davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-06

Bustles are supposed to be COM
ing back. A fashion, we can def
nitely state. which the ladies will
sit on.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-06

Greens are very much in the
summer picture. To Mother, it's
a dress. To Dad, it's golf-or may
be drink. To Junior, however, it's
just vegetables.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-06

MEMBER
American Newspaper
Publishers
Association
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-06

We're glad their majesties' ships
passed through ice floes. Our well
come will seem all the warmer.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-06

The man at the next desk says
that, after all, gold tooth is
just a flash i'm the pan.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-07-06

Now we know why statues of war
makers are usually of stone. It's
cold and hard.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-30
UNEMPLOYED CAPITAL

1t is generally conceded that behind
the great and persisting unemployment of
labor lies an unprecedented unemploy-
ment of capital, rather than lack of capt.
tai, in the United States In fact, the in
ability to find safe and profitable fields
for the investment of idle capital is our
greatest economic problem.
This situation has existed for several
years, and unless and until it can be
changed there is no hope for a return of
general prosperity.
An organization that is now engaged
in an intensive study of means for reliev-
ing capital unemployment is the Invest
ment Bankers Association of America.
which recently began series of regional
meetings in pursuance of its 1889 pro-
gram. In outlining the purpose of these
meetings, officials of the association said:
"The national organization is bend
ing every effort to get the capital markets
reopened. Our number one job is to re-
vive the investment banking business, not
alone for the benefit of us in the business,
but for the benefit of everyone in the
country-the working man, the farmer,
TIE business man, the man on relief. New
financing, in other words, is the forerun-
ner of new jobs and the cure. for unem-
ployment, which is certainly the number
one national problem"
Any means whereby larger volume
OF private capital may be put to work
should meet with the approval of the pub
lie.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-30

1t may appear to some that we're at
tempting to be facetious, but recent para
graph appearing in The Key West Citizen,
appeals to us as hitting off, most aptly
changed psychology which has been very
evident of late. Says The Citizen: I'm
the old days, all farmer expected from
the Government was a small assortment of
seeds, sent from his congressman, each
Spring" One of our earliest recollections
has to do with receipt of one of these
packets of seeds-and if memory serves,
they didn't terminate as well as might
have been desired. The fact which is out
standing in this connection, however, is
that Americans mot only in the agri-
cultural classifications- come to
look to Washington to a degree which our
forefathers would not have conceived of
as possible. Many of the services fur
nished by the Government are worthwhile
and needed, but the fact cannot be evaded,
that we are developing too strong a ten
dency to expect Uncle Sam to solve our
problems. If we are to continue as the
self-reliant, virile race we have thus far
been, we will have TO call halt on this
cleaning" tendency-and get back on our
own feet, and that right quickly.-Times-
Union.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-30

6NEn SNG AN4WS AAA1A "a =
expensive TO keep up boat II
it were not that most Key Wesi
owners put their boats into con-
mercial use, either as . charter
boat during the winter or II the
sponging and fishing business.
there would be many less boat
owners here. One bright point
on the horizon is the fact that
diesel fuel is so inexpensive With
a diesel engine a boat owner can
reduce his costs by half and more
The F. W. Meade, owned BY ire
National Park Service TO nl2A-
the Key WeSt-Fort jefferson run-
can make the trip for about $50.
ANY charter boat using gas en-
gines cannot approach that cost
And the Meade is about 90 foot
er, a huge hulking vessel How
ever, when diesel fuel Is used
greatly by boat owners the state
government is going TO transfer
taxes on it from gasoline This Is
natural since roads must b
maintained and fuel taxes are q
reliable source of revenue Some
pleasure boat owners here use
sloops either with OF without
auxiliary engines and there are
a host of small sailbOats and out
boards.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-30
PAT CANNON GOES TO BAT

Representative Pat Cannon has asked
United States Senator Charles o. Andrews
to tack an amendment appropriating ST.
100000 for strengthening the naval de-
lenses at Key West to the Walsh-Vinson
bill now pending in the Senate If finally
approved CannOn's proposal would make
Key West combination air and submarine
base.
This concrete recommendation by
Congressman Cannon was greeted with
joy and enthusiasm in Key West
why shouldn't Pat Cannon do Key
West favor-Key West elected him
didn't she?'' was the comment of some
who read of our cOngressman's action in
Washington.
1t is true Monroe County did furnish
the balance of voting strength that elected
Pat Cannon to office when the vote else
where throughout this congressional dis
trict was about evenly split between him
and his opponent. The majority of Key
Westers believe, however, that Pat Can
non was doing more than just showing his
appreciation for the support he got in this
county when he went to bat to bring the
Key West naval defenses up to emer-
gency requirements. ~.
Key Westers generally believe that
Pat Cannon was largely concerned in
making the national defense system more
secure and effective by suggesting that
this city be made an air and submarine
base. Pat Cannon sees the Key West
naval base as an important adjunct in the
defense of the Panama Canal and other
interests of the American people in the
Western hemisphere. Pat Cannon argues
that the time to prepare for a national
emergency is before it occurs-right now!
That is sound thinking. There is no
question about the need for adequate de-
lenses in Southern Florida. 1t is the most
vulnerable point. 1t is most liable to hos
tile attack in the event of international
disturbance. 1t is too far away from
Jacksonville and other favored points in
the national defense scheme to feel secure
What other point in Southern Florida is
more strategically located than Key West?
What other point has a fully equipped
submarine base ready for use? Where
else could an air base be established at less
cost?
Senator Andrews has declared his in
tention to submit the amendment to the
Naval Defense Bill proposed by Repre-
sentative Cannon, and stated that he is in
complete accord with the plan and Sem
ator Pepper said he will cooperate with
Senator Andrews to have the $1,000,000
appropriation included in the general bill,
so there is every probability that the item
will be approved by Congress and Key
West obtain this much-needed auxiliary
of our national defenses.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-30
T e s T Y o u II
KIN WI ED E
Can You snswsr seven Of these
test zuesfions7 Turn 10
Page 6 for the answers

|. On which continent is the
Parana River?
2. Which American League
baseball team is managed
by Joe Cronin?
3. Which country owns Green
land?
4. Name the place to which Je-
sus withdrew with his dis
ciples ON the eve of the
Crucifixion.
5. What is the underworld
for cocaine?
6. Are whales cold or warm
blooded?
z. Of which country is Tallinn
the capital?
8. In which city is the annual
celebration of Mardi Gras?
8. Of what country is Nova
Scotia a province?
10. What is the name for a
mass of ice originating in
snow-field?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-30
MANY OF THE RESIDENTS

MANY OF TIE RESIDENTS
here during the winter. who are
intrigued by the wonderful FISH
ing possibilities, purchase q boat
for about $500. usually around -
feet, for deepsea and Bay fishing
But there are scores of Others
who find less expensive ways Of
having the wonderful boating
Possibilities here. A few in the
city now own the nationally ad-
vertised and better class Of out
board runaboutS, either canvaS
covered OF of wood Most Of them
are equipped with spray rail fea-
lures to prevent spray coming
over the side, always a diSadvant-
age of small boats. The nation
ally advertised cupboard motors
are used, ranging from four to .
horsepower, with most Of the
owners using about 16 horsepOw-
er. Others charter out small
dingheys, skiffs and SailbOats
from local boat owners and com
mandeer the crafts themselves
All report wonderful fishing and
the best of cruising.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-30

F. D. R. stands for Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, as everybody knows. The
Presidents initials oddly enough. as, has
been pointed out, also stand for his last
three supreme court ppointees-Frank-
furter, Douglas and Reed. The other is
the Black sheep of the family and ap-
parently doesn't count.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-30

Joseph L. Crusoe, son of MIR.
and Mrs. Arthur Crusoe, of 900
Florida street, this city, and Miss
Carolyn Edwards, who formerly
resided in Key West, were mar
ried in Tampa Thursday evening.
The young couple will arrive in
Key West on the boat from Tam
pa Monday morning.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-30

The public on hearing the fire
bell $50 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing, need feel no apprehension.
1t will mean that Fire Chief Pin
der is following out his promise
to issue the call to Sunrise Serv-
ices 80 minutes before the hour.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-30

street Sunday afternoon, the
game to be played in back of the
American Legion Hall. These
two teams are evenly matched
and the fans will no doubt be in
terested in the game. Batteries
for the Pirates will be Albury
and Carbonell and for Sluggers,
Bethel and Key.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-30

On the island of Oahu, Territory of
Hawaii, on which the city of Honolulu
stands, not billboard is permitted. The
island has beautiful scenery and the peo-
pie do not want it obliterated by unsightly
signs and billboards.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-30
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

l. Water and Sewerage
2 Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning).
3. Hotels and Apartments
4. Bathing Pavilion. t...
5. Airports--Land and Sea.
6. Consolidation of County and City
Governments.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-30
MEMORIES OF KEY WEST

Key West dreams in the monday heat,
Down where the Gulf and Ocean meet;
Dreams of the pirates and buccaneers -.
Who ruled its in the bygOne years,
Dreams of the storms that have swept its shore
Of screaming winds and oceans roar.
Now in the west the sinks low
Turning the Gulf to a crimson glow,
Tall palms whisper and night winds sigh,
Up from the the rides high,
Turning the town to fairy place
Of velvet shadows and silver lace.
AVIS LAMBERTSON
Sargents Colorado,
March Is, 1889.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-30

A Brooklyn judge has decided that
motorists must not run over dogs. Per-
haps in time the ruling will be extended to
include people.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-30

Spring is here; watch your fancies,
young mainland how about the gals?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-30

Have you ever noticed says an OBJ
servant Key Wester, that when man is
about fixed for life he is ready for death"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-30

Editorial Comment: If the burn
ing of the Roy Lopez factory had
to be why. could not this have
been postponed until next week
when we would have been able
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-30

In every town there is that sort of fell
,ow VINO thinks he is a live wire because
he has everything charged.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-30

4 If government were conducted like
well-regulated and profitable business
concerns, this would be prosperous coun-
try, indeed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-30

We suggest that the Housing Admin
istration build lot of log cabins for great
men to be born in.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-30

The reason there is so much more
law breaking today, is probably because
there are so many more laws to break.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-30
KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken
From The File. OF The Citizen

to show the visiting firemen what
an able fire department we nave.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-30

Washington was first in peace and in
war, but he was Martha's second hus-
band
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-30

Add SMILES: AS out of date as last
weeks map of Europe.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-30

The Sluggers will play the Pr
rates at the foot of Whitehead
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-30

Subscribe % The CitIzen-20c
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-30

This morning brought in the
vanguard of the 600 and more
people who are expected to be
here from all parts of the state
and take part in the 1929 annual
convention of Florida Firemen,
which opens in this city Monday
and will continue for session OF
three days. Those arriving today
include Fire Chief Westra and
party of Miami; Chief Ennis and
party of Hialeah: Fred M. John
son and George Alitzer of At
lanta. Six buses and 40 automo-
biles are listed for transportation
over the ferries tomorrow and a
large number of visitors are
known to- be coming by rail. The
ferry system has arranged to
throw an extra boat in service
tomorrow, and large number OF
visitors are to come by rail. The
Florida and Lowell bus lines re-
port having capacity bookings by
conveutionists and it is expected
that by Monday the city will be
crowded by fire fighters, their
families and friends from all sec
tons of the state. "All is ready,
said Fire Chief Ralph Pinder,
land not a single detail has been
forgotten. The city is more pro-
fusely and beautifully decorated,
for the convention than ever be-
fore, the chief and his men hav-
ing worked practically the entire
night getting things in readiness.
Edward H. Montague, of New
York, one of the worlds first
flying trapeze performers, who,
more than half a century ago
thrilled audiences from coast to
coast with his featS of daring on
every land, is now a regular win
ter resident of Key West and one
of the city's most sincere and
enthusiastic boosters. Mr.. Mon
tague celebrated his eighty
eighth birthday in Key West on
March 8, and declares that if he
lives he will return next year for
his next celebration. No man has
ever travelled farther or more ex-
tensively than MIR. Montague, the
retired trapeze artist, and he af-
firms that the climate of Key
West is the grandest he has ever
enjoyed and this city will have
the honor of entertaining this
eongenial guest in the future.
At the regular meeting of Ar
thur Sawyer Post, American Le-
gion, held last night, Post Com
mander w. E. MCGEE rendered
his resignation to take effect at
once, stating that he was forced
to take this step as he was to be
transferred in the near future.
The announcement came as a
complete surprise to the members
and regrets were expressed by
the membership.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-30

WITH THE VERY SERIOUS
DISCOVERY of the decay OF
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-03-30

EVERYONE KNOWS that II IS spOnge n Bay Ez-e
Evening star., 1939-06-11
Another Film
Hurricane
Blows Up
Big Wind a Villain
In New Screen
Romance
HOLLYWOOD.

I1oLL "ooD.
There's hurricane in the making
at Universal Studios.
The big wind will play an i'm
portant and dramatic part in John
M. Stahl's THE Modern Cinderella"
now before the cameras with Irene
Dunno and Charles Boyer CO.
starred.
In fact, one of the most vital.
romantic and dramatic sequences in
the picture will be played with the
hurricane as background. It's
really the villain in the play, threat
enlng the lives of the lovers Just as
things begin to get interesting.
The director, and his stage and
technical crew, who have soWed the
wind are reaping the hurricane at
night, under the glare of scores of
big arc lights. The roar of wind
machines, the man-made flashes of
lightning and the splash of gale
driven rain are keeping residents Of
the exclusive Toluca Lake section.
across the river from Universal
studios, awake at night. At first
they thought of writing letters about
1t to the Los Angeles Chamber of
Commerce, figuring the Sunshine
States weather had unaccountabIv
gotten out of control
The storm will rage for the next
three weeks, mounting in ferocity
until the big climax which finds
MISS Dunno and Mr. Boyer ma
rooned in church with the waters
rising and threatening to nip their
romance right in the bud.
Evening star., 1939-06-11

Johnny Weissmuller speaks in the
Tarzan pictures. 1t sounds like the
Mccoy but its really the McPhoney.
Such words and the use of Esper-
anto in idiots Delight" are done
merely for effect. Audiences aren' S
expected to understand what is
being said.
But its different when audiences
must understand and still not un-
derstand. Such is the situation IN
The Women where Scenarists Jane
Murfn and Anita Loos have created
words which mean absolutely MOTH
ing but, boy, how they sound like
they do.
The idea is that the characters
must all be ladies and hence must
not say some good, old-fashioned
words. So, they call others beazels
and use such adjectives as micklish.
slooper, chotsie, trech and kronker
when talking about one another.
The audience, unable TO find the
words in any dictionary. can supply
their own meanings which. in almost
every case, will be what the creator
hoped.
Evening star., 1939-06-11
Another Cinch

Samuel Goldwyn's production de-
partment, in an effort to confound
its head property man, issued a
special call sheet" with these in
structions-all to be completed over
night:
Have orchid technical man on
The Real Glory set with complete
information and implements for pol
llnating-also have Botanic Die
tlonary giving proper pronuncia-
tlons of paphiopedilum farianum.
brassicattlabia truffactina.' etc, at
8 am. Will notify YOU when We
need veterinary for incubation of
rat
George Hazenbush, prop" de-
partment chief, accomplished this
task in record time and presented
the production department with an
overtime check for his boys to the
amount of s6328. 1t wasn't the
production department that laughed
last.
Evening star., 1939-06-11

top hits last March % and the
dry speaking, elongated actress at
terrifcally long last convinced
Broadway critics that she could be
good actress. She plays the part
with authority, with a sense of hu-
NOR and with spirit of gayet.
Miss Cornell has quiet way of
speaking that lends itself admir-
ably to comedy. She understates
the lines of s. N. Behrman's most
successful comedy, and this very
understatement adds laughter to
the qulps that possibly would not
be so funny if she played them in
her usual straight serious vein.
Miss Cornell the tragedy actress.
now plays comedian. Miss Bank
head, the comedy actress. now plays
an extremely serious role. Miss
Hepburn. both a tragedienne and
comedienne, plays a role that
covers both of those qualities and
is making the hit of her career in
Evening star., 1939-06-11
Richard Dix on the Upbeat Once More
They Called Him Through Again, but That's Been
Done Before So He Just Bounced Up Again
By Franklin Arthur,
Associated Press Staff Writer.

HOLLYWOOD.
The whims of Hollywood, which
have given Richard Dix quite a
tossing around, caught him on the
upbeat again the other day.
Dix is an individual entirely with
out illusions insofar as the picture
business is concerned. He's been
around IS years or so, even If you
hadn't noticed lately. He knows
the ropes, and he's been on them.
But Injured as he is to shock, it was
bewildered Dix who rubbed his
chin and remarked, sagely:
There's never dull moment
trying to figure out this merry-go-
round. You catch on and just start
enjoying the ride when somebody
comes along and boots you off. Then
you wonder why
In his pocket at the moment were
contracts from five major studios.
They arrived not long after movie
making master minds read the
reviews of Man of Conquest" in
which the almost-forgotten Dix
recreates the character of Sam
Houston, Texas liberator.
To do it he went to Republic,
one of the smaller studios noted
chiefly for providing horse operas
and second features for double bills.
A baseball player would call it
going to the minors.
Dix is not easily discouraged.
And he has violent distaste for
idleness.
Which are two reasons why, one
of these days. you will see his name
in the lights again. It's been in
lights before, but never when it
gave him so much pleasure.
Three years ago the gossipers
were saying Dix was through. Two
years ago they wondered what had
happened to him. Last year they
were neither wondering nor talking
1t was the fourth time they had
tried to count him out, but he al
ways bobbed up Yet this time even
Dix was beginning to believe they
were right.
THE Vanishing American" in
1925. was his first noteworthy pic
ture.
Two years later, they were shak-
ing their heads, saying:
Dix didn't last Too bad"
The Christian" put him back on
top. The routine was repeated By
1881 they were observing again that
he was washed up "Cimarron"
changed all that For three or four
years his was familiar face on the
screen. But his popularity waned
again and in 1886 he retired"
Adequately fixed financially. al
though like many others he was
caught in the market unpleasant
ness, Dix decided to play golf and
bridge
1T was all right for awhile" he
reflected, but just you try not work.
ing some time 1t drives you nuts.
At least it did me. Finally one day
l called my agent and told him I
wanted Job Any kind
The parts weren't much until the
Houston opus came along. That
was all he needed. The answer to
Evening star., 1939-06-11

les Eolides" Franck
Fifth Symphony" ------------- MendeSsohn
3:30-WRC. Growth of Our Flag is subject of
the World Is Yours program
6:00-WJSV. problems of the Nations migratory
workers are discussed during the People S
Platform period.
7:00-WMAL. Erich Leinsdorf conducts the
N. B. c. Symphony Orchestra.
Overture ''Iphieene Aul!s' Cluck
"Symphony D MAJOR HAYDN
'LApreS-midi dun Faune' '------ DebuSSv
"PoovetZIan Dances Borodln
7:00-WOL, Representatives Doughton of North
Carolina and Mclean of New jersey de-
bate "Liberalizing Social Security