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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-01

recovery. But it is n, cisparagement
of other industries to say that the
makers of automobiles have been the
pace settlers in the recovery race. In
stead of giving up when the buying
power of the American people fell SO
low that only about one car could be
sold in 1882 as compared with tive in
1929, the manufacturers of motor cars
increased their efforts to, develop a
market. ~
I Instead Of holding down expenses
by putting out old models, they boldly
strapped existing dies and other
equipment and began turning out
more efficient and more attractive
cars than ever before, at the lowest
prices in history. They were justified
in this by the response of the public.
Sales began to soar until. in 1886. four
cars were sold as compared with
every five sold in 1929.
Now all this recovery iS being
threatened by strikes which seem
hardly to be warranted. The automo-
bile industry has long been noted as
high wage industry. When the MIRA
codes were being formulated il was
discovered that the standards of
wages and hours prescribed by the
authorities at Washington were al
ready in effect in the automobile fac
tories.
If the strikes which started plagu-
ing the industry in the Fall of 1896
and which have assumed serious pro-
portions since the beginning OF the
present year have not beeL caused
primarily by differences over hours
and wages, what then is back of them?
One does not have to look far for
an answer. Obviously the strikes are
the direct result of the attempts of
the Committee for Industrial Organi-
cation to force the employers to rec
ognize the union known as the United
Automobile Worker; of America as
the sole representative of the workers
in collective bargaining.
1t should be recalled that the Clio
represents that faction of organized
labor which believes that there should
be vertical organization of industries.
address Questions IN tho m
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-01

Today, the official opening of the
Stapleton. s. l.. free trading zone took
place. II is the first free port to be es-
tablished in the United States, and as with
everything new the project has been
criticized and praised. Congress has au-
thOrized six free zones and federal per-
mits for the remaining five will be given
as soon as the squabling for them is over.
Key West is logical port for free zone,
but being politically supine, its efforts thus
far have been rewarded with official
nepenthe.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-01

The silliest argument that a dsadbeat
can make is that he has a son or daughter
at college who require all he can spare.
Not all the blame should go to the debtor,
for in a business transaction the creditor,
too. shares equal responsibility. He is
punished if he is too free with his credits,
and sometimes il serves him right.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-01
Help The Red Cross

Help is needed suffering grows
Each hour increases the rivers mad flows
Leaving destruction and misery untold
Pitiful sights the stories unfold
z - s}c4 81 f@s ~ af .f1s@s<s& a ~e IS
The old Ohio rampage bent
His mighty rage fit vent
Ever continuing its wild course.
Roaring along with un bated force
Entering village, farmland and city
Destroying and wreckng without any pity
Calls of distress from far and from wide
Radio answer. regardless of tide
On goes the river, go with your aid
Shoulder your part don't let it be said
She or he, Stacker to the good Cross of Red.
&C. w. CRAVE,
The Voice of the Keys
Key West, Florida,
Jan. %, 1887.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-01

Kenneth Ballinger says that the magic
of Houdini and Thurston combined could
not save the state $1O,OOO,0OO which is
proposed. This desired denouement is not
a matter to be solved by magic. but good
hard business acumen, which we believe
Governor Cone possesses.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-01
a cOntri'

A contributor to the Gulf Clean in
the Tampa Tribune by the name of Diehl
thinks the authorities should not be so
much disturbed about Bingo and investi-
gate Croquet, which he describes as a
wicket game. That's not square Deal
for Croquet.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-01

Doctors in the flooded regions advise
all persons TO boil their drinking water or
put one drop of iodine in each quart of
water. to shake well and let stand for five
minutes before drinking. That advice il
wholesome and should be needed by every
one everywhere.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-01
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

I. Water and Sewerage.
2. Bridses to complete Road to Main
land
,. Free Port. q
4. Hotels and Apartments. I
8. Bathing Pavilion.
9. AhportS- Land and Sea.
?. Consultation of County and City
Governments.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-01

- .
comparing cur
rent economic
a ctivity. with
that Of the pre-
depression p e.
riod have given
new encourage
ment to tho S e
w h o h a v e
fought so hard
to survive the
lean years since
1929.
M ufactur-
ers generally
have play We d
their part in the
l.-.-k -
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-01

Reference to Mrs. Wallis Simpson as
a commoner is not pleasing to Americans.
Some people in the United States are COM
mon and others commoner, but the APP
pellation directly applied to a single in
dividual is not CONNIE il faut in America.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-01

Generally speaking, the in-laws cause
more trouble than the outlaws, That is
condition one encounters everywhere. Envy
and jealousy are the roots that cause the
evil.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-01

In Denver junk shop near railroad
crossing displayed this sign: go ahead
take a chance. Wen buy the car
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-01

IL possible, always borrow money
from a pessimist, who doesn't expect to
get il back.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-01

Chants c. G. Flint in the Miami Tri-
bune: Tourists come to Miami to drink
and play, and go to Key West to think
and stay"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-01

A doctor asserts that jazz. music is
beneficial in certain cases of deafness. The
rule works the other way around, too.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-01

Editorial comment: Many Of
those people who are trying to Do
the public. may have a chance 20
do some time instead.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-01

Garlic is said to be preventive of
colds. Perhaps because it would keep
people who have them at distance
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-01

To many people the outstanding de-
velopment Of 1886 was tn steady up
ward march Of the country along the
pathsof recovery. Each month the IN
dex fi.ptl re s
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-01

4. s. aehnI4I IIsl.I4 - E4&s
anT az 1anf11afe. Ara tIH "A
Baskerville. Isna4 - Hsafe aea
D.. FIepd n. nIak sa1NAf
of the Anleriean CalIeEN a. I4
Bulgaria. boFn 81 nlEs ell.
- years ESQ.
D.. na.ph ~ KseIef sI HIe1I
lyn. \. T.. nelsd e'sIf Mse' tea
II DridEepofi, Cess - feaN
ago.
Judge Will'am Tiefk 81 a. &
5. District Coalt - Nes 1eFM4
bern a. Newark. ). . - seal&
ego.
Dean Walter e. rafley 81 -
univ. Of Mlnnesoia's AairallalsI
Department. horn - iiaftssit
Ind, 60 years 80.
Ienrc Don I.esine - Neu fol1.
writer. bern In Russla. IS Sras
ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-01
KEY WEST IN
DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here Just 10 Years
Ago Today A. Taken From
The Files Of The Citizen

Violating the city ordinances
cost twice as much today as sew
eral months ago, and as a result
the city court and local police de-
partment are now paying their
way for the first time in the his
tory of the city. Fines and for
FIXTURES in city court during the
month of January totalled ST.
615.50 as against $685. from the
same source in December. This
shows a gain of $920.50 for the
month. The increase, according
to Wallace Pinder, clerk of the
city, is due in a great measure to
the increased cost of breaking city
ordinances since Judge William v.
Aibury succeeded Judge Thomas
S. Caro-, who resigned on Janu-
airy 1. Under Judge Caro's adj
ministration city ordinance viola
tons cost the offender from 81
to So. Under Judge Albury's adj
ministration the came offenses
cost SIS for the minimum and
more where the offense is ex-
aggerated.
The city of Key West will have
a new city directory within the
next few weeks. Work on the
publication has already started
by C. Y. CIPHER and a crew of
men and it was stated today that
the new guide will begfeady by
the middle of April, nsThe .direc
tory will be published under the
direction of the r. l.. Polk com
pany, nationally known in this
particular line. Although much
preliminary work has been done.
it will require at least a month
to compile the data and another
five weeks after that to get the
books out which will make it ready
for ditribution about April Is.
Some 800 owners of auto
mobiles will be subject to arrest
and fine if they do not within
the next few days secure the state
license tags for 1927. A. I,
TRAY, state license inspector, ar
rived in Key West yesterday and
will remain for several days look
ing after the owners of cars with
out tags up to date.
Clenny Demeritt and son
Clenny, Jr., were arrested last
night, charged with an assault
and battery on Police Officer
Tucker. They will be given pre-
liminary hearing before Judge
Hugh Gum tomorrow. The at
tack followed an alteration on
Greene street.
ManFoa Counfx, Cor,n,isv,o,,ap-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-01
Thwarteh

~ 4 HLUuTIEU!
q
I've often thought I'd love try
To write a poem fine
A dreamy, fervent ode of praise
With grace every line.
All! Azure skies and emerald seas ~
And palm trees swaying green,
And coral strands and white, white sands
And tarpon's leaping sheen.
All! Flower filled lanes gay refrains
And trade winds biting zest e
And towers high that pierce the sky
In little old Key West
But try as hard l try 81
can't express my eulogy,
For all the words have been used up
By Rasputin and 7. T. T. =
"a u
= -WORDLESS.
Key West, Fla, - =
81 ID Jan, 20, 1897. .TE A. ss#E E&R sNE
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-01

Monroe County Commissioners
will leave this week for st. Angus
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-01

tine to consult with FIorida EaNi
Coast Railway officials about he
proposed shuttle trains 10 handle
cars over the line Of the road IS
the water gaps. The county and
railway officials can. IL i b.
believed, settle upon any ar
rangement which win be agree
able to both sides Of the ques-
ton.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-01

A large class Of candidates vii
be put through the first and
second degrees of DeMolay a. tbs
meeting Of the Robert ,. Perry
Chapter IN Scottish Rite Han this
evening. An local and visiting
Mhsons, as well as members Of The
DeMolay order. are invited to be
present. 80
The High School team and the
Masked Demons. both outstanding
teams in the field Of basketball
win meet tonight 8 o'clock in the
Athletic Club. The high school
aggregations has just returned
from a trip up state where they
met five other teams and lost
three games.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-02-01

address questions to the author care of this ne,osodoery
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-08-13
sa PQtronize Hamilton Industries gs
Drive Begins to Organize
Radio and Movie Workers

Boston (ILNS)-In charge of the
American Federation of Labor cam
paign for the organization of the radio
and movie exhibiting industries in the
six New England states, is John F..
Gatelee, Of Boston, president of the
Massachusetts State Federation OF
Labor and New England organizer of
the international Alliance of Thea
trical Stage Employees and Moving
Picture Machine Operators. The or
ganization will be by craft.
A conference was recently held at
New York City between George E.
Brown, international president of the
/. A. T. S. E., and Gatelee, during
which the campaign to organize the
employees of the theatres and film
exchanges in New England was map
ped out. According to tentative plans,
Gatelee will visit each of the states
in the New England territory in con-
nection with the campaign and will ad-
dress organization rallies.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-08-13

Money lacking for shoes, and over
alls, and gingham dress goods
No money for farm improvements,
of fences and barns
Interest unpaid on mortgages, and
bankers foreclosing
Bills unpaid at stores, and bank
ruptcy business for lawyers
Busted farmers on relief, their sons
joining the unemployed army
It does not mean cheaper bread
for the hungry
Nor does it guarantee cheaper cot
ton clothes for the poor
It only means the chips on the
brokers' tables are a little smaller
But the gamblers get their rakeoff
just the same.
Onto the big green table, called the
wheat market
Comes pouring the golden flood from
many lands
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-08-13
Denver Court Quashes
Picketing Injunction

Judge Walsh's Decision Upholds Hod
Carriers and Truck Drivers Fight
Against Anti Union Contractors.
Denver, Colo. (AFLNSl Organized
labor in Denver won another notable
victory, when the Second Judicial Dis
trict Court set aside temporary in
junction secured by two contractors on
the Mount Vernon highway project
who tried to prevent picketing. Judge
Walsh's decision upheld the provisions
of the Norris Anti Injunction Act of
1888, specifically quoting Sections 6
and z. Representatives of Golden
(Colo.) locals of hod carriers and truck
drivers, and of Denver locals of the
same workers, showed that they re-
sorted to picketing only after the con-
tractors persisted in refusing to meet
with them for peaceful negotiations.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-08-13

Q.-When was the Hotel and Res
taurant Employees international Alli-
ance and Bartenders' International
League of America formed?
At was organized in December,
1890, at Detroit, as the Walters and
Bartenders' National Union of the
United States. The present name was
adopted in 1898.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-08-13
Truths Pondered While
Riding at
Anchor
"Then gently scan
your brother man"
BY Mr.. Modestus

Wheat selling for less than 80 cents
in Chicago
Cotton bales rolling down at less
than 10 cents pound
These things mean not enough in
come for American farmers
Not enough to buy farm machinery
and automobiles
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-08-13
LaborQueriies

Questions and Answers on La
Dor: What 1t Has Done; Where
1t Stands on Problems of the
Day; Its Aim and Program;
Who's Who in the Ranks of
the Organized Toilers, ETC., etc.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-08-13

Q.-Who said: "The American Fed
Grafton of Labor will never surrender
the principle of democratic control or
yield to minority force and domina-
ton?
A.-William Green.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-08-13

And, farmers don't want to raise
more wheat
For marketing sure to be un-
profitable.
But, birth-control came too late!
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-08-13

Which slashes payrolls-
Which boosts unemployment
Sending city people into the slums-
While dull depression sprawls
abroad
SO:
GET THIS:
Farm machinery has been slashing
farm payrolls for 20 years
Little farmers have been slipping
off their homesteads-
Big farmers, with their tractors and
attachments
Can make wheat for 25 cents
bushel-
But the hand-and- horse farmer goes
into the ditch
That is: he leaves the farm
With not much of any elsewhere to
go
That is why he quit buying
That is one big reason for the slump
in markets for cotton cloth
Farmers who leave their farms are
still raising children
But farmers boy are also sur
plus crop, like their wheat crop
In the same places where there is a
wheat market
There is also set up Market for
Men
The Man Crop is sold at Price
A Price determined for them; if
there is any demand
For about 80 years, this market has
had surplus
Except in war times
Therefore: Women don't want
babies
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-08-13

Australia, and Argentine, and Rus
sia, and Canada
Vieing with Kansas and the Da-
kotas-
Competing with the Columbia River
Valley
And when these other cornucopias
run over with their wheat
Bank accounts of little American
wheat farmers run low
But sun-spot counters have not yet
learned the whole truth
Wheat futures hang upon hinges
reaching from the planets
Farm profits may grow from the
sowing of machine-guns in Europe
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-08-13
Roster Of Organizations
HAMILTON LABOR UNIONS

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PAINTER and Decorators No nd r Tna Matthews s VS. R R. No Kyle
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Operating
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IaEes
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That is. he leaves the farm
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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1937-08-13

So, when the price runs high, the
American farmer struts
Wanting to "run his own bust
ness
But when the market runs low, of
Ifering less than his costs to grow it
That same strutting farmer studies
operation
Begging for government "protec-
ton" from something
But the farmer is also one of the
large weights in the market balance
Cutting farm income cuts farm buy
ing
Which stops factory operations
The Washington times., 1937-12-25
OIL FIRM MOVE
CUTS TAX RATE

PENNINGTON, N. j., Dec. Is
Q.N.S).-TaxpayerS Of this COM
munity can thank Standard Oil
Company of New Jersey for their
tax rate in 1898, which will be
somewhere around so cents in.
stead of the present 1891.
Standard moved its official adj
dress here from Linden, and today
the tax assessor had set a value
of $45,000,0OO on the company's
Intangible assets. That boosts the
grand list from $2,807,054 to
$47, 1907, ,O54, and when the grand
list goes up, the tax rate comes
down-in this instance, away
down.
Standard left Newark for Lin
den when it was assessed for
$500, 900, 900, which was later COM
promised. Then it left Linden for
Pennington when it was assessed
for SIS, 100000.
Actually it has only an address
here-nothing more.
The Washington times., 1937-12-25
PAUL revere"
IN MENTAL SLIP

JOLIET, Ill, Dec. 25. 0.N.S0
Members, of the Sons OF Italy
Club here we're seeking a young
man today, to reward him for hi'
unexampled determination in re
porting a fire at the club, even Il
he did overlook a few fire alarm
boxes.
The youth happened to be pass
ing the club when fire broke out
on the roof of the building He
saw his duty clearly and passed
up four fire alarm boxes on his
breathless dash to No. 4 engine
house.
But No. 4 company was out on
a call. Undaunted the young man
started running again. He paSseo
five more alarm boxes on his Sec
ond mile and a half lap to down
town Joliet. Here, he had barely
enough breath left to tell Assistant
Chief Adolph Odenthal about the
fire.
While the firemen were away
extinguishing the fire with small
loss, the youth disappeared.
The Washington times., 1937-12-25

TSlntao.
While this drive was pressed in
the north. other Nipponese le-
gions south of Shanghai cele-
brated their victory at Hangchow,
where they encountered no major
resistance as they swept into and
seized the seaport capital Of Che
kiang province.
The drive against Shantung got
underway when a large Japanese
force in the north crossed the Vel
low River and gained foothold
on the south bank near Tsinan.
THOUSANDS FLEE TSINTAO
A japanese army spokesman
gleefully relating this advance,
gave the impression that the Jap
anese intend to sweep south
through Shantung, capture Isl
nan and then lay siege to Tsintao,
where the Chinese have destroyed
millions of dollars worth OF jap
anese mills.
Fearing a siege, the population
of Tsintao already is trekking from
the threatened port. About 800
Americans and hundreds Of other
foreigners remained there, but
they were ready to leave on short
notice.
Three American warshipS lay
in Tsintao'S mined harbor ready
to rescue Americans. 1t is feared
the Japanese plan to wreak special
vengeance on the city in retalia-
ton for destruction Of virtually
all Nipponese property there.
SHANGHAI CELEBRATES
Meanwhile, in Shanghai, the
large foreign colony observe d
Christmas with gayety born OF
relief that the fighting has de-
parted to other regions. For many
weeks Shanghai was the center
of bitter battle.
In the refugee section Of Nan
tao. the Yuletide downed on a
picture of misery and suffering,
in which thousands Of Chinese
men women and children vir-
tually are waiting for death to
take them.
The Washington times., 1937-12-25
Berlin's Aid
TOChinaIrks
Japanese

PEIPING. Dec. Is G.N.S0
japan's rising irritation over re
2usal of Germany to end hel
friendship with China in favor OF
Nippon has resulted in three sharp
protests from Tokyo to Berlin
German sources here disclosed TO-
day.
The Japanese government, 1t
was revealed, is irked at Berlin
for not abandoning China in favor
of the Mikado's empire, which is
tied with the Reich and Italy in
the anti.communist pact.
The japanese protests have com
planned that the German govern,
ment still is permitting Reich
military advisers to remain at
Hankow, present seat Of Chinese
Generalissimo Chang Kai-Shek's S
regime, and direct Chinese
strategy in resisting the Japanese
military campaign.
Tokyo was represented as par
ttcularly angy over reports that
the German advisers are stresSlng
the necessity of large-scale Chinese
recruiting to return to their
normal strength the defending di-
visions which were depleted in the
battles for possession Of Shanghai
and Nanking.
The Washington times., 1937-12-25
Book Publishers
Rap ''Spy'' Charge

NEW YORK, Dec. IS G.NS).
The Macmillan Company, pub
fishers, today awaited a reply to
a protest to Senator La Toilette,
chairman of the Senate Subcom-
mittee on Education and Labor,
against the committees accusa-
ton that the company used in
dustrial spies to interfere with
labor organization.
Calling the accusation "unwar-
ranted," the company stated the
only reason it ever employed a
detective agency was to put a
stop to petty pilfering from Its
stock floors or from its retail shop.
Officials declared they never have
had any trouble with employees.