The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 4, 1938, Page 2

. _ _tieal party in this country. = * Jean year, with more people ' eannot play some musical instrument, per- “mother-in-law. _. Speet a law like that. * West.—The Florida Advocate. “Too Late to Classify” for The Citizen and PlGh IO ee aa She Key West Citizen | Pworishes vaily CYBPAEN PEBLESHING CO, 13 ky BF AR EMAN, Prenitent and inher JOE ALLEN, Auvistaut Businéss Manager From ‘rhe Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets in Key West and Monroe Oniy Daily Newspaper County niered at, Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Annociated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use ,.. for republication of all news dispatches credited to - Mor not Otherwise credited in this paper and also 7 the Iseal news: publi SOBRCRIPTION RATES Oue Year oe Bix Months ..... ‘Three Months Qne Month ~ ADVERTISING RATES Mrde known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. Notices tor entertainments by churches from which * @ revenue is to be derived are & cents ne. ‘Phe Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- Bi6A of publie issues and subjects of tocal or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations. ; pepRovemenrs FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion, Airports—Land and Sea, Consolidation of County and City Governments. With tearful apologies to Dave Sholtz, -“Heil, Pepper!” When I get in the senate, ete., ete., éte:—Dave Sholtz. The WPA is the most powerful poli- Tt looks as if 1938 is to be another leaning on Unele Sam. This is National Music Week. If you haps you can whistle. 1 English law forbids marrying ~ one’s Even Americans might re- _,.. The more true merit a man has, the ‘More does he applaud it in others. A brag- art thinks only of himself. we ...«. There’s a long, long trail awindin’— “over the Atlantic and onto the iste of Key me ; for a $20 bill be sent by | When he arrived they robbed him of the MONEY AND GOLD Last week the money in circulation in _ the United States amounted to $6,361,000,- 000. In reserve, the United States Treasury held in monetary gold stocks $12,841,000,- 000. This is more than $2 worth of gold for ' each dollar of money in circulation. It may be interesting to our readers ; to compare the money in circulation and the gold stocks in this country with similar fieures of other great nations. England has a note circulation of 495,- 577,131 pounds, This was backed by only 327,222,214 pounds in gold holdings. For France tre figures are worse. The note cir-" culation, in francs, was 98,063,000,000 and the gold holdings, 55,806,000,000 francs. The condition of Nazi Germany is seen in a note circulation of 5,524,200,000 marks. This is backed by gold holdings of only | j 70,700,000 marks. A casual study of these figures will re- veal why the United States dollar is the soundest money in the world, CHANGING NAMES It seems to be comparatively easy for a person to change his or her name in Great Britain. Moreover, there seems to | be nothing unusual in doing so. For example, Viscount Halifax, pre.- ent British Foreign Secretary, was an un- familiar name to most Britons some months | ago. The gentleman bearing it, however, | was well-known as Lord Irwin, former | Vieeroy of India. Before that, he known as plain Frederick Wood. was SIDELIGHTS By MARCY B. DARNALL, Former Editor of The Kev West Citizen Taking no chances that their intended victim would be empty of pocket, two Chicago hold-up men telephoned for a quart of whiskey and asked that change the messenger. money, but refused the liquor, saying they didn’t drink. Only a few years ago the drilling of an oil well to a depth of a mile was con- gressively reached. Last month the deepest well in the world was completed at 13,100 feet, or about two and a half miles, in California, producing nearly 3,000 barrels of oil a day. The Senate claims committee has ap- proved payment of $450 to Richard | Krenik of Graham, Wash., for 230 turkey eggs failed to hatch when he set them two years ago. It was shown that the eggs were addled by dynamiting on a WPA project near Krenik’s poultry farm, thus costing Uncle Sam nearly $2 an egg. Fascism, in plainest terms, is the gov- ernment of the few over the many; in other | . words; the opposite of demoeracy. The Qzechoslovakians, like the Latins, | love to talk and read politics and there are more dailies in Prague and in the capitals | of the Latin American countries than in Néw York City. According to Russell Kay, who writes | other papers in Florida, the tourist crop is nearly four times the amount received | from the fruit and vegetable crop in this | | ing two only about $532,000. | the reyal family, Grey Owl, Railroad thieves did a comparatively | poor business last year, their loot amount- This aver- aged only 1.3 cents for each car of freight handled, which was the smallest robbery | loss on record, On his return from England few weeks ago, where he had lectured before distinguished audiences, including a com- mand appearance before King George and | Canadian Indian, told newsmen that “another month of this lecturing will kill me.”’ In less than a month he was dead of pneumonia at the age of 50. a Grey Owl was once a trapper, | who educated himself and became a noted { naturalist. A pack of wolves may combine to run down a herd of wild horses or reindeer, Bat never do they form into a group toe ‘fight against another greup of the sane species; this does only man, and yet he is called rational. Those candidates who fell by the way- side in Tuesday's eleetion, can now riueh needed rest, while those remaining in the runmitg must accelerate their steps te come in under the wire first on May 24, the date of the second primary. ! What with the automobile death rate averaging 100 daily in the United States alone, we suggest the automobilist’s theme sone, as We drives Diithely aleng at 66 tltes an hour—"“Nearer, my God, te Thee.” Provided, of course, that the & ; t headed the other way. rer fh ni New corporate financing for the first three months of 1938 totalled only 11 mil- lien dollars, against 388 million in the first three months of 1937, and 2,500 million in the same period of 1929. Trading on the New York Stock Exchange has been run- ning so low that steps are being taker reduce the membership, and sal. employees were recently cut five to 12 per cent. aries Sinee President Roosevelt's inaugura- tion in 1933 the United States Treasury has expended approximately 37 billion dollars, and has collected in taxes a little more than 19 billion. The amount spent in the last five years is very nearly equal to the present national debt, which represents «*.cut $286 for every man, ebild in the country. woman and THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Who Said, “No Bad News”? By ERNEST MINOR PATTERSON President, American Academy of Political and Social Science One of the London papers the other day announced on its front page that there was “no bad news.” If such a statement is to be taken at its face value we should be com- forted. [It has been very easy to be pessimis- tie. Probably one of the greatest weaknesses of the writer of this column is his optimism. He seldom finds conditions as bad as do many other observ- ers. References to “impending doom” and to our being on “the edge of the abyss” leave him unmoved. Also he is sel- dom stirred by the buoyant spirits of those optimists who are always seeing “prosperity around the cor- ner.” Conditions are seldom-as bad or as good as they are painted. But is the London editor warranted in saying “no bad news”? Presumably so, if he was referring only to the . dispatches of the day. The British | sidered quite an achievement, but with im- | proved tools greater depths have been pro- | TEST YOUR agreement with Italy had just been announced. The news from Spain in- dicated that the war in that unhappy country may soon be over. For twen- ty-four hours it seemed to him that there was little or nothing to “view with alarm.” Yet if this is taken to mean that our major problems are so fully settled that we may cease to worry, then second thoughts are in order. What economic forces and ten- dencies are basic? Have they been relieved? It is often said that there are popu- lation pressures in certain countries, notably in Germany, Italy and Japan. There are few expressions more care- lessly used than is “over-population.” But one aspect of it is the’attitude of mind of the people concerned. For years the Germans, the Italians and the Japanese (and now the Poles) have been told that they need more territory. This idea has been so vig- orously and so repeatedly stated that not only these people themselves but millions of others in all parts of the world believe it. Whether it is accu- rate or not we need not stop to in- quire. The belief is firmly imbedded. Then there is the idea of national- ism and the belief in the necessity of “self - sufficiency." Probably at no time in history has this view been so widely held and so many efforts made to apply it. Also there has never been a time when all parts of the world have been so dependent upon each other. Then, too, notice government budg- ets—in Germany, Japan, Italy, France and elsewhere, including even Great Britain and especially the United States. Deficits are found in all of them and in many there is no sign of improvement. The reasons for the deficits are not hard to understand. Expenditures for armaments lead in many countries. Relief for the unfor- tunate, outlays for public works and other items swell the totals. But no matter what the explanations the deficits are there and are growing, Opposition parties in all countries are harsh in their criticisms, but when they come into power do little to change conditions. Closely related to the budget defi- cits but also connected with the at- tempts at economic self-sufficiency are price movements. Governments with deficits are inflating the curren- cies in various ways. Many econo- mists have issued warnings, for ex- ample in the United States, but be- cause inflation does not come with a rush, efforts are made to discredit them, None of us can prophesy with certainty but it is clear that the foun- dations are laid for an ultimate and serious rise in prices. Moreover, the pressures On governments are such that they are pushed into policies that increase the dangers. This list of “bad news” could be lengthened, but only one more item need be added—taxes. Again there is much needless hysteria. Thus, in the United States there is no reason for saying that government is destroying our wealth or our income by taxing us so heavily. First, our taxes take a smaller percentage of our national income than do taxes in many other countries. Second, government does not destroy the income it receives. As has been pointed out before in this column, the question is merely one of what things we want government to do and whether the government can do these things more or less effi- ciently than would private agencies, The difficulty is that of devising taxes | of sufficient size that can be collected without restricting economic activity. Such items as these are the ones to consider. Current news on a particu- lar day may be “good.” Much more important are the trends just indi- cated. How we handle the problems they raise will determine whether the front page news of the future will be good or bad. (Address questions to the author care of this newspaper) TODAY’S COMMON ERROR Croat is pronounced i kro’-at: nof krote. KNOWLEDGE | can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to Page 6 for the answers 1. In which country is the sea- port city of Cherbourg? 2. Who won the 1938 North and South Women’s Golf cham- pionship, recently played at Pinehurst, N. C.? Between which two cities was the first telegraph message sent? If two children are born of the same mother a day apart are they twins? Which state is called The “Apache State”? Where the native habftat of the chimpanzee? Which state is represented in Congress by Senator Fred H. Brown? Where in the Holy Land was the village of Bethany, re- ferred to in the New Tes- tament? Who wrote the play, “The Dreamy Kid?” Name the capital of ean Samoa. a 10. Ameri- Lee Kruse, a 16-year-old Pretty Pond (near Zephyrhills) becoming a rival of Ros: who own fd operates the Flor- ida Rept Institute Sik Springs. Young Kruse captured a big diamond rattler week with his bare hands carried i where placed it in a wire cage in order that he can study habits. Abo a box A at it back last and ome he which ng 3 full grown rab ANNOUNCING .. . PALMER’S ROOFING COMPANY BARRETTS ROOFING 1212 White St. Key West iS N. E. 17 Terrace, Miami 5 Yea | ' i ' ! } ° ° e r ; | Today’s Horoscope emeccecesecncecesseceese Today gives a capable business man or woman; but it will be well to keep a watchful eye, per- haps on yourself as well as your associates, to be sure that noth- | ing underhanded is done that may PC LLLALLALALALALLAALSA THEO Baa DOD aaa, stir up strife or envy, for there is great danger indicated of loss of either wealth or reputation from these causes. Clermont lays claim to the dis- tinction of being the only town in the nation not located at a rail road terminal or division point to} have a branch of the Railway Mail Association. A charter for the forming of this branch was received last week. The presence of a large number of retired mem: bers of the association living there is the reason BEAUTIFY YOUR HOME ——-with Modern Tile Floor and Wainscot fn Bath,’ Kitchen, Poreh Sanitary, D ative, Colorful Cuban Tile, Resilient Tile, Marble Terrazzo. 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As this is written, candidates are gasping out their last appeal before the election and since this , column will not be published un- By RUSSELL KAY Bee Seescccsesesnsecscoes Visiting Key West for the first time in two years, I was amazed | at the improvement that has tak- en place and, as the venerable captain of the “Showboat” used to say, “It is only the beginning, folks, only the beginning”. This unique and charming Is- land City is well worth a visit any time, and now that the new Over- s Highway is traversable tour- ists and sun-seekers are coming in droves. Even today, with the season practically over, in the neighborhood of 600 cars a day travel the world’s only sea-going highway although the formal opening will not occur until i July 4. Hotels in Key West are full and it is a problem to get a room. I predict that this condition will continue throughout the summer and unless much more in the way of accommodations is provided before the winter season I don’t know how they will care for their visitors. Key West is truly the city of opportunity today and this sum- mer should attract those interest- ed in finding the right location for the establishment of a paying business. Hotels and apartments are needed as well as high class} tourists camps. Business estab-! lishments catering to tourists and | winter visitors should prosper, ' for Key West enters a new era and in my opinion is destined te! take her place in the sun as a! resort that will attract millions of: visitors the year ‘round. i Key Westers are a kindly and) hospitable people and there is a} quaintness and charm about the} place that makes you. want to} sun-kissed waters of the Atlintie| and Gulf are a constant invita- tion and the Island City is devel- oping a night life that will appeal to those who do not find bathing, fishing and daytime sports scuffi- cient. i My stay in Key West this trip was all too short, but I plan to! return and next time I hope I can; , FITIOAIAFIAILS 2 til after that event there isn’t much left for me to do but guess at results. While it is easy to be mistaken I believe we will find Claude Pepper by far the most popular candidate in the U. S. Senate race. There is a strong possibili- ty of his carrying the election in the first primary. While they have had a lost of fun calling him “Charley McCarthy” they will find that he is just as popular with the voters as his namesake is with radio fans. The biggest laugh of the cam- paign to me was Dave Sholtz’ sound truck on the streets of Lake Wales entertaining listeners prior to Dave’s talk with a record entitled “Drop A Nickel in the Slot”. It appealed to me as SO APPROPRIATE. Dave, at this writing, seems to be clear out of the picture. I find this everywhere I’ve been in the past ten days. He will finish a poor third if the signs mean any- thing. Mark Wilcox, on the contrary, has gained strength daily and if there is a second primary it will be between Wilcox and Pepper— and WHAT A RACE it will be Both men are able campaigners and both will put on a fast and furious second heat. Tf Mark should be so fortunate as to get another go with Pepper he should have’ no trouble in securnig plen- ty of Republican money and back- ing and would give Claude a run for his money. With my eyes glued on the sen- ate race I’ve had little time -to consider the Supreme Court and Railroad Commission dog-fights. But my guess is that we will find AUTO AND DRIVER EACH ADDITIONAL PASSENGER FRUCKS—ACCORDING TO SIZE TIMELY JOTTINGS FROM A SAFE BRIVER’S ROTEBOOK Ce SS — Copyright. 1888, The ina Camalty & Surety Company Three men and a woman werk arrested last week at Bradenton charged with conspiring to vent a group of tomato f from working. The four said to be ynauthorized A. F. of L., and were placed wu der bonds of $1,000 each were by the Buford, Chapman and Thomas the winners in the court groups, and Matthews and King Some in the groups. ob- servers question my viewpoint on King, but I’ve heard much about him lately that I believe he is going to surprise a lot of folks. On the other hand, Jerry is play- ing the Townsend crowd to the limit of his ability and if he is elected it will be primarily their votes that do the trick. Commission so Key West Scavenger Service —_—_—_e FOR EXTRA SERVICE PHONE 123-J | WILLIAM KNIGHT | | | i TIPPPCCCCLCLLLLL LO (& : The New PMs TOLL RATES $1.00 25¢ SAFI R PDO aD L remain long enough to spend| GO OOC@I@’e ISIS II IOS LM & ff EBL aaa a Dam. Wall Board Specials SMALL LOT CF 14” MASONITE INSULATION LEFT ON HAND TO GO AT $30.00 PER THOUSAND SOUARE FEET WHILE IT LASTS 4" MASONITE BEVELED TILE BOARD IN SHEETS 2'x4" $30.00 PER THOUSAND SQUARE FEET WHILE IT LASTS UPSON BOARD FOR WALLS OF LASTING BEAUTY SPECIAL PRICE ON SURPLUS STOCK $40.00 PER THOUSAND SQUARE FEET SQUARE DEAL BOARD IT GIVES ALL THAT ITS NAME IMPLIES SPECIAL $35.00 PER THOUSAND SQUARE FEET “Your Home Is Worthy @£ The Best” LL AA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAA AA Ad IAA ee LL LAA AAA AA hh hdeddhededutdhadeddea ~~"