The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 22, 1938, Page 2

PAGE TWO : The Key West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN BLISHING CO., INC, Lo P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher 40K ALLEN, Assistant Business M: From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets " Ohly Dally Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County wwlered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press he 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 the Jocal news published here. f ll ¥. Rize SUBSCRIPTION RATE! ine Year Laseds 61x Months Three Months One Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of -et, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at f 10 cents @ line. r entertainments by churches from which to be derived are 5 cents a line. n is an open forum and invites discus- on of public issues and subjects of local or general erest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations. IMPROVEMENTS 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. It’s always easy to tell other people how to settle their disputes. Usually the fellow who drives fastest isn’t going anywhere in particular. The jury in the Miami bribery case evidently believed both sides and called it a draw. Everybody is against the sales tax, in- eluding Governor Cone, who says he will veto a sales tax if enacted by the legis- lature, yet it may be forced on the tax- payers of Florida. Business takes heart in the prospect that the incoming Congress, reflecting the trend of the election returns, will be more concerned with promoting real recovery and reemployment than with initiating new fandangled experiments and socialistic re- forms. One in every six persons in the United States was receiving some form of public aid in September, according to the Social Security Board, whose report showed 21,- 300,000 persons in 6,600,000 households receiving government aid in September. The situation is appalling. The Jewish people of the United PARK OBJECTIONS AIRED | Timely indeed was the appearance | here Sunday of George O. Palmer, execu- | tive secretary of the Everglades National Park Association, Inc., which is concern- | ing itself with the establishment of a na- tional park in the Everglades under the ef- | ficient direction of the National Park Serv- ice. In the area to be included within the Everglades National Park is all of the | mainland portion and some .of the Key | Largo section of Monroe county. | The reason why the lands now within | Monroe county would be placed in the | Everglades National Park area is that some | of the most beautiful and most interesting THE KEY WEST CITIZEN vy 3 | By HUGO'S. SIMS, Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizen | JAPAN STEPS BOLDLY |U. S. TRADE BLOCKED \HULL SCORES A GAIN |PACT WITH E! D, |MEXICAN LAND DISPUTE SETTLEMENT DESIRED | JEWS IN GERMANY \U. S. WILL REARM |MEN. SHIPS, PLANES |UP TO NEW CONGRESS bay bottoms of South Florida would be; | thrown in for good measure. In the opinion | of officials of the National Park Service | Everglades National Park would not be | complete without those bay bottoms—and the bay bottoms are the source of most of | scene of much of the sport fishing activity | in this locality, | It seems there are three reasons, pos- | sibly four, why inclusion of any part of the key section of Monroe county in the park | area is being opposed: 1. Commercial fishermen might be deprived of an opportunity to fish the bay bottoms of the county if the National Park Service was placed in control of them. 2. Sponge fishermen of Key West would be driven out of Florida bay if the | National Park Service had control of all i fishing operations. 3. Monroe county would lose a large volume of taxes because it would be forced to give up the major part of its productive area on Key Largo. In regard to the first two objections, the meeting at La Concha hotel Sunday night brought out that the fishermen and the fishing industry can be protected fully by incorporation in the deed of gift of Mon- roe lands of a covenant to the effect the “fishing regulations would be such, and only such, as were provided by the laws of ‘the state of Florida.” Regarding the loss of taxes, no answer to that question was immediately forth- coming. However, the récords do not re- veal that the upper keys ever paid a large volume of taxes. Those that have been as- may be assessed in the future will be of problematical volume. Further, the map Showing the proposed Everglades Park area does not include the most productive property on the keys. It is up to the people of Monroe county to decide whether they want part of their county included in the Everglades Na- tional Park area. Against all objections is the fact a national park is always an ob- a park extending down the keys would be a help in attracting visitors to Key West. Careful consideration should be given the facts, so that an early decision may be | Monroe’s commercial fish supply and the | sessed are largely in arrears and those that | jective for the majority of tourists and that | With the national election out of the way, Americans have re- {cently centered their attention |upon affairs outside the contin- ;ental area of the United States,’ | which present problems for the government. In the Far East the nation is faced with the vital issue created iby Japanese aggression against China, with implications that the trade of other nations will be hampered. In fact, the Japanese |have already indicated very clear- ily that they plan to follow the ,course adopted in Manchuria, | which has proved disastrous to {all trade except that of the Jap- | anese, The United States has called |the attention of the Japanese |Government to the “Open Door” |policy and the treaties under | which Japan agreed to respect the territorial integrity of China. We |doubt if any responsible official |of our government expects the ‘diplomatic notes to have any ef- fect upon the Japanese, who daily insist that a “new order” has arisen in the Far East and that jother nations should amend their | views in harmony with the pres- ent situation. The announcement that the | King and Queen of Great Britain will pay a visit to this country in the early part of 1939 clearly \indicated the successful conclu- |sion of efforts to negotiate a re- ciprocal trade treaty, and the an- nouncement of Prime Minister Mackenzie King, of Canada, that |'the pact with that Dominion will lbe on a broader and more com- prehensive scale confirms the | fact. | Sees The United States, as many {readers are aware, under Secre- | tary Hull has insisted upon a pro- gram of gradually lowering bar- riers that stand in the way of mutually profitable trade between the nations of the world. This is directly opposite to the course of |nations, which go in strongly for | barter agreements, under which | the benefits of the pact are strict- ly limited and other nations | barred. The United States reciprocal | trade treaties are under the “most |favored nation” clause, which |means that advantages given to | any country immediately inure to ‘the benefit of all other nations Germany and other totalitarian | While American interests are not directly concerned, the treat- ment of the Jews in Nazi Ger- many brought on much discus- sion by many prominent citizens ‘in: this country and may be the cause of much friction. Last week President Roosevelt sumimoned Ambassador Hugh Wilson from Berlin in order to get first-hand information as to the situation in Germany. Mass meetings throughout the nation ‘denounced German barbarity and many prominent citizen took oc- casion to express sympathy for | the mistreated Jews. Domestic problems also arose to trouble the people of the United States, now called upon to finance a huge rearmament pro- | gram, designed by the President , to enable the United Ctates to de- ‘fend not noly continental and in- ‘sular possessions of this coun- try, but also to protect the entire | Western Hemisphere against ag- | gression from other nations. ; Under_present plans Congrss ‘will be asked to provide funds to gréatly strengthen the Army, especially by providing guns and ; material that are now lacking. Air ‘defense armament is_ receiving | greater attention and much study is being given to the mobiliza- tion of industry to insure ade- | quate supply of necessary prod- | ucts during an emergency. Trans- |portation and power reorganiza- | tion plans are being developed | with an eye upon a_ war-time need. | While the program set up ten- | tatively for the Army will take |some money, it will not equal the {sum that an expanded Navy will | require. As our readers. know, the {size of the American Navy is gov- \erned by an Act of Congress spe- | cifying the size of the fleet. Some | years ago this was set at the lim- jit provided by the treaty with |Great Britain and Japan but for {years the United States made no | effort to build the ships that ; would give us a “treaty” navy. \ Sse | Under President Roosevelt, however, work has been: speeded. | Not only has Congress authorized ‘a navy about twenty percent stronger than the treaty goal but it has appropriated the money with which to start the construc- | tion of ships that will make the paper fleet real. In the face of present world conditions, there is certain to be a demand for more warships and they will cost money. The Air Forces of the nation, ‘consisting of the Army and Navy air fleets, will undoubtedly be greatly enlarged. While present plans call for around 5,000 planes in the two services, the nation has not that many planes and many will have to be built to at- tain the limits now set by law. Even so, it is practically certain that thsee goals will be greatly enlarged, probably doubled, in view of recent European develop- | KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten From The Files Key West will be the starting point for the international speed boat races to be held at Havana, C. Elwood Dillon, of the Dillon Organization, promoters of the event, officially announced today. The events will be in March. The contests will include races of all clafses competing for the richest prizes ever offered for such events. The trophy values will exceed $25,000, and more than 100 boats from all parts of the globe are already entered in the lists for the great regatta. Three cup races between Key West and Havana will be the outstanding features of the international se-, ries and practically all the con- | tests will start from this port, Mr. Dillon shows, and says that! more than 300 of the finest speed boats and yachts in the world will be berthed in Key West har- bor for several weeks in connec- tion with the races, which is a speed competition of nations. The priming and warming-up and practice races will take place in Key West waters and three of the largest: events will start from this port. That Key West will be headquarters for this great series of speedboat races is assured and there can be no changes in plans, Mr. Dillon stated today after con- ferences with county, city and commercial officials and the Ro- ‘tary Club. He will remain in Key West until Monday in the in- terest of the proposition and will be on Sunday joined by Mr. Trai- nor, publicity director of the big racing meet, formrely with The} Associated News. Mr. Dillon will ‘then go to Havana to make ar- rangements and Mr. Trainor will remain in Key West until March doing his publicity work here. Plans and specifications as pre- pared by Walter Stevens, naval architect of Jacksonville, for the proposed steel boat for the Mon- roe County Ferry System, were approved by the county commis- sioners at the meeting held yes- | terday. Only two cases were* dismissed | out of the 12 arrests made by prohibition officers in a- whirl- wind raiding expedition in Key West yesterday and bonds of the 110 held for United States court total $4,500. Hearings started at 3 o’clock in the afternoon and were concluded noon today before |U. S. Commissioner C. Rodney | Gwynn. Editorial comment: Why grieve about spilt milk, even if it was booze. There is more where it came from. The raiders must keep their jobs and the “noble experiment” must continue on and on. Joe Cabrera is in receipt of a! gift from Duffy Lewis, the fa- mous baseball player, in the form of several dozen baseballs which ! Joe has been giving to amateurs in Key West. When Duffy’s team was in Key West last year he as- sured his friend that he would do something which would encour- age the boys to play ball and the baseballs fulfill his promise. A special meeting of the coun- TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1938 , ! Years Ago Today As Taken | Of The Citizen | }eounty court house last night to! consider the matter and confer TODAY’S COMMON ERROR Do not say: “Marriage laws are not uniform in the various States"; say. “several States”. with T. B. Osteen of the Florida! Motor Lines relative to the com-! pany’s plans of extending the} lines to Key West. This is said | to be the most extensive bus op- | erating concern in the South. The| commissioners said they realized | the importance of the move but} asked for more time to study and! carefully consider the matter. | A son weighing 10% pounds} was born Tuesday to Mr. and Mrs. ! John Spencer at their home on Eaton street, between Francis and White streets. Mrs. Spencer is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William J. McKilli | PIRATE’S GOLD Edited By LILY LAWRENCE BOW THE BEGGAR Approaching me there was one day A figure stooped and wan. He was the picture of distress | A lack of love was plain. | There was a voice inside which | | said, 1 “How can you go your way— ! You, who have friends and joy | and wealth? Stop, and his fears allay”. My burdens were a weight be- fore, The journey cold and long; | But when I offered aid to Him My heart burst into song. His thinning form was changed at once { Into angelic grace. |The ground He trod transfigured j was | Into a heavenly place. ‘ ,My faith was tested to the end. i Our God had once advised, That blest would be the ones who | knew Him as a tramp disguised. —Mary Margaret Denning. SHADOW OVER THE MOON November 7 There’s a shadow over the moon tonight And it gives one cause to think The Man in the Moon grows care- less with age And has spilled his bottle of ink. i —Lily Lawrence Bow. DeSOTO HOTE | 373 Main St. Sarasota, Fla. | Vacation Land OPEN ALL YEAR | EUROPEAN PLAN aun bear Rooms = Parking Rates } 1-25, $1.50, $1.75 single $2.00, $2.25, $2.50 double | iek 666 ments when Great Britain and ity commissioners was held in th€ —— States aroused to the plight of their strickeh brethren and are engaged in a nation-wide campaign for funds to aid} them jin their extremity. The quota that | has been imposed upon the local Jews is | only $250’ and there should be no diffi- culty to raise that amount, and possibly double it. reached one way or another. PUBLIC SCHOOLS GREAT ASSET The present school season offers the young people of Monroe County an oppor- | tunity to acquire a training that has proved | its value by all the experience of the race. | Pupils of schools in this county should Rabbi Edward L. Israel, of Baltimore, | not expect “education” to work miracles. Md., an American Jewish leader, suggests | It does not. The miracle is the result of that the 4,500,000 Jews in the United | the effort of the pupil, who gains in power States, impose a “voluntary fine’ on them- | and efficiency by the process of learning selves to pay off the fine assessed against | what the schools teach. the German Jews by the Hitler government | Education is a product of intelligence for the killing of a German secretary in| and experience, and pupils have before Paris by a Jewish youth. He thinks Amer- | them the prospect of increasing their in- ican Jewry can accept an assessment | telligence by diligent application to their amounting to $1,000,000. This is a fine | studies. They should not forget that the gesture, nevertheless Americans dislike to| facts and principles which they master, ~lite funds go to a people that does not per- | and make their own, serve the mind as a , dts own money to leave the country. PA ? ry, the Charlotte News issued a 172 Pare paper. One of the features of this mionster edition are the reproductions of copies of the paper in days gone by, and show the vast improvements made to date. The history of Charlotte is interestingly told in picture and story in the main part of the newspaper, supplemented by a_ roto- gravure section presenting pictorially Char- lotte and the Piedmont Carolinas. The bulk of this Golden Anniversary Edition demon- strates the responsiveness of the adver- tisers, and the material the competency of the staff. It is a magnificent achievemeft in newspaper production. ia On the occasion of its Fiftieth Anni- | hammer serves a carpenter. Intelligence helps mankind to do any- thing better. It does not make men or women better in the moral sense, neces- sarily, although it often shows them how foolish some acts are. Behind the intelli- gence that one acquires there is a guiding spirit within the individual, which deter- | mines whether the intelligence-tool is wise ly used. The Citizen urges all pupils in this community to persevere in their school work with the determination to take ad- vantage of the opportunity that is there. Our public schools are great assets to our democratic people, affording children chances that have not always belonged to , all in equal proportion, that give this nation equal trad- |ing rights with all other nations. | The barter system, says Mr. Hull, France had to capitulate before the superior air fleet of Germany. means more restrictions upon the | commerce of the world, while his | program tends to remove the ob- jstacls and give trade a free | course. | The dispute between the Unit- ed States and Mexico, which in- volved the appropriation of jAmericne-ewned land and oil |companies, without compensation ‘by the Mexican Government, has not been settled, but the recent agrepment in the land controver- sy mlay point the way to a bread- er settlement of more important oil claims. Under the plan agreed upon, a two-man board will evaluate the agragian property taken from Americans by next May, and the Mexican Government agrees to pay $1,000,000 to the United States toward settlement by that time, and not less than that amount each year thereafter until the claims as approved, are paid jin full While settlement of the land question does not affect the oil claims and the Mexican Govern- ment has agreed to no legal prin- ciple as a precedent, the idea per- sists that the latter dispute will inevitably be settled. Both coun- tries appear to be anxious that no serious dispute shall continue to exist On its part, the United ‘States, long held up to the smail- er republics on this hemisphere as a dollar-grabbing colossus, is especially desirouf that the dis- pute shall not serve to arouse suspicions in other Latin-Ameri- can countries that might injure jthe selidarity which now pre- i vails. The program will cost money. The question is whether Congress will vote the funds. Polls of pub- lic opinion definitely indicate that the people favor the enlarged navy, the modernized army and the greater air force. The Presi- dent is outspoken for re-arming of this country. What attitude will be taken by the new Congress is somewhat complicated by the heavily increased Republican strength, as well as the presence of new members. Today’s Birthdays John H. Garner of Uvalde, Tex., Vice President, born in Red River Co., Tex., 69 years ago. Arthur B. Parsons, secretary of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, New York, born in Salt Lake City, 51 years ago. Dr. James P. Warbasse of New York, president of the Coopera- tive League of America, born at Newton, N. J years ago. Howard Brockway of New York, noted composer, born there, 68 years ago. John M. Saunders of Holly- wood, screen writer, born at Hickley, Minn. 41 years ago. Thomas Beer of Yonkers, N. Y., author, born at Council Bluffs, Towa, 49 years ago. Maud Morgan of New York, j>aresst, born there, 74 years ago. TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to Page 3 for the answers Where is the Shéliff River? Name the science which treats of the celestial bod- ies. What is rigor mortis? Where are the Aran Islands? For what government agen- ey do the initials F.C.C. stand? In which state is the Abra- ham Lincoin National Park? Which state is nicknamed the Hawkeye State? What is an amperemeter? How many members of Congress were elected this year? Name the capital of the Re- public? of Andorra. 2. “Don’t Answer”—Nov, 28 relieves COLD first day, Headaches and Fever due to Colds, in 30 minates Liquid, Tablets Salve, Nose Drops WQAM |} TONITE “BIG TOWN” 8:00 AL JOLSON 8:30 “WE, THE PEOPLE” 9:00 BENNY GOODMAN “DR. CHRISTIAN” 10:00 Stay Tuned To 560 KC