The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 26, 1936, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday Ry THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President 40E ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only vaily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County. rida, as second class matter IXTH YEAR untered at Key F Member of the Associated Press -ie Associated Press is exclusizely entitled to use for repmblication of all news dispatehes credited to it or nbt otherwise credited in this paper and also the locai news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year ... 1 six Montns Three Monthi One Month Weekly 0. 5. a 0 0 6 5 ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cargs of thanks, resolutions of respect, Obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainments by churches from which a revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an oven forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1. Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL alvays seek the truth and print it without tear and without favor; never be efraid to attack- wrong or to applaud right; aiways 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 oniy news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com promise with principle, Wally, the king’s little dolly, says either queen or its nix to marriage vows. That's a wow in itself. Lee Morris of the St. Petersburg In- dependent wants to know if the Literary Digest has paid its poll tax. P. E. B. of the Tampa Tribune an- nounces in his column that he “has gone republican.” Regardless the broadminded Tribune will not fire him, we are sure. Hitler has recognized the usurpation of Ethiopia by Mussolini. A sort of com- plimentary gesture from one dictator to another. - We dictators got to hang to- gether or we will hang separately, to para- phrase Benjamin Franklin’s famous obser- vation, Doctor Samuel Johnson advised t “Talk with the wise and dine with the rich.” From this advice the conclusion may be reahed that the rich were fools, or least, not wise, but where did they get the wisdom, if they were fools, to accumulate their wealth? The Miami Daily News does not agree with The Citizen that the king can do no wrong. So another pet theory has gone to smash. Some day some one will try to con- vince us that George Washington did not cut down the cherry tree, and then we will recalcitrate vehemently. : — ii. T?. SUS There is a scientific reason why one |* never feels more inclined to vecah exercise than in a bath, and never less than in. a. drawing-room. The good acoustics of the bathroom, reverberating the voice, gives one a sense of power; the carpets “and heavy furniture of the drawing-room re- duce reverberation, The late Senator Couzens owned 2,- 180 shares of the original Ford automobile company for which he paid $2,500. He sold these shares to Mr. Ford for $29,308,- 857.90. Like most extremely wealthy men, he gave large sums to charity. The exact amount may never be known, but it | is evident is for the good of the citizenry of both was well in excess of $20,000,000. MALARIA VS. PARESIS \ If we could only discover it, oe may be, as Jacques declares in “As You Like It,” some “good in everything.” It; is unquestionably true that much that is! good and useful has been found in most ; unexpected quarters. For example, in! malaria germs. For quite a while experiments have | been made which have tended to show: that the germs of malaria retard the prog- !| ress of paresis, or partial paralysis. | A report of cases made by Dr. Gil- lispie, hospital assistant at Binghampton, N. Y., states that more than one-third of | the patients suffering from paresis at that | institution during recent months have been } so improved by the injection of malaria! germs into their blood that they have been j permitted to go to their homes. Dr. Gillispie does not claim that this | treatment can be relied upon as a_ cure, but among the cases treated all but about ; one-third have shown a_ favorable re- sponse. This is a most hopeful indication i of progress toward control of one of the: most dreaded diseases which menaces mankind. The idea of setting one disease to fight another is fascinating and may have great possibilities as applied to therapeu- tics of the future. AIRPLANE ACCIDENTS In the early days of flying, if our memory serves us correctly, most persons involved in airplane accidents were killed outright. At least, a very large percent- age were. It was a little surprising, there- fore, to read a recent report which states ; that during the last few years only one out of seven persons involved in airplane | crashes was fatally hurt. Most surprising still is the statement that of all those involved in air accidents 60 per cent receivéd no injuries at all. About 15 per cent were killed, 10 per cent were seriously injured and 15 per cent were only slightly hurt. Causes of accidents have been studied, resulting in the conclusion that about 57 per cent were due to errors by | pilots; structural failures in planes caused a little more than 9 per cent, motor failures 17 per cent, while miscellaneous and doubtful causes account for the re- mainder. During the three-year period covered by the report there was a total of 2,994 ac- cidents recorded, involving 9,558 persons, of whom 1,413 were killed, 947 were severely injured, 1,366 received minor in- juries and 5,005 were unhurt. | KEY WEST MAKES APPEAL (St. A'ugustine Record) The people of Key West and Monroe County, with Senator Arthur Gomez as spokesman, have made an appeal to voters of Florida to help them with their which would make it possible for the legislature to provide for the consolidation of city and county proposed constitutional amendment governments. ©The entire population, Senator Gomez says, is} less than 13,000, yet the people are called upon | to support, or at least contribute to the support of, pevedal di as representing a county school board, a city coun- cil, a board of public works, and a county commis- sion, “with all of their fferent sets of officials. These are cited duplicated taxing ma- chinery and overlapping powers.” Monroe County and Key West have had fed- eral hglp for a long time, and in this way they have been able to carry on during a period that tried the souls of men and worked @ great hard- ship on u of government. Of course this situa- Key West and by progress. Consolidation, with resultant economy of opera- tion, seems to be the only solution, as some of the tion cannot continue indefinitely. Monroe County muct work out some plan which they can exist, or, if possible, community leaders see it. For some time students of government have dubbed as hopelessly old-fashioned and completely antiquated the duplication oceasioned by too many boards, commissions and taxing units. The con- *tblidation of city and county groups seems to be fhe only solution, say those who have been vestigating along this line. The appeal has gone out from Key West that citizens of Florida give consideration to this move on the part of Florida’s southernmost city and county, and either help by voting “Yea”, or re- frain from voting on this question on Tuesday, Nov. 3d, since a multiplicity of “Nays” from all over Florida. would spoil the chances of Key West and Monroe County to work out this plan that it city and county. PAG Rl “hl a CHIIPIIOIOIIOIE LS. | You and Your Nation’s Affairs Is This a Managed Currency? By WALTER E. SPAHR ‘ Chairman, Department of Economics, New York Uniiversity When Secretary Morgenthau of the Treasury Department announced that the United States had entered into a reciprocal agreement with Great Britain and France with reference to the price of gold, he de- scribed the agreement as “a new type of gold standard.” He stated that hereafter this country would be aperating on a twenty-four hour manage- ment basis of the curremcy exchange rates not only with England and France but also with any other countries that may desire to participate. This new plan has features that require clarification. When our coun- try is on a gold standard, the number of gold dollars in an ounce of gold is fixed by law—as, for example, at $35 per ounce. We had supposed that we were on a somewhat restricted gold standard internationally (but on an inconvertible ‘paper standard ‘inter- |: nally) until this new anrouncement appeared, for the reason that on Jan- uary 31, 1934, the price of a fine oulhce * of gold in internationalexchange was fixed at $85) 40 T2454, Now, according to this new pian, the selling price of an ounce of gold is to be on a day-to-day basis. It begins with a price of $35 per fine ounce plus a one-quarter per cent hendting ge “until- further no- ing to reliable press re- ports as to the Secretary's statements regarding this new policy. he pointed out that “If at any time it appeared |; - - that the domestic situation was being put at a disadvantage the Treasury would feel at liberty to take appro- priate action.” What is this “appropriate action"? Apparently it refers to changing the price of gold—and this includes the paper money price of gold. The Secretary is also repurted to have said that “the purchase and sale prices of gold may 4uctuate,” and that “this could’be accomplished un- der the law, without further devatua- tion of the dollar.” This means that the price of gold is to be juggled by (Address questions ‘0 the au the Secretary as he sees fit, within the limits of the Gold Reserve Act of January, 1934. {t also means that our paper money will be at a discount or premium in terms of gold in accord- ance with the Secretary's discretion. For some time monetary economists have attempted to warn the people of this country that there was a move on foot to place us on a managed paper currency system, and that this Administration might slip such a plan over on the people before they could be informed as to what it was all about. It seems quite probable that the announced plan constitutes a definite step in that direction. Many people have looked upon the international agreement among Eng- land, France, and the United States as a move toward a return to an in- ternational gold standard—and the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Eng- land’ announced that England expect- ed to return to a gold standard. But under the cover of that international agreement, our country has been taken off what we supposed was a fixed price of our gold international- ly; now we do not even have that re- assuring feature of an international géld standard. We are now on an internationally managed standard with the possibili- ty that there will be fluctuations both in the weight of our gold dollar and in the paper money price of gold. | This’ new plan can and may be the entering wedge by which this nation can be slid into a dangerous com- modity dollar or mmnaged paper money scheme. The Secretary him- self seems to think he has taken us off an international .old standard for he is quoted as saying tl at “we will do business with France and Great Britain on a twenty-four hour basis otherwise we would be slipping back to the old gold standard.” It certainly seems clear that the American people are entitled to know just what the Administration's plans are with respect to our monetary system. If this sovernment is leading this nation into a managed paper money system it should be candid about the matter and say so in terms that the public can understand. The reader should know that the great majority of monetary econo- mists in this country «ppose any such sysiem as a managed paper currency or commodity dollar scheme. sthor, care of this newspaper) Today’s Anniversaries ator, diplnat and — congress-| man, born at Charleston. Died there, Oct. 29, i824, \ 1759—Gcorges J. Danton,, French Revolut‘on leader, born, } Guillotine, Aprik)6;.1794. 1833—Adelaide Phillips, most! famous American contra'to of her! generat'on, born in England. Died ; Oct. 3, 1882. | 1836—Thomas A. Osborn, } printer, lawyer, state legislator, , Kansas U. S. marshal, Republican | governor of ‘Kansas, 1872-'76,| American diplomat in South America, born at Meadvilie, Pa.| Died thee, Feb. 4, 1898. { 7 i 1840+-Thomas W, Keen2, noted) actor, born in New York. Died? there, J:ine 1, 1898. 1 1845—Edward Harrigan, note New Yotk dramatist, actor am producer of his day, born there.!' Died June 6, 1911. 4 ans 1 i 1854—Charles W. Post, noted Battle Creek, Mich., originator of prepzred food industry, manufac- turer, advertising expert ard anti-. union leader, born at Springfie'd, : Ill. Committed suicide, May 9,{ 1914. N it to yourself. CREDIT. = FPP PIS ESS SISAL SLL 2. 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 éntire mortgage and have the house free of all debt. It’s very thuch like buying a house and then renting CONSULT US HOW YOU CAN BUILD OR BUY A HOME OR REPAIR OR MODERNIZE ANY TYPE OF BUILDING ON INSURED The First National Bank ot Key West Member of the Federal : c * SIO II IIIT IaIIIssIas. Today’s Birthdays Doris Stevens of New York, Virginia and Washington, D. C., ‘feminist, born at Omaha, Nebr., 44 years ago. Dr. Max Mason, retiring presi- dent of the Rockefeller Founda- tion, New York, born at Madison, Wis., 59 years ago. Dr. Wallace B, Donham, dean {of Harvard’s Business School, born at Rockland, Mass., 59 years ago. Dr. Frederick J. Taussig of St. Louis, gynecologist, born in New York, 64 years ago. Henry B. Warner, actor, born in England, 59 years ago. 4 a Jackie Coogan, actor, torn in Los Angeles, (22 years ago. Prof. John T. Madden of the York Univ. School of Com- mé@ce, d iw, reay Federation Fe, Chica. born near Florence; “Ala., 61 years ago. JOE ALLE Notary Public THE CITIZEN OFFICE ee | Deposit Insurance qT 1 LL kh hd dd dad ded did didede dou OL heh hehe dad dia didadadedadidad dadadad Lede dh ddd ddd ddd ddd ded daduind, " KEY WEST DAYS GONE B Ago Today As Taken From iL i" h H Hitt Hon. Jorge R. Ponce, Cuban attend the consul at Key West, who is at the 99 present time in Havana, reports! Cuba rapidly recovering from the effects of the storm which passed over the ifland several days ago jand left death and destruction in its wake. In a telegram to Bolivar Recio last night Mr. Ponce asks ; that Cuba’s friends in Key West be advised that the Island Repub- lic has broken all records in re- covering from the most tre- W j mendous hurricane which has ever j Struck North America. This mes-| sage will be received with parti-| Big things cular pleasure by all the people s-out Troop 5, in Key West, for every one =ym- yin) ie explained pathizes with the calamity which’ Guorge F_ atrcher befell that friendly and progres- ,. Friday night. [ 4 tullind_ | sive nation. i Ofelio Farnet was given hear- attending a similar evest was ing in court of Judge Hugh Gunn «4. wedding ef Giralde this morning on a charge of be- and Miss Rose Cobo = ing drunk and disorderly. He The Sea Cathelic | was placed under bonds of $100 night. After jfor his appearance at the Next ception was held at the home term of criminal court. He will 4 Cobo where ' be, it is expected, arraigned later — on charges of resisting an officer. ; He was recently placed under sus-| pended sentence for driving an, automobile while drunk, and or-| dered to leave town. observance of the Navy Day pro- na gram tomorrow will be the radio kins bes a a ot Sine greetings sent to all ships of the ™ Key West whe oe oie navy in all parts of the world! *® =" ef ber demise. ! These greetings will be sent from’ ———————— {the Naval Station at Key West Tatoosh, San Diego, Honolulu, Balboa, Canal Zone, San Juan, Porto Rico, Tutuila, Samoa, and Cavite, P. I. Arriving on the steamer from’ \ Havana, Cuba, yesterday, Bland Hesse and Miss Ann Jansen went 1 ial hyd ht immediately to the office of Coun- ty Judge Hugh Gunn, secured a license and were married by the judge. Judge J. G. Piodela, as- sistant to the judge, witnessed the ceremony. The young couple left on the evening train for an Stamp. extended tour of the states. |} THE KEY WEST CrTize™ Editorial comment: Radio fans who like loud speakers are im- formed there will be plenty of them in congress this winter. Great interest is being display- ed in the contest being conducted by the Salvation Army between the Blues and Reds. The contest has from the beginning aroused 1x4 Ideal Flooring . . for laying over old floors. sheathing, etc. WOOO IIIMIOPLOPIIIIIOIII ISS: | bake A A AAA AEA L bd A Special Lumber Offers This is a new item with us. Et is made up of lengths from 18 inches long to 7 feet long, and i= tongued and grooved on ends as well as sides. Et i put up in bundles seven feet long. Bundles are not broken, nor are any returns allowable om this floor- except that the lengths are short. 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