier, It is, nevertheless, an army. Armed not only for possible war, any danger created by nature or man army which drew its hould for the civilian defense man, woman and child in the county who'can be of use in any capacity. Citizens from every we lk of life will be given an opportunity to serve—this time, in.contrast té the war army, with no com- pulsion, 1 uIT Men in charge of the regiskration yc terday found abundant « ooperation. enough so it will become necessary to send for more ration blanks than the headquarters had expected would be u here. | By the time the end of the regist peilod comes next week, we hope the list looks like a census report of the entire coun- ty. It should. Both from the standpoint of its value as a defense force and from that of an e ample in cooperation, the registration de- serves support. ' ration A COOL-HEADED WOMAN This story of calmness’ and presenze re- | turned missionary some time ago, and con- | cerns the wife of a British official in that | country: As she Was seated at dinner with her ! family and several guests, she felt a snake | coil about her ankle. beings on | | approached the milk, which is said to t | resistible bait for this reptile. As Instead of shrieking with terror and attempting to flee, she quietly told those at the table not to move, and directed a servant to cautiously place a bowl of milk on the floor. Presently the snake, a_ large glided gracefully from under the table and ye 1F- cobra, the snake | devoured the milk, it was killed by one of the men present. The cobra is one of the deadliest | snakes in the world, but it is said that it does | usually results in a few minutes | habits is nothing less | unt translated the have to wait to inherit i after com- hose memories go ba of their e pranks 1 modern p over our decency even the the 2 the ar r own experience is that it is of no ts tell anybody of our own experience because they will satisfied ur Mankind’s ¢ What an awf r d riddle of the world.” gtory, jest, not attack people unless it is irritated. No antidote for its poison is known, and death after the victim is bitten. The lagy in question knew the of the"fpbra ‘and had the self-contro] to do just: wi Was necessary to save he self and perhaps others present from cet tain death, err Whether she wouleiave exhibited the same eomposure if the intruder had been : mouse is another question. THE BANKS’ JOB the lust of : certain group of officials to put the govern- ment still deeper into the lending and nancing business, The: ficial seem | op using the current emergency Judging by ncws reports, is unabated. 3, consciously or otherwise, to government the dominant banking inf of the country. What that will mean, if should It would, f tremendous losses to the taxpay be clear to all already faced with taxes unprecedented it eur More important, mear far-teaching step alified totalitarian zed the “n histery. the most real ment we have and ung yet taken abroad always sei immediately reach know full well that t est stranglehold a ruling on ing the public. In this , the stayed where it belongs, in the hands The banks have t »ple's fiscal serva rest. If we are to money power ' people rat system must ct vovernment do onty annot do. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN IT SHAN'T HAPPEN HERE! i— | | By MARCY B. DARNALL 5, ( SINGLETON “PRESENTS PAPER Submitted At Secretaries Association Convention Here HA En —tttensmmtenmns thing or oth ate WITH BRIEF HISTORY OF KEY WEST EDITOR’S NOTE: The fellowin7 hrief history of Key -ontained in a vaner oresented before the Commer- es’ arse iation here last week bv Stephen C. secrelary ea the Key West chamber of commerce.) assignment mething that the you island hold who know it. a characte Perhaps that is be- forget that an red haven to those who have been, beaten by the sea, On your mainland, trans- shuttle back and forth on their various rands to other places, but to an island they come because that is their ob- jective; beeause they want to be at tHat one spot in all the world; or; perhaps, because their life has depended upon reaching it. You would be surprised to know how: many people are here n Key West for t at very rea- son, renewing life in this clim- ate, which is like that of a ship, anchored far out in the eguable i of the Caribbean, swept by the trade winds, bathed in almost perpetual sunlight, devoid f sudden changes of tempera- ture. The most interesting part of history of Key West began, rtunately, long before its ’ began to be written. “Well forested, with ample fresh w. the forests teeming with game and the waters with fish, it was a hunting ground worth fight for and the fierce tribes of the mainland contested with the fierce tribes of the Caribs for its possession. The driven ever further the kevs. waged so a losing battle on this land « chain that an adventurer on olding the many the slain, cress d exclaimed Cc ue t ly ‘island of has so strong a upon “I believe that i ic of islands > we ney island is a des ater, no less rik savage Spanish and be transfer the and of Mexico Majesty's tall ‘avo Hueso t at puld tolen vy toll of transferred “their holds harrassment by l-tried maxim in fed States, pioneers, hewing out homes in the wilderness that settled Cayo Hueso, but a wealthy group business men who moved in with many slaves and shortly the is- land’s first enterprise was un- derway; the manufacture of salt on the low-lying eastern end of the island. “About this time, the English tongue found Cayo Hueso a troublesome word to pronounce and as ‘Key West’ sounded some- thing like it, and was much eas- ier to sav, Kev West it was and ever shall be. “But this advent of big busi- ness found the pirates to be un- desirable neighbors and Florida having become a Territory of the United States, Commodore David Porter was assigned to the x of disturbing their way of li “United States warships proved unable to cope with the weath- erly, light draft, fast boats of the Brethren (Hawk's Channel owes its name to one of the mos* enterprising of them) and Com- modore Porter brought down the first steam vessel employed in the service of our country, the New York ferry boat ‘Sea Gull’. This. to the dismay of the pirates, could go to windward and, tow- ing rowboats which could chase them up the creeks, soon made the keys untenable. The commo- dore seems to have been devoted to thoroughness in his methods; at any rate, there is no record of prisoners taken and when the rirates fled to the Isle of Pines, he put a dent in the neutrality laws by going there and finish- ing up the job. “One of Kev West's most chet- ished documents is the Comme dore’s report to President An- drew Jackson in which he states ‘As a Naval Station, Key West has decidedly the advantage over all others that I have ever known’. He goes on to enumer- ate its advantages and states, ‘It is to the Gulf of Mexico, etc. what Gibraltar is to the Mediter That \ in 1829. I 1 take the rty of quoting what I wrote 1915, of Key West Burnished point of tar that euarding s' Before the Nation's he ever keeps Unshesthed its vigilance stands and waits. The cutoost sentinel Southern gates’ ‘Key West became the wealth- iest citv per capita in the Unit Sailing ships, _ laden with rich _ CarEe Ss. were swept gales on the un- Florida reefs and it lv became necessary. while ksonville was still ‘Cow Ford’ “stabi a United States Dis- * Court to adjudicate salvage laims on the rescued cargoes t in by the twenty-two le licensed schooners engaged that business “Spain goaded the Cubans to ‘olution and harried patriots ‘ound @ haven here and built uo @ great cigar business: the San Carles Institute beeame known and loved as the ‘Cradle of Cutan Liberty’ by a brave people and stemmed, under the heroic Doctor Jose Marti, juntas that farnished the sinews of war ranean’ lit in of from it that only one out objectors, cu, t SIDELIGHTS | | _ Former Editor of The Citizen An odd circumstance connected | with the present army draft cf about 3,000; draftees claim to_be conscientious | while. in 1917 the pro- + Y portion of object: ors. was neatly | 10 times as great. The real first _name of former | King Carol's friend, Mme. Lupes- | is not’ Magda, but» Elena, she | told a reporter recently, saying that the name Magda was given her through the error of a French newspaper many years ago. Major Kermit Roosevelt, son of Theodore Roosevelt, who joined} the British Army a few after the war began, ha: resign because of ill health ervice in Norway and was signed to the Army of the | Bernard £ aus auther and playwright, is swange combination of Gotan and self-depreciation.. Invited to attend-a performance, of his, Saint Joan (Joan of Arc), he. wrote;a posteard to. the. management .say- ing: “Plays of that author do not attract. me; L never, go to ong if 1} can possibly help, it: At a recent. benefit ball, Gap- tain A. S. Wilcoxson, a veteran trans-Atlar airplane pilot, won one of the pr offered for some- The prize was a an George free 10-minute ride plane. in air- Newlv patented cakes of bath have a hole in the center, in vich a cord may be tied and loeped around the bather’s neck. When the soap slips from ing in the cord, without inter- rupting the singing, if any. A lecturer made the same peech three tir at intervals in a certain town. Then a wag sent him an empty’ watch case this note: “If vou ever make that speech heré aeain we'll give you the works.” Dr. Fred Ferrior of; Portland; \had to pay a‘ fine for parking toc Jong in fromt of his! own office? while filling a tooth for a young is | weeks had to; He | the; of hand it may be retrieved by pull-| 1927 DE SOTO, 4 Door Sedan. See Deacon Jones, | with | Classified Column . PROFESSIONALS i LOUIS A. HARRIS Attorney at Law | !217 Duval St. Phone 252 may20-1mo FOR SALE—MISCELLANEOUS 'FOR SALE or: Exchange—Cabin Cruiser, 28-ft., 6-ft. beam; 40 h.p. Gray Marine Engine. Wil) exchange for lot, full or part; payment. Box BR., The Citi- | zen, maré6-tf | INSTRUCTION LEARN TO FLY MODERN AIR- PLANES. Government licensed instructor opening classes in Key West. If interested, call 811-J_ immediately, EFFICIENCY COTTAGES, elec: tricity. and gas furnished, . Ap- ply Albury’s Service, 800+ Si- monton street. mayl7tf 1936 PLYMOUTH, 4 Door Se- } dan. $275.00. See Deacon Jones, 621 Division Street. may3l-1t |19-FOOT SEMI-CABIN CRUIS- ER, A-1 Condition. Fish Box and license; extinguisher. $100 cash. Apply Box NR, Citizen. H may2l-tf 1937 PLYMOUTH SEDAN. $345. } See Deacon Jones, 621 Division | Street. may31-It at OLD PAPERS FOR SALE—! Three bundles for 5c. The Citi- | { zen Office. jan25-tf | 41990 CHEVROLET SEDAN. See 1 Deacon’: Jones, 621 - Division | street. may31-1t (FOURTEEN FT. SAILBOAT | 9Fully equipped. $100, James HL -Pinder. 1217 Petronia Street. 621 Divi- may31-1t See Deacon Jones, sion Street. square 4, tract 20. Washington | street. A. L. Murray, Columbia! | Laundry. apr15-s | ' $445.00. 621 Division Street. PLUMBING BARGAINS __ | RECESS and leg 4% and 5 ft. | bath tubs, toilets, lavatories, | sinks: (all kinds), galvanized 2) and 3 compartment sinks, mix- | ing faucets, traps, shower sets, ete. ayers? It 1940 PLYMOUTH SEDAN. $595. __Se8 Deacon’ Jones, 621 Division , Street. may31-It It lester developed ; that | — man who gave him the riking ‘ticket was the. father of the patient. In Cincinnati, a pair ‘of woman's shoes, ied in extenuation that n-law, “on her uppe! A , saying: hath no man than go.” ater lov! this; vou tree. caused prospertity. by one, dwindled Military the until Cuba w: end neval activitv town to hum with And th West's resource vanished idle at F ‘gone with wind’ in storm of 19: Despair Key West by the throat And then a mish'y and benc- seized government ¢e ish: from can know the th do mews. TUPNETY, ht afl oround tu -vsdiis ond float, ready vil un ti futur cer of stress to be worthy at her be- in her Tt ritten di for those All bet ast tity you » tell in the J its heart 7 an friends "Our Kev | and | Her empty hapds hung } side. The rai¥read was | the | reed: that | and now, | $250 EQUITY in late model car for $100 cash. Address Box G, ; The Citizen. | Pressing business in town, P.O. Box 423. and one Johnson Outboard mo- tor, 4 hp. $150. James H | Pinder, 1217 Petronia Street. jan3-s °“'BOAT PROPELLERS, _ toilets, lavatory; also 25-ft. chain; also several ma en- gines. Gray's Fishery, Ojus. may3l-lwk HOTELS | BRING ‘OUR VISITING friends | in need of a good night’s rest to THE OVERSEAS HOTEL. | Clean rooms, enjoy the atmosphere. Satisfactory rates. And, try THE COFFEE SHOP, anchor it's economical and has “that” | tasty food and atmosphere. 917 Fleming street. apel-tt PHOTOGRAPHY JACK HARRIS PHOTOS, por- trait and commercial, 915 Grinnell street. may26-lwkx "PICTURE FRAMING PICTURE FRAMING, Diplomas. antique frames refinished. Pic- tures matted. Paul DiNegrro. 614 Francis street, apris-tf $300 CASH for quick sale, lot 12, | Gray’s Fishery, Ojus. ! mayai-lwk | FURNISHED COTTAGE, may31-1tx a man admitted FOR’ SALE—Best Cleaning and may6-tf | |FOURTEEN FT. OUTBOARD | | MOTOR BOAT. Fully equipped | FOR RENT—Furnished House, beautifully furnished, newly decorated. Best location. 726 Fleming street . may29-lwkx ROOMS IN NEW, MODERN HOTEL. Hot and cold running water. Tile baths. Special rates to steady people. Also, cot- tages. Gulf Stream Hotel, Di- vision and Simonton streets. may29-tf FURNISHED 4 Three-bedroom house; . airy. Cottage porch. + Two-bedroom | ment with cool. poreh. ., ; Apply Artcraft Studio, Telegraph Lane and Charles St... .; ... | may3l-wkx cool and with large screened } FURNISHED HOUSE, three bed- | “s | rooms, All conveniences. Good 1938 PLYMOUTH SEDAN. $445. location, Call 440. | may30-lwk ipaeerne APARTMENT, all conveniences. 905 South street. may24-tf BELLAMAR DeLUXE APART- | MENTS, 316 Elizabeth street. ! Vacancy now. References. Ap- ply 517 Elizabeth street, amy22-‘f | |NEWLY FURNISHED APART- | MENT; all modern conven- jences; hot -running water, Ideal for couple. Summer rates. No children. or pets al- H lowed. Apply 1100 Packer street. may30-tf no children, no pets. Apply 803 Olivia street. may5-tf FOR RENT—Furnished rooms with hot atid’ ¢old ‘running wa- ter; cool and comfortable; use of private ‘beach and \swim- ming pool, Summer rates: per week, single $7.00, double $10.00. North Beach Inn, on the Gulf of Mexico, | mayl@tf HOUSE MOVING HOUSES MOVED. Estimates given; good equipment. A, O. Taylor, phone 165, may29-Iwk HELP WANTED GROCERY CLERK, full or part time. Apply Box RX, The Citizen. may16-tf preaconttsscia WAITRESS WANTED—Baker's Restaurant, corner Fleming and | Margaret streets. may30-5t WANTED WAITRESSES WANTED. Curb girls preferred. Experienced. Good pay. Apply Stork Chib, may30-tf bik WANTED — Small unfurnished house or apartment ‘with med- ern conveniences. Year round rental. Box JC, The Citizen. may30-2tx MISCELLANEOUS : SWAP ‘37 DeLUXE SEDAN for 24° to 34’ Sail or Motorboat, cabin type. Box C.O. may 30-3tx Subscribe to The Citizen, 2c weekly. Own Your Own Business “The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company can set you up in a compleie business for a mini- nium cash invesiment Homan J. Scott, The Fi of $5,000.00. Contact irestone Tire & Rubber am de | upstairs -apart., an iuartic Rere nite: sate sina ons