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Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-10-05
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF OHIO

Proposing to repeal section 8 of arti-
Gle Nv of the constitution of the
state of Ohio, relative to prohibi-
ton.
Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1933-10-05
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT

Estate of B. Fl. Wiley, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Ivan
Kuntz, of McConnelsville, Ohio, has
been duly appointed and qualified
as executor of the estate of B. H.
Wiley, deceased, late of Morgan
county, Ohio.
Dated this 30th day of September,
1888.
ARTHUR ToRBERT.
Probate Judge Of said County.
sos
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-17
new OFFICER TO
ASSUME CHARGE
NAVY UNIT HERE
LIEUTENANT JACKSON CAME
IN LAST WEEK FROM PACI-
FIG COAST; WILL TAKE
PLACE OF LIEUT.. TELLMAN

Lieutenant W. B. Jackson. u.
S. N, win assume command of the
communication service at the local
station as soon as the formalities
OF the transfer of the station,
which began this morning, has
been completed.
Lieutenant Jackson, who was
recently detached as staff COM
inander OF the battle forces on the
Pacific coast with headquarters
at San Pedro and transferred to
Key West, arrived over the high
way last week accompanied by
Mrs. Jackson and their two-year-
old daughter.
AS soon as Lieutenant H. A.
lehman. U. S. NJ, in command of
the local station has received his
orders and proceeds, with his FAM
lily, to his new assignment, pos
sibly on the west coast, Lieutenant
and Mrs. Jackson will occupy the
quarters in the naval station that
was used by the Tellmans.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-17
MOTORISTS FOUND
GUILTY in DEATH
OF MARIE CAREY
GEORGE DIELH SENTENCED
TO PRISON FOR RUNNING
DOWN GIRL WITH AUToMo-
BILE IN MIAMI

George n. Diehl. 63-Year.old
motorist, was found guilty sasaF-
day in Miami Of being reapen
able Tor The death IF Narie carey
daughter % Mr. aud ars. Oliver
Carey. formerly 81 Kog Wesf. ard
sentenced 20 20 years ID state
prison.
Marie vas playing On Jolly II
near a fireworks stand oa NORTH
West szad ssteet, Ths satoa ahlis
driven b. Dlekl, eft iae read and
struck the ehilI. throwing her =
distance eE IS feet said ns
- T. tha catastrophe
The car struck IS automobile
trailer, iae lifawoFka amnA SRI =
concrete poet before ssap r.
Travelled q dsstaBes af TO- fee
Oliver Carey. father ~ -
eaa.I. Was In Key Wss sefal
seeks $50 Tor q visit mta
sssvA4
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-17
O'CONNELL MAY
BE RELEASED IN
NEW YORK CITY
TWO NOTES FOUND NEAR
WHITE PLAINS AND YoN-
KERs PoSTMARKs; ALL
CLOSE TO MANHATTAN
CRy Associated Fresal

ALBANY, July 17.-Stronc
feeling prevailed here today that
the kidnapers of John J. o'Con-
neyy, Junior, would release him
in New York City or in the metro
politan district suburb.
The belief was given impetus.
when it was learned that of four
letters received by Ed and Dan
o'Connell. the youths uncles. one
of the first three notes bore Yon-
kers postmark and the fourth,
White Plains.
The other two were mailed in
Albany.
White plains and Yonkers are
close TO Manhattan and the last
list of Intermediates was publish.
ed in New York City newspapers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-17
FLORIDA BRINGS
IS PASSENGERS
FREIGHTER COLORADO HERE
THIS MORNING WITH
HEAVY SHIPMENT

The steamship Florida. of the
F. and .. S. S. company. arrived
from Havana Saturday afternoon
with So passengers and sailed $50
o'clock for Tampa with 81 pas
sengerS.
Freighter Colorado, of the
Clyde Mallory line. arrived Gao
this morning with heavy shipments
of freight for Key West. In the
consignments of freight was a
carload of famous brand of beer
for local distributor.
After discharging cargo the
vessel sailed for Tampa and Mo
bile.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-17
BURGLARS VISIT
GROCERY STORE
PLACE SITUATED ON SOUTH.
ARD OPPOSITE BAHAMA
STREET

+ The grocery store on Southland
street opposite Bahama street was
catered by burglars last night
and the cash register relieved Of
ali ash amounting To about 81,
Rienvenido Perez. night patrol
man of the police force, was adj
vssed Of the theft and uaade an in
vestigation, but without gaming
any clew as TO the perpstrator Of
the robbery,
That something was wrong was
determined about 1880 o'clock
last night when the prupFistor
discovered a window open in TIE
side 81 the building.
Investigation was made a. 0sre
ard the loss af the ranaey gsas dis
covered. Only IKE wsasEa~
which is scared frorn GAe INSIDE.
was opened. All o.hsr eren6 ssses
VzeEe saezge1y fastened Il s. sa
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-17
Some Key Wester Given Chance
To Get Job OF Marine Fireman
By PAUL MAY
Special Washington Correspondent
of The Citizen


Special Washington Correspondent
OF The Citizen
WASHINGTON, July 17.-Sen-
ator TrammeIl wants someone liv-
ing in West Palm Beach or Key
West to have the civil service job
of marine fireman under the Fed
eral District Engineer at Mont
gomery, Alabama, he said today.
Applications should be filed with
the district engineers office in
Montgomery by July &c at the
latest. The job pays from $3.50
to 1920 per year.
The senator declared that the
Federal Administration of Public
Works should give the preference
to bona fide citizens of Florida
on public works in the state in
stead of giving the jobs to import
ed labor or aliens.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-17
YOUTH PLACED IN
JAIL AS SUSPECT
in ROBBERY CASE
JAMES DeVoE QUESTIONED
IN CONNECTION WITH MON
Ely HE CLAIMS TO HAVE
FOUND ON VACANT LOT

James DeVoe, eight years of
age, was rich for a brief time and
splurged with his companions while
he distributed gifts of dollar to
some of his pals and SO cents to
others.
Now Jimmie is in the county
Jail awaiting investigation of the
source of the money he SO lavish
ly spent which authorities believe
was the SIS stolen from the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Sweeting at
826 Eaton street on Sunday aft
ernon, July 8.
Word was received at the office
of the sheriff that the boy was
spending lots of money, for one so
young, and Chief Deputy Clements
Jaycocks Investigated.
He caught DeVoe and question
ed him. He found that he had
had SIS which he claimed he found
under a bottle in an empty lot on
Elizabeth street. He said that he
discovered it on Saturday, left it
there until Sunday and went back
to secure it.
He described the three SIS GER
tificates accurately to Mrs. Sweet
ing, going into details about the
Abraham Lincoln photograph on
the bill. but protested he had
found the bills as stated.
Asked if he could count, James
replied he could count up to 500.
Did he know enough to count
moeny? asked Mr.. -Jaycocks. "Sho
/ could cunt money" he replied.
Mr.. Jaycocks handed him four SIS
bills and asked him how much was
there. Jimmie said, Give, ten,
15 and five is twenty. Twenty
dollars, sir"
When shown a $40 certifi ate
he promptly gave the denomina-
ton and reiterated his statement
that he could count money up to
500. Not having this much handy,
Mr.. Jaycocks did not put him to
the test.
If Jimmie found the money he
may come out all right. If he took
it from the Sweeting home. it may
just be too bad, and will possibly
nip his career in the bud as it is
probable he will be sent to the
reform school at Mariana if found
guilty.
Finger prints photographed in
the home of Mr., and Mrs. Sweet
ing and those of young DeVoe are
being compared by Roy HamTin,
and on the result of this investiga-
ton the boys fate may rest.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-17
HUTTON, HUSBAND
OF AIMEE SEMPLE.
DEMANDS DIVORCE
TO FILE SUIT ON GROUNDS OF
MENTAL CRUELTY; AIMEE
RETURNING HOME FROM
EUROPE
tnr Aeseelnten rressl

LOS ANGELES, July IL
David Hutton, rotund husband of
crusading Evangelist Aimee Sem
pie Mcpherson Hutton. said he
would file suit for divorce today
IN the superior court on grounds
Of mental cruelty.
1t is specifically said that the
baritone singer, who married the
Angelus Temple evangelist %
months ago on a flying trip to
Yuma. Arizona, is tired of having
intimate details of his married life
publicly discussed"
The evangelist is on the high
seas enroute home from Europe.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-17
Managed Money! What 1t Is
.0sssesse0ssessesssse
By J. r. BRACKET
Try Associated preASI

NEW YORK. July 17.-After
concluding that gold at fixed
price was the long-sought stable
money base. is the world now to
change tune and decide, paradox
ically. that gold on a fluctuating
price is actually more stable?
One of the major proposals of
the advocates of managed money
system is that unless COLDS price is
made to change in relation to 9TH
er prices the inequalities conse-
quent to violent price changes will
continue. even grow worse.
Gold A Commodity
The first fact required for I'M
derstanding this argument is that
gold is a commodity. Watches
and rings are made from it, just
as knives and forks are made from
silver, or bread from wheat. But
gold almost alone has a fixed
price.
The legal definition of a gold
dollar is 1922 grains of gold,
which is at the rate of $20.67 an
ounce. The price of wheat. for
example, varies with supply and
demand so that the price" comes
to represent wheat's value"
Supply and demand, however.
have no effect on the "price" Of
gold. but they do affect its value"
what it is worth in terms of
wheat and other commodities.
Would Stabilize Gold Value
The purchasing power of gold
and that of currency, when. of
course. the money is on the gold
standard, are the same. Advo-
Gates of managed currency argue
that gold causes all money to
fluctuate too violently in value"
purchasing power-because any
one commodity tends to be I'M
stable. This means that 81 might
purchase a bushel of wheat in one
year and two bushels in another,
The idea of managed money is
to make that dollar purchase APP
proximately the same amount of
a group of commodities all the
time. The price of gold, there
fore, would be made to fluctuate
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-17
MALONE WILL GET
PLACE ON BALLOT
ONE OTHER MAYOR TO HAVE
NAME ON REPEAL TICKET
IN SPECIAL ELECTION

Among the names Of widely
known Floridiaus which will be on
the special election ballot on OctD-
her 10th. IN favor Of repeal Of the
18th amendment ia the constitu-
ton viii be that of Mayor VIM. IL.
Malone.
Two mayors of Florida cities
have been named. William III.
Malone. Of kcy West, and Clas
Armstrong. cf Pensacola
Three new paperguen have also
been named l.. II. Faase. editor
of the WilIiston Sun: Frank H.
SsonenGan. editor ie chief Of the
Miami Herald. Mrs. Marie Holder
man editor Of The Cocoa Tribune.
Three members Of Florida s
Democratic delegation 10 the last
uat4oHas convention nsmea are
Mrs. Mamie Sparkgnau Hert. of
Tasnpa. Mrs, Herman Damn. of St.
Peter sfurE: Mrs. Reuiah TT,
Hanuah. Lakeland.
Other nauea that have been
agsfsgaaeea ID spreHr Of4 he ts@R-
gsss are III. Ut. fteheirnaa. attorney
fraM Miami, JohH " AonaaAa. of
Sumter esantg ars. Hssgh Matte
sen. Htatnl ss8h &oaaMn. EaY Lee.
f'snsllAs eauut7 Natl q. Walker.
Lee eaunt Mrs. a. G. sasssI9.
state leader If gka " gsaens Or
eansza gisn Ter Prohibition Rsfogsa
aaa = T. gtEsr of gsake soantg
AZ eesheF 8aerw wtIA - 81 eF8sr
Easss so - eEse5s8 wta waH Ea@ef
r sausens5sa November - ~
r. ssaassse. Ia east ss'@ ssatF :
& n tzl26ss.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-17
MANY RELATED
PERSONS SHOWN
in STATE WORK
GOVERNOR sHoLTZ AND CAB.
MET TO INVESTIGATE SIT
uArlon or ALLEGED NEPo-
TIsm Al STATE HOSPITAL
lur A.-.sln,sa I.re..,

TALLAHASSEE. Fla, July 81.
Governor Dave Sholtz and his
cablnetsistiag a. TIC beard Of
toner's Of stats Institutions
plan 10 look irgts the matter of
- lsted persons on the state pay
roll at the hospital fog the iFaaane
at Clsattahegefer
The governor called the matter
Ia The beard'x attention when Re
rres+ ntea q is8t u husbands and
sises. fathers and SONS uSseles end
nersheya ~nptoyed 1T fhs hes
pitat,
Foard naem5era agreed that tie
lla4 aosked tad bat sad the aaas
to nAouA he Investigated ears.
fasly slasee number ~ eases uay
he gs0peg employment
AffsrnsT General Cary d
I4anesas advised stse heard tie res
aNtY nepsss 4ara Isw 6aez nat easeg
tAe agtmatsaa s4ae@ ths werkees Sc
~ nespstas aF@ sHapgsyes - sns
seara aas IF sAafr Fsastsvea mka
ag ~ ssa Ehe aaaae nsygas.s
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-17
SUIT AGAINST
ANDREW MELLON
Is DISMISSED
OTHER TREASURY OFF,
GALS INCLUDED IN PRO-
CEEDINGS IN PAPER FILED
BY FORMER INVESTIGATOR
Cry Associated PrssS1

WASHINGTON, July IA
1920, 100000 tax suit against An
drew Mellon and other former
treasury officials was dismissed
today by Justice James NJ. Proc
tor in the District OF Columbia
Supreme court.
The suit was filed By David Lo-
son. former Investigator Tor the
special senate committee, and
charged Mellon, former Secretarg
Ogdon Mills and several Others
with conspiring to defraad the
government in the settlement oI
a foreign steamship company s
taxes.
Justice Proctor. i'm his opinion
sustaining a demurrer raised by de.
PENDANTS. said the sait did no'
state good Of present" cause ol
action.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-17
GENERAL BALBO TO
VISIT ROOSEVELT
ITALIAN AIR MINISTER &C.
cEPTS INVITATION TO
WHITE HOUSE
my Associated rress,

CHICAGO, July i7.--Ceneral
Balbo accepted today an invita-
.ion to visit President Roosevelt
at the White House late this week.
Postmaster General Fsrlcy pre-
scented the presidents invitation
while the Italian air minister was
paying his official call at the city
hall.
Washington, however, probably
will not have a visit from the en-.
tire fleet.
General Balbo said the return
trip vbald start Wednesday Morn.
ing. The armada flying directly te
New York, remsining there fos
several days preparing for cross
ing the southern Atlantic to tbs
Azores and then TO Italy.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-17

tenth of gold or a $1.10 in money.
The original dollar would have lost
purchasing power, while the com.
posite commodity" would be more
valuable. The person who re-
ceived the commodity would find
the value of his money reduced.
If the price of gold is changed,
and thus the price of the dollar,
the person with the dollars will
find that by law they have been
changed in purchasing power to
s110 to keep mp with the com
posite commodity
The theory is that. on the aver.
age. neither the commodity holder
CT the money holder would lose OF
gain by such price changes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-17

with the prices of such a group
an average Of prices of several
hundred commodities, in effect. a
sort of composite commodity"
Suppose an ounce of gold was
worth $40 one week when 10 units
of the Composite commodity"
were also worth SO; suppose in
the next week the 10 units moved
to $11; then the price of an ounce
of gold automatically would be-
come $11. The price" of gold
would fluctuate with its purchas-
ing power-its value" in buying
the composite.
If the price of gold were not so
changed, the 10 units of eommo~
dity would buy an ounce and one
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-17
ECONOMIC MEET
NOW WEAKENING.
REPORTS SHOW
MANY OF BELIEF THAT PAR
LEY SHOULD NOT RECON-
VENE FOLLOWING AD-
JoURNMENT UNTIL JULY IT
nr Associated pressl

tWy Associated Fressb
LONDON, July l7.--Leaders of
the Economic Conference have de-
cided that too many cooks spoil
the broth.
Unless they change views, the
conference, which will recess July
II, will not be reconvened in its
entirety.
Belief the parley should not be
reconvened, was voiced at today
meeting of the steering committee
it is understood.
There is a growing feeling, in
which some American delegate,
concur, that the conference, Al
new constituted, is so unwieidy, il
blocks its own progress.
If, and when, brought into
being again, in Washington, Lon
don, Geneva or elsewhere. lis mum
bers will be whitfield down.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-17
Two Airmen Making Nonstop
Flight Killed During Plane Crash
Darius And Girenas Mis-
took Tree Tops For Mea-
dow In Attempted Land
Eng, Believed
tDy Associated prcssp

SOLDIN, Pomerania, Ger
many, July 1.-THE air.
plane Lithuanica in which
Stephen Darius and Stanley
Girenas were attempting .
nonstop flight from New
York to Lithuania, crashed
early today at Kuhdamn,
near here, and both filters
were killed. The plane was
discovered in a forest. The
bodies of the airmen were
under it.
A local farmer heard the
crash about z o'clock this
morning, but actual discov-
cry of the ship was not made
until a few hours later.
Soldin is situated on a lake
by the same name near the
border line of provinces Neu-
mark and Pomerania.
Police surlnized the avia-
tors, in attempting to land,
mistook treetops for q mea-
dow. There was some doubt
| about the exact time of the
crash.
Investigators said the bod
les indicated the men died
between 3 and S n. m.
A cyclist discovered the
plane with its wings hanging
from trees.
A guard was placed al
the scene by police, and bod
les left there for the time be-
ing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-17
RELIEF COUNCIL
MEETS TOMORROW
MATTERS OF GREAT IMPORT.
ANCE TO COME BEFORE
SESSION

Al 1880 o'clock tomorrow
morning in the chamber Of conf
ueFce rooms the Emergency Re-
lief Council will hold meeting,
Matters of Importance 70 all
concerned will be discussed and
every member is expected 20 be
present WililaIa ". nemersft.
chairman az the council, will pee
side
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-17
new LIGHTHOUSE
KEEPER ARRIVES

Leonard l., Galloway, lighthouse
keeper, arrived yesterday from
Charleston. :. G.. where he had
been employed in the Sixth Dis
trict and reported for duty this
morning at the local office.
Mr.. Galloway has been assign.
cd te Alligator Reef station ~
first assistant keeper. TIE va.
cancy at this station was created
by the retirement OF Hexektah A.
PieFee, recently retired tar lisa-
hjiity.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-17

Post, confident of shatter-
ing the world record of 8
days, Is hours and 81 min
utes which he and Harold
Gatty set two summers ago,
left Floyd Bennett Field at
4:10 a. M, Eastern Standard
time on Saturday and arriv-
ed at Berlin early this morn
ing.
He is flying in his white
and purple monoplane, Win
ME Mae. of Oklahoma. The
flier, who is attempting to
encircle the globe in a solo
flight, encountered bad wea-
ther northeast of Koenigs-
berg. Germany.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-17
wv. HARTMAN
DISAPPEARS FOR
HIS SECOND Time
HEAD OF HARTMAN NATION
AL BANK AND TRUST CON-
PANY MISSING FROM RE-
GENT NURSING HOME
ans AssoeInted pressl

tBy Associated PreSsl
NEW YORK, July 17.-Joseph
w. Hartman, former head of the
Hartman National Bank and Trust
Company, disappeared today for
the second time from the regent
nursing home.
William J. Donovan, chief
counsel for Hartman, who is UNI
der SIS. 900 bail on a federal in
dictment, charging alteration of
banks books, notified United
States Attorney George Ze Med
allie of the disappsaranes.
Donovan said Hartman clipped
out" through y service entrance of
the home. entered q taxicab, and
that a boy who was close by said
the taxi driver was told TO "drive
to Fort Lee Ferry.
Authorities are watching Cam
aSian and Mexican borders and
seaports.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-17
STOCK MARKET
AT HIGH LEVEL
CIV Assseisfrs ITsssl

NEW YORK. July ~
Stocks arG staples soared to-
day en- wings with renewed
opsinaia mat its highest levels
for the past t~e yeAra or
more. reached by naaat eosa-
nseditixa aud leading seeari-
ties.
May wheat iunped five
eenG1 a bushel. sotfea $40
bale and barley Ten e~uta q
buahsl.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-17
STORM REPORT

WASHINGTON. d. g.. July III
The tsor8esl aissmbaaee
sssahE - NsaaaFste sHteasftY = 49,
raFen9 eeHssl ahasgs lafisa8e 81.
saHs tsssEs ~ ard - asaFlaa Mens
Fls.st aesa ST skseg3 Is ms ka
haax.
fTfs f9sssAsa Nf4sn Is a
fsis~a sA-seat 81 l
ana. f.asa
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-17
Wiley Post Making Great
Speed On His Solo Flight
Makes Landing AT Moscow
Today; Arrived AT Ber-
lin Early Hour This
Morning
tBy Associated Press;

MOSCOW, July 17.-WiI-
ey Post, American round
the-worId solo filler, landed
here from Koenigsburg, Ger
many, today and a few hours
later scared eastward on his
1900 mile journey to Novo-
sibirsk, Siberia.
Perfect weather conditions
prevailed from Moscow to
the UraI mountains.
Post refused a chance to
sleep a few minutes at the
Moscow airport to speed. up
mechanics working on his
plane.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1933-07-17
STORM 200 MILES
SOUTH OF HAVANA
OF SLIGHT INTENSITY: NOV.
ING WEST NORTH.
WESTWARD

WASHINGTON. Jsly II.
Weather Bureau today is-
sued the storm warning;
Tropical disturbance Of
slight moderate intensity. APP
parently central about two
hondred miles south of Ha.
vAnA. II is moving west
northwest~ard about eight
cen miles an hour"
Evening star., 1933-03-19
FULL SIZEl
Choose rour shade.
(Aet*sl Si.e]
No offer like
this ever
before!

TAKE mistake. These fri size ipsecks Of the
IV1 regular 75t.to $500 quality. Unusually smooth
texture. Indelibe, waterproof and lasting Popular
shades Beautiful cases in rich, vivid colorings.
Check shade in coupon and mail, with one large
Forhan's Toothpaste and 81 stamp to mail
ing. you want second lipstick friend wants one,
don't worry about coupon Just send extra carton and 81
stamp for each, giving and address and specifying
shade Act night ~wey Offer good only until April 30th.
Evening star., 1933-01-22
Shaviana.

y In the autograph and first edition
market the personal literary productions
of George Bernard Shaw are not worth
as much as might have been supposed.
Two hundred and four items of Shaviana
were sold at auction in New York re-
Gently They brought only s7,SS7, a
little less than s34 per item.
Presumably, the admirers Of the play
wright are just as numerous as ever.
DR.. Archibald Henderson Of Chapel Hill,
NJ c., evidently had no hesitation in
offering his collection for sale. Granted
that this is depression time, he had
reason to suppose that there were
enough Shaw fans in the country to
ensure spirited bidding for 'the best
collection of Shaviana in the United
States" Otherwise, of course, he would
not have risked his treasures.
Shaw himself has been conscious OF
q Shavian boom In recent years, and
repeatedly has advised DR.. Henderson
his American biographer, to sell while
the boom lasts" The circumstances
were unusual. 1t is not often that the
personalia of a living author has any
extraordinary value. Being dead is one
of the requisites in writer's favored by
collectors. Robert Burns had been
absent from the earthly scene for more
than century before bibliophile was
willing to pay for a single inscribed copy
Of book of his verse sum exceeding
ali the money the poet ever saw in his
whole life. and Edgar Allan Poe had