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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-13
Claimed That At Least
Sevenly-Five Men Viii
Be Called For Different
Operations

G. A. Thompson. chief time
hssper fsr the s. ,. Groves Sons
and campany this morning told
Va. v. Little. in charge of the
stass Empleymsns Service ACTIVE
sies n Key West that BY Monday.
"a : sxpssssd. the Groves Com
psay ~ill have shsir first general
rsqusiiioas IN for worksrs ON
she ssmp.ay'. three projects on
rs Keys.
Just how many men win be
aked for Was not stated but il is
believed that the first call for
workers. will be for not less than
1b men. possibly more, and. said
NJ. Little, the requisition will be
fliied promptly.
acquisitions were this morning
received a. the employment serv-
lcs bureau for one blade grader
epeIatar % BE- sent to the Thomas
,. Kennedy Company. Contract G
al Marathon.
One MASTER concrete finisher
and two joint and lip curb finish
efa, one concrete finishing ma
came operator. one concrete mix
- operator and two master form
settlers 70 be sent to the c. Y.
fhomason Construction Company,
Contract B at Grassy Key.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-13
LONG SESSION AHEAD
SITDoWN STRIKERS
DENY PEACE MOVES
A PERMANENT ccc
WHAT 1T HAS DONE
BY HUGO SIMS
Special Washington Correspond
emit Of The Citizen

SPeCtAt W4oulhBtOu (EASsF~@~
emit Of The Citizen
The present outlook is that the
first session Of the 18th Congress
will be prolonged far beyond tbs
expectation of members when
they assembled on January 4.
What seemed destined to be some
what routine legislative labor sud-
denly developed into a bitter fight
when President Roosevelt tossed
into the laps Of startled Congress-
men his surprise message calling
for the revision of the Federal
judiciary from the Supreme Court
down. =
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-13
Introduce Bill To Exempt
Fishermen From Payment
MSeVen-Cent Gasoline Tax

TALLAHASSEE. April IL.
Exemption from, the state
seven-cent gasoline tax Of
all fuel used in fishing boats
is asked in q bill introduced
in the house of Representa-
tiyes by B. c. Papy of Mon.
roe county, and William j.
Wood of Lee county.
The saving of this tax
would amount to one-third
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-13

Since February 5 little has been
accomplished and, in fact. not
much has been finished in the sss-
sion thus far. One appropriation
h:.L the deficiency measure for
this year, was sent to the Presi-
dent but not a single appropria-
ticn bill for the coming fiscal
year has reached the White House.
A few laws have been passed.
mostly of minor character or re-
newal of expiring statutes, such
as the extension of the Railway
Retirement Act and the neutral
ity. measure. Progress has been
made on the naval appropriation
bill and some discussion has been
heard of other important propo-
sails.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-13

Of the fuel cost to commer-
ciaI and charter boat fisher
men,
senator Arthur Gomez Of
Key West has introduced a
companion measure in the
upper house.
Both bills have been re-
ported to the finance and
taxation committee.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-13

Reports that. the President
would attempt to intervene in in
ternational affairs in an effort to
lead off another war were met
by a positive Reputation on the
part of Secretary Hull, with the
expressed approval of the Presi.
dent. However, rumors continued
that some move is contemplated,
whether infatuated by this country
or not, and that the United States
is expected to make a dramatic
contribution to the cause of peace.
1t is well known that President
Roosevelt has been keenly inter.
ested in disarmament and the
Strengthening of peace sentiment,
but interested officials point out
that there is no evidence that the
time is ripe for either undertak-
ing. In fact, the United States is
not prepared to offer any cooper.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-13
Sponge Sales Held Yesterday
Exceed Ten Thousand Dollars
Les 2.
WA ELLINGTON


alton with other powers and the
rest of the world IS not anxions
for a parley which win result Ia
nothing but advice.
II is perfectly plain that the
great powers are engaged IN >
|stupendous effort to prepare
Themselves for "defense." Creaf
B.it-ia. Fr,nce. Germany. Ilaly
and Russia no longer attempts e
eone-Sl their rearmament. Int
the situation abcut all that tbs
United States could do az = eos
ference world be to offer net q
build warships. which would n.
terest practically nobody. opE
neutrality program implieitly DE-
mics eny intention Of difEefanfial
ing between an agKressor and :
victim. Not only do we serve ne
tice that our warships viii ne
protect orr trade abroad. bat we
also put wartime trade on . cash
and-carrg besis which means that
a powerful nation can get sup
pies where a weake. ,,0wer IA an
able to cone for them. Moreover.
foreign students Of our intesna-
tional record regard American CO.
operation with other powers WITH
distrnst. Thev cite the League q
Nations. the Word Court and the
kellogg Pact. which doesn't work.
Congress has been asked %
make the Civilian Conservation
Corps a permanent organization,
to fix the maximum enlistment 1t
100000 young men and war vet
Grams. 10000 Indians and 5.0oo
enrollees in territorial and insofar
possessions. The cerps expires
under present law on J~ne 80.
The suggested enrolment h &c.
900 below the authorized strength
of the Corps. Few objections are
expected 10 be raised against q
permanent cCc. Established n
March, 1888. for two years and
renewed in 1885. the results seen
to warrant a continuation Of the
program which in the last fiscal
wear cost the Government stee.-
900. 900. a sum greater than that
given either the Army on the
Navy. Meanwhile IN 1000 camps.
the healthy and weather-beaten
young men last week closed q
celebration in honor Of the fourth
birthday of the cCC.
Briefly reviewing the staff tics
involved. Il seems that about q
10000 men, enrollees and non.
enrollees. have received empioy-
ment in connection with the CCc.
Director Robert Feehner states
that $700. 100000 have been paid
out for foOdstuffs. wearing APP
parel. work equipment and other
supplies and that the enrollees
sent home more than $500. 0oo.ooe
to their needy dependents. While
the members have received mark
ed physical benefits. i = p4hsse
out that $4,000 have bekA taiikht
TO read and write. 100000 havo
taken high school subjeet ksai
$4,000 others college courses. The
report shows that the workers en-
pended 100000 man-days inl
fighting forest fires and conduct
ed campaigns against insects and
(Contiaued on Page Four
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-13

The sit-down strike epidemic
created a furry during Senate
consideration of the Guffey Coal
bill when Senator Byrnes attempt.
ed to attach an amendment de,
claring. as matter Of policy. that
when employees cease to work they
should leave the property of THEN
employers. Senator johnson OF
Ca ifornia vigorously supported
the declaration, insisting that the
President should take action I'M
d. an old statute. Among those
taking the other side was Senator
Borah. of Idaho, who asserted
that, as matt ,rs stood. the Fed
eraI COVE. nment had no legal
+ ght to intervene in the s;t-down
strike situation. The Byrnes
amendment to the pending coal
bill was defeated and thereupon
Senator Pittman introduced a con-
current resolution that the sit
down strike and the industrial
spy system are both contrary to
sound public policy"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-13

The Court fight continues, with
obviously less interest being TAX
en- in the Senate committees hear
ings, and with signs that some Ell.
fort may be made in the House
to force the issue forward. The
President stands pat and loses
few opportunities to emphasize
his position, as he did in the let
ter read at ceremonies celebrating
the semi-centennial of the Inter
state Commerce Commission. In
side the Court itself the deep-set
antagonism between the justices
is evidenced by Justice MeReyn-
ODDS sarcastic repetition of some
words used by Justice Stone last
year in dissenting from the New
York Minimum Wage case.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-04-13

alton with other powers and the
rest Of the world Is not anxions
for a parley which win result n
nothing but advice.
The Washington times., 1937-10-05
4 4
made Nth Convenient
adjustable tops

A new low price, Thanks to
Hecht Month! And what On
assortment! Loose open-wedve
curtdins in q warm ecru shade
thdt combines readily with any
color drdperies. Some ore Dor
dered. Others in distinctive all
over effects. Made with two or
three rows Of eYelets at the top,
SO thdt you con adjust their
length, which is 2A yards, to
suit your windows.
Sixth FlOOr-The Hecht Co.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-30

Headline front page news
"Artist's Model Slain" a new mystery
novel starting Monday. May 3, in The
Washington Times.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-30
D. {. TERRITORY
FR0WNED0N

The proposal to make the Dis
trict of Columbia a territory in
form of government like Hawaii
and Alaska has changed commit
tees, but its chances for favorable
action at this session Of Congress
remain slim.
Today the resolution introduced
in the early days of the session
by Senator Bennett Champ Clark
CD of Missouri is before the Dis
trict Committee. Previously it has
been resting quietly in the Com
mittee on Territories and Insular
Affairs. Senator Willard TydingS
CD of Maryland, chairman of
the Territories Committee and a
member of the District Committee,
accomplished the move but senti-
ment n the District Committee is
lukeWarm toward the proposal.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-30

Confessing that penmanship
was a result of a combination OF
teaching and desire on the part
of the pupil to write well, j. A.
Buchtenkircher, first president of
the National Association of Pen
manship Teachers, which is meet
ing for three days at Wardman
Park Hotel in it's eighteenth con-
vention, ascribed most of the il
legible Scrawls used by John @.
Citizen to pure lazinesS."
Standing in front of boards on
which there was exhibited thou
sands of examples (both illegible
and otherwise) of handwriting,
Buchtenkircher pointed to eX-
hibits from his schools in La
fayette, Ind, which showed both
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-30
OMAN TALKS
TO PENNEN

Importance of handwriting iden-
LITIGATION in the tracking down of
criminals was stressed this after
noon by r. T. Harbo, administra-
tive assistant of the Federal Blu.
reau of Investigation, before the
National Association of Penman-
ship Teachers and Supervisors at
the Wardman Park Hotel.
The Oman pointed out that a
handwriting expert can be helpful
to the prosecutor, judge and jury
during a criminal trial. He said:
Handwriting Identification is
a part of the broader field of
document examination, which is
one of the oldest and most valu-
able of police sciences. DOcu-
ment Identification includes, in
addition to the study of hand
writing, the study and COMPARE
son of paper, paper identified
ton, inks, pencil deposits, car
bon sheet deposits, and many
other particulars connected with
writing"
Problem of mirror writing"
were discussed last night by the
Rev. Thomas F. Carey, of Catholic
University.
Mirror writing" where the
characters are formed backward,
according, to Father Carey, &C.
ours only once in every $500 pupils
and is not a pressing problem be-
cause of it's rarity. Cure for the
affection, he explained, can be
accomplished by the application
of visual, motor and kineSthetic
sensations.
Methods of changing left hand
writers to right hand writers also
were discussed by Father Carey,
who pointed out that this cor
recting process often may cause
serious speech defects.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-30
HOPKINS HOPES
1850 MILLION
WILL LAST
International News Service


The 1900 million dollar relief
appropriation pending in Congress
will be enough for the fiscal year
beginning July l eff the employ
ment curve continues to go up,
and economic conditions continue
to improve" Works Progress Ad-
ministrator Harry L. Hopkins
said today.
But if living costs and costs of
material continue to increase I'VE
will face a real problem" Hopkins
added.
If IS million dollars of the APP
preparation is to be turned over
to the Resettlement Administra.
ton, and a like amount to the
National Youth Administration,
the appropriation would provide
work for an average of 100000
persons for next year, reduction
of 100000 from the present WPA
rolls. Hopkins said:
"WPA employment Is drop.
ping at the rate of about $4,000
a week"
NECESSITY FOR CUT
A reduction of that rate until
June 80 still would necessitate a
WPA cut of $4,000 to meet the
1,679000 figure.
Hopkins said:
1--WE will spend 1880 to 1000
million dollars this year. Aver.
age employment has been over
100000. The average cost per
man per year is $3.50 of Federal
funds. Anyone can figure out
what we can do with $500 mil
lions"
He said his disagreement with
the United States conference of
mayors, which demanded 1900
million dollars for work relief and
reported that 100000 employables
still are on local relief rolls was
a difference of opinion"
Cities Taking Burden
An unemployment census, Hop
kins said, would be desirable"
but it would not be necessary as
far as identifying the unemployed
who are lin need"
Hopkins declared that States,
cities and local communities are
assuming more and more of the
relief load, and expressed belief
that they will increase their aid
the coming two years, at least.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-30
Pure LaZineSS' Called
Poor Writing Basis

the wrong and the right way to
write. Deploring the fact that
the right way stayed with the
pupil only a short time, he said:
"These examples here are
from children in the sixth and
seventh grades. Almost perfect!
Yet these children, unless they
are unusual, will go out in the
world and begin to write in any
manner that comes easiest to
them. The results may have
more character, but they will
also be more difficult to read"
Admitting that writing correctly,
using the approved muscular fore
arm method required a little
more trouble, Buchtenkircher said
that most people preferred TO
"ScraWl."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-30
LAND INTEREST
RATE GETS0.K.
international News Service


Overriding opposition by the
Farm Credit Administration, the
House Agriculture Committee ap-
proved a measure extending until
July /, 1899, the 31a per cent
emergency" interest rate on Fed
eral land bank loans.
A provision in the bill would
then raise the rate to 4 per cent,
l per cent under the original rate
authorized in 1888 and cut twice
since by Congress.
In testimony before the COM
mittee, FCA Director William 1.
Myers warned that continuation
of the emergency rate might pre-
Cipitate a land boom with "seri-
GUS" effects on land values.
Another provision of the meas
ure reduces from to 4 per cent
the interest rate on the banks
commissioner" loans.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-30
Greek Orthodox Priest
Offers Special Prayer

A special prayer for President
Roosevelt, the flood sufferers, and
the American people in general will
be offered here today and to-
morrow.
This prayer will be made by the
Rev. Thomas Daniels in the Greek
Orthodox Church of SIS. Constan-
tine and Helen, Sixth and C Streets
Southwest. The text of the prayer
was composed by the Rev Daniels
in honor of his silver jubilee as a
priest and his seventeenth year as
pastor of the Greek church.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-30
All Planes Grounded
For Battle Of Crater

PETERSBURG, Va, April 80.
No planes will be allowed to fly
over the battlefield while the
Battle of the Crater is being re-
enacted today.
Orders grounding all planes
were issued by State authorities.
who explained it would not be
safe to have planes flying over
the crowd. which is expected to
number between 10000 and $4,000.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-30
Night Games Listed

Four cities in the reorganized
Southeastern League will have
night games for the first time this
season. Equipment is being in
stalled at Mobile, Pensacola, Mer-
idian and Selma. Montgomery
and Jackson were among the early
minor league towns to play night
ball, the Jackson field beng
equipped in 1929 and the park at
Montgomery the following season.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-30
Moose Director Dies

AURORA, Ill, April 80 G.N.S).
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow for George NJ Warde,
68, general dictator of the Loyal
Order of Moose, who died yester-
day at his home here. He was
a former resident of Erie, Pa.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-04-30
HAS
ANNIVERSARY

Extensive plans are being made
today by the firm of Moskin's, 729
Seventh st. N. W., for the sale
tomorrow which will mark the
thirtieth anniversary Of the cloth
ing firms founding.
Shortly after the turn Of the
century, when credit stores were
a rarity, the cornerstone Of the
first store in the Moskin's chain
was laid in Lima, Ohio, and since
that time the firm has been a
leader in it's field.
Today the firm has stores in
more than 100 cities.
Headline front page news
@ .tisAIs AL,lnl Glni.. >, sAnEL
Evening star., 1937-07-27
TRANSATLANTIC AIR
SUBSIDIES STUDIED
Maritime Commission Expected
to Report to President
Within 90 Dayx.

Granting of subsidies for opera :
ton OF transatlantic Air transport
service is being studded by the Mari
time Commission, which u expected
to deliver its report TO the President
within 90 days.
There now Is bill pending before
Congress which would prohibit award
ing OF contracts for Atlantic
airmail service, making subsidy pay
ments impossible. This measure would
permit the Post Once Department
TO put mail aboard the best availa BILE
carrier on a poundage basis. 1t is the
purpose Of this bill to prevent the
establishment OF 4 monopoly, feared
II \ contract were awarded to .
single company.
The Maritime Commission study
was discussed with the President YES
terday At his first conference with the
1nterdepartmental Committee on
Civil International Aviation, OF which
Kennedy Is a member. At this con-
ference Kennedy was authorized for
mally to 60 ahead with the subsidy
studies. He revealed after the con-
ference, however, that the Maritime
Commission Already has made a GOOD
start on these studies and will be
ready to report in the Fall. when Pan
American Airways and British I'm
perial Airways are expected to begin
regular service across the Atlantic.
Evening star., 1937-07-27
MAI. GEN. SUMNER
DIES IN BROOKL|NE
Veteran of Two Wars Had
Long Career in United
States Army.

Maj Gen. Samuel S. Sumner, 95
U. S. A., retired, veteran of the Civil
and Spanish-American Wars, died yes
terday at his home in Brookline. Mass
it was announced by the War Depart
ment.
Gen. Sumner, native of Carlisle
Pa, was the son Of Maj, Gen Edwin v.
Sumner, whom he served as aide afte.
joining the Cavalry in this city as a
second lieutenant in June, 1861
His Civil War service also included
duty as aide to Gems. Wool. Burnside
and Parke. With his regiment, just
after the close of the war, he served as
escort to Gen. Grant here.
Several times he was raised in rank
for meritorious service at Antietam,
Fair Oaks, Vicksburg and jackson,
Miss.
After the Civil War, he took part
in number OF campaigns against the
Indians. Later. in the Spanish Amer
ican War, he was awarded the Silver
Star Citation for service during the
Battle of San Juan
He WAS military Attache at the
American Embassy in London in 1900,
until ordered to command a brigade
in China relief expedition. He after
ward saw service in the Philippines
and then as commander of the Depart
ment Of Missouri. the Southwestern
Division and Pacific Division. Gen.
Sumner was a member Of the Ex-
amining Boards here in 1893. He was
retired in 1906
Surviving are a niece. Mrs. C. Her
bert Halcomb. Brookline. and 4
nephew, Brig. Gen. John NJ. Carson,
retired, living in Connecticut.
Evening star., 1937-07-27
VIGILANCE CALLED
FREE PRESS PRICi,
Preservation of Independe'
Papers Vital to q. S.. Asserts
Clark Howell.

BY the Associated PTe@.
ATLANTA, July 27.-Clark Howe,
publisher of the Constitution, declarcs
here today that preservation Of . free
press is the only certain way to fore
stall "the depredations Of plutocracy
on one hand, Of predatory poverty on
the other"
Howell was chief speaker on today's
program Of the Atlanta Kiwanis Club.
James r. Gray. vice president and edi-
tor Of the Atlanta journal. and Her
bert Porter, publisher Of the Atlanta
Georgian and American, were special
guests. The club today paid trtpute
to Atlantas newspapers.
Howell said the Nations newspapers
are unfettered now but warned "the
price Of freedom is eternal vigilance"
He cited fortnight criticism Of Pres-
ident Roosevelt by widely read column.
lists As evidence that American news-
papers are filling without fear their
vital role Of "censors" for the Gov.
ernment.
The speaker cited As . milestone In
our history" the Supreme Courts in
valuation Of tax on newspaper az
vertising which was passed by the
Louisiana Legislature Of 1884 "at the
instance Of the late Senator Huey
Long"
Evening star., 1937-07-27
HOOVER is GIVEN
GOLD BADGE, WATCH
He Also Gets a Sombrero, a Stack
of kilograms on 20th Year
in Bureau.

J Edgar Hoover. director Of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, today
is carrying a new gold badge.
1t WAS presented to him yesterday by
associates in the bureau. in observance
Of the twentieth anniversary OF his
appointment to the Department of
Justice.
He also was showing friends an
engraved watch. a sombrero given BY
Tom Mix and a stack of letters and
telegrAms from admirers in all parts
OF the Nation and from abroad
Among the letters was this one from
Attorney General Homer Cummings:
Dear Edgar-For 20 years you have
been trusted member of the Depart
ment of Justice. 1t is 4 record of
distinguished public service. rendered
with zeal, fidelity and intelligence.
Yours has been a difficult task
but you have discharged it in a man
ner that has won the confidence Of
your associates and the high favor
OF your countrymen. I cannot let the
anniversary pass without sending you
my affectionate greetings and my best
wishes for your continued success in
the days to come"
Many others prominent in pubic
life sent fluctuations during the day.