The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 21, 1934, Page 2

FAGE iw —_ Whe bes , Clest Citi Citizen pick| Published Daily Rxcept Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. i. P, ARTMAN, President. From The Citizen Building Corney: Greene and Ann Streets onty Dally Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County. rer Lallered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter CIPTY-FIFTH YEAR Membet of the Associated Press The Asséclated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatehes eredited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES eo — Une Year ... mx Months Three Months ... Dne Mon! Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application, F SPECIAL NOTICE All feading 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 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 6f 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 Wacker Drive, CHICAGO; General Motors Bldg., DETROIT; Walton Bidg., ATLANTA. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print i Switnout fear and without favor; never be ‘afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; always fight for progress; never be the or- - gan or the mouthpiece of amy person, clique, faétion of class; always do its utmost for the publie welfare; never tolerate corruption or + inj tice; denounce vice and praise virtue; tommend good done by individual or organ- © ization; tolerant of others’ riglite, views atd * opifiions; print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com- promise with principie. PAPE ESSA ARENT eae 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. | _s 0 A | Compared with the gold discord, these silver notés are rare harmony. ee ... Admiral Byrd, alone in his Antarctic iit, will at least escape the magazine and brush salesmen this summer. Proposed rubber-surfaced roads will enable the motorist to give the pedestrian “an extra lick on the first bounce. Reminiscences as a rule enly bore the réader or listener since their object gen- “erally is only to glorify the narrator. aue Streamlining and air-conditioning are all right, bat it just doesn’t seem. right for #Yocomative not to have any cowcatcher. _._ The real estate market may become «good again. When people come down out ofthe clouds they'll need something to land on. A student describes the stomach as a bowl-shaped cavity which contains the or- gans of indigestion—Key West Citizen. Well; isn’t it?—Times-Union. »... San Marino, the smallest republic, re- ceives much of its revenue from the sale of »stamps which are frequently changed to encourage purchages. Following suit, Postmaster Farley intends to issue changes | of stamps frequently, being particularly | encouraged to this practice by the success- ! ful issue of Mother’s Day stamps. Amer- | icans will not object to this Stamp Act by the genial Jim. Mrs. Bula E. Croker, concluding a speech at Key West the other day as a candidate against Mark Wilcox, said elected she would ride in over the bridges | now being sought for the Overseas high-| way on her next visit. That seems to be a reversal of the usual procedure, which is to | assure the voters you'll be back to see them as soon and often as possible-—Miami ! News. Her thought, perhaps, was farther than her wish. well advertised terms for those who could | j not, Cobo had brought the delinquency list | } down to 100,000 by April. if! np BALANCING THE BUDGET (Live Oak Democrat) | For the first time since 1926 the state | of Florida may be able to balance its bud- | get without the transfer of funds from one | department to another. H No man in the state deserves a greater unit of credit fr that situation than Colonel Jim Lee, Comptroller. The financial situation of the state at present is such that all obligations inctr- red since the present comptroller took of- fice on January 3, 1933, have been paid. Added to, the above statements may be counted the information that Colonel Lee has recently opened negotiations with the hanks in Tampa and Jacksonville, who advanced the state money several years} ago. The negotiations have been reopened by the state executive for the purpose of paying obligations amounting -to about $500,000. The loans were made during the last four years, before Col. Lee was elected. The financial condition of the state is| particularly brightening in view of the fact that many other states long ago went on script or defaulted in prompt payment of debts. Such a condition could easily have happened in Florida had it not been for the keen foresight of the comptroller, who early in his office set about to establish a campaign of collecting taxes which had in the past been reve only asa matter of | form. It is a known fact that prior to the ad- ministration of Colonel Lee practically none but the ultra honest thought of pay- ing any tax on intangible securities. Documentary stamps were placed on legal papers only oceasionally, and personal ‘praperty tax and taxes levied against many |—= large ignored, When the campaign first started for the collection of the various nearly-forgot- ten sources there were those who said it was merely “grandstanding” on the part of the new comptroller. When he took men from the main office and ak them on the road with instructions to ‘produce, those not friendly are reported to have said it was a loss of time. Collection from intan- gible sources alone ran into thousands of dollars monthly. Taxes on big pieces of property, particularly in the southern part of the state, and including resort hotels, were collected for the first time in years. This was done in spite of the fact that many said that to cause the big concerns to pay taxes would mean that they must close. Colonel Lee answered such’critics by say- ing that any concern not able to keep open beeause it had to pay taxes ought to be closed, In the past it has been the custom of different state administrations to follow a policy of “robbing Peten to pay Paul.” When one department would grow short of funds, money from a more fortunate branch of the state government would be taken. A noted illustration is shown in the last big transfer several years ago when $600,000 was taken from the road department to place the general revenue fund in a more prosperous role. incorporations were too often IT CAN BE DONE People who say delinquent taxes just can't be collected ought to consult offi. | cials of Detroit, according to the Miami}! ity attorney’s offiee, which is in the first res of a drive of its own on non-taxpay- citizens. Not long ago. in Detroit, | which is about the hardest hit by industrial |: and banking troubles of any city in Amer- ica, there were 237,000 delinquents out of 480,000 on the tax rolls. The city, perate, wondering how it could squeeze another cent out of destitute Detroit, hired Albert E. Cobo, a former business ex- ecutive, to supervise a collection campaign. By a judicious combination of legal action | inst those who could afford to pay and ! It all goes to} 1ow what a little determination and busi- | can de. Incidentally, our attor- e made a fine start themselves on | tection campaign, ittasmuch as 610 al taxpayers have come forward! within the last three weeks as compared to! an average of fewer than a dozen weekly i before the city commission's authorization ' of a hard-boiled campaign in their resolu-! tien of April 18.—Whirligig in Miami! i News. YH KEY WEST CI‘ LUNUSLIAL FACT FAMOUS, TRAIN ENTERS THE MOVIES! THE TWEN- TIETH CENTURY, CRACK NEW YORK CENTRAL TRAIN, WA USED FOR THREE WEEKS VIZEN . MONDAY, MAY 21, 1934 | cvecccctevesensesaccccce Today’ s Birthdays | Poceccacesreasenennassse Dr, Richard C. Cabot of Boston, \Physician and author, famed social :seientist, born at Brookline, Mass., 66 years ago. H STAR OF ‘2O*CENTORY ee £5 AN EG6 SHELL 1.000.000 YEARS OLD, ITIS VALUED AT, OVER A MILLION DOLLARS? Gustav Lindenthal of New} York, famed bridge builder, born} in Austria, 84 years ago. Maj. Gen. John L. Hines of W. Va., U. S. A., retired, born there, ie years ago. = ; jAs the truck speeds along the | Prof. Charles J. Bullock, noted dark highway that night, ear economist, born in Bos- | Puff sits very still, though ~ he’s tan;'@6: yours ago, shaking with fright. He knows he should jump now— William H. Donner, Pennsyl- before it’s too late: vania steel manufacturer, born at!“But we’s going so fast,” Puffy | Columbus, Ind., 70 years ago. thinks. “I must wait.” i Pim farm goed Relieved seeren eects :: Resinol | Augustus 0. Stanley, onetime} Kentucky governor and U. S. Sen- ator, born at Shelbyville, Ky., 67 E VERY MOTION PICTURE SET years ago. HAS TO HAVE A “FLY CHASER‘! THE SOUND OF FLIES BUZZING IN MICROPHONES RECORDS LIKE THE ROAR OF BOMBS, AND FLIES FLITTING BEFORE THE LENS CAST SHADOWS. LIKE A HERD OF ELEPHANTS / eV) HE Rt. Rev. John C. White, P. E. jbishop of Springfield, Iil., born in jLaurens Co., S. C., 67 years ago. 5 lthe effect that the jand Mortgage Company has agreed hmatter of interest was the des. |**’ WHILE FILMING THE COLUMBIA PICTURE ay 4, Ct ey, © 196 Codambin Pesta Sere DAYS GONE BY... Happenings Here Just 10 Years! Age Today As Taken From | Of The Citizen received a telegram | this morning from Carl E. Au- buchon containing information to} Mille¥ Bond to the proposition for building a} hotel at the corner of Duval and { Fleming streets, which, with the | cost of the property, will total} $450,000. Assurance is given the hotel will be finished by January | 1. Mr. Miller realizes that build-) ing the hotel will place Key West | in the front rank of progressive cities in Florida. Mr. Aubuchon} left eo after his conference | with Mr. “Miller, for New ‘York jwhere final arrangements for the construction of the hotel will be} made. H City council met in regular ses- sion last night. The principal n- ger bids which were opene the contract awarded. Harry Gwynn, who has been handling the scavenger contract in the past was given a new contract. Several! bids were also offered for the op- eration of the incinerator plant but council decided to defer this matter for later consideration. Dr. E. C. Lowe, city health officer, asked that an additional sanitary inspector be appointed, This ‘also was laid over to be considered at another meeting. Real estate activities which have been so pronounced in most of the! towns along the East Coast of the. state for the past several years, now appeat to be sweeping down the Florida Keys. This is the be- lief entertained by many promin- ent Key Westers as a great many are being received daily operators and property “You can't keep it back, " is the cry heard from It is only reason able to suppose that the pre ity that is being felt in other cities on the coast will be felt Key West and there are a gow imany people who are d right thing and keeping the movement ready to gras; portunity when it arrives. Editorial comment: The may be greater than the sword wut the hoe will provide more po. tatoes for dinner than both them. of The Ladd Company, Inc., makes jits announcement today The Citizen. The company com posed of men who have bern ac tive in promoting the interests o the city and ‘who have never lost faith in the possibilities of rt icity. President of the company i iFrank H. Ladd. The vice-presi dent is P. L. Wilson; E. A. Strank is secretary, A half-page an- in _ KEY WESTIN |" Carole Lomba THE F KING EM OF PORTUGAL PRESENTED To) GABY CAROLE RESTED ON FAMOUS B DURING THE MAKING FOUND IT TO HER Daily / ACROSS 1, Muminant 4. Tennysonian character 8. Antique . Insect | 18 Barly alpha- betic character . African tn- gredient of soups . Thing given or forfeited to God . Danger . Chief actor . Celestial or heavenly |. Summit . Social class . Looks down upon with contempt . Front of the foot . Type of ratl- way: collog. . Dry 2. Article » Abraham's birthplace . Existed . Salt a arsenic ac . Spanish priest Disfigure AMOUS BED Wi BLS. THE A PICTURE ? AND KING. Cross-word Puzzle eocee Solution of Saturday's Puzzie [MO[OTE|L tT OME MAP TAIC TA! IU] ELL JAIN 1G] [SIR LY NIC) 16. Smatt ti ot nega” 11, Footitke part oe Ei tlortee 22, Dessert 44, Condensea moisture 25. be usta 26. marks ae a8. Net “i home 29. Before i Midge of a — |. 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Arthur th the fact that |The searcity of these has caused deal in real ex. | the price to jump t> 75 cents a | pound while the white eggs can ibe bought for 30 cents the deoen.} The Citizen seknowledges re. | Club of Key} ject for a new the Commencement Exeteises of | Sheppard, com. tee of one appointed to investi- | e the possibilit um, reported it tructed for abou referred to the cen.| atter war tral committee wit ies of the aqua- could be con-} $600. The! tution. Women have unusual t th a request that: al! questions concerning the mat- tunities in Finland, where several | er be considered, tendered at and a report be | are erving as court judges. the next meeting. | The season tas catching turtle! has started and thus far four have! been captured. The delicious yel-} low ere ees of the turtle which are} in demand, eamnet be pro-/ vided im saffieient quantities to ceipt of an invitation to ow opper- No Discouraged Vegetables with THERE is still only one refrigerant that positively keeps. your vegetables as fresh and crisp as they should be crisp vegetables are not ICE ..ICE! And fresh, only .more appetizing, more wholesome. Use good, pure I C E. ICE REFRIGERATORS Made of All Metal—Equipped With WATER COOLERS They’re Economical! 1 00 Per Cent Refrigeration Satisfaction. PRICED AT $30 and $35 EASY TERMS—10 DAY FREE TRIAL CONDENSED STATEM ENT OF CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST as at the close of business March 5, 1934, RESOURCES Loans and Investments Overdrafts Banking House, Furniture Bonds of States and Pos- condi sessions of the United States Niro —— Publie Utility, Railroad and Other Bonds and yer Demand Loans, Stock EB change Collateral . — Federal { United — ment Securities Cath roy ‘due from Banks $ 245,911.88 833.54 32,995.26 164,370.68 84,561.20 90,442.00 6,000.00 . 789,526.55 303,687.08 1,498,407.6% LIABILITIES Cireulation . Deposits ae Sonen and Undivided Profits... $1,718,238. omen 10000086 1,408,624.02 H718298.13 MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM MEMBER OF THE TEMPORARY INSURANCE FUND OF THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION U. 5. GOVERNMENT DEPOSITARY