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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-29
Jury Clears Mother
In Insanity Staying

CHICAGO, July 20 UN.SO.
Her mind restored, Mrs. Sarah
Ballangee, 81, was free today to
rejoin her husband and three
year-old daughter after being &C
quilted on a charge of numbering
an infant son, whom she drowned
in a bathtub in the family'S Win
netka home.
Found sane again after a year in
an asylum, Mrs. Ballangee ap-
peared before Judge Rudolph
Desert to face the murder charge,
and was found not guilty.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-29
Plan Fight TO Free
5 SCottsboro Bows

NEW YORK, July 20 G.N.S).
A rally to continue the fight for
freedom of the five defendants in
the Scottsboro case who have not
been released, will be held at the
Hippodrome tonight. Speakers
will include the four defendants
who were released.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-29

police that someone had been
firing at her bedroom. An officer
measured the angle Of fire, went
next door and found Tom and
Tim Banker. six-year-old twins,
playing with a shotgun.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-29
Pope BIesses U. S.

CASTEL GANDOLFO, July 20
U.N.S0.-Special benediction for
the United States was given yes
terday by Pope Plus in addressing
40 Boy Scouts from Cleveland,
Ohio.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-29
Gun-Toting Twins, {

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, July
29.-Mary LAGRANGE pointed
a trembling finger at broken win
dows and crumbled plaster
to substantiate her complaint to
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08
UNSIGHTLY SIGNS

In spite of the widely advertised
code of ethics" adopted some time ago
by the billboard promoters, their habit of
defacing the landscape and encroaching
upon residential sections has been by no
means abandoned
Public sentiment has been so aroused
in opposition to the billboard nuisance that
a national committee for the restriction of
outdoor advertising is making vigorous
campaign against the unsightly signboards,
which glare at one on every hand.
Among the organizations cooperating
with this committee are the General Fed
GRAFTON of Women's Clubs, the Garden
Clubs of America, the National Conference
of State Parks, the American Society of
Landscape Architects, historical societies.
automobile associations, nature societies
and others interested in the preservation
of outdoor beauty.
Appeals are being made to advertis-
ers direct, 1t is being pointed out that an
offensive advertising sign makes ill-will
for the advertiser and tends to hurt rather
than help his business.
IF outdoor advertising were confined
to the business sections of cities and towns
and eliminated from residential districts
and highways, there would be less cause
for complaint.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08
PEOPLE MAKE SPLENDID RESPONSE

The response of the people of Key
West to the appeal of the American Red
Cross for funds with which to assist the
victims Of the floods that recently afflicted
the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys is en-
couraging and cause for satisfaction
While the amount Key West SUBJ
scribed is small, it was like the widows
nite-rall> It could. afford 1t must be re-.
.menibered that this city is living in the
main off the largessesof the government.
The people of the United States, as a
whole, responded nobly to the call of the
distressed. Their generous giving put an
end to the talkIthat everybody had given
up private charity by laying the burden
entirely upon the government The fact
that giving has been generous, however, is
not enough The question is, has enough
money been raised to enable the Red Cross
to perform its task?"
Here the answer is negative. Despite
the amounts that have been secured Adj
miral Cary t. Grayson, head of the Red
Cross, calls attention to the use of ST.
100000 by the Red Cross in 1887 when
the Mississippi flood affected $50. 900 peo-
pie. 1t is estimated that victims of the
present disaster even based upon figures
available last week, will exceed million
persanss The need for greater contribu-
tions IS evident. If there are readers of
The Citizen who have thus far failed to
make donation we appeal to them to
send in something to the local Red Cross
officials. If there are those who have
given lightly, while having the ability to
give more generously, we urge them to
make second contribution that will help
the Red Cross meet the exigencies of the
situation everywhere.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08
ANOTHER EPIC FLIGHT

Three years ago squadron of six
naval planes made mass flight from Cali
fornia to Honolulu.
Last month twelve huge naval air.
planes, carrying eighty men, jumped the
1858 miles from San Diego to Pearl Har-
Dor in little less than twenty-five hours.
The flight was safely completed, not
withstanding the fact that the squadron
ran into a heavy storm. 1--WE hit winds on
every side,' said one of the officers cat
5000 feet we hit whirl of wind that threw
us up like toy balloon" The airships
climbed up into the air and over the re-
mainder of the storm. .
Feats like these reassure us that aerial
navigation has been successfully con-
quered. This flight is encouraging as it
follows the loss of several trans-continental
passenger planes. within the past few
months.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN

WILL always seek the truth and print it
without fear and without favor; never be
s'rssa - attack wrong or to applaud right;
aivpys fight for progress; never be the or
san o. the mOuthpiece of any person, clique,
faction or class; always do its utmost for the
hlksis selfare; never tolerate sorruption or
injustice; denouAce vice and praise virtue;
commend good done by individual or organ
izatipih tolerant of others rights. views and
epinionsi prirt oniy news that will elevate
and not rontaminste the reader; never cona-
promise with principle,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08

>
borrowing at unusually low rates OF
interest. This procedure eats away
accumulated savings. This type OF gov-
eminent financing has been pointed
to with pride. and apparently the pol
icy Is to be continued. 1t means that
all those great institutions. which
have invested all or part of their funds
in government securities for safety
and income. have suffered d sharp
reduction in their incomes from this
source. The reduction in income from
this cause mas affected adversely our
insurance companies. hospitals. COLI
leges and universities. banks Of all
kinds, foundations-in short some OF
the greatest and finest institutions Of
our land.
The savings of our people are being
dissipated IN another way. A little
over a year ago Congress placed a
heavy tax upon the undistributed Inc
come of corporations-tha that is. upon
their future SURPRISES. In recent
months we have seen our corporations
pay out their SURPRISES to avoid these
heavy taxes. These SURPRISES have.
in the past. enabled business enter
prises. TO grow. to expand. to take adj
vantage Of new opportunities, TO de-
velop new products. to hold on during
depressions. and to, keep people en-
ployed in hard times.
During the first three years OF the
depression the percentage of total IN
come produced paid to workers in
creased from 63.6 to 80; the percentage
which went into business savings fell
from a plus 2,3 down to a minus 24.2,
II should be clear to all that had cor
porations not accumulated SURPRISES
ON which to draw, human suffering
would have been much greater than
ii was.
Today. we are seeing these savings
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08

Key Wester came into the office of
Che Citizen today and suggested we print
the names of those city councilmen who
eve taxes and then we would have the real
reason why that body refuses to sue tax
dodgers, for if they did sue them the re-
Iort would be, why don't you sue yourself
first In that case the councilmen might
answer as did the preacher to his con-
gregation: Don't do as do, do as l say"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08
You and Your
Nation S Affairs
Wasting Nations Savings
By WALTER E. sPAHR
Chairman Department 81 Economics, Ner York Universal

dissipated because OF this very bad
tax law. II IS. Of course, simple tact
that SURPRISES are usually invested as
they accumulate. Often they repre-
sent plant and machinery. and sonae-
times they cannot be converted into
cash with ease. Today. important
business concerns are forced to bor-
row money in order to distribute their
surpluses. because Of this bad law.
This is an incredible situation. It Is
another case Of wasting our national
patrimony. Whether or not we can
escape day Of reckoning Is a mat
ter OF dispute.
The third way In which the savings
of our people are being endangered
is through a slow and insidious cur
rency imitation. At present most Of
the indationary procedure grows out
Of the fact that the government Is SELL
ing large proportion of its securities
to banks which issue note and deposit
currency against them. This currency
Is not self-hquIdating: II Is merely Is
sued against the public deficit Since
early in 1888. the increase In our bank
deposits has been due largely to gov
eminent borrowing and spending.
This expansion of currency brings
higher prices and lessons the purchas-
ing power Of peoples savings.
This impairment OF savings usually
works slowly at first. Often. such cur-
rency expansion is confused with real
prosperity. II may require four or five
years for It to get In its damaging
work. But when the full effects show
themselves. the savers. the institu-
tions with fixed income, and the ems
iployees whose wages lag behind ris-
ing prices. will be caught and injured.
A fourth danger to peoples savings
grows out OF the possibility that the
pressure groups bent upon spending
viii now demand that the President
deliver to Them what they think he
has promised. A great number OF peo-
pie obviously believe that this Adj
ministration has committed itself to
spending rather than to saving.
Grounds for this belief are found in
the fact that little has been said in
recent years by our Federal admin
istratIve officials in behalf OF saving
and the interests of savers, and in the
fact that the seeds of waste and COM
fiscation have been sown far and wide.
The savings of people have raised
human beings from primitive state
to higher standards of living and civil
lization. To work toward q wide dis
tribuiion of saving capacity is desir-
able, but to destroy or to lessen saw
ings is to destroy the sources from
which our increased incomes are de-
rived.
thor care of this neDspdperl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08
Last year The Citizen called attention

Last year The Citizen called attention
10 the new American institution-the trail
er, and advised Key West to get ready for
their influx. The hold these travelling
homes on wheels have made on the peo-
pie is unbelievable, and as soon as the
gaps on the highway are spanned by
bridges. the trek will be on. Key West
will be the mecca for tourists coming down
10 the sea, not in ships, but in the modern
covered wagon 81 e
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while there is no doubt

While there is no doubt that many
property owners could and would pay
is also a fact that the economic conditions
in Key West are deplorabl, and that the
majority cannot pay their taxes. This state
Of financial affairs in this community is
one of the most convincing reasons why
the city and county should consolidate into
one government and thus relieve the over
burdened property owners and permit
them 70 become solvent citizens again.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08

In tongue that all can understand
/ speak-of love and hate; of life and death;
OF joy and fear; Of hope and deep despair:
l live with men in heights OF power and wealth,
And share the dwelling of the humbleIt beggar:
My voice within cathedral walls is heard,
And li1ts itself unto the throne of God
Upon the battlefield where death and horror stalk,
Men have heard me speak in accents clear
Der the din of busy cities,
In the quiet of the wias,
| speak-and men speak through me-
OF their dreams, theilw hopes their lives.
Wherever one may goA- there-I will be found
For | am everywhere sheard in every sound, "a
I-AM-MUSIC!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08
Today's Horoscope


Today lndIeass. sn n's lss'ss|
person with Z iena&nls leezIl
study on broad Iinesi &eea ~ s.
sight, infniflre. tsi IsekIn< - -
tact that aids IL nsoIi'a4 |
fortune Or even adversely Lofe a
travel 4 Indicated. and = esna
" fer daring exploits. lhe fN~sfs
for which VII BE- ie<sene8 q a.
tact before mentioned il nsi 81
ercised.
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lar importance
are four major
factors tending
to impair or en-
danger the peo-
Pile 5 s wings.
These forces are
not healthy.
They are oper-
ating in the
wrong direc-
ton. Unless
they are eurbed
they may have
far-re a ching
and unfortunate
consequences.
The first Is
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08

Any number of folks came into The
Citizens sanctum sanctorum last Friday
and called attention to what they thought
was peculiar wording of heading, but
when asked how they would word it, not
one could accomplish the feat they had
criticized with such positive levity.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08

restrictions against the inn
portation Of Cuban made cigars -
quantities less than 5000. when
he was blocked by point Of or
der made by Mr.. Sears. he an
nounced his intention Of securing
it by special rule
Editorial comment: We are
urged to develop the brain power
Of the nation, but with football
and jazz dances, the foot power
seems to be better utilized.
The little triangular park sur
rounding the monument IN front
Of the Federal building. ID being
nicely trimmed by Mr.. Wells,
gardener in charge.
Probation Officer Sam Kemp
will leave tonight for the state
reformatory with two colofed
boys, Raymond Saunders and
Charles Oliver, to serve two
years each in the school. The
boys were convicted in the court
Of Juvenile Judge Ileen Williams,
Of stealing several cases Of con
densed milk from Cabrera Broth
ers Wholesale Grocery.
Modern Arabian. Nights will be
the subject Of a lecture to be
given by Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen
at the Strand Theater next Friday
evening. The lecture is to he
given under the auspices Of the
Woman's Club.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08

Refusal of the city council to sue tax
dodgers. (that is those who can pay
and refuse) is tantamount to telling all
property owners that their delinquency in
tax payments is quite all right and they
needn't worry.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08

Walter Runciman, president of the
Board of Trade of Great Britain, came
over from England and saw the president
at the White House, to tell him that our
neutrality law was no good. We agree
with Mr.. Runciman that the law is worth
nothing-to Great Britain.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08

Containing six kinds Of itch kill-
ing medicines, Imperial Lotion
flows freely into skin folds. and
pores to reach and kin itching Of
eczema, rash, letter, ringworm and
common itch. Two sizes, 35c and 81.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08

Despite all the encouraging features
which are to be found In our business
recovery. forces are operating to re-l
strict and to endanger it. OF pafticu-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Today In History


1587-(350 years ago. Mary,
Queen of Scots MARY Stuart) be-
headed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

4. Water and Sewerage.
2. Bridges to complete Road to Main
land
D. Frss Port
4. Hotels and Apartments.
S. RatL.ag Pavilion.
9. Ah pOrts--land ana Sea.
7. Consolidation of County and City
Governments.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08

Hats off to Councilmen Delaney and
Roberts for their manly stand for the best
interests of Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08
W HAT PRICE

Laugh at life, play be merry, forget good for bad,
Pawn your soul for little fun were you ever sad?
At the end of Lies long journey
Did you cheat. did you play fair?
Laugh at life be carefree selfish if you care,
You alone shall pay the price.
ALBERT C. KEITH
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08

1936-Middle West from Him
ois to the Rockies crippled by biz
zard-10th annual Congress of the
Society of Militant Atheists opens
in Moscow,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08

Baron Lionel Rothschild, head
of the English house of the name,
born SO years ago. Z
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08

Subscribe 90 The Citizen-20e
weekly.
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KEY WEST IN
DAYS GONE BY


Mute evidence Of what may
have been another ocean tragedy
silent and unseen, another pro-
found mystery Of the sea, was
brought to Key West by Captain
L. r. Daniels, u. S. G. @. with bis
sturdy little boat the 29S. It is
the charred wreck of a so foot
keel but is so badly burned that
her length overall cannot be de-
termined. Her beam was Is feet
with five foot holds. The wreck
was picked aupl about eight miles
northeast of American Shoals. 1t
was adrift and menace to navi-
cation. What grim tragedy is hid
den in the secrets of this charred
hull, may never be determined.
But there may not have been any
tragedy at all, says one old timer.
Such vessels are sometimes aban-
doned by their crews who get on
board larger ships with quantities
of narcotics, and make for big
cities.
The man who first gave his
name as Phil johnson and now
claims to be Phil Albury, charged
with robbing Will Archer's boat
Fay last Friday night, entered
Plea Of guilty before Judge Hugh
Gum this morning and was placed
under bond of $1,000 for bis APP
Ipearance at the next term of
terminal court. In default Of
Ilbond he was placed in Jail. john
son, alias Albury, was already out
Ion bond OF $1,000, charged with
Ecomplicity in the robbery of the
vessel Kingfisher, which is owned
fby H. K. Bliss.
Members of the Board of Fire
Control, OF the Everglades Drain
age District Of Florida, will hold a
meeting at the county court house
tomorrow morning 10 o'clock.
They will hear complaints and
make adjustments with respect
to the classification of lands in
preparation Of the budget for fire
protection in the Everglades dur
ing the present year. w. A. Dutch
and Albert Johnstad, Officials of
the board will attend
Effective work by Congressman
H. j. Drane and w. j. Sears, both
Of Florida, and H. 7. Rainey of
Illinois, seems to have stopped the
drive to flood the United States
with Cuban made cigars which
seriously cripple the cigar manu-
featuring industry in the United
States, and especially in Key West
and Tampa. AS stated in last
weeks issue of Labor, Congress.
man Green of Iowa, attempted to
rush through a bill removing the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08

1892 -Died-aged 50, Hannah
Smell, noted in history for having
served five years in the English
army, several times under fire, her
sex unknown-was in search of
disappearing husband and quit
when she found he had died.
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happens.

News is what is printed not what
happens.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08

King Wallis Vidor, movie pro-
Queer, born at Galveston, Tex, AZ
years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08
REGIN.
Today's Birthdays

DR.. Rush Rhees, president
emeritus of the University of Ro.
chester, N. Y, born in Chicago,
ILL.,, II years ago.
Charles H. Dennis, editor emer-
titus of the Chicago Daily News,
born at Decatur, ILL.,, " years ago.
Prof. Maud Slye of the Univer-
sity of Chicago, noted, pathOlog.st,
born in Minneapolis, So years ago.
Frank E. Mason, Vice president
of the National Broadcasting
Company, New York. born nj Mil
waukee, A years ago.
DIR. Melville +. CoolbauGh, pres
ident of the Colorado School of
Mines, born at Coolbaugh, Pa, 60
years ago.
King Wallis Vidor, movie pro-
Queer, born at Galveston, Tex, AZ
years ago.
Baron Lionel Rothschild, head
of the English house of the name,
born SO years ago. Z
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08

1837-Richard M. johnson of
Kentucky, having failed to receive
majority of the electoral votes for
Vice President, the Senate, ac-
cording to law, decided the issue
and voted him Vice President
only instance in history of this
kind.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08

1910-Boy Scouts of America
incorporated in Washington, D. G.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08

1920-3erlin Indignantly an.
swered impossible" the Allies
wired command that Germany sur
render her SOO-odd "war culprits"
for trial.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-08

Key West, Fla.
Feb. 3, 1887.
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tAddress questions to the anh0r Of th neOspaper
The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-13
zoo EXPECTED AT !; HOLY NAME PARTY
Stuart Clancy to Discuss Professional Football in
 Naugatuck Monday

Naugatuck, Nov. l3.-Arrange-
 ments for entertaining more than 200 men ct the "det-Together" party which will usher in the new season of the Holy Name society of St. Marys church Monday evening lM the parish hall, have been coln- pleted. Much interest Is being man. Tested in the event that is expected , tn prove one of the largest of mems affairs in parish annals.
 1 4 busy evening awaits those who will attend, the committee having planned 6 diversified schedule that will afford much entertainment. Activities at the party will get under way at 6 o'clock when new shuttle beard, table bowling, dart throwing, quoits pitching, checker and card matches will be inaugurated. Prom. inent local experts of some of these games will participate in exhibition matches introducing the games, with . play to be conducted thereafter in Q series of novel contests, in which oil present will be invited to com. pete.
 70 Manager. Coach Stuart Clancy of the Naugatuck Gems pro football team will be the guest speaker, his subject to be the timely topic of : "Professional Football" He will be introduced by President R. Howard fiackett. A brief message Of wel- come will be given by Rev. Richard P. Morrissey, pastor of St. Marys church. During the evening added \ entertainment in the form of vocal and instrumental music will be of- 'fered.
 Throughout the evening refresh- tnents will be served by a committee consisting of Chairman John D. Cul- 1inane. Joseph Kane, John O'Con-
 nor, ST, William Doherty, William Fitzgerald and Joseph Neal. Card playing will be directed by Rev. Bernard J. Butcher, D. Michael Smith and Thomas Gilson. In , charge of games will be Edward Perry, Raymond Dinkle, Kenneth ], Murphy, Edward Nolan, Donald ' Cowar and Francis scully. Assist ing on the general committee will be James Sheridan, Fred zehnder, Thomas P. Reilly, James Casey, James Reilly. Dadislaus Bertothy, Dennis J. Linskey Francis J. Linskey and Daniel Mcmahon, Jr.
 Next Tuesday evening 6 delegation from the society will attend a card party being sponsored for the bene- 1t of St. Aithony's church in Pros- pect in that own. Tickets will be available at the Monday night "Get- Together" party, from society off, Cerg,