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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-29
HARRIS TOPS
LIST in P. 0.
EXAMINATIONS
DION AND DELANEY. ALSO
APPLICANTS ron POSI-
TON. RECEIVE RATINGS
FROM COMMISSION

Postmaster Sam Harris yester-
day received from the Civil
Service Commission, in Washing
ton, Geographic advises to the
effect that he has passed the civil
service tests for the postmaster
ship in Key West and was num-
Der one on the list of contestants.
The examinations were held on
Saturday. March Is. and there
were three in Key West taking
the tests: Mr.. Harris. Fred J.
Dion and Frank Delaney. Mr..
Dion and Mr.. Delaney were each
allowed five percent because of
their service during the war.
Seen yesterday afternoon, Mr..
Dion said that he had received
notification of being second on
the list of contestants and Mr..
Delaney had been third.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-29
VICTOR LARSEN
in LAKE WALES
ACCEPTS POSITION AS REC
IRRATIONAL DIRECTOR OF
ACTIVITIES THERE

Victor Larsen, formerly Of the
recreation department WPA at
Key West, is now inaking his
home at Lake Wales, Fla, where
he has accepted a position as rec
reationa1 director for that city.
In the June % issue of The
Lake Wales News, he is shown
with a group of young folk play
ing game in which they all APP
pear to be happily interested, and
on the same page, No. of the
issue appears an individual
photograph of Mr. Larsen,
beneath which is the following:
Victor Larsen. recreational di-
rector, who completes his first
week of service today with the
enthusiastic support of hundreds.
Coming to Lake Wales from Key
West, he has begun his recrea-
tional program at the city
pavilion and has already won a
host of friends.
Larsen will be in charge of
the pavilion for the remainder of
the summer, and from all in
dications will make this the most
lively vacation young people here
have ever known.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-29
TUG WARBLER
RETURNS HERE

!
Wrecking Tug Warbler arrived
in port this morning 1880 o'clock
with the Finnish ship Wirta in
tow. which had been ashore near
Fowey Rocks. and anchored in
the Southwest Channel where an
inspection is being made Of the
Wirta, by divers from the War
bier.
The tug left port $3.50 Tuesday
night upon receiving telephone
advices from the keeper of Fowey
Rocks lighthouse that the Wirta
was aground off the reef and was
in need of assistance.
Direct to the scene of the di-
saster went the tug and after
working all through the day
yesterday and part of the night
the ship was floated and the
start was made for Key West.
No report of the condition of the
Wirta was available this after
noon as the Warbler's personnel
had not come ashore at the time
The Citizen went to press.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-29
'DANZIG STILL
REMAINS issue
AMONG NATIONS
BRITAIN AND FRANCE ARE
PREPARED TO STAND BY
POLAND IN coNTRovER-
sIAL ISSUE
tI,y Associated Pre.s,

WARSAW, June 20. Today
the nation of Poland is just about
the most important factor in a
war-tension world as develop
nents pile up to indicate that the
freee city of Danzig will provide
the reason for the second world
war, if as and, when it comes.
And there are a number of
leading European diplomats to-
day that insist that developments
concerning whether or not Dam
zig still remains under Polish
government will be the deciding
incident that will touch off the
gunpowder of four of five of the
worlds leading ornaments.
Britain and France stand pre-
pared to defend the cause of a
free Danzig in accordance with
recent pacts concluded between
the three nations.
Germany insists, however,
that there is no reason to spill
blood over Danzig. She predicts
that Danzig will return to Ger
man rule following a process of
watchful waiting. Poland, how
ever, feels that war is certain and
announces a standing army in
complete preparedness.
To counterfeit Germany's de-
NAL of any intentions towards a
war crisis, is the fact that seven
ty submarines of the German
navy are anchored in the Baltic
Sea off Danzig. Why? This large
a force of undersea craft is the
largest over assembled by any
nation in the world.
And Russia, too, recognizes
that a crisis lis just around the
corner" when orders were given
to hold the annual army maneu-
vers in Leningrad in September,
ostensibly to keep the Soviet
fighting force 'close to home"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-29
NYA ACTIVITIES
in CITY CLOSED

Orders received by Victor
Lowe, NYA supervisor at Key
West, from State Administrator
Joe A. Bloodgood, brought to a
close Tuesday all NYA activities
jim this area and left 125 youths
without employment.
Mr.. Lowe said that the reason
given for the cessation Of employ
ment was that the funds for the
fiscal year had become exhaust
ed and the shut down had been
made obligatory. AT the present
time only Mr.. Lowe and his steno-
grapher are at work getting up
the payrolls and necessary re-
ports.
Mr.. Lowe also said that there
are about 100 applicants on the
waiting list for employment with
the National Youth Administers
ton. but was unable to say just
what the situation would be when
activities were resumed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-29
VISITORS FAST LEARNING THAT
THREAD-WORN GAG ABOUT LACK
OF WATER HERE IS OUTMODED

ciously offers its advice to a be-
wildered population that IS begin
ming to stand aghast upon be-
holding dental cream curdle, upon
contact with water, which has a
tendency to transform coffee into
indelibIe ink.
Now it is an interesting fact
that upon every habitation of
man falls enough water to supply
the jewellers therein, if they will
conserve It as we do in Key West
and not permit 1t to be absorbed
in the ground or run into the
ocean. ON the theory that present
" it can be pumped up again
together with such saline and
other additions as it has accumu-
lated and be drunk with effect.
Instead Of going to Lake
Okeechobee to discover how
much dilute commercial fertilizer
the human apparatus can nego-
tate ana still pay taxes, let me
extend cordial invitation to the
water experts to visit Key West
and get i drink Of good water
and go back home supplied with
information that viii supply Mi
ami, q city for which our love
and sympathy is unbounded, with
water IN which the good ladies
|of Miami can wash their hair
without producing chemical
combination somewhat between
molasses and bakelite.
In short If you get thirsty for
a good drink Of water, come down
to Key West"
Incidentally, Landlord AlfeId.
0f the Gulf Stream Hotel, tells of
q visitor. who, returning to the
mainland. took gallon Of Key
West water back with him. He
said he wanted TO show the folks
at home what good drinking wa
ter was. He thought maybe they
had forgotten what It tasted Like.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-29

OF THANKS TO
FIRE ladies
MRS. DE DOE SENDS LETTER
or APPRECIATION RELA-
TIVE TO RECENT FIRE IN
OLD HOMESTEAD

Mrs. Michael Price De Doe, nee
Otto. appreciates the excellent
work done by the Key West Fire
Department during the fire which
recently threatened the home of
her mother, Mrs. Thomas 0. Otto.
534 Eaton street, and has written
a letter to the department from
her home in Coral Gables, and a
copy of The Citizen showing her
appreciation:
I"Chief Harry NJ. Baker,
Members and Volunteers
of the Key West Fire Dept.
Doctor De Doe and / wish to
join the other members of our
family in our gratitude to every
one of you for your splendid
work in checking the recent fire
in our mothers, Mrs. Thomas O..
Otto's, home at 534 Eaton street.
"Your promptness, efficiency
and courtesy could not be excell-
ed by any Fire Department in the
country. Your dispatch in getting
the fire under control without
damage, either by chemicals or
water, to even the adjoining
rooms is a piece of fire fighting
work that deserves the highest
acclaim.
The gallant record of the Key
West Fire Department, both re-
gulars and volunteers, has long
been one of which every Key
Wester can be immensely proud.
Your present corps lives up to
that record fully, with the added
advantage of the best modern
equipment for fire protection.
No organization is better than
the least member of its entire
personnel and for this reason we
can claim the very highest serv-'
ice for yours.
AS native Key Westers we are
personally proud of the depart
ment and as recent beneficiaries
of your splendid work on our
family home we are profoundly
grateful It is a feeling of Sc
curity which every Key West
home-owner can enjoy to have
such fire protection as your de-
partment gives. Our city can
feel secure, and our gratitude to
you all is in proportion to the
regard with which we cherish
our family home and our moth
Ier's welfare. With best wishes
and grateful thanks"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-29
ESTABLISHES
AIR RECORD
HoNoRs GO TO YOUNG AR.
MY LIEUTENANT AT
ELMYRA. N. Y.
tny AsaocIated Preasl

ELMYRA, N. Y, June ga
young army lieutenant today es-
tablished an air record when he
took off at this point in a glider
to soar to a height of over $4,000
feet. This altitude beat by several
hundred feet the previous re-
cord.
The intrepid airman was aided
by terrific thunderstorm into
which he deliberately guided his
motorless plane. The swift cur
rents of the storm lofted him
violently into the heavens to
heights that threatened to bring
disaster in the form of frozen
controls.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-29
Legion Post Reports Progress
IN Movement To Have MdteIO
Towers Made National Monuments
- 4
MRS. WIN. STONE
PAYS VISIT HERE

Among the distinguished
visitors at the Overseas Hotel
this week was Mrs. VIM. F..
Stone. one of the last descend
ants of Francis Scott Key. who
was the writer of the Nation
al Anthem of the United
States. The Star Spangled
Banner.
ss Mrs. Stone came three
weeks ago and was delighted
with her stay and the cour-
fesies extended by L. S. Cru
Der. manager of ihe hosiery.
and with the city in general.
Deciding that q visit TO
Havana would round out a
delightful vacation. Mrs.
Stone sailed this morning on
SIS. Cuba for Havana. where
she plans TO remain until next
Tuesday and return to Key
West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-29
ALL QUIET ON
EASTERN FRONT

TIENTSIN. June %. aAll's
quiet on the Eastern front today
as diplomats Of England and ia
pan extend their conference airn-
ing towards settlement of the
situation at this point.
No further developmnts have
been reported from Wenchow
and Foochow, the two ports south
of Shanghai. All three of the
major powers with interests in
China have issued orders not To-
respect the japanese orders to
stay out of the ports with all
shipping.
Meanwhile the food situation IN
Tientsin is much improved with
stocks Of fresh vegetables and
meats being brought in hourly to
replenish much depleted supplies
in these commodity stores.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-29
PEARLMAN'S SALE
TO START FRIDAY
HUNDREDS or ITEMS OFFER
ED IN 2sRD ANNUAL EVENT:
DOORS WILL OPEN $50

The big sale of the year on Du-
val street gets under way tomor-
row morning promptly at $50
o'clock when Joe Pearlman's
Store Of Quality" opens its doors
to an expected large crowd of
bargain hunters.
This sale is the twenty third
annual renewal of the custom in
stituted by Mr.. Pearlman to Of
fer hundreds Of items in store
wide clearances. The sale, COM
ing as it does at this. the start
of summer, is annually looked
forward to by all Of Key West
Traditionally, the sale finds
Duval street shoppers waiting
for the opening announcement.
and il is expected that this year
win follow the same rule
AS displayed on page four to-
day, the sale advertisement men /
tons over one hundred items
leading off with several hot
shot" buys for opening day to-
morrow. Printed Silks. Spun
Ray and Santung are offered in
q big special division. So, too,
are best sheets and silk hose.
Other big bargains include Krin-
kIe spreads, bedroom slippers.
silk dresses. Batistes Voiles and
Percales, travel prints. ladies'
shoes and host Of other items
TOO numerous to mention in this
space
Preparation for the sale has
been in progress all this week
and everything IS in readiness
for shoppers at corresponding
time tomorrow morning.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-29
CLIFFORD HICKS
LEAVES ON BUS
CALLED TO TOWNSVILLE.
GA. ON ACCOUNT or
DAUGHTERS ILLNESS

1 Clifford Hicks, supervisor of
the WPA Project Planning De-
partment, left this morning on
the bus and will in Miami take
train for Thomasville, Ca, to
join Mrs. Hicks who is with her
daughter Mrs. Dan Lewis in a
hospital in the Georgia city.
Mrs. Lewis has been i'll since
the first of the year suffering
from a disease of the blood.
which has defied the efforts Of
physicians. AT times her condi-
ton has been such as to hold
forth hopes of recovery.
Last night Mr.. Hicks received
telegram advising that Mrs,
Lewis was in desperate condition
and urging him to leave at once
for the hospital.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-29
PICNIC TUESDAY
AT MARATHON

The newly-formed Marathon
Chamber of Commerce announces
big free Fish Fry and Picnic
for the 18th of July holiday next
Tuesday with plenty of fun for
young and old. Families are in
vited to bring picnic lunches and
join in the full days program
planned.
There will be races, swimming.
entertainments, a fishing tourna-
ment with prizes and other
events. Charles TOPPING is pres
ident of thes group, Gene Sands
is treasurer and H. E. Day is sec
rotary.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-29

ssOne of the most exasperating
things that turn up at the Cham
Der Of Commerce in the course of
q days work is to see some be-
nighted tourist hating his car in
front Of the office with a jug of
drinking water among his bag
gage because he had been in
formed that here in Key West.
we somehow got along without
any" said Secretary Singleton to
The Citizen some time ago.
1t seemed to him that it would
be an act of kindness to set Mi
ami right in this subject and with
that in mind the following COM
munication was sent to the Miami
Daily News and printed under
the following caption, Take A
Tip From Key West
Here in Key West we read
with genuine sympathy Of the
difficulty you are having IN the
Miami region in the matter of a
contaminated water supply and
if we can by precept or example
assist you by calling attention to
the absence Of any such problem
in Key West, we shall be most
happy To do SO.
1T is quite evident that the
processes Of nature may not be
lightly set aside and that man
kind is adapted to the drinking
|of pure water supplied by the
bountiful heavens, and not sup
posed to drink or mix his drinks
with questionable fluid derived
from various holes in the ground
and further complicated BY adult
|teration with unhoIy chemicals.
That the economy Of nature
may be upset by dense concen-
trations Of population IS, 81
course. an accepted fact. But the
Miami situation is not hopeless.
its elder sister, Key West, long
|ago solved the problem and gra-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-29
CUBA ARRIVES
FROM TAMPA

Arriving on the Steamer Cuba
from Tampa this morning were
q passengers. two second cabin
for Key West, % first and three
second cabin passengers for Ha-
vana.
Key West arrivals were Mrs.
Ernestina Lopez and Miss
Evangelina Lopez.
Listed on the vessels manifest
were the following items: For
Key West, IS tons of freight and
one sack of mail, and for Ha-
vana. no tonnage, 1913 sacks of
mail.
The Cuba sailed 1910 this
morning for Havana with "a first
cabin and IS second cabin pas
sengers booked at Key West. Al
so taken from this port were
three automobiles and seven
sacks of mail.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-29
WORK in BARRACKS
ENDED YESTERDAY

Extensive activities in Key
West Barracks were brought TO
a close yesterday afternoon and
all of the men who were work
ing on the project were laid off
pending resumption of WPA ac-
tivity.
b G. Moreno, area supervisor.
said today that he had received
no information as to when work
would be resumed. That the
shutdown was brought about. as
will others, because of no appro-
priations being made for the
coming fiscal year, which win
begin Saturday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-29
TWO STEAMERS
DUE TOMORROW


Two vessels of the Clyde Nal
Tory Lines are due to arrive in
port tomcrrow-the Ozark from
New Orleans. bound for Key
West. Miami and Jacksonville.
and the Alamo from Tampa, to
this port and New York.
On the Alamo will be the tanks
for the New York Aquarium. con-
signed to ]. ] Shea, biologist with
the aquarium of New York. who
is in Key West and IS now COM
|pleting his collection Of speci-
mems. which he considers one Of
the finest ever taken from these
waters.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-29
TENDER EMMA ARRIVES

Tender Zinnia, of the light
house department, arrived Tues
day afternoon from the activities
at Pelican Shoals where beacon
is being placed, and the work is
almost completed Captain Banks
said there is very little more
work to be done before they will
proceed to the next beacon site.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-29
Other Matters Taken Up
At Meeting OF Organize
ton Held Last Night;
Interesting Session

Progress in the effort to have
the Martello Towers established
as national monuments for use
of the general public was report
ed last night al a meeting of Ar
thur Sawyer Post No. 20. Ameri-
can Legion.
A committee of Commander
William Schoneck. n. A. Leh-
mann and William J. Lee report
ed that Mayor willard NJ. Al.
bury had written a personal LET
ter to President Roosevelt calling
the nations chief executives at
tention to the fact that he had
himself suggested the historic
foriresses be declared national
monuments.
Further. Mayor Albury inform
ed the Legionnaires that he was
prepared to follow UP his COM
munication to the President with
any required data or other in
formation that might be demand
ed to bring about consummation
of the project
The mayor said that at his sug-
gestion. c. r. Vinten, inspector
for the national park service, now
on duty with the Civilian Con-
servation Corps at West Sum-
Key, was preparing a
LIST of information for use in push
ing the proposal for creating the
towers as parks through the park
service bureau, which would
have control OF the property
when it was released by the
United States army.
BY unanimous vote, the post
adopted resolution thanking the
mayor for his interest and prompt
action in communicating with the
President and in taking steps to
follow up the movement when
further effort is necessary.
The post also voted to instruct
its delegates to the fifth district
Legion conference here July
800 to ask that the state depart
ment of the organization be re-
quested to aid the City of Key
West and the local Legionnaires
in preserving the old brick forts
for posterity.
Committees of the post to ar
ange details in handling the
next month were
given instructions at last nights
meeting. A meeting with DR.. A.
M Morgan, general chairman OF
the arrangements group, is sched~
uled to be held within the next
few days to work out some loose
ends. The conference will bring
more than 200 Legionnaires TO
Key West.
Post members appointed e
committee headed by former
Commander William Reardon to
request the merchants and COM
mercial houses of the city as well
as all patriotic citizens to display
their American flags and decorate
their premises next Tuesday,
July 4. Because they are busy
arranging for the district conven-
ton and working on number Of
civic problems the Legion here
plans no formal observation OF
Independence Day.
George Watkins of the Ameri-
can Legion Junior Baseball
League reported progress in the
effort to form number of teams
of youngsters under II. One
team has been formed and IS
training under the direction of
Coach William Gates, and other
units viii be functioning as soon
as other boys are able to produce
their birth certificates and quail
ify, Watkins said.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-29
Congress Much Concerned
With Two DGad|inG Bills
Making Great Efforts To
Effect Passage OF Meas
ures OF Much Import
ance
ny AasoeIated Press,

-~-~--1 - ~~ES@eSS ~ -
making strenuous effort for pass
age Of the two deadline bills
the administrations monetary
and relief bills, which are design
ed TO carry on two major gov
ernmental activities after the fis.
cal year closes tomorrow.
The monetary bill apparently
will undergo some changes since
its transmission to the House yes
terday following several amend
mentS that seriously affected the
Presidents power. 1t is reported
that one of the amendments will
be erased in return for holding
TO two others. The President
would continue to have power to
further devaluate the dollar,
while agreeing to a new high
price for silver and the non-pur-
chase of foreign silver in the flu
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-06-29

Key West, Florida. has the
most eQuable climate in. the
country; with an average
range of only Ia Fahrenheit
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-09-14
y See by The GYeAe'

The eighty-third birthday of
Mrs. E. Schildknecht was cele-
brated Tuesday afternoon when
a group of neighbors, Mrs. J. NJ.
Corbett, Mrs. R. w. Pryor, Mrs.
F. B. Forbes, Mrs. J. E. Greene,
Mrs. w. S. Brammer and Mrs.
Bert Virgins went to her home,
brought refreshments and spent
the afternoon informally.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Krause and
son Bobby of Appleton and Wal
ter Krause of South Dakota were
here Sunday. They have sold
their home at Appleton and plan
to move to Alexandria.
Roddy Rodsater of Sioux Falls
and Mabel Hoyme of Hills will be
weekend guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
D. w. Buckley.
Margaret FobeS accompanied by
Mrs. Ahlstrom ard daughter, Oh
i've of Willmar visited at the c. A.
Fobes home Sunday.
Clarence Buhner and Allen
Strain returned to Eagle Grove,
Iowa Saturday after spending
several days at the Leroy Buhner
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Paffrath,
Mary Jean and Corinne drove to
Minneapolis Sunday with Bob
who began football practice at
the University, Monday.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-09-14
|Leora Grouse and
John Sullivan Wed
at Sault Ste Marie

LeOra Marie Grouse, daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. David Grouse of
Walnut Grove became the bride of
John A. Sullivan, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Timothy F. Sullivan of Nor
ton, Monday morning, September
at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Raymond J..
Joucques read the-service and cell
ebrated the nuptial high mass.
The bride and groom were at
tended by Mr.. and Mrs. George
Amberg. The bride and brides
maid were dressed alike, wearing
green street dresses with brown
accessories. Their corsages were
of sweetheart roses and sweet
peas
MIR. and Mrs. Sullivan will
make their home at Sault Ste.
Marie, Michigan where Mr.. Sulli-
van is employed. Until recently
he worked at the Montgomery
Ward store here.