The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 12, 1938, Page 2

PAGE AGE TWO a The Key Gest Citizen Published Daily Exrert., Sunday By THE CITIZEN PULLISHING ©O., INC. L. P. ABEMAN, President and Publisher JOF ALLEN, A Wrom Th Corner, ¢ Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County tntered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press ihe Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to use fur republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and aiso | thie local news published here. | school, Weekly ......... Made ADVERTISING RATES krown on application, All reading notic respect, obituary the rate of 10 cen Notices for ent SPECIAL NOTICE & revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. fhe Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- and subjects of local or general not publish anonymous communi- sion of public iss interest but it wil cations. ‘ds of thanks, resolutions of ete, will be charged for at THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL slyays seek the truthsand print it wishant feoy ts enous Taner feist be afraid, po attack, wang ox to .appieud rights! always fight foy mregressiqgever be the or- gan or the:raoythplecs, Oo SPY IRAE SHANG! faction or class; always do its utmost, Agr the ‘public weliare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue. commend good done by individual or organ- ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com- «promise with principle. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (oning). . Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and . City Governments. One trouble with the world is that it has too many busy men. Almost every address is enjoyed by one person—the speaker. The individual with an idea is very often a nuisance to his friends. What has become of those nice resolu- tions that you were so interested in about | ten months ago? One reason writing is such a hard task is because so many writers have noth- | ing tp think about. \eommission finally decides which jis to be the site for the training vi With hations onenly avowing a policy | of. might the only assurance pf peace lies | © iniqueriprateenaty, | | oildnSt BO ee a a Just to see how much yoe krow about | your government: .Hoqw mitch money does | Monroe county spend in a year? An ap-| proximate amount will be a correct an- swer, That was quite a compliment Column- ist C. G. Flint paid Jo Serra, who writes | “The Low Down on Hickory Grove” for | The Citizen, when he gave him a niche | somewhere between Dorothy ‘Thompson | and Edwin C, Hill. A kind hearted judge can be lenient with traffic violators without being prick- : ed by his conscience until a human life is lost, then his leniency is practically con- tributory negligence. Traffic violators are a menace and when brought to court should fear the stern judgments .of the judge rather than feel the knowledge they will .go scot free. War is ruthless and so should be the terms of peace, if peace is desired. Fur- thermore England and France realize now that Hitler should have been stopped at the time he made his first move not in ac- cord with the Treaty of Paris, but they’ know with whom they are dealing now and are making their preparations. Hi.- ler’s next bluff will be called. | plus orange crop with a return to MUST FOLLOW THROUGH Some months ago a citizen read an of- | ficial announcement that the U. 8. Mari-| | time Commission at Washington planned | | to establish a merchant marine training schoo] at one of the Gulf ports. Mayor Willard M. Albury became interested in the idea, wrote the commission and -sug- gested Key West as the logical spot for the | listed as one of t | vestigated for ago. Commander Willian U.S. Navy retired, “acting for | sion, inspected Key West and then depart- | | ed to continue his round of the other Gms ports. Officials with whom Comguendte Richardson came in .contact.got the —dis- ; tinet impression he was noticeably pleased with what he saw at the naval station. He | could not help discover the fine buildings available for housing the student mariners, | the fully equipped and perfectly main- e. intents by churches from which | tained machine shop, the fine harbor and the facilities for the storage and produc- tion of fresh water. Since the naval station | | is on the inactive list this excellent plant, it is confidently beieved, | available to the Maritime Commission, can be made All of which is as it should be, but Key West must not rest her — the lf port | ol, . In the past a number of grand op’ to increase the payrolls of Key West have | been lost through the failure of our offi- cials and civic organizations to act prompt- ly and effectively. A number of our lead- | ing citizens realize this and are taking steps to make a strong and concerted ef- fort to bring the merchant marine training | school here. Officers and members of such groups as the Chamber of Commerce, the Junior | Chamber of Commerce, the Lions and Rotary clubs, the Woman’s and the Junior Woman’s clubs, the Service club, the Mer- chants Association, the American Legion |; and the Spanish War Veterans organiza- tion have been contacted. They have been requested to adopt suitable resolutions pointing out the merits of Key West’s bid for the school and urging the Marftime Commission, in the interest of economy and the efficiency of the merchant marine, to select this city as the site. There should be no delay.in forward- | ing similar requests to U.S. Senators Claude Pepper and C. O. Andrews and to Congressman J. Mark Wilcox and Con- | gvessman Designate Pat Cannon. Other cities on the west coast of Florida will be | sending such demands to the two senators, but at least they will know that Key West is in the contest. The.school will not go to some other city through default. REMEMBER COLLEGE STUDENTS Now that many young men and women from this county are away from home at- tending college, it might be a good idea to | call their parents’ attention to the fact that these students would appreciate receiving | The Citizen during the school term. After all is said and done this news- paper is something like a letter from home. | gives many local news itema which would otherwise “be ‘missed “bythe §bsent | student. Moreover, it will enable them to keep up with affairs in their home county and thus keep them up-to-date on public ' matters. ORANGE VENDING MACHINE (The Florida Times-Union) Hope of disposing of some of Florida’s sur- the grower again appears on the horizon of an_ industry usually beset with many troubles, since word has come from Tampa headquarters of the Florida Citrus Exchange that a juice vending machine has been perfected. The description of the device, invented by Tracy Acosta of New Smyrna, was furnished by W. C. VanClief of Winter Haven, vice president of the Exchange and executive .of a subsidiaryé concern which is sponserieg the vending machine. In an encouraging dispateh fromthe West Coast city, the Exchange Official predicted: “In five or six years, the Florida Citrus Ex- | change may be marketing half of its fruit through the vending machine. There is no longer any question about its mechanical perfection. The only question now is how the public will receive it.” About the size of a household mechanical re- frigerator, the device’ is set in operation by the customer depositing a nickel in the ..slot. The tacchanism squeezes the orange and delivers it , in a pre-cooled paper cup to the customer. The result was Key (West was | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN = _ Reorans rs 4 Se «at fa PAB _» SWa sRUNGEON By HUGOS. SIMS, | Special Washington Washingioa Comespandedl of ondent of The Citize Citizen | |WHAT MAKES IT TICK? }PWA DEADLINES BARTER’ TRADE \JAPS IN THE EAST * | -qith production and trade fig- BUSINESS IMPROVES ‘ures showing improvement , be- fore the government’s ARMAMENTS- ‘CONTINUE program exerts its force, the-ex- ; The WPA is paying -out more! than it did’ last year and so is the AAA. Otherwise,-however, actual expenditures are not exceptional. spending | a = Senator Jgseph C.. O'Mahoney, jot Wyoming, chairman of the Committee, insists that the com- ‘Memporary National Economic imittee’s efforts to “find out \what’s wrong with our economic | system” is not a punitive expedi- | tion against business and that the original resolution which created tigation of the effect of govern- mental policies on business as ated by business. The investiga- j tion, he says, will be carried on in a scientific and objective man- jmer. Senator O’Mahoney says \that an unprecedented industrial | the committee calls for an inves- , well as monopolistic practices cre- i perts expect’a decided push’ some | ‘time next spring or early:.sum- mer. Another factor in theyeco- nomic picture, of .this, country 1s the enormoys gold hoard that, has been attracted by the offer to pay thirty-five American dollars for each ounce of the yellow metal. With nearly $14,000,000,000 of ‘gold in this country, an accumu- Jation of wealth and _ resources never before witnessed in the world, there should be some way ‘to utilize these assets and pro- :vide work.and a decent living for all Americans. , Excess reserves of Federal Reserve Banks are ex- tremely high-and increased in- ‘dustrial activity may combine to touch off a credit expansion that unities | | | growth has given birth to import- will get out of eontrol. |ant social and economic changes. |Among them, he cites the transi- |tion from rural to urban living, pointing out that in 1880, seven-. pty=two, percent of the, country’s |population was rural, while to- day less than forty percent is so classified. The best test of the four-power accord reached in Munich is to see whether the great powers of Europe slow gown their arma- indication‘of any such tendency and, in fact, the British evidently ‘plan ‘to re-double their efforts. The PWA received some 10,000! applications for improvements all over the country before the dead- line set by Congress expired. Al- | |lotments have been made to about 7,000 projects, both Federal andj} non-Federal. The next deadline fixed by Congress is January 1, 1939, by which date construction on these projects must begin. Al- jready work has started on more | than 1,000 projects. Under the ‘law, as passed by Congress, all} projects must be completed by \July 1, 1940. With this in mind, the United |States will’ probably enlarge its {program of naval construction and | |inerease its drive to reorganize land mechanize the army. That |the air force of the Army and | Navy will be enlarged goes with- *jout saying. In fact, plans for ‘possible war are being checked up very closely by responsible of- ficials. 5 ‘Today's Birthdays | Germany’s acquisition of the | jindustrial area of Czechoslovakia | ‘is expected to aid in the devel-| | Catholic archbishop of Baltimore, lopment of the “barter” trade pro- | born in Ireland, 59 years ago. gram through which the Reich | — jconducts its international trade.| Peter B. Kyne of San Fran-! As readers know, Germany has cisco, novelist, born there, 58 purchased commodities in various | years ago. countries of the world, giving in| —__— |payment therefor marks which; ‘Kathryn Meisle, opera contral- lean only be used to purchase |to, born in Philadelphis, 39 -years goods produced in Germany. Nat- | ago. urally, the opportunity for mak- | ling trades of this kind is limited | |by the variety of goods ‘which | Lammot Du Pont, president of | The Czechoslovakian industries | |add considerably to the stock oe goods which Germany will be} \able to furnish in exchange for | these special marks. business man, president of the Leonard Wood Memorial for the 'Eradication of Cancer, born at! | Joplin, Mo., 52 years ago. Word from the Far East where | the Japanese are doing all that | they can to oust other traders, in- | West Virginia, born at dicates difficulties for American | burg, 51 years ago. merchants in China. With the _-__- Japanese in.control of much Chi-} Joe E. Cronin, Red Sox base- nese territory, American traders; ball manager-player, born 32 are finding many difficulties | years ago. placed in their way. For example, American ships with cargoes are warned about the “danger of |The Favorite In Key West mines” although Japanese mer- | — THY IT TODAY — |chant vessels proceed through the | | STAR *% BRAND same tawers. At some places | | CUBAN COFFEE Ex-Gov. Howard M. Gore of Clarks- eee eee | PCCCCOSCCCCCCCecececeCe® there is difficulty about finding | wharves or laborers for docking | or unloading. | SON SALE PA Alay en see Industrial uction which | _epoasese | was around 7 May. at the bot- | tom of the r ion, reached a in August and balsly ball 190 during September. By Janu- ary 1, economists predict a level! of 100, which is the 1923-'25 ) average. | pmeemepaniete The Department of Labor re- | jports factory employment and payrolls are increasing with the | improved production figures. In! August, factory employment | went up nearly five percent and 4 payrolls about nine percent. With ; the automobile industry lagging and spending nowhere near its} peak, an accelerated upturn is ex- | pected in the coming months. Government spending is not as high as some people estimate it.| Netiong! Safety Council Raced but po KEY WEST vist | Bet LAVANA, P & O'Steamship CUBA “Car Wen, 820 00. Mawlass Tetons 120 "re ~ Havana, 3:00 p.m. same. ahiernoon Lv. Havena, 00am. TeesdeysFrideys Ano bie AT SEA 10 DAY Limit Ax. Key West, 3:15 p.m. same shternogn To PORT TAMPA, Tussdeys and Fridays, 5 p.m. ® CUBAN TOURIST TAX 50 Most Rev. Michael J. Curie, | - WED — { TODAY’S COMMON |! ERROR | . Here Just Ten Melodic is pronounced Rage t me-lod’.ike: not me-lo’.dik. st | Eleven men, comprising the} crew of an 80-ton auxiliary ves-} TES T YO U R jsel which was reported in a sink- jing condition in the Gulf, were} K N owl E D G E | brought into this port this morn- Can -you answer seven of these|ing by the Tug Petrel, Captain 7 Turn to {Thomas C. Pent. The Petrel, Page 4 for the answers j which is owned by the Porter : Dock «Company, was dispatched to the scene last night imme- 3 ‘diately after a radio message was received from the master of the | Steamship Antillian of the Ley- ;land Line. The captain of the ool Rapids? ing No. 1 ten- player of the U. S. is a meteorite? was the political status of Finland before the Rus- sian. Revolution? In what country did the celebration of wedding an-! niversaries originate? Which contains ithe largest | quantity, 4-5 of a quart or.) 1-5 of a gallon? | ear a -What are homophones? | Braxton B. Warren has What is a campanile? ‘nounced as candidate for county Where is Columbia Univer- commissioner for reelection from sity? ;the second district in the general | seererecerreeerriacermtenenenenentes election. He was nominated by seececeescovensccoseeoar the second primary in June. Mr. WHO KNOWS? Warren states that.he is the regu- | lar nominee of the people of his! (See “The Answers” on Page 4) | district. “My friends have said @ececseseoose @208CC0. that my nomination is an expres- 1, How do British investments; my past record. j up the men about.20 miles south- {east of American Shoals ; The crew of the ill-fated vessel were Captain J. Thompson, L. | Williams, B. McHora, D. Prerera, M. Factor, R. Jackson, H. Myers, | J. Myers, P. White, J. Meller and John Williams. sion of their confidence based on I have: been_a | ment programs. £o far there is no {fiv*this country comparé! with | county commissioner for the*past Cross phapter.0 agi? }22 years. Have worked zeal »M2.2° Who is, John Charles!Thom- and conscientiously for the fur- aste ‘therance. of the. county’s,interests.- 3.° When and where did the|'There was not.a yfootion county: first successful airplane flight! roads in ‘the county: When-I went take place? into office and‘ all ‘xeads*! and 4. How long has _ Speaker/pridges have been ‘con$tructed Bankhead been in Congress? iduring my incumbency”. 5. What nations have the most | | golar | Books for the general election | »6. How many pennants have jolls made necessary in the re-| the. New YorkYankees won? Ieeatly created additional number 7 Sos ae Waney woud be | of polling places have been com- raised by a processing tax to aid \pleted and turned over to the | | agriculture? | supervisor of registration. This} 8, What is a southpaw? | was reported to the county com- -9. ‘Is there a tariff on wheat? | | missioners last night. 10. Has the low price of cotton | increased'the sale of American The Pirates, leading team of cotton in dese OM countries? | the Island City Juvenile League, will play in both games of a JUST ANOT [ANOTHER DRINK | doubleheader to be played Sun- CHIGAGO_When asked if, she Ca¥-, ‘Ths, dames will, be at Gato's had anything to say at her trial | for drunkenness, Miss Ella Mor- | ‘ris of this city said: “Yes, your) | honor, please give me _ another: k.” | |called at 2 o'clock and the next |15 minutes after the finish of the first. BENJAMIN LOPEZ FUNERAL HOME Established 1 the noted Delaware company, | |the seller can buy in Germany. | born at Wilmington, 58 years ago. Perry Burgess of New York, i a TIPLLLE 2 $8.50; to goat Square OL ed -Channel ,Drain Resting Sinsete, renmelne spsine #728, to go at Square . ae 9 Corrugated Roofing Shorty: renulee price , $6.28, o-————--0 Rememtber--- IS ALLALLL ELL N Di Anytime you want crooked lumber or rejects CLIDMOOPOIDS, yourself before you buy. White and Eliza Streets NES | Antilian reported having _ picked, light. Field. The first .game will be} 63 )Boxes Metal Shingles, Slate Pattern, regular These Articles ‘Offered Only for Cash at These Prices. Sale Lasts This Week Only. “South Florida” Quality—<on't confuse our offerings with lower quality merchandise. Come out and see for yourself. special bin at give-away prices.. We don’t sell this unless you see it OUR CUSTOMERS EXPECT THE BEST—AND GET IT SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING CO. “Your Home Is Worthy (4 The Best” 6 hl hea edd diehdh hd ddd hdd ddd dh DAY, OCTOBER 12, 1938 > ‘KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Years Ago Today As Taken OF The Citizen } Attended by about 40 members | of the society and members from , South Florida points was thet {meeting of the Christian Endeav- or Society, which was held pres paratory to the regular meeting of the organization to.open 7:30 ‘tonight at the Congregational chureh. “This will be the first time .the convention has beert held in Key ‘West, and a large at- tendance is expected. Many are coming over the highway and will be in the city this evening. Albert Sampson, negro on pa+ role from the State Reform School, was arrested this morn- ing by officers from the sheriff's office, under suspicion of being connected with the theft of the bicycle of Bernard Roberts. The boy acknowledged the theft and that he had sold it for $4. an- | There were 445 passengers on the Governor Cobb arriving from Havana last evening. Most of them were veterans returning }from Cuba’s convention of Span= ish-American ‘War ‘Veterans. Nineteen patients from the Ma- trine hospital will be taken for rides this afternoon on a motor- eade sponsored. shy the local Red 3 uaa bole dsegees ‘of fridnds ‘are _reportec to*fia've foinied ‘Dr. (H? Galley y sselebrating his 28th birthday a jRiversary.at the Elks Club 1 night. Teacher—Now, Hayton, if ‘I subtract 20 from 45, what’s . difference? Hayton-That’s what I say, vane cares? D.s0TO HOTEL Vacation Land ,OPEN ALL YEAR EUROPEAN PLAN All Qutside | Quiet, Phy | meee.) $198, 3180, $US slog j Rates “$900, $2.25, $250 double 3 we have some in a