The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 20, 1946, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1946 SI cts ts tt in on fn in A tn ton nnn Allin hn nln hn bn tn trinidad) CORAL ROCKETS By L. P. ARTMAN, JR. SMABDDAADEDAAAAAAASAAANALSASAAAAAAAAAAS GIVE US BACK KEY WEST * Hear there is an organization planned to “Give Us Back Key| West.” This organization believ: West was better the It’s a reflection they| say on the public schools of Key} West to have an outsider come here to run our city. Can’t ihe public schools produ someone | among local residents capable of; doing the sz job. Of course all this is forgetting that the city charter calls for an outsider dur-| ing the first two y s and that also s that he > no relatives in Key big stopper in Key; West in the pas' that we have been “too friendly.” I know that time and time again in an im- portant civic step, we Key West-) ers, because of personal friend- ship handicapped the city. Now| there is a more logical age com-} ing on, where the test of a pro-| ject is its truth. We hope though that another test too will be added in some degree and this is a test of the heart. Because we can swing the pendulum too far back the other way. ° ° BOUQUETS AND BRICKBATS Today I feel good. In going ahead on the “good line” some- you take some pretty stiff and while this does not stop you why nevertheless it does slow you down. Today Alexander Barmine, famous author of “One Who Survived”, a brigadier gen- eral in the Russian Army, indus- trialist and soldier und Red Star and during the connected with the army in the Office of § Serv: told me _ that Rockets” was goo nd that it gave much life to The Citizen. , e ° SRD BUDGET APPROVED Far as I know there was no county commissioner present at the State Road Department bud- get meeting held Monday night at Tampa _ where elegations from all over the state appeared to ask for building and repair programs. What comes to mind is the project to make the Boule- vard an alternate road and place it bac by repairing hurricane dam Lakeland delegate renewed a plea for a beeline highway from Tampa to Palm Beach and Miami but this was shelved after it was consid- efed more important to make re- pairs on exisiting roads first. Budget for the te Road of $31,456,276, an e of $2,- : e budget er if the al- rd highway was on the bud. Broward and Dade counties incorporated funds from the 80 per cent surplus gas- oline tax revenues to permit schéduling of local work in those counties. age. ternate Boulevz . . RESURFACED BOULEVARD The State Road Department has done much for Key West in ars such as resurfacing It Boulevard on the gulf Highway No. 1. Other pro- jects are on the pan, right now but they must be pushed at effec- TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS | (Know America) James P. S. Devereux, M: arine| nd, prisoner of the Japs almost fou , born 43 years ago. G. Gu yea | city } areas such as residence, commer- tive moments if ‘we are to go ahead. ° e LAUNDRY ZONING QUESTION Sometime ago the city com- mision permitted by ordinance the building of a place of busi- | ness addition at the White Laun- dry in violation of the zoning laws. At the time the thought went through many of our minds as to what would come of such an action. Well it is here now. | The City has received a petition by 37 residents objecting to the smoke situation at the Laundry. City Manager has informed the management to correct the nuis- ance and also to have. insurance placed on a boiler in the plant to take care of any damage. e e ZONING UP IN THE AIR The present city commission has not taken a very good stand on zoning. When they first came into office commissioners pro- tested the past zoning laws as favoring a few and as not well thought out. Which is largely true. But instead of meeting for complete revision of the zoning | laws and bringing everything up to date and at the same time keeping the limits of certain sec- tions as sacred why they have been granting all kinds of changes by ordinances which amend the zoning laws. e e OVER-ALL PICTURE Soon, very soon, the city com- mission should sit as a planning board and take the over all pic- ture of zoning into consideration _ A nice new chart of zoning laws has been placed up in city com- mission meeting hall by the city manager at the request of the commission and there the ete. are all marked off in various colors. So that when a commissioner votes for a change of zoning laws the picture is right there before him of just what he is doing. e e BATTLE OF THE BIGHT Take the case of the battle of Mrs. Margaret Mitchell, trustee of North Beach Inn, and George Gomez of North Beach. These two young people were once close friends and were brought up as children together. Yet now there is a great deal. of agitation be- tween them. First of all North Beach Inn placed a beach right’ smack against Mr. Gomez home which is built out on the water This was not amenable to Mr. Gomez. This year Mr. Gomez de- cided to place a marine lift rail- way in his back yard which fronts on the water and which was once a boathouse area for. the late Judge Harris’ large boat: This was not. amenable..to Mrs: | Mitchell. Now, up ‘at: city com: ! mission. meeting Jast night: Mrs. ‘Mitchell in a letter to the city? zoning} commission asks that laws on the beach be amended so that she can erect a restaurant on the beach. Thus we go on and on. Apparently there is no logic of zoning applied anywhere along the line. Today’s Anniversaries (Know America) 1805—Angelina E. Grimke, the ‘oungest of two famed sister abo- litionists, born at Charleston, S. Died Oct. 26, 1879. 1822—Henry F. Durant, suc- essful Boston lawyer, who, at SILL LL LL LA Possibility — Of Oil Near At Barnes Sound Possibility that ‘black gold’ may yet be discovered in Monroe County is seen in a statement made Monday night by an official of the Republic Oil Company now drilling a well at Barnes i Sound. Cautioning that oil has not yet been found, the official disclosed drilling operations Monday had struck “an oil show”. This means, he ex- plained, that “we are getting into a zone where we have to look pretty closely to see what's just ahead.” The official, who would not allow his name to be used. said that the “oil show” was found at 10,180 feet. The Citizen reported in its issue yesterday that as of Friday the Barnes Sound well had attained a depth of 10,053 feet. The 10,300-foot depth will Probably be reached today. Just how much deeper the well will have to be drilled before it becomes a gusher Was not disclosed. The Hum- ble Oil Company struck oil at 11,627 feet at its Sunniland Well No. 1 in Collier County. The Barnes Sound well is being drilled near the Over- soe Highway in that local- ity. Tacties On Union Fees Are Related CHARGES HURLED AGAINST PETRILLO, PRESIDENT OF Sima ad OF MUSICi. Traffie Cases Heard Tuesday SENTENCES IMPOSED IN CRIMINAL COURT IN SIX CASES Judge Thomas S. Caro imposed sentences yesterday afternoon in| six traffic cases that came-up in criminal .court. The defendants. were: ‘ John M. Christian was fined $10 and costs, with the alterna- tive of spending 60 days in jail on a charge of selling an auto- mobile without a license. Alberto Sherouse, no driver’s license; $5 and costs, or 30 days in jail. Glen L. Rogers, failing to de- liver proper title certificate, $10 and costs, or 30 days. Jack Ryer Wentzel, reckless driving, $25 and costs or 60 days. Elmer Louise Eaton, driving on a rim on a public highway, $50 and costs, or 90 days. Andrew Milton Hiott, improper parking, $25 and costs, or 60 days. The Weather REPORT Key West and vicinity: Partly cloudy this afternoon, tonight and Thursday. Little change in temperature. Moderate variable winds, mostly north and north- east. Florida: Fair, cooler in north and central portions and partly cloudy and mild over the ex- treme south portion today and tonight. Thursday partly, cloudy with little change in temperature. Jacksonville through the Flor- ida Straits:and East Gulf of Mex- ico: Moderate winds, northerly over the north portion and vari- able over the south portion, be- coming northeasterly tonight. Moderate northeasterly winds (By Associuted Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. — Such terms as “pernicious” and “un-American” were applied to- day to the tactics of James C. Petrillo, president of the Federa- tion of American Musicians, in compelling broadcasting stations to pay the union fees when using mechanical music and to compel them to have stand-by orchestras in some broadcasts that do not use music. The bij] before the house makes it illegal for the union to continue those practices, and it was said the measure will be passed by a large majority. Elliot Heard By Investigators Z (BY, Agkocintea. Preand WASHINGTON, Feb. 20—The senate Pearl Harbor disaster committee decided today to call Sergeant George E. Elliott, the man who spotted the Jap planes, on their way to attack Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, when they were 132 miles from that base. Elliott detected the approach- ing planes by radar, and reported his discovery to an inexperienced officer, who is reported to have told him to “forget it”. Thursday. Partly cloudy weather. Jacksonville to Apalachicola: No small craft or storm warnings have been issued. WEATHER REPORT Key West, Fla., Feb. 20, 1946 Observation taken at 7:30 am. Eastern Standard Time (City Office) ‘Temperatures Highest last 24 hours Lowest last night Mean Normal - Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending 8:30 a.m., inches uate Total rainfall since Jan. 1, inches __ O08 Deficiency since Jan. 1, inches _. ni Tota\ rainfall since Jan. 1, inches .. é Deficiency since Jan. 1, Sunrise - | Sunset Moonrise Moonset NR RRL TILL LAN EE AE STRONG ARM BRAND COFFEE TRIUMPH COFFEE At the conclusion of Elliott’s testimony, the committee will ad- journ. It has been given till June 1 to make the report of its find? ings to congress. _ MILL AT ALL GROCERS Spiritual Food » By J. W. BR. TRUE TREASURES Lay not up for yourselves treas- ures upon éarth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and wher2 thieves break through: and steai: but lay up for yourselves treas- ures in heaven, where neither moth nor-rust doth corrupt, and where. thieves do not break through nor steal: for where your | treasure is, there will your heart} be. also. The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single,} thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy wae body shall be full of} darkné If therefore the light at is in thee be darkness, how} great is that darkness! No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the son,| and love thé other: or else he will! hold to the one, and despite the other. Ye cannot serve God and; mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drin'; nor yet for your body, what 3¢ shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedetn them. Are ye not much better than they? Which of you by taking thought can jadd one eubit -unto his sta- ture? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow, they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet I say unto’ you, That: even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not clothe you, Oye of little faith? Therefore take no thought, say- much more}. ing, What shall we eat? or, What ESTIMATE MADE BROOKLYN.—It’ is estimated that American women will spend! more’ than two billion dollars for cosmetics in 1946. shall we be clothed? (for after ail these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father know- eth that ye have need of all these things. -But°seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his right- eousness’ :and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore: no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shail} take thought for the things of it- self. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. (Matthew 6:19-34) Scripture Quotation: “O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through .our Lord Jesus Christ Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmoveable, al- ways abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in! the Lord.”—I Corinthians 15:55- | 58. 4 “Political Announcements For State Senator “BOB” KING | | For Representative JOHN. CARBONELL, JR. For Representative BERNIE C.. PAPY For County Commissioner | (Second: District) FRANK BENTLEY Pa ss Shak sc eR For County Commissioner (Fourth District) RETURNING HOME (Special to The Citizen) PEARL HARBOR, T. H., Feb.} 20.—Pfe. Albert Bastian, son of Mrs. Rosetta Bastian, of 727 Whitheead street, Key West, Fla, is one of many Army veterans re- turning to the States aboard the U.S.S. Drew, an attack transport TAKE of the “Magic Carpet” fleet. This ship left Saipan on January 30, ‘and was scheduled to arrive at San Pedro, Calif., about Febru- ary 13. * The Drew is one of the attack transports, which, with carg? ships and landing craft, maintain-, ed continuous supply lines to Hghting forces across the Pa: , Pizarro invaded Bolivia in 1544 HOME - SPARES General MAZDA Electric LAMPS STAY BRIGHTER LONGER!!! 25 - 40:- 60 Watt Sizes Oe Hse 15¢ wits. 20e NEED LAMPS? _. See Your Electrical Dealer or The CITY shall we ‘drink? or, Wherewithal € bes: = nl GERALD SAUNDERS it is up to us to give it to him. ELECTRIC ' Your church—your school—your newspaper —your grocer—and yes, your Cities Service dealer —they ALL are’ spark plugs of your city. They make it-go. é The veteran is seeking to move back into civilian-life in a backfire of industrial strife, but a smooth running city is vital to his welfare, and So let’s work together to this end—that no man nor woman who went to war may be disap- pointed in this, his home town. jdeath of child, turned to Chris ‘tian evangelism, virtual founder : {of Wellesley College, Mass., born wnell, Jr., chairman | 3+ Hanover, N. H. Died Oct. 3, ican National Com 11881. at Peru, Nebr., 42)" 1§29—Joseph Jefferson, famed actor, grandson of a noted Phil- ry Gar eratic soprano, | adelphia actor of same name, be- born in § , ¢ 1go. [loved “Rip Van Winkle”, a truc -. |artist, born in Philadelphia. Died | April 23, 1905. 1848—Edward H. Harriman, EHRET’S Extra BEER * Medical School, far bern in an office boy at, 14, who left ;!a fortune of $150,000,000, born on {Long Island, N. ¥. Died Sept. 9, 1909. *|- 1858—Howard A. Kelly, famei gO. !surgeon and medical authority f. Charles H. Judd of the{his day, born at Camden, N. J. versity of Chicago, famed ps Died Jan. 12, 1943. st emeritus, born in India i Walter C. Mendenhall, re e Notice to Subscribers of the U. S. Geo- , born in Stark Co.. If the carrier has not delivered your copy The Citizen by 6 o'clock each evening. please tele- | phone 51 and it will be || delivered to you. An as- || sistant remains in the of- fice for this purpose un- til that hour. Russel M. Crouse of New Yo. ter, born at Findlay, Ohio, 5: * Famous for Fine Flavor Since 1866 Robert Knobel “WHOLESALE BEER and WINE” 2049 N. MIAMI AVE. Phone 2-5824