The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 6, 1939, Page 2

RAGE TWO » ag The Key Test Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By — THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING Co. INC. Th. P. ANTMAN, President an@. Pabiisher JOB ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County , * gntered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter af Member of the Associated Press che Associated Press is exclusively ‘entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches crejited to it or pot etherwise credited in this paper and als: the otal news published here. ‘ 7 SUBSCRIPTION RATES Une Year six Months “Three Monthi <Dne Month . - Weekly -. ADVERTISING RATES — Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE T. All reading notices, cards of amok “resolutions of will De charged for ‘at “Aespect, obituary notices, ete., sa line, inment by churches from which ived are 6 cents @ line, The Citizen is open forum and invites discus- “sion of public issues and subjects of local or general ““nterest but it will not publish anonymous communi- ‘rations. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; never be afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; always fight for progress; never be the or- gatr or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or class; always do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue. co.amend good done by individual or organ- i mn; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com- promise with principle. (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. . Charity covers the multitude of sins sthe neighbors don’t find out about. = Americanism: When you win at “bridge; it’s brains; when you lose, it is the Feards. “. iJapan evidently believes that it . is safe: to twist the British‘ lion’s tail. Ger- Smany got away with it, why shouldn’t she. < ‘The United States supplies Japan “jvith what it requires in order to wage war “ppon China. For one, we are getting tired “of it, A girl, despondent, jumped out of a window on the tenth floor of a hotel, and gBurvived. She says the fall gave her a new interest in life—go ahead and try it! Looking over a Philadelphia “paper, Sine would think that the country is going Xo the bow-wows. It publishes 25 columns) Bf sheriff's sales in one issue, the legal.ad- Sertigements averaging about 20 lines, “* What Congress itself is not only willing “but eager to pass legisation to help busi- wness recovery when the Administration -gives it the opportunity is shown in the all ut unanimous vote of 358 to 1 against the excess profits tax. His pride is pardonable when a Key Wester, sojourning temporarily a thousand files; away, hears a visitor to the island Oty say before a group of people that in ‘Bl this land there is no finer climate than that of its southernmost city. = The head of the Louisiana state -uni- wersity is charged with the embezzlement ‘of $100,000, lost it is said, in the stock | market. There are several fellows in Key ‘West, whose experience in the stock mar- Ket entitled them to give the erring profes- SOr sdme good advice. stated there would be no investig: be- cSuse’“‘in principle such a case could not ‘ happen.” That's about as logical as the © ae ete eee STREETS NEED REPAIRS Virtually every street in Key West is in need of repairs. Not in many years have the municipal thoroughfares been so deplorably rutted. Some of the unusual wear has been due to the rather heavy in- crease in motor travel during the last year, hut some streets have been filled with holes by the constant hammering of heavy trucks operated by the WPA in hauling marl from Garrison Bight and othes have ruts as result of federal construction of the sewer. and water systems. It is entirely logical for the WPA to provide for a $100,000 street repair pro- gram now in process Of final approval at state headquarters. From the condition of the streets it will take at least that amount to restore safe and decent motor- | ing and bicycling conditions throughout the city. Repairs are needed all the way from Stock Island on Roosevelt Boulevard to Key West Naval Station. According to area WPA officials the street repair project cannot be undertaken until the city and county provide approxi- mately 25 per cent of the cost. Federal of- ficials of the work relief organization have not yet announced the future policy that must be outlined as result of passage last week of thé WPA appropriation bill. However, it is safe to presume Monroe county and the city of Key West hereafter will have to put up about 25 per cent of labor projects. Where large amounts of materials are required the local contribu- tion will be considerably higher. This section can no longer expect the federal agency to make improvements days of free and easy federal money are past, Every municipality, must contribute a fair and just proportion of the cost of employing relief workers on municipal projects. ‘ In the end this may be a good thing for the city, the county, the state and the ‘federal government. There will be fewer wasteful projects if local taxpayers are compelled to foot a large proportion of the bill. Uncertainty of such employment will compel some*of the “career” WPA workers to seek private employment. Com- plaints of taxpayers will help remove,some of the harmful politics from relief work. | The relatives of WPA officials will find it more difficult to get on the federal pay- roll. Since municipalities must contribute a share of the cost of all federal projects the Monroe County Commission and the Key West City Council should cut their budgets accordingly. Budgets for next year’s city and county operations soon demand at- tention. Appropriations for sponsorship . of sound work relief projects must be made, so that funds will be available when such projects are imperative to provide employment, FIXED INCOMES FLUCTUATE With the Federal Government enter- ing its tenth year of unbalanced budget this month, and with the average Amer- jean keenly interested in individual in- come, it might be a good idea for us to un- derstand just what income amounts to. Ordinarily, ge would .suppose that an individual who‘had an income of $2,500 in 1988 and the same amount in 1929 re- ‘ceived the same compensation for his con- tribution to society. -This, however, is not the case. Because the cost of living in 1929 was about nineteen per cent higher than in 1938, the individual who received the same sums in the two years actually received an increase of nineteen per cent in what is known as “real” income. Actually, the purchasing power of his $2,500 in 1988 was nineteen per. cent greater than in 1929. This fluctuation in the buying power of the dollar often raises and lowers income. The average individual, however, makes no allowance for the variation in the buying power of his wages or salary. »The,man who re- ceives.$100 a month measures his income almost entirely by the number of dollars he receives. In fact, he should be just as power of his dollar.as he is in a reduction It is interesting to point out in this connection that in 1938, the national in- come dropped eleven per cent, being esti- “mated at $64,000,000,000. This compares with $82,700,000,000 in 1929. However, due to the fact that the cost of living in 1929 was about nineteen per cent highe? than in 1938, the buying power of the 1938 national income was equivalent | $78,000,000,000 in 1929. j without cost to the local taxpayers. The | War bonnets, ceremonial paint August 17-20, inclusive, - GALLUP, N. M.—Indian drums are sounding in the far places of the Southwest. ‘Soon it will be time for the many tribes to gather ‘‘at, the place by the bridge” (Indian for Gallup, N. M.) Here each year seven thousand Indians from nearly forty different, tribes join forces to produce Amer- |. ica’s most colorful and spectacular Indian’ Show, the annual Inter- ‘Tribal Indian Ceremonial, For four days they will dance, chant, com- pete in sports and engage in weird pagan rites before capacity audi- ences made up of their white broth- ers. The Gallup Ceremonial is the largest and most authentic Indian ! spectacle of its kind in the country. Usually the Ceremonial is held the: last part of August. But a change in dates has been announced ‘by Joseph Lieberman, Santa Fe agent KEY WEST IN Happenings Here Just Ten From The Files Six hundred Shriners of Mahi Temple in Miami will appear’in drill, band concert and chanter selections at Bayview Park morrow afternoon at 5 o’clogk, according to an airplane letter fe- ceived from Havana by Mayor Leslie Curry, which~was written by H. L. Issler, of the Mahi Pa- trol. The Mahi Temple drill team have appeared in leading cities throughout the United among the finest in the world. tomorrow afternoon will be beau- tiful in every detail and some of the figures executed can be car- ried out by only the most accom- plished of the Shrine organiza- tion. It is confidently expected that the Shrine organization will be greeted tomorrow by more than 1000 people. of Commerce offices in the La Concha building will be held a smoker and general meeting ‘at which all members of the A.A.A. are expected 'to.’be who att will yy world’s largest association of jautomobile owners means to this ‘the recent session of the Atlantic Coastal Highway Association, comes at a time when the citi- zens are highway-minded and will lend enthusiasm to projects close to the heart of the people. The New York State $12,000 memorial monument to be erect- ed in Key West to the memory. of the soldiers of that state who died here in the Civil War,: has been completed and is now en- youte by freight to this city. acutely aware of a drop in the buying x of the number of dollars that he receives. veited and this year’s president of the} DAYS GONE BY & |rainfall, of 1.80 inches at: Pensa- logk., cola during the past 24 hours, States and are recognized as| Monday night in the Chamber} date information “on what. the! section.~ The meetifig, following | - c a = and feathers signal the approach of the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial to be held at Gallup, New Mexico, Ceremonial Association. The event will open on August 17th and run through four days with the last per- formance scheduled for the evening of the 20th.. In. addition to’sevén regular. shows, the association has also arranged a colorful street pa- rade each day except Sunday. .A special attraction each year is the unusual display of Indian arts and crafts in the Exhibit Hall where thousands of articles are “shown. & score of native craftsmen Will be at work showing the technique of } Indian handicraft. © Yes, the Indian drums are:sound- | ing in the far places of the Sotth- west, and soon the Navajos, .Zunis, Hopis, Utes, Apaches, Lagunas, Acomas and a score of other tribes- men and their families will start the trek to “the place” by the bridge,” Gallup, N. M. Years Ago Today As Taken | OF The Citizen f ed by the widow and’ six chil- aren. | “The weather bureau reports a ; with showers in other sections of the state. | t B, L. Grooms, who underwent | a Surgical operation four weeks} ago, has sufficiently recovered to be at his desk as manager of The 'Key West Electric Company. Mr. and Mrs. Maitland Adams ‘left over the highway this. morn- | {which will take them as far as \New York City. Frank Velasco’ jis accompanying the travelers as far as Tampa where he will visit | with relatives and friends. | Miss. Hilda Russell ‘and Miss| Carrie Pierce expect to leave; within the next few days to spend | their: vacation in the north. Turkey goes modern at New York | granddaughter of Jast Grand Vizier | before establishment of the Turkish Republic, takes her refreshment in & modern paper cup at the Turkish Pavilion soda fountain. Soda foun- tains. and paper cups, American in- ventions, are unknown in Turkey. Delighted visitors during the |Miss Virginia Thompson, Mrs. Belle Marvin, Miss Ellen Powers jand Miss Mary Kincey, all from | the home office of the Peninsula | Life Insurance Co., of Jackson- ville, paying a visit to the local branch. During their visit they met an World's Fair. Miss Yenice Humeyra, | THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1939 -OUT-OF-TOWNERS INVITED TO CALL i pone FAIR visitors trom - “WY outside New York are in- | vited to visit the Institute Labora- ; tories,, Fashion .Salon, Interior | Decoration Studio and Beauty Salon of Good Housekeeping | Magazine, according to an an- nouncement by the editors in the i July isgue. Good Housekeeping is sloeated at 959 Eighth Avenue in the Hearst Magazines Building. “Yot’re Miles and Smiles Ahead with ON | week were Mrs. Lola Thompson, , coming [old friend Joseph L. Paviotk,| search, opportuni years will surpass those in the past. Lieutenant Wm. Klaus, U. S. N., attached to the U. S. S. Wyoming, still has a warm spot in his heart for Key West where he and Mrs. Klaus spent two years while he was officer in charge at the Naval Station. While here he was a regular subscriber to The Citizen, and on being. transferred ordered the paper sent to Mrs. Klaus at their Washington home for one year, and this week has sent in his re- |newal for another year. Subscribe to The Citizen—20c ‘The program they. will presenting on a motor tour of five weeks, | weekly. ‘For Fifty Years a NAME! in Coffee in Key West jand ‘their stay was made doubly enjoyable through the attention | shown them by Mr. ‘Pavlock, who | provided them with guides Rob- | ert Hernandez and Gerald Al-| fonso who exerted themselves to the utmost in showing the: visi- | tors all points of interest. The’ visitors expressed them- selves as being . delighted with | the trip, were pleased at the} varied “and unconiftion sights | | shown them by. their guides, and, | | before their departure,. said they | hoped to return ata’ later date |and spend a longer time. 1 { | | “ATHLETE’S FOOT” | Makes This Overnight Test | “It requires a powerful Fungi-| |cide. -Most liniments or oint- ments are not. fungicides. Ask any druggist fora test bottle of Te-ol Solution... Apply — full| strength for “Athlete’s Foot”,| itching toes, sweaty or smelly| © | feet. Locally at Gardner’s Phar- macy. j Peevocevecccccccccscoses — THY IT TODAY — | The Favorite In Key West | STAR * BRAND | CUBAN COFFEE ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS. greater road surface and jonger wear. DUAL-CORD —for sturdier protec: bruises. COMPRES: THE GOODYEAR DIAMOND PAUL'S TIRE and AUTO SUPPLY STORE White and Fleming Sts. PHONE 65 RAY CURRY, Prop. seccceccocce eeecscer