The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 2, 1936, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Bep West Cuizer cept Sinday By PUBLISHING CO. LINC. President » Assist: Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corser Greene and Ann Streets Published | citizens of TOWNSEND PLAN DIFFICULTIES The Townsend Old Age Pension Plan has stirred up considerable controversy and probably raised false hopes in the heart any thousands of old people. Even if it were possible to give all xty years of age a life income | of $200. a morth, there might be some the Associated Press Press is excl ly entitled to use f all n ¢.spatches credited to credited in this paper a: d also r of it or not otherwi the local news pu 1 TES Made known on application. aa AL NOTICE All reading notices, s of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary notices, ete., will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainments by churches from which 5 line. ites discus- a jects of local or general st but it wi sh anonymous communi- cations. ; would inevitably lead to a general IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main- land. “rxe Port. Hotels and Apariments: = Bathing Pavilion. Aicports—Land and 5 Consvlidarion'-of eda ulbind chy Governments, “New dealers put the ‘it’ in credit.” —Time.-Union. Also the “red.” More than a million and three-quar- ters tourists vi:it Florida each year and about a hundred and fifty hoboes, includ- irg The Hobo who will ve seen at The Palace this week. “The Washington alphabetists could make this ‘La Semana Al ” a real week | of joy by re-annexing their principality of | Key West to the mainiand of the Unite i} States.”—Miamji Daily News. Miss Helen Doherty in South Americ t>-eek. She was well-| known ir Key West, visiting with the Am- erican minister to Lenmark, Ruth Brye Owen. There must be something ro- mantic in Dermark, for Barbara Hutt. , the tuo, was cap’ured by a Dane. mairied a Dane Voolworth heiress, Bondholders of the New York Thur y and decided to con- sent to the aba nment of the Key West extension, This week, »7 March 5, the matter will come up beivre Judge Strum in Jacksonville and then we will know definitely the conclusion to which the of- F.E.C. met in | Waite, Fuller, White, Taft and Hughes. ! about the time of his appointment by Presi- ficials will come. The interstate commetce commission which is a government agency has ordered ! the railroads to cut the passenger rate to 2 | cents a mile. If the government owned the railroads it is likely that the fare would be 5 cents a mile, and service not so g@é0d! ‘If, | as a consequence, the bus rates are re-, duced also, travelers will continue to patronize the bus, making it more difficult for both railroad and bus to operate pro- fitably. Poorer and less safe transporta- tion will be the result. Gov. Sholtz says he is inclined to be- lieve we have too much free speech in this country. Gov. Sholtz who was elected to office as the result of a wonderful cam- paign speech ir which he flayed unmerci- fully “professional politicians and political racketeers” should be the last man in the world to object to free speech. And yet we have noticed that many a man who be- lieves very strongly in free speech before he is elected rather doubts its value ane election day.—Sanford Herald. i The Japs had a fine sense of justice | when they sent back to their barracks all! the privates who had engaged in the re- cent revolt in which many of the highest ! government officials were killed. The| privates merely did the bidding of their su! periors which they are to do. “Theirs is not to reason why: theirs is but} to do and Wie.” Though in this case they} will live, while the officers whose com- mands they obeyed may stand trial or com- mit hari-kari. In either c»se their portion | is death. i sworn debate over the justice of doing so, unless ‘we are assured that honest workers under tne magic age limit could earn at least an equal reward. The consensus of expert opinion, how- ; ever, seems to be that such a scheme is im- | possible in the long run and that, even if difficulties that col- adopted, would create lapse. The Citizen is interested in some ade- quate provision for the care of old people but we prefer that this aid be approached more cautiously. A start has been made in many states. Such aid will be greatly increared under recent Federal legislation. While the payments to the old folks may be less than those offered under the Town- end scheme, we have an idea that they will, in fact, be more substantial. Recently, the University of Chicago published a pamphlet signed by twenty- one specialists on economics, taxation, public welfare, and public administration. These men conclude, after careful study, that pensions of $200 per month are much too large to be met by any ordinary scheme of taxation and that the proposed trans- actions tax of 2 per cent would not yield enough to pay much more than one-fourth of the estimated cost of such pensions to ten million persons. Moreover, such a tax, in their opinion, would constitute a sub- stantial burden on the cost of living and might force a considerable reorganization in marketing practices. OUR HIGHEST COURT It is interesting to note that while 31 citizens of the United States have been elevated to-the presidency, only 11 have been appointed chief justice since the foundation of our government—Jay, Rut- leuge, EHsworth, Marshall, Taney, Chase, One of these, John Rutledge, was never confirrned by the Senate, as evi- dences of approaching insanity developed dent Washington in 1795, and Ellsworth was name in his stead a few months later. nn Marshall served longer than any chief justice, 34 years, and died in office ac the age of 80. Taney served 28; yeai.~ ut ‘il his death at the age of 87. Jay, the first chief justice, was the youngest at the time of his appointment, being only 44. Marshall was appointed at the age of 46. Among former associate justices of the Supreme Court, Joseph Story, ap- pointed at the age of 32, was the youngest, while William Johnson was 33 at the time of his appointment. Associate Justice Brandeis, still in active service at the age of 79, is the oldest member of the present court. The high ability and undisputed in- tegrity of our highest court have always been a source of pride to every American citizen. The court as at present cori- stituted firmly maintains the best tradi- tions of the distinguished jurists who served in the earlier days of the Re- public. other SELLING BAD STOCKS With utter disregard for blue ciel laws, one citizen of New York is selling worthless stocks with impunity, and has: made a fortune doing it. But this vendor of bad securities is different from, many others. He guar- | antees that the stocks he sells are abso-; lutely without value, after buying them with the same understanding. H This odd broker, R. M. Smythe, now 72 years old, has long been an authority ; i on stocks, and has the history of about 300,000 dead corporations. For forty-five } years he has been consulted by persons} holding securities, and when he convinces | them that their handsome stock certifi-| cates have no value, he sometimes buys them at a nominal figure. Then he sells them to bankers for window displays, to colleges for study, or to faddists who use them to paper their rooms. But always he gives his guarantee | that they are no good from, a- financial! standpoint. | TODAY’S Lowest Highest Station— Abilene ... Atlanta Boston Buffalo Charleston Chicago Denver Detroit 76 70 32 24 38 Kansas City .. 3 KEY WEST Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville ~ New Orleans New York Pensacola Pittsburgh 24 St. Louis - 38 Salt Lake City 30 San Francisco 64 Seattle 52 Tampa 54 Washington .. 26 Williston 26 56 Temperatures* Highest . Lowest Mean . Normal Mean Rai I Yesterday’s Precipitation - 8. Normal Precipitation .... “Thix record covers 21-hour period ending at 8 o'clock thix morning. Tomorrow's Almanac Sun rises . 6:48 a. m. Sun sets 6:30 Moon rises 2:46 Moon s ees 5 Tomorrow's Tides A.M. High Bee Low . 1:03 Barometer 8 a. m. today: Sea level, 30.06. WEATHER FORECAST (Till 8 p. m., Tuesday) Key West and Vicinity: Gene ally fair tonight and Tuesday; somewhat warmer tonight; gentle to moderate easterly winds. Florida: Generally fair tonight! and Tuesday followed by showers in extreme north portion Tuesday afternoon or night; somewhat warmer in north and central por- tions tonight. Jacksonville to Florida Strai and East Gulf: Gentle to mode: ate easterly winds over south po tion and variable winds oyer north portion and generally fair weahter tonight and Tuesday ex- cept scatered showers over ex- treme north portion Tuesday aft- ernoon. WEATHER CONDITIONS Pressure is low this morning over the Ohio and upper Missis-; sippi Valleys. Lake region ‘and northern Plains States, Chicago, Til., and Williston. N, D., 29.76 inches, and from the Rio Grande last night last 24 hours - 48. i as - revolutionary liberal, = || KEY WEST IN WEATHER con Valley westward over southern | California, Phoenix, Ariz. 29.82/ Ago Today As Taken From inches; while high pressure areas} The Files Of The Citizen | jerested over the Atlantic States i end far West overspread the re-; The State Bank and Trust com-} | mainder of the country. ‘Eastport, pany of Key West will open its! | Me., 30.36 inches, and Salt Lake doors to the public May 1 in the : City, Utah, 30.32 inches. Light | La Concha building, at the cor-! to moderate rain and sn@w has Oc-! ner of Duval and Fleming streets. | curred during the last ‘24 hours, the space for ‘the bank has been | in the middle and upper .Missis- | jeased; for -a* | sippi and lower; Ohio A'dlleys and| The institutio | Lake region, and theré*has been! $390,000 with a surplus of $50,- {rain in the Rio Grande Valley and 990; Officers‘of the bank say! jsoutheastern Florida. Tempera-| that this capitalization has been} tures have fallen in the north and/ secured and even twice the sura/ j middle Atlantic States, and have i set could have been assured. It} jtisen in the Mississippi and Ohio) wit] be fitted with the most mod-| Valleys, Lake region. and Califor-/ ern equipment and will favorably nia, and readings are generally; compare with the most modern above normal this morning | hanks in Florida. Sam Curry, an! throughout the country, except in! 914 Key Wester, has arrived from! portions of the Atlantic States,! Tampa and will be affiliated with! being 22 degrees above the sea-| ihe institution. sonal average in southern Cali-} ; fornia. G.S. KENNEDY, | The condition of John Ranger, Official in Charge. | the young man who was shot Sun-} day by Arthur Baker is reported | eeeeeeee:: 2s somewhat improved today. He! Today’s | Anniversaries © Monroe county commissioners m4 tare having under consideration; leit Sl eas) Rennes) or a bridge across Snake Creek | Femne scldtewlonder in acregyie| Som Want: Stand. t», Long: te oe oe ‘S"* land, and a public hearing on the ee oe eae aaa ae teaea Uy {matter is to be held by Lieuten- pexation, born near Lexington, |} use 11:30 o’clock on the morn- Va. Died July 26, 1863. ling of Wednesday, March 10. i = i 1829—Carl German; Wisconsin | Politician-lawyer, Union general, St. Louis newspaper editor, U. S. senator, retary of the inter- jior, publicist. born in Germany. | Died in New York, May 14, 1906.) i i Schurz, After arriving_on the Steam- ship Cuba yesterday and register- ing at one of the leading tourist hote!s, W. L. Hilson, business man of Jacksonville, reported to the sheriff’s office he had been fleec- | ed by a bunch of con men on the! | vessel coming from Havana. Mr.. | 1836—John W. Foster, Evans-} Hilson ‘was traveling with his ville, Ind., lawyer. soldier, news-| Wife. Mr. and Mrs. Hilson told |paper editor, postmaster, | secre-; the sheriff they had been cleaned |tary of state. diplomat and author.} cut of all their cash and a dia- born in Pike Co., Ind. Died Nov.| mond ring valued at $2,000. The | 15, 1917. con men were located later as they had stopped at one of the hotels. They claim Hilson pawn- 4 ed the ring for $325, and was to! Detroit lawyer, U. S. distret judge,| redeem the ring today. Neither| justice of the U. S. Supreme} the alleged fleecers appeared this Court, born at South Lee, Mass.' morning, but a treasury depart- Died Sept. 4, 1913. jment official did, took the ring! —-— and advised it had been smuggled , into this country. It would, he said, be returned to the owner upon payment of the duty. TIPPILIZLLLLLL LL a 1836—Henry Billings Brown, 1868—Eleanor Laura McMain, New Orleans’ noted settlement werker, born in Baton Rouge Parish, La. Died May, 1934. This morning by order of city, ; 1868—Eleanor A. M. Gamble,| council two prisoners were releas-! , Wellesley College professor of /€d from city jail to be put MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1936. work on painting the metal posts supporting the signs at all inter- secting streets in the city. When finished, it is said, this painting! S lof the posts will give a clean ap-j Happenings Here Just 10 Years! pearance to them, which, unpaint-}promise Bill passed House and be- ed, presented an altogether crude appearance. Frank Maloney, who is now in Key West demonstrating the “Trouble Light,” called the Mil- lion Dollar invention, reports suc-| cess in having hundreds of people orders. Mr. Maloney has an ad- vertisement in this issue of The Citizen which explains the light and method of purchase. The Key West Yacht Club met {last night in the office of Commo- dore Arthur Gomez, and Henry R. Mallory was appointed temporary secretary during the Morris P. Partridge, who was call- ed out of the city. Sixteen new members were ad- mitted to the Woman’s Club at the | meeting of the organization held yesterday afternoon. added to the list of members were those of Mrs. Robert F. Spotts- wood, Mrs. Bascom L. Grooms, Mrs. Robert B. Russell, Mrs. Stel-! la B. Curry, Mrs. Abram Wolkow- sky, Mrs. George Lucas, . | Harry Jones, Miss Ihe! Avila, Mrs. Edward Lowe, ii Eugene C. Lowe, Mrs. K. Charles Pihder, | Weaver, Mrs. S. L. Mrs. Ray Navarro. * \ WE ARE ALWAYS PLEASED TO MEET AND TO SERVE OUR VISITORS The First National to WOOT III III III IL aS. absence of} The names! Member of the Federal Reserve System Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation U. S. Government Depositary (Today In History came law the next day. ; { 1836—Convention jsigned declaration |dence from Mexico. ef Texans of indepen 1867—National Bureau of Ed jucation created by Act of Com peried of 10 years.| jook at the light during the dem-|gress—Reconstruction Act passed m is capitalized for | onstrations, and also a number of | over veto of President. | 1922—Britain’s House of Lords ) admits its first woman member. —Babe Ruth signs three- year contract at $70,000 a year. | 32—Entire world awestruck at news Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr kidnaped the night before. } | | Subscrive to The Citizen—20e | weekly. FLY BY PLANE FROM KEY WES? TO MIAMI Make Reservations by Telephone 620 Regular Pianes, Miami-Key West Airways, Inc. Daily Except Friday | RATE, ONE WAY, $7.50 Leave Key West 4 p. m, Ar Tive Miami 5-20 p. m. Fast - Comfortable - Safe Phone Bank of Key West (Lik db Add Ad A Added 5 | psychology for a third of a cen- ‘tury, born in Cincinnati. Died ‘Aug. 30, 1933. 1885—Karl K. Kitchen, New York City newspaper columnist | and author, born in Cleveland. | Died in New York, June 21,/ 1935. \ GENERAL @ ELECTRIC b 50’ 25’ 50’ ” New G-E 1936 Models Are Now on Display Riedie Rebher.. BEACH CHAIRS FOLDING — LIGHT — SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTRUCTED Adjusted To Any Reclimning Position, With Foot Rest, Each $270 Without Foot Rest $2.30 YACHT CHAIRS: Extra Strong With Doubled Canvass Back and Seat Each $230 CAMP STOOL RAINY SEASON SPECIAL FO LLASISESADSDALAALA A AAA Ah hdd GARDEN HOSE Shipment Just Received 25’ Length, Solid Rubber $1.49 2.15 1.89 3.48 25e ELECTRIC GENERAL The sooner you have your G-E Refrigerator in your kitchen the sooner you will begin sav- ing about $10 a month on your food budget. G-E Refrigerators are powered with the fam- ous sealed-in-steel mechanism that now gives “DOUBLE THE COLD” AND USES 40% LESS CURRENT. The Key West Electric Co. WHILE IT LASTS---Special Sale On 85 Lbs. 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