The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 14, 1936, Page 2

PAGE TWO lished Daily Except Sunday By N PUBLISHING CO., INC. RTMAN, President ssistant Business Manager The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe Count: Entered at K Member of the Associated Press Phe Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication o it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here. RATES SUBSCRIPTIO: Une Year .... — Six Months Three Months One Month ..... Weekly. ..... ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. of thanks, resolutions of will be charged for at All reading notice respect, obituary not the rate of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainmen & revenue is to be derived hy churches from which tes discus- al or general s communi- cations. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road land. Free Port. Hotels and Aparcments. to Main- Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments, ‘Delusions of g randeur often turn out to be very costly. Crooks probably get that way by fol- lowing their natural bent. Candidates are sowing the wind in the hope of reaping votes. Being Leap Year, 1936 offers oppor- tunities to a girl with a steady job. What kind of a Democrat constitutional or are unconstitutional ? you, Advertised goods stand the test that they invite. You can usually expect satis- faction. All along the old street car trackage bricks are piled, and not a_ gold brick amorg them “Old Gold” was the first to make the cigarette trial offer. Now “the Camels Are Coming.” Subscribers to The standing invitation to contribute items for publication; as a means of identification, please sign your name. Citizen have a The Ethiopian cow is a poor milk pro- ducer, it is said. But Mussolini is not after milk but gold, and geologists say there is plenty in Haile Selassie’s kingdom. The year, 1 , according to reports, is to be a good year for business but it does not mean that your competitors are going to let you take their customers without a fight. The soldiers will get their bonus this | year and immediately lay some other cash later on. only want money, thing. plans to get The bonusers and moaey is not every- In effect the Supreme Court, in ren- dering its decision on the. AAA, reiterates that a straight line is still the shortest dis- tance between two points, even if the ad- ministration says “Detour.” Losing a valuable arti¢le, the loser ad- vertised its loss in The Citizen without ef- fect and complained of the ineffectiveness of the ad. The Citizen guaranteég‘the re- turn of lost articles when advertised in its columns only if they fall into the hands of honest people. Two more ferries will be in operation to Key West from Matecumbe soon so that trips to the last city in the country can be made more easily. When they get a bridge all the way down there the traffic will be so great they’ll have to enlarge the island. —Miami Post. In that case we will take in Miami as a suburb. as second class matter all news dispatches credited to | | around a slight | Two passengers, bleeding, “BETTER OFF DEAD” The nation is begining to realize the horror of automobile deaths that reached a total of 35,000 last year. Not so well realized,,/but perhaps even more horrible, | is the situation of those who were involved in automobile crashes, were not killed— but would be better off if they had been. Their ghastly plight has been de- “| seribed in a new booklet by J. C. Furnas, author of the famed “—And Sudden Death”, entitled “Better Off Dead”. Here is an excerpt:* “They weren’t doing more than 45 curve. But centrifugal pull had dragged them a couple of feet the wrong side of the white line . . . one of those semi-h@éadon, angling crashes... . unconscious, were loaded into the ambulance. were on the point of driving away when the policeman discovered the third. “He was doubled up like a broken stick and thrust halfway through the nar- | row back window of the wreck, his head between his knees. They didn’t dare try to unbend him till they reached the hos- pital. He was still alive and conscious. He had proved that by stealing the police- man’s gun and trying to shoot himself. “The spire was snapped clean, bent at an acute angle, and the bare end pro- truded from a rent in the skin like the stump of a horrible, bony tail. “Thanks to the doctors that man still alive. ... He has been operated on 25 times. He is always in acute pain and paralyzed from the waist down.” Two horrible, too nauseating for print? Ferhaps it is—-but it’s the truth. And it doesn’t describe an isolated ex- ample. Thousands of people have emerged from, automobile accidents to become help- less, pain-ridden cripples all their lives. They live on to remind us of the awful price we pay for speed, for recklessness, for incompetence at the wheel. Yet their agonies will not be entirely in vain if they teach the lessons that will save us from be- coming members of that tragic legion who would be “Better Off Dead.” is FINANCIAL ADVICE FOR 1936 It is not particularly our business, but inasmuch as an editor is supposed to offer gratuitous suggestions along many lines, we decide to urge our readers to start sav- ing some money in 1936. There are many men in Key West to- day, who are old and nearly broke, be- cause they always intended to begin saving “next year.” They always figured that their prospects were so bright that “in a year or two” they could put it in the bank in hunks! The main lesson for young couples to learn, since it is too late for the older ones to profit by advice, is to live below each year’s income. The family that lives be- low its means is the family that will have something in the future. It is the well-off family, regardless of what its income may be. There are people in Key West who are hard up on $1,200 a year. They would be just as hard up on $2,400 or $4,000 a year. They have the habit of buying on credit whatever they desire. That is not the way to get ahead. If you would take the advice of the writer, make it a rule, from now on, to buy almost everything: for cash. Do not buy anything on credit that does not pay for itself, or that you can do without until you have the money to buy it outright. This does not include those who pay their bills promptly on a weekly or monthly basis DEATH TO THE AAA The summary execution of the Agri- cultural Adjustment Act by the majority opinion of the United States Supreme Court is not remarkable when one considers the antecedent lives of the justices, and the effect of their decision cannot be estimated until it is seen whether new legislation, within the Constitution, can bring about what the AAA aimed at. The Citizen is not inclined to blame a court for the opinion of its judges, regard- less of what that may be. Every American knows that the government is divided into three divisions and that it is given to the Supreme Court to pass judgment upon every statute. If the judgments rendered do not conform to popular opinion the remedy lies in amending the Constitution or awaiting the inevitable alteration of the judicial personnel. They } TODAY’S Lowest Highest last night last 24 hours 44 64 30 58 26 50 24 38 50 66 26 38 42 56 24 34 54 66 68 = 12 18 58 70 42 56 68 77 38 60 50 64 28 48 Miami 68 78 | Minneapolis . 12 20 New Orleans 54 70 28 52 56 68 Station Abilene Atlanta Boston Buffalo . Charleston . Chicago . Denver Detroit Galveston Havana Huron - Jacksonville .. i Kansas City .. KEY WEST Little Rock .. Los Angeles ... Louisville New York . Pensacola Pitisburgh .... 20 44 St. Louis 38 46 : Salt Leke City 34 44 San Francisco 54 58 if Seattle 40 ae = Tampa 58 68 Washington 30 58 Williston -2 10 Temperatures* Highest Lowest Mean .. Normal Meen . Rainfall* Yesterday’s Precipitation Normal Precipitation “Thin record covers % nding at ® o'clock Tomorrow's Almanac ' Sun rises ... . 7:14 a. md Sun sets 5:59 p.m Moon rises | Moon sets .... 1:08 a. m. Tomorrow's Tides A.M. High ... . 1:51 Low .. - 1:32 Barometer 8 a. m. today: Sea level, 30.04. i P.M. 2:10 8:39 WEATi! FORECAS1 | (Till 8 p. m., Wednesday) i Partly Partly Cloudy Southerly Winds not much change in temperature; gentle to moderate shifting winds mostly southesst and south, Florida: Partly cloudy in south portion and “mostly cloudy | in north portion tonight and Wed- nesday; possibly showers in ex- treme northwest’ portion; not much change in temperature. Jacksonville to Florida Straits: and East Gulf: Gentle to moder- ate shifting winds becoming: south- east and south and partly over- , Georgia, and ‘North Dakota; ‘readings are generally above nor-/ | service at 33, because of an ac- ‘ graphers, born near lay; Chile, born near Deckertown, N. J. Died in Chili, ‘born in Philadelphia. elist, born. WEATHER. cast weather tonight id Wed- nesday, possibly local showers over extreme north pectiom WEATHER CONDITIONS The northeastern disturbance moved rapidly northeastward, and a high pressure area Bow ' over- spreads most eastern ® ‘sections, Washington, D. C., 30.26 inches; while disturbances ar@ central this morning over the upper Mis- sissippi Valley and central Plains States, Minneapolis, Minn., 29.64 inches, and over the north Pacific States, Seattle, Wash:, 29.60) inches. Moderate rains have oc-| cured during the last 24 hours on the coasts of northern California and Oregon, and light rains on the Gulf coast from Pensacola around to Tampa, and there has been light snow on the Lake Sn- perior region, and rain and snow j in the north Atlantic States, and | from the extreme eastern Lake! region southward into western | “Virginia. Temperatures have fal-j len over northeastern districts | and southward into northern! in Montana and while elsewhere} mal, degrees higher in Minnesota this} morning. with temperatures 20 ta 26| H u. S. KENNEDY, Officer in Charge. Anniversaries 1806—Matthew F, Maury, the navy lieutenant who retired from cident, to devote the rest of his life to improvements in the navy, one of the world’s greatest hydro- Fredericks-| Lexington, burg, Va. Died in Va., Feb. 1, 1873. 1836—(100 years ago) Hugh J. Kilpatrick, a noted Union offi- cer in the Civil War, Minister to} Dec. 4, 1881. M. O'Reilly, surgeon-general, Died Nov. 1845—Robert army surgeon, 1850—Pierre Loti, French nov- Died June 10, 1923. 1863—Richard F. Outcault, cartoonist, creator of ‘Buster Brown,” born at Lancaster, Ohio. ; Died at Flushing, N. Y., Sept. 25, 1928, 1870—Jeremiah Smith, Jr., the Boston lawyer who, under the League of Nations, nursed Hun- gary back to financial vigor, born at Dover, ‘N. H. Died March 12, 1935. 1876—Robert Loranie, noted English actor, pioneer flyer and military hero, born. Died Dec. 23, 1935, es (dé CLL A A hh de hdoddidked dadidad FITULIL ILL ELL it 1 herri s. Bacon's ibs. rossee i heed lettuce © 1 big cucumber 2 Ibs. tomatoes 2: SITTIIIIIITIITO STW, Less Than A Dollar Puts A General Electric Refrigerator In Your Home We want you to try one of these refrigerators and see for yourself how eco- nomical in operating cost ON TRIAL for only 90c down and 90c a month until July 1 you can have this refrigerator installed in your home. The “LIFTOP” model has the famous Genera! Elec tric “sealed in” ism. The Key West Electric Company OL heh A hd head hd he ded ddd is. mechar.- See Us For More Details N N N) a ® N N) A) NI N N ) N) N N) \) a \ N) N) N N) N) eR N Ny Ny N) N) N) N +S KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just $0 Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen Key West residents, who are not members of the Ku Klux Klan, will have a chance tonight to see 20 members initiated into the or- der. The initiation, or: Ratorali- zation, as it is termed, will be giv- en in public during the perform- ance of the Bob Morton |. circus which is being given under the auspices of the klan. When the show is half over, Mr. Morton will announce the initiation and the klansmen will enter the ring in; full regalia and be inducted into the order. What was perhaps the longest : automobile funeral procession ever { seen in this city solemnly wended ‘its way to the city cemetery at 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon foi- lowing the body of the late belov- ed Rev. Father C. R. D. Critten-| ton to its final resting place, marked today by a new made |mound covered with a profusion of beautiful flural offerings from far and near. Captain Clark D. Stearns, com: | mandant of the Seventh Naval; District, retires from the United States Navy tomorrow after many years of loyal service. The cap- tain will, however, remain on duty several months before tcav- ing the service. Captain and Mrs. i Stearns have at all times en gracious hosts, entertaining cele- brites from all over the world, and Key West has been most for- tunate in Laving this mest popu- lar and distinguished man as com- mandant of this district for the past two years. Very extensive plans for the high class entertainment whicn will signalize the opening of the La Concha hotel Friday evening, January 22nd, are rounding out ir. a most satisfactory manner, ac- cording to the latest reports from C. E, Aubuchon, president of the hotel company. Notwithstanding there are ap- proximately 500 automobiles and trucks without 1926 automobile tags in Monroe county, Trevor and Morris report that sales of BENJAMIN LOPEZ FUNERAL HOME}, Serving Key West Half Century 24 Hour Ambulance Service Licensed Emba:mer Phone 135 Night 696-W TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1936. tags have fallen off considerably,| seeeeeeeee practically no demands being made for them at this time. Up to the present time there have’ ® been issued licenses for 218 trucks and 718 pleasure and pas-! senger cars. This number with the 500 vehicles without licen: represent almost 1500 motor hicles subject to license in county, orderly and useful. There are y paths that will lead te suc- and the vein of mysticism this climax of success here. Editorial comment: Many men feel they could support a fami quite well if only their wives an children weren’t so unreasonable as to demand food and clothes. e path of her majesty. The en received a diamend ring Johnsen, second high- he contest, was presented watch snd Miss Jew ‘ The Steamship United arrived in port this morning Havana, completing the f | sage trip from Florida to C ‘return made since the vessel ‘in commission last week. S. Jones of Key and Miss Lilian Sprathn of a wedding celebrat nm metropolis last Jones left Last night at the rs Klan circus, Mrs. Cha’ was crowned Queen of Key West j The procession of hen | led by boy ‘a bevy of girls scattering flo | where they wi befere coming & they will mak riy BY PLANE FROM KEY WEST | TO MIAMI In the Center of the Business| § “== and Theater District Reservations by Phone Telephone 620 Regular Planes, Miami-Key First Class—Fireproof— West Airways, Inc. $ Sensible Rates Daily Except Friday t RATE, ONE WAY, $7.58 Leave Key West 4 p m, Ar- rive Miami 520 p. = Fast - Comfortable - Safe {(SOOeesessseeesees an For the NEW YEAR * GIVE THEM A SAVINGS ACCOUNT Nothing teaches a child thrift like a Savings Account. Start one with us for him today for as little as one dollar. From time to time add te it. When graduation and college come along he will be prepared for them. He will soon learn the les TODOS: Chik de hadidiade doaduah, son that it is not what you earn but what you save that makes wealth. The First National Bank of Key West Member of the Federal Reserve Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IS. \ i (Ld, Le eked tt A E¢ SUOTTOTIIITTISSS SS VPP E LE LL . . N ‘N Carey 85-lb. Cans, Special South Florida Phone 598 N N & N N) N A) q N N N N N : N N N) N) N N) N N ® N N N N ‘ N N - Red or Green. Carey 60-lb.’ Green Solka Roofing—Very Hard To Tear, Regular Price $3.15, Special $2.25 Roll AND DON’T FORGET Sherwin Williams Flat White Paint In 5 Gallon “Your hume is worthy of the best” Ok edb hed bed ded hk dhadedededkddedededadd dk SPECIAL ROOFING SALE Extra Heavy Slate Surface Roofing, $2.25 Rell at $1.15 Gallon Contracting & Engineering Co. White and EF-za Streets F772 Le td ditdtt@itsttittittittrttttgittitttie ¥