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

; —-) Peblished Daily Wacept Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING Co. INC. _) i, P. ARTMAN, President. From The Citizen Bullding, Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County a @atered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter FIFTY-FOURTH YEAR Member of the Associated Press Whe Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news disputches credited to or not otherwise credited in this paper and also local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RASES ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. ‘ SPECIAL NOTICE All réading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary notices, ete., will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. Noticcs for entertainments by churches from which & revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous com- munications. NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES . OST, LANDIS & KOHN ay FR rk Ave., New York; 35 East Wacker Drive, "HICAGO; General eee Bldg., DETROIT; ‘Walton Bidg., ATLANTA. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it witnout fear and without favor; never be efraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; always fight for progress; never be the or- gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class; always do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or 4 Iinjvstice; denounce vice and praise virtue; | commend good done by individual or organ- ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate and not contaminate 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. Free. Port. | Hotels and Apartments Bathing Pavilion. Aquarium. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Nations inclined to flout the League of Nations should be warned by what hap- pened to Japan. Ahi the world loves a lover and hates a contemptible informer, especially when the latter is a canting, gious fanatic. hypocritical _reli- Thursday The Citizen reprinted an editorial from the New York Sun concern- ing Ruth Bryan Owen’s departure for Den- mark to take up her duties in Copenha- gen. The concluding paragraph of the editorial is particularly pleasing to us Key Westers, and bears repeating: ‘Piles of the flowers in the salon will meet the fate of other sailing-day offerings, but that tired little bunch of blossoms; from Kew West, Florida, will reach Copenhagen.” Borrowing the neighbor’s paper is prevalent everywhere, but in Key West it is more wide-spread than elsewhere for the reason that we are all like one family and do not hesitate to ask favors from one an- other. Former Mayor Curry once told The Citizen that 82 people were reading his copy of this paper. It is no exaggeration to state that an average of eight people read each copy of The Citizen. While it is pleasant contemplation for the advertisers, it does not pay printer's bills. With nose tilted skyward, the Fort Myers News- Press looks at Key West and marks that “in any contest between South America and the United States our method of counting the votes puts us at *a disadvantage. There is only one way of keeping them honest down there and that is to have two candidates from Key West. We understand that can be easily arranged.” The fuss all started when Senator Gomez of Key West backed certain Fort Myers charter changes with- out attaching a referendum and, as_ the News-Press sees it, traded a large number of his constituents “down the river.”—Mi- ami News. | ‘PRESIDENTIAL LUCK That whether Presidents are esteemed successes: or failures is largely a matter of luck or circumstanse is illustrated by a re- cent article by former Congressman Col- lier of Mississippi, now a member of the Tariff Commission, Mr. Collier entered Congress with the advent of the Taft administration in 1909. Being a Southern Democrat, he was not es- pecially enthusiastic about President. Taft, but he has the candor to say a good word for that distinguished but unfortunate ex- ecutive. He says: “Pew of our presidents by training, environment and experience were better equipped for chief magistrate than Taft. He had been secretary of war, governor of the Phillippines and a Federal judge. The failure of his administration was brought about through ‘no fault of President Taft. Tt was inevitable, and was the result of circumstances too powerful for any one man to circumvent. Unfortunately, it be- gan at a time when the country was still suffering from the panic of 1907.” Different circumstances attend the administration of the late President Cool- idge, who was privileged to serve during a period of unusual prosperity, and who enjoyed unusual popularity as a result. But President Hoover came into office just as the boom.balloon was about to burst, and he was blamed for the depression which neither he nor any other executive on earth could have prevented. Now President Roosevelt has taken of- fice with economic conditions at the lowest ebb in many years. If these conditions improve greatly during his administration, as everyone hopes and believes they will, he will be hailed as a great president. If his policies do not work out well, he will be condemned by the public and his ad- ministration will be considered a failure. It is a great honor to be President of the United States at-any time, but it is in- finitely more comfortable to be president ‘when the country is prosperous. y BRIDGE FIEND TEST Considering the great spread of the bridge-playing industry, it is strange that none of our legislators has. had any laws passed for its regulation. Now comes a suggestion that players be compelled to pass an examination before being licensed to indulge in the game, The suggestion comes, not from a United States senator, but from an editor, whose zeal for the public welfare has been aroused by a report from Kansas _ City, where a wife shot her husband. The vic- tim was also the lady’s bridge partner, it appears, and when he bid one spade and anoher player plunged on a different’ suit the wife raised to four spades. band was set, blamed the wife for reckless bidding, and as a result of the argument she shot him. Now, the aforesaid editor asserts, all persons who aspire to play bridge should be caused to pass a rigid test, not with ref- erence to their skill, but to determine their mental poise. If the applicant is unable to be set or to have an ace rumped without showing undue emotion, a license should be denied: The trouble is that such a law, if én! forced, would practically eliminate all who take the game seriously. , NAMING A WAR Although it is 68 yeats since Lee sur- rendered to Grant at Appomotatox, no name for the war which that historic event terminated has been proposed upon which all Americans can agree. The term “Civil War,” which is most generously used, is not liked by certain ele- ments in the South, as is pointed out by the Columbia State, while “War of Secession“ and “Wear of the Rebellion” are entirely ob- noxious to the people of Dixie. For many years the United Daughters of the Confederacy have sponsored the term “War Between the States,” but have made little headway in securing its adop- tion by writers or speakers. The term is criticized as being unwieldy, indescriptive and ungrammatical. Whatever objections may be made by individuals or groups, it now seems that the tragic struggle of the sixties will be generally known to history as the Civil War, a short name unmistakable in its meaning and implying no reflection on either North or South. Anyway, the name is not important. horrible. especially A war by any name is just as The hus- | <a THE KEY WEST CITIZEN 9000000200000 0CSSSOSGOCOTCOSOOELESOEOEEESSCOSOLS | COOOEOE Daily Cross-word Puzzle ACROSS 1, Existea 4 Bruit drinks: collog. & Timid animal 12. Night precea- chaic 1@ at as faoee a nce 46. Old and broken down 12. List i 19. 20. Robbed 22. Measurable aspect of duration Article uf dress eeu Fh mol = [z[m[ ol) Bullfigaters oe neaauriog distance Pronoun . Popular suc- ‘cosa [mR | >|) for the front of the upper . Stiten. t Sitcaline 39. Finest quality plat 40. Metal 41, Made a suc- Hindu garment Female sheep 45. Encircle Milit: com- £ Son of Adam . Liquor 48, cape. or head- », it~ nd annia® 36. Meadows Type of auto- mobile instrument 50. Broad shaliow vessel ae aan nn ae VA "| Be [>| =O RS lm] 2 cession 2. small sounds Ws hee SIE Had Joe nl we ne a |Z ri KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen The class of 1923, Convent of Mary Immaculate, will hold itsy graduation exercises in St, Cecilia Hall of the institution Thursday evening, May 24. Graduates this year. are Miss Claudia Demeritt,: Miss Hortense Gomez, Miss Adella| Davis and Miss Ida Meltzer. Miss; Demeritt, 17 years of age, the | youngest member of her class, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William; W. Demeritt, will enter the State College for Women at the next term. Lieutenant Commander Ben- ham, of the U, S. coast guard, in command of the cutter Saukee, 3 that the Walrus, of British registry, brought in by the cutter yesterday, is owned by William Borden of Grand Cayman, and haa a cargo of 300 cases of liquor on board. A bill to establish a firemen’s pension fund for members of the paid fire department of Key West has been carried at Tallahassee. The new bill provides for the pay- went of pensions to members of the fire department who ate en- titled to same by law. * Julita Comin, great intétpation- af soprano, is to take part in a grand concert to be held at the Cuban Club here on Thursday night. The corner stone of the new Monroe High School, now being erected at the corner of Seminary and White streets will be laid Wednesday afternoon, May 30. Appropriate exercises by the Grand Lodge of Masons of Florida will be held to commemorate the event. Charles H, Ketchum will be the master of ceremonies, appointed by the Grand Lodge of the state of which he is Past Grand Master. O. Macreneris, E. Smitges and N. Amourgianos. prominent citi- zens of Tarpon Springs are in Key West to act as interpretors for the 24 Greek spongers alleged to have violated the Florida sponging j laws, whe will be placed on trial im @ short time. Mr. Macreneris said the people of Tarpon Springs have repeatedly warned the Greek spongers not to work im _ these waters. However. whether they were or were not violating the law is for the court to decide. Editorial comment: Before mar- riage a woman's weapon is a hat pin. After marriage it's a rolling i pin. Mics. Mary BR. Curry. school teacher, was awarded a first grade life certificate March 1, 1923. The ferry boat Estrada Palma which has been im Jacksonville The most beautiful legs in Hol- lywoed are displayed in one scene of “Second Hand Wife,” the. new Fox picture directed by Hamilton MacFadden. ‘More than 500 pairs} were inspected by MacFadden and this assistants before the final se- leetions were made. In the film lewer extremities are observed under 30 or more the early part of the picture. The camera sweeps across the A careful observer will note, how- ever, that there are no comic legs in the front row. Sally Eilers and Ralph Bellamy portray the leading roles in the picture which depicts the story of a wealthy business man who, neg- lected by his wife, falls in love with his secretary. How the man and the girl work out their prob- lem forms the basis of what is said to be one of the most dramat- i ig stories yet to reach the screen. “Second Hand Wife” is an adaptation of Kathleen Norris’ lat- st novel and MacFadden not only directed the picture but prepared the story for the screen. Supporting Miss Eilers and Bel- lamy is a cast that includes Helen Vinson, Victor Jory, Dorothy Christy, Karol Kay, ‘Esther Ho- ward, Effie Elisler, Clay Clement and. Nella Walker. “Second Hand Wife” will show tonight at the Strand Theater, TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS Prof. Allan Nevins, Columbia University historian, recent Pulit- zer prize winner, born at Camp Point, Ill, 43 years ago, U. S. Senator Augustine Lon- ergan, of Connecticut, born at Thompson, Conn., 59 years ago. Marion Butler, onetime U. 8. Senator from North Carolina, author of the rural free delivery system, born 70 years ago. Maj. Gen. B. Frank Cheatham, S. A., retired, born 66 ydars ‘| ago. Puff has acquired a called Fluffy, A shy little rabbit, all round like a muff. “I’m glad that I found you in time,” Puffy sighs, “You'd soon be a FUR PIECE, to catch ladies’ eyes!” companion Teday’s Anniversaries 1663—William Bradford, pio- neer Philadelphia and New York printer, born in England. Died in New York, May 23, 1752. 1750—Stephen Girard, Philadel- phia merchant, financier and phil- anthropist, born in France. Died in Philadelphia, Dec. 26, 1831. 1806—John Stuart Mill, English philosopher-economist, born. Died. May 8, 1873. 1851—Rose H. Lathrop (Mother Mary A. Lathrop), youngest child of Nathaniel Hawthorne, born at Léxon, Mass. Died at Hawthorne, N. Y., July 9, 1926. 1851—Emile Berliner, famed American inventor, born in Ger- many. Died in Washington, D. C., Aug. 3, 1929. ‘ "since last Wednesday for the in- stallation of a new propeller, will arrive here tomorrow. The vessel lost a propeller last Tuesday while enroute to Havana. Clement H. Hudson, manager of the A. and P. company branch ini Elkhart, Ind., is on a vacation with his parents. He is to be married to Miss LaDora Sanchez, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Braxton B. Warren, on June 5, They will leave for Indiana that afternoon. J. C 0. D. OPTOMETRIST Key West's First Funeral Home Key West's First Ambulance Service Mrs. Sigrid Unset, Norwegian novelist, Nobel prizewinner, born Highest Lowest Mean Normal Mean .. Rainfall* Yesterday’s Precipitation 1 Precipitation _. : ore | Nori steed covers 2eieas perien | from the southern Lake region desks in an office scene during} ending at 8 o'clock this morning. Tomorrow's Almanac half} Sun rises jeircle of symetrical limbs, here} Sun sets | and there marred by a comic pair.; Moon r Moon sets .... High Low .... Barometer at 8 a. m. today: Sea level, 30.02. Abilene Atlanta Boston Buffalo Chicago Denver Detroit Duluth dacksonville - Kansas City . KEY WEST . Los Angeles . Miami .. New Orleans New York Pensacola Phoenix Pittsburgh St. Paul Salt Lake City .. San Francisco . Seattle Tampa Washington - Williston ~ WEATHER FORECAST Till 8 p. m. Sunday Key West and Vicinity: tonight and Sunday; gentle Last Night Yesterday) Teadings of 90 degrees or more 90 SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1938, ae) ge em irorer enter en eee ae ne ee ee ee TODAY’ WEATHER ed the Gulf of St. Lawrence south- westward to a low pressure area jover the southern Rocky mountain region, and high pressure covets ‘southeastern districts, the north. ern plains states, and far west. Showers and thunderstorms. have | occurred during the last 24 hours +15 Ins. 16 Ins. eastward over northern New Ei }land,» rains on the north Pacific -|coast and in western North Da- «| kota, and local showers in. extreme -}southern Florida and on the mid- -tdle Gulf coast. Temperatures ihave risen in the lower Missouri P. M.{and Ohio valleys, and throughout 9:00} most of the Atlantic states; while 2:30) it is somewhat cooler this morning in the lake region. Temperatures continue abnormally high over most: sections from the plains atates eastward with maximum - 5:40 a. Ray © ik oe - 4:05 a. 5:24 p, Lowest — Highest yesterday in the southern plains states, Texas, and Missouri. G. S. KENNEDY Official in Charge. SCHOOL ELECTION .. HERE ON JUNE 20 The board of public instruetion of Monroe county bas. called ® special tax school election to be held in Ki z 20 at which 1 determine the’ for’ tax levy and the-selection of trustees for said district, All qualified electors residing within said district, who pay taxes on personal property and real es- tate, are eligible to vote. central and central Eesema on man siys had id him. seists are mameey, cured ‘ authorized to refund your money if it faile.—Advt, Subscribe for The Citizen. Fair to moderate easterly winds, Florida: Fair tonight and Sun- day. Jacksonville to Florida Straits: Gentle easterly. winds and gen. erally fair weather tonight and Sunday. East Gulf: Moderate northeast or east winds. There is a strong will and lity of organization, There jove of the country and of nature, and of the special aspects pointing toward success in deal- ing with things t pertain to the land. There is a considerable por- tion of general success, but great care should be exercised not to grow too tyrannical or selfish, for it will lead to misfortune, Subscribe for The Citizen—20c a week. BENJAMIN LOPEZ FUNERAL HOME Established 1885 34-Mone Ambelance Service Skilled Embaimer, Plastic Sergery Phone 135 Night Phone 696-W they ate so critically in- speced by theit recipi- ene, they must also be whtse-cotrect. Liaweave Wedding Papess can be shown you a the sore eachsaive jewelers ands tioets’. Ask oo see them. cave WEPDING PAPERS WEATHER CONDITIONS A trough of low pressure this morning from a disturbance over (IPP ODOODOO EAE: 6 hud, TLL LAA hh dhe dh hd di didi ddd diadedidadddidedds, «. 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