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

PAGE YW Che Key Wiest ee Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. &. P, ARTMAN, gharrey ‘The Citizen Bullding, Geter Greens and Ann Streets = ily Newspaper in Key West ‘and Monroe gies Eounty Datergiat Key West, Wiorida, as second class matter FIFTY-FOURTH YEAR pan © Member of the Associated Press Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use we republication of all news @ispatches credited to it er not otherwise eredited in this paper and also the toca} mews published here. —m ‘Mea, NATIONAL EDITORIAL EMBE ASSOCIATION R. °1933 : ADVERTISING RATES berets ‘ind ‘on application, SPEROML NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary notices, etc.» will be changed for at the rate_of 10 cents a tine. Notices for entertainments by churches: from which a revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen ds an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and ‘subjects of local or general interest but 4t will mot publish anonymous .com- munications, NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES FROST, LANDIS & KOHN 260 Park Ave.,.New York; 25 East Wacker pris. CHAO an be Rrieastbae — pean ee es Which shall it be, which shall it be? I looked at Mark, Mark looked at me. The president says folks must. quit speculating with other people’s money— and it looks as if they have. Anyway, the bank holidays didn’t make much difference to those of us who are accustomed to doing without money. Don’t impose on the boss. Impose on the imposing stone, it’s in the printing of- fice for that purpose. This is inside stuff. It is very seldom that an office seeks _ the man. ‘It is generally the @ther way around, but there are exceptions to prove the rule. One thing The Citizen headwriter likes about the Roosevelt cabinet is that they have short names which fit nicely in-' to the headlines. Roosevelt in Dutch means Field of Roses. Well, Franklin BD, is neither: 4in Dutch nor in a field of roses. There’s noth- ing in a name after all. The height of something or other: City ef-Milwaukee being enjoined from operating a new ten million dollar sew- erage disposal plant because certain patents were infringed in its construction. Summer will soon be here, and ice cold beer, imported from Key West, will increase sale and profits and be more palatable than dry shine.—Jasper News. Importation may be made with impunity until Key West is joined to America, a probability predicted in the Miami Herald recently. Howard Scott, who thrust techno- cracy upon an unsuspecting world, is broke, and is quoted as saying that all he poss@emwis some wearing apparel and bed clothing: Like many others: who have been jiying to tell what is wrong with us, Mr. Scott seems to have been put his theories to practical use. Haw to pronounce the names of some of our new rulers, Lesson ene: The presi- dent’s name is pronounced with two syllables, Rose-velt. Not with three syllables, ‘Roose-e-velt, and the first syllable is pronounced Rose, not Roose as spelled. The pronunciation of secretary of the interior’s name is “Ick-ees” and not “Ick-us,”" Attorney General Landis says that the beer bil) won't mean a thing in Florida, Before. beer with an alcoholic content of more than one-half of one per cent may be sold in this state a state constitutional amendment will have to be adopted. Tf the coming legislature will appropriate no funds for its enforcement this deprivation will not be very effective. it does beat the deuce. Can't find a single democratic office seeker whe dida't vote for Al Smith for president in 1928, but those who voted fer Ruth Bryan Owen and not for Mark Wilcox are not se elusive and easier to tag. In the meantime Rep- resentative Wileox is playing tag with the local aspirants to the postmastership and none knows who is going to be “it.” unable te | THE NEW DEAL The first week of “The New Deal” did not show up so badly. Faced with a greater crisis than any | that had been faced by the preceding ad- ministration, President Roosevelt not only’ averted a national panic by his un- expectedly decisive action, but he actually managed to get the people laughing over their dilemma. ee In every section of the country folks gathered about and joked over the short- age of currency. Congress, called into special session, actually got into action without the wind- bags and gasbags getting to their feet to get their oratorical and brainless efforts into the record, and the dignified senate actually voted on a bill without sending it to half a dozen committees for considera- tion. On all sides we were finding action and real government where formerly there had been conversation and little else. The change is refreshing to the nation and there is little doubt that the country will now forget many of its worries and get down to business. And getting down to business is what is needed. The country has no cause for worry today. There is intelligence at Washington. Fresident Roosevelt has gathered to- gether aides of signal ability. His cabinet is largely a political one, probably the result of pre-election promises made’in his name. But directly back of the department heads are assistants un- usually qualified for their duties. On these men and their ability ‘the country can depend for a solution of its problems and on their leadership the peo- ple can depend for a return of their for- mer prosperity. We are wealthy as a nation. That has been said many ‘times of date. The statement cannot be successfully con- tradicted, as our statesmen like to say. All that the country needs is the pro- per distribution of its wealth and the right employment of its capital. Adjustment will be followed by busi- ness resuscitation and business revival will. be followed by resumption of employ- ment. The dawn of a new day is here. NEWS FROM THE STARS Investigations by Dr. Harlow Shap- ley, noted Harvard astronomer, following the flare-up of a new star in May, 1925, led him to believe that the phenomenon was caused by the collision of ‘two stars, an extremely rare occurrence. But the collision which caused the ap- pearance of the new star to earth dwellers in 1925 really happened in the year 1930, according to Dr. Shapley, whose measure- ment of the distance of the star from the earth indicates that it is so far away that it would take a ray of light 535 years to come to us, although its speed is about 186,000 miles a second. Such things give food for reflection, although the figures involved can not be even faintly comprehended by the human mind. But-it is interesting to contemplate that if it were possible for a being on that particular star to look through a telescope powerful enough to see the details of what is going on on earth, he would not see what is taking place today, but would witness the happenings of 535 years ago— or about 100 years before the discovery of America. By a similar calculation, if a radio program were broadcast tonight from the star, called Nova Pictoris, with sufficient power to reach the earth, our radio sets might pick it up in the year 2468, but not seener, But Nova Pictoris is a relatively near neighbor, as celestial distances go. Our present telescopes bring into view. objects from which it would take a ray of light millions of years to reach the earth. And what is beyond? “It almest makes © one’s head swim to think about it. Perhaps that is why the average person seldem thinks about such things. Another eminent gentleman who is evidently looking for trouble is Mr. Mor- @enthau, who has accepted the Farm Board chairmanship. Every one should plant a tree at some time of ‘this or her life so that it may be said, with the poet, “Oh, he was wise and Kind and brave—let’s place a nosegay on his grave.” THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Ow Goverament | —How It Operates By William Brachart ARMY AND NAVY DEPARTMENTS ‘HROUGH all history, people ave enjoyed, even have heen thrilled by the sight of marédiing men, - it wefeets an inbred love for perfection, ‘The deft execution of orders, the snup of obedience tecom mands, excites udmiration every- . where, Te ‘accomplish “this perfection. however, requires imagination as well as skill, knowledge as well as discipline. There tas to be some- thing done Lesides handing a man the drab uniform of the army or, the blue of the navy to make a soldier or a sailor, All of this is headed up-in divi- sions of the War department for the army and in the Navy department for the navy and the marine corps Somebody has to accept responsihil- ity as well as exercise atthority. Sp the general staif of the army and the general hoard of the navy oper- ate to maintain the standard of the Services under their jurisdiction. It is obvious that the administra- tion of the national defeuse arms requires more ‘than ‘the training of men to march, to lick their heels, | to salute, to tire their small arms or | their machine guns or their greater weapons. ‘They have to have sup- Plies, food, munitions and materinl, ‘transport for the army, unexcelled ships for the navy, airplanes for each, Records have to be kept, le- gal questions have to be unswered, and engineering problems have to be Solved. And so there is im each department effices in general contro} of each whose job ts to see that all operations are co-ordinated within that service and that there is wni- ferm development in accordance with policies prommigated by con- gress und within the supply of money which congress appropriates for the work. They have duties so magy and so varied that an enumer- ation»of them is impossible in these columns, but they may be accurately summarized in the one phrase that ‘they are designed to provide protec- tion for the nation on an eflicient ba- ‘sis. The army and navy look after the welfare of their respective per- sontiel to a far greater extent than ‘ever ‘hgs obtained in the manage- tment of civilian organization. The men who make up the army, the navy, and ‘the marine corps receive anost complete medical attention from men of standing in the medical mw sions Hut Who have made ‘tie service a career, There is proluibly no more com- plete general tiospitals thin those provided for the service members and, since the World war, for the use of veterans. The Naval hos- pitaland Walter Reed Gener ‘hos pital, beth in the Capital «ity, are exainples, and it jg the belief of pro- fessional men ‘that treatment in these. service hospitals is hardly ex- celled except in a very limited num ber of ‘histitutions in all ‘the world. And that limited number, be it said, are institutions directing their efforts. along specific, as distin- guished from general, lines. While thorough consideration and precision of. action is being dis. cussed, ft is well to call attention to the tigh degree of excellence which the services demand in the supplies they buy. As an instance of this, the War department buys ite annual 6tock of pneumatic and solid automobile tires on contract. Before that contract is awarded, the utmost in testing is done. That Is not all; after the contract is awarded, repre- sentatives of the army are stationed in the plant where those tires are mate; attd-any vwirietion fram ‘the original specifications will not be tolerated. ‘Ht ts the ‘same with the mavy and ‘the marine ¢orps, ‘When specifien- ‘tions are drawn even for the smull- est plece of machinery the require- ments are ‘specific and they are rightly enforced. Certuinly, the gov- ‘ernment gets Its money's worth in purchases by the military services. Turn to the corps of engineers of ‘the army: ft is conceded everywhere ‘that when those officers make a survey or draw pluns, the resnite are about as bombpreef a8 it ts pos. sible to make them. ‘The Insignia of the corps of engineers on a bridge always makes me feel that ‘the jab’ was done on a basis of perpetual life, for filmsy construction is not known fn their training. ‘Phe corps of eugineers prebably is-closer to the average section or community during peace time than is any Other phase of the army or the mavy except as the services om- brace enlisted men er oftieers from every part of the eeuntry, Fer when ‘the goverament has river or harber werk to do, it is the army engineers te whem the jeb is frst assigned ‘They make the surveys and dra the plaus, and the board of gineers reports to congress. 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Marie ‘Seattle __. —~ Ay a IN DAYS GONE BY** Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen Forty three families were homeless today following a $90,- 000 fire that levelled two entire. city blocks in the area bounded by Petronia, ‘Ashe © and ‘Georgia Streets early ‘this morning. The estimated ‘teal estate loss is $73,- 000. The fire, of unknown origin, broke out about 8:20 a. m. in th unoccupied. cigar factory, known as Nichols factory. The building was a mass of ‘flames when discovered. of _ All members the Club are especially invited to hear | the lecture to be given in the Strand Theater tomorrow _ eve- ning at 8 o’clock by Kate W. Bar- rettt. The subject of the lecture will be “World Movements.” The leeturer is the first woman Rotar- ian. She was made'a member in. St. Leuis at the same time with Theodore Roosevelt and William Howard Taft. The last dinner dance of ¢! season will be given Saturday at the Casa Marina. A jarge num-/ ber of invitations have been sent out. The Pythian Sisters Needlecraft Club were entertained ‘yesterday by Mrs. Ella Ostrom at her home in the army barracks. Every man in Key West who will volunteer to assist in erecting the big tent for ‘the union revival jis asked to be at the Harris school jgrounds Wednesday morning, F. )F. Hoffman, chairman of the tent committee, anneuneed teday. The tent arrived yesterday. | Dancing will follow the basket- ' SYMPA THY Sold in any NS OE eS Oh Lh hhh ddd dadudadl ‘ Rotary | POLL LEA LA A AN hh hed hd hdd) ‘ ENGRAVED CARDS OF APPRECIATION Fine Quality Stock -—- With or Witheut Name THE ARTMAN PRESS PHONE 51 PAA dL dh dd dedekddeddudatele Washington Williston ball game’ to be played tomorrow | Wytheville night in the Athletic Club between the DeMolays and the Air Squad-} von quintet. The DeMolays. are trying to overcome a Jead that the Club team has over them and will fight to the last ounce far victory. Navy seaplanes, which parti: : Y pated ih the races at Miami, seal returned to port and the Bay- spring, that acted as supply boat for ‘the planes, is expected to re~ burn this afternoon. During the fire this morning] ae more than 700 feet of hose was destroyed. The fire became so hot ‘the fire fighters could not re- }main any longer. When they re- moved the hose they found it was agarose 6:30 P. M. | Miss Anna de Boer won the box of crackers in the guessing con- jtest last week put on by the |Pigely Wiggly store. : Dr. G, C. Minor, national lec- turer of the Kiu Klux Klan, will speak Friday night at Ayala’s cor- ner. The leeture will start at 8 o'clock, The principles of the or- ‘ganization will be thoroughly ex- ; plained. Fire Qhief Ralph Pinder was: {badly burned about the face and rms during the fire this morning. Despite his injuries the chief is{ j interviewing ‘the sufferers in con- | nection with the Red Cross, in an{ jeffort to ascertain the actual, sses sustained, ‘ j ee tn sved auichty Uy. eipeiee aie leved quickly by apptying { cxemmn apron bicep ime. Pros are autho ‘o retapd your, ioney “if it falls —Advt. "> Temperature” _., Rainfal Yesterday’s Precipitation .0 Ins. Normal .Precipitation -... “This recerl covers 2: ending at 8 o'clock this mériing. Burometer at % a. m, today. Sea level, 29.78, Vernal’ Equinox (Spring: com-j Louisville, Ky. 29.40 imches, and mences) 20th, 8:43 p. m,,.. 751 WEATHER FORECAST (Till 8 p. m. Tuesday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly| \_F. A. JOHNSON, Secretary. cloudy and cooler . tonight ope Mereaeat . PORT TAMPA—=HA) Wedseniny Pan Pate edne; , 12:15 P. ead ake Havin for Key West, daily except Sunday und Tharsday, 046 A.M Leave Key West for Port Tampa, Tuesday and Saturday, Tickets, Reservations and THIS AMAZI Tuesday, fresh.south shifting te. west and northwest winds. |< Florida: Fair tonight and Tues- 1% | day, except probably showers on - .73| the southeast coast tonight; colder tonight: and “in east ‘and . south Jacksonville to Florida Straits: Fresh south rshiftig, to west mi northwest winds, and evercast ‘weather with showers over south -05 Ins. ies. : 6:27| ‘The disturbance that was over” 11:39] Kansas Saturday morning moved — slowly eastward and is now cen- | trat over the lower Ohio Valley, extends southward to the. east j Guilt coast, Apalachicola, Fla. ~ 4 29.52 inches. It. has’ been att- ILghest 4 tended by general rains during 30 Ba 34 32 30 26 30 16 12 30 40 42 36 12 22 75 a4 32. 24 48 42 34 16 32. 22 42 36 52 Mississippi Valley and lower Lake Tegion southward toe the Gulf coast, and in the Atlantic States from southern New England south- ward over Georgia, the amounts being heavy in _ northwestern Florida and portions of Georgia. Snow has occurred in the upper ‘Lake region, upper Mississippi Valley, and from Colorado east- ward to western Missour!. There . , ‘hag jalse been rain-.on the, north /Pacifie coast, and local showers in. u ‘Florida: ‘Tempera-. , tures are below normal this morn- ing from ‘the Plains States: east~ ward to the Mississippi Valley and southward to the west Gulf coast, being below freezing southward to central Texas; while mild tem- peratures prevail from the Ohio Valley southward over ‘the’ South Atlantic States. NOTICE Notice is theréby given that ‘the Armual Election of Di for . the Grief Relieve’ Association will be ‘held ‘on Tuesday, March 21, at the Association Office, 921 4 Thos street, at 7:30 ‘p.m. : °XGRORGE BAXTER, President. » STEAMSHIP Co. MAIL ROUTES ree Wats Effective Dec, 16, 1932 : for Havara, daily ‘except Sunduy ‘and het Office on the A a A ‘pee emg | CONVENIENC NFUNERAL HOME CARDS AND the hoch —thvare Gorn trail oe Cosenth toll 90H -aathanf Quantity at Oh hide hau heute hake dkvke hekerkecke the We pay 3 Per Cent on Savings KEY WEST, FLORIDA Member Federal Reserve System