The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 16, 1936, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President 30E ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only vaily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County. cond class matter VIFTY-SIXTH YEAR Member of the Associated Press -ie Associated Press is exclusizely entitled to use n of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the luca: news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Month ekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPE! All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of eet, obituary noti €te., will be charged for at 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 issue nd subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges t6 complete Road to Main land. Free Port. Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Ainports—Land and Sea. lation of County, and City 3 Const Governments. Few selfish men think that they are selfish—they usually call themselves prac- tical. Some politicians think we should pre- | | CHINESE MEDICINE In a magazine article James W. Ben- nett, former Américan vice-consul China, tells of some wonderful ‘“medi- cines” concocted and dispensed by native Chinese. He tells of a prosperous pharmacy in | Hangchow which keeps a herd of deer, whose carcasses are converted healing pills as deer are prescribed for various diseases, Fevers are treated by pills made frém the hoof; those made from the antlers are | said to give strength to the weak; those compounded from parts of the entire ani- mal, including the hide, are guaranteed to} cure any ailment under the sun. Deer are not the only contributors to | A gout remedy } | is prepared from bear paws; a preventive | Chinese curative agencies. of leprosy is derived from the baked brains of a human infant; dessicated lizards, snakes and centipedes, mixed with honey, were highly recommended for internal disorders; the powdered heart of a tiger was said to give great courage to those who partook of it. Most éfficacious of all in this respect, however, were pills made from the heart j; of a daring bandit, advertised thus; 4 GThe famous bandit Ah Tsong is no % Should you not like to eat of the EN the brigand Ah Tsong and hence- rth fear no man? Come with surprising promptness, for only three of these pills are in existence.” THE BAD BOY PROBLEM Like all other cities, Detroit had its pare for the next depression. Let's finish} 54d boy problem. From the juvenil¢ the prevailing one first. Heard on Duval street: ‘He rides so gracefully it seems he is part of the horse.”” What part of the horse was not stated. True humor issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper. Those with loud guffaws, please take notice. Can we get a bet that the Barrie- Barrymore marriage will disintegrate within a year—as if it were any of our business, Senator McKellar of Tennessee will not get very far with his idea to stop all polls. On the face of it, there is a_ vio- lation of the freedom of the press and court records it appeared that in a recent year one out of every eight boys from 17 to 19 years of age had been arrested. De- troit led all the big cities in juvenile de- linquency. Then a number of citizens took notice of the situation and organized the Boy’s Club of Detroit. A four-story building was fitted up with lockers, showers, games, workshops and the like, and the boys were invited to make themselves at home. The membership now numbers nearly 4,000. These boys are drawn from the class which formerly roamed the streets, en- gaging in all sorts of deviltry. Now they spend much time in their club, playing games or building radios, airplane models, toys and many useful articles. A specialty is making toys for crippled children, craftsmanship going hand in hand with so- cial education. Members of the club seldom come be- that will prove a stumbling block hard te! fore the juvenile court any more. With overcome, Manager Terry of Giants once taunted the lowly baseball team by sneeringly asking, Brooklyn still in the league?” To para- phrase that remark may we ask if Ver- mont is still in the Union. AGH Who has charge of Coral Park at thé head of Whitehead street? Thg park is overgrown with weeds and in geheral dis], I repair. It should be made tidy and trim to delight the eyes of visitors at least, if no regard is shown the local residents. The view from the park out to sea superb. is Oldsters will remember the hubbub raised about L’Affaire Parnell, who was living with a Mrs. Shea without benefit of clergy, and who on an official visit to England was greeted with “God Save the Queen” by the welcoming band. Recent- ly when Wally Simpson, the American friend of King Edward was evtertained by | not find it necessary to engage the New York} social activities. Brooklyn | complished through the suitable outlets for their energies they do in anti- Great good has been ac- initiative of a “Is| group of forward-looking citizens who did pot believe that the “bad” boy was as bad as_he seemed to be. And results have ey were right. NO STORM, SAID BIRDS oy 2a e (Tampa Tribune) , é silvey lining of that dark cloud which brought to the Florida Keys the Labor Day storm of last year has been revealed by Game Warden Jim Durden, of the Biological Survey, who covers that territory lying between the Key West and Cape Sable roads from Homestead to Camp Sup- ply and down to the capes on the west side, all within the area of .the Everglades National Park project. With the opening up of the waterways be- tween the keys, Jim revealed, the sea life is re- turning to normal and with it the bird life. When the Florida East Coast built its rail- road, he declared, its fills cut off the tidal flow in | into all-! needed. Powdered.; and | molded into pellets, various parts of the} THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Nation’s Extremely significant*moves in the ffeld:of money and currency lie im- mediately ahead, and it is important that the public understand this fact = 2 now. * oned with grow largely out of January 30, 1934. Itisdoubt- ful whether many people in this country realize the na- ture of mone- tary powers placed in the President's hands by these Acts. Under the Gold Reserve Act, the Power of the President to change the weight of our gold dollar within the limits of 50 or 60 per cent of the old dollar expires on January 30, 1937. unless renewed. It was under the | authority of this Act that Secretary Morgenthau recently announced his intention to keep the foreign-ex- change value of our dollar on a * twenty-four hour basis. All the pro- visions relating’ to the Stabilization ! Fund, created:'by' this Act, likewise expire on January 30, 1937. The thatter of the new monetary Iggisla- tion which must be considered before next January 30 becomes, therefore. of great importance. Practically all the monetary pow- ers given the President by the Thomas Inflation Act of 1933, continue until repealed. Under that !aw the Presi- dent is able to urge the Federal Re- serve banks to purchase government securities in the open market and to hold _$3,000,000,000 of government securities in addition to the amount they now hold ($2,430,000,000). if this huge expansion of credit should deplete the reserves of the Federal Reserve banks, this fact may be ignored. Nor are interest rates to be increased automatically if reserves are depleted, and an undue expansion of credit by the Federal Reserve banks must wait upon the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury be- fore it may be controlled. This Act also enables the President to convert $3,000,000,000 of United States securities into greenbacks (fiat money). It authorizes him to fix by proclamation the weight of the gold and silver dollars and to institute } bimetallism should he so desire | despite the fact that no nation in the world today has or could maintain a bimetallic currency system. (The powers to change the weight of the | - You and Your, Affairs Monetary Moves Ahead WALTER E. SPAHR Chairman, Department of Economics, New York University ‘gold’ and''silver dollars are by: the-| Geld Reserve Act of 1934 to i on January 30, 1937.) It gives him Ube to issue over-valued silver cer~ for such silver as he. might decide to purchase. $ gives him power to reduce the weight of the silver dollar and subsidiary coins in the same_proportion tha he reduces the weight of the gold dollar. , Any reader who knows what con- stitutes a good monetaty system realizes how dangerous the provisions of this law are. It hangs, like the sword of Damocles over our heads, and we shall not be safe until the law is repealed. The gold dollar has already been devaluated; the Secretary: of the T has recently taken us off an international gold standard and has set the dollar adrift in foteign ex- change; and the President has stated that he will ask for a renewal of his monetary powers which expire on January 30, 1937. People are only slowly waking up to what all this means or-may mean. A few of our better finantfal writers have been attempting to“prouse the public to an awareness $f} what is going on. Mr. George derson, who writes regularly fom $he maga- zine Benkiee 200) for the New York Herald ie, recently. has most aptly pointed out that thé! ull impli- ; cations of the powers given the Presi- dent and his Secretary of Treas- ury, under these Acts of 1933 and 1934, have never been appreciated. In part he said: “Under the powers given the Secretary of the Treasury there is no phase of money or credit which that officer cannot control through the use of his extraordinary powers and the manipulation of the two billion dollar stabilization fund. . - The worst feature of this tre- mendous new power of the govern- ment is that it is exercised?in secret. . - The fact is that voters may not know what has happened to them until long months after the effects are registered. “Discussion of a possible trend toward a dictatorship in the United States is rather academic. in view of the fact that we sireedy we it if, as and when it is exercised. . . . There seems to be an impression among some businessmen that because these powers and this dictatorship have been exercised so infrequently so far they may pot be exercised in a material way at all How mistaken this idea really is will be more fully appreciated when the full effect of the new gold policy is brought to book.” To our daily cares must be added the necessity of constantly watching our government in matters relating to our currency. (Address questions to the author, care of this newspaper} Today In History Beginning of revolution- aty movement in Rome, with peo- pje demanding. a demoeratic m'n- istry and proc antation of Itajjan i riat‘onality—leading to short-lived | Roman Republic. 1860—Woman’s Union Missi ary Society of America, piotieer' {foreign mission organ:zation of women in America, founded by | nine women in Boston. i 1907—Oklahoma admitted Statehood as the 46th State. i to 1914—Federal Reserve System! in operation. ! i | 1918—Ameriean Army of Oc-! |cupation begins its march toward Germany—Be'gian troops enter! \their capital, Brussels, fo!lowing’ evacuation of Germans. | 1933—Sovijet..Russia recognized ; by the United States. | eae Diaper rash, chafing,eczetha itching- atonce by pure, mild Resinol | | i The Easiest Way For You To ny 7, - Today’s Birthdays eereccrcccccccece Admira] Joseph Strauss, U. S. N., retired, of Washington, D. C., born at Mt. Morris, N. Yu 75 years ago, Jesse H. Metcalf of Rhode Is- land, defeated Republican U. S. senator at the elections, born in Providence, 76 years ‘ago. George S. Kaufman ‘of New York, journalist and ~ playwright, born at Alliance, N, Jz-46 years ago. Lawrence M. Tibbet, famed baritone, born at Bakersfield, Caii., 40 years ago. ) Arthur Krock of the jew York Times, newspaperman, born 50 years ago.” Michaet-Arten, novelist, bern ii Bulgaria, 41 years ago. BENJAMIN LOPEZ FUNERAL HOME Serving Key West Half Centuig® * Phone 135 Night 696-W —— | 6 Ld His Majesty, the band played “God Save the King” with unusual emphasis. } between the islands and the sponges and crawfish were killed. The flamingoes, once a familiar ee oe ee sight, disappeared at about this time. Now, with In 1924, when Sir Henry Curtis-Ben- | the tide increased eight inches by the removaiof the railroad fills, the fish, turtle, sponge, eraw- nett campaigned for Parliament, he promised to kiss each of more than 16,000 | fish and the stone crabs are returning to norpial, | women constituents of his district, and was | and the flamingoes are returning to varioussspots. elected. It is possible that our own Fred | in the territory in increasing numbers. wie Cohn, governor-elect of Florida, got his That there would be no storm this season he technique from this Englishman. Only | knew, Durden declared, because all of the birds our future governor took no chances and | are replenishing their numbers to an extent never did his kissing before he was elected. If | witnessed before. Kissing Cohn, who is no Apollo, got away “This is Mother Nature’s way,” he said, “of with this ruse, Handsome J. Mark Wilcox, | keeping the supply up to normal and with the representative of the fourth congressional | residents of this area co-operating in the law district, will have a cinch if he adopts this | protecting the birds, they will soon return to their method when next he aspires to office. primitive state.” Pay For A Home is to pay for it as you pagrent. The logical way isto pay ONT o income, an installment on the principal and theljinterest, ete., and ‘thus, over a given“period of years, pay off the entire mortgage aiid Nave the hguse free*6f all debt: It's” very mtth liké‘ buying — and*then renting it to yourself. - 4 rang od? rol ected 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 _ Is! ; 'SaITI Isa STIIIIIsaaas. DIO a Taw Mh, MH: CPIPOITS. kd hhh dh hd didedide ddd deud | ing full restitution of the al costs of the case. KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY ; Happenings Here Just 10 Years | Ago Today As Taken From Hotel La Conche has been 1 ed by the Foor Hote! company. ‘organization which has its W. H. Norman, port steward of ' quarters in Richmond, Va. the P. and O. S. S. company, and / operates hotels im various Ced Coles, chief purser of the line,| the south, O. W. left yesterday on, the Mallery' new manager, will Line Steamer San Jacinto for' Monday and take New York en route to Boston 'hostelry. where they will join the Steam-! ship Northlend and return with) the vessel which is to be placed! Sunday afternoon at in P. and O. service between Ha-! berracks, the Monroes vana and Key West. It is expect-| Guard played rather ed that the Northland will arrive; game of baseb=!] which jat Key West about December 1,! in a score of 5 to 3 im favor of after which the regular wintet|Monroes. The second game of schedule is to be announced. afternoon was between the The Files Of The Citizen Donnell, arrive charge of In order to give way for crimin-: al cou't, which is now in sessio’ Judge Jefferson B. Browne morning announced that the court! would defer activity until 9 o’clock! The Conch Eleven, of Monroe jtomorrow morning, and instructed | High School, is im fime fettle for the grand jury to be present at! outfit next Saturday. The lecal+ that time. jhave been receiving much € jcouragement through the coach jing of Coach Anderson, and t & Edward Mora, believed to b€| expected that there will be a dif the young man who led the gang! ferent story to tell than has been |which for a number of months has 'toiq heretofore after the Conchs been committing depredations in'haye been defeated by their op Key West and has been held re-| ponents. sponsible for numerous robberies, | _ was tried this monring in crimjnal| court on a2 charge of committingj Editorial comment: Radio serv ja felony, and found gui'ty....H¢\ice was not impaired theugh there was sentenced by Judge J. Vining. were quite a number of loudspeak Harris_to serve five years.in .,the ers ef commission in the penitentiary. William Wells,,who_.geni turned state’s evidence and, was the principal witness against Mora, ; was sentenced to one year. At the meeting of the chamber] of commerce last evening there; were four members present w th’ !Dr. Porter, president, and the{ |votes for officers which had been’ cast the ;-revious day were count-! ed. Dr. J. Y. Porter for President and Robert Austin for Vice-Presi- | jdent received a unznimovs vote. | Clifford Hicks was selected as, treasurer. Directors elected are: Andrew Miller, Bascom L. Grooms, H. R. Mallory, Joe Pearlman, Nor- ; berg Thompson and J. Lancelot; | Lester. Key West SATURDAY Immediately after circuit court | adjourned yesterday afternoon criminal court of record was de- | clared to be in session. The wne; case which was considered the | mot interesting was that of M.| Goldstein, charged with issuing | worthless checks. He entered »| plea of guilty. Sentence was sus- pended upon the defendant mak- Sheriff Cleveland Niles to inform ;the geme with the Ft. 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