The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-05-09

TOOK the New York Express
l. from Chicago to Canton, Ohio.
Train filed with young California
Goa defense summers being trans
,1ferred FROM Camp Ord, California.
Ito forts along the New Jersey coast.
Canton, a city of 10000. lies in the
heart of the prosperous Ohio valley.
1t. is, the, headquarters for Republic
Steel, Hercules Motors, Timken
Bearings, and is where the U. S.
navy is constructing huge arsenal
and ordnance department. The
cafeteria of the immense plant will
have 1000 employees. Hercules
builds Diesels among other motors
and is now constructing Suicide boats
for the U. S. navy. Thinker employs
more than 5000; Republic Steel near
by, double that number. In fact, a
serious labor shortage is now facing
the town-which six months ago had
! thousands on its WPA rolls.
Canton is also the last resting
place of President Mckinley. His
tomb is built like Grants tomb in
New York and sprawls atop a high
hill in the city park. 1t looked for
Torn and lonely in the bitterly cold
spring day visited it. Mckinley
was assassinated, according to the
guide, by a. Fanatic who thought
! Mckinley, like Lincoln; had sold out
TO the financial powers of the new
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'to st - 80 $50
Picked up the, Golden Arrow for
an eight-hour jiggle back to Chicago.
Passing through the Windy City,
dined in the Anchorage. at the
Windemere with jolly Frank Luther
and J. C. MacDonell. One of the
most attractive hotel dining rooms
in the Middle West, its lighting and
dark green decorations made one
think of candle-light. Albert U. Bori,
the catering manager, has had an
interesting career. Born in the Rio
Grande, Do Sol in Brazil, he was
educated with DR.. Ostraldo Aranhi,
former Brazilian ambassador to the
U. S. and the present minister of
the exterior; with President Vagas;.
and with Jose Antonio Floras de
Acurnbia, the present governor OF
the provinces. Bori has done some
interesting things himself, for he is
now the president and guiding
genius of the Chicago Caterers as
ISOLATION.
On later to the apartment of the
/ brother of the editor of the Amer
lean Weekly, J. B. Meigs, for the
engagement announcement of b.
nita Kay, prominent young radio
STAR. and DR.. Leo ]. Koscinski.
former Northwestern football, star.
y It'll their friends gathered around
them. they turned on one of the
new home record cutters, over
which cane the announcement Of
their engagement, clear and firm.
Then the guests gathered around the
machine. sang in harmony. and cut
more records for their memory file.
1t was like taking home-movies., DR..
Irving B. Spiegel, who initiated
| IIitler's radio voice, Mussoiini' s
news reels and Charles Laughton' S
movies, was exceptional.
!
Then took the Dixieland Filler Of
the Chicago and Eastern railroad.
| II is certainly well named-rnakes
only three stops in 300 miles. which
/ il covers in Ave hours-thats better
than go per. which is going some for
a daily steam train, without extra
! fare. on the Boulevard of Steel!
1 Passing through Kentucky. this
train was obliged to burn wood as
well as coal because of the low con-
tent Of Kentucky coal! Talked next
/ afternoon on latin America-Nazi
or Neighbour" at the Evansville.
Ind. Public Forum in the Central
high school auditorium before sew.
erai thousand persons. Had been
/ preceded by Vincent Sheean., Com
1 modore ElIsberg Of the U. S. navy
/ retired. and Congressnian--v. T.
Smith. Evansville, city OF more
( than 100000 persons. is over 80 per
cent populated by persons Of Ger
man descent, IS per cent of whom
| are anti-NaZi
Drove on after the lecture to
Louisville, Ky. Dined en- route at
the Swiss Inn at Tell City. named
many years ago because It was set
tied by several hundred Swiss fam
lilies. II IS today the principal city
In this section of the nation for fac
tories producing high grade wooden
/ furniture, radio cabinets, etc.
( Noticed all along the Ohio and
Missouri rivers the great work the
federal government is doing in food
and sewer control. The entire coun-
tryside hereabouts for hundreds of
miles has been revamped by belt
Of steel and concrete.
Trafiic lights in Cincinnati certain
u. ~ cut the speed Of traffic, It's the
best method rye seen in the entire
United states this year. Alternate
lights blink in Unison, therefore It is
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