The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 15, 1933, Page 2

Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO, INO, 1, PB. ARTMAN, President. ¥rom The Citizen Building, Corner Greene and Ann Streets Conte Batty Newapaper, | wh key ‘West and Monroe Bplered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter ————— ears FIFTY-FOURTH YEAR oS Member of the Associated Press Ye Associated Press is exclusively eftitled to use a republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also be local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION en me RATES NATIONAL EDITORIAL ” ADVERTISING RATES Made- known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE *All readin notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at the-rate of 10 cents @ line. Notices for entertainments by churches from which & revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an ‘one mn forum and invites discus- sion of pangs ieeey he a subjects of local or general in’ not publish anonymous com- faualcations. pe catenin ee Yon COC Sata! Nant cease SOU ea NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES FROST, LANDIS & KOHN 260 Park Ave, net, York; 35 East Wacker Prive CHICAGO; General Motors Bid: DET RO Walton Bldg., ATLA! THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth aiid print i without fear and without favor; never be afraid to attack wrong of to applaud right; always fight for progress; néever be the or- gan.or the mouthplete of any person, clique, faction or class; always de its utmost for the publie welfare; never tolerate corruption or injvatice; denounce vice and patie virtue; eptimend good done by individual or organ- ization; toletant of others’ rights, views and ‘IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Maii- . land. Free Port. ‘ Hotels and Apartments, Bathing Pavilion, Aquarium. ‘ Airports—Land and Sea. net ec nt ee «Phere have been more suicides from boredom than overwork. beeen oe ,...A botanist is one who knows. all the Latin-disguises for all the common plants. eee sapere? @ - “A Parewell to Alms,” when doling out the dole ceases, and happy days are here again. - Hitler is now at bat in Germany, and the world is watching to see whether he ean really hit. After March 4 every disappointed of- fice seeker will think he is that famed Forgotten Man. a +o cuane: No doubt a good many postmasters- te-be have already performed their most important duties. The economic value of a boy of 18 is $28,654, according to a life insurance bulletin, but we know of no one in the market for ahy at that price. Considering that congress and forty- a state legislatures are ine session, all ing to increase taxes, we are’ perhaps icky to have any business at alk We real that the British cabinet has ecently adopted a policy of “golden Bilence” with respect to war debts. Most Bebtors are strangely silent just now, but ir silence is not exactly golden. Going down in the 13th round, in the sp of death, the last sounds that came p the ears of Brnie Schaaf was the howl- pe of the mob that his agonies were lated. He died to prove his guiltless- of faking the fight. ~ Born im a depression age, gold fish ‘actually losing their attraction and the pany varieties of beautifully colored fish abound in the waters about Key West be seen in homes and offices in the and the fad may spread all over this a ae tee EVIL OF SENIORITY RULE The Citizen thinks one of the greatest existent evils at Washington is the rule of} seniority in the senate and house of rep- resentatives. the head of important committees, and as a consequence in direct charge of im- portant legislation, members of both branches whose claim to preference is based, not upon ability, but upon length of | service. This seniority law operates adversely to the interests of the country at ‘times stich as the present, when a political party long in the minority is suddenly thrust into power. : y Senators and Representatives who have been elected and re-elected from ob- scure districts and unimportant states, largely by the aid of money supplied for their campaign funds by interested indus- trialists, are found in the list of senior members of important committees. They are there not by reason of their ability, but because they have been automatically moved up during their long terms of serv- icq as their fellow committee members have been removed by death or defeat. The seniority rule recognizes the claims of these incompetents and as a re- sult, their party and the country suffers because of their lack of ability. The next congress will have many weak leaderships, both in committees and on the floor of both houses, unless the seniority rule is abrogated. This weakness of legislative leader- ship will be one of the greatest troubles of the next administration. WEATHER MYTHS Perhaps many credulous persons ate now watching for a verification of their weather predictions, based on whether the ground hog saw his shadow in their local- ities on Ground Hog Day, February 2. And even if their predictions are not verified, they will doubtless offer some sort of alibi for that venerable forecaster. Then about March 21 these same folks will watch for the “equinoctial storm” which is supposed to occur about the time when the sun “crosses the line.” Of course, no one with any knowledge of meteorology pays any attention to either of these ancient superstitions, but in the popular mind they cling with grim tenacity. Owing to the erratic habits of ‘the weather, any kind of prediction will come true occasionally, but scientific observers tell us that in the present state of human knowledge it is impossible to predict weather conditions more than a very few days ahead. From records of the last 50 years, kept by the United States Weather Bureau, it is showh that storms are no more frequent during equinoctial periods than at other times in the year. In fact, the most de- structive of all storms—western tornadoes and West Indian hurricanes—occur prin- cipally in the summer and fall, at periods farthest removed from the equinoxes. But old superstitions die hard, and those concerning the weather are among the most persistent. WHITE LIES The old question of whether a false- hood is ever justified is brought to mind by the death of Mrs. Minna Preiskel in Lodi, N. J.,.at the age of 72. A series of falsehoods had cheered her old age for years. Mrs. Preiskel was critically ill when her son, Robert, was killed in action in France on March 26, 1918. Doctors warned that if she were told the sad news it would kill her. She was never told. Her family caused a letter to be sent to her, supposedly from her son, telling her that he was employed in France. Each week a letter written in the United States and sent to France to be remailed to the mother was received and read to her, tell- ing of her boy’s imagined doings abroad. In all 520 of these spurious letters were received by the waiting invalid, who until the last had hopes of seeing her son again. Similar “white lies” have prevented mental anguish in thousands of cases the world over. Who can say with assurance that it was wrong to tell them? Education makes it easier for the |; mind to rise to higher levels, A scientist says movements of the big} toe indieate how one’s mind is working. Thus a young fellow sometimes finds out how his sweetie’s papa’s mind runs, This rule arbitrarily puts at}! Our Government —How It It Operates By William Bruchart BUREAU OF STANDARDS N ELDERLY guide at the Smith- } sonian institution, the wonder {of wonders and storehousé of the) Interesting, was asked by a tourist! { On @h decasion what the purpose of | the institution was. His reply epito-; mized the place in these words: “It} shows what people have done.” I am indebted to’ him, therefore, for the thought that the bureau of; standards shows what people are doing. And there can be no more accurate description, albeit: to state fully its meaning and to comprehend its scope it must be expanded and expanded until one’s mental proc-' esses grow foggy. Some years ago, a friend of mine who has devoted many years to the publie service as an expert in the bureau of standards, invited me to. ride in his car to my destination at another point in the city. Upon: entering his automobile I was sur-: prised to find a veritable battery of taxicab metérs operating in the ton- neau of the machiné. His explana- tion of their presence may be used to Mlustrate the type of work per- formed by the bureau: “We never have known whether taxi ineters are accurate. In other words, we have been unable to say positively Whether persons hiring taxicabs are cheated by the ma- chines that register the fare. By in- stalling thése meters and using this ear formally, we get a test of them under all sorts of conditions of op- eration. The speedometer on the cat Is tested reguiarly so that we can check against it. We will know in about two months whether- any of all of these meters give the pub- lie @ square deal.” Such is one phase of the work done at the bureau of standards and all of it has its end and alm, the making of this a better world in which to live. Its accomplish- ments.ip this direction are endless, tt b@eattsé those sefentists are tireless in their pursuit of knowledge. It will be impossible in a brief Space to set out even a small por- Uon of outline of thé work done In the butead, a place that to my hum- ble mind contains more thrills than ever have been concentrated under one root anywhere else {n the world But when one recalls that by per- ‘sistent effort bureau experts have persuaded scores of commercial lines to do away with countless ‘styles and types of products and to concentrate on standardized designs, all As means Of reducing the cost; té the consumer; some idea is siver! of the dollars and cents value of) the work accomplished. Take for! exaimple, bolts and huts. One can: buy them anywhere in this land and: it he calls for a certain type, that type will be supplied whether it 1s! manufactured in the city of Pitts turgh or San Francisco. Experiments have been carried on ut the bureau for years respecting the best methods of heating homes und thé best methods for steam pro- duction, always with the view of’ economical operation in view. A chemistry division operates one of the great laboratories of the country, testing, testing, testing. Thousands of chemicals that reach the public, réady for economical use and prepared to meet the every- day needs of one unskilled in han- dling delicate instruments, are bet- ter today because ‘the scientists of the bureau of standards devoted many months to experimentation. Development of the airplane has brought with ft fhany and varied problems. The bureau has set about solving them., Some of them are me- chanical, purely; others deal with nafufal forces. That explains why there is a gigantic wind tunnel in operation at the bureau. Air is forced through at every speed and at every angle and against propellers operated with certain horsepower behind them. The calculations ar- rived at énable engineers to know what weaknesses to avoid in plane construction. And so it ts, too, with tests made of such commonplace things as elec- trie light bulbs. They are actually butned out. Tests are made with filaments of every known substance used for that purpose, and combina- tions of substances are tried. Man- ufacturers have the direct benefit of these experiments, of course, but the ultimate consumer gains event- ually throngh lower prices on qual- ity products. Almost constant experiments are carried on at the bureau with ma- terials used for dyes, dyes for cloth, colors for paints, for inside and out- side decorative purposes, for metals, ete. The fastness must bé known; the condition ander which they will fade are developed conclusively tf they fade at all, and means of cor- ‘@eting that weakness fre looked for. The scientists expetiment with the cloth or the metal or wood, or whatever other base is used, to as- H ' fi t i | j i ns HE ivi ie Daily Cross-word Puzzle ACROSS 1, Feline «& Complete collection 1 as rating 1% Baim teat 13, Old musical note rie > Bas noble 20. Constellation . Be defeated Street in New ‘ork City ae 3/0} 42, Reception a eit Solution of Vesterday’s Puzzle eeesdses & tate uterny 1. Determined & ino Metis NIATSIUIR, AIISESAIRIAIE|S} by Scene ot ae 12. “ death 8. Opti = "atsament nua 7 Y Yy y y 7SLaaE SEB ESRE IN DAYS GONE BY Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen Miss Geraldine Farrar, noted screen and stage star, arrived in her private car from the north last evening and stopped last night to get an early glimpse of the rising sun in Key West. Today she will board the Governor Cobb and sail for Havana where she expects to remain for two weeks before xe- turning to the states. Friends of Mrs. William E. Shedd will regret to learn of her death in Washington yesterday from pneumonia. Mrs. Shedd spent two winters in Key West while her son, Major W. E. Shedd, was at the army barracks. The wrecking tug Relief report- ed by radio this morning that she had arrived off Jupiter Light and rendered assistance to the steamer Carolinas. The steamer was float- ed at 3:30 this morning. The tug and coast guard vessel Saukee are towing the steamer to Key West, and are expected to arrive torhor-} row. The fiavy tug Bayspting, Cap- port with the U. S, 8, Wheeling in tow. The Umpqua, navy tug, ; will take the Wheeling from this port to Charleston, S. C. Mayor Simms ‘ahd his associates from Atlahta were guests at a luncheon given yesterday by the local fire department. Chief Ralph Pinder was speaker for the local firemen, Besides the there were present Councilmen} Hicks, Elgin, StoWers and Lopez. County Commissioners B. B. War- ren and Otto Kirchheiner.. Judge Hugh Gunn, George Stricker and Joseph Collins. —o Editorial comment: An optimist is a man who buys hair restorer from a baldheaded barber. Acting Sheriff McInnis,and a! inumber of deputies raided a place on Virginia, street yesterday ami secured about 25 gallons of as- sorted liquors. ¢ “Bully,” a negro prisoner of the county, is now subsisting on a@ diet of bread and water. Yester- P& Leave Key West Wednesday, 12:15 P. Leave Havana for Tharsday, 9:45 + - Leave Key W. 6:30 P. Tickets. for Port Happenings Here Just 10 Years) tain Moeller, is enroute to this} visitors | ——— day, while working at the city park, he told the guard that he ; Was too strong to work and was ! quitting. He did. They took him to the county jail and started the bread and water cure. He will stay on the diet until he regains his strength. Chief Gardner and officers Mc- Mannaway, Walker and Shanahan visited the coffge shop of Pino Morales on Thomas street yester- day afternoon and found six quarts of liquor. The owner was released under bond of $250. Police Chief Girdnet is all smiles this morning over the fact that he is a grandfather. This |morning, 3:30 o’elock, a 7% | pound baby girl was born to his {son-in-law 2fd daughter, Mr. and | Mrs, J. M. Bethel, of 1221 Pe- tronia street, Mr. and Mrs. George T. Revero announce the birth this morning of a girl in their home at 518 Margaret street. Mrs. Revero was formerly Miss Cora Sterling. Charles J. Curry started drilling ite well yesterday for the purpose of | getting a larger water supply. The well is today 18 feet deep and filled With what appears to be erude fuel oil. Experts, if there are any in the city, will be asked ito give an opinion. | “I have fished all over the | world,” said J, Lawrence Clark, of Maryland, to The Citizen, “and the best waters I ever fished are in the Gulf stream near Key West.” | LEGALS ent count, Ke COUNTY, ‘TR. iN THR COUNTY IN Ane FOR M FLORIDA—IN the Matte WILLIAM be an tributees and jin z y, Deceaned. creditors, Legatees, Dis- and persons Boxing demands against said are hereby notified and required to present any claims and demands which you or either of may have against the estate of F. Maloney, late of Monroe ty, Florida, deceased, to the County Judge of said © in his office at the Court | Within twelve months from the 25th day of Jahvary, 1933, the date of the first publication of this notice. | All clatima of. demands fot fo presented will be barred by, limita- Hon under prevision of the Laws of the iste of Floride. Duplirates of said claims should be filed with the undersigned Ex- ecutrix of sat Estate. CATHERINE atone. bg 2 ae Estate of . Wm. Maloney, Deceased. $an25; febi-8-15-22 ri-8-1 F. 2 STEAMSHIP 7a UNITED STATES FAST MAIL ROUTES FOR Havats, daily exeept Sunday and to 16, 1932 Key West, daily exeept Sunday and Tampe, Tuesday and Saturday, sano and Information, st*Ticest Office on the 81 73 a7 70 -0.Ins. Yesterday’s Precipitation .05 Ins. Normal Precipitation “This record covers ending at 8 @elotk this morning. Tomorrow's Almanac Sun rises 7:01 a. ih. Sun sets . B Moon rises Moon sets Tomotrow’s Tides A.M. P.M. High - 2201 Low - 6:59 Barometer at 4 a, m. today. . Sea level, 30.25. Lowest Highest | Last night Yesterday! Abilene .. -- 28 4 Boston | Buffalo Chicago Denver Detroit Eastport {El Paso Hatteras Helena Huron .. Kansas City .. KEY WEST Little Rock .. Louisville . Miami New Y¥ Oklahoma City Phoenix Pittsburgh St. Louis St. Paul Salt Lake City Slt. Ste. Marie Seattle Washington Williston .. WEATHER FORECAST (Till 8 p, m. Thursday) Key West and Vicinity: Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday; mod- erate winds, mostly southeast. Florida: Cloudy, probably o¢- casional rain in north portion to- aos esi — $ v7 We pay 3 Per beriod night ad Thutsday; slightly cold- er in north portion, Jacksonville to Fiorida Straits: Moderate southeast winds over jsouth portion, and moderate south- west shifting to horth over hotth portion; weather somewhat over- east tonight and Thursday; sibly. with oceastonal rain 0 forth portion. East Gulf: Moderate east over south.portion and fresh no! _{and northeast ever north portion WEATHER CONDITIONS Pressure is lew this mornin over the North Atlatitic States: while a field of high pressure cov; ers the country from the western Lake region, Mississippi Valle: and West Guif States lover California. Precipitation te been general during the last 2: jhours from the west and ‘niiddle Gulf coast northeastward over th easterh Lake tegion ahd Middle and North Atlantic States, being) in the forty of stow in the Lak region and Ohio Valley, and rai oceurred on the north Pacific} coast. Temperatures have fallé from the lowér Lake région south. westward over Texas, and fro Notth Dakota eastward over nort! ern Minnesota, where readings al considerably below zero, and risen over northwestern section of the country. The weather cof tinues “ntild over the Bast Gul) and Atlantic States; while fron the Mississippi Valley west over the Rockies temperaturé: are generally below notinal. =~ en s Sport Shop T Ae Wh ee, see Turner’s Sport Shop basketball quintet will invade the realms of sport in Key West this week atid ; will meet the DeMolays dasketéets Qs he high school eration nights ‘urner aggregation is bch. sidered one of the fastest im the state and the local team is work- ing hard at their practices. A lively ahd thrilling gaihe is Promised. Ppa ee $s porintal TWO FOR ONE! aueaser $4.95 Caick Electric Iron, $2.95 BOTH For- 75 75 Cents Down, $1 a Month A. F. AYALA, Sales Manager WOOOOITOOIOIIIIITI ISD ee Cent on Savings THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK KEY WEST, FLORIDA Member Federal Reserve Systems