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Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-09
Barbs

Our idea Of the LATEST man III
the world is one who Won1 play
checkers because he hua to mO;c.
Memphis pedestrian E:." .... 'ipl-
GERS torn OF in an auto ,.CCluriJ
leaving him just shorts Of bcu"
totally embarrassed.
Try and borrow money roW d
close friend and you'll prObab.>
find cut he is.
A smart husband puts soAD in
the water when he washes dishes.
A smarter one doesn't wash them
at all.
Nobody MINDS a person with 4
mind that minds its own business.
Isn't it funny how people make
guests feel at home when, actually,
they wish they were.
Most of the Christmas socks will
be hung on fathers chin!
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-09
Many Never
Suspect Cause
Of Backaches
This Old Treatment Often Brings Happy Relief

When disorder ii kidney function permits
poisonous matltr 10 Tpfi..in in your blood, il
may ra'4s" r.ge,n,, .fl.' h, ,rhnnMGtic prng,
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ui,''s, sa.#I'p. p..bhc.s under the 'jes.
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pa.s.pra IA sr.-. ~ ar.d nGrnii@ sr'",-
tins fh,rs thu. IS f.metnin; wrong ".'h
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Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-09

trades, printing and 9TH
ers where collective bargaining has
lcng been an accepted manner OF
industrial procedure, not bug
aboO.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-09

EDITOR'S NOTE: The folloring edit
OridiS are presented as interesting OPin-
ions roiccd by editors elsewhere. They
do not nece SSariiy reflect the opinion of
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-09

MEMBER
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fishers Association. Nation
al Editorial Association.
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fishers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-09

Kansae man ockcd another for
dipping doughnuts in coffee. The
second greatest dunk irk.
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-09
Famous Sayings

Palate The hutch of tasty lust desire not be rinsed
with wiue.-Gerad NJ Hopkins
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-09

INDEPENDENT
IMPARTIAL
and
INDIVIDUAL
Imperial Valley press., 1941-12-09

Most Of the Christmas socks will
be hung on fathers chin
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-11
TWO BOARDS
!. TO COOPERATE I! !! i!
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE UNIT
TO VIE WITH sELEc-
TIVE GROUP

TALLAHASSEE, Jan. 1.-THE
Florida State Employment Serv-
ice will cooperate with the Selec-
tive Service Board in the investi-
cation of applicants for occupa-
tional deferment, Fons A. Hath
away, director of the State En-
ployment Service announced to-
day.
1.-THE Selective Service Regula-
tons provide that the State and
local draft boards may call upon
the State Employment Service for
information concerning applica-
tons by draft registrants for oc-
cupational deferment." Director
Hathaway explained, Procedure
has been established for promptly
supplying the required informa-
ton in such cases in response to
the draft boards request"
Under the Selective Service
classification system, occupational
deferments are the category in
which are placed registrants found
to be necessary men" in industry,
business, employment, agricul-
tural pursuit, government serv-
ice. or other occupations con-
tributing to the national health,
safety or interest.
Hathaway pointed out that the
State Employment Service has
more than 10000 persons regis
tered for work, that a complete
work history of each of these ap-
plicants is on file with the en-
ployment service and that the
board can be advised promptly of
a shortage an any occupational
classification.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-11
Work On Housing Units
Progresses Satisfactorily

Construction work on Joseph
Yates Porter Place. the white
housing project on Trunbo Sec
ton, is going ahead according To
schedule. Executive Director Wal.
lace B. Kirke of the Key West
Housing Authority announced to-
day
The foundations for the 10
buildings in the project are now
being sunk. Two draglines and
large squad Of men are engaged IN
sinking the foundations from IL
10 Ia feet IN bed rock.
II is necessary 20 seek bedrock
for the foundation. Kirke eH-
plains. because the buildings will
be Of solid concrete block con-
sfFucti0n. TIE buildings are be-
ing erected xrifh the Idea OF 80
years of operation. 50 that firm
foundation for them is essential
The 10 buildings will contain
1876 units. u one. two ant three
bedroom size TIE foundations
will be sunk gradually. 20 that
the other work may proceed. The
walls of aogyse of the buildings
viii soon begin to rise The prof.
eel n scheduled 10 be finished
sell within yeaf from now
The tgt&I cost q tire white pro-.
ecf IL slase4 a. xs7z 30 The Paul
Smslas Construction company
holds the contract fcg s9ix ~ xseIl
as slie colosea proleei 10 be erect
I'd ut tire foot 81 Dsyisisys street
Cossrt PROCEEDINGS 70 acquire the
Lard necessary for tk.e cGlcgea
secfacn are ncw aE1ar way.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-11
Engineers Taken To Keys
For Survey Of Proposed
Fresh Water Pipe Line

Lieut.. Commander T. j. Brady,
U.S.N., and B. M. Duncan, mama
ger of Overseas Highway, are
accompanying an engineering
party over the keys to enable the
group to prepare plans and speci-
fications for the naval water sup
ply system from Homestead to
Key West, it was announced to-
day.
Heading the group is Ellison T.
Killam. who helped prepare
much of the data that is in pos
session of the Florida Keys Aque-
duct commission, and who halls
from New York. Also with the
party are Charles Travis, Robert
l. Wood and Fl. J. Ralston. of the
engineering firm of Parsons.
Brinkerhoff and Douglass of New
York.
II will be remembered that the
New York engineering firm rec
commended 10 the Bureau of
Yards and Docks of the Navy de-
partment construction of the Key
West water system The engi.
neerS are here in the interest OF
preparing plans and spec;fica-
tons which will be submitted to
contractors for bids,
They are scheduled 20 return To
Washington and New York 10
submit their detailed report II
is expected the project viii cost
upwards Of $4,000, 900.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-11
PLANNING FOR
WINTER GUESTS
SEEKING TO FIND MOST AP-
PROPRIATE WAY TO Elk
TEND COURTESY

A committee from the Stone
Church Service Club has called a
meeting of visitors to confer with
them and decide just what would
be the most appropriate method of
extending courtesy and hospital
ity to our winter guests.
The committee will meet at the
Chamber of Commerce office at
1880 p. m. next Friday, January
II.
In some manner, unknown to
the committee, the impression got
out that the meeting was to be
held last night and some callers at
the Chamber of Commerce office
were disappointed to find the
doors closed.
Visitors to Key West, having
suggestions will be welcome at
the meeting next Friday and writ
ten communications can be left at
the office in the meantime.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-11

WASHINGTON, Jan. Ito
the handful of new senators who
are just settling in their chairs
for the first time-some Don'tS
in the Senate that might have
been Dos if you had taken your
seat a long time ago:
/. Don't carry firearms onto
the Senate floor
Just because Vice President
Van Buren, used to preside with a
brace of pistols in his jeans, don't
think it's an old Senate custom
to come to work armed. Since the
days when Senator Foote of Mis-
sissippi drew his trusty derringer
on a colleague and some years
later when Senator Salisbury
tried to shoot the sergeant-at-
arms, packing a gun in the Sen
ate has been looked on with high
disfavor There's even a rule that
you have to check your six-gun
at the door.
2. Don't invite ladies to visit
you on the Senate floor
There was a day, as one lady
observer put it, when The Sem
ate chamber was crowded to
crushing with ladies. / never 60
on such squeezing occasions And
again when at was supposed yes
terday there were 300 ladies. be-
sides their beaus on the floor of
the Senate. Those days are gone
forever. AS far back as 1924,
Something of a sensation was
caused by entrance of a woman to
the floor, outside the bar, accom-
panied by two senators. 1t proved
to be Frau Schroeder. who. being
a member of the German Reich
stag, was entitled to the privilege
Of the floor" The gallery is the
place for women nowadays
3 Don't prepare any speeches
with the idea tina; you are going
TO deliver them on the floor and
sway any pending legislation
Sen Carter Glass In the q
years | have been a member Of
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-11
BITTER FIGHT ON
BRITAIN-AID BILL
MILITARY COMMITTEE HAS
DEMANDED JURIsDIc.
TON IN MATTER

WASHINGTON. Jan. l1.--Sen-
ate military affairs committee to-
day demanded jurisdiction over
the pending laid to Britain" In
the first move of what promises
to be bitter struggle on Capitol
Hill.
The bill was turned over to the
foreign affairs committee for
study, but members of the mill
tary committee have protested
that it should have come TO them
first.
Congressman of both parties.
meanwhile, prepared for the ex-
pected struggle over the bills
passage. Despite severe criticism
from isolationist members, ad-
ministration bakers are predicts
ing a quick passage for the meas
urc
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-11
Greek And British Forces
Keep On Heels Of Italians
(By Associated Press)

ATHENS, Jan. 11.-Greek and
British motorized units, fresh
from yesterdays conquest of stra-
tegic Klisura, swept on today on
the heels of a, repeatedly routed
Italian army.
Fascist forces were said to be
falling back in a disorganized re-
treat on Valona, about thirty
miles away, and British flyers
brought back reports of fresh VIC
tories for the pursuing Greeks.
Mountain troops, which storm
ed height after height to overcome
stubborn resistance at Klisura,
were said to be pushing rapidly
forward while Greek advance
units harried the retreating Italian
army.
The main body of the Greek
army apparently had slowed its
advance temporarily to reorganize
while British and Greek bombers
pushed on over the Valona sector
in an effort to soften the way for
another attack.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-11
CHILDREN'S
HOME SOCIETY
PLANS MEETING
MANY OF SPONSORS ARE IN
MONROE COUNTY: SESSION
TO BE HELD IN MIAMI ON
JANUARY II

The Southeastern Branch of the
Children's Home Society of Flor
ida serves Monroe, Dade and
Broward counties and is repre-
sented in Key West by a sponsor
ing committee of which Rev. John
Gekeler is chairman. Once a year
the members of this society meet
to elect directors and hear re-
ports of the work. This year the
meeting will be luncheon at the
Alcazar Hotel, Miami, on Friday,
January 18th at 1915 noon
A cordial invitation is extended
to Key West residents who are in
terested in child welfare. and il is
hoped that large representation
from Key West will be present
Reservations should be made with
the office of The Society, TIA Lang
ford Building, Miami. before Janu
airy 18th.
Marcus c. Fagg who has been
state superintendent of the Chill
dren's Home Society for the past
thirty years, will be present The
guest speaker will be George E.
Holt, Dade county member OF the
Florida legislature. who will dis
cuss the child welfare laws Of
Florida.
Officers of the Southeastern
Branch of the Children's Home
Society are: F. w. Borton. presi-
dent: Mrs. ]. D. Mckinney, vice
president; MRS. n O. Jones. vice
president: Carl T. Hoffman. vice
president: NJ. L. Mershon, vice
president: L. p. Ireland. vice
president; Mrs. Roy Morrison.
secretary. Grover c Earring,
treasurer. and Francis Miller.
counselor.
Monroe county sponsors are
Benjamin D. Trevor. DR. William
r. Warren. William " Little,
William W. Deneriit. Mrs
Stephen W Douglass. Rev John
GckeIer. Ernest A Ramsey Miss
Minnie Porter Harris. Charles T.
Smith. Allan II. Armstrong, VIII
lard NJ Atbury. Mrs. Howard
Wilson, Mrs. Grace B Phillips,
Mrs Everett b Winter, Mr. r. z
SpoitSwon.d. MISS Fiorence Z
Sawyer. Mrs. w. p AgrfSer Judge
Julsetie Russell. Joe pe4rlmsa and
III z Day.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-11
Two More Government
Vessels Arrive At Base
They Are OF Sub Chaser
Type; To Work Along
With Sound School Out
fit

Two patrol cruisers. sub chas-
er type of naval boat. arrived at
Key West naval station for as
signment to the sound school late
yesterday afternoon. it was an
nounced by Capt. Walter F. JAG
obs. U.S.N.. commandment at the
station.
They are the PC-450 and the
PC-451, the division under COM
mand of Lieut.. Joe Wood Boul-
ware, U.S.N., also commander of
the ASH. The $50 is commanded
by Liuet. Stuart
Four destroyers, three subma-
rines and the two patrol cruisers
are now assigned the sound
school. This school is one in
which naval seamen learn the
fundamentals of underwater sig
mailing and sound detection. There
are 100 men in the school at all
times, hut with ,ae teaching staff
and the crews of the boats assign
ed to il there are several hundred
men.
The two cruisers are carrying
~ men, So on the 45l and 20 on
the $50
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-11
COAST GUARD
BOAT LEAVES

Coast Guard Tender Birch left
today for the west coast To re-
place three valuable aids Of nsvi-
CATION which were destroyed re.
Gently. IL was announced by Lieut..
Commander Carl Hilton. In charge
Of the district. today.
Lights 20 be replaced are Gas
pariila Sound. Pass-a Grille South
channel and the entrance 10 An
clote anchorage. They were
blown down lately by the heavy
storm.
Birch is permanently assigned
20 the area bounded by Indian Key
river anchorage up 20 80 mikes
north Of Cedar keys. She IL COM
handed ~ Arthur III. Sheppard.
Jr.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-11
Germany Bitterly Opposed
To i. S. Aid To Britain
(By Associated Press)

BERLIN, Jan. 11.-German
newspapers today bitterly at
tackled President Roosevelt's "aid
to Britain" program, denouncing
plans for the refitting of British
ships as violation of the United
States own peace covenants of
1919.
While maintaining that any
plans for helping the British to
defend their empire must come too
late to be effective, the Nazi news
papers pointed out that under Ar
ticle ID of the peace covenant
warships of belligerent powers
are restrained from remaining in
neutral ports for more than "a
hours.
The German criticisms of new
help for Britain swelled chorus
of unfavorable comment from the
three members of the Axis and
friendly Russia.
Roman newspapers carried ban
ner headlines denouncing pro-
posed American help as un-neu-
trail and commented editorially
that public opinion in the United
States is not behind the President
on the aid bill.
Russian papers, meanwhile, ac-
cused politicians of Juggling with
international law" and demanded
to know why America felt able to
supply help for Britain while at
the same time accusing Russia of
serving as an ally of Germany be-
cause of proposed food and supply
coloc
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-11
BRITISH BRACE
UP OVER PLANS
FOR U.S.. Aid
USE OF AMERICAN SHIP
YARDS TO REFIT SHIPS
LOOKED UPON AS GREAT
HELP
(By Associated Press)

LONDON, Jan. 11.-War worn
British civilians were in high
spirits here today with publica-
ton of plans for new aid from the
United States and stories of fur
ther victories for their armies in
Albania and Africa.
Plans for the use of America
shipyards in the refitting of ships
of the Royal Navy were hailed as
great step in increasing the eff
ficiency of the Woodworking
fleet.
At the same time, reports from
Tobruk in Italian Libya told of a
steady tightening of the Gordon
around the besieged outpost.
British motorized forces were said
to have swept far to the west of
Tobruch, smashing new holes in
the Italian line of supplies.
British scouting forces around
Tobruch reported the capture of
an Italian general tentatively
identified as General Bergan-
zonni, dubbed Electric Whiskers"
by the Arabs and at one time COM
mander of Italian forces operating
in the Spanish civil war.
Soldiers who made the capture
said the general was walking on
the road from Bardia to- Tobruch.
British sources previously had de-
clared the general had deserted
his men at the time of Bardia's
fall and was heading for safety
farther back in Italian-occupied
territory.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-11
CALL FOR BIDS

The City of Key West. Florida
will receive sealed bids up TO and
including 400 P. NJ January l6,
l94l. for furnishing the City of
Key West with one Police Special
Motorcycle. Bids shall specify
amount that will be allowed the
City on the trade-in of an Indian.
Model ~, 1888 Police Motorcycle,
and time payments.
CHAS. r ROBERTS.
janli-it City Auditor
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-11
Raj CONTINUING
in THEIR RAIDS
CARRY ON OPERATIONS WITH
BLASTS OVER GERMAN.
HELD FRENCH AREA
NV Associated PrcssL

Z LONDON, Jan. 11-Royal Air
Force bombers. continuing their
raids over German-held France,
blasted today at the ports of Brest
and LeHavre, it was reported
here.
Flyers returning from the at
tacks along the French coast
claimed to have seen great fires
blazing in both cities after the
attacks, while hits were said to
have been made on a naval ship
anchored at LeHavre.
German official sources admit
ted the raids but said the enemy
planes had been driven off after
inflicting only slight damage.
They refused to comment on the
reported bombing of "a Ship
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-11
OLD UNITED STATES SENATE
ISN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE

) Feature Service Writer
one or the other branches of Con-
gress, / have never known
speech to change i vote
4. If it is your custom to toss
off an occasional highball, don't
expect to buy enc in the Capitol
corridors.
AS long as a hundred years ago
there was a rule against sale of
liquor in the Capitol. One observ-
er, however, visiting the Capitol
cafe, noticed that You go there
and ask for pale sherry and they
hand you gin; brown sherry and
it is brandy; madeira, whisky.
And as recently as Vice President
Curtis day, when he consented to
the planting of prohibition
agent in the Capitol, they caught
the congressional bootlegger"
with an embarrassing list of his
clients. But those days are gone.
5. If you're a chain smoker of
cigarets or cigars or can't clamp
your teeth together without a
pipestem between them, better
get yourself a new habit at once.
Not so very long ago, Sen.
Ben" Tillman, to whom tobacco
smoking was obnoxious, waged a
successful one-man battle to bar
smoking on the floor The only
concession was except during ex-
ecutive sessions. Cheer up,
though. Vice President Wallace
CONTINUED on Page Four
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-11
NOTICE TO ALL
BUSINESS PLACES

The City of Key West will not
honor or approve for payment any
bills rendered the city for mer-
chandise or services unless such
bills are properly covered by an
official City of Key West Pur-
chase Order. For your protection
demand purchase order.
CHAS. r. ROBERTS,
janli-lt City Auditor
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-11
CAR PLUNGEs INTO CANYON

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - Leaving
the highway on a dangerous curve,
an automobile ripped out forty
feet of guard rail, plunged 300
feet to a ledge ard then 900 feet to
the canyon floor. The four oe-
cupants of the car were killed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-11
MASONIC LODGE
MEETS TONIGHT

A special meeting of Dade
Lodge viii be held tonight, be
ginning at 1880 o'clock, for the
purpose of comforting the Mas
ter's Degree on two fellowcrafts.
one of whom is G.. N. Goshorn,
Jr., son of G. N GoShorn, district
deputy of the organization.
This is the second son that has
been raised as Mason by Mr..
GoShorn, of which fact he is ex-
eeedingly proud
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-11
COM. LOCKHART
GETS INJURED

Commander Eugene Lockhart
Of Battery T., 18th CA. at Fort
Taylor was reported today as
having received an injured knee
recently in a yolley ball game.
As result If this. Commander
Lockhart has been inactive in
conducting his duties Tie Is cx-
pectcd to be completely recover
ed within a short time.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-11
CALL FOR BIDS

The City Of Key West. Florida
viii receive sealed bids Up 10 ard
including 400 p NJ. February !.
1871. for furnishing the City OF
Key West with 500 feet 81 2iz
inch. double Jacket Fire Hose
tested 10 400 y pressure. hose
complete RGith rocker lug coup
lingS Bids shall specify down
payment and terms OF time pay
mentx.
CRAS- r. ROBERTS.
jsnil-is City Auditor.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-11
JOE PENNER,
RADIC-SCREEN
STAR, DEAD
mx AssneIatea pressl


PHILADELPHIA. Jan. IL.
Joe Penner. the 36.Year-
old radio and screen star who
put Wanna buy duck7" in
the national vocabulary. died
suddenly last night at a local
hotel.
Penner was starring in the
touring musical show. Yolkel
Boy. His wife. the former
Eleanor May vogt. found his
body when she returned 10
the hotel from a shopping
tour.
Death was said to have
come after a heart attack.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-11
(1c[llla|lHbO|nbCrS Hammer
Portsmouth Last NiQht
Nazi Air Fleet Reported
To Have Made Two Dr.
rect Hits On English Bat
tleship
tny AssocInsea rressI

tHy Associated Pressp
BERLIN. Jan. ll.--Waves of
German bombers. apparently in
retaliation for British air activity
over France yesterday. hammer
ed the port of Portsmouth last
night and this morning with an
attack comparable to the deva-
stating raid on Coventry last
month.
Sweening in over the channel
under the protection of forma-
lions of fighter planes, the Nazi
bombers smashed at Portsmouth
through the night md inf the
earlv morning.
british sources i'm Portsmouth
admitted the severity OF the raid,
but credited their own Raj
fighters and intense anti-aircraft
protection with saving the city
from damage rs extensive as that
of Coventry At least eight fires
were left burning in the city and
IFS envirnns,
Other Nazi boinoers. flying TO
the aid of Italian forces in the
Mediterranean, claimed two di-
rect hits on a British battleship
operating off North Africa.
Official sources here also claim
ed sinking of ar 8.000-ton British
freighter off the coast of Ireland
by another bomber.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-11
NEW: ESTIMATES
In CASUALTIES
(Dy Associated PrexsD

LONDON. Jan. ll.-Revis-
ed estimates of Italian casual
ties in the capture of Bardia
last week placed Fascist loss
es at $4,000 officers and men
either killed or captured. il
was revealed here today.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-11
WITNESSES
In INVESTIGATION

WASHINGTON. Jan. H.
Senator William Gillette.
Iowa Democrat who heads
the Senate committee inves-
tisating contributions in the
presidential campaiUn. has
ordered representatives of
the Rockefeller and of the
Pennsylvania Oil company to
appear before his group.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-11

Key West, Florida, has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only IA Fahrenheit