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The Key West citizen., 1940-10-17
RED CROSS CALL

1t is not too early to begin thinking
about support for the annual Red Cross
call to start in this city on Armistice Day,
November IL.
With that fact in mind, it was refresh
ing to note that complete organization of
the local Red Cross committee was effected
at a meeting earlier this week and that the
cause of furnishing relief to destitute war
victims across the ocean would be in good
hands by reason of that organization.
All angles of the drive were amply
covered in the organization move and the
task now, it would appear, resolves itself
into mere formalities of pressing the start
ing bell signal to make collections.
1t would be a particularly COM
mendable thing for Key West if our quota,
yet to be announced, could be oversub-
scribed. Considerable publicity is given
to this annual drive and if Key West could
be on one Of the first lists as having met
its quota, and then some, the outside world
would gain knowledge of our patriotic
fervOr.
Then again, the Red Cross roll call
furnishes Key Westers with an opportunity
to repay the powers that be for the many
projects that have come to our shores by
reason of the War-the war, that makes
necessary this appeal for funds to relieve
distress in many parts of the world.
All of us would be gratified beyond
all measure of emotion to see an end to
hostilities across the water, making it un-
necessary to conduct future Red Cross
calls But with the certain knowledge that
no such eventuality can come in the very
near future, the need remains the most
desperate of all in the world today.
Get ready to support the call! Lay
aside funds now to contribute to this
worthiest of worthy causes!
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-17

from the Army for disability from
wounds received IN action
Warner returned 70 Toledo
where he took up the practice q
law. He was admitted 10 the
Ohio State Bar in 1916. Al pres
ent he is a member Of the Toledo.
Ohio State and American Bar
Associations
As attorney-at-law. Warner has
held a number Of offices and com
mittee memberships IN the To
ledc and Ohio State Bar ASsocIa-
tions. He is a past president of
the Toledo Bar Association and
was chairman Of the committee
on unauthorized practice Of law
for both the Toledo and Ono
Associations for five years. He
served as a trustee Of the To
ledo Chamber Of Commerce. and
was appointed chairman OF the
military affairs committee Of
that body. For the past two
years he has served as chairman
of the national and state affairs
committee. He IS a past presI-
dent Of the Toledo Exchange
Club. a past president Of the An
thony Wayne Chapter Sons Of
the American Revolution, and Of
the Toledo Memorial Association
Warner has served continuous
ly the past five years as a mem
Der of the nationally famous To
ledo Industrial Peace Board
which was organized by former
Edward McGrady. assistant Us
Secretary of Labor and which
has been instrumental IN settling
many of the labor controversies
in Toledo without resort 10 strikes
and lockouts.
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-17

WAR IN EUROPE


Axis merchant marine could
again go to. the four corners of
the world, to come home laden
with all that the people of Eu-
rope now lack. So long as Brit
ain survives, the Axis will be
able to obtain almost nothing out
side the gutted land it domin-
ates. If Hitler does attempt an
''all-out" blow against England
soon, this will be one of the prin-
cipal reasons for it.
There are some who believe
that the possibility of famine
points to the way that the dicta-
tors grip on Europe may finally
be loosened. A hungry people,
they reason, will revolt against
their masterS-there is little
cnoice between suicide and star
Vc,t-OI. But there is another side
t. this. AS Alan Gregg writes in
tic Yale Review, There are va
rIc:ies OF starvation. Reduce
a4luptly all forms of food after
an adequate diet, and you will
still be strong enough to riot for
food; gradually reduce to zero
some essential of your diet, and
you will finally be too weakened
to protest with energy. So fam
inc in captured nations might
actually play into Hitler's hands
by leSsening the ability of the
conquered peoples to effectively
protest.
Europe Five Years From Now?
1t is not expected that there
will be widespread famine this
winter. 1t is considered almost a
certainty that it will come in
grave form next winter, however,
if the war is still going on then,
and Britannia still rules the
waves. Few experts dare antici-
pate what Europe will be like if
the war lasts four or five years,
as some military authorities think
it may. The peoples would be
literally decimated-victimS of
war who never saw a battle, and
never heard the wall of bullet.
Some in this country would
help the conquered peoples with
food and other necessities. But
Britain has so far refused to pass
relief ships through the blockade,
on the very reasonable theory
that the dictators would seize
their cargoeS once they were de-
livered. Europe will not get
much help from US.
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-17
SOLVING FLoR1DA's DEBT PROBLEM
(From Lakeland Evening Ledger


Abolition of the ad valorem tax in favor of
tax based on definite percentage of rental or
other similar proceeds from property is advocated
by the Florida Tax Revision League an in
teligent step toward doubling the states pOpula-
ton within a few years and thereby cutting the
bonded Indebtedness per capita in half.
Thousands of new investors builders and de-
velopers would flock to Florida from every state
in the union if the ad valorem tax were cast
aside the tax organization maintains pointing out
in its most recent bulletin that present ad valorem
property taxes are not only excessive but in
definite
Under the present system, there is no way Of
knowing what future taxes will be, and there
fore no way of determining ownership, develop
nent and use of property will result in profit a
loss or confiscation of the property for taxes the
bulletin asserts with considerable justification.
The positive steps advocated by the league
accurately reflects the growing anxiety of citi-
zens as result of taxes that have been constantly
increased and as a result of bonded debts that
continue to be plague upon economic vitality.
The tax problem. directly related to bonded
Indebtedness, is getting more serious attention
than ever before and it is not too much TO ex-
pect that definite relief ultimately VIII be the
suit The demand for more service from govern
mental units must be reconcled with the demand
for reasonably rigid economy.
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-17

The labor racketeer, George Scalise,
''.s been sentenced to from 10 to 20 years
ealing funds from union. While the
iiction was for this specific offenSe, he
being punished for other criminal acts,
Sno"n and unknown. one his conviction
/ ederal court in 1913 on a Mann Act
charge. Scalise's conviction is a victory
for honest union men and honest unions
Chough his conviction was not sought by
them). and no friend OF labor will regret
that his days of criminality are over for
l..1uy years 10 come.
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-17
THE KEY WEST CITIZEN

WILL always seek the truth and print it
without fear and without favor; never be
afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right;
always fight TOR progress; never be the or
gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique,
faction or class; always do its utmost for the
injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue,
commend good done by individual or organ
lzatiOn; tolerant of others rights, views and
opinions; print only news that will elevate
and not contaminate the reader; never COM
promise with principle.
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-17
THEY COULDN'T
GIVE HIM GUN

CLEMSON. S. c.. Oct. IT.
When G.. Max Lightsey applied
to the Clemson college military
department for a gun to tote in
the ROTC. parades the authori-
ties were non-plussed- There
wasn't any to fit a 4-foot-4 inch
cadet
But Lightsey himself came to
their rescue when he decided he
would either carry a pistol or
join the band.
Lightsey, who will study ami
NAL husbandry. is the shortest
cadet ever TO register at Glenn
son.
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-17

1t was inevitable that the re-
cent meeting between Hitler and
Mussolini at Brenner Pass should
have been Immediately followed
/ by reports that the Axis has COM
pleted plans for invading England
this fall or winter, bad weather
Notwithstanding. To some neu-
tral military experts, this is al
most incredible-it would involve
/ the gravest and most far-reaching
risks that Hitler has as yet taken.
Despite that, however. there is at
| least one sound reason for believ-
ing that the reports may prove
true. That reason is two-fold:
/ famine and disease, two of the
most deadly of the Four Horse
men of the Apocalypse.
Conquered Nations Suffer
! No one knows exactly how Sc
rious the food situation is in Hit
! rer-occupied Europe. But it is
known that the conquered cou7-
tries have been Systematically
Quilted of their food reserves, II
order that the German Army and
the German people can be fed.
The fine dairy herds of Denmark,
products of centuries of develop
ment. have been slaughtered for
beef Already the people of Hol-
land, Belgium, France and else
where have felt the pinch, as ba-
sic foods, notably fats, become
more scarce. Germany. because
of her seizures, is better off than
most, but even there the people
exist on a bare subsistence basis.
Great wars have always
| brought the threat of famine, and
! sometimes the actuality. But il
is a reasonable supposition that
this war, different as it is from
its predecessors in so many ways,
NAV be the precursor of greater
hunger than the modern world
has known. In the past, nations,
when embarking on the great
adventure that is war. have
usually been fat. prosperous, we'll
fed But the Germans, long be-
fCre war began last year, were
| living on short rationS. And the
wars of the past were usually
fought by professional armies, at
least at the beginning. and mill
'arv life was but one phase of
the life of the nation. In the pres
ent case, Germany, and to a les
ser extent Italy. have been fol-
lowing a war economy for manv
vears-everything. men and ma
terial alike. has been dedicated to
preparing for conflict Production
of food has necessarily been held
to the lowest possible minimum
substitutes of little nutritional
vahIe have long been employed
It is not unnatural that serious
diseases have been growing in
both number and intensity for
many moons in Germany and
Italv.
Disease. Of course. is the ever
present allv of famine-and dis
ease. once it gets the upper hand,
becomes plague. Plague, accord
ing to the international grape
vine that mysteriouSly brings
news past the iron-clad European
censorship. has already come to
Poland. And plague respects no
boundaries The lack of soap in
Europe is a factor here-dirt pro-
vides the finest possible breeding
place for anv kind of disease.
No Hope If Britain Survives
Europe has never been COM
oletely self-contsined-i must
import. Today there is almost nc
commerce between the old world
and the new. save for that which
IS controlled by Britain. The
British fleet is carrying on the
blockade effectively, and is pre-
pared to extend it-as. for ex-
ample. to Spain-if necessary. II
Britain were to fall, the great
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-17

It i conceded by everyone that the
National Defense Commission. in order to
function properly and effectively. must
have a chairman. In his desire to be boss
OF everything, President Roosevelt at
tempted TO do the job himself but with his
third term requirements of time he found
ii impossible and was about to name
chairman when Willkie made the political
mistake to state publicly that a chairman
for the Commission was an urgent neceS-
sity. On that account Roosevelt refused
to make the appointment and declared
nothing will be done until after election" :"
This is picayunish pettiness. 1t is bare
faced implication that the President of the
United States is so petty an individual that
he is willing to sacrifice a matter con-
cededly in the national interest at vital
moment in the life of the Nation for no
other reason than that it has been publicly
suggested by his opponent for the presi-
dency. That's politics with vengeance.
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-17
Sketch
Of Milo J. Warner.
New Legion Head

Following is biographicsl
sketch Of the new head of The
American Legion:
Milo J. Warner, attorney of To-
ledO, is one of the founders of
The American Legion in Ohio.
He was a charter member of the
! Vernon McCune Post No. 1872 at
+ Toledo in 1919, and served as
adjutant of his post in 1920 The
following year he was elected
post commander. His rise there
after IN The American Legion was
rapid. He was chosen chairman
of the Lucas County Council in
1922, and two years later was
elevated to the post Of Depart
ment Commander of Ohio. After
holding office on a number of
important national committees.
including the National Executive
Committee, Warner was elected
National Vice Commander of
The American Legion at the Mi
ami, Fla, convention in 1884. In
1888 he served as Vice Chairman
+ of the National Rehabilitation
Committee
. Warner was born at Lima City,
Ohio. near Toledo. on November
] II, 1891. He attended Ohio State
University where he was active
in university affairs and was an
officer in the cadet corps. thus
laying the first foundation for
splendid military record in later
life. He received his ALB. de-
gree there in 1913 and Bachelor
of Laws degree in 1916. He be
came affiliated with the Pi Kappa
Alpha and Phi Delta Phi fra
ternities in college. After gradu-
ating, he joined the 1st Ohio
Cavalry, Ohio National Guard
and served with that regiment on
the Mexican border in 1861
On June 1. 1917. Mr.. Warner
was married to Dorothy Casad
Bennett of El Paso, Texas and
La Union. New Mexico. They now
have three children, Milo J., Jr-,
born August Is. 1918; Donald w,
born December Is, 1920, and
Carolyn B., born November 80,
1928.
! Two days after his wedding
+ Warner was commissioned as
2nd Lieutenant in the Regular
US. Army He was assigned TO
the 18th Cavalry. Promotion
came to him rapidly. He was
commissioned as 1st Lieutenant
on June %, 1917. and was given
the temporary rank of Captain
on November Is, 1917. He at
tended the Army Service School
at Leavenworth. Kans., from
June until Septmeber, 1917, and
then rejoined his regiment This
j organization later was converted
into the 18th Field Artillery and
made part of the 3rd division.
! Warner served with his outfit at
Fort Ethan Allen. VT, and Camp
Shelby, Miss. He went overseas
with his outfit as Commanding
officer of Battery B, 18th Artil-
lery. arriving in France on April
%, 1918. The battery trained at
Ccequidan and saw service in the
Champagne-Mar and Aisne-
/ Marine campaign sectors. On July
%, 1918, while in command of his
Battery, Warner was wounded
! severely in action during bomb
ing raid near lie Charmed. He
spent some time in Evacuation
Base 81. and Base 8 Hospital.
and was returned to the United
States as disabled war veteran
He was sent to the hospital at
Ft. Sam Houston. Tex, where he
remained until March, 1919 He
was then assigned to the 14th
cavalry at Fort Sam Houston On
August 81, 1919, he was retired
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-17

There is no contention that political
progress results from conflicting opinions );
also political progress results from changes
in the personnel of government. 1t is the
L Iiy democratic way
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-17
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

Water and Sewerage.
, More Hotels and Apartments.
3 Beach and Bathing Pavilion
+ Airports-Land and Sea.
) Consolidation of County and City Gov
CTnmcntS.
s A Modern City Hospital
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-17

The Cincinn~,. Reds showed they had
stamina and intestinal fortitude, qualities
which are necessary in baseball as in all
other fields Of erdeavOr.
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-17

All suppressed primitive instincts are
wing glorious holiday in Europe these
daya, where slaughter and inhumanity are
heroic deeds
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-17

Besides a good r'ckle cigar, the
United States needs another ex-president
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-17

Quit advertising your business and
YOU invite your business to quit.
The Key West citizen., 1940-10-17
Economic Highlights

HAPPENINGS THAT AFFECT DINNER PALS. DIVIDEND
CHECKS AND TAX BILLS OF EVERY INDIVIDUAL:
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS
INSEPARABLE FROM LOCAL WELFARE
Evening star., 1940-04-02
Chief Oman Interviewed
By Two BOYS on Radio

Two 12-year-old Southwest Wash
lngton boys were the envy of all the
fellows today. They interviewed j.
Edgar Hoover chief Oman. last
night on radio broadcast.
Mr.. Hoover appeared on a pro-
gram owed Station WRC to aid in
the current drive for funds to main
tain the Metropolitan Police BOYS
Club, and Charles Newman of 637 G.
street S.W. and William Stokes of
943 G street S.W. were assigned the
highly coveted task of interviewing
him
After relating experiences of Fed
eral agents in capturing several no.
torious criminals. Mr.. Hoover point
ed to the valuable service given the
community by boys organizations.
He stressed the necessity for the
continued support of such clubs and
said, during the questioning by his
young admirers. that many of this
country's criminals would never have
turned to lives Of crime had they en-
Joyed training such as that offered
by boys clubs today.
The campaign workers were to
hold a luncheon at the Cosmos Club
today to hear first reports on the
drive.
Evening star., 1940-04-02

few feet from the place indicated
on the approved plans, Col. Och
mann said, those who remodeled
the building had used a different
type of concrete than announced
and had introduced other materials
which had not been specified.
The concrete used, he said. con-
tanned cinders instead of gravel
Cinder concrete often contains un-
burned coal particles, but Col. Och
mann said he was surprised to see
how we'll the concrete used had
stood up in the fire.
There were no outside fire escapes,
but the inside stairways had been
certified as flreproof.
Representative Bolles, IN demand
ing the fire safety investigation
pointed out that District officials
claimed they are "helpless' under
existing law to require owners of old
buildings to bring them up to date.
He said the officials should be called
before congressional committee to
recommend needed legislation.
There are hundreds of buildings
in Washington that would burn like
tinder." he said. The responsibility
for deaths of those in such places is
right at the door of those who make
and enforce the law"
"Antiquated Regulations" Hit.
The Industrial Union Council,
made I'm of renreSept tivec of loco
C. I. o. organizations, said in a reso-
luton adopted last night that the
loss of life was directly traceable to
antiquated building regulations.
The group demanded that neces-
sary changes be made in the building
code and that the law be enforced
strictly, with Congress providing
money for adequate inspection of
local buildings
Mrs. Helen Duey Hoffman, execu-
tive director of the Washington
Housing Association, said District
officials had failed to remove fire
hazards here. Her organization had
reported number of buildings
which are fire traps she said
but officials had taken no action.
Milton Bobier of the Washington
Housing League said his group had
been trying for some time to get
public hearings on the fire regu-
lation enforcement situation here,
but had been rebuffed by District
officials.
Evening star., 1940-04-02
Rumanians 10 Draft
100000 Youths
For Farm Army
Plan Devised to Keep
Production Up. Without
PortIy DemobiIizing
BY the Associated Press.

0y tA0 f1SoOCAAtCu 1ICoDs
BUCHAREST, April 2.-The Ru-
manian government announced to-
day that it would draft 1000, 900
young Rumanians to form an agri-
cultural army in an attempt to keep
1910 production normal and to meet
export demands-especially from
Germany.
Germany had proposed that Ru-
mania demobilize 100000 of the L.
100000 men she has under arms
and put, them to work raising grain
for Germany.
The government announced that
the plan adopted provides for re-
lease of many students from school
for a two-week period. 1t was drawn
up at meeting of the chiefs of
the Rumanian youth movement and
the ministers of agriculture and
education.
The German proposal had become
a pivotal point in German-Ru-
manian economic talks.
AS an inducement Germany has
offered to send 5000 agricultural ex-
perts to Rumania to speed up pro-
duction of cereals, it is learned on
high authority.
Quarters close to King Carols gov
ernment, however, said 1t was very
doubtful that Rumania would grant
any demobilization request, regard
less of the inducement or the pres
sure. Rumanians argue that relaxa-
ton of defense is not safe.
The conflict of opinion has arisen
since the arrival two weeks ago of
Germany's ace economic negotiator,
DR.. Karl Clodius, assigned to stimu-
late Rumania's tagging deliveries of
oil and grain to the Reich.
Unless hundreds of thousands of
peasant soldiers are returned to their
fields, the Germans argue, Ruman-
ian agriculture will be unable to
make up for the postponement OF
last falls plowing, due to mobili-
zation. and the adverse effects of a
hard winter, late spring and wides
spread floods.
Members of DR.. Clodius' mission
said that the negotiator in chief
now argues that the foreign policy
speech last Friday by Russian For
eign Commissar Vyacheslaff Molo-
tod should prove that Rumania has
no grounds to fear invasion and
thus could reduce her army safely.
Molotoff said the U. S. S. r. did
not intend to regain the Rumanian
province of Bessarabia "by war"
Bessarabia belonged to Russia in the
days of the czars.
Evening star., 1940-04-02
James N. Maupin Dies;
Retired Realty Dealer

James M. Maupin, 70. retired real
estate operator and former director
Of the Washington Chamber of Com
rnerce, died yesterday in a Takoma
Park (Md) nursing home after a
two months illness.
A resident of Washington since
1907, Mr.. Maupin made his home
with a daughter, Mrs. T. H. Leith,
At l434 Kennedy street NV. He
was native of Albemarle County,
Va.
= Mr.. Maupin had been retired from
business for number of years. At
the time Of his death he was treas
urer Of the Sixteenth Street Heights
Citizens Association.
8 Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. Leith, Mrs. Martin Kinsinger
ana Mrs. Joseph S. Thompson, the
last two living in Silver Spring
Md; three sons, William F. Maupin
Of Colombia, South America; James
M. Maupin, jr., of Hyattsville, Md,
and Harry D. Maupin of Albuquer-
que, N. Mex; sister, Mrs. C.. C..
Tilman, of Roanoke, Va; three
brothers, Tandy K Maupin of Raj
leigh N. c.; William c. and Tilman
!. Maupin, both of Salisbury, N. c.
Funeral services will be held at 2
pm. tomorrow at the Pumphrey
funeral home, Silver Spring, with
burial In Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star., 1940-04-02
Mrs. Ida V. Mothershead
Dies al Home Here

Mrs. Ida V. Mothershead, IS, life
long resident of Washington. died
today at her home, 1864 Oak street
NV. after long illness.
Active in church work. Mrs. Moth.
ershead was the widow of James r.
Mothershead, deacon for more than
80 years of the Calvary Baptist
Church. He died in 1881.
She was visitor of the home de.
partment and president of the sew
ing circle for missionary work at the
Calvary Church, devoting much Of
her time to charitable work.
Surviving are a son. j. Frank
Mothershead of Washington, and
two granddaughters, Mrs. Robert S.
Clark of Arlington, Va. and Miss
Janet Mothershead of this city. She
also leaves two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
l pm. Thursday at the Hines funeral
home. 290l Fourteenth street NV,
with burial in Rock Greek Cemetery.