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The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-28
War Wrecks
Business and
Promotes Scarcity
By SCOTT NEARING

War brushes the lives out of human
beings. 1t likewise strangles econom-
ic activity. The bitter experiences of
the last war are being repeated to-
day. Despite every effort of the bel
ligerents to continue business as u.s.
ual, the normal economic relations of
Europe are being steadily undermined.
will be all but destroyed. This will
be true no matter who wins.
Before the outbreak of the present
war Europe was the worlds greatest
market Two-fifths of u. S. exports
went to Europe. Argentina marketed
72%o of her exports there; Australia,
1870 More than half of the exports
of Brazil, Chile and India went to
Europe. The smaller countries, par
tictilarly those that produced food
stuffs and raw materials, looked to
Europe as their best, or chief, GUS
toner.
Europe, outside of the Soviet Union
has been drawn into the whirlpool of
war Germany dominates the con-
tinent, around which Great Britain
has drawn an ever stricter blockade.
Germany is attempting to enforce an
equally rigid blockade of Britain. In
so far as these blockades succeed,
they cut off the U. S., Brazil, Austria
liza and other outside countries from
one of their best markets.
What will be the result of these
war measures? The millions who
live in Europe will have less food
cotton, rubber, sugar, fruits, and other
outside products. They will suffer
from scarcity. Many of them will die
of starvation and of the diseases
brought on by malnutrition.
The millions who live outside Eur
ope will suffer from over-production.
Cotton, coffee, sugar and wheat will
be a drug ON the market. Prices
will fall.
Farmers will let their crops rot, be-
cause they cannot afford to market
them. Miners and other wage-earners
whose jobs depend on the European
market will have part-time work or
the world will be disorganlzed and
disrupted again as it was duringa the
war of 1914. glp
1t is no answer to say that the
war increases the demand for tanks
and planes. Such business helps the
countries producing raw materials
very indirectly. In many cases, not
at all AS matter of fact it is gem
orally conceded that Europe faces q
famine winter, while in Argentina,
Brazil and elsewhere the destruction
of corn, coffee and other products has
reached new highs.
War causes wounds and death. 1t
likewise rips to pieces the delicately
adjusted relationships between the
areas that produce raw materials and
manufactures; between farmers, in
dustrial workers, transport and trade.
War brings scarcity as surely as
winter brings frost. Those who want
the world to enjoy plenty must be
prepared to keep the world at peace.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-28
Lynch Threat

CONTINUED from Page One)
Clark's record was clear and that the
real reason that he was being held
was that he had been successful in
organizing the impoverished farmers
of Natchitoches Parish. An atmos-
phere of lynch hysteria developed in
the surrounding territory and letters
received in New Orleans reported that
plans were on foot to lynch Clark.
Answering an appeal from the
Farmers Union the National Fedora
ton for Constitutional Liberties sent
two delegations to the Civil Liberties
Unit in the Department of Justice.
Working with the National Negro
Congress and the Southern Negro
Youth Congress the Federation pre-
scented the Clark case to Mr.. Henry
.SchW einhaut of the Civil Liberties
unit. The delegation requested that
Mr.. Schwainhaut not only take steps
to secure Clark's release but that safe
conduct out of Natchitoches Parish be
assured him. The following day the
Federation was informed of a report
from the attorney generals office in
Louisiana that Clark had been re-
leased on personal bond and given
safe conduct to the Texas border.
The Federation is happy to be able
to report this victory. It's success
in this case is new evidence of the
value of an organization which can
coordinate the activities of farm,
church, labor, racial, fraternal and
civic groups in defense of civil liber-
ties in the United States. We urge
your organization to affiliate and CO.
operate
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-28
Recommendations
Continued from Page One)

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similarly employed persons in the
other departments.
Particular criticism is directed at
the commission for it's failure to pay
the monthly amounts which have been
determined as necessary for the main
tenance of a standard of living com
patible with decency and health; the
handling of confinement cases Eabout
which the report states that economy
seems to be the watch-word, rather
than the well-being of the patient" /;
the reduction in old age pensions and
the employment at fancy salary and
liberal expense account of public
relations man."
Findings Ignored
There is no evidence that the ex-
ploitation of the liquor business has
been to any noticeable degree cur
tailed, and the brokerage commissions
with their accompanying opportuni-
ties for favoritism and outright graft
are still being paid by the consumers
OF the state of Montana. Moreover,
if an investigation is conducted by the
coming session of the legislature, it
might well inquire into the failure OF
the liquor control board to handle its
payroll through the state auditors Of
agencies rather than conducting the
business as a semi-private enterprise.
AS now handled, only vouchers show
Ing the amount paid to the individual
is submitted to the auditors office and
the voucher does not state what serY
ices the payment covers. Whether
this arrangement is according to the
directions of the governor or to the
instructions of his appointees on the
board, and the reasons for this de-
parture from ordinary procedure
should be carefully looked into. In
any event, the governor is the respon-
sible head, and he should exercise
care to remove suspicion that the pay
roll is being used to carry workers III
his personal, political field, if he is
not guilty of that practice, by provid-
ing that the payrolls he made aces
sible with other public records of
their kind in the auditors office.
In another report, it was brought
out that one man was drawing a sal
airy as so-called Tabor co-ordinator for
the highway department and another
salary from the Water Conservation
Board, but was not able to clarity to
the committee just what his particular
duties were. Had the committee been
in session during the recent political
campaign, it might very easily have
discovered what he did. if not what
his actual state duties were supposed
to be- by calling some witnesses from
some of the labor groups who would
have testified that he was industri-
ously campaigning for the governor.
The State Bank Examiner
The committee which was charged
with the duty of investigating the
state bank examiners department,
criticized only the fact that there
were no provisions for an audit OF
hat department. Should another
committee be appointed to examine
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-28
MOST MUSTARD SEED
RAISED IN MONTANA

Montanas SPAS, 000-pound mustard
seed crop this fall will be more than
half of the nations production, ac-
cording to a report by the federal
agricultural marketing service. AL
though Montanas crop looked like a
failure in many sections early in July,
it was saved by late rains.
The state average is expected to be
178 pounds per acre as compared with
179 last year and SAB in 1888, the
report said. The 1889 crop was g.
008,000 pounds from 1890 acres. This
years crop will come from 5,100
acres. California is expected to be
second in the nation with 100000
pounds, with the combined production
of Washington, Idaho and Oregon es-
timated at 100000 pounds.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-28
Coop Prices 80
Under Profit Stores

STOCKHOLM.-Cu of coop
erative stores in Sweden saved the
equivalent of one months bill by pur-
chasing from Co-ops rather than from
private distributors, survey con-
Quoted by KF, the Swedish Co-opera-
tive Union and Wholesale, reveals.
How has the relation between
those in private trade developed since
the outbreak of the war;" To answer
this question, prices of 20 different
kinds of goods in cooperative and pri-
vate stores have been analysed by
KF. In the month of August, 1888,
prices and those for the country as
a whole (both private and co-opera-
tive as revealed in government sta
tistics, was 4.6@o. The gap has since
grown wider. In December of 1899,
prices in Co-ops were nearly $50
lower.
Had the government price statistics
been limited to private stores, the diff
ference in favor of the cooperative
societies would have been still more
marked. Moreover, in Swedish coop
erative societies at least 396 of the
original cost of goods is returned later
in the form of savings returns to the
consumer. This 80 must be deducted
from the original Coop prices in any
comparison with private business
where such savings returns do not ex-
list. II these circumstances are taken
into account it means that the actual
difference between private and coop
erative prices is much larger than
$3.50 and is about SO, or equal to the
cost of one months consumption.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-28
MAKING SURVEYS

Three U. S. geological survey par
ties from Washington, D. c., are map
ping strategic mineral deposits, coal
lands and geological formations in the
H. Tuttle of Helena, district engineer.
The parties are working now near
Lewistown, in Rosebud county and In
Carbon and Park counties.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-28

into the functioning of this particular
department next winter, it should in
yestigate the occurrence, previously
called attention to in The Voice, where
an employee in the examiners de-
partment approached Montana
banker soliciting his support for Ayers
with the promise that leniency in ex-
animation of his bank might be ex-
pected if he would give such support.
"Blanket" Investigation
A general investigation into the
manner in which the state employees
time and the state equipment has
been used in the primary campaign
and as it will probably be used again
this fall in the election campaign by
the present governor should certainly
be on the agenda of the forthcoming
session of the legislature. This should
be responsibility of the assembly
to the people of the state, even though
the present governor is retired. 1t is
time to clean our state, government
tai Augean stables.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-28
ORDERED TO CONTINUE

ice commission has ordered the North
ern Pacific railway to continue trains
255 and 256 on the run between Mis-
soula and Lookout, contending that
the railroad did not follow regular
procedure before announcing the serya
ice would be discontinued.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1940-08-28

You cannos control what you do not
ownl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-21
CUBAN OFFICIALS
TO VISIT CITY ON
Won COSEL CASE
INTEREST IN CUBA AROUSED
no HIGH PITCH; BROAD
CASTS STOPPED UNTIL
CASE IS INVESTIGATED

By order of the Cuban De-
partment of Justice, two Cuban
lawyers, each representing the
two sides of the controversial
Won COSel case, will arrive in
Key West tomorrow afternoon
on board the S. S. Cuba, to con-
duct an investigation of the case.
Interest in the case has run
continually high in Cuba, with
broadcasting stations featuring
the events in dramas almost
nightly since the facts broke in
to public attention on Sunday,
October 9th.
With the realization that the
case has two sides, Cuban of
ficialS have ordered all broad
casts stopped until a check could
be made on later angles now de-
Veloping.
The two lawyers who will ar
rive here tomorrow are DR.. Car
los M. Palma. famous criminal
lawyer in Havana, and Miss Mar
garita Pinto.
A large delegation of Key
Vests Cuban colony plans to
welcome the visitors tomorrow, it
was stated.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-21
Officials Confident Land
For AhbaSGI SFOrthCOTlinO
Senator Pepper Advises
City Of Defense Funds
Available For Army
Project

Taking swift advantage of the
opportunity presented Key West
when Senator Claude Pepper
wired Chamber of Commerce Of
ficials here last weekend that
only acquiring of necessary prop
ertY prevented approval of an
army sub airbase for this city.
county officials today were ac-
lively pushing plans 10 raise
funds for purchase of an original
airport site selected on Boca
Chica key.
The site formerly selected for
an airport has been declared
suitable for this army airbase,
with a 7500-foot runway, and Of
ample dimensions for all govern
ment specifications.
Greatly enthuSed by Senator
Peppers wire, local officials were
pointing out the advantages TO be
obtained from the establishment
of this airfield. The wire sent
here last weekend read in part,
as follows:
Army authorities in Washing
ton advise that we can get aid
out of the special National De-
Tense Fund above the ordinary
WPA aid for an Army Sub-Air-
base at or near Key West if land
is provided. A square mile will
do.
An answering telegram was
sent Senator Pepper to the effect
that local officials felt sure
square mile of land with add
tional area providing a 75OO-foot
runway could be guaranteed
within a weeks time.
Negotiations of certain nature
have been proceeding satisfac-
tory for the past month, one Of
fetal stated this morning. and
successful completion of the
purchase of the land is antici-
pated
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-21
COLIN ENGLISH
in CITY TODAY
STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF
PUBLIC INSTRUCTION IN
SPECIFIED SCHOOLS

Colin English, Florida State Su-
perintendent of Public Instruc-
ton, together with Joe Hall, State
School Supervisor, arrived in Key
West yesterday afternoon on an
official inspection trip of the
schools in this city and on the
keys.
Before leaving shortly after
noon today, Mr.. English paid The
Citizen a visit in company with
Melvin E. Russell, Monroe County
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton, and stated that his inspec-
ton had been highly satisfactory.
we found Monroe County'S
schools to be IN fine snape-aS
good as those in any other coun :
ty', he stated.
In talking with The Citizen,
Mr.. English brought out the state
school departments view on Con-
stitutional Amendment number
one. to be voted on next Novem-
Der 5th. As editOrialized in The
Citizen last week, the office of
Public Instruction is for the
amendment, although it deprives
the school system of l and 3-4
mills assessed for state teachers
and school books.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-21
RITES YESTERDAY
FOR MRS. ALBURY
HUNDREDS ATTEND SERVICE
AT PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH

Funeral services for MrS. Ii
Ian A W AIbuTy. VINO Gled Izs-
Friday al her residence Ias
Grinnell street. were held vez-er-
day afternoon al 400 o'cluck -
the Presbyterian church. u1rh
hundreds Of friends and ueEh-
bOrs IN attendance Rev Jahr
{. Gekeler officiafed a. rte NJ
PallbearerS were Berlin Saw
yer, Alfonso Thumpsun- A.
Pierra. Evelio Cabot EuE-ne
Smith. Joe Mcmahon. Fernzud-
Voght and c Sam 3 Currr-
Mrs. Albury IS survived IN ny
husband. Claude AIburT. rhree
daughters. Mrs. p n EuIIluzx
Misses Claudia Lillian and Esa-
lind Grace. tWo sisters. Mrs- Jahr
W Hattrick and Mrs. WIIlarE 2
Curry. Of Jacksonville. and enc
grandchild-
Pritchard's Funeral HON uas
in charge Of arrangements
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-21
COMDR. FISHER is
CAPTAIN OF YARD

Capt. Walter F. Jacobs. u.
S. N. commandant of Key
West Naval Station. today
announced that Lieut..
Comdr. Edwin Fisher. u. S.
N. retired. had been detailed
as Captain of the Yard at the
local station.
The appointment was
made last weekend and is to
take effect today. according
10 the commanding officers
order.
Lieut.. Comdr. T. H. Gala
han. u. S. NJ. former Captain
of the Yard and Communica-
tions' officer. will be re-
leased to concentrate all his
attention on District Com
munication Officers duties.
Capt. Jacobs announced.
Comdr. Fisher reported at
the local station early this
month. from San Diego.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-21
tom WOODS FLEW
Returns Here From Britain
CANADIAN PLANES

Tom Woods, pilot of a sight
seeing airplane based at Key
West last winter, has returned to
Key West from England where
he was engaged by a Canadian
corporation ferrying planes from
English factories to air bases.
With Mr.. Woods is Mrs. Woods.
operator of dress shop at Mar
tello Towers. The couple have
been greeting their many friends
in Key West the past few DAYS
They will return to Clearwater
to supervise real estate they own
there and will then return to Key
West to spend the winter here.
Mr.. Woods in discussing the
war situation said that every
EngliShman he talked to was
very much impressed with the
aid that America was giving Eng
land in this war Woods ferried
the modern English planes to the
landing fields and stated that
they are very well built and per
form well.
Climate of Kew West just can't
be beaten, the Woods are en-
thusiastic in saying. Since last
spring they have been in New
York, Montreal, Jersey cities and
they find nothing to even re-
mOtely compare with Key West.
Last spring Mr. Woods was en-
gagged in busting" Jersey farm
lands from an airplane to control
pest damage.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-21
HISTORY OF AP
is THE STORY OF NEWS

been invented, and public infOr-
nation travelled only by word of
mouth.
The tavern of the coffee house,
rather than the so-called news
papers of the day. was the best
place to find out what was going
on. and Boston was the trading
center of the New World.
Into this setting appeared a
young Bostonian. Samuel Topliff.
who went into the harbor by
rOwboat to obtain news from the
incoming SchoonerS He gather
ed what information he could
Wheedle from the merchantmen
OF the world and recorded it in a
news book at Boston's famed Ex-
change Coffee House, where mer-
chants and patrons came to read.
This enterprise marked the
real beginning of news gathering
and out of Topliff'S efforts came
the newspaper practice of obtain
ing and printing daily news.
The first phase of AP-THE
STORY OF NEWS deals with
these pioneering efforts, the bat
ties between competing news
men, and the eventual founding
of the first news gathering as
sociation-The Associated Press
in l840. From that meager be-
ginning the practice of gathering
news grew until The AP, as it is
Familiarity known today, spends
S11.000,000 annually to obtain the
intelligence of the world for the
Continued On Page Four
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-21
JUDGE GOMEZ
OPENS FALL
COURT TERM
ENDED SPRING TERM. SINE
DIE. TODAY: JURY vENIRE
DRAWN FOR SUMMoNING
OF GRAND JURY

Spring term of the Circuit
Court was ended, sine die, this
morning in count chambers at
the county courthouse, with
Judge Arthur Gomez calling Tor
immediate opening of the fall
session, complied with by chief
deputy sheriff Bernard ]. Waite.
Assistant State Attorney ].
Lancelot Lester informed the
court of developments in the Ma
81 homicide case, and requested
that a venire of jurymen be
drawn from the jury box for later
calling of a Grand Jury to hold
an investigation.
Before recess, ordered shortly
after the venire was drawn,
Judge Gomez announced that
Judge Paul D. Barnes, senior
member of the circuit, would be
present on Wednesday morning
to charge the jury. He requested
that all members of the Key West
! Bar be present when court open
ed at 1000 o'clock.
Following residents of Monroe
County were ordered notified of
their selection as jurymen, as
drawn from the box by Judge
Gomez, to be ordered to be pres
ent at re-opening of court We'd
neSday morning.
George ]. Mcdonald, B. A.
Baker, Jr., Maxwell M. Russell,
Joseph Fernandez, Glenn Demer-
lit, Kingman G. Curry, Joseph
Esquinaldo, George F. Pierce, Ira
F. Albury, Andrew Pritchard,
Joseph P. Laid, Charles W..
Aguerro, William T. H. Ball, Ed
ward L. Roberts. r. F. Spots
wood. Arturo A. HenriqHez, Noll
Roberts, Clifford Watkins, Ben
jamin Curry.
A. T. Malone, M. P. Napolis,
Edwin Knowles, j. R. Costello,
Vivian Pinder, H. Blake Roberts,
L. P. Daniels, Oscar Cruz, Frank
Balbantine. James Brady, Louis
T. BragasSa. Willard B. Gibson.
Louis Monareal, Leonti Valla-
dares, Paul Gibson, A. H. McIn-
mis-, Roy L. McKillip.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-21

White men on the ezste1
fringe Of the continent q Asa
have two major W78rrles. botE 20
which arc islands
One Is SinEapore- the Othe-
Hongkong
They might as vel cunceurrsts
on Singapore. q bIt q land nE1
much larger than Msnhsr1sn- h1
for Occidcntals vastly mure H.
portant strateEically m 1879
Hongkong IS . lost cas-
Britons know il, but they wuz't
admit II.
Flying into Singapore nor la-E
ago, ! could Sc the Cap-u-e1
French liner lie de France - A.
Choir In drydock Was a1u1-e-
mightieT passenger vessel H-hus=
name must remain secret GrzE-
painted. Il Is now perhaps CzrrE-
ing another cargo q Eus--zlz
soldiers 10 fight HIS Es5@T 5
battle IN the Middle Ezz
Of the 300 900 persuls uh8
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-21

CONVENTION BUREAU
NLA COYCHA OFFICE

Officials Of the Key Ez
Convention C0rPoran1z a.
nounced this no-nlns tzz1
they had opened uP 1<6zzl
office headquarters II -
lobby of La Conchz EzseL
This corPorz1ioz- fzzz=z
primarily 70 handle al zzs-
tiers pertaining 70 ths 49,
lean Legion state cozEez1zz
70 be held here nex1 Ap-L Is
charged with fhs rzEp1z-
sibilifY Of handling Eu-A a.
vance publicity and c1zz-
spOndence On the su5je= C
that convention
In view Of that xiruzzizz-
the corpora1lon- neacec ~
VIM v. Little. with n NJ
general manager. dsGcsc =
would be best 70 sz1zhEza -
official headquarters is-
diatelY.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-21

Against all the excitement and
romance of men and events of
the past hundred years, a story
unique in the whole panoramic
history of headlines reached the
public today between the covers
of a Strikingly illustrated book.
The title of the work is APP
THE STORY OF NEWS and in
dramatic sweep it recountS for
the first time the actual, first
hand experiences of a procession
of reporters from the beginning
of news gathering to the rise of
the preSent-day Associated Press
as the worlds oldest and largest
news association, of which The
Citizen is a member.
The author is Oliver Granting.
! a newSpaperman since he OBJ
tanned his first job as a S5-a-week
reporter at the age of Is. He
was assisted by William A. Kin
ney, now of the Washington staff
of The Associated Press. The IL
Illustrations are by Henry c. Bar
row, whose editorial page car
toonS appear daily in scores of
papers over the country.
The story begins with the
origin of systematic news gather
ing in Boston harbor in 1911.
OminOuS events were shaping
the destiny of the recently born
United States. The War of 1912
was in the offing. yet the people
had no way of obtaining fresh
news. Neither the telegraph, the
wireless nor the telephone had
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-21
SEPTEMBER SALES
MEET APPROVAL
ALL DEEDS MARKED OKEY
BY II. BOARD; NEXT
SALE OCTOBER Is

County clerk Ross c. Sawyer,
agent here for the Internal I'M
provement Board of Tallahassee.
declared this morning that he
had received approving informa-
ton from the board in connec-
ton with the sale of Murphy
Land certificates held on Sep
TENDER 9th.
As soon as the office force can
draw up deeds and forward to
Tallahassee for signing, the ma
chinery will be set in motion to
conclude final details of the sale.
Mr.. Sawyer stated.
Next Murphy sale will be con-
Quoted Friday morning, as adj
vertised in The Citizen October
4th.