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Yours Confidentially

NER BROTHERS
film schedule today, for
which som e correspondents
have been mailed passes:
EARLE: Men Are Such
Fools" with Wayne Morris,
Priscilla Lane, Humphrey BO-
CART and Hugh Herbert, plus
Leith Stevens and his Swing
Session" on the stage; NET
ROPOLITAN: Lloyd c. Doug
las white Banners" with
Claude Rains and Fay Balm
ter; AMBASSADOR: Robert
Montgomery and virginia
Bruce in yellow Jack: UP
TOWN: Adventures of Robin
Hood" with ErrOl Flynn and
Olivia de Havilland; CAL
VERT. PENN. TIVOLI: War
ner Baxter and Freddie Bar
tholOmew in Kidnapped"
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part Of their time" he said,
reacts on them very forcibly.
They are not lacking in the
means to improve their Situa-
ton, but lacking in the initia-
tive to do so.
"Slum dwellers do not pro-
duce anything to relieve the
Substandard living problem"
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The Dough's Delayed

Approximately 500 temporaries
at Agricultural Beltsville unit are
frothng, their pay for the June
1880 still not having been pro-
duced at late hour yesterday
July brought a Seven-pound male
descendant to GAO'S Edwin Fur
bershaw and his wife Mary, who
is with Vet Administration i
A Navy lad name withheld in
commiseration) visits a famous
hair restorer in N. Y. weekly, pals
CD report. hoping to revegetate
his shiny billiard ball" sufficiently
so he can propose with more conf
dence! :. Success" Johnny Fed
erals chief remarked recently,
doesn't come so much from sit
ting up nights as from staying
awake during the day."
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tee Of the Central Housing Com
mittee, at a luncheon at the Lee
House yesterday, it bee S
necessary for Government to step
in to improve socially undesirable
housing conditions.
"The reflective character of
the dwelling environment, in
which people grow up or pass
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Study Of Russian
To Be Compulsory

MOSCOW, July 8 QNS).-Re-
vealing that nests Of enemies o.
the people" have been exposed
and weeded out of the Soviet's
commissariat Of education, the
Russian newspaper Pravda today
said the compulsory study of the
Russian language will be intro
duced in all republics Of the
Soviet Union.
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Figure Correction

Fashion Note: Once weekly a
feminine clerk is awarded an item
dispensed by Barrat-Martin Cor
setieres, 1914 Biltmore st. N. W.,
dealing with foundations" and
other femininities so necessary for
figure correction.
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Treasury Condition

QN.S0 Treasury balance July
6: $2,183,514,9O6.99; internal reve-
nue., $6,267 ,640.38; customs re-
ceipts, $3,228,564.94: receipts, $685.
673, ,923; expenditures, $253, ,623, ,934.
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EX-E NJ PLOYES
MAY QUALIFY IN
SERVICE.
BaruCh Explains Orders
On Personnel

Emergency employees discharged
recently as the fiscal year came
to close. still have a chance to
qualify for civil service status un.
der the executive orders issued
June "a. 1t became evident today.
Authority for the statement is
ISmar Baruch. chief of the Civil
Service Commission Personnel
Classification Division, who, last
night, gave definite answers to
many questions during a meeting
of the Non-Classified Federal EN-
Iployes of America.
Dubious Heretofore
Baruch said that where an en-
ploye was working June "a in an
agency coming within the pur-
view of the executive order, was
subsequently terminated, and then
obtains employment in another
agency coming within the order,
the employe is eligible for blanket
ing into Civil Service by non-com-
petitive examination providing he
| has had six months service prior
to February l. Until today this
question had been dubious.
The Civil Service Commission
will issue regulations clarifying
which agencies are within the
orders as soon as it has received
statutes from various Government
units and has analyzed them,
Baruch said. All agencies have
been requested to collect and for
ward statutes having to do with
appointment of employees.
SOME PROHIBITED
When the law states personnel
shall" be appointed without civil
service status, the agency has no
chance of being blanketed, the
official declared. Where person
mel may" be outside civil service,
the question will remain at the
discretion of the department head.
and where no mention is made OF
the method of obtaining person
mel, the agency is clearly within
the scope of the executive orders.
Employees who have passed ex-
aminations which the Commission
feels are equivalent to the posi-
tions they are now holding will
not be required to take non-com-
petitive tests, Baruch announced,
adding in answer to a question
that an examination taken as long
ago as eight years is sufficient to
make a new test unnecessary.
Age limits are disregarded un-
der the orders. Persons over the
retirement age will be allowed to
serve until they have Is years of
service before retiring. Baruch
said
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RAISES DUE MANY

On pay raises, he said emer-
gency workers in most cases get
the minimum salary of their grade
and that there will be raises on
this account. Concurrently, how
ever, he pointed out Civil Service
Commission did not establish
grades in emergency agencies, and
grades held by emergency workers
may be above or below those held
by civil service folk doing similar
work.
In his concluding remarks, Ba-
ruch pointed out the Civil Service
Commission now has authority to
make many desirable changes, but
lacks the money with which to
do it.
Unless we receive more funds
before February /, do not see
how the commission can prop
erly put the executive orders
into effect" he said.
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Chewy Delight

Original VeIati Candy
Et~res today will present one
? ind boxes of their delicious
"sDcOlateS or caramels, on
Taquest, to:
Margaret C. Wendell, Sen.
1r O'MahOney'S office.
Miss H. S."
Charles p. Huber, Interior.
Candy will be presented
either store, $40 Ninth st.
w., or 6O9 Fourteenth st.
Sc. W.
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CIRCLING the Triangle:

HIRCLING the Triangle:
~ There's a public health doc
tor (practicing on the side who'll
either mend his ways or face real
trouble if the Disabled American
Vets have their way...He's charged
with finding all possible excuses
to bar service-connected disabled
vets from Federal jobs after
they've been fully okayed by Mt.
Alto Lucille Shinker, the AAA
beauty, is studying modelling via
a months leave of absence.
Mrs. Ruth Learn, popular GAO
clerkette, is gravely i'll at Colum-
bia Hospital. Linea Mcneil, So
cial Security stenog, is preacher
bound with a Federal Power Com
mission lad.
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EEHnW p
| Speakjn9 Of
IGOVERNMENT
WORKERS II
BY ]. EARL MOSER

Uant-to-marry.the.butcher-
boz,
Observation-Disclosures
boy,"
our office pest chants 1Cith-
out end.
Wed Kill him quickly NTH
much Joy.
Splash him, knock him, kick
hinl-Oii
oh, for his biq neck to rend!
I. NJ. SOAR.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-15
REMOVAL OF
GARBAGE CASE
IS DEFERRED
CALLED THIS MORNING IN
CIRCUIT COURT. CARRIED
OVER FOR HEARING ON
THURSDAY

With Judge Arthur Gomez pre-
siding and all court officials pres
ent. circuit court was opened this
morning to hear attorneys argue
the case of the City of Key West
against Carl Taylor. charged with
violating an ordinance relative TO
removal of garbage and trash.
The case was first brought be-
fore Judge T. S. Caro-, of police
court. the city being represented
by City Attorney George G.
Brooks, and the defendant being
represented by Attorneys W. Cur
~ Harris and AquiIino Lopez
At the city hearing. Mir. Harris
advised the matter was to be TAX
en- TO circuit court for decision
by the circuit judge At the time
this announcement was made and
the case postponed, to be taken
to circuit court. Judge Gomez was
in Miami. and did not return to
Key West until Saturday
Yesterday the judge agreed to
hear the arguments and set 10
o'clock Ibis morning for the hear
ing. When the court was opened
there was a large crowd to hear
the arguments and learn what
was to be the outcome
They were disappointed. as the
arguments were brief and after
the attorneys had concluded,
Judge Gomez Instructed both
sides 10 prepare briefs and file
them on Thursday.
After the briefs have been Civ
en- consideration and the judges
decision been prepared. an an
nouncemenf VIII be made Satur-
day. il not before.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-15
RENDERS REPORT ON VARIOUS
ACTIVITIES AT LOCAL CLINIC

exeaI cases receiving medical care.
xix: new cases referred TO this
clinic: three; 10 antepzrsun. six:
hospital. two: x-ray, two: dentist,
three
Home visits by nurse were
made as follows: Morbidity cases.
Is. to six Of these demonstrations
were given regarding the treat
ment. bathing the patients in bed.
changing patient. improving bed.
how to place patient 20 avoid
sores. method Of preparing and
giving simple treatments. and
how 10 care for the bed linens in
the case Of communicable dis
eases
Visits were made in behalf Of
tuberculosis control as follows.
To positive cases. white. eight.
and colored. four. Contact cases.
white. seven. and colored. nine
Suspects. white. two. and coi0red.
ore
Home visits were made 10 70
chIidren having chicken pox-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-15
CURTIS STANTON
GIVEN RANK OF
SERGEANT MAJOR
NEXT YEAR HE WILL BE
COMMISSIONED AS LIEU
TENANT IN RESERVE OFF,
GERS TRAINING CORPS

Curtis H. Stanton, Jr.. who is a
student at Florida University. has
been promoted from the rank of
first sergeant to that of Sergeant
Major in the infantry. Stanton,
who is a junior in the College of
Engineering, had been on a vaca-
ton, and when he returned for
the semester, was informed of his
advancement, which places him
IN the highest rank obtainable. for
a junior.
In attaining the rank, the let
ter TO The Citizen, from his par
ents points out, he did not lag in
his studies, as his record at the
college shows that his grade dur
ing the semester consisted of four
As and two BIS, making an aver
age in the first semester of %,
while three is perfect.
He viii be required to go to R.
o. T. c. Camp for the summer at
Admission, Ala. for six weeks
training. and upon entering col
Iege next year. will receive his
commission as second lieutenant
in the Rerserve Officers Training
Corps.
Curtis is a native of Key West
who received all of his school
ing here, his fathers letter
shows. graduating from the Key
West High School in 1895 and en-
tered the University Of Florida in
September of that year. He is the
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis STAN
ton. Stanton senior. is an engineer
with the F. E. c. Ferry Co, and
moved from Key West when the
activities of the ferry were trans
ferred from Key West to Port
Everglades.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-15
Weeks Realty Operations Show
Ten Pieces Of Property Sold
SHOOTING OF SCENES FOR
KEY WEST STORY, BEGUN

Shooting of scenes for the
March of Time series in which the
story of Key Vests early pros
perity. its historic contract with
the federal government. and its
present rise as a tourist center,
viii be told, began today.
During the day the abandoned
cigar factories. Roosevelt Bbule-
ward. and harbor scenes viii be
taken. Tonight sound films Of
the music and revelry at Sloppy
Joe's bar viii be recorded. and
Friday at eight-thirty a group Of
city councilmen. county commits
sioners and other prominent men
connected with the historic meet
ing IN which it was decided 70
turn the city over to the govern
ment will reenact the famous
scene at the County Court House.
The group Is being Thought to-
gether through the courtesy Of
Miss Ileen Williams.
The rest Of the shooting win be
completed in about ten days.
Louis desRochemont, producer
and originator of the March Of
Time idea, said today. With Mr..
desRochemont is Thomas Orch
ard. associate producer, and
George r. Black, director. The
cameramen. who have just re-
turned from Savannah. Georgia.
where they ground out the film
on the southern slash pine boom.
are John Geise1. head cameraman:
Kenneth Hawk, sound technician;
William Widemayer. production
assistant The group are residing
at the La C0nchs Hotel
During the 1885 Labor Day
hurricane Mr. desRochemont and
Mr.. Orchard were inarooned here
when the coast guard boat -Sar-
anscs. on which they were travel
ling. left the harbor without them.
The two were guests of Lieuten-
ant William Klaus, officer in
charge at the Naval Station. and
Mrs. Klaus. for two weeks Mr..
desRochemont stated that IL was
through the hospitality of their
hosts that they first became &C
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-15
LEAVES TODAY
OVER HIGHWAY

w. p. Brown. who was In Key
West yesterday for the purpose of
looking over properties recently
purchased from the Key West In
vestment company and allied in
terests, and make certain ar
rangements for planned improve
ments. left over the highway in
the afternoon, accompanied by L.
z Clarke, an associate in the
company.
II was not Mr.. Browns plan to
leave at once. it was said. but re-
ceipt of kilograms made il i'm
perative that he leave immediate
". and he and Mr.. Clarke took
the first ferry TO leave. after re-
eeipt Of the telegram. It IS un-
derstood that Mr.. Clarke may re-
turn later in the week, OF pos
sibly next week.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-15
PART IOF GROUP
ON GOLD CRUISE
] RETURNS To CITY
ABANDONED VOYAGE TO
SOUTH AMERICAN RIVER
TO SEEK GOLD BECAUSE
BOAT WAS TOO SMALL

Yachts arriving over the
weekend were the 42-foot "Phyl-
lis Lea" belonging to Sam Katz,
the 40-foot Virginia" of H. Kol-
Wig, the 39-foot Mabel SIS" of
F. NJ. Schegert, the 49-foot
"Spendthrift" of Jameson Handy,
the 1Ol-foot LEILA" of o. NJ. Ed
wards. the 4O-foot sSampan" of
Captain Leo Droughton, the AZ
foot Gulf Stream of S. D. Bak-
er.
All of the yachts have left ex-
cept the Virginia. LEILA" and
Gulf Stream
Aboard the LEILA" are Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwards, Harkins Edwards,
w. A Ford and the large yacht
is captained by p. L. Adams.
Aboard the Virginia" are
Alex Brunt and Harold Kolvig,
who were part of the members of
the crew of the Mystery, which
was heading for a South Ameri-
can river to pan for gold, which
was reported found there. and
touched at Key West on the way
down It was found that the boat
could not make the trip. being too
small. and if was decided to
abandon the venture. Brunt and
Kolvig are now Just cruising for
ssthe fun of it,.
With the pair are Mrs. Tao
Lewis, who is a polynesian. from
Papuanna in the Sandwich Island
group Key West is the nearest
approach to her native home. she
says, and is very beautiful.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-15
KEY WEST SPONCERS Use 6OFOOT.
Instances Very Rare; Used Off Bahia Honda
POLES To HOOK SPONCES OFF BOTTOM


months, and the Spongers saw no
cities. but now they can take the
bus down from the Keys, or just
make weekly trips. Over $85. 900
net profit, was cleared by local
spongers last year. The share"
each trip was an average of Sill.
Roughly, there are around forty
spongers IN Key West, but the
only regular spongers, those who
so out summer and winter, are
Ben FELTON,, Nelson Spencer, VIII
lam Spencer, James Thompson,
and John Spencer. These five own
heir own boats.
When the spongers come in they
30 % the municipal wharf and
place their ware on display. In
this city the individuals and COM
panies buying sponges are the
american Sponge and Chamois
Company of New York; Joseph
Block of St Louis; Schroeder and
Tremain, st. Louis; and the indi-
eidual traders, Tony Giallourakes,
Green dealer, and Milton Russell
The buyers overhaul" the sponge
IOts. They get the average of
hpunds of each bunch, allowing
Or rocks and water. Forty per-
Nent waste is usually recorded. A
bunch" is the amount of sponges
hat can be strung on a string
four feet eight inches long.
When the spongeS are bought
they are loaded on one horse
carts and brought to the sponging
houses where they are trimmed
and worked up presumably. Then
they are dried further and assert.
ed IN sizes. packed in burlap in
square boxes. and shipped away.
The The Greek spongers who
are forbidden to dive with diving
equipment in these waters are
still sponging a little from time
10 time under cover, but do not
DO 30 openly. The Key West
spongers object to helmet and
equipment diving because they
say the sponges give of seed and
If the divers go into deep water
and trample up the beds they viii
xii all the bearing sponge In
Tarpon Springs the grounds have
been cleaned out, If is said. An
other objection is the health of
! the divers. A veteran Greek diver
at Tarpon Springs can hardly
walk. and is usually carried or
wheeled IN wheelchairs. This is
because the greater part of their
lives are spent at the deep water
pressure. These pathetic looking
'.cripplesr are taken out. dumped
overheard. and when they regain
their customary depth they are
as active as the normal person on
land The blood vessels and ear
drums are burst from long diving
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-15
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
LECTURE TONIGHT

Christian Science Society ~
Key West announces . Pres Lee
ture on Christian Science. 10 b.
given tins evening a. the High
School auditorium a. 8 o'clork b.
Judge Samuel W Greens. CSB
Of Chicago Illinois. member a
the Bosrs Of Lecturezhip q the
Mother CFrufrh. the First Cfurrt
Of Christ Scientist an Bosiun.
Massachusetts
The public is invited 10 attend
this lecture. Doors wiu - opel
al 7.50 2. m
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-15

Key West spongers. famous the
world over, occasionally get
sponges from off the bottom with
sixty foot poles. This is in deep
water off Bahia Honda, but these
cases are very rare.
From three TO seven spongers
travel together on the same boat
on a sponging trip. The boats are
about 80 feet long, are of shallow
draught to go over the many low
spots of the Keys, and are built
to carry the load of SpongeS. On
board the Sponging boat is car
ried a stove and other necessary
utensils. Spongers tour the waters
from BiScayne Bay to Key Vest
During the summer they work
the Bay grounds, but IN the
water they sponge from the Mar
queSas to Bahia Honda A three
prong hook with a long pole is
used to hook the spongeS, grow
ing on the sea bottom, and bring
them up. Shirt tall diving that
is skin diving is also occasionally
employed.
When the spongeS are brought
up, they are alive and filed with
thick rubber-like substance
They are left on the deck of the
boat and allowed to die, during
the process of which they raise
quite an awful smell, spongers re-
port. They are also kept aboard
in a trough or overheard strung
on long strings. Then they are
taken up and the black meat
scraped of with knives. Some
spongers use bruiSer, or stick.
to beat the sponge and make the
meat easier to scrape off. Spong-
ers must carefully watch the
sponge, however, since they may
444%hAf N0tAAA at a AAc[a1Es NAA4AtA
viii turn them bright orange.
and which sets up an iodine smell.
When a sponge tunns this color il
IS entirely ruined
The better class of Sponges are
from certain sections along the
Keys known as The Lakes. !"
New Grounds" Marquesas.
Northwest Channel and Bay Keys.
Those from the Spot" bar are by
far the best, however. These are
deep water sponge. The Marque-
sas goods are of heavy tough fiber.
open work and big eyes The best
kind of sponge Is the sheepswool.
but there are also yellow. grass,
wire. glove, and velvet sponges,
which have markets The logger
head sponge is used for fertilizer.
1t is composed of nothing but
meat, though it looks like a
sponge.
In the old days. the sponge
boats remained out for five
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-15

Report of the Monroe County
Community Clinic. of which Mrs.
Robert Spottswood is chairman.
has been rendered showing that
three physicians Of the city are
actively engaged at specified
hours. DR.. II c. Galley on Tues
days from 10 to u; DR.. Julio De
Poo. Wednesdays. and DR.. Vim.
r. Warren FRIDAYS. at the sane
hours
Mrs Made Butler, registered
nurse. IS on duty every day. ex-
eept Saturday and Sunday after
noon. for office conferences or
bedside nursing service at the
home. There is telephone service
for outside communication
MAJORITY II the cases cared for
at the clinic are medical. and ire
total number during the past
month vas I7g. Minor surgical
SIX. dressings q prescriptions
filled. 80
Of the number Of Prescriptions
filed. III Of tfe patients paid =
small sum each 70 partially cover
the cosfs Of drugs. and 81 easeS
received medical attention free Of
charge.
There were y cases Tor uTIn-
alysi<s biood for Kahn. four. ven
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-15

quainted with the town and the
possibilities Of including II N .
March of Time movie occurred %
them. They have excellent shots
of stores being boarded Up. the
people gathered IN front Of the
weather bureau, and other scenes
denotlng the tension during
hurricane. These they intend %
incorporate into the tim
The film is not an expose" q
local conditions, Mr.. desRoche-
mont stressed. but is simply q
straight recording Of the remark
able story in Key Vests recent
history.
The script has been roughly
drawn Up, Mr.. desRochencut and
Mr. Black having prepared Il, but
Mr.. Black added that the final
script may be as far removed
from the one they have drawn up
as night from day. When al the
films have been made, they and
the script are then shipped 20
New York where they are edited
The script then VIII probably be
changed 70 fit the alterations The
final week in New York before
the picture is released Is hectic
indeed, the group said.
Approval Of the WPA. May.
Army, Coast Guard Departments
al Washington have beer secured
and also the consent Of Local rep
resentstiveS.
The film wiz be the besi adver-
tising Key West has had - TIE
present time. i IS stated. earh
March OF Time is shown in $500
United States fhenferx and 1111
foreign fheaiers. rnachinG con-
servative estimate Of 81. coo
people. Recent sections On the
south have dealt with the Texas
Dust Bowl. the Tennessee valley
Authority. the sharecroppers ard
the late Huey Long The southern
slash pine feature has not beer
released as yet. The ~Inzide Mar
Germany" section, which Life
magazines lists 1t the Picture II
the Week" has been causing
great deal Of comment over the
country.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-15
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Acres sa BIZ TsrrA kE
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-15
DEATHS
hrz- Arfisrseis visra s.

Mrs. ArtEracia Vera. -. a. n
mate - Ire Nerceoez hosB,ltsi
died IN TIE institution yesferdsy
afternoon - 5 o'cl0ck Ftreral
services viu bc hel1 t1nurre@
afternoon S o'ciock from tae Ln-
peE Funeral Home rhaFNi % tks
s. Msry'k Star ~ ne Sea Csfh-
&C rhurck. Rev. a T.. Msareaa
So. wln offlclsfe
Mr. Vera Iefi ~ aHs1TurH. t.er
hEssand having pazsed O. ahosi
I've months sf5
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-02-15
PLANS LEAVING
HERE TOMORROW

Jessie ]. Montgomery. chief
Pharmacist mate. U.S.N. who has
been spending a vacation here
with Mrs. Montgomery on White
street, will leave tomorrow for
Portsmouth. New Hampshire
where ne has recently been as
signed to duty.
For ne past year, Mr.. Mont
gomery has been stationed Al Co
co Sob. Canal Zone