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PAGE FOUR ae Reception Tonight Honors Mr. And Mrs. Albert Mills John Allan Long will be host; The Mills’ returned yesterday tonight at a reception honoring |from an extended tour of New his sister and _ brother-in-law,|England states, New York and Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Mills, to|the Carolinas, following their begin at 8:30 o’clock at Mr. Long’s | marriage last month in Saluda, residence, 526 Angela street. | South Carolina. Babcocks Arrive | a | To Visit Brintons IP ERSONAL MENTION | Mr. and Mrs. C. Guthrie Bab- | cock arrived yesterday to visit; Mrs. Marina Monrose, who had their uncle and aunt, Colonel and | been visiting in Key West for Mrs. L. C. Brinton in Key West. | three months with relatives and Mr. Bakcock, for the past two |friends, left this morning on the years, has held an executive posi-|7 o'clock bus for Tampa and ex- tion with the Carnation. Milk |Pects to return later in the year | Company at Houston, Texas. | for another stay. | Previously, he had compiled | _—_— | an excellent record as district; Mrs. A. M. Hewett left this| representative out of Miami. He morning on the 7 o’clock bus for | and Mrs. Babcok were given a|Tampa where she will visit for a | six months’ tour of western cities | while with her mother and other | in order that Mr, Babcock might | relatives and friends. i study dairying on the west wee coast. | Miss Margaret Tiller left Mon- | Mr. Babcok is a former Key/day afternoon over the highway Wester. for her home in Lakeland, fol- - jlowing a four-weeks’ visit with Golfers To [her sister, Miss Frances Tiller. | Hold Dance | Bin Allen, who spent a brief | Vacation here with his parents, | Members of the Key West Golf ; Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Allen, left Club are sponsoring a dance to|0ver the highway for Baxley, be held at the Rainbow Room of|Ga- where he has accepted a po- La Concha Hotel tomorrow night, | Sition with The News-Banner in | starting at 9:30 o'clock. Gould | that city. Curry’s orchestra will play for | See trae dancing. \ DIVORCE GRANTED | The dance is given to raise} ————— | funds for the club in preparation! Final decree in the divorce of | for the tourist season coming up.|George D. Peterson and Reba Details of admission are included | Peterson, was filed this week in in the advertisement on page |the office of Circuit Court Clerk one. |Ross C. Sawyer. Mrs. Peterson | |was the complainant in the suit. Dance Tonight | BACKGROUND | At Habana-Madrid | OF THE WAR| Management of Habana-Ma-| (Continued from Page One) drid Club announces a dance to | 247,000 tons of American phos- be held at that favorite spot to-| phate; Japan, our next best cus-} night, starting at 9 o'clock. | tomer, bought more than 300,000 Gould Curry’s seven - piece|tons of lower grade. band will be on hand to furnish | _— | dance music and special enter-| SPY HUNTING tainment features. Abnormal activity is the key No admission or cover charge |to spotting spies. The man who will be made for this dance. recently moved into an aban- eS ee idoned farm overlooking one of tion fields in the land will bear \investigation. From his front! Everready Star Clab To Meet : porch he could easily watch the! |armly planes. | Members of the Everready | In real life, spy-spotting is the Star Club are invited to, meet at), aaeicen ‘i seoiey: | the home of Mrs, G. N. Goshorn, | >¥"Product of everyday activity. | clothes-cleaner | 326 William street, tomorrow | 1" JS Angeles, | ae eal morning at 10 o'clock and sooge Ja suit from the Russian consulate. cipate in an all-day quilting Pal-| te found a $50 bill and an 7 ty. (a oar a It is also anounced by the hos- rican, military | document. Re: | tess that luncheon will be served ao eraieicted a wienien | at 1 o'clock and all members of | “Yo Rvs not Tose Gey teen ~ Swe re k ureed ape ene over villanious-looking men in| lembers of the local O.E.S. chap-| ovening clothes and expensively- ter and visiting Star members | grossed sirens whom you see in | | Key West, Fia., Sept. 20, 1939. Observation taken at 7:30 a. m. 75th Mer. Time Temperatures Highest last 24 hours 86 | Lowest last night -. Mean - Normal . Precipitation Rainfall, 24 hours ending 7:30 a. m., inches _ : Total rainfall since Sept. 1, inches Deficiency since Sept. inches __. o Total rainfall since January “1, inches - BBs Deficiency since January 1, Tomorrow’s Almanac Sunrise Sunset Moonrise Moonset Tomorrow's Ti (Naval Base) Low High = Barometer at 7:30 Sea level _. i 5:26 | m., today | - 29.90 | WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Thursday). Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday; | gentle to moderate northeast and east: winds. Florida: Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday. Jacksonville to Florida Straits | and East Gulf: Moderate north-| east and east winds, partly over-| cast weather tonight and Thurs- day, widely scattered showers | Thursday. BRIDGE DISTRICT VOTES EXCURSIONS (Continued from Page One) subsequently passed, to be sent | to State’s Attorney G. A. Worley, | in which a request is made to, conduct an investigation of the | the affairs of the Bridge Com-| mission. Commissioner Kennedy point- | ed out that a recent article in The Miami Herald had reflected the most important military avia-| strongly against members of the) poked Apple. | commission, and that vindication | ece is sought in the manner outlined. Ex-attorney Paul Marks sponsor- | ed the article, which, in Mr. Ken- nedy’s opinion, amounted to “scurulous insinuations”, Ex-general manager B. M. Dun- | can, present at the meeting, stated that he was in favor of the investigation. Ex-attorney Marks, also present, told Board members that he had meant no reflection against any Board, member. The resolution is to be sent to Mr. Worley and to The Miami} Herald, Miami Daily News and | table purée and milk offers one | way of providing that hot food. | Hot chocolate is another, and such | energy value luncheons to set be- THE KEY WEST CITIZEN A LUNCH to Grow on and Go on-— that’s. what; youngsters need.at_noon ‘By Dorothy Greig < Tpeeecieenee (rer y's back to school for our offspring and over the land is heard a gentle sigh —the grateful, relieved sigh of millions of mothers. PLETE SGA, ati MORSR ASR EAA one School day lunches should be both hot and nourishing. eerie mnneeietinhinmeis we ) With the busy schedule of work, study and play now facing the children it is more than ever vital that they have hot, nourishing and plentiful meals. ' " 4 Especially is the school day lunch important. It’s a recharger of vital- ity and strength. Yet it must con- sist of food that is easily assimi- lated. ; And it should contain hot food. wwe » , A generous bowl of hot soup made of vegetables and meat, or a vege- Cream of Pea Soup (For this add an equal quantity 7 of milk to condensed pea soup) Chicken Loaf Sandwiches” ’ Green Apple Sauce _ Milk {* ee eee oe Yellied Vegetable Salad with 6g Slices Bread and Butter Sandwiches, Old Fashioned Rice Pudding, Hot Chocolate ’ * dishes as pork and beans, eggs, macaroni and cheese, creamed vege- tables are all good, nourishing and energy building. » Here are five suggestions for high *Highland Vegetable Broth 1 can condensed Scoteh broth 1 can condensed vegetable soup 2 cans water, are Combine the soups. Then add the water, using the soup can fora measure, Heat. Serves 5-7.~ ~ ee) * fore your children when they come tearing in at noon: Highland Vegetable Broth* \Peanut Butter and Bacor * Sandwiches Hot Cocoa Dar grr sect wae Puffy Omelet with Mushroom g Sauce* Buttered Carrots : Bread and Butter *Mushroom Sauce for Puffy Omelet’ 1 can condensed cream of mush! room soup 7 Y cup milk - Mix. the, milk “into the cream ot Mushroom soup. Heat and pout sauce on platter around the omelet.’ Milk Macaroni and Cheese Aearts of Lettuce Salad Bie Wheat Bread h Cookies \Banana Milk Shake HOLLYWOOD By COONS (By Associated Press) HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 20 (AP). , to fight against the plague which —Louis’ Bromfield, who wrote!has claimed her. eee CHAMBER BOARD MET YESTERDAY TERWAY AND CITY CHAR- TER SITUATION | The Board of Directors of th | Key West Chamber of Commerce jmet for lunch at the Hotel La | Concha yesterday with the chair- |man of the Board of County | Commissioners, Carl Bervaldi and Commissioner William H. Mon- |salvatge as guests. | The meeting reviewed the file lof correspondence on the Intra- |coastal waterway and discussed jways and means of continuing activity along that line. Many letters from high authorities were jread, all of them expressing a j lively interest in the project. In view of the uncertain status jot the entire city charter ques- jtion the secretary was instructed |to address letters to J .Lancelot ; Lester, president of the Monroe |County Bar Association, and to |the president of the City Coun- cil, requesting them, as a matter |of emergent importance to the community to take whatever |Steps might be appropriate and |judicious to secure such ad- | judication as might be possible |to. terminate the uncertainty in | which the present situation is in- | volved. | The board unanimously ‘en- |dorsed the petition addressed to |the Overseas Road and Toll |Bridge Commission, requesting that weekend, round trip excur- |sion tickets be sold at the price |of a one-way> fare. The necessity for the County of Monroe to become a member ‘of the Florida Inland Waterway Association was brought out and it was felt by those present that |there was no doubt but that an | enabling act would be drawn and | given to our representative at |Tallahassee for passage at the inext session of the Legislature. Adams-Thompson Marriage Vernon Adams and Mrs. Reba Thompson, were married in the office of Judge Raymond Lord |yesterday afternoon, and the marriage ceremony was perform- ed by the judge in the presence jof relatives and friends. | ANSWERS TO | TODAY’S DAILY QUIZ | Below are the Answers to Today's | Daily Quiz printed on Page 2 , Rhode Island, Delaware and Connecticut. | 2. Two. | 8. Col. Roscoe Turner. | 4. The French franc. | 5. The President, with the ad- | vice and consent of the fats " WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1939 CHANCES BETTER FOR FRESH WATER (Continued from Page One) awakened by requests from Rep- | Wm. R. Porter, president of the First National Bank, when Mr. Stone was in Key West on vaca- jtion some weeks ago. Proceed- | covered the possibility of che new | approach to the matter. At the meeting yesterday Mr. to bring the matter to a close. | Mr. Stone also emphasized this. |Mr. Doughtry promised full sup- }port of the Aqueduct Commis- sion. Present at the meeting were Mr. Stone, Wm. T. Doughtry, Wm. R. Porter, Representative |Bernie C. Papy, Carl Bervaldi, Earl Adams, Lieut. Comdr. F. H. |Callahan, officer in charge of | Key West Naval Station, Lieut. }Col. J. D. MacMullen, in com- ing to Washington Mr, Stone un-} Porter informed the group that | continued action must be pressed | mand of Key West Harbor De- | fenses, Wm. Demeritt, Wm. Mon- |Salvatge, Everett Russell, Dan | Navarro, Robert Spottswood, | Bascom Grooms, Bernard Waite, | Charles H. Ketchum, S. C. Single- DISCUSS INTRACOASTAL WA-! resentative Bernie C. Papy and/ton, Fred Dion, Isadore Wein- jtraub, L. P. Artman, Jr., S. C. | Singleton III. | MONROE THEATER Ronald Reagan—Ila Rhodes '} SECRET SERVICE of the AIR j and NEVER SAY DIE Or- 5-25¢ Matinee—Balcony 10c, ‘chestra 15-20c; Night—1 “Key West's Outstanding!” LA CONCHA HOTEL Rainbow Room and Cocktail Lounge DINING and DANCING Strictly Fireproof Garago of illustrations, ideas, copy and layouts for the use of Citizen’ The every month! is absolutely IF you’re a butcher, a baker, a candle- stick maker or any of dozens of other kinds of merchants, you can profit by The Citizen. Stanton Super Service illustrations and layouts will fit your ads to a T... and make them doubly effective! advertising in advertisers This service TON the best-selling novel, “The Rains | are also invited. |night clubs. Such “spies” exist|The Key West Citizen. Senate. IS EXCLUSIVE s 5 chiefly in the movies and rarely Miss Diaz aye a piace in the business of - oe | gathering information for espion- Visits Here | ements | Don’t, if you engage in spy- age centers. Miss Norma I is visiting | hunting, go putting the finger of The Board expressed approval | of chairman Slade’s action in re- | scinding previous board action in| raising tolls and in making the! temporary appointment of Mr. |Neff. Official action was taken Came”, has expressed himself as! The picture projects an inter- | pleased with the screen version.| esting modern India against the | Author Bromfield should _ be| traditional background of an-} pleased. cient mysticism.’ In Brown’s di-| “The Rains Came” is as intelli- |rection, understatement and an| Hy-ay’-tus; not hi-at’-us. Four. American Telephone Telegraph Co: Thomas Jefferson. and with THE KEY WEST CITIZEN! Phone 51 For Further Information! 000000000000 0000CO00OOOOOOOODOOOOOD ODOC OOOO OOOOOSO008OR0000E® in Key West on an extended stay |suspicion on naturalized citizens, gent and satisfying a translation | even, inevitable pace. are much | 10. Eight. with Miss Frances Tiller, having| willy-nilly. During the World arrived from Tampa last Monday | War, thousands of innocent, nat- evening. juralized Germans were per- Miss Diaz is recuperating from} secuted to distraction. Their a severe attack of pneumonia and barns were painted yellow, and has just recently been released | they were shunned from a hospital in Tampa. Her | society. many friends will be pleased to aes learn of her recovery and visit) HOLLYWOOD WAR here. | Hollywood doesn’t know how —— |the war is going to affect tastes Mrs, Moffat in ordinary | |in bringing the toll rates back to | the previous level, | Pigeon Key Leased i The Board accepted release of |M. W. Nelson from lease _ re- | quirements, and then proceeded | to' award the leasing of Pigeon |Key Fishing Camp to J. F. Gough, manager of Alcazar Ho- | tel in Miami. Mr. Gough will pay | $21,00@ for a five-year lease, and announced that he planned ex- from printed page to celluloid as; has come from Hollywood in many miles of footage. It is re- markable, incidentally, in its re- straint: catastrophes. of nature, necessary to the plot, are not per- mitted to overpower the human ; element’ in the story’s unfolding. | Toy the .Indian principality of} | Ranchipur, where an enlightened | stealing maharajah and his venerable ma- | ;mew ease and lin movies, so while it’s finding 5 . out, it'll just fire both barrels— To Miami Mrs. Victor Moffat left this morning for Marathon and wi!l be joined by Mrs, A. E. Wood- | | sex, light comedy and happy end- | | ings on the one side, war (mostly action melodrama and comedy) jon the other. Some films already are being camp. | (Power) to rule after them, come Commissioner Albury request- Lord and Lady Esketh (Loy). Hi: ed that the following matters be Lordship (Bruce) is a pompou: inserted in the minutes of the! boor, but his wife—ah, there’s a| meeting, though no action wasjone! She's disillusioned, mer- | in evidence. The performances | are convincing, Power’s evincing | credibility, and | Miss Loy and Brent projecting | the spirit of their roles through- | out. Miss Joyce, the Los An-} geles co-ed here seen in her first role, is youthfully fresh and| beautiful—and if her naivete is; acting, she does it well. All but} the show, however— come rains, earthquake, fire, tensive improvements for the | haranihave- selected Major Safti; flood and plague, and Tyrone Power—is Maria Ouspenskaya’s ejewelled, iron-willed, cigarette- | moking Maharani. | Also previewed: “Blackmail”. | Edward G. Robinson, Ruth Hus- burn, after which they will pro-|made on World war themes. ceed to Miami for a visit on busi- | There are World war shots in the ness and expect to return to- | opening sequences of “The Roar- morrow. | ing Twenties.” And “The Fight- Before leaving this morning, |ing 69th” is all about the war. Mrs. Moffat told The Citizen that | “Thunder Afloat” deals with sub- | |marine warfare. taken on any: 1. The Board jneeds an attorney. 2. The Com- |mission should advertise exten- sively. 3. Meetings of the Board should be held in Key West. A correction in the August 12th | meeting minutes was ordered as jcenary, and freely romantic—!|sey, Gene Lockhart, Bobs Wat- first with ne’er-do-well Tom Ran- ! some (Brent), her old flame and a sentimental cynic. But that is before she meets Major Safti, the | Johns Hopkins-educated Indian doctor of highest caste. After that | son directed by H. C. Potter. Ac- tion, excitement, ranging from burning cil fields to a prison chain gang and back again. her eldest daughter, Miss Edith Moffat, has recently entered Bilt- more College at Asheville, N. C. TRANSPORTATION S.S. Alamo Comes and Goes Steamer Alamo, of the Clyde- Mallory Lines, which arrived from New York yesterday with miscellaneous freight for Key West, sailed 3:30 o'clock in the afternoon for Tampa. Two Steamers Due Friday Steamer Ozark, of the Clyde- light comedy, | follows: Paul Marks announced “On Your|that he had withdrawn from the of suit of T. J. Kenney against the | District, and that his resignation i —— |had been accepted by the Board. | 150 CASUALTIES DAILY ! Advertising Fund The army medical corps knows; An advertising appropriation of more in advance about the hor-' $12,000 was voted by the Com- rors.of another war than ever be-| missioners, subdivided as fol- |fore in U. S. history—even to the; lows: $3,000 for maintenance of frequency of casualties and ten highway signs in Miami area; whi they will be nicked. | $4,000 for newspaper advertising; | our war experience, es-/ $600 for art layouts; $4100 for’ pecially the World war, the| newsreel advertising and pub- | {corps predicts it would have to! licity; balance for reserve fund. be ready to take care of 150; Francis Delaney was elected | |casualties a day among infantry! secretary of the Board to take the | soldiers for every thousand in ac-| place vacated by R. B. Alexan- There is also dancing, sex, as in Toes,” “Broadway Melody 1939,” and ‘Babes in Arms.” Subscribe to The Citizen—20c weekly. | NOTICE I have moved from Smith Lane meeting, being a woman without | morals, Lady Esketh sets her net | for him, but makes no catch, | eee | The prayed-for rains have} come by now, in torrents, and} to corner of Whitehead%and An-| there is a —— earthquake, al-|gela streets. We specialize in all | most too realistic in the new |; Clothing i manner of screened cata ae — phes. The earthquake kills or in- | Rates. jures thousands, cracks a huge/ dam which floods the valley.} The flood brings plague, and the | plague necessitates the burning} Alterations. Can You Spare a Moment For a = sag Lonesome Pup? of whole sections of the city. | Calamity and its aftermath of | human suffering do their work in| the unregenerate hearts of Lady | The Gleason Family in Congratulations! It shows that you find enjoyment in simple things . . . happiness in being friendly. It re- flects a mind relaxed to enjoy the Pleasant things of life. Neighbors and even strangers are quick to recognize and applaud your atti- tude. . . friends are sure to cherish it. You’re not only living life, you’re smoothing the way of life for others. * * * Can Budweiser contribute to your way of living? Indeed! It has 'been the symbol of better living for near- ly a century. BUDWEISER offers you companionship when you're alone ... fellowship when you’re among friends . . . a flourish to the SHOULD HUSBANDS WORK? | also ‘ Mallory Lines, is due to arrive | tion. | der. Esketh and Tom Ransomé. The} Friday morning from Jackson-| That would cover a moderately | The Board cautioned all em- latter forswears ‘brandy, assists ville ,enroute to New enroute to|cent of the injuries would be afternoon of Friday, | caused by gunshot missiles (most- New York. Norwegian Tanker Sailed Norwegian Tanker Orkanger,| including bayonets. which had been in the harbor for one week, left last night for an! what the medical corps knows unknown destination. |about modern warfare. | plaints to the general manager. | | Complaints concerning non-! ‘ly artillery), 31 per cent by aS, | distribution of folders at the toll| service at Major Safti’s hospital and the rest by other weapons, | gates brought forth the answer | until she wins his heart. But here | | that Joseph Johns, publisher, had These charts tell you part of | delivered only 7,000 folders, and at stake. When Safti wishes to iw they had all been distribut- ed. : Orleans. |heavy combat day. Twenty-four | ployes, subject to suspension, not | in the crisis, finally returns the| S. S. Alamo, of the same lines, |of the 150 would be killed, 126 to criticise Board members while love of Fern Simon (Joyce), un-! will return from Tampa in the! wounded or gassed. Sixty-six per |off duty, and to bring all com- | sophisticated missionary’s daugh- i ter. In Ledy Esketh midlet follows the same course; menial the Maharani and her plans are | forsake his future, Lady Esketh| ae ON SALE AT ALL GROCERS iforbids his sacrifice by refusing | seece: MAKE THIS TEST prink Budweiser ror Five DAYS. ON THE SIXTH DAY TRY TO DRINK A SWEET BEER. YOU WILL WANT FLAVOR THEREAFTER.