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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-06-22
Outstanding Engineer
And Wife Planning To
Establish Home Here

finest pseces o. engineering erei
devised IS tat of Cali in South
America. which pipe line gees
ever TIE Andes Aoanta rs and -
about 135 niles il length.
Mr.. Euen told The Citizen he
is very much interested in -
proposed line 70 hiring water frem
the mainland 20 Key West. net
only in the pipe line but also In
the distrisn ticn system whick -
one Of the phases of these pEe5eCts
in which he Is particulAriy inteE-
essed.
Mr. and Mrs Eweli expert 10
be in the city for . short time
and pla-s. Il possible. 70 seeure .
home and after returning north
VIII come back 20 Key sWezt and
enjoy the tropical atmosphere in
which much Of his prosessionai
years have been spent. and IN
climate which Is tke grcatest IN
the world. in either winter o. sun
mer.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-06-22

GEORGE CHAPLIN
ON VISIT HERE

George Chaplin, well known
advertising man and also
feature writer and author of
short stories, is a visitor in
Key West and is formulating
plans to spend some time
here.
MIR. Chaplin has been con-
neeted with a number of
newspapers, and has decided
that while opportunity is
present and there is no better
place in which to carry out
his plans, he win in all prob
ability make his home here
and indulge in his desires for
writing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-06-22
SAWYERS COME
HERE ON VISIT

Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Sawyer,
son, Billy, and son-in-law and
daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Mac Man
ming, arrived over the highway
yesterday afternoon from Miami
for visit with Mrs. Sawyer's
mother, Mrs. George Knowles on
Reynolds Avenue.
They were accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. George Albury also of
Miami. The party expects to re-
turn the latter part of the week.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-06-22
Str. Florida Affected
By Labor Difficulties

Yesterday Captain c. ID. Har-
Fington, mates and engineers Of
he Steamship Florida, Of the p.
and o. 5. ). company. were dis
Charged when the officers and
crew Of the vessel we're paid off
wilh the renewal q labor diff
culiieA II was said that the cap
tain, engineers and mates would
- a. once reinstated in their
positions along with most Of the
ISL members.
The trouble started Sunday
whiie the Florida vas berthed in
Havana when crew members af-
filiated with the National Mari
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-06-22


time Union, a new organization
whose claim is that they sup
planted the ISU, when the crew
received a cablegram telling of
the trouble on the Steamship
Cuba. zDx
Trouble was expected, it is said,
and police were sent to the docks
but there was no call for their as
sistance as the men all left the
ship peacefully as they were hand
ed their wages.
Il was asserted that as soon as
crew requirements arrive a police
detail Of adequate size viii be
sent to handle the situation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-06-22
CONTRIBUTIONS

According to data presented
the Senate by Senator Byrnes,
the contribution of sponsors of
WPA projects ranged from 7.2
per cent by New York State to
20 per cent in Idaho. States con-
tributing twenty per cent or
more include: Arizona, Georgia.
Rhode Island, South Carolina.
Kentucky Tennessee, Texas.
Utah, Vermont and Wyoming.
Those eontffbating less than ten
per cent include New York, the
District of Columbia, PENN
sylyania Louisiana and West Vir-
gihh - tas
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-06-22
ECONOMIC HICHLIGHTS
Happenings That Affect the Dinner Pals. Dividend
Checks and Tax Bills of Every Individual: Ma
tlOnal and international Problems Insep-
arabic From Local Welfare

Federal government has also
EtepEad in, as happened with the
NRA. A Federal law now in
effect refuses government con-
tracts to manufacturers whose
employs work more than 40
hours a week.
The current drive for a go
hour week, to be fixed and en-
forced by the government, is be-
lieyed 10 have little chance of i'm
mediate success. Even some labor
leaSse-s are dubious of its merit.
IN the belief that it would retard
unemployment. Past history would
indicate that still shorter work
week viii come in time-but as
the result of progress and evoIu-
ton. rather than political pres.
sure
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-06-22
ARCHER FAMILY
VISITING HERE

~. and Mira O. L Archer and
dnurhter. NeimA Jean. son and
amuwhter-iniaw and gfand-daugh-
iar 81 Mr.. and Mrs. H. d. Archer.
arrived over the Overseas High
say Sunday for . vacation Of two
weekz
They were accompanied by
ars g. y. Berry and daughter,
Patsy. granddaughter and great
granddaughter Of SIR. and Mrs.
n ID. Archer.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-06-22
AMERICAN LEGION
MEETING TONIGHT

Members of Arthur Sawyer
Post 2s. American Legion. have
called a meeting for 8 o'clock to-
night in their hall ON Whitehead
street.
There are a number of really
important matters to come before
the meeting and it is urgently re-
quested that members attend
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-06-22

The Annalist reports that moth
ing has occurred to change the
slightly upward trend Of business
activity except steel strikes, but
they have been sufficient to cut a
point and a half off the business
index"
Thus. in 1887. strikes are a
major worry even as they were
in 1896 and, to a lesser extent,
in 1885. Until currnt labor con-
troversies are settled, the business
outlook cannot help but be un-
settled.
Production figures are fair.
The Federal Reserve Board re-
ports that in recent month manu-
featuring activity recorded mora
than the normal increase over the
previous month. General manu-
featuring industry is at about 118
100 equals the 1923-25 normal.
Some industries are doing above
the average. One of these is cleo
trical appliances refrigerators,
air conditioning systems, etc.
These appliances have been inn
proved in efficiency and reduced
in cost, and their market is rapid,
" broadening.
Commodity prices have been de-
started its daily Bible School with
one thinks there viii be a big
drop, however, and some will not
be surprised if this fall witnesses
general advance all along the
line. Consumer resistance" is a
factor here.
Newest national industry-trail-
err manufacturing-is going ahead
fast. Last year, Business Week
reports, more than $50 makers
were in the trailer business, and
their gross came to S27, 200, 900.
Over 10000 house trailers- averag-
ing $525 a piece, were sold.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-06-22

The United States News has
made a survey o. .Rirarica's Dim
inishing Work Week" It's moral,
If any, seems to be that evolution
OF industry and invention is the
principal agent responsible for
shortening the number of hours
the average worker must put in
at his desk or machine during each
seven days.
During the last century, the
work week has 1seH almost cut in
haf. In 1922, the average work
er put IN six 12-hour days, for a
total Of Y hours a week. In that
year, the first organized revolt
against long week was felt. A
machinists' union in Philadelphia
passed resolution demanding a
10-hour day and a 6o-hour week.
This resolution got nowhere.
and a long lifetime was to pass
before the 60-hour week became
standard in major industry
1890. And in that year, the
A. F. of L. went on record in fav-
or o. the 48-hoIr week. As in
the past, many years passed be-
fore this objective was reached.
In 1914, the work averaged 50 Il
hours. By 1919, it had dropped
to so y hours. In 1929, at the
height of the boom, it was 40
hours.
Depression naturally shortened
the work week, as the work
sharin" plan, whereby employees
worked part tine in order that
others might also have jobs, came
into effect in many large indus
tries. Then cana the NRA, which
established :. 40-hour work week
for the bulk o. industries. Today,
IN 1887, the 40-hour week has
been generally maintained, even
though the NRA is no more. And
IN considerable number of indus
tries, the 35-hOur week has been
put into effect for all or part of
employees.
As the News points out, a num-
Der of factors are responsible for
the declining working week. Per-
haps the most important of these
factors is science and invention.
archaeological progress, which sim
ply means better and more varied
machinery, enables workers to pro
duee as much or more in a short
week than they previously pro-
duced in a long week. Thus, they
can work less and still maintain
or increase their productive value.
Even though their hours go down,
their usefulness and their wages
go up.
The labor unions have also been
a factor. They have won many
concessions from management,
and cut the working week without
cutting wages.
Management has also done q
great deal to make shorter hours
possible 1t has improved the
technique iof production in many
ways, to the end that less employe
motion be wasted, and that each
worker produce more in his work
ing time. It has often voluntarily
reduced hours even as it has rails
ed hourly rates Of pay.
Finally, in recent years govern
ment has been a factor. A num-
Der of states, Of which Oregon was
the first, have specified the maxi
mum hours per week which women
In industry can work, and these
statutes have been upheld in the
courts as being necessary to the
public health and web being. TIKI
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-06-22
AMENDMENT

Senator Lonergan Doom /.
would amend the Constitution to
tax the income of public securi-
ties now exempt from such levies.
He would permit the Federal
Government to tax interest on fu-
ture issues Of state and municipal
securities and permit the states
to tax future issues of Federal
securities.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-06-22

The Hole, operating as a col
Letting and servicing agency, is
expected to demonstrate whether
governmental assistance to mort
gage-ridden home owners during
the depression can be justified by
prompt payments on the part of
borrowers Early experience has
been satisfactory, with about
eighteen per cent OF payments
falling due in the trouble" class.
This involved about $4,000 of the
1921, 900 customers and the cor
p0rati0n had to take title TO
some $4,000 pieces of property.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-06-22
NEWS NOTES
coLoREp PAVEMENTs

San Franciseo.-By mixing as
phalt with a reddish color between
maroon and magenta, the side
walks and pathways Of Treasure
Island. the site Of San Franchises
1899 Golden Gate international
Exposition, viii be colored. Ac-
eording to a color expert. this
viii raise the emotional level of
visitors, keep them gay and viva
cious, the women appear younger
and beautiful and the men more
romantic.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-06-22
KINDNESS COSTS GOO

Asbury Park, n. Leaving
her purse on the running board of
hep automobile, Mrs. ]. 7. Mac
Evoy, Of Belmar, went to get two
Kittens (which had strayed into
her home to take them to the
S. p. C. A. In the meantime, her
daughter drove off with the car.
The purse fell off and was found
somatime later empty of the
$1,000 in jewelry it had contained.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-06-22
FIGHT

A fight is certain to develop
on an amendment to the relief
bill requiring local government
entities to pay at least forty per
cent of the cost of all new WPA
projects. Harry Hopkins argued
for two hours against the Byrnes
amendment but the committee
modified it only TO the extent of
postponing its operation until
October 1st. The committee also
provided something of a pau
per's oath" for cities unable to
meet the requirement which the
President was AUTHORIZED to re-
duce in some cases.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-06-22

WASHINGTON NOTES
ALIENS

The alien population Of this
nation Is estimated to be z,250,-
900 persons; the smallest figure
since the early days of this coun-
try. In 1920. aliens numbered e.
430, 500. In the early days Of this
century. about one million aliens
came to the country a year, but
recently. under restrictive legisla-
ton, the figure is less than 200,-
900, mostly travellers and stu
dents No immigration quotas
have been filled for many years
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-06-22
NEWLY WEEDS JAILED

Valentine, Neb.-Convieted Of
robbing a filing station while on
their honeymoon, Donald Blake.
16, and his 15-year-old bride, Eve
Ign Mayer Blake, Of gainesville,
Ohio, were sentenced to serve
seven years in the reformatory.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-06-22
Director OF Marine
Survey Arrives Here

H. Leighton Long, director Of
the Marine Survey being con
Quoted by the WPA in FLORIDA.
and Captain A. Ferdinandsen.
supervisor Of the activities in Key
West and Miami, arrived BY pl4ns
this morning.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-06-22
-FOUR BROTHERS WE'D

Grand Bale, Que.-A multiple
wedding was recently celebrated
in the village church when four
brothers, Ernest, Raymond. Henry
Pau and Rodolphe Lavoie were
married at the same time.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-06-22
STEALS ELECTRICITY

NEW YORK.-Mrs. Ada Sarch-
on of this city was fined for
stealing electricity by tapping a
wire just before it entered the
meter in her home.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-06-22
SEVEN DAMS

The iva is now on its fifth
year but the ''yardstick" is still
blocked by legal entanglements
brought about by suits of private
utilities Two large dams have
been completed, three others are
under construction and work viii
begin soon on two more. Some
idea OF the magnitude of the
operation can be had from the
fact that the seven dams will
cost more than $3.50, 100000. So
far, the iva has spent $150,0OO
600 and it has about $40, 900, 900
in sight for the next year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-06-22
HALF A MILLION

According to the Brookings In
stItute, the Federal Government
paid a half million dollars in the
1886 fiscal year to persons en-
gagged in full-time or part-time
publicity work.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-06-22

Mr.. Ewell is one Of the OFT
standing consulting engineers Of
the United States, who has to
his credit the planning and esti-
mates o. that magnificent piece
of engineering work. the water
supply system of San Juan. Puerto
Rico.
Another of the water systems
which is spoken Of as one Of the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-06-22

Two Of the m.ny persons who
are looking forward 10 bessnins
citizens of Key West are Mr.. and
Mrs. A. Tr.vi. E~sII. Of West
chester. n Y. ~hs are SOW in ne
city and locking over the realty
eppe. tapitiss with a view to es.
tablshine a home.
Evening star., 1937-05-29

table political angle, Mr.. Pringle
observes:
Herbert Hoover became President.
after campaign in which intoler-
ance and religious hatred reached
new depths. Mr. Hoover =
desired earnestly to cure the ills Of
the body polite. But he could not
DO SO as long as prosperity lasted.
When 1t ended other complexities
overwhelmed him, and it was too late.
MY point. Of course, is that prog
ress in government ends when a boom
begins"
Hard-headed, ordinary middle
class folk. who never were terribly
disturbed by the opportunities of GUS
toners men or by struggles to keep
up with neighbors, may perhaps puz-
zle bit right here over which is bet
ter-to have reform administration
busily reforming machinery which
permits booms or to have nice honey
little boom itself that brings in s per
cent once more? 1t is, OF course, very
lovely to know that Congress has got
ten high-minded. But 6 per cent
would seem to be per cent. Which
would you choose? Well, which?
HERE Is a neat item from the June
Coronet. 1t Is called THE
Atheist"
AN atheist died and at the gates
of Heaven be shouted IT'S a 1ieis
"'You do not believe in Me or an
Afterlife?' asked God.
MOI! cried the atheist. I believe
Evening star., 1937-05-29

OTHER STORIES BY Robert E.
s. Chambers. New York: E. p.
Dutton.
THIS Is a collection Of short stories,
exotic in setting and conven-
tional in plot. They range from tales
Of the Seminole Indians in the Flor
ida swamps to new adventures Of
Francois Villon. They are quite read
able; for the most part they open
well, then they dwindle into the neat
ness OF the predictable. There seems
to be no reason why Mr.. Chambers,
the author, should not be highly sue
oessful as a contributor to popular
magazines-on the basis Of this vol
ume at least.
CALL IT FREEDOM. BY Marian
Sims. Philadelphia. J. B. Lip
pincott Co.
THIS Is a novel on the woman's
magazine pattern and quite ade-
quate II you read that sort Of thing
at all. It tells how Martha divorced
Ralph and came back to her home
town Ito take up her life again." as
ladies' magazine writers phrase these
things. Taking up her life meant
living In very comfortable circum-
stances, surrounded by old friends
who admired her very much, but Mrs.
Sims assures us that Martha suf-
fered tremendously just the same.
The book is an account Of her SUI
fering-she suffered because men ad-
mired her, because men didn't admire
her, because women we're kind to
her, because women weren't kind
to her, because the sun shone and
the wind blew. She suffered. BY and
! by she made q stupendouS sacrione-
Evening star., 1937-05-29
WOMAN is FARM AUTHORITY
enevleve Forbes Herrck Writes About Mary Meek Ateson in
Current Country Conference.-The Mencken PREPARES New
Constitution for the United States

the universe never began and can
never end and that there Is no cctn-
prehehsion OF 1t anywhere. I believe
Death ends both the consciousness OF
existence and Of having existed
God was silent for a while. Then
He spoke slowly. To believe In a uni
verse SO terrifying takes great co,1r-
age. To believe in a universe 50
incredible takes great faith. Enter
into Heaven"
WASHINGTON, according to Coro-
net. has among its buildings two
Which, with all the pother current
about improved housing, ought to get
keenly interested attention from all
prospective builders. These are DWELL
ings, says the magazine-homes, that
is, and one OF them was built in 1773
and one in 1921. They are of a
material which is "freproof and prac-
tically air-conditioned without extra
cost" This wonderful material also
helps the family budget by reducing
the repair costs If not actually elm
mating them" 1t costs only twenty
five percent as much as brick "less
than fifty percent of the cost of con-
crete, and from twenty five to thirty
percent less than the cost OF a good
frame"
And what is this wonderful build
ing stuff? Why, earth, says Corone,.
what We walk on. You dig it up and
make house of it. 1t is a good house
and lasts practically forever. For
building purposes. you call it
"rammed earth" to be sure. But
rammed or not, it is earth, and moth.
ing else.
Does it sound too fantastic? Coro-
net says Of the two Washington homes
aforementioned:
Two such houses already flank tn.
city Of Washington, one at the
extreme eastern boundary, the other
at the west. The first, called Hill
Top House. was built in 1878. 1t has
literally WlthStood the storms of we'll.
nigh two centuries. The original
walls turned to stone and defied the
demolishing touch of a house -Wrecker
who tried to raze the structure and,
after repeated failures, cancelled his
contract. 1t was then decided to
restore the house. The front of the
house, with its tWenty-seven incn
walls, Is twenty degrees warmer in
winter than the modern addition,
which is not of ranmed earth. In
the summer time, the old part of the
structure is as cool as an air-condi-
toned house, while the new rooms
throw off sWeltering heat.
The modern example Of this
ancient architecture was erected in
1921 by DR.. Humphrey in the western
suburbs OF the Capital near Cabin
John"
The article goes on to give instruc-
tions as to how to proceed, if you want
an earthen home. 1t all seems yerv
strange, but somehow one likes the
sound of houses built so essentially.
Evening star., 1937-05-29
The Public Librarv

| Henderson's 'Stonewall Jackson -
H. S. CommaRer.
SHERIDAN, military narrative. BY
Joseph Hergeshetmer. 1881.
E.Sh53h.
"A distinctly military narrative OF
the great cavalry leader"
BELFORD FORREST AND HIS
CRITTER COMPANY. BY A. N.
Lytle. 1881. E,F77L.
THE author succeeds in convincing
his reader Of his contention that he is
dealing with military genius Of ma
| Jor Importance, not with q mere
raider. Avery Craven.
STONEWALL JACKSON. the Good
Soldier. A narrative by Allen Tate.
1928. E.J124t.
This is military life Of the great
Confederate general, but the back
| ground OF his boyhood and the hard
life OF the barren frontier Is carefully
| drawn"
JEB STUART BY J. w. Thomson, jr.
1880. E.St937t.
"He tells, in untorgettable language.
the story of the Confederate Cavalry's
part IN the fighting done by the Army
| OF Northern Virginia"
Gas the Tales Are Told"
MARCHING ON. BY James Boyd.
The book is extra rdinary for the
number OF clear and burning pictures
| that remain in the mind after read
| ing
GODS ANGRY MAN. BY Leonard
Ehrlich.
The whole abolition movement here
comes to life, and the entire Brown
clan -. all the instruments of John
Browns iron will, who endured with
him untold sufferings."
LONG REMEMBER. BY MacKinlay
Kantor
| There is no book ever written
which creates so we'll as this the look
and smell of battle, the gathering Of
two armies, the clash, and the sullen
separation"
THE BAND PLAYS DIXIE. BY Nor
ris Markey.
Its distinction rests upon the hon.
esty OF its Civil War background"
GONE WITH THE WIND. BY Mar.
garet Mitchell
| For sheer story value this is one
OF the finest Civil War epics Of all
| time"
THE WAVE. BY Evelyn Scott.
There can be no doubt that The
Wave Is an outstanding achievement
in recent American letters"
SO RED THE ROSE BY Stark Young
The author has not merely dug up
dead civilization; he has also lured
| back its soul"