The Key West Citizen Newspaper, March 13, 1940, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen rit CiTtreN pontiaMiNg CO. INC. Published Daily Except Sunday By L. P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOF ALLEN, Baxiness Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets | "| Unly Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County wtered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press viated Press 18 exclusively éntitleé to use ae Asso: for republication of all news dispatches credited to | not otherwise credited in this naper and siso ned it 6.00 | of peace is open to argument but, ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. si SPECIAL NOTICE reading notic ards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary ni 3, ete, will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. ‘or entertainment by churches from which \ a is to be derived are 5 cents a line. tizen n open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general nterest but it wiJl not publish anonymous communi- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ithont fear and without favor; never be aid to attack wrong or to applaud right; vays fignt fer progress; never be the or- no. the mouthpiece of any person, clique, NENG | | WILL always seek the truth and print it | tion or class; aiways do its utmost for the i wesare; never tolerate corruption or virtue. denounce vice and praise good done by individual or organ+ tolerant of others’ rights, views and urustice; om s210n »pinions print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; with principle. never com- promise IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning). More Hotels and Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Gov- mw Re ad ernments. A Modern City Hospital. To too many people, things go in at one ear and straight out—at the mouth. The. presidential primaries may point the way the wind is blowing, but they will not elect a edie) for the presidency. No one ever lives to be as old as he feels in the early 20’s. Heard a youngster of 23 speak of the burden of his age, and how old he was getting to be. sat. Advertising in The Citizen, we be- lieve, is a sound business investment for a sound business enterprise. It is not a sub- | stitute for essential requisites of business | success, however. Hitler bellows about the grip that | Great Britain has on the life of the world, | but he doesn’t point out why Belgium, Hol- land, Sweden and Norway have not joined | him-in putting the evil English in their place: Fifty major league stars have « been selected to participate in Florida’s first | “AH Star Baseball Game,” to be played in | Tampa, March 17, for the benefit of the Finnish Relief Fund. America appreciates , ‘Finland’s honesty and courage, and in a substantial manner, even to the extent of | playing our national pastime for her sake. There jis going to be considerable in- | terest displayed in the race for sheriff, | and the question heard on all sides is whe- ther the incumbent, Sheriff K. O. Thomp- | son, will offer for re-election. He is adopt- | ing the Roosevelt Sphynx-like technique and getting a lot of publicity by remaining silent. This cclumn believes he is going to run, but refraining from making his an- nowncement now. it will bring | down a horde of “Workers” with their in-| cessant and often tmreasonable demands, | aaa The late Edwin Markham wrote a/ numbér of poems, sueh as “The Social | Conscience,” “The Hoe-Man in the Mak- | ing,” “The Shoe of Happiness,” ‘“Cali- fornia, the Wonderful,” and- “Gates of | Paradise,” but it was “Fhe Man With the | Hoe,” that suddenly lifted him to a high | place in the world of letters. This poem } was inspired by Jean Franéois Miflet’s “The Angelus,” depicting a young man} and his wife ceasing their labots in the field and making their devotions during | the titging of the Angelus bell. + | Allied blockade is | Berlin has no peace to offer, except upon | to making the English islands | sit in their cages surrounded by piles | 2/40 of 1 per cent. | | often accrues to a large company. RIBBENTROP TELLS WELLES Our travelling listening post, Mr. | | | Sumner Welles, was in Berlin last week, | where he heard Foreign Minister Joachim | von Ribbentrop assert that Germany is rendering a service to civilization by fight- ing tc break Britain’s “stranglehold on the economic life of the world.” Herr Ribbentrop accused . the.<British of using economic strangulation to hold the rest of the world in submission. Whether this weapon is used by the British in times in the war with Germany, it cannot be denied that the British are using sea power to strangle Germany’s economic breath, with- out which the Germans cannot endure a : long war effort. Interesting is the idea that the first six months of the war have convinced Ger- mans that Germany is unbeatable, that the ineffective and that her own terms. These include guarantees for her security from British interference, which might be construed to mean almost | anything, from seizure of the British fleet a protec- torate of Germany. Other demands that were advanced | | by Von Ribbentrop as the price of peace include the return cf war-lost colonies and a “free hand” in the area that Germany | regards as her living space. This last item | could be construed, at a convenient time | to mean as much as Hitler and his regime desire. Significantly, Herr von Ribbentrop, | according to the Associated Press, ‘minced | no words concerning the state of German- American relations.’”” We have no way of knowing what this sentence covers but, perhaps, the Germans are taking the United States at face value, concerning European affairs, and regard what they do in Europe as none of our business. THE BANKER’S WORRIES Banks, to the average citizen, look like “big money.” Most of them are housed in imposing buildings. The tellers of money. The banks’ annual statements deal with large figures. The banker, like the rest of us, has his problems in making both ends meet—and in recent years those problems have grown more acute, Some figures recently issued by the | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation are highly illuminating. In the year 1938, in- terest—principal source of bank profit— received by the nation’s 13,645 insured commercial banks, totaled $1.235,000,000. This represented $2.24 per $100 of assets | —in other words, a little more than 2 per cent. You could hardly call that-exces- sive, or even adequate. Reason for the banks’ modest returns is the decline in interest rates. Between 1923 and 1937, the average yield on com- mercial paper dropped from 4.6 per cent to less than 1 per cent. Rates on loans to bank customers dropped from almost 5 per cent to 2.7 per cent in New York City, and suffered big drops in other sections. | Government bond interest shrank from 3.8 per cent to 2.7 per cent. Return on/| Treasury notes and certificates went down from 3.5 per cent to practically nothing— | Banks have taken a beating from trends and governmental policies which } have reduced earnings and interest rates to the vanishing point. Yes, the banker has his worries. EMPIRE STATE BUILDING MORTGAGE aceon es j The Empire State building, monstrous skyscraper in New York, was plastered with a mortgage in the sum of $27,000; 000, we believe, when it was completed. | Business wasn’t as good as expeeted and the corporation got in arrears in_ its | payments to the life insurance company | which made the loan. What hap-! | pened? ; Well, the interest was sealed from. five to less than three per cent, the ar- | rearages, we understand, were knocked | off, and the loan was scheduled so that | the corporation was given a chance, at low interest, for a few years before being | required to pay the full rate of the obliga- | tion. ' Now, we do not criticise the lending | company for making this adjustment. It } was probably the wise thing to do, under | the circumstances. Nevertheless, the cident illustrates the big advantage that | {two of the eight |docketed for trial on the charge in- | THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Highlights Of Of Florida f OUTSIDE CHANGED MIS [i WHERE HE BECAME AN EX: HE PICKED UP R L0G, FRE, PLACED 17 ON THE FY KEY WEST IN Happenings Here Just Five, Ten and F Ten and Fifteen Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen FIVE YEARS AGO Roberts, two firemen of the Key | West Fire Department, have been rewarded with $10 each for heroic | work, for prompt action in the assistance rendered George B. Jackson, 12 years old, who was badly burned during the fire- works exhibition Friday, Feb- jruary 22. While no reason has been giv- jen, it is apparent that the pro- posed visit of Joseph M. Schenck to Key West to confer with Gov-| ernor Dave Sholtz, who is vaca- tioning here, has been called off. All efforts of the governor to reach Mr. Schenck have failed. Steamship Florida, of the P. and O. S. S. Co., which has been on the run between Miami and Havana, arrived in port this morning and information was given out that there will be no more sailings of the ships to Ha- vana until,the disturbances in Cuba cease. After being on drydock for the past week undergoing general re- pairs, the Steamship Turquino slid into the water yesterday morning. This afternoon the ship, which is in the fruit-carry- |ing trade, will leave for the port lof Sama, Cuba. Editorial Comment: You can do ypur vart in the upbuilding of Key West by helping to maké it lthe best town in the State of Florida in which to raise boys and girls. No citv has a greater chal. lenge than this. TEN YEARS AGO Emilio Romero and G. Perez, local dealers of violating the State Drug Law by selling aspirin packages, were tried in Criminal Court this morning and were found not guilty. Notorious Mack, a three-act comedy-drama, will be presented Friday night at the San Carlos theater by the members of Troop 1, Boy Scouts of America. An ex- cellent program has been arrang- ed in connection with the affair and a pleasant time is assured. The contract conveying the jowriership of the Moriroe County Ferry System to Clifton G.) \Bailey fot the sim of $100,000 {will not be signed by Chairman ,Carl Bervaldi, |Commission,. he stated today to Clerk Ross C. Sawyer. U.S.S. Bagaduce, with the hulk of the salvaged Submarine S-4 in tow, arrived in New London,’ Conn., this morning, according to | day: om SR AR ges icv Fe ot (, TUMENTY { CATER HE RETURNED VO ME. VURGINIA? HOME: ON HIS URE THIRD THE YARD L06 VOU SENT ME FOR! “WELL? Y ANSWERLO THE PRTHER VOU WERE LONG ENitey | Ss ae. . - G00 WAS APPOWTED GCOVERNOR. OF chet /N 1822. Colton F. Park and Herman F.! from broken | of the County I WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, = MI | Fooars OMMON ERROR | ‘OMORROW | Never say, “I was in a ; Then where will you be at? tight fix": sdy, “tight sit- TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ Ith man who.is out of work tation”. Fix should never jAfid down to his last'dollar, be used for plight, condi- tien or situation. ican you anewes yen of thas | beet#9ité: every plate. in 1 ten Test Quéstions? Turn Pentel oy By LS.N. S. NASH By KENNETH FRIE FRIEDMAN How often we say, “Tomorrow Tl do” this or that? Why not do it right away— Tomorrow may not come your Page 4 for Answers lat he got tvas, “Come in tomor- row”, 1. Where is the region known; ‘you visit a friend to spend the H as the Klondike? day, ! 2. Which is the highest moun- | Forget all cares and sorrow, > eT _ tdin in Continental United | ;And when you start - for home, * States? you say, 3. Which is the finer thread, } {“Fll see you again tomorrow”. M | "No. 30 or No. 50? | Tomorrow is sure to come, as it ; 4. Who was the first President’ _ ™ust follow day, to live in the White Housé? But are we sure to be here 5. What is the name for the hats/T° see tomorrow's sun appear? worn at college graduation | {That is not for us to say, as we exercises? | live day by day 6. When Windows ‘ate broKen | exe by ah explosion outside the; Jerome Kern, the musical com- building, are they blown (Poser, orice was a “song-plugger” in or out? at the music counter of a New 7. Name the five stnallest in-|York department store. Lopez Funeral Service Established 1885 Licensed Funeral Directors and Embalmers 24-Hour Ambulance Service Phone 135 Night 695 dependent countries in the | world. Hy -| 8. Is the addressee obligated to; j accept all. mail addressed | to him? Which state is nicknamed the Sunshine State? ;10. With what card game is the word “finesse” associated? SUMMA B DUWVAL 2 #2 *GOVERNOR. “OF FLORIOR, UHEN SINTEEN YEARS OF AGE. ' | URS ORDERED BY WIS. FATHER TO CET A LMR 406 FOR THE Fike. HE WENT, FOR, IT BUT OME YO AND UTHOUT EVEN A'GOQDEY WENT 70 UNENT LHUVER ANDO CONGIES | a AUJERED THE HOUSE AND | 7 WOKD OF GEETING YEATHEREY S10 THE NOW FHUTOUS AN, THERE 15 THE | Overseas Transportation | Company, Inc. uteedenesetcoseenceeeeas: Fast, Dependable Freight arid Express Service '_Today’s Birthdays | —between— Soins Garrison Villard ot| MIAMI AND KEY WEST New York, journalist-author, | boin jo Gerroany) 60.yededages | Also Serving All Points On Florida Keys Dr. Seale Harris of Birming- Between Miami and Key West ham, Ala., noted physician, born DAYS GONE BY jadvices received at the naval sta- tion. The tug, with the tow, left | at Cedartown, Ga.,.70 years ago. | this port on the morning of! \aj. Albert W. sean weit Express Schedule: March 6. Army’s noted stratosphere flier | (NO STOPS EN ROUTE) LEAVES KEY WEST DAILY (EX- EPT SUNDAYS),AT 1:00 o'clock. ives at at 7:08 o'clock LEAVES MIAMI Pet Y (EXCEPT Pp o'clock A. M. (Stops At All 's) LEAVES KEY WEST ay (Except Sundays) at 8:00 o'clock A. M. and arieg at Miami at 4:00 o'clock VES MIAMI DAILY (Except Sun- ie ohh af 9:00 o'clock A. M. and ar. | gm at Key West at 5:00 o’elock ( FREE PICK-UP and DELIVERY SERVICE FULL CARGO INSURANCE Office: 813 Caroline St. Phones 92 and 68 WAREHOUSE—Cor. Eaton and Francis Sts. ec eseehatae ‘and photographer, born at Belk H Much publicity has been given ieee gate ae Paes n, r. Francis ‘arrell, presi- fe eee en Nero ident of the Kansas State College, sume a great number of bananas. Ai aHicle by Gorin’ Hix: tat. the born at Smithfield, Utah, 57 years [Los Angeles Daily News contains} Maj. Gen. Charles D. Herron, jthe information that Mr. Hart re- U.S.A., born at Crawfordsville, | icently ate 168 of the fruit in one Ind., 63 years ago. hour. Spruille Braden of New York, | is ;Ambassador to Colombia, born in FIFTEEN YEARS AGO ‘Elkhorn, Mont., 46 years ago. Today ballots of progress are! mt Rey. William P. Reming- being cast in Monroe county by ton, P.E, missionary bishop to| property owners, who are aware Oregon, born in Philadelphia, 61! of the far-reaching effect the years ago. '$2,650,000 bond issue will have on the future of the county. It is freely predicted that vote for ithe issue will win. } . Boca Chica Resort ——— and FISHING CAMP A thirty-foot banner has been Restaurant—Home Cooking placed across Duval street from Cottages—Charter and Row | the San Carlos to the Renedo . building bearing the inscription, Boats—Private Beach | \“Are you a booster or a rooster?” {The banner was made and placed by the es Highway Asso- COMMTDOUOOTUODTROTEOOUEDEOOOEEES ~ DO YOU REALIZE WHAT Listen To This paca yea UNBELIEVABLE OFFER The committee on arrahgements for the bridge tea to be given at the Casa Marina on the afternoon of March 14, have requested that all arrangements be made through Mrs. Norberg Thompson, Mrs. B Curry Moreno or Mrs. Clifton G. Bailey. 3 i | That everyone ean now have Gas Refrigeration at our SPECIAL REFRIGERATION RATE of $1.00 Per Thousand Cubic Feet! That rate is the reason why Gas Refrigeration is the cheapest refrigeration your money can buy! ‘Servel Gas Refrigerator $125.00 $49 Magic Chef Range FREE YES—We are giving absolutely FREE nee ae eee | One Magic Chef Gas Range with every | ; - Bleetrolux Refrigerator Sold! Pee ean |. A valuable load of liquor, in- jcluding some high-grade cham- |pagne and several hundred quarts of other spirits, were captured early this morning by customs officers, who had kept a long and tedious watch at Cow Key during \the entire night. This morning success met their vigil. | | | A soda water wagon of the Key | West Bottling Works and a street | ear of The Key West Electric Company collided shortly before | \noon today at the corner of |Greene and Ann streets. Many jof the bottles were smashed. | Fortunately, no one was injured | in the mixup. The famous “Long Parliament” in England met ph November 3, / FAST DIRECT _ a mecvek ore) «WS TE TE Today TO ARRANGE THAT APARTMENT Key West Gas Co, | CLULEUELIL SEL EDETEEDLOOOEO OSES } From, Boston evety Tatelay: | From Jacksonville, Miami? and |New Orleans every two weeks. \ | Clyde-Mallory Lines C. E. SMITH, Agent Key West, Fla.