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Evening star., 1940-08-20
DohIqren's CIeverness on Bog
Offsets Weakness at Bot

1t happens that the Yankee
player who has gained most during
this topsy-turvy season is Dahlgren.
Last year, when he took over Lou
Gehrigs place, the consensus was
that the Yanks would have to get
first baseman with more power at
the plate. DefenSively, he was the
best since George Sisler or Hal
Chase, overshadowing in that detail
even Gehrig and Bill Terry. two OF
the great first basemen. But he
couldn't hit and even the Yankees
needed all the punch they could get
and Babe would have to give way TO
somebody like George McQuinn,
whom the Yanks once had owned
but allowed to get away. Inat S
what Just about everybody seemed
to think.
The ban on dealing with the
Yankees may have been solely re-
sponsible for the fact that Dahlgren
was on first base when this cam
paign got under way. But l nave a
nunch that Mccarthy wasn't dlsap-
NOlnteQ bitterly ONSl iiiS ille
make a switch-that even II trace
had been possible it would not have
been made.
And I'm more than pretty sure Joe
wouldn't give Dahlgren up now 1or
ANYBODY. In the Yankee system are
two walloping young first sackers-
Sturm and Chartak. But If Dani-
pren couldn't carry their bats, it is
a cinch that, between them. they
couldn't carry his glove. And the
defense, particularly at first base
still is an important item.
Nobody who has followed the Yam
KEGS this year can fail to realize
that, with the pitchers sagging and
the attack crumbling here and there.
the rout of the team would nave
been complete if it hadn't been Tor
Dahlgren. The exact number OF
enemy runs he has cut of can
be checked, nor the number OF
games he has saved. But take 1t
from the rest of the Yankees, IN
each case the total runs high.
Evening star., 1940-08-20
AnoeI Wins Net Match

LAWRENCE, Mass, Aug. 20
Maurice (the Angel Tillet, 275,
French wrestler, defeated Rudy
Stromberg, 225, Milwaukee, two
straight falls last night.
Evening star., 1940-08-20
Apparently Gordon Reoched
Heiohts Too Quickly

Joe Gordons case has puzzled the
onlookers and given Joe himself
some sleepless nights. But I think
the answer is this:
The young man simply was travel
ing at a clip too fast for him-or
any other player-to maintain and
there had to be a letdown some
where. In two years he had reached
a point where they were grouping
him with Frank Frisch, Charly
Gehringer. Eddie Collins and Napo-
leon Laioie. He had hit dizzy
peak it had taken the others years
to achieve and there just had to be
q halt.
Those fellows, great as they were,
knew hard times, too. They found
out, as Gordon discovered this year,
that the march to enduring fame
seldom is uninterrupted.
Mccarthy, by moving Gordon up
to the lead-off spot in the batting
order, shook Joe out of the doldrums.
Gordon isn't yet quite the player he
was through 1888 and l939-but he
will be. He has come safely through
his own tailspin and the obvious
slowing down of his running mate.
Crosetti. He is hitting the ball
again and his fielding is picking up.
There is no sign that he will have
to yield his place with the coming of
another year.
Mccarthy Cont Be BIomed
For Decline Of Yonks
I quoted a rival manager as point
ing out that Mccarthy still is the
able leader he was when the Yanks
ruled both leagues beyond dispute.
This patiently is so true it should
need no emphasis But it may not
be a bad idea to stress the point at
q time when there are some who are
saying, THE decline of the Yankees
unmasked Mccarthy. When they
were going full tilt, anybody could
have managed them. And what has
he done to help them through the
dark days?"
Well, he has done this much: He
has held the team together, kept its
morale from being battered to pieces
by a long series of setbacks. Curbed
as no other manager ever was in
his attempt to get requirements un-
der q whitening fire, he still has his
team so we'll in hand that regardless
of the terrific odds it faces now, the
enemy doesn't feel safe in counting
1t out-and fears that it will win
again in 1941.
Evening star., 1940-08-20
Columbia Bars Former Champs
From Junior Golf; Woodmont
Won't Bid for Congressional

down through an amateur-pro tour
ney and pro-sweepstakes affair.
The Maryland association .sched-
ule is nearing its close. Only one
more amateur-pro affair is scheduled.
but the association will conduct the
amateur championship sectional
rounds next week, and will stage
the usual fall team championship
starting September 8.
Other Journeys listed are minor.
They are the father-and-son cham
pionship at Elkridge next Sunday
and the senior championship at
Green Spring Valley September II.
Leo Walper, unattached, and
Roger Peacock, Indian Spring, led
the Washington entries, but we're a
long way behind the winners of the
Lancaster amateur-pro tourney.
Pro Bruce Coltart and Amateur
Jack Penrose, both of the Seaview
Club of Atlantic City, scored a 6
under par 66 to win the affair.
Coltart is familiar figure around
the big pro Journeys. Worsham and
DOsdlI lldu IeFtl Pal II. NeAL
among the Washington entrants
were Tommy Doerer, jr., and Bob
Bowers, East Potomac Park pair,
with "a Al Treder and Herb Lacey
of Manor had IS and Bob Barnett
and Louis Mackall of Chevy Chase
had II.
Those happy grins you see on the
faces of the greenkeepers around
town come on the heels of Just the
kind of rain they've been waiting
for. The golf courses, brown and
bare for weeks, are getting green
again and the men in immediate
charge of them are happy. Their
only regret is there wasn't more Of
the rain.
But the brown-patch season and
the dry season is nearing the end
Happy days are in front of the
greenkeepers. A month from nov
| all their worries will be over. It has
been a tough summer on many of
the golf courses around the Capital.
And it speaks volumes for the value
of fairway watering. Columbia and
Chevy Chase have been spared most
OF the troubles of the other courses.
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THE LIVE WIRE OFFERS
Christmas Special

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CELEBRATE Christmas n your own home I
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$3.50. It's immaculate both inside and out.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-14
amman
LUDLOW RETURNS
To ACTIVE DUTY
ENTERED LOCAL. NAVAL STA
TIoN THIS MORN
ING

H. S. ludlow, corner of Flem-
ing and Francis streets, returned
to active duty with the United
States Navy this morning at the
local Naval Station. He re-
entered the service with the rank
of chief aviation ordnanceman,
the title he retired with several
years ago.
Previously, MIR. ludlow had
received orders to report to Pen
sacola August Is. In the mean
time he attempted to have his as
signment transferred to the Key
West station, but up until yes
terday morning he had received
no reply to his request.
Plans were made TO leave on
the early morning bus today for
Pensacola and everything was IN
readiness for, his departure.
Shortly after noon yesterday. a
radiogram advised him that his
request had been granted.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-14
SAILMAKER'S AGE
Limits AMENDED
ANNOUNCEMENT MADE BY
CoMDR. HoEY THIS
MORNING

Comdr G. B. Toey. senior men,
Der of the local naval Labor
Board, announced this morning
that the paragraph headed age
Limits" in the original announce
ment for examination of sppli-
cants as Sailmaker has been
amended
This information was released
for the. benefit of all those inter-
ested lin this particular form of
work.
The amended paragraph. as
supplied by Comdr. Hoey, fol-
lows:
Age Limits: Applicants must
have reached their 10th birthday
but must not have passed their
55th birthday on the date of
making oath to their applications
The age limits do not apply TO
persons granted military prefer
ence because of military or naval
service, nor to permanent en-
ployes in the classified civil
service, except that such appH-
cants must not have reached
their Sind birthday: the retire
ment age for this position.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-14
WIRES Sent
Seek RELIEF
FOR WORKERS
RECENT CUTS IN FORCES OF
wPA LEAVES ONLY ITO EN-
PLOYED IN KEY WEST AT
PRESENT TIME

! Key West Chamber of Com
merce took recognition of the
Serious labor condition in Key
West as a result of recent lay
offs by the WPA when they
wired Florida's two senators and
the representative from this dis
trict yesterday.
Recent cut in WPA labor, on
orders from Jacksonville head
quarters, brought complete stop
page of the Garrison Blight prof.
ect with sixty laborers laid off.
This order conceded with state
wide reductions, the number here
being laid off as part of 400 cut
from the rolls in nine southeast
Florida counties.
The Chamber sent the follow
ing wire to senators Pepper and
Andrews and representative Can
non in the hope that considera-
ton could be given to Key West:
Recent cut in WPA work here
occasioning acute distress. Con-
tractors and Navy only absorb
ing a small part and only COM
mon labor, and cannot use men
over fifty years of age. Of the
Continued on Page Four
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-14
HEAVY FLOODS
ENCULF FOUR
s. E. STATES
SAVANNAH AND SALUDA
RIVERS RISING STEADILY:
AFTERMATH OF WEEKEND
STORM
(By Associated Press)

JACKSONVILLE, Aug. IA
Heavy floods descended on four
Southeastern states this morning
as an aftermath of the hurricane
which struck the coast last Sun
day and Monday.
Heavy rains accompanying the
storm caused swollen rivers in
Georgia, Tennessee and the Caro-
linas, and many cities are now
cut off from the outside world.
Into Asheville, N. c., only one
road was left open, and this was
threatened with closing momen-
tarily, according to late dispatch
eS today.
Other cities hard-hit by high
waters were Blacksmouth, Can
ton and Hendersonville. N. c.
Savannah and Saluda rivers, in
the Carolinas, are rising steadily,
endangering every city along
their routes.
Governors of the four states
announced at noon today that
National Guard attachments
were available for relief service
in all stricken areas. Public
health bureaus were laying plans
to move equipment for health
preservation into cities that is
sued calls.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-14
AIR FORCE TO
MOVE SEPT. 3
CAPT. JACOBS STATES NEW
QUARTERS SHOULD BE
READY THEN

Captain w. F. Jacobs, COM
mandant of the Key West Naval
Station, stated today that in all
probability the air squadron
would be moved from the main
naval station quarters to Trumbo
airbaSe on September Bird.
Furnishings for the bachelor
and officers quarters are being
installed at the new airbase and
everything should be in readi-
ness for moving the personnel by
Labor Day. '
Work on the hangar is pro-
crossing rapidly and it is expect
ed that the super-structure. now
all in place, will be enclosed
some time around the middle of
October, Captain Jacobs stated.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-14
REGISTRATIONS
COME in SLOWLY
WORK OF REDISTRICTTNG
COUNTY INTO Is PRE-
cINcTS PROGRESSING

Supervisor of Registration John
England stated today that new
registrations for the November
5th general election were coming
in slowly.
THE number of names on the
books now about equals the
number who registered for the
primaries last spring, Mr.. Eng
land stated. New registrations
were about the equal of those
who had become disqualified by
death or for other reasons, he
explained.
Work on rediStricting the
county into Is precincts is pro-
crossing rapidly, Mr.. England re-
ported. Office copies of the new
precincts have been completed
and work of transferring the lists
into precinct polling place books
is now going forward.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-14
IL. OFF SUMMER
TRADE SCHOOL
ENDED TODAY
NEW RECORDS SET: OVER
$50 STUDENTS ENROLLED
FOR NINE-WEEK INSTRUc-
TON PERIOD
Especial to The Ciffzenl

DAYToNA BEACH, Aug. IA
The University of Florida's ma
tionally-famed Trade and Indus
trial School wound up its third
annual summer session here to-
day with new records to shoot
at next year.
More than $50 persons inter-
ested in vocational education
took part in summer school &C
tivities during the nine-week pc
,riod this year, with "a states and
Puerto Rico represented. An
expanded curriculum was offer
ed, embracing 81 courses. Out
Standing specialists, recruited
from all parts of the country.
served on the faculty.
Commenting upon the Trade
and Industrial Schools growth,
Robert D. Dolley, director, said
it indicates an awakening in the
South to the need for more voca-
tional training as an adjunct to
developing industries In this sec
ton.
The school was established by
the University of Florida three
years ago, with the State Depart
ment of Education as co-sponsor,
to meet the needs of vocational
teachers in the Southeast. It's
steady record of achievement has
resulted in more than regional
renown, and it is today the larg-
est school of its kind in the
United States.
Emphasis was placed this year
on distributive education, and
courses were offered in mer-
.chandising and management, the
writing of retail advertising copy.
interior decorating. fashions,
window display, textiles, sales
promotion and other related sub
jectS.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-14
GEO. B. HALL
DIED AUG. 10

Advice was received in Key
West this noon telling of the
death of George B. Hall in Ashe-
vile, N. c, last Saturday. ).
Mr.. and Mrs. Hall, regular
winter visitors here, residing at
7O8 White street. left Key West
on Wednesday. August 7th. for
the trip back home TO Des Moines.
Iowa. On the way, Mr.. Hall was
taken suddenly Ill and entered
a hospital in Asheville.
Funeral services will be held
in Des MONIES next Saturday. the
advice stated.
Mr.. Hall was active in Scottish
Rites circles here and both he
and his wife were members of
the local Order of Eastern Star.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-14
Airline lHaS Applied For
MiamfKey West License
CANADA WILL NOT
JOIN UNION NOW
OBy Associated Pressl

OTTAWA. Aug. l4.-Cana-
dian participation in the
Pan-American nations joint
defensive movements against
invasion and fifth column ac-
tivities issnof feasible at this
time. according TO Prime
Minister Mackenzie in a
statement for the press TO-
day.
Mackenzie stated that the
time was not opportune for
joint action with the United
STATES and other members of
the union. He thought. how
ever. that al some time in the
future. Canada would well
come the opportunity 10 join
other nations of this hemis-
phere in economic move
mems aiming al protection
of business rights of these
nations.
The whole venture. how
ever. Mackenzie stated.
depends upon the outcome
of the present struggle for
domination in Europe.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-14
FANCHER PRAISED
HigMy-Creditable Change
FOR C.OFC. WORK

Credit for this renovation of
ours should go directly and al
most entirely to E. L. Fancher,
operator of his tour agency in
Miami and So-called representa-
tive of our Chamber of Com
merce in Miami.
That was the way S: c. Single
ton, executive secretary of the
Key West Chamber of Commerce
summed up praise for the high
ly-creditable change that has
come about in the Chamber
headquarters in the La Concha
Hotel building.
Five kinds of cypress were
used in the remodeling, which
divides the office in two parts,
with attractive swinging doors
between the reception part, ID
by 81 feet, with Mrs. w. NJ.
Owen in charge, and the work
: shop and meeting hall" section
preSloe0 over DY Mr.. singleton.
| Black cypress is. used on the
base of the dividing wall. with
birdseye and pecky cypress on
panelling to the right and left,
respectively, and &C" select and
knotty cypress in the center
panels. Birdseye cypress was
used on the information desk in
the center of the reception room.
j. A Prestridge. assistant sec
! rotary of the Southern Cypress
Manufacturers Association was
the donor of all cypress for the
remodelling, with freight paid to
, Key West and other necessary
materials for construction in
cluded in the gift.
! Mr.. Fancher has been after us
for about 18 months to install
this transformation, Mr.. Single
ton stated. I'VE kept poStponing
it, but we're sure glad we've got
! the job done at last.
But the whole picture isn't
quite complete A few furnish
ings are needed. Mr.. Singleton
stated, and added that volunteers
could come forward, even as
they have to date, with some of
the things that will add further
to the attractive picture.
Local people who helped in
making the Chamber quarters so
very attractive were Mrs. Owen,
Joe Pearlman, Max Lord, B. D.
Trevor, Adrian O'Sweeney and
| others.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-14
KNOX FAVORS
CONSUMPTION
SPEAKS IN BEHALF OF MEAS
URE TODAY: SAYS PRESENT
CRISIS MOST SERIOUS
CBy Associated Pre.sl

WASHINGTON, Aug. IA
Secretary of the Navy Frank
Knox today spoke out in defins
tie favor of the pending con-
Scription bill at committee
hearing of Senate MEMBERS
Declaring that 'the most Sc
rlOuS and grave moment in Amer
lean history" now exists. Knox
called for quick passage of the
CONSUMPTION bill. Describing the
"frightful cost" of the naval and
army expansion, Secretary Knox
declared that men were needed
Immediately to augment the pro-
gram.
Knox concluded his talk with
the statement that in the event
England goes dOwn-and 1 pray
God she doeSn't-we will be
without a friend in the world.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-14
.CONSER VATIONISTS
KEEP SHARP WATCH
FOR SMALL SPONGE
n EPoRT or UEDERSIZED
PRODUCTS AT PERRY M
+ vEsTIGATED: co OPERA
D TIoN OF PUBLIC URGED

TALLAHASSEE. Aug IA
r. l. Bowling, supervisor Of con
servation. said today that word
had reached his office a few days
ago to the effect that a large
number of understood spOnges
were stored in Perry.
Upon receipt of TINS InfOrma-
ton. George l. Warren, agent Of
the department. was dispatched
to Perry TO make an investigs-
ton.
He found the warehouse where
the understood sponges were al
legedly stored; found the mana
ger of the warehouse and exam
ined the sponges stored there
The manager was free 20 spread
them out and display them. and
an abundance of small sponges
were found. However. they were
all of legal size. technically
Florida law provides that M
spongeS shall be taken. posscssed
or sold within the state ina
measure under five inches scr0%
Mr.. Warren stated that hun
dreds of these sponges were IN
der six inches. but practically
none were under the five-inct
limit After examining several
hundred sponges he found only
four sponges that were ulde-
five inches.
The object Of this communirs-
ton. Mr.. bowling said. Is 20 ID
wise the public IN Taylor and
Dixie counties that tins depart
ment is on the alert 70 dIscOver
any violations Of the spuuEs
laws and will appreciate the CO
operation Of any citizen Of fhzi
section IN bringing 20 the g.
psrtment's attention any viola
tlons. such information 20 hs
kept strictly confidential
Mr. bowling also said that 4
the citizens Of Florida who Az
interested in the sponge industry
think that the size hmif a.
sponges should be Incrsssed. n
and the department win BE- Elsd
70 cooperate IN such . move
nent.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-14
FIVE TENDERFOOTS
in TROOP NO. 81

Troop 81, Boy Scouts of Amer
lea, held an inveStiture ceremony
at their regular meeting last
Monday evening at the new
Wesley House.
= The following Key West boys
were given their tenderfoot
badges and taken into troop
membership. having completed
all requirements:
Donald Pearlman, Jack Appel,
Ray Bush, Jack COstar and DAN
iel Sawyer.
ScoutmaSter Albert E. Peirce,
Jr., welcomed the new scouts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-14
A.P. CORRESPONDENT TELLSALOT ABOUT
Long MINDED Debates Limited; Lobbyists Necessary
LOBBIES, CONGRESS, AND GHOST WRITERS
By JACK sTINNETT. APP Fea
Feature Service Writer

? Feature Service Writer
The most effective Hobbies are
the pressure trombone lobby
and the society lobby. Observers
agree that the latter doesn't
carry the weight it used to when
society meant more in American
life. But the top-hat and tiara
system still works well in some
cases The pressure-from-ho home
method is probably tops. A rep
reSentatlve or senator pays more
attention to mail and kilograms
from his constituents than to any
thing else. After all, they are
the ones who butter his bread.
The flaw in the preSsure-from-
home lobby is that lot of sen
ators and representatives have
taken to checking up on the
senderS of said kilograms and
letters and woe be to the legisla-
ton that is to be baked or put
over if the senders are discover
ed to be phoney.
Those Speeches You Hear
That the speeches delivered by
government officials. members of
congress, administration spokes-
men and administration enemies
frequently are NOT written by
the men who deliver them De-
hvering a speech is one thing, but
writing 1t is another Often good
speakers lack the knack of set
ting them down. Sometimes
pressure of business prevents a
man devoting time to writing a
speech In nearly all instances,
the speakers confer with the
authors, give them an outline of
their ideas and let it go at that.
That President Roosevelt is
sues some of his most important
stories for Monday morning
newspapers when news is dull
est. Stories issued then almost
invariably viii get a good play.
(Other political leaders have dis
covered this, too, with the result
that Monday morning news is
not nearly as dull as If used
to be.)
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-08-14
LEGION POST
MEETS TONIGHT

For the purpose of urEsriznE
a Forty and Eight Socizte zn1
Sons Of the Legion sqaadru1 -
this city, the Arthur SsEyE
Post No. 3. American LeEi1n
VIII meet tonight ~ LeEio1 EaL
800 O'Clock.
Harold Russell couuzn1er q
the local posi- has czlle1 TIE
meeting and al members are
requested 70 % Z zrtan6zzc1.