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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-31

were generally designed to ach-
ieve just that, not to smear the
questionee.
One witness was Federal Re-
serve Chairman Eccles, represen-
tative of right-wing Administra-
ton opinion. Mr.. Eccles, who has
long advocated immediate bud
get-balancing, attributed the bust
ness slump to soldiers bonus pay
ment, which accentuated infla-
tionary sentiment, and to strikes,
increased operating costs for the
railroads, lack of expansion by
utilities and the governments eff
fort to reduce its contribution TO
consumer spending power. He
said it was necessary to reduce
'monopolisticaIly controIIe d
prices and wages which are now
Too high"
Another witness was General
Motors William Knudsen, who
described the dilemma in the au-
tomotive industry, the amazingly
fast drop in new and used car
buying, spoke of fear psycholo-
gy@ as factor IN producing bad
timess4and attribHted5tAis in part
70 geTernment's Sttitnde ut9Eard
business A -sInsilaE reBiRion was
expressed by Robert Wood 4Sears
Roebuek President, who said that
business lacks confidence and IS.
scared and observed that the,
businessman '-has been dubbed
over the head many times" Mr..
Wood also said that number of
specific factors led to tee current
slump. including: Overproduction
in the spring of 1886; sterilization
of gold; increased Federal Reserve
requirements, and the fact that
private spending did not take up
the slack when the government
began slowing down some Of its
emergency activities.
All of these witnesses likewise
agreed that abnormally large in
ventories had contributed to the
unprecedented sharpness of the
decline last fall and early winter.
The inventory situation is gradu-
ally being corrected now. and in
some industries recent figures in
dictate that inventories are ex-
ceedingly low-one of the main
facts on which the many econom-
lists who look for an upturn this
spring or summer put their hopes.
So the debate goes on. In the.
meantime. the actual business in
dices have not changed much late
", with Improvement in some
lines Offset by further declines in
others.
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TOTAL COSTS OF
Gee OPERATIONS
ARE SUBMITTED
FIGURES SUPPLIED ON Ac-
INVITES IN FLORIDA By
NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF
ORGANIZATION


JACKSONVILLE. Fla, Jan. 81
FNSl.-Total ccc operating
costs in Florida for last yearswere
S4,3O5. 2so.2l. according to figures
supplied the State Welfare Board
BY Robert Fechner. national d.
rector. il was announced here to-
day by Clayton C. codringson.
state welfare commissioner. Il
was estimated that Florida en-
roIlecs formally allotted Sl,7ss.-
22625 70 their dependents during
the same period.
The director stated that records
compiled by the u. S. Bureau Of
Census showed that CCC enroll
lees had planted $500. 900 trees.
improved $4,000 acres OF forest for
timber growth, built rs lookout
towers and houses and removed
fire hazards from 13.653 acres.
The forest protection and ira-
provesnent work By the cCc has
helped to safeguard Florida for
estx and parks. from five hazards
50 that these valuable natural re-
sources viii become Of increasing
value 70 the citizens Of the state
Director Fechner commented
Statistics complied IN Washing.
ton disclosed that an average OF
q ccC camps were operated in
the state during the fiscal year.
The average number Of young
men and war veterans from the
state who participated in the
program during 1897 was given as
1890. the department stating
that each boy enrolled in the
Corps remained for about nine
months before being discharged
70 accept employment The work
program advanced b CCC camps
furnished healfhful outdoor en-
ployment to a total % 6.S94 en-
rolled Florida men Is az Novem-
Der l. 1887.
The major task Of the forest
camps during the year vas the
continuation Of > program design
ed - hold forest fire losses to
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-31
LEGALS
NOTICE or MASTEn.S SaIE


NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN. that
under and bx virtue of ard pursuant
10 that certain decree made and
entered on the 22nd day ~ January.
A H. 1855. hx the Honorable Arthur
Gomez. one 81 the Judges OF the
Circuit Court 81 the Eleventh Judi
cial Circuit ~ the state af Ftnrfsla.
IN and for Monroe Ceunfs. Florida.
IN thMncers. IN that certain cause
therein pending wherein 4. Morales
- riaintfff and = n Martin 81
living. and Il dead. the heirs. devil
sees EF&ntees or other claimants
1nder the said = ~ Martha. RAY
moud r Lord receiver for the
Tropical Building ard Investment
cofnpanx - Key West. Florida
John Gates 1rs Haude y esIIhert
tnee curtlsl. Richard = Gilbert.
her husband ard Alex curry. IL
AVtng. ard * dead. the heirs. devil
sees grantees or ether r1aimants
under The sid Alex Garry. are de-
fene@nts. 4hs underzignsd Special
Master IN chaaeerH. appointed ~
sid decree. Vii affer fer sale Al
pablic outcrY 70 the highest bidder.
Ter cash before the freng deer ~
TIE Go0ntY Coart Huu~e- Ia Key
West, Mouree CONT Florida. %
Mondax. The 1fh dav 81 Narch A
p 1854 fsause being a rale day Il
sid ceer1 and legal sales dzyt
durtnE the legal hoars ~ sale. to-
Nit- hetNeeu Il cscteck n the fore
uoen ard : u'eieck in the &fsernoan
e said d4y. TIE fofloWlng dezrrsf.e.g
property - Muaros Ceanry. Flariaz.
81 satisfy sid decree - pasment
- TIE auloant therein Specified
on the Island ~ kef Wess
kaoWn - Let fosrtean gf4l IN
square Three 80 - =
tiaNe-s sfzaEran1 - TrArE Ten
tfR4- HaN8aE a frons II Pity
tSei feet "a Eazisa street ard
extrHding kaEk SEVENTY ~fne
tzsf fees sesr1 - Inrhss
THOMAS : ftAEn
SeeEl3f Master = gshanr4rr
WILLIAM = ALAf-RV
AttuFarE 3ar tiafnflff
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ECONOMIC HICHLIGHTS

Happenings That Affect the Dinner Pals, Dividend
Checks and Tax Bills of Every Individual; Ma
tiOnal and International Problems Insep-
arabic From Local Welfare
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SAVES BANK $4,000

cleveIand.-Last spring. during
a holdup in which the robbers got
$l8.866, Miss Mary ProbaIa, %,
ran into a washroom of the Lor-
ain Street Bank and stayed. Rec
emily, when three robbers enter
ed the bank. she followed her orr
ginal impulse, ran into the wash
room IN which a burglar alarm
had been installed. sounded it
and saved the bank $4,000. The
men obtained only $4,000 on the
counter and fled.
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minimum and to prevent future
fires. A total of 5.272 man-days
was spent BY enrollees during the
year in fighting fires.
Al enrollees are certified to the
CCC BY the State Welfare Board
through its various district agen-
cies. The Board also furnished
transportation to and from aanp
to enroliees. and IN offer ways
has apart intha Algepfsssdk
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-31
Trouble Brewinq

The roar of the engines of the
political machines can be heard in
the garages. II won't be long now.
Buffalo News.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-31

An unpublished. unproduced
play may be copyrighted at the
register of copyrights. Library Of
Congress. Washington, D. c. The
fee is 81.
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Apparently

It takes all kinds to make UP
an electorate. including the silent
vote and the noisy non-vote-
Des Moines Register.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-31

Federal-aid and emergency
funds for highway development
have provided nearly 5000, 900
months of employment in the
past four years.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-31

One of the most remarkable
prodigies ever known was Will
liam Henry West Betty (I7s1-
1870, who appeared in the heav-
lest Shakespearean roles at the
age of IL.
The Washington times., 1938-04-05
By Helen Essary

he seemed a man who had all the answers. If he
was reluctant about telling what he thought
well he just wasn't in the mood for talking at the
moment
However, the very morning of his congressional
appearance he decided at o'clock after hours
Of restless tossing on his bed that he simply
couldn't stay in his room another second. So he
arose and dressed and walked up and down for
an hour or So Then he thought he'd go to Union
Station and watch the trains come in. He used
to like the "depo" when he was boy. He soon
discovered at the station a theatrical troupe
huddled together waiting for their train to 60.
So he wandered over, for bit of companionship.
They were lighthearted crowd and welcomed
him cheerfully. For an hour or so they all sat
and talked Then he helped them on the train
with their luggage. Went back home Saw it was
7 o'clock. Drank much coffee. Ate little break.
fast, drank more coffee. And soon heaven be
praised, it was time for him to testify.
SS0H, these Washington ladies'" sighed Con.
" necticut Avenue milliner. "They wear hats
that make them look like chairmen of commit.
tees. Now you, Madame if do say it, the way
that feather stands up on your hat. May be
permitted to advise that it does nothing for you?
Now the New York ladies'"
All, the New York ladies! I saw one tripping
down Park Avenue the other day with dusty
pink straw sailor over which was draped dusty
pink veil. The veil reached below the hem Of the
hiplength coat Of her tailored black suit.
The Washington times., 1938-04-05

By Evalw Walsh Mclean

Then, you hear 50 much talk about the
wealthy Mrs. This or Mrs. That having an affair
with this or that man. Now let us get right
down to the plain facts Again. suppose you
had unlimited income, you are lonely, your chill
dren are either already married or leading their
own hves-would you sit in your house with
your hands folded, night after night2 doubt
it very much. It has always been my firm con-
viction that 90 out Of 100 women are funda-
mentally good, but they want admiration and
attention, amusement. They see the shadows
Of old age descending on them slowly but surely
so can you blame them for having an attractive
man around to take them dancing or help keep
up their courage? It's easy enough to criticize,
but generally when the money changes hands
and goes to people who are not accustomed to
handling it, they go to far greater extremes
than my friends down there do.
The Washington times., 1938-04-05
Monhunt!
HGzen Home Painter
Drunk, to. Jail

Commission Melvin C. Hazen
was looking today for a man to
complete painting his home, 1929
Sixteenth st. N. w.
The job was interrupted at the
halfway mark yesterday by the
arrest of Daniel Burke, of the
600 block F st. N. W., on a charge
of intoXication.
Sentenced today by Police
Judge John P. Mcmahon to IS
days in jail, Burke explained he
had been unable to find a helper
and "took couple Of nips" while
he was out scouting.
The Washington times., 1938-04-05
SINGER IN PLEA
FOR PARENTS

Yasha Davidoff, youthful opera
and concert star, is in Washing
ton to obtain for his mother and
father safe transport from the
perils of Shanghai to the compare
tive peace Of Hollywood.
Davidoff, whose bass-baritone
has been heard here only by radio,
visited the State Department yes.
terday and talked for more than
an hour with officials who prom
ised that his parents would be
given special quota consideration.
II tremble every time I read
the news from China" he said.
They have been through so
much and I want them to come
Dack to America to live quietly
at last"
The singer, who speaks perfect
English, was born in New York.
His father was a composer
ductor and his mother a pianist,
In 1918. when Yasha was five,
they returned to Russia to settle
an estate, and were caught by the
war. When revolution tore Rus.
STA, the family escaped to China
on the last train that passed over
the border, bearing refugees, and
there, in Hardin and in Shanghai.
Davidoff starred in opera before
he was 20.
Il left in 1882" he said, "and
arrived at Seattle with five dol.
lars in my pocket on the day
that Roosevelt was elected.
There I got a radio contract
but left to go to San Fran
CISCO"
Accustomed to a year and six
months of opera and four of SYM
phony, Davidoff reached San
Francisco just as the season was
closing, but the next year he sang
at the opera house.
Since then he has sung in al.
most every unsteady important
city in the United States. Now
visiting friends in Chevy Chase,
he will leave for Hollywood with.
in the next few days to join DR..
Hugo Strelitzer, musical director
Of the opera school at Los Angeles,
In an opera to be produced soon,
The Washington times., 1938-04-05
DRIVER INJURED
IN AUTO CRASH

Frank A. Cardillo, 40, was pain
fully injured, two automobiles seri-
ously damaged and an electric
light pole snapped from its base in
a collision at Tenth and r Streets
Northwest today.
Cardillo, who lives at 3911
Northampton st. N. W.. was taken
to Garfield Hospital with head
and leg abrasions and a possible
fractured left shoulder. Police
said he drove one of the cars and
that Martin N. Harris, %, of 3158
o st. N. w., drove the other.
Three children were recovering
from injuries received in District
traffic last night and yesterday.
Two-year-old Mary Deal, of 1882
Quebec st. N. w., was struck by an
automobile near her home last
night. She was treated by a pr.
vate physician.
Ennis Coles, 4, of 1890 Morris
Rd. S. E., fell from a car near
Bennings, D. C. He was taken
home after treatment at Calm
ger Hospital. ,t
Elijah Williams, 10, colored, OF
1881 Thirtieth st. N. w., was hit
by a car in the 1900 block Of
Thirtieth st. N. w. He was taken
to Emergency Hospital with posi-
BILE fractured ribs.
Billie Gum, SIS, of 2O10 L st
N. w., was struck by q machine
at Twentieth and L Streets North
west. After first-aid treatment al
Emergency Hospital, Gum was
transferred to Gallinger Hospital
where his condition was described
as undetermined"
The Washington times., 1938-04-05

is on this little strip Of land.
When you consider that this
was nothing but a swamp at
one time. you will realize that
. far-seeing and wonderful
man Henry M. Flagler was
and now they have Just fin
tshed the beautiful white road
way stretching to the sea, con-
Meeting Key West with the
mainland, another marvellous
feat Of mans ingenuity. Many
years ago I took this same
route over a very shakv trestle
The Washington times., 1938-04-05
Hard Work Is No Joke

TAKE the young boys starting life with big
fortune. Can you blame them for not get
ting out and working like dog? Hard work is
no joke, as everybody knows, and I am willing
to bet my last dollar that if you fathers and
mothers had unlimited money. and the chance
to give your children everything they wanted,
you would do the same It is only human nature.
Now, don't blame my friends if they want to
play bridge, have racing stables and lead their
own lives and don't blame the youngsters for
going off the track when money is never even
given thought-there's so much of it but what
do blame people for-the rich and the poor
alike-is being unkind to those who serve them,
being Stingy with their money and, above all,
deliberately breaking up another home.
If there could be more of, as the old saying
goes, See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil,
this world would be much happier place. And
think that applies especially to Palm Beach.
The Washington times., 1938-04-05

Prof Lewis Haney
The "crisis" to which !. refer has lain in the
question whether the New Deal politicians would
be able to ride through and maintain their
power Could they have done so, it is probable
that we would have had to wait for another
severe depression before the error of their ways
could be sufficiently demonstrated Now, how.
ever, every move they make shows that they are
on the defensive.
There is a good chance that we may be saved
from the "sharethewealth" program, which has
rapidly been turning the nation into a combi-
nation free soup kitchen and public workhouse.
Only as Last Resort
VIE plain fact is that the people have begun
= to realize the significance Of business uncer-
The Washington times., 1938-04-05
PLAY SCHEDULED

Members Of the Langley Com.
munity Center and the North
Capital Citizens Association will
present MRS. Bumpstead Leigh,
former starring vehicle of Mrs.
Minnie Madden Fiske, at the
Langley Junior High School, First
and T Streets Northwest, tonight
at $3.50 p. m. Pauline Oak will play
the lead.
The Washington times., 1938-04-05

CA0OA w UI4k1S OuG GQeH TOO
1ong-hidden charm.
This gentleman, great Sc
cret> is, I understand, a mix
ture Of John the Baptist and
David Belasco. He is also a
newspaperman, a young one.
full Of hope and good stage
management.
The party Of Lincoln, Cool
idge and Hoover has decided
that it has been dormant for
too many years-six in fact.
Although a bear may hiber-
The Washington times., 1938-04-05

tainty and fear Of political interference. They
do not have to be told that business men do
not close down plants and cut salaries for the
fun OF it. Investors don't dump securities on
the market just to see them crash. These things
mean huge losses, and come only as last resort.
SO the people are rallying to defend our demo-
cratic form OF Government, which means that
politics will not be allowed to control business
And the Government, realizing too late the seri-
BUSINESS OF the situation is trying to restore
business.
Congress can no longer be called a rubber
stamp.
The President finds that he is not inclined
to be a dictator, and admits that he is no good
for the part.
The Washington times., 1938-04-05
IN NEW JOB

Miss Berniece E. Leary, special
consultant in elementary educa.
ton here, will be one of the more
than 80 visiting faculty members
teaching at, the University of Wis.
consin this summer.
The Washington times., 1938-04-05
Armed Forces Here Readu
For Big Parade TOMORROW

The tramp of marching men
will echo on Constitution Avenue
again tomorrow at 1:45 p. m. as
Washington stages what is ex-
pected to be it's most colorful
Army Day parade, on the twenty
first anniversary of the entry of
the United States into the World
War.
All the armed serviceS-t h e
The Washington times., 1938-04-05
|COncOrdia Players
To Present Judith

The Concordia Players will pre-
sent the four-act Biblical drama
Judith, at the Concordia Little
Theater, Twentieth and G North.
west. Friday and Saturday eve.
ningS at 8 o'clock.
The play is staged under the
direction Of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl B.
Phillippi
The Washington times., 1938-04-05

The New Dealers at first
believed that the depression
would soon come to an end,
and that they could then, ride
the following upturn without
much loss of prestige. This is
no longer a possibility. Not
only in this country, but in
France, the New Deal pro
grams have proved their un-
soundness. They have failed
to prevent deep depressions.
They have failed to bring
prompt recovery.
The Washington times., 1938-04-05
Confidence, the Need

Confidence, the Need
WHAT the past two weeks have meant is that
" we are coming to our senses.
Last week saw pretty general recognition
that the usual spring rise will be short of normal
and that unless basis for business confidence
is soon restored, the depression will be intensified
this summer.
But if I am right about the crisis being passed
and if our democracy is now beginning to func-
ton again, both in politics and economics the
recovery will begin soon.
This nation doesn't need more money. It
needs confidence in the money it has, and GER
tainly that those who make money honestly
will be allowed to keep it. And we now seem
nearer to these conditions than at any time in
five years.
The Washington times., 1938-04-05
ENGINEER SPEAKS

Cosmopolitan Club will hear a
discussion of transportation prob
lens in Washington at 1890 p. m.
Thursday at the Carlton Hotel.
Dean j. Locke, engineer for the
Capital Transit Company, will be
principal speaker.
The Washington times., 1938-04-05
Tale of a Washington Night

TUE newest professor in town. Thurlow Arnold
just come down from Yale to be Assistant
Attorney General, seems to be man Of poise and
self assurance. Actually, so his intmates say, he
Is the most nervous, self-conscious fellow in the
academicpolitical world. When he bravely testi-
fled last week on the day Of his confirmation
before the Judiciary Committee Of the Senate,
The Washington times., 1938-04-05

nate for many winter, an elephant can't at.
ford to. Therefore. we shall learn very soon of
the geniuses and the world savers among the
Grand Old Partyites. Said qualities, so hear,
have been common to the G. o. p for decades.
Only the minority leaders haven't had Charles
Michelson's adroit publicity to discover them for
the voting populace.
The Washington times., 1938-04-05
Numbers Players
Rely on 'HunCh'
In Making Bets
Odds Are Reduced
On Dangerous"
Combinations

When the numbers game first
became recognized as a profitable
racket in Washington several years
ago the great bulk Of the players
were colored and the average bet
was only a penny.
Now the game has broadened
to embrace several thousand white
citizens and the average bet has
increased to 20 cents with 81 and
IS bet not at all unusual.
But the "hunch" is still the mo-
ttvating force behind the selection
OF numbers to play although elab-
crate systems have been developed
and books showing exactly how
many times any given number
combination has chit" are now
on sale.
REDUCE ODDS
Strange factors influence the
selection Of number combinations
and when the play becomes heavy
on various groupings of selected
d1gits, brokers issue cards reduc-
ing the odds they will pay from
60O-to-1 to 400-to-1.
Recently a broker issued a card
to his writer's and collectors listing
10 number combinations as dan.
gerous and warning that the odds
on them had been reduced until
further notice.
POPULAR NUMBERS
When Chester Gould, who draws
Dick Tracy for the Herald in.
Scribed CG-619 on the prov of a
Coast Guard Cutter figuring al
most daily in the comic strip the
numerals became one Of the hot
test combinations played in local
numbers game brokerage houses.
Numbers brokers are fearful Of
dangerous number combinations
because unlike horse racing the
play" is limited and it takes
longer to win back losses.
SCATTERS BETS
One broker who handles both
numbers and horse race bets
pointed out that If a customer
wagerS 50 on a long-shot horse and
collects his winnings are limited
to $50. The customer wants to
make a killing so he continues to
bet. He may scatter his winnings
over several tracks and the longer
he keeps on betting the broker
knows that his customers chances
OF losing back his winnings are
greater.
Big winners in the numbers
game usually divert their win
nings to payments on debts or for
a new car. If they continue play.
ing numbers, their bets unlike
those Of the horse player, remain
low.
The Washington times., 1938-04-05
My Say

MY LITTLE family and have left Palm
AVA Beach, the beauty spot Of the world. have
travelled all over q great many countries but
have yet to see more natural beauty than there
The Washington times., 1938-04-05

Army, the Navy, the Marine
Corps, displaying their artillery
and antiaircratt guns, tanks and
-armored cars-will sweep down
the avenue.
The parade will start at the
East Plaza Of the Capitol, move
along Constitution Avenue to Sew.
enteenth Street. and there pass
the presidential reviewing stand.
The Washington times., 1938-04-05
World of Finance By LEXIS Hauey

NEW YoRK-The past week or two have
marked crisis in the economic life Of this
country
The Washington times., 1938-04-05

Daddy was a special here to six
year-old Loretta Bonos, 1887 Mon
tague st. N. w., today.
Constantine A. Bonos, Wash
ington landscape architect,
climbed a tall tree in front of his
home to rescue Loretta's Pct cat.