The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 6, 1938, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen Published, Daily Except Sunday By THE ¢ LB. Cor Only Dally Newspa: ITIZEN PUL MAN, ner Greene in Key West and Monroe oun Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press The Asso it or not otherwise credited in this paper the: Jooal ne One Year 3 ie Month Weekly ese Ws published. here, SUBSCRIPTION RATES Made known ADVERTTOING RATES on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of th: if 3 , obitnal for entertainments b e is to b interest but it cations. ry notice: e. ‘om which ne vites dise al or gene onymous commu: de a is su s ‘Will not pub’ | IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST 2 ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. 2. Bridges to complete Road to Main- land. ani Port. 4s Hotels and Apartments, 5a “Bathing Pavilion. 6. “Airports—Land and Sea. % Consolidation of County and City Governments. One of these days is none of these days. Miami-Key West-Havana, a trio in the limelight. Report a topographical map of the United States, | to Secretary Ickes shows that begun, in 1875, is about half done. At last, an ideal project!—Kansas City Star. » On December 29, The Citizen: reprint- €d- an editorial “Governor Cone Can But | Won't,” and credited it to the Tampa , Tribune; it the Tampa Times, and the “amende honor- | ¥ j | more government spending and control of | | business are being heard from administra- | tion headquarters, the return of Congress A pble” ig herewith tendered. should have been credited to | «-* The highest compliment that a busi- ' ness man can pay an individual is to sell on credit, If some Key West merchant has done this. with you, why not strain a point and make him a payment on account He Probably needs it to pay his own bills. People cession, and everywhere are wondering | what caused the. present depression or re- | thitre are many answers. Mar- riner Eccles, the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, says it was the distribution | 6f the billio ns in the soldiers” bonus, caus- itig temporary prosperity in the wild orgy of'spending .. Tewns world large’ ‘The Citizen and revulsion. and cities are advertised to the ly by the kind of newspapers sible,.t6' reflect credit on its home. town, but inthe final analysis, thé patronage a baperreceives is the criterion: The publish- ple of a community. The Philadelphia Record refers to the | vote of the wages and Southern senators against the hours bill as the second seces- sion of the South, and says that the “‘coun- try once met such a secession with vigorous | measures. It is up to the New Deal to meet the new secession with the most stringent | party discipline.” In other words it is to do | as.you are told: or supperless to bed you go. | This looks to a man up a tree as another step toward dictatorship, but more subtly and. ingenuously, devised. « an oe vera: r ¢ Newspapets give the facts as they see them. This, displeases President Roosevelt te bas ctiticized a large percentage of “press’ of, inculcating’a psychology of But here aresome facts. In the 1937- 38 budget ‘he president promised a surplus of $37,000,000. In April. he revised his. es- timate and stated! not a surplus but a de- ficit of $418,000,000, or a difference on the wrong side of the ledger of $455,000.- G00. Then on October 18, 1937; he again reviscd his budget figures to show an in- eneased. deficit of $695,000,060. 2 things happened and the people lost Can.a man Blamed. for who. has just lost his s be being fearful of catching cold. , JAPAN’S CROP OF HATRED. The advancing legions of Japan, as they march through China, threaten the destruction of the civilization of the Chinese, which in recent years gave indica- tions of a rebirth that might have been an important contribution to the welfare of the human race. The Japanese invasion has been ac- companied by destruction on a huge scale. The loss of wealth has been a heavy blow to future Chinese progress. Uncounted thousands have lost their possessions, such as they were, and at the same time their homes and economic opportunities, meagre as they might have been. The vast horde of refugees, fleeing advancing foes, has ; become. a burden and a pipblem to other sections, which are unable to take care of them. Japanese explanations that this de- struction could have been avoided by Chinese surrender does not remove from Japan the stigma of deliberately undertak- ing the destruction of a-great people. They do not remove the disgrace of premeditat- ed attack upon a neighbor, comparatively defenseless, while that neighbor was in the process of rebuilding an antiquated social, economic and political structure. The preposterous assertion that the Japanese advance that they. are waging a war in self-defense, is foolish ia: the face of Chinese inability to attack Japan except through the boycott and bitter hate. More- over, it is beginning to appear that the Japanese will have a lot of fighting to do in the future if they are going to make war against all those whe use the boycott to give expression of hatred. In this country there is an increasing sentiment to boycott everything Japanese. The feeling exists in other nations as well. | It will grow as long as the present friction continues in the Far East. Japanese leaders may ignore its. menace but the outraged feeling of men and women is a source of potential peril to all Japan. Given a few | more Panay incidents and it will flash into | a flame that will mean nothing less than war. THE BALANCE WHEEL Coming at a time when “threats” of to the National Capital is a + heartening sign. A year or so ago the convening of | Congress, to the refrain of such warnings | as those heard in recent weeks, would have | instilled fear in. the hearts of most of us. But those were the days when the legisla- tive branch of government followed the dic- | | tates of the executive branch out of fear of political assassination. But the legislators know now—and have exhibited this knowledge—that gov- | ernment must not lose its sense of propor- tion and. responsibility, even in an emerg- | ency, lest its purpose be defeated by the very unsoundness of its efforts, The defeat of the wage and hour bill and the decision ete: | of Congress to take steps toward tax relief published in their limits. Recognizing this, | tries, as far as humanely pos-, for industry are recent testimoni new. thinking. <-mire aek Fi It is reassuring then, that‘ii Washitigton todny there is, in place of a rubber'stamp, Is to this 216) ABT ¥ | a “balance wheel”—a Congress’ of able er does net make the paper—it is the peo- | thinkers dictated to only by its. dignity, conscience and sense of proportion. REACHING THE END The Japanese reply to. the American protest in regards to the sinking of the Panay has been accepted by the govern- ment and so the incident is closed without warfare although with some loss of Am- erican lives and, perhaps, prestige. Public opinion in the United States, so far as. we were able to judge, stiffened considerably during the negotiation, The sentiment for peace, strong. as it undoubt- ediy is, could not entirely obliterate the feeling that Japan had given this country a monstrous affront in the killing of Am- ericans through a deliberate attack upon an American warship. The more one reflects upon the Panay incident the more clear is the conclusion that the Japanese deliberately attacked the American ship with premeditated in- tent to sifik the vessel, regardless of loss of life. When a nation reaches the point that it is, willing to accept calmly and without retaliation such wanton aggression its peo- ple are reaching the end of their import- ance, regardless of how much money they i...¢ and how high their standard of liv- ing may be. | a | KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Years ‘Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen Estimates for various equip- ment for the Over Seas Ferries were presented to the county | commissioners at their. meeting held last night by the Gibbs En- gine Co., which built the ferries and are now busy on the group of three boats to be used in the traffic over the highway. All of the items were passed on as fav- orable and finally aecepted, Mr. Gibbs was present at the meet- ing and stated he thought it would. be a good idea to have the third ferry now being constructed make the trip from Jacksonville to Key West by using the outside route instead of the inside route as used by the others. The Fiori- da Keys, enroute to Key West, was reported as aground today but is in no danger. Word, received from the. Wreck- ing Tug Warbler indicates. that the people on, the. Schooner L’Avenier, consisting of 64 Bel- gian ‘Naval cadets, which went aground off Little Panama Bank which went. into deep water and again, struck on the bank, were still on board: the vessel and safe. Tiié[ vessel rammed a hole in her sige and. it was decided to, stand by on the ug, until further. ord- ers are’ received. Sam Blythe, publicist and writ- er, will return to Key West fol- lowing a trip to Havana, and is supposed to be on board the S. S. Governor Cobb, which is to- day enroute here. While here Mr. Blythe will be made acquainted with Key West’s fight for the submarine base and will be ask- ed to assist in any way he can to secure it. He will be met by George Allen England, another well known writer, who is. win- tering here, and will be made ac- quainted with the facts in the matter of the base. According to.a statement -by Mr. Gibbs of the Gibbs Gas Engine Company, the third ferry now in course of construction, will soon be ready for the water. The ves- | sel, which will be named the Key | West, will, be launched within a ‘few days. | County Commissioner Hilfon Curry, who made. the trip as far as Palm Beach. on one of the fer- ries now enroute to Key West, is visiting at the famous resort with friends,, and will remain. for a few days before returning home. | Mr. Curry made the trip on. the ferry as far as Daytona Beach, and then left the vessel going by auto to Palm Beach. The tug Utomina arrived) in port late yesterday afternoon from Miami, and: will remain in port a few days for orders. While here the boat is consigned to the Porter Dock Ce. Editorial, comment: If Ed Howe, the Sage of Potato Hill, would only. drift, down to Key West, he |would find the greatest back lcountry in the world. Waters | where 500 varieties of fish. can be counted at any season of the year. The Steamship Herman, Frasch parted a line on the Porter Dock | while leaving the moorings, which. caused'the tide to°sweep the ves-! .OIns -05 Tis. Yesterday’s Precipitation Normal Precipitation ___ Teomerrow’s Almapac “This record covers 24-homr period ending at S o'clock this _ Snow. @ region Southward over the Gulf )States, with centers over eaStern ari and on the Louisiana ile high pressure areas ortheastern and ‘north-. districts. mt to moderate rains have occurred since yesterday morning throughout most of the Gulf States, and there has been light the northern Pla States and portions of the Lake “| Superior region. Baronieter reading at 8 a. Sea level, 29.96. WEATHER FORSCAST (Till 7:30 p m., Friday) Key West and Vicinity: Mostly cloudy tonight and Friday with Train Friday; warmer_ tonight; moderate to fresh southeast winds this afternoon and tonight, be- coming westerly Friday. Plorida: Mostly cloudy, rain in north and central portions tonight and in south and extreme east portions Friday, no decided change in temperature. Jacksonville to Florida Straits: Moderate to fresh southeasterly winds becoming... nofthe: tly over north portion Friday, and overcast weather. tonight. and Friday, with showers over porib. portion. East Gulf: Moderate to fresh southeasterly winds this _after- noon and tonight, becoming northwesterly Friday, and over- cast weather with showers tonight and ver south portion Friday. WEATHER CONDITIONS Pressure is moderately low this } morning from the southern Lake Temperature changes have erally unimportant, with below. normal in the region and extreme upper ppi Valley, and near or seasonal average sections. G. S. KENNEDY, Official in Charge at most’ othe e2ecececceocccses-ceecce Tom Mix of Beverley Hills Cal. screen star, born in Ei Pase Co., Tex., 58-years ago: New publisher. ars ago. ork’: ly bron_in. Chicage,.59 y Carl” "Sandburg of Harbert, Mich., poet-author, born at Gales biftg; Tl, 69 years ago. Judge Ferdinand Pecora, New ¥ eme Court justice, born rs ago. Morley, editor of the gton, D. C., Pest, born at Haverford, Pa., 44 years ago. isworth of Geneseo, woman leader, born i, 58 years ago. in sel-down. on a sand: bar just off | the dock of the old P. and O. S.} S. Co., and there the ship. ground- | ed. The vessel: will be floated at | high. tide. j Word on the fill in conection with the ferry approaches at No. Name Key and at Matecumbe are progressing rapidly. There is a large force employed carrying on these operations and the job will be completed in due time for the ferries to start operations. ; Four vessels of the United States Coast Guard fleet arrived in port last evening, and are berthed in the harbor. They all arrived from St. Petersburg. The Stanard Oil Steamer W. H. Tilford arrived in port’ yesterday and is bound for Mobile. Ala. and will go on dry dock there. The ship is from Rouen, France. 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