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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-24
BUTCH ESCAPED.
Amazed Fishing Boat Crelp
FROM AQUARIUM

DELRAY BEACH, Oct. "a
FNS).-Escaping from his cage
at Marineland, Butch, train
ed seal, who has done several bits
in motion pictures and has en-
tertained countless visitors with
his tricks at the studio, made his
way down the Matanzas River
to the Atlantic and then leisurely
along the coast in the direction of
Key West.
Tame and unafraid, Butch"
overlook a commercial fishing
boat near Oak Hill and delayed
his trip south long enough to
crawl aboard to the amazement
OF those in the boat Calmly help
ing himself to a mess of fresh
caught mullet, Butch" permit
ted himself to be laSsoed and was
taken into Fish Haven where he
gladly paid for his meal by doing
tricks for the folks.
Learning that he had escaped
from Marineland, arrangements
were made for his safe return
and visitors will again find him
summing himself in the bayou
pool and dreaming of his recent
attempt to go south for the win
ter.
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MYSTERIOUS WOMEN'S VOTE PUZZLE
Many Believe Ladies Nucleus OF Great Independent Unit
TO STRATEGISTS OF MAJOR PARTIES


WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.-Polls
of public opinion or no polls. both
major parties swing into the
home-stretch of the 1910 cam
paign without knowing which
way-if any-1O or 90 million
women are going to jump on
election day.
That means the women'S vote
is the big mystery in politics. just
as it has been in all of the six
Presidential elections since 1920
when the women got the vote.
There are those in high places
in both political parties who feel
that women may be the nucleus
of the great independent vote in
American politics. Some even
suggest that sweeping landslides
like the swing from Hoover in
1928 to the avalanche for RooSe-
welt in 1936-only eight years
later-are possible only because
the women are less party-bound
than men.
There are 100000 Ameri-
cans of voting ages. Something
less than half, or about 35,O00.-
900, are women. Only about halt
of our citizens over 81 actually
vote, as rule. 1t is generally
assumed by the high commands
of both parties that the same
holds true for women. Fifteen
million women's votes would be
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-24
U.SS. MCCORMICK
ARRIVES AT BASE
DIVISION COMMANDER COOP.
Err ON BOARD: Balm
BRIDGE RETURNS

The destroyer U.SS. McCORM-
lex arrived at Key West Naval
Station yesterday afternoon with
Division So. commander, T. v.
Cooper, U.S.N., on board, and
Lieut. Commander ]. H. Lewis,
.U.S.N., in command of the vessel.
Captain A. S. Carpenter.
.U.S.N., commander of the Key
West-West Gulf Patrol, announc-
ed that the U.S.S. BAINBRIDGE
has returned to the local base
following escort duty to the sub
marine SEA LION, the trip start
ing from here on September
23rd.
EScorting the SEA LION as
far as Panama, the BAINBRIDGE
picked up another submarine,
the TAUTOG, and escorted it to
Gulf points, later being relieved
by the U.S.S. REUBEN JAMES,
which will continue the escort to
Mobile. Annapolis and New Lon
don on the TAUTOG's indoc-
Itrination and training cruise.
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WASHINGTON. Oc1 1s-gzz
what irnpels tourists - zu@ ~
way they do Is a mystery fhzt 70
authority that ] have 1eez zaie
to find here wants 20 rsckie 81
that the WAYS Ct the t1ES-s a-E
strange Is q Certainty
That much Is proves - > SKI
vey Of the National Para serrlre
on comparative trzvel Eur re ~
months ending September I Az
just released ] PIT the PIE -
10 the personnel Of the AZe-lzzz
Automobile Ass0ciafi0n. s1uDs-
ed 10 know al there Is - know
about touring. buf they sd ny
would have 70 pas 1he bocE LneE
couldn't explain Whzf E1es or 10
tourists mind IL y0u Wzn1 g
try 20 make something C r. here
are some facts and flEEz
For example, the ms popEz-
tourist spot II Amercs to1sy 3
the Lincoln Memorial For 500
time now, It's popularity RS beez
sneaking Up and zhes6 C ne
Washington Eonunezfz Zkz
year. the Memorial g Ia EZ-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-24

AMPHIBIAN TANK
PASSES ITS TEST
DELIVERED TO MARINE BAR-
RACKS AT GUAM
TTCO. VA

CLEARWATER. Oct - F1SSl
A four-tOn amphihIsn tank
built by Donald RoeblIng q
Clearwatc- Vas ordered delIEe--
ed TO the Marine BsrTscks -
Quantico. Va. last week after
undergoing satisfactorily prellm-
mary tests here
The tank, built Al q cosf q So
492, attained . speed of = nliz
per hour on land Travelled gve- .
mile on the water. aud 1nz
climbed up q fiVe-f001 Ee-Dczl
bank from the wafer % tt1e lzn1
while carrying = load q $50
pounds II ploWed through ttlrk
mangrOve grUWths an1 rEZe-
within lis Own length
Should additional tess s1stzn
the first impression q 1T Ez-lE
Of this tank n loading ard ID
loading supplies from SIP 60
shore. several more tznZ E1
be ordered
The tests were wins %
Brig. Gen Emile p Zuz =
charge Of equipment. fo- ~ -
rine Corps: Commando z ~
Grenfell and Commando 2 =
Daggett II the Us Nay
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-24
Self-Sufficiency Is Goal
Of Isolated Australians

Australia, lonely and unpro-
tected island-continent, is striv-
ing desperately for self-suffi-
cheney and for the military
strength to repel the Japanese in
vasion that she fears
As does New Zealand, she
sends her best-trained young
fighting men to the Middle East.
To the Mediterranean has
steamed her pocket navy"
Even her 4O0-plane air force
has been depleted in order that
Singapore-without which the
white man would have no bull
wark in East Asia-might be
strengthened.
But the AnZacs of the big is
land that is Australia and the
two smaller ones called New Zea-
land are tough, hardy people.
The principal officers of state
and of the army, navy and all
force talked to me frankly OF
their situation.
Near Size Of u. S.
Australia has almost exactly
the same area as the United
States, but its population is only
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-24
GRAND JURY
CALLS FIRST
WITNESSES
OPENED INVESTIGATION IN
TO MAssI MURDER IN JURY
ROOM AT COURTHOUSE
THIS MORNING

Members of the Monroe County
Grand Jury, assembled yesterday
by Circuit Court Judge Paul D.
Barnes, met this morning at
1000 o'clock in the first of a Sc
ries of meetings to investigate
circumstances surrounding the
murder of Leon Massi on or
about September 21st.
State Attorney George A.
Worley arrived in Key West yes
terday afternoon to take charge
of presentation of evidence col
lected by his assistant, J. Lance
lot Lester, and to present other
evidence assembled by his Mi
ami staff pointing towards those
believed guilty of the crime.
First witnesses called for inter
views before the jury were most
Iy employees of La Concha hotel,
where Massi is believed to have
stayed for two days following his
arrival in Key West from Cuba.
Witnesses were: G.. w. Sykes,
Kenneth Archer, Charles E.
Curry, William Frederick Ed
wards and Anibal Armayor.
Others subpOenaed included AL
vim Costar, toll gate keeper; E. R.
Lowe, Tavernier peace justice,
and Henry Betancourt, taxi driv-
er.
Mr.. Worley expected to return
to Miami late this afternoon to
attend to pressing matters in con-
nectiOn with the Dade County
Grand Jury now sitting. Details
of the case would be left in Mr..
Testers hands, he stated.
Judge Barnes stayed on in Key
West today, hearing chamber
cases this morning, Judge Ar
thur Gomez also was hearing
cases in chambers this morning.
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SEAMEN OBTAIN
TAG RESPITE

-
Members of the Fleet Reserve
Association, Branch 56, sent a
delegation of their members to
Mayor Willard Albury this after
noon and obtained temporary, at
least, respite from the city ordi-
nance requiring all persons to
purchase auto license tags.
Mayor Albury informed the
seamen that he would order the
police department to hold off is
suance of arrest slips to navy per-
sonnet until the matter has been
thoroughly thraShed out before
the city council.
Delegation of the Reserve con-
sisted of c. R. Murray, J. L. Gran
ger and w. E Julius.
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1,OOO,OOOO- New Ze3land'S people
number about 100000.
From this small reservoir OF
manpower. Mai. Gen. John North
colt, commanding Australia's in
fantry, is creating an army that
soon will number 100000 New
Zealand's will be close to 100,-
600.
Already $4,000 soldiers-in ad-
dition to the navy-have gone to
help the mother country of Great
Britain in Egypt and Palestine,
and as many as 10000 more may
follow. What worries authorities
in case of a long war is that the
nations manpower may be ex-
hausted. and some place this
"saturation point" as early as
1913.
A. E Monk, head of the Aus
tralian Trade Unions. says:
Emphasis On Air Power
I'VE need men right here. Eng
land can't utilize her own man
strength. She needs our goods
more than our soldiers"
Naturally Australia is think
ing of both invasion and defense
largely in terms of air power.
The all-important lane of ocean
commerce between Brisbane and
Adelaide, in the temperate and
most populous part of the coun-
try, needs protection. So does
the tropical area around Port
Darwin on the north coast, which
is closest important point to the
Dutch East Indies.
So Air Marshal Sir Charles
Burnett is out to produce $4,000
pilots, machine gunners and ra-
diomen a year, which will be
supplemented by 1000 a year
from New Zealand. One factory
is turning out a combat plane q
day-based on an American
model-and a powerful all-Aus-
tralian bomber is in develop
ment.
Australians reason that an at
tacker must necessarily approach
with aircraft carriers. Assuming
Japan were the aggressor, some
Continued on Page Fourl
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Posted At Federal Build
ing Office; Another
List Available At The
Citizen

Monroe County Draft Board is
sued today the list of all regis
trants who applied on Selective
Service Registration Day. Octo-
Der 18th. and followed regulations
by posting a copy of the list in
its headquarters in the federal
building and furnishing The citi-
zen another list. both of which
reveals registry number of each
applicant.
Two other lists were made
one sent to state headquarters at
St. Augustine and the other be-
ing retained for the boards files.
Complying with wishes of
the local board. The Citizen
Will cost its list in a conven-
lent location in its office so
that Ill those who wish may
scan the pages TO ascertain
registry numbers. Hours. 500
a. m. to $500 .. m.
Clerks employed by the board
in making out the 61-page list,
containing 1441 names, as of this
morning, were Miss Eliza Bar
rottO and Mrs. Kathleen Nottage.
Chief concern of all those on
the draft list. as evidenced by the
large number applying at Draft
Board headquarters this morn
ing. was to determine their reg
istry number.
It is this number, according to
regulations. that will be the key
to the final draft number and also
to the order Of being called for
board classification inquiry, as
thew are read following drawing
in Washington. D. c., next Tues
day, October 90.
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l%%%%WMywMn
FLORIDA INCREASES
XVIII CONSUMPTION
Especial to The Citizen

JACKSONVILLE. Oct. "a. -
Florida homes and factories
utilized 98,752,OOO kilowatt-hours
of electrical energy during
August, a gain of approximately
five per cent over the preceding
month of July, the Florida State
Chamber of Commerce has an
nOunced.
Total generation within the
State, according to reports TO the
Federal Power Commission,
amounted to 100, 100000 XVIII. A
total of 8,364,OOO XVIII was ex-
ported to other States, while g.
10000 XVIII were received from
State sources. Total util-
ization within the State was
therefore 98,752,O XVIII, an in
crease of 4.8 per cent over July.
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a sensible estimate in fairly
lively presidential campaign.
On rare occasions the women'S
vote has been sampled with the
idea of finding out what sex
does to the ballot. With the help
of the National League of Women
Voters. Samuel P Hayes. Jr., of
Mount Holyoke college sampled
the view of women IN 81 states
just before the election in 1882.
He applied rigid statistical con-
trolls to the result and concluded
women were more hberal-mind-
ed, more Observation-Disclosures.
and more Socialist-minded than
men-but only slightly more.
For instance, a greater per
centage of the sampled women
than men favored government
ownership of railroads and were
against the government staying
out of business. More women
than men favored the world
court at that time. But even he
took these tendencies with a grain
of salt. for in spite of them, he
! said his general conclusion was
that women reacted to candidates
and issues generally about as
men do. He didn't put any stock
in that old gag about women
changing their minds At least
that played no part in his survey.
/ Harold F.. Gosnell, of the Uni
versity of Chicago, made a dis
covery in 1927 that still gives the
political master minds the filters
namely. the old suffrage issue
isn't quite dead. In hunting for
reasons why people didn't vote,
he found one of the two major
causes was the belief that women
Continued on Page Four)
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USE OF PROPER
SIGNALS URGED
HUNDREDS OF ACCIDENTS
CAN BE PREVENTED AND
SCORES OF LIVES SAVED

ORLANDO. Oct. 24.-"Hun-
dreds of accidents can be pre-
vented and scores of lives saved
when Florida automobile oper-
atorS concentrate on the use of
proper hand signals when driv-
ing, Walter Hays, chairman of
the safety committee of the Flor
ida State Chamber of Commerce,
declared here today.
TO be a really safe driver"
Mr.. Hays stated, zone must in
reality picture themselves driv-
Continued On Page Four)
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Inheritance
Confab Holds
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RIPE APPLES
STAY on TREE

Gnv AS~@eHaa~a Pr~~wa
COLUMBUS. o. Oc1. IL
a hormone spray that 1ez5s
10 prevent riDe apples fron
dropping for several weeks
has proved efficient i tess
by Ohio growers. the safe
department Of agriculsure re-
ports.
Used during the ripezzns
period. the spray gives ErE1
. chance 10 acquire better
color and flavor. the rsp1-1
said. Cost Of the spray Ezs
estimated by r G. Hzxklnz.
Lake county agricultural
agent, al from Ia II 2 cents
a gallon
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Registrants
List Released
ByDrafBoard
ARCHAMBEAULT
TO FETE NAVY DAY

All officers and navy per-
sonnet at Key West Naval
Station will join in Navy
Day festivities next Sunday.
with ships all full-dressed
and uniforms spruced up.
Butt remains for Comdr.
Charles P. Archambeault.
U.S.N.. NC. senior medical
officer at the station. 10
really observe the big day for
the u. S. Navy.
Besides being Theodore
Roosevelf's birthday and the
day on which the naval
forces call attention TO their
importance. il is Mrs Arch
ambeault's birthday.
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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
hcation-September g, 1940-is
the time limit
THIHTY-ONE DAYS HAVE
Elapsed
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GOOD MANNERS
ARE VALUABLE

GAINESVILLE, Oct. "a (FNS).
Speaking before a group of
nearly 1000 University of Florida
freshmen, DR.. Walter ]. Matherly
discussed the manners of an edu-
Gated man and informed students
that good manners have a
monetary value" and can be in
strumental in securing positions
and promotions.
''The manners of the educated
Continued on Page Three
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-24
BULLET IN HAND NINE YEARS

SAN FkANeISCo.ENine years
ago Joseph DeGenova collapsed
while working at a service sta
ton, presumably hit in the head
when a tire blew out The other
day a physician located a bullet
in his head which was the real
cause of his collapse. Now De-
Geneva wants police to look for
the man who "shot" him nine
years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-24
Il[lllNN[A
MURPHY SALE
TOMORROW

County clerk Ross c. Sawyer
announced this morning that the
current months sale of Murphy
lands, as authorized by the In
ternal Improvement Board of
Tallahassee, will be held tomor-
row morning, starting at HOO
O'Clock, on the courthouse steps.
Lightweight parcels have been
listed for this sale, as advertised
in The Citizen on October 4th.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-24
Radishes- By The Foot
CBy Associated Preasl

MORGANTOWN. w. Va
Truck gardeners in the Cheat
Neck section don't fool with the
little ones. Donald Leo Shay, Is
year-old high school student,
proudly displayed a giant radish
over II inches long and over five
pounds in weight.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-24
BritOns Warn Of Block
ade Extension liz Span
iards Join Axis-POwers
I'm War

LONDON. Oct. 24-Diplomatic
pots of Europe were approaching
the boiling point today. with ex-
pectancY of "blow-offs" within
the next few hours. featuring the
situation al press time.
Unofficial reports from Berlin,
Rome and Madrid were pouring
into diplomatic headquarters
here this morning, all mostly
concerned with the threatened
action by Spain to join the axis
powers in its fight against Great
Britain.
Following the conference be-
tween Adolf Hitler and General
Franco yesterday on the France
Spain border, most opinions ex-
pressed we're to the effect that
Spain would announce definite
war action within the next
twenty-four hours.
As if in anticipation of that
action. England put on steam in
its attacks against Germany and
Italy today-with prolonged air
maneuvers striking both enemy
nations. Factories in Berlin area
were hit and incendiary fires
were reported in several German
cities.
Diplomatic warnings were is
sued by the British state depart
ment this morning, directed
against both Spain and France.
In the former case, London
warned that extension of the sea
blockade would be clarnped
down against the Spanish cities,
preventing shipments of many
needed articles now allowed to
reach Spain
And France would pay dearly
if she decided to join in the war
against Great Britain, was the
warning contained in the diplo-
matte dispatches to that nation
as word of continued conferences
between Hitler and vice-premier
Laval came through.
News from Egypt was TO the
effect that the British were pro-
viding additional hardships TO the
Italians desire to advance fur
Their towards the Suez canal
Raj. forces were delivering
telling blows against supply lines
and main bases of the expedition
airy force.
German attacks in the air
against British territory increaS-
ed last night and this morning,
following four days of compare
tive quiet. Three bomberS squirm-
ed through barrages this morn
ing and unloaded huge demolition
| bombs.
Dispatches from West Scotland
this morning stated that that sec
ton was receiving the most Sc
we're air attacks of the war TO
date
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Draft Special

Draft Special-
Buy one Ice Cream Soda al lSc
Get another one for your Girl
at only lie just by showing
your Draft Card.
Gardner's Pharmacy
The Rexall Store"
Evening star., 1940-11-16
Report
FURNISHED By the Ur

FURNISHED BY United
District OF ColumbaPartly
degrees tonight tomorrow mostly
west shifting southwest " ~
Maryland and Vrgna-Parly
central portions tonight increasing cudine with sinr tenn
peature in west - ' ~
West vrginia-Party cloudy. slightly
portions tonight; mostly cloudy
Fveday forecast for period pm November IS 1910
to 730 pm. November 20. 1910 " ''
Middle Atlantic States Columbia Virginia
Delaware Maryland Eastern New York;:
Temperatures below
curing latter part Snow ures beginning period
ana some t precipitation northern
Oho Valley ,Kntucky Ohio West Virginia Pennsylvania
much below normal beginning will moderate
and become normal during latter half weather
Evening star., 1940-11-16

as chairman of the State Roads
Commission and as a member of the
Board of Regents Of the University
Of Maryland.
Mr.. Buscher resigned to accept the
post Of deputy clerk to County Com
missioner o. w. Roby of Silver
Spring. which was left vacant by
the resignation Monday of Blair Lee.
III. son of Mr.. Lee, who left for
Mexico to begin work on a thesis on
collegiate institutions in Latin
America.
The Endorsement of Mr.. Lee, an
nounced by Lacy Shaw, chairman
of the Central Committee, was later
approved by a countrywide caucus
of 80 members of the United Dem
ocratic Organization in the Silver
Spring Liquor Dispensary Building
Mr.. Lee, major with Maryland
National Guard troops in France
during the World War. is the son
of former United States Senator
Blair Lee. Maj. Lee retired from
his public Offices several years ago.
He has devoted himself to the real
estate business in the Silver Spring
area, but continued as a leader in
county politics His only official
post recently has been chairman Of
the Montgomery County Housing
Authority, established more than a
year ago to deal with the rural slum
housing condition in the county.
Evening star., 1940-11-16
Price Tells Council
He Can't Predict
Extra Session Now
Times Too Uncertain,
Governor Soys in ToIk
To Legislative Advisers
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Nov. l6.-Gov.
Price told the Virginia Legislative
Advisory Council yesterday that
some situation might develop which
would necessitate a short extra ses-
sion of the General Assembly, but
that no one could predict "in these
uncertain times just what conditions
may arise"
The Governor spoke briefly at the
organization meeting of the council,
which elected Delegate John B.
Spiers, Radford, as its chairman to
succeed State Senator John S. Bat
tie, Charlottesville, who resigned
from the council.
Mr.. Spiers, who has been vice
chairman, was nominated by Dele
gate Francis P. Miller of Fairfax
and elected unanimously. Senator
Vivian L. Page, Norfolk, was unan-
imously chosen vice chairman after
Delegate c. G.. Quesenbery, Waynes-
bOrO. withdrew his nomination of
Senator Leonard G. Muse, Roanoke.
In addition to its assigned studies
of welfare matters, annexation laws
and the question of additional State
office space, Gov. Price said he
might have one or two other matters
to suggest to the council later.
He said he was very much inter-
ested in probation and parole and
asserted these measures should not
have been defeated in the last Gen.
eral Assembly.
Evening star., 1940-11-16
Jobs for 100000
On Defense Forecast
By Miss Perkins
Predicts Peak in 1912
Will Breuk Backbone of
Unemployment Situotion'
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Nov. 16-Secretary
of Labor Perkins said last night
that national defense needs would
provide jobs FOR 100000 men and
women within year and that the
increase would break the backbone
of the unemployment situation"
Her estimate did not include agri-
cultural employment.
1.-The pay rolls of defense workers
will bring about increased employ
ment in automobile and furniture
factories, in textile mills. clothing
factories. wholesale and retail stores
and in many other consumer and
service lines" she said in an address
before the Eighth Metropolitan
Conference on Employment and
Guidance of the Welfare Council Of
New York City.
She said that the peak of en-
ployment would not be reached un-
til about 1912"
Asserting that the Federal en-
ployment service was functioning
efficiently to eliminate labor bottle
necks," Secretary Perkins said:
THE Bureau of Labor Statistics
estimated that by the end of this
year 10000 people will be at work
on vessels contracted for in June,
July and August. This number will
rise to 100000 by the late summer of
1941 and will reach a peak of 150,-
600 in the spring of 1912"