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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-05

Coast Guard boats wainwright.
Jouett and Beale, enroute to tar
get practice north of Tampa, will
stop at this port to take on fuel
tomorrow morning.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-05

In 1917, Senator Norris be-
longed to the little band of sena--
tors who filibustered the "armed
neutrality" bill to death and, sub
sequentlv. voted against the en-
try of this country inc the World
War. He took part in the House
fight to strip the Speaker, Joe
Cannon, of his broad powers and
has been in the forefront of those
demanding new social legislation.
The Senator fathered the Ten
nessee Valley Authority program,
supported the bill to reorganize
the Supreme Court, has advo-
Gated third term for President
Roosevelt and was the author of
the constitutional amendment
ending the Lame Duck sessions
of Congress. Regardless of diff
ferences of opinion, his SINGER
ity, courage and intelligence
won him manv friends and adj
mirers throughout the United
States.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-05

Irving Cobb, noted humorist,
and Bob Davis, sporting editor
of the New York Sun, arrived at
Pirates Cove fishing camp o.
day with a party aboard evil
lowe Mac. owned by Robertson
S. Ward of Newark, N. ].
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-05

The scramble which will de-
velop in the Democratic Conven-
ton in the event that Mr.. Roose-
welt removes himself from the
scene, will be matched by SIM
liar scramble in the Republican
Convention. Just now, District
Attorney Thomas E. Dewey, Sen
ator Arthur H. Vandenberg of
Michigan, and Senator Robert A.
Taft of Ohio are the leading can
didates, but the general expecta-
ton is that the first ballot will
show a number of candidates
receiving the votes. Former Pres
ident Hoover, it is expected, will
receive some support and a
number of favorite sons will be
| presented to the Convention.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-05

Just when the Conventions will
be held is not known at this
time, but meetings of the ma
tional committee, early this year,
will consider the times and places
for the Conventions. s
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-13
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
KNOW YOUR MARKETS
New Orleans States

A DOZEN students of Louisiana State univer-
sity were this week taken on a tour of markets,
:hicken hatcheries and stockyards In New Or
cans, They are specializing in live stock and
poultry marketing, and they were interested in
comparing practice with textbook theory.
Would it not be a good thing if the idea were
enlarged-given more general application?
know your markets is a good civic thought
good from the standpoint of general economics
good from the standpoint of personal applica-
ton, because everyone is affected, three times a
day, by the marketing of foodstuffs.
If the boys and girls of our universities, and
of the upper grades in high school,, were in
structed in the general marketing operations.
we believe a great and growing good to the COM
munity would eventuate, for they will be the men
and women Of tomorrow, the makers of law
and the enforcers of law, and the moulders of
public attitudes.
The market place is where the producer and
the consumer meet. 1t is the focus OF the econo-
mic interests of us all.
It is as essential that we consumers under
stand the problems of the distributors and the
producers, as that they understand our needs.
It we did, there would be a disappearance of
such antagonisms as have eventuated on both
sides, in the past, when price changes became
necessary, and may be expected in the. future
under similar urgencies.
To the average man or woman the marketing
operations are as unknown as Mars. If we
took a greater interest in them, understood them
better, it is possible that they would be greatly
greatly improved. Only a fool will support the
thesis that everything that is, is right. There
can be no Improvement unless everybody involv.
ed is receptive.
"Know your markets" The food markets to
begin with - all the food markets. The other
markets. The other markets later. They are
the machinery which keeps our community go
ing. Half a million persons in New Orleans
depend on the food markets every day of the
year for their life; tens Of thousands of Loui-
sana and Mississippi farmers, and the thousands
of distributors depend on them for their liveli-
hood. They are our largest material interest.
They are, moreover, interesting, as every hui
man activity is interesting. Their dramatic values
become increasingly obvious with understand
ing. To the compromising mind, they are as
exciting as any thriller on the boards or between
them.
We hope that this important phase Of hui
man life will become one of the principal OBJ
~jectives in our conception of education, and OF
civic work in general.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-13
GASOLINE TAXES

A tax economics bulletin published by the
American Petroleum Industries Committee
makes some startling revelations. Chief among
them is that taxes levied on the petroleum in
dustry and it's products during 1889 were $780,
600, 900 higher than the total value of all crude
Oil produced in the United States during the
year and represented more than 10 per cent of
all taxes collected by federal, state and city
governments combined.
With the industry carrying so much Of the
national tax load, is it any wonder that the
individual motor car owner believes himself
the most abused of all taxpayers, considering
his capital investment?
Further Information in the bulletin is equal.
ly Illuminating. We learn that gasoline taxes,
which for the first time exceeded the billion
dollar mark, represented the largest share Of
the 81, $50, 000, 900 tax bill. Collections of such
taxes by state governments are estimated at
sS15, 900, 900, a new high while the duplicating
federal gasoline tax added another $215, 000, 900,
also a record figure.
"In virtually every state" the bulletin as.
serts, "the annual receipts from this single
source exceed the total of all state taxes col
lected in any year prior to the World war
The average state now depends upon the
gasoline tax for nearly 30 per cent of it's total
tax revenue; in three states, the proportion
is nearly one-half.
IF the total tax bill had been paid entirely
in wages during 1899, employment might have
been provided for $4,000 men at an average
annual wage of 81, 500. 1t is we'll known that
petroleum wages now greatly exceed those
paid in other industries, but many companies
have reported that their tax bill actually ex
ceeded the amount of wages they were able te
pay"
The bulletin estimates the tax bill of the in
dustry during 1889 at nearly four times earn
ings and about five times the dividends paid t.
the industry's 100000 stockholders. "The
magnitude Of this tax burden demands a thor
ough examination of the tax situation by ev
cry employee and stakeholder of the industry
and every consumer of it's products" the bull
letin concludes.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-13
CHEAP MILK FOR NEED1

INF federal AGRICULTURAL department at
l. Washington has announced that milk Will
he made available to low income famllles III
New Orleans between May 15 ana June oo a.
five cents a quart. 1t is to be supplied oy three
distributors at fifteen stations. In adoltlon TO
the five cents paid by the purchaser the agrl-
cultural department will pay a SUBSIDY OF
2.68 cents a quart.
Persons m direct relief, WPA employment
projects and wPA waiting lists will be eligible
upon presentation of proper CREDENTIALS to ou.
milk at this low price. The subsidy will be PAID
I'D to a maximum of $1,000 quarts daily.
The article telling of this new method Of re.
lieving a milk shortage in underprivileged fam
lilies does not reveal the current retail price
in New Orleans and consequently 1t is impos'
sible to know what reduction is being made to
the needy. But, it seems that If one city can
make milk available to low income families at
a low price, with aid of a federal department.
the same advantage ought to prevail elsewhere
also.
undernourished children in Wilmington to
whom regular supplies of milk would bring
better health, more rugged bodies and, OF
course, an improved mental state. A plan hk
that soon to be put into effect in New Orleans
would be a boon to these households.
It is possible that the agricultural depart
ment would act favorably on an appeal from
the properly constituted parties here for 8
similar project.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-13
WORLD WAR

HITLER's dash into Belgium, Luxembourg and
the Netherlands does more to make this a
world war than the additional square miles
involved alone indicate. The Dutch East In
dies, for example, are coveted by Japan; and
Japan is in a militant mood, despite the heavy
costs of her adventure in China. The Hague
government probably will declare a state Of
war against Germany in these Oriental pos
sessions as it has in its West Indian posses
sions, and our secretary of state has warned
Tokyo that this government will not welcome
any attempt to change the status quo in the
far East; but the yellow peril is not reduced
by these steps. The Japanese are y~earning for
the warpath again.
Then, there is Italy, growing more militant
daily. MUssoL1N1 must be growing FESTIVE, with
so much going on not far away and him out of
the fray. There is no telling how soon he will
see red" and plunge his country into war,
with HITLER if Germany makes marked head.
way in the low-country campaign, or with the
Allies if they seem to have the best chances
to win. All he wants is to be on the winning
side.
Russia, too, has her eye on Bessarabia and
its rich stores. Thus far STAIN has kept out.
for several reasons. In the first place the vic
tory in Finland was gained only at a high
price. He sacrificed men at a tremendous rate
and lost heavily in war equipment, planes ano
munitions. There must be large-scale replace
ments before he can take on another major
campaign. This probably accounts for his nego
~tiations with Yugoslavia for trade and militar!
cooperation. But his jackal role also must b.
considered when weighing STAL1N's position
He is holding off now probably in the hope o
getting in for the kill, as he did in Poland
figuring that when the appropriate time al
rives to help the Germans to victory he will
find new bones to pick.
The Western Hemisphere Is already in tn
war through Canada's participation. Clearly
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-13
Star-News Program

Consolidated City.County Government
under CouncilManager Administrations
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Preserving
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena for Sports n Industrial
Ehows.
Seaside Highwoy from WrightsviHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
S5.Foot Cape Fear River channel, ptd'
er TURNING Basin, Nth ship lanes into
industrial sites along Eastern odnE
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, cta
orion Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Prod]e
ton through sustained-yieM methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Unified Industrial N Resort Pro
motional Agency. supported BY one.
countrywide tar.
Shipydrds and Drydock.
Neoro Health Center for Southeastern
North Carolina, developed around tho
Community Hospital
Adequate hospital facilities for Nhites.
Junior High School,
Tobacco Warehouse for Export Buyers.
Development OF native grape 0roaotn0
throuohout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis sandtortnm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-13

exnerir. ents. Milk protein, the
builder of muscle and other soft
tissue, is of the highest quality
found in any food. One pint 1.-TWO
cups) of milk compares favorably
in protein content with any one OF
the following:
Two large eggs, rs (Sh-inch)
strips of bacon; one small serving
of meat or fish; five medium-sized
uotatoes: five slices of bread; one
half cup of peanuts.
Probably the biggest gift OF milk
is it's calcium Oime). The body
needs lime to build bones and teeth.
Serving for serving, no other food
can substitute for milk in supplying
calcium. Milk also contains appre-
ciable amounts of the mineral,
phosphorus, another bone and tooth
builder.
One pint Of milk 1.-TWO cups) con-
tains the same amount Of calcium
as any of the following foods:>
Eighty apples, IS medium ba-
nanas, "a medium oranges, So me-
dunn potatoes, 1912 servings Of 3
1-3-ounce carrots, II servings OF
same weight cabbage, II to 10 eggs,
SO slices whole wheat bread, 40
slices Of white bread (made with
milky, 40 cups Of cornflakes or ~
cups cooked oatmeal.
Studying this list it is easy to
understand why children can't pos
sibly eat sufficient food to get all
their calcium from non-milk foods.
Many other foods contain calcium,
but for the most part only in small
quantities.
But protein and calcium is not
all of the story of milk. 1t contains
other vitality necessary minerals and
an abundant supply of Vitamin A
and ribo-fiavin, along with a gen.
erous amount of Vitamin B1 (thia-
min) and NICOTINE acid and a vari-
able amount of Vitamin c. Some
milks have been fortified with Vita
min D and are so labeled.
NEXT: Why you are eating what
you think you can't.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-13
SLAP AT POPE

Berlin spokesman yesterday took a caustic
crack at POPE P1Us when they declared his
prayer and appeal on behalf of Belgium, Holl-
land and Luxembourg is completely uninter
esting to us unless Iceland is included"
Iceland, Of course, was taken over by British
troops.
What the Nazi p~ropagandists failed to men
ton, however, was the fact the British did not
move in Iceland until weeks after HITLER
troops had, in violation of a solemn pact, used
force and arms to take the Iceland mother
country of Denmark.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-13
Great Britain Will Not
Enter Dutch East lndle'

LONDON, May 12.-OR-An un''
fetal assurance was given 1ood'
that the British would not lntefVeD'
in the Netherlands East Indies
Both the United States II %
pan have expressed their lh'els"
in maintenance of the status ~
in the rich and strategic colo- AZ,
possession of the Netherlands III '"'
Far East.) ,.
"His majesty's government :
British source said, have pls% +,
ously expressed their lnteTeS' an +
the maintenance of the sldtuS y"
in the Netherlands East lndleS'
"This attitude remains ulclIa,s
ed and they have no intention "Nn ~.
ever of intervening in the Las. ~
dies nor has any suggestion .ter
made from any quarter thai D''
should do So"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-13
WARNING

President ROOSEVELT, in his address before
the eighth American. Scientific Congress at
Washington, sounded a warning to the Ameri-
cas- which can be interpreted but in one way
preparedness.
II am a p~acifst," he said. you, my fellow
citizens Of the 81 American republics, are paci-
fists. But I believe by overwhelming majorities
you and I, in the long run and if it be neces-
sary, will act together to protect and defend,
by every means, our science, our culture, our
freedom and our civilization"
The President had prefaced this with refer
ences to the abuses of scientific discoveries by
war leaders and the threat to civilization from
the new order which is sweeping the world.
He cited the 'nearness' Of the war zones and
the impossibility Of keeping this hemisphere
free from war If the tide should ultimately
engulf Europe and spread in our direction.
He made it plain that he does not want te
see war upon our shores, but he did not pull
his blows or fail to name his shots when he
came to fix our united American responsibility
for UNFOLDING, even saving, a civilization which
has required centuries to build up.
There can be no doubt the warning he
sounded at Washington will find ready accept
ance in Latin American countries. 1t deserves
to cement all American sentiment for hom'
protection from the topmost tip Of Maine t.
the last foot OF ground at Cape Horn
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-13
Man bout
Manhattan
By George Tucker

NEW YORK, May 1.-THE peri
lous course a manuscript must travel
from author to press before it is &C
copied and published is much like
that Of a ship in the mine zones.
It has to negotiate a Skaggerak of
shark-like readers who approach
their task in the coldly Unconditional
mood of mine-layers. Their job is to
cut down anything that does not
give reasonably safe guarantees to
investments. Publishing houses have
to be careful. If they guess wrong
they lose money. This is why all
manuscripts are analysed carefully
by professional readers, whose opin-
ions are then sent in typewriter
form to the publisher. These little
typewriter sheets are confidential,
but I have managed to get a mum.
Der of these from Doubleday-Doran,
one of the big N. Y. publishing
houses, and I am going to pass one
or more Of them along to you.
This one concern a book on per-
sonality and craftsmanship. It's title
and the name of it's author are with
held for reasons which, after you
read this report, will be obvious. The
report:
1T suppose that any book so fam
tastically laid out, a sort of Kitten
lon The Keys, geographically speak
ing, would tend to nauseate any read
er. But judging it colby on it's mer-
it's, I am forced to say that this is
by all odds the -damdest book I
ever saw. 1t is about a man who
would back you into a corner, get
a clutch on a button of your coat,
and sell you insurance you didn't
need, a cruise you didn't want to
take, and an interest in Brooklyn
Bridge-not because of his forceful
personality but merely to get away
from him. This is revolving in a way
I didn't think possible. Pulling out
all stops, Ghe author) jumps in and
simply screams his way through this
book. Making use of the typographi.
cal layout of an auction bill, he &C.
cents, underscores, ita~licizes, reiter.
ates, and repeats until you just don't
care anymore. His various points,,
his great logic, his think and r
rich" formulas r so loudly voiced
that they become disappearing hori.
IONS and no serious reader dares ap.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-13
British Bombers Strike
Nazi Transport iru'S

LONDON, May 12.-R-The ssg y.
tain of one of the British bo9l' h.
which attacked strategic foa9o d
hind the German lines told 'oa@' tts
making direct hits right r oil d
roads, along which long ll"T n,er.
German transport TRUCKS
moving. IN
the vicinity lighted the atta'H Toany
the sky was pierced by So lie
searchiights that they looAV0
lattice work" he
When his first bombs hicIe;
said, ''all the lights on ''le on, os
went out in a kind OF run Hun
END to the other
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-13

proach them. This, book needs a
muffler. Thurber would have a Field
Day with it.
"Just to make sure that the world
hasn't gone nuts, I got up a copy of
Dale Carnegie's book and read parts
of it to see whether this is the sort
of stuff he's getting rich on. 1t isn't.
Carnegie, compared to this man, is
fascinating. He writes English with
out using banner heads, what he
says has some slight quality of
subtlety, and his illustrations are
good, fresh, drawn from current
life. and though they have the same
old morals tackled on they're added
with some degree of skill. . This
is pulp fiction beside a Five Foot
Shelf, and I don't think we want
our imprint on it." Signed, "K."
Well, this ship was mined, tor
pedoed, and sunk. But that's the
way it goes. If the reader had given
a favorable report, the book would
have passed along to other readers
for verification. Publishers don't
take many chances. They have a
good idea what they can use and
what they can't. When you see a
house making very many bad guesses
in a row, there is a house that isn't
long for this world. They can't at.
ford to guess wrong many times.
always have been interested in the
inner workings of a publishing
house, especially as regards the Sc.
lection of manuscripts, and I thought
you might like to read a report like
this, too.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-13

drop in the bucket to what's really
being spent for the sole purpose of
waging war, OF against possibility
of war.
If you count in every thing-the
pensions, Hitler's military roads that
also can be used for scenic highways
when not vibrating under blitzkrieg
armies, Great Britain's air guard,
and a thousand and one other costs
in war, excluding the highest cost
Of all-human lives-you can't find
pages wide enough to take the fig
ures.
But you can make up a thermome-
ter, and read the temperature on it.
Europe consistently has been &C
counting for most of the war ex-
penditures for many a generation.
In 1888, the countries of Europe
were spending a mere two billions
and a half. Today's figure is we'll
over 40 billions of dollars.
Nazis Outspent EN-
Germany is the biggest spender.
Unfortunately you can only make es-
Inmates there, for the Nazis publish
no budget. But economists of various
nations who have observed military
activities in Germany at first hand
in the last year or so, and many
other estimators, figure that at
least 60 per cent of the national in
come of the German people is 60
ing to arm the country. They esti-
mated that at SIS, 400, 900, 600 a year
for blitzkriegs.
No wonder they're making the AL
lies look slow and cumbersome. For
the people in the Allied countries
aren't spending near that much
yet. The London Economist esti-
mates the British war expenditures
Tor the fiscal year ending March
81, 1910, at $7,722, 200, 900, and the
French military spending is carried
on the unofficial national budget at
S4,9S2, zoe, 000-only a little over ST.
OO0, 900 900, all told. And they've
peen spending at that rate since
last September, while Germany has
oeen spending at the Is billion dollar
leVel at least three years.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-13

o n e a y
perfect food. 1t
furnishes h e
body o of
the building and
regulating sub
stances than any
other food - and
o cheaply at
that.
The statement
t h a t children
need the equ1Val-
ent Of one quart
of milk daily is
the r s ult Of
long and care
full scientific
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-13
TOP % THE MORNING

TOP % THE MORNING
You are so young,
And /, Who love you so,
Am held responsible
That you may knoW
Gods love.
Your little lite
Is in my keeping here
God grant me Wisdom, grace,
And godly fear,
I pray.
From $40 Ny Son." by Vezma Su,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-13
BY MORGAN Nj. BEATTY

WASHINGTON, May II. - Take
the military defense budgets of the
nations of the world from 1888
through 1910, and add 'em together.
Call that the thermometer of the
worlds ills.
Let 1888 equal normal, and let each
10 billions of dollars worth of arma-
ments equal one degree of tempera-
ture.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-13

Then there's that old bear, Rus.
STA. She confesses to the world that
she's spending $11,400, 900, 900 this
year, almost as much as the Allies.
All of which neal that war not
only comes high, but the fellow who
spends the most seems to get the
most advantages. Least-ways, Ger
many and Russia are the only vic.
tors so far.
The Allies are going to have to
sink a lot more money and man,
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-13

delegates than any other candidate"
The Senator turned, vent into
his private office, closed the door.
One of his press representatives
shook his head, a little sadly. "He
thinks that's Dragging"
I wouldn't know.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-13
HOW
to EAT
to BEAT
the HEAT
We Beqin On Milk
End On Il
By ALICE H. SMITH
Nutriti0nist, Cleveland Health
Council

Man starts off life on e milk diet
and quite often he ends up n
same way. Milk never lets the hui
man race down.
And there's a reason. 1t is n
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-13

a world war is in the making. The United
States has the possibility to face that with all
the forces of despotism in arms, civilization
may yet require our best effort for its survival.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-05-13
What Ii Means:
The High Cost OF Warning

1.-THE world fever's running riot. The
total expenditures will be about As
billions of dollars-$44, 1884, 900, 900 if
you are finnicky.