The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 4, 1934, Page 2

t eee - . . : 1 nan ; for code enforcement, a great many estab-| | ’ % lishments have failed to pay the amounts ss secon Gass matter | demanded by their code authorities. So far as we know, no legal steps have been taken to collect these assessments up to the present time, although such: settee has been threatened. i aes ment matter to a show-downmis that...of levied on their establishment by a Jewe eode authority. In a letter they say: —————— Persons who take themselves serious- ly unconsciously provide a large share of “Communism admits ‘the principle of armed force as a possible factor in estab- lishing its order of government. | firm will spend $1,000 to fight the pay- ment of this $100." Tt will be interesting to see what Gen- eral Johnson will say or do about this direct challenge to his authority. A good many business men are wondering whe- ther the NRA can really compel the pay- “Rey West Citizens Will Help FERA” headline. There's nothing like return- ing a favor.—St. Petersburg Independent. test in the courts. ‘ TIPPING IS BANNED (St. Augustine Record) Key West, which is being rehabilitated unde. the FERA, and is soon to take its placé.as a model! but it is to be a tipless city, according. | ip, present plans. The edict has gone forth from!Mayor W. H. Malone forbidding the acceptance of any tip or gratuity of any kind within the city, after Septem- ber Ist. A fine is provided for convictions, “No tipping” signs wil! be posted. Undoubtedly the no-tipping plan will be tre- mendously popular—from the standpoint of many —if it works. It would operate successfully if it depended entirely on women travelers, for it is a Gases -known fact that the vast majority ef women r one thing, they do not want io be bothered. They hate to be forced to remember to have a supply of “small change” and to be opening and closing pocketbooks and change purses Sika dveemer usually always soundly criticized by the practical man. Yet if it were not for imagination, exemplified in plane, the electric light, the submarine and other inventions that were judged im- porsible by cold, practical science! Roosevelt. “Roosevelt Boule- vard" they.are to call it., But that’s poe | ‘If he'd as much for Sanford as’ going to do for Key West, we'll name the whole city after him.—Sanford Herald. : and this hunting for “tip money” is to them a vast nuisance. Women as a rule, too, are not as big- hearted as men when they dispense largesse, Most men like to jingle change in their pockets and they bestow tips ‘with a lordly air that the average wo- man traveler never-has been able to achieve. She watches the outgo of her funds with a keen + We have heard of things being rotten in Denmark, but that’s a long way off. Why go to Denmark when we have Tampa solnear. Of course, our reference to put- ridity is political, which is odoriferous al- mest everywhere, even on this sin-kissed island down in the southern seas, “where every prospect pleases...” ne At Pelahatchie, Mississippi, a negro tenant, talked “disresfyec white’ landlord in’ a! dispute : agreement, whereupon the the aid of three others ‘beat todeath. It is no news that tl rs were ‘arrested and it will be n news when they ave released a few days henge, eye, and when she tips, because she knows” it’"is the thing to do and is expected of her, she is, more than apt to stick to the minimum ten. pér cent, some- thing that bothers a man not at all. Qn numerous occasions, when an attempt has been made to institute a “No tipping” plan, it has been ruined by some of thos manding souls who want service and want it right impatient and de- now. »They start out with a genereus tip, in order to see waite D “to do their bidding, and then the non-tipping con tingent gets the smal! end of the deal, so far ax service is concerned. “i Phen there is + those who want serv porters, and other attendants rush s thought, too—there are ce and make unusudl de- One of the most difficult tasks being carried out during the summer by official- dom reposes in the Treasury where a tax bill iv being drawn to mect the terrifically high expenditures without so burdening business as to prevent recovery. One due time, attention and effort. 2 tie Fr Pa nosmieina recently { ey . time, attention and effort. Yet, many wil that “whether we like it or not we must{ come to the sales tax to distribute the taxés equitably and abolish some of the present | 4. that with the tippins discriminatory taxes.” He opposed the | ,, et a58 Hy ‘ ite sales tax previously. mands upon the time of those who serve. With the tipping system in vogue, they expect, or should ex pect, to reward this service. Lacking the right un dey the law to dispense tips, they can scarce! free to make t service demands that taking advantage of conditions, and over- worked servitors will be the result. The Miami Herald, in this connection, poimts going into effect ir here should also become effective a law making it mandatory for every employer of — \ labor to pay a living wage. The claim is that there Commissioner Allen of the District of | ave employers in certain lines of work whe stil] Columbia reported that he found the | are paying their help insufficient amounts, . ex “gnootiest” people on earth. They were | pecting them to make up the deficits through tips in government employment agencies in- ie fepm the patypnizing public. It is also pointed out stituted for the benefit of the unemployed | that in some instances, tipping has develope Whe Were made to feel that a favor was} ®\vackét} awit that the person receiving tip bestowed on them when the application for | divide with the owner or operator of the business, work was taken. He disguised himself as! or some other person who may be his “boss” on the @ Jaborer and thus got his experience first | particular job to which he is assigned. hand. He has made his report to his and as a result the relief and em- into There is a great deal to be said, of course, on both sides of this subject. We shall be in- ployment systems will be revised and | terested in secing how Key West’s banning of the shake-ups result. The Citizen is glad to | tip will work out. Probably the edict will be that the commissiqner’s observations | another “more honored in the breach than in the were not made in Key West, but in a num- | observance,” and thus add another dead letter to bases Mid-Western cities : es list of. statutes, ; South Atlantic States, Jackson-| Revenue Cutter Serviee) ville, Tampa and Miami, 30.14 in- tighed. Showers and thunderstorms 94 have occurred since yesterday , 1830—Town of Chicage {morning from Arkansas eastward veyed: and platted .! over South Carolina, and in north- and central: Florida, the heav- ' Normal Mean ety Brees itation Hi i Lite Rock, Ark.; while elsewhere! _ ihe a, m.! | diroyghout the country enst “4 BENJAMIN LOPEZ of vailedt.* Temperatures are gener: ! Established 49 Years ally nable over eastern and «Seaso southern. sections, but are abnor- 24-Hour Ambulance Service mally high in portions of the ap- per Mississippi and Missouri Va! Jeys, and Plains States, and m= ; mum readings of 100 degrees o j cured yesterday as far north as ‘A case which may. boring the aren! Levy & Son, manufacturing jewelers. of. New York, who have given notice that, they refuse to pay an assessment of $100, Tomorrow's Tides _. “We are in receipt of an invoice for $100 for a contribution to maintain the eode authority of the jewelry industry. We do not intend to pay it. In fact, we refuse to pay it. We have been in busi- ness for over 46 years. We intend, as long as our money is invested in our business, to run it on the same high standards as in the } past. We absolutely refuse to take any | advice or direction from the NRA. This Barometer at 8 a. m., today basses ctest (Till 8 p. m., Shenictajo. Key West and. Vieinity:, Partly} cloudy tonight and Sunday, prob-} This picture was taken in the Tropical Garden showing, from left to right: Back row, Cecil Holland, special representative Jack- | | tonville Branch Ford Motor Comp any; Sam Murray, Sam Murray, Inc., Miami, Florida; Walter McR ze, Duval Mctor Company, Jack- ville, Fla.; Tom Wright, Lync t-Wright Motor Company, Jack. | = Fla.; Front: row Sam Calloway, Florida Times-Union, Jack- . Ray Allen, manager Jackscnville Branch Ford Motor ys i A. Barrick, Univers al Credit Compar: w B. Hamilton, Wholesale manager Jacksonvill Motor Company; Frank Norris, Barret National 1 famed English poet, born. Died 1822. 1816—Russell Sage, the tar borer’s son who left an estate of " E im some'$70,000,Q00, born in Onckle | = st¥les of .N. Y.~ Died near there, July Choose From 2, 1906. . SS Partly Cloudy Thundershower KEY WEST IN. DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Years! Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen ment of these assessments. It seems that |” . . 1823—Oliver P: “Morton, hi- the Levy case might provide a_ clear-cut | |ably thundershowers Sunday aft-} ' ernoon; Sg to moderate east. | diana s political leader, born D 2 SCHOOL IRELAND Divesir, Pbyiscal and Health Edacation New Jersey Stave Departmens of Pnblis lmstraction Florida: Partly cloudy tonight| Wayne Go. Ind: Died in. Indi itizen Bidg | and Sunday with seattered thun-} anapolis, Nov. 1, 1877. om ‘ dershowers Sunday afternoon. | _ Jacksonville to Florida Straits: a h therly| Hsh sentherly | | Died Aug. 18, 1822. Jacksonville to Florida Straits:; ———— 1841—William H. Hudson, Eng. PHONE &} Summer Visiting Here we have one antidote for | Not more than 18.000,000 votes will be sold for the contest queen of the San nival that is being Scasnotad: in, that familiar evil, ei ; mother’s “apron strings.” If a grandfather or an uncle, has a farm, look upon being tied to | tourist resort, is located at the tip-end“¢?Ptdtida, | | gentle te moderate easterly winds} The contest will be closed on the! evening of October 6 and in the! | event that all of the votes are not jsold at that time, no others will be issued which will assure every! entrant fairness in the count. The first count was made esults homed Miss ar) greatest good ,,for- tune, provided an in- jon #r the child to visit is forthcom- Accept by. re- t tonight and seen | winds over north portion and gen-! tle to moderate easterly | over south portion. begin to feel sorry 4 for yourself over the thought cf SOD ODD, MEO eae aenacatad frien your wild Think of what a wonderful thing | it will be for the boy or the girl! + A chance to get out of the rut and | into a new world of experience. made{ development could be ; mothers would be astounded by that Key West will be| what happens to a child during a At, short visit away from home. least one non-resident is making | it’s aurprising too how well a child Key} behaves while visiting, so don’t fret | WEATHER CONDITIONS men Guetgles with ¥ Pressure conti es moderately: 2. Br ches, and a distur In Keeping with the in over: the upper M that has been f during the past few months, while high press D the country from the Lake region southward over an active place this season. to get at it. Usually their hands are full of things, | preparations to add to ae es West holdings and it is believed! over that. there are many others contemplat-* ing purchasing land or other pr It is now planned to oe 1 up and paint-up. se ese ead hs salve: property| poy og girl : known persons te} | own akapeety. ahish was unsalable | but after being painted and reno-! 4 vated sold for many dollars more than the price of plus the cost of the paint and r e followed this ment by saying: “Advi 1 know, but I am going to that every house owner inve paint and make the city It’s equally silly to imagine all | { kinds of danger. If you trust the hosts, whether relatives or friends, ; | seize the ie ceaers to do aroue} N favors of childhood, let him, get ai little taste of meeting life on his! Avoiding summer miskaps is not | | difficult with proper as Dr. Ireland will explain i tory house owne In the rehabilitation ‘program of Key West, cement is destined to play ed by dose Pe a very large part. As its need arises, we hope you will phone us to deliver was' insured for $1,000 the valu you what you need of this importan: aggregate. ch is likely not to be properly loser of the difference, 4 A LUMBER SPECIAL Smail lot of stations responded to the ala jounded from Box and Simonton streets. yas turned in by Eu-| Editorial comment: If the bstone loafers in Key West 3 Com. dressed sheathing or backing up wall board, (This lumber was shipped to children in enjoy Captain Langer, a SO te tte a to nom Sh te ttt y would convey urnish further ge facilities), special ant impression to the visitor. ph Stickney struck when they slouch around and car- ry a hang-dog look, smaller machine, driven by Hugh JUST RECEIVED | A carload of 2x4 No. four sides, per M. will meet at the y aggregation is ¢ ed one of the strongest and fa teams which has ever y West and in nieeting the Lib- erties they will encounter a most stubborn elub to down. » Liberty and American Leg club will meet. being received. ch quantities that all of the lim E hipped to Miami this week, South Florida Contracting & Engineering Co. Phone 598 accommodations Following the usual custom the heen listed for v Salvation Army will give a i on South Beach s have been made for the en- tertainment of 200 children. Ow- “Your home is worthy of the best” Visitors who come in an} pacity will be quartered at the barracks and navy yard. ec cre tte toa thn tn co ce Soe PR ee Se Se NILIIILLIIODIIICAIOLL LIDS bawdy 1790—1. $. Coast guar. 1914— Great Britain i war on Germany. G. S, KENNEDY, In Charee. Today’ is Anniversaries eancces Percy Bysshe Shelley. aces itesman, governor, Se er and naturalist, born DEPOSITS IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED UNDER U S. GOVERNMENT INSURANCE PLAN THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WES? Member of the Federal Reserve Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation . S. Government Deposi {se0". Cubed ude de dhe de ded hdd ddd 20a THE ROMANCE OF CEMENT Is written the world over in magnificent modern temples and indus- trial buildings; on highways, bridges, tunnels;—in fact it is practically im- possible for one to get out of sight of monuments to the uses of cement unless one goes off into the solitudes of a woods camp where Nature remains SIGEREEETAEEEREETE TI PIPE CIO OOO POP PLA OE Ed 15.00 White and Eliza Streets |