The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 24, 1934, Page 2

ay es vk ‘Streets : | ly Daily Newspaper In Rey West and Monroe "fanaa aU GEay What Prarian, wo second cians matter fact, the use of lightning rods was quite common for many years. But the lightning rod business eame to ‘he exploited by slick-tongued apd often unscrupulous agents, seme of whom led their farmer customers outright, gthers installed the rods in such a faulty manner as to make them worthless. widespread that the rods were only fakes, apyway, and of no practieal proteetive value. In recent years, however, it has been scientifically demonstrated that lightning reds, properly installed, are really effec- tive. A leading eleetrical expert, who specializes in the study of lightning and ‘anonymous commun! BATIONAL ATIVES 0 Fark New York; 85 Wacker Drive, gh igs Fh ® 5 z 2 least in some sections of the country. In j | { 4 saresult a strong prejudice against |-3 ightning rods developed and their use was | * almost discontinued. The idea became |» } i * Normal *Thin ending at |Low ... Kaatendags Precipitation 82 Ii Barometer at 8a, m,, toda Sea level, 39.01. WEATHER FORECAST -—— | Till 8 p. m., Wednesday | Key West and Vicinity: i . | | weather tonight and Wednesday. Bainfali* a ee) Jern Rocky Moustains tinna and in central and thunderstorms i” Fair was fair. ting about 100 milee south of ‘Temerren’a Almgnes ivan City, La. It is of made ‘Sun rises es bal i ty led by — Sun_ sets :. EB a 7 Moon rises 6:49pm. rane winds “near . ~ Moop sets. 4:38 9, m | Pressure is highest over Bort and 2 Rains were general during the y: {last 24 hours im Gulf coast ote ue bs and i Florida, There were also Pa F S tisewhere the weath kotas. Elsewhere < Temperature changes nee yet be terday morning have heen new® means for combating it, recently declared | ible. However, very high te SMCAGO: DETROIT; ® , © So regh - that a good lightning rod will afford pro- | Feratures continue throughod ion i . i t the Qhio, upper and middie Mi ~ : » | tection in 99 cases out of 100. | fosentes ane z § \ eippi and Missouri Valleys 4 IMPROVEMENTS POR KEY WEST Most lightning damage occurs in the | re-em—r—»—~—v—~—»—1—~— | eppeegoenenepeeraneneres | “Roe qngesee, serneceane| the upper Lake — in a t 50 deaths from 7 PQ Dodey’ Sy ] at ‘oda n Histor region just mentioned ther ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN country, and of about ! ‘Today's irthdays »day In Histo. ” sationed | nem sade : lightning each year nine out of 10 are KEY WEST IN i Tod: - rays lage ose Seal ow ae ae st Lwin _ eK ‘among, the rural population. Lightning DAYS GONE BY William Gillete of New\York,| 1701—First settlement made in} 8 tempersture of 90 degrens att P Road to Main damage'is almost unknown in cities, where | eS lactor, born at Hartford, Conn., 79 Detroit by Cadillac and his'Freneh o'clock this morning and the tq + oe Py * the steel frames of skyserapers carry the Monereings, Here ae 9 Years years ago. | company, : : ¥ ws reached oe — ~ H ci holts harmlessly into the ground. | | Age toner De Aenean Frey a | tonight- apd Wednesday; moderate 88 degrees. — rn % 2. 4. Tree Port i . ae + «She Bites RE The Citizen Charles V. Vick founder- |. 1794—Climax of the so-called | southeast winds. time bigh mark © 4 y and Apartments pale naa ik —— sciourcuasate BS aby of. ce “Golden” Tule Vhiskey Rebellion in Western} ~ Florida: Generally fair tonight was recorded. =". a sateen. UNGROUNDED FEARS |" ‘At a special meeting of the|Foundation, New York, born at ylvania—Protest of’ Govern. | and Wednesday, ye ty ge og a bed i} aN A 7 eee = Segheae ment’s tax on liquor suppressed ' :ksonville to Florida Straits; ville and uron, degrees} oan board of public works last night fola, Ill., #8 years ago. tae 4 | Jacksonville to ja Little’ Rock, 168 degrees; Nab 6. Aquarium. ‘aint Herat oo EO Ge purebes of opening! by militia sent by President Wask-' Gentle variable winds becoming . : adie. (Miami Herald) theld 1 purpose of op ington, irene i partly overcast Orleans, 98 degrees. . ; 1, Alsporte~riaud bids for the sale of $60,000 bonds) Amelia Earhart (Putnam), \easterly and _ partly ee OLDENtTE, ; ey over the results of the federal govern- ment’s movement to assist Key West getting back to normal prosperity. They fear that when the government makes Key West the “Bermuda of the United States,” other cities which are attempting to establish them- selyes asresort communities will suffer and that tourists will be deflected from the mainland to the island city. And some of these papers: are gnite ¢voss about it. They blame Key West for getting into trouble. They blame the gov- ernment for attempting to help Key West at the expense of the rest of the state. They blame those towns that are now well stabilized resorts for not making more fuss about it. : i in i l i i ¥ ii i i i i i rT I i i = i $ z =e 3 i ee i i i i iE g i i i i iti Of course, they are wrong. In the .(— first place, the United States government : Don't envy the vieh. Pity the poor. does not propose to create a new Bermuda ; in Key West. . Its sole object under the re- § The end crowns ali—when coming} construction act is to assist Key West in ; home at 8 a.m self-rehabilitation. That’s all. : one - They are wrong about another thing. : Look ahead—otherwise you'll see the | Even if the government should glorify Key | ‘competition catehing up in back of you. West and ereate there a most attractive ! - winter resort, that would not injure the An honest confession may he good for | other resort towns of Florida. the soul, but it doesn't help one’s reputa- ; ; : : { ton. ‘ - : : ' ereation of a new winter resort would in- jure or destroy those already well estab- lished. : But the years of experience and com- mon sense have shown that nothing like that oceurs when a new tourist town’ is es- tablished, |; faith ace Miami learned, long ago, that .what- ever helped any other town in'the state, es- ly of south Florida, helped Miami. town and city on the East Coast of lorida has been henefited by the splendid f achievements of this city. Towns in the center of the state and on the West Coast have been helped, not injured, hy Miami’s popularity as a tourist city, and, con- versely, all those cities on the East Coast and on the West Coast haye contributed largely to Miami's growth and prosperity. _——-- } Some there were who thought that i The United States is a bird sanctuary | Hayana would prove a strong competitor to a filue Basle, but there are a lot of | Miami in securing winter visitor business. Modern strikes have developed into a eystem resembling open warfare. Two of a | i kind! ie i Se THAME HANH ils depided to build another battleship. Alarm is spreading in Burope. The pestimist kndws that dvervthing | jp is wreng but doesn't know’ what to do _thout it. ; — Hitler claims to have saved Europe by jis purging of the Storm Troopers. In this statement he seems to have taken in a lit- the too much territory, reconcibles who ave taking surreptitious} Time has demonstrated that the nearness 14 at General Johnson's beloved bird. of Hayana and the city’s undoubted attrac- -- | tions have drawn people to Miami in ever . Phere is o big moyement. in New York j increasing numbers. Oity te teach peeple how to swim. One} So those newspaper writers who are leven tanght by the recent depression, | predicting dire things for the winter visi where ve got in up to oy necks and didn’t | tor business of some towns in south Flor- know our way out. ida might as well fold their apprehensions oe away in moth balls, beeause nothing is go- A counterfeit gapg has been a ing to happen even if a lot of new winter 1 eOvered in New York printing $20 hills} resorts are opened in the state. The more identical with those of the government ex-{ the merrier. eopt in the numbering system. the wrong direetion. Geniys jn ee You haven't much left to bank on . when your last dollar has been drawn and In the recent “cleanup” of some of the | quartered,—Philadelphia Bulletin. moyies coming out one of Mae West's wo was sent hack to have a few scenes “Butchers Weigh Strike.” New York over. Somebody is going to lose a lot! headline. Keeping the thumb off the office appeal, | scale, we hope and trust.—Detroit News. A few state papers affect concern | in Florida; -That was an old superstition that the approved at a recent election, the! aviatrix, born at Atchison, Kans..,! highest bidder was shown to be 36 years ago. ibest figures ever received in a matter of this kind. 10 bond companies bidding, the . highest being the Grant company, | and the lowest Harris and Oates company of Te- iledo, Ohio, with an offer of $60,-) 1552. Battery B, National Guard, will leave Key West next Wednesday ‘pany, N. Y., 66 years ago. 7:30 o’clock in the evening over ‘c Hy ‘ the en route to Fortress Monroe, V. for will be Approximately 60 men and officers leaving. of the company 1847—Founding of Salt Lake| Hygiene, New York, born at Man- lius, N. ¥., 46 years ago. | smenmency “cole, There were STREET BRICKS STOLEN Rt. Rev. James E, Freeman of | Stranahan, ; Washington, D. C., P. E. bishop,} barn 4 New, York, 68 years ago. MARION, N. Y¥.—Bricks of the re- Schenectady, N. Y., born at Al-|— j 666. LIQUID, TABLETS, SALVE, Frederick Law Olmstead of | Boston, noted landscape architect, | q horn in New York, G4 years azo. onoog, Ge PRORS: eas : in ys, Colds | first day, Headaches or Neu- ralgia in 30 minutes ' Florida East Coast Railway annual encampment. ‘Theve The personnel | represents the} Lord Dunsany, Irish poet and East Gulf: Moderate southeast erate intensity is centered about {100 miles southwest of the mouth of the Mississippi River moving, Pheoe 135 aaa t CS ;moved from the streets this | icity, and piled along the sides to, | Dr, Edward Ellery, chemist and be re-laid, have been stolen by, ‘acting president of Union College, thieves, 1 UNITED STATES @ORT TAMPA—HAVANA—WEST INDIES Effective April 27, 1933 Nigh! 696-W TEAMSHIP Past MAIL ROUTES FOR Temporarily in Charge. the R. M. Grant Company of New} City by Brigham Young and ‘his | winds over east and ra erlang por Lopez “York City. The amount offered} . f ;140-odd Mormons, nd fresh southeast winds dimin- hy Agena was $63,498,, Col. H. Edmynd Bullis, travel- ee ese ‘ishing over northwest portion. FUNERA L Ho ™M i selli ; ', lecturer, executive officer of | Established care making the selling price of the * s SR ge rope Pe 1933—President’s appeal by ra-' ss . ‘i West's Oldest bonds 105.83, which is one of the the Natl. Committee for Mental digita eign up indeelinally og A disturbance of slight to mod ni Key Leave Key West for Havana Tuesdays and Fridays 12.45 Pp. M. Leave Havana for Key West Wednesday. and Setundaye 9:46 A. M. Leave Key West for Port Tampa Wednesdays and Satur days 6:80 P. Tickets, Reservations and taf ormatign at Ticket Offices oe Ge highest type of young Key West-' dramatist, born 56 '$ ago. i ine L . us Phone 71 ‘ ers and the certainty is that the te tase eee nas famine | 3. H. COST..R, Agent. | battery will make a perfect shows » ib did not take the | " = ing. They have been undergoi y committee long to} aa re a x obit Ad strgnuous training in artillery » ball roll and now dy hen (he| QOPI I OI OEM OOM ES practice months, recently been entered on the roster of the organization and it is un-} A derstood athers will join before; frditorial comment: The- people | the date for leaving for camp ar-!4¢ Key West are urged” to ‘put rives, FP. W. Roberts of Olivia street aid Windsor Lane has been a par- ty to transactions recently. Boca Point was sold to an outsider bj Mr. One pieces of news publ Ci story about the thre tee having been z will be giyen suf carry on the advertising campaign. joint me and maintain booths during coming toprist se ends to develop the trac first payment was made on acres at Sugar Loaf. was owned by Mr. Roberts and H. B. Haskins and was sold to T. A. Lumley and Curtis) Pinder, Roberts sold 1¢ Pine Key to Mrs. F. B. Emerson ‘of the Emerson Realty company of Miami. A binder has been put up for another deal which means the sale of 89 acres on Boea Chica. | ust. for the past several scverything will be Several young men have time comes to start the s ing campaign, vertis- | ithejr best foot forward~ but urged to do something bes’ kicking with it. three important redlty' icy, ‘The Naval Station team added another victory to their string by defeating the team from the U. $ Galyeston yesterday, The game | as lively from start to finish but ths shore team of the navy had! the edge on the boys from the ship! iby reason of h g had more! and: consistent pr ce than the crew of the Galveston. The score! was 8 to 2. Roberts and the estate of th George W. Allen. The bu: LZ AO This trac! Big én eres Jefferson B. Browne, of the| State Supreme Court, expects to} arrive in Key West early in Aug- Justice Browne will remain for a month v ng with pleasing , tives and friends. ed in The was, the way commit! ed that it nt funds to’ Kas rela- the of most Ber Mis....: e number of | om diff t parts of coast arriving over the st this morning to hold a ing with the Key West the organization. The visitors were on. The delay, met at the station by many local vity of the for- Rotes in automobiles and were central committee led many taken for a ride around the city before the business session com- me n in. many da: Per M. .. Per M. . conducted. PLLEAZLALLAAPELEES PROM, Per Gallon Ps DEPOSITS IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED UNDER U §. 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 Chek he ded ke Phone 598 TIF I PPL TILE WALL BOARD SHERWIN WILLIAMS FLAT TONE WALL PAINT ULAR INSIDE COLORS TO South Florida Contracting & Engineering “Your home is worthy of $75.00 UPSON WALL BOARD $55 00 SQUARE DEAL BOARD BABLOO 15 $2.80 PO CHOOSE the hest” MEMEO MEMEME EEE ee aided i Co. White and Eliza Streets SAY FOLKS, DONT FORGET IN YOUR REHABILITATION PROGRAM THE INSIDE OF YOUR HOME IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE OUTSIDE IF. YOUR WALLS AND CEILINGS NEED REPAIRING TRY OUR “WALL BOARD” AND §. W. FLAT TONE PAINT (_~2tittdttdndadéttd aae8. YOU WILL BE MORE THAN SATISFIED--YOU WILLL BE HAPPY --AND YOU WILL HAVE WHAT YOU’VE ALWAYS WANTED : i <POAPOPPEAPAIDDLOLP AS oa