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The Key West citizen., 1940-11-13
Britain Gets Two
us. Bomb Sights
LEWIS BROTHERS.
COMMAND SHIPS

Arrival of the destroyer
U.S.S. WAINWRIGHT at the
Key West base early this
week brought an interesting
fact 10 light. in that the
commanding officer of the
ship. Ii. Comdr. T. L. Lewis.
U.S.N. has two brothers who
are In command of other
navy vessels which have
called at this base.
The brothers are-Comdr.
NJ. L. Lewis. U.S.N.. captain
of the navy freighter U.S.S.
YUKON. which has brought
supplies 10 this city. and 1t.
Comdr. ]. H. Lewis. U.S.N.
in command of the destroyer
U.S.S. MCCORMICK. now at
tached TO the local patrol.
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-13
GROUP DISCUSSED
TRAINING PLAN
FOR RAPPRENTICES
GOOD TURNOUT AT CHAMBER
HEADQUARTERS ARD
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
OFFICIAL YESTERDAY

A good turnout of citizens as
sembled at the Chamber of Com
nierce headquarters yesterday
afternoon to hear c. A. Britton,
senior field representative of the
Federal Committee of Apprentice
ship Training, deliver a talk or,
his work.
Those attending the meeting
were A. E. Peirce, Jr., Mrs. Hugh
Williams, Col L. c. Brinton, DIR.
w. R. Warren. ]. c. Moxley,
Prof. Horace O'Bryant, Margaret
Neff, Mrs Ramon Rodriguez,
Mrs. Carl Bervaldi. Capt. VIM. w.
Demeritt, Mayor Willard Albury,
l.. B. Grillon, VIM. H. Mon
salvatge, Gerald Saunders. Mel
win E. Russell, Everett E. Russell,
Miss Elizabeth Sharpley. Joe
Pearlman and Mrs. Harry H.
Baker.
Describing the Labor Depart
mentS program, under which he
works, BrittOn went on to advise
the group on deSirability of pro-
viding craft training for appren-
ticeS in Key West.
Chamber president, Everett
Russell. appointed B. L. Grooms,
A. E. Peirce and l. P. Daniels a
special committee to meet with
Mayor Albury this afternoon at
500 o'clock to go further into the
plans as outlined.
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-13

S@soOOsSOO " @OsOOOsOOo may SoOAi
get underway.
Admiral Ben Moreell of the
Bureau of Yards ana Docks is
expecting the engineering firm
of Parsons, Brinkerhoff, Clapp
and Douglas, which has been
making a final survey and study
of the project, to file its report
by Friday, Pepper stated.
The navy has S2,00O,OOO avail
able for the purpose and the
Florida Keys Aqueduct Commits
sion is hoping to secure a S1,100.-
600 loan from the RFC TO build
distribution system. In that
event the project would cost S3,-
1000, the senator pointed out.
New Navy Yard
Whether Florida will be con-
Sidered for the establishment of
an important new Navy Yard as
part of Panama Canal Defense
program will depend TO a large
extent on a report which has
just been filed by what is known
as the Navy's Greenslade Board,
Pepper announced today.
This Board. comprising high
ranking Naval experts, has been
engaged for weeks in making a
survey of the various Naval Base
leases recently agreed to by
England on her possessions on
this side of the Atlantic.
This survey determines wheth-
er a great new Southern Navy
Yard will be built. and if so.
whether Florida or what will be
known as an ''off shore" base,
will be favored
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-13
Invisible Aid To Britain

more spectacular planes, tanks
and destroyers.
Invisible aid takes three forms:
l. Sacrifice of trade to war
zones.
2. Abnormal expansion of ex-
ports of war goods at the expense
of normal exports.
g. A deluge of gold we neither
need nor want.
Even before the war the Am
erican merchant marine was
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-13
CONGRESS TO TRY
FOR ADJOURNMENT

WASHINGTON. Nov. 13. -
Democratic members of both
houses ofs congress were being
notified to be on hand next Tues
day when a vote for adjournment
is scheduled to come up.
Democrats were quoted in ia
vor of adjournment at that time,
and will make the effort to force
that procedure over the violent
objections of Republican MEM
berS in both houses. who have de-
clared in favor of staying in seS-
sion during the present crisis
period.
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-13
90 Days.!

City laws now require al resi-
dents living on streets On zkich
sewer laterals have been installed
to connect up Their house lines
with the system.
Ninety days from date oF pub-
licatinn-September g. 1875
the time limit.
FIFTY-OEE DAYS HAVE
Elapsed
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-13

BERKELEY, Calf. Nov IL
Well. sir, at last they have fiE-
ured out how you should spend
your money, down 20 the last
razor blade.
The Heller committee Df the
University Of California has done
some intensive questi0n-askInE
IN the San Francisco area for
several years Their studies 50
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-13
BY MORGAN NJ. BEATTY
AP Feature Service Writer

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13.-The
economic experts who measure
the impact of war on our trade,
industry and labor have run head
long into the problem of our in
visible aid to Britain.
Our invisible aid is by far
greater than the visible, even
though this unseen help seldom
Squeezes into the headlines with
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-13
SWIMMERS, BEWARE
nv A~Sorinted Pr~ssI

CORONADO, Calif.-The gam
bling barge Monte Carlo was a
money trap. Now that it has
foundered on a Shoal it has be-
come a death trap. Three swim
merS tempted to swim out and
inspect it have been drowned.
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-13
Looks For
Early Beginning On
.AQutduct Project
ENGINEERING COMPANY TO TURN IN SUR
VEY REPORT NEXT FRIDAY
Especial to The CitiEenl
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON. Nov. 13.-
Senator Claude Pepper declared
today that construction of the
mainland to Key West water line
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-13
PERFUME FROM MUSK DEER

WASHINGTON. - The best
musk for perfumes comes from
the musk deer of Tibet.
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-13
OutmOded Equipment Be
ing Sent To England
On One Of Exchange
DestrOyers
my AssocIated Pressl

CBy Associated PressI
WASHINGTON. Nov. I3.-
Navy officials reported today
that two bomb sights had been
turned over to the British for
use on planes now engaged in
maneuvers against the Nazis.
The sights were described as
outmOded equipment-not as eff
fective as late models of the type
now being used by United States
navy planes. but that they would
prove highly useful in promotion
of the war for the British.
The bomb sights were said to
be on board one of the DESTROY
ers recently turned over to the
British in exchange for island
bases on this side of the Atlantic
ocean.
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-13

MRS. MALCOLM MCCLELLAN
THE 18TH CONVENTION
Of the Florida Congress of
Parents and Teachers opened
in the White Temple Metho-
dist Church in Miami this
morning. when Mrs Malcolm
Mcclellan. stale president. of
Jacksonville. called the two
day session TO order.
Representatives from all
Monroe County schools were
present at the opening meet
ing. The convention ends
tomorrow night. Theme is
Our Concern. Every Child.
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-13

by the navy at a cost of froI
S2,OOO,OOO to $4,000, 600 may 500
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-13

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Evening star., 1940-02-29
Night Court

Prince Georges County's night
Police Court, inaugurated this month,
should benefit the public as well as
the town policemen whose cases are
tried there. Ever since Governor
O'Conor's court reform law became
effective last June there has been
agitation on the part of the Prince
Georges County Municipal Associa-
ton for such a court. Town magis-
trates were abolished under the new
system. Some of the towns affiliated
with the municipal association, how
ever, still have part-time police
who are employed in the daytime and
find it difficult to get away from their
Jobs to attend the regular sessions OF
county Police Court. The night ses-
sions solve their problem.
AS long as the towns are permitted
to maintain part-time police, the on
Evening star., 1940-02-29

GERS are entitled to bring prisoners
to trial at convenient hours. While
the night court may tend to en-
courage arrests, the judges who
preside over it are the regular ones
who officiate in county court and
they can be expected to detect and
halt any tendency to make arrests
primarily for revenue purposes.
Inauguration of the night sessions
focuses attention on the part-time
police problem. The towns that have
such officers claim they are unable
to afford full-time forces. II Cover
nor O'Conor is casting about for an
other feature of the State govern
ment to reform he might give some
thought to devising a system under
which part-time police no longer
would be necessary. Town and county
officials should help rather than hin
der any such move.
Evening star., 1940-02-29
Parkway in Arlington

One means by which the progress
Of the George Washington Memorial
Parkway on the Virginia side of the
Potomac may be protected lies in a
bill pending before the State As
sembly which. would authorize
Arlington County to spend up to
forty-flve thousand dollars for land
purchases.
So far suitable action has been
taken by Maryland and Montgomery
County in acquiring land for the
project which eventually will link
Mount Vernon, Washington and
Great Falls with q continuous park
Evening star., 1940-02-29

and boulevard. Private gifts and
small purchases by the counties on
the Virginia side have brought some
property into the project, but acqui-
sition has Jagged. For several
months the principal stumbling block
has been law which prohibits the
treasurer of Arlington from drawing
checks when the amount varies as
much as ten per cent from the
county budget.
Although the expenditure has been
authorized by the County Board, and,
when appealed to the Circuit Court,
was ordered by that tribunal, the
reluctance of the treasurer to turn
over the funds while the law stands
in its present form is understand
able. But unless the situation is
corrected the whole program will be
endangered, since the States match
ing contribution, carried in the
budget for the current year, has little
chance at this late date of being
carried over into the next fiscal year.
Only two solutions are possible.
The treasurer has appealed the de-
clsion OF the Circuit Court, but 1t is
improbable that a decision may be
reached before the expiration of the
State budget. The quickest and most
effective answer is that pending in
the Assembly. introduced Monday,
the authorizing bill was favorably
reported out of committee within
forty-eight hours. If comparable
speed is shown in the rest of the
legislative mill, it is possible that the
land needed may be saved for the
parkway. But delay of purchases for
even a year may seriously endanger
the entire project.
Evening star., 1940-02-29

to preserve her freedom, her religion,
her culture and her high national ideals?
Why must some Of our statesmen object
to the granting of loan to Finland. al
though Finland has met all her previous
obligations to us. even at . time when
the red beast was at her throat? Are
We that heartless and hard? Let US
hesitate no longer, but let us give Fin
land loan to be used for whatever pur-
pose necessary before she is engulfed by
her foe, the foe Of true democracy. god.
less Russian Communism!
CARL e. DAVIDSON.
Kettle River, MINI,
February 20.
Evening star., 1940-02-29
MASSACHUSETTS AVE

Dear Sir:
Your column is one of the first that
turn to, learning many things useful
and interesting. I am lover Of birds,
and have been feeding and watching
them for many years.
I'm the first home that my husband
and I had I remember a robin that
came for several years to follow him
down the walk to get the worms as he
dug In the flower border.
Another time in Chevy Chase q cat
bird would come in the morning and
give his ugly catcall until fed him,
when he would adjourn to q nearby
tree and give me beautiful concert,
but it remained for cardinal to COM
pletely bawl me out last summer.
Il am now living on Massachusetts,
avenue northwest and have good sized
front lawn that I am fond of watering,
much to the disgust of my family, and
one very hot morning last summer was
approached by my friend, the cardinal,
who stood about feet from me and
began to hop up and down and try to
tell me something.
Il could not understand what he
wanted.
"At last he flew to a small evergreen
close by.
LAS an experiment, I turned the
small spray on him.
We'll his delight was very evident.
He fluf1ed his wings, hoped up and
down, uttering the most satisfied sounds,
quite different from his tone before the
shower
II don't know how long he would have
remained there but had to turn my
attention to other parts of the lawn
Now he has bird bath in the side
yard but he came every day to take the
shower If it was in the morning, never in
the evening, which was pretty smart
don't you think?
Sincerely yours, w. A. s."
Cardinals are clever birds, no doubt
of it.
Come to think of it, most of the wild
things are clever enough for their own
purposes.
They manage to do what they want
to do. and not have to do many things
which they do not want to do.
Is or isn't that practical cleverness?
In achieving these natural ends, they
do little damage to others, by and large.
The arch doer of damage, man, can
take many lessons from the birds The
trouble with the universal scoundrel is
that he will not profit from the lessons
he receives. He takes" them, well
enough, but seldom carries them into
effect. In recent years, this natural
reluctance on mans part to profit from
emulation of the creatures has been
augmented by sly propaganda of evil.
which would have us believe that
lessons" are preaching, and that some
how preaching is too old fashioned to
be any good.
When it comes to patterning himself
after the good traits Of the small crea-
lures In fur and feathers, man has been
more and more disinclined, rather
Evening star., 1940-02-29
THIS AND THAT
By Charles z. Trdce,oeu.

imagining IN his lofdly way that things
30 small cannot really have anything
to teach one so great.
Hence, man seldom initiates the
animals, when it comes to illness, for
instance.
Animals refuse to eat, when i'll, but
not man! He eats more than ever, If
that is possible, which 1t scarcely is, be-
cause most of the time man eats all he
can hold at every meal, If he can get it.
The unwary wight who goes on re-
ducing diet makes the mistake Of his
life when he lets his friends know
about it.
He is starving" himself, they say, in
chorus, even If he Is absolutely scien-
tif1c about 1t and has the full approval
Of his physician.
Every time the poor fellow comes down
with cold, they shake their heads SOL
emnly.
If he gets a toothache, the reduction
did it.
If he stubs q toe, it was that "starv-
ing" he did to himself.
The danger lies not in dieting, prop
erly done, but in telling your friends
about it!
If you say nothing about it, they will
never notice that you have lost 40
pounds. Folks seldom remark on the
good we achieve)
But If you dare mention the thing,
henceforth for the rest of your life your
dear friends will be waiting, like cats at
mouse holes, to pounce upon your slight
est illness and to predict your probable
end.
The only reason birds go on a reduc-
ing diet is through lack of food.
Their situation is different, of course
They simply can't get too fat, because
they are all perfect. in elandular con-
struction, and live outdoors "a hours q
day. hence have plenty of oxygen to
burn up surplus.
Birds bathe both because they like 1t
and profit from the experience. and
these laudable reasons man may take to
himself. for once, for he both enjoys and
profits from bath as we'll as a cardinal
Starlings, as remarked here before
are really the "bathingest" of all birds
They are one of the few species which
never fail to get their baths in the win
ter
Even on the coldest days, if they car
find bit of water they will bathe in it
Most birds are content with drinking
water when the temperature is down ir
the 20s and below Hence it is incum-
bent on every friend of theirs to see tc
it that fresh pan of water is placed
near the feeding place in the afternoon
An old-fashioned pie pan will do The
birds soon come to look for this refresh.
ment. 1t must be kept in mind that
often water is much more scarce thar
food.
Especially when it is cold, but nc
snow on the ground: when there is snow
the least melting affords the songster.
something to drink. They are extremely
clever in finding the drips. Often spar
rows starlings and others may be seer
drinking from the drip of porch roofs
Evening star., 1940-02-29
Extra Day

Today's special event is all in the
date line-February 29-an extra
day in the year 1910, and curious
mixture of good and evil. It comes
in handy as slight buffer between
February % and the first of the next
month, when rent and many other
bills are due, and postpones for day
the dread Ides of March when Uncle
Sam swoops on the almost unpro-
tected pocketbooks of his taxpaying
nephews and nieces. Leap Year day
is dreaded by the case-hardened
bachelor, fearful that one woman's
date may be another mans fate, and
unless equipped with an almost
inhuman sales resistance, he will
spend 1t in retirement in Turkish
bath or some other rare spot rela-
lively immune from the feminine
influence. No attempt has been
made by the White House to elimi-
nate February 20. and 1t has in fact
received a hearty presidential
Endorsement, as it gives the Ameri-
can public another twenty-four hours
which may be profitably spent in
guessing the third-term enigma.
Astrologers say that girls born on
this day have a particularly lucky
horoscope. Forty years from now,
when rude people ask their age, they
will be able to look their interrogators
unblushingly straight in the eyeball
and report that they have not yet
celebrated their twentieth birthday;
which will be more than true, as
they will have had just ten of those
dread anniversaries. Those born
yesterday or tomorrow will have to
indulge in the more prosaic custom of
prevarication, but there is no reason
to believe that they will let that
worry them unduly.
Evening star., 1940-02-29
Minority Pressure Groups
Held in Disfav0r.

To the Editor OF The Star:
Representative Robert Ramspeck, dur
ing the convention of the A. F. G. E.
at Atlantic City, stated that, due to the
fight among themselves. employe unions
passed up $13,000,000 in annual Federal
benefits when the liberalized retirement
law was scrapped. The contribution in
crease to S per cent would have reduced
the cost of the entire retirement plan
to the Federal Government by only
$375,OOO.
He was reported to have also said,
"It just does not make sense to me
for the employees to pass up such a
golden opportunity" Government clerks
for almost 20 years have worked for
liberal retirement only to see the plan
smashed by q group representing but a
fraction of the entire Government
service
Many clerks have Withdrawn from
the unions because they think the
chickering's, rivalry, ETC., are obstructing
needed legislation. Clerks are also ask
ing why such a condition should be
pcIuIIUCO AAlOWAA8 I11dt u1lAOIlS ICpISSSIlL
but small percentage of the entire
Government personnel. Why permit
such minority pressure groups to FORE
stall important legislation? s.
That nberalized retirement is badly
needed is evidenced by the large num-
Der Of elderly clerks in the Government
service, who desire to retire and the large
number Of young men and women
anxious to enter the service
The writer has yet to contact one
employe among a large number, young
and old, who is opposed to the increased
contribution to the retirement fund, and
many are highly indignant because Of
the unreasonable attitude taken by the
three union oficials who killed the lib
eralized retirement law.
It is hoped that Congress will dis
regard suggestions made by employe
unions in the future and give the Gov
ernment and its employees the benefit Of
the Nberalized retirement law sponsored
by Representative Ramspeck.
February %. 0oA0lONaoNto1.
Evening star., 1940-02-29
Praises Analysis Of
Farewell Address
Article by Edwin HoIsey Held
Truly Representative Of
Woshington's Views

To the Editor Of The Star:
Many thanks, and three cheers, for
Edwin P. Halsey's fine article In Fri
days Star. Many readers must have
been surprised by 1t, for Mr.. Halsey
quotes Washington as saying: 1--WE may
safely trust to temporary alliances"
while the numerous isolationist orators
whom we have heard on the radio seem
to base their favorite and strongest
argument on Washington who was
opposed to all alliances. Now these
orators surely are honest, and surely
would have read carefully document
which contains so much of their case
Some one must have been tampering
with the text of the Farewell Address.
If this conclusion seems fantastic to
some, 1t Is supported by definite and
incontrovertible facts. Many of the
honest isolationists have said In SO many
words that Washington warned us
against "entangling alliances" yet the
phrase "entangling alliances" absolutely
does not appear in Mr.. Halseys edition
VI Iile duuTeSS, WHICH Is the same as
many of us have seen.
Another extraordinary circumstance
seems pertinent here. Some histories
say that within two years OF the birth
OF this Nation, while Washington was
commander in chief, there was formed
a foreign alliance which resulted in the
landing of thousands of foreign soldiers
on our soil. This must be SO, since many
OF us have seen in this city statue to
Count Rochambeau, the commander of
the French troops. A man of Washing
tons honor and decision of character
would surely never have allowed any
sacrifice of his principles; the alliance
must have been put over unbeknown to
him. doubtless through the Vaccinations
OF Ambassador Franklin, who thus quail
f1es as our supreme Nnisolationist. If
that is so, the isolationist will certainly
agree that men named Franklin should
be watched. lest they imperil our liberties.
February "A. WALTER P. WHITE.
Evening star., 1940-02-29
Deplores Historians Neglect
OF General Halleck.

To the Editor OF The Star:
Fifty years ago, 1t was thought that
the true story OF the Civil War would
never be told, for the reason that the
regulations of many prominent men
would be destroyed thereby. The recent
flood OF Lincoln books is an indication
Of the revival OF interest in the fascinat-
ing story Of this great conflict.
To students of the military history
OF this period. Gen. Henry Wager Halleck
still remains a very mysterious person.
Sadly neglected by historians, he re-
ceives only scant mention in the vast
literature Of the Civil War, although
his influence runs throughout its entire
story.
AS the commander of our great armies
during this critical period of national
crisis, he was generally condemned by
contemporaries as being utterly incom-
petent, and was charged with full re-
sponsibility for the repeated disasters
that befel the Union Armies in the field.
Few men in public life have been made
the subject Of such personal abuse,
unfair criticism and vituperation as was
Gen. Halleck. Strange as it may seem,
the most outspoken and malignant CEN
sure came from members of President
Lincolns own Cabinet. Lincoln, griev-
ously irritated by the attempt to ridicule
and besmirch the character and motives
Of his friend and military adviser, con-
tinued to retain him in high command
in spite of the incessant clamor for his
dismissal.
During Lincolns four years in WASH
ington, no one was more intimately as
sociated with him than Halleck, yet
there exists no written record OF this
association. It appears very strange,
indeed, that historians have never
thought it worth while to ask why
Lincoln kept Halleck in high command,
or to explore the relationship existing
between them.
Some day this mystery will be solved.
Then will simple justice be done to a
man who unseldshly served his coun-
try with distinction during a great
crisis in our history, and who deserved
far better fate than he received at
the hands Of his contemporaries and
historians in general.
WILLIAM E. MARSH.
Elmwood, Conn.
February 26.