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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29
PATRIOTISM RUNNING AMUCK

Some months ago we chron;fled the
the flag because he belonged to a religious
sect which refuses allegiance to "any
earthly power
Now comes news from the great State
of Massachusetts, that three children, aged
ii, II and 8, have been sentenced to a re-
form school because they have refused to
salute the American flag. They, too, are
members of the sect that does not permit
Statutes to flags because this represents
allegiance to earthly powers.
We are not here concerned with the
parents or adults of the community, who
are mi: led about flag salute. Children,
as most of us know, follow the lead of their
parents. The three little students of Mas
sachusetts hardly know what it is all
about. They only did what Father and
Mother said they must do, and here comes
the law to tear them from their parents
and slap them in reform school in order
to teach them to love the United States!
If there has ever been a more foolish
exhibition of patriotism run amuck we
haven't heard of it in times of peace
What good can it do, either to the children,
or the ration, to put three little children
in jail because they were not old enough to
realize the issues involved? Moreover,
what is a flag salute worth if it is given
without some love of country behind it?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29
IMPEACHMENT OF JUDGES

With the recent conviction of Judge
Halstead l.. Ritter of Florida, the twelfth
impeachment trial in the history of the
United States ended.
In several other cases of impeach-
ment majority of the Senate voted for
conviction of officials charged with high
crimes and misdemeanOrs, but in only four
cases since the founding of the republic
have the necessary twO-thirds necessary to
ofticeholders who have been impeached
besides Judge Ritter, we're:
Senator William Blount of Tennessee,
charged with conspiracy, expelled by the
Senate in 1897 and impeachment drop
ped. He later served as president of the
Tennessee state senate
Judge John Pickering of New Hamp-
shire, removed from office for drunken
ness 1904.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase,
acquitted of misconduct, 1905.
Judge James Peck of Missouri, &C
quilted of mistreating counsel, 1881.
Judge West w. Humphreys of Ten
nessee, removed for supporting the seces-
sion, 1862.
President Andrew Johnson, acquitted
of charges of high crimes and misde-
meanors, 1868. The vote, 35 guilty, 10
not guilty, was less than the twO-thirds
necessary to convict.
Secretary of War William w. Bel
KNAPP acquitted of bribery charges, 1876.
Judge Charles Swayne of Florida, &C
quilted of misconduct, 1905.
Judge Aston G.. Dayton of West Vir~
GINA, impeached but proceedings aban-
doned, 1915.
Judge George w. English of Illinois,
resigned under impeachment, 1926.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29
DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME

Maybe we are old-fashioned. but it
seems to us that about the silliest proceed
ing that has come into practice in recent
years is the adoption of so-caled day
light saving time in certain states and
cities during the summer months.
The idea is that we may have more
daylight by the simple act of turning clocks
ahead an hour from May until September.
BY this hocus pOcus it is assumed that we
should be willing to rise an hour earlier if
the hands of the clock point to a. m. in
stead of 6 a. M, the real time of day. AL
so to go to work at s o'clock under the de-
fusion that it is 8, and think we have been
real wicked in staying up until l a. m,
when it is really only midnight.
But, humans being as gullible as they
are, these illusions may seem real to many
and if so, perhaps no harm is done, ex-
cept to make a lot of confusion, especially
where both daylight and standard time
are used in nearby communities.
Only in two states, Rhode Island and
Massachusetts, is there a statewide law
requiring the observance of daylight saw
ing time but such laws or ordinances are
observed in many cities. Congress passed
such a law in 1918, but repealed it two
years later when farmers objected to it.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29

Pressure continues high ever
the Atlantic and east Gulf States,
HIATT aras. IN C, ..3O. Sc inches, and
another high .iressure area has
moved in over the northern Plains
States. Huron, s. D.. 1922 inch
es; while a moderate low pres
sure area extends from the Pla-
teau. region southeastward TO the
Rio Grade Valley. salt Lake City
Utah, 1896 inches. Rains and
thunderstorms have occurred since
yesterday morning throughout the
middle Gulf States. Mississippi
Valley. Lake region, and north
Atlantic States, being heavy al
NV Orleans. La, lbs inches, Lit
tie Rock. Ark, l.5S inches, and
Detroit. Mich, los inches There
has also been light TO moderate
Fin in the Pacific States. Tenn
reiatures have risen throughout
much of the country east of the
MlssisS!ppi River, with readings 10
degrees abave normal in the south
crn Lake region and Ohio Valley.
Temperatures ere also above nor
NAL in other sections of the coun-
try. except in the extreme upper
Mississippi Valley and northern
Plains States. where colder wea-
Their prevails. Williston. \. d.. re
porting a minimum of &c degrees
this morning.
G. s. KENNEDY.
Official in Charge.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29

The author of americana" suggests
putting 80 per cent tax on the bolita and
lottery houses operating in Key West so
that the city government can function
That would be Illegal but periodic raid
on these gambling joints. as done else
where, would not only be legal but is a
positive official duty. Since the city coun-
ell is making such diligent search for funds
to pay the city employees, why not adopt
this legitimate method of cutting in on the
gamblers take?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29

Whether certain merchants who ad-
vertlse are more generous than those who
don't is moot question, but we are in-
clined to think they are more able because
of their progressiveness. AT least when
ever public donations are made, those
business men who do advertise generally
give much more to these worthy causes
thar those who do not believe in the value
of advertising
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29

AT last Saturday nights meeting in
Baltimore Candidate Roosevelt said 1--WE
are on our way He said just that three
years ago. It's long lane that has no
turning ard this must be it.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29

The Citizen continues to view with
satisfaction the growth of Miami, for the
very selfish reason that eventually it will
mean degree of prosperity to Key West.
Perhaps some day the Island City will be
q suburb of TIE Magic City, or vice versa
What do you say?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29
TODAY'S WEATHER

Jacksonville to Florida Strait
and East Gulf: Moderate easterly
winds; partly overcast weather
tonight and Thursday with scat
tered showers over extreme south
portion.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29

People are paying poll taxes
and qualifying today in large
numbers. They realize that after
5 o'clock Saturday no person will
be able 10 be qualified to vote in
the pr mary on June. Fair and
frequent advisory notices have
been published so that voters who
fail to qualify will have no one to
blame but themselves.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29
WEATHER FORECAST
Gill 8 p. M, Thursday

(Till 8 p. M, Thursday
Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy tonight and Thursday. pos
sibly showers; moderate easterly
winds.
Florida: Partly cloudy tonigh'.
and Thursday, possibly light show
ers near the extreme south coast.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29

19l6-Gen- TOWNSEND ulzh
an army Of 3.03o British and g.
000 Indian soldiers. su-reuaered
TO the Turks after = 1s3 dzyz
siege at kut-el-Amzra- Measopo-
tamia.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29
Today In History

lS02-To keep the L 8 So
preme Cour- fr0m meeting Esr -
months. for p0ltlgal pur1eses.
Congress. t. legislative Al. Fos1-
pOned term Of coErt.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29

The Citizen believes some day the
Florida Translate will be a reality, for
what men can do they will do, though this
accomplishment will undoubtedly be a long
way off. Regardless, rowever, we are
feminist it. ''''-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29

The new income tax laws are so COM
plicated that only Philadelphia lawyer
can interpret them. The New Deals graft
tude to republican Pennsylvania for going
democratic
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29

1925-Dr. Fl0rcnce T. Sahln 81
the Rockefeller InstIts te of NED
ic:l Res arch chosen first ussman
member Of the National AraGeuy
Of Sciences.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29

Wyoming has DO farmers who
devote all their time to bee-keep-
ing, and 800 others who find
honey producing profitable
sideline.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29

We worder how many Berlinites are
afraid to say "dunder un blitzens. =
Times-Union. Perhaps all, the way the
linotype operator spelled it.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29
'Today's Horoscope


Today's native is profound in
thought. expressive in speech,
fond OF home anu family. With a
benevolent frame of mind, the
confidence Of others will be in
spired. so that he will be factor
in social life. There is gain from
relatives, on account of hteir re
gard for his good qualities, and
the native may rise to consider
able eminence.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29

192S-TUrkcy changed Aranar
ali habet fer Latin. with l. ear
allowance 10 get used 10 chan-e-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29

1S36-Dled - Slnun keurur
pioneer Of the NeSt. near Zanes
field. Ohio. aged 81
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29

A Florida East Coast editorial poet
rhymes future" with butcher" So
what
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29

Wien a person gets sick and has
few weeks to spend in bed he finds time
for lot of thinking.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29
Treadway is making Roadway.

Market stocks are falling down,
falling down.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29

Il is remarkable how quickly those
merchants are forgotten who cease to adj
vertiSe.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29
KEY WEST IN
DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here Just 10 Years
Ago Today AS Taken From
The Files OF The Citizen

The Monroe county commits
sioners have been invited by C. A.
P. Turner, of Minneapolis, Mimi,
head of the c. A. P. Turner COM
pany, to attend a meeting to be
held in May relative to proposed
bridges on the Over Sea Highway
and to inspect some of the work
being done by the Turner COM
pany in that city. The Turner
company was recently granted an
option on a franchise to construct
the Over Sea bridges. Beautiful
booklets have been published by
the Turner company which des-
cribe the Over Sea Highway. They
give actual photographs of the
highway and details OF the work.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29

Blackburn Stirrup. formerly of
Key West but for a number of
years resident OF Miami, was
killed yesterday in Miami. Death
was caused BIZ a piledriver but no
detail OF the accident were re-
ce:ved here in the telegram sent
his mother Mrs. James Stirrup,
1914 Elgin street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29

Sidney Thompson, OF this city.
is in receipt OF letter from the
secretary Of the Matecumbe Civic
Club. advising him of election to
membership. in the organization.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29

lS26-France agreed % fund
her debt 10 Us by payments ever
Il period of g. years
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29

Stanford univ ers;tv has eytab-
lished a division of industrial
relation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29

A meeting has been called for
s o'clock tomorrow evening at
Monroe county court house by the
chamber OF commerce to discuss
matters pertaining to roads. At
Ihc Rotary luncheon today
judge Jefferson B. Browne
urged that immediate action be
taken on the matter SO that the
road should extend through Mon
roe county. We should strike
while the iron is hot, Mr..
ketchum said, when called on for
talk and urged on every person
present to attend the Rotary
luncheon.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29

Nearly two miles of the grading
FOR the 1870 foot wide boulevard
which will extend for distance
o. six miles skirting the water
front OF the city is completed and
work on the other portion is ia
pidly progressing. A force of
nearly one hundred men is en-
ployed on the job and the drag
line is working day and night.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29

The necessity of bonding the
coanty for 100000 to be used
in building and repairing and inn
proving the public schools Of
Monroe county was discussed at
the Rotary Club meeting by Supe-
rintendent Melvin Russell today.
Mr.. Russell explained in detail
ways and means in which the mon
ey would be used. One building is
to be devoted to science labora-
tories. a commercial department,
manual training department and
room FOR a gymnasium.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29

The long bridge spanning
Similar Sound and connecting
&c gers Key with Saddle Bunches,
will be entirely completed this
week. j. b. Frazer. general cons
truction manager of the Tide
water Construction company made
this announcement today. This is
the bridge at the completed end
on the Over Sea Highway where
for some time motorists have had
to turn round and come back. 1t
is more than one mile long and
one of the longest structures to be
built by the Tidewater Conctruc-
ton company.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29

Barometer q n. M. today:
Sea level, 3O.12.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-04-29

Editorial comment: IL anybody
is hopelessly behind in his work it
must be the fool killer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-10-16
'Bitsy Grant Alone
Supplies Thrills
to Modern Tennis

DERHAPS it is because little guys
must stick together or get stuck
by an unappreciative world. Any
how the word picture that was to
be painted here is all jumbled up.
Every time try to daub the paper
with some pretty phrase concerning
the fame-tipped racquets Of such
tennis genii as Helen Jacobs and
Fred Perry the result somehow
comes out differently. Somehow 1
always come up with the sharp out
lines of fighting gentleman from
Georgia-Bitsy Gram.
1t is most distressing situation.
After witnessing the national cham
pionship at Forest Hills, a while
back, I got loaded with all sorts
of other information. I know that
the tall, blonde Alice Marble has
enough strokes to win title, but
that she has not yet achieved the
proper match temperament. can
CAB with the best of the experts
about Donald Budge's equipment.
1 can tip off one of those anti
Precipitation companies that they
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-10-16
It's Polite to Applaud
Other Fellows Error

I know that tennis still is the
only sport where the polite thing
to do is to applaud some unfor-
tunate fellows error. suspect that
if / were a Iinesman and one of
the boys or girls tossed a point
just to show what he or she thought
of my bad judgment, I'd hand him
or her a couple of the best where
it would do the most good.
know that Helen Jacobs wears
a gold chain on her left wrist while
playing and that Miss Marble is
adorned with a wrist watch. If I
were Miss Petersen I would wear
shorts that did not bag around my
knees. If were one of those khaki
clad Stalwarts who seem to do moth
ing all day long save take down
nets, and then put them up again,
I'd come out swinging a racquet
some day just to see what would
happen to the frozen faces of the
elect.
know that frankie Parker needs
q long rest SO that he can get in
such physical shape that he no
longer needs to watt over those
soft serves. / know that the ball
boys get paid rs cents match and
that some of them make as high
as S25 during the tournament. /
suspect that nose specialists, who
see the way Perry keeps his mouth
open while playing, Immediately be-
gin squirming because they want
to operate ON that long beak for
aden0idS.
but, as has been mentioned be-
fore, such items leave me cold. I'm
til waning strength and Big Bill
Tilden finally took the play away
from him, and he retired, I used
to 60 to tennis affairs to watch
frail little guy named Bill Johnston.
Tennis did not seem then-as too
often since-a dead-panned comedy
of manners. Instead pulls s ever
strummed faster while that blazing
inner urge with which few humans
are blessed made Little Bills
scrawny muscles perform the i'm
possible.
Now-for all that / would not give
one Dodger double-header for all
the tennis of the season. again
am willing to pay to get into the
park. Tennis is game where tall,
strong and rangy men ever will
meet with most success and Bitsy
Grant probably would have to stand
on tiptOes to look Rabbit Maranville
in the eyes.
Yet-but come to think of it, may
be that really is why like to watch
this tiny gee. 7s
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-10-16
NOT IN THE BOX SCORE:

NOT IN THE BOX SCORE:
MOT soul seems to have noted
l ' that Princeton Football Profess
sor Fritz Crisler is wearing specs
for the first time this autumn
Could there be any Mccoy to the
gossip that Pie TraynOr will be ele-
waited to an Office berth and Rogers
Hornsby will become manager OF
the Pirates?
That World Series gold will be
appreciated by Joe Glenn of the
Yankee catching department. A lit
tie Joe is due almost any day now
Jack Ogden, the former
Swarthmore collegian who has bust
ness-managed the Orioles so capa-
bly, that Baltimore again is a good
baseball town, would bear watch
ing by big time basketball promot-
ers. The University of Baltimore
five, which he coaches during the
winter, is composed mainly of New
York boys and might make very
good Garden or Hippodrome attrac-
ton Yale undergraduates, who
were very vexed few springs ago
because Johnny Broaca (now of the
Yankees) would not wear out his
arm for the Alma Momsie, now
have similar peeve. His coach
at Andover said that Prec Little
was the best schoolboy end he had
ever seen. But Prec just can't be
bothered with coming out for the
Eli squad.
Ball players say the real reason
why that young" Cincinnati team
did so well this year is that most of
the hitting, fielding and pitching
was supplied by Kiki Cuyler, Ernie
lombard, Tommy ThevenOw, Babe
Herman, Paul Derringer and one or
two others who just missed voting
for Lincoln One of Giant
Secretary Eddie Brannick's proud
est memories is that in 1918 he won
$27 from various Giants by betting
he could stand on the left field foul
line at Baker Bowl and throw a
ball over the center field fence. The
heave travelled more than 300 feet
and cleared the high wall of the
Philly park with plenty to spare.
Why Shakespeare Isn't
Heaving Pro Passes
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-10-16


book. But that he reaps fortune
each season playing against the ma
chimes Although his football
teams do not always elate SYRIA
cuse old grads, Coach Vic Hanson
is tops with the town kids. That is
because he operates a children's
summer camp on the lake outside
the city Lou Ambers believes
that one reason why he performed
so, capably while winning the light
weight title recently is that he
finally learned to relax before
bout. He used to be so restless that
he would wander about town or go
from movie to movie on the after
noon when he had an important
bout coming up. This time he went
to bed and really slept.
Luck has played miserable trick
on a FOrdham y0ungster. The boy
is the best passer on the Ram foot
ball squad but his eyes have failed
so badly that he cannot pick out
his targets and has even worse luck
on pass defense Frank CrOSetti
and Arndt Jorgens of the Yankees
do their best to see that MT. Rookie
teller gets along all right. Each
fair evening they can be found eat
ing in style, and out of doors, in
his Radio City sunken gardens
Cardinal First Baseman Rip Col
Inns is one of the most diligent of
autograph Signers. He never re-
fuses Although he has been
one of the most successful phOtog-
raphers Of race horses for IS years,
C. C. Cook seldom bets on the
ponies.
A thought that should be pre-
served was uttered long ago by
Rudolph Spreckels, the multi-mil-
ionaire turfman and sugar king.
Talking to a young bettor who had
more hopes than money, he inquired
''How can you expect to bring up
family on horses noses?" It
is somewhat out of line with the
quoted statement of Mr.. Herbert
Bayard Swope in a town where 2
to 5 favorites so often meet with
misfortune. The racing commission
chairman is quoted as saying that
the races never ruined anybody.
Players say the real trouble with
Babe Dahlgren, the nifty fielder who
will get another chance at the Red
SOx first sack next season, is not
weak hitting. He thinks wrong and
mot often enough, they testify
A very pretty feud will have some
more innings if J0cko Conlon is
added to the American league UNI
piring staff next year. He and
Lou Gehrig never could get along
If Jack Dobson, son of the
Maryland coach, did not have a
knee injury which probably will
prevent him from playing again,
Army might be displaying another
All-America back.
Pampero seems to be a lucky
name for Argentine ponies. Jack
Nelson, who sold a big brown with
that name to Winston Guest in 1881,
now has similarly tagged small
chestnut he expects to peddle for
plenty.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-10-16

mOSC as dCLIVG dS
spectator as she was as player
and that she tried sitting on nine
different chairs in the course of IS
minutes during one afternoon. But
still there's the gent from Georgia.
can wise up the gents who don't
60 to tennis matches, too, that they
are missing something. That - al
though tennis no longer seems to
turn out such excitable sisters as
Mile. Lenglen-the girls are far
prettier than they were a few sea-
sons ago.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-10-16
ONyHhNM q
g Question:

If cream or custard sauce
curdles put the vessel in which it
is cooking in a pan of hot water
and heat well. 1t will soon become
smooth again.
Sandpapering baby's shoes be-
fore they are worn prevents slip
ping and saves many a fall.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-10-16
Fort Knox, Maine

Fort Knox is in the town Of Pros
pect, Me-, across the river from
Bucksport. 1t was started in 1846
but was not completed until 1886.
Its purpose was to protect the head
waters of the Penobscot river. Dur
ing the Spanish-American war the
fort was used as training camp
for soldiers. It is the property of
the state of Maine, by a gift deed
from the government.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1936-10-16
Bodily Requirements

Our bodily requirements call for
very much larger quantities of air
than of food or water. The average
food consumption is three pounds
of food per person and water con-
sumption four pounds, while the air
we breathe in the course of a day
weighs thirty-four pounds. This vast
amount of air we breathe contains
much more than the principal con-
stituent gases, oxygen and nitrogen.
1t carries germs, mineral dust,
smoke, pollen, organic particles.