The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 20, 1936, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen Published ept Sunday By FUBLISHING CO. INC. renident JOE ALLE? Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County. t, Flori second class matter FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR untered at Key We: Member of the Associated Press +46 Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use or republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION Une Year . six Months Three Months . One Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application, NOTICE 4s of thanks, resolutions of | ., Will be charged for at All reading notic eespect, obituary ni a _ for entertainments by churches from which 5 cents a line. forum and invites discus~ interest but it cations. h anonymous communi- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1. Water and Sewerage. - 2. Bridges to complete Road to Main land. Free Port. Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion, Airports—Land and Sea. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN - WILI. always seek the truth and print it without tear 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 <lass; always do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or cnjustice; denounce vice aud praise virtue; commend yood done by individual or organ- ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and ovinions; print oniy news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com promise with principle. Now is the time when all good poli- ticians try to be ingenious rather than con- vincing. The difference between bankers and farmers is that they have different ideas in regard to surpluses. The rising prices of stocks should not tempt the man who lost his teeth trying te hold on a few years ago. An exchange remarks that a model} wife is one who loves and respects her hus- band, although she feels that she might have done better. The average sixteen year old son knows more about his father than the fa- ther knows about the boy, and that is not to the father’s credit. Unemployment relief can be justified as an emergency measure; so can farm re- lief. But, when the need disappears the subsidy should also go. Life is not so easy and there is no al-} together good and altogether bad, and particularly in politics, issues must be! weighed in the balance—and the lesser of two evils chosen, Man is the only being, in the whole! series, from.the reptile, from which ac- cording to Darwin he has been evolved, who goes mad, gets drunk, or shakes his sides with laughter, | In the eternal triangle between the} king, Mrs.. Simpson and Mr. Simpson, it wouldn't be cricket for the latter to in- voke the unwritten law when the sanctity of a home is invaded. Dunavent, Kansas,” is a town that no longer exists. It was built on a railroad which later failed, the Literary Digest says. And when the railroad went, the town went with it. Today it is almost de- serted, the buildings crumbling; all that remains of the local bank is a safe, used as a chicken coop. Here in Key West we are awaiting the prosperity this community enjoyed before the railroad came in 1912. OLD AGE ASSISTANCE Florida this month begins a _ tem- porary program of assistance to 8,000 needy men and women seventy years of age or over. Federal funds amounting to half of the total cost of this program are being granted to Florida by provisions of | the National Social Security Act. - Because the situation in Florida was regarded as an “emergency” Security Board allowed this State to start a temporary old age assistance program with the counties supplying funds to match Federal] allotments, instead of the State. After July 1, 1937, the State must appro- priate funds to match Federal grants if it ; is to continue an old age assistance pro- gram. It is estimated that there are in Flor- ida approximately 16,000 men and women sixty-five years of age or more who are without means of support. This estimate means that one out of every four aged} people in the State is without means of self-support, and has no_ relatives or friends who can help him. To provide for these aged people, county and local gov- ernments have been hard pressed during the last few years. One of the titles of the Natidnal’So cial Security Act contains ‘provisions which will enable this State to take advantage.ot Federal grants for assistance to ‘aged needy persons. According to the provi- sions of the Act, the Federal government will match State funds expended for care of impoverished persons who are sixty-five or over, providing that such allowances do not exceed $30 a month, and are given on a uniform basis to every needy aged per- son in the State. If Florida participates in this title of the Security Act, it will mean that nearly $1,440,000 of Federal money will be given to the State every year for aid to the aged. A like amount will be spent by the State. Before Florida can participate in this Act, however, it is necessary that an amendment be added to the Constitution of the State, allowing the State to appro- priate money for the purposes of public assistance. At present, the State is not authorized by the Constitution to make such appropriations, Realizing that unless the Constitution was amended, Florida would lose not only the million and a half dollars of Federal funds for old age assistance, but nearly an additional million dollars which will be given for Mothers’ Aid and Aid to the Blind under two other titles of the Security Act, the legislature last year passed a resolution for a constitutional amendment. This amendment will be offered to voters of the State at the general election next month. This amendment enables the State tu appropriate funds for the purpose of pub- lie assistance, providing that such assist- ance is given only to people who have been residents of the State for a specified period of time. According to the program which has been worked ont, payments to Florfdd's: 16,000 aged citizens will be made on a monthly basis. The amount of $hempay ments will be determined according dividual need, and the minimum allow, will be $5 monthly, while the maximu will be $30. HOW MUCH TODAY? How much will you spend for taxes today? Perhaps you will there are no_ taxes wrong. Taxes are due every day—and you pay them every day. ‘ For example, if you buy a pair of $5 shoes, you pay about a dollar in taxes— taxes temporarily paid for you by manu- facturer, distributor and retailer, and then collected by adding to the price of the product. If you buy 35 cents worth of meat, you pay at least six cents in taxes. If you use two gallons of gasoline, you pay ten or twelve cents in taxes. So it goes with everything you buy or do—from your morning coffee to the movie show you at- tend this evening. Nothing escapes taxation. And most taxes are indirect—that is, they are part of commodity and service costs. Direct taxes—such as taxes on income, property, etc.—constitute the smaller part of the to- ‘tal tax burden. So—how much will taxes today? answer “Nothing, due”—but you’re you spend for the Social | KEY WESTIN |" DAYS GONE BY |- Happenings Here Just 10 Year? | Ago Today As Taken From | The Files Of The Citizen 87 76 8; The fifth tropical disturbance! Normal Mean 79 in fifty years and the first one-in! ein: : en years struck Key West yes-| 3 terday afternoon about 3 o’clock,! and was accompanied by the usual! § ried i Tomorrow's Almanac | downpour of rain. Key West was Sun rises . | only on the rim of the storm, the'Sun sets . : 5 center of which passed about 40 aoe oon + ~ miles southeast of the city. The, i geeaainag a er Tomorrow's Fide: wind at Key West had a mean’ pe ton : velocity of 60 miles tunning up to, High . 80 during the gusts, it was stated’ Low . 1:36 Barometer 8 A. M. today: jat tne weather bureau. this morn-| Sea level. 29.95. ing. The disturbance was abouti 1zu miles in diameter and went) ore ager in the direction of the Bahama! WERTHEN eoeecnet |Inlands. Key West had prepared | (Til 8 p. m., Wedn2sday) | for the storm and citizens in every! Key West and Vicinity: Partly {section had taken the usual Pre! cioudy tonicht and Wednesday, | cautions against damage to homes . aE : jand other buildings. Aside from’ Possitly ax occasional light show- ja few imsecurely rooted trees er; gentle to moderate easterly j which were blown down and small winds. } vhrubbery uprooted, there was not Plorica: Partly cloudy tonight one report of damage: No ‘per~' snd Wedncsday, possivly an occa- son was injured and the city this . : morning looks the same as it did! sional light shower near east-cen- before the storm. This storm was tral and extreme south~ port:on; fitst reported in Havana. Later slightly warmer in nogth $ winds in this vicinity strengthened ' tonight. into gale force and by 1 o’elock it’ Jacksonvil'e to Florida Str was thought advisable to turn off the electric current which made it impossible to get out an edition of The Citizen, and the entire city Was in darkness last night, more as a matter-of precaution than of necessity. The power was turned .on at an early hour this morning. Gas service was not impaired, and telephone service was slightly dis- turbed, and those phones which were put out of commission have! been restored to service today.! Yacht Thendara, owned by the Porter Dock company, parted the hawsers and went adrift. Vessels have been sent in search of the vessel. Insurance estimators have, been all over the city and esti-: mate the total losses to be about $3,000. Schooner Pocahontas, of the city seavenger department,’ was washed ashore by the wind: Moderate eas' nesday, noselhist A showers over south Eest Gulf: Modecate easterly winds; partly overcast weather tonight and Wednesday;. scatter- ed showers over south portion. WEATHER CONDITIONS Press:ve kas risen over eastern ‘districts, Norfolk, Va., 30.26 inch- es, aad another high pressure area is moving in over the northern Rockies and Plains istates, Willis ton, N. D., 30.26 disturance is central over Colo- rado, Puebo, 29.54 pressure is low northeas' neues; while a overcast mera wien OrMrap Today In History| Today's Horoscope 1774—Continental Congress or- | ‘dered that the Colonies ~Discon- ie and discourage all hese mac jing and all kinds of gaming, cock ; fighting, exhibition of shows, and Today seem: to mdicate an aie mind with conuderatie busumess = tuition, bu: with 2 peeciar d=pes- j other expensive diversions and en ; tertainments.” | 1918—Birth of the Bab, founder jof Bahaism, in Persia—<hot in 11850, H | 1888 — Beltimore Polytechn { Institute, country’s first vocation. jal school, established. 1917—President Wilson oR claimed day of prayer for success paigning fo; the Premdency 1926—(16 years ago) Died— : if led Republican “spreading the ¢: employ ! | | | You don't have to be Rich to enjoy Rich whiskey! Old Quaker straight whiskey quality without charging you 2 barrel of money. last night and today is high and dry. It is not possible to estimate the damage to the vessel. The to the Lake region, and southward to the Rio Grande Valley. Pre- now 50% older! And still you don’t have to be rich to enjoy it. Not one penny increase in price. quality — 50°. more age —at the cipitut.on has been geneial since yestersay morning from the Rocky Mountain States eastward cver the northern Plains States to the Lake Superior region, with snow in. Mon- ,tana, Wyoming ad portions of tHe | Dakotas. There have also been It has been decided by the Ro- licht showevs in southern Cali- tary Club of Key Wést to have a‘fornia and~ southeastern Florida. weekly publication, giving details Colder weather has overspread the of the various activities of the or- Notthern Rockies and northern ganization. “Ira J. Moon has been Plains States, Williston, N. D., re- selected as the éditor. potting a minimum temperature : of 20 degrees this morn.ng; while Sr., Teadings are above norma) from Texas noftheastward, over the Lake zegion and Ohio Valley. “tS. KENNEDY) Official in Charge fire bell on Olivia ctreet, because of crossed wires, started clanging last night and kept it up until the weights on the mechanism had reached full length of their cables. Then the bell stopped. Today Dr. J. ¥. Porter, celebrated his 79th birthday. He a5 présented with a beautiful. birthday chke by his granddaugh-'* * |ter Miss Minnie Porter Hartis and jher friend Judge Teen Williams. Dr. Porter insjsted it was a good cake and to prove his assertion cut the cake and presented each| = - person present with a ! Toney Arthur and Mes Edna That none was left “to ee Mackey were married last night crumb” testified to its worth. ;8 o'clock. Following the wedding jit Was announced that a reception will be held 8 o’clock this eve- ning at 620 Francis street. All friends of the bride and groom are invited to be present, ing made to get in communication with her. Chief Deputy Sheriff Joseph Kemp left yesterday in response to a call from Marathon. Arriv- itgthere he found a man who gave his name as L, E. Reed, wan-! devine: aimlessly around and ap- nfly fhentally deficient. Ques- fed the man said that he had in the oil business in Ha- and started for Miami. His ances enabled him to get as far as Marathon where he found he was out of funds. He was brought to the city and placed in the county jail where he is being cared for. Among his effects was a letter addressed to him in Ha-' vana, Cuba. It purported to be Liquid - Tablets from his sister and was signed Salve-Nose Drops _ Headsche 30 minates, Iva. It was dated from Erie, Try “Rub-My-Tism”-World’s Best Pennsylvania, and efforts are be-! Liniment News received from Havana to- day indicate that the hurricane which swept Cuba yesterday left about 25 dead in its wake and property damage to the-extent of about $30,000,000. MALARIA in 3:days OMAP SEEPS EEAEEN A Eh dh hededal \ The Easiest Way For You To & 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 Depesit Insurance A) Corporation . N i) N N N N N N N & ; N J ‘ PPP PPP PEPE Pe Fh he dhak dadkdiud, < petaenconetcnmeniniiinany |, sanananmenita For it’s an Old custom always to deliver a barrel of same old price. Just wait all you STRAIGHT RYE WHISKEY x. Ae be bt tte dbbtt anti dd Ad bd bedded de | | ’ SHEATHING | x $25.00 * 30.00 * 39.00 * NO. 3 COMMON—HIGHLY GRADED * NEW ROSE BUSHES Shipment expected next week,with other shipm=nts to fallow Al kinds of bushes offered this year, but only Red Radiemce, Pik Eadi- ance, and Climbing Red Radiance will be ordered except a= your ape cial order. PRICE S0c EACH. Do not confuse these Ne 1 tusbes with cheap No. 2 or No. 3 plants. 1X6 Also expected—some jumbo size Easter Lady bala PREECE Dik EACH. Place your order with us now, and # will be delteered peat ly on arrival. SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING CO. “Your Home Is Worthy Of The Best™ White and Eliza Streets Pome ie fhe hiadedididddhdiedededhadidededadadiadadi daddad ‘AAA AA AA Adhd Add AA hd dd ddd de dade dadidadduadeadietad