The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 16, 1933, Page 2

» witheut fear and without favorj mover be afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; q “always fight for progrem; never be the or- gan or the mouthplece of any perso®, elique, faction or class; alwayu do its utmost for the public welfare; ever tolerate eorrdption or Anjrstions denounce vice and ptsiee virtue; eommend good done by individual or organ- ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate spelen al sel le promise with prinetple. ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main- land. Free Port, ‘Airports—Laind and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. ~ Another bumper crop is that of prone oo . Nothing shows us to ourselves so fore- ‘bly as sickness. I am never pleased, even with myself. Benito Mussolini. = Latin is a dead language, and school ‘ids wish it were buried. 7. Dhaven’t time, to die—Dr. Charlotte Davenport of Philadelphia.on, her 109th anyone ever really see one . aK diz Where feeling is strong, reason counts for litle, and that is why we have mobs, for mobs do not think. The Statue of Liberty is to be repaired. ‘The thing it stands for needs quite a bit of patching up, also. A’ newspaper can praise a person 99 times out of 100, but let there be one slight deserved censure and its name is anathema. g Our mowretary pdlicy will probably be settled by a check-up to determine which side has the most nicolas Yo- cabulary. +2} Tn “Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Puck boasted, “I'll put a girdle about the earth in forty minutes.” Well, we do it ever so A PRECEPT FOR dig. ‘epeeece (Ft. Myers NewsBadin)h In rebuking Father Coughilin for his intemperate insinuations on the integrity of Alfred E. Smith, the chancellor of the Catholic archdiocese of New York, Mon- signor Thomas G. Carroll, stated a platform for pulpit politics in the following expres- sion: “A clergyman has a rather privileged forum, which is accorded him by his posi- tion whether he accepts it as such or not, and that forum is not the place:in which to attribute selfish motives to anybody.” That is a sound precept which the clergy would do well to follow scrupulous- ly. Too many of them do not. Father Goughiin is the latest offender but he is by no means the first. - Bishop Cannon comes to mind as a typical example. In fact it may be said that he and associated rev- erends in the circle of professional prohi- bitionists set the fashion for picking out personal devils among those who dis- agreed. Change only the cause and the very words which Father Coughlin uttered could well be those of Bishop Cannon. Because certain newspapers disagree with the view advocated by the Detroit priest, he brands them. 88 ‘toals - of of Wall Street, flays them as. ‘the ‘Toty press” and calls upon his followers to ‘throw them in the river.” Bis Cannon hada similar phantom in th et -press,”<classing as, vena} creatures ofthe ;‘liquor, interests”, all newspapers which-did_ not accept his own narrow views as divitiely “revealed gospel on the subject of prohibition. The’ paral- lel runs even to some of the personalities singled out as targets for their itivective, Gov. Smith standing promiiiently _among them. a . There are two sides to the money ques- tion, the same as there are to prohibition. There are honest differences of opinion among honest men. These differences can be stated and argued without indulgence in personalities. If the sound money position taken by Gov. Smith is wrong it is not be- cause of any loan he might have obtained from the Morgan company.’ © And: with equal certainty it can be said that if Presi- dent Roosevelt's position is wrong it is not because of a reckless disregard for the wel- fare of the country. Both Roosevelt and Smith are able, sincere and patriotic. When they differ one must be right and the other wrong, but the error will be one of judg- ment and not of conscience. Neither is a fool, nor a knave. If epithets must be hurled and motives impugned, let it be done by thé Hearsts and the Heflins. From muck rakers and politicians such things are expected. But from the clergy something better is expect- | ed. Christian kindness is expected in their dealings with their fellow men. Those who teach the Word have a special obliga- tion to avoid bearing false witness; an ob- ligation, we are bound to say, which ec- eclesiasties much in the news are ex- ceedingly careless in regarding. COTTON'S UPS AND DOWNS ‘Few basic ‘commodities hand shown such extreme fluctuations in’ price'as has cotton, to a fraction less than 5 cents. - : The highest price paid for cotton since the World War was inj ,4920, when. it brought 41 cents a pound. During the present depression it reached the lowest price in 100 years, about 4:95 cents. The all-time high price was $1.90 in 1864, when the Civil War reduced the American crop to only 300,000 bales. The highest production was reached in the Unit- ed States in 1926, approximately 18 million bales. The greatest return from any American crop was received in.1919, when 11,420,763 bales were produced and sold for a little more than two billion dollars. In 1931 a 17 million bale crop brought only $485,611,000, or considerably less than one-fourth as much as the smaller crop of 1919. An interesting experiment is the gov- | ernment’s present policy of paying farmers | 0 | to plow up a part of their cotton crop, and | Moderate east winds over south! in Virginia. Died in F Dodge, City nging dom; $1,909 pound ‘down | POeCococccccvcereveeworeveeneeeres--seeeres: ~ Daily Cross-word Puzzle ACROSS 1. Clip }. Inclosute for pigs . Metal con- tainer . Analyze matical . By birth . Short for & 5 . Shoulder ornament . Color quality Malt beverage . Allows . New England institution le olcfolz] of learning . Constellation Scandinavian el E30) brownie Settle money upon |. Fleet of armed 42. Renteniny ships Tropieal fish Worthy self- esteem . Men's vatri- otic organi- zation: abbr. 26. Disencumber 7. Laterally 0. Abstain: from food 43. Snatch . Ascentling 9. Scene of action . Brazilian cap- it al |. Perceive visu- ally 2. Part of a wooden [=|] S| raj“ [>| [ei] m[Z|70] >| ra Ceececccccscnsocessccosencccecccocoaseepooss Solution of Yesterday's Puzzie GA OEAG One TENA 6. Short Il atta - iy oe mative 9 an ulation of ee. year % Clears xpenses . Tatar ‘militia men: var. in| x[> | jo) =| IOC. CRIES Ctl [e| ||] RY [en] co] >| . Continent Closed Periods: pole aah |. Ripple agains: isiZ|>| TORI) Gomes [nls] iZ/>} IF |>[<lo a] >(- m/z) TI . Furnish a . Metal- working | tools . Sea eagies | ‘ . Heron 15 crew for \ | Feminine ends Aeablieb- in 5. Explate DOWN . Small quarrel i Cirele of light men . Song from an opera . Nevada's known city on 46. Cause of . Danish fi 9. Philippine saws ax . Female sand- piner PCC : Cee et 1/4 ‘|rela and Watson streets, was! ‘The building. next to the. bakery | the scene the structure was en- YU _aana5 TODAY’S Temperature* 79 70 74 Highest Lowest Mean ... Normal Mean Yesterday’s Precipitation T. Ing, Normal Precipitation ..... .07 Ins. “his record covers 24-hour period ending at 8 oelock this morning. Tomorrow's Almanac Sun rises p. m, Moon sets “ Tomorrow's Tides A. M. High 0:28 9:36 Low ..... 3:52 2:47 Barometer at 8 a. m. today: Sea level, 30.21. Pp. m P.M. Lowest Highest Last Night Yesterday 46 68 50 24 36 30 28 84 32 2 2 10 Abilene Atlanta Boston Buffalo Chicago . Denver Detroit Duluth Eastport - Hatteras - Minneapolis . Nashville New York Oklahoma C: Pensacola Phoenix . Pittsburgh St. Louis ..... Salt Lake City Sit. Ste. Marie Seattle .......... 4 Washington Williston WEATHER FORECAST 30 -70 (Till 8 p. m. Sunday) Key West and Vicinity: erate easterly winds. Florida: jand Sunday. Jacksonville to Florida Straits: i 70} WEATHER mountain region with a moderate disturbance central over the east- ern Rockies; while pressure con- | tinues high over the south Atlantic and east Gulf states, and’ is also thigh on the Pacific coast. Rain lhas occurred during the Jast 24 ,hours from the west Gulf coast | northeastward over the Ohio val- ley, and in the Pacific coast states, rain or snow in the middle, and north Atlantic states, and'south- *, eastern lake region, and snow in the Lake Superior region and in! “| portions of the southern. plateau *| states. Temperatures have ris- en in the middle and north Atlan- | tic states, with readings 38 degrees ‘higher in portions of New Eng- ‘land, and have fallen throughout most of the lake region, upper Mississippi, Missouri and © lower Ohio valleys. Temperatures are j below normal in most of the far western states, and eastward along} M: jthe northern border to northern Minnesota and are generally above |the seasonal average throughout the remainder of the country. G. S. KENNEDY, Official in Charge. a | edbecccessccenensacececs | 1714—George Whitefield, fam- ethodist "preacher; al 56. at borasabied) pt. 30, 1778; 1770—Ludwig van Beethoven, ; German musieal composer, born. | Died March 26, 1827. | 1775—JSane Austen, English } novelist, born. Died July 18, | 1817. 1776—Thomas A. Cooper, ‘in this day the most conspicuous ac- tor on the American stage, ry in England. Died at Bristol, Pa. | April 21, 1849, ' 1783—(150 years ago) Mor- | decai Bartley, Ohio soldier, Con- ‘ gressman, governor, lawyer and Partly, farmer, born in Fayette Ce, Pa. | cloudy tonight and Sunday; mod-! Died at Mansfield, Ohio, Oct. 10, 1870. Partly cloudy tonight) | 1854—Joseph Fels, soap manu- facturer and Single-Taxer, born sae rags the renting of cotton land to keep it out of | portion, and moderate southeast! phia, Feb. 22, 1914. production. The heavy expense of this pro-} and south over north portion; ~ KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Years Btto Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1938, ; 1933 Models Shitot €D: Paul Boysen, who was awarded | , the contract for the construction of the new San Carlos Opera House, said today he is ready to! start work on the building just as sooh~as he receives official noti- { fieation from the Cuban govern-' ment of his being awarded the contract, The contractor stated | that in evefy instance where the j matetinis for the work ean be; purchased in Key West this will! be done, and only when absolutely necessary to carrying out the; specifications will he order from sources outside of the city. —_— Practically all stores in Key West will remain open during the next two weeks until 9 o’clock in the evenings or later if necessary. ‘These late hours will be necessary! for taking care of the holiday rush, Readers of The Citizen are urged to carefully follow the ad- vertisements, buy from those who} advertise and thereby save money, P a The bakeshop of Louis Milord, on Catherine street between Va- totally destroyed last night by fire. was damaged by the flames. Al- though the department. apparatus responded immediately to .the alarm from Box 33, arriving on veloped in the blaze. Quick action prevented niuch damage to nearby property. ee The U. 8. Tug Bayspring that was disabled a short time after leaving Pensacola, because of the propeller being fouled by a rope, was picked up by the Cutter Talla- poosa and towed back to the port. After reaching the dock and see- ing that all was safe with the tug, the cutter left at once in search of two eagle boats that were be- ing towed by the Bayspring, which broke away were lost. The Exchange Club has _re- quested The Citizen to inform owners of motorboats it will be to their advantage to have their craft listed with C. C. Symonette, in charge of the information booth at Truimbo Island, to enable him to give information relative to boats for hire and the residence of the owner, At 4:14 o’clock yesterday aft- ernoon the explosion of two sticks of dynamite on a city truck caused a great deal of excitement. Gus Skinner and John Knowles, colored, were tossed into the ai by the explosion, but escaped seri- ous injury. Newton Munson, who owns the two New Found Harbor Keys, about 27 miles from Key West, atrived here ee and will remain for several The ag 9 Ruth, fedora ae built for Munson, is at her berth here| ond Mr. Munson will make the trip to the keys in the vessel. Editorial comment: Unfor- tunately a large part of the world teams practi A life preserver on which is near Tortugas some weeks ago, was founded by Joseph P. Ladd. The preserver was in the water | near East Martello Tower. Mr. and Mrs. Leo MeMahon an- nounce the birth of a boy at their) .| home on Grinnell street. Mother and son are doing nicely. ‘ 4 Hi a z i. Le the city hall. The reason for the! anticipated smiles is that it will be pay day. Not only will city em- ployes be paid but the inspectors jat the last election will alse re- ceive their emoluments. Miss Jessie Porter, who has been | sorta: in Eerope for Tour ths, has arrived in New York nt eget ‘was met by her parents, Well advertised quality goods make satisfied customers and in- crease busines: 7 . A number oe bills passed by the} last session of congress seem some- thing like the scorpion im that they | carey stings in their tails: They/i. don’t ‘work’ the way it is thought; they‘ would and ynake' things worse instéad of better. os * You should never buy a product of foreign manufacture when you can produce a home product of equal merit, price and quality. . 18 Just a little consideration by those on wheels for those on foot, and vice versa, would put an end to a great deal of the present traf- fic troubles in our towns. se * Enthusiasm is needed work. in any eo In these days of intense propa- ganda, about the only place you can find plain, impartial ments of actual conditions: is inl the editorials in the newspapers. | Some people seem to think they might hurt themselves by smiling. If some of those sad faced citizens were to. smile awhile, Pes might get along better. > It’s a cinch that no country will pull our chestnuts out of the fire for us. We must do it ourselves, es #6 A lot of people seem to be loek- ing at the future through rose col- ored glasses, seeing the day ahead when prosperity will again be with us, We hope it will have a speedy arrival. vee Mixed. views regarding inflation of the currency still seem to pre- vail, Some continue to clamor foy it, while others are consistently against it. Nobody knows what will happen. ar temperament and the disposition of today’s na- tive too sympathetic. The mind, unless carefully trained in youth, may be occupied with vain ambi- tions whieh will fall short of ac- complishment: This may be, in a measure, averted, if proper edu- cation is furnished; or i der favorable aspects, be turned in another direction. London has a woman farmer, Mrs. William Mortimer, who grazes her flock of sheep on Par- liament Hill Fields, close to traf- fie-filled streets, 10 Days Free Trial USE OUR PUREICE for HEALTH AND \ atamagecevaam tcge: (hae ah hahaha ae SIaeTeeTaaD, b igeie N CITIZEN BLDG. . 4 Join the Christmas Cards VETTOURGS Vel to - Name pated $1.00 eta _Come in and see them THE ARTMAN PRESS eh hedededededdedihededehedecdedes 1863—John Fox, Jr.. novelist,| Mr. and Mra. Wm. B. Porter. The AMERICAN RED CROSS KEY WEST, FLORIDA much quicker with wireless now. THIS WORLD th 1 st toni gram, of course, must be borne by the gen- {Ina —ll gy ee os born in Kentucky. Died in Vir-| family expect to arrive in Key eral public through higher taxes and high- East Gulf: Moderate to fresh; ginia, July 8, 1919. West about December 23. ji tt ‘% east winds over south pertion and} Subscribe Citizen. 7 for in goods feversgae to fresh southeast and » sears —— : AMIN LOPEZ | south over north portion. BENJ. H FUNERAL HOME): om Feet—One man says twenty years ond Imperial wed him. Dreggiats ar: fund your money This world that we’re a-livin’ in Is mighty hard to beat: You git a thorn with every rose, But ain't the roses sweet! —Frank L, Stanton. A Boston physician is authority for the | statement that more than half of the men| WEATHER CONDITIONS it" tiin— have one leg shorter than the other. We) The northern disturbance moved! Jane Reynolds, a junior, will envy the other half who haven't had their | S*tw#™ te the St. Lawrense val) reign as Helen of Troy at the an- legs leg, and pressure is low this morn-' nual homecoming celebration ing in the Plains states and Rockyithe University of California~