The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 2, 1933, Page 2

"Ge Rep Wien Citar Published Daily, Except Sunday a ‘THE CFTYZUN PUBLISHING €O, ENC, L. P, ARTMAN, President. From The Cittmew Building, Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key Weat and Monroe County Mntered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter FIFTY-FOURTH YEAR Member of the Associated Press Phe Associated Press is exciusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches creulted to it or not otherwise credited tn this paper and alae the local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RAE: One Year .. Bix Months - ghees: Months One Month Weekly .. NATIONAL EDITORIAL Ben “1933 ADVERTISING RATES Mass Jenown on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All rea@ing notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obftuary notices, etc., ‘will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. Motici® for entertainments by. churches from which ® revenue i» te be derived are & cents @ lime. The Citizen open forum and mites @iscus- sion of public issues and subject® of loeak or general interest but it will not publish anonymous com- munications. NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES BPROST, LANDIS & KOHN 250 Park Ave. New te 35, Hast Wackez Drive, CHICAGO; General Motors Bidg., DETROI; Walton Bidg., 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. Consolidation of County and. City Governments, SIDELIGHTS By MARCY B. DARNALL, Editor of The Key West Citizen A quick flash of memory prevented a depression suicide at Pittsburgh a few days ago. Mike Kopkotel, ‘penniless and despondent, jumped from a bridge. - into the river, but upon striking-the water he «swam frantically for the shore. Upon being fished out he explained that on the way-dewn he suddenly remembered that he had deposited $68 in an uptown bank five “years ahi ites ae to note that Lieute- nant Colonel Simon B. Buckner, Jr., re- cently assigned to uty as commandant of cadets of the United States Military Aca- demy-at West Point is the son of the famous. Confederate genera}. of that, name. x Maine. wet hailed with delight a court.decision that one can’t be arrested for buying bootleg liquor, and suggested that, this confirmed the saying that “every cloud has a silver lining.” The Boston Her- ald ‘agrees, but adds that “unfortunately every Stomach hasn't.”’ Dr. Augustus Trowbridge, dean of Prineeton University’s. graduate.school, re- signed recently at the age of 63 because of poor health. He has the distinction of being popularly known as “the most nearly human member of the Princeton faculty.” New financing which the administra- tion’s program will make necessary may send the national debt back to its peak of 1919, when it was something over 26 billion dollars. This was decreased to 86. bil- Hon by 1930, but deficits since then have brought it up to more than 21 billion. These are dizzy tigures, enough te scare us stiff if we could comprehend them. The famors Kope diamond, named for Lord Hope, a former owner, and reputed to have brought il! luck to its various own- ers, isin the news again. Mrs. Evalyn Mc- Lean of Washington, its present owner, wants to borrow seme money on it and other jewels to enable her to retain con- trol of the Washington Post. The Hope diamond is slightly more than 44 earats in weight and is said to have cost the McLeans $180,000 in 1909. Nazi students in Germany are agitat- ing against books by Jewish authors and want te collect them from libraries and burn them—an old fanatical custom which history has proved to be as futile as it is silly. We wonder if the Bible is included ‘m the Nazi Prohibitory Index. THAT GOLD STANDARD —_ The wave of speculation that awept'| the country on the announcement of the embargo on gald was just another example’|. + of American mass stupidity. when it comes to matters of business. We were off the gold standard, said the American masses, and as a_con- sequence, prices of everything would go sky high because ef the depreciation of the dolar. Those who had money in their pos- session immediately rushed to the market to exchange this money for securities. As a result the market jumped, When the United States deelared its embargo against the exportation of gold, the eountry simply declared that it in- tended to retain its supply of metal. Foreign countries were busily en- gaged in the attempt to collect it from us. The embargo cut short this attempt and officially provided for payments of all kinds in our own currency. The American dollar is not dependent for its value on the amount of gold in our possession. The American dollar is backed by the intrinsie wealth of the country. * That intrinsic wealth never was great- er than it is today. We have something like $11,000,000,- 600 in circulating money, which includes the possible issue of $2,000,000,000 author- ized but not yet placed im eireulation against a national wealth of $340,000,000,- 000. 4 In the heat of the flurry in speculative Europe the American dollar fell only a few cents. There is no reason for prices to rise at this time in this country. The’ market flurry was a bit of hysteria that will recede. In its. recession, it may frighten speculators and investors and retard the actual increase in values that was on the way. But this increase in values wil} return, as business throughout the country re- sponds to the encouraging conditions it is facing. ‘The vacaion from the gold — standard means nothing exeept that our eountry will keep its gold supply out of foreign treas- uries. And that was the ultimate. purpose of the administrative action that startled everybody. To our readers we extend the homely adviee—“Keep your shirts on!” A GOOD BEL By WM. GRIFFIS In an editorial’in the Okeechobee News the writer last summer advocated amending the present 3¢ gas tax allocation law paid to counties to relieve them of road bond indebtedness s0 that the alloca- tion could be used to buy county road bonds at market price, rather than at par. The Okeechobee News was the first paper in Florida to advocate this change in the gas allocation law. Such a bill has been in- troduced in the legislature by Representa- tive Kanner, of Martin county, and it has passed the House. Kt is now before the Senate. Bankers and bond speculators appeared before a senate committee in op- position. If the senate fails to pass that bill then we must conclude that it is more interested in the bond speculator’s interests than it ie in the taxpayer's welfare. As an example of how this bill will work we can safely use Okeechobee county as an example. Under the present law Okeechobee county has received and paid to bondholders interest and principal about $100,000. But due to the fact that our interest rincipal charges amount to over $100,000 annually this county is now mere in debt than it was when the bill was passed two years age. Could this $100,- 000 have been used te buy county bonds at market prices we could have retired about $600,000 of our debts in the two- year period, beeause the bonds have been sold on the open market aa low as 20 cents onthe dollar. But we have been compel- led to pay for these bonds 109 cents om the dollar, all because a few spelative buz- zards have roosted around Tahahassee and demanded payment on a basis of par every time a few theusand dollars aceumalated at Tallahassee’ for the payment af county bends. All Gypsies have been banished from New Zealand hecause it is alleged that they have been hypnotizing and robbing bank- ers, Most folks would think themselves lucky if they could hypnotize a banker lorg enough to negotiate a loan. aeocensece evcccccces Daily Cross-word | Puzzle, eecese ACROSS. of a town 12 Room in a 13. State in Brazw pp 4. Pleasure ex- da | I ‘ nS OY ch] =|A/AIC 15. in‘ benslt . in it 16. Formally ? nN erg “its. ra iu if. Exchange », peer student: ike be aps Latg ie sud aud Kind of bire Brighten IM} Arizona Indian Beverage Pompe Gives*the 2} ml AI ZIP n| cal >} |>|Z/> Nai aloo apts 56. Putron saint of Norway $2. Dik — 58. Befo a Merchandise 0. God of Iove egislate apart 61. aes i a, ret s Contiet of uel arms asec meanil Amount net medicine sagare ¢ awe L Sapa coom im arn ea ot Mf poarassos«<09 $ syed 1729—Catharine Ti, Empress of bRussia, one of the world’s great }women rulers, born, Died Nov. 37, 11796. }Mean i 1740—Elias Boudinot, New hake oon aaa {sey statesman and philanthropist, | | whose services to his country in the buitding of the Republic merit! Yesterday’s Preeipitation formal Precipitation Sie wider recognition, born’ in. Ph ’> adelphia, Died at Burlington, N J., Get. 24, 1821. i | 1822— William Tarte M | missionary and bishop; whose la- lbors left a deep impress in Ca | fornia, Africa, Asia, Australia and} South America, born in Rock- | bridge Co., Va,” Died at Palo Aito, \ Cab, May 18, 1902. 1859—Jerome K. Jerome, mous English humorist, bern. tied ae 14, 1927, | 1860—Theedore Herzl, the Jew | who dreamt of reestablishing his. people in Palestine, founder modern Zionism, born in Hungary, } Died in Vienna, July 3, 1904. ! 1865——Clyde Fiteh. perhaps ‘the | most popular American dramatist j of the past, bern at Elmira, N. Y. |p, Died in France, Sent 4, 1909. °4887+-Vernon Castle, j Amer lin England. Killed in air aceident. near Fort Worth, Tex., Feb. 16, 1918. Son SS iS TR S 1895—Rudolph Valentino, ular actor, born, Died Aug. “TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS eegecers scnaerescescoeee Owen J. Roberts, of Penn.. Associate Justice of the U. S, Su- | preme Court, born in Philadelphia, 58 years ago. et U. S. Senator James F. Byrnes, lof South Carolina, born at Charles IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Yeare Ago Today As Taken From ‘The Files Of The Citizen Everett Rivas, son of Mr. and: Mrs. Ramon Rivas of this city,’ participated in 4, Marathon, cop- test at Sunset Beach in Fam’ cently and is, reported to have breken the world’s record. Rivas is 19 and his. dancing partner, Miss Flerence and Mrs. Derothy Branch ara the only three remain- ing out of the 50 who entered. Miss Mary Cabrera was elected © Queen of The May at the Cuban Club dance given last night. Miss Cabrera defeated Miss Mulberg by more than 200 votes, Miss Cab- vera, sister of Sebastian Cabrera, is one of the most popular mem- bers of the younger social set and her friends and admirers worked Fhard in her behalf. The P. and O. S. S. Governor Cobb is still aground. ~The ves- sel went on the Middle Ground coast guard cutter Saukee pulled on the steamer thie morning but all her efforts were in vain. It is expected that one of the ocean going ferries will be used and if this ship cannot pull the Cobb in to deep water, the wrecking tug Relief, will be used. Préliminary| survey work on the r golf course i$ well under way, says Major H. T. Pease, architect, from Chicago, and he will shortly leave for Chicago where the plane for the links will be prepared. Work will start immediately after ‘he special bond election to be held on May 10. Norberg Theariden was ‘unani- mourty elected president of the Key West Athletic Association at the annual election of officers held last night at the club. J. B. Segal was elected vice president; B. C, Papy and U.J. Delgado were} elected secretary and treasury, re-} spectively. Felipe Jiminez, mess boy on the ferry beat, Estrada Palma, was arrested last night on hix ar-[/ rival from Havana. Local cus-} tom officers making the arrest! charged Jiminez with having in-} toxicanting liquor in his. posses- sion. At a preliminary hearing, the accused was held in bond of} $iee. : Miss Juanita Menendez cant | tained 2 number ef her friends! yesterday afternoon at her home! on Olivia street in honor of her} thirteenth birthday. Games were played and refreshments served. Juanita is the daughter of Mr. and, Mrs. Juan Menendez, wilt leave tonight for Orlando where they will attend the DeMo- ton, 54 years ago. | Wilhelm R. Valentiner, Director of Detroit’s Institute of Arts, bern in Germany, 53 years ago. Dr. William G. Morgan, Georre- town University’s noted dean of the School of Medicine, born at Newport, N, H., 65 year sago. 1 i | BR en NE & gta of Kansas chemist who helped dis- cover the U. S, supply of heli horn at Camden, Kans., 59 years age. Harold P. MeCormiek, of Chi- mT cago, manufacturer and capitalist, Down threugh the mid-way, “hip- | born there, - Yenrs age. pity-hop, Puff trips along thinking, ‘Where. Dorothy G: Y Doren, of New will fstop? © , York, editor-writer, born in San Some. ice crzam or popcorn would | Pranciseo, 37 years ago. taste mighty nice. There's plenty. of choice when a chap has: the price!” Hallie Erminie Reeves-Wheet _, fof London, author, born in Chi lay conclave to be held i tian Co.. Ky., 55 years nad eity the.latter.part. of. this > Fernando is a state. offi an Charles is worshipful master offer eee Fatsy the local chapter. Norma Saleasey, actress, born N.Y. 36 years All “places of business in being city are closed this priatpaent ‘This is the first half holiday of the | Peeping Pola fas "itt { pat his wife after she had walked Leslie V. Pontain, vice. Partn-| across the Kitchen floor which he guese consul-in Cuba, is a visitor) had just serubbed. in Key, West and.is the guest. of Service “PRITCHARD Tent Pe GEORGE WASHINGTON® 100 ROOMS . 200 BATHS NEWEST AND FINEST Rvery Keown Focility - a Oiconty © Connecting Lobby - MAYFLOWER® 300 ROOMS - 360 BATHS A BEABTIFUL HOTEL Splendid Facilities - Geeoge, - Radia Coffee Shoppe FLAGLERe MODERN AS THE BEST FREE GARAGE EVERY CONVENIENCE FOR SUMMER COMFORT oo PRICES U2 KEEPING WITH THE TIMES -~ Abilene of | Atlanta xy 76 Boston 76 } EI Paso Galveston noted! Helena ... dancer and aviator, born; Huron cloudy tonight Florida: STOTT TA TATOO TE TM TTT TEIEOEE TODAY’S WEATHER. TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1933. Leen nnn EEE Temperature” {Highest ) Lowest jMoon rises . | Moon sets ‘i ; High .. Low =. Repomeige at 8 a. m. teday; ed| Po level, 29. sine 9:37 il: ae) cowest 0 Ins, angi Ins. jand mostly overeast weather with hows period | Showers over morth portion te [showers i in west and north portions e | tonight; Wednesilay generally \ ‘bined cooler in northwest portion ‘tonight. ‘ dacksonville to Florida Straits: * } Moderate southeast. and south (shifting to west or northwest winds night; Wednesday generally fair. * : Gentle te moderate ; WEATHER CONDITIONS Pressure is low this morning jem the eastern Lake region 310 southward to. the middle Gulf coast, with a disturbance central ever northern Indiana, Chicago, MH, 29.52 inches. Showers and Last i Yesterday} thunderstorms have resulted from 74 62 58 58 40 54 1 80 58 KEY WEST Seon Los Angeles Miami NeW ‘York |, | Oklahema Phoenix .... | Pittsburgh St. Louis. St. Paul a San Francisco -. Seattle Tampa... Washington .- Williston . - 80 wa 3 66 73 80 82 52 56 62 86 80 62 WEATHER FORECAST - | BENJA .Key West and Vieinity:, Partly’ | FUNERAL and Wednesday, showers tonight; gentle to mader-; ate southeast and shifting to west or northwest. Mostly cloudy — with We Announce} The addition of a complete line of canentaiib iil REFRIGERATION THE KEY WEST ELECTRIC CO. A. F. AYALA, Sales Manager alathathshnshaat nian heactictesterbadl chanted ath winds, the Lake region and lower Mis- sissippi} Valley southward to the | middle Gulf coast and over ex- treme northwestern. Florida. Rains also occurred on the Pacific coast from San Franeisco northward, and in eastern South Dakota. Another ‘trough ef low pressure cevers the Rocky Mountain re- gion}-while pressure is relatively high along the Atlantic coast, over the Plains States, and aleng the Pacific coast. Temperatures have “| falfei’ in the-southern Plains, and fromthe western and central Gulf States udrthward over most of the upper Eake region; while else- where changes have been gen- erally unimportant, with readings continuing above normal over most. sections east of the Mis- sissippi_ Valley. G. 3. KENNEDY, Official in Charge. Subscribe for The Citizen—20e a week. MIN. LOPEZ HOME. Established 1885 ‘Wi-Mour Ambelunee Seretee Settied Meshatmer, Minstte Surgery |Phone 135 Night Phone 696-W hc erage tienen ieee ee e SOTLOTOTEMO OSLO AEN Mm. WOOT IIIODOLIIOITIOIIIIOLIOMOIOMEES, We pay @ Ber Cent on Savings KEY WEST, FLORIDA Member Federal Reserve System Designated Public Depositary