The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 28, 1937, Page 2

at only 15,000 of the 55,000 the Valencia territory comes word that, lacking necessary aircraft, the gov- ernment was unable to make a military manoeuvre to assist the Basques. less local story? Durin’ the late legislative ses- sion I wes too busy ploughin’ thru a lot of politcial war news. Franco’s air forces have been quadrupled in the past few months and that the con- tinuance of the war depends upon the as- | sistance that Germany and Italy may ren- der to the rebels in the future. Newspaper ‘men tell of an impending offensive by the government, which will make serious at- tacks on not less than three fronts. n. neo telegraphed © Premier news of Bilbao’s. capture, uest that “in giving news of this success to the Emperor” to extend “to him the best wishes of the Spanish people and Gen. Franco.” In Rome the Italian dictator telegraphed his congratulations and the aeronautical prize for the year was awarded Lieut. Adriano Mantelli, the “Ttalian ace of the Spanish air corps” who has brought down twenty-two planes. Bilbao’s fall “was hailed throughout Italy as a victory for Italian Fascist arms,” says another correspondent writing from Rome. Regardless of the-nature of the strug- gle between contending Spanish forces, on which opinions naturally differ, there can hardly be any excuse forthe participa- alain tion of Italy and Germany in the warfare. Water and Sewerage. The New Statesman, of London, publishes Bridges to complete Road to Main- ‘the report of a special correspondent, who land. spent three weeks in Bilbao. He reports local items in strte papers, tut of the way, I draped my hind iegs over the corner of the desk and picked tp a copy Haven Democrat an’ in’ a couple of columns of . tts vas gon’ on in Lake always fight Zor progress; never be the or- Eatgrotbe. mouthpiece of any person, clique, faetion or class; always do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or commend good done by individual or organ- ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never eom- promise with principle. men that made the Spanish War and the steel strike look like 2@ Peace Conference. | a guy just naturally took his life in his hends hea he ventured oui bass out there, he said, would flip trcir tals and swamp the boat- They sm.sked yar tackle then played leap-frog over pads and gave you the grand rasp- kerry. fish that weighed less than ten, pounds and they weve considerin"! equippin’ their boats with trailers in order to bring back the day's catch. Well, I picked up a couple more IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN it was no isc. I just had to quit and go hon:e and psck my fishin’ tackle in the exr, zet out my old clothes, bid the family a font farewell and herd in the general direction of Moore Haven. ~ I storped in LaFelle where I found K't Bowden humped over a linotype svind'n’ out another mest of vicious fish tales for) j readers 0° tre Hendry County} | News, and he swore tae . stories were all trrejénty the half hade’t been told! “ Red Edverton of the Western the arrival of numerous German airplanes. flying from Berlin to Seville, via Rome. An Italian soldier, captured, told of 1,200 troops arriving in one boat and the re- porter tells of the sudden appearance of | twelve-inch guns on the Bilbao front three months after the twenty-seven powers signed the non-intervention agreement. Free Port. Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. What is needed most during the pres- ent labor crisis is back-bone in public men, —craven and false‘to their public oaths. |Newspazer Union bicw into town ; Sea. In an effort to stimulate the interest begposaeentise se aod The Citizen weleomes Rev. 0. C. | of the American people in historic objects, | trip for us, sending his pest line" Howell, newly appointed pastor of Ley | Such were placed on the duty-free list by |type operator, Pope, along to act Memorial church, to Key West, and wishes | an act of Congress in 1906. The plan has oe oe — ' for him a pleasant stay. not worked out so well, and now the {named Me, who certainly knew] ES SRE Sat Bt BEETS Treasury Department is advocating the | his stuff. . oak . ‘We all piled in the car and The newly created Chamber of Com- | imposition of a duty again. Lcortedieat in tomas Fiaier: Camp; merce is really filling a long felt want, It is declared that between 75 and 80 | where you get boats, kickers and! and the benefits that will be derived from.} per cent of so-called antiques imported in- |block and tackle if necessary. On| its work are incalculable. * | to the United States during the last 30 / ie Nay out there was flock of) ¥, FEE See years have been fakes, and statistics are | in’ a-picket Hine ‘on the highway.! fa condition to which the present ad-| quoted to substantiate‘ the statement. I tried to sneak around "em but; iont\4iay point to with pride if it In 1906, the last that duty was |manazed to co Toes cuenta is t e business man is less con- | charged, imports of antiques totalled only piegee ty ie. ed and the workingman more afrogant. , $478,000. In later years, imports have at | Well, Jones turned ont to 1 ig a os ceo can array class against | times gone-beyond 600 million dollars. The an regular guy. He had a bun of 5 ae ¢ nice clean boats and smooth run-! id keep a nation peaceful. It isn’t} Treasury says that obviously no-such store | pin’ kickers. It looked like pretty | in the cards. THE ANTIQUE RACKET of real antiques could have been found by | good fishin’ ground to me, right| Ae PERSE collectors in England, whence most of the nS Baby var aa ae = a le Theoretically, “ignorance of the law} imports originated. nena: that josh aie oad Se is no excuse,” but with the various govern- Whether the renewal of duties is the jpounders—and we'd better ze} mental agencies grinding out laws, it is| best solution is a question, but at least a = pelea ds Hook: | humanly impossible to know all the laws. there should be increased vigilance by in- jof the are 3 2 | There is a contradictory law which says| spectors, and by purchasers as well, to He scid there wasn’t any hurry; you cannot exact impossibilities of any! curb the antique racket, whereby the gov- jeer ete ae ei - rom St 01 man, so what in heck! H ernment and American suckers are de- |couple of hours. And Tm eee! frauded of vast sums. te tell you that guy knew his; | horoscopes, or astrology, or -what- EI EE ie et | A WAR SECRET jever they call the seience—for the! | cockeyed fish never paid us a bit/| ——— ;of mind until along about three It’s hard to believe but the Turks Stork ween the moon got in prop- | have put down a formidable rebellion in |" Phen ‘hell just. ealunily broke! little known Kurdistan without letting the }loose. I never saw anything like! newspapers and the outside world know *t. Renae amp in a _— ne 5 Fi jof lily pads and for a minu' | that the battling was going on. ; | thought I'd hit a mine or some- lea | In this day of newspapers, radio and ;thin’. It seemed like the bottom | The gross public-debt has now reach-} publicity of all kinds, the accomplishment | °f the lake exploded under it. My h = the Turks d seu tients jreel started spinnin’ like an air-| ed $36,000,000,000. In 1935, the Presi-| of the Turks deserves a en ion. jplane propeller and knocked all dent stated that certain bankers, whose’ Of course, the superior forces of the | the bark off my knuckls. i names he refused to divulge, told him| government, using airplanes and bombs, | pig —— pare Baer ber Re ES 7 . * qmu e weighed or how e | that this country could stand a limit of 70 gave the fierce-fighting Moslem tribesmen San pen wocldn"t haloes and| billion dollars. Possibly Mr. Roosevelt's} a “lesson.” We are not as much worried besides, he got away. Anyhow,; intention is to’ go the limit, unless halted | over the affair as we might have been be- | im @ coupk of hours, with three by-a staying hand, and so the crack of| cause we recall, just after the World War, lin vem back, = ond Sine ret doom is still a few years off, even if the! these Kurds were accused of massacring |deep in fish and it looked like! spending spree of the future is as great as;| thousands of Christian Armenians, with | we'd sw=mp the boat. { that of the past, — great cruelty. j The Supreme Court has made deci- sions favoring social legislation to such an extent that if the President insists on con- tinuing the fight for his court plan, it} would appear as if it were in reprisal and such a spirit is not the spirit upon which this govermnent was founded, as Senator Wheeler has so aptly said. i Now don’t tell me YOU know a better place! i air-conditined? _ terprisin’ country eaitors reaiize 8. Where was Lady what a lot of damage they sou mene ak 08 ee ee Teally de. whew tay tebe shele) 9. How much money is invest- trusty tyvewriter in hand and) eq in tax exempt government se- pound out some seemingly harm-isurities in this country?” ; aviators fly without stopping on thei; it flight the North’ % a ; Pee me ron aged Tuesday partly cloudy to pay very much attention to the; See “The Answers” on Page famed medical scientist, born in i aoa tered showers over extreme south , of Princeton University, born at narratives about a riot that; Utisa, Pa., 48 years ago. Okeechobee = between the fish and the fisher-} Dr. Michael Hoke of Atlanta,| tic coast and overspreads most of Ga., former surgeon-in-chief of{the eastern portion of the coun- the Georgia Warm Springs Foun-itry, causing light to moderate - dation, born at Lincolnton, N. C.,/thowers in scattered locaiitics Accordin’ to Editor Curr Settle,;§3 years ago. Ath - , Brooklyn, N,|{fom the Pacific coast southeast- on the lake with a lighteastin'}y “hut Bete hte noni sl ward into the upper Rio rod and 1 wooden minnow. Thei born in Canada, 70 years ago. ahmcenee Mabel H. Urner (Mrs. Lathrop/ the lily|©- Harper), of New York City, ~ | author, creator of the “Helen and: Warren” characters, born in Cin-} Novod. but a sissy kent any|O7matt, 56 years ago. Floyd Dell of New York, piers born at Barry, Il!., 50 ago. Sydney Greenbie of ‘ Castine papers and tried to read ‘em, but}Maine, author, travel president, born in Dakota Terri- tory, 48 years ago. Aaa E this morning on the from the Plains States castward. Pressure is also ‘ow nations of $10, $20, $50 and $100, cost eniy for each $100 purchased. They are wherever travelers go, and carry the added important feature ef a prompt refuad by the Aw erican Express Company im case of loss or - before your second signature is affixed. 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