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telling the truth about the chastity
conditions in Soviet Russia which. he
says. IS q nation trapped. physically.
intellectually and spiritually.
Lyons comments On journalists
and casual visitors 70 Russia are
worth quoting as flashes Of perspica-
city and caustic wit Emma Goldman.
Alexander Berkman. and other de-
porteeS from America abandoned the
Soviet land. preferring q capitalist
exile. Bill Haywood found the BolShe-
vik system hateful and died . broken,
disappointed man Walter Duranty's
spoken views would have shocked
New York radicals, who mistook him
for Soviet enthusiast Maurice Hin
dus. native Of a Russian village. was
one of the most industrious spologists
for Stain. Louis Fischer. the COM
muniSt publiciSt. though he had eulo-
gized the unspeakable GPU- was
suspected of TrotSkyiSm- Ambassador
Bullitt's conception Of the new Russia
was deeply colored by the romanti-
cism Of the earliest period.
For the fabulous Sidney and Bea-
trice Webb and others Of that iIk there
is az least the excuse Of wishful think
ing. Bernard Shaw is an unpardon-
able cynic who judged food condi-
tons BY the menu Of the Metropole.
saw nothing and learned nothing. and
yet made large contributions toward
the myth OF happy. prosperous. en-
thuSiaStIc socialist Russia. Processes
Dewey. Professor Counts and bevy
of Sub-Deweys and sub-Counts were
guilty Of ayperbolic panegyrics on
Soviet 2 cationa experiments.
There were also many SNUG econo-
miStS and sociologists who smiled at
the liquidation Of millions Of kulaks
and used to say. with the Times CORE
spondent. that you can't make an
omelette without breaking eggs. VIII
liam j. Chamberlin. on the contrary.
Lyons says. was always exact schol-
arly and pasSionlesS. the best in
formed and least sentimental OF his
American colleagues in Moscow.
Eugene Lyons returned 70 Amer
lea a sadder and wiser man, though
still semi-socialiSt He begs forgive
ness for having left unSaid many
things that he should have said and is
now trying 10 make amends by tell
ing the whole truth and nothing but
the truth. Naturally. he is vilified by
his former comrades Of the Stain
sect. but the well-known TrotSkyite,
Max Eastman. says: Assignment in
Utopia is a great and noble book"
thor care of this rearsnaDerl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04

Figures for corporation earn
InES u 1898 were recently made
public BY the Treasury Depart
uent. showing gross income q
reporting active corporations for
the year were SIi3.sSs.I70.0oo. an
increase Of i percent over 1884
Net income was SS.Ie4. 723 90. an
increase q 20S percent over
1884. OF .63I corporate returns
I6413i showed net income. 3I2-
So no net income. and 5s.SIS
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04

The President has received a
tremendous volume of mail from
businessmen, who noted that he
had discussed the recovery prob
lem with industrialiSts and asked
that smaller businessmen have a
chance to express themselves. As
a result, the President called his
conference with small business
men. His secretary was directed
to go through the correspondence
and pick out at random a num-
Der of operators of small bust
neSSeS.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04

The Labor Department. month
II survey of employment and
payrolls shows a net decrease of
about 100000 in employment in
December as compared TO Novem-
Der. The industries surveyed
employed about 7 5000 fewer
workers than in December. 1896,
and payrolls were SI9.600. 600
lower.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04
AIR FORCES

The worlds military air forces
were recently surveyed by c. G.
Grey, British editor of James All
the Worlds Aircraft, and the
combined forces of the United
States were rated very high, be-
ing placed ION sheer fighting
power" about equal at the top
of the list of powers, along with
the Royal Air Force of Great
Britain.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04

DILL was in his living room wher
ID che cafIad af HE homo

DILL was in his living room when
- she called at his home.
Won't you come in?" he asked.
Curiosity made her accept. The
furnishings of the room, she found
upon closer inspection, were OF
very fine quality. A book was turns
ed face down upon . coffee table
beside one of the large chairs.
Your place is lovely. Bill. she
said frankly. sEsIizk3 -
He said nothing. p 81 -.
Il was amazed to see such beau
tiful furniture in a farmh house, 2
she went on. THAT was why you
cFught me peeking in that day. Re-
member?"
He smiled, but there was a touch
Of sadness in that smile.
Il salvaged these things from the
wreck" he volunteered.
Wreck"
Il can talk about Il now. Couldn's
at first because I was so bitter"
Il could see that you were"
My dad was president Of s
bank. Just about the time | grad
uated from college the bank failed.
Dad wasn't 20 blame. but people
made him feel he was and he
well, We found him in his car one
morning with the motor running.
In her SofteSt voice she said, I'm
sorry, Bill"
Il turned over everything TO the
bank receivers except this furni-
ture," he continued. I kept il be-
cause my mother used il and loved
It. She died about three months
before the crash"
can understand now how you
felt when YOU saw me crying oveG
my charged lot that morning.
i resented IL because you still
dared 20 dream. I'd run ava -.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04

Governor Earle. of PennSyl-
vania. has announced that he viii
request the Federal Government
to assume ownership Of Pennsyl-
vania's anthracite industry along
the lines Of legislation recently
enacted by the British PariIa-
ment. He states that miners and
operators IN a recent conference.
favored naturalization O. the
rllnes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04

The three-judge Federal Court
at Chattanooga recently decided
that tho IVA has not exceeded
its statutory powers and that the
statute itself IS constitutional.
thus refusing the injunction
sought by eighteen privately
owned power companies Of the
Southeast. This decisiorr confirms
the authority of the Government
and the general opinion IS that
the Supreme Court viii confirm
II if an appeal Is made
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04

The outflow of gold from the
United. States in the fourth quar-
ter of 1887 amounted to less than
SCI. OOO. 900 and compares with the
inflow of S371 ,00O. 900 in the third
quarter, s69I, 600, 900 in the sec
ond quarter. and SIT, 0O0. 900 in
the first quarter. For the year,
the net inflow of gold into the
United States was 81, 290, 390. 600.
In addition. the Treasury acquir-
ed nexly-mined domestic gold in
the amount of S160. O00, 900.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04

Today gives an enterpriSing
and adventurous spirit. a fluent
tongue and q read pen. 4 bene-
violent and sympathetic nature IS
combins d with an ambitious mind
and there IS no reason why the
native should not succeed More
Of the worlds goods thar is need
Cd is indicated. Women born Oh
this day are often blessed with
twin children.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04

\ group Of pilots were buzzing
about something OF another as
Tire flight commander approached.
and several times ne caught the
expression the last word IN air
planes
Weir. ne said as he reached
the group. what Is the last word
in airplsneSs"
The group chorouSed. Jump
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04

Know what an alibi is. do you.
Julius?" the judge said.
%'Yas, sub. said Julius. Hits
provin' dat you wuz a. a pra'r
meetin' whar YOU wasn't in order
70 70 show dat you wasn't ~ Dc
crap and gin banquet whar you
wuz".
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04

This Is a SEN
tenee culled
from a Moscow
dispatch of
March 80. 1888,
TO the n c "
York i'm G 8
. n d is quoted
by Z g c n c
Lyons IN his no.
table book. AS
ig n c ut in
Utopia" as .
classic example
Of underState-
ment by a resi-
dent journalist,
pre- sum q bly,
Walter DurantV
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04

Needed credit for small indus
trial concerns may be provided by
a Government intermediate Cred
it Bank in order to provide legiti-
mate financing for small business
es which are unable to pay the
expenses involved in the issuance
of securities. Many underwriters
decline to handle security issues
Of less than a million dollars.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04
The Characters

Media, couTGge0usIy dries q
truck, and cuts lettuce herself,
determined TO market her crop.
regardless of strikes.
Bill, another lettuce farmer, Is
O great help and encouragement
10 Media.
Reek, q tCealfhy playbOy, and
EeIdd's fidnce, is unsyH1pdthetic
with NeldG,s ambitions.
Mrs. Reckless, RecLc's naughty
mother, seems TO hare something
up her SleeUe.
Jack, is SeldG'S younger bro
theT. She tCa1lts him 10 become q
doctor.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04

1802-Mark Hopkins, for SO
years president of Williams Col
lege, Mass, among the country's
great educators, born at Stock
bridge, Mass. Died June II,
1887.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04

1772-Josiah Quincy, Boston
lawyer, congressman, mayor,
Harvard president, most illustri-
Gus of a noted family, born there.
Died July l, 1854
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04

1S20-David c. Frederick, New
York Tammany politician. San
Francisco pioneer, Democrat lead
er, born in Washington, D. c.
Died in duel, Sept. Is, 1889.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04

l889-Richard Boleslawski, Hol-
lywood producer and director OF
stars, born in Poland. Died in
Hollywood, Jan. II, 1887.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04
Chapter "a
Turning The Tables

cit DOESN'T matter what Mrs.
4 Reckless does"
Media had meant to add, But
] am her sons fancee."
Was she Reck's fiancee, she
asked herself inwardly and an
swered the question with spirit OF
course she wasn't Shed see TO
that. The fact that they hadn't in
Vited her to the party was like a
call to arms. She would show Reck
and his mother that the Barrles
were as proud as they were She
could give parties, too. Her eyes
stormy, she turned to Claire.
81 wish you would all stay over
tonight, and I'll give party"
Claire grinned.
"AttagirIl Yknow I'd enjoy
helping you get even with that
Reckless tribe" ,.m -. "a
Its not getting even SO much as
70 show them don't care. Do you
think the others viii stay -
They'll leave here only over
my dead body" Claire granted
Lets make it big affair. Any
body you can invite around here"
@Oh, yesl I've met a number of
young people IN town since you
were here las"
Good" Claire's eyes narrowed.
"Any man you could invite who
would make Reck jealous?"
Bill Langdon."
"Send him a very special invita-
ton, and if he doesn't accept well
shanghai him."
Hell accept all right"
ooh, OH So it's that way!"
"Of course notl" Media dis
claimed hastily. We're just-sort
Of pals of the soil"
why not get him to take you 10
our sorority dinner-dance on the
28th?"
We'll"
Perhaps he has no ballroom
graces?" Claire hazarded.
"Oh, yes, he hast ! was just
wondering il he'd want TO 60"
Media visualized Bill in formal
clothes. He would be good TO look
upon. He would tower above most
Of the other men.
Claire ran into the kitchen where
the others were dishing up lunch.
Were going to stay all nightI,
she cried.
mot T." Harvey said. Il have .
dinner engagement"
Break it," commanded Claire.
Cant possibly"
Take your choice" she said
tightly, "of breaking it or our
friendship"
Every one present knew that
Harvey valued the friendship of
the rich, influential girl All eyes
focused on Harvey.
He hesitated only a fraction Of a
second, then gave lopsided smile
and said, You win"
After lunch Media went to the
telephone and invited as many of
her friends to the party as she
could reach. Then she sped around
in her roadster to invite the others.
All but the Powells were free for
the evening.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04
1dTvO
THauz
and how / hn3c

Here / came - the vanguard
of civilization "a young man
committing angry and suicidal
follies in a jungle because
somebody had his girl.
There was nothing alive in me
anymore except a nageing
hunger for the least glimpse of
Christine, the least touch OF
her fingers, the least sound OF
her voice.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04

1792-James G.. Birney, famed
abolitionist of his day, born at
Danville, KY. Died at Eaglewood.
N. j., Nov. 25, 1857.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04

1858-William T. Mcdowell,
noted Methodist Episcopal Church
bishop, born at Millersburg, Ohio.
Died in Washington, D. C.. April
IS. 1887. nH
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04

Rear Admiral David r. Sellers
who reaches the statutory age q
retirement, born al Austin. Tex
64 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04

DR.. Ernest O. Holland. president
of Washington State College. born
al Bennington, Ind, O. years ago,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04
TODAYS ANNIVERSARIES


1870-John Mitchell, noted Ia
Dor leader, president of the Unit
ed Mine Workers, born at Braid
wood, III. Died Sept. 9, 1919.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04

Rev. Beverly D. Tucker. Jr- q
Richmond, IA, PTu1estauf cierEy-
man-educstor. born II WARSAW
val IS wars aga
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04

Hon. Cairine r. Wilson. Cana
da's woman senator. born IN Mon
tIeal. So years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04
You and Your
Nations Affairs
More Light on Soviet Russia
By ]. E. LIE R0SSIGN0L
College of Business Administration, Nebraska University

There IS no actual starvation or
death from starvation. but there is q
widespread mortality from diseases
due 70 malnutrition- ma
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04

President Roosevelt appeals 20
the Red Cross 20 raise 81 .000. 900
for the civilians in China.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04

Today's Birthdays

Col. Charles A LindberEh.
born in Detroit, IS years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04

Edward 3 Sheldon Of New
York. playwright born II Chi
cago, 50 wears ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04

Lloyd George puts hope for hu-
man liberty IN democracies ard
aSSaIls IaSelSm and communism
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04

were inactive. giving no income
data.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-04

Media plays ~PestoHzee= wikh un-
-:s& results. touorrew.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-09-29

dressed. Opening this, ! found a
passport within-and knew at once
| that some servant had made a mis-
take. A guest had arrived from
abroad and the Office had asked for
his passport, from which to fill up
the form which the police required.
| And now it had been returned-to
me, instead of to him.
The passport was that of Percy
| Ebert Virgil, born in London in
1910, and domiciled at Brief. And
the face was the face of a clever,
INSCRIPTIONS BLACKBOARD, with as
closest pair of eyes as ever I
saw.
I sent the passport back to the
office, lighted cigarette and sat
down to think things out.
Unknown to Gering, before he had
been arrested, his brother had had
son. That son was now twenty
six. and dwelled in his father
house. And father and son were
both evil. How did the Lady Eliza
beth fare between two such wolves?
Her position was ugly. I mean,
she stood in the way.
began to feel i'll at ease.
It was, of course, none of my bust
ness. I happened to know the truth,
but that was all. Gering had made
no request: he had simply told me
his tale. But then he had not been
aware that his brother had child
of his own: and he had not expected
that should ever be free. For all
that, it was none of my business.
put out my cigarette and began
to change.
Even if I made it my business,
what could I do? 1t had never en-
tered my head to doubt the truth of
the statement which Gering had
made. But how on earth could I
prove it? BY declaring the existence
of some secret I did not know? BY
alleging the existence of a doorway
(which no one would ever find"?
The thing was absurd. I had no
proof. Gering himself had done
nothing, because he had known very
well that there was nothing to be
done. And yet
ITO BE CONTINUED
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SERIAL
She Painted Her Face
II stony Of eoue and intrigue. by DoRNFoRD YATES
epoukndY wNUsa
wNU Service

hardly aware had recently died in
Australia, leaving me all he had.
And he was very rich man.
Though my adversely lasted no
more than a short two. years, it
would have been strange indeed if it
had not altered my outlook for good
and ALL I had settled down in a
very pleasant manor, which had
been a famous seat, but was now a
hotel.
1t must not be thought that had
forgotten Gering or the statement of
his which I held. I remembered
him constantly, and more than once
I wondered if it was not for me to
take action upon the facts which I
knew. And then it always seemed
best to let sleeping dogs lie. I had
looked up the House of Brief and
had found two things-first, that the
pseudo-Co was still a widower
and, secondly, that on his death the
title would pass to his daughter, the
Lady Elizabeth Virgil, now twenty
four years old. The dreadful in
justice, therefore, was over and
done: it had in fact come to an
end with Gering's death: and though
the wicked f1ourished, the good was
beyond his reach.
And then a strange thing hap
pened.
Summer was coming in, and I
had been out in my car for the whole
of the day. I entered my rooms in
the evening, to battle and change,
when I saw upon my table an enve-
lope covering something, but not adj
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-09-29

rest, had gone away and now had
come back. If my manner seemed in
any way strange, the double loss had
suffered was blamed for that. And Fer
dinand was careful. He even denied my
check for 500 pounds. He said that
Seven years is seven years. By the
time I came out of Jail, my cause, which
had always been hopeless, was dead and
buried as though it had never been. So
I changed my name and sought work.
had to have bread.
That is my story. I cannot prove it,
of course. can only say 1t is true.
M. C.
AS I folded the paper, the dying
man caught at my arm.
''Do you believe it?" he whis-
pered.
every word, sir" said I. "I
wish you had told me before"
Listen. I say in that statement
that I have no proof. But I have.
I have always had it-a proof that
I could not USE"
Shaking with excitement, poor
Gering raised himself up, and, since
it seemed best not to thwart him,
put my arm about him to lend him
strength.
tThe House of Brief has a secret
which has passed from time inn
memorial from father to son. Only
two persons know this: and they
are the Count and his heir. Ferdi-
nand cannot know it: but who was
the f1rst-born-I know the secret of
our House. And to you, who have
been my son, I will pass it on. 1t
may be that you can use it, but !
cannot see so far. My rights, Eliz-
abeth-that was my daughters
name Listen. The great tower
of Brief-the great tower. There is
a doorway there which no one would
ever find. You must go up, count
ing your steps. And when you
have
And that was as far as he got.
For a moment the poor jaws
worked. And then the head fell
sideways and the body went slack
in my arms.
So died the ninth Count of Brief.
And the secret of his House with
him.
Two days later I learned that an
uncle of whose existence had been
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-09-29
Aunt Tibby's
Trunk

"R UT, Maize" remarked Bert
- Howard to his pretty little
wife, sit isn't quite fair that Aunt
libby should want to come back
SO soon; it's less than three weeks
since she left, and she had been
here six months. I have no OBJ
jections to your aunt; she's a nice
old lady, if bit eccentric. but
you always work so hard enter
tanning her that you wear yourself
out. Between worrying over her
comfort and fussing about the
safety of that old cowhide trunk,
home becomes place of torment
for me instead of a haven of rest"
This was the severest speech
Bert Homward had ever made to
his wife; Maize, whose bobbed
crown of glory was decidedly of
the shade beloved by Titan, and
with a temper to correspond,
threw her head up haughtily as
she replied: eff you were proper
ly interested in the welfare of
your family you'd want to keep
Aunt libby here all the time! Do
you fancy that she herself would
be so particular about that old
cowhide trunk, as you are pleased
to call it, if it didn't contain valu-
ables? She told memo, I won't
say she exactly told me, but she
gave me to understand, and, l
know all the family have the same
impression-that in it she carries
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1938-09-29
Fateful Trade

Branch Hickey, general manager
of the Cardinals, liked Durocher
and wanted to keep him. But dur
ing the 1887 World Series in New
York he made the deal with the
Brooklyn Dodgers. Hickey called
in Frisch and said: "Well, I've just
traded Durocher as you wanted"
He handed him a paper showing
that for Lippy the Cards had re-
ceived Infielders Joe Strip and Jim
Butcher, Outfielder Johnny Cooney
and Pitcher Roy Henshaw.
Frisch read the list, then ex-
claimed: Didn't you get a short
stop?"
"YOu didn't ask me to get you
shortstop," said Hickey grimIy. "AIl
you asked me was to get rid of
Durocher. You go out and get one
or play short yourself"
Frisch is said never to have re-
covered from the blow and to have
blamed Hickey for the absence of
any suitable successor to the bril-
liant Durocher.
And Hickey is said to have fretted
all summer for the same reason,
watching the Cards lose game after
game with miSfits at short. st. Louis
sports writer's said that Don Gut
teridge, playing the short field, had
cost the team a round dozen defeats
SO far with his wild throws. Had
DurOcher stayed at short, they said,-
the team would have been in the
pennant fight, battling with the Pr
rates, Cubs and Reds.
Frisch's career as player ended
last spring when he took himself off
the active list, leaving a record of
2,311 games for baseball tyros to
shoot at. He holds many World
Series records. In the eight which
saw him perform, always as a star,
he got 58 hits, far in excess of any
other player in history. He won the
record of the most singles ever
made by one man in the classics,
45; the most two-base hits, 10, and
averaged .298 for the eight series.
Now al, Frisch reached a peak
salary of $4,000. His baseball ca
reer started at the age of 10, when
he came to the Giants direct from
FOrdham college, where he had
starred at second base as well as i'm
football. John McGraw, manager of
the Giants, had special liking for
the fiercely competitive young play
er, and in 1921, two years after he
Joined the team, installed him as
the regular second baseman, a spot
where McGraw always had star.
Frisch never hit lower than 1927
In his six years with McGraw. A
bitter dispute with McGraw at the
height of the 1926 season led Frisch
to quit the club and return home for
time. McGraw said that he had
overlooked it, but that December
when Branch Hickey offered him
Hornsby, McGraw snapped Frisch.
He succeeded Gabby Street as
manager of the Cardinals on July
"a, 1888. He led the club to a pen
nant and worlds series victory over
, the Detroit Tigers in 1884.