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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-17
Germans Give London Greatest
Bombing Of War; One Hundred
Thousand Bombs Arc Dropped
SENATE OVERRIDES
GOVERNORS VETO
Try associated Presab

TALLAHASSEE, April H.
The Senate OVERRIDE the veto of
former Governor Fred Cone of
the 1889 bill providing payment
of $674.27 to Alberto Camera,
who was removed as constable of
Monroe county by former Cover
nor Dave Sholtz in 1885.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-17
NOW IMPROVING

Friends III Mr. Raul GartssnelI
aili tc glad 81 leaFu that ahe
successfully underwent an opera
tsoa 10 Aian4 hospital ard 30
n0sR gn the fead to recovery
sshe expects - return 81 thas
city sae early part ~ next Heek
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-17
CITY COUNCIL !.
MEETS TONIGHT

The City Council will meet to-
night at o'clock in the second
regular meeting of the month.
There is nothing scheduled
aside from regular business. al
though other matters may come
up during the course of the ses-
sion.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-17
BOYS WISH WAS
PARTLY FULFILLED
tpx Associated rrp~@l

PUEBLO. Colo, April l7.-Tcs-
timony before Judge Hubert
Glover indicated l5-year-old
boy, formerly an inmate of the
state industrial school for boys,
wanted to return so badly that he
stole a truck and drove there.
Tho judge sentenced him to so
days in the county Jail matrons
quarters.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-17
str. COLORADO
COMES TO PORT

The Clyde-Mallory freighter
Colorado locked in Key West this
morning at 100 o'clock en- route
to Tampa from New York.
The vessel, which departed
early this afternoon. discharged
165 tons of freight here.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-17
NAVY EQUIPMENT
SENT TO BRITISH
<By Associated Pressl

WASHINGTON, April IL
Secretary of the Navy Frank
Knox this morning told Senate
investigating committee the Unit
ed States is sending navy equip
ment to Great Britain almost
every day.
What type of equipment is be
ing sent the Navy Secretary did
not disclose.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-17
RALPH GARCIA
GIVEN HEARING

Ralph B. Garcia. charged with
entering without breaking, yes
terday was given a hearing be-
fore Peace Justice Enrique Is
quinaIdo, Jr.
The case was continued until a
later date without Garcia's Ell
Their being bound over or freed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-17
Tens OF Thousands Left
Homeless; Flames Sweep
Large Area In English
Capital

thy Associated Pre@sp
Hundreds of German warplanes
last night left London in flames
after an eisht.hour revenge"
bombardment which the British
air ministry said was far worse
than anything we have expert
enced before.
For hour after hour. every
type of German bomber. includ-
ing the orrau oruxas. pousaled
The worlds greatest city with an
estimated 100000 fire and high
explosive bombs.
London's fashionable west end
suffered crushing blows. as did
residential districts in every part
of the city.
sgss
The air ministry said items of
thousands" were left homeless
and hundreds were iobless after
the aerial blitzkrieg had devas-
tated whole neighborhoods and
wrecked shopping centers.
In the wake of the attack this
morning. as firemen and soldiers
battled an inferno of flames.
civilians rushed through the
streets demanding revenge.
Ruined buildings everywhere
in the city had chalked upon
their walls:
Bomb Berlin!"
Meanwhile, In Berlin, gov
eminent spokesman frankly said
the attack was the promised re-
venge for the raid eight days ago
IN which British bombers handed
Berlin its worst taste Of aerial
bomhardment.
An official spokesman declared:
Fol every Bril- ssh attack on a
Gtrman residential section, we
Will repay them many fold
A German pilot SAID the attack
on London Was the most horrible
thing he had ever seen Il saw
five blocks in flames right TO-
gcther" he said. More than 30
huge fires were raging out OF
control at the same time and the
entire city was covered with
red glare
Ioncioners said thai IN spite II
the number Of fires. ali Of them
had been brought under control
this morning in remarkably short
time.
Observers IT the bombing sad
the attacks Of the Stukas pFovld
81 The most terrifying part IL
The night-l0ng bombardment The
dive bombers would gRuop doNn
from great attitudes. pulling oui
over thc very rs,1fs II tha houses
when il seemed rs If they would
plunq 10 the ground
The London air ministry ad
uniting that hundreds If German
he,mtnra had taken part 81 The
attacks. said oniy five vere
knVan t. have been shot dram
and five British planes fell u5 thn
defcp#o ~ the city
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-17
SEE NATIONS
CAPITAL CITY
AT Low COST
TIP FOR VISITORS THAT MAY
HAVE DESIRE TO GO THERE
THIS SPRING AND SUM
MER
ny JACK STINNETT
APP Feature Service Writer

WASHINGTON, April 16.-In
the last few weeks have had
many requests for information
about What should l do in
Washington"
Judging by the mail, there are
going to be more tourists in Cap
ital City this spring and summer
than ever before. l don't mean
judging entirely by my mall
mean judging by the great num-
Der of queries that have come to
departments of the government
that have anything at all to do
with directing visitors within
the District of Columbia borders.
That means there probably will
be between 2,375,0OO and 3,OOO,-
900 visitors in Washington this
year. The average has been
around 2,250,000.
So I'm going TO lead off my an
swer with:
How to See Washington on
Nothing a Day.
Of course, there is no such thing
as that. But if you pay transport
tation in and out, make arrange
mentS for moderate room and
board, you can spend long
weekend here without putting out
another penny and see more than
you can in any other city in the
United States.
To begin with, if you arrive at
Union Station with no advance
information as to where to stay,
call the Washington Board of
Trade. 1t has a hotel and room
information service. ranging from
single rooms in private homes to
splendiferous hotel suites. If you
drive into the capital in car
and want to check with the
Automobile Association of Amer
lea (the AAA), you probably will
get the same information.
With that done and three days
to spare and every hour to fill
(without cost, you look up your
congressman or senator. Why?
Because he can see to it that you
get passes to the House and Sen
ate galleries in the Capitol-and
special passes to the White House
QO:30 a. m. to II noonl. If you
don't know any congressman,
you still can see the White House
40 a.. m. until 2 p mo- but you
won't get into so many rooms.
No-Permission Tours
Now turn to the tours for which
you have to ask ones permission.
Start with the various divisions of
the Smithsonian Institution-the
National Museum, the Natural
History building, the Aircraft
building.
Drop into the Library of Con-
gresS, where you can examine
everything from the original
manuscript of "Deadeye Dick"
to the one-and-only Declaration
of independence and the Con-
stitutlon. HIRE there are nearly
100000 first editions and more
than 100000 maps, charts. etc.
Here also is the Gutenberg
Bible" and more original prints
from the plates of Joseph Penneil
than can be found anywhere else
in the world.
Visit the Folger Shakespeare
library-second to only one in
the world in Shakespeariana.
Drop in on the Botanical Gardens,
which don't have to dip a daisy
to any when it comes 10 develop
ing new flower species and inn
proving on the old ones, Pop into
the National Geological Gardens
better known as the Zoo
where there is the worlds great
est collection Of reptiles, and
enough animals and birds and
fishes to send YOU home Keeling
with geological names.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-17

The examination for JunsoF
Property and Supply Clerk sches
uie<s 10 be hela 90 April Is. wllI
h@ held 81 Senior High School.
eerrax White and United streets.
ARTHUR pASTonINf.
Lccal Secretary. U. y. Civil sssv.
ice Beard
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-04-17

Key West. Florida. has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only IA Fahrenheit
Evening star., 1941-08-21
Spreading Defense Orders

AS a result of the conversion of
many plants to defense operations
and the restrictions placed on the
consumption of civilian goods, the
United States faces a new problem,
that of priorities unemployment.
According to estimates of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, between
100000 and 100000 workers may
lose their jobs in the shift of Amer
lean industry to war basis. The
announcement that the Office of
Production Management is taking
steps to secure a wider spread of
armament orders among small fac
tories will be welcomed, therefore, as
evidence of the Governments deter
mination to reduce to a minimum
the unemployment caused by short
ages of materials for non-defenSe
production.
In attacking the problem of pri-
critics unemployment, o. P. M. will
move in two directions. Through
the Defense Contract Service, which
has been set up as an independent
bureau, it will make every effort to
secure a" wider distribution Of war
orders in areas where priorities or
Evening star., 1941-08-21
Disapproves of Plan
To Retrieve Arlington County.

To the Editor of The Star:
think that the proposal to re-incor-
porate Arlington County, Va, in the
District of Columbia, should be opposed
by every resident of that county.
Washington, D. c., for years has had
the reputation of being the worst gov
erned" city of its size in the country,
because it is governed, not by residents
of the District, but by the Congress of
the United States, the members of which
have their interests in distant States
rather than in Washington.
Furthermore, the people of the Dis
trict of Columbia are denied the right
to vote even for city dog-catcher, and
the annexation of Arlington County
would only mean. the disfranchisement
of thousands of voters.
Finally, the proposed erection of a
new War Department building in Arling-
ton County is no excuse for the extern
sion of the authority of Congress over
this additional territory, for the Fed
eral Government has thousands of its
buildings scattered all over the United
States without assuming control of the
local Governments In the communities
concerned.
One would think that the Congress
has plenty to do, especially at this time,
without attempting to take in more
territory" EDWARD WOLESENSKY.
Arlington, Va.
Evening star., 1941-08-21
On SEEING Red

BatherS at Sea Bright, New Jersey,
rubbed their eyes the other day at
sight of the ocean. Instead of the
customary green or blue, it was red.
At FIRST each thought he had sud-
denly gone color blind, but as the
question was put to others do you
see what I see?" it soon became evi-
dent that every one saw red.
Not with anger, as customarily i'm
piled by the phrase. There was some
alarm and any amount of curiosity.
Could it be true that overnight, in
some mysterious fashion, MusSolini,
self-appointed bugaboo of the Axis,
had conSummated his dire threat to
use the terrific might of Italy and
bathe the pernicious United States
in blood? Probably not, thought the
bathers, but the sight was ominouS,
even more so than the proverbial
blood on the moon.
1t remained for science to clear up
the mystery and reassure the timid.
Some little bug from the tropics,
microscopic in size, myriad in num-
bers and red in color, had been
seized with a wanderluSt and had
hitch-hiked along the Gulf Stream
to unfamiliar territory.
Evening star., 1941-08-21
Asks About Germans
In Portuguese Islands.

To the Editor of The Star
would like to comment on one of the
most important factors involving the
battle of the Atlantic, particularly with
reference to the mysterious status of the
strategic Portuguese possessions, such as
the Azores, Madeira and the Cape Verde
Islands.
The Portuguese government has de-
clared, in answer to President Roosevelt's
recent statement on the subject, that
the islands will be protected from in
vasion and as matter of fact troops
have been arriving there in increasing
numbers. But the dictator government of
Portugal leaves us in the fog as to by
whom and wherefrom it expects an in
vasion. 1t cannot be against an invasion
by the Germans, who, according to
press reports, already are there and still
arriving continuously as "technicians,"
tourists" etc. Since the Salazar gov
ernment has failed to deny these reports,
1t must be assumed that the Germans
are on Portuguese soil with the tacit
consent Of the Lisbon government.
The next question then should be:
Since the Salazar government has de-
creed that no person win b allowed 70
Evening star., 1941-08-21
What Are the Facts?

Senator Byrd of Virginia, who is
not given to rash or impetuous
statements, says that this Nation has
failed and miserably failed" in the
production of mechanized war equip
ment since the start of our all-out
defense effort.
That is a serious charge, and it is
not one which can be dismissed as
being merely the disgruntled COM
ment of a Senator who has not
always seen eye to eye with the
administration on domestic ques-
tions. Senator Byrd submits facts
and figures in support of his charges,
and he assumes responsibility for
their approximate accuracy.
On the basis of these figures, he
concludes that after two years of war
in Europe our production of tanks
and anti-aircraft guns is practically
negligible, that our output of mer-
chant ships is woefully short of the
need and that there is dangerous
tagging of our entire combat plane
production.
Asserting that more than 5,000,0 900
man days of labor on Army and Navy
contracts have been lost to strikes
in about seven months, the Virginia
Senator draws the obvious conclu-
sion that this is one of the more inn
portant reasons for our failure to
produce. But it is only one. OF even
greater Importance, he contends, is
the failure to designate some one
individual as head of the defense
program with power and authority
to enforce his decisions.
1t is to be hoped that the signifi-
canoe of what Senator Byrd has had
to say will not be overlooked by the
people. In effect, he is warning that
the United States is duplicating the
production blunders made in France,
and is suggesting that in event of
war we are in danger of suffering an
equally catastrophe defeat-not be-
cause we cannot prevent it but
because we will not.
This warning, to repeat, is based
on facts, not on opinions. If the
Senator's facts are Inaccurate, it is
to be hoped that those responsible
for direction of the defense program
will not hesitate to say So For this
is not matter which merits what is
known as the silent treatment" 1t
is one which directly affects the per-
sonal security, not to mention the
pocketbooks, of all Americans, and in
such a vital matter they are entitled
to know whether their Government
is guilty of the failures with which
it has been formally charged.
Evening star., 1941-08-21
New Gateway to Russiu

One of the results of the present
conflict between totalitarian and
democratic forces in the Orient has
been the proposal of a plan for a
new route between the United States
and the Soviet Union. The Coast
and Geodetic Survey has announced
that it has discovered a more con-
venient eastern entrance to Russia.
Shipments of supplies needed for
continued resistance to the German
armies in the west soon may be NOV
ing from Seattle, Wash, to Kom-
somolsk, Siberia. Vessels convey
Ing such materiel would follow the
Great Circle to the southern extrem-
ity of Kamchatka, sail through the
Kurile Archipelago to the Sea of
Okhotsk, pass through Tatar Strait
10 the mouth of the Amur River.
The stream thus attained is the
chief waterway of Eastern Asia north
of the Hwang-ho. Nearly three
thousand miles in length, it drains
a region of hills and forests, sparsely
populated but prodigiously rich in
natural resources, including coal and
minerals. Komsomolsk in some sea-
sons of the year might be reached
directly by boats of moderate draft.
At other times cargoes would have
to be unloaded into barges at the
Amur's termination. Even the diff
ficulties of transshipment, however,
are inconsequential as compared
with the advantages of a gateway
more free of Japanese interference.
Goods arriving in Komsomolsk
could be moved over a branch
line Of the Transsiberian Railroad.
Evening star., 1941-08-21
THIS AND THAT
BY Charles Z. TraceWeI.

fathers, taking good care OF their young.
Most of the feeding is done by the
mother sparrows.
The fighting which goes on among
band of sparrows, and which always is
mentioned by persons who dislike the
species, if quite as often as not just
jostling for space.
1t is easy to call it fighting" but if it
is watched carefully it is seen to be
nothing more than pushing and showing
and jostling, combined with much wing
waving.
Wing wavering, or fluttering, is spe-
cialty Of these birds. While all species
can do it, and often do, probably the
English sparrows are more expert at it
than any. Often they balance them
selves on bud by teetering back and
forth, finally hold themselves steady by
Tapping the wings rapidly. This Tapping,
however, Is not at the speed of a hum
ming bird by any means. 1t is rather
on the slow motion picture order. There
is just enough motion to keep the
balance.
Observers with artistic leanings can
get great deal of simple pleasure out
of watching bands of these sparrows ar
range themselves along the vines and
canes of climbing roses.
This is one of the best reasons we know
for harboring such vines. Often they
far exceed their bounds, and become
nuisances from several standpoints, but
they do excellent service when they
afford English sparrows roosting space.
The gray and brown birds space them
selves just right, often arranging them
selves in harmonious patterns, with a
just appreciation of the picture quality of
their spacing.
Sometimes they will do this on the
ground, 1t is, as far as we know, trick
confined to this often maligned species.
Persons who want nothing but the
rarer species at feeding stations in the
winter often lament the presence of
bands of these sparrows.
lie truth is, we believe, that they will
find the sparrows offering three pictures
WiilSll IlO OIllcl SlcCIcS Cdll. HdIL Ol Jllc
result is due, of course, to their numbers.
The first picture is the sweep across
the yard from one feeding station to
another.
1t is easy, watching this maneuver, to
understand what the British mean when
they speak of sweep across the
channel"
The second picture is when they are
disturbed at feeder placed on a stake
among shrubbery. First the birds in the
station fly up and away. The second wave
comes when the birds on the ground fly
up through the leaves
The third picture, and perhaps the
happiest of all, comes in the middle of
the afternoon, when the birds congre-
gate in the shrubbery and vines and put
on sing fest" after having eaten their
fill.
This is real choral singing, all the more
welcome because it comes at time Of
year when there are few birds singing.
Evening star., 1941-08-21

Out on the porch roof a sparrow was
taking sun bath.
At first we thought the bird dead. 1t
was lying slightly on its side, with its
legs folded under it, and was absolutely
motionless.
The hot sun was shining full on the
roof.
Suddenly the bird raised It's head and
looked around.
Its eyes were bright, its air alert.
Surely there was nothing the matter
with it. Then we saw what it really was
doing. 1t was just lying there, as near
as bird can come to lying down, taking
in its full share of the heat.
&+
We have never seen any other birds
do this except the English sparrows, but
have no doubt they do, since the love of
sunshine is universal.
Porch roofs and downspouts and
cutters offer vast Fairgrounds for English
sparrows. Sometimes householders pro-
test this use, but the birds don't mind
1t is not often, after all, that they
create any serious damage.
Sometimes nest in the gutter will
cause stoppage. Usually this may be pre-
vented by putting a wire screen over the
entrance to the downspout.
AS rule, sparrows do not like such
nesting sites. While they have no sure
knowledge of rainfall and its results,
especially in house cutters, they must
have some sense or instinct which warns
them of such dangers.
When you stop to think of how many
of these little birds there are, and how
widespread, you see that the damage
they cause is little, after all, despite all
the powwow put up by persons who do
not like them.
On rainy days the sparrows like to
congregate on house underhangs, or
cornices, or beneath porches.
They will sit in solemn rows, waiting
for the rain to stop.
Sometimes in the cold autumn, when
a rain falls all day long, they will spend
the entire afternoon in this way,
although food is waiting for them in
lCtOAl6 III IllC 6dldClls
Occasionally they fly out to get seed,
but are back in no time. If the old
country saying, that some one hasn't
enough sense to come in out of the rain"
is a true saying, then the English
sparrows are definitely sensible birds, for
they always seek shelter against heavy
downfall. So do the starlings, which are
a great deal like the English sparrows.
One sensible action of the starlings
we have not seen duplicated by the
sparrows. The starlings will walk boldly
into covered feeding station on bitter
cold winter day and remain there until
nightfall, just to have shelter. They
always leave at dusk. Reports have come
in of various species sleeping in feeding
stations, but we never have seen any
instance of this. .
English sparrows have many good
traits.
They are excellent mothers and
Evening star., 1941-08-21

plant conversion are causing unem-
ployment. Under its new purchas-
ing program, large contracts will be
farmed out. The extension of these
orders to small factories which
might otherwise have to shut down
should save the jobs of many
workers.
AS it's second move, o. P. M. has
established machinery to train for
other jobs workers in factories
which cannot be converted to de-
fense production. In most industrial
areas the number of defense jobs
available will far exceed the number
eliminated in non-defenSe plants as
a result of priorities. Before they
are equipped for defense jobs, how
ever, many of these workers must be
trained in other skillS. Through its
labor supply branch, recently Gre
ated, the o. P. M. will try to find
places for displaced workers and,
where necessary, it will train them
for other duties.
AS Sidney Hillman, associate di-
rector general of o. P. M, pointed
out, the objective of the new plan is
to prevent local depressions in the
midst of prosperity" Priorities un-
employment, if at all widespread,
will impede the country's war
effort, by increasing relief rolls and
reducing the number of workers
engaged in defense production.
Since the country at this time can
ill afford idle factories and workers,
it is to be hoped that the new pro-
gram will be successful in cushioning
the impact of priorities and the shift
from non-defense to war production
on our national economy.
Evening star., 1941-08-21

sail from the United States directly to
the islands who is not citizen of
Portugal, how many of the Germans
now there are citizens of Portugal?
Another question which deserves an
answer is: What is the source of foreign
exchange used by the Germans for their
current expenses and to accomplish
their mission?
Let us hope that as a condition pre-
cedent to unfreezing the Portuguese
funds here, the government of Portugal
has answered these questions to the
satisfaction of our Government. Are
the troops sent to the islands for the
purpose of protecting them from invasion
from any or all sources or merely for
protecting the German fifth columnists
against interference by Britain and the
United States, so that they can work
out their plot against this hemisphere
without hindrance?
LOCAL ATTORNEY.