The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 9, 1936, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC, L. P. ARTMAN, President JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County. FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR Member of the Associated Press ke Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use ‘om republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the locat news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year .... ae 3ix Months : Tiree Months ........ one Month ,. Weekly Made known on appt SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cargs of thanks, resolutions of respect, qbituary notices, étc., will be charged for at th of 10 cents a line. D tainments by churches from which is to be derived are 5 cents a line. n is an open forum and invites discus- siop of public issues and subjects of local or general Interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations. | IMBROVE ENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main land. Free Port. Hotels and Apartinents. Rathing Pavilion, Ai ports-- Land and Sea. idation of County and City Governments. Cons When one writes the truth it isn’t so necessary to keep a carbon copy. The Soviet constitution provides good government, on paper, at least. a Now, if ever, the world needs a “plan” that will save it. We are saying that now, but it has been said hundreds of years ago. Now that Germany, Japan and Italy are bound together to protect the world it might be a good idea for the rest of the nations to disarm, eh? Ripley has given Key West priceless advertising by publicizing the fact in his world-famous cartoon that Duval street, the main street of this city, runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico, be- lieve it or not. Canada and the United States don’t reed any “bon ententes” or peace confer- ences to provide mutual understanding and good-will. The tourists are seeing to the development of the “good neighbor” policy quite satisfactorily. Tropaganda for the Paris Exposition | new experience, anyway, to be kissed by next year and the New York World’s Fair in 1937, printed on excellent paper to merit attention, received by The Citizen daily fills a great part of waste-basket rved for that purpose. a * Communism is infinately more dan- gerous to our form of government than Kascism, but the latter is nearer our lair, and is the first hydra-headed monster to be overcome. In high and low places, he is not so easy to repel, because he is attired in sheeps’ clothing. Beware; he is about! Keep your eyes peeled, your ears wide open, and your nostrils dilated. Governor Dave Sholtz has been _ in- vited by Governor Herbert H. Lehman of New York to have the state of Florida par- ticipate in the New York World’s fair of 1939. Formal invitations of a similar nature have gone forward to the governors of 46 states. Construction work has al- ready started on the fair grounds in New York city which will cost $125,000,000.... } Roy Crummer, chief refunder of Flor- ida, staged quite a show in Chicago last month. He maneuvered refund meetings at one time of seven political units at its Chicago office to sign agreements, bonds, treaties of peace. Also present were of- ficials of units wanting or wanted in. More and earlier parties of this kind would have hastened the clean up of the Florida mess. “Among those present were: Bay, Mon- roe, Sarasota, Seminole, DeSoto, Martin, | be removed from the jar he was arrested | Dade, St. Lucie, Charlotte, Osceola, Lake} for cruelty and fined $10. Ansbach won| | any eventuality. ; abruptly quit her artistic career-in 1920, THE PATHS OF GLORY Some two centuries ago Thomas Gray, in his immortal poem, “Elegy in a Coun-| try Churchyard,” wrote: “The paths of ; glory lead but to the grave.” Sometimes | the paths of glory lead to welcome ob-} seurity even before the grave claims those ! who have been glorified. | A case in point is that of Maxine El- liott, now 63, who for 30 years was one of ! the world’s most admired actresses, ac- claimed by‘many as the most beautiful and | accomplished woman on the stage. She | and has since lived mostly in Europe, hav- ing acquired an adequate fortune through | her stage appearances and shrewd investments. . Recently visiting her native land for | the first time in nine years—she was born in Rockland, Me.—newspapermen sought | } interviews. She refused to reminisce about her career, but said: “T never liked the theater. I just hap- pened to be in it. Night after night I played in successes. They became drearier and drearier. My idea of happiness is to find some small corner of the world, crawl into it, and never see my name in the papers until I die.” To the average mortal, who con- tinually strives for reputation and public | approval to the bitter end, Maxine Elliott’s attitude will appear peculiarily strange. SIDELIGHTS By MARCY B. DARNALL, Former Editor of The Key West Citizen | An old war story, recently revived, concerns the rivalry between a Wisconsin and a Massachusetts regiment, both sta- tioned at the same camp. A. traveling evangelist asked the Wisconsin colonel] for ; permission to hold a revival, telling that he had converted eight men of the rival outfit. The colonel roared: ‘Adjutant, detail 10 men for baptism at once; no damned Massachusetts regiment is going to beat us for religion.” In a rolling pin throwing contest in Quincy, Mass., Mrs. Charles Stewart won over 50 other contestants by striking the head of a dummy at a distance of 25 feet with unerring precision. Mr. Stewart’s emotions regarding his wife’s skill were not disclosed. It is said that Clark Gable recently refused to wear whiskers for an historic role which called for such facial adorn- | ment, on the ground that “they are not | romantic and women don’t like them.”! Several actresses agreed with him, but Eleanor Powell declared: “It would be aj a bearded man.” William Grenwood of Olympia, Wash., whose batting average as a prophet so far is zero, again predicts that a flood will engulf the world in 1938. Fourteen years ago he forecast a deluge for, 1933, | and he has a 60-foot ark in readiness for ‘\" The Swiss navy, because it did not exist, long has been the subject of co- median’s jokes, but since the recent open- ing of Basle, Switzerland, as a small sea- port, that country now boasts of two ocean- going motor-ships. They are the Abula and Berina, which ply between Basle an& London. Planners of the forthcoming New York world’s fair are said to be racking their brains for original attractions. The Ohio State Journal suggests that they con- sider introducing a troupe of armless fan dancers. | ayo" opie is tells of a Scotch modification of the Townsend old age pen- sion plan. Thg idea. is to give $65 pen: sions to all persons over 200 years old. — Another high court decision in a chicken case is reported from Penn- sylvania, where the Superior Court freed Mark W. Ansbach, who had kept a pullet in a large jar in his store window to demon- strate the efficiency of his chicken feed. When the bird got so large she could not: Counties; Atlantic-Gulf R&B, St. Lucie In- j his appeal to the higher court by a 6 to 1} let, Winter Haven, Ft. Pierce, Vero Beach. | ‘decision. i | Other kind of effort toward further subsequent ; i | Federal trade THE KEY WEST CITIZEN You an Nation’s d Your. Affairs Policing Retail Trade By ERIK McKINLEY ERIKSSON ~ Associate Professor of History, University of Southern California Speculation as to whether there will be a revival of the N.R.A. or some government control of the economic life of the coun- try might prof- itably center it- self on the Rob- inson- Patman Act, which was passed during the 1936 session of Congress This law has been in opera- tion for such a short time that most people are probably no! aware of its ex- istence. It might well be referred to as a little N.R.A. for the purpose of policing re- tail trade. By the statute it is made unlawful for a seller to make any discrimina- tion in price as between customers. either through rebates or directly This 1s one of the objectives the ac- complishment of which was sought in the code for the retail trade drawn up under the original N.R.A. Since about the first of October, the commission has been attempting to enforce the law. It has received numerous complaints of vio- lations of the act and has brought charges against several companies. A cheese corporation has’ been accused formally of violating the law by nting a five per cent discount to 1) ers who purchased in amounts of five dollars or more. A rug manue facturer has been charged with dis- crimination in selling its product in carload lots to a mail order house .t $3.64 for each rug ascompa: d with $4.85 for small quantities sold to ordi- nary dealers. The mail order house, in turn, is also charged with law vio~ lation for accepting the price dis- crimination. The act states, “It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in commerce .. . knowingly to induce or receive a discrimination in price which is prohibited.” While the obvious purpose of the legislation is to prevent chain stores and other large purchasers from re- ceiving the advantages which, under our economic system, have always gone to buyers of goods in quantity. it is not being put into operation with- out difficulty. Large retailers are con- sidering the advisability of going into the manufacturing business them- selves so that they can make the goods that they distribute. Others plan to buy up the entire output of a manu- facturing plant so as to secure a spe- cial price. Still others are examining the law carefully to determine wheth- er or not its effects can be avoided by converting the manufacturers into processors. Under this system the re- tailer would furnish the raw mate- rials, and would have them shipped to the factory where they would be made into the desired product for a lee. These are merely examples of de- vices whereby the big retailers hope to avoid the effects of the legislation. Already the authors of the act are talking about amendments to elimi- nate loopholes. (Address questions to the author care of this newspaper) THE WEATHER | Temperatures* Mean Norma! Today’s Horoscope Today’s is an_ originally rich, 79 8enerous nature which may be-| over the head-by him. A struggle; “79 come somewhat shaken from itsj ensued and when he found Morine _..74. base by ill fortune, The indications! was getting the better of him, Tomorrow’s Alma --71 point to a danger of some estrange- ;ment in life that may give a mis- nS-! anthropic tendency, and possibly ‘Jead to some reckless adventures, {which may or may not prove for- tunate. Sun rises .... Es Sun sets Moon rises Moon set: oe Tomorrow’s Tides _. 1:38 Barometer 8 a. m. today: Sea level, 36.08. WEATHER FORECAST (Till 8 p, m., Thursday) Key West and Vicinity: Mostly cloudy and somewhat unsettled tonight and Thursday; not much change in temperature; moderate northeast to east’ winds. \ Florida: Cloudy and unsettled; tonight and Thursday, p-obably; mist or light rain near east coast: tonight; slightly warmer in northi portion Thu J sonville to Flori straits: te northeasterly winds, and most’'y overcast weather tonight and Thursday, probably mist or, light showers, \ East Gulf: Moderate northeast-: erly winds, and most . overcast! weather tonight and Thursday, i WEATHER CONDITIONS Pre the \ E mitinues hizh from} pi Valley, eastward, 30.88 inches, and} r West, Roseburg, fei gon, 30.40-inches, and is relative- ly low throughout most of the! Rocky Mountain and Plains States, : Denver, Colo., 29.90 inches. Light} rains have occurrred during the} last 24 hours in portions of the) South Atlant'e States, and on the north Pacifie coast, and there; has been light snow or rain in the| northern Rocky Mountain andj Plateau States, and northern Michigan. Temperatures have ris- | en from the Plains States east-{ ward, except in northern and western Florida, and readings this; morning are genera'ly near or above normal throughout the country, except in portions of the Atlantic and East Gulf States.| Temperatures at 8 a, m. this morn-{ ing ranged from 16 degrees at- Vill'ston, N. D., and Huron, S.1 D., to 74 degrees at Miami, Fla. G. S. KENNEDY, Official in Charge. | H | { i 1 KEY WEST COLONIAL HOTEL In the Center of the Business and Theater District First Class—Fireproof— Sensible Rates WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9. 13936 | KY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Here Just 10 Years Ago Today Ac Taken From The Files Of The Citizen “We find the defendant guilty! radio broadcast reserwere- At - the —s "the ene ce al ame paescesclage: <p ” sin: of Piaciad eases A Pi pcaleg association will officially take charged with the killing of. his} sweetheart Mercedes Carmancha | vu on the night of June 26 in the} city of Key West. At the time the woman was killed her escort,! Manuel! Jiminez was also shot and! N killed by Dice. The case went to! the jury at 5 o'clock yesterday. | @5°4 At 7 o’clock the jury asked the court to define the terms - first,; second and third degree murder.| “PTH of each year. The definitions were promptly furnished by Judge Jefferson B.| Manager Shehee, of the Mun- Browne and the jury again re-''0CS baseball team, has been put tired to consider. At 8 o'clock a! ‘Mg his men through practice rap on the door of the jury room| °¥*ry day this week getting them © indicated that-the jury was ready ™™ readiness for the series ef to return their findings. They &@™es with the team from Ha were first read by the judge andj ®"#, which features the amateur later by the clerk. Members of Champions of the island ef Cubs the jury were: Jerry J. Trevor,| TB¢ first game of the series i& foreman; Lee Pierce. George H_| Scheduled for Sunday afternoen * Williams, Charles - L. Roberts,! #™4 will be one of the most hotly Merrill Roberts, John: C. Lord,! Contested kind as Manager Sheher Charles A. Roberts, William) anxious to take the first game Griner, Jr4.Chatles Curtis, Wwil-| f°" Key West. liam A. Gandolfo, Charles Fer-; nandez and George B. Parks. 1 Editorial comment: If the coun- Ne ¢ | try must go to the dogs, let's pick The. case. of E-. R. Bodine, out any other kind than the dogs charged with first-degree murder of war. in connection with the killing of} E. C. Morine at Cudjoe’s Key on! Mr. and Mrs. Rutledge May 26, took an unexpected turn! announce the approaching in circuit court. today when. the! riage of their daughter Mary R | © ==- Tes === defendant . entered. a voluntary} il a ionaieei plea to the charge of man-| slaughter. The-plea-was made pn» MO MDOOOO LOS LOSI L DP, advice of his counsel, W. H. Ma-| lone and T..S. Caro. Bodine told} the story. of the killing. He enumerated -the times Morine had, insulted Mrs. Bodine and said that at last he decided to insist} that the continued insults be: stopped. He went to the box car! where Morine was and was struck| The port r is to pay for it as you pay rent. The is to pay monthly, out of income. a= on the principal and the imterest, et over a given period of years. mortgage and have the house fre very much like buying 2 house and it to yourself. CONSULT US HOW YOU CAN BUILD OR ar « drew his revolver and shot him} Judge Browne revived the case’ and sentenced Bodine to six years! in the penitentiary. | At the weekly Rotary Seidl held today a committee was ap-! PROTECTIgn ELECTROLUX THE GAS REFRIGERATOR operates on a basically difféyent “principle which “also gives you PERMANENT SILENCE NO MOVING PARTS TO. WEAR “JO MOVING PARTS” is the secret of Electrolux’s more And it’s the reason, too, why this remarkable refrigerator never makes a sound. For a tiny gas flame does all the work . . . pro- ‘duces constant cold and freezes cubes without noise, friction or the beautiful Electrolux models for yourself. Come in! FLORIDA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMPANY “Your Gas ROY E. LADE, Mgr. 2 CREDIT. 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