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Ma Aquiiino Lopez. ST., who
neeemFanied her daughter. Miss
festena E.opea e. Miami about 10
days aRo. returned yesterday on
f4e bus while Mias Fortuna pro-
ceeded - Tallahassee for the reg.
ear session ~ sammer school.
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VILLAIN W. Demeritt, JF., who
has Just completed his studies at
eouthern Dental College, Atlanta.
Ma Demeritt, and Mrs. Al Moore,
sister q Ar. Demeritt. arrived
ever he highway yesterday and
are gaesis at the home OF Mr.. and
Mra William ". Demeritt, ST.. On
Whitehead street. sss 2 p
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John c. Key, port steward Of
ne 7. and 0. S. S. company, who
arrives n Key West Monday
moFning from Tampa. left yester-
day ~ plane for Miami.
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Mm 1aFxafita Lacedonia.
tennasapher 81 the Marine Hos
afa4 SEQ wae Spreading q brief
eaeaiien IL Havana. was a return-
~ paNenwer en- The p. and O.
tnt yesterday.
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DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here Just 10 Years
Ago Today A Taken Frsm
The Files Of The Citizen

Key West can add many thou
sands o. dollars 70 her income
this year BY the erection OF a
yacht pier, said Mayor Leslie
Curry today. Scores Of yachts
men would come to Key West an
nualIy but refrain from 50 doing
because Of lack Of acconmeda<
tons. If this lack is supplied
there viii be many who viii make
the trip to Key West in their
pleasure craft and as these travel
lers are free money spenderss the
justification Of the mayors state
ment Is readily seen.
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Governor John Martin. who
went to Cuba several days ago IS
to return to Key West Saturday
afternoon. This announcement
was issued from the office Of
Robert F. Spottswood. member of
the governors staff in Key West
who received q wire from the
states chief executive. Arrange
ments are being made by the
chamber Of commerce and the
Rotary Club for the entertain
n1ent of the visitors upon their
arrival They viii remain over
until Monday, it is said. Among
the contemplated entertainment
features viii be q reception at
the La Concha Hotel and an Ella
borafe banquet
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The Washington times., 1937-12-28
Col. Prentiss Explains Best
Defense Against Gas Raids

to attack from the air. This is
the problem of passive defense.
g.. No amount Of air Supe-
riority can prevent a determined
enemy from pushing home
attacks on cities under cover of
darkness"
Colonel Prentiss said while it |!
possible to provide masks and pro
tective clothing for every in
dividual, which Is being done II
England, this does not com
pletely solve the problem"
PURE AIR VITAL
".. To take care Of those
situations where individual pro-
lection cannot be employed, it
is necessary to provide collective
protection, it consists essentially
of an inclosed space, from which
the outside air is excluded, by
maintaining within the space
a slight superatmoSph
pressure, by means Of purified
air pumped in through 0
chemical filter"
The Washington times., 1937-12-28
ROOSEVELT MAY
DROP PLAN TO
ELIMINATE GAO
Business Protests Pour
In Against Program

President Roosevelt may with
draw his plan to eliminate the
General Accounting Office in its
present form, according to rumors
current in political circles today
This action may be taken, it was
said, because of the protest of
business men in all parts of the
country, against any change in the
present setup.
During the tenure of Comptrol.
Ter General John McCarl. there
was much friction between the
White House and the GAO.
THOUSANDS PROTEST
The President felt that the
Comptroller General was interfer.
ing with executive powers, and
held the GAO was unconstitu
tional.
But with the publication of the
BrownloW report, which recon-
mended drastic changes, business
men by the thousands protested
The GAO is the cheapest and
best place for business men havins
dealings with the Government tc
go to settle disputes, they asserted
SAVED TIME, CASH
Instead of having to go to the
Court of Claims, to secure settle
ments with the entailed legal ex
pense and long delays, they were
able to go to the GAO and get
direct settlement of cases, they
declared.
AS a result of this sentiment
it was indicated that the Presi
dent may change his attitude in
the matter.
The Washington times., 1937-12-28
Boys Sight
Safe After
Blast

LAUREL, Md, Dec. 28.-Parents
of Robert Kraesky, 13-year-old
Laurel (Md) boy who Christmas
Eve lost his thumb and two fingers
when a dynamite cap exploded, to-
day asked the cooperation of the
newspapers in warning children
against playing with things they
don't know anything about"
Although Robert will be in bed
for several weeks suffering burns
and cuts about his face and hands.
his parents believe it was miracle
that the blast didn't blind him
permanently. DR.. Bryan P.
Warren today reports that the
boys sight will not be impaired
and that he is on the road to re-
covery.
Several days before Christmas,
young Kraesky found "a little cop
per stick" while he was in the
woods cutting a Christmas tree.
Last Friday evening, while the
family was preparing to decorate
the tree, Robert started to pry off
one end of the cap with a needle.
The blast, which was heard sew
eral blocks away, ripped off his
thumb and ends of two fingers.
Robert walked into the kitchen
and washed his injured hand be-
fore telling them what had hap
pened,
The Washington times., 1937-12-28
DROsPECTS which lie behind
l. these figures:

DROSPECTS which lie behind
l. these figures:
NON FARM INCOME-Divi.
dends lately have been running
10 per cent below last year, but
big dividends at beginning OF
year will probably make total
dividend payments for 1887
about 10 per cent above 1886.
There is a 'dearth of bonuses.
General white-collar salaries
have not been decreased, but
certainly non-farm income will
be lower during the next three
months.
CASH FARM INCOME-Only
three months ago, washington
expected a farm income OF
$4,000, 900 900; now the estimate
is 8.5 billions. This cuts approx
mately in half the expected in
crease over 1886. Farm prices
averaged 96 in April, have fallen
to 70. Passage of the farm bill
within the next 30 days will
carry as much assurance for
1898 as is possible now.
COST OF LIVING-Will de-
crease during the next 3 or 4
months. Lower farm prices are
finally getting to the consumer.
WHOLESALE PRICES-Raw
materials dropped from 80 in
April to the present IS. Prac-
tically no change in past four
weeks, indicating that this fac
tor which started and led the
downward business procession,
may now be stable. Prices OF
finished products started down
much later, hence their down
ward readjustment will continue.
INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
Blind spots are steel and au-
tos. Leonard Ayres has pre-
dicted autos will be down one
third. His is most pessimistic
report, considered in Washington
as probably too pessimistic, but
a drop is certain. Autos made a
mistake in not radically rede-
signing cars to stimulate shrink
ing market instead of merely Of
fering better quality. Housing
may help steel: also expected
expansion of military and naval
programs. The industry has
been scraping bottom now for
so long the trade experts feel
something must happen.
The Washington times., 1937-12-28

G.N.S.0 Passive defense - the
task of equipping whole popula-
tions against gas attacks-is an
important problem that must be
solved, Lieut.. Col Augustin M.
Prentiss. chemical warfare expert
of the Army, asserted today.
Writing in the current issue of
the Army Ordnance, Colonel
Prentiss said while the effective
ness of such attacks frequently is
over estimated and the horrors
''groSsly exaggerated" he declared
the problem Is Of sufficient
seriousness to warrant "the united
efforts of all the agencies Of
government-national, State and
local-to insure the people against
the real dangers involved"
CANNOT ARM ALL
whole populations" he said,
cannot be armed to counter air
attacks as they can to repel in
vasions Ly land, but they can be
equipped and organized to pro
tect themselves when subjected
The Washington times., 1937-12-28
Old House Yields
Million in Francs

PARIS, Dec. 2S.-Gold coins
with an estimated value of 1.00O,'
900 francs and nearly 800 years
old have been found by masons
during the demolition Of an old
house at Calais.
The coins are Of the reign OF
Philippe the Bold and struck
after April Is, 1889. AS the
British took possession of Calais
some years later-1347-it is
probable that some citizen OF
Calais placed his wealth in a box
in the wall of his house and died
without revealing the secret.
Part of the treasure trove will
go to the State and part will be
sold to coin collectors.
The Washington times., 1937-12-28
ARMAT TO TELL
OF MOVIE IDEA

Thomas Armat, Of Washington,
will tell how he first conceived
the idea of projecting motion pic
lures on a screen, in an interview
with Harry r. Daniel, of the De-
partment of Commerce, on the
Stories of Industry" program
over the WABC-Columbia network
from 4::30 to S p. m. today.
The dramatic story of motion
pictures from the time an English
scientist more than 100 years ago
discovered a strange optical illu-
sion in connection with moving
objects, will be told as well as
Armat's first m t ing with
Thomas Edison, with whom he
was long associated.
Will Hays, president Of the
Motion Picture Producers and Dis
tributors of America, Inc, will be
on the same program. Music will
be furnished by the United States
Marine Band.
The Washington times., 1937-12-28

How Would You Like to Have a
Comfortable Income as Long as You
Live for Merely Telling what You Pre-
fer to Read? $1,000 q Year for Life!
Contest starts Sunday, January I'd In
the American Weekly.
The Washington times., 1937-12-28
Ired Fan Shoots
Screen Villain

DUQUOIN, ILL.,, Dec. 28.-A
Duquoin movie fan supplied color
for a wild West" picture at a
local theater.
AS the feature attraction ap-
preached the climax, the situa-
ton became too tense for one of
the spectators, who carried q re.
volver in a holster at his side,
The fan shouted:
Don't let him get away with
it, boys!"
In the next instant the sharp
crack of his pistol threw two
hundred or more theatergoers into
q panic.
The Washington times., 1937-12-28
Retailers Plan
National Unit

NEW YORK, Dec. a. Tnde-
pendent retail merchants will
meet in New York in January to
lay plans for organizing the in
dependent retailers of the United
States on a comprehensive national
scale, according to Leo Grizer, gen.
eral secretary of the Greater New
York Retail Furnishings and Dry
Goods Association, Inc, which Is
calling the interstate conference.
Several measures now before
Congress, including the Patman
bill, which would prohibit manu-
facturers from selling at retail,
propose to outlaw various trade
practices which have long been a
source of grave concern to indie
pendent retailers. Enactment OF
such legislation, Grizer said, de-
pends upon the organized sup.
port of the nations independent
retail merchants.
The Washington times., 1937-12-28
Pneumonia Takes
100000 Annually

NEW YORK. Dec. 28.-Though
mortality from the disease has
been reduced Is per cent in the
last IS years, pneumonia still takes
an annual toll of 100000 lives in
the United States, according to
statistics made public by the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Com
pany.
The company estimated that
considerable further reduction
would be achieved when the mod
ern serum treatment is put into
more general use.
The Washington times., 1937-12-28

Frankly their vision Of 1888
is not clear enough to warrant
official public presentation OF
their usual rounds of rejoicing
statements. 1t is not a question
Of pessimism, or optimism,
merely one of eyeSight.
Those who are closest to the
business crystal, however, can
pick out few realistic bright
and dull spots which will give
! you as careful and well balanced
O picture as they have. They see
these prospects for the new year:
First quarter year business
level will probably wabble along
on existing plane which should
be bottom. Expectation is based
on several factors. Prices tum-
bling downward from April to
mid-November, have been fairly
stationary during the last six
weeks. They seem to have found
q basis to attract demand and
stimulate consumption. 1nven-
. tories are believed to be quite
low. Many retail merchants
smartly started inventory sales
before Christmas, instead OF
waiting until the holidays are
over.
Furthermore, most lines are
now showing a very definitely
declining rate of decrease, sug-
gesting that the greater force OF
their drop has been spent.
Likewise all market reactions
lately have been slower, indi-
eating far less tension.
ONE adverse factor is the con-
" tinued decline in farm and
non.farm income, for which the
latest private estimates may be
noted in the chart below. Fur
ther decline seems to be at
hand.
Miss Perkins reports showed
a decrease of $4,000 workers in
November. This placed factory
employment and payrolls below
November, 1885. In addition,
there has been an unannounced
decline in non-reporting indus
tries agriculture, general con-
struction and service trades)
which indicates an unemploy-
ment increase of 725,000 plus
for November.
Conservative vate esti-
mates now place unemployment
at 100000.
Similarly conservative esti-
mates forecast 100000 by the
end of January.
RNOST reasonable guess, from
W1 weighing all these fac.
tors, is that certainly the worst
should be over during the first
half of 1898. Dips may carry the
general average two or three
points lower early in the new
wear but there will be a lot OF
surprised economists in the Gov
ernment if it turns out worse
than that.
X
Economic trend of this up-an-
down year may be traced in
the following chart in which all
figures are official Govern
The Washington times., 1937-12-28
ice Fovored
GOrreLL Asks Airline
Control by Board

The nations airlines are still in
favor of the placing of air trans
port under the Interstate Com
merce Commission, as recommend
ed by Senator McCarran, Col. Ed
gar S. Gorrell, president of the Air
Transport Association, said in a
wire from Chicago last night.
Previous reports had said that
Colonel Gorrell favored an indie
pendent agency, apart from the
commission, to control airlines.
Colonel Gorrell, who testified in
favor of the McCarran bill, said
last night it was "the only work
able piece of legislation yet pro-
posed for the regulation Of the
economic phases of the airplane
industry"
The Washington times., 1937-12-28
10000 Nazi Pilots
Prepared for War

ERLIN, Dec. 28.-Betweer
80 900 and 10000 uniformed mer
and ready to take to the air ir
defense Of Germany, foreign oh
servers estimated today.
BolSterinC that amazing all
force-uniquI in view of the rela
lively short time in which Ger
many has been rearming-is 6
civilian aviation corps of unknown
strength. reserve group ION call
for emergency.
The Washington times., 1937-12-28
Nazis Clamp Down
On Berlin BARRIERS

BERLIN, Dec. Fisherman
BARRIERS were warned today that
henceforth the use of inflammable
combs in the process of water
waving is illegal and will be
severely punished. Another new
regulation is that a barber must
wash his hands with soap and
water before attending each
customer.
The Washington times., 1937-12-28
Party Planned
By Shrine Club

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Dec. 90.
Plans for a ladies night pro-
gram, tentatively set for January
6, as the first of a series of enter
tainments to be presented within
the next few months by Alexan-
dria Shrine Club, were announced
by Roger C. Sullivan, chairman
of the committee in charge of
arrangements.
Guest of honor at the affair will
be William c. Herbert, of Rich
mond, illustrious potentate of the
order. A feature of the program
will be readings by Charles w.
Guthrie, widely known actor, who
played the part of Able in "Abie's
Irish Rose"
The Washington times., 1937-12-28
BUSINESS OUTLOOK
FOR NEXT YEAR
(NelUS Behind the NeWS)
By PAUL MALLoN

twOd syndtcst Al Rights Reserved
BUSINESS prophets around here as Santa
- Clauses. Too many have had their whlskers
snged extending their necks into the future They mean-
inc Government Cabinet officers authorities and econo-
mists are currently pulling in their heads to the point Of
them inside their collars.
The Washington times., 1937-12-28

The Broadway PIaybOy and His
lending Love Library" Crowded
Out Of the Collection Like a Dis
carded Book, His Wife Complains In
Her Divorce Suit, Because He Had
Day in the Year" Read About Him
In The American Weekly, with Sun
days WashingtOR< Herald Times.
Evening star., 1937-01-27

However, It IS generally poor policy
to cue-bid in the opponents suit un-
less your own suit Is solid or has been
Evening star., 1937-01-27

supported. or you hold exceptional
support for your partners suit.
(copyright. 1897. by the Four AcesI
Evening star., 1937-01-27
ADVERTISEMENT.
hDEEh I IISENENl
His Best Friend
Told Him

1t was his wife and she told him the
truth. But she didn't say he had bad
breath" Instead, she said, my dear.
you need E-z Tablets" A hint to the
wise was sufficient. Don't wait for
some one to tell you If you feel slug
gish, headachy, dizzy or bilious, due
to constipation, you may be quite
sure your breath is telling others.
Get a package of E-Z tablets today.
At all good drug stores, only Csc.
Evening star., 1937-01-27

After South's opening spade bid,
servative player, put in two-club
overcall. Now, while North held a
strong hand, his own suit was far from
solid and he held only two cards of
his partners bid. Hence, all he could
do was to bid two hearts. In view
of his partners free bid, South de-
cided his hand warranted slam in
vitation. But he had quite a problem
as to exactly what slam invitation to
give. Finally he decided that it was
important to find a fit for his spades,
and accordingly overbid game with a
three-spade call. Norths king-jack
of spades doubleton was now ample
support, since his partner had shown
a six or seven card suit, so he jumped
to five spades.
At this point South made fine bid,
to wit, six clubs. The cue-bid in clubs
showed not only that he held first
round control in that suit, but also
that he was interested in a grand
slam. Otherwise, he would simply have
bid six spades. North would have had
to pass six spades. However, his part
ner's cue-bid had invited seven, and
North saw no reason to hesitate
further. He bid the grand slam.
Of course, the hand was a laydown,
but there were quite few pitfalls in
the bidding, and we feel certain that
many pairs would not have reached
the same fine grand slam contract.
1t is true that the grand slam would
probably have been reached if South
had made an immediate cue-bid fol-
lowing his partners two-heart bid.
Evening star., 1937-01-27
EDUCATIONAL.

School for retarded children; Individual
help: kindergarten thru grades: new loca-
tion. with Rock Greek Park as playground.
snn 4@An
Evening star., 1937-01-27
Winning Contract
BY THE FOUR ACES.
A Well.Bid Slam.


IT is rare, indeed, that partner
ship is able to contract success
fully for a grand slam when hav-
ing an advanced part score. The
fact that North and South, who are
not considered particularly good play
ers in the bridge circles wherein they
compete, did bid and make grand
slam only goes to show how the gen.
eral standard Of contract bidding has
improved in recent years.
South, dealer.
Neither side vulnerable.
North-South 40 on score.
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AQ754
<AQ ora
vJsss N ~1o2
<64 We 1855
= x o. 10 s *s642
rs
"A @ 10 642
vK3
= XII 1913
The bidding:
South West North East
Ia % ~ Pass
80 Pass 5A Pass
g. Pass "a Pass
Pass Pass
The Kusko times., 1937-12-10
ALASKA RAILROAD MAKES
 OPERATING PROFIT OF SIO,0O0

WASHTNGTON-Althongh the re- cord shows the Alaska Railroad ended the last fiscal year with A defi- cit of S172,l65, the railroad itself ac- zualiy made an operating profit Of S9 .e7I, it was disclosed recently by Secretary Ickes in his annual report to the President
 The secretary pointed out that the deficit chalked up against the rail- road was due to the emergency op- eratiou of ships to Alaska during the maritime strike last winter
 By subtraeting the costly opera ti1n of the ships and S7,449 spent by the railroad for investigations of the mineral resources of the Territory, both items not directly involved in he operation of the railraad would show a profit of almost S10.ooO-
 IL was the second consecutive year hat the railroad operated at an ac- nal profit During the fseal year anded Juue 30, 1886, Col. o. F. Ohl- s-n reported an operating profit of S9,O00.
 Secretary 1ckes set dOrlh that the railroad report showed a defcIt of SI74,0 and that the steamship oP-
 ratioEs during the maritime strike cost s17z.58S. Adding the S7,4z9 for investigations of mineral resources and deducting the total of the two items leaves the normal operation zpenses of the railroad showing 9 nrof5f-
 In his report Secretary Ickes point
 I proudly to the balanced budget for Alaska al the close of the fiscal year last June 30.
 Secretary Ickes said the Integior Department came out with a surplus I Sl.527. .9444s for the bienn ~n -933 to, 1855.
The Kusko times., 1937-12-10
FIRST MAYOR DIES

John L. Steel, first mayor of Val iez after the town was incorporated in 1901, and a partner of Joe Bourke in mining property at LandloelS Bay, died suddznly in Los Angeles October s29, while riding in his ear, a heaE attack apparently being the cause of his demise Funeral ser vices were held NoverbeT-i, inter meut taking place in ingiewood cemetery. Mr. Steel came 10 Valdez in 1901 from Santa Monica, Calf ornia, installing the first electric light plant in northern Alaska. AL askan paIlbearers were Calvin Haze let, Charles Debney, Edward W. Hunt, John Rice, Harry White, Car ence Hoodenpyle, and many other Alaskans were in attendance, @e- {
 ing Mollie Crittendea, Walter H. So- derberg and Johnnie Hzzelet. Mir. Rice,who was one Of the pallbearers, laid out the town of Valdez Mir. Steel left a wife and son, Howard, in Los Angeles. He was born in Illinois and was p years old when he died