The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 15, 1938, Page 5

‘PRIM. AY, APRIL. 25. 1988. ROAD BUILDERS NEWS ’ CARRIES ARTICLE ON 0 March issue of “Road Builders News”, a magazine issued at Washington, D. C., by the Ameri- can Road Builders Association, contains an article by John M. McCarthy, staff correspondent, of Natick, Mass. Mr. McCarthy gathered the data for the article while vaca- tioning in Key West with his son and daughter-in-law, Lieutenant E.:R. McCarthy, U. S. Coast and Geodetie “Survey, and Mrs. Mc- Carthy. “In 1906 the Flagler interests ‘openéd an extension of the Flor- ida’ Rast Coast Railroad from Mi- ami to’Knight’s Key which was‘ further extended over the ‘Keys’ to Key West, in 1912. provement paid dividends for a time, but was subsequently oper- ated at a loss. The hurricane of September 2, 1935, destroyed the railroad location from Plantation Key to Grassy Key, a distance of 30 miles. The railroad then abandoned its right-of-way over the ‘Keys’ and subsequently sold it to the State of Florida. “The distance from the Florida mainland to Key West (168 miles from Miami) is 124.5 miles, of which 21.45 (17.2 percent) are bridges, the greater number be- ing wooden structures. The sec- tions from Lower Matecumbe Key to Grassy Key and from | Knight's Key to Big Pine Key, a distance of 30.8 miles, of which 13.2 miles are oversea bridges, is now being converted into a highway. One of these bridges is seven miles in length with a swing drawbridge having a dou- This im- ; VERSEAS HIGHWAY ble 106-foot clear channel. Stee} beams of sufficient length to per- mit constructing a roadway 26 feet in width have been placed upon the concrete and steel via- ducts used in the railway build- ing and a road surface of con- crete and asphalt applied, the guard rails of which consist main- ly of the T rails used in the rail- road construction. This conver- sion eliminates ferries and en- ables automobiles and trucks to make direct communication be- tween Miami and Key West, thus making Key West the southerly terminal of U. S. Route 1. “The cost of the conversion will be approximately $3,500,000. “The portions of the highway between Key West and Big Pine Key, from Grassy Key to Knight’s Key, and from Miami to Lower Matecumbe Key, are public high- way; the converted section, as ex- plained, will be subject to a toll of $1 for automobiles and drivers, plus 25 cents for each additional passenger, for pleasure vehicles. Truck rates have not yet been established. “This road passes over 32 Keys and groups of Keys and will be opened for through travel by April 15, with an official opening on July 4, next”. (EDITOR'S NOTE: At the time of Mr. McCarthy completing his vacation the date of April 15 had been tentatively set for the opening, but as much more zapid S headway was made than was,an- S ticipated, the opening for traffic was on the morning of March 29.) ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS Happenings That Affect the Dinner Pails, Dividen¢e Checks and Tax Bills of Every Individual; Na- | tional and International Problems Insep- | _arable From Local ‘Welfare | The Administration’s govern- mental reorganization bill has produced the biggest and most important divergence of public and congressional opinion sindé the Supreme Court reorganization , plan. As in the former case, dif-' ference over the current bill have disrupted party lines, and made it-impossible for the floor leaders. to'enforce so-called “party dis- cipline”. And the leaders of ,the fight against the reorganization measure have been largely the same Democrats who led the pre- vious battle, with Senator Wheel- er of Montana the spearhead of senatorial opposition. What lies behind this aggres-' sive, almost passionate opposition. to a plan which, in theory, would give the Executive authority to reorganize our multitudinous Federal bureaus on more eco- nomical and efficient lines? It isn’t a political opposition—the Republicans, because of their numbers, make up but a small part of it, and the greater part consists of Democrats who know that their defection from the par- ty line can only lead them into trouble in such important matters as patronage and White House favors. It is purely an opposition of principle, and it is a curious and compelling fact that the bulk of those who are fighting the present proposal are the first, te admit the burning necessity of an overhaul of our ponderous bu- reaucracy. Everyone knows that there are too many bureaus; that there is a tremendous amount of duplication of effort; that some of the bureaus are not adequate- ly supervised; that some have long outlived their need and should be abolished. The oppon- ents of the presidential-sponsor- ed plan simply think that this is the wrong way to reach a desir- able end—and that even if the law led to greater efficiency of government, which they doubt, its dangers would still far out- weigh its benefits. The viewpoint of the opposition has been summed up by Dorothy Thompson, who Isits four major reasons why she thinks this bill should not pass. Other opponents bring forw@rd ‘other reasons, but the e fairly typical: 4 i “provides that the Presen@ivil Service Board {bi- parti a + the éxisting law) be oni di by a single admin- eras Ce en by the > patchaoe ot the Treasury”, Comptrolier-General, and trans- fers his duties to the budget of- fice. manned by Presidential ap pointees. 3 The bill provides that no President made can be overridden without a twe decisior he under the act by Coneress thirds vote 4. The bill gives to the Presi sponsible to Congress as well as the White House, In othier words, the opposition ‘tothe bill is: based on, the undeni- ‘able! fact that it gives the Execu- tive greater authority qver the machinery of \'government—its bureaus, its personnel and its fi- nances-—than, was, ever known in peace-time in this country. Worst of all, they feet, is the’ chance the bill would give any President to extend the patronage system on an unprecedented scale, at the expense of the merit system. So far as the bill’s experience ih Congress is concerned, it at first seemed that it would pass in practically its original form. But on April 2, a tremendous hitch struck Administration plans, when the House refused, by the relatively close vote of 191 to 159, to approve a motion which would have paved the way to an immediate ending of debate The Administration leaders almost immediately agreed to a very im- portant comprise—to rephrase the bill so that Congress could veto Presidential reorganization orders by a simple majority instead of a two-thirds vote. This is far ' more than a mere statistical com- promise—any President, unless he be hopelessly unpopular, can command one more than a third of the membership of either or both branches. But, in great is- sues, a bare majority vote can be created against the plans of even a very popular president—as the vote defeating the Supreme Court bill proved. The outlook now is that the re- organization plan will pass, with the bare majority plank includ- ed. But neither passage nor de- feat of the bill will write finis to its dramatic chapter in Ameri- can history—it will unquestion- ably be a major political the coming November el and again in the general elections of 1940. INVENTION FOR HANDLING FISH Fisherm a fish will dc whatever you wish if you can tickle hii it an easier way has been give hyn an HT. Burkey. neer here. nee itch elec’ ectrical engi does . in stand wiggling outside edge of id in the w ater. electr ev hangs it a float. Fish stay poking their noses id. TI the water from dent 100 percent contro} over the ¢ quasi-lecisiative agencies, such as the TVA, which are now re _ aprl5-22,1938 NCLE ABNER Says: Winters hos keen on 2 S.nce provin’ he could THE WEATHER Seerrsescococcccesssecscs Temperature’ Highest Lowest - 70 Mean 15 Normal Mean R ad Yesterday’s Precipitation ‘€-Ins, Nornéi! itation 04 Ins} RP veward vaveen aiciour. serie p. m. ., 8:48 p. m. s 7:l a.m Tomorrow s Tides A.M. Moon s P.M. High 10:27 11:41 Low 3:55 4:57 Barometer reading at 8 a. m. Sea level, 30.05. WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Saturday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday; moderate to fresh east and south- east winds. Florida: Partly cloudy tonight; Saturday mostly cloudy, follow- ed by showers in north portion at night or Sunday and possibly in northwest portion Saturday afternoon. Jacksonville to Florida Straits: Moderate east and southeast winds, and partly overcast weath- er tohight and Saturday. East Gulf: Moderate easterly winds, becoming fresh southeast- erly, and partly cloudy to over- cast weather tonight and Satur- day, possibly showers over north portion Sunday. WEATHER CONDITIONS The western low pressure area, of moderate intensity, has con- tinued to move slowly eastward, being central this morning over southwestern Kansas, and over- spreads the country from the eastern Rocky Mountain and central Plains States southward to the Rio Grande Valley, and a shallow trough of low pressure extends eastward over the south- ern Lake region to a weak “Low” over the North Atlantic States. Moderate high pressure areas cover southeastern districts, the Lake Superior region, and most of the Pacific States. vIn Light’ @Alaifiderately heavy rains have otcwtred ring; theSalt Lake City «last 24:honrs im-easterniColorada,,San Francisco northerh Texas; arid: fromthe. Plain States eastward » ever the Seattle Lake Superior region,.and there has been ‘light.raim: im, northern New England and on the coast of Washington. Temperatures are above normal _ this throughout the country. S. KENNEDY. Official in Charge. generally morning a Florida farmers produced the equivalent of 163,000 cars of fruits and vegetables with a gross value of $108,000,000. Of this amount, 102,827 cars were citrus fruits having a value of $68,838,- 000, L. M. Rhodes, state market- ing commissioner, told the Ki- ians at Fernandina last week. ‘e is hereby given to whom y concern, that on May 4th, 8 o'clock P. M. the Board Commissioners of Mon- roe County will receive sealed bids for placing a galvanized shingle reef upon Monroe County Jail, at the corner of Whitehead and Fleming streets. Said bids must include all labor and materials, must state the quality, weight and manufacture shingles proposed to be used shall include all labor neces- for the removal of present slate roof upon said building The Board of County Commis- joner reserves the right to reject any and all bids made. Ross C Sawyer County Clerk. sary 2 Tey WRST CTTEZEN BIG IS CHALLENGED SAID GRAVITATION INVERSE- LY PROPORTIONAL TO SQUARE OF DISTANCE (Ny Annocinted Press) NEW YORK, April ing apple has been challenged im “Nature”, England’s “* sciencé journal, by George W. Todd, of King’s College. Newton’s law says gravitation is inversely proportional to the square of the distance. That is true, says Mr. Todd, for the parts of the solar system Newton could observe, but it is not true every- where. Newton’s law may be only a “special case”. Gravitation itself may be a more general law, still unknown. The existence of this unknown Mr. Todd derives from recent studies of two puzzling facts about the solar system. One is Bode’s law, which predicts the spaces between the orbits of plan- ets. They are progressively larg- er outward from the sun. For a long thought Bode’s law was a guess that happened to fit the queer fact that if one planet’s distance fromthe sun. was four,,the next oufward would be eight, the next psixteen and so on. These figures en have to be modified by a constant mm, ,number, but they show the na- ture of the interplanetary gaps. Now Bode’s law is becoming ae- cepted, Kepler found another puzzling law. Multiply a planet’s distance from the sun twice by itself and the result is the same number as multiplying the planet's time for circling the sun once by itself. Mr. Todd says Kepler’s law may apply only to planets at Bode’s law distances from the sun. In that case Newton’s law applies only to those distances, and gravi- tation may be different else- where. TEMPERATURES Lowest Highest last night last 24 hours’ 78 72 iret 80 = 80 80 69 72 74 76 18 8 46 66 72 Abilene | Apalachicola Atlanta Boston Brownsville ..., Buffalo _. Charleston Chicago ; Corpus Christi Denver Detroit Eastport El Paso Galveston Havana Helena Huron Jacksonville Kansas City KEY WEST Little Rock Los Angeles Louisville Miami Mpls.-St. P. Nashville New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Pensacola Phoenix Pittsburgh »St, Lewis 56 60 70 60 60 36 44 68 38 46 64 62 70 62 48 62 70 44 58 64 62 54 66 44 60 60 40 48 42 48 62 58 44 50 54 64 18 74 80 74 62 78 76 64 78 80 78 68 72 66 78 76 48 5a 43 60 82 84 64 78 Sit. Ste. Marie }Tampa Washington Williston Wytheville Just Absent-Minded Judge—You maintain that threw your wife out of the ond-story window through getfulness? Prisoner—Yes, your honor. You see, we used to live on the ground floor and I'd clean forgotten we'd moved. With the agreement made last week by city officials to donate sufficient land for the site, the establishment of a farmers mar- ket by the State Agricultural Marketing Board seems assured. This project has been in the mak- ing for more than a year TEXACO FIRE CHIEF GASOLINE — MARINE SERVICE — you see- for- Seececcevosccceseseeeses — TRY IT TODAY — STAR > BRAND CUBAN COFFEE ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS 15.—The, law. Newton evolved from a fall-., Rev. time astronomers; EASTER MORNING An Easter Sunrise service will be held at Bayview Park, be-; ginning at 6:30 o’clock Sunday morning, April 17, which will be under the auspices of the Key West Ministerial Alliance, with Rev. O. C. Howell, presiding. The offertory praver will be by ish, Rev. G. Perez; sermon, Wonderful Christ”, Rev. J. A. Tolle, with the benediction to be pronounced by Rev. day. The public is invited to attend this service, it is announced. Rattles Of 2600 B. C. Have Reached Museum | (By Associated Press) CHICAGO, April 15. —Battles | shaken by babies in 2600 B.c.! have been received by the Field} Museum in Chicago from the | Field Museum-Oxford University | joint archaeological expedition in Mesopotamia. The rattles are made of pottery in shapes of animals, such as hedgehogs and goats. They are) holléw''and contain one or more | pebbfes for noise making. POLITICAL +: ANNOUNCEMENTS FIRST DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY TO BE HELD MAY 3, 1938 seececescvocesececeseoese! Moving pictures” For Congress Fourth Congressional District HENRY H. FILER For State Senator MELVIN E. RUSSELL “A School Man Fighting For School Children” For State Senator DAVID ELMER WARD “I'll Do The Best I Can For All” For Representative State Legislature T. S. CARO For Representative State Legislature BERNIE C. PAPY For Representati ive State Legislature EVERETT W. RUSSELL © For r Judge of Criminal Court of Record WILLIAM V. ALBURY . Shuler Peele; prayer, Span- “The W. L. Halla-| APPLE LAW SUNRISE SERVICE FESTIVAL TO BE OBSERVED Passover, festival of Jewish in- dependence, will be celebrated by Jews all over the world, begin- ning this evening, and will be concluded on Saturday, April 23. Services here will be held at the B’nai Zion Congregation this evening at 7 o'clock, tomorrow morning 7:15, Sunday morning 9 o'clock, next Thursday evening 7 o'clock, Friday morning 7:15 and next Friday evening 8 o'clock. Saturday morning memorial services at 9 o'clock, which will be the closing event of the holi- ‘day period. | All of these services will be jeonducted by Rabbi Joseph Malc. } During these days Jews do not eat any bread, only unleavened, ie is stated. \Cel’ege Carries On Without Endowment (me Necneinted Press) TACOMA, Wash., April 15.— |The College of Pudget Sound celebrated its golden jubilee this year, with a unique record. It has Survived 50 Years wit “out’an éhdowment. It has al- “eam SO TEN ina tt from the Metho-, yp dine Wer ‘church, North, has some 600°students, four buildings and a 40-acre campus. " Silence, Please! ;“I would more enjoy the talking ”, said Will Watt. ‘Tf we only could have moving Pieture patrons who were not”. How Can You € UDGE a Roof i OOFS look atike, but they don’t wear ‘alike. The best way to judge roof- ing value is by the record of the merchant who sells it and the name of the manufac- turer who makes it. We sell Carey Roofings and Shingles — products beari a name which has signified gens for over 60 years. nd our prices on these ex- tra quality roofs are as low as ordinary roofs cost else- where SOUTi1 ZLORIDA CONTRACTING & For Judge of Criminal Court of Record LOUIS A. HARRIS For County Solicitor ALLAN B. CLEARE, JR. (For Re-Election) °F ‘or - County. Commissioner First District WM. H. MONSALVATGE For County Commissioner First District WM. R. PORTER (For Re-Election) | ENGINEERING CO. | White and Eliza Sis. Phone 598 For: County Commissioner 5th District HARRY Le BEAVER For Count Fifth District T. JENKINS CURRY For County Commissioner, } Fifth District CLEVELAND NILES (For Re-Election) For County Commis: joner Fifth District HASTINGS C. SMITH NO NAME LODGE —Fishing——- At Its Best Gulf Stream and Bay Fishing } Charter Boats—Outboards and Rowboats PHONE—NO NAME NO. 1 PIRATES COVE FAMOUS FISHING CAMP On Oversea Highway. 20 Miles From Key West —SWIMMING POOL-- Unsurpassed Fishing Excellent Cuisine Siecties ae Luncheon For Reservations Sanit PIRATES va | i Nx SATE TIMELY COTULCS Tacid 3 GRIVER'S RGOTEBO_K assed through the, last ; Then and Now In olden times when Romeo Called on his Juliet, He climbed up to her balcony To woo his precious pet But now he motors to her door And honks his auto horn. “Step on it, Juliet”, he shouts “I can’t wait here till morn”. PAGE FIVE Blindness No Bar To Game Of Golf «ily Associated Press) LOS ANGELES, April 15.—The Rev. Mr. Walter D. 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