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Evening star., 1939-01-24
Columbus F. Sherwood
Dies of Long Illness

Columbus F.. Sherwood, retired
night superintendent of the Four
teenth street Office of the Capital
Transit Co., died Sunday at his
home, 729 Hamilton street NV.
following a lingering illness.
Born in 1861, in Georgetown, Mr..
Sherwood. son of the late James
and Annie E. Sherwood, for so years
was connected with the street rail-
way system here. He was retired
in 1884.
Mr.. Sherwood is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Tillie Sherwood, and
three sisters, Mrs. Walter H. Leh-
man, Mrs. George A. Blackman,
both of this city, and Mrs. M. w.
Heflin of Maryland.
Funeral services were scheduled
to be held today at 3 pm. at Hines
funeral home. Burial will be In
Glenwood Cemetery.
Evening star., 1939-01-24
Noveno Begins Tomorrow

A novena in honor of the holy
rosary will begin in st. Dominic's
Church, Sixth and E streets S.W.,
tomorrow at 8 am. Sermons will
be preached by the Rev. John D.
Walsh, o. p, of Providence, r. I.
Services on each Of the nine days
will be at 9 am. 3 pm. and 8 pm.
The novena will close Thursday,
February 2, on the feast Of the
publication.
Evening star., 1939-01-24
Visiting Teacher
Project Is Hit
By yW.P.A. Edict
Two Instructors
Off Rolls, Help for
20ChiIdren Lost

W. P. A. rulings holding women
with dependent children are in
eligible for w. P. A. employment are
seriously crippling the recently be-
gun visiting teacher project to the
physically handicapped youth of the
District, it was revealed today.
Two teachers have already been
dropped from the rolls, cutting off
educational instruction to some 20
white and colored children. Three
other white teachers are scheduled
to be dropped under a Tightening
of the ruling to affect women with
one or more dependent children.
Officials in charge of the project
estimated that ultimately nearly
half of the 2O9 children for whom
the $4,000 project was planned last
fall will be affected. The home in
struction cases are the most seri-
ously hit, and no requirements are
@AA PAooPSSe, ~ Woo odlu
Issued Some Time Ago.
The order affecting these teachers
was issued some time ago from Fed
eral w. P. A. headquarters, accord
ing to Mrs. Mary Steele, director of
educational and recreational projects
for the District w. P. A. It is just
being put into effect here now, she
said. The original order provided
for the dropping of women with
two or more dependent children
but has recently been frightened to
include those with one or more.
The theory behind the provision is
that such women are eligible for
financial aid under the aid to de-
pendent children clauses of the
Social Security Act.
Both Mrs. Steele and Otto j.
'Cass. deputy w. P. A. administrator
for the District, said no time had
been allowed the teachers to in
vestigate their eligibility under the
Social Security Act. Mrs. Cass said,
however, the cases were reported to
the Public Assistance Division of
the Board of Public Welfare and
were eligible for relief. Mrs Steele
expressed sorrow that the limited
number of case workers might de-
lay investigation of those teachers
dropped but said the order was
mandatory"
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, presi-
dent of the Board of Education and
chairman Of the boards Advisory
Committee on Physically Handi-
capped Children, expressed regret
at the effect of the ruling on the
project.
Hoped to Show Need.
II had hoped this would be dem
onstration of the need for visiting
teachers here" she said, with
view to ultimate introduction of the
service as part Of the educational
program offered by the public
schools"
Mrs. Elizabeth Goodman, super
visor of the project, said those
teachers dropped were some of her
best teachers" who had been put
through a rigid in-service training
course after their selection to the
teaching staff. She said she had
hoped they would have been con-
tinued until the end of the school
year in June at which time the
project will end.
Meanwhile, it was understood at
least two of the teachers are having
difficulty establishing eligibility
under the aid to dependent chill
dren provisions.
Evening star., 1939-01-24
NewCensus BuiIdinq
Item Survives in
House Fight
Bill Providing for
$780, 900 Goes
To Senote

The first deficiency appropriation
bill moved to the Senate today after
weathering gale OF opposition in
the House to an item of $500, 900
for construction in Washington of a
new building to quarter the Census
Bureau.
The House passed the measure
yesterday afternoon after admins
tration leaders successfully blocked
several parliamentary maneuvers
designed to kill the building item.
Bill Totals S9,979,OOO.
AS it went to the Senate, the biz
calls for appropriations totaling
$9,979 900.
Representative Dirksen. Republi-
can, of Illinois led the fight against
the Census Bureau Item, supported
chiefly by Representative Taber of
New York, ranking minority member
on the Appropriations Committee.
An amendment by Mr.. Dirksen to
eliminate the item was rejected on
record vote, 191 to ITO.
Population Center Site Urged.
Mr. Dirksen argued that Washing
ton already is overcrowded with
Federal buildings and Federal work.
ers, and that the Census Bureau is
one agency that could be located
elsewhere without jeopardizing the
efficiency of the Government service.
He suggested a site on the illinois,
Indiana border, near the country's
population center.
Supporters OF the appropriation
rallied behind Representative Wood
rum, Democrat of Virginia, who
pointed out that the Federal Gov
ernment needed additional housing
accommodations in Washington. not
only for the Census Bureau, but for
other agencies now occupying rented
quarters.
Evening star., 1939-01-24
Two Naval Hospital
Officers Reossiqned

Orders for the transfer Of two
Navy Medical Corps officers from
duty in the Naval Hospital here to
posts away from Washington and
OF the assignment of Comdr. A. A.
Marsteller, Medical Corps, to duty
at the local hospital have been issued
by the Navy Department.
Comdr. Marstell6S will come here
from the Norfolk Naval Hospital,
Portsmouth, Va, about May IS. At
the same time, Comdr. Joseph B.
Logue will be detached from hos
pital duty here and assigned to the
Naval Hospital, Pearl Harbor, Ha-
waii. Comdr. Frederick L. Nc
Daniel, on duty here, will leave May
26 for duty aboard the U. S. S. Ten
neSSee
Evening star., 1939-01-24

Cecil Evans is the orderly on the
Langdon School bus. Each day he
helps the handicapped youngsters
get to school. Some Of them are so
badly crippled he has to carry them.
They aren't much Of q burden.
though, Frail, twisted limbs don't
weigh a lot.
Mr.. Evans has three children, but
the youngest, blond, blue-eyed Shir-
ley, is his pet. When she started to
walk. she learned to meet him at
the door, grabbing him around the
leg until he laughed and tossed her
over his head.
One day last October Shirley, who
was only II months old, didn't run
to the door when he came home.
Shed had a cold for few days, but
it wasn't serious enough to keep her
in bed. He called to her, but she
didn't move. When he lifted her to
her. feet. she screamed and fell to
the floor.
Fears Confirmed.
. He noticed her right leg was stiff
just like the limbs of some of the
children he carried to school. He
was frightened. Not my child. he
kept telling himself. not my Shirley.
When he took the little girl to
Children's Hospital the next day a
spinal puncture confirmed his fears.
Shirley had infantile paralysis.
The little girl stayed at the hos
pital month, her leg in a cast to
give the muscles a chance to recover.
When she was sent home, Mr.. Evans
or his wife started taking her to the
hospital clinic twice a week. There
her leg was massaged back to health.
Shirley is 81 months old now, and
Evening star., 1939-01-24
Special Doiry Course

A special dairy school in Babock
testing and herd supervision opened
at the University Of Maryland yes
terday j. A. Conover, university
dairy expert, said examination for
testers licenses would be held after
the course ends Saturday.
Evening star., 1939-01-24
Day for Dance Chunqed

The day of the regular Friday
dance of the Langley Community
Center has been moved up to to-
morrow for this week, Mrs. D. E.
Middleton, secretary, announced to-
day. The dance will be held at
$3.50 pm. in the Langley School.
Evening star., 1939-01-24
Charity Boil Friday

Trinity Lodge, No. S, Shepherds
Of Bethlehem, will hold a charity
ball from 10 pm. to am. Friday
at the Continental Hotel. Miss
Ruth Domdera is chairman Of the
affair.
Evening star., 1939-01-24

LAND GIVEN FOR PARK-Map of section of Rock Creek
Park showing the involved the gifts the
Capital Park and Planning Commission The
100000 paid for the horizontally shaded portion
returned to the commission by Mrs K Emhst the
paid for the vertically shaded tract Cd donated
E. A. Merritt Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor returned $2oo Of the pur
chase price of his property marked M George Hamilton
has he will donate A the purchase price his
tract, marked (C).
Evening star., 1939-01-24
Vacancy Is Filled

Irwin S. Porter today was ap-
pointed by the Commissioners
member of the Board of Examiners
and Registrars for Architects, to
succeed Frank Upman. His term
will be for five years.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-19
NEW CANCER TREATMENT

Although it's discoveries still have
muchfmore work and experimenting to do
before complete success can he claimed, a
new treatment for cancer just announced
by the National Cancer Advisory Council
gives much promise.
Briefly, the treatment consists in
utilizing neutron rays, discovered only a
few years ago, to check cancers malig-
ant growth. These rays, under certain
conditions, are capable of killing fiercely
active cancer cells, the announcement
states.
These results were reported by DR.. E.
o. Lawrence of the University of Califor-
MIA, and his brother, Dr. John Lawrence of
Columbia University. In the treatment of
cancer in rats and mice, they have found
the neutron rays 10 times as effective as
X-rays.
Experiments with animals have been
going on for more thanetwo years, but the
new treatment has been tried on human
patients only recently. They now report
that in the cases of two persons exceptional
results have been obtained.
1ney auOeu, nOWeVeT, Cndt Tie uSu-
tron ray treatment was still too new to be
widely used, and that many more expert
ments would be necessary to prove its true
value.
Reputable scientists are slow to make
positive claims for their discoveries, but
progress is being made toward conquering
this most dreaded disease, and the time
will surely come when success will be at
tanned.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-19
EXPLAINS TAX LAWS

EXPLAINS TAX LAWS -.
Editor, The Citizen: iii
Our state tax laws are not bad
and any little defects therein can
be easily remedied.
The whole trouble consists in
the way the laws are enforced.
The Constitution says, ''The leg
islature shall provide just and
equitable system of taxation" /,
and the State Supreme Court has
said, Taxation is by the state. =.
1t is an exertion of sovereignty.
Unfortunately, the state has
nothing to do with our advalorem
taxes except to levy small mill
age for state purposes. The as
sessment of property for taxation
is made by local officials and two
thirds of our governmental ex-
penditures are made by them and
there is no state control over Ell
Their of these two important mat
tiers. There is no head to the
most important part of public af-
fairs in this state-INCOME and
EXPENSE. i7.t5se
No business on earth would be
run or could be run so Inefficient
ly as this. No wonder we are in
trouble and 1t is getting worse.
What is the remedy?
PERRY G. WALL.
Tap,.arxy IL 1000
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-19
T + S T Y O u r
KN OW L E ID G E
Can you answer seven of these
test questions? Turn TO
Pace 4 for the answers

1. Do any living species of
birds have teeth?
2. Name the oldest of stringed
instruments.
3. Which state is represented
in Congress by Senator AL
ben Barkley?
4. What is the unit of currency
of YugoSlavia?
5. Name the Capital of the Re
public of Honduras.
6. Who is chairman of the Fed
eral Communications CONF
mission?
7. What is the correct pronun-
citation of the word le-
want?
8. What is a third and a half
of third of four?
9. Name the state flower of
Tennessee.
10. At which wedding anniver-
sary are silver presents
given?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-19

According to an AP dispatch, United
States congressman stated on January /
that he was preparing legislation which
would force private utilities to sell power
at IVA rates cor get out of the power
business" Just consider what that state
ment implies, and its palpable unfairness
The IVA is practically tax-free, while the
average utility pays about Is per cent of
every dime it takes from its customers, to
the government in taxes. In this proposal
politics touches new moral low.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-19
KEY WEST BOOSTER
FROM AFFAIR
Key West, Fla,
Jan. II, 1898.

Editor, The Citizen:
Mrs. Jean Machette, who re-
Gently left Miami for Wichita,
Kans., writes how her husband,
a decorator, narrowly lost his
sight when a pot of heated oil
he was carrying exploded. He
was rushed to hospital and, due
to medical aid and her faith and
prayer, he has not even a scar on
his face. ~,
The changeable weather in
Kansas makes her yearn for the
South. Her slogan is, "Once a
Floridian, Always a Floridian"
She intends to move back to Mi
ami and will drive over the
Highway to see our city. She is
much pleased with the Key West
pamphlet sent her from the Local
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-19
PEOPLES FORUM

Miami will be unpleasantly sur
prised and not encouraged to
stay.
Restricted parking, as applied
for years by other cities, has no
drawbacks. 1t will mean plac-
ing signs on the lamp posts in
dicating the parking limit. These
should be quickly paid for by
fines collected-if the City Judge
can be prevailed on not to throw
the cases out. The police Off
Ger stationed on the corner of
Duval and Fleming streets, and
other strategic points, will have
to circulate around the block,
checking up on parked cars. 1t
is very simple and should demand
no larger force than that requir-
ed to check up on the meters.
I would suggest a Commute
parking limit in the congested
business areas during certain
hours, go minutes on adjacent
side streets. and 10 minutes in
front of the Post Office and 9TH
er busy public buildings. These
limits could be changed during
the summer season if found de-
sirable.
In large cities there may be
justification for parking meters,
just as there is for parking lots.
But not in Key West-yet. /
believe that they will discourage
transient business in the stores,
will be resented by the tourists,
and Stunned by Key Westers. So
why not adopt the obvious and
sensible solution to our parking
problem-restricted parking?
H. P. CONNABLE.
Key West, Fla,
Jan. II, 1898.
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DESCRIPTION OF
ARTICLES GIVEN

A distinctive type advertise
ment is displayed in today's issue
of The Citizen, sponsored by
Longs Furniture Store. Calling
attention to three of their main
MISUNDERSTANDING Room
Suites, Lamps and Rugs. the
stocks are described and illus
trated in 'checkerboard" style.
Other appealing advertisements
are planned throughout the sea-
son to apply on the long-term
contract recently purchased by
this store.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-19
NEW RESIDENTS WELCOME

AS everyone in Key West knows, this
city for many years was more or less
isolated. The mainland could be reached,
of course, but such trip usually was not
only expensive, but consumed much time
and caused considerable trouble. The re-
suit was that only relatively few native
tact with the mainland and mainlanders.
Now all this is changed. Key West
is closely connected with the mainland
and mainlanders are entering the city by
the thousand, as the records of the Over
seas Road and Toll Bridge district attest.
More than ever Key Westers are able to
go to the mainland. Many go every day.
1t is becoming a commonplace trip, and it
is not as expensive as formerly. Many of
our citizens have acquired broader view
point, which enables them to see beyond
the end of this island.
Among the thousands who come to
Key West this season will be certain per-
centage of men and women who will like
the city and who will want to come here
to live, at least part of each year. Cen
orally they are fairly well-to-do and there
fore able to pay fair prices for the rental of
homes, to buy home or to purchase lot
and build house of their own design.
The minute they come here to live
these men and women are no longer stran-
gers. They pay rent or pay taxes. Part of
the rent they pay to the people of Key
West goes for taxes, so in sense everyone
of these folks are taxpayers and residents
of this community. AS such they are en-
titled to have a voice in the conduct of the
community. The weight of their opinion
in regard to public affairs is just as i'm
portant as that expressed by native Key
Westers.
This new blood will be good for Key
West. The South Side association, organ
lied largely by new residents and prop
erty owners in that section of the city, is
an example of the good accomplishments
of newcomers. Three of the new property
owners are donating their services in per-
forming a value service to the city. They
are making an audit of the city's books
an audit that will enable the municipality
to get on sound financial basis. That is
another example of the good this COM
munity has derived from newcomers.
Key Westers are courteous and hos
pitable. They'll go out of their way to
help a stranger. Once they realize the
importance of new citizens and taxpayers
they'll do all they can to help in any just
cause proposed by the newcomers. The
important thing is not whether a man was
born in Key West, which after all is an ac-
cident, but what man stands for and does
for this community is what counts. The
new resident honors the city by coming
here to live-and when he offers to serve
the city he is entitled to every honor and
consideration. Welcome, new residents!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-19

A cosmopolitan group of stu
dents were on hand to register for
the twelfth winter semester of
Weber College at Babson Park
when it opened last week. Many
of the students enrolled for the
business and finance courses are
graduates from famous American
colleges and universities. Some
have studied in foreign nations
and one student came from Mex
leo.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-19

The American Gas Association says
that the gas business is off because break
fasts are or the decline. Orange juice and
coffee have supplanted the old-fashioned
American breakfast of fried chicken, pota-
toes, grits, biscuits and baked apples. But
how can the gas companies complain?
Those things were cooked on wood stoves.
Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-19

G. of G. and shows it to her
friends, one of whom is anxious
for an auto sticker to advertise
the Island City.
She says some of her friends
desire to visit Key West.
REV. A. l.. MAUREAU, 81.
Key West, Fla,
Jan. 10. 1899. o..
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-19
T'oday's Horoscope


Today endows with a studious
and thoughtful nature. The af-
fections are deply rooted and in
whatever path the life is led the
soul will be uplifted in peaceful
contemplation. A rather unprac-
teal person, but by no means a
failure.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-19

Advertise what you have to sell and
sell it. Don't advertise and keep your
goods on the shelf to remain shop-worn
and be bought long time later to non
advertisement readers for new material.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-19

1t is the stupid mind that has no turn
ing; obstinacy is not mental strength, it is
positively obstructive for it is not amenable
to reason. Gold is mallable, pig-iron is
not.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-19

The individual is advised to put some
thing (money) aside for rainy day. Why
does not the same wholesome advice hold
good for the government? 1t would if it
could not tax the people every time an en-
Urgency arises.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-19
FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

/. Water and Sewerage.
Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning).
3. Hotels and Apartments.
4. Bathing Pavilion.
5. Airports--Land and Sea.
6. Consolidation of County and City
Governments.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-19

The wife who tries to regulate her
husbands business usually has her time
we'll taken up and not much of it left to
attend to her own household affairs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-19

Isn't it peculiar that hard times stop
few automobiles; the owners seem to be
able always to buy gasoline or do they stick
the stations?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-19

We are happy to know Key West men
don't call their wives ''angep because
they haven't any clothes, are always up in
the air, and never stop harping.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-19

People who are always up in the air
about something, should remember that
the next war will be fought in the air, &C
cordipg to experts. 4-,--
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-19

Florida scenery we hope to enjoy
but never have: That island-studded coast
line from Fort Myers to Key Vest
Times--Union. So sorry.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-19

The cure for anger is silence. Try it,
take it back
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-19

the "men" in investment, often with dis
astrous results.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-01-19

If you think 12-year-old mind is too
childish for you, try working the 7th grade
problems of a Key West lad.