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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-10-27

Daytona Beach where he viii at
tend a meeting of the Florida
Presbytery.
Lee Thompson, representing
meat packing corporation. left
yesterday for the weekend at
headquarters in Miami.
Mrs. William Daughtry and
children, Jacqueline, Joan, Anne
and Terry, left yesterday for a
few days in Miami.
William Norman was a passen-
ger on the afternoon train yes
terday going to Miami for short
business visit.
Charles Ketchum, who was in
Miami for a few days on business,
returned over the East Coast yes
terday.
Mrs. Howard Weatherford, who
was spending a few days with
relatives in Miami, returned over
the East Coast yesterday.
Mrs. Thomas Woody returned
on the morning train yesterday
from Miami where she went for
the Legion Convention.
Miss Nellie Russell returned
over the East Coast yesterday
from brief vacation in Miami.
Mrs. Samuel Mccarthy, who
was in Miami with relatives for
few days during the Legion Con-
yention, returned over the East
Coast yesterday.
Mrs. Frank Weech returned
yesterday from Miami where she
was spending a week with rela-
tives and friends.
Mrs. Robert Knowles and Mrs.
Merrill Adams, who were in Mi
ami for a stay with relatives dur
ing the Legion festivities, return
ed yesterday.
Miss Anna Gomez and Miss Her
minia Pulida, who were spending
week with relatives in Miami,
returned on the Havana Special
yesterday.
Milo Leon, formerly of Key
West and remembered as a crack
baseball player, is spending few
days in Key West, coming from
Miami where he attended the
American Legion Convention.
Mrs. Hamilton Williams and son,
Hamilton. Jr., who were spending
a while with relatives in Miami,
returned yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Moffat re-
turned on the Havana Special this
morning from a stay of several
days in Miami.
/ Mrs. Laurie Jaycocks and Mrs.
Louise Sweeting returned this
morning from Miami where they
had been visiting relatives.
Mrs. William Mendell returned
over the East Coast this morning
from a stay of several days with
relatives and friends in Miami.
Mrs. w. w. Thompson was an
arrival this morning from Miami
and viii spend a while with rela-
! tives. .AAA.
| Mrs. j. G.. Piodela, president of
the American Legion Auxiliary in
Key West, returned today from
stay of one week in Miami to at
tend the convention.
Mrs. Key, wife of John Key,
port steward of the p. and o. S.
S. Company, returned this morn
ing from a visit of several days in
Miami.
Mrs. Margaret Maxwell arrived
from Miami this morning to spend
a while with her sOn-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. McCurdy
Mora.
+; Mrs. NJ. S. Del Pine, of Key
West, is spending while in New
York and is a guest at the Bar
bizon Plaza Hotel in New York
City.
1 CHANGE DATE OF
/ SCHEDULED DANCE
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feet that the dance which was
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-10-27
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PERSONAL MENTION

Mrs. William Tedder left over
the East Coast yesterday after
noon for a stay with relatives at
Tavernier.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-10-27
Subscribe for The Citizen.

Emil Sweeting, and Master Of
Ceremonies, Glenwood Sweeting.
A Procession of the Most Bless
ed Sacrament viii follow the
High Mass. -S%Aa
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-10-27
TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH

(ColOred)
til Simonton Street
Rev. Alfred DeBarritt. Pastor
The usual services will be held
at this church on Sunday during
the absence. of Rev. DeBarritt.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-10-27

Mrs. Hamilton Williams and son,
Hamilton. Jr., who were spending
a while with relatives in Miami,
returned yesterday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-10-27

Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Moffat re-
turned on the Havana Special this
morning from a stay of several
days in Miami.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-10-27

Milo Leon, formerly of Key
West and remembered as a crack
baseball player, is spending a few
days in Key West, coming from
Miami where he attended the
American Legion Convention.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-10-27

Rev. Alfred DeBarritt, of Trim
ity Presbyterian Church, left on
the afternoon train yesterday for
Daytona Beach where he will at
tend q meeting of the Florida
Presbytery.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-10-27

Miss Anna Gomez and Miss Her
minia Pulida, who were spending
a week with relatives in Miami,
returned on the Havana Special
yesterday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-10-27

Mrs. Laurie Jaycocks and Mrs.
Louise Sweeting returned this
morning from Miami where they
had been visiting relatives.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-10-27

Mrs. William Mendell returned
over the East Coast this morning
from a stay of several days with
relatives and friends in Miami.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-10-27

Mrs. w. w. Thompson was an
arrival this morning from Miami
and viii spend a while with rela-
tives. .a.A
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-10-27

Mrs. Robert Knowles and Mrs.
Merrill Adams, who were in Mi
ami for a stay with relatives dur
ing the Legion festivities, return
ed yesterday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-10-27

Charles Ketehum, who was in
Miami for few days on business,
returned over the East Coast yes
terday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-10-27

Lee Thompson. representing
a meat packing corporation. left
yesterday for the weekend at
headquarters in Miami.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-27
HOW POLITICIANS WORK

THE direct conflict that can arise between
partisan politics and the public interest
was never illustrated better than in the cur
rent congressional row over the Norris amend
ment to the Home Owners Loan Corporation
BILL
Here, as clear-cut as such a thing could
be, is case in which the claims of politics
run directly opposite to the needs Of the ma
ton as a whole. The difference between a
public servant and politician could not get a
better demonstration.
The new bill makes certain changes in the
Hole law guaranteeing the $2,o0o,o0o,0Oo in
bonds which the corporation may issue to pro-
tect hard-pressed home owners
Before the bill got by. Senator Norris of
Nebraska tackled on an amendment which
would prohibit political considerations from
playing any part in the choice Of employees for
this corporation.
The senate, after much prayer, fasting and
beating of breasts, adopted this amendment
by the margin of just one vote. Then the
bill went to the house, where the banking
committee Immediately struck out the amend
ment.
Now there simply is not any question about
the rights and wrongs of this amendment.
A corporation that can issue two billions in
bonds to home owners can do a very great
work, if it be directed properly; and it can
accomplish an uncommon amount of very
ugly phenagling if its personnel happens to
be made up of political hacks.
Why, then. did the amendment have such
rough shedding? The answer is plain as a
pikestaf. Congressman need to be able to
pass out jobs to their henchmen to make their
reelection easier. This corporation offers
many new jobs; from the political viewpoint, it
would be insane to pass up this chance for
party profit.
The federal government has taken on many
more activities than it ever INDUCED in be-
fore. These activities touch us all very closely;
they affect our wages, our jobs, the prices we
pay for necessities, the conditions under
which we work, the homes we live in.
1t is of the highest Importance that they
be conducted as efficiently as is humanity
possible.
If the politicians at Washington can see
in the whole business nothing but a fine new
chance to lay their paws on jobs for deserv-
ing Democrats, the whole business sooner or
later is going to come down about our ears.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-27
DUE PROCESS OF LAW

NEW hope for Americas longest forgotten
L men, Mooney and Billings, will be stirred
by the latest move for their freedom
Attorneys John F. Finerty and Frank P.
Walsh are preparing habeas corpus petition
to be filed in the federal court in California
demanding MONEYS release on constitutional
grounds. Thus, for the first time, the famous
case has a chance of reaching the United
States supreme court.
These citizens are denied Justice through
breakdown of a states judicial system. The
grounds upon which writ will be asked are
much the same as those successfully pressed
by counsel for the Scottsboro defendants.
Were conditions under which Mooney and
Billings were tried in San Francisco seventeen
years ago such that substantial justice was
impossible?
This question has been answered affirma-
lively many times in California. Twice it has
been answered by presidential commissions at
Washington.
Said the 1918 Wilson commission: can
attitude of passion was stimulated by all the
arts of modern journalism It is not sur
prising that Mooney and Billings were tried
In an impregnating atmosphere of guilt"
Said Hoover's Wickersham commission:
Immediately after the arrests of the de-
PENDANTS there commenced a deliberate at
tempt to arouse public prejudice against them
(Mooney and BillingS) by a series of almost
daily interviews given the press by prosecuting
officials"
Since CALIFORNIA; courts and four of its
Governors have failed to guarantee due process
perhaps the nations highest court can The
fourteenth amendment has not been repealed
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-27
NONPOLITICAL JUSTICE

THE day is not far of when some intelli-
Il gent statesman will devise plan by which
the United States will be able to scrap its
present system of electing county and state
judges and place the entire system of Justice
on a nonpoltical basis.
1t is ridiculous on the face of it for man
to seek the Office of judge on either Demo-
cratic or Republican ticket. What difference
does his politics make?
Even the United States supreme court, that
great tribunal of justice, is not entirely free
from politics. The Presidents name the JUS
tices and when their nominations go before
the senate, the usual fight takes pIace-a
fight that is not dominated usually by whether
the appointee is a good judge or not, but
whether he has been good party man.
1t is a taught
Great Britain took its judicial system out
of the hands of politicians a century ago. The
United States is hundred years behind the
times.
It should not be necessary for an able
lawyer to align himself with one or the other
OF the two major political parties and then
curry the favor Of the political boss" to finally
Lift himself to the bench. He takes the bench,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-27
TUESDAY, MARCH 81. 1884.
EDUCATOR?

or all the entertaining claptrap that has
~ been sounded against the new deal, DR..
William Wirt's remarks about the President
being "Kerensky" set an all-time record for
asininity Not satisfied with his original
expose" he enlarged upon it in yesterdays
Times to describe the Stain" who is to
come as a person very much like Governor
McNutt
Last year when the banks were closed and
business was so fiat that it couldn't even kick
its heels, Tories like DR.. Writ were an ex-
tremely frightened lot. All that most of them
could do was wiring their hands and hope that
Mr.. Roosevelt or some one would save them
Now that the administrations efforts have
restored a measure of prosperity these vest
pocket Jeremiahs are getting back their lung
power. We are glad they are. The country
has been pretty solemn for a twelvemonth
Thinking citizens have had a good deal on
their minds The time has come for little
fun and these pompous reactionaries are fur
nishing plenty of bufoonery.
We can not help regretting, however, that
DR.. Writ has joined the jug-band Of rugged
individualists" 1t is too bad that the man
who made Garys school system a model for
the entire country now should identify HIM
self so noisily with the group who, by un-
precedented greed and stupidity, almost sue
ceeded in wrecking American civilization.
No doubt Dr. Writ could sit down and dis
cusS with a coldly impartial mind such spe-
cifc matters as the structure of the atom and
the speed of light. It is unfortunate that he
can not view with the same attitude evolution
airy changes in social and political institutions
AS an educator he should know the fundamen-
tai fact that history teaches-the inevitability
of change.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-27
ANOTHER HOPEFUL SIGN

a SIGN of the changing times is to be dis
cerned in the news from London that the
grounds of the famous birmingham and Rane-
lagh polo clubs may be taken over by the
London county council and used for housing
projects.
These clubs, most famous polo organiza-
tons in the British empire, maintain playing
fields on the edges of very populous districts.
AL around them London jewellers live in close
quarters, stified as all inhabitants of congested
city districts are stifled for want of room.
And here are these two green GASES. dedi-
Gated to the game which is the pastime par
excellence of the aristocracy.
To require the polo clubs to find playing
space farther out would only be common
sense. Nevertheless, the fact that the British
authorities are actually ready to lay impious
hands on the favored recreation of the aris-
tocracy is a significant sign of the changing
times
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-27
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
THIRTY.

THE work OF great newspaper men is usually
= anonymous while they are alive. The roar
of the crowd and the acclaim of the people
seldom reaches an editor. His reward is never
personal triumph. He lives for his organiza-
ton, his newspaper. If it marches ahead, he
is satisfied to allow others to claim his BRAIN
children as their own. He would not have it
otherwise.
Not until he dies, and for the first time,
occupies front page space in his own news
paper, do his readers become aware of the
they have read for years.
For four decades, Louis Rowland toiled
and fought for the Indianapolis News. For
more than half of this time he was at the
wheel as editor. He brought to his work
splendid background OF education, but, more
important than this he had Christian under
standing and twinkling sense of humor-
an attribute needed above all others by an
editor.
His lifetime of Seventy-six years covered
the whole growth of modern journalism. He
watched the development OF the great wire
services which have brought the very ends of
the earth to within only few hours of
lonely Indiana farm.
He saw the growth OF mechanical improve
nent whereby one typesetting machine could
do the work of half dozen men and single
press could turn out in an hour enough papers
to serve a city of $4,000
During his career the newspaper grew from
a little eight-page handbill to great institu-
ton employing hundreds of men and carrying
five times the number of words as the average
novel. He watched the News grow from
trif1ing $4,000 circulation to its present position
of prominence and influence in the middle
west.
Yet with change and growth going on all
about him, Louis Rowland never lost his
serenity. His judgment and his humility re-
NAMED with him to the end. He had no fear
of life's greatest adventure, which Is DEATH
AS he approached that final "deadline" that
must come to all newspaper men, his quiet
courage cheered those at his bedside. He had
served God his newspaper and his fellow
citizens courageously and well.
So, as we write "30"-the newspaper symbol
of "finis'-to a great career, we realize that
it is not really the end, but that Louis
Rowland will live on still as vital example
and moving force in the pages OF the news
paper he loved
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-27
OUR MONEYS WORTH

A PUBLIC which is somewhat confused by
the charges and countercharges that have
been made in connection with the air mail
imbroglio will probably be ready to agree
whole-heartedly with General William
Mitchells demand that the government at
least make sure that it gets full value for the
money it spends on its aviation.
IF the government is going to spend
money on aviation in the interest of private
lines" says the doughty general, 'it should
see to it that real results are obtained and
that the money is not used for gambling by
spectators"
This government spends annually enough
money to have the finest military and civilian
air forces on earth. Let's hope that the pres
ent row viii induce it to make certain that
it gets what it is paying for.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-27
Beer Places Attacked

glass of beer. That may not be
the exact figure, but there are
men who would like to take their
wives to some of these places for
a few glasses of beer, without hav-
ing to battle their way out.
On the other hand, there seems
to be other places in the city and
county where an air of respect
ability is maintained at all times.
Perhaps we got into the wrong
places, but that does not alter the
principle of the situation.
Any man or woman who desires
to patronize a beer-selling estab-
hsllment should not be called
upon to search the downtown dis
trict for a decent place to pass a
few minutes time. Every one of
these places should follow the law
strictly and not cater to stew
buns who have nothing else to do
but clutter up places where re-
spectacle people might want to
gather.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-27

stock in an apartment house enter
prise with the single defect that it
couldn't seem to make money.
What charming men! Could this
poor, crazy soldier boy ever thank
them enough?
He felt very happy until the other
day. They came to tell him a
strange thing. He had no money!
1t had vanished like the mist be-
fore summer sun. He can't seem
to understand it. His twisted mind
won't let him understand it.
He saw cloud of smoke rolling
across the green lawns. Suddenly
from its midst there emerged the
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
With laundering hoofs they swept by,
death riding in the vanguard. Al
most Immediately there appeared a
Fifth Horseman, more horrible than
the rest. On his crimson shield ap-
peared one word: GREED!
The vision vanished. A squirrel
scampered along a limb, tail bob
bling. Peace? only the unknown
and his sleeping comrades know
what that is. The soldier behind the
screen docs not
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-27
PASS A TAX BILL

TINE senate has big job before it-a job
Il which the house ways and means and the
senate finance committee refused to do, which
a gag-ruled house was not allowed to do and
which the administration itself has been
strangely reluctant to undertake. 1t is the job
of changing the pending tax bill into real
revenue measure.
What a puny gesture the present bill is,
with its estimated yield of between $25o0O0OOO
and $500, 100000 annually, in the face of
$1,000 900 900 current deficit and $32,000,000,-
600 debt!
It is hard to reconcile the attitude of the
conservatives who protest every suggestion of
additional taxes. They cry out in horror at
proposals of imitation. Yet they are pursuing
a low-tax course which is driving the nation
so far into thelred that imitation may be the
only way out.
Now is the time to throw the tax system
into high gear, to assess our citizens according
to ability to pay to permit those enjoying the
benefits of recovery to pay the costs of re-
covery.
Income and inheritance taxes are the most
equitable levies yet devised, but our present
rates do not begin to produce the revenue that
can be realized from those sources. Senator
La Follette'S income and inheritance amend
ments, boosting rates all along the line, should
be adopted. These two amendments alone, ac-
cording to the estimates of the treasury de-
partment, will increase revenues as much as
all the provisions of the pending bill.
Even under the La Toilette rates, incomes
and estates in this country would be taxed
only fraction of the amodnt they are taxed
in Great Britain, France or Germany. Is not
the enjoyment of comfortable incomes worth
as much in America as in Europe? Americans
are no less patriotic than Europeans, and
timorous politicians in congress, who have one
eye cooked on the next election, will do we'll
to remember that.
There are many commendable provisions in
the pending bill 1t plugs up many tax leaks
In addition the Murphy amendment would re-
form the capital gains section by apportioning
the increment over the years the property is
held, and taxing it on the basis of ordinary
income for each Of those years
The senate should agree with its finance
committees proposal to revive the excess
profits and capital stock taxes These are Just
taxes, not to be abandoned so long as our
treasury is in such dire need of revenue nor
so long as any Of the so-called nuisance taxes
remain.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-03-27
HE SEEKS A HOME
AFTER EVICTION,
By r. w.

By r. w.
1 have, in the past, been fortunate
enough to make ends meet, but
since the first of the year I could
not pay my rent in advance. After
nearly a months arrears, I was
given an eviction notice.
I asked for help previous to this
and was investigated, and was re-
ceiving food. After taking the notice
to the trustees office, 1 was given
form and told to see if I could
find a house and have the owner
sign it and return to the trustees
Office. started making the rounds
OF rental offices. My reactions to
some OF my experiences are not
printable, but can see now why
so many houses that I have looked
at are without doors, windows and
plumbing.
1t brings to my mind a few years
ago where you could, with a few
dollars, buy lot which would en-
able you TO get a loan sufficient TO
build a double. You could rent one
SIDE Tor enough to pay of the loan
and still have enough left to soon
buy another lot, get another loan
to build another double, rent both
sides, etc., and all the time live in
the double originally built.
1 think I have talked to several
persons in the last few days whose
fortunes were made when they
could demand rent increases of sew
eral dollars from one month to the
next and tell the renter to move
and even place him in the street
If he did not get out within the legal
time. Rents were doubled and
tripled and any old house could be
rented for mere than it was worth.
Those were the days when Satanic
rule and principles were making a
grand slam, but, thank God, that
old boy gradually is being strangled,
and we are nearing that day for
which we have prayed for so many
centuries. Matt. 6:10. But, during
this tearing down and leveling pc
Rod upon which the new order will
be built, you can hear them howl.
See zeph. CD. I, Jas. CD. 5.