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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-12-04
CHURCH NEWS
NOTICE TO CHURCH
CORRESPO NDENTS

Your church notes should reach
the Minneapolis office Of the paper,
800 Third st. South, by Wednesday
noon each week to insure publica-
ton.
Make them brief and to the point.
The Washington times., 1936-09-23
The "deadline!"

The "deadline!"
Today at p. m. is the dead
line" the Zero hour" after which
no entries will be received in The
Washington Times contest to find
the best likeness of Popeye's
Poppa.
There have been hundreds Of
drawings submitted in the contest,
Of all types-sailor men, like
Popeye; island kings, pirates,
dudes, and a variety Of Popeye's
Poppas that have sprung from the
imaginations of washington art
ists-young and old.
Today the contest ends, and on
Saturday, the winners will be an
nounced.
Prizes will be awarded for the
drawing that looks most like Pop
eyes Poppa, for whom Popeye is
now making an extended search
over the sea on a haunted ship.
The prizes will include $25 in
cash and Is tickets to the eighth
The Washington times., 1936-09-23
6. A. R. WOMEN
PICK LEADER

After a long struggle among
eight candidates, which required
three hours and eight ballots to
settle, Ida Hancock Baker, Of
Kansas City, Mo-, was last night
elected president of the Women's
Relief Corps of the Grand Army of
the Republic.
Mrs. Mary j. Love, retiring pres
ident, extended best wishes to her
successor at the balloting, held in
the Hotel Mayflower.
Before the elections, members
of the G. A. r., and the five auxil-
iarieS connected with it, gathered
in the ballroom of the Mayflower
for a reception honoring Com
mander-in-chief Obey Nelson, of
the G. A. r.
Selection of officers for the COM
irg year was scheduled to be &C.
complished at a business meeting
tomorrow morning by the AuXil-
iary of the Sons of Union Veter-
ans, convened at the Hotel Will
lard. Leading candidates for the
presidency are Mrs. Mary Brady
and Mrs. Ida Lewis.
The Washington times., 1936-09-23
CITY TO PRESS
TEST SUIT

A test case to determine Wheth
er Alexandria can collect $40 SER
vice fees from more than 500 resi-
dents was ordered by the city
council here last night.
Prompted by refusal of prop
erty owners to pay the sewer SER
vice fee Of $40, council ordered
City Attorney Carl Budwesky to
bring suit against one of them.
Approximately $4,000 will be at
stake.
The issue arose when the city
extended sewer mains into sec
tions of the city that already had
private septic tanks and at
tempted to collect service fees on
all property connected to the city
mains. Only a few did pay and
these protest the city should make
everyone pay.
The Washington times., 1936-09-23
DUCE MAY QUIT
LEAGUE AFTER
AFRICAN ROW
By LINDSAY PARROTT

~ 4AAGNOGSfAA
PARIS, Sept. % G.NS0.-Italy
Is prepared to refuse all participa-
ton in attempts to revive Eu-
ropes Locarno pacts, which were
smashed by Chancellor Hitler,
and may possibly announce final
abandonment Of the League Of
Nations unless Halle Selassie's
Ethiopian delegation Is excluded
from Geneva Immediately.
This was the warning served
on France and Britain by Premier
MuSSolini's withdrawal Of the
first instalment of the permanent
Italian secretariat from Geneva
tnstanced by the walkout of Ital'
ianS from the Leagues radio
committee notwithstanding to
the Interpretation of well in
formed sources here today.
The minor league committee
was discussing the use of radio in
the interests of peace when, as a
sign of II Duce's diSpleaSure be-
cause the League credentials COM
mittee failed to oust the Ethiopian
delegates Immediately, the Italian
delegation walked out.
Rather than bow to Mussolinis
demand, the credentials COM
mittee had referred the Ethiopian
question to The Hague court.
Immediate Tightening of the un-
written alliance between MuSSolini
and Hitler, it is thoroughly under
stood here, will be the certain re-
suit of League adherence to yester-
days decision to permit the Ethi-
opianS to sit in the League as
sembly session while The Hague
decides their status.
VOTE AMERICAN
The Washington times., 1936-09-23
Gov. Lehman Ignores
LaGudrdia Attack

ALBANY, N. Y, Sept. %
0.N.S0.-Ouster charges against
Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia,
which were filed by Robert Charles
Moore, of Forest Mills, N. Y, were
dismissed yesterday by Governor
Lehman. Moore had charged the
mayor with "grosS incompetence
and willful waste of over five mil
lion dollars of public funds in con-
nection with construction of the
Queens Boulevard Subway"
The Washington times., 1936-09-23
Big POpeye Contest
Reaches DeadIiMe

anniversary Mickey Mouse show
at Loew's Palace Theater on Sat-
urday.
So if you haven't mailed in your
entry. you can bring it into the
office Of "Popeye's Poppa," The
Washington Times. But remem-
ber; if you bring it in after 6
p. M, it will not be eligible.
unTE AMERIcAN-
The Washington times., 1936-09-23
'PackY' Mcfarland
Dies in Joliet, III.

JOLIET, ILL.,, Sept. % u.N.S).
Patrick "Packy" Mcfarland, one
Of the greatest lightweight boxers
Of all time, died here today after
an illness of two months. He was
a member of the Illinois State
boxing commission.
The Washington times., 1936-09-23

"AND ONE LOOK AT MY HEALTHY BOY IS PROOF EMO
OF WHAT NoURIsHINc, WHOLESOME A&P BN
can DO TO HELP BUILD STRENGTH AND ENER(
The Washington times., 1936-09-23
PHONE DISTRICT $500

Scientifically prepared to protect
carpets, rugs, draperies, blankets,
upholstery and clothing against
moths. If the articles are in use,
they should be sprayed monthly. Is
delightfully."- pungent with the pleas
ant odor of cedar. Will not stain.
HOUSEWARES, FIFTH FLOOR
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-16
EROSION A NATURAL PERIL

There are people in the United States
who have heard of erosion and believe
that the term is fairy-wOrd, describing a
nonresident danger, even, if occasionally
some tract of land is washed away by heavy
drainage.
There are farmers in many parts of
the nation who find it hard to accept the
statement that 835, 100000 acres, once
fertile, have been damaged from 25 to 100
per cent at a loss that is estimated at ten
billion dollars and that the nations ability
to feed itself in the future is threatened.
However, this is the conclusion of ex-
pertS in the Soil Conservation Service after
a survey that covered 1889 100000 acres
all of which was once fertile land Count
ing wind and water erosion the estimate
shows that an area four times the size of
Texas and 146 times the size of Massa-
chusetts have been denuded of topsoil to
an extent varying from 25 to 100 per
cent
Viewing the nation as a whole it is
said that only the New England States and
certain widely separated areas in other
sections have escaped serious damage OF
the nearly 2,OOO,OOO,OOO acres surveyed
less than one-third had suffered no erosion
damage and much of this area is not
adapted to agriculture
Certainly the nation faces a serious
problem in preventing the loss of valuable
top-soil through erosion. 1t is a fight in
which millions of farmers should CO.
operate. They must be on the lookout for
danger signals, realizing that not all soil
loss comes through guiles or windstorms
but that the gradual shaving off of the
top soils of unprotected farms through
sheet washing is an enemy to be mas
tered
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-16
CONSTITUTIONS NEVER SACRED

The sanctity of the Constitution has
largely passed out of the political scene,
thanks to Gov. Landon'S declaration for an
amendment if necessary to secure social
legislation and President Roosevelt's state
ment that our problems can be solved
within the framework of the historic docu-
ment
1t becomes fitting therefore to call at
tention to the fact that the Constitution is
not now, never was and never should be,
sacred. The ideals which it espouses and
toward which it moved may be sacred to
many people, but the possibility always
exists that the methods necessary to
achieve the desired end may vary with the
development of the ages.
For illustration, let us cite the growth
of monopoly in this country. Inasmuch as
both parties have declared against mo-
nopolies it is apparent that they exist and
nobody denies that they have been protect
ed, at times, but the Constitution of the
United States. The fact is that corpora
tons have been held entitled to the guar
antics of the Constitution although OBJ
viously they are not persons in the sense
that voters are persons. Yet, they have
been given Constitutional status, as it
might be called, and claim the protection
of the beneficial clauses of document de-
signed primarily to safeguard human
rights.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-16
THE SPEED OF LIGHT

Marvellous as was the discovery that
sound impulses could be transmitted by
telephone and radio, their mere transmits
sion would be of little value if they travel
ed only with the speed of ordinary sound.
To illustrate: If one were in San
Francisco and desired to talk to someone
III New York, and had a voice loud enough
to be heard that distance, it would take
nearly four hours for the message to cross
the cOntinent-for sound travels only 72O
miles an hour.
But fortunately, electrical and radio
impulses travel with the speed of light,
which for all practical purposes is in
Simultaneous for terrestrial distances, or
about $4,000 miles a second.
Incidentally it may be mentioned
that so far the longest combined telephone
and radio conservation ever carried on by
regular toll customer was between San
Diego, California, and Stockholm, Sweden,
distance of $500 miles. By special ar
rangement longer distances have been
covered.
Many improvements in telephone and
radio communication will be made in the
future, but there will be no increase in
speed. Always the sounds are transmitted
with the speed of light, the speedest thing
i'll the universe
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-16
You and Your
Nations Affairs
Slipping Soil
By HARLEY L. LUTZ
Professor OF Public Finance, Princeton University

living standards to the level on which
the people of China live.
In China. incidentally. may be seen
the perfect example of the ultimate
results sof wasieful agriculture. The
Yellow River and the Yellow Sea have
acquired their names from the enor-
nous load of silt that they have been
carrying for centuries from the fields
of China.
Most unfortunately for this aspect
OF the conservation movement. how
ever. we have now tied II up with
scheme fol paying farm subsidies that
is essentially political IN character
After the Agricultural Adjustment
Act was rejected by the Supreme
Court. the farm subsidy element of
that law was grated onto the Erosion
Control and Soil Conservation Act
OF 1885 There was great rejoicing
when someone IN Washington pro-
posed this new method for paying the
farm subsidy II is all CLOSED over by
much talk about conservation. but the
truth is thai the fight against soil loss
and depletion is utterly inconsistent
with the scheme TO raise per capita
farm incomes.
Conservation is only the shuck on
the farm subsidy nubbin. and # will
inevitably be subordinated to the real
purposes of the present law. just as
the farmer tears away the musk TO
get al the ear of corn within The
more money that is distributed among
all farmers with view to equalizing
farm and non-farm incomes. the
less will there be with which to pro-
mote soil conservation.
In this Judgment no issue is made
of the propriety of the farm subsidy.
although much could be said on that
subject. If il is considered to be sound
economics and wise public policy 10
pay the farmers some kind of sub
sidy. by all means let il be done in a
way that will not hamper the great
fight TO save our remaining agricul-
tural resources.
At the earliest possible moment the
conservation undertaking should be
divorced from the politically inspired
farm subsidy. 1t was only a shotgun
marriage that united them. and in
stead of doing right by the conserva-
ton movement we have done il a
great wrong Ly forcing it into such
strange and sordid alliance.
'hOT. care of this netCSD1DerJ
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-16

of the badly eroded area is to De
saved. The seriously damaged area
would make 4 states the size of Texas.
or % states the size of New York.
or lac states the size of MaSsachu-
sets.
This loss Is the fruit of a long
period of predatory agricultural
methods. 1t Is an aspect of conServa-
ton that had little attention in the
early days of the movement for the
popular interest in preserving natural
resources was first centered en- timber
and minerals. The Department of Ag-
riculture has been emphasizing the
terrible wastage of soil resources for
years. but no other official notice was
taken of the problem until the Gre
alton. recently. of the soil conserva-
ton bureau.
The problem transcends politics
and partisanship. Whether we are
Republicans. Democrats or Socialists.
we shall be equally hungry when our
great expanse of fertile topSoil has
been washed away and our broad
farms have been converted into piles
of wind-blown dust or barren. rock.
strewn gullies.
No one who has seen the evidences
of wind and water erosion in diff
ferent parts of the country can doubt
we are fast approaching an agricul
tural catastrophe which will compel
us eventually to import enormous
quantities of foodstuffs and agricul-
tural raw materials. or else lower our
Address questions to the al
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-16
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN

WILL always seek the truth and print il
without fear and without favor: never be
afraid 10 attack wrong or to applaud right:
always fight for progress; never be the or
gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique,
faction or Class; always do its 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 coma
promise with principle
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-16
WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weak h'glt pressure areas over
spread most of the Rocky Noun
tain States, the Lake CuperiOr
region, and the eastern Gulf OF
Mexico and Florida; while pres
sLle is moderately low through
out the remainder Of the coun-
try. Showers and thunderstorms
have occurred daring The last "a
hours in the west Gulf States.
from eastern Missouri eastward
over Virginia and North Carolina.
in portions of GeoI III and north
eastern Florida, ana in few
other widely scattered localities,
being heavy at San Antonio, Tex
as. l04 inches. Macon. Ga. 4.70
inches, and Nashville. Tenn, 2.32
inches. Temperatures have mod
crate i'm the Lake region and
Ohio Valley. but continue abnorm-
ally high throughout much Of the
Plains States End middle and up
per Mississippi Vallcy, with maxi
Mum readings above 100 degrees
again yesterda-' in many localities
in this territory, Oklahoma City
reporting 108 degrees; which is
the highest on record there.
q. s. KENNEDY.
Official i'm Charge
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-16
KEY WEST IN
DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here Just 10 Years
Ago Today As Taken From
The Files Of The Citizen

A street bus and a Ford car en-
gagged in a col ision late yesterday
afternoon at the corner of South
and White streets. According to
the reTorts by bystanders the Ford
got the worst OF the melee Noel
Solomon, Mrs. Solomon and sister
were driving along and had just
turned Out of South street on to
White street when the bus was
seen coming in the opposite direc-
ton. They met. The Ford was
showed, or pushed, to the curb in
front OF Councilman Willard AL
bury's home and badly damaged.
Luckily no one was hurt.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-16

Real hail was falling for brief
period in Key West last night.
During the thunder which pre-
vailed for a time after z O'Clock
residents of the city heard pat
terings on their roofs which did
not sound like rain. In fact so
heavy were the missiles they
sounded like large shot falling
from a great distance. Investiga-
ton showed that they were hail
stones. A number of business men
gathered the falling ice pellets.
Among these was Claude II.
Roberts. Proprietor of Roberts
Book Store. He said to The Citi-
zen this morning that during the
60 years he has resided IN Key
West, this is the first time he had
seen hail.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-16

One of the reasons for the heavy list
of unemployed increasing in number. are
the restrictions on industry that tend t.
create this vast army of the unemployed
We hear daily of labor strikes, but some
day business may be forced to strike or
quit because it cannot go on, and then
everyone knows what will happen. Both
capital and labor have their rights, and
their needs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-16

The armament is now putting on a
cometary display. 1t is the comet known
as Peltier's. named after an amateur star
gazer who was first to note its approach.
and will be visible until next month. 1t
will be found under favorable conditions
between the consultations of CasSiopeia
and Cepheus. The former was referred to
by Milton as "the starred Ethiop queen,
and the latter was her husband. Perhaps
the comets itinerary in this Ethiopian Sec
ton Of the heavens may portend the COM
ing of another starred Ethiopian queen to
sit triumphantly with the conquerring lion
of Judah, but we have our doubts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-16

U. S. Commissioner c. Rodney
Gwynn has been advised by Judge
Lake Jones, of Federal Court, to
turn over to Lieutenant Ernest
Thompson, u. S. A.. forty barrels
of whiskey which have been in
storage o. the vaults of the GUS
toms house for the past four
years. The estimated value o. this
liquor, under present conditions.
is approximately 100000. The
liquor was found in carload ship
ment of molasses. The mOlasses is
TO be destroyed. The liquor will be
used for treatment OF veterans in
hospitals. a
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-16

The Triborough bridge, New York,
which PRESIDENT Roosevelt dedicated last
week, and which was opened to the public
Sunday, July II, for the first time, was
used by 10000 automoblists in one dav.
They may not mean much to Key Westers,
but 1t makes our hearts throb nevertheless.
We are going to have bridges, too.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-16

Not much excitement with the
opening o. criminal court this
morning. Two young men who
were before the court charged
with the theft of an automobile
insisted their cases be reopened.
They were. The original fines were
SO and costs of prosecution. The
lines, with the reopening OF the
case were increased to $50 and
costs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-16

The whispering campaign against
Roosevelt continues. Some of the stories
are prepo5terous. Such a campaign con-
notes desperation and does not harmonic
with the confident avowals of the Repub-
hcan party. and will react to the benefit
of the party in power, for it is revolving
form of "knocking'. which will only re-
suit in boost, and should be welcomed by
the Democrats, if that form of vote-getting
were net SO repulsive.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-16

A baby boy weighing 101a
pounds was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
jefferson Saunders in their home
61O Southland street. Mother and
son are getting along nlce'y and
"Pappa" Jeff is so proud he is
only touching the ground i'll high
places.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-16
WEATHER FORECAST
Gill s p. m. Fridav)

III . ?. m, FIludND
Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy tonight ami Friday; gentle
winds, mostly easter!y.
Florida: Partly cloudy tonight
and Friday, scattered showers
probable in e:treme north pOr-
ton.
jacksonville to Florida Straits
and East Gulf: Gentle shifting
winds and partly overcast weather
tonight ana Friday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-16

Information has been received
by The Citizen Of a blood ess bat
tie at Gun Cay, an anchorage in
the Bahama Islands, when six
Americans robbed a British liquor
vessel. The Americans approach
ed the British ship in a sea skiff,
took $4,000 in cash 800 cases of
liquor and a machine gun and de
parted.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-16

blnOdSh SA OSlOil
is d ! S cI Sc d
Over more than
one third Of this
surveyed acre
age the soil loss
ranges from Is
to 100 per cent
M lilo rs of
acres are COM
pl e e ly d e.
stroyed so far
as tillage and
grazing are con-
cerned. and Wig
o T o u s. pr o.
l0nood effort
will be required
if the remainder
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-16

As usual The Citizen will keep
the public informed by rounds Of
the results of the Berlenbach-
Delaney fight this evening. Ar
engagements have been made with
the Associated Press to have the
fight by rounds received by this
paper and these will be announced
at Russeh's Cigar Store on Duval
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-16

street. Everybody should attend
and get the results free of charge.
Editorial comment: The young
er people may not be wiling to
dig in the bitches but many of
them are willing to drive an auto
mobile into them.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-16

Mrs. l.. L. King, educational
worker OF the Florida Baptist
Convention in due to arrive Mon
day and will begin services in the
First Baptist church on the day of
arrival.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-16
TOO MANY ENGAGEMENTS

MINNEAPOLIS. Roderics
No Neil Of this city was caught
and sent to p".son f,r becoming
engaged to l35 girls ~ mail.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-16

There will be an entertainment
put on tonight in the High School
auditorium for the benefit OF the
boy scouts. A program with excel
lent entertaining features has
been arranged.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-16

In the modern political game, they
do not mind discarding king, and keep
ing joker on the job
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-16

The United States Soil Conservation
Service has just issued report of
survey covering 1885. 100000 acres. A
serious condition of soil wastage
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-16

When doctors go into conference, the
patient is either very sick or very rich.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-16

Subscribe TO The CisRen-2Oc
weekly.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-07-16

barometer 8 a. IN. today:
Sea level. 30.06.
The Nome daily nugget., 1936-11-05
HITCH-HIKING RABBIT
 DISRUPTS AUTO JAUNT
(By The Assocfated Press)

(By The Assocfated Press)
 PERRY, Okla, - A frightened cottontail in moving automobile with six persons can kick up quite a commotion.
 The surprised bunny hopped suddenly into the front seat of an automobile on a country road near here. After laundering ar- ound up front, the rabbit jumped to the back seat squarely in the face of Mrs. Antone Plisek and scratched her severely before bounding to the front seat again.
 R. A. Pilsek. driver, finally cap tured the crazed animal. He control of the mach inc inspite of the excitement.