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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11

Although Senator Taft is lam
basting the administration, his
l4-year old son is on good terms
with some of the big shots.
Young Horace Taft is a collector
of autographs, and a few days
ago he obtained one from Secre-
tary of the Treasury Morgen-
THAI.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11

Even a dictator could hardly enforce
a decree requiring people to mind their
own business.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11

Improvements to the local Ma
rine Hospital to cost approx
mately $4,000 are assured, fol-
lowing the visit here yesterday
of Assistant Surgeon General F.
c. Smith. in charge of the Ma
rine hospital division of the U. S.
Public Health Service.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11

mine whether it is harder to borrow money
or to pay it back.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11

The pensive maid may become eX-
pensive after she is married
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11

liletu.
Mothers are seldom referred
to in a flippant manner, but a
Toronto bakery disregards Senti-
ment and tradition by displaying
this sign: Pie like mother used
to make, 6 cents; pie Like mother
tried to make, II cents. .s%
Jazz drummers are SOMETIMES
subject to a mild form of paraly
sis, according to a medical. a0-
thority. Some haTd-hearted per
sons probably would be unsym-
pathetic if the paralysis Were
complete and permanent.
Fair warning is given to all
and sundry by a Missouri farm
er, who displays this sign on his
fence: IF any mans or woman's
oxen or cows gets in this here
field, his or her tail will be cut
off, as the case may be-"
Discovery of process for eX-
tracing gasoline from cotton
seed has been reported. But if
scientists could devise a way to
extract the tax from gasoline
would be even more helpful to
the long-suffeTing motQrist.
A 72-year-old carpenter of
Windsor, Canada, did two chores
in one visit to the government
building a few days ago. He
registered the birth of a newly
bern son and applied for an old
age pension at the same time.
DR.. Freeman of Yale reports
after an exhaustive survey that
the man VINO takes If easy"
while he works is likely to get
the most done. This is encourag-
ing to those who like to take
things easy, and that applies, we
imagine, to most Of US.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO

The French steamship Hyr-
cania arrived at this port last
evening, dropping anchor off the
Spit buoy, near Fort Taylor,
where an injured member of the
crew was placed on board the
tug Petrei and brought to this
port.
One hundred and eighty-six
members of the Southwestern
Bakers Association will arrive
in Key West this afternoon on
the P. & o. steamship from Ha-
vana, and arrangements have
been made by local businessmen
to take the visitors for a ride
around tire city.
The Chamber of Commerce has
received a letter from the gem
eral manager of the Florida East
Coast Railway relative to re-
Iduced rates for delegates along
the East Coast to the annual
South Atlantic Coastal Highway
convention in Jacksonville.
Preparations continue to 60
forward for the entertainment
|of General Machado, president
elect of Cuba. and party who are
scheduled to arrive here on Mon
day afternoon aboard the P. &
%. steamship Governor Cobb.
Bascom L. Grooms. general
manager of the Key West Elec-
trio Cor Sanv. states that an up
to-date bus system will be in
operation about June 1 Four
large buses have been ordered.
and thew are of the latest type
for street and suburban transpor-
tation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11

Lloyd M. Ramsey and Clinton
Hayes, veterans from the camps
on the Keys, were brought to
Key West yesterday, apparently
suffering from some form of
mental alteration. Ramsey had
cut his wrist with the evident
intention of committing suicide.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11

The state crawfish hatchery
will probably not operate here
this season, State Shell Fish
Commissioner Strickland has
just notified the Chamber of
Commerce. Lack of funds, due to
failure to collect licenses from
Key West fishermen, is the rea-
son assigned by Mr.. Strickland.
The lighthouse tender Sun
dew, in charge of Captain John
Albury and a crew of Key West
ers, is held fast in a field of ice
in the harbor at Charlottetown,
Prince Edwards Island. 1t may
be several DAYS before the tender
can proceed to Buffalo by way
of the st. Lawrence River.
With the installation of the
Western Electric Sound equip
ment, recently made in the
Strand theatre, Key West can
now boast of having a theatre
equipped with the best in the
known world.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11

Making angling history is what
c. A. Gross and H. A. MacPher-
son, of Greenbay, Wise, and Da-
vid Peck and L. H. Barkhausen,
CT Chicago Ill. have been doing
in the few days they have been
fishing in key waters. Fine speci-
mems of sailfish have already
been captured.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-04-11
ii. PRECEDENTS AND VIEWS
OF THE PRESIDENTS

The President who, even more
than Washington, established the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-23
FORESTRY ESSAYS

Brunswick county youngsters are sharpen
ing their pencils with commendable enthusi.
asm for the essay contest sponsored by the
state forestry service, in which contestants
will give their views on the necessity of pre-.
serving and encouraging forestry resources.
Reports are that entries from the neighbor
county will be heavy.
The interest school children are displaying
in the contest is a hopeful sign. 1t indicates
that forestation in all it's phases will be bet.
ter understood when the present generation
OF adolescents arrives at maturity than it was
when the present adult generation was young.
II we assume that North Carolina will count
Its forest resources in larger figures than was
formerly believed possible we will not be far
from the fact.
The forestry service does we'll to encourage
North Carolina youngsters to learn all about
forests by this means. All contestants cannot
hope to win prizes, but every one of them
will be better fitted to take care of this
great asset, when their time comes for adult
activities, because they studied forestry in
connection with this particular contest. Only
GOD can make a tree, as the song says, but
it takes human intelligence to preserve it and
give it commercial value.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-23
A MERITED REBUKE

The former playboy, JAMES H. R. CROMWELL,
husband of the worlds richest girl, impressed
into the diplomatic service as minister to
Canada, has received a well-merited rebuke
from Secretary Of State HULL for remarks he
publicly made showing strong favoritism for
the Allies and hatred Of Germany.
Whatever his private opinion, Mr.. CROMWELL
should have known that he could not espouse
one cause and eschew the other, in his official
capacity, without stirring a tempest at home
and IN all capitals engaged in war-making.
The incident will probably end with the
HULL rebuke. It is reasonable to suppose Mr.
has learned his lesson and will
henceforth guard his speech more carefully
Diplomats cannot yield to emotional impulses
as he has had reason to discover. If he can
not put his private thinking on ice, however
and leave it in cold storage during the term
OF his public service, he must be removed in
the interest of our cherished neutrality.
His folly points the necessity for exceedins
care and fine judgment in selecting men fo1
Foreign posts. No one is fitted for such a 10
sltlon merely because he is the husband o.
a fabulously wealthy woman.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-23
UP TO SENATOR BAILEY

THE telegram sent by a representative sroul
L of Wilmington firms to Senator BALE,
urging speedy favorable action on river ant
harbor improvements here will show the sen
ator that this city is tired of congressional
neglect toward the port project, in winch
it's chief hope of economic advancement
lodges.
"The people here look to you for relief
said the message. As chairman OF the senate
ommerce committee, with rivers and haroors
Hesitation in hand, the senator cannot mis-
take the underlying purpose OF this appeal
The committee over which Mr.. BAILEY pre-
sides has before it a bill already approved
in the house calling for large expenditures
for rivers, harbors, flood control and other
improvements in the nations waterways. There
is no hope of this bill going through and
getting the Presidents signature. The com'
mittee, therefore, is redrafting it with the
view Of eliminating items which cannot win
annroval so that the threat Of rejection at
the White House may be removed.
Wilmington's concern is to see that it's port
work is not in the discard. Realizing that
Lu0 pIOl1loo = AuOACy LAG
approved by the house at the last session, but
still held up in the senate m commit
tee, cannot be fulfilled because of the changed
attitude of Mr.. ROOSEVELT and the general de-
mand for economy (Which, however, is rap
idly becoming a pretty theory only, Will
mington's plea is that the committee bring
out some sort of bill which will stand a
chance of approval and that its project be in
cluded in its provisions.
AS Mr.. BAILEY has given repeated assur-
ances of his support of port development, it
is to be expected that the message sent him
will have his sympathetic attention and result
in an appropriation for deepening Whining
toms channel and widening its turning basin,
which the ports cannot
The senator's favor for the project
be better assured if other messages, a
whole flood Of them, went to him from
aroused Wilmingtonians.
One blow Of the hammer doesn't drive in
the nail to it's head. 1t takes many blows to
do it.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-23
Editorial Comments
From Other Angles
SPEAKING OF "CLEAN POLITICS"
Durham Herald

Without referring to anybody's files or last
weeks newspapers, anyone who makes a pre-.
tense Of keeping books on the gubernatorial
contest can list a half dozen or so holders of
state or local salary-paying jobs who are down
as county managers of one or the other Of the
several candidates.. We distinctly remember
reading that one or more county attorneys,
at least one sheriff, a school superintendent
a school principal, a city attorney, and we are
almost sure a register Of deeds had signed up
with candidates as county managers.
What of it? Nothing? It is quite in line with
the established practice and, so far as we are
personally concerned, no more off-Nolor Nan
Charles Edison running for governor of New
Jersey while holding down the job of secretary
of the navy.
We mention the matter merely to remind
again friends and foes of the so-called Hatch
clean politics. law, old and new, that if it is
the activity of employed politicians" that
makes politics unclean, there is a lot of dirt
not carried on the hands of federal or yet state
employees.
Iyuth about the matter, Of course, is that
the fellow who wants some one in a particular
county to help him, win the governorship looks
around for some one who has demonstrated
his ability to manage winning campaigns. and
quite a few of the more successful managers
have managed themselves into a county or city
political job. The gubernatorial candidate, him
self a politician, well knows that the holder
of a city or county political job is the more
desirable manager on that account, so he asks
no embarrassing questions on that score.
Well, says someone, that just goes to show
that the Hatch law should not only be extend
ed to include state employees but county and
city as well. Perhaps. Absolutely If you con-
cede that political campaigns can be and should
be taken completely out Of the hands Of those
who have landed jobs through political activity.
But will someone in the audience take over
and explain how Senator Hatch, the congress
or anyone else is going to convince political
officeholders that they should outlaw that
which gave them their jobs and titles? And if
and when that invitation has been accepted and
executed, will the same idealists or some others
explain how and why people get all wrought up
over devilment miles away and show no inter-
est in that right under their nose? Is it that
they would have us believe that "unclean poll.
tics' originated at the top and must be up
rooted in the same order?
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-23
POINTS IT, A NEED

Fire Chief GROOM says that equipment need.
ed for protection against gasoline fires can
be bought for $500.
In reaching a decision on his recommends
ton, the authorities must consider that if the
Investment is not made as he requests, vii.
mington will remain under the threat Of a
conflagration which could destroy millions OF
dollars worth of property and end many lives
Chief Groom, in reporting to the grand
jury, said that his department has but one
foam generator and only 500 pounds Of pow
der with which to fight a gasoline fire. Six
would be a minimum, he added.
If one of the hundreds of gasoline trucks
which use Wilmington's streets daily were to
be in a collision and explode, or its gasoline
were to be ignited even without explosion
and send a flood Of fire down streets in the
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-23
Lee Worten Sentenced
On Liquor Law Count

Lee Worten, Of Gil MacRae rtreet
was convicted yesterday in re-
corder'c court on charge Of violating
the liquor laws and was given Is
months on the state highways.
Worten was granted a 10 day stay
Of execution and an appearance
bond of $500 was required.
Bill Evans, of East Wilmington,
received eight months on the state
highways on a charge Of assault
with a deadly weapon on a female.
James Brown, of GIL McRae street,
drew three months at the county
farm on a charge Of violating the
liquor laws. Another defendant,
charged with violating the city auto
license law, was taxed with one.
third of the costs.
Trial of Paul Lanier, of Maple
Mill, charged with drunken driving
with property damages and injuries
to person resulting, vas continued
until March %.
Lanier was arrested Thursda-
after the car he was allegedly oper.
ating was involved in a collision
with an oil truck driven by James
Avant, of Gil South Front street,
and owned by Bill Davis. Miss Dor.
cas- Lucas, Of Leland, an occupant
of the car, suffered painful injuries
in the accident.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-23
ACCIDENT FATAL
TO robson MAN
Ernest C. Branch Dies In
Lumberton Hospital After
Bicycle Car Crash

L~UMBERTON, March 29-Ernest
C. Branch, 35-year-old WPA work.
er, died in a local hospital today Of
a brain conclusion received last
night when his bicycle collided with
an automobile driven by James NJ.
Atkins, travelling salesman Of Gin
ton.
The fatal crash occurred en- the
Elizabethtown highway, near Lun'
berton, as Branch was pedaling TO-
ward his home. Highway PatFo'
man Porter Davis said Atkins was
driving in the same direction and
apparently turned his car to the
left to avoid hitting Branch, BIT!
the latter appeared to have sWeFV'
ed or fallen against the car. Atkins
picked up the cyclist and orougM
him to the hospital.
The Clinton man was not neN,
but a jury viewed the body anu
Coroner D. w. Biggs ordered an III
quest next Monday night.
Funeral rites for Branch, who Is
survived by his wife and several
children, will be conducted at 'e
graveside in Bakers Mill cenlel'I'
in South Carolina Saturday morn
ing at II o'clock.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-23
LURING THE PRESIDENT

ALLEN c. Ewing, Wilmington and Southport
business man, has suggested that W. B.
KEz1AH, executive secretary of the Brunswick
County Chamber Of Commerce, be named the
Cape Fear representative on the delegation
that is to invite President ROOSEVELT to try
North Cardinals coastal waters on his next
fishing trip.
In Washington, Senator JOSIAH W. BAILEY
told newsmen that the President is showing
real enthusiasm" about the fishing trip.
Senator BAILEY wrote to BRUCE ErHR1DeE,
of Conservation and Development, saying:
"Let me suggest that you with one man
from Oregon inlet, one from Hatteras, one
from Ocracoke, one from Morehead and Beau
fort, and one from the Cape Fear waters
should seek an interview with the President
and give him a formal invitation."
The senator added, IF you will select the
delegation, I will undertake to make the an
pointment with the President"
Mr.. BAILEY also revealed that Mr.. Roosevelt
has gone so far with his plans as to INQUIRE
about harborage for the presidential yacht
NIL LIVING 6dlu IL uOLlCeu LQdL nOIQlQY has
appeared in Wilmington or Southport news
papers to indicate that any move has beer
started in the Cape Fear section to name tn,
delegate suggested by Senator BAILEY.
II feel this is an opportunity we shoult
not permit to go past" he said, adding: "Mr
KEz1AH has proved so able a man at contact
ing ard pleasing yachtsmen who visit South
port, and is such an interesting man, that
feel certain he would be the right one tt
win Mr.. RoosEvEIT's vote for Wilmington AMI
Southport"
Mr.. EWING pointed out that the Presiden
could travel to Wilmington by rail, go aboart
the cutter Modoc or some naval craft at tn,
customhouse wharf and use Southport's har
Dor as base for excursions into the Gu
Stream.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-23
Star-News Program

Consolidated City-Coanty Government.
under CounciLMa Manager Administration.
Public Port Terminals.
Perfected Truck and Berry Pre'>rVtng
and Marketing Facilities.
Arena TOR Sports and Industrial
Shows.
Seaside Highway from Wrights0fHe
Beach to Bald Head Island.
Extension OF City Limits.
s5.toot Cape Fear River channel. ~td'
or Turning Basin, Nth ship lanes tnto
industrial sites along Eastern bank
south OF Wilmington.
Paved River Road to Southport, vo
orion Plantation.
Development OF Pulp Wood Prodac-
ton through sustatned-yteM methods
throughout Southeastern North Carolina.
United Industrial and Resort Pro
motional Agency. supported BY ono,
countrywide ta1.
shipyards and Drydock.
Neoro Health Center for Southeastern
North Caroltna, developed ground tho
Community Hospital
ADEQUATE hospital facilities for 1ohites.
Junior High School,
Tobacco Warehouse TOR Export Buyers.
Development OF ndti1e grape 0ro1otn0
t%hroughout Southeastern North Carolina.
Modern Tuberculosis Sdn1toTtAnt.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-23
German Bomber, Give.
Up For Lost, Returns

BERLIN, March 22,-LP'-A WI
man bomber, which the high col,
mander gave up for lost IN WV
nesday's raid on a British cow"
off Scapa Flow, managed 10 le.'
to it's home port after a preca'u wv,
flight over the North sea WIN O," '
one motor fu~nctioning efflcleAu.'
DNB, official news agency fsp"'
ed tonight. and
The agency said the exnaus, ~.
crew reported sinking the 'e4.r
ship, a vessel of about 6,OVV , ,:,,
in the convoy assault. the Is ,.
command previously reported w.. ,,
planes of the scouting group sa =,
nine naval and merchant Vess''' IL.
the convoy. (The British nav +,
MED that any ships were sum "
this RAID.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-23
Hollywood
Sights And Sounds
Nv Robin Cooas-

HOLLYWOOD, March 22.-The
"discoverers" of every movie ST.
are legion-even when the star is
"discovered' only once.
Thomas Mitchelrs "discoverers''
could hold a good-sized convention.
Mitchell has been 'discovered'' six
times.
First time for Mitchell was in 1921
when he appeared in "Playboy of
the Western World" got a nice
press, and sank into comparative
obscurity.
In 1925, playing in 1.-THE Wisdom
TOOTH" it happened again. A maya
zine ran a page of pictures #
notable men and Mitchell was there.
He says he was amazed-''as amaze.
as the magazine readers probably
were.
In 1928 he wrote Little Accident"
and the literary world "unearthed"
him as a coming genius.
In 1929 he was discovered as a
great stage director, and shortly
after that the movies discovered
him-as a scenarist. They bought his
play, CLOUDY Showers" and took
him to Hollywood with it but didn't
make the picture. After 10 mont, ;
he went back to New York and was
discovered again as a stage director.
So he came to Hollywood to act
in Lost Horizon" and has been
here ever since. He's discovered for
keeps, this tilne-since stage.
COACH" Swiss Family Robinson"
Three Cheers for the yrish," and
Our Town" He is one of the 4.Aost-
in-dernand actors in twon,
Some actors, like Mitchell, get
themselves discovered over and
over. Others, like James Dunn, have
it happen only one and then have
to do something.
Dunn was a hit in his first pic.
ture, bad Girl" when he came to
town about nine years ago.. Since
then he has done 43 pictures, none
to compare with his first. He has
mad money. and he has put some
of it into his hobby, aviation. He's
a hot flier. But he's getting the itch
to be "discovered'' again. He has
Dough an option on a new play,
Paper DOLL" by Richard Carroll,
and he's going to New York to play
in it.
Dunn is now with Jean Parker
and 12-year-old Martin Spellnan in
Son of the Navy" That's a movie
which Monogram, the lively inde.
pendent studio, is specializing this
season. spellman is the youngster
WHO used to shine shoes and cell
papers On the Metro lot, where N r..
man Taurog "discovered' him for
Boys Town"
Awaiting discovery on the Werner
lot is an actress to fit the role NJ
"Tugboat Annie"
runny thlng about "Tugboat An.
ME-" Norman Reilly Raine, her
creator, once knew a woman +,,p.
boat owner and wanted to write =
story about her. In life, however
the woman was too gentle, Lacked
the robust color Raine figured he
needed. "e
Ihen he CHANGED to see Carlo in
annie Christie" the picture in
winch the late Marie Dressler NAV.
cd. SO Raine modelled Annie" on The
Diessier pattern, and so successful.
~ That the magazine illustrator
sheecned a Dressler-ish Annie, and
Inc movies, when they bought the
screen rights, bought them for Marie
D~ressler.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-23
Ship Built Here During
War Days Ia Visit Port

The steamer Crawford, first steel
steamer built in Wilmington during
the World war at the Carolina ship.
yards, is enroute here to make its
first call since it was launched 81
years ago.
The vessel is inward bound from
1quique' Chile. via Charleston with
a cargo OF nitrate of soda for the
Pryde Forwarding company.
The Crawford has a gross ton.
mage of 6,124 and a net tonnage of
SITS, $500 horse power, length OF
1893 feet, beam of IS feet, 81 foot
depth Of hold.
Built here in 1919, the vessel had
at time the c. D. Maffitt and com.
pany as agents for it's n and
operators.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-23
Early Plans Started
For Sgt. York Picture

CROSSVILLE,, Tenn, Aa-II -ri
R-sgt. Alvin c. York osEy
war hero, and Jesse L. trt
movie producer, conferred los nm,
hours today without signing ,a.ei
tract for production OF a lin nun
on the life of the Tennessee IL"
taineer. e..orr,
They planned another conlsi'''
for tomorrow in Nashville M
Lasky said preliminary pam .rd
the picture had been comple. ofts.
production would start SOON
the signing of a contract
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-23
TOP o. THE N

All that's great in literature has come oa1
OF hearts that haze been set on fire and Hves
familiar aoith the cross. . . All that's good IN
music and sculpture and science has come
that aoay. All that's good and great in reli
giom is bound to get its start from a ~
where the temperature is at sacriticial heat
It there is to be any redemption anywhere
IN these days OF ours that must be the man
ner of it. There is none a1ithout blood! "Thert
then crucitied Him.'-REv. PAUL SHERER, DID