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

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Te WEB Goze WILL phdesbseek te. the truth and print it without fear and without favor; never be afraid to atiack wrong or to applaud right; always fight for progress; never be the or- gan or the mouthplece of any person, clique, “faction or class; always do its utmost for the -- public welfare; never tolerate corruption or 4) injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue, commend yood done by individual or organ- ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com- promise with principle. | IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST " xDVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1 Water and Sewerage. 2. More Hoteis and Apartments. 3. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. 4 5. Airperts—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital, " SAN CARLOS AND THE BARS Already confusing to anyone who has not fellowed all the steps, the controversy over the sale of liquor near San Carlos school became even more puzzling Monday as city couneil refused to pass an amend- ment to the liquor law which would have made the local measure conform to the | terms of the state law. The amendment, introduced by Coun- cilman Glenwood Sweeting and supported by Councilmen Leonard B. Grillon and Wil- liam Freeman was designed to prevent sales of liquor within 800 feet of a school or church, a provision already in the state law which is applicable here principally in the case of the ~ Carlos school. The im t thing to remember as we discuss is thas: .the authority of the state or city to prev: E sale of liquor within a designated area of a school or church is not in question. What has brought the question into the courts is the sometimes spectacular inability of the law makers to ‘put their true meaning in writing—plus a ruling by Attorney General Tom Watson which was in direct conflict with the ruling of his predecessor. Here is what happened: A previous legislature had passed a measure prohibiting sale of any intoxicat- ing liquor within 300 feet of a school or church. the beverage department * ‘Measured that | 300 feetas a person normally would walk— | which gotta? the case of the Boat Batpfor ins t Be “more than | 800 feet away from the ' if you walked from the ‘school to the corner, crossed Duval street there and walked | back up the other side of the street. Attorney General Watson changed all that by ruling that the measurement should be “aa the crow flies” in a direct line from property line to property line. And that is your question, which could have been avoided if the legislature had bothered to write into its law exactly how # wanted that 300 feet measured. * Seeing that the new ruling would force six bars to close in the area around Rep. Bernie C. Papy armed him- Backed by. the then ipprney general, | a niente mers, ta Semen self with a statement from the séhoo! that it was not concerned by’ mind sales in the vicinity, then introduced a logal bill to set asidé the attorney genefal’s fuling in this particular case, Papy’s bill passed the house and senate, was vetoed by Governor Holland, re-passed the house, but never was taken up again in the senate. That put the question up to the local county commission. The liquor dealers were sone for ' Ticenses and the commissioners at the, mo- merit didn’t know. for sure whether it: was up to them to say no: On recommendation of their legal ad- visor, Julius Stone, they decided to approve the state. They knew the bar owners would file suit to force issuance of the licenses, and it seemed simpler and less expensive to let the state, rather than the county, de- fend itself. The beverage department threw it in a telegram that the county’s decision | would stand, | Thereupon, in order to test the attor- ney general’s ruling, Tax Collector Joe C. MeMahon refused to issue the licenses ap proved by the commission, automatically action filed by the bars. | There has been no decision up, to now, } | so that’s where it stands. | Now for the city: City Attorney ‘Aquiline Lopez Monday night put before the councilmen a liquor ordinance, modelled more or less on the | state law, but substituting “a reasonable tance’ for the state’s 300 feet. Sweeting introduced an amendment including the 300-foot provision in the law, but it was voted down. The interesting point; of course, is that Sweeting’s amendment had exactly the same flaw as the state’s regulations. didn’t say how he wanted it measured, either. If the amendment had been passed and the bar owners had won their case be fore Circuit Judge Arthur Gomez, could have filed another suit against the city, probably winning that one as well. If Judge Gomez turns them down on the state law, hé probably never would | have had to rule on the city ordinance, since the bars couldn’t operate without their state licenses in any case. The belief of the amendment’s back- ers that the city must make its law on the same terms as the state law is mistaken. The city does not have to do that, but it could, if the councilmen so chose, write a 300-foot amendment that would stand up in court, simply by writing it explicitly. | Iran is the 25th country to be engulfed in the present war. Which will be the next? It is not reasonable any longer to con- | sider that Hitler, sorely pressed and with a starving, rebellious and chaotic Europe on south of us. The time may fot be’véty dis. tant when he will be eager to ex¢laim, iike Napoleon at Waterloo, Scag’ qui peu.’ ' It’s in the cards. zat History may say that the British and French governments should have gone to | war sooner on the clear issue of the violated Munich agreement but what it should say | | | | i is that these governments should have at- | | tacked Hitler when he sent his troops into | | the Rhineland with the alternative order to | | proceed and oceupy that territory and re- | treat if challenged. Such a firm stand by | | these allies might have averted all the holo- | causts that folowed in that wake. ‘ Noel C. Seaffa, domme New York | private detective, noted for his sensational | discoveries of stolen gems, is dead. His | passing recally.to Floridians the theft of jewelry valued at $185,000 from Mrs. Mar- | | garet Hawkesworth Bell (later Mrs. Harold G. Content), former dancer. .The robbery occurred at the Miami Biltmore Hotel in’) | Miami on January 26, 1985. Subsequently, supplied by Mr. Scaffa. It never developed definitely that he gained materially from | | yicted by a jury on three counts of the per- jury indictment, each of which carried a the licenses, leaving the final answer up to | right back at them, however, by declaring | becoming the defendant in a sehen eourt | He | they | his hands, ever will be a military menace to | the United States or tothe nations to the, | the jewels were found in a strong box. the | key for which, it was disclosed, having been | | this crime, but on July 26, 1935, he was con- PEOPLE'S FORUM The gee comes expres~ slows of the of ite read. ers, but the editor reserves the right to delete any items whieh are conxidered libelous or ‘suwarranted. ‘The writers should be fair and confine the letters to words, and write on ane side of the paper Signature of the writers accompany the letters be published unless ptherwine. Speer" civil’ “service a= wt especially in reference to the Nav wy Yard, has long reached the point where it is a gross injustice. One would think from watching the office employes that it Was purely a “family affair”. ‘Only relatives and friends of in- | cumbents have an opportunity, for employment, “ You might né- tice in one office after another, itwo, three and even fotfr mem- | bers of one fathily; ie. brothers, |sisters, sisters-in-law, brothers- lin-law, elose friends, tenants, ctc., leven extending to the yard per- | sonnel. When one inquires how lit is possible to obtain employ- | ment there, the answer is inva-| jriably, “You must have some! fone that knows you and pull for you”. It appears that they have jno notion of the “merit” system }4and don’t care. I know of a case where an in- «| telligent young lady; has . made } application for existing vacan- ;eies—in some instances. even an jinterview has. been...refused, . in; ponly two.,instancs, was even the | }pretense made of taking her jname, and in no instance was a jtest given. There was no at- | tempt made to learn her ability, pane in the meantime “relatives and friends” of incumbents con- tinued to be employed, and, I have personal knowledge that no |test was previously given. Can jit be possible that all the in- \telligent and capable persons in wil requested * tour fair city belong to the same! | family? the experience, I |when some of the persons em- }oloyed have not even had a high |sehool education or ever before jperformed clerical work. Surely) they were not employed to pro- imnote efficiency! It does not make us feel “over Democratic” Or that they alone have to learn that in order to obtain | employment in our Government! jone must have someone that | knows you or can pull for you. | It is not my belief that should be given just because an application is made. All that given to demonstrate their abil- ity by conipeting with others in a fair examination and that the vacancy be given to the most capable one. |in office the most capable?— |they are not. Ask how many of {those holding positions have failed to pass the civil service lexamination? And how many ytimes? It should be interesting} |to those who should be interest- | ed. Then surely “relatives and |friends” are not the most cap- able. The country at present is going through great difficulties be- cause of internal with home problems. It appears ent is to unite the people in jour great common cause to save (Democracy:’; Does the local | Navy. Yard feel that they. are! contributing ; fo bring about this , | feeling of justice .and.,,equality? “lit would, seem,,that,to be vic- | torious in our external struggles, it would be necessary to first }eonquer Our’ ititernal’” difficul. ties. Certainly the present man- jmer of sharing the profits to “Our Friends” only is not con- |tributory to spreading confidence | in our Government and those ap- | pointed to carry out these poli-} | cies. There are persons that are on/ ithe register, residents of Key | West, some have veteran's pref- | erence, some civil service ex-| perience, and yet they cannot | obtain a position, while others | without any experience whatso- eves are employed. Why? It would seem that those who have been unsuccessful in ob- taining employment because of the partial way of distribution in \force, would raise their voices in |protest. It is not democratic, it lis not fair, it is not even excus- lable.. Why not write. to those | who are. in a position to change this. condition. . Your senator, your representatives, the Civil Service, Commission interested’ in learning of your | experience. A CITIZEN, |Who is not seeking a job but who would not stand by and watch the injustice without protest. |Key West, Fia., Sept. 16, 1942. think not—/ jobs | jany rational and fair person ‘does | expect is that an opportunity be| Are the ones now} dissatisfaction | that the first aim of the Govern- | would. be} THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ee f ‘ 4. Everywhere in this land you ‘see ice-cold Coca-Cola doing its job, too’. . . bringing workers refreshment . . . quick refreshment ... complete refreshment. Thirst asks nothing more. In offices, factories and workshops ice-cold Coca-Cola is making little minutes long enough for a big rest... bringing busy people the pause that refreshes. BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY KEY WEST COCA- WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1941 COLA BOTTLING COMPANY KEY WEST IN| DAYS GONE BY = Happenings On This Date Ten Years Ago As Taken From Work on Key West’s $180,000 submarine base will get under- | way in two weeks, O. Wright, engineer for the Van Gordon |Construction company, said to-! day. Wright said some of the ma-} tcrial needed for the construc- | t job already is on hand, andj remainder will be here | thin the next week or 10 days. | | G@ ©. Reed of Michigan City, | Ind., is here to bid on the pile-| driving for the base, and E. Dan- | iels of Miami is in Key West to bid on the fill. | Reduction of county tax levies | for schools while other taxes are going up is working an undue hardship on the local school sys- tem, Melvin Russell, county su- perintendent of schools, declared today. Russell said general operating funds for the schools have been cut five mills by the county com- | mission, while other departments of the county government are {getting a four-mill boost. The sMians, :@hamber of Coni-; {merce jis, launching a, state~ -wide | fight<to* force. transfer of, the | United, States, submarine training | school from.,New Londen, Conh,, to Key West. Capt,; Clark. D. Stearns,.. presi- ‘dent of the Miami chamber, noti- fied local chamber of commerce officials today that his organiza- tion. has passed a_ resolution {which will start the campaign for a shift in the training school. Transfer of the school to Key }West would bring more than | 500 “men and 10 submarities here. i Special to The Citizen—For the second time in as many years, the St. Louis Cardinals have clinched the. National League pennant. The Citizen, a an editorial, said: ” “Mayor a relates _ that when council recently announced that it would sue delinquent city }taxpayers, one local man, who, with his . associates, owes : the} city sorte $6,000 or $7,000 in| taxes. ™y. revenue producing | good ball field except Key West. What is the reason? | Baseball is the No. 1 Anes: sport. With a decent ball park we could have some real ball} {games here, as we have the best | amateur team in the state. | | I think we have enough fans in| the city who would be anxious | for Kev West to have a good ball. | there, 58 years ago. limpostures of pretended pa-4 | - = triotism”. ' Martha Ostenso of Minneapo- OS a Rare lis, novelist, born in Norway, 41 1812—A convention. in. New years ago. York protests against war with | | England. York, Presbyterian church offi- transcontinental | cial, born in Belmar, N. J., 50 air flight made by Calbraith P. } | years ago. Rodgers, who left New York |through with the suits”. |for several weeks taking part inj T oday’s S$ Bir thdays | “Today In. History | | STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE TRIUMPH U.S, Senator John H. Over-’ 1630—Boston settled by John) COFFEE ton of Louisiana, born in Marks-| Winthrop’s company which had MILLS. ville, 66 years ago. first located at Charlestown to nie eas live. i an ALL Dr. Willard W. Beatty, U. S. ig GS | ome Commissioner of Indian Educa-! 1776—The Spanish found the | “eeeee® priate ntiise: tion, born in’ Berkeley, Cal, 50 Presidio of San Francisco, | years ago. i DSA RTGS: 3 } oe | 1787—The Constitution adopt- “Key West's Outstanding” Dr. Leo:S. Rowe, director gen- ed—the Constitutional Conven-| LA CONCHA HOTEL eral of the Pan-American Union, with finished Constitution to be; Beautiful—Air-Condit Washington, born in McGregor, ratified by the States. | Rainbow Room and Cocktail lowa, 70 years ago. | Baie S BTR Lounge 1796 — George _ Washington’ DINING and DANCING ~ Raymond Robins, social eco-|makes his historic Farewell Ad- Strictly Fireproof G nomist, born in New York, 68 dress: “...that they may now! OPEN TH® YEAR AROUND years ago. | and then recur to moderate the | 3 a ifury of public spirit, to warn| Dr. William Carles Williams against the mischiefs of foreign! of Rutherford, N. Y., poet, born intrigue, to guard against . the| ge hy Dr. William O. Hotchkiss, presi- —_—— i dent, the Rensselaer Politechnic,; 1908—Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge, Institute, Troy, N. Y., born in in plane with Orville Wright, } Eau Claire, Wis., 63 years ago, /killed—first army. officer — in| ~ | Plane. accident. Dr. Henry Smith Leiper of New ——— 1911 — First uF this day and reached California property,.came to him and asked Nov. 5. 4 if.couneik were in earnest..When told: that thg, body really planned ;to.,enforee; the . collections, this Eastern Poland to collect their man-said he, would haye to make share with Germans: arrangements, to raise what. he) : owed as he could not. afford, to lose,;,his.. property... There. isn’t the slightest chance that he is worrying . about that now—or) that his taxes will be paid— since he sees little evident de- sire on council’s part to go 1939—Russians’» march into Personals—Arthur Gomez, lo- cal attorney, with Mrs. Gomez, left over the highway this morn-} ing fofr a vacation along the Florida east coast. . Robert She- | @ hee, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy} Shehee, who has been in Miami | Also Serving All Points On On Florida Keys atthe igre ny a golf tournament, returned} here yesterday. . .Mrs. Earl | | Baumgardt, here visiting her par-) ‘ents, Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis, & 1408 Pine street, left this morn- j ing to rejoin her hus! at St. Petersburg. TRY IT TODAY + f The’ Favorite in las 4 wen m2 “STAR a BRAND CUBAN COFFEE ON SALE AT Ail. GROCERS ROLLER SKATE Keep Your Weight In Shape possible maximum sentence of five years in | prison, but a lenient Federal judge sen- tenced Scaffa to six months in jail on each | of the three counts, the sentences to run con- currently. APPRECIATION | Editor, The Citizen: T have just read you editorial in Tuesday’s Citizen on Need A Ball Park”. Every town in the state has a “We | park. So thanks for trying; to q help for something that we really | |need here: WILLIE SAUNDERS, Key West, Fia., Sept. 17, 1941. and You- Shape In Weight