The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 25, 1937, Page 2

SEPR2 PETA Tt ee eM RAL RI RESO BSRTESE OPRETESLE.. Biss a > FILELEBSE ease eesseressge in we id ; SUBSCRIPTION RATES 2 86 ecards of thanks, resolutions of » Will be charged for at by churches from which m forum. and invites, open m and iny iscus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general Sever but it will not publish anonymous coi cations. ‘TED BY THE CITIZEN to complete Road to Main land. §. Pree Port. 4. Hotels and Apartments. 6. Rathing Pavilion. 6 7. Abgort+—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. it is possible te act and to exact. Women trying to reduce are often] papers conducted by the Industrial News poor losers. Labor is worthy of its hire, and it is getting higher, _ Poetors’ bills are seldom as illegible as their prescriptions. Fable: Once upon a time there was « golfer who never had profane thoughts. Suggestion for an original movie plot: A timid little chorus girl who rises to star- dom overnight. This colamn shudders to think what. would happen if mothers were to engage in # sit down strike. The percentage of illiteracy in Rissia is 90 per cent. No place to get out a news- paper—in more ways than one. Making money is difficult but any member of the, family, or casual acquaint- anee, can tell you how to spend it. Werld. War corporals and sergeants have, become dictators, but we have ‘heard of no second lieutenant who made it, In these days the test of an official’s efficiency seems to be the speed with which he can spend the taxpayers’ money. Miss Betty Rine, who. knows her crust, won a cherry pie baking contest in Chi- eago. And probably will not die an old maid, We can't finally determine the cost of the World War until we know how much indemnity Hitler will demand from the Allies. Business men generally have finally come to the conclusion that a Chamber of Commerce is needed to look after business interests of Key West. When a pugilist bragged to his idl that he had put his opponent to sleep in ene round, she suggested that he see what he could do with the baby. Santa Apolonia is the patron saint of toothaches, and her aid is invoked against teothaches by all who believe in saintly intercession for material benefit, but with the latest inventions for painless tooth ex- traction, she will not be bothered in the future with the supplications of millions of dental sufferers. for it confers a sort pt x < re | inthe capture’ of Cadiz, Spaii,, in 1596, some sailors under ‘his “éommand engaged in the pillage of the eily, even making at- tacks upon Spanish women. Twenty-four of the culprits were con- demned to death, but no one wanted to be the executioner. Essex thereupon par- doned one of them, a sailor named Der- rick, in consideration of his hanging the other 23, which he proceeded to do. — Derrick evidently did a good job of it, for upon his return to England he was made hangman at the famed Tyburn pri- son in London. In the meantime Essex had incurred the-disfavor of the queen, and 3 aifeeble attempt te incite a revolution against her. He was tried and condemned to death, ’ On February 21, 1061, ° Hangman Derrick had the painful duty of behead- ing the man who had pardoned him in Cadiz five years before, and he wielded the axe as skillfully as he had hitherto manipulated the noose, But his name became a synonym for a hangman, and by extension to a gallows or other hoisting device. Thus the useful derrick came to be so called. MUNICIPAL OWNERSHIP In a recent poll of country news- Review, the following question was asked: *Do you believe that government or municipal ownership of the electrical in- ‘dustry would give more progressive, more efficient or cheaper service—tax exemp- tion and tax-subsidization of government projects being taken into consideration?” The editors voted as follows: Yes, 168. No. 1,040. : During the 54-year history of the electric utility industry in the United | States and while electric service has been brought to practically every hamlet, vil- hoisting devices also bear the name of “derrick.” How this name came to be ap-| production, th. payment to the gov- ernment of a small portion of the crop as an insurance premium would not be sufficient to prevent the market from being glutted. Therefore he de- ! to establish. $ Late last summer President Roose-;clared that the plan orite of Queen Elbéabeth of iigland, aided Uy caterers cc Carcuhine Wallace} autiae eeued as the result that it was able to present its recommendations to the President more than two weeks before the be- oat of this Lenny tha) Congress iriefly summarized, recommen- hich 4 dation vas that crop insurance should niet they: Rae ane first be tried in connection with one crop such as wheat insurance pre- tmiums would be paid by the farmer in. bushels of vheat which would then be placed in storage by the gov- ernment to be withdrawn only when the crop. happened to be short of normat. in discussing the plan before the convention of the. American Farm Bureau federation, Secretary Wal- lace suggested that crop insurance should be paid only in surplus crop] seasons. jis he contended would tend to seep the surplus of: the mar- ket and s0 wovld prevent tbe ores of the commodity from falling as low as they woula fail if the whole crop| benefits under the plan... were dumped onto the market Crop The Secretary was careful to point] be a out that, if there wer? several con- secutive years of normal or surolus paid. in. (Address questions to the duthor care of this newspaper) IRON LACE (FRONT STREET) A maiden leaned across this balcony And dropped a rose into a lover’s hand— Her dark shaw! framing Latin loveliness She cozyly screened behind a scarlet fan. Now they are gone—for that was long ago. But something of them seems to linger here— . Perhaps she left behind—her Spanish shawl And in the iron, lace ’tis prisoned there. So delicate—I did not dream I'd see— A weather beaten, lacy balcony. .. . —BARBARA GREENE. Key Wect, Fla, | March , 1937. . Barometer 7:30 A. M. today: Sea level, 29.93. WEATHER FORECAST (Till. 7:30 p. m., Friday) Key West and Vie'n’ joudy tonight and Friday; not} change in temperature; mode-ste south and southwest winds, becomirg northerly Fri- Florida: Partly cloudy ton‘ght the jand Friday, with thundershowers | this afternoon or tonisht in cen-| tral »ortion; colder in north and central portions, ~ Jacksonville to ‘Florida Straits 8 } and East Gulf: Moderate south | expenditures, «1.2 crops stored by |and soxchwest winds, shifting to north and northwest o:er north, and central portions tonight and ever extreme south portion Fri- day, and partly overccst weather tonight and Friday with thunder- squal's over central portion this afternoon and tonight, WEATHER CONDITIONS The western disturbance has; moved revidiy eastward, being; central this morning over west- ern Pennsylvania, and pressure low over exstern districts, and: from tue Pacific States southeast- | ward, and pressure is low over} eastern districts, and from the | Pacific States southeastward over the Rio Grande Valley; while a} strong high pressure area has; moved in over the Plains States! One feature of the plan 1s especially the government would not have to would by the farm, board 1 1933. Nor would the processors anyone else need to be taxed to pay urance, if adopted, shouit le to all farmers producing an insured commodity. Itrshould not be used as were the benefits under the original A.A.A. to force compli- ance with a new prograt. for the com- pulsory contro! of agriculture which advocates of regimentation would like Odd dekh hd hd didi didid hididadadadadadededadead lage and city, public ownership has had | ——-~--~-~-- i: eA OES Sayre ample opportunity to demonstrate its effi- ciency and its advantages. A total of nearly 4,000 municipal elec- tric systems have been established at one! time cr another since 1882. The greatest number of municipal electric utilities in existence at one time was 3,077 in the year 1923. But only do not generate their own power but buy it from private companies. _ Today, after years of experience and despite the arguments of the advocates of public ownership only 6.4 per cent of the electricity used by the customers ‘of this country isyjsold by’ municipally owned plants. , Municipal ownership has;failed, after 54 years, to convince the people of the United States that it is necessary or de- sirable. OUR QUEER LANGUAGE In a plan for greater consistency, a spelling reformer has called attention to a few of the many vagaries displayed in English spelling and pronunciation. The sound of long “a,” for example, is represented in many different ways, as a in lady, ai in rain, eign in reign, ay in pay, ei in veil, ey im:theypeye in obeyed, eaiin great, ao,in gaol,au in gauge, ag in| | champagne, aig: im -campaign,. aigh in Other§sounds are represented by an ost equal variety; qf speltings. Words nounce@ alikeyhave different meanings, such as right-rite-write-wright, to-too-two, oh-owe, and many others. Words spelled These peculiarities have to do merely with orthography. When the other in- ‘numerable inconsistencies of the language are considered, the wonder is that anyone | ever learns to speak and write English correctly. As a matter of fact, hardly anyone | | ever does. 1 alike may mean entirely different things, | such as row, bow, lead, saw and so on. | j MY DREAM GIRL Often as I wander Up to some hill top high; 1 sit me down in solitude And gaze up at the sky. And as I sit there, Gazing up on high, I cee your picture painted— As the clouds go drifting by. Your hair is the brightest gold, Your eyes the deepest blue, And your lips and cheeks are painted In the most beautiful hue. Little clouds make the background, Where they form link on link, !While dabbed along the edges I. a smear of rose and pink. No man’s hand has ever painted A picture that could quite compare ‘With the picture of my dreams As I gaze away up there. But the picture fades and is gone— And leaves me seeking in vain, Trying to recapture the spell Of my Dream Girl—once again, —CHARLES COLBERT. Key We.t, oe March 23, 1% SAFEGUARD YOUR VALUABLES Don’t expose your valuables to robbery’ and fire hazards. We have a few safety deposit boxes for rental to those of our clients who desire to use them for the safekeeping of jewelry, deeds, mortgages, life insurance policies, your will or any other securities or valuable documenis, THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST Member of the FDIC sani Member of the Federal Reserve SII IIIIIIOPAIIOIII ISS, ae —S DID LSS ST eh dehedde dred debddedededede | DIGI II IDS SS y Pet ' MOUNT VERNON IVORY fim 16-Pc. Set HOUSEHOLD SCALES: Ac- curate. Weigh up to 25 Ibs. in ounces— EACH -.- $1.25 ~ WATER COOLERS: Bright en- ameled finish. Ivory trimmed in green. 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