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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-25
SPECIAL SESSION
FOR CITY COUNCIL
MEETS TONIGHT TO DETERM-
INE STATUS OF LOAN TO
PUBLIC WORKS

City Council will meet in spe-
cial session tonight at 800 o'clock
to receive the opinion of City At
torney Henry Taylor as TO
whether it will be possible to is
sue a $1,000 revenue bond to the
Board of Public Works to be used
by that department to meet pay
rolls, now overdue
The amount would be taken
from the city's sidewalk and
street fund.
No other matters of importance
would be brought up, according
to Archie Roberts, clerk.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-25
WICKERS HAS OWED EVERYTHING
Tells OF Two Nmrow Escapes Likes Diving Coins Best
FROM DIAMOND RINGS TO ANCHORS

Willie" Wickers, whose diving
feats have always been a high
spot of the Key West water
front, started in by diving pen
MES thrown by passengers from
ships making this port and even
now his greatest love is in doing
That.
Whenever the Cuba" begins
sailing up the harbor, Willie un-
consciously breaks into his yodel,
which, for 40 years, has been
head alongside passenger ships
in Key West waters. The yodel
IS based on "Rockabye Baby.
If people throwing coins could
see the fights which sometimes
20 on underwater they would
get a great deal more kick out
of throwing coins, Wickers says.
Wickers' lungs have an amaz-
ing capacity for air. Not know
ing that he was being timed once
he was clicked underwater at
one minute and So seconds.
Wickers says he could stay under
much longer than that. He does
little diving of this manner now,
since Willie isn't as young as he
once was.
One of his most amazing featS
was diving up a diamond ring
for the wife of one of the mana
gers of the Porter Dock Com
pany. Water there is about 81
feet deep. Wickers said the ring
glistened like an electric light on
the muddy bottom and it was
easy. But divers will tell you he
was undertaking the case. Among
other articles which he has dived
from the bottom are eyeglasses,
ships anchors and watches.
Turning TO helmet diving in
1915. Wickers has many tales to
tell of narrow escapes from
death.
Wickers had the job of patch
ing two large holes in the bot
tom of the "Algiers" of Southern
Steamship Company. While un-
der the vessel. the strong tide
pushed him forward and capsized
his helmet, which must always
be kept vertical while under wa
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-25
BACKGROUND OF THE WAR
Digest Of War News From All Fronts

day.. It was there in 1875 that
the first partition of Poland was
made. Polish minister in Paris
has issued a statement requesting
all Poles beween the ages of IL
As to register with the French
army for military service. -.
Germany, Propaganda Minister
Goebbels says, will strictly re-
spect the neutrality of all neutral
states. 81. From Santiago, Chile.
comes the announcement that the
United States will propose that
jurisdiction in the Americas wa
tiers be extended to 300 miles
along the coasts. The proposal
will be made to the Pan-Ameri-
can Conference, which opens to-
day in Panama City.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-25
FIRE DESTROYED
SMALL GARAGE

An alarm of fire sounded from
Box 324 at IL o'clock this morn
ing called apparatus to lot be-
tween Won Pfister and Washing
ton streets, occupied by garage,
which was burning.
Booster pumps from Engines
Number One and Number Two
were used to extinguish the
flames, which had spread to the
grass and bushes surrounding the
garage, and within a short time
the fire was extinguished.
The garage was practically a
complete loss.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-25
State Planning Board
Named As Sponsor Of
Three Local Projects
Especial to The CitizenD

WASHINGTON, Sept. Is
Florida Arts Project has been Of
ficially sponsored by the Florida
State Planning Board, George c.
Gross secretary, with Art Project
to employ 100 and have a $17,335
appropriation, Music employing
800 and $32,750 appropriation
and Writers employing go with
$7,055 appropriation.
There had previously been 1856
statewide programs for Art,
Music, Writers and Historical
Records Survey projects. APP
plications now on hand number
173. Forty-two states are among
those included in the applica-
tiOnS.
The W.P.A. Arts program con-
tinues~ under local sponsorship at
approximately the same level of
employment and operations pre-
viously maintained under ex-
elusive Federal sponsorship.
Key West Music project under
supervisor George Mills White is
sponsored by the County Com
mission. Key West Art Project
sponsors include Key West Com
munity Art Center Corporation,
City of Key West and Monroe
County Commission.
F. Townsend Morgan is Art
Center director. A writer's
project with one local person to
be employed will probably be
made available in the near future
with research to be done on folk
lore in Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-25
C. G. MEMBERS HERE
FOR LIGHT SERVICE.

Erwin 6. Hines and Hiram F.
Cline, members of the Coast
Guard Cutter Mojave's crew. re-
ported at headquarters of the
service this morning for assign
ments in the lighthouse branch.
Superintendent W. w. Demer-
lit told The Citizen that the new
men viii be assigned, one to the
light at Alligator Reef and the
other to the light at Fowey Rocks.
at both of which are vacancies.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-25
New England Hurricane
Reviewed By F. Lowering
BY FRANK w. LOWERING

SEPTEMBER 81, 1939.-One
year ago this afternoon a hurri-
cane that had by-passed Florida
roared up along the coasts OF
New Jersey and New York,
wrecked the shore lines of Con-
necticut and Rhode Island, split
as it speared its tragic way
across New England, and when
in the bright dawn of the follow
ing morning the wind died out
far away. in the Canadian wilds,
it had left a total of $50 known
dead and had cost at the lowest
estimate 400 millions of dollars
in property damage.
Nothing like it ever was
known before, although a blow
that did vast damage to the
State of Maine in 1869 is fire.
quently referred to by compari-
son with the Yankee Hurricane"
of 1888. The Maine gale was
predicted Ey man named Saxby
and has passed down in history
as 1.-THE Saxby gale.
In New England a year ago,
50,810 dwellings were damaged
and 1924 were destroyed. Many
of the latter were summer cot
tages, which one or the other of
two tidal waves swept totally
away along the Connecticut,
Rhode Island and Massachusetts
shore lines. Not more than one
half the ruined cottages have
been replaced, many have been
repaired. Of the estimated 1000
pleasure and fishing craft hit by
the gale not over half have been
replaced and returned to COM
mission.
ss.7s2.00o Paid For Timber
In all the New England forests
timber salvage has proceeded at
a high speed under the guidance
of the hurriedly formed Disaster
Loan Corporation and the Sur
plus Commodity Corporation. At
BOG receiving yards in the six
New England States, $50, 100, 900
feet of lumber have been gather
ed together and worked into
boards and scantling by hundreds
of portable sawmills. A total of
12.172 timber owners have been
paid by the northeastern timber
salvage administration the big
sum of $6,782,00 for logs deliv-
cred to the mills. Two hundred
and sixty-seven ponds are being
utilized to store the logs till the
mills can use them. Since great
of the fallen timber is
white pine, and would be destroy
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-25
LOUD EXPLOSIONS
AT FHIEDERICKSHAFEN

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Sept.
25.-Loud explosions were heard
nearby and it is believed that the
German dirgible base was bomb
ed by enemy planes. German
anti-aircraft batteries went into
action against the invaders.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-25

LONDON, Sept. 25.-An off,
cial announcement concerning
Premier Benito Mussolini's speech
that England and France make
peace now that Poland exists no
more, declared that the British
government understood and APP
preciated II Duce's motives but
that the decision to fight Ger
many was brought about by the
invasion of Poland and that the
real reason. as the world knew,
was to redeem Europe from the
perpetual fear" of Hitlerism.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-25
VICTIM OF FATE

PICHER, Okla.-Earl Black of
this city removed most of his
household goods to his mother-in-
laws home while his own burn
ed. Then hers burned with to-
tai loss.-s<esssssxs-sss..z -2z-s.zs -.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-25
BELGIUM WHEAT
TO GERMANY TO
STOP INVASION
DEAL MADE TO FORCE OBJ
sERvANcE OF NEUTRALITY:
BELIEVE DIRIGIBLE BASE
BOMBED
tBy Associated Pressy

BRUSSELS, Sept. 25.-It was
understood here that Belgium
would furnish Germany with
needed wheat.
Germany is at present in great
need of wheat in spite of its re-
cent conquest of Poland and its
friendship with Russia.
1t was thought that the Bel
GUM government made the con-
cession to forego any invasion of
the neutral country, over which
rumors stated that Germany was
planning a march to break the
British blockade.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-25
ADVISORY

800 P. NEW ORLEANS
Storm warnings have been or
dered for Gulf coast from Pen
sacola to Morgan City, La. Storm
located 300 miles due south OF
New Orleans travelling northwest
at 8 to IL miles per hour. Wind
velocity. 40 to so miles per hour.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-25
NEWS NOTES

Canadian crop of wheat has
been announced as totalling 435,-
100000 bushels. Approximately
87T is Of the first three grades,
compared to 78es of last year. =. !.
A German communique stated
that German and Russian troops
paraded in Brest-Litovsk, eastern
part of Poland, yesterday (Sun-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-25
GERMAN VIEWPOINT

BERLIN. Sept 25.-American
listeners were given an insight on
English propaganda methods by a
German broadcast today. The
beam of the Berlin station was
Continued on Page Four)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-25
New Orleans. La.
Sept. Is. 1929

ADVISORY $50 A. M. EST:
Tropical disturbance attended by
winds of 30 to 40 miles per hour
near center and by moderate
squalls over considerable area
was central at z A. M. EST. 200
to $50 miles northwest of Pro-
greso, Yucatan. Indications are
disturbance will move west
northwestward with some in
crease in intensity. Small craft
on the Louisiana and Texas
coasts should not venture into
the Gulf.
WEATHER BUREAU.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-25
PART OF u. S. FLEET
TO PEARL HAHBOR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25.-The
u. S. Government is planning to
send part of its Pacific fleet, now
off California, to Pearl Harbor.
Hawaii.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-25

Key West, Florida, has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only IL Fahrenheit
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-29


story-book ideals of childhood
is a fault that must rest on
ones own shoulders. Blame
is usually put on the other for
failure to live up to certain
ideals, not upon oneself for
clinging to illusions about life.
1t is the tendency to hold the
other person responsible for
the first disappointments in
this direction.
In case Of an overfanciful con-
ception OF mating and marriage, it
il up to the individual himself to
readjust his ideals along more
human lines.
But that does not relieve the
other of responsibility for his own
personal traits if they are such as
to preclude marriage happiness
along sensible lines.
In other words. adjustments
must be mutual, and they must be
made with full self-blame where
there IL a fault.
In many cases, the newly mar
ried individual actually resists the
necessary adjustments. Many in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-29
Good Taste
Today
BY EMILY POST
The Progressive Dinner


Dear Mrs. Post: / know that
progressive dinners are not likely
to be subject matter to discuss
in an etiquette column. And
yet, we feel that you are best
able to help us to plan one. Six
friends all owe each other din
ners, and we thought it would
be fun for all of us to give
dinner together; that is, to pro-
gress from house to house right
through the dinner, each one of
us serving only one course. Will
you give us good menu for this
type of meal?
Answer: l hate to be wet
blanket, but l can't imagine
more unsatisfactory return for
effort" either to the guests or
to the six hostesses. In the first
place each hostess has to set
her table with linen and candles
and flowers-and devise some
thing to make one plate and
one tor at most two implements
at each place look hospitable.
A dinner of six courses would
have to start at seven in order
to be over by midnight. Person.
ally. / think it would be much
nicer for all six hostesses to
give a dinner complete at a
hotel and then divide the ex-
pense. Or. during the course of
the summer each one of you. or
at the most two together, might
give picnic supper outdoors or
an indoor welsh rarebit party or
something like that.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-29

RECIPES
Patriotic sponge Cake

One cup sifted cake flour, tea
spoon baking powder, y teaspoon
salt. 8 eggs, cup sugar, 2 tea
poems lemon juice. 6 tablespoons
hot milk.
Sift flour once, measure, add
baking powder and salt, and sift
together three times. Beat eggs
until very thick and light and
nearly white 10 minutcs). Add
sugar gradually. beating CONSTANT
ly. Add lemon juice. Fold in flour.
small amount at a time. Add
milk. mixing quickly until bat
ter il smooth. Turn at once into
INCREASED tube pan and bake in
moderate oven 1850 deg. F.) 35
minutes. or until done. Remove
from oven and invcrt pan l hour,
or until cold.
This mixture may be baked in
two lightly CREASED sxsx2-inch
pans in moderate oven 1880 de-
grees FL rs minutes. or until done,
Spread chocolate flavor dessert
filling between layers and cover
top with sifted confectioner's
sugar. The numerals and stars are
outlined by cutting and laying on
cake before covering with con-
fectioners sugar.
- Chocolate Filling
One package prepared chocolate
pudding. III cups milk, 4 CUP
sugar, 2 tablespoons butter. \
teaspoon salt.
Place pudding powder in top Of
double boiler. Add milk gradually
stirring constantly. Place ovel
boiling water and cook until thick
ened. stirring constantly. Cook {
minutes longer. stirring frequent
~. Add sugar. butter and salt
Cool, stirring occasionally. Makes
enough filling for two sxsx2-inch
layers.
Copyright, 1897
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dividuals with an unreal concep-
ton of life find it hard work to
bring themselves to accept facts.
Just as the young man who grows
up vaguely expecting to inherit
a fortune is disappointed when the
rich" relatives turns out to be
poor like himself, so the individual
who expects marriage will be
something heavenly and blissful
and finds out it is the same kind
of life his parents lived together
is disappointed.
Marriage Is blissful only
when bliss Is obtained by hard
work and harder personal sac
rifices and adjustments.
Just as you must surrender your
money to buy the thing you want,
often in marriage you must sur
render your personal, selfish pre-
negatives in order TO buy happi-
ness.
The young husband and wife
both bring to their marriage their
own personal desires and demands.
1t is not to be expected they can
be met. In their place must be
esta blished common demands upon
life that both decide TO make to-
sether-and to get by a common
effort. The reward for this sacri-
flee of personal requirements is
deeper happiness than either the
one or the other could have found
alone.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-29
Handy Hints

For varietys sake the modern
homemaker likes TO provide two or
even more sets Of living room
slipcovers. She believes 1t economi-
cal to select materials for this
purpose that are of fine quality,
since shoddy fabrics neither wear
well nor retain their shape. Good
workmanship, too. is important.
Poorly fitted covers make the
room appear sloppy, careless. She
will bring home scads Of samples
to experiment with colors and pat
terms before final selection, be-
cause she discovers using several
harmonizing but different ma
terisls in the same room adds in
dividuality, interest. For service
ability, she will assure herself that
the materials she chooses are pro-
cessed to resist dsmpness, dust,
fading and shrinkage.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-29

The spirit OF summer in all its
light-hearted enchantment, IL the
very essence Of this Anne Adams
creation, Pattern 4171. Your fig
ure is supple, graceful, enhanced
by the unbroken fluid beauty of
its princess lines. You might give
them a delightfully."- unexpected
touch with lovely curved leaf APP
pliques in gay garden colors. But
this is entirely optional. for the
lines of the dress are unusually
flattering with or without the ap-
pliques. The scalloped edge of the
low V-neck is tremendously flat
tering and very easy to do. The
save-your-coiffure buttoning down
the front is handy for quick,
spread-flat ironing. too. The Sew
ing Instructor will guide you.
Pattern 4171 is available in
misses and women's sizes IA, Is,
Is. 20. 80, "a, So, 3s, 40, AZ and A..
Size Is takes Az yards 35-nch
fabric and i yard contrast.
Send 15c in coins for this Anne
Adams patterns. Write plainly
SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS and
STYLE NUMBER.
East, West, North, South-wher-
ever your vacationland lies you'll
have more fun under the sun If
you bring along gay new costumes
for every occasion. So hurry
order Anne Adams Summer Pat
tern book today. Packed with
bright, quickly sewn styles for
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-29
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themselves upon the cork plat
form. breathing heavily from their
exertion.
Dive From Raft
They took turns diving from the
raft until finally, breathless. Ellen
glanced at the red ball of the sun
hanging low on the horizon, and
suggested they swim in.
i've worked up an appetite,
too" she said. II hope George has
plenty of sea trout"
Refreshed and glowing with
health and good spirits. the young
couple was soon back in Kicks
car, headed down the speedway to
Georges place in Venice.
Laughing and joking as they
drove along, Ellen's feeling Of de-
preston left her as the miles spun
away beneath the wheels of the
car.
1t seemed silly, now, that she
ever had doubted Rick. even
though Bsrringer had piled up 4
seemingly unexplainable mound Of
evidence against him.
Good Companion
No one, so happy, so csrefree,
such a good companion could be
the sort of person BarrinEer
thought Rick, and she had a pang
of regret that she ever had con-
scented to have part in trying
to trap him into some act that
would justify the army officer in
openly accusing him.
She had all but forgotten the
real purpose of her being with
Leslie when they were comfort
ably seated in booth at Georges
beside a great plate glass window
that gave a gorgeous vista of the
sea.
Beautiful sunset" she remark
ed, fascinated by the brilliant
changing puppies and reds and
blues in the western sky.
Beautiful" he murmured, but
he was looking at Ellen, not at
the sky.
IT'S a red sunset, which means
another fine day tomorrow" she
said.
Another fine day" he agreed.
Then she remembered the key.
Il promised Major Barringer,"
she told herself. "I'll have to go
through with it." She picked up
the purse, fished out her handker-
chief and the key tumbled out on
the cloth.
my goodness" she hoped she
really sounded surprised.
Whats wrong?" Rick asked.
1.-THE key! It's the master key
to the files. I always turn it over
to Mr.. Rayburn every night when
l finished work, and wait while he
locks it in the safe. ! guess ]
must have forgotten to turn it in. v
rs it so important"
"Of course. / don't know what
to do"
Forget it." Rick advised.
But Mr.. Raybun will be very
angry"
He's as much to blame as you
Continued on Page is, Column 81
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-29

The mayor OF Northampton,
Mass. has come across with new
definition Of working wives. He
says they are "mercenary. shame
less and selfish money erabbers' If
they hold down jobs when their
husbands are capable Of supporting
them.
1t would appear from this that
It's shameless OF woman to
Nsant to work 10 that she and her
husband can buy home in the
suburbs. instead Of living in 4
rented apartment all their lives.
It's selfish OF 4 woman not to
give up her job-a job at which
she excels--so that a man, who
was unable to get the job away
from her in open competition. can
step into II.
It's mercenary for q woman to
want to turn her talent or her
ability into cash, so that she can
10 the work she likes better than
ecrubbing floors and ironing skirts.
It's selfish OF her not to feel that
her job should be given as q con-
ISOLATION prize to the woman who
bed less success than she Is land
ing 4 husband.
It's shameless of her to want
he independence that money
and money alone-gives to a
woman. The kind of independence
that makes 1t necessary for her to
live with a husband only as long
- she loves him.
IT'S mercenary Of her to get
khrill out Of 4 pay check. out of
spending money that she has
earned herself, instead Of being
content to have her husband dole
out money to her or put her on an
allowance like Z school child.
It's selfish Of her to want n
many Of the good things for her
eelf and her family ~ hard work
can earn.
Yes. they must b Z bad lot
these working wives. They have
the nerve to think that to all citi-
xens in Z democracy are due the
same rights and privileges"
Adopted Baby
Dear Miss Grey: I am = young
married woman. A few years ago
my husband and ] adopted a little
boy and now find ourselves puzzled