The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 20, 1933, Page 2

Rublished Daily Except Sunday By CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. L. PB. ARTMAN, From ‘The Citizen Building, Corner Greene and Ann Streets Dally Newspaper in Key ‘West and Monroe oem County ——— Poterei at ‘Key ‘West, Florida, as second class matter Fie aay RE fe OS ge ee a FIFTX-FOURTH YEAR Member of the Associated Press ar ation of an 3 acer tay Ages trediced te cteare ing eedltad in aking Paper and also the doqal news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RAGES es £MeEM NATIONAL EDITORIAL RL i 033 Made known on appt. abRcray. NoTICE Rotices, cards of th resolutions of aaect obit ne te, WAN Abe ch af = git? 5 9 saedealenpeninies Notices for entertainments by churches from which @ revenue is to be derived are 6 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public eo And Snbjects of local or general interest “but 1 not publish anonymous com- muntcatio 6 eo 6 oe ee a RI Ce Ae Wa Sa , SATIONAL LA combi REPRESENTATIVES mle & KK ve Easter hate ee a5 Wane Wacker Aa neral ‘Motors Bidg., DETRO! ton Bldg, ATLANTA. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the trith and print it ‘Without Zeit hd without favor; méever bo afraid to attank wrong or to applaud right; always fight for progress; never be the or- ‘gan of the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class; always do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or injnstice; denounce vice and praise virtue; topimend good done by individual or organ- ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and | opinions; print ‘otily news that vill elevate IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water. and Séwerage, 4 Bridges to complete Road to Main- land, Free Port. . Hotels and Apartments. _ ‘Bathing Pavition, Aquarium. Airports—Land and Sea, “'Tetakes a high-salaried radio comedian to make an old joke sound new. wait is the small person. who does not ‘like to be alone; inot merely the child. -At looks as if the Techitoerats made the mistake of putting all their eggs in one basket. Correct this sentence: “I: have no difficulty in dealing with women, because i Whderstand them.” ee ee It is not necessary to be versed in technoeracy ih order to kill time. There is little or ho ehiergy expended. <The severest critics of ‘business are ils” who got ‘that way at col- leges endowed by business men. Physicians tell us that the more methodical our habits of going to ‘bed, the more likely we are to sleep soundly. Our grandfathets tro dowbt would have thought us dlippant; our grandchil- dpen will arohably think the same of us. ‘Civilization is stil in its infancy when a péople is governed not by its will but by the Will of a dictator backed by a military which subsists on the taxes of the very peo- ple whose liberties are subverted. Such is Cuba's plight. Whether it is mass psychology, ad- vertising or just plain envy, but so soon as it was announced that A. F. Ayala had caught a sailfish and the place where it was encountered, a number of anglers were out yesterday all day ‘hoping — to duplicate the feat. Bi was introduced in the French chamber of deputies the other day for the purposé Of Ticréasing thé pay of Fretich soldiers from one sou to four sous per day. What wanton extzavagance in these times! No wonder France can't pay her install- ments of war debts. | : d | for writing and an UNFAIR COMPETITION In a recent address Representative Joseph B. Shannon of Missouri, chairman of the house committee to investigate gov- ernmental competition with private enter- prise, declared: “The government, which pays no taxés, no insurance, and. which takes no account of many other items~ of _ undis- pensable overhead which private _ enter- prise must pay, is able unfairly to under- eM the enterprises of its taxpaying citi- zens. This, the committee held, constitutes unfair competition.” Mr. Shannon cited many specific in- stances of war-time bureaus which still exist, although the war has been over for 14 years, ness enterprises in competition with local merchants and others. This condition exists especially at, army and navy posts, where government stores and restaurants not only serve per- sons in the military service, but through the abuse of lawful large portion of the general public to the ‘| detriment of taxpaying business men. “The conditions which have been re- vealed to this committee of the house of representatives of which I am chairman are } almost unbelievable,” said Mr. Shannon. It is an indisputable facet that the] | derstand that the department has gradual encroachments .of the government | in the field of business have made condi- tions more difficult for thousands of small 4} merchants who pay taxés and otherwise, | contribute to the support of civic enter-| prises. The finding of Mr. Shannon’s commit- tee should lay the foundation for action to | abolish these abuses. NEWSPAPERMAN’S “ QUALIF ICATIONS A young man asked us our opinion, about entering the newspaper field; answered this wise says the Mineral Wells | we Index: If he can listen with a smile to tire- | some things he’s heard ofttimes before; if, or four people ask him to do without making them | he can refuse todo what ‘three mad; if he can write in a way to make ‘people laugh when he feels like .cussin’, or. in a way to make them weep when he feéls Jike cracking his heels together and laugh- ing out loud; if he can remain silent when he feels like he’ll burst wide open if he} does not talk; if he can argue without get- ting mad or making the other fellow mad; if he can refuse a woman’s request for free | publicity without making all the members of her set mad at the paper; if he can react to the Joss of a good news story and catch a better one on the rebound; if he can ex- plain & typographical error without using up more than thirty minutes’ time; if he can concentrate and write intelligent copy | while three different conversations are go- ' ime on around him, several typewriters clicking away and ‘the telephone ringing and the subdued hum of the presses in the next room drumming on his ears; if he can explain why Mrs. Jones’ poem on Sylvah Depth of October Woods,” did not Appear in the paper without her husband stopping his advertising; if he can take a four-line story and spread ,it.to. a column, or take a two-column story and condense it to two paragraphs; if he can read proofs without overlooking an error and _ write headlines without murdering the king’s ®hgilish; if he has a nose for news, an itch inclination to work fifteen hours a day, then we’d advsie him to get into the game. MACHADO'’S MENTAL ‘PROCESS Editor & Publisher gives an insight into the workirigs of Dictator Machado’s mind in this bit of sarcasm: The convolutions of the mind of Presi- dent Machado of Cuba, provide a ‘curious study, operating about like this: The president reads a long and excited story in a newspaper, denouncing his administra- tion. He turns to his secretary, saying: “This fellow has no business writing this, I pay him $5,000 a year.” “Ah, Mr. President, I think there is some mistake. This editor is not on the subsidized list,” replies the secretary. The Machado lip curls. list, eh? Stuff and nonsense! stay in business last Sear, didn’t I? he earned $5,000, didn’t he?” I let him And if_you cannot do great things, remem- | ber that you can do small things in‘a great way. He charged that in many cases, the chief activities of these agencies were) in connection with the operation of busi-} js: in that part of the department privileges serve a} “The | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Our Government | —How ft Operates By William Brackart semmmececcencceeneenenace DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ASUAL visitors to the Capital city of the nation seldom re: xe ceive suggestiéns from natives of Washington that they should visit the Department of Agriculture. The mative here -will freely point out places to see and the things of in-| terest that a tourist “should not miss,” but the suggestions dlmost never include the Department of Agriculture, It is.more easily understood than it appears. Except for the gardens and a greenhouse or two over which the department ‘has supervision, there Us little appeal for the tour- located in Washington, that section ‘really is. The answer, simply stated, to the circumstance is that the Depart- ment of Agriculture operates the greatest laboratories in the world, but they are scattered throughout the nation that they can be near to the problems they seek to solve. ‘The experimental farms serve to il- lustrate the point. ‘That farm in your state is located where it is for a very practical reason, the ‘Same ‘being that it is attempting to develop some ‘kind of agricultural Product of especial fitness for the conditions of soil and climate un- der which you ‘live. But I would not have you under- large as only this method of serving the farmers. Although their work lacks the appeal that is required to at- ‘tract sightseers, the vast offices of ‘the department in Washington are thoroughly filled with men and women and equipment as each one ‘of them-proceeds to work out some new factor in connection with plant and animal life. People are too prone to think of the department only in connection with wheat and cotton and corn and ‘cattle and hogs, qete. As a matter of fact, its other work is more basic, Let me relate the circumstance of one office as an illustration. Bre- siding over it isa small man, a\Ger- man by birth, but an immigrant to America at an early age. He iis highly educated, uses many terms im conversation that go far ever my humble head, and plods along with his studies, And what does he study? Peat, peat bogs, uses of peat, how to use peat lands, He is recognized throughout the world a8 an atithority on peat, and slowly Dut Surely out of the vast tesearches-thit He ‘has made “and ty making 1s Coming information that will result in utilization of millions of acres of land that is looked upon mow by those residing near as not worth the taxes its owners have to} ‘The individual about whom I have written above is just one cog in a great machine, known In the depart- ment as the ‘bureau of chemistry and soils, an agency of earnest men and women seeking facts. Sel-' ‘éntists they are, and scientists they ‘will remain, and while snperfictally ‘their work may .be made the sub: Ject of laughter and by-play, agri- cultural life of America owes much 4 to them. Por instance out of the constant investigating that goes on by that, group, we already know that cer- tain kinds of wheat will produce in greater volume in Kansas than for- merly could be grown in that bread | basket of the nation; we know that their soll studies have evolved wuys. of fertilizing that will break up “hardpan” and subsoils which the farmer despises, and we have learned from them that érops re- quiring soils frée from acids eah be grown in sections ‘hitherto ‘held -to be areas where such crops were un- profitabfe. In other words, the work ‘the scl- Beeoenecccscocccocesaqcces: /ACROSS 1, Cripples 6. Asiatic tea | ism 20. Disencumber 23. Institute { 29. 34, Dwelling places 36. Large knife 37. Marked with the day, month and pleasure 60. Feminine name $1. Poem 52, ag hoe 39. 41. Secure 42, ith Greek dl 43. Light boat 45. Note of a ! 53. amrmative 54. River bottom anaes sis Fes to ae eri il eT TT 7 Daily Cross-word a. 1 9, Revealing un- intention- 10. Sign of the zodiac 11. Article of 16. reas Into ra or Bingastan =] i Satan 2 Gitte 38: Garments 23. A nt Jew- 46, Feeling tndig- 55. Expression nant.dis- of cont QOWN beeeraa 3. Fiaseal ne 4. Nathine more & nr ere FC La eZ Ceres errr | | KEY WEST , IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files OF The Citizen A phenomenal strike of oil is the} verdict of an oil expert, W. A. Braden, of Terre Haute, Indy af- ter giving an investigation of the oil found on the land of Chas. J. Curry of Southard street. Mr. Cur- ny is so confident that the expert’s opinion is right that he will start another well at once Bernard Vidal, Slee of a candy concession at the Carnival, was arrested this afternoon by Chief of Police Gardner charged with operating a game of chance,, and ‘tried in police court. Judge ‘Caro ruled that as each purchaser’ of numbers on the candy wheel was given chewing gum, the p' chaser received value for his: money. Mrs. Heritz, wife of the phar- macists mate at the naval station, won the pair of walkover shoes given by A. Louis and Son for the ; of Philadelphia. Prizes went to Miss Key as guest, Mrs. J. M. Wil- son won the prize for high score and Mrs. Lord was consoled with the bos Miss Key is the house guest of Captain and Mrs. C. D. Harrington. —— Many loads 6f sand axe being clseun portion and moderate to fresh southwest shifting to north- a west over north portion; weather 8 | pektly overcast tonight and Tues- \e _ | East Gulf: Moderate east winds .0 Ins,| over south portion and moderate te Ins. | northwest over north portion, WEATHER CONDITIONS A disturbance of considérable pa Petes is central this morning -jever the upper Lake region, Sault Ste. Mpvie, Mich, 29.40 inches, jjand pressure is Jow saiithward ever Georgia; a field of high pressure, crestea over the 12:40) southern Rocky Mountain and ometer at 8 a. m. today. | Plateau regions, overspreads the Sea level, 30.10, country eastward into Texas, and pressure is also jhigh-off the At- ] jJantie -coast. Rain ‘has occurred | doting the last 24 hours from the Gulf coast and northern Plorida Northeastward over the Ohio Valley and North Atlantic States, being heavy in portions of Georgia and Tennessee, and there has ‘been rain.or snow throughout most 4 of the Lake region. Mild weather ‘ prevails over sections east of the Mississippi River, and tempera- tures are generally near or above normal in other districts except in the southwest where readings are somewhat below the seasonal Yesterday’s Erectoranon Naroe Seat pm ae Lowest Highest Last night Yesterday Abilene 62 Boston Denver. Detroit Dodge City | Duluth 2 Eastport ..... El Paso .. Gaveston | Helena Huron Jacksonville Kansas City \KEY WEST ‘Lonisville ‘Oklahoma City .. Phoenix .. & Pittsburgh bSt. Louis . St. Paul . Salt Lake City . Sit. Ste. Marie . Tampa .... ‘Williston Wytheville WEATHER FO! FORECAST (Till 8 p. m. esday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly ~~ | eloudy tonight and Tuesday; mod- erate winds, mostly southeast. Florida: colder in extreme north portion tonight; Tuesday partly cloudy;|! align tly colder in north portion. — facksonville to Florida Straits: Moderate southeast winds over If you do not reteive your ‘tternoo, use your tophong afternoon, use your telephone enters phone and percent service by calling 61 you do not receive The z piled on United street and resi-| dents of that thoroughfare say ‘that it will be one of the most at- tractive in the city when the pav- ing and sidewalk operations are finished. The enlisted men of the naval ‘|@tation are making preparation for an athletic meet to be ‘held on the parade grounds at the station on’ ‘Washington’s birthday. The meet will be open to the members of, the navy and marine corps only. There will be twelve events to test the strength or agility on the contestants. ‘BENJAMIN LOPEZ i Established 1885 24-Hour Ambulance Serviee Skilled Mmbulmer, Piaattc Surgery |] Phone 185 Night Phone 696-W guessing contest as to the number i+ of feet travelled by the mechanical man in the window. Ralph Bristol, of Ogden, Utah, one of the direttors of Internation- al Rotary, is due to arrive in Key ‘West Friday afd will be the guést of local Rotarians for several days. | The official is accompanied ‘by) Mrs. Bristol. entists @o is of the sort that the }@a¥ dance will ‘be held at the Casa farmer may not see its value until Marina Thursday night. The list} he suddenly discovers through his |°f guests at the hotel this year is’ farm paper that the experiments} °Me of the largest ever at this pop- have shown at feasible to plant a|Ular winter home and a brilliant’ “Not on the | certain type of seed or do some other thing that opens a new ave- nue of profit to him. examinations, the soil investiga- tions, and the studies of fertilizers, to mention a few, all lead directly to benefits fdr those who fill the soll and with their produce feed the nation. It is only a step in one’s survey of the department activities from the bureau of chemistry and soils} to another section—the bureau of. ento! ‘the investiga: tions are directed towards means of saving the crops which the other! scientists have found can be pro- @uced to better advantage ‘The. scientists in the bureau of ento- mology ean tel you about the life {history of the potato bug or any other that has been discovered as a parasite on American plant life, And what is more important to the ag- ricultural producers, those scientists ; cam tell you how to defeat the rav- to be injurious to the cropa. Naturally, too, since they sty, } Insecta, the same scientists provide | the nation’s bee-keepers with in- | formation about the honey bees, and | how to, protect them from the dan- The chemical | ages of the insects that are known’ affair is being planned by the} management. The third evening of playing in the Dinner-Bridge parties will be held this evening in the Casa Marina. Mrs. Spottswood andj Mrs. Taylor, forming the cémmit- tee for these parties, have r served covers for 24. -_—_—_——_— . Leroy Blackwell, who has ‘been! brea aad il in Jacksonville, with! pneumonia, is coming home tomor-' row on Train 85, accompanied by Mis brother, Corry Blackwell and a trained nurse. Mrs. Luisa Valdez, widow of the! late Jose M. Valdez, died last night at her residence at 425 Southard street, Funeral services will bej held this afternoon 4 o'clock. | Mrs. Ralph E. ‘Bapdes,; of 1218 minary street, entertained night in honér of Miss Nancy Key |ROYAL PALM WILL BRING IT SS eer FUNERAL HOME(N Effective Leave Key West for Havaca, daily except Sunday and Wednesday, 12:15 P. M. tune, iw a ssa ‘ ~~ “ ri ee Wont, dily exeast Sundar ave Key West for Port Tahipa, Tushday aid Saturday, Reservations and Information at Ticket Office on the Dock, a” amr nnn : Is Ahead of You TAKE A VACATION NOW COME TO MIAMI “THE MILLIONAIRES’ PLAYGROUND” With Prices That Fit Everyboily’s Podkétboak a eet ttre HOTEL RATES LOWEST EVER QUOTED PRICES FOR MEALS IN KEEPING WITH THE TIMES New Low Prices on All Recreational Activities Inquire at Our Tourist Information Bureau About Interesting Side Trips, Sight-Seeing, Etc., and See Our Recreational Host About Fishing, Golf and Other Sports. N N. &. FIRST STREET AND THIRD AVENUE & NEAR BAY FRONT PARK N IN N N KY & Ny N ; TATA AA LA hh hh hdkddal, a emer We pay 3 Per Cent on Savings KEY WEST, FLORIDA —