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

AGE TWO x __Che Hep Wiest Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC, L. P. ARTMAN, President JOE ALL Assistant Busthess Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Galy Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe { County. Florida, as second elass matter Member of the Associated Press dhe Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use fpr, feptblication of all pews dispatchesi credited to it or not. otherwise credited in.thib papey and also the local news published here,.. ‘ fe UBSCRIPTION BATES One Year... Bix Months Three Months ‘One Month Weekly ADVERTISING 1 ATES Ma@e known on applic: A SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, 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 is an open fo and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- vations. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main- Jand. “*re Port. Hotels and Aparcmentes. Bathing ‘Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City ,| Governments, | —— Is the Townsend What a foolish questicn. We read that Count Van der Stratea- ponthoz protested. Se do we; who wouldn’t? Plan Practical? Those who lie .bout us. are hardly. more offensive thea those ho tell un- pleasant truths, This being Valentine’: day, it may not be considered..inay:.opriate to men- tion that the Londo nMuseum has a collec- tion of valentines numbering over 10,000. An example:of -a real optimist is the ehap who bought ~ ticket for a raffle on an automobile and will not buy the car he has in mind until the raffle is over. Evi- dently: he thinks he is in possession of El Gordo. Seemingly nothing exists in this world uselessly. The ancient jokes that come over the air by radio cause one to yawn, and now doctors say that yawning is good for the health. So worse the jokes, oftener the yawn and better the health. Mark Wilcox has announced his can- didacy for re-election to Congress from the Fourth District. Sanford is no longer in his district, but will watch with interest the outcome of his campaign. Wilcox has made a good record, but he is against the Townsend Plan. It will be interesting to see what that. will decto a capable public sérvant.—Sanford Hera]d. It will not hurt him locally; Key West voters are zited h sound judgment, as a rule. Judging from the editorial comment of the Key West Citizen on the recent speech of B. F. Paty, candidate for gover- nor, the West Palm Beach man scored a hit in the island city. He “made a deep impression” on a “large and_ attentive audience,” The Citizen remarks, and “tadded considerably to his strength in the present campaigr’’ Although refusing to pick the winner at this early date, the K y West editor believes Paty would make a “strong and not a vacillating ggvernor.”-— Miami Daily News. -Eridgy Night, a Mig paper, in deploring the wastef§l spending ; of the taxpayers’ m-t..y on a §trans-state canal by the government and fot heeding! uf clamorus call of a strande@ island for the completion of the Over-Seas highway to the mainlend, adds: ‘‘And_yet, des; ite the need, the little cost, and the benefit that would ensue, the governmeni. the von- gressmen, and the polit‘cal leaders keep strangely silent avout coming to the aid of Key West in its .ight for an cverseas high- way, which it is entitled to by far greater reasons, than the racket canal thst will make the Mississippi Dubble look like a piker on a lark.” | 38 YEARS AGO Thirty-eight years ago this month events were moving rapidly toward that short but spirited struggle known to _his- tory as the Spanish-American War, which freed Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines from Spanish misrule. American feeling was running high against Spanish atrocities in Cuba, the battleship Maine was blown up in Ha- vana harbor on February 15, 1898, killing 266 officers and men. On April 11 Presi- dent McKinley told Congress that in the name of humanity and civilization the war being waged against the Cubans by the Spaniards must stop. On April 19 Congress demanded that Spain withdraw from Cuba, and authorized the use of American land and sea forces to accom- plish this result. War officially began on April 21. Regular Army and National Guard troops were mobilized at Tampa, Mobile and other Southern points; Dewey’s fleet was ordered from Hong Kong to destroy the Spanish fleet at Manila; Sampson and Schley prepared to meet Cervera’s Spanish fleet which was on its way to West Indian waters from Cape Verde Islands. The end of April thus saw the stage set for action. On May 1 Dewey easily defeated the Spanish fleet in Manila. Bay; j on July 1 the main assault on Santiago by <hafter’s Army began; on July 3 Cervera’s fleet was destroyed while trying to escape from Santiago harbor, and the Spanish land forces at Santiago surrendered to ‘.after on July 17. Aside from minor en- gagements ia Porto Rico, the fall of San- ‘“‘ago virtually ended Spain’s resistance, hostilities being formally ended by the protocol of August 13. Peace was declared through the Treaty of Paris, signed on December 10, 1898, .d later ratified by both ‘nations, wh-reby Spain acknowledged Cuba’s in- dependence, ceded Porto Rico to the Uni- ted Stat: and received twenty million dol- 1ars f°» tne Philippines. These are the high spots in a_ brief but dramatic war which had far-reaching consequences for many millions of people and established the United States as a great world power. VAGARIES OF GENIUS Nothing is quite so mysterious as the workings of the human mind. A study of men classed as geniuses generally shows them to be a little “cracked” in certain re- spects. Sometimes their peculiarities have been harmless, in others they have led to positive insanity. A few examples will illustrate. Napoleon was afraid«of-a cat; Peter the Great was afraid to cross a_ bridge; Martin Luther imagined that the devil ap- peared to him and he threw his ink bottle at the fiend; Samuel Johnson, Beethoven and Lincoln at times contemplated suicide. Among the ridiculous antics of great men may be mentioned the occasional habit of Cardinal Richelieu to gallop ‘around a billiard table, imagining himself to be a horse. Adam Smith, the great economist, once walked 12 miles to-church, clad only in his nightshirt. Bentham, the philosopher, went bareheaded in winter and wore heavy leather gloves in summer. Many men of genius have been shockingly lax in morals as measured by adopted standards. All this does not mean, however, that being a bit nutty is an infallible sign of genius. URGE USE OF AIRSHIPS After reviewing the history and de- velopment of airships of the size of the ill- fated Akron and Macon, a special Science Advisory Board has concluded that it is practical to operate such ships ‘with a .easonable assurance of safety. The scien- tists. urging that airships be not aban- doned, point out that railroads, surface ps, airplanes, and automobiles have their accidents but that nobody contem- plates giving ur these means of trans- portation. The Citizen knows very little about aerouartics but the record of the Graf Zeppelin, which has covered thousands of miles in scheduled flights without loss of life, indicates that there is something to dirigibles after all. If the Germans can construct and operate safe airships, there should be no reason why Americans can- not do the same. when! ‘THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Please, Mister APTER. STOPPED THE PROFITS ON WAR, WILL You TRY To SToP THE WaAR ON PROFITS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1986. = "SOOM ELLL: IT CAN GET COLDER— | (By Associated Press) i WASHINGTON, Feb. 14. | —Some folk think it’s been the all-time low record of temperature in the United / States was 66 degrees below zero, in Yellowstone Park on February 9, 1933. Even this, says the weather degrees below zero, in north- | ern Siberia. aha acta athratathenthed PYTTITTTI Ceccccceseesseseseeessee 1859—Oregon admitted to} Statehood as the 33rd State. 1876—Alexander Graham Bell filed his patent for telephone a few hours after Dr. Elisha Gray of Chicago jiled his caveat or no- itice of intention to file patent for same—bitter fight in court for years with Bell the winner. | 1903—Department of Com-| KEY WEST IN TODAY’S DAYS GONE BY | Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Taken From | The Files Of The Citizen | Vater Vinson, motorcycle traffic officer and Harry Sawyer patrolman, were struck and in- jured Saturday night by a cut down roadster driven by Horace Averette, 17 year old youth. The incident occurred on Whitehead Lowest Highest Station— last night last 24 hours Abilene 18 72 Atinnta \ Boston | Buffalo Charleston | Chicago Denver Detroit Galveston Havana full strength of the body. t opposite Dixie Hall. Vinson ed a broken leg and other s. Sawyer was badly d. The accident was de- clared unavoidable, by Chief of Police Cleveland Niles who in- vestigated the accident. Captain Clark D. Stearns gave an account of his recent visit to St. Augustine in connection with| pensacola 56 the proposed fresh water line| pittsburgh .... 34 from the mainland to Key West) gt Louis 20 at the luncheon of the Key West! gait Lake City 28 Realty Board today. There were] gan Francisco 54 43 members in attendance, the} geattle . V. A.| Tampa Johnson stated that buttons for Washington .. members of the board had been} wijliston .... received and were ready for dis- tribution. Huron .. Jacksonville Kansas City .. KEY WEST Little Rock Louisville Miami | ntndesnoiia 18 New Orleans 60 New York .... 24 Temperatures* Cable and other material for} Highest installing the White Way on| Lowest . Duval street arrived this morn-] C8" ing. This was announced a ei ae fait” by Harry Boyajian of the Vic} srry Realty company, who said work | would begin this week. Roscoe Roberts has been awarded the con-| Meaing tract for the installation and he} has agreed to have the work com-/Sun rises .. pleted in 30 days. Sun sets . = | Moon rises The Miller Brothers Shows ar-} | Moon sets .... -11:35 rived at noon today and will open! Last quarter, 15th . 10:45 in Key West Barracks tomorrow| Tomorrow's Tides night. Unloading of the paraphi A.M. nalia of the different shows, High 0 started immediately after arrival, Low .... 7:52 of the train and all trucks andj Barometer 8 a. m. today: wagons in Key West which were; Sea level, 29.86. available are working on the} unloading {ziidrations. More than two hundréd ‘people, . composing the personnel ofthe differen shows arrived during :the._ night and are at the barracks selectingl eloudy tonight and Saturcay,| sites. and getting? tents: apd im! probably occasional showers Sat- pedimenta in place for the grand urday; somewhat cooler Satur- opening. (lay; moderate southerly winds, j shifting to westerly Saturday. .. R, Warner, of the local Ro-; pFlorida: Mostly cloudy, Club has been advised by H. HL! ably scattered showers in north M. Stanley, conrresponding secre-; and central portions tonight and tary of the Georgia Press Associa- in south portion Saturday; some- tion, that about 200 members of, what colder Saterday and in north the association will arrive in Key: portion tonight West April 23. They will be in! Jacksonville to Florida Straits: Key West only a brief time and! Moderate southwestetly® winds at 8 o'clock thin morning. Tomorrow's Almanac - 1201 - 6:21 12:42 WEATHER FORECAST (Till’8 p. m., Saturday) Key West and Vicinity: Mostly then proceed to Cuba, which is the} chifting to northwest over north! objective of the trip. Saturday; tonight jand central ortions | weather mostly overcast Steamship Canadian Seigneur, nq Saturday, from Vancouver, B. C. arrived inj over north sortion. port today with 5,000,000 feet of} ast Gulf: Moderatesto fresh lumber. The vessel, drawing 26) south and southwest winds shift- feet, was towed_up the harbor; ing to northwest; weather mostly to the Florida East Coast Ter-| overcast, scattered showers to- minals docks to be unloaded. The, night; partly overcast Saturday. lumber shipments are to be sent to points on the east coast. ithe season. The total take weigh- 'e da little more than 5,000 Editorial comment: Some peo-} pounds, ple act as if they got married so| they could get divorced right off} quick, i — Captain E. Wilm, French naval attache, and Mrs. Wilm, arrived yesterday from Havana en route Judge and Mrs. J. F. Busto.}to Washington, and while in Key announce the birth of a 12 pound} West are the guests of Captain girl yesterday at their home on} Clark D. Stearns dnd Mrs. South street Stearns. The Senior Epworth League of Harry Hampton, local profes- First Methodist Church will give| sional, and Willie MacFarlane, a valentine party tonight to which| United States open.champion, all young people are invited. yesterday defeated Arnaud Mas- sey, French title holder, and Ar- Runboats of the Rios Fish com-} chie Compston, British» champion pany arrived yesterday with one’ in the golf match at the Key West of the largest kingfish catches of “links. par ae .| eastward over the middle and up-} .{ ward into northern Texas, "i temperatures 26 to 36 degrees be- .{ low zero in the Dakotas, and zero | .| homa, prob-} scattered showers | —jmerce and Labor created—i0! aeaea later three bureaus taken | from it to make the Department | of Labor. WEATHER WEATHER CONDITIONS i to 1912—Arizona admitted Statehood as the 48th State. i this morning 1929-——Chicago’s Valentine Day ti fr massacre—seven gangsters lined sections from) 45 and shot by fellow-gangsters. | eastward, | 1933 — Michigan's governor | closes banks for eight days. | i Pressure is low throughout most {the Mississippi Valley | with disturbances over the lower j Lake region, Detroit, Mich., 29.48 } Low Today In History’, \brook, N. Y. jeritus of sociology, Today’s Birthdays Sececcccesescocscssesees Rev. Julius A. Nieuwland of Notre Dame University, professor | of organic chemistry, noted Amer- ican chemist, born in Belgium, 58 | years ago. George Jean Nathan New York, editer, dramatic critic and author, bern at Ft. Wayne, Ind, of +54 years ago. Judge Thomas Williams of Ml, of the Federal ‘Court of Claims, born at Louis- ville, 6 s. ile, 4 years ago. Rear Admiral William C. Watts U N., born years ago. Charles Rann Kennedy of Mill dramatist, born in England, 65 years ago the professor em- born in Luz- erne Co., Pa., 72 years ago. Dr. Univ. Robert E. of Chicago, Park Rt. Rev. ant Episcopal ; burg. Pa., born at | 52 years ago. Wyatt Brown, Protest- bishop of Harris- Euffala, Ala., BENJAMIN LOPEZ FUNERAL HOME jinches, and off the coast of Vir- | ginia, Hatteras, N. C:, and Wash-| ington, D. C., 29.54 inches, aia another disturbance jover the Plateau region, Salt Lake City, Utah, 29.60 inches;! while a moderate high pressure } area overlies the Plains States, jand extends southward into north- jern Texas, Huron, S. D., 30.20 inches. Precipitation has been is cote ‘ general during the last 24 hours throughout the country east of the Plains States, being largely jin the form of rain, with heavy amounts as follows: Key West, Fla., 1.55 inches; Washington, D. C., 1.44 inches; and Pitts- burgh, Pa., 1.02 inches. Rains have also continued in California, and there has been snow, mostly light, in the Rocky Mountain | and Plateau States. Temperatures; & have risen from the Lake region} eastward over the North and Mid- | dle Atlantic States, and southward | to the Gulf coast, with readings | well above normal in many sec-| tions east of the Mississippi Val- ley; while colder weather has: overspread the Plains States, and, and south- with per Mississippi Valley, as far south as northern Okla-| G. S. KENNEDY, Official in Charge. TIT POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. DEMOCRATIC IC PRIMARY ELEC. TION, JUNE 2, 1936 eocccccccecenccccccccece For Representative to State Legislature BERNIE C. _PAPY For County ieieen 7 W. CURRY HARRIS ee Aecount. little as one dollar. that makes wealth. Member of the Po | Sui Supervisor of Registration | ! JOHN ENGLAND Suilt into the Ford V-8 explains why it can be financed on such easy terms. The Ford V-8 is worth more at the end of a year—or several years—because more i dollar value was put in- to the car when it was built. Your Ford Dealer i ¥ THE KEY WEST CITIZEN The First National Bank of Key$West Member of the Federal Reserve Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation sittin a damn ahen amaeatie x. SOTTOTITOLI TIIT SIO, OLD PAPERS For Sale 5 Bundles for: 25 in bundle 5c CHL MAB ILD IMM DIDI LD aS. WOK II IIISIII IOI IIIS E 7 oe 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 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 Ohhh de hak dade hdididkdadad,