The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 22, 1937, Page 2

“PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By ‘THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. . ARTMAN, President + Auxixtant Business From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County. est, Florida, as second class matter Entered at Ke} FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR Member of the Associated Press Whe Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year 5 Six Months Three Months One Month Weekly ... ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a li Not! for entertainments by churches from which @ revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations. The fighting in China is going to be Peiping jot. Some of us wish that our “relations” would be more diplomatic than they are; their actions are’sometimes embarrassing. What has become of the C. I. O. promised attack on Ford? Has John L. Lewis decided that discretion is the better part of valor? A scientist has said that in 2,000 years all mankind will be crazy. If the govern- ment persists in pestering us with laws and more laws, it won't take 200 years to have us all in the booby hatch. The dead and gone and _ untivilized Indian so-called, looking down on us from his happy hunting grounds, must shake his head in wonderment at modern com- plex civilization with its multitude of re- sponsibilities and duties and—taxes. Mark Twain is reported to have said that everybody speaks about the weather, but nothing is ever done about it, That ‘does not hold good today, for air-condi- tioning gives us the kind of weather Wwe want indoors. But out in the open we will have to be satisfied with the kind of weather that prevails, whether we like it or not, Hungry “dust bowl” refugees are swarming into California by the. thou- sands and reportedly living in the fields and woods “like animals”, while in New York City hundreds of people on_ relief, both white and black, are drawing week- ly relief stipends, doing no work and pass- ing the time playing cards and engaging in other idle amusements. That's not even fair socialism; just rotten politics. Veremrgr. 5 i2.t ) ge aaa aoe When Cardinal Cundelein said that Hitler was an Austrian paper hanger and a poor one at that he deeply offended Der Fuehrer. Sound ike a trivial thing but because of it Hitler and the Pope are about to sever diplomatic relations, What we would like to know is if Hitler was of- fended because he was called an Austrian | paper hanger or because he was not good at his trade. If it is the latter, a pot of paste and a roll of paper would soon prove| if the cardinal was right or wrong. | The Citizen has often voiced its ae ion of those who do not pay their taxes but! are unquestionably able to do so, and never | its words. These tax dodgers | should be_ ashamed of themselves, but so wasily find excuses, absolutely not justi- Tied TH elitiquency. One of the! most/despicable consequences of these tax} evasions is that the city is not able to pay} even the meager pittance for which the; city employees are working, forcing them | sk for the privilege of going out to col-} lect some of the taxes. It is commendable | in Councilmen Archer and Roberts to take | up the cudgels on behalf of the city em-| ployees, and their arguments are irrefut-} able. Certainly it is the city’s duty te col-; lect the taxes, and not that of the city em- | In the fi2ai analysis the city | councilmen are just as guilty of delin-; quency as are the tax dodgers. minced ployees. | pect peace in the Far East until the rel-| | In fact, most of the ill-will toward Japan ‘sonality in the field of labor, where such a | seems, CHINESE FACE BIG ODDS The outbreak of fighting | Japanese soldiers and Chinese troops in North China sets the stage for a serious | military drama in the Far East. After years of taking it on the chin, the Chinese government seems determined to offer resistance to further inroads into | Chinese territory by Japan and as Jap-! anese policy has been plainly outlined in| the past there is no logical reason to ex- ative powers of the two nations are set- tled. Legally, the Chinese are sitting pretty } but from a military standpoint the highly | organized and modernly equipped Jap- anese army and navy possess the ad- vantage. In numbers the Chinese are over- powering but mass population cannot fight | machine guns and airplanes, as Ethiopian experience abundantly proves. | China is much better prepared for a struggle than she was in 1931, when Man- churia was detached from the nation, or a few years ago when the 29th Route Army electrifid the world by standing up to the Japanese and giving battle around Shang- hai. It may be that a new China has been | welded together by Chiang Kai 'Shek and that we will be surrpised by ‘Ghirlese re- sistance but the odds are against the slee ing giant and her people. 1 : Sentiment in the United States is over- whelmingly on the side of China although good feeling to the Japanese is not absent. is the result of her Chinese policy and the use of the army to carve territory out of the helpless nation. If Japanese leaders could shape a friendlier course toward China they would remove practically the only barier to a great friendship with America. LEWIS TALKS NONSENSE Mr. John L. Lewis, militant leader of the Committee for Industria] Organization, may not know it but he is riding for a fall unless he changes his tactics, We say this reluctantly because of the apparently able qualities exhibited by Mr. Lewis and his undoubted powerful per man is needed. Recently, in answering a who asked for comment on reports the C. I. O. was alienating public pathy, Mr. Lewis is quoted as saying repl reporter, that sym- in If the public wants to approve the} C. L. O., it can; if it wants to disapprove it, i it can.” ' No political leader of the United | States and no industrialist has ever been | able to get ahead with a formula like this, | Contempt of public opinion is one thing which the people do not forgive, whether | it comes from politicians, bankers or labor leaders. ‘The people, it seems, have a! faint idea that the whole is greater than | any part and that the interests of the pul; | lie are superior to that of any group, © ganized or unorganized. \ IRISH JUDGE. JAILS PREACHER oe The Irish Free State, with a new constitution, may not be so | after all. i News from Dublin tells that the Rev. | Dr. Thomas Johnstone, former Moderator | of the Presbyterian Church, was found guilty of gross contempt of court for; brand | free, criticizing an appeal from the court's de- | - cision in a liquor case, and must go to jail | unless he pays a fine. It seems that Presbyterian brother } was punished for an address delivered to | the general assembly of his church. To} rule him liable for contempt of , court, it ; means that judges are above | criticism and that anybody who suggests | otherwise will be slapped behind the bars. | THE SOVIET FLIGHT The successful flight of the three Seviet aviators, who landed in the United States after a record-distance trip from | Russia, emphasizes the strides made by aviation, If readers wish to understand significance of these flights the, over the “North Pole all that is necessary is a globe, which will demonstrate how much shorter the distance is that way than across the | ocean, {Yes-man on a silver platter. An-' 4. Register, W. E. Brown, J. A. jguide him, Judge | obli, |made for an. advisory council jof both may t THE KEY WEST CITIZEN seascccese KEY WEST IN | LATE 10 DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files of The Citizen a Six men and five women who would have certainly perished within a short time were rescued an exhausted and_, speechless! ‘condition by the P. and O. S. S. } company’s vessel Cuba, yesterday |afternoon 5 o’clock when the ves- ‘sel was about five miles from; * |Egmont Key. Captain J. T. All-} °°® \bury reported this on the arrival Politival cats have a peculiar of his aay Poe morning. an way of jumping that ‘makes it ex-|!#unch on which were the rescued foal ait for even the People had sprung a iaky Chet 700 CLASSIFY ;Mate H. A. Donovan of the Cuba| explained, and the men had been where baling frantically to keep the lit-) they are going to land. ;tle pleasure craft afloat. Facing: Governor Cone, _ pro-Roosevelt the horrible death which they al} to the core, placed his buik, vital-' realized awaited them,but.a few! ity and influence behind Judge minutes both men and women of{ Andrews to the end that the Judge! the party were frightened until) elected in one of the great- frantic and could not utter.a word st political upsets the state ever! when picked up by the crew of pamensed. ithe Cuba. C. P. Schamber was) Fred nat»rally assumed that he‘ captain of the launch und his pas was presenting Mr. Roosevelt a’ sengers were: S. F..Wilson, G. most experienced observer to de- in advance | just diew was looked upon as an Ad-' Ferguson, H. R. Milleies, Miss mininstration push-over and mark-' Bessie Palmer, Miss Elsie Palmer, <d down in the Roosevelt column’ Miss Inez MeRee, Miss Alice withoat question. i rengageeve era yhat Me feranee dupa ale ge ere and Miss Effie Moree," just how he would line up no one really knows, of course he spoke eloquentiy for the administration and the President prior to the election and praised the “new deal” !t what men say before an election and what they do aft- in the political world are Announcement as to when Wor) on the drydock at Key West wil start is expected within ‘the ix! week, L. M. Pierce, whe is..con-, nected with Colonel Thontpsort' ‘in, the project, Judge Nesbot and ‘the! other backers of the plan left for} nied: Aoi colheide: New York at noon today. There! Out from under the protecting they expect to work out the last| wing of Gove r Fred, in far-off minute details of the plan before! Washington with no “mother” to ™#king it public. Mr. Pierce said ‘Andrews has that he would have some definite! been playin’ marbles accordin’ to information within the next week,/ his own rules. Instead of dutiful- but it is the belief of many that ly eating his alphabet soup and the work wilt be actually under n’ with a sweet smile and an Way within the next few weeks. aq ng gurgle when the admin- “I can say nothing ‘at this time”) istration chucked him under the Said Mr. Pierce, “except that 1) chin and said “coo chee, coo chee, have been called to New York. on} coo chee,” he has on several occa. the matter, and that I am optimis- sions upset his bowl, thrown his tic as to the future regarding the yattle on the floor and carried on project and its ultimate _ conelu-! generally in a manner unbecoming sion. { a rising young “yes man”. The Lewis Motor Company’s! jforget that the other Jare getting in tip top shape and; {Court Judge J. What | Mr./” THURSDAY, JULY 22. 1937. 1 | “Oh, Joha!” exclaimed s ©! young mother happily. “The bevy! 1587— (350 years ago) Another can walk!” | Gladiolius — Clothes hanger? expedition sent by Sir Walter; “Good for him!’ returned the| Boy, I’se only got two—I’m de one Raleigh to Virginia; two ships father. “Now he can walk the I use in de deytime and dat chair with 150 colonists, reached .Roa- floor with himself at night.” jover dere is de one I use at night. noke to find that the previous; colonists had been’ mrrdered ~ by j the Indians. j es | 1706—Treaty sicned uniting! England and Scotland. ° é - Labor-Saving Today’s Birthdays His Wardrobe Magnolius—A’d like to bor- row a clothes hanger. i | 1796—Moses Cleaveland, sent} out by the Connecticut Land ‘Company, located what is today Cleveland, Ohio. 1916—San Franc Prepar- edness Day bomb ow’ as J. Mooney among those arrest- ed. | 1934—John Dillenger, notorious bandit, shot to death in Chicago by Department of Justice agents: | 1936—“Ilunger Army” camps in Harrisvrg, Pa., capitol build ing. dia- yesterday afternoon on. the mond at the naval station by the Navy team. The score was 9 to 2. Gustafson pitched a wonderful game and struck out 13 of the Lewis team. Jerry and Maloney; forthe ‘Motor. boys started and/ i iZeves''in the*¥porting world Of these ate titted to ’the rent. CH whété ‘the match be- tyeen Bit West, ‘the “iron man sluge ‘of’ Key West” and Steve Sarron is to be held. And don’t boys who are scheduled for the same night abe Why tolerate unsatisfactory plaster with its sprawling, crawling cracks? An Upson Relief Ceiling ends plaster cracks forever, and confers added distinction upon your home. the entire boxing card for the. evening promises to be one of the; best ever staged in Key West. Upson Relief Ceilings are even more beau- tiful than paneling—much less costly than hand-modeled plaster. Any room can have a modern Upson Relief Ceiling by applying Upson Stabilized Board over old plastet—or direct to the studs in new of another man who spent five! construction. days on a similar lofty perch. t RS | Upson Board is not like other wallboards! It is specialized material designed and con- structed for this purpose. It is smooth, hard, fuzzless—and ready-primed to save paint costs. Editorial comment: The fool killer is still loafing on the job. A! Denver man spent almost one week at the top of a tall flag, pole, recently, to beat the record Four slot machines were de- stroyed in the county jail yard yesterday by erder of Criminal Vining Harris. The machines were in court dur- ing -the - l of a man charged with their operation and it, was.at the end of the trial’ they were’ or- destroyed. ©The © approxi-». cost of thé devices 4% + Let us make you an estimate for one Upson Relief Ceiling. You'll like it! - SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & ‘ INE / Thompson, were " b 1 i ck in the | and the becom- must be very embarrassing Governor Cone. baseball organization was defeated ; Baby Claude, on the other hand, has shown every inciination brought about through the intel- to be a good boy and stay in the gent and eloquent appeal of administration play-pen. In the Florida’s Junior sendto¥. — Pepper brief time he has been in Washing had gained the confidence and ton he has gained a reputation a? tespect. of -his-co'leagues« to. the a more or less‘ trustworthy ehild. |extent that his suggestions receiv- Once he did attempt to bite the ed consideration. administration hand when it was: There are those who are inclin- thrust into his crib to take away ed to feel that Senatdr ‘Pepper a nice red tomato. While the ac - has ghown too gréata desire to tion oceas'oned surprise it did not” “pleage! the pdwel Hithdt be,” is cause any serious displeagutes thinking) Mbre ‘about! | and they really admired tp th Msivelt wadts, than What the fMow's spunk in. trying }Heouit want, but those who; hold his tomato. if he could, ©) F stsueh opinion do not \know Mr. In Washington, baby sehaters Pepper. ug. are not alowed to romp and play; His Joyelty and faith as shown with the older boys nor are they the administration so far is justi-j taken into their confidence, but fied and te has ably rved his} Clauce turned out to be such a state and his nation AT eving it. bright, pleasing child, it “wasn’t His brief record in 4d Nation’s| long ‘ore the older boys wer? legislative halls is indeed enviable} permitting him to join some of and reflects nothing “but credit their games like “Follow the upon his state and those who sent! "and “Thumbs Up, Thumbs him there, a | When the hour «e¢hmes that dso well that they Claude Pepper, in his knowledge nd invited him to of the events and affairs of the join them in the committee rooms | nation, honestly feels that the when they p-ayed “Cops and Pick-! course of the adminisfgtion leads ets” or. “Wages and Hours” and!in a direction that ong eps the ned to him when he welfare of his’ state! Wiens! sin the ‘try, he will speak ee rules. As a result the Black-Con-' uncertain terms, a ee nery Bill as revised and revamp: HEARD, ed m-de no 2ffort to fix a rigid {In the meantime minimum wage, the need of ya firews is making the apquain| deferential in the South was giv: wf some nice playmates aX en recognition, provision was friendship and confidence to prove very much th work with the National Board in should the undependa solving such problems as would cat jump in an unexpedted direc- arise and it gonegally considers’ tion. the welfare of both lakor and in Anyhow, Florida is dustry to the end that the good United States Senate : served. Many of| whole blamed country is these important changes were, ing aware of it. A Service for Travelers For the ever-increasing number of patrons who are planning a journey our bank offers AMERICAN EXPRESS TARVELERS CHEQUES as a protection for travel funds. These Cheques, issued in convenient denomi- nations of $10, $207 $§0 and $100, cost only 75c. for each $100 purchaged. 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