The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 11, 1938, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen Publistied Daily Except Sunday By THE CITI PUBLISHING CO., INC. L. P.-ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOB AL Assistant Business Manager The Citizen Building nd Ann Streets From Corner G Key West and Monroe County Only. Daily. Newspap: Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press entitled to use | nes credited to | this paper and also aes Six dionths .... Three Months . Org Month Weekly s, resolutions of ary ices, etc, will be charged for at of 10 cents @ line. ® for entertainments by churches from which is to be derived are 5 cents a line. itizen is an open forum and invites di public issues and subjects of local or t but it will not publish anonymous commun a revenu The IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 5 wathr una Sewerage. Coitiptehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing “Pavilion. Airports—i.and and Sea. Consolidation of County and City ‘Governments. Aristotle said in his “Ethics” that jus- tice depends upon friendship. Anyway, it helps. There are parents who have children who spend money faster than the parents ‘can earn it. _ Americans’ heads are growing longer, according to an anthropologist. Perhaps to fit their faces, Modern bathing girls rightly think t. bathing suits were made for bathing and not for clothing. i eS R ao ‘ Those who object to the publication of crime news may be reminded that the Gbod Book set the example. + Throughout history, punishment and iniprisonment has never arrested the tide of, criminality to any great extent, though, _unquestionably it has diminished crime. When the French government years ago eliminated the guillotine, crime increased to:such an extent that the guillotine was re- stored, and the crimes punishable by death decreased as a result. . : j : Pee - THE KEY WEST CTiiZkn ~ . a a rc a WPA WORKERS AVAILABLE Officials of the WPA have moved t correct a situation pointed out in these columns whereby Key West home owners and ‘prospective builders were finding it difficult to hire laborers and other work- men because the majoriety of the supply was engaged in WPA activities and could not be induced to leave their relief jobs. A rule has been established, accord- ling to officials of the WPA, whereby a | WPA workman who refuses private em- ployment is automaticaily discharged. In | other words, if a property owner wants to | do some repair work and needs a carpen- ter or two or more and several laborers he may make application for the necessary labor at WPA headquarters. Officials of the WPA thereupon will assign the re- quired number of men to the priv: | ate work, { providing, of course, the employer agrees | to pay the workmen at least the amount of their government wages, Such an arrangement is at it should be. Many WPA workmen fear that when they leave their government jobs for pri- vate employment they will be unable to 1 return to the federal sinecures after the | completion of the outside work. If return | to WPA is made easy, then it will be easier | for property owners to hire men when they | need them. It would be a crying shame, a | waste of public monies, if it became neces- | sary to import labor from’ other cities to | do local work when local men: are avail- able. ‘ Sette Relief: work is generally easier than ‘ HOLA PEC MIATE "LO private work. A’ private ‘citizen-expects a full day’s work fora day’s'pay.'The' WPA | cannet exact that kind of production and workmen on the federal jobs go along the line of least resistance with the least pos- sible effort. For that reason few WPA workers are likely to leave their present jobs with any great alacrity. It will require stern regulations rigidly enforced to force some shirkers into private employment even when it is offered. As a general rule old-line American citizens, forced to go on WPA because of adversity and necessity, will be the first to grasp an opportunity offered for private employment. They weuld be ashamed to accept relief work any longer than abso- lutely necessary. Aliens have no such scruples, so it behooves the WPA adminis- tration to continue giving preference to American citizens when it has jobs to offer, HEALTH CAN BE BOUGHT Thanks to the advances of medical science, health is now purchasable, accord- ing toa distinguished health commigsioner. Of course, there are limitations to the ex- tent to which this statement is true, but the fact remains that the possibilities of pre- venting disease are greatly neglected through false economy. By employing well known sanitary | measures it is possible for any community | te abolish typhoid fever, diphtheria, ma- laria and other ago-old enemies of man- ' Who will be Key Wset’s next postmas- | ter? This column doesn’t know but be- | liéves it will be the incumbent, Sam E. | Harri. He can be removed only for cause, | and as the postoffice department recom- | mpnded him before the May primaries, it | is‘presumed that his record has been satis- factory. His. nomination, together with a | few othegs} far another four-year term, is | pending before the senate postoffice com- mittee, where Senator Pepper has blocked | eénfirmation, presumably because Mr. Harris was a Wilcox supporter. But under present laws the senator has no power to give Harris the air, so he will serve as a hold-over until Congressman-nominate | Cannon takes office next January. In the | meantime several hungry hearts are ach- ing to serve Key West as postmaster. What to do about the vote of those on relief is agitating the public mind.¢ It is said that soon we shall be outnumbered by vaters, who are supported by taxes and that would mean representation without lirect taxation which would produce a re- ¢ against such a situation. There are «© who believe the vote should be taken away tempornrily from those on relief or who are accepting as a bounty funds from the Federal government; others think re- liefers should be permitted only half a vote, siace they are supported by public money. it is apparent that the people are becoming .récoticiled to the thought that relief is new ‘permanent institution and not a tempor- t | . . | nomic loss is kind. Tuberculosis can be largely vented and practically every communic- able disease can be reduced to a minimum. Aside from the misery and loss of life that results fr a asda tak tage of scientific; hea meas ‘gS sp appalling. “The earning capacit 4a + ; reduSeal ugh} preventable sickness. As a business proposition it. pags to utilize every possible means forthe ‘preservation of the public health, aside from humani- tarian considerations. Much has been done in the direction of better sanitation and the eradication of disease, but not one-half of what can or ought to be done. Within reasonable limits, the people can purchase as much of health ‘ as they are willing to pay for. And noth- ing else worth having can be had at such a low cost. BIG CITY MISTAKE The columns of metropolitan news- papers often carry what city-dwellers con sider “ridiculous” stories about the dents ef smaller municipalities. This time, it is an opportunity for the dwellers of smaller towns and cit’es to laugh at New York. Some months aro, ia the trial of a case in municipal court, a man sat on the jury trying a defendan‘. He had not beer selected for jury service and was not entitled to enter the jury box. Later, after the case had been disposed resi- pre- | eta rss | eco- To Return A TWIRL OF THE GLOBE (Opinions expressed in this column do notyinecessarily agree with those of The Citi-, INSIDE WATERWAY Passed by Congress is a bill which Key Westers look’ for ward to with much satisfaction —the Rivers and Harbors bill. At the next session of Congress Key West is hopeful of having its project, calling for the com- ‘pletion of the _ intracoastal waterway, from Bahia Honda to Key West on that list. Because of delay caused by necessity of presenting a second petition to the U. S. Engineers Board it could not go in the bill this time. Visions of many more yachts, many more small boats coming south through an entire- ly protected inside route, are seen by local folks. On the Keys now are many yacht harbors, the principal one being at Craigs, Florida. Others are in the mak- ing on the lower stretch. At least one morevwill be ready for the next season;in Key West. and the Yacht Club'wili soon have its , clubhouse and piers at the Garri- son Bight ready. Money from gasoline, food, entertainment fur- nished. Future money from the influence of interested yachts- men coming here. It is said that one yacht will bring more money into Key West than five automo- biles. KENTUCKY TEMPERS In the Harlan trail, charging mining companies with murder and terrorizing the temper of the Kentuckian bursts ‘forth again. Leslie Smithers, president of ;London labor union local, \killed by Verlin | Smithers went to testify as a government witness in the pres- ent trial, presumably because he was going to reveal further evi- dence agains! mining companies. Pioneer Kentucky wastes little time on words. It much prefer: laction. And action customary t | that section of the country. Mean. while the tale of flame spitting rifle shots bursting in the dark, | tinued in the testimony. . |GRASSHOPPER THREAT | Swarms of grasshoppers are breeding in the Southwest and |Rocky Mountain region. The menace is to farms, and grazing lands of western cattle. The 'with the grasshopper. The hop- pers and crickets have not yet | taken to the wing, but are busy! | with their recruiting and organi- zation on the ground. Once they swarm into the air there is hard- ly any chance to save the crops. Airplanes are now spraying the region. Farmers, National Guardsmen, and government agencies are fighting the pest | while it is on the ground. WPA POLITICS The administration is trying to rid Congress of those Democrats who are unfriendly to New Deal policies, now finds that many of these Democrats do, not come up | for re-election this yeh and that group will aid those who do since jthey are all in the same boat. WPA work toward control of the entire political ¢ystem continues, with the same ingentive of relief jobs offered again. It is a strong system. Men have killed for money and to protect their jobs. Merely to swing one’s vote one way or another to protect a job is not such a bi: thing. they rea- son. Politicians e known that for years and profited by the po- litical plum system. How long the votes will go on under ad- ministration reins, how long the jobs of meagre existence for re- lief is t6 continue will probably be short. It is freely admitted by WPA heads that relief measures will not long be with us. The funds cannot hold out. Mean- while, the country may well be- wail the fact that political con- jtrol is going to incapable hands, if enly for a short time. FLORIDA BUG RAVAGER A new white clephahf has been presented to Florida — Alabama line farmers—the ‘white beetle: This unwelcome thig is gorging itself on crops of the section Eleven thousand culti are now useless. It is the season in which crops spring up and in sects swarm upon them. Cotton, potatees, corn, peanuts and are especially damaged One good point, though, is that the was} ; i = Fee ‘before cause he does not feel it fair to main for a couple of weeks. |night at union members con- Mormon cricket is also in league ' Rotary Club Told: Of Etforts Workers From R Two Thousand Forty-Six Placed Back On Private | Payrolls First Six Months ‘ Attempted é Slane figures before the Ro- tary Club in their Thursday, Miss Louise Clark, state consultant, WPA, vocational placement of the Women’s Divi- sien, showed members where six months after the division was be- gun 2,046 persons had been re- employed in private industry. Jerry Trevor was in charge of the program and introduced Franklin Albert, W.P.A. placement officer, who introduced Miss Clark. Pressing need of a placement division was called to“ state W.P.A. officials’ notice sometime anq will stop at West Palm Beach been made as yet as to the ago, when from 2,000 to 3,000 families waited in relief lines outside W.P.A. employment offi- ces and could not be supplied with work. Yi Procedure, Miss Clark said, in the very successful placements accomplished is. as. follows: (1) Guarantee the reiief work- er placed on priyate payrolls at least as much ag,he is making on relief. In many cases the salaries are much higher, Miss Clark said. (2) An interviewer examines relief workers on their skill, edu- cation, ete., to see where best they may be fitted. | (3) Chambers of Commerce, , business men and women’s or- | ganizations cooperation. , This has i been secured in nearly all cases, j Miss Clark said. (4) The employer for any rea- son may return the worker to re- (lief rolls. There is no problem of an employer hiring a worker, be- jcoming unsatisfied with him, and then handicapping himself be- discharge him and put him in a | position where he may not be re- | , turned to relief. |, ) Job contests among civic | organizations. In Madison, a very ‘difficult city in which to place | workers, a contest securéd em- loyment for 154 persons. Which urprised local folk very much as | they did not know there were that number of jobs to be had, Miss Clark said. (6) Training relief workers. in craft projects with the eventual end of forming guilds and manu- facturing commercially the goods which are made of local palms and grasses. The suggestion was made by a Rotarian that the club sponsor the lecal coconut craft project and President Charles Taylor promis- ed serious consideration at the coming Board of Directors’ meet- jing. 5'2-Cent Lunches Dr. John Gekeler reported that | the Harris School had successful- | ly completed its lunch room proj- ect for the year with 13,456 free jlunches served and 353 paid lunches, the lunches costing but 5% cents each. Rotarians indi- vidually contributed $166.50 to the lunch room fund. Dr. William R. Warren, who | recently visited Tallahassee and interviewed state plant officials reported that they were of the jopinion that dry weather had caused most of deaths in the coce+ nut population of the city, and |that drouths could be traced in the bark of most coconut trees. Dr. Warren reiterated his own belief that there is, besides this, a disease wreaking havoc, and stated that there is a local move- ment to have the proper investi- gation ordered. Rotarian present was H. Draper of Eldorado, Mlinois. Guests were Dr. A, M. Morgan, N. Callahan, Franklin nd Miss Louise Clark. G. GEMS FOR YOUR: SCRAPBOOK Every man takes care that his neighbor shall not cheat him. But a day comes when he begins to care that he does not cheat his neighbor. Then all goes well. He has ed of his markct-cart 9 @ chariot of the sun.—Emer- son. ee That which is won il], will nev- et wear welt; for there is a curse attends it which w waste it The same corrupt dispositions which incline men to sinful ways of getting. will incline them to the like sinful ways of spending. —M. Henry luncheon ! eeecccccececcocccocceces| PERSONAL MENTION accounting of Remington Rand In- j¢orporated, of Miami, Fla., was {an arrival in the city yesterday, meeting old friends who had been schoolmates when they were at- tending the University of Flori- da. | Pe | Miss Eloise Curry was a passen- i ger leaving on the Cuba yester- | day afternoon for Tampa where e will visit for a while with ‘relatives and friends. i 2 Mr. and Mrs. Dave Doughtry, who were visiting with relatives and were guests of Mr. Dough- try’s brother, Will, left on the Steamship Cuba yesterday after- noon for Tampa enroute to Jack- sonville. ‘ Mrs. Will Doughtry left on the} bus this morning for Miami en-} route to Tallahassee where she will attend the session of summer | school. Miss Miriam Carey left this: morning via Florida Motor Lines before going to Lakeland to at- tend summer school for teachers. ' Miss Alce Curry, teacher in the public schools of the city, was a passenger over the highway this} morning enroute to Lakeland to} attend a session of summer school. | Mrs. Amelia Cabot left by bus this morning for Miami and from there will go to Tallahassee to at- | tend a session. of ‘the summer | school for teachers, : Mrs. John Spencer left this morning on the bus for Tampa where she will spend a while vis- iting with relatives and friends. | Mr. and Mrs. F. H. McKinley and baby daughter, Wynnell, left yesterday afternoon on _ the Steamship Cuba for Tampa en- route to Gainesville for a visit with relatives. Mr. McKinley will return early next week. Other members of the family will re- Mr. and Mrs. William T. Ar- cher and Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Archer and children, who had been on a motor tour up the East Coast as far as Jacksonville, returned to Key West yesterday over the highway. ‘ Rev. Shuler Peeple, who had been attending the Methodist Church Conference at Lakeland, Fla., is expected to arrive in the city this afternoon, and will con- duct both services at the Flem-! ing Street Methodist Church to-! 1x6 No, 2 Long Leaf +2xd-No. 2 Shortleaf, 2x6 No. 2 Shortleat, at bargain price — SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1938. United States Airway. Communication Station ~ Increases Its Service United States Airway Com. munication Station, which forms a part of Air Commerce and Navigation facilities in Key West. has increased its hours of opera- tion, and the station is now open from 5 o'clock in the morning until 8 o'clock in the evening. The broadcasts continue during these hours except when broad- casts of weather, and other meteorological information, is be- ing made. Robert M. Graham, who is in morrow. No announcement has pointment of pastors for this citv and other sections. This matter is expected to come up before the closing of the conference tomor- row, it is stated. Merville Rosam, attache of the Porter Dock Co., left over the highway this morning for Miami where he will visit for several days on business. C. J. Logan, prominent busi- ness man of Miami, is a visitor in Key West and this morning / was viewing the sights at the Key West Aquarium. Mrs. Agatha Roberts Converse, formerly of Key West but now making her home in Miami, is a visitor in Key West spending the time with relatives and her many friends. Lionel Plummer, chief disburs- ing officer at the Lighthouse De- partment headquarters, left over .the highway this morning for a visit with his son, Joe and fam- ily in Miami. Miss Belle Hancock of Miami is making a visit of a few days in Key West and is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Singleton at the home on Eaton street. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Menendez and child left yesterday over the) highway en route to points in | Mississippi, where they will re-| main indefinitely. Mr. Menendez, is engineer aboard one of the ves- sels plying those waters. charge of Air Navigation Facili- ties here, states that the increase in hours of operation was made possible by the assistance of addi- tional persot . and that it is quite probable tnat station will begin a 24-hour daily service in the near future. Key West station has been in- cluded in the Bureau of Air Com- merce modernization program and new equipment and material which includes new Radio Trans- mitting equipment, is now being received and work ‘in connection with remodelling the station and installation of the new equip- ment wil! shortly begin Mr. Graham also states that at no time will the broadcast facili- ties be inoperative and the sta- tion will continue to broadcast as the - heretofore all advisories and hur- ricane warnings during the com- ing season. Anyone desiring .to listen to these broadcast may do > by tuning their radio receiving “ts to 664 kilocycles or 996 kilo- cycles. SUMMARY FOR MAY REVEALS KEY WEST HAD MILD.WEATHER Monthly meteorological summary for May as issued by the United States weather Bureau, shows that despite the usual complaining talk about hot weather, the high- est temperature in Key West “was 89 degrees, on May 28. The lowest during the month was 69, on May 13. Greatest amount of rainfall during the month in a 24 hour period was .51 inch, on May 23 and 30. Departure from normal, precipitation during the month was 2.30 inches, and the accummulated de- parture from normal since January 1, has been approxi- mately 5‘ inches. Prevailing direction of the wind during May was south- east, with.an average hourly velocity of 8.3 miles. The highest velocity experienced during any May since 1871 was experienced in 1937 when on May 2 the wind velocity reached 43 miles. Weather during the month is divided as follows: Clear days, 12; partly cloudy, 1]; cloudy, 8. 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