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

PAGE hs The Key iest Citizen cept Sunday By ISHING CO., INC. paily EN ARTMAN, President , Axsistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Cerner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily > paper in Key West and Monroe ‘ou Entered at K mM Yhe Associa for republication of all news dispatéehes credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published. here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year ee Six Months . Three Months One Month Weekly . Made known on application. All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of | respect, obituary notices, etc. will be charged for at the rate of i0 cents a line. Notices for entertainments by churches from which a rev nue is to be derived e a : open forum and invites discus- subjects of local or general tote prest but it will bot 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 j Far East and that any people who WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; never be afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; always fight for progress; never be the or- gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class; always do its utmost for the never toleraté corruption or denounce vice and praise virtue. * couimend good done by individual or organ- public welfare; injustice; ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only ‘news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com- ; promise with principle. | Fashion dictates that a girl’s waist- line must shift from season to season, but the boys usually manage to find i In trying to balance the budget it ap- pears that someone has put a few extra bricks in the wrong end of the sack. Wonder if radio comedians realize that most of the laughs they get are those forced ones from their studio crowd. When grandpa was a boy he had to buy his naughty literature from a_ train news butcher and read it in the haymow. The most effective sit-downer is the for she produces when she in words she is setting when she is sit- hen, other sits, ting. Sometimes a woman who boasts that she wouldn't marry the best man the | world winds up by marrying one the in of sorriest. A school teacher suggests that every} American pupil be required to speak a for- eign language correctly. We think the same requirement should be made to English. as Interviewed in Paris,” Mrs! mother of the President, that her son does not desif@ W third témm, } nevertheless she stated she was only giv ing her “Mother knows! best!" the White Delano} Roosevelt, said j personal view. Let the gentleman in House remember that warning Zimmy, the legless swimme Albany to New York in wants to swim the 90-mile dis-| Key West to Havana. If his for publicity pur- kly give up the idea it that the sharks will get ears the the Charles who swam 148 hours, from from tance stater made poses, Zimmy will qu when nd him sure as he Pear! of the Ant shores of ; Germany and Italy would r,; Jean Harlow, jing pic MUST FIGHT OR ACCEPT JAPAN There is no way to understand Jap- | anese military action in China except upon | the theory that Japan intends to dominate | the Far East and to expel, as expediently | from that | sphere. as possible, all other nations Citizens who try to understand such | statements as are being issued by Japanese | spokesmen waste their time unless they | grasp the essential thought that, in Tokyo, | Japan alone has recognized rights’ in the inter- | fere with Japanese supremacy are disturb- ing the peace and deserving punishment. Take, for example, the recent utter- ance of Toshio Shiratori, former spokes: | man for the Japanese Foreign Office: ‘J suggest that China abolish all armament throughout the country and entrust Japan with the maintenance of peace and or- der.” He also hints that Japanese soldiers | will protect the Chinese against the ag- gresion of foreign powers! The other nations, interested Chinese trade, including the United States, | can make up their minds to accept Jap- anese expansion and the consequent ex- clusion of their nationals from Asiatic com- merce. They can accept the conquest of | the Far East by the Japanese or they can fight for their rights. There is no half- way ground. Just what to do is a problem that has Great Britain, as well as the United States, worried. Neither nation wants war with Japan but both understand the threat in- volved in undisputed Japanese supremacy of the Far East and the loss to be suffered when Chinese markets go the way of Man- chukuan commerce, There is, as we see it, only one practi- cal solution of the difficulties that the white nations face in the Chinese situation. That is joint action by Great Britain, France, Russia, the United States and les- ser powers. This faces the threat that immediately diffi- yar in} take advantage of the Far Eastern culty and precipitate a more serious in Europe. SUCKER LIST Every year American citizens lose millions of dollars by purchasing fraudu- j lent and worthless stock. Schemers make a business of fleecing those who are al- ways trying to get rich quick and believ- ing the optimistic prospectus written about any fake enterprise. The best way to eliminate, the fraudu- lent promoter is by educating the public so that he will be unable to find dunces foolish enough to send him their hard-} earned savings in return for a promise of excessive profits. Sad experience does not keep a lot of these suckers from biting the second time. This is shown by the fact that there are people who sell what they call “sucker lists’, in which the name of good prospects are made available for any crook wanting to dispose of some’ worthless Recut Sometimes the deception is cruel, as where an effort is made to attract those suffering | from disease to purchase some worthless | remedy. A very safe rule for the average citi- zen to follow is not to purchase except through reputable brokers or firms. If an unknown character offers you some scheme for getting rich by a comparatively small outlay of cash, you have only to think for | a minute to realize that if his proposition was honest he could secure all the cash} needed very readily. Don’t be a sucker and throw good money away. j | HIGH PAY BUT LITTLE SAVED Some weeks ago we read an article by an actor in Hollywood who explained |‘ that his $2,000 a week to the peculiar expenses v keeping up a front at the movie capita] nd that therefore he had decided that the | stress and str: much for the balance left in his bank account. T spatch salary went largely connected r Was too is comes to mind when read from Los we a Angeles, saying whose earnings were $4,000 *k when she died, left at only $41,000 with some cl. total. many a wee an estate valuec aims sastawe: ing against this Apparently, m as aman wu there is a wide d gross and the net e wonderland of place has discovered, ference between the th come, ev ] tures | during the past seven lean years, and | Kirchheiner. j than j secure ‘THE KEY WEST CITIZEN You an Nation’s d Your’ Affairs Illusion or Real Recovery By J. E. LE ROSSIGNOL College of Business Administration, University of Nebraska “Let me remind you, Sandie,” said Professor MacAndrew.Cantlie to his wise Scottie, “of the deplorable crisis of 1929 which, as you know, was the inevitable reac- tion from the equally deplor- able boom which preceded it. Since then our socialist friends have been shedding crocodile tears over the col- lapse of capital- ism, declaring that it was on its last legs and prophesying the speedy coming ofthe new Jerusalem. “To be sure, our social order, mis- called capitalism, has had a body blow and has been in a bad way yet it has shown extraordinary vital- jty and recuperative power, notwith- standing the wet een efforts of our social doct and. engineers to set it on its or Sandie, we iw tt for good ate , ith or without their helppifloo! foligh we were coming back and a casual glance at the figures prepared by the truthful statisticians of out! Depatimest of Commerce gives assurance of acHlieve- ment ‘atid of better things to bome. See, Sandie, how fat and flourishing we were in the good year 1929, when our national income was valued at about $80,000,000,000. You know, of course, that our real national income is composed of goods and services of which the foregoing figure is but the expression in terms of money. Pros- perous, were we not? Reminding us of that old fellow Jeshuran who, as the Bible says, ‘waxed fat and kicked.’ “But we were duly punished, San- die, for by the year of deepest de- pression, 1932, our national income had fallen to about $40,000,000,000, or half of what it was before the crash. Yet it may console you to know that this terrific drop in money income was due chiefly to a fall in commodity prices of about 45 per cent, so that our real income of goods and services | may not have fallen more than 10 or 15 per cent. Can you believe that, Sandie? Possibly not. But you may remember that you were not deprived of many bones even in the depths of the depression. No. And people who had jobs at fixed salaries were better off than ever before. Yes, and those who had sustained cuts of 10 to 20 per cent were not badly off unless they were in debt. But the millions of un- employed suffered terribly, and great numbers of business people, too, whose profits were wiped out. Glad we had a job, Sandie, and no call to strike. “Let us now look at the national in- come for last year and our prospects for the year of grace, 1937. Our statis- ticians say that last year’s income was about $63,000,000,000, and that this year’s will probably amount to $70,- 900,000,000 or $72,000,000,000, being an increase of 75 or 80 per cent over the national income of 1932. Gratifying, is it not, Sandie? “But when wé remember that in the same time commodity prices have in- creased almost, if not quite, as much, we wonder thet our, eal national income of gopds and serVices is much greater than it was in 1932, or much less thari In'1929. Meanwhile, our pop- ulation has increased by five or six millions and there are still many mil- lion would-be workers unemployed. “Whereat 1 wonder again, Sandie, whether we are seeing real recovery or an illusion of monetary inflation, and whether anything is spieetorine with the recuperative power of capi- i Think it over, Sandie Mc- (Address questions to the author care of this newspaper) KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Yeai From The Files eee = en enna Eads Johnson, well known build- er of electrical driven designer and builder of a number of fer- ries_now being operated in New York waters, is in Key West to discuss with county commissioners the matter of constructing ferries to ply over the water gaps on the Overseas Highway. Mr. Johnson reached the city yesterday after- noon -and went into discussion with the county commissioners at a special session of the board yesterday afternoon directly after his arrival He covered, in a large measure, the facts recently set out in a. letter to Chairman J. Otto He showed that four ferries could be built especially for these waters, each carrying 30 cars, could be built for not more $100,000 each. By this method, Mr. Johnson pointed out, there could be nged a sched- ule whereby a fe could each end of the gap every two hours. He said that even rough weather would not interrupt the schedule. It was the sense of the meeting that the matter was too big to go into without mature de- liberation. For this reason j the matter is being earried: over {and Mr. Johnson will spend) the | day jsecuring further ~ data: on | the! proposition. leave A ordinance eliminating gaso- curb filling stations by next and regulating the location of service i ly other discus of City held last night stations, was t length at the meeting Planning d Comunissioners in the rooms of the Key West Chamber of Commerce. The matter is not in shape for presentation to the council at this tiane as the comu ion desires to rther data and informa- is inadequate of here ing space the thousands cars when the d the ferries ion believes. number the ex- pected to come s completed a a cleared for would agree the mov- |. i Ago Today As Taken Of The Citizen bers. He wired his sister this in- formation and she withdrew objection as stated. her Editorial comment: Why is that just when everybody in the gathering is enjoying the occasion, someone has to make a speech, Two cars were damaged in a collision at the corner of Elizabeth; and Fleming streets. A car driven by Walter Roberts lost a rear fender and one being driven by Leonard Bethel sustained a erush- ed wheel and a bent front axle. John Cates left this morning for Havana for the purpose of either selling or bringing back his boat the Sea Bird, which is in the cus- today of officials there. The boat was brought to this port about three weeks ago with about 70 bunches of sponge on board. Dux ing the night she went adrift, was picked up and taken to Havana. Mr. Cates thinks the difficulties experienced on a former trip will not be met this time and he will return with the boat. Today’s. Horoscope Today's native poss: e¥able commercal ability PMathematica ind, but too y to disputes| lead to quarrels, with Avoid trou-} * consid and a there is} much tender which may serious conseque ble as much as possib Experienced Thorne—Ever do speaking Black t house. public any , I live in an apart- QUICK! STOP CHILLS AND FEVER! Take This Good Old Medicine for Malaria! it; | ii i i i | Highest | Lowest ‘Sun sets ‘treme north portion and on the! ily overcast weather tonight | Tuesday with some squalline | weather to jeaused rain along the entire MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1937. TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS \ewrccccccccccccccccccececcecceeseseeseeeeeeseeee General John J. Pershing, U 89 reired, 76 lyears ago. eeccccccccesccccececsces THE WEATHER erccccccccecccsccoesoscs b 72 years A,;ica, born in England, born in Linn Co., Mo., 77 | 2&0- Temperature* Sherwood Anderson Dale, V of Hershey,’ den, of author, born at 61 yes Trout 82 Cam ormal Mean - H { 19 Ins. } -22 Ins ‘Milton S. Pa., Yesterday's Precipitation aoe Ohio, TS ago. Normal Precipitation “Thin record covers 24-hour period i Warden Lewis E Lawes of ending at 8 o'clock thin merning. | philanthropist, born in Dauphin Sing Sing Prison, born at Elmira, Tomorrow's Almanac ci my Sun rises candy manufacturer and) 54 years ago. Pa., 80 years ago." LA CONCHA HOTEL In the Center of the Business and Theater District nett regent Frederick J.’ Waugh 6f Prdvince- m.! i % jtwon, Mass., artist, horn at Bor- Moon rises . Moon se Tomorrow's T ‘dentown, No Jy, 76°years' alto. Dr. Cyrus Adler, president of ithe Jewish Theological Seminary, |New York, born ct Van Buren, eg 74 years ago. | Barometer readin Sea level, 29.80. ATHER FORECAST —Popular Prices— First Class Fireproof —Sensible Rates— Garage = { (Till 7:30 p. m., Tuesday) i Key West and Vicinity: Gen-| t erally fair and slightly cooler to-' night and Tuesday; moderate to fresh westerly winds becoming, northerly, with some squalliness aa it | HOTEL LEAMINGTON Florida: Generally fair ae soul Dneaday steniy Coody 33 Se N. E. 1st STREET at BISCAYNE BOULEVARD Overlooking Bayfront Park and Biscayne Bay Opposite Union Bus Station MIAMI, FLORIDA. One Block From Shoppin ‘Districts and Amusements Summer Rates Until December Single Room with Bath, $1.50; Double Room with Bath, $2.00 ALFRED SIMONS, Manager Ballinton Booth of New of the Volunteers of Amer-' Maud York, Keys tonight. Jacksonville to Florida Straits: Moderate northerly winds over north and. moderate to fresh southwest winds becoming north- erly over south portion and part- and the Florida Straits thi and in the western Baha afternoon and tonight. East Gulf: Moderate norther- ly winds and partly overcast ight and Tuesday with) Florida! ‘ A Service for Travelers some squalliness in, the Straits this afternoon, ER CONDITIONS For the ever-increasing number of patrons The Atlantic hurricane was who are planning a journey our bank offers central this morning about 250 miles north northeast of Bermuda apparently moving northward with |, AMERICAN EXPRESS TARVELERS CHEQUES as a protection for travel funds, | increasing speed attended by gales end probably winds of — hurri icane | force near the center. A low pressure area over-| spreads the middle and south At- lantice coast this morning and has At-! the last 24 squalls in, Heavy rain- Jackson- | and Mi-; These Cheques, issued in convenient denomi- nations of $10, $20, $50 and $100, cost only 75c. for each $100 purchased. They are spendable wherever travelers go, and carry the added and important feature of a prompt refund by the Am- erican Express Company in case of loss or theft before your second signature is affixed. Ask the Teller about them. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST Member of the Federal Reserve Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance latic coast during hours, and moderate the Florida Straits. fall was reported from ville, Fla., 1.10 inches, ami, Fla., 1.21 inche: A strong high crested ‘over the region, extends southward into the lower ‘Mississippi Valley and Tennessee and cooler weather has resulted in most sections east of the Plains States. Y ure, area, e Superior NEW SHIPMENT JUST RECEIVED WICKLESS—VERY ECONOMICAL—COOK FAST 1 BURNER $ 5.50 2 BURNER Roe 6.85 3 BURNER, ON LEGS 10.25 2 BURNER OVEN 3.65 LIGHTING RINGS TO FIT ALMOST ANY OIL STOVE HARDWARE ITEMS SB fh 10c EACH NAIL HAMMERS should hammer. KNOCKED DOWN WINDOW SCREEN FRAMES © WITH- OUT HARDWARE. 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