The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 11, 1936, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen | ished Daily Except Sunday By PUBLISHING CO. INO, , Avsistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corer Greene and Ann Streeta unty Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County. entered at Key We er of the Associated Presn Press is exclusively entitled to use ion of all news dispatches credited to rwise credited in this paper and also the local news pub/ished here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES e Year Bix Months Three Months ne Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application, SPECIAL NOTICE of thanks, resolutions of | ., will be charged for at nts by churches from which dare 5 cents a line. Citizen 1s an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general Interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations. | growth of the Jewish Passover. ! and gradually passed into IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main- land. "r-e Fort. Hoieis and Aparcments, Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Ce sciidation of County and City Governments, Be cheerful; it is more healthful than to be depressingly disposed. Women live for love more than men do; and, according to statistics, they live longer. it might help us to love our enemies if we would reflect that they never pester us with unsought advic Only two per cent of people can really sing, a music critic declares. A rather liberal e.timate, we should say. Voltaire describes the taking of medi- cine as ‘putting drugs of which we know little into our bodies of which we know The Rus oh, didn't help matters much chose as hi nikov.”” Feodor Solo- when he pen name ‘“Kazmich Teter- ian novelist, Europe, armed to the teeth for war, will propably have a When one he will be war. plays with fire it is likely burned. hello Summer!— Why ignore Spring, the} most beautiful of the four seasons, in your welcome? Good-bye Winter; Times-Union, Camels are the only animals in the world thai move the legs of one side be- fore moving the others. Next time you see acamol walk, verify this zoological servation. ob- Walter Winchell claims that beautiful girls are happier when married to homely husbands. But how about the homely hus- band? They have a deuce of a_ time watching. the poachers on their preserves. Commenting on the 200th sary of a local church, a New news anniver- Brunswick aper notes the interesting fact that the entire membership of the congregation has changed since the church was estab- lished, Men have prayed always and every- The ancient Egyptian papyri are The Bahy- lonian tablets, the ancient books of India! and of Persia, and of China, are . all plete with prayers. where. filled with forms of prayers. re-4 Most of the Duval Street merchants have so much money they do not have to advertise, and evidently are in business orly for their health. They say if they | had to depend for a living on what they | make out of their business in Key West, | they would starve to death; therefore the | only logical conclusion is they are fi- nancially independent and need not ask! for business through the modern method ; of advertising, 1 | caused Charles VII to be crowned in 1429, EASTER Easter is observed by Christians in commemoration of the resurrection of Christ, but its observance is really an out- There is no mention of Easter in the New Te:tament, nor in the writings of the apostolic father: In fact, neither Christ, nor any of his apostles, suggested the keeping of this or any other festival. | But as most of the early Christians! were drawn from the Jewish church, it was, natural that many of the old Jewish festivals continued to be observed by them the Christian calendar. In the ancient church the celebration | of Easter lasted eight days, but after the! eleventh century it was limited to three, later to two, and finally to one. The proper time for the observance of Easter has been the subject of bitter con- troversy among various Christian groups, | and at one time no less than seven “East- ers’’ were celebrated in a single year. Inj fact, the Greek church did not adopt the | date used by the rest of the world until 1923, so that only during the last 13 years has all of Christendom observed Easter simultaneously. According to present usage, which | conforms to the date established by the} Jouncil of Nice in the year 325, Easter ca¥ | not fall upon a date earlier than March! 22, nor later than April 25, it having been decreed that it should be the first Sunday ; after the full moon following the vernal equinox. The last time Easter fell on March 22; in 1818, after which about three con turies must elapse before it occurs on that | date again. It fell on April 25 the last j time in 1843, but will not occur so late in any year of the present century. wa A CATHEDRAL RESTORED That the magnificent Rheims Cathe- dral has been restored, after the terrible damage it suffered during the war, is most } pleasing to every lover of architectural beauty. Americans take especial pride in| the fact that this restoration was mage! possible largely through the generous do-| nations of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., of New York. Rheims Cathedral is one of the finest ; specimens of Gpthic architecture in the} world, as well as one of the most historic. It stands on the site of a former church in which Clovis, founder of the kingdom of the Franks, was baptized in the year 496. There is a French legend to the effect that a dove brought from heaven a sacred vial! of oil for the baptism. The present cathedral was begun in 1212 and completed about a century later, | but numerous alterations have been made trom time to time. Here Joan of Are } and here the kings of France were crowned for several centuries. Many of the elaborate sculptures which adorn the cathedral were destroyed or damaged by bombardments during the war, but fortunately photographs and ‘casts existed to enable artists to copy the lost masterpieces. So, once again Rheims Cathedral stands forth in its pristine glory } ard transcendent beauty. ASAE IAT | PREVENTING AUTOMOBILE DEATHS | The automobile death toll for January ; and February is given as 4,580 by the Na- tional Safety Council, which inaugurated a campaign this year to cut the number of motor accidents. In 1935, says the Coun-; cil, was 4,710, which means an improve- ; ment of three per cent for this year. | The fact that more than seventy-five | pervons are killed every day, in the United | States in motor vehicle accidents is enough to emphasize the necessity of concerted} action by officials everywhere to stop this | slaughter. | Here is an opportunity for an in- | dividual community to do something for} itself. without waiting on the State govern- ment or the Federal government. Record: Is} ' | prove rather conclusively that where traf-| fic regulations are enforced and motorists | promptly punished for infractions, the! death rate goes down. j In Key West, for example, rigorous ; prosecution of those who wilfully violate traffic rules will even lessen the Island City’s small contribution to the national dead from motor vehicle accidents, and, what is more important, save some family | here the expense and grief that goes with H these casualties. { ; Miami THE KEY WEST CITIZEN You and Your Nation’s Affairs (Copyright Six Star Service) Is Thrift Passé? By ELIOT JONES Professor of Transportation and Public Utilities, Stanford There is a biblical injunction: “go to the ant thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise.” The ant is a symbol of industry and instinctive provision for the future. For many years our people have been urged to follow the bib- lical injunction —to be thrifty; to make pro- vision for ill- ness, accident, unemployment, and old age. The word spendthrift has been a term of reproach, the spendthrift be- ing one who gives little thought to the morrew, placing on others the burden of supporting him when his spending spree is over. This period in which we have re- garded thrift as a virtue has been one of great material progress. The sav- ers provided the funds required for the development of the resources of the country. In so doing they in- directly caused the demand for Ja- bor to increase by leaps.and bounds. Their saving powerfully, contributed. therefore, to the great increase in the output of consumable godis that has characterized the ‘period, ‘since. the Industrial Revolution, and that has raised the standard of living in this country to heights previously regard- ed as quite unattainable. Now, however, a new-philosophy is abroad in the land. People in high places are spreading the doctrine that the spendthrift policy is the proper one. The notion that thrift is a vir- tue has been receiving one body blow after another, so that past savers and prospective savers are coming to University question the wisdom of saving. They are beginning to inquire whether it were not better “to eat, drink, and be merry.” for tomorrow you may be deprived of your sul ce. The latest body blow is the pro- posal of the administration to tax the undistributed profits of corporations. The idea is to induce corporations to distribute all (or practically all) of their annual earnings to their stock- holders, so that the latter will be able to spend more freely. The more divi- dends the stockholders receive, the more money, also, the Government can extract from them in income taxes. The administration proposes, to be sure, to exempt corporations from the payment of the customary income tax, but government rev- enue will be increased if the new Proposal be adopted, because it is more practicable to apply the prin- ciple of progressive taxation to indi- viduals (through surtaxes) than it is to apply it to corporations. The proposal to penalize corpora tions for thrift and conservatism is highly unwise. It would seem to be only ordinary business prudence to ‘hold, in good years, a substantial pro- portion of the profits in the treasury @s a protection against sudden changes in conditions, due to inven- tions, shifts in fashion, and other un- foreseeable factors. The policy of ploughing the profits back imto the business also permits industrial growth without excessive resort to borrowing, and thus strengthens the corporate position, The Administration recognized this point some months ago in criticizing the railroads for not paying off their bond issues as opportunity had pre- sented itself in the past. The proposed tax on thrift will greatly accentuate the booms and depressions of the future. Would not this seem to be a conclusive argument against it? (Address questions to the author, care of this mewspaper) TODAY’S Low ilighest last night last 24 hours 56 76 48 40 Statiou— Abilene Atlanta Boston Buffalo Charleston Chicago Denver Detroit Gaiveston Havana Huron Jacksonville .. Kansas City K‘zY WEST .. Little Rock . Los Angeles Louisville 74 42 46 76 46 64 50 76 64 84 62 85 60 80 48 82 56 80 712 40 56 42 54 . 42 46 44 56 Minneapolis New Orleans New York . Pensacola Pittsburgh St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco, Seattle a 52 Tampa - 66 Weshington .. 44 Williston ..... $4 pete wy Temperatures* Highest Lowest Mean Normal 85 18 75 wav T. Ins. 0 Mean Rainfall* Precipitation ecipitation Yesterd Normal Sun Moon Low Sarometer 8 a. m, today: Sea level, 30.05. WEATHER FORECAST (Till 8 p. m., Sunday) Key West and Vicinity: Gen- erally fair’ with mild tempera- ture tonight and Sunday; gentle, to moderate variable winds. Florida: Fair north, partly 79. .) degrees at Key We: WEATHER — | —J {cloudy in south portion, tonight fand Sunday. mild temperature. | Jacksonville to Florida Strait land East Gulf: Gentle t6 mod- ‘ erate variable -vinds, mostly north- {erly over north portion; weather | fair to partly overcast tonight and ; Sunday. ONDITIONS WEATHER Pressure is moderately low this Lake: region southeastward over the middle At- lantic States, Duluth, Minn., 29.76 j inches,-and Buffalo, N. Y., 29.80 and high from the north H tates southeastward over j the northwestern, Gulf of Mexico, | Salt Lake City, Utah, 30.22 inch- s, and Galveston, Texas, 30.18 j inch 5. and thunderstorms {have occurred during the last 24 jhours throughout the Atlantic | States, except in portions of north- jern New Enland and in central ‘and southern Elorida, the amounts | being light to moderate, and there bas also been light to moderate {rain from the upper Mis: ppi ‘Valley eastward over the Lake re- gion,and upper Ohio Valley. Tem- ‘peratures have fallen somewhat , if northern Florida, and have ris- ;eh in the Plains and west Gulf States, being generally near or jabove normal throughout the country, with readings at 8 a, m. this morning ranging from 34 de- 'grees at Williston, N. D., to 78 i | ‘morning from the G S. KENNEDY, Official in Charge. PIRATES COVE Famous Fishing Camp on Over- sea Highway 20 Miles From Key West Swimming Pool Charming Surroundings Unsurpassed Fi j Excellent Cuisine | Will Be Open Until May 15 For Reservations Telephone Pirates Cove AFTER YOU HAVE READ THE SUNDAY STAR TOMORROW, CHECK UP ON THE ADVER- TISERS WHO FURNISH INTEREST- ING READING. “KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen transferred from a special express! train last night at the P. and O.' docks to the Cuban Cruiser Cuba.j vessel at 6 o’clock and the cruiser: immediately sailed for Havana.} The shipment was from the fed-| eral reserve bank in Atlanta and’ ! was sent to Havana for the relief | persistent demands for jdue to runs made by depositors. | Manager B. L. Grooms of the | Key West Electric company is to- jday registering a complaint about the persons who have been doing damage to property of the com- pany. He is offering a reward of $50 “for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person of persons guilty of cut-! ting up bus seats and seat back upholstering. Editorial comment: The ape jlike attitude of people in the mat- |ter of fashions, might be used ia strong argument by the evolu- | tionists. | Richard Tedder, age 70 years,’ a pioneer citizen and native of Key West, died yesterday after- noon 1:30 o'clock at h's home in {the rear of 515 Margaret street. Mr. Tedder had rounded out his three score of years and 10 more,| and passed away on the anniver- sary ef his seventieth birthday. The DeMolays plan giving a stag party this evening at the home of Johnnie Roker, 617 Grin- nell street in celebration of the fourth anniversary of the organi- zation in Key West. A number of new and novel features will be in- j troduced which will afford un-; usual interest and pleasure throughtout the evening. ‘ (Ladd dt tdi hh hdd dk, A young Cuban man by name of Richard Gonzalez, brother in law of Vicente Menendez, is_ ill} :from, it is claimed. swallowing several poison tablets yesterday afternoon. No reason was given) for the act. Gonzalez is reported ; as having shown s‘gns of recovery jfrom the effects of the poison,! following treatment which was} immediately given by physicians, | and it is thought he has a good} chance for recovery. i ' The sale of the property ; TI VIZPPIILALELZLLLALIPLAL LLL LI ALAA ee Le ehhh Ad ¢ | | SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1936. 1021 Fleming street was an- nounced today by Charles H. Midgett, of the Over Sea com- pany. The purchaser was James A: Gardner, formerly of Texas. The land is 48 by 98 feet and is’ property. The two story house on used as a winter residence by Mr. Gardner. The sale cash announced. “Grandpa” John Lewis Albury informed The Citizen today that Lewis. Mrs. Day was before mar- riage Miss Mary Albury, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albury, who re- 1 |Today s Horoscope | Today produces a steadfast aid wi {sincere man or woman w jconsidered a valuable piece of} make many by torce Forty-three million dollars was; the lot is te be remodeled and|e™us = jt the world 2! | undertaken. The last of the money was on the; ‘@nsaction but the price was not/ Probs\« Subscribe to The | weskiy. jof banks which were menaced by, the name selected for the son of} money, Mr. and Mrs. H, E. Day is John side at the corner of Grinnell and, Southard streets. As a result of the new arrival the grandfather is stepping high and wearing smile that won't come off. Herbert C. Lorick, general of the forthcoming ference of the Rotary clubs Georgia and Florida which be held in Key West, Alpril and 16 announces that his small army of co-workers are putting director con- of will jthe finishing touches to plans for the most elaborate civic program ever carried out in the southeast Although a busy man Mr. Lorick has for many weeks been devoting much of his time to the propesed Program and perfecting the plans. a (2 The First National % ® 4 % 4 & 4 % x x \ \ » , . N N N N N ® N N N \ * \ N N \ \ ‘s * ‘ N ‘ \ * \) . . American Gold Band DINNERWARE We are proud to announce that we have just re- ceived a complete line of AMERICAN GOLD BAND DINNERWARE — Dinnerware that is conservative but modern to the last line. We Will Carry Open Stock Now you can fill in those broken pieces of a set or even get a new set, as we will carry a full stock of each piece. 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