The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 18, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO, INC, _L. BP. ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monros County = : ‘Baterca at Key West, Florida, as second class matter : Member of the Associate® Press “The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use ~~~ tor republication of all news dispatches crelited to itor ‘not etherwise credited in paper and also the local news published here. F SUBSCRIPTION RATES ‘Ope “Year = six. Months hree Months _Dpe Month eck) ADVERTISING RATES ‘Side known on application, - SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of _. s6spect, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at the Fate of 10 cents a line. _Notices for entertainment by churches from which revenue is to be derived are & cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites diseus- a public issues and subjects of local or general Lut it will not publish anonymous commtni- =| 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. Garner’s hat is in the ring, and he wears a ten-gallon hat well. After the Murphy Act, the deluge for many a Florida small town publisher. If you want to learn how to curb your tongue, go to Germany or Italy and stay a while. Even the smartest individual has much to learn and the smarter he gets the better he knows it. Suggested topic for debate: “Re- solved, That Fishing Has Developed Big- ; ger Liars Than Golf.” The object, as we understand it, is to frame a neutrality law that will legally permit us to take sides. A critic complains that Ameritan artists lack imagination. He probably hasn’t seen the pictures in the seed: cata- logues. Heath note: Sauerkraut has been found a good source of Vitamin C. Add- ing spareribs and mashed potatoes makes | it more palatable. The dictator nations have advised the United States not to meddle in their inter- nal affairs. That’s good advice which we intend to heed, regardless of the war- mongers. Many corporations are not paying ~ their stockholders anything, yet the offi- cers continue to draw salaries ranging from $50,000 to $500,000. “Givi for the big shots, no “divi” for the owners. Send news items or letters’ to The Citi- zen; we will be pleased to publish them. Don’t forget to sign your name. It will not be published but is necessary for pro- | per identification of the source of the ar- | ticle or item. | We make way for the man who boldly | pushes us by; we also make way for the | NAZI BLACKMAIL | | who condone the vicious treatmient of the Jews in Germany, but the callous way in ' which the German Government uses the j future welfare of these persecuted peo- ple to further national ends abroa i us as being as utterly defense! cruel anti-Jewish decrees. > Quite frankly, for some time, ‘we suspected that the motive behind the’ of the German Government was lit of the gangster. In brief, the Go got what it wanted when it confiscated the properties of the Jews. Now that the re- | action in the world has caused a swift and | catastrophic decline of Germany’s export trade, the Nazi regime offers “some re- laxation” of its decrees. If the anti-Jewish policy was right or just in its beginnings, or necessary in the internal policies of Hitler-land, the same forces should make it continue. The “re- laxation” offered displays an easily dis- cernible motive to accumulate foreign ex- change and does not deserve the respect of | mankind. fe As the internal economic'¢ondition of Germany stands today, exports are neces- sary to support military expenditures.. As Hitler himself puts it, it is a question of “export or die.” Therefore, in order to accumulate the foreign exchange needed to build guns and airplanes, the Nazi Gov- ernment offers to temper its brutality if the world will buy German goods. Bluntly, the Nazi Government has pointed the pis- tol of brutality at the heads of the Jewish men, women and children, but will not pull the trigger if the people of the world will buy German products. This is blackmail, brutal, barbarous and uncivilized. It is not even thinly dis- guised. THIS MAY SAVE YOUR CHILD’S LIFE Boys will be boys, but parents can very often avoid tragedy by using more care in teeching them the dangers of com- monplace things. For example, recently, in Illinois, an 8-year-old lad tried to start a fire with gasoline. The explosion killed him and seriously injured his 6-year-old brother. Unfortunately, the little fellow is dead, but are there parents in Key West who per- in starting fires? If so, is it not possible to stop the custom, and maybe save a lit- tle life? It is not unusual to see, in the press, and, probably without understanding the nature of their act, kill somebedy. In Pennsylvania, not long ago, two little boys got into an argument over some crackers, it is said, and one shot the other with a pistol. The killer was only six years old. Who imagines for a minute that the tot understood the effect of his pistol pointing and that he really had'a murderous in- tent in his heart? Parents in Key West should be very careful to remove firearms from the reach the danger of such weapons. NEW DEAL RESULTS (The Community News, Merchantville, N. J.) Fifty-two residents of Mount Holly will have to find new employment because New Deal re- forms will force their employer out of business. In addition, about a seore of housewives, old bull deg as he nears our approach; and we also make way for the dictator if he threatens us. In each instance there is | wisdom to submit. But in due course, the | bold man’ weakens, the bull dog ages, and | our chance for a change. i Floridians should spend more of their | _ vacation days, visiting Florida points of in. terest. Thousands—probably hundreds o: thousands of our citizens—have never | toured from Pensacola to Key West by) even a single route, to say nothing of the } varied scenic pathways by which such a trek might be routed.—Times-Union. In endorsing the abve, an attractive circular route would be starting at Jacksonville, | then over to Pensacola, along the wéstern coast down to Key West and up the East Coast of Florida. Side trips inte the in- terior could be taken while traversing | girls from $10" $18. The mill’ makes xclusively. It was started about three years ago | wemen and shut-ins will lose odd-time incomes | ranging from $1.50 to $3 a week. Over the clock in view of the workers at Hollyford Knitting Mills has been placed a sign | reading: “Because of the many federal taxes; this | the dictator becomes impotent. Then it is ‘mill will take no new orders and will close dipon | mit their children to use oil and gasoline | where youngsters get hold of firearms | | product of children, but more than this, they |, t should never fail to instruct them against { minimum: reserve, requirement. of! THE KEY WEST There may be people in the world | | } i | | Nf | i CITIZEN also featured | By HUGO S. SIMS, Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizen |BARTERING WAR SUPPLIES |TO RELIEVE SURPLUSES |TO STOCK-UP FOR WAR |TO HEAR BUSINESS | OIL INDUSTRY FIRST | YEARS OF WPA | | | aes | The United States will shortly | make an cffer to exchange 2,000,- |000 bales of surplus cotton and | about 100,000,000 bushels of car- |ry-over wheat for large supplies |of rubber and tin., The proposal | will go through the State Depart- | ment, ta Great Britain, the Néth- erlands,, Belgium and _ perhaps other countries. The idea is in- j tended to move some of the sur- pluses of farm products and, also, to secure an ample quantity of these materials as a protection | against the outbreak of war. Senator Byrnes; of South Caro- lina, who announced the plan, declared it followed a series of, | conferences with state and agri- leultural department officials. | Secretary Hull says that the ex- change of “raw materials recipro- cally desired for emergency stock purposes” would not run counter to his trade agreement program. Senator Byrnes proposed that dumping be prevented by a stip- {ulation that the materials ex- changed: be held by the purchas- ang governments for at least five years unless during that time the {market price should go higher than certain levels to be set forth. He pointed out that rubber and tin are strategic materials need- ed by Mr. Byrnes points dut:that fhe | ‘rubber recommended by thé War) id. Navy Departments is 286,000" tons, valued at about $35,000,000. Last year the country tmported 600,000- long tons of rubber. The possession of the rubber stock re- serve would protect this country against increased prices in the event of war and prevent the necessity of American ships going into belligerent waters, if neces- sary, to obtain rubber. The minimum reserve of tin recommended by the Army and completion of the’ piéserit work.” Which means | Which would inevitably follow pk weer see mee < Men employed: earn from $10 to a Week, sweaters, by a Mount Holly man. Sweaters were sent out- side to “homeworkers,” most of whom live in Maple Shade, who were paid by the dozen: for sewing on labels, inspecting and removing rough spots. The work was welcome to the homes it benefited. The mill has been one of several that are considered assets to the town’s support. New federal regulations, the wages and: hours » “home work” now make it impossible, according. to the mill owners, to produce sweaters at a cost both coasts. Such a trip would not be ex-~ that will hold business: Tie mill produces all- pensive and it would conform to the slogan wool sweaters that retail from: two to five dol- _ ~t'See Florida’ First,” Jars. | | } | any shortage in these materials. | “name-calling” which very often accompanies Federal inquiries. The work of the Committee, ‘described as an effort to take American industry apart in order to discover what makes the na- tional economy tick, is expected | 0 continue for more than a year. Presentation of the views of the oil industry will be followed by similar expositions of other in- terests, with no Imtaton as to the testimony, but opinions and criti- cism are expected to be support- od by actual evidence: Just before the announcement by the “Monopoly” Committee, Richard C. Patterson, Jr., assist- ant Secretary of Commerce, sug- gested legislation to set up an “eeonomie clinic” to operate as an information clearing bureau for business in order to promote co- operation between business and Government. Mr. Patterson em- phasized particularly the needs of small business and declared that the Department of Com- merce intended to cooperate with business in buttressing our eco- nomic system and to help busi- ness meet rapidly changing con- ditions in the complex economy of today. The accomplishment of the WPA in its three years of opera- tion has been described by Col. F. C. Harrington, WPA administra- tor. In the 200,000 projects of the ageney, there is included 17,600 new publie’ buildings, repairs and improvements to 46,300 and ad- ditions to 1,700; 280,000 miles: of Highways; aS@dauabid strééi con- fPeecoment and. e United S' ase ‘bridges and 23,500 repaired or structed or repaired; 29,100 new improyed bridges; 26,700 new dams for ‘conservation purposes; 41000 new storage dams; 6,100 miles of new water mains, aque- ducts and distribution lines; 8,- 900 miles of new storm and sani- tary sewers; 61,800 new athletic fields; 1,500 athletic fields im- proved; 1,100 new parks; 4,200 ! Swececesevece ness eeeeee ‘THE WEATHER | SLSSSOSSSS SOSH SSSOSSSOO® H Temperatures” Highest Lowest Mean Normal Mean F Rainfall" | Yesterday’s Precipitation 0 Ins. Normal Precipitation “Phin record covers 24:hour period ending at S o'ctuct this morning. Tomorrow's Almanac Sun rises — 6:01 a. m. Sun sets . 6:51 p. m: Moon rises 5:54 a. m. Moon sets +. TAGs as New moon, 19th ____11:35 a. m. Tomorrow's Tides AM. PM 9:22 10:24 Barometer. 7:30 a. m., today Sea level --...— 3048 WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Wednesday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday, possibly showers and slightly cooler Wednesday; southeasterly winds becoming: variable. Florida: Partly cloudy, seat- tered light showers in central portion, cooler in extreme north | and west-central portions tonight; Wednesday generally fair, except possibly showers and slightly cooler in extreme south portion. Jacksonville to Florida Straits; and East Gulf: Moderate south- easterly winds becoming variable over south portion and moderate southwest to northwest winds over north portion, and partly overcast weather tonight and Wednesday with a few scattered showers over south and centrat portions. cxelusive "of those in connection | with highway projects. Last week after the Senate re-' fused to add $50,000,000 to. the $100,000,000 relief bill, the meas- ure went to the White House for the President’s signature. The ap- | propriation of only $100,000,000)' ccording to the President, means the elimination of three or four === —S>— improved or enlarged’ parks; 1,-, i 800 new playgrounds; 5,000 im- proved playgrounds; 8,700 miles of new and 5,000 miles of im- proved ditches for mosquito con- trol; 11,500 miles of other ditches; already voted for relief during the fiscal year to end June 30th. It brings to $2,153,000,000 the re- lief funds for the current year. to BALTIMORE . . - S37se ” cand teehee a every Wednesday, 3p. m. Apel 2, % 23, May '4, 5 p.m. toNORFOLK Direct sailings. 06 Ins. # ti