The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 25, 1936, Page 2

PAGE Two _The Kep Wiest Citizen ed Daily Except Sunday By ZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. P. ARTMAN, President , Assistant Business Manager m The Citizen Building Corier Greene and Ann Streets Publ THE C JOE AL! only Daily New BpaDes in Key West and Monroe ‘ounty. Member ¢ she Associated Pre clusively entitled to use for rept lication 0! ws dispatches credited it or not otherwise cre d in this paper and also i the local news pub‘ished here. one Yenr ‘Ine Month Weekly ....... ADVERTIS Made known on applica resolutions of | n i. charged for ot which ; All reading not respect, obituary the rate of 10 ¢ Notices for estertainments by churches from @ revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is forum and ins discus- sion of public issues and su jects cf \ocal or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations, en EE IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Brid Jand. s to complete Road to Main- “rie Port. Hetels and Aparements. Bathing Pavili Airports—Land and Sea. Coasoiidaiion of County and City . Governments, i now on The voice in the pildenne S the radio. Old age’s ideal is childlikeness not childishness. Most writers who advocate that old age and rot youth must be served have passed three-score and ten, we note. O. O. McIntyre, the calum , claims to have a flare for the alliterative and cites Otiose Odd as a sample. Wouldn't Odious Odd be more alliterative and “more truly true.” If it i: fashionable for the Federal government not to balance the budget, it might be followed by the state, the- city, and the individual. Nothing like being fashionable. The records show that human nature follows the leader. A councilman correctly stated to The Citizen recently that Key West was not “tax-conscious.” Nor is the small boy con- scious of punishment until it admin- istered. A 10 per centum rise in civie cor- sciousness would result in the paymert of | sufficient taxes to pay off the city em- ployees. is There is nothing of which The Citizen is prouder than the part it played in sv. curing beautiful Bayview Park for West, more thn a score of years avo: Rotary Club with the characteristic enérgy of that period sponsored the movenjgni | and was aided by other org: dizations, ard individuals in lesser degree to bring’ into recreauoral grounds of community may justly be : Key hbo being a park an.) which any proud. The Key West Citizen donates $5 to the publie library every duy the mercury falls below 50 degrees. The paper made the offer |. t Ja». 1. The library hasn’t got any donations yet.—P. E. B. in Tampa | Tribune. The public library will receive not $5 every the mercury falls below 50, but also another $5 if any week- day remains sunle’s. So far the library is check] We only take chances on a sure thing. only Av Some of the merchants of Key West have peculiar and un-businesslike methods. When they fall behind in.their payments to The Citizen they drop out of the ad- vertising columns until the obligation is paid. In the time they are out they lose many sale: and many contacts, much more than the advertising appropriation would amount to in that period, and their com- petitors get the benefits. This proves be- yond a doubt the statement made by ad- vertising executives that “the non-adver- tiser pays the advertising bill of the adver- tiver” in loss of sales. t sent no new factor in the world’s progress , we doubt if at any time in the past there has ever been as many forces working to- PEACE TALK AND WAR PLANS | Presenting the contradiction of peo- ple demanding peace and all nations pre- paring for war on the largest scale in his- | tory, the world, nevertheless, moving slowly toward the outlawing of warfare. This may seem to be a hopeless con- tradiction but some reflection will demon- strate the proof of the assertion. Onc! should bear in mind that the world almost since the inception of organized govern: ment, has featured war and conquest. ‘To- day the old fever still burns the patient’s hody but there are recuperative forces tending to offset the disease of centuries. While present war preparations pre- is ward peace. Gradually human sentiment is being brought together to achieve ade- | guate .uachinery for the prevention of war and ime and women everywhere seem to | be beginning to understand that coopera- tion will produce greater gains for all than the fruitless competition of past ages. The Citizen hopes that the United States, as a government, and its people a: individuals will do nothirg to retard the development of this cooperative spirit. At the same time, and without a contradiction, we do not advocate disarmament as long as there exists in the world any govern- ment, apparently imbued with hostile de- signs. Eventually, the peace-loving nations of the world will get together to curb ag- They will have at their disposal the effective force necessary to maintair peace through established justice in inter- national affairs. Until this day arrives and it seems to be far off at the present time, wise nations will look to their own protection even while lending their as- sistance to the establishment of goodwill among all peoples. HUMAN NATURE CHANGES LITTLE gressors. very little and history Human nature changes either for better or worse, gives us the proof. In a speech made over one hundred years ago, Daniel Webster voiced the same complaint against the men of his time as is often made today. A public speaker could make the same talk now and it would be just as applicable as_ it was more than a century ago. “There are,” said Mr. Webster in 1833, “ who constantly clamor. They complain of oppression, speculation and the pernicious influence of accum- ulated wealth. They cry out loudly against all banks and corporations and all means by which small capitalists become united in order to produce important and_ bene- ficial results. They carry on mad hostility acainst all established institutions. They would choke the fountain of industry and dry all streams. In a country of un pounded liberty, they clamor against op pression. In a country of perfect equality they would move heaven and earth against privilege and monopoly. In a coun- try where prope)ty is more evenly divided than anywhere else, they rend the air houting about agrarian doctrin In a cournu where wages of labor are high be- ' parallel, they would teach the labore: that he is but an oppressed slave. persons you NOT OUR OFFICIAL BUSINESS Once more the suggestion is made that the President make an official pro- test against the mistreatment of: Jews in Germany. Rabbi Stephen Wise, President of the American Jewish Congres does not think the United States can wait “any longer without loss of self-respect.” The individual resentment felt Rabbi Wise, who.is widely known as an eminent citizen, is no doubt justified, but at the same time, the position of the United States Government must not be based on any dilike for what transpires in the do- mestic development of other powers. The same question was raised when the Knights of Columbus demanded a similar protest against the ¥eligious’ poli- cies of the Mexican Government. In both instances, the personal ings of individuals in this country, ever justified, does not warrant any by feel- how- at-/ tempt on the part of the United States to interfere with the treatment that any coun- try gives to its own citizens. How Mexico and Germany run their own government is not an official concern of the United States Government and, by right, should not be. | % ; others, j who are | Borah and fine parues named, THE KEY WEST CITIZEN PEOPLE'S F ORUM ece DEPLORES DRINK HABIT Editor, The Citizen: Some one has written, “the growth of the drink habit during the recent months has been quite alarming.” For this reason, I, with many have felt constrained: to set myself in very simple but stubborh’ ways40 resist its ad- vance, oAniA ilod Like many others in our city I abstainer, growing have been a life-long and have notided’ with | sorrow the: bavog sdrinks iss making. in many gireles and in all walks of life. 2 And if, in my small sphere, and jin our small city, the sad effects of drink are so apparent, it does not take much imagination to think of the ravage of drink in its totality. In spite of the Cocktail hour, (what a name!), so hateful and so harmful, 1 am convinced there are a great number of persons quietly and very re- solutely determined to have noth- ing to do with the use of strong drmk in any Zorm or shape. A so-calied council ior modera- tion has been formed, why not a council of total absia‘ners, Such men as Upton’ Sinclair, Henry A. Wallace, Dr. William J. Mayo, Henry Ford, Senators Sheppard, Sergeant Alvin C. York, Captain Richmond P. Hobson, Gifford Pinchot, and a host of others have given their names as total abstainers. society will be ormed. No names auoted without the consent of but a record wal be Kept and the number pub- lisned from time to time, of per- sons in Key West, who are deter- mined not to use intoxicating liquors under any circumstances as a beverage. I shall be glad names of such. postage stamp for ing more. to have the Please enclose a reply. These names will not be given to any other person, nor supplied to any person for any purpose whatever, I shall be glad to church regardless of tion or race to tak that pe s wish to f 5 Personally. I much prefer that the ;rogram be carried out as quietly and unostentatiously ., a possible, and the sent by mail. Thanking you tunity fore our West Rf Key Fe. 17 visit denomina- any names names be the oppor- be- Key for ‘ellow-citizens in ALFRED DE BARRITT. West, Fla., 13, 1936. Simonton St. No! Noth-' any; | KEY WESTIN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Years} Ago Today As Takem From The Files Of The Citizen | The Cuban celebration of “El| | Grito de Baire” which was con- ducted yesterday waS brought to} a close yesterday with a farewell) reception held on bard , the; ee Cuba last” nth, ~ which! nghored,in the stream. The} as, ar Fs a bulhapuy iluininated | with colored lights which extend-| ed irom the rails to the peak of| the’ masis,formhing a gorgeous} display of dazzling brilliance. The} x on the» Guba was the ful- some etimvax to’ one of the most! entertainimg and impressive cele- brations ever heid in Key West,; and the visiting delegation w: highly pleased with the diversi-| fied entertainments provided for! their enjoyment during their stay, | which they declared was all too; short. | Shortly after o'clock this! morning the fire department re ponded to a summons from Box 144 near the Coco Cola bottling works at the corner of Simonton! and Front streets, where clouds of smoke were seen issuing from the building. Investigation showed that a fallen electric switch made a contact lot of smoke but no fire. Electricians are repairing the motor and oper: tions of the plant will be inter- fered with only in a minor degree | Benjamin Swartz. attorney at law of Baltimore, Md., and editor of the Jewish Times of both Balti- more and Washington, arrived in Key West sterday to confer! i the leaders of the Jewis community here concerning — the! ief problem for the Jews Pales- Appeal which is being under- aken throughout the United States fer five million, dollars.! Rabbi Stephen Wise is chairman The funds raised will be used to settle on the lands of Palestine,’ the thousands of coloni: who’ are flocking to the Holly; Land. 2 i She. At a meeting to be» held o’clock this afternoon city council will meet to receive bids for the ale of improvement bonds to the amount of $225,000, the floating which authorized some dgo. Several bids were re- ceived at a former meéting which did not meet with the~ require- ments of the counci] and there- ‘ore the council decided to call ‘for other bids, ' | 5 Next week the Jewish tin Key West and all other parts ‘of the world will celebrate the | festival of Purim, which means, colony | years ago. jin connection with the ‘yegatta Sunday by the Key West! TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1936. —— Today’s Today Anniversaries |* Today’s Bitthdays| Ralph M. Easley of New York City, political economist, founder | * lof the National Civic Federa-/ tion, born in Schuyler Co., IIL, In History 1779—Vimcennes, Ind, taken tby Americans under Col. George 1746—Charles C. Pinckney,|R. Clark from British, opening up 80, South Carolina soldier of the! great Northwest Territery te Revolution, one of the Constitu-' Americans. |tion’s framers, statesman, born North! at Charleston, S. C. Died Aug-| 1825. Judge John Burke of Dakota’s Supreme Court, onetime | 16, governor and U. S._ Treasurer,; born at, Sigourney, Iowa, 77 years | ago? Hartford, his 2st revolver 1836—Samcel Colt, - | Conn.—bdorn, then in | year, secured first 1778—Jose de San Martin,! patent. | South American soldiér-hero in! the war for independence, born in Argentina. Died in France, Aug. ‘ager of Cincinnati, born in Cleve-| 17, 1850. - land, 53 years ago. | ike 1816—George H. Preble, noted American naval officer in the generation before and after the Civil War, born at Portland, Maine. Died March 5, 1885. 1901—U. 1 incorporated. Clarence Dykstra, city man- dment — in- d ratified. | Hugh M. Kahler of Princeton, N. J., novelist, born in Philadel- phia, 53 years ago. 1919—Oregon, to enact a gas Dr. Phoebus A. Levene of the| 1928 Rockefeller Institute, noted chem- ist, born in Russia, 67 years ago.! ! colored 1816—Parke Godwin, New | York City editor, author, bio- grapher and historian, born at Paterson, N. J. Died Jan. 7, 1904, Cully A. Cobb of Atlanta, Ga., farm editor, AAA official, born, at Prospect, Tenn., 52 years ago. | Today's ; Horoscope 1866—Edwin Gould, financier and_philanthropis mn of Jay Gould, born in New York. Died there, July, 11, 1933. tand. and a life nm the stu- affairs. attempting but gen- Prof. Jesse F. Steiner of the! y of Whshington, Sed ‘le, sociologist, born at St. Paris, Ohio, 5 years ago. dious paths « There is danger to force fortune erally good acc the spirit famed Naples. 1873—Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor, born in Died there, Aug. 2, 1921. Benedetto Croce, world-famed; Italian philosopher, born 70 years bli and INSURANCE Take 666 Liquid or Tablets twice 2 week and place 666 Salve or Nose Drops im nos- | trils might and morning and in- sure yourself now against this EPIDEMIC of COLDS, etc. lots. It was so called because Haman drew lots to decide on what day the Jews of Persia were to be exterminated. He had in- fluenced the king against them but Mordecai and Queen Esther} came to the rescue and on the} fourteenth day of the Month Adar} they were saved. The festival! emphasizes the truth that those; who plot to harm others will fem) selves suffer harm. Editorial commen A New! York doctor says a man’s health is indicated by the length of time he can hold his breath. And his wisdom, we might add, by the length of time he can hold his tongue. 1876—Rudolf B. Teusler, Rich- mond, Va., physician, founder- head of St.‘ Luke’s Internationa! Medical Centér, Tokyo, born at Rome, Ga. Died in Japan, Aug. 10, 1934. Subscrioe to The Citizen—20c weekly, POOP POOTS OOO CLL OE 4 o ® Zz rm = nd > -*] 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. —— The First National Bank‘of Key West Member of the Federal Reserve Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation tsetiraimnbn te cenit nt teicinaaaiaataatn i The beauty ane to be held. yachting Yacht Club were discussed today at a meeting of the committee in the offices of the Garrison Park Corporation. Further details wiil be read in future issues. FPP P IPI TIP IO TT OPT re Angus Williams, president the Epworth League of the Flor-, idd Conference of the ’Methodist Episcopal Church south, wil! be in Key West this week and will ad-, dress members of the local leagues of the First Methodist Church, Fleming Street ~ Church, | and the Cuban Methodist Chureh | next Sunday afternoon in the First | Church. ° Pe Lh nL bddaiddadkdbbdhiddd wohies — lhe smoke OF RICH, mnie oc ise namen bain TOASTED” CENTER LEAVES The top leaves of all tobacco plants tend to give a definitely harsh, alkaline taste. The bottom leaves tend to acidity in the smoke. It is only the centerleaves which approach in nature the mostpalatable acid-alkaline balance. in LUCKY STRIKE Cigarettes the center leaves are used. LUCKIES ARE : LESS ACID! 1 Recent chemical tests show* that other popular brands have an excess of acid- ity over Lucky Strike of from 53% to 1007. “IT’S TOASTED’ ~Your ‘throat iedneniaiailii irritation -against cough Cmprright 1824 The Amer-at Toteow Company