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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-22
AMERICANA: BARBERSHOP QUARTETS
BY RAY PEACOCK. Ap Feature Service Writer

Favorite among definitions for
a quartet is one guy who thinks
the other three can't sing. La
mentally, he too often is right,
but it's a free country.
History doesn't record, but
very likely there was a good quar-
tet going before the Mayflower
was out of swimming distance
from the Old Country. 1t may
be that the origin of the Barber
shop Quartet is not strictly
American, but nowhere has it
been given such high degree of
recognition.
1t was through and because of
the BarberShop Quartet, for in
stance, that the whiSkey tenor
won deserving recognition. It is
impossible to do a good work
manlike job on MY Wild Irish
Rose" without one. Also among
a quartet's needs are a guy who
can carry the melody preferably
one who knows the words, an
other who can make pleasing
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DINAH SINGS TROUBLE AWAY


NEW YORK, Oct! 22.-Two
years age Dinah Shore had a
hard luck story.
1t was New Years Eve. She
was broke. A $50 job had fallen
through at the last minute. For
weeks she had been singing over
the radio for less than peanuts
and living on rye bread and
cheese. She didn't have a cent
left.
Gosh, how she hated to wire
home for money!
She'd come to New York
against her fathers wishes. She'd
used up the little money her
mother bequeathed her
Reluctantly she borrowed a
few cents from a kind-hearted
elevator boy. The collect wire
brought money and more pleas
to go back to Tennessee.
Then her luck began to change.
Where she'd been singing for
nothing, she started singing for
her supper. Her spirits perked up.
It's Different Now
Now her story goes like this:
Her salary may be as low as
$3.50 week or as high as $500.
She is singing on the Eddie Can
tor program currently; she has
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NAVY QUIZ ANSWERS
tOuestions on Page One in
Navy Day Articlel

l. Theodore Roose welt. His
birthday, October 81, is Navy
Day, as tribute to his
great interest in the Navy when
he was President.
2. John Paul Jones was the
first American to win fame as a
warship commander. The man
who actually built the first ships
of our. Navy was Commodore
John Barry. And he is general
ly referred to as the father of
the Navy.
3. Colonel Frank Knox.
4. A midshipman.
4. Battleships bear the names
of states, cruisers the names of
cities.
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Miriam Carey
Hostess To Circle

Miss Miriam Carey was hostess
to the Young Women's Circle of
the Ley Memorial Church last
evening at the home of Mrs. o.
G. Howell.
The program was devoted to a
discussion of the transient peo-
pies of the United States, and
the migratory problems that con-
front the church.
Following the program, games
were played and refreshments
served.
Those present were: Mrs. Floyd
Bowery, Mrs. Albert Carey, Mrs
Russell Gutteridge, Mrs. E. E.
Hamilton, Mrs. Archie Roberts
Mrs. Dorothy Curry, Mrs. Maude
Sawyer, Mrs. Dorothy Sands
Mrs. Alicia Boeyen, Misses Eliza
beth Rosam, Catherine Knowles
Miriam Carey, Florence Walker
Mrs. w. T. Doughty. and Mrs. O.
c. Howell.
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zoom-zoOm sounds, and a fourth
who IS ready to help the tenor
or melody man in case they mix
up My Gal SaI'' with Il Wonder
What Became Of Sally.
Some authorities hold that
five is an excellent number for
a quartet. It has the advantage
OF being able to- drown out the
guy that nobody invited along.
Others swear by six, particularly
for the nice droopy songs which
need sturdy lungs.
Aside from the sheer, defiant
Joy of singing, the BarberShop
Quartet offers also a sporting
angle. Should you choose to har-
monte at, say, the southwest
corner of Main Street and Broad
at 3 ayem, and the cop comes
along. it makes a good betting
proposition.
He may call for the paddy
wagon-Or make a splendid fifth
who knows all the words to Call
Me Back, Pal O. Mine.
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been singing in theaters and for
recordings; she expects to go to
Hollywood, shortly.
She can buy those dresses she
used to dream about. But she's
modest and thrifty and she puts
money into a dress only for spe-
cial occasions.
A special occasion came this
fall when Broadway lights spell
ed her name for the first time.
She got the dressmaker to de-
sign three frothy frocks on prin-
cess lines to show off her 21-inch
waist. The green, the white and
the black set her back $500. But
she could swirl As yards of skirt
every time she bowed to audi
ences clamoring for more of her
blueSy singing.
When she sings she sounds hap
Ply. She looks happy. And she
sort of sings all over.
Dinahr has warm brown eyes
and hair and lips to match. She's
5 feet 6 inches and thinks she
weighs not quite enough at ia
pounds.
Enjoys Sports
She loves to go to football and
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SIX BIG MEN
OF BALKANIA

Continued from Page One)
power is Antonescu, hero of the
World war, former minister of
war and often involved in strife
which has characterized Ruman-
ian affairs.
Prince Paul, cultured cousin of
the murdered King Alexander.
holds Yugoslavia intact for IT.
year-old King Peter and probably
will be glad two years hence to
be relieved of the responsibility
so that he can return TO his
music and books. Under his
reign the Croats and Serbs have
been reconciled and the nation
strengthened accordingly against
outside danger.
ISmet lnonu, a general who
never wears a uniform, is a vet
eran of half-a-dozen campaigns
and knows the smell of powder.
Against the wish of his father.
he chose a career in the army
rather than in law. Trusted
friend and right-hand man of
Ataturk, he succeeded the ''fa-
Their of the Turks" in 1898 as
president of his renovated father
land.
Dominating Nicholas Horthy,
~, son of a country squire, COM
manded the Austro- Hungarian
navy before the debacle of 1918
wiped out the navy and resulted
in his being named regent of
Hungary. He is known as a
brave sailor, strong disciplinarian
and Scourge of radicals. An art
ist, PIANIST. bridge player and
man of simple life, he has proved
himself adept at diplomatic
fineSse.
John MetaxaS, q chesty little
man, took dictatorial control of
Greece in 1896. He trained as
soldier and is an acknowledged
military genius. He was born in
1871, a member of an ancient
family which in the days of We
netian greatness received a title
and was prominent in Medieval
Ionian history. In 1888 he was
proclaimed premier for life"
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=: SOCIETY =:
Rehearsing Dances For Navy Day
Dance At Habana-Madrid Saturday

God Bless America, with the
spotlight on the colors.
Some of those taking part in
the show include Mrs. Julio De
Poo, George Mills White, Gerald
Pinder, Marie Farto, Carolyn
Cherry, Elizabeth Gartenineyer,
Teddy Clayton, John Bennett,
Coto and his guitar, and others.
Music for the floor show is be-
ing supervised by Laureano Mo
reno and Beatrice Moreno. Mrs.
Eva Warner is director of the
show.
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WAITS FOR SUMMONS
TO FRENCH THRONE

Continues nom Pace Onea
one aimed al restoring The ~
archy.
COUNTESS Eezurx
Adding 10 this belief VA 1he
recent return from hal O. ~
Countess Of PARIS 1he fo---
Princess Isabelle. who's tn azs
linked IN France 70 . repu- ~
husband would receive Al azz
Of q puppef kingdom f-o- g.
cellor Hitler.
The w-ould-be nunz-hz ~
on government have not 30 e.
pounded recently FOR rne -eca-z
but a book published me- -
name IN 1886 recorznenzeS = g.
centralized France. effecreS -
division into the provinces ne D.
heveS are It's natural reEzu-s~
Over everything would - M
king, arbItratIng and pzcEEz-E
an umpire between czuzzL -
labor and other fsc1innz@
He's \ Trsvsler
Working toward s1ch - ia
have been R0yzlIS1 Eruuus q
every French province Eur n
sistent upon beng czue5 ~ en-
turies-Old titles rather thzn -zn-
sieur" or madame
The counts forum go
down the long line e fu-fs-
who ruled France 1o0o Fz-s- Is
financed the Campaign
Owning estates n BclzZr zz
Italy as well IS a. Larz-he zrE
count has travelcd uuch H
sporty mOn0plane and stzuv ruE
Bugatti Qtaian) automu1le ~
familiar IN most Eurupean cas-
tails that know hin As enc a. ~
continents bes1-dressed nen o.
spite a preference Tor sVzz1luz r.
gala.
Barred Fran rrzuca
As head Of the B0urbar-Cr-
leans line ne Is bare6 E-
France under an Cd EE hE
sought, prior TO the Wsr. ID eu1E
his cOuntry's armed f0rc@
Turned down by PresI1er1 A.
bert Lebrun, he applied % 1he
foreign Legion under al azZme1
name and was assigned q rs an
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MAY DEVELOP
SKI TROOPERS

Continued from Page One)
for mountain operations both. in
winter and summer.
Dog Teams
The first ski troops comprise
500 officers and enlisted men.
Training would start on a great
slide not far from proposed bar
racks with the men taking ele-
mentary spills on a half-mile
run that drops 600 to 700 feet.
They would go back to the top
by a Swiss type tramway for an
other try.
There would be outdoor snow
maneuvers of all kinds, including
junkets to far places with dog
teams. Also included would be
training in the art of scaling icy
peaks and education in the
mountain and winter aspects of
engineering, communications and
supply.
The fact that the army staff has
taken it under consideration does
not mean that it is certainty.
Over at army headquarters, they
are nOncommittal, just say it is
being studied. But Lewis and the
ColoradOans who helped him
outline and present the plan are
hopeful.
If you would ask me, the ski
manufacturer and a lot of SOL
dierS who know the difference
between, a salmon and a SmOrgaS-
bOrd are hopeful too.
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BeachcOmbers Headline
Players Ball

Announcement was made to-
day that Jerome Collins and his
BeachcOmberS will furnish the
music for the Key West Players
Halloween Ball to be given in
the Rainbow Room at La Concha
hotel, Thursday evening. October
81.
This popular orchestra is plan
ming some new introductions and
arrangements for the Players
Ball. with new orchestrations
now ordered especially for the
event.
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CARD OF THANKS

Sincerely do I thank my
friends and neighbors for their
many kind acts which did so
much to alleviate my sorrow dur
ing my recent loss, the short ILL
ness and death of my beloved IA
ther, George F. Pierce. 1 am
deeply grateful to those who gave
the use of their cars, the donors
of the lovely floral tributes and
messages of sympathy.
CAMILLE PIERCE AND
FAMILY. oct22-1t
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CDA Halloween
Party Monday

Halloween Bridge Party will
be given on Monday, October %,
300 p. m. at the Overseas Hotel
under the auspices of the
Catholic Daughters of America.
Prizes will be awarded each
game and there will be door
prizes. Refreshments will be
served.
Reservations can be made by
calling 9104.
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Celebration of Navy Day in
Key West will begin with a
dance at Habana-Madrid Club
next Saturday night, as sponsored
by the Navy Wives Club.
Scenes of music, dance and
song were in evidence at this
club last night as the first mass
rehearsal was held for the Floor
Show to be featured at the dance.
American and Latin talent has
been assembled for a very en-
Pertaining performance The
show is being gagged to end at
midnight with everyone singing
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baseball gamse. She likes to dash
from a radio program to hear a
band. And she loves to read a TO-
mantle novel.
Dinah's troubles over career
of singing started at the age of
IA when she sneaked from home
in her sisters best dress for d
roadside cabaret engagement.
She got snatched back home, but
she collected $40 first.
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CARD OF THANKS

This message is intended for
our friends, both known and un-
known, especially those in Key
West, for the many kindneSSeS
shown us during our hour of
grief, the loss of our beloved son,
Stephen Higgins, Jr. We are
grateful to those who gave the
use of their cars, those who gave
the beautiful floral tributes and
messages of coincidence.
oct22-1t THE FAMILY.
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Mrs. Schneider Returns
From Homestead

Mrs. Frank Schneider, Grand
Matron of the Eastern Star in
Homestead, but at the present
time making her home in Key
West, returned yesterday from
the mainland city where she
spent several days on Eastern
Star business.
She was accompanied by Mrs.
James Pinder who visited in Mi
ami with her son, Jack.
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DIVORCE ACTIONS

Final decree in the divorce
suit filed by Mrs. Ida L. j. Ken
nedy against her husband, Ray
mond E. Kennedy. of Tampa,
charging deSertion, was granted
yesterday according to records on
file at the county courthouse this
morning.
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BERLIN.-Military men an
nounce excellent results have
been obtained by protecting
buildings from bombs with steel
nets.
Little or no damage results to
a building, the generals assert,
when a bomb lands in the net
and is exploded prematurely OF
slowed up IN its fall.
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net RESULTS OF
Military Value In Nets
WAR TRANSFORMS
fBx Axsoefated Pre..l

LONDON, Oct. pa net to
catch parachutiSts was suggested
as a defense weapon to Britain's
wartime directorate for scien-
tifie research.
The net, explained the man
who mad the idea, would be
equipped with huge pockets.
When a parachutist landed in a
pocket, a bell would ring.
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(Continuen nom Pace Onea
one aimed al restoring fhe 49,
archy.
Evening star., 1940-01-16
Mrs. Roosevelt lauds
Se|f-He|p Exchanges
As Aid 10 Morale
Mrs. Doyle, Press PorIey
Guest, Emphasizes
Employment Phose

Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt told
her press conference today she be-
lieved self-help co-operatives pre-
serve peoples morale and raise the
standard of living of the lowest in
come group.
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, newly
appointed executive of the Wash
ington Self-Help Exchange and
guest speaker at the conference, ex-
pressed her agreement with this the
ory and added that the exchange is
not a substitute for relief, but has
the effect of keeping some people off
relief and helps them get back into
regular employment.
Mrs. Roosevelt also pointed out
that the Self-Help Exchange is not
a charity for persons who work there,
but needs charity to run it. She
added that many people wonder If
the taxpayers money, where the
exchange is supported from Govern
ment grants, produces more on this
basis than it would produce on a
straight charity basis.
Mrs. Doyle cited one case where
the mother of three children had
earned sufficient scrip to purchase
enough clothes at the exchange to
keep her children in school. She
spoke of another case where an ar
rangement had been made with a
church so that scrip could be put
in the collection box and the church
could take the scrip back to the
exchange to purchase wood and
broad for distribution to the poor
in the churchs neighborhood.
Mrs. Roosevelt, asked for comment
on the fact that the picture of bare
foot children was torn of the front
cover of the report to be presented
at the Conference on Children in
Democracy, replied that she thought
it was a very nice picture and the
children were very cute children"
In answer to a question about
birth control, which arose from Mrs.
Roosevelts recent visit to the Health
Department, Mrs. Roosevelt said she
was not opposed to birth control,
but did not want to urge on any one
acceptance of something they didn't
believe in.
Evening star., 1940-01-16
u. s, Envoy Hastens
From Fire 10 New
Post in Belgium
No Immediate Danger
Of Invasion Seen in
Low>Countries
b. the Associated Press.

b the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM, Jan. 16.-Despite
official assurances that Belgium and
the Netherlands are in no imme-
diate danger Of invasion, the new
United States Ambassador to Bel
gium hastened today to his post.
The envoy, John Cudahy, former
Minister to Ireland, left Dublin last
night under urgent instructions
from Washington to take his sta
ton at once. It was understood in
the Irish capital that the urgency
was connected with tension in the
Low Countries over reports Of Ger
man troop concentrations along the
borders.
authorized Berlin sources de-
clared the scare in the Neither
lands and her neighboring fellow
neutral, Belgium, was made In
Paris" and designed to provoke
Germany into an aggressive step.
They denied Germany planned
any such move)
Mr.. Cudahy was appointed AM
bassador to Belgium and Minister to
Luxembourg January 4, succeeding
Joseph E. Davis, now assigned as
special assistant to the Secretary of
State.
"N0 Acute Danger"
In the Netherlands where all
army, air force and naval leaves
had been Cancelled over the week
end, authoritative sources declared
there was mo acute danger"
The was at sea. however, brought
fresh concern. The motorship Ar
endskerk, 1906 tons, was reported
torpedoed yesterday in the Bay of
Biscay, the third Netherlands vessel
lost by submarine action since the
war started.
Advices by way of London said the
submarine sank the Arendskerk
after a boarding party searched the
ship. She was carrying a general
cargo from South Africa to Ant
werp. The Italian ship Fedora
Evening star., 1940-01-16
Brother Fighting Brother
On SoIIo Front in North

WITH THE FINNISH ARMY ON
THE SALLA FRONT, Jan. Is R.-
A Finnish patrol commander today
told how brother fights brother in
Finnish Lapland where Commu-
mist sympathizers jumped the border
into Soviet Russia and returned with
the Red Army.
The commander said one Of his
men discovered his brother, who
fled to Russia seven years ago,
among a group of Russian prisoners
captured on this front.
Brother, look what you have
done!" the officer said the Finnish
soldier cried. Then, said the ofi-
Ger, the Finnish soldier drew his
revolver and killed his own brother.
Advice Aids Russians.
Finnish officers say the guidance
and advice of some Of these Finnish
border jumpers" attached to the
Red Army are one reason why the
Russians have been able to hold
out so long in this sector, despite
bitter cold and wild terrain.
They guided the Russians In the
first days of the offensive here and
enabled the Russians to make rapid
progress.
Six or seven years ago Salla was
one OF the most Communistic areas
in Finland and during the depres-
sion about 200 local Communists
went across the border to Russia.
Two Finnish soldiers who were
captured and later escaped said
they had identified some of their
Finnish-speaking captors as former
Salla inhabitants.
Finnish officers say units Of the
Communist youth organization,
Komsomol, attached to the Red
Army here, are another reason the
Russian Salla column has been 80
hard to dislodge from its position.
Tho Komsomclists, ardent dis
eiples o3 Josef Stain, ~ rated by
Evening star., 1940-01-16

the Firms as the best Russian
troops they have encountered on
any front.
Rarely do they surrender and the
few taken prisoner were captured
only when badly wounded. 1t is
impossible to pump them for infor-
nation, the Firms report, and many
Of them will not eat or accept medi-
cal care.
On the battlefield these Commu-
mist boys shoot to their last round
Of ammunition and then defend
themselves with bayonets or rifles
swung like clubs in hand to-hand
encounters.
Behind their own lines the Kom-
somolists form class separate from
ordinary troops. They are said to
be better dressed, have better food
and sleep wherever possible in bet
ter quarters.
Evening star., 1940-01-16
Finnish Aid
Continued From First Page)

ate Banking Committee has sched-
uled a meeting tomorrow to consid-
er this proposal in conjunction with
the recommendations made today
by the President
Speculation growing out of yes
terday's White House conference
between Mr.. Roosevelt and congress
sional leaders centered around the
possibility of a s25,000,000 loan-to
be advanced through the Export
Import Bank and perhaps to con-
tain restrictions against its use for
military purposes.
Some months ago the bank ex-
tended $10,000,000 credit to Finland
with similar restrictions. In fact, it
has become rigid policy of the bank
to specify that all its international
loans should be non military in
character, although its officials ex-
plain that there is nothing in their
statute requiring such condition
and therefore no legal barrier to a
relaxation of the policy.
Money Not Yet Drawn.
From the lending agency the
Senate Banking Committee received
information that the Films actually
had drawn none of this original
S10,000,000 as yet, although approval
of $1O00,000 in credits for purchase
of certain commodities has been
granted.
From three Senators came ex-
pressions of opinion about Finnish
aid.
Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Vir-
ginia, an economy advocate, told re-
porters that at present he favored
an additional loan from the Export
Import Bank to enable Finland to
buy foodstuffs and other Civilian
goods" in the United States.
But" he added, II don't want to
close my eyes to possible further
assistance"
Senator Byrd's colleague, Chair
man Glass OF the Senate Appropria-
tions Committee, reiterated his will
ingness to support any Finnish aid
plan which would not involve this
country in war.
Friends of Senator Norris, inde-
pendent, of Nebraska, said he was
fearful that aid to Finland might
drag the United States into the Eu-
ropean conflict and that he thus
might oppose any such proposal,
despite his sympathy for Finland.
Evening star., 1940-01-16
Roosevelt Notes on Finn Aid
Extension of Credits Held Not Threat
Of Involvement in War

The text of the identical letters or
Finnish aid set today by President
to Vice President Garner
and Speaker Bankhead follows:
Last month when the Republic
Of Finland paid the regular in
stallment on her debt to the
United States, I directed the Sec
retary of the Treasury to place
the money in a separate account
pending such action, if any, as
the Congress might desire to
take with respect to it.
There is without doubt in the
United States a great desire for
some action to assist Finland to
finance the purchase OF agricul-
t,lral surpluses and manufac-
tured products, not including
implements of war. There is at
the same time undoubted opposi-
ton to the creation of precedents
which might lead to large credits
to nations in Europe, either bel
igerents or neutrals. No one de-
sires a return to such a status.
Facts Known to Congress.
The facts in regard to Finland
are just as fully in the possession
of every member of Congress as
they are in the executive branch
of the Government. There is no
hidden information, and the
matter of credits to that republic
is wholly within the jurisdiction
Of the Congress.
This Government will have
early occasion to consider a num-
Der of applications for loans to
citizens and small countries
abroad, especially in Scandinavia
and South America. That raises
the question for the determine.
ton Of the Congress Is to wheth.