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

PAGE TWO From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Oniy Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County “ntered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter | Member of the Associated Presn The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for. republication it 6r hot otherw the local news ¢ credited in this paper and also ished Were, ALTIVE SUBSCRIPTION RATES sme Year .. < a - ~ 3.x Months Three Months yae Month Weekly .. ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. i SPECIAL NOTICE AH reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of | respect, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainments by churches from which a revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi; cations. _IMBROYEMENTS FOR KEY WEST. ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN HY . “Water and Sewerage. Ai Coniprehensive City Plan \Zariisig). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. ckpeeeeet " “Germany Stuns World”—Headline. Which seems to have become a habit. Peace, boys and girls, will never be | Permanent when it is based on fear to fight. 3 3 Who remembers when the most pop- - ular campaign song was “Happy Days Are : Here Again?” < We have a right to the pursuit of hap- © piness, but-no guarantee that we shal} ever} » catch up with it. 1" The prudent driver is one who knows his car can make 90 miles an hour, but doesn’t try to prove it. Lest we forget—In 1934, Mussolini wired his protest of the Nazi outrages in * Vienna. Is he slipping? If ever the writer should be elected mayor of Key West, though he has no poli- tical aspirations whatsoever, he would like . tego down in history as the mayor who had . the clock in the city hall tower washed. There is a movement on foot to es- . tablish a year-round ferry service between . Havana and Key West. Infact it is well this column : Improvements in The Gitizen will go ~ hand in hand with the patronage it se- » cures, It is up to the people of Key West to | make the paper one in which they may « take pride, and to accomplish this desider- | ; atum there must be united support. The usually well-informed Christian = Science Montior, undoubtedly in ignorance rather than malice, refers to the Over: > Highway, a road unique in history of road building, as a trestle road. A trip over the 169-mile highway would enlighten the writer. of\ thes caption as. well as the A. P. correspondent who sent in the story. ovivve?_seasindmA 3 Mistakes sometimes happen in the best Tegulated families, The Ne ¥ York Times reports that one night last gweek for the fivst>timecntwenigayearanellire page of type was pied. An emerging plate caught a bolt and shoved the chase off the truck Hundreds of lines of agate and minion were scattered hopelessly on the composing room floor. One has to see a pied form to appreciate the problem involved. Even on tre New York Times all they could do, was ad i to run a standing eight column of in its place—Sanford Herald. Neverthe- = less, it would have taker The Times ject 15 minutes to reset the paye with all th mechanical typesetting ma ~ command, of all, news dispatches credited to | 3} cians’ Union, Local No. LET’S WAGE WAR UPON SYPHILIS One of the nation’s leading magazines, | The Ladies Home Journal, is conducting a | campaign among the women of the coun- | try, designed to enlarge the national fight | on syphilis. In a page newspaper adver- | tisement, the editors asked women every- where to write a letter to their congress- man, urging passage of the bill introduced in the Senate by Senator Robert M. LaFol- lette and in the House by Representative , A. L. Bulwinkle, which plans an attack to | stamp out syphilis in this country. We have not read the bill hut +the magazine calls attention to the facts that | 60,000 babies are born with syphilis every | year, that 40,000 people a year die of | eardiae conditions caused by syphilis, that | $10,000,000 a year is spent for the syphi- | litic blind, that $31,400,000 a year is spent for the syphilitic insane, that 683,000 | and that in one city 44 out of every 1,000 expectant mothers were infected, “The only possible enemies that this measure will have,” says the editor of the | magazine, “are inertia and indifference. If | this bill is passed, all it will cost is twenty | cents a year per person. That is much less | than the present cost of caring | syphilitic blind and_ in As the New York said, Experience hoewey ‘syphilis’ and ‘gonoy7Hea”. print if venereal diseases are to b trolled.” Certainly the time has co plain speaking everywhere and for widé education among all people in regard to matters of sex, The literature of today dis- cusses the subject with a frankness which would have seemed incredible not many years ago and The Citizen offers no apol- ogy for calling the subject to the attention of its readers, | CHEERS FOR HUBERT WILKINS! Sir Hubert Wilkins, his Canadian pilot, Herbert Hollick-Kenyon, their radio-men and groundicrew, are still, continuing their long search) over the frozen terrain of the Arctic for the Russion flier, Sigismund Levanevsky:and his companions, who were Moscow to Fairbanks, Alaska, has almost een obscured by the more pressing poljtical and military events now staftling thé world: | \He:has braved the storms and fogs of Polar skies and the per- ils of the i¢e and its dangers. Flights of more than a thousand miles, with the mag- netic compass dancing around have been commonplace and occasional trips through the air have been more than two thousand miles. The longest flight to date was one of 2,650 miles, lasting nineteen and a half hours. On this trip, both the radio direction finder and radio compass were ineffective but the explorer kept in touch with the group by using a short-wave radio, joyed what one would call a “good press.” In less stirring times the newspapers of | the world would have been filled with the daily chronicle of their enterprise. in spirit of grave matters inathgynarty of the | world, people everywhere can afford | take time out to salute pup of braffe men for their heroic mission of mercy. ge is just possible that their ATEN ih | more than military expediti gainst a de- fenseless neighbor state. ABOUT WORLEY (Ellis Hollums in Miami Herald) G. A. Worley probably is going to find him self on the carpet of the Amalgamated Politi- 183, for violating all the rules. G. A, naturally wants to keep on being state attorney. it. So he made known his candidacy for renomination yes- as you know, is state attorney and It's right nice work, if you can get terday The announcement, however, was most un. G. A. simply called at the advertising department of The Herald, handed He orthodox for a politician. in his copy, paid cash for it and walked out didn’t even call on the editor, didn’t send ask in blurb for the news columns, and didn’t for editorial support. The usual approach to this sort of thing is for the candidate to call on the editor and waste two hours of his time until finally in desperation. the harried man prints a news item and a picture just to get rid of the caller. Then the politician, having obtained publica- tion of his candidacy free of charge, goes over to # radio station and buys time to beg the people ‘otes Mr. Worley, we salute you! lost last, August oh a projected flight from | NEWT US Mubert’s brave mission | Sir Hubert and his party have not en- | lo + THE KEY WEST CITIZEN THE MODERN "LIBERAL" Z YERSELVES. ve’ goys! * eee ras) ant ZF HELP? PICK POCKETS LOTS More THIS LY SER \\ .TAXES AND UNEMPLOY- MENT Another aspect of high taxes ts their effect on wages and salaries. Consider the case of a business man—large or smail—who is con i fronted with a steadily increasing) tax bill. The individual) or the cor pany must get the money from somewhere, for taxes must be paid They come first, before any other item of expense. This is the dilemma. On the one hand, if the money comes from the constimer—that is, if prices are raised—this means that you will pay more for the every day needs of life and that you will be able to buy less of them. If you and millions of con sumers buy less, production will fall off and salaries and wages will be ;come lower and jobs fewer than | syphilitic cases are now under treatment | A Tribute To KEY, WEST asthe Highway’s end, lies a,,city, where... idges, bent, 1 fue ¢ the fury of a hurricane bidw. i: seta ed by a fairy wand, a City ‘has risen, gloridus,, 1109 I extend congratulations, and trust you’re here to stay. | Your struggle to carry on and survive the depression | Was too hard to overcome by a city in your location; Your railroad gone, your cigar industry too, left you helpless— | with nothing to do But place yourself in kindly hands, hoping against fate a chance | to be A prosperous city in a mighty State. Your loyal people—smiling thru in their plight, have led you to victory in your great fight; Your S.O.S. for the help you deserved was responded to generously by those who heard. And now you're back—a-City again— To take your place with the best of them; From your temperate climate, the ill will secure the health they desire— And youth will come, too! For where in all the world can there be found a place to compete with the beauty ‘of your charm? | Your waving palm, your glorious tropical nights lend en-| | chantment ‘ev: ané id the “stranger” come x3 | To play and dream in your city fair; and mingle with those to whom fear and care 3 | Pass away on the zephyr air. | So to thee, I'm extending my wishes well— The Key West of today—and yesteryear as well; Long may you keep your place in the sun, and may the hearts of | your people remain ag strong | As the coral “Rock” to which they’ve clung—and whose faith never wavered—who never gave up Their dream of your being a great Resort! MRS. LAMONTE CATES. St. Petersburg, Fla. E-C-H-0O ee eevnestessvecsseccanay We roamed the valley, you and I One autumn day long, long ry ago— And pledged our love beneath a 1805—Hans Christian Ander- cloudless sky, ;son, Danish fairy story writer, And prayed that it would, born. Died Aug. 4, 1875. J Tare grow. a é i 1814—Erastus B.,Bigelow, Mas- Then, hand in hand, we wandered sachusetts'' inventer-manufactur- on-our way! | er of tapestry! power-looma,:and We shouted to the hills, Time: economist, born: at: West | Boyls- not.sever,._ ): ¢. .{ tery, Massi: Dee. 6, 187 sR together welded ‘on’! oon ae hr ‘fear ppthigaay: 1823—John’ F. ' Owens, popular nd back the echo came to American “attbr-eomedian |‘ and us, “Forever” manager, born it England: Died in Maryland, Dec. 7, 1886. Anniversaries heeded not the Reaper Grim, nag | Who stands dh he in 1844—George H. Putnam, sol- hand his work to do, | dier, publisher and author, son of And stealing on us, unaware o! the founder of the New York him, * : With one swift stroke he cut! ubllahing house, born, in Lon our lives in two. ;We So now I call across the Past 1884¢—Frank Billings, famed sad Chicago surgeon, medical leader We with my ceaseless, s poi Pista A and founder of medical centres, i Died And ask the winds if we shall/born at Highland, Wis. meet at last, Sept. 20, 1932. And back the answer comes to me, “No, never”. 1862—William Bauchop Wil- BENNA BENTINO. son, miner and union official, (Mrs. Robert T. Menner) | Pennsylvania congressman, first j secretary of labor, born in Scot- land. Died May 25, 1934. aseee e 'Today’s Horoscope Today gives) a domestic. nature, one who feels proud of his posi- tion in the household. It carries with it much dignity. There is sometimes a lack of success which is hard to explain otherwise than to attribute it to hard luck Ml fortune does not entirely quench! the spirit, however. Dr. Butler sees “unbelievable incompetence” and “unparalleled public immorality” in national and international life. NEW KIND OF STILL? ATLANTA.—Charies O'Neil of this state was arrested for hav- ing a faucet in his store which [was attached to « 120-gallon liquor tank, buried in the ground. otherwise. Thus, even if consumers are charged more, the factory work: er, the executive and the investor finally lose. On the other hand, if competition and the threat of reduced production prevent a business from passing taxes along to the consumer, thep the employees or the investors—or both—shoulder the burden directly. The magnitude of the tax problem that confronts American industry may be seen in the results of a sur- vey of 965 companies in twenty-five leading industries! For every dollar which industry spends on payrolls, the survey -hows, it has to spend another for- ty-three cents on taxes. Taxes av- erage $486 a year per employee— which gives some idea of how much more might be saved the consumer or paid Out to employees, stockhold- érs\‘hid put aside for slack periods. {Pith 'aat! butden was substantially redudedzi) os soNoomattér what!course is adopt- ied) by, dysiness jm meeting this huge ABM PIL, $axes hit, people coming and solng>-We earn, less or we pay more ‘for what we buy—or both! During the past’20 years the na- tional debt has been increased from one billion dollars to nearly 38 bil- lion dollars. The growing demand for revenues has led to more and more duplications of federal and state taxes, with each invading ftelds previously occupied only by the other. So frantic has the search for more sources of revenue become that state after state and commun- itty after community have become gravely overtaxed, causing enter orise and industry to seek refuge in jother localities, hoping in this way .o survive, With the state and the federal government adding new taxes to those already being imposed by 1o- |cal governments, each adding to old taxes and each entering new, fields of taxation, the time fe fast ap proaching, If, in att.’ ft 18 ‘not al- veady here, when the total of local, state and federal taxes onan ind! vidual or an industry, will, become unbearable, and as ove after another ire thus reduced to vankruptey, the purden wilt fall With greater weight ipon the struggling survivors, Instabul’s harbor is formed. by the Golden. Horn, an arm.of the sea which divides the city into two parts. ROO 7 PLC CL CLL Sa aearisiais « a1 Solid Rubber Hose 25 Ft. Length 50 Ft. Length Nozzles SATURDAY, APRIL 2 KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today Ac Taken From The Files t Key West could get publicity worth a million dollars for prac- tically nothing by staging a foot race from Key West to Miami, or from Miami to Key West, said R. C. Trasker, president of a Chi- cago distributing concern now in tnis city. Mr. Trasker thinks that | the arrangement of a race of this kind will create moré’ interest , than anything which could be«ar- ranged and is satisfied that there would be many prominent Tun- ‘ners from all over the’ country enter. Other cities in the ‘west have staged such events and have reaped great benefits therefore, and Key West with many greater attractions and with such a dif- ficult course to travel, and a number of obstacles which are not encountered in other long distance races. Mr. Traker be- lieves that an arrangement of the style of race proposed would meet with the approval of numbers of track men throughout the coun- try, and the race would result in great publicity and would be a | grand success. Limit of payment of state and county taxes has been extended | to until May 1, according to a‘ telegram received by Tax Collec- tor Wm. F. Maloney today. The telegram was signed by ‘Governor Martin. The time expired on April 1, but through thé gover- nor’s order the 'privilége has been extended 30 days. For years this extension has been granted, but this yeat it was so late in coming that taxpayers and offi- cials had begun to do some think- ing. Today they are satisfied. Charles Sands, widely known scout executive, has entered the race for sheriff and his announce- ment will be found in this issue of The Citizen. Mr. Sands has been urged by a.number of citi- zens to enter the race and feels that there are a great many vot- ‘ers on whom he can depend for a comfortable vote which war- rants him enterting the race. The Key West Stars yesterday with Quintan Lopez. on the mound defeated the Miami Giants by a score of 6 to 0. Lopez held the visiting team to a few scat- tered hits, and even these were handled so rapidly and safely that théré was not the slightest chance of the visitors scoring. As a mat- ter bf fact only one Miami bat- ter got as far as second. Simp- son of the Miami team hit a ball which was quickly thrown to first, but not in time to catch the POULTRY FENCING 150 FT. ROLLS, 72” HIGH, SMALL MESH AT BOTTOM WITH GRADUAL INCREASE TO A LARGE MESH AT TOP. Per Roll Start a Poultry Farm in Your Back Yard HEAVILY ZINC COATED —REDUCED PRICES ON HARDWARE CLOTH" 2 Merh, 36” wide 2 Mesh, 24” wide 4 Mesh, 36” wide 4 Mesh, 30” wide LAWN MOWER Ball Bearing Mowers. 5—16” cutting blades of high grade tool steel EACH With Rubber Tires GARDEN HOSE with brass couplings and washers. Black. With nozzle at $205 3.70 35c and 70< SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & FNGINEERING C9. White and Eliza Streets “Your Home Is Worthy (4 The Best” I IP AAPL A Lh hd hd he hdd Of The Citizen runner. He stole second and rest- ed there until the end of the in- ning. Thirty-four passengers on the Steamship San Jacinto were booked at Key West and sailed ‘last night for New, York when the vessel ‘left just ‘before, thid- night. aie Fines and forfeitures in rpalice court: this month amounted to $515, according to the report; of Chief Ivan).Elwood, as, compared with $1,545 for February and $481 for January. Carl B. Curry, former Key West boy, was married at 8 o'clock Saturday night in Miami to Miss Violet Fitts, of Atlanta, Ga., according to advices receiv- ed by relatives here. The wedding took place in Trinity Episcopal church, Rev. E. T. Phillips, of- ficiating. Judge J. Vining Harris and a party of friends including James Pinder, Albert Atwell and others, left this morning for a fishing cruise of three weeks among the Ten Thousand, Islands, They went in Mr, Atwell’s boat, the Woodrow. } A large number of Key Westers and visitors witnessed on Sunday the program which was render- ed in connection with the me- morial services at the Knights of Pythias hall. A very delightful program of readings and musical numbers were rendered. It's Deliciously Fresh! — TRY IT TODAY — STAR -* BRAND CUBAN COFFEE ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS Or rw regs s es HEAR THIS SERMON “Winaing The Lost To Christ’ ; First Baptist Church SUNDAY NIGHT 8:00 P. 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