The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 9, 1941, Page 2

PAGE TWO ‘. The Key West Citizen aie aati. DHE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. ** Published Daily Except Sunday By L. P. ARTMA President and Publisher Business | Manager From The Citizen Building 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 Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here MEMBER. = FLORIDA PRESS ASSOCIATION },. ®) NATIONAL EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION 1941 3 SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year 8 = Six Months Three Months One Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. All reading nc respect, obituary 1 the rate of 10 cent Notices for ente! revenue is to be ament by churches from which | are 5 cents a line, The Citizen is pen forum and invites discus-~ sion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations, IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water'aiid Sewerage. € “Moré Hotels, ahd, Apartments. Beach and Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. ‘Consolidation of County and City Gov- ernments, A Modern Cit) Hospital. Lynching is a disgrace in any state, in- | eluding your own. Modern man owes mucn to organized industry, but this doesn’t mean that organ- ized industry has the right to exploit man. A St. Petersburg newspaper is free when the sun doesn’t shine in that city, but there is a pr agjn Detroit which is free all thetime, * ‘Neither Roosevelt nor Eden exactly said it, nor did Ambassador Drew, but the first requisite of a just peace is the return to sanity of Germany’s leaders, Key West does not discriminate. Dur- ing the past several months a prince was married here and a prince (of good fel- lows) was divorced, Bring ’em along, we give "em the works! The story of the civilization of Crete constitutes, according to many historians, the first chapter of European: civilization. But look at the latest chapter and what is the reward—enforced revision to. atavism. } The Americar. Weekly says that Lucy Cotton Thomas Magraw was married to her fifth husband, Prince Eristavi, in Miami, Florida. This ain’t so, She was married to the prince in this island city on May 3 by County Judge Raymond Lord. Married in Key West she may repent at leisure else- whereg BOGS: ta ig still the bgst policy in spite THURSDAY’S THE DAY ‘The Citizen’s concern over whether | anyone would get around to reading the i grand jury report was proved to be all un- | necessary last week as members jury’s recommendation Thursday night. That makes six weeks since the report | was presented to Circuit Judge Arthur | Gomez, but during four of the weeks the commission either was not meeting, or was | up to its neck in other things. | Although principally concerned with the slaying of Cecelia Thompson Tunks in February, the grand jury did make a num- ber of suggestions for needed repairs in schools—and the jurors did recommend im- mediate purchase of a pulmotor. If the commissioners do nothing else, The Citizen and most of this city’s resi- | dents will feel they have partially atoned | for a long neglect if they get lifesaving equipment for use here, and get it, as the | jury recommended, at once. | Fire Chief Harry Baker probably is the man who could give the commission the clearest picture of what is needed, and we hope they call on him, or some other quali- 1 | fied person, to get that picture. The fact that the city has been lucky in fire and water deaths over a long period of time certainly is no excuse for leaving the question of lifesaving entirely up to luck. Luck turned out to be missing when Mr. and Mrs. Ness were killed in the waters of the P, & O: slip, and many of this city’s residents learned then, for the first time, | that no provision ever had been made to | cope with such an emergency. As one of the lookers-on at the Ness tragedy remarked: “Living in Key West, or on any island, is only a step from living on a boat. And you wouldn’t think much of a line that didn’t carry any lifesavers.” The city needs that pulmotor, and a diving helmet. Let’s have ’em. AN UNSEEN ENEMY Thanks to the courageous leadership of Dr. Thomas Parran, surgeon-general of the United States Public Health Service, the public is being aroused to the dangers of syphilis, and the facts about the terrible scourge, which today afflicts 10 million Americans, are no longer concealed. “Syphilis kills three times as many people in this country as.tuberculosis, five times as many as there are injured yearly by the automobile, and a hundred times as many as are affected by infantile paralysis.” These are the words of Dr. Parran himself, less eminent authority. Although in the popular mind this dreadful disease is associated with im- morality, the great majority of its victims contract it innocently and unsuspectingly, through various means of infection. It may also be transmitted through heredity. The presence of the disease can be readily detected by tests krown to all reputable physicians, and can be cured if properly treated in time. That the disease wrecks and destroys so many human beings is due to ignorance, and a false sense of delicacy, which has un- til recently prevented its being brought in- to the open, where intelligent measures may be employed to fight it. or of ffs fonds yf T“Pey jlergast, for- mer Demoetatic political, , was sen- tenced to, B¥0 yearstin priso for receiving money in payment of speeding up a case in favor of a fire insurance company. Just re- cently the political crook served a term of | approximately a year in a federal peniten- | tiary for income tax evasion. | Appeasement hasn’t softened Hitler, nor has appeasement of the tax dodger con- verted him. The publication of the delin- quent tax list in the current issues of The Citizen shows that. After a decade of fruit- less appeasement through Futch, Murphy ard other tax compromising acts little diminution in the list has been obtained, | but the cra of the tax dodger is over if the laws enacted at the last legislature are en- } forced, Through the Export-and Import Bank ; of the United States, Cuba is negotiating for large predits to assist her in the diversifica- tioh of agricultural production, the better- mént of sanitary conditions and generally for the economic reinforcement of her pro- duction and purchasing power. These credits to Cuba are evidences of the sound- ness of her credit position as well as the de- sire-ofthe United States to assist the island republic to develop a more prosperous na- tional economy. But this attitude is being changed, and the medical profession, aided by news- papers, magazines and other means of education, are waging war on this hitherto unseen enemy of mankind. WAR AS A SOURCE OF PLUNDER In case some Americans have over- | looked the German method of warfare, we | call attention to the news from Serbia which says that the German Army “is conducting tematic campaign of looting and con- fiscation and unauthorized seizure of homes | and property belonging to Serbians and for- eigners, including Americans.” The dispatch comes from Ray Brock, New York Times correspondent, who adds, “Homes, apartments and villas throughout Belgrade and in scores of resorts in northern and central Serbia and in Bosnia, have been sacked by Germans down to the last stick of furniture, the last shred of clothing, the last potato and the last loaf of bread.” There are other details, but the quota- tions above indicate that the German idea of war is about the same as the pirates’ idea of plunder and loot. In fact, it is not too much to say that without the confiscation of property, amounting to the stealing of private possessions, the Nazi regime in Ger- | many would have collapsed long ago. county commission agreed to study the and would seem incredible if uttered by a | of the) | By HUGO s. | PARITY FOR FARMERS ACREAGE ALLOTMENTS THREE FACTORS INVOLVED COTTON AND WHEAT |LOANS UPHOLD PRICES COURT CHANGES MIND PRIMARIES ARE ELECTIONS When President Roosevelt signed the Farm Loan Bill, pro- viding Government loans farmers for eighty-five percent ‘of the parity value of five basic commodities, he stated that it reflected the “Government’s ob- jective for the past eight years”, ,and reflected “the fact that the farmers did not have and have not had as great a share of the ‘national income as other groups”. Farm leaders in Congress hail- ed the new law as _ placing , “a floor under farm prices similar to the floor already under | wages”. Representative Cannon said that “for the first time in history, the farmer is guaran- teed a parity price”, and Edward A. O'Neill, president of the American Farm Bureau Federa- tion says that the law “marks the end of a twenty-year fight” for parity and means that’ in 1941, the farmers will receive!for \their crops “prices which ) will represent fair exchange values .in buying the goods and _ services | produced by other groups”. Before signing the bill, the | President pointed out that when it became law, the cooperating farmer will be able to receive an eighty-five percent parity loan, plus a cash parity payment, plus a ¢ash soil conservation pay- jment. He added that “under no circumstances should the sum of these three. exceed parity”, and | asserted that he had received let- ters from legislative leaders chiefly responsible for the Loan Law agreeing, in effect, that the broad intention is that parity payments should, if necessagy, be so “urtailed “as to avoid a price |above parity when added to the jloan and the soil conservation | payments”. | The 1942 national wheat acre- age allotment has been set at 5§- 000,000 acres, which represents a reduction of 7,000,000 acres from 1941. The Department of Agri- culture says the reduction is in- | tended to aid farmers in meeting |the problem of export market |losses and mounting surplus. We call attention to this mat- ter because we th.nk it import- {ant for the people of the United States, as well as those who grow | wheat, to understand the meth- ods used to determine the acre- age of wheat, cotton and other crops. | The acreage allotment is ad- justed each year so that, with |the prospective carry-over, it will provide wheat for normal domestic consumption, normal export and at least a thirty per- | cent reserve. Wheat growers now face a prospective carry-over of approximately 500,000,000 bushels, jon July 1, 1942. The 55,090,000 acre allotment is the minimum | | level necessary and the Depart- meat warns that “above normal reserves continue a definite part of the U.S. wheat situation for at least two or three years”. The situation in regard to cot- ton is somewhat similar, Cotton growers face a record carry-over when the new cotton year begins this summer. Obviously, with a year’s supply on hand, the un- limited production of cotton, or any other crop, will mean pauper prices for the producers. Conse- quently, the» Government has found it necessary to provide loans on wheat, cotton, tobacco and rice which prevent prices from falling below a certain lev- el | The justification for Govern- ment loans on basic farm prod- ucts is to be found, in part, in national policies which . have tenalized agriculture in favor of industry and in the cold stark hecessity of preventing the stand- ard of liv deteriorating. Obviously, with huge carry-svers. it would be foolish for the Government to adopt a loan policy unless the growers willingly accept acreage ellotments in order to prevent the Government from being swamp- ed. We think it is very important for non-farmers to understand that in fixing the acreage allot- ments of the various crops, the ‘Department of Agriculture takes SIMS. Special Washington Correspondent of The Citizen j total provided by law but above the Y¥ As, Taken From ie Cl the chnes 5 ——— into consideration- the three fac- determine ‘the normal domestic |¢d by most other Rotary clubs in _ consumption, normal export and add a thirty ‘percent reserve. This represents the probable _ Market forthe crop during the | y. comin; r and, in connection 2 . ‘with te adedecen of the me Robert W. Chambers, president ifrom present and preceding | of ‘the U.S. ‘highway ‘No: 41 asso- lyears, provides the.,, background iclation, Evansville, has “written jfor the national allotment. for more information on the | from as far away as Evansville, The local Rotary club’s Pan-| |the state, has brought response, irey; Betty Louise Davis, Elea-| nor Garcia, Edyth Hampton, Syl- | via Knowles, James Blizzard, Lucilo Gonzalez, David Starling. 1A—Teacher, Boyden; Aurora Diaz, Pauiela Russell, |Ruth Smith, Martha Mora, : wis Ind., members of the club said|parber, Asbury Craft, William/ |Curry, Wayne McFarland, Rich jard Ward Gardner, ‘Jones; Judith . Trager, Doris Tyson,» Eugene | twenty eerie | subject, expressing willingness | enty: years ago, the ite: ; |States Supreme Court refused to sas “ a re pik ¥ sete oo |sustain the conviction of Truman See ps sete Rewaclariegs 32:3. toa |H. Newberry for irregularities in ™ent. \his senatorial campaign, the }Court holding five-to-four that | Congress was powerless to in- \terfere with primaries. Monroe ‘county’s state and county tax rate may be cut in half by laws already enacted ‘and those to be passed at the special session of the legislature, which opens today. g Rep. William V. Albury, who was here over the weekend, says he believes it probable that 55 of the present 105-mill levy will be eliminated. | Justice McReynolds, who wrote {the opinion, filed May 2, 1921, held that “primaries are in no sense elections for an office but merely methods by which party adherents agree upon the candi- dates they intend to offer and support for ultimate choice by qualified electors”. Last week, *by a four-to-three The Citizen, in editorial para- Gecision, the Supreme Court, in a graphs, said; decision written by Justice Stone, | “Apparently Governor Carlton said that the Constitution (Sec-! believes that Florida should have tions 2 and 4 of Article 1) “re-|the unenviable distinction of quires us’to hold that a primary ;charging _ automobile owners election. which involves a neces-/ more to operate their cars than sfty step in the choice of candi-!any other state in the | Union. dates in Congress and which, in|There is only one other state, the circumstances of this case,| New Mexico, which taxes them controls that choice, is an elec-jso heavily as does Florida now, tion within the meaning of the}and the governor has indicated Constitutional provision and is; that he would add to the already subject to congressional regula- | outrageous tax”. tion as to the manner of holding! “At least nobobdy can read a ". description of the new postoffice and claim that Uncle Sam didn’t Chief Justice Hughes did not ido himself proud when he got varticipate in the Court decision, around to the job. There may because as'counsel for Senator pe bigger federal buildings in Newberry, he argued his case be- | Florida, but there will certainly fore the Supreme Court in 1921.:he nothing handsomer than the Justices Black and Murphy, in jone that’s going up here”. which they conceded congression- al rights to deal with primaries,, A seyen-pound daughter was declared in the minority. report korn Sunday night to Mr. and that “Congress, through the|Mrs. Lee Collins. The mother years” had refused to intrude | and baby are reported resting in this field and Justice Douglas | well, . asserted that “this Court is*leg- ‘slating’: | |. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Johnson, 524 eye " ‘Francis street, returned yester- We call particular attention to | day by auto from Tallahassee, this decision, not because of its’ where they went to see their importance, although election |daughter, Miss Ida Johnson, rrecedure experts view the de-' graduate from the Florida State sision as'a very vital one, but to Cojlege for Women. Miss John- demonstrate to our readers the | son, i working-of the American system. next fall, returned with her par. The Supreme Court, represent- | ants, ing the judicial branch of the far esis Government, plavs its part in the Mrs. Macie Smith, Georgia life of the nation, and as in the! street, will be hostess to the Tri- present instance, at times re- angle club, Temple No, 20, Pyth- verses, its position. ,ian Sisters, tomorrow evening. Twenty,years ago the Supreme ppRSONALS—Sumner Sweet- Court said, “Primaries are in n0 | ing jeaves this afternoon on the sense elections for an office”. | piorida for Tampa and St. Pe- but, in 1941, the Supreme Court tersburg. . .Miss May Sands, lo- says, “A primary election. . -is an’ ca] school teacher, left yesterday election......subject to congres- | for New York. . Mr. cnd Mrs. sional regulation”. Such changes Grayburn Pinder left over’ the in the judicial interpretations of | highway yesterday for Miami, the Constitution and Statutes are | where they will visit with rela- inevitable and represent some of ‘tives for several weeks. the necessary shifting which | makes the framework of democ- | - | Todav’s Birthdays a racy fit existing conditions. _ {missioner of Labor. Statistics, born in Worcester, Mass., 45 Observation taken at 7:30 a. m.,/ Years ago. 75th Mer. Time (city office) f T | "Cole Porter of New York, com __92 | poser, lyricist, born in Peru, Ind; 79 48 years ago. Highest last 24 hours Lowest last night Mean Normal —_ Rear Admiral William S. Pye, |U.S.N., born in Minneapolis, 61 years ago. 86 81 Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours - ending 7:30 a. m., inches - Total rainfall since June 1, inches Deficiency since June inches Total rainfall since Jan. 1, inches : : 23.82) Excess since January 1, inches " = 13.24 | 68 years ago. Wind Direction and Velocit j aceon: E—7 miles per hour ad Prof. Earl D. Howard of North- Relative Humidity western, economist, born in Fay- 12% | ette, O., 65 vears ago. Barometer at 7:30 a.m. today | Sea level, 30.08 (10186 millibars) 0.00 aaa | Edward F. Allen of New York, 0.01 | Cditor-author, born in Newark, N. J., 56 years ago. Dr. Walter E. Clark, president emeritus of the University of 1, 1.05 | Sain 8 : Raymond B. Fosdick of New Tomorrow's Almanac York, noted lawyer, born in Baf- | Sunrise 5:36 a. m. ; falo, N. Y., 58 years ago. | Sunset . m.} mes eyer ae | seederioc inland East Gulf: Moderate south “land southeast’ winds; partly ‘cloudy weather tonight ht Low FORECAST (Til 7:30 p. m. Tuesday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly, Keep \eloudy tonight and Tuesday; jmoderate south and southeast’ SESSIONS: winds. | 8:00 to 10:30 P.M. ; and Tuesday. | ¥en cue ‘ | Jacksonville to Florida Straits We Teach You How Nevada, born in Defiance, Ohio, | Shinn. i Bh eae Toh Gandsite, | Beverly ton, Jay Higgs | 2A—Peacher, Eulalie Jones; Elsie Lee Thompson, Peg- igy Jenks, Diana Gonzalez, Don _ Wililiams, Richard Martin. | 2A—Teacher, Mrs. Josephine 'Doughtry;. Nelia Acevedo, | 3B—Teacher, Miss Marjorie | Roberts; Colleen Moore. 3A—Teacher, Miss Jennie Sey- |mour; Faye Marie | Nathalie Valdez. is 4B-4A—Teacher, Misis Gladys Pinder; Ethel Lee, Virginia Rus- | sell, Jack Larsen. ; 4A—Teacher, Mrs. Mary Sweet- Bobby Harris, | 5A—Teacher, Miss Virginia Shine; Albert Perez. | ing; |bot; Myrtland Cates, Joseph Cru- ant; Rose Mary Kerr, Tony chado, Antonica Smith. © 6A—Teacher, Mrs, May. Hill | Russell; Hildo Rup, Lorraine Attendance | 2B—Teacher, Mrs. Florence Mullinax; Daniel Estevez, __ 2A—Teacher, Mrs. Josephine |Doughtry; Elizabeth Aguiar, Os- ‘car Molino, 3A—Teacher, Miss Fraricis ‘Billy Boeyen, Paul Watler. 3B—Teacher, Miss Marjorie .do Garcia, Murray mour; Elizabeth L. Roberts, 4B-4A—Teacher, Pinder; Beverly Arthur, | Jean Gardner, Edna Jack Larsen. 4A — Teacher, Mrs. Mary \Sweeting; Hilda Mae Collins, John Cerezo, 5A—Teacher, Miss Virginia Shine; Cleora Roberts. } Edna | | Russell; Shirley Lones. | 6A—Teacher, Miss May Sands; | Dolores Boney. HE HOPES TO GO TO SEA AT Cay Asnocinted Prean) | ABERDEEN, Wash., June | Mailmaa Louis Kaifer soon (be pounding decks instead | sidewalks, fulfilling an of pre-World War days. He tried unsuccessfully into the Navy then but tered nine tous ovarese : pred that was “all right” but soon jerhe +back, he joined Naval" e and has | sessions constantly for At 47, he has & § Fait Es 8 i zg bia 23 “Tve always wanted to the Navy and it looks like it”, he said. | | | i i ; and * F Knowles, | SOL: SD RE ESE PP rn | TRUCK TRAILER. Good engine, 5A—Teacher, Mrs. Amelia Ca- | 6B—Teacher, Mrs. Ruth‘O'Bry- |Cochran; Betty Louise. 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