The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 9, 1938, Page 2

PLCE TWO 1 x. t and Publisher JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets n Key West and Monroe Hutered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Axxéeiated Press $19.06 ADVERTISING RATES known on application. SPE NOTICE cards of thanks, reso! , ete, will be charged for a to be derived are 5 cent : is an open forum and ssues and subjects of } . will not publish anonyme IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Ros land, Free Port. Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. An expert is a man who thinks knows it all without studying-any more. he ba One of the prices we pay for speeding up of life is the wracking of nerves, Cooking note for wives: Keeping a “husband jn hot water does not make him | tender. All girls who paint must be angels, | . since you never see an ange! who isn’t . painted. Many visitors are leaving this beauti- ful isle, and only because of the dust, so prevalent now. Finland was the first country to con- cede woman suffrage, and: the first coun- | try to pay something on account of the war debt. Smoking, we are advised, definitely “shortens life but who can make the smoker believe it? Not the fellow who has been ~gmoking for 50 years or more. a The man who is willing to contribute liberally can be a “power” in almost any organization. However, when the con- tributions cease the power weakens. It has long been-held by geologists that the Atlantic Coast of America is sink- ing at the rate of about a foot a century. Now we have something more to about; can’t we be left in peace! worry On account of the awful and unsani- tary dust prevailing all over the city every automobile looks as if it had been on a long distance jaunt over the country. That gives us a chance to say we have been traveling, just like making sure that we hiave a tan as proof positive that we have been to the seashore. Postmaster General Farley boasts about making a profit and having a sur- plus for his department, forgetting that the postal department was never intended to be a profit-making agency of the gov- ernment. If such were not the case, Kovernment would do well to let privat individuals run the postoffice. One of these years ago, one Julius Rosenwald. a wealthy Jewish merchant, offered to oper- ate the postal service and do it (wh Wouldn't be difficult) better, and si Sponsible contract to do it* for a one-cent letter rate. ff there were any sincerity in fovernmental economy promises, i ‘would be done now; but it t immolation of the administ: economic venture. n a re- would | come tax, $15,000 sttorney’s fees. as agent’s fees and $9,800 for li | dollars left. | we | check up on “Red” HIGHWAY FREIGHT CARS The federal government is said to have “suffered a reverse” in the Supreme Court decision upholding state rights to regulate road traffic. A state, said the court, may limit the width and weigkt of trucks passing through its territory. - The case involved a South Carclina law limiting truck width to 96 inches and gross weight to 20,000 pounds. Most citi- zens today would probably agree with the court that this is not unreasonable, al- though various states now allow biggex trucks and loads. A vehicle load of more than 10 tons may break~pavements not strongly built, and a width of more than et may make driving dangerous on rrow roads or curves, by obstructing the ahead. Time and_ better road-building, no aoubt, will change this. We may safely have on the road freight cars of any s when we get such a national highv tem Senator Bulkley is advocating—or anything like it. as $100,000 A YEAR EQUALS? Freddie, Bartholomew, 14-year-old film star, is in court again. This time he | asks the judge to exempt him from paying his father ten per cent of his earnings as ordered in the settlement of the suit recent- ly made by his parents who sought to re- gain custody of the boy from his aunt. Freddie’s petition pointed out that he had $18,800 in the bank and would get | $100,000 in 1938 from his studio but that after paying $67,000 Federal and state in- 5.000 rg ex- penses he would only have a few thousand is Apparently young Bartholomew | working for the government, his attorneys and his agents, not to include his parents. He lists as possible expenses claims against | him amounting to $43,700 filed by other } agents. the | ~~ After reflecting upon the woes of this young man we have about decided to aban- | don our 1938 plan of making a $100,000— cem to be better off without it! SIDELIGHTS By MARCY B. DARNALL, Former Editor of The Key West Citizen While looking for suspicious some of our alarmed patriots might well Burgdorf of Red Bud, lll. He is a Red Crown gasoline dealer, a scout for the Red Bird (Cardinal) baseball team, and has red hair. Reds, ty of Orthodontists to us and you) appears to be a sort of doubleheaded organization. Ac- cording to an AP dispatch, the socie' “elected Dr. Sam Cole of Atlanta as pri dent, and Dr. A. C. Broussard of New Or- leans was named president-elect.” Takeo Miki, a member of the Jap- anese parliament, addressing a mass meet- ing in Tokyo, suggested an anti-war pact between the United States and Japan, which is said to have been greeted with i cheers from his audience. Whether sincere or not, Mr. Miki’s gesture seems sensible. The 15 children of the Mink family in Belle len, Ala., are named Ernest, Evelyn, Effie, Ester, Ethel, Ellihue, Edna. Eleanor, Erskine, Erby, Elouise, Earl, Euline, Ella agd Edward. The father’s name is Edward. And speaking of names, among the applicants for accident compensation in Richmond, Va., recently were Sam Rasp- berry, Chappell Service, Barnest Work- mar, Holly Berry and Dewer Dye. Weighty confronted Fairfield city council at a recent according te the news-magazine Alab: problems (1) How to end crowded jail conditions which necessitates letting 20 sleep at home at night; (2) how eli- ly An- ibrary. to specifi Adverse, from the public Gaz 2 e obscene books, An ingenious stratagem whereby five Pennsylvania youths quietly stole chickens during a recent cold spell was to place a warm stick near the fowls’ feet. when the birds would step on it because of its The culprit ere finally caught however, and landed in jail. prisoners TRE KEY WEST CITIZEN | Sicaataeniele Courses In C. C. C. Camps (From Army and Navy Register) In a number of the CCC camps they have instituted a course de- med to tr: qualified enrollees asters with the idea when they are through with he CCC and get back to their me communities, they will be able to head up the Boy Scout troops and help carry on with the work. This is all a splendid and con- structive activity, one that will have far-reaching results if it is properly pursued and the candi- dates given the proper training and instruction. There are today in the United States literally tens of thousands of boys who are ready and an to get into Boy Scout troops. The local lead- ers of the movement are ready to organize them, but the fly in the ointment is that competent scout- masters are not available to take over the leadership of the new troops, and the authorities will not bring new troops into exist- ence unless scoutmasters are available. If the CCC through their school system, can produce some scout- masters for the -Boy Scouts they will add another fine credit to their already commendable list yorthwhile achievements. It is well worth the time and effort of the organization and the offi- cers on duty with the corps. It is a practical proposition and one t will have far-reaching ef- fects. In their school system the CCC is trying to train the enrollees for jobs on the outside. There is no surer and more satisfying road te a good job in civil life than through the Boy Scouts. A young man who is a qualified scoutmas- ter always has a job. The local Boy Scout council will see to it that he is provided with one. It is to be hoped that more and more CCC camps will take up the work. They may always be as- sured of the cooperation of local Boy Scout authorities, and the en- rollees who complete the course and qualify will always find themselves in demand with a good job waiting for them in many a community. > scout! 80 7 76 72 Highest Lowest Me Normal Mean Rainfali* Yesterday’s Precipitation Normal Precipitation Ins. 4 Ins. at S o'clock # Tomorrow's Almanac . 6:41 a. 6:33 p. endie= Su Sur Mc Tomorrow s Tides A.M High 5:21 Low 9:31 Barometer reading at 8 a. Sea level, 30.22 WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Thursday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloud tonight and Thursday; mild temperature; light t to south winds. Fair to partly cloudy t i Thursday; scattered showers in extreme northwest portion Thursday afternoon. Jacksonville to Florida Straits: moderate cast to south partly overcast weath- er ht and Thursday East Gulf: Light to moderate east to south winds, and partly weather tonight and scattered showers north partion WEATHER CONDITIONS estern low pressure area astward to the cen- tes, and pressure low southward to the Grande Valley: while ately strong high pressure reads the country from the astward and States, and high over ed ins ly moderate precipitation rred during the last 24 southeastern ard to the middle ppi Valley, be- says business simee " writer on the U. KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Age Today As Taken . From The Fites Of The Citizen : Degrees will be conferred on 350 members of the Golden Eagle during the week. Of these, 250 belong to the three local castles and the 100 are members of the ladies temple. Initiation of the women and conferrnig of the third degree upon the men will be witnessed by Supreme Chief Harry Newman of Pennsylvania, who reached the city this morn- ing. Mr. Newman will be pres- ent at the Ladies Temple Mon- day night; paying his official visi’ 100 candidates. On Tuesday eve- ning -he will witness the con- ferring of the Third Degree on 250 candidates of the three local lodges. The degree work will be under the direction of Arthur Sheppard, noble chief of the Key of the Gulf Castle. Fifteen members of the local Red Cross executive committee today began a canvass of somer 350 residents of Key West in an effort to raise funds to keep the chapter running. It will require $300 monthly to keep the chapter continuing actively and to carry on the work which it has been do- ing and contributions will be ask- ed on a basis calculated to insure this amount. None of the money so raised will be sent to National headquarters but will all be used for relief work in the city. Spe- cific requests will not be made for more than $16, payable at the rate of $2 monthly for the next eight months, if desired. Because of the difficulty of making collections, however, efforts will be made to collect as many complete contri butions as possible. agen Sixty-seven visitors are arriv- ing today over the highway and, ferries, according to telephone re- ports from No Name Key. The Monroe County left at eight this morning ‘with eight cars, twe trucks and 20 5 the Key West left 1:25 with licars and 44 passengers. Going north were the Key West, leaving No Name Key at 8 o’clock this morn- ing with 19 cars and 58 passen- gers, and the Monroe County leaving this afternoon with 12 ears and 35 passengers. - a A. F. Ayala, sales manager for the Key West Electric Co. who returned yesterday from Albany Georgia, reports being in an auto- mobile accident in that state, re- ceiving head injuries and an in- jured hand, besides suffering two acta ; broken ribs. The wreck was due and will witness the initiation of to a skid and turnover on a pav- ed highway during a heavy rain while a party of four were motor- ing to Albany. Editorial comment: It becomes more apparent every day that the city and county cannot hope to reap any full benefit from the Qversea Highway until it is prop- erly advertised. The Brown Bobby Shop adver-/ tises its business place as across from of garden greens does not cress. A Candy Dance is advertised by Robert J. Perry chapter of the Order of DeMolays. to be given at the Coral Isle Casino next, Wed- nesday night. All prizes Wi in candy. Lewis Albury, deputy sheriff at Rock Harbor, who was married in Miami last Thursday to Miss Rosalind Sawyer, has arrived with his bride and will spend a portion of his honeymoon in Key West with relatives and friends. Otte Kahn, New York banker. |; and a large party of friends, fi- nanciérs, arrived on the steamer from Havana yesterday afternoon | j and took a special train over the Florida East Coast Railway for |; Prijfe Rassoli, son of the jt Miami. party. eeececeseseseeses Sol Bloom, representing the 19th New York District in Con- gress, born at Pekin, Ill, 68 years ago. Vice Admiral Henry V. Butler, USN. who today reaches the Statutory age of retirement, born 64 years ago. s Charles Warren of Boston and Washington, D. C., lawyer, noted S. Supreme Court, born in Boston, 70 years ~ ago. Dr. William A. Eddy, president of Hobart and of William Smith Colieges, Geneva, N. Y.. born in Syria (of American missionary parentage), 42 years ago. Maj. A. Hamilton Gibbs of Mid- dieboro, Mass. novelist, born in |] England, 50 years ago. Max Rabinoff of New York/ City, impressario, born im Russia, 58 years ago. FRANK JOHNSON DIAMOND WATCHES JEWELRY GIrts SOUVENIRS CURIOS ! KODAKS and FILMS | The Old Reliable Since 1838 i La Concha Hote! Bid3. FACTS THAT ARE NEWS | 29a) UNTIL NOT VERY LONG AGO, CAMELS WERE USED IN THE DESERTS 4S A MEDIUM OF EXCHANGE, AND A GOD HORSE COULD BE BOUGHT FOR TUREE OR FOUR CAMELS A WIFE FOR TWENTY, DEPENDING ON THE MARKET PRICE... 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