The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 8, 1937, Page 2

is to be ved are 5 cents a tine. fanaps and aebjecte of lacal or "a at eK itt net publish anonymous juni- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; never be efratd tw actack wrong or to applaud right; eM ¥eve fight for progress; never be the or- amor the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or ¢luss; always do its utmost for the injustice ; denovi.ce vice and praise virtue; opinions; print only news that will elevate _ IMPROVEME.ITS FOR KEY WEST ADVUCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1, Water and Sewerage. - . @ Bridges to complete Road to Main lund. Pree Port, Hote's and Apartments, Rathing Pavilion, Abourt—Land and Sea, Consélidacion of County and City Governments. errs ad Hats off to Councilmen Delaney and Roberts for their manly stand for the best interests of Key West. Refusal of the city council to sue tax dodgers, (that is those who can pay and refuse) is tantamount to telling all property owners that their delinquency in tax payments is quite all right and they needn't worry. astiaichigtnlcaies Any number of folks came into The Citizen’s sanctum sanctorum last Friday and called attention to what they thought was a peculiar wording of a heading, but when asked how they would word it, not one could accomplish the feat they had icized with such positive ‘levity. A Key Wester came into the office of he Citizen today and suggested we print mames of those city cain who we taxes and then we would have the real m why that body refuses to sue tax dodgers, for if they did sue them the re- Sort would be, why don’t you sue yourself first. In that case the councilmen might “wnswer as did the preacher to his con- gregation: Don't do as I do, do as I say.” Last year The Citizen called attention to the new American institution—the trail- er, and advised Key West to get ready for their influx. The hold these traveling homes on wheels have made on the peo- ple is unbelievable, and as soon as_ the gaps on the highway are spanned by bridges, the trek will be on. Key West will be the mecca for tourists coming down to the sea, not in ships, but in the modern “eovered wagon.” While there is no doubt ‘that_ many property owners could and ‘would pay their taxes if forced to by law to do so, it is also a fact that the economic conditions in Key West are deplorabk and that the Majority cannot pay their taxes, This state of financial affairs in this community is of the most convincing reasons why the iy'and county should consolidate into ene government and thus relieve the over- | property owrers and permit : ‘lv ns again, up private: cha@tity that giving has been generous, however, is money been raised to enable the Red Cross ‘the amounts that have been secured Ad- + ple. -situation everywhere. nothing—to Great Britain, call of the} is giving put an verybody had given by laying the burden entirely upon the government. The fact not enough. The question is, “has enough to perform its task?” Here the answer is negative. Despite borrowing at interest, This re . .ceumulated sa rags This type of ernment financing. has been to. with pride, and apparent icy is to be continued. It me; all those great. institu! < Mave invested all or oes of War : in. government secu: lor and income, have pasa : reduction in their incomes hi source. The reduction in income tram this cause nas aff miral Cary T. Grayson, head of the Red Cross; calls attention to the use of $17,- 000,000 by the Red Cross in 1937 when the Mississippi flood affected 650,000 peo- It is estimated that victims of the present disaster, even based upon figures available last week, will exceed a million romener The need for greater contribu- tions is evident. If there are readers of yank The Citizen who have thus far failed to | Mines foundations in ont make a donation we appeal to them to} out land. is ial ‘send in something to the local Red Cross dintecs a Poe eee Ne oink officials. If there are those who have over a year ago Congress placed heavy tax upon the undistributed in- | given lightly, while having the ability to | come of corporations—that is, x give more generously, we urge them _ to | months we have seen our corporations make a second contribution that will help heavy taxes. These surpluses have. the Red Cross meet the exigencies of the in the past, enabled business enter- prises to grow, to expand, to take ad- vantage of new opportunities, to de- velop new products, to hold on during depressions, and to, keep people em- ployed in hard times. UNSIGHTLY SIGNS During the first three years of the In spite of the widely advertised | c°me Produced paid to workers in- “eode of ethics’ adopted some time ago by the billboard promoters, their habit of defacing the landscape and_ encroaching upon residential sections has been by no means abandoned. Public sentiment has been so aroused in opposition to the billboard nuisance that | . sot which went into business savings fell It should be clear to all that had cor- porations not accumulated surpluses on which to draw, human suffering would have been much greater than it was. Today, we are seeing these savings (Address questions to the author care-of this newspaper) insurance companies, hospitals, ¢ol- pay out their surpluses to avoid these | bas Pr depression the percentage of total in-|, creased from 63.6 to 80; the percentage | * from a plus 2.3 down to a minus 24.2, | to hig! toward a wide dis- | tribution of saving capacity is desir- phils aie to pine i é ings Oy! irom soi our increased incomes are de- ri a national committee for the restriction of outdoor advertising is making a vigorous campaign against the unsightly signboards, which glare at one on every hand. Among the organizations cooperating with this committee are the General Fed- eration of Women’s Clubs, the Garden Clubs of America, the National Conference of State Parks, the American Society of Landscape Architects, historical societies, automobile associations, nature societies WHAT At the end of Life's lon, You alone shall pay the Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 1, 1937. PRICE Laugh at life, play, be merry, forget good for bad, Pawn your soul for a little fun, were you ever sad? journey Did you cheat, did you play fair? Laugh at»life. be carefree, selfish if you care, price, | .-ALBERT C, KEITH. MU and others interested in the preservation of outdoor beauty, i Appeals are being made to advertis- ers direct. It is being pointed out that an offensive advertising sign makes _ ill-will for the advertiser and tends to hurt rather than help his business. If outdoor advertising were confined to the business sections of cities and towns, and eliminated from residential districts and highways, there would be less cause for complaint. In a tongue that all can ith men in heigh share the dwelling And litts itself unto the Upon the battlefield whe: O’er the din of busy rh I speak—and men sp {ANOTHER EPIC FLIGHT i Wherever one jmay gos For I am_everywhere,* 1—AM—MUSIC! p Three years ago.a squadron of six Key West, Fla. naval planes made a mass flight from Cali-| Feb. 3, 1937... fornia to Honolulu. sic undérstand 1 speak—of love and hate; of life and death; Ot joy and fear; of hope and deep despair : ts of power and wealth, of the humbleet beggar: within cathedral walls is heard, throne of God: re death and horror stalk, Men have heard me speak in accents clear: jes, In the quiet of the wil@s, ik through me, O¢ their dreams,’ theirghopes, their lives. there—I will be found, gard in every sound, —REGIN. Last month twelve huge naval air- planes, carrying eighty men, jumped the 2,553 miles from San Diego to Pearl Har- bor in a little less than twenty-two hours. 1587 j ago) Mary, The flight was safely completed, not- {Queen of Scots (Maty Stuart) be- withstanding the fact that the squadron! headed. ran into a heavy storm. “We hit winds on : 3 a 1792-—Died—aged 69, Hannah every side,” said one of the officers. “At;Sne1, noted in history for having 9,000 feet we hit a whirl of wind that threw |*¢'ved five years in the English es under fire, her is in search of a husband and quit us up like a toy balloon.” The airships climbed up into the air and over the re- mainder of the sterm. Feats likg these,reassure us that aerial} 18 navigatione-*hass*been “successfully u bags : i ie é avine as it |@adority of the electoral votes for quered. Thig flight is encouraging as it} \Vi-. president, the Senate, ac- follows the logs of séveral trans-continental | cording to law, decided the issue passénger planés.within .the. past few |and voted him Vice President— vienthe : jonly instance in history of re | kind. | | what : | incorporated in W -Richard M. Johnson of con- | Kent y, having failed to receive 1910—Boy Scouts of America ngton, D. C. 1920—Berlin indignantly an- |swered “impossible” the Allies’ News is what is printed, happens. not Walter Runciman, president of the ‘wired command that Germany sur-] Board of Trade of Great Britain, came render her 800-odd “war culprits” over from England and saw the president |‘°" tva!. at the White House, to tell him that our} 4936 Middle West from Illin- neutrality law was no good. We saioan os to the Rockies crippled by bliz- wi r. Runciman that the law is worth |24"¢—10th anneal Gongress of the oad i. aw 'Society of Militant Atheists opens in Moscow, this} coe Dr. Ss es, president emeritus of the University of Ro- chester, N. Y., born in Chicago, | IIL, 77 years ago. Charles H, Dennis, éditor emer- itus of the Chicago Daily’ News, born at Decatur, LIL, 77-years ago. Prof. Maud Slye of the Univer- sity of Chicago, noted, patholog’st, born in Minneapolis, 58 years ago. | Frank E son, Vice president of the National Broadcasting ; Company, New York, born ni Mi!- |waukee, 44 years ago. Dr. Melville F. Coolbaugh, pres- ident of the Colorado School of Mines, born at Coolbaugh, Pa., 60 years ago. | King Wallis Vidor, movie pro- | ducer, born at Ga'veston, Tex., 42 years ago. Baron Lionel Rothschild, of the English house of the name, (born 69 years ago. The Citizen—20c Subscribe to \ weekly, head | He Fea F “Members of the Board of Fire Control, of the Everglades Drain-| age District of Fiorida, will hold a meeting at the county court house tomorrow morning 10 o'clock. He They will hear complaints and’ Fmake adjustments with respect to, the classification of lands ip lessen sav- | ‘| preparation of the budget for fire protection in the Exerglades dur- ing the present year. W. A. Dutch and Albert Johnstad, .officials of the board will attend . Effective work by Congressmen). H. J. Drane and W. J. Sears, both of Florida, and H. T. Rainey of Illinois, seems to have stopped the _..| drive to flood the United States | with Cuban made which cigars iqusly cripple the cigar manu- facturing industry in the United Catel FIPIZLIPZLAZLZALAPLLZALAEA AAA AA AAA L ALA Ed dE be 7 7 States, and especially in Key West. and Tampa, A's stated in weeks’ issue of Labor, Congress- man Green of Iowa, attempted to!’ tush through a bill removing the last MUST MAKE ROOM FOR NEW STOCK ORDERED 45 tb WEIGHT BULLSEYE ROOFING $1.80 Por Rel. co ae 23 ROLLS ON HAND—PRESENT STOCK ONLY ~ Bridge Lamp . . . . . $1.69 48” HIGH—ATTRACTIVE SHADES—ALL DIFFERENT MANTEL CLOCKS|MEDICINE CABINETS Spe ae aueal ALL METAL 50 HOUR LEVER MOVEME Coco voyage BEAUTIFUL MAHOGANY | 15%4"x11". 4” DEBE FINISHED CABE ALL MIRROR DOOR Each . . $3.75|\ Each. . . $2.25 “LET US HELP YOU ON YOUR ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WE CARRY A COMPLETE LINE OF ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES SUCH AS CONDUIT BX CABLE, RUBBER COVERED WIRE. 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