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

PAGE ae) The Key West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC, L. P, ARTMAN, President JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Dally Newspaper in Key West and Monroe SIXTH YEAR . Member of the Associated Press the 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 wone Year . ‘ix Months ‘fhree Months .. Ine Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. 8 CIAL NOTICE All reading noti: cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, 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 dare 5 cents a line. The Citizen forum and invites discu: 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, Bath'ng Pavilion, Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County Gevernments. Many people do odd things even, to get When the road to the mainland is a -reality, realty will boom. Fascism has finally ‘eaten its way in- -to-the vitals of the Western Hemisphere with the Brazilian dissolution of the sen- ‘ate and house of representatives and the cinstitution of a corporate body in its stead “by Getulio Vargas and the naming of him- tself as dictator. A hot revolution is in or- “der, if the writer's decade of years is a criterion, Hurrah for the orchidacious gesture of the young ladies of Smith College who ~will forego the wearing of silk stockings “until Japan agrees to be good ,to China. “Japan will feel this ‘‘girlcott’” when it is _considered that one pair of silk stockings of service weight contains 64 miles of silk, and most of our silk comes from the Land of the Rising Sun. = A neighboring editor tells that in the elobby of his local bank one morning re- Zcently there were ten people. Four of Sthem were on the public payroll, federal sand local, and-two others were waiting to Teash federal checks. The writer presumes “that the other four were there to borrow “money with which to pay their taxes.— qEustis Lake Region. The Woman's Club has taken the tinitiative in cleaning up the city physically, “at least, and outlined a program to do ‘some practical work. It urges the Rotary ‘Club do its share and this leads The Citi- zen to suggest a "Clean-up Week.” This | should be done the early part of next month, and then everybody can join inj making this Nature-favored spot a “City Beautiful.” See SOMES Jacksonville police two months ago tarted' taiding the bolita houses ostensibly egause they wouldn't accede to the old! panish custom of “paying off.” Gambling} eas" Now the “go ahead” sign ha een given and the gambling houses will peraté ip full swing with the that the police would not raid them. dently the gamblers and bolita assurance Evi- | operators have decided to “come across." Since it is shown that gambling stops as soon as the “pay-off” fails, why not bribe the police tc keep the gambling houses closed, or would the public be given the double cross if this However, the better class of | citizens of Jacksonville will not sit su ly by mesning the police, were done? so called will find and the themselves on uneasy seats. | law-enforcers, | relief. | viction that business itself neither BUSINESS HAS THE REMEDY That American business is in the dol- | drums for a period appears established | the current graphs and charts of economic affairs. Certainly, the business aeweiog: | ments expected this Fall have not taken} place and, instead, there is a hesitant ap- proach to the problems of the future. Various reasons have been assigned ; for the present state of affairs. Big busi- | ness, for the most part. blames the govern- ment, with its regulations and restrictions | in force, and lifts a loud supplication for | The word is abroad that private | capital will “take over” the fight against unemployment if certain onerous burdens | are removed and the government relents in | its war upon capital and corporations. We do not believe that the people of | the United States desire the destruction of | big business or the legal execution of capi- tal. Nevertheless, the people have sup- ported’ receyt reforms because of the con- recog- |, nized nor recoiled from practices that have been indefensible and costly to the pub-+ lic at large. Let business, big or little, show some interest in national welfare, with an expression of willingness to give up unfair privileges that exist, and we are sure that the public, will forget somg.of the ancient wrongs. : Big busingssr has done Fach for the welfare of the people of theD nited State The standard of living in’ this country’ 1s, in part, a tributerto Ameri¢an. § enterprise and individual initiatite.) At ithe’ same time, abuses have been scandalous in many fields, without apparent evidence that business leaders had the intention or the ability to remove them. The remedy for such a condition lies more within the fields of business activity than in the realm of politics. The big boys who have oppressed the “little fel- lows” in the past need not expect much sympathy from the latter when the recoil hits them heavy blows. They can have public support when the public is con- vinced that business is sound, that its racketeering tactics have been abandoned and that its leaders are earning the huge salaries and bonuses that they receive. This may be plain talk but it is the basic causé of much unrest that he ap- peared in the United States. Personally, we are fer big business—the bigger the better so far as we are concerned. How- ever, there must be a code of ethics in business everywhere that above the profit aim and the sooner the people be- come convinced of this the quicker will we have confidence reestablished in the United States. {| ' is THOSE BUSY BUREAUS bureaus in What those government Washington can’t think up to experiment | and piddle with must be unthinkable. After much research the Bureau of Stand ards recently determined the relative noise- making possibilities of a saxophone player and a tap dancer. Now these learned scientists are investigating women’s hose and the limbs, shapely or otherwise, which wear them. ’ i They ha¥e decided that a 30-inch length for ladies’ stockings: is: abeut right, and maybe they will pass a Taw about it. But, again, maybe ndé, fdr we Tread that many women are protesting against this attempt at standardization, saying that in the arbitrary length some of them look like infants in socks, while other whose legs are shorter than normal, claim the stockings will approach their ears.” These protests naturally call for fur- | ther investigation and by the! Bureau, including measurements for in- step, heel, toe, ankle and calf, to deter- mine the act dimensions appropriate for | the various sizes to be officially author- | ized, * research All of which cause New York | Sun to pertinently remark that “some of the ways and means which the govern-| ment finds for wasting taxpay money | would be funny if the deficit and the prob- | lem of finding money for serious.” s the taxes were not so Baseball fans often compare the livery of a baseball pitcher with t 3 but the velocity of ar let j r more than 10 s the speed! est thrown ball that which rifle-shot, cuts the z good has It na of the fas’ thing for ball players limited the possibly throw a ball, a ture speed at a pitcher may othe twise the +t] mond would look like a battle fi close of a game THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Seems as how them politicians ain't able t’ live within our income } or without it. Thet nudist colony over in Seth | Peabody's grove turned out t’ be jest a bunch o’ typical taxpayers. Today’ S “Birthdays Prof. Felix Frankfurter of the Harvard Law School, born in Vi- enna, 55 yearg ago. Franklin P. Arams (“F, P. A.”), of New York, noted journalist and author, born in Chicago, 56 years abo. ~ Vincent Astor of New born there, 46 years ago. York, W. Averill Merriman of New York, chairman of the board of the U. P. R. Riy"head of the Busi- ness Advisory Committee, Wash- ington, born 46 years ago. Carroll B. Merriam of Topeka, Kans., member of the Reconstruc- tion Finance Com., born at John-, son, Vt., 67 wears ago. Dr, S. Josephine Baker of New York and Princeton, N. J., noted child hygienist, born at Pough- keepsie, N. Y.; 64 years ago. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1937. Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Key West has one of the finest i flying fields in the south. There | will be wonderful development in air mail and passenger service in ‘the Caribbean areas in the iyear.or so. Key West very, very favorably located and should next is | profit greatly from this develop- ment. These are the opinions of ‘istant Postmaster Gen- in Second A eral Charles Glover, who was the city today en route to Cuba to ss with the Cuban gove' ment several phases of the service between that country and this. Mr. Glover expressed great surprise at the condition in which he found the Meacham FieKd. He a it hi id, to visualize field on the is- land, because of the sc: y of the right kind of |. he classes Meacham Airport as not only thoroughly actory in every respect but a really wonder-| ful field. air Monroe county ‘the la of its Overs ! bonds of securities, one of $ six per cent bonds and another of $75,000 51% ‘eent bonds, were sold to Wright! | Warlow “and Company : 03/ Or-| lando, and Pruden and Company; of Toledo, Ohio, This sal {tually completes the count; ‘nancing of the road to the main- land. Proceeds from this sale will finance not only the building the row] on the Key Vacas group, but will cover the expense of numerous small jobs still waiting to be done at various points on the route. of There had been cast in the o'clock this one of the arious pr afternoon, biggest votes history: of voting in Key Ward four ha! cast the |total, which was 614, and sat 2 indicating in re ksterfeld y; the si West. ¢ Of The Citizen three of a possible had cast the centage of its vote with 450. highest 2,412 yotes were cast in the half of the day, means an excep- Die tionally large total. Warning that a white native of the United States, parently, wa soliciting funds here Saturday for the Red Cross, sued by Red Cross headquarters. same 50¢ goes, no The woman colle home and $1.00 reported. She by which they cted in another, has no connection with the Red Cross. are warning the public to pa money to any person who does not not have received one. wear such a bailge. per son, 286 out The fact that first Leslie, popular woman, ap- Boston poet and essayist is is- 2.50 in one large your contribution. { SCCESOSESEEErVESSOOOSOCCCOOOCES TODAY’S ANNIVERSARIES iam Pitt, Earl of, Mast,” born at Cambridge, Mass. » English statesman, = Died in Boston, Feb. 2, 1879. foundations of Britai father of an illustrious Died May 11, 1778. Chathan laid the empire, ike 1807—Peter H. Burnett, Mis- ' souri lawyer, Oregon pioneer, Cal- 1787—(150 years ago) Eliza’ ifornia 49’er and her first gover- Philadelphia au-' nor, born at Nashvile, Tenn. Died born there.’ in San Francisco, May 17, 1895. d at Gloucester, N. J., Jan. 1, | 1858. thoress of her day, 1315—Edward ‘L.” Davenport, a leading acter of: his. dayy whose five daughters and two sons all achieved stage suecess,.. horn Boston. Died Sépt. 1, I8TT. 1833—William °F. “Datted, engi- who _ superintend- first Bease- Hen; Dana, » son of a noted jurist and father of the author of “Two Years Before the 1787—Richard in matter how) is, Mrs. William R. Warren wishes ,¢d the making of | neer-inventor, the As a result it to be known that an invitation, mer steel here, born at New Bed- officials of the local chapter are to her reception was urging officials to wear the badges every member of are identified, and Club. mailed the Woman’ She therefore extends an no invitation to any member who may| to ford, om: s. Died at Middletown, . a y. 14, 189) to The Subser Citizen—20e | weekly. ve The naval station football team lost both games Havana from which the. on the Saukee last night. by a los core being day they terda per!a score of 19 to 6 The local Amer 'the Spanish War jissued.a statement thanking those who helped to make the Day celebration e of the ved neither sustain any the ity and city thanked for their cooperation, « individuals events which would pro- a number of for post have interfered gram. onin: mA itorial comment: more than a a $1.00 to the goes to WaShin the Vedado football players took the game by cooper: expense on their single to 12. Tennis 10 an Leg Veterans zion a suee organization entailed. departments ivate with the > only $1.00, ton, but only trip returned Satur-) and have mistice Be- ion they to Save a little of thy hide-bound pocket will soon begin to thrive and thou wilt income, and thy never cry again with an empty stomach; neither will creditors insult thee, nor want oppress, nor hunger bite, nor will nakedness*freeze thee. The hemisphere — will shine ,brighter, and pleasure spring up in every ‘corner of thy heart. whole re- —Benjamin Franklin. will financial loss because! All THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST Member of the Federal Reserve { Member of the F. D. I. C. If possible! Red Oc the Anchored 47 miles off shore, the Nantucket Lightship guides traffic on the Atlantic Coast. Mail and supplies come aboard once a month—one of the most welcome arrivals is the supply of Chesterfields. Chesterfields give more pleasure to smokers wherever they are . On land or sea or in the air Chesterficlds satisfy millions all over the world. They’re refreshingly milder. . . They’re different and better. -.-@ laste that smokers like