The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 17, 1938, Page 2

a wethat.we have ever heard about. PAGE TWO Tie Key Went Citizen “ Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County tered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press de ‘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 local news published here. Turee One Mi Weekly SPEC All reading notices, obituar rds of thanks, resolutions of will be charged for at views for entertainments by churches from which ®@ revenue is to be derived are 6 cents a line. Phe Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- son of public issues and subjects of local or general Snterest but it will nat publish anonymgus commun) extions. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports--Land and Sea. tidation of County and City Governments, a In the land of the “crook, the honest man is an outcast. Correct this sentence: “As a matter of principle, I wit not accept a discount.” It is about! time for forward-looking folk to lay the foundation plans for 1989 resolutions, The Bible still outsells any book .pub- lished, and, if you want to know, is still be- ing. widely read. > ‘The so-called upper -classes . might takertime off: teed Edwin ‘Markham’s “The Man; With the Hoe.” ' Physicians tell us that fear is a very important psychological factor in illness. _Also in health, we would add. . : Going to church hasn’t hurt anybody That’s pretty good recommendation for church- going, we think. Key Westers returning from Miami say that the Magic City has undergone a metamorphosis. Smiling faces everywhere; and they say it is not the increased tourist business, | ‘ 4 ~-If it were not for Hope, life would be drdb.and dull. The happy person is he ‘whb' an always hope. Following this con- clusion we in Key West should be a very happy people, for that is what we have been doing for a quarter of a century. Prayer is not universal in worship. The Druses of Syria, for ex- ample, who number more than 150,000, regafd prayer as an impertinent interfer- ence with the Creator. They attribute to the Deity human qualities and feel since He cannot grant all requests it must wound Him to refuse them, Christians, on religious the other hand, believe in “Ask and ye} ae | is shall receive,” and hope that God pleased with their petitions. ~The lot of the Jew has been one of | persecution from euriy times until the present day, and even the Catholic church } under Pope Paul IV ostracized this reli- gigtis’ minority and forbade Jews to ven- ture from their ghetto without a yellow hat if male, or veil if female, to distinguish them. In fact Rome was the first city to ‘effect their legal segregation, and the word “ghetto” was so-called from the area in Rome where the Jews were herded from 1555 to 1870, when the Patriot Gari- baldi effected the unification of Italy. So Mussolini is not original in his anti-Semitic drive in Rome, but the present pope, Pius XI, unlike Pope Paul IV, is bitterly op- posed to the persecution of the Jew, and has made his attitude known most vigor- ously. = that | | CIVIL SERVICE LOOMS HERE The legal division of the Charter Re- vision Committee is now at work on | draft of a proposed new city charter to be | submitted to the geneal public by posting | at city hall and county courthouse for their | consideration and approval. Later the | document as finally revised after public study will be presented to State Represen- tative Bernie C. Papy for his approval be- fore he submits it to the Legislature for validation. Adoption of a new city charter is an important step in the life of any commun- ity, and no city, in the opinion of The Citi- zen, needs a charter more badly. The present document is shot with obsolete pro- visions, divides authority so that it is dif- ficult to get responsive action on public questions and makes it difficult for our city | | | the municipal government. The present charter has been revised by legislative acts | from time to time over the years and not even competent lawyers can state for cer- tain what powers the city has in some di- rections. It is understood the Charter Revision Committee has under consideration a plan for civil service protection. for municipal employes, policemen and firemen. If adopted the committee expects to specify that present city employes who have been serving the city over the years shall be ex- empted from the provisions, but that new employes would be required to pass proper civil service examinations to determine their fitness fer the jobs they seek. Also, the committee is considering the appointment of heads of departments, in- cluding the chiefs of the fire and police departments, by the mayor from the civil service lists. This provision would not affect present department heads, but would apply to future appointments. It is being proposed that municipal employes can be removed from office for cause by the city council, thus placing an effective check on the mayor in the matter of appointments. It would be difficult for him to appoint an incompetent or dishonest official and keep him in office. The Citizen believes these are good provisions. All modern and. progressive cities have established or are establishing civil sevice boards for the protection ‘of municipal workers. Under such regula- tions city employes could not be removed without cause after a change in the city administration. The taxpayers thus would be assured of competent, well trained mu- nicipal employes in the services that are now sometimes disrupted by political up- | heavals, DO YOU KNOW YOUR PLANET? Live, listen and learn—maybe! We read that an astrologer predicts another American revolution in 1942 be- cause the planet Uranus will complete a cycle. According to the star-gazer Uranus completed one when the American revolu- tion began and one in 1857, when the “Civil War threatened.” This kind of stuff interests some peo- ple, ever anxious to believe the inex- plicable and to accept the unprovable. They seldom stop long enough to wonder why the star gazers are so far ahead of the crowd and so far behind events in dis- closing their prophecies. It fascinates men and women, some- times, to be told that they are being gov- erned by Neptune, or some other heavenly body. They even pay for it. They wouldn’t pay a cent if a wise man told them they were governed by their in- herited tendencies, their environment and, possibly, their own inner forces. PAST AND PRESENT It seems to be one of the traits of human nature, as men grow older, to Jook backward into the past and to associate | certain virtues and superiority to those who directed events in the years that are gone, Along this line, comes Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University, to regret that American “poli- tical life is suffering from lack of distinc- tion in leadership and to lament that “there are in sight no successors to the | great names of years that are past.” Dr. Butler may be entirely correct. At the same time, few people have been wise enough to correctly value the happenings and personages of their own time in com- parison with those of the past. It will probably be fifty or one hundred years be- fore anybody will be able to tell whether Dr. Butler is correct in his assertion or whether he is enjoying an old man’s verie in connection with past events. re- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN officials to collect taxes with which to run” OUR FELLOW DRIVERS | ay ——s = il | Lae HK) it Wii By Mueller siaabiaiaaaiail il ' i ‘Travelers Safety Service Set séz2; “Vou can't Fobl a guy who Weeps his eyes open -- =~.” KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen What a perfect‘day, remarked a visitor yesterday. As the Key Wester to whom the remark was addressed smiled at the visitor the latter remarked that he had traveled all over the world sev- eral times but never in his life had he fcund such a delightful climate. This last cold speli was “too much for me so I decided to come further south”. The visitor continued: “While going to a and I heard two young la- dies chatting and one of them said, ‘I am going to Key West in the morning’. The other replied, ‘Key West! What in the world do, ‘you want to go to that place for? There are only a few fishing boats and old dilapidated houses. The people there don’t wear any ciothes, { hcard. It must be a really awful place”. The first young women shrugged her shoulders and said. ‘Well, I don’t know what you heard, but I know that my home is_ there |and I wear clothes. Also it is a great deal warmer than it is here’. That young woman’s re- mark about it being warmer set me to thinking and I decided to make the trip to Key West also, and I can say ‘truthfully that I have never been so happy as I am right at this moment. It is a glorious day in spring, flowers | nlooming on every hand and a delightful breeze making the air exceedingly pleasant”. Louis Louis, 45, successful mer- chant in K fore removir mitied suicide shooting himself through heart. The tragedy was enactes just after the noon hour at the ome of Mr. Louis’ uncle, Simon te. Tne funeral wa: i in Miami at 2 o’clock this afternoon with Rabbi Jacob H. Kaplan of liciating. Interment wé made in Woodlawn ‘Park cemeter motive can uicide R com- by Relativ ar 2 4 as saying that he exceedingly nervous the ew di that he rut plated tructior the relative Editorial may hav but he ha. c suncred broug of five, last Sunday out but a few hot ample proof of th comme not really im Fred J. Dion, popula athlete out in the s night. w Freddie on't, clean You may be sure of Fresh Bread when you buy— “AUNT MOLLY’ seececeeccescscccese The Favorite In Key West — THY IT TODAY — STAR * BRAND CUBAN COFFEE ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS the , The visit baseball team which will Havana during the New Year is being whipped into shape daily. Sixteen players are being slated to go, leaving here on De- cember Six games are to be played. Two on 29, two on the 30th and two on Jan- uary 1. Games will be played in the morning and afternoon. December U.S.S. Nokomis, after arriving from Philadelphia and remaining in port for several da last night for Cardenas join her sister ship, the Hannibal, member of the survey expedition during the approaching winter. Ley Memorial.church will have a Christmas tree on Friday eve- ning at the church. Preparations are being made for other festivi- ties to be put on with the event, and an enjoyable time is looked forward to by all who contem- plate attending. An elaborate and largely at- tended reception was held last night at the home of John Bor- den in the Fort Taylor res tion in honor of his marriags t- ening to Mrs. Ethel Col- Large delegatio: from the local lodges Knights of the Gold- | en Eagle, P.O.S. of and Daugh- ters of Pocahontas were in at- tendance. evesveve: oo T'oday’s Lloroscope see IOOSSOESEAEC BLE Today gives enth sm, k ive indulgence in ive has in mind ‘ortunately this is activities, and will probably you far on the road to If the tendency is turned. to. fleshly appetites, it ill be most, unfortunate. In all vents, cultivate moderation. possibly whatever the at the time the r exces carr uccess A Necessary Change Pretty Attendant—Are you go- | ethir tion? nurse. ing to give my to patient his he n elderly om low g Doctor | TODAY'S COMMON | ERROR o not say, “I will spend the summer at shore”; summer”. the sea- say. “pass the TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to Page 4 for the answers 1. What will the New York World’s Fair of 1939 com- memorate? What is the name of the peninsula containing Spain and Portugal? Was New Hampshire one of the Thirteen Original States? What is the pronunciation of the word “frequent”, wher used as a verb? Name the U. S. Secretary of Commerce. How many persons the Declaration of pendence? Who succeeded Gaston Dou- mergue President of France? Name the capital of Puerto Rico. Which Indiana city contains a famous motor racing speedway? What is a 10-point diamond? signed Inde- as 10. Today’s : Birthdays William M. Martin, governor of the New York Stock Exchange born in St. Louis, 32 years ago. Herbert C. Hengstler, cortsul general in Toernto, born at Mid dletown, O., 62 years ago. Bishop Titus Lowe of Oregon, MLE. clergyman, born in Eng- land, 61 years ago. James H. McGraw York City, publisher, Chautauqua Co. N. Y., ago. of New born 78 years Philip A. Benson of Brooklyn. N. 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Like the brook, it went on-and-on while we sweat- ed and heaved and ran about with stacks of papers 'til our legs began to work automatically and our fingers took on the appear- ance of grimy claws, black with good, ripe printer’s ink. in The room became a seething tumult under the white lighiv The endless swis of a dozen in- serters, slapping in colored sec- tions with marvelous dexterity and eye-deceiving speed, min- gled with the n of fb bundles anid the ful.-toroutcd roar of the press as it ground out the “city edition” in the cold, gray hours before dawn. Somehow we wouldn't have missed that one dramatic experi- ence of “what it takes” to get out an edition of over 90,000 copies. And while, like the other extras, we profited to the extent of “six bucks,” the moral satisfaction of keeping up our end of it, to the finish, was the real reward. 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