The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 24, 1937, Page 2

mately 100,000, was the scene of only one murder in a whole year. : . In the United States there are on an average approximately 10 murders each year out of each 100,000 population, while in the cities of Memphis, Jacksonville and ‘Birmingham the annual rates during the past 10 years has averaged nearly 60 mur- +i ders per 100,000, or 60 times that of ‘| In spite of the earnest efforts of so- ciologists and publicists to determine the cause and suggest a remedy for the de- plorable crime situation, little headway | has been made in that direction. Attempts to explain crime as an after- | math of the war fall flat when it is con- sidered that the homicide rate in England, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and other English-speaking coun- | tries averages only about one-tenth that of the United States, yet all these were in the war from beginning to end and suffer- ed from its effects immeasurably more than we did.’ It is declared by a reputable writer that only one murderer out of 160 is ex- ecuted in New York, while 70 out of 100 are hanged in London. This may have h something-to do with our high murder |: rate. SIDELIGHTS sen ents Seat of to re- enomena. There were out-/ lieve congestion in the district and Pl pero the Court in the time | circuit courts. Doubtless, justice could of Jefferson and of Jackson. At the|be administered more efficiently if time of the Dred Scott decision in| a proctor should be appointed to help 1857, the justices were subjected to} the Supreme Court su ise the severe criticism. And so it has been | business of the lower since, Whenever the Court has hand- | wise, the proposal to speed up ap- ed down a decision contrary to the | peals to the Supreme Court on ques- tions of, const rationality sans to be imendable. Incidentally, it is very y t re in QGes- rts to ‘of laws, WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; never be efraid te attack wrong or to applaud right; sways fight for progress; never be the or- gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class; always do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or ‘njostioe; denounce vice and praise virtue; ‘ommend good done by individual or organ- feation; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate Officers of the sheriff's force report making three raids yester- day for violations of the liquor laws. Liquor was found-in the his friends numbering 150, house. operated by a woman called Mildred, at the corner of Pe-! tronia and Thomas streets. She put up a-cash bond of $100 for, or her appearance at a preliminary! A; gift hearing to be held before Judge: ; Mrs. Willard Whitmarsh in thei? - pian args he returns from | home Hs 314 Elizal ; The | th hott! any, s rs stitutionsl Sigal he ie bold’ as to throw out any of' tte ey: A. Philadelphia to Key West! easures such as theNiR:A: or the | the dower courts is merely, in the in- |... P ? , ‘and not-contaminate the reader; never com> measures such as the Nt that the | erett of eftclency, Clearty: the rece [light is being planned for the! CONDENSED STATEMENT OF COMMISION GP id promise with principle. President and, Congress woul, te; Lommendaticn that bew jing uele | ivy department fa whlch | two THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK chad te toack” oy Nene. ; pe ; By MARCY B. DARNALL, to it enough ‘new justices to insure the Supreme Court, unlens, thowe Suse soda, bit mse sac co cut py rern OF KEY WEST jf iti oi who are now over se vol- ‘ i Former Editor of The Key West Citizen ep sored fips that the Court |untarily retire, is. designed te pack the coast line all the way making! as at the close of business December 31, 1936, . Napoleon, an 8-ye ld hi ai in no wise iphoeaces bx. — Hace Court with pro-New Deal mem- | many pictures en route. From} Comptrolier’s Cail be IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ’ “Year-Old horse Owned | threats. Taking the view thet wert | bers, ace Philadelphia‘ to this city photo-1 RESOURCES ; interpret the Consti-| The six justices wh Id be “ ; 4 ADVOCATED By THE ciTizen || PY Rolla E. Barnhart of Brazil, Ind., had | Pum un We fotiow the elec: | fected ‘are McReynolds, Sutheriand, | &raphs will be made of the light-| {oats sok Tevenenel +. snes a2 I bi the fi i tion returns, the highest tribunal of | Butler, Van Devanter, Brandeis, and | houses on the coast. ad : gee le rip in - stable 4s the land has ruled unconstitutional | Chiet Justice Hughes. ‘The reason for | | nae trated 90,000.46 (ee e1 and apparent m re i New Deal procedures ou! @ proposal to get the be sears, = pare - t 1, Water and Sewerage. a rk y came to regard. this] surteco wow pov, tana disposed of Loe ts oteetithele eoiee it Was ety 1c Eaicorial comment: ‘The visit! Other Bonds and Sécuri- ; © Grbdnes to complete Read to Mai priority as a vested right. When his own- | up to this writing. Nor were most of | on, is to be found in theit records in | and entertainment here of direc-| Meas. ee? ve 171,800.16 ms COR vad h q these decisions by five to four votes |-relation to the New Deal. Out of |tors of the U. S. Chamber of! Stock of the Fed Re- er happened to feed another horse first a k feral tand as many people erroneously believe. | twenty decisions, Justice McReynolds | Commerce and of ° 250 golfers! ated 4,500.00 ; t fe. days ago, Napoleon bit off Barnhart’s | In fact. there have been only two five | has found the New Deal unconstitu- : at Tem: Sobaan. eae & Pree Port : to four votes against Federal laws|tional in eighteen cases: Justices {from the middle west, cannot fail’ smporney si 5 left ear and ate his cap. enacted since Mr. Roosevelt took of- | Sutherland, Butler. and Van Devant- |to prove a big boost for the Is-! posit Insurance Fund 591.84 4 4 Hotels ana Apartments. —— ce. (sink bagi Aiba ce pare per ghco ‘Sgainat the New land City. i United Fee ¢ tte ar A ’ . A th - i n justi randeis, i & Rathiag Pavition, = menasbeee of St. John’s Epis-| ing gown important decisions invali- the liberal. has jeemed the Bot aed oc ea Tect’ audios” telly co) ii i | dating key New Deal measures, a | velt program unconstitutional in nine v Pp e over oO © Afoort—Land and Sea, De eminem Betenuton, Be. 2, are ob storm began to break over the heads | cases: while ‘Chief Justice Huzhes | Sheriff Cleveland Niles last night.| Cask phi dan teen Bake geueeaan 979,051.88 7. Conselitat'on of County and City st sabe Lent, their rector, the Rev. Richard of the Justices. Uncomplimentary, te hasibeen agsinet the pfogram in thir. |) —___"_ Seer] (eeteonmenss. Mortimer-Maddox, will perform an un-| men.” who were alleged to be view- | | Thinking people must condemn this MAN, THIN AS RAIL, IRON i * il ini it a ial and omic prob- | proposal to make the Constitution, ! Spebiadia vshrsen se " apes ar lems through spectacles made in the | through judicial interpretation, ft the GIVES PEP AND WEIGHT | Capital ao a ig any Sermons during the period | “horse and buggy days.” lew . Cannot the New. Deal “I was tired, run-down and thinj Surplus, a Correct this sentence: > “I-get” along |'or the feast. 6 8 During the 1935 and. 1936 sessions.| made to fit the Constitution? as a rail. Since taking Vinol Deposits ....--. » with women easily because I understand eee ie (Address questions to the author care of this newspaper) | — I acid Bory ta ie ” Salt Lake i i 7 BOIS See peered PTS eaters a iad aR ad nS . jter an ave gainers —! Ai them. Pee = ty: _ are eying A. Cromberg. Vinol is delicious. | Member of Federal Reserve System a nda beara pac om $15 and a watch EATHER | eeeoccecoce eeceeeees | Oriental Pharmacy. i Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation were stolen a few days ago. When ar- j 7 j aren Secs _-_—_eo - If those who have swelled heads : HE iToday’s Birthdays foe em = = - . rested on suspicion, Arthur Ellison con- ! . ‘ think it is oe growing, they have} ¢...04 the theft, but was unable to tell the | S¢***@eeeeeereesesoooses see ccccccecccccccccecees SIO I IIIS Saw: MO 4 Krhenhentrthahadadaadads.) another guess i name or address of his victim. The lady ijenet g' Robert P. Skinner of Massillon, : 3 ¥@ oe: # Fy ex : bind } had neglected to report her loss to the | powest .9 Ohio, Ambassador to Turkey, born = ; i , a tt has been decided to sell the state | authorities, | Mean S 2|at Massillon, 71 years ago. ae tn, t tadio station to private owners, Its up- Ww althat Alice a | Normal Mean BF ne tae wee Galicns ; : e read that Alice Foresgren, former Rainfall* r. Leo Wolman, Columbia keep was too WRUF on the taxpayers, North Dakota beauty parlor operator, is Yesterday's Precipitation .01ins,'Univ. professor of economics, iv .05 Ins, .| born in Baltimore, 47 yecrs ago. a now running a barber shop in Bethel, Alaska, where she charges $5 to shave Mary Astor, the movie actress, has John Dickinson of Philadelphia, MADE OF PURE WHITE PINE. SUB- ters, in Washington, D. C. The bride- | WEATHSMOFORECASTIA W | f,, professor of English litera- been —™ again. Now she can write] the “sourdoughs.” In other words, when Sun rises . a. m./ former assistant U. S. attorney STANTIALLY CONSTRUCTED. smother name in her diary, not her hus-| Alice g hi hi Sun sets p. m,} general, born at Greensioro, Md., ice gets through them they are not k iss 32” HIGH band’s. only shaved but skinned. es rises p. m.| 43 years ago. . . Moon sets a. m.! eae SARS Ful! moon, 25th a. m.! Dr, Herbert S, Dickey of New 99, 9 With « “rubber stamp” Congress, it Some years ago'Philip.and. Neno Bel- ‘Tomorrow's Tides l wore Sanistac aeanlieitres bere 1oreapyi\ se eee F i» but natural that the president bene lante, twin brothers, vowed they never M. P.M.! steHichland Falls, N. Y., 61 years | 14x54” 2.80 q on reach out for more power, ana| WU! marry except in a double wedding. | # raft tae a er : SBE EMME SR Ter j obtain it, — Recently they fulfilled their vow by mbitry | bees iso a cous: | BATT Hil gah IRONING TABLE PADS -..0.c.c00--- 40 i i i: 4 f 3 Ls r pen’ Chase of Smit aes jay Fanny and Frances Bridbet, twin s $ea level,’ 30.00: che pr cecesiberg —_ GEG MGR as aoe fs mee } You can get a majority of the people te vote for any measire that distributes favers far enough. That was eminently demonstrated in the recent national elec- tien. grooms are 27, the brides 18. The numerous attempts to take the life of former King Alfonso XIII of Spain are recalled by the recent death in a Bar- celona insane asylum of Eduardo Farras, cloudy tonight and Thursday; not! wo2 004 tke, born at Blue Hill, Maine, 50 : ont Till_7:30 p. m., day) ; J Y@Prs ago much change in temperature; gen-! of the Georgia Power Company, tle winds, mostly southeast and!born at Savannah, 66 years ago. i Preston S, Arkwright, president Cast Iron Kitchen Ware south. ; | Florida: Mostly cloudy tonight! Sir.Samuel Hoare, , Britain’s and Thursday, probably occasion-! First Lord of the Admiralty, born in a al rain in north portion; no decid-|°7 Y°a"s 489. Neither ruler was injured. 1 HEAVY IRON SKILLETS, 11” IN DIAMETER, 214” DEEP, CORN STICK PANS. 11 STICKS who 32 years ago threw a bomb at th' - y' Zo w a bomb at the car. TO PAN .... 85c riage in which the then king and Presi- dent Loubet of France were riding Paris street. Maving read that an author earned $500,000 from a book we have about de- cided that we should write a book. Upon second thought we believe it advisable to BREAKFAST SKILLETS. DI- VIDED INTO FIVE COM- ed change in temperature. in DUTCH OVENS, 8 QT.. CAP. let the other fellow do it. After all what are property rights but human rights. The right of possession is a It had to happen, and why not in Chi- cago? The first reported trailer wedding, with the minister standing in the bath tub, the bride and grc om squeezed between the Jacksonville to Florida Straits and East Gulf: Light variable winds, mostly southerly, and most- ly overcast weather tonight and} Thursd: with occasional rain nessee, Arkansas, Georgig and ex- treme southern Florida, the amounts being generally _ light. Temperatures have risen in the South Atlantic and B§st Gulf States; while elsewhere changes ions of New Eng'and, Ten-| | ; PARTMENT S 2. $1.00 Aluminum Ware HEAVY TOF’ ......... human right and it is the duty ofthe gov-| stove and the refrigerator, the maid of jover extreme north portion, have been meneraly sigs me nmment * i i we ‘ 2 jreadings near or above norma ee 7 — only om thet no one is deprived of} honor sitting on the bunk and the best Wik aqticenconsiniGns aaroaghout tha eae EGG POACHERS. POACHES,4# EA KETTLES. CAST ALUMI- . Property man standing on the rear step. ee oe z G. S. KENNEDY, EGGS AT A TIME $1 35 NUM. WILL LAST A LIFE tection of ownership and not for pb ES Pressure is moderately low this Official in Charge. aso sae i TIME, 5-QT. $4.78 or destruction. . Alton Warfel of Ansonia, Conn.,{™°rning from the Lake region) ~~~ ; Me te F é ous **\ eastward over the north Atlantic y SR CONVEX KETTLE WITH Public affairs throughout'thé Unj States are administered by. io Ba 176,000 separate federal, state, and local governmental agencies, according to a re- port made by the national resources com- mittee to the President last July. It is enid that the least governed are the best governed and the above statement | indi- cates that we are overgoverned and there- fore not well governed. Our trouble is that we are overmanned end underman- aged. knocked a man down with his car, but no damage was done except the breaking of a pint bottle of whisky in/the pedestrian’s hip pocket. Refusing to tell his name, the man merely asked for $1.25 to replace the whisky and went his way. Nicholas G. Barbella is a man of ex- cellent taste. In fact, his sense of taste is so good that he is employed to check the work of 20 foot-tasters in the pure food laboratories of the Department of Agri- culture, | States, in the Appalachian region, West ‘Gulf States, and on the north Pacifie coast, Chicago, Ill, 29.72 inches, Wytheville, Va., 29.84 inches, Brownsville, Texas, 29.86 inches, and Roseburg, Ore- 0 inches; while pressure es relatively high over the Florida peninsula, Tampa, 30.04 inches, and a high pressure area, crested over midwestern Canada, overspreads the Rocky Mountain and Plains States, Williston, N. | D., 30.22 inches. Precipitation has occurred since yesterday morning from the Lake region southward} over the Appalachian region, and | Boston, New York, Miami, Jacksonville, Galveston, New Orleans and Beyond From Key West alternate Fridays From New York every Tuesday From Boston every Saturday From Jacksonville, Miami anc New Orleans every two weeks CLYDE-MALLORY C. E. SMITH, Agent Key West, Fla. | COVER. 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