The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 15, 1937, Page 2

‘ PAGE em The Key lest Citizen oxcept Sunday By PUBLISHING CO., INC. P. ARTMAN, President + Assintant Business Manager m The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe as second class matter da, FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR Member of the Associated he Associated Press is exclusively entitied to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local néws ‘published ‘here. | | SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year CCAir eee os Six Months es Three Months One Month Weekly —..... $10.00 ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. CIAL NOTICE All reading notic ds of thanks, resolutions of | fespect, obituary notic ete. will be charged for at; the rate of i0 cents a line. Notices for ent % rehes from which nts a line. d invites discus- of local or general st but it will not publish anonymous communt- cations, IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY, WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN f Water and Sewerage. i ‘ ' | Bridges to complete Road to Main- land, . Free Port. Hotels and Apartments. . Bathing Pavilion. ee Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments, THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL ulways 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 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 contaminate the reader; never com- ; promise with principle. If anybody happens to ask you, most of our civilization is based upon religion, and most of our religion is based on the churches. There is no conflict between traders when both parties to a transaction get value. Let’s forget the idea that one or the other has to beat. Why don’t the labor organizations have laws enacted giving preference to American citizens? As the situation «is now, foreigners aré on the same footing as Americans, nce cnaeeaiee Sealy The’ modern handshake is the result of the ancient custom of presenting the open hand to show that it held no weapon. In modern times when the right hand presented for the customary handshake, is sometimes advisable to keep a wea shart eye open for the other fellow’s left. . It looks like Monroe County is to be made a gamblers’ mecca. Walter Win-| chell’s column called attention to a deal to} make Key West, the “New Monte Carlo” of the world, but the has advises from a most reliable source that Key Largo | is the place that will have the largest} gambling casino in the world. oCan bette If rumors eventuate into facts, or has Win-! chell got his Keys:mixed up? writer oem eee } The Nazis want no tr€ck with Rotary, and German soldiers and 6fficials are for- bidden to retain membership in Rotary | clubs. The ban implies fear that there is | a possibility of the spreading of ideas that! would not be desirable, and this fear ; implicit in the idea of the totalitarian state Dictator Hitler and his; Rotarians will miss pleasant ssociations with German friends at future from which the excluded by this ukase of the fearsome dictator. is as envisaged by subordinates a international gatherings, latter are | The prosecutor called it ORIGIN OF BASEBALL While baseball as we know it is a) sport of comparatively recent develop- | ment, a game in which a tossed ball was. batted with a rude club has been traced back to the 14th century in Europe. The present American game was probably an! outgrowth of that of “town ball,” played in New England from about 1830, in which the runs were made around posts set in*the | ground, instead of bases. The first code of baseball rules was’ formulated by the Knickerbocker club of ; ! New York in 1845, the first match game; was played the following year, and the | first gate money series of games took place | at Hoboken in 1858. The development of | the game was checked by the Civil War, but was revived in 1865, when a conven-{ tion was held at which representatives of 30 clubs were present. A Rockford, Ill., team first employed regularly salaried players, but the Cincin- j nati Red Stockings organized in 1868, is considered the first professional club. It | made a tour in 1869, winning 69 games | without meeting a single defeat. In 1870 it won 29 straight games, ‘being defeated | in the 30th by the, Atlantics of Brooklyn. Gamblers having gotten control of the | game, a convention was held in Louisville in 1876, at which strict rules to overcome | bribery, betting by players and other abuses were adopted, and the National League was formed. There are now more than 20 professional leagues, of which the National and the American (originally the Western, forned by Ban Johnson in 1893) are the two “big leagues.” | The most significant event in recent baseball history was the appointment of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis as “base- ball czar” in 1920. MUSIC FOR WORKERS The idea that music would tend to speed up production in factories where workers’ tasks are monotonous is not a| new one, but it is being applied to an ever increasing extent. One prominent indus- trialist predicts that in a short time few factories will be without music. Aside from its tendency to increase the workers’ output, it brightens their working hours by giving them enjoyment while they work. William Green, _ presi- dent of the American Federation of Labor, is quoted as saying: “Music is a friend of labor; it lightens the task by re- freshing nerves and spirit.” Best results are obtained by playing | music only at certain periods, and it is es- pecially effective toward the end of the: working day, when fatigue begins to as- sert itself. Music is most beneficial as an accompaniment, of mass production work, in which the same operation is repeated | over and over all day long in mechanical fashion. But even in establishments where the tasks require some degree of mental ef- fort music is often helpful. By an experi- ment tried in a large post office employ- ing 55 clerks it was found that fewer er- rors in distributing mai! were made when musie} was played. | As a recent writer in the Commenta- | 1U. tor sa) “Music can do so much to make | workaday lives happier and less exhaust- ! ing that it is a pity not to avail ourselves | OL: SOMEBODY KNOWS! Some two weeks ago, agents of a ! number of alleged vice resorts in a popular resort city on the Atlantic Coast. Asked whether the local police cooperated in the raids, J. Edgar chief of the Bureau, replied: “The whole business was run so openly and notoriously that it appeared that we should not ask i fot cooperation.” The raids, had which took place at night, PROFS thoroughly approved however by the day. “a fine job, well thought it was “ar- done” and wished the Federal ll the power in the world;” Chief of Police declared the apprehension and arrest of people engaged in such viola- “commendable.” The attitude of the vest in Neds m Pusat it increasingly difficult stand how operated so oper responsible local officials the next done; the mayor tistically agents he tions Atlan- as expressed af i to could have It may be that some- the vice resorts j bedy knows the | | Federal Bureau of Investigation raided Hoover, | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN You ‘and Your jc 4 Avoiding a Clear Fact WALTER E. SPAHR Professor of Economics, New York University There is general agreement among a large number of our outstanding commentators that important forces are at work in this nation which point toward the possibility of a revolution and dictator- ship. But there is also another noticeable and peculiar thing very common among these commentators; it is their un- willingness to place the re- sponsibility for these deplora- ble develop- ments where they know it belongs. Why they should assume this unrealistic attitude toward an ob- vious fact is not clear. For example, they write vigorous- ly and effectively about the dangers flowing from the attack made upon the Supreme Court, and then they weakly say in effect: “Of course we ss of ent’s ¢on- may ‘agner Act and the gover! alignment with John Lewis a clude that these developmen lead to a revolution and dictatérs then they say that “Of course pPre: dent Roosevelt does not contemplate a dictatorship, but we fear®what might happen if some other man less re‘iable than he were President.” Or they condemn the movement for a third term for the President, not because they fear (so they say) what the consequences might be under Mr, Roosevelt but because of ; what they might be in the event some other man might desire a third term. Or they attack various other de- velopments which they believe point toward a dictatorship, and then pro- ceed to protest that of course they do not fear Mr. Roosevelt, but they tremble to think what the next Presi- dent might do, Asking and answering a few ques- tions reveals their unrealistic treat- ment of this issue. Who started, the attack on the Supreme Court? Mr. Roosevelt, Who aligned the govern- ment with Mr. Lewis? Mr. Roose- veit. Who started the other move- ments pointing toward a dictator- ship? Mr. Roosevelt. A mythical fu- ture President of whom so many of not the author of these developments, unless this future President be Mr. Roosevelt. Why avoid the obvious fact that the man to be challenged is the auth- or of the movements toward central- ization of power? Either the case is not as strong as these comme..tators pretend to think, or the commentators are for some reason unwilling themselves to come to grips with the conclusions logical- ly flowing from their analyses. If they will not face a fact that stands out in all its nakedness, how can they expect their readers to do so? Such writing is not convincing. It shows timidity, or lack of ability to follow through to a logical conclusion, or a thoughtless assumption that side- stepping a fact will remove the fact, or that such politeness will by some indirect or mysterious means make the President see the error of his ways and not even dream that his motives would ever be ques- tioned. In the last analysis such writing is not.on the level; it is not on a level with the facts nor with forthrightness and the requisites of intellectual in- vegrity. It is bad for ‘another reason: It Jends aid and comfort to those ser- vile-minded people who are willing to-support’ any program the Presi- dent suggests, no matter how danger- ous. They have no ability to think things through, or to think in terms of national welfare, or to think be- yond what they believe to be their selfish interests. They are ruled by blind emotion. The President is al- ways careful to make these blind and servile-minded followers think that what he proposes is in their interests, and consequently when he moves they move with him. Our compromis- ing commentators help to prolong just this sort of thing by their apolo- getic protests that “of course the President’s motives are of the high- est, it is the next man we fear,” If a commentator performs his function he will not hesitate to state facts when he sees them. At the best he will make mistakes, often he will not have sufficient facts in hand te justify his conclusions, but no honest commentator with facts in hand will compromise with the requisites of in- tellectual integrity. (Address questions to the author care of this newspaper) TODAY’S ANNIVERSARIES COCCOOCEDOOCCOOOOOO COD OOOOOCOHOOEOO EOC EOSESOOEOC® 1613—Duke de la cauld, French statesman, “Reflections” and ‘Moral ims” are classic, born. March 17, 1680. Max- Died 1789—James Fenimore Cooper, America’s fitst novelist of first} rank, born at Burlington, N. J.) Died at Cooperstown, N. -Y., Sept. 14, 1851. 1835—Richard Olney, lawyer, attorney-general of S., secretary of state, born at Oxford, Mass. Died April 8, 1917. Boston 1842—Henry C. vr, who attained to lieutenant-general, sol- rank Corbin, the born Rochefou-; whose | the! in, Clermont Co., Ohio. 8, 1909. | ovale | 1850—Kirk Munroe, writer of | boy ories, born at Praitie du Chien, Wis. Died: in. Florida, tt a |16, 1930. i q i ae he | 1857—_Willian Howard’ “batt, |27th President apd 10th © Chief |Iustice, born in Cindininati. Died March 8, 1930 | i 1864—Milton G. delphia and New York lawyer and auction and contract bridge |expert, born in Philadelphia. Died \June 27, 1934. ribe to The Died Sept. Work. Phila- Su weekly. Citizen—20c Fast, Dependable 5 reight and Express Service —between— MIAMI and Also Serving All Points KEY WEST on Florida Keys between MIAMI AND KEY WEST Oo 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, Sunday. Saturday and O—— Three round t trips weekly via 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. Daily (except Sunday) Service via motor trucks —Miami to Lower Matecumbe and return—serving all intermediate points on Florida Keys. Free Pick-Up and Delivery Service Full Cargo Insurance Office: 813 Caroline St. a Telephones 92 and 68 our commentators standin fear is | eee e . e Temperature* | ‘Highest 38 : Lowest. .. 7. jMean ©... +++ 82 | Normal Mean . ...82| | Rainfall i Yesterday’s Precipitation -0 Ins. Normal Precipitation ... .20 Ins.| hin record covers 24-hour pertod | x at 8 o'clock jin morning. Tomorrow's Almanac Sun rises .... - . 6:13 a, Sun sets 6:31 p. Moon rises Moon sets ‘Tomorrow's Tides A.M. 6:32 iHigh Low Barometer reading at 8 a. m.: Sea level, 29.96. WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:30 p, m., Thursday) Key West and Vicinity: Gen- erally fair tonight and Thursday; gentle variakle winds. Florida: Generally night and Thursday. Jacksonville to Florida Straits and East Gulf: Gentle variable j winds and fair weather tonight and Thursday. fair to- WEATHER CONDITIONS urbance attend- A tropical di ed by shifting gales and winds of hurricane force was central at 7 a. m. this morn- to 300, ‘Martin;! ing approximately 200 miles northeast of St. ' Leeward Is'ands, apparently al-- most stationary. : A low pressure area of consid- erable intensity is central this morning over eastern Canada, and overspreads the northeastern por- | |tion of the country; while a strong | thigh pressure area,a crested over ; western Canada, extends south’) ward over the northern Rocky | Mountain and Plains States, and) pressure is relatively high over | southeastern districts. Light to {moderate rains have oceurred | since yesterday morning in the! northern and eastern Lake region } and New England, and there have; been light scattered showers in! the southern Plains States andj} on the west Gulf coast. Tempera- | tures have fallen in the northern} Plains States and extreme upper! M sippi Valley, and have risen! in the eastern Lake region, Ohio and middle Mississippi Valley Temperatures continue abnormal ly high in the Pacific States, Ro: burg, Oregon, reporting a maxi-} mum reading yesterday of 100 degrees, and Sattle, Wash., 92 de- grees, which are the highest for} this ason of the year at those ‘asonably _ cool © { ' CYPRESS AND WILL DOUBLE CHAIRS, AN Keep Blue 10” SPPPPPCLILLLLLLLZLLLAL LALLA ae eee eee eee eee White and Eliza St _ ;lamation ; Pres. Wilson's _| settlement, «| fuses «; money for propaganda purposes. near the center. - wa “44. rf oP aan aeeeee OOOO OTOTT SLIM, WE CARRY A COMPLETE STOCK OF LONG LEAF YELLOW PINE LUMBER. LUMBER THAT DEFIES THE WOOD WORM. AND ALSO, A COMPLETE STOCK OF CYPRESS LUMBER AND MOULDINGS, FROM SILLS AND STUDS TO THE SMALLEST OF MOULDINGS — ASK US; WE’LL BET WE HAVE IT. 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Allison, Gt tasys see army's chief signal officer, 1920-—London. newspaper re: Who reaches the statutory age of $300,000 of ..Communist|Tetirement, born at York, S, G, 64 years ago. 1981—#ritain’s: Atlantic fleet postpones sailing because of dis- satisfaction among reductions. Robert Benchle: ,at Worcester, Mass., men over pay! ago, born years author, 48 1935—German Reichstag’s Nu- | Col. Leonard P. Ayres of Cleve- remberg decrees—Swastika made} land, banker-statisitican, born at national flag, political rights only, Niantic, Conn., 58 years ago. to those of German blood, and} drastic laws against Jews. Hugh M. Tate of Knoxville, 1936—World Jewish Congress|Tenn., Interstate Commerce Com- protests to League of Nations’ @missioner, born at Morristown, against Germany’s treatment © of | Tenn., 55 years ago. Jews, ily NOTHING INA NAME WOOD RIVER, TL—Mr. Mrs. Cleveland Pate of this city, | ! who named their fifteenth child | “Finis,” decided there was noth-j ing in a name, and called their} sixteenth ie cone | Arthur D_ Whiteside, president of Dun & Bradstreet, New York, st Orange, N. J., 55 BENJAMIN LOPEZ FUNERAL HOME Serving Key West Half Century 24-Hour Ambulance Service + Licensed Embalmer Phone 135 i DEE ES prevails this morning in! the Appalachian region, i 3.8. KENNEDY, ! Official in Charge 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, $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. 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