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Askov American., 1941-01-30
BY GEORG STRANDVOLD

AS the number of Italian defeats in
the Balkans and in North Africa in
creases, it becomes more and more
possible that Hitler may be planning
to help his unlucky ally, Benito Mus
solini. AS though it were not enough
that the fascist "Duce" cannot keep
his lines on foreign fronts straight,
events have developed in some of
his home cities limiting that the
management of domestic affairs may
be slipping out of his hands, and, as
was the case few days ago, the
situation in some of the northern
cities of Italy were reported to have
become so bad that German mill
tary aid had to be sent. This has
been denied, but not convincingly.
1t is not at all improbable that
Hitler may move into Italy to
protect" it-as he has "pro-
tected" several other countries,
unwilling to accept his "benevo-
lence", unable to resist it.
British Pri m e Minister Winston
Churchill in a speech five weeks ago
limited that the day might dawn
when Hitler would assume control of
Italian affairs; Mr.. Churchill may
still have the opportunity of demon
strating his ability as a prophet
in this respect.
Black Record.
AS matter of fact, things are
going pretty badly for Mussolini;
in Africa he has lost in the course of
Askov American., 1941-01-30
Selective Draft
Seen As Helpful
ToPublicH Health
Authorities Vision L Ong
Term HI e a 1t h Benefits
from Defense Measure.

That Selective service as a defense
measure will have distinct effects on
both personal and public health is
the concensus of a bulletin issued
recently by the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company. With compul-
sorry military training and the ma
tional defense program now occupy
ing the American spotlight the fu-
ture of public health is of prime i'm
portance
First of all, says the bulletin, the
period of military service should re-
suit in the improvement in physique
of young men called into service
But also of Importance for the health
of the people are several other fac
tors which are incidental to army
life or which arise from the pre-
ventive and sanitary procedures of
army medical practice For these
reasons military service for the ma
tion's youth promises to be a con-
structive factor in public health also
1t is matter of distinct public serv-
ice to know how these long-term
benefits will accrue from selective
service.
World War Improvement.
The state headquarters of the Sc
lective service in commenting on the
above states that unfortunately, there
is but little statistical information
available on the improvement in
physical condition of American young
men during their army service in the
World war. However, about the best
and most trustworthy evidence of
the improved condition of these men
is the fact that there was an average
increase of approximately one inch
in chest circumference, figure that
is greater than would be accounted
for by the increase in average weight
and age during the period of service.
Another good indication of physi-
cal betterment is that although the
average weight of draftees increased
by 3.4 pounds during Army service,
there was an appreciable decrease in
obesity. At the same time, the in
cidence of underweight likewis S e
greatly decreased.
Too Dependent on Machines.
1t is reasonable to expect that ap-
preciable improvement in G e n e
health and physique will be recorded
among men called to military serv-
ice in the next few years. A large
proportion of the new draftees will
be better nourished than they were
before their army service, because
they will have diet that is adequate
in all vital respects. Many draftees
will also be experiencing for the
first time an active life of physical
work and exercise. In civil life,
younger persons as well as older
persons have become too dependent
on machines.
Because of the reduction in the
amount of physical labor required
in every day work, many young peo-
pie do not expend as much energy
or use the large muscles of the body,
either in work or in play, as much
as is good for proper physical health
and development. The active life
of the army, as well as the program
of healthy recreation planned for the
new army, should be of considerable
benefit to the draftees. Many of the
men will be helped to form regular
living habits because of the routines
which they will experience as nee
essary part of military life, and this
should be of substantial, if indirect,
benefit to their health.
Askov American., 1941-01-30
Aged Brook Park
Woman Succurnbs

Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Cheek, who
had made her home the past 13 years
in Brook Park with her daughter,
Mrs. Vincent Stephan, passed away
there last Thursday at the age of 98
years, four months and five days.
The body was accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. Stephan the following day
to Chadron, Nebr., where the funeral
was held Monday.
Askov American., 1941-01-30
Black Record.

AS a matter of fact, things are
going pretty badly for Mussolini;
in Africa he has lost in the course of
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15
PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE

Students of Key West high school,
with their orderly and well handled cleo
tons, are learning a lesson in Democracy
not less important than the courses they
take from the textbooks.
Last week the retiring class officers
went before the students and in a matter of
fact way told them the duties and problems
of the various positions they had held: Then
the officers brought forward the candidates
for their seats and described to the school
the qualifications and experience of each.
During the balloting, election officials
checked the students against their lists of
qualified voters counted up and duly made
known the results.
Our voting public, with its hysterical
convention scenes, its machine politicians
and its Mexico City election days could do
worse than study the methods of these chill
dren. Perhaps someday the children will
study cur elections as relics of the turbulent
and not so good old days
While learning the machinery of our
Democratic form of government, the school
children should at the same time be made
aware OF tne pltIdllS THAT DeSeI Ine oTueIly
conduct Of government business. To OBJ
tain benefits ard protection, men who are
in illegitmate occupations offer graft to
public officials, and too often these officials
yield to the temptation, accept the filthy
lucre and make mockery of the public
trust Youth should be made to look with
horror on such infamous acts and abjured
TO aid in graduating that .abomination from
the body polite when the time comes for
them to accept that responsibility.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15
TAGGING OUR BRAINS

In recent years there has been an ever
increasing effort on the part of psych-
ologists, psychiatrists, psychoanalysts, and
what have you, to determine and classify
the mental deficiencies of the well-known
human race.
Some time ago comprehensive sur
vey of mental diseases by specialists in
psychiatry and allied fields was under
taken After nearly three years of labor, a
new classification of such diseases has been
published, the chief divisions of which are :
Amentia, neuroses, and psychoneu-
roses, schizophrenic neuroses, psycopathic
constitution, affective and emotional ply
chooses, toxic psychoses, epileptic psychoses,
organic brain disease psychoses, land other
miscellaneous types Which ought to catch
nearly everybody on one count or another.
1t is interesting to note in this connec-
ton that a mental diagnosis of the late Sig
mund Freud, high priest of psychoanalysis
ard dream Interpretation, revealed that he
himself was bit goofy, through "lack of
inward integration.'
Whether all these Investigations in
mental science and psuedo-science are do
ing us any practical good is moot question.
To a great extent, the conclusions reached
by the so-called experts appear to be so
much bunk, although some discoveries of
value may have been made.
A close analysis would probably re-
veal that all of us are little cracked, either
habitually or occasionally. In fact, as some
one has said, crazy people are just like
other people. only more So And if, as
seine contend, crazy people are the hap
piest, why worry? But perhaps 1t is more
fun to be nutty with a fancy pSychosis.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15
THE GIFTED CHILD

We hear good deal about the neces-
sitv for special attention to dull children,
and every aid which may be given these I'M
fortunates ought to be given. But lot of
bright ones need some thought and prac-
teal assistance, too.
Education of the masses to certain
common level is to be desired. but unless the
boy who shows exceptional talent can be
given special opportunities to develop his
latent powers, not only he. but the world at
large is the loser.
Thousands of mediocre boys go
through college with little benefit to them
selves or to society. while other thousands
who have great gifts are denied the priv
Hege. through lack of means.
That any boy with exceptional talent
for creative work, scientific research or
leadership should lack ehe opportunity TO
make the most of that talent is 3 tragedy.
Upon such boys and their proper training
depend the progress of the worlu. The
same is true of especially talented girls.
when our civilization is a little farther
advanced. means will be provided that our
brightest minds shall have every oppor-
tnnity for their highest development. Such
means should be provided now.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

Monroe county authorities voted TO go
ahead with its refund which goes 60 the
head of the class for Just plain ScreweyneSs.
County schools viii through Roy drummer
refund $2,30S, 600 of drummer callables in
&c 3-s-5 per cent. (if the voters approve) so
that enough gasoline money can be sal
vaged 20 guarantee payment of a new issue
of sac, 000'of 6 per cent bonds sold to Crum-
rer to get money TO buy land for an air base
the Navy needs. One commissioner voted
against the proposal for the naive reason
that as Monroe county bonds currently are
quoted at 90. s refund means loss of 10 per
cent bond 60 the county. Monroe coun-
tvs enormous gasoline revenue is due to the
fact that lenient state includes several
hundred square miles of the Atlantic and
Mexican oceans in figuring Monroe's
area .-Fullers Florida Letter.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15
CHICKEN GOES
HOME TO ROOST
my Associated Prexs)

WICHITA, Kas., Jan. 15.-A
Wichita man who keeps chickens
noticed that one of his hens had a
piece Of paper caught in her
mouth.
Investigating, he discovered
that attached to the paper was
piece of string. When he pulled
on the string, out came a kernel
of corn that the chicken had swal-
lowed
Written on the paper was this
note:
please keep your chickens at
home"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

Advice is cheap but this one is health
ful: Eat less vary the kinds of food you
eat keep an eye on the calory value, and
always leave the table with just wee bit
OF your appetite unsatisfied; it will be ap-
peased in short while, and you will have
no desire for food until sever al hours later
Eat TO live not live to eat" should be the
watchword. Follow this advice only if you
desire to live longer.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
7,gF ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

Water and Sewerage
2 More Hotels and Apartments.
3. Beach and Bathing Pavilion.
A. Airports--Lard and Sea.
IS Consolidation IF County and City Gov
crnments
8 A Modern City Hospital
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

Governor-elect Holland has converted
Miami Knight into Colonel A pro-
motion! Maybe the new governor can also
publ couple of rabbits out of silk hat
Key. West Citizen He'll need to.-San-
ford Herald
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

Palm Beach and Miami have all kinds
of bars including sandbars, both of which
can accommodate schooners but not any
large ships.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

The Citizen renders various public
services and be it admitted, seeks to keep
operating by exacting slight profit from
readers and advertisers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15
Today's
Anniversaries

17l6-Philip Livingston, New
York merchant, philanthropist,
signer of the Declaration of In
dependence, who sold part of his
property to sustain the pubic
credit, born in Albany, N. Y.
Died June l2, 17T8.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

Despite national defense activities and
spending relief costs, it is conceded, will
remain high because of the large number of
unemployable who willsnot be helped.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15
\A~LS I0GohING
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T:,.Ir.IaFs.~-WAEHMN1E1ON


try is that of an arsenal to. supply
munitions and war supplies of
many kinds to the nations at war
with the aggressors. He took a
firm stand against peace by APP
peasement or negotiation, warn
ing the nation against those who
would clip the wings of the
American eagle in order to feath-
er their own nests.
He looked forward to a world
founded upon four essential hui
man freedoms: "a freedom of
speech and. expression; f2) free
dom of every person to worship
God in their own way; go free
dom from want. or economic I'M
derstandings which will secure
to every nation a healthy peace
time life for its inhabitants, and,
"a freedom from fear, or world
wide reduction of arrnaments to
such a point and in such a thor
ough fashion that no nation will
be in a position to commit an act
of physical aggression against
any neighbor. sr
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

Key West has fleet of mosquitoes
now, and soon we are due for another Mos
quito fleet.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15
Today In History

1777-Vermont, formerly New
Connecticut, proclaims Declare
ton of independence of her own
an independent Republic till
admitted as State in 1891.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

'1811-Congress authorizes the
President to seize nominally
Spanish West Florida, today
Louisiana, Mississippi and Ala
barna, should any foreign power
attempt to occupy 1t.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

No ship ever gets stuck in the mud in
the Key West harbor because the mud is too
far away from the surface of the water.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

The old fellow who used to serenade
his best girl with guitar now has son who
gets quicker results with an auto horn.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

Whoever named it the ''funny-bone"
had rather poor sense of humor
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

War or no war, the hardest hit are the
pedestrians.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

I846-Telegraphic communica-
ton established between Boston
and Springfield. Mass
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

The PRESIDENTS message or The
State Of TIE Union gave cffscsal
utterance 20 natianal policy. al
ready underway, ard generally
approved by the peopae. Defsfng
the dscswsoTs, ne proclaimed Cur
unity with the cause OF the ma
sscvss fighting aggression ard r.
sisted that the role E0x this ccan-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

i86l-Elisha c.. Otis of Yon-
Fkers, N. Y, patents steam eleva-
tor-dies soon after and business
carried on BY his sons.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

Mr.. Roosevelt opposes pay
S-von 90 basis for defense ex-
pendItures, although admitting
that there was no agreement on
how much should be borrowed
He believes that the drastic and
destructive taxes that would be
necessary 20 france -as-you-
90 defense program would inter
fere with the full use Of our pro-
ductive capacities and restrict
general consumption which. he
thinks, IS inadvfsable rs long as
unused capacity IS available and
as long as idle labor car be en-
oloyed"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

Edward +. Newell of New
York, president Of tho American
Nunfisnafic Society. Born ht
Kenosha, Wis. So years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

Henry Bniere Of New York.
bank president. civic leader. born
Ir st Charles. Mo. SO years ago
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

fg37-z500 parading WP A
workers in Washington demand
more Jobs and higher pay.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

The President recounted the de,
Tense program, including appro
priations, authorizations and rec,
concentrations, covering the pc
riod from June. 1910, and in,
Guiding estimates for the fisca
year that will end June 80. 1912
showing a total of s28 ,4s6, 000. 900
The Army gets S13.704, 000. 900
the Navy S11,587, 900, 900, indus,
trial expansion requires $l,902,-
100000 and other defense activi.
ties takes up 81, 100000.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

fs3i-President Hoover signs
Stobbs Act, making cases in
volving less than a gallon OF
liquor a petty instead Of fell
ony offence as II had been.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

18gl-t50 years ago) Serious
Sioux Indians outbreak. infiamed
bv supposed corning Of an Indian
Messiah. ended by Gen. Nelson
A. Miles in council with Indians
at Pine Ridge Agency. S. ID.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15
Today's Birthdays

DR. Stringfellow Barr, presi-
dent of st. Johns College, An
napolis, born at Suffolk, Va. "A
years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

Edward w. Scudder, publisher
of the Newark Evening News
born in Newark, 50 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

In discussing the national debt
the Chief Executive pointed out
that national income had increas-
ed more than 30 billion dollars
above the depression depth and
that, in the same period. annual
federal interest charges increased
nv only 400 million dollars. He
declared that the bonds of the
United States are the safest
securities in the world" and that
"our tax burden is still moderate
compsred 20 that of most other
DeopleR
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

fe08-United States RENTS TO
Cuba a goodIy part of the Boxer
Indemnity.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

l746-Gershorn NJ. Seixas. New
York Rabbi and chief Jew in
America If his day, a notable pa
triot of the Revolution. born in
New York. Died July 2. 1915
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

is4I--fI0g years aeol Charles
A Briggs. the New York Union
Theological Semirary's famed
professor {. the Old Testament
and rFc1ifsc writer. tried for
hefesy. horu In New York Died
June 9. 1913.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

1t. Gen. Robert L. Billiard.
U.S.A.. of New York, born at
Youngboro. Ala, 80 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15
Today's Horoscope

Today's is a degree OF seif-in-
diligence. which gives a tendency
to more dabbling In affairs. A
certain determination of purpose
is needed. There Is a certain
elasticity of spirit. which Is fort
innate, for the way OF life abounds
in pitfalls.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

born in Wilmington, Del. III
years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

The newly created Office of
Production Management gives
William S. Knudsen and Sidney
Hillman, together with Secretar-
les Stimson and Knox, almost
complete power to supervise the
nations mammoth defense pro-
gram. With the prominent in
dustralist and labor leader work
ing together there is reason to ex-
pect cooperation between labor
and industry. The President says
he has delegated the power as far
as possible and that he will not
interfere although he would adj
wise if requested to do so.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

In connection with national de-
Tense the President pointed out
that expenditures during the last
six months amounted to about
81, $50, 100000 This is a small sum
compared with the huge appro-
priations already made by Con-
gress. Actual expenditures. how
ever, will increase sharply during
the next half-year period, being
estimated at nearly five billion
dollars. This will bring us to the
beginning of the 1912 fiscal year.
during which such expenditures
will leap to nearly IL billion dol
lars.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

The four members of the new
set-up Immediately requested the
active, aggressive and enthusiast
tic cooperation of every man,
woman and child in the United
States in order to make America
an arsenal adequate to the sue
cessful defense of democracy and
freedom. They warned industry
to be satisfied with a normal re-
turn for new capital required and
repress any 'subconscious unex-
pressed hopes for wartime prof
it's. Labor was assured that no
sacrifices would be asked unless
matched by corresponding
sacrifice of capital and warned
that p totalitarian victory will de-
stroy the hard-won rights of Ia
Dor and that both capital and Ia
Dor will become the involuntary
vassals of an all-powerful State.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

1900 Moses Y Beach. noted
New York Sun publisher. enter
prising rival Of Greeley and Ben
nett in spaed in news born In
wsllirgfSrd, Corn. Died July ~.
1853.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

Pierre S. DUPONT, chairman OF
the board of the noted company.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

Judge Kinbrough Stone Of
Kansas City, Mo, Federal jurist,
born in Nevada. No, 66 years
ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

lc09-Cornelta Csnreily. .foun-
dress of the Socictv Of the Holy
Child Jesus. born in Philadelphia
Died April 10, 1879.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

is2i-J0hn c. Breckenridge.
Kentucky congressman. senator,
Vice President. Confederate gen
eral and secretary Of war. born
near Lexington. KY Died May
II. 1878
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

With the main fleet in the Pa
cific, stationed at Hawaii, the
Navy has maintained a patrol
force of 1875 vessels in the Allan
tic and an Asiatic squadron in the
Far East, in the Philippines and
China. The battleships are at
Honolulu, with the exception of
two or three in the Atlantic. In
the Far East are some new cruis-
ers. destroyers, submarines and
gunboats.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-15

The ships being built for the
Navy will more than double the
combatant units of every type, ex-
cept submarines. The II battle
ships, II aircraft carriers, 48
cruisers, ITO destroyers and 50
submarines will represent an adj
dition that is equal to any exist
ing navy in the world today. In
fact, when completed, they will
be equal to the japanese navy as
it exists, plus all units known to
be under construction.
The Presidents budget message
followed expectations, proposing
expenditures of SIT, 485, 049, 900 in
the year beginning the first day
of next July. About two-thirds of
the total is for defense. with from
two to five additional billions
likely to be requested for about
assistance to the fighting democ-
racies. The expenditures will re-
suit, it is estimated. in a deficit
of more than 100000, 900. thus
increasing the public debt to an
all-time peak of more than $751;
100000, 900.