The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 30, 1937, Page 2

Manager | West, Florida, as second clase matter YRan Ci... a ‘Press Press is exclusively entitied to use oe Siagatches credited to in paper and also 2.50 5 AN reading notices, east not ez de of tharss, resolutions of ~ Will be charged for at churches = which a . ————— ee ‘MPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main Nanat Pree Port. Hetels and Apartments. Rathing Pavilion. Agort: Land and Sea. Wonselidation of County and City Government. - > se eee ty ee The closed-mouth individual doesn’t Make many enemies, nor many friends, either. Seandal never keeps to the truth, but distorts it and readily believes the worst reports. Lets of fellows would like to be presi- dent of the United States, for no other reason than to be able go on frequent fishing trips. ; ‘The first attempt to stage a snake fight in Ocala was a washout, says the J times-Union. Evidently the washout gave *the snakes their chance to slither away. The lambs got a shearing close to the ekin in Wednesday's stock market, and the wool will be used again to pull over _ the eyes of others awaiting in the sham- “bles for their turn to be slaughtered, Havana has held its first Safety Week. It is remarkable that there are no "more accidents in the Cuban capital when eonsidering the furious pace and _hap- *heeeard manner the jehus drive their fotingos. Seren The 900 wine buyers who left the United States some time ago at the in- vitation of French wine growers are not making a hit with their hosts, who claim that the Americans are doing “more sip- ping than shipping.” When the Overseas Highway is com-| pleted, the 10,000 expatriated Key West- ets seattered over Florida and the rest of the country because of the economic con- Gitions prevalent here, will be given the opportanity to visit the old home town, end many of these will again take up their residence to remain permanently if ex- pectations develop. A plan is being advocated to have the ; state own the slot machines, Since it is; thought they cannot be eliminated ab-} solutely, these devices of the devil should} de their devilment for good causes. The! plan is to bave the state own the machines | outright and take 20 per cent on annua’! gross “take’’, estimated to yield $10,006,- 000 net, from a gross that shou!d total $50,- 000,000. A bait of 30 per cent is dangled before the 67 counties of the state to make them see the light, with an added 10 per cent for their charities. The remaining | 40 per cent is to be dished out to the mer- | chants of the state as a bonus. This is ene of these schemes by which the lesser of two evils is chosen, but like perpetual } motion it car)ot be made to work. | — Few women have attained exceptional eminence in the scientific world, par- ticularly in the field of original research. | An amazing exception was Marie Sklo- dowska Curie, co-discoverer of radium, who died in France in 1934 at the age of 66. She was unquestionably the greatest woman chemist and physicist who ever! lived. | Mme. Curie was born in Warsaw, Po- land, and was a pupil of Pierre Curie in Paris before their marriage, In 1898, while experimenting with radioactive sub- stances in their laboratory they discovered | and isolated the powerful element to! which they gave the name of radium. For | this epochal discovery the Curies were awarded the Nobel prize in physics in 1903. For achievements in chemistry Mme. Curie was again given the Nobel prize in 1911. Her husband was killed in an accident | in 1906, after which she succeeded him as | chief professor of physics in the University of Paris. She visited America a few years ago and was acclaimed by scientists and the public. | { { i | During her years of experimenting | with radium, Mme. Curie, like numbers of | others who have worked with this power- | ful and dangerous substance, suffered | from its effects, which contributed to the illness which caused her death. Thus she belongs to that noble band of martyrs who have sacrificed themselves for the benefit of humanity. SIDELIGHTS By MARCY B. DARNALL, Former Editor of The Key West Citizen Robert Benchley, the humorist, thinks his Harvard class of 1912 turned out poor- ly, as it has produced only one Bishop of | Albania; 72 per cent of the class haven't | got $3,000,000 to their name today; 91| per cent can’t juggle, and there hasn’t been a single President States in the lot. of the United | Illustrating America’s changed atti- tude toward women, Collier’s reminds us that up to about 1885 few respectable | hotels would allow unescorted women to} register, while as late as 1890 few first- | class restaurants would serve them after; 6 p. m. } i | Among the tongue-trippers which | were the undoing of finalist contestants in } the recent Tennessée state-wide spelling | bee were these words: Iridescent, phrase. ology, cataclysm, pusillanimous, hetero geneity, ichthyology, phalanx, chaparral, | and obsequies. | RN | Another of life’s little ironies was re- | corded in a recent dispatch from London which told of A. P. Sullivan, a World War | hero, who won the Victoria Cross, highest } British military decoration, for gallantry | in action. He was killed when run over | by a bicycle. | Carl Sandburg, the poet, hasn't en- | tirely lost faith in the human race, but | nevertheless has his misgivings. He s “T have less hope of the educated clas but.am not afraid of the young people. 1 can name more fools among the young, but : I can name more hypocrites and pretend- | ers among the old.” Well, Carl, wasn’t it | always that way? H Heartless legislators are after the | ladies again. Representative Overstreet has introduced a bill in the Florida Legi lature abolishing the right to sue for dam- ages on account of alienation of affe tions, breach of promise, or seduction, by females 18 years old or older. What could an honest gold-digger do under such law? a: Arvid Kvist of Winter, Wis., believes he has hung up a record as a consumer of ! pancakes, having stowed away 36 in 61! minutes in a recent contest. His father was runner-up, putting away 28 in the! same length of time. The diameter and | thickness of the flapjacks was not dis- closed in the news item recording Arvid gastronomic feat. j The little roo THE KEY WEST CITIZEN LOVE MY WIFE—BUT OHI YOU KIDI THE LITTLE RED HEN id the littie red rooster, “Gosh all hemlock; things are tough, cems that worms are getting scarcer, and I cannot find enough. Ww become of all those fat ones is a mystery to me; There were thousands through that rainy spell but now where can they be?” Tks I'ttle red hen who heard him didn’t grumble or comp'win, She had gone through lots of dry spells, she had lived through floods o in: fo she f up on the grindstone, and she gave her claws a whet, As she said, ‘I’ve never seen the time there were no worms to get.” She pcked a new and undug spot; the earth was hard and firm; jeered, “New ground! That’s no p'ace for a worm.” The little red hen just spread her feet, she dug both fast and free, “I must go to the worms,” she said, “the worms won’t come to me.” The rooster vainly spent his day, through habit, by the ways Where fat worms had passed in squads, back in the rainy days, When nightall found him supperless, he growled in accents rough, “I’m hungry as a fowl can be, conditions sure are tough.” He turned then to the little red hen and said, “It’s worse with you, For you're not on'y hungry but you must be tired too. I rested while I watched for worms, so I feel fairly perk, But, how are you? Without worms too? And after all that work?” The little red hen hopped to her perch and dropped her eyes to sleep. And murmured, in a drowsy tone, “Young man, hear this and weep, I'm ful! of we and happy, for I’ve died both long and well, The worms are there, as always—but I had to dig like H - - I!” ANONYMOUS. BRIDGE FOR ONIONS | UNUSUAL PEDESTRIAN BER city ha ever the Nile River, LIN.—A contractor of this agreed to build a bridge at Samanoud, ly to blame,” said Nathan Shapiro Egypt, in exchange for $175,000 worth of onions and $551,610 in cash, an automobile. Police gazed. in amazement at this kind of pedes- trian. ELECTRIC COOKERY IS THE WORLD’S MOST MODERN METHOD OF PREPARING FOODS NOW IS THE TIME for you to install an elec- tric range in your home. There will be no cost for installation, and monthly payments are less than SEVEN CENTS A DAY. SWITCH TO BETTER COOKING by having ene of cur GENERAL ELECTRIC RANGES put in today. With our ALL ELECTRIC RATE you will find electric cooking to be the cheapest fuel you can use. It ‘fast, clean, cool and eco- nomical. : is We give you an al- lowance of $20.00 for your old equipment, and remember that the pay- ments are less than SEVEN CENTS A DAY THE KEY WEST ELECTRIC COMPANY him! there- been collected to keep them burn- Snually about ee . Wert. ing for six months, it was said. ' . Discounts for advance payments John Ray, charged with assault cut the costs considerably, with intent to murder, was yes Py lights cost 35 a pole each month to bound over umier bond wy LOGAY'S Horoscope and are paid for with donations Judge Hugh Gunn before whom a) from the business men 0! held. F he lcity. Additional funds must be Pre nary a ee Feed — me poo ty =< jraised by July 1 if they are to be Suber four times at Bahia Mendai”* may » 7S = kept burning after that date. “on April 16. Suber was on dulgence, eS sana Rg Sen __ ‘speeder with Foreman Ray and Proceeds. climes George O. Lucas, superin- several others when an alterca- is rather idle, bet in these bere jtendent of the meter department tion started between Ray and inte in the doy & Gker o& « of the Key West Electric com- guper, Ray ordered Suber to leave .¢, oo os nh © . o- ‘pany, who attended the short the speeder and as he was leaving ae ond .. course for electric meter men at shot him once in the arm. He With ott 8 foe fortes the University of Florida, - April leaped to the ground and while gto day for any profess'on. 18 to 23, was elected p/esident running Ray shot him in either s of the Florida Meter Men's Asso- leg and in the back. He was: Capt. W. H. (Buck) Levhe, @& ‘ciation. The association is com- brought to Key West and 1 piver pilot, ond mbore | posed of meter men from the vari- in g hospital and has’ rev:ained hin family have operated packet ous electric companies throughout thore since. boats on the Missieippt for 1 the state who have been taking ea ae | ‘advantage of the short courses of-: | fered by Florida University which j has been provided for the past few years. For the past four jyears Mr. Lucas has been attend-| jing these courses and was up un-| til his eleetion as president vice-| | president of the organization. | : Nineteen quarts of liquor new Ford car were seized night at Trumbo Island by Custom L. gi < fietal. The man giving his name as Dr. Harry C. Maine and claiming: | Binghemton, N. Y., as his home,! jand was charged with passing a! | Worthless check was bound over’, this morning at a hearing before’ Judge Hugh Gunn. When seen SAFEGUARD YOUR VALUABLES Don’t expose your valuables te robbery and fire hazards. We have a few safety deposit boxes at the county jail yesterday the! | prisoner refused to talk to a Citi-| ;zen reporter. It has been ascer-| tained that the prisoner saw ac- }tual service over seas and is suf- fering from the result of wounds | received and is in a serious condi-| for rental to those of our clients whe desire te use them for the safekeeping of jewelry, deeds, mortgages, life insurance policies, your will oF any other securities or valuable documenta, MINNEAPOLIS, — “I’m entire-} of this city after he was hit by! tion. 1 The new program of garbage collection goes into effect Mon- This day. announcement ‘was THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST imade this morning at a special |meeting of the council. Seven Member of the FDIC trucks, and sometimes eight will be out in use. Roy J. Lewin, who has been in charge of the opera-' tions for several months will re-| main in charge. He is to draw; a maximum of $2,000 per month Member of the Federal Reserve 150 FT. 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