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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21
TODAY'S DAILY QUIZ
Can you answer seven of these
ten Tes. Questions? Turn to
Page 4 for Answers

l. What is the origin of the
name Jutland?
2. What disease is called the
white plague?
3. Name the only man born
west of the Mississippi
River who became Presi-
dent of the United States.
4. Name the President of the
newly-established Nation
al Council of the Polish
Government-in-Exile.
S. Where is the University of
Michigan?
6. Is linseed oil used in making
linoleum?
Z. What is the name of the dish
made of bread or oatcake,
soaked in pot-hquor or
hot milk?
8. What is the word in ice
hockey that describes a
successful blockade by the
goal tender of an attempt
ed score?
8. Does the yolk or white of an
egg have the most food
value?
10. Who wrote the oratorio
Messiah?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21
FOLLOWING THROUGH

Members of Citizens & Taxpayers,
Inc, civic organization that took an active
part in the city campaign last year, held a
meeting the other night to take stock of
the present situation in Key West.
It was the concensus that "a new
spirit of optimism prevails in this city
However, it is pointed out by leaders of
the organization that much needs to be
done before Key West can take its right
fulq5Iace among the thriving self-sustain-
ing communities of the country.
"Our task has just begun, the group
points out 'There are problems crying
for solution, and the City Council, County
Commission and civic bodies cannot do
the job without the active interest and sup
port of the citizenry."
Nothing could be fairer or more &C
curate than those statements. The City
Council, the majority of whom were
elected with the support of Citizens &
Taxpayers, Inc, has made a valiant start
toward economy in municipal affairs and
businesslike conduct of the city's activi-
CICo' III dCCOIu pushing GIICoC OUJCCCINSo
the council majority committed to that
program has had to buck stiff headwinds
blown up by disgruntled politicians and
chronic tax dodgers. Some folks don't
like to have the feathers of their petty
authority plucked, while others, some
times the very individuals who demand
the greatest amount of service from the
city, do not like to pay for fire protection,
police protection, sanitary and other
services. &F:@Ssa
There is always natural opposition
to any group of men who want to cut the
city's cloth to fit the city's income who
want the taxpayers to pay their bills be-
fore they demand municipal services. The
biggest problem confronting the city is col
lecting sufficient taxes to operate the city
and to pay the old bills accumulated be-
cause some taxpayers didn't pay their
taxes, even when they had the cash.
Deposits in the postal savings system
at Key West attest the fact that there is
lot of unemployed money in Key West
Some of that money belongs to the city.
Nearly every habitable house in Key West
has tenant Nearly every store is doing
a larger volume of business. Nearly every
enterprise is more prosperous. Nearly
every man who wants a job is working.
Real estate is in demand, new homes are
being erected, old ones are being reno
waited.
There is no further excuse for failure
to pay taxes. That new spirit of OPP
timism" noted by the Taxpayers associa-
ton should be expressed by large volume
of cash payments at the city treasurer's
office. In that way City Council may
proceed to solve those 'problems that are
crying for solution"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21
GOOD FRIDAY

Editor, The Citizen:
The first Good Friday most
probably fell on Friday, Mch.
Gath, 1872, A. u. c., i. e., % A.
D. Tertullian and Lastantius
say, THE Jews crucified Christ
on the seventh day before the
Kalends of April (Mch. 24th), in
the fifteenth year of the reign of
Tiberius Caesar, and in the con-
sulship of the two Gemini."
From the history of pagan
Rome we know that Rubellius
and Fucius Geminus were con-
suls in the year 1872 A. u. c. OF
20 A. D.
JAMES J. BAXTER, D. D.
Key West, Fla,
March 81, 1910
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21

There is good fishing around Key
West A tourist there the other day landed
three prize Jewish totalling over 900
pounds in weight, and on the same day
another visitor caught 263 pound whip
ray. Such things don't eat we'll but they
make good fish stories to tell.-Sanford
Herald. Don't let anyone tell you that
Jewish isn't good eating. Never having
tasted whip-ray, we pass.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21
PEOPLES FORUM

The Citizen welcomes express
siOns of the views of it's read
ers, but the editor reserves the
right to delete any items
which are considered libeIOus
or unwarranted. The writer's
should be fair and cOnfine the
letters to 200 words, and write
ON one side of the paper only.
Signature of the writer's must
accompany the letters and will
be published unless requested
otherwise,
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neutrality-suspicious.
IN MY GARDEN


Beneath the palms on a summer
day
l sit and while the hours away
Watching the birds fly from tree
to tree,
Singing their sweet songs to me.
l wonder if they too are thinking
Of some one far away
Who used to sit and watch them
too,
Coming here day by day.
The birds keep on singing
The live long summer day,
But I sit and watch them now
Alone day by day.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO

All employees of the United
States postoffice in Key West
were recently granted a $500 a
year increase in salary-from ST.
800 to $2,l00 per annum. They
were also given their back pay
in connection with the new scale
dating from January l.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21

Ernest Pyle, the rowing reporter, said
in his column that President Ubico, of
Guatemala, was dictator and that he was
saying it even if he was going to be kicked
out of the country. Pyle was safe in MAX
ing his boast since he was safely in this
country when the article appeared.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21

with mortise and tenon joints Sc
cured by pegs and anchored deep
in coral rock Not a nail, it is
said, was used in the construc-
ton. The house is built of clap
boards. At the base of each is
an ornamental beading rarely
seen in Key West. There are
seven rooms, all with very low
ceilings. Three are on the first
floor and two each on the second
and third floors. These are cell
ed with exceptionally wide
boards of white pine and so per-
fectly are they fitted that after a
hundred years of wear and tear,
they present the appearance of
plastered walls. This remarkable
evenness, it is said, was attained
by scraping the edges of the
boards with glass. All windows
are small and many PANIED. e.
The slave quarters at the rear
have bene torn down, but the
lumber, remarkably we'll preserv-
ed, has been kept with the inten-
ton of adding another room to
an adjoining cottage. All of Mr.
Roberts children were born here;
of these, only Mrs. Sharpley sur
wives. The present tenant, Mrs.
Jeanne Taylor, has furnished the
place with some lovely pieces
well in keeping with the house.
She hopes by next winter to have
it open to the public, thus carry
ing out her worthwhile ambition
to bring back some of the at
mosphere of old Key West. &.
While the two Bahama houses
stand side by side, the one erect
ed by John Bartlum faces. Eaton
street. At first glance they ap-
pear to be duplicates, but a clos
err scrutiny discloses several diff
ferences. The balconies of the
Bartlum place extend across the
front and side and a large wing
that was added since it was
brought here; extends across the
back. There are ten rooms and
their arrangement is totally I'M
like its sister house. The win
dows, too, are much larger. {.
This is the birthplace of the late
DIR. William Bartlunn. For many
years he kept his dental offices
there. Some time ago, the house
passed from the hands of the
Bartlum family to Mr. Wallace,
thence to Howard Sawyer. who
now lives there with his family
The houses are almost flush
with the sidewalk, due to the
fact that ten or twelve feet of
land was given to widen William
street. Richard Roberts often
said: in all of my years of ex-
perience, / have never seen hous-
es constructed as these. When
they blow down in hurricane,
all of Key West win CO.. His
opinion has not only been con-
firmed by the best of modern
architects but by the fact that
the houses weathered in 1916 the
most terrific hUrricane that ever
swept the Bahamas, as well as
several of minor intensity IN Key
West. All of which illustrates
the fact that the hurricanes that
now and then lash the Florida
coast would lose their terrors if
all buildings were constructed as
perfectly and as conscientiously
as the Bahama houses.
Next Week: Mrs. Julian
J. Marks Garden
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21

Did you know there is a minister run
ming for governor of Florida? We don't
recall minister ever having run for gov
ernor before.-Sanford Herald. Shades of
the Rev. Cats Fort Myers News-Press.
What is fame? Fame is but "a slow
decay-even this shall pass away"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21

the Drum and BugIe Corps of the
American Legion at San Carlos
Theater last night was excep-
tionally we'll attended. The de-
lightful program was thoroughly
enjoyed by all.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21

1t is reported that a statewide candi-
date makes this statement to his workers:
IF you ask me for pay now while working
for me, don't expect any special favors
when am elected to office" That should
keep 'em away, and save the candidate
quite a bit of change.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21
FIVE YEARS AGO

Nearly two score of boys anx-
ious to help their families
through enlistment in the Civil
ian Conservation Corps have ap-
piled in Key West for the six
months enrolment, which starts
in April. 1t is expected that so
boys will apply.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21

The engineering force of Mon
roe County has been augmented
by the addition of Clifton Bailey,
a civil engineer of several years
experience. Mr.. Bailey is also
familiar with the land over
which the road to the mainland
will be constructed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21
Key West, Fla.
March 81, 1910

When Acid Indigestion, Gas on
Stomach or Heartburn make you
feel uncomfortable or embarrass
you, try Alka-Seltzer, which con-
tains alkalizing buffers and so
helps counterfeit the associated
Excess Stomach Acidity.
But the relief of these minor
stomach upsets is only a small
part of what you can expect
Alka-Seltzer to do for you. You
win find it effective for Pain Re-
lief in Headache, Neuralgia, Colds
and Muscular Aches and Pains.
It contains an analgesic, (sodium
acetyl salicylate), made more
prompt and effective in its pain
relieving action by alkaline buffer
salts.
When hard work or strenuous
exercise make you feel tired and
dragged out, enjoy the refresh
ing effect of a glass Of sparkling,
tangy Alka-Seltzer.
At Drug Stores In packages and
at drug store soda fountains by the
glass
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21

Thursday evening at the Casa
Marina, Key West Rotarians will
celebrate their annual Ladies
Night and preparations are 60
ing forward to make this one of
the outstanding events of the sea-
son. A large number of out-of-
town guests are expected.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21

II think the view from the
lighthouse is one of the most
beautiful that l have ever seen
and truly repays one for taking
the trip from Massachusetts, to
Key West. So spoke Mrs. Her
bert S. Lang, who, with her hus-
band, was a visitor yesterday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21
TEN YEARS AGO

The Steamer Cuba arrived
from Havana yesterday after
noon with $50 passengers and the
ferry arrived from Havana with
IL carloads of horses returning
from tracks in Cuba. There are
210 more horses to arrive from
Havana this afternoon.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

l. Water and Sewerage.
3 Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning).
3. More Hotels and Apartments.
f. Beach and Bathing Pavilion.
s. Airports-Land and Sea.
G. Consolidation OF County and City Gov
crnmentS.
T. A Modern City Hospital
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21

At a meeting of the Volunteer
Fire Department Board held last
night the results of the carnival
staged by Bonnie Krause for the
firemen were announced. 1t was
stated that the firemen's share
amounted to $1,172.10.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21

key West reports mean tempera-
ture OF &c for February, the meanest since
1902. Fort Myers MewS-Press. Did you
mean that to be meant crack?
Union. Hanton is what Hanton does! Not
quite over our slight cold 9''' '. ss%e"' y
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21

Frank H. Laid, els Caroline
street, has returned from Wash
ington after spending some time
there in connection with the plan
to have the government finance
the construction of the proposed
long bridges over the highway.
He reports encouraging pros
poets.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21

Shortage of water for the
FERA headquarters and resi-
dences in the naval station is be-
ing remedied today by taking a
supply from the cisterns of the
federal building. Postmaster
Sam Harris said there are two
10000 gallons filled at the federal
building.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21

The commission created by
President Hoover to investigate
conditions in Haiti. which passed
through Key West on its way
south, are today enroute to the
states and are due to arrive to-
morrow morning, according to
adviceS received at the naval sta
ton.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21

The sheriff'S force has sue
ceeded in capturing d. Stewart,
the negro wanted here in con-
nection with the killing of an
other negro Sunday afternoon on
Petronia street. The sheriff re-
ceived a telegram that the negro
was at Pine Key and went there
and got the man.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21

A man known as L. I. Armit-
age is being held in the county
Jail here in connection with a
case in which a number of trav-
eler's checks disappeared from
the Bantabano Bank in Colon
bia, Central America. Three of
the checks were found in his
possession.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21

Once again Senator Pepper is on the
wrong side of the fence. Can't he Hatch
something that requires other ingredients
besides Pepper.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21

Fishermen delight in telling the
weight of the whoppers they caught. This
adds weight to the stOry-and to the fish,
too.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21

Appeasement does not work either in
dealing with law-breakers and gunner as
with nations.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21

The first block of bonds to-
falling S1,OOO,O0O of the recent is
sue voted on will be dated June
|, and the commissioners are
hopeful that the preliminary
work of the engineers will be
started by that time.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21

The second and final minstrel
show given under the auspices of
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21

Numerous reservations have
been made for the Bridge Tea to
be given Saturday afternoon at
the Casa Marina for the benefit
of the Key West Country Club.
Mrs. Clifton Bailey. Mrs. Nor
berg Thompson and Mrs. B. Cur
ny Moreno are members of the
committee.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21

Noisy people wonder why anybody
desires to be quiet
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21
FLOWER SHOW PUBLICITY

Mr.. L. P. Artman,
Citizen Publishing Co.,
Key West, Fla,
Dear Mr.. Artman:
The members of the Key West
Garden Club and Tree Guild
wish to express their thanks
and appreciation for the splendid
publicity you gave the Flower
Show.
Yours very truly,
MYRTLE COSGROVE,
Corresponding Secretary.
Key West, Fla,
Mar. 10th, 1910.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21

Next Week: Mrs. Julian
J. Marks Garden
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21
KEY WEST in DAYS, GONE BY

Happenings Here Just Five Ten Fifteen Today
AS Taken From The Files Of The Citizen
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-03-21
Yours very truly,

Key West, Fla,
Mar. 10th, 1910.
Evening star., 1940-05-01
Reward May Bring Up
Neutrality Act Questions

BY the Associated Press
The offer by Samuel Harden
Church, president of the Carnegie
Institute, of 100000 reward for
The capture of Adolf Hitler prompt
ed State Department officials today
to make close study of President
Roosevelt's proclamation of United
States neutrality in the European
war. Mr.. Church made the offer in
behalf of group of Pittsburgh
residents.
Officials declined to comment
openly on whether the reward offer
directly involved any sections of
the proclamation. but there were
various ones which they said might
bear upon the situation.
They explained, for instance, that
the proclamation ISSUED September
81 declared that "the laws and trea-
ties of the United States, without
interfering with the free expression
of opinion and sympathy, never
theless impose upon all persons who
may be within their territory and
jurisdiction the duty of an i'm
partial neutrality during the exist
ence of the contest"
Citizens also were directed by the
proclamation to remain at peace
with all of the said belligerents
Germany and the allies and to
maintain strict and impartial
| neutrality"
Evening star., 1940-05-01
Marjorie Weaver
HOnOred at Tea

Kappa Kappa Gammas at George
Washington University entertained
at tea yesterday afternoon In honor
OF Marjorie Weaver. Hollywood star,
and a member of the sorority.
Miss Weaver was accompanied by
Mrs. Richard Moss, her roommate
at Delta Chapter House at the Uni
versity of Indiana.
Miss Eleanore Sherburne, presi-
dent of Gamma Chi Chapter at
George Washington University, re-
ceived with the honor guests. Ar
rangements for the tea were In
charge OF Miss Anne Barret, social
chairman for the chapter.
Among the guests were Mrs. VIM
Evening star., 1940-05-01

ME @. Barrows, director af person
mel at George Washington Univer-
sity; Mrs. Raleigh 0ilchrist, presi-
dent OF the Altrllsa Club and an
active member Of the Kappa alum
nae; Mrs. Newton E. Buckley, house
mother At Sorority Hall; Tempe
Curry, president Of Gamma Psi
Chapter at the University Of Mary
land; Mrs. Edward G. Stone, Mrs
Skipwith Coale, Miss Edith Macau-
ley, Miss Margaret Blackstone
president Of the Washington alum
nae; Mrs. Sieforde Stellwagon and
Mrs. E. E. Kinzel.
Evening star., 1940-05-01
S1,ooo,ooo Is Offered
For Hiher's 5 Capture
By Pittsburgh Group
Head Of Carnegie Institute
Specifies Fuehrer Must Be
Seized by End Of May
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, May IA Pitts.
burgh group offered today to pay a
million-dollar reward for the capture
OF Adolf Hitler. unhurt, but specified
that the Germ@n Fuehrer must be
delivered into the custody of the
League OF Nations before the end of
May.
Samuel Harden Church, president
Of the $28, 900 900 Carnegie Institute
announced the offer on behalf of
an unnamed group, which he said
was acting "in good faith" in q
letter to the New York Times.
The unusual proposal brought back
recollections of a daring post World
War scheme of group of American
soldiers to kidnap the German
Kaiser from his refuge in Holland
Would Be Tried for "Crimes."
In his letter, Mr.. Church said
that Hitler should be delivered "for
trial before high court of justice
for his crimes against the peace
and dignity Of the world"
Mr.. Church said in telephone in
terview with the Times that the
proposal had been discussed for
some time among some members of
the Duquesne Club of Pittsburgh
after private advices reached them
saying Hitler planned an attempt to
break through on the western front
soon.
Shortly after the armistice of 1919
a band of Americans who had served
with the A. E. F., among them Col,
Luke Lea of Tennessee and Larry
MacPhail, now president of the
Brooklyn Dodgers, secretly entered
Holland and travelled to Kaiser
Wilhelm's haven"
According to legend, the party
actually entered Wilhelm's home,
but ned when surprised by Dutch
guards.
Complaints were made with the
state Department and Col. Lea and
his comrades were placed under mil
ltary arrest. Disposition of the case
never was revealed, but all were
released.
Mr.. Church said his group was
not over-optimistic about its chances
OF achieving its end, but it thought
the possibility was worth encour-
aging.
1914 Letter Recalled.
During the World War. shortly
after President Wilson'S 1914 appeal
for neutral attitude in word and
deeds, Mr.. Church wrote a letter
to the Times accusing Germany of
numbering civilization" Later he
wrote another charge which the
British reprinted and dropped by
thousands from the air into Ger
many.
Mr.. Church told the Times he had
no objection to making the offer in
his official capacity as president of
the Carnegie Institute. since Andrew
Carnegie founded a peace organiza-
tion and believed in 1.-The associa-
ton of nations with power to en-
force peace"
The appeal for Hitler's capture,
Mr.. Church said. was directed to ad-
venturesome youths. He added that
he considered it unwise to attempt
to deliver Hitler to the leagues seat
at Geneva, in the event of capture,
because the Reich's army would
overrun Switzerland.
The proper goal would be Eng
land,' he said. But the question
OF trial would be too big for Great
Britain or any other one country. A
court of all the civilized nations of
the world should try such a case,
and the United States should be a
member of such court"
Mr.. Church is retired vice presi-
dent Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
and an offlcer of the French Legion
of Honor.
Evening star., 1940-05-01

the Association of Physics Teachers
OF the District for the coming year,
1t was announced yesterday.
The university also announced the
election Of Sarah Ann Rapp as
president Of the League OF Women
Voters of the university.
Evening star., 1940-05-01

Quick-grown, young vegetables
are the best, and only the home
garden, where they may be har-
vested as needed, can provide them.
Evening star., 1940-05-01
Physics Teachers
Elect Dr.. Rouse

DR. Glenn F. Rouse associate pro-
fessor of physics at American Uni
versity, has been elected president Of