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The Key West citizen., 1940-12-12

Lord Lothian was Christian
Scientist and as death drew near
he refused the aid of a physician
He was not married.
Coming to this country in
August, 1899, to succeed Sir
Ronald Lindsay as Ambassador,
Lord Lothian in less than a year
and half became perhaps the
most popular representative Eng
land has ever sent to America.
Through his untiring eforts the
U. 5 government and private Am
erican industries did much to aid
his nation in its war with the Axis
Powers. The transfer of so U. S.
destroyers to the British fleet in
exchange for strategic air and
naval bases in the South Atlantic
was but one of the myriad things
His Excellency accomplished.
He predicted in the speech he
was to have made last night that
Britain would triumph by 1912.
The address was read In Baltimore
by an attache of the Embassy be-
cause of Lord Lothian's sudden
illness. HighlightS of the speech
follow:
We are not In the least dis
mayed" the address read. With
help from you''-(reference was
to the American government)-
we are confident that we can
win, and win decisively, in 1912 if
not before.
With your help in airplanes,
munitions. in ships and on the
sea, and in the field of finance
now being discussed between your
treasury and ours, we are sure of
victory, sure that the gangSter
menace to human freedom, the
greatest the world has ever seen,
will go down to the oblivion it de-
serves.
1T IS for you to decide whether
It is to your interest to give US
whatever assistance may be neceS-
Sary In order to make certain that
Britain shall not fall.
1T has long been clear that your
security no less than ours depends
upon our holding the Atlantic i'm
pregnably and you the Pacific. So
long as this Is so, the way of life
to which we are attached can con-
tinue and our free economic sys-
tenn can resist tOtalitarian attack
But if one of those two navies
falls, the unity of the British COM
mOnwealth begins 10 disappear,
control of the trade routes begins
to pass to the Axis powers, and
those controlling bastions OF sea
power which now keep war away
from America, become the jump
ing off points from which it can
be menaced-
Moreover the Axis-Japanese
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-12
FIGHTING SENATOR ALIENATED BACKERS;
Rush Holt Read Aesop's Tables During Filibuster
LOSES SEAT BY OPPOSING GUFFEY BILL



From the comparative obscurity
of seat in the West Virginia leg
islature, he leaped overnight to
become a national figure mere
youth for whom many a Senate
rial graybeard predicted great
things.
In one of his first press inter
views, the curly-haired, brown
eyed Senator-elect laughingly
told reporter: You know, I'm a
dangerous man I'd like to cut
utility rates. Say, do you know
what a conservative is? q hear
they don't like mel Well. a con-
servative IS somebody who wor-
ships long dead radicals. If they
had Thomas Jefferson here today
they'd deport him. That's right"
Behind that ear-to-ear grin
Continued on Page Three)
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-12
GREEKS SLOW
DOWN IN NORTH

ATHENS, Dec. 12.-Greek dis
patches from the front lines in Al
bania this morning stated that
Italians had stiffened resistance IN
the Elbasan sector in the north.
Very little advance had been made
IN the last 24-hOur period, the ad-
vices stated, though Greek troops
were giving attention to strength
ening of defensive positions
should indications of counter-at-
tackS come
In the south. however. along the
coastal area. more routes for the
Italians were being reported In
many instances, advance Greek
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-12
GoUernorTo
Address Tax
A SCISSORS
Holland, Cone, Other Of
ficials Of State Will
Study Vital Problems
AT Hollywood Farley
(speeiaI 10 The CitI.enl

HOLLYWOOD BEACH. Fla.
Dec. 12.-Governor Fled P. Cone,
GOvernOr-elect SpeSSard L. HOl-
land. Senator John r. Beacham
and other Florida nOtables will
address the 37th Annual Conven-
ton of the Tax Assessors o. Flor
ida, composed of county tax as
SCISSORS. at the Hollywood Beach
Hotel. December 16-17-IS.
Cited as the most significant
gathering of the state group. the
convention sessions will study
vital problems concerning taxa
tion and will seek to analyze speci-
flc issues concerning assessment.
procedure. City tax assessors and
other state assessors have been in
vited to meet with the association
for the first time in order to en-
large the scope of discussion
Among the subjects scheduled
for the three-day convention are
personal property assessments.
cooperation between the state
auditing department and county
officials. state parks. schools, in
StitutionS and industries, real eS-
tate, legislative problems. valua-
tions for tax purposes and other
timely issues.
An address by SpesSard l. Hol-
land will highlight the convention
banquet on Tuesday night. Dec.
H. Senator Beacham will be the
principal speaker earlier in the
day and will discuss Problems of
the Legislature and County Off
cialS' Value to the State.
Mayor Ralph Springer of Holly
Continued On Page Four)
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-12

pact of September last makes
nakedly clear the ultimate objec-
tive of tOtalitsrian strategy. As
soon as an Italian or German army
or fleet can occupy Gibraltar or
north west Africa, or Great
Britain's control cf the Atlantic
has been sufficiently weakened to
cause doubt where the American
fleet should be stationed, the two
ocean attack on us both In the At
lantic and the Pacific will be
launched simultaneously The
more secure is our control of the
Atlantic, the less likely is the two
ocean war to break out"
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-12
ARTILLERY FIRE
ROCKS KEY WEST

Battery e. 18th Coast Artil-
lery. is conducting target practice
this afternoon. employing 155
nm guns at Fort Taylor.
Announcement of this practice
was made in The Citizen last Sat
urday. including a warning to
residents near the fort to guard
against window breakage-
Practice will conclude at 500
o'clock this afternoon a total OF
"a rounds is being fired.
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-12

units were far out-maneuvering
main detachments, necessitating
waits until gun batteries could be
brought up to support army ac-
ton.
Much additional equipment is
being captured by the Greeks in
this latter area British air action
is continuing to help the Greeks
here, and Albanian guerilla war
fare, consisting of sniping at re-
treating Italians, is contributing
to further decentralization of II
Duce's troops.
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-12
NEVADA MAN REPORTS
FOR DUTY AT STATION

W B Well0ns. of Hazthu-ne
Nevada, arrived here veSter5sy
and reported TINS morning q
Lieut. COmdr Ray " Bvrns
U.SN. al the naval station
Mr. Wcllons VIII serve as chieF
clerk n the supply deparrneul
under Comdr. Byrns-
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-12
County Commissioners
Reverse Selves In Plan
To Purchase DraQIinG
THOMPSON VOICES REASONS FOR ACTION;
CLAIMS TIME NOT PROPITIOUS TO
BUY MACHINE

County commissioners decided
meeting
courthouse This despite the
merits Of the machines offered by
The Key West citizen., 1940-12-12
Lord L0thia1, Ambassador
From Britain, Dies Suddenly
MARQUES WAS CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST AND RE-
FUSED MEDICAL AID AS DEATH
APPROACHED
(By Associated PressD

WASHINGTON Dec. 1.-THE Ri. Hon<Marquess of Lothian.
Illness the Ambassadors
scheduled Baltimore
meeting of American Farm Bureau Association.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-10-04
CONGRESS SHOULD
STAY, SAYS TIMES

New York City (ILNS) Discuss
ing the question of adjournment of
Congress, the New York Times says
editorially:
"It is gratifying to learn that, after
testing the temper of the members,
Congressional leaders have virtually
abandoned their plans for adjourn
ment. The President has declared
that his own hourly presence and
judgment in Washington are abso-
lutely essential at this time. The pres
ence and judgment of Congress are no
less so.
"The decisions that may have to be
made in the next few weeks or months
may be among the most serious in our
history as nation. 1t is against the
whole spirit of democratic institutions
that they be left in the hands of any
single individual At most, Congress
cannot afford to permit itself more
than a brief recess for the election"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-10-04

served all other demands in the pre-
liminary agreement. These included:
the union shop, preservation of SEMI
ority rights and an iron-clad guaran-
tee that plants would not be moved
from New York.
Two Plants Continue Fight
Three of the five affected plants,
Columbia Wire and Gable Company,
Eastern Tube and Tool Company, and
Circle Wire and Cable Company,
agreed to the unions preliminary
terms for arbitration. However, the
strike continues at the plants of the
Triangle Wire and Gable Company
and the Bishop Wire and Gable Com
pany, both of which refused to accept
the mayors plan of arbitration.
The end of the strike at the three
plants eases two-thirds of a $4,000
strike benefit load on Local 3 and
leaves the union in a much stronger
position to carry on it's battle with
the remaining two companies and the
Leviton Manufacturing G om p a n y,
where the union is waging a strike
on behalf of 1,700 electrical workers.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-10-04

We cannot stop until this objective
has been reached. There must be no
weak spot in our defenses which would
permit the penetration of foreign
foe. We must speak the language of
strength and force. We must firmly
resolve that no enemy, no marauder,
no invading army shall ever set foot
on American soil.
"The great army of workers repre-
sented by the American Federation of
Labor are single-minded in the con-
viction that the preservation of Amer
lea transcends all other considera-
tions. They are ready to work, they
are ready to sacrifice, they are ready
to fight for America"
Mr.. Green announced that the
American Federation of Labor will
give the draft law "the fullest sup
port" He added:
Labor will do everything in it's
power to help the government make
the draft success and to protect the
rights of the millions of young men
who are drafted in the next few years.
These young men are being called
for the defense of all of us. 1t is only
fair and proper that we do everything
in our power to safeguard their jobs,
their health and their future security"
In conclusion, Mr.. Green declared:
"a crisis tests a nations fiber and
the spirit of its people. From its very
birth and throughout its history our
country has faced grave threats to its
existence and to its ideals. We glory
in the fact that we have met each
crisis courageously, that our country
has emerged from each test triumph
antly and that our ideals shine
brighter now than ever before.
"Today we stand face to face with
the test of whether our people and
the human race itself shall lose every-
thing gained by centuries of civiliza
ton. Because have faith in Divine
Power, because / have faith in the
American people and because l have
faith in humanity, ! do not doubt the
result. know America will meet the
challenge. ] know the American people
will unite as one and repulse any in
vader with the same daring and brav-
cry that you men of the American Le-
gion showed in the last war. ! know
that America and civilization will
triumph"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-10-04
More Buying Power Urged
For LOw-IncOme Groups

Washington, D. C.-The Importance
of increasing the purchasing power of
low-income groups in both urban and
rural sections was emphasized by Milo
Perkins, director of marketing of the
Department of Agriculture eff every
family making less than $100 month
in 1886 had it's income boosted to the
500 level, the nation would spend two
billion dollars more year for food"
he said, adding: Farmers would have
spent their part of their money to buy
city goods and great many of the
unemployed would have gone to work"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-10-04
WIRE AND CABLE
WORKERS RETURN
TO JOBS WINNERS
Mayor La Guardia Acts as Arbitrator,
Assures Workers Square Deal.

New York City (ILNS). - Nearly
1000 New York wire and cable work
ers who stood steadfastly by their
union guns in bitterly contested
eight-weeks strike have returned to
work.
Every last man went back with a
broad grin on his face, because
through the efforts of Mayor La
Guardia and under the leadership of
youthful Harry Van Arsdale, Jr., bus
mess manager of Local 3, 1nterna-
tional Brotherhood of Electrical Work
ers, the strike was brought to salts
factory conclusion. "a clear-cut vic
tory" Van Arsdale called it.
With untitled government defense
orders piling up in cable and conduit
plants, the mayor stepped into the
breach and soon had the employers
toeing the line.
Pay Boost Ahead
In the early days of the strike, the
workers won national applause when
they opened their picket line to allow
a Navy truck through to get much
needed conduit for U. S. battleship
under construction.
The men walked out of five plants
when their contract expired July 81
and the companies refused to grant
their demand for a boost in minimum
pay from SO cents to 80 cents an hour
Strikers voted to return to work
after the mayor assured them a
square deal as arbitrator and pre-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-10-04
One third OF Population Not
Properly Fed, Says Defense
Board Member After SURVEY
Miss Harriet Elliott Says "Make America Stronger by
Making Americans Stronger"-Sets Forth Suggestions
in Special Issue of the Consumers Guide.

each day what foods are good buys
and cheap.
2. A school lunch program to in
sure that every school child gets at
least one well-balanced and adequate
meal daily.
3. Work for low-cost ways of sell
ing milk, fruits and vegetables SO
low-income families can buy them in
greater abundance.
q. Establishment of diet clinics
where families can bring their food
buying problems and discuss them
with experts in nutrition and con-
sumner buying.
Food Stamp Plan Support
5. Support of the food stamp plan
now operating in $50 cities.
6. Learn, if you have the land, how
to grow the foods you cannot buy,
preserve the foods you cannot use
Immediately, and plan for balanced
meals throughout the year.
z. Urge merchants to sell govern
ment-graded foods, and urge consum-
ers to buy by grade SO they will get
the quality they want for the money
they have to spend.
8. Know what your local, state, and
national governments are doing to
help get safe meals to more people.
The 45,O00,000 Americans said by
Miss Elliott to be undernourished COM
prise approximately one-third of the
population of 131, ,409,881.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-10-04

Washington, d. c.. (ILNS). - One
out of every three Americans is living
below the safety line" of proper diet,
a spokesman of the National Defense
Advisory Commission declared in a
call to the nation to strengthen its de-
fensive powers by providing adequate
food for all.
Lets make America stronger by
making Americans stronger" said
Miss Harriet Elliott, consumer ad-
wiser on the commission.
"Forty-five millions of US are living
below the safety line right now be-
cause we are not getting the kinds and
amounts of food necessary for food
and health" she said.
Hungry, undernourished people do
not make for strong Defense" Miss
Elliott warned. eve have the lands,
machines and hands it takes to pro-
duce and move and market all the
food we need to assure everyone an
adequate and safe diet. Let's get to
work to see that everyone gets at
least that"
Program of Action Offered
In a special issue of the Consumers
Guide, Miss Elliott set forth eight
suggestions under which she said
groups and individuals could insure
better diets for all.
/. A municipal radio market news
service so household buyers will know
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-10-04
Green Tells Legion Convention Both Organizations Are
Bound by Patriotic Ties-Says World Will Face Grave
Economic and Social Problems When War is Over

Boston, Mass.-The American Fed
Grafton of Labor joined hands with
the American Legion here in a united
stand for total defense of America
and in joint condemnation of the
Nazi, Communist and Fascist dicta-
tors of Europe.
President William Green, of the A.
F. of L., in an address before the
American Legion convention which
was broadcast throughout the nation
over the Mutual System Network, de-
clared:
''In these critical days of world up
heaval it is imperative that those who
are devoted to the cause of democracy
and justice should stand together,
united against the common foe."
Mr.. Green pointed out that for years
the American Federation of Labor and
the American Legion have been in ac-
cord on these principles-the preser-
walton of our form of government,
child welfare, establishment of decent
social and economic conditions among
the masses of the people and opposi-
tion to subversive forces.
He warned that when the war is
over the entire world will face grave
economic and social problems, and
added:
"The American Federation of Labor
and the American Legion must be
ready to serve the nation then just as
we have tried to do through all the
years of our present relationship and
as we ought to do as organizations
made up of devoted citizens of our
great republic"
Mr.. Green advocated all aid to Great
Britain, short of war. He said that
$50 long as the battle of Britain is be-
ing fought, there will be no battle of
America"
In a fervent plea for maintenance
of labor's gains, Mr.. Green said:
"Let our social, economic and indus
trial gains be consolidated, Let us go
forward. We cannot include the words
retreat or backward steps in our
democratic vocabulary. We must not
impair or break the spirit of the
masses of the people by taking from
them gains which they secured at
great cost when, in their judgment,
such action is absolutely unnecessary.
We cannot lessen purchasing power,
or unnecessarily engage in a speed-up
system which taxes the strength,
power and resourcefulness of labor
beyond its limitations, without infiict-
ing an injury upon our economic and
industrial system. We must apply the
rules of common sense, discretion and
good judgment in great national
emergency, just as we do when condi-
tions are normal, and our national
thinking is normal"
On national defense, Mr.. Green said:
"Our national defense must be ade-
quate and complete in every detail.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-10-04
School Children Served
25,000,O00 Hot Meals

Washington, d. C.-Service of more
than 25,OO0,OOO hot meals to needy
school children was among the impor-
tant accomplishments of the National
Youth Administration during the fis-
cal year ending June 80, 1910, N. Y. A.
Administrator Aubrey Williams re-
ported. In addition, N. Y. A. youths
produced and renovated over 100000
articles of clothing for use by chari-
table institutions or distribution to
needy families.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-10-04
Indiana Labor Refuses
To Support Roosevelt

Marion, Ind. (ILNS) The Indiana
State Federation of Labor in conven-
tion here refused to support third
term for President Roosevelt and the
administration of Governor Townsend,
Democrat. Delegates voted 209 to 81
against resolution of support
Opponents of the resolution said
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-10-04
81, 1892, 900 USHA Housing
Loans Approved By F.D.R.

Washington. - President Roosevelt
approved $7,392,00O in United States
Housing Authority loans to local hous-
ing authorities in Pittsburgh, Pa;
Quincy, ILL.,; Peoria, ILL.,; Galveston,
Tax; Twin Falls, Idaho, and Browns
vile, Tex. The new list brings to a
total of 1913 the number of such agen-
cies with approved U. S. H. A. loans
for construction of public housing
projects. To date, 275 U. S. H. A.
projects totaling 99,043 dwellings, in
the low-rent and slum-clearance pro-
gram have either gone into construc-
tion or have been completed.
Cuhsrriha for Tho PreSs
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-10-04
S371,464 IN UNPAID WAGES
RECOVERED FOR WORKERS

San Francisco, Calf. = More than
$48,000 in unpaid wages was recov-
cred for California workers during
August, State Labor Commissioner
H. G. Carrasco announced, bringing
the total collections since the first of
the year to $371,464.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1940-10-04
Labor And Legion Take Joint Stand
For Defense And Against Dictators;
Green's Speech Broadcast To Nation

the federation had kept aloof from
partisan politics and should not
change it's policy this year.
Evening star., 1940-04-07
College Sports
BASEBALL.

George WASHINGTON. 3; Vermont, 0.
MARYLAND. q; Pittsburgh, o.
Army, 5; Princeton. 4.
Navy. 3: Dartmouth. /.
ennel Fem g. f5enss'x:n'' % innings.
S'as1n'ac So4th c.1olin.. 9 n Nj is; l. Washington and
Ssss: Ia;o Mishis:n; ". E g..
Wisconsin; 4; Bradley Tech, 4 us
1,!noi: 1ns: :..,! e; 5l,in9,; s,,scsn Normal 2.
H:!ssr,burs ssss; Iqsn's. n T. g: Harvard -ro.h
EsnasS|pn-sMsSSn nSuh :sSs., q tznshsure v,nsla,.
Chicago, 3-s; Depauw.. 81.
West Virginia, IL; Ohio wesleyan, T.,
Mississippi State. IS; Northern Illinois
LACROSSE.
MARYLAND: II; Loyola; g..
w;Shin.ston A. A., 8; swarthmore Jr.
HoSsrt Ssrsl'y "a: Penn State,
Mount Washington. &: Princeton, s.
TENNIS.
Colgate, Z; American o., 2.
Navy. 7: Dartmouth, @
North Carolina. 6; Cornell. B.
Furman, @; Erskine. 0.
TRACK.
Maryland. II: virginia Tech. IS.
NoTth Carolina. $685.: Princeton. 5eH.
wass% sehool 'ss e Mary 3D. Apprentices
Clemson. 1o3; PRESBYTERIAN. 2s.
California o.; q. c. L. A., 50.
Stanford. u 11f15: San Francisco
Olympic Club, AZ 4i15.
Virginia. 81: v. NJ. T.. ii.
Duke. 90: N. c. state, SO.
Virginia Frosh. ron: v. M. I. Frosh,
46h.
virginia Tech Frosh. 93h; Greenbrier
M. A., 23h
GOLF.
Michigan. 17h: Tennessee, ".
Navy, 6: Cornell, 8.
Evening star., 1940-04-07
BY SID FEEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


NEW YORK, April 6.-Adolph
Kiefer of Chicago. one of the great
est backstroke swimmers in history,
smashed his own world record for
the 100-yard backstroke tonight, but
his effort was not good enough to
keep Michigan from winning the
team title in the National A. A. U.
championships.
Swimming the first leg of the 300
yard medley relay for the Chicago
Towers Club the ex-University of
Texas ace churned four lengths of
the New York A. c. pool in 579 Sec
onds, erasing the 58.8 mark he set
at Columbus, Ohio, on April l, 1899.
Princeton Comes From Rear.
He gave the Chicago Towers
team 4-foot lead at the end Of
his lap, but his mates couldn't hold
it, and Princetons trio came from
behind to take the event, with Mich
igan's "A" team second. Although
the Towers team lasted to third
place, the Michigan ''B" team took
fourth, and this was enough to
give the Wolverines their first Ma
tional A. A. U. title with a total Of
% points.
The Towers Club, paced by the in
dividual victories of Otto Jaretz in
the 100-yard free style and by Kie-
fer in the 150-yard backstroke, fin
ished in second place for the team
honors with "a points. The 10 points
for the relay victory gave Prince
ton third place with % points, trailed
by Ohio State, last years champion,
with 10. Other competing teams
were far back.
Jaretz, Chicago "boy wonder"
turned on the heat in the last Is
yards to win the 100-yard title.
The 18-year-old husky took over
the lead coming down the last length
and finished inches in front of the
national collegiate titleholder, Gus
Sharemet of Michigan.
The veteran Tom Haynie, one
time Michigan national champion,
now representing the Detroit A. c.,
spurted down the last IS yards TO
take the 440-yard free style title by
3 feet over Andy Clark from
Wayne U.
Patnik Repeats in Dive.
AL Patnik of Ohio State COM
pleted his monopoly Of A. A. U.