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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-24
Reader Commends Stars
Editorial on Finnish Loan.

To the Editor OF The Star:
Your editorial in this evenings Star
titled America Turns Back" deserves
the praise and admiration of every
liberty loving citizen.
1t seems to me that our political
leaders lack stamina and that what
they have said IN the past are but
empty words, words now lost in the
political hodgepodge.
It is unfortunate that at this time
we have no such leaders as Washing
ton, Lincoln, Jackson or Theodore
Roosevelt. They would not have turned
back, but would have taken their issues
to the people in order to gain their
rightful ends
I truly believe that If such editorials
as yours were prominently displayed and
headlined on front pages, they would
serve double purpose, one to reach the
public effectively, and the other to put
to shame our Executive and our Legis-
lature. PETER J. TLOROS.
January II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-24
Winter

A strong Northwestern blew all day;
1t lashed the waters Of the bay
Into white foam; 1t kept the tide
From coming in. and on our side
The bar showed bare and yellow sand.
The gulls came in by hundreds, and
Sat chattering calmly in the lee
OF the tall blum. Each parent tree
Launched its gay leaves upon the blast,
Dancing and whirling as they passed.
The sun set red; the wind grew still;
The great fun moon climbed DER the hill;
The waves Tapped gently on the shore
As the high tide crept in once more.
BESSIE sCHENCK BUNTEN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-24
January %.

EDITORS NOTE.
The Star is glad to publish Mr..
Darden's letter, although it does not
agree that the editorial in question
was "unduly alarming" The editorial
questioned the wisdom Of eliminating
from the Vinson bill provision for "a
additional destroyers requested oy the
Navy Department after expert ap-,
praisal Of defense needs in the light
of present world conditions on
a basis of conditions which, to quote
Mr.. Darden, "has obtained for the
past several years" The editorial
conceded that facilities for imrnedi-
ate construction of additional de-
stroyers may be inadequate, as
claimed by opponents OF the new de-
stroyer program, but asserted that
there certainly can be no harm in
authorizing such construction at this
time-so that designs may be studied
carefully and plans may be ready
when appropriations and facilities
become available"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-24
Departures From
Artistic Forms Noted.
tn the Editor NJ The atar

Regarding the question OF poetic forms
versus poetic content, perhaps Mr. Arch
ibald MacLeish, librarian of Congress,
nationally known poet and authority on
matters Of poetry will tell us why, when
he wrote his new book, America Was
Promises" he entirely ignored the gen.
orally accepted formal patterns. and
appeared to give first consideration to
substance and to theme.
In the meantime, for the purposes of
this discussion, shall adopt the method
of analogy, introduced by Mrs. Whitney.
Consider music: The Negroes of the
South, singing their spirituals often
achieved perfectly pleasing and har-
monious combinations of tone, charac-
terized by the four attributes of pitch,
duration. intensity and timbre without
being able to read a word of music, and
without knowing anything about the
extremely complicated technicalities of
musical FORM and haven't I heard it
said that Irving Berlin, whose appeal
ing melodies have touched the hearts of
millions of Americans, cannot read mu-
steal scores and does not understand
one note from another?
Doesn't this seem to signify that mu-
sic is more important than its technique?
And by this analogy, doesn't this bring
us back to my original contention that
poetry is more important than its TECH
nique?
1t may be said that Negroes have an
tntuitive understanding of form, but 1t
should be remembered that we are deal
ing here, not with a primitive and
perhaps instructive perception of form,
but with the involved technicalities of
form which must be learned by study
and which cannot be achieved by mere
apprehension or immediate insight.
Many people can write metrically ac-
curate poetry, without being able to
write a technically perfect sonnet, or
rondeau, or willamette.
In her recent letter, Mrs. Whitney de-
clares, Thought is really inseparable
from its expression" On the contrary.
1t seems to me there is rather wide
discrepancy between the quiet processes
OF thinking and the somewhat artificial
symbolism of words. Haven't we too
long mistaken thought and the express
sion of thought for one and the same
thing? Has man, through the medium
OF mere words, ever become wholly ar
ticulate? Because it deals with this
subject. I quote herewith a poem of IA
1ambic pentameter lines, which con-
forms to most Of the rules which govern
the Shakespearean sonnet form:
Here is the truth: Through endless
centuries
No man has ever really voiced his
grief:
Nor truly phrased his love, nor on his
knees
Faltered in prayer his ultimate belief.
The final word is never, never spoken:
The lips keep moving, but the wise
heart knows
That even Shakespeare has no magic
token
Which half describes the scarlet of q
rose.
The mind, I think, only In part COM
The words the nimble fingers swiftly
write.
Wisdom is in the heart, and there It
ends;
Beauty is in the souls refulgent light.
Words are mere symbols. neatly, deity
strung
On paper, or upon the restless tongue.
January &. H. P. STODDARD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-24

The District Of Columbia may re-
joice in a special postage stamp
issued in commemoration of its
establishment $50 years ago next
July. With one of these and legal
residence elsewhere District of Co.
lumbia man will be able to prove
that he is as much citizen as red
Indian.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-24

The beautiful Blue Danube is frozen
hard, greatly hampering the flow Of
goods to Germany. The lice king"
does seem to have lined himself up
with the enemies of both Nazis and
Reds -... -.aE ....
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-24

Science announces q device which
generates a force eight million times
that Of gravity. A good name for
1t might be "jollity."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-24
Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor must
bear the name and address OF
the 1Driter. although the use OF
q pseudonyn for publication is
permissible. Please be brietl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-24

"Carry me back to old Virginia;
that's where they have gotten rid
Of 122,381 roadside signs. in, sim
gle year."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-24
Member of the Associated Press.

Entered IS second-class matter post ONCE,
washington. D. G.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-01-24

January 10.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-09
OTHER STREETS
NEED REPAIRS
RESIDENTS CALL ATTENTION
TO MORE DANGER
SPOTS

A number of calls have come
to The Citizen lately concerning
danger spots in the city's streets,
other than those published here
tofore.
Latest, and alleged to be most
dangerous" is a series of bad
holes on Francis street, between
Southland and Angela. Automo-
bileS are said to be in danger OF
crashing into one another as the
drivers try to dodge the big holes
in this stretch.
Another matter called to the
attention of The Citizen is that
concerning the three-ton mari
trucks carrying material from
Stock Island to the airport prof
ect. These trucks come down
the boulevard and, as it was stat
ed, are causing big holes to wear
into the pavement.
Why don't the trucks use the
less-travelled County Road OF
their mari haulS'', is the way one
citizen put it this morning. Our
boulevard should be reserved for
private cars.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-09

Interest ran high over last
weekend, and continued this
morning, in this city on the sub
ject of the delinquent tax situa-
ton meeting ordered by the City
Council for next Friday night
The 18th.
Following publicity on the mat
ter. both in its news columns and
editorial. The Citizen found that
large number of residents.
claiming to be taxpayers. were
planning to attend the meeting
TO see for themselves" how the
council acts on what they termed.
the most important municipal
problem of the moment.
The meeting was ordered. it
will be recalled, when the coun-
Gil was presented with the list of
1889 delinquentS, tOtalling APP
proximately $4,000. Discussion
followed as to whether the list
should be published in legal
form.
On that question the council
men appeared to be divided and
ii was to see whether other forms
of collection could be adopted
that the meeting was called.
Councilmen Boyden and Brin-
ton spoke out in favor of legal
publication. Councilman Sweet
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-09
GUARD PREPARES
FOR NATION OF
FULL BATTALION
MAKES BID FOR NATIONAL
AND STATE RECOGNITION;
ARRANGE PROJECT TO
SUPPLY UNIFORMS

Executive officer, Julius Stone,
of the Key West Guard, newly
formed organization in this city,
announced today that the group
has been contracting Legislators
IN Washington, through various
military channels, to obtain ma
tional and state recognition for
the local Guard.
We've also made a bid, in
these same communications -
Stone stated, ito obtain National
Guard equipment for our drill
periods.
Further enliStments in the
Guard will be handled tomorrow
night at Legion Hall where the
second meeting of the Guard will
be held. 1t is expected that a
full battalion will be enrolled
within two weeks time.
Officials announced that the
City and County governments
have agreed to co-Sponsor a
WPA project in the Sewing Room
to have uniforms made for mem
berS of the Guard. These. it was
explained, would remain the
property of the sponsoring
agencies.
A headquarters company, to
act in advisory capacity, COM
posed of older men in the city
not able to come under military,
physical regulations is to be
formed, it was announced, and
another group of honorary MEM
bers, composed of retired army
and navy officers in the city, is
also to be formed.
''All in all, we are obtaining the
finest sort of cooperation in our
Guard movement" Mr.. Stone
stated.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-09
.SERWCERS ACT
ON SUNDAY NOISE
DIRECT REQUEST TO MAYOR
ALBURY TO HAVE CHURCH
DISTRICT PATROLLED

The needless accelerating of
motors and blowing of horns in
the vicinity of Key West churches
during the hours of public wor-
ship by thoughtleSs motorists
here, was the subject for discus
sion at the regular meeting of the
Stone Church Service Club held
on Tuesday evening, September
3rd, in the church annex with
President Daniels in the chair.
This condition, which has pre-
vailed for some time, is getting
constantly worse and upon mo-
ton duly made and unanimously
carried, it was agreed to COM
municate with the Mayor and re-
quest His Honor to assign a traf-
fic officer to patrol the vicinity
of the churches during the hours
of public worship and check
these offenders, thereby render
ing most valuable aid to the
religious life of our community
Guests of the evening Included
Rev. Ted NJ. Jones, pastor Of The
First Baptist Church, Stephen c.
Singleton, secretary of the Cham
Der of Commerce and Paul Es-
quinaldo. During the program
section of the meeting. Paul Es-
quinaldo and Gerald Saunders
rendered a bass and tenor duet,
accompanied on the piano by
Kingman Curry.
The observance of Father and
Son or Daughter" night was set
for the last meeting in Septem-
Der.
Rev. A. c. Riviere, who had
been away for several weeks on
vacation, was welcomed back to
the club.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-09
JUDGE AIBURY
HEARS SPONGE
CASE in COURT
JURY TRIAL IN PROGRESS AT
PRESS TIME: TEN CASES
SOUNDED ON CURRENT
DOCKET

Criminal Court was called &c
order this morning at $50 O'Clock
in county courthouse chambers
with Judge VIM. V. Albury pre-
siding.
Court attendants were all pres
ent, including clerk c. Sam B.
Curry, deputy sheriff Bernard
Waite and Allen B. Cleare, Jr-
county solicitor.
A docket of ten cases was
sounded, and cases for the term
tentatively assigned.
= Court was recessed for about
an hour soon after being called
to order, for the purpose of hear
ing motions. These were heard
III tliC JCs IOOIll, dilQ oil, dICOiu-
ing to Mr.. Waite, were denied by
the judge.
Case of the state versus Berlin
Larsen, charged with illegal pos
session of sponges under the
five-inch legal size. was called.
Mr.. Larsen entered plea of
guilty to the charge and Judge
Albury withheld sentence until
later this week.
Another case OF similar nature
went to jury trial shortly be
fore noon-the State versus
Letters Cantonius. Selecting of
the jury and preliminaries TO
hearing of testimony took up
most of the time before recess at
Loo p. m.
Resumption of the trial was
called for 200 o'clock and com
pletion was expected too late for
publication this afternoon.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-09
INTEREST is
REVIVED IN9
WATERWAY
C. OF C. PUSHES MOVE TO
EXTEND ROUTE FROM BA-
HIA HONDA: WRITES MANY
LETTERS

Chamber of Commerce officials
reported this morning that they
are taking all possible steps to
acquaint the US. Government
with facts pertaining to the ex-
tension of the Inland Waterway
from Bahia Honda to Key West.
S. c. Singleon, executive secre-
tary, showed The Citizen CORE
spondence this morning which
has been sent to various local
military officials, serving to &C.
quaint them with all facts in the
matter.
Nov that the federal govern
ment has ordered reopening OF
the Inland Waterway discussion"
MIR. Singleton stated, 1--WE want
anyone who may be called to
hearings in the future to have all
the facts before them.
Informative letters, describing
the need for the waterway extern
sion, highlighting the military as
poets of the situation, have been
sent to Col. L. L. Pendleton.
U.S.A., commander of Harbor
Defenses here; Captain w. F
Jacobs, commandant of the naval
station; Commodore A. H. Brook,
chairman of the Florida Inland
Navigation Association of FIT.
Lauderdale: 1t. Comdr. A. H.
Hilton, head of the local Coast
Guard forces, and to 1t. Col. ].
D. MacMullen, former head of
Harbor Defenses in Key West,
who was most interested in the
project while stationed here.
Communication has also been
sent to the District Engineers of
flee at jacksonville, advising
that the above men could be con-
tacted in the matter. to receive
information concerning the adj
visibility of deepening the wa
tcrway to navigable depths for
large craft.
'The waterway, in our opin-
ion', Mr.. Singleton stated. sis
most necessary as a supplement
tary route over which to bring
supplies to Key West from Mi
ami. 1t is all the more desirable
at this time, pending completion
of our highway bridges"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-09
SENATE AND
HOUSE CONFER
ION DRAFT BILL
HOUSE CONFEREES NAY
DROP 60-DAY POSTPcEE
MENT AMENDMENT. LAECz
MAKES ANNOUNCEREE-

WASHINGTON Sep1
Senate and House cummlr-sz
were in meeting today. ass-hl5
to straighten out dIfferences m
the Burke Wadsworth cansrr1u-
ton bin as passed ~ huth
houses.
1t was reported today. "a I1ne
with known desires q Prezldert
Roosevelt, that the H0use u-uuId
probably bow 10 the Senate-s
wishes IN the matter q 68-zsv
pOStponement and allow rile aU
TO become effective ImmedlzfelF
In return for that conressra- a.
was believed the Senafe nav r.
wise IFS age-limIt terms O. CO
incide with the House lB - =
years classification
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-09
SAILORS TO HAVE
MOVIE PREMIERE
NEW EQUIPMENT IN BUILD
ING 81 TO BE USED TO-
MORROW

1t. Comdr. Ray S. Byrns, sup
ply and accounting officer at the
naval station, announced today
that the new movie projection
equipment will have its initiation
tomorrow night in the auditorium
on the second floor of building
81.
The equipment, consisting OF
two modern projectors and full
sound equipment, will be used at
regular intervals to provide en-
tertainment for the navy person
mel Finishing touches on the
hall were being installed this
morning, in the form of electric
fans.
The equipment is all new, be-
ing manufactured by the Motto
graph Company. Standard width
films will be used.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-09

Noa came in later from patrol
duty in the Caribbean area.
Submarine now in port is the
Sea Raven, here five months ago
on a shakedoWn cruise. She is
under command of 1t. Comdr.
T. G.. Reamy.
DestroyerS newly arrived are
the U.S.S. Lawrence, under
Comdr. V. c. Barringer, who is
also commander of the 83rd De
StrOyer Division; the U.S.S.
Humphreys, under Lit Comdr. H.
B. SOuthWOrth, and the U.S.S.
King. under 1t. Comdr. E. E.
BerthOld.
The U.S.S. cambridge, de-
Stroyer. and U.S.S. GoldSborOugh.
converted seaplane tender, are
also in port at present. Three of
the ships are fastened at the new
mOoring buOys in the harbor.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-09
Three Schools Report 7
Enrolment Of 1926
HIGH SCHOOL AND TWO GRADE INSTITU.
TIONS SHOW INCREASE FIRST DAY

Superintendent Melvin E. Rus
sells office reported at 2:30
o'clock this afternoon that the
Junior-Senior High School and
Harris and Division Street gram
mar schools had turned in their
enrollmentS this morning.
The figures reported indicated
record high enrollments at the
schools, with a total of 1926 stu
dents registered.
Junior-Senior High School re-
ported an enrolment of I'll stu
dents. This was an increase over
the first day last year of 40 stu
dents.
Division Street School reported
512 students on hand this morn
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-09

ing when the bell rang, being an
increase of IS over last years
first-day figures.
Harris School also came up with
an increase this school semester,
with 403 students enrolled, %
more than firSt-day in 1899.
The increase of 81 at the three
Key West schools, with Douglass
School (colord) still unreported,
will probably be further in
creased as the week advances.
according to usual custom of late
registrations of visitors, etc.
All schools reported ''the situa-
ton we'll in hand. No serious
problem of accommodation due
to the increases was indicated.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-09
Doughty Issues
Statement On
AQueduCt Status
Follows Meeting Held On
Saturday In Miami; To
Proceed With Bond
Valuation Effort

Chairman VIM. T. DoughtrY.
Jr.. of the Florida Keys Aqueduct
Commission. issued a statement
today on the meeting held last
Saturday in the office of the
Commissions attorney. S. P.
Robineau. in Miami. at which full
membership of the commission
was present. sitting in with B. M.
Duncan. general manager of the
Overseas Road and Toll Bridge
District. .
The statement, as presented to
The Citizen, speaks Tor itself.
The meeting was called to ascer-
tain progress being made on the
commissions application to the
RFC for loan of $1,1OO,0OO to
construct the aqueduct. Mr..
Doughtry's statement is as fol-
lows:
The Navy is about to make a
complete engineering survey of
the project upon both of the fol-
lowing bases:
i. To build a water line for
the needs of the Navy alone;
-. To build a water Line for
the needs of both Navy and
civilian population.
Negotiations are in progress
on the matter of the larger water
line for both Navy and civilian
population, in accordance with
suggestion in the amendment to
the Navy appropriation, which
provides that the Navy may
build the water line in coopera-
ton with an agency of the State
of Florida (Which is the Florida
Keys Aqueduct Commission).
The matter of financing the
participation of the Aqueduct
Commission for the civilian sup
ply is being negotiated with the
r. F. c. The details required by
the r. F. c. for the revenue GER
tificate securities to be issued by
the Aqueduct Commission to fl
nance its participation in the
joint line are expected in due
course by bond counsel, Masslich
and Mitchell.
Upon receipt of these details
for the securities. valuation pro-
ceedings will be drafted, initiated
Continued on Page Four
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-09
Citizens VIII Attend
Delinquent Tax Meet

ing was quoted last week as be-
ing tentatively opposed to pub
licatiOn This is corrected to
read-'no opinion stated. This
same status is ascribed to coun-
cilmen Grillon and Ramsey. Only
council president William A.
Freeman spoke out in definite
opposition to legal publication,
claiming that the procedure
would be a waste of money.
Councilman Carbonell was not
present at last weeks meeting, so
his opinion in the matter was not
obtainable. 5i
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-09
LABOR OFFICIALS
TO COOPERATE

NEW YORK Sept 9-Unned
States labor officials. cslied Iufo
conference IN tins CITY Ezfh Euv-
eminent commissioner Al
nounced that labor would CD
Continued On Page FUur3
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-09

Inc u D NAVY, WAANh -etA1t1A7
es round the ~orld, from the lush
harbors of sb4yifgsn Islands to
the bleak fEespf the Aleu-
tianS, is truly our first line of de-
Tense. To hold that line requires
trained personnel which includes
men who command the bridge Of
a battleShip and others who can
fit dental bridgework- There
must be men VINO can lay their
hands on fuel oil in the Arctic
and ice cream freezers on the
Caribbean. There must be air
plane pilots and submarine COM
manders. There must be men
who can maneuVer a fleet of bat
tleShips across a million square
miles of ocean, and others who
understand the care and feeding
of stump pumps. Practically
every known occupation is need
ed in the Navy. And the where
withal 10 carry on that activity
must he 1on hand, ready or use.
LIS the function of the Ma
tienal Defense Advisory Commits
sion to See that the Navy gets
the supplies Il requires.
All the Navy business orig
mates in a twenty-one acre build
ing. hastily erected in 1917. In
this building is the Secretary Of
the Navy, Frank Knox, and As
sistant Secretary, Lewis Comp
ton. They are surrounded by
SaiIormen who have reached the
top of the heap on the long vol
age that started tween decks as
midshipmen, by way of the quar-
ter deck of a destroyer, 10 q
cruiser, to a battleShip, 10 Com
mander-in-Chief Of the fleet, and
eventually to the number one
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-09
ONE-DAY ROUND-TRIP
TO CANAL ZONE

MIAMI, Fla.-In a test trip
over the route to be used by Pan
American Anyways pilots be-
tween Miami and the Panama
Canal Zone, Capt Robert H
Fatt flew one of the 33-paSsen-
ger strato-clippers the 1.547-
mile distance from Miami to
Cristobal in six hours and u
minutes and made the return
trip in six hours flat. The time.
both going and coming, bettered
any record, even that of military
craft, officials declared.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-09
Submarine And Three.
DeStrOyerS In Port.
NEW ARRIVALS CAME YESTERDAY: TIGHT
EN- MOORINGS FOR SQUALLY WEATHER

Secure all naval ships to
moorings!"
That was the general order
given out by Captain H. S. Car
pender, commander of all ships
afloat at the local naval station,
this morning to prevent damage
that may be caused by the
squally weather
A submarine and three de-
StroyerS steamed into Kew West
harbor yesterday afternoon for
an indefinite stay, and the U.S.S
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-09-09
BOLT STRIKES FISHING ROD

DELTA. Col--Clinton Barlow.
Is, was instantly killed while
fishing when lightning struck his
steel fishing rod. Two compan-
ions. using bamboo poles. were
knocked down and stunned by
the bolt but escaped injury.