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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04

In these columns Hitler has been given
credit for the prosperity Key West IS now
enjoying, but that has not, nevertheless,
diminished our hatred for the villain. Now
comes General Charles r. Reynolds and
tells the American Association of Military
Surgeons that Adolf Hitler, without know
ing it, was doing the United States great
favor in uncovering several millioh. cases of
tuberculosis, veneral diseases, nutritiOnal
defects through strict medical examinations
of selectees. "As much as hate Hitler,
must give him credit for indirectly imprOy-
ing the health of the American people,
General Reynolds said, because every case
of disease we find among the selectees for
the Army Is traced back to the source of in
lection and cured. if at all possible" In
gratitude Key West may wind up by erect
ing statue to the sin verguenza some
where on the island.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04
WHO LIVES ON THE PLANET. MARS?

The Planet Mars, which is usually
more than 25O.OOO,OOO miles from the
earth. is now only about 38.0O0,00O distant
and, consequently. astronomers are in
terested in the ''cloSe" visit of the planet
about which there has been so much spec
ulatiOn.
Human beings have wondered whe-
ther the planet is inhabited by other beings,
similar to us There has been speculation
about canals and the existence of GER
tain green areas on the planet. However.
as Mars approximates desert planet, with
little water on its surface. it would be d
wild presumption to conclude that life. as
it exists among the human race Is on the
planet
At this stage of mans knowledge. we
know very little about the universe. We
should not concern ourselves over-much
with the possible existence of human be-
ings on the planets. Rather we might spend
our speculative time III considering the
possible existence of other forms of life,
capable of existence under conditions
which seem to be on the planet
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04
WHO KNOWS?


/ Eleven American owned
merchantmen. lost n the pres
ent war, went down IN what
aTeas3
2 What guidse Raj filters II
night bombing attacks upon Ma
pies. ItaE2
3. How far have German arm
les advanced since attacking
Russia?
/ How R5Av birds are in the
Uaited SsateseJ
5 Has sAs=ezpisal OF the Unit
ed States ever been occupied by
enemy fOrces2
s. What IS the highest noun
tam range N Europe2
Z What IS known as the ~spoils
system
8. What are flax boats?
g. What percentage OF British
food was imported from the
war;
10. What daily newspaper IS
published furtherest north N the
wCrId2
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04
garland RIFLES In THE ARMY

Some indication of the progress of re-
armament is to be found in the report of
Robert c. Patterson, Under-Seeretary Of
War. who says that all front-line combat
troops will have Garand semi-autOmatic
rifles 'by next month
While there has been some argument
about the merits of the Garand rifle. most
experts believe that the weapon makes the
American soldier worth four soldiers of any
other nation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04
Today's Birthdays

Mary s. Watts Of Cincinnati.
novelist. born in Delaware Co.
Ohio. 73 years ago.
Gena BranscOmbe Mrs. JOnn
T. Tonney), Of New York. com
poser-conductor, born in Pict0n.
Canada, 60 years ago.
Rudolph NJ Evans, A-A.A Ad-
ministrator, born IN Cedar Rap
ids. Iowa, 81 years ago
Sewen Lee Avery, president.
Montgomery Ward Chicago.
born in Saginaw, Mich. 81 wears
ago.
Charles Hackett. operate ten
or. bern IN Worcester. Mass. So
years ago.
James Z. Fraser Of WestporL
Conn. noted sculptor. born ~
Winona. MINI. IS wears ago.
Com. Thomas c " Settle.
U-SN.. ballo0nist. born ia Wash
ington, D. c, IS years ego.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04
TOday's Horoscope

To-Day gives q mind that IS
prudent and fu1 Of resource.
There appears 70 Be surrounding
conditions that NAV lead TO
trouble. and they are so hidden
that It may take all the natural
prudence 70 overcome them Dan
ger lies IN bringing out traits
that viii not tend 70 the higher
faculties. ,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04

Business conditions in Key West have
improved to such an extent that we may
soon hear of another paper of some kind be-
ing started. Newspaper promoters pass
tbs city by until the pickings seem profit
able.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04

Democracy, bewareI National Re-
publican Chairman Joseph W Martin
makes the statement that political mo-
nopoly is deadly to free government" and
he adds that the New Deal is threatening
to engulf constitutional government"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04

The trouble with most children is their
parents, and the trouble with most parents
is their parents, and so on until the blame is
on Adam and Eve.-Key West Citizen.
They should be severely spanked.-San-
ford Herald. Who, Adam and Eve?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04

The English language often finds itself
in the necessary position to use similar
word to mean many things. For instance
the word "bevy" is the proper term for a
company of quails, for a eOmpanyof ladies,
for company of slaves and last but not
least for drink
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04
KEY WEST In
DAYS GONE BY
Happenings On This Date Ten
Years Ago As Taken From
Files OF The Citizen

MOnrue's state and county tax
burden vii be about Si82- 600
lighter this year than last
State and county tax bill for
last wear was S4S7.81I D. whIIe
this year It vii amount 10 SIS
83475
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04
Today In History

l698-Short-lived Scottish col
ony settles on Panama coast to
trade with South America and
ne Orient
l79l-Gov. Arthur St Clair of
the Northwest Territory, COM
handing an American army,
surprised and defeated On the
Wabash by a confederated In
dian army, with loss Of more
than half the Americans.
1S42-Aeraham Lincoln. aged
81 lawyer OF Springfield III,
married to Mary Todd. aged .,
CT Lexington, KY
I847-st Louis first lighted
by gas.
l862-Patent issued Richard J.
Calling Tor famous gun
l903-Panana declared her IN
dependence Of Colombia
I9l8-Armisuce with Austria
Vienna delirious with JOY.
Americans break down German
defences II Verdun region
l924-Calvin Coolidge elected
President
l939-Presldent Roosevelt pro-
claims L s ports closed 20 for
eign submarines and establishes
combat area
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY TIE CITIZEN

| Water and Sewerage.
Z More Hotels and Apartments
3 Beach and Bathing Pavilion
4 AHpcrt-Lana and Sea
5 Consolidation q County and City Gov
srnmentS
G A Modern Cits Hospital
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04

The trouble with the religion of some
people is that it is almost exclusively con-
eefned with the mistakes of others.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04

Some people are so smart they need
all their brains to keep them out of trouble.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04

Men become 50 enamored of their
rights as to forget that the real value of
every right must rise or fall with the use to
which the right is put
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04
PROVIDES POCKETS

EVANSTON. MA woman of
this city has invented q pair Of
pockets 70 hang over a cocker
spanieIs head to carry his ears.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04

1t is proper for an individual to place
high value upon himself but he shouldn't
make it so high that it is ludicrous to other
people.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04

I5l5-SieChea J. Field. New
YORK lawyer California 4ger.
State chief justice. Justice Of
the L 5 Supreme CourL born
N Haddam. Conn Died April 9.
1899.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04

l806-GeOTge Eilzhugh, pre-
Civil War defender Of the South
and is Institutions lawyer. So
ciOlogist born IT Virginia Died
July - 1881
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04

IS79-WII Rogers. homely
philosopher and jokesteT below
Cd actor movie and radio star.
horn I0- Indian Ter Died IN ar
crash, Aug Is. 1885.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04

just. because you have not had a seri-
Gus accident on the highway is one reason
why you should be more careful than ever
before.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04
Today's
Anniversaries

I313-Sara1 H B Judson- not
Cd missionary 80 Burma. born
IN AIstead- y H Died SEPT /.
1915.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04

I857-Fre6erick a Stokes.
founder Of the New York pub
fishing house Of the name born
n Brooklyn. y. Y. Died Nov.
Is 1898
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04

A word to the wives is seldom suffi-
cient.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04

I513-Belianin R Curtis. Bos-
ton lawyer Justice OF the L. s
supreme Court b1rn IN Water
l0Gn- Mass Died Sept. Is. 1874.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04

l835-Lunsf0Td L LOmax.
Confederate soldier-generaL Vir-
gina farmer ard college presi-
dent born N Newport R I
DIED May o. 1913.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04

Twelve L s destrOyers. due
here tomorrow put into Key
West to-day n order 10 avoid
bad weather ~ the coast
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04

Twelve L , oeSlFoyerS- cue
here tomorrow. put into Key
West today n order 70 avoid
bad weather Up TIE coast
The Citizen. IN editorial para
E graphs. said
Planes equipped with berths
& vii soon begin service between
Chicago and Les Angeles More
competition for the railroads.
and no help n sight
There's a man in Jail here
who thinks ne has been chosen
10 reform the world Il every
body who seems 70 think the
same thing were locked up.
though the iaiLs would have TO
De Al least quadrupled n size.
A boy was born 70 Mr. and
Ms Walter O. johnson Jr- al
E. ? o'clock this morning. He
weighed seven pounds and is 10
be named Walter O. johnson,
IL
Members Of 2 committee from
Temple Lodge No 20. Pythian
Sisters. were named last night
TO meet with the local lodge Of
knights Of Pythias ein order 70
complete plans for a Christmas
celebration
The committeeman are Mrs.
Belle Hamlin. Mrs Nathalie
Curry and Mrs Ivan EiwOOd-
PERSONALS-Joe Gates left
yesterday TO spend the weekend
at Marathon with MS father.
Capt. Harold Gates The Rev.
P I Marnane, St Mays Star Of
the Sea church. left yesterday
for Miami, where he VIII spend
several DAYS Mrs. J. Lancelot
Lester. wife of the attorney. who
has been visiting in Miami for
several days, returned today =
Miss Marguerite Roberts left
yesterday for Miami and viii
return tomorrow with her
brother. Willard Roberts. who
was injured IN a fall
Jose Luna Costedo and Benito
Saldago Rial. Cubans who en-
tered the United States Illegally
by jumping a fishing smack
at Fort Myers. were brought here
today for deportation after hav-
ing served 30 days in the Miami
Jail
The two men declared they did
not like the food aboard the ship
on which they were working. and
left to try their luck IN the
United States
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04

I924-Calvn Coolidge elected
President
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04

1698-Short-lived Scottish col
ony settles on Panama coast 70
trade with South America and
me Orient
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-04

A boy was born 70 Mr. and
Mrs. Walter o. Johnson Jr-. Al
2 o'clock this morning He
weighed seven pounds. and IS 10
be named Walter o Johnson.
IL
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05
GROUP TO MEET ON CAMP PLANS
Promotion Committee to Gather at Dinner Meet-
 ing Wednesday Night

The promotion committee of Camp Matauoha, Waterbury "Y" Boys Camp. will meet for dinner at the Central Y. M. c. A., We'd nesday, May 2 at 6 D. m. Merritt w. Atwood and R. Firth Pickets, co-chairmen, will be in charge. A number of new members have been added to the committee in the past few days. The camp promotion plans will be outlined and the colored camp movies will be shown.
 Among those who will attend are: Mrs. Howard F. Reichenbach, Mrs Harry l.. Platt, Clarence E. Smith Mrs. Maurice T. Healey, Jr., Mrs Leon Mayshaw, Mrs. Ruth c. Hurl- but, George Ericsson, Mrs. Alfred P Hensel, Gunnar A. Schlander, Jos seph DiPietro, William A. Carpen- ter, Mrs. Harold T. Brew, Mrs Margaret G. Reichenbach, Miss Irene Bussemey, Mrs. Robert w Belflt, Mrs. Herhert s. Dayton. Mrs William D. Starr, Mrs. Arthur H SOSPSAp VAhdLi u' DnlhLlep MlSS Elizabeth Hickey, Rev. William Me- Canoe, Ralph l.. Cooke, Raymond Ouimet, Ernest Hallenborg, Mrs Margaret Coffey, Merritt w. Att wood, R Firth Pickels, Clarence J Bartlett, Tom Kay, Joseph Bormo. lini, Barlow L. Heminway, camp chairman, and Calvin J. Martin camp director.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05

antl-FaSciSt, put anything more that audiences get from 1t they must read into 1t.
 "Fascism is Q more dangerous and involved problem than can be solved just by sending armies to fight 1t. The final solution must come from the people who live in Fascist countries. That's why my plays leading anti-Fascist is him- self German.
 DOES RESEARCH
 BEFORE WRITING
 Armies may overthrow a few names, but Fascism is an economic and political system not a few names. know what war is like. I was in Spain in 1887. I saw arms and legs strewn on battlefields. It's one thing to defend yourself against marching Fascist army. But it's another thing to go to war against Fascism. It is very evident from my research before writing watch on the Rhine" that Fascist Ger many and Fascist Europe them selves arc products of war"
 Miss Hellman does not use the word research" lightly. When she began seriously to consider writing an anti-Fascist play, she started by reading dozens of histories" -- of Germany today, of Germany in
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05
STATE

If you intend to see Irene Dunre and Cary Grant in Penny Seren- ade" currently at Warmers State theater you'll have to hurry as per- formances tomorrow evening posi- lively conclude its engagement. The second big hit of the program Is Strange Alibi," 8 thriller-diller with Arthur Kennedy and Joan Perry.
 "Meet John Doe" the new Frank Capra picture starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck, will have It's local premiere "Wednesday ct the State theater.
 Meet John Doe" was produced and directed by Frank Capra at the Warner studios. Capra, 1t will be re- membered produced and directed such outstanding production as "It Happened One Night" MT. Deeds Goes to Town" and "You Can't Take It With You"
 It will also be remembered that Cooper played the starring role in MT. Deeds Goes to Town" Miss Stanwyck is no novice to Capra pro- auctions, having won her first big film success in an earlier Capra pie ture Ladies of Leisure" and having starred in three other Capra pro- auctions before she was cast in Meet John Doe"
 Besides Cooper and Miss Star- wyck, the cast of the new produc- ton includes Edward Arnold, Wall ter Brennan, James Gleason, Irving Bacon, Gene Lockhart, Rod La Rocque, Spring Byington, Regis Toomey and many other well known players. There are more than 137 speaking roles in the film, and over four thousand extras were used In the many crowd scenes.
 The plot of Meet John Doe" was kept secret during the period oi production, all members of the cast technical workers and others erl- gagged in It's preparation being pledged to silence as to what went on in the closed sets. The secret has been well kept, and the story oi Meet John Doe" will be revealed to the public for the first time wher1 1t Is shown at the State theatei Wednesday.
 On the same show Is Repent at Leisure" with Kent Taylor al1c Wendy Barrie.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05
RED CROSS PLANS
 RELIEF INSTITUTE
Ten Sub-Conlmittees to Take Part in Disaster
 Discussions Monday

A disaster relief institute will be held next Monday under the super- vision of Maurice Reddy, assistant director of preparedness and relief of the American Red Cross, accord ing to an announcement by David F. Babson, chairman of the Waterbury Disaster Relief Committee.
 Institute sessions will all be held at The Elton. At 10:30 a. m. there will be meeting for the general committee and members of the 10 subcommittee. A luncheon meet ing at 1915 will be attended not only by members of the committee and sub-committees but also by civic leaders, Red Cross officials and members of social agencies. A meet ing at 4 o'clock will be attended by social and welfare workers.
 The morning program will be de- voted to the working out of plans for speedy action in the event of the city being struck with a major dis aster of any kind. Means of correlat- ing the activities of the groups that would serve in such an emergency will be discussed
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05
Todays Answers co
 ca AMIUM HACKERS
Questions on Comic Page

1. The Aland Is. arc group of Finnish Islands in the Baltic Sea, commanding the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia between Finland and Sweden, important ore chan nel. The Azores are a Portuguese group In mid-Atlantic, important crossroads for shipping, cables and ocean flying.
 ?. The Canary Is. are a Spanish group off the coast of Africa, con- manding the ship lanes in the South Atlantic. The Balearic Is. are a Spanish group in the Mediterran- can Sea.
 3. The Midway Is. are located about midway between the United States and Asia, being about 2500 miles from each side of the Pacific
 4. Little Corn I. and Great Corn I. are two U. S. islands of the coast of Central America in the Caribbean.
 s. Wake I. and Baker I. are U s. possessions in the Pacific, both important as naval stations ano sites for naval air bases.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05

1891. Mir. Lee first studied electrical engineering at the University oi Illinois, where he graduated ill 1913. The summer following gradu- ation, he was a testman with the General Electric Company, then be- came an instructor at Union Col" leee, where he simultaneously stud led for his masters degree in cleo" trical engineering.
 From June, 1916, to September, 1917, MT. Lee was mechanical cx- pert of the Locomotive Stoker Com- pany in Chicago. Then he became officer in charge Of machine gum nery at the U. s. Army School ol Military Aeronautics, University Of Illinois, being first lieutenant when he has been with the Gen eral Electric Company.
 Author of numerous scientific papers most of which have had to do with instruments and methods for electrical measurements, MT. Leo has been prominent in the affairs Of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and is a member, as well, of Eta Kappa Nu, Tau Beta Fl. Sigma Xi, and the Edison Club Of ] Schenectady.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05
Anti-Nazi, But Not Pro-War, Says Author Of Watch On The Rhine"

an actual person. My characters are always composites
 whether her characters are acc tual people or not, they are vividly real enough to have skyrocketed the attractive, blonde Mrs. He'll man in six short years from a $35- G-week reader for Metro-G Goldwyn- Mayer to one of Americas ranking and highest paid playwrights, male or female.
 Born in New Orleans in 1905, Miss Hellman was educated in New York public schools. She attended both New York university and Columbia. She began her literary career as a reader for a book publisher, moved to the scenario department of Metro.
 THREE HITS IN
 FOUR TRIES
 Tn 1884, when her first play, "The Children's Hour," was produced, she had just $55 in the bank. With its production, Miss Hellman was on her way to her present title: Queen of Hits. Her sole flop in four tries was her second play, Days to Come" "The Little Foxes" pro- duced In 193o, was the leading con- tender for the Critics Circle award that year. Though 1t held a plural ity throughout twelve ballots, tt didn't get the constitutionally- necessary 12 votes, and no prize was awarded.
 After "The Little Foxes" was pro- duced, Miss Hellman's chief desire was ito buy an island and fish, She never quite made 1t. Instead she bought Q 130-acre farm ir1 Pleasantville, N. r., and stocked It's lake. T think I put in bass, but I'm not quite sure yet"
 Miss Hellman began to think about "Watch on the Rhine" about year ago. She started actual work in August, spending three -fourths of her time in Pleasantville and the rest in an attractive Fifth Avenue apartment just off Central Park. What are her plans? For a while just rest. T have no hobbies" she said, unless you call fishing g hobby. Most of my exercise Is taken by sitting in the sun. That's just what I want to do now"
 No ideas for another play? "Oh have an idea, but it's too vague to talk about just now"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05
CAT GOES WILD
 OVER FLOWERS

Fort Wayne, 1nd.--(UP-Ferdl- nand, the bull, loved to smell flowers, but cat at the Landolfi Greenhouse here went wild about them. The Humane Society receive cd call from the greenhouse to come out and shoot 6 cat that had gone "beserk," causing more than $20 damage to the flowers. When found, the cat was curled up asleep on 6 bed of rich carnations.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05
-"CHILDREN STRENGTH OF THE NATIoN"-- Parents Alertness Can Avert Disease Menace

that the milk supply Is protected and that anyone in the home suspected of having the disease IS given tuberculin test.
 The lives and health of many babies have been and will be saved now that syphilis IS a word which can be mentioned outside medical schools. Every person contemplat- ing marriage should have blood test to determine whether they have syphilis. If the test is posi- tive they should place themselves under their private doctor or clinic for intensive treatment.
 If you arc an expectant mother 1t is doubly important that you should be tested again. Such q test may save your child from being born blind or with other afflictions resulting from syphilis.
 In the 10 states requiring pre- natal blood tests and in the 10 states requiring premarital tests, the consensus among health of ficers is that such laws will lead to c definite reduction In number of babies born with syphilis.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-05
POLES

Lavish In its production, eye-flll- ing in its beauty, abounding witn melody and the worlds most beau- tIful girls, "Ziegfeld Girl" opened Saturday at the Loew Poll theater and is still playing to capacity au- diences that continue to enthuse long after the final fade-out. Re- plete with everything that makes for motion picture entertainment, "Ziegfeld Girl" recalled the days Of Hollywood's most opulent musical productions.
 There are the screens three most glamorous beauties: Judy Garland, Hedy Lamar, and Lana Turner, the girls whose lives the film un- folds. Teamed with them are James Stewart and Tony Martin. Never before have Judy Garland and Tony Martin sung to better advan- tage than in the Minnie From Trinidad" number, one of the finest and most exciting ever to reach the screen. Then, Miss Lamar, never more beautiful, turns in a haunt ing performance as the girl who prefers obscurity with the man she loves to qualification as a ziegfeld beauty. Lana Turner takes full ad- vantage of her finest dramatic role as the tragic Follies beauty and plays a death scene with such poig- nancy that 1t Is sure to win place among the screens never-to-be- forgotten scenes. Last. but not least. James Stewart, Miss Turner's down-to-earth truck-driver sweet- heart moves still another step for- ward in his long string of screen successes.
 Sharing honors with the prilci- pals are such names as Jackie Cooper. Ian Hunter, Charles Winni- ger, Edward Everett Horton, Philip Dorn, Paul Kelly, Eve Arden, Dan Daley, Jr.. Al Shean, Fay Holden, Felix BEessawt and Rose NqbeEtD