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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-25
AUXILIARY OF
| WAR VETERANS
FORMED HERE
MRS. FAY HIccs CHOSEN.
PRESIDENT. OTHER Off.
GERS ELECTED At MEET
ING LAST NIGHT

Arriving over the highway yes
terday afternoon was group OF
members of the Spanish War Vet
erans' Auxiliary, who met local
prospective members for the pur-
pose of instituting an auxiliary in
Key West.
In the arriving group were De-
partment President Della Neal. Of
Daytona Beach; Deputy Chief OF
Staff ]. Bel. Miami, Fla, Past
Department President Pearl Ford.
ham. Vice Commander A. ".
Fordham. both Of Miami
Directly after their arrival they
registered AZ their hotel and al
once made preparations for hold
ing the meeting last night, which
was well attended and resulted IN
the institution of an auxiliary 70
B. II. McCalla Camp. Spanish War
Veterans.
The following officers were
elected for the newly-instituted
camp: Mrs. Pay J Higgs, presi-
dent; KIrs. &. " Richards. senior
vice president; Mrs. Rose Peat.
chaplain: Mrs. Lillian Miehaels,
secretary.
Another meeting WAS called fof
Friday night. May q, At 8 O'Clock
m the home Of the vice president.
l4i5 Pine street.
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Ew1wS 81 ~ ~. ~
MEET TO SETTLE
EUROPEAN DISPUTE
Inv Assoriatca Pressl

ivy AAbnft1At0 AHNEAAS
pRAFiA. May 2s.--Konrad
Henlein. leader Of Cxechoslo-
vakia's autonomy. seeking
Germanic minority. and Pre-
mier Milan Hodza. met in a
preliminary effort 10 settle
their dispute which had
brought Europe dangerously
near the brink of war.
Henlein returned 10 the
capital by airpIane. and IL
was understood he had come
from Vienna where pre-
surnablY he had seen German
Maxi leaders
He arrived soon after re-
ports were received that Ger
man troops were withdraw
ing from CEeehoslovakia's
border. Hopes for averting a
serious central European con-
flicf were considered zppre-
ciablY brighter.
His talk with the Cxeeho-
slovaxia premier was consid-
cred q preliminary 10 zeal
peaee neeofiaIions bafwssh
shs PEaha government and
3.5oo.oo0 Sudefen Germans
from whom Henlein considers
himself spokesman.
In London. the conference
first announced By Prime
Minister Chamberlain. who
said Commcns Of Britain.
Francs. Germany ard Csc
chcxlovakia. as well rs Hen-
isin al had agreed 20 az
pedits peaceful negotiations
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-25
CANNON DEFEATS filler AND
THOMAS WINS OVER WATSON
Cannon Wins In Primary
Election Held Yesterday
By Over Four Hundred
Votes
tBy Associated Press)
MIAMI, Florida, May IS.


Pat Cannon defeated
Henry H. Filler, both of Mi
ami, for the democratic
nomination for Congress, in
yesterdays election. The vot-
ers in the 1873 precincts of
the fourth district, reach
ing almost . thousand miles
from Vero Beach to Key
West, gave Cannon %, 1858,
while Filler. trailed slightly
behind with 20, $50.
In the only statewide con-
test of the May "a primary,
Circuit Judge Elwyn Thomas
of Fort Pierce secured an
early lead over j. Tom Wat
son of Tampa and increased
it as the returns came in. Out
of 1908 of the states 1886
precincts Thomas piled up a
total of al. sO4 against Wat
sons I00.315. The 133 pre-
cincts yet to be heard from
will make bu. small changes
in the total returns.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-25
NOTICE

wish to notify my clientele
that am leaving for = vacation
May 2slh. and viii close my of
flee until June Srd.
DIR. +. S. cARBoNELL
may24.St Dentist
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-25
new ARRIVAL In
PINDER FAMILY

Announcement has been made
az the birth d son this morn
ing Ia Mr.. and Mrs. James Hilton
Pinder at the home On Caroline
street.
The new arrival weighed nine
pounds. and has been given the
name OF James Hilton. Jr
Mrs. PIndcr was formerly Miss
Geraldine Guerro.
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BUS OFFICIALS
ARRIVE in CITY

P. e Howe. president Of the
Florida Meteor Lines. and Arthur
Milan. attorney for the lines. are
business visitors in Key West to-
day. arriving on the noon bus
from Miami
The visitors came for the pur-
pose Of comforting with several
business men. and win possibly
remain until tomorrow.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-25

Key West, Florida, has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only IL Fahrenheit
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-25

Associated Press Day Wire
Service
For So Years Devoted to the
Best Interests of Key West
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-05-25
TABU[ATION OF VOTES BRINGS
SURPRISE IN CONGRESS RACE
Unusual Interest Manifest
ed In Yesterdays Pri-
mary Throughout Entire
County

Never in the past decade
has an election in Monroe
county awakened the inter-
est of a people, created as
much excitement an d
aroused the feelings of the
voters, in fact everybody,
as did the election of yes
terday.
Interest conferred on the
race for Congress be-
tween Henry H. Filler and
Pat Cannon, and the race
for the Legislature with
Bernie C. Papy. the incum-
bent, aud T. S. Caro-. This
was the hardest fought and
created the major part of
the excitement.
II was evident early in the
morning that there would be
larger vote IMAM usual. and by
the hour Of 2:sO in the afternoon
when The Citizen made the
usual check of the number Of
votes cast, that the balloting
was eoing ahead speedily, for at
the time of the first primary
there had been. when the check
was made, 2.t02 votes poiled.
Yesterday at 2:30, there had
been poiied 2564.
One of the great SURPRISES was
shown in the race for u. s. Con-
gress between Pat Cannon and
II. III. Filler. In the first primary.
Cannon received TO votes Ia
Monroe county. while Filler re-
ceived 1907. In the final count IN
this election. Cannon received
1874 and Filler received 1912.
In the race for representative
there was also a rather discon-
ccrting result. In the first pri-
mary. 3. e. Papy. the incumbent,
received 1893 votes, and his OPP
ponent, 7. S. Caro-. received 1855.
a difference Of IA IN favor Of
Papy. In the election Of yextcr-
day. Pspy received 2isa and Caro-
1877. a difference IN favor 81 the
incumbent Of 256
In the first primary held on
May 3. the total vote cast IN Mon
roe county was 3.ei0. including
all absentee ballots In the pr.
mary Of yesterday. the total vote
was 1850. and Of this number r.
Jenkins Curry. sole candidate for
county commissioner from The
Fifth District, received . compli-
fnentary vote ~ 1.4e7.
Included IN the count published
sosay are all ~ the votes cast N
Ire cruuty. including the atmen-
tees. There were approximately
FIVE absentee ballots sent Key
westeFs xho were cat % the city
which vri1 b. counted Friday
when Il Is expected the canvas
~ tie vote will be made By Coun-
~ Judge Raymond n Lord.
Chairman Carl Bervaidi 81 the
county commissioners and John
Engiand. supervisor q registra-
ton.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15

any power vested in the department
OF justice for control of advertising.
/ should regret it very much if
congress ever had passed a law Civ.
ing authority for any agency of gov
eminent to do more than prosecute
advertisers who use dishonest state
ments. That is to say, if the adj
vertising statements are crooked,
punishment ought to follow. If the
advertising is honest, what business
has government horning into it?
The reason I feel so keenly about
this sort of thing is that it is a
trend in government, from the ma
tional government on down the line,
to do things indirectly-to do many
things without genuine authority Of
law. We as nation always have
supported the theory of rule by the
majority. We have legislative bod
ies-the congress, the state assem-
blies, the city councils and so on
to enact the will of the majority
into law. But in the motor case and
in dozens of others which could be
mentioned, the public official with
the "boss" complex takes things
into his own hands and usually gets
away with his perfidy.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15
Cross-stitch pincushion best seller.

square. The velvet used for back
ing adds the richness that all
small gifts should have. Sawdust
or hair from an old mattress are
most satisfactory for stufing.
If you would like to make some
of these cushions for gifts or for
your next bazaar, clip these direc-
tons and keep them as they are
not in either of the books offered
below.
NOTE: Mrs. Spears Book 2
Gifts, Novelties and Embroidery,
has helped thousands of women to
use odds and ends of materials
and their spare time to make
things to sell and to use. Book l.
Sewing, for the Home Decorator,
is full of inspiration for every
homemaker. These books make
delightful Christmas gifts. Mrs.
Spears will autograph them on re-
quest. Crazypatch quilt leafet is
included free with every order for
both books. Address: Mrs. Spears,
2l0 S. Desplaines ST., Chicago, III.
Books are 25 cents each.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15

restrictions by banks, Mr.. Eccles
limited that their failure to follow
this plan would result in government
credit agencies. Summing up state
ments by Lubin, Henderson and Ec-
cles, observers saw that govern
ment's efforts for business revival
are still far from clear.
Business: More tangible and op-
tinistic is the reform program of
U. S. industry, heartened by the
current economic upturn and will
ing to make peace with government.
Meeting in New York, the National
Association of Manufacturers key
noted for 'co-operation-to make
America click" It's points: %
peace with labor; (2) acceptance of
social responsibility; (3) acceptance
of regulation, in general theory; "a
end unemployment; (5) please the
consumer with higher quality, lower
costs and predetermined policies.
Business requests to government:
ID Wagner act modification: (2)
limitation of armament expenditures
to avert unnecessary diversion of
funds; (3) no encouragement of for
eign trade at cost to- domestic in
duStry.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15
News Analysis
Italy Follo,us Hitler Technique
To Trounce Weakened France
by Joseph w. La Bine-

ton; business thought II rested in
less regulation. Not until last year,
when an unexpected recession
slapped convalescing industry in the
face, did both government and bust
ness decide it was time to face the
problem with less bias and more
objectivity. BY the end of 1888 this
new attitude is finding expression at
Washington and on the U. S. bust
ness front, though mutual agree
ment is still far from realization.
Washington: Governments efforts
currently center around the $500, 200
temporary national economic COM
mittee, which has just opened two
year hearing under Wyoming's Sen.
Joseph c. O'Mahoney. Though bust
ness has feared the quiz will de-
generate into a witch hunt" and
anti-monopoly drive (since the jus
tice department. trust buster, Thur
man Arnold, is committee men,
berg Mr.. O'Mahoney has given as.
surances that his group seeks only
economic facts"
Facts presented thus far, by
the labor department. DR.. Isador
Lubin and one-time WPA Economist
Leon Henderson, purported merely
to give a background but ended with
expressions of opinion which failed
to harmonic.
DR.. Lubin's report: That the 1929
38 depression cost the u. S. $113,-
600, 100000 in national income, plus
$119, 900, 000,00 in wages, $40, 000,-
000,00 in stakeholder dividends,
$38, 600, 100000 in farm income and
43, 435 900 in man hours of work.
Though industry can be stepped up
to meet consumer demand, it is
more important to improve the
standard of living, since U. S. popu-
lation is reaching stationary stage.
Durable goods industries should be
stimulated to boost the average in
come by $3.50 per year.
Mr.. Henderson's report: Growth
of U. S. economic activity has been
halted, and even a return to 1929 S
peak (Which Mr.. Henderson be-
ieves should be regarded as a low
base, not a peak) would leave 7,000,-
600 unemployed. Unlike DR.. Lubin,
who believes insufficient purchasing
power is the cause of our ills, Mr..
Henderson places responsibility on
lessening of competition. True COM
petition, he believes, could not al
low wage increases at time when
millions are unemployed.
Even as Messrs Lubin and Hen
derson were speaking, Chairman
Mariner S. Eccles of the federal
reserve system was offering New
York bankers another U. S. idea on
business. One reason for 1875 set
back, he said, was a sharp with
drawal Of government spending,
which throttled consumer buying
power. Pumping for looser credit
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15
ASK NE
ANOTHER
The Questions

/. What does the investment of
this country in South America to-
tai? In Europe?
2. Which of our states has the
greatest seacoast? The smallest?
8. What three American plants
are carnivorous?
4. Can you complete this quota
ton: "The ladder of life is full of
splinters, but they always prick
the hardest?
5. What animal utters no sound
at all?
6. Why, according to Tennyson,
was the strength of Galahad as
that of ten?
z. How many of the bills intro
duced in the Seventy-ffth congress
became laws?
8. Name the nearest and far
thest planets from the sun?
8. How large do gorillas grow?
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15

HE Town Improvement asso-
= citation was giving a sale to
raise funds in a village where we
were visiting. Our hostess had
been to the sale early in the day
and triumphantly displayed tiny
cross-stitched pincushions pur-
chased for Christmas gifts. They
were so colorful and quaint that
we went in search of some. We
found them, but on every one was
pinned a ticket SOLD! The lady
had scored a hit who made those
little three-inch pincushions as her
contribution to the fancywork
booth. They were kept for dis
play even after they were sold.
The top of the cushion should
be made on tapestry canvas or
round thread art linen so that the
threads may be counted easily in
making the cross-stitches. This
foundation material should be
marked off in 1-inch squares as
shown in the diagram at the upper
right. The numbers indicate the
color used for cross-stitching each
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15
A Quiz With Answers
Offering Information
on Various Subjects

6. Because his heart was pure.
z. During the Seventy-ffth con-
gress, 17,104 bills and resolutions
were introduced in both houses.
Of these, 1,759 were enacted into
law.
8. Mercury is the nearest, being
100000 miles away from the
sun. Pluto is the farthest away,
being 100000 miles away
from the sun.
g. Frank Buck says: 'Males av-
erage about 5 feet 8 inches, though
some top 6 feet. The spread of
the arms sometimes exceeds 9
feet. Gargantua, the gorilla now
in my possession, weighs 400
pounds and is still growing; he
may reach 500. He measures 20
inches around the chest"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15
Undue PouDer Is Giuen
Into Hands of Bureaucratic

Congress, itself, is to blame many
times for putting undue power into
the hands of bureaucrats. There is
seldom any law passed by congress
that does not include a provision
which authorizes an executive agen-
cy, administering the statute, to
promulgate regulations for carrying
out the laws intent. Those regula-
tons, needless to say, have the force
and effect of law, and thus con-
gress has delegated power about
which the individual representatives
and senators know nothing.
On the other hand, except for the
trait that I have been discussing
one so boldly evident in Mr.. Arnold
those regulations could be drawn
in nearly every instance to give
individuals all of the freedom need
ed to transact business, instead of
piling one restriction upon another.
doubt very much that any one per-
son in the whole United States
knows all of the restrictions-the
dos and the don'ts-that comprise
the law of the nation today. No one
knows them because it would re-
quire an entire lifetime of an indi-
vidual to obtain them and read
them. And before he had read very
many, there would be a new crop;
there would be changes in those he
had read, and there would be new
laws with new regulations.
We have heard much in late years
about government by men rather
than government by law. Well, we
have it in this country in big way.
1t is not as bad, of course, as in the
case of Hitler or Mussolini or Stain.
When those brothers want to change
law, they change it by decree.
They may go through the formality
of a ratification" by a set of
stooges some time, but the stooges
were selected as yes-men long in
advance.
Everyone has read of the Jewish
atrocities in Germany, but the mon
strosity, itself, overshadowed the
fact that during all of the purge,
there was one decree-law after an
other being issued from Hitler's
headquarters. Each time somebody
found loophole or the officials dis
covered previous decree did not
accomplish all that was desired, out
would pop a new decree.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15

Officials said the sharp upswing
reflected resumption of large scale
corporate financing which started in
early summer, but was interrupted
by falling prices in September.
The electric and gas industry ac-
counted for the largest part of the
total-$275, 173 900, or 67.9 per cent.
This established a new high for reg
istrations by this group for any
month since the securities. act OF
1888 became effective. Of this
financing, 96.3 per cent, however,
was for refunding purposes.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15
Religion

Most Observation-Disclosures for Ger
many's beleaguered Jews, even the
official intergovernmental commit
tee now meeting in London, have
made only slight effort to secure per-
sonal contact with the No. / enemy
of Jews, Adolf Hitler. The only
move in this direction was made by
George Rublee, American member
of the intergovernmental commit
tee, who will not visit Hitler with
out an official invitation. But from
New York recently sailed three
Pennsylvania Quakers, who an
nounced they hoped ito see Chan
cellor Hitler himself and take up
the whole problem"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15
AgricuIture

A natural result Of the u. S.
British reciprocal trade agreement
is that some domestic industries will
gain, others lose. The theory is that
gains offset losses, working to our
national benefit. First tests Of this
policy now loom as a result of the
federal surplus commodity corpora
TONS sale of 10000, 900 bushels in
American wheat to British flour
manufacturers.
Until now, the corporation has
subsidized both flour and wheat ex-
ports, but British millers think this
is unfair in view of England's agree
ment to remove its six-cent tariff
on American wheat. Consequently
a stipulation in the $1,000, 000-bushel
sale is that F. S. c. c. subsidy on
-four exported to great Britain (cur-
rently $1.05 a barely be removed.
Thus u. S. wheat sales to Britain
will be facilitated, but flour manu-
facturers will lose an export mar
ket.
The British sale is by far the most
important transaction yet made in
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A.
Wallace's program to substitute 100,-
600, 900 bushels of export wheat this
fiscal year. By early December this
program had Melted sales of So, 000,-
600 bushels, of which F. S. G. c.
had purchased %, 400, 900 bushels by
November Is. Of this, 19,000,00
bushels had been sold abroad at an
average loss to the corporation of
12k cents. The British transaction
alone will cost F. S. c. c. about
S., 00O, 900.
What will happen to the u. S.
wheat situation between now and
next spring is anybody's guess.
Even though the export program is
carried out completely, $50, 900, 000-
bushel surplus will still face farm
ers when they start harvesting next
years crop. Latest in a series Of
suggested panaceas is that of DR..
Merrill K. Bennett, economist of the
Stanford university food research in
stitute, who wants the U. S. to place
a f1oor-somewhere between SIS and
70 cents-under which wheat prices
could not fall. Next year, he pre-
diets, "the world may be literally
swamped with surplus wheat"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-12-15
Congress Might Well Take
Notice of These Conditions

Having seen what can happen
when men, instead of laws, consti-
tute the authority for government,
it seems to me that congress might
well take notice. 1t has given birth
to children in the form of countless
regulations that are running around
the land like so many thousand
legged monsters. Why, wonder,
does not congress take a look at
what has sprung from its own fam.
lily of laws. To grow facetious for
moment: congress probably would
find trouble with it's own 'in-laws,"
as well as private persons whose
mothers-in-law have been charac-
terized in story.
I have wondered many times
whether more than a very small
number of farmers ever understood
the AAA contracts, and the regula-
tons to which those contracts re-
ferred. Examination of the terms
gave me little inkling of how thor
oughly the signers were bound, al
though, as AAA officials often ex-
planned, the provisions were plainly
printed. That fact, however, never
has altered a really bad situation.
None of us can be expert in all
things. We, therefore, are more or
less at the mercy of the individuals
who are clothed with the power of
office and who relegate to them
selves additional power because
they know those against whom it is
used frequently have no understand
ing of the whole situation. Thus, /
reiterate, it appears to be time for
congress to review its own work and
make government understandable.
Western Newspaper Union.
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Bruckart's Washington Digest
Bruckarts Washington Digest
Official Title Does Strange
Things to Mentalities Of Men
Government by Men Instead of by Law Seems to Be the
Rule; Undue Power Is Cvn Into Hands of Bureau
Gratis; Congress Should Take Heed.
BY WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service, National Press Bldg, Washington D. c.

WASHINGTON.-It is a strange
thing what an official title will cause
many men and women to do. 1t is
equally strange what many of them
will attempt to do under the guise of
the official sanction which they
usurp at every opportunity. I do
not intend to include all public Off
Gals but I dare say that everyone
who reads these lines can look about
him and discover in his midst or
recall others who, as soon as they
began wearing a title, developed a
big head" got "puffed up" and
otherwise assumed highland
mighty attitude. The characters
tics may show in a thousand-and-
one different ways, and we all are
more or less familiar with them.
Few persons probably would need
to be concerned if the circumstance
involved only this outward appear
ance. I am sure I wouldn't care
whether some official believed him.
self to be son of the sun-god and,
therefore, counted himself great.
But when the mental attitude of
that official begins manifesting it
self as it so often does by usurpa-
ton of improper and illegal power;
when he regards himself as Judge
and jury, as well as prosecutor, then
it seems to me that a halt ought to
be called.
All of the above observations are
made just as prelude to discussion
of recent action by the department
of justice. More accurately, it
should be said the action was by
Professor Thurmond Arnold who
has great pride in his ability as
trust buster. He also frequently has
let it be known-with due modesty,
of course-that he possesses knowl-
edge in many fields. His career as
a university professor obviously fit
ted him with great understanding of
problems and practices of business
men. Mr.. Arnold has not yet under
taken to solve the difficulties of ag-
riculture, but reckon that is only
question of time.