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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-13
COMPTROLLER Lee
TO ASK CITIES FOR
COST STATEMENTS
TAX LEAGUE POINTS OUT
ADVANTAGE OF COMPARE
TIXE FIGURES OF MUNICH
PAL EXPENSES
INV Associated PressD

NBV Associated freSsJ
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Dec. Is.
l-"Scattering reports indicate
that the operating cost of NUM-
cipal government in different
cities of the state varies from
less than $40 per capita to more
than $40 per capita, according
to statement released here to-
day by the Florida Tax Revision
League.
"The total cost and the COM
parative cost of municipal gov
eminent, on a statewide basis, is
deep dark secret that no one
knows.
''Due to these conditions, the
league said, "the most important
development in connection with
local government in many years
is the announced plans of Comp
troller J. M. Lee to require all
municipalities to file complete
financial statements with his Of
flee once each year in accordance
with a state general law requir-
ing such reports.
No Authority
'"This law gives the, comptrol-
Ter no authority whatever over
+, the operation of municipalities,
therefore, is no infringement
F. whatsoever on home rule or local
self-government", says the league.
at simply requires that operating
statements be filed with the
comptroller's office as a central
point of assembling complete and
comparative cost of municipal
government and for the further
purpose of requiring standard
forms of municipal accounting.
! Municipal officials striving for
greater efficiency and economy
in their operations will welcome
this opportunity to compare cost
on various phases of municipal
government with other cities of
the state. Taxpayers will well
come the compiling of these re-
ports as it will enable them to
check on the comparative eff
cheney of the men they have
elected to municipal office.
1T is to be expected, of
course, the league concluded,
that city officials who are in
competent, extravagant, or inef-
ficient, and officials who have
been deliberately misusing mu-
nicipal funds and hiding the
facts from the taxpayers will OBJ
iect strenuously to filing reports
which can be compared with
cities operating honestly and eff
ficiently'.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-13
NEW YORK. Dec. l3.-The
stock market rose generally
one TO two points today on
heavy trading.

LONDON. Dec. I3.-Govern-
ment officials appearing before
the House of Commons today
met considerable difficulty in
explaining recent licensing of
planes to Finland. Several MEM
bers brought out the thought
that aid to Finland would en-
broil the British in a war with
Russia. The House was notified
that a white paper" was in pro-
cess of preparement treating on
the whole transactions of the eff
fort made last summer to effect
an alliance with Russia.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-13
Sawyer Clarifies
MurphyProvisos
In Section Nine
GOLDBERG'S RECORD-4
SAILFISH IN TEN DAYS

L. T. Goldberg is a lucky
fisherman. Or should we
saY-he's an expert fisher
man. Either way you look
at il. the fact that he has
captured four sailfish during
the last ten days of fishing
in Key West waters calls for
some sort of browning cere-
mony.
Latest sail caught was
brought in YesierdaY-a sew
en-foot two-inch beauty
weighing forty five pounds.
Mr.. Goldberg halls from
Chicago and has been going
out each day with Captain
Bob Daniels on the Dorna D.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-13

'CCIo4So FIeSS edIuEe WEl1SE
'In such Europe, said Cham
berlain, speaking of the new Eu-
rope" he hoped would grow out
of the war. cit would be recog-
nized that there can be no lasting
peace unless there is a full and
constant flow of trade between
the nations, for only by increased
interchange of goods and services
can the standard of living be
improved.
Continuing in the same vein,
he said:
in such a Europe. fear of ag-
erosion will have ceased to ex-
list, and such adjustments OF
boundaries as would be necessary
would be threshed out between
neighbors sitting on equal terms
around a table, with the help OF
disinterested third parties if il
were so desired.
Oft Tried Idea
Europe has been looking for a
federation of some sort for a
dozen generations. The Catholic
Church tried for several hundred
years to fend off the break up
into tight little nationalities. The
Holy Roman Empire. with a far
less noble motive, sought this,
too.
Louis XIV of France tried two
Continued on Page Three)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-13
SENATOR PITTMAN
VACATIONS HERE
ARRIVED IN PARTY yESTER-
Day FOR TEN DAYS
STAY ii,

United States Senator Key
Pittman, of Nevada, Mrs. Pitt
man. r. M. Hardy. well-known
silver mine operator, and Mr..
and Mrs. w. E. Trent, are visitors
in the city and guests at the
Hotel La Concha.
Seen at the hotel this morning.
Senator Pittman said that he and
his party had come to Key West
for a rest and expected to re-
main for q week or 10 days, taxi
ing it easy and enjoying a much
needed period of relaxation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-13
Today's Ne.Us Flashes
AS Released BY The Associated Press

LONDON, Dec. 13.-Action on
the West Front dividing Ger
many and France popped up
today as reports came through of
patrol fighting. Germany claimed
to have captured several French
patrols and to have inflicted
various losses in minor gun bat
ties. France, however, denied
the reports and issued statements
concerning several minor adj
vances made by her troops along
the Moeselle river and in the
Saar section.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-13
DESTROYER WlCKS
NOW ON PATROL
GIVEN FIRST ASSIGNMENT
FOLLOWING ARRIVAL
FROM SAN DIEGO

One destroyer, the Wicks, left
yesterday afternoon to go for
an assignment on patrol duty.
the first assignment for this duty
given any of the ships arriving
from California last week.
Others of the vessels are in
the harbor, the Lea. Twiggs,
Evans and Phillips. Also the
Tender Cannot and Destroyer
Fairfax.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-13
COUNTY BOARD
MEETS TONIGHT

Regular meeting of county
commissioners will be held to-
night at 8 o'clock in the office
of Clerk Ross c. Sawyer at the
county court house.
The clerk said there was not a
great deal of business to be at
tended to and other than the
checking of depositary accounts
there was little to be attended
to.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-13
CLEVELAND. Dec. IA

CLEVELAND. Dec ia
better spirit prevailed in this
city today as immediate set
Element of the relief crisis
was forseen by reason of the
release of q million dollar
city bond issue to provide
funds for relief. Food orders
are fast being signed for the
$1,000 families affected by
the IaYoffs and thousands of
cases Of food stuffs are ar
irving for distribution.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-13

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. ID
Representative White, Republi-
can, of this state, today de-
scribed as ''despicable" the state
ments recently made by David
Lasker of the Workers Alliance
to the effect that the jobless of
several cities in Ohio would
shortly institute march on the
capital demanding work or in
crease in relief appropriations.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-13
WASHINGTON. Dec. 10.

WASHINGTON. Dec. H.
The U. S. Government today
okeYed the sale of five Amer
lean ships to the French Line
three tugs and two trawl-
ers. which have started on
the voyage across the At
laniic. Approval of the sale
had been held up until the
government was assured that
the vessels would be used
for commercial purposes
only.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-13

LONDON, Dec. 13.-One Brit
ish ship was reported torpedoed
by a Nazi U-Boat today, off the
coast of Norway. Only five of
the crew of thirty-five was re-
ported saved.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-13
AMERICA COOL AS 'PERFIDIOUS ALBION

Like To See This Put Into Effect, But =
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-13

Key West. Florida, has the
most eQuable climate in tire
country; with an average
range of only Ia Fahrenheit
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-12-13

Associated Press Day Wire
Service
For SO Years Devoted to the
Best Intel sts of Key West
Evening star., 1939-08-04
London
Continued From First Page.)

ordered the United States fleet back
to the Pacific Coast after several
months in Atlantic waters.
Prefers Farley Settlement.
The Prime Minister went on to
say that he hoped nobody would
assume it was impossible for a
situation to arise requiring the dis
patch of q fleet to the Orient.
AT the same time" he said, I'VE
would much rather settle our diff
ferences with the japanese by dis
cussion and negotiation, provided
we can do so without sacrificing
what we conceive to be fundamental
considerations and principles, than
to do it by threats of force"
He said the use of force would
imperil British subjects in Japanese
controlled areas of China and this
had been taken into consideration
About 10000 British subjects are
resident in China, nearly all in Japa-
nese-occupied territory. In addition
about 10000 Britons live in the Brit
ish crown colony of Hong Kong, off
the South China coast.
The Prime Minister then paid a
tribute to Sir Robert Leslie Craigie,
Ambassador to Japan, who is carry
ing on at the present time with great
skill. coolness and courage negotia-
tions in extraordinarily difficult cir
cumstances'-the Toxic conference
on the Tientsin dispute and China
policy.
Optimistic on Agreement.
Referring to opposition criticism
OF the formula agreed to by Britain
July % as basis for negotiation of
the Tientsin dispute, Mr.. Chamber
lain said:
AT any rate this formula has en-
Evening star., 1939-08-04
Chinese in Tientsin
Attack Offices Of
British Export Firm
Britons Take Refuge in
Adjoining Property
Of Texas Oil Co.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
TIENTSIN, Aug. 4 R-Anti-
British violence broke out anew to-
day when a mob of Chinese attacked
Offices Of the British International
Export Corp, smashed furniture and
other equipment and threw it into
the Hal River. Britons said the at
tack was instigated by Japanese.
British and Chinese employees of
the corporation took refuge on the
adjoining property Of an American
concern, the Texas Oil Co.
After destroying typewriters, CAL
culators and all other movable
equipment in the British company's
Office, the demonstrators climbed
into trucks and drove away through
Japanese-controlled territory.
In Former Russian Concession.
The attack occurred in the former
Russian concession, across the river
from the British concession, which
has been under Japanese blockade
since June IA.
Soon after the outbreak, Britons
residing within the blockaded con-
cession received threatening letters
signed by "the Chinese Patriotic
Youth Association"
They were warned to quit Tientsin
altogether, since "the anti-British
movement may develop into direct
action which the Chinese govern
ment will not be able to control"
Britons Advised to Leave.
Accusing Britons of interfering
with Japan's conquest of China, the
letters advised" recipients to follow
the example of Britons who have
left Kaifeng, Tsinanfu, Paotingfu
and other interior cities.
Previous warnings have been
largely to Chinese employees of Brit
ish concerns and to some Britons
residing outside the British conces-
sion.
Employees of the International Ex-
port Co. recently had received
anonymous threatening letters de-
manding that they quit British en-
ployment.
The mob was barred from the
company's factory because the fac
tory gates had been locked to pro-
tect large amount of valuable ma
chinery.
Evening star., 1939-08-04

Egypt has ordered 1877 huge war
trucks.
Evening star., 1939-08-04
u. S. Maps Own Course
In Orient, Says WeIIes

Sumner Welles, Acting Secretary
OF State, said today the United
States would map its own course in
the Far East.
A few hours after Prime Minister
Chamberlain indicated Britain
might find it necessary to send a
fleet to the Far East, Mr.. Welles de-
clared there was no understanding
between the United States and
Great Britain for joint action in
the Orient.
This Governments course, he said
may be parallel with that of other
nations when the interests are sim
liar or the same, but he emphasized
that no decision with regard to COL
laboration in the Far East has been
taken, no conferences are being held
and much less is there any under
standing.
He added, however, that very fire.
quently information was being ex-
changed with other governments
on the Far East.
Mr.. Welles would not comment
specifically on Mr.. Chamberlain s
speech, nor would he discuss the
idea expressed by Mr.. Chamberlain
with regard to sending the British
fleet to China.
He said he would see the President
privately on State Department mat
tiers after today's Cabinet meeting
American Representatives in China
Mr.. Welles said, are protesting to
local Japanese diplomats against
additional incidents involving Amer
leans. but he said they were taking
the action locally without specific
instructions from the State Depart
ment.
Evening star., 1939-08-04
STAR WASHINGTON c., FRIDAY,
Holt Postpones
Norway Trip to
Block Nominees
BY the Associated Press.

6y Inv A8bOClAte0 FIeb8.
Senator Holt, Democrat Of West
Virginia, postponed his trip to Nor
way and showed up Unexpectedly in
the Senate yesterday, just in time
to change the destiny of two would
be postmasters.
The nominations of these two
John Kenna Kerwood of Ripley
w. Va, and Charles B. McCray
Webster Springs, w. Va.-had been
heldup in the Post once Committee
until Wednesday, at the request OF
Senator Holt, who said he objected
to the appointments because pro-
tests had been filed with him.
"Then," the Senator told reporters
three hours after I was supposed
to have sailed from New York fol-
Oslo, Norway, the committee met
and sent them to the floor"
After Senator Holt turned up In
the chamber and announced his
opposition to confirmation, the Sen
ate sent the nominations back to
the committee.
Evening star., 1939-08-04
u. S., Britain Declared
Forcing Japan to Pact

TOXIC, Aug. 4 P.-Japan is
being forced toward an outright
military alliance with Germany and
Italy because of United States abro-
CATION of her Japanese trade treaty
and British resistance on the North
China currency question, high gov
ernment official said today.
Conclusion of a military pact may
come at any moment, he said, but
he professed ignorance of the meet
ing of japanese Ambassadors to
Italy and Germany, underway at
Villa d'Este. Italy, or the subject OF
the Villa d'Este conference.
The official first said events" were
forcing Japan into an arms alliance
with the axis powers and then added
that by events" he meant the July
q notice from Washington that the
United States after six months
would cancel the 1911 treaty, and
Great Britains stand on the cur
rency question.
Evening star., 1939-08-04
Dam Construction
Work in West Split,
Roosevelt Reveals
Army Engineers Not to
Garry Too Much Of
Burden to Aid Defense
b the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
President Roosevelt said today
work on irrigation, navigation and
flood control projects in the West
would be divided between the Army
engineers and the Reclamation
Service to avoid placing heavy bur-
den on the Army in event of war
emergency.
Asked at press conference about
q reported controversy between the
two services on dam construction in
the Far West, the President said he
recently had held conferences on the
matter. The entire question, he ex-
planned, went back two years to the
original study of the Government
reorganization plan.
At that time, he added, two agen-
cies were building the larger type
dams-the Reclamation Bureau
building Grand Coulee and Boulder
and the Army constructing Fort
Peck and Bonneville.
1t was thought then, he said, that
both services should be maintained
without one overwhelming the other,
that healthy rivalry should be kept
up.
The Army had forged ahead with
many projects, he continued and it
was thought it should not become
too big because it only had limited
number of officers and men, and in
case of war the engineers would be
needed for service at the front.
1t was decided, he said, to let the
Army do all harbor and Mississippi
River improvement work and all
other food-control and navigation
work where those operations consti-
tuted the primary function.
The rest of the work on upper
reaches of rivers where navigation
and flood control were not involved,
he said, was assigned to the Recla-
nation Bureau to keep it going on
basis Of equal Importance with the
Army and with each service check
ing on the other
He said this arrangement had
worked out as a good system and
now the reports of each agency are
studied by the other. If irrigation
is involved. it is weighed against
flood-control phases and in some
instances power.
If navigation is primary, the Army
engineers get the work. Mr.. Roose-
welt said. Where irrigation and
reclamation is uppermost the Recla-
nation Bureau gets the job.
Evening star., 1939-08-04

Gonoude, standing some 800 feet
away, came running. The woman
was dead when he arrived. He
thought the little boys might still be
alive and rushed their broken bodies
clad in sun suits, to hospital but
they, too, were dead.
The spectacular leap occurred
about six hours after the woman had
registered at the hotel at pm. as
Mrs. Della Frank of New York City
Pictures found in a upper bag In
her room and other evidence en-
abled police investigators to establish
her real identity.
No one in the hotel saw the plunge
and the police said it was difficult
to determine whether Mrs. LANCER
flung the youngsters out the window
and jumped after them, or gathered
them in her arms and leaped. Her
left wrist was slashed and blood
stained razor blade was found in
the hotel room.
Witnesses on the street had di-
vergent opinions about the order in
which the bodies fell, although Po-
liceman Gonoude said he thought
the woman's body landed first.
Police theorized the children had
been sleeping and probably never
knew of their doom. No outcries
were heard.
When Mrs. LANCER registered at
the hotel she asked for "a nice airy
room" The boys were seen in the
lobby about 6 pm. Later their
mother took them out, all three re-
turning about 10 pm.
On the way to their room she told
the elevator operator: The boys are
tired; they are going to see their
daddy in the morning."
A relative of the dead woman,
Mrs. Hermine We'll, told reporters:
Il think the thought of having to
leave this country and being without
a home made her (Mrs. Langer) lose
her mind"
Neighbors told police the hangers
about two weeks ago had placed the
boys in a summer camp near Chi
cago in the belief that might help
them overcome the language diff
Guilty, but the lads were withdrawn
from the camp after about 10 days.
Evening star., 1939-08-04
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Evening star., 1939-08-04
!. R. A. Chief Reported
Illegally in Britain
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Aug. 4.-Sean Russell,
leader of the illegal Irish Republican
Army, was refused entry into Britain
yesterday by the home office, but
unofficial reports said that he had
already entered secretly and had
been ordered arrested.
Russell was detained briefly by
Federal officials at Detroit while
King George and Queen Elizabeth
were visiting the United States.
The home Office issued expulsion
orders today against four other per-
sons suspected of connection with
the I. R. A., making a total of Al
such orders since Parliament last
week passed new law to deal with
terrorism. Three others, besides
Russell, have been denied entry.
Evening star., 1939-08-04
Plunge
Continued From First Page.)

business, the largest textile and
clothing manufacturing plant in
Czecho-S -Slovakia, for a song.
Il practically gave it away to my
Oldest employees because I felt Hitler
soon would seize it or order me to
give it away" Mr.. LANCER testified.
Mr.. LANCER, his wife and the boys
had a visit to Bolivia. They OBJ
tained a six-months visitors pass to
the United States and came to Chi
cago three weeks ago
1--WE left our homeland because of
our children" he said. I'VE hoped
to find opportunities to give them a
better life. Tyranny forced us to
become refugees"
Wife HeartbrOken
He said his wife was heartbroken
at the thought of having to leave a
brother and sister and other relatives
abroad. This added to her worry
over her boys future, he said
The Langers took a basement
apartment on Chicago's West Side
The manufacturer, who had SAL
vaged some $1,000 of his fortune,
was unemployed.
He last saw his wife and sons
yesterday at 11:30 am, when she
said she was taking them to the
beach and the Zoo. He came home
at 3 pm, but they had not re-
turned. He was surprised to find no
answer when he telephoned at 6
pm. At 8:45 he grew worried at
finding no one at home, no notes or
messages as to why they might have
been delayed.
Then policemen came to the
apartment. Mr.. LANCER protested
to them his travelling papers were
in order. They told him they
weren't concerned with that, that
their news was more tragic.
The three bodies struck almost
simultaneously on the sidewalk.
They landed near several stragglers
from the late evening crowds
A taxi driver shouted in horror
and a park policeman, William
Evening star., 1939-08-04

abled US to discuss the very acute
situation in Tientsin and In regard
to some parts Of the difficulties
there 1t does look as though we
should, not have any great difnculty
IN coming to an agreement with the
Japanese"
Mr.. Chamberlain then went into
points which are being discussed in
Toxic.
He said Britain had made it per-
fectly clear that she was not pre-
pared to settle with Japan alone
questions Of currency and Chinese
silver IN the British and French con-
cessions In Tientsin because these
were questions which concerned
other powers.
Evening star., 1939-08-04
6. P. 0. Leave Measure
Action to Be SOUGHT

Efforts will be made before ad-
journment to obtain House and
Senate action on the bill to clarity
the application of the laws gov
erning annual and sick leave for
employees of the Government Print
ing Office and the Navy Yard.
Both of these agencies are on
a fve-day week, but under a de-
cision of the controller generals
office, whenever the leave period of
an employe extends over week
end, Saturday is charged against
the annual or sick leave. The pur-
pose of the bill is to rescind this
ruling.
The Senate Civil Service Com
mittee approved the measure yes
terday afternoon. 1t also has been
reported to the House by Chairman
Ramspeck of the House Civil Service
Committee.
Evening star., 1939-08-04
PurIeys
Continued From First Page.)

Continued From First Page)
surprise to most foreign observers.
Its nature, however, did not alto
gether surprise diplomats who had
been watching closely for Japanese
reaction to the stiffening stands Of
the United States and Britain in the
Far East and persistent efforts of
the British and French to reach a
mutual assistance agreement with
Soviet Russia