davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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leo during the period from January
through November, 1888. shows that
Cuba sells us more than she buys,
while Mexico, the Netherlands; West
Indies and Panama, including the
Canal Zone, buy more goods from
the United States than they sell to
us. Among all the Latin American
countries, Cuba has had the largest
dollar volume Of total trade with
the United States during 1898.
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Steel Rate 10 Gain
Additional Point al
ST. Per Cent
Institute Report Cites
Rate Of 1913 Per Cent
In Week Year Ago
go.eNsM issS y ~ GAaas nss,,ay
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Jan. l6.-Operations
in the steel industry for the current
week will advance l point to 527
per cent of capacity, compared with
SIT per cent last week, the Amer
ican Iron and Steel Institute es-
timated today.
A month ago operations were at
the rate of SIT per cent of capacity,
while year ago they were 298 per
cent.
CLEVELAND, Jan. 16 (P.-Steel
operations advanced scant one-haf
point to 50 per cent Of capacity last
week, the magazine Steel said today
in predicting continued slow post
holiday production rebound.
Buying hesitancy. common to the
early days of the new year, still is
apparent, the publication said, but
nevertheless various factors point
W SuSldlllcu VI llSAAlS OuoA4iCSS OCAOlC
long. These indications include SUBJ
stantial tonnages of building steel
already on the books or in prospect,
more activity by railroads in the
rail and equipment markets and
expanding demands for tin plate.
Concessions on foreign offerings
was blamed for a reduction in the
price of ferromanganese to $3.50 a
ton.
Increases in operations last week
included 2.5 points to 56.5 per cent
at Cleveland, to 55 at Youngstown
and S to 7 in New England. Un-
changed were Pittsburgh at "A,
Eastern Pennsylvania at "a, Wheel
ing at 64, Buffalo at A and Bir-
mingham at II. Chicago was of
to 49, Cincinnati 7 to IS, st.
Louis SIS to 40 and Detroit to 81.
The scrap market continued steady
with the composite unchanged at
s1479 The finished steel composite
| held at S65.50.
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Crude Oil Prices

TULSA Jan. 16 lp,.-Base crude prices:
Midcontinent area Oklahoma Kansas
gravity scale. 6oc TO Sll0; North, North
Central and West Central Texas; gravity
scale ~lc 20 Sl.l3: East Texas. Sl.1O.
NCSc Texas. gravitv scale 53c to a5c;
North louisiana Arkansas, gravity scale
,:iC TO 81 .05.
Rccs,y Mountain area. Salt Creek. Wyo.
gravity scale. ste to S1l0
Eastern area. PENNSYLVANIA grade Brad
tOrd-Alle2hanyr. 81 SIS; same eradcs r
Southwest Pennsylvania lines, 81 "a same
grade in Eureka lines. Sl.2>; same grade
IN Buckeye lines. SI.1S; Corning, 9,c.
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in the like period Of 1887.
The bureau said cotton was the
principal factor in the decline. Ex-
ports of cotton during the five.
month period were said to have been
$50, 900, 900 below those of a year
earlier. The bureau said the drop
was attributable to large stocks
abroad and price situation un-
favorable to the movement of United
States cotton into export channels.
Evening star., 1939-01-16
Civic Group to Receive
Old Steel Plant
BY the Associated Press.


PITTSBURGH, Jan. 16.-Car-
negie-1llinois Steel Corp announced
1t would present to a Scottdale, Pa,
civic group its abandoned sheet mill
in the Western Pennsylvania COM
munity.
A spokesman said the United
States Steel subsidiary had no fur
ther use for the property. consisting
OF 1l2 acres of land and several
buildings, and desired the community
to benefit by using the site to at
tract new industries.
The property soon will be decided
to the Scottdale Civic and Indus
trial Association which will lease a
part of the plant to the R. E. Upte-
graf Manufacturing Co., transformer
makers, the spokesman said.
Evening star., 1939-01-16
Wool Market Active
At Boston in Week
BY the Associated Press.

BOSTON, Jan. 16 Omitted States
Department of Agriculture) DO
mestic wools were fairly active in the
Boston market during the past week.
The volume was not quite up to that
of the previous week but it was large
enough to maintain very firm tone
irf the market. Prices made slight
advances on few kinds of wool.
Quotations were firm on graded
greasy combing bright fleece woods
at 20 to 81 cents in the grease for
fine delaine, at 20 to 81 cents for
half-bloods, at 81 to 80 cents for "a
bloods, and at 80 to 80 cents for
quarter bloods.
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U. S. Treasury Notes

NEW YORK Jan. 16 lP,.-Prices quoted
in dollars and thirty-seconds
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Insurance Stocks

NEW YORK, Jan. l6 (P.-Investment
Bankers Conference, Inc:
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U. S. Treasury Position
Hy tbs Associated Press.

The position of the Treasury January
IS: Receipts. S1,SS6,S54.3U; expenditures,
S2} .GG64So.50: net balance S3O06. 59S,-
5Sj.4l, including S2.366,3""1 213 81 work
ing balance customs receipts for the
month, Sl0.4S4. 4.0S0S5.
Receipts for the fiscal year 'since July
u. S3.06G555. 00S l3: expenditures. S4,-
S6t ul5.14S.65 including $l.6l1 .39@,-
O46Sl of emergency expenditures eX-
cess Of expenditures, 81 s00,I6o. .7lO. -;
gross debt. $50. .534 1s4, $40 90, an in
crease of 81 972 .306."O above the pre-
vious day: gold assets. Sl4.5S6."11 Ol6i1.
Evening star., 1939-01-16

more & Ohio
Railroad today
convinced that
the intense peri
cd of rail lines
physical expan-
sion is past but
believing 1t is
q uite e possible
that the future
of the railroads
will be even more
interesting.
Willard, who
at 18 started
railroadillg as a
trackman on the
Gnh
Evening star., 1939-01-16
Washington Exchange

Potomac Electric Power Sc pfd.-
at 116H4.
Capital Traction 5s-$2,00O at IS.
Washington Ry. & Elec. 4s-$2, 900
at 100.
AFTER CALL.
Capital Transit Co.-l6 at ia.
Potomac Electric Power 5la 60 pfd-
2 at ll512.
Washington Ry. e. Elec. pfd.-l0
at l13.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-10
JANE EYRE WILL
PORTRAY 1850 ERA
PLAY BY DRAMATIC CLUB
AT HIGH SCHOOL To-
NIGHT

"Jane Eyre, the production
which will be given by the High
School Dramatic Club in the
school auditorium tonight, is an
authentic period play. Great
trouble has been taken to secure
bonifide 1850 costumes, many of
which are being brought in from
Miami costumer.
Other costumes, accurate copies
of 1850 fashions, have been made
by students under the direction
of Miss Ida Engel, coach of the
play. Lois Malone is in charge
of girls costumes tonight and
Don Herrick will supervise the
boys costuming.
The stage set is mid-Victorian
in atmosphere. Many Key West
ers interested in the school have
lent beautiful 1850 furnishings
taken from many old homes
here.
Play-goers will have an addl-
tional treat in seeing Gerald
Pinder dance. Curtain rises. at
8:15 o'clock.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-10
Pres. Roosevelt
Sanctions Ship
Registry Switch
CIo PROTESTS INFLUX OF
SCANDINAVIAN SEAMEN;.
PRESIDENT PLANS RELIEF
FOR u. S. SAILORS
.Hy Associated Press,

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. =
President Roosevelt today sane
toned the transferring of Amer
lean vessels to Panamanian flags
in order to ship American prod
uctS to the Allies.
Out of Boston the H. H. Rogers
sailed bound for Colombia where
it would load a cargo of oil and
sail for the war zone. It's crew
is composed of 40 Canadian sea-
men. Many other vessels were
preparing to transfer their reg
istry.
CLIO protested the influx of
more than 100000 Scandinavian
seamen to take the jobs Amer
lean seamen are not eligible for.
1t sent protests to Roosevelt and
to all the Scandinavian coun-
tries.
Roosevelt said that he is pre-
pairing a vast program of benefit
to the seamen including mer-
chant marine pensions and union
insurance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-10
Three Called To
Old Navy Posts
CARL SOULE. EDWARD Ora
HAM AND FRANK PIERCE
RECALLED

Three citizens of Key West
who are in the naval reserve
forces have been called back into
the service and ordered to report
at the naval station for duty.
They are Carl Soule, chief
pharmacists mate, retired after
20 years service; Edward Ora
ham, chief pharmacists mate, re-
tired after 20 years service, and
Frank R. Pierce, chief machin-
lists mate, with 20 years service.
Mate Pierce has already re-
ported at the station and was
met at the gate this morning by
The Citizen.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-10
HOLIDAY CROWDS
AWAIT ARMISTICE
DAY CEREMONIES
NOT CERTAIN WHETHER BAT
Terry E WILL PARTICIPATE
IN PARADE: OTHER UNITS
ALL SET TO MARCH

With enc change in parade
plans, Arthur Sawyer Post No.
28 of the American Legion, today
announced plans completed for
observance of Armistice Day here
tomorrow.
The Legion today wired Adult
ant-General Vivian Collins, st.
Augustine, of the Florida Nation
al Guard, asking him to request
the cooperation of Capt. w. Curry
Harris in ordering Battery E of
the 265th Coast Artillery Regi-
ment to participate in the parade
beginning at Caroline and Duval
streets at 10 a. M. tomorrow.
Capt. Harris had notified the
patriotic observance committee of
the city that he had not received
official invitation to parade until
Thursday of this week and that
it then was too late to alter his
drill schedule. Parades by the
battery are rated as drills and the
men are paid for such service.
Capt. Harris added that he was
compelled to be in Miami tomor
row and he would be unable to
appear with the battery, "as re-
CURED by regulations.
American Legion officials stat
ed that the question of the bat
terry parading tomorrow had been
published for two wekes, but adj
mitted they had failed to send
Capt Harris an official invitation
until Thursday.
1T is regrettable we did not
officially notify the officers of
the battery that they were in
vited to parade the Key West
national guardsmen", Past-Com-
mander William Reardon, chair
man of the. observance commit
tee, said. However. we hope the
matter can be adjusted before to
morrow morning. 1t would be a
shame not to have the battery
appear with the army, navy and
coast guard forces in the OBJ
servance of a national holiday.
Units participating in the pa
rade will assemble according to
the schedule announced by Grand
Marshal James D. MacMullen at
$3.50 a. m. and will move off
promptly at 10 a. m.
Following the parade, which
will be reviewed by officials
from a stand at Division Street
School, there will be appropriate
Armistice Day exercises.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-10
Group Returns
From Tortugas

Coast Guard Tender Ivy, re-
turned to port 6 o'clock yester-
day afternoon from Tortugas and
Fort jefferson, where the vessel
was sent Wednesday night for
the purpose of checking the
status of the lights in that
vicinity.
Passengers who made the trip
to Tortugas were Senator Robert
r. Reynolds of North Carolina
and his daughter, Miss Frances
Reynolds, who made the trip for
the sole purpose of seeing the
cell occupied by DR.. Mudd, in the
fort at Fort jefferson.
The senator said that he knew
very well the history of that ia
nous prisoner, had visited his
home in Virginia, and after see
ing the moving picture ''The
Prisoner of Shark Island" felt he
would like to see the prison cell
occupied by the doctor.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-10
Trucks For WPA Sponsorship
Passed To New City Council
FOUR LOCAL FIRMS SUBMITTED BIDS FOR NEW TRUCKS
TWO USED TRUCKS OFFERED: ART CENTER SUPPORTED

Members of the City Council,
in special session last evening in
Council chambers at City Hall,
decided to defer action in the
matter of purchase of four trucks
for W.P.A. sponsorship until it
was more clearly understood
what the necessity of such a pro-
cedure would entail. The matter
will probably be an early order
of business when the new council
assemblies after election, it was
stated.
Sealed bids were opened i'm
mediately after the meeting was
called to order. The following
firms presented bids for new
trucks: Paups Tire Shop, repre-
senting international Trucks; Ma
varro, Inc, with Dodges; Trevor
Morris, FordS, and Arthur Null
berg, Chevrolets.
Two other parties presented
bids, Robert Saunders of Key
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-10
Plane Squadron Here Now
VIII Be Replaced Shortly
With One From Norfolk
THOUSAND TOYS?-
THAT'S EASY, SAYS
LION JACK DELANEY

You'll need at least
thousand toys before you can
consider that your job has
been completed. stated Lion
president Fl. E. Day TO Lion
Jack Delaney. chairman of
the clubs Christmas Tree
Benefit this year.
We'll have that many.
answered Lion Jack.
Thus was pictured progress
being made in one of the
clubs major current projects.
Old toys. wood. paint and
other supplies have been
gathered by the club and the
W.P.A. Recreational Depart
menf. together with the
N.Y.A. boys. are busy al
work in turning old toys into
new ones.
AT the club meeting last
night il was announced that
the club would accept used
clothing for distribution at
chrisimasiime. along with
toys. fruit and candy. This
suggestion was made by the
Junior-Senior High School
PIT. A.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-10
Legion Ball Replete With
Headline Acts And Color

tracing widespread attention in
the Miami area after a successful
season at New York and Chicago.
Maidie Davis, an acrobatic
dancer, who comes here direct
from Freddie's Night Club at
Cleveland, o.
Miss Ruby Tucker, blues sing.
er. direct from New York City.
Bill Knipper, comedy dancer,
who has just finished a long en-
gagement at Roosevelt hotel,
Jacksonville.
Red Thorton, comedy car
toonist, direct from the New
York worlds fair, whose speciality
is production of a cartoon of
some outstanding person in the
audience from any kind of mark
made on a blackboard by a
guest.
Then, too, there is the incom-
parable Flea Madden, worlds
fastest novelty trap-drummer,
formerly with Ted Lewis, Jan
CARRIER and other celebrated or
chestras, who is the featured
player with AL Friedman's Man
haitian Swingsers. Madden has
been at the Royal Palm Club for
three seasons, and has a line of
entertainment that will amuse
and thrill the Key West audience.
Al Friedman's orchestra is a
competent musical organization
regarded worthy of supplying
the music for the dancing and
floor show Saturday night. This
orchestra played last season at
the Blackstone Hotel, Miami
Beach. the Kit Kat Club in Mi
ami, and the Hollywood Beach
Hotel.
Club service will be available
after 9 p. m. Saturday The re-
ception line of city, Legion,
army, navy. national guard,
coast guard and other officials
will form at 10 p. m. The grand
march begins at 1890 p. M, the
floor show around midnight.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-10
Rotarians Held
Observance OF
Education Week
PRESIDENT LITTLE PINCH
HITS FOR SPEAKER NOT
ABLE TO APPEAR: BATES
LED SONGS

American Education Week"
was the theme of the meeting of
Key West Rotary Club yester-
day, and with the speaker of the
day unayoidably absent, Presi-
dent William v. Little stepped
into the breach and presented the
fact that most people regarded
education as a useful element in
the equipment of the nation. 1t
was good bet with no takers.
William L. Bates. officiated as
music director protein, and with
more regard to tune than meter,
the club joyfully chanted
"Howd'ye do Commander Hoey,
Howd'ye Do" and then turned
their inspired muse to the at
tention of that old time friend
and Key Wester, Andrew Miller,
retired superintendent of the P.
and o. S. S. Co.
Guests present were: Com
mander G.. B. Hoey, u. S. NJ, of
ficer in charge at the naval sta
ton; Howard McClanahan, State
Plant Board, formerly of Key
West, now of Miami; Andrew r.
Miller, well remembered in Key
West, where he was during two
wars, p and o. superintendent
and is now living in Fort Lauder
dale. Postmaster Fred J. Dion,
and that always good table COM
panion, Edwin F. Trevor.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-10

With the orchestra and enter
tainers ready for final rehearsals
and with Key West Country Club
completely renovated, Fred Mar
vii, local Legionnaire directing
the Armistice Day ball and floor
show, today announced that he
was drilling 10 barmen, walters
and busmen in their respective
duties in the expectation that
fully 400 persons would attend
the affair tomorrow night.
Advance sale of tickets, han
died through individual Legion
naires of Arthur Sawyer Post No.
% and S. c. Singleton, secretary
of Key West Chamber of Com
merce, has been beyond expecta-
tions. Since many table reserva-
tions have been made, Secretary
Singleton has agreed to turn over
his office to Arthur Sawyer Post
until 10 o'clock tonight in order
to facilitate the last distribution
of tickets and to accept last
minute reservations.
Of course the sale will continue
throughout Saturday as long as
the supply, limited to 400, holds
out. 1t is not expected a very
large number will be available at
the club tomorrow night to those
wishing tables. Many Saturday
night jewellers plan merely to
take in the floor show, and their
requests for seats and standing
room will be filled up to the COM
Portable capacity of the club
building, Director Marvil indi-
Gated today.
Comedian Sid White, who will
be master of ceremonies for the
affair, sent word from Miami
today that he is seeking one
more act to round out the floor
show. These artists have been
engaged and will arrive here to-
morrow afternoon for a final re-
hearsal at the County Club:
Garland and Maria, ballroom
dancers extraordinary, now at
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-10
LIONS HEAR PROF.
O'BRYANT DISCUSS
SCHOOL PROBLEMS
SYSTEM OF PUBLIC INSTRUC-
TON IN DEMOCRACY Elk
planned: CLUB HEARS RE-
PORTS ON PROJECTS

Key West Lions Club observed
American Education Week at its
regular experimenting held last
evening at Stone Church Annex,
when Prof. Horace O'Bryant,
principal of Key West High
School addressed the club. Lion
president H. E. Day was in the
chair.
Treating on the subject of
Problems of a School System in
a Democracy, Prof. O'Bryant
held his audience spell-bound the
while he discussed topics of vital
interest to Democracy and the
part the school system must
play.
Eight problems which con-
front us today, stated Prof
O'Bryant, land which threaten
the future of Democracy, in
volving definite challenge to
the way of life which we call
American, are these. He then
gave comprehensive picture,
treating on the eight sub-topics,
which were:
Concentration of Economic
Power. Rise of Chronic Unem-
ployment. Complexities of an
Industrial Order. Heritage of
American Individualism and 10y
alties. Tradition of Violence and
Intolerance. Danger of Interna-
tional War. Increased Power of
Propaganda. Civic Illiteracy.
In conclusion, Prof. O'Bryant
stated: American democracy in
deed faces an unpredictable flu
ture. On the one hand are grave
hazards and bewildering prob
lens, and on the other, magnifi
cent potentialities and ideals.
One of the most helpful elements
in the situation is the increasing
recognition of and concern for
the ills from which the nation is
suffering. Encouraged by this
trend, American schools are re-
examining their responsibilities
in the democratic order and are
working toward a program which
can develop citizens capable of
directing the future of democ-
racy".
Citizenship and Patriotism
chairman, Lion Charles Ketchum,
presented a group of 6B students.
with their teacher, Mr.. Carey.
from Harris School. An eloquent
appeal was made for better play
ground and recreational facilities
in the city. Patricia Duane and
Louis Lowe presented the girls
and boys sides of the urgent
need existing.
Committees reporting on pro-
iects now in working stage were
Rest Beach, Better Eyesight for
School Children, White Way for
Duval Street, Christmas Benefit
and School Lunch Rooms.
Investigation of need for more
mail boxes at convenient loca-
tions in the city was started.
The club also voted to petition
the Overseas Road and Toll
Bridge District to allow Marathon
residents to travel to Key West
for shopping purposes without
payment of tolls. Participation
in the Armistice parade was
planned. T. S. Caro- was voted
into membership of the club.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-11-10
BUS Line AGENT
BACK FROM MIAMI

Isadore Rodriguez, assistant
agent of the Florida Motor Lines
in Key West. returned on the
afternoon bus yesterday after
attending a banquet given by the
Lines for employees from all sec
tons of the state.
Mr.. Rodriguez said that the
banquet was held at the Alcazar
Roof, and there were a great
number of men of the organiza-
ton attending the event. The
opinion was that it was one of the
affairs ever given at the
hoStelry.s T.E s. -
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West for one used truck, and
Southland Motors of Miami for
another used truck.
Councilman w. A. Freeman
spoke at length against buying
trucks until actual need for such
procedb-e was established. Coun-
cilmen William Doughtry, Jr.,
and w. P. Archer concurred and
so moved in that order. The mo-
ton was carried unanimously.
Other business disposed of at
this, the last official meeting of
the present administration, in
cluded renewed W.P.A. spon-
sorship arrangement with the Key
West Art Center and the release
of William Woods from city Jail
on recommendation by acting
Police Committee chairman, J.
Roberts. Woods had served APP
proximately ten days of a sixty
day sentence for threatened as
sault on W.P.A. foreman.