The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 27, 1936, Page 2

PAGE Two Che Key 3 West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By THE cr N PUBLISHING CO., INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County. dat Key West, Fl . a8 second class matter FIFTY-SIXTH YE. Member of the Associated Press The Associa y entitled to use for republic it or not otherwise eredited in this paper and also the local news published here. Six Months Three Months One Y Ww y ADVERTIS: Made known on applic <2 IAL NOTICE ° rds of thanks, resolutions of , ete, Will be charged for at All reading notic respect, obituary not the of 10 cent Notice es from which a revenue is te are 5c line. The ¢ n open forum and invites discus- of public issues and subjects of local or general st but it will not publish anonymous eommuni- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main- tard. . "ree Port. Hotels and Aparvments, be:hing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. “es vsolidation of County and City 1 Governments, THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; never be efraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; always fight for progress; never be the or- gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, c ; always do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or :njustice; denounce vice and praise virtue; commend good done by individual or organ- ization; toicrant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com» promise with pria 30-hour irksome will have to bootleg time to satisfy their craving to achieve something more than a mere living. With the invocation of aie week, those to whom idleness is In New York the latest demands by WPA workers is that they be given yearly vacations of 26 days with pay. Evidently they are under the impression that the re- lief program of the presert administration will go on forever. Some day, there will be a rough awakening, Stephen Cochran Singleton, editor of the Key West Sunday Star, unsheathed his literary sword and made a magnificent poetic defense of the southern palm’ against the choice of a New England poetess for her avenues of elms. De gus- tibus nil disputandum—she may have her twisted elms, while we will keep our. roy ail. palms. A New York husband refused to pay for his wife's corset and he was sued by the corsetiere. While admitting he was responsible for his wife’s necessities, he was not for needless apparel, and said he would appeal. The question then will be, is a corset a necessity or not. At any rate it is old-fashioned, and if the world’s feminire strip-poker fashion continues, reversion to the fig-leaf will once more be- come the predominant style. Countries that have a tropical climate will prosper hugely, if Eve’s habiliment will be the only prevailing adornment. A movement to depopulate large areas of the mid-Western “Dust-Bowl” be- ing devastated by the drought has been launched by the Resettlement: Administra- tion under Administrator Tugwell. The plan is to move about 30 per cent of the people in the arid areas to new farm lands. A percentage of the destitute could be placed on Florida land, especially the keys, to their great advantage for gain, health and less rugged living conditions. Florida would welcome the influx of hardy Westerners, in great numbers, thus the ar- rangement would be mutually beneficial. : the Santiago campaign of 1898, and’ dis- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN GENERAL PERSHING { General John J. Pershing, now 75 years old, has had perhaps the most re- markable career of any American soldier of his generation, and although retired | from the Army since 1924 is still active as| chairman of the American battle monu- ments commission. Born in Linn County, Missouri, he was | graduated from West Point in 1886, gain- | ing his first actual battle experience the! same year in the Apache Indian campaign. | He served in the Sioux war of 1890-91; in tinguished himself in successful campaigns against the Moros in the Philippines, for which he was promoted from captain to} brigadier-general. He commanded the expedition sent into Mexico in pursuit of Villa in 1916, and at the outbreak of the World War was placed in command of the American Ex- peditionary Forces in France. For his dis- | tinguished services in the war he was made General of the Armies of the United States, a rank created for him by Congress in 1919. He also received the highest mili- tary decorations from all the Allied na- tions. General Tershing’s life has been marked by many hardships and at least one:great sorrow. His wife and three chil- dren were burned to death in a fire at the Presidio, of San Francisco on August 27, 1915, while he was absent from the post on duty. Mrs. Pershing was the daughter of Senator Warren of Wyoming. During his long career General Persh- ing has served his country with extra- ordinary distinction, and his fellow citi- zens will wish for him many more years in which to enjoy the well-earned honors which have been bestowed upon him. SIDELIGHTS By MARCY B. DARNALL, Former Editor of The Key West Citizen The story is related of Vice-President Garner that when a visitor to his office in- troduced himself as the head clown of Hagenbeck’s circus, the genial “Cactus Jack” replied: ‘And I am vice-president of the United States. Stick around a while. You might pick up some new ideas.” In its newest edition the Encyclopedia Britannica for the first time in the 168 years of its history lists in its pages the names of living children—five of them. Chey are the famed Dionne quintuplets. It is sometime id of a miserly person that he still has the first dollar he ever earned. Jerold E. Oakes, 24, of Pontiac, Mich., had the first dollar he ever earned, his pay for working on a golf course when he was 10, until a few days ago, when he spent it for a marriage license. Even doctors can not Dr. Dennis L, Black, 54, of always tell. Boston was found in perfect physical condition wnen examined by another physician as a matter of routine recently. Boasting of his sound- ness to his secretary, he pounded himself vigorously on the chest and dropped dead. } ? ———— On a transcontinental air trip re- cently passengers could hardly — believe their eyes at Chicago, where the pilot and hostess left the plane and two exactly like them took their places. Maurice Williams was relieved by his twin, Merrill Williams, and Margaret Stuecken turned over her duties to her twin, Majorie Stuecken, ’ After Coast Guardsmen had towed a dead and decaying 60-ton whale some seven miles out to sea, off Gloucester, Ma: they were surprised to see it back in the harbor a few hours later. A well- meaning yachtman had towed it in, fear- ing it was a menace to navigation. Edward H. R. Green, who died a.few days ago at the age of 67, was the son of the late Hetty Green, noted for her miser- liness, and once rated as the® world’s richest woman. Edward was not a miser. He had 11 foster-daughters, whom he used to pay for doing typewriting, and then tear up the sheets. Armed with a letter of recommenda:, tion from his father, the Secretary of the Interior, young Robert Harold Ickes re- cently obtained a job as inspector’s clerk on a big PWA sewer project at Medford, Mass., at a salary of $29 a week, j Suspension of specie payments by You and Your Nation’s “Managed” Money Fiction By WALTER E. SPAHR > Chairman, Department of Economics, New York University |. 'Sun rises... 5:53 .a. One Sir Charles Morgan-Webb has been brought to ‘the United States by the so-called Committee for the Na- tion, an inflationist organization, to preach the gos- pel of a “man- aged” currency. By a managed currency he “means an in- convertible pa- per currency cut loose from gold. There are a few things about this “managed” cur- rency propa- ganda that should be un- derstood. One is that the advocates of a “managed” cur- rency erroneously imply that other currencies—for example, a metallic currency—are not managed. Another is that these advocates have confused with a permanent pa- per money system the ability of such countries as England, Sweden, and others to keep a temporary suspen- sion of specie payments from getting out of hand. There never has been a permanent any country and there never has been a willfully-adopted paper money standard which has been suc- cessful for any great length of time. Thus the arguments of these “man- aged” currency advocates rest solely upon conjecture and imagination, and they run counter to the principles and lessons of monetary experience. European countries provide a mul- titude of examples in recent years of paper currencies that could not be managed. No monetary systems have ever caused worse suffering than these. But the “managed” currency advocates rule out all cases in which the paper currencies could not be managed. They always have a “spe- cial” explanation for all such epi- sodes, Obviously, when a “managed” currency cannot be managed the heart of the argument for a “man- aged” currency collapses. A third point should be under- stood. It relates especially to the con- tention now being made in this coun- try by Sir Charles Morgan-Webb to the effect that “Britain will never re- turn to a gold standard with a fixed | (Address questions to the author, care of this newspaper) "KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY | Happenings Here Just 10 Years, Ago Today As Taken From Lhe Files Of The Citizen iY the heat, 1 i ' ‘ ! Affairs price for the metal.” The point is that he is apparently unable to support his statement by referencé to any of- ficial British pronouncement on the subject. On October 4, 1933, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Chamberlain, said: “There is no standard which can compare in that respect [command | the confidence of the countries using it] with gold”—(cheers)—“of which | our country has a long experience. Therefore it seems likely that ulti- mately we shall return to a gold standard. ...” If the Chancellor has changed his opinion er if he or any other high of- ficial of the British government has said anything to the contrary, 1 am not aware of it. And it would seem | that Sir Charles Morgan - Webb is | under a special obligation to the American public to point to some re- cent official British pronouncement in support of his contention. | When Sir Charles Morgan-Webb’s | book, The Rise and Fall of the Gold , Standard, appeared in 1934, it was | widely distributed in this country by the self-styled Committee for the Na- tion, and claims were definitely made , at that time, especially by Mr. James H. Rand, Jr., of that Committee, that . Great Britain had abandoned the | gold standard as no longer workable and had adopted a managed currency. As a check on these. statements, I | wrote to the distinguished Sir Jo- siah Stamp in England, and this is what he said late in 1934: “(1) The British Government has ‘certainly | never made any official statement that we shall never return to a gold | standard, (2) the Government has never made an official statement that England is planning to adept a com- modity standard [the managed cur- rency scheme of Sir Charles Mor- gan-Webb], (3) no official steps have been taken by the Government to- wards the adoption of a commodity standard, (4) Sir Charles Morgan- Webb's recent study is not considered an authoritative presentation of of- ficial opinion of the Government.” changed its attitude since late in 1934, let the English visitor say so. Let him prove that Sir Josiah Stamp’s state- ments are no longer true. Unless he does these things, the monetary econ- omists of this country must conclude that an attempt is being made to im- pose upon the American people. | and the Middle Atlantic states. took a death toll of 160 in four days, while it was no parmer than usual in Key West and none of our visitors from the stricken states were even inconvenienced The Citizen received a me: irom St. Augustine this aiternoon! irom the Associated Press which! was relayed irom Havana stating! that the Steamer Ansaldosan! Giorgio which was reported as being is distress this morning bt cause of a broken rudder, h nt out an S. O. S. call to the t that the steamer was sinking! off Jupiter. The message also! stated that the Steamer Orlaba was standing by, and the Ansal- dosan was abandoned, The mes-} sage also stated that Palm Beach! had experienced an 80 mile wind last night and a number of houses! had been unroofed, ‘According to advices received! from the local weather bureau the highest velocity of wind experi! enced at Key West last might was, 39 miles an hour with no damage whatever resulting. All of the larger vessels runnings out of, Key West to various points left on their regular schedules. Steamship Miami left — this morning on time for Havana with a fairly large number of passen-! gers on board, Advices from a! number of points on the east coast are to the effect that a) number of sections suffered loss-! es but none of them large. The main damage resulting from the storm at Miami was the wrecking! of several houses boats along the; shore front. These were all ex- posed to the storm. | i Mis. Celeste Ann Baker, 615 Elizabeth street, passed away this forenoon 10:30 o’clock at the age of 72 years. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at-the residence 615 Elizabeth o'clock. The rites, Rev. Brooking; of-St. Paul’s Epis-' copal church. The deceased was! the widow of Ry.P. Baker who was’ in the undertaking business in Key West a number of years. There is one survivor in the fam- ily, Mrs, Haydn Illingworth. The new seats which were or- dered some time ago for the Gar-] den Theater have arrived and are being installed today. They are neat in appearance and of solid construction. The theater has been completely and thoroughly re- novated and is now in radiness for the opening for the season at this popular playhouse. Editorial comment: Excessive heat in the New England states i plications for citizenship ‘of these were from in, from Hungary. Sa | ——— Wrecking Tug Wilett this’ | morning going to the ance of the Georgio II reported in i trouble north of Hillsboro Inlet. |The message calling for the Wil- lett. was received by the Porter| | Dock company early this morning land within a short time the tug | sailed. The preliminary hearing of the case of Lorencio Ortega, alias A. Dice charged with the killing of! M edes Carn cho and Manuel Jiminez, in this city on June 26, was postponed for a few days. Peace Justice Rogelio Gomez | stated that the postponement was} nted to allow the prisoner to! make arrangements te defray the} expenses of his attorneys. { | (Owing to the fact that the wires are down from Miami south and from other sections along th route of the tropieal storm which} has been raging off the coast for} the past few days. The Citizen was) unable to obtain any Associated | Press reports today. ;Normal Mean lerate to fresh shifting winds in !winds mostly easterly and }tent and moderate ut increasing {intensity was central this morn- If the British government has | ing, about 75 miles off the Louisi- Six potential citizens of United States were heard in United! States court today onheir ap-} from the Bahama Islan TT POT ae. ACKSONVILLE FLORIDA papier reacrleagrg Scocen a Se Sect kens-the heed orcad essa of Jacksonville. Every room with tub and shower, soft water, steam heat, radio and ceiling fan...every bed with innere epring mattress and individual lamps. AIR CONDITIONED COCKTAIL LOUNGE . COFFEE SHOP Rates--Single with Private Bath T8 Rooms $2.00 - 90 Room: $2.50 40 Rooms $3.00 - 24 Rooms $3.50 10 Sample Rooms with Private Bath $4.00 Slight increase for double occupancy 3B POUND Hotels moTeL EL DESOTO ed LE itehi ecUiisiart ue wD } Seeeccvcsccseceseeeseess to trong winds over 2 smc ll ares near the center. THE WEATHER Showers have occurred evcccccccscccccececesess the last 24 hours im portions of éurinz ‘Temperatures* southwestern Florida and em the Highest me = 88 middle Gulf cozst, beim gene Lowest _..,.... ally light There have ake been Mean 83 showers, heavy in “i 84 Vall in porti Rainfaii" jeastern section Yesterday's Precipitation .0 Ins. from the Lake region castes Normal Precipitation -14 dns. and in portions ef the northe js record covers 24-hour perie? Plains and Rocky Mountain States at # o'clock thix morning. Tianaes Abe Temperatures are generally abeve _ normal this morning. except ever Sun sets % northeastern sections, and maxi a 7:14 p Moon rises 40 p. mj — j Magar sets < 43 a Tomorrow's Tides A.M. | High ‘Low Barometer 8 a. m. today: Sea level, 30.04. WEATHER FORECAST (Till 8 p. m., Tuesday) Key West and Vicinity: Gen- erally fair tonight and Tuesday; gent.e to moderate winds, mostly northeast, and possibly ing Tuesday. Florida: Generally fair tonight and Tuesday. Jacksonville to Florida Straits: Gente shifting winds except mod- increas- vicinity of tropical disturbance, fresh to strong at times over a very small area near center, probably increasing to gale for at center during next 24 hours and partly overcast weather to | night and Tuesd xcept over- st with squal’s near vicinity of disturbance over northern and central Bahamas. lo D East Gulf: Gentle to moderate partly st weather tonight and WEATHER CONDITIONS A tropical storm of small ex i We will pleaned ana coast moving northwest about se Pp 15 miles an hour, and storm war ings are displayed on the Louisi- ana coast. Another tropical di turbance of slight Sut increasing intensity was central a short dis- tance south of Cat Island, Ba- hamas, which ‘s aivout almost due east of Key W ext, moving slowly west-northwest or northwest attended vy only fresh FOP OCLC LL OLE LLL charge to the vetera that you be properi that we are paying th Your Americar your best means of CHAFED SKIN soothing Resinol Ointment to quickly telieve the fiery torment and restore comfort checks issued in payment The First National Bank of Key West Member of the Federal Deposit insurance Corperation to the tender, reddened skin. Se sInol: VOMIT IIIE ITIL REGULAR AND RELIABLE FREICHT SERVICE BETWEEN Key West and Miami NOW MAKING DELIVERIES AT KEY WEST —On—_ TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY. 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