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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-22
Births Reported

Edward and Maxine Balm. boy.
James and Ruth Beardmore. girl.
Alfred and Bertha Berg, girl
Richard and Muriel Buckingham, girl.
John and Dorothy BuShore, boy.
JAY and Ruby Conger, girl
William, lr.. and Mary DIE. boy.
Bennett and Pearl Everett. boy.
Edward and Helen FITZGERALD. boy.
Walter and Marion Glass. boy.
Gilbert and Ann Haley boy.
Philip and Hazel Hoffman, girl.
Caleb and Elva Baum. girl
Glenn and Mary Bebber, girl.
Samuel and Helen Boyd, boy.
Nathan and Jean Burns, boy.
Norris and Mae Clingan, boy.
Jacob and Loretta Cusin, girl.
Edward and Sarah Duke, boy.
Meade and Catherine Fairall. boy.
Charles and June Fox. boy.
David and Rose Goode, boy.
Joseph and Mary Head. boy.
Caleb and Connie Hughes, boy.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-06-10
ADVISED OF JAMES
THOMPSON'S DEATH

James Edwin Thompson, 81,
formerly of Key West, but resi-
dent of Miami for the past II
years. died Friday morning in a
hospital in Miami Funeral serv-
ices were held Saturday after
noon
Survivors are: The widow.
Mrs. Clara Thompson; five
daughters. Mrs. Edna L. Goodwin,
Mrs. Phyllis Adams, Misses Grace
and Barbara Thompson, all of
Miami, and Mrs. Honsylee Thorn
ton. of Camille, Ga; four sons,
James E, Jr., Maynard, Charles
E and Enrol Thompson; two
brothers, Frank and Fletcher
Thompson of Key West; four sis
tiers, Mrs John Carey and Mrs.
Sophie Edwards of Miami, Mrs.
Edith Russell and Mrs. Agnes
Roberts Of Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-06-10
SETS ASIDE FINE
in GAMING CASE
TECHNICALLY OF COURT
RECORDS ALLOWS REFUND
TO EUGENE SANDS

In answer to habeas corpus
proceedings brought by his at
torney, T. S. Caro-, Judge Arthur
Gomez, Saturday afternoon, in
Circuit Court chambers set aside
the sentence of Judge William v.
Albury, in Criminal Court, of
$3.50 and costs imposed by the
court when Eugene Sands was
found guilty of having slot ma
chimes in his possession last
March 18th.
Attorney Caro- pointed out in
his plea that the judge had
failed to enter in the docket that
Sands had been found guilty on
two counts by the jury. and did
not show adjudication of guilt
The writ as granted by the
judge may order that Sands be
brought before him for sentence
again.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-06-10
CAPTAIN JACOBS
CALLS MOSQUITO
CONTROL SESSION
VARIOUS AGENCIES TO MEET
AT. DIsPENSARY ToMoR-
ROW MORNING; coMDR.
LAUcHLIN CHAIRMAN

Captain Walter F. Jacobs, COM
mandant of Key West Naval Sta
ton, has called a meeting of sew
eral agencies here for tomorrow
morning to discuss ways and
means to effect definite and
quick control over mosquitoes in
this area.
The meeting will be held in
the new naval dispensary, start
ing at 900 o'clock, and will be
in charge of Lieut.. -Comdr. E.
Laughlin, who is attached to the
sanitation department at the To-
cal station. c. ]. Boutelle, local
area supervisor of the WPA. will
be in attendance, as well as Ever
EFT Russell, president of the
Chamber of Commerce and va
riouS state representatives, in
Guiding DR.. ]. B. Parramore and
z. D. Harrison, of the Monroe
County Health unit.
Captain Jacobs stated today
that he did not know just what
could be done by the local serv-
ice agencies. 1t was recalled that
the army and navy units here
during the first World War in
stituted and maintained effective
mosquito control. This time,
however. in that no money has
been allocated for such work, the
project lines up differently, ac-
cording to Capt. Jacobs.
If the navy takes over the
work, it is understood that va
rious petty officers will be de-
tailed to disciplinary control of
the project.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-06-10
LOCAL GOLFERS
LOSE To BILTMORE
SERIES PLAYED SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY AT CORAL
GABLES

Key West golfers fell down in
their bid to even up the Biltmore
Club-Key West golf series when
they suffered 34k to 1914 de-
feat at the hands of the home
team Saturday and yesterday.
Trailing I9 to 8 Saturday, the
comeback bid Sunday was insult
ficient to overcome the lead.
Saturdays scores were:
I. E Price and Nelson Davies
OBJ defeated Sam Anderson and
Joe Lopez, 21z to n; Harvey
Draughon and L. S. Taller OBJ
defeated Bob SpottswoOd and
Sidney Kirkland, 2 to /: Charles
F. Miller and J. Allen Brown CD
defeated Alton Parks and Cir.
more Parks, pa to Y; Z. J.
johnson and Hawley Russell OBJ
lost to Sam Goldsmith and Curry
Harris, az to II; Jack Kehoe and
Paul Barns OBJ defeated Glenn
Price and DR.. w. p. Kemp, 3 TO
o; DR.. H;llard Willis and Richard
H. Hunt OBJ defeated Melvin Rus
sell and Lionel Plummer, 3 to o:
Herbert Jones and Frank Bryant
(B) defeated John Pinder and
John Ivonok, to o; Brad Barns
and Leedom Moore OBJ defeated
Atwood Sands and Fred Marvil,
az to "; Gene Mumpower and
William Mckee OBJ lost to Horace
O'Bryant and Bob Moore, to o.
Sundays scores were:
T. E. Price and Nelson Davies
OBJ defeated Sam Anderson and
Joe Lopez. 2 and /; Harvey
Draughon and Sam Mccormick
(B) defeated Bob Spottswood and
Sidney Kirkland. 2lz TO Y: Al
Continued on Page Four
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WHAT is WOMAN'S PLACE in WAR?
BY PENETRATION

would make splendid officers
for a reserve corps of women
workers, particularly those
who have had business expert
ence, but who lack the tech
meal knowledge to take over
supervisory jobs in munitions
factories. If a corps of these
women could be started, on an
enlistment basis they could re-
ceive their training just as the
National Guard receive train
ing now except that their
training would consist of a Pc
Rod of instruction on the tech
nical side of munitions max
ing.
-enlisting these women as
reserve officers, and during the
war the mill workers who
would become the machine OPP
orators as 'privates, would
forestall the big wage grab that
will follow, if we handle the
situation exactly as we did in
the last war. Give the wom-
en- the same pay as the soldiers.
both while in training as re-
Servists and in war times as
active workers.
Then there is the question of
youth versus age, of the women
Why all the stress on young wom-
en-? Some of the older ones have
the stamina to take it,, having
been through the fire before. A
young woman might not be emo
constrained, where the
older woman has an asset on her
side in her maturity of judge
ment that should compensate for
her lack of youth. Are the ma
jority of the older women con-
tent to, sell tags for relief funds,
10 knit socks and wave 1ags2 Is
that their place in war?
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PATRICK KELLY, Y.
DIED EARLY TODAY
WAS SPANISH WAR VIZ
ERAN: MILITARY FUNERAL
RITES TOMORROW

Patrick Kelly. - reEr6
marine sergeant with - yeEz
service. veteran OF the Srzzlsh-
American war and meuber 81
Arthur Sawyer Post -. AEer-
lean Legion. died thiS mo-unE ~
? O'Clock, IN the Marine hnzpz<zl
Funeral SERVICES wil be hel1 )
O'Clock tomorrow aftc-noon 1ruz
the chapel Of Prifchzrds FuzErl
Home. Rev. A 1. Nzurssz- s -
Of ST. Mays Star Of Tne So
Church officiating
Members Of Arthur SzEger
Post. American Legion and men-
bers Of the Spanish Aner1czz
War Veterans. w1u srten1 <ne
services which VII BE wI1n IN
military honurs
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shall and chief commander of the
air force, is modern patron
saint of German flyers. All Off
GERS of the Herman Goering regi-
ment wear a medallion of her as
an amulet, while hundreds of pi-
lots have it mounted on the in
strument boards of their planes.
Frau Goering, virtually first
lady of the land, has personally
taken charge of the Air Force
hospital outside Berlin, and
spends many hours giving aid
and comfort to wounded aviators.
She rises every morning at 6,
attends to countless begging let
tiers, writes more to members of
the government and to friends
asking their aid in deserving
cases, and then goes to the hos
pital-
She stops it all, however. by
Ills in the evening when a direct
telephone wire is reserved for
her to talk to her husband at the
Air Force high commands secret
headquarters. She chats with him
of household problems and baby
Edda's latest prank.
A Woman's Place
Countess Edda Ciano, daugh-
ter of Mussolini and wife of his
foreign minister, is devoting most
of her time to care of her family
foremost responsibility of an
Italian woman. Although she was
once supposed to WELD consider
able influence, no one in Rome
any longer credits her with pow
er to affect IL Duce's decisions
and she has kept in the back
ground.
While Rumania also is still out
side the conflict, Madame Lupes-
Gu is giving serious thought to
the country's defense. The titan
haired friend of the king has
pushed cards aside at her famous
afternoon bridge parties to lead
her guests in rolling bandages
and finishing gas masks.
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LOCAL ROTES
LEAVE ON CUBA
OVER TWO HUNDRED EN-
BARKED HERE FOR HA-
vANA CONVENTION


William v. Little, president of
the Key West Rotary Club, left
this morning on the Steamship
Cuba, going as delegate to the
Convention of International Re-
tary. which is being held in Ha-
vana and began today. John
Gardner, as alternate, also left
on SIS. Cuba, accompanied by
Mrs. Gardner.
Sebastian Cabrera, Jr.. also a
member of the Key West club.
left last weekend from Miami to
attend the convention in the ca
pacity of a sergeant-at-arms.
Approximately $50 Rotarians
from other parts of the nation
embarked here this morning on
the SIS. Cuba for the convention,
which closes next Friday MORN
ing.
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= Do women resent the implica-
ton that during war it is their
sole duty to furnish cannon fod-
der in the persons of their male
relatives? Do they consider that
they have completed their worth
while contributions if they knit
socks and roll bandages? Are
they interested in war activities
along other lines?
The War Department says: ut
is against the policy of the Unit
ed States War Department to use
women for active duty in war
which calls for splitting hairs as
to just what active duty is.
Jacqueline Cochran proposes
the formation of a women's air
corps for behind-the-lines duty to
release men pilots for front-line
duty.
Major Leonard H Mason, radio
commentator, suggests other
ways in which women could be
Of service; driving trucks, deliv-
ering planes from the factory to
a base of supplies, nursing, run
ming canteens, caring for refugee
children.
In letter to the War Depart
ment year and a half ago, Pene-
traitor suggested:
"A reserve corps of women
workers comparable to the
National Guard), who would
be subject to call upon dec
laration of war. But these
women. in the interest of pre-
paredneSS. should be receiving
training now, especially for
executive or supervisory posi-
tons in the munitions factories.
There must be thousands of
unencumbered women between
the ages of 35 and so who
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new APPOINTEE AT.
WEATHER BUREAU.

Ray T. Sherouse, appointee for
service, will arrive from Lake
land. Fla. tomorrow for a tour of
duty at the Weather Bureau dur
ing the hurricane season and re-
main until November Is, 1910,
when the hurricane warning
service closes.
This service viii be opened on
June Is. when Key West and all
stations viii be connected with
the teletype service, and 24-hour
weather service during the hur-
ricane season win be inaug.rated.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-06-10

All out one OF the SIX most
talked of women in Europe are
playing traditional women's roles
in history's greatest war.
Queen Elizabeth of England,
the Duchess of Windsor, Frau
Herman Goering (wife of Ger
many's field marshaD, Countess
Edda Ciano daughter of II Duce)
and Madame Madga Lupescu
friend of Rumania's king are
not trying to play dramatic parts.
They're doing their bit in a wom-
ans way.
Wilhelmina In Britain
Cabled reports indicate only
one seems to be touching affairs
of state; Queen Wilhelmina, of
the Netherlands, who has taken
refuge In Buckingham Palace.
There, as guest of King George
and Queen, Elizabeth, the Dutch
queen is busy directing the gov
eminent of her conquered king
dom and aiding the subjects who
have escaped to Great Britain.
Queen Elizabeth is up to her
eyes" in war work. She is COM
mandant in chief of the women's
auxiliary airforce services. &C
companies the king on inspection
trips and takes an active interest
in First Aid and Red Cross work.
She superintends knitting bees in
the big Blue Room of the gray
walled old palace where all the
women of the household meet
twice week.
She is guiding the two young
princesses, Elizabeth and Mar
garet Rose, in war work, too.
They're knitting sweaters and
gloves for poor children evacu-
ated from Scotland's denseIy
populated cities.
The Duchess of Windsor is
making Paris and Versailles
headquarters for her war work
Dressed in her natty khaki uni
form she goes to Versailles to
superintend the work of the Co
lis de Trianon. of which she is
honorary president, and which
assemblies comfort kits for SOL
diers. Their contents were chos-
en- carefully after the Duke of
Windsor toured the front and re-
ported on what the soldiers
wanted.
Secret Headquarters
On the other side of the con-
flict Frau Emmy Sonnemann
Goering, the Gretchen-type wife
Of Germany's doughty field mar
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WEATHER BlJREaU
TRANSFER DUE AT
END OF THIS MONTH


The u. S. Weather Bufezu Is o.
be transferre5 fr$Irn fhe Depzr1-
ment of Agriculture % the D.
partment Of Commerce. effer1fEe
June 80, 1870. under me Rer-
gsnization Plan OF the Prezi1enL
II was announced here todsy-
In 1870. Congress zuthuEzzec
the War Department % tzke and
record meteoroloEicai ohssrrz-
tons. Accordingly afss s1R-al -
ficer Of the u s Army Was rhe
head officer and ohserNakiuux -
gan late an the wear I67o- In EeF
west they were started IN Mzrrn
1871.
In 1892 the Department q A.
riculture was formed ard ne
Weather Bureau was detzrhec
from the u. s. Arr1y and mae q
bureau Of the new departmert
being the Oldest bureau in poirt
Of service From that tine O. =
has served all Interests fur Ees-
Their service and beginning IulF
/. 1870, VIII become q pzrt q M
third department since Il W2
originally established
The present chief O. the b.
reau is Commando r ~ Req
elderfer, the former chief q Ehe
Astrological service Of the z g.
Navy He was appointed uE ne
president short time 40. uD-
the death Of William r EreEE
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Plunges
Nation Into War
On Side OF Nazis
lllNlll[l<
MIAMIAN VISITED
HERE FIRST TIME

Cecil Hitzfeld. employee in
the Display Advertising de-
parfmenf of the Miami Daily
News. was . first-fime visi-
tor IN Key West over the
weekend. and when he called
at The Citizen office. he ex-
pressed himself as being
much interested in the city
and with the sights he had
seen.
Mr.. Hitzfeld made Key
West the last stop on his va
cation which started three
weeks ago and extended into
fourteen states. employing
sirplane travel most of the
way. He left for home and
his position yesterday AFTER
noon on the 500 o'clock bus.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-06-10
ITALY RESUMES
RUSSIAN RELATIONS

LONDON, June 10.-Observers
here heard, before the noon dec
laration of war, that Mussolini
had resumed normal relations
with the Soviet government.
Three of Italy's largest liners
were reported missing from their
regular berthS, and it was con-
jectured that they were being
used as transports taking Italian
soldiers to various Mediterranean
points of conquest.
The Allies announced today
that their Mediterranean armies,
said to be of immense size, were
prepared for the arrival of the
Italian planes and armies. Anti
aircraft batteries are set to de-
fend the Suez canal against ex-
pected attack in the next few
hours.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-06-10
SPOKE TO NATION FOL-
LOWING MUSSOLINI'S
WAR DECLARATION AT
NOON TODAY
CBy Associated Press)

(By Associated Press)
PARIS. June l0.-Premier Paul
ReYnaud followed Premier Benito
Mussolini closely on the air this
noon with a broadcast to the
French people explaining the
Italian war declaration and call
ing on them to defend the south
ern boundaries of France.
The speech was made even as
the Germans were nammering at
the Weygand line, a scant 35
miles from Paris on advanced
sectors along the Seine river
captured early today by Nazi
mechanical units.
Reynaud told his people that
his governrnent had dome every
thing within reason to prevent
spreading of the war, but that
the Italian demands had been too
severe, and that it was evident
that the dictator nations appear
ed bent on conquering all of
Europe. He stated that England
and France would fight on with
increased vigor in a bitter strug-
gle to preserve the ideals of
European democracy.
German troops increased the
tempo of the mechanical, para
chute and infantry battles
against France this morning with
a reported 100000 men in the
"final quarter hour" push to-
wards Paris. French lines, it
was announced, were not broken,
but were retreating in the face
of the terrific onslaughtS of tanks
and planes, both shooting flames
of destruction into the French
defenSeS.
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Reynaud
Calls On French
To Defend S0utf
Benefit FOR CLINIC,
TO BE HELD FRIDAY

Local officials of the adj
visorY Council in charge of
the Monroe County Clinic are
staging the first of several
benefit events for the clinic
this coming Friday. when a
dance will be given at CaYo
Hueso Club.
In that money is running
short. the officials are plan
ming these events to tide
over until city and county
governments can come to the
aid of the clinic with budget
ed funds. Both agencies
stated last week that no
funds were available for that
cause at present.
In making the announce
ment of the emergency exist
ing. 1t is pointed out that
hundreds of residents of the
city had been treated by the
clinic at practically no charge
IN the past. Donations now.
from those who NAV be In a
position TO aid the clinic,
will be gratefully received. If
was stated.
The dance Friday will en-
tail no expense TO the spon-
soring group. all proceedings
going 10 the. maintenance
fund. The cayo Hueso Club
IS donating the orchestra for
the affair free entertain
ment has volunteered and il
is expected that a good at
tendance will turn out to aid
the clinic cause.
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Sealed bids VII be recei.ed ~
I'll Friday. June 1z. 80. e19e p
II for furnishing fhe fo11EEg
materials T. O. b. KEY WEsG
Florida
1000 f. g. Salt Glaze SezE
Pipe
100 -" C0rporsti1n S.ups c1p
per. Mueller thread
100 x" Curb STOPS. c1ppE
The usual right : reserue6 n
rejecf. any and al BIDS
BOARD or PUBLIC WORKS
5nes-1c. 1ez1
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DELAY FATAL

GARDINER. Mont. - Because
of a painful tooth ulcer, Mrs.
Anamae Scott postponed her
wedding for a week. The next
day, her 24-year-old fiance. John
Jones, was crushed to death in. a
mine at Silver City, Nev.
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OPENS AREA TO SPORTS

wASHINGToN-About $780,
600 acres of submarginaI land in
the Department Of Agriculture's
14l land utilization projects viii
be opened, free to the public, for
hunting, fishing and trapping.
There are such projects In every
state excepting Massachusetts,,
Vermont and New Jersey.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-06-10
KING HAAKON
ARRIVES IN ENGLAND

LONDON, June lot was an
nounced here today that King
Haakon, of Norway, had arrived
somewhere in England" aboard
a British man-of-war.
The Norwegians gave up their
entire country to the Germans
yesterday as ammunition for de-
Tending soldiers gave out. The
Allies have withdrawn all troops
from the Narvik area.
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EUROPE'S FIRST LADIES WORK
AT HOME TO HELP WIN WAR
By ADELAIDE KERR

tAS~oeiated Press Feature Service Writer,
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Associated Press Day Wire
Service
For so Years Devoted to the
Best Interests of Key West
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On the other side of the con-
flict Frau Emmy Sonnemann
Goering. the Gretchen-type wife
of Germany's doughty field mar
Evening star., 1940-03-31
angon Welfare Worker Spent Years Helping Soldiers

age Of 64, but his appearance and
his daily life give the impression Of
a man many years younger. Inter-
mittently between 1905 and 1921,
most of his Y M. c. A. service was
with military units of the Regular
Army In and around Washington.
A chaplain finds himself man
OF many duties. So it was with Col.
Smith. First of all comes the re-
ligious work. He has delivered SER
mons to men in khaki in the United
States, on the Mexican border and
abroad. He delivered the main
address on Memorial Day, 1921, in
Antwerp, Belgium, wher bodies of
$500 American doughboys, resting
In f1ag-draped caskets, were as
sembled at port for shipment home.
Col. Smith was engaged in "Y"
work for soldiers as early as 1905.
When old-fashioned monographs
were the vogue, he often took
portable music box unit to Fort
Myer or to some other military
reservation near Washington for
impromptu concerts. Sometimes the
monographs would be mounted on
the back Of a gun carriage.
When it comes to diversion, the
chaplain often finds himself the
camp or regimental athletic officer,
planning and conducting games. Col.
Smiths second and last tenure as
chaplain Of the 121st Engineers Of
the District Guard was from 1929
to 1888. In the summer encamp-
ments at Camp Ritchie, Md, officers
and enlisted men alike sought him
out for everything from advice on
personal problems to the cashing of
personal checks.
Col. Smith qualified for chaplain
Of the Sd District Infantry in 1916
by being ordained a minister of the
Congregational Church. On the
Mexican border, he was chaplain,
postmaster. agent for the American
Express Co. and had charge of "Y"
work and the entertainment for
three brigades.
When the United States declared
war on Germany In 1917, Col. Smith