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0 ~The 2 ea ry eat Citizen zen Buildi and Ann Su Corner Greene rin Key Wes' County Oniy Daily Newspa ‘lorida, as second c of the Associated Press The Associate f£ all news dispate credited in this year 3.% Months - ree Months xe Month eekly ADV yade known on ap CIAL NOTICE ards of thanks, resolutions of , will be charged for at nments by churches from which derived are § cents a open forum and iny discus- ie issues and subjects of local general ‘hut it will not publish anonymous coramuni- ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN eMATaedH"% Water and Sewerage. Comprehefifvet City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Bisauies bens industry. one doctors. The demagogue is not concerned with truth, but with persuasion. af hh) Oars Hrs Beautifying Key West is a job can be helped by every individual citizen.’ ween Manufacturers of those. mild ettes must think our girls are raatieoe TAHA Borrowing from -private sources with- out paying interest, short-circuits the banks. + le P| ? . : = z 3 - : é Italy is now ready to withdraw from ) Spain when the Spanish war for independ- ence is won by foreigners. The people in the world anxiously seeing the truth and ; but the truth can probably be counted on : & few fingers. whé . It takes a smart writer to write one «thing and meayanother—just as it takes a “smart reader to read one thigg and under- an stand another. YHOXA2 Why daeiny SdiRGBody Bstart a: relief noveniee faye HERB ors nore ‘thdn’'n Of Shose operatens in 1929 have gone omy voy ‘business, The defeat of the Reorganization { Bill, advocated by President Roosevelt, chalts the progress towards a dictatorship «for the moment. Augustine points with pride to the Soldest house, and so does Key West. “anyone in Jacksonville Sof the oldest res * Union, Can location ~Times- the city? give idence in thi é Twenty Siew: Ago—A bill was intro- sduced in Congress to create the post. of © customs inspector in the rbors of Jack- sonville, Key West and Tampa at salaries ,of $1500 year each. Representative Drane of Florida reported that requests for & War conservaticn cook book@ were heavy. =From the files of the Tarwyn Pines ® a lot *120 feet sold this week in Miami fer $: 000, which is a new high -foot in that city. The 1898 for $875. Had every ser withheld his property as Mi two-story building on 50 by at $7,000 a fre site was boug! mi today would still be r r it is by sale and community pre 1 fressive often t ‘of progression i Sthe law of retribution, 3 is exclusively entitled: (to use credited to Health may be an asset but not to the | that, are | nothing | THE BEST DEFENSE Our local merchants and businessmen are complaining because of the outside possible through the opening of the Overseas Highway. It does competition made seem unjust for the public to support out- of-town merchants when it is remembered that the fey West business interé: to: payutaxes here and: to support our tweal institutions” While Miami : avlymed, bakers ande andlestick maken vancomein here virtuafly without taxz “and gobble up large ‘portions of the inc Cneas detrade, It is natural for local businessinen to expect local their thin years support after having carried local customers through the long, when outsiders would not or could not come here. for the It is likewise natural outsiders to roll in here with their trucks in the the small community hope of skimmirg some of cream of our new prosperity. Every experiences somewhat the same situation when similarrly placed. Three remedies for our local mer- 3 and businessmen suggest them- Lecmem..b2x thgou y merchandis- _ers for the privilege of doing business in t Key West. AG 2. Give better and ‘quicker , than it is p ble for outsiders to give. your local consumers prices below the levels the out-of-town merchants can possibly give. Unfortunately, the first remedy seems to have been ruled out by the. State Supreme Court. In a recent decision the court held that a Haines City charter pro | vision allowing tax on out-of-town mer- chandising was unconstitutional because it conflicted with the 1937 state occupational license law. The court also ruled that | special charter provisions were null if they conflicted with general state statutes and declared usfconstitutional a New Smy {ordinance provision prohibiting house-t house peddling. It-is up to our local legal lights to determine whether there is any ‘dther way to place a substantial tax | outside merchants doing business here. | In genéral, it is safe to say that Key anew est mereHatits and ‘businessmen have “S)| sfittleyto fearfrom outside competition if they call attention to their distinctive serv- price: Many in- stances have come to our notice where lo- cally produced and retailed goods are*sold | below the ‘prices Miami merchants must charge in order to profit through their Key West operations, Naturally, the cost of trucking, including the bridge tolls, are included in the retail price of merchandise sold our local consumers by out-of-town- ers, service on \iées and their lower i} The corclusion is that the de- fense against outside competitive attacks is a strong advertising offense based on better service and lower prices. best CHURCH AND STATE We cannot help but view with alarm, { 4the professional @plitjpians say, the ac VF participation of many high church of ficials in politics. bservation ap plies to all @hurch ‘dignitaries, Protestant well as Catholic. The separation of Church and State is a good American It works both ways. The State should not tamper with religion; the beneficaries this aloofness should leave things political to the laity. We do not as doctrine. of that churchmen should forego thei allot. We only mean that they should actively work for the church and not for political ends. In the long run such conduct will harm the cause mean of religion considerably —— at AAV AH THEORY ANP EACT,,, ene tng ol W jiftne thdpry of the Araeoe nrgrever§- eve it or not, dab bal, representa: tivell Wirsefve the public interests ar {RE ee peept The furlongs The leg men practice, however, lack many coinci ideal are »phec ave no other idea but p who to with groups, who veople as a whole THE KEY WEST CITIZEN THE WEATHER TODAY'S COMMON | ERROR Temperaiure* Highest . Lowest Mean Normal Mean Rainfall® ‘recipitation 81 76 75 Yesterday’s 0. Ins. orning. Tomorrow's Almanac ‘Sun’ tises 6:06 a. Sun’ sets 6:49 p ‘Moon rises 7:54 p. Moon sets 6:28 a. Tomorrow s Tides m. m. P.M High 11:02 Low 4:20 Barometer reading at 8 a. m.: Sea level, 30.10. WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Friday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday, pos- sibly light showers; mild tem- perature; moderate easterly winds, fresh at times. Florida: Fair to partly cloudy tonight and Friday, possibly light showers along the keys; mild temperatures. id sonville to Florida Straits Gulf: Moderate easter- RPA resh at times in'Plorida tf “and fair to partly over- her tonight and Friday, Pe showers in extreme f ia ‘ WEATHER compitions | Pressure continues moderately high over eastern districts; while the western low pressure area has moved slowly eastward, be- ing centered this morning over the eastern Rocky Mountain States, sections between the Pacific States and the Mississippi Valley. Light rain has occurred during the last 24 hours from the north- | ern Rockies eastward over the Lake Superior region, and in New England, and there have been light showers *; pane Florida. i. hn Temperatures. have risen most sections fromm the Plains ahd West Gulf. Stateg*es are considerably}? i this morning in while somewhat céléer weatl prevails inti the-- Plateau southern Rocky Mountain Stafes. REE, SISTEM \ Official in Charge. Vdoubal ube The conddnshs of Sbihidn tors to Key West, And the ¢itizens ‘themselves well, Is that the. negroes. of. .thia bid place |Must have their own quarters | dwell. of to No more to be driven from pillar to post, As all the down, But be placed in one the city, And not scattered all over town. old buildings come section of the For white is white, black, And so it must ever be, and black is That, a union of. these two colors | ais work: in harmony. |So it is that the white must rie, ‘The black must second be, : For we of the South Must surely sod Stand, 4 For white supremacy Do not forget they beings, God placed them here earth, Segregate them that live happy, ss will soon find out what its W ahi FRANK C are human m this they SCHNEIDER TWEE! TWEE! KIDDY DITTY Children. awraiia g “tis Easter The dancing in the tree-tops trill: twee! And all is glorious for the Feast Pyt on yeur clothes, Add, av I pipe, trip after me snow - white Easter birdies nest cry other " twee! bird doth Park we Esoteric es-o-ter’-ik: is pronounced not e-sot’-er- 70 | . Can you /gnswer sever, test questions? Ti Page.6 for the answers Who wrote wood Tale: What place is known as the” Mosquito Coast? Who won the recent Augus- ta Women’s Qpen golf tournament? Name the capital Virginia. Why are U. S. coins milled around the edges? What is polyandry? Name the Union and Con- federate commanders at the Battle of Chancellors- ville. Which: state is called “The Wonder State?" Who was ClatdéMorrain? How should’ fefifale presid- ing’ — committee ; be add of West The largest sawfisuver caught alive has been placed in Marine Studios’ huge aquariums at Ma- rineland. ‘It was captured in nets five miles south of St. Augustine. It is 14 feet 8% inches long, and WELL—THIS IS NEWS! OKMULGEE. Okla.—The Fris- co Railroad sued a grocery firm in Federal court in this city, al- leging one of its trains was dam- aged when it was run into by the defendant’s truck. THU JUST TO MAKE SURE INDIANAPOLIS.—Frank Hell- man, 85, suing his 36-year-old wife for divorce in this city, charged her with tying him in bed at night day. and in a chair by 4 ROUN!) ibe ret Nere's the’ ti nest berwebk ‘Key We: Stated Pal diatery! - fastin de} Zophys buses): | WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT? ATLANTA.—Thieves stole a quantity of jewelry that had been sealed in the cornerstone of the Church of God in this city. A crowbar was used to pry the stone from the church wall. TRIPS DAILY LOWER EAST COAST CITIES, ep hee all’ Fad on ‘and a “ate ‘Move ‘depattures thin pendable! Se an ies { graater | convenience-—all these at ; fares one-fourth the, cost of driving your own auto- ; mobile. You can now go to Miami, spend the greater part of the day, and return the same evening. connections in Miami for New York and all America —-from Coast to Coast and Border te Border. and overspreading most! its saw is about 3 ANNOUNCEMENTS FIRST DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY TT BE HELD eer200e0 oe For Congress Fourth Congressional District ‘HENRY H. FILER For Judge of Cominil en! Coty ‘Comeniasionsr For County Commissioner, + i Sor State Senator 'MELVIN E. RUSSELL “A School Man Fighting For School Children” For State Senator DAVID ELMER WARD Tl Do, The Best I Can For All” | For FU LUGAR State Legislature T. S. CARO For Ruccsssatation State Legislature BERNIE C. PAPY For. Representative State ‘ Legislature EVERETT w. RUSSELL — For Judge of Criminal Court of Record WILLIAM V. ALBURY Court of Record _ Lous A. HARRIS — Fon County Solicitor ALLAN B: CLEARE, JR. (For! Re-Election) For County Commissioner First District WM. H. MONSALVATGE First District WM. R. PORTER (For Re-Election) 1 For County Commissioner 5th District HARRY L. BEAVER For County Commissicaer Fifth District T. JENKINS CURRY <A at Fifth District CLEVELAND NILES (For Re-Election) = (LitLittdidtdd PIIJLLLLLLALLLZALLLA wevttounbbin N For County Commissioner Fifth District HASTINGS C. SMITI# PIRATES COVE FAMOUS FISHING CAMP Oa Oversea Highway. 20 Miles | From Key West —SWIMMING POOL-. Charmin; Surroundings Unsurpassed Fishing Excellent Cuisine Evening Dinner Luncheon For Reservations Telephone PIRATES COVE & MIAMI $34 s: $675 x JACKSONVILLE 975 ‘NEW YORK 521° _= BUS STATION Ai 210 Duval St. Phone 212 [LORIDA Moroni nia SESS SEOOSEESaEHO IME eae aw, S-A-L-E CLOSE OUT SALE ON ALL GLASSWARE IN STOCK. WE MUST MAKE ROOM FOR MORE STOCK ORDERED GRAND AND GLORIOUS PRICES. EVERYTHING REDUCED 50 PER CENT. : hte erent ta cence pm eeeretaunmnns creme ~'53 Piece Sets English Dinnerware, 50%, «9.80 16 Piece Sets Mount Vernon Dinnerware, 50-7, 50c MANY OTHER BARGAINS:— OPEN STOCK ON CRYSTAL AND GREEN GLASSWARE GLASS BAKE FOR BAKING AND SERVING LIQUOR SETS:— DECANTERS COCKTAIL GLASSES WINE GLASSES CHERRY GLASSES WHISKEY GLASSES CHAMPAGNE GLASSES BEER MUGS AND GOBLETS ARTISTIC BOWLS, AND SILVER GREEN AND SILVER OR YELLOW 63c EACH Get In On These Bargains While They Last SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & FNGINEERING C9. White aad Eliza Streets Phone 598 “Your Home Is Worthy € The Best” IPLAALA LAA AE hh Ae eee