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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-15
HOSPITALS FOR RURAL AREAS

The much-discussed Federal health
program, estimated to cost $500, 900
over period of ten years, is not making
much progress but the counter-proposal of
the President, suggested to Congress in a
special message on his fifty-eighth birth
day, that the Federal Government assume
the expense of the construction of fifty
rural hospitals, may receive favorable &C
ton at the present session of Congress.
The rural hospital proposal entails
ten million dollar appropriation for ma
terials and S2,5OO,0OO for WPA construc-
ton labor. The hospitals would be located
solely on the basis of need, without requir-
ing the beneficiary communities to share
any of the building costs. Local authori-
ties, however, would be asked to assume
the estimated 100000 per year operating
cost for an average 100-bed hospital.
The Public Health Service has sur
veyed the United States and reports that
there are 259 rural areas which could use
such hospital units In these areas, the
hospital beds available are less than two
per thousand. Moreover, the greatest
need for hospital construction is in rural
localities that can least afford them.
The fifty-hospital project would sup
plv less than one-fifth of these communi-
ties with hospitals.
According to the survey of the Pub
lie Health Service, the number of hospitals
needed in the various sections of the United
States follow: III in the Southeastern
States; "a in the Central States; 20 in the
Mountain States and in the Pacific Coast
States. Under the bill now pending, the
Surgeon-General, with the advice OF
council of medical and scientific leaders,
will select the sites where the need is
greatest
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-15
TODAY'S DAILY QUIZ
Can you answer seven of these
ten Test Questions? Turn TO
Page for Answers

/. Is Narvik in Norway, Swe-
den or Denmark?
2. Who wrote My Country,
IT'S of Thee?
3. The capital of Maine is Lew
iston, Augusta, or Ban
gor?
4. Was the last star added to
the American flag in 1908
or 1912?
5. Where is the Irriwaddy riv-
er?
6. Where is United States pa
per money made?
z. Charles Proteus Steinmetz
was a noted physician,
electrician, or astronomer?
8. Name the commander of the
British forces in the Revo-
lutionary War who sur
rendered to Genera
q George Washington.
g. Is Postmaster-General James
A. Farley a Catholic, a
> Methodist or an Episco-
palian?
10. Name two common insect
pests that annoy dogs.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-15
TANKS AND GUNS FOR SALE

The army's latest tanks, guns and
weapons are available for export, says
Secretary of War Harry FL. Woodring, IL
substantial orders are given American
plants.
The idea is that foreign orders viii
assist our armament industries to expand
This will make them ready to provide
greater quantities of equipment for the
United States upon reed arising.
There is nothing wrong with the idea
behind this policy. IF the United States
should happen to need 1000 heavy tanks
it would take industry some time to make
them. If production is speeded up by war
orders then American industry will be
ready to supply American needs much
faster. This strengthens our national de-
Tense.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-15
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN

WILL always seek the truth and print it
without fear and without favor; never be
afraid to attack wrong to applaud right;
always fight fer progress; never be the
an OF the rlouthpiece of any person, clique,
faction or class; Always do its utmost for the
1blic welfare; never tolerate corruption
INJUSTICE. denounce vice and praise virtue
o..lm J good done by individual or organ
zzsion tolerant Of others rights, views and
,plnions print only news that viii elevate
al i not contaminate the reader; never COM
romisf Sith principle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-15
On numerous occasion.

On numerous occasions President
E.c5evelt has created war psychology by
his immature expressions such as iii be
eing you. if we don't have war;" which
IS reiterated on several occasions. Now
he informs King Leopold of Belgium that
he (the President) and this nation hope the
Nazi forces are defeated. That Is belli-
gerent statement that may lead US where
Raoscvelt wants it TO lead These are
weak. piping times of peace" and Roose-
velt's advisers should be ever alert TO
81. him to be cautious
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-15

Amendments to the Wage-Hour Act
ha- not met with distinct success in Con-
gress But it is quite probable that there
will be mild amendments passed at this
session to the Wagner Act. The National
Labor Relations Board is the main target
that IS being shot at. Congress finds itself
virtually between the horns of dilemma
all of which may be traced to the fact that
the American Federation of Labor and the
Congress of Industrial Organizations are
at swords points over many important IS
sues that are involved. The public and the
employers don't seem to cut as much ice
with our political masters as the labor
leaders. SO, watch out for compromises!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-15
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Today's Birthdays

Clifton Fadiman of New York,
journalist, editor. broadcaSter,
born there. SO years ago.
Commander Charles E. RoSen-
ali. U.S.N., born IN Illinois, 46
years ago.
DIR. Charles w. Stiles of the
Navy Medical School. Washing
ton, D. C., famed zoologist. born
At Spring Valley, n. Y 10 years
ago.
Louis II. Seagrave, president,
American Founders Cooperation,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-15

Names of approximately so
persons missed by the census
enumerators have been handed
into the office of the Chamber of
Commerce and the secretary is
expecting that a good many more
will yet be heard from and that
the number of inhabitants will
be well above the 1918 which
was given as the population.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-15
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

/. Water and Sewerage.
2. Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning).
). More Hotels and Apartments
4. Beach and Bathing Pavilion.
). AiTports- Land and Sea
G. Consolidation OF County and City Gov
eTnmentS.
T. A Modern City Hospital
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-15
TEN YEARS AGO

List of the voting places and
officers for conducting the ap-
preaching primary election was
completed and approved at the
meeting of the county commits
sioners last night. It was decid-
ed that all inspectors and clerks
will be paid $3.50 each.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-15
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO

Members of the city's sanitary
department started this morning
the work Of covering the entire
island in connection with the oil
ing of cisterns. pools and cess
pools and other receptacles where
stagnant water may be found.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-15

An exchange speaks OF MussOlini as a
waiter in diplomacy, though, not in
q restau~ant.-Sanford Herald Not only
a waiter but Mussolini actually was dish
washer in his earlier days.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-15

II this writer had his choice in select
ing the next president of the United States
if would be, unhesitatingly, Wendell L.
Willkie
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-15

! Miami paper has column of per-
tinent paragraphs with the caption Here,
There and Everywhere That was White
hairs theme song. Is that plug for him
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-15
FIVE YEARS AGO

Wrecking Tug Warbler sailed
this morning to go to the assist
ance of the Steamship Matana-
way. which is reported off the
coast of Florida to the north of
Jupiter Damages to the ships
machinery is given as the reason
for asking for assistance.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-15

1t seems Hitler's blitzkrieg has struck
shreds
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-15

What or whom are the Germans after
in Holland? Is it the Kaiser? Doom if
we know.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-15

Jobs often mean little or nothing to
those who have them; they mean every
thing to those needing them
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-15
Today's Horoscope


Today gives the patient work
er, and one humble in spirit Do
not put too much trust in others.
for there are indications Of loss
thereby, or perhaps the path Of
life may be led into useless
tracks. Therefore. while re-
membering the wants Of others.
do not forget that you need some
things for yourself. II is q self
sacrificing degree.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-15

The slip next to Curry's Aqua
rum is being filled under the
supervision of j. E. Stratman of
that firm. The sum of $500 has
been subscribed for the work by
individuals and firms who object
to the unpleasant odOr whica
arises from the place. and the
debris which collects there.
There was general meeting
of boy scouts held last night al
the headquarters of troop 5. at
which time the matter of going to
Havana for the Inauguration of
President Machado was discuss
ed. 1t was decided that the boys
would leave Tuesday on the Bay
spring and return Thursday.
DR.. ]. Y. Porter, president of
the Chamber of Commerce, has
received a telegram from Repre-
; sentative J. T. Busto advising
+, that bill had been introduced by
F.. him for the establishment of the
juvenile court in Monroe coun-
+ ty, and IS expecting success.
/ Arrangements are now going
forward for the staging OF big
ceremony in Key West July 4 by
the members of Mahi Temple of
Miami, who will arrive here on
that date in connection with the
event. It is expected that 500
members will be here.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-15
KEY WEST In DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Fifteen Ago Today
Taken From Files Citizen

The work IS under the direction
Of DIR. Eugene c. Lowe.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-15

November II is the date set
definitely and finally for the un-
yelling of the New York me-
mortal shaft erected in the men,
CRY of the soldiers of that state
who died during the period of
the civil war in Key West The
Chamber of Commerce has re-
ceived a letter TO this effect.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-15

Key West Rotary Club cele-
brated Father and Sons Day as a
part of the Boys Week program.
The program was prepared by
Edwin Trevor Rev. w. ".
Jamerson, of the First Baptist
Church, was speaker and gave an
interesting talk to the boys and
their dads.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-15

Jupiter. Damages to the ships
machinery is given as the reason
for asking for assistance.
j. Winfield Russell, keeper of
the Records and Seals of Key
West Lodge No. 163, knights of
Pythias, has been appointed
grand chancellor, the appoint
ment being made by Paul Wat
kins, the newly-appCinted Grand
Chancellor of Florida, now re-
siding in Lakeland.
Press reports from Atlanta
heralding the winners of scholar
ships at Emory University, Sc
Iected from the seniors in uni
versities in Florida and other
states, gives the name CT c. A.
Cold, Jr., of Miami, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Cold, formerly
of Key West
Determined to follow up last
years Fourth of July celebration
with another and even more
elaborate program. the Kappa
Pts Club committee launched
plans for their second year of In
dependence Dav festivities and
will have them at South Beach.
Captain Thomas James U.S.N.,
came to Key West yesterday to
be present at the graduation ex-
erciseS at the Convent tomorrow
night. His daughter, Miss Jose
phine James, will be one of the
graduates. Captain James is
with his family on Whitehead
street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-15

New York, born at Council
Bluffs, Iowa, 48 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-15

Improvement of the local Ma
Iine hospital. which will cost
$4,000 will begin as soon as the
next deficiency appropriation
bill is passed. Ruth Bryan Owen
has just wired The Citizen cost of
the work is now pending in the
bill and Mrs. Owen thinks it will
pass.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-15

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The Nome nugget., 1940-11-11

so proIonging his conquest every impulse would prompt the Am erican people to seek to do so.
 "However, by the declared in tention of the totalitarian powers this is a total war, imperlllng the life of every citizen in the nations within its orbit. No one can hope to evade a share in the common suffering.
 Further. the issue of the war lies between two strategies each of which threatens intense suffer ing for civilians. The totalitarian powers aim by studied and re- lentless assault upon civil pop ulations to drive them into sub- iugation. The toll of that strat- egy is being taken daily and
 Continued on Page Three)
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-11

However, if Stalin does not re- sist, he faces even greater dan ger next spring when the Nazis will have consolidated their fore es in Rumania, perhaps in Tur- key and all the Balkans.
 Reason for diplomatic glee is that both the U. S. State Depart ment and the British Foreign Off, flee have been flirting with Rus sia for months trying to wean her away from the Axis. Sir Staf ford Cripps, special British Am basSador in Mexico, could get no where and it has only been with in the last ten days that the State Department found the Russians in a genuinely cooperative frame of mind. But by this time it was tco late.
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-11
RADIO CITY EXECUTIVE

To get the complete picture, you have to know a bit more about Mr. Rockefeller. The woods are full of Rockefellers. THis particular one is 32 years old, the second son of John D., Jr. He has five children, includ- inc twins, and sometimes is de- scr.bed as the Rockefeller who has taken most interest in Radio City Rockefeller Center), of which he is a director and also helned to build up the Museum of Modern Art.
 But in Latin A erica young Roeltefsller had c,rved out a unique distinction even before he accepted his present post on the Defense Commission. He had gone down 10 Venczuela in con necti2a with his family's oil com panies. and had become impress ed W.th the idea that American Business in Latin America had To be more than a leech inudstry had to do more than drill wells and suck oil out of the ground.
 Furthermore, and particularly in Venezuela, he saw that after that country had exhausted the one commodity upon which it had been so dependent. economic chaos would follow together with the same policy applied in Mex jco-eXpropriation.
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-11
RUSSIA'S PREDICAMENT

Most U. s. diplomats register Sadistic glee at the tight spot in which Russia finds herself as a result of Hitler's move into Ru- mania. How tight a spot is can be gathered if you remember that for years, under both Czar and Stalin, it has been Russia's policy never to let anyone but a weak Turkey control the Dardan elleS-for fear an enemy might come through to the Black Sea.
 But note-Germany already is on the shores of the Black Sea. With out even going through the Dardanelles the Nazis are in a strategic place to launch sub marine attacks on Soviet ship ping. In fact, submarines already are reported on railroad flat cars enroute through Rumania.
 The Russians also are up ag- ainst the fact that resistance against Hitler in Rumania means war all along their 1,700 miles of western border, from Finland and the Arctic to Bulgaria and the Black Sea. This far-Aung line would be a tough job to de- fend against Hitler's war ma chine despite the size of the Red Army.
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-11
The Washington Merry-Co-Round
By Drew Pearson am. Robert s. Allen

WASHINGTON When Harry Hopkins first proposed that Nel- son Rockefeller be appointed co ordinator of Latin American af- fairs of the National Defense Commission, there arose nigh sy howl from the State Depart ment.
 MT. Rockefeller, the State De- partment claimed, Smelled too much of oil. His grandfather's and his fathers oil companies had been down in Latin America battling the Mexican govern ment, and the Bolivian and Col umbian governments. So, the State Department argued, young Rockefeller would begin his job with two strikes against him.
 The White House, concurred over these arguments, held up the Rockefeller appointment for approximately three months, fin ally bowed to the persuasive in- fluence of Harry Hopkins and ap pointed the young millionaire anyway. Since then two things have happened:
 1. The State Department has gone its own polite and dignifed way, ignoring whenever possible the existence of anyone named Rockefeller.
 2. The refreshing Mir. Rocke- feller seems to have justified all that Harry Hopkins ever said about him by unobtrusively but energetically making good. In the short time he has been func- tioning under the long-Winded title of "Coordinator of Conner cial and Cultural Relations be- tween the American Republics" he has really breathsd new life into one of the most important fields of American fo1ieign af fairs.
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-11
.l5 Leaders Oppose Feeding g Of Europe
Reluctant but Considered Judg- ment Holds Blockade Vital
 to Democracies

Fifteen prominent pers son most of them educators or clergy men joined recently in a state msnt in which they said it was their reluctant but considered judgement" that the American people should not attempt to feed the conquered peoples of Europe unless the British Gov ernment gives it's free consent, uncoerced by any external pres sure"
 Asserting that the blockade was indispensable to the defense of the democratic nations, the statement held that between the agony of empty stomachs for a time in one part of the world and the agony of stricken souls in every part of the world there can be but one choice"
 Among the signers were pr. Henry Sloane Coffin, president of Union Theological Seminary; Dr. James B. Conant, president of Harvard University; John w. Davis, Democratic candidate for President in 1924; Dr. Harold w. Dodds, president of Princeton, and William Green, president of the American Federation of La bor. The statement follows:
 "The American people are deeply sympathetic with the civ ilian populations of Europe in their sufferings and threatened sufferings. And especially with those who already enduring sub jugation by a pitiless conqueror now face the further ordeal of food privation. Were it possible to alleviate this distress without strengthening the conqueror and
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-11

iectives as Coordinator of Latin American affairs on the Defense Council-namely, to set up cor porationS in which Latin Ameri- an capital will mix with Ameri- can money, in contrast to the old practice of Yankee exploitation with Yankee dollars.
 There is no joint" says Rocke feller in trying to tug the LatinS 10 our side in tug of war with the Germans. What we want to do is help them in developing ec onomic independence. They have fought for economic independ- ence before and they can do it aagin. In that fight, we are with them.p
 There is no point" says Rocke State Department and MT. Rocke feller see eye to eye. Actually, the State Department, under the far-sighted Good Neighbor Pol icy. devised by Sumner Welles, already had loaned U. s. and Brazilian capital to build a new steel mill in Brazil.
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-11

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The Nome nugget., 1940-11-11
Notice Of Public Auction

Lots g, 10, II and 12, Block B Nome, Alaska, with the 2-story frame house on lot 10 and 1-story frame house on the North part of Lot 9, will be offered for sale at public auction to the highest bid der for cash. Time and place of sale City Hall, Nome, 8 pm. Wed nesday, November 13, 1940. Any and all bids may be refused, and any sale must be confirmed by the Probate Court at Nome be- fore it becomes effective.
 This is the Heinrich (Harry) Ewert property and the sale is being made under authority granted in his will.
 The houses and property may be examined any evening by con tacting George Modini who re- sides in the house on Lot 10.
 George Modini and
 Kari Palsson, Executors
 .... and Trustees Publish Nov. 6 8 II 13, 1940.
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-11
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that Wallace Porter has been appoint ed by the Probate Court for the Koyuk Precinct, Second Division Territory of Alaska, administrat- or of the estate of Jesse Peter son, deceased, and that all per- sons having claims against the said estate are required to pre- sent the same with proper vou- chers within six months from the date of this notice to the under signed administrator at Haycock Territory of Alaska.
 Dotted the 4th day of Novem- Der, l940.
 Wallace Porter,
 Administrator of the Estate
 of Jesse Peterson, deceased Publish Nov. 4, II, Is, 25, 194(
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-11
LOCAL MONEY

So young Rockefeller began working on the idea of diversity ing Venezuela's industries ard diVersifying them on a part r. ship basis. In other words .n- stead of merely bringing more American capital to Venezuela. he set Up company in which local money joined with him in building a hotel in Caracas to be operated jointly by American and Voneznela directors.
 This is one of Rockefeller's ob
The Nome nugget., 1940-11-11
N 6 T IC E

Write to your friends and rela ives on the Outside, using Sour ough Stationery. They'll get 8 big -lck out of it.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04
Radiant Living
DISCOVERING WELLS
OF GRACE
BY Rev. G. M. Griffeth
Pastor Methodist Church
Cecilton, Md.

Feebly the sob of boys voice
broke the oppressive death-like
stiffness of the barren rocky wild
erness. The little weak cry from
the PROSTATE form of her dying
son pierced the mother heart of
Hagar.
A victim of the jealousy of the
very woman who had instigated
her wrong doing, Hagar and her
little son had been driven out in
the wilderness and left to die.
But that feeble cry from the lit
tie form was heard by the omni-
presence ear of Infinite Love.
God did not intend that Hagar and
Ishmael should perish. In the hour
of her extremity, He opened her
eyes and she saw well of water.
Not only to Hagar but to many
others also has God opened wells
of Devine strength from which his
famished faithful have drawn
water of sustaining Grace in the
time of great distress.
These wells of Divine Grace,
undiscernable by the eyes. of a
materialistic mind, are beheld only
by spiritual vision.
When one realizes the poverty
of material things and becomes
conscious of the more solid real
ity of spiritual things, when one
casts himself in complete self a.
abandonment upon the Lord, then
God, who is Infinite Love, will
lead him unto a vale of heavenly
repose. Here, with newly opened
eyes, he shall see a well of Divine
Omnipotence, from which his soul
may draw spiritual waters, waters
of supernatural strength suited to
his immediate need.
Isaiah so beautifully speaks of
this experience when he exclairls:
Therefore with joy shall ye draw
water out of the Wells of Saliva
ton"
Are you longing to have a more
radiant life? Write to Rev. G. M.
Griffeth, Cecilton, Md, concerning
your difficulty, enclosing a &c
stamp for return postage.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-04

occasions when | don't h1|
what wewould have dolsT-
out it. Last year Nj. lr
fell from the hay loft l1
telephone call brought 4
in a hurry" !,
Says Mrs. HOsrd n
Of GreenvOsI Y
to have a felephone WI