The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 17, 1938, Page 2

‘ Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe ‘County ja, as second class matter EXAMPLE TO BENCH AND BAR Mr. Justice Willis Van Devanter, re- tired member of the United States Supreme __ Court, recently volunteered to sit as a Fed- eral District Court judge in New York. From newspaper accounts of the pro- | ceedings we suspect that the justice had in Mr. Harrison. news- ey Wi ost this >. | Mr. in care of this ri this after. i Key West was hi Paper. accompanied by a self-ad- | oon to the nation’s chief execu- mind an important contribution to both In one case when an aitor- | dressed. return unacceptable On July Ist, Mr. Harrison will z - 250 Ine Month —. Weekly 29 Made known 07 All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of Tespeet, obituary notices, ete., will be charged for at Notices for entertainments by churches from which a rey is to be derived are 5-cents a line. _ The Citizen is an sion of public issues and subjects of local or general plot bat it will not publish anonymous eommuni- ions. cL IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage, Bridges to complete Road to Main- land. Free Port. Hotels and Apartments, Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Key West, the link between Miami and Havana. _ You can trade out of Key West if you so desire, but you need not. expect any favors from out of town. open forum and invites discus- | i ney, through adroit questioning, insinuated that a witness had kept a prisoner under Edited By HENRY HARBISON Original may he submitted to stamped envelope for the of ‘poems. been “You not duress, the judge told the witness: need not answer that. You are i trial” i When the lawyer asked the witness | whether he knew the provisiors of the | United States code, the former justice in- | terposed, “You need not answer that. The | | code speaks for itself.” Again when a lawyer hectored a wit- ness the justice remonstrated, “No, no, you must not call out those questions~ in | that tone of voice. You must treat the | witness with courtesy. He is. presumably a gentleman.” Could it be possible that the retired member of the Supreme Court sought an opportunity to set an example judges | and attorneys throughout the land? Has | he heard about badgering lawyers, dis- respectful toward witmesses, and about weak-kneed judges, afgaid to set arrogant |and presumtious bagristers in their places? = | Attorneys and judges may not be ad- vised as to the resentment in the minds of | people everywhere over court-room tactics. | Witnesses have been bulldozed by swash- | buckling lawyers. The practice has grown because milk-livered judges tolerate it. | Lawyers have been allowed free range to violate every decent privilege of witnesses and judges are as much to blame for the disgusting spectacle as the lawyers them- selves. on); \- j i & | poem in this column. WILD ALMOND A year away, and then wild almond leaves; Almost I had forgotten their caol look. It’s true I kept a blown one in a book - And brushed it with the blessing of my sleaves Eeach time I read a verse for Genevieve’s Small ear, but in that dark and inky nook It pined, as I, for laughter of the brook And all the little songs a south wind weaves. And now to walk between a eolonnade Of tropic treese against my cheek A rain of starry b! feel isto Is where God lifts a cool wild almond tree. DAYTONA BEACH Swifter than sight— A flash and a roar A meteorite . Skimming the shore! Defiant of Fate, Man is the master A moment—but wait! Death can fly faster. "KEY WEAT IN DAYS GONE BY|\ | Happenings Here Just 10 Years } Ago Today As Taken From The Files OF The Citizen | tive. President and Mrs. Coolidge, | with a number of other high offi- Gials, came in the city from Ha- i 7 } pega or agence robin ect aevend Ot where they had been = jseveral days. They came in off | the Memphis, cruiser of the U. S.j navy, which docked at 1:30. Im- mediately after the vessel docked | the visitors were taken for a ride over the island. Practically one hour was consumed by the party [in viewing the sights and visiting {the naval station, the Meacham jairport, and other places. The streets through whieh they pass- jed were lined with spectators jand thousands of others saw the notables from vantage points in! | different sections of the city. Atl | Bayview Park, hundreds of school {children were assembled to see | Mrs. Coloidge smiled and re- | sponded to the lusty cheers of the | youngsters. Indications are that seven of the 19 naval airplanes, enroute to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to at- ptend.the annual maneuvers of the | Bama will arrive tomorrow and }remain bere until Thursday. 4Iwelye of the planes left yester- | day. delivered. High officials of the Cuban gov-|one day. ernment and the municipality of Havana took part in the celebra- Miami Vivian Yeiser Laramorejiion of President Coolidge’s visit to the Cuban Republic, and also in celebration of the inanguration of the plane passenger service} i between this city and Havana.) ———— Despite the fact that President | Coolidge was in the city and was, |naturally, the center ef attraction, | |there were a number of high of- ficials'who were at the Havana flying field when the planes from this city landed. After arriving worse th’ other day. When a politician slaps te somethin. POSTMAN’S HOLIDA David Kassing, rural mail car- rier, dwelt in)fuch a heaven of December 31. 1927. as et close of business — RESOURCES Loans and Discounts - - a Ss D278 132 The Citizen is frequently told of mat- We have not often agreed with the | Tampa ters that should be published but almost | judicial viewpoint of Mr. Justice Van De- invariably there is the added, “Of course, | vanter but we certainly give him a hand Philip E. Barney| there both planes ‘Were "put into fe * use and a number of flights over “THE LADIES” ) the city were made, carrying dig- (After you, my dear Kipling) {nitaries and ladies for rides over I don’t want to get mixed up in it.” Those who ask President Roosevelt if he will aceept or decline a third term put him on the spot. One can neither accept nor decline something that has not been offered. fi ———————SS Blessed are the poor in spirit; many of whom live in Key West and.do not sup- port their Chamber of Commerce, which does so much to foster their material well- being as well. An exuberant visitor informs this column that Key West has a right to be proud of La Concha hotel, of the Columbia Steam Laundry and The Citizen. He laid stress on the service obtained. There are two sources of revenue be- sides subscriptions in the business of The Citizen: advertising and printing. If you cannot be an advertiser you can help to maintain this paper by ordering your printing from its printing department. TERE BES i 3 ‘Stock market upswings are generally of long duration, while the slumps are as @ rule‘short-lived. This would augur wéll for the investors were it not for the faet that most of them lose ir faith and on the example he presented in New York. Maybe, the people would have more re- spect for the courts of the land if the judges | everywhere protecetd witnesses from un- | justified attacks by callous lawyers. It is possible that jurors would be favorably ! impressed by courtesy and good manners, even in a courtroom. KILLING THE LUDLOW PLAN The action of the House of Represen- tatives, in refusing to consider the proposal | of Representative Ludlow to amend the | Constitution to require a vote of the peo- ple before a declaration of war, except in the presence of actual invasion, is not a set-back to peace. There is no more certain method of encouraging the lawless nations of the earth, in their policy of attack and plun- | der, than to convince them that the peo- | | ple of this country will not fight under any | i circumstances, except actual invasion. The | } passage of the Ludlow proposal by the | House would, we think, have been entirely | misinterpreted by, the rulers of Japan, | Germany and Italy. | Frankly, we do, pot think it would | | have amounted fo much as a_ peace j | measure. Practieglly any government in } the modern worl# cas ‘secure a popular | | vote of approval for its foreign policy, | Coral Gables heads when there is a recéssion and the | even if it is engaged in outright aggres-| wise ones cash in through the fear of the | sion under the well-worn pretense of self- | i foolish. | defense. | If it were p»ssible to dodge federal * “NO BETTER WILL BE MADE” taxes as easily as city, county and state | a taxes, a United States dictator would in- | Looking back only a comparatively evitably be compelled into being; and { few years, we may remember or have | democracy go by the board. And if cer-| called to mind many things which were tain phases of the New Deal aren't knock- | taken seriously then, but which cause a ed into a cocked hat pretty soon we'll have smile today. i one anyway. Such a smile may be evgked by an | isqment appearing in the Review or | 1899. } rly displayed and accompanied | lustration that looks very much | ady A Colonial woman’s “Diary”, written Reviews in the revolutionary days of 1768, writes!** Pro of the high wages demanded of shipwork-} with an ers, who want three shillii i oi of two and six, “which ig the reasonable | buggy —ey out a tongue, the advertisement tained in @ most successful case asserting riage. Combines all requirements for an | the right of a ship owner, who moved his j j shipyard to Salem when these unreason- able and uncovenanted high wages were demanded of him here. Just recently President Roosevelt declaimed against No better will be made. cannot improve it. the j Sate Then what of this summer's, bathing suits? Oh, if we only knew! When milady wears her eve- ning gowns No marks are ¢: view. There’s an even red; am O'Grady Have blisters under their skins. R. M. Munroe AND THE HEART I have ceased straining‘after something new To say of love, for allthings have been said, And no words tell, however winged and red, The passion of its ecstasy and rue. no wind from unknown space that ever blew, No spring-lit flower® that ever raised its head, No earth and sky in dis- tance ever wed, Reflects the heart of love or Paints its hue. Itisas if from s dim ———— | an's Club will hold its meeting at lenge to ~}the Woman's Club building To climb, ‘and There burst pell-mell the startled sight Empires of jeweled space not known before, And the heart stretches to eternity. Harry R. Trusler IN PERCENTAGE PROBLEM I wonder what I really am? What part is real and which is sham? What is genuine—and what is pose? The part I hide—or that which shows? Am I just what I seem to be? Or are my thoughts the real of me? Am I a sinner of a saint unt | Seeaesceseosesecesaesese wage, “and in a ith this cireum- | ‘said, Be oe 'Today’s Horosgope = stance she adds that her husband was “re-/ “The latest and best Horseless Car- | ...6 y’ a Havana. There were’a number of speeches inade and @lltogether the celebration was one of the grand- est ever held in the Cuban capi- tol. Name Key 3 o'clock, to be ‘by hundreds who had gathered there to help make the coming of the motor- cade a grand success. The day | ——— was one for rejojcing for the} event which was transpiring! meant the awakening of a naw city, the dawn of a new era. It! saw the opening of the greatest} | piece of road engineering in the} | world, providing another channel } | for thousands of visitors to com jto Key West | ! } | Editorial comment: Rosie, a Mi-| |ami elephant, waved a farewell to eS Colkion ie Miems q Revels. oy. Well, that’s what | always gets there first. > A 5 g i F 8 | unde the morn at 7:30. 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White and Eliza Streets Phone 59° “Your Home Is Worthy Of The Best” jcrusty exterior. Today's native is warned to be content with 2 lim-» EXCELEENT the RESTAURANT these Eastern manufacturers who were signifying their intentions to move their The fellow who wrote that advertise- | plants South to take adyantage of the | ment took in quite a lot of territory. “No ' caer AE lower wages. Human nature seems neve Lc ter will be made. Time cannot improve Fcemnaagi ge pptige sa discovery z chemicals to change. , it.” Think of that—39 years ago. - preg Ble | propelled vehicles.” ited sphere of action. t FIFI OPITOLOISOL OOD IDL De Shhh hahah ahahad