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

* PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen Sublianea Selly Except Sunday By THE CITY PUBLISHING CO. INC, L. P. ABT it JUE ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily New wepeper in ety ‘West and Monroe ‘ount wntered at Ke ‘est, Florida, rd second class matter “FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR Member of the Associated Press -be Associated Press is exclusi; vely entitled to use for repmblication of all news dispatches credited tu it of not otherwise-credited in this er any the locat news published here. = aries RATES SUBSCRIPTION Une Year .... 3ix Months Turee Mont! one Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on appiles ion. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary notices, éte., will be the rate of 10 cents a line. capes Notices for entertainments by churches from which & revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general bore but it will not publish anonymous communi- rations. —————_—_—_——————————————————————— IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main land. : Pyee Port. at Ho tel md) Sek Rathing Pavilion, Ab ports—Land ioe Consolidation of County and’) City Governments. : A patriot, we understand, is a soldier who serves his country without getting a bonus. Funny thing, it is, but people think you are a great writer when your opinion coincides with their views, Church collections, we are informed, continue to raise a question about the reality of the national recovery. The economic value of a boy of 18 is $25,654, according to a life insurance company, but we do not know of anybody in the market for ove at that price. The first place to practice honesty is on yourself. As the poet expressed it: “To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day. Thou canst not then be false to any man.” A radio station at Portland, Ore., was ruled off the air after a political can- didate had used objectionable language in which he characterized certain citizens as “half-skunks, yellow curs and reprobates.” It wouldn’t do for this fellow to newspaper, either. Tun a Some workmen think that long serv- ice with a concern entitles them to priv- ileges to which they are not entitled. In the consideration of long service;:the:em- ployer, too, comes in for his..share foriit was he who made the empléymeaut...; ‘sible, and perhaps over look ics eat & fault and failure, In the Catholic’ diocese of New York no more Bingo can be played on the prop- erty of the church. In forbidding this form of gambling Bishop Gibbons ex- pressed himself as follows: “The game of bingo in this diocese has ceased to be a harmless pastime. Whatever financial profits it may yield and whatever may be said in extenuation of it as a diversion, it cannot escape severe censure as outright gambling on a large scale. It is growing daily. The stakes are mounting higher and the gambling fever is rising with them. . . . It is scandalizing the faithful and bringing contempt on religion.” Edgar DeWitt Jones, a Protestant divine, has this recipe for a good preacher, which contains all the good qualities of various denominations, and while impos- sible of attainment, serve as an aspiration as well as an in- spiration: “He should. get religion like a Methodist; experience it like a Baptist; be sure of it like a Disciple; stick to it like a Lutheran; pay for it like a Presbyterian; conciliate it like a Congregationalist; glorify it like a Jew; be proud of it like an Episcopalian; practice it like a Chris- tian Scientist; propagate it like a Roman Catholic; work for it like a Salvation Army Lassie; enjoy it like a colored man.” nevertheless will | | THE WAR IN SPAIN Spain's ghastly civil war, which be- gan last July, continues with little pros- pect of an early victory for either side. A few weeks ago it appeared that the fall of } Madrid and triumph for the insurgents was imminent, but the Red government's forces have held the capital and have even | gained ground on: portions of the fighting front. {2 if Both sides are now reported: to haye large bodies of foreign troops” and ‘the struggle is taking on more of’ an_ inter: ; national character. It is estimated that nearly 25,000 foreign volunteers, includ- ing Russians, Frenchmen and anti-Fascist Germans and Italians, are now aiding in the defense of Madrid, while some 35,000 German and Italian Facists are serving with the insurgents under General Franco. Air raids over Madrid are of almost daily occurrence, and in several instances the insurgent bombers have been shot down by government airmen. A _ large portion of the civilian population has fled from Madrid, but many were killed or wounded in earlier attacks on the city. It is estimated that a total of 500,000 | persons have been killed since the war be- gan, most of them. civilians, including many women and. children. Scores’. of beautiful and historic buildings have been laid in ruins, and the devastation continues from day to day. Whether the war will eventually in- volve the rest of Europe isa grave ques- tion. It is possible that a general war may be averted, but the -situation is fraught with extreme danger. SIAMESE TWINS Last month when one of the Godino twins, who were 28 years old and joined together since birth by muscle and flesh at the base of the spine, died in New York of pneumonia, the living one was separated from his dead brother by a surgical operation and seemed destined to live. * But it was another case of “the opera- tion was a success; the patient died.” Even while various periodicals were spreading the news of the surgical feat, the only one on record in which such an operation was successfully performed on adults, the remaining brother passed away most unexpectedly. 2 The dead twins leave two widows, sisters, whom they married in 1929 in Manila, all four being natives of the Philip- | Moon sets pines. The twins made their living as vaudeville performers, and it is said that they could have been separated without serious results at any time when both were in good health. But they preferred to remain joined together for the sake of better earnings on the stage. There are two known living persons, however, both now 9 years old, who were born joined to twin sisters. They are Marie Keeler of Marseilles, Ill, and Zelda Alsleben of Glencoe, Minn., but these were joined to their mates at the abdomen instead of at the back. Marie was prompt- ly separated from her sister who died at birth, Belda was severed from her.-sister Elda when three nidnths old. Elda). sur- vived until last Match, when she died of heart disease. Zelda is said to be the brightest pupil in her fifth grade class. Persons physically joined at birth are generally known as Siamese twins, after Chang and Eng, brothers born jn Siam of Chinese parents in 1811, and who lived until 1874. THREE YEARS AFTER REPEAL Just a little mure than three years ago, in December, 1933, Utah cast the vote that put an end to national prohibition. Since that day the liquor traffic has dustry, which has replaced; to a great ex. tent, the ‘illegitimate business of the boot-! legger, rumrunner and renee gangs., Government reyenueS \\ have’ re eae through the imposition, of. pees wnt Aba While citizens of the ‘nation were greatly divided ‘on the retention of pro- hibition, the majority would undoubtedly agree today that conditions have been im- proved. However, there is no reason for complancency. Liquor is a dangerous com- modity and unless the sponsors of repeal make it their business to prevent the re- currence of former conditions there will be another movement for prohibition that will succeed again in amending the Constitu- tion of the United States, |i been largely taken over by a legitimate’ in-'), You an Nation’s d Your Affairs A Bridge that Breaks Records By ELIOT JONES The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge recently: openec to traffic is | ‘the:greatest bridge in the world from the standpoint of cost, length, weigh:, f. depth of piers, and the variety of engineering roblems that ad to be solved, to make its con- struction feasi- bie. San Francisco lies at the northern tip of a peninsula. with water oo three sides. On the west is the Pacific Ocean, on the north is the Golden Gate (soon to be spanned by the Golden Gate Bridge). and on the east is San Francisco Bay. On the other side of San Fran- cisco Bay are Oakland, Berkeley (the seat of the University of California) and Alameda, with a combined smal lation of more than 400,000. These cities are commercially a part of Metropolitan San Francisco, but to reach them ft has been necessary t> use ferry boats. The new bridge will prove a decided boon to commu- ters, as it will greatly reduce the time required in intercity travel. The San Francisco-Oakland bridge will probably remain for all time the greatest bridge ever constructed. This is not at 2Jl becaus> it is im sible to build a bigger bridge, but because there is not in the entire world o larger body of unspanned water that is likely tu develop a triffic flow suf- ficiently great to justify the construc- tion of a larger bridge. The bridging of San Francisco Bay was made vastly easier due to the fact that midway between San Fran- cisco and Oakland lies a large island —Yerba Buena Island. The section of the bridge between San Francisco and the island is called the West Bay ist ‘Professor of Transportation and Public Utilities, Stanford University Crossing. Tt cpibasata of two ‘suspen. sion bridges, nearly two ‘allen i in Jength, Stiget Tp: the conte We © coer: mon central anchorage. of concrete, oe. largest underwater construction r undertaken. The- island section of. ‘the bridge chores a@ 540 foot double-deck tunnel through — constituting, indeed, the largest bore tunnel in the world. The section of the bridge from the island to Oakland is called the ‘East Bay Crossing. This section is notable because of its 1,400 foot cantilever span and the depth of its piers, one pier, with.an average depth of 235 feet, being the deepest in the world. The length of the entire bridge, in- cluding approaches is 8% ‘miles, its length over water being 4% miles. The bridge, not including its ap- proaches, \is early three times as long as the Firth of Forth Bridge in poorang. previously the longest bridge in the world. The bridge has two decks. The upper deck has six lanes for automo- biles; and the lower deck has three lanes for oad and trucks; and two standard - 7 bauge, electric railway tracks. (n yet completed). bridge can accommodate annually 24,000,000 automobiles, 6.000.000 buses and trucks, and 50,000,000 electris railway passengers. The cost of the bridge; including ! approaches ‘and the electric railway tracks, will be more than $77,000,000. When the bridge is all paid oe judging from the heavy volume of traffic this will take less than twenty years—it will become toll free, the cost of maintenance oeing met out of gasoline tax revenues. There is nod reason to fear that an earthquake will destroy.the bridge. The whole structure is strong enough to resist the greatest known earth- quake. It is o strong, in fact, that if a large battleship, going at full speed, were to hit one of the main piers, the bridge would only quiver, but the battleship would !e ruined. From e.ery angle this bridge is a highly meritorious undertaking. (Address questions to the author care of this newspaper) THE WEATHER Normal Mean Rainfall* di Yesterday’s Precipitation .05 Ins, Sun rises - Sun sets Moon rises Fu'l moon, 27th Tomorrow's Tides Sea level, 30.17. WEATHER FORECAST Anniversaries ecce ececce 1716—Thomas Gray, English} ____ poet, born. Died July 30, 1771. 1980—Mary Fairfax ville, English scientist, born. Somer- Died _ Nov. 28, 1872. 1819—Emma D. E. N. South- worth, popular novelist of her day, “} born in Washington, D. C. Died “there, June 30, 1899. 1820—Dion Boucicau't, writer “| and adapter of some 130 _plays, _ born in Ireland. 5, York, Sept. 18, 1890. Died in New 1837—George Dewey, naval of- ficer, hero-admiral in the’ Spanish- American War, born at Montpe- lier, Vt. Died in Washington, Jan. (Till 8 p. m., Sunday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy and somewhat warmer to-i night and Sunday; moderate east- | erly winds. | Jacksonvil’e to Florida Straits} and East Gulf: Moderate easterly; winds, and partly overcast weath- | er tonight and Sunday. | G. S. KENNEDY, | Official in Charge. Vacation time in the Kona -dis- trict schoo’s jn Hawaii comes in tine fall, because the children are needed to pick coffee. BENJAMIN LOPEZ FUNERAL HOME| 16, 1917. , 1854—Eva March Tappan, au- thor and editor, born in Biack- stone, Mass. Died Jan. 29, 1930. On Mount Waialeale, Hawaii, 462 inches of rain fall annual, while 12 miles away the fall only 8 inches. The Easiest Way For You To . Pay For A Home: “ay th, pay: for it as you pay rents: ‘The local way ‘ ig to pay monthly, out of income, an installment m the: principal and the interest, ‘etc.; and thus, _ z over-a given period of years, pay off the entire - ‘mortgage and have the hi ouse 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 GF BUILDING ON INSURED CREDIT. The First National sae Bank of Key West en nncare os Re The Walt, Pay Clerk E. J, Dodge, and DAYS GONE BY Happenings SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26. 1936. We note wth regret Ge == Reports received today by The’ the courtesy of ‘Captain Joseph | Galinm as to the new trees = your Citizen show that the boat which; B. Varela, commanding officer. city- landed 22 aliens on Key Largo a; They expect to leave next Thurs few days ago, was captured later, day morning for Havana and re-/ at Miami with five men on board.! main there until January 4 ; ; : The captured men were turned| over to ‘the immigration authori- | The vessel is a launch 38) victorious over the Box Factory feet long with a powerful motor and capable of great speed. As an automobile also figures in the cap-} ture of the men it is believed that some of the men taken on board the vesse] are land agents of a smuggling ring. But one alien in the lot of 22 which were landed) at Key Largo several days ago! jmade his get away, and was later'from Miami The writer stand: reacy we com tribute $10 to ary fund rased = amount $5008 te be uxd t =p The Cuban Stars were again tehend the parties whe destroyed these trees and keadieg we the cemviction ef the parurc. mveived Key West = gestorec to Become one of the feet cities = the south and all vandai s@ouic Se taught = lemon that they wil re Among the arrivals this week was Captain Ed on brought to Key West in cus-' Goehring, who is now im charge tody of a citizen of that place, making it unnecessary for Inspec-! tor Goldberg to go after him as! was first intended. Official orders have been of headquarters of the West to Mobile, Ala. This will) only mean the removal of the commanding officer, ‘Captain H. H., Yeoman M. B, Kitk and A. c.i week Campbell. The Coast Guard Cut- ter Tallapoosa is expected to ar- rive at Key West on Thursday of Six marriage licenses were is- sued from the office of Judge Hugh Gunn, during, Comptmas Issues were to: Russell Eig Francis and .Myrtle William P. Williams, Baker; Lester J. Gee ané Albritton; Hensel H. Steong and of dredging operations beimg con- ducted in Miami harbor. te Two Spaniards, whe were cap- ‘tured some time ago and charg- re-'ed with smuggling liquor into the ceived providing for the removal United States, were ordered de- United: ported and sent to Havana this States Coast Guard from Key morning on the Governor Cobb. Editer, The Citieee I should Eke to question the Chief of Police as te the reawe why mo ome can keep a2 fendet guide om the car Regardless of the sumber of times you put =o new one on. ad you have to do is perk your car on Duval street for five minutes and some one will steal & eves ther bare to bresk or scratch the fender i domt thmk the tourists whe KK come bere this year will be pleas Sullivan; Ee. dr. and next week to take the officers and | Viola Bosfiela ‘Horacio Gutierrez men and the files to Mobile. iand Violets Alfonso; Gonzalez La. jFe and Laudelinna Martine: { Plans have been completed and | invitations issued for a delightful | | dinner to be given tomorrow on! board the U. S. S. Argonne. There | will be about 30 seated at the! table and about 20 of that num-! ber will be Key West folk. The DeMolay organfzation of! Key West has completed arrange-; ments for their dance which is to be given Christmas night at La Concha Hotel, and not one ar- rangement has been forgotten! which would in any way tend to! make the affair a grand success. — The Junior Club of Tampa, con- | sisting of fourteen boy scouts, five’ executives and two friends, ar-' rived in the ain last seule etarmabieS en 66 zeae COLDS FEVER Liquid - Tablets Salve-Nese Drops Headache 30 minutes, | Try “Rub-My-Tism”-World’s Best} Liniment | HEATERS KEEP WARM WITH AN O8 HEATEE “TROPICAL” — PRODUCES A POWERFUL HEAT. HEATS AVERAGE SIZE ROOM ___ “SAVOIL”—CABINET TYPE HEATERS BUENS OF OIL IN 24 HOURS. CIRCULATES A HEAT IN THE LARGEST OF ROOMS KEEP THE FAMILY WARM AT CHRISTMAS SOME REAL SPECIALS SMOKING STANDS— “ASH AWAY” — SMOKERS STAND. ALL METAL. SPRING LEVER. SMOKELESS RECEP- TACLE— 98e EACH ICE BOX SET: MADE OF GREEN GLASS. CONSISTING OF 2 JARS 4°x4", 1-4"x8”, 1.8"x8”.. 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