The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 1, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO The & Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING 06., INC. L. P, ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets ey West Citizen Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not etherwise credited in this paper and also the ldcal news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year Six Months... Three Months Sne Month Made known on application. oe SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of cespect, obituary notices, etc, will be charged for at @ revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- ealions —]——_—_$$—$ i{MPROVEMENTS 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. Hitler and Mussolini are in perfect aeccord—each wants the lion’s share. One-third of 1939 is on the way and three-thirds of most resolutions have long. since departed. Westbrook Pegler, on his vacation a few days ago, visited Key West. Fair enough.—P.E.B. in Tampa Tribune. If hard work, enterprise, and thrift have made this country the greatest coun- try in history, then, it follows, lack of those virtues will spell its doom. The President may run for a_ third term, being, as it is well established, a precedent-breaker. If he does elect to run, he will find the electorate a resident- breaker. A Key West chap wants to know if there is a man in town who can remember when the clothes his wife wore weighed more than the clothes-pins'she used to hang them with on the line. A chap,—-still in the good graces of fortune and once known to fame to a cer- tain degree,—expressed the thought to this writer that the public should be made “tax conscious”. The public is thoroughly imbued with that consciousness now, he was answered, what it requires is to be made “tax PAYING conscious.” Hitler in his Reichstag speech of last week boasted of having accomplished his purposes without bloodshed. The situa- tion is analagous when a stick-up man gets the drop on you and makes his demands. Under those circumstances you quietly hand over your belongings, glad the bandit spered’your most precious possession— your life. Propaganda is in the air to make room in America for the orphans of Europe, and families are urged to adopt a child or pay for its upkeep in_ socialistic and communistic Europe. Mrs. Roosevelt has adopted a Loyalist child and undoubt- edly many Americans in imitation of a grandiose -humanitarian motive will goose- step in like manner. The internationalism of some Americans is on the way to dim | our nationalistic spirit and is moving us slowly but surely into entangling alliances with Europe, and. war. Ripley says that a bee tfavels 40,000 miles for one pound of honey. Then smart man comes along and robs it of earned sustenance and leaves it a little in- ferior molasses to sustain it so it can ac- cumulate another pound of the mellifluous fluid. That is allegorical of the attitude and conduct of the present Administration towards business which is taxed almost to its death but not quite, enough life is left | in the form of revenue so it can continue its productivity to fatten the politicians. It may be prophetic to say. that some day the bees endowed with sharp organs of de- fense will get wise to themselves and star: some organized stinging. its hard- | TRADE IS SWAPPING GOODS THE KEY WEST CITIZEN The people of the United States are | always interested to hear that the nation has what is known as “a favorable trade balance.” They seem to think that there is great national virtue to be found in the fact that the United States sold other lands more than we bought from them. There might have been a time when this was a sound and logical delight, but, © just now, with most of the world’s gold and our position as a creditor nation to consider, it doesn’t make too much sense. Let’s take the case of Rumania, for example. We do not like to believe that this Balkan nation will ally herself with the totalitarian State and there are some people who dislike the recent commercial ! agreement between Germany and the Ru- manians, In the first two months of this year | the Rumanians purchased $1,500,150 worth of American products. This, it is true, is a | small business for a nation that thinks and spends in billions. Nevertheless, the point is clearer when we earn that, during the same two months, the United States spent $345,000 for products that Rumania sells. How long can this last? Well, the with gold, goods or services. They have little in the way of services and not too much gold. That leaves them one practi- ucts. If we want to build up the national trade of the United States we pay for what they buy. So far as Ru- mania is concerned, this means that we, or sell, or, in plainer terms, the products that we are willing to meet that kind of com- petition we won’t sell products in Rumania. Of course, we can get along without the trade of Rumania. That would be easy, if that were all there is to the problem. Unfortunately, what applies to Rumanian trade is applicable to all nations. There must be reciprocity in commerce, which is, | in its essentials, a swapping of goods for the mutual benefit of the traders. A na- tion, unwilling to swap, will, eventually, be unable to sell. AN ODD COMPOSER One of the most popular French com- posers of opera in the nineteenth century was Daniel Francois Esprit Auber, who would not listen to his own music after he had written it, althugh he would attend performances of other composers’ works. It is related of him that on one oc- casion he went to hear Rossini’s “Barber of Seville,” but when the orchestra began he was shocked to find that his own “Masa- niello” had been substituted at the last moment. He immediately rushed from the opera house. The delay in finishing this same “Masaniello” almost drove the opera man- agement to distraction. Two days before the first performance was scheduled, Auber had the score ready except the overture. His librettist, Augustin Scribe, frantically begged him to get busy, but the composer told him to be patient. On the morning of the premiere, Scribe found Auber asleep in his room with his clothes on, but the finished over- ture reposed on his table. This overture, by the way, is still popular, especially with military bands. Auber wrote some forty operas, the last of which he composed when he was 87 years of age. Perhaps best known is one of his lighter works, “Fra Diavolo,” the overture to which has often been played as a concert number. Auber died in 1871, at | the age of 89. THROW IT AWAY You have heard of the Chicago den- | tist who attached dollar bills to weights and dropped them from his office window ] into the street. You see he was working ‘on the principle that prosperity could be | coaxed back into being if folks would throw money away. It was sucker bait. Now most of us can’t afford to cast ten dollar bills from office windows, and if we could there would be some kind soul in | Key West who would see that we were put in the proper institution. Most folks. have been reared with the saving for a rainy day, in mind, and the idea of courting pros; perity by spending widely, hasn’t proved | its worth to us. Rumanians have to pay for their purchases | cal way to buy American products—that \ is through the selling of Rumanian prod- | inter- | must do business with customers able to | somebody else, must buy what she has to | MONDAY, MAY 1, 1939 a At the New York World’s Fair ... Captain Nancy Lowry and her Guides will show millions their way around. 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SIMS, Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizen SPEED DEFENSE PLANS SAYS ARMY IS READY ABOUT AUTHORIZATION NEUTRALITY DISCUSSION Almost every day there some news item that emphasiz- es the activity of the United fense. as soon as tne President signed the $549,000,000 War Depart- mand ordered 571 bombers, single-engine pursuit planes, fast-climbing “pursuit in- a small number of photographic planes. The average cost of the Army’s air strength and to give it, 6,000 planes. Secretary of War Woodring, i: can people as to the “readiness ning July Ist is the largest since the World War. It carries funds modern equipment, including an- ti-aircraft, guns, semi-automatic Tifles and ammunition. There is $7,250,523 for strengthening sea- construction of, Army posts; $1,- {tional Guard camps. In reading about national. de- fense legislation. it is necessary ago, Congress completed, and ency. bill authorizing $66,800, for a three-year. program for. es- tablishing 15 strategically located twell, The reader should note that the bill authorized fifteen bases i However, week ! | by Congress, it was necessary for! {the President. to secure the pas- i sage of an appropriation bill, pro- | viding the money for construc- \ tion, | | terceptors”, attack bombers andj; Consequently, the passage of a ill providing for the “authoriza- tion” of a battleship or a naval base does not mean that the bat- tleship or base will be built; this, depends upon the subsequent ap- States in preparing itself for de-| propriation of money by Congress | Last week, for example,|to carry out the authorization. | | \ While there seems to be gen-| ment bill, the Army high com-jeral agreement that the present ¢ warplanes. ‘neutrality laws of the United’ The order included four-engine | States do not work satisfactorily, | there also seems to be difficulty in outlining a law which will meet all objections. Moreover,' there are many conflicting opin- ions in Congress and few indi-| warplanes was around $100,000. | cations that any new neutrality; The purchase was the initial step legislatiqn ,awill* be better than in the program to “double the| what we have now. The Senate Foreign/, Relations Committee} | Was expected to end its hearings a statement, assured the Ameri- | and adequacy” of the Army. In-| cidentally, the War Department’ appropriation for the year begin-| last week, but will probably con- tinue them until the end of this week. H The present law provides that when the President determines: that a state of war exists, ne .shall proclaim the fact and there- |to give the Army additional! coast defenses, and $6,433,878 for, after. forbid the sale of munitions to the belligerents. At his dis- cretion, the sale of products and commodities other than muni- tions can be placed on a cash-- and-carry basis. Opponents of the law argue that this is an en- “couragement to aggression be- 000,000 for construction of Na-; cause the victim is shut off from’ ; any access to American resources . | | | i , | in a fight against aggression. Im the event of a war.in Eu- to understand the. procedure. in- rope, an embargo on the ship- volved, -For example, two weeks, ment of munitions would. tre- mendously handicap Great Brit-' sent to the President an. emerg-j;ain and France. This is obvious- ),000,, ly not in accordance with popular ‘ opinion in this country today and ‘ the Congress will probably find ; naval air bases, including some-in | some effective way to pravide for | Alaska, in the Pacific islands, on rendering economic assistance to the West Coast, and the East as the democracies in the event of a conflict. Oh, At Last! ; at| | Doctor—You say that . last average, you have been drinking t. Roosevelt asked |six glasses of beer a day?., Now I eek President Congress for $31,621,000 to start can allow you only half the num- rwork on twelve of the bases au-} ber! fous “legiale.| after the}tor, I really believe I thorized by the _— In other words, Patient (after. a pause)—Doc- used to TODAY’S COMMON ERROR Never use the word “gents” for “gentlemen”. The former is extremely vulgar. Happenings Here Just Ten From The Files Executive session of the At- lantic Coastal Highway Associa- ‘tion will be held in Key West = lon Tuesday, June 25, it was de- ;¢ided and announced at a called imeeting of the Chamber of Com- merce yesterday. The associa- jtion secretary had requested Can you answer seven of these, that the meeting be called to be test questions? Turn to jheld in the week of June 24. Page 4 for the answers {Letters from officials of the as- sociation, including Mayor Al- ae i : i isop .of Jacksonville, indicate Of which river is the Clinch that the attendance at thé meet- River a tributary? jing may exceed 500. Represen- 2, For which government 'tatives from each of the cities agency do the initials ICC along the highway are expected stand? jto be present, from the Canada Name the important British|line to Key West. island possession off the representative of President Ma- south coast of China. 'chado of Cuba will probably be Who is Chairman of the Na-; here te extend an invitation to tional Labor Relations! the members on a trip over the Board? ; Cuban Netonel Highway. Lad A ‘ j ;,'in course of construction. ig! aici ancinet ine oe of the National Organi- World War? ‘zation, Spanish-American War hat ce Gui et _| Veterans, are being extended lat is the correct pronun-|invitations and some ‘ave al- Cee. ot the word dec- ready expressed their intention aa stig co helicopter? of coming. Congressional Into what river does PO Delving lac ide us kage’: Owen Gites Bics cunise has announced that she will be whines ei Ph ae here for the session if the extra cl ype toa ee ee the | Session of congress is concluded tae ae 5 ree ig 5 rte! before that time and assurances aa aia a have been received from, Gov- Meme. i du Brits tictnews ernor Doyle Carlton that he and members of his staff will visit and Crown colony at the the city during the convention, western entrance to the® also the chairman of the state Mediterranean. i highway, department and other ‘officials of the roads, both state You Wretch! Vand Chamber Admiral Gazoof observing his’ Ginseng oe eid ace 1 ee orate banquet for the. visitors on flared és > o papas “‘whatinhell are you éo-/ number of of hye Bee 2 ‘eeu F a ‘features are being arranged. “Sir”, replied Smythe, “I was The local committee is ane TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE i ‘fold to report forusing profane’ by Frank Ladd, one of the two language”. Key West Bowlin Opposite Jefferson 5 ALLEYS ‘members of the Atlantic Coastal Highway Association who are At...” DUCK PINS ... TEN PINS Open 11 A. M. to 11 P. M. A personal! Tep-| ' KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Years Ago Today As Taken Of The Citizen jfrom Florida. Other members |are Robert Austin, B. L. Grooms, Norberg Thompson, Clifford |Hicks, A. C, Elgin, E. A. Strunk, {George Morris, William Demer- jitt, Joe Pearlman. Editorial Comment: Mr. Mat- jlack, New York Moving Picture cameraman, nas cranked his |camera the world over, and says that Key West affords as much natural beauty as any other place he has ever filmed. “Plen- jty of interest here, too”, he con- cluded. | Mrs. William R. Warren, pres- ident of the Woman’s Club, | states that Captain George Rice, commanding officer of the army |post, has agreed to rope off a space for the May Day festival j;to be held at the barracks to- | morrow afternoon. It is request- led that everyone keep away from the ropes in order that the | people: may have; aiclear view of the dancers. | The photographic equipment of the Navy, which has been op- {erated in the sections of the ‘coast of Cuba, and the members |of the party of operators and | their two planes disbanded here this morning. | Ferry boats arriving here last ‘night from Havana brought {two loads, consisting of nine- \teen cars of pineapples, which were sipped, north this morn- ing. | The Citizen has been request- led to announce that the follow- jing scholars were additional !winners of diplomas in the | Sunday. School contest: Dolores | Bethel, Fay Adams, Shirley ‘Velasco. and Carolyn Mae Lowe. —_——_—_—_——_— F or Our Clients!... WHO ARE PLANNING A TRIP. TO THE NEW YORK WORLD’S FAIR. We. have a limited number of excellent Guide Books to New York and the Fair. CALL FOR YOURS, AT THE BANK THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST