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BACKGROUND
OF THE WAR

Continued from Page One)
foreground tunnels, elevators and
stairs connect the system to bunk
rooms and magazines. Access is
also allowed to. outposts, pillboxes
and classmates.
Electric kitchens, Mushrooms,
water supplies, generators, rail-
roads and storage rooms are in
each fort system. Bunkrooms
are bomb-proof and gas-proof.
Hitler carried on day and night
work to construct this barrier of
Notifications against attack. Only
last winter work was completed.
The Great Wall gave Hitler some
what a sense of security and no
doubt was a determining factor
in his decision to fight Poland as
the last resort. Army high-com-
mand believed the Siegfried Line
would stalemate any French at
tack on the Western Front.
In back of the Great Wall is a
network Of anti-aircraft defenses,
composed of guns in concrete pits,
sound locators and searchlights.
All are camouflaged to hide de-
lection by enemy observation
planes.
Observation turrets are DOME
shaped to defect hits. Control
towers, in which attacking planes
are spotted, are connected to anti
aircraft defenses by telephone
wires.
Tank barriers, built pyramid
style, are found a good distance
from the French-G German bor-
der. They were constructed in a
zig-zag fashion, two in row,
four tiers deep. Their purpose is
to raise tank treads off the
ground and render them useless.
For miles and miles these bar
riers are planted into the ground,
and alongside are placed steel
rails, adding to the effectiveness
of the barriers.
Unlike the French Maginot
Line, the German Notifications
are staggered or zig-zagged over
the entire length and breadth of
it's area. No doubt the French
line is the greatest defensive bar
rier ever conceived and con-
structed by man, but Hitler has
much faith in his Great Wall.
The scattered construction is in
line with the Germans strategy
of maneuvering. Those fortifi-
cations the French have reported
capturing are probably the
first of the series. The biggest
test is yet to come.
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sted PressJ
Thanks for sneaking me out
of town..
Almost as well known as Lily
Pons herself is Chico, her
South American tordo. "A tofdo is
a fowl of some sort. In any case,
the Pons aviary is to have a new
addition. They have imported a
wife for Chico, who spends all
his time on the sunny side of the
Pons estate, near Norwalk, Conn.
The diminutive operate star
has quite an aviary, birds being
a favorite hobby. For a while,
Chico began beating up on the
other fowls of the estate, but of
late he has become sullen and re-
fuses to sing. Maybe he should
have applied that form of protest
sooner.
A note from Jimmy Henderson,
in Hollywood, says Dalton Trum-
bo's new novel is just off the
press and its title is Johnny Got
His Cum. As reading material,
Henderson says, 1T is swell. Be-
tween. the author and the pub
fishers there was a bit of maybe
good, maybe bad timing. The
book is cenunciation of war and
was issued September 1.-The day
wal. in Europe broke out.
One recent war victim we
know is Vincent Lopez, who Gre
Fated a vogue couple of years
ago in Americanized Japanese
music-only to have his record
ers soft-pedal it when the Japan
csc conquest of China became
Page One Some time ago the
idea was adopted Git was Lopez
who thought it up) for contest
to select a Pan-American Hymn
of Peace. 1t was adopted by the
Pan-American Union. Now, how
ever. with other problems more
pressing to be worked out be,
tween the United States and the
Latin-American republics. the
contest has been indefinitely
postponed.
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A KEY WESTER RAMBLES
ABOUT THE COUNTRY: Holly

wood: Approaching the studio
where shooting" was going on
we noticed a sign, "do not enter
while red light is on. When the
red light was on, shots were be-
ing made. We then passed
through two sound-proof doors.
We are inside a studio. There
are several sets up. Inside one,
there are a lot of people. The
director sits in a chair in the
middle of the cameras and kleig
lights. A sound equipment is
about 80 feet back with the mike
on a crane over the actors heads.
Are you ready Miss Parker, the
director asks. 1t is petite Jean
Parker. And this Key Wester's
heart pounds like sledge ham,
mer. She was most famous in
"Trail of the Lonesome Pine.
The form, petite, is perfect. Her
face is very beautiful. She has a
Hollywood accent, and a bit of
superciliousness. Both are inn
portant, one for speech and the
other for dignity and poise in
Hollywood. She is acting in a
western with young "tall dark
and handsome fellow who is
playing his first star role having
supported William Boyd in Hop
along Cassidy stories before this.
Miss Parker is so small in one
scene they place her on a stool
and in walking down the steps
starting from the stool she has
one big leap to make, but they
cut the shooting to cover it up.
She is very much as in pictures,
only the makeup is very strong
to photograph well. Many fami-
liar faces of minor Cowboy actors
were noted. More stars tomor-
row.
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PEOPLES FORUM
IDEA FOR PROJECT
Editor, The Citizen:

Editor, The Citizen:
/ was struck with the fact re-
Gently that Key West can sponsor
one W.P.A. project with little
funds, which will help greatly in
boosting much-needed WA.
projects to give employment ito
many needing relief.
Many Key Westers need curb
ing around their property lines.
Well, why not all band together
and make it a W.P.A. project?
One or two property owners who
would be willing to spnosor their
share of the project would not be
enough. But if a large group of
property owners will each spon-
sor his share, the project could
probably be secured.
I, for one, need curbing around
my property and would be will
ing to give my share. According
to my information this would
cost each property owner in ma
terials about $40 100 feet. This
means the W.P.A. labor will be
given free of charge.
Adding the curbings will great
ly beautify the city for the COM
ing tourist season, which, ] ex-
pect, will be one for all of us to
remember; so lets get busy.
Let's hear from those who think
the project would be successful
and who would be willing to
stand their individual share.
w. j. SHONECK.
Key West, Fla,
Sept. Is, 1899.
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TRAFFIC LIGHTS
SAID TO "STOP"

Wy ASBOCl4tG0 EEEM&t
OMAHA. Neb. Sept. Ia
The machine age moves on
leaving behind J. J. (Sema-
phore) Dudley. the man who
made traffic direction fine
art.
There was a day when six.
foot. angular Dudley. stand
ing at Sixteenth and Farnam.
streets. made himself a man
of note from coast to coast.
With his long arms failing
the air Dudley kept a con.
slant stream of traffic NOV.
ing across the intersection
while the sidewalks were
lined with spectators who
watched his antics.
He began in. 1909 and kept
il up until 1929. gaining such
d reputation that Omahans
visiting in other cities were
many times asked. '"Is that
traffic cop still there?"
Dudley retired in 1929. but
returned in 1899. Meanwhile
the machine age had elimin-
ated the need for him 10 di-
rect traffic. Automatic signal
lights had been installed.
"Semaphore" stood il for
six years. s'ae4
Then he broke down with >
the cry. There's no place left
for me--and ! can't stand
still and blow i whistle when
the lights change. y"
With that he explained he
was putting myself out TO
pasture" on a $40 per month
pension.
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WEATHER FORECAST
Till 7:30 p. m, Tuesday,

(Till 7:30 p. m, Tuesday,
Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy with scattered thunder
showers tonight and Tuesday;
moderate easterly winds.
Florida: Partly. cloudy tonight
and Tuesday, scattered thunder
showers Tuesday and along the
east coast and extreme south por-
ton tonight slightly cooler ex-
treme northeast portion.
Jacksonville to Florida Straits:
Moderate northeast and east
winds, fresh over extreme north
portion, partly overcast weather
tonight and Tuesday and over
south portion tonight.
East Gulf: Moderate east and
southeast winds, partly overcast
weather tonight and Tuesday.
scattered thundershowers Tues
day and over extreme south por-
ton tonight.
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Division PIT. A.
Meets Tomorrow

Parent-Teacher Association of
the Division Street School will
hold its first meeting of the year
on Tuesday, September 49, at 8
O'clock. ~ - ''
: The program committee has
chosen for its. theme this year:
Cooperation Between the Home
and the Sciool". -,
Mrs. Shannahan, president of
the organization, requests that
all parents be present.
The program follows: Singing
by audience; Piano solo by Gus
Ayala; Tenor solo by George
Mills White; 1.-THE Principle Idea
of Cooperation Between the
Home and the School" by Pro-
lessor Earl Hamilton.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 18 (AP).-
George Whites new Scandals"
in many ways is just another YER
sion of the old familiar Ziegfeld-
Carroll White school, but it has
a few facts that will be interest
ing to people who wonder about
Tin Pan Alley.
The finale of the first act is an
extravagant hurrah to that myth
illogical lane where the late
George Gershwin, Irving Berlin,
and so many other American
composers banged out their tunes
and left imprints of their, names.
1t is screwy, of course, as any
thing relating to Tin Pan alley
would have to be. 1t is noisy, of
course, as the music publishing
halls of Broadway must neces-
Sarily be. But through it all runs
a living flame of all the old
tunes.
The rest of the revue is an
earthly yet old fashioned hop,
skip and jump in the approved
Broadway manner. 1t must be
approved, because Broadway has
been looking at this sort of thing
since the late o. o. Mcintyre was
Ziegfeld's press-agent.
Speaking of Mcintyre makes
you remember that more than a
year and a half has gone by
since he passed away. There were
many stories linked to Mcintyre,
but the best one, in my opinion,
was Ziegfeld's cablegram to him
from Europe, when Ziegfeld went
to Europe, or anywhere, he
liked for the fact to be publicized.
He loved to see that name, Zieg-
field, in the headlines. On this
occasion Ziegfeld sailed, but just
at that time a war broke out to
occupy the front pages and make
1T extremely tough for press agents
to get anything in the papers.
After arriving in Europe and
searching for his name in the
newspapers, Ziegfeld actually
dictated this cablegram to McIn-
tyre:
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Editor, The Citizen:
For the benefit of Key West
ers. would like you to call at
tention to a gross error in The
Miami Herald of yesterday in
which the statement was made
that ! was defeated in the city
election for the office of Chief of
Police.
/ was not candidate in the
city election of 1897. I am run
ming for Captain of Police this
year.
l have telegraphed The Herald
to make this correction and am
anxious that it be brought to the
attention of the citizens of Key
West and am requesting your CO.
operation.
MYRTLAND GATES.
Key West, Fla,
Sept. Is, 1899.
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TWO DRIVERS HIT
HIM AND RAN
By Associated rres.,


, GEORGETOWN. KY. Sept.
l4.-Bleeding from a head
cut. Robert McGeorse. IS.
staggered into q lunch room
on a highway near here and
said he was struck by a
truck while walking.
He received first aid treat
ment and again set out on
foot. a few minutes later he
was struck by an automo-
bile. McCeorge regained con-
sciousness in a Georgetown
hospital.
He said neither Of the va
hicles which struck him
stopped 10 give aid.
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Today's Horoscope

Today gives a military nature.
The disposition is aggressive, and
the tendency will be to take
things by force and to gain posi-
ton and fortune by dint ofissheer
energy. Beneath this there APP
pears to be a more refined and
lovable disposition, that will go
far to overcome the unfavorable
opinions excited by the aggres-
siveress.
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MYSTERY sHRoUDED the

Jaycee meeting last Friday eve
ning-even after partial ex-
PLANTATION of the questioned edi-
torial" in a Mimai newspaper was
offered. Many present were
wondering what it was all about.
Sum and substance of opinions was
that someone was trying to use
the Key West Jaycees to further
their own personal well-being".
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DID YOU KNOW

DID YOU KNOW
A squad, in wartime, is COM
posed of eight men, and is COM
manded by sergeant.
A company has $50 men, di-
vided in three platoons of rifle
men. It is commanded by a cap
tain. Each platoon, under lieu
tenant, is composed of three
squads.
A battalion is composed of three
rifle companies, heavy weapons
company. A regiment contains
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TRANSPORTATION
ALAMO DUE

Steamship Alamo, of the Clyde
Mallory Lines, is due to arrive
tomorrow morning from New
York with shipments of freight
for local merchants. 49,
The vessel will discharge cargo
at this port and Immediately
afterward proceed to Tampa from
which port she will return Fri
day afternoon.
Subscribe to The Citizen-20c
weekly.
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VANCOUVER, Conquest of
Mount Tiedmann, $4,000 feet, and
three other previously unscaled
peaks of the Canadian Rocky
Mountains is reported by party
headed by Capt Rex Gibson,
noted alpinist of Winterburn,
Alta.
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1T COST HIM $40
BUT HE MADE GOOD
my Associates Press,

CLINTON, Okla, Sept. 18.-1t
cost one druggist $40 to comply
with bid specifications distribut-
ed by a Clinton hospital for
''stopperless hot water bottles.
The druggist won the contract
and delivered hot water bottles
from which he had removed all
the shoppers, making them quite
impractical.
Then he discovered that the
hospital referred to a special,
patented bottle with a clamp-like
device attached instead of
stopper. VI ~,
1t cost him the $40 to make
good on the. bid. /.
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PERSONAL MENTION

Mrs. David Boney left on the
early bus today for Miami to
meet her son a pupil of the
schools in North Carolina, who
is coming to Key West to make
his home with his parents
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-18

Mrs. Raymond Delgado, who
had been visiting with relatives
and friends in Tampa, was a re-
turning passenger on the late
bus Saturday night. .f-4
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Arthur L. Holmes and son Ar
thur, Jr., who had been visiting
in the city for two days, left on
the afternoon bus Saturday for
their home in Jacksonville.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-18

DR.. Sidney Golson, physician
at the Marine Hospital, who with
Mrs. Golson has been on a
months vacation in Maryland,
Virginia and West Virginia, re-
turned to the city last night. Mrs.
Golson will return later.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-18

Joseph Baker, manager of the
Gulf Life Insurance Co. in Pen
sscola, was an arrival on the
midday bus yesterday for visit
with relatives and friends.
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headquarters

three battalions, headquarters
and service companies.
Four cannons make up an ar
tillery battery. An artillery bat
talon is composed of three gun
batteries.
A division is divided into
squads. platoons, companies, bat
talions and regiments.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Perkall, of
Miami, Mr.. and Mrs. Yale Boss,
of Augusta, Ga, were weekend
visitors of Mr.. and Mrs. L. o.
DeLozier and Mrs. Lille Perkall
at their home on Whitehead
street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-18

Miss Walter Ryder, of Lake
land. Fla, was an arrival on the
afternoon bus yesterday and is
the guests at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Edwin Trevor at 1921
White street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-18

John Coffman, who had been
visiting with his grandparents
Mr.. and Mrs. Cesar Catala and
other relatives, left yesterday
afternoon on the return to Miami
where he is attending school.
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THE ISLAND CITY

Vana is at the FOrIer LOCK. Z.
Lance Testers Joy is at Gulf
Dock. !. Alex Bruins Atlantic is
off Wickers Ways.
TRAGIcALLY INSUFFICIENT
will be the WPA sponsorship
funds to be raised from hiking of
Occupational Taxes IS per cent
even if the City Council passes
the measure on its second and
third readings tonight. These
funds are to be earmarked. Last
years record shows that about
$4,000 in taxes against business
houses will be eligible for the
raise. Almost as much again was
collected, but is not eligible for
the raise now contemplated. The
Is per cent increase will provide
less than $5,00O-which will pro-
vide approximately $4,000, in
Guiding federal monies, for prof.
ects. The tragedy is that that
amount should be available each
month. Some other means to
raise sponsorship funds will have
to be found.
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FOURTEENTH. V-BOTTOM
CYPRESS BOAT; Four Horse
Johnson Cupboard Motor; Four
Life Preservers, One Fire Ex-
tinguisher; Pair of Oars and
Row Locks; Anchor with Rope;
Umbrella-all for $500. Apply
1217 Petronia Street. jun27-s
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-18

Judge T. S. Caro-, of municipal
court of Key West, who had been
on a business visit to West Palm
Beach accompanied by Mrs.
Caro-, returned to the city last
night.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-18

Captain Eugene Demeritt, of
the Cruiser lie Pecheur which
is owned by the Overseas Road
and Toll Bridge District, left on
the 5 o'clock bus yesterday for
his station at Pigeon Key.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-18

Alfredo Barroso, director of the
local WPA Band, returned yes
terday afternoon from a brief
trip to Miami.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-18

Roy Roberts, who had been in
Miami consulting with the Chitty
Co, by whom he is employed in
Key West, returned to the city
yesterday on the afternoon bus.
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MIR. and Mrs. B. r. China, Miss
X. Wemer, w. L. Gray and c. A.
eastman, were visitors in Key
West yesterday on a sight seeing
trip, registered at the Hotel La
Concha, and returned to Miami
in the afternoon.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-09-18

Howard Price, chief yeoman U.
S. N, in Key West and attached
TO the office of Lieutenant Com
mander F. II. Callahan, accom-
panied by Mrs. Callahan and lit
tie daughter, returned yesterday
on the afternoon bus after en-
jOying vacation in San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles, Calf.
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Miss Maysie Gait, who had
been visiting briefly with her
parents, MIR. and Mrs. Jack Gait,
left yesterday afternoon for her
home in Miami.
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ACCORDING TO INFoRMA.

ACCOHOkNG I'D lNfOHMA-
TON this column has, the de-
stroyers Rabbit and Claxton
will base in Key West until some
time in early January. There's a
four months item which will help
Key Vests pocketbooks. Be-
cause officers and men will spend
of, their pay all over town and
commercial houses will benefit
through sale of provisions and
staple products. For this reason
Key West doubly welcomes the
ships. And to the officers and
men: Key West hospitality is
something you may, look forward
to with anticipation. ,sg
THERE ARE AROUND ONE
HUNDRED Key Westers from
laid-off W.P.A. workers who are
in Tampa seeking jobs rather
than return to uncertain relief
work here. A Key Wester walk
ing down Seventh Avenue in
Latin Ybor City and on Frank
lin Avenue in Tampa proper will
meet scores of Key Westers. All
of them have put in their ap-
plications for work in the ship
building yards and at the new
airport base.
IN RELIEF: Some of the
young fellows on the Destroyer
Babbitt were glad to come to
Key West some were not. Be
cause many left their wives be-
hind in Norfolk. Those who were
glad to come here are SO be-
cause of winter swimming and
the wonderful climate and fish
ing. Some of the younger men
who enter the service get lit
tie cocky in their new uniforms,
imagining that the whole Navy is
behind them. Key West girls
paraded all parts of the city
Saturday and Sunday evenings
and everywhere there were to be
seen the white uniforms and
black ties. A storm of dis
appointment broke over the
swimming population of this city
when announcement came that
the p. & o. docks at which the
Charter Boatmen had erected
swimming facilities would not be
available because of the liability
the Trumbo Properties, Inc. would
have to assume in case of in,
juries. " was suggested that in
surancc arranged to cover this
with a small fee charged swim
mers. The elevator going up
to the office of the Mayor in
Tampa went up and down sc
often with applicants for airport
jobs that the office was moved tc
the first floor. :. Cheapest Jobs
pay $40 a week. I" :
BOATS which have been moved
out of the submarine base
through navy orders: Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Glasgow's schooner
Black Hawk and launch Susie G
II, both now laying off P. & O
docks. The Black Hawk was pur'
chased from writer Robert Cham
bers who wintered here. The
Glasgows have been in Key West
two years. -. Tom Woods motor
dory and motor sea skiffs, which
give tourist amusement during
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William T. Fripp, manager of a
local department store, left on
the S o'clock bus yesterday for
Jacksonville for a meeting of
other Florida managers.
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Bar Pilot Raymond Dillon, of
Miami, and a group of friends
were visitors in Key West yes
terday returning in the after
noon.
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SIGNS-"For Rent, Rooms For
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THE WEATHER

Key West, Fla,
Sept. 18, 1899.
Observation taken at 1880 a. m.
18th Mer. Time
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Killed Because He Dealt From Bottom Of
Deck Another Man Is Slain Over UnfathIM Wife

Two men were killed this past
week, one being stabbed to death
during an argument over a gam
bling game, and the other shot to
death as the third party in the do
nestle affair.
Leroy Powell, 81, Of $50 Napo-
leon street, was stabbed to death
early Sunday morning during an
argument In a card game In his
home. Silence Williams. 4e, Of $40
Adelaide street. was held on a muir
der charge by police.
According 10 statements made to
Assistant Prosecutor John X. Gra-
ham. Powell was stabbed by Will
liams when the latter accused Pow
ell or dealing fTo= The bottom OF
the deck.
williams was arrested al Receiv-
ing hospital, where he had been
taken for hrst aid treatment for
several cuts. Powell was dead on
admIttance 20 the hospital.
The accused killer wax arralgned
IN Recorders court this week and
held fcr examination.
Robert williams, $50 Alser' was