The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 29, 1936, Page 2

PAGE TWO Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspapc~ in Key West and Monroe Entered at K Member of the Associated Press H fhe Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use | for republication of all news dispatches credic: 1 to j it or not otherwise credited ia this paper and also the local news published here. SUBSCRIPTIGN RATES Une Year . Six Months Three Month: One Month Weekly .... $10.00 00 2.50 8 ADVERTISING RATES Made known on ap=lication. f SPECIAL NOTICE ! All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of tespect, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a li Notices for entertainme: ® revenue is to derived are 5 ce The Citizen n open forum 2nd invites discus- sion of public es an. subjects of loca’ or general interest but it will not publish n.aymous communi- cations. s by churches from which 3 a line. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main- land. Free Port. Hotels and Aparcments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation 6f County and City Governments, We know just what to do with poli- ~ tical announcements unaccompanied -by what it takes to make the mare go. Politicians are now given to Biblical quotations for the defense of their actions, ~ possibly because anything can be proved by the Scriptures. isd If you think you are a little better =than your neighbor you are proud, and if you don’t think so you have an inferiority =eomplex. What is a fellow going to do? We are becoming air-minded all around, expecting also to get our money from the air; nevertheless the source of all wealth is still the ground, and one has to dig to get at it. In cold climates the warm welcome tourists receive is artificial, or air-con- ditioned; in Key West the warm welcome extended is natural—an average of 76.08 degrees to be accurate. Walter Winc1.ell in announcing the birth of a child refers to it as ‘a baby gir.” or “baby boy.” Now wouldn’t it be one for Bob Ripley if the accouchement pro- duced a grown boy or girl. Men do strange things and act in curious ways. Laurence Sterne, one of Britain’: greatest humorists of the past, could be sentimental and weep over a dead ass, and neglect his living mother. Dictators like to prate about “our manifest dest.uy,’’ which, they omit to state, may be downwards just as well as upwards, and right now they arc at the peak, which means they must remain static or take the down vard plunge to oblivion. The meaning of the word usury has undergone radical change in the course of time. Once, every kind of interest, the tiniest profit from the loan of capital, was brarded as usury. According to Luther, five or six per cert was usury. Florida is liberal with .is alluwance; here it is not usurious to lend money up to 10 per centum, Secretary Morgenthau is quoted as| saying that when the government cannot sell bonds, chaos would ensue immediately. ! Only the rich or those comparatively so | can buy bonds, yet the administration is constantly hararvsing business men and making it more difficult for them to profit’ from their investments. Isn't that killing} the goose that lays the golden eggs? | | It makes a newspaper man hot under} the collar for a candidate to send in a! } 1 he was in a free country, _manded wages. MISSING SHIPS AND MEN Loss of life by accident or through a general disaster is somehow more shock- ing to relatives and friends of the victims than death from disease. This is due, per- haps, to the suddenness of the bereave- ment, for which those left behind are un- prepared. Most terrible of all-is the mental agony of those whose loved ones disappear without leaving behind anything to in- a.cate their exact fate. The history of the sea is filled ‘with such occurrences, in many _ os which hundreds of lives were lost in a single disaster. One of the earliest cases after the de- velopment of large vessels was that of the City of Glasgow, bound from Liverpool to Phiadelphia in March, 1854, and never heard of after sailing. She carried 450 passengers, Other vessels carrying 150 or more persons which likewise disappeared with- out leaving a trace behind include the Tempest in 1857, the City of Boston in 1870, the British training ship Atlanta in 1880, the liner Naronic (lost on her maiden voyage) iff1893, the Waratah in 1909. Terhaps the most mysterious dis- }; appearaneg at sea was that of the United States Na¥y, collier Cyclops, of 19,360 tons tach and carrying 293 men which left Barb jos, West Indies, on March 4, 1918, never to be seen again. During the remainder of the war it was thought that her crew might have been captured and imprisoned by the Germans, but at its close they declared that their war ships had never seen the Cyclops. The anxiety, the hopes and fears of relatives of these 293 men can be better imagined than described. The sea_ still keeps its secret. COMMUNITY COOPERATION The Citizen urges all citizens of Key West to adopt an intelligent plan of com- munity cooperation. This does not in- volve the careless boosting that facts or the degenerating pessimism that depreciates everything. It merely re- quires the citizens of Key West to realize that the combined efforts of all neighbors and friends will definitely improve our town. One of the necessities is a sound busi- ness structure upon which to Fest other ornaments. The trade-at-home policy, as often outlined in this paper, is a cardinal principle of community loyalty. It applies to sellers as well as to buyers and involves the use of money for improving Key West as well as spending it within municipal lisnits. In addition, our citizens should com- vare Key West with other communities aud, if possible, continue our endeavors to equire as many advantages as_ possible. Moreover, an eye should be kept on our living conditions and social organization flace D. Cole were-united in mar-: 'F. Eldridge of the Congregational | ‘church. ‘the Renedo building. cidental. hin Key West ignores |: as in the® lope of securing a fuller life for}, those Who make their homes here. A FAMOUS SLAVE CASE ‘ The French people claim with pride that their country was the first in Europe to have human slavery declared by a court to be unlawful. Denmark was the first European nation to declare by legislative act that all human beings on its soil were free. -That was in 1792, and the law took effect ten years later. But the legal case of John Boucaux, who was set free by a French court in the time of Louis XV, came a half- century earlier. = Boucaux had been brought to France from Martinique, in the West Indies, by a Monsieur de Verdelin, whom the negro served as a cook. Remarking finally that Boucaux de- His master’s reply was to have him put in the prison of the Chatelet, at Paris. Boucaux was liberated after three days, there being no law to fit his case, and he thereupon sued his master for ten year’s arrears of wages. Since he came from a French colony column of free publicity and then pay a! the cuit had to be heard by the judges of radio broadcasting company $200 for send-' the Admiralty court, who were compelled ing his announcement over the ether to detain him nearly three months while Times-Union. Most newspapers, however,| they considered what their decision should continue to print the announcements of} be. It was a victory for Jean Boucaux, candidates and their platforms, as a mat-' who was declared to have been “free from ter of news. You don’t find radio _ doing! the moment he stepped on French soil and that. 5 { to be a free man from now on.” THE KEY WEST CITIZEN KEY WEST IN ’ DAYS GONE BY TODAY’S WEATHER Uappenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen WEATHER FORECAS1 (Till 8 p. m., Thursday) Key West and Vicinity: Mostly cloudy tonight and Thursday; Lowest Highest | last night last 24 hours 42 32 Station Abilene Atlanta H Boston . | Buffalo {Charleston .. Chicago Sheriff Roland Curry was this morning notified of a schooting serape last night at Rock Harbor in which F. E. C. Section Fore- name of Porenzo Matthys i¢ j : 2 Bid ‘Havana Huron . Jacksonville .. Kansas City .. 2 KEY WEST .. 59 Little Rock .. 22 ! Los Angeles .. 58 Louisville 10 Miami -..- 48 Minneapolis .. --8 !New Orleans 36 a New York .... 16 ; Pensacola ..... So | Pittsburgh .... 8 : Ist. Louis .... 10 Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sawyer,’ ©"; : of 1210 Washington street, an-! Salt Lake oy i nounce the birth of a girl in their 527, Francisco 52 jSeattle . 32 home Monday morning. | ‘Tampa 38 ‘Washington .. 16 Williston ......--10 Braxton B. Warren and J. Otto Kirchheiner, county commission- ers, returned this morning from. Tallahassee where they conferred with state road department offi-} cials on matters relative to the Tamiami Trail in Monroe county, tnd other matters of moment in that section. Mostly Cloudy Warmer warmer tonight; gentle to mod- erate northeast to east winds. Fiorida: Mostly cloudy tonight !and Thursday with occasional rain in north and central portions; ris- ing temperature tonight and in north and central portions Thurs- | day. Editorial comment: Unlike truth, pedestrians crushed earth seldom rise again. and East Gulf: Moderate northeast jto east winds and mostly over- jeast weather tonight and Thurs- day with occasional rain over north \ portion. The commandant and officers of the naval station wish to pub- licly express their thanks and ap-j ff preciation for the courtesy ex-|._. Temperatures tended by Mr. and Mrs, L. P.| Highest Schutt at the naval officers dance | Lowest - at the Casa Marina - Hotel . last Mean evening. | Normal Mean. 64 9 2, | WEATHER CONDITIONS 9 | Pressure is moderately low Miss Leonette Lewis and Wal-} Yesterday’s Precipitation .0 In8.j -ver the far northeast, Eastport, Normal Precipitation -... .07 Ins.! we, 29.82 inches, and relatively riage here yesterday by Rev. A.| udine at § o'clock thin moraine. |low over southwestern districts, ‘Sui cleseues [Los Angeles, Calif., and Phoenix, Ariz., 28.88 inches, and high “| from the north Pacific and north- fall*® sa Sun sets . m. m, Jacksonville to Florida Straits WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1936, ] Today’s Birthdays| Today In History Seeeereeoescoes John D. Rockefeller, Jr. of New York, philanthropist, born in ! Cleveland, 62 years ago. i Edwar! F. McGrady, assistant secretary of Labor, born at Jer- sey City, N. J. ! i i U. S. Senator Kenneth McKel- jlar of Tennessee, born at Rich- mond, Ala., 67 years ago. | U.S. Senator Walte~ F. George of Georgia, born at Preston, Ga., | 58 years ago. | Ernst Lubitsch of Ho! } movie director, born 44 years ago. < ‘ { Owen Davis of New York, dra- !matist, born at Portland, Maine. | 62 years ago. | ; . Hugh R. Wilson of Mlinois, U S. Minister to Switzerland, born at Evanston, Ill, 51 years ago. s | Berton Braley. author and jpoet, born at Madison, Wis., 54 | years ago. Frederick Palmer of Katonah |N. Y., journalist-author, born at | Pleasantville, Pa., 63 years ago. | | Adolph A. Berle, Jr., of New [York City, city chamberlain, \ former braintruster, born in Bos- }ton, 41 years ago. i? /4//2/2¢¢ LAA ALAA AA ubscribe to The Citizen—20e Make Reservations by Phone Telephone 620 Regular Planes, 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. m. Fast - Comfortable - Safe The Key West. Red Cross Chap- ter acts quickly. Anyone need- ing the services of the Red Cross” can call upon the local office in The coroner’s jury empane'led ty Judge Hugh Gunn to investi- gete the death of Lee Sams, col-j ored man. killed at the P. and O.} wharf while helping to unload a vessel, decided that death was ac- One of the most important realty transactions of many weeks tock place today when a deal was consummated for tle purchase of the water front property of Stephen F. Lowe. The purchaser wes the Key ests Wharf and Warchouse corpora-/ tion. The purchase price was; $125,000. The property has --a, ‘frontage on William, Caroline and Elizabeth streets. The sale in- cludes all riparian rights belong- ing to the property. B. M. Rivierte was given a pre- liminary hearing yesterday aft-+ ernooh before the U. S. commis-/ sioner on a charge of smuggling; liquor, and was held in bond of} $500 for the next term of court. Everything is in readiness for]- the big DeMolay dance to be giv- en tonight at the La Concha hotel by the local chapter of the or-!that the business will be super- {' der. The appearance of a Charles-4 Moon rises Moon sets First quarter, 30th Tomorrow's Tides A.M. - 2:28 Low 7:36 Barometer . m. today: Sea level, 30.15. - m. . m. PM. 2:22 9:31 High ton dancer and the song to be sung by Phillip Carbonell, entitled, “Key West, U. S. A.,” are two of the outstanding features of the evening’s entertainment, Lloyd M. Koch, a socks and stockings salesman, was arrested |. here yesterday on an attachment issued out of circuit court in Palm Beach county, charging that Koch had violated an order of the court by failing to support hsi wife as the court directed. Sheriff Roland Curry has designat- ed Deputy Cieveland Dillon to leave for Palm Beach and deliver Koch to the proper authorities. Frank Delaney has been ap- pointed by the circuit court as receiver of the Curry Sons com- pany in Key West, Mr. Delaney formerly lived in Key West but for some time has been making his home in Miami. The decree issued by the court was not for liquidation of the business but to carry on as heretofore except vised by a receiver. Less Than A Dollar Puts A General Electric Refrigerator In Your Home “tern: Rocky Mountain States south-} “|south Atlantic eastward over the ntiddle and States, Helena,! | Mont., 30.62 inches, and Wyth vile, Va., 30.40 inches. Light to; moderate rains have occurred during the last 24 hours in south-! western districts, the Rio Grande! Valley and in Gulf coast sections‘ eastward to extremé northwest-{ ern Florida. and there has been, light snow from. the central Rocky j Mountain States eastward over! most of the Lake region and Ohio} Valley. Temperatures have mod-} erated throughout the greater part | of the country from the Mississip- ! pi Valley eastward, and in the; West Gulf States. but readings ‘are still considerably below nor- | mal in-these districts, with read-) ings 6 to 8 degrees below zer> in. Minnesota and light frost in} northeastern Florida; while cold- er weather has overspread north-! western sections ,and southeast- 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 to it. 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. 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