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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-26
EUROPEAN FLAREUP
NOW CALMING DOWN

Continued from Page One)
from European countries. Accord
ing to shipping authorities, il
viii take months to bring back
all of the Americans now said to
be in various countries abroad on
vacation or in business, Added to
the situation, is the order recent
ly issued by Germany, calling all
ships to home ports in readiness
for emergency orders. -
The Tannenberg speech by
Hitler has been cancelled Ger
man authorities stating that the
feuhrer is too busy" to travel
to upper Silesia.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-26
CARD OF THANKS

We take this means of express
ing our sincere thanks for the
many acts of kindness rendered
US by our friends and neighbors
during our recent bereavement,
the loss of our beloved one, Geo.
Roberts. We are indeed grateful
to those who gave the use Of
their cars, the donors of the
beautiful floral tributes and mes
sages of sympathy.
aug2e-lt THE FAMILY.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-26
Miss Helen Ward
ArriOes Here

Miss Helen Ward of Solkston,
Georgia. arrived here yesterday
to join her sister-in-law, Mrs. C.
E. Ward, Jr., who is visiting at
the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Lewis, 9l2 Division
street.
They will be here until the
middle of September when Mr..
Ward will motor down for a
short visit here.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-26
NOTICE To CREDITORS
IN THE COURT of THE COUNTY
JUDGE. MONROE COUNTY

IN THE COURT OF THE COUNTY
JUDGE, MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA. IN PROBATE.
EDNA MARIE ADELMEYER,
Deceased.
To all creditors and all persons
having claims or demands against
said estate:
You, and each of you, are hereby
notified and required to present
or either of you, may have against
the estate of Edna Marie Adel-
meyer, deceased, a nonresident of
the State of Florida, being domi-
ciled in the State of New York
at the time of her death, and be-
ing possessed of certain real prop
erty in Monroe County, Florida. to
the Hon. Raymond r. Lord, County
Judge of Monroe County, at his Of
flee in the County Courthouse in
Monroe County, Florida, within
eight months from the date of the
first publication hereof. All claims
and demands not presented within
the time and in the manner pre-
scribed herein shall be barred as
provided by law.
Dated August 18th, A. d. 1882.
LOUISE ADELMEYER,
AS Administrative of the Estate of
Edna Marie Adelmeyer. Deceased.
aug19-26; sept2-9, 1889
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REVIVAL SERVICES
TO CLOSE SUNDAY

Revival services, which have
been going on at Fleming Street
Methodist (Uptown) Church, will
close tomorrow evening.
Subject for tomorrow's services
are as follows: ii a. m, "Retri-
button; 800 p. M, Mothers
Cross.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-26

William Entwistle, who was in
the city for brief business visit,
left on the early bus for the lime
grove at Torch Key. His part
ner, Sam Stephens, will arrive
this afternoon for visit.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-26
cAYo HuEso CLUB

John Pritchard's Swingsters
will swing out tonight with a
special program of new dance
hits arranged especially for the
big Saturday night dance.
Special vocal numbers by the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-26
SUNDAY MORNING:

Ia
bells ringing, some near and some
far. Why do church bells tug at
ones heart-sometime sweetly,
sometime sadly? "A man who has
lost interest in church-going tells
of rt-breaking nostalgia for his
dead mother when he hears a
church bell ringing; mother
who led her little family to
church every Sunday. That dear
mother would remember the blind
singer, George Matheson, who
wrote that balmful benediction:
30 Love That Will Not Let Me
CO.. Mother and home are the
tenderest notes on the keyboard
of the human heart.
Who taught my infant lips to pray
To love Gods holy word and day,
And walk in wisdom's pleasant
way
My Mother.
These musings bring back to
memory a little girl, perhaps six
years of age, enroute to Sunday
School with an adored grand
father, a man with an irascible
temper. He, being physician,
as was the habit those days, CAR
ried along his pill box. The
satchel fell open and bottles and
pill spilled all over the broad side
walk The old doc swore a soft
DIN, and frightened the little girl
into visions of the devil coming
instantly out of the ground grab
bling grandpa by his Prince Al
bert coattaiIs and forking him
right into Hades.
SOCIETY,": Under the auspices
of the Key Wst Garden Club a
series. of beautiful colonial teas
are plan ned by Mrs. Wallace
Bryant Kirke, chairman, and a
large committee for the coming
winter season.
These parties are planned for
the entertainment of the winter
visitors a nd will start with mo-
torcade to- visit some of he quaint
old homes of interest in Key
West. Tie visitors and guests
will be greeted by hostesses APP
propriately gowned in colonial
costumes
After visiting several points of
interest, ia twilight tea will close
the afternoons entertainment,
which will be held on the lawns
of various homes.
Stacker: They have been
operating certain business in this
city for many years, have ac-
cumulated property, made a fair
degree Of success, take no part in
various community interests and
when approached recently by a
committee and asked for a small
donation that would help to start
a WPA project, putting a large
number of men to work, the
scowling answer was moi Not
dime. Not that they were un-
able, but unwilling to do so. Many
had given cheerfully when it
meant real sacrifice; many had
brought their offering to do their
bit.
That life can be counted a fail
ure that does not benefit others,
directly or indirectly, for life is
an exchange, in which the giver
is the greatest receiver.
Men and women of Key West
have given and given abundantly
and not only their own part Civ
en-, but that of the slackers.
Where there is no vision the
people perish, says the testi-
ment.
There would be no criticism in
any case where a person, widow
or business man were simply UNI
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-26
CRACKS and COMMENTS
BY A
FLORIDA CRACKER

Items under this head will
appear from fine TO fine in
The Citixen--from the pen
of q local ladY-coiumnisf.
Naturally. si1e assumes full
responsibility for all state
rmenfs Inade.l
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-26
CLASSIFIED COLUMN
LOST

LOST - Yesterday somewhere
between sunrise and sunset,
two golden hours. each set with
sixty diamond minutes. No re-
ward is offered for they are
gone forever.Horace Mann.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-26
PERSONAL MENTION

Ambrose Cleare was a passen-
ger leaving on the early bus this
morning for Miami where he will
spend the week end with his
son, Will Cleare and family.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-26

Mrs. Regla Cabrera, Miss Aida
Cabrera and Miss Nora Cabrera,
Mrs Blanca Papy and Miss Norma
Papy, who had been visiting for
a while with relatives in the city,
left on the early bus this morning
on the return to their homes in
Tampa.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-26

able to give-but such is not the
case with these above mentioned
citizens.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-26

Superintendent VIM. w. De-
merritt of the Seventh Lighthouse
District will leave over the high
way Monday morning to inspect
the light and other property at
HilIsboro Inlet.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-26

William Wolcott Warner, son
of Mrs. Eva Warner, returned
this morning from Pittsburgh
where he visited with his grand
mother, Mrs. Myrtle Warner, and
alsi visited with an aunt, Mrs.
Donald Mcclure, in Washington.
He had been mentioning for two
months.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-26

Miss Evelyn Niles, who had
been spending vacation of three
weeks with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Nathan Niles, left on the 5
o'clock bus yesterday afternoon.
returning to Philadelphia, where
she is a trained nurse in the
Protestant Episcopal church.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-26

Judge Arthur Gomez, of the
Eleventh Judicial Circuit, has
sent word to the family in Key
West that he will arrive this aft
ernoon for a weekend visit.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-26

Major and Mrs. Robert Snidow
are to leave the city tomorrow
morning, spend one month in
their old home at Roanoke, Va,
and return to occupy their re-
Gently completed home in Key
West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-08-26

Mrs. Emory L. Pierce, daugh-
ter, Miss Helen Pierce, and Miss
Betty Sawyer, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Ross c. Sawyer, who
have been enjoying a delightful
vacation in Brevard Co., North
Carolina, will return over the
highway this afternoon.
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Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-20

much money state, county, and To-
cal governments have borrowed,
cannot SayD The interest on this
new debt alone is $500,000,000 a
year, or more than the government
spent in any year prior to 1900, eX-
cept during the Civil War. Yet,
there are no convincing signs OF
let down i'm this wild orgy of spend
ing, Despite the economy talk on
Capitol Hill a balanced budget is
further off today than ever!
A year ago, said that our tax
system must be changed. 1 out
lined ten simple, sensible reforms.
Here they are, revised to date:
l. Broaden the income tax base.
2. Tax churches which are not
open daily.
8. Cut capital gains taxes to en-
courage employment.
4. Tax new government securities.
5. Tax public employees the same
as everyone else.
6. Put social security on a pay
aS-you-go OASIS.
7. Clamp down on special local
taxes.
8. Lower real estate taxes.
9. Reduce public spending dras-
tically.
10. Collect taxes more economi-
cally.
Today, my guess is that not one
of these reforms will be made. In
fact, spending may reach an all
time peak this coming year. Yet,
the depression emergency" is now
long passed. Only nationwide
educational campaign by news
paper, radio, school and college can
make the voter tax-conscious.
America Headed For Chaos
l am bullish on business this
coming year. In fact, I feel that
we may even have boom in 1910.
But, unless America is swept by
a spiritual revival, the day of reck-
oning is coming. Four years ago
I wrote that unless spending was
curbed, America was headed fo1
the rocks. The only change in my
opinion today is that we are nearer
the rocks. Unless you--the voters
care enough for your personal lib
erty to have the courage to put the
spendthrifts, grafters, wasters, and
parasites out of public office, the
United States is headed for chaos
and Democracy is doomed for q
generation to come,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-20
TOO NEAR THE EDGE
OF ANARCHY

To an American who believes laws
should be peacefully arrived at and
peacefully changed when change Is
found to be necessary, there is little OF
Americanism in the threat of Contra
Costa county labor union leaders t.
blockade the town of Antioch unless the
city council there repeals an anti-plcket-
ing ordinance.
If there is widespread public demand
for repeal of the ordinance, the city coun-
cilmen as elected representatives of the
majority should repeal it. If they do not
wish to assume the responsibility, they
can place the matter before the public
at special election.
Under no circumstances should they
subvert honor by repeating the ordinance,
however, just because an organized min
ority uses the force of fists, clubs and
threats to obtain its goal.
If labor unions use their organized
force to cut off the city of Antioch from
communication with the outside world
Just to obtain the repeal of a law which
may have the support of the towns
majority, the unions are no better than
outawed racketeers who blow up the
business establishment of a merchant
because he refuses to pay tribute to them.
When minority, whether it be labor
union or an underworld gang, revertS TO
violence to defeat the wishes of the ma
jority, it is stepping across the line that
divides law and outlaw. The labor union
which steps across the line is just as
guilty, and should be resisted and pro-
secuted just as rigidly as the underworld
gang.
If labor union, whether in Antioch
or Imperial Valley, can change the laws
Of city, county or state by a display OF
force, we might as we'll give up any idea
that this is a democracy, and admit that
it has become a land in which the swift
est gun, the hardest fist and the strong
est body are instruments of ruling power.
Happily for our faith in democracy,
we remain firmly convinced that those
who attempt to use force to defeat de-
mocracy will in the end find far greater
force than their own opposing them
the force of public opinion, public indig-
nation and public action.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-20
AMENDED ORDER OF NOTICE
THEREON

SOUTHERN DISTRICT
OF CALIFORNIA = SIS.
On this 18th day OF January, 1889,
on reading the bankrupt's petltion
for discharge, 1t is
ORDERED BY THE COURT
that a hearing be had upon the
same on the 3rd day of April, 1889,
before the said Court in the Paciilc
Electric Building at Los Angeles
in said District ait 10 o'clock in the
fore noon; and that notice Thereon
be published in the Imperial valley
Press, a newspaper printed in said
District. and that all known credl-
tors and other persons in interest,"
may appear at the said time and
place and show cause, if any they
have, why The prayer of said petl-
toner should not be granted.
AND 1T IS FURTHER ORDER
ED by the Court, that the Referee
shall send by mail, to all known
creditors copies of said petition and
this order, addressed to them at
their places of residence as stated.
WITNESS THE HONORABLE
RALPH f. JENNEY, Judge OF said
Court. and the seal thereof, at Los
Angeles, in said District on the 18th
day of January, 1889.
r. S. ZIMMERMAN
Clerk.
BY II. K. JACOBS,
Deputy Clerk.
(Seal of The Court
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-20
THE THREE RS
NEED THREE E'S
(Tulare Advance-Register)


Education has a mammoth task con-
fronting it, figures from the United
States office of education reveal. That
departments survey found that so per
cent of the worlds population is unable
to read or write. In numbers, that places
the size of this earth's legions of litter
ates at somewhat over one billion per-
sons To most of us, this appears to be
a woeful lack. Mass education is pre-
cept with us, and in this state we require
every child to master not only reading
and writing, but to take II years OF
formal schooling. Yet only few CEN
turies ago. the ability to write even their
own names was a gift known to few
people. and monarchs were known to
boast of their inability to read. Outside
the British Empire the gift of reading
and writing is one of the few possessions
that monarchs today have left to boast
of! If the Three Rs are going to make
headway against the worlds dark areas
of illiteracy-the percentage of illiteracy
in the United States is only 43 per cent
they will sorely need three Els. These
are encouragement, expansion, and en-
forcement, carried on by enlightened
governments,
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-20

family, but another person on 'he
public payroll.
Just for illustration, let us take
a family which earns S3I a week.
$3.50 a month, or $1,000 year
Studies show that such 1anhly
spends about $40 per week, or 5000
ner wear. on food. OF this, W Genus
ner week. or $35 per year, repre-
sents hidden taxes. Each year tnese
taxes add over S5 to the mix Dill,
60 TO the butchers statement, 30
In the butter and egg mans Dill,
S. to the bakers charges. On every
roast of beef there are 1T hldoen
taxes: on every loaf of bread, o5
unseen taxes! ~
The "Untaxed" Taxed
The average family prooaply
snends $50 per month for rent. vi
this amount. $3.50 per month, or
$50 per year, is for local taxes. Eacn
year the automobile eats up $40
of the familys income. In TINS
amount is S35 for the tax-collector'
The same official, through ~ sep
arate taxes. takes a SIS cut out OF
a $50 suit. With 143 different taxes,
he grabs fifty per cent of the price
of a package of cigarettes. Ihls
newspaper is paying 83 taxes you
readers know nothing about. Every
movie ticket carries 61 hidden dom
ations to the public treasury. And
when someone dies, these invisible
taxes hit a record high-there are
l57 of them!
$3.50 To Collector
All told, this average family
which owns no real property ana
thinks it pays no taxes-forks over
S23O-S24O of its annual income OF
$1,000 for hidden taxes. This rep
resents one-Seventh of the total
income. 1t means that for every
six days the family bread-winner
works for himself, he works one
for the tax-collector. Qn the case
of very wealthy people the reverse
is true; they work one day fol
themselves and six for the public
The significant point is that thes'
unseen taxes are rising every year
In 1888, the hidden tax-collectol
forced the wage Garner to work on
ly one day in ten. How soon VII
he be working one day in three?
Yet, the members of this family
kid themselves into thinking tina
they pay no taxes. They dismiss
flagrant misuse of public funds b!
some comment such as this: 'Well
let 'em spend, Rockefeller can af'
ford it!"-Sure, Rockefeller can
but can they? In this connection
let me say that our people are nov
forced to fill out 135,000,0OO ta1
and other government forms pc
year. Certainly, these are not al
filled out by Rockefellers! To picl
up over $14,0OO,0O0, 1000 in taxes il
1898, it took the combined effort
of 175000 separate tax agencie
with probably over 100000 ia,
employees!
Half The Bills Unpaid
Yet, with all our taxes, we ar
only paying half the current cos
of government! The other half
being borrowed and left for OIL
children to pay. The federal gov
ernment has borrowed $24,000,000
i 900 in the last ten years. (Ho'
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-20
Bruce Cation Says
A Golden Rule for South American Trade

which not entering competitive
trode at all, could be stocked as
national assets just as the golu -
etocked today? All are materials
either not produced, or at least not
adequately produced in the onlteo
states. Examples; tin, manganese'
chromium, vanadium, nlcKel, Wol-
fram. tungsten, mica, mercury
quartz. crystal, asbestos.
We buy these for gold from
countries which itch 70 export the
raw materials and desperately heeu
cold to steady their monetary SyS-
TENS. There are many SUCH couh-
tries in South America, countries
with which we seek friendship ana
increased trade. Much of the gold
would find it's way back to the
United States TO buy American
goods. The rest would serve to
spread gold backing in many coun-
tries which desperately need 1t. ana
by thus tending to bring she world
back to a gold system, would also
tend to make all the more stable
and valuable our own gold.
The United States loses nothing
of value, gets precious raw materials
against an emergency, serves to
protect its remaining gold. The
other countries export their raw
materials, get needed gold Trade
is encouraged. Everybody is happy.
While the business man advanc-
ing the suggestion is primarily in
terested in getting American dollars
into the South American countries
SO he can sell American goods for
them, his suggestion is so simple
and SO apparently practical that
it at least seems worthy of consi-
deration
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-20
ELBOW GREASE NEEDED
Nevada State Journal)

Just because you're wearing last years
overcoat and driving a 1886 sedan does
MT mean the countrys going to the dogs.
Senator Key Pittman writes in today
and tells the story of the two Georgia
darkies discussing the financial condition
of the country. They didn't agree.
You're all wrong" one vociferated:
"Dey aint no money sho'tage All asked
NAH bankuh is he out of money and he
TUX me in de vault and showed me piles
and piles O. money. And ah says could
he let me have little And he says he
sho' could Has All any collat'rul? All
hasn't.
"Now, dat's what's de mattuh wild dis
country Deys plenty O money, but we's
Just runnin' shot on collat'rul."
So don't blame last years coat on the
condition of the country. Maybe you're
running short on elbow grease.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-20
IS JIMMY ROOSEVELT
HONEST BUT DUMB?

James Roosevelt, eldest son of Presi-
dent Roosevelt, declared when he assum-
ed duties as vice-president of a motion
picture producing firm that critics were
wrong in saying he became Samuel Gold
wyn's vice-president because of alleged
influence he might have through his
family.
We hate to think that Jimmy actually
believes his family name, and the fact
that his father is president, had nothing
to do with getting him the job. We hate
to think so because we cannot imagine
any other reason to which Jimmy might
ascribe the new position.
He had never been nearer moving
picture studio than you get on sight
seeing tour, before he became vice-presi-
dent of the producing firm. He knew
absolutely nothing about picture making
or distributing.
And yet overnight he became vice
president at a fabulous salary. He might
ask himself, why?
Entirely aside from what Jimmy says,
we wonder, too, if the federal govern
ment will now proceed with the anti
monopoly investigation it had launched
against film producers, including Gold
wyn.
Imperial Valley press., 1939-01-20
Famous Sayings

An American business man, one
of the leaders in the effort 10 holo
United States trade with South Am
erica. advances an ingenious sug-
gestion. 1t would seem TO merit
the attention of those interested
in the return of prosperity.
Here's the idea: South American
countries don't buy nearly as much
American goods as they might,
because thye haven't enough Am
erican dollars to trade with. And
that is because we haven't been
buying enough South American
goods to furnish them the dollars.
Now this situation doyetails nice
" with another situation we already
have in the United States his busl-
ness executive points out. We nave
nearly two-thirds OF the world S
cold. most of it buried under the
ground at FIT. Knox and other
places. We are getting more all
the time. In fact there is danger
thai we will. get SO much that the
rest OF the world will stop using 1t
for money at all. Then we would
be holding not only the gold, but
the bag.
Suppose that American treasury
experts figured out how much OF
that gold we can conceivably use
as monetary backing and for ad-
justments we may want to make
in the international money market
(stabilization fund, etc) There
would still be q great store of gold
left over
Very well. Is there no better use
for This surplus gold than to bury
it in the ground? Yes, suggests this
business man.
Why not take it, and buy with
it, in friendly countries, surplus
stocks of certain raw materials
which are necessary war sinews, ano