The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 1, 1934, Page 2

YAGE TWO ~ The Key West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. L. P, ARTMAN, President. From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets a Z Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County. Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and alse the local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ‘Three Months . One Month Weekly -. Made known on appl SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notiees, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at the rate of 10 eents a line. Notices 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 communi- cations. NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES FROST, LANDIS & KOHN 250 Park Ave., New York; 35 East Waeker Drive, CHICAGO; General Motors Bldg., DETROIT; Walton Bidg., ATLANTA. Worry makes thin people thinner and fat folks fatter. Propaganda: Any statement made by our opponents. That which is morally, wrong. cannot be politically right. Like Rockefeller, there are thousands who could not come to Florida this season, but not for the same Season, People who fight duels should have dual personalities, so if one is put hors de combat, the other can carry on. Take an “i” away from noise and you will liave a “‘nose” left.—Times-Union. Per- haps the smell will be more disagreeable than the sight. Thomas Paine, the political writer, wrote in 1776, ‘These are the times that try men’s souls,” and today more than a century later these words are just as apt. Key West Citizen wonders why they don’t send owt the Congressional Record wrapped in cellophane. Why not send it out wrapped in asbestors.—Times-Union. Don’t forget that in the New Deal there are many combinations; all cannot hold winning hands; some must gain and some must lose; there is no combination whereby all will share equally. King Prajadhipipok, of Siam, is com- ing to the United States again for another cataract operation, if this will interest linotype operators and proofreaders.— Times-Union. Why the extra “pi?” Pupils who find the study of geometry distasteful have no kindly feeling for Pharaoh’s pyramid builders for it was they whe invented or evolved the science that treats of the properties and relations of _ Spatial magnitudes. Whén: Chaute: mage of Bake this cola eH translated meant “Hot Time,”, and that Sean, in for that unetrabile di- version when considered politically. He got it in the Stavisky case and is out. After November, Tampa, Key West, Pensacola and Fernandina will be Florida’s “wet towns.”” We mean legally wet.— Tampa Tribune. Are we to infer that you are making the slanderous insinuation that Key West has been illegally wet? Baltimore police did a neat bit of work a few days ago when they recovered from a pawnshop a ruby ring taken from Mrs. Elizabeth Haile by a purse snatcher, and apprehended the culprit, a negro. Mrs. Haile said the ring had been appraised at $40,000, but the negro had pawned it for $1. Key West, navy-wise little town that it is, seems to be enjoying a grin at the Japanese talk of being attacked by the United States. Marey B. Darnall observes im The Citizen that the departure of 110 war vessels and 300 aireraft from the Paci- fie for the Atlantic next April should be almost enough to soothe the nerves of that Japanese admiral who saw a threat to his country in a flight of six navy planes to ~ Honolulu recently —Miami News. GROUNDHOG DAY Of all the weather superstitions, per- haps none has been more widespread than that associated with Groundhog Day, Feb- ruary 2. According to a belief held by many the groundhog emerges. from his winter hibernation on that day, and if he sees his shadow he goes back into his hole for another six weeks, during which a con- tinuance of winter weather’‘may be ex- pected. If, on the other hand, February 2 is cloudy, the animal will remain _ outside, which is a sign of an early spring. Just how the groundhog keeps track of the date, including the extra day in leap year, is not explained, but many actually believe he does it. Other animals than the groundhog are supposed to behave similarly. In Germany it is the badger; in England the hedgehog; in France the marmot, and among the Scandinavians the bear. February 2 is also known as Candle- mas Day in the church calendar com-! memorating the presentation of Christ in the temple and among its observances is the blessing of candles for sacred use. It is also associated with weather signs iden- tical with those attributed to the ground- hog. There are several old rhymes similar to this: | “If Candlemas be bright and clear We’ll have two winters in the year.” RISE OF A BELL BOY Another striking illustration of what industry and thrift may aecomplish, even under the handicap of meager: education, | is seen in the career of the late EHsworth M. Statler, millionaire hotel owner. | Born a poor farm boy in Somerset | county, Pennsylvania, he had little formal | schooling, being forced to go to work when a mere child. Yet he became one of the most able and forceful speakers country. He often recalled that his first lessons in English were given him by Tom Duffy, a bartender in the McClure House in Wheeling, where young Statler first be- came connected with the hotel business as a bell-boy at a salary of six dollars a month. He was 33 when he opened his first restaurant under his own name in Buffalo. His first management of an enterprise of magnitude came at the age of 38, when he built and condueted a largé hotel at the Buffalo Pan-American exposition in 1901, followed by his management of the famous Inside Inn at the St. Louis world’s fair in 1904. He then began to build up a ehain of magnificent hotels in various cities, in- cluding the great Hotel Pennsylvania in New York, where he died. Mr. Statler’s rise was not due to good luck, although his business ventures were more than usually suceessful. It was due to the fact that he had learned the hotel business from the ground up, and was un- tiring in his efforts to please his guests. He was known as the most polite bell-boy, and when he became a magnate he had still re- tained the habit of politeness, and his out- standing trait was consideration for: the comfort ard happingss of thers. i F | AN UNUSUAL DIVORCE While the idea of Mr. and Mrs. Florian L. Hummer of Cleveland regarding getting a divorce but remaining friends is not new, their experiment had a rather unusual sequel. Deciding that they could no longer live as man and wife in happiness, they agreed to secure a diverce, but to remain in their $40,000 home, she as manager of the household and he as merely a boarder. At the end of 30 days they felt the urge to make up and have the divorce set aside. Seeking the judge who had made the decree, they informed him of their de- sire. They were pleasantly surprised to} be informed that the judge had never | signed the record, having suspected how matters would turn out, consequently they had not been legally divorced at all. There are probably many other couples who might save their matrimonial bark from shipwreck by a temperary severance of relations by mutual consent instead of rushing to the divorce court on slight provocation. 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Heroine of “Lohen- grin™ under a long lease = 25m Proof of being else were . Type measure | ob wr | TODAY’S 4 70! 9! 70 [Highest ; Lowest 'Mean 'Normal Mean | Rainfall | Yeyterday’s Precipitation .0 Ins. Normal Precipitation _. .051 | 2 ePhin record eovern 24-homr period | ending ac 8 @elock thin morning. | | ‘Tomorrow's Almanac ; {Sun rises .....-.-- s+ 7:09 a.m.) FSun sets:. 3 p.m {Moon rises . j Moon sets .....- ‘Tomorrow's Tides | M. Mt 5 11:46} er i High Low . Barometer at 8 a.m. today: Sea level, 30.00. Lowest Highest | Last Night Yesterday; + 36 56 . 24 38 . 24 36 i . 26 34} 36 52 36 Abilene Atlanta .. | Boston ... Buffalo j Chicano Denver Detroit Dodge City Duluth -... | Eastport +E! Paso | Huron 3 { Jacksonville | - | Little Rock Louisville | Miami .... | Minneapolis |New York . | Pensaeola ... | Phoenix . | St. Louis 2 Salt Lake City . ; San Frenciseo .. Ste. Marie ; Friday; moderate to j and northwést winds, i | probably becoming strong at times j fair tonight and Friday. | The northern disturbance ;gan and the lower Lake region; ;and the Rio Grande® Valley { turbance has 58 Ke a in the |— s aaeea stal Wytheville _ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1934. WEATHER = WEATHER FORECAST | (Till 8 p. m. Friday) H Key West and Vicinity: cloudy and cooler tonight fresh Partly | and| west | Florida: Fair tonight and Fri-| day; colder tonight and in soutl and east portions Friday. Jacksonville to Florida Strai i Fresh west and northwest winds, | weather] over north portion and t winds, Gulf: Fresh’ northwest WEATHER CONDITIONS has moved eastward to eastern On- tario attended by snow in Michi- dis- increased in in- tensity and moved northeastward | to southern Georgia, causing mod- ferate to heavy r from the} ast eastward over the Georgia and northern} | Flor du, and snow in portions of} ireana see and Virginia. Another} | low pressure area is moving in} ; over North Dakota, and a field of | thigh pr re, crested this morn- ing over the Plateau region, ex- tends southeastward into western Texas. Colder weather has over- {spread the upper J ippi Val- {ley and Lake Superior region, | with temperatures below zero in j northern Minnesota and upper ; Michigan, and there has been a de- | decided rise in temperature in j most sections east of the Missis-| ‘ sippi River with readings as much ‘as 48 degrees higher in portion jof New England and 32 degrees! higher in northeastern Florida. 3 VNEDY, ficial in Charge. | ee | Today’s Anniversaries | eeccccccconcccaseaacosee 1741—Abel. Buell, Conneeticut , mechanic, a pioneer American} ! type-founder, among the first to erect a cotton factory in the!i country, born in Conn, Died; March 10, 1822. i R. Bailey, DAYS GONE BY’ Happenings H Just 10 Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizea os The special train due to arrive in Key West this afternoon: ‘has iP a, 1179—Lydia a" (Alig f Philadelphia widow who turned to} 187 passengers, There are 151 for Key West and the others are! fj inning and for some 60 years BY) 'the leading printer of fine books, beoked for Havana. However,} = there is no boat for Cuba today 4 | | born there. Died Feb. 21, 1869. and all of the passengers will have i 1780—David Porter, a naval to remain overnight. j Puff’s eaten his fill of food in the /here of the War of 1812, born in bs sb ew. Boston, Died March 3, 1843. A stranger in Key West »‘this) Such luscious bananas the lad nev- morning told C. C, Symonette he! er saw. could picture in his mind’s eye @| With Bimpo beside him, he’s pick-! migrant pedler who founded modern city east of White street; ing his teeth, ineted dynasty of financiers with beautiful modern cottages, | When a blood-eurdling roar shakes America, born in bungalows and hotels. This city, | the sround underneath, {Died at Palm Beach, Fla., he says, will run from White | - — —-115, 1905. street to the distant central station streets Fh when the captain ar-} of the U. S. navy at the eastern rived Love was still there. He was} end of the island. | arrested and placed in city jail. | nationally-known psychologist and! | Arraigned in court he pleaded. philosopher, president of Clark} ————— Editorial comment: Of course ‘guilty to being a mendicant and | Univ., bern. at Ashfield, Maks. ; if you won’t want the public to’ was given 24 hours to leave the’ Died April 24, 1924. 1 know your prices, it is not wise! city. i to advertise. Comparisons are! 1859—Victor Herbert, noted} dangerous at times. i Forty-eight pupils in the 8a | American conductor and composer ‘rade of the loeal public schools f music. born in Ireland. Died and ‘will hold thei graduation exer-jin New York City, May 26, 1924. cises this evening in the audito-; 1860—Hen ry Miller, ted N |rium of the Monroe County High’ yoy City "eitie Sind sdanaees. chool. It is the regular ee ‘born in England. Died in New aduation of that grade and the yoy a peit 9, 1926, Pa Sepeeseuc | mbers will’énter the high sors fe wwe dg. onday. } 1865—Katé L. Bosher, novelist, | née at Norféik, Va Died there, “Governor Hardee. comptroller Jaly*2?, 1932°~ Amos and Barron G. Collier, the| — ; millionaire, after. whom Collier’ Strawbe: measuring ix! County is named, arrived in Key/inches in circumference have | West this morning on the Collier| been exhibited in Watsonville, Yacht Florida. They came fror al. the Ten Thousand Islands where | they had been cruising for one’ a viewing the many beauties | FITS.-ATTACKS CURBED tof that section of Florida, especial- | Local fishermen yesterday re- ly the birds of multi-hued plumage! ported the centinued scarcity of | which abound. In the afternoon aj kingfish in these waters. Ever’ group including all members ef the} since the last norther they have) party, were guests of State Sena- been scarce and fishermen report!tor William H. Malone. they have searched everywhere for schools but have failed to lo-j cate any. { 1828—Meyer Guggenheim, im- the wv Switzerland. March 1844—G. Stanley Hall, at The walls and towers steeples of the Wesleyan Metho. dist church, colored, which is s' uated on Simonton street, near | Petronia, are fini and work | will be started shipftty onthe, aati of the edifice. «s Workmen of the South “Florida! Contracting and Engineering com- pany yesterday started pouring concrete for the foundation of the office building being constructed; on Caroline street for the Nor- berg Thompson Ice and Fish com- panies. Work on the walls will be started next week. Subseribe for The Citizen. Many favorable comments have} j been heard recently on the clean! appearance of the city which is the } esult of activities of more than a seore of workmen who have heen | cleaning up the vacant lots in the| city. In the downtown district) nearly every large piece of ground | has been cleaned of growths and | debris and are today presentable. | The work is being done under the! supervision of the sanitary depart- ment. DEPOSITS IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED UNDER U S. GOVERNMENT INSURANCE PLAN THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST Member. of the Federal Reserve Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation U. S. Government Depositary S. D. Love, who acknowledges) the is a “Knight of the Road,” in other words a hobo, was arrested yesterday by Chief of Police} Joseph Albury. Word was receiv-} ed os Love was in the baek yard! residence of Joba Wells’ EG at Margaret and Southard} the' Guam, H “Today In History | “sale dates College = Dental Surgery, first world dental college, chartered. 1843—First legal reserve life insurance policy in, country issued by N. Y. Mutu: 1899—U. 5S. raised flag at! 1917—Germany._ begins stricted submarine war. unre-/ i Replacing the dial on the tele- |phone, a keyboard has been de-| vised to speed up operations on} the switchboards of large com- Banies. STOP ITCHING It’s amazing how this tormenting trouble—wherever it occurs— Resinol |_. 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