The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 1, 1937, Page 2

PAGE TWO- —_—_—_— Pub 0 3 wun ciTiann Hung ‘Co Ao. 40B ALLEN, neve. NE From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Dally Newspaper in Key ‘West and Monroe mty. Se I ae at Ace nee ene oa nie) Sntered at Key West, Florida, gs second class matter CFIFTY-sixTH YEAR is exclusively entitled to ee ee crealted =. the locat newd published ‘here. iS opcretipare ADVERTISING Made known on application. “ coiegoonn NOTICE ae All reading of thanks, resoluti fespect, Gutaeky act notices, me ose te, wil] be charged for ai the rate ef 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainments by churches from which # revenue is to be derived are & cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues'and subjects of local or general interést but it will not publish anonymous communi- i THE KEY WEST CITIZEN We would like to have our taxes meet us half way. | : WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; never be _ efraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; , siways fight for progress; never be the or- gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or Class; always do its uw for the public welfare; never tolerate ‘corruption or injustices ‘denounce vice and praise virtue; commend good done by individual or organ: ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com promise with principle, IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to-complete Road to Main land. Free Port., Hotels and Apartinente, Rathing Pavilion. Abports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Words of wisdom in this column are @ntirely accidental. § * A bank is one business that depends mostly on promises to succeed. Some try to get ahead, while others merely have ambitions to get even, Russia has a new constitution, but it will still be interpreted by Comrade Stalin. Education, despite all theories to the contrary, does not end at graduztion, but at the grave. Life is just one thing after another. Edward and Wally appear as two fools after each other, RG ornare A Hafd day’s work and a good night’s ‘sleep make a man available for another hard day’s work. Professional reformers think the Dec- laration authorizes the pursuit of other people’s happiness, The unemployment situation is im- proving, but there will never be enough soft jobs to go around, An African explorer has discovered a tribe so heathenish that its members never try to reform their neighbors, an ideis In recognition"6f th® ew. Presttene sty" Cuba, most paragraphers have adopted a new way of spelling brew and brewing. Ten college professors will study the effects of prohibition repeal. Which should yield at least ten new conclusions on the subject. Since the Latin language has no word for “Yes”, we wonder how the Latin las- sies gave their assent to marriage pro- posals from ardent swains. They managed The Key West Citizen | ORGANIZED CRIME Although a number of the country’s most desperate and spectacular criminals have been either killed or sent to prison during the last two or three years, or- ganized crime still flourishes, and_ will continue to flourish until the average per- son takes a more lively interest in its sup- pression. One of the worst features of criminal activity is racketeering, in which organ- } | ized criminals prey upon honest business, often with the connivance and actual partnership of corrupt officials. A racketeer is defined as “one .who singly or in connection with others extorts money or advantages by threats of violence or of unlawful interference with business.” Racketeering takes many forms, but by this time most of these are recognizable by the average citizen. The difficulty in combating the racketeer lies first in getting victims to give evidence; second, in getting the con- victed criminal actually behind the bars, and third, keeping him there. Criminal law and procedure seem to be devised for the protection of the criminal, rather than the public. Only an aroused and militant public opinion can serve to remedy the disgrace- ful situation which already has‘ existed too long. Law-abiding citizens must organize in ‘the fight against organized crime. GREELEY’S HANDWRITING Many stories have been told about Horace Greeley’s notoriously poor hand- writing, which was a constant nightmare to his associates, and especially to the printers on the old New York Tribune, which he founded: One printer, being given a Greeley manuscript to set up for the first time, ex- claimed: ‘My God, if Belshazzar had seen this writing on the wall he would have been more terrified than he was.” Later it is said, Greeley wrote to the fore- man, directing that the printer be dis- charged because he made so many typo- graphical errors. The printer got hold of the note before leaving, and carried it to the foreman of another newspaper as a recommendation—and got a job im- mediately. Once Greeley was invited to lecture in Sandwich, Ill. He wrote that he was overworked and would be sixty years old on February third, and felt unable to take the engagement. After much labor in de- ciphering the letter, the committee re- plied that they would be glad to have him lecture on February third, and that the fee of sixty dollars would be satisfac- tory. ANOTHER PENSION GRAB A bill is likely to be presented to Congress to treat widows and orphans of those who fought in the World War, Spanish-American, Indian and Civil wars the same. | The’ phraseology is a pleasant way of telling the public that the drive for pen- sions was not ended when the bonus bonds were distributed and that the nation is apt towee repeated, on a larger scale than ever, the disgraces that accompanied pen- sions in the past. Congressmen will be Guiek to support any measure that promises to deliver the veterans’ vote in a bloc. They will not recall the fact that since 1918 millions of young men and women have started out in life and that these youngsters will have | the burden of paying taxes for pensions for many years. Maybe, if the youngsters organize, their voice might penetrate a Corgressman’s cranium. ; EDUCATION IN MUSIC Other states may be doing the same thing but it is worth noting that Luther A. Richmond, State Supervisor of Music, has set up a five-year plan in Virginia, de- signed to give pupils in every graded school personal experience with music in the hope that this will develop a feeling for music and make the pupils ready for more extensive training. The reason we call attention to the Virginia plan is that there are communi- ties in the United States which are of the somehow. Without “ayes” they probably} opinion that any music in the public used their eyes. At any rate they sea schools involves a needless and foolish ex- Aheir heads, pense, You an Nation’s Why Labor d Your Affairs Is Restless — By ERNEST MINOR PATTERSON, j President, American Academy of Political and Social Science | it “1 age halaiatetehaaiebapeia The present wave of lubor unrest has many curious aspects and a tnas times is hard for. an observer to be en- tirely patient. Probably strikes and other forms of disturbance Probably many ‘haps unwise or impossible demant made. It is worth while to understand the basis for all this unrest. One impor- tant fact, of course, is that organized labor considers that its strategic po- sition is strong. The idea has spread that th: election returns in Novem- ber showed that the President was strongly supported by labor because of the belief that he would use his great power to improve their posi- tion, Another influence not to be ignored is the reports of bettgr business con- citions, When busirless is active a strike will result in lowered earnings for employers instead of the greatly enlarged: ones: they hope to make; at such times. Demands for, higher wages, shorter hours, ete. ate more likely to be granted than when' there are no profits in sight. Also it can-be urged at such», time; that, business can afford to meet higher labor costs, These are the more immediate rea- sons for the current unrest and are te usual ones. Labor unions always take advantage of favorable oppor- tun.ties to press their elaims. Their strength in the past has fluctuated rather closely with business pros- They get as much as postin the occasion is favorable and then make strenuous efforts to. hold their gains during depressions. While this is true it would be a mis- take today to overlook another and in the long run a more powerful influ- ence. There is a strong and wide- spread conviction that there must be a wider distribution of purchasing Today’s Anniversaries 1735—Paul Revere, master-sil-| versmith, p&triot of the Revolu-| tion, whose foundry played a: big part in America’s industrial de-| velopment, born in Boston. Died there, May 10, 1818. 1745—Anthony Wayne, the Revolution’s daring and popular “Mad Anthony,” commagder. x bale i 1792, born in Chester C: “Btie, Pa. Dec. 15, in’ aeaa | { | ' 1752—Betsy Ross, Philadelphia | seamstress, legendary maker of} the flag, born in Phi'adelphia: Died there, Jan, 30. 1836. { 1788—Etienne Cabet, French} Utopian, who came here at th age of 60 to found a communist) colony in Texas. born. Died in| St. Louis, Nov. 8, 1856, | 1819—Philip _Schaff, York's Union Theological ary theologian and ~ ‘¢hurch torian, born in Switzerland, Dit Oct. 20. 1893. 1830—Paul famed Sout! Char‘eston, Hamilton Haynie, PICbeh@i Bt | Died near Au- | gusta, Ga., July 6. 1886, | 1859—Michael J. Owens, Ohio} bottle-making inventor and glass | manufacturer, born.in Mason Co.,| a. Died in Toledo, Dec. 27, 1891 THE FIRST NATIONAL will continue. | “coi {student of the mysterious, The Officers and Directors of this Institution extend to its customers and friends our sincere thanks for their patronage, good will and friendship during the past year. We appreciate the privilege accorded us to, serve you ,con- tinuously since 1891, through times good and bad, through cycles of depression and prosperity. We have weathered the tuations together. We {feel we have built up a spirit of mutual confidence and understanding, which we consider one of eur most valuable assets. We trust you feel that we have served you well. We are thankful for the co- operation you have given us. : We are confident that 1937 will be an auspicious year, during which we will witness the fulfillment of many of our fondest dreams and desires. We trust that it will bring to you and yours a full measure of health, happiness and prosperity, the privilege and desire to serve our community and to advance its material interest, do- ing and receiving all of the other real things that go to- ward making life worth while. HAPPY NEW YEAR MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION SILL IIIS ILIV IIIS SDS mass of the popu- lation. va, That this « view should be held by the labor unions is not surprising. Workers, other groups, may be to struggle for irae tes in- SCompetivign and consider competi z 0) competi- tion rene element in our economic extreme and |life. But it should be remembered that many business men of prominence ‘be | and many economists have also urged this view. Back in the days of the New Era there was a great deal said of the “economy of high wages.” It was argued that well paid or Lobe quite highly paid workers are mo! efficient. Also ot was insisted that only as workers received generous incomes would it be possible for them to buy enough of the output of our factories to keep industry going. If this view was correct ten or more years ago there is.no reason to believe it is any less true today. Moreover, we now have available additional evi- dence in the form of more adequate analyses of the way in which the na- tional income is divided among the various income groups. The only point to be argued is how to bring about this wider distribution of purchasing power. Different way - have been tried and some of them have failed. Today the strongest arguments are in favor of doing it throug: lowered prices, while money wages emai. the same. Unfor- tunately it is not easy to lower prices or even to keep therm from fising dur- ing the upswing of the business cycle, today)'many prices are,/rising and there are grave reasons for fearing that they will go much higher. Under the circumstances the labor unions may be expected to!press their demands. Some of them wil be rea- sonable, others will be extravagant, and still others will be preposterous. It will be hard everywhere to decide what it is wise and feasible to grant. But none, of us should allow the fact that many demands are unwise or im- possible to blind us to the basic con- sideration. Purchasing power should be more widely distributed for the sake of business as well as workers. If price advances cannot be controlled this will have to be done through higher money wages. (Address questions to the author care of this newspaper) ees0e Today’s Horoscope oe eo Today gives indication of a highly parental temperament, watchful over the welfare of oth- ers. You will be a benefactor to the poor and kind to the weak, A per- haps you should seek employment iin abstruse trades-four you will work best in the solution of prob- lems natiting mankind. FEVER Liquid - Tablets first day Salve-Nose Drops _ Headache 30 minates, Try “Rub-My-Tism”-World’s Be: Liniment 1937 | BANK OF KEY WEST Weerrrrrerrerrvaree CSSD DE ES CLedehedhdededdidedddddedddddeddedddidded, KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Ago Today As Always the crowning society function of each winter season,| The Key West naval radio sta- the annual dinner dance given byj tion is silent every night between the Casa Marina Hotel will be|the hours of 8 o’clock and mid- more beautifully appointed and: night, except for the transmission brilliant than ever before. Man-| of priority official dispatches, an- ager Schutt announced this morn-|swering--calls. from ing ‘that this evening the hotel) nouneing the weather fc wil be « scene of beabty and the| far’ the renter part of th dance will eclipse. all former) ness of the. radio station is carried events of the nature given by the|on by high frequency which does hotel. Attendance tonight prom- hast at all interfere with broad- ises to be unusually large with a! casts: e peace: number of distinguished guests o from the leading cities of the north and east.as well as other sections of the country participat- ing in the pleasures of the eve- ning. at a hotel group of players available 28c aa they bested their opponents Se you'll be at. the big fight score of 5 to 0. this aftrnoee 4 o'clock when Baby Reyes, of Key West, meets several the Italian ‘puncher, Lou Paseali,| | 70m aie wee fishing | of Philaelphia, in a struggle fcr, the title of flyweight champion of the south. This meeting will take the local navy yard, and brother] place this afternoon at the Cuban of Constable Dalbert Bethel, was Club stadium, and will be the knocked down and painfully in-) crowning event of a searon — jured last night at 9:30 o’clock' has had man hase nese ring by an automobile driven by Grover’ events, Albury.. The accident occurred at the corner of Fleming and Bahama} streets. The injured man is re- ported as resting comfortably at his home on Margaret street and no serious developments from his| injuries are anticipated, “Key West Pilot” is the name J of cne of the very best and pret! tiest ever built in Key West which is now practically completed at! the Watkins shipyards aud is ex-} pected to glide down the ways! next Monday. The vessel was constructed by Captain Luther) Pinder and Captain Eugene Kr ght, two experienced and pop- ular pilots on the Key West bar. The tall towers of the naval radio station enter the new year! wearing a pretty new coat of the newest style, close fitting gar- ment, the material being pretty paint. The workmen have attracted a great deal of attention during the past few weeks wielding their brushes on these 320 foot towers, and appearing as mere specks. jteging jing of many varieties of ‘cl ;sea food products. Samuel J. Bethel, employe at FUN The Cozst Guard baseball wrt yesterday shut out” the Cuban Stars in one of the most interest | Phone 135 , ing games played in Key West for'+ Over-Seas TransportationCo., Inc. Key West and Miami NOW MAKING DELIVERIES AT KEY WEST _— ——ON— TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS WE FURNISH PICK-UP AND DELIVERY SERVICE OFFICE: 813 CAROLINE STREET TELEPHONES 68 AND 92 The dance given at the Athletic Club last night by the personnel of the U. S. S. Argonne was one of the events of the season and pronounced a great success. The 16-Pc. Set 4 sacs and Saucers, 4 Plates and 4 Cereals $1.00 tt ttre 32-Pc. Japanese Dinner Set $3.98 Service for 6. ee Painted Looks like a — 95 Set. A Bargain WICKLESS OIL STOVES 3 Burner on Legs. e ° e e Painted Green 2 Burner without Legs, Painted and Black. Stands 32” High, Green and Black. It’s Portable. 34” Wide. Has Shelf at Bot- EACH $7.75 tom. 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