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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08
HERE'S AN OLD FRIEND

A casual reader of news finds himself
entranced, now and then, by advance news
of coming styles.
Last week we ran across an old friend.
the hat-pin, which, we are warned, is COM
ing back to keep hats in place on TOP of
women's heads, or wherever and at what
ever angle they may be worn.
THE old-fashioned hatpin in glOrified
FORM" say reporters in the know. which.
roughly translated, means that the little
gadgets will cost plenty of mans ducats
What is worse. they will likely stick into
human eyes, the meat of modern Washers
and. occasionally, the heads of those who
rashly push them through what is often
laughingly referred to as a hat
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08
TIME FOR ALIBIS PAST

Congress can no longer think up work
able alibis if it refuses to repeal or drastic
ally amend the undistributed profits and
capital gains taxes.
Scores of leading economists and news
papers have gone on record as saying that
these taxes are largely responsible fOr, the
business slump. The larger businesses of
the country are solidly aligned against the
taxes. And now it is apparent that small
business has taken a similar position. At
the recent meeting of representative little
business men, in Washington, these TWO
taxes came in for almost unanimous criti-
cism.
Furthermore, halfway measures won't
do. These taxes must be radically changed
if business is to be encouraged in this
country.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08
KEY WEST IN
DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here Just TO Years
Ago Today As Taken From
The Files of The Citizen

Every property owner IN the
city who owes the county de-
Iinauent taxes can settle upon
the same terms recently granted
to r c. Perky. provided his
property has been equally over
assessed, members OF the board
Of county commissioners an
n0unce- Mr.. Perky was being
asked 10 pay twice as much TO
the county each year as was be
ing asked of the Florida East
Coast Railway. members of the
board show. He owns $4,000 acres
Of Key land. and more than d.
600 of this is low and swampy
Much of it IS worth almost Moth
ing. Yet he has been asked to
pay taxes on valuation of from
$50 to 500 per acre on every
square foot of this land. In 1924
his taxes were $4,000, and in
1925 he was asked to pay more
than $4,000 on exactly the same
property.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08
DICTATOR WAYS

Readers Interested in the ways of a
dietator-cOntrolled country might get a
few points from the recent action of the
Italian government in expelling a Hungar-
ian journalist because of his general atti-
tude''
The visiting gentleman of the press
was not very careful in concealing his an
tipathy to Fascist principles and practices.
This attitude was not appreciated and
he was repeatedly warned Later. the
visitor was expelled although he had serv-
ed five years as a newspaper man in Rome.
Before leaving Italy the Hungarian
returned to the Italian government a medal
that has been conferred upon him by Mar
shall GRAHAM for his services in Somaliland
during the Ethiopian conflict
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08
Who KNOWS?
tsee The Answers on Pase ~

lSee The Answers on Page 81
l. Is 1898 considered a grass
hopper year?
2 How many persons viii
make income tax returns this
year?
3 Do blood tests reveal the
existence Of the germ OF syphilis?
1. When was the Labor De
Dartment created2
s. How many physicians are
there in the United States?
8. What portion of the pOpu-
lation is dependent upon govern
mental aid2
7. What percentage of railroad
mileage is being operated by re-
ceivers?
g. How many persons are on
the relief rolls of WPA?
9. What is the largest airplane
hangar in the world?
10. How much do American
sportsmen pay each year in hunt
ing licenses?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08

Mrs MeNutt. wife of the commits
sioner to the Philippines, whose husband
Paul Worries McNutt. is a Bargis-is-willin
candidate for the presidency in 1910. says
if her spouse is elected to the presidency,
he will be the handsomest president the
United States ever had. MeNutt's hand
some physiognOmy may be the very thing
that will defeat him. We have enough of
handsome presidents: what we want is
another Lincoln in appearance and honesty
of purpose. Now who can qualify? Gov
ernor Cone for one!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08
LOANS TO SMALL BUSINESSES

The need of small industry for
source of long-term credit. to be used in
expansion. Is admitted ard the government
of the United States. through various off
Gals. IS studying the problem in the hope
Of providing adequate financing.
There are many difficulties ahead,
however. before plan will be devised that
viii solve the credit needs of the little bust
ness man and. at the same time. reasonably
protect the government against loss OBJ
Saasiy. such loans should not be made on
> basis Of expecting 10 lose the money
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08

Looks like there is a little argument
up as to whether Miami or Tampa is Flor
ida's most wicked city. Believe we know
one that's got it on both of 'em.-Brooks-
vile Journal. jacksonville or Key West?
Queries the ever righteous Tampa Tribune
Why pick on us. we amt done nothing =?
But levity aside. if with the completion of
the road to the mainland We are not
vigilant and allow all the riff-raff with
evil designs to come to our shores, trans
formation will develop. and Key West
like Miami. Jacksonville and Tampa-be-
come a wicked city.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08
WEATHER FORECAST

CTill 7:30 p. m, Wednesday,
Key West and Vicinity: Gener-
ally fair tonight and Wednesday;
not much change in temperature;
moderate northeast to east winds.
Florida: Generally fair tonight
and Wednesday; slightly warmer
in extreme north portion tonight.
Jacksonville to Florida Straits
and East Gulf: Moderate north
east to east winds, and partly
overcast weather tonight and
Wednesday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08

Another enthusiastic visitor and
Key West booster Is Henry Deck
CT. New York. president of Henry
Decker Limited. advertising firm,
who arrived yesterday. Il Ger
tainly like il here and expect 10
make you an extended visit next
winter. The visitor is accom-
panied by his constant pal. Nee
Zoo. a thoroughbred chow dog
from China, of which he is very
proud
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08

For years The Citizen has inveighed
against the practice of voters TO put into
office and maintain in office officials who
persiStentIy refused to pay their taxes: it
eontended that no one should feed at the
public trough unless his hands were clean;
that il was an imposition on all those who
did pay their taxes to be governed BY tax
dodgers. And this indictment holds good
for the future. For the present. however
the scene has changed and the Murphy
Act did the trick by washing off this fes-
tering spot from the eseuteheon of-not
the elect-but the elected. Now that oh
solution has been given. We hope It viii
stick.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08

Orestes Ferrara. Cuban ambas-
sador TO the United States. few
over from Havana on the Pan
American Always plane yester-
day enroute TO Washington. D. c.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Fer
rera. To Pilot Musick they said:
we congratulate you on the
wonderful trip and the marvellous
landing" They left by rail yes
terday evening.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08

The Lucky Dance. TO be given
at the K. c. Hut tomorrow night.
promises TO eclipse the Carnival
Dance which was given last Fri
day al the hall Manager Louis
CarbOneIl says that he was 50
pleased with the success Of the
Carnival dance he decided on the
Lucky one The lucky feature
viii not be disclosed until the
night Of the dance
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08

Burke calls for union of pro
greSsive conservatives" TO pre-
serve free enterprise.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08
FOUND

FOUND-Pair of child's spec
tacles, at conjunction of Palm
Avenue and the boulevard.
Owner may have same by ap-
plying at The Citizen office and
paying for this advertisement.
mar3-tf
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08

AT the meeting of the local WO-
mans Christian T empera n e
Union. held yesterday afternoon.
in the building Of the Woman's
Club. Mrs. ". ". Demeritt, local
essay director. reported the pub
lie schools in Key West have each
been assigned subjects on which
essays are to be written. Prizes
for the best essay are to be
awarded.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08
They say, is usually a liar.

In the early days, the settlers wor-
ried about the roaming Indians; now our
chief worries are the variegated taxes. The
Indians tomahawked their victims and soon
it was all over; now we are taxed to death
and it is a slow excruciating process. And
as the Indians gloated over their victims,
with sombre mien, just so do the tax col
lectors, but with haunting grin.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08

RENT A MOTO-SCOOT 10y hour
or day "A Treat That Can't
Be Beat. Moto-ScOot Service,
70l1z Duval street. mar4-12tx
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08

L. s. favorable trade balance
continued 10 Use in January.
Commerce Dept reports
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08
PERSONAL

HHrN OLD AT 4Ol GET PEP.
WElV New Ostrex Tonic Tab
lets contain raw oyster invig-
orators and other stimulants.
One dose starts new pep. Value
S1.O0. Special price CSC. Call.
write Gardner's Pharmacy.
jaR4-tue-thur-fri
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

1. Water and Sewerage
q Bridges to complete Road to Main
land.
3. Free Port.
4. Hotels and Apartments.
s. Bathing Pavilion.
6. Airports-Land and Sea.
z. Consolidation of County and City
Governments.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08
BICYCLES

BICYCLES FOR RENT, by hour,
day, week or month ]. R
Showers Company. nov2-tf
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08

You can say that your Jail is
alright, said State Prison Inspec-
tor A. L. Henderson, after the
regular tour of inspection was
completed yesterday afternoon.
after he had carefully gone over
everything in connection with the
local prison The jan is clean and
well kept was his conclusion.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08
FOR SALE

CORNER LOT. 50x1O0 feet. Cor
ner 5th and Staple Avenue.
Apply Box d, The Citizen
nov2-tf
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08

No one makes me quite as sick as
Secretary Harold Ickes.-Olin Miller
Few people are quite as quick as
We to defend Harold Iekes.-P. E. B.
You can beat your shirt and diekeys
On this way of rhyming Ickes.
Fort Myers News-Press.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08

TO SELL OR BUY REAL ES-
TATE or mortgage on Florida
KEYS. address E. r. Lowe. p. o.
Box q, Tavernier, Florida
nov9-tf
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08

FOR SALE-WOOden. two-apart-
ment house One block from
South Beach. Income produc-
ing Write Box Y, co The Citi-
zen. maT5-3tx
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08

The Citizen is the best all
round paper he has ever seen in
a city of this size, and the same
is true for the La COncha Hotel,
says Darden Allen, field secretary
of the American Automobile As
ISOLATION, who is here on a visit
Il have travelled through the
United States by auto, says MIR.
Allen. This means that l have
travelled leisurely and have had
time to form my own opinion of
cities and what they have to Of
fer. My business is such that it
brings me in contact with news
papers and hotels. And 1 have
never, anywhere, seen either a
better hotel nor a better newspa-
per in a city of this size.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08
CLASSIFIED
COLU M N
ssssOsesssssssssssseesse
FOR RENT

APARTMENT-One or two bed
rooms, shower and tub. Con-
tinuous hot water, GE refrig-
orator. See r. r. Lord, County
Court House. mar8-1wk
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08

FOR SALE-Frigidaire $50, and
girls bicycle, SIS. Apply 524
Elizabeth street. mars 3tx
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08
BOYS WANTED

BOYS WANTED-Ages IL to Is,
10 do pleasant educational work
afternoons and Saturdays Good
pay. Apply BY letter 10 j. T.
CO The Citizen mar8-1tx
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08
WANTED TO BUY

WANTED TO BUY-Sman house
and lot, for cash Must be rea-
sonable. Box r, Citizen Office
mars st
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08

LOST-Sman ladies' wrist watch,
Saturday night Liberal reward
if returned to DR.. DePoo, phone
CAT. mar8- IL
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08

A motorcade of 400 automobiles
carrying 1900 mobiles from the
Arabian Temple at Houston,
Texas, to the ShrinerS cOnven-
ton in Miami in May, may visit
Key West, is believed by the To-
cal Chamber of Commerce. The
party's schedule gives time for
visits to several Florida cities,
and according to the Chamber of
Commerce, it can be brought
here. The chamber has sent the
secretary of Arabian Temple an
invitation to visit Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08

Be good scout and let 'em enjoy
their poetic license.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-03-08

Barometer reading at 8 a. m:
Sea level, 1924.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09
Don't Miss This Chance

Automobile dealers throughout Water bury, as elsewhere, are observing Used Car Week. Golden opportunities are presented for the man who does not irl- tend to buy new car to turn in his old one and procure one that has already been driven, but which will satisfy many demands. The advantages of participat- ing in this opportunity are many. In the first place you can secure car that IS mechanically sound and well able to give you many more miles of service.
 In many instances cars, far better than the one you are now driving, can be procured for a sum far below their original selling point. They are real bar gains in every sense of the word. Motor iSts must realize that automobile dealers must unload stock. Nothing piles up more quickly than used cars. There are many motorists today who see benefits in &C., quiring new automobile once year. There are many more motorists who are unable to do this but who want to get something a little better than the car they are at present driving. Now's the time to make the profitable exchange.
 All authorities are agreed that such an observance as we now have here in Waterbury and throughout the nation is 4G lClllONCo 1lOlll Cllt ways many cars that are actually just so much junk. It also enables the man who feels he can't afford new car to get the next best thing - car that has been completely serviced and put into Al running condition for the purchaser who sees the good points in it, Don't let Used Car Week pass by without giving serious thought to active participation in it - buy yourself used car if you can't or don't want new one
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09

Arthur L. Clark, superintendent of the State Board of Fisheries and Game, thinks that Connecticut is being just 9 bit too drastic in it's fight to eradicate the mosquito in our midst. He claims that unless we desist from some of our drain- age projects there won't be a natural Wild-foWl refuge left in Connecticut. In particular he was referring to the drain age of saltwater marshes in which thousands of wild ducks congregate on their flights north and south over Con- necticut While the state board is trying to develop inland marsh areas for wild fowl protection, it is also necessary that some of those along our brief coastline be saved. Right now there is big mos quito elimination project afoot When it comes down to choosing between mosquitoes and ducks, the average man might say get rid of the mosquitoes no matter what happens to the ducks. We think that the elimination of the mos- quito and the preservation of the wild duck can be accomplished at one and the same time, if our agencies will only get together on their projects.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09
If Eden Comes to U. 5.

There is talk in the political haunts of London that Anthony Eden will be sent ito the United States as ambassador to Washington. If England is determined to move her youthful former foreign sec .retary out of the European picture there is no spot on earth where he would find "a warmer reception than in the United States and Canada In fact, 1t IS more than likely that this daShing, debonalr, .4O-year-old statesman who matched Wlts with the craftiest internationallstS ot Europe would be completely lionized ln this country. His charme is undenlable .and the fact that he was sacrificed on the ,altar of Britain's desire to conclllate Italy with American people feeling as they do about the Italian dictatorship - would make Eden popular hero here.
 The man himself is a fascinating figure. He was born the third son of the seventh ..baronet of West Auckland, left Eton when he was IT to join the Kings Royal Rifle Corps, emerging three years later as the British army's youngest brigade major land wearing military cross. After the war he spent four years at Oxford, spe- .cializing in Oriental languageS-a study which once enabled him to address the Aga Khan in fluent Persian. In 1923 he won a seat in Parliament and be- came Austen Chamberlains parliament ary secretary, stepped up to me under secretary, was named special envoy in .charge of disarmament negotiations, be- .came the brilliant "field manager" Of ,Britain's search for peace and then for ,eign secretary.
 :. Eden clashed with Mussolini over 1taly's conquest of Ethiopia and the two have .Eeen bitter political, and probably per .sonal enemies since. Eden fought the rising tide of totalitarianism in Europe
 and wanted his country to put up a
 strong front against it. That might have
 meant war and Britain chose the simpler
 way of a friendly gesture toward Italy, land Eden resigned
 It is impossible to imagine Eden stay ting out of public life, because he belongs .there and because England doesn't waste .her statesmanship. Eden is an unusual mixture of fashion plate and direct, angry faction. He rides, plays tennis and paints. His topper rides his head at jaunty .angle in the stiffest breeze and his trousers never lose a razor-edge crease. Married and the father of two children, he .still fascinates his feminine constituents. He is a cOnnoiSSeur of wines and likes .Garbo on the screen. His temper used to .be ungovernable and his profanity volu- .ble. He controls both now. If Great Britain decides to send Eden here, he wont lack for a royal welcome. We .could do lots worse things than adopt .him.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09
A Book a Day
New Ferber Novel of Life Contrasts

A great deal of America has splashed across the years since Edna Ferber turned out the first of her incomparable stories. But Miss Ferber hasn't missed much of it. From 50 Big" to "Cimarron" has has painted kaleidoscope picture.
 In her latest book. "Nobody's in Town" Doubleday, Doran: $2.0O, you find Miss Ferber as penetrat- ing as ever. Perhaps, even, a little sharper, as the years have quick ened her perceptions
 The book is really two novelettes. The first is ''Nobody's in Town," and the second is Trees Die at Top" Completely independent of each other in theme, they are yet linked in ironic implication.
 "Nobody's in Town" is the story of Patty Career, who would have been, had her husband made the money, a penthouse matron in the l East Sixties. The first breath of summer finds all of Patty's society friends off for the Continent, with the result that Patty feels herself terribly alone in vast, crowded Man. haitian.
 At least she thought nobody was in town. But there is where Miss Ferber's story really begins, explor- ing the warp and the wool of the real New York that goes on and on and on, summers or no summers. Her sketches of the garbage man who would be foreman some day, and the Harlem maid who washed for her jazzband husband at night are utterly human. And the book is a series of these vignettes.
 The second book is no less read able, dealing with the effete third generation. suffering" in a stream lined Pullman compartment across the continent to California, there to collect the $50,O00,0OO estate of a pioneer grandfather, who himself had migrated west in covered wagon.
 The contrasts of American life are Miss Ferber's meat in these tive stories and you lay them down more understandingly for having read | them.-P. G. F.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09
More State Than Park

Speaking before the Naugatuck Women's Club this week William B.
 Elwell, vice-principal of Crosby High School, referred to the Macedonia Brook State Park as the Hast of the state parks
 which is more park than state". One would conclude from this remark that MT. : Elwell finds that in developing it's recre- ational areas the state has progressed to
 !. the point that instead of allowing many state, it is transforming them into par
 . lor-parks This trend is apparent all
 over the country There does seem to be an unsuitable desire on the part of all government to beautify everything it can
 get it's hands on to the point of ugliness.
 . Of course we can't overlook the fact
 , that the state parks and forests are
 . available today to thousands, whereas
 . in the past they could only be visited by , hundreds. But we recall reading some years ago plea that in opening up
 . natural beauty spots throughout the
 . state every effort be made to leave un- |. touched the grandeur of the scene. One
 . touch of artificiality is often enough to
 . ruin hillside, ravine or green-shaded
 . dell. We can and too often do carry our . path of progress just bit too deep into our natural heritages. We might let CuelH De penetrated Dy the VenIuTeSOme
 . at their own risk and satisfaction. This trend of putting the stamp of the state on all outdoors has often been . alluded to by wild-life advocates as dan
 gerous to our future existence. We
 denuded forests; we allowed fertile fields , to turn to deserts. Now we are draining
 ! marshlands and bogs to kill the lowly mosquito, just as we have filled them in 7 to build roads, bridges, etc. Nature is . perfectly attuned When we upset it,
 many years are required to restore it's . balance. When the day comes that all
 our natural resources are exhausted we
 must be ready to accept the blame for
 { contributing towards it. There is line
 of procedure that can be safely followed and which will allow us to enjoy our nat
 ural heritage without subjecting it to modern beauty methods
The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-03-09

Says the Meriden Journal in jocular vein, "Who's afraid of the big bad wolf? Waterbury? Shucks, no. Things may be bad, but not that bad How about the big black bear? There you have something. That playboy at the Hamilton Park Zoo has just nicked the city for $2,5O0 and that's something to be skeery about. :. If bruin understood how much Water- bury needs that $2,500 he undoubtedly would have thought twice before slap ping down on an observer. Now, to Waterbury, he's just wolf in bears clothing; and he'll be first on the menu when it's decided to eat the zoo :" We'll take one of the nice fat rabbits; you take the bear steak.