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Feature service writer
along-an anomaly which has
produced more Throttlebottoms
than any other item in our con-
Stitution.
(You remember, Throttlebot-
tom, of course-the- little fellow
in "Of Thee l Sing who wan
oered around the capital for days,
IN a daze, before anyone recog-
nlzed him as the man who had
peen elected vice president.)
F.F.'s Gave Him A Job
The anomaly happened this
way: The Founding Fathers.
puttering around at the Constitu-
tional convention, saw that there
would have to be someone to sue
coed the president if anything
happened to him. So they said
IAN right, Wen have a vice pres
ident".
That settled everything, until a
few weeks later one F.F. said,
Look here, we have a vice presi-
dent and what does he do? Moth
ing-absolutely nothing but sit
around and wait for the president
to die.
IF the president doesn't die,
this V.P, is a man without a job
and we have wasted lot of good
salary. And besides he viii be a
sort of a walking reminder to the
president that he might kick off
any minute now. Gentlemen, I
think we have to find job for
the vice president.
So they decided to make him
president of the Senate, and ever
since then the senators have been
saying:
Whats the big idea--the ex-
ecutive branch coming UP here to
the legislative branch and hand
ing US presiding officer? They
don't treat the House that way.
Those little two-year men get to
elect their own presiding officer.
Why can't we? Oh, we know it's
in the constitution, but that GER
tainly was a slip on somebody's
part and don't think we won't get
even.
Insignificant" To Adams
You beginning to see what /
mean?
After four years of holding
down the job a fellow named
John Adams said: MY country
has in its wisdom contrived for
me the most insignificant office
that ever the invention of man
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-07
NEW METHOD OF
AUTO OPERATION
nv As.orrnted Prex.l

COPENHAGEN, Jan. THE
extreme shortage of gasoline for
fuel has led the Danish branch
of an American automobile firm
General Motors) to redesign one
of its automobiles so it will run
on peat. A sample car already is
in operation.
The device fits on the rear Of
the automobile. converts the peat
into a burnable gas much in the
manner of woodworking auto
mobiles which have been In use
in Europe for some years.
The firm estimates a middle
sized car will do a hundred miles
on Sl.30 worth of peat.
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LIE G AIS
NOTICE OF ELECTION


Notice is hereby given that on the
4th day of February, A. ID. 1871, an
election will be held in the County
OF Monroe, State of Florida. in all of
the voting precincts of said Monroe
County, Florida, to decide whether a
majority of the freeholders of Mon
roe County, Florida, who are quail
fled electors, are in favor of the is
suance of proposed bonds of Monroe
County, Florida, as follows:
Proposition:
For the purpose of payment of
the purchase price or award for
reah property necessary for the
ACQUISITION, establishment and
construction of County air
port in Monroe County, Florida, q
Monroe County shall issue Forty
Thousand Dollars ($4o,000.0o) of
principal amount of negotiable,
serial, coupon bonds, in the prin-
cipal amount of One Thousand
Dollars (s1.000.00) each, matur-
ing in groups of eight (S) bonds
on the first, second. third. fourth
and fifth anniversaries of the is
suance. date of said bonds, said
bonds bearing interest at the
rate of SIX per cent. C per cent?
per annum, payable semi-an-
nually, to be evidenced by in
tereSt coupons attached TO SAID
bonds. Said bonds being secured
by the pledge of an unlimited
ad valorem tax on all taxable
property in Monroe County,
Florida.
For such election, electors may be
registered as prescribed by the gen.
eral laws of this State for registra-
ton of electors, and the registration
books of this County Will be open In
the office of the Supervisor of Regis
tration in the Monroe County Court
House, Key West, Florida, from nine
o'clock A. NJ to twelve NJ. and from
two O'Clock p NJ until five o'clock
F.. NJ. of each day. with the excep-
ton of Saturdays and Sundays, from
the date of this notice until the 3Oth
day of January. A. d. 1941, on which
said last mentioned date said regis
tration books will be closed.
The polls at said election shall be
kept open from eight o'clock A. Nj.
until shutdown and all freeholders OF
Monroe County. Florida, who are
qualified electors, shall be entitled
to participate in said election.
Dated at Key West, Florida. this
31st day of December. A. ID. 1910.
BOARD of County Commissioners OF
Monroe County, Florida,
BY CARL BERVALDl.
Chairman.
Attest: (SEAL)
Ross c Sawyer
Clerk Circuit Court as ex officio
clerk of the Board of County
Commissioners of Monroe Coun-
ty, Florida.
dec31 1910; jan7-t4-2l-2s.1stl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-07

WASHINGTON, Jan. IAN
open letter to Vice President-elect
Henry Agard Wallace, with some
facts about his new job which
might be of interest as well, to
some OF. the voters):
Now don't think I've made a
boner in that salutation, for al
though you are going to be vice
president to the rest of the coun-
try, up on Capitol Hill in your
constitutional post of president of
the Senate you are going to be
MIR. President.
Being v. P. and the Senate
prexy, you know, is about the
only double-jointed job in the
government and thereon hangs
one of the strangest anomalies
our Founding Fathers passed
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-07
Marriage License
Issued Monday

Since Jan. l Dan Cupid has
been extremely shy about stick
ing his head up in County Judge
Raymond r. Lords office.
Yesterday the judge issued the
first license in several days to
Carroll w. Payne, 80, of Rich
mond, Va, and Annabelle Col
Inns, 81, of Laurel, Md.
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PIT. Association
Meets Tomorrow

There will be a regular meeting
of the Harris School Parent
Teacher Association held tomor-
row afternoon, beginning at 2:45
o'clock.
All members are requested to
be in attendance.
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ANY ROADS THROUGH
A CHICKEN FARM?
tRy Associates Pres.l

SANDEFJORD. Norway. Jan.
THE county OF Vedtfold has
signed a contract with farmer
Soeren Soeyland and Mrs Soey-
land to the effect that $50 fruit
trees along a road across their
farm are to be considered public
property.
PaSSers-by may eat what fruit
they can on the spot, but none may
be carried off.
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[Z1S2 gg2zI ?
By MEDORA FIELD,

YESTERDAY: All the guests dt
Sally and Bills hoilsepaTty, and
Sally and Bill themselves, are to
be put through a kind Of joint
third degree In an effort to learn
tpho the murderer among them
Is. For SalIy's Aunt Maggie, and
one of the guests, Eve Benedict,
haze been murdered, and it looks
to Lieutenant Gregory as If the
job 1Dere an inside one. Coroner
Dodson, trho is blind, is meantime
Investigating on his olon-and he
thinks he has found some eai-
dence.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-07
:: SOCIETY =:
Legion Auxiliary
Meets Tomorrow

American Legion Auxiliary will
hold their regular business meet
ing Wednesday afternoon at 400
o'clock at the Legion Hall on
street.
All members are requested to
attend, as it is stated this will be
an important business session.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-07

contrived or his imagination con-
ceived".
A little over a hundred years
ago Senator John Rowan re-
marked: He (the V.P.) is polit-
ically embalmed in the chair of
the Senate, awaiting the resurrec-
ton which the death. political or
natural, of the president has been
ordained by the constitution to
produce.
That's not a very nice way OF
putting it, but it is about what
the job generally has amounted
to. AS presiding officer, the presi-
dent of the Senate is bound by
the rules of the Senate and those
rules dGn't give you much lee
way. You can't get very high
handed with the senators in shut
ting off debate or stopping dis
putes that get too sulphurous.
Even in the matter of clearing
the galleries, there is some ques-
ton of whether you could do IL
over the demands of senator.
AS for voting in case OF a tie
don't count much on that. In
the whole $50 years of Congress,
there have been fewer than two
votes a year by vice Presidents,
and since 1875 fewer than one a
year. Your predecessor only had
a couple of votes; Curtis before
him, only had three; Dawes two
and Calvin Coolidge none at all.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-07
Rawls

MIAMI. 49, Katherine Rawls
Thompson, dlEainutive former
swimming champion. whose hus-
band is manager Of the Miami
airport. has obtained her airplane
pilots Aecnsc.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-07
COURAGE PILLS

LoNDoN---An alert druggist in
New Bridge street has a big win
dow display of anti-snxiety hys-
terra tablets The placards say
the pills pat courage in people
who can't face the air raids.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-07
GERMAN TROOPS
WORRY RUSSIANS

AVO il1illOIl UdiISlS d ySdi-dIiu
capable of sustaining any big
military machine in the world.
One of their II planned hydro
electric plants has just been COM
pleted in that area.
The best informed observers
here believe the Russians z are
reasoning that those troops are
not healthy for the future of Rus
STA, even though the Germans
should at this time have no de-
signs against Stain.
The picture before the Russians
is a picture of Germany in serious
need of another victory in the
near future. they may assume
the Germans will continue to as
sault the British Isles. But they
also may assume that the acts of
Congress and the President of the
United States approving aid to
Britain are sufficient to cast some
doubt over German success
against the British.
They may also assume that no
military command can afford to
overlook any opportunity to Sc
cure success. Hence, the ship
ment of troops into the Balkan
states, first, to insure a continu-
ing supply of wheat and oil to
Germany, and second and Incl
dentally to lay out both defensive
and offensive military plans for
those troops. No military high
command that failed to take out
such insurance would be worthy
of its assignment.
Vast Resources Are Temptation
From the Russian point of view,
therefore, the Germans might be
tempted to turn eastward in case
they failed to register victory
against England next summer.
For there lie all the materials an
exhausted Germany would need
to replenish her military stocks.
American observers tell you
Russia must remember Germany
found it necessary to invade the
Ukraine during the World war,
primarily for it's wheat. 1t is far
more tempting now, what with
huge hydro-electric plants, big
irno and chrome mines, and vast
oil production also available.
This tempting prize must be
protected by the Russians. They
must send some of their best di-
visions down to the Black sea.
and into Bessarabia to be ready
for any eventuality. Supplying
these troops and building their
defenses absorbs labor that might
well be going into further indus
trial development in the Ukraine
"a job that will take so years
more, considering the very slow
pace of progress during the last
quarter century.
Suspect Russians Are Exasperated
For that reason alone, Ameri-
can observers of things Russian
suspect that the Russians are
exasperated by the presence of
German troops in the Balkans.
These observers think Russia is
so concerned with her own in
ternal troubles and developments
that she really doesn't care who
wins the war She would try to
get along with the victors until
her own strength had been as
sured.
But the presence of those
troops in the Balkans may force
Russia to alter her on-the-fence
policy. The British, in fact, may
have had all this in mind recent
ly, when they took anti-Russian
Halifax out of the cabinet. sent
him to America, and put in pro-
Russian Anthony Eden as foreign
secretary. Not that Eden sees
eye to eye with the Russians. but
that he feels Russia has been
moving closer and closer toward
holding the balance of power in
Euroue. and, therefore, should be
courted.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-07

In THE CIRCUIT COURT OF TIE
ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
MONROE COUNTY. FLORIDA. IN
CHANCERY.
SYLVIA SKAvRONICK FISHGOLD,
Plaintiff. VS.. BARNEY FISH
GOLD, Defendant.
ORDER FOR PUBLICATION
TO: BARNEY FISHGOLD, Residence
and present whereabouts un-
known.
You are hereby required to APP
pear to the Bill of Complaint for
Divorce filed in this cause on or
before February 3rd, 1871, other
wise the allegations thereof viii
be taken as confessed. This order
to be published once a week for
four consecutive weeks in the Key
West Citizen.
Done and ordered this 9th day of
December, 1910.
(SEAL) Ross G Sawyer. Clerk Of
Court, Monroe County.
BY: (Sd.) Florence Il. sawyer,
Deputy Clerk.
1870; jan7.is4i
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-07

Mayor Willard M Albury left
yesterday morning en- route to
Tallahassee, where he went to at
tend the inaugural ceremonies in
cident to the induction into office
of Governor-elect Spessard L..
Holland, and other state officials.
Mayor A1bury was recently ap-
pointed as a member of the gov
errors staff.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-07

Ralph H. Eisendrath, old time
visitor here, and Mrs. Blanche B.
Newman, Miss Bernita M. New
man, Miss Ida Nolan and Louis
Laemle made up a group that ar
rived in Key West today for a
visit. MIR. Eisendrath states that
he proposes to erect house here
at the corner of Vernon and South
streets. having purchased the lot
some time ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-07
|SON BORN TO
HUDDLESTONS

Announcement is made of the
birth of little son on Saturday
to Professor and Mrs. Dumont
Huddleston at the home on ST.
monitor street. The youngster
tipped the scale at 7ls pounds.
Mrs, Huddleston was formerly
Miss Magdelin De Leon.
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MFR. and Mrs. Milton Grinnell
were included in the arrivals in
Key West recently for a visit of
two weeks with Mrs. GrinnelPs
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Menendez. On leaving here they
will proceed to Tampa, where
they have been making their home
for some time.
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PERSONAL MENTION

Lieut. Henry V. Pope, U. S. N.
r., has arrived at Key West naval
station and will become an en-
cheering assistant to Lieut. Com
mander T. J. Brady, U. S. NJ, pub
lie works officer, at the base, Capt.
Walter F. Jacobs, U. S. NJ, COM
mandant of the station, announced
this morning.
The Valley settler., 1941-04-18

TIL ILo5 oorY CT C-op-'chTIoN
Today, three faith have forced
the older reli5 ion8 Of our World
into the ba cl1ground, and confront
each other as bitter rivals for the
e5iance OF the human SPIRIT
Each offers itself as the surost
guarantee that we shall attain our
heart S DESIRE; each calls upon
US to surrender ours G Ives body and
mind entirely to its salvation and
live happily ever after. The frs t
second is Comrllni s.. The thi I'd s
Fascism. TO us who search out the
meanings Of their prophets and
evanGelists it is clear that what
ever else they may be, they are not
philos ophies. Zach s q rntiona-
lization of some special desire.
Capitalism rationalizes the creed
Of blind elf-intercst for pro-
fits. CoMrni SIN automobiles the
hatred cue to want and weakness
Uhich the havenots feel against
the haves. Fascism aati onalizes
the lust for power and the fear to
lose it WAich nalyes She HAYES the
nerciloss e;2p1oiters Of the have
nots.
OUR FAITH
against these three bitter
and er1battled faiths we o-opera.
tors set our fourth generous and
peace-loVinG one. The faith in
Consumer Cooperation IS not rati on
allied and cannot be rationalized.
Tt is q philos ophy OF life Viii Oh
rests upon the same discoveries
the same. primo ip1es, anC the same
loyalty to the inward truths Of
human nature as the spirit Of poll
- ,-l.s -, n
in 1.-THE Amer can Cream. The prin-
ciples are the same as those Of the
Declaration Of Independence: that
human beings, whatever their race.
or faith or nationality or sex,
are all different people vi tn equal
The Valley settler., 1941-04-18

In it's essence, the 3nsuaer
Cooperative Movement is & NODE o.
association by Whic these funda-
mentals OF Arneri canisn mav be made
cffoc tive in the economic fiolde
1t is the NOV enc ut VIII ich Gu and
Will Anoricanize our still I'M
Arleri caniZe6 national economic
es ta0lishrlont. It's r2les cnd
methods, first dovis &c BIZ tn G 20
weavers Of Rocheale have b. come
those through viii CHI scores OF nil
lions Of people the sior Id over are
ssino from economic bondage to
ocononlc fro COON, from economic
helpless sness to economic power,
froT oconomic scarcity to economic
abundon &c and, FROM moral ID spir-
itual sorvility to moral I'D spir-
itual liberty.
Robert ouon, the fat or Of
Co. operation, knew OF tic osG ont-
ial iden tity OF the coop native
III til tho Democratic ideal md the
democratic method Of AmolIces It
was mover quite forgot ter, bit
we arc redis coverin1 it a.ain, whom
VIC recognize that we arc Consumers
by nature and Producers c@7y by
nocossit y.
coNsIH@ TIoN Is PIT Try
We arc born consumers, and
all consumption IS. natural func-
tion involving values md 5nds.
Production on the othor and, is
IN acquired function; VIC % not
produces to produce, VIC only pro-
d21cc to cons'uIo.. All pro-" ctior
is for the sake OF consuu tion,
but Gil consMap tion S for its own
sake In conourp tion We live our
lives; in production, We only work
for our 1ivinoa. But the economic
order which Capitalists da2old and
VIII CHI Communists and Fas q is i'm
2osc deGrades consumption into the
servant Of production, oa the pol
Fl he mrs
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-08
Sees FNEC Reports Shelved
Until Emergency Is Over

TNEC had a magnificent oppor-
tunity for impartial, scientific
fact finding. Instead of relying
on the disconnected gossipy tes-
timony of $50 friends and foes
of the business system, creating
a record of 10000 pages, the
TNEC could have performed a
masterful job if ii had called
upon the internal revenue bu-
reau of the treasury TO CONSOLE
date, in the new and stream
lined short form of accounting.
the actual financial reports of
more than 100000 corporations.
Such data would have borne on
the realities, instead of the
shadows and fantasies.
The test should not have been
the occasional blunders, foibles
and shortcomings of individual
executives. but rather the total
results OF the modern organiza-
ton of American business in
terms OF whether or not il pro-
duced more and better goods
for consumers, vastly more
taxes for government, and bet
ter wages and shorter hours for
workers.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-08
GredtldkesStee|
Boosts Wages

Eighty-one hundred employees OF
the Great Lakes Steel Corporation
here will receive the 10-cent-an-
hour increase announced by the
parent National Steel Corporation,
President George r. Fink con-
fined today.
Although details OF the increase
have yet TO be worked ou., Fink
said the increase would be retro
active to April l.
The announcement OF the IN.
crease largely dissipated fears OF
strike in United States SteelS
giant mills. when it was recalled
that in 1887 when National Steel
I announced a S5-a-week increase
the rest of the industry soon fell
in line" A demanded 10-cent-an.
hour increase is understood to be
one of the main stumbling blocks
in the United States Steefs nego-
tiationS with the Clio.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-08
Forbes
Employers,
Labor Warn
Of Tax Peril

Industry and labor are at odds
on wages. the closed shop. forced
collection of union dues by en-
ployers, and some other subjects.
But both are now agreeing on
one subject: that taxes threaten
to lower the American standard
of living and that government
should address itself to the
drastic cutting OF nondefenss
expenditures.
Enlightened labor leaders re-
ali1e that the greater the amount
seized by tax collectors from
employment-giving enterprises.
the smaller viii he the balance
available for distribution in
wages. Also, that the less will
be the inducement for savers to
invest their money TO provide
jobs.
How burdcnsome taxes had
become even before institution
of preparedness. is revealed by
the fact that in 1888 the nations
manufacturing companies were
compelled TO pay more IN
taxes than they were able TO
distribute in cash dividends.
Taxes totaled Sl,798. OOO, 600;
dividends, 81 ,633, 100000.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-08

International News Service Economic Commentator

the corporation, steadily becom-
ing more powerful. makes every
effort To avoid such regulation.
Where its own interests are con-
cerned. 1t even attempts TO dOmi-
nate the state -
This thought, if not obsolete.
is certainly untimely now. For
at this juncture the American
people are not in a mood for
arguing how many angels can
dance on the end of a needle,
nor whether it would be better
10 have smaller industrial units.
The Congress has authorized a
policy of better national defense
and aid TO the democracies, and
national policy must be imple-
mented by the rapid and eff
cient production of guns. tanks.
airplanes and ships. At this
time. the criterion should be
what type of industrial organiza-
ton results in the highest pro-
ductivity at the lowest cost.
Accordingly, we should not at
this time be interested in inter-
group pickering. but in high
degree of national unity which
will enable us to do our best in
matching productive power with
the Axis.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-08
:. @. Ohio Cuts
Expenditures

CLEVELAND, April S-Capital
expenditures of the Standard Oil
Company of Ohio in 1871 viii
probably be reduced to about
sc, 500 600, w. T. Holiday. presi-
dent, stated at the annual meeting.
In 1910 the conpany's capital
expenditures were at a record
high of SS.056,442. During the
last four years the company has
made large expenditures for pipe
line additions and Improvements
amounting 10 about So 100000
for the period. These have proved
a remarkably profitable invest
mentment, Holiday said
In 1871 the company viii devote
a large part of capital expendi-
lures TO the refinery division. he
said. After this year, he added, il
was hoped capital expenditures
may be reduced and kept within
the allowance for depreciation and
depletion, which is now 100000
to 81 800, 900 annually.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-08
Traced 10 New Deal

Much of this discussion is
academic. and doubtless will be
Shelved by Congress until the
national emergency is over. But
for the sake of the record it
seems worthwhile to trace this
basic thought to the New Deal
bible. namely, THE Modern Cor
poration and Private Property"
written by Berle and Means in
1882. These authors. in inspiring
the TNEC economic philosophy,
ended their tone on this note:
THE rise OF the modern cor
poration has brought a concen-
tration of economic power which
can compete on equal terms. with
the modern state - economic
power versus political power.
each strong i'm its own field. The
state seeks in some aspects TO
regulate the corporation. while