The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 29, 1936, Page 2

PAGE BOR aie s The Rep Wiest Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. ARTMAN, President om The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Unly Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe | as second class matter meaties) Member of the Associated Press she Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for rept blication of all news dispatches credited to | it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also | the local news ul ished here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES $10.00 ; 5.00 2.50 85 20 One Year .... Bix Months Three Months ~ ‘Ine Month . Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. AL NOTICE rds uf anks, r>solutions of ' es, ete., will be charged for at ; "SPE All reading notices, respect, obituary notic the rate of 10 cent Notices for e' & revenue is The Citizen sion of public interest but it will not publish an cations. y churches from which ; ents a line. and invites discus- ibjects of local or gener wnymous commuss = a = IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewera~e. Bridges to complete Read to Main- land. “re Port. Hotels and Aparcments, Bathing Pavilion. Land and Sea. ation of County and City Goavernmen.s, the women, reater ine greater the town. Enthusia: m is what causes us to start a lot of things we cannot finish. kducation is largely a matter of be- ing able to understand what you read. The nations, arming themselves furiously, are not looking for a picnic. We stand for law and order, of course; but what we need is der. less law and more or- The world is making, and has made great progr Don’t let the disgruntled folks tell you otherwise. The gr st drawback that many churche: have is the holier-than-thou at- titude of members and leaders. much bright People who do not amount to themselves brag most about their children and prominent ancestors. China wants a new national anthem We might spare the one with that funny | line about a “sweet land of liberty.” Total abstainers from intoxicating beverages don’t know what they are mi ing, but they are better off for nct know-| ing. Seldom does the 11an who knows the , most have the most t y; perhaps better said, he has the most to say but. doe say it. Dictators are perfectly consistent in| their attitude towa’] religio is there of God when the State Almighty. | > ut need : itself is the | An astute observer declares that many speeches in Congress are made only for political effect. Who would have} thought it? Reli greatest ne nition that * is ai ward matter. generally a hyp is the recog- inward and not an out- The religious show-off is} ite, Tatience and tolerance will enable the } world to solve most of its problems but people, a rule, tackle their difficulties without much of either, Correct this sentence: “She im- mediately gave up the idea of marrying him when her parents explained that he} did not amount to anything.” others and includes mod- |} eration in all things, mental and physical, | open-air life, serenity and charity to all. The best advice to give even to practice ourselves ! interested to learn that the City of New eal Pps over the assessments for the! | tions»in the:city, has been assigned an in- ' creased value of »$727,877,175 and + 0C9,000. ‘ have been | Naturally, | utility | than | once in Memphis, where the hospital alarm } one of the protective garments. i launched in Johnson City this week, with | ers, | outdoor group games, etc. Pinochle, bridge | of Science and Industry in New York a | floor. of the senate; j unique in the United States. SPEAKING OF ASSESSMENTS! Tax payers of Key West, faced with | meeting the obligations of municipal gov- j ernment with the proceeds of levies upon; our assessed valuations, will probably be ; York, for 1936, has assessed real estate in i that city $16,678,763,548. This amount represents an increase of previous year. It is interesting to note, | however, that the real estate of ccrpora- that real estate, values have been shifted from | other owners to the extent of almost $700,- We know very little about the valua- tion of New York real estate but from these | figures it appears that the corporations “mardered” by the new ass i..ents or else they have been dodging taxe on an immense scale in previous years. | we cannot tell which the | true statement. | It is worth noting, however, that a yinpany had its realty values in- creasod snore than $250,000,000, another by more than $200,000,000, a third more %1. 000,000 and other increases of more tnan $40,000,000 were assessed. is SIDELIGHTS || By MARCY B. DARNALL, Former Editor of The Key West Citizen Solicitous for safety conditions in vet- erans’ hospitals, Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, director of the Veterans’ Bureau, makes frequent visits to these institutions under his charge and always pulls the fire alarm | to test emergency discipline. He did this is connected with the city fire department, which promptly turned out. It cost Uncle Sam $50 fine for the false alarm. A most convincing guarantee is given by Abe Wisbrod of Chicago, who sells bul- let-proof vests to policemen and othérs who have need of them. He allows a prospec- tive customer to shoot him while he wears John Williams, an attendant at a garage in Newburyport, Mas;., answered a call from Boston when a voice asked if a bag of money had been found. Williams took a look and found the bag containing $762, which he returned to the anxious truck driver who had lost it. A sample of WPA uplifts is thus re- ported in the Johnson City (Ill.) Progress: “An extensive recreational project was $7,344 allotted to carry on the work. The project will include instruction in check- calisthenics, mass games, indoor and and dancing will be included if the com- } munity-does not object.” By means of a_ photo-electric cell, light from a century-old candle in London witched on the lights in the new Museum few nights ago. The candle rested on desk once vsed by Michael Faraday, great pioneer in electrical development. a the \though her neck was broken in a railroad accident in 1918, Miss Jean Ar- nett o1 ated Bank, N. J., still lives and col- lects $700 a week damages from the New Haven road, in addition to $10,000 grant- ed her shortly after the accident. Re- cently officials of the railroad asked the courts to relieve it of further payments to Miss Arnett, who has already received $193,000 as a result of her injury. A Washington correspondent says th idea that all United States Senators talk a} lot is wrong. . He says that of the 96 sen-} ators there are. 25 who never speak on the | another 25 seldom} talk, and 30:who talk occasionally. The} remaining 16 do most of the talking—in ! other words, act like senators are supposed | to act. {IOTTTOOTTMTOOTITHA Representatives of five generations are living in the families of both George| Frazier and his wife, residents of the Hog Creek community near Lawrenceburg Tenn. This is a record believed to be {With a luncheon on the eececeeese: ! ee Today’s Anniversaries |" ec0ee 8 cei 1712—Louis Joseph Montcalm, ! French general in Canada, born./} Died Sept. 14, 1759. KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Years! Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The SS The big Colts from whieh, the! bullet was fired that struck John 1736—Ann Lee, founder of the tanger in the back as he was run-/ Shakers in America, at Watervliet, reet-N. Y., born in England. ad this) Watervliet, Sept. 8, 1784. uing where it was thrown by pet Arthur Baker immediately after! 1824—William T. he had shot the young man _but/Celifornia pioneer merchant, pre: for what reason no one has been) ident of the San Francisco Vigil- | St able to find out. Baker has gone! antes, born in Harrison Co., Ky. | under two or three names since! Died in San Francisco, Nov. 22,| he has been in Key West and; 1893. a“ Deputy A: H. McInnis f sure| as, } that he is a desperate criminal.| _1840—John P. Holland, inven- The condition of the Ranger boy! tor of the submarine, pioneer ical and little, if! aeronautics, born in Ireland. Died ; wa , is held for his recovery] in Newark, N. J., Aug. 12, 1914,; from his wounds. i | | fect i Coleman, 1844—French E. Chadwick, ad. , wanted miral and author, born at Mor-! be gantown, W. Va. Died Jan. 27, is 1919. Marcus Kohn, who is in Key West for forgery will brought back to Key West eek form Miami whi he wi apprehended two days ago, as cording to telegraphic advices re- riff Roland Curry, f will. leave :this Miami and return 1844+-Colby M. Chester admir- al and author, born at New Lon- ; don, Conn. Died May 4, 1932. noon today and tonight will be: ¢ honor guest at a dinner and re-| ;ception to be given at the com-! mandant’s quarters by Capitain| Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gray, of] and Mrs. Clark D. Stearns. Chicago, entertained a number of} 1912—About {lish coal miners ‘Today In History " 1872—Japan’s first envoy tfe- ved in Washington, 1880—Boring of the St. Goth- ard Tunnel through the Alps com- pleted after 8 years, 1892—U. S. Supreme Court up- Died at { held constitutionality of the Mc-} {Kinley Tariff Act. | 1,000,000 Eng- went out ike. 1916—Italian Government took j 2' over 34 a terned in Italian ports. German steamers _in- 1924—U. S, Marines land r there. FLY 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 rive Miami 5:20 p. m. Fast - Comfortable - Safe on! ati in} Ceiba, Honduras, because of civil | SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 1936. TODAY’S WEATHER Lowest Highest | WEATHER FORECAST ! ! ' | Station— Abilene Atlanta, Boston .. | Buffalo Charleston _.. Chicago Denver ... Detroit Galveston - Havana ; Huron | jJacksonville -. last night last 24 hours a 72 (Till 8 p .m., Sunday) Key West and Vicinity ally fair tonight slightly warmer Sunday; jate northeast winds. j Florida: Fair { tonigkt and Sunday slightly warm- er in south portion Sunday | Jacksonville to jand East Gulf | easterly winds; overcast weather t day. 62 34 34 62 40 56 38 60 Gener- Sunday; moder- and to part Florida Moderate | Kansas City .. |} KEY WEST . Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville . | Miami | Minneapolis |New Orleans {New York ' Pensacola | Pittsburgh St. Louis _... | Salt Lake City 28 \San Francisco 50 Tampa .... 50 Washington Williston WEATHER CONDITIONS | | 1 | morning over the lower Lake gion, far S ri Straits, Buff | inches. Poenix. es, and Havana, C es; while high pre | the a low {the country, Eastport, Me. Bos j ton, Mas and New York City, 130.38 inches; Minneapolis, Minn. =, {2nd Huron, 74) and Salt Lake | Francisco, Calif. 68 | Light to moderate rain ---T1} jcurred since yesterday morving in | central and southern Flovida and precipi -08 Ins.! tnere has been light snow in por- Normal Precipitation... .04 Ins.| tior.s of North Dakota, Minnesota, “Thin record covers 24-hour period as ending at 8 o'clock thix morning. | 2nd the Lake ‘ Tomorrow's Almanac |tuces have fallen somewls: Sun rises ..... . 6:50 . | Atiantic States, the « and upper 3 Sun sets ... . | ie Moon rises .' Duluth, Minn., ., of 2 degrees | Moon sets { Tomorrow's Tides |morning; while | | prevails from the : Gulf States northeastward Lake region. G. S. KENNEDY, Official in Charge. 2 ratures* Highest | Normal Mean R: al | Yesterday’s Precipitation reporting below | High . Low Barometer 8 a. m. salaee Sea level, 30.09. AFTER YOU HAVE READ THE SUNDAY STAR TOMORROW, CHECK UP ON THE ADVER- TISERS WHO FURNISH INTEREST- ING READING. | = . mate The faithful and tireless old} ate yaad Mrs Gray Sor se 6240 issues of oe past 20 _V. A. Johnson, Mx. and Mrs. Bape anes: aed . Elgin, Mr. and Mrs. L." P. faluneaay afternoon. e oes e-Mr. and Mis. Andrew Mil} ,has a new press. A magnificent de aiid Mice =| machine, but the passitig of the} an | old cylinder leaves a vast void in eo mags Be A ‘|the breasts of the printers where th le have héarts. Brown and Captain and Mrs.| prne™ People Mave Pies = : : boys in the office unsaverea:# in Clark D. Stearns. Mrs, Gray is a| reverence to the dear old cylinder! sister of Mrs, Stearns. }as they gathered around the fly| |when the final copy of;the paper At a recessed meeting of the) was printed Saturday afternoon, board of county. commissioners! oy they knew that The. Citizen it} held this afternoon ‘in. the court! would print again never more. house the commissioners entered into an agreement with C. A. P.| Editorial comment: Ar Turner, of Minneapolis, Minn.,’ people are warned to keep an ¢} to furnish bridge designs, plans on the politicians, and in some and specifications for highway! cases they need to keep a foot on| bridges to span all the long water | them too. stretches between Key West and the mainland within 90 d from} Last night as the reception date. At another meeting to be| given to Commodore and Mrs. W.} held Friday the agreement willbe jJ- Connors at the Casa Marina at ratified. = hich there were about 200 | persons present an engraved silver Colonel Robert 0. Thompson’s! cup was presented the commodore being celebrated today.| in honor of his cruiser W. J. Con-} the harbor are dressed|nors, III which in the afternoon for the occasion and many affairs] broke the world’s speed record are being given in his honor. | for cruisers. The vessel made a Colonel Thompson entertained | speed of 46.06 miles over a mile ship at course in Key West harbor. | j t i { = | N N ) N N N iN CSCC STTTTTOOTOS LLL ON WE ARE ALWAYS PLEASED TO MEET AND TO SERVE OUR VISITORS The First National Bank of Key West Member of the Federal Reserve System Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation U. S. Government Depositary N . . . . N 5 : ; N : : . : N N ; : : N te WOOO ILI II III SD IIL LDS. SIII IIIS ITIIIs ss Is. 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