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

PAGE TWU The Key West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President rom The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe Cour of the Associated Press she Associated Press sively entitled to use for republication of all s dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here. RATES One Year six Months ‘Three ths One Month Weekly 2..$10.00 | - 5.00 2.50 85 ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. esolutions of harged for at ves for entertainments by chu @ is to be derived are 5 Citizen nd invites discus- sion of public es and subjects of local or general st but it will not publish anonymous communi- ches from which pnts a line. | IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST b ¢.DVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. is'dges to complete Road to Main- jard. ree Port. Heiels and Aparemenis, Rathing Pavilion, Atports—Land and Sea. Se solidation of County and City Governments, et we are dom farewell. ill free to bid free- The French rentes are going down, but the American rents continue to go up. If Uncle Sam ever goes into another European conference he should take two-pants suit. a Hollywood aciresses should avoid a diary and if they want further occupation invest in a dai Business is undoubtedly better and the average citizen hopes it will stay bet- ter, no matter who is elected. John L. is, the labor agitator, has joined his tamily in Europe. He lives like a king, and like a king he is traveling in- cognito. Lev It is declared by a leading journalist that “the menace of war is greater than in 1913.” We can stand the menace if a way can be found to avert the wat. early four million Americans are un- | able to read or write, and consequently never have.to explain their fool letters to a jury or an investigating committee. If this keeps up the voter will have to choose between about six parties in. 1940. Aud, if something else develops, he may not Have’ to choose at all. It is not tomary fo vote for dictators, cus- There are some people who smugly proclaim that they will take care of Com- munism when it comes. But then it is too late, because even now it is penetrating the very Federal government. Some of the June brides don’t know hew to cook and by this time the husbands are beginning to speak gently about good food. Later they will become bolder and remind the wife about mother’s cooking. Just as a city would have few visitors if it did not welcome them through adver- tising, just so will merchants fail to in- erease their customers and consequent business if they-do not invite them to their stores. There are certain property owners in Key West who can pay their taxes but do not. They pay their income taxes to the government because they have to or else. People who have income taxes to pay are quite able to pay their local taxes, and do not let them tell you differently. If. non- payment of Tocal taxes meant incarcera- tion in the hoosegow, the tax slate would be wiped clean.—Key West Citizen, De- scribes. St. Petersburg, too.—St. Peters- burg Independent. ' sary of his death, the’ postal Suthorities ad- GREAT BY ANY NAME From time to time there recurs the old argument concerning the spelling of | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN the name of Kosciusco, the great Polish | | general who gave his services to Washing- | ton in the Revolution and later fought so | valiantly for his native land. When a town in Mississippi was} named for him years ago, the postoffice | department spelled the name as it appears | in the foregoing paragraph. But on a statue to his memory erected near the White House in Washington the name is | spelled “Kosciuszko,” a “z’’ being added. When a special postage stamp was issued | in commemegration of the 100th anniver- hered to the simpler‘form. ~, As a matter of fact, it is difficult to determine the correct spelling of many names translated from a foreign language In the case of the distinguished Pole un-! der consideration, three different spellings ! are approved by reputable authorities. In} addition to the two already mentioned, the { Encyclopedia Britannica gives as an alter- native the spelling ‘“Koseziusko.” After wall, the greatness of the man does not depend upon the spelling of his name. The great Polish engineer, general and statesman would be remembered un- der any name as a true and courageous friend of human liberty. The famous line in Campbell's poem, “And freedom shriek- ed when Kosciusko fell,” has justification as rhetoric, but hardly as fact. ‘ While Kosciusko was several times wounded in battle, he was living peace- fully as a farmer in Switzerland when his death was caused by an accidental fall from his horse. ‘THE FIRST CONGRESS The first United States Congress was to open on March 4, 1789, but on that day only 21 members were present, eight Sen- ators and 13 Representatives, not a quorum for either house. Day after day, week after week, the members present met in Federal \ Hall, which had been fitted up for their accom- |} modation. But-it was not until the first day of April that any business could be transacted, because a quorum was lacking, On that day, 30 members of the House hav- ing answered to their names, the body was organized and Genera] Frederick Muhlen- burg was chosen speaker. The Senate did not get down to busi- ness until April 6, when a quorum was! finally mustered. A’ temporary, pregjding officer, whose sole duty it was to open and! count the electoral votes, was elected. | George Washington had the vote of every | elector, which was generally known be- forehand, for President. The second votes of electors were widely scattered. John Adams was elected vice-president, al- though he did not get a majority of the whole number of electors appointed. It was two weeks before General Washing- ton could be appraised of his election and reach the seat of government. It is difficult to realize in this day, when the Senators and Representatives ar- rive by airplane, train and motor, what an achievement,a journey to the capital was in the days of the first United States Con- gress. ELEVEN KINDS OF MONEY When we are fortunate enough’ to get hold of some of Uncle Sam’s coin of the realm we seldom scrutinize it closely, because we know that for practical pur- poses one dollar is as good as another. In fact, the average citizen is prob- ably unaware that there are 11. distinct kinds of United States money, but such is the case. These include federal reserve notes, national bank notes _ silver certi- ficates, gold coin, United’ States notes, sub- sidiary silver, gold certificates, federal re- serve bank notes, minor coin, silver_dollars and treasury, notes. At present the tetalamount of United States money in circulatioi \ is approxi- mately $5,743,000,000, of which more than one-half is in federal reserve notes. Silver coins constitute a relatively small portion of the money in circulation. The administration’s monetary _ poli- cies have attracted attention among — fi- nancial and economic experts. The lay- man knows little of what it is, all about, and inasmuch as the experts are in thorough disagreement it seems that they don’t know much about it either, jbridge bonds to the ~ KEY WESTIN | DAYS GONE BY | Happenings Here Just 10 Years. Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen “Within the next sixty days the people of Key West wil be driv- ing to Sugar Loaf Creek,” Coun-' ty Engineer Clifton Bailey “said today, to The Ctizen. This will mean an addition of practically’ five miles to the road now com-; plete with the exception of this five mile stretch, which means that by the time the people are driving to Sugar Loaf 44 miles! of; the highway to the mainland wil’ be complete. Having completed: the sub-grade to Sugar Loaf, the} dragi nes have been moved to the! other side of the creek and are now working. ! The August rainfa!l in Key West established a record ‘for’ that month in this city covering a period of 55 years. This is the! record at the United States Weath- | tr Bureau. Total precipitation} for, the month was 15.83. inches, | which is 11.15 above normal. The month of August 1891 with a pre-} c'pitation of 10.13 inches, is the nearest approach to the record’; of the month just past. The heaviest rainfall of the month was on August 18. This was 8.32 in- ches which ail fell within two and one half hours. It was more like a clovdburst than ordinary rain- fall, the weather officials said, H The county commissioners con- vened in special s: on last night; for the purpose of opening bids for bonds for the highway and amount of | $525,000 of which $175,000 ii for bridges and $ hi After d situation ‘from every angle it was decided that no definite action be taken on the sale of bonds at the present time, and to arrange to take care of the matter at a! future date, It is believed that’ by that time the bonds may be! disposed of more advantageously to the county. Mr. Watkins, rep- resenting a bond company of Bir- mingham, was present and dis- cussed the situation. | j Mrs- Amelia Olivieri has com- pleted the construction of * the sidewalk in front.of her property on White street and Wiflard Al- bury, on the opposite side of the street has started construction in’ front ef his residence. This im-j provement work in keeping es YOUR DESTINY BY LE MARS A_1936. Reading to The Citizen Readers by Special Ar- rangements for a Limited Time only TEN CENTS Coin and Stamp. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN, KEY WEST, FLA. City and State 0... Date of Birth .. | NEW ‘DEAL SAVES {dishonest officials and was oblig- ted to close. ,ine Baldwin were | Catholic church. , Tites in an impressive way. The; 'a few friends of the | parti the wedding a reception was held! ': Thompson at 1206 South street. ;ed down when agents of the Fed- BANK DEPOSITORS eral Deposit Insurance corpora- = , j tion appeared and took charge of (The Pompano Sun) | the bank’s tangled affairs. Two The friendly hand of Uncle Sam weeks later the agents announced was stretched out last week to|thcir readiness to pay off. rescue thousands of bank deposi-! jailures in eastern States. Had it) Bank and Trust Company, in a not been for the protection crowded Italian _ neighborhood, forded by the Roosevelt Adminis-! crashed a few weeks age. As in tration, through passage of the’ the Connecticut failure, most of bill providing insurance for bank; the depositors were poor working deposits up to $5,000, every one‘ peop’e, who had placed all their of these depositors would ' have, meagre savings with the institu- watched his life savings disappear|tion. After the bank was closed when the banks went to the wall.j officers were arrested, charged Instead, they weré paid off at the|with making false statements t« rate of 100 cents on the dollar ; the banking authorities. The wild- within two weeks after the banks est excitement prevailed in the closed their doors. ; Italian quarter of Newark, but the The first failure was in the little }*oothing influence of Uncle Sam town of East Hampton, in Gon-| as soon felt. Agents arrived and necticut, with several thousand| took charge. Last Thursday FDIC poor depositors, was the victim of /checks were ready and hundreds called to receive payments due It was one of the few} th bank faliures in| America since President Roosevelt took office. The little community was panic- stricken at the disaster, but calm- with the program planned by the! White Street Improvement ™" sociation. i i John A. Luff and Miss Cather-! married last} evening in the parsonage of the: Reverend Fath-| er P. L. Marnane was the offici ting priest and pronounced the; ge Bae a eae ceremony was witnessed by only contracting! Mr. and Mrs. Victor! | Thompson stood with the couple} during the nuptials. Following 50 Ibs., regular 34 ROLLS SURETY at the home of Mr. and Mrs. + i Editorial comment: If the sea! > 60 ROLLS SURETY ‘were soil and the fishes were formers Key ‘West would be sur- rounded by a_ wonderful sarics ultural radius, Rev. and Mrs. Jame" entertain’ this week with a series 6f parties. Thursday they will be at home to the B.Y.P.U. Then Uhion’s So- cial Committee consists of Miss .Thelma Montecina, Miss Marion Hudgens and Mrs. W. F? Collins. ; They have issued invitations to all members of the Union. At this affair the King of ‘Nonsense. will reign supreme. Frittay even- ing a group of young people who, | were junior members of the fa ulty of the recent Daily Vacation; Bible School will be guests of! Rev. and Mrs. James, PRICE $35.00 bt JUST A FEW MOR! special special Se ea ea RLS: " ipseathalaaat if 8 5 eee gc 40 tte: - -rooaapensenar narrate may teeta ea) The other bank collapse was in| :tors from the effects of two bank Newark, N. J. There the D'Auria (2 ply) weight. “Your OOO M. aw Beep pee Sea level, 29.92. WEATHER FORECAST (Till 8 p. m, Tharsday) | Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight, pessibly skewer Thursday generally fair; gemgie | mostly easterly Florida: Generally fair tonight j and Thursday except scattered showers on extreme south coast tonight. Jacksonville to F! rida Stra ™= und East Caf: Gentle winds mest erly and partly overcest ski N SUFFERERS > ATTENTION & Use Resinol Ointment to releve che maddening itch of eczema. psoriasis. poison ivy. and manos sbout recam or peronal par. Heips beaiag the . = eres Sates few wrety <ace-¢ moe em ceer = ® peruse WEATHEZ Compr sons Te wes- meres casts Valley, Chcage Lees anc Bax | meee ane catra i pores. Pistess cegee. Sat Ucea. 23-45 mbes: sure ss releieety Setters, NM < 2224 Ramm seve sees grse= he at Shes = Ge Msumpu ame oe (Ot ys. and seuthe-= bemg Beary = casters St Loum ae and tier have bere «Slicers fe-8 ae beet, = cowere weste- = —=2e = & Pawine- ame lake ee =e 2m tar tures are caste x =< over wes! erally oez casera ewe cs SUTTTATEEEO TEESE naan it to yourself. PLL LL LL N , : : : : . ; : : ; . . . . \ , is to pay for it as you pay rent is to pay monthly, out of on the principal and the interest, etc over a given period of years. pay of mortgage and have the house free very much like buying 2 beuse and w CONSULT US HOW YOU CAN BUILD OR The Fast National Bank ot Key West Member of the Federal Deposa insurance Corporation The income, 2 = aa pte ttdtitittittitbbébda NG LA 46 ROLLS GREEN SLATE SURFACED ROOFING price $2.45, special CAREY ROOFING, 35 t=. (1 ply) weight, regular $1-60, special CAREY ROOFING, 45 i= regular §2.05, special THREE PIECES SLIGHTLY DAMAGED WALL BOAED 0 $45.00, E PIECES OF % mostly 4’x4’ size, regular price $50.08, TWO PIECES PRESTWOOD (net tempered). regular price $80.00, special at JUS ABOUT 200 FEET OF 2x4 No. 1 Pine Ceiling left for shutters, regular prize $50.00, _THE ABOVE ARE CLEARANCE SALE (TEMS. AND =F MANY CASES REPRESENT SALE AT LESS © THAN COST Florida Contracting & Engineering Co. White and Eliza Sireets worthy of the best” home ~ THICKE BROWN DES 3 $1.75 $1.50 $1.30 $20.00 * PAE $30.00 * Som $30.00 * Ch haha hhh dadahdehedhahadaddadahadadadtadadatadaededads i,