The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 22, 1936, Page 2

PAGE TWO Che Key West Citizen Published y Except Sunday By IZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. P. ARTMAN, President » Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR Member of the Associated Press ashe Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of it or not otherwis: the local news publ One Year Six Months Three Months . One Month Weekly “ADVERTISING RATE Made known on application, AL All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary notices, etc, will be charged for at rate of 10 cents . NOTICE and invites discus- cts of local or general interest but it will cautions. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST 4DVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. ‘u'dges to complete Road to Main- jard. "Sree Port. a H Hotels and Aparcments, | Bathing Pavilion. t Atxporte—Land ‘and Sea. Sersolidaiion of County and City Governments, THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; never be afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; always fight for progress; never be the or- gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class; always do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue; commend good done by individual or organ- ization; toierant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com promise with principle. Bermuda hasn't got a railroad either; islands don't need railroads By drinking a Daily Double, you get two for one, and that’s a bargain in any man’s country. It is strange but true that a few per- sons of importance still sign their names almost legibly. There is not much activity in Key West at present, but little Cupid manages to keep busy, even if he isn’t working over- time. It has been estimated that it takes a barber 17 minutes to shavaya man, but that includes conversatio: ~< x x roof condition it can be A SUSS SS AS flat. Gaiti, the local tonsorial artis y's is not how fast ‘buthow, we! F nudation is ae¢omplished SR The sons of Aesculapius have achieved wonders in the practice of their art, but no one believed they could make a man out of a woman. However, this transforma- tion was accomplished by an operation, and he expects soon to marry. It is said that men know little about women, but this fellow should know a lot. In Spain women recently obtained their franchise and were permitted the vote, and now they are fighting by the side of their men. Before American women were privileged to vote, the argument was used that if women wanted to vote, they } should also be willing to fight. The women of Russia and Spain have shown the way, though this is not said in approbation _ in this column. Parisians are ginging L’Internationale, the Communist hymn, with clenched _ fist in air a la Russe, and its Communist in- junction: ‘Arise, ye prisoners of starva- tion.””. That song was first sung by half- starved, emaciated men and women; today it is sung with fire, fury and enthusiasm by young and old—all appearing well-fed and fairly well-dressed. It will continue to be sung so long as there is hatred and envy. ; estate, with only a minor f SUGGESTS MORATORIUM ON PREACHING We have heard of all kinds of mora- toriums during recent years but about the strangest suggestion comes from Dr. Fred- eric S. Fleming, who suggests a ‘mora- torium on preaching for a period of one or two years.” Dr. Fleming is the rector of Trinity Parish, including Trinity church at the head of Wall Street and seven subsidiary chapels, which last year had an income of $2,457,780. Cost of this came from real fraction from contributions, Disclaiming against the of preaching” which is “foolishness pastor asks “why cannot a Christian be permitted to go to church to worship _ his God without being assailed by a barrage from the pulpit?” Sermons, says the brother, are “with- out end being delivered, but this is preaching. Look for a moment at the sub- jects of these sermons (where there is any subject evident.) For the most part ser- mons today are a very poor edition of ‘top- ical’ homiletics, a brand of religious pep- talks, sailing forth under the guise of be- ing inspirational.” He concludes, “May we pray to be delivered from any more preaching cam- paigns calculated to arouse a benumbered and harassed people who have been preached to death. Bishops’ crusades, united preaching missions, city-wide drives, the importation of noted orators—these are samples of the inflictions that adver- tise their own delinquency.” Tne eminent preacher is probably ex- aggerating but there may be some truth in his suggestion. The Citizen has time and again stressed the value of church go- ing as an aid to religious development of the individual. There is a danger, how- ever, that people may develop the idea that church going and church activity con- stitute religion. This is not, we believe, favorable to the highest development of personality. In taking up, for discussion, a state- ment like that of Dr. Fleming readers should understand that we treat it in gen- eral terms only. In this county there are excellent preachers and, we suppose, some that are not so excellent. As a class the men in the pulpit do much good but this may be claimed for them without any as- sertion tnat they are perfect or that they do not make mistakes. Our chief criticism of advocates and exponents of religion is that, in their fervor and the sureness of their conviction, they tend towards a spirit of intolerance toward those who do not agree with them. There is a willingness to judge and a quickness to condemn others while fused in the white heat of self-sufficient righteousness and an absence of humility, sympathy, mercy and compassion toward those who unfortunately stray from the accepted path. OUR CHANGING BODIES If you weigh yourself today, and then then weigh yourself three weeks from now, your weight will probably show lit- tle change. But, according to Dr, Adolph of the University of Rochester, at least 93 per cent of the real substance of your body will have been changed in the meantime, For, he asserts, the water content of a human body changes every 21 days, on an average, dnd the body is 93 per cent water. He also figures that the nitrogen ofthe body, which is the chief element in the chemical composition of muscle, is re- newed every 290 days, while the iron com- ponent is changed in a slightly longer period. It used to be taught that the actual substance of one’s body was completely changed about every seven years, but Dr. Adolph’s researches indicate that tne time of renewal is much less than that. So, when you look in your mirror you may see what appears to be the same ob- ject you saw there a year or two before. But the real substance will be almost en- tirely different; and the change will gen- erally be for the worse rather than for the better. Judging from the advertising matter sent out by the summer resorts there are not less than 5,439,832 “finest beaches” in America. This seems poor advertising. Why don’t each of the “finest beaches” of- fer the attractions it possesses, and let the prospective visitor choose according to his | likes? : “playing havoc | with the effectiveness of Christianity” the | not | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN You and Your The Railroad Retirement Board has begun the payment of pensions to railroad employees. [his action is be- ing taken in spite of the fact that the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia has held invalid the act impos- ing a tax upon the railroads and their em- ployees to ob- tain the money ! 4 with which to { _ make the pay- ments. And thereby hangs a tale! In 1934 Con- gress passed a railroad pen- sion act, which established a compulsory retirement and pension system tor all carriers subject to the Interstate Commerce Act. The pension act was passed at the very close of the session, and against the advice of Federal Coordi- nator Eastman, who was then making a careful study of the whole pension question. The act established a retire- ment fund, to be built up bygmeans of compulsory contributions from the carriers and their present and future employees, and to be used to pay the pensions and to meet the costs of administration. In 1935 the Supreme Court of the United States declared the act uncon- stitutional. It pointed out that it con- tained many grave defects. It made eligible for pensions persons who were no longer in the employ ot the carriers. It made eligible for pensions. at the date of the act, thousands of persons who had contributed nothing whatever to the fund. It treated al! the railroads as a single employer. re- quiring the solvent railroads to fur- nish the money to meet the demands of the pension system upon the insol- (Address questions to the author, care of this newspaper) Nation’s Affairs Expensive Pension Bungle By ELIOT JONES Professor of Transportation and Public Utilities, Stanford University F vent railroads. Indeed, it réduired the | existing railroads to pay pensions to the employees of defunct railroads. The Court concluded by saying that the act was not only bad because sev- eral of its inseparable provisions con- travened the due process clause of the Constitution, but for another reason that went to the very heart of the matter. The act was not, either in pur- pose or effect, a regulation of com- merce, and it was thus beyond the power of Congress to enact. A few months later Congress passed new pension legislation, but instead of enacting one law, as in 1934, it en- acted two companion measures. One established a retirement system, and the other imposed a tax on the car- riers and their employees for the pur- pose of obtaining the necessary rev- nues. Last June the Supreme Court of | the District of Columbia held that the two acts, passed on the same day. werc really inseparable parts of a whole; and it pointed out that the Supreme Court of the United States had already held that Congress had no power to create a compulsory pen- sion system based upon contributions required of the carriers. The Court therefore enjoined the Commissioner of Internal Revenue from taking steps to compel the carriers to make any payments under the tax measure. Notwithstanding this decision the Railroad Retirement Board is paying pensions to railroad employees. Its contention is that the Court ruled il- legal only the tax portion of the “ii separable” measures; it did not spe- cifically declare illegal the pension portion. And since the Government had appropriated $46.685,000 ‘to pay the pensions, expecting to bé reim- bursed out of the proceeds of the tax act, the Board had $46,685,000 avail- able for distribution in pensions. The taxpayers, as the result of the ineptitude of Congress, will thus be out the sum of $46,685,000. But what is that these days? Temperatures* Highest Lowest Mean asses Normal Mean Rainfall*™ |Yesterday’s Precipitation Normal Precipitation Thin reco! ending at S Tomorrow's Almanac Sun rises . - 6:04 Sun rises + 6:55 Moon ae Moon sets .. -14 Ins. High Low z Barometer 8 A. M. today: Sea level, 29.98, . WEATHER FORECAST (Till 8 p. m., Sunday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday, possi- bly occasional showers; moderate winds, mostly southeast. Florida: Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday; possibly occasional showers, ksonville to Florida Straits lf: Moderate south- easterly winds; partly overcast weather with occasional showers tonight and Sunday. | WEATHER CONDITIONS +; bern at Springfield, + years ago, ' Seeecccevecceveceeceeeee |Today’s Birthdays Daniel Frohman of New York, theatrical manager, born at San- | dusky, 0., 86 years ago, | Dr. Donald C. Balfour of the famed Mayo Clinic, born in Toron- to, 54 years ago. Edward A. Cudahy, Jr. cago, packer, born there, ago. of Chi- 51 years 1 \ | | ' ! Julia Sanderson, actress-singer, Mass., 49 Dorothy R. Parker, noted au- , thor, born at West End, N. J., 43 j years ago. U. S. Senator George L. Rad- cliffe of Maryland, born. at Lloysls, /Ma., 59 years ago, hours throughout much of the At- ‘lantic and East Gulf States, and on the middle Gulf coast, being ‘heavy at Titusville, Fla. 2.28 ‘inches, Jacksonville, Fla. 1.14 inches, Washington, D. C. 1.94 jinches, and Boston, Ma: 1.26 ‘inches. There have also been scat- tered showers in the Lake region, , upper Mississippi and Ohio Val-|! leys, Plains States, and central | Rockies. Temperstures are ab- normally high this morning in the Ohio and middie Mississippi Val- leys and southwestern Lake re- ; ward initiated. | tors present. | structio j He. jsume his pastoral ;ter Beulah who The moderate tropi¢al disturb-|gion, and below normal in por- ance passed ‘ate yesterday after-| tions of New England; while else- noon a short distance north of | Where readings are generally sea- Titusville, Fla., attended by squalis | S0nable. of gale force in that locality and} heavy rains over northeastern} Florida, and is central in greatly modified form over extreme nortb- | | western Florida this morning, with | J 0 E A L L E N small craft warnings displayed | from Pensacola, Fla. t rt, i : eae ee rk Eee Notary Public THE CITIZEN OFFICE G. S. KENNEDY, Official in Charge: Eads, La, Showers and |have occurred durin thunderstorms g the last 24 PLP LI LIS SLL SS SS SE MS SSF SV, The Easiest Way For You To N Pay For A Home is to pay for it as you pay rent. The logical way is to pay monthly, out of income, an installment on the principal and the interest, etc., and thus, over a given period of years, pay off the entire mortgage and have the house free of all debt. It’s very much like buying a house and then renting _ it to yourself. : CONSULT US HOW YOU CAN BUILD OR BUY A HOME OR REPAIR OR MODERNIZE ANY TYPE OF BUILDING ON INSURED CREDIT. The First National Bank ot Key West Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation STII II III IIIa ssawa a. CIIISIOISOOOORL ISS. WMO IIIII III III LD. KEY WEST IN | DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen itp (Mrs. Adella Molnar, of Miami, district deputy grand chief Py- thian Sisters, of Florida, was an arrival Friday afternoon on an official visit to the local lodges. Mrs. Molnar was met upon her ar- jtival by a large delegation of Py- thians and Pythian Sisters, who escorted her to the Victoria Res- taurant where covers had been i laid for the party and a delightful hour was spent. At 8 o’clock in the evening ritualistic serv were held in the temple and class of eight ladies was Following ses a reception was with about 100 members On Monday another meeting! held hall when certain in- and plans made by Mis Molnar will be discussed. The isitor will leave this evening for Miami. a there will be at the Rev E. L. Ley, pastor of Ley Memorial church, who has n on a visit with his son-in-law and daughter, Mr, and M Harry d, returned to Key West yesterday much improved — in health. If permitted to do so by his p jan he expects to re- duties next Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Hersel Williams delightfully entertained with a birthday party yesterday at Bay- view Park in honor of their daugh- celebrated her eight birthday anniversary. Vari- ous games were played during the afternoon. The prize for girls was won by Roberts with the second going to Sevilla Pinder. Samuel Russell was the winner of the first prize for boys with Henry Higgs being awarded the second. Favors for the after- noon were paper caps and bal- loons and delicious —_refresh- ments were served. Beryl Curry, manager of the Key West Transfer Company, has received a telegram from Melvin E. Russell, of the Key West Na-, tional Guard, stating the company! 25 will arrive here on the 6:25 train tomorrow morning. guards have been encamped Fort Barrancas, Pensacola. o'clock The at Juan Carbonell, owner and operator of the Strand and Mon- roe theatres announces he has a great treat in store for the boy scouts and girl scouts of Key SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, 1936. cc ccccccceccccecesvoces lToday's Horoscope Secccsccecescssssssesess West. Boys and girls in uniform will be allowed free entrance to the theater tonight. An excellent | picture is to be shown, H Today gives a kind and benev | At the special meeting of the! lent nature, generalty board of county commissioners! peace, with much quiet ability last night, the agreement with C.! ‘A. P. Turner intended to provide) U!ess other for the construction of the long) the position, toll bridges on the highway to the! _ moderate dez:ce of for mainland, was carefully gone over] the friendship by the commissioners, the clerk! = ak and Mr. Turner and. signed by} Without makipz a markedly chairman of the board, the Ther en-| Place in the worla gineer and the county sce clerk.! however, the These papers will be published in! this degree. full in The Citizen tomorrow. —————— germs of H * Jacksonvilles Leading Hotel ' The wedding of Charles E. Smith and Miss Rebah Herrick will be celebrated in the First Methodist church on Thursday evening August 26 at 5:30 o’clock.j As no invitations have been i: sued the high contracting partie take this means of inviting rel-) atives and friends to attend the; ,ceremony. Atfter the wedding the} couple will leave for Jackson-} ville, New York, Philadelphia and Nia Falls, returning to Key: West the latter part of Septem-} | ber. | 1 KSONVILLE FLORIDA CHARLIE GRINER, Maneger YOUR individual comfort and entertainment is @ matter of great importance at this modem, Gre-proof, home-like hotel located in the heart of down. Jacksonville. 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