The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 7, 1936, Page 2

* PAGE TWO Che Key Wiest Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC, L. P. ARTMAN, President JOB ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe Cc = wntered at Ki Member of the Associated Press . Phe Associated Press is exclusively entitied to use | for rept blication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also | the local news published here, SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year .. Bix Months Three Months ‘ne Month Weekly .... $10.00 ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application, SPECIAL, NOTICE { All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions «| + . fespect, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at _ the rate of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainments by churches from wl.!ch | =< @ revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- | sion of public issues and subjects of local or g-neral | Interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KF Y WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Seweiage. Bridges-to complete-Read—to-Main- land. Free Port, susd isu Hotels anc Aparcments, Bathing Pavilion”?! Airports—Land and’ Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments, Eugene put the “mad” in Talmadge. Why the “Y” on Yvonne when it isn’t > pronounced ?—Times-Union. Since when? The greater the power of government, the more dependent, one-sided and help-j; less does the individual become. The pres run of The Citizen is greater than ALL the papers which circulate in Key West, and advertisers should bear this in mind. Federal and.state governments might raise some badly needed revenue by taxing legislators for the privilege of introducing =fool bills. Huey Long was buster, but his wife will not carry on the tradition of the Kingfish. She is not the type of “filly” to filibuster. a rip-roaring fili- After the recent blizzard a _ north- western newspaper said: “Snow blocked the roads completely. Not a wagon, sleigh ¢.or auto got through yesterday. In fact, ihe cldrgest animal seen was a man on _ snow- : “Bhioes.” The American wor! > cup bravely against hung: ~and so forth; but whenhe seemingly hopeless st. ugite, and apathy are.added to phy hen prospects grow’ dark indée F ng.man will bear Pio &tikhealth, | ‘heart in a} despair ‘vy, the shortest month of the year, has five pay days. Of course, that can happen oniy in a Leap Year, which may be as consoling to the employer, as it is disappointing to the em- ployee. Dr, Marie Groli Davenport, 111- year old health counsellor, who may be “Seemembered by Key Westers as playing a piano solo on Major Bowes amateur hour last year and stating she had to have her daily cigarettes, has now given up smok- ing becauce she thinks when a woman | had they once been-slipped past the sin- | | stakes and lottery operators in a dozen{ | countries. ; to the winuers of the money that, as the reaches the plus-century mark she shouldn’t have many bad habits. ~“The theme song for the Florida gov- ernor’s race and even the campaigns for minor offices,” thé Tampa Tribune re- ports, is “So Am I—And Me, Too.” The words consist of that chorus in response to whatever the other candidate promises. The music, the Tribune avers, is from —*“Happy Days Are Here Again,” but that ‘probablp doesn’t matter, as few of the can- ~ didates could carry a tune. One of the _ most popular lines seems to be the “Me, ~-toe,”’ in response to Candidate Paty’s orig- “Gnal declaration against two-job_ legisla- tors. The boys who haven’t responded are having a hard time dodging that one.— =<Niami Daily News. FAKE LOTTERIES Only a short time ago a trunkful of spurious French national lottery tickets were confiscated by U. S. Treasury agents, when the steamer bearing the trunk docked in New York. It was said that possible; customers were saved $100,000, and that the tickets would have been sold easily, spectors. The account inthe New Yark! Times states that “the appetite of Amer; icans for the extraordinary long-chance¥ gamble is an important—and sometimes the principal—stock-in-trade.. of-- sweep- It is estimated that every year Americans buy from eight to fifteen mil- lion dollars worth of bona ‘fide sweep- stakes tickets and $5,000,000 more fake | ones that do not give the buyer even the} several-thousand-to-one chance of the ‘legitimate’ lottery.”” Probably fewer per- ould risk their money, however, if it were not for the immense publicity given sons reporter “comes back to make wealth people out of a skimpy handful of poor ones and wealthier people out of an equally skimpy handful of well-to-do win- ners.” says, EVADING GAS TAXES Because of the lack of uniformity among the states in the matter of gasoline taxes, a considerable traffic in “bootleg” gasoline has grown up, in spite of all ef- forts of officials to suppress it. The plan is, of course, to buy gaso- line in a state with a low tax, transport it across the line and sell it in a state having a higher tax, without reporting the sale to the authorities. This has heen done on a large scale by means of tank wagons, but through increased vigilance by state in- spectors a great many such law violators have been apprehended and made to pay the tax and a fine besides. In Missouri alone $178,574 in evaded taxes and fines were collected in four years, while no one knows how many of the “bootleggers” escaped detection. The practice will no doubt continue to a greater or less extent as long as differ- ent gasoline tax rates exist among the sev- eral states. ONCE UPON A TIME Once upon a time there was a man, who lived in a town, and spent all his money away from home. He was _ sure that he could take care of himself, and that his town didn’t mean anything to him. After a few years, his business wasn’t as keen as he had hoped it would be, his friends didn’t seem to think he was quite as important as he thought he was, and trade seemed to flow by his doors. He began to watch his competitor, who he found was an _ intelligent adver- tiser, a contributor to the public purse, a} mar. anxious to give some of his time and thought to community projects, and a be- liever in the fact that it pays to. keep! Many,of the: riders were on their j charge of the ; topcgraphic survey money at home, where it can keep floating around between the stores and busitiesses there. , Be And, after noting all these factors, he continued to wonder why some of his old customers went to the newcomer, and why almost everybody had the idea that he was a tightwad and his competitor a_ public- spirited leader of community life. STATISTICS TO ORDER If one depends on the conflicting statistics put out as argument in favor of this and that, it is difficult to get much in- formation of a satisfactory nature. While it is said that “figures cannot lie,” ex- perience has.amply proved that :statisitcs not only can, but often do. ton A case in point is seen in a statement | by a church board which claims that pro- hibition increased the national wealth by 72 billion dollars, while the National In- | dustrial Conference Board givesstatistics which indicate that prohibition caused a decrease of 175 billion dollars. One or both of these statements must be in error, perhaps both. This recalls a story of the late pub- lisher, E. W. Scripps, who decided to em- ploy an expert to compile some statistics on matters of national importance, making an offer of $12,000 for the job. The expert wired Mr. Scripps: “Offer accepted. What do you want the statistics to show? Can deliver to suit.” TODAY’S WEATHER ———_—_____ with a disturbance over Colorado, KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY | Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Tak The Files Of The “Abilene j Atlanta . Boston Hundreds of people in scores! of automobiles forsook the city; yesterday afternoon and traveled} east as far as they could along the 12% Shsc' miles of the Dixie; Hi that’ is‘“putting off to ge mar rious sun, more! Siyiy.more _ beautifully! translucent waters could not have} been deviséd~by smiling nature.} way to the magnificently situated! golfédurse to watch Glenna Col-/ lett, internationally known golf champion, go over the course in competition with Harry Hampton. | The gallery at the links, the play-} ers, and the riders in the cars, declared it the most beautiful afternoon they had ever seen. A delegation of physicians appointed go system of vaccination as practiced} in the United States, will arrive! in Key West this afternoon on} board the S. S. Cuba. They will visit three cities in Florida. Key West, Miami and Tampa. In the group are Dr: Lopez del Valle, director of sanitation for Cuba; and Dr. LeBredo, director of; Animus hospital in Havana. Dr.! Hugh Roberts, chief of the Cuban quarantine department. prominent by the} A sight-seeing service and sight- seeing bus for Key West were among the matters discussed at; the luncheon meeting of the Key West realty board this afternoon, R. R. Sigsbee, of the Clark Steam- ship company, declared excursions were to be run on the Steamship United States plying between-Key West, Tampa and Havana, with a sightseeing trip here and a lunch- eon or dinner at a local hotel. Moving pictures will be shown 8 o’clock this evening in the of- tice of the Vic Realty company, 210 Duval street. These pictures include scenes of Key West, Key Largo and Miami. Judge Waite of the general appraisers, wife and daughter, will arrive tomorrow. fhe judge will hold customs court. Sessions will start 10 o’clock to- morrow morning to pass on cer- tain matters which are scheduled to be presented. This practice has but recently been adopted and shows the growing importance of Key West as a port, said L. T. Bragassa, deputy collector. board of Hubert Reason, conductor of the splendid Key West band which has been rendering such charming | programs at Bayview Park, ae arranged one of the most interest- ing and delightful list of musical numbers for this evening, includ- ing the latest jazz tunes. Commander W. E. Parker, in hydrographic and} of the Coast} and Geodetic Survey department, | arrived in port yesterday on his vessel the Hydrographer. The | greater portion of the appropria-} tion for hydrographic work this year, said’ Commander Parke: will be spent on Florida shore: The completion of the work will be of great value to the shipping interests, General John J. Pershing, nl a from Africa, Chile on the is expected to arrive at Key West Tuesday morning about 8 o'clock. This information was revealed this morning in advices to The Associated Press from the U. S. Naval communication _ ser- vice. Editorial comment: Tightwads are generally sneered at, but they don’t often cause honest business men to go to the wall by their failure to pay their debts. Subseribe to The Citizen—20c weskly. BENJAMIN LOPEZ H FUNERAL HOME Serving Key West Half Century 24 Hour Ambulance Service Licensed Embaimer Phone 135 Night 696-¥ KEY WEST COLONIAL HOTEL In the Center of the Business and Theater District First Class—Fireproof— Sensible Rates Garage Popular Prices Elevator | Charleston Galveston. . Havana3* _ Jacksonville v« B8eese 54 02. {Kansas City .. i KEY WEST . Little Rock ~. 22 Los Angeles .. 46 Miami Minneapolis (New Orleans 40 New York .... Pensacola . Pittsburgh St. Louis - Salt Lake City 30 rnment of Cuba to study the}San Francisco 46 Seattle Tampa Washington .. Williston ... { No Sun rises Sun sets Lowest Highest last night last 24 hours! Moon sets ~ 32 52 | . 30 40 mee 24 7G 12 . 32 42 Adereere dé » WLIO i Station | High Buffalo {Low . Chicago # 14 44 } 2.5 (Tal 8 5: 28 76 28 62 28 78 -14 42 28 44 24 26 38 56 40 | Florida: 70 32 -16 § 72" - 22 - 10 22 Louisville 18 28 - 14 18 a2 . 56 18 20 Temperatures* Highest . -38 Ins. -05 Ins. 0 Yestarday’s Precipitation nal Precipitation -.. ‘hin record caverns 2 nding nt 8 o'clock thin Tomorrow's Almanac . 7:06 a. m. if {Moon rises . Sea level, 29.92, > jand Saturday; slightly colder south and central | night; not quite so cold in north portion Saturday. Jacksnoville to Florida Straits |and East Gulf: Moderate north- 2/erly winds except variable extreme south portion; : partly cloudy to overeast tonight | and Saturday, A, disturbance of intensity is cenrtal this morning .. 6:17 p. m | off the North Carolina coast, ASA AASASA4A¢ALZLAZLALLL &£ P.M. 10:42 3:58 WEATHER FORECAS1 p. m., Saturday) Key West’ and Vicinity: Partly {cloudy tonight and Saturday Partly cloudy | ' slightly colder tonight; moderate i winds, mostly northerly. Partly cloudy tonigh portions to. WEATHER CONDITIONS in over | weather considerable FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7,-1936. Yteras, 29.48 inches, and pressure} tis-low over the southern Rocky! Mountain and Plateau regions, j Denver, 29.56 imches; while a “; strong high pressure area is crest- “\ ed over western Canada, and pres-| | sure is high throughout northern >{ districts and southward over the | Mississippi Valley to the Gulf coast, Helena, Mont., 30.56 inch- jes, Precipitation has been gen- |eral during the last 24 hours in the middle and east Gulf States, jlower Mississippi and Ohio V: |leys, and middle and south At- jlantic States, with heavy snow in 3|North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland, heavy rain and snow; : : N : Account. Start one with 2 little as one dollar. that makés wealth. : . : . . ; : For the NEW YEAR GIVE THEM A SAVINGS ACCOUNT Nothing teaches a child thrift like a Savings 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 The First National Bank of Key West Member of the Federal Reserve in portions ef northern - Georgia and South Gsrolina, and hbesvy rain om-the middle Gulf coast. There has also been light rain on the north Pacific coast and light snow eastward over the Dakotas. Temperatures have risen.im most sections from the Mississippi Val- ley westward, except im the north ern Rockies. and continue ab- normally high in southern Flerida, Much colder weather has over- pread Montana with tempera- 32 degrees below zero im the western part of state, and readings cont eastward over u a KENNEDY. Officer in Charge. . us for him today for as Dee hd hdttkddbkdbtiddé 15% to 25% FIRESTONE HIGH SPEED» TIRES ARE INCOMPARABLE |. FOR SAFETY AND SERVICE Tests made by a leading university show that Firestone Tires stop your car 15% to 25% quicker than other leading makes. Stop to- day. 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