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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23
THE SERVICE OF INDUSTRY

Discussing the use of SURPRISES
created by industry in good times, the New
York Times points out that they perform
u important social function. They are
used" the Times reveals, for the replace
ment of Obsole1cent machinery, for the in
stallation @ new machinery, for the cree
ton &C new factories and office buildings,
for tn creation of new capital goods of
ever v1riety.
The creation of these new capital
sOoas c~-lulatively increases the volume
of cons Imption goods that American in
dustry can turn out year by year for our
people. 1t increases the productivity of
the American workman. and hence his
earning power. It provides endleSsly new
opportunities for employment.
Using the automobile industry as an
example, the Times quotes figures from
the Financial History of the Automobile
Industry to show that in one year out OF
$1658, 100000 capital invested in nine
automobile companies, all but 1886, 900
900 had come from reinvestment out of
surpluses of the corporations themselves.
''At the present tine, as has been
been constantly emphaSized,' the Times
states 1.-The great bulk of the existing un-
employment is in the capital-gOOds indus
tries. These industries depend over
whelmingly for their revival and eXpan-
sion upon REIMBURSEMENT of corporation
SURPRISES.
Should fear of drastic tax of sur
plus retained for REIMBURSEMENT lead cor
porations to curtail present plans for plant
expansion, heavy blow would be dealt to
potential recovery and the hopes for re-
employment"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23
FLATING WITH YOUR MONEY

In nmenting on the growth of gov
ficeholders to assume a paternalistic at
titude toward the taxpayer, Frank D. Fitz-
gerald, Governor of Michigan, said, in re-
counting his experience in seeking a share
of Federal relief funds to aid in building
an addition to the largest state hospital in
Michigan:
"A young official from Washington
recently sat in my office and told me the
tate would have to conform. to certain
rules and regulations concerning a public
project, OR else' he said, we won't be
able to grant you any of OUR money! Our
money is what he said. Well, told that
young man he better go back to Washing
ton and find out whose money he was
talking about. In that instance, he was
talking about money belonging to the peo-
pie of Michigan, morey the people of
Michigan were rightfully entitled to use
for the benefit of their state
That's the attitude which | deplore
this tendency to count the taxpayer out
of the game Immediately after he has
thrown his chips into the pot
ITS the taxpayers fault in a way
He has permitted government bureaus and
government services to pile up on one
another until there's no way of making
head or tail out of the tangle. When the
structure of government is stripped down
to its natural size again, when its fancy
trimmings and unnecessary annexes have
been removed, the taxpayer is going to re-
gain sight Of his dOllars-not until then
Once he gets a glimpse of Them he's like
ly to take greater interest in the manner
in which they are handled"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23
THE QUINTUPLETS PROGRESS

The world famous DiOnne quintuplets,
who will be two years old in May, are
thriving with DR.. Dafoe, their physician,
predicting that in three months they will
average the normal weight of a single
baby of their age.
The doctor is quite proud of his
charges, who have their own hospital and
nurses in the Ontario, Canada, community
where they were born. Sleeping outdoors,
even when the temperature is 80 degrees
below zero, they eat a normal diet
bananas, oranges, vegetables, cereal, soups
nd milk. Their mental progress is about
the same of normal single children.
The va : difference comes when the
question of finances is considered. Here
the quints are far ahead of the normal
single child, with fortune of about $780,
900 in hand ana the prospect of much
more before they can grow up.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

Key West Citizen has made an offer
to the effect that any day during the Win
ter if the thermometer drops below so The
Citizen will present five dollar bill to the
Key West Public Library. I'VE only take
chances on sure thing The Citizen says
in publishing the offer. Key West is
known as the city where it never frosts,
and no doubt The Citizen is perfectly safe
in making such an offer-Times-Un Union.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23
KEY WEST IN
DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here Just 10 Years
Ago Today AS Taken From
The Files OF The Citizen

Detective c. A. Screiber, of
avannah, Ga, arrived in Key
y e, last even rg with SIX aliens,
citizens of Cuba, who were cap
tured off the coast of Cuba by
prohibition enforcement officers.
Five were from the Schooner Ar
gonauta and from the Schooner
Roitan. Both of these vessels
were laden with cargoes of whis-
key. The officers were arrested.
charged with trying to smuggle
the liquor into the United States
as well as the aliens.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

The mere fact that the European
nations know that no financial help may
be expected from the United States is a
definite deterrent to another immediate
holOcaut in Europe. If the United State
keeps out of European wars in the future,
the billions we have lost and the human
plOrable as they are, will not have been
made in vain
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23
Today's Horoscope


Today is an aggressive day and
its child will be a fighter. If war
is out of season, some vent will
be found for the propensity. A
quarrelsome nature is not indicat-
ed, but a strong. reliant, warlike
quality; rather fond of display.
always ready to give information
and to assert opinion. In a fe-
male. the nature will be rather
masculine in its tastes and actions.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

Arthur 2risb..le says that congress
men know that the Tow send Plan is i'm
practicable and can :. yer function but
that they do not dare t. say so Individually
Mr.. Brisbane forgets or does not know tha.
our congressman, J. Mark Wilcox has
dared to do just that. He came out openly
and denounced the plan as absurd ad
nauseam.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

In the state of New York the supreme
court declared unconstitutional the state
unemployment insurance law. The 1885
legislature of Florida enacted a simil;L
law, which, TOO, viii oe questioned. TIE
New York law requL I'd the payment of
contributions of defini. percentage Of
the payrolls by nplOy ers who Ire four or
more persons. The court opined that I'M
employment was no, caused by the oniis-
sion of any legal dug or The commission of
any wrong by industry and hat it is cot
responsible for the maintenance of con-
dition of employment
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

Passenger travel in and out of
Key West is not OF the wane but
is greater than ever before. The
Governor Col: arrived this after
noon from ia ana with 425 pas
.engers. The Concho arrived this
morning from Galveston and sail
ed for Ncw YcIk With IS passen-
gers boarding the hip at Key
West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

The Shrout-Piper Realty COM
pany of Duval street announces
the ale OF three pieces of prop
erty here. The residences on
1905 Flagler avenue and 1923
Elizabeth street were sold to Phil
lip J. Conway, and George Gatta.
of Pittston, Pa. The old Lucignani
home at 408 United street was
purchased by Frances Campbell.
Considerations for the property
were not made public.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

The mixed doubles city cham
pionship tennis matches played
Saturday afternoon were won by
Knight Johnson End Minnie Por-
ter Harris. The final tournament
matches were played on that date.
Mr.. johnson and Bliss Harris de-
feated Florence Crittenton and
Frank Carboneil.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

Life begins at ort, and so do fallen
arches, lumbago, bad eyesight, and the
tendency to tell story to the same per
son three or )ur times.-Exchange
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

O. o. Mcintyre III lii column say,
that every new book by Ernest Heming-
way was aut3n. ically .orwarded to the
late Alexis NGi mi in Paris.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

1S2c-Schuyler COlfax, Indiana
congressman and Speaker Of the
House. 18th Vice President Of the
u s. born IN New York Died
Jan. Is, 1885.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

Unfortunately, many men who do nc
lack brain also 90 not lack tongue
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

Perhaps the man who has the most to
say doesn't say it bee; use he can write it
at so much per word.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

1S55-Franklin II. Giddings.
Columbia University's pioneer
American sociOlOgist. born AZ
Sherman, Conn Died June Il.
1881.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

Another paradox is that when ting
is swallowed up it does down.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

Ladies' Night has been announc-
ed for this evening at the Casa
Marina. This event, which will be
informal, will be put on by the
Key West Rotary Club.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Today In History
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

1792-First of the long list of
Pension Acts, under Federal Gov
ernment, dealing with soldiers of
the Revolution.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

1932-Norris Anti-Injunction
Bill signed by President-forbade
Federal court injunctions against
strikers unless evidence of danger
OF injury great.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

1S02-Skristopher z Robert
New York City's tea. su-ar and
cotton Observation-Disclosures
en-, n. Y. Died Oct y.
1878.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

Florida gained nearly $5,000,-
900 in new building permits dur
ing the month of February over
The same month in 1925, accord
ing to the Straus Monthly Survey
just issued. The figure for 1926
is SIS.459. $50, and for 1925 it
was S13.893,3GO.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

1S42-Clemens HerscheL noted
hydraulic engineer OF ms day.
born in Boston. Died II Glen
Ridge, n. J., March /. 1889
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

1t is said tfat most Comedians labor
under a great STRATA when before ! e
microphone. And so do the listeners
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

1S36-CrawfOrd Howell Toy.
Southern Baptist Theological SEN
mary professor Of Hebrew. Har-
wards great professor Of Hebrew
and Orientalist, born AT Norf0Ik
Va. Died May y, 1913.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23
Today's
Anniversaries

1699-John Bartrana, first
great American botanist. whose
gardens, near Philadelphia. were
known the world Over, horn n
Marble, Pa Died Sept -
1777.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

Ramon Perez Rivas, about II
years old, was found dead yester-
day afternoon in his small store
ut 926 Frances street. The discov-
cry was made by customer who
entered and found the proprietor
sitting in a c.a;r, dead. 1t is the
opinion of the physician who was
summoned that the man had been
dead several hours when he was
found.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

1918-Paris shelled by long
range German guns ("fat Bertha
as miles away-score killed and
wounded.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

1919-Birth of the Fascist Par
ty in Italy-Mussolini, then a
newspaper editor, founded first
Fascio in Milan with some $50
members.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

Mrs Willi1m r. Warren AMI
Mrs. Andrew r. Miller. of the Key
WeSt WOman's Club. are attend
ing the convention of the State
Fed raticn of Woman's Clubs Of
Florida which is being held in
Jacksonville this week. Mrs. War
rem l6f.- Sunday FOR Jacksonville
and was there joined by Mr.. Mil
lcr. who WIS visiting at points in
the state.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

1829-James Barron Hope.
Eirginia's great poet, born a.
Norfolk, Va Died Sept Is
1887.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

186S-University of California
chartered.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

You don't have to look for trouble; it
comes unlimited.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

1935-COnstitution of the new
Commonwealth of the Philippines
officially approved by President.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

Two men giving their names as
George Merrick and Carl McCloud.
of Miami, were picked up at sea
by a British vessel and brought to
Key West. They had been drifting
about for many hours, they said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

Rabbi s. J. Kline OF B'Nai Zion
congregation. requests all mem
berz CT The congregation to close
their stores Z O'Clock Monday eve
ming. March %, because of the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

Editorial comment: The girls
WHO take 50 much rains to color
their checks should show an equal
desire to whiten their teeth.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23

Jewish festival which begins at
that hour.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-03-23
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

| - L. Water and Sewerage.
H. 2. Bridges to complete Road to Main
f. ~ land.
t-'.---~ .r,e Fort.
( a. Hotels and Apartments.
go 5. Bathing Pavilion.
=. 8. Airports-Land and Sea.
e. T. oscillation Of County and City
Ct yernments
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-08
Editorials and Comment
SUNDAY MORNING NOVEMBER s. 1886
News Behind the News
They're Glad VotingIs Ouer -. Secret
Service Boys Take The Strain -.
An EUeryddy job

WASHINGTON-If you think that millions
of Americans are relieved that the campaign
is over you ought to talk to the boys who guard
the president.
The tens of millions who have seen the chief
executive in the last few weeks have little
conception of the tremendous strain the CAM
paign imposed on officers OF the u s. Secret
Service.
The task of seeing that the president gets
safely there and safely back again is one OF the
most intricate and important of assignments,
and Col. Edward w. Starlng,S boys are glad
it's over. sg8
That is. over for the campaign. For the
responsibility of guarding the life of the presi
dent goes right around the clock, every day
OF the year. f<
Colonel Startling genial and alert chief of
the White House Secret Service. invariably pro-
ceedS as the advance guard of presidential trips.
Startling plots the course the president will
take and surveys the terrain at every platform
stop. He goes into huddleS with police chiefs.
instructs them to the handling of crowds,
the placing OF their men. the roping loft of
certain areas, and the "spotting" of national
guardsmen in case it is felt. advisable to use
them.
He arranges for stationing uniformed and
plan-clothes men in hotels sand other build
ings which the president is toyfsit
He consultS with rail executives and trains
men, local politicians. hotel managers, walters,
and elevator operators.
When the president is to speak in large
stadium or auditorium the whole structure is
searched as if by tooth comb.
Hours before the presidential party arrives.
the building is practically sealed tight with Sc
cret and police officers on constant guard
Through the stands usually scattered hun
dreds of local plain-clothes men, under Secret
Service supervision.
The presidential party and train are
in the charge of Russell Wood, first assistant
to Startling. At the outset of every trip Wood goes
through the entire train and checks up on every
one on board.
Only the presidential party Woods men,
railroad men. newspapermen. photographers and
radio men travel on the, train.
About mile ahead dasheS pilot engine
10 assure clear tracks. Behind is dummy
train there to prevent possible collision from
the rear.
The greatest strain comes when the presi-
dent leaves the train to be driven through
crowded streets to a crowded destination In
cities, motorcycle cops usually travel ahead. fol-
lowed by pilot car full of local police and
Washington operatives which precedes the presi-
dental car. A Secret Service car invariably
follows close behind the president on any auto
mobile drive.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-08
Other Editors Say
A MILLIONAIRE GIVES THE WORLD
AN UNLOvELY SHOW
Eugene (Ore.) Morning News

AS six prolific mothers, came under the wire
bearing race, the exhausted .stork, lashed to his
task for the past ten years eased off and dis
covered that he hadn't been working so hard
after all. 1t the six mothers who We're
really tired. The stork was merely bored with
going so frequently to the same houses.
If the eccentric millionaire expected to in
crease the birthrate of his province by his biz
ARE will. his expectatiors was conpiderably
less fruitful than the six mothers. The province
birthrate was not affected By the contest except
insofar as the competing mothers were con-
cerned ~
was to leave half million dollars for the mother
bearing the most children before October 81 1886.
half million is important money for anybody,
but it seemed to have an especial attraction for
the very poor-familieS which had no busensS
having SO many children /;
And that brings up one pitiable fact con-
nected with the race, a fact neglected in the
front-page treatment of the affair The death
rate among stork race babies more than
20 per cent mortality considerably higher
than that for all Canada and probably for any
civilized country
The race is now over. Everything is settled
except the important question. who gets the
money? 1t seems likely that there viii be
law suits. Already there reports of
registered and in some cases unnamed children.
All in all it has been unlovey business.
1t is to be hoped that the next millionaire who
wants to use his will to put child bearing on
the front pages will choose more tasteful way
of rewarding motherhood.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-08

European diplomacy has reached the
point that statesmen now seem to be
talking out of the corners of their
mouths as well as through their hats.
Because they made bad movie three
Russians have been jailed. If this were
Russia, the office cenic. thinks Hollywood
would be nothing but vast prison.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-08
HOME BUILDING
WILL GO AHEAD

In the welter of speculation follow
ing upon the heels of national election
one subject has been almost overlooked.
1t is that of home building, and the ef-
feet of the election on the construction
industry. The most pessimistic cannot
deny that it will be good.
The National Housing Administration,
during the comparatively few months it
has been operating, has done much to
stimulate building. Many have started
new homes already. Others were plan
ming them, but waited until after the
election. Now they are in a position to
proceed without fear that the govern
ment's housing program will be material
ly altered
Involved in the building of home
is more than the owners pride. There
is employment for men in the building
trades, business for materials firms,
and, eventually, an increase in the num-
ber of persons who will share the tax
burden Every person who acquires his
own home assumes at the same time
the duty of paying taxes. Should such
taxes remain at their present level, every
addition to the ranks of property owners
will cut down the per capita assessment.
The way has been cleared of doubt.
There is room for a great deal of activi-
ty in home and business construction.
1t is matter deserving the full con-
sideration of every person in position
TO build.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-08
GENERAL GLASSFORD
TALKS SOME MORE

Gen. Pelham d. Glassford. federal
conciliator in Imperial Valley strike dis
turbances two years ago, left the valley
after an entirely unsuccessful attempt
to bring peace and understanding be-
tween employers and employees. He
blamed the employers for everything
with which they had nothing to do,
which was the reason he left the job un-
finished.
The other day, in Yuma, Gen. Glass
ford told a service club that he had pre-
vented more serious disturbance If
the man wants to say so, that is his
privilege He added, however, that the
employers should not be so pig-headed
about furnishing adequate living quar-
ters and better wages for their employ
es. 1t was the rock upon which Gen..
Glassford foundered when he was in the
valley.
He never seemed to realize that the
the scandalous living conditionS-and
they ARE scandalous-were not among
employees for whom the employers are
responsible They were among tran
sients who came to Imperial Valley hop
ing to find work, and unable to find
it. Surely the employers, struggling to
balance their own books, cannot be sole
ly charged with responsibility for the
men to whom they are unable to give
work Perhaps they are the responsible
ty of society as whole-but why try
to make them the responsibility of just
one group?
The matter of wages is another thing.
Farmers here are not despotically in
clined Many of them paid fair wages
even though they, themselves, were los
ing money Nobody asks more than
$3.50 chance, but to the farmers of I'M
perial Valley it seems that their prob
lens, as we'll as those of their field
hands, should be taken into considera-
tion in arriving at any just conclusion.
But then, Gen. Glassford was not in
Imperial Valley long enough to realize
all this.
Imperial Valley press., 1936-11-08

up with cold.
Frank Lloyd, producer director, is
sure his witchcraft epic, Maid of
Salem" is hexed. Since shooting
began Claudette Colbert suffer-
secondary fracture in. an at
accident, Fred MacMurray put out
of action by poison oak, Mrs. Fred
MacMurray and Lloyd himself
both were beSeiged by influenza,
Luise Dresser fell downstairs and
was badly bruised. and now Mac
Murray has gotten himself bitten
on the arm by trick raccoon.
Doing her best to relieve unem-
ployment, Eleanor Powell has de-
veloped a new job-that of shoe
breaker-inner. While working on
a picture Powell says she goes
through two pairs of five and one
half IBIS" week, and loses time
and patience if she has to break
them in herself. Powell has hired
Maxine Nagle, chorus girl, to break
a bushel of boots for her next
picture.
90
Cutting Room Scraps: Gary Coo
per back from New Rork to con-
suit insurance. men about that
$4,000 burglary of his Bel Air
home, and grousing because his
guns and hunting trophies were
lifted Margot Grahame off to
New York for a week to see the
shows Buck Jones is hustling
location trip so his men will be
back home in time to vote Tuesday
Jack Benny is bedded down
with a cold =. Gladys Swarthout
and her husband, Frank Chapmalm
are wrought up with the idea
ChristmaSing at st. Moritz =.
Camille" the Garbo picture, fin
ished shooting Jim Thorpe is
rehearsing an Indian Spectacle"
for a northwestern tour :. .Ambi-
tious Benny Baker is, taking cor
respondence course in Spanish
Universal decided not to change
the name of Tala Birell after all :.