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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-28

Meanwhile, Mr.. Willkie has
reached Great Britain. where ne
expects % learn much at first
hand, with the probability that,
upon his return 20 this country.
b. will make a statement TO the
people
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-28
Barometer at 1890 a. m. today
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-01-28

A factor of considerable inn
portance, in connection with
legislative consideration OF the
measureT is tn almost unquai-
fled approval of Wendell Willkie,
Republican candidate for Presi-
dent in 1910, who suggests a time
limitation but is otherwise almost
about for aid to Britain short
of war. Mr.. WilIkie takes the
position that, if he had been elect
ed. he would have expected a
grant Of power to meet the cur
rent dangers and that. since the
people elected Mr.. Roosevelt. op-
position to such a grant should
not be based upon the individual
occupying the White House.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-19
Bad News. 1s41 and 1776

Well, 1t was bad news that Secretary Knox brought back from Hawaii. Bad. But the whole truth was not nearly as bad as the rumors which had been circulated. Our principal Pacific base, Pearl Harbor, is itself intact. We have already, in one week, eXacted a measure of retaliation. Our fleet Is still contending for the Pa cific in no unequal terms. We are nation of 133,000,000 united people. We have taken our blow, rocked with it,Sand are still punching. The saga of personal courage and discipline written at Pearl Harbor matches the best traditions of our Navy We are proud.
 There was bad news 165 years ago, too. Back through the bitter cold winter days and nights reeled the dwindling Conti- mental Army, It's hunger and cold height ened by the loss of 300 tents in surprise attack by the British at Fort Lee. Noth- ng succeeded. Everything went wrong. Even the great commander himself was discouraged. He wrote: T am wearied almost to death with the retrograde mo- tion of things and solemnly protest that pecuniary reward of twenty thousand pounds a year would not induce me to undergo what do. .. ."
 Only the bitter winter weather was holding back the enemy. Washington had at times fewer than a thousand ef- fective men, never more than 4,000 to hold back at least 5000 British At New ark their pursuit was so close that the British were entering one side of the town as Washington's ragged Conti- nentals were leaving the other. On De- cenber 17 Washington wrote to his brother Your imagination can scarce extend to 6 situation more distressing than mine. Our only dependence now is upon the speedy enlistment of new army. If this fails, think the game will be pretty well up. ..."
 Ills soldiers, the few that were left, were almost literally naked in the snow; few arms, little food, no supplies, the dis. heartened men melting away in the shadow of every night. And at night, af- ter the days march, Tom Paine sat writ ing, writing, by the light of watch-hres blown in the bitter wind: These are times that try mems souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country. .. Heaven knows how to put proper price upon It's goods; and 1t would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as Freedom should not be highly rated. ="
 tiny land, without resources, beset by highly trained and Well-equipped army, the best Europe knew. Nothing but fail- ure and retreat nothing, that IS, but Tom Paine's defiant pen, and Washing tons indomitable courage, and the dogged stubbornness of a couple of thousand plain, ordinary people who blew their frozen breath on their cracked and bloody fingers, and muttered, and went forward to win the Battle of Trenton. Tn so far as 1t serves to prevent repetition, let us find out why we lost today's Fort Lee at Hawaii But let us go forward to win today's Battle of Trenton, tomorrow's Yorktown,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-19
Home Ts Where?

For many years the status of federal government employees living In the DiS- trict of Columbia, but still claiming legal residences in the communities from which they migrated to the Capital has finally been ruled upon by the United States Supreme Court And even with this highest tribunals decision at hand we wonder if there won't be some down there in Washington who still will feel that they are homeless lot so far as voting franchises are concerned.
 However, for the record the Court has declared that persons are domiciled here (Washington) who live here and have no fixed and definite intent to return and make their homes where they were form- erly domicied. That should include a great portion of the federal employees at Washington, because with most of them their jobs are intended to be as perm anent as possible. However, there are others to whom Washington is merely a stop-over on some career of public life and doubtless they are the ones who may consider themselves not domiciled there.
 On the basis of the ruling, though, great many federal employees who have been in Washington for years may find themselves subject to taxes from which they have believed themselves hitherto exempt but for which they would be liable If they were still to claim that their legal residences were the places from which they migrated to the Capital Lawyers interested in the case claimed that as many as 20,C00 Washington resi- dents, all government employees, might find themselves subjected to taxation.
 The court ruling may also become a yard-stick for the various states in set ting up form of legal residence, Sub- ject which so often Is a bugapoo to all election officials and which has been in- terpreted in so many different ways that a great deal of confusion exists.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-19
Open.Handed Americans

Among the most notable trait of Amer jeans is their generosity. Seldom is 1t necessary to make more than one appeal for cause that they consider worthy. In times of stress their generosity is even more pronounced. Those of Us who recall the days of the last World War can vouch for this. Now we are plunged into another great conflict. It's almost unbelievable for great many people, but gradually the cruel, hard facts are being brought home.
 We have many duties, least of all being to support our current Red Cross war drive. Here in Waterbury the Red Cross must raise $85,000. It's the quota as- signed to the city in the current $50, ,000,- 900 campaign. True it was only short time ago that the annual Red Cross roll call was held and was successful in our midst. But never at any time during the year is the Red Cross in more need of funds than at the outset of war that looms as the worst in world history.
 Make your contribution to the Red Cross as soon as possible; make it as large as possible. If you have to make very heavy sacrifice to give to this drive, do SO by all means. It will come back to you in some form ar another and if you never are materially rewarded for your cooper atiOn, you will be spiritually uplifted by the fact that you are joining with every one of your fellow Americans in assuring prompt aid for those stricken on the bat fleflelds.
 Many. times appeals are made to us, but worded in such fashion that we are to understand that contribution is de- sired onlr is it does not entail any dis s0mfort Asaon the pSrt of the giver. This @ 6 different story war drives, like those Of the Red Cross, de.nand giving even when it deprives us of cherished things. 0lye even after 1t hurts.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-19

At this writing 1t looks as If Water bury's candidate for Congress in the spe- cial election of January 20 would be the winner tomorrow afternoon in Torring- ton, where district delegates will meet to select the man. While Waterbury has no intention of exercising any monopoly on the office in the Fifth District there are many reasons why candidate from this city should be selected, particularly at such time as the present one. We don't make better candidates here in Waterbury than elsewhere throughout the district, but there Is some advan- tages in presenting a Waterburian from the heart of the industrial Naugatuck Valley to represent us now in war-upset Congress. From Attorney John s. Mon. agan the voters of the district should expect the same high type of representa- ton they received from Judge J. Joseph Smith. We wouldn't say both are alike in temperament or actions, but both are certainly the same high type of men we want in Washington these days.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-19

Until the House, inflamed by John L. Lewis captive mine strike, passed this measure, Mur- ray had not been very active In promoting labor peace. In fact, he irately quit the National De- fense Mediation Board because it vetoed Lewis demands for 0 closed shop in the captive coal mines.
 But Roosevelt, anxious for maXi- mum national unity and opposed to tho principle of restrictive la- Dor laws, decided to give Mur- rays conference proposal chance. So at the Presidents private be. hest, the Senate Labor Commit. tee agreed to hold up action On the drastic Smith Dill until the conference had a chance to sec what 1t could produce.
 The President invited manage. ment, the AFL and CTO to pick their top men for the conference. The employers selected are among the outstanding leaders of indus try. The delegation name q by William Green consists of the ableBt and most influential chiefs Of the AFL. Like the employer defense industries covered by the AFL.
 But the delegation named by
 Murray Is another story. Not
 only is it dominated by John
 l.. Lewis, but it OmltS Q number
 of the ablest leaders in the
 CIO. Furthermore, it lacks rep. Fesentatlves from several key dc.
 fense industries.
 Of the six CIO confereeS named by Murray, five are strong Lewis supporters. The exception k Emil Rieve, independent head of the Textile Workers. Of the five Lew1sites, two are leftwingers who who were violently opposed to the defense and foreign policy pro. grams until Hitler invaded Rus- sia. One of them, Julius Ems- pax, is not even head of his union. He is merely secretary-treaSurer of the Electrical and Radio Work CTS.
 PREMEDTTATED OMISSION
 Carefully omitted by Murray from the delegation was John
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-19

of 1897. It contained such men as Admiral Leahy; Admiral Hep- burn, former commander of the U. 8. fleet; Admiral Yarnell, fore mor commander of the Aslatte fleet. For tho past five years the class of '07 has monopoliscd the command of the Asiatle fleet, Ad- mlral Hart'S wife is the daughter of Admiral Willard Bronson, ans other ex-eomAmnder of the Asi. atio squadron.
 Hart Is . very haFd-bOlled advocate of discipline, doesn't beliVe In kicking the Filipino brown brother around, and has tho tough Job of preventing the southern advance of the Japan. csc fleet tO Singapore with a U, s, fleet considerably smaller than the senemy's.
 ADMIRAL ANDERSON
 It would be unfair to infer that Admiral w. s. Anderson, Commander of the Battle Force, not the Scouting Fleet, was re. Sponsible for the Navy being taken by surprise at Hawai-, Admiral Anderson was one of several of. fieeFs holding high positions at Pearl Harbor. But President Roosevelt has ordered on inquiry to sec why the armed forces were not on the alert and until then 1t iS only fair to reserve judg- nent regarding oil officers,
 Admiral Anderson, Q native of Carllnvllle, Illinois, graduated from Annapolis in 1000 and has been in the Navy ever since. Tic was Naval Attache in London in i034-30, and was Q member Of the U. 8. delegation to. the London Naval Conference. Tn l032-33 he commanded the BRttleship West Virginia at which time his ship was given Q battieBhip efficiency pennAnt,
 Since January, lo4i, he has been in the Pacific in various import. ant capacitles, chiefly as com- mander of the Battle Force.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-19

They laughed few years ago when former Congressman Alfred N. Phillips, Jr., of Stamford was urging legislation to permit governments killing off the pois- onous snakes and animals in zoos in case of war. Well, that's just about what is being done today in many places, although the treatment isn't always quite so dras- tic. Over at Singapore famous wild animal zoo has been depopulated In quick order, authorities shooting all the ani- mals rather than take chances on their being liberated by exploding bombs. In New York elaborate precautions are being taken to safeguard ali the nenageries. London did the same thing year or so ago. So Congressman Phillips may have the last laugh after all.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-19

They are conscious that something above their own capacities and im- pulses is leading them every day to bewildering achievements.
 Ruskin has said, All great men not only know their business, but usually they know that they know 1t. They are not only right in their main opinions, but they usually know that they are right in them. Only, they do not think much of themselves on that account"
 It is possible for us to hold ct one and the same time firm opin- ions regarding the rightness of our position, great confidence that we shall triumph, and yet at the same time have that humility of spirit which God loves. All through the Bible we lind God humbIing his servants before He dispatches them on great missions. He can only. use men who are humble, because He can only use men who can learn. Proud men soon at the voice Of their fellows and disregard the voice Of God. The humble listen and give heed.
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-19

Green, ahlO president of the ship building workers. Green reps rOsentS Q key defense industry, but he Is independent, Is not tied to Lewis apron strings, Also omitted was Clint Golden, acting head Of the Steel Workers, an. other vital defense industry. 0ol- den also Is no Lewisite.
 There are other able cfo chiefs that Murray could - and should ---have named to the delegation. But if he had the delegation would have been independent and not under the thumb of John l.. Lewis, the man who In Novem. Der, iD40 announced to the world he would retire from leadership Of the CIO if Roosevelt was TO. elected.
 Two days before the confer.
 ence opened, Murray, n0mlnally
 chairman of the CI0 group, held
 . lengthy private pOwswOw with
 Lewis and plans and tactics.
 Apparently John |. is still the
 real leader.
 NOTE - Murray's naming of c LewiSite delegation had q lot to do with the Presidents choice Of Mediation Board Chairman William Davis as moderator of the conference. talking and tough, Davis has taken no gulf from Lewis and Is bitterly dis. liked by him.
 uNCENS0RED
 Finding out just what the army and navy consider military secrets is tough on the average neWs- man these days. For instance, army permitted It's Frankfort ar- senal to publish on article in the American MaehLDist on How to Machine 7B nm. Shells" 1t was written by the Chief fsns gineer Of the Artillery Anmuni- tion Division with full diagrams, and should give any enemy agent c pretty good idea on the type of U. g. artillery ainifiunitioa- all for the prize Of the maga. zine-3b cents Cuban Presls dent Batista was bitterly disap- pointed that Costa Riea beat Cuba in declaring war against Japan. U. S. AsIATIC COMMANDER
 One reason for the superb job by U. s. forces in defending the Philippines is the manner ia which Admiral Hart and General Macs Arthur have pulled together.
 The Army and Navy do not always make Q perfect team, and there is some question regarding teamwork at Pearl Harbor. How ever, Admiral Tommy" Hart has a long record for working things out with the Army, dating back to the days when he was superin- tcndent of the Naval Academy during the Hoover administration. At that time West Posn and Annapolis had engaged in Q long and bitter squabble over eligibility rules so that the Ar1ny-Nayy foot ball games were suspended. It was Hart who handled the Navy's negotiations in 1881 by which those games were resumed.
 Also he was . friend and shipmate of General AIacAr- thurs brother, the late Arthur MacArthur, on the battIesIaip Massachusetts during the Span- ish-Amerlcan War. So the two men have dovetaiied their work. The fleet is out on the pr0wI for Jap ships Instead of tak- ing punishment in CaviGe Har- bOr; and MaeAFthur's land and afr troops are concentrating on the defense of the Philippines. \ Hart was graduated from An lap0lis 18th in the unique class
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-19
Selected Poem
NIGHT

NIGHT
 (Albert W. St. Clair in the Poets Column,
 Hartford CouranD Night has burned his silver With rage he strikes the dew-waShed ground And swift in flight on the scented plains, He draws the nettles from his veins An field and wheat-land road and highway, On the stone and stubble, path and byway, Wildly his hoofbeats pound. The Arab-flyIng sand must fRce. His pain is fire and coal-red brass, And constant his glance; among the reeds quickly to find where coolnesS breeds; Mile on mile his quick hoves fall, Hard on the mallow's crimson shawls, Hard on the prairie grass. The valley heightened, then there 1t layI Wild grasses near 1t grew, and clear Were its sapphire pools-the green couch where On pallet cool he'd lay his care Oh, never again so green the fern As where the heart escapes the burn Of dark. pride-wasting fear.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-19

It may be that Connecticut will have to follow the example of Illinois and call it's Legislature into special session. The governor out there summoned the Legis- iature to consider special measures need- ed to protect the states defense indus tries and transportation system. As yet Governor Robert. A. Hurley hasn't lndi- cated any need Of calling our legislators may cause this in the near future.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-19
CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR UNCLE SAM

The idea of Christmas gift Uncle sam the old man who has done SO much has brought instantaneous reaction from E Pase 600 employees Of popular d gou company contributed days salary From MIn mo- ne police are sending salary In the Philadelphia area three shifts employees of the AGA Aviation Corporation will give one days pay the It's profits for that day to Uncle sam Send your contribution to nclc sam U B. Treasury WAsh InRon D. O." or important are defense worker seS you foreman and your fellow workers about working h0 lday Working on extra day defense plant will do than almost anything supply b0mbers set tho Rising Sum-
 PEARSON AND ALLEN.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-19

Tuesday and Wednesday were tough days for the elks of New Hampshire. The antlered variety Spelled with lower case "e") were the object of several hundred hunters, New Hampshire having declared a 2-day elk hunting season. Thirty-six elk were shot the first day. No other state east of Montana has an open season on elk.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-19
DISCOVERS AGE

Salt Lake City, (uP)-A. |. Yates veteran Salt Lake City school teacher, retired from his profession because one of his former pupils introduced him to her granddaugh- ter and he decided that age was creeping up. He said he had not considered retirement until then. He had trained more than li,000 students during his teaching ca- reer.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-19
Daily Almanac
ls 6:15 D. m.

Moon sets 6:15 p. m.
 Sun rises 7:12 a. Tn.; sets 4:26 ?. m.
 All vehicles must be lighted thirty min- uteg after sunset December is treating Us lightly, but the worst may be yet to come. Winter is very much in OUT midst, but it's mild winter, one to date, Of but one brief snow furry. It may mean January and February packed with ice and snow
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-19
Current Comment

Advise my friends in Panama to be guided by peaceful motives and to avoid any shedding of blood. -Arnulfo Arias, deposed president Of Panama, after exile to Nicar-
 agua.
 I am for what Hitler did and I am not squeamish about the meth ods he employed, Robert Noble, Weet Coast organ- izer for Friends of Progress.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-19

ton or Wnat ne can do and say to the sum total of W hat is being done and said in the world.
 Truly great men do not consider that, greatness Is in them, but that an unseen power is working in q great fashion f pntt0 0h them
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-19
. NATIONAL
 SPOTLIGHT
You Can
 Believe U.S.War Cornnuniques
BY PETER EDISON Waterbury Democrat Washington COrrean0mdent

Washington, Dec. i9.-The process behind the writing of ofKicial U. s. war communlqueS Is fairly simple. Daily code reports come Into Wash- ington Army and Navy headquar. ters from commanders In the Philippines, Hawai-, and 60 Ton, Sometimes two or three reports may be received during any given 24 hours. Whenever they think they have something important to fell.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-19

NNHN MMNBNhgsant A0AhA w ~s~N"~ R~NW~ for the answers.
 1. Name the heroine in Through tho LookIng-d Glass"
 g. Docs the COW (female) moose have antlers2
 3, Which one of the Great Lakes is wholly within the United StateeS
 {. Name the first child born in New England of English parents.
 B. Indo-China is part of the Chis aese Republic; true or false9
 G. What is the annual salary ot the president of the United statesS
 2. What relation Is Eva Le Gal. llenne to Richard To dalliannep 8. Julius Caesar, Hannibal, or Alexander the Great cut the "0or- dian knot"?
 Q, The newly appointed Q. g. Lend-Lease administrator is Ed- ward R. stettiniuS, John l.. Lewis or Jesse Jones2 10. Name the ship on which Rresi- dent Wilson travelled to tho Peace Conference of World War !.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-19

these official re- ports are boiled down by the public relations departments of the servtee es, checked with the intelligence @c- tons of the gen.
 eral stan to make certain no
 military secrets are given away, and then put into the form of the terse bul- letins given to
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-19

A, Soldiers holding tho rank oi sergeant, who have completed elgh or more years service in the Army. may be granted permission to mar ", in worthy cases, Tn grades Rbov that of sergeant, such aS maSte( technical and staff sergeant, per mission Is not required,
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-12-19

was unofticially credited with down. ing 70 enemy planes.
 c, Please quote the modern ver- sion of the hild's prayer "Now lay me down to sleep"
 A, A popular one is;
 "Now lay mo down to sleep, I pray Thee, Lord, my soul to keeps When in the morning light I wake, Lead Thou my feet, that I may take The path of love for Thy dear sake"
 c. Did Chief Justice Fancy ad- minister the oath Of office to nine presldentss If ho did, please name them,
 A, Fancy administered the oath to seven Presidents; Martin Van Bus ren, William Henry Harrison, James K, Polk, Zachary Taylor, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan and Abra- ham Lincoln (oncO). Two Viee Presidents succeeded to the office or President while Fancy was Chic. Justice, John Tyler and Willard Fillmore, but Judge Cranch admin istered the oath to both of them.
 e, To whom should I write to get information about the purchase of clothing by the Office Of Produc' ton Management
 A, Write to John Moutoux, pl- rector of Information, Purchase Division, oPM, Social Security blog" Washington, D. O.
 c, Besides iron, which of the chemical clements are attracted by the common magnet or loadstoneS
 A. Nickel and cobalt.
 @, Name five of the largest CIo unions in the United States,
 A, United Mine Workers of Amer: lea: United Automobile, Aircraft and Horticultural Implement Workers os America: Steel Workers Organising Committee; AmAlgamated Clothing Workers of America; United Flee. trleAl, Radio & Machine Workers oS America are among the largest
 c. Is Prank Fay, who broadcasA on Thursday evening, . former vaudeville star9
 A. Yes, and he has also appeared in tho movies and as master of cere- monies in motion picture theaters,
 EDITORS NOTE, If you are deslrlous Of securing thls weeks WRITER'S PACKET" address r. M. Kirby, Dept B.lOO, Water. bury Democrat, Service Bureau.
 1913 Thirteenth s., Washington, O., with iB cents Co cover postage.