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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-10
HOTEL MEMBERS
SEND PETITION
TED TO MARITIME
COMMISSION IN PROTEST
OF p. & o. SERVICE

Petitions circulated by the Key
West Hotel and Tourist Homes
Association, protesting against
curtailment of the Havana serv-
ice by the p. & o. Steamship
Company and suggesting steps to
give Key West a better Cuba
transportation facility, were or
dered sent to the United States
Maritime Commission at a meet
ing yesterday.
Although the association was
advised by the Chamber of Com
merce that the P. & o. had cur
tailed its Havana service for
economic reasons, the association
went on record as favoring dis
patch of the petitions, bearing
several hundred signatures, to
Washington.
The opinion was that the pc
titions, carrying the names of the
majority of businessmen and civic
leaders in Key West, should be
on file at the commissions office
against the time when some 9th
er steamship company seeks a
certificate of convenience and
necessity to operate a Cuban
service.
Members of the association
made no comment when a letter
from Paul j. Saunders, president
of the P. & o., to the Chamber
of Commerce. was read. Saunders
said in his letter that curtail-
ment of the Cuba service was
unavoidable and made only aft
er the company had sustained a
number of operating losses dur
ing the last few years.
There was no indication in
the letter that the service would
be restored to its old level, de-
spite runors to that effect. 49,
The hotel association also vot-
ed to appear before city council
with complaints against traffic
noises in violation of city ordin-
ances. The members voted funds
for establishment of a publicity
bureau under William J. Lee. and
money for continuing the South
Beach cleanup work.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-10

Rear Admiral w. H. Allen,
commandant of the seventh nav
al district, which includes Key
West, is expected to arrive here
late this week or early next week
to make an inspection of Key
West Naval Station, Commander
G. B. Hoey, officer in charge of
the yard, announced today.
Admiral Allen will drive to
Key West from his headquarters
at Charleston, S. c., inspecting
various naval activities enroute
to this southernmost station un-
der his command. With him will
be Mrs. Allen, their daughter,
and his aide, Lieut.. Comdr. S. r.
Clark, also of Charleston. They
will remain in Key West two or
three days.
Commander Hoey and the of
ficers and men under him are
confident the station will reflect
the hard work they have put into
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-10
EMPLOYERS CAN
SAVE If STATE
FUND IS PAID
COMpENSA-
TON PAYMENTS MADE BE-
FORE JAN. 81 WILL ENTITLE
CREDITS ON FED. TAKES
Especial to The Citixen)


TALLAHASSEE, Jan. 10.-Em-
ployers liable under the Florida
Unemployment Compensation
Law can save money by paying
all delinquent contributions due
the State fund under this law at
once, Harold c. Wall, chairman
of the Florida Industrial Com
mission said today.
Contributions for the fourth
quarter of 1889 were due Janu-
airy /, Wall pointed out. If these
contributions and any delinquent
payments for other quarters in
1889 are not made by January 81,
1910, employers will not be able
to get the full 80 per cent offset
credit on their Federal excise
taxes.
In addition to losing this credit
offset on federal taxes, delin-
quent employers will be required
to pay interest to the State on
the contributions they owe. This
interest amounts to one per cent
a month on all unpaid contribu-
tons.
Contributions due from en-
ployers under the Florida Unem-
ployment Compensation Law are
OF per cent of total pay rolls.
Under the Federal law, employ
Continued on Page Four)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-10
Key West Projects
Included In STUDY
ByNay Committee
CURTAILMENT OF PRO-
Ora M INDICATED;
HAVE FUNDS TO RUN
UNTIL JUNE 80

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.
Possibility that the navy's
81, 465, 900 emergency build
ing program in Florida
would be trimmed developed
today when the House APP
preparations O m mite e
voted a 100000 cut in the
lump sum requested for tenn
porary construction. The
navy asked $7,5OO,OO0 for
the whole program, point
ing out it already had obi
gated $S63,e27. Committee
recommended only $1,000
600. There was no indica-
ton Immediately what items
would be cut.
Florida projects included
temporary emergency naval
hospital and dispensary
building and facilities at
Key West station, totaling
$4,000, and temporary
emergency buildings and
facilities for naval aviation
patrol, totaling $7O5, 900.
Tables prepared by the
navy showed $4,000 already
obligated for Key West
projects although items
were not specifically author
lied by Congress.
The committee agreed to
$4,000 items to recommis-
sion Key West station and
operate it until June 80.
Also approved request for
$1,785,0O0 additional for
maintenance work by bu-
reau of supplies and oc-
counts. Captain John B.
EwaId testified this in
cluded $11,35O for equip
ment, such as typewriters
and adding machines.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-10
DESTROYER PHILIP
NOW new FLAGSHIP
CAPT. CARPENTER TRANS
FERS HEADQUARTERS
WHILE LEA PATROLS

Return of the destroyers Lea
and Evans from the Miami air
meet marked new shifting of
naval vessels in and out of Key
West naval station this morn
ing.
When the Lea was sent on neu-
trality patrol today, Capt. Arthur
S. Carpenter, senior officer. of
the naval forces afloat here,
shifted shis flag to the Philip,
which will serve as his head
quarters until the Lea returns to
port.
The Philip is now on a main
tenahce basis near the naval sta
ton shops, but is expected to be
ready for patrol duty on Monday.
AT that time the Schenck is
scheduled to take her place at
the upkeep dock. The Wickes
is already being serviced there.
Under the maintenance pro-
gram worked out by Capt. Car
pender and other naval officers
here, each of the destroyers will
spend two weeks out of every
six at the naval station main
tenance docks. There they will
be serviced by their crews in
CO. operation with the station
naval and civilian forces.
Besides the Lea the Evans also
left on patrol.
Another naval vessel in port is
the seaplane tender Gannett.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-10
PLANE CRASHED
In MIAMI TODAY
CANE DOWN NEAR BUSI-
NESS AREA: PILOT BALED
OUT IN PARACHUTE
IRx Axsoclated Pressl

. MIAMI, Jan. 10.-At' noon to-
day, residents of this city were
Mortified to witness a plane crash
which occurred near the center
of the metropolitan district.
The plane was heard shortly
before the fall making sputter-
ing noises, then witnesses saw
the plane start earthward in
dizzy circles. AS the plane
crashed in the vicinity of N. w.
7th Avenue and 5th Street, it
exploded with loud report.
Witnesses then saw the pilot
of the plane descending from the
air by parachute.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-10
SWEDES SACRIFICE
TO HELP FINLAND
(By Associated Press)

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 10.--News-
papers here today carried long
stories of how the Swedish peo-
pie are making sacrifices to aid
their Finnish neighbors in the
war against Russia.
Centrally located stations are
receiving all sorts of contribu-
tions. Ladies are turning in
rings, bracelets, family heirlooms
and large quantities of clothing
are being donated. Children, too,
are giving up toys and articles of
clothing to help Finnish children
endure the discomfitures of the
war.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-10
FEC. OFFICIAL
VISITED IN CITY

r. T. Jeffries, Division Passen-
ger Agent of the Florida East
Coast Railway, with headquar-
tiers at Miami, was a visitor in
Key West.
Mr.. Jeffries was accompanied
here by Lester L. Sargent, Trav-
cling Passenger Agent of the L.
& N. Railroad, and Nashville,
Chattanooga & St. Louis Rail-
way; also, H. c. Bretney, Florida
Passenger Agent of the L. & NJ.
Railroad.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-10
FRENCH WANT
CHURCHILL

ROME, Jan. 10.-The Italian
newspaper II Populo Romano to-
day carried a leading editorial in
which was stated that the French
war heads would like to see
Winston Churchill displace Ne
vile Chamberlain as Prime Min
lister of England.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-10
TOO MANY CUBES

WASHINGTON. - The Rural
Electrification Admins IL tion
here received a letter from a
woman asking how to stop her
refrigerator from making ice
cubes because they froze so rap
idly she didn't have room to
store them. tMiam,.As.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-10
BUILDS VILLAGE

READING. Pa.-Laurencc Gle
ringer of this city has construct
ed by hand a miniature village
that weighs 20 tons, covers more
than 1000 square. feet, and is
valued at $4,000.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-10
AGAINST JITTERBUGs

WEST NEWBURYPORT, Mass.
Clopek was fined $50
for hitting his son-in-law, Victor
Desimone, on the head with a
club for refusing to stop glitter
bug dancing" in the house.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-10
BRISTON KNEW PLANE
N E E D E D REPLACE
MENT; ACCIDENT OC-
CURED so MILES OUT
Jesse Briston. SO. of Leland.
Miss. was lucky yesterday after
he took off from Key West air
port bound for Havana in the Mi
ami Cuba air race and his engine
began kicking up.

began kicking up.
Just ahead he spotted one of
four ships posted along the travel
lane between Key West and Ha-
vana, and glided down to crash
landing alongside the Coast
Guard Mohave of Miami.
Although his plane sank ten
minutes after the crash, BristOn
escaped injury and was carried
back to Miami by the Mohave.
He was mourning the loss today
of a valuable Curtiss Hawk plane
in which he arrived at Key West
Yesterday morning and in which
he took off for Havana shortly
before ] p. m.
After he landed here. Briston
told bystanders that trouble had
developed in the magnetic coils
on his motor. According to word
later reaching Mayor Willard M.
Albury and Robert NJ Graham
naval chief radioman, who
served as traffic director at the
airport, Briston made an unsuc-
cessfui attempt to find in Key
West replacement part for the
magnetic.
"Tu take a chance on this
one. Briston is quoted as having
declared just before he strapped
himself in the Curtiss Hawk and
took off for Havana. His ship
was No. 80 in the group of nearly
40 planes entered in the Miami
Havana race.
Fortunately for Briston, race
officials and officers of the
United States navy and the Coast
Guard stationed in Key West had
figured that some such emer-
gency would develop among the
planes that took off for Havana.
Along the route to the Cuban
capital were stationed the De-
stroyers Evans and Lea and the
Coast Guard Ships Mohave and
Nemesis. Overhead roared four
seaplanes, two of the naval and
two of the Coast Guard aerial
forces. iH.
When Briston's motor sputtered
and died as his ship was sailing
smoothly 1000 feet above the
water some so miles from Key
West, he spotted the Mohave
about a mile away. Taking adj
vantage of his height and the
air currents, Briston glided to-
ward the Coast Guard vessel,
which had been informed of his
plight by radio. Briston's ship
had a two-way radio set, so 1T
was not difficult to communicate
with the Coast Guardsmen.
The crew of the Mohave was
ready when the Curtiss Hawk
fish-tailed to sloppy landing IN
the sea. A land plane, some OF
the undercarriage and sections
of the body were carried away
by the crash. Briston was pulled
aboard the Mohave. apparently
none the worse for his close
call.
News of the forced landing
and Briston's rescue was COM
municated to Graham, who, UNI
til he was recalled into the nav
al service a few days ago, had
been in charge of the radio facili-
ties maintained here by the
United States Civil Aeronautic
Authority. It was officially re-
ported Briston's plane struck the
water at 1:41 p. m, that it sank
at Isl D. m, at Latitude 23:40
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-10

Auspices K. w. Woman's Club
WoMAN'S CLUBHOUSE
1909 Division Street
Tomorrow. 6 TO Q p. II.
EACH PERSON -- soc
Phone 365 For Reservations
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-10

HELSINKI. Jan. 10.-Military
observers here today learned that
another large group of Russian
soldiers on the middle sector had
been pushed back and suffered
humiliating defeat, and at the
same time, dispatches indicated
that the Finnish ski patrols were
more generally advancing into
Russian territory on that front.
Estimates of Finnish victories
in the last two weeks has brought
up the outstanding total of
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-10
WARNING NATIONS GRID FOR LENGTHY WAR
Finland Troops Push
Into Soviet Territory
FINN SKI PATROLS CAPTURE MORE RUSSIAN
TROOPS; RUSSIA LOSES $4,000 IN TWO WEEKS
(Bv Associated Press)

nearly $4,000 Russians either
captured, killed or wounded in
major conflicts on the front,
where Russia sought to push at
tacks and cut the nation of Fin
land in two.
Observers heard that Moscow
officials had finally admitted no
progress on the eastern frontier,
and that the advance at that
point would be halted until win
try weather subsidized.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-10
County Commissioners
To Study Audit Tonight

County officials are scheduled
10 appear before the board of
commissioners at the courthouse
tonight TO discuss the report of
the state auditor which points TO
some bookkeeping discrepancies
indicating some claims the coun-
tY has against them.
On the other hand, the county
officials state that while the state
auditors report charges they owe
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-10

Key West, Florida, has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only Ia Fahrenheit
Evening star., 1940-04-14
THIS WEEK MAGAZINE
THE RIGHT CROWD
Continued from poss twenty

saying that. Alan himself looked star
tied and not altogether pleased. Then
Audrey surprised herself even more by
going on in way that would not have
been possible to any smart girl in her
right mind.
81 hope you'll excuse me-" she said.
But really think I'll go home"
Home"
Sure That's the place where your
father and mother live and you have
breakfast"
She was very nearly herself again.
She was Audrey Reynolds of Medville
High. She wasn't afraid of any sopho-
more on earth. She didn't care if she
never made any contacts or pulled
any strings or learned any ropes. And
from now on she'd put on her own lip
stick. without taking any advice from
anybody. She smiled little at the
look of blank incredulity in Alan
Ferguson's eyes.
you don't need to worry about
me-" she told him. Its only three
blocks away - and it's not at all
late"
"Oh. but, of course, I'll drive you"
he said furiously.
1t was not difficult, however. to get
away from him. Audrey thanked Jan
Parker for the wonderful party and
edged towards the door.
lHE moment of exhilaration had
gone. Walking home. she felt alone
and abandoned. Gene. she thought.
would never have let her walk home
alone, no matter how mad he was. In
fact, they had frequently driven for
miles, not saying word, both of them
very mad. She could have wept over
those childish little squabbles of the
past. If only she were beginning her
senior year at Medville High all over
again! If only she could turn back the
clock -
Slowly she turned the corner into
Vista Road. Norma Ramsay was walk
ing down the other side of the street
with Bill Newman. They turned and
waved to her. They we're on their way
to Milbank' probably. Audrey fought
through an immense wave of self-pity
- and stared at a familiar figure
hunched up on the front step of the
Reynolds porch.
Gene rose as she approached and
eyed her balefully. He wasted no time
on the usual amenities. whats this
your father told me?" he demanded.
whats this about you having date
with that Ferguson guy"
A great warmth flooded back to
Audrey's heart. For the first time since
that afternoon by the lake she felt
young and happy and confident. But
there was no expression whatever
upon her face. 1t was what was known
as dead pan.
What of it," she retorted coolly.
What do you care who have date
WITH"
Evening star., 1940-04-14
STRANGER THAN MAN

lHE Labrador duck became extinct
in 1870. No scientist realized how near
the species was to extinction. and
when their numbers we're close to the
disappearing point, housewives were
buying the ducks on the open market
for only few cents. Today the skin
Evening star., 1940-04-14

you think you're going to State
and run around with that Ferguson
guy!'
She observed, with pleasure. that he
was quite red with rage.
What if l do?" she said calmly.
well, you're not going to, that's
all"
Audrey sat down on the porch step
and clasped both hands about her
knees. She rocked back and forth.
'Oh, l don't know" she said. Hes
been awfully nice to me-"
well, you can remember how nice
he was - that sap! You can put it
right in with your souvenirs! Because
he's not going to get chance to be
nice to you any more! I'm going to see
about that!'
please tell me how. Television?"
mo! Because if you're interested -
I'm not going to Timmons! I'm going
to State! When you've got to have
somebody to drag you around - it's
going to be me"'
"Oh, it is?' said Audrey.
And she smiled a little sphinxlike
smile.
But it's not for that changed my
mind!' he added hastily. "As mat
ter of fact, was talking it over with
old Scoop D and both of us had just
about decided there was good deal
to be said for the co-educational setup.
And what's more I'd begun to get
dope on the engineering courses at
State - it seems they aren't so bad"
well, I'm glad to hear that"
Audrey said gently. After all, he had
his pride If he didn't want to come
right out and admit he was afraid of
losing her - well. that was all right.
Naturally, she thought, he would want
to think he was master of his fate and
captain of his soul. So just let him
think he was.
They sat side by side on the porch
step, in a mood tinged by not-un-
pleasant sadness.
WELL" Gene said suddenly. sum-
mer's just about over"
Yes" Audrey's sigh was almost in
audible. 1T seems kind of funny
not going back to dear, old Medville
High"
1--WE had lot of fun, didn't we?'
"Oh, didn't we"
1--WE were such big Shots" he said,
trying to sound amused. Il suppose
some day that'll give us great, big
laugh"
''Oh, l don't know - Maybe we'll
look back and think that was the hap
piest time of our lives" He caught her
hand - and she smiled at him, little
ashamed of the tears in her eyes.
Maybe not, he said. MAYBE we'll
get along all right - at State, l mean"
YES" said Audrey. Maybe we
will"
Next. The final story in this series Of
the adventures OF Audrey and Gene.
Evening star., 1940-04-14

OF single specimen mas a market
value of $8.OOO
ONE of the weirdest animals in Africa
is the river hog. 1t is brilliant orange
in color and forms a vivid contrast
to the green of the water weeds and
morasses that he feeds in. His large
grotesque head is crested with a long.
spotless-white name and he has long.
tapering plumed ears Very few explor-
ershave even seen one of these animals.
LIVERY day at dusk during the sum-
mer, 100000 bats swoop out of the
Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico
to forage for food. In one night they
consume about twelve tons of beetles
and other pests, saving farmers from
enormous losses.
There are no snakes whateverinNew
ID Zealand, and their importation into
the country. eeen for geological b"r-
poses, is strictly prohibited.
AUSTRALIA boasts of kangaroos that
roost in trees! They are clumsy
climbers but offset this shortcoming
by their remarkable jumping powers
and tenacious grip. Like their broth
ers who bound over the ground, they
carry their young in pouches. A fam
lily of tree kangaroos will frequently
use one tree for their permanent
abode.
Carl KULeeRG
Evening star., 1940-04-14
nrs. \. !. D., essssshsrSt. Nv.

A. They're apt to. I've seen more
than one hospital case that start
ed from such intestinal irlita-
ton! But Saraka contains no
harsh drugs, no sharp. seed-like
particles. That's why it's so safe!
Its tiny granules absorb water.
e-x-p-a-n n-d-i-n-g into a soft, moist,
Evening star., 1940-04-14

to relieve common constipation
constipation due to insufficient
bulk. You see-most of us don't get
enough bulk in the foods we eat,
so intestinal muscles grow lazy.
Saraka supplies bulk that we need
to help keep these muscles more
normally active-does it pleasant
ly, gently, without purging.
Evening star., 1940-04-14
WHAT IS "DlFFERENI" ABOUT SARakA?

A. Saraka has important srro"d advantage gentle stmu
intestinal muscles products
moving Thousands delighted with the satisfying results
brings There's violent No embarrassment Just
type bowel Get package from your drug
gist today.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-06-21
Spolecnost ma omlazovani
koni.

Koncem minuleho mesice
nabidl neznamy muz rolnici
Frantisce Pinosove v Prostejo-
We Ike koupi kon6 "a diva tislce
K. Predlozil take pr1vodni
list, z nehoz bylo zrejme, re
kun ma trinact let a je urcen
do Drozdovic. Koupeny kun
vsak do tahu nebyl, odmftal
potravu a 1. kvetna posel. T.
redni zverolekar zjistil, Re
slo O kone nejmene tricetilete-
no. Proto policie prozkouma-
vala prGvodnf list a ~zjistila, re
prdvodnf tricitka byla prepsa-
ma ma tTinact a misto Proste-
iov-Drozdovice bylo p1vodne
Inapsano ma porazku. Povede.
nj obchodnici byli bro vypa-
trani a podano ma ne oznamen.
pro padelani verejne listing
TTinactilety povoznik A. Krat
ky Sc primal, jeho spolecnici
trhovec Alois Berousek a kan
narsky pomocnik Frantisel
Martinez z Prostejova, vinl
popiraji.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-06-21
Mladistvy stfelil a utloukl
otce prepadeneho ma ceste.

Ma kopanicfch u Myjavy do
slo k hroznemu zlocinu, jehoz
pachatelem je mladistvy, neco
malo pres II rokI maj1c1 W.
rostek. Necht6lo Sc mu praco-
vati a proto Sc nesnaSel dobfe
Sc snazivym a pracovitym OF
Gem, jehoz povazoval "a nej-
vetsiho sveho nepT1tele jen pro
to, re nehovel jeho touze pc
zahalce. Konecne nynf Sc roz-
hodl otce odstraniti, a to vraz-
dou. Kdyz rolnik odesel do
mesta, odkud Sc pravidelne vra
eel v noci domI, Sci no syn &C.
kat a kdyz kratce pred pGlno-
CT Sc otec objevil, vyskocil pred
MIN a dvakrat ma neho vystre-
iii z revolveru. Oba projektily
rolnika zasahly a on klesl ma
zem. Ponevadz jeste I'll, pri-
skocil mlady surovec k nemu a
tloukl no pazbou vrazedne
zbrane tax dlouho, az Sc ne
stastnik pfestal 1plne hybat.
Roztloukl mu take lebku.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-06-21
Kradl a pax vyhrozoval

Ma lavici obzalovanych pred
senatem krajskeho soudu v Pr
sku usedl Size teprve 19lety, a
lie jiz n~ekolikrate ~trestany ze-
medelsky delnfk Miroslav Tus-
chi z Ceskych Budejovic. Byl
obzalovan hned re til cind, re
zlocinu nebezpecneho vyhro-
zovani, re zlocinu kradeze a z
pTestupku proti bezpecnosti
tela. Zlocinu kradeze Sc do
pustil u sveho zam6stnavatele
We Zbenicich, Mateje famous
ka, jemuz odcizil RUNE satstvo
a uzene maso a celedfnu Jos.
Hruskovi, jenz byl zamestnan
zaroven s MIN, odcizil satstvo,
rukavice a Tetfzek. Zamestna-
vateldm, ktefi kradez zjistili a
chteli ma neho podati ozname-
nj, vyhrozoval zhaTstvi a ia
nouska, jenz mu kradez vyty-
kal, lehce zranil. Obzalovany
byl uznan vinnym a odsouzen
ma jeden rok do tezkeho zala-
re nepodmfnene. Nepodmine-
most trestu byla odGvodnena
hrubou povahou obzalovaneho
a jeho predchazejfcimi frosty,