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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-25
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A WIRL OF
THE GLOBE

Opinions expressed in this
column do not necessarily
agree with those of The Gill
zen).
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-25

When Wall Street bulls go on ram
page again it will be news.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-25

IF Congress would do less sojourning
and more adiourning, the country would
be better off.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-25

Genius is more common among men
according to a psychologist. But he added
so is idiocy.'
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-25
RICH AND PooR ALIKE

Southern congressman in the
closing hours tried desperately TO
add amendments to the Wage and
Hour bill which would soften
some of its disproportionate dis
elimination against the South.
Congressman Ramspect of Geor-
gia tried desperately 10 get con-
sideration OF his thought that the
country should be divided into
sections, the prevailing wage cs-
tahlished, and proportionate in
crease determined, then he tried
70 make an easier Increase Of
wages under the bill. but al To
no avail. Northern republicans
pushed the bin through and in
the late hours yesterday Il was
passed in the House 3f4 to %.
Well. eiitoTializing on the unfair
ness Of the measure will not
change il for the present. We
must watch its application. and
point oui how unfair il Is 10 de-
mand the same payment from
two sections Of the country. which
are not equally productive
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-25

The q told you SOS" are numerous in
Key West today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-25

The installation of a radio COM
pass has been completed on the
Tender Ivy, flagship of the light
house fleet of the seventh light
house district, which is in port for
repairs to hull and machinery.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-15
Tree Conscious

New York City is becoming more and more tree conscious. Recently the Park Department announced that any prop erty owners who desire trees planted along streets and sidewalks can have this done, with life maintenance, for about $45 per tree This may seem like quite a large sum to spend on a solitary tree, but it really isn't when you think of the value that you will receive And in addi- tion to that the owner need never con- cern himself about it's proper care That will be entrusted to trained men who will watch the tree and protect it at all times.
 New York'S Park Department has been endeavoring to encourage private prop erty owners to have more trees planted in this way for some few years now. It doesn't go out and force anybody but it makes the facts known so that if there are interested persons, they'll know just what they can get for the money thev care to spend. European linden, pin oak, Norway maple, and the plane tree are some of the varieties that have been found suitable for New York City,
 Doubtless this policy is followed in many other cities and towns In some places the town does all the work and even foots the bill for the orie hal plant ing. But in many communi' $ property owners band together and establish an avenue of nice trees that in future years will not only provide the benefits of shade and beauty, but will also enhance the value of the property they border. Tree planting is something we can't get enough of so fast do we cut down our trees today.
 There is still much room for improve ment here in Waterbury, We think that plan of wholesale tree planting, pri- vately and publicly, some day would make us forget for time the woes and worries of the times.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-15
Twice In One Day

Evidently the President still continues to helieve that the press of the nation is not his best medium of expression. Long ago it was brought home to the Fourth Estate that President Roosevelt didn't take too kindly to the remarks of the gentlemen of the press relative to ms conduct of the affairs of government. lie prefers to enter the homes of the nation through the medium of the radlo. 50 twice yesterday he brought message to the American people. The first time It was in the form of special message to Congress, urging it to use extraordlnary means to combat the recession; the sec ond time it was fireside radio chat, heard last night from 10:3O to Il p. m.
 There were many good suggestions advanced by MT. Roosevelt yesterday to aid in restoring normal business condi- tions in this nation The need of more pump priming through government means is readily accepted by most of us for it seems the easiest and sureSt way out of our present-day difficulties But all through the remarks from the White House last night there seemed to run current of thought as if the people were to blame for the plight in which they found themselves. It was as if the Pres ident was trying to say that having lifted the nation out of the rut back in 1883 he didn't expect to find similar state of affairs in 1888
 In other words the administrations skirts are clean in this latest business recession. It had no part in it and can- not be blamed at all for it. That is quite different from the situation in 1883 when all of us were piling everything on Her bert Hoover and his administration. To- day it's the people who are at fault, per haps not all of them but certainly some of them, and not the system. There are many who would differ with that belief and rightly, too After all, present-day conditions, if they be repetition of 1929- B, must be traceable to many evils It is obvious that, for all the New Deal, it has failed to correct them; in fact, in in- stances has intensified them.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-15
Individualisnl

It is evident that Henry Ford regards himself as typical, old-fashioned Ameri- can From his perch on the pinnacle of business success, he breaches the gospel of individualism with complete sincerity. Yet he operates the biggest system of col lective industry ever assembled in the world by one man. It does not seem to occur to him that hundreds of thousands of men lost their individualism, as workers, in creating his.
 There is no right or wrong about that - it is just the way things are As Tennyson wrote three-quarters of cen- tury ago, when he saw the industrial era developing, "The individual withers, and the world is more and more" Control becomes collective, whether in a system of private enterprise like ours or one of state enterprise like Stalins or Hitler's.
 Lately we see a general stuggle de- veloping in America between these two forms of collectivity - private and public. We still hold to the former But will there ever be another Henry Ford, building and governing such personal economic empire? Probably not. He may be the last great American individualist.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-15

individual may not have to pay as much, but there will be another individual who will assume the loss. There's only one real way to get lower taxes and that's to provide less government Government costs money and we're paying for it in the United States
 It may be federal, state or local, but all together come to a pretty sum which must be collected in diverse ways from those of us who make up the taxpaying citizenry. And there aren't many who are omitted from this list today. Just because a man isn't property don't think he isn't being assessed for his proper share of taxes Even the rent he pays for his house or his apartment contains it's definite proportion of tax money. In the light of this discouraging outlook we can only hope that somebody seeking for tax utopia will start with the thought that taxes defray certain services When these are curtailed, so will the taxes.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-15
The Ever-Present Tax

With all the discussion that is taking place these days on elimination of taxes, substitution of new ones for old increases and decreases, it does seem as if some where in this fair land of ours an indi- vidual might hit on a scheme that would work generally. Much is said now, as it was several years ago, about broadening the tax base so that certain inequalities will be ironed out. This is a very mis- leading expression The average tax payer believes that by widening the tax base, he'll be relieved of some intolerable burden.
 In the strict sense of taxes he won't. The load will simply be spread over larger number of individual taxes, thus relieving the burden in some one par ticular instance. But so far as we can see widening the tax base has never defi- nitely lcSsened the amount of taxes. One
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-15

We'll, the 18th of April slipped by and we don't notice that in Waterbury there was any marked enthusiasm over the fact that it was the birthday of Thomas Jeff ferson. Late in March President Frank lin D. Roosevelt issued proclamation calling on the nation to observe April 13 as Jefferson's Birthday. It's kind of hard to buck the combination of Lincoln's and Washington's Birthdays in February. They seem to be about the only two of our presidents to whom we pay special honor. But there's no reason why Jeffer- son should be overlooked In his own way he did as much, if not more, for the foundation and furtherance of this nation than Washington and Lincoln A great man Jefferson, accomplished, progress sive, and farsighted We really should make Jefferson's Birthday on April 13 an occasion for some type of proper cele- bration
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-15

It's good to see the downtown streets crowded with people as they have been the last few days. The combination of pre-Easter bargain-hunting and early summer weather was responsible for the crush, of course But we hope that it con- tinues and that the buying public real izes that it's confidence in local business houses will be returned in the form of more and steadier employment Easter like Christmas, is one of the joyous sea- sons of the year. And we might point out that it is the religious significance of both days which makes them such. In times such as we are now experiencing people should recognize the religious rather than the commercial and social side of the occasion.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-15
Current Comment

T don't see the slightest reason for saying this country is going to the dogs. People have said that ever since was born.
 George Lyman Kittredge, a
 professor at Harvard for 48
 years. If the people in our country would stop arguing Fascism against Communism and try to dwell, in- stead, on the blessings of Democ- racy, they'd permanently benefit themselves. ~ James J. Walker, former may
 or of New York City. We never had enough food. I've had better food in jail than I've had since was married.
 Mrs. Margaret Thomsen, West
 Babylon, N. Y., accused oi
 murdering her two children
 rather than see them die of starvation.
 
 The harQeSC part O1 lntrCQuClnS the instrument into banks was in getting the presidents and high ex- ecutives to submit to tests.
 pr. William Marston, origina-
 tor of the blood pressure test.
 for honesty.
 
 America is the lone bulwark against the destruction of liberty and freedom.
 Thomas Mann.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-15
A Book a Day
Lusty Saga of Lumberjacks

The lusty paths of the Ameri- can lumberjack have all but faded out in the new growth of farms and towns and cities that followed their wake from Maine to Oregon. And it is high time that the saga of the tall timbers be adequately re- corded.
 Stewart H. Holbrook, himself a logger, has done this in his rousing book, Holy Old Mackinaw' Macmillan: $3) and one will go a long way to match his epic tale.
 Epic because the American lum- berjack is certainly one of the most colorful characters the na- tion ever produced. In his hey day he cut mighty swath across the continent, opening up whole states, pushing back whole iron tiers, and for that matter he still swings through the dark forests of the Pacific northwest.
 But the lumberjack, 1888 brand is far cry from the tobacco chawing, two-fisted, hard-drinking helions who laid low the Maine woods in the early 1800s, moved on with majestic sweep to Michi- gan and Minnesota still later, and finally hit trails end in the far west only a few years ago. They boasted of 'logger's smallpox, pits on their bodies left by steel calked boots of their opponents worked 14-hour days and they felled so much timber that at one time in Bangor the channel to the sea clogged with pine slabs ano the army dredges had to clear il out.
 But the ax went on swinging and the timber barons moved scarcely a jump ahead buying ul whole townships at 12 1-2 cents tt $1.25 an acre. Roaring camps ant gaudy ladies followed close be- hind. Then suddenly the whol' business stopped as quickly almos as it had started. The big job wa done.
 So MT. Holbrook writes of ; vanishing race of strong men ant his book is likely to be the bes definite history of this rambling logger that we are likely to see fo some time.-P. G. F.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-15
Swing King 8 Cause" Fan

Swing King 8 Cause" Fan
 During a luncheon with Alfred Hitchcock, the famous and corpu- lent British film director, he seemed to be more concerned about the per- lection of the steak and ice cream than about the future of motion pictures. And he is always that way, I hear.
 You know Benny Goodman as the tune-mad swing king, but off the podium, I have found him a breeding, sincere fellow who usual ly is heels up to head in one cause or another.
 Anna May Wong was just as exotic and Oriental when I called upon her at the Algonquin some time back as she appears in the celluloid.
 If Katharine Cornell seems like an intent and serious lady onstage she is equally so offstage. And seeing her as Mrs. Guthrie McClin- tic, visitors at her handsome home near the East river have found her admirably domestic.
 When ushered into Maurice Chevalier's dressing room at the Folies Bergere in Paris last year, found quiescent fellow who was much more interested in getting back to his chateau on the Riviera than in the night life of Mont martre.
 On the other hand, Mile. Jose phine Baker was the perennial dis penser of gaiety who was getting ready to attend a a. m. party. Drop in on Tallulah Bankhead some evening (by appointment of course) and you will find a tur- bulent and comedy young lady there who is eager to talk and who is mol the embodiment of levity she has been depicted.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-15

It seems that legislators down in Wash ington are being overworked At least that's the impression obtained from read ing about moving sidewalk" that is being proposed to carry members of the House of Representatives from their off ces to the Capitol. It would be installed in subway linking the two buildings, the cost to be $175,0OO. Legislative jeal- ousy no doubt prompted this idea; the Senate has miniature electric railroad, linking it's office building with the Cap itol.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-15

Al was delivering Rex's speeches, despite all his "crack-pot" ideas. La Guardia vs. Bankers
 The five-year jail sentence meted out to Richard Whitney, ex-head of the New York Stock Exchange, recalls the uncanny &C., curacy with which Fiorello La Guardia has called a spade a spade on some of the country's biggest financial shots.
 Three of the big money boys have tried to discredit Ficrello
 but in the end have been dis
 credited themselves.
 The first was Sam InsuII. who attacked La Guardia for 8 radio speech the latter made while in the House of Representatives, 1nsull demanded that La Guardia be barred from the air. Shortly afterWard, INSULL WAS IN EXILE, himself barred from many nations by fear of prosecution.
 Second Joseph Wright Hartman, head of the Hartman National Bank, launched bitter attacks against La Guardia for his criti- cism of the bankers. Hartman even went to the extent of taking full page advertisements in the New York newspapers to voice his disapproval of the Manhattan congressman.
 .. Later Hartman was arrested for falsifying the banks books and misapplying it's funds, escaped from sanitarium, tried to com- init suicide with a kitchen knife. and finally WAS SENTENCED TO LEWISBURG PENITEN- TIARY.
 Last, Richard Whitney was brought to Washington by the House Judiciary Committee in 1882, where he deliberately turned his back on Ia Guardia, a mem Der of the committee and refused to answer his questions on the short sales bill and the re-or- ganization of the stock exchange. WHITNEY NOW IS IN SING SING.
 Merry-Go-Round
 Reports that Republican sena- tors staged a strike" to force Vice-President Garner to appoint Senator H. Styles Bridges to the IVA Investigating committee had no more substance than Bridges charge that the IVA paid $2,60O for a mule. First, he is person. ally not popular with his col leagues; and second, even before the probe was authorized, twelve of the seventeen COP senators told Garner they would not serve on it because they didn't want to stay in Washington this summer. ... In the past five years claims totaling $914,025, ,781 filed by h. dian tribes for alleged breaches of treaties have been settled by the government for $776,67O. Among the pending claims is one by the Sioux Indians for $863,- 100000.
 Copyright, 1888, by United
 Feature Syndicate, Incl
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-15
In New York
By GEORGE ROSS

New York, April 15-To the in- evitable query, Don't all those folk look and sound alike to you by now?"-the inevitable retort is an emphatic negative. There is a singular characteristic for each famed personality.
 Let's turn the pages of this re- porter's notebook:
 Sylvia Sidney seemed to me, first time called upon her, to be the personification of the Vassar senior, for she had campus air about her that is not inherent in 8 motion picture star.
 Interviewing Jed Harris was a task, for he has an irresistible de- sire to turn right about and inter view his interviewer.
 John Steinbeck, the literary sen sation of the year, is shy even in casual conversation and won't talk unless pressed for a statement.
 George Arliss always seems short and impatient with scriveners and his pet abhorrence, hear, is fe- male Fourth Estater.
 Burgess Meredith is the most in- formal celebrity around here. Though no other actor has come to replace him as the towns mat inee idol, he affects no pose or showy exterior and completely lacks self-consciousness.
 Ben Hecht lives up to an estab- lished reputation, when he is sounding off to men with note books, by consistent cynical at- titude about almost everything.
 Sinclair Lewis can hit harder with the spoken word when he is given the floor than most writers and he likes to act out the part of any person he happens to be talk ing about.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-15
Selected Poem
PROUD MISTER POLLIWOG

an Parker in the Christian Science Monite There was little Polliwog
 Who had lovely tail And he was very proud of it
 And said to Mister Snail: "Oh, don't you think it's beautiful? Oh, don't you think it's fine? On, don't you wish you had a tail AS wonderful as mine?" "Just wait" said Mister Snail,
 Until you change into a frog, And then you won't have any tail, Proud Mister Polliwog!" Then Mister Polli waved his tail And blinked his eyes with rage. He said, "I'll always keep my tail, No matter what my age!" But one day, Mister Snail came down To find the polliwog. Though Mister Polli was not there, He found wee, green frog. "Oh, Mister Snail find you're right. For tails have no use now, And one who boasted of tail,
 should think just goose, now!"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-15

l. What is pedologist?
 2. Name the capital of the Amer ican Virgin Islands.
 3. What is the score of forfeited football game?
 4. On what sort of food do cha meleonS live?
 5. Who was George Crabbe?
 6. How many cubic inches are in one gallon?
 '. Which is the largest island in the British West Indies?
 8. What crop is damaged by the boil weevil?
 g. Who wrote "The Count o1 Monte CriSto?"
 10. What animal is named levia- than in the Bible?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-15

was rapidly corrected by an Italian importer, who stated that an Italian cheese with all the delectable char acteristics of Gorgonzola was known as early as 905 A. D. While the rivalry between Roque- fort and Gorgonzola is usually maintaineV with a certain amount of decorum, yet for those who in- cline to become little too ardent in their discussion of comparative merits let it be said that each is in- comparable in it's proper environ ment. Epicurean taste ayers that fitness must govern the selection of so important. a dish as cheese.
 There is no denying that for sandwiches to be eaten in the woods that border the River Marne nothing can take the place of Ro- quefort. It is the only kind of cheese imaginable for picnic in the gar den of Versailles, to be eaten with the long sticks of bread the bakers boy leaves wedged between the railings of ones backyard, at dim hour of the morning. It is the one and only cheese to flavor the leaf of endive or the dish of stuffed es- cargots, at the Restaurant du Chat Blanc" It is always in its right place in the Paris autobus, in the great shiny bag containing half a rabbit, two ounces of butter, a leaf or two of lettuce, one "egg of today" an onion, carrot, and succulent bone.
 For a lunch on the hillside of Tuscany, however, Gorgonzola, is the cheese. An then. where the Arno zigzags from one vine-terraced level to another, where hang the green and golden grapes, it is the one and only accompaniment to the broad, round slices of Italian bread.
 It is simple matter. Roquefort or Gorgonzola, the cheese must fit place and circumstances.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-15
Questions and
 Answers
Copyright 1888. NEA
By Frederick M Kerby

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED Enclose a three-cent stamp for reply when addressing any ques- ton of fact or information to the Waterbury Democrats Service Bu- reau at Washington. Legal and medical advice cannot be given. nor can extended research be un- dertaBen. Be sure all mail is ad- dressed to the WATERBURY DEMOCRATS SERVICE BU- REAU, 1913 Thirteenth Street, Washington, D. c.
 THE EDITOR o. When was President Roose- welt stricken with infantile paraly- sis?
 A. August, 1921.
 Q. How is Shawangunk ill New York Sta a..aa pronounced?
 A. Sh1-g-gum, with short vow els.
 Q. Who played the role of "Fa-
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-15
Daily Almanac

Moon rises 746 p. m.
 Sun rises 515 a. m.; sets 6:30 D. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty minutes after sunset
 The evening song of the robin is beautiful these nights. Far down in the woods comes the raucous cry of the bue- jay and the crow. The chickadee fits from tree to tree his Cheery message swelling with the breeze. Feathered friends are arriving in pairs and flocks for another summer in our northern cline.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-15
Fitness Of Q Cheese
Rivalry Between Roquefort, Gorgonzola Cheeses
 Still Rages = Each Satisfies
,inite Time, Place.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

When the sixteen century poet wrote "The moone is made of a greene cheese" he might have meant Roquefort, he might have alluded to Gorgonzola, for both have enough of the green in them to qualify for such verse, and both are historic.
 Some casual statement in the New York Hearld Tribune recently, inn plying that the invention of Cor gonzola followed that of Roquefort,