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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-03
AVIATION MILESTONE

With the establishment of regular air
service between the United States and Eu-
rope this summer, new and important
milestone in the history of aviation will be
reached. The first transatlantic pioneer
ing flight ii one OF the new planes to be
used in this service began at Baltimore a
few days ago.
The route lies by way of Horta, in the
Azores; Lisbon, Portugal; Marseilles,
France Southampton, England and
Foynes, Ireland. Stops may also be made
at Bermuda. The first and longest leg of
the course, between Baltimore and Azores,
about $500 miles, was made on the maiden
trip in II hours and 80 minutes
For this service, the worlds newest
and largest type of flying boat will be used,
the Boeing 314 These planes weigh AZ
tons, have hull 1O6 feet long, and can
carry IA passengers. Or the initial test
flight crew of 81 was carried, but no
passengers.
Pilots for the new service are all vet
Grams, with years of experience in COM
mand of overseas transport planes, flying
the Caribbean and the Pacific. Each has
the rating of master pilot of ocean flying
boats the highest certificate, Of ability
which an aviator can ATTAIN ~
In being the first to establish regul ar
transatlantic passenger service, America
further increases it's lead in overseas fly
ing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-03
UNREST AT GIBRALTAR

Reported activity of Italian and
Spanish troops on the mainland of Spain
behind the Rock of Gibraltar is said to
have caused British fears of attack from
the rear in the event of an outbreak OF
war. Hurried measures to strengthen the
defenses of the fortress, hitherto consider
ed impregnable, are being taken, accord
ing to press dispatches.
A great concentration of sea power
by Britain and France on the one hand,
and Italy and Germany on the other, in the
Mediterranean and in Atlantic waters near
Gibraltar indicates that this area may be
the scene of bitter naval conflict should
hostilities occur.
Gibraltar has been in possession OF
the British since its capture on July "a,
1904, although besieged several times The
last siege by the combined forces of France
and Spain. which lasted nearly four years,
from 1779 to 1888 (while our Revolution
airy War was in progress), was one Of the
most notable in history. : .@ ~ : -
The Rock of Gibraltar is about two
square miles i'm extent, and is separated
from the Spanish mainland by a narrow
isthmus It's greatest height is 1896 feet,
Guarding the western entrance to the
Mediterranean, it is of the greatest stra-
tegic Importance.
It was first fortified by the Moors,
when they crossed from Africa to Spain in
the 9Th century, and various nations have
ought for its possession no less than IA
times since.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-03

it's owners, altho it once passed
up favorable opportunity to do
so.
And that very poverty is con-
tributed to by the federal govern
ment because of the fact that so
much valuable land is thus not
subject to taxation. Also there is
much other land held by religious
organizations which pay no tax.
But, all in all. it would seem
that Key West, while proving no
Eldorado, will achieve its ambi-
ton to become a family resort,
attracting permanent buying
class. All it's accommodations for
winter housing were gone before
January and rooming houses were
turning people away.
More homes would have been
built but for the unsettled status
of the water question. The city's
only source of potable water is
now from the skies, roofs shedd-
ing rainfall into concrete els
terms. 1t is perfectly pure and
very platable, but a prospective
home owner does not care to
build a cistern and install two
pumps, costing about $1,000,
when the project for piping wa
ter from Homestead, on the Flor
ida mainland, seems certain of
going throu with P.W.A. aid,
with water thus delivered in an
other year, it is said.
Yes, Key West, possibly a bit
disappointed in not realizing the
immediate benefits it hoped for
from the Overseas Highway, on
sober second though is we'll con-
tent to be no bonanza town, but
to pin its faith on establishing
prosperity by attracting to its
shores those who desire to make
their homes in a city which pos
sess the climate which the rest
of Florida brags about.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-03

passing and so persistent as in
Florida. In no other city is the
effullent, friendly and expansive,
sunshine so health-giving and so
as in this city, which already en-
joys the distinction of being the
"Frostless City"
Thomas Valdez. charged with
having stolen automobile tires in
his possession. was given hear
ing before Peace Justice Rogelio
Gomez this morning ana bound
over to criminal court, The tires
were identified by E. A. Strunk,
of the South Florida Contracting
and Engineering Company.
British Vice Consul w. J. H.
Taylor, of this city, who was
stricken with pneumonia while in
Tampa. is today reported as deS-
perately i'll with but slight hope
Of recovery. Last reports receiv-
ed late this afternoon indicated
the belief that he could not much
longer survive.
Ferry boats of the FEC. Ferry
Co. which arrived last night,
brought "A cars loaded with pine
spples. and this is said to be the
largest shipment of the season.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-03
KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken
From The Files OF The Citizen

dressed in old fashioned costumes
Miss Alphonsine Cleare, member
of the Junior Woman,s Club. was
elected queen. The queen and
attendants were greatly admired
in their apparel of styles of long
ago. Music was furnished by
Haydn Illingworth and the Key
West Civic Band.
Editorial Comment: Those who
are rich want everybody to think
they are not, and those who are
not rich want everybody to think
they are. So there you are.
Activities of the sheriff's force
last night on Stock Island are re-
ported to have resulted in quite
a struggle and ended in the arrest
of Key, who. was charged with
resisting an officer in the dis
charge of his duty while serving
a search warrant.
Speaking of sunshine and the
so-called sunshine cities, Florida
has been called the Sunshine
State, and the name is justly ap-
piled for nowhere else. except in
the desert regions. is Old Soils
smile so eXuberant, so all encom-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-03

1t might amaze, or possibly amuse,
you to see picture of yourself, taken, say
20 years ago. The laugh is mostly on the
women because of the revolutionary
change in styles, particularly is this true of
the bathing suits worn by feminine bath
ers a score of years ago. The interest
shown in the bathing beauties then would
produce loud and raucous outlaws at this
time.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-03
Kew West. unique and with allr

Key West, unique and with alluring
attractions, does less advertising than any
other city in the United States Both the
city and the county should appropriate a
definite sum-there is legal authority for
such action-and keep on reminding the
world what delightful spot this is for al
most every recreation, in a climate unsur-
passed anywhere.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-03

The proposed constitutional amend
ment abolishing the ad valorem method of
taxing property has been reported ia
vorably by the House Committee on Con-
stitutional Amendments The Committee
vote was for the measure, 8 against. The
people will decide this question at the gen.
eral election in November, 1910.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-03

If tax lodging continues now that the
Murphy Act has wiped the slate clean, the
only thing to do is to elect a mayor and
city council who will refuse them police
and fire protection and all other public
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-03

Postmaster Sam E. Harris has been
named as agent for the u. S. Biological
Survey to assist in a study of migration of
North American Bird species. If more
duties are piled upon the postmasters OF
the United States, the position will be job
insead of sinecure
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-03

This writer doesn't know what kind
of chap John C. Lochner, editor and pub
Usher of the Florida Newspaper News, is,
but finding out that he is Hoosier makes
it all right.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-03

If the present Administration adopts
war against the totalitarian states, it will
be useless to have any neutrality laws at
ALL
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-03
Eases Angry Itch

For itch tortured skin that needs
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ing of Eczema, Rash, letter. Ring.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-03
FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

l. Water and Sewerage.
Comprehensive City Plan Zoning).
3. Hotels and Apartments.
4. Bathing Pavilion.
5. Airports--Land and Sea.
6. Consolidation of County and City
Governments. 49,.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-03

| Undoubtedly Key West is at
tracing visitors, but the greatest
problem of. the little city. of 10000
| or 10000 inhabitants is to keep
it's visitors once it has gained
them. 1t may be fairly stated that
at least 70 percent of the tourists
depart either the day of their ar
rival or the day after, their Gu
riosity having been. satisfied, for
the city's places of interest are
easily exhausted in day.
There are some who say that
this is altogether as it should be,
that what is desired is to attract
to Key West permanent resi-
dents, those allured by the quaint
charm of the tiny island. its per-
feet climate and its placidity.
I'VE don't want to make it a
Coney Island. We don't want the
hectic night life of Miami Beach
and other Florida east coast re-
Sorts, said one prominent real
tor. I'VE want to preserve our
charm of uniqueness".
That attitude is perfectly un-
derstandable, even tho there
seems no likelihood whatever
that Key West could be made a
hectic hot spot. But there is one
sad need that many of those in
the city realize but are making
ne effort to- supply. Northerners
who have never seen the city
imagine a palm decked island in
sapphire sea, encircled by
! broad, cleaning white beaches.
!. 1t is nothing of the sort. Palm
crowned and sea encircled it is,
but it has no bathing or sun
beaches worthy of the name
| There are two strands, one a
rocky beach at the foot of Duval
street and another to the east
ward. Rest Beach. shallow
dirty, neglected stretch, Uttered
with sea weed and ocean rubbish
as we'll as foot bruising vegeta-
ton.
It would require but slight eff
fort to keep the beach clean. and
under previous W.P.A. admin
istrator il was. The present one
however. does not realize the i'm
portance of poviding such. accom-
/ nodations for visitors. Gould he
hear but part of the disguised
comments of visitors he might
take a different view of the mat
ter. Then, too, both beaches are
| privately owned and itaTwould
seem that when, real prosperity
/ turns the Key West corner thu
owners will take possession o.
| their properties and pivately de-
i velop them either as home sites
j or places of public amusement.
! Much of Key Vests water
front property is owned by the
u. s. government and a large part
of the holdings are put to little
/ or no use. II would seem that il
i a desirable bathing beach could
be found upon government prop
erty permission from Uncle Sam
might be obtained for its use, fol
the city is held to be too poor to
purchase the Rest Beach site from
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-03

You can agree with almost anybody
if you have no opinions of your own.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-03

Experiments are being made to de-
termine the elasticity of human tissues. An
easier task, perhaps, than determining the
elasticity of the human conscience.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-03

Senator Truman says the charges
against Boss Pendergast of Kansas City
are pure politics." Really. pure?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-03

Everybody is for public spending but
most of us want it without taxes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-03

The Mule Is Coming Back. Headline.
If it didn't, how could we become stubborn
as mule?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-03

Many are running for cover since
there is no cover charge.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-03

The Citizen is in receipt of a
telegram from Mrs. Ruth Bryan
Owen, congressman from the
fourth congressional district,
relative to the bill appropriating
funds for the eradication of the
Mediterranean fruit fly having
just been signed. The telegram,
signed by Ruth Bryan Owen,
follows: ""The following wire has
fbeenl sent. to Governor Doyle Carl
ton: Bill carried by Congress
man Drane and myself to, presi-
dent granting appropriation of
$4,500,000 for determination of
Mediterranean fruit fly has just
been signed. We are given to
understand that the department
of agriculture is Immediately
sending to Florida the personnel
for the work and the first con-
tingent left Washington last
night.
Annual May Day festival spon-
sored by the Woman's Club and
given yesterday afternoon in the
army barracks is being declared
by, the members as the prettiest
and most successful as well as the
best attended event of it's kind
ever given in the city. Outstand-
ing numbers included the election
of the May Day queen, a. dance
number by the famous child star,
Betty Kintsler, and the Maypole
DANCE, in which the girls were
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-05-03
HIGHWAY At SEA AIDS
KEY West COMEBACK


of its more enthusiastic citizens
expected. Yet it undoubtedly has
injected new life and new wealth
to degree satisfactory to those
who desire an orderly growth,
that will not eradicate the unique
charm which the island city pos,
sesSes. -. ~ .rs, s,.,% ;
Rooming houses of all degrees,
almost all designated as hotels
have sprung up like magic
Tourist homes have emerged from
their palm fringed shade, radiant
in coast of glistening paint. There
is an air of hope where before
all was dependency. Yet the al
lure of weather-beaten Bahama
houses, two and. half story, lat
ticed and porticoed homes. un-
painted and forlorn in the midst
of gaily Towering bougainvillaea,
oleanders and HIBISCUS, still re-
main to remind tourists of the
days when Key West was the
rough and tumble resort of SNUG
glers, pirates and soldiss of for
tune.
Records of the Overseas Road
and Toll Bridge department, as
provided by r. B. Alexander,
secretary to the board of commits
sioners, reveal constantly in
creasing flow of traffic to Key
West. Alexander, summer resi-
dent of Asbury, Park for years,
survived the hurricane, clinging
to a steel construction barge. 1t
is an experience of which he
speaks but little.
The highway was opened
March 20, 1888. Records for six
months, ending with February,
both north and south bound traf-
fic being included, show passen-
GERS carried as follows:
Milford chronicle., 1939-02-10
THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLE"

"The governments policy of stead
lily lowering interest rates" said Or
val w. Adams, former President of
the American Bankers Association,
a short time ago, ''is out of all rea-
SON." 1t has made the owners of
savings deposits and insurance pol
icies the forgotten people" on
whom up to $80O,0O0,00O of ''invis
ible taxes" are levied each year. He
stated that 44,00O,000 depositors
alone have been forced to accept a
reduction of around so per cent in
the income received from their saw
ings, in order that the government
can finance it's gigantic spending
program with securities bearing an
excessively low rate of interest.
Commenting on this, the New York
Herald Tribune observes that "Only
a few years ago the man who want
ed to put something aside against
the time when he would not be able
to earn living any longer could
expect from to per cent on his
savings with complete safety. Today
the best he can expect is half that
return. This means that the man
who could assure himself at least a
living income in his old age by saw
ing, say $25,OOO. now has to save
just twice that amount to produce
the same annuity"
Cheap money" is as disastrous as
abnormally low prices for farm
crops. The governments present
policy works to eliminate returns
from savings on the one hand and
boost the cost of living on the other. |
We have heard much criticism of
the banks for drastically cutting the |
interest paid on deposits. But it is
obvious that no bank can maintain |
its interest rate when return from
its investments is going steadily.
down from causes beyond its con-
troll. Government policy is respon-
sible for cheapening money to such
an extent tina: few can look forward
to an old age inwhichi they can be
comfortably supported by income
from invested savings.
Milford chronicle., 1939-02-10

nisian cost, that is now the most for
midable obstacle to sea or air attack
on the French Protectorate. De-
scribed as "the worlds most secret
fortress" the naval base at Bizerta
is one of the key points in the Medi-
terranean, and of supreme import
Gnce to Britain also, IL her sea
routes to the East are threatened
Only 100 miles from the Italian naval
bases at Sardinia and Sicily, planes
and ships stationed at Bizerta could
wreak horrible havoc on them, and
on Italy proper. and could blast an
approaching Italian fleet of the sea
or out of the air.
Few people know of Bizerta. A
pretty, laZy-looking little town, It is
heavily fortified but disguised by its
sheer drOwsiness. A few small cargo
boats use its harbor. In the heart
of Bizerta, however, is a great land
locked bay which could harbor and
hide several fiotillas of battleships.
Huge seaplanes use it as a landing
base. and submarines glide unseen
under its surface. Around the bay
are high hills, bristling with cannon.
Underground are bastions. heavy ar
tillery placements, devices to enable
to take the water under
ground. workshops that are in them
selves huge munitions factories. A
network of underground passages
connects gun-mounds that stretch al
most from Tunis, few miles away,
to the heart of Bizerta. Mountains
of munitions are stored there.
With a "Maginot Line" guarding
the Libyan frontier, with new mil
itary roads built between Algeria and
Tunis. and the great fortress at Biz
erta. France apparently has made her
North African possessions impreg-
nable. II Duce had not been told all
that when he began to shout loudly
for Tunis a few weeks ago.
Premier Daladier, it was announced
in Paris on Thursday, will go to AL
giers on January 6. later visit MOroc-
20 and return again to Algiers. This
would indicate that he expects to re-
main i'm the troubled areas until the
Italo- French question is settled.
! raDS Dissent
Nor can Mussolini. the self-pro-
claimed Protector of Islam," count
,n the Arabs to help him to any
great extent in any war he may
in Africa or Asia Minor
o rebuild the dead glOries of Rome.
Despite the distribution of free ra-
IiOs. over which the Arabs can hear
roman propaganda. both the Arab
,ress and the North African Arab
Milford chronicle., 1939-02-10
THE TECHNIQUE OF PRODUCER
CONSUMER CAMPAIGNS

Farmers throughout the nation are
familiar with the prOducer-conslm-
er campaigns, carried on periodical
ly during the past two and a half
years by the organized chain stores
of the nation, for the purpose of
stimulating consumption of basic
crops, in which serious surpluses
existed.
Now the National Association of
Food Chains has issued report on
the recent special cotton consump-
tion campaign, which contains a
number of important suggestions as
to how farmers, themselves, when
confronted with real need for mar
keting aid, can bring campaign
into being and help assure its sue
cess. The first step is the Organi-
zation of committees of growers in
all producing sections. These COM
mittees are charged with certain vi
tai duties, which include:
4. Consider the problem and get in
touch with the chains if it. seems
advisable.
2. Act as liaison officers between
producers and distributors, and hold
meetings TO consider practical
means of increasing consumption
and stabilizing markets.
8. Act as the representatives OF
producers in developing and execut-
ing plans for widespread publicity OF
all kinds.
4. Consider other immediate and
long-range distribution problems
both regional and national.
In other words, agriculture,
which knows its own problems best,
must take the lead. The chain stores
have always shown themselves COM
pletely ready to cooperate when ever
real need for help is evident. And
the past campaigns which have
been most successful have been
those in which producers and their
representatives, as well as the
chains, have been most aggressive
and cooperative.
Milford chronicle., 1939-02-10
ADAMS x ROADS

Mr.. and Mrs. George Wheatley and
son, Wayne, spent Sunday with his
father and family.
Mrs. Blanche Adams and grand
daughter, Va. Lee Robinson, were
entertained Thursday by Mrs. Eva
Adams at a o'clock dinner.
Sunday School Sunday 10 A. NJ. at
Bloomery Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elande Adams and
family, Mrs. Lee Adams and daugh-
ter Pauline OF Cambridge, Md. visit
ed relatives here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Collins are re-
ceiving congratulations on the ar
rival of son born Saturday morn
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Wilson and
sister. Thelma, Mr.. Harry Wilson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Woodrow Martin and
Mr.. and Mrs. Len Taylor and family
The evening was spent in games and
music and at a late hour home
made ice cream and ritz were
served.
Mrs. Charles Johnson and daugh-
ter Gloria Mae. spent Wednesday af-
ternOOn with Mrs. Fred Fountain.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Fountain
spent Sunday evening with Fred
Fountain and family, after a long
visit with New Jersey relatives.
Milford chronicle., 1939-02-10

German shipping, at the same time
has been struck hard blow In Pales-
tine where there is strict boycott
of German boats. Last year, German
export firms in Palestine loaded l.
100000 cases of oranges on German
vessels. Now, despite favorable Of
fers which are considerably lower
than those OF the British and Swed-
ish shipping firms, German bottoms
will be unable to carry more than
100000 cases this year. The export
ers and middlemen, buying from the
Arab growers. are mostly Jews.
Purger Purged
When Nikolai IYanovitch Yezhov,
under whom Russia's dreaded 0GPU
conducted the most bloody of all
purges of "Trotzkyist Wreckers,"
was removed last fortnight, there
was no mention of any disgrace and
the reason was given as Yezhov's
poor health. This was understand
oble, as the sickly, saIlow-faced, five
foot midget had presumably had his
walls sprayed with poison gas" ac-
cOrding to the confession of Henry
A1e50dAf NhOAA ouCGCCuGa
OGPU chief last year while YagOda,
with II others, was shot.
However, constant rumOrs seeping
ont of Russia now indicate that it
was more than ill-health that caused
the resignation" of the OGPU chief,
as there has been an entire re-Organ-
ization of the secret police depart
ment. YezhOv was left with the post
of Minister of Water Transport. But
that this was a blind there can be
little doubt. He is strictly guarded
in the hospital by OGPU agents, and
whether he dies or not, his fate is de-
cided. His wife has already received
a divorce from him, and his two
nearest assistants have been shot.
Another persistent and interesting
rumor that comes from several
sources inside Russia is that Mar
shal VASTLY Bluecher, denoted COM
mander of the Far Eastern army, has
at last won an audience with Stain,
with the result that he has been re-
instated. At present he occupies an
post in the War Gommis-
sariat. Yezhov's greatest service
was his ppurge of the Army, and it
is possible that his own destruction, !