The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 18, 1933, Page 2

1 eee Only Daily Newspa; in Key West ang Monroe tatered at Key West, Plorida,.as sccon¢ alase matter Oyen teres ADVERTISING BATES Made known on application. swanar eared ton Notices for entertainments by Revenue, ip to be derived : se ce aS an sion of public issues and sul interest but it will not uunicatio 8. NATIONAL Shout, Canon REPRESINTATIVES FROST, LANDIS & Ki HICAGOy Ot a ‘ork; Moto: in AS IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to ‘eomplete Road to Main- land, Free Port. Hotels and Apartments Bathing Pavilion. Aquarium. Airports—Land and § Consolidation of County and City Governments. ' How to be a syndicate writer: Get fired from ‘a government job.—The Hart- ford Courant. b 25cm ae ceed Doing well on this earth does not mean that you are to go out and do others,—New York American. One hat that’s not off to the New Deal is the brown derby.—Gene Morgan in the Chicago Daily News, It is too much to hopesthat the next four weeks will see the! roundup of “The Last Roundup. Brehiced nickerbocker ses ekenss st im, Farley. ry sy’ ts the faithful.—The pny i el tak ton Post. Two nudists just got married in the nude. Question: How did the bridegroom get the ring out of his vest pocket?—The Rocky Mountain News. “The United States is gorged with gold,” declares a critic of the government- al policy. Just another case of gold in the throat.—The Hartford Daily Courant. A Cass county Sunday school teacher asked a little girl “where do bad little girls go?” and the reply was “most every- where.”—The Cass County Missourian, The Marblehead fisherman who changed the name of his boat from the Al- fred E. Smith to the Franklin D. would probably maintain that she is still a stout boat.—The Boston Globe. NRA authorities are refysing permis- sion to extend the lunch hour for employ- ees to an hour and a half. Yet it would seem to be an admirable way of cutting down the agricultural surplus.—-New York Times. THE MERCY SLAYER (St. Augustine Recbd) Z Acquittal of a young’ min in Atlanta, on trial because he killed a : beloved member of his family who was dying in torture of an incurable disease, brings up a subject that has been a subject of controversy probably ever since men and-women have fought to conquer disease and pain. In 4.% | ancient days when “survival of the fittest” was the law, many of the weak, the sick, the pain-wracked, were deliberately put out of the way, so that they might not im- pede the progress of the fit, the physically strong. In this era of civilization, we do many things in the name of mercy that are not merciful at all, and one is the prolongation of life in the wake of terrible sutteriny and certain death. Because one never knows to what any leniency in this respect might lead, the law has to Ke strict. To permit a loophole, would give many an unscrupulous or mer- cenary man or woman an opportunity to end the life of some relative from whose death they might expect to benefit. |The sacredness of human life is carefully guarded by medical science and by the law. But one can realize the effect upon a sensitive person of seeing prolonged and terrible suffering endured by a loved one; with no hope of release save through the Gateway of Death. Long brooding; and consideration of what one might*tome' to think as being one’s duty in, the matter might easily bring about such an action as that revealed through the Atlanta court ease. In this instance the man was ex- onerated, because doctors testified the blow could have hastened the death of their patient by only a short. time. It will be remembered in “Sorrell and Son” by Warwick Deeping, that the son, a physician, took what he kriew to be the merciful step and ended: his’ father’s suf- ferings. Many stories have been centered about this theme, but probably none more beautifully handled than this. It is a subject on which much could Daily Cross- word Puzzle poccoccggoacangeganenongses pegrsecoccgeqqaiogpecns Solytion of Saturday’s Puzzle Siriy] 8. Branched 14. Tending to 16. Equalizer for ‘a vehicle 1. 18 Female horse bg — river 3 Pair: : prefix BB Seed covering 35 Russian river 29. up Unit of work 33, Note of the scale Unit of force OF the spring ‘ age, Hypothetteal fores }. Valley . Presently . Short for a man's bame 50. Cerea’ . Metric Jana measure Obstinate 3. Snow runner: var, Rag 88. Outer garment aa ay ele ‘i dae Jeeene | / ie dee de TE ean Pi Pl Z “ae I; a ee | | Te IS|HTETATR] [E} LE Apploye OG 'Z|—|7| 7] 70) m7 ORR eet DWMBn! lo|=[4|w|=[Z} 9) Ce A> aR o>] [= |a]>| . Ror fear that [raz] 0] a >| [ut > QUOBEO Ommwer Tna KEY WEST . Curved bar on a horse's collar leasure of classified L. Night ni Tusic 8. Transparent bodies Feftacting 84. Unetnbeaied Cr: ey a OWN 1 Sole sub- stances ae G2 4868 Gee 2248 deus oe . Article ) Seratetea and CiTizin "KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Hare Jou 10 Years Today As —— From se! onion The Files Of The Citizen 28. Notion .. | ” The first copy of the petition | |requesting the mayor and. city} council to take such action as! they may deem necessary to sell | {the delingyent tax books of the! city has been placed at the G.} | R. K. cigar. store. 421 Duval; street, for the conyenience of tax) ers who favor the movement. | bi copies of the petition are to be placed in different parts of | the city and afford the opportuni-| ty of all who will sign to do so without any unnecessary -trouble. [>| rm] r 32. Bap 35. Ri ire 37. City in Ne- vada nights” ational LZ|—|>| 4 OME corporation * 46: Merry adven- ture [Aimivjol mae] Z[> Ir iC} $1. Roman pant H 5% Oppaat 7h Red xy 55. aosdcbyes 5 = 59. : Gobetructed oe ew 2 Pb] 2. Desires wrongfully 3. Expression of inquiry 4 King of Judah 5. —— on the high With but six more days after! tomorrow unti} Christmas the gen-! eral cry this afternoon was “why | didn’t I start shopping earlier and avoid the rush. All of the stores} were crowded and the regular} anti-holiday jam was seen in most of them. It is not too late, how- ever, to still get what is neces- sary as there are still many in- ducements to be found for the | discriminating buyer as a glance rat the advertisements in The Citi- zen will show. Mrs, Eugene L. Hollis, who was the acting secretary of the Key West Chamber of Commerce for more than a year, has been ap- { pointed by the bureau committee of the Exchange Club to take charge of the advertising bureau that has been established in Mi- ami. Mr. Lemic, who was appoint- ed to be in charge of the booth, is still retained in an active out- side capacity. The board « public works will hold a special session Thursday evening to take up a number of matters pertaining to the park. Bids are to be received for ma- terial and labor to install lights and also for an electric pump capable of pumping 1,000 galons . Tres At that time . Ri Cael 6. Alay: AG Again: prefix 9% ae ip: 10. ndihing more than ; Bane es of learning 11. Above and touching 12, Divide 13. Age 15, Send out arr / 2a 48) Am See .ce ter pipe ling with lateral exten- BZ: sions. Four wells have been dug in the westerly end of the park | it administration, born of water per hour and for a wa-|'® Svccecevesceeses Today’ s Birthdays Y Peccccesccnccccsseegeces William I, Myers, the Cornell professor of farm finance recently made governor of the farm cred- at Low- man, N. Y., 42 years ag. Dr. John Lloyd Newcomb, the new president of the University of Virginia, born in Gloucester Co., Va., 52 years ago. Made Of All Metal Equipped With Vice Admiral Frank H. Clark, U. S..N., born 62 years ago. Vice Admiral William H. Stan- ley, U. S. N., born at Ukiah, Cal., 61 years ago. Dr. Alvin S. Johnson, director of the New Schoo] for Social Re- search, New York City, born at Homer, Nebr., 59 years ago. Walter W. Head of New York, president of the Morris Plan Cor- poration of America, born at Adrian, Ill, 56 years ago. Francis Burton Harrison, one- time Governor-General of the Philippines, born in New York. 60 years ago. George H. Adams, Minneapolis newspaper editor, born at May- wood, Ill., 48 years ago. eaveceenvovesesogevoeses Today In History eeegeegoecgcsororeosesoss 1787—New Jersey, the third State to do so, ratified the Con- stitution. $5.00 FREE ICE If Sold for Cash 10 Days Free Trial 1799 — George Washington hariae in the vault at Mount Vern- 1832—Treaty of navigation and commerce between Russia and the United States concluded at St. Petersburg. 1865—13th Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery, proclaimed in effect. USE OUR PURE CE for HEALTH AND ereegoveseones Today’s Horoscope Segecsegconeascoresonese This natnre is poetic, sensuous, be said and written. But to come back to the right and wrong of it, we must con- sider the way in which the law and medical seience usually look at things.of the kind. To take matters in one’s.own hands, entails too great a responsibility for the averare person to carry, no matter if mercy be the keynote. PECULIAR ACCIDENTS Some most interesting facts concern- ing freakish, accidents ‘are’*related in Popular Science Monthly, illustrating Vol- taire’s saying that “it isthe danger least expected that soonest comes to us.” Among others he relates the following: P. Wiggins, Kansas aviator, was bitten by a rattlesnake that had somehow gotten into his plane, while flying at an altitude of about a mile, but landed and obtained treatment in time to save his life. Caesar Beltram of Llons, France, was struck hy lighting five times during his lifetime, yet finally died of pneumonia. Some years ago,General Casti iano, a Nicaraguan revolutionist, was struck by a failing meteor while sitting in his ‘tent Stig tadiwas killed. | His superstitigus sol- diers ‘believed that the Almighty*hadthus shown disapproval of their cause, so they adandoned the:revolution. « Mathematicians have figured that an American will be struck by a meteor about once every 9,300 years on an average. They will alsg calculate that a person living to the age of 70 has one chance in 7,000 of being struck by lightning. About 1,000 persons are injured in bathtubs to every one hurt in railroad acci- dents. About 30,000 Americans are killed every year by accidents occuring in and about their homes, about as many as are killed by automobiles. Most ironical of the accidents en | merated by our writer was that in which a | man was painfully injured by-the falling of | a horseshoe he had nailed over, his door for | luck. When the Republican National Com- | mittee refers to rule by top sergeants it must know that such rule is inevitable. The good top sergeant, however,jruns things without appearing to—New York Sun. Mob that lynched a negro at St. Jo- seph, Mo., stole the sheriff's overcoat. The sheriff knew the mob was composed of murderers but was surprised that they would stoop to theft.—The Buffalo Times. TODAY’S Temperature®* Highest Lowest ....... Mean .... Normal Mean Rainfal Yesterday’s Precipitation .01 Ins, Normal Precipitation -06 Ins. “Thin record covers 24-hour period ending at 8 o'clock thin morning. Tomorrow's Almanac -- 1:07 a. 5:42 p. 10:05 a. 9:11 p. ‘0. 3 76 --70 m. m. m.! m. Sun rises .. Sun sets Moon rises Mono sets Tomorrow's P, M. High Low .... 4:29 Barometer at 8 a, m, today: Sea level, 30.21. Lowest Highest ast Night Sepia Abilene . 38 Boston Buffalo Chicago Denver . Detvoit.... Dodge City. . Duluth Eastport El Paso... Hatteras Helena Huron Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST Louisville Miami Minneapolis New York Oklahoma City Pensacola Phoenix - St. Louis Salt Lake City Sit. Ste. Marie Seattle Tampa Washington Williston WEATH ER FORECAST Key West and Vicinity: cloudy tonight and Tuesday, pos-/ sibly ocasional rain; moderate to’ fresh east and southeast winds. Partly cloudy tonight occasional | Florida: and Tuesday, possibly rain in west and south portions. Jacksonyille to Florida Straits: Moderate squth-winds over north portion and moderate to east shifting te southeast south portion; weather overcast tonight and Tuesday. East Gulf: over west portion Tuesday. 12:27} Partly} fresh | over. partly | Presh southeast and) south winds shifting to northwest WEATHER WEATHER CONDITIONS | | tered. Pressure is low this morning; ‘over New England, relatively low | over Louisiana, and a low pressure’ area is moving in over the north-| ern Rockies and upper Missouri Valley; while fields of high pres- sure,.crested over the Lake re- gion, South Atlantic States, and Plateau region, cover most of the remainder of the country. Rains have occurred during the last 24 hours from eastern Texas and ; Louisiana northeastward over the Ohio Valley and western Virginia, jand on the north -Pacifie coast, rain or snow over northeastern sections and westward to northern, Michigan, and there haye been light showers on the Florida Keys. | Temperatures are consideral y jabove normal this morning in the Atlantic and East Gulf States, an@ in the northern Rockies, and be- low in the central Plains States: and Southwest, with readings be- low Srenine § as far south as the upper Rio nde Valley. as G. S. KENNEDY, 1786—Carl Maria von Weber, | distinguished German opera’ com- { poser, born. Died June 5, 1826. | 1911— Horace’ BY Clatmd) great jNew York City dry-goodg’ mer- | chant of his day born at Milford, ; Mass. Died in New York, Nov. j 14, 1885: | 1819—Isaac T. Hecker, noted Roman Catholic clergymaff, born jin New York City. Died there. | Dee. 22, 1888. . 1835—Lyman Abbot! ; gational clergyman, j Years editor of the } author, born in Boston. jor “Outlook”, Died inj | New Yark, Oct, 22, 1922: | j 1859_—Francis Thompsons ae | lish avthor of “The ad of} Heaven,” one of the grestest/ i, { Poems of its kind in the English | language, born. Died Now. 43, 1907. ‘ 1861—Edward A. MacDowell, { among the country's greatest com-/ ‘ posers of music, born ig; New | York. Died there, Jan. Pe 1908. noted Vassar College prof * osophy, ranked as one of THe lead- ing philosophers in try, born st tecctene, Cot Daa Wee. a8 41933, ' 1878—Durant Drake. , ~Jand from them the pipe line will jafternoon when Miss Elise Lowe mMgTe-| the government for the purpose./ be carried from one end of the; sympathetic and dexterous. It is park to the other. Arrangements! a good endowment for an actor. are to be made whereby any sec-| The disposition is kind; fidelity tion of the park can be easily wa-| and affection are prominent char- acteristics; and many friends will be attracted by the personal Following officers were elected| charms; yet very few persons will to serve for the ensuing year for, ever know its true value. Some the Exchange Club at their regu-| degree of fortune may gcerue to lar luncheon today: Arnold Swain, | this nature, but it is rather too president; W. D. Byrd, Arthur H.} generous for worldly _ sugeess, Sheppard, Willard Albury, vite| though its benefactions will be presidents; Eddie Strunk, secre-| hidden. tary; Frank Wolkowsky, treasur- er. The club went on record as BEN. RAL eel being in hearty accord with the FUNE OME bod bare 42 Years Key West’s Oldest moyement te open the golf course | at the earliest moment possible after its completion. 24-Hour Ambulance Service so Licensed Embalmer Baitorial comment: There was| [Phone 135 Night 696-W general fejoicing in Key West) —__- ig the announcement was made 5 eel hteh he hahha. Christmas Cards SATISFACTION Saves Food Saves Money. fe the construction of San Carlos Qpera House was awarded and work will be started at an early date. A quiet wedding was solemniz- ed in Memorial church Saturday became the bride of Joseph Saun- ders. The couple had as their at- tendants Miss Ida L. Saunders, | sister of the groom and George er. The newly weds left over the East Coast on their bridal tour. Pyblic schools of the city will be. closed Friday and will not re- ren, yotil 3, This was announced by superintendent of public instruction today. Sev- eral teachers have made arrange- ments tg make trips to points in Florids during the holidays. 4 bill was introduced in con- gress December 12, calling for “a| Come in ery see pares THE ARTMAN PRESS CITIZEN BLDG. N Lk bbddidkdkdhihd the. Join the KEY WEST, FLORIDA erection of a federal building: in Key West. Senator Duncan U. Fletcher. father of the bill, shows that the building will include the postaffice, and other government activities. The building is to be erected on the site purchased by ; N N N N N N N N) N N N N N iN N N N N N \) Students of the Monroe County High School will present « play in the auditorium of the school! Thursday, the funds received to! be used for the purchase of ‘ phonograph and records to be used calisthenie drills. with the boy's mother at their Paulsboro, N.