The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 24, 1938, Page 2

Face Two The Key West Citizen | eo Putiiished Paity Except Sunday By THE IN PRDIASHING CO., INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher SOE ADUEN, Ameistant Hitsiness Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Oniy Daily Newspaper In Key West and Monroe County Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press ed Press is exclusively entitled to use vation of all news dispatches credited to ot otherwise credited in this paper and also local néws published here. ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of tuary notices, ete; will be charged for at of 10 cents a line. for entertainments by churches from which nue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. he Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues.and subjects of local or general interest but it wif! net publish anonymous communi- cations. 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. With the latest entry in the fourth congressional Gistrict oné Moore is added to the list new humbering five. A Canadian who recently went the fire.” Comptrofier Lee’s 1 makes ohe wonder who jsn’t working for | With faith in an ideal of service as his pri | eapital, he helped to create a national prosperity : j | which, without regard to occasional interruptions, | to | Buffalo to escape the cold declares the! he | merely “jumped from the frying-pan into | payroll book BUGGY NOW IN MUSEUM Recently a typical country doctor’s buggy was added to the collection of an- | cient vehicles owned by the Smithsonian | Institute in Washingtor.. It is one used for 32 years by Dr. Alexander Hamilton Bayly of Cambridge, Md., and presented to the museum by a descendant, Mrs. H. C. Orem. In the Smithsonian’s carriage collec- tion is the last one used officially by an occupant of the White House, a relic of President Theodore Roosevelt’s administra- tion. an automobile for official use, Roosevelt carriage was kept executive mansion for several but at the the years, | and was used to transport groceries from the market for President Wilson’s famil, Some years ago the late Will Rogers | and his close friend, Fred Stone, the actor, gave the Smithsonian one of the finest old- time stage coaches now in existence. But Curator C. W. Mitman regrets that the museum has been unable to ob- tain one of the handsome, life-size wooden horses frequently seen in harness and ve- hicle stores years ago. The institution lo- cated one some time back, but the owner wanted $2,500 for it, which was considered too high, even for the wealthy Smithsonian Institution. HARVEY S. FIRESTONE (From the Washington Star) Harvey S. Firestone has died at a time when it is fashionable to sneer at men of his quality as | “economic royalists” and to suggest that, in some manner not exactly defined, they are traitors to civilization. ‘The nonsense of such a theory is | manifest, yet it has enjoyed a popularity of which the American people should be ashamed. He was a self-made captain of industry. That in itself is testimony for Mr. Firestoné’s genius. ‘ipal is the richest and the most distinctively humane | the world has ever seen since first history was written. SIDELIGHTS By MARCY B. DARNALL, Former Editor of The Key West Citizen President Taft was the first to buy | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Z The Worm’ 's Eye View (By WALTER PECK) I am pleased to note that the old town is going places in a big way with things artistic and mu- sical. I say pleased. Why I'm tickled pink. Always did have a tremendous interest in affairs of this sort and though I can’t draw flies or sing a note, derive much pleasure from seeing the works of others and hearing musically in-' clined people give vent to their song. Recently the pleasure was giv- jen me to hear Betty Peyser, petite |dramatic soprano, give an im- | promptu performance. She should have sung longer, for believe me, jmy friends, it was worth more |than the price of admission. This | lady who is sojourning in our |midst with her husband, a state |tax attorney in New York City, will give a concert at the Casa Marina this coming Friday, Feb- fruary the twenty-fifth, and I un- |derstand that all and sundry are invited. The performance is for the benefit of the County Clinic jand for that reason if no other |should be well attended. How- ever, having heard the lady in some of her songs I can say truthfully that any reason will |suffice, but you must hear her sing! The Key West Musical | Guild is sponsoring the program jand it will be the initial concert of the season. By being a very curious young jman and attending practically leverything of any interest in town I managed to be present Monday night when Mrs. Peyser sang at the Guild meeting. (Didn't you know that I was a charter member?) and later in the eve-} hing at the home of Mr. and Mrs.) | George Mills White when she ran | through more of her reportoire. I | will be at the Casa when the con- | cert is put on if it is possible, and ir shall expect to both see all of | my friends and make many more | at this occasion. Mark it in your | book, and don’t forget it! The Key West Art Association |has received considerable men- | tion in the public prints, but in | here I want to say that their ex- | hibition should be well attended. It is grand. I know. I've seen it. | It used to be that when I was |considerably younger and crawl- ed into the proper dress each ev- ening before dining, I could wan- der around at thi affairs and look things over with a ‘critical and somewhat jaundiced“eye and get away with it. what a small amount of dignity will do for a person. And the mere act of climbing into 4 tuxedo will add inches of dignity to ones stature. But, now I am just:a com- mon ordinary hard working man and haven‘t any more mice <ven- ing clothes so that my _ opinions are no longer tinged with a pro- fessional air When I shed my dig- nity, Goud off-stage voi¢e—“Did you say Dignity?”) yeah, I said dignity! (More off-stage voice— “Oh!") in favor of sport shirts and slouch pants, everything I say is just the opinion of the ‘average layman and is to be considered as such. But when I say that an art exhibit is worth your while and should be seen, I mean precisely that. Don’t miss it. Question: How do you get in on all these things? Answer: Well, I'll tell you —No, by golly I won't either. if I did you would have the jump on me by knowing all fhe trade secrefs, and would Probably beat me to it. So there.- Have otfen wondered about the natives of various town, and now am giving some thought to the native population of Key West. There have always been consider- able in the way of opportunity here for those who would see and take advantage of them. But, as usual it remains for the outsider to come to us, see, and take hold of. I have three particular people in mind. Two of them already in business and a third spending money and preparing to get in business before the bridges are opened. All of these people are now a part of us, and here to share in the prosperity that is go-| ing to be ours when the trade be- gins to roll in. But, though these individuals should be commended for their courage and farsighted- ness in coming here to build ond get ready, why is it that local men and women did not see these op- enings and get in ahead of others? | Of these men, one in particular | stands out. I shall have more to say about him very soon. Well, all for now. See you soon. Adios! Doc's “LOVE BEST Remarkable! A free, uncensored and unli- censed press is the sreatest safe- guard of the rights and liberties of American citizens. Never was proof of this more } apperent than today, when the editors in every part of the na- tion are discussing the acts and policies of public servants, from the President down. In the ma- jority of eases they are doing this from a non-partisan angle and purely for what they bélieve to be the best interests of the na- tion An example of this is an edi- torial by Roy H. Johnson, editor }of the Fayetteville, West Virginia, Tribune. In a column and a half ‘he comments on the general smear campaign that has been underway against so-called big business to try to divert public attention from the underlying causes of the pres- ent business depression. He takes for his text the inflammatory statement that sixty families con- trol the nation. He then points out that his sec- tion of Virginia has become high- ly industrialized and that its in- dustries are backed by some of the big businesses condemned by politicians, including members of the “sixty families.” He says the local people can personally, check up on industrial conditions in his territory, as to working condi- tions, living conditions and gen- eral treatment accorded to em- ployes. He asks why the defamers of big business don’t name the indus- tries to which they refer, instead of trying to inflame the public against all big business. He says he cannot get the viewpoint of the | politician who makes blanket ac- cusations against industries whose investments and activities have brought progress, made it possible to build paved reads, improve and broaden the educational system, | first through direct taxes and sec- jond through wages and the taxes that flow from wages. He points jout that following such progres- |sive modern industries, have come | ‘Highest — ‘Temperature Lowest Mean Normal Mean Rainfall* Precipitation mal Precipitation Yesterday's 22 Ins. 05 Ins ending at S o'clock thin Tomorrow's Almanac Sun rises - 633 a. Sun sets 627 p. Moon rises 3:32 a. Moon sets High - Low Barometer reading at 8 a. m. Sea level, 29.95. WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Friday) Key West and Vicinity: Gen- erally fair tonight and Friday somewhat colder tonight: moder- ate northerly winds. Florida Generally fair and colder tonight, possibly scattered frost in northwest and in extreme north portions; Friday fair. Jacksonville to Florida Straits and East Gulf: Moderate north- west and north winds; partly overcast weather tonight; ally fair Friday. medical and social services pre- viously unknown to many of the People in his section of the coun- try. In concluding his editorial. he says, as to these stabbing-in the- back attacks on business: “If there is a financial leader or a corpor- ation in this nation who is ex- ploiting any human being, that individual or that corporation should be forever held up to scorn - But what we want to to know is—who are these people: what are these businesses? “Let's be done with all generali- ties which frighten all business men in big business and in little yesterday Pressure now Pemainder of 7 Precipitation has occurred since morning throughout the Atlantic States and westward ver the Ohio Valley and Lake om to the upper Mississippi heavy nm Charge BABYS cay SAVES . gener- } Prizes offered. Mane- scripts alse considered for book publiceation. Write business. Let's get down to speci- ¢ fic names, and lift the stigma of } publie attack from those who are innocent.” mOoTOR IN THE the state.—Tampa Tribuiie. Let’s say about | one-half, for good measiire. ns Shoemaker died in Bamberg, Ohio, the other day and left his wife his awl_—Times- Union. It is further cbmmendable that this shoemaker stuck to Iris wife to the last. | Czechoslovakia is slightly bigger in area than North Garolina, so it will be easy for Hitler, when ‘he chooses, to absorb the | little country, which asks only to be lef: in peace. Newspapers do more for the com- | munities where they operate than any | other agency, individual or individuals, get slight recognition for their services, also complain the least. The-“law” in “mothet-in-law” and “tuthe- * 48 not ‘the same word as “law” in’the sense of a legal mother or fa- ther, but is derived from the old English word, “lage,” nreaning “marriage.” Too much adaptation and not enough adoption of the Constitution may gradually emaciate that document which has been described as the greatest preserver of hu- man rights that has ever been conceived. Now that The Key West Citizen has discovered a “limburger cheese tree” we are eagerly awaiting the discovery of a “sauerkraut tree.”——Times-Union. We will be delighted to regale the paragrapher of the Times-Union with a sandwich made from a limburger cheese and a breadfruit tree, both procurable in Key West, if he should visit this island city. Last week the Bank of Melbourne which started in 1984 with $25,000, half of which was loaned by the Reconstruction Finance Company, declared a 300 per cent steck dividend. A total of $37,500 was dis- tributed to stockholders either in stock or cash, and this stock divided was in addi- tien te a 20 per cent dividend which was declared at the close of last year, Bstab- lished less than four years the people of the little Florida Bast Coast city are justly proud of their flourishing ban!-ing tution. and | Asked. by-a reporter whether he might | be “drafted” as a candidate for President in 1940, Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia of New York replied: “Don’t be silly! No- body was ever drafted for any office any time, anywhere.” Virginia has joined the growing list of states which seek to tax and otherwise regulate billboards which are a menace to highway safety or mar scenic beauty. Some day, perhaps, when we become more civi- | lized, this most offensive form of alleged | | FACTS THAT ARE NEWS | advertising may be prohibited altogether. When 25 WPA women workers scrub- bed and polished metal work at the Cleve- land court house too effectively, another | coating of | | bronze plate the first group had scrubbed crew was sent to restore the off. Thus is unemployment reduced! Today’s H Today’s strong friendships, over-generous and hence, probably ‘never too well supplied with this world’s goods. But you will have many supporters and leave a legacy of kindly remembrance you. | It is an aspect for a much-beloved | and admired teacher, and one re- | spected by the world at large. native is given to after DENVER.—“The dog has al- ways shown me more affection) than Rose ever did”, asserted | Jack Stone in court in this City, | after divorcing his wife, Rose, and getting a court order that he} might keep the family dog. Thank You Harry—Oh, you lest your glass- | es, professor? Too bad. Were they | like the pair you're wearing? Prof—Thanks, those are the| ones I lost. A new Army order forbids enlisted | men’s marrying unless they can prove they can support their wives. A regulation iike that applied to the civilian population would made rough sledding for Dan Cupid. An impressive scholastic record is that of Bondo Hansen of Herman, Neb., who was president, secretary and treasurer of his high school graduating class. It was also conceded that he was the most popular member, the handsomest, and the one most likely to succeed. In other words, he was | the only member in his class. William Stanton of Sheboygan, Wis., is mad because his right to vote has been questioned. He admits he was born in Ire- land and never naturalized, but thinks his residence in the United States since 1830 should be sufficient. and came to America at the age of 6. An unusual midget is B. F. Holbrook, who is only 3 feet, 6 inches tall, and weighs 65 pounds. He isn’t a side-show attraction, but a practicing lawyer in Atlanta, and claims to be the smallest member of the legal profession in the world. He was ad mited to the bar last June. Dr. Robert Broom of the British Royal Seciety predicts that the human race will develop very high intelligence within the nc..t 50,000 years. Ii one were sure he was right it would be worth waiting for. TO NEW YORK BY THE BOOM OF CANNONS. . 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