The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 8, 1941, Page 2

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1941 i | aon 32 Key West Citizen IZEN PUBLIS: Published Daily Except Sunday By L. P. ARTMAN, President Publisher JUVE ALLEN, Business Manager From The Citizen Buuding Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press « The ed Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not ctherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES CO., IND, Associs dhe Year six Months Three Months One Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application, SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of ect, obituary notices, etc., ¥ il be charged for at rate of 10 cents a line, ices for entertainment by churches from which fs to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Ci is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general revenue interest but it will not publish anonyreous communi- | cations. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. More Hotels and Apartments, Beach and Bathing ‘Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation »f County and City Gov- ernments. A Modern City Hospital. People who always talk never think. American citizenship is worth fight- ing for, but that only. Definition: Caution—A word to found only in the dictionary. A, two-tone automobile is like a two- | edlor piece of printing—it looks better. Key West needs more money to ac- complish its improvements, but above all it | néeds the hearty cooperation’ of all its citi- wens, Judging from the advertising ballyhoo one hears, beauty is just a matter of using the right soap. Defense operations are not apt to be sources of permanent economic benefits, | decinile, strongly supported program be | a few months, but this has not been | (irmed publicly by the jurist himself. but it may be assumed that the naval station | here is a fixture. The most important factor in success- fu] merchandising is salesmanship—whe- ing appeal that the store sends out. atc te a em President Roosevelt, a well informed legislator said recently, has told congres- sional leaders that suggestions for using the navy to convoy supplies abroad were “‘too absurd to talk about’ atthis time. Note the #gnificance of the last threé.wprds. “We know that if We ate:defeated in this war, it means the erid® Of Germany, Says Hitler, Not if the United States sits in at the peace table, but that’s good propa- | ganda for German consumption keep them keyed up to the fighting spirit. to President Roosevelt has stated em- phatically that unnecessary strikes cannot be tolerated, Total defense can never be attained so long as a few unscrupulous labor leaders seem to have no other than to exploit the emergency to the limit, ard while at it they labor itself. Honest labor should keep this in mind. The man who delays defense through an unjustified strike belongs to the same classification as the war profiteer Both are enemies of American security and safety in a world gone mad. ambition are also exploiting America is a land of travelers. The wanderlust is firmly imbedded in our char- The typical American wants to go places and see things, and he does on every With the European war on he is beginning to see more of his own wonder- ful country, but 16,¢ 9 found time to Canada, others visiting the countries ith of us in increasing numbers. Oddly enough travel to and from Mexico, neighbor, acter occasion, our little This writer spent ten years in the Land of Manana and fourd it pictur and enchanting, well worthy of a visit nearest southern shows chang PRESENT TAXES ENOUGH The declaration of the Florida Tax- i payers’ association that state finances | could be put in a healthy condition without | additional taxes if the present levies were | collected and intelligently spent is in line | with the stand The Citizen has taken for years. _ As the association president, Fred J. Collins; has pointed out in discussing talk about the need for “relief of real estate,” the real need for relief is felt by those who have paid their taxes promptly. The only to provide that relief is to tighten col- lection of taxes on all property, including | personal and intangible property, and to | curb the policy of granting tax exemptions. The Brookings Institution report, | which bears out the suggestions of the tax- | payers’ group, also recommends establish- ment of a proper budget system and calls | the lack of such a system the real reason for | Florida’s growing financial deficit. | The present system, the report con- tinues, “fails to control in any way the ex- penditure of 85 per cent of the state’s funds” and has inadequate control of the other 15 per cent. Leaders of the taxpayers’ association |_cxpress the “earnest hope” that Governor | Holland and Comptroller Lee will have a taxation and finance program ready to sub- mit to the legislature during this session. It | is a hope that is echoed by most paying tax- nayers of the state. The taxpayers’ statement concludes: “There is no question of the earnest- , oss of most members of the legislature, many of them young men just beginning their careers of public service; but unless a is ubmitted to them, they may be helpless to prevent this session from degenerating into a madhouse of conflicting special interests, | like others before it, in which the taxpayers will again be the victims.” In the welter of argument over new | forms of taxation, national and state, the legislature could do nothing better than give present taxes a chance to produce. | Collect them and spend them wisely. OUR CHIEF JUSTICES Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes | will be 79 years old on April 11, and it is rumored that he may retire from the of- fice which he has so capably filled within con- It is interesting to note that while 31 citizens of the United States have been elevated to the presidency, only 11 have beer appointed chief justice since the foundation of our government under the constitution—Jay, Rutledge, Ellsworth, Marshall, Taney, Chase, Waite, Fuller, cate | Whi Hughes. ther it is that of the clerks or the advertis- | Waiter vagy ene ene In fact, only 10 have served as chief justice, for one of the appointees, John Rutledge, was never confirmed by the Senate. He developed evidences of ap- | proaching insanity about the time of his ap- | pointment by President Washington in 1795, and Ellsworth was named in his stead | a few months later. ohn Marshall served longer than any | othef chief justice, 34 years, and died in fice at the agé of 80.. Roger B. Taney served to a greater age than any other, re- | maining in office until his death at the age of 87, having been head of the highest court for 28 years. John Jay, the first chief justice, was the youngest at the time of his appointment to that office, being only 44. John Mar- shall was appointed at the age of 46. Among associate justices of the Su- preme Court, the youngest at the time of his appointment was Joseph Story, who was 32. The next youngest was William Johnson, who was 38 when he took office. The youngest associate justice of the pres- ent court is Wiliam O. Douglas, who was 40 at the time of his appointment two years ago. CO-OPERATIVES il BR The American consumer-cooperative movement seems to be growing. Dr. James P. Warbasse, president of the Cooperative League of the United States, says that the movement includes 2,000,000 families. It handled $600,000,000 in business last year. The Cooperative League was estab- lished in 1916 and maintains offices in New York, Chicago and Washington. They serve as central points to provide informa- and coordination for which are thus helped to avoid which caused earlier failures in cooperative efforts cooperatives mistakes tion 'U, S. WEATHER BUREAU REPORT Observation taken at 7:30 a 75th Mer. Time (city office) Temperatures Highest last 24 hours Lowest last night Mean Normal m 82 76 15 Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending 7:30 a. m., inches —____. Total rainfall since April 1, inches 4 Excess inches Toral rainfall since Jan. 1 inches : =: 282, April ij since 1.73 12.65 January 1, 7.57 Wind Direction and Velocity S—11 miles per hour Relative Humidity 92% Barometer at 7:30 a. m., today Sea level, 29.86 (1011.2 millibars) Tomorow’s Almanac Sunrise 6:11 a. Sunset 6:47 p. Moonris> 4:41 p. Mbonset 4:25 a. Tomorrow's Tides (Naval Base) AM. m. m. m. P.M. 8:18 1:48 High Low FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m.. Wednesday) Key West and Vicinity: Show- ers and.thunderstorms this after- noon; cloudy tonight; Wednesday partly cloudy; not much change in temperature; moderate south- erly winds, fresh at times afternoon in thundersoyalls be- coming variable Wednesday. Florida: Cloudy, showers and thunderstorms this afternoon and probably in east. portion tonight; Wednesday -partly cloudy; cooler in northwest portion tonight. Jacksonville to Florida Straits: Moderate to fresh southeast and south winds, diminishing and be- coming variable Wednesday; cloudy weather with showers and thundersqualls _ this afternoon and tonight; partly cloudy Wed- nesday. East Gulf: Moderate to scutheast and south winds this afternoon, diminishing and _ be- coming iable; cloudy weather, showers and thundersqualls this afternoon and_ early tonight; nartly cloudy Wednesday. CONDITIONS Pressure is moderately low this {morning across the southern por- |tion of the country, and north- ward over the lower Missouri i Valley, with centers over Now Mexico, western Missouri, and the eastern Gulf of Mexico, Rain has resulted during the last 24 hours throughout much of the Fast Gulf and South Atlantic States, with heavy showers and thunderstorms in the southern |vortion of the Florida peninsula: , There has also been light to mod- erate precipitation in portions of the Mississippi and Missouri Val- Jeys. central Plains, eastern Rockies, and Pacific States. Tem- peratures are somewhat below freezing this morning in portions of the Rocky Mountain and Plateau States; while in most other sections of the country fresh J wl! te Shee oO this - KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY! Happenings On This Date Ten Years Ago As Taken From Files Of The Citizen EE ST A. D, Lowe yesterday became! the owner of a Westcott touring car when his $18 bid proved the highest received by the U.S. cus- toms department for the automo- bile they seized in a raid. The car carried a California tag and was loaded with eight dcemijohns of liquor when it was seized. The driver fled upon the approach of customs men and has not been apprehended. Commencement exercises of the senior class of Saint Joseph’s high school will be a feature of the San Carlos theater program, April 22, it was announced to- day. Seniors who will graduate are L. Polycarp Artman, Jr., Eugene _ B. Buckley, Alfred J. Dion, Jr., John J. Haskins, Antonio M. Lo- pez and Maxwell M. Russell. The Key West American Le- gion drum and bugle corps, form- ing a motoring party of 35, un- ler the command of U. J. Del- gado, left this morning for Tampa to attend the three-day state convenion. About 5,000 Legion- naires are expected to attend the convention. Maiy Elizabeth, infant daugh- ter cf Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Johnson, w christened in a ecremony Easter evening at the couple’s. Fleming street home. The Rev. Bruce Gannaway of Ley Memorial church performed the services, with Mr. and Mrs. Paul Archer as Godparents. The Citizen, in an_ editorial, said: “The Citizen is unalterably opposed to levy of a sales tax or any other new form of taxation ‘until after some of the present taxes have been removed. Un- less this is done before a new tax is levied, it will mean simply that another tax has been laid on the already over-burdened taxpayer without reducing his load in any other direction”. PERSONALS—Mrs. P. Bussey, who was on a brief visit to Mi- ami, returned on the afternoon train - yesterday. .William H. (Bill) White, who was on a visit to Miami for several days, re- turned yesterday. . Alex C. Jenks, keeper of Carysfort light station, arrived yesterday to spend his quarterly vacation with his family at their -Pine street home... .Maxie Markovitz, former Key Wester, baseball enthusiast, pitcher and sports promoter, will arrive from Miami April 17. Subscribe to ‘The Citizen, 20c weekly. readings are near or above the seasonal average. G. S. KENNEDY, Official in charge. PEOPLE'S FORUM The Citizen welcomes expres- sions of the views of its read- e | i i FR, right which are considered Lbelous | or unwarranted. The writers should be fair and confine the | letters to 300 words, and write on one side of the paper only. Signature of the writers must accomp: the letters and will be published unless requested otherwise. \ LACK OF LOGIC j i | Editor, The Citizen: Our isolationists get , them-; selves into the.most extraordinary , alleys by their lack of logic. Senator Brooks, for example, says that England's war is not our war. If that is the case, what on earth ever possessed him to vote seven; billions of dollars to help “Eng- }) land with her war”? Our government may have} some strange policies now and j then, but we have never gone to/ the extreme of spending seven’ billion dollars on a war the out-} come of which was of no concern; to us. Yours very truly, PATRICK McCANN. April 4, 1941, 23 Whst 31st Street, New York City. Today’s Birthdays Mary Pickford, actress, born in Toronto, .48 years ago. Tika Chase, actresse born New York City, 36 years ago. in Sonja Henie, figure champion, borm in Norway, years ago. skating 28 Margaret Ayer Banres of Chi- cago, born there, 55 years ago. | U.S. Senator Dennis Chavez of New Mexico, born in Los Chavez, N. M., 53 years ago. Frank Shay of Cape Cod, Mass., author, born in E. Orange, N. J., 53 years ago, | | Dr. Albert Z. Mann, dean of the International Y.M.C.A. .Col- lege, Springfield, Mass., born at Fairland, Ind., 54 years ago. | Robert Haven Schauffer, noted | author, born in Austria (of Amer- ican parents), 62 years ago. | Lopez Funeral Service Established 1685 Licensed Funeral Directors and Embalmers 24-Hour Ambulance Service Phone 135 Night 696 | “Key West's Outstanding” =| / LA CONCHA HOTEL | | Beautiful—Air-Conditioned : | Rainbow Room and Cocktail | Lounge t | DINING and DANCING Strictly Fireproof Garage OPEN THE YEAR AROUND i it A | ; 3 | Today’s natives are amiable, to. delete he with a pleasant disposition, friendly with everyone. H a taste for investigation or ex Today's Horoscope. perimenting, possibly in scientif- ic fields, and there will be a probable success therein. 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