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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25
SOME sUPERsTITIONs

Among the hundreds of superstitious
beliefs still held by otherwise intelligent
people may be named the following, COM
piled by recent writer:
1t is bad luck to spill salt or break
mirror. Putting on a garment backwards
or wrong side out by mistake brings good
luck Fish is a brain food Handling a
toad will cause warts. Only the good die
young. 1t is unlucky to light three cigarettes
with one match. Friday and the 18th
of the month are unlucky, especially if they
happen to fall on the same day. To pick
up a pin means good luck. Crops should
be planted according to the moon. Knock
ing wood averts penalty for Boosting of
former good luck.
The list of such superstitions and be-
liefs is almost endless. And it is not only
the ignorant who act upon such beliefs.
Most people. including those who have
achieved greatness, have their pet super
stitions. To mention only few:
President Lincoln was superstitious
about dreams President Cleveland always
carried horse chestnut in his pocket for
luck. Mussolini consults astrologers. Bill
Tilden, of tennis fame, carried fourleaf
clover. Pola Negri thinks her screen career
was damaged by BLACK cat crossing her
path. Chahapin. famed opera star, always
puts on his left shoe first Sarah Rernhardt
would not let any of her company wear
yellow. Napoleon feared cats and man
L.. ar n
Stanley Baldwin carries rabbits foot. And
many hotels and office buildings omit the
number Is IN numbering their floors, in
difference to superstitious guests and
tenants.
A small minority of persons are hard
boiled enough to call all these superstitions
the bunk, and defy them accordingly. How
about yourself? Would you walk under a
ladder. or open an umbrella indoors?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25
BRIDGE RUMORS GALORE

Since Saturday dozen different
rumors about the proposed long bridges
have been making the rounds of the city,
and every one of them is false.
As result of the return to Key West
of director of the Overseas Bridge Cor
poration, it was reported that he had lost
Fall hope" of the Reconstruction Finance
Corporations granting loan to build the
bridges
The fact is he is just as confident now
as he has ever been that the application
will be acted on favorably, and he has al
ways been confident since his participation
in the project.
He added that, while nobody can be
sure about the matter, nothing has hap
pened to change his belief that the Over
seas Bridge Corporation will get the
money, and that his only change of view
is that it may be little longer befo1e action
is taken than he had anticipated.
Another report about him was that he
had declared that the money would not
De Obtained I'LL next JdHuafy. he asserted
that he had not made any such remark, and
that the only things he had said about the
bridge proposition were that it may require
more time FOR the R. F. C. to act on the
application and that his confidence had
not been impaired in any way whatever.
A third rumor was that Rosenthal's ap-
plication, which was filed first, may mill
tate against the granting of the application
of the Overseas Bridge Corporation.
That rumor is not even tinseled with
truth When such a rumor is heard, it
should be remembered that Rosenthals
option expires on December IL, and that he
has not any of the basic requirements,
which are insisted on by the R. F. c., to
back up his application.
Key Westers are safe in discounting
all rumors about the bridges. The Citizen
has kept in close touch, and is still keeping
in close touch, with the matter, and any
decision made by the R. F. c., whether for
or against granting the loan, or of anything
of Importance pertaining to it, will be pub
lshed Immediately in this paper.
So, in the meantime, the best thing to
do is to try to be patient till the r. F. G..
makes it's decision, and neither give ear to
or repeat any of the rumors that are now
being related, or any new rumors that are
likely to spring up at any time.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN

WILL always seek the: truth and print it
without fear and without favor; never be
always fight for progress; never be the or
gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique.
faction or class; always do It's utmost for the
public welfare; never tolerate corruption or
injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue;
commend good done by individual or organ
ization; tolerant Of others rights, views and
opinions; print only news that will elevate
and not contaminate the reader; never COM
promise with principle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25
David sholtz. republican candidate for

David Sholtz. republican candidate for
governor. stopped in the city Sunday en-
route TO Daytona Beach from campaign
trip in the Everglades Pierce News
Tribune. We have heard some terrible
eused of this and that. but had never heard
him called republican, II he's repub-
lican an awful lot of good democrats were
badly fooled in that June 81 primary
Tallahassee Daily Democrat.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25
What Howey can do with things that

What Howey can do with things that
do not exist is nobody's business. Making
a saving of 100000 out of an expenditure
of $500. 900 and 100000 out of $780,
600 is a eonjuring trick with which the re-
publican candidate for governor tried to
fool the voters had not Governor Carlton
exposed the trick. A magician who is so
clumsy that his magic is apparent deserved
ly is laughed to scorn.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25

Twenty Thousand Years in Sing
Sing" by Warden Lawes of that peniten-
tiary, was recently the monthly choice of
the Book. of the Month Club" Perhaps
the most competent critics of the book are
seven prisoners in that institution who hap
pen TO be members of the book club.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25

1t makes no difference il Einstein OF
the other scientists are right concerning the
age of the earth To each inhabitant the
earth is just Us old as he is, and that is the
way it viii always be.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25

1t looks now we will never know who
won the war or what caused the present
depression. These will have to go the way of
who killed Cock Robin and who struck
Billy Patterson.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25

1792--Ffanklin Bache, Benjam%
in Franklin's great-grandson. Phil
adelphia physician, teacher and
writer, born in Philadelphia. Died
there, March 10, 1864.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25

Today's Anniversaries
eeeessssse . . Q . . ssee,

l782-Levi Lincoln, Massachu-
sets jurist and governor, born at
Worcester, Mass. Died there, May
20, 1868.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25

DEMOCRATIC PREsIDENTTAL ELECTOHs
Group ] HUGH c. sPARKMAN
Group w. n. LANIER
Group GEORGE NJ DORMAN
Group WILLARD W. AYRES.
Group WILLIAM FAIRBANKS.
Group 8 HERBERT WILLIAM FISHER.
GROUP q. T MCCLELLAN.
OTHER NOMINEES:
Fer covernor--DAVE SHoLTZ
For United States Senator--DUNCAN u
FLETCHER.
For Congressman at -Large--w. j. SEARS
For comptroller--J. NJ. LEE.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25

1800--Thomas Darlington, Ma
caulay, famous English historian,
essayist and poet. porn. Died Dec.
80, 1859.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25

17S4-Chester Dewey, Roches-
ter, N. Y, clergyman, professor,
pioneer American scientist. born
at Sheffield, Mass. Died at Ro-
chester, N. Y, Dec. 15, 1857.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25
KEY WEST
In DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here Just 10 Years.
Ago Today As Taken From
The Files of The Citizen
If you were born on this
date 10 years ago, your birth
day fell en- Wednesday.

Louis Leibovit, buyer for A.
Louis and Son, tells of his recent
trip to the markets of the NORTH.
and the expectations of thousands
of people who hope to come to
Florida, and especially Key West
this season.. Many TO whom he
spoke said they would like to be
taking the train right then to land
in Key West and remain for the
winter.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25

1795-John P. Kennedy, Mary
land statesman, Secretary of the
Navy, noted novelist and writer of
his day, born in Baltimore. Died
Aug. IS, 1870.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25

1S25-Johann Strauss, famous
Austrian composer and conductor,
son of a famous composer, born.
Died June 3, 1899.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25
To The Public

The PALACE THEATER wishes again to thank the
people Key West for their patronage and wish to also
that have purchased about $50 pictures for
the coming year, there have been rumors that THE
PALACE did not have pictures Below listed the pic
that contracted and you these pic
lures for popular prices In the future THE PALACE
will not bore the people of Key West with second pic
lures. THE PALACE is now Key Vests leading first run
theater.
The following pictures will be shown exclusively at
his
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25

We are never so ridiculous by the
qualities we possess, as by those we affect.
TO have.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25

The morality of the individual de-
ponds upon character.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25

Besides new deal, the country needs
a new dealer, and the democrats are going
to supply him.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25

Prof. Stanley T. Williams, of
Yale, author, born At Meriden.
Conn, "a years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25

Wonder what word the Greeks have
for insult?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25
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TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS

Richard Evelyn Byrd, retired
naval officer. Arctic explorer
hero, president of the National
Economy League, born at VRn-
chester, Va, ID years ago.
John N. WHY'S, automobile
manufacturer. one-time Ambassa-
dor, born at Canadagua, ". Y, SO
years ago.
DR.. William r. Ellis. information
ally-known Journalist and religious
writer, born at Allegheny, Pa, SO
years ago.
Rev. Charles E. CoughIin
(''Fatner coughiin"l. famous
radio priest of Royal Oak. Mich,
born in Canada (of American par
ientagel, II years ago.
Prof. Constantine NJ. Panunzio,
noted Univ. of California ut Los
Angeles social scientist, born in
Italy, IS years ago.
Benjan1in ". Morris, III, noted
New York architest, born at Port
land, Greg, 50 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25

Two navy seaplanes viii leave
Pensacola today for a trial flight
to Key West. How long the ma
chimes will remain at this port
could not be learned as the Of
ficials at the naval station have
not been notified of the proposed
flight.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25

Services in honor of the memory
of Jose Dolores Pogo, one of the
oldest residents of Key West, and
who befriended the Cubans during
their struggle for independence
will be held Thursday evening in
the Cuban Club. The event is being
sponsored by the Emigrados Rev
dictionaries Cubanos. Pogo died
October 20, 1911. His work won
for him a high place in the hearts
of all patriotic Cubans.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25

Water Blistevs ON Hands or Feet
disappear after few applications
of Imperial Eczema Remedy. All
druggists are authorized to refund
your money liz IL fails.--Advt.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

/. Water and Sewerage.
2. Bridges to complete Road to Maisp
land.
8. Comprehensive City tlaas
L. Hotels and Apartments.
8. Bathing Pavilion.
o. Aquarium.
2. Airposts--Land and Sea-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25

Besides having a great musical
organization and good baseball
team on board, the Cleveland also
has fast basketball quintet and
the members have challenged the
Athletic Club quintet to a game
Thursday night. The navy boys
are much heavier than the locals
but the latter feel that they will
give the visitors a. tussle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25

General Loynaz del Castillo ar
rived in Key West to recuperate
from an illness. He was special
representative of the Cuban gov
ernment to the funeral of the late.
Consul A. d. Carrasco, and had
started north when taken ill. He
will remain here until he RECEIVERS.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25

Plans for the new high school
were discussed at the meeting of
the Rotary Club today and a COM
mittee named to stRagainst
adoption of the plans now in the
hands of the board. This protest
will be made at the next meeting
of that body.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25

Also outstanding Western Specials the Of
Of
Andy Shuord Cody many others None Of the pictures
listed
Mickey Mouse and silly Symphonies and
fionaiC omed
The above pictures just portion of the oustand
ing pictures that THE PALACE will present for the coming
year You will of the following stars appear in
the above pictures: Doris Kenyon Victor Mclagen Una
Merke Adoph Meniou, Benny Rubin Paul Lukas, Lowell
Sherman Myrna 10y, Sally Blame, William Collier Jr,
Evelyn Brent, Warner Oland Lois Wilson Zasu Pitts,
Charles Bickford Billie Dove Tom Douglas, James Glea-
son. Anna May Wong Ricardo Cortez Conrad Nagel Lily
Damita Charlotte Greenwood Bella Lugos Llyan Tash-
man. Paul Lukas and Moran and Mack and a flood OF
other noted stars will appear in these pictures and stories
by Americas authors, and directed by who
know how to make the outstanding pictures of all time
We hope that the great line OF pictures will put
to rest the rumors that THE PALACE unable to secure
nctres Our cards the table and the people OF
Kew West can depend THE PALACE at all times to
give them a square deal. We thank you one and all.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25

A great many people assembled
at the corner of Fleming and Du-
val streets last night to hear a.
concert played by the string or
chestra from the U. S. S. Cleve-
land. Those who heard the or
chestra say it is one of the finest
musical organizations they ever
listened to.
Members of Troop 1, Boy
Scouts, will assemble at the head
quarters Friday night for a hike
to the picnic trees. Members will
carry lunches to be enjoyed after
the destination is reached.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1932-10-25

The baseball team from the U.
S. S. Cleveland, rated as one of
the best in the fleet, is to meet
the Key West team at the Army
Barracks Thursday afternoon. The
game will be called at $3.50 o'clock
and all lovers of the sport are
sure to see a good exhibition if
they attend.
The Washington times., 1932-12-20
Sen. Bingham Urges
PGSsiIlQ of Bureaus

No real saving in Government
costs can be attained until a
move is made to pare down
such bureaus as the Interstate
Commerce, Federal Trade and
Federal Radio commissions, Sen
ator Bingham (R), Connecticut,
said last night in a radio ad-
dress.
The cost Of putting President
Hoover's consolidation plan into
effect probably will be about
$1,000, 900 more than the savings
accomplished the first year, he
added.
The Washington times., 1932-12-20
: 'TECHNOCRACY' 7
DISC[A|MS AID
To OSOV|ET|SN

FollotDinO Is the second of a
series of stories on TechnocTGcy, q
7etD governmental idea, tDhich has
aroused International controUerSt
IN recent tDeekS.
NEW YORK, Dec. 20 U.N.S0
Technocrats, engaged at Colum
bia University in studies designed
to supply data showing radical
changes must be made in the
political and economic form OF
Western governments do not ad
Vocate any specific type Of
change.
1--WE are merely supplying
scientific data for the use Of
sOciOlOgistS and economists"
Thus explained Walter Rauten
strauch, Of the university's indus
trial engineering department. He
added:
"MOst Of the technOcrats are
wholly opposed to the tenets Of
Communism or Socialism"
NEED FOR CHANGE
He was asked:
Are you not, however, prov
ing with your data and tables
that the abuses charged against
capitalism by Socialists and
Communists are EXISTENT"
He replied:
very possibly, but we are
not proving these abuses rs
partisanS Of any present forms
Of government.
ITO the economists we say:
There has been q very rapid
substitution Of kilOwatt hours
for man-hOurS in the United
States. The daily labor Of man
ceases to be an important fac
tor in production. Energy re-
sources are replacing man in
production. There has been a
definite decline Of man-hOurs
required to produce almost every
sort of product.
DO these conditions indicate
the need for social changes, eco
nOmic changes?
That's the question we pose
for the economist and sOciOlO-
gist. We do not attempt to an
Swer the question ourselves. We
are merely technOlOgists.
POWER CONTROL SOUGHT
But we know, as technOIO-
gistS. that in order to create and
operate successfully a large or
ganiZatiOn, for instance q power
station, we have had to devise
intricate systems Of control
such as those required at the
approach of a thunderstorm,
when lights are lighted and sud
den heavy loads are thrown on
the plant. We have devised
such controls, automatic ones,
Tor power stations.
I'VE ask: If the disturbances
we have at present in our highly
integrated civilization depend
on distribution, is it not neces-
Sary that controls be devised to
correct the disorder? This queS-
tiOn we put direct to the eco
nOmiStS."
The Washington times., 1932-12-20
FINED FOR SPEEDING

Fines totalling 1920 were
levied against Randolph Poist, of
Baltimore, bus driver. when he
was convicted of speeding yester-
day in the Laurel Police Court.
The Washington times., 1932-12-20
Saves Money
on Colds

Every cold you avoid, or check
promptly, means o saving in money,
time and health.
To have fewer colds and less severe
colds, follow the new Vicks Plan for
better Control Of Colds - fully ex-
planned In each Vicks package.
The Washington times., 1932-12-20

FolloDinO is the second of a
series OF stories on TechnocTGcy, a
TetD governmental idea. tDtict has
aroused International controversy
IN recent tDeeks.
The Washington times., 1932-12-20

Dates, Fgs Plum Pudding Cider and Many Other Bever-
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ncy cessfu and Enjoyable Christmas Phone Shop
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The Washington times., 1932-12-20
From the Large Vari
HOME DRESSED TUR

Chickens, Other Fowl and Meats Of All Kinds Fame
Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Full Line of Groceries an
Delcacies Including Fruit Plain Cake Pies Nuts Candle
FREE DETTVEI
Evening star., 1932-01-10
Milady's Motoring
BY FREDERICK C. RUSSELL.

frame and body through the springs I'm
all cars which involve the pr1ncipAs
known as Hotchkiss drive. This Is the
reverse Of the plan whereby the springs
merely furnish shock absorption and
where special torque rods, or braces,
take the drive"
If the above is clear, you can appre-
ciate how the springs OF cars without
braces also take the prakfng action.
When the wheels slow down the decel-
Grafton has to be transferred to the car
body and frame through the springs.
Does friend husband object when you
take the car out for spin during the
week? If he is week end driver and
is inclined to imprison the car, here
are few arguments that should cause
hin to be more generous with his prop
erty.
A standing car develops trouble.
Valves are likely to stick unless the
motor is operated regularly, especially
in Winter. Gasoline goes stale from
standing and the battery will discharge
even when not being Used. Rubber de-
teriorates from inactivity. In the
modern car this involves rubber engine
mountings, shackles and number OF
other units besides tires.
Truly, when a moth flies out of the
car each week end, trouble flies in.
Evening star., 1932-01-10
INCREASING OPPOSITION FOUND
ON FEDERAL AUTO SALES TAX
Thomas p. Henry, President of American
Automobile Association, Holds Levy
Discriminatory and Indefensible.

producing it are placed in thoroughly
anomalous position.
THE proposed tax has been referred
to as a manufacturers tax. Here is a
distinction without a difference The
tax would inevitably be passed on to
the consumer. One of the Treasury
sponsors of the sales tax on automobiles
recently referred to 1t as trivial I
question II hundreds of thousands of
farmers and of the poorer classes of
car-owning citizens who would be called
upon to pay from $25 to $50 more for
new low-priced cars would agree with
this designation.
Effect of Levy.
"The effect that such a levy would
have on the recovery of the automobile
industry, on the maintenance of pro-
duction schedules employment and
prices affords widespread and serious
concern. At the moment there are on
the streets and highways millions of
to public safety. Congress, among other
things, cannot afford to overlook the
effect q Federal tax would have on ur-
gently needed replacements
There Is universal recognition of the
Importance of balancing our national
budget. Industry and individuals may
have to make sacrifices. With all this
in mind, the Government has a double
obligation, first. to retrench to the last
penny on expenditures, and second, if
new taxes are needed, to levy these on
basis that will not be discriminatory"
Evening star., 1932-01-10

Car owners everywhere are mani
Testing increasing resentment over the
proposal submitted to Congress by the
United States Treasury Department
urging the levy of sales tax on motor
vehicles, according to reports reaching
the national headquarters Of the Amer
ican Automible Association from widely
separated sections of the country.
"It has become apparent that the
selection of the automobile for a Gov
ernment sales tax is regarded by the
users generally as discriminatory and
indefensible," Thomas P. Henry Of De-
troit, Mich, president of the national
motoring body, declared.
First Business of Congress.
Mr.. Henry asserted that hand in
hand with this opposition, there is
voiced a strong demand that Congress
make it its first business to see what
can be done to cut down governmental
expenditures as a means Of balancing
the national budget.
The people by and large" he said,
"are far from convinced that consid--
erable retrenchment in the cost OF
RONeEDIueIlI ID lIOI POoo1OAC1 oAAN go =
clearly expecting the new Congress to
make this its primary concern"
Referring to the attitude OF the
users to an automobile sales tax, MIR.
Henry said in part:
"The car owners feel they are al
ready paying exorbitant taxes to the
various State, local and municipal
agencies, taxes that in 1881, in the
face of declining registrations, amount
ed in the aggregate to more than a
billion dollars, the equivalent Of 20 per
cent of the valuation of motor vehicle
property in the United States.
Expediency Questioned.
"They seriously question the ex-
pediency of the Federal Government
invading an overtaxed field. Further
more, they feel that the proposal to
tax this vital instrument of business
and transportation, while scores of other
taxable commodities are kept off the
'selective list is highly discriminatory.
The automobile war excise tax was ac-
cepted by the users without demur, but
only because this levy was more or less
uniformly applied to all forms Of trans
portation.
ANY sales tax that is to be productive
and avoid the creation of bitterness
must be either a low-tax rate on a
large variety of commodities, or high
rate tax on luxuries. Since the auto
mobile cannot be placed in the latter
class, and since the Treasury Depart
ment is not prepared to recommend the
former, the automobile and the industry