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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1937-09-30

Z for Mike seems happy all the +
= time. Mokler. plumber, takes =
+ Jobs large and small, and on =
+ the work he will not stall, and =
= YOU should hear about his =
= stokers fine, or oil burners OF =
= famous line. =
= =
$+$+++$+++++++*+
One thing you can say for
our relief system it certainly
has increased the number OF
aliens who have applied for cit
izenship.
Students by the thousands are
in college studying such obsolete
subjects rs law, medicine and en-
cheering when they ought to be
applying for lifetime jobs under
Professors Beck, Bridges, Lewis OF
Green, says the Lynden Tribune.
= = =
II we should get forced into
the next war, let's send In the
first ten regiments those fell
lows who blow their horns VIC
iferously in . traffic tangle.
- - =
A woman went to buy a drinking
trough for her dog, and the merch-
ant asked her If she would like to
have one bearing the inscription:
For the Dog"
Woman: 81 don't mind at all. My
husband never drinks water, and
the dog can't read"
- = =
Butler: BEG pardon, your lord
ship. but there's q burglar down.
stairs" Ii.
English Barrister: very well,
Parkinson. bring my gun and sports
suit-the heather mixture" "
- - = .s...-.
t--. Definition
DANDRUFF: Just" chips off the
old block.
= = =
Widow, writing . testimonial for
. life insurance company: ION Aug
ust 8, my husband took out .
policy. In less than . month he Wa
drowned. I consider insurance q
good investment"
- - -
If living at the expense Of
others will ruin the poor, why
doesn't it ruin the rich?
= = =
The young bride was looking for
an apartment In which 1t was for
hidden to cook.
Husband: 'These hotcakes are
awfully heavy"
The Bride: you're wrong, dear,
The cookbook says they are light
and feathery."
A vegetable diet may be al
right but certainly Is helped
by little meat at each meal
- = =
American Tourist Ito Canadian
Northwest Indian): "White man
glad to see red man. White man
hopes big chief is feeling tip-top
this morning"
Indian (calling): "Hey, Jake come
here and listen to this bozo. He's
great"
- - =
Definition
JOINT BANK ACCOUNT: Where
Pa does the depositing, and Ms
writes the checks
- - =
The Socialist wants half Of what
you make; while the Specialist
wants 1t all
The Fall and Winter Bridge
season is now under way, and
again It will be noted that the
absent members will get the
most Slams.
Delighted to have met you
Come over some evening soon ant
bring your husband"
THANK you so much, but VI
seldom go visiting; you see my
husband is paralyzed-"
"Oh, don't mind that, dear. NJ!
husbands that way most of thu
time himself"
= = -
BLESSED ARE THEY WHO Elk.
PECT LITTLE. THEY GENER,
ALLY GET 1T.
- = =
A New York man hid 81 900
in currency in the mattress for
safe keeping. He still has the
mattress.
- = -
On a farm in southern Georgi,
this sign is posted:
"Tresspassers will be prosecuted
to the full extent of mean mon
grel dogs what never been overl,
, soshibil to strangers and I dubbe
barrel shotgun which amt loade,
with no sofy pliers. Damn II 1 ain
tired of this. Hell raisin on m,
. property"
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first to go, was strapped in the
chair and the current turned on at
1908. Only one shock was given,
the current turned off at 1905,
and at 1000 the prison doctor an
nounced:
81 pronounce this man dead"
Cummings was accompanied by
the Rev. James L. Pinn Of the
Good Will Baptist Church as he
walked "the last mile"
Waves to Woman
AS he was strapped in the chair
he waved his hand to Mother"
Washington, colored social worker
who stood sobbing in the rear Of
the room. But he said nothing.
The Rev. Pinn stood beside the
chair. singing:
"Shine for me, light from the
lighthouse, shine for me-"
Marcus came next, and he was
in such a rush to get to the chair
that he tripped and almost fell
down the stairs from the rotunda,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-23

then walked the last 20 yards at
q fast pace. He was accompanied
by the Rev. George w. Brent, Of
the Baptist Church.
Let It Co.
He said nothing until the straps
were adjusted, then, with the mask
over his face, muffled his words,
he called:
"GOOdby, gOOdby, gOOdby. Let
Let 1t go"
The signal was given and his body
gave a convulsive lunge against
the straps, and the shock cut off
his final words.
Rives Gives View
Again only one shock was given.
The current went on at 1914, off
at 10:17, and he was pronounced
dead at 1918.
Before the execution all tele-
phone lines in the jail were kept
open in event there should be a
last-minute reprieve-the man had
already been given 11-but moth
ing came.
Explaining his opposition to
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-23
)NVNE'S RELEASE AFTER STORM|NG COURT
OFFICIALS HIT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

capital punishment, Supertnten"
dent Rives said:
Taking the life Of . man
who has killed Is not the sOlu-
ton. / believe that the punish
ment should be life imprisOn-
ment without parole or pardon.
1t is a sad commentary on our
state of civilization when We
must put a man to DEATH"
LIFE SENTENCE BEST
Captain Barnard also favors
life Imprisonment, but said:
"The trouble Is that life un.
der the present system does not
mean life. JurieS know that. II
a life sentence were to really
mean life, believe the death
sentence would be abolished.
But they have seen too many
cases where men sentenced 70
life have been released after
serving only a few years."
Convicted in March. 1885, OF
the murder of Joseph Wushnack.
AZ, truck driver for a meat pack
ing plant, the men had been given
II stays of execution.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-23
A. F. |. CHARTS
BIG DRIVE FOR
MEMBERS
C.l.O.Ouster Dropped;
Green to Fight
Fire With Fire
International News Services

Abandoning its plan to call a
special convention to expel unions
belonging to the Committee for
Industrial Organization, the Amer
lean Federation of Labor today de-
cided to fight fire with fire.
After a three-day session, the
federation's executive council,
which suspended the C. I. o.
unions last summer, voted to have
representatives Of the federation's
108 loyal unions assemble in Gin
cinnati May 10 to draft plans Tor
q monster membership drive.
To Raise War Chest
William Green, president, made
it plain the A. F. of L. intended
to fight the C. I. o. tooth and
nail for "raiding" its membership
and would raise a special war chest
to finance the fight.
Green issued a Scathing indict-
ment of John L. Lewis c. I. 0.
and said the council abandoned
plans for a special convention to
expel the "rebel' unions because
it did not want "to add dignity
to a group and to a procedure
that from its inception has been
stepped in the ceSspool Of lie
gality and Of responsibility"
Green IndictS C. /. o.
His statement continued:
"By their &c. 1. o. constant
violation of every obligation en-
tered into with affiliated ma
tiOnal and international unions,
by their interference with col
lective agreements entered into
with employers by affiliated
unions, and by their complete
disregard for every rule Of honor
and decency, they have made
evident and clear and beyond
peradventure of doubt their ut
ter contempt for the American
Federation of Labor"
Green was authorized by the
council to start negotiations tol
| the admission Of about 10000
Illinois miners who, he said, want
to Join the A. F. of L. He also
said "some of the textile workers
in the South want to come with
us" The C. I. o. is now wag1ne
a drive to organize the textile
workers.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-23
EATING DOG FOOD HASH

Another store manager ex-
planned that the only difference be-
tween the dog food and regular
beef was that the former was horse
meat, and added that it was the
same stuff that he was fed while
in the Army. Picking UP can Of
one Of the brands Of dog food on
his shelf, he pointed to a line on
the label which read:
eft for human consumption"
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retails at five cents for a one
pound can is barley, cereals, fresh
meats, beef scraps, soy beans,
meal, charcoal, cod liver oil, fish
bone and wheat.
Bargain Sales Success
One store manager explained
that he sold the fivecent dog
meat regularly to q number Of
customers that never owned q
dog. The manager added:
eff there were enough dogs
in this neighborhOod to consume
all the dog meat that is sold, the
place wouldn't be safe to live in"
Weekend sales, when the dog
food is offered at the rate Of six
cans for a quarter, the manager
continued, are always a success.
He added:
"SOme Of the persons using it
to eat themselves make no pre-
tense about it being for dogs.
They walk in and buy five
pounds Of the dog food and equal
quantities Of the vegetables that
they intend to mix with it, along
with enough corn meal to flavor
it,"
MEAL POPULAR TOO
The same stores checked for the
sale of dog food average about a
ton Of corn meal each week, sold
mostly in one and two-pound lots.
While one store manager was
being Questioned a customer
walked in to purchase some cheese
and overheard the questions being
asked the store manager. He volun-
teered:
That's nothing new. Why
where board the landlord is
on relief and secures q quantity
Of this relief beef each week. He
never serves us this beef without
mixing an equal amount Of dog
food with it. OF course he serves
pretty good stew, cause he al
ways puts enough potatoes,
onions, beans and corn meal In
the mixture to make q good
hash"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-23
RothsChiId Auction
Realizes $426,155

LONDON, April 23.-The four
day sale of the Rothschild paint
ings and furniture brought a total
of $426, 1856, at least $4,000 more
than expected, it was announced
today when the sale ended. Silver.
ware will be auctioned next week.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-22
THE AMERICAS CUP

In England is being built new rae
ing yacht, which is expected to compete
for the famous Americas Cup, won first
on August %, 1851, when the America
defeated the English Aurora, and kept on
this side of the Atlantic ever since.
The original contest for the coveted
trophy was a single race as was the second
in 1870, when the American Magic de-
feated the English Cambria. Since then
the contests have been decided by the best
two out of three races, or the best three
out of five
To date IA British challengers have
tried unsuccessfully to wrest the cup from
American yachtsmen, of which five were
owned by the late Sir Thomas Upton, who
made his last attempt in 1880, when the
Shamrock V was defeated by the Amer
lean yacht Enterprise. He had promised
to try a sixth time, but death interviewed.
Sir Thomas was greatly admired by
the American people, and shortly after his
last defeat he was invited to return to New
York to receive consolation cup" as a
token of appreciation of his fine sports
manship. He was affectionately known
as ''the worlds best loser"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-22

of which must be- relatively small, as
the average Is only S2.669. Also. 1t is
possible that some highly paid off,
GERS are worth to their companies all
that they receive.
The suhr Of salaries and wages In
manufacturing, therefore. is about
500 of the value added" and Mr..
Frey's assumptionsisi that this value
added" is the true value product Of
the industries in question. But this Is
a serious error. because value added"
Is only the gross product, from which
must be Subtracte such charges as
freight. payment for electric power.
interest paid out. allowance for de-
probation and depletion, bad debts.
insurance, taxes, and other miscel-
laneous expenses, before we can dis
cover the met value produced or real
led" and available for the payment
of interest on bonds or dividends on
stock. When this is done, the value
produced" is found to be much less
than the value added" and the share
of labor in wages and salaries is seen
to be far more than the crude figures
seem to show.
Thus. in w. I. Kings monumental
WORK. HE NAIlONAL lN(OME
AND ITS PURCHASING POWER,
we find that in the year 1925 the total
amounts received by employees in
manufacturing, as wages, salaries,
pensions. ETC., was 87.88o of the "entire
realized income" leaving to capital
the relatively small .hare of 1920.
Similarly in NATIONAL INCOME.
1929-1932. a notable work prepared by
the Department of Commerce in CO.
operation with the National Bureau
of Economic Research, it is, shown that
salaries and wages in manufacture in
the year 1929 amounted to 77T of the
value produced" The figures are not
exactly comparable, but they are suffi-
cient evidence of the fact that, quite
contrary to the claim Of Mr.. Frey,
labor in manufacturing receives the
lions share. 80
This, of course. takes no account Of
conditions during the seven years
of depression when wages and sala-
ries exceeded the realized income"
or value produced" by our manufac-
Il ring industries, the huge deficits be-
ing paid out of SURPRISES accumulated
in previous years. ga
thor care of this petDSpGperl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-22
address questions author of this nespGper
Fort Taylor key VEST
By C. F. A.

By C. F. A.
Upon the oceans coral sands,
A fortress grim, it firmly stands
While the brave men who reared its walls
Travel no more through those great halls.
They sleep in peace. in slumber blest
Till God shall call them from their rest.
The strife for which those walls were reared
Has long been DER. The foe much feared,
In days of yOre, now brothers true,
Stand up for Red the White and Blue!
Both sides had felt their cause was just;
And both in God had placed their trust
Those guns that crown your verdant roof,
Give to the world positive proof
That in the days Of long ago,
They had doomed forth their tale of woe.
But now in peace, they only speak
To honor those who've reached Fame's peak!
A refuge for the ones who lost,
And suffered from that holocaust m
When swept the city's wood and bricks,
In eighteen hundred eighty-.ix.
Then homeless sheltered in thy room,
Found safety from the fires doom.
Long may you, stand, Oh Giant walls
May peace sleep long within your walls
While scenic beauty in its quest
EnthrOnCs our own, our loved Key Vest
Guard we'll our isle, long may it be
A brilliant gem from out the sea!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-22

in the indictment is based on the fig
ures of the Bureau of the Census.
which show that IN the year 1879. for
example, total wages paid in the man
ufacturing industries of the United
States amounted to onlJ 1852 OF the
value of the product. This point how
ever, is not well taken, as Mr.. Frey
tacitly admits, because of the fact that
the value of the product of manufac-
turing includes the value of the raw
materials, which must be deducted
from the total before we can ascertain
the "value addeo" by manufacture
alone. Thus, from the valuS of -four
must be subtracted the cost of the
grain before we can find the value
added" by the process of milling. And
so with every other kind Of manu-
facture.
The second count is basec upon sim
liar figures, which show that in the
year 1929, wages paid in manufactur-
ing amounted to orly 36.4qo of the
"value added" But here again an i'm
portant item is omitted, namely. the
salaries of 100000 white collar work.
ers which, when added to those of the
wage earners, bring the total of wages
and salaries up to 500 of the value
added" by the manufacturing indus
tries of the United States. True, some
of the company officers receive very
large salaries, but these are a small
frac.on of the sum of -alaries, most
address questions to the al
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-22

At the opening of the 18th Congress,
the President said, by intimation, that he
felt the Court should follow the lead of
Congress and ''liberalize'' its attitude to-
ward New Deal legislation. He said that
this would Obviate passing new Constitu-
tiOnal Amendment to make possible laws
the High Court has held unconstitutional
The Presidents declaration has stirred up
a hornets nest of debate. Sentiment runs
all the way from unqualified acceptance of
his views to the opinion that he is break
ing down the democratic system. Cooler
heads. looking at the actualities, feel that
Dir. Roosevelt may run into trouble in his
own camp.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-22
THE OLD PENSION GRAB


The Citizen certainly begrudges moth
ing that the United States government has
done for the soldiers and sailors who suf-
fered war casualties in the World War
and the money expended in behalf of the
dependents of those WHO gave up their
lives
In fact it would be entirely possible
for the nation to do much more for these
classes of war victims if the government
was not doing so much for the veterans
who have no service connected disabilities.
Every cent that is spent as a largess for
men who suffered no actual war injury is
likely taken from some wounded man, or
the wife and children of some dead man.
The various veterans organizations
in the United States today are operating
largely upon the theory of getting what
they can for all veterans. There is a GER
tain amount of talk about dead COM
rades' and wounded brothers but, in
the main, the living, voting boys of the
war are ready to force the politicians to
take care of them.
The 18TH Congress is hardly under
way but already list of proposed legis-
lation to benefit veterans is prepared. The
general pension will certainly be pushed,
regardless of all the talk to the contrary
and it won't be long before the people of
ba Gfata will ho
sion to widows and orphans of all veterans
whether they were injured in war service
or not
Since 1918 new generation of boys
and girls have grown into manhood and
womanhood in the United States. They
are just beginning life and one of their
heaviest burdens, so far as taxation is con-
cerned, will be to pay the money neces-
sary to meet the pension demands of the
veterans, who were not hurt anywhere
near battleline.
We hope the government will deal
literally with all disabled veterans and
their dependents and that the widows and
dependent children of those who died will
be taken care of in generous fashion.
That, in itself, is an undertaking, which
must be met and for which every citizen
willingly contributes.
When we consider the millions of
men in the service, who were not injured
in the slightest degree, we have no such
obligation They are entitled to the same
treatment that the government accords
other citizens, no more and no less That
they are banded together in various as
sociations to put pressure on congressman
has no effect whatsoever upon the justice
of their claim
If the people of this country, es-
pecially the young people. who have be-
come of age since 1918, wish to pay the
taxes necessary TO give money to all ex-
soldiers and to support their wives and
children, regardless of their lack of dis
ability, we can pay our share of the bill.
If they do not intend to repeat the scan
dals connected with our other pension sys-
TENS and do not prefer TO take money from
their dependents for general pensions to
uninjured veterans their unnjured wives
and children, it is high time they set about
letting weakened politicians know where
they stand
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-22
To 4 Child At PLAY

Dear little Nance,
Won't you dance?
Nancy dancy,
Dancing Nancy!
In the garden leap and Dance
Spring of youth is now your chance,
Not when granny
Dear little Annie.
Stir your pins and shake your arms,
Nimblc motion il what charms.
1t is not pyrrhc dance
With a shield and with lance
Sing and giggle to entrance,
Nancy. Mamie, lively Nance,
Shake your curs and twrl your fan
From its feathers peek askance
Nancy, Mamie, dancing Ann,
Like the Nymphs round piping PAM
Just as if a Pan-pipe blew
Vault and tumble, cutely strew
Rose and panSy
A. you fancy.
Like the Key West breeze-swayed flowers
Vibrate near the sunshine bowers sa 81
Dash and caper, sprightly prance
People will be in trance
On the greensward trip, : /. e = 8 s.
Der the rose-trees ship
Nancy, dancy
Dancing Nancy.
KEY WEST PIED-PIPER.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-22

Today's Horoscope
. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,

Today indicates a steady and
reflective nature with a scientific
and versatile mind. There is great
independence of thought and it is
fixed to the point. 1t is a day of
the discoverer of hidden things
and favors birth of an inventor,
who not only brings wealth to the
world bnt also to himself,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-22

Luxuries and so-called comforts, if
the are what is meant by more abund-
an life. are not only not indispensable,
but positive hindrances to the elevation of
maia lind When a nation enjoys too much
Of these it becomes soft and degenerates;
then harder nations take its place 1t
happened before, with the Romans, for
instance, and it can happen acre.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-22

Professor A. S. Butterworth,
"a, of the geology department of
the Southeast Missouri Teachers
College at Cape Girardeau has a
collection O. $4,000 microfossils.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-22

If Hitler and Mussolini go too far in
Spain to help General Franco, England
wilt throw a monkey wrench into the situa-
ton. and strangely enough a monkey
wrench in Spain is ''llave inglesa"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-22
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

l. Water and Sewerage
BRIDGES to complete Road to Main
land.
3. Frss Port
4. Hotels and Apartments.
6. Rathihg Pavilion. sEk11k& 80
Q. Anpurp Land and Sea.
7. Constellation of County and City
Governments.
u1od s49W aoq gsy
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-22

Napoleon was once asked what were
the three most essential things to win
Nar lie replied: Money, money, money"
II like manner the three requirements to
sbccess are: THE first, hard work; the
second, hand work; the third, combina-
Ton of the first and second"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-22

Members of the Fleming Street
Methodist church choir recently
presented Miss Rule Watkins,
pianist, with a beautiful silver
sandwich tray in recognition OF
her services in connection with
the choir work of the church.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-22

Glass Is coming into its own. We
have glass houses at which one can throw
stones. and now clothes will be made of
glass. which will not be transparent, if
anyone should ask.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-22

There is much speculation whether
resident Roosevelt will signal to the right
a. left. The Miami Daily News says that
has critics say he will do neither, but
smilingly stick out his chin And won't
some of ms enemies take advantage of
that situation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-22

M e { a ! Trades
Department Of
the A. F. of L..
discusses the di-
vision of the
value produced
in manufacture
ing as between
labor and capt.
tai, and alleges
gross injustice
in that wages
of labor are a
v cry S m a II
share as COM
parcd with the
profits of CAPT.
tai.
The first count
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-22
No Itch Too Deep
For This LIQUID

Imperial Lotion contains six itch
killing medicines that go down into
skin folds to reach and kill the
cause of eczema, rash, letter, ring
worm and common itch. Pleasant
to uSe.s Two sizes, SIC and Sl,00.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-22

Once the tourists in Spain from Italy,
Germany and Russia brought their cameras
to do their shooting, now they bring real
guns with them.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-01-22

Every town has its braggarts and Key
West Is no exception, but they shouldn't
worry sensible people.