The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 28, 1937, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen Fennel Daily Exeéept Sunday By @HP CITIZEN FURLISHING CO. INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President JOE AIAN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene anu Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe Com:ty. Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter FIFTY-SIXTH YAR Member of th Associated Prése fhe Associated Press is exclusively eutitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this papér and also the local news pub)fshed here. ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of tespect, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at the rate of te cents & Tine. Notices for entertainments by churches from which ® revente ts fo be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of pubtic issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communt- estions. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST AOM RATED BY THE CITIZEN Water aitdSewgeage. Bridges 48.complete Road to Main- land. Free Port. Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. &irports—Land and Sea, Consolidation of County and City Governments. Blessed be the good old Irish name of Murphy. The only place where “war is justified is in the dictionary. What shall we call it—the Oversea or the Overseas Highway to Key West? Three little pigs went to market—and millions of regretful bipeds did the samo thing. Each to his own—# great designer com- plaing that thé swastika is in reality a most interesting ornament and not a symbol of irresponsiblé nofisense. The value of the gold the Government now holds is $12,744,000,000. Now if the debtor nations would only pay the princi- pal they owe us, the U. S. could be singing in the bathtub. The horses are running in Miami and soon it will be the dogs in Tampe.—Tampa Tribune. In Miami when the horse racing habitues have lost all their money, they generally go to the dogs. When % Iend..our money to one in need of funds we are called “Big-Hearted," but when the tithe démes to collect and we ask for the Return of the loat, we are im. mediately taggetl as. “Shylock,” _ There ig ait old saying that it takes a thief to ¢atch a thief, and certainly a per- gon onee addieted to the vice of gambling knows more of its vicious results than one who has never been a victim of the habit. With the completion of the Oversea Highway, “they that go down te the sea in ships, arid occupy their business in great waters,” may change their mode of trans- portation and go down to the sea in moter tracks to do business, Depressions are the result of economic — tonsequences of natural eco- x 2 omi law: id it is just as foolish to say hat Ke so-called economic royalists were sthe causd of) fheNast depression as to ac- cuse President Roosevelt of the present yone. It is said that in the past ten or eleven years, Stalin, the Rassian dictator, has Oe net tt RRL Et THE JAPS “CIVILIZE” NANKING The world has heard about Tokyo’s ,celebration of the capture of Nanking but few details are available about the misbe- | havior of Japanese soldiers “who ran amuck, wantonly slaying hundreds of dis- | armed prisoners of war and civilian men, women and children.” The quotation is from a dispatch to The New York Times written by Hallett | Abend, who was at Shanghai. He says the “shocking misconduct” of the soldiers cre- ated a “chaos of looting, raping and kill- i ing” amounting to a “national disgrace.” Mr. Abend says that the Japanese have long been intensely proud of the army’s reputation for valor and chivalry but that their soldiers “subjected Nanking to treatment even worse than that which Chinese bandit hordes inflict upon captur- ed towns”. He says Japanese civilian authorities realize and ruefully admit the truth of re- ports, telling of “atrocities of all kinds” which “reached an unprintable crescendo” before the command began attempts to “restore discipline and -decency.’”’ They “admit with dismay that conditions in thany respects have been even worse than the world yet realizes” and that Japan will always regret the.ap, al lin: inggion of the’ Nanking @amp: a is nofmews to Pro ie t ‘ar. The di: of resp sible Japanese authorities is, of course, to their credit: but ifyhar nat: Rakin of ruthless invaders. al s bad, according to Mr. Abend, that the worry of the high command over the Panay “deepened into horror and. shame” when they learned what had happened in Nan- king. Terms: Net. Is appropriately printed on fishermen’s stationery. SIDELIGHTS By MARCY B. DARNALL, Former Editor of The Key West Citizen Congressman Josh Lee of Oklahoma doesn’t seem to think much of his state’s university. Comparing it with the state in- sane asylum, both institutions béeing located in his home town of Norman, Lee said: “You have to show mental improvement to get out of the asylum.” Baron Markley, deputy speaxer of the British House of Lords, on sééing his first American football game in Nashville re- cently, commented that our game is con- siderably slower than English Rugby, “be- cause of the frequent little committee meetings” (huddles) by the players. Postmaster General Farley could hardly be aceused of playing polities when he closed the postoffice at Grassy Point, N. ¥., his birthplace, a couple of weeks ago. There just was not business enough to jus- tify keeping it open. ae oe ke. a0) is_ i it; oa had led fo; whose tedm years, mM have been “Kicked ig said he has been given a radio contract at a much larger salary than his coaching” jéb paid. Harry football King Gustav V, Sweden's rugged old monarch, has just celebrated in quiet fash- ion the 80th anniversary of his accession to the throne. Although 79 years old, he play- ed a score of tennis matches last summer. The 200th anniversary of the death of Antonia Stradivarius, greatest of all violin Makers, was observed by a number of concerts in New York, 18 of his violins, violas-and violoncellos, now valued at a Million doHars, were used. Work on a new American standard sects. A new Catholic revision of the Dovay-Rheims vession of the Bible is also version of the Bible has been begun by a} committee of scholars, who expect te com- | Key West as a sub base, plete the task in five years. The revision. is | 1s superior political influence. intended for use by about 40 Protestant } You and Your’ Nation’s Affairs eT, : 9 An “Ever Normal” Economy By ERNEST MINOR PATTERSON , President, American Academy of Political and Social Seience careless alee oa eke ane - products, that we should attempt re- Hietara 1s aaemnalcy Be meant inet he favored.a re- turn to Thi Boe ‘oh leeael produc t? One difficulty saa emteee e duly. To keep planting within desir- “J ore nearly witha very dif- Soret meaning. ic is not advo- eating a return to what has past but a change to something which is to be very dif- ¥ ferent. something he thinks ideal of |S0I¢,ieatts desirabie. only oF corn This is quite another, and, ‘wheat. face like all other proposals, should bs| situation. Under movers condiGons frankly examijed on its merits. By it| given use of labor and capital oo oat he mearis an’ “increased balancéd pro- oe ater eS at crops duction of the things that than a few years ago. The same is true really need. and want (1) at prices in other parts of the world. An “ever Tow enough so that col TS can | normal’ government would in years. at ; been “usual” im the buy, but high enough so it pro-l find it necessary to @ucers cam keep’ on producing, (2) very lage sarpieees with income so distributed that no one is ae off Nt; consumption, fuse to work, (3) with Srp gard for the corservation of our re- maining natural. resources and (4). by a se none of our tradition- lemocrati¢ processes.” Probably very few ronghtful per- | Cover the ¢ sons *would quarrel with state- | Plan. ment of an ideal. Arguments will arise chiefly over the means of attaining it. heart of it is in the call for an “increased balenced- iyeting Very wisely Secretary Wallace is emphasizing his objection to an “eco- nomics of scarcity’ and urging an} In other words, there is no reason “economy of abundance.” At some! to believe that the project, could be time in the very distant future we | carried out without an undue stimu- may have a total -roduetion so great| lus to agricultural prodtiction in a that we shall prefer to restrict pro- | world where ave duction in some way for the sake of | countries competing with us. And leisure, but that time is stil far dis- | it is attempted the result will tant. Most of us still-have less than we | heavy loss for the government to desire and are willing to work for. | spread over the country in higher For present purposes the first oues- | taxation. Other producing ate tion bofore us is whether we have | being aided by tariffs on by sub- now large an output of certain | sidies and the pressure is strong to peotuets, especially of agricultural! add farmers fo the list. (Address questions to the author care of lid newspaper) ae KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE -BY Tem Years Ago Today As Taken Files Of The Citizen ier year of small would that woul ood Death of Charles Saunders was/| aid im this city’s fight. The con-}) due to an unavoidable accident,! sensus of opinion is that the fight is the substance of the verdict} will be along strictly political rendered by the jury empanelied | lines. to investigate into the occurrences | which led up to his death from} The u. s. s. Bagaduce, which a gun shot wound. John Camp-' went to Dry Tortugas on an in- bell, the negro who admitted to spection trip, was due to return setting the trap with the gun, | today but will await more favor- which was sprung by Mr. Saun- able weather, it was announced. ders thereby causing his death, ‘The local navy yard has been ad- was exonerated from all blame. vised. He has been released from jail,| jury met this morning in Judge | birth of a daughter at 3:45 this Gunn’s office, and continued | Morning. Mother and child are through 2:30 o'clock. It wags be- | ¥¢Ported as both doing nicely. hind closed doors and only wit-| nesses were allowed to enter. More than 35 Key Westers are | completed at a meeting to be held in Jacksonville awaiting the word | this evening in the Cuban Club. to be given for the ferries for the, The ball will be in. the Cuban over sea highway to leave on the Club pavillion and will be free. trip to Key West. In addition to| ? : the 35 Key Westers who are now, Samuel.G. Blythe, noted writer ‘there, anothet group is expected of magazine articles, is due to-ar- to, leave this evening. Commis- tive im Key West this! siders Porter and Kirchheiner| Mr. Blythe is best known for failed to get passage pobtical figures and and will leave this ciple, Maye y ae in the or Alsop and a group of city ot | day" Evening Post. ficials will be on hand to bid fare- well to the Kéy West foup when An_ interdenomination the ferries sail tomorrow. i The Citizen has just received a/ 5 o'clock in the : letter irom Frank W. Lovering of | books will be provided. Bedford, Mass., saying that he in- ministers will address the gai tends to spend the month of Feb-| ing. The class will be con ruary in Key West. Mr. Lover-| for 13 weeks. ing is one of the greatest boosters ~ that has ever been in Key West. Savevavegareses“dne tases His hopes for some day living in His hopes for some day, living Today s Horoscope West, and many of his articles! see written and published in other i papers in the section of Massa-| Planar Sr gteert chusetts in which he lives and in| s much better ee i other papers throughout the coun-| likely te reeeive. Editorial comment: The dne vantage New London has Key West is going out 16" jall the political support possible! lin its fight to have the submarine) [base transferred from New Lan-/ In the Center of the Busi - Florida: F mg Seattle, 29.74 Yeésterday’s Precipitation T. Ins.! Norrhal . 03 Ins | Tomorrow's Almanac un rises — Tl a, m. o | | | (Till 7:30 p.’m., Wedneday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday, | not much change in temperature; | gentle to moderate northeast and east winds. | Partly cloudy with ‘mild temperatute tonight and) Wednesday. / Jacksonville to Florida Straits and East Gulf: Gentle to moder- | ate northeast and east winds and | partly overcast weather tonight, inches, and pressure is relatively low over the lower The crests of high pressure are; over the Dakotas and the far; This pressure distribution re- sulted in much colder weather in the northern Plains and upper) Lake region where temperatures are 10 to 25 degrees lower; on the } other hand it is 10 to 15 degrees | warmer in the lower lave eye H Precipitation duri ec 24 hours pete s raveig, Rasch north- ; eastward to the Lake region and | middle ‘Atlantic states, over the} north Pacifie coast and on the Florida Keys. DI ‘ N PRE-INVENTORY SPECIALS SPECIAL LOT OF SLIGHTLY DAMAG! SPROLAL LOT OF 4x12x12 HOLLOW BUILDING TILE, per piece PAINT SPECIALS FLORIDA KEYS OUTSIDE WHITE PAINT A good cheap pain, Gabe .-...-.-cse---oeeereeneeters DOMESTIC FLAT Gal. oi icntn. DOMESTIC GLOSS WHITE PAINT, [oS peewee. PASTE WHITE P. linseed oil to this paint and yon have two gallons Of panltat. Goede asi cncncecsccscegieinatnenrorenrsesoedecesr epee sawens SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING CO. {a9 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1937, PEOPLE'S FORUM PCO gercceeodssveccesoce VISITORS TELL OF | .. RECENT STAY HERE | | | Editor, The Citizen: Two Key West visitors have re- | turned to the land of seasonal changes. What a difference up| North here from the perpetual, sunshine found on, your cxiteandl isle! My son, Vietor, and I wax! . | eloquent whenever we tell our} .| friends of the enjoyable times} . | Spent among your people. Your oceanic breezes and the H beautiful coral formations cer-! tainly are on a par with those of 7 | the Caribbean islands such as the Bahamas and the Virgin Islands.’ | i d We wish to thank those many of : you who made our stay so enjoy- Qe ETE A folie able and educational (fF really) 1 réckot th’ X in taxes marks th’ have learned a lot about tropical spot th’ taxpayer is allus on. life). | _ Them thet think there ain’t no Mr. Menendez, especially, made} Santa Claus orta see the checks our visit an enjoyable one. The Lafe Hawkins an’ his yang git from many hours whiled away at the * govimente beach went all too swiftly. The! thinks of the many good times in beach was simply marvelous! | store on the Keys. Victor takes this way of saying | I know that Key West will be “Hello” to all his young friends the destination of many during of Key West. He enjoyed him-| the ¢oming winter months. self immensely swimming, boat-/ Victor and I look forward to our ing, fishing and eavorting on the| next trip to Key West which will sands. The sunshine has aided | be by or before next winter. my arthritis. : MRS. MILDRED COTE AND HER Key West is certainly the place} son, VICTOR. to cure your ills and rid yourself! Rutherford, N. J. of cares: Dec. 21, 1937. I have told my friends that the : . additional mileage to Key West ie the census showed 32,- 64 residents living” in Mttitttisttttt tts 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, nor hunger bite, nor will nakedness freeze thee. The shine brighter, and whole hemisphere wili pleasure spring up in every corner of thy heart. —Benjamin Franklin. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST Member of the Federal Reserve the F. D. I. Cc. ee II PPPLLL LAAN A hd dd ddd hadadadadan| PLASTER WALL BOARD, ED—CUSTOMER CAN MAKE $15.00 M $1.19 149 © 1.49 WHITE PAINT, AINT — Simply add a gallon of Phone 598 White and Eliza Streets “Your Home Is Worthy Of The Best” nets and Theater District EXCELLENT RESTAURANT Garage under way for the first time since 1749. driven 500,000,000 peasants from their don, Conn. to Key West. Chamber of Commerce is homes and sent as exiles to the islands of! — : the White Seas, the Artic and Siberia some Good definitions, even if not original: | ™@*ing 4 canvass of the citizens” 8,000,00@ others. And in the various purges | A gossip is one who taiks to you about oth- | whe ste Wty tel oe softte thousands have heen executed. This’ ers; x bore is one who talks to you about i Where this is found does not seem to be much of an improve. ; Limself, and a brilliant conversationalist is |™* ** ment ever the reigns of the Czars, one who talks to you about yourself. ae 6 ee oe ee Elevator ‘friends at once, bespeaking their " WOMIDODIDODIIEAIaIDD OOD aaa Me