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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-18
WOMAN, 81, NEVER TIRED
TAKES IRON DAILY

Il am 81, 60 to church and at
tend parties and do not get a bit
tired. / eat and sleep well, thanks
to Vinol iron tonic. Mrs. NJ.
Batdorf. Vinol tastes finei orien-
tai Pharmacy.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-18
Il IS said that the nan Via {

1t is said that the man who can give
an honest opinion Of himself gives the
world reason for forming a good opinion
of him. But if we do give an honest opinion
of ourselves, doesn't that tend to give US
an inferiority complex in return? Gen
orally our self-analysis would portray a
distressing picture and lead to discourage
ment
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-18

Pope Plus told 1000 pilgrims. includ-
ing a large group of Americans. that new
ly-weds were the hope of society. That Is
right, society does depend on them. and
most newly-weds are hopeful.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-18
Curry and Mrs. Samuel Riggs
presided at the punch bowl.

Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Sawyer,
of se4 Eaton street, announce the
birth at 4:15 this morning of a
daughter. Mother and child are
reported as resting wen.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-18

''Have you seen Nerah's new
evening frock?"
"No-What does it look like?"
well, in many places it's very
ike Nora"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-18

When converted at revival, an Ala
bama ex-sinner said: Friends want to
confess everything bad I've done, but |
can't until the grand jury adjourns''
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-18

City Council win meet in reg
ular session this evening at 8
o'clock. This is the councils
second meeting in August and
very little business is done at
these second meetings.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-18

Lawyer-Do you wish to name
Miss Devine as witness?
Actress Victim-No, let her
do her own advertising.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-18

The checker-playing store-keeper is
dying out. Key West is unique in that it
never had them. at least not insofar as the
writer knows
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-18

Editorial comment: The fool
killer is still loafing on his job.
In Key West, as in any other town
you can name, there are more
folks than few who think the
proper place to stand and hold a
conversation with ones friends is
the sidewalk.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-18

you must cooperate" often means
'let me have my way
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-18

All towns are hick towns. only some
are bigger than the others.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-18

Most good intentions are damned by
indefiniteness. Manana never comes: it is
always in the future.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-18

Why IS there presumably rela-
lively large proportion of unemploy-
ment in this country in the face of
various manifestations of pronounced
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-18

A dance is to be given by the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-18
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

/. Water and Sewerage.
2. Bridges to complete Road to Main
land
8. Free Port.
4. Hotels and Apartments.
5. Bathing Pavilion.
6. Airports-Land and Sea.
7. Consolidation of County and City
Governments.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-18

The Kirchik- Wright elopement
is expected to terminate in a
marriage of the young people in
Havana within the next "a hours.
The marriage, it is understood, is
only being held up pending the
arrival of Miss Kirchik's mother,
Mrs. Rosa Kirchik, from Key
West. This morning Mrs. Kir-
chik and son Jack boarded the p.
and o. boat for Havana and this
is taken as confirmation of the
stories that the wedding viii take
place Immediately upon their ar
rival in Havana.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-18
KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken
From The Files OF The Citizen

The S. J. Groves Co., highway
contractors, have as their guests
at the Big Pine Key construction
camp this afternoon upwards of
100 Key Westers, city and county
officials and other well known
folk of the county. The Big Pine
Key Camp of the company is
about to be moved as the work in
that section of the highway is
about complete. Except for build
ing the Key Largo Bridge has
completed about all of their work
on contracts extending over many
months. The company has ex-
perienced many pleasant moments
since their work started on the
Keys, and it is for this reason that
the officials of the company de-
cided to have a get-together meet
ing with Key Westers and have a
joyous meeting which affords an
opportunity to- the company MEM
beers to express their appreciation
of the treatment accorded them.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-18

Success is hard to define and still
harder to achieve
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-18

Csee "The Answer" on Page -
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-18

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Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-01-07
Ossie SoIenn

Ossie Solem, head coach at the
University of Iowa, is the new
football mentor at Syracuse, sue
ceeding Vic Hanson, who resigned.
Solem is believed to have signed a
three-year contract at an esti-
mated $500 a year.
fqU1 DYooo
Evening star., 1937-01-17
REPLY
TO LIBEL ACTION
Declare Comment on Com.
munications Commissioner
Made Without Malice.
By the Associated Press.

By the Assoclated PrebS.
Broadcasting Publications, Inc, con-
tended yesterday it had published in
good faith, without malice. an article
which Communications Commissioner
George Henry Payne has made the
basis of 100000 libel suit.
Payne filed suit December Z against
the company; Martin Codel. its pub
Usher, and Sol TaShoff, editor. He
alleged he was libeled by published
criticism OF his questioning of Powell
Crosley, jr., president Of Crosley Radio
Corp, during a hearing on proposed
revision Of broadcasting regulations.
In an answer filed in Federal Dis
trict Court yesterday the Publications
corporation and Codel and Taishofl
asserted "the regulation OF radio and
broadcasting" and matters of great
public Importance and interest"
The statements OF fact contained
in the said article complained of in
the declaration were true" the an
swer asserted, "and the expressions OF
comment and criticism therein upon
the said facts were falr comment on
and criticism Of matters OF great pub
lie interest and concern made in good
faith without any malice"
At the hearing, out Of which the
case grew. Payne closely questioned
Crosley about the policy OF his sta
tion at Cincinnati with regard to
broadcast time for political parties
He asked him also about time for
manufacturers Of products competing
with those Of companies In which
Crosley was interested.
Evening star., 1937-01-17
HIMMELFARB HEADS
SOCIAL UNIT AGAIN
Reelected President of Jewish
Service Agency-Board
Members Chosen.

Paul Himmelfarb was reelected
president Of the Jewish Social Serv-
ice Agency at its annual meeting a
few days ago in the Community Chest
headquarters. ll0l M street.
Mrs. Charles A. Goldsmith was re-
elected honorary president Other Of
ficers chosen were Mrs. Fedora Lewis,
first vice president: Morris Garfinkle,
second vice president; Joseph L. Tep-
per. recording secretary; Milton Ma
than. treasurer; Morris Stein, assist
ant treasurer, and Joseph A. Wilmer,
Lawrence Koenisberger and David J.
Kaufman, trustees.
Sixteen board members were elect
ed. l3 Of them for a three-year term
and 3 for two years. The new
members we're Rabbi Isadore Breslau,
Norman Fischer. Hyman Goldman, S.
A. Golden, Sidney Haas. Mr.. Himmel-
farb, DR.. Alex Horwitz. D. j. Kauf-
man, Mr.. Koenisberger. Mrs. William
Levy, Mrs. Lewis, Joseph Mazo. Rev.
Louis Novick, Herbert Rich. Louis E.
Spiegler and Isadore s. Turnover.
Continued development of the
agencys case work service was
stressed by Morris Klass. director. He
said there was great need for an ex-
tension Of services in the field of child
care and care for the aged.
Evening star., 1937-01-17
BIDS FOR LIGHTSHIP
CALLED FOR JAN. 26
New Vessel for Long Island Sound
Will Embody Novel Safety
Features.

Bids for construction of a new steel,
single screw, Diesel-engined lightshir
embodying many novel safety fea-
lures will be opened at the Commerce
Department January 26, according to
Commissioner H. D. King of the
Lighthouse Service.
The new ship, to be stationed on
Cornfield Point Lightship Station, in
Long Islnad Sound. will be ia feet
long, of all-steel construction, and
will be rated as second-class light
ship.
1t is to carry the latest types of
signaling apparatus, including power
full electric masthead light, COM
pressed air-operated fog signal and
radio beacon. It will have RADIO
telephone communication with the
shore and with other ships of the
Lighthouse Service.
Among the new features will be
longitudinal bulkheads forming series
of wing tanks. which will protect all
the main compartments. such as the
engine room, from flooding should the
outer skin of the ship be punctured.
1t will have an unusually complete
auxiliary power plant to meet the
heavy demands for compressed air
and electricity.
Evening star., 1937-01-17
UNITED DRY FORCES
TO. dine JANUARY 26

Representative Ralph o. Brewster
of Maine will be one Of the speakers
at the United Dry Forces banquet to
be held at Calvary Baptist Church
Tuesday night, January 26, it was an
nounced today.
The banquet will be testimonial to
Representative U. S. Guyer of Kan
sas. Mrs. Arthur C. Watkins is
chairman of the General Committee
which includes DR.. w. L. Darby, w. j.
Mahoney. Col. w. o. Tufts and Page
NICK. Etchison. Associated with them
are the following sponsors: Bishop
Edwin H. Hughes, Bishop William F.
Mcdowell, Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley,
Leonard w. De Cast. Chancellor Jo-
seph M. M. Gray, Hugh A. Thrift,
Maj. Ernest w. Brown, Rev. B. G,
Wilkinson, Mrs. William H. Ramsey,
Mrs. Lloyd w. Biddle, Mrs. Eugene v.
Pugh, Rev, c. E. Hawthorne, Wilbur
La Rec, jr.; Rev. Charles Enders,
Charles E. Resser and Miss Hattie p.
Anderson.
Evening star., 1937-01-17
AMERICANS SAFE;
REMAIN At S|ANFU
Stranded in Shensi Prov
ince With Other Foreigners,
They Want to Leave.
BY Cable to The Star.

BY Cable to The Star.
SHANGHAI, January 16.-All the
foreigners, including about 80 Ameri-
can missionaries at Sianfu, capital Of
Shensi Province, are safe and well,
but so far have not been able to leave
the city, Willys r. Peck, counselor Of
the American Embassy, reported to-
day on his arrival at Marking from
the northwest province by plane.
The big Junkers plane made a haz-
ardous six-hour flight from Sianfu
because of difficult weather conditions.
Peck did not evacuate any Of the FOR
eigners because the rest Of the space
in the plane was occupied by Chinese
officials, their families and govern
ment army officers stranded at Sianfu.
The American of1icial said:
II saw all the foreigners at Sianfu.
Although they are hoping to evacr>te
they do not feel desperate. Sianfu
is peaceful, showing no signs Of trou-
BILE"
Among the other plane passengers
was Gen. Mi Chun-lin. Nanking gov
ernment of1lcial who was formerly in
charge Of northwest bandit suppress
sion activities. He accompanied Peck
to Sianfu to interview Gen. Yang -
behalf OF Nanking officials.
Gen. Mi reported the troops OF
Gems. Yang and Chang Hsueh-liang,
captor of Generalissimo Chang Kai-
shek and now in 'the governments
custody, continued to maintain a re-
calcitrant attitude. They demanded,
he said. cessation Of the civil war
cessation Of the anti-Communist
campaign, with the evident inten-
ton Of interposing themselves be-
tween the government and the Com
munists.
Peck reported q definite plan for
removal Of the foreigners had been
formed and presented to the foreign
of1ce for approval. He plans to
transport them by truck from Sianfu
to Huahsien. a village so miles east
ward. and thence through govern.
ment lines to Tungkwan, on the
Lunghai Railway near the eastern
Shensi border The plan requires the
cooperation Of the military authori-
ties Of Shensi, as we'll as Marking.
and, If 1t Is approved, is expected to
begin Monday
tCopyright. 1877
Evening star., 1937-01-17
american Radios
Gust Log Drums
In Belgian Congo

When the natives Of the Belgian
Congo lay aside their hollow log drums
and native musical instruments and
tune in the white mans Jazz and
symphonies most Of them do 50 with
the aid of American radios.
American radio receiving sets in the
Belgian Congo constitute IS per cent
Of the total and of the nine different
makes of radios on sale there. seven
are Of American manufacture. accord
ing to report from the American
Consul there, made public yesterday
by the Commerce Department.
Although the white colony In the
Belgian Congo numbers only about
10000, the market for radios is very
active and last November there were
1,42l receiving sets registered. at least
1900 Of them having been imported
since July !.
Evening star., 1937-01-17
LEGAL KN0TSB|ND
STORK DERBY GOLD
Further Hearings Delayed
Until Late in Week or
Even Later,
By the Associated Press.

TORONTO. Ontario. January TO-
The pot of gold at the end of the
stork derby rainbow, which a dozen
prolific mothers thought they had
reached last Halloween, was still o
long court journey ahead today.
Lawyers said that further hearings
on the disposition of the late Charles
Vance Millar's s50O.000 award to the
mother who bore the most Children
in a 10-year period probably would
not be held until late next week, and
might 60 over to the week after.
The mothers clause" of the &C.
centric barrister's will was ruled BY
MIR. Justice Middleton to be valid in
the first court test last November
The justice. however, said that lille
gitimate children should not be
counted.
Both Of the points on which the
justice ruled will be challenged in
the hearing which. though set for
Monday, was expected to be post
poned.
His ruling that the clause was valid
was challenged by counsel for dis
tant kim" Arabella West and Alex
ander Butler. They contend a prize
for q mothers marathon Is con-
trary to public policy. "encourage
immortality" and therefore is invalid
AS next of kin" they ask that the
fortune revert to them.
Justice Middleton's ruling on ell
legitimate children" is' challenged by
counsel for Mrs. Pauline Mae Clarke
five Of her ten children were borr
after her separation from her hus.
band The Clarkes, despite the sepa.
ration, were never divorced. 1t I.
contended that the children were born
in wedlock.
Evening star., 1937-01-17
TOWNSEND TALKS
TO CONCRESSMEK
Charts New Campaign for
0Id-Age Pension Plan.
No Senators There.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DR.. Francis z. Townsend, frosty
haired California physician. mustered
handful Of congressional followers
in an informal caucus. yesterday to
chart q new campaign for his old-age
pension plan.
About two dozen Representatives,
gathered in the velvet-draped Senate
conference hall, directed Chairman
Crosby to name a seven-member COM
mittee to organize their fight in the
House.
Not q single Senator answered
Townsend's summons. although he
said 103 Representatives and Sena-
tors had been elected with his indorse-
ment..
Smartly dressed in brown spats, a
brown suit and a brown silk tie,
Townsend described his scheme as "a
Just system which will wipe out
poverty" and predicted that 10000
900 persons would petition Congress
to give 5000 pensions to every one
over co.
He told newsmen he was "still in
contempt" of House Investigating
Committee. which he defied at hear
ings last year. but said he would ap-
pear in the District of Columbia Fed
eral Court February to face con-
tempt charges.
Evening star., 1937-01-17
25|N BLACK LEGS.
CASE AWAIT TRIAL
Men Charged With Terroriz'
ing Hill Section Face
Jury Tomorrow.
By the Associated Press.


PRESTONSBURG. KY. January
16.-Trials of Is men charged with
terrorizing residents of remote sec
tions of Floyd and Magofin Counties
by whippings and ravishings will
open here Monday.
All but six of those indicted have
surrendered, but B. M. James, attor-
ney for some of the group, expressed
the opinion the missing men would
appear in time for the trials The
band, known as the BLACK Legs"
roamed the Southeastern Kentucky
hills, allegedly whipping. beating. raw
ishing and threatening persons in
what them termed an effort Ito clean
up" the area.
The group was indicted under q
charge of criminal syndicalism after
rural storekeeper, Miles Barnett,
testified the band whipped him for
criticisms Of the gangs activities.
Commonwealth Attorney Hall said
today several of the group had indi-
Gated they would turn States evi-
dence. One Of the defendants. Jim
Marshall, already has told officers Of
the gangs activities.
Evening star., 1937-01-17
NEW DISTRICT ENGINEER
DUE HERE NEXT MONTH
Maj. Theron De Witt Weaver to
Have Charge of Dredging
of Potomac River.

Maj. Theron De Witt Weaver. Army
Engineer Corps, newly appointed dis
trict engineer for the Washington
area, is expected to arrive in Wash
ington next month to take over his
new duties.
Maj. Weaver, now on duty In the
New Orleans district, will be relieved
there on January 81. it was announced
yesterday at the War Department.
The new district engineer. who will
have charge of dredging of the Po-
tomac River and other local engi-
neering operations. served here as
student in the Army War College from
1888 to 1885 and is member of the
Army and Navy Club here.
Evening star., 1937-01-17
U. S. SCIENTIST SUES
FOR DIVORCE IN RENO
Melvin r. Fischer Charges Wife
With Cruelty-Another D. G.
Resident Files Action.

Melvin F. Fischer. scientist in the
Bureau Of Standards. filed suit for
divorce in Reno, New, yesterday
against his wife, Mrs. Mildred J.
Fischer, charging cruelty, the Asso-
ciated Press reported.
The couple were married here In
1916 and have one child. Fischer's
residence is given as 1922 Varnum
street.
In q second Washington divorce
suit filed in Reno yesterday. Mrs. Eva
A. Pugh charged cruelty against her
husband. John s. Pugh. The tele-
phone directory lists the address OF
John 8. Pugh as the Chastleton
Hotel Sixteenth and r streets. The
Pughs were married here in 1880.
Evening star., 1937-01-17
]URy|NDEATHCASE
TO HEAR DENHARDT.
General Accused of Murder
Makes Affidavit Fiancee
Killed Self.
~ the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LOUISVILLE, KY, January 10
Brig. Gen. Henry H. Denhardt SAID
tonight he would waive his constitu-
tional rights and testify MONDAY
before q Henry County grand jury
investigating the death Of Mrs. Verna
Carr Taylor, his fiancee.
Denhardt, at liberty under 5000
bond on a charge of numbering the
attractive 40-year-old widow, made
public a copy of an affidavit which he
said his attorneys would file Monday
asking Judge Charles G. Wilson to
advise the grand jurors Of his will
aingness to testify.
Gen. Denhardt in his affidavit also
offered to bring before the grand
Jurors at his own expense reputable
authorities upon the subjects of blood
technique and forensic ballistics."
Stain Declared Chicken Blood"
The AFFIDAVIT stated that stain or
the highway several hundred yards
from where Mrs. Taylor's body was
found in ditch the night OF Novem-
ber 6, 1886. was analyzed as chicken
blood" by DR.. Alexander S. Wiener OF
Brooklyn and DR.. j. A. Kennedy ol
the faculty of the University OF
Louisville and Louisville city chemist
Blood stains on the generals over
coat also were examined, the afhdaVi'
stated. and Dr. Wiener go DEM
pnstrated that those small drops OF
blood could not have come from Mrs
Taylor's wounds"
The affidavit attacked paraffln tests
made by Sergt. John I. Messmer OF
the Louisville Police Department o.
both the generals hands and Mrs
Taylor's and quoted DR.. o. w. Muehl'
berger, professor Of Northwestern Uni
versity and assistant coroner of Cool
County, Illinois. as saying "of itself
the test is ordinarily anything ou
conclusive, as evidence that certain
hand did fire gun and Is utterly
worthless as evidence that certain
hand did not fire a gun"
Messmer, in his report, said tht
tests showed Mrs. Taylor had no
fired a gun recently. The results O
q similar test to determine whether
Denharot had recently fired weapon
we're not revealed.
Tells of Her Mental Distress.
The generals story as told in tht
AFFIDAVIT, stated that Mrs. Taylor hae
"been in mental distress all day anc
was very much depressed and de-
spondent."
Discussing the events leading up Il
the tragedy, Denhardt said that a
her request he had started into tht
home of G. r. Baker to call a garage
in La Grange, KY, to ask why bat.
terry he had asked for to aid then
in starting their stalled automobile
had not been sent.
Before he reached Bakers home,
the affidavit continued, Mrs Taylor
called for him to return. He startet
back. but when he reached the cal
he found Mrs. Taylor had disap'
peared in the darkness; that at thai
time he called to her but there wa.
no answer to his call. That shortly
thereafter he heard the first shot anc
that after that was heard he founc
that his revolver. which Mrs. Taylor
knew was always in the glove com.
partment. had also disappeared
Then for the first time the affian
states that he felt the worst had hap
pened."
The affidavit stated that when tn,
second shot was fired he was standin,
in the presence of Baker.
Evening star., 1937-01-17
IOWA STATE SOCIETY
SETS DANCE THURSDAY
New Members of Congress Will
Be Guests of Honor at
Celebration.

1owa's new members of Congress
will be guests Of honor at 7:30 pm.
next Thursday at dinner and dance
to be given by the Iowa State Society
Of Washington at the shoreham
Hotel.
Among the guests will be Senator
and Mrs. Guy Gillette. Senator and
Mrs. Clyde L. Herring. Representative
and Mrs. Cassius C. Dowell. Repre-
sentative William S. Jacobsen and
Representative and Mrs. Vincent r.
Harrington.
Miss Gertrude M. Louis Is in charge
Of arrangements.