davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The daily independent., 1937-06-30

NRA fund. The SEC order stop
ped the scheme.
Point Of Interest
The 10 year old Boy Scout
nenhew of a veteran congress:on-
al secretary arrived in Washing
ton several days ahead OF the
Jamboree now in progress, ana
the uncle took him on personal
" conducted tour of Capitol Hill.
He showed him the Senate,
pointing out some of the famed
members. But the lad seemed
strangely unimpressed. The uncle
then had him taken on the floor
of the House by an Obliging Con-
gressmen. The youngsters only
reaction was that 1T sounded
terribly noisy"
The uncle then showed him the
press gallery, introducing several
reporters. The boy eyed them with
obvious disappointment, later ex-
planning to his uncle. Why. they
were sober, and I thought all
newspapermen wore their hats
all the time"
BY this time the uncle was a
bit discouraged, but he decided to
make one more try to interest his
nephew. He took him to the Of
flee of a Senator and introduced
him. The lad was not impressed.
The Senator tried his hand.
$50 you are from New Orleans,
eh," he remarked jovially. Per
haps you know an old friend Of
mine down there, John Jones?"
For the first time the boys face
lighted up. oh, sure" he replied
with enthusiasm, Hes the IIa4.
who's drunk all the time"
Identical Bids
Secretary Harold Icke5 certain
ly has a tough time trying to
keep a jump ahead of the steel
and cement corporations bidding
on Public Works Administration
contracts.
The doughty Administrator has
been warning with them for more
than four years over their prac-
tice Of submitting identical bids.
First he tried to outWit them by
rejecting all bids. But this got
him nowhere because the new
bids again were all the same.
Then he appealed TO the Just
ice Department for legal action
under the antitrust laws. After
months of delay Attorney Gener-
al Homer Cummings finally ad-
vised there was nothing he could
do about the matter. So Ickes de-
cided to do his own big-Sticking.
When the next batch of iden-
tical bids were submitted, he
awarded the contract to the firm
farthest away from the project,
thus cutting heavily into its pro-
fits by extra freight charges.
The contractors yelled bloody
murder, but Ickes remained ada
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
Fire Plugs 1re Cpit;n.
Ne'c Coat OF Bright
YeHOr Paint

Elizabeth Citizens djdn,
what to make of il yo.,l A'or
when they saw numerous
running around town with W. u'2
paint on their noses and binS ny.o'
until someone happened ~ '~ S e2
that the city is haying All j., +0,.'i
plugs painted a brieh, =, ,,. .,4
color. 'e.,r
This vii be the first Tim,
fire plugs here have pccn ~. W..
ed this particular color. wbi% I@+''
in widespread use or firn :;
in this country. ''s
The local fire plugs wor, r....
ed red for many years bu, Fa'''' 10
cent years lave been r,',.'' - ~
orange with silver caps.
There are 2O2 fire pluas pi,,.
the corporate limits Of Fli,,LI'S. ,-.
City.
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
ment. Then they Launched

ment. Then they Launched a
flank attack.
They filed complaints with Act
ing Comptroller General Richard
N. Elliott charging that 1ckes
tactics were illigal and unfair
The shot scored. In tart official
communication, Elliott told Ickes
| he was breaking established rules,
and ordered him to award future
contracts by drawing lots.
This time it was Ickes' turn to
hoWl-which he did in a most en-
phatic manner. He threw Elliott's
letter into the neacest waste
basket and directed his assistants
to continue awarding contracts
as they had been doing, to the
most remote bidder.
The only concession 1ckeS mas
made to Elliott's blast was IN a
case where five cement compan-
les that entered identical bids
were located in the same COM
mun:ty. He awarded that con-
tract by drawing lots.
Note:-In a report to the Sen
ate on identical bidding, lcKes
lists over 200 cases of this prac-
tice on contracts ranging from S.
to S5,OO0,0O0. In most instances
the bids were the same to the
second and third decimal point.
Merry GO-ROund
Speaker Bankhead was award
ed honorary Phi Beta Kappa by
the University. of Alabama, but
the rold key, costing ten dollars
he mad to buy himself. -. A sign
in Washington's famed ZOO reads,
"All Lost Articles and Children
Will Be Taken to the Lion House"
An applicant for a iva job,
asked to state his place of resi-
dence and length of residence, re-
piled to the latter question:
"Twenty-nine feet, eleven inches" D."
Representative Joe Shannon
of Missouri has the largest and
snappiest assortment of walking
sticks in Washington. &. . Hot
weather has caused a marked
change in attire on the part OF
the five windows in the House.
Black dresses have been replaced
with bright summer frocks. Favor
ite of Mrs. Caroline O'Day is a
white Wai.t-length coat with dark
skirt. The White House gard
ener, 57-year-old William Reeves
left his roses for a full week.
When he returned, he brought
back a bride. . Invited to go to
the Jefferson Island poW-woW on
Sunday. Represen, ative Finly H.
Gray of Indiana refuced on the
ground that he had scrupleS
against attending a political gath
ering on the Sabbath. His invi-
tation was changed to Friday.
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
sees1bn

stand on a stairway overlooking
the workers, he laid down the law
in emphatic language.
Il never want to receive an
other communication like this
Morse exclaimed. where do you
think you are? We are doing all
we can to help you--thc Attorney
General, Harry Hopkins, and my
self. But we are not going to stand
for any more talk about mass
action That is not going to get
YOU anyWhere-cXccpt into trou-
BILE"
The several hundred relief
workers received the caustic lect-
rwc without interruption, return
ed silently to their desks when he
concluded.
Old Visitor
When John E. EaGerton, Nash
vile. Tenn, mill owner, told a
Congressional committee that he
thought S11 a week was a fair
wage, newspapers played up the
statement together with the re-
Dukes Of the committee. But few
people were aware that the oc-
casion was not Edgerton'S debut
IN Lya.ShinotOn.
About a year ago the one-time
head of the National Association
of Manufacturers was hailed before
the SEC and asked a lot Of en-
barraSSing questions.
The Securities Commission had
issued a stop order on a stock
flotation backed by Edgerton, and
it held formal hearings to ques-
ton him.
High point of Edgerton's testi-
nony was the disclosure of a uni
que device he evolved to raise
funds to combat the NRA. He
wanted to destroy it, he explained
because it was "aboli3hing the
wage differntial between the
South and other sections"
Edgcrton approached Seine of
his fellow Industrial Sts with the
idea Of setting up a campaign
fun. They demulTed, fearing de-
lection by the Government. SO he
proposed that shares of National
Boston Montana Mines Corpora
ton be sold at a price above the
prevailing market and the differ
cncc be contributed to an anti
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
THOSE
MCPHERSON
BROTHERS

BRUIHERS ullS Guy OH TIC oCCdSioil vi
the formal opening of their
new bottling plant at Litllcton, y. {.
The Mcpherson boys, doing business as
Grange Crush Bottiing Co.. Inc, bought the
Orange Crush franchise for Northeastern
North Carolina only in 1882, taking over
small and generally unsatisfactory bOttllnS
plant in Littlclon. But that plant in Littleton
possessed a priceless asset for bottlcrs OF
beverages. we'll drilled deep thru rocks,
from which flowed dependable stream of
potable and hcalthful water. Instead of re-
moving the plant to Elizabeth City, the
McsSrS. Mcpherson made the most of that
well and have established one of the most
successful beverage businesses in the State.
Their new plant, the opening of which is
celebrated today. offers the last word in
efficiency, modernizaliOn and sanitation To-
day they control franchises for five popular
beverages. have developed fruit beverage
of their own, and have a number of i'm
portant beer accounts. They maintain ware
houses at South HILL Ahoskic and Elizabeth
City and their delivery trucks are seen on
every highway in Northeastern North Caro-
lima, as far west as Henderson.
And while Edward and Dallas are going
to town. with their bottling business, two
other Mcpherson brothers, Oliver and Ar
thur are going places with their Mcpherson
Bros. Auto Supply business in Elizabeth
City. Keep your eye on these Mcpherson
brothers; they are hard-working, progress
i've, dependable citizens, an asset to their
town and its region.
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
THOUSANDS of eager seel
A GREAT
RACKET


son from the recent Old Gold
contest in which 100000 in cash prizes
were TO be awarded successful solvers of
ninety pictorial puzzles. Thousands of con-
testants have information, for instance, that
news dealers in certain cities were selling
dope" sheets suggesting solutions of the
last set of pictures in the series. Those who
invested fifty cents in one of these dope
sheets stood to win big prize money The
only hitch was that there were so MANY ac-
curatc solutions that the successful con-
tcStants had to go into another contest be-
fore the winners may be finally determined.
Two hundred thousand dollars is a lot
OF money; and when the first prize is $780,
OOO it is fortune SO great that it is an open
temptation to unfair practices. Necessarily,
a considerable number of people had to be
entrusted with more or less knowledge of
the true answers to the puzzles in question:
II would be too much to expect number
OF humans to keep inviolate a secret involv-
ing stake of 100000.
But the makers of Old Gold Gigs accom-
plished their objective. With the bait of
big prize money they succeeded in switch
ing hundreds of thousands of people from
other standard brands of cigarettes to their
own. And, no doubt, they stimulated sales
OF thousands of cartons of their product
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
Bonded Warehouses

Bonded warehouses were fire, =.
tablished in England by an an " ),
George III in 1902. The excise -. "
tenn OF warehousing dates from ,ss, q,
In 1882 the excise and customs r' sr'
TENS were aSsimilatcd. ~
The daily independent., 1937-06-30

among non-smokers who bought Ola GolNS
TO enable them to qualify for entry into the
contest.
These prize contests are great racket
Some day they will be prohibited by law
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
COMFORT AT THE SHOW

Lady turning around): Does the long feather
in my hat bother you?"
Man directly behind): 1T did until I took if
off. Here it is; thought perhaps you might want
it back"
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
FRANK AICOCk, new super

y
AYCOCK'S inlcndcnt of schools III currl-
BJJJNDER tuck County displays sur
prising lack of knowledge OF
recent political history i'll that county.
Spcrintendcnt Aycock blandly calls upon
r. Johnson and his supporters to support
,ho 1937-3S school budget which will call tor
=, increase i'm taxes. doing SO because he
r,cIs that the Johnson faction, thru whose
nonkcvng with the schools III Currltuck
c.used the withdrawal of certain substantial
contributions and ncccSSitatcd an increase III
the school budget for next year, should, III
ihe interests of the schools and school chill
d-en of the county, be willing to support the
new budget.
What Aycock doesn't know is that +. II.
Johnson ran for the office of Representative
last wear on a program of lower taxes. In
view of that fact. Superintendent Aycock
asks a lot of f. II. Johnson when he asks
him to support an increase in taxes.
The fact that Johnson ran on platform
o. lower taxes and then deliberately pcrpe-
tratcd actions which he knew would call for
higher taxes is not a rare instance OF incom-
patiblity for a politician of the Johnson
type.
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
ELIZABETH CITY fclici-

tatcS the Mcpherson BROTH
crs. Edward and Dallas. of
this city on the occasion OF
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
With the HumOrists
FRANK COMMENT

During the last IL months the fire brigade has
attended fires, causing damage to the extent of
f4000.-"Local Paper"
They're terrors when they get an ak in their
handS.-Life, Australia.
The daily independent., 1937-06-30
TECHNIQUE

How do you manage to keep your cook so
long?"
Well we move the furniture around so often
that she feels she's in new place each time"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-12
Defendant Charged With
Breaking And Entering
Gets One Year In Jail

At the sessiin Of criminal court
this morning at which Judge VIII
liam v. Albury presided. but one
ef the two cases scheduled to be
heard was handled. This was the
case of George r. Roberts, eharR-
ed with breaking and entering
with intent to commit a misdemea-
nor, namely petit larceny.
II was the opinion that Roberts
was 10 90 to trial, but when the
case was called this morning the
accused entered a plea Of guilty.
and was sentenced 70 one year in
the county jatl at hard labor.
Roberts was caught IN the home
Of Deputy Sheriff Henry PindeF
at Rock Harbor. and the capture
was made BY Deputy Pinder, who
arrested the intruder and brought
him at once 20 Key West for
trial.
The case Of Samuel clsare.
charged with attempt 20 break and
enter With intent 70 commit tres
pass. was continued for the term.
The continuance was granted be-
cause Il was shown that Cleaxe
Is not In phySieal condition b IN
dergo the trial.
This prisoner is the mar Who
was shot sore time ago ty Po-
lice Officer BienveniSo Persz
While be was aiiegedly consist
ting the offenee with which he -
charged His physical condition
was verified BY County Seiiritos
Allan h. Cleare.
Following disposition 81 the
eassS set for The dag. Judge Al
bury ordered 3 recess until somOr-
row morning. 3 30 o'cloek.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-12

that there is a possibility of some
thing being found which viii be
legally declared sufficient to
change the result and thus break
the tie.
Attorney Lopez was asked by
The Citizen what would be the
status of the case if after a care
full recount of the ballots it was
determined that each of the can
Ididates had neither more nor less
than the count of TIC as shown
at first, ami the tie remained un-
changed.
Mr.. Lopez replied that the law
provides that in such event il was
obligatory on the part of the
council to name one or the other
of the contestants in the tie, to
be seated on the council.
If the council members are
equally divided as to the choice of
membership. what then would re-
suit, he was asked, and he replied
that the seat would remain va
cant until a choice was made to
fill the vacant chair"
Discussing the Monsalvatge-
Archer tie this afternoon with
Mayor-Eleet Willard M. Albury,
he said that he anticipated imme-
date action on the part of Judge
Gomez, that the application for
the mandamus viii be forwarded
to Miami this afternoon, the or
der expected by Monday, recount
held that afternoon and the meet
ing for installation of the new
council held Monday night.
Mr.. Albury said that in antiei-
patton of this result he is tonight
holding a caucus at his home with
the newly-eleeted council members
so as to be in readiness for the
meeting Monday.
Those attending the meeting
with Mr.. Albury this evening will
be Earl Adams, VIM. A. Freeman,
James Roberts, William Dough-
try, Will f. P. Roberts and Roy
Fulford.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-12

The number in camp was %
during September. while the Octo-
be enrolment was IS, with none
discharged.
Total enrolment for the state,
the largest of record, Is IT'S.
This Is In excess Of the Florida
basic aaota Of s.ooe. due to fail
ure OF some other states TO re-
'cruit their fan quotas because az
revived industrial activity.
The enrollees receive $50 per
month and send SIS per month Of
this 70 dependents at hnne. Eigh-
teen CCC CAMPS with quotas Of
ECO each are maintained within
the state.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-12
STATE WELFARE
BOARD Is KEPT
RATHER BUSY
ENROLMENT OF PERSONS
FOR OLD AGE ASSISTANCE
AND OTHER MATTERS RE-
oUIRE ATTENTION NOW

JACKSONVILLE, Nov. 12.-
(FNS) With each of the twelve
districts fully stated for the first
time since the State Welfare
Board was indicted into office
on July 1, enrolling of persons en-
titled to receive old age assist
anee is progressing at new high
speed, according to announcement
today from the office here of
Clayton C. Codrington, state well
fare commissioner.
The grand total of district per-
sonnet was announced as 666 by
Codrington, the breakdown being
as follows: Visitors, 407; district
directors, IL; unit supervisors, 40;
secretaries, II; financial and
statistical clerks, 10; stenograph-
ers, 1923; clerks and typists, SO.
When the State Welfare Board
took over, Codrington explained,
it adopted the merit system in the
selection of social service person
mel. This necessitated the hold
ing of examinations in each of the
81 counties of the state for the
purpose of obtaining an eligible
list, from which all appointments
are made. With these examina-
tions now in the background, the
''full steam ahead" order is in eff
feet, and it is anticipated that the
estimated case load of $4,000 will
be on the payrolls early in the
new year. Despite the handicap
of being understaffed, the number
receiving old age assistance had
climbed from 1922 in July to
1851 late in 0ctob@. the latest
available figures.
Governor Gone has been es-
pecially insistent that assistance
be given the aged needy as rapidly
as possible, and has found the
State Welfare Board heartily in
accord with his aims" Codrington
said. every effort has been
made to speed up the program
from the first, and such good re-
suits have been obtained that the
time is not far distant when
tapering off must begin. This will
mean a drastic cut in field per-
sonnet. A stable force will be
retained, however, due to exacting
federal requirements for monthly
checking, and also because of the
necessity for certifying persons to
the WPA, the NYA, the CCC and
for surplus commodities, regular
duties of the Welfare depart
ment."
The staff viii be required to
enroll the needy blind as soon as
the plan now at Washington is
formally approved by the Social
Security Board. IEhese are rSsli-
mated to number abohtg1 ,R00sAkfl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-12
MAKES REPORT
OF CONVENTION
AT PALM BEACH
DELEGATE FROM KEY WEST
PIT. A. COVERS AcTIVI-
TIES OF REGIONAL SESSION
In REPORT READ

At meeting of the Harris
School PIT. A. Wednesday, Mrs.
VIM. w. Habecker, as delegate to
the first regional convention of
District Is held at the High School
Auditorium in West Palm Beach
November /, gave a full report of
the convention.
Mrs. Paul Sears stressed the
fact that the moral phase of
home training under the new in
fluences of automobiles, radio and
motion pictures, must be carefully
watched.
Mrs. ]. Austin Williams spoke
on parent education. The child
building process is a slow, steady
one. 1t is essential that each
parent should have three bones: a
wishbone, a funny bone, and a
backbone. The backbone is neces-
sary to form children's character,
for parents are patterns for their
offspring. The parents funny
bone is necessary in the child's
life. Parents should set aside
time to play with their children.
Every parent needs a wishbone to
desire the highest advantages for
their children, realizing that there
must be great sacrifice to achieve
this end.
Mrs. ]. Austin Williams pre-
scented Thought questions ques-
tioning the worthwhiIeness of this
PIT. A. year, if anything had been
done to improve communities,
whether enough mothers and IA
theirs had been contacted in the
right way to awaken their inter
est in the pressing matters of
child education.
In the afternoon session, Mrs.
G. L. Tallman spoke on the pre-
valence of home accidents over
auto accidents. Every PIT. A.
group should institute a safety
program for homes to check up
on the degree of safety prevail
ing in each.
Panel discussions, which calls
for a group of five at each table,
brought out the worth of such
PIT. A. activities as lunch-room
projects, visual education, pedes-
trian education, worthwhile use of
leisure.
The Monroe County division
was recognized with two awards
at the end of the session, one for
membership and another for the
number of magazines it subscribed
for. It was also recognized as
having come the farthest dis
lance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-12
State Director OF WPA
Art Projects Coming To
Island City In Interest
OF Matter

William S. Wood, field super
visor in District ;. WPA. writes
Interestingly to The Citizen, ex-
planning the designs and work on
the Memorial Monument to be an
yelled at Upper MAteeumbe on
Sunday, and that following the
dedication Eve AIsman Fuller.
state director of art projects, will
come to Key West in the interests
of an art gallery in Key West.
The letter from Mr.. Wood, who
is well known to hundreds of Key
westers is herewith given:
GAS you know in the past year
l have tried to do as much as pos
sible for Key West in the prOmOt-
ing of art and an art gallery
there.
ION Sunday, November IA, Eve
Alsman Fuller. State Director,
Federal Art Project, is coming
down to the dedication of the
Florida Keys Memorial Monument
with Robert J. Din, State Admin
istrator, wPA; Rolla A. South
wertls, State Director, Non Mammal
Projects and Ruth b. Owens,
Supervisor, District Three. Wo-
mems and Professional Projects.
ION this monument the bas-
relief design in art stone was
modelled and east by the Federal
Art Project Sculpture department
The bronze plaque was designed
by the Applied Arts department
and donated by G. B. Wagner,
and A. B. Curry of Coral Gables
and West Palm Beach. The eera-
mic tile work was executed By
Federal Art Project participants
Adela Gisbert. Emigdio Reyes,
Allie Mae Kitchens and Capt f.
w. Affleck, formerly Of your
Munson Island, AMI approved by
Eve Alsman Fuller. State Diree-
tor, and o. A. Sandquist. Field
Representative, WPA Zone three.
after this dedication, Mrs.
Fuller win proceed to Key West
to confer with b. Curry Moreno.
C. G. Hicks, Mr.. Demeritt, and
Dr.. Galley with 4 view to estab-
fishing an art gallery in your
city"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-12
STR. GRANADA d1l
AWAITS ORDERS

Steamship Granada, of the
Standard Fruit and Steamship
company, is lying in the har00r
awaiting orders from headquar-
tiers of the organization in New
Orleans.
This vessel is one of those which
were frequent visitors to this
port for fuel oil at the Porter
Dock company and was plying
between northern ports ard From
terra, Mexico.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-12
STEAMER OZARK
DUE TOMORROW

Steamship Ozark. Of the Clyde
Mallory Lines. i due 20 arrive in
port tomoTrew morning from
Jacksonville and Mani. with
freight for KEY West. The yes
sci i enuoute 20 New Orleans.
Tie ARRIVAL of tire vessel viii
be the first Of this lines skips 20
cone 70 Key West since TIE
strike q the IongshereEaen waz
made effective some tine ara.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-11-12
VOTES INCREASED

City Clerk Wallace Pinder stat
ed today that it was discovered
that a variation in the filing of
reports showed that his count Of
ballots should have been increas-
ed by so.
Ono report made to his office
in one precinct showed a total Of
$40, and another report from the
same source showed that this
should have been $50, which is the
correct count, making his total
vote l471.