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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-18
Urges More Singing
OF National Anthem

yEILLIAM FREDERICK BIGELOw editor of Good iouekeep
ing Magazine in editorial in the July of tina. pubs
urges American public brush of the "Sf Spangled
Banner make national anthem fact well
congomerate people," Bigelow points gathered
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-18

Barometer. 1880 q. M. today
Sea level. 29.99.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-18

MANS BICYCLE, 28-inch. Fairly
good condition, price $500.
1926 Fogarty Avenue. jlyl8-ltx
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-18

HELEN blind lecturer
his arrival at New York after
pleting Especially trained
for Miss Kelers by Tokyo Department
Aa by the Japanese Foreign oce
years while Miss Keller lecturina In Japan.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-18

Louis Godinet and Armando
Rodriguez, who went to West
Palm Beach to see the Key West
team play several games of base
ball, returned to the city Sunday
night.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-18
LOST

LOST Female tan and white
long-haired Collie Dog. Notify
Capt. S. p. Walker, Fort Tay-
lor. REWARD. jly18-2tx
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-18

VIM. Wood Jr., left on the early
bus for Daytona Beach for a visit
with relatives and friends and to
meet with members of the Boy
Scouts Troop of that city.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-18

+ &
Jack Givens, custom agent in
Miami area, who has been paying
brief visit in Key West and
meeting relatives and friends,
will leave this afternoon on the
return, accompanied by his
father Robert Ovens, who was
also visiting briefly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred McKeehan
and Sam Ellis, who had been
spending visit in Key West as
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Sym
monette, left Sunday afternoon
over the highway for Miami.
A. Maitland Adams, manager
of the Thompson interests in
Key West, left yesterday for Mi
ami and from that point went by
plane to Havana on business
visit to the Thompson pineapple
plantations and canning factory.
Mrs. Alton Albertus and two
children, Rose Marie and Harold,
arrived over the highway last
night and are the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Eduardo Albertus at the
home 1928 South street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-18

SIGNS"For Rent, Rooms For
Rent. Apartment For Rent,
Private Property. No Tres
passing, 15c each. THE ART
MAN PRESS. nov25-tf
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-18

PERSONAL CARDS, SIPS per
100. THE ARTMAN PRESS.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-18

Temperatures
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-18
The WEATHER

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-07-18

sTkts record covers 2a-hour period
,ualBg nj = o'eloeix this morning.
Precipitation
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13
Senate! Lewis Buried
In Mauso|eum
Near Arlington
Many Floral Tributes
Include Wreath
From White House

The Government he served with
distinction has paid final honor to
Senator James Hamilton Lewis OF
Illinois.
Accorded State funeral in the
fower-banked Senate chamber yes
terday afternoon, attended by Presi-
dent Roosevelt, members Of the
cabinet and Supreme Court and
other notables of this and foreign
nations, the body of the Senator,
who died Sunday, was entombed in
a mausoleum across from Arlington
National Cemetery, 'as an Army
firing squad gave the final three
volley salute and a bugler sounded
Taps"
The rites were simple. The Rev.
Re Barney T. Phillips, Senate chap
lain, recited the Episcopal office for
the dead; read from the fourteenth
chapter of st. John and the eighth
chapter Of the Epistle to the Romans,
and added portions of the poems,
"Oh Love, That Will Not Let Me
Co." and "One Sweetly Solemn
Thought" Miss Helen Howison sang
Lead Kindly Light" and abide
With Me-" without accompaniment.
There was no eulogy.
AS the silvery casket was lifted
into its niche in the wall, Mrs. Lewis
stepped over and broke a sprig from
a spray of lilies Of the valley that
was inclosed with the cof1in. Her
own floral offering, white lilacs, was
left close by with card inscribed,
ITO my precious, wonderful husband,
from his Gypsy" Mrs. Lewis is
known as Gypsy" to her intimates.
The White House sent a wreath of
lilies and carnations. and there were
scores of other floral tributes.
A plate attached to Senator Lewis
coffin showed he was IS years old.
He had not mentioned his age in
recent years, and biographies diff
fered. The plate was inscribed
May IS, 1863"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13
II. Comdr. Hamilton Dies;
Was Retired Officer

1t. Comdr. Donald Wheeler Ham,
ilton, 48, U. S. NJ, retired, died at
a Government hospital last night
after a long illness at Ell Paso, Tex,
according to an Associated Press dis
patch.
He served aboard destroyers in the
North Sea during the World War
and was a member of the Hoover
Food Commission in Russia in 1919.
He also saw duty in the China Sea
and in 1926 was the first naval at
tache at the American Embassy in
Mexico City.
A native of Quincy, ILL.,, he was
named to the Naval Academy in
1908 from New Mexico. After grad
uation he spent three years on the
battleship Virginia and then was
transferred to destroyer duty. After
the war he was an aide on the staff
of the first naval district. In 1881
he went to China for Yangtze pa
troll duty on the U. S. S. Monocacy.
, He was retired in 1893 and held the
Mexican Service, Victory and
Ysngtze Campaign Medals. Funeral
services will be held In Roswell,
n. Mex.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13
Film to Be Shown

A motion picture entitled Den
mark in Colors" will be shown at
the Music Building Auditorium of
Catholic University at 8:15 pm. to-
morrow. John v. Hansen, who took
the pictures, will supervise their
showing. DR.. j. de S. Coutinho Is
the moderator in charge of the ex-
hibit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13

OKLAHOMA CITY.-FISH-
EATERS BEWARE-Leonard
Hanstein, 15-year-old high
school sophomore, plans to go
the current crop Of gold Ash
eaters one better by eating IL
goldfish, bowl and all. BY way
of getting into training, he
does such tricks as placing
four regulation size pool balls
in his mouth, as shown above.
Wide World Photo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13

Be your brothers keeper. He may
forget to watch the lights. Warn
him. ----.-.-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-04-13
Rid your system Of
Excess Acid

BY following the health resort method at
home Drink Mountain Valley Mineral
Water. direct from famous Hot Springs
Arkansas. to secure natural help for irri-
Met 1862 for = case today.
Mountain Valley Mineral Water
MET. 1862 14O5 K st. NV.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
New York Produce

NEW YORK July 81 tP,.-Eggs, 1854;
i.ney, 1sfs-s:s. .s standsEEdds. j I5a,:;ls' 5a;,Ij
IS: dirties. No. l, 1412; average checks,
Whites: Resale of premium marks, 27l2-
90 nearby and Midwestern, premium
marks 24f1-27. exchange specials, 23ha-
"a exchange standards. 2Oi2-21: resale
of nearby heavier mediums, 22l2-27; near
by and Midwestern, exchange mediums,
Browns Nearby. extra fancy. 22la-29;
nearby and Midwestern. exchange specials,
%; exchange standards, 20; nearby. me-
diums. 90.
Butter, $50; ;sai; ofsE.. firmsE. .2ts CTesmery 9Ss
scorei "a: frsts issaeD' 21a4-2sl+: sec
Cheese, 244,157 steady. Prices un-
changed
Dressed poultry irresular fresh: boxes
Fowls, 60-65 pounds. 1921 Frozen boxes
Fowls, 6O-65 pounds, 1921: Turkeys
NORTHWEST young fancy. 26E,21
Live poultry weak, by freisht: CHICKENS
Rocks, ls: Leghorns. 16. Broilers. Rocks
~ colored;; Is, Fowls, colored, l5-ls
Dpeks 10. 10 By express; chickens. Rocks Ks
2222: crosses SIS, 1919: Reds 17la;;iss; Leshorn
Festu Tedum S Southern doolad lS4 Pullets
horn, "a. Old roosters. l3. Ducks, 10-1l
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Washington Produce

,nb BUTTER1aG TT nonsG score 1;pound prints Gs
MEATs-choice beef is: sood beef.
lt-l'is calves 1917 spring lambs %
regular ham 22-23: smoked skinned ham
"a large smoked skinned ham. 20-2l:
bacon bacon sliced rs bacon piece. 23; COM
IL LIVEsToCKrPlss 1@o,l4o pounds,
: 9a 1a ~ ., Us liSh' pigs l4o-I pounds
!5o pounds. 5"0-6l5; 250-300 pounds.
54o-5.ao; calves, good grade down
spring lambs, Q. down. buck lambs 100
Prices paid i'd net T o % + weshinspon, in epSh
tp4ceF com pa AFTegta5a Ms5kesng Service
died and graded N Washington July 2Ii:
tT5i Whltes med5uSx y extraS ,;s ers, 3a ex-
30: U S; standards, mediums -: q s
trades, I6; Tor nespby uneraded eggs. cur
rent receipts, whites, lGi2 to IL; miyed
LIVE PoUL ty LrrRRY-raske. steady Fowl
e9oTsa 1sebarrs all izes S Is 70 rs No; IS 10 q
hcktns sn0FR Vrsns IN 20 Rock sTosrs to and nd
Z . IS IS f re- ROCKS is ana sH Crosses. IS.
No. IS, -l3. to IA mixed colored fryers.
IA to Is: Leehorns. brolers. all SIZES is
to l6;. turkeys, cid toms. 12 to IS; old
hens Is to 16.
fruits and Vegetables.
=. Complied by the market news section
TO am, on this mornings wholesale
maFksi T eIs thaP ssro sqantsf ;s,v
rived; one broken car on track Less
W. Softh s SssD aek rsdepts IS
labeled, ISL ), unabeled. ioo-l Too IS, 8
Olher sections bulk bushels Long John
HONEYDEWS-Market about steady.
Une }ac Af6ona apfVed Two broken cars on
12S. ".0h-2 .25, mostly > 90
HONEYBALLS-Mark steady. No car
lot arTysis' three broken cars on track
CARRoTS-.Market steady. One Cali
fornia arrived: two broken cars on track.
SallfoEna pan Los angeles crates bunehed
washed. 1"5
CoRN-Market steady Truck receipts
moderate. North Carolina, sacks, 5-dozen,
POTATOES slightly stronger
TOR 1o good stock Truck receipts moderate.
Maryland. 1.s5-. 90; Virginia, l.75-I s5;
Eastern Shore Virginia, l,9o2.o0
ana bes :hha far eondi3fon sRpHa exo
IuU, Eastern Snore, Nd. and New Jersey.
diton dHionar IS climax baskets best 75' fair con-
cELERY-Market steady, No carlot ar
rivals; no cars on, track: a crates, ind-
yldually washed-New York. all sizes ! 90
200; New Jersey. all sizes 1.25-1 40;
Michigan: Highbals. 75al.00
LETTUCE-Market slightly weaker Two
California arrived; 10 broken and one un-
broken cars on track. Western crate. Ice
berg type. California. 5 dozen 3oo-3.25;
Big Boston type, 2 dozen: 5000.
ON1ONS-Market steady. Truck receipts
light. New Jersey 50-pound sacks. yell
one Washington arrived; two broken and
kets. New York 1.25: Washington 900
GREEN BEANS--Market slightly strong
er. Truck receipts light. PENNSYLVANIA.
fair condition co. round strinsless, llo-
Lima Beans Decline.
LIMA BEANS-Market weak. Truck re-
celpts moderate, Eastern Shore. Md.
1sEI,E pEppERsMMsrket ,osIa dull. Truck receipts
m9aeFase: nsrs ass, oS North Carolina oushe ham
cUcUMBERs-Market dull. Truck re-
bushel baskets, $3.50. ' l"''1
SPINACH-Market steady. Truck re-
esips gh Bushel Mas baskets Ynr saySy
e4-auart baskets: 5o:-65.
WATERMELONs-Ma steady, No
carlot arrivals; one broken car on track.
Truck receipts light South Carolina. Tom
Watsons, 24-30 pounds average. 3O-35:
32-40 pounds average. 60-65 each.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
STAR WAsHNeToN D. c, FRIDAY july a. 1883
Securities Dealers
File Application
For Registration
Action Poves Way
For Regulation Of
About 1900
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Securities Commission an
nounced yesterday that the National
Association of Securities Dealers,
Inc, had filed an application for
registration as national securities
association
The application, the first to be
submitted. was filed under the Ma
loney amendment to the Securities
Exchange Act of 1884. The amend
ment provides for the organization
and registration with S. E. C. of one
or more associations of overtime
counter brokers and dealers for the
purpose of cooperative regulation.
S. E. c. circles said the application
paved the way for regulation of
about 800 securities dealers. These
over-the-counter brokers and deal
ers buy and sell securities which are
not traded on exchanges registered
with the S. E. C.
The application stated the asso-
citation is a non-stock, non-profit.
membership corpora ton organized
under the laws of the State of Della
ware. Its principal executive Office
is in Washington, D. C.
A public hearing on the applica-
ton will be held August l at the
S. E. C.'s headquarters. One S. &c.
official said it appeared quite Ger
tain the application would be ap-
proved by the commission.
Formation of the association fol-
lows many months of round table
conferences between S. E. C. officials
and representative of brokers. In
directly 1t is an outgroWth of the
defunct N. R. A. investment bankers
code, which was designed to provide
Self-regulation by the brokers
Branch Offices of the association
are located in New York, Chicago,
San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Officers are: B. Howell GrisWold,
lr., of Alex Brown a. Sons, Baltimore
chairman: Francis A. Bonner Of Blair.
Bonner & Co, Chicago, vice chair
man; Edward H. Hilliard of ]. j.
B. Hilliard & Son. Louisville. treas
urer; Wallace H. Fulton, Washing
ton, D. c., director; Frank l..
Scheffey. New York, co-director, and
David w. Evans, Washington, D. c.,
controller.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Pennsylvania Power Files
Registration Data
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
Pennsylvania Power & Light Co.
filed with the Securities Commission
yesterday a registration statement
covering intended issuance and sale
Of Sl23, 100000 securities.
The registration statement dis
closed the company plans to sell
95000,000 of 312 per cent first
mortgage bonds due in 1869 and
s28500,000 of Az per cent deben-
lures due in 1874
Proceeds will be used principally
for refunding.
The registration statement named
the following New York banking
concerns as principal underwriters:
Smith, Barney & Co., the First Bos-
ton Corp. Bondright Co., Inc, and
Dillon, Read & Co.
Other underwriters, the price at
which the securities will be offered
to the public, redemption provisions
for both issues and other details
will be furnished in an amendment
to the registration statement.
Evening star., 1939-07-21

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, July 2l-The bond
market got going into higher price
grounds at fast clip today.
BY the start of the last hour gains
extended to an outside of points
or more. Buyers concentrated on the
usually favored rails, local fractions
and selected utilities.
One Treasury issue got on the
band wagon with small advance on
substantial turnover, but other gains
up to 8-32 point were managed on
slim volume.
Minor improvement was noted in
some Italian and japanese loans,
but on the whole, foreign loans
again stayed outside main trading
currents.
Higher in the corporate section
were such issues as Manhattan Rail-
way As. Southern Pacific 4 IS of 81
and SO, Portland General Electric
412s. Commonwealth Edison 312s,
Great Northern Is of as &c" and
Brooklyn Manhattan Transit 4i2s.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Chinese Dollar Eases
Further at Shunohui
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, July 21.-The Chinese
dollar continued to decline today
but recovered at the close of trading
from the days low of tx United
States cents to 81a cents.
The improvement apparently re-
suited from proft-taking and rumors
the Chinese government was con-
sidering steps to support the cur
rency. Yesterday the dollar was
quoted at 9as cents.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Alabama Steel Rate
Highest Since 1887
By the Associated Press.

Bv the ASSoclated Press.
BIRMINGHAM. Ala, July 21.-
production increases at Birmingham
and Gadsden plants raised Alabama S
steel rate yesterday to 81 per cent
of capacity, the highest figure
since 1887.
Demand for sheets and tin plate
has been heavy since the start of
the third quarter, with other
products selling at a pace about
on level with production.
Pig iron output remained un-
changed at an estimated IS per cent
of capacity, but demand has picked
up and an increase in output is
expected in industrial circles.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Independent Stores
Ahead of Year Aqo
BY the Associated Press.

The Commerce Department esti-
mates that while June sales of inde-
pendent retail stores throughout the
country declined seasonal 54 per
cent from May, they we're 81 per
cent larger than in June, 1888.
OF % States from which sample
figures were obtained, all showed in
creases over last year except Kansas
and Oklahoma. The South Atlantic
States and Alabama made the best
gains.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Volumes of Wholesale
Grocers Increase
BY TIE Associated Press.

BY tie Associated Press.
The Commerce Department re-
ports sales of wholesale grocery
firms in May were 9 per cent larger
than in April and per cent above
May, 1888. May was the first month
of 1899 to show a gain over 1898
in the wholesale grocery field.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Malt Liquor Production
Drops for Fiscal Year

The Treasury reports fermented
malt liquor production in the fiscal
year which ended June 80 totaled
$3.50, 0,24S barrels, compared with
56340, ,163 for the previous year.
However, for June production was
$780, ,459 barrels, compared with
5,510,852 barrels in the same month
last year.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Milwaukee Payment
Approved by Judge
BY the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July 21-Trustees of
the Milwaukee Railroad were au-
thorized by Federal Judge James H
Wilkerson yesterday to distribute
$618.000 as a 20 per cent payment
of the maturities on series D trust
equipment certificates. The railroad
is being reorganized under the
jurisdiction of the Federal Court.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Excess Bank Reserves.
Rise 40 Millions
To New Record
U. S. Spending end Gold
Buying Cited With
Circulation Drop
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Federal Reserve Board re-
ported yesterday that lendable ex-
cess reserves of banks increased last
week S40,000,000 to a new record
high of s4,490, 100000
The increase was due to Treasury
spending and purchases of gold, and >
to a decrease of money in circula-,
ton
The board also reported that, for
the third week. the II Federal Re-
serves Banks reduced their holdings
OF Federal securities by $4,000 600 :
because of the unusually small re-.
turns on 91-day Treasury bills. =,
The boards statement said -
During the week ended July 10
member bank reserve balances in
creased S62 100000. Additions to RI
member bank reserves arose from
decreases of s27,0OOOOO in Treasury
deposits with Federal Reserve
Banks, s220000O0 in Treasury cash.,
Sl90O0,000 in money in circulation
and S4,00000 in non-member de- .
posits and other Federal Reserve
accounts, and from increases of
Sl7,o0O,O00 in gold stock and IS 5,Oo0,- -
600 in Treasury currency, offset in
part by decrease of s22 900 900 in
Reserve bank credit Kxcess re-
serves of member banks on July l9
were estimated to be approximately.
81 449O 100000, an increase of S4O.-
100000 for the week.
The principal change in hold ;.
lngs OF bills and securities was q
reduction of S2O0oo0oO in United
States Treasury bills" .
Changes in member bank reserve
balances and related items during =.
the week and the year ended July j,
l9, 1899, were reported as follows:
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Brokers' Loans Down
$24,000,0 900 in Week
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Federal Reserve Board re-
ported yesterday that last week S
loans to brokers and dealers on
securities held by reporting member
banks in New York City totaled
S472 10000
For the week ended Wednesday
the total represented decrease of
$24000,000 when compared with the
previous week.
Loans for the corresponding week
a year ago totaled s486 100000.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Massachusetts Trust
Shows Gain in Assets
By the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOC1ated PfeSS.
NEW YORK, July 21.-Massa-
chusetts Investors Trust, an in
vesting company, reported net
assets on June 30 or $lO7, ,283,286, or
$l9.07 share, compared with $106.-
770,836, or $19.O1 a share, on March
81. Assets on June 80, 1888, were
equal to $20l3 a share.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Nickel Plate Reports
$24,447 June Net
BY the Associated Press.

5y VIC hsoOCIdteU FTeSS.
CLEVELAND, July 21.-Nickel
Plate Railroad yesterday announced
June net income. after all charges,
OF $24,447, in contrast to S272 ,236
deficit in June, 1898. Six months
operations this year showed a net
deficit of s17l,945, against six
months deficit of $1934,421 last
year.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
400 Tons of Lead Sold

NEW YORK, July 81 P.-St.
Joseph Lead Co. reported so tons of
Southeast Missouri pig lead sold
yesterday at .s4.70 per 100 pounds
East st. Louis, ITS tons at $4.90
New York and IT'S tons at the New
York average.
Evening star., 1939-07-21

In bankruptcy or receivership or being
reoreanized under Bankruptcy Act or
securities assumed by such companies
Rates OF dividends in the foregoing table
are annual disbursements based on the last
quarterly or semi-annual declaration Un-
less otherwise noted. special or extra divi-
dendS not included
xd Ex dividend xrE rights a Also
extra or extras Paid last year fPay-
able in stock Declared or paid so far
this wear h Cash or stock k Accumu-
lated dividend paid or declared this year
ur Under rule WV With warrants Nv
without warrants. war Warrants
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Rubber Futures

NEW YORK. July 81 lP.-Crude rub
Der futures opened unchanged to points
lower. July 1855; September l6.5Sb
December. 1859. b Bid.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Dividends Announced

NEW YORK. July 21.-Prepared by
Fitch Publishing Co.:
Pc Stock OF Pay
Rate riod. record. able.
Allen Industries CSC = 81 Sis
Extra.
ct DrRe L. DIX Co 25c - SO Sis
Decrease.
General Retractories CSC s. 81
Accumulated.
Cleve-CliIs Iron SIS of 81 - 7-25 7-31
8 Gorgonio El Sc pf 81 so 80 40 I'll
Passed.
Det Nets Inc So 90 pf
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Odd-Lot Dealings
By the Associated Press.

By fItSS.
The Securities Commission reported to-
day these transactions by customers with
odd-lot dealers or specialists on the New
York Stock Exchange for July 90 3.S"7
purchases involving 1O7,91s shares Ass
sales involving 124.657 shares including
IS short sales involving 1881 shares.
Evening star., 1939-07-21

Several new aircraft squadrons are
being formed in South Africa.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
U. S. Treasury Notes
NEW YORK July 81 GP.-Prices quote,
in dollars and thirty-seconds:
New York Bur Silver

NEW YORK, July 81 (R.-Bar
silver, 34a; unchanged.
Evening star., 1939-07-21
Regular.
New York Bank Stocks

NEW YORK. July u QP,-Investment
Bankers Conference. Inc:
Quotations as of . oclock)
Milford chronicle., 1939-10-27
THE LATE PWA
MAKES A REPORT

More than 20 per cent of all school
construction since 1888 has resulted
from the program Of the Federal
Government in using its funds and
employing the Public Works Admin
istration to put up the buildings for
local communities.
The PWA has now been absorbed
by the Federal Works Agency, so the
books are about closed and PWA is
row current American history. 1t is
easy to believe the claims that obso-
lete and overcrowded schools have
provided an opportunity for employ
ment of large amounts of Federal
funds. PWA has accounted for more
than 20 per cent of all school con-
struction since 1888. THE little red
schoolhouse. like McGuffey's Read
err" reports say in passing that this
"is the product of bygone era. Yet
while the reader has disappeared,
except as a collectors item. the lit
tie red schoolhOuse is present in
many localities"
An official statement indicates
that PWA financial assistance, which
has provided hospital beds equiva-
lent in number to the normal in
crease over a period of five years.
However. in this as we'll as other
fields of activity, such as electric
power, road construction, bridge