The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 15, 1952, Page 2

ry THE KEY WEST CiTIZEN The Key West Citisen a a ee DEE SA A NRE RS. eS NEE Published daily (except Sunday) by L. P. Artman, owner and pub- tisher, from The Citizen Building, corner of Greene And Ann Streets. Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County L. P. ARTMAN Publisher NCRMAN D. ARTMAN Business Manager Entered at Key West, Florida, as Second Class Matter TELEPHONES 51 and 1935 ——— ember of The Associated Press—The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for reproduction of all news dispatches credited to it or mot otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published here. pa a nn by Member Florida Press Association ana Associatec Dailies of Florida Subscription (by carrier) 25c per week, year $12.00, single copy 5c Page 2 Thursday, May 15, 1952 PEOPLE’S FORUM Citizen welcomes expres- views of its PRSERRES e tae An Open Letter to the Mayor of Key West Mayor C. B. Harvey Key West, Florida “WANTS LAW Your Honor: On Monday evening, May 12, 19 52, as you know, a petition was presented to the City Commission- ers. This petition, signed by nine- ENFORCED” it is just a passing noise, yet it was brought out that the citizens could not, and should not be forced to} listen to such noise. When radios were first put on the market, laws | ing was postponed-it was commoM | were necessary to keep radio knowledge that it was to come be-| stores from’ broadcasting into the fore the city fathers. Therefore, the ; street to advertise their wares. But week preceding its presentation, | th- Juke-box is allowed to brcad- Duval Street, between Caroline and | cast from every bar in Key West, Greene, was fairly quiet, with only | although the license reads “for the | occasional bursts of noise. On the | entertainment of the customer” in | evening of May 12th, following the | the establishment. The Juke-boxes meeting, there was a general cele- | are being used as a medium of ad- bration by the two worst offenders | yertising rather than entertain- in that neighborhood. Until 1:30 | ment. a.m. one such Jukebox could be| What can be done to enforce the ; heard more than seventy feet away, thru’ closed doors in the es- tablishment across the street. At that time the restaurant in question | closed. But the “Tavern” diagonal- ly across the street does not close | until 4 a.m. At 2:15 a.m. the po-| Commission meeting-which meet- laws of the city of Key West and | keep the noise down to ‘“‘a reason- | able amount’? And«who is to de- | cide what “a reasonable amount” is? You, Mr. Mayor, are being ask- ed, by nineteen citizens of this of a sound truck 1s not constant-P, nd Fire Departments for |safe, not because he thought the | well done. It is my opinion | first baseman dropped the ball, but | fe these two depzrtments are | because he thought the runner beat | v the best Key West has ever had. | the throw. BENNY. FERNANDEZ | I can get 150 or more fans to May 14, 1952} prove the first baseman did not | drop the ball. On the contrary he made a nice play and the decision | About two-thirds of U. S. farm especially those jm the ty low and very high income bra Shave sources of cash income outside their farms. t The White Uniforms “"Umps Can Take It’ Editor, The Citizen: | of the umpire was good and final. i S. * . +.| Ona close like that the run In Saturday’s f The Ci : day’s edition of The Ci-| rer usually gets the benefit of the WE CLEAN tizen there appeared a very nice | photo on a bit of action at first | doubt. n : are distinguished and above the The umpire is never right to the ibase in the Miami Beach—Key | ‘ | average because they are scientifi- West baseball game of Friday |fMS and vice versa. That's our) cally cleaned and mechanically night. 5 “ | Same of American baseball. If boo- | processed by experienced and skill- Now, in the photo the first base- ing an umpire is wrong, then there | ed workmen, man, Robert Lastres, appears to are 40,000 Americans wrong every have dropped the ball, thus the | day and they a keep a Lestat POINCIANA caption, “Pr b +» | Wrong because Ameriean Baseball | booing the umpire’s decision | Self, a little booing never killed an | 218 Simenton St. Phone 1086 how are: | If the fans boo an umpire it’s be- | U™Pire. Look at our umps, cause they think the ump fs wrong, habe pee cower: Aunty well in this case the ump was right. | °SS ‘em. “Crip” Lastres | ADVERTISED RATES MADE KNOWN ON APPLICATION tt nent itn The Citizen is an open forum and invites“tiscussion of public issue ‘and subjects of local or general interest, but it will not publish anonymous communications. teen citizens-all taxpayers of this city, was headed “Petition for En- forcement of the Law Requiring Quiet After Midnight.” This heading was not even read. Nor was the fact that there is such any time. One policeman testified that he “could not hear any noise on Duval Street between Caroline and Greene Streets.” He said he warned one place. a law in Key West, mentioned at | eminating from said “Tavern.” The police did go to the address and stood on the sidewalk at the open door where he would be sure to be seen. The music was instant- ly stopped, and the policeman left. Five minutes after he appeared at the door, the music was again on, and this time louder. At 2:40 a.m. the police were called again: They said they had stood on the sidewalk lice were asked to stop the noise | community, for consideration. You are being asked, by petition, to en- | force an existing law. and the conditions can only grow worse. More and more citizeris wili be affected by the lack of interest. | the absolute disregard for a citi- zens’ rights, as shown in the com- mission’s general attitude at Mon- day’s meeting. This problem will not solve itself, The people who signed, and aelp- I base my remark on the picture itself. Where the ball is shown in the | Picture said ball is on the ground, yes, but on the way to the first baseman who as we say in base- ball “Made a nice pick-up” or | scoop of a short throw from the | second baseman, Solomon, who | was crowded at 2nd base tr: complete a double play. 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It is also true, however, that consumers must still buy their food, in many areas, in stores where edibles are displayed on an open counter and without any protection whatsoever from the filth of flies, Medical science has still not discovered all of the di- seases transmitted by the common house fly, but the list of serious diseases so transmitted is very long. The Rock- efeller Foundation recently discovered, in Egypt, that even though clean water and sewage disposal were pro- vided on sanitary standards this had little effect on the tremendous disease rate as long as fly control was not ef- fected. The Rockefeller Foundation was able to reduce the infant death rate in Egypt from three hundred per one thousand live births to one hundred per one thousand } live births through control of the Egyptian house fly. The heart-breaking part of the story is that the chem- | icals used in the battle are now inadequate because the fly has developed an immunity to these drugs. The Foun- dation sadly announces that the death rate has now climb- ed back to the high rate which w normal before the fly-control program was begun. Though the problem is not as serious in the United States as it is in Egypt and most other countries of the world, Americans who are tolerant towards the ordinary house fly and who make little effort to keep down the namber of flies in their community, must be impressed with the urgent need to control these pests. Those mer- as chants who do not protect food from flies should not be | patronized. The battle against the fly is a battle of life | and death between you, your friends and family, and that filthy germ transmitter, which too often ends in death for human beings. Equality is the theory that a barbarian is the equal of a gentleman. ecient Every once in a while we caution readers not to pay too much attention to our editorials, oS Pan Ne + Fae SLICE OF HAM He was’ not asked what time it was when he “could not hear any noise.” Commissioner Delaney was the there might be something to inves- would have no reason to lie about such a thing. No attention was paid him. It was suggested by City Mana- ger Dave King, that the only solu- tion to the “Juke-box problem” throughout the city, would be to require all such places to put in air-conditioning and keep their doors and windows closed tight. He about such noise from all parts of the city, but he claimed when the police answered the. calls they “could hear nothing.” Since the petitior in question here was presented for the May Sth ' only man to stand up and suggest | tigate further, as nineteen people | mager Dave King, you, Mr. Mayor, | admitted he had had many calls | ed get signatures for the petition presented, placed trust in me. I} expect, in whatever manner neces- sary, to see that they get an honor- able hearing. I do not control these people Any of them could have re- fused to sign. The attitude of the tavern owners, and now the City Commission, has forced the issue now squarely into your hands. in front of the place and could not hear anything. When asked if the law did not say noise must be turned OFF at midnight, the police agreed it did so read, but they “could hear ne noise.” Being un- able to get in touch with City Ma- were called at 2:45 a.m. Shortly thereafter the Juke-box was turned off. At 7:30 a.m. that same morning the neighbors were awakened by the Juke-box again being turned on, and they were forced to listen to it again for the entire day and | evening while trying to conduct a business and live next door and | across the street from such dis- | turbances. A short time ago, this same body of commissioners put into effect an ordinance against sound trucks on Sincerely, Larry Karns “Congratulates Commission” Editor, The Citizen: Congratulations to our City | Commission for the vote of con- | fidence given our City Manager| Dave King. Mr. King has done | a good job and there is every | reason to believe he will con- tinue ‘ do so. The Modern Electric Water Heater Is as Clean and Dependable as Like An Electric Light, the Modern Automatic Electric Water Heater is COMPLETELY DEPENDABLE! There are no valves to stick, no moving parts to get out of order. No “special” installations to be made, other than wiring and normal piping. 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