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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-27
HIGHWAY PUBLICITY

The honeymoon days of free publicity
for the Overseas Highway are over. When
construction of this most unique and I'M
usual roadway spanning the waters to the
woods were filed with idling photograph
ers, avid writer's and nomadic newsreel
cameramen. They pounced on the high
way for material to fill the hoppers of
magazines, newspapers and other periodi-
Gals, The highway and Key West received
a fine volume of highclass advertising
without effort and without COST
From this time forward, however
such publicity must be bought and paid
for Trained writer's must be employed to
keep the highway and Key West before
the public eye Advertising space must be
obtained in newspapers and magazines
reaching the greatest possible number of
Florida-bound tourists and writer visitors
Booklets must be spread into every section
of the Americas. 1t takes money and
plenty of it to keep tourist communities up
forward with the leaders in the fierce COM
petitive fight for vacation dollars.
At present the only Monroe county
agency financially able to handle such a
publicity drive is the Overseas Road and
Toll Bridge district. 1t is fitting, there
fore, that the bridge commission should in
clude an appropriation in its budget for
advertising and publicity. Though small,
only $4,000, the allowance for this pur-
pose is at least a start in the right direc-
ton. AS start toward getting the adver-
Using program under way the commission
last week appointed a member of Miami
advertising firm as publicity director.
There appears to be just one fly in
this publicity ointment. Some time ago
the state attorney general ruled the Over
seas Road and Toll Bridge district had no
legal authority to appropriate money for
advertising and publicity and two upstate
members of the commission, Messrs. John
Slade and John Kennedy, successfully
blocked an appropriation of $4,000 to the
Key West Overseas Highway Celebration
July 4. The Key West majority of the
commission, Messrs. John w. Costar, Will
lard NJ. Albury and C. C. Symonette, voted
the appropriation.
At the meeting appointing the pub
licity director only Chairman Slade was
absent. The other members of the COM
mission, including Commissioner Kennedy,
approved the appointment. Counsel Paul
Marks verbally expressed the opinion the
action was legal, but has promised a writ
ten opinion on it.
1t seems to The Citizen that if the ap-
pointment stands and if the publicity direc-
tor spends any of the $4,000 for advertis-
ing, the bridge commission is morally, if
not legally, bound to pay the Key West
celebration group the $4,000 it voted last
June. The celebration produced more
than sufficient tolls for the bridge district
during the three-day period of the fiesta to
cover that appropriation. Payment of this
sum will remove the only valid grounds
for protests against expenditures for ad-
vertising the Overseas Highway
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-27
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PIRATES GOLD
Edited BY
LILY LAWRENCE BOW

In Memoriam
Jessica May Russ
Sept. IA, 1872-Aug. %, 1888
When our Mother, whose home
was her world,
And whose hopes were her. chill
dren,
Passed,
For us, her children, Time stopped
in its flight
And a stiffness came that we
have never known before.
How feeble the prayers and
hopes of the living
When life, a fragile fruit, drops
from the branch;
How vast the infinite space of
silence then!
We lifted trembling hands be-
seemingly
And the Omnipotent answered
With a Peace that covered our
Mothers face.
We, her children, in the night of
sorrow
Knew words could not tell the
things we would speak,
Knew solemn listening, as if the
winds would answer 'Why?'
AS we looked on our Mothers
sanity face,
We learned Deaths hand must
'a case the hand of life,
And Death is not an end, but a
49, going farther 1.9la
Where some day we shall meet
4" again. f5i r319 " a9gtef s
Our Mother is here, yet out in
aoq that infinite vaStness
Beyond human seeing, higher
fnn7 than the stars
We know Mothers eyes will look
back
And see her living face craven
on our hearts.
Some day we shall meet again,
We shall know the same sweet
smile,
We shall know our Mothers
arms
Reaching toward us over the
Great Divide,
Her face in a halo of pale, incred-
ible light.
Elmo ROSs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-27
September

September
Blur of voices
Buzz of bees
Red leaves under the maple
trees.
Stamping cattle
Clucking hen
A sow nursing her hungry
ten.
Cookies for sale,
Ladies Aid
Booth for homemade lemon
ade.
Ribbon prizes
Blue and red
Interpret what the judges
said.
Horn of plenty
Splitting wide
County fair for the country
side.
Phyllis Mcintyre.
CHERRIES
lTanka)
First Prize
Cherries
I gather cherries in the sun.
Polished little casks
Filled with summers crimson
flow
Best of summers lovely tasks.
-Maidi Payne.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-27

A horse viii eat until he founders
himself so only certain amount of food
is placed before him. That's where we
get the expression. probably, that he
"eats like a horse @
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-27

The record for difficulty in parking
is probably held by Noah who rowed his
ark for forty days before he found place
to park.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-27

One reason why society is what it is,
can be seen when one contemplates the
compensation given a football coach and a
professor.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-27

Big men laugh at the diatribes of lit
tie men, and why shouldn't they! If they
didn't they would assume the stature of the
little fellows.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-27

This machine age! One modern ma
chine for making electric lamp bulbs can
turn out 100000 bulbs day-the work of
500 glassblowers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-27

Another job for WPAers might be ar
ranged this Fall by having them count the
defeated candidates padding up Salt
Creek.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-27

Trying to fool the people is under
stood to be out of date. but you would have
hard time trying to make lot of poll
ticians believe it.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-27

There's difference of opinion among
the theorists as to the results of smoking,
but the average smoker has no doubt about
what he is going to do.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-27

We wonder why those pretty women
in the washing machine ads couldn't have
married men able to hire the washing
done.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-27

People interested in building up Key
West, ought to be among those who make
it rule to trade in Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-27

A reformer is man who uses your
money to put over his own ideas.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-27

A physician declares that in 100 years
all men will be bald. And still hopefully
investing in hair restorers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-27

Very often it is the seller rather than
the buyer who gets the "gain' in bargains
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-27

Go into any community and you will
see that the most successful merchants are
those who advertise
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-27

One trouble with higher education is
the institution where the pigskin is more
important than the sheepskin.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-27

Another thing, lot of people around
Key West wouldn't be in debt if their
friends didn't buy such expensive things.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-27

FEcmen's Fund weekly dances
win begin Monday night with the
first to be given in the Knights
of Columbus Hut instead of at
the Coral Isle Casino as was first
announced. A dance will be Civ
en- each week for 10 weeks with
a popularity contest.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-27

Three prominent attorneys of
Miami will speak in Key West to-
night at Bayview Park at the big
Democratic gathering, which will
start at o'clock. George Davis,
former attorney general for the
State of Georgia; Fred Pine,
county solicitor of Dade County,
and Abe AronovitZ, former Key
Wester, are enroute over the
highway to make speeches in Key
West tonight.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-27

Willie Jackson, Key West fight
er, fought to a draw against Mike
Kelly last night in the l5-round
battle in Fort Lauderdale. Tele-
grams received are to the effect
that another battle is to be ar
ranged for the near future.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-27

Junior Sluggers, who are lead
ing the Island City Juvenile
League, viii take part IN "a dou-
bleheader tomorrow AT Cato
Field when they, viii contact the
Pirates. The Singers are lead
ing the league by "a scant fIarg-
in and if rtheyashould lose to the
Pirates. they viii drop to sec
ond place.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-27

Editorial comment: Before
spending all our spare money on
getting ready for war, it might
be the desirable thing for our
country to find out if there is any
country which wants to fight US.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-10-27

The Woman's Missionary So
ciety of the First Baptist church
will give a Halloween social on
the lawn of the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Johnson, corner of
Eaton and Duval streets, Monday
evening, October %.
The Nome nugget., 1938-09-30

Last Sunday evening, which was the date set for the finishing of the campaign for funds for the Federated church, revealed that 75f6 of the sum necessary for local expenses had been subScrib ed. At that time, however, the canvass was still far from com plete. It is hoped that by next Sunday we shall be over the top.
 The church desires to thank all who have in any way contrib uted to the support of it's work. We trust that this support will prove to be justified by a rich and fruitful contribution to the life of the community in the months to come.
The Nome nugget., 1938-09-30
City Council Met

The following abbreviated notes of the activities of the City Council meeting held Sept. 18th, is herwith printed:
 When the meeting was called to order with Mayor Alvin Polet presiding the following council men were present: Hurley, Kroh- low, Madsen and Taggart.
 The following communications were read; One from Mrs. Hugh O'Neill, requesting the council to enact an ordinance covering nov ing of houses and that certain space should be allowed between houses being built or moved. No action was taken.
 One from Mrs. B. F. Gillette requesting an addition be made to a box drain on Steadman Ave. to convey water farther out onto the beach.
 One from the Signal Corps, U. s. Army, Seattle officie, advising that the radio station at Nome will remain in its present loca- ton.
 Another communication from Ned Kanevek, tnative), offering the sum of 5000 for a certain lot on Belmont Point. Offer ac- cepted.
 Bids were received from the following water vendors offering to deliver water to the Fire De- partment during the coming win
The Nome nugget., 1938-09-30
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ter at the following rates per gallon:
 C. F. Yenney 24t per gallon. Pioneer Water Go. 2 lOths cent per gallon.
 C. M. Allyn, .6i10ths of a cent per gallon.
 The bid of C M Allyn was ac- cepted.
 Bills in the approximate amou- nt of $500.00 were approved for payment.
 Chief Laws was requested to examine all stove pipes and safe ty tIues turnout the city.
 Publication of the recently passed Traffic Ordinance was dis cussed. It being the concensus of opinion of the members that only the important points, such as speed, lights, brakes, etc. were necessary to be printed in either pamphlet or book form. The City Attorney was requested to prepare a condensed form to meet the important requirements and submit same at next meet ing.
 No further business of import ance came up for discussion and meeting adjourned.
The Nome nugget., 1938-09-30
FOR SALE

Wonderful business opportunity, Fishermen's resort, fifteen miles from Seattle, Wash. Six hundred and ninety feet of water front on Sound; building large enough to store seventy-five boats. ........ :. Twenty-Five out board motor boats; four out board motors. .... .. Electric motor and hoist to handle boats.
 :. Seven cottages furnished. ........ -- Pumping system for live bait ponds.
 Will sell half interest or all
 5000 will handle deal. .... ......
 For information call or write
 CHAUNCEY'S BOAT HOUSE,
 Box 713, Edmonds, Wash.
The Nome nugget., 1938-09-30

gram has been planned. Parents and friends are especially invit- ed to attend.
 Worship: 7:45 pm. Sermon: Efficiency and Consecrated Life" The Lords Supper will be administered. Young people are especially invited to this ser vice and on the First Sunday of each succeeding month. Services on those days will be planned with young people especially in mind. The general public is of course invited to all Of our ser vices.
The Nome nugget., 1938-09-30

Write to your friends and rela. tives on the Outside, using Sour ough Stationery. They'll get big kick out of it.
The Nome nugget., 1938-09-30
FEDERATED CHURCH
 NOTES

Serv iecfSroEAAW on5leaff' Sc Services for Sunday October 2
 Church School: II o'clock.
 Rally Day and Promotion Day will be observed. A special pro-
The Washington times., 1938-10-13
PACKARD

PACKARD 1885 5-Pass. Sedan, Model 120.
Excellent dark blue paint, fine, clean up
holstery. all good tires, radio, heater.
This car is priced low for quick sale:
S425. c. C. C. guarantee. Capitol
Cadillac Co., 1922 22d St. N. ". MA.
$500. Open evenings and Sunday.
The Washington times., 1938-10-13

Your od runs in both The Herold
and The Times for one low cost.
You get THE LARGEST circulation
In town. You pay THE LOWEST
rate per paper. Republic 1894.
The Washington times., 1938-10-13

Plymouth 1887 4-Door De Luxe @EIQ
Touring Sedan - Beautiful jet PC7O
black finish. low mileage: &64S. A one
owner car in exceptionally fine condi-
tion. Terms and trade.
COAST-IN, INC.
G07 Florida Ave N e. Atlantic 1900
The Washington times., 1938-10-13

A truly beautiful car. has had POSO
only one owner and is in splendid con-
dition; fully guaranteed.
STANDARD MOTOR SALES
1905 14th st. n. W. North 229S
The Washington times., 1938-10-13

Plymouth 1896 sedan-Excellent QN1O
condition. fully guaranteed. P1AO
Priced at only $419; terms.
STANDARD MOTOR SALES
1905 14th st. N. w. North 1928
The Washington times., 1938-10-13

This ad ran in another paper and
didn't bring call :. But E. the
Herald Times rented the room very
quickly.
MASS. N. W.. 15O1-Single, double rms;
comfortable: downtown: detached home.
The Washington times., 1938-10-13

Plymouth 1888 4-Door De Luxe oH7E
Touring Sedan-Black finish. p3SO
Thoroughly an honest value for a per-
feet performing car. We cut the price
for Immediate sale. $475. Radio and
heater equipped. Sold with the strong
est guarantee ever written and the
easiest terms. See 1t or call US today
for home demonstra tion.
LEO ROCCA, INC
5-7-9-11 N. Y. Ave. N. e. NAT. 1921
The Washington times., 1938-10-13

PLYMOUTH 1888 Coach-Good mechani.
cal condition. good tires. paint o. K,
S145. Call R. W. Thompson. MA. $3.50.
Hill & Tibbitts. 1114 Vermont Ave. N. W.
The Washington times., 1938-10-13

OLDSMOBILE 1885 5-Pass. Touring Sc
dan-Six-cylinder, gray paint. spotless in
terror, all good tires and a splendid
usually low; S475. c. c. c. guarantee.
Capitol Cadillac Co., 1922 22d St. N. ".
MA. $500. Open evenings and Sunday.
The Washington times., 1938-10-13
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CORD

CORD De Luxe Convertible Sedan-Red
leather upholstery and good for mechan-
ica:-minded person. Sold new for nearly
$4,000. Our price, $95.0o. A gift.
Arcade-Pontiac. 1419 Irving St. AID.
0575. (Branch) N. Y. Ave. and Bladen0-
burg Rd. N. f.
The Washington times., 1938-10-13
HUDSON

HUDSON 1885 6-Pass. 4-Door Touring
sedan-Custom. large trunk wheels,
excellent black paint. spotless interior,
all good tires, radio. heater. You simply
cannot find value like this in a clean
car elsewhere S315 C. C. C. guar
antee. Capitol Cadillac Co.. 1922 22d
St. N. W. MA. $500. Open evenings
Evening star., 1938-06-23

ner denouncing the Presidents plan
to increase the membership of the Su-
preme Court gave the final impetus 10
the killing of that bill
The White House resented very
much the publication of Gov. Leh-
mans letter to Senator Wagner-in
which the Governor said among other
things that months earlier he had
communicated to the President his
belief that the court-packing plan was
unsound. The President kept that
entirely to himself. however. And
now, unless the unexpected happens,
the White House is to have Gov.
Lehman on its hands in Washington.
Except for his stand on the court bill,
the Governor has played right along
with the President and his program.
The President will have to make up
his mind whether to bury the hatchet
and get along with Lehman if he
becomes Senator or to look askance at
this prospective New York Senator
as he did where Senator Copeland
was concerned.
May Have Bitten OFF Too Much.
There is growing feeling that the
President and his intimate New Deal
advisers have bitten off considerably
more than they can chew when it
comes to the purge" In the first
place, these intimate advisers of the
President have no definite grip on
politics in their own or other States.
They were never in the Organization"
or elected to ONCE That goes for
Robert H. Jackson, the Solicitor Gen.
eral, for w. P. A. Administrator Harry
L. Hopkins, as well as for Thomas G.
Corcoran and the Presidents son,
James Roosevelt. The national or
ganlzation has been carefully culti-
waited and weeded by National Chair
man Jim" Farley. The Democratic
State organizations also have been
erected by the professionals. These
professionals have little sympathy for
the amateurs around the President
no matter how good these amateurs
believe themselves to be.
The President himself Is still the
great big shot in New Deal and Demo-
cratic politics. However, II he is will
ing to put himself in opposition to
Democratic State organiza tions in or
der to bring about the purge" he
may find the ground falling away
from under his feet-particularly
Evening star., 1938-06-23

out No wonder then that the New Deal lavish with
The G1bertsvile DAM for example killed
and then authorized at the last the
proper people had passed the
control projects
country IN the last Congress Kentucky
IN the Kentucky will Of be the
uky voters to be forgiven If they think the
Under the Speaker
Nicholas Longworths.
voters and not all their leaders
he used to tell OF
his found
prise that precinct
and asked
Why Mr. Longworth sir you
But $780," said you carry
precinct
Well SIR said the precinct I'm good chucheoer
religious And after
corrupted me least, them the
It's improbable that the Kentucky
the Longworth
tucky that the to Barkey
Chandler should
the memorable dctum
Garner You can't beat billion dollars" a
pendabe
Neuspap Inc)
Evening star., 1938-06-23

gle with a reapportionment bill.
In the early days. census taking
was an important, but more or less
minor job. Things have changed,
however, since the days when
stock joke was the census man try
ing to learn the age of a lady fat
and fair" 1t is a huge task just
to enumerate 130,0OO,0O0 men, wom-
en- and children. In addition, Con-
gress has placed other tasks on the
bureau.
It gathers statistics on business,
manufactures. agriculture. crime. re-
ligion, life and death, and q num-
Der OF other subjects
Very important have become the
census records since the enactment
of the social security Law. Millions
have no way Of proving their age
except for these census records. More
than 2.250,000 will pass the pension
age of IS during the next three years
During the last fiscal year $4,000 ap-
plications for age certifcation ano
other personal information we're re-
ceived at the bureau.
Mr.. Austin is a census director par
excellence. He pulls figures out Of
his head as easily as a prestigitator
pulls rabbits out of hat. He was
born on a cotton plantation in Mis-
sssippi. His family owned the land
"as far as you could see" He gained
a Phi. B. at the University Of Mis-.
sissippi, and later a law degree.
The late Senator John Sharp VIII
liams persuaded him to come TO
Washington, where in 1900 he obtained
a 5000 clerkship in the Census Bu-
reau. He polished up census figures
so successfully that he advanced
through all the grades principally in
Republican administrations. although
he is Mississippi Democrat. until
he was made director That is the
only political appointment in the
bureau. Mr. Austin says.
AS he talks of the census-his life's
work-he constantly makes "doodles"
on scratch pad. His tit-tat-to ef-
fects, however, are not patch on
the designs former President Hoover
used to accomplish when he was Sec
retary Of Commerce. Mr.. Austin says
The census director has two bob
bies-buying books. mainly history
and biography. and flowers. which he
grows.
Evening star., 1938-06-23

tors will have really tough time.
air tomorrow nIht with vi has a freside Hn itie
chat to the American people. He
may tell the people what he intends
to do to improve conditions with the
big spending and lending program
he has inaugurated. He may tell them
that conditions in the country are
looking up. 1t seems entirely un-
likely, however, that he will talk
about the cleavage in the Democratic
party or urge that some of the Demo-
cratic candidates be defeated in the
primaries. And yet he has been urged
by some Of his followers to 80 right
out and hght Dennocrats who have
opposed him and his pToQYAm or any
Evening star., 1938-06-23

part of the program. If he should
follow this advice the row in Demo-
cratic ranks will grow to proportions
so far undreamed.
The 1910 campaign for presidential
nominees in the Democratic party
is under way right now, though un-
der the. surface. The more the New
Dealers seek a purge the more brisk
this hight is likely to become. If the
President Is At peace with the great
bulk Of his party two years hence he
may be expected to name his successor
without great difficulty. But If there
is . really substantial group Of Demo-.
cratic leaders Ut war with him the
picture will be very different,