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

“PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen Published ily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHIN L. P. ARTMAN, Pi JOE ALLEN, Assistant Bu From The Citizen Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County. Entered at da, as second class matter FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR Member of the Associated Press the Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to *4t or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES une Year _.... ‘ix Months . three Months ne Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of fespect, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. Notices 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. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1. 2. 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, Key West needs some smart council- men, and néxt month is the time to pick ‘em. What is the matter with the rain maker; does he think Key West is Pago- Pago? If you were asked if the days were getting longer or shorter you would un- questionably answer that they were, get- ting shorter, but as a matter of fact the ‘moon is graduelly but surely applying brakes to the earth’s spin and as a result the day is now lengthening at the rate of ohe-thousandth of a second a century. Much space in The Citizen was filled yesterday with congratulatory messages to Isadore Appelrouth, proprietor of the Store of Fashion, who has remodeled his emporium in such a m@nner that not only are the goods in fashion, but the store, too, is a model of Fashion. The Citizen con- gratulates Mr. Appelrouth on his enter- prise. . The Ferries Pilgrim and _ Traveller cost the government under the Gilfond management $31,000 and the repairs amounted to $57,000. That’s how the tax- payers’ money is wantonly wasted by in- competents, just because they happened to belong to the army of unemployed. We doubt if, after the bridges are completed, these ferries will be worth more than the price of junk. All 19 occupants of the ill-fated United Air Lines transcontinental plane were found dead. The toll actually was 20 because one of the passengers was en- ciente and would have given birth to a ehild a few days later had she lived. An irony of fate of this greatest of all air crashes in this country was that photo- graphers were making a news reel short alesigned.to show the safety and comfort of modern air travel. ; The Citizen was under the impres- Sion that real estate values had increased but the water front property sold by the city of Key West to Maitland Adams for A GUARDED PROPOSAL Lorenzo Dow, an American evange- list who went to Ireland in 1799 to en- deavor to convert the Catholics of that country to Protestantism, was a bold spirit in many respects, but it appears that he was extremely cautious in matters in which women were concerned, His tentative proposal written to a young woman of his quaintance, a masterpiece of con- servatism. He wrote as follows: “If I am preserved, about a year and ac- is a half from now I am in hopes of seeing this northern country again; and if during that time you live and remain single, and find no one that you like better than you do me, and would be willing to give me up three years out of every four for travel in | foreign lands (for if you should stand in the way I would pray God to remove you, which I believe He would answer) and if I find no one I like better than I do you, perhaps something further may, be said upon the subject.” add Ju It is.safe! to sily that, tHe youhe” lady could hardly ‘have :gottem a ‘breach of rength, of a, letter OO promise verdict, on the st like, that. or v4 GUARD AGAINST ENVY Nothing kills a town or city quicker than a spirit of envy, regardless of how it works. As long as the people of a com- munity are striving to keep ahead of others, with no other goal in view, then that long will the settlement remain a hick vill 4e, even if it has people by the thou- sands, ‘ Fortunately. Key West is singularly free from an excess of mean-spirited envy, the low-down spite of narrow-minded souls. Once in a while one runs across a petty exhibition of disgusting selfishness, expressing its discontent by striking at neighbor or at home. Luckily, most of the time, our people are broad-minded,' liberal and unselfish. . It will do us no harm, however, as citizens of Key West to guard against this insidious poison that saps community good-will. Let us be sure that we hail the good fortune of our friends, that we strive “for the common betterment of our citizen- ship and that, whatever we may have, or be, that we are not embittered by our failure, or another’s success, Before long most of us will be read- ing reviews of. what took place in 1937. Lists of events, compiled by ex- perienced chroniclers, will stress various ‘important’ occurrences and develop- ments. It might be interesting: to. average, therefore obscure, parents it Key West’ to realize that the birth aby, 7. hhard- won battle in/the seer ni Dat human heart, orseven ‘the youthful-widerstanding | that came to a pair of: levers: may-) have been the one really important: happening of the year, destined to play a vital part in the progress of humanity. Don’t smile at the above idea too quickly. Somewhere in the world, in 1937, lives the leader of the civilization of 1970. Perhaps he, or she, rubs elbows with you, and has been influenced in life} or character by your attitude or what you do. More interesting, perhaps, is the idea that you might be the leader yourself— and there’s no reason to laugh this off. - ADVERTISING LIES Reputable advertisers do not practice | These firms | know that honesty pays in advertising just | trying to deceive the public. as in anything else, for if the public can- not believe the claims and statements made in an advertisement it will not pro- } duce results for the advertiser. | Yet, it is very strange to notice how of marriage, ! THE KEY WEST CITIZEN You and Your: Nation’s It is never easy to interpret eco- nomic conditions. Yet all business men must make decisions. It is neces- sary for chem to place orders or not + place orders. They must bor- row or not bor- row. No matter how bewil- dered and un- certain they may be there is no escape for them. Just at pres- ent their pre- dicament is an especially awk- ward one. If we look at many of the basic busi- ness figures, there seems lit- tle or no reason to fear a business re- action. Most cf the indices show strength if viewed over an extended period, say. a year. The Department of Commerce shows that for July the combined index of business activity (taken from The Anyalist) was 109 compared with 102 a year earlier. ‘There was a decliné from last spring but it is presumably seasonal. Other indices show a similar situ- ation, The federal reserve index of industrial production was 112 com- pared with 105 a year earlier. Prices received by farmers ar: 125 com- pared with 115. Wholesale prices (United States Department of Labor) ‘were 87.9 compared with 80.5, Put in another way the purchasing power of the dollar was 114.6 compared with 125.1. These and other indicators show a continuing upward trend with } certain reactions that are usually termed seasonal. Yet there is uncertainty in the air. Not long ago steel activity for the rest of the year was estimated at 75% but on the day this is written that estimate is lowered to 70%. Prices for certain basic commodities are weak. Cotton, coffee, tin and others are sag- ging. Most spectacular of all the stock Temperature® 2 go 18 Highest Lowest Mean. Normal Rainfal Yesterday’s Precipitation TT. Ins Normal Precipitation 25 ins. ‘hin record covern 24-hour period ending at § @elock thin morning. ‘Tomorrow's Almanac Sun rises 6:29 a. m. Sun sets 5 Moon rises . * : PM. High 12:41 Low .... 5:20 Barometer reading at 8 a. m.: Sea level, 29.84, . WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:20 p. m., Saturday) Key West and Vicinity: Cloudy with scattered showers this aft- ernoon and possibly tonight, some- what cooley tonight; Saturday generally fair and cooler; moder- ate shifting winds becoming fresh horth and northwest. Florida: Cloudy, seattered Se this afternoon and pos- ‘sibly in south portion tonight, ewhat cooler tonight; Satur- day generally feir and colder. Jacksonville to Florida Straits winds becoming fresh north and er with showers tonight followed by clearing Saturday. WEATHER CONDITIONS The western high pressure area jhas spread southeastward over Texas, and eastvard to the Mis- sissippi Valley, and pressure is moderately high off the north and Save a little of thy inc whole hemisphere ‘wi pleasure spring up in e THE WEATHE —_—_—_— northwest; mostly overcast weath-! Affairs Stock Market and Business By ERNEST MINOR PATTERSON - President, American Academy of Political and Social Science market declined precipitately during September. What are we to think? More impor- tant still, how should business men act? Undoubtedly the situation is con- fusing but it is well to remember that several bullish factors are still pres- ent. They may be offset by bearish factors that should not be overlooked. One of these is that as yet the budget of the federal government is not bal- anced: We have plenty of promises and unquestionably basic intentioas in many quarters are good. But the balance has not been reached and probably will not be attainec in the very near future. Another factor is the attitude of the federal reserve authorities and the Treasury Department. Last winter their influence was directed toward checking an upward movement that had gone too far and to» fast. Now they are alarmed over business un- certainty and in various ways are en- deavoring to apply sti.ulants. Low- ered rediscount rates, the announce- ment of intended government bond purchases by the reserve banks and liberalized regulations all indicate their anxiety and a desire to stimu late business. Of course, it is easy {5 suggest that the weakness of thé gov- ernment bond market is an important consideration. What should we conclude?’ Dog- matism is certainly out of place. One! investment service very properly points out that we are dealing with a new factor in business or rather one which has recently increased greatly in importance. It is -the attempt of government authorities to,.“manage money.” How fully they can do so is not yet clear but it is‘more than prob- able that they will be more success- ful in raising s than in lowering them. At present, we are in a period of uncertai and hesitation. Some even call it “jittery.” As yet there is no reason for calling it anything more. Some of the uncertainties will be cleared away. Then the more basic influences will show their force and they are in the direction of ‘an ad- vance rather than a recession. {Address questions to the author care of this newspaper) R jaitc Atlantic coast; ‘while a ; trough of low pressure extends. {from the eastern Lake™ region ‘southward’ over the eastern Gulf of Mexico and Florida, with a moderate disturbance centered over the Appalachian -region. { Light to moderate precipitation has occurred during the last 24 thours from the upper Mississippi Valley and Lake region south- ward to the middle Gulf coast, | ana on the Texas coast, with light ‘snow in northern Michigan. There ‘have also been heavy showers in portions of southern Florida, Fort, Myers, 2.72 inches, and Miami, 1.10 inches. Colder weather has overspread the Plains States, and southward to the west Gulf coast; while tem- peratures have risen in the At- lantic States, and are above nor- western dis- | 'mal over most far tricts. | G. S. KENNEDY, Official in Charge. 666 | Liquid - Tablets first dey Salve-Nose Drops _ Hesdache 20 minstes, { jand East Gulf: ‘Moderate shifting | Try “Rub-My-Tism”-World’s Best Liniment STAR >+ BRAND CUBAN COFFEE Is Deliciously Fresh! | —TRY IT TODAY— [ Om Sale At All Grocers ome, and thy hide-bound pocket will soon begin to thrive and thou wilt never cry again with an empty stomach; neither will creditors insult thee, nor want oppress, nor hunger bite, nor will nakedness freeze thee. The n and very corner of thy heart. shine brighter, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1987, _ driving to Key West. Pretty KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY |* = Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files The hull of one of the ferries which the county has bought for! the Overseas Highway. has already) been laid and another will be! started Monday, possibly two keels; will be laid that day. This was breught to light yesterday when} the county commissioners met to: formally sign the contract for the’ three ferries which are ‘to span the big water gap in the Overseas Highway. In giving out this in-| formation President George Gibbs, ' of the Gibbs Gas Engine Co., of! Jacksonville, which is building the boats, stated that he has high hopes of delivering one of the: ferries in 45 days, and possibly two of them will be ready for de- livery by that time, instead of the 60 days specified in the contract. jIn addition to the plans for de-! livering the vessels within the space of the time required, per- haps sooner, Mr. Gibbs said that there is every reason td believe An illustrated Jecture will be O€ The Citizen «{ Services at the Presbyterian church tomorrow night. Florida Sea” is the title of the story and its author s Hamilton; Jeff. Knight, who recently Wright widely-read writer and | bought the La Concha Cafe, on Florida booster. ‘The story filled) Duval street, has renovated the more than a page and carried place, put in new equipment and ict this: asi: operk “od |has the establishment in opera- three pictures with an insert of @/ tion ‘today, sexe tee fish which was snapped by Mr. : Wright on the Key West water} Barbara Louise, Warren, six months old daughters of Mr. and front. the outstanding feature of the — Mrs. Leo Warren, was’ ’baptized © Key West’s best baseball play-' Thursday in the Methodist faith. ers will probably have the oppor-; The home of the parents was the tunity of displaying their ability scene of much activity, although to the fans of Havana in mid-| only immediate members of the November. Raul Alpizar,. who family were invited to the event. brought a club here for a series Sponsors were Mrs. Samuel J. of four games, has written to! Filer, Mr. and Mrs. J. Otto. Kir- friends and suggests that a club} chheiner. be sent from Key West to play a} —_—__ series with Havana teams. Ar-| Subseribe to The Citizen—20¢ rangements have been started and’ weekly. there is every probability that a team will go from this city in No-} vember. BENJAMIN LOPEZ FUNERAL HOME that a speed of 12 miles an hour} will be attained instead of the specified, 10 miles... His organization ‘is 'going ahead this object in view he said, recent. developments led his ginéers' to “believe” be, attained. Editorial comment: : we than 60 days now Key Westers entire! will be driving to Miami, And 24-Hour Ambulance Service what’s vastly more important, Lisencod ity thousands of outsiders will be en-| ‘that speed will; } seiaee | Echoes of the Mexican revolt of 1923, which caused portions of: the land of Mexico to welter in) blood, were heawi in circuit court here today. The Mexican govern- ment is sueing Ruben Vizcarra,; one of the leaders of the revolt} for an automobile, now almost} five years old. But the car is; only a pretext, attorneys for Viz-} carra say. It is Vizcarra himself. that the Mexican government, wants, they declare. There is a! vacant spot in a brick wall in! Mexico City, against which the} government would like to stand) the one time government official with a firing squad in front, the; lawyers believe. The car was at- tached while in Key West in tran- sit to Havana from Miami in) 1923. Documents ari testimony} showed that Vizcarra bought the car at San Antonio in that year. His brother stated they used the} ear in Mexico a while and then drove to Miami. | ’ @ You may be lucky at games of chance— ‘but why risk your money buying unknown razor blades? Probal Jr.—made by the world’s largest maker of blades and selling at 4 for 10¢ is a double-edge blade of known A magazine published in Beas. bay, India, carries an illustrated’ story about Key West and the Florida seas in its July issue, a copy of which has just been re. ceived by the Key West Chamber} of Commetde, “Tigers of The| | IN SETS CONSISTING OF 1 QUART CAN OLD ENGLISH NO RUBBING FLOOR POLISH 1 8 OZ. CAN OLD ENGLISH FOAMY UPHOLSTERY CLEANER A REGULAR $1.00 VALUE Special Sale . 60c Other Old English Products Reg. Price Sale Price 1 LB. OLD ENGLISH PASTE WAX : 60c 3Se PINTS OLD ENGLISH FURNITURE POLISH _. - 50 30¢ PINTS OLD ENGLISH NO RUBBING FLOOR POLISH 50c 30 VEGETABLE BINS 20” HIGH, 9” DEEP, 5” WIDE. 3 COMPARTMENTS. ENAMELED LETTUCE GREEN EACH - - - - - - - $1.25 STEP-ON GARBAGE CANS FOR INDOORS. SANITARY. INNER CAN GALVANIZED. OUTER CAN, ENAMELED IVORY $7,500, is evidence that property values in-| many prominent firms have been rebuked stead have decreased. The size of the land| by the Federal Trade Commission for im- —Benjamin Franklin. f | { t ) ) EACH ------ - 85e sold had a length of 88 feet and a depth | proper claims in their advertising matter. | of 282 feet, and was known as the Wer The Commission is doing splendid work to | ner property. However, our faith in! protect the public against excessive pre-} the growth of the city is so great that|tentions and false statements in regard we believe if the city council had waited | to commodities and services offered to the just a few years longer, the property! public. The Commission accomplishes would have brought in the neighborhood / this under its general powers to prevent / of $50,000. Caveat emptor, nevertheless! unfair competition, for, obviously, it is un- | congratulations to him and condolences to} fair to the honest advertiser to permit ad- | poor old Key West. i vertising lies te pass unchallenged. i THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST MOSQUITOE SPRAY—SAY “KILSIT”—25e PER QUART SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & 5 C0. “Your Home Is Worthy Of The Best” White and Eliza Streets Phone 598 ES SIILSS SLID TAO IIOODODOOMs ss. Member of the Federal Reserve Member of the F. D. 1. C. Lee LNn ANA hn N hh hh hhh Ad Ahh hdh thi dhiddd hdd ——