The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 11, 1937, Page 2

Daily Except Sunday Ry CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. L. P. Al i, Presidest Business Manager © From The Citizen Building orner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily paris = & Key West and Monroe ——. C8 aes PES SNR CeO <fitered at Hey West, Florida, as second class matter FEPTY-SIXTH YEAR : } Member of the Associated Press - Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it of not otherwise credited In this paper and ‘also the lgcai news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES eoeonaenecnsecvereenonen- $10,008 x ADVERTISING Made known on application. PR case sh altel deat tt SPECIAL NOTICE Rotices, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary notices : #2, will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainments by churches from which ® revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen i: oven forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of iocal or general interest but it wiit not publish anonymous communi- ——————__________ THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; never be sfraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; aiways fight for Progress; never be the or- opinions; print onty : that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never cop» promise with principle. eS IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN - Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main lund. Free Port. Hotels and Apartments. Rathing Pavilion. Abpurts—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. e sea ee 1987—Less fatalities on the highway. How is it possible that a person with the moniker “Rasputin” can write such beautiful verse? In Spanish there is a word from the want of what it represents nearly all Spain is suffering. Up ‘north the thermometer has gone down to zero, but that means nothing to us in Florida in more ways than one. The solution of the Chang-Chiang affair in China is stranger than any fic- + tion writer would dare to use as a plot for his story. e ia Social Seeurity Att to >from the wages of workers, ape look like bar- gain prices, knocked 3 down for psy- chological effect. the In the latest regimentation we are identified by numbers. There is nothing strange in the resentment against being designated by numbers; that is as a re- sult of our horror for the numerals on a convict’s garb. Seven American scientists are going to spend nine months in the jungles of Siam, Borneo and Sumatra to study the anthropoid apes in order to find out some- tring about man. They can learn a - lot about apes by studying some men without leaving the United States. In future there will be no more hand- \aking in Germany as it has been decided the powers that be the Nazi salute is to 2 its place. Recalcitrants will be noted it of goose-step and will suffer the quences, whatever they might be. urpose of the handshake originally as a greeting but to show that the 1 not contain a weapon, which TAX DODGERS PUT ON NOTICE The Citizen has long advocated a more business-like method of handling our delin- quent tax problem than the one which has been so long operating to our disadvant- age. We consider that Key West has taken a long stride toward a better financial footing with the announcement by the city ' council and the city attorney that they are determined to cooperate, in .the, perform- ance of their joint duty and that. income producing property ‘will no longer*have a free ride at the expense of tax-payers, This decision was reached a few ~ months ago and ample notice given non-taxpayers. that delinquency would not be tolerated much longer. It is now considered the opportune time to put into practice the procedure required by law to collect taxes due, and this will be a fair warning to all who cherish the hope that the _half- hearted efforts of the past will continue to operate for their benefit, that the theory that obligations may be disregarded among friends has gone into the discard. In the troublous times through which we have passed, there has been a natural and even a commendable slackening of the rules, in the effort to avoid adding to existing distress. This has grown into an abuse which | has amounted to a general moratorium on all tax paying; and it has been taken ad- vantage of by many who were not entitled to the consideration they received. The announced policy of the city council is to institute suit at once against income-producing properties on which taxes have remained unpaid, and to pro- ceed by due process of law to acquire and retain title to such properties. We are assured there. will be no fa- voritism; that as rapidly as_ possible, suits will be instituted until properties which should be bearing their due burden of the city government are back on the tax rolls with their payments up to date. The city council has gone on record to the effect that, regardless of the evil precedents of the past, it will proceed along the lines here indicated, and citizens are notified that it will be an expensive mistake to disregard the announcement of their intentions in the matter. The only possible objection will be that the city council and its attorney in the years past failed to conduct the city’s business on business principles and be-!.» cause of that indifference indebtedness has come to be regarded as a sort of “vested right” by many who are able to meet obligations to every other creditor except the city. This idea has run its course. Values have declined because the city was im- poverished, due to the failure to collect the money that was due. With the changed policy in force, the city can perform its functions and pay its employees as well as its debts, with the result that the value of all the property within its borders will be greatly enhanced. Council will continue. to. be kind where disability exists. But 2 cil is not going to continue to be nage deal- ing with those who can affor high standard of living in every respect but cannot pay the city for services rendered. We here begin to advance to the status of a self-respecting municipality. BUSINESS ACTIVITY NEARS PEAK Just exactly where business activity stands, in comparison with 1929, is a mat- ter of debate. There are many _ indices and many arguments as to their meaning | but the reader of The Citizen may be in- terested in figures kept by The New York j Times. The year 1936 ended with its index of business activity hovering areéund 110, after a steady surge upwaré@sfrom the low of about 90 which occurred in March. The figure is considerably above the dé- pression low of approximately 64 ‘in March, 1933, just above the ‘estimated normal of 100 and bears comparison with the peak for the prosperity year of 1929, when the index stood at 114.7. Readers should understand that figure is based on business activity and index e into common usage as a phy- assion of friendliness, and a ‘clasp is certainly more expres- ndly feeling than the out- 1 symbolic of submissive de- that it does not pretend to be an showing the condition of the nation. Other factors enter into any picture of the } economic conditions but it is encouraging | to observe the reported improvement business activity. SOVIET CHIEF ORDERS RUSSIAN INDUSTRY = IMITATE AMERICANS. © this } of | a - —— eS a nl Little Island Town (Key West, Fla.) - : I knew a little island town Where coral st meet a jade-green cea, | Where the air is filled with the scent of the lime | That blossoms in the summer time, And life drifts on quite peacefully When the flamboyan dons a scarlet gown. The moon that shines on this iland town A profligate with wealth is he, Scattering silver on land and sea, When ‘the flamboyan dons a scarlet gown. The winds that blow on this island town Are gentle a. any winds may be. They whisper of galleons and the Spanish Main, O* treasure cached for the brave to gain, To the restless waves of a le-green sea,’ When the flamboyan dons a scarlet gown. .. . —MARIE CAPPICK. Key W an - He tock a spot of coral isle And dresced it up with tropic tree: ‘Warmed it with the sun’s bright smile And cooled it with the ocean breeze Placed it in the sparkling sea Like a jewel dropped in crystal wine Garnished it so wild and free With flowers, fruits and climbing vine Then in the gently flowing tide He placed fishing of the be.t, Then looking down, was satisfied He called his work, Key West. Orange Park, Fla. —By “RASPUTIN”, Today’s Hansen, Cocccccsecrscccerccceese eee Hie Territory of Michi-! 3 kan formed from the. northeast- | Today favors the development ern part of the then vast Territory | of a guide or teacher, one who will 1of Indiana. Today In History: jlead weaker minds along the road |to knowledge. A mercurial temp- 1843—So-cal'ed Weavers’ riots in Philadelphia, prelude to tl Native American riots of the ne: year. erament and a delicate conception indicated. Today favors a dual j occupation, depending much on lthe trend given to the mind in greatest scandal of the genera-! tion. i weekly. | 1888—Beginning of the great, KEY WEST rd which raged in the North- States and took te'l of hun- dreds of lives. COLONIAL HOTEL In the Center of the Business and Theater District i 1 - | 1910—Glenn H. Curtiss makes; jnew record flying passengers of 55 miles ar hour. First Class—Fireproof— Sensible Rates Garage Elevator 1936—Ford Model 15-P, a ‘fliv- er’ plan censed for experiment- al purposes. Popular Prices Over-Seas TransportationCo.,Inc. REGULAR AND RELIABLE FREIGHT’ SERVICE BETWEEN Key West and Miami NOW MAKING DELIVERIES AT KEY WEST ——_ON—— TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS SERVICE OFFICE: 813 CAROLINE STREET TELEPHONES 68 AND 92 1875 — Hearings began in/€®*ly days. In any case: you will! Brooklyn, N. Y., in the suit of | dig deep. Theodore Tilton vs, Henry Ward} ae Beecher, the famous preacher,/ = Ae pe | Subseribe to The Citizen—20c WE FURNISH PICK-UP AND DELIVERY | Yesterday’s Precipitation .0 Ins. i Normal Precipitation .. Sea level, WEATHER ER FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., ™m., Tuesday) Key West and Vicinity : Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday; little change in temperature; moderate , northeast to east winds. Florida: Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday; continued mild. Jacksonville to Florida Straits {and East Gu'f: Moderate north- east to east winds, and partly j overcast weather ‘tonight and a WEATHER CONDITIONS \\ High pressure areas, crested over the far Northwest and North Atlantic States, Salt Lake City,! Utah, 30.44 inches and New York City, 30.56 inches, overspread | most sections of the country, ex- cept northern Minnesota and north-' ern California, where pressure ie relatively low, Du‘uth, Minn.,' 29.98 inches, and San Francisco,! | calif, 29.96 inches. Light to mod- erate precipitation has occurred! during the last 24 hours through-! out most of the Gulf States, and) northeastward over the Ohio Val-! ley and portions of the northern and eastern Lake region to the! middle and north At'antic coast, | and there have been heavy rains tin northern California, San Fran- cisco reporting, 1.25 inches, Tem-' peratures have risen in most of the Plains States, and in the ex- | treme upper Mississippi Valley, continue above normal over south- | eastern districts; while colder weather prevails in the north and middle At'antic States, and tem- peratures continue below normal over most western sections, with! readings of zero in South Dakota, : and Utah, and light frost reported ‘ in southern California this morn-' ing. S. KENNEDY, Official in Charge t G. ral, 18” to: 7’. IT IS A PLEASURE 100-Po i CMSTSIIIIIISSILISIIOS SS. FPP PEEL PT PP TE .08 Ins,|the West Indies. 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Died Aug. 26, 1910,- oh SOTITTITIT MOTTA MES 1891 1937 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 these situations together. We feel we have built up a spirit of mutual confidence and understanding, which we consider one of our 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 THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION Newewsssenseeecorses ‘ ennai PPP PPT POOL ETI IE: 4 aes Ne SI Eaee Te ee eee $40.00 1.28 In lengths from This flooring is just the thing for NO BROKEN BUNDLES $25.00 TO HELP YOU ON ESTIMATES AND YOUR LUMBER PROBLEMS und Sack $3.00 Phone 598 Ctttetttttiéds “