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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11

Clara Driscoll of the Garner-for.
President committee. Mr.. Germany,
whose headquarters are in Dallas,
predicted that Garner would accept
the candidacy and become active for
the nomination.
A boyhood crony of the vigorous
vice-president recently was asked
whether Garner would accept the
nomination. To the question he re.
piled: "He amt said yes and he
amt said no. But he amt never
failed us yet" Today the world has
the answer to the question.
Friends and supporters of the dis
tinguished Texan predicted today
that the United States was ripe for
the Garner brand of leadership.
"He's conservative LIBERAL" one of
! them indicated, ''he's the kind of a
conservative. that would preserve
liberalism and save us the best
things. from all recent liberal move
ments and eliminate some of the un.
workable. things. He'd maintain the
ship of state on an even keel, and
that's what we all want"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11
NATIVE STONE CHURCH
NEARING COMPLETION

The native stone church on the
corner of Julia and Whitehead
streets. being built by the colored
parishioners, is nearing compile
ton. Officials are taking this
means to thank the many people
of the. white colony who have
helped by their donations to
bring the edifice to its present
state of completeness.
Among those who contributed
were Supt. Melvin E. Russell
Sheriff K. o. Thompson, Conn
mander Vim. Demeritt. Norberg
Thompson, South Florida c. & E.
Co., Gulf Life Insurance Com
pany, Messrs. B. L. Grooms. Roy
Hamilton. T. A. Weaver, B. d.
Trevor. E. Beror. Charles Tiff and
S. B. Pinder. also Mrs. Luella L.
Waddell of New York.
Rev. e. Al. Culmer, 720 Calves
ton Lane. as well as trustees at
the church, will appreciate any
additional contributions from
anyone interested.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11
ANOTHER NOBLE EXPERIMENT

BY vote Of four to three, City Coun-
Gil has passed an ordinance giving delin-
quent taxpayers another opportunity to
pay the money they owe the city for pro-
viding them with fire and police protection
end other vital public services since 1917.
Under the terms of the ordinance it
is mandatory for delinquents to pay in full
their 1887, 1888 and 1889 taxes before
they may take advantage of the offer to
settle. their back taxes for the period be-
tween 1917 and 1886 on basis of 80 per
cent Of the amounts they actually owe.
The delinquents are given 60 days in
which to declare their intention to take adj
vantage of this generous OFFER. and four
months in which to pay the bills they owe.
Councilmen L. C. Brinton, Leonard Grillion
and Ernest Ramsey opposed this tax holt
day program.
The Citizen hopes that the ordinance
is effective in smoking out the dollars due
the city from the delinquent taxpayers.
However, right now it does not appear
that very many delinquents will come for
ward with the cash. Other similar schemes
have been ineffective in previous years,
for the reason that the average non-payer
of taxes believes he will always have an
opportunity to hold his property with a
minimum of cash contribution to the city
In short, the non-payer of taxes heretofore
has always found some such loophole as
this new ordinance through which to es-.
cape paying the full amount of the taxes
levied against his property.
The Murphy Act is a recent example
CT the states fine consideration and humane
treatment of the non-payer of taxes. Even
that act which enabled taxpayers to wipe
out all their obligations failed to produce
any great interest on the part of the nom
payers of taxes. They just do not seem to
respond to any measure that requires them
to spend any money to support their prop
critics in a city although they do demand
fire and police protection and are now
looking for sewer, water and other services.
At the end of the four-month period
given by council under the new ordinance,
our city officials should adopt measure
that would penalize the non-payer of city
taxes, rather than some additional act to
enable them still longer to escape paying
their share of the expense of operating
the city. The non-payers of taxes have
been pampered long enough. Give the tax
payers a break by collecting taxes from
every owner of property!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11

) UVALDE,. Texas Specially.
Deep-rooted patriotism, straight
thinking and rugged honesty are
three of the salient characteristics
of Vice President John Nance Gar
ner, who may be the last of Ameri-
cas- Iog-cabin. presidents. The other
day, when Mr.. Garner, in a terse,
pungent, statement of Al words, an
nounced that his hat was definitely
in the presidential ring, the life of
Uyalde's leading citizen drew the
national spotlight. 1t was pointed
out that the log cabin in Blossom
Prairie, Red River county, Texas,
where Mr.. Garner was born, is still
standing.
Gamers statement made it plain
that he was a presidential candidate
for himself alone and had no inter-
est in delegates any further than
that he stressed the sentence: #
will make no effort to control any.
delegates"
The Garner statement followed a
nationwide radio. address. by e. B.
Germany, co-chairman with Miss
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11
T0DAYSs DAIRY QUIZ
Can. you answer seven Of these
ten Test Questions?' Turn TO
Page 4 for Answers

1. On which European PENN
sulai is Greece located?
2. In. what country is Mt. Ever
est?
3. Which part in play is call
ed the stellar role?
4. In which branch of the Army
service is the chance of
death greatest. infantry,
air service or artillery?
S. Which. state is, called the
Keystone State?
6, Did the builders of the Lean
ing Tower of Pisa intend
it to lean?.
z. Who was the American fe-
male dancer who became
the leading exponent of
the Greek form. in dane
ing?
8. What is the maximum for
which a. single postal
money order will be is
sued?i
9. How many feet are in, one
mile?
10. What was the title of the Of
ficials who were placed in
charge of banks which did
not reopen after the bank
ing holiday of March,
1888?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11
HITLER FORGOT

The speech of Chancellor Hitler, in
Munich, breathed defiance against Ger
many's foes nd>warned them of what
will happen if they continue to provoke
him.
1t is also interesting to quote one sem
tenee from the German dictator's utter
anees: e
There is God-He creates people
with equal rights
The German dictator forgot to add.
except Austrians, Czechoslovakians,
Poles, Jews and enemies of Germany"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11
Today's Birthdays

u. S. Senator Sheridan Dow
ney of California, born at Lara
mic, Wyo., Sc years ago.
DR.. Vannevar Bush, president
of the Carnegie Institution, Wash
ington, d. c., born at Everett,
Mass, so years ago.
Com. Eugene f. Mcdonald, Jr.,
president of Zenith Radio, Chi
cage, born at Syracuse, N. Y, so
years ago,
Whiting. Williams of Cleveland,
noted industrial consultant, born
at Shelby, Ohio, 81 wears ago.
DR.. Roswell G. Ham. president
of Mount Holyoke College, Mass,
born at Lenmore,e CAL. 40 years
ago.
Homer Croy of New York,
novelist, born near Marysville,
Mo-, 81 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN

WILL always seek the truth and print it
without fear and without favor; never be
always fight for progress; never be the or
gan OF the mouthpiece of any person, clique,
faction or class; Always do its utmost for the
injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue.
commend good done by individual or organ
izaSion; tolerant of others rights, views and
opinions; print only news that will elevate
and not cOntaminate the reader; never COM
promise with principle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11

l. When did the Russians and
the Firms fight a decisive battle
near Viborg, on the Karelian
front?
2. What is a fjord?'
8. Is Turkey neutral in the
European war?
4. In what year did President
Roosevelt visit South America?
5. Name three islands of the
Far East belonging to the Neither
lands.
6. Where and when is, the first
presidential primary scheduled?
7. Who are the Auzoes?
8. When was the battle of Yer
dun fought?
g. What does "ad lib" mean?
10. Is the governor general of
Canada appointed or elected?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11

With the safe arrival OF the Queen
Elizabeth in New York harbor, the three
largest ships in the world are locked
there. the others being the Queen Mary
and the French liner, Normandie. Dock
age for each is reported to be $1,000 daily.
That amounts to more than a million dol
lars year for the trio, and if the war will
last five years, as so many think, the total
will be about $5.5o0,00O, tidy sum Just
for deekage alone. Nevertheless paying
that much for their safety, is justified
when it is considered that the liners rep
resent an investment of about SIS, 900, 900.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11
FIVE YEARS AGO

The hanging of a second group
of murals by the artists group of
the Key West Administration,
completing the re-decoration Of
Raul's night club, will be cele-
brated tomorrow afternoon with
a Dutch Treat cocktail party.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11
T0DAY'S
COMMON ERROR

Never say. When Tom.
Dick and Harry entered
the room the former spoke
first; say. the first nam
ed spoke first. Former
and latter properly desig-
nate enc of two persons.
but never one of three or
more.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

l. Water and Sewerage.
2. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning).
5. More Hotels and Apartments.
A. Beach and Bathing Pavilion.
5. Airports-Land and Sea.
g. Consolidation OF County and City Gov
ernments.
7. A Modern City Hospital
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11

Malcolm Meacham, of Palm
Beach and New York, was an ar
rival in Key West yesterday aft
ernoon. accompanied by his wife
and several eastern capitalists,
who came here for the purpose
of looking over realty with the
idea of possibly making purchas-
es during their stay in the city.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO

Bert Melville and his associat-
ed players opened. last night on
the lot where the Shrine Circus
played, and many people were
turned away as the tent was fill,
ed to capacity.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11

The tourist crop amounts to approx
mately six and one-half billion dollars.
That's heap O. money, and Florida, if it is.
wise, should do all in its power to make the
state so attractive, besides the attractions
Nature gave us, that it will get its portion
of this wealth. A lot of this wealth is
flowing this way now but more may be
had.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11

rible pair" they caused in his
stomach. Before physicians could
examine. him. however, a tele-
phone cali informed the man that
the teeth had been found in his
bed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11

Checks totalling approximately
Sc. 600. representing Monroe coun-
tvs apportionment of the first
monthly distribution of county
school funds derived from state
sources. were received from Tall
lahassee today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11

Dwight A Allen, brother of the
late George w. Allen, who had
been in Key West for visit of a
few weeks as a guest at the home
of Mrs. George Allen, left for his
home in West Palm Beach.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11

The Miami papers are taking digs at
J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI, who is
digging, too-dirt from the bottom. The
papers attitude is understandable as mo
man e'er felt the halter draw, with good
opinion of the law"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11

Glasses in stenography are to
start soon under direction of the
adult education division of the
FERA, to be controlled by Conner
Blackney, who is being sent here
from Jacksonville.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11

Elmer Curtis, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Curtis, has been
signally honored by the student
body Of the Polytechnic High
School OF San Francisco, with his
appointment as Student Court
Judge, according to word receiv-
ed here.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11

Not only in Florida, but also in
other parts of the country, pros
pective investors were anxiously
awaiting to learn the result of
the bond election to. be held in
this county this week.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11
TEN YEARS Ago

The Citizen furnished this COM
naanity with the first news of
former President William How
ard Taft's death, which occurred
Saturday, March 8.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11

Another group of aviators from
the Twentieth Pursuit Squadron,
U.S.A. corps, arrived in Key West
for a day with members of the
FERA and other Key Westers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11

Key West reports mean tempera-
ture of Sc for February, the meanest since
19O2.-Fort Myers News-Press. While
Key West had mean temperature of &c
for February, the weather is never as
mean" as that experienced on the MAIN
land. We have something there, or rather
here.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11

The P. & o. Steamship Cover
nor Cobb left last night for Tam
pa with large number of pas
sengers on board. This is the last
trip that the Cobb will make this
season to the West Coast.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11

One of the largest crowds of
the season is expected to pack
the Athletic Club tonight when
the Havana YM.C.A. quintet,
champions of Cuba, meet the
Married Mems five in a return
engagement.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11

It is predicted that the Sitzkrieg now
develop into Blitzkrieg, and March is the
month. Beware of the Ides of March,"
Caesar was warned
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11

Key West was awarded the
sweepstakes ribbon for the city's
display at the international Trop-
ical Flower Show being held at
Miami Beach Gardens.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11
KEY WEST in DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here Just Five Ten and Fifteen Years Ago Today
AS Taken From The Files Of The Citizen

Almost nine full pages appear
ed in The Citizen today constitut-
ing the delinquent tax. list of the
city.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11

Plans for the entertainment of
more than $50 prominent citi-
zens of Florida and Georgia, to
be in Key West eight hours one
day next week on a goodwill
trade tour, are now being COM
pleted.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11

The Louisiana Long dynasty has end
ed; let us hope the Roosevelt administra-
ton will not devolve into dynasty by dis
regarding the third term tradition.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11

Ruff & Ready is the name of law
firm in Miami. This is an oddly, not an
advertisement.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11

Elmer Davis, noted traveller
and writer, who has been in Key
West for the past 10 days, left for
his New York home.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11

In the lower order of life
There are many virtuous ones;
Seeking happiness along with
strife:
Their rooms of darkness and
despair
Looking to God in silent prayer.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11

Lincoln Ellsworth. the explor-
CT. was an ax-man on the first
survey of the Grand Trunk Pa
cific Railroads transformation
route.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11
ACTIVE IMAGINATION
ID RAPIDS.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich
Claiming that he had swallowed
his false teeth while he slept, a
man rushed into a hospital de,
handing treatment for the "ter-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11

Candidates never have to invent new
tricks to fool the voter, because the old
ones work as we'll as ever.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11

Notorious Mac, thrilling
three-act comedy drama, spon-
sored by Troop /. Boy Scouts. win
be presented this weekend at the
San Carlos theatre.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11
WHO KNOWS?

See The Answers" on Page A
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-11
THE POOR

By ALBERT c. KEITH
Evening star., 1940-12-12

worth Of tungsten ore from mines
In Burma, which was rushed aboard
ship at Rangoon a few weeks ago
when the threat of war hung peri
ously low over the Far East.
Antimony and tungsten both are
important raw materials In the
making of alloy metals.
China, an important producer Of
antimony, had been secretly pre-
pairing the antimony for market
over long period Of years, then
sinking the cases of the finished
product in a China river. Resist
ance to the Japanese military pene-
tration put a heavy drain on Chi
nese resources, so the Chinese, to
raise cash, recently hauled up the
cached treasure and sent it to the
United States for sale here.
The tungsten ore from Burma was
freighted over winding, mountainous
Burmese roads and down to the
harbor at Rangoon on the backs OF
donkeys, where it was loaded aboard
steamer for its 8,000-mile sea voy-
age here.
Evening star., 1940-12-12
D. {. Unit Of America
First Committee Has
102 Charter Members
Organization Strives
To Keep U. S. Out Of Wor
And to Build Defenses

A Washington branch of the
American First Committee was
functioning today, following an Or
eanizati N meeting last night at
which iO2 local men and women
aligned themselves with the COM
mittee's program to keep the United
States out of war and to build de-
fenses to make the Nation secure
against attack.
The branch was established at a
session at the home of William R.
Castle, former Undersecretary of
State. Five Washington members
Of the national group were named
to direct the local activities. They
are Mrs. Burton K. Wheeler, wife of
the Montana Senator; Mrs. Bennett
Champ Clark, wife of the Missouri
Senator; Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Long
worth, widow of Nicholas Long
worth; Miss Kathryn Lewis, daugh-
ter Of John L. Lewis, and Mr.. Castle
The group postponed election of
q permanent chairman, but elected
these officers: Mrs. Wheeler, treas
urer: Mrs. Frank Simonds, secre-
taxy; Mrs Frank A. West, member
ship chairman, and Mrs. CORTLAND
Barnes, finance chairman.
The America First Committee. we
believe said a statement issued fol-
lowing the meeting, represents the
opinion of the majority of the people
in the United States in opposing our
entrance into the war. It is not in
any way anti-British, and feels that
IN keeping out of the war this coun-
Try is helping Britain more than in
any other way. The committee
fayors all aid to England within the
existing neutrality law and within
Evening star., 1940-12-12
Bankers Told j. :.
Is Moving Toward
State Capitalism
Easy Money Policy Held
Responsible for Drift
From Free Enterprise
BY the Associated Press.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla, Dec. 1.-THE
Investment Bankers Association OF
America. through its Governmental
Securities Committee, today claimed
TIE Nation is moving away from
the system of free enterprise to
form of State security capitalism
In it's report, approved by the as
sociation's Board of Governors and
submitted to the annual convention
the committee said:
This is not a healthy condition
for a country facing an armament
program, war economy and a GER
tain postwar economic strain"
1t attributed the trend in large
part to the Governments policy of
making credit rates low (easy
money!, saying:
incomes of insurance companies,
savings banks, trust funds, college
and charitable endowment funds,
are being seriously reduced by the
abnormal reduction in return on in
vested capital. and stresses and
strains are being created which are
bound to have far-reaching conse-
quences. Once such a trend is Gre
ated, it is not easy to check or re-
verse it,"
See Policy Going Too Far.
The committee, headed by Adrian
M. Massie of the New York Trust
Co. said the easy-money policy be-
gan with Government advocacy in
1888, and was greatly accelerated
by the flight of capital to this coun-
try, due to unsettled world condi-
tions.
To-day we find" the report con-
tinued. the originators and sponsors
of the easy-money policy pleading
that Congress grant to the Federal
Reserve Board increased powers of
control so that the board can cope
with monetary condition which
is now admittedly beyond its con-
troll. The sponsors of the original
policy now say that the rates are
too low and that excess reserves
are too high and that both things
should be corrected by the operation
of increased controls"
Bond Price Drop Feared.
The investment banking group
said the situation was complicated
by the fact that during the easy
money period banks and other in
vesting institutions had loaded up
with Government bonds at high
prices, and that if control powers
were used as suggested there was
likely to be a decline in the price
level Of bonds.
Also, they said, this new policy
conflicts directly with the desire of
the Treasury to borrow funds as
cheaply as possible
The bankers were told by Elmo B.
Roper, jr., research director of the
Fortune survey of public opinion,
that while he had made no survey
of the subject he would guess the
public's opinion of investment
bankers was mot too fattering."
Evening star., 1940-12-12
Earth May Pass
Through Tail of
New Comet
B, the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, Dec. 12.-Here Is assur-
ance for anybody who has been wor-
rying about the onrush Of the
newly discovered Cunningham
comet.
DR.. Fletcher Watson, Harvard
University astronomer, told the
American Academy OF Arts and
Sciences last night that it would stay
at least 5000 900 miles from the
Garth although Its tail would flip
considerably closer.
whether or not the earth will
pass through the tail Is still in dis
pute," he said, but even If it does
there is no reason for us to be-
come excited, for comet tahs con-
tain very little material, and no
effects of a possible collision can be
apparent.
I'm 1910" he added, "the earth
passed through the tail of Halley's
comet, only few million miles from
the comet. and nothing came Of it,
The new comet, expected by as
tronomers to be the most spectacu-
lar since Halley's, will become visible
to the naked eye starting about De-
cember l6 and will reach its nearest
point to the earth about mid-Jan-
uary.
Evening star., 1940-12-12
Parts Of Eton COLLEGE
Damaged by Bombs
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. 12.-Parts of his
toric old Eaton College dating back
to the 18th century, the Bristol
Guild Hall and Assize Court, and
Wembley Stadium Pitch, used for the
soccer cup finals, were damaged in
recent air raids, it was disclosed
today.
Some of the oldest parts of Eton-
including the schoolyard and the
headmasters house-were damaged.
Valuable stained glass in the school
chapel was blown out and shat
tered.
Classrooms built by Sir Chris
topher Wren and the school Offices
below them were wrecked by de-
layed action bomb The schools
World War memorial also was dam
aged
Old Crown Court at the Bristol
Guild Hall was destroyed