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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-20

more than 5000 persons who arc
being aided will be turned bach
to their city and county govern
ments for support. There are 81
aged persons in this county who
are receiving semi-monthly "a
lowances at present.
One of the features of the pro.
posed assistance program is the
.chsnge in age requirements foi
those who receive old age pen
sicns. Under the present plan tbs
age limit is 20 years, but thIs
vii be lowered TO 65 by the pro-
posed program.
At the general election in No
vember, 1886, Florida voters rati.
fled a constitutional amendment
which empowers the legislature Ia
appropriate funds for relief and
public assistance purposes, thus
clearing the way for Florida to
obtain matching federal funds
which are offered under the Sc.
curity Act.
A three-point assistance pro-
gram will aid more than $4,000
individuals in Florida who are in
need. The total cost of this pro-
gram will be $7,S09,S20 and OF
this the federal government will
pay $3,068,900 leaving S4,74O,.
920-as the amount which the leg
islature must appropriate.
The assistance program will b.
administered by the State Board
of Social Welfare, through twelve
district boards. The welfare or
ganization was created by pass
age of the 1885 State Welfare
Law.
The State Board of Social Wei.
fare, in addition to administering
public assistance benefits, certi-
fies persons in need to federal
works projects. distributes fed
eral surplus commodities, and
conducts a statewide child wei.
fare program.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-20
Rsquesls Fer Workers On
Projects Are Made To
Employment Service Bu-
reau

kssuisisions for more workmen
- ne hsidus pFeissss nov under
ssarss 81 soastruetion on the
Fassid. Keys wsrs Fsssivsd thi.
~asaias ~ ths State Employ.
@sst Services burs.u in the wPA
hssaanaEasrs.
~ '. Little. IN charge Of the
hssssu. sid hat for the s. J,
cs~sss aad Seas ssmpany q,
A@sathsa ihrss whits Iaborers
- b. cent somorrow. This {.
ceassasf D.
Pc she WaanamAksr and Wells
ineespssassa ssutrast at Lower
Mssssuushs. whish is coatrae. A,
s@~ LsFsaias Crane operator. one
sesHh ssFpsasss and seven white
i.Anssss win Be also sent semor.
go.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-20
Two Years OF Var ShoWn
To Have Cost Uncle Sam
Million Dollars An Hour
By ALEXANDER r. GEORGE
AP Feature Service Writer

control of the country's railways.
Billions of dollars were subscribed
for Liberty bonds, and hundreds
of millions invested in war saw
ings and thrift stamps. A war tax
was paced on luxuries ranging
from infants talcum to automo-
biles.
Herbert Hoover, food admins
traitor, inaugurated meatless
Tuesdays and wheatless Wednes-
days for private homes, hotels and
restaurants. Bakers were licensed
and the nation was put on war
bread ration made after a pre-
scribed formula to conserve white
flour. Millions Of backyard and
vacant gardens grew foodstuffs for
home consumption.
$4,000 Americans Killed
When the United States entered
the war the army had So airplanes
and the navy 81 seaplanes. When
the war ended the American fore
es in France had TAO planes at the
front, the nation had turned out
$4,000 engines for train ng p,anes
end $500 training craft, while the
navy had 2,127 planes.
The average soldier who went
to France had six months train
ing in this country before sailing
and two months intensive training
in quiet sector overseas before
entering the battle line. American
troogs. were in Is major engage
mants, the largest being the
Meuse-Argonne, in which / ,120,-
900 Yanks participated and suf-
fered casualties of 10000.
American casualties for the en-
tire war were $4,000 killed, 212,-
900 wounded. About $4,000 died
of disease. 1t was estimated l.
zoe, 900 Russian soldiers, 1900.
600 Germans, 100000 French
men and 100000 British were
killed in battle.
Three drafts were taken for the
American army. Some congress
men who opposed CONSUMPTION pre-
dicted there would be riots and
b'oodshed such as occurred insNew
York City during the civil war,
but there were no major disturb
ances.
Hundreds of wives, mothers
and sisters wrote to the war de-
partment asking exemption for
their men but others recommend
ed that their husbands be drawn
for service. One woman said in a
letter to Provost Marshal General
Crowder, in charge of the draft,
that her husband didn't want to
go to war but he had no good rea-
son for staying home so the army
might better make a soldier out
iof him.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-20
More acquisitions For
Bridge Help Received
IZZ1wzwaa..A
THOROUGHLY ENJOY
VISIT TO KEY WEST

Bob Allen, noted through
his newspaper connections
and his Washington Merry
Co ROUND, is satisfied that
there viii be many newspaper
men visiting Key West in the
future.
Mr.. Allen and wife, known
in the newspaper world as
Ruth Finney and contributor
to the columns of papers of
the Scripps-Howard League,
were visitors for four weeks
during the month of February
and enjoyed a great vacation.
Returning to Washington
thew write to friends thus:
I'VE are spreading the
fame of Key West far and
wide among the newspaper
fraternity and you may ex-
rect a deluge of the gentry
and the ladies'"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-20
CITED CHANGES
in OFFICERS ON
SHIPS DEFERRED
MEMBERS OF STEAMSHIP
FLoRIDA's CREW OPPOSE
PROPOSED CHANGES; MAT
TER DELANzD

''Man proposes and God dis
poses" but in the present case
man proposed and the crew of
the Steamship Florida disposed of
the matter of the proposed chang
es in the Officers of the ships of
the company, as announced during
the week.
Announcement had been made
that Captain C. D. Harrington of
the S. S. Cuba was to be trans
ferred to command of the Florida,
First Officer Robert Lord was to
tie made captain of the Cuba, and
Royden H. Noble, attached to the
Florida would be transferred to the
berth of first officer on the
Cuba.
However the deck department
and the steward OF the Florida
calmly said that if the proposed
changes We're made effective they
would leave the ship. This state
ment, it was said, made it neces-
sary for the officers who would
be affected by the changes an
nounced to remain as is, until the
problem is worked out.
Seen upon their arrival yester-
day on the Cuba from Tampa
neither Captain Harrington nor
First Officer Lord would COM
ment on the matter further than
that they felt satisfied that the
situation would be worked out to
the satisfaction of all parties con-
.eerned.
Disinterested parties said that
they believed that as the season is
drawing to close and travel win
be heavy for the next few weeks
between Miami and Cuba, the
matter will remain in status quo
until officials Of the company
deem it expedient to take it up
for settlement.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-20
|teamer Cuba Arrives
With 273 Passengers

Smiley, Joseph Adams, Mrs. G.
Martinez, Isabel Menendez, Ma
ria Luisa Garcia, Julie Eagles, DR..
7. Fuller, Mrs. Fuller, ElSetha A.
Pawsey.
The vessel sailed shortly after
6 O'Clock with the following book
ings from Key West: E. B. Caulk-
ms, J G.. Latimer, Mrs. E. w.
Fuller, Mrs. w. r. Minnick, Nath-
allie Minnick, S. S. Sparkman, E.
r. Kirkland, Mrs. F. w. Craw-
ford. Mrs. b. Rutledge, E. E. Grip
pen, Mrs. Crippen, Vienna Clark,
Louise Weeks, Mrs. E. Knox, o.
LeBUs.
Powers Arrives In Port
The power boat Powers, Cap
tain Veral Roberts, of the Over
seas Transportation Company ar
rived in port this morning from
Miami with ten tons of freight for
Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-20

WASHINGTON, March 90
When Uncle Sam stepped off the
deep end 20 years ago this spring,
the giant young republic of the
west began the greatest mobiliza-
ton of potential resources in the
worlds history.
From April 6, 1917, to April
80, 1919, the United States spent
$21,s50,0O0.00O, more than
81, 100000 an hour, exclusive OF
the $9,500,000,000 loaned allied
nations.
When war came there were
100000 men in the American
army, one-third of whom were
national guardsmen on federal
duty along the Mexican border,
Nineteen months later, at the
signing of the armistice, the Unit
ed States had an army of 4,000,-
600, of whom 2,086,000 had been
transported 5000 miles across sub
marine-infested waters and $780,
600 had fought in France.
'cootie-Killing' Underwear
In the same 10 monthssthis coun.
try shipped to France f,5O0,U0U
tons of supplies rang ng from
locomotives, giant guns and air
planes to wooden socks and home
made candy for the doughboys.
Love-lorn maids pinned senti.
mental notes in the toes of socks
sent to soldiers they had never
seen. Mothers sent the boys wool
en- .nightgowns. An Iowa woman
invented "cootie-killing" under
wear.
The war industries board COM
mandeered plants for war pur-
poses, a located orders for war
supplies, fixed prices, limited the
styles and fabrics of clothes for
civilians, and restricted supplies
Of metals, rubber and paints FOL
ordinary commercial products.
Thousands of skilled laborers
toiled in long shifts to turn out
munitions. More than 100000
workmen were occupied for the
duration of the war in building
factories and warehouses for the
storage of supplies. The army
shipped 26,994 standard-gauge
freight cars and $4,000 trucks to
France; trucks were being sent
oversees at the rate of 10000 q
month when the fighting ceased.
Meatless Tuesdays
Some $4,000 horses and mules
took "the big ride" to France, and
allied nations threatened with a
food storage were shipped enor-
nous quantities of wheat and
meat. Hundreds Of steel and wood.
en- ships were built to trans
port these supplies and in March.
1918, the government took over
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-20
STATEROOMS FOR
VESSELS CREW
MEN ON NAZI SHIP WILL Es.
JOY SAME COMFORTS
AS PASSENGERS

HAMBURG. March 2o.-An
ocean-gOing passenger era srr,
with c.ew's quarters fitted up
like staterOOms, Is to be- launch
ed here May 5.
A $4,000 t0nner. Il Is the frsf
vessel DIS gned and built 10 order
for the strength Through joy"
movement, which hitherto ian
pleasure trips Tor workers on
specially chartered vessel.
The crew Of 400 will have tho
same comfort IN quarters us tho
! 400 tourists. in eonsonancc WITH
nazi principle
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-20
BERT GACN0N
ARRIVES HERE
ACCOMPANIED 9BY PARTY OF
FRIENDS; TO REMAIN
UNTIL TOMORROW

Wearing the same old smile
which always brings back fond
memories to his host of friends
in Key West, Bert Gagnon was a
caller at the office of The Citizen
this morning and was given a
CAD welcome.
Accompanying him was a
group of friends who were spend
ing a while at his winter home in
Lake Worth and when they sug-
gested an automobile trip, Bert
said, "Lets go to Key West" and
immediately the suggestion was
accepted and they arrived last
night.
Other members of the party
are: Claude Gagnon, brother of
Bert. Mr.. and Mrs. Barney Wal
tiers, of Green Bay, Wise, and
Mrs. Grover Falk, of Seymour,
Wise. They will remain for the
day and plan to leave tomorrow
morning.
Their short stay is not because
they don't want to be here but
because of the indisposition of
Mrs. Gagnon, who felt too i'll to
make the trip, and the group de-
cided when leaving that this would
necessarily make their trip a brief
one.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-20
MOST ACCIDENTS ON
SATURDAY NIGHTS
REcoRDED ~ SOUTH DAKOTA
As BEING GREATEST BE-
TWEEN 8 AND 3 p. N.

#IhkNk. s. ~, March 20.-~-In
80 nakoia it's the hour be-
80 : and 8 y. "a. on Saturday
81 eiaims the most automobile
H4EdEnts
8he state motor vehicle depart
N#Ht makes that observation after
stsslg o. 1910 accidents that
49, las persons and injured
- ihan 3 thousand others last
-.
TIE department says more per-
80 between the ages Of 80 and
81 nere involved in accidents
30 any ether age group. Care
ness and inattention were
800 D. b. the most common
49,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-20
Two Clyde-MalIOry Line
Steamers Come To Port

Steamship Brazos, of the Clyde
Mallory Lines, arrived this morn
ing 4:45 o'clock from Galveston,
discharged and sailed 6:l5 for
New York with shipments Of live
turtle, sponges and a miseelian-
eOus assortment of freight.
Another vessel Of the line, the
Ozark, arrived last evening s:I5
O'Clock from New Orleans, dis.
charged four carloads of coke for
the Key West Gas company, and
other freight, and remained in port
until this afternoon when she
sailed 1870 for Miami and Jack
sonvilie.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-20
Many Needy Persons In
Monroe County To Share
In Social Security Fund

Socia, security benefits amount
ing to about $164,940 annually
will be paid to approximately l.
l118 needy persons in Monroe
county if the, 1897 legislature APP
propriates the necessary funds for
Florida's participation IN the three
public assistance clauses of the
National Social Security Act.
The State Board of Social Well
fare, which has made a survey of
persons eligible for old age PEN
sions, aid to dependent children,
and assistance to the needy blind,
estimates that there are 500 needy
agd, sixty-five or over, in Mon
rec county; 800 families with
605 dependent children; and 1S
dependent blind.
Payments are expected to aver
age $15 a month for the aged and
bind, and SO a month for each
dependent child.
Tie federal government will
grant more than three million dol
lars a yeSrtb Florida to pay part
of the cost of q public assistance
program, if the state vii pay the
rest. Provisions of the National
Social Security Act enable the
state to receive federal funds for
aid to these needy groups.
The State Board of Social We'll
fare is now administering a tenn
porary old-age assistance pro-
gram, which ends July /. Unless
the legis ature provides for the
continuation of this program.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-20
~~\%N\\\A
HlAMI FOLK on
VISIT TO CITY

Mss. Vissinia shock and
So flagh. Ernesf Biseiow
$50 sea Elisn. Of hliami. whe
wera sisitina Captain and
So. bart Calkins "a their
ksms en- BE Pine Key ar
slssd 10 she city yesterday
seseaspaaisd by Mrs.. calk-
ms.
TAa siators said ihey we're
enlasiaa The fishiae in ahis
ssssion SD iatended 10 spead
whils .oaser before return
- - Miami. Mrs. calkias
80 klss. skock called al The
tiaem whers the former re-
nswed her subscription TO this
Sspes
- - - .
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-20
LEAVE THIS MORNING

Mrs. R. S. Martin and sor
Bobby, who were visiting with
her brother-in-law and sister, DIR
and Mrs. j. B. Miller of the
State Board of Health, left thi:
morning to join Mrs. Martins
mother and grandmother in Hol
lywood. They were in Key Wesf
three weeks.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-20
WORLEY LEAVES
ENROUTE HOME

w. V. Morley of Dayton, Ohio,
who has been spending the winter
in Key West, left yesterday for
his home over the Oversee High
way.
Mr.. Worsey states that he will
return to Key West next year.
On his way home he expects to
spend several days in Miami and
Tampa.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-20
ANOTHER CRAFT
ARRIVES HERE

Latest arrival in the Key West
Yacht Basin and recorded this
morning by Captain Charles Arch
er, dockmaster in charge, is the
Auxiliary Marconi Yawl Nor
Easter, from Easton, Nd.
The vessel is owned by r. HAM
mond Gibson, who is also master,
and is accompanied by Mrs. Glib
son. There are two members of
the crew.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-20
Plans For MART Ceremonies
Discussed Here Last Evening
Arrangements Are Com
pleted For Sending Dele
CATION To Cuba To Meet
President

MembeFs Of organizations whs
are taking part IN the pians and
preparations for the MaFii Ne.
mortal which Is 10 be erected e
Bayview Park on April 10. met q
San Carlos Institute last nisht fos
the purpose Of disssssins plaza
and the ceremonies and 20 seIeet =
committee TO go 20 caba % have
audience with President Bru.
1t was finally decided that the
representation from Key West
win consist Of Mayor H. c. Galley.
Couneilmen Frank o. Roberts and
Armando cobo. State senator A..
thur Gomez. County Commission.
ers Chairman Carl Bervaldi. Press.
dent o. the Cuban Club OsNaldo
Carrero, President Of San Carlos
Institute Enrique Euainaldo. and
+. B. Quito, representing the Emo
grades Revolucionarios Cuhanos
This group viii have an audi
ence with President Bru % Cuba.
and extend in the name of the
people Of Key West an invitafion
TO the Cuban chic executive and
his retinue an Invitation - BE-
pre;ent IN Key West Il the ~.
yelling o. the MART Memorial
The Cuban president has s'nni.led
his pleasure in the proposed audi
ence and il Is believed b. Vii ae.
eept the Invitation.
Arriving on the Cuba frosa nN=
vana yesterday were: Ffareisee
Aueuti sloFaeues. eHiss 81 tHs
construction department o. the
Pennino Marble company e. Ha-
vana. which has the contract Tor
the construction OF the memorial
to MART. and his assistant cnta-
limo Herrera.
These gentlemen viii BERN
work of erecting the monument
as coon as permission j. received
from WASHINGTON which i anti
cipated win be early next week.
The memorial is Of foreign MAJ
terial and artistry. and was re-
eeived Tuesday afternoon o. tbe
Cuba. Shipped In bond and
dutiable it is neces AIRY 'oF The
component parts 10 be released ~
the treasury department Il T.
said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-20

Steamsh p Granada Of the
Standard Fruit and STEAMSHIP
comp,ny is schedu cd o. aFrvs
Monday from Philadelphia. Wil
take bunkers al tks Porter Dock
company, and sal for Froniefa.
Mexieo.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-20

samshIp Cuba. sef she p. and
81 Co. arrivsd yesterday
nson from Havana with II
ana seven sscond cabin pas
- Coz Key West; 229 first
passengers for ST. Peters
q nrst and six second cab
ssneers Ger Tampa.
aaed in the arrivals at Key
1ahn Birdlck. Virginia Bir-
tnns Weiss. jesse Weiss,
~ Aeusti. Catalina Her
Nora Smiley, Helen L.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-03-20
Bridge Commission
Satisfied With New
Members Named

Members of the Overseas Road
and Toll Bridge District seen to.
day by The Citizen expressed ex-
treme satisfaction at the appoint
ments announced yesterday OF
Howard Wilson and John costar
to membership on the commits
sion.
Seen yesterday afterneon Mr..
Wilson and Mr.. co.iar both ex-
pressed their qualification at the
appointment, although a doubt
was in the mind of Mr.. Wiison as
whether being an employee of the
United States government in the
income tax division he could Of
lficiate.
However be believed that he
could refuse the meager emolu-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-22
MOTHER VISITED
 YOUNG SLAYER

South Paris, Me-, Oct. 22-tUP)-- Eighteen -year.old Paul Nathaniel Dwyer, confessed slayer of country doctor and his wife. was reunited with his mother yesterday for the first time since his rarest in New Jersey last Saturday. Mrs. Jessie Dwyer, 40, Q World war nurse now attached to Hebron Sanatorium, was driven by the Rev. James II. Burns, Hebron minister, to the state insane hospital at Augusta, where the boy Is under observation.
 Though mother and son had eX- changed messages through tho par- son, they had not seen each other since tho breach that developed af- ter she renounced responsibility for his debts several weeks ago.
 Since learning of her sons confess sion to the murders of Dr. and Mrs. James c. Littleneld of South Paris, Mrs. Dwyer had secluded herself with her mother in tho latters Heb- ron cottage.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-22
JOHN E. ENNIS IS
 GIVEN FREEDOM

Providence, R. I. - october 22 -- (UP) - The case against John E. Ennis, Sl, laborer, charged with the murder of pr. George w. Webster, society ohstetrician, was dismissed today for insufficient evidence.
 District Judge Maurice Robinson freed Ennis ct the recommendation of Assistant Attorney General John H, Nolan.
 Ennis had been in jail without bail since September IS in connec- ton with the sensational staying, which occurred at Dr. Webster's fashionable east side home last July l6.
 Three material witnesses who had been held since shortly after Ennis arrest were released Wednesday. It was on the basis of sworn statements by this trio that he was charged with the crime. They had told Providence police that on July l6 Ennis disclosed to them he shot the doctor and threw the gun into Seekonk river. Two searches of the river bottom were fruitless.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-22
TO BUILD FINEST
 SAFEST OF SHIPS

Washington, Oct. 22-(UP)-Chair. man Joseph P. Kennedy of the U. &. maritime commission announced to- day the commission, the United States Line Co. and the Newport News shipbuilding and Drydock Go. have signed Q contract for construc- ton of "the finest and safest ship afioat" at Q cost of si6,760,000.
 The vessel B being constructed on Q subsidy basis. After completion 1t will be sold to the United States Lines Go. for ei0,b00, 900, the amount 1t is estimated the ship would cost if built in Q foreign shipyard. The U. 8, government will put up the difs ference between Si0,600,000 and the estimated Slb, ,7bo, 900, total cost.
 The construction contract provides for an increase or decrease of the amount payable to the Newport News Go, because Of changes In la bor or material costs as shown by labor department statistics.
 The vessel will Do 723 feet in length and will nake c speed of ap- proxinately 22 knots. There will be accommodations for about 1900 pas sengers and c crew of about $50.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-22

special drive on offending oper- atorS so as to eliminate this dangerous practice. According to state statute every motor vehicle operated in connecticut must be equipped with two headlamps. Supplemental memo. regarding this equipment is being sent you by mall. If police cannot appre- bend cars urge registrations be secured If possible and send same to this office for action. Early twilight demands greater use of headlamps. It is important that motor vehicle operators appreci- ate the legal requirement as to equipment and hours of function ing - from one-half hour after sunset until one.half hour before sunrise unless weather conditions are such as to require earlier and later use, respectively, of head lamps. Police also requested to check unusually bright headlamps for candlepower of lamps which should be thirty-two. Unusually bright headlamps, when out of adjustment blind approaching motorists and can cause accidents.
 MICHAEL A CONNOR,
 Commissioner of Motor Vehicles"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-22
Cases Withdrawn

Two civil actions were with drawn from the docket of conn mon pleas court today. It was reported that settlements had been reached In both cases.
 One was the suit Of Carmlne s. Clpriano, doing business aS the St. Croix Importing O., against the Old Colony Wine Co. of Bridgeport. Damages of S3b0 were sought.
 The other was the $500 suit of Muslcr- -Llebesklnd Co. against Sally and Samuel Kclman, do- ing business as Kelman's. The action was based on alleged violation of agreement in con. nectlon with the shipment of clothing between New OYrk and Waterbury