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re ''m0raI'' o Be- drawn from Preai.

The moral to be drawn from Presi-
dent RooseveIt,s fishing trip, following the
investigation BY White House cOrre-
spondents, Is IF you really want to catch
fish. come to Key West maters says the
Key West Citizen Hometown pride Is ex-
euaahle. but escandsindicate That the presi-
dent needed to shift his course only lit
tie to the west to encounter plenty Of big
ones. as marlin swordfish had not been so
plentiful ia the Gulf Stream off Miami III
many monEhs.-@ Miami News.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-21

All men may be free and equal in
Russia under the Soviet government, but
the new Russian embassy in Washington
rivals the magnlficence Of Gar days. one
Thousand prominent persons were received
rs invited guests Of the new ambassador =
few nights ago, IN the so room palace
which he occupies in Washington Capt.
talisn" may be taboo in Moscow but ii Is
in full swing in the new Washington
headquarters of the Soviet republic.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-21

Sarasota win now be alhs5 by i
ruckus between two factions. each with q
newspaper to smoke Il up. There 10 doubt
win be some fun but It will BE- expensive:
expensive to community peace. to the pro-
meters and most Of al Is merchants. who
probably aren't interested ii the fight but
who VIII be forced 10 use two papers at
more. If not double the cost. than one
paper would charge them to cover the
field.-Fort Myers Press. The readers.
too. win lose. for very likely each paper
win be reduced in size, and quality. just IS
The Citizen was forced to reduce from
eight 70 four pages when competitors en-.
tered the field.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-21

@The Life Of Our Lord, by Charles
Dickens. which win be published in The
Citizen commencing. Monday, April g,
viii be printed in larger type than IN edi-
tions that have gone before, and in : for
mat convenient for placing and preserving
in book for future reference and re-
reading.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-21

Last summer Jesse Jones, FRC chair
man. addressing the American Bankers As
ISOLATION. said that hoardess 81 available
credit are little better than hoarders Ct
currency. hut Il develops that Jesse doesn't
practice what he breaches. Ear lis hank.
the Houstan National Bank 81 Commerce.
Of II hig boss. Althongh his banks de-
failed 70 pay any attention - the precepts
posts had increased by five millisn dol
laTz. its loans and discounts had actually
decreased. 50 instead Of his bank giving :
good example to The other hanks Of the
land. il had III practice lone just the re-
verse. When laced with ne facts. be
passed The buck. hut nat the negotiable
kind
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-21

Today's Horoscope

The masterful nature of the
preceding day continues. with
great powers OF combination.
There is force and some diplonl-
acy which win enable you to sue
cessfully combat the opposition
which may arise from the dispu-
tatiye tendency, and which may
raise up enemies.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-21

Guiding few members Of the
snapper family. was ti5.O00s All
az the fish sent BY the Rios COM
pamy goes to Havana. where there
il d practically unlimited demand.
for yellowtails. Probably the
only other fish which i liked bet-i
ter by the cnhans than yellow
tails Il the red snapper.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-21

Stare u al set Tor the BIZ box
ing fraeas tonight Il the Athletic
Club ii which Battling Nike
Dominic. 81 Miami. and Young
Treyur. al Key West. win be The
star contendera. naminie arriv-
"a an the nsrsning train and son
after ssarAad ! wonkout Those
Who watched him Say he looks
nifty. Trevor = sid % be IN the
pink # eondtsion ard = real fikhs
IA assured
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-21

Puff thinks he would ike 10 be
back on his isle,
But being a roamer is more in his
style;
He doesn't vet know where the lin
err is going,
But he hopes he'll arrive there
without any rowing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-21

We read in Miami paper: 'Born..
Sunday morning, BABY girl, weight
seven pounds No news in that. All girls.
when born are babies.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-21
FRIGHTENED TO DEATH

WARSAW. = Because Ignace
Ladzewski Of thin city frightened a
woman to death by pretending to
he a ghost, he was convicted of
murder.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-21

The management ~ the Key.
West Athletic Club warns every.
sne 10 keep of the roof ~ the
building tonight when the airhts
are III pr0xresA Al mia aTe
caught On the roaf viii be arrest
ed, sav those who haye the affair
In charge.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-21

1896 Sam Houston and his
Texana defeated Mekicans IN Init
tie Of San Jacinto and establish
Cd independence Of Texas.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-21

Tha venire 0f SnFns1 Ter the
Nav term 81 United States has
been dsaMn and snmmoned Ihe
term eanuenRn - May s. Jndse
Rhyaon Il. cal VII preside and
Dlstrirs Asfornsy WEaEan ~ Esh-
= win pxoneente Ihe deekek i
Iarger skan Il nny ainse auring FIR
s.ass shree EsarA
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-21

1893 - Diplomatic relations
WITH Spain broken and war de.
elatid ildys latsr
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-21

The offense Of sleeping hi church i
on thing not committed with open eyes,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-21

Race hatred will cease only With the
spread of the spirit Of tolerance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-21
Today's Birthdays

DIR. Percy w. Bridgman, noted
Harvard physicist, born at Cam.
fridge, Mass, SO years ago.
DR.. Clarence A. Barbour. pres
ident Of Brown Univ, born at
Hartford, Conn, 81 years ago.
Dr.. Francis P. Gaines, president
Of Washington and Lee Univer-
sity. born 1T Due West, s. G., AZ.
years ago.
Arthur StanwoOd Pier, writer,
born in Pittsburgh, 60 years ago.
Princess Elizabeth Of York,
third in succession to the British
throne. born 8 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-21

House members pay own cost On
West Point iunket Well. this i ap-
preaching the millenium Omaha Worid-
Herald
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-21

Work, enthusiasm and vision together
spell success. Each singly win go only =
third of the way ct most.
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> e00NOo0oNa0e0~ee00S0e0S
Today In History

0N0oN00 . N0N % - : :. . Q So .
1853 B. G.. Legendary founding
Of Home.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-21

Leonard Bethel. son Of Pem-
hroke Bethel. had his right hHnd
destroyed last night by the ex-
pIoaion of q shot gun. He was
holding the gun when the acci-
dent occurred. An operation was
performed later BY surgeons and
81 was fonnd necessary to anlpu-l
tate what remained az the hand
at the wrist.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-21

Mare yellowtails are being
caught IN local waters than Il
any other time ii any other ~,
son anrfnx tie past few yeaxs
Thensands ii pounds aEe belna
shipped daily ~ tn Rios FTsh
eoaapany and tAe Thsnpson FlsA
Ieonapany. La1 week the tosaa
Inamher q noands shippeA. ~
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-21
A NEW CHARLES DICKENS

We have known Charles Dickens as.
the man who played the gamut of human
emotions. Few Of us have suspected that,
whether he knew it or not, the New Testa-
ment was his text But now, in the newly.
revealed Dickens manuscript, which re-,
constructs the New Testament we find him
writing
MY Dear Childrent:.
& am very anxious that you should
know something about the history of Jesus
Christ. For everybody ought to know
about Him. No one ever lived who was so
good, so kind and so gentle and so sorry
for all people who did wrong, or who were
in any way i'll or miserable. as He was.
And as He isnOW in Heaven whore we
hope to 90, and all to meet each other
after we are dead, and happy to be always
together, you can never think what good
place Heaven is, without knowing who He.
was, and what He did,"
Even in these days when efforts are
being made to correct social injustices;
when battles are being fought to abolish
child labor, for instance, this question from
the New Testament comes to haunt us:
Master, who is greatest in the King
dom of Heaven
Jesus called little child to Him, and
took him in His arms, and stood him
among them, and answered, "A child like.
this 900 sxy,,,.s u ,,,.ts, ~. -
were better for him that he had milestone
tied about his neck, and were drowned in
the depths Of the sea
We think of those who sold us South
American bonds, when we read
There was a certain rich man, who
was clothed in purple and fine linen, and
Jared sumptuously every day. And there
was q certain beggar, named Lazarus, who
was laid at his gate, full of sores. and de-
string to befed with the crumbs which fell
from the rich mans table.
And it came to pass that the beggar
died, and was carried by the angels into
Abraham's bosom
Dickens explains to the children:
Abraham had been very good man
who lived many years before that time,
and was then in Heaven. The rich man
also died and was buried, and in Hell he.
lifted up his eyes, being in torrents, and
saw Abraham afar off, and Lazarus And
he cried and said. Father Abraham have
mercy ON me, and send Lazarus that he
may dip the tip Of his finger in water and
cool my tongue"
Analogies! Analogies! Here in this
rewritten New Testament we see things in
q new light. Numerous Of our citizens
take immunity baths before facing grand
iuries. When PLATE saw that he could
not prevail with them, however hard he
tried he called for water washing his
hands before the crowd
III the Bible story we read of "a GER
tain rich man In our day he has name.
II il insult. And he has many brethren
among us, some Of them SO rich that they
do not have to pay income taxes; some Of
them the presidents Of closed hanks who
continue to live III mansions on the hills.
They had their Barabbas. We have
Capone who went to jail because he
wouldn't split the loot with the govern
ment.
Christ comes again, in this new
Dickens version, personifying justice.
charity. community responsibility, honesty,
80 .x....st,, .lasa.,,..,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-21

Members Of the central com.
mittee III the Exchange Club arr
preparing d plan whereby another
tank VIII be added - the Key
West aquarium. II u believed
that i canvass of the city miIi
bring n sufficient funds 10 com
piete the project and this Il tc
BE undertaken Ill nnee. This was
decided 1t ! meeting If the 81.
ganiration today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-21

The list of all names on the reg
istration books of Monroe coun-
ty nnnber about 5000. This in
cludes exempts. new registrations
and names of those who have left
the city. 1t Ii expected that be-
fore the books close on May Il.
there viii be more than 1000
names on the books. OF the num-
her Thus far registered 2,20D
are qaalified tas vote including
eNempts. Hnnared 81 rqI nxe,
are being paitl daily - that 1t II
safe to aay that Approximately
$500 viii be qualified to vote.
Some ~ the politicians bclievel
the number will be larger.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-21
KEY WEST IN
DAYS GONE BY


According to the latest infor-I
nation received from John c.
Thompson, New York bond ex-
pert. only freeholders will be per-
mitted to vote III the bond cleo
ton to be held on Thursday, May
4. when the proposed bond issue
to raise 100000 to complete the
golf course and adjacent grounds
will be decided. At first it was
said that only property owners
could vote. Then it was annonnc-
ed that voters in general would
have q voice in deciding the issue.
Now comes the final announce
ment from Mr.. Thompson and his
decision will be abided by.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-21

From education come too many critics
and not enough creators.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-21
WEATHER FORECAST
TilI 8 5. nl., Snnday

Key West and Vicinity: Fair
tonight and Sunday; gentle to
moderate northerly winds.
Florida: Fair tonight and sun
day: warmer in northwest por-
ton tonight and in north and
central portions Sunday.
Jacksonville 70 Florida Straits
Moderate northerly winds aud
weather fair tonight and Sunday.
East Gulf; Moderate no.therly
winds.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-21

snlaeihe "a - clllaen.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1934-04-21

Editorial comment Many 4
man buys with aiaerity and PAYS
with reluctance. Then kexe ase
come naa boy viii alaeriky but
pay moi II al
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wEArMER CONDITIONS

Pressure Is low this morning
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CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CONDITION OF
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK
or KEY WEST

a. Al the close Of business March 5, 1894,
CamptrolIes's call
REs0uRcEs
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Temperature
Rainfans
j nI1s0rrow AInlnIasI.

s'i'htN resurai rssgeFss :.:sa-sa0ur nerl.,.,
ending al = "sciaek This lsaruinw.
The Washington times., 1934-08-17
STORES Of GAS
DROP AGAIN

Stocks of finished gasoline con-
tinued to decline during the week
ended August II, the American
Petroleum Institute reports. With
draWals from storage amounted
to 777,000 barrels and at the end
of the week storage totaled A.
$4,000 barrels. Stocks of un-
finished gasoline were reduced by
$4,000 barrels.
Reporting refineries we're OPP
Grated at 7O.6 per cent of capacity,
running to stills 2,382,O00 barrels
of crude oil daily, compared with
operations at 69.4 per cent of
capacity in the previous week,
when crude oil runs to stills
averaged 2.341,1O0 barrels daily.
Gas and fuel oil stocks were up
1,001,00 barrels to 112,718,00O
barrels. Imports of oil gained
slightly. Receipts of California
oil at Atlantic and Gulf Coast
ports we're up sharply, averaging
94,143 barrels daily.
The Washington times., 1934-08-17
HOME CANNING
SETS RECORD

Housewives of the nation are
preserving more fruits and other
food this summer than in any
time in history, officials of Owen
Illinois Glass Company report.
Due to anticipated higher prices
because of the drought, foods not
usually canned are being so pre-
served this season.
Increased domestic use of fruit
jars this summer is reported by
the Owens officials. It was
stated. however, that fruit jars
comprise only a very small part of
the company's business.
The pack on tomato and to-
mato products, particularly catsup,
will be larger than normal this
year, it is stated, and the excel
lent crops in the high producing
States of Ohio, Indiana and New
Jersey will more than offset the
poor tomato crop in upper New
York. The grapejuice pack,
which uses a large quantity of bot
ties, will be extremely short, Off
Gals said.
The same condition is true of
the peach pack. The large peach
producing area along Lake Erie,
in Ohio. was hit by winter freezes;
Colorado is reported to be making
large pack of all foods.
The Washington times., 1934-08-17
RAILS ORDERED
To START FUND

The Railroad Retirement Board
yesterday ordered all Class I rail,
roads to Immediately pay to the
United States Treasurer one-tenth
of per cent of their pay rolls for
July, to start the fund for the rail,
road pension law.
The assessment amounts to
$125, 900. Payments are to be made
by August Is.
This order was forecast when
attorneys for the board, in com,
batting an effort of the railroads to
obtain an injunction against opera
ton of the act until its constitu,
tionality could be determined
stated that the board had pre-,
pared this order and another call
ing for the names of all employees
who would reach the age of 10 by
February l, 1885.
Justice Proctor, of the District
of Columbia Supreme Court, de,
MED the railroads a temporary in,
junction.
tLdIl1 OdN dLGOI utyS SdIQ CllCAS 10
no intention of fighting the cur
rent order of the Railroad Retire
ment Board and that only in the
event that further and more
drastic orders are issued would
there be resort to the courts other
than the action in which Judge
Proctor yesterday refused a re-
straining order.
The retirement board, headed
by Murray w. Hatimer, contends
the order will not result in any
railroad having to pay into the
board more than $4,000. The first
regular payment comes due No
vember / and the carriers assert
that by the end of the year they
will be paying 100000 to 100000
a month into the fund.
The order based on section 9B
of the retirement act says that
advances in the amount and on
the date fixed herein are reason
able and necessary to put the act
into operation"
The Washington times., 1934-08-17
WASHINGTON

Eggs-Market steady. Receipts show
ing slightly more than seasonal Decline
but quality improving.
Best current receipts. 17@1sc; fancy
hennery whites. 23@25c. a few at lie
premium. Government graded and dated
white eggs: U. S. extras, large, 2s@S2c;
U. S. extras, mediums, 29c: u. s. stand
ards, large. 2Shc. Government graded
and dated brown eggs, U; s. extras
large, Sic: L. S. standards. large, % nc.
Live Poultry-Market steady. Prices
unchanged.
Fowl-Colored. 13@15c; leghorns, 100
lie; ROSTERS, 1860. Spring, chickens:
Plymouth Rocks, over pounds. 2l922c;
under ) pounds. 10000; Rhode Island
Reds, fancy 17@1Sc; colored. 40 lSc;
leghorns, 15@16c. Turkeys: old TOMS
12c; old hens, 14@15c.
Cantaloupes-No carlot arrivals; one
broken car on track. Western stock: Sup
plies light; demand light; market steady.
California, Salmon Meats, jumbos S6s
and ass, $2.OO@2.25; jumbo Flats lis
soc @$1.O0.
Persian Melons-Jumbo crates IS and
6s. $1,000 standard crates IS and 6s'
$1.75 q 200; ponys IS to So, $3.50.
Observation-Disclosures standard crates
The Washington times., 1934-08-17
HUGE SHIPMENT
STARTS SILVER
FLOW HERE

NEW YORK, Aug. II GN.S)
London cables yesterday an.
nounced the liner Washington
had left Southampton, England,
with the largest consignment of
silver ever shipped across seas.
1t was said to consist of 10000
bars, weighing 400 tons, and
valued at approximately S.,
$4,000.
Local bullion dealers were
taken completely by surprise at
the news of which they denied
any advance knowledge. They
were unanimous in assuming,
however, that the record opera
ton was ostensibly for the &C
count of the United States Treas
ury.
Guaranty Again
Belief that the transfer repre-
Sented Government purchases of
the metal abroad was strength
ened by reports that the ship
ment was consigned to the
Guaranty Trust Company, which
had acted as Treasury agents in
gold buying operations last
spring. No comment on this
phase of the transaction was
forthcoming from the bank yes
terday.
Rumors that the importation
into this country was for a large
Spectator were spiked by knowl-
edge that no individual would
attempt such an enormous opera
ton without having assurance
that the Treasury was ready to
repurchase the metal.
No Private Deals
Under Treasury regulations all
metal coming into this country
from abroad must have consular
invoice. In this way the Govern
ment is in position to familiar
ize itself with all details of in
coming shipments.
The impression that the impor-
tation represents a Treasury
operation also grew out of the
fact that the Government, as a
result of the many rules and de-
creeS adopted on behalf of the
metal, has effectively barred silver
imports into this country for
private account.
London advices also indicate
tremendous activity in the British
market since the United States
nationalized the metal at a value
of 50.001 an ounce. English brok-
erS were credited with estimating
that six million ounces of the
metal were shipped to America
last week and additional large
amounts are expected.
The Washington times., 1934-08-17
DOLLAR
VALUE DROPS
lHigl' Low 90

The purchasing power of the
dollar invested in common stocks
declined in July. according to the
monthly analysis of Administra-
tive and Research Corporation, its
decline for the seven months end
ing July 81 being 16.5 per cent
as compared to a decline of 9.3
per cent for the six months ending
June 80. The purchasing power
of the dollar invested in bonds
and of the dollar held in cash also
receded during the month but to
a lesser degree than the common
stock dollar.
Wholes sale commodities, as
measured by the Bureau of La
boris wholesale commodity index.
at the end of July stood at TAT
against 74.8 on June 30 On De-
cember 80, 1888. the index was
70.8. The decline of the purchas-
ing power of the dollar held in
cash therefore over the seven
months period was So per cent,
which compares with a So per
cent decrease for the six months
period ending June 30.
With a decline in common
stocks, as measured by the Dow
Jones industrial averages, to 1905
on July 81, from 1912 on June 80,
and 99.9 on December 80, 1888,
the purchasing power of the COM
mon stock dollar showed a loss of
1853 per cent over the seven
months period. This compares
with a 9.3 per cent loss at the end
of the six months period.
The Dow Jones bond averages
at the end of July stood at 93.42
against $3.50 on December 80,
1888, and 94.74 on June 30 of this
year, indicating an increase of
4.6 per cent in the purchasing
power of the dollar invested in
bonds at the end of the seven
months period, as compared to a
81 per cent increase for the six
months period ending June 30.
The Washington times., 1934-08-17
HIGHEST
SINCE 1881

Predictions of rising costs Of
food are clearly borne out in a
further jump of cents in the
Dun & Bradstreet Weekly Food
Index of wholesale prices.
This advance brought the index
for August IA to 1928, a new
high level since April is, 1881,
and a total increase of 10 cents,
or as per cent, in the last two
weeks.
Compared with the $1.91 num-
Der ruling at this time last year,
the current index shows a rise of
1913 per cent. Of the 81 items
included, II were quoted higher
than in the preceding week while
only four were lower.
An advance of 0.5 per cent in
the index of retail food prices
for the two weeks ended July 81
was recorded by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics.
The current index stood at
110.4, compared with 1899 on
July II, 1925 on July 3, and 104.8
on July Is, 1888.
The present level, according to
the report, is the highest reached
during the past 80 months.
The Washington times., 1934-08-17
N. Y. Curb Quotations

NEW YORK, Aug. II G.N.S0
The Curb Market found the line
of least resistance to be upward
today, and under the stimulus Of
sharp flare-upS in a miscel,
laneouS handful of issues, gener-
ally higher levels were the rule
in most sections of the list.
PeppereI Manufacturing was
again an outstanding performer
in the speciality group, adding 32s
points to yesterdays advance of
5A points at the 1879 level.
Standard of Indiana was ag-
gressively bought in the oils on
the announcement that the COM
pany was seeking listing on the
big board, and it reached 2714
for a gain of "a.
Consolidated Gas of Baltimore
showed up best in the utilities,
advancing a point to 81.
Hollinger Mines was a feature
in Spotty mining group.
Alcohols did little.
The Cities Service issues slipped
slightly.
Bonds were irregular.