The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 6, 1934, Page 2

| SIDELIGHTS By MARCY B. DARNALL, _ Former Editor of The Key West Citizen _. "They are telling a story on Congress- ; . man Sam Rayburn, who aided in writing “thé communications law which forbids congressmen to send personal radio mes- “feet that he was the first to violate it. At the conclusion of an official radio address he said “Good night, Lou,” to his sister in Texas. Harry L. Hopkins, federal relief ad- “ministrator, estimates that 20 million peo- ‘ple will require government relief this winter. Other government departments _claim that seven or eight million wage- earners have been put to work. Which “indicates that there is something mys- “terious about government statistics. - —-— ze. A Virginia newspaper makes the fol- Tlowiny important correction: “We made # mistake last week. Ed Snyder did not “Arade horses with Tony Apperson but with “ea Mre Apperson of Crow, whois related to the livery stable there.” “ha Mh Henri Guyot, a 9-year-old French Phoy, tecently had a novel experience which ¢ will not soon forget, although nothing came of it. He fell into a harvest- hine, was carried through it, and it neatly bound in a sheaf of wheat, ightened, but unipjured. er iia | an article giving ‘safety advice to Ab goth ‘balder of 14 inter- al speed and endurance records says: “Above all keep both hands on the wheel. The only two people I know who are com- petent to drive one-handed are Eddie “Rickenbacker and Ralph de Palma—and “both of them use two hands.” - Governor Dave Sholtz of Florida will eturn salesman next month in an effort to Promote trade betwee his state and the Latin-American countries bordering on the “Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. “Starting November 15, he will make an air- =plane tour of these countries lasting two -weeks, yaa The role of war hero seems _ hardly _compatible with that of gong and dance artist, but Maurice Chevalier, now a noted *sereen star, played both almost simulta- -neously. At the age of 14 he went from =the music halls of Paris into the French -army; was wounded in one of the earliest battles of the World War; was held “prisoner by the Germans for more than “two years; finally escaped and was in- “valided home. He was awarded the Croix ~de Guerre for bravery displayed in battle {a few weeks before his 15th birthday. =~ ie Oe ee sages at government expense, to the : _ Eventhose who de not suffer from fire directly are really called upon to bear @ portion of the losses, through higher in- vention and control, as well as adopt every | possible means for preventing fire on his | own premises. He should do this not only during Fire Prevention Week, but every week. HERE IS A GOOD ONE! We now read that the Tennessee Val- ley Authority has sent the director of its electric program and its chief electrical engineer to England to study the grid sys- tem of power transmission and distribution. it is a matter of reeord that Sir An- drew Dunean, chairman of England’s Cen- tral Electricity Board, came all the way from England to California for information | to guide him in developing the English grid system, and during May, 1929, spent an entire week studying the Pacific Gas and Electric Co.’s transmission and dis- tribution system in California. These Englishmen knew that this Cali- fornia company had pioneered in building an interconnected network to the highest point of efficiency. It is common knowledge that the United States has been a pioneer and a leader in electrical development and that electrical engineers from all parts of the j the events of tomorrow. It is go-, Swedish singer. born. Died auaee ing to be a glorious celebration’ 2, 1887. globe have come to this country to how to operate power projects. Going to foreign countries, however, learn j | Rass iG IS TRS. i IN Hi MUSTACHE FOR | ROLE IN"THE HATES THE SEA’ | KEATING WAS AED BY THE DIRECTOR. | LTO SHAVE IT OFF. | 4a aS KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Ago Today As Taken From | The Files Of The Citizen | On the of the San Carlos Happenings Here Just 10 Years) | fur-trader. zen OeRING. iM oF IOe HIS io uN OF One CHAMPION OF C ANADA. ViICTGa& wTLAGLEN WAS AT TIME epg | ee Today’s Anniversaries | ses lish reformer. first to translate 1744—James McGill, Canadian merchant, founder of | the university bearing his name, | born in Scotland. Died in Mon-| real, Dec. 19. 1813. International Celebration Key |"** . West is in gala attire and all! agog with excitement awaiting; 1820—Jenny Lind, famed and there is no doubt of that.! Even the weather man guarantees. 1823—George H. Boker, the 1873—An attempt to cross the | Atlantic in a balloon failed. 1918—American forces tures St. Etienne. | Today In History | ae cwccceswensa+-nes cence 1536—William Tyndale. Eng- Bible into English, put to -¢; death by sore and burning. for heresy. More ‘than 1,000,000 adults at- noted , tended school of some kind im the clear skies and cooling brezes.' phijadelphia playwright-poet, dip_, United States during the past to study electric systems is in line with the | This evening finds the committees jomat, born in Philadelphia. Died! school year. general political program to socialize the electric industry in the United States along European lines of bureaucratic control, and the destruction of private electric com- panies. SATISFACTION (News, Wayne, W. Va.) There will be more geniuses in the world when folks are not so easily satisfied, In our modern world Little Willie learns to thump out a few popular tunes on a piano or make a violin produce some tones that sound a little bet- ter than two tomeats fighting on a back-yard fence and then Little Willie rests on his laurels, All too often a merchant learns how to operate a store after a fashion and earn a mod- erate ving. He gurls uppand takes it easy. methods, cer and gcientific selling of his goods de not interest him, A mechanic leagns hdy to change a tire, clean a spark plug and"? things and ekes out an existence, ‘The editor of one of the largest magazines New ind “valves. So he does such once told the writer: “you’d be surprised how many | & jobs there are at the top of any profession, jobs which are just waiting for a man who is qualified to come along and take charge of them.” In the schools of the country thousands 0: students get the groundwork for a complete musi cal education, silent, Why? Because it takes real work to go ahead, be- cause a man or woman must devote each day for years to piano grows dusty and the violin is many hours practicing uninteresting scales before becoming a real artist. When the people develop a thirst for real success there will be fewer jobs half-baked. Anything worth doing is truly worth doing well. If we laid bricks we’d want to lay them neatly an dwell. Hf we dug ditches we'd want to dig them right. This may not be the best weekly newspaper in the state. goal. We are anxious to serve our readers in the best manner possible. We enjoy our work. We want Wayne countians to be proud of their Home Paper. But after school days are ended the | But our course is turned towards that | all ready for the many excitingj there, events and the arrangements have been so thoroughly and effective- ly made that every event will be! on time as scheduled and there will be no or hindrances to the perfect execution of the pro- i gram. i One of the features of the San Carlos celebration will be the station float. This will be a reproduction of the Bat- p Mz } minutest detail. It will be | tong and five feet beam. ture flags of the different nations been fully “dressed” tomorrow. It was constructed by Lieutenant r, commanding officer of 24 feet Captain W. mandine © ! tional G | to take cha gram at the ce ren Watrous. coms cer of the local Na: d unit. has arranged e of the military pro. ery during the » conducted on ceremonies to } October 10. between s and own tman, publisher of as destroyed by fire last night. An nt of $4.000 insurance wa: pd. Property loss is estin t $1,000 more than the in surance. ' ses j Ralph E. Sp | dent of the Fred T. Ley ; contrac rs of the La Con- . is in Key West looking situation in connection the be vice presi lover the } with the building and the work require materia Editorial Comment: (ple in Key West can’t go to church [when it rains because their feet | will get damp. They do not attend church when it is pleasant because they are using their feet to step ‘on the gas. Some peo- nd is correct to the |” Minia- | le and the ship will ; : disposition. The marriage aspects are doubtful and great care should be ¢x din the selec- , terribly fiom the accident. First of the series of baseball’ games to be played here during the celebration will be played tomor- lrow at the army barracks between a picked team of local boys and the Navy team. It will be an elim. lination contest. Another of the! |same kind will be played Friday | between the team from the Cuban Jan .2, 1890. i 1846 — George Westinghouse,! famed engineer and inventor of electrical apliances for railways, } born at Central Bridge, N.Y. Died in New York, Mar. 12, 1914.j 1862—Albert J. Beveridge, In-{ diana’s noted U. S. Senator andj historian, born in Highland Co., Ohio. Died in Indianapolis, April 27, 1927. Peter cen woos meee esesens Today’s Horoscope: OO het tow ws mower eeewene A day of strong desire, giving an eager mind and a progressive | tion of a partner in life. The dan-| ger lies in the intense affection centered in this degree and any! dissppeintment is intense i Pol > De amlinsanle ond the team the- University of Havana. winning teams in each con- test will vie for celebration hon. ors. SE a The serap which was to be pull ed off in Miami last night be n Frankie Moran of New Or- ns and Young Trevor of Key “st was postponed until to- ight. It will be staged at the} wayne Arena. Many Key West er ill be there. A Ford automobile driven by lers collided with one of this morning at ne and Duval Ford was damaged. } k was not. One of the sailors from the U. S. S. Denver went in bathing at! the beach yesterday afternoon. He made a beautiful dive and al-/ most broke his neck when he! struck bottom. He managed to reach the dock but was suffering ‘eititltitiititdtitiitditdittddd While driving a Ford car Henry | Ranger backed overboard at the naval station last night. He re- ceived a cut on the wrist when he! tried to jump from the car. Both’ driver and car went into the wa-| ter. 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