The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 21, 1937, Page 2

eae eget # PAGE TWO The Key Yliest Citizen | REAL FORCE MAKES PEACE Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager ‘om The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe second class matter Entered at . FIFT TH YEAR Member of the Associated Press ihe. Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of al] news, dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited Inj thfs paper and also } the local news published Here. | SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year - & Six Months Three Months One Month . Weekly .. $10.00 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 te of i0 cents a line. Notices for entertainments by churches from which venue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- f public issues and subjects of local or general t but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations. eT | 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 fegf 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 public welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice ;' denoutice vice and praise virtue. coulmend 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, A so-called wise-crack is not always wise. Swimming is a fine art, and should be practiced by all; especially the girls, as it will give their future hubbies an oppor- tunity innocently to see what they are get- ting before assuming their contractual ob- ligations. An Oklahoma man shot a banker who refused him a loan. This was obviously wrong, Depositors in the banks that have failed, previous to the law guaranteeing bank deposits, feel that the bankers should have been shot for the loans they did make. } This writer once asked a local minister if all the profits from gambling were di- verted to worthy causes and to aid the poor, wouldn't that justify its existence. But a shake of the head indicated that there is no compromise with principle, no matter how ruthless it is. A worthless piece wf legislation is the | bill recently signed by the President call-} ing for a census of the unemployed. On al certain day, yet to be designated, the un-} employed of the country are to call at the| local post-office This bound to develop into a farce, | sinte voluntary, and the will never cooperate onethuntredertert + tum, or even near that percentage. On the! and register. is { the registration is | himself, | | catastrophe | The formation of an international a lice force was advocated by President | Theodore Roosevelt in a message to Con- | gress in 1904. | In 1910 the United States Senate and | the, House of Representatives adopted resolution favoring the constitution of “the | combined navies of the world as an inter- | national force for preservation of universal | peace.” The covenant of the League | al of N tions, drawn up in 1919, implied the for- | mation.of.an.international police force and the use of force against an aggressor. The world today is plagued by the} aggressive tactics of several nations but | there is no police force available. The’ nations that do not approve of aggression, including the United States, are under the impression that peace will descend upon} the world through some miraculous change | of heart on the part of the nations that | disturb world peace. Nothing promotes aggression more than the example of successful aggression. | If world powers, acting together, had} checked Japan when that nation invaded Manchuria in 193}<the chances are that | Italy would never: had attached Ethiopia or interfered in Spanish affairs and Japan | would not be fighting China today. “fow many lives have spared and how much suffering avoided | can only be imagined. Enormous property | damage would have been prevented if these unwarranted attacks had been fore- stalled. | The past presents lessons for applica- tion to the future. Wise nations take ad- vantage of experience. Even pacifists can j understand today that unless aggressors are stopped now there will be more ag- gressors in the future. If aggression and ruthless are to be prevented in the years to come | ‘they must be profitl Nations that wantonly attack without just cause are world criminals and crime flourishes only so long as it pays. Just as criminals in every country are subdued by the force of | the law the lawless nations must be con- trolled by the power of mankind for, peace. The wishes of those who hate war and love peace, the sympathy extended by horror-stricken people to the victims of | attack and pious declarations of neutrality that does not differentiate between aggres- sors and those who defend their own lands are not sufficient to insure peace any- where. To lay too much stress upon their effectiveness is to be blind to what has al- H ready happened in the world. ! The aggressor nations must be re- strained if there is to be peace and the op- portunity for improvement in the living | conditions of all members of the human} race. Words are not restraint unless they | carry with them the threat of punishment | through the use of power that is able to in- flict penalties. The great democratic na- | tions of the world have the power that will | guarantee peace by making warfare~ too} costly for profit. They should not hesitate to act together to make real their aspira- | would been} invasion | ss now. tion for the establishment of world peace. i THERE MUST BE A REASON son Why German at There must be a re and Italian dictators gibe The leaders of these dictator-controlled | States seldom lose an opportunity to nounce the democratic processes of other } countries. } democracy. | de- While the denunciation of Communism | has first place in their invective oratory | they delight in lambasting the inefficiency of democracy. Paul Joseph Goebbels, | German Propaganda Minister, expressed democratic 1 “waiting ie | governments and r are; the More- over,“théy have failed to realize that demo. cracy is “figished.” mT MEE BEEN” ood for Mussolini and events alizing »nly when it is too la thing | probably showers THE KEY WEST CITIZEN You and Your Nation’s Affairs Aiding the Share-Croppers By ERIK McKINLEY ERIKSSON Professor of History, University of Southern California Designed to aid share-croppers, farm tenants, and farm laborers to become farm owners is the Bank- head-Jones Farm Tenant Act, which was placed on the statute books during the recent ses- sion of con- gress. This act is a result of recommen- dations made by President Roosevelt in a special message to Congress. For the cur- rent fiscal year, ten million dol- lars are made available. For the fiscal year 1939, the appropriation is increased to twenty-five million dollars, and thereafter is not to exceed fifty mil- lion dollars a year. From the amounts appropriated, the Secretary of Agri- culture may make loans to enable share-croppers and others to acguire the farms they operate, and: to make necessary repairs and. improyengents. Interest at the rate of three percent ices, ized No pli- is to be charged on’ unpaid bal: while the principal is to be amo! over a period up to forty yeai loan may be made unless the cant’s eligibilty has been certifiéd by a county committee of three menfbers. The committee is to consider “charac- ter, ability, and experience” in pass- ing judgment on an applicant. The Secretary of Agriculture ts further authorized to loan money to| vestock, ‘farn “and for family eligibles for buying ecuipmer uppli subsistence. Furthermore, the act directs the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a plan for the retirement of submar- ginal land, or land not primarily suit- able for cultivation. For this purpose, ten million dollars is appropriated, for the current fiscal year, and twenty million dollars for each of the next two years. In accordance with the usual New Deal procedure of creating new agen- cies, a Farmers’ Home Corporation is created within the Department of Agriculture. A board of three, selected from the department personnel by the secretary, is to manage this cor- poration, which is to exercise such powers as the secretary may wish to delegate to it, Specifically, the Secretary of Agri- culture is authorized to continue his activities for the completion and ad- ministration of resettlement projects, for, which funds had been allotted by the President. The passage of this legislation is an- other step in a development of the new New Deal. The purpose of the law is laudable. Few people seriously object to a program designed to better the conditions of thousands of persons engaged in agricultural production. The problem of farm tenancy has tended to become more serious. As the President has pointed out, a half- century ago, only a fourth of the farmers were tenants, whereas, at the present time, about forty percent op- and which, without help, they would have little chance of owning. There is nothing to be gained by attempted generalizations concerning share-croppers, farm tenants, and farm laborers. To say they are lazy nd shiftless is no more true than to say that they are all industrious and ambitious. Obvously, there are many money to try to help the shiftless class, but undoubtedly the legislation will aid many hard-working tenants to become owners of the land that they till. In any case, the cost to the government, compared to many other | New Deal experiments, will be low. (Address questions to the author care of this newspaper) THE WEATHER Temperature* Highest 92 Lowest ; Mean Normal Mean Rainfall® Yesterday’s Precipitation Nory Precipitation ? ending ats ‘Tomorrow's Al Sun rises Sun Moon rj Moon sets Tomorrow's Tides A.M. High Low Barometer reading Sea level, 29.96. 7:30 p. m., Wedn st and Vicinity: cloudy tonight Wednesday, Wedesday; gen- and tle southerly winds. F.orida: Partly showers in central and northeast cloudy with portions tonight and in south por- tion Wednesday. Jacksonville to Florida Str Moderate southerly winds becom- north portion; weather tomight ng norherly partly ove overcast land Wednesday with. eécasjpnal : owers. : Gentle. shifting south ‘amd géhtle winds over north por rtly overcast her Wednesday a East winds Gulf: northerl tior tonight a and wed with high “\the last 24 *| Florida, y normal : ported a {few scattered showers over portion. south WEATHER CONDITIONS ht disturbance moved mand early last night over north | western (Florida, and central as a weak low pressure area over northern Florida this morning. No winds were reported, but rains have been general during hours in southern Georgia, South Carolina, rainfall , reported Thomasvile,; Gay. 4.8459 and Jacksonville, Bliss es, is and with 4 Rain has ‘also Seeurved tions of the’ caster Lake region. j western Texas, and in,.the far Northwest, i Temperatures continue below from the lower Lake re gion and Ohio Valley eastward to ,the Atlantic with — iigh! | frost reported this morning in the middle Atlantic States; while readings are 10 to 22. degrets above the seasonal average throughout most of the States, and Shreveport, La., re- maximum temperature of 100 degrees yesterday. The maximum temperature at West yesterday of 92 de s equalled the record for thi coast, Key G. S. KENNEDY, Official m Charge Subscribe to The Citizen—20e weekly. ~—S WHEN YOU BUY THE scachocone @ Why take chances with unknown razor erate farms which they do not own, | of both types. It will be a waste of } northern } Pains} Leading Cubans of Key tonight to greatest and most impressive plan the, and! | will meet 'de Yara” this city has ever staged. | ;The ceremonies and celebration | ber 9 and Monday October which is the anniversary date.! ' According to advices from Havana: the Cuban Schoolship Yata_ will) come to this city and will bring a} large number of notables. The} }commission of the Revolutionary! Emigrants will be headed by Dr.| Juan O’Farrill, chairman of the} association. Both Secretary of| War Iturralde and Secretary of State Sanchez Aballi, following instructions of President Machado, | have ordered all kind of facilities to be given the excursionists, | patriots who will join the celebra- jtion in Key West. The band of; }the Cruiser Cuba will also come Jon the Yara and. give concerts !here. Main features of the cele- |bration will be the exercises at }the Maine plot in the cemetery and ‘the reception which will be staged! at San Carlos Hall. 1 Work of bracing Similar Sound bridge between Geiger’s Key and Sugar Loaf, is going ahead under {the supervision of Paul Mon- isalvatge, superintendent of main- jtenance for the county. County | prisoners are being used on the work and County Engineer Wat- kins says they are d good | work, accomplishing more each day than if the work was being jdone by contract. The material is | being unloaded at the F. E. C. ter- jminals, loaded on a_ barge towed to the bridge. About a jload a day is being braces are cut and p! held there temporarily by nails.! Holes are then bored through pil- ing and braced and the follow up jcrew place the bolts in position. | Will Ric n makes his for-! mal announcement in this issue of The Citizen for the position of Captain of Police. He believes, with hik friends, that he is quali-, jfied for the office and will make} a determined race to win. 1 Warbler left} afternoon for Barbuda to give aid to the Steamship! Amersfoot reported —_ aground | there. Barbuda is one of the} Windward Islands and is 1,500 {miles from Key West, and miles west of Puerto Rico. Or-! | KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken H From The Files Of The Citizen West ders received from New York di- elaborate celebration of “El Grito) J two pighté will cover two days, Sunday Octo-| gineer: 10 left yesterday to inspect Projects \ girls. 3505 a TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1937, ———E | { | WHO KNOWS? | 1. Is there any treaty guaran- teeing the territory of China? 2. Has Joe Louis, the Negr® | champion, fought Max 3 Schmeling? rected the captain of the Warbler ‘ to proceed to the scene which wil}! 3+ How many battleships have take the vessel about two days|been authorized for the vu & | Navy? _—_— | 4. What is the population The committee of county en-| China? ever at rs and commissioners which} 5, Was there a person named Mentor? 4 and 5 of the overseas highway How does the wheat which was built by Jenner Broth- ers on Key Largo and will report|compare with probable favorably and recommend accept-; consumption? ance of these two projects, Com- What is the cost of the pub- Pao Kirchheiner said to-|1¢ schools of the United States? = 8. Has motor traffic ever been Editorial comment: The _girt{‘irected by airplane patrols? who complains that boys don’t} 9 How many employes are op show her the proper respect may|the WPA rolls? not know it, but she is really con-} 10. Where is the Isle of Pines fessing that she isn’t entitled to! anq to what nation does it be- the respect boys show many other 6. crop domestic jlong? (See “The Answers” on Pi 4) Myrtland Cates and Miss Elaine| Lord will be married at 7:15 this! evening in this city. Rev. L. Munro, of the First Methodist; tend. church, will be the officiating| minister, members of the organization at- Wooden runways for auto- mobiles which extend into a Members of the P. U. of A. an-| paved street are illegal and must nounce today that matters of|be moved. This was announced more than usual imortanpee will|by the board of public works this be taken up at their meeting to-| morning and also by a serigs of night 8 o'clock. Officials of the! advertisements appearing in The organization are urging that all; Citizen. 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 $106 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 Corporation You, with spare rooms should decide Me SOOO aM: To put a coat | { Gee Mot the tourist season coming on, The walls where you reside. Yes, Rent. These rooms will bring a tidy sum. If they are pleasant and clean. And with extra money we all have fun. No need to say what else we mean. SHERWIN WILLIAMS m. of paint upon blades? Put your money on known quali Probak Jr.—product of the @orid’s large blade maker. This blade is ground, honed and stropped by special process. It's made to whisk off wiry whiskers without the slight- est skin-pull of irritation. Yet it eeils at 4 for 10¢! Buy a package of Probak Jr. from your dealer today and save money on shaves. AINT SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING CO. “Your Home Is Worthy Of The Best” White and Eliza Streets als lille Hitler, ation compul-} b at d@mocracies “* sory with the understanding that no relief} the might net put up with be the future without a} eratory : registration card, the census undoubtedly | would be other hand, were the regi Otherwi ich foolish would granted in taking effecti the without ghten dictators as to # success. General Johnson! democracies, charges that proposal was disregarded — by the administration because it would think h cor disclose hundreds of aliens, who are il-1 be the best prev war t I s country either on rel rolls fodder jobs that could be taken by! lir This! condition exists in Key West, as this column has often pointed out. itable s there unref wh answer the Phone 598 1 citizens now on relief.” were waYs even world was twiew belie sparsiey se ,Li Lb dnb bk Abd Abd bbn didi hadi dddiddddddtddhddidddd JUNIOR BLADES | a eaDpucs of mae woRe's Lascest sient martes over popul the greed ¢ ations makes for s he ow WLLLLLLLLLLLALLLLLALZLALLA LLL LL 2 we, LivvivtI FXG LOD IILIILIIIIL LS.