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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-28
SEES SETTLEMENT
OF STRIKE THREAT

NEW YORK. June % New
York Mayor FioreIlo Fl. La
Guardis today predicted a settle
ment in the threatening trans
port workers strike before to-
night.
Scheduled for walkout next
week which would tie up subway
and bus service throughout the
city. the transport workers were
said by LaGuarsiia TO be- cunsid-
ering a compromise which would
end the strike threat
Officials 81 the Go union ere
expected to announce their de-
cision before night
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-28
NAVY TO HELP
| In TRACK MEET
AT LOCAL PARK
LIEUT.. WHITEHEAD GIVES
ASSURANCE or AID FoR
FOURTH OF JULY EVENTS
NOW PLANNED

Lieut.. Hulan Whitehead, rec
reation and welfare officer at
the navy yard, last night assured
city county recreation commit
-eemen of help from navy en-
listed personnel for the Fourth of
July track meet at Bayview
Park.
Lieutenant Whitehead said
men at the yard have expressed
interest in the events, and many
of them will take part. Others
have volunteered TO act as judg-
es and to provide starting pistols
and stop watches.
Interest in the events has risen
sharply within the past few
days. and prospective entrants
have been getting into shape Tor
the track and field meet. Mrs.
Eva Warner. recreation director
under WPA, said today she is
working to get the park in shape
so as to permit practice and train
ing space there before the
Fourth.
Boy scouts have offered to en-
ter the meet. and girls will take
part under the direction of Mrs.
#. c. Kocel and committee of
woman volunteers.
William Freeman. city-county
recreation committee member.
has been selected by the commit
tee TO provide prizes for all
events.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-28
Fred Marvil Named Captain
For Home Defense Guards

Tentatively accepted members
OF the group will report to the ar
mory Wednesday night for physi-
cal examinations. il was an
nounced. ard uniforms and arms
win be sent here after the guards
men are formally sworn into ser
vice DR. Julio Depoo and Dr.. Har-
~ Galley have donated their ser
vices for the examination.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-28
SANCHEZ RITES
HERE TOMORROW

Funeral services for Mrs. Rosa
Sanchez, age 66, will be held to-
morrow afternoon at 5 o'clock
from the First Baptist church,
where the body viii be placed at
2 p. m.
The body will lay in state at
the residence. 6I9 Olivia street.
from IL noon until p. m. when
it will be carried TO the church.
PallbearerS include William
Sawyer. Nathan Niles, Clyde
Baltzell. Leroy Torres, Berlin
Sawyer and Alberto Camera.
Lopez Funeral Home is an
charge Of arrangements
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-28
JUST SO MANY MEN
TO so MUCH SPACE
tny A....,.s,a p....,

NEW YORK. June 28.-The po-
lice don't guess-they know al
most exactly how many people
there are in crowds.
Chief Inspector Louis F. Cos
tuna explained how his men get
the figures. AT coney Island.
they check subway turnstile me-
tiers and count cars in parking
lots. figuring three persons to a
car. In a parade. they know that
men marching 10 abreast will
pass a given point al the rate of
5000 an hour.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-28
PLAN AGAINST
UNEMPLOYMENT

DETROIT, June 28.-Auto-
mobile company executives,
scheduled for a meeting with
government price control officials
Wednesday, today urged a grad
ual decrease in output to prevent
widespread unemployment.
Executives of the firms, point
ing to 20 per cent cut already
ordered by the government, said
a drastic slashings Of output this
year would throw men out of
work before they could be alb
sorbed in defense production.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-28

Fred Marvil. reserve army cap
tain. last night was named captain
OF the newly formed home defense
guards as IS members Of the or
ganixation met AT the national
guard arTnory to complete plans
for their enlistment
Two iieutenants who will serve
under Marvil are 20 be elected by
the men al . later meeting.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-28
Albert Cuff, Negro, SLashed
With knife IN Midnight Fight

lefs nran ard bask in fight III
petr0nla and Kmnsa streets AZ
aboas u - c'eia<k.
sovre 1aa red il euanty lma To-
day awaiting D hearing tsfcre
peace Justice KEFiaux Esaulnal.
90
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-28
]. PENDERCRAFT
DIED YESTERDAY

J. $. Pendcrgrsft. csrpentes
with the W. p. Thurston Com.
pany. died yesterday morning ii
an early hour.
The body is 81 the Lopez Fun
eral Home pending instructions
from relatives al 10 the dIspOsi-
lion Of the body.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-28
City To Assess, Property
On 100 Percent Valuation
Gideon Curry Appointed
Caretaker AT Aquarium
With Stanley Saunders
As Assistant

AT a meeting of the City Coun-
Gil held last night an appropria-
ton of SIS was ordered to take
care of extra help for Tax Asses
sor-C Collector Sam d. Pinder in
rewriting the tax roll. which will
be made up on a one hundred
per cent cash valuation assess
ment on all properties. instead
Of fifty per cent as has been the
case in the past.
This action was taken in ac-
cordanca with recent laws enact
cd by the legislature. and which
Governor Spessard L. Holland
has ordered TO be put into effect
in all countieL Of the state.
While there will be a fifty
per cent raise in assessment,
there will be no increase in the
amount of taxes due to the fact
that the levy and millage will be
arranged to equalize the amount
Of taxation to conform to the
raise in assessment as provided
for in the law recently enacted.
The city entered into an agree
ment with the Cato interests to
lease the brick factory building
on Catherine streetsto be used as
a WPA sewing room and for 9th
er activities The city in ac-
cordance with the agreement will
exempt the taxes for a period
OF one year, which is the time
limit of the lease, and will also
pay the amount necessary to
carry insurance on the building.
II was ordered that three hun
dred stickers be purchased to be
issued to car owners In lieu OF IL
cense plates during the next three
months due to the fact that the
city has run out of plates, and
will not have any on hand until
the first of October when the new
license plates will placed on sale.
The sticker idea was adopted in
order to accommodate many car
owners who have applied for tags,
and were unable to obtain them.
The stickers will be pasted on
the windshield of cars, showing
that license has been applied for,
which gives the car driver permis-
sion 10 operate until the new tags
become available.
II was ordered that an amount
OF $l4250 be refunded to Rooney
Tynes which amount he paid for
saloon license, but which he was
unable to use due to the fact that
he could not obtain a license from
the county, and therefore could
not operate in accordance with the
law. Mr. Tynes made the request
for a refund at a meeting Of the
council several weeks ago. and
the matter was reported to the
council last night by the chair
man OF the finance committee, in
whose hands IL was placed at the
time. with the finance chairman
recommending that the council re-
fund the amount in question.
Upon recommendation of the
chairman Of the Aquarium COM
mittee. Gideon Curry. assistant
caretaker at the aquarium, was
appointed caretaker TO succeed
Joe Romero. who resigned recent
IL. and who winds up his activities
today. Stanley Saunders was APP
pointed assistant 20 Mr., Curry,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-28
REVEALS HOW
LIVING COSTS
HAVE VARIED
OBSERVER GIVES IDEA RELA-
TIVE TO INCREASED COSTS
IN CONNECTION WITH MA
TIoNAL DEFENSE
BY MORGAN M. BEATTY

Az Feature Service writer
WASHINGTON, June 28.-Up
to now the war has hit most of us
in the pocketbook, the electric re-
frigerator and the fasteners on
our clothes.
Next month it starts in on the
kitchen, the bathroom and the
scrap box of nuts and bolts and
wire in the basement possibly on
the Sunday afternoon joy ride.
BY fall it'll catch us in the suit
and overcoat, probably the fuel
oil tank and possibly rent. Come
winter we may even be giving up
that new house we planned-or
at least modifying its design.
Next year?
Every hour of the day will find
us making a sacrifice if the war
lasts.
Oddly enough, we soon may be
living better in some respects be-
cause Uncle Jim. who hasn't had
a job in years may be working
steadily at the foundry.
We're already paying through
the pocketbook because of the 10
per cent special income tax for de-
Tense and we'll be paying even
heavier next year. If we haven't
put out income tax money, we
have paid extra on taxable pro-
ducts like movies, cigarettes, ETC.,
either because taxes are higher, or
because we've bought more.
We are paying through the re.
frigerator, because ice trays are
getting scarcer, and so are the
freezing units.
We're paying through clothes
fasteners, because manufacturers
have been forced to lower the qua
lily of dollar wash frocks for wo-
men by putting on more and
cheaper buttons, and fewer zip
pers.
So far, aluminium products are
under the heaviest restrictions.
That's because defense industry is
absorbing every pound of virgin
aluminium production in this
country.
Next hardest for the house
holder to get will soon be copper.
| know a woman who already has
given up her cherished hobby
making dishes and decorative
pieces out of sheet copper. A
month ago, the price went up on
her. Now she can't even buy cop
per in the desired form. The trout
BILE is, we're going to produce less
than 10000 short tons of cop
per this year, and defense and
civilian needs require more than
1900, 900 tons. There just isn't
enough to 60 around.
Zinc is scarcer, too, to galvanize
your Tense posts. for roofing and
or garbage cans. Steel for that new
home you've been planning is
being delayed IA to 10 weeks now,
because Uncle Sam is buying so
much.
Mrs. John @. Citizen, you're al
ready paying Is to 30 per cent
more for wash frocks, or taking
poorer qualities. And just wait
until you get ready to buy your
winter coat and fursl They'll cost
you at least 20 per cent more, say
the retailers.
II your husband thinks he'll es-
cape, he's mistaken, Either he'll
take cotton and wool mixtures, or
he'll pay S2.50 to $500 more for his
winter suit and overcoat
As for food. we have plenty, In
general. food prices are much low
er than they were in prosperous
1899, and somewhat lower even
than they were in 1887.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-28
PARITY PRICES

Parity prices. as calculated May
/, 1871, are: Wheat, SII4g per
pound; corn. SIS per bushel. rice,
Si.05I per buShel. tobacco. flue
cured, lo.6 cents per pound. Mary
land tobacco. II 2 cents per pound:
cigar-ieaf III cents per pound. and
cigar binder. I5.5 cents per pound
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-28
TWO KILLED in
TRAIN COLLISION

JACKSONVILLE. Ill. June rs
Two passengers were killed and
scores injured here today when
two fast trains struck in j head.
on collision
The crash this morning was
the third in Illinois within !
week.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-28

Albert Cuff. negro. LAST night
suffered serimss injuries wsen rs
Was sIashed ~ knlfe. sllexs<1iy
welded by HALEY joyce. another
negru
Cuff nas rushed 10 TIE hospital
after be had been CIT shcst the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-28
TRANSFERS BONES

AtchiSon. KanS. When Molly,
an Airdale. owned hv Charles Cox
of this city saw the family moving
into a new home. she went into the
yard. dug up IL bones, carried
them. one by one. 10 the new yard
and rcburicd them.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-28
VALUABLE WAGON

Eureka. Calf. Joe Mattecyeci
OF this city five years ago contcm-
plated selling his old wagon for
81 Recently his brother discover
ed $4,000 in gold coin under the
floorboard.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-28
COMING EVENTS
TUESDAY,. JULY /

Men who have rs&ehsd age Of
IL since oct- 10. 1870. register =
q M 10 . p. -. ~ soorn 2os Fed
sxsi hsiiaing for army ssiscfivs
ssrvicss
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-28
VACRANCY CASES
HEARD in COURT

Judge William " AIbusy.
holding criminal court ia cham
bcrs. this afternoon wss hearing
charges flied against Louis Mat
tox. Jimmie T.arsr. David VIII
iianas. John Anderson. George Il
Lamb ard Fred vauxhn.. All
negroes. 8@
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-06-28

Key West. Florida. has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only ID Fahrenheit
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

broadcasts from London. but
most OF them defy the regula-
ton. at the risk OF their lives
one Dutch woman. who was re-
Gently caught listening to BIC
tthe British Broadcasting Chain
was arrested. The infuriated
Gestapo asked her what explana-
ton she hau TO offer for her
crime OF tuning in on the YER
ooten station Il wanted TO
6e2E Aitler Speek, i" Ras her calm
reply Hitler said he was going
TO speak from London last Sep
TENDER and I'm still waiting for
him
A HOllander placed a wreath
on statue in one of the public
squares. A Gestapo agent who
witnessed the ceremony, figur-
Ing 1t was to commemorate the
birthday Of some Dutch patriot.
didn't modest the man After
the fellow had departed. the
GeStapo agent walked by the
statue and. noticing that a card
was attached TO the wreath.
picked It up On It was written.
To the only man in Holland
who doesn't listen 10 BIC"
The German military authori-
ties Ia Norway asked the Mayor
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

him with q punch Joe. She hit
him with the box she was carry
Ing under her arm and 1t was
not a camera in the box. It
was a patent electric flat iron
she was selling Joe and the doc
tor told my Uncle Ben he could
have got a conclusion OF the
brain from It. That was when
my Uncle Ben was in the hos
pital and Maude was there be-
side his bed crying like her heart
would break over him.
SES why that's fine Ethel II
she can sell enough OF those
irons TO make a living for your
Uncle Ben and Ethel ses there
you go Joe belittling my Uncle
Ben again. He Is not going TO
let her sell those irons any more
II they get married. He ses they
are dangerous things TO have
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

around the house. They are 60
ing to live in this neighborhood
and my Uncle Ben ses he will
bet all those fellows around here
who are always picking on him
will be sorry when he sets
Maude to work on them.
I SEES Ethel your Uncle Ben
has q romantic streak In him
hasn't hep Ethel ses why yes I
guess he has Joe unless you are
trying to be sarcastic. But 1
think this time ii is really love
because he borrowed five dollars
from me to pay Maude for the
iron. 1t got broke when she hit
him with IL. / ses yes Ethel
when your Uncle Ben starts
paying for things 1t must be
love.
Yours truly. JOE TURP.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

make mincemeat OF Joe Louis.
l SES well tell me about II
Ethel though I suppose all /
Will get is your Uncle Bens side
and Ethel seS he met her be-
cause he thought she was a spy
Joe. You know my Uncle Ben
is very patriotic and is always
on the lookout for spies to turn
them In TO Mister Hoover and
one day be saw Maude In Sand
street near the navy yard with
a box under her arm only of
course he did not know her name
was Maude at the time. He sus-
pected that she had a camera
In the box and was taking pic
lures around the navy yard for
the enemy.
SES hah I see the finish 10
this Ethel. Ses he followed her
until her husband came along
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

Valley Forge. the fortitude OF
intrepid pioneers. the struggle
for unity In the black days Of
the Civil War. these things are
a part Of our glorious heritage.
To-day dark war clouds men.
ace our peace. Shall we give mp
that precious heritage which our
forefathers fought for 80 val
iantly? Shall we throw prud-
ence 70 the winds and engage In
n bloody conflict in which we do
not belong, a struggle which IL
not ours-shall we violate the
inspired words Of our first Presi-
dent by betraying our eountry's
individuality?
mo- Let US remain Ameri-
cans IN America. We must think
OF our posteritv, zoe must be
calm, not rash. prudent. not
Uen0eful. What better dnsper
than 10 SAP that I should follotO
IN the footsteps OF our fore
fathers. ! should fight, die for
a country such as ours. For
America is something greater
than SkyScrdper or the pro-
duct OF a iDoHder age. Shssis
the spirit OF Liberty. unSuerp-
ING. battling GliDdyS for her
owB integrity
IF ever the time comes when
once again Americas liberty be-
comes actively imperiled. I would
not hesitate 10 answer with the
fiery words Of Patrick Henry
Give Me Liberty or Give Me
Death!'"
Catherine McCabe, is,
2l2 East S3rd St,
New York, N. Y.
$500 prize).
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

and gave your Uncle Ben his
Jumps. I ses well have got to
say again II served him right.
Ethel ses that's not the way IL
was at all Joe. She was not
married so she hasn't got q hus-
band. My Uncle Ben followed
her from Sand street clear TO
the Bronx on the subway and
then TO the place where she lives
and he was taking down the ad-
dress to send 1t to Mister Hoover
when she turned around and
walked up TO him and ses what
do you mean by following me
you dirty masher? Then she
hit him Joe.
I SES humph I guess your
Uncle Joe is right about her
licking Joe Louis IL she could do
al that damage with a punch
and Ethel Ses she did not hit
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

the Princes favorite flower as a
symbol Of defiance TO the Nazis.
Angered by this display OF IN
science" on the part OF the con-
quered people. the Nazis Went
around tearing the carnations
from the coats OF paSserSby. e..
A short while later. Dutch sail
ors made their appearance on
the streets and in cafes with
carnations prominently dis
played on their chests. The NaZis
soon desisted from tearing them
off. The carnations worn BIZ
the sailors contained ingeniously
concealed razor blades.
In Holland, one of the big
problems in the underground
warfare against the conquerorS
is how 10 find out who can be
trusted. One couple solved IL
in this manner: A few minutes
before two o'clock every after
noon, the wife shouted TO her
husband, who was working in
the garden, Come in. dear. It's
almost two o'clock. Two o'clock
being the time for a. London
news broadcast. their next-door
neighbors reported them to the
Gestapo f. The Gestapo didn't
arrest the couple. however. be-
cause they we're able TO prove
that they didn't own a radio
But their neighbors had
swallowed the bait and I'M
masked themselves as Nazi
stool pigeons.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

During the early days Of the
Nazi occupation of Paris. when
ever German officers entered a
cafe. the French patrons would
promptly get up and walk out.
This so Infatuated the conquer
orS that they issued an edict
forbidding Frenchmen TO leave
a cafe for at least Is minutes
after the entrance of a German
officer. . After that. whenever
a German officer walked into
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

women,- II finds its power issu-
ing from the great heart Of God.
IF we Americans believe in
this way OF life. we need to stand
together IL we will preserve our
democracy. We are called upon
to sacrifice our prejudices and
present to the rest of the world
a solid front. Being only human
we will make many mistakes.
but we can always ask God TO
forgive US our foolish WAYS n
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

a cafe, the Frenchmen present
would reach into their pockets
and pull out small alarm clocks.
which they set and placed on
the table At the end OF Is min
utes. the alarms would go off
all over the place. and the
Frenchmen would rush for the
doorsl
In Holland, on Prince Bern
hard's birthday, all loyal Dutch
citizens wore a white carnation,
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

I'D sacrifice everything "
Those words are echoed by prac-
tically every Young American.
Charlotte Welsh. an army wife
at Fort Sam Houston, Texas,
says the same thing IN mucn
longer. more elaborate letter.
Here are few telling sentences.
:. Our generation grew I'D with
a cynical and bitter attitude
toward the participation of our
fathers In World WarL We be-
neved that their lives were
sneedleSsly and fooIishIy Sacri-
'ficed in the interests of poll
.dcians and financiers and NUM-
tions makers.
But we know better now. We
know that liberty and democracy
are to be won only through sac
rifiee, and can be kept only by
more sacrifice. Americas folly
lay not in participation in that
war--it lay in her neglect of hu-
mainly after the war.
We are not so naive as TO be-
heve that our way Of life is per-
feet. but we do believe Il is the
best possible environment in
which we and our children may
live and strive for the true goal
of democracy. Therefore we arc
willing TO fight for America
for a better America and for a
better world.
Each or us must answer the
question: What sacrifices would
you make? in his own way.
Here's mine:
When and IL my husband.
who Is an army officer, is called
away, j will be brave. If bombers
come In the night and I shelter
my little boys body with my
own, / will be strong. When I
must accept reduced standard
OF living, l will be cheerful and
courageous. i pray that my de-
termination will not falter in
the face of reality.
We will make such sacrifices
gladly because we have conf
dence that our Government will
cOntine 10 fight for democracy
As long as there is oppression in
the world"
Charlotte mrs. c. e. Welsh. &c
station Hospital.
Fort Sam Houston, Tex.
$1,000 prize.
Patriotic pride and true sin
certify mark this letter from
Marguerite Murray Of ST. Angus
tine. Fla.
Il would rather be a poor
American than the richest king
OF any other country. For the
right 10 worship God as one
chooses, 10 express ones ideas
whatever they may be. TO be con-
Sidered equal regardless Of race.
creed or station are reasons
enough 10 defend America from
her enemies.
TO preserve thiss freedom I
would willingly perform any
service ] am capable Of and
would give without stint Of the
little that I possess. would
even go hungry that those brave
men who are willing 10 give their
last full measure Of devotion for
their country might be physi-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

II the singing messenger boys
concentrate on the old Bronx
cheer we would like to wire re-
verse congratulations to many q
mugg.
We have studied the Ethics OF
telegraphing revenge that you
mean instead OF congratulations
that you don't.
And we claim If there was
more sincerity in this world the
air would be full of custard pies.
paid in advance, but received
collectively.
And in telegraphing flowers
there would be many a me-
mortal wreath OF razzberries.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-07-06

meringue pie "a. Cousin Sally,
who trimmed me out OF my share
Of Uncle Eds stamp collection.
Will you show me some samples
Of your delivery"
So the baker gets out a family
album Of pictures showing peo-
pie catching lemon meringues
in the face. I'VE have a very fine
hurler pitching for us now" he
says, land you can see he has
perfect control. When he losses
a lemon meringue pie he fills
both their ears. When you are
smacked with one Of our pies
you take your base but you
don't enjoy it,"