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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-15
Proposed Charter Taken
Up And Read By Sec
tons For Consideration
OF Members

Charter Revision Committee
met 8 o'clock last night in the
county court house for the pur-
pose of receiving The report OF
The Charter Study Committee.
Tho report was compiled by II.
E. Day. chairman.
1t was shown that the charter
had been taken up section by
section, and these sections were
noted on as each was read with
the amendments as noied. When
any change was suggested by
those attending it was noted and
referred to the committee for
consideration.
One of the main changes recon-
mended was the establishment of
a civil service board, which
would hold examinations for va
rious positions in the several de-
partments. One of the purposes
of this board is to insure employees
of continued service. and not to
make their jobs subject to change
every so often. Thus employees
would be rewarded for faithful
and conscientious service.
On the other hand the public
would be protected in that EN-
ployes who misuse their positions
would be removed following
charges to be filed TO the board
end hearings held in which the
charges were proven.
City council is 10 serve in the
position and assume the respon-
sibilities at present vested in the
board of election commissioners.
Lowering of interest on assess
ments made on improvements
and extend the time for payment
of the same was recommended.
The existing charter calls for an
assessment of eight percent and
exacts payment in three years.
Il is recommended that the rate
of interest be lowered TO six per
sent and time extended to Four
years.
Many changes which will sim
plify the existing form OF city
government were recommended.
and the explanation is made that
by making the proposed changes
much money would be saved.
Special acts which amend the
charter from 1921 to, the present
date are TO be studied in sec
tions by the Charter Study Com
mittee, and recommendations viii
be made as to whether or not
changes are to be made.
Wken the work. which has re-
qtliEed much time and study. Is
completed, the legal committee Is
! toiprepare a resume Of Tic, pro-
posed changes in order that resi-
depts may be able to fsaiiiafize
themselves with the newly form
ulatcd charter.
Throughout the charter the
work accomplished has been
couched in vcrbiagc which win
bring IL up to date.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-15
RED CROSS ROLL
CALL DRIVE NOW
UNDERWAY HERE
ADDITIONAL WORKERS ARE
NEEDED TO ASSIST. STATES
LOCAL EXECUTIVE OF Or
GANIzATroN

A call for additional workers to
assist in the 1888 roll call drive
of the Key West chapter of the
American Red Cross was made
here today by Mrs Grace Phil
lips, executive secretary of the
local chapter.
with our quota set at one
Thousand memberships it is evil
dent that we will be in need of
more assistance in completing
the roll call by Thanksgiving
Day., Mrs Phillips stated here
today when meager returns came
in from the workers already as
signed their respective territories.
$50 many people are prone to
let George do it. that it puts the
officials of the local chapter in
an embarrassing position when
the final count is made and we
find ourselves short of member
ships, which is the only humane
way the people of this commun-
ity have of expressing their APP
probation to the American Red
Cross for past interest shown in
the care of the INDECENT and
needy.
New workers are requested to
get in touch with Mrs. Phillips at
her residence, 42l Duval street.
The roll call returns, including
Monday. are as follows.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-15
Seeing Eye Dog M.
Knows Customers
,ny ANsarIated Pre.Sl

WAYNESVILLE. N. c., Nov
15.-Roy MoSeman, blind, 35-
year-old newspaper route carrier.
believes his Seeing Eye" dog,
Sallie. Black, Labrador. is the
only dog in the country that
knows every subscriber on a
newspaper route.
Sally knows Moseman's SUBJ
ScriberS even better than he does.
If he happens to forget one on
his daily rounds, the dog tugs at
her harness and refuses to move
on until the subscriber is served.
II MoSeman misses his aim in
tossing a paper into a subscribers
porch. Sally quickly corrects the
error by picking up the paper and
putting it where ii should be
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-15
Had to Match Subsidies

Other wheat countries, includ
izing the export of some of it
wheat and the department o
had to follow suit i
it expected to move the 10000,
900 bushels.
Especial note: Secretary
Wallace's proposed two-price
system by which subsidy
payments would be used to
make prices lower for poor
Americans instead of poor
foreigners, doesn't apply so
well to wheat. The depart
ment believes the country
now is eating about all the
wheat it cares for and a SUBJ
Sidy would not make it eat
more,)
The departments original
plan was to have the export
able surplus moved by Janu-
airy, so it would be out of the
. way of the huge Argentine
g crops. These countries har-
+ vest in. january, since they
are on the, other end of the
world.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-15
IT'S NAVAL DRAMA
WHEN u. S. SHOPS
FOR BATTLE BOATS
BACK OF 1T LIES AGONY OF
PREPARATION WITH
DRAFTED AND REDRAFT-
ED DISCUSSIONS
By PRESTON GROVER
APP Feature Service

WASHINGTON, Nov: 15.
Have you ever seen people. bld
on $500, 100000 worth of battle
ships?
The conclusion of this first
stage of the drama by which the
| United States steps out to become
the master of her share of the
waves is calm, precise, dignified.
- Back of il lies an agony OF
preparation. thousands Of blue
prints drafted and re-drafted,
discussions in ship yards, finan-
cial houses, in the White House.
in technical quarters in the navy,
and in committees of the house
and senate.
When all this is finished,
months later a group of the ma
tons foremost seadogs cluster
around the desk of Secretary
Swanson of the navy. His office
is in one of the rattiest buildings
/. in Washington, a concrete laby-
rinth slung together during the
World War to house swelling
navy. When street buses pass, II
/ quivers like a chicken coop. :
However, an acceptable office
has been set up for the secretary
on the second floor. roomy but
far palmer than the quarters Of
doormen in the newest govern
mental castles along Constitution
and Pennsylvania avenues.
Al the Stroke of Twelve
The bids will be opened at
high noon." says the announce
ment. An hour before the door
to the hallway outside is jsnmed
with men. Some are hard-bitten
shipyard operators. Many are
small operators hopeful Of an ear
full that will give them an ink
ling of where they can sell on
order of insulation or a few rugs
for the officers quarters on the
ships.
/ As the main door opens the
crowd rushes forward. A ma
rine stops them. He Iets in o
few at a time to seek places in
orderly fashion about the room
Nearly . hundred men. a woman
or two as well. sardine into the
room. There y q nIomentary
pause. a shutting Of papers Is
late arriving officials receive
copies Of this and that.
I Back AZ SwansOn's dexk is a
huge brass clock u seagoing DE-
! sign. but Il Is an old grzndfath
er's clock in the center Of The
room that starts off the party
Ding" IL begins. with the first
beat Of u patient strokes 20 sig
/ nal that high noon has arrived.
The navy il prompt AZ the
instant Of the first ding Ad-
Fr1iral DuBose. naval chief If cum
struction. Is on his feet The Sec
Rotary. formerly senator from
Virginia. has Little pzrs in the
final ceremony. The SEA fighters
take the wheel They are trim
lot Seven 81 ten high rsnkers
In the army have blue eyes. Must
be the viking strain. AZ 80. Ad"
r1trzi DuBoSe Gblus eyesi 10 white
haired. erect as . picks. plr.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-15
SPONGE SALE
HELD MONDAY

There were few offerings of
sponge at the Municipal sponge
dock yesterday. the entire lot
consisting OF 80 lunches Of wool.
~ of grass and 20 of yellow.
Bids on the wool offerings
amounted to $40.90. but some OF
these were refused. Grass sold
for $425 and yellows' brought
$40. ,W
Most Of the larger vessels are
out for the long cruise and are
not expected % return before
Christmas week. unless excep-
tionally large catches are made.
il is said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-15
Charter Revision1Cr
Assemblies Last Evening
FISH FOR JEWISH
BUT CATCH SHARK

Mark Harvey and several
friends were fishing from
Boca Chica bridge last night
in hopes of catching a jew
fish. as there have been quite
a few fine ones caught there
during past months.
After fishing for a short
time. line tautened. there
was a fierce tug on the gear
and then began the struggle.
After playing the catch for a
while they realized that il
was not a jewish. the fish
on the line was too much of
a fighter.
They gradually worked the
line toward the end OF the
bridge and found the take 10
be a shark about seven feet
long and weighing approxi-
matelY zoo pounds.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-15
Platinum Blonde Beavers
Found In Gold Mine
my Assecin,.aPre

SAGUACHE, Colo, Nov. IS
Chief Game Warden John Hart
has solved the mystery of the
platinum blonde beaver.
They were living in the depth
of the Bonanza gold mine where
there was enough acid in the wa
ter to dissolve a nail in about
three weeks. said Hart 1.-THE
acid turned their natural brown
ish color to silver.
Hart ordered them trapped alive
and removed to more agreeable
surroundings on the surface.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-15
u! SJ.CAN'T DUMP ITS WHEAT giI
4 EVEN AT A l9-CENT BONUS

The domestic allotment plan, it
will be recalled, provides that the
amount of wheat this country
consumes and saves for reserve
will be left in the market but all
surplus will be set aside for ex-
port.
To Subsidize Or Turn?
Advocates of the plan urge
that with the 10 per cent of ex-
portable surplus taken off the
market, the domestic price would
automatically seek a higher price
level. The surplus, sold abroad
even at a lower price, might
bring the total income up to a
level comparable with other in
duStry.
Now, the department feels it
has fairly well established that
the world will not take much u.
S. surplus even with a 10 cent
subsidy, when other nations are
willing to match it subsidy for
subsidy. Thus, the department
argues, if the country can't eat
the surplus nor sell it abroad at
a fair price, it should not grow
it.
Whether the farm belt will ac-
cept this situation as an argu-
ment against domestic allotment
and in favor of the present crop
control plan is something the de-
partment won't even guess until
the temper of the new congress
is better known.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-15
Three Cases Disposed or In
Criminal, Court Here Today
Number Of Other Cases On
Docket Are To Be Taken
Up For Trial During
Week

At the session of the Criminal
Court of Record of Monroe coun-
tY. which was held this morning
in the county court house with
Judge William ". AlburY presid-
ing. three cases wer brought be-
fore the. tribunal for hearing. 5.
First of these was the case of
Solomon Bowe, who was charged
with aggravated assault. The
accused entered a plea of guilty
and was sentenced to serve three
months in the county Jail at hard
labor.
Cheszolow Massicki was called
TO the bar to answer to charge
of vagrancy, to which he pleaded
guilty. Judge Albury was in
formed that the prisoner could 60
to work as he had been offered
a job. He was arrested Novem-
Der 1, so he was sentenced 10 Is
days and as the time was up to-
day he was allowed to depart.
When the judge finished
speaking, the accused was so
pleased with the consideration
shown that with great feeling he
thanked the judge and imme-
diately left the court room.
Betty Brewer, charged with
being a vagrant, pleaded guilty
and was sentenced to 30 days.
but the court would suspend the
sentence pronounced by the
judge if the prisoner would leave
the city. :
She agreed to do so today with
the understanding that II she re-
turned she would be arrested and
placed in jail to serve the SEN
tence of 80 days.
There being no further BUSH
ness to be presented today, the
Judge announced a recess until
$50 o'clock tomorrow morning.
A number of cases are
on the docket and are expected
to be brought up later in the
week.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-15
Those Singles Bees
Are All Dead Now

LONDON, Nov. l5.-The sting
less bees presented TO the Zoo
logical Gardens by the Southern
Rhode ian Government hre all
dead
1t is believed the cold weather
killed them.
The first stingless bees ever
brought to Europe alive travelled
1000 miles by air in part of a tree
trunk that was their natural
home.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-15
Crisis Precautions
Cost SLIP A Head

LONDON. Nov. l5.-Fifteen Of
London's borough councils have
worked out the approximate cost
Of the air raid precautions taken
during the recent crisis. The total
was $1.650. 900.
The cost per head of she popu-
lation to be protected works out
as approximately SI.l1
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-15
Japanese Hold Dredgers;
Silt Fills Shanghai Harbor

SHANGHAI. Nov. l5.-The Sc
we're blow dealt this city'S i'm
portance as an international port
by the war may soon be made
worse by Dame Nature.
Heavy sitting of the whangpoo
river. according 20 officials Of
principal foreign steamship com
panies represented here. may
shortly prevent ocean liners from
entering Shanghai harbor.
All dreigerS were seized by
the japanese naval authorities
and are still in their possession.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-15
HOUSING SUBJECT
TO Be DISCUSSED
MAYOR AND COUNCIL PLAN
MEETING FOR ToMoR.
ROW AFTERNOON

Mayor Willard M. Albufy and
members Of the city council will
tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock
meet with the Key West Housing
Authority for the purpose of con-
ferring with a representative of
the United States Housing Au-
thority.
Fred ]. Dion. chairman of the
local group. told The Citizen yes
terday that there are a number
of matters of Importance to be
discussed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-15
Go To Museum And
Learn Your Liquors

PARIS. Nov. lS.-The City Of
Paris believes il can claim title
10 being the first city to install
q bar and tea room in . museum.
The bar and tea room Is a
popular part of the new Musee de
fHomme in the Troeadero. hall
dedicated 10 scientific exhibits.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-15
JAS. CASH HURT
DURING COLLISION
MOTORCYCLE HITS AuToMo.
BILE DRIVEN BY
VISITOR

James Cash received a thorough
shaking up. a cut on the right
shoulder and an eight-inch cash
on the right wrist Sunday when
the motorcycle on which he was
riding with Bill Ford met in col
Ii$ion with a car driven By .
visitor.
Cash said that the driver Of
the car Rad made arrangements
To pay the surgeons bill. and any
other expenses connected with
the accident.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-15
RETURNS TO TAMPA

Mrs Lottie Ayala who was
visiting in this city with relatives.
returned to her home in Tampa
over the Overseas Highway yes
terday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-15
SELLS HIS WIFE

cHfCAGO.--A man unable GO
meet the payment on his flxrnA-
ture. which amounted 20 $50.
sold his wife 70 obtain the money.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-11-15
HEAR MATTER
NOF REPAIRING
COURT HOUSE
COMMISSIONERS IN RECEIPT
OF FOUR BIDS: GO INTO
EXECUTIVE SESSION THIS
AFTERNOON

Members of the board of coun-
tY commissioners are in session
al the court house this afternoon
to determine as to which of the
four companies bidding will be
awarded the contract for repairs
and additions 10 the county court
Bids were received from John
B. Orr Construction CO., Miami;
Witter Construction Company,
Miami; the Gaffney Waldron
Company, Inc, of Miami, and the
S. c. Davis Construction Company
of Miami Beach.
Present at the meeting were
M. J. Horre, of the Davis COM
pany, Jack Gaffney, of the Gaff-
ney Waldron Co., Albert Hinson,
of the Cheeley Lumber Co.,
Earle Wolfe, of the Russell Pan
coast Co., architects who drew
the plans for the work, NJ. j.
Widmyer, project engineer for
the Public Works administration,
w. v. Little, of the National En-
ployment Service, and others.
The meeting was called for 2
O'Clock, but was not started until
2:40 due TO the absence of Com
missioner Cleveland Niles, who
was detained. Other members
present were Chairman Carl Ber-
valdi, and Commissioner Braxton
B. Warren, Clerk Ross c. Saw
yer, and Attorney w. Garry Har-
ris. Commissioners Porter and
Thompson are out of the city.
MIR. Widmyer said that the
bids would first be read, after
which the commissioners would
go into executive session, the re-
suits would then be telephoned
to Atlanta. headquarters of the
PWA. after which il was possible
that the award of the contract
would be made.
The Washington times., 1938-06-15
MUSICAL AND VARIETY

7;S0-TOMMY DORSEY - Broadcasts
his Amateur Swing Contest from the
stage of the Fox Theater in Detroit. A
prominent and Noteworthy Detroiter will
be Tommy's guest on the show ...WRC
sOO-ANDRE KosTELANETz-Gr
Moore will be heard in a duet, blending
her soprano with the tenor of Frank
Hornaday, who made his first guest
appearance with Miss Moore last April
-. The duet will be Romberg's will
chestra will be heard in two tuneful COM
positions, Weather Man on Spree"
and suite arrangement of Berlin's "A
Pretty Girl Is Like Melody. ..WJSV
s:Oo-TowN HALL-sue villa. de-
slsner and creator of scarecrows will be
20 Meet" The program will also have
the welcome sign out for the return OF
Harry Won Zell, genial announcer who
mas been on a four-weeks vacation. .WRC
s:3O-MINsTREL sHow-A whale of
good time is anticipated when the boys
OF the cast dedicate the broadcast to
fishing and to Oyster Bay L. !. Ed Davies,
baritone, and Jack Baker, tenor, again
VIII De sololsts. .................W .WMAL
s:3O-MELoDIEs FROM THE SKY
new feature, Meet Your Neighbor,"
which promises to be one of the most
popular of the current audience partici-
patton shows, has been added to the
who produces the series. ............W VOL
DRAMA
HoO-CAvALCADE OF AMERICA
Dramatizes the life of DR.. John Gorrie,
who perfected an ice-machine and demon
strated the practibility of mechanical
EeIrlSeration. .................. ..WJSV|
7:OO-oNE MANS FAMILY-Plays a
ball game in tonight's chapter. This is
continuation of last weeks episode,
which found the Barbours at a picnic at
Sky Ranch. .................... .WRC|
9:OO-GANG BUsTERs-Presents the
concluding episode of the capture of Gus
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Love in
Swingtinne
BY Tommy Dorsey and
George D. LOTHIAN

CONTINUED from Local Page)
you played at c. College last
summer"
I stopped reading and turned
the stationery over to look for
the signature. The letter was
from Biff Brown!
81 am not a bug about this
thing, Mr.. Dorsey. # ever
person tried to take somebody's
advice, I tried to take yours.
I tried not to play the clarinet,
didn't touch it for two months.
I didn't listen to the radio or
play records. I tried to forget
there was such a thing as swing.
I piled into my books like a
regular bone.
But the experiment simply
didn't work. think even Har.
riet is ready to admit that
maybe I do belong in a swing
orchestra. She hates the idea
as much as ever. I've gone crazy
trying to show her swing isn't
as disgusting as she thinks, but
she told me you tried to talk
her into it and she says if you
couldn't, how could I?
$50 what is the use Of going
on this way? I am not even
paying attention to my college
work. I have given up trying
to fight against myself. might
just as well try not to breathe
or not to eat as try to take my
mind off swing music.
Il don't know how or why it
should get me this way. Maybe
it's a disease, but it's got me
from morning till night, and
can't be happy unless I'm play
ing hot.
do you think Tn doing
wrong? Anyway, right or wrong
doesn't matter as far as I'm con-
cerned. I can't help taking this
step. I know I can succeed in
swing. I feel that I was born
to play the clarinet. Every
thing else is a total waste to me.
"All I need is chance to show
my stuff, Mr.. Dorsey. You were
so swell to me and gave me
just the encouragement needed
that I am hoping you will help
me now. Tonight I am going to
tell Harriet, and I will be in New
York city as fast as a hitch.
hiker can get there.
Sincerely your,
"BIFF BROWN"
The Washington times., 1938-06-15
ADVICE WASTED

I laid down the letter feeling
that all this was inevitable. I
should have known six months
ago, when I gave Biff all that
advice, that he would never take
it-a "hep-cat" never does.
I myself had quit school when
I was IL years old to become a
musician. And every gate have
ever known has done the same.
It is just something in man
which makes him burst out and
play music; otherwise, he's
choked up inside. felt terribly
sorry for Harriet, of course, and
hoped some compromise would
be possible.
Four days later, as I was leav-
ing the hotel early in the morn
ing; I ran into Biff, who was
waiting for me outside, holding
a small, square valiSe in one
hand, and with the other clutch
ing q long box that held his
clarinet. It was all he had in
the world, he told me later.
Hello, Mr.. Dorsey" he said,
huskily, here I ami"
Hello, kid" I said, glad to
see you!"
He told me he had been on
the road continuously since he
had written the letter, begging
rides from truckdrivers and
statesmen. He had not even
stopped to wash. AS soon as he
came into the city, he parked
himself outside the hotel to
wait for me.
His trousers were travel
stained and his coat was torn
in two or three places. Black
lines Of dust smeared his face
and he had a raw bruise on his
jaw. II got into a fight in AL
bany," he explained, diffidently.
There's a cafeteria around
the corner" said, you can
wash up there, and then we'll
have breakfast"
He admitted he hadn't eaten
in two days.
While he ate and I had a cup
Of coffee. he told me what had
happened 49,.
CTo be continued
The Washington times., 1938-06-15
T0DAY'S SHORT WAVE PROGRAM

BERLIN, $50 P. The
Merry Widow" operetta. DJD,
25.4 m, lit meg.
LONDON, 6:35 P. mile
stones Of Melody" GSP, 1876 M,
1881 meg; GSD, 25.5 M, Ills
meg: Csc, 31.3 m, 9.58 meg. !;
GSB, 31.5 M, 9.51 meg.
BUDAPEST, 7P. M.-Hungarian
Folklore Songs. HAT4, 1913 m,
9.12 meg.
EINDHOVEN, tbs P. M.-Pro-
gram for the Western Hemisphere.
PCJ, 31.2 M, $50 meg.
ROME, 1880 P. M" Around
italy With Music; light music.
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2RO, 31.1 M, 1853 meg; IRF, 30.5
m, 9.83 meg; 10Y, 1921 m, 11.9O
meg.
CARACAS, $3.50 P. M.-The Con-
tinentals, orchestra. YV5RC, SIT
M, So meg.
LONDON, 9:35 P. M. Men
Who Make the Shows" GSI, 1916
m, 1926 meg; GSD, 25.5 M, Ills
meg; Csc, 31.3 M, 9.58 meg;
GSB. 31.5 M, 9.51 meg.
BERLIN, 1925 P. M.-Techni-
cal Tips for the Radiofan. DJD,
25.4 M, 11.77 meg.
TOKYO, 12:45 A. M.-Variety
Program. JZJ, 25.4 M, 11.80 meg.
The Washington times., 1938-06-15
Radio Features TOday

IN THE NEWS. AS GLIMPsED BY RE-
PoRfER GOODWIN, OF THE WASH
1NoFcN TIMES EDITORIAL STAFF
HEARD AT THIS EARLY MORNING
PERIOD. MONDAY THROUGH sATUR-
DAY., wMAI