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a aca ar TE SS"ac dT arSSaeTraE=aeSr a= ‘ol Sethe omitted ol Be, mi Ody! Dasty Newspepar_in Key West and monroe oS County rida, as second class matter SS of ted n to se Sera ol ise it in Di newe pubis a he ' : RA’ On application. , rod L NOHOn j of thanks, tice: a fy » will be al fis ents by chu: ‘of a ¢ in he eal Pein “toe dnonymaus munieations. Soe a AE AE AE SERRE OR NAPZIONAL ADVERTISING HEPRESENTATIVES Gain adhe Rani We ist Wek “Walton Bide., ATLANTA, MPOVEMENTS FoR KEY West ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN “f ; which = an the = Fe int acuid.. € i éom= Me » Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main‘ land. 8. Free Port. : Hotell’ and Apartitients 5. Bethiig Pavilion. Aquatiim. : . Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. “The Florida legislature has a Sapp, and; thé Tampa Tribune comes tight out 80.’ But Why niéntion only one. Ng, Myrarectete as terete - - eAlter May 1 it wil be @ felony to possess more than $100 in-gold. There is out more than one billion and a quarter} of the yellow metal and President Roose- velt wants it in the ¢offers of the tredsur'y where it will stabilize the government. So if you are rich you must also be patriotic. ¢ rene, : ‘ i ;, Some legislatures are giving the press wider fange whilé other's harhper its pro- gress. The New Jersey legislature has be- fore it a bill which would officially reeognize journalism as a profession un- der New Jersey law and would exempt newspapermen from revealing the sources of|their information to any court, grand judy, of other inquisitorial body. ; Modern camaraderie between present: day father and son awes those reared by stérner parents. What was in years gone by: known as répy¥ehénsible “forwardness” is now looked upon as enigagifiy miuittval frankness. Here’s an example frotti w# modern youth to his sire: “I Wave noticet a Shakespesiedn tendency in’ your squibs. What's up? Are you sweeping out the is scan aid reartanging the furniture?” 4 Dr. JON. Fogarty, formerly of Key iy the personal physician of Joh D. kefeller, who winters in Florida. Dy. Réekefeller, Sr., nearing his 94th year, is confident he will regch the century fark, and Dr. Fogarty concedes the nonagenarian am excelent chante to realize his ambition to- attain the age of 100, principally be- cause of the Spartan simplicity of his life. Far one of his years, Mr. Rockefeller is fat above the average physically and men- tatly, De. Fogarty reveled. “He fakes | little medicine and requires leas attention than other members of his household. } if liviig habits and mild exettisé keep him fit.” « All things considered, the country seems to be coming along in mighty good st¥le. People seem to be more interested injthe ordinary things of fife than they halve for the past three years. Perhaps it is the change at Washington, perfiaps if is the authorization of beet and wines, per- it is the prospective repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment. Perhaps it is # combination Of alt these things and other happenings which we have hot mentioned, but the fact remains that the country is im an, optimistic spirit of mind. Perhaps the official Roosevelt campaign song “Happy DaYS-Are Hete Again” was a bit prophetic. Let-us ait hope so, believe that it is se, and in thé light of past experie ce, we will probably make it 20. ; agencies were given | aécording to’ thé idéa& of the bureaucrats | i charge of them; Our guess is that half | réseatéh fads which are sought to be pro- | Woman’s Bureau lists a few of the “most } # I Svant ; & || séthi-professional pursuits; the effect of , fatigue on production and on the worker; |, @ lot of new laws | art, among the Japanése. } ing letter to Mr. Lewis: THE HUNGRY BUREAUS Pecccncconcceseccvesecccvconccecevegoceccooccecs Daily Cross-wotd Puzzle 'Sddoccccectoctotncodedsoctvessite ecedéciiecéddes _ _ ACROSS i, Burn 5. Outward sign of sorrow 10. Kind of cheese |Oj a Pome in a fa wall 1%. In bligu pouton 16. Siberian river 17. Iny tra It is a chténi¢ condition that the work of governmefit’ and state departinents, bureaus, conithissions, boards aiid what not are “hampered for lack of sufficient funds,” according to their reports. We wonder what would happen each of these innumerable if tax-spending “sufficient funds,’ trable , Belonging to» of thé population wotild be on federal, }2i eat tah Venicic tor er tree state and local payrolls within a year. Oné fies. siiail tabids pérsoir out of every ten ison such a pay= }28. it im roll now. One: needs only to read one or two of the current bureau reports which clainor | for more furids to get an idea of the crazy | sidérately . Poker term . Depiction of the beautiful . Pendent ornaments }. French cathe- drat city . Slowing: mus. abbr, . Angles formed by. the meetings of vaults i, Nothing 55 Famous 56, Get up i Porm a con- ception of . Workers jn the 48. Blood vebsel 50. Shoot from ambi Bi. a 6, Allenate § Braet for sel moted and éxtended. For example, the % Bast indian for shrub re importatit” subjeéts whieh a waiting world | 4 an is dying to have investigated, as follows: Surveys, studies and information con- |, cerhing the employment of married wo- men; employment in plarits using poisonous sitbstances ; investigation of the piecework system; a study of posture white sitting at work; 4 study of women in professional and ‘ jess . Let it stand Courses of . To be: Latin f Paris musica) mploy. . Ornamental Italian Button: family il al aes el A a and, of course, an elaborate ‘preliminary | Pope pore | : investigation of the best methods of mak- oni) N ing these investigations. These, the bureau S says, are only a few of the great, vital problenis.. Dozens of othérs should have | | prompt attention if funds were available. | Then the results would be printed in great volume perhaps, and that would be | thé end of them. Of course, congressmen | might read them in order to get ideas for Yequifing still more thousands of public officials and em- ployees. i It seems that no buréductat ever in- vestivates the effect of all this on the tax- payér’s pocketbook. WANTS KISSING TAUGHT As is more or less générally Riown, | kissing ha8 never been developed to any |. #reat extent, eithér as a science or as an} IN DAYS GONE BY Hitppeting’s Here fh 20° Yours Ago Today As Taken From THe Fiféy OF The Citizen’ Some time ago Judd Mortimer wJewis, famed columnist of thé Houston Post- Dispatch, visited the flowery kingdom, and noting the neglect of this delectable | practi¢e, humorously suggested the estab- | ¥. oe. 5 lishment of a chair of osculation at a Jap- debs se Gh ead asa tye: enese university, going so far as to offer prohimd chafiber of commerce, Gg ‘. ‘ " offer of a prize of a five dollar his perreee hin instructor. F gold piéce to the Key Wester ihe A forward-looking native, who péf- ‘ewets and subssits the most suit- haps had visited the Occident, eagerly ex-|able name: for Key West’s propos-| ; + digin! " ‘nye ed enlarged city park now Known} pressed approval of the idea, in the follow. je? charged city mark now Riowi! by May 15. Judges will be direc- tdrs of the chamber. “T am the only investigator on kiss- ing in Japan. Kissing must be known of A : : ie Installat for Robert the Japanese, but they does not cae of it. |y, Petry “hdpter ‘DeMoliys wilt Be The Japanese governor does not permit to raed gmat ag at the io feath them openly ever if it is so. im- {Methodist church. An excellent portant a thing in social etiquette. I wrote fprogram hak een atta five times an-essay on kissing, but the | Japanese metropolitan police look them as| the demoralization. You say you Will be |sprvices, which will represent a 5 HOF able to be the lecturer on kissing. Phey |nuitber of newspapers through | eoddabddrwd sued di dwéenes day will come, I am wishing, I myself will a the United States, in the| ~ Pergors DOTA off this diy dre “Now What shwlf 1 do?” says the Puff, with a frown. {“T can’t see the virtue’ in setting downy. < Fd be an ‘actor, except for the slam $ ‘ That some’ folks alieady have call: ed me a ham!” Maxwell C. Gilbert, former edi-| tof of The Key West Citizen, is! now a mémber of the Hovd-Gilbert; forei ivertising field. teach. The Japanese governinént dre cit- eee akeee Spends 98 LSet 8 eran tiny the scene of kissing in the film aa Jolih Deliiney ha received ever now! it.”” j jtice from the adjutant g ‘al, {gation or erimenting, possi oe . lode of if, 2 be) Flovida, ‘National Guat, thad] in scientific Mies and there wi SEHPE ROT se” there i a oppurtunity té form ajbe a probable siedesd thifelli. Aid THERE MUST BE TAR REDUCTION [new artillery’ company in. Key from the opposite sex will do’ nluch et eee (West. Mr. Delaney is circutiiting: fo assist in the fintit sitecess:. of In 1980 the population of the United j= petition localiy and hopes to se- | these people. . jeure stffidight signatures to war: States was a trifle less that’ twice that Of jrant the organisution of the com-jwith Paut Allury headitig 1890. pany. Old company I was an ideal Reguillirs, pee Ww — The national wealth wag six times as hehe ng tg sifaast bevasd great. geheral! Bobby Waugh and Rid | Wi The tax collections ighters are in more times than any other in the inna aré to meet mm the aydated of government, ;state trobps. ite ne » t at the Ath- ; jotie Club. federal, state and local, were 12 times the | All is in readiness for the pre- fine We ait the femurs beut 1890 levies. An 827 per cent imefease WaS ‘.ontation by the pupils of “St.,Promises to be good. registered by the federal government, with ecand tnd aged mene wai wblibeane ; 5 = | § ariRN co. “Phe! i fe Ss tiie: state and local taxes jumping 1754 aoe cone ha precest eettar bf (Say cg uate Gogea = cent and 1139 per cent fespectively. |the play stiged! if at Grand Coteau Paddy Doran have been assigned Since 1930 taxés have continved to’ itt- College, —_ Py bee Ps to regal bé¥fhs Witt Batedton, c#éase, National income has taken an ap- |e" in his prime and is confident Roth of these boys show great ‘ the cast will do eredit to his dirae-!promise, $ preciable diop. ‘Theve bas been little |,\0, °°" "i do credit to his dirse-iprotaiae, Ip guise ot Bisdeston change in population, At the moment, | Mina te hen jwas at bat four times anti made : . . e 0. SS. Shawmut and thé‘three hits. more of the individual and business. dollar Lip aitiedd yelerday thom ts} goes fo government then at any other time cana) Zone and will remain hete| Charléy Lowe, pilot, delé in our history. During 1993 it is estinrated juntil the planes leave for Hamp- to the Stuté PHO s Y that taxes will take at least 30 per cent of jt" Roads. pene ge ap | returned the national income. i Taxation is as serious aff economic pues fiore sales groW from’ sociation. Editorial comment: Advertising! was problem as we have ever faced. There has 'Plices where onty x few sales] z 4 been, on the one hand, av unprecedented vee ea collapse in incomes and values—on the} dm “—r other, an unprecedented orgy of govern- basebal mond af the) ment spending and indebtedness. Unti een overkauttag 15 the * aaeael taxes are reduced, there cai be 10 f€- season. The diamond compares covery—untess taxes are reduced we face {svorably with any one in a bleak future. flat the nssite play has wanted! the ‘fapproved @ law regard: Iain Bee There is’ @ tste for investi-j A’ } HAVANA HIGH POINTS ae BY Local Cubsli Cotitulltte osddde edddedicve Accofiling to statistic? frdtn thé ional Sugar Exporting Com- ion, the quantity. of sugar ex- isting in Cuba.on March 15 of the present year was 2,458,515 tons, ‘of which 826.224 belonged to they previous crop and 1,042,084 hbe- T6neS to the new crop, pease Th quantities exported up to that sme’ daté amount to 163,079 OMS to thé United States; 6,392 to Central atid South Am ‘atid 30,782 to other ¢ountries, ‘Phe president of the fepubli¢ in a message to congress recom- ‘mended the approval of a mort- igage mortatorium for a ped of two years. which would include all’ mortgage ‘lbais OW fStid afd urban fatms; as welt as loans made to railrédd fifths. This law was approved by congress and _ the Cc e have épiessed great hopes fot thé future as the résult of this new legislation. celebrated several sessions to dis- uss the formhation déf emplated and which Will -fte 700,000 tons. By presidentia? decree banking rniormality without any kind of re- istrictions has been re-established, enabling the dépositors to with- draw any ainownt front thei’ ac- counts. Medsures taken by the government prevented disastrous ‘esults which the bank panic would have produce ey An e&position off animal indus- try. agficultute, domestic econonty and vegetable sanitation, organiz-} éd by the Department of Agricul- turé haS gone to the Western provinces: Several experts aré in’ chatgé of this exposition charged With the work of making known), to the farmer all activities relative {to the various industries by méans afot. conferences and special demon- Strations. ‘The séndte of the republic has law ing live stoek, which tends to suppress the mono} oly of butchering in favor any live stock concern endeay- oting to raise the price of said product so necessary for popular ¢onsumption. 1732—David Rittewhowse, fa- mous early Awmericdi héwie-taaght born nest theré, June 26, 1798, 1820—Jolin T. Sotiiston, New York railroad président and art tron, born in New York City. ied there, June 26, 1796. 1832—Howeéll By Jackson, Tew- fressee Uv 8: Senator, Justice of ile Cotirt,gbarn at d fea? Naxhvitte, 306. P peter 1865—Lucy F. Madison, noted hovelist, born at Kirksville, Me. Died at Hudson Pails, N. ¥., March 16, 1932. amen LOVED WIFE’S NIECE CHICAGO.—Mfs. J. C. Lawes ‘of this city testified in her divorce suit that her husband had fallen fn love with her niece. _ SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1938, WILCOX BILL TO ROLAND SHAEFER SAVE TAXPAYERS IMMENSE AMOUNT Roland C. (Special to The Citizeil) WASHINGTON, April 8— paye | pEoxi: {next |Munieipal Refinance Act béédmés a law. DRED MILLION WOULD BE! te se SAVED IN NEXT 5 YEARS BY FLORIDA RESIDENTS ‘DIES LAST NIGHT Shaefer, age 54, who ‘was a-patient in the Marine hos- APPROXIMATELY ONE ° HUN:}pital,-died in that institution last night in Florida will savé imately $100,000,000 five years if the ap-}e f the ileox Spanish nford, Fla. He o’ejock.. The body will es évé? the East Coast this afternoon to the home in Sanford, Fla, Mrs, Shaefer will hE Body. débeaséd was Past G. G. @. Fitment of Florida OrddF ax.| OF Stiaix; Past Commander of #hé Roosevelt Camp No. 13, Unit War Vétérans 7 ed th¥ough- }out the Philippine Insurfection as private in Company M, Forty accom- This statement was made. this} Fitst.U. S. Volunteer Infantry. week ftor Of the Bond Buyét of by Sanders Shanks, Jr., edi- ‘York. Hé Was iv’ Washington #e- cently to lend his support to thé niéastiré iittolhided by Reptéséh: tative J. Mark Wilcox of the HERSAMIN LOPEZ New| Substtibe for The Citizen—20€ ' a week, Fourth Congrestioal Distfict' in|{/ FUNERAL HOME Florida. iy addition to Mr. Shanks, ‘lewd: : ers ih the nation’s finateiat world The Cuban. Sugar Institute has 4). appeared before the judiciary committee of the House of Repre- sentatives, wheré hearings on the |-————_____-_— proposéd refinancing legislation were held. Mayoys and tepte- sentatives of municipalities, coun- ties? and taxing districts through- out the United States testifield in favor of the Wilcox méasute, | which is-rapidly’ gaining support in congress.” . Commiehiting on the mitasu¥e, Mr. Shaiiks- ‘ly would this bill, if enacted, ‘on! fsave of nearly year would make the balance of ted out that vot the), he da a sim 00,000,000 in a five period, but, at the same time, the /outstanding securities good. Thédébt burde of Florida’ is estimated at $600,000,000, Fotlowing the héaritg — before the ji man iary committee, Congress- ileox pointed out that, al- though the measure is called @ ‘municipal refinancing bill,” ffécts every city, village, county and taxing district in thé Oi States.’ He added that Florida would bé especially benefited by 4] the éidetmént of the bill, i a WASP IN HAIR BRUSH We pay $ Per Cént on Savings KEY WEST, FLORIDA Member Federel Reserve System Deriguated Poblic Deyovitery Established 1885