The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 24, 1939, Page 2

PAGE TWO aaant The Key West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. c. P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager . From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets ‘Oniy Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County ‘ed-at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press “ ae Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use ir fepublication of all news dispatches creJited to pot etherwise credited in this paper and also ie [éecal news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES a. fear .... ay Mgnths ree ‘Months Baa jonth - eekly ...... ai ADVERTISING RATES ‘Wale known on application. a SPECIAL NOTICE l.reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of nee obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at Fats of 10 cents a line. sozs*etices for entertainment by churches from which ‘« gevenue is to be derived are 6 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- PR of-public issues and subjects of local or general “si.but it will not publish anonymous communi- eafatigns 73m —o proms " | “IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST i 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. ‘Economy in affairs of state depends ~upgn'a strong-willed executive who doesn’t “need votes right away. ‘There are sounds inaudible to the “human ear, says a scientist. We want crmore‘of this kind in Key West. <*Hospitality is a salesmanship that all ey Westers apply without effort; it “2, ¢OMmes natural, and is a great asset. —« <2"... Harold Ickes, secretary of the In- “**terjor, says he is “chief janitor of. the “:, United States government.” Well, he isn’t sedoimg a good job leaving the doors bf the << Treasury open and everybody helping sosthemselves. “Compliments think well of other people,”’ remarks L. P. -eAriman in The Key West Citizen. Mean- ng, -like the way we feel when Editor Art- “man” comments on one of our paragraphs? It is quite logical to assume that the “government will see that the sewerage “4 prdject for Key West is completed and al- *2’Sa."that water, a natural concomiant, will “?‘ye'sttpplied in due time. The Citizen is ptimistic on this point. ‘ Those Floridians who cannot afford tovattend either World’s Fair have a treat in store in a visit to Key West this summer - “by way of the picturesque Overseas High- -~avay that goes to sea. .A while in Miami to > ad the journey is recommended. « » The Citizen said recently that “wife” sponges were included in the blight. “Pooch” Thompson informs this column that there are no “wife” sponges, and that the: article should have stated “wire” “Well, “Pooch” there may be * sponges but we know there are many “wife’’ spongers. #2. Already one Florida daily newspaper | has suspended publication, even while the | Murphy Act is still in action—Key West | For most of us the Murphys were | Citizen. “ méfely a life saver, not a bonanza.—San- ford Herald. If the Murphys were a life saver for “most of us’, it follows that it will be also the death of “most of us” when ~-€he Marphy Act expires. Let us hope it was a bonanza! Mexico has expropriated — misap- propriated is a better word—land and mines which Americans, by energy, ability @rtd capital, have developed into paying businesses. In “reprisal” our government continues to buy Mexican silver mined from the very mines stolen by the Mexi- eans at higher than market prices. The Administration’s silver - buying policy, which has piled up a hoard of more than 2,500,000,000 ounces of the white metal at stiff prices, was ridiculed recenty by Col. Perey E. Barbour, mining engineer and secretary of the Mining and Metallurgical Society of America, as showing “less than eanine sense.” are what make us} BRIDGE DISTRICT BILL Introduced by State Representative Bernie C. Papy, the Assembly at Talla- | hassee has passed a bill requiring that “the | attorney and all permanent employes” of trict must be residents of Monroe county. It is, of course, problematical what will happen to the measure when it comes before the Senate for consideration, prob- ably this week. In general, when the representative of one district introduces a purely local measure the senator of that district “goes along’, for he expects the same co-operation when he sponsors legis- lation of a similar nature for his home -area. Whether the proposed Papy act is purely local is a matter of opinion, but it would seem to have some state-wide im- plications denying, as it does, the right of men in other sections to seek employment | with the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District. If the measure had included a_ re- quirement that the commissioners of the ‘district should be residents of Monroe | any compiaint against it. It is fitting and proper that the county should benefit from any payroll created within the county, but the commissioners of the Bridge District, | if they are out of sympathy with Monroe county, have more power to do the county downright harm than the attorney or the permanent employes. Key West had evidence of that a year ago. At that time a $3,000 appropriation for publicizing the Overseas highway to | the Key West Highway Opening Cele- bration Committee was killed by the minority efforts of Chairman John Slade, Tallahassee, and Commissioner John Ken- nedy of Ft. Lauderdale. The appropria- tion resolution was declared illegal after Slade and Kennedy carried their fight against it to the attorney general’s office. Since all the permanent employes of *the Bridge District now are residents of Monroe county, the only person affected by the Papy act at the present time is At- torney Paul Marks of Miami. The Citizen believes the attorney of the commission should also be a resident of Monroe county | and has no criticism on that, score. How- ever, the bill should be amended to in- clude the members of the commission. Per- haps Papy figured that if the measure did include the members of the commission the Governor would not approve it; so it ap- pears that at this session of the Legislature the most that can be expected is the passage of the bill as it now stands. GEGGRAPHICAL IGNORANCE Because an official in a museum in Amsterdam, Holland, believed that Oak- land, California, was a suburb of New York, a golden throne, the chair on which the Emperors of China sat for hundreds of years at Pekin, was left unguarded in am ordinary crate with other freight on a pier last week. The throne, which is valued at $2,- 000,000, is of gold, inlaid with mother-of- pearl, and parts of it covered with black and red lacquer. depicting historical Chinese scenes. It was smuggled out of China some years ago and stored in Holland. It was shipped to the United States for exhibition. When officials were unable to locate the missing throne, after a frantic search, they cabled to Amsterdam and learned that it had been addressed to a man in California in the belief that Oakland was suburb of New York. Americans will promptly smile at the | ignorance of the United States thus dis- | played by the experts in Amsterdam. However, this ignorance : of the United | States is equalled, if not excelled, by our | ignorance of Europe and other parts of | the world, \ | Before adopting the civilization of the | | Western World the Japanese never punish- } ed any one for escaping from prison, argu- | ing, logically enough, that it is the natural | right of every one to exert his ingenuity | for regaining his liberty, and, when re- | taken, no harshness was used in the sub- | sequent detention. If anyone. was to be | blamed, it was they who allowed the prisoner’s escape. This is not at all il- | logical, and would be commendable at the | present time, were it not for the fact that _ escaping criminals generally . secure | weapons and are ready to kill if thwarted | in their efforts to free themselves. , | the Overseas Road and Toll Bridge Dis- county, no one in this section would have | It stands on a dais sup- | ported by four dragons and bears carvings | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | "KEY WEST IN _ DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files of The Citizen Masonic committee on arrange- ments report that the three blue} ‘lodges of the city are planning a joint public lodge of sorrow to be} |neld Memorial Day, May 30, in the evening. The ancient ritual! of the ceremony will be used andj} {Don Henshaw, of Miami Beach, ' , who acted as Grand Orator for the State in the Grand Lodge of | Florida and in 1928 delivered the | |memorial oration for the Grand} Lodge, will give the oration. | Those who have heard him speak | {report that ise is an eloquent ora- | 'tor and well worth hearing. Dr.! Wm. R. Warren will give the ad-| jdress to the skull. Incidental music for the ceremonial will be! played by an orchestra of 20 ‘pieces and there will be several! soloists. It is said that this is! the first time in many years that Key West masonry has officially held a lodge of sorrow. The pub- ‘lic is invited tc attend. Editorial Comment: Seeretary ! |Mellon says that we are spending! {85 cents out of every dollar we raise in taxes for the expenses of war, either past or in prepara- tion. That’s a high price to pay for peace. The Citizen aggregation of youthful ball tossers and the American Legion Juniors crossed bats yesterday and gave a very | nice account of themselves in one | of the most interesting games which had been played between youngsters at the local ball park. The Citizen’s boys put their op- {ponents in a tight spot while they hammered and ran and end- |ed the game with a total of three runs while their opponents failed |to cross the plate. Both pitchers | pitched excellent games but the lucky breaks went to the news-! |paper boys, which they held up| ‘until the end. | At a meeting last night held by} the managers of the four differ-| lent clubs in the Island City, | Juvenile Baseball League was re- | organized for a new series » of, |games. The teams entered were! \the Pirates, Young Sluggers, Key | | West anc) Cardinals. ,It was plan-} ned to play two 12-game series, | |each team meeting the other three} os in each series. | | Practically all delegates and} visitors to the forty-sixth grand} council, Improved Order of Red |Men and Degree of Pocahontas, | |have left the city enroute to their | |homes in different parts of the| istate, the final remnant depart- \ing this morning. Every one who| jattended the convention pro- {nounced it a great success and | jthat they had been given a most | delightful time in Key West. The annual church bible vaca-| |tion school conducted each year} |by the local Presbyterian church | | will open during the last of the} present month, Dr. De Barritt, jannounces. He says that any} young person desiring to attend | can obtain particulars from any | of the teachers of the school. The jelasses will as usual be free to) all. | Fish in Key West waters fell an easy prey to the-many .visitors who tried thei! | yesterday and members of the | Red Men were very successful in | making catches. One boat, which had 17 anglers on board, docked at the return from Sand Key anid unloaded an exceptionally large number of fine fish. | | Today’s Horoscope Today’s native will be ready in {emergency. fluert of speech, and |a lover of music and art. It is ‘rather a Bohemian nature and contentment is a strong factor in the life. Hence the most may not be made of the opportunities nor of tthe talents, for there may be too much happiness in the life jto spur the natiye-on to. attain | fame. el DIRECT FREIGHT SERVICE Hick ‘at ‘angling’|* Mark Twain sald that everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it. That’s about the way it is with the excessive automotive taxes. Everybody complains about them. If the motorists presente: united front. writing and ‘ing to their legislative repre- sentatives tax relief would be obtained before tona. a TODAY’S COMMON ; ERROR De not say, “We gener- ally speak German at here"? sey. “sauelly’ t By A. P. Feature Service | LOS ANGELES. May 24.— Widows who have seen their inheritances vanish in the mazes cf modern finance have. banded together for protection. They want a “public resti- tutioner” who would seize the property of swindlers and supersalesmen and re- store what's left to its orig- inal owners. G ing spirit of the organ- izaticn, the Widows’ Protec- tive league, is Mrs. Lillian Pascal Day, a former maga- zine executive. When Mrs. Day’s husband died she had so much irou- ble over his estate that she wrote a warning article en- titled, “If Your Husband Should Die Tcnight”, Other widows told her their troubles. So now ihey are banded together. CALIFORNIA WIDOWS ' ORGANIZE LEAGUE en ee | DAILY QUIZ Can you Answer seven of these Test Questions? Turn to Page 6 for the answers | Name the principal river in! Nebraska. | What is white light? Who was nominated by! President Roosevelt to fill| the vacancy in the Secur- | ities and Exchange Com-} mission, created by Wm. O. Douglas’ appointment to the Supreme Court? Which has the larger area, continental U.S.A, or Can- ada? | What is the highest. rank in the U. S. Army? Name the third letter of the Greek alphabet.: OE SS AGAINST SWINDLERS WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1939 TERMS NUVEEN REFUNDING PLAN FINE PROPOSAL DEALS WITH REFUNDNG OF ROAD BONDS WITH GASO- LINE REVENUE CERTIFI- CATES | (Special to Zhe Citizen) | TALLAHASSEE, May 24.— }Rep. Walter P. Fuller of St. | Petersburg and a well known |Florida bond analyst, today characterized the Nuveen plan for refunding $127,000,000 worth lof county road bonds with 3% per cent gasoline revenue certi- ficates as “the most constructive proposal ever made in connection with the staggering debt prob- lems of the state of Florida”. The Nuveen plan has been ad- vanced to the legislature, subject to Florida Supreme Court ap- proval and acceptance by _in- dividual counties, as a_ proposal to save approximately $40,000,- 000 to, counties and virtually eliminate ad valorem taxes for highway debt service. “If put into operation”, Rep. Fuller said, “the savings of from 32 to 40 million of dollars to the counties, important as that would be, are almost secondary to the benefits that would accrue to the counties in conection with their other debt and taxation prob- lems, and to the state road de- partment in connection with maintenance and construction of a state road system. “It is extremely unfortunate that this proposal has been be- fogged with big-little county hysteria, and more or less brack- eted with other gasoline alloca- tion bills. This has made the matter an issue entirely out of focus With the facts involved.” Representative Fuller pointed out that the savings under the Nuveen program “would be a di- rect lifting of a burden of the same size from the backs of real estate owners where by law the road bonds are fastened. The counties would then. have only ! ‘and obvious, Rep. Fuller con- tinued. | “Other necessary county proj- ects could be financed; school re- ‘pairs, enlargements and replace- ;Mments could be made”, he ex- plained. “Local tax contributions to schools would be je easier and larger. Counties which de- sired to do so could again con- sider and undertake county road construction, practically aban- doned for the past decade” i | GET TOUGH! THE TOUGHER YOU GET THE MORE YOU'LL LIKE— PATHFINDER “1 LOOK AT THESE LOW! PRICES Yes, sir! 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