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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-05-26

bachelor of science. or engineer
ing degree from accredited uni
verSity or college, and submit
credits necessary to substantiate
degree held, including at least
two one-Semester courses, or their
equivalent, in mathematics of col
lege grade. A course in plane
rigonometry must be included in.
or have been taken preparatory
to, the college mathematics
courses presented Students in
their senior college year may file
application 80 days prior to grad
uatlon, but shall not be enlisted
until receipt of degree.
(H Be of good repute in their
community.
COZ Agree not to marry prior 10
completion of their reserve mid
shipman training.
Men enlisted as apprentice sea
men ShaH receive TO pay, out
when ordered to active training
duty will be furnished CONNER
cial transportation, and necessary
expenses en- route. Upon COM
pletion Of the training, men &C
cepted will be entitled "a $3.50 Per
year and daily ration
Applicants for enlistment Will
be given 8 preliminary eNamna-
ton at any navy recruiting sta
ton. with enhStmentS completed
only at the headquarters OF the
various naval districts. or al
places designated by the district
! commandantS
/ The recruiting station 81 Miami
! is the nearest 20 Key West.
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German Ship Which, Sank
Hood Makes Its Getaway
y 4AW ~ A7sW 1ZsF 17sEV 1zSF -SSSF 4SNN ASSNV
GIRL LEADS ATTACKER
INTO ARMS OF THE LAW

Navy Seaman William
Sampson ran after a girl
Saturday night.
He ran after her for two
or three blocks. but he didn't
quite have the speed TO catch
her. so the girl outran him.
and then she outguessed him.
On the form charts they
call the kind of running the
girl did early foot, which
means she broke fast and she
sprinted fast. for a while.
Finally she was tired. though.
and calling for help used up
her wind.
She saw a big building
with lights. and she ran right
in the door.
Seaman Sampson caught
her then. He caught her. and
when a large gentleman ap-
peared on the scene. Samp-
son said:
"Sir. where are we?"
Chief Deputy Harold Rus
sell said:
Son. you're in the county
clink".
Which was very true. and
Justice Franklin Arenberq
will hear the assault and bat
terry CHARGE this afternoon
at o'clock.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-05-26

interview With Promoter or
Advertising Racketeer"-by u.
Need This and l. Think Not.
10:40 a. m.-Tourist Entertain
ment-John Dillin, Secretary, St.
Augustine and st. Johns County
Chamber of Commerce.
LOO a. m.-Discussion.
HOO a. m.-Maintaining Proper
Relationships with Elected Off
cialS-Horace Smith, Secretary,
Marion County Chamber of Com
merce, Ocala, Fla.
11:30 a. m.-Discussion.
1l:40 a. m.-Secretarial Ethics
"a Secretary's Relation to His Eel
lows in the Professionalism B.
LaWshe, Manager, Commercial Or
ganization Dept, Chamber of
Commerce of the United States,
Washington, d. c.
12:00-DiScuSSion.
12:05-Adjournment.
1915 p. m. - Luncheon - La
Concha Dining Room. Address
Hemisphere Defense - Brigadier
General Walter H. Frank, Com
mander, Third Air Force, Head
quarters, Interceptor Command,
McDill Field. Tampa, Florida.
200 p. m.-Off to the Gulf
Stream Big Game Fishing with
Key West Hospitality Committee.
800 p. m.-Gridiron Dinner
For Secretaries and Their Ladies
Garter Bradford, Manager, Or
ange County Chamber of Com
merce, Orlando, Florida, presid-
ing. Ocean View Restaurant.
Wednesday Morning. May %
900 a. m.-Florida Waterways
Their Present and Future-Karl
Lehman. Secretary, Lake Coun-
ty Chamber of Commerce, Tav-
ares.
$50 a. m.-Discussion.
$40 a. m.-Florida's Home De-
Tense Set-Up-Hon. Carl D. Bro
rein, President. Florida State
Chamber of Commerce; Vice
Chairman under Governor Hol-
land. State Defense Council of
Florida.
1910 a. m.-DiScusSion.
1920 a. m.-The Story OF Key
West-Steve Singleton, Manager,
Chamber of Commerce, Key West,
Florida.
1870 a. m.-Discussion.
10:40 a. Small Town Prob
lems"-L. v. Conrath. Secretary
Manager, Chamber of Commerce,
Lake Wales. Florida.
HOO a. m.-DiscusSion.
1l:l0 a.. m.-Office Manage
ment-W. S. Johnson, Manager,
Continued On Page Four
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Believed To Have Reached
Safe Port In Norway
Or Germany After Sink
ing Ship
Ry Associated Pressl


NEW YORK. May 26.-Ger-
manY's triumphant battleship
Bismarck. whose guns Saturday
turned the worlds largest fight
ing ship Hood into a mass of
tangled werckage at the bottom
of the north Atlantic. has elud-
ed the pursuing British fleet and
reached a safe port in Norway
or Germany. il is believed here.
In r brief bulletin. Berlin an
nounced today that the operation
which ended in the destruction
of the Hood "is concluded.
Since the London admiralty has
made no statement regarding
the whereabouts of the new Ger
man vessel, most observers be-
lieve the Berlin announcement
means the Bismarck has reached
some friendly port.
The Bismarck and other Ger
man ships were able to make
temporary escape from pursuing
ships Immediately after the de-
struction of the Hood, fleeing
into the north Atlantic mists.
The Bismarck was said in Lon
don to have been damaged.
Destruction of the Hood.
meanwhile, was said in Berlin
newspapers to have inflicted
''paralyzing horror" on the Brit
ish people, How many. If any,
of the mighty ships 1900 crew
members were saved is un-
Z known
In Washington. naval officers
said the ships destruction was
not unexpected" and confidently
predicted that a like fate never
would overtake an American
hattleship. AS long ago as the
World War battle of Jutland, ac-
rording to naval men here, the
British knew the Hood was
vulnerable, and efforts had been
made to increase her armor
plating.
Naval men said the ship had
been designed for speed and
gunnery, sacrificing too much
armor.
Japanese navy men, comment
inc on the explosion which
wrecked the Hood. said it was
lrcky accident for the Germans.
Germany never will be able to
fight the British navy on even
terms. one admiral said, "and
the destruction of the Hood will
not alter that fact.
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Speakers during the morning
and early afternoon included Law
she, Capt Russell Crenshaw, COM
mandant of the Key West naval
| station; Earl Thatcher, secretary
of the Vero Beach chamber OF
commerce; Ernest Lyons, Stuart
Daily News; John L. Fahs, collec-
tor of internal revenue, Jackson
vile, and Burwell Neal, manager
of the ST. Petersburg chamber.
Captain Crenshaw. who as
sumed command of the base here
May Is, described ways in
which chamber of commerce
and a community can cooperate
with the commander and officers
of nearby military establish
ment. Captain Crenshaw took
the place of Camdr. Jerry Began,
commandant of the naval air sta
ton at Miami, who was scheduled
to address the luncheon meeting.
Neal discussed the problem OF
getting and entertaining tourists
in community.
The feature of todays program
will be the annual ladies night
dinner and floor show tonight,
under the direction of the Key
West chamber of commerce.
President w. T. Simpson will pre-
side.
The program for Tuesday and
Wednesday follows:
Tuesday Morning. May ~
900 a. m.-Meetings and Com
mittee Management-Dave Cur
tbs. Manager, Tampa Chamber of
Commerce.
800 a. m.-DiscuSsion.
$50 a. m.-"Better Housing
James T. Daniels, Jacksonville
housing Authority, Jacksonville,
Florida.
$40 a. m.-DiscusSion.
1000 a. m.-Merchants' Divi-
sions-John Morris, Manager.
Chamber of Commerce, Miami.
1920 a. m.-DiscusSion.
1890 a. m.-U0-minute Short
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soldiers coming over 10 the British
forces.
German aid for the TraQi army
Is SAID 10 have been negligible
British troops on ire Ethiopian
front, meanwhile, have announced
the capture Of three Italian dIvi-
sions and tsvo generals in mop
ping Up operations north 81 Adds
Ababa- Capitalation Of the three
divisions was said 70 rlean almost
the end of Italian resistance in
Ethiopia
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-05-26
EXPECT TO HEAR
TALK ON CONVOYS
BELIEVE ROOSEVELT is TO
TOUCH ON ISSUE TO-
MORROW NIGHT

WASHINGTON, May %. -The
question of United States naval
conveys to Britain. aggravated
by the destruction of the British
battle cruiser Hood Saturday
and the question Of England S
ability to control the seas. will
be decided when President Roose-
velt makes his ''flreside cha,
tomorrow night. Observers here
believe.
Wendell Willkie. former presi-
dental candidate, called OF the
President today 10 make a forth
right and revealing" statement
on the aid-to- Britain program.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-05-26
SEWER JOB Is
oSTARTED AGAIN

catys putbe works department
employees this morning began the
task Of completing the Eaton
street sewerage job. which was
left when exhaustion If funds
forced WPA workmen 10 give up
the job
The excavation. between Grin
nell and Frances streets wa
left open for II weeks. The city
public works board agreed Sat
urtiay to complete the plpe in
staIlation and fill in the ditch
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-05-26
new SPONGE BILL
WILL OPEN MONROE,
BEDS TO DIVERS"
LOCAL "HooKERS" OPPOSE
NEW TAX AND OPENING
OF PREVIOUSLY RESTRICT
ED GROUNDS TO GREEKS

Proposed legislation adding
new taxes to the sponge indus
try will also open about half the
Monroe county beds to opera
tions by Tarpon Springs divers,
Earl Russell, back from a trip to
Tallahassee, told local fishermen
at meeting this morning.
The spongers, meeting at the
municipal sponge dock, corner of
Grinnell and Caroline streets,
will protest both against the tax
and against the amendment
which would let divers into their
previously restricted territory.
Russell, who talked with Rep
resentative Bernie c. Papy in
Tallahassee, called the meeting
to learn the sentiment of local
fishermen on the question of
closing the beds A second meet
ing is scheduled for tomorrow.
Many of the fishermen who
had opposed asking for conser-
walton department order closing
the beds, this morning declared
they would rather see the beds
closed to everyone than to permit
the Tarpon Springs divers to
work there. Key Westers have
contended for years that the div
ers destroy the young sponges
by walking over them in their
heavy diving equipment.
The amendment which Rus
sell says will open the territory
to the divers follows:
at shall be lawful to take by
the hooking method or by the
diving method. by licensed boats
or vessels. from the territorial
limits of the state, sponges meas
uring, when wet, five inches or
more in their maximum diane
ter; provided, however, that no
sponges shall be taken by the
diving method from any waters
within an area bounded Sv a line
extending in a westerly direc-
ton from where the Suwannee
river flows into the Gulf of
Mexico to the territorial limits
of the state; thence northwest
erly following the territorial wa
erlv following the territorial
limits of the state to a point
where said line intersects a line
extending in a southerly direc-
ton from where the Aucilla riv-
or flows into the Gulf of Mex
leo, said waters being generally
known as the Rock Island sponge
fishing grounds: and provided
further that no spongeS shall be
taken by the diving method
from any of the waters of Mon
roc county within an area
bounded by a line northeasterly
to the interestion of a line ex-
tending 10 and one-half miles
west of North West Cape on
Cape Sable Island.
Russell said he will have an
engineer study the terms of the
amendment. but he is convinced
the new boundaries take away
about half the former restricted
area.
Milton Rossell. veteran sponge
buyer and father OF Earl. said
he will close his warehouse the
first Of next month if the tax
bill goes through. Russell has
contended the beds should be
closed until the blight which is
affecting the beds has been
cleared up.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-05-26
COMING EVENTS
MONDAY

MONDAY
Florida Commercial Secretaries
association convention all day
at La Concha hotel, annual
ladies night banquet at La
Concha. 9 o'clock.
TUESDAY
Florida Commercial Secretaries
convention all day at La Concha
hotel
Stone Church Service Club 800
pm
WEDNESDAY
Florida Commercial Secretaries
convention ends al La Coneha
hotel
Class day exercises al Senior high
school auditorium. 8 o'clock.
THURSDAY
High school alumni reunion, La
Concha hotel
Lions Club rneets al $50 pm
Lions Den. Seminary Street
Rotary Club nseets 1915 p m
ST pauI'g Parish Hall
FRIDAY
Senior hlgh school, graduation 1t
Eaywaeax PARK, 8 O'Clock.
Harris ard DIVISION street school
gradnatlonS 81 school audi
IcrIunas.
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~ .s. ~. 49,.
CLAIMS CONVOYS
AGGRESSIVE MOVE
GBy Associated press,

BERLIN, May 26.--American
war vessels attempting to convoy
merchant ships to Britain will be
sunk on sight, along with the YES
sells they are seek to protect, ac-
cording to naval advices.
Amy attempt at CONVOY duty
would be an act of war, and Ger
man ships will be instructed to fire
on the first United States naval
craft to cross their path.
Criticizing United States patrol
activities almost as caustically as
the CONVOY program, the report
said it considered the patrols al
most of an aggressive nature"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-05-26
RECEIVES DEEDS

Deels for Murphy act sales of
April 2 have been received at the
office of County Clerk Ross Saw
yer after approval in Tallahas-
see.
The deeds will be recorded here
and mailed to the property own
ers within few days.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-05-26
See Collapse OF Pr0-AxiS 4d''>"'
Government In Iraq Area
tHy Associates PFessl

CAIRO. May 26-Premier
Rashid Ali Al Gaiiani's pro-Axis
government IN Iraq NAV collapse
IN a matter Of hours British Dip
lomats here believe.
The premier Is understood to be
planning flight 70 Turkey SONG
time today. ana many o. his min
ISterS already have fled
A British war bulletin said Iraqi
resistance Is practically at an end.
with many % the counsEy's native
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-05-26
Comprised Almost Entire
Fleet Operating In Area
Around Island OF
Crete

Twenty-Five war vessels. COM
prising almost the entire British
fleet in the eastern Mediter-
ranean. have been destroyed by
dive bombers in fighting around
Crete. Berlin declared today.
The Berlin war bulletin. silent
on the progress of Germany's in
vasion army in Crete. said bomb
ers have wrecked IL cruisers.
eight destroYers. a submarine and
five torpedo patrol boats in the
desperate struggle for domination
of Crete.
London admiralty officers, call
ing the Berlin claims ridiculous 4
said the continuing operations of'
the Mediterranean fleet are evil
denced by the f,.ct that Germany
has not claimed large scale ship
movements to Crete, and by the
fact that the Italian navy still is
in hiding.
Berlin said, and London con-
firmed, that some German sol
diers were landed last night in
fishing smacks. Cairo admitted,
also, that German soldiers in the
fierce hattie around Malemi now
are equipped with light tanks.
A, Cairo bulletin said German
troops are in partial possession"
of the western end of the island.
with the heaviest fighting under
way on the Malerni front. where
British and Greek troops are en-
gagged in hand-to-hand battling
with the invaders.
Cairo said there has been
notable falling off" in the num-
Der of German soldiers landed IN
Crete during the past few days.
With German bombers in com
plete control of the air. British
troops are admitted in Cairo TO be
taking a terrific pounding on the
Malemi front, where they are
striving TO prevent German cap
ture of the great naval base near
there.
Observers in London said the
battle is increasing IN intensity,
with heavy losses on both sides.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-05-26
BENEFIT FIELD
DAY TUESDAY

Tuesday Nav ~. there ~ili ha
B benefit field day held ou the
convent grounds. 1000 III ; % o
ri.
Plate lunch wili b. served from
III 30 tiil 80 q m.
All are cordially invited g. Go.
operate wtth the children ~ make
THIS event = ssacrezs
The proceeds wtli ~ used r. re-
pay St. Joseph School
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-05-26

BOSTON Two bandits Tn shas
city w0ge Halloween fnsssa %
conceal theiE Identity, bit ffaelF
intended victim. Miss Mary
Maeee. screamed 20 Loudly thzt
they fed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-05-26
An Amendment Is Offered To
Nh General Appropriations Bill

ny PFesm1 j.
TALLAHASSEE. May 2s--A sideraeked the Senate and
ss57 its rider pensions group
900 pension and welfare wedge fired Immediately
into the ls4l general bill with
bill confronted sss3oooo age pensions
today. s27s4000 for dependent chill.
Representative Inman of Brad dren and s3sSoo
ford offered sons.
amendment the House Supporting amendment
priations by told the House Now is
special calendar committee for
pending Senate bill to which the preparation
House last week attached ST. and dependent children
900 pensions rider. you promised in your cam
Substitution of the House bill paign~s
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-05-26
AUTO WORKERS
VOTE FOR STRIKE

NY N~h"FFHfF" FF#
DETROIT. May 26-Three
thousand Go auto workers at
the Packard Motor plant today
voted 10 strike. unless their de-
mands for a wage increase are
met this week
The company holds $3.50. 600.
900 in defense orders.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-05-26
Several Speakers Heard
At Meeting OF Florida
Secretaries Association

Ben B. Lawshe. manager of the
commercial organization depart
rnent. United States chamber of
commerce. this morning provided
a feature of the first business ses-
sion of the Florida Commercial
Secretaries association conven-
ton at La Concha hotel with an
analysis of advertising and public
relations methods.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-05-26

Key West. Florida. has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only ID Fahrenheit
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-17
HELPING HAND AND MAILED FIST

Priorities needed for the building OF
q SIS, OOO, 900 steel mill for Brozil are
going to be provided.
That underlines deeply the con-
frost between United Stotes and Nozi
policies. The United Stotes is going
to some pains to help build UP new
industry in Neiohbor BroziI, on industry
thot may even eliminate some Of our
own present exports Of steel products
to BroziI., The Nozi plan is to de-in-
dustroIze conquered countries, max
ina them mere hewers of wood and
drawers Of woter for European in
dusty completely centralized in Ger
many.
Is the Y. S. policy foolish? We don't
think so, in the long rum We believe
we have the most to gain from the de-
veIopment of neiehbor countries, in
the making Of them Independent Of
Europe as we'll as ourselves. We be-
Ieve that all of the American coun-
tries should 90 forword together; that
all will be better off so than if one
prospers at the expense Of all the 9TH
ers On thot line, contrasting so st rong-
~ with the Nozi new order" we place
the American chips.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-17
EXPLODING RlvETs

There's plenty of Yankee ingenuity
left.
Here's how it solved one problem:
One of the time-consunino processes in
building an oirpIone is the endless rivet-
ina together Of sheets Of metoI; 40. 900
rivets in fighter plane. 100000 in q
bomber.
First conceived by an American back
in 1921, refined by 0ermon designers,
and further refined ondput in practical
use, in the process Of explosive rivets. A
minute explosive choroe is built into the
shank of the rivet. 1t is inserted in its
place, and then heat is applied to the
rivet heed. That explodes the charge in
the shank, which exponds with the ex-
pIosion, firmly setting the rivet. It is an
invaluable time-sover, especially on
blind rivetine, since the rivet may be in
serted and exploded from the accessible
edge Of the work.
The only improvement we can think
Of at the moment would be to shoot the
rivets in with machine gun. We sup
pose they'll be doing that next.
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-17
STORIES .
. IN STAMPS
Cowboys Of Poroouoy
Help Win independence

UCOWBOY" may be = good old
~ American word. but noA, all
the cowboys in the world are
found in United States.
The South American counter
part, the "gaucho," not only herded
cattle but was trapper. hunter
and pioneer over the broad PAM
pas of South America. ~
Paraguay, which has about
$3.50. 900 cattle, has honored the
gaucho in this 1889 stamp. These
cowboys played IN important pert
in the agricultural development Of
the country.
The saucho is survival Of
Spanish colonial days. Son Of .
Spanish father and Indian mother.
he became the pioneer Of white
civilization in Uruguay, Paraguay
and Argentina.
During the revolution Of 1871
when the Spanish were driven
out. the Gaucho was the hrst 70
take up arms, saddle and load his
horse to join patriotic armies.
Today the gauchos are Q vital
part OF South American economy.
Beef and hides are among the
chief exports - the6s eeuntrtes.
TIE plains ore extensive mi e.
cellooH ~ pogoRn1oe ~ aoG1ooDt
turo. n uvoDoDCs lnouooEy = -
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-17
mental chores.

The plump funnyman also is
cherishing a plan to drive back
east, retracing his original hitch
hike route. This time he'll 60
over the roads in a $4,000 car
hauling a $4,000 trailer. Abbott
has q trailer, too, and there is
constant squabbling between the
pair about which Pulmanlike
conveyance Is the more luxuri-
Gus.
Abbott has only his own fam
lily for which to buy gifts but
he has been pleased to heap mink
and diamonds on his wife, an ex-
chlorine whose original engage
ment ring contained q stone so
small that it scarcely could be
seen. 1t looked fine to her,
though.
) Costello is lucky in having a
mother and sister back in Pat
terson, N. j. His father was Ital-
ian, and his mother is Irish. She
also has high blood pressure and
a talent for fainting every time
her son brings her some little
token such as q chauffeured
Limousine or q diamond bracelet.
Last Christmas he gave his sis
ter, Marie, an elegant silver fox
coat. She tainted, was out cold
for an hour, and then cried for
six hours.
LOU MAY SOB
l should warn you now that
some Chaplinesque pathos Is be-
ing planned for these cham
pions of low comedy. Arthur
Lubin, their director, says that
Costello can evoke tears as
easily as bellylaughs; besides. a
few sad scenes would provide a
change of pace.
All such speculations take lit
tie notice of Bud Abbott, the
straight man. He never tells a
joke. Presumably he'd never
have to do any sobbing, either,
but there is no likelihood that
Costello ever will work by him
The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-17
. MCKINNEY ON BRIDGE

odd fixing" 1t gave one pair.
The usual result on the board
was a four-spade contract by
North. East opened the single
ton heart. Declarer at once led
trumps, and the defense could
make only its two aces.
At the table where the hand
was bid as shown, with North
making the Jump two-spade bid
to show q very strong suit and
South making q cue bid In dia-
monds, East decided II would be
useless to try for . heart ruff.
He took the diamond bid to
show a real suit. probably head
ed by ace-queen, 20 he decided
to open diamonds in order to
force the guess Of the finesse on
declArer at once.
Declarer saw no reason to risk
the diamond finesse when he
could take the ace, cash the ace
and king of hearts, and discard
his other diamond. But East
ruffed the king Of hearts, cashed
the ace Of clubs, and led q Sec
ond club, which West ruffed.
East still had the ace Of trumps
for the setting trick.
Thus the North-South pair was
fixed by the fact that the on
ly East player who did not hope
for . he6ft sul1 We ths enly one
who se1Inl1x 81 ~