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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26
A RAY OF ZONING HOPE

Lawyers studying the city charter in
preparation for it's eventual revision have
been taking deep interest in an ordinance
passed by the city council in 1927 to estab-
lish a municipal planning commission.
They have found the ordinance was passed
under ar authority of a special act enacted
at an extraordinary session of the State
Legislature in 1925.
This enactment by the Legislature
gave the city broad powers to appoint
planning commission and to vest that body
with wide authority in shaping the trend
of any building program that might be
undertaken in Key West. 1t is now the
opinion of some of these lawyers that the
special act might be construed to cover
zoning in the city. If it does, the present
zoning ordinance can be enforced, the
legal experts argue.
Zoning and planning go hand in
hand. A zoning ordinance is simply plan
for prospective builders to follow when
they build in certain areas. A planning
ordinance based on a special act of the
State Legislature would hold water in any
court. Why not appoint the members of
the zoning board as members of a city
planning commission, which is already
authorized under state law, and let them
adopt entirely the provisions of the4zonFingy
ordinance as part of plan to be followed
by the city? i6 lis
The idea is worth investigation and
should be studied by our city officials! Few
outside of real estate circles and members
of contracting firms realize how much
building is being held up because of the
conviction the present zoning ordinance
will not be effective until the State Legis-
lature next year passes an enabling act.
Builders do not care to risk erecting their
homes where they may later be squeezed
between hot dog stand and filling sta
ton. Home owners want to know in adj
vance their properties will be safe from
such Objectionable buildings
A typical case is that of Miss Thelma
Strabel, noted writer, who some time ago
purchased lot at the foot of Whitehead
street. When she started for Hollywood
to write the dialogue for her serial, "For
Richer-For Pooper'', which is to be
brought to the screen, she was asked her
home address.
"Key West'' she promptly replied.
In letters to local friends, Miss
Strabel states she will come here to live
this winter, but will not build her home
until she is sure the zoning law will keep
Objectionable businesses out of the area in
which she has bought her lot. Miss Strabel
plans to build home costing about $751;
900 when the zoning law becomes effec-
tive
Our city officials can perform no
greater service for this city than make
determined effort to end the uncertainty
regarding the zoning ordinance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26
AT Arles. in Franee. a naral

At Aries. in France, pagan notary,
'Genesius by name. refusing to record the
wicket edicts by which Christians were
commanded to be punished. publicly threw
away his tablets and declared himself a
Christian. On August % at the end of the
third century he was beheaded. and thus
baptized in his own blood, he became a
martyr. 1t is custom in Europe for the
various trades and professions TO choose u
patron. and the N. c. w. c. News service
tells Us that in 1925 when the stenograph-
ers held meeting at Aries. quite APP
propriately they chose St. Genes (Gene-
Sius) as their patron.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26
T ES r GU r
KIN WLEDG E
Can you answer seven Of these
test questions? Turn to
Page for the answers

l. Where is the British Island
of Grenada?
2. With what sport is the name
Carl Hubbell associated?
3. Do ships have a lighter draft
in salt water than in fresh
water?
4. For which state is pelican
State" the nickname?
5. What is bean ball" or
"duster" in baseball?
6. What is the correct pro-
nunciation for the word
commandant?
7. Which country was formerly
known as the Ottoman En-
pire?
8. Can a person be a citizen of
a state of the u. S., with
out being an American
citizen?
9. Historically, which is the
oldest alcoholic beverage?
10, What Is desiccation?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26

1t is interesting to know that in Flor
ida the nomination of Senator Claude Pep
per by the Democrats, which was looked
upon as a great victory for the New Deal,
was actually ensured by his advocacy of
the 800 a month plan. After all, 800 a
month is not so far behind the California
promises. Yet we speak with derision of
the Ham and Egg plan of California.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26

The Halloween parade to be
held tonight by the Carabinas
will be led by the Knights of the
Golden Eagle Drum and Bugle
Corps and number of gorgeous
ly decorated cars will be featured
in the pageant. The parade. will
start at 8 o'clock from ll20 Pack
er street and will follow the
route as printed in the issue of
yesterday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

counting, born at Worcester,
Mass, Sc years ago.
Henry B. Warner, actor, born
in London, 81 years ago.
Jackie Coogan, actor, born in
Los Angeles, "a years ago.
DR.. Max Mason, noted educator
now at the California Institute of
Technology, born at Madison.
Wis, 81 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26
sYNTHETIcs GET TEST

BERLIN-The new swim suits
of synthetic wool, cotton and
rubber have appeared in a
variety of color and design that
this land of spas and bathing re-
sorts has never seen before.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26

Uncle Sam is generous lender but
poor collector. The foreign nations who
are indebted to the United States are not
making any plans to pay their debts, and
certainly will not pay them so long as this
government makes no effort to collect
them.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26

Next to a pretty face and FORM"
says a Key West youth of manageable
age, 1.-THE most attractive thing girl can
have is rich father" But if girl has a
rich, father she need not have pretty face
and form. Y1s0t
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26

One of the most powerful deterrents
to war in Europe is that the nations of the
: Old World are convinced they cannot look
to the United States for its sinews any,
more. Europe burned our fingers once too
often.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26
THE ISLAND CITY.
Along the Waterfront
SOME OF THE BEST of the chug,

chuggers and sailboats drop in
on Sunday afternoons to run
around the edge of the crowd in
swimming. The large yacht Ell
freda" is locked there. This
beautiful basin, almost entirely
encircled by a breakwater, has
plenty of water and is one of Key
Vests beauty spots. Tourists ar
irving early daily go out on the
breakwater facing the main ship
channel and the west to fish and
to view the gorgeous golden and
rainbow tropical sunsets.
WHAT HAPPENS when boat
is overhauled is something like
this: She comes up on the
ways, a railway affair with
checks to hold the boat upright.
Then the bottom is inspected.
Maybe she'll need some new
frames cribs to you landlubbers)
or a new keel or new planking.
The carpenters, all of them in the
business for years, then get to
work with new wood and their
crews and nails or drift or ma
chine bolts and get the new wood
in in hurry. Then comes caulk-
ing with cotton in the seams.
Rough weather can knock the
caulking completely out of a seam
for yards at a time. On top of
the caulking, which is weted first
with paint, comes red lead putty.
Then a, new coat of copper paint
goes below the waterline as a
protection against the teredos or
marine worms which can leave a
hull but a she'll with but a pin
hole on the outside to show where
they entered. Then the topsides
will probably be painted white or
green, the usual fishing boat col
or, with orange buff the most
lasting deck and flooring paint
used. Overhauling motor con-
sists of replacing all worn parts
which may break if allowed to
run longer, perhaps placing new
rings on the pistons to get strong
er compression and more power.
The boat has to be packed at
various places as seals against
water seepage, such as the rudder
shaft box, the propeller shaft
stuffing box, etc. Then a new
coat of steel gray, and the boat
is ready for quite some time.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26

When you are looking at little man
who is little lamb around the house you
I can bet also you are seeing man who is
: little goat around there, too.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26

When a Key West girl thinks she is
homely she consoles herself with the re-
Election that it is better to have brains than
beauty.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26

Princess Zoraida, the greatest
living master of the occult
science, who has mystified thou
sands and whose mastery of the
magic art and sensational achieve
ments have electrified the entire
country, viii be seen at the San
Carlos theater, beginning Satur-
day and will be in Key West one
week. Princess Zoraida is de-
scendant from one of the Oldest
and most aristocratic families OF
Egypt and her title has been
handed down for generations.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26

Willie Jackson, Key Vests
popular scrapper for ring honors.
is scheduled to meet Mike Kelly,
another contender in fistic cir
Giles, at the Fort Lauderdale arena
tonight. This. win be the second
fight jackson has had with KEEL
".
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26

Creators of illusions have had more
temples, statues and affairs raised to them
than any other class of men.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26
KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here just Ten Years Ago Today AZ Taken
From The Files Of The Citizen

Editorial comment: To induce
some people to vote the polling
places will have to be hauled
around from golf club to football
fields, women clubs and home
kitchens.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26

0OME Of TIE 6ESN OF the
waterfront takers" are found in
the following places: Site of the
construction of the new cable
schooner; the sponge market dock
benches; ruined warehouse at
foot of Simonton ST.; waterfront
dead end" at foot of William
street; fish markets at foot of
Elizabeth street; benches facing
Garrison Blight; Atlantic side of
Simonton street on beach; fish
markets at foot of Front street.
Old timers and present fishermen
recount experiences and discuss
the town. Some of the longest and
interesting takers are not con-
nected with the waterfront at all
but are frequent visitors there.
STANLEY SINGLETON. pro-
prietor of local machine shop,
has a good yarn. It seems that
back in the Gays when pineapples
were grown on Key Largo the
sloops and schooners loaded down
with the pines raced to the main
land and other points, each hop
ing to get there first to dispose of
its cargo. Singleton's boat was
better on certain tack than an
sother fellow and for mile after
mile on one tack his slower boat
would keep ahead of the other,
only to be ovrhauled and COM
rletely outdistanced on another
ftaub. II one race, coming through
the Lakes" a boat he was racing
misjudged her tack and landed
on a bank. Singleton proudly
sailed past and mot until he had
gotten lthrodgA that stretch did
he drop sail and throw out a rope
to tow the other boat off. Talk
ing to Mr.. SINGLETON you will
picture every shoal and bank
along the Keys. He knows them
all.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26

1t seems never to occur to some auto
mobile drivers that they can lose few
seconds without being severely injured.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26

Rev. Andrew Doherty, Sd, a
native of England, will preach
Sunday in, st. Mary's Star of the
Sea church.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26

When a man is sick and his wife has
to nurse him, he isn't the only one who is
hoping for an early recovery.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26

One of these days, all the problems
of the world will be settled and rthensthe
last man will die. soT ~
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26
MANUEL LOPEZ. f

MANUEL LOPEZ. fishing
guide, shows off a number of let
tiers he has gotten from north
ern" parties who intend to be
down early. Many of the letters
state that the parties will be down
earlier than ever this season.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26

. Men who are successful in business
are generally very intelligent, and intelli-
gent business men always advertise.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26

). Americans buy more than 800 mil
]. lion pairs of shoes annually. Stepping on
the gas is wearing on shoe leather.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26

The Havana football team is
due TO arrive this afternoon on
the P. and o. boat from Havana,
The boys are. enroute 10 Miami
where they have a series of games
scheduled for this week. Some of
the players viii stop in Key
West tonight and leave in the
morning for Miami.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26

: Many automobiles are wrecked daily
it is wonder there are not many more.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26

Prof. John T. Madden of New
York University, professor of ac-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26

DIR. Henry w. Holmes, Har-
wards Graduate School of Bust
ness dean, born in Boston, So
years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26

THE YACHT BASIN. now
cleared of the two bulky ferries,
is coming into its own in recog-
milton. Quite number of chug
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26

A little lost" ad in The Citi-
zen restored to Deputy Sheriff
Ray Elwood. a highly priced par
rott that had strayed from his
home. They had searched high
and low for the bird but had been
unable to locate it. They were
very anxious to recover the pet
and at last decided to place an ad
in this paper. 1t turned the trick.
Within a short time after the pa
per was on the street the valu-
able bird was returned TO the
owner by a good neighbor, who
had found the Polly laughing in
high glee while shaking sugar
apples from the tree in his yard.
The Citizens classified column is
great on finding lost things, rent
ing rooms, so say all who have
ever availed themselves of the
service.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26

Edward A. O'Neal, III, presi-
dent of the American Farm Blu
reau Federation, Chicago, born
near Florence, Ala, So years ago.
Doris Stevens, woman leader,
born at Omaha, Nebr., as years
ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-26

The City of Key West, the
local Chamber of Commerce and
the Monroe County Commission
ers will have three representa-
tives in the big motorcade which
will leave Washington for, Key
West on November Is in celebra-
ton of the formal opening of the
Atlantic Coastal Highway from
Calais, Maine, to Key West. This
was decided at joint meeting of
the organizations held last night.
The Chamber of Commerce Sc
lected Frank Ladd, one of the
two Florida members of the
board of governors of the high
way association to represent the
Chamber and to be chairman of
the Key West contingent on the
trip. j. Otto iKirchheiner will
represent the County Commits
sioners and Ross c. Sawyer the
city council. The Key West unit
is instructed to be I'M Washing
ton by November Is to join the
train of automobiles and exert
every effort to bring as many of
the cars as possible through to
Key West. The great demonstra-
ton is being sponsored by Mayor
Alsop of Jacksonville, who pre-
diets that it will be the most ex-
stensive parade ever seen on a
highway in this country.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07

nationwide radio address Saturday
night from San Luis Potosi. In his
talk Cardenas also assailed foreign
oil companies for conducting an
economic offensive" against this
country because of appropriation
of their properties.
THE presidents program could
not be BETTER Excelsior said. How
ever. MeXico's laborers and peasants
lack the necessary preparation to
undertake a task of such magni-
tude.C ardenas' attitude is admir-
able but (the pfogram) may en-
counter hard obstacles in practice. y
The renewed attack on the oil
companies, the editorial said, in
dicated that the latest attempt to
settle the indemnity question have
failed. The paper added:
"Cardenas asked his advisors, with
him at present in San Luis Potosi,
to study the possibility of convert
ing funds donated toward payment
of the oil debt to some productive
use. The donors would be consulted
before such a change would be
made in the intended disposition
of the donations.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07
Family Destitute
After Home Burns

Mr.. and Mrs. Bagh Singh and
their five children are destitute
because of a fire which destroyed
all their belongings on the Gillett
ranch east of Ell Centro this week
end.
Their immigration records and
papers, $63 hidden in a mattress,
their clothing, household furnish
ingS, and two new tractor tires
We're included in the loss Motorists
en- Ross avenue Sunday saw the
flames shooting from the roof and
called the family from a barn
where they were working. Origin of
the fire was undetermined
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07
Barton Proposes
Study of Evils

WASHINGTON, June T. (UP)-
Rep. Bruce Barton, r., N. Y, ad-
vertising executive who ran for
congress on repeal a law a week"
platform, today proposed the Gre
alton of seven joint congressional
commissions to study "the seven
deadly sores" of the current eco
nomic situation.
He suggested that the commits
sions, during the forthcoming re-
cess, study and report to the next
congress on the farm problem;
unemployment and relief; the prob
lem of social security; the problem
OF tax program designed to stimu-
late instead of to strangle in
dustry; reciprocal trade policy;
government competition with pri-
vate industry-particula in the
field of public utilities, and the
railroad problem.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07
DISTRICT BOND
SUITS PUT OFF
TO AUGUST s

Five suits brought by holders Of
Imperial Irrigation district bonds
were continued to August 8 after
a hearing before Judge Emmett T.
Wilson in Los Angeles Monday.
The district filed a motion re-
questing the continuance and the
motion was granted.
Suits brought against the district
by Reed j. Bekins Gilbert Moody,
James H. Jordan and two by M
E. Oswald, all involving disputes
over district bonds, will be heard
in Imperial county before an out
side judge.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07
ROCK CRUSHER
PRISON CAMP


Imperial county'S temporary pris-
on camp at the rock crusher near
Mt. Superstition became a perma-
nent feature of county government
Monday when the board of super
visors arranged for its mainten-
ance next year.
They voted to include $2,500 in
the budget for the prison camp.
Prisoners from the county Jail are
sent to the rock crusher to prepare
crushed rock for use on county
highways. ...s ~.
The county hospital will blossom
out in window awnings. The board
ordered them installed, at a cost
not to exceed $400. A new automo-
bile was ordered for the sheriff's
department. The cost was $6324l
. A budget hearing was set for
June 20 and all county officers
instructed to be present.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07
CasabOn Sent to
Insane ASylum

Alfred Casabon, aged Ell Centran,
was declared insane by the county
sanity commission Monday and
committed to Patton institution for
the insane
He was brought to Ell Centre Fri
day from Washington, D. C. where
he went shortly after nine physi-
clans and two alienists declared he
should be sent to Patton. CasabOn's
friends insisted that he be released
and expressed willingness to be re-
sponsible for him, officials pointed
out. He left for Patton Monday
night in an ambulance. DR.. w. H.
Haakinson, resident physician at the
county hospital, and Deputy Sheriff
Bill Lott, accompanied him. HIS
condition is said to be serious.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07
Mrs. Mary MOOres
Funeral TUESDAY,

Funeral services for Mrs. Mary
Hart Moores, 81, pioneer Imperial
Valley resident who died in Costa
Mesa Sunday, will pe held in that
city Tuesday.
Mrs. Moores arrived in the Val
ley in 1910. She and her family
first lived at Imperial and later
lived between Dixieland and See
ley. They left the valley in 1920
She had been ill for several years
prior to her death.
Her survivors include her hus.
band, William Moores; two daugh
ters, Mrs Mary A. Moody of E
Centre; Mrs. Wilma Edge of Costs
Mesa; and four sons. j. H. oi
Costa Mesa, w. E. of Downey, B
M. of Newport Beach, and C. w
of Corona. She will be buried al
DoWney cemetery.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07
CalapprOved Plan
Filing Date Set

Applications to grow Calapproved
double dwarf milo and darlo must
be filed with the county farm ad-
visor by June Is, H. Lee Landerman,
assistant advisor, announced Tues
day.
Speed is necessary, Landerman
pointed out, to enable members of
the Calapproved seed committee to
pass on proposed land. Land, to
grow Calapproved seed, must not
have grown grain sorghums, sudan
milo, or other crops likely to cross
pollinate for at least two years. They
also must be planted at least 1000
feet from any like field of sorghum
CT sudan unless planted in Calap-
proved seed.
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07
BARBER SHOP
SINGING IDEA
GETS HACKERS

TUL SA, Okla, June 7. (UP)-O.
c. Cash, who is READY at moments
notice to break into song at the
sound of pitch pipe, thumbed
through his correspondence today
and said it looked like his plans for
the society for the preservation and
encouragement of barber shop sing
ing, Inc, was as contagious as
Sweet Adeline.
"A judge in Knasas City, rail-
road executive in st. Louis and a
former Oklahoma governor are
among those who have written
asking for charters for their cities,
said Cash. I'm going to induct a
unit in Kansas City June l8, and
later We will have a national ses-
sion in Tulsa. Will we show 'em
some singing"
Cash said that when he got his
idea for reviving and perpetuating
the barbershop quartet he invited
10 men to his home.
"Twenty-five showed up, and all
were in fine voice, too," he said
"At the next meeting there were
IS. Some scoffers thought maybe
the food and beer had something
to do with it, but I'm sure it was
the love of the old songs that
brought them out
why there were men in that
crowd hadn't tried to reach a
high note in 20 years. We got out
some of the old songs like The
Curse of an Aching Heart and
Meet Me in st. Louis, Louie, and
those older fellows took to them
like a high school kid does to
Benny Goodman
Imperial Valley press., 1938-06-07
Film Authors to
Name Bargainers

WASHINGTON, June 7. CUP)-
The National Labor Relations
board ruled today that movie writ
ers are employees under the Wagner
act.
1t ordered an election at 18 of
HollyWood's major studios to de-
termine whether the writer's want
the Screen Writers Guild, Inc,
Screen layWrights, Inc, both in
dependent organizations, or neither
group to represent them in collec
tive bargaining. The board ordered
the election despite the fact that
seven of the companies involved
had signed contracts with screen
playwrights, to run for five years,
on April 10, 1887.
"A year has already expired"
the board said. "and the evidence
raises a substantial question as to
whether the employees involved de-
sire the Screen Playwrights to con-
tinue to represent them"
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