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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-11-02

WASHINGTON. Nov. at
was April, IT'S. New England
trees were greening. Men were
blowing when they heard shots
across Massachusetts, hills. They
rushed nome, rammed gun-pow-
der into their muzzie-loaders.
The Revolution was on.
Those men were answering this
country's first conception of q
draft. Not until 132 years later.
in 1917. did we adopt the modern
CONSUMPTION plan for raising arm
les.
In the meantime we had fought
five major wars. We had become
pretty irritated with each other
over the manner in which the az
mics were raised.
The old idea was that every
able-bodied male would spring 10
the defense of his country But
history shows that volunteers
were willing to shoot it out for
their own barns, but didn't like
tramping hundreds Of miles to
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-11-02
Raj. BATTERED
BERLIN LAST NIGHT

LONDON. Nov. Striking
earlier than usual last night,
three or four squadrons of Royal
Air Force bomberS. protected by
number of fighter planes.
SwoOped down upon Berlin last
night during the evening thea
ter hour and dropped hundreds
of explosives.
Nazi dispatches this morning
discounted British claims of huge
destruction, while admitting the
strong attacks. Returning Brit
iSherS. however, reported many
large fires left in the wake OF in
cendiary bombs dropped.
Continuing action against pos
Sible invasion ports. both by sea
and air. British officials today
stated that large-scale maneuvers
were directed against Amsterdam
last night. with railroad centers
and utility plants bearing the
brunt of attacks.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-11-02
W. F. PUTNAM
RECEIVES WORD
OF PROMOTION
ADDRESS HIM NOW AS LIEUT..
COLONEL; TELLS OF PROG
ARMY W.P.A. PROJECTS

He's Lieut. Colonel Webster F.
Putnam, now, fOlkS-not Major,
as he has been so well known as
during his citizenship at Key
West Barracks.
The promotion, official word
of which came through yesterday,
Was dated October 20.
Col Putnam informed The Citi-
zen today that at least one of the
WPA projects for rehabilitation
of the barracks here was in final
stages of preparation. This is one
entailing expenditure of approx
mately $1,000 for renovation of
barracks which will employ 20
men Material is already on
hand, labor being needed to COM
plete the project.
On trip to Miami last week.
Col Putnam found that the prof.
ect had cleared offices there and
was now in Washington.
Larger projects for the bar
racks and Fort Taylor are being
looked over in the Miami WPA
office at present, he stated, and
it is not certain just when they
will be advanced. These total
approximately SIPS 900, to en-
ploy over 200 men when okeyed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-11-02
FLORIDA ONLY U.S..
STATE FREE OF DEBT
CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION
ACCOUNTS FOR
RECORD

WASHINGTON. D. c., Nov. 2.
-FNS) Florida is the only state
in the Union that is free of debt,
according to a census bureau re-
port just released, dealing with
1888 state government finances
Connecticut was the only chal-
lenger for this distinction but
there the state government show
ed a debt of SLIGO. A constitu-
tional provision prevents Florida
from going in debt and accounts
for this debt-free record.
The bureau reported both gov
eminent operating costs and rev.
enues increased in Florida in
1893.
Cost payment for the operation
of the general government to-
tailed S44.100.0OO. In 1897 they
were S41. 100000. Old age as
siStance payments represented
the major portion of the increase.
In addition to operating expendi-
lures, capital OUTLAWS amounted
to So, 400, 900 in 1893.
The bureau said that nearly
one-half of Florida'S revenue was
paid by motorists in the form of
gasoline and automobile license
taxes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-11-02
PRESIDENTIAL ODDITIES FROM ANCIENT
Try 10 Match Them With Campaign Pecuarities OF 40
HISTORY REVIEWED BY JACK STINNETT

Feature Service Writer
for the Presidency in 1872. Al
most one-third of the men who
have been elected chief execu-
tives have been shareholders:
Washington, Jefferson, Madison.
Monroe, Jackson, Tyler. Polk.
Taylor. Johnson and Grant.
William Henry Harrison and
Zachary Taylor are the only
Presidents who have died in the
White House. The elections of
Jefferson. John Quincy Adams
and Rutherford B. Hayes all were
decided by Congress. Lincoln.
the anti-slavery President, was
born in Dixie what is now Larue
county. Kentucky wFfile his
chief political opponents Stephen
A Douglas, was a son-of the
north, born in Vermont.
The Shortest Term
William Henry Harrison was
President exactly one month. d.
In Missouri. they claim that Da-
vid R. AtchiSOn. senator from
that state, should be listed as one
of the Presidents; Folks term ex-
PRED March 3 and Zachary Tay-
Tor was not inaugurated until
March 5. 1849: there was no Vice
President and as president pro
tenn Of the senate, Atchison was
Continued on Page Four)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-11-02

SIGN 30 Tax distribution, au-
thoriZing the legislature to allo-
cate and distribute racing rev.
enueS to each county. "a Pro-
vision for Supreme Court of
seven Justices, each serving a
six-year term. 80 Providing for
four-year term for County Com
and giving legislature
power to prescribe the number
of districts in county. 60 Ex-
emptioR from taxes to the value
of $500 to every widow and to
every person who is a bonafide
resident of Florida and has lost
a limb or has been disabled by
war or misfortune.
As a citizen of Florida the leg
iSlature has given you the power
to say by your ballot how you
wish to have these important is
sues handled. 1t is your duty as
a citizen to inform yourself fully
concerning these amendments
and to vote according to your
best judgment.
Ad Valorem Taxes
Advantages in the adjustment
of ad valorem taxes are that it
would tend to demand greater
economy in governmental ex-
:. Continued on Page Four
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-11-02
Nv JACk sTINxETT

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2.-When
you are looking back on the
Presidential campaign and sitting
out the oddities for your memory
book, see if you can find things
to match these Presidential oddi-
ties from ancient history:
John Scott Harrison was both
father and son of Presidents, the
father of Benjamin and the son
of William Henry. Martin Van
Buren, was the first of the Presi-
dents who was not born a Brit
ish subject. Virginia still is the
mother of Presidents" Her ma
tive sons who have risen to the
highest office are Washington.
Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Will
liam Henry Harrison. Taylor. Ty-
Ter and Wilson. Mrs. Victoria
Claflin Woohull was nominated
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-11-02

troops was reported in that sec
ton for a projected drive south
towards Athens.
Italian planes. however. con-
tinued large-scale activities
against Greece last night and
this morning. Attacking both
Greek military detectives and
British bases, Hundreds of bombs
were dropped in the Salonika and
Athens sectors and on the islands
of Corfu and Crete.
Unofficial reports issued in
London this morning were to the
effect that Britain would send
thousands of men to the new
Greek bases for contemplated Of
fensives against Italy and collab-
Grafton with the Greek army in
helping to prevent further ag-
erosion by the Italians.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-11-02

other party names and try to
persuade the jury by beclouding
the issue.
Sam Harris. former postmas-
ter who turned 'Willkie-ite' SO
he could grind his AK, must have
read this famous counsePS bio
graphy, for he called names and
devoted line after line in FRIDAYS
Citizen telling of personal
grudge he holds against Senator
Claude Pepper. Yes! He even
went back to the days of Wash
lngtOn and Jefferson, but nary a
line did he write about what
benefits Key West residents
would derive from voting for a
Republican candidate.
DO you know why he did not
write about the facts? The same
reason why the lawyer would
call names and becloud the issue
when the evidence and law were
against him. He cannot tell
Key Westers that they would
fare better under WiIlkie than
under Roosevelt They know bet
ter.
Public utilities might. WiIlkie
is a public utility man. That is
why that most of the heads of
public utilities are carrying the
Willkie banner.
The meat in the coccanut
is this: What has Willkie offer
ed that Roosevelt has not already
done and is doing? Not one single
Continued on Page Fo,Irl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-11-02
ROYAL Air1lcn Deliver
Strong Berlin Attack
GREEKS JUBILANT AS TROOPS HOLD FAST
ALONG ALBANIAN FRONTIER SECTIONS
(By Associated Press)

LONDON, Nov. british of.
ficials today confirmed reports
heard yesterday that Royal Air
Force expeditions against south
ern Italian territory were, being
carried forward from newly-eS-
tablished bases in the eastern
Mediterranean sector.
With this announcement came
the news that Britain and Greece
were delivering telling blows
against the axis at both ends of
the new theater of war, with
British airmen hammering at the
rear of Italian advances and the
Greeks offering stiff resistance to
Italy's desire to advance further
into their nation. In many cases,
dispatches late today stated, the
Italians were being hurled back
in bitter fighting.
! Greeks were jubilant today in
contemplation of their successful
defensive maneuvers in the Al
'6anian-Greek mountains, and
pushed plans to offer counter-of-
fenSiveS in the war that now ap-
pears to be fairly localized with
no immediate danger of spread
ing to other Balkan nations.
In only one spot were the ItaI-
lans said to be establishing a
strong foothold on Grecian terri
tory. That was close to the
Yugo-Slavian frontier where
troops were approximately 80
miles in from the Albanian Dor
der MaSSing of more Italian
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-11-02
PATROLMAN NABS
THREE MIGRANTS
APPREHENDED ON HIGHWAY
AND BROUGHT HERE
FOR HEARING

Judge Raymond Lord was
scheduled to hold a hearing today
in the case of three men arrest
ed yesterday by state patrolman
c. w Hancock on charges of
Vagrancy and drunkenness.
Herman Carey and James NJ.
Curry. colored, were brought to
the city by deputy W A. Parrish
this morning for the hearing and
constable Raymond Maloney
brought Sam Stultz- The three
had been warned by Hancock,
but were caught in vagrant acts
yesterday.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-11-02
Kay Lists PrOS-COnS
Of Six Amendments
SIX IMPORTANT CONSTITUTIONAL. AMENDmENTs

While interest naturally CEN
tiers in the selection of a Presi-
dent at the general election No
vember 3, Floridians should bear
in mind that six important pro-
posed constitutional amendments
will come before the electorate of
this state for consideration, and
every voter should familiarize
himself or herself with these
amendments so as to be able to
vote on them intelligently.
The amendments are as fol-
lows: ID Adjustment of state
ad valOrem taxes. ~ Establish
ment of a State Parole Commits
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-11-02
Democratic Committee
Wi||kic Article.
The Citizen recognizes the right of any
controversy by allowing equal space to either
prepayment The following release the Monroe
County Democratic Committee. written by authorized
publicity chairman.

"A famous lawyer once said
that he considered only three
facts in preparing his argument
before a jury in a case.
First, if the evidence was in
his favor he would argue on evil
dence.
Second, if evidence was
against him and the law was in
his favor, he would argue on
points of law.
Third, if both evidence and
law were against him and his
case was weak, he would call the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-11-02
Ad Valorern Taxes
Cornell Crushes

Carl Snavely's Big Red machine at Ithaca is roll
ing along week after week toward general recog-
milton the Esst's ruling gridiron power. Dillon
Graham, AP Feature Service Sports Editor who sat
in on Cornell's impressive victory Ohio State,
tells you In story today what makes the Big Red
rclL Read his interesting discussion of Snavely's
power-hocus pocus mixture today on Page Three.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-11-02
LORD TABULATED
81 ABSENTEES

County Judge Raymond R.
Lord tabulated and turned over
to county clerk Ross c. Sawyer
this morning "a absentee ballots
cast in his office this week for
the election next Tuesday.
Deadline for absentee voting
was at midnight last night.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-11-02
90 Days!

City laws now require all resi-
dents living on streets on which
sewer lateralS have been installed
to connect up their house lines
with the system.
Ninety days from date of pub
lication-September %, 1940-is
the time limit.
FORTY DAYS HAVE
Elapsed
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-11-02

The division was accomplish
ed at a meeting of officials held
yesterday morning at 1920
o'clock at headquarters. $50 F1em-
ing street. That office will be
open daily from this date for
ward. except Sundays. from 1920
to 1900 o'clock noon.
An invitation from the Ameri-
can Legion Post to participate in
the Armistice Day parade was
acknowledged by chapter men,
berS, and plans are now under
way to enter floats. Junior men,
berS of the Red Cross chapter
have been active in getting mer-
chants Of the CITY to enter floats.
it was announced.
An original float will be con-
tributed by Mrs. A. p. StOrrS. Mrs.
Thomas Brady. Mrs J. T. Thorn
ten and Mrs. Phillip Tague. it
was announced, and another is
being designed by Mrs. Edwin
Trevor and her Junior commit
tee.
Present at the meeting yester-
day were Mesdames r. T. Men
ner. chairman; w. F, Jacobs.
Fort H. Callahan. W. E. Lowe. NJ.
E. Berkowitz. Grace Phillips.
Julian Thomson, Sidney Kirt-
land, Eola Swicegood. Hugh Tay-
Tor, Hugh Williams. and Robert
H SpottSwoOd and Albert Peirce.
Two women representing the
.colored section of the CITY in the
drive are Mrs. Mary Moreno and
Mrs. Grace Palacios.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-11-02

For Th>i- Hcmss

shoot II out for somebody elssrs
barns.
Fought For Th>i- Homes
Take the Revolution The flrsf
shots at Lexington touched CT 3
surge of patriotism BY the Ene
Continued On PaEe Four
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-11-02
)ayeeeS Stage
Get Out Vote
Parade Monday
Officials Expect Best
Event Ever Featured:
Urge All With Cars To
Join

All Key Westers. regardless Of
party utilization or choice Of can
didates. are invited 70 JOIN IN fhs
Get Out and Vote" parade 70
be held Monday evening. 7:30
o'clock. from fhe foof of Duxal
street. Affair is an annual event
given by the Key West Junior
Chamber of Commerce and is
being organized this wear by \
committee Of Jaycees headed BY
Everett Sawyer. Delmsr Butler
and Chester Knowles.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-11-02

According 10 Mr.. SAWYER fhe
parade this wear viii be the hic-
geSt and best ever staged. The
event viii begin at South Beach
and continue IN Duvsl TO Greene
street, down Sinonion To F7em-
ing. Fleming TO White and White
to Bayview Park.
Those intending TO put their
cars in the parade are requested
to be at the point Of beginning
early enough TO place signs On
the automobiles which viii b.
provided by Jaycees.
This parade IS being given a.
arouse interest in Tuesdays elec-
ton and make voters moro con
scious of their right 70 vote and
the privileges of the Democratic
form Of government
Key West Junior Chamber q
Commerce viii rot camDsign for
any political group OF cause bur
is only interested IN bringing out
as many electors as possible On
election day
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-11-02
Rcd Cross Floats
To Be Entered In.
ArnliStiCG Parade.
Meeting Held Yesterday
Also Featured Division
Of City For Annual
Roll Call

Local Red Cross chapter Off
Gals divided the city into sec
tions yesterday for solicitation
purposes during the annual Roll
Call to be started on Armistica
Day. November IL. providing an
easy opportunity for all residents
10 become members of this or
ganization this year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-11-02

Key Wezr- Fl0rl1a. kzE -
most equRble cEz1e II "a
country; with - EFEzEs
range Of only IL Fzk-=1e<
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-11-02

Associate Press Day Wire
Service
For so Years Devoted to the
Best Interests of Key West
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-11-02

troops was reported in that SCI
tior, for , yor0iar+0d lr;x1a coat
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-22

get out ef bed for such trifling matter
To confirm this view she allowed Bubbles
to call up the stairs Franks sleepy voice
replied after minute, telling her to go away
and stop bothering him. Full of drama and
Importance the intruder began to realize the
Joke was on her She realized it completely
few minutes later when Mrs. Tinney having
exhausted all the matronly advice in her
system thresp Bubbles out
Another of the comedians little brushes
with his show-gir Valentine came to be known
as the Shetland Pony Incident
One evening he telephoned her and said
that he wanted her to meet a very important
friend of his later that night after the show
This man was a United States Senator he
said and nothing offended him quite so much
to see young lady in anything but her
best clothes. So Bubbles put on everything
she had but the chaise-longue and was rather
sorry afterwards that she had left that off
The rendezvous was to be in her apart
ment and when she TAXED home from TIE
Foes she was a-thrill with excitement pic
turing an expanding social career in exclusive
Washington salons But the moment she
opened the door her visions faded
There on her best orchid silk ehaseelongue
was shaggy Shetland pony! Tinney had
wired pair of horn-rimmed glasses across
the pony's nose and was holding a silk hat
over its ears. His colored valet was giving
the pony manicure.
oh helloi" he exclaimed May present
my friend Senator Zlch of Colorado ?"
Bubbles rushed into her bedroom and
slammed the door.
Tinney was so delighted with her reaction
that he spent the next week taking the pony
around with him to call on all his friends. He
even trained the animal so that it would look
out of the windows of his limousine and
whinny at old gentlemen walking along the
sidewalks.
Horses figured rather prominently in the
Tinney repertoire He maintained hack
horse called Jerry sway-backed and rheu-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-22

spectacularly beautiful Imogene tBubblesl
Wilson, Of the ,Folies."
Only a great comedian could have got
away with playing wife and sweetheart off
against each other as recklessly as Frank
did. and even he only got away with it up to
a point Finally. Bubbles capacity for absorb
ing punishment was filled to the brim and she
hailed him into court on charge of beating
her up. Then his wife divorced him.
All Broadway remembers the time Frank
dangled a high-priced automobile before his
sweetheart's face Day after day he called
for the bewitched Follies beauty and led her
to the showroom where the car was on display.
II was hers he told her, from shining radiator
TO equally shining rear bumper; the only thing
was he didn't want to take it off the floor
right away First. 1t must be equipped with
all the latest gadgets.
While waiting Bubbles made daily trips to
the salon with parties of friends before whose
admiring eyes she showed off her intended
present At last the great day on which Mr..
Tinney was TO conclude the transaction ar
rived Bubbles was first the scene still
accompanied by her envious friends. Then
Mr. Tinney appeared and with him was his
wife.
u think you two have met before haven't
YOU >" he said airily. He pulled out certi-
fled check and, turning to the salesman, said:
Here's the collateral. Just wrap the car up
and send it to my home out on Long Island.
It's a present for my wife you know"
1t took Bubbles all the rest Of the day to
calm down to the point where she could put
her thoughts into words. The minute she felt
able to make herself understood in plain Eng
lish. she hoped on a train and went out to
Long Island for a showdown, arriving at three
-e,eIeek- in-the- morning
Mrs Tinney who had learned patience the
hard way. by being knocked around, let the
enraged show-girl into the house and listened
to her TRADE from beginning to end. When
Bubbles stamped her pretty foot and stormed
that Frank loved her. and not his wife, the
latter merely yawned. And when Bubbles,
whom the yawnng had not soothed any de-
manded conference for three right there and
then. Mrs. Tinney told her that she was will
ing but doubted very much If Frank would
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-22

Miss Sonderson was not the only member
Of the Revue to be honored by the comedians
attentions. At one time another, every
body from the owliest chorus girlSto the
manager of the theatre had a bone to pick
with him.
He had an ELECTRICIAN wire copper plate
to one of the chairs in his dressing room in
such a manner that anyone sitting down in it
would receive a humping good shock. He
called this "the electric chair" and appointed
himself warden"
Waylaying passing members Of the cast
he would invite them in for a sandwich. When
they accepted, Tnney would CALAMITY shove
the chair under them and roar with laughter
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-22

matte animal on whom he avished his humor-
Gus talents He had moustache painted on
Jerry's upper lip. Then. having provided him
with a pair of trousers, Tinney climbed on his
back and startled the sober equestrians of Cen
trai Park, New York by galumping Jerry up
and down.
One day he discovered that Miss Lora
Sonderson, pretty young principal of the
Music Box Revue, in which he was starring
at the time. had interested herself in horse
back riding Tnney told her that the horse
she usually rode was no good.
Now I've got an animal" he remarked
proudly that would be just the thing for you
that is, if you really want to cut figure
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1940-12-22

/ imported him from England
last year after he won the
Derby"
He offered to send the horse
up to Central Park by his
valet any day that Miss Son
derson wanted to show the
young society men with whom
she was in the habit of riding
what a real horse looked like.
The unsuspecting actress ac-
copied his offer gratefully and
made arrangements to try out
the peerless steed the very
next lay.
Next morning she was wait
ing impatiently with her
friends on the bride path
when something that looked
like a cross between a broken
down centaur and an old bag
of bones came Flooding along
the adjacent boulevard. guided
by Tinney's valet 1t was
Jerry, in full regalia. Miss
Sonderson had just been tell
ing her fashionable friends
about her prize winning Ara
bian steed and now finding
herself face to face with this
exotic beast. with the snick-
ers Of her companions in her
ears. she burst into tears.
When she had recovered, she
hired somebody to lead the
sta gge-ring wreck to the
theatre and tie it outside the
stage door, with hot note to
Mr.. Tinney pinned TO the sad
die