The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 13, 1937, Page 2

use credited to Airport Land and Sea. Consalidation of County and City Government. Air travel is absolutely safe—to those who do not travel that way. Key West is enjoying a little surcease from the bolita playing hab‘t, but it won’t be for long. Key West has only one Love Lane, while London has nine; but .the English metropolis is so much bigger than the Is- land City. “The publishers of “Gone With the Wind” are being sued by ar author who claims infringement on the copyright of her own book. She only asks for $5,006 Gamages per copy so. of “Gone With i.e Wind,” a total of more than six billion dollars. Tolleck, Key West's “..eliable Jewel- fr,” @ constant advertiser in The Citizen, will be interested in a New York watch- tmekers advertixement of 200 years ago: “Watehes and clocks carefully and ex- peditieusly made and mended by Garden Proctor, living in the House Mr. HMemry De Forest rem b fi te Mr. James Daygey's 38 ser aE om that premise. The world has not changed since Phineas T. departed from i. Recently the governor gave orders that gambling houses in Key West be closed, and believe it or not, there are seme people, habitues of bolita playing, whe think the order is a curtailment’ of thelr personal liberties. They want to be suekers and should be left to ply their footie inclinations, but since “there are} wemen and children dependent upon them te be considered the law steps in for their protection. Pauline Nickerson, 8-year-old Chel- sen, Mass, miss, dropped a penny meighborheod slot machine and hit the jackpot. When the proprietor grabbed the money and gave her back only her original penny, she went to the police sta- tien and had him arrested, and the ma- etine confiscated. 1 has been reported te The Citizen that the same thing occur- red here, but that the owner of the place where the one-armed bandit was in a i } in a tien and who was the perpetrator of the despicable deed was nm’ arrested. The exeuse given was that the chi'd was a miner. Since it is illegal for a minor to play the slots, why was he allowed to play; im the first place? | the world, even among supposedly civil- The word “taboo” in its ordinary sense means set apart, or sacred, /and the persons or things so set apart were usually designated by kings, chiefs and priests. Certain periods of religious cere- monies were marked by strict taboos, dur- ing which all fires and lights were extin- guished, no canoe was launched, no one bathed, no dog might bark, no pig grunt, no cock crow. The animals were caused to observe the taboo by having their mouths tied up. In New Zealand the places where great chiefs had rested were taboo or sacred, and fences were placed around the spots, so no one might tread thereon. It was believed that as a penalty for the violation of certain taboos the offend- er would swell up and die, but the priests were able to prevent such dire con- sequences by performing certain mystical ceremonies, for a suitable fee. Violations of a taboo were often punished by death or at least by a sort of judicial robbery, whereby the unlucky violator was despoil- ed of all his property. These are only a few of the in- numerable strange customs associated with the taboo and its attehdant super: stitions. But if we will look around us we may discover beliefs and customs in vogue today which are not far removed from those of the native Polynesians, so far as rationality is concerned. A CHINESE “NEW ERA” Yunnam Province, in isolated south- west China, recently celebrated the arri- val of a good-will motor caravan from ‘Nanking. It might help you to understand some of the problems of China if you learn that the distance is only 2,000 miles but “vaat the arrival of the caravan in twenty- four days was hailed a “the start of a new era in overland travel in China.” What would an American community think of a motor caravan that took nearly three weeks to go two thousand miles? How much difference then is there in coun- tries where such diversity exists? (St. Augustine Record) Russell Kay thinks well of chamber of com- merce work, and that is as it should be. secretary of the Florida Pres; Association knows how important the work of the chamber of com- “merce is, and in getting data for a program re- cently searched through old newspaper files, 10, 20 and 30 years back. One of the things which im- pressed him was the consistently good work of the chamber of commerce. He says: ~ “Following the unbiased record, down thx the years, the part thé chamber of commerce im a commnity’s growth and development is \ PRAISES C. OF C. WORK | The’ clever amazing. “It is the one clearing house for the whole the city whole, and it was interesting to note that it was | community, it’s closest contact with outside world, as it is representative of the as a the courage and faith and vision of those civic leader; of an earlier day who took an active in- terest in the chamber of compnerce, that is largely responsible for the improvements and advantages that are yours and mine today. “In 1916, for example, a group 6f Tampans | sat around a chamber of commerce committée table | and diseussed plans for a highway Tampa and Miami, across the connect | The | to Everglades. same group was working on plans for a cross-state | railroad to connect Tampa and Palm Beach, they | talked of bringing new industries.to the city, im- | proving our harbor. j “Today we ride in comifort aéross thesfamiangi Trail that those men kneweenly 48 a visign’ Ip | air-conditioned Pullman traits we tide from Taye ; to Palm Beach over the railroad those men only } hoped would be built. they talked have come, the cement plant, the can- | ning factories, the railroad shops to employ thou- | Great industries of which | sands of people and increase payrolls. “When your children and mine dig into the archives ten, twenty or thirty years from now, they | will find it was the work we are doing today | through the chamber of commerce and other civic | bodies that gave them greater opportunities and ad- | antages.” eo was made in America in the pre- Volstead days and now back into this country. been stored in the vaults at the custom house. | “IT am being blamed for some-| thing I not only didn’t do but: could not have done,” John Cates; explained to The Citizen in con-| nection with The Citizen’s recent, editorial, about the disappearance of some 250 gallons of liquor while in the custody of Deputy, United States Marshal Van Val- benberg. “Almost everybody in town is picking me as the boot- legger you referred to in your editorial, and I don’t think it is fair, as the whole time I was where there was any liquor there were many people present and I would not have had the chance to get any of the liquor if I had wanted to.” Mr. Cates said that the liquor was being guarded by Hughie Hinde and it would have been impossible for him to have gotten any of it. “I have no known relatives and no property in Florida. I have no permanent home unless I have. found one in the Gulf. I have been in poor health for some time, now my suffering has beeome unbearable and I feel compelled to-end. Please give ‘my suitgase and the contents to the Old Sal- vation Army.” This was the con- tents of the unsigned note found among the effects of an unknown man who leaped from the Steam- ship Cuba while en route from Havana to Key West. Later it was found that a man who gave his name as E. C. Allen was among the passengers. The American Legion team yesterday forfeited the game to it It has Some folks want to git away from | it all but some of them labor leaders. seem to want to git away WITH all. & Em Phipps has gone high hat; Fadia now she says “eyther” and “‘nyther.” a ee wers. the service team by failing to aP-' orate cast to. pear when the game was called. | Florida: was decided that the score was 9’ showers Friday to 0. Following the decision the northwest portion toni Service and Picked teams played’ Jacksonville to Florida an exhibition game which resulted and East Gu'f: Gentle in a 4 to 4 tie. {ate east to south winds, and | Friday with scattered showers. Editorial comment: City plan-' ning or “zoning” seems about to WEATHER CONDITIONS become a reality after ‘several years of waiting. Praise be. The Cuban schooner Carol, al- leged to have been used to smug- gle aliens into the country, which was to have been sold today by Deputy Collector L. T. Bragassa at the custom house, was not dis- _ posed of because of a claim which was entered by the owner, Mr. Bragaisa says that the sale will probably be held May 28. The Cuban Gunboat Cruiser Cuba has been ordered by Presi- dent Machado to come to Key West on May 17 to take back to Cuba the revolutionary immi- grants who live here so that they may go to Havana and enjoy the three day celebration of the silver anniversary of the Republic of Cuba, the date of which is June 30. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Paylor, 1017 | Varela street, announce; the arri- val of a baby boy at the home this. morning. The’ youngster weighs 11 pounds. Interior view of a Liggett & Myers modern leaf tobacco storage warebouse where all tobaccos used in Chesterfield cigarettes are stored to age 2 years or more. Copyright 1937, Lrccerr & Myers Tonacco co, j Pressure is moderateiy low this imorning from eastern Canada southwestwerd and lower Rio Gande Valley; while a moderate} h'gh pressure area is crested over south Atlantic coast districts, and a strong “High” overspreads the Plains States and westward to the middie Pacifie coast. 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