The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 16, 1936, Page 2

“PAGE TWO _ Che Key Wiest Ctszen Published I cept Sunday By N PUBLISHING CO., INC. ARTMAN, President » Assistant Business Manager m The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets in Key West and Monroe as secon’ class matter Member of the Ansociated Press jated Press is exclusively entitled to use of all news dispatéehes credited to | it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here. SUBSCRIPT Uné Year . Six Months Three Months ‘ne Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application, L NOTICE rds of thanks, resolutions of . ete., will be charged for at rehes from which nts a line. d_ invites discus- c a revenue i The Citiz sion of publi interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage, Bridges to complete Road to Main- land. Free Port. Hotels and Apariments, Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Us. vernments, Advertising is not a can quit busines;. necessity ; you Some may prefer the Social we pre- fer the Cash Register. Flattery soft soap, and soft soap is 80 per cent lye.—Gilbert K. Chesterton. There should be gap betwee :i morals and politics, but, oh, how wide is it, and ever widening! no A writer declares that contented citi- zens are a town’s best assets. But who ever heard of a contented citizen? at least are hope to spend themselves into pros- and eat themselves into office. Democia con.istent. | The) | peri In Key West one may see shorts on the screen and shorts on the streets, but an eyeful of the latter is gratis—provided there are no developments. i A lady author recommends letter writ- | ing as “a safety valve for lonely farm | women.” But it has proved unsafe for a} food many lonely city men. Governor Sholtz evidently would like to get rid of all his spats as easily as the one with the Negro Whistler, at least the Fort Myers News-Press thinks If the Supreme Court judges keep! whittlir » away at the New Deal, they may get it down after a while to the point where Constitutional Democrats will approve of it—Sanford Herald. Mussolini, news services report. is willing now to listen to peace proposals. | His Ethiopian venture has not been so suc- cessful and the rainy season is on—called the Little Rains. The Big Rains come later. | The kaiser chopped wood when he reached the end of the line. Will Mus- solini whittle?—Newark (Ohio) Advocate. He might if brought to the gallows. Look ip the word “whittle” in the dictionary. You'll be surprised, The National Young Democrat, offi- zial_ publication of the Young Demo- eratic Clubs of America, in its very 0 issue has five pictures of the Repub-j lican Elephant and not one of the Demo- } cratic Donkey. Advertising one’s com- petitor is no way to get business. | were | happy days after all for many of us ola} timers. For instance when taking one’s best girl out driving in the one-horse shay behind the old gray mare on a quiet Sun- day afternoon. And how appreciative she | was! “Turn backward, turn backward, oh, time in thy flight.” The “horse and buggy days” | provided. | has been levied for the avowed purpose of | paying the most needy ‘persons over 70} } person over 60 years of age $200 a month, | as contemplated by the Townsend plan? ; intendent Schrenk of the lighting depart- } CRUELTY TO THE AGED Every human person would like to 2 provisions made for the old and _ infirm, but the false promises being held out to} them by political demagogues and_ their dupes are so fantastic as to be nothing less | than cruel. For the aged are being led to expect benefits which can not possibly be Of all the schemes © far proposed, the Townsend plan is the worst, and being the worst, it appears to be gaining the greatest number of adherents. No recog- nized economist, who is both capable and! honest, believes that the plan can be made to work, even to one-fourth the extent its promoters promise. Even the more moderate old age pen- sion plans already adopted in several states have been highly disappointing. In Missouri, for example, a sales tax years of age a maximum of $30 a month. It was estimated that the tax levied would be sufficient to bear the load, yet the esti- mate’ were so inaccurate as to make it im- possible to pay as much as $3 a month, ac- cording to state officials. ' Payments were expected to begin Jast | October 1, but State Auditor Smith — re- cently stated that it would be. impossible to make any payments at all until some time this year. He said: ‘“With.schools automatically taking one-third of all rev- erue. and relief costs amounting to $500,- 000 a month, it’s just an impossibility to pay (old age) pensions,” With the present almost unbearable burden of taxation—Federal, state and local—and the continuing demand of. bil- lions for relief, how can any sane _ person believe that the country could stand the additional taxation necessary'to give every { It is cruelty to the aged to lead them to expect any such thing. LIGHTING AND SAFETY Accordirg vo the National Safety Council, which recently conducted a sur- vey of four states, about 35 per cent of all night automobile accidents are due to in- sufficient street and highway lighting. That this is a conservative statement is indicated by the experience of Detroit, when the need for municipal economy caused a drastic curtailment of street il- lumination. The result as stated by Super- 1 ment was that while fatal accidents in daytime decreased 22 per cent, night fatalities increased 23 per cent, during a period of 10 months, Aside from, the loss of life and limb involved in the additional accidents, it was found that handling these extra emergency cases cost the city more than the saving in its light bill, so the former lghting was restored to virtualnd for. mer level. This illustrates that economy ures, which are being demand tically everywhere just now, ma: times be costly, if added dangers™ the public are created thereby. This is es pecially true with respect to matters af- fecting traffic safety, fire protection and the public health. It is estimated that traf- fic accidents alone now cost the American people about two and a half billion dollars every year. { | A SQUAW’S MONUMENT When Sacajawea, a Shoshone Indian woman, aided the Lewis and Clark ex- pedition by acting as a guide for the in- trepid explorers of the Northwest in 1805, she never dreamed that her name would be |. | | perpetuated throughout ages to come. But it will be so perpetuated through action of the United States Geographic Board, which has given the name Mount Sacajawea to a mountain more than 13,- 000 feet high, in the Washakie National Forest in Wyoming. The grave of Sacajawea is nearby, in the Indian cemetery at old Fort Washakie, and the headquarters of the remnant of the once powerful Shoshone tribe is in a village not far away. While formal recognition of Saca- jawea’s valuable service has been delayed for more than a century and a quarter, it is good to know that at last she has been honored in such a fitting manner. | , Lowest THE KEY WEST CITIZEN TODAY’S WEATHER Lowest Highest | | last night last 24 hours 7 | Pressure is low this morning} 60 | WEATHER CONDITIONS Station Abilene . Atlanta . Boston Buffalo Charleston .... Chicago . Denver Detroit | Salt Lake City, Galveston | Arkansas, Little Rock. 29.78 inch- Havana . \ Huron Jacksonville . Kansas City KEY WEST Little Rock . 48 74 jfrom the north Pacific States} 50 j » 36 i 40 southeastward to the lower Mis-| 20 ward over the north Atlantic tates, with disturbances central ff the coast of Washington, { ei Si 0 S { | | | 29.36 inches. j high pressure jthe northern Plains States, Lake ‘region, Florida and {Rains have occurred since yest iday morning throughout the At- jlantic States, except in southern | Florida, being heavy at Tampa, Moderate | New Orleans 5 New York Pensacola - Pittsburgh St. Louis - Salt Lake City ¢ San Francisco 5 S-attie 36 Tan.pa 58 Washington 36 Williston --8 24 inches, and Boston, Mass.,{ | Francisco northward, and light! i snow in the northern Plaigs States, | jurper M opi Valley, and in | portions of t Plateau region. ures have failen from ern Lake region south- ‘ward over the East Gu'f and uth Atlantic States, but read- j are still near or above nor- mal throughout msot of this ter- 81) ritory. and warmer weather pre-! 66° vails this mo: in New Eng-f 74 land. Temperatures are also near .-69 or above the seasonal average | throughout the West, exeept in .0 Ins. Miontana, arg in the , Dakotas: .05 Ins. i where readings are slightly below hoe | zero, ors Temperatures* Highest ....... Mean .. Normal Yesterday’s Prectpi' Normal Precipitation ... S. KENNEDY, ndings at s Officer in Charge. Tomorrow’s Almanac Sun rises Sun sets Moon rises Moon sets .... Birthdays VM} Elwood Mead, the Interior De- 3:55 | partment’s U. S. Commissioner of 11:06) Reclamation, born at’ Patriot, Ind., 78 years ago. » Dr. John C. Berry of Worcest- ‘er, Mass, ophthalmologist, recent- : : jly honored for a notable 20-year (Til 8 p.m. Friday) ——_| yeeord in Japan as a medical mis- Key West and vicinity: Gen-' sionary, born in Maine, 89 years erally fair tonight and Friday; ago, 1 Low . Barometer 8 a. m. today: Sea level, 30.02. WEATif2R FORECAST ! William M. Jardine, president | of the Municipal University of ; Wichita, Kans., onetime secretary j of agriculture and dip'omat, born \'in Idaho, 57 years ago. | Carl W. Ac }lumbia Univer | Journalism, born at j Ind., 46 years ago. | aa man, dean of Co. ’s School of Richmond. Rev. H. MeAllister Griffiths of | not much change in temperaturs gentle to moderate winds, most east or southeast. | years ago. Florida: Generally fair tomieht| and Friday; not much change in; temperature. Jacksonville to Florida Str and t Guif: Gentle to moderate winds mostly east or southea Rokert W. Service, “poet of over south poition and southeast! the Yukon,” born in England, 62} or .south over north portion and! years ago. partly overcast weather tonight} and Friday. | Phila.. Presbyterian clergyman- | editor, born in San Francisco, 36 “Dizzy” Dez N born at Lucas, Ark. star, Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertzon, SPECIAL SUNDAY RATES | for Long Distance telephone calls AND REDUCED PERSON-TO -PERSON RATES after 7 every evening MPI LI LD LIAS ST: Two reductions in long distance telephone rates now in effect, offer you even greater econony in conducting your social and busi- ness affairs with people in other cities. @ The same reduced rates which have been in effect on long distance Station-to-Station calls after 7 P. M., are now in effect all day Sunday on most Station-to-Station calls on which the day rate is more than 35 cents. C2) Rates are now reduced on Person-to-Person calls every night after 7 P. M., and all day Sunday, on most calls on which the day Station-to-Station rate is more than 35 cents. Previously, ly Station-to-Station rates were reduced at night. ‘These new lower “long distance” rate periods for Night and Sun- day calls will make the telephone more useful to more people in more ways. It means a broader service at lower cost. Use “long distance” freely to keep in touch with friends and relative —to clear up the week’s unfinished business. Note the following typical three-minute rates. ‘CLLLLALLLA LEAL E LL, Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. a | KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY {leppenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Take From The Files Of The Citizen } Charles Thompson, of this city,! sippi Valley and thence north-' has been given up as a victim of! ¢¢ Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. the sea. He was last seen Monday | night at dark, trying to row a; small boat gshore. Darknes and the j Seattle, 29.70 inches, over Utah, | sea seem to'have claimed his body |The Golden Eagle and au -62 inches, over ‘and all hepe of finding him alive wil! hold their meemorial ser has been abandoned. Boats and jes, and over New England, Boston, | airplanes have diligently searched Petronia street. Organizations to for his body, but all in vain.! areas overspread | Charles Thompson, Miguel Marre- Gulf Castle Number 2 s i Oss and Charlie Sawyer chartered te Castle Number 3. California. | the boat Raccoon and went on a/ Castle Number “; voyage which proved disastrous; Temple Number 1. for all of them and fatal for one. Monroe county criminal court | Fla., 1.22 inches, Hatteras, N. C..| was still in session at noon today’ Club will hold a shoot tomorro. with the prospect that the enti | 1.06 inches. There has also been | docket of 29 cases would be clear-| the old naval air station. There zin on the Pacific coast from San | eq yp at this term. This has been|no admission fee to be one of the busiest terms of court *;in many months and'a number of! ing are requested to attend. On eases were tried by juries. At the meting of the Key West 'Yacht Club yesterday afternoon] been used instead of clay p plans were laid and will soon be} perfected for the acquisition of a club house and landing. Oommit- tees were appointed to decide onj uniforms, flags and pennants for: the use of the officers and mem-} bers of the club. Another commit- | tee was appointed to attend to the . details of the durability race to be held, and which will be parti- cipated. in by all visitors to the regatta to be held January 26, 27 and 28. ; At the first _meeting of the Monroe County Water Supply Commissioners, held in the rooms of the chamber of commerce | yesterday, it was decided to write: the Florida East Coast Railway. county commissioners, city coun-} cil, Key Largo Chamber of Com-: /merce, Key West Chamber of; Commerce, asking for any data! they may have in their files, for; bringing water to Key West and! asking their cooperation, As soon! as the data is secured steps will be taken toward bringing a supply} of water to the city and Florida! Keys, f ¢ t ‘ H Alexander Graham Bethel, 80, died suddenly yesterday on the; beach near Martello Towers as he | was returning from a fishing trip hich he had taken with one of! his sons and a daughter in law. | The funeral will be held tomorrow {| afternoon 1 o'clock from the} !Lopez chapel to the Fleming glish actor-manager, born 83 years ago, I Street Methodist Adams will officiate. j.was postponed from last week on IPPIAPLIPL LLL ee (Ld IN THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1936. Tocay’s Horosco cece y eeeee a Today 2 profound mind with a sensual disposition. There is a thoughtful tempera- nent and a peaceful nature, with undercurrent of great force, the anger is aroused. You can make your own way by force of gentle persistence. There is a te for travel that should be gratified, if possible. WHY GET UP NIGHTS Use Juniper Oil, Buche Leaves, Etc. church. Rev. The scouting fleet, consisting indicates of 28 planes, is expected to arrive at Key West January 28 according to an announcement made by the department. The planes are en route from Hampton Roads, Va. wher The three lodges of Knigh tomorrow afternoon in the hal! on participate will be Ke 9 and Florida’ Flush out excess acids and matter. Get ef bladder tation that causes waking up. mt desire, scanty flow, od backache. Make Get juniper oil, bu ttle green tabi . the bladder laxe ¢ not please return yi gz Store.—advt BY PLANE FROM KEY WEST TO MIAMI Reservations by Telephone 620 Regular Pianes, Miami-Key West Airways, Inc. Daily Except Friday RATE, ONE WAY, $7.50 Leave Key West 4 p. m, Ar- rive Miami 5:20 p. Fast - Comfortable - Safe The Ki West Fish and Gun morning at the traps located a sie cha and all persons interested in shoot , of the events of the shoot will be a'coconut breaking contest. Tt will be the first time coconuts have Paul Albury announces there ‘will be a game of baseball played temorrow afternoon at the Ke West barracks beginn at 3 a’elock between the r s and Liberties. This is the which Make Phone: eu account of bad weather. Subscribe to The Citizen—20c weekly. < Baa aI SS SS aS LADD AY, For the NEW YEAR GIVE THEM A SAVINGS ACCOUNT Nothing teaches a child thrift like a Savings Start one with us for him teday for as From time to time add to it. Account. little as one dollar. When graduation and college come along he will be prepared for them. He will soon learn the les- 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 ad oe Wa MOM MO MMO MOM OM MMM, NgUeTIIIFISIFIIIIS: LOOM, * Carey 85-b. Extra Heavy Slate Surface Roofing, Red or Green Tear, Regular South Florida Phone 598 “Your FLALLALAPALLALALLALLABAALALLAL LLL Lin! 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