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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-19
Commissioners Pass
Resolution For Recovery
OF Gas Tax Accommodations
VISITORS ARE
MUCH TAKEN UP
WITH KEY WEST

Burr Kent. prominent bust
ness man of Hollywood. Cali
fornia. and Mrs. Kent. left
this morning on the early bus
for Miami. and after a brief
stay will 90 to Venice. Fla.
for a short visit. after which
they will start on the long
trim home.
Discussing conditions in
Florida. Mr.. Kent said that
he was very much pleased
with everything. especially
the climate in Key West. and
had been considering for
some time moving 10 Florida
and selecting Key West for a
home. where the evening of
life could be enjoyed with no
trouble from the extremes of
temperature. and where frost
is not known.
There are no excessively
cold days in California. as a
rule. he said. but sometimes
the cold gets TO be unbear-
able and that is just the con-
dition he desires 10 avoid.
The Citizen told him that he
would never experience in
Key West a condition such as
he described. and Mr.. Kent
said he realized that. and that
is why he had almost made up
his mind TO locate In this
city. if the proper arrange.
ments can be made.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-19
TWO COLORED
BOYS ARRESTED

Two young colored boys were
arrestcd last night by Constable
c. Floncy Pcllicier. charged with
carrying a concealed weapon, a
larse table knife.
They win DC arralgned Monday
hefor, Judge Raymond r. Lord.
and answer TO the charge.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-19
There's Half A Bite
Here II The Teeth Fit

CHICAGO. Nov. ls.~-The set
~ talsc teeth uppcTs police
found at the corner Of Lincoln
and Sheffield avenues couple 81
weeks ago has been tried IN mare
than so F1aoutf1s without fitting
Sergeant John Steffen keeps
fhe ievth tn . water glass Stef.
fer just points 20 them when
ever someone comes 81 llspang
II they f3t. take their. You're
welcome" be says
So far everyone has walked cat
without she teeth.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-19
SMALL FIRE AT
HOTEL JEFFERSON

There was q small blaze dis
covered last night about go
o'clock IN the rear part on the
lover floor Of the Hotel Jeffer-
son in section used partly a. =
storage room. There was prae-
ileaily no damage res..Iiing from
the fire.
The alarm was sounded from
box y, corner 81 DuVaI and
Front streets. and the fire appa-
fatas responded. using . ebeui-
teal. which Immediately exfin-
gt1isfed the small blaze.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-19
.PWA TO SPEND
LARGE AMOUNTS
In BUILDINGS
LARGE CONSTRUCTION PRO
GRAM OUTLINED COVER
ING SOUTHEASTERN RE-
GION. INCLUDING FLORIDA
Especial Ia The CitixenD

JACKSONVILLE, Nov. 49,
The Public Works Administra-
ton will spend $150,000,000 on
materials and payrolls in the next
eighteen months in the South
eastern Region, composed of
Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Ken
lucky, Mississippi, North Caro-
lima, South Carolina, Tennessee
and Virginia, according to infor-
nation disclosed in an interview
with H. T. Cole of Atlanta, Re-
gional Director for the P.W.A., by
Jack Guthrie, State Director for
the National Emergency Council
over radio station WAX
According to Mr.. Cole 2,635
separate projects will be included
in the P.W.A. program of public
improvements, including in Flor
ida elementary schools, and col
lege buildings, WaterworkS and
sewers, state, county and munich
pal buildings, as we'll as an ex-
tensive highway and bridge con-
struction program.
The projects vary from an ele-
mentary school at Avon Park,
costing $4,000, to university
building at Tallahassee costing
approximately 100000; from
county home in Kendall costing
$685. to municipal building in
ST. Petersburg costing nearly
100000 The State of Florida is
also making use of the P.W.A. to
extend its facilities at the State
College for Women at Tallahas-
see, the University of Florida at
Gainesville, and its system,of hos
pitfalls, and to improve its facili-
ties for handling tuberculosis
patients.
According to Mi. Cole, engineer
figures indicate that there will be
over 71a million man-hours on
construction work in Florida and
another 10 million man. hours of
work in basic industries, so that
there will be an approximate to-
tai of 25 million man hours of
work created i'm the regular chan
nels of trade by the work done
in this state.
All P.WA. work is done by
contract. Plans and specifications
are prepared. and submitted TO
bid in the same manner as for
private work.
The Federal Governmen
through the P.W.A., is furnishing
an outright grant of As percent of
the cost and the applicant in each
case has to match this with SIS
percent of the cost, either in cash
or a loan with suitable collateral.
All P.W.A. projects arc regard
cd as permanent, and so far in
the 1888 P,WA. program in Flor
ida, 80 projects of all types have
been approved. The total cost Of
these improvements will be APP
proximately sl3.338, O53. of which
the state will receive as a grant
$4,000, 1913 from the Federal Gov
eminent
The present program is the
largest so far undertaken by the
Public Works Administration. II
equals in Florida approximately
one-half as much as all previous
progress combined, the total cost
of the work previously done in
this state being approximately
twenty seven million dollars.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-19
N o T &c E

THERE WILL BE A MEETING
OF THE STOCKHOLDERS OF
THE MONROE INVESTMENT
CO. ON MONDAY. NOV. 7iST.
1888. At THE GOLDEN EAGLE
HALL. At 7:3o p. n.
BUSINESS or GREAT M
PoRTANCE TO SToCKHOLD-
ERS AND REPRESENTATIVES
OF STOCKHOLDERS. DO NOT
FAIL TO ATTEND.
v. A. ARCHER,
novls-a PRESIDENT.
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Hold Bathing Beauty
Contest Aboard Ferry
an, As..cin.r.l rr~.>l

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. lg--
Commuters from nearby Alamo
Ga certainly liven up a trip TO
the city.
They've just staged their third
annual bathing girl contest. En-
trauts boarded the 1880 n. ~
ferry boat with the main rush of
commuters ard showed off their
charms during the Commute
crossing Of San Francisco bay.
Prizes were awarded. then the
commuters sctrred off 20 work as
usual.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-19
Action Taken During Spe-
cial Meeting OF Organi-
cation Held Last Eve
ming

Attorneys Wells and Harris will
make the necessary legal move
TO recover funds from the gas
tax accumulations of the state.
which are allegedlY due Monroe
County. and a resolution TO this
effect was passed at the special
meeting of the county commits
sioners last night. If successful
the attorneys are TO receive 10
percent of the money.
Present at the meeting were
Chairman Bervaldi, Commission
ers Porter, and Niles. Attorney
w. c. Harris, Clerk Ross c. Saw
yer, Tax Collector Frank H. Laid,
his clerk. Miss Mary Lopez, and
several interested citizens.
II is the opinion of Attorneys
Wells and Harris, that the allot-
ment for gasoline taxes should
have been made along lines which
include a greater area than that
designated by the state and the
belief is that approximately $780,
900 are due tna county. Three
other counties are said to be en-
tering, with Monroe, the move
ment 10 recover.
Depository accounts for the
month of October were read.
checked and approved.
Tax Collector Ladd presented
the error and insolvency list for
1887 which was said to be the
smallest in years. Items on the
list show as follows: errors,
5000; discounts allowed. S5i221;
Personal property taxes, 81 ,656.42:
Certificated property taxes,
S367.06. The signatures of the
commissioners were affixed to
the report.
Notary public bond of r. A.
Ramsey, in the amount OF $500,
made by the Massachusetts Bond
ing and Insurance Co, of Boston,
was approved.
Rev. p. J. Kellchcr, S. J., was
appointed member of the Vel
fare Advisory Council. 10 replace
Rev. VIM. j. Reagan, S. J., who
has been transferred TO another
point.
Communications from the
Chamber of Commerce were read
in which financial assistance was
asked. were read, and on motion.
placed on file.
Deposits in the First National
Bank by Tax Collector Laid,
showed disbursements as fellows:
General Revenue. sl09.12s Fine
and Forfeiture. si0.92. Special
Advertising. S5456. Road Fund,
S54.56: General School Fund.
Sl3G 40: Special School Taxs Dis
trict No /. $1,000. ~ae
Robert J. Dill. administrator In
jacksonville for the WPA. adj
vised taht the project 10 reYise
the records Of Monroe county.
with the sum Of Si1 $50 required,
had been forwarded 10 Washing
ton for approval. and The com
FnissloneTB would D. ad.zed
when i was approved.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-19

iBY Washington Correspondent of
The Key West citizen)
WASHINGTON. D. c.. Nov. 10.
Federal housing authorities
pointed today. to the record of
building construction in Key
West since 1896 as one reason
why small investors might we'll
invest in construction of low
priced homes and get ga 10 4
percent for their money.
Figures on building construc-
ton in Key West and throughout
the country indicate that resi-
dental construction is rapidly be-
coming profitable venture
again. During the decade before
1895, such construction declined.
But 1886 showed a 90 percent in
crease over 1898; 1887 aiItefl per-
cent increase over 1896; and July
and August, 1888. show almost
100 percent increase over 1887.
President Roosevelt has pro-
posed national pool for persons
who would like To invest in
homes costing $4,000 to $500.
He said that homes of this value
are not constructed under Fed
eral Housing Administration au-
thority, which provides for high
er-priced construction. or under
U. S, Housing authority, which
provides for lower priced con-
struction.
Details Of the pool have yet TO
be worked out, but Federal Off
Gals are convinced that the rec
ord of increasing construction
during the past three years is
proof that the pool would be sue
cesSful.
While the value of all building
construction in Key West in 1887
was less than i'm 1885, construc-
ton there during the past three
years has been more extensive
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Don't Answer Nov, %
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Key West, Florida, has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only Ia Fahrenheit
Evening star., 1938-11-14
The Fifth Man.

If present trends continue the
total of traffic deaths this year will
be only eighty per cent of the fatali-
ties recorded in 1887 In other
words, where five lives we're lost last
year, one should be saved In 1888.
That means that some 5000 people
who would have been dead in 1887
will be alive when this year draws
to it's close.
The National Safety Council has
issued a warning, however, that
motorists must drive more carefully
than ever during November and De-
cember if the traffic death rate is to
be held down for the rest of the year.
For one thing. the records show
that the death rate triples after the
sun goes down. Then there is also
added danger of skidding in Novem-
Der and December, when sleet, rain
snow, ice and wet leaves on the pave
ment add to the hazards of motoring
The advice of the safety council is
timely and should be needed by
motorists and pedestrians, too. With
just little extra caution on the part
of all concerned, it should be possible
to keep that fifth man alive.
Evening star., 1938-11-14
Dangerous Radical"

Justice Louis D. Brandeis, whose
nomination to the Supreme Court in
1916 was bitterly opposed by many
distinguished men in the belief that
he was a dangerous radical" was
eighty-two years old yesterday. To
Justice Brandeis it must have been
a source of considerable satisfaction
that comment throughout the coun-
try, stressing the fact that his
remarkable mental powers are un-
impaired despite his advanced age,
called for his continued service on
the high court.
The revised appraisal. of Justice
Brandeis is significant because 1t is
the public viewpoint and not his that
has changed. During his twenty-five
years on the Supreme Court the
jurist has clung steadfastly to his
belief that the law must be an instru-
mentality for the development Of the
people, not for their repression. In
the early days of his service that was
the minority view of the court, but
he has lived to see it adopted in
substantial part by the majority.
History will commend President
Wilson for nominating Justice Bran
deis to the bench in the face of
strong opposition. the vigor of which
was matched only by its short-sight-
edness. Time has demonstrated the
wisdom Of his choice and has empha-
Evening star., 1938-11-14
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

every morning, purring away at the
slightest attention, demonstrates that
he has made his choice.
This is always a subtle compliment
Persons who live in the right houses
are flattered by the attention. Maybe
they will not admit 1t, even to themselves.
but they always respond in a perfect
feline manner.
Out comes the bowl of milk.
The wise cat never refuses It, whether
he cares for milk or not Some do,
some do not, but when one is on trial,
there is nothing to do but like it.
~
After that first bowl, things are easier.
The door may not open yet, but 1t will
not seem to be shut so firmly against one.
The cat mind seems to sense this per-
fectly.
There is some chance Of sticking
nose through, at least. No well-bred cat
would think OF pushing in bodily, how
ever. That is not the thing to do.
The thing Is to stand on ones hind
legs, and purr even more vigorously than
ever.
This always wins 'em.
The stray which finally gets into the
kitchen must realize that he is only on
trial.
On his behavior as kitchen cat de-
pends whether he becomes a living room
cat.
He must see to it that his paws are
clean, his face washed, and his whiskers
we'll starched.
Even the refuge Of mat as cold as it
is. will give any ambitious cat a chance
to attend to these little matters
A fellow cannot be too careful Criti-
cal eyes will be upon the intruder His
slightest motion will be viewed with
suspicion.
The first full meal, whether In the
yard or kitchen, means big victory.
1t is moral as well as physical VIC
tory a sure sign that stray is going to
be accepted into the family circle be-
fore long. That first snowy evening, at
the latest. 1t is difficult for the cat
TREND to keep such a persevering animal
out in the cold
He can sleep in the kitchen for the
night
When morning comes, the stray is a
stray no longer.
Greeting his family with a yawn, he
stretches in lordly fashion. and goes
into the dining room to sharpen his
claws on the Oriental rug.
This is the life for which every good
cat yearns.
1t is social security in a big way.
Those who have achieved it can look
out in superior fashion at the wan
derer, and hope that he. in his turn,
will be able to find himself good home
before long.
Evening star., 1938-11-14
Art for All.

The special exhibition of works by
students and alumni Of the Corcoran
School of Art, the first of its kind
ever sponsored by an American gall
lery, is now open to the public. It
presents for sale the works Of yet un-
known artists, and is designed to
bring home to the average citizen his
ability to acquire meritorious works
Of lasting value at prices within the
range of his income.
The jury which selected the paint
ings, sculptures, etchings and draw
ings for the exhibit was guided as
much by the suitability of the works
for display in the average home as by
their technically artistic merit.
The plan which is thus sponsored
by the Corcoran Gallery of Art is one
which should open new doors to
artists striving for recognition, as
we'll as to laymen of moderate income
who are striving just as hard for the
development of beauty and spiritual
values in their lives.
Evening star., 1938-11-14

This is the season when stray cats
take up positions on doormats.
They know that the time is short If
they expect to find homes for themselves
before cold weather comes.
The ambitious cat, at this season, be-
gins to feel the nip of frost, and to
make up his mind that indoors is best,
after all, no matter how much he likes
to roam.
He looks around him, and sees many
successful cats, plump for the winter,
enjoying homes of their own, with
cushions to sleep on, and overfowing
bowls of milk. They have friends who
open refrigerator doors for them, and
also front and back doors on demand.
Those are successful cats, as cats go.
The stray, which through fortune or Ill
fate, knows no home except the alley or
the streets If there is no alley, as In the
suburbs, looks enviously at the WELL
housed ones.
He, too, would like home of his own.
In every community there are many
such strays which put their best paws
forward, at this time of year, with the
deliberate intent of getting shelter for
the winter.
There can be little doubt about this
procedure, at least in the minds Of all
their two-legged friends. Persons who
do not care for cats may doubt the in
tent, especially as to its deliberateness,
but others are equally sure of it.
The stray takes up his stand, or seat,
rather, not on any old mat, but upon
particular one.
He selects it surely, with the belief
that if he manages to get invited in Just
once he will be able to hold his ground.
The cat on the mat therefore, purrs
his best when any attention is paid to
him.
His selection of the right house is q
triumph Of feline psychology.
His position on the mat is one which
he shares with many two-legged crea-
lures, variously called agents house
toulouse canvassers" and the like
Ordinarily, the latter do not use much
psychology, human or otherwise. A
smart cat could teach them. Usually
the agents try to sell something the
householder has never heard Of. or, lack
ing that, something he does not want.
If agents would use well-known brands
they might get somewhere.
Their humping on the door to get in.
after few seconds of waiting is vastly
irritating, too. No cat would do that.
Purring is as far as the stray cat will co.
The best that the stray can expect, at
first, is hand-out
If he has selected the right house, he
may be pretty sure of getting something
to eat. The very fact that he is there,
Evening star., 1938-11-14
engine was attempting to reach the

engine, was attempting to reach the
field. Unable to do 50, he had no
alternative but to land where he was,
in built-up section. The new field
is further removed from thickly
settled areas than the old, a fact
which should reduce the danger Of
such crashes occurring in the future.
Even more fortunately located,
from this standpoint, is the Gravelly
Point site for the new Washington
National Airport. While closer to
the downtown section of Washing
ton than the airports Of ninety per
cent Of the major cities in the world,
1t still is removed from any building
area, either residential or CONNER
cial.
Washington, long one of the most
backward of major cities from an
aviation standpoint, may be proud Of
its new Army airdrome and Of the
proposed Washington National Air
port.
Evening star., 1938-11-14

sized once again that appointments
to the Supreme Court should not be
dictated by partisan considerations
or public clamor
At the present time there is
vacancy on the court resulting from
the death of Justice Cardozo. It Is
perhaps too much to hope that the
President will be able to nominate
another Brandeis or another Cardozo,
but surely 1t is not too much to
expect that Mr.. Roosevelt will follow
the example of President Wilson
and select as his nominee one whose
legal attainments and social outlook
are OF the highest order, no matter
how popular or unpopular that
choice might be at the moment.
Evening star., 1938-11-14
New Boiling Field

With the rapidly approaching COM
pletion of the new Boiling Field,
long step forward in the aeronautical
progress of the National Capital
will have been taken.
Located on a site between the
Potomac River and the Anacostia
hills just south of the old Boiling
Field, the new Army Air Corps base
has been under construction nearly
nine years. Moving day." now
expected at about Christmas time,
will provide the Air Corps locally
with the most modern type Of air
drome and equipment to be found in
the country.
The old Boiling Field, to be taken
over by the Navy and added to the
Anacostia Naval Air Station, was
located under pressure of wartime
necessity. It never was satisfactory
and for years was regarded as one
of the worst Army airdromes in the
United States. Never filled to
Intended grade, it was poorly drained
and frequently soft. Even worse,
1t was dangerously narrow-a cause
of more than one bad accident.
The old field, moreover, was too
close to the thickly settled Anacostia
section to be desirable, as was tragic
ally demonstrated last week when an
Army plane crashed and burned in
an Anacostia residential street. It is
assumed, although the board of in
vestigation has not yet concluded
its work, that the pilot, with failing
Evening star., 1938-11-14
For Revenue ONLY

For Revenue Only
Pending consideration of what the
humane governments of the world,
including our own can do, by way of
ism, it may be useful to explore the
possible causes of events in Germany
which have shocked the conscience
of mankind The official program
of eXtermination-the mass fine of
S400,000,000 imposed on Reich Jews
''in their entirety" their ostracism
from business their Punishment
from all places of public entertain
ment, and their wholesale consign-
ment to concentration camps-these
combined measures of oppression are
so tyrannical that one must seek
some deeper motive than mere
Aryan racial obsession to explain this
carnival of persecution and pillage
which is without parallel in Israel's
history since the Egyptian captivity
and the Spanish expulsion.
1t is the most plausible, and
perhaps the most charitable, theory
that these horrors stem from the
politico- economic necessity of the
Hitler regime. Despite its recent
diplomatic defeat of the European
democracies, it is by no means sitting
Trottv nioto tnrcbiNc food
steady diet of victory. Conquest of
CZechoslovakia, a spectacular ex-
ternal triumph, calls for some gilt
tering new achievement at home.
There are historical precedents for
what is now happening. These may
be found no farther afield than
Czarist Russia. The periodical anti
Semitic pogroms instituted under the
Romanoffs, which the world remem-
bers by the generic name of Kishi-
neff, synchronized, as rule, with po-
litical unrest and resultant internal
crises which habitually sent the Co.'S
sacks and the Ogpu of Winter Palace
days into action against the most
helpless elements of the population.
Thus, the tottering imperial order
took refuge in those recurrent "di-
versions" ever the recourse of au-
tocracies in fear for their security.
But the impounding of S4OO,OOO,OO0
worth of Jewish property speaks
louder than the words of the expro-
priation decree The sum represents
roundly fifty per cent of all the
wealth remaining to the Reich's Jews
after successive spoilations since
1888. 1t is in addition to another
S400,000000 in damages to Jewish
property, which, according to the
penalty plan, must be borne by the
victims, their insurance policies be-
Ing liable to confiscation by the
state. The fine imposed upon a
fragmentary minority is the equiva-
lent of nearly half the $1,000,000, 900
war indemnity which Bismarck ex-
torted from all of conquered France.
The conclusion is lneScapable that
the Nazis' revenge upon their captive
Jews is for revenue only. That Hitler
needs the money-more than ever
now that Britain, France and Amer
lea are rearming-is everybody's
secret. He has devised what he
clearly regards an easy way of rails
Ing the funds, and has embarked
upon a cynical Plunderbund that is
now the object of world indignation.