The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 23, 1937, Page 2

Sun foe me i. Beyinens From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets second class matte! ——“ Member of the Associated Press ee Press is exclusively entitled to use tres bet se grediiod in ts paper sea the locat news published he: Bibciebe 3 of Sis. resolutions of Cy Wi the rate of 10 -onts a line. evap ser entertainments by churches from whic Dee emived cre 5 cents a line. a open forum and invites discus- sssues and subjects of ‘ocal or general will not publish anonymous communi- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main-;,; fund. Free Port. ; Hotels and Ap:rtments. se Rathing Pavilion. : A goro—Land ane Sea,” ! Consolidation of County and City Governments. ee fees bad Talking is never religion. Temperance in all things is the great lesson of life. ——$ The Bible is the best selling book, yet have you ever seen anybody buy a Bible? That honesty is the best policy is best understood and recognized in the business world today. An educator declares that modern youth is not so wild. Except during second _ childhood; perhaps. ~ : Certain Eskimo tribes believe a per- son with a bad ternper is possessed by a devil. Anyway, the idea seems logical. There is no tax on the wages of sin because they are unlawful, but they pay @ helluva lot of graft. This obscrvation was made in this column severel weeks ago, but it will bear repetition. To some the absence of occupation is not rest but the hardest kind of work, and this column thinks that a person who finds no joy in work of some kind is mentally, morally and physically deficient — a moron, in other words. It has been said that this would be a better wor) 1 if each regarded himself as his brother's keeper. Reciprovally, ‘that would be perfect, but as it is there are tog many brothers who want to be kept and too few who want to be keepers. Just in case you haven't thought about it, Key West wouldn't be a fit place in which to live, were it not for the ehurches and what they have accom- plished. Many things need correction here, but matters would be ever so much Worse if the churches did not exist. Wars are not being fought on the} home grounds anymore. When the Euro- pean nations feel like fighting, they pack up, go somewhere and go to it. During the World War, most of the battles were fought on French soil, and Germany, the | chief loser, never saw a ta:tle at home. Spain is now the hunting grounds, if not! so happy, of three nations, besides the two home teams. To get an idea of the immensity of the universe and the littleness of man, just contemplate the bigness of the sun, which | if it were a hollow ball, could contain 1,-! 331,000 globes the size of the earth. And te tax the imagination'‘a little further, the! star Betelguese could envelop 30,000 | globes the size of the sun, or 39,930,000,- 000 planets the size of our earth. In view; yp potency "itt USE NAVIES FOR PEACE Now that the naval powers of the world are about to start a race in the building of capital ships and other vessels of war it becomes apparent that the end in view, regardless of pretensions, is the expectation that they may be needed for protection in time of war, A‘dmittedly, warships are built for fighting. Can they be used for the protec-| tion of peace? We believe that this’is pos- sible and that if the great naval powers oo | et together, restate the principles of trade unselfishly and police the oceans of the world that peace may be with us for many years. In other words, although we share completely the hope of remaining aloof from the quarrels of other continents, there seems to be no valid reason why the navies of those countries interested in peace and the spread of international commerce should not take steps to guar- antee that no land-grabbing power finds it profitable to interfere with the peaceful intercourse of other nations, This would not, of course, remove the danger of war where bitter hatred exists along a: common border but it would have otendy"int many seas and might be the means. of preventing the spread of war- e6iitinent to another, v'POLIO THEORY ‘A new theory concerning poliomyeli- tis, commonly known as_ infantile para- lysis, has been advanced by Dr. Edward C. Rosenow, head of the experimental bac- teriology division of the Mayo Foundation at Rochester, Minn., who declares that this dreaded disease is not, contagious. He believes that each victim contracts the disease independently from some source of infection: containing a strepto- coccus germ, such as he has found in the pollen of goldenrod and ragweed, as well as elsewhere, His theory is partially confirmed by the well-known fact that usually only one cf a family of children is stricken. In the rare cases in which more tHan one of a family is attacked, the ¢i teimstance may be explained by’the probability that each came into contact withia similar source of the germ about the same tifte. Dr. Rosenow further points out that children in isolated country , communities are more likely to contract the disease than city children. Constant contact with other persons in cities tends to build up an im- munity against disease, he believes, The fact that Dr. Rosenow is one of the most famous bacteriologists in the world gives weight to his theory. It was he who in 1916 first isolated the germ be- lieved to be the cause of infantile para- lysis. SPEEDERS CONDEMNED .We agree with the Providence Daily Journal, :Tecently quoted in the Path- finder, that’ ¢ertain dangerous practices of reckless young. met should have been Stopped.*"Thedaurnal said: “Werhave ra number of young men who! from‘ thoughtlessness drive through our streets: with thir horses at full trot, to the imminent danger of their own and the lives of others; they appear regardless of consequences, to. a degree actually crim- inal.” The date of the newspaper is October 17, 1829. HICK TOWN (Whitsitt Impressions) A hick town is a place where 27 of our presi- dents were born, and where seven of the ten im- mortals in New York’: hall of fame originate. fe A hick town that didn’t have a name produced Lincoln. Hick towns ga’ us most of ou at literary igures of the past—and_practeally of those now living. So isn’t it an obvious conclusion that a hick town is a place where a boy has an excel- lent chance to lay the found&fion of future “great- ness? Sauce for the gander is not alway proper sauce for the goose, according to Judge Musmanno of Pittsburgh. He has announced that in future he will impos on women offenders sentences only two- thirds as heavy of the above how can the spirit of mortai | be proud! those given men for You and Your Nation's Affairs We Haven't Got to Like It! AWS pdaah i WoagoMnn ath it book, refers contemptuously to the inconsistent attitude of those persons | his who are “furious” because the gov- hid OF erriment. so much money, the net effect of that spending has been to improve markedly their financial The author of this book enjoys high repute. but his -position is based on an in- adequate _con- ception of the public duties of citizens Is a public - spirited citizen, who is disturbed about the future welfare of his country, to be estopped from opposing measures that he regards as unsound, merely because his financial condition would be improved through the continuing resort to these unsound measures? Take a farmer, growing wheat or cotton. In the event of a war he would doubtless receive a higher price for hi. products. Sut may he not reason- ably become “furious” if it is pro- posed to plunge the country into a foolish war, in which hundreds of thousands of pecple will be killed and injured? May not even a manufacture- prop- erly be “furious” if one of his com- petitors is deniea his constitutional rights, such as the -ight to freedom of speech or the right te be secure st unreasonable searches and zures of his papers 1d effects? Or must the manufacturer remain silent, because the result is to improve his own financial status, at the expense of ais competitor? P JONES a prong yyy" mn and i% Ky aaed r ‘ id we gnéet atllete, be- igen dies ining the result might cial benefit? © No, the people who :re better off spending may quite be “furi- ous”, et being public-spirited citizens, they place the public interes: above properly be furious, if they believe that the policy of inordinate spend- ing, though temporarily increasing pp profits, will lead to disaster, and us much worse than it would be without the lavish spending. There are many people, indeed, who have a contempt for spendthrifts— people who spend their substance carelessly to-day, with little or no thought for the morrow. And people look upon the government as a spendthrift, which year after year is living beyond its income, and does not seem to be eatly concerned whether its receipts and expenditures are brought in balance. Private indi- viduals cannot ogee! Fags a curse without coming to grief, or going on relief. And somehow the: cherish the notion that the government, whether or not it comes to grief, should set an example to its citizens, and place its house in order. a The government, unlike the indi- vidual spendthrift, can not go on re- lief; and the burden of its excesses will fall on the taxpayers. May they not object, therefore, even though they are temporarily bette. off, if they clearly foresee a time, in the not too distant future, when -he heavy hand of the tax gatherer will fall even more heavily upon them, to extract from them the money needed to meet the bills now being run up by a gen- ervusly minded goverrment? (Address questions to the author care of this newspaper) ee Crandiathes On pleasant days we went down to the sea Where he would talk of when he was a lad And sailed in clipper ships, and once he had A staunch old whaler named the Nancy Lee. Ten times he sailed from His course he charted by tl That nightly gleamed abov And reached Bombay safel; Bangor ’round the Horn— he friendly stars e tall misty spars, ly at early morn, He knew where whitened hulks of lost ships lay With sails that never would be spread again, And as horizons dimmed at In clouds he saw familiar t close of day sailor men, Homeward we walked beneath the friendly stars That nightly gleamed above tall misty spars... . My Pha —MARIE CAPPICK. Oh, let me write a poem Of sentimen® and love, Of plans, and dreams and hepes, And of un.een things above. OF castles built by fairies, And the leaves upon a tree, O° the blue that’s in the sky, And of ships that sail the sea. And then I shall give thank; 2 To the one to whom I owe it, For such a precious gift, That I may be a poet... . —CHARLES (1817. £ Norma filled that once 4 The roses Gardens Flowe Are gone and only Atlanta, Ga. COLBERT. uen -1918) idy are dead, with graves instead. perfumed the air old faces stare. —ALBERT C. KEITH. CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST as at the close of business December 31, 1936, Comptroller's Call RESOURCES Loans and Investments Overdrafts rae Banking House, Furniture and Fixtures , Other Bond§’ and Securi- rc epee aaa Stock of the Federaj Re- serve Bank Temporary Federal De- posit Insurance Fund United States Govern- ment Obligations di- rect andor fully guaranteed Cash and due from Banks LIABILITIES like offenses, ex ning that “woman is made of finer and more delicate fabric | than man, and thus reacts more sen-! i sitively to hardship.” \ $6 , Undivided Profits and R $ 275,660.47 7.87 30,920.76 171,800.16 4,500.00 591.84 12,571.98 479.40 979,051.38 1,298,479.17 "$1,462,532.48 Member of Federal Reserve System Mombher of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation , KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY |.- Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen anoth when ed over the Hugh of the Boston News Bureau, who is| Sun rises spending ‘several days at the Casa|sun sets redound to his finan- {Marina. “Key West is certainly Mgon rises “ “ 1 headed in the ‘oe It of lavish government |Said Mr. Bancroft. “I came to! Key West three years ago with my father-in-law, their own interest. And they may also | Barron, “‘and gained so much. con- | Low Key West willj,probably need er island’ to hold Oversea; Traffic: is establish- ighway, according to Bancroft, of Boston, editor right directoin,” Clarence W. fidence in the city that I was will- ing to back it up with a substan- tial investment by forming the; make their ultimate condition | Duval Mortgage company of which I was uing he said that the future holds‘ much opinion that the time is not far; distan en co} James (Sonny) Parks, a famil-| " iar figure on the streets of Key! There was an interesting game West, died yesterday morning at of basketball played last night at Mercedes hospital. years hama chosen president.” Contin- for the city and it is his it when his ideas will be prov- rrect, Hes wes) 65 old and a native of the Ba- Islands. Many ‘years’ ago, Sonny was the victim of an explo- sion aboard some vessels and lost one of his legs. Later on it be-'' f ecient te came necessary to amputate the; “By a score of 5 to 4, the Box other. For a long time he lived all the| autos which will crowd this city} |. | Highest Lowest Mean |Normal Mean Rainfall* | Yesterday's Precipitation .32 Ii | Normal Precipitation . .. { Tomorrow's Almanac ‘Moon sets } High Barometer 7:30 A. M. today: Sea level, 30.01. WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Sunday) Key West and V occasional rain; not much change ‘have already indicated that their jintention is to build, the Athletic Club before a full at- tendance, The competing teams ‘were the High School Five and the Marines and the former were winners by a score of 36 to 18. Factory baseball team yesterday with both legs off at the knees. defeated the Cuban Club Stars in He has a number of relatives in’ one of the most interesting and Key West. Twenty-five navy __ airplanes, {fast games of the national pastime lever played in Key West. There was not one moment when the comprising two squadrons, en route players were not in action and on to Guantanamo from Hampton several occasions the crowd was Roads, hopped off from Miami up on their feet when the tensity this a fternoon and should reach of the moment made it necessary Key West in about 1 1-2 hours. for spectators to give vent to their The first plane for this city was’ feelings. seen city, and shortly afterward 13 had! about 2 o’clock over the Srzanne Lenglen, the French arrived and had settled down on'tennis star, accompanied by Miss the waters of the harbor. The sec-. He'en Wills, of ‘California, were in en squadron, planes, aftern: larges and two other vessels are also en the membegs of her route Sale of lots in Plat Number 1!han Republic. consisting of 12 s due to arrive later this oon. t tender of the squadron to Key West. a | Key West today en route with a party of friends to Havana, Miss, The U. S. S. Wright, Lenglen has been staging a series ;———--———_—____ She and party will spend several days in Havana and later visit other cities in the Cu- of matches at Tampa. of the Meacham Subdivision today | -——__—_______________ totals sales were made to Home seekers | andj and terms are such as to enable any; $57,205, and all of these tourists. The prices person desirous of secvring a lot to do it is pointed out. ready GEIL I IIIS SSE SII ILI ISS SS SS SSS SSSI SSS ES SASSI SIMs «. so in an easy and safe wa: There ai six homes in the subdivis Cedar Closet Lining NO In Bundles of Sa. 666 n, | and a number of other purchasers| MOTHS— TABLETS Liquid-Tablets C OLD s Salve-Noe HEADACHES. Drops Price 25¢ | LPOG IS IIS SSM. Saitttiteaak, El DOOR MATS: Cocoa, 17”x27", IRONING TABLES: 12” wide, N CACR 223: $1.40 48” long, 33° high, each $1.75 & GALVANIZED, 19”x30", at IRONING CUSHION PADS; Full a each . $1.60 size, guaranteed, each 40c a TOILET SEATS: White celluloid CIRCULAR MIRRORS: 14° dia L finish, each $3.25 meter, shock-p f 69 & DESK LAMPS: Stands 11" high a dark greet or mahogan x MAHOGANY finish wood, water finished, Complete with shade 4 proof $2.25 and cord 7S a GALVANIZED WASH TUBs GALVANIZED WATER 8 Guaranteed leak-proof and BUCKETS Ly rust-proof Qt We 4 No.«1 - 70¢ ie 36¢ 4 ; IZ Qt 35e y ne ih 14 Qt 406 s No. 3 85c 16 Q 45 ) > WASH BOARDS, galvanized 35e a NO ROACHES—KEEP YOUR CLOTHES TH Ft. and Grooved PER BUNDLE White and Eliza St reets ity: Partly/sion and off the cloudy tonight and Sunday with coast, overspread | 1.26 inches, Nashville, ‘or snow on the north es SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING CO. “Your Home Is Worthy Of The Best” EE i : E f 3 nay init of the country, Precipitation ge rif. illepel aftinlill inches, and Louisvi le, inches. There have alse to moderate showers in southern Florida, and iF isle Temperatures have West Gulf States, and Mississippi Valley eastward, e: in the south Atlantic and east Gulf States, with freezing in por- tions of the Texas coast and read- ings 10 to 14 degrees be'ow zero in Minnesota. Temperatures have moderated over western districts, H ige except in southern California, where heavy frost was reported again, G. 8. KENNE Official in ©) DY. harge rs COLONIAL HOTEL In the Center of the Business and Theater District First Clase—Pireproot— Garage Popular Prices EM FROM No Br ‘ b $3.75 Phone 598 IA PAAAALZLZLAZLZLALZLL 2 r -