The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 27, 1933, Page 2

Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. 1 Ly P, ARTMAN, President. ‘From The Citizen Building, Corner Greene and Ann Streets Galy. Daily ermeeper | in Key West and Monroe Sete: yunty t Key West, aan ‘as second class matter FIFTY-roURnTH YEAR ‘Member of the Aadéeinted sey oe es Ai Ps ig exclusively entitle u me ropeptcgtion, “ot 1} news dispatches credited to it or not Stherwike credited in thié paper afd also ¢ Jocal news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES er ays ADVERTISING RATES maf known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of ake Mpbiteary wotloan, ote-. will be charged for at ret th: Ate of 10 cents a I Notices for entertaintnents by churches from which & revenue is to be derived are 6 cents a line. The Citizen iy an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but if will no* publish anonymous com- munteattons. NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES 250 Park hag se ee mat We kez Drive, ‘ark Ave. New Yor jacker " CHICAGO; i General Motors bea 7 capi 'ROIT; ton Bldg., ATLANT. woe THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the post gx print ‘it witnout fear and without favor; never be afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; alwaya fight for progress; never' be the or- gan or the mouthpiece of atty person, clique, faction or class; always do ite atmost for the public welfare; Hever tolerate corruption or injrstiee; denounce vice and praise virtue; eonifiénd good done by individual or organ- izatién; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print oily news that wilt elevate ané-not contaihinate the reader; never com- promise with principle. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main- land. Frée Port. __ Hotes and Anartovents, i Bathing Pavilion.’ : Aquitfani, ~ Airports—Land and Sea, ~@ur prayer: May we be given this des the opportunity to earn our daily bread. ~ Centralized wealth must be eurbed if this is to remain a nation of individual op- portunity. In 1919 France said to Ameriea: “We ean never repay you for what you have done.” Wasn't that a timely and honest warning? The Citizen’s puivate statistician re- ports that girls with steady Johs scored re- markably high wmateimonially; , during the recent leap = —s- Ais to ro wondered how. “Hitler reached the eminenee of the "Gotman chincellorship with such Ai’ hiFsute ap- pendage as im reiseiles & President: elect Roamasait was bound to have some hard material in his cabinet. Whe he was uiistccessfal in obtaining Glass,"he put Woodin. “Henry Ford is quoted as having said that there was no depression. Was he re- peating the mystic Coue phrase or thinking of hia $700,000,000 in the bank? Senator Huey ae, the $10,000 king- figh of Louisiana, is of some good in the senate when as a filibusteter he keeps con- gress inactive for the good of the coun- re Japan is out of the League of Nations, but wants to keep the 682 islands lying in the Pacifie between Honolulu and the Philippines, held under a mandate from the League. Seme of these islands have fortifiable bases, but Americans have not been permitted to observe whether they have been fortified or not, although Japan denies they have been. If the League had the right to give the mandate to Japan, she must have the right to take if away. Perhaps Japan is quite willing to be re- lieved of the mandate. j repeal the Eighteenth Amendment and the | PROHIBITION REPEAL The congress of the United States in answer to a demand from the people that could not be ignored, has at last voted to repeal is now up to ratification by the states. As soon as thirty-six states have rati- fied it, the Twenty-first Amendment to the Constitution will be in effeet. The only effect of the new’ amend- ment will be to repeal the Eighteenth Amendment and incorporate in the con- stitution of the United States a provision that under no circumstances can liquor be shipped into a state whose laws prohibit its use. There is already a law on the statute books of the United States covering this point. The only additional effect of the new amendment is that it will prevent the repeal of the present statute. But nobody except the bootleggers wants to ship liquor into dry states and a few days more or less mean nothing to a bootlegger. Upon the ratification of the Twenty- first Amendment, all prohibitory laws based on the Eighteenth Amendment will be without federal support or sanction. Ratification of the repeal amendment will probably come as quickly as did the vote to repeal. The country is anxious.to get the matter decided and bring things back to normal. The people of the various states are in no hesitant mood. There will be little patience with pro- hibition advocates who attempt to block the path. There is an authorization for conventions in the United States Constitu- tion itself. The courts will doubtless uphold the legality of joint resolutions of the state legislatures creating and providing the machinery for these conventions. What the Federal Constitution creates by implication the various states can surely create by legislation and in an emergency our courts have always found a way to register their approval of action that solves vexing problems. The states will ratify the repeal amendment in jig tinte. EARNEST YOUNG PEOPLE In spite of all the loose talk and writ- ihg about the wild youth of the present day, recent statistics from the Bureau of Education indicate that the percentage of earnest young people is still very high. These statistics show that one-half of the young men and one fourth of the young women in the colleges and. universities of the United States are earning their school- ing in whole or in part through working outside of school hours. In ohe year more than $33,000,000 was earned by the labor of students. ; Among the part time jobs held by students are office work, automobile re- pairing, specialty selling, teaching, hotel and summer resort employment, household service, farm work and other activities. In the face of such a showing as is being made, it can hardly be maintained that the young generation is as frivolous as its critics would have us believe. SOAK THE AUTOMOBILE OWNER? The federal gas tax will undoubtedly be with us another twelve months. Is anyone optimistie enough to think that such a remunerative tax measure will ever be repealed? The marvel is that it has not been increased. ' How many taxes can you think of that were established as emergency measures, that have ever been dropped? Or, if they were dropped, have not been disguised and collected just the same un- der a new name? Even Governor Sholtz, who favors re- ‘ lieving the tax-burdened automobile owner, has just declared that the Florida gasoline tax on automobles cannot be reduced. It is to be remembered that one cah- not make footprints in the sands of time sitting down. But who in the heck wants to make eal retorts the loafer. Twelve tHomeand Americans wee! killed in. the Spanish-American war, but | the government is now paying pensions to | 30,000 widows. And we doubt that each | one of those 12,000 dead had a wife, so | that complicates the matter stil! further. Is anything going to be done about this? Certainly not, so long as the Anierican tax- | payer can be milked. Of all the tax- payers in the world, the American is the most gullible. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Our Government —How It Operates By William Bruckart seweeweneenwnneccnecneney HANDLING THE MAIL T IS @ far cry from stagé coaches | to transovenn mail plates, but I this century has witnessed that de | velopment, There are regular mailé i now between North and Central and | South America, service operating i | | | 1 ; | ACROSS L Carpenters’ 5. Minute particle 9. Incline te Pi for “publication 15. Prevalent 16. palo en fabrics . Parnes to ly of with much more frequency than did : the transcontinental mails a little more than half a century ago. And a. there is the projected transatlantic | mail, something more near realiza- tion than is generally anticipated, These facts are cited merely to! show that the postal service never stands still, either literally or fig: | uratively. It is growing at all times, | even a8 our nation expands, I be- lieve {ts history justifies the asser- | tion that no service of our govern- | ment has greater flexibility, none that can adapt itself so quickly to conditions, as can this agency of |" governnient. More than 90 per cent of the work- ers of the postal service hold their ; #4. Tota places by reason of having met civil | service tests, making their apppoint- | ment one of permanency. : Deadly white 42, Lose bright- + In behalf of ness s 48. Spoken a Wenn bear- 50. Lateral ing . Government knight's levies crest . Stake once |. Concentrated used in sword prac- t . Holds back ; Distant . Stately building . Ridicules ae pam queen Rome tyrant Concerning . Utters Afresh Hand cover- ings 5 Advantage . Fasten . Floor, wall, and reof covering So much attention has been de! voted to this class, the bulk of the | postal service, a8 a means of con- trasting them with the political ap- | pointes who hold higher posts by title but whose importance to you | and to. mé is not nearly so great. I | believe that the majority of the po- litic#l appointees among the post- masters throughout the country ren- der & patriotic service. fafr to criticize all of them for the Tt is un-/ shortcomings of some of their num- | ber, but too often has it been found | that a postmaster, supported by the | political leaders of a community, is not the person whom the majority of the patrons of that office would select. But in our country, the spoils of a political victory go to j the winning party at the polls, and postmasterships constitute no small part of -the patronage that can be | used to pay political debts, ‘The flexibility of the postal serv- ice has permitted it to operate on | a basis as nearly like private busi- ness as possible. It has to have several rules, of course, and these have to be rather rigid, but con- sider how a postmaster is author- ized to arrange for the receipt of letters from an established firm without requiring them. to be stamped and how it receives the newspapers without payment of | postage in advance. Private busi- ness would operate that way; it would “extend credit,” so to speak, to reputable patrons, So the post- master fs permitted to arrange for “metered” tail, avoiding the use of Stamps, and for collection of the postage at stated times, Newspa- pers are handled the same way. The “metering” of mail is a com- paratively new practice. Arrange- ments having been made by the firm or individual who desires to use the privilege, the lefters are received at designated points, either the main or branch office, and they are run through a meter for counting and; cancellation of the place where the stamps are placed by individuals posting only one or a few letters. That machine stamps a cancellation that avers that the required post- age has been paid, which, of course, it has Hot been, bit the postmaster knows ft will be. Millions of pleces of first-class mail ate sent that way each year and the practice is tn- creasing because it does away with Ishor to attach the stamps. In haridling newspapers, weight ts the governing factor, and the post- master requires periodical reweigh- {ng to arrive at a determination of postage due. It avoids welghing every shipment, thus saving time, and the postage is paid at intervals, thes avotding bookkeeping and transfer of. smaller amounts of money. Congress has kept Its finger on the pulse of the postal service by retaining. the fight to fix the rates that sWall be charged, except with réspect to the airmail service. It has granted many privileges, such as those mentioned above, however, | to meet everyday business require- ments. Control of the rates, it must be said, properly remains in con- gress because the federal legislators | are supposed to represent their con- stituents, and rate changes have | such a far regching effect that the | power to make them should rest | with the representatives of those | who pay the toll. With the airmail, a different cir- cumstance exists. It is in the na- ture of a special service. It must be done by special contract, and none knew when it was initiated how successful it could be made or what the cost would have to be. So | | the postmaster general fixes the | PESPAS eProp. 13. German city MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1988. . OO —_—_—_—_—_———...lvO0”00 ee session . Segments of ‘curves |. Oily sub- stances . Draft animals . Constructed ; Baitte . Malign . Unoceupied . Iridescent Instrument for trimming roofing hose. wh . Those who note speed . Starch . Dramatic musical work 49. Fortification Pouch . Viscous binck Tquid Dry Town tn Ohio Be victorious Laid away Barren ‘Twitching About Mixture + Male deer Fold over on Devices for unsealing Region beyond fordan from Jerusalem . Course of eatin, . Professional charges . Moor : Free from moisture Lair . Before 60. Scatter seed 3. Rough lava; Hawaiian . Incline the ea . Short-napped fabric day, March 3, are on sisplas in Frank Johnson’s window on Duval street. The first prize is a beau- KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY |tiful silver cup on an ebony base jand the second is a silver shield Happenings Here Just 10 Years, with a speeding cruise in bas re- Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen rs Installing apparatus for the| skinning of sharks has been com-| pleted at Pine Key. New and} tried apparatus that will facilitate! removal! of the hides will speed up, the work and enable larger ship- ; ments to be sent north at more | frequent _ intervals. Henry James is manager of the plant. More oil expe’ ‘e on the way to Key West to investigate the well} receittly discovered on the prop-! erty of Charles J. Curry at Simon-' ton and Southard streets. Mr, Cur- ry says that he has telegrams from | promoters but is paying no atten-} tion to them until after other ex-! perts have reported. “The only two teams that will! give the Giants any competition | ‘this year will be Pittsburgh and Cincinnati,” said John McGraw to} The Citizen today. Mr. McGraw} was accompanied by Mrs. McGraw during their stay and were guests; of A. C. Elgin. Edelmiro Morales and Pino Mora’ were today acquitted in jcrimihal court on charges of having} intoxicating liquor in their posses- | |sion. There were a number of! lother prisoners arraigned on the; jsame charge but when these were [acquitted the other cases were nolle prossed. W. Rich, president of the F. B. |Vandergrift company, one of the! jlargest customs brokerage ¢on-/ | cerns in the country, said today | that the greatest thing for Key | West is plenty of advertising. You | |have all things here that the tired |business men needs he said, so why |not advertise them. William L. Mellon, brother of| the nationally known banker is} here fishing and says that he has/ caught more in (Hese waters than in any other in the country. Lehi j expansion is far off, for more and rate we all pay when we want te{ Trophies for the winners in the} j send a Fetter or package fn such a annual race to be held on Satar-| | | hurry that we mark it for dispatch | ena by airplane. This delegation of j i power to the postmaster general has } enabled the gradual expansion of | the airmail? service until now it | not only reaches from coast to coast, | | from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico, | and dozens of intermediate tines, | | put from North American cities to | the Argentine. And the end of this | oe =| ' more alr companies are seeking con- tracts to transport the mails, Subseribe for The Citizen—20e! a week. t Jonquit JUBILEE lief, The total cost of the trophies is $85, Mrs. William Upshaw was an ar- rival on the Mallory boat this morning. coming from Galveston, Texas, to remain for a while as guest of her sister, Mrs. James Gardner on Fleming street. ttehing Retween the Toew is re- ved quickly by applying Imperial zema Remedy at bedtime. Drug- are authorized to refund your ri ;money If it fails —Advt. oo ——-PRITCHARD’S——— FUNERAL HOM E|| Eleven Years Experience Lady Assistant Hl 24-Hour Seer Roe Service | Phone 548 Never Stops | iROYAL PALM TYPEWRITING PAPER 50° Size 8%4x11 500 SHEETS TO BOX A PHONE CALL WILL BRING IT TODAY’S WEATHER cloudy in north portion toniglit and Tuesday, followed by rain in northwest portion Tuesday; slow- ly rising temperature Tuesday in central and north portions. OIns.| Jacksonville to: Florida Straits: ,04 Ins, | Fresh’ north and northeast winds; tonight Temperature” 79 69 74 'Highest .. + Lowest Mean ... Rainfall® Yesterday’s Precipitation Normal Precipitation .... ‘This record covers 24-hour period! weather partly overcast eee at 8 ove thin morting. jand Tuesday. ! dikes ae | East Gulf: Moderaté east winds }Sun rises “Yover south portion, and fresh ; Sun sets : *|mortheast and east over-north por- Moon rises a » Ms | tion: Moon sets .... Tomorrow's Tides WEATHER CONDITIONS The disturbance that was over ithe Lake region Saturday morn ing is eentral this morning off the noyth Atlantic coast. It caused. | Salat along the coast from. Cape Hatteras northward, and rain “or , snow has occurred during thé [ast | 24 hours from the extreme eastern Lake region eastward over the North Atlantic States. There has ‘also been rain throughout most of |Texas, and northward into Ar kan and Kansas in. connection with a slight disturbance over the Hlower Rio Grande Valley. Another’ disturbance is moving in over the Dakotas; while a field . of high | pressure overspreads the country | from the upper Lake region south- ward over the East Gulf and South Atlantic States. Temperatures are somewhat: bélow normal this: ing in the Atlantic States; in extreme) southern Florida “at New England, and are also in the Plateau >region, sow and upper Michigan; while-in 4 | northern atid central Plains $ jand upper Mississippi Valley read+ — lings. are considerably above the | seasonal average, beitig 28 ‘grees above in the Dakotas. est Colds .. jeiaaeae ata Vv: High ...... Low .... Mavometer at 8 a.m. .. today. Sea level, 2 | Lowest Last night Yes! 38 Highest rilay 46 50 32 Abilene . Atlanta Boston Buffalo Charleston Chicago ».... Denver «Detroit Dodge y Duluth . El Paso - Hatteras Helena Huron Kansas City KEY WEST Louisville Miami. - New York Oklahoma Ci Pittsburgh St. Louis St.Paul ..... Salt Lake City Sit. Ste. Marie Seattle Washington } Williston ... p 4 i ‘WEATHER FORECAST Key West and Vivinity: Fair tonight and Tuesday; moderate to fresh north and northeast winds. Flo Fair in south, and y ~ STEAMSHIP Co. (ranierianemenenecnga eenmnenenineamceteenitt meer UNITED STATES FAST P & O “taza PORT TAMPA—HAVANA—WEST INDIES Effective Dee, 16, 1932 Leave Key West for Havara, daily except Sunday and Wednesday, 12:15 P. M. Leave Haren f for Key West, daily except Sunday and Tharsday, 9:45 ny tae Key Wet for Port Tampa, Tuesday and Satutday, Tickets. Reservations and Information at Tiexct Office on the t Dock, "Phone 71 THIS PERFECT. CONVENIENCE poe perry on er pacino ‘ crerolgonged electric refrigeration. bw an electric e etcigerator you see the New 10% G-E. AND WATCH FOR THE IO G.E. We pay 3 Per Cent on Savings THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK KEY WEST, FLORIDA Member Federal Reserve System