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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-07-02

travel IS handled at the port Of
Miami Station, yard and train
crows moved away with most of
The customs force, and Trumbo
Island. the Extension terminal.
became a deserted village except
for the stops scheduled a couple
ot days week on the Port Tam
na-Havana run Of the p. and O.
steamship line
The Matecumbe Memorial
Considerable hurricane wreck
age is visible today but the topo-
graphy of the blasted area has
been greatly changed by the
storm and the highway building
So that to the old settlers II is
for miles unfamiliar Islamorada
Sits smiling in the sun. but q new
Islamorada. One recognizes only
the sharp curve in the highway,
besides which the course of the
mind on both edges of the hu--
ricane can be detected by the
directions in which the abandon
I'd telegraph poles are twisted
and there is concrete floor
growing thick in its crevIceS with
weeds, which marks the site Of
the Islamorada station Of vivid
memory.
once awhileappcarsa wealth
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erbeaten cross between the jag
ged outstanding chunks of a piece
of railroad fill and the rebuilt
highway stretching straw color
ed along beside il imagination
almost hears taps" sounding
once again as a vagrant puff Of
the trade winds whistles through
the neighboring palm trees 49,. but
the sound, if it was a sound. is
vanished as are vanished the
soldiers and the natives and the
visitors; as are vanished nov
the heroic band that rallied L
the dreadful work TO rescue and
assistance.
Out of the Hurricane
The relentless hurricane spat
a mouthful from out Of the sea
and dealt death and human SUI
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MetamOrphOsis From Railroad To Highway
(COntinued)

and Nation 70 take part in q
vociferous testimonial 10 the
capitalization Of q great mans
dream.
Close behind the leading sec
ton came others. the fourth OF
which brought Robert Shaw Oil
yer. assistant Secretary Of War
and the personal representative
Il President William H. Taft
Among many others were dlplo-
matte representatives Of Costa
Rica, Guatemala. Salvador, Equa-
dor, Uruguay, Mexico, the Domi-
nican Republic. Portugal and
Italy. Gen. jose MartI came as
the special representative Of
President Maxine Gomez OF
Cuba. aboard the gunboat Cuba. d
The United States Navy was
represented by the arnorcd crus-
CTS Washington and North Caro-
lima, and the scout cruisers Salem
and Birmingham German and
Portuguese cruisers also took part
There was q delegation from the
Rivers and Harbors Commission
at Washington, and representa-
lives Of the Congressional Com
mittee on Array and Navy af-
fairs.
Immediately after arrival Of the
various sections of the train DR..
Joseph n. Fogarty, then Mayor
Of Key West, extended the free
dom Of the city to the visitors.
There are extant in Key West a
few photographs Of the scene At
the moment the city first greet
cd Mr.. Flagler and his party. Sill
houetted against d packed throng
held in leash by a heavy rope, the
financier wearing white hat and
dark suit is seen walking down
the platform at the station He is
stopped slightly forward and is
followed by a khaki-clad Nation
al guardsman at port arms At
Mr. Flagler's left, a few steps be
hind him, is his private secretary.
The foreground Of the camera
record is filled with faces of men
and women who were leading Key
Westers and prominent in the OBJ
servance Of the occasion Mayor
FOgarty is in the middle Of the
group. smiling broadly. At his
right stands William r. Porter,
who IS now president of the
First National Bank Of Key West.
He wears a 'stOvepipe hat" and
is smiling with a trace Of thought
full seriousness. AT Mr.. Porter S
left stands James L. Johnson, now
Of Miami Beach Mayor Fogarty' S
wife stands at His Honor's left,
and just behind is the Mayor S
sister, Mrs. Walter Curry. The
Mayors mother is with this
group, Mrs. J. Fogarty; and Ben
jamin D. Trevor. then a member
of the city council. Braxton B.
Warren of the Monroe County
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beenrmned almost with the quick
ness of 4 flash of lightning. The
storm cut through the Keys along
& path IS uiles wide between the
lower end Of Key Largo on the
North to Bahia Honda on the
South, snatching from life one
quarter Of the areas 1000 resi-
dents including the several hun
dred eX-soldier victims, and in
juring hundreds more.
The devastation canot be ve-
scribed SO the mind can correctly
comprehend it. Islamorada was
swept away; beautiful Long Key
fishing camp was practically OBJ
liberated; the rude board shelters
Of the veterans on Matecumbc
were piled over into the Gulf and
scattered with undreds Of bodies
high in the mangrove Of keys
many miles to the westward
Entertainments on which the rail
road ran disappeared from sight
or where the stout timber skele-
tons around which many Of them
had been formed over OW-lying
islands, were exposed, the re-
naming mari and rock fill lay
like huge decaying teeth. Only
the stout Flagler bridges remain
ed unframed by the transient
fury
The railroad company sent en-
gineers into the stricken area and
they brought back an estimate Of
$l,80000 10 restore the Extension
in the least expensive way based
on the cheapest cost of C0nstruC-
ton. Under a second estimate the
cost was set down as S2,940.000
The Flagler System. in receiver
ship with Cuban traffic practI-
cally nil. could not see any way
to stand the expense Of rcstora-
ton; didn't want 10. in spite II
the earnest protests Of Key West
ers.
Asks RIGHT To Abandon
Il asked the Federal Court ~
Jacksonville for instruction
whether the Extension should be
abandoned or the damaged sec.
ton rebuilt, William Y Alburv
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station and ran two or three car
lengths past it, Sheldon and I3
veterans had gone up to Islamo-
rada station to met the train, and
they learned at 6 p. m that no
report Of it had been received
since it left Homestead at SIS.
At z o'clock the fearful storm
threatened to wreck the Islamo-
rada station and Sheldon and his
veterans took refuge in box car
on the siding. Sheldon stumbled
to the locomotive when the train
pulled in. The wind was blowing
at what was subsequently, esti-
mated at $50 miles an hour. An
oncoming tidal wave was already
cresting several feet above the
railroad track which was seven
feet over sea level
An attempt to start the train
South was Fruit S.. Box cars
blocked it, upset by the storm.
Within a few minutes rising wat
er put out the fire in the locomo-
tiVe's oil burning fire box The
sea was running five feet over
the tracks. So fearful was the
sweep of the water that it was
not until daybreak Tuesday, Sep
TENDER 3, that it was learned the
entire rescue train thad been over
turned, some Of the cars being
washed so feet from the now van
ished roadbed
Due To Tidal Wave
The tremendous loss of life
which occurred among both vet
Grams, residents and holiday visi-
tors on the Keys. estimated at
more than 800, was due TO the
tidal wave which. evidence indI-
Gated, rose to 10 feet at the
height Of it's most destructive
mood.
Retreating waters and DIVING
winds next day sobbed and SIGH
ed a requiem while the sun smil-
ed down in mOckery from a love
ly autumn sky. The rescuerS came
TO either end of the al miles OF
death and disaster from Key West
and from Miami and neighborinf
communities, as far as truck
could 60. Boats were called into
requiSltiOn. aeroplanes and hydro
planes landed doctors and sup
plies for the living while authori-
ties pollced the stricken area anc
funeral pyres Of wreckage anc
enCofflned bodies disposed O.
such dead as the fleet OF ambu.
lance cars could not take care Of
There were mass funerals il
Miami with military honors. ans
single double or triple funerals
up and down the storm-scourgcl
keys and in the sorroWing city d
Key West for relatives al,
friends the tragedy had taken
"Flagler's Folly" In Ruins
The death k0en 81 Flagler
Folly" had h=~0 trumpeted IL
horror stricken world on IT,.
breath Of the hurricane Forty
one miles III the Extension ia,
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fering. and disaster and finan-
cial ruin as if vanoushed the
concrete thing which was Flag
ler's dream back in the late
Eighteer-eIghties. And in that
same Spiteful mouthful. as Nep-
tune rctreatcj satisfied and smil-
ing beneath the next days tropic
sun. was the seed which complet-
ed the TuIogv Of an creation
Birth Life ana Death-and which
brought to completion at long
last the World's Ninth Wonder,
the Oversees Highway,
The END
\ new paint for factory win
doWs is designed TO keep out
heat and glare without interior
ing unGuly with light.
Evening star., 1938-10-31
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comfort-ot savings seldom possible The mat
tress contains 40 pounds Of soft, fluffy felt and
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SIXTH
Evening star., 1938-10-31
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TOPEKA, Oct. 31.-A so per cent
decline in the price of wheat in the
last II months put Kansas in the
doubtful column for the November
congressional election.
The Nations major wneat-pro-
ducing State, Kansas joined the
New Deal parade behind the can
didacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt in
1882. When grain prices slumped
to the depression bottom, the
''breadbasket" State revolted against
the Hoover ticket. despite the fact a
native son, Charles Curtis, was the
vice presidential candidate.
1t stayed in tina: paraGe in 1886,
even though its Governor, ALT M.
Landon, was the Republican choice
to replace President Roosevelt in the
White House. Wheat prices were on
the upgrade and farmers were re-
ceiving millions in farm benefit pay
ments.
This year the situation is differ
ent. A year ago wheat was bring
ing the Kansas farmers slightly
more than 81 bushel. Now he is
doing we'll to get half that much.
Evening star., 1938-10-31

Rumblings OF farmer dissatisfaction
are heard again.
Kansas republicans count on the
low price of wheat to help them
unseat the Democratic Senator,
George McGill. Their choice is
fiery former Gov. Clyde M. Reed,
close friend of Kansas noted editor,
William Allen White.
Often described as liberal Re-
publican, Reeds strength in the past
rested largely on farmer support.
McGill's hackers believe his active
interest in farm legislation and the
campaign aid extended by Post
master General James A. Farley
will give him victory.
Sharing the Kansas campaign
spotlight is the hot battle for the
governorship. Democratic Gov. Wal
ter Huxman. ardent supporter Of
the New Deal, is opposed by youth
full State Senator Payne Rather,
political protege of Landon.
A Huxman victory, his friends de-
clare, would make him an important
figure in 1940-possibly as q vice
presidential candidate.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-29
MOSQUITO MENACE
WILL Be ATTACKED
!
City To Cooperate With
Citizens and Health
Department in Work

Cooperative of the city in a move
ment to free the city as far as pos
sible of mosquitoes was assured by
DR.. A. d. Gregg, city county health
officer, today by Mayor Henry T.
Powell. The city will lend it's efforts
toward obtaining the cooperation of
all citizens, and will invoke the law
where is found necessary, the mayor
said.
DR.. Gregg, in a statement, said he
had received numerous complaints this
week about mosquitoes. Thei Insects
have been worse following the recent
long rainy stason. He outlined the
usual steps that are to be taken in
fighting the pests, and said that the
health department was looking after
public breeding places of mosquitoes,
and warning property owners to ste
after their own lots.
Efforts are to be made to have va
cant lots freed of breeding places.
Standing water is to be oiled, and
other precautions and remedial steps
are to be taken.
Following is DR.. Gregg's statement
about the mosquito situation:
"The health department has been
receiving many complaints this wetk
regarding mosquitoes. A continual
rainy spell such as we have just gone
through will produce MOSQUITOES al
most every where, and they may be-
come very troublesome around homes
where ordinarily they are not found.
Tin cans or thrown away pots and
buckets that may not from a single
rain hold water long enough to breed
mosquitoes, willie in a long rainy sea-
son produce mosquitoes by the thou
sandss Vacant lots grown up in
weeds, and shrubbery growing close
to the ground furnish shade that pro-
tects and harbors the mosquitoes dur
ing the day and these things keep
them around the homes. Fish pools
and lily ponds in our flower gardens
are frequently the source of our mos
quitoes.
1.-THE life-cycle of a single mosquito
is short and this plague, that so often
spells the evenings on our porch or
lawn and makes for restless nights,
can be overcome in a week of rainleSS
weather by a combined community
cleanup of our back yards and va
cant lots. Just oiling and draining the
branchts will prevent malaria mos
quitoes from infesting our homes, but
will not stop their singing cousins
from Their nightly serendes.
eff the city could put on a force of
WPA workers and clean up all va
cant lots, our city would look much
better and it would help the mos
quito situation very much. Let every
householder examine their premises
for any forgotten or lost vessel that
may hold water. Don't forget to set
if you water drains around caves of
the house is clear. Water remaining
in sagged portion of the trough will
breed mosquitoes, also flower vases in
the houst, if water is not changed fire.
quently.
"Then best of all very fine mesh
screening of outside doors and win
dows. The health department is oiling
standing pools and branches. This
also is not effective in rainy spill,
for every heavy rain carries off all
oil. The health department has no
authority to have vacant lots cleaned
up, as they are not public health haz-
rds, but nuisances, and must bt rem
edied by city ordinance or community
patriotism"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-29

means the final movement of goods
into consumers hands, is rapidly pick
ing up momentum.
Because of this splendid gain in
retail trade, plus bumper crops. bill
lions being spent for relief, the sIxv-
rocketing of security prices, sharp
advances in commodity quotations.
the potential demand for goods. our
huge credit reserves, and the mount
ing volume of construction, I look
for the sharpest increase in business
this fall in many years. Volume in
the months ahead may not equal the
volume of some good autumns in the
past, such as 1896 or 1929. However.
the speed of the business recovery be-
tween now and election day can sur
prise even the most optimistic OBJ
servers.
Those who read my New Year fore
cast, written in the gloomy days of
late December, 1887, may recall the
following paragraph:
1--WE are not entering a major de-
preston; 1888 will see a resumption
of the upward trend which began
in 1888. The first. quarter may be
poor-much worse than the early
months of 1887; but later in the year
l look for substantial revival. Do
not confuse this current sharp recess
sion with a major depression. Pay
rolls, prices, stocks, real estate, and
jobs should all be on their way I'D
to new highs by the end of 1885,"
Get Started Now. y
We may not, perhaps, reach new
highs this year, but readers can count
upon tremendous upsurge in COM
ing months. Merchants, manufacture
ers, bankers, statesmen, workers, and
investors should capitalize on the huge
upturn which lies ahead. This is the
time to get started. Do not wait until
after Labor Day and miss five full
weeks of real activity. Plan your adj
vertising campaigns now. Get your
employees and sales forces in shape
Forget hand-to-mouth buying. Stock
your shelves thoroughly. We are fac
ing four or five months of rushing
business. Cash in on it!
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-29
Buying Wave Quickening,
With Good Business Ahead
For Months, Babson Thinks
Continued from Page One.l

Continued from Page One.l
sion. Within six months from the
time the break started, thousands of
plants and mills all over the country
were shut down tight. Industrial &C
tivity plunged SO per cent below it's
peak.
The situation became more and
more acute as 1888 moved along. Re-
tail trade, however, did not sag so
drastically All during the fall, winter
and spring it averaged only 10 per
cent below the corresponding months
of the previous year. Furthermore, re-
tail price-tags were constantly mark
ed down, giving people added incen
tive to buy goods. Despite the fact
that several million had been laid
off, national purchasing power was
not reduced materially More govern
ment checks and higher farm income
offset other losses in buying power.
Furthermore, a big percentage of peo-
pie, who always have money to spend
for retail goods, regardless of whether
we are in prosperity or in depression,
resumed their buying.
Retail Buying Wave.
Consequently, retail sales dropped
only moderately as against sharp
slump in industrial activity. Produc-
ton through the spring was not
equalling consumption. inventories
were cut down to rock bottom. This
could not continue long. Suddenly
investors, deciding that the storm had
blown itself out, rushed in to pick up
good securities at bargain prices. This
happened in the middle of June. Since
then there has been a hurricane of
good news. On every hand, we read
about factories re-opening, of rail
road traffic increasing, of homes and
other big projects being constructed.
Not since the days following the bank
holiday of 1888 has there been as
swift an upswing as we have had in
the last six weeks.
Leading the advance has been re-
tail trade. More people have gone
shopping each week since mid-June.
Now, dollar buying is less than 1O
per cent under last year at this time.
Because of the sharp drop in prices,
however, this means that merchants
are selling as many goods, in num-
Der, as they were then. Steel activity,
machine tools orders, carloadings,
power production, building, and other
powerful barometers are pointing to
better business this fall. But more i'm
portant than these, retail trade, which
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-29
MARRIAGES, PARTIES
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
co,NG TO THE COUNTRY.

other takes Matilda to the
Nhen ,,,trv. Goodness me!
coul, 40 50 many things to do; SO
In'lo many sights to see.
ii'S che has to buy so many
clothes,
60 many frills and furbelows;
rs very trying, Goodness
knows!
Eor poor Matilda Lee!
-. Oh when mother stays at home,
bu' ~ Daddy goes instead,
.'lda doesn't bother much with
N"l Lows upon her head.
uer sunday frocks are packed
away,
Nor hats are in the trunk to
stay
And then Matilda is as gay
As stories you have read
.,out the barefoot country girls who
f'' Limb the cherry trees,
"a seek for berries in the wood,
Ai'U ah,zz with bumblebees.
Matilda does these very things;
1She never minds the bites and
stings)
She just sits round and sings
and sings,
AS happy as you please!
Mabel Livingstone.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-29
500 Million Cash
Handled By Treasurer
Continued from Page One.)


to make the records complete.
The treasurer has in his custody
and under his control more than
$4OOO0,O0O in securities held for the
sinking fund commission and other
departments or institutions. These Sc
curities require thousands of detail
operations annually
Approximately $24,0OO,OOO of the
$152,413,500 bonds outstanding June
30 are fully registered. Bonds amount
ing to $1,14OOOO were registered or
registration charged in the last fiscal
year. Bonds amounting $6921 500 were
paid. t..
In addition to the duties of his
own office, the treasurer has plenty
to do. He is a member of Cd the
State Board of Assessment, (2) Board
of Public Buildings and Grounds, 90
State Board of Education, (4) Coun-
Gil of State, 90 State School Commits
sion, 60 Board of Advisers of World
War Veterans loan fund, (7) State
Building Commission, 90 member of
a commission to study and report to
the next General Assembly upon the
advisability of extending Article 2,
Section 20 of the Constitution, SO as
to relieve the Legislature of the ne
cessity for enacting special, publi-local
and private laws. es
In addition, the treasurer is direc-
tor and chairman of the Local Gov
eminent Commission. This commits
sion sells all bonds and notes for To-
cal units, collects and transmits pro-
ceeds of them; exchanges all bonds
and notes. It handled in the last fiscal
year 81, 1880, 9172O in cash and sold, re-
newed or exchanged more than $780,
900, 900 in bonds and notes.
The treasurer has under his con-
troll more than $23,000,00O in collateral
held by various banks in trust for
the State treasurer and subject to his
order for the protection of State
funds deposited in various banks
Prior to the depression most of this
collateral was in surety bonds, but
today it is all in State and United
States bonds. The collateral, of course,
changes from time to time.
North Carolina is the only State in
the Union which the treasurer dis
burses all money for school and road
purposes. Not even school janitor or
a school bus driver is paid except
through the treasurers office. Fuel
and all supplies for the schools are
paid for by the State office.
The same is true of the road funds.
Even down to the most minor of road
employees, the State does the paying,
with the result that the treasurer's
transactions grow larger and larger
annually.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1938-07-29
PATTERN 1884

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