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. B lift SKey IBeitl Citizen
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I, I*. ART MAN. President and PakllthM
JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Mliagrr
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IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN
1. Water and Sewerage.
2 Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning).
3. Hotels and Apartments.
4. Bathing Pavilion.
5. Airports—Land and Sea.
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'6. Consolidation of County and City
Governments.
Not all knocks are boosts—how about
those in your car?
Another debunker has discovered
that the waters of “the beautiful Danube”
are dirty yellow in color.
Public servants of the people, who
break their necks to hold their jobs, will
tell yu, confidentially, that they are woe
fully underpaid.
Nothing that the government can do
will prove a substitute for the effort of the
individual Hugged individualism is what
made America great, but this paternalistic
administration is making us soft as mush.
Key West congratulates Jacksonville
on securing the southeastern airbase for
which Miami and this city have been per
sistent contenders. That the island city
has been designated as “second line of de
fense” is of great advantage. Since Key
West is not the winner, it is always a good
sport and takes second place with grace.
The national debt nears 45 billion
dollars, the constitutional limit, and the
President wants the debt limit raised to 50
billion. Congress is not “conforme” but
doesn’t mind increasing the bonded in
debtedness to unbounded limits. Isn’t a
debt a debt no matter in what manner
made? This is all confusing and beyond
the average layman’s ken.
The return of Puerto Rico to Spain is
said to be one of the objectives of the
Franco Nationalist government, according
to a newspaper dispatch from San Juan,
which reports that islanders, returning
from Spain, have revealed the plan. Well,
if this is true, all that the United States
can say to General Franco is, “Come and
get it!” Cuba, too, once belonged to
Spain, why leave out the Pearl of the An
tilles?
“Not until business again gets on its
feet, functioning normally and confident
of the future, will America be lifted out of
the slough of depression,” Congressman
Louis Ludlow declared in fortifying his
opinion that the situation is as “clear as a
flag on a pikestaff,” and that “business
and industry are frozen with fear,” and
that “they need to be thawed out.” Lud
low charges that business is using alibis at
the present time just because business
wants to be chummy again with the Ad
ministration.
We, in the United States, are too
trustful of the European nations. They
have made fools of us once before; can’t
we learn our lesson? As Senator Borah
stated a few days ago: “What they (the
democracies) are contending fbr is the
realization of their imperialistic scheme,
and not the destruction of Naziism.” It
may be recalled that former President
“Wilson accused even France of “imperial
ism,” right after the World War. Last
week Senator Borah went so far as to say
that Chanceller Hitler had no “better
friend” than England. It seems that the
Munich pact proved that.
“MADE IN KEY WEST’
For the last several years Key West
has suffered through disuse of the words,
“Made in Key West”, in connection with
cigar production. A few small manufac
turers have carried on through the years,
but their product does not enjoy the gen
eral distribution enjoyed by the cigars
produced in this city when the handmade
Havana industry was centered here.
Recent developments give rise to the
hope that “Made in Key West” may again
become a bvword in every corner of the
world. The Key West-Havana Cigar
Company has begun production in a plant
t at Second Avenue and County Road. With
in a few weeks upwards of 100 operatives
will be producing cigars and cigarettes to
meet every demand of smokers. Cigars
retailing for two for five cents and as high
as 51.50 each will be made by this com
pany.
The company has devised a distinc
tive box in which to distribute its products.
On the inside of the lid a decorative map
shows Key West’s general location with
reference to the mainland—and carries
the four words, “Made in Key West”. The
j company will present the cigars to smokers
I through 40,000 retailers. Thus “Made in
Key West” will again become familiar
1 words everywhere. It is good advertising
, for the city and good publicity for the
; company.
According to officials of the company
Key West never has lost prestige as a
i cigar manufacturing center, even though
the city did lose the industry. Now, it
seems, other cities that absorbed the Key
West industry are losing caste with the
cigar trade. Cheap operators have been
putting out cheap cigars to the detriment
of those communities.
It is a trite truism to state that Key
West never produced a cheap cigar, if by
“cheap” fe‘ meant a cigar of inferior
quality regardless of price. The words
“Made iir’Key West” connote quality, in
the opinion of officials of the Key West-
Havana 6igar Company; so the company
is planning a broad production program in
this city where the climate is still superior
to any otHer in the United States for their
operations.
As one means of creating demand for
its product, the Key West-Havana Cigar
Company is preparing to make the plant a
visitor showplace. Visitors will be wel
comed in a comfortable lounge. Men will
be handed cigars and women flowers or
other souvenirs. A uniformed, well-in
formed guide will take them through the
j plant. Each operative in the plant will be
uniformed. Each will be clean and
healthy, for all employes must pass phy
| sical examinations. The plant will be
spotless, the floor free of the usual debris
and litter in cigar factories. The whole
picture will be irrefutable proof the cigars
are produced under sanitary conditions in
a sanitary plant.
The Citizen believes this is a smart
and farseeing program that will enhance
the value of the words—“ Made in Key
West.”
TRYING TO REGULATE OTHERS
>
The human race is made up of a
great variety of individuals, whose cus
toms, thoughts, ideals and manners vary
to an amazing degree.
Consequently, it might be a good idea
! for those interested in improving the race
to realize that it cannot be done by pre
scribing one mold to which all persons
must conform upon penalty of destruction.
There are people who "like reading
while others prefer dancing, some prefer
! religious cremonies while others yearn for
solitude and so on the conflicting ideas of
what is desirable might be listed.
The widely prevalent conception of
the “right life” that includes rigorous per
secution of non-conformists will not add
much to the improvement of the race. The
past history of the world, we believe,
bears out this observation. However, since
i men and women like to regulate others
there will always be a tendency on the
part of majorities to make minorities fall
* in line.
Every individual, in an ideal • com
munity, would be allowed to live his or her
own life, according to individual con
science, with the sole proviso that no one
injure anther in such an existence. Ex
cept to meet the requirements of this pro
viso there is no excuse for the regulation
of others, either by law, custom or the
i mass pressure of society.
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN
The Rhoades Family ... by Squier
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Oivsrsisii of rMd fund* to non-highway purposes often rssults In
noglocted and unsafe roods, and nssdlaaaly high taxsa. S#v*n state*
have adopted constitutional amendment* which prohibit diversion, re
quiring all automotive taxes to be used solely for making better and safer
roads. Movements for the adoption of similar amendments are now under
way In about a dozen state* where road funds are misappropriated.
THOSE WHO PLOW
JJV THE SEA
By DARIO GARCIA
The “New Testament”, a pos
thumous book translated into
many languages, has taken to
every corner of the hemisphere a 1
portrait of the odyssey and suf
ferings imposed on our great re
deemer: Jesus, the Galillean, or
Jesus of Nazareth, as he wasj
generally called by his persecu- i
tors and later crucified in Mount
Calvary; compelled to carry the i
cross in which he was to expiate j
the crime of his preachings: A ,
gospel of unity and brotherly!
love throughout Jerusalem and I
his praying to the Father tn the
solitude of Mount Olive.
Erich Maria Remarque, a young
German soldier who survived the
last world war, wrote a great
book, “All Quiet On The Western
Front”. . .This book also trans
lated into many languages, traces
in an agile manner the horrors
and sufferings imposed on the
men who bravely struggled in
that ferocious fight, displayed in
the fields of Chateau Thierry,
Verdun and other strategic points
of the great world war. The Ger
mans were advancing on Verdun
in a straight line to capture
Paris, and there conquer the goal
of ambition of a man suffering
from senile dementia, while oth
ers were vigorously defending the
liberty of the world. Blind and
fiery mementos in a camouflage
where all was a groan and dying
flesh. Thereby showing the
mothers, widows and orphans of
Germany, the perils and dangers
of another war, and vividly relat
ing how their beloved ones were
sacrificed in holocaust to the am
bitious caprice of a man who was
later repudiated and expulsed to
exile by his own people. Those
mothers, widows and orphans of
Germany whose eyes were still i
wet with the bitter tears of their
weeping, took the law in their
hands to punish the culpable:
William 11, Ex-Kaiser and Em
peror of Germany and Prussia,
with the revolution of 1918.
Very ironically; as the days
come closer to the commemora
tion of the week of passion of our
Savior, France recruits all her
available men from 17 yegrs of
age up, while England and Russia
are likewise making preparation
in order to be ready to attack the
offensive of the Nazis in their lust
for power and domination. The
world at large in preparedness for
tlje coming conflict busily manu
factures munitions, planes, battle
ships, and the other weapons only
useful for the destruction of man
kind and civilization in general. |
Strangely these very same
mothers, widows and orphans in
Germany who twenty years ago
saw the effect of the tragedy in
Sarajevo where Archduke Ferd
inand was assasinated by a stu
dent making thereby a cause for
Germany to enter as the powerful
source and represent the parties
damaged; where their children,
adolescents, left their books and
studies to pick up the guns and
march to the front and perish for
a cause they did not know what
it was all about; are the same
who today incase Adolf Hitler in’
a shrine of fanatical adoration
bowing to his degenerate ambi
tions and offer their children to
act as his pawns and die just the
same as Jesus of Nazareth did.
These innocents shall carry the
masses and fight for a cause that
shall mean slaughter for no oh ter
sake than an illusory ambition
never to meterialize and futile as
all wars. Can it be that the writ- j
mgs of the “New Testament” and
“All Quiet On The Western
Front” with their wonderful
preaching? against wars are as
useless as the efforts of those who
plow in the sea?
Key West. Fla.,
March 25, 1939.
TODAY’S COMMON
ERROR
Do not say, "Our mutual
friend Mr. Brown"; say,
"our friend in common".
TEST YOUR
KNOWLEDGE
I
Can you answer seven of these
lest questions? Turn to
Page 4 for the answers
1. For which state is “Pan
handle State” a nickname?
2. What is the name for the;
main cabin of a ship?
3. Where is the British crown
colony of British Hon
duras?
4. Name the director of inves
tigations, U. S. Depart
ment of Justice.
5. Which two Presidents of the
U. S. were born in the
same city?
6. What is a “round trip” or
“roundhouse” in Pinochle?
7. In which State is the Painted
Desert?
i
8. What is the correct pronun
ciation of the word litho-,
grapher?
9. How many times was the
great race horse, Man o’
War defeated?
10. What is a foundling hospit
al?
PIRATES COVE
FJSUING ROTES
Ten-year-old Dan Leary, West
Orange, N. J., caught a 48-lb. •
kingfish.
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Mr. and Mrs. Keith Owen, j
Terre Haute, Indiana, fishing
with Capt. Thomas Moore on the
“Mocassin”, brought in a 25-lb.
jewfish, four 25-lb. barracuda,
several grouper from 10-25 lbs.
Prize catch—three 5-7 lbs. bone
fish.
Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Leary of
West Orange, N. J., with their
sons, Dan, Jr., Barrett ad Tommy,
fishing with Capt. Earl Me-!
Quaide orTthe Vellela for the past
week, brought in two prize fish. •
Mr. Leary landed a 48-pound j
grouper and Dan, Jr., followed
with a 48-pound kingfish. Dan,
Jr., also landed a 14-pound bo- 1
nito. Other fish included several
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DEPRESSION FIGHTERS
Or marie cappick
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This is a story of thrift that is
making a Key West couple fa
mous. National newspapers are
carrying stories of how r Erskine
Rolle and his wife Annie, down
in Key West have fought and
continue to fight Old Man De
pression. Here is the story:
Seven years ago the Rolles
came to Key West from the West
Coast of Florida and invested
their very small savings in a
piece of property on Thomas
street near the corner of Eaton
on which there were two small,
old houses. The man and his
wife, razed the structures, sal
vaged the better timbers, bought
a small supply of new lumber
and built them a good, substan
tial, comfortable home, suffi
ciently large for their needs.
Knowing the value of fresh
vegetables, they set out a vege
table garden on the south side
of their city lot, and in time they
had a supply of fresh tomatoes,
cabbages, potatoes, onions and
, string beans. The surplus was
canned, thereby giving them
fresh vegetables out of season.
Another section of the lot was
given to frnit-bearing trees,
which the following year pro
duced oranges, grapefruit, and
tangerines. A distinctive variety
of papaya from Panama was in
cluded in the fruit sectioq.
These produced more fruit than
the Rolles consumed, so the sur
plus w’as turned ino jams, jellies,
marmalades and other preserves.
Chickens had their place in the
j “farm” scheme and for their
care gave a bountiful supply of
fresh eggs. Bees were hived un
der the fruit trees and they pro-
I vided sweetness for tea or coffee
’ and for the preserves. Annie
Rolle knows how to make deli
cious pralines, that in time will
make Key West famous for coco
nut pralines as the Louisiana
pecan pralines made New Or
leans famous.
Visitors to Key West who have
read of the Rolles and how they
are fighting the depression call
and express interest in the little
“farm” and its owners. Seldom
does any visitor leave without
purchasing a jar or two of deli
cious papaya preserve, guava
jam, jelly or marmalade, or a
glass of tomato preserve which
is a rare treat. Innumerable pic
tures have been snapped of the
' “farm.”
Such a display of initiative plus
energy should receive whole
hearted community support, for
it not only relieves the tax
payers of the cost of an addi
tional family on relief,- but is
providing a civic attraction of
nationwide interest.
This is the answer to what
Key West will do when the re
lief stops. Call at 413 Thomas
street and learn from Erskine
and Annie Rolle how to fight the
depression.
mackerel, yellowtails and amber
jacks.
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Mr. and Mrs. C. Blackburn Mill
er of Yonkers, N. Y., fsihing on
the Queen, brought in a 50-pound
jewfish, seven-pound channel
bass and one 20-pound kingfish.
The Millers use only light tackle
as all above were landed with 6
to 12 thread line. Fishing another
day they returned to camp with
two bonefish weighing 4-6 pounds.
BENJAMIN LOPEZ .
FUNERAL HOME |
Established INS I
Licensed Funeral Directors i
and F.mhatmers
24 Hour Ambulance Service j
Phone 135 Night 694
PEOPLE'S FORUM
AGAINST BILLBOARDS
Editor. The Citizen:
Congratulations on your most
interesting and timely editorial.
"The Billboard Beautiful”.
Yes. Mr. Ogden Nash s song.
“Song of the Open Road”, is most
appropriate. More business folks
should take it to heart
Cape Ccd. which I like to com
pare in growth with the commg
future of Key West has done
away with all of its billboards and
unsightly signs. The hotel and
restaurant men of the Cape, with
the Garden Clubs, started the ball
rolling by taking their own
down.
Of course you know the un
sightliness due to signs from
Geiger Key in to Key West es
| FLORIDA MOTOR LINES
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Traral rates ar* down—sad ogam Florida
Motor linos load tha onto* told with new
low taros throughout tto South sad ta ad
Aaorica—taros and asrrics tha! no other
typa of first class traaanastodan can mabAJ
Grand nows lor nußona who plan vaca
tion tripa (or it moans am aailos for laao
money, a iar wider tango of vacation at
traction*. mar* days oi pis soars with dedeTO
saved by Florida Motor Linas. Wn*io farm
go down, sorrico and conyonioncs go up
—with mera frequent sdaijki ir now
Zephyr buses..
BUS STATION
Corner Southard and Bahama Streets
PHONE 142
fiom da Motor lines
: INFORMATION fl
| TOR TOURISTS |
• Entertainment Fishing Accommodations •
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' MONROE THEATER OVERSEAS
Barbara Stanwyck—H. Fonda rirr AMT) I nfITC
MAD MISS MANTON Marsth IT
Bulldog Drummond Arrest “Tha Boat ha Food and Rooms'
Matinee—Balcony 10c, Or- Between Kay West and Miami
chestra 15-20 c; Night—ls-25c r COMPLETE GARAGE SERVICE
- -- -- -- -- Charley Tsppino. Prep.
CASA MARINA I , ■■ -J-
Koy West's OUTDOOR BOWLING
t Hotel De Luxe near monboe theater
AMERICAN PLAN
200 Delightful Rooms, Each S NEW RE SURFACED ALLEYS
With Private Bath Cool and Under Bead
Beautiful Cocktail lounge FREE FAF.K.N j
DANCING NIGHTLY
Dave Garson’s Orchestra mm
PETER SCHUTT, Manager
NO NAME LODGE j comticts cciTe
Famous Bahia Honda FiaMup * Also COMEDY SBOVTS
Reef - Tarpon - Permit - PRIZE HITE TONIGHT
Stone Crab Dinners a Specialty - - - - - ■■
I Phone No Name Key No. 1 *xey Wear* OutmmuMppl~
*- u COWCHA HOTEL
Strong An* Braad amine UISiAWriWI
COFFEE r-
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KeyWwt BowtingAHey. CARP
DUCK PDfS . . . TEN FOB i . >
Open 11 A. M. to 11 P. M.
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TUESDAY. MARCH -3.
peciaiiy the approach to the bou
levard at AT* place
Keep ur your educational edi
torials for I'm sure in time thev
will bear fruit.
JOE TOXETTI
Marathon. Fla..
March 25. 1939. , f
F. O. (FOOT ODOR)
Hew T# Kill It
F. O penetrate? dries Your
friends smell it You don't. You
are immune to the odor Get Mr
worth of Te-ol *irdulwi with
camphor at any drug store. Ap
ply full strength beiure nrtmnz
for F O. sweaty feet itching
toes or "Athletes foot” Year
30c back m 24 hr airs and not
pleased Locally ax Gardner's
Pharmacy—advi
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