The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 1, 1938, Page 2

PAS SE TWo The ‘Key West Citizen Sunday B NG © 2 ALLEN, Assis From The Corner Gri Oniy Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe Entered at Key West, ja, as second class matter — Member of the ss is exclusively ion of all news dispatches credited to herwise eredited in this paper and also »cal news published here. Associated Press entitled to use SUBSCRIPTION BATES One Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES-* Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE eading notic rds of thanks, resolut: -, Will be charged ces for entertainments by churches from which ue is to be derived are 5 cents a line izen is an open forum and invices discus- . issues and subjects of local or general it will not publish anonymous communi- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Wafer and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main- land. Free Port. Hotels and Apartments, Bathing Pavilioti, *'' Arrports—Land @ Sea. *"Consolidation of County and City Governments. Trading at home never built up other towns. The most effective water power known | to man is woman’s tears. There may be an excuse for rich peo- | - ple, but there is no excuse for idle peo- ple. Construction of self-made men some- the project was completed. The fellow who is far behind in the payments of installments has every reason | to feel he will lose control of his car. Every tired business‘man would have better health if he knew how to play some | game that requires physical strength. If we ever make enough money we are going to have a few things to say in| The Citizen which we are now saying to ourselves, Any nation, or any people, anxious to fight exhibit a species of insanity but that does not make the situation any less dan- | gerous for others. About 15,000,000 people visited the National Parks in the United States last year. We do not realize what the in-| auguration of the Everglades National | Park will mean to Dade and Monroe coun- | ties particularly and Florida generally. | Phe county of Lancaster, Pennsyl-! ia, is complimenting its county commis. 5 -sionérs for reducing the county tax rate | from three mills to tWo.and one-half mills; | but still the Intelligeréet-Journal’ thinks} the tax rate ought to havé been reduced to | two mills or even one and that reduction, | the paper states, “would have given the | county a million dollars worth of advertis- ing.” While Monroe county cannot hope for a drastic reduction soon under any ci’ cumstances, there will be very little tax reduction until the people become not only tax conscious but tax-paying conscious. “After years of insistent opposition to the poll tax as perhaps the most onerous | and foolish and futile of all petty taxes,” says the St. Petersburg Times, “it has be- come gratifying to the Times to find it is} pretty much in line with the entire mation as state after state has repealed its poll tax law until only nine now ‘have -sach-p-law, and soon the poll tax law in-this-country will be as extinct as thesdddo."’ - Florida fell into this progressive lige’ none too sdon_ In some other respects, unfortunately, she is still lagging years behind the procession. | jac The Citizen hearti- agrees with the sentiments expressed but unfortunately Florida has re- pealed its poll tax law only to the extent that the payment is no more a prerequi to voting, payment of the tax rem: law and should be abolished. -Miami Daily News. ly above $. Field, What extent the activity | a recent experiment in | he would mz NOISELESS PLANES Army authorities report the invention of an effective device for silencing the roar of airplanes, by Sergeant Frank New- ton of the ordnance department, stationed at the presidio of Monterey, Calif. A United Press dispatch states that tests recently made with Newton’s super- silent exhaust have demonstrated that it will make the army’s largest planes prac- tically noiseless. Army officers at the Presidio say that the tests made:especially on the motors of the large bombing planes at Bolling | Washington, have demonstrated thatthe new type exhaust in no way af- fécts the power of the motor. Airpliine as well as automobile con- structors who have been present at the various tests declare the invention marks one of the greatest advances in automotive engineering in recent years. Patents for the exclusive army use of | the exhaust have been taken out by the adjutant general of the army at Washing- BACK OF THE TVA DECISION The decision of a Federal Court of Appeals, in the so-called TVA case, con- firms the authority which the Government has sought to exercise, subject only to a review of the case bythe Supreme’ Court. A history of the-casé . illustrates to of government "may be delayed through litigation: So far as we are aware’no similar condition exists in any other nation on the globe. That the public utilities of the United , States, with possible rare exceptions, are on the defensive is not surprising to any person who is familiar with their practices and devices in the past few decades. There is little use to relate the sordid and crooked episodes that have been re- vealed by.many investigations but it is | worth observing that wherever the utilities | | find themselves today; the site is of their own selection, even if the structure on the | location is not what they expected. times appears to have been halted before ; WHAT WOULD YOU DO? (Pensacola Journal) The United States is a democracy, People are supposed to run and the it, through . their | chosen representatives. But just how directly the influence of the people is felt in-Washington ‘and the various state capitals is open to debate. When crises arise, the President holds long and anxious consultations with his official ad- visers; Congress engages in wordy debates; in- | dustrialists, statisticians, college professors, and other experts harangue congressional committees with their ideas for remedies. In such times, one wonders what the people think. What would the man on the street do if he “suddenly were placed in power? What does | he think the President ought to do, for instance, to cure the “recession”? Questions like these make doubly interesting | which a Philadelphia find out what Mr. Aver- age Man would do if he were President. Reporters interviewed scores of persons of | every profession and every economic level. Their newspaper undertook to replies were intéresting and illuminating—even | more so, perhaps, because some of the suggestions appeared impracticable One man, a minor C»1. O. official, THE KEY WEST CITIZ=r KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE. BY Happenings Here Just Ten Year Years Ago Today As Taken > From The Files Of The Citizen —_——— The S-3, sister ship of the ill-; | fated S-4, which was lost off Cape Hatteras, supposedly, was lost un- til today when wireless messages received at Naval Station gave in- | formation that the vessel was all | right and was proceeding to Nipe Bay for naval maneuvers. The vessel was reported missing Sat- urday and when by nightfall had not been located it was thought | that she may have gotten off her |course and a call was sent out | for all ships to be on the lookout for her. The mystery of the miss- ing vessel was cleared up when |the wireless reports were- receiv- ed today. | A party of a dozen of the best | known bankers and banking offi- |cials and railway officials in the country will be in Key West the better part of tomorrow after- }noon. J. B. Hill, president of the N. C. and St. L. railroad, will head the party which is travelling in a special car. With Mr. Hill will be C. R. Preston, president of the American Bankers Association. Reaching the city on the 2:30 p. m. train the party will be guests of-the Chamber of Commerc€ un- | til 6:30. Arrangements to enter. | tain the visitors by Robert Aust- in and directors of the chamber are being made. Upon their ‘ar> Tival they will be'met by: mem- bers in automobiles and takén for a ride over the city and around the highway. ‘\ winter sunshine, is.a living ex- The first political announce- ment for the Democratic Primary of June 5 appeared in The Citi- zen yesterday. Candidates, local politicians, are beginning to real- ize the advantages gained by making the entrance into the po- liteial race known to the public. In this way it will be known that | they are in the race and it may be that the idea of opposing a friend may deter someone from making the race because of this. “Political pots begin ‘simmering at an earlier period than in for- mer years, and it will not be long before they will soon be boiling”, said a prospective candidate. And the sooner one gets his name be- fore the public, the better his chances. . | Fectors of both organizations have ‘ers of this city in her fight for {tion states that the matter has west The Miami and Miami Beach eee Chambers of Commerce have! withdrawn from the fight for the New London sub base and are ac- tively supporting Key West. Di- Normal Mean Rainfall* Yesterday's Precipitation Normal Precipitation “This record covers 24-beur period ending at § o'clock this morning. Tomorrow's Almanac Sun rises 7:08 a. Sun sets __ 6:13 p. Moon rises 8:11 p. Moon sets —— . $:13_ p. Tomorrow's Tides AM ‘High 41:20 Low bah Barometer reading at 8 a. mx Sea level, 30.17. WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Wednesday) Key West and Vicinity: Mostly cloudy tonight and Wednesday, possibly occasional light rain; slightly colder tonight; moderate north and northeast winds, fresh at times. Florida: Mostly cloudy, pos- 0 Ins. 05 Ins. not only passed resolutions to this effect but have notified Congress-! man Sears of this action, asking him that he consider them back- the base to be established here, Notice of this action was received here yesterday by the local Cham- ber of Commerce in letters from both the Miami and Miami Beach organizations. Another . letter from the Jacksonville ‘organiza- been taken up by them, with the chances that that city will follow the lead of the others and de-| clare for Key West. The girls’ basketball team of the Key West High School will leave Friday night to play the team of girls in Redland. There is a possibility that the team may also play in Homestead, but this : has not been made certain and Sibly occasional mist er showers the question will not be ultimate- | in extreme south portion and near ly settled until after the game/east coast tonight and Wednes- with Redland. day; slightly colder tonight, scat- tered frost in northwest portion tonight. Jacksonvillé ‘to Flotida Straits: Moderate .to: fresh--north and northeast wirtds, and’ mostly over- cast weather.tanight and Wednes- day; -possibly’oceasional showers. East Gulf: Moderate north and northeast winds, and partly over- cast weather, tpbjghf and Wednes- day, seattered showers over south portion. Editoriai comment: That Vir- ginia lawyer who looked over all! Florida,except Key West, for an ideal climate, and then went to Solithern ‘ California to live, be- cause he did not know whag this ¢ity “-has to-offer in the way of ample of what publicity will do to bring people here. Monroe county water trustees! held their regular monthly meet- ing this morning with Captain! Clark D. Stearns presiding. The report of J. C. O'Sullivan, who was employed to examine into the conditions and possibility of fresh water on the keys, was read. Aside from that there were no other matters of interest. Two large sailfish, each about seven feet long, which were caught by guests of Colonel Rob- ert M. Thompson, have been mounted and make a beautiful showing. They were mounted by a local taxidermist. WEATHER CONDITIONS The strong northern high pres- sure area has moved eastward, being crested this morning over the eastern Lake region, and overspreads the entire eastern half of the country; while pres- sure is low from the Rocky Moun- | tain States westward, with a dis- turbance centered off the north Pacific coast. Precipitation has occurred dur- ing the last 24 hours in the East Gulf and Atlantic States as far south as central Florida, and , throughout the Pacific States and TODAY’S ANNIVERSARIES 1779—Lydia R. Bailey, who, at! 30, when her husband died, leav-| | philologists, born in Boston. Died | ing her with four children, car- tied on his printing shop for al-} most 60 years thereafter, as one of Philadelphia's leading printers, born there. Died Feb. 21, 1869. 1780—David Porter, famed nav- al commander in the war of 1812, born in Boston. Died March’ 3, 1843. 1801—Thomas Cole, New York artist, interpreter of the American | publin. } landscape, important in the devel- opment of American art, born in } England. Died Feb. 11, 1848. 1801—Titus Coan, devoted mis- sionary to Hawaii for almost a |half century, scientific observer | there, born at Killingworth, Conn. Died in Hawaii, Dec. 1, 1882. said he | thought state lines ought to be wiped out to pre- | went destructive competition between areas. A woman, a drug store clerk, said she would see to it that automobile financing charges were | reduced. A paperhanger thought the cure for the slump ; would be to get John L. Lewis and William Green | together and force them to make peace between the rival labor fact! One student said he would raise most of the | import duties if he were chief executive. Another said he believed the President “doesn’t know a thing” about the real economic } problems and should talk things over more with business men. A taxi dr every employer guarantee a living for a cert, number of years for every worker displaced labor-saving machinery. - c 2an fire an employe unless his books he would not allow any ion“ that was losing money. turn to prosperity is not the question. What the nearly citizen has definite ones, about what should every functions properiy ed officials listen to y they weed the goods ow conscientiously they workable he good ideas into Whether any of these‘schemes would aid re | said that if he were President | PLAY SAFE— By keeping FOODSTUFFS at the right temperature in one of our ALL MET ICE REFRIGERATORS These refrigerators PROOF and absolutely air tight $20.00 « Easy Terms—10 Days Free Trial On Display at THOMPSON ICE COMPANY, Inc. —Phone No. 8— eect FRANK JOHNSON DIAMOND WATCHES JEWELR' vard Etzel atid teacher at} Sept. 11, 1896. PM 2ba5/ 4:45) Py: jcomfort you to ask for the U' , GARDNER'S ‘DAILY ADVERTISING Key West's Largest Store— you've guessec it—Chas Arapo- vitz, at 618 Duw street—con- ing story exclusively for women in toda paper American Lady Corsets and Gther garments headline the ar- ticles displayed. Other. famous brands, also, are featured im the space. The progressive merchandising methods such as are practiced by this—Key West's Only Depart ment Store—deserve constant re spofse on the part of this city’s citizenry. Are you doing your *After listenin’ t one o° ittegee iT) tors, Pudgy Motts played hookey from school an’ explained it was class hatred that made him do it. dake Crabtree’s wife calls Jake's favor chair the grumble seat. NEW TIES FOR MEN ON DISPLAY LOCALLY Mendell's Exclusive Men's Shop has an interesting advertisement in this issue—displaying the very | latest in men's cravats—or ties, if you will have it that way. The Palm Beach Cravats— styled exclusively by Beau Brum- mell—are easy to tie, hard to muss and washable. They're easily —‘America’s No. 1 Summer Tie”. Turn to the advertisement now— and plan to include one or two of these ties in your next shop- ping tour en Duval street. northwestern sections, with heavy rain in southern California. Colder weather has spread eastward to the Atlantic cdast, and temperatures are below nor- mal this morning throughout most of the eastern half of the country, except in the Florida peninsula and along the south At- lantic coast, with readings 14 to 18 degrees below zero in the Lake Superior region and below freez- ing in extreme northwestern Florida. Temperatures have risen in most western districts. G. S. KENNEDY, Official in Charge It's Easy To Be Mistaken About STOMACH TROUBLE ‘Stomach sufferers should learn the truth about ULCERS, GAS, ACID, INDIGESTION, belching. heartburn. ete., due to excess acid. |A Booklet contains facts etimteretThedthesin, just the 1] fipehieteresmid 3A Reoklet at eoccccccccccecess gives a psychic tempera moved by t s. There tive strength, but danger being carried away by the pas sions or too much swayed by love of freedom. Adapt yourself to your environment and cultivate submission to circumstances. 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