The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 24, 1936, Page 2

PAGE TWO < y Except Sunday By UBLISHING CO., INC. Published Dai THE CITIZEN N, Assistant Business Manager n The Citizen Building Corser Greene and Ann Streets only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe Coun! 's second class matter weak os Associated Press entitled to use Member of tie she Associated Pre: for rept dlication is it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news pub‘ished here. One Year Six Months Three Months .... ‘ne Month ....... Weekly ADVERTIS! Made known on application. "SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notic of thanks, > respect, obituary notice the rate of 10 solutions ot ments by ‘churches from which erived are 5 cents a line, 1 open forum and invites diseu sion of public issucs and subjects of local or general interest but it will not pub!:sh anonymous comiiuni- cations. IMPROVEMENTS fF 9R KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Seweraze. Bridges to complete Road to Main- land. re “ort. Hetcils and Aparcments. Bathing Pavilion. Atports—Land an? Sea. Coasoiidation of County and City Governments, Ww “te cute names Erne: way has for his youngsters. They are two little boys, aged six and nine, and he calls ‘em the Jew and the Mouse.”—Dorothy Dey in Miami Tribune. Major Bowes in his honoring Tampa referred to ing west coast city as “the champion. vot- ing Is it possible the major could have been tipped off as to what happened last June in the primary election? amateur hour that thriv- ci In the days gone by, pirates made regular visits to Key West to cache the fruits of their depredations on the high Tomorrow the Pirates of Penzance will descend upon the city but their mis- sion is one of peace and entertainment. seas. History says, although it is claimed to be a myth, that George Washington tossed a silver dollar across the Rappahannock near the capital. Walter Johnson, to emulate the father of our country, also ac- complished the same feat, but he did it with a 59 cert dollar while Washington was handicapped with the 100 per article. cent With Jupiter Pluvius showering his revenge on Tampa during its Fair was only a decrease of a ii. !e over 31,000 in the attendance. Returning Key West- ers said it-wWas raining cats and dogs dur- ing Gasparii!a’s reign. If Key West could only sell its weather .o less favored 1 calities in the United States, it would res al in luxury. here Senator Long, wife of the late K fish, was never euthusias s policies, and now as senacor she voted against six amerdments which her hus- band advocated with all the veheuence of his atrabilious nature. Furthermore she declares it is her intention to follow the leader, and who is tis leader? None other than Senator Robinson, who was the uncompromising foe of the late Huey Pier >» Long. Our admiration the better . ‘If of the departed solon growing, for is The first issue of the Pompano Sun is a creditable publication in tabloid. form but standard-sized character, and if the first issue is a criterion, its success is as sured. F. W. Lovering, of West Medford, Mass. the managing editor. ed the Florida Keys Sun six years ago in Key West and tried manfully to get a foot- hold here, but to no avail. The paper ceased publication in January and the plant moved to Pompano. There is an economic reason for the existence of another paper in the little East Coast city and The Citizen is just as convinced that would fail here. ; cost, but on account of the many accessory | expenses that follow. | President, Warren G. Harding, jatches credited to; | prepared by the Associated Press. iy, onder + ington ‘ dollars and ' amount | the interest paid for the past two years. | bandi*¢ our forces and giving no heed to Senator } ‘ ture for war preparations than . is the publisher and Ora L. Jones} The former launch- WORLD WAR EXPENSE GROWS Wars, like many other things, are ex- pensive, not so much because of the initial The United States officially ended the World War on July 21, 1921, when the officially proclaimed its conclusion. On that date statisticians placed the money cost at $25, 729,000,000. -With the payment of the bonus included this figure moves up to $15,200,000, according to a tabulation The average citizen of Key West may where this increased amount comes in. The answer is easy. Up to 1934, e Veterans’ Administration in Wash- spent more than six billion interest on the war debt was well over nine billions. To get the full amourt ‘or today, all you have to do is to | add iz. the cost of the bonus payment, the spent on veterans since 1934 and The United States has always been extre. ely liberal in “taking care of” it: ex-service men as the pension rolls abund- antly prove. For many years congressmen ithe state were started yesterday | chippers but the people employed KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen TODAY’S Lowest Highest Station— } Abilene Atlartta | Boston | Buffalo Charleston Chicago ; Denver } Detroit Galveston Havana . Huron +4 j Jacksonville _. Kansas City .. KEY WEST _ | Little Rock .. | Los Angeles .. Louisville Miami Minneapol| a New Orleans 56 | New York .... 26 | Pensacola 60 ' Pittsburgh .... 34 | St. Louis ...... 50 Salt Lake City 28 San France 44 . 5& . 36 a 32 42 52 48 62 42 68 34 66 64 74 Efforts to remedy the condi-} tions brought about the embarge placed by the Florida East Coast Railway on shipments of lumber from Key West to other points in at a meeting of the Chamber of Commerce. Representatives of a Pacific coast lumber company met with officials and discussed the matter from every angle. It was pointed out that lumber ship pers from the west coast sent 1,193,110,596 feet of lumber through Key West to Florida; cities during the past nine months. During the next several months! a number of ships were expected { but with the embargo on, it will mean a great loss to not only the 60 60 70 in Key West as well The Cuban anniversary cele- Lratien got under way today at] Seattle . 30 the noon hour when a salute of} Tampa .......... 54 21 guns was fired at the termina-| Washington .. 30 tion of a luncheon given on board! Williston ... 6 the Gunboat Cuba which is an- chored off the navy docks. Thet government. vessel was decorated | Highest from stem to stern with flags and! Lowest Temperatures* have generously appropriated the public money out of a sentiment combining “love” for the defenders of the country and to |; secure the veterans support at the polls. } Opinions will differ as to the predominance of the respective motives. The adjusted service compensation certificates, provided by Congress in 1934 for payment in 1945 was expected by many optimistic souls to remove the pen- sion issue from politics in so far as the World War was concerned. Today, with immediate payment of the certificates au- thorized by Congress, the question of pen sions looms on the horizon with every in- dication that the veterans of the World War will do just what the veterans of other wars have done and use their voting strength as a club to secure financial fa- vors from the government. It is not our purpose in this article to advocate or attack the future payment of such pensions. Rather is it our desire to call attention to the issue which will cer- tainly arise. If the American people are willing to be taxed for general service pen- sions, they will undoubtedly have an op portunity to bear this burden. If, on the other hand, the public does not favor the payment of general service pensions, it will be necessary for the public to take positive steps to dispose of the threat. There is little or no use in looking to Con- £ for any defense against any proposal that the organized veterans of the nations} sponsor and demand. CIVILIANS START WARS Civilians start wars; soldiers stop them. This in substance is the declaration of Major General W. G. Everson, former chief of the militia bureau. He has served in two wars himself, besides devoting much «me to the national guard of his state. The gencral’s remark was intended to ‘ea refutation of the often repeated charge that military men are the cause of wars. He also s7id: “No soldier wants war, but it is foolhardy to think of dis- prep. edness.” ‘t is true, as General Everson says, ; that accisions for war are made by civilian officers of governments. The armies and navies only come into the picture after war is declared It is only natural that mili- tary men, upon whom the responsibilities for ending war must fall, desire to have! adequate personnel and equipment with ich to combat the enemy when their: civilian masters say the word. They also | believe that preparedness is the best means | for averting aggressions on the part of | j other nations. It may be that ‘milita¥y authorities | sometimes recommend, acgmeater.expendi- | is neces sary, but they do not advocate war itself. The Tampa Tribune hastens to re- mark that Major Bowes in calling Tampa “the champion voting city” did not refer! to voting in the primary elections but io! | voting by air. } Senator Duncan U. Fletcher is quite | emphatic concerning his attitude toward the Townsend Plan, characterizing it as | | visionary, theoretical, and not feasible, or | The Sun will succeed there as it was that it } wise, or workable. Otherwise, ably, it has no flaws. presum- |time and comes to Key West | quarters | ' i i strezmers. The naval band play-| Mean .»... ed for about one hour a_ select; Normal Mean program of appropriate music. A Rainfall* band concert will be given at Bay- | Yester day’s Precipitation view Park tl afternoon. Normal Precipitation . “This record covers 24. . J., one | ending at 8 o'clock thix of the leading missionzries of the! Tomorrow's Alma: Jesuit Order. is visiting at the | Sun rises rectory of St. Mary’s Star of the} Sun sets Rey. Stanton, whese| Moon rises -a at. New’ York,| Moon sets Maryland and New York College,} Tomorrow's Tides h::s been in poor health for some! A.M. to, High 11:29. His stay will be in. * 5:01 Barometer 8 a. m. today: Sea level, 30.28. Rev. William Stanton, S. s P.M.; recuperate, defniite, depending on the condi- tion of his health. WEATHER FORECAST Mrs. Alice Holland is in re- ceipt of a letter from Miami an- nouncing the birth of a 10-pound (Till 8 p. m., Tuesday) daughter to her son and daughter- Key West and Vicinity: n-law, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P.| to partly cloudy tonight and Tues- Holland. east to southeast winds. Florida: \tonight and Tuesday; Traffie now on Duval street are eliciting lots of praise and favorable comment from visi ters as well as local folks. There|treme south coast; warmer can be little or no excuse for] northeast portion Tuesday. violations of traffic signs now,” | Jacksonville to said Chief of Police Clevelandi and East Gul Ni'es. The bright yellow pleced on the sidewalks wh no one can possibly overlook the} overcast “stop” and “slow” signals, unless} Tuesday. deliberately. | pores - WEATHER CONDITIONS Editorial comment: You often: have to provide a meal these days! Pressure is high this mornin: to get people out to hear a lee- | over the Atlantic and East Gui ture; which shows that many ideas! States, Boston. Mass., 30.48 in enter the human system by way) es, and relatively high over Cz of the stomach. ——— weather tonight The fleet of vachts and other racing craft will leave Miami 8 o’clock Friday morning and arrive at Key West Friday evening to be im readiness for the Regatta on! February 28. Carl Fisher’s boat,! the Shadow H., will accompany the vessels to Key Head- fer the iting yachts will be the submarine base at the: nava! station. KEY WEST COLONIAL HOTEL In the Center of the Business and Theater District First Class—Fireproof— Sensible Rates Garage Elevator largest in asngee Popular Prices many days last evening; One of the trains arriving reaced Key West 6:45 o’clock.. There were more than 350 on the train, most of them to remain for a» few days, others to leave for Havana. CASA MARINA Key West’s Hotel De Luxe AMERICAN PLAN 200 Delightful Room&, Each With Private B: Evening Dinner Luncheon - Afternoon Tea or a la Carte Palm-Shaded Sandy Beach with CASINO Masseur in Attendance PETER SCHUTT, Manager The corener’s jury empanelled to investigate into the death of G. C. Wimberly, of Shady Grove, Fla., rendered a verdict today to the effect that death occurred in an accident on the county road caused by the bursting of a tire on the automobile in which Wim- berly and friends were riding. The accident was unavoidable. SOTOTTTTITOETOOTES \ For the NEW YEAR N GIVE THEM A SAVINGS ACCOUNT N 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. The First National Bank of Key West Member of the Federal Reserve Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Sen kA eb ddtttdtedséteddéed x. FOIPOP POL LZ ee. last night last jours es, and low throughout the m. | 5:46 Fair Florida Straits Moderate east to signs, southeast winds over south por-, show | tion and south to southwest winds { re and where not to park andj over north portion; fair to partly and! LL dh hede dud MD Wier en eer eal, WEATHER | fornia. San Francisco, 30.20 inch-! re- mainder of the country, with a disturbance of considerable in- jtensity central over Minnesota, | Duluth, 29.36 inches. Light to; | moderate rain and snow has oc-| curred during the last 24 ho: 'from the Rocky Mountain States westward, except in southern Cal- ifornia, and in Minnesota and the} northern Lake region. ana there{ has been light rain in the lower! | Ohio Valley. Temperatures have! ‘risen in most sections from the Plains Siates eastward, with read-:< | ings 20 dgerees to 32 de-! ‘grees above normal in many in-! terior districts, and, although} | colder weather prevails over the} far Northwest, no zero tempera-| tures are reported in the United} States this morning. H G.S. KENNEDY, | Official in Charge. | | Today In History) 1868—U. S. House of Repre-} sentatives resolved to impeach : President Johnson before the Sen- ate. 1919—President Wilson signed the six billion dollar war revenue j bill. | 1920—Nazi Party founded by: | Hitler in Munich. 1 ! i] 1930—Charles Evans Hughes | m. sworn in as Chief Justice of the |” ._ U. S. Supreme Court. | 1931—U. S. Supreme Court j held 18th Amendment (Prohibi-' ‘tion) constitutional by a 9 to 0, decision. 1933—League of Nations As-| sembly passed judgment against} | 3a japan and for China. Subscribe to The C weekly. day; mild temperature; moderate ; Fair to partly cloudy slightly wermer tonight except on the ex- in By PLANE FROM KEY WES1 TO MIAMI 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 Fast - Comfortable - Safe | Power Company, born at | Philadelphia MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1936. | Today’s Birthdays Dr. Mary Ellen Chase of Smith College, Northampton, Mass., pro- fessor of English literature and author, born at Blue Hill, Maine, 49 years ago. Pres- candidat Died 1868 Robert P. Skinner of Massillon, O., Ambassador to Turkey, born at Massillon, 70 years ago. Brown ccame one 1814—Henry Kirke former bey the of born at «burg. wh Pp 4 at John Dickinson of Philadelphia,’ Ley den Mass Ne assistant U. S. attorney-gener: born at Greensboro, Md., 42 years at Dre ‘ago. Preston S. Arkwright of Atlan-! and orator Ga., president of Geor, Savan-} Providence. 1892 ta, nah, 65 years ago. / | 48 j 6 / He ms pai native Ame: jany other a Died | at Se New | slow 60;™ Dr. Herbert S. York, explorer, born cars ago. Dickey of there, Bishop Ernest G. Richardson of of the Methodist Episcopal Church, born at Vincent, W. L, 62 years ago. John H. (Honus) Wagner Carnegie, Pa., famed baseball shortstop of the past, born at Carnegie, 62 years ago. of FUNERAL HOME Sir Samuel Hoare, Britain's former Secretary for Foreign Af- fairs, born 56 years ago. Over-Sea Transportation Co., Inc. 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