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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-03
KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today AS Taken
From The Files OF The Citizen

The Monroe County delinquent
tax adjustment board will meet
at the county court house Mon
day. The board is an organiza-
ton created by a law recently
enacted by the Legislature, and
prescribes that the county COM
missioners, the school board and
the county tax assessor and the
county tax collector and the clerk
shall comprise the body. The
board was organized some time
ago, with Carl Bervaldi, chair
man; Willard Gibson, vice-chair-
man, and Ross C. Sawyer, clerk.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-03
PERSONAL MENTION
Observation-Disclosures

- - -
Mrs. R. C. Walling, wife of
Commander Walling, u. S. NJ,
and her daughter Miss Mary
Walling, are visiting in the city
and are guests of Mrs. Walling's
mother, Mrs. George A. T. Rob-
erts on William street.
Harvey Brost left on the early
bus this morning for a visit of
several days with relatives and
friends in Miami.
Harry Warren, cashier at the
local Customs House. Mrs. War
rem and their three children, left
over the highway yesterday for
a visit to points in the west, and
win visit in Oklahoma and at
Mrs. Warren's home in Colorado.
Lionel Plummer, disbursing of
ficer at the lighthouse depart
ment IN Key West, accompanied
by Mrs. Plummer left over the
highway this morning for a visit
with their son and daughter-in-
law, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Plummer
in Miami, and will go to New
York to the fair and afterward
visit points in Canada, expecting
70 return about August 20.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-03

William Sawyer, native of the
Bahama Islands, but for many
years a farmer on the Florida
Keys, died last night at his home
in Rock Harbor, and the body is
arriving in Key West this after
noon, according to news reaching
this city this morning. Funeral
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-03

There viii be baseball dou-
bleheader at the Phelan baseball
grounds. The first game will be
between the Cardinals and the
Key West nine. The former team
has been strengthened and will
attempt to break its losing streak.
The second game viii be be-
tween the Pirates and the Slug
gers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-03
TO WHOM IT NAY CONCERN:

This is to certify that from this
date forward win no longer be
responsible for debts contracted
by my wife.
aug2-2tx RALPH PRATT.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-03

FOR SALE lots, each 50x100.
Run from Washington to Won
Phister street. $1,000. Apply
rear 1877 Petronia street.
apr14-s
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-03

BOYS BALLOON TIRE b.
CYCLE, red and white. Good
condition. Reasonable. Apply
732 Olivia street, Rear.
aug2-3tx
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A Ms w ERS TO
DAILY QUIZ
Below are the Answers TO Test
Questions printed on Page

~-ss-~ea-~ss---s---as---'ss
/. Wood alcohol.
2. Albert Einstein.
3. Caspian Sea.
4. No.
5. Washington Senators.
6. 1-8.
Z. Daisy.
8. Southern India.
9. Re-trib'-u-tiv; not re-tri-bu'-
tiv.
10. Iowa.
American vending machines
may be introduced into The
Hague, Netherlands.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-03

FOURTEENTH. V-BOTTOM
CYPRESS BOAT: Four Horse
johnson Cupboard Motor; Four
Life Preservers, One Fire Ex-
tinguisher;; Pair of Oars and
Row Locks; Anchor with Rope;
Umbrella-all for $500. Apply
l2l7 Petronia Street. jun27-s
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-03

FOR SALE-Bargain; Furnished
House, situated on two lots.
100x100 feet each. Apply to
1906 Virginia Street. may25-tfs
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-03

arrangements are delayed until
the arrival of the body and fun
eral party, it is understood.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-03

Body of Cyril Munro, son of
Rev. and Mrs. L. Munro, who was
buried here in February, has been
disinterred. transferred to Miami
and reburied in Woodlawn ceme-
terry. The young man was stu
dent of the Georgia Military
Academy. where he was taken
ill with flu which rapidly devel-
oped into pneumonia. The father,
who was pastor of the First Meth
odist church here at the time.
rushed to Atlanta but the son had
passed away before he reached
his side.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-03

Miss Lena Johnson, member of
the city council and chairman of
the cemetery committee, requests
The Citizen to call attention of
those who have. been purchasing
various plants from children to
first investigate as to where those
plants came from. Miss Johnson
states that after making an in
vestigation of conditions she finds
that many children have been
making a practice of taking these
plants from the cemetery and
selling them wherever they can.
The chairman of the cemetery
committee feels that this is a
matter of the greatest importance
and urges all who are interested
to cooperate in this movement
and put a stop to the practice
which has been carried on gem
orally in Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-03

Editorial Comment: Leading
merchants of any community are
Invariably those who advertise
the most. Advertising is what
builds business.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-03
ron RENT


YOUR VISITING friends
in need of good nights rest
to THE OVERSEAS HOTEL.
Clean rooms, enjoy the honey
atmosphere. Satisfactory rates.
9l7 Fleming st. mayl7-tf
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CLASSIFIED COLUMN
ron SALE

CORNER LOT 6Ox104 it., located
at Whitehead and Caroline
streets. Price, Reasonable. APP
ply, P.O. Box 675, Key West.
Fla. jly27- limo
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-03

u. S. Destroyer Kahan, here
recently with Texas reserves, on
a summer training cruise, is ex-
pected to return to this port next
Wednesday, according to reports
at the local naval station.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-03

Miss Nellie May Knowles,
daughter of Mrs. Sarah Knowles,
1911 Pine street, will be married
Sunday evening to Corbitt Henry
Anderson of South Port, N. c., it
is announced. Rev. H. T. Gaines
of Ley Memorial Church will be
the officiating minister. Miss
Knowles is popular in church and
society circles of this city and en-
joys the admiration of many
friends, who will be interested to
learn of her wedding.
Evening star., 1939-08-24

press . button, according to Ernest
J. Swift, In charge Of foreie opera
ton, and the entire organization
trained by about $50 peacetime dis
asters = year-could be mobilized
within . few days or hours"
In the event Of war between other
powers, with the United States neu-
tral, Mr.. Swift said the procedure
would be to ask Red Cross societies
on both sides II they needed assist
ance.
II this country were at war, tie
Federally-chartered Red Cross would
have q more definite obligation to
fulfill. It Is the only voluntary So
ciety authorized to render aid to the
Army and Navy sanitary services
(medical Departmental and Il recog-
nized - = means Of communication
between this country's people and
its armed forces. The immunity
which only it, nag holds would as-
sumo great importance.
In contrast to the approximately
Evening star., 1939-08-24
Hunter Attacks Law
Forcing layoff Of
..P. A. Workers
Reoctionory Coalition
And Pressure Group
Blomed by OffieioI
BY the Associa ted Press,

By the Associated Press.
Howard o. Hunter, acting works
projects commissioner, last night
blamed 'reactionary coalition in
Congress" and pressure from q
small but highly organized group In
industry" for enactment OF the new
relief law and its brutal require
ment" that 65000 long time w. p.
A. workers be discharged.
In q radio address, Mr.. Hunter
said 1t might be that these groups
were right in their contention that
curtailment Of Government spend
ing would encourage industry and
business to provide more jobs.
"The hard fact, nevertheless, is
that real gamble is being taken, /"
he declared.
Put Up or Show Hand.
Business and industry, Congress
and the unemployed were playing
a terrific poker game, Mr.. Hunter
continued. Business and industry
were sitting in the game with the
greatest cash reserve and credit ex-
pansion possibilities in the history
Of the country" he said, and Con-
gress with legislative power over
the lives of millions Of jobless work.
ers. Discharged w. p. A. workers
had put into the pot everything
they had, the oncial declared, add
ing:
1T seems to me that it is now up
to one Of the other players to either
put up or lay down his hand"
Mr.. Hunter said statements had
been made that responsibility for the
relief law rested on President Roose-
velt and Col. F. c. Harrington, the
w. P. A. commissioner, and he
added that these were patiently
false"
He contended the statute was
based on testimony before a House
appropriations subcommittee which
investigated the w. P. A., and that
this testimony was mainly unsub-
stantiated" and much of it com
pletely untrue"
Unnamed Legislator Quoted.
Mr.. Hunters defense Of Mr.. Roose-
velt and Col. Harrington followed
reference to a letter which he said
he had received from Akron, Ohio,
quoting an unnamed Ohio member
OF Congress as follows:
THE new plan (W. p. A. was
formulated by Col. Harrington .
with the approval Of the President. !"
He said the letter writer asked II
the statement were correct, and that
his answer was emphatically NO"
He said Col. Harrington opposed
many of the laws provisions in his
testimony before the committee and
that the President, in signing the
bill, objected to four provisions of
the act which he said were bad
and would cause hardships to hun
dreds of thousands of American
citizens"
Evening star., 1939-08-24
Navy Studies Bids
On Two Locul Jobs

Bids on two local naval construc-
ton and landscaping contracts were
being checked by the Navy Depart
ment today.
One contract calls for the con-
struction Of . tunnel at the WASH
ington Navy Yard and the other
for landscaping ard fencing work
at the Taylor Memorial Testing
Basin at Carderock, Md. The bids
were opened yesterday.
Low bidder on the tunnel contract
was the Victor Constructors, Inc, OF
New York, with a bid Of 374,3o5.
w. p. Thurston Co. of Richmond.
Va, bid $4,000, and the Diamond
Construction Co. Of Washington bid
$77,474.
Low bidder on the landscapine and
fencing job was the Edison Land
scaping Co. of Bala, Pa, with 4
bid Of $55,83 Robert w. Cleveland
q Co. Of East Orange, N. j., bid
$6,137, and the Whitley Electric Co.
Of Boston bid $73,s75.
Evening star., 1939-08-24
Takes Engineering Course

Hugh A. Ferry of Takoma Park,
Nd, is taking course in aero
nautical engineering at the Cur
tiss- Wright Technical Institute of
Aeronautics at Los Angeles, Calf. :,
1T was announced by o. D. McKen-
zie, registrar of the institute. Cur
tiss- Wright Tech, headed by Maj.
G. G. Moseley, noted former Army
flyer, is now training approximately
800 Army men and 500 civilians.
Evening star., 1939-08-24

400 chapters It had ct the opening
Of the World War. the American
Red Cross now has SITS chapters
(about one to . county, with 7,l33
branches, and almost 6O00, 600
members.
Evening star., 1939-08-24
American Red Cross
Better Prepared Than
In World War Of 1914
Now Has 3,716 Chapters
With 7,133 Branches
And 5000, 900 Members

By the Associated Press.
War In Europe, whether or not it
involve the United States. would
find the American Red Cross far
better prepared to mobilize its forces
OF mercy than at the opening Of the
World War in 1914.
Chairman Norman n. Davis could
Evening star., 1939-08-24
Moonlight Cruise

The Telecraft Clubs are sponsor
ing moonlight dance cruise on the
s. s. Potomac tonight at s:45
o'clock.
Evening star., 1939-08-24

There are few unavoidable acci-
dents. Dent cause one.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-31

night? Go and wipe your snout, you
old toss-pot, and burn the towel"
A savage hiccough subscribed this
most offensive command.
Then a wave of scandalized con-
sequence burst on the lower door.
The oak was pounded and shaken,
and choking cries of protest stood
out of a motley clamor of orders
and threats.
! touched Elizabeth's arm and
made for the stair.
As the girls stumbled on to my
heels, I opened the upper door.
Beyond this, curtains were hang
ing, heavy and thick. cautiously
lifted one, to see the broadest land
ing I ever knew. In its midst was
an oveal well, some 40 feet wide,
with a bronze balustrade about it
and the heads of twin flights Of
stairs upon either side. Ito give
some idea of their size, each step
was but two inches high, and some
twelve feet long.) The landing itself
was dim, but a brilliance rose out
of the well and the sumptuous flights
of stairs ran down into light. So
far as could see, there was nobody
hereabouts, but the sound of voices
and movements came from a low
er floor.
Elizabeth, peering beside noe,
caught my wrist.
Quick" she breathed, and urged
me across the carpet to door
which was close. to the head of the
farther stair. sS
An instant later, the three Of us
entered her suite.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-31

The sight Of a cottage owner on a
lake in Oakland county beating a
harmless garter snake to death as
it attempted to crawl over his lawn
calls to mind the many unwarrant-
ed prejudices that exist in the ami
NAL world, particularly among man
kind, observes Albert Stoll Jr., writ
ing in the Detroit News.
Snakes, toads, frogs, nevis,
skunks, weasels, porcupines, multi
tudes of insects, some birds and
many other smaller mammals repel
most of us. According to our own
Interpretation they have no rights,
and any interference, imaginary or
otherwise, with our plans or selfish
desires brings on the death war;
rant. And our definition of good
and bad among the lower creatures
depends principally on our aversion
to the species. We condemn snakes
because there are some that are
poisonous; there are far more good
snakes than bad ones, yet they all
suffer the same end.
The fisherman shoots merganser
ducks, blue herons and kingdshers
because he thinks they are eating
his trout. He doesn't know for GER
tain, but according to his light they
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-31

Large knitting needles and some
Shetland floss make this jiffy knit
q delight to novice or expert. It's
knitted round and round in stock
inette stitch, beginning at the neck
and working down. Stunning sun
burst detail all-around the neck,
smart raglan sleeves and snug
ribbing at neck and wrists. 4!aH
easy to do and quickly finished.
The plain knitted skirt, sri1artly
fiared, completes the costume In
pattern 6019 yeu will find completes
instructions for making the blouse
shown and skirt in sizes 1918
and 3840; an illustration iof the
blouse and Of the stitches used;
material requirements. u az
To obtain this pattern, send n15
cents in coins to The Sewing Cir
Gle, Household Arts Dept, $50
West 14th ST. New York. N. Y.la
Please write your name, adj
dress and pattern number plainly.
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SERIAL FICTION
She Painted Ter Face
4 stony q eose asd Intrigue .6y D0RNFoRD YATES

"Too easy" said, with an eye
on the way we had come. "And Il
I'm not back in three minutes,
please give me your word you'll
20 on. cannot tell what may
happen. If there's hitch, 1t may
be better for us to leave by the low
err door. But we couldn't do that
unless we were sure you'd es-
capped"
Elizabeth shook her head.
''If you don't come, shall use
my Judgment" she said.
shrugged my shoulders and
went. There was no time to argue.
Any moment someone might visit
the upper floor.
have SO far said nothing of what
we were most afraid of that sum-
mer night-the entrance Of Percy
Virgil upon the scene. Not only was
the fellow efficient--he would have
secured both doors before he did
anything else-but he had good
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-31

when I heard that key move in the
lock, was ready to do myself vio-
olence for throwing away the
chance of escape we had had: for,
had we behaved--not with prudence,
but common sense, we should at
that time have been nearing the
mouth Of the drive.
After a moments hesitation, led
the way through the hall and into
the room beyond. Then I shut the
door behind Herrick, lighted torch
and threw the beam on the floor.
touched Elizabeth's arm.
"First, tell me this" I said. SIS
the roof any good?"
"I've no idea," she said, and
pushed back her sable hair. There
might be a way-I don't know"
shook my head.
To seek such a path by night
would have been desperate VEN
ture for Herrick and me: the pres
ence of our companions ruled such
an enterprise out. 5000
"Then I can think Of nothing"
said I, Except to draw them away
from the upper door. If we can
only do that, we may still get clear.
Out of the upper door,. where we
heard them first-across the land
ing you spoke of into your suite
down your staircase-turret-out Of
the castle and up to the belvedere.
Winter will still be there, if we can
be quick, to lead US over the ridge
and down to the Rolls"
"a feint?" said Herrick, frown-
ing.
"That's my idea" said I. "a
demonstration down here--at the
lower door. I admit it's a damned
thin chance, but what else can we
dot" afs q
.sWhat sort of demonstration"
said Elizabeth.
looked at Herrick.,
"D'you think you could do it," !
said. Disguise your voice and
and parley with them in German?
mean
11SIIlGh lace was StuOy. 81
II see," he said slowly. "'Par-
ley And how. when the parley's
over, do ] get out? Up a hundred
steps and then through house
! don't know. Or, don't I get out?"
81 shall come back I said, "as
soon as they're safe in the suite. I"
With my words we heard some
body pound on the lower door.
"Who is within?" they demanded.
"Open at once"
Herrick looked at Elizabeth.
SIS that his lordship?" he said.
'I'd like to, er, parley with him."
My lady smiled.
'sThat was Bertram," she said.
s"The steward. I'm afraid he may
get rather fused" q.
"A little bit pompous?" said Her.
rick. i
ga shade, perhaps. But most
respectable man" r.
Leave him to me- said Herrick,
and settled his coat. "Afid. when !
take up the running, stand by TO
|1|
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-31

move. If you should get clear ;. -
"I'l give you FASH" said I,
from the bend Of the stair"
Herrick nodded and took out a Gig
arctic.
BY this time those in the court
yard were fairly assaulting the oak,
and since, when the latch was
drawn, the door could be moved to
and fro for an eighth of an inch,
a not inconsiderable uproar invaded
the room.
PUT out that light" said Her.
rick.
AS I did his bidding, he stepped
to the door of the chamber and
flung it back with a crash.
The uproar beyond stopped dead.
Then
"Who the devil is there?" reared
the steward. "Open at once"
A thick voice replied in German.
"What does this misunderstanding
respectable people at this time OF
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-31

cause to remember both Herrick
and me; and though we made good
our escape, if he set eyes upon US
the police would be. at Raven very
nearly as soon as the Rolls. But
now I disclose this dread, for as /
whipped over the landing, / heard
his sinister voice.
/ think he was giving some Or
der. Be that as it may, his I'M
mistakable accents rang out of the
well.
In a flash / was past the cur
tains and back in the tower and was
cursing its stairway anew, because
to 60 down it too fast was to break
your neck.
AS / came within earshot--
"Only let me get OUT" belched
Herrick, fumbling the bolts Of his
door. ''Tn teach you to talk to
your betters. I warn you, BERTHE,
I'll tie your snout round your neck. y
And there I flashed my torch
and saw him leap for the stair. !.
I turned and climbed before him
for all was worth /.
Eighty eight mercfless steps,
wedge-shaped, steep and naked,
curling between walls that were hos
tile and, when you sought for a
hhndhold, bruised your nails {.
After a little, you seemed to make
no progress, to be no more than the
pitiful, captive squirrel climbing his
endless wheel Up, up, up :. !.
For less than minute, I know: but
such is the power Of apprehension,
it seemed an age.
ITO BE CONTINUED
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-31
CHAPTER vi

I often think that we fully de-
served our plight, for, once we pos
sessed the secret we set out to find,
we should not have lost a moment
in leaving the tower. To cover our
tracks was essential, but that we
could have done in a quarter Of an
hour. Then again we needed the
darkness, but dusk would have
served our turn. And that we had.
We preferred to ignore a grave per-
il because for 43 hours it had never
lifted its head, losing sight of the
staring fact that If it should lift its
head, we were bound to be caught.
Be these things as they may,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-31
n Few =
g; Little y
GSrnilesl
..D 0ADSS
Mnl;a,E
INSPIRED

Teacher turned away from the
blackboard, where she had been
writing.
"Read out that sentence, Willie, {"
she said.
''Tie was bent on seeing his old
school," read Willie.
''Now, children" continued teach
err, II want you all to paraphrase
that sentence. A4 - ~.
Chewing his pen, relates London
Answers Magazine, Willie regarded
the blackboard. Then his face Lit
up. Busily he wrote: .'The sight
of the old school doubled him up.'"'
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-31
Plenty Loud

Plenty Loud
Chief-I am glad that you have
been punctual lately, Mr.. Brown.
Clerk-Yes, sir. / have bought
myself parrot.
Chief-A parrot? / recommend
ed you to get yourself an alarm
clock.
Clerk had an alarm clock but
soon got used to it. Now / set the
clock beside the parrot and when
the clock goes off, what the parrot
says is enough to rouse the house.
Lustige Koelner Zeitung, Cologne.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-31
Far More Good Snakes Than Bad Ones, !.
Yet All Are Doomed Without Reason

have no business on his trout stream
even though they were there long
before the angler.
And so down the entire list Of
birds of prey, cold-blooded amphi-
bians and reptiles; predatory ami
mails and winged and crawling
insects. We destroy more often with
out reason or justice thinking that
we are better able to judge the
worth of creatures than the forces
that were responsible for their
creation. And in so doing, more
frequently than not, we destroy a
balance that Nature ordained when
the world was created.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-31
Exaggeration

The teacher was trying to give
her pupils an illustration Of the
meaning of the word "persever-
ance."
"What Is it," she asked, shat
carries a man along rough roads
and smooth roads, up hills and
down, through jungles and swamps
and raging torrents?"
There was silence, and then
Johnny, whose father was motor
dealer, spoke up: "Please, miss,
he said, "there amt no such car"
--Humorist Magazine.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-31
For Younger Chickens

Just to show you to what lengths
some people will 60 for a gag, we'll
tell you about the husband who
puttered around in the back yard
with some boards and nails while
his wife lay in bed with a bad cough.
Flows the wife?" asked a
neighbor.
''Not so good"
"Sorry. Is that her coughin'?"
"Oh, no. This here is a hem
house."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1939-03-31
Lamp Patented in 1888

In 1913 the first lamp patent was
issued to John Love, Of South Caro-
lima, for tallow lamp. The earliest
patented lamp known Is the nursery
lamp made by William Hode, of
Boston, dated 1872. The second ear
Hest example, says the Rocky
Mountain Herald, appeared nearly
two decades later, in 1881, and
the patent was issued to John w.
Schulz and William Trull. Between
the granting Of these two patents 20
others had been issued.