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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-23
REscIND TOLL RESOLUTION

Responding to the vigorous demands
of the people of Key West and Monroe
county, majority of the members Of Over
seas Road and Toll Bridge District Com
mission now seem committed to plan to
rescind the resolution of Aug IL raising
tolls on Overseas highway from ST for car
and driver to SITS for car and driver.
There is some question as to when
this shall be done. Commissioner John
Slade of Tallahassee, chairman of the COM
mission, is reported to be planning reg
ular meeting of the road body to be held
late this month for the purpose of appoint
ing successor to General Manager B. M.
Duncan Commissioner John Costar, vice
chairman of the board, believes the re-
scinding action may be taken at that time.
Mayor Willard M Albury and G. G.
Symonette of Key West are now seeking to
have special meeting of the commission
to take immediate action on the higher toll
resembling resolution. The mayor and
Commissioner Symonette, who voted in
favor of the toll increase, now admit their
error. In bowling to Monroe public opinion
IIIGy are pIcpdICu W lIidhC Oil dUOuI-IoNO
in the matter.
The regrettable part of this whole
situation is the unfavorable publicity that
has accrued to Overseas highway and Key
West as result of public condemnation of
the toll raising proposal, not only here, but
1 in all sections of the state. It is a COM
mon occurrence at present to hear regular
users of the highway, regular visitors to
Key West, state they will never again pass
through the highway toll gates if the tolls
are raised exorbitantly.
Since traffic experts of the State Road
Department have advised against any
change in the present tolls for the time be-
ing, The Citizen does not believe the COM
mission should follow outside suggestions
that the toll charge be increased % cents
on each car. The present toll has not been
tested under normal conditions. The COM
mission should let the present rate stand
until operation results of the next several
months shall have been added up. If
revenues increase and operating costs de-
crease higher toll may not be necessary
Certainly nothing should be done this sea-
son to disrupt the flow of travel toward
Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-23
ASTRONOMERS WORRIED

Since 1915 the Greenwich Observa-
tory, near London, has been the workshop
of British royal astronomers, and for many
years its meridian has been considered
longitude O, from which both east and
west longitude is determined, by most
civilized countries.
But Greenwich is becoming unfit as a
place for astronomical work, according to
a report of DR.. H. Spencer Jones, royal as
tronomer because of interference of vari-
Gus kinds from modern London.
The glare of the city's lights thrown
against the sky, the laundering of trains,
the sulphurous fumes from factories, and
electrical interference with delicate in
struments are among the nuisances which
worry the astronomers and hamper their
observations.
While it may be necessary eventually
to remove the royal observatory to another
location, it is not believed that this will be
done in the near future, and the as
tronomers will have to make the best of
the situation. The United Kingdom has
several modern observatories, among them
being those at Edinburg, Dublin, Oxford
and Cambridge.
No observatory of the British Empire
or any other country can compare with the
best American observatories, however,
either in equipment or achievement.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-23
FAVOR EMBARGO ON JAPs

More than half the people of the
United States favor action by the United
States to stop the shipment of war ma
terial to the Japanese, according to poll
of public opinion by the American In
stitute of Public Opinion.
Only one-fourth of the persons polled
favor do nothing course with six per
cent favoring fighting and eighteen per
cent favoring protests through the State
Department
When the Sino-Japanese war began,
two years ago, a similar poll revealed that
hands-off policy was favored, together
with withdrawal of American citizens and
interests in China Sentiment, it seems,
has changed to where our people are dis
satisfied with the situation that finds US
furnishing the materials upon which the
Jap army advances in China.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-23
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN

WILL always seek the truth and print it
without fear and without favor; never be
afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right;
always fight for progress; never be the or
gan OF the mouthpiece of any person. clique,
faction or class; Always do its utmost for the
public welfare; never tolerate corruption or
injustice; dcnounce vice and praise virtue.
commend good done By individual or organ
ization; tolerant of others rights, views and
opinions; print only news that viii elevate
and not contaminate the reader; never COM
promise with principle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-23
MANHATTAN'S APPEAL
GREATER THAN FAIR

Gn6A Eli TITAN y AAkt
NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-While
the Worlds Fair is the publicized
attraction, Manhattan itself pos
sesses an appeal for the visitor
equal to, if not greater, than the
Fair itself.
Certainly to one visiting New
York City for the first time,
there is not a thrill the Fair can
offer to compare with the awe
inspiring greatness of the city it
self. Personally, / have visited
Manhattan a score times. but
each time I experience the same
thrill of excitement as the speed
ing train threads its way through
the maze of tracks and signal
towers, laundering along through
thickly populated areas to dive
into the great tube under the
Hudson and come up like a mole
seeking air, in the heart of the
mighty metropolis.
Never Ending Throngs
Then, like cattle being herded
into a dipping vat. the reverend
ing throng of humanity that
floods in and out of tunnel and
subway always fascinates me.
People, people, people-hurry-
ing, showing, pushing up and down
iron stairways, darling in and
out of pillared passages, squirm-
ing through clicking turn-stiles,
now underground, now on the
surface, all apparently moving
with a purpose, with some def
mite destination in view and yet
appearing en- masse as inmates
of a mad-house engaged in a
riot.
Hustle And Bustle And Work
The streets, canyoned between
rows of towering buildings, with
steady streams of human beings
moving in every direction along
the sidewalks, while squawking
taxis, numbering trucks, clumsy
buses and every manner of We
hicle from push-cart to tractors
dodge in and out between blocks
to jam up at crossings, awaiting
the shrek of the traffic whistle
or the changing of a light.
Always, somewhere in Manhat-
tan, grimy workmen are engaged
in tearing up streets or side
walks. Like surgeons cutting in
to the human body, they work
with pick and shovel to dig un-
der the skin and expose tangled
mass of lead-covered cables, sew
er, gas and water pipes, vital
organs that serve great city
and insure its throbbing life.
Magic Fairyland AT Night
Night falls and billion lights
like stars in the Milky Way crawl
out into the dusk to turn the city
into a magic fairyland of light
and beauty. The country boy
who gazes for the first time on
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-23
Now the New Deal has cot the coun.

Now the New Deal has got the coun-
try all balled up on the Thanksgiving date,
and there is confusion all around The
penultimate instead of the final Thursday
in November is to be the date according to
President Roosevelt and this has evoked a
nationwide turmoil The change works
the greatest hardship on the printers of
calendars and colleges that have football
schedules arranged months before. One
manufacturer of calendars stated he had
100000 calendars all printed for 1910.
and they cannot be Managed; the same APP
plies to all other calendar manufacturers.
who stand a loss sufficient to put them out
of business. It looks like another faux pas,
of the many this Administration has made.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-23
TOOLATE TO CLASSIFY
BY RUSSELL KAY

Broadway's Great White Way is
in for the thrill of his life,
whether he is willing to admit it
or not.
If your finances permit, you
can take in a show-at the mo-
ment, Tobacco Road, Yokel Boy,
Hellzapoppin', Radio City Music
Hall, or the Little Foxes may at
tract you, and they all offer SUI
perb entertainment. But with
out a dime in your pocket you
can roam around And and Broad
way. mingle with the crowd, look
at the lights and experience a
kick that you couldn't get any
where else in the world.
Luxury And Poverty Mix
Here lavish luxury and pitiful
poverty cast their respective
shadows across each others path
and jeweled Slippered feet skim
lightly over marbled floors that
later know the calloused knees
of the weary scrub woman. Eager
youths and tottering age rub ell
bows in the joStling throngs;
sleek chromium- trimmed eleva-
tors hoist grim faced executives
to their financial lairs while
rickety tenement stairs serve the
shop girls aching feet.
New York Needs America
Manhattan, symbol of a ma
tons wealth and power, while
typically American" is not
AMERICA. Back of her proud
structures of stone and steel stand
countless lesser cities, towns and
villages, millions of fertile acres,
vast forest areas, great mountain
ranges, mighty lakes and rivers
that feed the arteries of commerce
to find their beating heart in this
great metropolis. Cut off this
vital blood stream and New York
would shrivel and die, for while
America can live without New
York, New York cannot live
without AMERICA.
Other Great Sections
Every American should visit
Manhattan and take pride in the
achievement and progress it rep
Iesents, but more important
every New Yorker should see
other parts of the countryside
sunny south, the golden west, the
mountain areas and vast sections
of plain and prairie and learn
that New York in all her glory
is in reality but a small part of
the AMERICA on which she de-
ponds for her existence.
And while, as a country boy,
/ pay homage to Manhattan, hav-
ing seen a good part of the bal
ance of the country, I'm not for
getting that in the end of the day
it's the country boys like you and
I that make her what she is.
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Attorney General Murphy has stated
that grand jury Investigations aside from
that in New York would be launched in
other cities. 1t is stated that he mentioned
Chicago, New Orleans, Boston, and per
haps Miami" That perhaps is condi-
tional implication and gives Miami pro-
stationary opportunity to behave itself.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-23

Business had some favorable reports
to make last week. There was more buy
ing, more travelling, and more shipping
But the most cheering news to business
men was the news that the representatives
of the people in Congress were reasserting
their constitutional rights and powers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-23

Hitler and Mussolini desire to
"Munichize" the Danzig problem-get-
ting something for nothing. Like Czech
oslovakia, Poland is to remain in the back
ground and take it ON the chin just as did
the former. That is the phase of the sit
uation as it appears on the surface today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-23
FOR KEY WEsi
ADVOCATED By THE CITIZEN

l. Water and Sewerage.
2 Comprehensive City Plan tzcning).
g.. Hotels and Apartments.
A. Bathing Pavilion
S. Airports md and Sea.
g. Consolidation Of County and City
Governments.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-23

Old and seasoned politicians are al
.lergic to the inexperienced and untried
ideas of the younger generation, be they
democratic or republican.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-23

Key West Rotarians will be
host to District Governor How
ard w. Selby, also a party of
about $50 Rotarians from. Ha-
vana and more than a dozen
brothers of the Wheel who are
to come from Homestead this
evening and be guests at an elab
crate supper and reception at La
Concha. District governor and
Homestead Rotes are arriving
over the highway this afternoon
and the Cuban delegation will
come in on the boat from Ha-
vana. Reception committees will
meet both parties, welcome them
to the city and join them in en-
joying the entertainment program
that has been prepared. District
governor comes on his official
visit to the city and the Home
stead Rotes are accompanying
him.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-23

Fewer college girls marry, which may
indicate that higher education improves
the judgment, after all.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-23

In the report issued by the de-
partment of agriculture at Tai
lahassee by Nathan Mayo, COM
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-23

Wonder if the rumble-seat has been
the inspiration for the revival of the
"bustle?'
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-23

An economist is a superior person who
can tell us when we ere in the middle of
bad fix.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-23
KEY WEST IN. DAYS CONE BY
Happenings Here just Ten Years Ago Today AS Taken
From The Files OF The Citizen

there were considered number
of proposals for the abatement
of portions of the delinquent tax
les. A similar meeting will be
held next Wednesday night, it
was stated.
Editorial Comment: Giant pas
senger airplanes will be soon
landing at Key West daily on the
proposed Columbus Havana
route. This city's advantages as
an airport are becoming more
generally recognized and it is
expected that other big trunk
lines will be looking this way be-
fore long.
Battling Dundee, who is an
nouncing himself as from Key
West, will meet the Cuban sem
sation, the Patent Leather Kid.
at the Athletic Club Monday.
One of the fans said that it is
his belief that the fight will
draw one of the largest crowds
ever to attend a fight in any of
the local clubs and by all indi-
cations he is right.
: Mr.. and Mrs. P. B. Kiser. who
had for the past few weeks been
the guests of Mr.. Kiser's brother,
T. L. Kiser. SOC Francis street,
left last evening for their home
in Huntington, w. Va. after a
delightful trip and a most en-
joyable visit.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-23

Nothing definite is known as to
the time when the public schools
of the city will be opened for the
winter season, said Superinten-
dent of Public Instruction Mel
vim e. Russell today. The school
board will take no action in the
matter until after the election to
be held September q to decide
If the special 10-milI tax is to be
imposed, Mr.. Russell states, as
the board is unable to make up.
the budget until this is settled.
An election was held on the To-
mill issue. 1t was declared by
the county commissioners to have
been illegal in a number of ways
and there was difference of
opinion as to the results of the
election. Al communication from
the attorney of the school board
was published yesterday, in
which it was stated that another
election win be held September
q.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-23
YOU GOT RADIUM?
THIS WOULD TELL

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-
Development of an improved por-
table radium detector, sensitive
enough to detect the slightest
evidence of radioactive material
in living person, is reported by
the National Bureau of Standards.
It is said the device will help
decrease accidental contamina-
ton by radioactive materials,
frequent occurrence in research
laboratories and commercial
plants where the materials are
handled.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-23

Edward Mccall, the 10-year-
old boy wanderer, who has been
in Key West since last Monday,
is today well on his way to Ames,
Iowa. where he will join his par
ents and the other four children
Of the family. The money for his
passage was wired to Police Serg-
cant Walter Vinson. tickets pur-
chased and the boy placed on the
train last evening.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-23

At a meeting Of city council
held last night, special session.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-23

missioner, it is shown that dur
ing the month of July there were
consumed in the various counties
in the state 15,468.155 gallons of
gasoline. Duval county leads
with 1,9l7,074, while Hillsboro
was second with l,862.222. Mon
roe county consumed 85,703.
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Evening star., 1939-09-18
Stock Averages
BY VICTOR EUBANK,
Associated Press Financial Editor.

NEW YORK, Sept 18.-The stock
market suffered peace fright to-
day and leading stocks toppled ! to
around points, the worst setback
since the start of the war boom
nearly three weeks ago
Selling was fast in the first hour,
slowed down on intermediate reCov-
cry periods and picked up again just
before the finish when the ticker
tape got behind. Closing prices
were about the lows of the day.
Steels led the forenoon retreat,
but these received little aid later
when the American Iron and Steel
Institute announced mill operations
this week would be up 81 points
at 1913 per cent of capacity, highest
level in more than two years. 1t
was a bit better increase than had
been looked for in some quarters.
Touching off the initial back
slide in stocks, brokers said, was
Wall Streets somewhat gloomier
view of European happenings over
the week end, including the sweep
ing Russian invasion of Poland. the
seeming collapse of the Poles in their
conflict with the Nazis, sinking of a
large British airplane carrier and
signs the Germans were stifening
resistance on the western front.
From all this, speculative forces be-
gan to think an armistice proposal
by Hitler or Mussolini. or even
Stain. might be in the offing. Con-
Sequently, those who had been bet
ting on a long conflict. with big
profits reverting to American COM
panies from foreign purchasing,
hurried to tighten commitments.
Part of the early selling was
blamed on the belief of some dnan-
cial circles that one of the most
spectacular rallies in the markets
history called for sizable "correc-
ton" even if the runup eventually
is resumed. Possibility of forth
coming bitter congressional battle on
the neutrality law also was seen as
a restraining influence.
Transfers approximated 10000
shares.
Evening star., 1939-09-18

70, vice president and trust officer
of the same bank, and Miss Cath
crime M. Krieg, secretary to Mr..
Fleming.
Wilmer J. Waller, vice president
and cashier Hamilton National;
John A. Reilly, president Second Ma
tional; j. Frank White, president
National Bank of Washington, and
Louis M. Danlt, trust officer of the
same institution; J. Frank Camp
bell, president of the Anacostla
Bank, and James c. Dulin, jr treas
urer of the American Security &
Trust Co., who is already on his way
West.
Mr.. Fleming is chairman of the
Resolutions Committee. one of the
conventions most important COM
mittees. Most of the other bankers
Evening star., 1939-09-18
Chicago Grain
By the Associated Press.

CHICAGO, Sept 18-Wheat prices
slumped as much as 212 cents a
bushel today but then rallied almost
a cent.
Corn and other grains also were
lower.
Selling was stimulated by weak
ness in securities, sharply reduced
world grain exports because of the
war, and uncertainty regarding
European affairs due to Russian
intervention The price of wheat
was about Is cents higher on August
81 but almost cents Below the war
boom peak.
Wheat closed 112-2 cents lower
than Saturday. December, 85-85is;
Corn. 1-l5s down, December. 30 g.
Sc, May, So. -7s; oats 5s-l cent
Evening star., 1939-09-18

\ l U II Ol III Z
American Bank
ers Association.
AS the delega-
ton now stands,
t h e following
will make the
trip, leaving the
c a pi t a | this
week:
R o b e r t V.
Fleming, presi-
of Riggs Ma
tional; George
o. VaSS, vice
president a n d
cashier, and Sid
nno1r II Tolin for
Evening star., 1939-09-18

are also on i'm
portant commit
tees, either of
t he association
or the various
divisions.
D. j. Need
ham, 6 e n e r a |
counsel of the
A. B. A. and
j. o. Brott, as
sistant general
counsel, will at
tend from the
w a S h i n 6 t o n
h e a d q u arters.
Leo H. Paulger,
rbiof Di,rieio,, nf
Evening star., 1939-09-18

Tottonseed OH Closed steady. BIeach-
able prime summer yellow. 100; nom.
inal: prime crude. 500: September 6.46
bid; October, 646 bid; December. 65S
bid: January. sos bid; March, GA bid:
May. 6.S4 bid
Bid. a Asked
Evening star., 1939-09-18
Baltimore Quotations.
New York Cotton
By the Associated Press.

By the Assoclated Press.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1o.-Cotton
futures closed at the days lowest
level and 13 to 18 points lower, on
continued New Orleans and hedge
selling. The main support came
from trade buying and short cover
Evening star., 1939-09-18
CHICAGO Cash Market.

Cash wheat No. 3, hard, s5l2; NJ.
yellow. hard, -: No. > mixed s6'4, Corn,
6Oi4; No 4. $500; No. ! white. g. z6S q;
sample grade, 57ia. Oats, No. . white
No ! white. 36la: No 4, BAL 2-;}5: sample
grade, white i2-35 Barley. mating,
55-56 nominal; feed. 4O-45 nominal; No
barley. 60; sample grade. As: No. 3 mailing,
81 Tlmothy seed. $500 nominal. Red
clover seed. l. .50-l5.0O nominal. Red
top. $4,000. Alsike, 13.O0-l6.OO noIui-
Evening star., 1939-09-18
Capital Delegation
Starts This Week
For Bank Convention
Final Reservations
Show Some Changes
In Original List
By EDWARD c. STONE.

Wartimes and other reasons
caused some changes in the delega-
ton of Washington flnanciers plan
ming to attend the Seattle conven-
Evening star., 1939-09-18
Middling spot 9.07, of 13

Cottonseed Oil.
Bleachable cottonseed oil futures closed
81 to 26 lower. Sales. 255 contracts. Oc-
tober. Sob December. 7.0sb: January.
lib; March. 7.24; May. 7.30b. Bid.
New Orleans Prices.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. Is LP.-Heavy
hedge selling and foreign LIQUIDATION de-
pressed cotton futures here today and
final quotations were steady at net losses
of IL TO 20 points
Evening star., 1939-09-18
Stock and

trading 10
bankruptcy
Bankruptcy Act securities such
foregoing annual
the last declaration
Unless noted special dividends included
Ex d1vioend Ex rights Paid
Payable in this
Cash stock X dividends paid de-
this
Evening star., 1939-09-18

Denmark has restricted the ship
ment to other countries Of articles
for hospital use.
Evening star., 1939-09-18
Winnipeg Prices.

WINNIPEG, Sept. is lP.-Grain range
today:
WHEAT High. Low. Close. close.
October .11l4 - 10 II
December 10 .16ss .11i2 .TSS4-fs
May .S3l4 SOFA .Sl1s .s3
OATS
October .3S's .31a4 .3!54 .3S's
Wheat-No / Northern, 75Ss; No, 9.
-: No 3, IA. Oats-No. = white. 3S;
No. B. 80.
Baltimore Quotations.
BALTIMORE. Sept is UPl.-Wheat, No. >
red winter. garlicky. spot. domestic. 50.
The Valley settler., 1939-11-03

SOCIAL cA1&NrsnR Nov -4.
 Tho Annual All Club Achiovo- mont Day program will bo he Id in tho community hall, begin ming at lO:aSrs, with lunch at noon end prizo awards will be presented after lunch. Nov.-4 The lVFCL will hold c special meeting in the community hall in the evening for mom- bors and their wives.
 Don't forgot the cake. Nov.6-
 The Ho:aomakors Council will moot for en all day session ot the United Protestant church. Pot luck lunch will Do served ct noon. Nov.-l8
 Tho Ladioa Aid Of the United Protestant church will nevo Bazaar ct the church on this day. Any one who has anything to contribute, should tckc it to !Ire .Binglo cof0rc thct dato. Nov.-22 Tho Grange will givo . public d2nco in the community hall. Everybody is cordi ally 3n- vitod to ottond. There will bo good rmsic and nid-nito lunch. NoV.-lO
 Tho Civic Contor Club wi1l moot on EridaL Nov. 10. ot-
The Valley settler., 1939-11-03
I,E,S.

(noto: How is this for q handle? E.H.H- Press Correspondent, S.L.l Honorable Hilltop Holorol1ors
 Pross Corros spondont, Solf Appointed