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

ASE GE TWO Entered at Key West, Fl a, as second class matter Member of the Axsociated Press ated Press is exclusively enti of all news dispatch wise credited in this pa $10.00 5.06 ADVERTISING RATES for entertainm eis te bevderiv IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Wat+r and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main- land. Free Port. Hotelg and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Se Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation ‘of: County"; and City,’ Governments. "| , nas Most people agree with the wisdom of the man who thinks as they think. Prosperity evidently thinks it has vested right in being around the corner. a February is not a bad month for ad- vertising if you want it to be a good month for business. The Tampa Tribune thinks because of his advocacy of the cross state canal, Senator Pepper has sung his swan song. Niagara Falls bridge falls, and what ever became of London bridge?—PEB, in Tampa Tribune.’ It still is falling down, falling down. Trouble with a drunk driver is he “thinks” he can’ drive safely—Times- Union, Brisbane always was emphatic in stating that what a man “thinks” he can do; the above item casts doubt on Bris- bane’s ‘statement. There is only one reason we are glad Sholtz is going to run for the Senate, and that is that we will have a chance to vote against him and try to undo the harm we did when we voted for him for Governor. We don’t believe he will get anywhere in the race, and we certainly hope not.—Pal- metto News. Apparently this paper doesn’t like Sholtz. President Roosevelt's Re-organization bill will soon be before Congress. It is a dangerous bill and extends to the’: chiet executivé powers which only...ia...dietator would arrogate to hintself. | It is: not likely! that Congress, which is begititing’ to ‘stand on its own feet, will pass buch a measure, that virtually gives the executive’the au thority to eliminate any government agency that stands in his way or opposes his will. It will make a mere scrap of paper out of the Constitution. One of the provisos is to abolish the office of Comptroller of the Currency, so government funds may be spent without any check whatsoever, leav- ing the auditing and accounting after the money is squandered, which akin to locking the stable after the horse is stolen. is Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., chairman of Gen- eral Motors Corporation, is the highest priced executive in the country, and re- ceives as salary the sum of $561,311. That amount appears to be exorbitant and much more than anyone should receive as a salary. But it must be considered in all fairness that his federal tax is the enor- mous sum of $351,314.14 and the state tax $44,654.88, leaving him $165,341.98. That is a yield of almost $400,000 for the priv- lege of being governed. It appears from the above that h-priced executives are the sourcé of great revenue for the govern ment and should be things” instead of being h on that presents itse!f government is pampered wants THE ROAD TO THE CEMETERY When the final and official figures are tabulated, it will probably be found that the automobile death toll in 1937 reached a new all-time record, exceeding the 1936 slaughter with its -37,000 vic- tims. There is no reason for being sur- prised at the continued increase. Each year cars are made faster and more power- ful—and gq dangerous percentage of them become the property of drivers’ who couldn’t be trusted to operate a bicycle safely. Roadways and surfaces are. im- | proved, thus offering a new temptation to | excess speed. And the number of ac- | cidents in which John Barleycorn is a fac- tor tends to rise steadily. This doesn’t mean that the mobile accident toll cannot be reduced. can be—but it is words. The individual responsibility of each motorist wHen he slides behind the wheel of a projectile weighing a ton or two and capable of doing eighty miles an hour, must be driven home. Law enforce- ment must be strengthened. The “fixer” of traffic violations must be eliminated. It must be realized that driving a car og the public highway is a privilege, not a right to be abused—and license laws must be ‘more stringent. Finally, there must be VSivift and sure punishment for the: reckless auto- it or drunken driver. i ‘Phere pre several hundred ‘thousand ;Zraves m-this country that constitute mute | testimony: tb our past laxity in controlling |. the autémobile. Unless public demand fétces a change, you may fill one of the thousands of new graves that, figuratively | speaking, will be dug by motorists in the | years to come. A JUDGE TALKS OF THE BAR Justice Francis Martin, of the New York Appellate Court, urges a_ limitation of law schools and student to elimirfate “ambulance chasing” and similar types of | lawyers. The jurist recalls that “the bar earned and held the respect of the community for generations” but that “men with no stand- | ing in the community have come into our ranks.” With nothing but educational tests to pass, unfit persons have over- crowded the field until there is a “mad scramble” for business,~-lowering the prestige of the bar. Apparently conditions in .New York are like those everywhere else. There are so many lawyers turned lose that competi- tion for business leads to lowered ethical ‘standards on the part of those morally qualified to uphold the great principles of the law. Because there is nothing required in the way of character qualification, the bar is also peopled by men interested in nothing except to use the machinery of justice as a personal racket. We do not propose a solution of the problem. It is not the function of the. press to tell lawyers how to clean up their house. It isgrefreshing, however, to know that many eminent attorneys are concerned over the present disrepute of “the law” in the eyes of the public generally. ;'Onee the need of reform is realized hy the-bar n remedy will be found. This | will-not be easily put into effect because y of the opposition of those who, for lack of asbette® term, are referred to as\“shyster” lawyers” They will fight to rétain easy pickings but attorneys generally might as well know that unless there is reform from within the bar, there will be more drastic | action from the outside. AN EXCELLENT DECISION a Tribune) oO a big t of th z for blocking an —belong to Circuit at- tempt fs to flood Greater Miam e-arm bandits the equipping predictable play” “d that with h the slot machine re- they reached this cx i because the slot machines with and the leg direct response ‘to judicial sanc- icy and not h ning to take action, not | voters d¢- | lature finished THE KEY WEST CITIZEY | National Broadcast On Disease To Be Heard (Continued from Page One} live and raise our children. He stated it is a well known fact we’ have the finest climate in the world and all we have to do is prevent contagious diseases from spreading among our citizens. Qutlining the pertinent facts, the Doctor made the following } statements: | “Syphilis is the great imitatar. } | vactsilike so many diseases thai it oftefi Makes’ Dermanent crip- jple af a person before the disease} tis rétognized. The irtitial lesion ,is a primary sore . sometimes. $o. |smaifas not to be “néticed: jabout six weeks a rash may ap- | Pear over the body. This jvery contagious disease in its early stages and unless a com- petent physician is consulted it }may go into a third stage where it affects the heart, blood vessels, | stomach, liver and kidneys and there cause permanent damage, disabling the person for life. It is one of the principal causes of |people having to enter, as | patients, in insane asylums. “What causes Syphilis? Sy- Philis is caused by a germ called Treponema pallidum which may enter the body through the skin jor mucous membranes. The moist | mucous: membranes of the lips, mouth, nose!’ firoat and ganital organs. are. particularly sus- ceptible, and the organism can penetrate even though there is no perceptible break in these tis- | sues. Most cases of syphilis are ac- quired during physical contact. | However, many cases come from contact with other sources such as kissing or by contact such as |a drinking glass recently soiled jwith discharges which contain living syphilis germs. Infection |from soiled drinking glasses, plates, knives, forks. spoons, etc. jmay be prevented by properly | sterilizing the utensils. “The public should demand | that soda fountains, saloons, cafes jand other eating places should furnish them with properly steril- | cent eating and drinking utensils. | Automobile companies did not furnish tops or safety glass until | the public demanded them. Rath- jer than lose trade, owners will soon comply with the health reg- ulations. All employees of the above have to have physical ex- aminations and a specimen of blood must be taken for syphilis. This is a law to protect the pub- lic and no physician can triith- fully certify a person as free from contagious diseases such as {syphilis until the blood is ex- | amined in a competent laboratory. The State furnishes these labora- | tories to examine blood free of | charge. “Syphilis Kills Babies. Proper | treatment of the expectant meth- er prevents infection of the un- }born child. Syphilis can be | transmitted to the unborn baby. | Every expectant mother should have a blood test, if found to !have syphilis she should begin treatment before the fifth month |of pregnancy and continue it un- | til the baby is born. “Syphilis Wrecks Marriage. |Health examination before mar- jriage is the best way to prevent In| is ‘aj Sailfish And Other : Specimens Caught (Continued from Page One) largest was 6°91” and weighed 51 pounds. The smallest was a per- fect, little beauty, measuring 4°10” and weighing twelve pounds. Mr. Smith caught the small one. The three others fell to the bait of Mr. Maguire. In four trips out over the past eighteen months, Mr. Maguire has accounted~ for ‘ten sails! Forty other ..fish.vwere brought in with them ‘in fhe lock- of which’ ‘fine Kingfish weighing 43%2 pounds was’a prize caught after a stiff fight by “Mr. Smith. Another flag was sighted over the horizoh immediately behind the Demeritt boat. In due time, er, Mr. and Mrs. B. C.-Hopeman, of! Waynesboro, Virginia, came in beaming, as well they might. For Mr. Hopeman brought in the largest sail thus far caught this season by a Casa Marina guest. This fine fellow weighed 73% pounds and measured 7’8” from tip to tail. It put up a trémend- ous fight and took 50 minutes to land. The ladies had some success, too. Mrs. M. C. Harvey, of Cates Mills, Cleveland, who was ang- Inig in company with Mr. Harvey, brought in a beautiful sail meas- infection ‘6f newly mafried peo ple with. syphilis. “Syphilis’issAcquired. Proper treatment started during the first year of the'@isease and combined weekly for eighteen months is al- most sure to make recovery cer- tain. Eighty per cent may be cured during the first year of in- fection, only thirty per cent may be cured from three to twenty years after infection. “Competent Medical Care vs. Self-Treatment. Consult a com- petent physician or go to a rep- utable clinic. Avoid the Quack who guarantees a cure for sy- philis and the drug clerk who wants to treat you. “Syphilis Strikes One Out of Ten Adults. Each year more than one half million people in the United States consult a doc- tor for recently contracted sy- philis. An equal number con- tract syphilis each year but do not consult a physician until the late cripping form of the disease develops. Briefly the consequences of un- treated svphilis are as follows: It is responsible for many chil- dren born diseased, most of whom die in early life. It is the cause of many abor- tions, miscarriages and still births (children born dead). It is the cause of fifteen per cent of all blindness. It is the cause of paresis softening of the brain. It is the cause of ataxia. It is responsible for more than ten per cent of all insanity. It is often the cafise of apoplec- tie and paralytic strokes. It is responsible for a large pro- Portion of diseases of the heart and blood vessels. It may affect the kidneys, stomach and other vital organs It decreases earning capacity. It decreases the length life. or locomotor of OVER-SEAS TRANSPORTATION.CO., INC. |: Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service —between— MIAMI and KEY WEST Also Serving All Points on Florida Keys between MIAMI AND KEY WEST Four round trips weekly direct between Miami and Key West via Diesel Power Boats—with over- night delivery to Key West. Leave Miami at 12:00 o'clock noon on Mon- day, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. Leave Key West at 8:00 o'clock P. 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They brought in a most amazing assortment of mackerel, grouper, jack, king a' barracuda. The ambe caught by John Loeb shed 61? had bound itself million dollars i Stallments for to pay A during Napoleonic wars. cause of which reduced tariff on wine treaty U. refused 1 pay first installment due this day on plea French not appropriated legislature 4 money for same 1848—Treaty of Guadalupe Hi > dalgo, which ended War and provide of Arizona, Mexico. the od Colorado 1876—The National League of Professional Ba: ganized in We clubs: Chicago. eball ow Clubs or . York—eight Hartford, Louis, Boston, Louisville, Brook lyn, Philadelphia and Citic t pounds, and that caught by Carl | ~ weighed 53% pounds. The foregoing large specimens made a most impressive array in the porte cochere of the Casa Ma- rina, where they were hung that all might see. 1920—First Ge ship since 1914 arrived York. 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