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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-17
SAN CARLOS AND THE BARS

Already confusing to anyone who has
not followed all the steps, the controversy
over the sale Of liquor near San Carlos
school became even more puzzling Monday
as city council refused to pass an amend
ment to the liquor law which would have
made the local measure conform to the
terms Of the state law.
The amendment, introduced by Coun-
Gilman Glenwood Sweeting and supported
by Councimen Leonard B. Grillon and Will
liam Freemanwa designed to prevent sales
of liquor within 800 feet Of school or
church, provision already in the state law
which is applicable here principally in the
case of the San Carlos school.
The important thing to remember as
we discuss this is that the authority of the
state or city to prevent sale of liquor within
a designated area Of school or church is
not in question. What has brought the
question into the courts is the sometimes
spectacular inability of the law makers to
put their true meaning in writing plus a
ruling by Attorney General Tom Watson
which was in direct conflict with the ruling
of his predecessor.
Here is what happened:
A previous legislature had passed a
measure prohibiting sale of any intoxicat-
ing liquor within 800 feet of school or
church.
Backed by the then attorney general
the beverage department measured that
800 feet as d person normally would walk
which means that in the case Of the Boat
Bar,sfor instance, it would BE more than
800 feet away from the san Carlos school
if you walked from the school to the corner,
crossed Duval street there and walked
back up the other side of the street
Attorney General Watson changed all
that by ruling that the measurement should
be cas- the crow flies in direct line from
property line to property line.
And that is your question, which couid
have been avoided if the legislature had
bothered TO write into it's law exactly how
Il wanted that 800 feet measured.
Seeing that the new ruling would foree
some six bars to close in the area around
the school, Rep. Bernie G, Papy armed hlrl-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-17
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN

WILL always seek the truth and print it
without fear and without favor; never be
afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right;
always fight for progress; never be the or
gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique,
faction or class; always do its utmost for the
public welfare; never tolerate corruption or
injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue,
commend good done by individual or organ
ization; tolerant of others rights, views and
opinions; print only news that will elevate
and not contaminate the reader; never conn
promise with principle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-17
History may say that the British

History may say that the British and
French governments should have gone to
war sooner on the clear issue of the violated
Munich agreement but what it should say
is that these governments should have at
tackled Hitler when he sent his troops into
the Rhineland with the alternative order to
proceed and occupy that territory and re-
treat if challenged Such a firm stand by
these allies might have averted all she holo-
causts that followed in that wake.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-17

self with statement from The school that
it was not concerned by liquor sales IN the
vicinity, then introduced local bill to set
aside the attorney generals ruling in this
particular case. Papy's bill passed the
house and senate, was vetoed by Governor
Holland, re-passed the house, but never
was taken up again in the senate.
That put the question up to the local
county commission. aa9i.s
The liquor dealers were applying for
licenses and the commissioners at the mo-
nerlt didn't know for sure whether twas
up to them to say no. II
On recommendation of their legal adj
visor, Julius Stone, they decided to approve
the licenses, leaving the final answer up TO
the state. They knew the bar owners would
file suit to force issuance OF the licenses,
and It seemed simpler and less expensive
to let the state, rather than the county, de-
fend ITSELF
The beverage department threw 1t
right back at them, however, by declaring
in a telegram that the countys decision
would stand.
Thereupon. in order to test the attor-
ney generals ruling, Tax Collector Joe G.
Mcmahon refused to issue the licenses APP
proved by the commission, automatically
becoming the defendant in circuit court
action filed by the bars. sl'''
There has been no decision VI. to now,
SO that's where it stands. soiauesH@ I
Now for the city: q
City Attorney Aquilino Lopez Monday
night put before the councilmen liquor
ordinance, modelled more or less on the
state law, but substituting "a reasonable
distance" for the states 800 feet.
sweeting introduced an amendment
including the 30O-foot provision in the law,
but it was voted down.
The interesting point, of course, is that
Sweeting's amendment had exactly the
same flaw as the states regulations. He
didn't say how he wanted it measured,
either.
If the amendment had been passed
and the bar owners had won their case be-
fore Circuit Judge Arthur Gomez, they
could have filed another suit against the
city, probably winning that one as we'll.
If Judge Gomez turns them down on
the state law, he probably never would
have had to rule, on the city ordinance,
since the bars couldn't operate without
their state licenses in any case.
The belief of the amendments back
ers that the city must make its law on the
same terms as the state law is mistaken.
The city does not have to do that, but it
could, if the councilmen SO chose, write a
300-foot amendment that would stand up
in court, simply by writing it explicitly
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-17

Noel c. Scaffa, former New York
private detective, noted for his sensational
discoveries of stolen gems, is dead. His
passing recalls to Floridians the theft of
iewelry valued at $185,0o0 from Mrs. Mar
garet Hawkesworth Bell Cater Mrs. Harold
G. Content), former dancer. The robbery
occurred at the Miami Biltmore Hotel in
Miami on January g. 1885. subsequently,
the jewels were found in strong box, the
key for which, it was disclosed, having been
supplied by Mr.. Scaffa. It never developed
definitely that he gained materially from
this crime, but ON July 26, 1885, he was con-
victed by jury on three counts Of the per-
jury indictment, each of which carried
possible maximum sentence of five years IN
prison, but a lenient Federal Judge sem
fenced Scaffa to six months in jail on each
Of the three counts, the sentences to run con-
currently.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-17

1t is not reasonable any longer to con-
slider that Hitler, sorely pressed and with
starving, rebellious and chaotic Europe on
his hands, ever will be a military menace to
the United States or to the nations to the
south of US The time may not be very dis
tant when he will be eager to exclaim, like
Napoleon at Waterloo, "SauVe quissp 4
It's in the cards. aaa9 a5 g stss@7a
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-17

u. -. DGudlOI OOIiu H. oVCl-
ton of Louisiana, born in Marks
vile, La, 66 years ago.
DR.. Willard w. Beatty, U. S.
Commissioner of Indian Educa-
ton, born in Berkeley, Cal, so
years ago.
DR.. Leo S. Rowe, director gem
eral of the Pan-American Union,
Washington, born in McGregor,
Iowa, 70 years ago.
Raymond Robins, social eco
nomist, born in New York, SO
years ago.
DR.. William Carlos Williams
of Rutherford, N. Y, poet, born
there. So years ago.
Martha Ostenso Of Minneapo-
lis, novelist, born in Norway, Al
years ago.
DR.. William Q. Hotchkiss, presi-
dent, the Rensselaer, Politechnic
Institute, Troy, N. Y, born in
Eau Claire, Wis. So years ago.
DR.. Henry Smith Leipcr of New
York, Presbyterian church Off
cial, born in Belmar, N. j., SO
years ago.
property cagae to him and asked
if counciI were in earnest. When
told. that the body really planned
! to enforcei the collections, this
man said he would have to make
arrangements to raise what he
owed as he could not afford to
lose his property There isn't
the slightest chance that he is
worrying about that now-or
that his taxes will be paid
since he sees little evident de-
sire on councils part to go
through with the suits.
Personals Arthur Gomez, To-
cal attorney, with Mrs. Gomez,
left over the highway this morn
ing fofr a vacation along the
Florida east coast. Robert She
hee, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
| Shehee, who has been in Miami
for several weeks taking part in
ia golf tournament, returned
here yesterday. Mrs. Earl
Baumgardt, here visiting her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Lewis,
l408 Pine street, left this morn
ing to rejoin her husband at St
Petersburg. Ai a'
phsa III
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-17
n
KEY WEST In
DAYS GONE BY
Happenings On This Date Ten
Years Ago AS Taken From
Files Of The Citizen

Work on Key Vests $4,000
submarine base will get under
way in two weeks, o. Wright,
engineer for the Van Gordon
Construction company, said to-
day.
Wright said some of the ma
tcrial needed for the construc-
ton job already is on hand, and
| tie remainder will be here
within the next week or 10 days.
G. O, Reed of Michigan City,
Ind, is here to bid on the pile
driving for the base, and E. DAN
iels of Miami is in Key West to
bid on the fill
Reduction of county tax levies
for schools while other taxes are
going up is working an undue
hardship on the local school sys-
Item, Melvin Russell, county SUI
perintendent of schools, declared
today
Russell said general operating
| funds for the schools have been
cut five mills by the county COM
mission, while other departments
of the county government are
| getting a four mill boost.
4 j. :. 3 Fl b
The sMianH Chamber of Com
merce lis launching a statewide
| fight to force transfer of the
! United States submarine training
school from New London, Conn,
i to Key West, U.s.
Capt, Clark D. Stearns,. .presi-
dent of the Miami chamber, noti-
fled local chamber of commerce
officials today that his organiza-
ton has passed a resolution
which will start the campaign
for a shift in the training school.
Transfer of the school to Key
West would bring more than
500 men and 10 submarines
here.
4 Special to The Citizen-For
the second time in as many years,
| the st. Louis Cardinals have
clinched the National League
pennant.
The Citizen, in an editorial,
said:
/ Mayor Curry relates that
when council recently announced
that it would sue delinquent city
/ taxpayers, one local man, who,
with his associates, owes the
city SOME $4,000 or $1,000 in
taxes on revenue producing
good ball field except Key West.
What is the reason?
Baseball is the No. / American
sport. With a decent ball park
we could have some real ball
games here, as we have the best
amateur team in the state
/ think we have enough fans in
the city who would be anxious
for Kew West to have good ball
park. So thanks for trying to
help for something that we really
need here.
WILLIE SAUNDERS,
A Baseball Fan
key West, Fla,
Sept. IN, l941.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-17
APPRECIATION

Editor, The Citizen:
have just read you editorial
in Tuesdays Citizen on I'VE
Need A Ball Park
Every town in the state has a
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-17
Today In History

1890 Boston settled by John
Winthrop's company which had
first located at Charlestown to
live.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-17
PEOPLES FORUM

The Cffixen Welcomes express
stons az the views or les read
ers. hut the editor reserves the
righf 90 delete any items
Which nrr considered Ilbelous
or umwarrnntesl. The writer's
should he fair and c0nflne the
letters to 500 words. and write
en- one side 0f the paper only.
signature OF the writer's must
arrOsnp nny the letters and Will
be published unless requested
otherwise.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-17

76-The Spanish found the
Preside of San Francisco.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-17

Iran is the 25th country to be engulfed
in the present war. Which will be the
next?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-17

Preside OF San Francisco.
1787-The Constitution adopt
ed--the Constitutional Conven-
with finished Constitution to be
ratified by the States.
1896 George Washington
makes his historic Farewell Adj
dress: 6 :, that they may now
and then recur to moderate the
fury of public spirit. to warn
against the mischiefs of foreign
intrigue, to guard against the
impostures of pretended pa
triotism".
1912 "A convention in New
York protests against war with
England.
1908-Lt. Thomas E. Selfridge,
in plane with Orville Wright,
killed first army officer in
plane accident.
1911 - First transcontinental
air flight made by Calbraith p.
Rodgers, who left New York
this day and reached California
Nov. 5.
1889 Russians march into
Eastern Poland TO collect their
share with Germans.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-17
Today's Birthdays

u. S. Senator John H. Over
ton of Louisiana, born in Marks
vile, La, 66 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-17

DR.. Willard w. Beatty, U. S.
Commissioner of Indian Educa-
ton, born in Berkeley, Cal, SO
years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-17

DR.. Leo S. Rowe, director gem
eral of the Pan-American Union,
Washington, born in McGregor,
Iowa, 20 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-17

DR.. William Q. Hotchkiss, presi-
dent, the Rensselaer, Politechnic
Institute, Troy. N. Y, born in
Eau Claire, Wis. SO years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-17

Raymond Robins, social eco
nomist, born in New York, So
years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-17

DIR. William Carlos Williams
of Rutherford, N. Y, poet, born
there. So years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-17

DR.. Henry Smith Leipor of New
York, Presbyterian church Off
cial, born in Belmar, N. j., so
years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-17

Martha Ostenso Of Minneapo-
lis, novelist, born in Norway, Al
years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-17

1812-A convention in New
York protests against war with
England.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-17

Special to The Citizen-For
the second time in as many years,
the st. Louis Cardinals have
clinched the National League
pennant.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-17

1889 Russians march into
Eastern Poland TO collect their
share with Germans.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-24
4-H Achievement
Days This Week

Local All economic achievement
days have been and are being held
this week; at the Pine City high school
yesterday, at the Hinckley high school
today, and at the Askov high school
Friday, July Is. These local achieve
ments will be followed by the coun-
ty achievement day which will be
held at the Sandstone high school
Tuesday, July 20, when the winners
will compete for county champion
ships.
Demonstrations will be given on
bread baking, cake baking, canning,
clothing, home Identification, poultry,
and construction work on the use of
cement.
Exhibits will include clothing,
thrift, and room furnishing work. The
dress revue, in which the girls model
the dresses they have made, will be an
important feature of the achievement
program and will be followed by a
tea.
The achievement day program is
scheduled as follows: 9 a. m, regis
tration; OILS a. m, assembly; $50 a.
m, individual bread demonstrations;
10 a. m, cake demonstrations; 1870
to 1890, lunch; 1890, all other
demonstrations in rooms assigned to
them; 3 p. m, dress revue program;
4 p. M, tea.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-24
Funeral Saturday
For Willow Youth

Funeral services were held Sat-
urday, July 10, from st. Paul's Luth-
eran church at Willow River for An
drew Christ Dockan, Jr., elder son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Dockan,
who live west of the village. The
youth had been i'll with leukemia
the past few months and succumbed
last Thursday at the University hos
pital in Minneapolis. The last rites
were read by Rev. L. R. Larson of
Sandstone and burial was made in
the village cemetery at Willow River.
He was born in st. Paul on No
vember "a, 1918, and came with his
parents in the fall of 1929 to Willow
River where he attended school, COM
pleting his work as far as the fresh
man year in high school.
Andrew leaves his parents, four
sisters, Mrs. James Stepan and Shir-
ley Dockan, Willow River, Mrs. Har-
ry Cunningham and Viola Dockan,
St. Paul; and a brother George in
the navy. Sympathy is extended
to the sorrowing relatives in the loss
of son and brother called in the
prime of life.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-24
Former County
Resident Passes

Mrs. Bridget Carter, II, who had
been confined to the Lakeview Me-
mortal hospital since July l, when
she fell and fractured her hip, passed
away there Monday afternoon, July
IA.
She was born July 80, 1868, at
Donegal, Ireland, and was married
in that country to a Mr.. William
son. They came to the United States
in 1882, settling in New York, later
moving to Partridge, now Askov,
where Mr.. Williamson passed away in
1909. Mrs. Williamson then went
to Saltwater where she was united in
marriage to Henry Carter in 1910.
Mrs. Carter leaves to mourn her
passing two sons, George William
son of Altoona, Wis; Stephen Will
hanson of Los Angeles, Calf; four
daughters, Mrs. Catherine Ellison,
Bruno; Mrs. John Dunphy, Cloquet;
Mrs. Harry Peterson, Kansas City,
Mo-; and Mrs. Keith, st. Paul. There
are "a grandchildren and eight great
grandchildren.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-24
Sandstone Woman
Succu1nbs Sunday

Death came Sunday evening for
Mrs. Alma Fyhr, a resident of the
Sandstone community the past 80
years. She had been in failing health
for some time.
She was born in Sweden April
IS, 1867, and was united in marriage
there on November IL, 1892 to Carl
Fyhr. They came soon afterwards
to this country to make their future
home, locating at Moline, ILL.,, and
in 1909 at Sandstone where they re-
sided until their death. Mr.. Fyhr
passed away four years ago.
Four sons and three daughters
survive. They are Fred at home,
John of Minneapolis, and Oscar and
Carl of Moline, Ill; Mrs. Sophie Nor
lenson of Moline, Mrs. Martha john
son, st. Paul, and Mrs. Alice Eos of
Denver, Colo.
The funeral services were held
yesterday afternoon at o'clock from
the Larson Funeral Home with Rev.
F. w. McQuoid, pastor of the Sand
stone Bible church, officiating. The
pallbearers were Victor Gjertson, ST.,
Victor Gjertson, Jr., Walfred Peter
son, John Lundberg, Gust Gjert-
son and Roy Holmquist. Interment
was made in the Spring Park ceme-
terry.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-24
Sixth District FL.
To Picnic Sunday

Under the sponsorship of the sixth
District Farmer-Labor Association a
district wide picnic will be held Sun
day, July 81, in the park in Malmo
which is located on the northeast
corner of Lake Mile Laos in Aitkin
county. The program will start about
1870 p. m.
Speakers who so far have accepted
invitations to come to the picnic are
Mrs. Vienna Johnson, state secretary
of the Farmer-Labor Association,
newly elected at the last state con-
vention of the Farmer-Labor Associa-
ton, and D. D. Collins, Educational
Director for the Farmers Union Live
Stock Commission Co. of South ST..
Paul.
Mrs. Johnson's home is in St.
Louis county, north of Duluth. She
has been a member of the state board
of the Teachers college for many
years, and has a lifetime record of
being active in progressive move
mentS.
D. D. Collins, also an able speaker,
is well posted on economics and poll
tics and should have an interesting
and educational address. There will
be other numbers, and the sponsors
state that a good time can be had
by all as well as finding the day at
tending the picnic well spent.
The public is invited to attend.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-24
Late Blight Found
In County Potatoes

A warning that late blight in po-
tatoes had been discovered in Pine
county and is spreading rapidly comes
this week from the office of Max Nc
Millin, county agent. A potato special
list from the University Farm, Mr..
Rose, who was in the county last
week, said that the only way farmers
could protect their potatoes against
blight was to start spraying or dust
ing Immediately as the disease works
very fast and under ideal condi-
lions the leaves would be killed in
two or three days, and rot in the
potatoes was almost sure to follow.
On the leaves of the potatoes late
blight causes water soaked spots
which quickly come together and
cause the leaves to turn brown or
black or dry up entirely. A spray
recommended is bordeaux mixture
4-2-50 applied thoroughly at weekly
intervals. If dust is preferred to wet
sprays, use tribasic potato dust with
out poison or red oxide of copper
dust. These are sold on the market
ready mixed.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-07-24
Seeks Information
On Danish Culture

The Junior Red Cross Journal is
featuring, through series of articles,
the contributions made by different
national cultures in the United States.
Two forthcoming articles will deal
with the arts, crafts, plants and ami
mails introduced in this country by
various culture groups, the Danish
among others.
Supt. Otto G. Hoiberg of Askov,
has been asked to gather informa-
ton among people of Danish origin,
and he would very much like to
have all persons contact him before
August l who may know of any
specifically Danish art, craft, plant
or animal brought to this country by
Danish settlers.