The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 30, 1938, Page 2

RL RC en ee en ee Sas i i Re ie ee ee te ee te a ; PAGE TWO The Published Dail | ATIZ f “Key West not Guantanamo (Cuba) should be the United States naval base”’ is one sentence of an editorial appearing in the most recent issue of The Times of Cuba From The Citizen & Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Dally Newspaper in Key West and Monroe hd od is published in Havana. With that sentiment The Citizen fully agrees. Similar agreement would come from every person in this federally forgot- | ten community to any such proposal. And in this connection let it be stated here and now, that many naval officials and propo- nents of Pan-American accord and Pan- American unity in the protection of the na- tions of this hemisphere against political or by nations Untered; at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Presa ihe Associated Press is exclusively entitled to w forrepublication of all _n dispatches credited to sat e MHD Otherwise credit in this pape: the lochl news published her | military invasion vumne Year &ix Months ete onths Month Weekly . can defense. Par was discussing the results of the | Municipal Congress held in Havana last month in which some of the delegates ex- AL NOTICE , cards of thanks, resolutions of 8, ete, will be charged for at £10 cents a line. | j 8 for entertainments by churches from which & revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. | val station in Cuba. The demands were re- The Citizen is an open for nd i es discus- | | = 4 sion of public issues and subjects of local or general | jected, but many Americans attending the Interest Lut it Will not publish anonymous. commun- | °. ; a < ations. Congress do not believe the United States needs ‘Guantanimo in these days of mod- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST | ern aviation and an open Gulf of Mexico. ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN || “Accessible..to..the. Atlantic east of j A Key West and to the Pacific through a ca- fal across the Isthhitts off ‘Tehuantepec Water and Sewerage: Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. ‘ Airports--Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Pijthama, K be the U. S. Naval base,” Par continued. “... Granting Puerto Rico statehood or in- dependence and restoring the Danish West | Indies, the U. S. navy could then remain at home in the Gulf with a Key West base ...A real New Deal.” PoP Peep 1939 ought to be a good year; it be- gins and ends on Sunday. ence for Puerto Rico, there is no question that Key West is the logical location for a real naval base in this section of the world. This penihsular point controls the entrance to the Gulf {rom the Atlantic, so that an adequate lest with seaplanes and’ other auxiliary"; } of the'United States navy operating: n Key -West would afford ees | pietedtion.t8'the Gulf parts; so essential in Thrilling information: One’ inch’'di’|'the navad ‘plan of national \defensé, and rainfall contains as much as ten:indhes of'}! form a Bas sor any operations affecting snow. the countrié#’of Central and South Amer- ica. | QWithin the next two weeks a flight of navazl seaplanes will arrive here to par- ticipate. in.maneuvers..following. the - pass- age_of the.Pacific. fleet through. the .Pan ama canal into Atlantic waters: » Ove! of the~objectives, according to Washington dispatches, of these navy games will be to determine the suitability of Key West as a base for planes and possibly other craft in operations in the Gulf and the Caribbean. All Key West hopes the United States Buying on credit is all right if you are sure you will have the cash later. While they are about, why don’t those comedians smuggle in a few new jokes? Mr. Chamberlain might appease ‘the |; dictators for a week or two: by giving them London and Paris. A doctor says a cold bath every: thorn- ing is the best way to preserve health. Well, what’s the next best way? ‘ President Roosevelt’s appointment of ‘Harry Hopkins to be secretary of com- merce is considered a slap across the wrist of those congressmen who opposed his _ Reorganization plan. ous—the stragetic position of Key West at the gateway to the Gulf. Visitor to Key West “went to the bat” | three times in three days and each time he “knocked a home run” with a big sail fish. F That’s the way they catch ’em in Florida. The other ds Seabee: Eastern State, a Times-Union, Particularly in Key West | small candy manufacturer entered a plea veratara? of guilty to a charge’of selling candy that ; contained rat hairs, decomposed vegetable matter, dirt, filth’ arid pattiéles of a mouse. The manufacturer was apprehended lor the good of the community, “reached by. Federal officials and prosecuted after . the shipped his candy. across ,state lines. down in their jeans and paid for it? Key | ‘ ‘ ; West has a few such, but they ‘are always | Most of it was in penny goods, designed SELLING FiLTHY CANDY What has become of the old-fashioned itizens who, when they wanted something Shdwkme. | for children. As long as he sold his product within his state, the manufacturer was im- The people get just the kind of gov- mune to Federal prosecution. The _in- ernment they deserve. So if ever we have cident illustrates the necessity for rigid a dictator here in the United States, we state laws, providing adequate inspection will have no alibi to offer. And if we of the manufacture of candy and _ other permit matters to go on in the future as in food products. Moreover, the law must have behind it an efficient and capable the immediate past, this columnist will vs ; i staff with sufficient ergy ake guarantee a dictator in a very short time. ‘ oiblan a ao al | law effective. WANTED TO BE FOOLED the Authorities seem to differ about the distance a mosquito can fly. Some say it —_—— can flap itSwings for not more than 300 Two Paris reporters recently learned yards; éthérs' Sy it can wing its way for something about human nature which they 40 miles’ How these bugologists can de- | probably did not know before. “It was that termhie‘ithe: distance is a mystery to this the old “people like to hum- column,» Perhaps. the mosquitos are bugged, true. banded like carrier pigeons, and when They: gained admittance to a private caughf their starting point is known and club in’a small town near Paris to witness the distance of their flight deducted. alleged spiritualistic jium was scheduled to perform. Join- ing the circle they saw dimly what was aid to be the spirit of a deceased young The reporters seized hold of the * which proved to be the medium himself, clothed in a sheet. The other witnesses of the seance be- came very angry, as the reporters ex- pected, but evidenced their anger in an un- xpected manner. Instead of denouncing he e medium, the dupes beat up the reporters and threw them out of the place. be a seance, where an There are merchants in Key West who do not advertise enough and some who do not advertise at all. Merchants in other cities would gladly refrain from advertis- ing and spend little or nothing if they felt they could afford to do so, but experience has taught them that the money spent for advertising is an investment and not to be classed as an expenditure. A dollar saved in advertising may be $10 lost in trade. Be wise, advertise! Key Went Citizen | KEY WEST AT NAVAL BASE | and Par, the Pan-American Review, which | of Europe | | ruled by dictators see Key West as strage- | | tically located in any plan of Pan-Ameri- | } pressed demands for the immediate inde- | pendence of Puerto Rico and the removal | of U. S. forces from the Guantanamo na- | meény hundreds of miles horth ‘of rémote’ | ey West not Guantanamo should Aside from the question of independ- | navy officers determine what seems obvi- | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN You and Your Nation’s Affairs | What Is Ahead for Busines? | By ERNEST MINOR PATTERSON President, American Academy of Political and Social Science At this time of each year we are flooded with business forecasts. Press associations and other organizations solicit and receive the judgments of men of affairs and economists who are asked to peer into the immediate fu- ture. It is easy to deride this crystal - gazing and of course many of the forecasts are later shown to have been ab- surd Yet we must make them. A_busi- ness man is compelled to plan ahead and, by comparing judg- ments of others and by adjusting them to the facts of his own business, it is possible for him to decide more | wisely. If we examine the domestic situa- tion there seem clearly to be grounds for optimism. The stock market is hesitant but this is presumably, due in part to tax sales, though it is, of course, not possible to know the amount of such selling. It is only sel- dom that any but the parties to such |« gales Gan know that they really exist. * Steel is operating on a larger scale and even the hard-pressed railroads are showing an increased volume of traffic, Contracts for building con- ! struction are larger. The gen-~al business indexes show gains. In fact, the outlook as a whole seems dis- tinctly favorable. But optimism should be very defi- nitely held in check because of con- ditions abroad. We are not isolated from other countries and for almost countless reasons we cannot be. The | most immediate evidence is the (Address questions to the author. care of this newspaper) weakness of foreign currencies and the foreign exchange market is a} sensitive barometer. Pounds, francs, guilders and other currencies per- sistently move downward. The loud- ly proclaimed, though unofficial, de- mands of [taly against France ar the immediate issue. But -hey ari only a reminder that in the field of international affairs the fundamental problems have not been solved. In fact, they have to all appear- | ances not been touched. A new grouping of forces is under way and | as yet none of us dares to forecast the outcome. For the moment there | is nervousness lest the long dreaded world war may be on us during 1939. To American business this is seri. ous. Most Americans and many Eu- ropeans will be reluctant to maintain large balances in Europe and will try to shift them to the United States. These movements, together with other influences, depress the quota- tions for pounds, francs and other foreign moneys. This discourages ex- ports and encourages imports. ‘In- coming funds are partly in the form of monetary gold and our holdings are now nearly $14,500,000,000 with excess bank reserves at a new hi Moreover this world uncertainty has given strength to’ the movement for enlarged armaments. This stimu- lates some lines of business but we must face the cost which will reach us in the form of higher taxes, More- over some of the current stimulus is due to enlarged government spend- ing which will ultimately be re- duced. Unfortunately there is little or no reason to believe that these outlays will really “prime the pump,” no matter how much we may approve them on other grounds. Restrained optimism is all that is warranted. Thoughtful business men will move cautiously, guarding care- fully against large long term com- mitments, FORUH Oona eee reenacecen- “PEOPLE'S .e AN ERRONEOUS TAX IDEA | Editor, The, Citizen: | In the tax discussion now, go- ing on I see continually repeated | an erroneous idea which, is that an individual owning no proper- | ly. pays no taxes, while getting all the benefits of government. This | by: the Sales Tax advocates. | . As a matter of fact, the indi- vidual who ow. Merchandise is priced gn orig- mal cost; freight.and expense of doing business,.. which | taxes, so the purchaser of the merchandise pays the taxes. Rents are based on the value | of the property maintenance and | ta le | Ail business is done this principle. Governmental service includes | protection to the person and com- forts and conveniences, which the individual could not obtain in any other way and also includes pro- tection of all kinds to property. It is quite evident that the in- who owns no property service for his taxes— | only personal service—while the | property owner gets personal and | property service. 1 fepeat, the individual who jowns no property, while paying to direct, taxe: ays indirect s and gets less for his money n the property owner. on will appreciate anyone com- ing forward ag@ trying to dis- | prove these facts. PERRY G. WALL. Tampa, Fla., Dec. 17, 1938. LAUDS WILDLIFE EDITORIAL The Editor Citizen: f 3 ron for Di ur December 21 issue, 0 my attention. like to commend you r much to t a wildlif eee i vice is one of, the pet arguments used; s no property pays} more. taxes and gets less for his} money than the property-owner. | includes | es, so the renter pays the tax-' "TODAY'S COMMON | ‘ ; | with us ever, and Key West would 7” ERROR | often find opportunity to use this | BICYCLE PARADE | Mae ii SEE STORY ON PAGE FOUR Do not say, “Mr. Brown || Yesterday the Young Shuggers| SD iyer nesnenssess 560 KC | is a smart business man’; j } indiithe: {Pirates played a hard- ‘ || fay. “able business: man” a eta ‘ane. to a So! 12 dre. MIAMI 2 ET For the! benefit of “Panther”, 9} : | a HN Ee Bebe player he BROADCASTING TEST YOUR | Iga Was played., The Pirates! | KNOWLEDGE | Can you answer seven of these test questions? Turn to Page 4 for the answers '-1. Who graph? 2. Which is the oldest organiz- ca? 3. Which is greatest, the equa- torial or meridianal cir- cumference of the earth? 4. What are the colors of the flag of The Netherlands? 5. Name the new Premier of the Czechoslovak .govern- ment. 6. On which continent La Plaia River? What do the letters S.S. be- fore the name of a ship stand for? How many degrees are in a right angle? 9. In what ocean are the Horse Latitudes? 19. From what country were the Virgin Islands purchased by the U. S.7 ae ~ SHOWS ‘EM UP tints PRESTONBURG, Ky.—“Para- sites who have taken me for a ride,” reads a sign posted by Burl Spurlock who runs a_ general store in this city. There follows a list of 50 former customers and the amounts they owe him. Tough Chewing San Diego paper—“The Daugh- ters of the American Revolution request anyone who can spare men’s used shoes to send them to the food relief depot of the Vet- erans of Foreign Wars”. invented the mimeo- ed sport in North Ameri-! is the! FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1938 ‘Today’s Horoscope see Today gives a contented dispo- sition, caring but little for the pomps and.opinions of the world. ine mind is well endowed, but it KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen “Your climate is unexcelled.; who recently won the juvenile = cap" ; ~ be of little use in obtaining You should be swamped with championship, thought they uiiless turned: 40- tourists as soon as it is generally’ would play a repeater with the ractical things of life. known”. So spoke Lucien Price, Young Sluggers, but lost. . The al aspects will make a editorial writer on the Boston Globe, who spent a few days in Key West, leaving yesterday for) | Miami. Mr. Price was accom- | panied on his trip here by Fred-! erick H. Middleton, of Hudson, Mass,. Beth. men expressed de- light with what they found here in the way of climate and attrac- ‘ions, and Mr. Price, with the | other unofficial Key West am- | bassador, is now a resident in New England. White Sox won their game by a} great difference in_this_ respect. score of 4 to 2: . rh AE Se eee east 4 haere Lay, - M. I Regular meeting of the Wom-.. eh tells rope an’s Club of Key West, which Wap; ++ scheduled for tomorrow, has been postponed until January 38, Mrs. | Liquid, Tablets Wm. R. Warren, president, an- alve, Nowe Drops PiHeadaehes and Fever due to Colds, in 30 minutes nounced teday. The change was made to avoid holding a meeting : on New Year’s Day, she explains | Key West’s society coiony will’ A motorcycle driven by Ken ry “Rub-My-Tism"—a Wonderful join tonight with out-of-town! neth Kemp and a Ford tourin car with Charles M. Curry at thi steering wheel collide the cor- ner of Olivia street yesterday aft- ernoon. The vehicles were 3 slightly damaged and no one wa hurt. guests in celebrating the formal | opening of the Casa Marina Ho- | tel with a grand dinner dance at that palatial hostelry. Since the opening of the Casa Marina hotel ; this annual New Year’s Eve din- ner dance is always looked for-} ward to as the beginning of the | secial season in Key West. Din- 50 cars and 150 passengers yest | mer will be served in the elab-| day with most of the traffic (orate dining room of the hotel) headed to Key West. Today, the from: § till 8 and dancing in the! reports say, the boats are hand- | Spacious ballroom will follow un-| ling 26 motor vehicles! jand 77° | til the wee small hours of the passengers. | morning. Music will be furnish-/ oe led by Professor James O’Con-| News was received in the city ' | nell’s orchestra, and the affair) this morning announcing “tic” gives.promise of being the most death of Thomas, Clear’ of thi | successful society event ever giv-! city. Mr, Cleare © had! returned 'en at this hotel. Reservations some time ‘ago from Philadelphia can be made by calling 780. ! where he had spent several week ae with relatives. Death was sud- Editorial comment: The sug-'den. He is survived by his wid- gestion by Arthur Gomez that! ow, two sons and a daughter. In the fine Key West float used! terment, in all probability, will ‘ twice at Miami be brought to this} take place in Miami. | city for future occasions is a good’ preniceel one. It repreesnts an investment of $1,590 and should be looked after, according to Mr. Gome% He said that “parades we have Farmers! for your The OvcySea ferries handled information..and pleasure, listen:to 0H FIRESTONE’S. “Voice of the Farm” Wednesday and Friday 12:45 P. M. WQAM BOYS —GIRLS Enter the Key West ‘lost. ‘After. .the | White Sox, a newly-organized team, went tc! the field to clean-up on the Key | pest aggregation, the Pirates, | i Oe ee ee lee eer a MANY OTHER MODELS Make Philco Your Radio In— 1939 PIERCE BR Fleming at Elizabeth St.