The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 28, 1933, Page 2

PAGE.YWO Che Kev Wiest Citisent _——————— ~ Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. L., Po ARTMAN, President —_ Front Tie Citizen Building, =" Corner Greene and Ann Streets in Key West and Monroe Only“Daily Newepaper td i Bntered-at Key West, Florida, as second class matter eee eer eer eee eee ee nace eee nee EEE ann ea PIFTY-POURPH YEAR Member of the Associated Press penny oe s8oc! Press {8 exclusively entitled to use |: og ae pneation of all news dispatches’ credited to | for repubi it oF not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local’ news published here, = SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Yéar Bix Moftiv Thi NATIONAL EDITORIAL E ASSOCIATION R. 19 ADVERTISING RATES Made “known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All fotices, cards of iks, resolutions of reaped pinnery notices, etc., will be charged: for at the ra’ 10 cents a line. Notice ror entertainments by churches frony which ® revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen iy an open forum and: invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will no* publish anonymous: com~ munications. NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES FROST, LANDIS & KOHN 260 Park Ave., New York; 35 East Wackez Drive, CHICAGO; General Motors Bidg., DHTROIT; Walton Bide, ATLANTA. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road- to Main- land. Free Port. Hotels and Apartments, Bathing Pavilion. Aquarium. Airports—Land and Sea. SIDELIGHTS By MARCY B, DARNALL, Former Editor of The Key West Citizen W. H. Woodin, Roosevelt’s secretary of the treasury, is a musieal composer of ability, having written several symphonies, one of which was performed recently by the New York Philharmonic. He there- fore knows. his musical notes as well as his financial ‘ones.’ He ‘wrote the official march for the Roosevelt inauguration, At last the ambition of shipbuilders | to construct a 1000-foot ship has been realized in the recent launching of the French liner Normandie, 1,020 feet long. Thedaxgest vessel built heretofore is the British. liner Majestic, 915 feet, followed} by thie American Leviathan, 907 feet, both | must be credited to real leadership: and the ! never catled for at the local post of- | gling of aliens into the United) built in Germany. The Normandie is' a 73,000-ton ship, and will’ cost about thirty million dollars. Her speed is expected to be 28 to 30 knots. Men in Battle Creek, Mich, are pro- testing against women of the town who are “going Marlene Dietrich” by wearing masculine attire. They say: “Women have been wearing the pants in the house too long; now they've started wearing them on the street.” The men will stage a paradé to fiphasize their protest=and t* ‘the’ parade every man will wedr’a skirts! shai oe Mrs. Gandhi, wife of the famed Mahatma, has been given another six month sentence in jail for agitation among the farmers of India. If our memory serves us, the Iady has been getting six months about twice a year for quite a while. 33} R. F. C. LOAN PUBLICITY The bankers whe objected to the, publication of loans made by the Recon- | struction Finance Corporation are point- ing to the banking moratoriums declared | in Louisiana and Michigan as the result of | ' this publication. and in this they are prob- |. : ably correct, There can be no: question that reading | one’s bank has found’ it necessary to bor- row money from the government brings something of a fear that the institution is not as strong as it should be, but on the | other hand, the lack of publicity of loans made might have led to very grave abuses. The publication of the news that the | Dawes banking institutions in Chicago had received a large loan was something of a shock, and loans of even greater magnitude ‘ might have been made had there not been the fear of publicity. Many of the loans made by the Re- | construction Finance Corporation will + probably curtail losses. The bankers them- selves admit this fact. Instances where banks have been aided to. reopen and have then been closed | a second time mean loss to the government and as a consequence, to the people. In these instances there can be to doubt that favored individuals have been enabled to get money from the closed banks that would have been. lost. The loss ! in these instances has simply been trans- . ferred to the government. Without publicity, there was a great danger of many such loans being made. . The danger of publicity undoubtedly held these loans down. THE ROOSEVELT INFLUENCE The sudden action of cengress in the | matter of repeal took the country com- | pletely by surprise. Up to the moment of actual passage.| _of the repeal resolution by the senate, there . was little hope for action by the lame duck congress. When elected in the fall of 1930, the | seventy-second congress was hailed as one of the driest of the dry congresses. There can be no doubt in the minds: | of these who study the growth of the re- peal sentiment and its final victory, that a‘ . strong influence was at work. F The sudden activity of a former dry , leader, Senator Robinson of Arkansas, who / marshalled the forces of repeal, can’ only | be attributed to keen pressure from Presi- | dent-elect Roosevelt. The stunning’ success of the movement i ‘ real leadership must be recognized as that of the new leader of the American nation. : We are more certain than ever that Franklin D. Roosevelt will convince the | country that he is one of her greatest sons. BEER BILL NOT AFFECTED § The vote on repeal will have no bear- } ing on the beer bill modifying the Volstead: } Act. The Volstead Act is the legal defini. tion of the Bighteenth Amendment. i The Volstead Act prohibits more than | one-half of one per cent of alcohol* in beverages. The beer bill merely modifies this definition so that a greater percentage of aleohol can be permitted under the prohibi- tion amendment. The beer bill need not wait for ratification of the repeal of the Eighteenth ndment. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN 1 Our Government —How It Operates By William Brackart | POSTAL SAVINGS j SYSTEM | Tre old maxim concerning sav- ing that if you watch the pen- | nies, the dollars will care for them- | selves, must. tiave some reference’! to the postal service, for a vast | amount of its annual income, which} exceeds: $600,000,000 annually .is in| the form of the lowly one-cent piece. | But 1 like to think of the postal | service ‘as a gigantic: corporation’ having branches: in every city, town} and hamlet in the United States. ; I like to imagine it as an enterprise’; operating wot for profit but for! service in my interest and! in yours. | Tt might be: mentioned in this con- | nection: that no: better evidence of the’ faitt: of a people-in an institu- tion has’ been recorded than has | been shown-in-the last two years by the’ growth of deposits. in the postal} savings system. That is just as'} mueh a part of our postal system:' now as is the right to send. money through the mail in. the form: of @ postal money order, Respecting the evidence of faith, the: figures reveal that more than $800,000,000 of funds, mainly from individuals, is: held by the postal | savings banits. ' The postal service, however, con sidered in its correct light as aegov- | ernment agency or visualized as a great private corporation, has to | have management, supervision, guid- I ance, Without distracting one whit from the splendid type of service rendered by those workers which constitute the vast machine; it must have’ policies formulated and pur | poses planned if its’ future equals its past. Hence, the postmaster general sits as a member of the President's cabinet to take counsel | ag he: serves as the titular head of the’ service; and: the Post Office’ de- |~ partment: exists’ for the purpose of supervision of the machinery tliat handles our mails Tie chief deterrent toa clear con- ception of the postal service is: its. size. It is so vast that eomprehen- |) sion! of its various activities at once is difficult, yet an idea may be gained of its various ramifications by: examining. the structure at. the | top for the purpose of seeing how supervision of the work is divitled, Tle postmaster general has four assistants, each with allotted work to administer, To the first assistant postmaster general. is assigned supervision of ‘the service rendered; that is, he is responsible for maintenance of a service to meet the needs, of the public, and that includes manage- ment of postmasters: - In the last’ analysis’ it is he who determines whether a rural route will be ex- tended or whether a. uniformed car- rier shall be assigned to deliver mail in. the new development of homes at the edge of town, ‘This official is the one also who theoretically @isposes' of letters: and papers and parcels! improperly addressed: or | fice and which eventually are | elassed: as’ “dead: letters.” Railway mail, international mail arid! air’ mail are supervised by the second assistant postmaster general, With the:ald of the Interstate Com- merce commission, he decides how | much money the railways will be paid. for hauling the mails, and the schedule of payment has to he re vised frequently beeause of chang- ing conditions and. expanding opera- | tions, The international mail in- | volves treaties and conventions with foreign nations, and its complexities are myriad, | All of the finances of the postal. ‘aervice are assigned to the jurisdic- tion and contro? of the ttifrd: assist- ant postmaster generat. | The: third a&sistant is: responsible for determination of the income of ‘the postal service. In other words, he seeks. to work out policies and ‘programs to keep income and outgo somewhere near even, though it has {happened in very few years in his- ‘tory. To do that, the third assist- ant must seek to find the cost of ‘handling the various kinds of mail and the performance of the many services now imbedded in the postal service. For example, the parcel | jin that city, February 10. Sevesecsccccoosceccosooese Daily Cross-word Puzzle SC SSS COSCO COSTS SOC EESONESAA TES HODCOCES EU HOCTOOSS Solution of Vesterday’s Puzzle BANE Bw SEORe BZAARIOIOg eeccccecocccccosceoss & Anarchistic 4. Steal & Yearny le 9. Feminine name. 10. li, Plaything. 17. Measure of capacity ). Bristle 22. Shower Root out Place }. Witness 29. Italian guess- ing game Hold back Female sheep Wild. animals . Metal con- tainers 1%, fmpersonat pronoun 1B. Sewing og eter in i Cha agliacct” 15; Palmyra: palm 16. Period of a Title of a knight B ' "general 20, Accomplishing 21. Expressing veneration Kind of 3. lizard 27. Greek letter 8. Jewel 30, Regret 31. Dhrow. off. the |AINIE INI TE track 34. 36. Mingled won- 49%: Forgiveness der and fear 53, Devoured 3%. Bird's beak 39. Free 40. Nothing more. that n Player of a musical in- strument }. Pertaining to the moot tl om . Mark of a a SIAN TS} aa . High society 43. Cluster . Sylvan deity , Forest growths . Employs . Propel a smail boat . Harriet Beecher Stowe char- acter 1. Moving me- chanical part 2 Growing out 3. Liberator Strike violently 5. Binary com- pound’ of oxygen 6. Be the prop- vetch erty of holsting a yard aboar: ship 57.. Walks in water 58. Catch sight of 59. The bitter | }Duluth ... } {Galveston KEY WEST if -. IN DAYS GONE BY. | Happenings Here Just 10 Years go Today “As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen an rs Mr. and Mrs. William B. Cates, | of Key West, announee the mar-} riage of their son, Bertram W.* Cates/of this city, to Miss Maidie} Alberta Taylor, of St. Augustine, ! Fla, The wedding was canes The’ 51 i ! ‘ | i newly weds are residing at Grove street. Up to this afternoon nothing “The sun’s beating down!” says else has been heard of what is to' poor Puff, “What a day!” he the disposition of the launch’ As they drop into chairs at a side- Juanita which it has been proven! walk cafe. was connected with the smug-|“Our specialty’s good,” says the waiter, “it’s chili.” States. The launch was advertis-|“Do you think so?” ed for sale but a stop order was, issued and the sale was not held | pean as advertised. ; DOUBLE “WEDDING BELLS” says Poff, “Pm so hot that I’m silly!” | Paul J, Saunders, general man- PHILADELPHIA, Pa.—Shortly ager of the P. and O, S. S. com-'after Leon Desko of this city, pany, believes that the widely ad- selected Mavy Ciginski as the vertised beauties of Florida and ‘one and only,” he introduced his Cuba in the newspapers and in widowed mother to Mary’s father booklets issued by. the company’ and now wedding bells are due to and the F. E. C. R’y. company, ring for both couples. is responsible for the heavy tfaf-) ——-——___. fie to Florida and Cuba this year.; church tonight and tomorrow. Mr, Saunders said that had Key Miss Jordan is seal secretary of West a golf links he would stop'the Congregational Educational here for several days. Society. The former subchaser Est Mrs. Andrew Miller entertained whieh was purchased from ;the,Monday afternoon at her home navy department by M. A. Fun-|with a tea im honor of Mrs, A. £. chess, of Gulfport, Miss., for the| Hares of Macon, Ga. sum of $1,200 has been turned j over to J. P. Damonto by the} commandant of the naval station |court business and is now being overhauled and from two drunk repaired at the F. E. C. pier. The | cases. speedy little craft cost the govern-| ment $17,000 during the war. Just. $8 colle and Miss Julia Saunders entertained @ number of friends yesterday in her home on Margaret street The first rehearsal of the Moth- . [Buffalo Yesterday was slow in police er Goose play to be given by the} in honor of her sixteenth birthday TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1983. ~~ [__topar’ Temperature” 76 | Norma! Mean i fall? { Yesterday’s Precipitation .0 Ins. } Normal Precipitation ... .03 Ins. “This record covers 24-hour period | ending at 8 o'clock (his, morning. f ‘Tomorrow's Almanac 6:50 a. m: » Me} ~ m . mM Sun rises Sun sets Moon -rises . Moon sets - ‘Tomorro' High Low . Barome' Sea level, 29.91, Lowest Highest Last night Yesterday . 38 44 26 36 22 30 32 40 30 62 . 30 44 50 38 38 64 62 50 36 54 52 76 ve 52 64 36 38 50 40 42 34 42 44 38 42 Abilene - Boston | Chicago Denver Detroit Dodge City Eastport El Paso Hatteras Helena Huron Kansas City, . KEY WEST Miami Nashville {New Orleans New York Pittsburgh St. Louis St. Paul Salt Lake City . Slt. Ste. Marie . Seattle Washington Williston . Wytheville 1 WEATHER FORECAST Key West and Vicinity: Mostly’ cloudy tonight and Wednesday; south winds, probably shifting to! northwest Wednesday afternoon.| Florida: Cloudy with rain in north portion tonight and possibly) on northeast coast Wednesday} morning; slightly colder in ex-; treme northwest portion tonight. Jacksonville to Florida Straits: Moderate to fresh southeast winds over south portion, and. fresh to, strong east and southeast winds. tonight, chifting to northwest early Wednesday ‘morning over’ ) north portion; weather somewhat’ overcast tonight and Wednesday with rain over north portion. East Guif: Fresh to strong’ Hhis Hrencl a WAIT AND WATCH FOR THE |northeast portion, and ! elsewhere. moderate to fresh southeast and) electric refri; an electric: refrigerator S WEATHER | northwest. winds over . northwest portion, fresh southeast and south shifting. to northwest winds. over moderate _ to fresh southeast winds over south. {portion shifting to northwest on Wednesday over southwest por- tion. WEATHER CONDITIONS The northern disturbanee. is still central off the north At- j lantic ‘coast; while the disturbance that was ‘over ‘ thé “lower” Rio Grande Valley yesterday mornings } has inereased in intensity, and is — ‘central this morning off the mid- dle Gulf coast. Pressure is also |low this morning over far south-_ . western: and northwestern: se¢~ tions of the country, and a field of moderately high pressure over- spreads the Lake region and Ohio Valley, and westward over the Plains States. Rains have oc- curred during the last 24 hours in most Gulf coast districts, and northward over Oklahoma and Arkansas, being heavy at New Orleans and Galveston. Rain. also occurred on the north Pacifie coast, and snow in portions of New England. Temperatures have risen somewhat over most sec+ tions east of the Mississippi River, and have fallen on the Texas coast, and in portions of the Plains. | States and northern , Rockies,.and sreadings are well above normal... this morning from the ..northern . Plains States. eastward... over. the, _ Lake :region, and generally near... «; or above the seasonal average G. S.. KENNEDY, °° Official in‘ charge, BECAUSE OF THEIR CONSTANTLY INCREASING EFFICIENCY YOUR-AND: EVERY OTHER STATE'S- HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OPEN AND IN GOOD CONDITION IN SPITE OF DECREASED APPROPRIA’ by sencing that next Printing Job to | ‘THE ARTMAN PRESS * Snr ear senna Ber oe 1S PERFECT NVENIENCE Theinvention of Abbe Audiffren, perfected by General Electric scientists, has revolutionized igeration. Don’t you sce the New 10% G-E. ~ be Ame ‘Tom McNally, who as a 12-year-old! ‘ f y i | As soon as the beer bill is passed by | post rate on a pound package from | scholars of St. Paul's Sunday |*"Miversary. drummer boy with Grant was a hero of | the battle of the Wilderness in 1864, died in Chitdgo recently at the age of 82. Des- pite his fine war record as a mere child, McNally went pretty bad later on, and served long term in Joliet penitentiary for murder. Henry Pu-Yi, head of the Manchukuo government, is perhaps the only ruler in the world who is paying alimony. He re- cently shelled out $66,000 to Wen Hsiu, his divoreed seeond wife, who will use the money to found a school for Manchu girls in Peiping. & sophomore, asked to write a verse containing the words “analyze” and “anatomy,” get this out ef his system: “My analyze over the ocean; My analyze ever the sea; My analyze over the ocean; Oh bring back my anatomy.” both houses of the congress and approved by the president, it becomes a law. With the beer bill im effect, the coun- } try can await with patience the ratifica- tion of the repeal amendment. The democratit platform promised re- peal as soon as possible, out it also promised beer at once. One promise has been kept. There is every reason to expect the speedy fulfillment of the other. | | The expressive “Oh yeah” of the | modern sophisticate is not slang at all, but | good and pure English, according to Prof. | | W. Cabell Greet of Barnard College, who | | declares that King Alfred the Great in the } ninth century said “yeah” as his pro- nunciation of “gea,” the Saxon word for | “yes.” Which again shows that one may | find goed autherity for almost any old kind of word or pronunciation if Re digs back } far enough. Washington to Kansas City should be approximately the same as it hool will be held tomorrow at} me listers om Hands or Feet | ment, and buys the equipment which | the government does not make. | which the postal department owns costs to collect, transport and de |the parish hall. Miss Mary Curry, lver that packze to the adress. Pag wil instr the chien satel deficit can get out of hana, | Editorial squib: The _maget In the Hands of the fourth "that drew trade and homeseekers | Bi gcuemnater naan a — {are attractive business places, Well trated all of the mechanical and en- Glare sete, omy: Nemes, es gineering phases of the service. He |!01e¢s. hospitable churehkes, good fins a givantic shop for manufac, schools and friendly people. We | turing mail bags and other equip. (8ave all of these but we must no Islip. tt i is under his supervision that the There were 400 passengers ar- new post office building in your town |"i¥in= by boat from Cuba yester- was designed and constructed (i¢|1@¥- Many of these remained in/ e@wned by the government) and he Key West to spend a few days be-| makes the rental contracts if the [fore leaving for the north. bollding {s leased. And as though | he had nothing else to do, thefourth | Chief Ralph Pinder asks that_ assistant is the “boss chauffeur” (all participants in the popatar| i land garage manager and mechanic contest turn in their tickets and for the thonsands of motor vehicles money not later than 10 o'clock ‘Friday morning. land pees, } : : on, {to Came in on Subseribe for The Citizen—20¢ +5) yetterday from Miami and @ week. will speak at the Congregational t Wa disappear af! of Imperial E druggists are ‘our money if authorized to refund it fails.—Advt. A. F. AYALA, Sales Mgr. We pay 3 Per Cent on Savings