The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 21, 1938, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen Pubiixhed Daily Rxcept Sunday By THE C2TIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ani Streets Oniy Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Sntered at Rey Went, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to ube tor republication of all news dispat. it or not otherwise credited in the Jocal pews, published here, one Year -. Bix Months rhree Months ne Month - Weekly ADVERTISING RATE known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE AN reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary notiees, etc, will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. Notiees for entertainments by churches from which # 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 imterest but it will not publish anonymeus cormmuni- cativus. Maile IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ABVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN’ Water! ‘ana! Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). . Hotels and Apartments. ia LUEG Bathing Pavilion. i Boe Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and. City Governments. Faults are thick where love is thin. It is the gentle mind that makes the gentleman. There are none so dumbh,as those who . do not want to understand. In the next big war Uticle Sam will be prepared to fight for his, neutrality. lO There would be « fewer dierces on flimsy grounds if people didn’t get married “on flimey. grounds: rr Correct this sentence: “Uncle ‘Sam is spending a lot of money for’ relief, but there is no politics in it.” i Despite the law in this country, there are many Americans keeping an eye onthe Trish Sweepstakes in June. It is always refreshing to have busi- ness dealings with a person willing to earry ‘out his part of the contract. Wisdom includes a willingness to recognize that another person, who dis- agrees with you, might be right. Social progress is hampered by men and women ‘who have lots of sympathy but | ne DON’T FORGET THE AIRPORT! This is National Air Mail Week! THE KEY WEST CITIZEN You and Your And if the citizens of Key West are | | thinking of anything else besides the com- Nation’s _ ing election, they are certainly thinking of | | the proposal for a W.P.A.: municipal air- port to be erected, possibly, adjacent to | the Key West Golf Course on Stock Island. { The privately owned Miami-Key West airways airport at the East Martello Tower is the southernmost airport in the country, but Key West does not boast the southern- most municipal landing field in the coun- | try. That honor goes to little Marathon, up | on the Keys, which has recently had a land- | | ing strip laid out adjacent to the Overseas | Highway. Figures requested at the W.P.A. of- | fices by The Citizen show that Florida has had 99 W.P.A. airports approved by Presi- dent Roosevelt, of which 32 are already 1933. Most logical piace fer the airport will probably be the land adjacent to the Golf Course, Rough estimates reveal that marl fills 1,000 feet long should be bujltto make the sispbedcsvalablogo nena nd am- phib[aha GRE Awaten si aan t two marMranwitys, ea@h-2,500 be.run on thesairportasite, Phéee atin will probably head into the northeast. and southeast as from those, @ipegtions,. come the prevailing winds necessary for take- oifs. Only 100,000 cubic yards of mar! fill will be required for this program. National airmail week has shown that air mail, air express and air passengers are on the increase, and Key West is as air- minded as other cities. More so, it is in a position to realize the benefit of wings to the Florida mainland, the other states, and wings to the south over the ocean to Cuba and South America. That more planes will tome into Key West with a municipal air- port, many pilots who come here have de- clared. It is quite definitely known that another aviation company will make regu- lar trips here. Private planes will make the trip here more often because of lower rates on a municipal field. These two fac- tors will eventually make the project self- liquidating to the 20 percent or even less of actual eash that the city will advance under Works Progress regulations. There are numerous other advantages of having a city-owned airport and they are all in the line of the “‘new-progress,” which in these days of invention is more a magic wand materialized than ever before. The Citizen is glad to hear that a num- ber of city officials now are investigating the possibility of establishing the airport. It wishes only to bring out to these then that the eyes of the Key West public are on thém, that they request consideration of the project does not lag, as it often has before for various reasons and that a conclusion be soon reached to sponsor the airport. That the city CAN sponsor it for very , completed. This is in the period only from | length, ' pvae a en Affairs Another “Shot in the Arm.” By ELIOT JONES Professor of T eenorsesio® and Publie Utilities, Stanford University | Confronted with a serious. depres- sion now and an election next fj i the administration has dug down’ its magician's hat, and brought mak another rabbit. Alas, it's the same rabbit used before, and the trick (an- other pump- priming experi- ment) will cost us dear. The objec- tions to the ex- penditure of four and one- half billion dol- Isr: for the purpose of priming the pump are grave indeed. Advo- cates of pump-priming assure us that the creation of billions of dollars of | new purebasing power will give a fillip to industry. It may, to be sure, produce this temporary result, in the same way that a “shot in the arm” temporarily stimutates the narcotic addict. As with the dope fiend, how~ ever, the “shot” must be continueds. and in larger doses, or its potency.}, will be lost, Though pump-priming may give a temporary stimulus to industry, it is ‘by no means certain that it will do so. It is entirely possible that a Gov- ernment spending policy will frighten | @way more capital than the Govern- ment pours in. The President said in his message to Congress that he did not believe that “we can get an ade- quate rise in national income merely by investing, lending or spending public funds, It is essential in our | economy that private funds be put to work,” But private funds, always the principal factor in the prosperity of + this country, may not be put to work if there is alarm over the policies of the Government. The advocates of spending talk as if thy money spent by the Government (or at any rate that in excess of tax receipts) is a net addition to the total spending in the nation. This is not the case, how- ever. Private and corporate incomes are not spent automatically, but only when conditions are such as to in- duce expenditure. If the zovernment program impairs confidence, govern- ment eee instead of gap resulting government by causing a further decline in pri- vate We would be foolish, i deed. with the recent experience of France to . guide us, if we deliberately unbal- anced our budget by several billions of additional dollars. For years the French have been tely trying to balanee their budget, but without | success; and every responsible per- son, whether of the Left or Right, views this situation wit’ eon- cern. As a way out of its many difi- culties France has recently esiab- lished a temporary dictatorship, and who shall say it will prove to be temporary? This goes to support; 's observation, President Roosevelt's braade in 1933, before he embraced the spending theory, that “too often in’? recent history liberal. goyernments have been wrecked o: cS * loose fiscal policy.” i A spending progiatt ‘is’ ‘alway: popular, of course, and Congr vateayy A accept the President's tion. But it is coubtful whether gress will again make a lump sum appropriation to be spent by the President at his discretion, for this would place in his hands a weapon whereby he could build up executive power still further at the expense of legislative power, and prevent Con- gress from oceupying its rightful place as a check on undue centralization of power in the Executive. (Address questions to the author care of this newspaper) KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen final business session of the! Twenty-Fourth. Annual Conven- tion of the Knights of Columbus’ | State Council got under. way at 10 o'clock this morning: at the 'K. C. Hut. At this meeting offi- cers will be elected for the en- suing year and next year’s meet- ing place will be seleeted. It was: | expeeted at 2 o'clock that the ses- | sion would last until late this eve- ning: The dining room of the La g¢lock ‘and’ close’ at sunset. On 651 William Street. ' Concha Hotel was taxed to capa- jcity last-night by the 233 persons jeans that the'1.900 voters must! who assembled at the |banquet given for the visiting Knights and others. Some 70 percent of those present were visitors. Graduating \class of 1928 of the Convent of Mary Immaculate was in attend- ance, as were members of the | senior class of St. Joseph’s school. The bariquet began at 8 o’cleok and continued unti} 10 o'clock when the crowd repaired to the K. C. Hut, where dancing was in- dulged in until midnight. Car- bonell’s orchestra furnished the music at the dance. Refresh- ments were served. little cost is known. That the airport will | minutes and 44 seconds and the second in one minute and 59 sec-! ends”. Unless plans now. under way Mature not a few of the fifth pre- cinet;.voters will’ be unable to ivote in the coming primary. | There are not’ far from 1,900 qual-, ified voters in this precinct. Un- der, the lew the polls open at 8 ‘June 5 this will be at 7.14. This -east their votes in 11 hours 14 minutes, or almost three every minute. Under existing condi- tions this is an impossibility, it is shown. Unless something is done, therefore, to remedy the situation, there will be a number, it is be- lieved, who will not be able to vote. Governor John W. Martin will reach Key West tomorrow morn- ing and will speak at Bayview Park at night, 8 o'clock, in the interest of his candidacy for the seat in the senate now held by Senator Park Trammell. “You the | from diminished pri- © vate spending, will actually widen it, . oy ‘ts al si | Topays common | TWO PRISONERS en , | ARE TAKEN OFF os TO PENITENTIARY de-vi'-zor; not dev’-i-sor. RECRUITING OFFICER FROM STATE PRISON FARM, AC- COMPANIED BY HIS WIFE. CAME THURSDAY NIGHT TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE Can you answer seven of these seenecocaes: 1. In the church calendar when is Maundy Thursday? What is the state flower of Massachusetts? What is statue? Nafne the famous waterfalls in the Zambezi River, Africa. How many cubic decimeters! are in one cubic meter? What are pelagic animals? Of which continent are the} Recruiting Officer J. Faneher, from the State Prison ‘farm Railford, Fia., accompanied by Mrs. Fancher, arrived in the city Thursday night and yesterday morning repaired to the county jail to secure two prisoners who were taken to prison. One of the prisoners was Curtis Darrow, colored, who entered a plea of guilty to the charge of ‘entering without breaking and stealing a watch belonging to West indies geographical-| captain James Adams. He sold ly a part? ‘the watch tor icss than one dol- What is the name of the jar. science which treats of coins and medals? at 2 an 2 equestrian The watch was recovered sev. ; eral days later by Deputies Ber What does .0m-de-plume nard Waite and Ray Elwood, and mean? the thief was later apprehended Who shot President James A. and placed in jail where be re- Garfield? mained until yesterday. ROMAN ert Shehee, white, who entered @ ‘ : plea iof guilty: to the |. charge ‘tae for toniktite «Stealing golf balls. and. other aft- pen gir gin, fway, icles from.!the Key West Golf a Nek i pon way: was on-the road to¥liami when . a telephone eall sent by Depu- Now come the inaly moonbeams); ty Waite caused him to he caught ‘asting Shadows o’er the earth; Then is the time for wooing, Laughter, love, and mirth. jail. Both of the prisoners were sentenced to one year at the pris- Her smile entices her lover; on farm. Sentence was passed by His heart starts beating fast; He quickly asks the question— She knows the die is cast. May term of Criminal Court. i Hopkins, in radio address, as- They journey to the dance hall,! serts new frontier lies in idleness He driving with one hand— ‘of men, money, machin | The other encireles her waist line, ' — It is then to live seems grand. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT OVER - SEA HOTEL They hear the lovely music, The tap of dancing feet, | Now Bein> ly Renovated The clink of ice in glasses OPEN THE YEAR AROUND As the base drum holds its beat. Moderate:.):1/.) L..S. Gruber Prices Res. Manager | After the dance is over, 917 Fleming St. Phone 9104 The last notes have died away, | They return together planning To announce their wedding day., Many who have walked this path Modern ‘Tite: Floor and Wainscot way In Bath, Kitchen, Porch | Look back? on their youthful ‘days; + Decorative, Colorful Know that the dreams of romance Resilient Tile, Marble ‘Remain in their lives today. Terrazzo. See— FRANK C. SCHNEIDER; =); Overseas: Tile: Company Hom 706 White Street ‘Phe other malefactor'was Rob- | of |} » (Club. (He was getting away aria** \-and ‘he, too, was brought back to Judge William V. Albury at the | SATURD AY; TIMELY JOTTINGS FROM A “SAFE DRIVER'S HOTEBOOK M AY a1, 1988. SHAVES WHILE FLYING LONDON—Flying from France to England, alone, A. A. Purcell shaved himself as the airplane was going ninety miles an hour. LA CONCHA. “HOTEL In the Center of the Business and Theater District EXCELLENT RESTAURANT Garage——Elevator——fireproof Open The Year Around BENJAMIN LOPEZ FUNERAL HOME Licensed Funeral Directors and Embalmers 24 Hour Ambulance Service Phone 135 Night 696 ‘SS West Scave Scavenger Service FOR EXTRA SERVICE PHONE 123-3 WILLIAM XNIGHT AGREED C ¢ SOOT OIEO LS | Ms aon SPE SOOOeTaMETH, \ ON THE FOLLOWING COLORS DISCONTINUED COLORS SPECIAL PAINT SALE Sherwin Williams Flat Tone SALE ON PRESENT STOCK ONLY BRIGHT SAGE — OLIVE TAN — PALE GREEN — oe. OF SHELL PINK — SKY BLUE have heard many untruths about! Key West Firemen entering the governor”, announcements of against the teams from Miami nat a willingness'to help or to give. rithis-week the electorate and -even thésewho..do not vote will be sur- feited with’ politics until next November. Leaders in democratic countries go about their work in civilian dress; in dic- | ‘tatership countries, they are always in uniform, Fascism reflects the interests of the hig capitalists, but can only exist by ap- | pearing not to do so, and the common peo- | ple are too dence to understand, or too im- Potent to act, Happiness, we are told, consists in a ‘state of mind and not in the possession of | material goods. sion of material geod tends to happy state of mind. ' | i { The old-fashioned chap who used to | think he-was lucky to have a quarter a) week to spend, has young sons and daugh- | ters who think nothing of spending a dol- jar a day, and in the full knowledge that the old man is in debt. An era of depression is just as natural as an era of prosperity—the result of sup- | ply and demand or the lack of them. Pros- | perity induced by artificial stimuli merely | people in the United States who stil] main- prolongs the depression when its time comes. The biblical fat kine and lean kine we will have always in chronological se- quence, just as the night follows the day. | from a population of 65,000,000, probably soon pay back its. investment . just about vertaim,' Arid the: ‘it ‘mty! enlist other agencies inthe’ tight for it!’ "A’ gal- lant fight for an Overseas. Highway. years ago—a visiowary dream: then}snow an ac- tuality—shows how things’ may’ be accom- | plished. eae The Citizen and the people of Key West are watching every move from now on with interest. THE LESSON IS THE SAME The lesson te be drawn from the ab- sorption of Austria by the German Reich is apparent when we consider that Chancel- jor Schuschnigg, champion of independ- ence, was handed an ultimatum by Hitler, who threatened to invade Austria unless Nevertheless, the posses- | his terms were agreed to. create al Germany, with a huge army, drawn was in- comparably superior in armed strength to Austria, with 7,000,000 citizens. Besides the Germany army was superior to that of Austria in every way. Chancellor Schuschnigg, unable to re- sist, accepted Herr Hitler's terms. The same lesson comes from a study of affairs in the Far East, where a compara- tively weak China has been attacked by a prepared Japan. It supports the lesson from Ethiopia and the lesson from Spain. In spite of these examples there are tain that the way to live in peace with such uciions is to be inadequately prepared for end St. Petersburg at the recent fire chief's convention at Winter! ‘Haven weren't everk rard; pyghed ; | to win first honors in the fire- fighting contests...The reputation’ }of the three teams.entered in the race are such, it is said, that sev- eral other departments decided not to compete, feeling that they {had no chance. The Winter Hav- en Chief's story of the contest says: first contest, was disqualified be- cause of its fdilure to make a proper connection, while Key West made a record of one min- ute and 50 seconds. In the second round, Miami's record .was one minute 49 seconds, while Key West's was ene minute 41 sec- onds. Key West demonstrated with a 250-foot hose and got wa- ter in 50 seconds. had two tries. The first in two «. a et. COE LL de! AUTO AND DRIVER “The Miami team, in the, St. Petersburg | the executive’s coming state, “so {come out and Wedt'the’truith, It will, be jutetesting”: oni Editorial comment: of the Key Vacas stretch bf the highway is ready for the rock to, go down. This means that unless something unforeseen happens, the road will be ready quite a bit! before the winter rush of be tors begin. This is assuring. will be much easier to give aig quate ferry service with the 13 miles of new road in use. i The board of county commis- sioners will meet 7.30 o'clock, Thursday night for the purpose of restoring names which have been erroneously stricken from the books, for the coming pri- mary. The disqualified list will be — tomorrow. EACH ADDITIONAL PASSENGER |... 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