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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-05

WASHINGTON, Dec. Sin
spite OF the Dies committee re-
ports and the statements of the
Department Of Justice and the
Federal BlHdAh of Identification,
d lot of folk, official and unoffi-
cial, are taking the fifth col
umn" with two grains of salt and
a sniff.
Not so with the War and Navy
Departments
Thousands of civilian en-
ployes, newSmen and non-uni-
formed officers who daily hang
their hats in the long. low War
and Navy buildings that stretch
for blocks along Constitution ave
nue. are having their pictures
taken Before long their coat la
pelS and blouSeS will bloom with
buttons, showing their photo
graphs and business identified
tionS.
The fire In the War Depart
ment building a few weeks back
has been officially written off as
accidental. but II did put heat
under the precautionary program.
Not only will all, employees have
to report with their identifying
badges in place. put visitors to
the buildings, whether pleasure
or business bent, viii be escorted
by armed guards 10 the offices on
which they are calling.
Uniforms Smack Of War
An alternative. IN the case Of
the officers in civies, would be to
put them back in uniform. an or
der which the War and Navy
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Departments hesitate to issue be-
cause it always is considered the
final sign that peace is over and
war IS at hand. 1t has been done
belize. and in each instance.
Washington takes on a martial
air which would be all out of pro-
portion for nation at peace.
Although General Pershing is
one of the most confirmed be-
levers in the morale value of
spic and span uniforms at the
close of World War l, he over
rode his reluctance and waited
no longer than necessary to or
der men stationed in Washington
back into civies.
While officers in uniform are
not difficult to identify. there's a
pretty generous penitentiary SEN
thence waiting for men imperson-
ating an officer of the armed
forces The mere unauthorized
wearing of a uniform is proof en-
9ugh.
Nevertheless, military men
stationed here are not going back
into uniform for the present Like
the civilian employees, they'll re-
port every morning al the Army
and Navy beehives with their
badges in place. or get held up
Continued On Page Twol
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-05
RED CROSS ENDS
DRIVE SATURDAY
FOR FINAL CONTRI-
BUTTONS

r. H. Spottswood. county Red
Cross chairman. informed The
Citizen this morning that another
week has been added to the local
Roll Call drive. and that those
who have not contributed, may
do so by sending in their men,
bership fees until Saturday noon
of this week.
Officially, the drive ended last
Saturday. coincident with similar
deadline dates all over the coun-
try. The final days were allowed
in order that any person over
looked may send in contribu-
tions. Checks should be made
payable TO the Red Cross. and
mailed to Mrs. Grace Phillips,
local secretary.
Mrs. r. L. Menner. Roll Call
chairman, ended her work last
Saturday, It was announced. A
full report will be released later.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-05
TAYERNIERAASKS 4.
COUNTYTFoR FIRE .
FIGHTING UNITS
DELEGATION FROM BOOST
Frs CLUB MADE APPEAL
LAST NIGHT: CCC Off
CIAL SEEKS ROAD

County commissioners were
reminded of their previous COM
mitment to provide fire-fighting
equipment for two key cities.
Tavernier and Marathon, al the
meeting last night in the court
house when delegation from the
Tavernier Boosters Club appear
ed to plead their case.
All commissioners. except Brax-
ton Warren. were present, and
county officers were also in at
tendance.
G. Donaldson queried the com
miSSioners as spokesman for the
Tavernier group, reminding the
board that Sll00 had been APP
propriated last June TO purchase
two trucks, one for his city and
one for Marathon.
1t was explained that no pro-
vision was made for such equip
ment in the last budget, but that
the item had been set up IN the
current budget, and the purchase
would be made as soon as collec-
tions of sufficient amount came
in.
Fire Chief Harry Baker was to
work with commissioner Curry
this week and prepare specifica-
tions TO advertise for bids on the
fire-fighting equipment, and Cur
" was authorized to proceed with
the matter
Another subject brought up in
connection with the Tavernier
groups presence. was the condi-
ton of the highway in certain
sections of the city. The Boost
erS Club was to write a letter TO
the State Road Department ask
ing for needed work, and the
county commissioners guaran-
teed to add their voice to the
plea.
A representative of the CCC
camp at Flamingo, a Major
Clarke, Appeared before the
board and asked for aid in con-
Continued on Page Four
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GREEKS CLAIM
WAR HEADLINES

ATHENS. Dec. 5.-Greece con-
tinueS to steal the headlines in
embattled Europe today. with an
nOuncement being made here this
morning of further successes for
the Greek armies in Albania.
hopping up maneuvers are be-
ing conducted in the Porto Edda
section where complete control
of that southwest section of AL
bania has been effected This
Italian seacOaSt stronghold has
been completely surrendered to
the Greeks. who are now pushing
advance units in pursuit of flee
ing Italians.
At the other end of this south
west 35-mile frontier. another
Italian stronghold is said to be
in desperate straits. with momen-
tarv equalization expected.
YugO-Slavian. dispatches, from
neutral observers. corroberated
the war department releases here
on the southwest section turn of
affairs and continued to predict
that the Italians would be driven
from the lake region in northeast
Albania.
Budapest dispatches this morn
ing stated that two Italian regi-
ments rushed TO the front recent
" from behind-the-lines positions,
had been completely shattered in
the Greek offenSiveS in the CEN
trail sector. Large quantities of
guns and equipment were seized
in this route
British planes were active IN
wrestling control of the air from
the Italians in Albania. and con-
tinued to harraSS advancing Ital-
ian endorsements Greek air
craft. coming into the picture in
increasing numbers. conducted
dive bombing tactics against the
enemy positions far into Albania
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-05
ROOSEVELT PAYS
VISIT T0JAMAIeA;;
CRUISER ON WAY
ARRIVED AT FORMER. BRIT
ISH ISLAND NOW PREPAR-
ING U. S. NAVAL BASE IN
STALLATIONS
Cry Associated Pre.Sl

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Dec. s.
President Roosevelt arrived at
this city early this morning,
aboard the U. S. S. Tuscaloosa.
coming from a brief stop last
evening at the naval base at
Guantanamo.
Viewing preparations being
made to establish a United States
naval base here, The President
gave orders to resume his sea
voyage shortly after 1000 o'clock.
He refused to say where his next
call would be made.
The two deStroyers escorting
the Tuscaloosa thus far. turned
back for Miami here.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-05
LOAN IS PLANNED
FOR ARGENTINA

WESTINGHOUSE 5.-Secre-
tary of the Treasury Henry Nor
genthau today stated that his
department was preparing a loan
of S50.000,000 to Argentina.
This sum would be used to re-
IeVe the economic condition in
that Latin-American nation.
Secretary MOrgenthau stated,
in answer to queries about the
move in Congress to loan money
to Great Britain. that he held
with the notion that Britain
was a good loan risk.
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~ y s. %MAw~A 5
HIS BARE SKIN NEEDS
SOME HELP i'm WINTER
cry Associated Pr~ssl


COLORADO SPRIN IS.
Colo. Dec. 5.-The polar bear
does not like cold weather.
Edward w. Clark. Jr.. super
intendent of Cheyenne Noun
tain zoo. reports. He has found
that the warmer it is the bet
ter the polar bears like il
providing they have plenty
of water.
In their wild state the
female hibernates all winter
in a snow cave. The male
ranges for food. They can
take it good and cold but they
like warmth. he says.
Clark reported that during
a recent cold wave Cheyenne
Mountain chimpanzees from
Equatorial Africa threw
snowballs al each other while
the polar bears sat in a cor
ner and shive-r-r-r-ed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-05
MRS. MARIE STONE
RELEASED TODAY

County sheriffs department ad-
vised The Citizen today that Mrs.
Marie Stone had been released
from jail on advice from the Los
Angeles. Calf, chief of police.
The advice stated that Mrs
Stone should be released on her
own recognizance, to appear for
trial in Los Angeles to settle "a
family disagreement on posses
sion of the jewels in question"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-05
r STEADY CUSTOMER

VAN ALSTYNE. Tex-For fif-
ty-seven years. Jack Mckinney
now 30. has had the same poStof-
flee box and has rarely missed 4
day collecting his mail
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-05
CITY COUNCIL
MEETS TONIGHT
ROUTINE BUSINESS ScEED
ULED; YESTERDAY WAS
PAYDAY

City C0uncilmen WI asscultle
for their first meeting Ct rhe
current month tonight a. 7M
O'Clock IN council chambers -
City Hall
City clerk ARCHIE Roberrs ar
nOunced that routine uzriers
only appeared u - on INA raee--
ing docket Monthly repurts u-lu
be read BY CITY auditor Chzries
Roberts.
Payday Yesterday
City employees and uEflcerE
were paid . full-monfhs sarT
yesterday. according - A.
nOuncement TINS morning. Pzv-
roll amount dlsbursed N-ax s.
O24.94
Present council has bcr1ered
previous councils Of mDdern ms
tory IN meeting employes ohl-
cations. il was divulged IN frat
the payday Msterdzy hruE
payrolls due only one and g hzE
months behind for the year
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-05
GOT THE POINT
CIV Associated Pre>..)

CANTON. O.. Dec. s.
Deputy Clerk T. H. Depew
was registering an alien who
could neither read nor write.
Put your K right here"
he said. indicating the dot
ted line with an index finger.
"Oh va. sure" said the
eager registrant. and quickly
drew an x on Depews
fingernail.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-05
Infectious Diseases Put
To ROut; Few Big
Killers Left

EDITORS NOTE: This is
the sixth and last of series
on what science is doing TO
combat the ten major causes
of death in the United
States.l
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notice.!

All members of the Volunteer
Fire Department are requested
10 be AT the City Hall tonight.
1880 o'clock.
HARRY NJ. BAKER.
Chief Fire Department.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-05
ST. PETE SENDS
NEW HELLO GIRL

Navel station employees bid
welcome to a new telephone
operator this week. in the
person of Miss Freda FordYce.
who has reported from her
home in St. Petersburg.
Eligible single men at the
station have noticablY "perk-
ed up their appearances. vie
ing. il is said. for the new
"hell-girls" favor.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-12-05
Heavy Weather
Slows German
Plane Attacks
Only Sporadic Raids To-
day Over London And
Birmingham; Greeks
Advance Further
GBy Associated Pressl

WY
LONDON. Dec. 5.-HeavY fog
and generally stormy weather
slowed downed Nazi plane action
against Britain last night and to-
day. Only sporadic raids were
noted over England. the invaders
coming from bases in Germany
and Nazi-occupied France.
London warded off what few
nlaneS arDeared over the horizon
todav and pushed reclamation
work in areas severely bombed in
the past three DAYS. BIRMINGHAM
experienced a moderate raid last
night. but destruction was re-
ported to be light.
British House of Commons to-
day voted almost unanimously
against anv move 70 seek a
Christmas Peace.
Members of the Labor party
had previously petitioned govern
ment heads to seek a two-day
armistice on all war fronts. but.
after leaders had bitterly argued
against the move a 341 to vote
was cast against it this morning.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-10
TODAYS SPORT PARADE

field. He can cut and sway and
shake and get along.
Kimbrough is probably the best
liked man on the Aggies team. His
publicity hasn't bothered him. He
still wears size IA and still is
willing to do his share of the dirty
work. He has been more block
ing back this year than a running
back. He has risked his chance
of making the all-American twice
in a row by running ahead OF
Thomason. ThomaSon is the teams
real blocker. But to give the Ag-
gies variety, to add another threat
to their attack, Kimbrough has
willing turned to blocking.
He goes today against s. M. U.
in the biggest game the south
west will have all year. Big John
is ready. Ask him to kick and
he'll kick. Ask him to block and
he'll block. Ask him to smack the
middle for three and he'll get you
three.
In short, real football player.
A team player. A big strong,
smart, tough-and nice-guy' You
can put him in there at fullback
on your all-American. He won't
let you down.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-10

Expected at BWCC
During Weekend

Golfers Saturday looked forward
to a two-day holiday weekend that
will find the Barbara Worth coun-
try club course awaiting unusually
large play.
Golf Professional Johnny Turnac
planned special sweepstake tourna-
ments for Saturday, Sunday and
Armistice day.
Meanwhile, the condition of the
course itself continued to improve.
Fairways were moved down to a
proper height and temporary greens
were cut and rolled. Reseeding the
regular green's, delayed pending ar
rival of additional rye grass seed,
will start early next week and the
greens should be in condition to
play soon thereafter.
Greensmen planned to add some,
red top to the additional rye grass
to thicken out the growth. AT pres
ent the rye is well up, but continued
warm weather early this fall left
bare spots that must be filled by
| the new seed
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-10

IA yards to score.
Johnny Williams picked up three
at end, ripped guard for four yards.
Burnett plunged for eight and VIII
liams picked up three. At this
point Navarro passed to Williams
for a 80 yard gain and first
down on Ell Centro's 30. Navarro
passed two incomplete toSses then
connected for nine and two yard
gains to Ulloa. With a first down
on the Spartan 10 yard line, Ma
varro tossed three more incomplete
passes, then connected to UllOa for
a touchdown. BroWnelrS attempted
conversion was blocked
That ended the scoring for the
night though Ell Centro threatened
to score in the third in a drive to
the Brawley 32 and Brawley made
two feeble efforts in the fourth
quarter, moving to the Ell Centro
38 yard line on two occasions.
The entire Ell Centro line played
good defensive ball with Paul Fa-
bares again the outstanding man
on defense. Aiding Fabares were
Gary Stevenson, Lonacre, Rex, Nc.
Bride, Osuna, Osa, Thanner, Ingle
and Conky.
Gene OsWalt, Bill Patterson, Fred
Robertson, James Morgan and Red
Riedy again alternated at the cli-
max spot for Ell Centre with Os-
walt and Robertson turning in
steadiest performances.
For Brawley it was Leuchars.
Ulloa and Hall that looked most i'm
pressive on the line, Navarro, Will
liams, Minter and Burnett in the
backfield. Williams running was
the most brilliant of the season.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-10

Ell Centro put the ball in play on
its own as.
Gene OsWalt, who spanked the
Spartan attack, faded back to toss
a seven yard pass to Bill Patter-
son. Red Riedy ripped off 10 yards
at tackle and Patterson ran the
end for eight.
Riedy passed to Oswalt for six
yards and a first down on the
Brawley Is. Riedy added four at
tackle, Patterson picked up a
yard at guard, then sneaked be-
tween guard and tackle for 10
yards and score. Robertson's at
tempted placekick was wide.
The remainder of the quarter
was played in midfield, but early
in the second period the Spartans
struck again when Morgan recover
ed tumble by Minter on the Wild
cat 33 yard line.
Riedy picked up Is yards on
a reverse, added one at tackle, then
passed to Oswalt for four to put
the ball on the Brawley 13. Oswalt
passed to Riedy for II yards and
Fred Robertson plunged over guard
for the score. Robertson's attempted
placekick was again wide.
Brawley took the kickoff and put
the ball in play on the 26 yard
line with three minutes to play
in the second half, then marched
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-10
Unbeaten Grid
Teams Put Season
Records on Line

NEW YORK, Nov. 9. (UP)-Three
footbtll games involving five un-
beaten teams dominate the days
play across the country.
In schedule filled with close,
exciting contests, here are the
standouts.
Michigan VS.. Minnesota at MIN
neapolis. Two unbeaten, united
teams collide, with Michigan count
ing on the snaky running Of Tom
Harmon and Minnesota depending
on sheer power in its line and back
field. Probably the best football
game Of the day.
Texas A. & M. VS.. Southern Me-
thodist at Dallas. The Texas Aggies,
unbeaten united and victors In the
Sugar Bowl game last year, are
running into their hardest test of
the season. SMU has been tied by
Pittsburgh, but has not dropped a
game on schedule that includes
UCLA, Auburn and Texas.
Stanford VS.. Washington at Palo
Alto, Calf An even bet, but this
may be the week in which STAN
ford'S luck runs out. Washington
dropped an early-Season game to
Minnesota but since then the HuS-
kies have been on the victory road.
Stanford, disappointing team last
season, comes up to this game with
perfect record and high hopes Of
going to the Rose Bowl.
Outside of the three big games
the south seems to have the best
general attractions:
Alabama VS.. Tulane, Auburn VS..
Clemson, Arkansas VS.. Rice, Florida
VS.. Georgia, kentucky VS.. Geor-
gia Tech, Louisiana VS.. Mississippi
State and Texas VS.. Baylor.
Intersectional contests are dotted
literally on the schedule in the
east
Fordham VS.. Purdue, Notre Dame
VS.. Navy Mississippi VS.. Holy Cross,
Pennsylvania VS.. Harvard Pitts
burgh VS.. Carnegie Tech, Yale VS..
Cornell, Syracuse VS.. Penn State,
Columbia VS.. Wisconsin.
Some good ones in the midwest:
Indiana VS.. Michigan State, Kan
sas VS.. Oklahoma, Nebraska VS..
Iowa apd Northwestern VS.. H.
linois.
Going into today's games there
are ii major undefeated teams, and
the list is almost certain to shrink
by sundown. Here are the schools
risking unbeaten records with to-
days opponents:
Michigan VS.. Minnesota (both un-
beaten); Stanford (unbeaten) VS..
Washington; Texas Aggies VS.. Sou
thern Methodist (both unbeaten {;
Notre Dame CUnbeaten) VS.. Navy;
Franklin and Marshall tunbeaten)
VS. New York u; Tennessee (un-
beaten) VS.. Southwestern; Cornell
! (unbeaten) VS.. Yale; Boston College
| (unbeaten) VS.. Boston University;
Georgetown (unbeatem VS.. Mary
land; Penn State (Unbeaten) VS..
Syracuse; Lafayette (unbeaten) VS..
Rutgers; Mississippi State (unbeat-
EN- VS.. louisiana State.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-10
At Iona Last

AT Long Last
Coach Raleigh Holt of El Centre
high school was the toast of the
town aturday-buttered on both
sjdes-because on Friday night his
Central high Spartans scored a
stunning, 1876, upset over the hith-
erto league leaders of Brawley and
took over first place in the valley
league standings.
II was the first time since 1886
that El Centre high school held
undisputed first place in the loop
standings, and though the Spar
tans still need three victories, over
Imperial. Holtville and CaleXico on
successive weekends. there was talk
of a loon championship on the
streets of FL Centro Saturday.
Ell Centro's 1876 triumph over
the northenders was earned the
hard way Friday night because the
boys from Brawley are as tough
as they come in valley league play.
The Spartans scored on two sus-
tanned first half drives. engineered
by Quarterback Gene Oswalt, and
executed by an inspired forward
wall and secondary that wouldn't
bow to the vaunted Brawley de-
fenSe.
Brawley tailed once in the first
half on a IA yard drive but the
Spartans refused to give ground
for more than the one score an6
twice turned back Wildcat often
sives in the second half Of play.
Coach Holt paid full tribute to
his charges after the game Friday
night, and said it was their best
effort of the season. Particularly
outstanding on defense were Paul
Fabares, Dick Carey and Joe Long
acre but right behind these stall
warts came Osa, Thanner, Ingle,
Stevenson. Rex, Mcbride, Conkey.
In the backfield it was the team
work rather than individual play
that was outstanding. Gene Oswalt,
Jim Morgan, Bill Patterson, Fred
Robertson and Red Riedy were
to show improvement at fullback
and Friday night loomed as all
valley material.
For Braw4ey John Williams
stamped himseE as the outstanding
nj iividual backfield runner in the
ed hgue. On the line Hall, Ulloa and
81 Fownell were most consistent play
eIX IS, and will rate all-valley con-
81 Iteration.
And this, though it is a little out
Oh my line, should be said of the
r lew Spartan drill team and new
Y Uniformed band, both of which par
kded between halves of the game
They're the nuts-(which is the
sports way of saying, their perfor-
Ihance was splendid to watch and
captured the fancy of every one of
1000 paying customers)
Imperial Valley press., 1940-11-10
BY HENRY McLEMORE

DALLAS, Nov. 9. tUP)-The east,
through the medium Of the pony
express and Indian runner, has
gained an entirely wrong impress
sion of John Kimbrough, the all
American back Of the Texas Aggies.
I know this, because l am of
the east, and when I left New
York, if someone had asked me
to describe Kimbrough as foot
ball player, this, roughly, is what
I would have said:
He is terribly big. He is ter
ribly tough. He knows but one
thing. And that is to lower his
head, snort a bit of birthstone and
fire, churn his mighty legs, and
run forward, defying mortal man
TO oppose him.
That would have been wrong,
as I have learned since arriving in
Texas and talking TO persons who
know this Paul Bunyan Of football
players. Hes tough all right, and
mighty big, from scapula to soap
lock, but he's not a straight out
and-out bruiser. The man has var
iety. He can be delicate on oc-
casion. He can start to run over
you and leave you with a shoulder
brush, a hip swing, and a swirl OF
howya doing.
He throws that ball, too. He
doesn't throw it with the best. He's
not a Baugh, but when the chips
are down, when the clutch looks
him and his team in the face, he
turns loose a pass that connects.
He is like Tom Harmon in that
respect. Harmon can't throw q
pass in practice. He can't Kick
a ball more than 30 yards.
Il hold my breath everytime he
kicks in game" Fritz Crisler told
me. "but every time he gets it off
10. so and 90 yards"
Kimbrough does not go into the
line with his head down. He goes
in head high, straight up. Given
an opening-and there usually is
one because he is capable of making
it, all by his lonesome-and he is
IF. The man is good in the open