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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-19
Hearings On A Appropriation
Bill Made Public As
Measure Was Sent To
Congress
BY PAUL MAY
Especial Washington corrsapondsat


of The Cifinenl
WASHINGTON. d. C.. Aug. rs
Contribution of a new Fedora
building in Key West has been re.
commended by the procurement
division of the treasury, il was
learned today.
The recommendation were
made during hearings on the third
deficiency appropriation bin, and
were made public as the bin was
laid before Congress.
The buildings recommended and
proposed sost limits ares Key
West. Marine hospital rshabiIita-
ton. $4,000.
Immediate construction Of the
buildings is not urged by the de.
partment but they are included in
its long-range program for
eventual construction as Congress
provides money.
The third deficiency bin just
reported by Congress provides
s2s. oOO,o 900 for this year. and
authorizes an additional $4,000.
600 in contract commitments, on
the basis Of three-year program
Procurement division officials said
this viii make possible eonstrne-
ton Of a new Federal building in
nearly every congressional dis
trict. The buildings win be 81.
lccted from the recommendation
made.
The recommendation were
made only aIter the postoffice
and treasury departments had IN
vestigated the need for the pro.
posed new buildings, and ascer.
tanned that the cities named were
eligible for the projects. The en-
tire program, according to test.
mony before the committee. Is ex-
pected 10 be completed within
three to ten years. Proceeding
at the same rate a. during the
past three years, all the projects
would be put under way within
three years more. However. senti.
ment exists IN Congress for
slowing up Federal construction
and that il why the department
has figured out q program with .
ten year maximum.
The recommendation 81 the a..
partment include $500 projects
with a total cost Of s20s.ioir
500.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-19
Council Discusses Matter
OF Resurfacing Streets
Show Disposition Made OF
Cases In Third District


Papers received at the sheriff's
office yesterday showed the dis
position made of several cases
which were recently handled by
the Peace Justice of the Third
District, and which were much
discussed in the vicinity of Mate
.cumbe where the incidents which
formed the basis for the subse-
quent hearings.
Named in the warrants were
A. P. Boatwright, charged with
improper exhibition of a firearm,
namely a revolver, and the exhibit
tion was considered so dangerous
to life that the offender was ar
rested.
This improper exhibition" took
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-19
PROGRAM FOR
SUNDAY NIGHT
TO BE RENDERED BY GROUP
AT LEY MEMORIAL
CHURCH

The following program will be
rendered. at Ley Memorial church
on Sunday evening, August 22nd:
Instrumental Selection Alice
jerks. st aaa1t fn
Hyn1nLC Congregation.
i PrayerLM Miriam Carey.
Anthem Choir.
Solo-Mrs. Orion Russell.
Duet-Mrs. Vernon Hicks.
Catherine Knowles.
Solo-Edith Williams.
Reading-Mrs. Alice Curry.
Solo-Mrs. Florie Michael.
Solo---Gerald Saunders.
Anthem-Choir.
Elizabeth Rosam.
Violin Selection-Gerald Saun-
ders.
+. Hymn-congregation.
Benediction-Lenora Whitaker.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-19
MORTICIANS COME
in ABOARD CUBA
AGGREGATION LEFT EN-
ROUTE TO HAVANA
THIS MORNING

Listed on the passenger rolls
of the Steamship Cuba of the p.
and o. s S. Cuba this morning
were the names of number of
morticians coming from different
sections of the United States en-
route to Havana, Cuba.
They composed a group con-
sisting of men and women from
four sections of the United States
and some of the members. all Of
whom were colored. were taken
for sightseeing trips by colored
citizens.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-19

place at the Matecumbe Resorts,
and it is alleged that Mr.. Boat
wright went as far as to hold up
at the point of the firearm every
body there and threaten any per-
son who attempted to go to the
telephone and call for an Of
ficer. He was bound over in
bond of $3.50 for the next term
of criminal court.
Two others who were impli-
Gated in the matter were: Bob
Pate and p. r. Hollingsworth,
both charged with causing an af-
fray. Each was placed under
bond of 500 for his appearance
at the next term of criminal
court.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-19

Before leaving with the adj
vance detail Tuesday morning
Scoutmaster Larsen promised to
keep the club advised as to all
matter in connection with the en-
eampnent. The main body. Of
the troop left yesterday morning
in company with Counsellor
George r. Archer.
And when all matters were ar
ranged and the troop settled for
the 20 days Of camp life, the scout
master sent the tslegram advis-
ing ARRIVED OK. Boys OK. Camp
set. Advise parentS.r
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-19
FAMILY DWELLS
in TWO STATES
EAT, SLEEP AND PAY TAXES
IN ILLINOIS AND IN
DIANA

DANVILLE, ILL.,, Aug. 19,--
The Fred Kemna family eats,
sleeps and pays taxes in Illinois
and Indiana.
All Of which sounds like head
ache, but there isn't much to do
about it because the 96-aere KEN
ma farm between here and Perry
vile, Ind, is divided by the state
line.
Parts Of the living room, kitch-
en and sleeping quarters are in In.
diana. the rest in Illinois. Mr. and
Mrs. Kemna and their son, Rich
ard. sleep in Indiana: Marietta,
the daughter, sleeps in Illinois.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-19
STEAMER OZARK
DUE TOMORROW

Steamship OZARK. q the Clyde
Mallory Lines. Is due 70 arrive in
port tomorrow from New Or
leans. and after diseharxing cargo
uEH proeeed - MiasnI and Jack
sonviile.
Two other vessels 81 the line
arr ase early next week. The ~.
z. Mallory h DE Monday fFem
Galveston en- route 20 chaxlsstan
aEsi New YORK. and TIE Aiano Is
due Tuesday from New York -
Tampa.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-19
Various Other Matters
Are Taken Up During
Regular Meeting Held
Last Night

The matter of resurfacing and
repaving Key Vests streets was
brought before the meeting of the
City Council last night in a re.
solution introduced by L. T. Cox,
who is interested in the proposi.
tion, with a view of having the
federal government grant a loan
for the purpose of having the
work carried on. The agreement
would be that the city match the
funds that would be appropriated
by the government, the govern.
nnent to put up forty-five perceni
of Ahe amount, with the city to
go good for the balance of fifty
five percent.
The resolution covering the
matter was read by Stafford
Caldwell, attorney for Mr.. Cox,
who fully explained the situation
bearing on the issue, with Al.
torney w. Curry Harris also Civ
ing . talk in which he thoroughIy
outlined the proposition as pre-.
sshssd.
It Is the purpose Of Mr.. Cox
to appear before the authorities
in Washington. presenting the
eity's case, in which the necessary
grant win be sought. After discus
sing the matter, the council de-
cided to defer action until later
date.
A letter was read from S. G.
Singleton, executive secretary Of
the Key West Chamber of Com
merce, containing an inquiry from
+. M. Sheppard, commander OF
the Pam American Society OF
Tropical Research, expressing
desire to locate in Florida, asking
for advice as to where suitable
land can be leased or purchased
and mentioned the site on Stock
Island where the botanical gardens
are located.
1t was ordered that auto tags
and dogs tags to be sold begin
ming October /, be purchased in
order that they may be ready
when tht license period begins.
A resolution was adopted re.
lative to an agreement between
Monroe County and the City OF
Key West, which provides that
the county will set aside each year
out of funds credited, a certain
amount for the city, from the al,
location of taxes upon gasoline
The amount would be $4,000 an.
nnally. The funds are TO be used
for the purposeof meeting debt
service charges ON Indebtedness
IN the bond refunding agreement
with the r. f. drummer Company
A letter was read from Rev
Alfred De Barritt. superintendent
Of Cuban and eolored units, stat.
ing: "In view OF the new ordi
nance as to the location Of saloon:
near church and school, | beg t.
inform you that | have measured
the distance between the Trinity
Presbyterian Church and the sa.
loon at the corner of Simontor
and Petronia streets. and find
there is n distance OF only one
hundred and sixty-five feet, which
means thai snch saloon is not en-.
titled 70 a license. according L
the ordinance now in force"
II was ordered that the eity'l
notoreycle which was placed out
81 commission some time ago. b,
placed back IN service again. wifi
many necessary repairs 20 b.
made 20 the machine which i
used by traffic Officers. Il wa.
Shown that it has become yer,
necessary that the motorcycle b,
placed backed in service in ordel
10 have the officers cheek up q
law violators rs pertains to traffis
regulations.
After disposlng of few othel
matters OF a routine nature. th,
meeting was osiered adjourned.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-19
ENGAGED AGAIN

HULL. Eng.-Mrs Mary
Observation-Disclosures Of this city,
divorced BY four husbands, has
announced her engagement to an
other man.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-08-19

Key West, Florida, has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only Ia Fahrenheit
The daily independent., 1937-07-07
P0OseueH And Wheeler
Fail To Make Terms On
Supreme Court Measure
De Valera Fails To Win
Majority In Parliament
But New Irish Constitution
Is Adopted by a Cen
siderable Vote

Dublin. July 6.-U.P-President
Eamon de Valera's dream of Gre
atirg an all-Irish republic tonight
received staggering blow when
final return from the Free State
general election failed to give him
majority in parliament.
The complete returns gave the
American-born de Valera'S Fianna
Fail party only So OF the 1873 seats
in the reconstructed Dali Eirrsan
the same number won by his
combined opposition.
As a re ult of the deadlock de
Valera will be dependent upon IS
laborite members of the dali for
support Of his republican program
to split the last ties binding the
Free State with Great Britain.
In plebisCite on the new all
but republican" constitution which
accompanied lat Thursdays gen.
eral election for the dali the Irish
magma carta" was approved by a
plurality of nearly 100000 votes.
The constitution carried $685.
042 votes of approval and 528,296
votes against it.
Observers laid that although the
The daily independent., 1937-07-07
District Health Service l.
Explained Here
Sneaker Prefers
Tourists TO
Smoke

The Elizabeth City Kiwanis
club voted a $40 contribution to-
ward defraying the expense OF
Pasquotank Health Queen, Miss
Maude Ewell Meads of Weeksville
to the annual Short Course at
State College this summer.
At the weekly luncheon at the
Virginia Dare Hotel last night the
club was entertained by Robert
Elliott. violinist accompanied by
Mss Emerald Sykes at the piano.
They received applause amount
ing to almost an ovation.
w. o. Saunders was the guest
speaker on the program, speak
ing earnestly and eloquently OF
the possibilities of the develop
ment of Paul Green's pageant
drama, The Lost Colony" into
a permanent drawing card for a
great tourist movement to this
region.
Elizabeth City is not destined
to become an industrial city, but
it can realize more profit and
more satisfactions from a highly
developed tourist business than
from industries whose belchlng
chimneys would throw off smoke
and fumes to the discomfort OF
the populace and the disgust OF
tourists passing thru our town,
said the speaker.
The daily independent., 1937-07-07
.WouldDispose
.Children's
H O m e
And Use the Money
to Set Up a Tubercu-
lOsis SanatOrium

Urged by the State Sanatorium
to provide a county tuberculosis
sanatorium, the Board of Com
missionerS of Pasquotank County
yesterday hit upon an idea which
may lead to the establishment of
such an institution within the next
few months.
The first suggestion was that
the Pasquotank Children's Home,
which is to be closed August l, be
converted into a tuberculosis san
atorium. This suggestion was not
seriously considered, tho, because
the large house now on the prop
erty would not provide segregation
and it would be too expensive tc
use the house as an admlnlStra-
tive building and erect cottages
or cabins on the property.
1t was Chairman Noah Burfoot
who had a happy idea.
Why not sell the Children s
Home property and use the funds
derived from the sale to build a
sanatorium at some other spot II
conjunction with several nearby
counties?" he suggested.
And this suggestion seemed tc
meet with general approval around
the board.
The Children's Home cost the
county $3.50 some II years ago
and quite a bit of money has been
spent on furniture and improve
mentS since that time. Situated
on large lot on Little River in
NiXonton village, the property
should now bring at least $4,000
someone estimated yesterday. The
county board of this county ap-
pears to favor the establishment
of a district tuberculosis sanator-
ium and Chairman Burfoots sug-
gestion may result in definite ac-
ton.
The daily independent., 1937-07-07
Rebel Armies
Drawing Close
TO Santander
But Loyalists Claim Decid.
ed Gains In Relieving
Pressure On Madrid

Hendaye, Franco-Spanish From
tier, July 6.-U.H- Generalissimo
Francisco Franco tonight threw
his crack rebel battalions against
the city of Santander in an effort
to trap nearly 100000 loyalist
troops and end the war on the
northern front with one crushing
blow.
Frances northern headquarters
at Burgos announced the capture
of Castro Urdiales, Biscay bathing
resort 27 miles east of Santander,
after seizure of the Sierra Castro
Heights and a 10-mile retreat of
the Basque defenders.
Italian volunteers Of Frances
Black Arrows" brigade were said
to have led the assault on the
Cantabrian heights and Castro
Urdiales.
Another nationalist army ad-
vanced to within 10 miles of Riva
de Sella in an attempt to isolate
Santander-its normal 10000 pop
ulation increased to nearly 400, 900
by war refugees from Bilbao and
Continued on Page Three)
The daily independent., 1937-07-07
Assumes Full Charge
Search For Enr/1nrt Plane
Fighting Continues Along
Observation-Disclosures Border
Russians Lose Men In
Several Clashes
With Japs

Hsinking, Manchukuo, Wednes-
day, July 7. -U.R)-Japanese and
Manchukuo forces faced strong
Soviet Russian military conting-
ents at three points along Man.
chu-Siberian border today in
what appeared to be a general re-
newal of border fighting despite
the peace agreement reached be-
tween japanese ambassador
Manoru Shigemitsu and Soviet
foreign minister Maxim Litvinov
in Moscow last week.
The Russians suffered heavy
casualties" in three fights yester-
day, Japanese military dispatches
reported.
In each case, the japanese as
serted, fighting started when So
Wet border patrol invaded Man
chukuo territory.
The Russians denied these
charges and accused the japanese
of aggression. They asserted that
Manchu-Japanese detachmentS
occupied the disputed Boil
5hoi island group in the
Almur river, which forms part of
the northern boundary between
Manchukuo and Soviet Siberia, in
direct violation of the Shigemitsu
-Litvinov agreement.
The BolShoi group is one of two
sets of marshy islands in the
channel of the Amur ownership
Of which is claimed by both Rus
sia and JapanS ally, Manchukuo.
Under last weeks agreement So
Wet forces were withdrawn from
the vicinity of the islands after
the japanese had maSSed a pow
erful army in the vicinity. The
Russians said they withdraw with
the understanding that Japan had
no forces in the region-a state
ment considered as tantamount to
a promise by the Japanese also to
withdraw.
Yesterdays fights were on the
eastern Manchu border. near
Mishan, a hill village to the north
of the important border railway
city Of Suifenho-Po Pogranitchnaya,
which is the eastern terminus Of
Continued on Page Three
The daily independent., 1937-07-07
Govt. Agencies
Must Reduce
Expenditures
President Directs That All
Cut Budgets 10 Per Cent
to Save Millions

Washington, July 6.-(U.R)-
President Roosevelt disclosed to-
day that he had ordered all re-
gular and independent govern
ment agencies to save S400,000,-
900 or 10 per cent of their appro-
priation3 in order to balance the
1878 federal budget.
At the same time and as de-
linquent tax collections by the
treasury reached a new high, the
joint congressional committee in
veStigating instances of alleged
tax avoidance by some wealthy
individuals, prepared to draft
legislation which would plug the
most flagrantly used loopholeS in
the revenue laws.
Their preparations conceded
with charges from the house floor
by Rep David J. Lewis, D., Md,
stumpy, Sharp-tongued son Of a
Welsh coal miner, that the fed
eral government has lost SIS
760,000.O00 in needed revenues be-
cause of ''unsound" verdictS of the
U. S. supreme court.
He demanded the injection of
new blood" into the court 50
that we may get away from these
decisions which impose undue
burdens upon the great majority
of the taxpayers of the country" ."
President Roosevelt's disclosure
that he had written all govern
Continued on Page Threel
The daily independent., 1937-07-07
Area Southeast How
land Island Now
Objective
No Results North
Colorado With Airplanes
Is Expected at Scene
This Morning

Honolulu, July 6.|U.G- The
U. S. Navy, assuming full charge
of the search for Amelia Earhart
and Capt. Fred Noonan, tonight
directed it's rescue efforts towards
treacherous coral reefs southeast
of tiny Rowland Island after an
intensive ship survey to the north
failed to reveal a trace Of the dar-
ing filters on the plane in which
they made a forced landing on the
Pacific more than 100 hours ago.
Concern for the aviatrix and her
navigator increased as the Cutter
Itasca, normally In coast guard
service, but now transferred to
Navy jurisdiction for the emer-
gency, advised the 14th naval dis
trict headquarters here that the
search in an area 280 miles north
of HoWland was fruitless.
Believed on heeI
Shifting of the search towards
Winslow Banks, an uncharted
area about 200 miles southeast of
Howland near the Phoenix Island
group, was decided upon in belief
that the filters may have come
down on a reef. George Palmer
Putnam, husband of Miss Ear
hart, advised from San Francisco
that it was his belief that the
flight which started from Lac,
New Guinea, last Friday with
Rowland as it's objective ended in
that vicinity.
Aboard the ItaSca, it was point
ed out that, if any credence Is
to be given to reports of radio
amateurs that they have picked
up messages from Miss Earhart,
the plane must be on a reef be-
cause officials of the Lockheed
company, manufacturers of the
Earhart plane, radioed that it was
impossible to transmit messages
if the plane was in the water.
Colorado Coming
Tonight the Itasca, short of
fuel, remained north of Rowland,
along with the Minesweeper Swan,
awaiting arrival tomorrow Of the
Continued on Page Three)
The daily independent., 1937-07-07

New York, July 6.-(UR-There
was bu.tle tonight in all the
heavens of Harlem, for this was
the eve of the great day when
Father Divine will step out of the
role Of God" and drape around
himself the mantle of Moses for a
march of 100000 into the Prom
ed Land.
The Promised Land is Kingston,
N. va place where chickens are
always in the frying pan, where
roasting ears of corn are thlckly
buttered and where only man is
vile. The purpose of this trip is
to give fathers angels an oppor-
tunity to participate in the Prom
The daily independent., 1937-07-07
Developments
Along the
European Front
By UNITED PRESS


Major European developments
Tuesday included:
Rome - MuSSolini speeded
construction of go new airpOrtS
in preparation for a possible
Mediterranean war.
Paris - Premier ChautempS
threatened to cpen the Franco
Spanish frontier and permit aid
to Spanish lOyaliStS.
Berlin - News agency Zeit-
ungsdienst Graf Reischach
charged lOyalistS were prepar-
ing to use poison gas in the
Spanish civil war.
Salamanca-Reb annOunc-
ed capture of Castro Urdiales on
the northern Biscay coast and
prepared to attack Santander.
Gen. Francisco Franco threat
ened economic repriSalS"
against European powers unless
he was granted belligerent
rights.
Madrid LoyaliStS announce
capture of Brunette, west of
Ma drid, and moved to trap reb-
els entrenched in Case de Cam
po on the western outskirts of
city between two fires.
The daily independent., 1937-07-07
Father Diuine Leads Host
To Promised Land Today

ised Land Olympic games" - a
three-day celebration that will
combine the adventures OF the
tribes of Israel and the ancient
Greeks. the greatest historical
merger of all times.
Ten boats and 80 buses will be
used to transport the Divine fol-
lowers, and there was much pee
ulation in Harlem tonight on
whether Moses" Divine would
smite the Hudson river with his
2taff. causing the waters to part
and allow the buses to drive up
dry river-bed, thereby avoiding
traffic lights.
The mathematical problem OF
how 100000 persons could be put
on ten boats and 80 buses failed
to dismay father.
Peace, it's wonderful was his
answer to all questions as to
whether or not someone had not
become a little liberal with the
Continued on Page Three)
The daily independent., 1937-07-07
County Boards
OF Welfare
At Work
Assisting In Social Sc.
curity Program; Full
list Is Released

A list of the newly-formed
County Boards of Welfare in the
10 counties of Northeastern North
Carolina has been made public by
Mrs. w. T. Bost, Commissioner of
the State Board of Charities and
Public Welfare, thru Mrs. w. B.
Aycock, Director of County Or
ganization. These Boards will as
sist in the administration of the
States social security program,
which became operative on July
l.
The County Boards will serve in
an advisory capacity to the Coun-
ty superintendent of Public Wei
fare in developing policies and
plans. Investigations OF applicants
for Old Age Assistance and Aid
to Dependent Children will be
made by the county Welfare De-
partments and passed upon by
the county boards of welfare,
which also will furnish any in
formation requested by the State
Board of Charities and Public
Welfare.
For the first time in the history
of organized welfare work in North
The daily independent., 1937-07-07
Budget To BE
Acted On
Today
But Probably No So.
cial Security Checks
This Month

The Social Security program
will cost Pasquotank County on
" S371.50 for the month OF july
according to the budget present.
ed to the Board of County Com
missioners yesterday by A. H.
Outlaw, County Superintendent
of Public Welfare.
The budget, which was approx
ed Yesterday morning by the
County Welfare Board, sets up
S1.O55.OO for old age assistance,
of which the county will pay only
one-fourth; $2O4.0O for aid to de-
pendent children, of which the
county will pay one-third, and
S1O4.OO for the needy blind, OF
which the county will pay one
fourth.
Of the S1,363.OO total, the coun-
ty will have to put up only S37l.5O
while the remainder will be pro-
vided by the State ana FeueraI
governments.
The original budget for thr;
county would provide an average
of S11.34 per month for SO indl-
gent old people IS years of age OF
over, an average Of S22.55 pei
family for nine families with IL
dependent children, 13 were white
and six were colored. Six of the
eight blind were white.
This original budget, or estl-
mate. will be added to later on
as other cases are checked and
investigated.
A majority of these for whom