The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 7, 1934, Page 2

PAGE TWO © She Bes Ciesi Citizen: Published Daily Rxcept Sunday By ‘HB CYDIZEN, PUBLISHING CO. INO. J. P. ARTMAN, Presigems, From The Citizen Building vorher Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County. ntered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter FiPTY-FIFTA the Associated Press is exclpsively entitled to ase for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the Jocg} news. published here.” SUBSORIPTION RATES ADVERTISING HATES 2 known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE Alb reading notit cards of ar be pet ag od t respect, obituary notices, etc, will be charged for: the rate of 10, Matices for ente Seteaca ny churches from which memtnun to to be derived are & cents ‘ine. * The Citizen “s ‘an open forum ser inv ites diseus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general tnterest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cai Sen, WATIONAL ee REPRESENTATIVES OST, LANDIS & KOHN 250 Park rode New’ York; 86 Hast Wacker Drive, _ CHICAGO; General Motors, Bldg., DETROIT; Walton Bldg., ATLANTA. - Water and Sewerage. " Bridges to complete Road to Main land. . Free Port, _ Hotels and Apartments Bathing Pavilion. Aquarium. : ' Airporte—Land and Sea, Consolidation of County and City Governments. ‘WILL always seck the truth and print & without fear and without. favor; never be pricy vy ae ng pRogresg; never gan o thie mouthplece af aBy person, clique, faction, or class; alwaya de ite utmost for the || President, sought the, policies. ; 4 Washington and Ambassador SPECULATING ON DEATH On May 31 The “The Citizen carried a story to the effect: that ‘Lloyds of London} were doing @ big business in ‘insurance | covering the risk of anything happening: to | i President Roosevelt, and the article stated | that there were three forms of premiums: | Five percent against the death by as-: sassination or accident. I Seven and a half percent against death by ordinary causes. Twelve and three-fifths percent | against the president being totally in- | i ) capacitated. | Lloyds agent in New York stated, how- | ‘éver, that nosimilar policies were being taken-out in the United States, Further dispatches from London in- ' form that Lloyds no longer write insurance based onthe actual possibilities of the death or assassination of President Roose- | velt. It is. stated the practice was disc me | tinued at the direct request of the British foreign office. Several weeks ago some one with a mania for speculation obtained Apeurance | FS 4 on the life of the President. *Sinee then there have been numerous ; demands for policies covering the possi- bility that President Roosevelt, within a one to two-year period may. cease to, be. head of the United States government. Business.men who 2 e he | pendent on the health and sen The practice of this sort a eareea| | was. also viewed with grave’ concern at; Bingham was instructed to make representations to the British government. While death must come to all men, high and low, it is not a pleasant thought . to speculate on the time when this supreme moment will take place, and the protests to Lloyds made by both the Ajmer- ican and British governments will meet ‘| with general approval. HARRY HOUDINI A recent article recounts the feats of the late Harry. Houdini who. was perhaps the greatest magician, of all. time—a man whose mysterious, performances led many - to believe that he was endowed with'super- claims. ~ A& poor spirit is poorer than a poor purse. ‘ + Congratulations to the winners and sympathy for the losers. “ : ORO - {If Will Rogers ever cracks up while flying it will probably be a wise crack. : Giving a lady driver plenty of road- way is always polite and often prudent. *The senatorial aspirations of Mr. Frank- lin have been obliterated. Those Key} West boys are “tough guys,” and not so bad equelohed. : ST Ra RE eo ‘ It appéars, théfe are. other. candidates, aspiring to be known as the most graceful bieycle rider in Key West ‘besides The] Citizen's choice, our fellow townsman, Thos. B. Roberts, Jonah does not vote in the primary, because he “done graduate.” But in the general election he is there in full force and flying colors. The Citizen, porter is a sort of business moralist when it comes tovexercising his election prerogative. He made the observation that if a crooked of- fige-holder took $1,000 graft and another took $500, he would vote for the latter on account of being a lesser criminal, having heard that of twa evils to choose the lesser, <feace Opprobrium that was formerly con. } nected with the words: “political ring” is on the wane. To the intelligent elector it means that those who are in office want to remain and those who are out are trying to get in, and when the latter are in they be- lovg to the ring, and are in turn denounced. The voters have been duped so often with this specious accusation that they are con- vinced it is the bunk, and pay but little at- tention to the ravings of demogagues in the doubtful interest they profess for the “dear loud mouthings, but facts calmly and in-} telligently stated, natural power. ..« .» But Houdini himself made. no, such He declared that. he performed his astounding exhibition acts through sheer physical dexterity acquired by years of study and practice. His ability to es- cape from a wooden hex, wrapped with ropes and chains, in which he was bound hand and foot and placed under water, was a remarkable example of his skill, while he repeatedly demonstrated. that he . could release himself from any kind of : handeuffs or shackles that might he placed F upon him. One of Houdini’s feats was to remain in a sealed coffin under water for an hour and a half, conserving the oxygen in the | small air space by. taking short and in- frequent breaths, » Much attention was given by Hondini } to the exposure of spiritualistic mediums, all of whom he denounced indiscriminately jn as frauds. He m@@é a standing offer of $10,000. to any. m, who could pro- duce: any. phenome ywhich he could: not duplicate through, na a agencies. The reward was, never Houdini wrote vas books on vari- ous phases of his art, but it is said that the secrets of his most important and almost incredible performances died with him. During his lifetime he thrilled mil- ‘lions of spectators lap vi the world, including many rulers and notables, but his most lasting contribution to the advance- ment of civilization was his fearless and uncompromising warfare upon charlatanry in all its forms, and its attendant frauds and: superstitions, ANENT THE HEN Editor. of the Cocoa Tribune gets off | this excellent bit of philosophy: Hard times mean nothing to the hen. She keeps on digging worms and laying; . eggs, regardless of what the neMspapers |< say abeut conditions. If the ground is | hard she scratches harder, If it is dry she digs deeper. But always. she digs up worms and turns them into hard-shelled profits, as well as tender boilers, Did you ever see a pessimistic hen? Did you ever know of a hen starving to death waiting for worms to work them- . selves up to the surface? Did you ever hear one cackle because timea were hard? Not on your life. The hen saves her breath for digging and her cackle for eggs. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Daily Cross-word Puzzle ees CMOOSORSSSRHESCEQSO ARES OCOCCORROaASALECRGCCe ACROSS Solution of Yesterday's Puzzle & ‘Woolly surfaen a 4 Hawaiian god [AICTT MP IATRI TS} ate] pees to ~ ES) a & mari sind” ik ae 3 al PAF I tranche it ier (Violmicle ty Pe Bathsad oe RIEIP ir 1] [mm] OR) 110) _ tae 3]>["4]20] 3 Saal —[a|m| [0 |rn]-4|mlO] <IC| ce me f oe it 3 Ete point = Fina the sum 4 fina’ je arrow | } Hintwiaed: 40. Tropical Atets | - Inline the oh om ‘trot i ae oS ag — pyan* 3 Smonine 42, Colored levic ea Sone lace a ry Pe 4. Sosa? years, He Se % os Sate oe | “KEY WEST IN aay Biibdaye IDAYS GONE BY' POCeerasseraeeenaeaceces ;. Albert S, Burleson of Austi | Tex., Postmaster-General under. Happenings Here Just 10 Years! pr... Wilson, born at San Marcos, Ags Today As Taken From Tex., 71 years ago. i} Normal bik aot ght | Sea level, 29.96, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1984.- | PASSES UP ALLOWANCE - [ca TODAY'S WEATHER |) sxemess my nove Heft $10,000 a year by his wife un- Temperature* jrainfall being heavy at Tampa, (til he should marry again, has for- SHEFFIELD, 85 ....75|corded. Temperatures have fallen s ...80}in the Lake region, Detroit, Mich. 81|reporting a 90 degree maxim ig. — Herbeit , where 2.68 inches were re-, feited the annuity by taking # cond wife, Although she is 74 years old, * Rai yesterday and a 50° degree mini-; Mrs. Peter Holland is taking iny ‘Yesterd: Pre ee where changes have heen unim-! “Thin rerarg caveen 3 | ending aes o rors aate > Official: in. Charge. | | High | Low Barometer at 8 a, m,, today: _1780—Blijah Hedding, copa bishop, born in Dutchess Co., N.Y. Died at Poughkeepsie, April | — j9, 1852. ! Til 8 p. m., Friday { Key West and Vicinity: Partly 1843—Susan E. Blow, pioneer Reson! seiett and Friday with'teacher of the kindergarten meth- ods, born in St. Louis, Died, in New York, March 26, 1916, WEATHER FO! FORECAST 1845—John F, Goucher, Balti-! more clergyman and college presi- jdent, founder and benefactor of ‘mission movements the world over i born at Waynesburg, Pa. Died} Indy 19, 1922. | H —— y, 1857—Samuel M. Crothers, em- jinent. clergyman and essayist, horn “iat Oswego, 1. Died in Cam- | oceasional shandarshingers's gentle bridge, Mass, Nov. 9, 1927. j | ' { he, moderate: gustenty ‘wretias | 1858—ranklin P. Glass, noted Florida: Partly cloudy’ tonight | Alabama newspaper publisher and and Friday; local thulidershowers editor of his day, born at Centre. Friday and possibly showers in ex-;ville, Ala, Died in. Birmingham, treme south portion tonight. jJan, 10, 1934, Jacksonville to Floridg Straits: Spel, tees Gentle to moderate east to south} 1865—Edwin, E. Slosson, popu- j winds and partly overcast weather!lar American writer on scientifi jtonight and. Friday with accasion- ‘subjects, born at Albany, Kans. al. showers, East Gulf: Gentle to modacatey easterly winds over south portion} and southeast or south aids over north, portion. WEATHER CONDITIONS A slight disturbance is central this morning off the middle At- lantie coast and pressure continues low in the Plains States; while the northern high pressure area j Died in Washingtén.'D. portant, with readings near. or ? i - DEPOSITS IN, THIS BANK ARE INSURED UNDER U S. GOVERNMENT INSURANCE PLAN 06 Ins,}™um this morning; while else. struction at a Chicago airport. . €., .Oety 1879-—Knud Rasinassen, famous pat eae STE SEG Danish Arctie explorer, borii. Died eeesusesecgeseosocese= Dec. 2), 1933. 3 The Files Of The Citizen The feature of the Flag Day Now overspreads the Lake region, Carl B. Roden, Librarian of the} #%@ Pressure is moderately | high Prdende ys ty by ths Bing{Chicago Public Library, horn at}Over the South Atlantic | States. program to be given by the Elks Showers and thunderstorms have THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK : OF KEY WEST Member of the Federal Reserve Lodge on June 11 will be reading or Use or on SENN rer nie si and awarding prizes e wine ndrew ‘onnor,, § note: ners, A mat many essays Rk Poms a sculptor, born at Wor- been ‘submitted and the interest! cester, Mass., 60 years ago. manifested by the school boys and! AT ED girls of Key West is evidénce of Col. Henry S, Todd of New the interest which is in the hearts) york, portrait painter, born in St. of the young folks of this genera- Louis, 63 years ago. tion. One of the flags which will . be given as a prize is on exhibi- Dr. Hermann Hille of Chi tion in the window of J, L. Stow-; e oO cago, ers Music Company. Prizes ‘are noted chemist, born in Germany, $10 cash and a silk American flag;,°% Years ago. ‘ $5 cash and a silk American flag. | and third prize a silk American | flag for the first grade. Other cash prizes and flags are to be given winners in the sixth, seventh} and eighth grades. i sip City, Mo., 63 roars ago. Sir Landon Ronald, famed. Eng- ish musician and composer, born 1 years ago. Subscribe to The Citizen. While the promoters and adyo-| will be made, ability and education cates of the hotel to be erected in| to be first considered. @ position at present to give out any information relative to pro-! 4 most delightful and enjoyable eeedures it is known that engi- | banquet was given at the Victoria. ra have been, in the. city for | restaurant yesterday by Troop 5, s@me time looking over the site girl scouts, in honor of Miss Ade- abd. making necessary ‘estimates | jing Mulbe ‘g, Who intends leaving 4 to cost of the structure. Since! ror the north in a few weeks, An aoa the rd ba Ss Sp sin appetizing menu was served dur- ote! atta - ve been received as to when the; end pone sdygperepeite he, hotel will be started. Most: of | these queries have been accom-/ panied. by requests for informa. tion on the realty situation and} Anchor Lodge 182, Free and some have asked for prices on} Accepted Masons, will entertain land adjacent to the site. jwith a lawn party and social! at [the lighthouse grounds Wednes- The Seventh Lighthouse District} day evening, June 11. All masons will shortly lose two of its most|and their families are extended an valued employes, both of themjimvitation, also members of the Key Westers. Clifton Lopez, keep- | Eastern Star and DeMolay organ. er at the lighthouse depot and also; izations. An excellent musical commander of the Tender Poppy,| Program is being arranged and has tendered his resignation tojlight refreshments will be seryed. become effective atthe end of a leave of absence which culminates! Troop 1, Boy Scouts, with which next month. The other i¢ B. B.| Troop 4 was recently consolidated, Himes. assistant ‘superintendent, |is arranging a series of events to who has resigned to accept a given as benefits for the pur- gineering position with a ree pose of raising funds to defray ex- land development company at! penses of the treop’s trip te Ha- West Palm Beach. vana, Miss Lena Johnson, ttroop’s scoutmother, will ansist! ae age Ni os Fe ne erat sd in making the affairs a merican a fairly de-jgreat success, cent respect for the constitution is better material for filling an | Smooth portant public position than is ¢ Clear hidebound follower of some par-| Doa’t endure ‘tieular brand of partisanship. was enjoyed afterwards. Music was furnished by a local orchestra. 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