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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-21

SHORT TALKS by elected
candidates featured a plea by
Ernest Ramsey for ''more taxpay-
ers" Mayor Albury praised the
negroes, one of whom rendered
him bouquet of flowers last
night and said the city govern
ment was run for them as well
as whites. Archie Roberts said
the new council promised
spiritual renaissance. Ralph
Boyden said he would be honest
to those who elected him as well
as those who voted against him.
Colonel Brinton praised the fore
sight of city which elected
councilmen even though they
had been here only year but
who could help the city immense
ly. Carbonell thanked everyone
for his handsome vote. Grillon
said he ran a clean campaign and
promised an honest administra-
ton. Sweeting said. I'VE must
forge ahead" Wesley Archer,
police justice, said that as far as
justice was concerned he was
color blind, he wasn't respon-
sible for what one did who came
before him and he would hold
court 4 pm. every day. Janitor Al
bertus addressed the new council
and old council as s'the boys.
Charles Roberts promised con-
tinuation of careful work as audi
tor. Aquilino Lopez said he
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-21
KEY WEST IN
DAYS GONE By
Happenings Here Just Five. Ten
and Fifteen Years Ago As
Taken From The Files
Of The Citizen
FIVE YEARS AGO

Sugar cane with a length of
joint Of nine inches is growing in
Key West. The length of the
stalk is 10 feet and is six and "a
half inches in circumference. It
is growing at 615 Francis street
and the owner, E. R. johnson, is
sues an invitation to all to see
it.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-21
TREMENDOUS APPLAUSE

TREMENDOUS APPLAUSE
followed a telegram to Mayor AL
bury from Charles Taylor, who
founded Schoolboy Patrol idea,
asking that Myrtland Gates be
continued as director of the pa
troll The telegram cited the
splendid work of Gates and ask
ed that the welfare and training
of the young boys be considered
and Gates be reappointed. The
ringing applause left no doubt
of public sentiment. Topped off
the police force by the mayor
were Gates, Basil Tynes and w.
F. Collins. Appointed was An
sell Albury.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-21

There will be a scout meeting
tonight and the girls .yof Troop
Number 4 will be in, their head
quarters under Mrs. A. H. McIn-
mis- and will meet with the
scouts of other troops to discuss
matters of the greatest interest.
1t is expected that all scouts will
attend.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-21

Inquiries are being daily re-
iceived regarding land on the
Keys. As a rule the inquirers
seem to know a great deal about
Boca Chica but seem to be able
to give no description of the 9TH
er Keys. Those who intend
buying on the Keys could do no
better than take a trip over the
highway and see for themselves.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-21

fray. The game will start at 8
o'clock and from start to finish
will be good.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-21

OUR STORY on the above:
Everybody knows that two Ital-
ian tankers were caught refuel-
ing German submarine off Mi
ami but outside American water
rights. Foreign tankers are un-
doubtedly refuelling, anyway, and
the most fantastic stories are
heard of these islands. The Key
West tough" is not so tough
when it comes to numbering and
killing. All the reputed tales of
hi-jacking in liquor cases here
reports not one killing. There
was liquor smuggling, alien
smuggling and opium smuggling.
Omen viii tell you there still is.
But murders around here are
much more uncommon than in
most places. We Key Westers
are far too friendly to commit
the crime evident in most places.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-21
MISS BEBE SPENCE ser

M10O bEb6 OP6NOE SENDS us
an Orlando Sentinel column by
Martin Anderson, who picks up
about Cotton Makers fantastic
chronicle of his journey over
South Florida with a pair of u
boat officers and goes on to i'm
ply that Key West Conchs" sup
ply the boats with oil. Now we
know a few things about the
waterfront here and we've seen
not the slightest sign of an oil
shipment. Anderson insinuates
that Conchs also ferry ashore
German U-boat men. He goes on
to trace back rum running off
Florida Keys and states sit was
a business. 1t was bread and
meat. He says Hemingway's
"To Have and Have Not" proves
that Conchs also struggled aliens
and dumped them overheard
regularly with chains and
weights on them. Anderson
wants to know if such Conch
traders aren't still around.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-21

Married Men and the Mys-
terious Five will meet in what
promises to be one of the fastest
basketball games played this sea-
son. Both teams are in the pink
of condition and ready for the
Evening star., 1939-01-29

Mrs. Stephen "lod-
die" Sonford. eoIfing
OF PoIm Beech, gives
you O sports style tip
for the Southern resort
this winter. The polo
stor's wife weors white
shorkskin sIocks, kelly
green soft Jersey blouse
ond rough cotton knit
ted sweoter.
Wide World.
Evening star., 1939-01-29

The boIloon Ieop is
pictorioIIy impressive.
But os voter wings
the boIIoons ore opt
to foil Miss Money
Mortin in this stunt at
Polm Beech. which she
likes better ot this
seoson thon her home
town of Winnipeg.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-07-21

the recurrent habit of blooming well
developed. However, shading may
tend to offset that habit.
AS the Japanese beetles multiply,
this will be an added reason for pro-
viding some sort of screen, Mr.. Bal
lard says, as they are fond of feeding
on all members of the rose family.
If a light frame is constructed over
the rose bed, and if the tops and sides
are covered with plant bed cloth, this
should provide ample protection from
the beetle as well as furnishing shade
from the excessive heat of the sun.
In the winter, the frame could be
covered with burlap bags or used as
support for cornstalks, pine boughs,
or other material, to afford protec-
ton from cold winds or the winter
sun. It is quitely likely, Mr.. Ballard
says, that such measures would great
ly aid in bringing plants through the
winter in better shape than could be
done without protection.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-07-21
the Cherry Blossom Ballet in the Hall
of Music was highly worthwhile"

the Cherry Blossom Ballet in the Hall
of Music was highly worthwhile"
Nice of the Fair, I thought, to keep
me up to date with such timely bulle-
tins. I must look in on the ballet
later on. But wait a minute! "Mimeo
Flashes" explains itself further with
the modest statement: --latest news
of Today reproduced at the World of
Tomorrow on the Monograph Dupli-
Gator. Issued daily at the A. B. Dick
Company exhibit" So it wasn't the
exposition after all, but an exhibitor
that was doing this for the benefit of
Fair visitors. That's good sportsman
ship.
The A. B. Dick Company having
welcomed me to the building, I felt it
only fair for me to visit it's exhibit
early. It wasn't hard to find for this
great Chicago concern really has an
imposing showing of it's products.
This exhibitor is the Worlds largest
manufacturer of stencil duplicating
machines. All sizes and types of
Monograph duplicators are on show
too-from the little, inexpensive mod
els for the smallest office needs to the
big masterful fellows designed to meet
the heaviest demands of big business.
But the A. B. Dick Company does
not rely upon its machinery-even
handsome, efficient modern office
machinery that performs the work of
hundreds of typists, and does it bet
ter-to attract and hold the public's
attention. It presents the progress
of business letter writing through the
ages in a whimsical marionette show
entitled writers Cramp," and as the
say in the theatrical press, it is
Packing 'em in" I managed to
squeeze myself through the crowd and
enjoyed the performance of the pup
pets hugely. Everybody does!
Father Time, veteran master of
ceremonies, sets the stage in a con-
versation with Grover Whalen, head
man of the exposition. Il learned af-
terward that this is the only Whalen
script used on the grounds, and has
his approval. Why shouldn't he en-
dorse it? The Fair was publicized
via Mimeograph.)
The history of writing and COM
munications is depicted by marionettes
from the Stone Age when primitive
man chiseled his mail on a granite
tablet. Stone gives way to paper and
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-07-21
IT'S THE EXHIBITS
THAT MAKES
WORLDS FAIR
The Scouts are

Wandering about New York's great
exposition grounds seeking something
new to write, the thought suddenly
struck me that indoors was the place
for real story material. The Trylon
and Perisphere, the mammoth colorful
buildings, the landscaping and such
things are good window dressing, but
it is the exhibits after all that make
worlds fair. People don't go to
the circus to see the maintop or to a
ball game to admire the grandstand;
the main reason folks are coming
from all parts of the world is to see
what American enterprise and Ameri-
can ingenuity have accomplished. The
exhibitors tell this story.
Being hard by the Business Sys-
TENS and Insurance Building, I turned
in, feeling that this was a good place
to test the theory that the true epic
OF Americas commercial greatness
was to be found among the exhibits.
An attendant handed me small, at
tractive news sheet called "Mimeo
Flashes" and I read that this was
westinghouse Day at the Fair-that
the dedication of the Czechoslovakian
Pavilion by DR.. Eduard Benes had
been postponed three days, and that
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-07-21

pens and type replace the hammer,
but still it is all too slow, for Mr..
Whalen. At length the typewriter
appears, but even that device is lag
gard in Mr.. Whalen's opinion. Final
ly the Monograph, and Growers per-
plexities are solved. His blessing is
given in the verse.
"Take a note to my staff
That the Monograph
Is the worlds fairest writing mach
ine."
Exhibiting at worlds fairs is by no
means an experiment with the A. B.
Dick Company. Almost half a CEN
fury ago, at the Worlds Columbian
Exposition, Chicago, 1898, it's dupli-
eating machines were shown to an
awe-struck world. The machines pro-
duced by this company which were
called marvellous in the gay nineties
appeared ridiculously clumsy and out
NODDED beside the Monograph dupli-
Gators shown at A Century of Pro-
gress, Chicago, 1933-34. And I am
told that the past five years have
brought many improvements and inno-
vations to the line, particularly its
new streamlined designs, thus show
ing that within a single company, pro-
ducts pass from "the covered wagon
to the Diesel-motored stages with the
years. It is this continual advance
ment and refinement in the things
America produces that makes a
worlds fair exhibit so fascinating to
me and to many millions of visitors
who will pass through the turnstiles
of New York's Worlds Fair this sum-
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-07-21
THE NOVEL,
by DONALD HoUGH
from Asgssf Como eolifanJ .

tTRAFTON was funny fellow.
i For twenty years, while he was
lgrubbing on a newspaper, he had
saved his money so that he could
take a year off, get a cabin in the
mountains far from human habita-
ton, and write the novel in his mind.
Finally he got the money together
and that's exactly what he did. He
rented Jim Harper's shack, way up
IN Boulder Canyon, packed his type
writer and provisions to last a year,
and set himself to do his book.
The people in Cache Greek, the
little town below Boulder Canyon,
worried q lot about him because they
were acquainted with the snow.
bound winters up there and they
iwere afraid something would hap
pen to him. They were bred in the
tradition of mutual support and
they depended on each other for
companionship and even sanity,
against the harshness of elemental
forces. Still, they respected the
strange mans wishes. After all, he
had said that he didn't want to see
anybody. He was writing a ook and
he might have to start all over if
they broke his train Of thought.
Still, they worried more and more
about him when the snow began to
fly.
It was bad year though, and
finally some of the leading citizens
decided on plan. They would trek
up to the cabin and look in the win
tdows to see if traitor was making
jout all right. IF everything seemed
lin order they would come away
again without bothering him. Ed
Anderson and Billy Rue and Einor
Nelson got out their packs and
snowshoes and struggled through
the drifts in Boulder Canyon. On
the way up the wintry slopes, Billy
Rue hurt his leg and they had a hard
pull to get there. When they finally
did, they peered in the window and
there sat Trafton before warm
fire. smoking a cigarette and writ
ing on a piece of paper. The fire.
looked good but they didn't intrude.
They went around and checked the
provisions and observed he had
plenty to last until spring thaw and
then started back.
The wind had risen and covered
the trail with snow and Billy Rue
was suffering with his leg. They
couldn't make it back to town and
there was nothing for it but to camp.
Einor and Billy didn't want to
bother Trafton, but Ed was stub
born. So they went back and
pounded on the cabin door. Finally
1T swung furtively open and when
Trafton saw them there he slumped
to the floor in a dead faint. They
were stunned and ashamed. They
knew that they had spoiled the
novel.
When they were trying to find
something to bring Trafton to. they
discovered the letter. Trafton had
come to the end of his row. He had
broken his typewriter and used no
all his pencils and the loneliness of
Boulder Canyon had crept into his
soul. There was q revolver lying be.
side the letter. They had saved
Trafton from shooting himself. .
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-07-21
VOLUNTARY PATRIOT"
POINTED TO AS BEST

A program through which Ameri-
cans can best maintain voluntary
patriotism" was advanced recently by
A. w. Hawkes., President of Congo
leum-Nairn, Inc, Kearny, N. j., in
nationwide broadcast sponsored by the
General Federation of Women's Clubs.
Mr.. Hawkes., a National Vice-Presi-
dent of the National Association Of
Manufacturers, declared that there
are two main divisions of patriotism,
the voluntary" and involuntary"
kind.
"No real American can doubt the
great value of voluntary patriotism
as compared with involuntary patriot
ism," he declared. voluntary pat
riotism is founded on individual lib
erty, freedom and the pursuit of hap
rfness, including freedom of religious
worship and the right of assemblage
and free speech. Whereas involuntary
patriotism is the result of force and
coercion, wherein the state or the mas
ter of the state defines the conduct
and life of the individual.
voluntary patriotism can only ex
list through support of the principles
that Right makes Right, and eterna
vigilance in seeking and maintaining
Right can be the only way to support
the type of voluntary patriotism
which should dominate the hearts ant
minds of our people. Voluntary pa
triotism should never result in a wal
of aggression-seeks the counsel table
and seeks the peaceful solution of diff
ferences- all-powerful in defense
Of Right.
"There can be no high-grade pa
triotism in our people unless we art
united on fundamentals and the sup
port and protection of a true interpre
tation of our United States Constitu
ton and the basic government formed
under it.
There never was and likely never
will be a period when the actions Of
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-07-21

mer. You may go to the Fair for en-
tertainment or relaxation or change,
but don't forget the real educational
values will come from the exhibits
you have seen. If you have any in
terests at all which touch upon bust
ness methods, I strongly urge you to
see the exhibit of this company that
is making real contribution to mod
ern business efficiency.-J. E., Jones.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-07-21
MUCH RANCOR
IS EVIDENT in
This CONGRESS

The lines are tightly drawn these
days between the political factions
which are generally described as the
New Deal VS.. the Conservatives of the
Democratic and Republican parties.
AS May merges into June the oppon-
ents of the Administration are making
tremendous efforts to prove to the
country that President Roosevelt's
economic methods were accepted and
financed as experiment." in 1888.
Inasmuch as the annual deficits
have run the national debt up to more
than 30 billion dollars the Conserva-
tives say it is time to call halt.
Involved in the debates are the sub
jects of unemployment, letting up on
big business, taxation, etc. None of
the informed news men in Washington
were at all surprised at the tenor of
President Roosevelt's speech to the
forum of the American Retail Fedora
ton.
He defended the mp-priming that
created deficits, and resisted all at
tempts to reduce the total amount of
taxation. In surprise move he as
sumed the position that the New Deal
is now conservative" political party
and that those who oppose it are "wild
eyed radicals" who are gambling on
a hunch." In short he stood pat on
the position that he has taken ever
since he has been in office.
In consequence the issues have been
clarified to such an extent that one
may we'll imagine that the political
campaign of 1910 has begun. Wheth-
er Mr.. Roosevelt will be a candidate
for a third term or not is something
that no one can report.
But the old fight has been resumed,
and the lines are drawn, plain to all.
The New Deal asks to be continued.
If public opinion swings against it,
then it must fail.
Still, it may be expected that the
relations between the White House
and Capitol Hill will be kept in fairly
reasonable working order. No radical
upsets are to be expected Immediately,
inasmuch as the war hysteria has
quieted down. The economy drive is
more on paper than matter of re-
cord. The Senate increase of the Ad-
ministration farm bill by 1872 million
dollars is inconsistent of Congress as
long as it is attacking pump printing
by the New Deal.
In the absence of tight political
lines separating New Dealers and Con-
servatives on Capitol Hill no very
startling legislative changes may be
looked for. Farmers might just as
well think less about Washington and
more about getting in the crops; en-
ployers and employees may find an op-
portunity to help themselves and their
country by building up more and bet
ter business during the coming weeks
and months the political pot
boils over.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-07-21
ARTIFICIAL SHADING
PREVENTS HEAT INJURIES

There is evidence that artificial
shading has some effect in preventing
undue injuries from high tempera-
lures and if moisture and plant food
are supplied shaded roses are more
likely to keep up constant blooming
during the summer season, according
to Walter r. Ballard, specialist for
the University of Maryland Extension
Service.
Most of the so-called monthly roses
grown in the garden are hybrid teas,
Mr.. Ballard states, and these have
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-07-21

Railroads in the United States last
year established the best general SAT-
ETY. record in half century.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-07-21

all of 100 million people could pos
sibly please all those people all the
time," he added. eff I understand the
cause for the establishment of our
great country it had innate in it a fair
regard for the rights of others and it's
founders realized that for the greatest
good of the greatest number certain
rights must be surrendered and GER
tain obligations assumed by all MEM
bers of our society. It was intended
that the people of this great country
should only surrender that small part
Of freedom of action and liberty nee
esasry to give their creation-the gov
ernment-power to protect and pre-
serve for all, the inalienable rights
prescribed in the Constitution"
INSTEAD of saying, determination
is taking the bread right out of my
mouth, the American worker ought
to shout, Long live the machine!' and
be joined in that shout by millions
of other persons who owe their en-
ployment more or less directly to new
inventions" BEAUMONT (Tex). Enter
prise.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-22
Arm and Leg in Step
Indicate a Normal Mind

BERKELEY, CALIF.-A series of
experiments and studies carried on
over a period of years have demon
strated that the involuntary swing
ing of arms while walking indicates
a healthy mind.
This announcement has been
made. by the medical school of the
University of California. The ex-
periments were carried out under
the direction of DR.. Robert Warten-
berg, instructor of neurology. in an
effort to ascertain the causes OF
various mental disturbances.
Failure of the arm to Synchro-
nize with. the movement of the OPP
posite leg" he said, may denote
some disturbance in the brain cen.
ter. long before involvements may
be detected by other means"
DR.. Wartenberg was able to ascer'
tain that normal. involuntary arm
swinging which goes with walking
and running means more than ex.
uberant health and vigor. for its alb.
sence, he said, is definite indication
of certain types of mental disease
When mental disturbances have
been removed by operation or other
wise. he found, patients have showT
a return to arm swinging.
The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-09-22
Plan to Make Shrine of
jefferson Davis Home

BILOXI, MISS.-Loyal Mississippi
Sons of Confederate Veterans are
working on plans to turn Beauvoir,
gulf coast home of Jefferson Davis,
into shrine they hope will be the
Mount Vernon of the South.
Surrounded by oaks, cedars and
magnolias, the old building, which
for years has been used as home
for veterans and widows of the Civil
war, is situated near Biloxi on the
long highway bordering the gulf.
AS there are only few veterans
and widows left, Mississippi wants
to dispense with the cost of the up
keep of the place, and Gov. Hugh
White has promised the Loyal Sons
he would aid them in making the
place a shrine for the South.
The building was bought by Davis
in 1879. He started his book, 1.-The
Rise and Fall of the Confederacy,"
at the home. He died in 1889, and
four years later his body was sent
to Virginia.
Under tentative plans-if they are
successful in making it a shrine
the Loyal Sons will charge admis-
sion, and in this way finance pur-
chase of the Davis furniture and
relics and pay for research work on
his life and the causes of the war
between the states.