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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-25
Making the ship liI5'4tfrif TIP from Key West.

Making the ship trip from Key West
to Port Tampag alEfni& Pyle, syndicate
writer, writes: $50 far as l know, it's the
only place in America where you have to
act as though you were returning from a
trip abroad when you haven't been any,
where /. When. you get off the boat at
Port Tampa, you have to go through GUS
toms inspection, even though you got
aboard at Key West and have never been
outside the u. S." Well, there has always
been some argument whether Key West is
in. the, u. s., or, not.-P.E.B. in Tampa Tri-
bune Is that why hordes of tourists are
coming to Key West? The most inexpen-
sive way to enjoy visit abroad. Tam
bien Sc. hablan Ingles aqui. You won't, be
required to bring your Baedeker with you,
and you will feel perfectly at home.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-25

paper would like to make cor
rection of catch" made aboard
Lii Dot" February IA by New
Jersey and Philadelphia party.
Mrs" Michael R. Hanson
caught largest. barracuda of. 4S
inches. Mr.. Michael r. Hanson
caught a 42-inch barracuda and
Mrs. Thos. Bromley s5-inch bar
racuda asriwell as general catch
of groupers and Spanish mack
erel.
Captain Veral Roberts can yer
ify above p statement, although
there was no actual, affidavit
signed. f3aEl,; mi ciA.h iis
MICHAEL R. HANSON.
81 N. Melbourne, t%,TY
Ventnor, N. j., $1,000 -------
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"A BITTER COMPLAINT
To the City Officials and Poop
of. Kav Mast. -

To the City Officials and People
of, Key West: i
Will some one please tell me
why they make laws, place people
in public office to carry out those
laws, and nothing is ever done
the whole time they are in office
to carry out these laws?
What l am coming to is an$old
Story-one I have been working
on for at least two years, and l
have been to nearly every official
from the mayor on down, and all.
the satisfaction one gets iss% a
weak promise to see about the
matter, or a shrug of the shout
ders.
Quite sometime ago l began by
calling and reporting cruelty
shown horses and other animals
in this town-particularly a Ger
tain individual. The police could
do nothing without orders from
the mayor and their chief, who
were always too busy to be both
cred by such trifles. The city at
torney agreed it was a deplorable
sight, but could do nothing with
out orders from the mayor. Jim
Roberts, then chairman of the
City Council, said something
should be done, but it was lust
one of these things" and let the
matter drop.
Finally, when officers were
changed and George Brooks was
city attorney, he gave orders with
the mayors consent, and two
policemen, Bienvenido Perez and
Raymond Cabrera, were the only
two men. on the police force who
made an effort to check this ILL
treatment. Aside from the efforts
Of the three mentioned above,
nothing was ever done, and the
horse was starved right to death.
This makes two horses that a GER
tain driver has deliberately starv-
ed and beaten to death in the past
two years, and now he is being
allowed to drive another one,
which is almost more than I can
stand.
l have called the mayor several
times, and though he is never in.
This wife agrees that something
should be done. The new city
attorney, H. H. Taylor, Jr., can
quote from the ordinance cover
ing this, but can't do anything
else. I have called several mem
bers of the Woman's Club, but
they can do nothing because they
don't care to be dragged into any
court cases by having to testify,
for which can't blame them.
This horse I have reference to
| is a former saddle horse and he
was always well kept. Now you
can almost see through him. 1t
is shame and a disgrace to the
/ people of this town to allow an
animal to be ill-treated. 1t would
have been more merciful to have
this horse shot than to allow him
to fall into such hands.
About the only thing this horse
| gets to eat is a handful of dead
grass with few kicks to digest
it. / doubt if he even gets enough
water to drink. Why does the
law allow a man to have an ami
NAL of any kind to iII-treat? And
/ like him, there are one or two
others in Key West who don't
treat their animals much better
This sight is before your eyes
every day, yet nothing is done
about it.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-25

at the exhibition at Daytona
Beach.
The visitor was deeply inter
ested in the products of Key
West and said that there were a
number of ideas in the handicraft
examples from other states at the
exhibition which could be incor-
porated. as they were applicable
m the output of Key West work
crS.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-25

Most men who give anonymously to
charity, see to it that it becomes we'll
known. There are some men, however,
who give to charity who do not want it
known as it serves as come-on to others !;
so anonymity in the giving of charity is
wise and profitable, but at the sacrifice of
-vainglory.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-25

1t would be interesting to know just
what particular news story of the crime of
kidnapping Franklin Pierce Mccall read
that influenced him to commit the crime
for which he paid with his life on Friday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-25
A RARE TROPICAL TREAT

The annual Tropical Flower Show
under the auspices of the Key West Gar
den Club and Tree Guild opened today in
Lighthouse Building No. 3, which may be
reached through a driveway alongside the
Key West Naval Station Administration
told post office building, almost directly
opposite the foot of Greene street The
show will continue through Sunday and
Monday
Specific location of the exhibition,
one of the most outstanding evetns in Key
Vests annual winter program, is given so
that visitors may more readily find the
spot. Visitors have been issued special
invitation by sponsors of the show not only
to exhibit their own flowers and plants,
but to view one of the most unusual ex-
hibitions to be seen anywhere in the United
States.
One of the chief factors MAX
irg the Key West Tropical Flower Show
unique is that the exhibits are being made
by amateurs, that the show is conducted
by home people interested in home grown
and home made things and that it is free
from that professionalism and CONNER
cialism which marks nearly every i'm
pOrtant flower show in the country. .-.
/ Although the sponsors of the show
may be amateur in the sense that they are
rot out to capitalize their exhibits, but
merely interested in entertaining, en-
tightening and informing the public as to
the marvellous tropical flora that abounds
on this little island, they are by no means
inexpert-in making arrangements for the
exhibition.
Drawing on the lessons learned in
handling five previous flower shows, the
Key West Garden Club and Tree Guild,
with Mrs. Norberg Thompson as general
chairman, has transformed the lighthouse
building, usually drab and hollow struc-
ture, into living, glowing work of floral
art From the walls and ceiling braces
hang, hundreds of palm fronds, interlaced
with beautiful flowers, glowing plants and
dropping icy and ferns. i.
Beneath this arch of beauty are the
exhibits. There are plain garden flowers,
IOoCo, yCl1OW 1lOWC1o, lIOPlCdl OlOoooHlo,
wild flowers, a cactus garden, hibiscus,
bougainvillaea, oleander, begonia, speci-
men plants, tropical fruits and tropical
seeds and pods, hanging baskets dripping
with loneliness, crotons, colias, ferns, cal
ladiums and hundreds of palms and cacti.
Other interesting exhibits are three
individual collections of shells, handicraft
products of the women of Key West, and
table displays, with two dinner tables,
buffet supper table and a cocktail table
set up in accordance with the best usage
and taste.
All in all, it is a worthwhile exhibit.
1t will pay our own townspeople to visit
the show to more fully acquaint them
selves with the flora glories of Key West;
it will return enjoyable dividends to our
visitors, for nowhere else will they find
anything like this show The scores of
men and women who have united to make
the show a success deserves the thanks of
the community for providing the city and
its many visitors with one of the most in
teresting events of the season.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-25
The office of the Secretary 0

The office of the Secretary of the In
terror in Washington has a Division of
Motion Pictures under a S4,6O0-a-year di-
rector and $4,600-a-year Supervisor of
Exhibits among its personnel. We didn't
know that either, until a few days ago.
and would like to know how these fine
salaries are earned or not-earned.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-25
Another good reason for

Another good reason for criminal
code revision: Forty-five per cent of those
convicted of crime in this state are freed
on appeal.-Tampa Tribune. There would
be nothing wrong in that were it not for
the fact that most of the criminals freed
are repeaters. Society has right to pro-
lection.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-25

1t is none of this writer's business but
he is curious to know to whom the late
Pope Plus XI willed his 100000 watch,
said to be the costliest time-piece in the
world
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-25

key West has many species of palms
including the itching palm. Key West
Citizen. And that's one with worldwide
distribution.-Tim Union. That the G.
men don't seem able to stop.-Bronson
Journal.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-25

The idea of going to church next Sum
day may strike you as a good one but it
won't do you any good unless you go to-
church. .--
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-25

Taxes are always too high, and uns
necessarily so. The remedy is economy,
but that is anathema with the present
Administration.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-25

Senator Glass doesn't mind to throw
stones he isn't brittle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-25

Why do the Jews and Arabs fight in
Palestine? They are both of the Semitic
race and have everything in common.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-25

Let us hope and pray that on the day
CT Judgment Gabriel won't play any swing
music on his trumpet.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-25

Presenting: Tango, w. Va, anC
Waltz, Kentucky.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-25

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The Omaha guide., 1939-08-05
PUBLISH LIST OF ILLINOIS
WPA EMPLOYEES GETTING
$1,000 AND UP A YEAR

Chicago, Aug. 3 (ANP)-L0cal
political leaders of both parties
last Friday scanned with interest
a list, printed in a morning news
paper, manning all Illinois WPA
employees receiving a salary of
1920 or more a year.
A cursory examination of the A.
column list printed in the Chicago
Tribune failed to reveal the names
of any colored employees among
the 1000 WPA-ers in the upper
income brackets. The names were
obtained through efforts of Con-
gresham Leo E. Allen (Rep., Ill.,
ranking member Of the house rules
committee.
Representative Allen said the
list shows the existence of a pow
erful political maehince founded
on work relief funds in Illinois,
and also shows the need for pas
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-05

sing the Hatch bill (now before
the house) which would take poll
tics out of relief. He said:
previously there was every in
dication that the WPA had been
used in Illinois as in other states
to create a political organization
with it's purpose the continuance
of the Roosevelt administration in
power. Now we have the proof in
names and figures that this is
tho fact.
"There could be no worse crime
than taking the funds voted to
relieve unemployment to pay pol
itical workers, to influence cleo
tions and to corrupt voters,
Publication of this list may help
the c%itizenry to realize the inexu-
sable misuse of funds intended to
relieve misery"
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-05
NAACP. Endorses
Wagner National
Health Bill

Richmond, Va, July 90 En-
dorsement of the principle of the
Wagner national health bill and
g scorching d%enunciation of the
"reacticnary leadership of the A
merican Medical Association which
Imposes the New Deal measure
featured the Health and Education
panels at the 30th annual confer
ence of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People which closed here this week
The conference also condemned
in resolutions drawn up in the
various panels and adopted by the
parley as a whole, fascism and
Nazism and the spreading anti
Semitism in America; urged the
abolition of discrimination in the
country against Negroes and 9th
err m-sorlies", and stressed the
necessity for the broadcast and
most progressive unity among
youth around physical security
and civil rights.
Official announcement off the
NAACP'S position on the Wagner
health bill was made by DR.. Louis
T. Wright, outstanding Harlem
surgeon, in a fiery address on the
"13, 000, 900 Negroes in America"
he said, 100000 are too poor
to pay for adequate health SER
vice.
Bitterly scoring the ANA lead
ership as having created a pow
erful political organization" a.
gainst the good of the American
people, DR.. Wright asserted that:
"The ANA leaders care no more
for the health of the Negro than
Hitler cares for that of the Jewish
people,"
He declared that "Negro health
cannot be separated from white
health" He pointed out that when
hospitals bar their front doors to
"Negro patients, doctors and nur-
ses, they open their back doors to
disease and epidemics which may
be disasterous.
"Disease germs are not color
coscious," he said. He accused the
ANA of being "morally guilty
OF socially and mentally incom-
petent to meet the needs of the
American people for adequate
health service"
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-05
u. S. Civil Service Explains photo
graph Rule for Indentifying
Competitors
Competitors

those making the highest average
in examinations, the statement
said:
"There has been no rule, tempo
AIRY or otherwise in connection
with examinations for the compet-
tive classified service, requiring
the acceptance of the highest man
Or woman on the list of persons
who have successfully passed a
given examination. So far as it is
recalled, the present members of
the Commission have never for
mally expressed their opinion such
a rule and their viewpoint on the
matter is not of official record.
"On this subject, there is an
Attorney Generals decision (13
OPP. Atty. Gen. sic. Aug. 81, 1871
reading as follows:
IAN Act of Congress or a rule
promulgated by the President may
require that the selection shall be
made from persons found by an
examining board to be qualified in
such particulars as diligence,
scholarship, integrity, good man
ners and attachment to the
Government. The appointing pow
ed would still have scope for the
exercise of it's own judgment and
VII.
Congress cannot restrict the
choice of the head of a depart
ment shall make selection"
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-05

courses, he performed so credit
ably, that he was made a Fellow
OF the Royal Anthropological In
stitute. While travelling in Eur
ope, he visited various festivals,
among which were the Welsh Ma
ianal Eistedd, the Oberammergau,
Passion Play, and the Saltzburg
Festival. Before returning to this
country, he completed an oratorio
for chorus, orchestra, and soloists.
Is Versatile
Today, Nh. Hall is distinguished
as being a musician of the most
versatile order, having done note
worthy work in composition, as
we'll as on the concert stage as
artist and conductor, and as a tea
cher. AS result of the serious
study of Negro Music which he
has made, he is now preparing a
book entitled "The Music of the
American Negro, and another
entitled Emusic Education in AM
erican Negro Schools"
In the capacity of President of
the Association of Music Teachers
in Negro Schools, Mr.. Hall is MAX
ing every possible effort to raise
Negro music above the very high
mark that it has already attained.
The individuals and groups that
he has trained, are famed through
out the country and in the Cres-
cent City, his choirs enjoy unlim-
tied popularity. His greatest
contribution to present music is
the presentation of the annual
lower Mississippi Valley Music
Festival. This songfest is the
pride Of the Mississippi Valley,
and its rare quality attracts num-
erous music lovers each year.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-05
Fred Hall of
billiard is Highly
Trained Musician

New Orleans, La, (By E. L.
Hercules, Calvin Service)-Fore-
most in the ranks of Negro mus
ieians is Prof. Frederick d. Hall,
director of the Music Department
of billiard University. This able
musician has had a wide and vari-
ed experience in the field of mus
ic, not only in the United States,
but also in foreign countries. In
deed, he is one of the best trained
musicians that our race has pro-
duced.
After receiving his A, B. degree
from Morehouse College, he enter
ed Chicago Musical College from
which he received a Teachers Dip
Iona and the Bachelor of Music
degree. Later, he received his M.
A. degree in music from Columbia
University, and a special Super
visor's Diploma from Teachers
College of the same institution.
Further study in the field of mu-
sic was done at Pittsburgh Music
al Institute, Indiana State Norm
al, and American Conservatory.
As he was not satisfied with con-
filming his musical activities to this
country, Nh. Hall went abroad to
widen his research in Europe and
Africa. In Europe he did resi-
dence work in piano, organ, COM
position, and voice at the Royal
College of Music, and research In
the Status and Function of Music
in. Education in England, Wales
and Scotland. During this time,
he visited many schools as a spec
ial guest of the London County
Council Thus, he had the
opportunity of studying English
methods, and was able to make
comparisons through tests and ex-
periments, between British sys-
ecs and those of America and 9TH
ef countries.
While travelling in Wales he had
the unique distinction of conduct
ing some of the famous Welsh
choirs during the Welsh Folk Fes-
Givals. Upon leaving the United
Kingdom, he went to do research
work in West Africa. He spent
five months in the Gold Coast Col
only in the study of native music,
and in search of sources of Amer
lean Negro spirituals. While pre-
! pairing for the trip to Africa, he
took courses in Primitive Cultures
and African Languages at London
University. In pursuing these
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-05

Washington, Aug. 3 (ANP)-
In response to several questions
submitted by The Associated Ne
gro Press during a recent call up
on the U. S. Civil Service Com
mission, that body this week is
sued a statement relative to the
subject matter embodied in AMP
queries .
It had been discovered that
there was no law compelling sub
mission of a Photograph in con-
nection with governmental civil
service examinations. 1t is a rule
which the Civil Service Commits
sioners set up themselves. The
Commission was requested to set
forth in writing, its views of the
photograph requirement. and its
authority for not directing that
the person receiving the highest
mark in an examination be given
the first appointment.
U. s. Civil Service Commission
-ers are the following: Harry B.
Mitchell president, Lucille Foster
McMillin and Samuel H. Ordway,
-Jr. Lawson A. Meyer is executive
director and chief examiner. The
Commissions statement to AMP,
over signatures of William c.
Hull, executive assistant and ex-
planning the photograph rule"
declares: SIN order to protect the
Government against fraud and to
preserve the rights of all compe-
titors it is necessary that any per-
son about to be appointed shall be
identified beyond doubt as the
person who was examined.
40 accomplish this purpose,
various plans of Identification
were discovered. From the begin
ming of the examinations for the
Philippine and Panama Canal SER
vices, each competitor was re-
quired to present to the examiner
at the time of examination, a
photograph of himself taken with
in two years, as a means of iden-
LITIGATION.
This of course, is a positive
Identification of the competitor.
The requirement was later ex-
tended to other services. By action
of May 27, the use of photographs
for Identification CT competitors
was extended to all examinations.
This was done after the question
had been submitted to all depart
ments and independent offices and
had received their unqualified and
unanimous approval. The reasons
advanced at that time have made
it seem advisable to continue the
practice of requiring photographs
from competitors
Concerning the Appointment Of
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-05

There is only one drawback. You'll
be pestered for repeat orders as
long as blueberries are on sale:
BIueberry Roulettes
2 cups sifted cake flour; 2 tea.
spoons double-acting baking pow
der; II teaspoon salt; 4 table,
spoons butter or other shortening;
"a cup milk; melted butter; l cup
fresh blueberries; 4 tablespoons
sugar.
Sift flour once, measure, add
baking powder, and salt, and sift
again. Cut in shortening; add milk
all at nee and stir carefully until
all flour is dampened; then stir
vigorously until mixture forms a
soft dough and follows spoon
around bowl. Turn out immediate.
ly ON Toured board and knead 80
seconds. Roll in oblong sheet, Il
inch thick. Brush with melted
butter; cover with blueberries and
sprinkle with sugar. Roll as for
Jelly roll. Cut in 1-inch slices and
place in lightly creased muffin
pans. Brush tops with melted
butter and sprinkle with additional
sugar. Bake in hot over (425' FL
20 minutes, or until done. Makes
IL roulettes.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-05

R. T. Gam young, talented
and present a nice appearance.
wish to become a movie star ant
wish to know if it advisable to g
west in order to accomplish M,
aim?
Ans: One as ambitious as
yourself will eventually reach
your goal. The best possible
thing for you do is to go to
Chicago and New York would
do as we'll and begin on the
stage. You're talented, but
you must have experience and
learn to act. If you're good
enough, you will be sought for
tho movies.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-05

f. B.-Would it be wise for me
to leave my husband?
Ans: | strongly advise you
against such steps. The man
you consider leaving your
husband for isn't worth much.
His admiration for you is GO
ing to cool off considerably,
stick to your husband.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-05


G. B.-When you put my ans
ven in your column, put just
enough for me to recognize it. Is
my sponsor sincere about the
things he says and does? For
personal reasons ask this of
you?
Ans: Your sponscS is very
ambitious, but underneath it
all he has a very strong in
terest in you. You will profit
most by placing yosr conf
denee in him as he can be very
helpful to you in your desire
to get ahead.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-05

M. S.-Will | be successful il
completing my profession am
make good in life with my worl
and my husband?
Ans: There is no doubt but
what you will complete your
training and begin work, the
help that you give your nus
band will make it possible for
you two to put away a nice
nest egg and buy the luxuries
that you two dream about so
much.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-05

New York, August 31(CNA1
The American League for Peace
and Democracy this week announ-
ced the moving of its national of
flee to 70 Fifth Avenue, where
it has taken new headquarters
adjacent to those of the New York
City division of the organization.
The Omaha guide., 1939-08-05

C. B. P-Should | marry a ma
of this type that | am going will
and is there a possibility of my
being happy with him?
Ans: You can't find hap
piness with him unless he
makes up his mind to change
his ways a bit. First he would
have to give up the other girl
regardless of whether they
care for one other or not.