The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 2, 1937, Page 2

The Key West Citizen Published Daily Bxeépt Sufiday B; THE CITIZEN Busuisnine. ‘od. INO, eek LP. ARTMAN, aceerony LEN, Apsistant Bactnegs Mhvager Frorfi The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets in Key West and Monroe ounty. Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Only Daily Newspaper ci FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR Member of the Ansociated Uhe Associated Presg is exclusively entitled to use for republivation of all neWs dispatches credited to i ot other Wise cféaited in this papér and aiso al hews published here. vne Year Six Months fhree Mon: Jne Month Weekly ... ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application, SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of obituary notices, ete., will be charged for at of 10 cents a line. for entertainments by churches from Which venue is to be derived are & cents a litte. e Citizen is an dpén foram ahd invites discus- f public issues and subjetts of local ur general t but it will not publish anonymous communhi- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN ip r— > Water anit Beperagey Ws Free Port. Hotels and Apartments, ig Bathing Pavilion. f NON-EXISTENT “BENEFITS” A federal official recently spoke of the “benefits” to the industry of federal control of the electric light and power com- panies—and cited as an example the fact that in 1937 the industry’s gross revenues were the highest in history. This is the sort of misleading thing that has been all too prevalent in recent years. It is true that in 1936 the industry’s gross earnings were big—but, more import- ant, the industry’s net earnings, which are the only true barometer of solvency, ,and prosperity, did not show, as was inferred, a similar increase. >6-) TZAHK In 1930, the industry grossed $2,250,- 000—and its net revenue was $625,000,- 000. In 1933, it grossed $1;998,000,000— and its net was $405,000,000. Th1936 it grossed $2,336,000,000—and its net was $474,000,000, substantially less than in 1930. As Charles W. Kellogg, president of the Edison Electric Institute, points out, it is difficult to see how the government is benefiting the utilities when it spends mil- lions to subsidize public plants to compete with them; taxes them to the hilt, while ex- empting Federal and municipal plants from taxation; establishes punitive regulations, such as the holding company “death sen- tence” law, and, while insisting that priv- ate utilities be regulated stringently by it- self and the states, @akes its own electrit projects immune frém regulation. The utility industry is one of the most progressive in the country, and it has givén 'thé American people the best and cheapest power service in the world. Yet it is the pet target of the politicians. That is the ap AND th WORN, E HAVE TRovsies' GALohe, OA. 4 50 EMeTy T ECHO INSIDE; : i TAK POISON'S EATING My HEART TO TH CORE, pnd my SOUL FEELS AS IF IT HAD DIED, i cuonus Sie BUT I'M ARUDGING ALONG witia THis List OF A SONG “WE LITTLE OL POORHOUSE —TRATS WHERE I GELONG prod KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen The county’s third be ready for launchifig®im about home run. The score was 9 to5, two weeks’ time. Thig announce-| ment was made at a meeting of; Fort Lauderdale entrance light- the county commissionets” last edj/bell buoy and the Caloosa gas, night, when a communication} and bell buoy, both recently re- from George Gibbs, head of the! ported extinguished, will be re- Construction company of Jackson-| lighted as soon as practicable. ville was read. Mr. Gibbs is now} rry should info left field which resulted imray Today In History 1762—Touto Synagogue, New- port, R. L, oldest Jewish house of Raia in country, dedicated. 1823—Pres. Monroe’s message to |Congress which enunciated for jthe first time what was to _be- come historic as the “Monroe Doc- jivine.” At the time thefe was |good grounds fot the belief sev- jeral European countries were | planning to grab off some slice of |the New World for themselves. 1859—Johth Brown; famed aboli- | tionist, hanged. 1918—TH@ American Army of }Occupation; in full war equip- {ment, marched on to Germany. 1919 — Pres. Wilson’s special message to Congress ufging re- duction in taxes, measures to curb the Reds, and the democratization of industry, 1929—Ford workers begin work- jing at minimum daily wage of 7.00 instead of $6.00. ‘ selling more tickets than any oth- er class in school for the last foot- ball game. In publishing the list of jurors | ifor criminal court this week the jname of Charles Tift was used in! lerror. The name should have been} Joe Tift. The Citizen was misin- jiormed. Charles J. Peat was last night elected commander of B. H. Mc- Calla Camp, U. S. W. V., at the annual election of the organiza- tion. Other officers elected were: |Senior Vice Commander W. H. ;Trout; Junior Vice Commander, John Weber; Officer of the Day, truth of the matter, and no amount of talk about non-existent “benefits” can change it. Airports—Land and Sea, Consolidation of County ana. City in the city and came to the meet-: ing at a late hour, and confirm- ed the statement made in the Senior B Class of the” High |James Russell; Officer of the School are holding a picnic this; Guard, Arthur J. Stewart; Chap- afternoon at the Athletic Club. ;lain, George Fox; Surgeon, Dr. G. company’s letter. All three of the ‘this class won the half-holiday by | M. Guiteras. Governments. Now that we have old age security, we don’t have to worry when we get old only until the time we reach old age. The Miami Tribune, self-confessed “The South’s Smartest Newspaper”, has yielded to the Miami Herald. Not so smart after all. The main feason why the public school system has the support of taxpayets i be- cause, in the past, an education has been an -economic asset to the community through the individual. “War is beautiful,” says V. Mussolini. “Page Genetal Sherman,” says the Tampa Tribune. Vittorio is now fiding “high, wide and handsome,” but if he stays in the game long enoygh-he will change his tune and know that Sherman was right, after all. Always it is the spirit that counts. Even in looking fora job much depends upon whether it is sought after in a despon- dent or in a hopeful and ¢heerful a spirit ‘as can be mustered. Looking for a job and ‘praying to Heaven you won’t find one, is not the spirit thai brings success, According to the evolition the divergence between WAR anid est living: relative) the 26filla, mi occurred. rot less than a ‘million However, if' we observe'some'ét thi species today we can discern but | gress in all those millions of y What isthe meaning of the word “smorgasbord” ?—Housewife. It is a Swedish word meaning hors d’oeuvres.— Richmond News Dispatch. . Yes, yes, and what is the meaning of “hots d’oeuvres” —P. EB. B. It means “out of” something, probably a can or maybe luck.—Fort My- ers News-Press. Since “hors d'oeuvres” literally means “Out of the works”, it seems that “hash” is an appropriate translation for what the cook concocts. It is said that the Miami Tribune was losing about $8,000 a week, and undoubt- edly that had something to do with the sale of the paper to the owners of the Miami Herald. But, as this colufn has so often pointed out, never in the history of news- papérdom in the United States has a “spite” paper ever beet known to succeed. Key West, too, has had its spite papers, the most recent being the late and unlamented Morning Call, started by a Mr. Aubuchon because the publisher of The Citizen would not support him if a “erooked” scheme to defraud the city. Spite papers flourish briefly, then ignominieusly bow to the in- evitable, ‘ ANTI-LYNCHING BILL NO CURE Judge Lynch, after his own ruthless code, usurps the functions of prosecutor and judge, jury and executioner; he knows no law and recognizes no authority save to defy them. Men, becoming infected with temporary beastical insanity and _ blood- madness, rush to the kill. Lynchings bring disgrace upon outraged civilization and shame to Christian communities. But Federal restraint in the form of Federal meddling with the police powers of the States to the extent and manner pre- séribed in the pending antilynching bill, would only mean another law for lynchers and mobsters to violate, and would not ac- complish the results intended, The Govern- ment cannot legislate sanity and reason in- to minds and hearts of men gone mad. While the crime of lynching occupies an inglorious page in American history, it does not rival in degree of infamy the low cunning of a few demagogs, alias honest men, who seek to arouse and use racial hatred and sectionalism as stalking horses for Negro votes. On the other hand, many sincere men and women support the meas- ure solely on the premise that any move for curbing mob violence is better than no effort. Why have Uncle Sam arrogate the role of policeman for the States’ own priv- ate back alleys According to Plorida’s ‘iSenator Pepper, “There is plenty to talk ,. about and there is plenty*to do insteadof wasting our time on something that is, not one of the major problems of American public life.’ ferries will undoubtedly be ready i} for delivery on the dates specified} in the contract he has with the! county, Mr. Gibbs told the com-| missioners. There were some changes necessary in the metal used in the construction of the vessels, when it was optional with the builder whether he would use Steel or bronze completion of the vessels it would have delayed de-| livery 60 days or more. | The committee representing the Presbyterian church in the Red! Cross membership drive, was the first to return with funds repre- senting their part of the collec- tion yesterday. The committee! turned up at Red Cross headqtar- tets with $27.80. Having finished most of the’territory on Simon- ton street, assigned to them, the committee members were essign- ed to a section of District No. 10 and wete to work that this after-| noon. Thé Woman’s Club com-! mittee which worked a portion of! District 10, reported later with] $51.50. The show which was pre-| sented by the colored theatrical company last night, will net about! $200, it is estimated. Complete; chéck of sales of tickets indicates the gtoss will run afound $230, with an expense of only $25 for staging the show. Editorial Comment: Chicago's Lady Godiva show didn’t amount to such an awful lot after all. The| gal didn’t ride a horse and she wasn’t naked. Outside of that,| though, it was a perfect produc-} tion. , George F. Archer, scoutmaster of Boy Scout Troop 5, has tender- ed his resignation asjleader of the} ¢ organization. He gave-&s his*rea-}-~ son the numerous other duties in- cumbent upon him at this time, | which prevents his devoting to; scout work the timehe feels it ™Y deserves. DEATH PARKED ON THE HIGHWAY In the last thirty days, twelve people have been killed by running into parked trucks and automobiles, stated Burton H. Schoopf, chairman of the Florida Safety Council, today. “I wish it were possible,” continued Schoopf, “for the county commissioners of each county to give their sheriff some pa- trolmen to require drivers who persist in parking their cars on the highway, against the law without lights, sufficient man-pow- er to arrest every violator.” When the records show that 420 acci- dents have occurred in the tast‘thitty days, | due to this practice which caused twelve deaths, it is high time ghat-gomeyaction be taken to conserve human life Aueknk pe of recklessness. . Drivers continue to drive their cars with glaring headlights, concluded Schoopf, which caused three fatalities during the past month. Certainly the records prove that it is ti for drivers whd are respon- | | sible for accidents, to cooperate with the | law-abiding citizens who keep their cars in | good shape and have good lights, The Young Giants, newly-form- ed baseball team, yesterday after- noon whipped a team of picked| players at the coast guard dia-} mond. The game featuret the| playing of Cyril Griffin, whose) Paying was declared to be fault-| iess. One of his run stoppers was | snatching with ohe hand a terrif- ac drive which was headed for safe} territory, and his long drive over Coppgh: 1957. Lauserr & Morghs Toaacco THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1937. - TODAY’S ANNIVERSARIES 1736 — Robert Montgomery,:at Sackett’s Harbor, who fell leading the American at- St. Louis, Oct. 2, 1893. taek on Quebec in the Revolution- afy War, born in Ireland. Died Dec. 31, 1775. | 1825—Edwin H. Fitler, Phila- délphia’s hoted business meh and Ss cordage manufacturer, born there. 1760—John Breckinridge, Ken-' pjie4 May 31, 1896. tucky’s statesman, U. S. senator, and attorney-general, born near} Staunton, Va. Died Dec. 14, 1806.' 1832—John Carbutt, Chicago and Philadelphia pioneer in " . photography, born in England. jn the Bg eeettimer, Pioneer Died in Philadelphia, July 26, first head of the Milwaukee Col- | /9°5- lege, born in England. Died July | eee pisces | 1840—Franiklin L.-Pope, noted oseparered electrician, inventor and electrical 1823—Erastus Wells, who built writer of his d born at Great :n St. Louis the first street car, Barrington, M: Died there, liné west of the Mississippi, born ‘Oct. 13, 1895. —_., Save a little of thy income, 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, not hunger bite, nor will nakedness freeze thee. 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