The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 4, 1938, Page 2

PAGE Two : cogs ry West Citizen pt Sunday HING €O., INC. Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Axsociated Press s is exclusively f all news dispat edited in this published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES $10.00 00 ADVERTISING tion. RATES Made known on applic ef sPi All reading notic IAL NOTICE rds of thanks, resolutions of 8, etc, will be charged for at s from which al THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; always fight for progress; never be the or- never be gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class; always do its utmost for the public welfure; never tolerate ‘corrup fon or injustice; denounce vice ization; tolerant ofethers’ opinions; ‘print only "ne and not coutaminate the rea promise with principle. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road te’ Main- land. Free Port. Hotelg and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Auports——Land and Sea. | Consolidation of County and City Governments. vere Tf’ taXes"'Yo lip any higher the meek | MIAMI BOOTH CENSURED On January 25 The Citizen carried an interview with H. B. Beattie, grand master of the Odd Fellows lodge, in which he in- veighed against the manner in which the Key West Iniormation . pooth con- ducted in Miami; a few days later another prominent spoke derogatory terms of the way things were handled at the booth, and he stated he would incor- porate his experience in an article he will write about Key West; yesterday ‘two women visitors came was person in THE KEY WEST CIT!Iz=y ALL TOGETHER, NOW! to The Citizen ‘office * and corroborated the narrated -stories.of,; indifferent service obtained at the bureau: There were other expressions of censure. Wednesday night the County Com- missioners took cognizance of the matter that was d bing this community, took no action since it was explained their satisfaction that the charges based misinformation. The County Commissioners could not have done other- wise than dis he subject, for had they to on but } were ; believed the complaints they would neces- | sarily ures. Publicity is an effective deterrent, and constructive ¢ m always wholesome. Now that the condition prevailing at the Key West Information booth in Miami has n publicized.and brought®to the atten- tion of the public, The Citizer believes "the pergonnéli will be guard and a4 there a be Ro furth@™ cause for com- lafit in thg future. & have had to take corrective meas- SLOWING RECOVERY Washington, for several weeks past now, has been the scene of almost daily conferences designed to bring about better co-operation between government and business as a means toward lifting the | Nation from a recession bog. From all in- dications, the talks have served to bring about a better understanding, if nothing | else. Almost to a man, every business lead- er invited to the Capital City to express his views on the economic problems has urged that the tax burden on business be lighten- | ed as one of the most certain means of re- newing the recovery march, and that the | competition of gévernmeént in business with may have the earth, and will-nothavé to | inherit it, ‘The law’ bf the land needs _revision when-it takes three years for a litigant to find out what it is. its-own citizens shayld be curbed... These business men know—as_ the government should know now—that money paid in taxes cannot be spent for wages; that the same dollar can’t go into the tax till and the pay envelope at the same time. This philosophy isn't something now to be heard around Washington—Congress had | the same idea last December when it was The Times-Union paragrapher has | discovered an easy job—clerk in a store that doesn’t advertise, Tq most of us, the other fellow’s job looks easier than our own—to the donkey the other field is greener. -- A Florida editor says that he knows and meets many people whose appearance could be greatly improved with a facial. He’s been peeping in a mirror, Whenever wagwspape qugeflah a ate dividual and id well, he can squirm out of t himself in by the! “astiat Ali was misquoted. idn’t take so mess he got of ara He Tha Some newspapers who operate print- ing plants wondered whether they would be expected to pay state and county licenses taxes both as printing houses and as newspapers, Recently Comptroller Lee clarified the situation by ruling that news- papers printed in the same plant with the job department would not be considered as two separate businesses and taxed accord- ingly. However, newspapers published in other plants but owned by the job plant would be expected to pay on both. Key West, which has risen to heights and sunk to depths exceeding even Mi- ami, is hopeful again. The island city was adtiourishing town long before Miami had dreams of greatness and lots brought amazing prices some 30 years ago. But the cigar industry moved away, the naval station was practically deserted after the World war and finally the railroad was destroyed, leaving the place just a some little island of unpainted houses. New, with the highway almost a rea the natives are leoking for better and here and there can be sz i € the boys who were selli bay bottom land in Miami back in lone- time>, in special session. Everyone seems to be in accord on | the matter—that stifling taxation myst be } ended that tax money, if unleashed <) Haim had the Same answer 16 in the business field, will go a long way to- ward providing jobs for unemployed work- ers. Why, then, should there be any fur- ther delay in taking this important step to- ward industrial recovery? “CAKE AND ROADS” (Florida State News) thege is no doubt that many of the it were petitioned for are urgently ne Florida State News, in discuss- budget meetifik'of the Floritia CBkE Road Dépargnent; ‘but rman Arthur h delegationg ‘When the Road Department has suffi- t is available, the Department will be to the projects that are covered by your requests’. needed,” said ing last week to give definite consideration “It has been aptly said ‘you cannot have your cake and t’, so you cannot pass the gasoline tax monies on to sources that should be supported by other methods of taxation and have money to build roads. “The sta nearly ate of Florida narrowly escaped losing highway by reason of the diversion of the gasoline tax money to county purposes by means of “special popul. all of the federal aid for con- structi ion laws’ that were passed during the re- f I believe that had action of Comptro! legislature. romp! pay the gasoline State of - lly all of the present federal receiving this :year. © campaign tions and the voters in the nate Democratic candidates use and senate in the 1939 ses- ring into t e for and maintenance of our that citizens who be- tax money where it 2 to see KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen A-migtercade of 60 cars and sofme three hundred people will come to. Key West from Jackson- ville Friday, February 24. Orders have already been issued that no more reservations are to be sold for the ferries on that date, south bound, as the capacity of all the ferries will be taken by the cars of the motorcade. In the party will be Dr. Fons Hathaway of the State Road Department, Presi- dent Thomas P. Henry of AAA, Mayor John T. Alsop of Jackson- ville, and a large number of pro- fessional and business men of that city, and other cities in Florida. The party will be headed by George W. Gibbs, head of the Gibbs Engine Company of Jack- sonville, and is sponsored by the Jacksonville Motor Club. : A comprehensive program of resurfacing and paving is planned | by the new council. At its meet- ing last night it was ordered that the ordinance committee meet | with the city planning committee “and commission, the city council, | the board of public works, gity engineer and city attorney forthe’ purpose of drawing a new ordin-| ance d4long the lines contemplat- ed. It was also shown that nego- tiations are underway with the Key West Electric Company that may result in the removal of the tracks of the street railway, at least from the city’s thorough- fares, One of the navy’s two amphi- bian survey planes, due to have arrived here yesterday afternoon, developed engine trouble while enroute and was forced down at Little Pigeon Key. It is under command of Captain Howard and is being towed to Key West. The other plane of the unit arrived yesterday in command of Lieu- tenant Boyden. The planes are connected with the serial survey expedition and are to be based here for the next several weeks. Editorial comment: If we had the keys to some cities we know we should lose no time in getting out. ; aaa roe county headquarters of Sitlnaey/ J. Catts. seeking his elec- tion to the governor’s chair, have been opened in the Renedo Build- ‘+2 __-_ Good ing and today theioffice has a} number of visitors..:The commit- } tee stated that the members will be glad to greet all voters of the county and furnish any informa- nection with the race. Mr. Catts was in Key West several days ago} at which time he addressed the} voters and promised he would! start building the Over-Sea High- way bridges the second day he as in the office of the governor. George W. Bean, who has been employed by the Key West Cham- ber of Commerce to this city in Washington, writes that he is meeting with success, and leaving no stone unturned in the movement to have the New London, Conn., submarine base ordered established at Key West. He intimates that he is meeting with a great deal of encourage- ment along the several lines. E. R. Johnson, of Moorestown, N. J., president of the Victor Talking Machine Company, aboard his yacht for a. cruise in Caribbean waters, arrived in port yesterday and is taking on water and supplies. The Carolineis one of the largest and-finest pleasure craft to make port this season, is 175 feet long and is said to have cost $750,000. The four-masted Schooner R. Martin arrived in port today to} pick up a cargo of scrap iron. She | is consigned to the Porter Dock Company and is tied up at the company’s dock. There will be a county-wide meeting of the different Sunday scheols in the city held in Key West at 4 o'clock Monday after. noon at Fleming Street Methodist } church. Workers of the two Cu- ban Methodist schools are quested to be present. 4 "5 Subseribe to The Citisen. <spcemmetigincsiatiinstnaat Impressions —that’s the sule at our sB you'llibe ec surprised © price! The Artman Press Printing — Engraving IN THE CITIZEN BUILDING PHONE 51 represent | FRIDAY, FESE 4 THE WEATHER ‘Temperatures* Highest —__ Lowest ______ Mean Normal Mean __ i Rainfall* Yesterday’s Precipitation Normal Precipitation “Thim reeord covers 24-homr ending af % @clock thix morning. Temorrow’s Almanac 708 a. m. . _ 6:15 p. m. prises — ~~ —<: 10:02 @. m. Sets 11:08 p. m. | Tomorrow's Tides AM. 0:38 —T4 67 70 0 Ins. PM 12:46 7:16 Bara; enrendiaa) aaGit. ens Sea level, 30.14. WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Saturday) Key West and Vicinity: Fair i} tonight and Saturday; not much | change in temperature; gentle to imoderate northeast and _ east winds. Florida: Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday, possibly light ; Showers near extreme southeast | coast; not much change in tem- | perature. ; Jacksonville to Florida Straits jand East Gulf: Gentle to mod- erate northeast and east winds, |and partly overcast weather to- night and Saturday. WEATHER CONDITIONS The low pressure area that was 79} 03 Ins. perto¢ along the east coast of Florida. Temperatures have fallen some- what in the Lake region, Ohio Valley and Plateau States, and have risen in most other sections, with readings generally above normal this morning throughout the country. fatalities among G.S. KENNEDY. ers but this year we would like Official in Charge to get by without accidents” says For the Best of Reasons Willie—A little boy fell dowr one: and some of the kids laugh- ge a I hope you were not one of the unkind children who laughed. Willie—No'am, I was the little boy who fell down. ness men to jai! for violetsons of the exchange lows. 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