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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-22

NOTICE OF ELECTION

To the Sheriff of Monroe County,
of the State of Florida:
Be it Known, That I, r. A. GRAY,
Secretary of State of the State of
Florida, do hereby give notice
GENERAL ELECTION
Will be held in Monroe County.
State of Florida, on Tuesday next
succeeding the first Monday in
November, 4. D. 1910, the said Tues
day being the
FIFTH DAY OF NOVEMBER
For United States Senator from
the State of Florida, for a term of
six years from Jan. 3, 1871.
For Seven CD Presidential Elec-
tors.
For one Representative of the
Fourth Congressional District of
the State of Florida, in the Seventy
Seventh Congress of the United
For Governor of the State of
Florida.
For Secretary of State of the
State of Florida.
For Attorney General of the State
of Florida.
For Comptroller of the State Of
Florida.
For Treasurer of the State of
For superintendent of Public In
struction of the State of Florida.
For Commissioner OF Agriculture
Of the State of Florida.
For Two Justices Of the Supreme
Court of the STATE # Florida
For One Rafrcad Commissioner
of the State of lorida.
For One Member OF the House Of
Representative OF the State of
Florida.
For County Judge.
For Judge juvenile Court.
For Sheriff.
For Clerk of the Circuit Court
For Clerk of the Criminal Court
of Record.
e For Prosecuting Attorney, County
Court.
For County Assessor of Taxes.
For Tax Collector.
For County superintendent of
Public instruction.
For Five County Commissioners.
For Three Members Of the County
Board of Public instruction
For Justice of the Peace in and
for the following Justice Districts,
wiz: Nos. One. Two and Three
For Constable in and for the fol-
lowing Justice Districts, viz: Nos.
One, Two and Three
In Testimony Whereof, 1 have
hereunto set my hand and
affixed the Great Seal of
! IL. 81 the State of Florida, at
Tallahassee, the Capital,
this the 18th day of August,
A. D. 1910.
IA. GRAY,
Secretary of State.
To Hon. Karl o. Thompson. Sheriff
Monroe County.
sept3- 1O-17-24; oct1-s-15-22-2s.1s40
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ONLY LOUIS, CONN AND SALICA
HOLD UNDISPUTED FIGHT CROWNS
HE HAS WHAT 1T TAKES
BY APP FEATURE SERVICE

Tom Harmon. All-America in
1889 and apparently on MS way
toward a 1910 berth, is an ex-
ample of the fact that All-Amer-
lea requires more than mere foot
ball ability.
The Michigan star has plenty
of that-but he has the other
'musts" too:
RUGGEDNESS = All-America
honors aren't won on the side
lines. The candidate must be
rugged enough to play regularly.
Tom seldom requires more than
ordinary training room care.
GOOD BLOCKING-Halfback
Harmon credits Blocker Forest
Evashevski CTom affectionately
calls him the big ape'O with
making his long runs possible.
He's the guy who really does
it,.
FAIR GRADES - Classroom
failure means loss of eligibility,
so your football hero must spend
his share of time on the books.
Intelligence is a big help in
game situations, too.
AND ABILITY The Gary
GallOper has what it takes in
ability, too. Give him half a
chance and he finds way
around, over, under, or through
enemy tacklers for those touch
down jaunts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-22
HANCOCK HELD MERCHANTS
TO FIVE SCATTERED BINCLES

Sending their Second-Strlng
hurler to the mound and replac-
ing old-reliable Ingraham be-
hind the plate with Torres, Pep
per's Plumbers scampered home
with an "a victory over the
Merchants last night in the sec
ond game of the nightcap.
Hancock did good work against
the cellar-occupants, holding the
opposition to five well scattered
safeties. Peppers got to Charles
Thompson for eleven hits. Four
runs in the fourth and three in
the fifth meant defeat for the
lowly Merchants twirler.
The full seven innings were
played in an hour, leaving fifteen
minutes of the time-limit to
spare.
Plumbers committed but one
error, and the usually bad"
Merchants miscued just three
times.
Results: r. H. E.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-22
MORE TIME NOT NEEDED

Arguments by several
managers of teams in the
Service and Civilian Soft
ball Leagues that an official
seven-inning game cannot be
completed in the hour-and-
fifteen-minute time limit now
in force received serious SET
backs last night.
The first contest of the
evening was played in So
minutes and 81 seconds and
the second game was COM
pleted in an hour.
A total of seven contests
have been finished within
the time-limit since the new
season got underway.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-22
TOdav's Horoscope

Today gives literary or artistic
tastes, developing IN very quiet
manner. The nature is rather
devotional, with some enthus-
iasm in church social work. but
as a rule the labOrS will be rou-
tine, and the nature given TO a
sort of fatalism which yields
quietly without much reasoning
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-22
MARINES BEAT
CCC TEN, los
Played Game In Less
Than Sixty Minutes ;
Plumbers Took Mer-
chants Into Camp

US. Marines and Gees COM
pleted an official seven-inning
game last night at Bayview
Park in SO minutes and 81 sec
onds.
This is the fastest contest play
ed in the new season, taking the
honor away from the Plumbers
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1940-10-22
IWMAwAwAwMwN 4

nv Associated Pressl

UNION. W. Va.-ProfeSsor
Albert Lugar believes age is no
handicap to a musician. Eighty
years old, he came out of retire
ment to direct the Union High
school band at a recent Virginia
fair.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT or THE
ELEVENTH u DICIAL CIRCUIT.

CHANCERY.
ALIEN BERGER. Plaintiff VS.. BES-
SIZE GORBATOW BERGER, De
PENDANT.
To: BESSIE GORBATOW BERGER,
1880 Washington Avenue, Bronx,
" Y.
You are hereby required to ap-
pear to the bill of complaint in the
above styled and entitled cause on
December >. 1910. otherwise the al
legations therein will be taken as
confessed. Let this be published in
the Key West Citizen. Dated this
goth day of October. 1910.
(SEAL) ROSS c SAWYER. Clerk
of the Circuit Court.
BY Anita NJ. SaIgado, Deputy Clerk
oct22-29; nov5-1z-1s,1940
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SPORTS CALENDAR
SOFIBALL GAMES
(BaYview Park Field. 700 pm
TOMORROW NIGHT

First Game-U.S. Army, visit
ing, VS.. CCC, home Service
League).
Second Game-To be annOunc-
ed at meeting tonight.
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OPEN SEASON
ON ROAD SIGNS
CBx Associated PresAp

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. "a.
The deer and duck hunting
seasons are not welcomed by
the California State Automo-
bile association, which erects
the official road signs.
The period is regularly
marked by extensive damage
to signs. The association Of
fers a standing reward for
Identification of guilty
marksmen.
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-14
RED CROSS ROLL
CALL SPEEDS UP
INITIAL LIST OF CONTRI.
BUToRS ARE RELEASED;
FLOATS PRAISED

Mrs. R. T. Menner today re-
leased the first list OF individual
contributors in the annual Roll
Call which started last Monday,
listing total OF ninety-three
persons who have become MEM
berS to date.
Honorable mention was given
local army officers who were the
first to complete one-hundred per
cent membership of the various
groups in the city.
Red Cross officials took this
occasion to thank those who con-
tributed Red Cross floats in. the
Armistice Day parade. Special
mention was given the float pre-
pared and sponsored by three
navy officers wiveS-Mrs. A p.
StOrrs, Mrs. Tague and Mrs. T..
]. Brady, and to the float pre-
pared by Division Street school
children.
Four-minute speeches were
given at local theaters last night
Mrs. Eva Warner at the Mon
roe, Allan Armstrong at the
Palace and Harry Colgate, High
School student, at the Strand.
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-14
POLICE DRIVE
nets THIEVES
SIXTEEN YEAR OLD BOY
AND FENCE HELD ON
$1,000 BOND

County authorities were today
questioning Roy Diaz, 10, further
in connection with several rob
berries in the city of late, follow
ing his plea of guilty presented
before Judge William V. Albury
this morning to petty and felony
charges made when he admitted
stealing two watches from the
home of Wilford Evans. 1927
Duval street, valued at SIPS.
Captain Alberto Camera. as
sisted by Jose Espinosa, police
man, made the arrest yesterday,
turning Dias over to county au-
'thorities for questioning. At the
same time, Albert Lopez. alias
Shine, was landed in Jail by city
police on charges of receiving
stolen property.
Bond was set at $1,000 yester-
day on Lopez. and the same bond
was set for Diaz. later raised to
$500 pending the appearance at
Criminal Court next week. Lopez
was out of jail this morning. hav-
ing furnished a cash bond for the
amount set.
With the arrests. city and coun-
ty authorities expressed the be-
lief that several home robberies
have been cleared up.
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-14
NAVY PURCHASES
New Tanks Declared Ideal
200 'ALLIGATORS'

DUNEDIN, Nov. IA FNS).-An
order was placed last week for
200 amphibian tanks designed
by Donald Roebling of Clearwa-
ter, which will be manufactured
in Dunedin by the Food Machin-
cry Corp.
The Navy also took an option
on an additional 200 machines
and the contract is reported to
total in excess of S2,OOO,OOO.
These "alligators" or swamp
buggieS" as they are described in
the patents were originally de-
signed by Roebling for use in
the Florida Everglades for rescue
work.
The machine works equally
well on land or water, weighs
approximately 5000 pounds, is 20
feet long, feet wide and is cap
able of carrying 40 people or T.
600 pounds of cargo.
Heavily armored and equipped
with machine guns, a fleet of
these tanks which travel at 25
miles an hour on land and eight
and one-half miles an hour on
water could quickly transport
troops from ship to shore at
points whore landing might 9TH
erwise be difficult. They can
cross rivers and streams with
ease and traverse swamp areas
with no difficulty.
Before placing the order. Navy
officials put the Roebling ma
chine through all manner of
tests and expressed themselves
as well satisfied with its perform
ance, pronouncing it unequaled
for performance and stamina.
The machine tested out by the
Navy was manufactured by a
Clearwater machine shop and fol-
lowing tests in Florida, it was
taken to Quantico and put
through its PAGES for officers of
the Marine Corps.
MIR. Roebling, whose ancestors
built the Brooklyn and George
Washington Bridges in New
York, is known nationally as an
inventor and engineer. He has
been working on the develop
Continued on Page Two)
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-14
why is A WATER WITCH? STATIC SAYS
Demonstrates Theory With His Father And Peach Twig
TULSA'S COUNTY ENGINEER DAN PATTON

Feature SeryiceJ
one of the exceptions and he is
heavily charged.
Running water also is charged
with static. 1t is clear that
there would be an attraction be-
tween these electric charges if
some sensitive conductor was
employed.
"A peach tree Sprout contains
hydro-cyanic or prussic acid
which is a conductor of electri-
city and is particularly adapted
as conductor of the charges that
exist in the human body.
When a person whose body is
heavily charged with static graSps
the forked prongs of peach twig
and walks over an underground
stream, the switch pulls down.
ward.
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-14

Maine. This traffic has used the
immense steel bridge with lift
draw bridge which was built after
the first World War as a memorial
to the men of New Hampshire
and Maine Now the stream of
automobiles has been divided,
and it appears that good pro-
portion of the travellers who
hitherto must use the only high
way span at the mouth of the
river, a free bridge, has turned
to the new structure, to cross
which a small toll is charged.
Opening of the bridge created
some havoc in the business of
selling cigarettes by the carton
on the Maine side of the river at
kittery Gin which town, oddly
enough, is located the Ports
mouth, New Hampshire, United
States Naval Station). When Mas
sachuSetts laid down a tax of two
cents per pack on cigarettes last
year In a continuing attack on
the pocketbookS of the harassed
taxpayers, cigarette stands bios
somed almost overnight at the
Kittery terminus of the World
War bridge. To catch this flood
of vagrant pennies the Massa-
chusetts income tax people devils
ed the scheme of putting a man
with camera into the midst of
the trading area. Photographs
are taken of persons whose cars
carry Massachusetts tags, and
shortly bill arrives through the
mails, which if not paid is fol-
lowed by more drastic measures.
Thousands of dollars have been
Continued On Page Two)
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-14

Navy, emphasizing that, contrary
to the belief of many persons, a
high school education is not re-
quired.
Lieutenant Jones said that
while the letters now being sent
are going to men with low order
numbers, eventually every man
in the state who has registered
under the conscription law will
receive one.
Lieutenant Jones has received
copies of a statement by Frank
Knox. secretary of the Navy, in
which the secretary pointed out
that the Navy has over 10000
enlisted men and the Marine
Corps $1,000, while their COM
bined needs for the tWo-ocean
Navy in 1945 or 1916 will be
more than 100000 men.
Those young men who enlist
now or in the near future will
not only receive highly special
lied training in various fields,
but are the ones most likely to
obtain the greatest degree of ad-
vancement during the period of
expansion, Secretary Knox. said.
1.-The patriotic young American
citizens who volunteer for en-
listment will become the leading
petty officers in that expanded
Navy"
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-14
SERVICE CLUB
HEARD HARRIS
NATIONAL GUARD CAPTAIN
DESCRIBED ARMY FoRMA-
TION AND PERSONNEL

Highlight of the patriotic pro-
gram presented at the regular
meeting of the Stone Church
Service Club held In the church
annex on Tuesday evening was
an address by Captain w. Curry
Harris of the 265th Regiment C.
A, Florida National Guards. Sc
lecting "The Army of the United
States" as his subject, Captain
Harris launched into a compre-
hensiye and instructive address,
holding the rapt attention of his
listeners throughout the course
of the remarks.
Beginning with the President
of the United States as Com
mander-in-chief of the armed
forces, the speaker explained the
various units comprising the or
ganization of the army. He fur
ther explained that the country
IS divided into four divisions
comprising nine corps areas pre-
sided over by the Secretary of
War and a general staff headed
by the chief of staff.
Captain Harris went to great
pains to explain the various
branches of the army, explaining
the part played by each in the
defense of the nation. At the
conclusion the speaker was kept
Continued on Page Four)
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-14
MORE DRAFTEES
RECEIVE BLANKS
LOCAL BOARD PROCEEDS
WITH CLASSIFIcA.
TION WORK

Monroe County Draft Board
announced this morning that ap-
proximately seventy-five men,
mostly in numerical order, have
been sent their draft question
naireS, preparatory to interviews
determining classification in the
draft.
The first twenty-Seven blanks
were sent out last Friday. Since
then, other forms have been
forwarded to holders of succeed
ing numbers on the local list, at
the rate of five to ten a day.
Board officials warned citizens
today that marking of bulletins
and announcements on the bull
letin board in the post office
building must cease. Those who
read the notices and lists of
names published have been care
less of the sheets.
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-14
WIN. c. BULLITT
RESIGNS TODAY
AS AMBASSADOR
SENDS LETTER TO PRESI-
DENT ROOSEVELT: ACCEPT
ANCE HAS NOT BEEN AN
NoUNcED AT PRESS TIME
cry Assoeiated Preas)

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14.-Am-
bassador to France. William c.
Bullitt, rendered his resignation
today to President Roosevelt.
Contents of the letter containing
the message were not revealed.
1t was understood that BuIlitt
was desirous of leaving the
Federal service to return to
private life.
President Roosevelt was cruis-
ing on the Potomac river today,
on a fishing excursion, and
could not be reached to ascertain
whether or not the resignation
would be accepted.
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-14
Navy Seeking Volunteers
Before Men Are Drafted
Especial to The Citizen)


MIAMI, Nov. 14.-Florida men
who hold low seIective service
order numbers will receive with
In the next few days letters urg-
ing them to consider the advan-
tages of enlisting voluntarily in
the United States Navy before
they are drafted by Uncle Sam.
Lieutenant Stanley A. Jones, in
charge of Navy Recruiting for
this area, announced this week
that his office had begun sending
letters to the prospective draftees
reminding them that "up to the
moment you are sworn into the
Army pursuant to the provisions
of the Selective Service Law, you
are privileged to volunteer for
service in the United States
Navy"
'If you can qualify for service
in the Navy. you will find there
an interesting and attractive
career" the letters declare. do
you know of any business or oc-
cupation that will pay you while
you learn a trade, furnish you
food, shelter, clothing, medical
and dental care, recreation and
travel, and, in addition provide a
substantial pension for service?
The letters state the require
ments for acceptance by the
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-14
Real Estate Men
Declare Offered
Price Very Fair


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R. @. BECKMAN
BOUGHT CRUSOE
PROPERTY HERE
NOTED PERSONNEL TRAIN
ING EXPERT WILL MAKE
KEY WEST HIS FUTURE
HOME

r. D. Beckman, of Washington,
D. C., has purchased the resi-
dence building and property ad-
jacent to the post office on ST.
monitor street. The property is
known as the Mrs. Laura Grillon
Crusoe residence. The announce
ment of the purchase was re-
leased by the Old Island Realty
Service last evening. Price was
not disclosed.
Thus, as friends of Mr. Beck
man here pointed out, is brought
still another outstanding figure
of national reknown to Key
West, to contribute his know
ledge and. experience for the
benefit of all.
Mr.. Beckman is probably the
most widely-:nown expert on
personnel training in the nation
today. having held important
perSonnel-director posts with the
city of Cincinnati, Kroger Gro
cery and Baking Company Wise
Shoes. Inc, Scott Stores, Inc, l.
c. Burr & Co., and the Psyche
logical Corporation, in Cincinnati.
Chicago and New York. besides
being on the eligible list for
United States Director of Per-
sonneL He has written a total of
IL books dealing with vocational
guidance and allied subjects.
A graduate of the University
of Wisconsin, and a postgraduate
of the University of Chicago. Mr..
Beckman's training served the
nation well in several instances.
His training plan was used for
5000 foremen in 30 states for
the WPA, and he aided in reor-
Panization planning work for the
Farm Credit Corporation.
Mr. Beckman plans extensive
repairs and renovation work for
his new home here. Operations
will begin in the immediate fu-
ture.
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-14

LINK In PORTSMOUTH-KITTERY BRIDGE
BY FRANK w. LOWERING

PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Nov.
14.-Another link making motor
travel easier between Fort Kent,
Me, and Key West, Fla, was
forged in US. Highway No. l on
Friday when the magnificent
new $3,15O,000 toll and railway
bridge spanning the treacherous,
tidal Piscataqua River separating
Maine from New Hampshire, was
dedicated and opened to the pub
lie in the presence of repreSen-
tatives of the sister states, Fed
eral Public Works officials and
others.
On its lower level the bridge
carries the tracks of hte Eastern
Division of the Boston & Maine
railroad, over which the famed
streamline train between Boston
and the United States and Cana
dian East country, the Flying
Yankee, courses twice daily.
The railway section of the span
was inaugurated when the Yam
kee sped East at 8:45 Saturday
night.
This bridge, which has been
two years in building, replaces
an early wooden railroad struc-
ture, a portion of which collapsed
early in 1889 and let a three-car
passenger train into the turbu-
lent river, drowning the engi-
neer and fireman.
Cuts Out Boftle-Neck
Known officially as the Ports
mouth-Kittery bridge, its objec-
tive was to do away with the
bottle-neck to traffic which hith-
erto had clogged the narrow and
crooked streets of colonial Ports
mouth, confounding travel to and
from Portland and scenic coastal
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-14
(ASSOeiated Press


TULSA, Okla, Nov. 14.-Coun-
ty Engineer Dan W. Patton thinks
he has a scientific explanation of
a water witch ,
Patton's 91-year-old father, r.
H. Patton of Huntington, Ark, is
q water witch" who recently
located a water well on his sons
farm, calculating the depth of
the water to within three-fourths
of an inch.
He did this by holding a peach
tree Sprout in his hand and walk
ing over the land until the twig
dipped toward one spot. There
the well was dug.
"All persons carry a certain
amount of static electricity in
their bodies but some are more
heavily charged than others.
says Dan Patton. MY father is
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-14
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 %, i940-is
the time limit.
FIFTY-TWO DAYS HAVE
ELAPSED!
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-14
British Increased
Offensive Meant
To Impress Soviet
MOiOtOff Ends Confer
ence With Hitler; Ad-
ditiOnal Raid On Taran-
to Made By Raj.
tBy Associated Pres.D

(By Associated PressI
LONDON. Nov l4.-As if tc
impress the Sovieis with their in
creased offensive power. Royal
Air Force planes swoopsd low
over Berlin last night in bomb
ing raids. and continued mass at
lacks against the Italian naval
base at Taranfo..
British sources stated that or
ders for an increased offensive
had been given, and while not
revealing the exact reason, it is
believed the Greek successes and
combined attacks on Italy and
Germany by the Raj. would
serve to hold up agreements be-
tween the Germans and Rus
slams.
! Hitler and Molotoff have con-
cluded their conferences at Ber-
lin, it was announced by DNB
this morning, but the conclu-
sions reached were not an
nounced, though the news agen-
cy stated agreement was obtain
ed on important subjects.
Independent observers declar-
ed today that the conferences
had to do with 'the new world
order" and with German permis-
sion to move industrial activity,
now bombed out of the Ruhr
areas, into Yugo-Slavian terri
tory.
Royal Air Force planes dropped
bombs last night on the railroad
station from which Molotoff was
scheduled to leave for Moscow.
The R.A.F. pilots scattered demo
lition and incendiary bombs in
many sectors of central and sub
urban Berlin.
F.. Finishing the job started last
Sunday. additional hits were
claimed by the R.A.F. in flights
over Taranto, where the main
body of the Italian naval units
was based. Complete details of
the raids yesterday and last night
were not available at press time
today.
The Battle of Britain. on the
other hand, still proceeds at an
! increased rate. Nazi bombers
swarmed up from bases across
/ the channel in raids this morning
the first detachment being
! turned back by land batteries on
! the coast, to be followed by other
units. streaming past gunfire to
proceed up the Thames estuary.
NaZis claimed important re-
suits from today'S raids, and con-
tinued to stress that increased
submarine warfare and sea raider
action was accounting for mount
ing ship tonnage sunk in the last
48 hours.
British stated that r. A. F. at
tacks had been centered on sew
eral submarine bases in France
Continued on Page Fourl
The Key West citizen., 1940-11-14
Dogs Love That Moon

DANVILLE, Va. = Residents
here agree the hunters moon Is
a lovely sight. but they wish
their canine friends were less ap-
preciative. Police have received
scores of complaints this fall
about baying dogs.