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The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-11

Ostensibly intended as a reve-
nue. producer, Mr.. Patman makes
little attempt to deny that its real
purpose is to put the chain deal
ers out of business. Hearings are
under way before a subcommit-
tee, which has been listening to
explanations by the author of the
bill and some of the business in
terests opposed to chain merchan-
dizing.
AS originally drawn the Bill
imposed a tax of $50 on each
store in a chain of more than fiji
teen, graduated up to $1,000 a
store, and the total multiplied by
the number of states in which the
chain did business. Mr.. Patman
has submitted several amend
ments, reducing the amount of
tax by one-half, but including fill
ling stations with other chain en-
terprises.
No Clear Understanding
There is still no clear under
standing as to all the various lines
of business that would be affec-
ted were the Patman Bill to be-
come law. It clearly would i'm
pose heavy taxation upon chain
food stores, chain cigar stores,
drug stores, hardware and variety
as oil and gasoline dealers, and
stores, automobile dealers as well
probably great many more diff
ferent lines of business. No mea-
sure before Congress since the
Neutrality Bill has brought to
Senators and Members such a
volume of letters on both sides
of the subject.
Thus far the proponents of the
tax have had their innings but
Washington hears of preparations
under way for large consumer
delegations desiring to be heard
in opposition. That would at least
add to the gayety of an otherwise
dull session.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-11

FOR SALE-9 1-3 acres of land,
5 room house, good spring.
Known as the J. E. Parker home
place near Smethport. w. H. Bar
ker, Smethport, N. c. 4-11-1t
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-11
No New Tax Laws

Congress, as experienced OBJ
servers have been predicting, has
dropped all pretense of economy
and is going ahead to spend mo-
ney wherever it will influence the
most voters. And, as is always
the case in presidential years, it
is not preparing to enact any new
tax laws.
That is one reason among 9TH
ers, why the very first bill intro
duced in this Congress at the be-
ginning of its first session is not
expected even to get out OF the
Ways and Means Committee and
onto the Floor of Congress. That
IS Representative Wright Pat
mans Chain Store Tax Bill.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1940-04-11

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-25
ssCrOmweII'. Sheet 81

Stock up now this will not
be respected soonl Good quol-
lily muslin sheet free from
dressing. topped seIvedoes. torn
hens. Phone and mail orders,
coll BR 1851.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-25
s.FirSt Lady, Sheet SIP

Our own brond 30 squore
muslin sheet. snowy white.
free from dressing. Topped
selvedoes, torn hens o
sheet thot will more thon poy
its woy in service.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-25

BeoUtful group Of embroidered ooses IN forols,
oppeuzeil. F7s & hisr. M. Ms, drown fhreod.
Nicely boxed. buy for gifts.
fhirc floor
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-25

SIZE 22s4z, they Will fly out
u this sole price. Snowy white
grounds. postel stripe borders.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-23
.ONE-THIRD OF
TAGS BOUGHT
LADD STATES AUTO OWNERS
EVIDENTLY THINK TIME
WILL BE EXTENDED

Automobile owners in Monroe
county evidently expect that the
governor will extend the time
for the purchase of automobile
licenses when the time arrives,
judging by their hardness in
making purchases from the office
of Tax Collector Frank H. Ladd.
Inquiry at the tax collector
office yesterday elected the in
formation that with eight days
remaining in the month before
the deadlne is put on, purchases
are remarkably slow.
Record of the number of Ii
censes required in Monroe coun-
ty shows that there are approx
mately 1000 ears in the district
which will be forced to secure Ii
censeS in order to operate in COM
pliance with the law and to date
there have been purchased only
$50 of all kinds.
MIR. Laid said that up to the
present time there has been no
indication that the time set by
the governor will be extended
beyond January 81.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-23
CALL FOR BIDS
TO BUILD new
DISPENSARY
INTERESTED CONTRACTORS
MAY OBTAIN INSTRUC-
TIONS AFTER FEBRUARY
Is; RETURNABLE FEB. 20

Sealed bids entailing offers to
build an extension to the Navy
Dispensary at Key West Naval
Station will be received at the
local station UP to HOO o'clock
in the morning, February %, ac-
cording to announcement today
by B. Moreell, chief of the Navy
Department, Bureau of Yards and
Docks.
The bids are to include esti-
mates for construction of con-
crete foundations, frame super
structure with utilities for sew
erage disposal, water supply,
electrical services and other
pertinent services and equipment
within the building as extended.
|, Specifications and accompany
ing drawings may be obtained on
application to Russell T. Pan
coast, architect, First National
Bank Building, Miami Beach, on
and after February Is. A de-
post is, necessary guaranteeing
safe return of the drawings.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-23
.RECEIVERSHIP OF
PROPERTY ENDS
]. E. BROWNE RECEIVES NO
TICE MALONE HAS TURN
ED OVER HOSTELRY

Joseph E. Browne, joint own
er of the Gilbert jefferson Hotel,
has received notice from At
torney VIM. H. Malone. who was
appointed receiver of the prop
erty, accompanied by an order
signed by Judge Arthur Gomez,
of Circuit Court, advising that
Mr.. Malone has been discharged
as receiver.
The letter points out that the
receives has been ordered to
forthwith surrender the prop
erty to the true and lawful own
ers from which the property was
taken.
At the time of the appoint
ment of the receiver, possession
of the property was obtained from
Mr. Browne as the owner of a
two-thirds interest and from Mrs.
Ida Reynolds, owner of a one
third interest.
In compliance with the order of
the court, Mr.. Malone surrenders
the property to Mr.. Browne and
Mrs. REYNOLDS, in accordance
with their respective interests
therein.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-23
CLUB
HOST TO LADIES
NAVY WIVES IN CITY ARE
SPECIAL GUESTS AT
MONTHLY AFFAIR

The Stone Church Fellowship
(Service) Club meets tonight at
its monthly Ladies Night affair,
to which a goodly portion of the
Navy Wives of Key West have
been invited by the committee
headed by William Doughty, Jr.,
president of the club, assisted by
A. O'Sweeney.
Contact was made with the
wives of all navy officers who
reside in Key West and special
invitations were issued to them
to attend the supper and take
part in the program following.
According to advance registra-
tons, it is anticipated that large
gathering viii be on hand when
order is called at TOO o'clock.
The gesture TO the honored
guests is being made as part of
the city-wide Recreation pro-
gram to provide a variety of en-
tertainment features for visiting
members Of service families.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-23
S@OsS&SSs~S~ . zee
PRESIDENTS BALL
Local Case Proves Point
CAUSE WORTHY One
. o . Q . > 0 . 0 . . . .

A powerful argument advanced
as a reason why residents of this
city should support the coming
Presidents Ball features-this
Saturday, the dance, and We'd
nesday, January 81, the dinner,
both events at La Concha Hotel
is revealed in the story prac-
tically unknown concerning a
local case of infantile paralysis
suffered here by a Key West
youngster last year.
Unheard of before in the his
tory of this city-a brief, sporadic
epidemic broke out last season.
One of the cases resulted in
paralysis below the hips for an
Island City youngster, unnamed
for best policy in this article.
Through funds accumulated in
the local purse for such purpose,
subscribed in past Presidents
Ball events, and through CO.
operation of both the National
Foundation and of President
Roosevelt, himself, this child, to-
gether with its mother, were TAX
en- to the Foundations home at
Warm Springs, Ga, all expenses
of the trip being paid.
DR.. H. c. Galley, county chair
man of the Presidents Ball
events, stated that the child has
been at Warm Springs since last
July, receiving treatment. This,
as DR.. Galley states, is a clear
cut case of why the events staged
nationally this month-end, are SO
worthy in scope Subscriptions
to both the dance and dinner at
La Concha Hotel will result in
further cash credits in the local
fund to care for similar emer-
gencies in the future.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-23
NAILS INCREASE
U-BOAT FLEET
LOSSES SUSTAINED MATCH
ED BY NEW SUBMARINE
CONSTRUCTION
iIlr AssocIntcd rresn.

COPENHAGEN, Jan. 23.-
Small news of comfort to the AL
lies was issued at this city today
when it was announced that in
formation had reached Danish
sources that the Nazis had rein
forced their submarine fleet to
approximate strength possessed
before the war started.
Heavy losses inflicted by AL
lied ships and air forces had been
offset, it was stated, by much new
construction, bringing the total
U-boats available for forays on
foreign and enemy shipping up to
seventy one.
Two ships were reported lost in
the last twenty-tour hours one
British tanker and one Norwegian
freighter, both torpedoed in the
North Sea.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-23
FERRY JACKSON
TOWED TO PORT
DEVELOPED TROUBLE ON
TRIP FROM JACKSON
WILLIE TO VENEZUELA

Ferryboat Jackson, which was
en- route from Jacksonville to
Maracaibo, Venezuela, arrived in
port yesterday afternoon in tow
of the Wrecking Tug Peacock,
Salvage Master H. S. Dexter, and
berthed at the main pier of the
Porter Dock Company.
The vessel discovered water in
her supply of fuel and when she
arrived off Alligator Light so
much trouble had arisen that it
was deemed expedient to send a
message to Key West for assist
ance and the Peacock answered
the call.
1t is expected that the Jackson
will be forced to remain in port
for two or three days until the
trouble can be remedied.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-23
MEET FRIDAY TO
PLAN FOR KEYS
ELECTRIFICATION
CORPORATION PAPERS WE'RE
FORWARDED TO STATE
CAPITAL: ENGINEER Nc.
LEAN TO PRESENT PLANS

Meeting of the incorporatorS
and directors of the Florida Keys
Cooperative has been called for
Friday night at the Marathon
Grocery, which has been official
ly designated as the principal Of
fee of the organization striving to
bring identification of the Flor
ida Keys.
At that time the first board of
directors and the officers of the
association will be elected. E. P.
Mclean, engineer, who gave the
people of the Keys the idea of
forming this association, will
probably be present.
With the meeting, the wheels
of the project will be gotten un-
derWay. Vincent d. Nicholson,
general counsel of the electricifi-
cation movement, has approved
the selection of w. Curry Harris
as attorney for the Keys project
Articles of incorporation were
signed Saturday and forwarded
to Tallahassee. The next step
will be the drafting and prepare
zion of the project, which is ex-
pected to be done by Mr.. Nc
Lean.
Ross c. Sawyer, Jr., who has
been spending about one month
on the Keys securing subscribers
TO the project, reported success
and said that much progress has
been made.
Mr.. Harris stated today that
besides Mr.. Mclean, who is ex-
pected to be present, and himself,
the following incorporators will
attend the meeting: Alton Park,
w. A. Parrish, A. E. Woodburn,
John A. Russell, Samuel r. Lund,
Mrs. Ellie Lowe, c. P. McPher-
son, Edward r. Laringer and T.
Jenkins Curry.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-23
FRANK BROWN TO
VISIT PRESS FETE
HE AND MRS. BROWN ACTIVE
IN INTERESTS OF COMP
TROLLER CANDIDACY

In a communication to The
Citizen, Frank Brown, candidate
in the coming state election for
the office of State Comptroller,
says that he and Mrs. Brown will
be in attendance at the midnight
Press Breakfast at Winter Haven
this Friday, during the Orange
Festival.
Mr.. Brown is actively cam
paigning throughout Florida for
the office to which he aspires.
His campaign pledges contain
many constructive ideas for re-
organization of the Comptroller's
office. Citizens of Key West will
recall that he visited here about
a month ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-23
.DestTOydS Mason And
Branch Additions To
Local Neutral Patrol
RAISES TOTAL SHIPS HERE NOW TO EIGHT DE-
sTROYERS AND ONE TENDER

Two United States Destroyers,
the Mason and Branch, have
been added to the squadron as
signed to the neutrality patrol
at Key West. The vessels ar
rived yesterday afternoon, and
Immediately after arrival, berth
ed at Pier B, and took on sup
plies and fuel oil.
Also at the dock this morning
was the Destroyer Flagship Lea,
in command of Captain Arthur
S. Carpenter, which had been on
patrol duty, also the Destroyer
Schenck and the Tender Cannot.
The Cannot is lying at her berth
in the slip at Pier B and the
Schenck is anchored in the
stream.
The arrival of the two ships,
said to be from Norfolk, in
creases the local destroyer patrol
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-23
Bv NARY ANDERSON
Director of the Women's Bureau u s. Dent of Labor

methods of using them to aid the
Inflated patients are now better
known.
The exact origin and spread of
the disease still are mystery
crying for solution. For this rea-
son, grants have been made to
institutions that can conduct re-
search into the causes and pos
sible cure of infantile paralysis.
This years campaign follows
the same lines as before, with
requests for individual subscrip-
ton, a March of Dimes to the
White House, and birthday cele-
brations in every county of the
nation on January 30th. This
year variety of events are to
be added, arranged by newly
active local Women's groups. A
number of sports events also are
planned, to be participated in by
high school and college students.
Added impetus to research is
now given by the recent dis
covery that American cotton rats
are susceptible to this disease.
These rats will constitute a
cheaper medium for expert
mental research than the expen-
sive monkeys imported from In
dia which formerly were the
only animals known to be af-
fected. This will make possible
a much fuller program. of re-
search than heretofore. Con-
tinued support at this time of the
National Foundation thus will
enable much greater progress to
be made toward discovering the
exact cause and the methods of
spread of infantile paralysis, and
perhaps at long last toward its
eventual eradication. In the
meantime, many sufferers can be
treated who otherwise might not
regain as full use of their limbs
as can now be developed, and
many can have helpful appliances
that formerly they could not OBJ
tain. Thus new hope for relief
and for more normal lives can be
given to many human beings, and
greater happiness carried to their
stricken families.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-23
SHIP QUITS THE SEA
AT LONG LAST
(By Associated Pressl

PAPEETE, Tahiti, Jan. 23,-
After successfully sailing the
dangerous waters of the Tuomotu
Islands for forty years, the
schooner Waite at last lies high
on reef, damaged beyond re-
pair.
She has long been the only
contact between civilization and
hundreds of persons living on
isolated islands.
The Tuomotus, designated on
many maps as the Dangerous
Archipelago, consist of a 1000
mile-long barrier of atollS and
coral reefs swept by erratic cur
rents. Polynesians consider the
area ruled by evil spirits.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-23
sssseesos9esSseSs0soeoss
CONTINUE EFFORT
Hear OF Missing Person
TO IDENTIFY man
sesssessasssssssoos q

I Edward S. Davies, special
agent of the Arson Department
of the Nationass2oard of Fire IN
derwriters, when leaving for Mi
ami Sunday, was asked by local
: authorities to investigate a re-
port relative to a man missing
from vessel which had called at
Miami and had been reported by
Miami authorities.
: Accordingly, when Mr.. Davies
left, to oblige the local authorities,
he took the clothing which was
found on the body of the man
discovered in the swimming pool
near the highway in Key West on
the morning of January 8, to de.
termine if some of the people on
the yacht could recognize the
clothing.
The persons on the yacht had
left port when Mr. Davies arriv-
ed, but it was understood that
the vessel would return at which
time the attempt at Identification
would be made.
Authorities in Miami are to be
supplied with fingerprints and
other possible marks of identifi-
cation which will possibly serve
to establish the identity of the
man. .-~--
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-23
No Discrimination Claim
Brit0nS In Ship Incidents
MUCH GOODWILL LOST
IN ACTION AGAINST
u. S. AND JAPAN SHIP
PING
By Associated Press)

(By Associated PresS)
LONDON. Jan. %. - British
government officials today an
swered protests of the United
States and Japan against recent
stopping of merchant ships by
declaring that no discrimination
was intended in the incidents
quoted.
While the matter has by no
means been settled, the world
at-large, according to statements
made here, feels that satisfaction
will be offered in view of the
apparent Gloss of face" suffered
by the Britons by reason of the
so-called "inadvertent" acts.
Japan today demanded that the
Fl German seamen taken from
the liner Asama Maru yesterday
be returned to Yokohama by to-
morrow, or Thursday at the
latest, else serious diplomatic
relations come to pass.
u. S. Protests
Among the items in the Amer
lean protests to the British gov
eminent were Cd that the con-
traband patrol near Gibraltar I'M
warrantedIy delayed United
States merchantmen and (2) that
importation of American tobacco
to Britain had been stopped.
The protests revealed that
Italian shipping was given clear
ance in four DAYS whereas Amer
lean vessels were held up for II
days or longer. 1t was also dis
closed that Italian merchantmen
were accorded privileges not eX-
tended to ships of the United
States. In several instances. Am
erican shipping has been ordered
to the war zone to unload car
goes, causing the merchantmen
to violate the neutrality act
which designated a certain area
in European waters as danger
zone non-navigable to vessels of
this country.
American government has re-
uuested that examinations of its
shipping be speeded up in the
future.
The British answered the u. S.
protest in part, by stating that
very little foreknowledge of Am
erican ship cargoes reaches Eng
land, and consequently, all ships
have to be stopped and searched,
with officers knowing very lit
tie of what to expect on board.
No satisfactory answer has
been given to British censorship
of the mails except that the
Britons purported to have started
the move to apprehend and stop
sending of money to Germany.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-23

WASHINGTON, ID. C., Jan. %.
The annual campaign is now
on to combat the dread ravages
of infantile paralysis and to bring
ray of hope to many homes
darkened by this disease. The
people in the entire country have
contributed generously to the re-
lief of this scourge and its dire
after-effects. They will now
seize the opportunity to continue
with this great human work.
This annual campaign which
began seven years ago, has been
most helpful in calling the at
tention of the people as a whole
to the need of relieving this ter
rible malady. Many good results
have followed. The toll from the
disease in 1888 was the lowest
since 1915. Epidemics appear
more extreme in some years
than others. Though 1889 ap-
parently was slated to be an
epidemic year, yet the cases were
considerably less (probably about
fourth less) than in the last
epidemic year Q935), which in
turn was nearly a third below
the previous one Q93D. There is
little doubt that large factor
in these declines has been the
persistent work of the National
Foundation for Infantile Para
lySis, and its renewed efforts at
each time of the Presidents
Birthday Ball.
The Foundation has created
facilities to enable members of
the medical profession to gain a
wider understanding of how to
treat the disease. and particularly
of how to relieve the after-ef-
fectS. Medical consultation and
aid to afflicted localities is af-
forded through the Foundations
physicians. Thus grown men and
women as well as children have
been restored to comparative
health, and in many cases to
practically normal conditions.
Equipment to aid the sufferers
has been developed and its guam
titles enlarged. More braces and
respirators are available, and the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-23
JAYCEES PUSH
FLORIDA CITRUS
FOLLOW STATE GROUP IN
PROMOTING SALES OF
STATE CROPS

Local members of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce are CO
operating in the statewide drive
being conducted this and next
month to stress the purchase and
consumption of Florida citrus
fruit of all kinds.
N. w. Ketehings, chairman of
the Key West committee, has
superintendent the placing of
stickers and placardS in all gro
Gerry stores of the city which call
attention to Florida citrus, ask
ing customers to help stimulate
sales in that commodity in pref
erence to any other.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-23
LOCAL LETTERS
CENSORED

The British censorship of mails
was brought close to home in the
knowledge gained TODAY that at
least one relative here of a family
in Australia has received letters
during the past two weeks from
that nation which have been
opened.
Local residents, knowing of
this, are at a loss to understand
why letters addressed from Aus
tralia to Key West should be
opened by censorS.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-23
IVY ONLY &C.
SHIP ON DUTY

There is but little activity be-
ing carried on at present by the
Lighthouse Division of the Coast
Guard, the Tenders Poinciana
and Zinnia being in port.
There is one vessel of the fleet
active at present, and this is the
Ivy, which is engaged in reliev-
ing buoyS in Hawks Channel,
adjacent to Key West and the
Florida Keys.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-23
Outstanding Women Write For
National Paralysis Foundation

The Citizen presents here
with the second of a series of
six articles on infantile
paralysis written by out
standing women. The first
article was by Miss Helen
Hayes. Others in the series
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-23

to nine ships-eight destroyers
! and one tender.
| Four destroyers are on patrol
duties at present, the Wickes,
Evans, Philip and Twiggs.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-01-23
MAKES PRESENT LOOK CALM

WOODLAND, Calf, JaA. D.
This is a warning world today,
but in number of conflicts it
does not compare with 1864. A
copy Of local newspaper for
that year, found by Delmus Fen
ton as he was working on a
house, lists II different wars GO
ing on.