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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05
A CITY OF RESIDENCES

During community service program
at the Rotary luncheon last week one OF
the speakers asserted key West should
be center of residences rather than a
cheap tourist town" He added that the
coming of large numbers of tourists to the
city will benefit principally operators of
roominghouses, restaurants and filling sta
tons.
There is no question of the value of
many residences. AS pointed out in these
columns last week that section south of
United street between Whitehead and
White streets alone will carry 100 or more
fine homes and represent total invest
ment of approximately 100000. Many
old houses are being restored and re-
modelled, many new residences are spring
ing up all over the island Those sections
zoned for residences should be protected
from all commercial Entertainments that
our new residents may enjoy life in the
most beheficent climate to be found any
where in the United States.
But the city of Key West cannot and
should not attempt to discourage the
every effort to make it worth while for the
tourist to come here. A Key West trip is
virtually the only side trip available to
tourists wintering in the Miami area
When they arrive here to look us over we
should welcome them, entertain and amuse
them and send them away singing praises
over our hospitality.
After all, others besides operators of
roominghouses, filling stations and res
taurants benefit from their coming. The
hotels benefit, the night clubs benefit, the
charter boatmen benefit, the gift shops
and stores benefit and the host of men and
women employed and supported by vir-
tually every enterprise in the city bene-
fit.
Broadly speaking, the entire state
and all of Monroe county and Key West
benefit from tourist influx. The state
gets the gasoline taxes on every car that
makes the round trip to Key West from
the mainland, the Overseas Highway
Bridge District commission gets the tolls
enabling it to pay off the highway in
debtedness and the county and the city
tax collectors will be able to collect a
greater volume of taxes from an employed
group of taxpayers.
Therefore, The Citizen believes that
Key West should do two things-make the
city attractive to those who want to lead
quiet home lives and at the same time make
provision for receiving and handling
large volume of tourist traffic One need
not interfere with the other
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05
T E 8 T Y GU r
X N OW L E ID G E
Can you answer seven OF these
test questions? Turn 70
Page 4 for the answers

/. On which continent are the
Andes Mountains?
2. What is the largest item in
the operating expenses OF
railroads?
8. Who holds the worlds land
speed record?
4. In what year did the Ameri-
can Civil War end?
S. Under which department of
the Federal Government is
the u. S. Patent Office?
6. Who was the first widow of
President to receive a
pension from the federal
government?
z. On what river is the city of
Fairbanks, Alaska?
5. What is the tympanic men,
brane of the human ear
commonly called?
8. Who wrote the Americans
Creed?
10. What is the product of Va
multiplied by "a?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN

WILL always seek the truth and print it
without fear and without favor; never be
afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right;
always fight fer progress; never be the or
gan or the .mouthpiece of any person, clique,
faction or class; always do its utmost for the
public welfare; never tolerate corruption or
injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue
conmead good done by individual or organ
ization; tolerant of Others rights, views and
opinions; print only news that will elevate
and not eontaminate the reader; never COM
promise with principle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05
THE HIGHWAY
miami Daily News


The Overseas highway commission has taken
step for which the motoring public has been
clamoring for many months. 1t has petitioned
the PWA for enough money to run the western
end of the Overseas highway over the old rail-
road trestle into Key West Contemplated in the
program. cost of which is estimated at $1,325 900
are surfacing of the railroad trestle between
Grassy key and Marathon key and from Big Pine
key into Key West
1t has been an unwelcome shock to the
tourist TO drive than two-thirds the distance
TO the island city the strong, smooth concrete
trestle and then suddenly find himself rafting
over oumpy asphalt roads and rickety wooden
bridges
The completion of the highway according to
the original program is both desirable and neces-
sary. II IS to be hoped the PwA viii not be hest
tant in recognizing the need and allotting the
funds
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05
NATIONAL DEBTS

The increasing size of the national
debt of this country has caused many citi-
zens deep concern. We are not among
those who look lightly upon an enlarged
national Indebtedness.
AT the same time, we are not among
those who see disaster inevitably ahead 1t
is worth recalling that the national debt
of Great Britain is larger than the national
debt of the United States, although the
population of Great Britain is about one
third that of the United States.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05
KEY WEST IN
DAYS GONE BY
happenings Here just 10 Years
Ago Today As Taken From
The Files of The Citizen

-Four out of five of the local
candidates who will run on in
dependent tickets in the coming
election were confronted with a
barrier at the meeting of the
county commissioners last night
Each of the quintet had filed the
required petitions with the neces-
sary amount of signatures of bona
fide citizens, requesting that their
names be placed on the ballot for
the election. Attorney Malone
read the law which prescribes
that any person who participated
in the primary either as candi-
date or voter cannot have his
name printed on the ballot as a
candidate in the general election.
This does not prohibit any one
from running, said the attorney,
but his name must be written on
the ballot in the space allowed
for the names.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05

DR.. Howard Gray. who operated on
James Roosevelt. the Presidents son, for
stomach ulcers, speaking before group
of his professional colleagues. implied that
il is distinction to have stomach ulcers
The ailment is mainly due to the fast pace
Of modern life. Men who are always on
the 80. who are always keyed. are most
susceptible TO peptic troubles. DR.. Gray
thinks ulcers are almost compliment to a
man. After this disclosure it will become
fashionable to have an liberated stomach
as was appendicitis in former days. and
when the doctor informs the patient that
he has ulcers in his stomach. he will hear
the news not with distress but with a de-
gree Of citation believing himself aligned
with the great.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05

There will be an immense
throng of people at the conven-
ton of Spanish War Veterans to
be held in Havana, as indicated
by the crowds which are going
through this port with the sailing
of each steamer. On the P. and
o. Steamer Governor Cobb last
night there were AL passengers
and there are a large numbers in
the city today arriving on the
morning train and large num-
Der expected this evening.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05

Postmaster-General Farley is missing
fire. Speaking of the Presidents grip on the
public, he said there is no rival statesman
on the horizon at present that can success
fully challenge his influence at the ballot
box" How does this statement stand in
the balance with what the voters did to his
attempted purge during the recent pri-
maries?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PEOPLES FORUM
sesessseesesssssssssssss
APPRECIATION
Works Progress Administration
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APPRECIATION
Works Progress Administration
of Florida
Robert U. Dill,
State Administrator
e Front Whitehead SITS.
Key West, Florida,
October 4, 1888.
Mr.. L. P. Artman, Publisher,
The Key West Citizen,
Key West, Florida.
Dear Mr.. Artman:
In making up my monthly re-
port for the State Office and for
Washington on the Federal Art
Project, I am delighted to note
that you have given us very won
derful publicity in your paper
covering the varied activities of
the Key West Community Art
Center. l appreciate this very
much because with this coopera-
ton on your part, my burden is
lightened in the promotion of a
civic center for Key West, stress
ing the cultural side of life for
the citizens of the community
and encouraging their participa-
ton in the better things of life.
/ shall take the opportunity to
point out to our State Publicity
Director the very fine work you
are doing for us in giving space
TO our announcements and our
programs for exhibitions and
free classes. ao
Thanking you, am
Very sincerely yours,
F. TOWNSEND MORGAN,
Director, Key West Community
Art Center.
FTM:W 9.
&C: Miss Buford Mecklin,
State Publicity Secretary,
Jacksonville, Florida.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05

The report of the state auditors
who recently checked the ac-
counts of the clerk of the Cir
cult Court, D. z. Filler. finds the
records of the county in such de-
plorable shape that another and
more complete check of the
clerks accounts are made as re-
quested by the. county commas
sioners in telesranpto the gov
ernor. Despite the fact that
Clerk Filler said That he had &c
ceived no word from the audi
tors, as xvas announced in The
Citizen. This paper was aware
of the, fact that the report was
received Tuesday from ITALIA
hassee, and the clerk had been
called before an executive ses-
sion of the commissioners We'd
nesday for an explanation. The
report mentions an apparent dis
'crepancy of SD, 900 in the tax re-
demption certificate department.
This, it is shown, is state fund
and would not affect the county's
accounts, since handling these ac-
counts the clerk merely acts for
the state. The auditors were
handicapped by the continued ill
ness of Mr.. Filler and the audit
could not be completed as it
should have been without the
presence of Mr.. Filler to answer
some questions.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05
THE WEATHER

orally fair tonight and Thurs
day; moderate northeasterly
winds. possibly fresh at times.
Florida: Generally fair tonight
and Thursday except possibly
light showers near the southeast
coast.
Jacksonville to Florida Straits
and East Gulf: Moderate to
OCCASIONALLY fresh northeasterly
winds; partly overcast weather
tonight ard Thursday with scat
tered showers over south portion.
portion.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05

A newspaper absolutely reflects a
community, and when you criticize your
paper, you are criticizing yourself The
height of assininity is criticism from one
who is neither subscriber nor an adver-
tiser
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05

Good letterheads make favorable
impression, in fact they reflect the char
acter of the business. and yet there are
business men in Key West who are willing
TO write their letters on any old scrap of
paper.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05

Prof. Robert H. Goddard of
Clark Univ, Worcester, Mass,
noted physicist of rocket fame,
born in Worcester, Sc years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05

Correct this sentence: 81 help to build
up Key West by buying what l want from
statesmen and mail-order houses
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05

at the time U. S. Commissioner.
Funeral services will be held 4
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon from
the residence.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05

It's good idea to consult your lawyer
before getting into a lawsuit. and the same
reasoning applies to consulting your ply
stefan.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05

DIR. John Erskine of Columbia
University, president of the JUL
lard School of Music and noted
novelist, born in New York, SO
years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05

Everybody thinks that the safety de-
vice is for the other fellow.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05

Propaganda is the dope sent out by
the other side.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05

If you want to see two master-minds
engaged in ponderous problem, watch
two fellows playing checkers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05

Louis Bolts of New York City
artist, born at Little Rock, Ark,
65 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05
Observation-Disclosures
Today5s Birthdays
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

ar DR.. Peyton Rous, noted patho-
logist of the Rockefeller Insti-
tute for Medical Research, born
in Baltimore, SO years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05

Louise Dresser, actress, born a
Evansville, Ind, Sc years.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

/. Water and Sewerage
2 Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning).
3. Hotels and Apartments
4. Bathing Pavilion.
5. Airports-Land and Sea.
6. Consolidation of County and City
Governments.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05

Mrs. Venetia Lowe Otto, IA,
passed away this morning in the
home at Ala Simonton street.
She was a native of Key West
and widow of the late Julius Otto,
who died - years ago and was
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05

Tug Arago, of Seattle, that
grounded yesterday on Eastern
Sanibel Reef, was so badly dam
aged by striking the shoal that
the entire crew of six took to life
boats and headed for Key West,
and arrived here last night, it is
said. The crew reported the
wreck to the local naval station,
and the Coast Guard Cutter Sau-
kee was sent to the scene. Cap
tain c. G. Hanson, of the Sau-
kee, reportd the Arago as going
to pieces rapidly. and expressed
the opinion she would be a total
loss. The Saukee salvaged all
available stuff from the illfated
tug.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05

No trouble to buy at PAUL'S
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05

Editorial comment: If auto
mobiles were built more for serv-
ice than for speed, if they were
so constructed that only a certain
number of miles per hour could
be driven, the highways would
be much safer for travel.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05

Pay by the week at PAUL'S
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05

Buy on the Budget plan at Paul's
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-05
WEATHER FORECAST

(Till 7:30 p. M. Thursday
Key West and Vicinity: Gen
Evening star., 1938-08-25
Two for Garbo.

IRETA GARBO will return to Hol-
lywood November l to start work
on two new Metro -GoldWyn- -Mayer
Evening star., 1938-08-25
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing.

Earle-"Give Me Sailor" farce
with different Martha Raye: II am,
1:45, 4:25, ITO and 9:55 pm. Stage
shows: 12:45, $3.50, 6;l5 and 9 pm.
Capitol-"Woman Against Woman,
Virginia Bruce and Mary Astor are
the women; Herbert Marshall is the
man: 11:10 am, 1:55, 4:40, 7:30 and
1915 pm. Stage shows: 12:45, $50
6:15 and 9:05 pm.
Metropolitan-"A Farewell to Arms,
revival of the Gary Cooper Helen
Hayes success: 1875 am, 1875, 3:35
5:35, 7:35 and $40 pm.
Palace-"The Crowd Roars," Mr.
Taylor is fighter Miss O'Sullivan a
millionaire's daughter: II am, LOS
3:l5, 5:25, 7:35 and Gas pm.
Columbia-"Love Finds ANDY Har.
dy," Mickey Rooney has three CIR
friends: 11:15 am, 1:20, 1925, $50
7:35 and GAS pm.
Keith's "Carefree," Rogers ane
Astaire together again: 1874 am.
lit. 3, 4:43, 626, 500 and 9:52 pm
Trans-Lux-News and shorts Con.
tinuous from 10 am. to midnight.
Little-"The White Sister" revival
OF the Helen Hayes hit: II am, 1:05
3:05. $40, 1920 and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1938-08-25


the most impressive barn theaters in
New England
Calling the Country Playhouse q
barn" is being more idiomatic than
accurate, 1t is located right in the
town of Westport. which. even grant
Ing the antiquity of New England
hardly seems right for barn. More
over, the facade is fairly clustered
with balconies, terraces and other
architectural ornaments that do vio-
lence to the traditional conception OF
a barn, even one converted to a man
ger for art
The theater, owned by Lawrence
Langner. who makes his money as a
patent attorney and spends it as a
theatrical producer, does look more
like barn than metropolitan show
shop. 1t is of frame construction
seats 43l persons, has a great many
towns. like NorWalk, Darien. Bridge
port, to draw upon and usually does
very good business. Actually it is
one of the most profitable laboratory
theater enterprises in this part of the
world. Or in any other for that
matter.
Direction of the enterprise is en-
trusted to Day Tuttle, also in charge
at Mount Kisco, and the business
management is in the capable hands
of Richard Skinner.
Prior to Broadway" indicative OF
the experimental aspects of the thea
ters work, is bit of information
that has appeared on the billing OF
four productions this. season. In spite
of the Use of some of the organiza-
tion's most capable acting talent, and
despite also the guilds high quality
of production, three of the four plays
looked so far prior to Broadway they
probably never will get there
One of the dramas in which the
guild had high hope was Fools Hill. y
AS winner of the Bureau of New
Plays prize it presumably is the high
est art achieved by young Ameri-
can playwright Westport and Mount
Kiscp audiences-or guinea pigs-pro-
claimed Fools Hill. hopelessly
errant folly AS result Washington
audiences will not have to bother
doing the same thing.
x X X X
OF THE three other plays little
gem of the "On Borrowed Time
genre turned up to delight the heart
of the guild. 1t is called Dame Ma
ture" and deals with piquant humor
with the tangled affairs of the mod
ern adolescent. 1t is going into pro-
duction almost Immediately with such
Evening star., 1938-08-25
Trans.LuX to Show
March of Time

HE latest issue of the March of
Time" will be shown at the Trans
Lux beginning Friday. This is the
release dealing with the traffic prob
lem and Tangier as threat to Brit
aims Gibraltar
Other subjects booked by the thea
ter to support its 35 minutes of news
shots are Bit and Bride" camera
visit to Aiken. S. c., where trotters,
PAGERS and steeplechasers are trained
Evening star., 1938-08-25

pictures. The first of these will be
"Ninotchka," by Melchior Lengyel
Jacques Deval is now preparing the
screen version. The second will be
an adaptation Of the biography. Ma
dame Curie," translated by Vincent
Sheehan.
Evening star., 1938-08-25

confidence behind it that a number
of the groups talented performers
are smiling enormous smiles of salts
faction, Audiences which saw Dame
Nature were delighted, convincing the
guild that the movies and Independent
play producers (such as George Alb
bott, Jed Harris and others) have
something in dramas dealing with
children. AS matter of fact, in
view of the success of stories favored
with youthful characters, it seems
pretty silly of playwrights to ponder
other subjects these days.
With Shaw back in vogue again
candida" "On the Rocks" Heart
break House'-the guild gave him a
hearing in its current production OF
The Millionairess Westport audi
ences found Mr.. Shaw, definitely want
ing in this particular number. So
indeed, did this department, which
saw Jessie Royce Lands, Onslow Ste
vens, Barry Thompson and other tai
ented guild players struggle through
two hours of boring verbosity which
looked strangely like Shavian jest.
In a preface which sounds consid-
erably more consequential than the
play Mr.. Shaw says of The Million
alresS' that although this does not
pretend to be anything more than
comedy of humorous and curious
contemporary characters, yet it raises
question that has troubled human
life and nodded human society since
the creation"
The question is the effect of too
much money upon a woman and her
effect. in turn, upon her immediate
environment and society in general
The poor lady, it seems, is a tartar
like figure driven wild at one mo-
ment by the feeling of power which
her money gives her to buy up and
remake the world; driven wild at the
next moment by her powerlessness to
get In touch with humanity because
of the insulating quality of her mil
lions.
The guild is not going to do any
more about it, nor has it any inten-
ton of further endeavors on behalf OF
the fourth prior to Broadway" num-
Der, which was called The Inner
Light"
WESTPORT waits and strays: More
dramatic than Mr.. Shaw's con-
tribtion to the evening was that OF
Ina Claire, Washington's own.
Miss Claire. much unimpressed by the
play. chatted away gayly with her
companion until Morris Gest, who
wanted to hear the second act, turned
around and said "shhhhhhhh." Miss
Claire shhhhished. Located in
neighborhood which provides a
summer resting place for many stars
of the stage, Westport probably draws
more professionals among its audi
ence than any other summer theater
D.. There is the story that when
Anna May Wong played here the
house was so overladen with celebri-
ties that critic observed: "All the
talent is on the wrong side of the
footlights." Although located in
town, the grounds of the theater are
spacious enough to look like park
And the intermissions are long enough
to give every one a thorough outing
Evening star., 1938-08-25

his
tu wa"
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co-stars with Virginia Bruce, will take
brief vacation before reporting to
Walter Wanger to play in Trade
Winds"
Evening star., 1938-08-25

and children learn about horses at a
very early age, and cinderella Meets
Fella,' "Merrie Melody color car
toon.
Evening star., 1938-08-25
Readings Scheduled
BV Amy VeerhOf.

A MY L. VEERHOFF will present a
group of readings from the works
Of Katherine Mansfield at the regular
afternoon tea next Monday given by
the Washington Branch of the Ameri-
can Association of University Women
in its club quarters.
Miss Veerhof, a member of the
organization. played leading role in
the Washington Civic Theater produc-
ton Of "Lysistrata" last season.
Evening star., 1938-08-25

A ADJUSTMENTS.
Evening star., 1938-08-25
Westport Is Theater Guilds
Preseason Laboratory
Dame Nature Proves One Out of Four
Plays Tried to Go On F;cm
Country Playhouse.
By JAY CARMODY.

IEsPoRT Conn Aug 25 have been wondering what the
M Theater Guild
doing
in
a all the world like
Evening star., 1938-08-25
Build Power Plants.

Huge hydroelectric plants are to be
constructed at the Genissait Water
falls on the Rhone and the Aigle
Waterfalls on the Moyenne- -Dordogne
both in France.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-03-30
Executive Council
Elect New Officers

The Executive Council of the
Vancs+Franklin county Young Peo-
ple's Union was entertained at sup
per Tuesday evening at the First
Methodist church by Mrs. r. +.
Brown, in behalf of the Young Peo-
pies Division of the church.
After supper at the Council meet
ing, the election of officers was held
along with other business. Officers
are: president of the Vance-Franklin
county Young Peoples union, Miss
Lucille Cothran, of Henderson,; vice
president, Miss Jane Fuller, of Louis
burg; secretary, Joseph Winn, EPSON
assistant secretary and treasurer,
Robert Rowland, of Bobbitt; adult
councillor, Rev. J. G. Phillips, pas
tor at Louisburg.
Rev. S. E. Mercer, of Franklinton
and Rev. J. G.. Phillips, of Louisburg
were present with the group of young
DeOple