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The Key West citizen., 1940-10-02
Auditor Releases Next
Years Budget Figures

City Auditor Charles Roberts
today released the figures for the
revised 194O-4l city budget as
adopted following several amend
mentS to the tentative budget
last week by the City Council.
The amounts designated for the
various departments of the city
are shown in the following re-
capitulationS:
Administrative Department
Salaries. S14.22O; maintenance.
Sl,500; mayor office expense.
$3.50: commissions, S2,5OO; dis
counts. $1,000; election expense.
$4,000. Total-S21.47O.
Police Department
Salaries, S14.1I3; maintenance.
$1,000. TOtal-Sl5.3I8.
Fire Department
Salaries. Sl6.650; maintenance.
$4,000. TOtal-Sl8,65O.
Sanitary Department
Salaries. S2.700.
Scavenger and Sanitation
Salaries. S3.074; contract. Sl88:
maintenance. 500. Total-S3.- :
962.
Aquarium
Salaries, $1,000; maintenance
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-02
COUNTY AIRPORT
WILL HEADLINE
SESSION TONIGHT
COMMISSIONERS ASSEMBLE
FOR FIRST SESSION. NED
WILL BE STRESSED 70
MEET c.A-A. TEIszs

First meeting of the cu-ueu-
month for the County Comm
slOners viii be hid tunlnhr m
Clerk Ross c SalEyer's ufflce ~
the county Courthoalse
Business VIII co1Slst chiefly uF
reading Of mnfhly reDu-1s
turned IN by the VARIOUS oFfIues
Of the county and other routine
matters.
One special slb5ert due fu-
consideration Is 2 effort 60 -
made TO obtain fl Is 70 purchase
land on BOca Cha key for the
establishment Of an airport
Commissioner M~Salva1ge u-lll
present the subject T. - men
bers assembled. relating d r.
ceipt Of a message from fhe CEEL
AerOnautiCs Authority II -Wzsh-
ington VINO set aside S705. GOO fur
an airport IN Monroe County prD-
vidIng the county authorItles WIL
donate all land free
Plans call for purchase uf zuf-
ficient land 10 enable installing
of a 7500-foot runway a teu-s-
tive site has been picked out en-
Boca Chica key and p-Ubahle
cost Of the land would run ss5 Bo
per acre Approximately l25l
acres is needed. entailIng q total
cost Of about $40. GOO
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-02
FLORIDA EXHIBIT
GETS GIFT FROM
HOTEL OFFICIAL
STATE COMMISSIONER CON-
TRIBUTES $500 TO FAIR
MANAGER: EXHIBIT DE-
CLARED HUGE BENEFIT

WORLDS FAIR, NY. Oct. 3
W NJ Taylor. Florida hotel com
missioner presented the Florida
Exhibit at the New York World S
Fair with $500 gift from the
states hotel commission funds.
CommiSSer Taylor, who made a
special trip here for the purpose.
presented state warrant for the
amount to General Manager Earl
w Brown of the exhibit.
The Florida hotel commission
is glad to be able to make this
contribution to the success Of the
states exhibit at the fair, Com
missioner Taylor said. THE man
agement of the exhibit has not
yet received in full the appropria-
ton voted for its upkeep by the
1889 Florida legislature. Since
all of the appropriation is not i'm
mediately forthcoming TO per-
nit the management to care for
operating expense. Governor
Fred Cone requested that the no
tel commission make this dona-
tion to the states splendid ex-
hibit.
Il think the Florida Exhibit at
the Worlds Fair has brought
more people to Florida than any
other medium. declared Com
missioner Taylor. Il am in a po-
sition TO know because we receive
thousands of letters from people
who want hotel accommodations
in Florida as a result of seeing
the Florida Exhibit. / expect a
quarter Of a million more tourists
will visit Florida this winter than
in 1899 largely due to the wide
spread publicity given If bv the
states exhibit at the Worlds
Fair.
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-02

WASHINGTON. Oct. 2--The
battle of the buttons IS on and
while we, from this observation
post, wouldn't call it a Waterloo
or a Gettysburg, it is presenting
some minor skirmishes that are
well worth recording.
The thing started calmly
enough except for the speed. In
Philadelphia, neither the old
line Republicans nor Mr.. Wendell
Willkie had recovered from the
shock before buttoneers were
hawking the Hobbies and the by
ways with Willkie buttons. They
were nothing fancy Of course.
just simple red, white and blue
celluloid disks with "Willkie"
on them or at most. I'VE Want
Willkie".
At Chicago the button assembly
line must have been working
ahead Of time. because the vote
for Roosevelt hadn't been Off
cially tabulated when a few thou
sand button-holes blosSomed with
boutonnieres for the President.
ConfusinglY Similar
What I've never been able 10
get over is that some button
salesman must have been double
dealing Hundreds and thousands
OF the buttons were the same, ex-
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-02

Including salaries of two ticket
sellers at a salary of So each per
week for six months). Sl.73O,
Total-S2, $50.
Golf Course
Salaries. $3.50.
Pensioned Employees
Pensions. S5.037.
Street Lighting
Contract. 493 street lights at
Sl.30 each per month. $500:
four traffic lights, year, 1894.
Total-S8,074.
WPA Projects
Sponsorship of beach on boule-
ward project. sewing room. gar
den, baseball park and miscel-
laneous, $4,000.
Public Welfare
Community Clinic. $1,000; mis-
cellaneouS. SzO2-86: colored home.
S240. Total-S1, 1926.
Contingent Fund
Chamber of Commerce. $500:
Worlds Fair, $500: rental of
South Beach. $500; miscellan-
eous. S1.446.41. Total-S3. .246. Al.
Grand total-S90.3l027.
Less deduction income from
Continued on Page Four)
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-02
Greyhound Lines To
Pub|GSe Key West
ARTICLE WRITTEN BY S. c. SINGLETON WILL
APPEAR IN COMPANY'MAGAZINE

The following article prepared
for the Florida Motor Lines
house organ, Our Aim, has been
considered a very fine descrip-
ton of the Overseas Highway and
Key West, as written by S. c.
Singleton. secretary of the Key
West Chamber of Commerce.
The article attracted the atten-
ton of j. c. Waite, traffic mana
ger for the Southeast Greyhound
Lines. and it will appear in an
early issue of that company's S
magazine.
The article is presented here
with in its entirety:
All the adjectiveS have been
used up in the effort to describe
the Road that Goes to Sea-: and
it has not as yet been described.
Age cannot wither; nor Gus
tom dim the infinite variety" of
the priSmatic hues of the waters
that entrance the vOyager on a
Florida Moor Lines Bus as it
travels over a time-defying
bridge toward an island barely
discernible in the far distance,
or mounts up to traverse the road
that climbs a wide concrete high
way, though it be, over the top
of a heavily constructed steel
truss bridge through which the
trains of the Florida East Coast
Railway once sped and so full
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-02
No Abatement
In Air Warfare:
Famine Feared
Germans And British Are
Locked In Desperate
Struggle To Win Upper
Hand
Bv N~sociafed PreSsl

CBv Associated PreSsD
LONDON. Oct. 2.-The air
wars over Europe continued TO-
day with no abatement-both
leading nations in the war send
ing forth huge air armadas TO
spread destruction on enemy ter
ritory.
Leading physicians of England
today pointed out the extreme
danger of famine and pestilence
as a natural expectancy following
the property destruction going
forward on the European conti-
nent and the British Isles. Epi-
denies are bound to break out to
bring additional sufferings to
thousands upon thousands of peo-
pie in the wake of shortened food
rations and destroying of utili-
ties.
Six attacks had been made on
London up TO noon today with
hundreds of Nazi planes making
the attempt to scoot through the
ground-battery barrages and de-
Tending plane action. German
high command claimed that a
large munitions factory on the
outskirts of the city was de-
stroycd and further stated that
their airmcn had accounted for
several other military objectives
in last nights and this mornings
raids.
The Royal AR Force. on the
other hand. is just as active as it
has been during the past month,
and widespread attacks have
been made with increasing fury.
Carrying the war right to the
doorstep of Germany's indus
tries, large factory emplacements
in the Ruhr valley were left in
flames last night by departing
Raj raiders. Other, large
scale attacks were made on Am
Sterdam and BOlougne. British
stated they were concentrating
on oil tanks and armament
dumps. Several they stated, had
feen mt. Power stations, sup
plying electric current for fac
tories have been secuted also,
they stated and direct hits on
several of those have been
scored
Warnings were issued to
Britons today by the war office
that residents in the British Isles
should not feel that the airwar
would slacken should announce
ment come of enlargement of ac-
ton in the Mediterranean sector
Many had felt that the NaZiS, in
realization that there is no
chance for an invasion move
against Britain. would call off
their airmen for concentrations
in the near-east.
Dispatches from Berlin today
Continued on Page FOurl
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-02
CUBA CHANGES
SAILING Time

Announcement was made today
by John Costar, agent for the
P. & o. SIS. Company in this
city, of change in sailing time
for the SIS. Cuba, effective next
Friday.
The Cuba will depart for Tam
pa. on its twice-weekly schedule.
from that date forward, at 4:45
o'clock instead of 500 o'clock, as
heretofore.
Mr.. COStar stated that there
would be no other changes in
schedule at this time.
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-02
Real Monkey Business,
Not In Funny Papers
GBy Associated Prc~SD

OAoPEh. WyO. = Usually It
only happens in the comics.
Howard Watson stepped away
from his fruit market for few
minutes. When he returned a
monkey was tossing tomatoes in
all directions. Then, eating
bananas. plums and oranges he
Sauntered down the street.
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-02
90 Days.!

City laws noW require al resl-
dents living on streets on Whlrh
sewer latcrals have been Enstalle1
TO connect up their huuse llnz
with the system
Ninety days from date - pah-
lication-Septembcr .. 1855
the time limit
NINE DAYS HAVE Elapsed
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-02

filled the great dreams of a great
railroad man. Henry NJ. Flagler.
The colOrS of these waters over
which you will ride are worthy
OF more than passing mention.
For this water is wonderfully
clear Except on rare occasions
when a storm turns it into a veri-
table milky way) and it is warm
and encouraging to all the vari-
Gus forms of life that love to live
in water.
The purple sea feathers. the
bright green turtle grass and the
dark brown living coral, know no
dormant season here. So, the
Florida sun strikes down through
water so clear that you can see
objects on the bottom twenty feet
below the surface, and the purple
and the green and the brown and
the clear white of the bottom on
which they grow. are blended
and reflected until they form a
tapestry with an ever shifting
pattern, varying from the pale
green of priceless jade to the rich
tones of an India shawl with its
deep and growing colorS.
The vision of Henry NJ. Flagler
(deemed an impossible dream at
that time) in constructing a rail
way across the island jungleS and
the swift, turbulent channels that
lay between the mainland and
Key West, and later. transform
ing the imperishable concrete
arches, just broad enough for a
single railway track, into a
modern broad highway, were
marvellous achievements = and
yet, within the memory of living
men was this work begun.
Over this oversee highway,
which has awakened into life a
back country that had long lain
dormant, the Florida Motor Lines
bus, piloted by a driver who re-
CARDS his passengers as his
guests and shares his intimate
knowledge of the interesting
points along the way with them,
provides an enhancing journey.
Rapidly increasing Govern
mental activities, Army. Navy,
Coast Guard and Marines, honor
Key West by sending the pick of
the Nations manhood to develop
the strategic possibilities of its
commanding location and verse
rings true though it was written
years ago:
Furnished point of Scimitar
that guarding. sweeps
Before the Nations heart
and ever keeps
Unsheathed its vigilance, it
stands and waits
The outpost sentinel of our
Southern gates.
Obtaining its first charter in
1923, the little island city has
known the heights of prosperity,
and the almost hopeless depths of
despair; and today with courage
revived, is looking confidently
toward future brighter than it
has ever known.
For various reasons besides the
urge to travel and to see, people
come to Key West. Pure air and
pure sunshine bring more
abundant life to victims of hay
fever, rheumatism and kindred
ills. And always there is that
universal lure, the unsurpassed
fishing to be found In these wa
tiers. For, big and little 800
varieties of fish navigate these
fCo1firtrad IN Page FOlIrl
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-02
Kansas Has Mild Year
(By Associated PreSs)

TOPEKA, Kas.-Unless there
are violent storms in the closing
months of the year, Kansas will
mark down 1910 as one of the
mildest years in its history. The
most damaging storm was one in
August near Wichita that caused
about $4,000 damages.
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-02
MASONIC NOTICE

All Master Masons are in
vited to attend a meeting of the
oath Masonic District to be held
in the Hall of Dade Lodge at 800
P. NJ. on October Bird. 1910. The
NJ. W. G.. N. of the Grand Lodge
of Florida is expected to be
present.
G.N. GOSHORN,
oct2-lt D. D. G. n
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-02
BROWN RELIEVES
HOWARD WILSON

B. l. Brown. of Jacksonville,
arrived in. Key West yesterday
to relieve Howard Wilson, deputy
internal revenue collector. while
he goes on two weeks vacation
leave.
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-02
BUTTON, BUTTON WHO'S GOT The
Fancy Designs And CleUer Slogans Featured This YeH
BUTTON; THE BATTLE WAKES HOT


, Feature Service Wr1f~r
cept that some were stzuzp.el
''Willkie". others ~R0oseEelf
This. I'm reliably Info-med
has led 10 q lot of cunfuzon and
an F street button dealer tells ne
that II has resulted n . hIE g.
mand for anything and every
thing m the way q . lspel u-us-
ment that IS different from 1hlz
so-called official" button ~
button-selling friend thinks ttlz-
this is not the button ulzkers
fault al al. but Democrztir Tn
canery.
The Republicans having A.
ready put their buttons our IS
we used 10 say II college. fhe
Democrats saW 2 grand chzuce -
nullify their effecfivenez -
copying their color and Eenerzl
design
No Lack OF vzxiefY
Whatever the cause. = IS . Cer-
tainty that the butfunegz au1
novelty manufactures are U-u-k-
ing themselves into : lsfher &C
produce badges that vou car EDut
al 20 PAGES without field Els5es
There are buttons with SprzFs uf
ribbons and IvOTy elephants and
dOnkeys dangling fherefrun
There are disks with the csn6i-
dates faces lsone of these I've
Continued On Page FoE3
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-02
MUSICIANS FORM
PROTECTIVE UNIT

Several mmebers of the Key
West professional musicians col
ony are meeting this afternoon
for the purpose of perfecting de-
tails of Musicians Protective
Association.
Election of officers was sched-
uled for this meeting. All mu-
sicians in the city were invited
to attend and join this move
ment.
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-02

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The Key West citizen., 1940-10-02

Associated Press Day Wire
Service
For so Years Devoted to the
Best Interests of Key West
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-04
CITY AND COUNTY
PASS RESOLUTIONS

Continued from Page One)
the Senators of Florida and Rep
resentative A. Pat Cannon.
+" Likely paragraphs in the resOlu-
tons are quoted herewith:
WHEREAS, for several years
various private and governmental
agencies have been expanding
their efforts to finance the con-
struction of a pipeline for
potable water from the mainland
of Florida to the Island of Key
West, but had not met with sue
cess in their respective efforts.
and
WHEREAS, it is the sense of
this Council that the United
States Navy Department is the
most logical, practicable and
feasible agency to construct said
pipeline and that by such con-
struction the requirements of this
City for a sufficient supply of
potable water viii be adequately
fulfilled
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-04

l. What are anthropophagin-
ians?
2 What is the occupation Of
William Allen White, The
Sage of EmpOria. Kan
sas9
3. The most noted Russian
Kremlin is in the city of
Moscow, Lcningrad or
Kiev?
4. Does the United States gov
eminent pay a prize 10
families of seven sons?
5. What is meant by the Mean
derthal man?
6. What do diamonds and coal
have in common?
Z. Name the two bodies of the
French legislature.
8. In what country is Edin-
burgh University?
9. Is Secretary of State Cor
deli Hull a native of Ten
nessce, Kentucky or OhiO2
10. Is il the solstices or the
equinoxes that occur when
the sun is in direct line
with the eartf's equator?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-04
BY RUSSELL KAY

race he made the mistake Of try
ing to tear down mis- opposition
and has spent his time talking
about the other fellows instead of
himself.
Barbee will get a good vote but
not enough TO do him any good.
His followers will probably all
switch to Holland in the second
primary. Schoepf may get a few
of the old folks but the chances
Of anyone ''cashing in" on a din
ner at the mansion appear about
a thousand to one al this writ
ing. AS for Clancy, Naples and
VanROy, they've never Deen In
the race, anyway.
Because of the confusion
which promises to attend the Sc
lection. of delegates to the Chi
cago Democratic Convention, it
seems that the interests of de-
mocracy can best be served if the
friends of Roosevelt and the
friends of Garner would make
public their delegates. In this
way the issue would be clear cut.
The electorate would have an op-
pOrtunity to select between dele
gates in support Of either Roose-
welt or Garner. 1t is the issue
and not the personal self inter-
est of the candidate himself that
must be considered.
1t won't be long now. Next
week we will know how you folks
, feel. Go to the polls Tuesday
and cast your ballot for those
men and women you consider
best qualified for each office.
The candidates have had their
day and their say; sovereign vot-
ers will have theirs on May 7th.
Make the most of it for the well
fare of your country, your state
and your community.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-04
HOW TO REDUCE TAXES

There is always campaign for the
reduction of taxes. Everybody wants the
government to spend money on favored
propositions and, at the same time, re-
duces taxes.
The way to reduce taxes is simple if
that is what people want. Let govern
,lent eliminate activities that are not es-
entail to the functions of government.
This will cost some people their jobs but it
viii cut the cost of government.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-04
WIFE MUST SUPPORT HUSBAND

sIere is something new we think.
A Judge in Long Island has ordered
wife to pay $3.50 weekly to her estranged
husband in order that the man will not be-
come public charge.
We are in favor of equal rights for
women and, we suppose, this includes the
privilege of supporting aspoase when the
pcor fellow is unable to support himself.
Anyway, the women asked for equal
rights and they are gradually getting
them. We should not complain.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-04
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN

:. -. WILL always seek the truth and print it
without fear aud without favor; never be
afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right;
afways fight fer progress; never, be, the or
gan on the mouthpieee of any person. clique.
q faction or class; Always do its utmost for the
public welfare; never tolerate corruption or
injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue.
'77eo.hmend good done by individual or organ
izaSion; tolerant of others rights, views and
opinions, print only news that will elevate
- and not cohtaminate the reader; never COM
promise with principle
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-04
TOO LATE TO
CLASSIFY

Like little boys waiting for
{ Christmas, a flock of travel
weary, Iaw-tnroated candidates
are counting the days until cleo
ton. AS the zero hour" draws
near lot Of aspirantS are begin
ming to realize that the net re-
suits from their strenuous cam
! paigning Will be an empty
stocking.
/. Interest in the governors race
began to quicken about ten days
ago with much speculation as to
who would fight it out m the
second primary Although there
are IL men IN the contest, only
one stands out as certainty for
, the second primary: Francis
Whitehair.
No matter where you 60
north. south, east or west-you
find it generally conceded that
Whitehair will be in there but
there doesn't seem to be as much
certainty as to who will oppose
him.
My personal opinion is that
Whitehaif and Holland will be
in the run-off. for these two can
didates show the most consistent
strength throughout the state.
Patty, Warren, Fraser and Barbee
all show strong support in GER
tain sections but it is so spotted
that the chance of any of them
slipping into the final go round
seems remote.
During the past few weeks it
has been my privilege to OBJ
serve practically all the candi-
dates in action. Whitehair stands
head and shoulders" over the
back from the standpoint of ap-
pearance and speaking ability.
He looks and talks like "Gov-
ernor' and is doing great sell
ing job. He has consistently at
tracted the largest crowds and
public reaction to his straight
forward appeal proves him to be
the most popular and colorful
figure in the race.
I Holland. cloaked in his sena-
torial dignity, is an able orator
and his talks have been well re-
ceived During the campaign he
has learned to unbend, but. il
still is an effort for him to mix
with the common, man..
Patty was a real threat for a
time but the loss of his voice and
his tendency to snarl at his aud
fence and attempt II discredit mis-
opponents has just about cost him
his chance.
Fuller Warren has practically
talked himself out of the race. He
puts on the best show of any of
'em and usually draws crowd.
Folks enjoy his wise-cracks but
are not inclined to take him Sc
riously.
FraSer's chances looked prom
iSing for a while, but his inabil-
7 ity to talk and his advocacy of
the screwy 50 auto tag and in
lection Of a California cowboy
band have 81 demonstrated the
lack of sound judgement that ne
has little hope to finish better
than fourth or fifth.
Hans Walker might have been
the real dark horse if he had
been properly managed and
publicized and had had some f.
nancial backing He can talk
and he has a pleasing personal
ity, but like lot Of others In the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-04
ON MAY 7TH. the Fay Chong

ON MAY 9TH. the Fay ChOng
oriental art exhibit opens at the
Art Center, to stay until May
10Th. The exhibit is sent out.
as usual, by the Exhibition Sec
ton of the National Arts Pro-
gram of the Work Projects Ad-
ministration in Washington un-
der the. direction of HOlger Ca
hill, national director It is cir
Quilted through Florida by the
State Exhibition Section. Florida
Art Project, Eve Alsman Fuller.
state supervisor.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-04

as being made I'D By dashlnE
brush strokes having much my
thin Chong uses TINS me-aad r.
the rendition Of ms Lake Wzsh-
ington BOafh3use Al unpziuf-
ed background Is maze Inpres-
sionable by Chong with . feU
strokes Of colOrS, supplying the
requisite outlines Of trees lakes
with boats on them. OF , paS.urz
retreat IN the country
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-04
FAY cHoNc-s wATERcoL-
ORS AND LINOLEuM PRINTS

show both the Oriental and
Western traditions: although
many Chinese and japanese art
lists adopt in an entirety the
trend and conventions Of the
West Many If his autumnal
scenes are rendered in free blObs
of colors. not unlike the strokes
used by the late 18th century
impreSsiOnists.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-04

- Gambling is bad for it tends to weaken
moral fibre and to induce an excitement
antagonistic to work The truth of this
statement is evidenced abundantly here in
Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-04

49,, Many of the jokes that are peddled
around the country should be fumigated