The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 10, 1938, Page 2

PAGE TWS “The Key West Citizen i ADVERTISING RATES Mt known on application. 9 == SPECIAL NOTICE cards of thanks, resolutiors of subjects t publish anon ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1. Water and Sewerage. 2. Bridges to complete ‘Road to Main- - land, 3. Free Port. Hotels and Apartments. gl Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City ya IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST Governments. — All’s fair in love—even a plain girl. GOOD NEWS, WE HOPE The worst of the business recession is passing, according to John N. Biggers, who directed the recently concluded un- employment census. Mr. Biggers says, We are scraping along the bottom of the recession now ... we wili soon see signs of improvement, at least in the consumer industries.” The Cleveland business man believes that the recession was caused largely by the fact that industries built up large stocks of goods early last year and his basis for expecting improvement lies in the belief that consumer demand has largely exhagsted the supplies. This, of course, means that new goods must be manu- factured. We have no idea whether Mr. Big- gers knows anything about the recession or not. In view of the high per centage of error that dogged the prophets of the depression, when prosperity played them a dirty trick by staying “around the cor- ner,” we are inclined to wait and see what happens. This doesn’t mean that Mr. Biggers’ views are not encouraging. He is an eminently successful business man. What he thinks is vastly more important, on the basis of probable knowledge of conditions, than any number of predictions by poli- | ticians and-editors. . Besides, he may be | royalists, Education, like vaccination, is won- ; derful, if it takes. A good meal often changes an indivi- “dual’s entire viewpoint on life and its | problems. right; it is not possible for all the business leaders to be -wrong all the time. HOW THEY STARTED In a recent editorial in Nation’s Busi- ness, Merle Thorpe tells of the origins of a number of today’s so-called “economic ” and points out that most of the high executives in American business and industrial life came from humble homes. He says: “Wherce came this new captain of a great steel company? From a coal miner’s hut. Where did economic autocracy go the other day to get the new president of a great packing company? An office boy | 20 years ago.” He then recalls that more than 100 | presidents of our biggest railroads came Publicity is a good thing but serves | cits purpose only if it isn’t smeared.on too | thick so as to become disgusting; then its | value disintegrates. To Be sure, advertising in The Citi- zen pays us, but if it failed to pay adver- tisers it wouldn’t pay us very much, nor anything for very long. “No man,” said William Morris, “is food enough to be another man’s master.” Candidates are apt to forget that after the people place them in office. . When a woman marries a widower, she doesn’t get as much fun out of it as if she married a bachelor, for the widower is already trained, and the fun of training her man is lost. The people of Key West are wonder- ing, now, that the road to the mainland is nearing completion, what would: be hap- pening to them at this time, si their fight to have the county bonded for ‘the road had been lost. Mayor Dave. Shapard of Fort Myers got tired of waiting on the convenience of tax dodgers and made public an ultimatum that unless certain taxes were paid by a certain time he would have cut off water, sewer, garbage, police and fire service on all properties on which taxes are delin- quent and where owners are “able but re. fuse to pay.” Right off the bat the city received $26,088.64 from two property owners alone and others are docidly com- ing forward to pay their just tithes. Outside gamblers. who give their quatry no chance have. .every reason to quake in their shees when taken before Judge William V-. Albury, of the Criminal Court of Record. Thi¥eé of this gentry while eperating at No Name Key were:ar- rested by Sheriff Thompson and taken before the judge who, in a special! session, promptly assessed a fine of $550 and costs. Many times in this column, The Citizen has warned the people of this community to look out for schemers and _tricksters, which include advertising promoters with _ ther yarious appealing designs to milk the city white. Learn how to say “No” wh approached by this gentry, and you wi! profit thereby. up from the ranks of telegraphers, track- | walkers, transit carriers; clerks, and other small jobs. Half of New ‘York’s bankers were born in, the Middle West, and ‘most of them on farms. All the presidents of Bell Telephone companies began at'the bottom; riéne earn- ing as much as $20. a week in the begin- | ning. And taking the heads of the three greatest motor companies, President Knud- sen of General Motors landed as. a poor immigrart lad in New York at the age of 18, Henry Ford was an itinerant watch and clock repairer, and Walter Chrysler was a mechanic in a railroad shop in Kansas. But it is not recorded that any of these men reached their present eminence by working orly 30 hours a week. DEATH BEGINS AT 40 Two million booklets with the strik- ing title “Death Begins at 40” are to be distributed in the interest of highway safety by the ‘Travelers Insurance Com- ' pany, béing an analysis of traffic acci- dents dtring: 1937. The title doesn’t mean that death be- gins at 40 years of age, but at 40 miles an hour. It is pointed out, however, that 40 miles an hour is much too fast in many cases. To quote a paragraph. “There are times, as in heavy traffic or in heavy fog, when 30 miles an hour is suicidal; other times when 50 miles an hour seems reasonable. Every driver should know that if he does have an acci- dent it is more likely to mean death if he is going fast.” In 1937 there were approximately 40,300 deaths and 1,221,090 injuries in traffic accidents in the United States, the highest on record. Most of these accidents might have been prevented by the exercise of reasonable care on the part of the driv- ers concerned. TRADE-IN PLANES The air age, about which we have heard so much, seems definitely at hand A few days ago sales representatives of thirty major aircraft companies met to dis- cuss standardization of trading used pls for new ones! That seems to make it. official. Imagine the airplane makers confronting ne proposition that puzzled the auto makers not many years ago. KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY be expected. P! bridges. Fi The project will be completed city number 61. d in operation before the con- thre« the opening of in Key aboard the C Tampa and w at 5 o'clock this GET A CAR TRE KEY WEST CITIZEy Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen % e Key Vac-j west coast of Florida and is com- the coynty Gulf and Atlantic coasts. The h will t ry official was met at the miles in 5 by officers from the Vacas, tion, Robert Austin, president ion con- in brief conference with Mr. Por- on these ter and Mr. Austin, but is said to progress may ve made no statement about ide no the coast guard. built over - Ss project Passengers on the vessels of the of the summer season and cymbe tomorrow. nter schedules. La Concha for which she is re- rd Cutter t afternoon. Mr.;way Conductors to send large‘ noon. fo 4a8- ’ 242 ees: THINK WHAT IT MEANS TO SAVE SO MUCH MONEY ON A BETTER LOOKING, SWEETER RUNNING, MORE MODERN CAR Outside of the actual cash savings which National Used Car Exchange Week offers — the genuine opportunities to rock-bottom prices — what’s the outstanding news angle of this great event? Undoubtedly it is the discovery by owners of old ears that cars built in the last few years have improved more than they dreamed! It’s a real thrill to take the wheel of one of the many 1937, °36 or "35 cars included in this sale — and discover how a modern car handles — how much more pleasure it offers. Get ready for spring with a car that brings real pride of ownership — modern style — smooth, powerful performance — roomy bodies and luggage space — safe brakes — quieter operation — better econ- omy — big tires — modern riding comfort . . . all yours at prices far below those of several months ago! This is no ordinary sale. Car dealers, stocked with these good used cars, have joined in a great, nation-wide co-operative movement to “get things moving.” You may not even need cash to make the switch. Your present car may cever the down-payment on the car you want. Balance on easy terms. If you have no car to trade, you can still take advantage of the low down-payments and easy terms during this sale. These bargains are GOING FAST. DON'T DELAY UNTIL THE BEST SELECTIONS ARE SNAPPED UP! National Used Car Ex- change Week ends this Saturday night, The Cuban Club matinee danc- es will be held at the Coral Isle Casino during the time the reno- vation activity and other repair highway pleting a general observation of WOrk is being done on the club the coast guard activities on the! building. Louis Carbonell and his orches- a tra will furnish the music for the Xey and Grassey Group, of the Chamber of Commerce, | dance of the younger folk which en No Name Key'iand Wm. R. Porter, president_of | is given each’ Saturday night at Engi- the First National Bank. He was | La Concha’ Hotel: W. .R. Kenan, ‘president's the Flerida East Coast Railway. sys- tem, and.a party of other raifroad officials, who came here on.a ttip ween the The Oversea Highway brings to of general inspection, left’ this Key West today, according to re-, morning in a private car attached ports received at The Citizen, 70 train 86. ferry system. Those leaving: the The Wrecking Tug Warbler left There will be yesterday for South Pass, Louisi- gs from Lower Mate-' ana, to go to the aid of the com- mercial Steamer Pioneer, which Ss. aga is reported aground there. Editoriai comment: The city vessel is owned by the Commer- has a right to be proud of Hotel cial Pioneer company. e. To the hostelry and Samuel Pinder will address the s ice it gives, is largely due | interdenominational bible clas orthbound ‘the decsiion of the Order of Rail- the Harris school tomorrow after- The talks are nonsectarian Lowman is returnnig from the numbers of visitors here in May,!and the general public is invited. THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1338. officials ofthe order in Jackson- *9¢¢9eeveseeeeessosesoes ATTEND CHURCH: PAY DEST ville state. ‘oday’s Horoscope. ts Angeics—An snonymons donor offered to pay the $14,008 Today may produce an agitator. ™t#ase on toate In the calmer natures it leads to Church im suburban Le Canada. reforms of a social nature; in the Provided the attendance upap the more contentious it makes a sol- “*urch's se —— oe dier or political leader. There anths. The pas an incisive, sharp intellect t Halk r lead to great distinction, if the effort is made to develop the passions above excrung for demo- gogery alone. more than 280 tion would be won even #f he preached w empty pews seweral Sundays. Singing is featured and the public] TE x Ato ; is’ irivited. Hy FIRE CHIEF GASOLINE | a cis win — MARINE —_ Trene Mishter, player ‘Gn’ the Complete service yechs: : ; Témon City basketball team, sdf- cluding aed “f : fered an injury last night during : The gathe atid was takenhome to- { : day .om:.the +1 o'clock ferry. This P is the 'second time this has hap- pened this season, said the coach, and although the injury is not se- rious, it was thought better to send her home. ve It's Deliciously Fresh! — TRY IT TODAY — STAR 4 BRAND CUBAN COFFEE ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS YOU'LL BE PROUD TO OWN AND DRIVE SEE THE CLASSIFIED SECTION OF THIS NEWSPAPER FOR NATIONAL USED CAR EXCHANGE WEEK BARGAINS SPONSORED BY THE AUTOMOBILE DEALERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF THE UNITED STATES Prattes 9 *