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Hollywood Sighs find Sound5
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 HOLLYWOOD, Cal June 2O-Joan Crawford found that role orand it's her motherhood by adoption.
 nervetonc tery Americans Lncons good the of Lincoln Illinois, If missed the movie, hear it records.
 Katharine Cornell last of the hold pictures be weakening if local reports true She's supposed intrigued Addams of Hull House." Once Miss Cornell rejected faty movie offer of $100000 PLUS the right the completed film if didn't suit She said no because she figured she doing we'll the stageand the contract could boomerang she didn't like the film assumption would be that she bad in it. Miss Cornell sold film rights to her Bar Wmpe Street. reputed SIS 000 of which retained third At the time her stage show flourhing but reopened the pictures dived
 Ben Hecht, the writing has powerhouse script for his production Columbia and Doug Fairbanks Jr besides acing) handling The story Bob Taylor really wants do is Balloon Busters script Metro bought from RKO
 Those brave production schedules being announced by like sthan the light of
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PERCY.S~-CAFE OPEN ALL NIGHT
STOP

ut PERCY'S ANY TIME for Dinners or Light Lunches thut all Juneou Is tulkinq about. TRY OUR FOUN- TAIN. TOOL
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Today's news today m The Empire
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LUMBER BOOM

BEDDING, Cal, June ss'<--Lum Der mills of this region are turning out 1C0,000 board feet of lumber a day about twice the normal production, and unemployment IS down to the lowest level in two years. Demand created by the great Shasta Dam project is re- sponsible.
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Girl Scouts toHave Two Visiting Days

Activity at the Girl Scout Camp at Eagle River is being kept on a daily schedule, with swimming and outdoor exercises taking the spotl light. ! It was announced that two visit- ing days will be held, one Sunday, June g, and the other Sunday, June 30. Special preparations are tos be made for entertainment these days and all parents and friends are invited to call.
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the lives of the daring drivers. Based on story by Howard Hawks and adapted as a screen play by Sig Herzig and Wally Klein.
 Indianapolis Speedway was di-
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rected by Lloyd Bacon. Also includ- cd in the cast. besides those men, toned above are Granville Bates, Regis Toomey, William Davidson, John Ridgely and many others.
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THERE ARE VACANCIES
 FOR ((( ENR0LLEES

Announcement was made today that there are a number of vacan- cies for CCC enrollees and anyone interested who is able to qualify to the age limit and other examina- tions may call at the District Ram gers office i'll the Shattuck Build- ing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-04
LILLYS SERMON
TOPICS ANNOUNCED

Subjects for Rev. Lilly's ser
mons to be given tomorrow morn
ing and evening at Fleming Street
Methodist Church as follows:
HOO a. m.-''Valleys of the
Bible. The pastor will say:
These may be valleys in spirit
ual welfare as well as geograph-
ically'.
300 D. m.-"The Mountains of
the Bible. Rev. Lilly will call
to the minds of his listeners:
These bring to our attention
high places of worship, high
ideals, a high plane of living and
Mount Calvary.
Good music is provided at both
services and visitors are cordial
ly welcomed at Fleming Street
Church.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-04
Marriage Unites
Two oldest Families

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Fleming
SpottSwood announce the mar.
riage of their daughter, Mary
Louise, to Earle Saunders John.
son at 6 o'clock Wednesday eve
ming, May l, at the home, 53l
Caroline street
The wedding. was very quiet
one. only members of the imme-
diate family being present. A
buffet supper was Served and
later in the evening Mr.. and Mrs.
johnson motored north, where
they will reside for part of the
year, but plan on spending the
winters in Key West.
This marriage unites two of
Key Vests oldest families.
Mrs. Johnson's great-great-
grandfather, COIO1eI WdIIeF
Cathcart Maloney, the author of
"A Sketch of the History of Key
West. Fla, 1876. came to Key
West to escape the Indians from
Indian Key. She is the only
granddaughter of DR.. John B.
Maloney and is the fifth genera
tion of this family to live In
Key West.
Mr. Johnsou.s oYn great
grandfather was Capt. Francis
Warrington, who lived and
brought up bis delightful family
in what is known as Key Vests
"oldest house" on Duval street.
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NEW LECTURE
SERIES AT HALL

Beginning a new series of lee
lures illustrated by a chart en-
titled From Egypt To Canaan,
Rev. R. T. Halliday of Camden.
n. J., viii continue his talks all
during the coming week at the
Gospel Hall, 720 Southland street.
This will be the third week
that members and friends of this
congregation Will have the pleas
uTe OF hearing this able speaker.
Meetings during the past two
weeks have been largely attend
ed.
Public Is cordially invited TO
attend each night at 800 o'clock
except Saturday night
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-04
Sanctuary Night
At Club Cayo Hueso

Something out of the ordinary
at this time Of the year IS offer
ed tonight at Cayo Hueso Club,
at the Yacht Basin. in the form
of a Night OF Sanctuary.
As explained on the front
page of this issue, there will be
no politics, no cards and no enc
mics. Candidates and voters alike
are requested to come out and
forget both troubles and poll
tics.
Ray Hamilton and his band
will be on hand to furnish music
for the occasion. There viii be
no admission, minimum or cover
charge.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-04
=: SOCIETY =:
Naval Officers Wives Organize
Auxiliary Of Navy Relief Society

First Viee-President, Mrs. A S
carpenter; Second Vice-Presi-
dent, Mrs. F. H. Callahan; Third
yice-President, Mrs. A. p. .Storrs;
Secretary and Treasurer, Samuel
z. Lee. 4 -
Committees: Executive Com
mittee Chairman, Mrs. w. f.
Jacobs; Relief Committee Chair
man, Mrs. F. H. Callahan; FL
nance Committee Chairman, Mrs.
A. P. Storrs; Nominating Com
mittee, Mrs. A. S. Carpenter;
Visiting Committee, Mrs. T. j.
Brady; Entertainment Commit
tee, Mrs. ]. r. Leeds; Publicity
Committee, Mrs. J. E. Leeper.
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Big Fiesta Tonight
At Raul's Club

Management of Raurs Club
called attention 10 the fact that
the Southern Cross, now visible
evenings. can be seen from their
club patios-and that this is the
only spot in the United States
that the constellation can be seen
without going on a cruise or 60
ing tn the seaside.
Arrangements for the Latin
American Floor Show in con-
nection with the grand Cuban
Fiesta" to be given at the club
tonight promise to high this af-
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service has been announced as:
The Guiding Light In the
evening, at 300 O'Clock, Rev.
Jones will preach on "A Better
Place To Live.
Members of the church are
urged to attend both services and
to extend invitations To visitors
to attend.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-04

A meeting of the Key West
Auxiliary of the Navy Relief So
ciety was held on Thursday, May
End, at the home of Mrs. w. z.
JacobsgsFI ft.ttt
The Navy Relief Society,
through its various auxiliaries,
has the purpose of rendering aid
TO all navy personnel deserving
charity.
Many activities have been
planned for the purpose of rails
ing funds for this worthy cause.
The following officers have been
nominated:
President, Mrs. w. F. Jacobs;
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-04
REV. TED JONES AT
BAPTIST CHURCH

Rev. Ted NJ. Jones, of Trenton.
Fla. will occupy the pulpit at
First Baptist Church tomorrow.
He arrived in Key West yester-
day. accompanied by Mrs. Jones.
The subject for the morning
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-04
Harris Room Mothers
Meet Monday

Harris School PIT. A. Room
Mothers will hold their regular
monthly meeting next Monday
afternono, May 9th. at the home
of Mrs. George Mills White.
Mrs. Paul Archer, president of
the association, states THAT i'm
pOrtanh business viii. be discuss
ed and that all members have
been urged to attend, The meet
ing viii assemble at $3.50 O'Clock.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-04
Dance Tonight
At Pena's

A Prediction Dance is being
held at Pena'S Garden of Roses
tonight, with Johnny Pritch-
ards orchestra headlining the
special events planned, with his
music for dancing. A good at
tendance is expected with ''all
night club followers planning 20
meet their friends, as usual, at
Pena'S"r, 80. q
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-04

fair assohe il the lbigeea of the
current season in Key West. A
full night, of top-notch entertain
ment has been scheduled and
reservations for tables are prac-
tically exhausted, according to
announcement made this morn
ing.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-05-04

Papers were filed IN the offlcc
Of Clerk Ross c. Sawyer oi CT
cult Court in the divorce case 81
Aubrey Giles Richmond versus
Maud Sybil Nichols Richmond
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Large selection of SLACK
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Orders from all over the
country. addressed TO The
Largest Store" are satisfac-
torilY filled
NEED WE SAY MORE?
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Ready-TO-Wear
Department.

This Department Is al
ways replete with the sea-
sons newest styles.
AS they appear in New
York. our buyers imme-
diatelY send them 10 Us.
Come in every day for new
things.
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You viii find satisfaction
also al
Aronovitz' Dept. Store
STYLE LEADERS"
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WE HAVE WHATEVER YOU
NEED IN
MEMS FURNISHINGS

You are invited to stop in at
any time and see the outstand-
ing styles in MEMS AP-
PAREL on display at the
LEADING LARGEST KEY
WEST STORE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-17

dependents were, he replied: "Oh
them, they've all moved away"
Swiss Oflcer Volunteers.
A young American University STU
dent, who said he Is an ofncer In the
Swiss Army, registered voluntarily
= few days ago at Board No. 10. He
Is Georges-Henn Pascal Martin, a.
who obtained q scholarship to the
university to study foreign affairs
in the graduate school. He was
given serial No. 5513, listed on the
National Master List as Order No
3106.
The clerk at Board No. 3 tells OF
q visitor who called at board head
quarters one dismal, rainy night
recently, just as the, doors were
about to be closed for the evening
The stranger, tall. upright and Of
rugged appearance. asked the clerk
II he could direct him to q certain
street. The clerk said he invited the
visitor in the office where he pro-
ceeded to look through the city d.
rectory and finally called a police
precinct before he was able to &C
commodate the information seeker
According to the clerk, the visitor
departed after identifying himself
as Adjutant General of the Army
and expressing his pleasure at the
courtesy and patience" apparently
existing among the Districts local
draft boards.
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Comedy and Pothos Blended
In Work of Draft Boards
Prospective SeIectee AI|ereic to BueIe;
Another Has No Signature, Use Married

pendents and was ready for service
He and his bride had quarreled The
board decided against reclassifica-
ton.
Another board, noting q particular
registrant had just married, was re-
viewing his QUESTIONABLE to deter
mine whether his new wife was
solely dependent on him. The
members looked no further when
they found he had married q widow
with five children.
Humorous Answers.
Humorous answers cropping up
here and there in questionnaires:
Have you ever been convicted OF
treason? "Yes." Give particulars.
Automobile accident"
Have you ever been an inmate Of
an institution? Eyes. I was in Gar
field Hospital to be operated on
for appendicitis"
What relation to you is the per-
son who will always know your
whereabouts" Protestant"
Board No. 20 received an anony-
nous letter a few days ago tipping
the board not to believe a certain
registrant II he listed his wife as 4
dependent. His wife has job. while
he loafs and depends on her, the
letter explained
One registrant has visited Board
No. 10 several times to volunteer
but every visit is followed by a tele-
phone call from a woman Identify
ing herself as his wife and asking
the board to refuse to accept him.
The board has refused.
Too Many "Bills."
Board No. 10 has almost too many
Bills" On its list are six William
Browns, seven William Joneses, eight
William Johnsons and eight Will
liam Smiths.
A 2l-year- registrant lists as
a dependent his mother, who. he
says, is 80. Board No. 81 is asking
him to call by for consultation.
A demonstrating registrant at
Board No. Is declared he is the sole
support of his mother. He said he
gives her $l20 year.
A professional hobo visited Board
No. Is headquarters the other day
to state he was on its list because
he happened to be wandering by
on registration day" but he had no
idea where he could be found when
his name is reached for classical
ton. The visitor said he had seen
a number of his fellows in hobo
jungles and freight yards, who also
carried registration cards but never
knew from one day to the next
where they would land.
An Italian youth, obviously flus-
tered and i'll at ease. showed up
at Board No. 9 to explain why he
should be deferred. He finally
blurted out:
You see, my baby just had a
wife"
Call From Hospital.
One woman telephoned a local
board to learn her husbands order
number. When she was told he was
far down the list. she exclaimed
weakly: Il am so glad. I'm calling
from the hospital. I'm going to
have a baby"
Local selective service headquar-
tiers was startled by the following
call several days ago:
MY husband left the house to
register October Is and hasn't been
home since. What have you done
with him?"
A registrant at Board No. IS listed
as dependents an aunt and a flock
of cousins. Policemen, dispatched
by the board to investigate the claim.
found the registrant alone at his
home address. The registrant told
the officers he suddenly had decided
to volunteer. Asked where all his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-17
BY THOMAS c. HARDMAN.

~ AAAONAAS W 11hASONAA4Ns
Humor and pathos blend in the
routine as Washington's draft ma
chine culls more and more regis.
trants for material suitable for
Uncle Sans Army.
Domestic issues, illiteracy and
falsity crop up here and there to
present problems for local draft
boards in their task of classifying
men for inductions November q
and %, survey Of the IS boards
revealed yesterday.
Mothers and wives are fiocking
to many of the board headquarters
to learn what is in store for their
boys and husbands. Expectant
fathers are plentiful among regis
trants who already have filled out
and returned missionaries.
Several conscientious directors
have noted their feelings formally
at a few of the boards, notably
Numbers 20, 9 and l. Most of these
have been Government employees,
who contend their religious beliefs
are not to be reconciled with COM
Blatant service.
Volunteers With Reservations.
One registrant at Board No. IA
volunteered for immediate service,
but returned his QUESTIONABLE with
the information that he not only
was married and the father of three
children but was conscientious
objector besides Board members
sent him a letter inviting him to
headquarters for further explana-
ton.
One mother, greatly upset, called
Board No. Is to request deferment
Tor her son because of his sleeping
hablts. Her son. she said. probably
would cause great confusion and
perhaps even decentralization in the
Army because he simply refuses to
get up in the morning." Informed
the Army was we'll eouipned to
cope with such personal habits. she
then expressed fear that military
insistence on her sons changing
his morning tactics would result in
a nervous breakdown. This regis
trant, it developed. is a musician
playing regularly at night with an
orchestra.
In many cases boards are able to
classify the registrant after discuss
ing information contained in his
QUESTIONABLE for 20 or 30 minutes:
others are reviewed for and 2
hours, while quite a few question:
naires are put aside for future refer
ence. From IS 10 As classifications
have been completed by each OF
the Is local boards.
No Signature-Married.
Clerks at Board No. IS had
d1fhculty making a colored youth
understand that he would have to
have his signature sworn to by a
notary. The registrant commended:
You Is wrong. boss. I amt got
no signature. Use married
Another colored prospective
selectee had more than his share Of
signatures. His QUESTIONABLE
turned in at Board No. 10. showed
he had signed his name in every
space on the form marked sigma
ture.' The result, subject to cor
rection. of course: He had placed
himself in Glass IA, had applied
for action on his case by the Board
of Appeals. and had noted an appeal
to the President of the United
States
Board No. 10 unoflcially titled an
other incident THE First Years
Always the Hardest" A registrant
listed as a dependent his 19-year-old
wife. The night after his question
naire had been returned to board
headquarters he called by to an
nounce he no longer had any de-
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Those WHO WILL Benefit BY THIS

People occupying positions Of Importance,
whose regulations and prestige suffer because
of ineffectiveness in addressing groups OF
people.
Those with ideas but who have never received
recognition because they have been kept In
their shells by timidity.
Teachers will benefit from this course and
should urge advanced students who show
signs of leadership to avail themselves Of
this opportunity.
] Those who are already speakers but realize
that guided practice will add to their effec-
tiveneSS.
!, Statesmen should be especially interested.
- Charles NJ Schwab declared, I'VE are all
statesmen every day Of our life. We are selling
our ideas, our plans, our energy, our enthu-
siasm to those with whom we come In
contact"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-17

Mills appointment" Senator FL
lender, Democrat, Of Louisiana, said.
He has Z fine record Is . labor
conciliator and should remove much
Of the discord within and without
the Labor Board"
The nomination of Mr.. Madden
to be 4 Judge Of the United States
Court Of Claims at $12,500 annually,
compared with his $4,000 pay as a
Labor Board member, was referred
to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
No date has been set for the COM
mittee to consider it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-17
THAT MYTH EXPLODED!

Speakers are made" not born" They are
made in the Granville Jacobs Course in Talking
and Thinking on Your Feet" during the short
period of fourteen weeks The classes meet one
evening each week during that time.
Graduates of this course who had never
faced an audience in their life previous to taking
this training, now speaking regularly. right
here in Washington, before mems service clubs
conferences conventions, business gatherings and
political meetings. Over dozen recent graduates
are members Of the Speakers Bureau OF the
Community Chest.
Yes, you yourself, can EASILY become an
effective speaker in very short time. Think OF
the value of such POWER! Think what it can
mean to you during the next four yearS-yes
during the rest Of your life.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-17
Opero Singer Doris Doe
And Mother in Crosh
BY the Associated Press

By tne ASSOCl1tGd FreW.
WASHINGTON, Pa, Nov. IS
Miss Doris Doe, 10, Metropolitan
Opera singer, and her mother, Mrs.
Amy Doe, go, Of Bennington, N. H.
were injured today in a traffic ac-
cident 6 miles east of this Western
Pennsylvania community.
Miss Doe and her mother received
bruises, but did not require hospital
treatment, State police said. The
truck driver escaped injury.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-17

National Bank and all branches
Second National Bank, Security
Savings q Commercial Bank, Union
Trust Co., Washington Loan Il Trust
Co.. Citizens National Bank Of Al
exandria, Va; Burke & Herbert
Bank 81 Trust Co., Alexandria; Cit
liens National Bank Of Riverdale
Md; Prince Georges Bank & Trust
Co., Hyattsville, Md; Farmers
Banking & Trust Co. Of Montgom-
cry County, Rockville. Md: Citi-
zens' Bank of Takoma Park, Nd,
and Arlington Trust Co., Inc, Ross
lyn, Va.
Donations from Redskins.
Boy Scouts will accept contribu-
tons of members Of the Washing
ton Redskins professional football
team from Turk" Edwards, cap
tain, this afternoon in Grifnth Sta
dunn.
Among additional divisions of the
Government Unit reporting pledges
totaling more than 100 per cent OF
quota are:
Emergency crop and feed loan
section, Farm Credit Administration
S. P. Lindsey, jr., chairman, 101 SO
per cent: National Defense Re-
search Committee, Cleveland Nor
cross. jr, 103.70 per cent; examina-
ton division, Board Of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System, r. F.
Leonard, l01.43 per cent; Bureau of
Accounts, Treasury Department, G.
E. Jones, 1855 per cent; fire pre-
vention division, District Fire De-
partment, Fire Marshal Calvin G.
LAUDER, 1928 per cent; Cardozo
High School, r. M. Mattingly. 108 so
per cent, and Eastern High School,
Charles Hart. 103.71 per cent.
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Senate Group 10 Consider
Mills Nomination tuesday
BY the Associated Press.

6y the ASs0eiated PreSs.
Senator Thomas, Democrat, Of
Utah, yesterday called Z meeting
of the Senate Labor Committee for
Tuesday to consider the nomination
of DR.. Harry A. Mills to be . men,
Der of the National Labor Relations
Board, succeeding j. Warren Mad
den.
Members of the committee indi-
Gated the nomination would be
speedily approved.
II know of no opposition to the
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Chest
Continued From First Page.)

tCOnClnued FTOm FIrSt PageJ
Washington Savings Bank. Hamil-
ton National Bank main ONCE, Lib
erty National Bank, Lincoln Ma
tioal Bank and l70l H street NV.
branch, McLachlen Banking Corp.
Munsey Trust Co.. National Bank of
Washington, National Capital Bank,
National Metropolitan Bank, Ma
tional Savings & Trust Co., Riggs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-17

Lake Superior, 400 miles in length,
is the largest body Of fresh water in
the world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-17

The United States received its first
gold from Alaska in 1897