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Evening star., 1937-06-04
ElIises to Be Hosts
At Tea to A. p. V. A

The Washington branch of the As
sociation for the Preservation Of Vir-
einia Antiquities will make its an
nusl pilgrimage to Pohick Church,
the gardens of Gunston Hall and Rip
pom Lodge Saturday afternoon. Buses
and private cars will leave the Penn
svlvania avenue entrane of the Will
lard Hotel promptly at l o'clock. and
ell members of the association and
their guests will motor to Pohick
Church, then TO Gunston Hall, and
sop at Rippon Lodge en- route back.
ihe home of Mr.. and Mrs. Wade H.
Fills, who will entertain the members
end their guests At tea.
Miss Dorsey at the CaIvertnn Apart
ments is in charge OF reservations for
the pilgrimage.
Evening star., 1937-06-04
Pi Beta Phi Lunch.

Pi Beta Phi Fraternity will enter
in al a luncheon followed by bridge
next Friday at the Fairfax Hotel.
Mrs. Griffith GarWood of Sedgewick
Gardens is in charge of the sale OF
tickets. Mrs. Rogers Fred is president
OF the Washington Alumnae Club.
Evening star., 1937-06-04
Wooden Nickels for Fete.

ROLLA, Mo. LP)-Visitors to the
second Ozark festival are going to
take a lot Of wooden nickels-and
like it.
They will be recognized as medium
Of exchange from June "a to d. Rolla
merchants are busy coming them for
the occasion.
Evening star., 1937-06-04

Dahn attended the Keemarr College
at Hagerstown, Md
Among the out-of- town guests at
the function were Mr. Robert Harris
of California and Mr.. Louis Ansart Of
New York.
Evening star., 1937-06-04
Weddings
Of Early
June Noted
Lancas ster- NJ a rk S
Cerem m Ony-Miss
Hug h IS Bride.

tContinued From Third Page)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10
GOING RIGHT AHEAD

In spite of severe handicaps caused
by increased operating costs and threats
of further adverse legislation the railroads
of the United States are going forward
courageously in determination to meet
the countrys transportation needs
Last week an announcement which il
Illustrates this fact was made concerning
new equipment installed and ordered dur
ing the first seven months of this year, rep
resenting the largest investment for equip
ment that has been made during any SINH
lar period since 1880
Included in the additions by class one
railroads for the seven months are A.
$50 new freight cars installed and 49,
089 ordered for future delivery; 1913 new
steam locomotives and 25 new electric and
Diesel locomotives installed, and 283
steam and 20 electrics and Diesels or
dered.
For the corresponding seven months
of 1885 only 2,272 new freight cars and
81 new steam locomotives were placed in
service, although that year saw the addi-
ton of 80 electric locomotives
1t is encouraging to note that the ma
tons railroads, as we'll as public utilities,
manufacturers and other leaders in our
industrial and business life, are going right
ahead with the installation of increased
facilities, even in the fact of higher labor
costs, increased taxation, and haraSsment
by multiplicity of governmental reg
ulatory agencies.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10
A QUESTIONABLE PLAN

Considerable discussion has been 60
ing on for some time concerning the St.
Lawrence waterway project, on which it
is proposed to spend several hundred mil
lion dollars from the United States treasury
to assist Canada in building a canal, much
of it through that country's territory
Thoughtful students of the situation
are coming to look upon this plan as one
which is against the best interests of the
people of the United States, for several
reasons.
First of all, there is no need for it at
the present time. Besides, if our govern
ment has money to spend for such develop
ments it had better be spent entirely in
our own country, rather than on ditch
which would be closed to traffic half the
year because of ice.
Another reason for opposing the plan
is that it would tend to further cripple our
railroads and our own seaports, by divert.
ing traffic which they sorely need. M. E.
Tracy of the Scripps-Howard newspapers
wrote some time ago:
LAS a canal which runs through the
territory of foreign government, but for
which we are to pay one-half the cost, it
involves a certain degree of risk AS a
means of diverting trade from old estab-
lished centers, it threatens to become more
of liability than an asset. AS an expert
ment calling for the outlay of many mill
lions of dollars, it should not be under
taken at this time. Under existing condi-
tions we have no money to spare for enter
prises which threaten to injure our hard
pressed commercial centers and struggling
Railroads.&c."
But, in spite of the sound arguments
against it, an effort will be made to saddle
the expense of this undertaking on the tax
payers of the United States. Only an
aroused public sentiment, vigorously ex-
pressed, will avert this further waste of
public funds.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10

A contract to deliver a derrick
at this city to be used in drilling
for water has already been signed
and Neil Scroggins, who is to do
the work, will be in Key West
shortly, according to messages re-
ceived this morning by the water
commission. Mr.. ScrOggins will
be in Miami within the week and
expects to have boring under way
shortly afterward. He is con-
fident of getting water within a
few months A letter from Mr..
Scroggins has been received by
Captain Stearns, of the water
commission, in which Mr.. Scrog-
gins writes that he and his as
sociates are now studying the Key
West water proposition, and every
thing is progressing satisfactorily.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10

Work of clearing the 25 acre
site for the Key West airport will
start within a few days. In fact
it is expected that activities will
be under way by next Wednesday.
This statement was made by Cap
tain John X. Montgomery, of the
Pan American Anyways, Inc. who
returned yesterday from Havana.
The contract has been let to the
Key West Construction Company.
Contracts for the runways and
hangers will be let sometime next
week. These will cost in the
neighborhood of $4,000, accord
ing to Captain Montgomery. Mail
and passenger service between
this city and Havana will start on
October 25. Robert Lewis, OF
Havana has the contract for build
ing the Cuban plant He is here
today with Captain Montgomery
who says that Mr.. Lewis may also
build the Key West port also.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10

water to be used to generate electri-
cal energy.
The water held in storage. when
released in the dry season, will raise
the low water flow of the Sacramento,
and will prevent the salt water of the
Pacific Ocean from intruding into the
rich Sacramento-San Joaquin delta
region.
A dam is also to be built across the
San Joaquin River at Friant, near
Fresno, some ITS miles south of Sac
ramento. This dam will store water to
supply the serious deficiency in the
southern portion of the San Joaquin
Valley, the water being conveyed by
canals to the parched lands of this
region.
This added supply of water will be
a godsend to the lower San Joaquin
Valley. but it represents diversion
of the San Joaquin River from its
natural course, and those users who
suffer from the diversion must be
taken care of. To meet this situation
the surplus waters Of the Sacramento
River that are made available by the
construction of Kennett Dam are to
be drawn upon. Part of these waters
will be diverted near the eastern end
of Suisun Bay. and pumped. with
electric energy generated at the Ken
nett Dam power house, some $50 miles
southwark in the San Joaquin Valley.
and dumped into the San Joaquin
River. Obviously this constitutes a
notable engineering achievement.
The estimated cost of the entire
project is S170.OO0.000. The Federal
Government has supplied S15.000.00O
already. and will doubtless supply
more. but the greater part of the
cost will probably be borne by the
California Water Project Authority,
1t is difficult for those who live in
regions of abundant rainfall to realize
what this project means to the people
of the Valley. In many parts of Cali
fornia the rainfall is quite inadequate,
and thousands of acres have already
reverted to desert. Fortunately the
run-off from the mountains is large,
and it is therefore possible. by the
construction of the necessary dams
etc, to bring irrigation water to vast
areas that are dependent on it.
thor care of this ne,Uspaperl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10

the Tennessee valley, is a huge un-
dertakiRg, which has not received the
attention warranted by its importance.
To understand the Central Valley
project. one must have picture of the
geography of the region. In eastern
California tnear the Nevada border)
lie the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
From these mountains numerous
streams and rivers flow westward.
Those in the north empty into the
Sacramento River. which flows south:
and those in the south empty into
the San Joaquin River. which flows
north. These two rivers lie in the
great valleys. known as the Sacra-
mento Valley and the San Joaquin
Valley. The rivers come together in
Central California. and moving in a
westerly direction pass through SuiSun
Fay. San Pablo Bay. and San Fran
cisco Bay into the Pacific Ocean at
the Golden Gate. Generally speaking.
the water supply is adequate in the
Sacramento Valley. but quite def
Gent in the San Joaquin Valley.
The Central Valley project embraces
numerous features. A dam across the
Sacramento River is to be built at
Redding. some ITS miles north of
Sacramento. This dam will give food
protection. increase the supply of
irrigation water. improve navigation
on the lower Sacramento. and store
address questions to the al
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10
The WEATHER

west, moving slowly west north
westward or northsestward. This
location is about 1900 miles east
southeast of Key West. 1t is at
tended by shifting gales over a
small area near the center.
Pressure continues moderately
high over eastern sections of the
country, and also over northwest
ern districts; while low pressure
area is centered over the upper
Mississippi Valley and Lake re-
gion, and pressure is low south
ward bver Texas and thence west
ward over southern California.
Showers and thunderstorms have
occurred since yesterday morning
in the Lake Superior region and
Mississippi Valley, being heavy at
St. Louis, Mo-, 1902 inches. There
have also been light to moderate
showers in portions of the eastern
Rockies, Plains and East Gulf
States, and eastern Florida. Tenn
peratures have fallen in the cen
trail ard northern Rocky Mountain
States, hat elsewhere changes have
been unimT ortant.
G. S. KENNEDY,
Official in Charge
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10
CATALAN VICTORY" IN SPAIN

Italians hailed the fall of Santander
as an italian victory and the name was
beflagged from one end to the other. That
10000 Italian legionnaires, under twelve
Italian generals. played leading part in
the campaign of the Spanish rebels is a
matter of particular pride" to all Italians
The cause of world peace certainly
gets nowhere if foreign troops take part
in a revolution against any government
and the hope of the smaller nations for Sc
curity goes glimmerIng as the greater
powers stand by while lesser peoples are
crushed.
The campaigns in Mauchukuo, Eth
iopia. Spain and China are of the same
stripe, deserving the condemnation Of all
who aspire 10 world peace. In saying this
we do not mean to imply that ali right Is
on any one side in the struggles listed but
simply that peace cannot be attained SO
long as strong nations are allowed TO
plumber weaker nations with impunity.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN

WILL always seek the truth and print it
without fear and without favor; never be
always fight for progress; never be the or
gan OF the mouthpiece of any person, clique,
faction or class; always do its utmost for the
injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue.
co.amend good done by individual or organ
ization; tolerant of others rights, views and
Z opinions; print only news that will elevate
land not contamnate the reader; never COM
promise with principle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10
WEATHER FORECAST

(TiH 1880 p. m, Saturday,
Key West and Vicinity; Partly
cloudy tonight and Saturday, with
scattered showers Saturday; gem
tie north and northeast winds be-
coming northeast and east.
florida: Fair to partly cloudy
tonight and Saturday with scat
tered showers in extreme north
west portion and on extreme
south coast Saturday.
Jacksonville to Florida Straits
and East Gulf: Gentle north and
northeast winds becoming north
east and east and partly overcast
weather tonight and Saturday
with widely scattered showers over
extreme south portion.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10

Thomas Browning Cox, AZ, local
manager for the Gulf Life Insur-
ance Company, died suddenly 6 80
O'Clock last night just after reach
ing his home at Gil Fleming
street. He seemed in the best OF
health and had been testing with
friends about Is minutes before.
Neuritis is given as the cause OF
death. The body will be taken to
his home GAS this evening and
will be accompanied by Mrs. Cox
and the four children. Before
the body is taken to the railway
station service will be held in
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10

Excessive taxation and unemployment
so hand in hand The government is
literally taxing the people out of their
jobs and the jobless are unable to under
stand the process; sometimes it seems that
the government does not understand it
either. if we give it credit for sincere con-
cern for the unemployed
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10

A double header will be played
tomorrow afternoon at the bar
racks between the Regulars and
the Service teams, and later on
the Cuban Stars and Young Slug
gers will meet. There is a great
deal of interest being taken in
these games, and it is safe to say
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10

City election Is nearing and
candidates are making their an
nouncements. Today The Citizen
carries three for mayor, two for
councilman, one for captain OF
police and one Tor tax collector
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10

trol, 10 Improve
navigation; t G
generate cleo
trical energy; to
supply irriga-
ton water; and
to prevent the
salt water Of the
Pacific Ocean
from invading
the rich Sacra-
mento-San Joa-
q u / n d e ! I a
region, and des-
troying its fer
tility. The Cali
fornia project
though not Sc
va ST as that In
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10
Koki Hirota. Japanese foreign minis,

kokl Hfota Japanese forelgn minis
ter, wants General Chang Kai shek,
premier Of China, done away with, simply
because he is a genuine patriotsand as such
hates the Japanese. The oriental mind is
peculiar but at that il is difficult to re-
concile such wish, publicly expressed,
with the occidental trend of reasoning.
Presumably. Hirota thinks Chang should
submit to the ravishing Of his country by
the Japanese. with abjeet submission. OF
clear cut.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10

The body of a radio operator
who died on board the Tanker
Champion Anderson, while at sea,
will be brought to Key West this
afternoon. In response to a radio
message the Porter Dock Company
sent boat out to meet the tanker
near Sand Key.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10

A docket of % cases with others
in prospect awaits the opening Of
criminal court Monday. In addi-
ton to the cases recorded since
the last time court convened there
are a number of eases which have
been continued. All together they
form a sizeable and interesting
docket.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10
WEATHER CONDITIONS

The tropical disturbance is ap-
parently central this morning
about latitude 10 degrees, 30 min
utcs north. longitude ST degrees
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10

Editorial comment: The county
commissioners are beginning to
bestir themselves about Oversee
Highway ferries, and the whole
community is glad. Getting suit
able vessels for the job here is not
so simple as it seemed at first
They are going TO be needed in a
very short time.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10

The man who jumps around the fast
est is not necessarily doing the most work.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10
You and-lYouT
NatiOn'S>AffairS
CALIFORNIA; IVA
By ELIOT JONES
Professor Of Transportation and Public Utilities,
Stanford University

A multiple-purpose project, similar
IN many respects to the IVA, is being
carried out in California. The purpose
OF this project is to provide food con-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10

On anyone's birthday it is quite APP
propriate to wish the one concerned a
very Happy New Year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10

Courtesy is virtue that all of us can
worth.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10

There is one business that has to go
paper hangers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10

that at all of these contests there
will be large crowds of specta
tors.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10

Being careful is easier than being in
jured, and good deal less expensive.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10

Surely the Christian nations which
staged the World War should send more
missionaries to China and Japan.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10

People who buy on time do not al
ways pay on time, local merchants inform
us.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10
KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here just Ten Years Ago Today AS Taken
From The Files OF The Citizen

the chapel of the Lopez Funeral
Home.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10

Pleasing everybody is job for a
fool.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10
A Service for Travellers

For the ever-increasing number of patrons
who planning journey our bank offers
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-09-10

Barometer reading at 8 a. M;
Sea level, 1898.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-16

stone, in |. T. Hunts corner, thence
N IL E 80 poles to dogwood, to
Mrs. w. H. Finch's corner, thence S
85 ga E II poles 10 links, along said
Mrs. Finch's line, to a stone; thence
S 1-2 E 8S poles to a persimmon tree
thence N IS 34 w u poles to the
beginning, containing 80 7-8 acres
more or less, and being the same land
that was conveyed to s. T. Wynne by
deed of j. M Woodlief book 80, page
LA, register of deeds office of Vance
County, North Carolina.
End Tract: Commencing at r. K
Young's S. E. corner on Simms road
running thence Southwark along said
|, road, to T. j. Perdue's corner, thence
Westward along said T. j. Perdue's
line, 1 IL acre deep to T. ]. Perdue's
North West corner, thence Northward
to stone in r. K. Young's line, los
yards to the place of beginning
thence Eastward along said Young's
line. los yards to the beginning, con-
tanning 8 acres more or less.
3rd Tract: Beginning at a stone
Southwest corner of r. K. Young:
lot, and the estate of I. H. Hight and
r. E. Goswick, and Lucy M. Hight
running thence along said line S 25
E 6.1O chns. to an iron stake, said
Hight-Goswick corner, in T. j. Per-
dues line, thence along T. ]. Perdues
line, Is w, 486 chns. to an iron
stake, thence S 8.39 chns. to a stone in
said T.. j. Perdue's. line, thence West
$40 chns. to a stone and small pine
pointers, thence N 1907 chns. to q
stone, thence~N II IL E, 900 chns:
to the beginning, containing II IL
acres more Or less. The last. two de-
scribed tracts icing the the property
conveyed to S. T. Wynne by deed of
]. M. Woodlief and wife, book SO,
page 143, register of deeds office of
Vance County, North Carolina.
This 26th day of October, 1887.
A. A. BUNN. Commissioner.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-16
TODAY =
ToDAY's ANNIVERSARIES

1753-James McHenry, soldier OF the
Revolution and one of the trainers o.
the Constitution, Maryland statesman
secretary of war under the first Two
Presidents, born in Ireland. Dleo III
Baltimore, May 8, 1916.
1764-Return J. Meigs, Ohio pioneer
iurist, senator, governor and postmast-
er-general, born at Middletown, Conn
Died at Marietta, O., March ~, 1874.
1798-Persifor F. Smith, New Or
leans lawyer, noted soldier in the Sem
mole and Mexican wars, born in Phil
adelphia. Died May II, 1858.
18O6-Mary t. P. Mann, Boston edu-
Gator and author, wife of the noted ed
ucator, Horace, born at Cambridge
Mass. Died Feb. II, 1887.
1827-Charles Eliot Norton, Har-
wards famed scholar, authority on
Dante and on art, born at Cambridge
Mass. Died Oct. 81, 1908.
1833-Henry Gilman, scientist, De
troit librarian, a noted U. S. consul
to Jerusalem, born in Ireland. D-eo
July 80, 1915.
1849-Edward S. Dana, Yale minera
logist, born in New Haven. Died June
16, 1885.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-16
ONCE UPON NOV. 10th

Next TO LAFAYETTE among foreign
soldiers of fortune who fought on the
colonists' side in the Revolution, none
made a greater contribution to the vic
tory than a fellow countryman of La
fayettes, Louis Lebeque Duportail.
When Benjamin Franklin and Silas
Ceane. commissioners in France, were
empowered by Continental Congress
TO engage French officers for the col
onial service. Duportail was one of the
four they chose. Educated in mill
tary school. and also trained as an en-
gineer, he was made colonel of engi-
reers by Washington. He made him
self invaluable Immediately, and was
soon promoted to rigadier-general.
Eventually he became major-general.
At the siege of Yorktown, Duportail
directed the all-important engineering
operations, and Washington specially
singled him out for praise, after the
surrender of CORVALLIS, in his dis
patches giving Continental Congress
the glorious news.
Duportail himself. had no illusions
about the quality of the Colonies mill
tary leadership. He attributed the
American victory to British generals,
declaring that 10000 men led intelli-
gently could have easily reduced the
colonies to submission quickly.
Perhaps this sighting estimate of
the Continental Army is the reason
why Duportail receives no attention
in any of the contemporary histories
or biographies of the Revolution, and
why he has never received his just
dues for his part.
Duportail returned to France after
Henderson daily dispatch., 1937-11-16

|T. By. "A 81
kEd1neSAS'elu

New York, Nov. 16.-The stores are
getting Christmasy early this year
certainly a week or so sooner than
usual. l had some chores to do in the
shopping cortex the other afternoon
and decided to look for the wares that
were definitely and prematurely Yule-
tidish. Incidentally, it was as -almy
q day as the month has seen, with
Thermometers pressing seventy.
Well, there wasn't great choice of
merchandise aimed exclusively at the
Christmas trade, but there was dash
here and there m almost every aisle.
You can order cards with foil orna-
ments which unfold into your name
and a galaxy of stars, at $50 a, hun
dred. Or you can reserve cards with
embossed Christmas trees upon which