The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 8, 1937, Page 2

PAGE TWO Published THE CITIZE rom The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspape Entered at Key We rida, as second class matter FLFTY-SIXTH YEAR 2 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 = mene Six Months Three Months One Month Made known on application. AL NOTICE : charity as well as by distribution cards of thanks, resolutions of c., will be charged for at All reading notice respect, obituary the rate of 10 ¢ Notices for entertainments by churches from which 4 revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is »pen forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations. ’ | IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main- land. Free Port. Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth,and print it without fear and without favor; afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; always fight for progress; never be the or- never be gan o: the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class; always do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and’ praise virtue. commend good done by individual or organ- ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate and not contaminatethe reader; never com- promise with principle. Political entanglements, like charity, should begin at home—and stay there. No matter where one spends his vaca- tion, there is always the joy of coming home. We are criticised in proportion to our criticism of others. Knockers should bear this in mind, Governmental paternalism for indivi- dual initiative and effort will prove anoth- er flop for the New Deal. The Sev down nty-fifth Congress must go in history not for the legislative measures it enacted, but for the pernicious legislation it prevented. World peace will never arrive until it isn’t necessary for every nation to arm itself and depend upon itself alone for! protection against robber nations. Wives and husbands have many rea- sons to criticise each other but only their love to prevent them for doing of course, that inter- fere, so, some do not even let When a sweet young thing al modern male that “awfully” blue on tells was feeling } a certain evening, the | m. m, imagines that she was feeling that | wayebecause he she wasn't hanging around. “Bull” | the eccentric | in the case alias John Montague, The trial judge Moore, golfer, of characterized him as a What did Victor character in to merit such a modern Jean Valjean Hago’s “Les Miserables” slam? He p's candlesticks, celebrated ever do only a robbery in which the victim murdered. Later Moore to California, assumed the of Montague, and lived the idol of H actors and life of Rei as the wood’s colony of movie actresses, j of New while Moore | name {MELLON GIVES AWAY FORTUNE The death of Andrew W. Mellon re- moves one of the great industrialists of the nation, one of the “rugged individual- , of an earlier era who the game according to the with great profit to himself. ists” played The great fortune that he left will go | largely to charity, according to his family, which has been provided for earlier gifts. $200,000,000 some years ago, has been reduced by extensive the horde gifts two children. His attorney says that in the last few | years of his life the Pennsylvanian gave away more than $70,000,000, which in- cludes the valuable art collection pre- sented to the nation, together with a $15,- 000,000 building and a $5,000,000 endow- ment. Significantly, be it noted, the banker stipulated that the should not bear his name. For eleven years Mr. Mellon served as Secretary of the Treasury under three Republican Presidents. During his term of office the national debt was reduced by ‘ubout $8,000,000,000 and then increased in the last year as depression financing created a deficit. The monumentkllal d hé leaves, how- ever, is notgpublic service but generous giving. T national art gallery will cause him t@ be remembered long after the public debt® and political developments of this era are forgotten. POLICE SHOOT TOO QUICK “No more jokes, Murry.” said Frank Converse last week in New York as he died in a hospital where he was taken after be- ing shot by a policeman who cornered him in a cellar, It seems that Frank, just 18, was a boyish prankster who disliked white pants. When he saw a man with a pair over his arm he grabbed them as a lark but ran when the stranger mechanically shouted, “Stop thief!” Policemen took up the chase, cor- nered the boy in the cellar, called to him to come out and when he didn’t come out, opened fire. Three bullets hit him. There is.much to be said about the dangers that police officers face in their work but little excuse for killing a foolish young man for taking a pair of trousers. Policemen carry guns for self-defense and the presumption is that they will not use them except as a last resort. The slaying of petty thieves does not come under that exception and the blundering officer should be punished. SEX CRIMINALS REPEAT Aroused by repeated attacks upon young girls and women, the police of sev- eral States are driving hard against men suspected of this detestable crime and pub- lic sentiment is so stirred in several cities that crowds seem instantly ready to attack men who afte accused of such depiltry. The sufprisin¢ feature of those guilty of these attficks is the fact that their past récbr@ plainly points’ to“such crimes. A number of those arrested’ after killing or attdcking yotng girls-haveprevious records of sex offenses that should have been suf- ficient to insure their incarceration for all | time. Happily such tremely ra neces imply that we have no male skunks in the neighborhood. should be apprehended and punished whenever guilty and should smother such outrages in occurrences are e€xX- such a mis- guided effort to protect those who have | They should act my already been harmed. safeguard others from such offenders. FLOATING TO EUROPE Just knowledge readers of the recent disclosure that sealed placed in the Atlantic ocean, Foundland, will make the Ireland in slightly less than seven months This is not what one would call speedy drift but for floating it is cheap transports The presumption is that a same time a currer to Europe if they land of various facts possessed by bot trip to a ion. would make the ocean on the barrel the those who desire a trip same drift over months prevailing code ' through | Estimated to be more than | to; to his | great gallery | re in Key West but this does not } They | promptly | nobody | . | to add to the sum total of the} The Citizen we call attention to, tles, | off the coast | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN : Mr. Justice The appointment of Senator Hugo L. Black of Alabama to the Supreme Court has raised a number of ques- tions. Before his confirmation there ‘was some ques- tion as to his eligibility. The elaim was made that Jus- tice Van De- vanter, though retired from the bench un- der the 1937 law, was still a member of the Court, and that, for this reason there was no vacancy to fill. Apparently no one but Sen- ator Borah was inclined to take this argument seri- ously. Related to this was the question of whether or not the retirement law had created a new position, or in- creased the emoluments of the jus- tices. Under the Constitution, Sen- ator Black would not be etc to fill am office which’ he had helped create, of the emoluments of which he hadhélped to increase, until the end term.as senator, in 1939. Only afew senators were inclined to take this seriously. There can be little doubt as to the constitutional right of Justice Black to take his place on the Supreme Court bench. Unquestionably, a bet- ter qualified man could have been ap- pointed, but, in the final analysis, a President has a right to appoint any person whom he deems to be quali- fied, subject only to the Senate’s ap- proval. Many have referred to the appoint- ment as an illustration of court pack- ing. Certainly, there have been few | members of Congress who have been more zealous in the cause of the New Deal than has been Senator Black. If, at any time he has had any doubts about the wisdom of the New Deal, he has kept them to himself. His votes have been consistently cast for the Rooseveltian measures, no matter how drastic, and regardless of how little they conformed with the Constitution. At the time of his ap- pointment, he was leading the fight By ERIK McKINLEY ERIKSSON Professor of History, University of Southern California Black in the Senate to Insure the enactment in ‘the near future of a crop control program, as desired by President Roosevelt. He had just completed the fight for Senate passage of the wages and hours bill which bears his name, In season and out, Senator Black has fought, unsuccessfully, for a thirty- hour week. It is a sufficient com- mentary upon his constitutional the- ory to say that he believes earnestly that Congress has a constitutional right to establish a thirty-hour week. The appointment of Senator Black should have occasioned no surprise. He is exactly the type of individual whom the President might have been expected to appoint. He ape parently sees eye to eye with the President in all matters. The fact that he was a senator made his confirmation much more certain than would have been the case had a man of similar mind, outside the halls of Congress, been appointed. President Roosevelt may well ask himself whether Justice Black will play ball now that he has a position with life tenure and a salary of twenty thousand dollars, or twice as much as he received as a senator. Other presidents have appointed men to the Supreme Court with the ex- pectation that they wouid uphold ad- ministration policies. After appoint- ment, these men _have insisted upon interpreting the Constitution without regard to the wishes of the President who appointed them. A notable ex- ample was Joseph Story, who was appointed by President Madison with the expectation that he would insist on a narrow interpretation of the Constitution in contrast to the broad constructionist views of Chief Jus- tice Marshall. Much to the disap- pointment of President Madison, Jus- tice Story became a devoted disciple of the very man whom he had been appointed to oppose. Justice Brandeis has voted against the New Deal nine times, while Jus- tices Cardozo and Stone have each voted against it eight times. Justice Black can be no more liberal than they are, so it is possible that the new justice, who is supposed to put a judicial rubber-stamp on all New Deal measures coming before the Su- preme Court, will, like his predeces- sors, exercise an independence of mind, and determine cases on their constitutional merits, (Address questions to the author care of this newspaper) Temperature* | Highest 4.89 | Lowest Mean Normal Mean 2 Rainfall* Yesterday’s Precipitation Normal Precipitatio 3 -0 Ins. -21 Ins. riod ending at § o'clock thin mornl; Tomorrow's Almanac 6:11 aS m, :38 pis It, 20% a Sun r Sun sets Moon rises | Moon sets High Low Barometer readi Sea level, 30.04. WEATHER FORECAST Till 7:30 p. m., Thursday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday; gen- tle variable winds. Florida: tonight and Thursday with stat- tered showers in extreme ngrth | jportion Thursday afternoon. | Jacksonville to Florida Straits Jand East Gulf: Gentle varigble winds and partly overcast weath- er tonight and Thursday with rath; | jer widely scattered showers. WEATHER CONDITIONS | Pressure ig moderately low this | morning er the western Rocky Mc region; while high pres- sure areas overspread most of the of country. Light re} nder “leountry temperatures” ! Naptial Event Fair to partly cloudy| THE WEATHER ~ to moderate showers havé occurred fromthe centrai Plains States southeastward to the middle and coast, from eastern Tennessee eastward over the Caro- linas, in northeastern Florida, jand central Texas. Temperature changes have been unimportant with readings below ttormal in the Plateau region’ and *sbrtrewhat be- tow {in many localities from the) j bake region, and Ohio Valley; eastward to the Atlantic coast 3 “| whilé elsewhere throughout the’ ‘are gen- eral'y seasonable. : Cuarry-Lewis A wedding of much interest to their nds took place Tuesday evening, September 7th, at 7 o'clock when Carl Curry and Miss Lunette Lewis, both of Key West }were quietly married in the pres- Jence of some close friends. The wedding took place in the |Pastorium of the First Baptist |Chureh, with Rev. Yancy Tillman |Shehane performing the cere- mony. Their joy and | YOUNG GIRL TAKES IRON GAINS TEN POUNDS | Bertie Grove, age 12, was badly underweight. After taking Vinol (iron tonic) she gained ten pounds. It gave her appetite and rosy cheeks. Children like Vinol. Oriental Pharmacy. friend?"@eh them much success in life. who are planning a jour _ These Cheques, nations of $10, $20, a 5@ Teller about them. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST Member of the Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Carporsticn A Service for Travelers For the ever-increasing number AMERICAN EXPRESS TARVELERS CHEQUES as a protectionfor travel funds. for each $100 purchased. wherever travelers go, and carry the added and important feature of a prompt refund by the Am- erican Express Company before your second signature is affixed. Ask the of patrons ney our bank offers ed in convenient denomi- and $100;-cost only 75c. Théy ‘ate spendable in case of loss or theft Federal Reserve " You and Your EF: Nation’s Affairs ’ ITLTISIISTTLLTATLILIIIS ALLIS IIS OATS STS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8. 1937. | been designated by Gov. John Mar- of for two John B, ee, who has session KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen {tin to preside over a lcireuit court at Miami | weeks, relieving Judge |Johnson, of Tall ibeen serving there temporarily. of Eight more pupils sary if plans for a junior college in Key West during the nex! school term are to materialize. Infermed of this fact by Principal) Mossman yesterday afternoon members of the executive com- [mittee High School Parent-Teach- er Association agreed to canvas Point has the ment in such a way as neces-) duct the affairs of | | are depai to Mangrove Harbor shthouse be light at ¢ in lotte li been replaced the de- partment. announce Light No. 21, in Miami reported knocked down, will replaced as soon as possible, stated. lagreeable to the council and with the ordinance which came up in a modified form at a recent meeting and passed on its first reading. The tentative | ordinance would have shorn the ssc eed to canvass’ chief of practically all of his the city in-an alfort to secure the! jower and authority and_ turned! required number. The Board of) 5). department over to the coun- Education, Superintendent Rus-| .;) = sell and Mr. Mossman feel they)“ accordance Municipal Harbor be it is Dr. E. FE. of Tathpa, who has been in correspondence with the First Baptist church about J Mossman f filling the pulpit which was. left will not be justified in going) Editorial comment: The only, vacant by the Rev. W. K. E. James ahead with the junior student’s|touble with Labor Day is that it'who left to accept a call to Dade work unless at least 10 students), only 24 hours Jong. If it last-|City, will preach his first sermon enroll. At present only two are! .q about one week, that would be here Sunday. He is to reach Key areal, ot enroll ee Momnien something lik |West tomorrow and is expected : i to remain for several weeks at 10 can be enrolled plans for the) judge Jefferson B. Browne has least. junior college will have to be abandoned, temporarily at least. The body of Mrs. Agnes Young, daughter of Captain and Mrs. | Ward, 1018 James street, who} died suddenly in Connecticut, | Tuesday, is due to arrive in Key West Saturday morning, telegrams received here announce. Harry H. Young,, bookkeepey on the U. S. S. Camden, is.).accompanying the body. ‘Thecfumeral will be held Sunday afternooti“from the resi- dence” with Séryices > at” Femina: Street. ‘Mabisain, Chueh, * domm-v0t ¥ The biggasterain: singe last Oc: tober fell ‘int Key! West last night, according to the “local weather bureau. The two showers last night totalled almost one inch, Key West is now shy near half inch on annual rainfall for Sep- tember up to today. Only 1.43 inches have fallen during the period, and it should have been 1.83 inches. During all of last month it should have been 4.96 inches, but the precipitation was but 1.66 inches. For the entire year up to today Key West is shy 16.47 inches of rainfall, and the community has not had one inch of rainfall at one time during the entire period. OVER-SEAS TRANSPORTATION CO., INC. Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service —between— ‘MIAMI and KEY WEST Also Serving All Points on Florida Keys between MIAMI AND KEY WEST Four round trips weekly direct between Miami and Key West via Diesel Power Boats—with over- night delivery to Key West. Leave Miami at 12:00 o'clock noon on Mon- day, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Leave Key West at 8:00 o’clock P. M. on Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. pi Rat hess Se eee aaa Three round trips weekly Trucks and Boat: Leave Key West at 8:00 o’clock A, M. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Leave Miami 7:30 A. M. on Tuesday, Thurs- day and Saturday. 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