The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 25, 1934, Page 2

| of her metal structure. She is the first rigid dirigible to complete a normal span of life without meeting disaster. _ The Los Angeles, originally ‘desig- nated as the Z-R 3, was built in Germany for the United States under the terms of the peace treaty after the World War, and was delivered at Lakehurst, N. J., on October 15, 1924, after a flight of 5,000 miles from Germany in 51 hours, a new record at that time. A notable feat of the Los Angeles was $f! that of making the first landing of a diri- _ wn | Sible on a carrier ship at sea, accom- | ‘ ) | plished on January 27, 1928, when. she | eame to rest on the deck of the naval car- rier Saratoga. She made a number of notable trips, including flights to Cuba and the Canal Zone. , Serapping of the Los Angeles leaves only two large rigid airships in the world, Graf Zeppelin of Germany. All the rest | have been destroyed in disasters, with the result that the building of this type of air- An illuminating article on the heavy people appeared in a recent issue of the United States News, which shows that 20 SIDELIGHTS a ged mina Citisen This is more than is spent for food, : and much more than is spent for clothing Al Smith is said te have made this} and rent on homes combined. Careful esti- erack when someone asked what chance | mates indicate that the average citizen’s si foes of the New Deal had to organize their | dollar of income is spent as follows: 3 oppeaition: “No chance at all so long as Taxes, 20c; food, 17c; clothing, 9c; 7 the government keeps giving away money; | rent, 9c; automobile, 6c; fuel and light, nebedy shoots at Santa Claus.” 5e; household furnishings, 4c; insurance, oi ‘ -_— 8c; medical attention, travel and recreation - Arriving at Manchester, Pa., to ad-| and the movies, about 2¢ each; tobacco dyes « farmers’ rally on their new farm} and laundry, le each. This leaves about mortgage law, Senator Frazier and Con-| 19c for miscellaneous expenses and sav- Lemke found .no crowd as-| ings. These figures are averages, and * Smbled. Inquiry disclosed that the rally | Vary greatly according to individual in- / Was being held in Manchester, Md., 20| comes and spending habits. ‘Willes away, where they hurried in time to } Persons who own little or no property speak to 2,000 waiting citizens. I may imagine that they do not contribute much in the way of taxes, but it should be borne in mind that all taxes are finally passed on to the ultimate consumer of tional income is swallowed up by federal, state and local taxation. * Insurance against kidnaping is not written by companies in the United States, 3 talt can be obtained in England. This goods or services. ee seems all the more stvange when we re- The nation’s tax bill is now more than that this country has more kidnapings nine billion’ dollars a year, and the fed- any other, while England has never | eral government, as well as many state and had a case of kidnaping for ransom in all | lecal governments, are still going farther its history. | and farther in debt. What the tax bill will be a little later can only be guessed, but it is sure to be much higher than at present if government spending on_ its present lavish scale continues. ; Girl golf caddies have been banned by _- &f Ordinance passed by the city council of : Lachine, Quebec, the employment of girls in that capacity having been declared “im- moral” by Judge Robillard of the juvenile court, Golf language of our northern neighbors must be bad as our own. SOME LONG:WORDS-: What is the longest word in the Eng- lish language? That is a hard question to eee | answer, as writers have from time to time A monument to Thomas A. Edison| coined words of extraordinary length wae recently unveiled at the Twashimizu | which have never gotten into general use. shrine in Japan. It was from bamboo The longést in Webster’s International freee Hear thie shrine that Edison made! dictionary is honorificabilitudinitatibus, the filaments first used in the development | defined as “honorableness,” a pedantic af the incandescent lamp some 55 years ; nonsense word, used by Shakespeare in ago. { “Love’s Labor Lost,” and containing 27 let- ters. Out prices on cigarettes, which some But in chemical treatises may he stores have used as bait to attract trade for | found even longer words more wonderfully other merchandise, are placed under the | compounded than the chemical products ban ofthe NRA. The giving of coupons is | which they describe. For example, tetrahy- | alee to be discontinued, the practice being | droparamethyloxyquinolint, with 31 let- comidered equivalent to a rebate, hence a ters; also paraoxymetamethoxyallylben- species of unfair competition. Even the! zene of 30 letters, and others. quantity of matches that may be given with English must yield the palm to some cigarette purchases is strictly limited. In | foreign languages, however, when long time it may become unlawful to give a} words are considered. fellow-smoker a light. zengrabenvernichungautamobile, with 35 letters, is as formidable as the war engine Attorney General Cummings has or- | it describes. In English this machine is = dered an investigation of an alleged i commonly designated by the four-letter voree racket,” in which certain American | word “tank,” a saving of 31 letters going lawyers are said to have obtained Mexican } te the credit of our mother tongue. divorces for their clients by mail. ‘These | have generally been declared invalid by | Greek word of 181 letters, which ap- state courts, this resulting in many legal | propriately enough is the name of a dish complications over property, bigamy ! containing many ingredients. We call it e changes, and legitimacy of children. simply “hash.” the United States Navy’s Macon and the | 1. Water and Sewerage. eraft has been abandoned by all nations: & Bridges to complete Road to Main |! oxcept the United States and Germany, and, ; ‘|| They might well follow suit, as the diri- ‘Pree Port. ene [| gible has proved to be an expensive death 4 Hotels and Apartments trap, of little practical value either in ‘S, Bathing Pavilion. peace or war. 6 Aquarium. = 1, Aleparte—Land and Sea, : 20 PER CENT FOR TAXES & Consolidation of County and City burden of taxation borne by the American ; per cent, or one-fifth, of the entire na-| In German, sehut- 1 Longest of all so far discovered is a! Se OF AN EXTERIOR SCENE OF "BLIND. | HUNG HIS. TORCOATF ON A TREE. SOME TIME - HER SPARE TIM ING.) MUSIC | DATE" NEIL HAMILTON | ANN SOTHERN SPENDS THE STUDIO COMPES= MORE THAN 6CO: HOT CAKES WERE COOKED. DURING THE SHOOTING OF THE BREAKFAST SCENE IN. THE E IN it ROY WILLIAM 9% NEILL, COLUMBIA A NEWSPAPER CORR FOURTEEN WARS" BEFORE JOINING THE MOVIES — DIRECTOR , The Gulf disturbance has de 84] veloped into a storm of great in- 847 tensity and ix central this morn T. Ins. } 11.Ins, Yesterday's Psecipitation ‘Normal Precipitation , culling at Waa tae considerable area and probably by hrwewescs aa {winds of hurricane force near the 251) & ™ | center, Pressure is high aver the TAB. ™.' Northwest, Winston, Narth Da- 788 'P™ Kata, 30.28 inches, 5:50. mi" "Raing were general during the last. 24 hours im Gulf coast e- P. Mv! thunderstorms occurred alsa in ‘ the Dakotas and in the north At- lantie: statge. | The heat wave has sbated slightly in the West but ix more intense in the Ohio Valley, south- | ern Lake region and middle Mix ‘ sissippi Valley. All-time hich Till 8 p, m., Thursday a Key West and Vicinity: Pair; recordh S6¢ temperatuens wenn. > tthe eta oy tonight’ and, Thursday; gentle to | tblished 5 ae _— vicinity of Corpus Christi. It i ‘Moon rises | Moon’ sets penne with 110 degrees; at Chicage with 104 degrees and at Detroit with 104 degrees where the record war tures were: Lovisville, Rock and Abilene, 102 degrees; Huron, 100 degrees, Ss. M. GOLDSMITH, Temporarily in Charge. { \ \ te Irrigation companies near = : Heber, Utah, pump water from Fair Southerly Winds! jong closed mines to supplemert { | 4 i | | an ‘stricultural. supply whieh diminished on account of drought, nel BENJAMIN LOPEZ FUNERAL HOME Established 49 Years Key West's Oldest 24-Heur Ambulance Service Licensed Embalmer Night 696 W | moderate east or southeast winds, of! Florida: Generally fair tonight yand Thursday. Jacksonville to Florida Straits: Gentle variable winds and ger jally fair weather tonight and Thursday. | East Gulf: Gentle to moderate ‘east or southeast winds, WAS ESPONDENT IN Se imecevmnaranueting | KEY WEST IN | DAYS GONE BY } Happenings Here Just 10 Years ‘Ago Today As Taken From { The Files Of The Citizen leper emperors steerer At the luncheon of the inter- city Rotary Clubs held yesterday in the navy yard, Senator Wm. H, Malone the principal speaker and took his subject, “K West, The Gibraltar of America, He stressed the importance of in- creasing the personnel of the sta- jtionsas well as that of the army barracks. He pointed out thi ities for several hundred men and the barracks the complement lof officers and men is at a mini- jmum. Visiting Rotarians, who are aware of conditions in Key !West heartily favored increasing \the forces and stated they would be glad to do all in their power |to see® that the needed inereases were made. Many citi Key West w: ing a top price for ens today stated that fortunate in secur- the bonds board of public works night be- fore last. For the issue of $60,- 4000 the price aécepted w: $106.83 each while for the issue of last July the: price paid was 5 50 or $ 3 leas. Dhis is a great difference in price and in- tes not only that the bond and k market is at the top of the peak but also bonds of Mon- Yee county are considered healthy investments. At a meeting of county com- missioners held at 2 o’clock this afternoon the contract of the |'Fidewater Construction company to build the roads, and britlges from Stock Island to Boca Chiea and also at Saddle Bunches was signed by the board. The com- pany has until August 21 in which to begin work at each end of the county and it was said at the {meeting that work will be started Ibefore that time. All of the ma- ‘ehinery is ready to start at Key Island and will have the equip- |ment placed there in a few days. 'That this contract has been sign- jed and work begin in a few days will be gaod news to residents of Key West and Key Largo, as well aus intermediate points. A cablegram received from Cuban Consul Domingo Milord an- in-law, Fedeyico Toledo, in Ha- vana Thursday. The body will ayrive an the Steamship Governor Cobb this afternoon and will he ;taken to the Benjamin Lopez | Chapel. held from there tomorrew after- noon, Editorial comment; Some people there are accomodations and facil_} disposed of at the meeting of the! Largo and at Boca Chica or Stock; }nounces the death of his brother- | Funeral services. will be! ! Aeveececesercecccssieg . | Today’s Anniversaries enmeaseonaraeranes } | ee | 19750—Henry Knox, the Boston ‘bookseller who was an artille general in the Army of the Revo- tlution of 26, Secretary of War \from 1785 to 1795, born in Bos- ton. Died in Maine, Oct. 25, 1806, i ! 1834—(100. y liam E. Hatcher, ago) Wil- ginia Baptist clergyman and writer, born in ‘Bedford Co., Died at Fork \Union, Va., Aug. 24, 1912, 1844—Thomas , painter of domest ins, noted and stu- lit whereas at both the naval station!dies in sport, also sculptor and; teacher, born in Died June 25, 1916. Philadelphia. { 1848—Karl Balfour, English {statesman, born. Died March 1%, 1930, 1854—David ‘Belasco, New York dran ‘ator of s Died tist-producer and cre- born in San Fran- 14, 1931. i cisco, —Charles Major, ‘novelist. born at € |Died Feb, 13, 1913. popular Indianapolis. 1857—Nat C. Goodwin, popu lar actor of many-wives fame, born in Boston. Died in New | York, Jan.°31, 1919. failure. Many politicians who jhave been left at home by ;woman vote will agree. After suffering two defeats by the Liberty team the American Legion aggregation —_yeste turned the tables and admini ed a decisive defeat to their fc mer conquerors, There is no ques- tion but that the legionnaires had the Liberty team beat from the start, outplaying them at — eve turn ‘and showing themselv superior in both batting and fie!d- ing. The score was 6 to 1. There were 13 ships going west passing Key West yesterda three going east. This published through the courtesy of the U, S. Weather Bureau , sub- station at Sand Key, Mr. and } E. Watron of 915 Southard s announce the birth of a son in the home Thurs a afternoon. The young man has been given the name of Roy Morse Watson. Ed. Goehring, who has heen connected with the Gandy Bridge company for the past eral | ears as construction was recently awarded 4 watch bearing the followjng gold in-! scription. “To Ed. Goehring from | ‘Dad’ George L. Gandy, for excel-! lent work on Gandy Bridge, July ‘4, 1924.” i i claiming that woman suffrage! the | Soceageceeqvccusesescose Today In History | ae anegeaqeanaeenccacaces | DEPOSITS IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED UNDER U S. GOVERNMENT INSURANCE PLAN THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK f t 1 1814 — Historie battle _ of | Lundy’s Lane, Canada, between! Americans and British, i 1868—Act of Congress created | | Wyoming Territo.y out of several [Weoning Torii y ont 9 — | OF KEY WEST | 1894 — Chinese-Japanese wal Member of the Federal Reserve began. H Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation U. S, Government Depositary *1909—(25 years age) Land- mark in aviation—Louis Bleriot | of France flew the English Chan-| nel in 37 minutes—epochal for | that day. H i | lah de he hed herded hahaha dealhaadieathertatntan) ‘ aoe SAY FOLKS, DON'T FORGET ! 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