The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 30, 1926, Page 4

“PAGE FOUR THE KEY WEST CITIZEN - THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING co. L. P. ARTMAN, President. TRA J. MOON, Business Manager. tttered » Key West. Florida, as second class matter Member of the Axsocinted Press “he Associoten Tress is exclusively entitled to use ation of all news dispatches credited to -( otherwise credited in this paper and also news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ADVERTISING BATES Made known on application. ———?$[_————————— Cards of tnanks, resolutions of respect and obituary sctices other than those which the paper may give as matter of news, will be charged for at the rate of 6 sents @ line. Notice of church and society and all other enter- ainments from which a revenue is to be derived will charged for at the rate of 6 cents a line. ‘The Citizen is an open forum and invites discussion f public fesues and subjects of local or general inter- ae but it will not publish anonymous communica- jons. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Road to the Mainland, Comprehensive City Plan. Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. ‘ When a fellow gets fired he quits. So does | Ma Ferguson. A pistol prohibition party is the most crying ; need of the day. Key West takes another long stride forward— « two new school buildings to start soon. Lawyers might also aid the suppression of crime by charging criminals higher fees. ot _ Motorists celebrated Better Brakes Week and tiie pedestrians also hope for better breaks. Used automobiles are cheap enough. Now if Fe could just buy good second-hand gas and oil at bargain prices we'd be going some. dened P dus With used cars ranging in price from $40 up ‘Wibst any family should be able to afford the luxury of walking back home once in a while, a Law enforcement payrolls are so large because there must be so many spies to watch the sleuths, SBA stil} others to spy on the spies, and so on. bor ‘ How can the Fort Worth evangelist who shot feman expect to be set free when his only witness ine Nutt and the prosecuting attorney a Hanger? we —_———__—-. oe Triumphs of science con‘inue to accelerate fhe’ march of civilization, A newly invented meg- phone increases the efficiency of cheer leaders 109 per cent. =e o> Key West has never had a case of sunstroke, and that’s a mighty good thing, for there is no « yy ambulance here for use in such cases. But perhaps the city council will provide one—some While exhibiting a moving picture entitled “Flaming Flappers” at a local theatre Wednesday night the film flamed up and came near causing a Serfous fire. That's carrying realistic effects too fer: — = Capacity atiendance at all the theatres in the ity day after day shows that the people of Key ‘Wt have plenty of spending money and that the MHEncial condition here is excellent for this time Of year. - —_——--- Ht would not be a bad idea for the people of Key West to plan frequent excursions to different points on the mainland portion of Monroe county and see for themselves what a marvelous region we have over there. Better go slowly and carefully in turning cor- ner® and sharp curves. Two cars ate injured in almost every collision, and it takes a lot of perfect- ly good money to have them repeired. Further- mere, you might hurt somebody. “if Key West merchants would advertise they could keep in circulation hefe most of the one mil- lien two hundred thousand doilars that is sent out of, this city to the mail order houses every year. This would be'a good way for them to boost and benefit their home town, Total of road construction work now under way in Florida amounts to the round sum of $16,- | 000,000.__It is safe to make ihe statement that there is not a state in the South making so much improvement on its roads as Florida at this time.-- Jacksonville Times-Union. RECORD NON-STOP FLIGHT To France goes the credit for the latest record- | the Arrachar brothers, one a captain and the other | a sergeant-major in the French Army, flew from Paris to Basra, on the Persiari Gulf, a distance of 2,800 miles without a landing. Twenty-six and one-half hours were consumed in the flight. Even this magnificent feat was less than the airmen*had aimed at. They carried fuel to last 40 hours and had hoped to make India in one jump Perhaps, as the New York Times ‘suggests, “it was the human machine that gave out.” But be that as it may, it was a great flight, exceeding by nearly 300 miles the longest previous record, that of Lieu- tenants Macready and Kelley of the United States i Army, who flew 2,520 miles in 26 hours and 50 minutes without a stop in 1923. Aviators have stayed in the air much longer than that, but not in straightaway flight. tenants Smith and Richter of the U.S. Army re- mained in the air 37 hours and 15 minutes circling over San Diego in 1923, and the French aviators Coupet and Droubin exceeded that recored by 45 j minutes over a small circuit in 1924, Next on the program is the scheduled attempt of Rene Fonck, French super-ace, to fly from New | York to Paris during the present summer. All true | | sportsmen and admirers of daring will wish him suc- | Lieu- cess, RADIO CONTROL LOST Through the failure of Congress to enact new radio legislation during the last session, and be- cause of adverse legal decisions, the Department of Commerce is without authority to control radio op- erations as heretofore. As a result of this situation, the departmeni has issued a statement acknowledging its inability to enforce former regulations lengths io be used, or hours during which stations may operate, until Congress shall by a new legisla- tion confer suitable authority. . Secretary Hoover: requests, however, that in the meantime all stations observe “the sense of fair play as well as interest in the protection of. the situation as a whole,” so as to prevent aerial tres- passing and confusion. ==}. A That Congress should have: fi ed to enact ap- propriate legislation for radio control is regréttable, as it is a matter of considerable importance to a great number of people. Should the recommenda- tions of the department not be heeded endless con- fusion will result. It would seem that as a common sense rispibure ; of mutual protection the broadcasting stations’ would be willing to cooperate, even in the absence of legal restrictions, in order to avoid interference Whether they will all do so re- regarding wave- with one another, mains to be seen. DEATH'S BUSY SEASON With the touring season at its height, the an- nual death toll from automobile accidenis will prob- ably soon reach its peak for this*year. From the homes of the United States fully 25,000 victims must be furnished to die in 1926,, besides 700,000 more to be injured, many of them crippled for life. This senseless slaughter is increasing in spite of all the warnings given, and in the face of the appalling waste of human life held daily before our eyes. Statistics of a national bureau of under- writers show that more than 100,000. persons have been killed in automobile accidents in this country since 1917. Last year the death toll was about 22,500, with more than 650,000 injured. The pitiful part of the story is that most of these casualties. were’ entirely unnecessary, and might have been prevented through the exercise of ordinary common sense. They were largely due to an insane desire for speed or an utter disregard of breaking distance non-stop a:irpiane flight, in which ES the most elementary rules of safety. Most of the victims were helpless passengers, whose lives were at the merey of criminally reckless or incompetent drivers. OPERATIC MOVIES. SQON Singers of the Me ropolitan Opera Company will be permitted to appear in-operatic moving pic- tures. under the terms of a contract recently made with the Vitaphone company, producers of a device for synchronizing moving pictures and music. Among the first artists to appear in the new “singing pictures” will be Marion Talley, the young prima donna whose spectacular debut took place | last March, and Giovanni Martinelli, the noted ten or. The first production with these stars in the east is scheduled for July 29. ‘Thus we shall witness one more triumph of j shall be successful, which seems assured, With continued improyement.to be expected in the pro- | ductions, it will not be long before very acceptable | substitutes for real,opera may, be brought to the | great mass of the people. c Aside from the entertainment features of such | productions, they offer tremendous possibilities for the cukural advancement of the world, and their | | advent should be hailed with enthusiasm. leauses blood jor a chronic festering sore. land 60c. science, art and engineering, provided the results | , | T. E. MILMORE a) Looks: Like the Joke’s on Us BY CHARLES P. STEWART | NEA Service Writer ASHINGTON—Whatever else one may think of prohibition, it's difficult to deny that dry enforcement machinery is expensive. Representative Martin B, Madden. | in putting its cost for the current fiscal year at $41,713.106, speaks with authority, as chairman ‘of the House Appropriations Committee, -whieh drafted the legisiation for continued war on rum. ~.lf.anybody knows.the figure, Mad--three we: den does, He doesn't say “about” so much, either. He sets the .sum down, to the last $6, and, if there had been any, would have Included, the-cents. F eee ¥| EPRESENTATIVE A. J. GRIF. FIN, elso an Appropriations Committee member,’ not long ago named $23,354,429 as this year's” financial allowance-in the interest of Volstead law enforcement, but Mad- den says Griffin omitted a great many items The latter took into account only the maintenance of the prohibition unit and the coast guard's dry activi | ties. Madden includes also the Justice Department's prohibtion work and court and prison expenses growing out of the federal government's effort to dry the country up. ose i AT $41,713,108 actually will be nt on prohibition during the fiscal year 1926-7 doesn’t neces- sarily follow It's been appropriated. however. and experience teaches that seldom is there much left. by the fiscal year's end, of sny government money whose | use Congress has authorized ee | If anything. it seems likely that | enforcement officials will be pinched for funds, for their expenses have been mounting uninterruptediy, year by year. since the first prohibition | appropriation of $3,375.000 was made Last year it was thought an. ade. quate allowance really had been | made. Yet. for 1926-7. it was found. | necessary to increase it by $13.167, 408, if Madden's bookkeeping. is to be accepted af correct ONE IN TEN Neglecting a littie wound, cut) jor abrasion of the flesh may in nine cases out of ten cause no} great suffering or inconvenience, | but it is the one case in ten that | poisoning, lockjaw; The cheapest, safest and best course; is to disinfect the wound with) liquid Borozone’ ‘and ‘apply the Borozone Powder to complete the! healing “process. Price (liquid) | 30c, 60c and $1.20, Powder 30c{ Sold by all druggists. M W Fi POSITIVE. A goed night's sleep with-an Emerson Fan. july12-tf} } NOTARY. PUBLIC |) CITIZEN OFFICE, : hi \day’s word: |custom. of flattening their | actual life? H DAILY LESSONS IN ENGLISH By W. L. GORDON | ee e Words often misused: “Per cent” is beth singular and plural. “Ten per cent was the profit.” “Ten | per cent of the boys were sent} away.” | Often mispronounced: Con-) gress. Pronounce kong-gress, not | kon-gress. Often misspelled: Centennial; | Synonyms: Adage, axiom, pri | verb, precept, truism, saying, maxim, motto, byword. Word study: “Use a word three times and it is yours.” Let us increase our vocabulary by mas- tering one word each day. To- Chivalrous; knightly; gallant; courteous. “His - ideas of chivalrous honor prohibited him } from doing the man injury.” | LOOK AND LEARN By A. C. GORDON Ceceeececvessocscooeoore | '1./ What famous woman in his- | tory: was called “The Maid of Or-| leans ” | 2% What people employ the | chil- dren's heads? j 3. What great English novel-| ist took his characters from | | 4. What is the difference be- | tween chocolate and cocoa? | 5. What American statesman was the “Great Pacificator?” } t | Answers To Yesterday's Questions Thirty-two. Pennsylvania. Marquis de Lafayette. Vuisa May Alcott. 7 Persia. Emerson Fans always please— } are a source of comfort. jlyy12-tf LUMBER & BETTER LUMBER Original growth extra dense Long Leaf Yellow Pine. 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