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Chapter Two
Quaint Old Town

NOV you listen," Weston con-
l Y tinued. We're a town of
around a thousand. We got more'n
five thousand coming here to stay
for the whole week. We got thou
sands more tourists coming by the
day. We're going TO be paiG by
Philbrick'S for broadcaSting every
day. Quaint old-timc town, see?"
81 see. but"
Sand we're going to be a quaint
old-time town, see? Nothing'S
going to spoil it, We're going to
make enough out of this coming
week to pay up all The town debts.
and have a surplus left big enough
to pay up roads. and the Town
Hall, and the new wharf, and
everything. No more relief and
unemployment problems for us,
see? We're going to wipe out the
red ink and start out fresh, and"
"But Weston, you"
"And furthermore" WeSton'S
fist was pounding the car door.
furthermore, we've gone and
spent so much that if this doesn't
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KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here just Ten Years Ago Today A. Taken
From The Files OF The Citizen

A regular meeting of Arthur
Sawyer Post American Legion
will be held tomorrow evening,
beginning at 8 o'clock, at the
Legion home. Post Commander
Connors makes a request that all
members be on time at the meet
ing and also extends an invita-
ton to all visiting legionnaires to
be in attendance. Commander
ConnorS states that the gavel
bell, which was won in the re-
cent membership drive, has ar
rived and will be presented to the
post at this meeting by Past
Commander p. B. Roberts. Past
Commander Magee, who was
forced to resign at the last meet
ing because of being ordered to
the Philippines, will accept the
bell for the post. The post adj
jutant states that a beautiful Past
Commanders ring has been re-
ceived and will be presented to
Past Commander Magee in ap-
probation of the splendid work
he has done for the post during
the short time he has been in
command. The adjutant also adj
vises that the drum corps instru-
mentS are all here and that every
one desiring to join the corps
should be present at the meeting.
Commander ConnorS states that
he will continue the bridge wars,
and the next one will be. held
soon at the Legion hall while the
dance will be held Friday eve-
ming, April II, at the Key West
Athletic Club.
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ANSWERS:


l. Some time before 1880, the
Countess of Chinchon, vicerine of
Peru, was cured of malarial fever
by administration of the bark of
a tree, which had long been
known to the Peruvian Indians.
Within a few years this bark
was introduced into Europe and
proved highly effective in treat
ing "ague'', that is, malaria. 1t
was called cinchona bark, in
honor of the Countess of Chin
chon.
2. 1t was valued as an antidote
for poison. 1t was supposedly
derived from the mythical uni
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THE LOW DOWN
FROM HICKORY GROVE
% eeeoee . o o o . . . Q 9

A teller says to me the other
day. 10, he says, you are kind
OF a windy party, how is it that
you belong to so few lunch
clubs?
And l says, well, it is like. this,
] says, there are so many windy
guys there, that you do not have
a chance to get in word edge
wise. And, furthermore, say. If
you do get in a word edgewise
nobody hears it.
And after you have had q bowl
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Residence of George A. T. Rob-
erts on William street has been
reprinted and other improve
ments have been made. This is
the property of another Key
Wester who shows the proper
spirit and gives evidence of his
belief in Identification.
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TOOTH IN NOSE

SAN ANTONIO, Texas-When
he was struck in the mouth with
an axe eight years ago, ]. D.
Huff of this city lost three teeth.
Two were found, but the third
could not be located until an
X-ray recently revealed it in his
nose.
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go over, we're licked for good!
Whatever's going on has got to
be stopped, quiet and quick. Moth
ing's going to keep this Old Home
Week from being a SUGGEST And
whatever's trying to, you got to
settle i'll See?"
. 81 got the point" Asey told him.
.@1about five minutes ago. In a nut
shell, the fair name of Billings
gates got to shine till the Golfers
get filled. It's a patriotic point,
cousin. an well taken. Half a col
umn of sabotage tidir'S, an pop
goes the budget. Only l amt"
! 81 never" Weston spoke DELHI
erately, put any stock in all the
chatter about your always being
willing to solve cases for rich
summer folks, but nobody else.
OF course, as a mater of fact.
all the problems you took on have
been for rich people: / suppose
knowing the Porters so well. and
all their rich friends and helping
Bill Porter with these cars. you've
!, kind of lost touch with the Cape.
= / hear you get thousands and thou
= sands of dollars, Just finding lost
cats and things, and of course
see where you wouldn't be inter
ested in helping out here, for. say.
= fifty dollars the week. got. some
= bonus bonds" he added thought
: fully, land / suppose l could
always mortgage the house. It's
never been mortgaged in all the
two hundred years we had it,
but"
You Won't Need Cops
NOV see here, Wes," ASey's
p IN tone made Weston feel that
perhaps he had gone little too
far. 81 don't mind your layin' it
on with a trowel, but do r'sent
your bringin' in a steam shovel!
You're usin' good Cape tactics
family tactics, cause / know'em.
But you're headin' the wrong
way"
81 just wanted to-"
81 know. But first off, you know
right well the only reason never
took on anything for the folks
around here is that they don't get
themselves into trouble like sum-
mer people an city peoplC always
do. No one hereabouts ever asked
me for help. except like for fxin'
cars. or boats, or pumps. or houses,
: or such. An you know I never
took a cent for helpin' anyone in
p all my life. ! don't need money.
! got all I want. The only thing
Inn tryin' to bring out is this. that
If things is as serious as you say,
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SUES FOR DIVORCE

CHICAGO - Mrs. Gladys Far
ley of this city sued her husband
for divorce, charging that he left
her because she had twins.
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Something Just As Good

You are in a highly nervous
condition, madam. Suppose I pre-
scribe an ocean voyage?"
But my husband cannot pos
sibly leave his business and I
could never go alone.
Then I'll prescribe a fur coat" !.
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H. G. Wenzel, passenger traffic
agent of the Mallory Lines, an
nounces the appointment of
George E. Strong as general pas.
senger agent, effective at once,
according to Information given
The Citizen. MIR. Strong has been
associated with the company for
the past II years, and has been
making his home with his family,
at Bergenfield, N. ].
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but which / do not see anything
of. around my domicile.
Yours, with the Town down, :
10 SIERRA.
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Commencing tomorrow the
buses of the Lowell Bus Lines viii
start operating on a new .sched-
ule. They viii leave the La Con-
cha Hotel every morning at $50
instead Of 9, and the schedule
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Defendants.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

1t appearing by the sworn Bill
or Complaint of Richard Fl. Kemp.
as Trustee. William III. Malone and
Minnie Porter Harris, widow.
the plaintiffs in the above styled
cause that plaintiffs are entitled
to an Order of Publications:
1T is THEREFORE ORDERED
that William c. McRae, if living
and if dead, all parties claiming in
terests under said William G.. Nc
Rae, deceased. or otherwise, in and
to the following piece, parcel or
tract of land situate. lying and be-
ing in the County of Monroe, State
OF Florida, and described as fol-
lows:
Lots Two CD and Three go
and Southwest Quarter of the
Southeast Quarter of Section
Fourteen Q4. and part of Lots
one ID and Two CD. in Section
Twenty-three (23), Township
Sixty-two (62) South of Range
Thirty-efght (3S) East, except
that parcel of land described in
a deed from John Lowe. Jr, to
Richard Tedder, dated March
IL, 1915, and recorded in Book
'A-2'. Page 1S9. Monroe Coun-
~, Florida, Records. Together
with all the tenements. i'm
provements, easements. here
ditameRts. and appurtenances
appertaining TO the said prop
erty, together with all riparian
rights appertaining to said
property,
and - McRae, his wife, whose
Christian name is unknown, il he
be married, Eugene T. Lane, il
living. and If dead, all parties
claiming interests under said
Eugene T Lane, deceased, or other
wise. in and to the land above de-
scribed and Della H. Lane, his
wife. certain Of the defendants in
said cause. be and they are hereby
required to appear to the Bill of
Complaint in said cause on Mon
day. the LIST day OF May, A ID. 1899,
otherwise the allegations of said
Bill OF Complaint will be taken as
confessed by said defendants
1t is Further Ordered that this
Order be published once a week for
four consecutive weeks in The Key
West Citizen, a newspaper pub
Iished in Monroe County. State OF
Florida
Dated this 31st day of March. A.
D. 1893
(Cireuit Court SeaD
Ross c Sawyer
Clerk Circuit Court. Eleventh Judi
cial Circuit of Florida. in and for
Monroe County. 80
W CURRY HARRIS,
solicitor for Plaintiff
'='se- 1883
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will be maintained through the
summer months.
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PIalntlffS,
vs. Foreclosure of Mortgage
WILLIAM q. McRAE, if living.
and if dead. the heirs, devisees.
grantees. or other claimants un-
der the said William c.. Nc
Rae, deceased, and - McRAE.
his wife, whose Christian name
is unknown, if he be married:
EUGENE T. LANE, if living.
and if dead, the heirs, devisees,
grantees or other claimants nm
der the said Eugene T. Lane.
deceased. and DELLA II. LANE
his wife; WILLIS w. HALL
and RUTH r. HALL. his wife
+. A. STAKEMILLER and
ETHEL A. STAKEMILLER. his
wife,
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Ihe Characters

he O1afdcIer3
Asey Mayo. famous Cape Cod
sleuth.
Weston, Asey's cousin, select
man.
Yesterday: It's Old Home Weel:
IN BillingSgGte. Weston tells ASey
he anticipates trouble.
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Daughters Of the King of St.
PauPs Church viii meet at 400
o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Mary Eliza Ma
loney, GIG Elizabeth street.
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L E G AIS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
OF THE STATE OF EI0RIna
IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY,
IN CHANCERY.
No. FILL
RICHARD III. KEMP, as Trus-
tee, WILLIAM II. MALONE and
MINNIE PORTER HARRIS. a
widow,
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Catholic Daughters of Amer
lea are planning a card party for
Friday night to be held at the
K. c. Hut on Duval street. As
these parties are usually well at
tended it goes without saying
there will be a large attendance.
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An immense Jewish, measur.
ing six feet three inches and
weighing $50 pounds, was caught
from one of the docks in the city
yesterday by a stranger visiting
in Key West. This is but one OF
the many things the City of Key
West has to offer the stranger
who visits here.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY.
IN CHANCERY.
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Editorial Comment: Everybody
his own tax assessor. We have
better slogan: everybody his
own tax collector. Of course, it
amounts to the same thing, but
sounds a little more attractive.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Mrs. Lauer Released
After Smuggling Term
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 10.-Her face
shielded by heavy veil, Mrs. Elma
N. Lauer, wife of a former New York
State Supreme Court justice, left the
womens House of Detention early
today after serving a three month
sentence for smuggling.
She was met by her husband, Ed
gar ]. Lauer, who resigned his judi
cial post shortly after she pleaded
guilty to smuggling Partisan finery
into this country. They drove away
together In limousine.
A medical report showed that the
58-year old Manhattan social leader,
whose vanity Federal Judge Vincent
L. Leibell said was similar to the
"aff1iction of kleptomaniacs," had
been in the prison hospital through
out her commitment. 1t said she had
suffered from complication of real
and fancied complaints, some physi-
cal, and that she had complained
constantly against dietary and dis
ciplinary conditions, about illnesses
and about her surroundings.
Offered her choice of being re-
leased either at midnight or between
9 and 10 o'clock in the morning, she
left few minutes past midnight.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
BY HOWARD w. BLAKESLEE,

Associated Press Science Editor.
URBANA, ILL.,, July l0.-A bridge
which has knees and ankles is cut
ting the cost of eliminating grade
crossings this summer.
In principle this bridge is the
brother of the mythical Atlas, who
held the world on his shoulders. The
modern Atlas is squatting, knees
wide apart, to make a one-piece
bridge with his reinforced concrete
legs. The knees are rigid; the ankles
flexible.
Many of the principles Of this new
bridge were worked out in the test
ing laboratory of the University of
Illinois engineering department. In
charge Is gray-haired Frank E.
Richart, research professor of engi-
neering materials. He is one of the
first figures in big 10 athletics, being
chairman of the Western Confer
ence Committee of Faculty Repre-
sentatives. Assisting are DR.. v. p.
Jensen, DR.. Nathan M. Newark and
Wilbur M. Wilson.
Lie SqudCtlIiS dCldS loOkS ike b
perfectly fiat. concrete bridge set on
vertical walls. But it Is not quite
what it seems.
The steel reinforcing rods inside
the concrete floor of the bridge bend
around and extend down through
the walls on which the bridge rests.
The structure is one-piece.
The walls are thicker at the tops,
so that if the abutting earth were
removed they would resemble knees
slightly outward bowed.
They bend outward q few hun
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Dismissal Is Revoked
After 'Godiva' Ends Life
By the Associated Press,

B, the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 10-News that
she was not to be discharged, after
all, from her first job as an enter
tainer came too late for Judith Ann
Palmer, 22-year-old Chicago beauty.
She was found dead in her hotel
room Saturday, shot with a bullet
from a .45-caliber prop" revolver
which police believed she smuggled
out of the Wild West show in which
she was employed at the New York
Worlds Fair.
Two weeks ago, Judith and other
girls in the cast, most of them play
ing Lady Godiva roles, were given
dismissal notices effective July Is.
A spokesman for the show said
last night, however, that the man.
agement had decided to retain the
girls in new parts, and that Miss
Palmer would have been told today.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Bridge With Knees and Ankles
Aids Rail Crossing Campaign
one7Pi Structure Resembles Atlas;
App1kiobIe Savings Possible

dredths OF an inch when the weight
OF vehicle presses on the bridge
floor. The floor sinks a fraction
Of an inch.
Near the bottom Of the walls are,
the ankles concealed from casual
view by slots filled with felt or
ashpalt. The slots are cut dag
onally downward. so that the walls
taper, near their bases, almost to
point.
This narrow zone is the ankle.
Bending strains coming down the
wall twist these copcrete ankles
slightly. Crossed ste0 rods inside
the concrete prevent breaking. The
technical name for these ankles Is
hinges.
Without them the whole bottom Of
the wall would rock slightly with
the action of the knees. and this
would skew the bridge foundations.
With this kind of structure, it is
possible to make the bridge floor
thinner under the center, only about
18 inches thickness being necessary
where several feet is required in
an ordinary bridge.
The result is a saving Of about
two feet in clearance under the
bridge. eliminating the need Of either
higher elevation or deeper excava-
ton and making possible the finan-
cial saving.
The significance Of this is seen
in the $l27,000,0O of Federal aid
funds spent this year for grade
crossing projects. The Atlas prin-
ciple also is used for other bridges,
including most Of the types In Fed
eral highway projects.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
First Northern Flight Ends,

LONDON, July 10 R.-A group
Of American publishers who reached
London in 80 hours elapsed time
from New York after flying the At
lantic in the Yankee Clipper were
scattered over the continent today
for streamlined sightseeing before
the flying boat heads west We'd
nesday.
Nineteen passengers, among them
II newspapers, magazine, radio or
news service executives, made the
first commercial flight over the So
called northern route. They left
Port Washington, N. Y, Saturday
morning; reached Southampton at
4:55 pm. Q0:55 am. E. S. T.) YES
terday after stops in Canada and
Ireland, and went to London by
train.
Mrs. Ogden Reid, vice president
of the New York Herald Tribune,
said the Atlantic flight was so per-
feet she lacked adjectives to de-
scribe it.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Civil Liberties Report
Assai|s Cough|in
Followers and Bund
Charges Labor Phose
Of Dies Investigation
Is unfair
By tfe Associated Press.

NEW YORK, July 10.-The Amer
ican Civil Liberties Union reported
today that unconstitutional guaran-
tees of human rights had received
unprecedented support" in America
during the last II months as a
result of worldwide attacks on
democracy.
Interference with the rights of
political, racial and religious minor
tiles has steadily diminished, though
propaganda against them is omin-
ously increasing" the organization
said in it's annual report.
The union charged that the Dies
Committee on Un-American Activi-
ties was unfair" in attacking pro-
gressive and liberal labor move
ments as part of an international
Communist conspiracy and in max
ing political propaganda out of its
inquiry"
1t also said "self-styled patriotic
organizations" were creating the
atmosphere in which repression of
civil rights fourishes." The report
asserted such organizations were
linked in an unofficial alliance
through community of interest with
followers of the Rev. Charles E.
Coughlin and the German-Amer-
lean Bund.
The union cited as telling ad-
vance" the United States Supreme
Court decision restraining Mayor
Frank Hague and Jersey City OFF,
cials from interfering with freedom
of speech and assembly.
1t said censorship of movies, the
theater and literature had declined
and that self-regulatory moves by
the radio industry made further
Federal regulation unnecessary.
The report noted increased bit
ter feeling against aliens due to a
fear of foreign propaganda, "stimu-
lated by the Dies Committee, and
Evening star., 1939-07-10
ClipDer Leaves Lisbon.

LISBON, July 10 R.-The At
lantic Clipper took off today cat 2:45
am, E.S.T) for the Azores, en- route
to New York with passengers and
a crew of IL.
One of the passengers was Nor
man c. Lee, New York broker, who
boarded the big Pan-American fly
ing boat at Marseilles, France, yes
terday for the final lap of a round
the-world voyage exclusively by
commercial airlines.
Built by the Consolidated Aircraft
Co. here, the model 28-5 flying boat,
which has cruising speed of lis
miles an hour, is to be delivered
by air to the British Royal Air
Force at Felixstone, England.
Only stop scheduled. on this con-
tinent is at Botwood. The New
foupdland-England hop will be
2,450 miles.
Capt. Rogers and Lewis A. YAM
cey, co-pilot-navigator; Raymond
Booth, radio operator, and Flight
Engineer Gerald Brown took off in
ideal weather conditions yesterday,
but turned back upon reaching the
Salton Sea in CALIFORNIA; Imperial
Valley. Mr. Rogers said failure of
the automatic pilot would have re-
quired hand steering of the plane
for Al hours.
Evening star., 1939-07-10

menting on . letter he had read
which he said was written to David
Dubinsky, president Of the Inter-
national Ladies' Garment Workers,
by Harry Milton, who served with
the Abraham Lincoln Brigade In
the Spanish Civil War.
The letter, saying there are more
than $50 Fascist organizations in the
United Stetes, called the Cough
linites" pro-Fascist and anti-Semitic
and said these groups "are now be-
ginning to gather together. In view
of the rising Fascist danger
Local 66, I. L. G. w. u, favors the
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Crash Kills Legislator

K1SS1MMEE, Fla, July 10 o.
w. Mel Christie, Duval County
Representative and speaker of the
1887 Florida House, died yesterday
in an automobile accident as he re-
turned from a fishing trip.
Mr.. Christie, riding alone, was
trapped under his car in a water
filled ditch when it left the Lake
Wilson highway 10 miles west Of
here and overturned.
Evening star., 1939-07-10
Export Lines Plane Is Back.

NEW YORK, July 10 (P.-The
American Export Airlines' twin
motored plane Transatlantic COM
pleted its first round-trip survey
flight to Europe yesterday, setting
down at Floyd Bennett Field ~
hours and SO minutes after leaving
Horta, the Azores.
The flight, terminating at May
seilles, France, and made prepara-
tory to inaugurating passenger
service over the southern route at
a date not yet determined, started
June 80. Stops in each direction
were made at Horta, Lisbon, Portu-
gal, and Biscarosse, France.
The crew of six, in charge of Capt.
P. j. Byrne, described the flight as
easy" praising the lines system of
communication with specified sur
face ships spaced about 200 miles
apart over the entire route.
Evening star., 1939-07-10

immediate organization Of an anti
Fascist union guard -" as the
only method Of effectively combat
ting Fascist formations and preserv-
ing rights and civil liberties OF
labor.
Father Coughlin said: ut pro-
poses that group of union laborers
will militarize themselves and estab-
tsh an independent army within
this Republic. 1t indirectly proposes
that this army will march against
the people Of America as Mr.. Harry
Milton and his fellow subversives
marched against the people OF
Spain"
Evening star., 1939-07-10

Bee Brand really kills flies
mosquitoes and other hyin1
insects quick-yet it's entirely
safe to use in the home. Dom
waste money on cheap, weak
smelly stuff. Get Bee BranC
and get rid Of flies. Insist or
the genuine, quick-killinf {
Bee Brand Insect Spray-ir
the red and yellow can. til
sold with q guarantee OF salts
faction or your money back
NOTE: You can also kill
toes. as 1ceH as reaches an
Brand Insect Po,cder. Read
Evening star., 1939-07-10

to the threatened influx of refu-
gees competing with American
workers"
A decrease in the legislative power
OF organized labor because of the
c. I. GA. F. L. split resulted, the
union said, in marked setbacks all
over the country to the achieve.
ments in law of labor's rights"
Evening star., 1939-07-10
coughIIn Charges Union
Seeks Army 10 Fight Him

By the Associated Press.
DETROIT, July 10.-The Rev.
Charles E. Coughlan declared in his
weekly broadcast yesterday that q
proposal has been made "that q
group Of union laborers will mill
tarize themselves, and establish an
Independent army within this Re-
public"
His statement was made in COM
Evening star., 1939-07-10
City Nearly Rebuilt

Rebuilding OF Quetta, Baluchistan,
which was visited by a disastrous
Earthquake in 1885, is nearly COM
pleted and the old city is now one
OF the most modern in that part of
the world.