The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 14, 1932, Page 2

‘ PAGE TWO Cor der Wiesi Citben THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CQ, 1. P SHTMAN, J. BRYSON, Editor. bntered at Key West, Florida, as second elass matter FIFTY-THIRD YEAR NATIONAL ADVERTISING VU PRESENTATIVES FROST, LANDI) sOHN $80 Park Ave, NEW YORK; %5 East Wacker Drive, CHICAGO; General Motors Bldg., 1, DETROIT: Walton Bidg., ATLANT. Member of the Associated Press Phe Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dis! 1S credited to it or not otherwise credited’ in Paper and also the local news published here. ME A gy EDITORIAL MB 4SSQCIATION ER. 1932 ~ SURSORIPTION RATES tel VERTISING RATES Made known on applivation. pe Os ing notiee! Pree) of Lg eps resolutions of iSars ‘ete, Will charged or at ters mate ot bogs centi a itne ™ ¥ Notices for entertain | aye herahen trom trom which & revenue is ¢ Bg The Citizen is @n open ftram and faxiter’ discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general Interest but ~it--will not publish gnonymous com: munications. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL alweye seek the truth and print it waitnout feng. ud, withons. fgvor; never be afraid to attack wrong or. to applaud right; always fight for progress; never be the or- gan or the mouthpiece of any peraon, sligue, faction or class; always do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or injvaticg; 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 com- promise with principle, ‘SIDELIGHTS By MARCY B. DARNALL, Foxmgx Editors of The Key West Citizen The late Lord Northcliffe, famed British publisher, did not think so much of people whose conduct seemed always to be tga gorrect.. He said: “I don’t want around me who are not capable of making # 4 a fama fool of themselves once in is only by such; capers they bere a a appreciation of the best things in home and business life.” A fad which unfortunately will hardly, beéome popular is that of selecting lists of hard words to speli'and springing them on your: frie! especially college graduates. on is a list which has been. going the rounds: Paraffine, sypersede, rarefy, picnicking, battalion, sacrilegious, tran- quility, harassed, gauging, unparalleled, embarrassment. (And if the proofreader makes a slip don't blame the writer.) nd Speaking of words, the hopeless :in- consistencies of the English language, in matters of tense, gender and number es- pecially, ate interesting—eyen appalling. We say swim, swam, swum; why not skim, skam, skum? Or if get, got, gotten; why ot let, lot, lotten? Ifthe masculine of goose is gander, why shouldn't the mas- culine o: Plural of mouse’fg mice, why shouldn't the Plural of house be hice? (But ‘don’t’ cdr tinue this line of specylation too fax, un- less you are crazy already.) —_—— Tilystrating again the fact that the depression. is world-wide, we submit this appeal from a missionary in the Solomon Islands: “Qursmall force of brethren can not cope with the distress which prevails in this benighted land af cannibals, many of whom aye siarving. Please send a few more missionaries,” Tt is a curious historical fact that the five presidents of the United States who Pasa nga Spy tig ree irae peteg tervals, in 1840, 1860, 1880, 1990 and 1920. Now we wonder if this peculiar series of happenings will cause any superstitious expiants to say “I do not choose to run in | moose be mander? And if the}. THE FEDERAL BUDGET Following a federal deficit of 2,472 million dollars last year, it is estimated ‘that the deficit for the current. fiscal year will reach-1,146 million, in spite of in- creased taxation imposed by the last ses- | sion of congress. For weeks President Hoover and_his advisers have been wrestling with the diffi- cut problem of making ends meet, and in his annual budget message to congress recommendations of a specific nature were made. Economies proposed by the president would effect a saving of some 500 million dollars, some of the larger items being a reduction of 127 million in pensions and other allowances to veterans, 180 million in road appropriations, 148 million less for public buildings, 55 million less for federal employees, cuts in army and navy costs, less money for the farm board, Hoover dam, and river and harbor improvements. But even these economies, if approved by congress, would still fall far short of balancing the budget, so the president recommends the imposition of a general sales tax of two and one-fourth per cent, estimated to raise 355 million. He made no mention of the possibility of legalizing beer and imposing a tax thereon, as is be- ing proposed by democratic leaders.- Whatever else happens, it is certain that there will be a. considerable increase in federal taxation next year, and the manner of levying it wili be the subject of some lively controversies during the pres- ent session of congress. THE REPEAL VOTE In their natural disappointment at the result of the vote on repeal of tue Eigh- teenth Amendment in the house of rep- resentatives, the people of Key West and elsewhere do not seem to realize that this vote was merely the beginning of the end. It was a wonderful illustration of the complete change of sentiment in regard to prohibition on the part of our people. The fact that 271 votes could be mar- shalled for repeal in a_ legislative body that had many times refused to even per- mit a vote on the question, was a_ tre- mendous victory for the foes of the pro- hibition amendment. After such a vote anything is possible. Members of eongress who declared only a short time ago that’ the Eighteenth Amendment could never be repealed, voted for its removal from the Constitution. The end of a noble experiment is coming fast. The vote of the first day’s session was the beginning of the end. An extra session of the next congress will do the work, so be patient. ARE WE LAWLESS? . We hear a lot about lawlessness in America, and it is true that we are lawless in one sense of the word. That is, there is more disregard of law in this country, perhaps, than in any other on the globe. However, if we ‘define lawless to mean being without laws, we are certainly any- thing else but. We live under many thou- sands of laws and ordinances, most of which the average citizen never heard of. A statement by T.. R. Preston, former president of the American Bankers As- [sociation will ‘llustrate this. He said: “ft would take a man working eight hours a day seven years to read all the laws enacted last year, yet ignorance of the law is no excuse. Courts are so congested that the district attorney of New York esti- mates that if every defendant should de- mand a jury trial, the calendars would be 500 years behind in four years. Americans will go to war and give their life’s blood for liberty, and then turn around and enact laws depriving themselves of all liberty.” CONDITIONS TODAY There can be no question that the distressing conditions of today are due to overproduction. The improved machinery of the pres- ent day has resulted in such a tremendously greater production by employed labor, THE KEY WEST CITIZEN KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files of The Citizen If you were born on this date 10 years ago, your birt- day fell on Thursday. waters during March, 12%3, ac- cording to announcements of the magazine, Motor Beating. One Havana. The second will be from Key West to Miami. These race gram of its kind to be held in Florida this season. of the local Gas Company, arrived yesterday to join Mrs. Veeker and son, who are visiting Mrs. Vecker’s mother, Mrs. Nellie Williams and other relatives. After a few days they will leave for Panama, R, P. Many inquiries have been receiv- ed at The Citizen office-as to why the curfew bell has been discon- tinued. City council recently vot- @d on the law and because of the forced properly, decided to diseon- tinue-the summons, It was said that if the law was not being en- forced why continue the drain on the batteries that operated the bell. Since the discontinuance of the bell many children are found on the streets after 9 o'clock. The “Willing Workers?’ of Flem- ing Street. Church Bible School were reorganize last night at the home of Mrs. Charles Richardson on William street. Following are the officers: Miss Agnes Ward, president; Miss Vendalene Wat- kins, vice president; Miss Dolores Weech, seeretary; Knowles, treasurer. While Williston, North Dakota, registered 18 degrees below zero today and four other cities reg- istered exceptionally low tempera- tures, Key Wes. revelled in a de- lightiul Indian Summer day with the temperature at 72 degrees. Final report of the Red Cross roll, call in -tey West shows that Key West fell only $290 below the quota set. $1,210 wile the quota called for j2strologist, born. $1,560. It was a thrilling game staged last night at the Athletic Club gymnasiuni, when the City Team and the Athletic Club quintet met in one of the fastest games basketball ever played in Key West. The club proved too strong for the city outfit this time and won by a score of 28 to 19. Both teams played excellently. The matchmaker at the La Brisa Sporting Club has at last, after much dickering and persua- sion secured the signature of Jim- my Conway to an agreement to fight Bobby Waugh Thursday night. Six carloads of pineapples ar- rived last night from Havana. The fruit arrived so late in the season that the consignees decided to ship it to northern markets. Musical numbers that formed part of the P, Q. S. of A. enter- tainment at the Strand Theater last night were greatly enjoyed by’ those who attended. Those who entertained with vocal and instru- mental’ numbers "were M Cleora and Matilda Knight, Hi Gregory, the Community Service Quartet and the high school chorus. Miss Flise Lowe pleased with her reading. eqerccecqooeocecevesoeses _ LODAY IN HISTORY Cecccasncnnersececs 1782—British evacuate Charles- ton, S. C., and Gen, Francis Marion (“The Swamp Fex”) disbands his brigade. 1799— George Washington died at Mount Vernon, aged 67. | 1819—Alabama_ admitted Statehood. . to |. 1911—Ronald Amundsen of es first to reach the South Subseribe for The Uitizen. t ! ' that tremendous surpluses have accum- | ‘lated in the great storehouses of the na- tions of the world. In our 0 the farmer to the products of our,mills and Names ip the news as reported in a | factories. single issue of @ Winnipeg newspaper re- ceptly: Oscar Luck went bankrupt as a {tor s country we have a surplus} of almost everything, from the grain of! The supply has exceeded the demand | ‘© long a time that our farms, factories | ‘ KEY WEST | Sailings from Key West and New| | York om Altermate Wednesdays i ee Motor cruisers will race in these | race will be from Key West to} will be part of the biggest pro-! fact that the law was not en-! { 1 S. P. Vecker, formerly manager } 3 Collections amount to |@ famous French physician | 9 Health resort ) 16. | $2. Babylonian deit; Daily Cross-word Puzzle | CC CORSSDODCO AIOE MO MOLOLERsoDDCeDLeLEEEDeErSeEsees ACROSS 1. Boys 5, Cooking ves- sels 8. Stalk 9% Atmospheric disturb- Solution of Yesterday’s Puzzle e Persian. fairy : Reallan river : Rind ot amap . One of two 12. Encourage 13, Border Haif score Covering Previously Also Mark of ra!s- conduct . Cure . Correlative of 7 neither Z ist Whole «mount 26. Aske alms 7. Incendiarism , Chinese measure Atows bag tee comb, orm i Adds ee b Native metal 5. Ext Extreme fear [ Atrantans tm purdlig meet Ci . Sancti! ? |. Valley a ‘TRS cousnwess 43, Smail island 4, 100 e Famous bat- tleship Constellation i. Metal = . Mathematical ratio 53. Sin 54. Language of the Scotch Highlanders Crystallized rain 3. ottite” eared i Someynat & Sihenen iver ™ % <a be Pe 0 eae t Biblical town reed 48. Novel edible root y 51. While 55. Miss Ruby} ” +t YY Cee re Yj WA. eoeoseesooase eaeeeeee. {brass manufacturer, born in Gosh- *:Today’s Anniversaries ‘cn, Conn. ‘Died in Waterbury, ce eeene Conn., Dee. 18, 1891. 1503—Michael de Nostradamus, and ha 1795—John By Jervis, noted | merican engineer of his day, born ” at Huntington, N. Y. Died at Rome, :N. Y., Jan. 12, 1885. 1546—Tycho Brahe, noted Dan-| ish astronomer, born. Died Oet.| 1856—Louis Marshall, eminent 24, 1601. \jewish leader and lawyer, born in Syracuse, N. Y. Died in Switzer- land, Sept. 11, 1929. Died July 1566. 1730—Jonas_ Clark, on Congregational clergyman of his- toric Lexington, Mass., from 1755) to 1805, born in Newton, Died Nov. 15, 1805. 1739—Pierre Samuel Du Pont,! celebrated French statesman, auth-| or and refugee, who, with his sons, founded the powder-making eee try of the name, born in Paris. | Died in Delaware, Aug. 6, 1817. Subscribe for The Citizen—20c Mass. | weekly, ——PRITCHARD’S—— FUNERAL HOME Eleven Years Experience Lady Assistant 1794—Israel Coe, Connecticut | “GoupeEN RULE WEEK’ December L1thel8th, 1932 : of Need plan for Golden Rule Week this year ex those with limited incomes to guests who ask so piteously for a plege FAST DIRECT FREIGHT | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1982. | TODAY'S WEATHER | { ttonight and Thursday; gentle to 80 moderate winds, mostly southeast. 74| Florida: Cloudy, probably With 77 {rain in north portion tonight and oP cproille to Plotide. Stal lacksonville to Flori traits: 01 Ins. Moderate southeast winds over “09 Ins. south portion and moderate south ue period ad north portion; weather ene eniling at 8 o'clock. this iorntfig. it overcast tonight and The Tomorrow's Almanac , followed pap over | north 7:04 a. m. portion Thursday. 5:40 p.m.) East Gulf: Moderate to fresh 8:26 p. m. least and southeast winds over Moon, sets 9:43 a. me feouthe portio ith over Tomorro' ides northeast portion and moderate 4 A, M. M. south shifting to north over north- Righ ao ce. m2 west, portion. a WEATHER CON CONDITIONS . | The northern disturbance 4 moved eastward to Ontario, Patra vested {Ste. Marie, Mich., 2.36 inches, ei 34 e ta moderate disturbance is central ‘this morning over western Vir- ginia, Wytheville, 29.50 inches; while pressure continues low over southwestern sections. Precipita- tion has been general during. the jlast 24 hours from the ee coast nort! Wi ti States and'St, Lawrence Valley, and fromi sotthern California east- ward to wi also. Richa pa song ia Ni Florida, and — “ northern Min-. nesota, Tei have ti fro! sou oe at Si Et Sheass oat " over the lower Mis- and i ahie iigine Be nna if ‘tie and have’ pee in sigs atone Ohio ty hg bie ik mire Te readings -frertial thrbagbats tha country, ex- dept ih the Atlantic and East Gulf States, and from southern Arizona to western Texas, G. 8. mark ci Official in eee ae é pals: its ee rare is S elarantoed to be enough = ARtndtives to rerun cree st {t fails,—Advt, } Temperature” ighest : Lowest {Mean ... {Normai- Mean’. Rainfall® Yesterday’s Precipitation Normal Precipitation “This record covers 2 {Sun rises ... Sun _ sets, | Moon. ris Low -- $320 Barometer at 8 a. m, sale Sea level, 30.06, Abilene .. Atlanta Boston Buffalo iChicago Denver Detroit Dodge City Duluth ...... Galveston - Helena Huron . Kansas KEY WEST pat Angeles Miami - New York ‘Pensacola . Phoenix - Pittsburgh St. Loui; St. Pau’ Salt Lake y Sit. Ste. Marie .. Seattle Tamp: Washington Williston WEATHER FORECAST Till 8 P. M, Thursday Key West and Vicinity: Cloudy P& OEE PORT T, Leave Key West S Wednesdays} 12:15 P, Leave Havana tor Key West, in. sort. Fndas wal Thursday, 9:45 A. M.’ ‘ i Key West for Port Tampa, Tuesday and Saturday, set Mee ee ee *Phone 71 UNITED STATES MAIL ROUTES aia te ieee INDIES ros trig 1932 : Tickets, Wickralieeaa Be Sure sede’ Cus Liana Beautiful All Metal The hips clieonceiilisbn aie frigeoctann ane hme aon Seeevoeseeeceveceseoeevecsesnoeeoeoreece feb ovietagiceotossnsbsboceanansigit result of gambling; a Mr. Cuff and a Miss/ and mills have been compelled to cease Link were married; Thomas Neverstop was | from maximum operation because of lack jailed for speeding past traffic signals, and | of consumption. Alfred Waterer was fined for wee! The unemployment thus resulting has ©. m. SHITE, Ast diluted milk. further confused the situation. BEY weet