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

PASE TWO es The Key West Citizen ee = ———— Published Daily Exeept Sunday By p IN , Assistant Business Mi rom Th i Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County. Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter | FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR Member of the Associated Press the Associated Press ig 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, ine Year - Six Months Three Months Ine 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 of 10 cents a line. for entertainments by churches from which ig to be derived are 5 cents a line. tizen $8 an open forum and invites discus- ae The 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 wo hip! VO 89 Avi Wateeand, Sewerage. 2. Bridges'td'kémpléte Road to Main- MRE OES Free Port. Heteig and Apartments, Bath'ng Pavilion, aiports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Covernments. 3. 4. 5. % a, It takes a smooth person to correct # mistake without admitting he made one. A free press is not for the henefit of “the publisher only, but for the protection of the people. When China invented gun-powder she reated a Frankenstein that is almost at " the point of destroying her. . Brazil’s illiteracy is estimated as high as ‘70 per centum. That made the es- tablishment of the recent dictatorship pos- ‘sible. China has taught Japan almost all ‘she knows of the fine arts, and now Japan in return is teaching China the fine art of war, Scme people run to the doctor for the smallest ailment of their body, but they do not mind their minds wallowing in mud and filth. The Republican party is the only poli- tieal party permitted in Turkey. Who said the Republican’ party: was all dressed. up but had no:place to go! Some, paragrapher said recently that dictators are, appodinted..-Never; they take they'reigns of ‘government by force. Even Hitler started with a putsech. What is right is the easiest thing in the world to know, and the most difficult thing to do. Conversely, wrong is the easiest thing to know, and also the easiest | thing to do. Searcely anyone takes notice, without his attention being drawn to it, of the merits of his neighbor; but let the neigh- ber make just one slip and it immediately becomes headline news, Men with afflictions have the pathy of most all who come in contact with them, but the afflicted ones should he as considerate and not force themselvés un- neeessarily on the attention of people. sym- When wages are too high and can- not be lowered, there is no other recourse for the manufacturer but to reduce both the quantity and quality of his goods, and thet makes for unemployment because of the necessary lay-offs. In that case those | ago, would have been the occasion for} who lose their jobs sacrifice themselve maintain higher wages for the mor: tumate ones, fo to} GRIGINS OF CHRISTMAS As everyone knows, Christmas is cele- brated Christ, although the actual date of that ‘ august event is not really known. early years of Christianity, this { was observed conjointly with the feast of the Epiphany, on January 6. December 25 was finally agreed upon about five centuries after Christ’s ministry on earth and is a date arbitrarily set, like that. of Easter, for the commemoration of an event, rather than as an actual | anni- | versary. St. Chrysostoth speaks of this | date having been first. ‘observed by’ the Christians of the West. : The Christmas Tree, now an almost | use of a palm branch with twelve shoots to signify the completed year, as was the custom of the Egyptians, long before the Christian era. The present significance of the Christmas Tree is by some thought to have originated in Germany. The custom of using decorations of evergreens, particularly mistletoe, has long been observed, especially since the time of the Druids. In the Middle Ages wildly hilarious festivities were held in connection with Christmas, which called forth remonstrances from, authorities of the tendency'to stress the’ festive |) rather than the serious significance of the) Christ mas season. As'now observed, Christmas is firmly estaklished as one of the most universally celebrated festivals of the year. A PESSIMISTIC BROTHER Mr. Virgil Jordan, president of the National Industrial Conference Board, seems a bit pessimistic. He has lost faith in political progres: and says the country is “in thoroughly rotten shape.” Moreover, the breakdown of our present economic system is likely and our political system will also very probably pass out in the next five years, Mr. Jordan, as you might imagine, has faith in “industria! progress.” He is, apparently, one of the old school who thinks that what the country needs is only to put its affairs in the hands of the busi- ness barons who have for years operated the machinery of our national economy. We quite readily admit that the gov- ernment can go too far in its pursuit of business and in its regulation of economic affairs. It may be debatable whether that stage has already been reached. How- ever, the people of the United States do not care to return to the era that produced 1929 and they want some assurance tha repacious greed has been checked. NECESSARY! ‘ Bob Burns, the well-known comedian, recently called attention to the notice printed in a smal] town newspaper, which he avers was penned by his “Uncle Sanky,” a man who was very clever at handling a delicate subject. This was the notice: “There i$ a $mall matter that $ome of our $ub$scriber$ have forgotten. To uf it i$ important. It’$ nece$$ary to our bu$i- ne$$. We are very mode$t and don’t like to $peak about $uch_ thing$. Sincerely your$, $anky;"publi$her.” ‘ Well, that not a bad notice—in any- body’s newspaper. Almost everybody is for friends and_ relatives. Some of these are mere expressions of love and friendship. They are valued and appre- ciated but not absolutely necessary. Here’s a Christmas suggestion. Let everybody seek out one person, man, wo- man, or child who is in need and devote some thought towards making Christmas real for the needy one. A few dollars spent in such cases will bring real holiday planning gifts JUST INCIDENTAL It may be useless to point out that } aviation continues to.make progress. This morth fourteen flying boats of | | the navy took off from San Diego for Coco } Solo, in the Canal Zone, where they landed | safely, taking only 21 hours and 55 minute: j to fly the 3,080. i Such a performance, not many years streamer headlines. Today it is the run ¢” ‘Se news, getting a small item in the in- | side pages of the larger newspapers. as the anniversary of the birth of | In the; festival ! universal symbol, was adapted from the} THE KEY WEST CITIZEN 1 KEY WEST IN | DAYS GONE BY, |Happenings Here Just 10 Years. Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen Continuance of Red Cross work |for the next six months in Key West is assured. Plans to finance ithe local chapter until July 1 jwere worked out at a meeting held at Red Cross headquarters this, morning. .It.developed at the meeting that the chapter will hav¢' $700on hand to begin’ the new year.'In addition it has $200 }due..from the county. This will leave avdeficit of $600 in the $1,- 500 required. to finance the work for ‘the next six months. The county, however, appropriates $50 monthly, which will cut this de-' ficit to $300 in the six months.. It is the hope of those who at-' tended the conference that the city will contribute and this will further reduce the prospective shortage. The first auto trip over the Over Sea Highway will be made Friday afternoon, At 1 o’clock a La Salle driven by Claude Nolan, of Jacksonville, and Ken Good- son, noted race driver, will start at the 50 mile span across the water gap on the railroad trestle, It is expected that the trip will take one hourand a half, or pos- sibiy two hours. This speed is expected to put the car at’ No Name Key between: 2 and 3 o- clock, where {f/Wwill be met by a motorcade from this city. In the party which will feave from here will be a number of city and county official. Mr. Nolan, who! is distributor for La Salle and Cadillac cars in Jacksonville, will! bring a letter from Mayor Alsop of Jacksonville, to Mayor Curry of Key West. It will be delivered at the City Hall, and the first message ever delivered at the auto traveling the whole distance under its own power. ci 7 a 1 Secretary Mellon today, in Washington, designated Meacham Airport, operated by the Pan Am- erican Airways, at Key West, as the first airport-of-entry,, to be established in the United States. The growth of commercial. avia- tion has made it desirable, in the opinion of treasury officials, to provide such ports, where cus- toms regulations can be carried through without much inggnven- ienve to fliers. weer y.? a Crews for two of the Over Sea! Highway ferries will leave for, Jacksonville tonight or possibly; tomorrow. They will go now in| order to familiarie themselves with the vessels before starting the 500 mile trip to Key West. It! t is estimated they will have some! C. Moreno. three days for’ this work, which; is considered not to be much time. Full crews for each vessel will go} with F. G. Cole, ferry manager,: who will be in charge of prepara-} tions for the south bound trip, | which is expected to start next! Tuesday. These plans were made’ at a special meeting of the county! commissioners last night. Editorial comment: The first; Over-Sea Highway ‘ferry made 12% miles per hour on her trial! trip. This means she ought to make 10 miles easily. under the! usual sailing ‘conditions, even with a capacity’ load, | Yacht Bally Hoo, 1If,'ownéd by’! Lewis Luckenback, of‘ New York, arrived on the Mallory boat last night, and is tygored'in the bight at the Porter Dock. She is in charge of Captain Ernest Swan-; son, who will take her to M: j Luckenback’s place at Mate- cumbe. Drainage at the intersection of Duval and Eaton streets is being | States and extreme upper Missis- | Try “Rub-My-Tism”-World’s Best Accgeseoocoeesocsccscoer THE WEATHER eeesese | (See “The Answers” on Page &) | }. 1, To what extent nave stock | 67 prices declined since the present! 64) slump began in the summer? Mean - 66; 2. When did Nanking become) Normal Mean —-. 70’ the headquarters of the National-| Rainfall* | ist Regime in Chi Yesterday’s Precipitation .0 Ins. 3. How does the 1937 cash in-} Normal Precipitation . .05Ins.} come of farmers compare with) Tomorrow's Almanac 1936? i °Thin record covers 24-heur perio? 4. Where and when was the S. ae 8 o'clock this maienn- S, Leviathan built? eS is : es “f «Soe When will.all of the states; r * | begin! to make payments from the, ined tines, “;unemployment trust fund depos- a | its? ' Winter Solstice, Lag 6. Has any-report been made; ppercearieediy ema of, the results of the unemploy- i AM. “| ment registration? | High - G14 7. Was Russia’s election dem Low .. 10 ocratic? { Barometer 7:90 «. m. today: 8. How much can an individ: | Sea level, 30.15. ual borrow for home construc-! WEATHER FORECAST tion under new housing propos-; als? = amps ag set 9. What percent of the food Till 7:30 p. m.. Wednesday) i Aes West bis Vicinity: Bets dollar goes to the eee | cloudy and somewhat unsettled} 10. Why are the rag spor at tonight; Wednesday partly poecines United States for $882,- cloudy; not much change in tem- . 5 perature; gentle to moderate northerly winds, becoming vari- able. i, Florida: Fair tonight, except] AKRON, OB. F. Stout, park cloudy and unsettled on the i Sania of this city, wears treme south coast; Wednesdav partly cloudy, slightly warmer in north.and central portions; scat- tered frost in north portion to- night. are Jacksonville to Florida Straits and East Gulf: Gentle to mod- érate, northerly winds, becoming variable, and generally fair weather over north and partly overcast over south portion to- night and Wednesday. Highest —. __& Lowest WEATHER CONDITIONS A low pressure area over cen- tral Canada overspreads the coun- try from the Dakotas eastward over the Lakes region; while high pressure areas, crested over the lower Mississippi Valley and Gulf States, and North Pacific States, cover most other sections. Light to moderate rain or snow has occurred during the last 24 hours across the entire northern border of the country. + There has also been light rain in the lower Rio Grande Valley,| Ja¢ksonville and light snow in western Tex- Daytona Beach as. Temperatures have fallen in Ft. Pierce New England; while elsewhere} West Palm Beach readings are generally near or} Miami above normal except in portions of the South Atlantic States, and there has been a decided change to warmer in the Northern Plains ow S 2.75 7.45 : 5.73 4.85 3.75 8.00 8.85 7.35 7.55 13.30 18.75 21.60 Tampa St. Petersburg ‘lando Lakeland Aflanta Cincinnati New York sippi Valley. G. §. KENNEDY, Official in Charge. changed by a force of men under the direction of City Engineer B. Instead of cutting across Duval at Eaton, the curb channel will continue down the east side of Duval. The old metal plates across the street have been removed. checks COLDS FEVER Liniment board. 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