The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 12, 1934, Page 2

YAGE TWO a lel atta ae Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC, L. P, ARTMAN, President. add From The Citizen Building es Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Dally Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County. pa Di nc: inc rnc Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter prenatal FIF?Y-FIFTH YEAR Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is éxclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to 4tor not otherwise credited in this paper and alsc “the local news published here, SUBSCRIPTION RATES ADV! 4 = Made known on application. * SPECIAL NOPICE All reading,notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary notices, ete., will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainments by churches ftom which ®- revenue is ta be derived. are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public iasues and Subjects of-local or general inigrent ‘but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations. NATIONAL ADVERTISING REPRESENTATIVES, FROST, LANDIS & KOHN 250 Park Ave. New York; 85 East Wacker Drive, emicAao: General Motors Blag., DETROIT; Walton Bidg., ATLANTA. The most. provoking husband is one who talks indistinctly in his sleep. Who remembers when General John- son made the front page every ‘day? Rubber is produced good deal of rubbering is In the long run the omly thing that, can make any: nation, city. or individual great is character. Chinese girls have little opportunity to display originality as. stenographers, there being no spelling in their language. seit Candidates’ worry because people don’t take more interest in politics, but if _. they did it might be worse for a lot of can- _ didates. _ Clermont bank has had a, 40 per cent _ dnerease in deposits since it became a mem- ber of the Federal Insurance Deposit Cor- poration. And no doubt other banks over the state will show healthy increases,— Times-Unioti. Sarasota, Florida, barely able to main- tain one daily, is to have another. That means a heavier burden for the local mer- chants, losses for both publishers, and smaller and less interesting papers for the -—eommunity. Everybody suffers when there isino economic necessity for more than one . » paper, rand go on living. Tae KEY WEST CrTiZEin Baily eveqcccos across L That which ja woven & Soft drinks: eolloa. WHAT A GEORGIA EDITOR THINKS | + eccceccce eoccevececes: Cross-word Puzzle cegacomregsooes Solution of Saturday's Puzzle James Cranston Williams is.a unique character in Georgia journalism, and has" made a success in the weekly newspaper | field. His papers are known for their fine editorials, and for being outspoken and te ree frank concerning local, state and national }£ $9 SPasteai questions. 18, Tey 17. Swiftly He has been in the newspaper busi- | '* Afgctealy ness more than 50 years, and here are some| i: tgs pointed of his observations: = ooking, vases “I learned my A B Cs from a_ blue| 2s, scay of back speller, and I completed my educa- ticle tion at the type case before Mergenthaler invented the type-setting machine. 1Q Sick : i American plant wit editie fruit Covers, with @ oe coat~ : Rollow } . A orother of Odin . Pier [}] ANG =<] >] | 20) IN 3[clalm UN mo] 0/7) CO) IS al Gs 2B Article. . Cover : 31. Broad shallow > ; OUR: ves: rm 48. Diruest . Saitiog com- SF OF oe. ; Hawailan fortauly tn tana . Stunety Search ; Uuer thoroughly. ; Alternative . Lifelens ; Pertaining to 42. Aerial. rail. Way; coliog. . Kairy 49. Sen wi Thac woman, 81. Public notices ; Raiineanimat . greeting Knack . Egyptian deity Affirmative . Small dy ese sions . English tetter OOWN Sorrow I think people are growing wiser and het-| i xi Ft ter. bags: Pe “New styles and conventions have £ hea emancipated women. When.I was a young. | ‘7 ani of tne ster, men seldom saw a woman's in-step; : now they think nothing of seeing her step-ins, “Fifty years ago a boy. walked three or four miles to school but now he chides the bus driver when he fails to pick him up at his front door. “Fifty years ago a man bought a drink. Now, he buys a drunk. | “Fifty years ago there was more reli- gion and less creeds. Now! creeds and less religion; - “Fifty years/ago,, people an infamous woman... But row ~Ahe’s re-_ warded with a movie.contract.,.*. “Medical science has~“inereased the. span of human life. Fifty years ago many. people died from violent stomach pains. | Today they have their appendix removed the biel . Third. king of Jud lab, . Month of the ear: abbr. Cover with ~ cloth again Ws ad iad er “Electricity Has abolished household drudgery, enabling women to bridge their troubles. Now most of their troubles are} over bridge. . “Women used: to. gossip, over the back- yard fence. Now they can read it in print in their favorite daily newspaper. at BE KEY WESTIN \ Normal Mean | Yesterday's Precipitation ; Norma} Precipitation .... iy, record, covers 24-hour period chaheaon 8 e'clock this morning. ;Sun rises Sun sets .. {Moon rises Moon sets. - New moon, 13th Low . Baxometer at 8 a, m. today , Sea level, 30,01. noe City hittsbi % eid : WEATHER FORECAST MONDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1934, eco . ——# | U.S. Senator George McGill of [weather partly overcast tonight|Kansas, born in Lucas Co., lowa; and Tuesday. 55 years ago, East Gulf: Fresh northwest} winds. i John L. Lewis, noted labor leader, born at Lucas, Iowa, 54 years ago. 79, Rainftah® WEATHER CONDITIONS Disturbances are central this} py James H. Kimball of the U. morning over the Lake region and!s Weather Bureau in New York, joff the south Atlantic coast, and!porn in Detroit, 60 years ago, rain has occurred during the last > | 24 hours throughout the Gulf and | ; ae ji “)South Atlantic States, except Ty Sitoraay a cote a {central and southern Florida, rain'}.) 93 years ago. 3 “jor snow from Missouri and Ark-| $ x Eee | |ansas eastward over Virginia, and “ i. lin northern Michigan, and there} Dt. John D. Long, noted officer ‘Tomarcew's Tides jhas been light snow in northern |i? the U.S. Publie Health Service, A.M. -P. M.|New England. A high pressure/borm at Mt, Pleasant, Pai, 60 9:39. 9:31} area, crested over the northern |Years ago. 2:47! Rocky Mountain States, extends | : |southeastward into Texas, Tem-| Fred A, Shannon, professor.in | peratures are 7 to 10 degrees be-|the Kansas State College of Agri- }low normal this morning on the }¢ulture, Pulitzer history prize win- Lowest Highest | Gulf coast, and are conbsiderably | net born at Sedalia, Mo., 41 yeats Last Night Yesterday | above the seasonal average in most |@89- 32 46 {Northern districts, and in Florida, | 32 34 with readings 22 to 30 degrees} William Faversham, actor, bo 24 34 above normal in the Dakotas, Min-|in England, 66 years ago. 29 26 nesota and northern Michigan. —- 34 40 G. 8. KENNEDY, Mrs. Alice Roosevelt 30 42 Official in Charge. | worth, born 50 years ago. 24 36 : 26 38 20 28 36 58 36 40 28 46 36 54 a4 52 T. Ins: .06 Ins. — . Long. STEAMSHIP Co. oe te teeta UNITED STATES FAST P&O mm ' PORT TAMPA—HAVANA—WEST INDIES Pat 279 Effective April 27, 1933 32 36 ‘ BleeN Key West for Havana Tuesdays and Fridays 12:15 be ye Leave Havana for’Key West Wednesday. and Saturdays a6 a2 9:45 A. M. 30. 34 Leave Key West for Port Tampa Wednesdays and Satur- 26 32 days 6:30 P. M. 34 42 Tickets, Reservations and Information at Ticket Office on the 38 48 Deck, "Phone 71 30 34 J. H. COSTAR, Agent. 34 40 32, 46 64 78 28 36 40 30 40 DEPOSITS IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED UNDER U S. GOVERNMENT INSURANCE PLAN oe (Till.8. p. m, Tuesday) West and: Vicinity: Partly * “Living conditions. have greatly im- proved. There are more magnificent homes than 50 years ago—it was harder to mortgage your home then. “The auto has enabled people to. ac- complish more in less time, It has shorten- ed distances. It has placed many people nearer the -poorhouse, “But this old world is mighty hard to beat. It has improved in every way since 50 years ago.” THE REAPER’S HARVEST Each year sees many notable person- ages pass from the world’s stage to “the jtaxes only. DAYS GONE BY' Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen Arthur H. Sheppard, tax collec-| tor for the city, who predicted two weeks ago he would collect $70,000, now reports that he was in: error in his estmiate, but hap-| pily so, as his prediction has been exceeded by $13,000. The actual} amount of taxes paid is $83,-' cloudy and colder tonight and | Tuesday; moderate to fresh north- west winds. ay, fain, ‘colder in. south portion Wid: slightly warmer in» extreme} 4 ; northwest - winds and THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST Member of the Federal Reserve Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation U. S. Government Depositary nclianaselly 334.10, which is $20,000 in excess, of any other amount collected during January in the history of} Key West. The amount shown for | pure January, of this year is for current | | They’re chased by some cannibals, are Bimpo and Puff, And those spear-toting lads. sur play plenty rough. 's tripped, and he’s down, with a flippety-flop. : Those paid by delin- 1¢ hed only stayed home. with: his IPLEALELL A E bd didi dadidichalntdut 1) SPECIAL OFFER Landon’s old pugilistic records in-| great beyond,” and 1933 marked the pass- }avents:has not been tabulated. mom and his pop! clude a battle without gloves between two women, held in the year 1772. One of the conditions was that each woman was to -hold a coin in each hand during the fight and the one who first dropped a coin was to forfeit the fight. scratching. Qn January 1, 1840, the public debt of the United States was $3,500,000. On This was to prevent ing of a full quota of eminent characters. Among the hundreds of national and_in- ternational fame who died were the fol- lowing, with their ages at the time of death: Ex-President Calvin Coolidge, 60; Jim Corbett, 66, former heavyweight cham- pion; “Texas” Guinan, 49, night club hos- tess; “Fatty” Arbuckle, 46, actor; Alexan- der Legge, 67, former chairman Federal Earm Board; Rear Admiral W. A. Moffett, } 63, lost on the Navy dirigible Akron; Rev. Some people should use their “Think Caps” more often. If they did, they could . Save more money. A lot of people are al- ways thinking they will start saving tomor- row, but that tomorrow never comes. They should start saving today. That's easy. One of the best ways to save is by reading the newspaper advertisements and buying ~-where the best buys are. Although the broken. bits of 322 slot machines were consigned to Davy Jones’ locker only-a few days ago by the sheriff's office and dozens. more have been seized, <swyndicate men refuse to be discouraged. They still are approaching small store- keepers in outlying districts with the story that “everything’s fixed” and vague refer- ences to a “pay off” to some mysterious power. According to one operator, the machines are adjusted to “pay their own fines,” being regulated for an 80-20 “take.” ‘This means that for every dollar going into the machines, the simple souls who play *em can hope to get back but 20 cents over ~~the long pull.—Miami News. As Phineas T. Barnum once said, “there’s a sucker born every minute,” so the supply is never exhausted. Hello, sucker. . H. Parkhurst, 91; anti-vice*erusader ; Jack Pickford, 36, aetor, brother of Mary “ickford; General,.Frances,de.Binedo, 43, Italian aviator; W. L. (Young) Stribling, 28, heavyweight boxer; Rev. Henry Van} Dyke, 80, poet, educator and author; T. J. The chamber of commerce has received word from Senator Fletch-| er and Congressman Sears that they will support the measure bi fore the ways and means commit- tee to have a horizontal reduction ; made in tax on, cigars of varius | brands and sizes. Should the bill! become a law Key West manufac-! 1804—Died—Immanuel turers are of the opinion it will be jane o ; Q of great benefit to all concerned. |P ilosophers, almost 80. Today In History ‘ 1783—Oglethorpe landed Georgia to found a colony. Kant, greatest of modern Buy Now Before Prices Advance Inside Frosted Lamp Bulb, 15 to 60 Watt, 2 for 15c Owing to the immense tourist} travel to Key West it will be neces- sary to run the Goverpor Cobb: on; an extra trip to Havana. This trip} if to take care of the immense; overflow of tourist; travel experi-| enced when the train arrived this! morning. The Cobb sailed with | every stateroom occupied and} there were more than 200 passen- gers left in. Key West. Immediate: | 1834—(100 years ago) Died— Friedrich B;. (D. Schleiermacher, geleprs and ithe lebrate 1922—Pope Pius crowned, business men of the Piedmont sec+ tion. Four holes. on the golf course’ Walsh, 73, U. S. Senator, who died two jly on arriving in Havana the vessel |@% now ready for play and many, days before he was to have become attor- ney-general of the United States; Major J. W. Bean, 100, oldest retired Army officer ; Miss Mary C. Beard, 80, co-founder Boy Scouts; Major S. H. M. Byers, 94, aide to will return and. double back to Ha vana, tomorrow morning. An official visit was made to; Fern Chapter 21, O. E. S., on Fri-} day evening, February 8, by Mrs. Loca T. Oglesby, grand matron of tourists have visited the links ’in/} the past several days. pri ns of golfers, who go in for. tricky situations on the links and are capable of estimating the dif- ficulties to be overcome, the Key West course will be, when finish- AUTOMOBILE SUPPLIES Copper Tubing-for gas lines, 3 sizes, Extra quality Blow Torch, a “Lenk” i : 3-16", 14”, 5-16", per foot . 10¢ _. product, best grade, each $5.25 Silver King Metal Mepder, genuine liquid solder in tubes, tube Electric Solder Iron, easy and handy, each Oi} Cans with spout ........ Chromium Plated Pliers ......... 25c $1.00 . quired at Ate Open Hand 15¢ Heavy Bar Solder, per 50-50, : 60c Tinker Solder, bar 1 Ib Acid Core Solder, no paste re- per Ib Wrenches, per set 30¢ Socket Wrenches, set 55¢ and $1.25 Sherman in Civil War; A. J. Cermak, 59, | the state of Florida, 0. E. S. De-|€d. one of the best and most in- mayor of Chicago, shot by assassin at-|gree work was put on after which |‘Tiguing in the United States. tempting to kill President-elect Roosevelt; }% S¥™Ptuous banquet was enjoyed EPS TS the matr. 3 the Key Wes Editorial comment: If the hen; W. N. Doak, 50, ex-secretary of labor; E. ee Oe "| turned mpi lier Seas: pelea) worksal H. Sothern, 73, actor; Rev. William Moon, jWere searce and spent her time! 76, who had married 25,000 couples at Elk- pelucking; & bare) lorkcsteey) ae ton, Md. ™ _ x Roberts, as city attorney of Home- {stops advertising because. business A touch of irony is seen in the fact) stead, Fla. Mr. Roberts, who for-|i8 dull. he need not be surprised} that Major Charles Bradley, who founded j merly resided in Key West, has|h¢” the bank account gets lean. the “last man club” of the Rainbow Divi- |2¥™€rous friends here who will bel Th ca) teal -daeted 5 interested to le: f his election | e special train arriving yes. sion, A. E. F., and who doubtless hoped to}:, the position, {terday from Miami brought 203 be the “last man” of that division, died last passengers. Many of them were; year at Seattle when only 56 years old. News has been received an- nouncing the election of Ernest P.| Would soon starve. If a merchant jenroute to Havana but failed to} get the boat this morning because of the heavy travel to Havana. One hundred and twenty-five of the most enthusiastic and happy y aR ‘ Carolinians that ever left the cit A mild January is fine : if February | of Greenville, are now patel does not try to make up for it.—Cleveland | from that city to Key West. The} Plain Dealer. aggregation, composed of business! reenbcentenid ‘families, will travel} 35 es e a eorgia and Florida, arrive} Some of his friends in Louisiana un-| at Key West and after a short | derstood that croon to run, “Huey doesn't [stay, proceed to Cuba. The party) live here any more.”—Omaha World-|* beaded by W. P. 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