The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 4, 1936, Page 2

\ SHE KEY ‘WEST CITIZEN KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Mlappenings Here Just 10 Yea Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen “PAGE TWO TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1936. SSCSSSSSSSSSSSESSSSSSSSESE J 9, 2 |Today’s Birthdays | teeececweercccnnsseseses a Col. Charles A. Lindbergh of Florida: Cloudy, preceded by|Engiand, born in Detroit 34 yegee showers this afternoon and in| south portion tonight; colder to-j night, much colder in north por-{ AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION THER L -erybody knows the legend about) the little Dutch boy who stuck his arm in the hole in the dike. Old as that legend is, it can be applied very pertinently to Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President JOE ALLEN, Assistant Lusiness Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets seccccccccccccccccccccse! T OD A Y ’ 5 W EA Today's. L Anniversaries —— ° Lowest Highest. last night last 24 hours . 74 76 1772—Josiah Quincy, Boston} Station ‘lawyer, congressman, mayor and} Abilene . Harvard president, most illus-j Atlanta .. 64 30 Bishop William F. McDoweld Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County. - | a, as second class matter NTH YEAR i 3 Member of the Associated Press ehe-Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use ler republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also ne local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES “SIX Months “Three Months “Ste Month . "Weekly .. $10.00 5.00 ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. ‘3 SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of £espect, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainments by churches from which | #& revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. ~The Citizen n open forum and invites discus- | -sion of public es and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations. | - IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1, 2.-Bridges to complete Road to Main- Water and Sewerage. Pree Port. ‘Flotels and Aparvments. | 2B. Bathing Pavilion. | & Aieports—Land and Sea. ~% Consolidation of County and City Governments, | : : =| And the musie goes round and round. | We don’t care if we never hear that again.! i | i Ps Ore way to get a kick out of some- ~thing is to get behind a recalcitrant mule. | } | ‘ | i - Sebring’s city counci' must have Lvon-; -doggling numerals in mind when it con- | _siders slapping on a 3,000-mill levy. Jazz | : figures must be getting in its hair. The judge at the trial of L’Affair. Stavisky enjoinec the jurors to action, s -y-{ ing that 40,0. °,000 Frenchmen had th. r eyes upon them. What has become c/ the _ other 10,000,000? Senator Robinson, w*o was Al Smith’s | running mate in the “days that wuz”, “turned thumbs down on President Roose- velt on a vital issue one day and the next “lauded him to the skies in attacking the} “Happy Warrior.” Loeb’s seutence proved after all to} have been only lelayed reprieve. Rut his execution by a fellow prisoner was far | more ghastly than what the jury should have decreed had it not listened to oratory rather than justice. a The latest in taxation is a nickel in the slot for a reserved parking space for a ited time. St. Petersburg takes in about $40 a‘day. ‘This novel source of getting the last nickel from the owners of cars hasn’t hit Key West as yet, but it’s on its way. Here are some questions evoked by Al Smith's reference to “take a walk.” Where is the walk to take place; when is it to take place; how long will it 1 in} what direction will it lead, and where will it end? Since it is described as a walk, it won't be a run-out, and that is consoling. Not satisfied with digging deeply in- to the pockets of the taxpayers, the gov- ernment is thinking of making taxes re- troactive, which, of course, is also uncon- stitutional. This reminds us of a wag’s re- action to the legend at the doors of high- | priced hotels which reads: “Stop, have you left anything?"’ He thought it should read: ‘Stop, have you anything left?” | The Citizen does not favor govern! ment ownership of anything, and par- } ticularly not public utilities, with the ex- ception, however, of the postal utilit~.} Nevertheless, if it were privately owned! weuld a city of more than 10,000 souls be} deprived of mail for one whole day as ith is now the case in Key West. Qn Frid.ys! there is no train, no boat, .o plane and} consequently no mail. On other days,’ weather permitting, there is first-class mail service, but the secoud-class mail cénsist-| ing of periodicals, newspapers, etc., ayx-} rives mostly by steamer twice a week. How long would a »rivately-owned postal utihiy | _last with such an inefficient service? | certain industries is given in a recent issue j the electric utilities as_an ex@ some things that are happening today. Because of Supreme Court decisions that laws are unconstitutional, some per- sons want to restrict the ..power of the courts. Others advocates Constitutional amendments that would wipé out state lines and give dictatorial control to a bureaucratic federal regime. These individuals; fertunately in the | minority, should remember that even their ideas might be different if the federal gov- ernment were in the hands of some other | group. The same powers of dictatorship ! could be applied by any group under such a Constitutional amendment, for it would be the permanent law of the land. Aside from that, let’s take a look at the AAA case. That law was in effect two years, seven months and 24 days. Hun- dreds of millions of dollars were collected and disbursed. Some of it may be re- turned; most of it won’t; all of it was paid illegally. ? Now take a look at the little Dutch boy. He didn’t try to rebuild the dike. Nor did he try to make the water run back over it—uphill. Nor did he stand idly by, shaking his head while the hole got big- ger and bigger and the flood wiped away his home. He stopped up the hole. There’s a hole we can stop up by con- cerning ourselves with the making of laws, by forcing our legislators to be on guard against illegal acts. The American peo- ple already are taking a much more active interest in government. Surely they won’t top when the job is only half done. WAR ON AUTO DEATHS New Year’s resolutions are often the subject of jest, but here is one, suggested vy a sales manager of a prominent oil com- pany which if made and kept would aid greatly in the war on auto deaths now be- ing waged throughout the land: “T will keep my car in proper condi- tion 1vr winter driving by having all nuts anu bolts tithtened, hinges oiled, tires re- paired or renewed, brakes adjusted or re-}nival was made yesterday after-| Stearns. Miss Douglas will on lined, o.. changed to winter grade, wind- noon. Miss Bunnie Niles is leading; Monday evening in the Strand} shield wiper fixed, steering gear inspected, and anti-freeze installed and kept at pro- per strength. I will also drive at moderate speeds, because too much speed eats up my oil and gasoline and leads to danger. I will be extra courteous to other drivers during the winter, because discourtesy and thoughtless driving cause most ~ accidents, and the hazards are greater at this season.” Strict adherence to the resolution it is suggested would not only save thousands ! of lives and prevent many injuries, but would make for real economy in car opera- tion, and add to the comfort of winter driv- ing. By observing these and other commen sense precautions ten thousand deaths and countless injuries could be averted during 1936. Automobile deaths constitute a never ending tragedy. Let’s resolve to do something about it. te SOME TAX FIGURES Last year the expense of federal, state and local government in the United States amounted to about 16 billion dol- lars, while the entire national income was less than 60 billion dollars. In other words, considerably more than one-fourth | of, the money earned by the American peo- ple goes for taxes of one kind or another. An illustration of how this affects of the Industrial: NéWs Review. Taking le, it is shown that they pay a ‘tax. Dill of more than 200 million’ dollars"a yea¥. In the case of most. companies this} tax bill amounts to from 12:to.15.per-cpat of their gross income. : Even with this handicap, it may be} added that privately owned electric com- panies render service at rates generally below those charged by tax-free muni- ‘pally owned plants, with but few excep- tions. In fact, the cost of electricity is about one-third less than in 1913, in spite of the ever increasing burden of taxation. As the Review truly says, “had gov- ernment been as efficient and economical as the utility industry we would have no tax p-oblem today.” CDHHDPDVIIITTPOPOPIIIOIOVII II IL IIS ISDS: General John Pershing will ar- tious of a noted family, born in! Boston tion with a cold wave and freez-! of Washington. D. C., retired jwill confer with physicians rive at Key West, Monday, Feb- Boston. ruary 8 on and Chile. He wi!l be in Key West a few hours awaiting departure of the train which he will take for the trip to Washington, where he re-! Died July 1, 1864, > board the U. S. S.| Denver. He comes by way of the} 7 ; _| Chicago . Canal Zone after an extended trip’ ae shes gs epcerauin en Ase Denver... in South America including Peru! i). leading anti-slavery agitator Detroity |of his day, born , Died Nov. 25, i at Danville. Ky. 1857, 1802—Mark Hopkins, for 36] 40 64 28 Bufifalo . Charleston 36 Galveste Havana . Kansas (City... lative to his health, The Denver years president of Williams Col-! KEY WEST. .. will be docked at the naval tion. The cavaret and dance to be sponsored by the Woman’s club will be given tonight in the Athle- tie Club. The affair promises to be one of the most delightful given in Key West this season and so- ciety will turn out en masse to witness the performance by local talent. Mrs. Lillian Connally, who has been staging the cabarets for the past few years is again in charge. Robert F. Spottswood, well known local realtor, has severed his connection with the Gulf Keys Realty company and is now with the Tropical Isles Corporation. Mr. Spootswood was with the Gulf | Keys Realty Company and was sales manager since the organiza- tion. Two naval attaches, one the!of the United Mine Workers of | Sun rises English and the other the French,| America, a respected labor lead-!Sun set: will arrive from ‘Washington within the next few days to pay a visit to the naval station. Head- quarters for the Seventh Naval District, Captain E. D. Willm, French attache, reach here about February 15. Captain Arthur Stopford, British naval attache, is due to arrive about February 14. Deputy Sheriff Herman Albury has returned from Miami bringing with him Charles Young, colored labor agent, wanted here for the embezzlement of $90 from a group of negroes employed in un- loading vessels at the P. and O. Dock. Young will be given a pre-; liminary hearing before Judge Gunn today. The first count in the Popular Lady Contest being conducted in connection with the firemen’s. car- her nearest competitor, Miss Jane Thompson by 18,825 votes. Miss Niles has 46,175 votes and Miss Thompson has, 27,350. af Free shrubs for transplanting are being offered by F. R. Malo-} ney. This is being done to en- courage the idea of beautifying home yards and lawns of the city and it is expected that hundreds of residents will take advantage is expected to : great educator’s, born at Stock- abridge, Mass. Died June 17, 11887. \ 1820—David C. Broderick, New/ York Tammany politician. San! Francisco pioneer and Democratic | leader, born in Washington, D.i C. Died in a duel, Sept. 16, 11859. 1822—Edward F. Beale, naval } officer, bearer of dispatehes to} | West and Southwest, pioneer in building of the Far West Indian agent, Soldier and surveyor, born in Washington, D, C. Died April 22, 1893. 1857—Charles Godwin Jen- nings, noted Detroit physician, } , born at Leroy. N. Y. Died Jan | Ke 1936. 1870—John Mitchell, president ler of his day, born at Braidwood, ‘Ill. Died Sept. 9, 1919. of this wonderful opportunity to "secure many beautiful plants. Two United States Destroyer; (U. S. S. Smith Thompson and Tracy are due to arrive in port! February 13 on their way to Ha-| vana for the Spanish War celebuet ition, Captain Wat. T. Cluverius, | special repesentative of the navy | department will be one of the officers in the g-oup, and on ar- ‘rival will be joined by Majorj- ' General Harry Hale who will be ‘accompanied by his nephew Cap- ; tain Willis Hale and Mrs. Hale. | Miss Lucille Douglas, associate jeditor of the Shanghai, China, 'Sunday Times. and a famous ‘painter is in Key West and the jguest of Captain Clarke D.} ‘theater during a lectire on China, fat the invitation of her many friends. The following day she {will exhibit a group of her paint- | ings. | | Backfiring of the engine on the| | motorboat Mary G. caused a small fire on the vessel, with little ' damage resulting. The Mary G. is owned by the Ocean Leather com- q- GI PIAPEDDE EA hh hdedaded a: DON’T BUY--TRY FREE FOR THREE MONTHS MP ner ELECTROMASTER part. the rate. The Company will install a three or four bur- three months without any obligations on your Be modern and cook by wire. It’s clean, fast, and economical, for the more you use the cheaper After trial, when you have found out that an electric range will do everything that you expect of it, you can then start paying at the rate of AS LOW AS $1.25 PER MONTH with a liberal allowance for your old equipment SEE US REGARDING THIS PLAN _ = The Key West Electric Company TEASISPES ISDS DS ERE EL | 1 ; pany | | i i i N range on a free trial for oe ISO PLLLLELLLALLLLLEVLLLLLLLT ELLE ALE LE LOE aa sta-' lege, Mass., one of the country’s] Little Rock ... Los Angeles Louisville Minneapolis New Orleans 50 New York ... 22 Pensacola . 52 Pittsburgh St. Louis .... 4 Salt Lake City 10 San Francisco 44 Seattle Tampa Washington .. Williston... Jemperatures* Highest - ‘Lowest Mean .......-. Normal Mean Rainfa Yesterday’s Precipitation .0 Ins. Normal Precipitation .... .03 Ins. °Thin record covers 21-hour perior nding at ® o'clock thin morning. Tomorrow's Almanac 77 74 19 Moon rises m. m . m Moon sets m. Barometer 8 Sea level, 29.92. WEATHER FORECAS1 (Till 8 p. m., Wednesday) Key West and Vicinity: Cloudy with showers and colder tonight; ee Showers Colder Wednesday partly cloudy and colder; moderate to fresh shifting winds, becoming northwest. {ing in northwest portion; Wed- nesday partly clondy and colder. ;_ Jacksonville to Florida Straits: Fresh shifting winds becoming northwest; mostly overcast wea- ther tonight and Wednesday with scattered showers tonight. East Gulf: Fresh to strong northwesterly winds; overcast weather with showers over south portion tonight; partly overcast | Wednesday. WEATHER CONDITIONS The southwestern moved northeastward to the Lake region with greatly increased in- | tensity, Detroit, .. 29.08 inch- es, and pressure is low southward over the Gulf of Mexico; while a moderate high pressure area has moved in over the southern Plains | States, Dodge City, Kans, and Oklahoma City, 30.24 inches. Rain has occurred since yesterday ‘morning from southern Texas northeastward over Gulf coast | districts, the South Atlantic States, jexcept the Flor peninsula 72 and the Middle and North Atlan- | tic States, being he: in north- jem Georgia, Atlanta, inches. jand there has been rain or stow jin the upper Mississippi and Ohio Valleys, Lake region, and from the north Pacific States eastward jover the central Plains. Colder weather has overspread the Plains GOae: IIPZALLLLLLL LLL Account. little as one dollar. that makes wealth. The First National Member of the N ' disturbance For the NEW YEAR GIVE THEM A SAVINGS ACCOUNT Nothing teaches a child thrift like a Savings Start one with us for him today for as 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- son that it is not what you earn but what you save Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Pe | j bishop of the Methodist Episcopal |Church, born at Millersburg | Ohio, 78 years ago. ; Dr. John A. Morehead of New | York City, president of the Luth- ;eren W Convention, born in | Pulaski Co. 69 years ago j Rear Admiral David F_ Sellers. ae .. bern at Austin, Tex. 62 Edward B. She playwright New born at Austin ago De. Ernest O. Hi presi dent of Washington St Pullman born at ton, Ind., 62 years ago © College Benning Dr. Buell G. Gallagher dent of Talladega College. bama, born at Rankin, I years ago. pres Als 32 States and Mississippi Valley and southward to the west and middle Gulf coast, with temperatures be- low zero as far south as Kancas, and 18 to 22 degrees below in Minnesota and Nerth Dakota; while readings are abgve norma’ in the Atlantic States % S_ KENNEDY, Officer ia Charge. : Bank of Key West Federal Reserve O hadkadkadahadadad dod de ded, Without Foot “$1 Phone 59° 40c » See Them At Our Store Or Phone 598 EVERYTHING FOR THE DAY'S OUTING Thermos Bottles, Thermos Jugs With Or ' Without Faucet For Hot Or Cold Foods and Beverages 15 to $3.30 ALSO FISHING TACKLE White and Elza Streets “Your hume is worthy of the best” MM kkrkadkade hed ddd hdd dedddid Add ddd EC hhh hed hdd hhh ddd FOLDING BEACH CHAIRS Take Advantage of These Warm Sunny Days On The Beach Camp Stools, Folding Straight Chair With Arm Rests, Adjustable Reclining Chairs With Or Rest and Canopy and u p