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fork over a considerable sum of money This gentleman's firm was employed by the Army in drawing plans for one of its largest Mid- west plants.
 (Note: In the last few days this expert resigned because of poor health."o
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SUN BEAT5 DOWN:
 SCHOOL DISMISSED

As ten weeks examinations be- came completed and bright sum- shine flooded Juneau, the High School was dismissed one hour early today, with students not being required to attend their last period classes.
 Juneau schools Superintendent A B. Phillips dismissed the classes early so that students could enjoy the afternoon.
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WRONG R.R. GEOGRAPHY

One o fthe Presidents brides is his knowledge of geography, but he is due for criticism on the geo graphic composition of the three
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-04

failure to name Southerner. If the President has any idea of get ting early confirmation of tn c board he has another think con- ing.
 Copyright l941, by United Fea- ture Syndicate, Inc)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-04

Winston Churchill himself built the brick wall which surrounds his home, Chartwell, in Kent.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-04

The two Americas have .3,975, ,421 miles of highways, Europe 35O1,- 784 and Asia 1,185,471.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-04-04

The great fortress city of Singa- pore was little more than a fish, ing village a century ago.
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and Britain; many would welcome a German victory.
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Washington Merry
 Go-Round

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Try a classified ad in The Empire
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by having made a safe invest
ment.
Miss Mary Trevor. school n
brarian. spoke on Going Forward
With Books" She made her audi
enee realize that reading was the
basis of all Iearning-that it was
not an end-but a means to an
end Since this is National Book
Week, she called the attention of
the association, to the new books
that had been purchased for the
library. The PIT. A was thanked
for their donation of the book,
Call II Courage" recent adj
ditiOn TO the library
Mr.. Gore announced the for
nation of music club among the
parents. First meeting to be held,
one week from Thursday, at the
school. 7:S0 p. m All parents in
terested in the development of
music were urged to communicate
with Mr.. Gore.
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Z[~.N[%[[%
MAN ENTERS SUIT TO
HAVE TAXES RAISED:
STRANGE, BUT TRUE

SUN CITY. Nov. (FNSl.
u. T. Flemning If this
community in south Hills
borough county may not
have bitten a dog. but he Is
news" all the same. In
fact. even the hardest boiled
managing editor would have
to admit that Flenr1inz has
gone the proverbizl dog-hit-
er one better.
Flemaing wants his taxes
raised!
He not only wants them
raised but he is actually
suing county officials TO
force them to raise the as
seSsment On his property.
Il viii be hard for even
Ripley TO believe that. but il
is true. Flemming wants the
assessments raised so the
school district taxes will be
increased. and he complains
that the tax assessor has
valued his realty 50 per cent
below his own sworn state
ment. improvements Is per
cent less. personal property
80 l-3 per cent less.
Neighbors heckled and
liked 70 mob him with the
result that he had fourteen
Of them placed under peace
bonds.
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:: SOCIETY ::
Junior-Senior High School
PIT, A. Met Tuesday Night
by MRS. J. n. coLcArE)

The regular meeting of the
PIT. A of the Junior-Senior High
School was held in the High
School auditorium on Tuesday
evening. The mixed Glee Club.
of the school, sang three selections
under the direction of Mr.. Gore.
the music director. Their last
number was. ANY Bonds To-
day which introduced the De-
Tense program.
Mrs A NJ Morgan. Defense
chairman of the Women's Divi-
sion, had charge of the Defense
program She called the atten-
ton Of the association, to the
various bonds that can be pur-
chased, and paid for, on the in
stallment plan. BY so purchasing
bonds-we not only help our gov
eminent in the financing of its
DefeEse program-but we also
help ourselves to become thrifty
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-05
BEAUTY EXPERTS
MEET I'm TAMPA

TAMPA, Nov. 5 GNS).-
Beauty experts from every sec
ton Of Florida gathered in
Tampa this week for their an
nual convention of the Florida
Beauticians Association.
National authorities on the art
of getting in peoples hair" gave
lectures and demonstrations of
Eair styling and facial makeup.
Among the notables conducting
the demonstrations were Lee
Harris of Hollywood, Cal, expert
in makeup; John Mueller of
Chicago. and Bernard Linden of
New York. hair StyliSts.
The convention was well at
tended and the public flocked to
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FORECAST

Key West and Vicinity: Con
siderable cloudineSS tonight;
Thursday partly cloudy: moder-
ate southerly winds
Florida: Mostly cloudy. pos
sibly showers In southeast por-
ton tonight; Thursday partly
cloudy. cooler northwest pOr-
ton
jacksonville to Florida Straits
and East Gulf: Moderate 10 Oc-
casionally fresh winds. sOutherIy
over south and central and Va
riable over extreme north. be
coming northwesterly over north
portion Thursday; mostly cloudy
weather. occasional rain over
north and central portions to
night, Thursday partly cloudy
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each membership goes to the Ma
tiOnal Headquarters The same
applies to the special gifts. re-
gardless of the amount. The re-
mainder of the gift IS used for
the local Red Cross chapter.
Mr.. Taylor also stated that all
good American citizens would
gladly make sacrifices if neces-
sary to support the American
Red Cross in these perilous times
when our National Defense pro-
gram, as well as humanitarian
services. need our support.
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ARMISTICE DAY
SERVICE SUNDAY

A special Armisuce Day serv-
ice Is now being planned and VIII
be given in the First Methodist
tStone) Church on next Sunday
evening beginning al 7:30 O'Clock.
Officers of the Army. Navy.
Coast Guard and Marine Corps To-
gether with then enlisted person
mel American Legion, Spanish
War Veterans, Veterans Of For
eign Wars, Home Defense Guards.
and Boy Scout organizations have
been invited 20 come as special
guests.
The message Of the evening viii
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Jewel Fine Weds
Warren Carr

Miss Jewel Fine. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. R. R Fine of IL
Nassau Lane and Warren H
Carr. son Of Mrs r. w. Carr, of
Washington, D. C., were married
Saturday evening at the First
Baptist church. with Rev. Ted
NJ Jones officiating at the cere-
mony.
The newlyweds viii make
their home in Fort Pierce. Mr..
Carr is attached to the United
States Coast Guard Cutter Vigi-
LIANT.
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Jack c. MAYO. 81, and Eleanor
v. Partlow. 80, both of Key West,
were married yesterday BY Coun-
ty Judge Raymond R Lord
Judge Lord also united Ralph
j. Fitch, Jr., %, u. S. Navy. and
Mary Herrera, 81. Key West
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-05
United Daughters
Meet Tomorrow

United Daughters Of the Con-
federacy viii meet tomorrow
afternoon at 4 O'Clock at the
home of Mrs. George Archer.
1425 Newton street
All members are asked 70 be
present and visitors are cordial
ly invited.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-05

For the first time IN her history
China has begun the manufac-
ture Of telescopes They will be
produced by the Academic Sin
ica's Physics Department The
first order IS for 100 for the
Chinese Ministry OF Education
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-05

be delivered By the Eev Base
Craft, Chaplain. Lnllec >ea-es
Nav. statIoned 81 tne lu1al navy
yau1 and serving lhe cu-ne en-
listed personnel 1i a- arms
forces az tBls porL
The general puhlc are -lseazsa
invited % attend mus -1ulgsg all1
appropriate service
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BOTH PAY FEE TO WE'D

ROANOKE. Va--Court Clerk
R J. Watson Of this city reports a
truly $3.50 marriage. The bride
groom paid 81 Of the 81 fee. and
the young woman added 200 pen
MES as her share.
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IL RATTLEs IN STOVE

PARAMOUNT. N. C.-Willie
Taylor found a nest Of rattle
snakes under an old stove. He
succeeded IN killing five, but
seven of the biggest ones got
away.
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BABY STRANGLES IN BED

OPELIKA, Ala.-When her
head became wedged between
the mattress and footboard of her
bed. Sarah Ann. 6-month-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis
Sargent died of Strangulation.
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pectx for spe-
cial gifts Mr..
Taylor. speak
ing of the
work Of the
American Red
Cross, says We
should remem-
Der that only
so cents of
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Are you considering joining military service?
WHY NOT CHOOSE the NAVAL RESERVE!

Don't wait Choose the Naval Reserve
EOIU. The Secretary Of the Navy has
announced: "An men now existing In
the Naval Reserve vii be retained On
active Navy duty throughout the per-
VII be released 70 inactive duty IS
soon after the emergency a. thar serv-
ICES can be spared, regardless Of the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-05

U. S foreign trade was larger
the first half OF 1871 than for the
same period IN 1881: exports
were 50 per cent greater and
imports 42 per cent.
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T1%ZZZ&IWMaw,

The Department of the Interior
has issued a new handbook of
the law as It pertains to the
rights privileges. protection and
responsibilities of the American
Indian
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length Of time remaining N their en-
hstment-"
Remenber-tbe regular Navy and
Naval Reserve offer you the same
travel, training, promotions pay m
creass- Physical requirements IA the
out al about the Naval Reserve. Send
IN the coupon n0wi
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Eczema, Rash,
letter Itching

Use clean non-greaSy Insperlal Lotion
N0uey back X first bottle fails to sat
iSfy n the relief Of externally caused
itching Of Ecxeua- Rash. Tetter. Sea-
hes. Eingwurm. Toe Itch. SiEply re-
peat Tnperlai LotiCn as needed while
nature helps hazl.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-05
KEEPS THEM GUESSING

TAMPA draft regiStrant IN
this city has faithfully notified
his local board each of the four
times ne has moved since March
but has failed to tell MS location
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RED CROSS NOTES
BY MRS. HUGH WILLIAMS

Charles s. Taylor chairman of
Red Cross Roll Calls Special
Gifts Committee, and his CO
workers are reported doing an
Job Of confactSsar nruS-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-05

lS72-Te test the legality Of
woman suffrage, under he l4th
Amendment, Susan B. Anthony
votes at Rochester, n. Y.-is ar
rested, tried and fined, but new
er paid the fine.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-05

Effective SunaaF NuEHm1zE
9th. Nonzoe Meat NGAxEst sTa4l M
longer be open for buzzusss 81 rsar
day.
paul LUNELET
novS-sf Pr1Fzlst1--
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1895-George B. Seldom. pat
ents his 3-cylinder or road en-
gine-finished in 1873, but kept
delaying patent looking for some
one to finance it.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-05

I934-Election eve riot, near
Hazleton, Pa, five lives lost and
many hurt
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l940-Franklin d. Roosevelt
elected to a third term-hrsf
such IL history.
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178l-JOhn Hanson Of Md.
elected President Of the Congress
of the COnfederatiOn-and, by
some, therefore held the first
American President.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-05

l9ll-Calbraith P. Rodgers
breaks all world records flying
croSS-countFy in 80 days-actual
time in air little over 80 hours.
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l782-The America, first
line-of-battleship, launched, at
Portsmouth, N. H
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@Lun SIM Mt chm u1saus
blitzkrieg m Chine lCal-1n-
csc.
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Alaska's flag IS eight gold stars
on a field of blue.
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19l8-Germans talk truce
while Allied armies sweep on to
Germany.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-11-05

1T33-John Peter Zenger Of
New York starts his historic
New York Weekly Journal
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see the special free demonStra
tons.
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Today In History

1305-Historic Guy Fawkes
gunpOwder plot-annuaIly OBJ
served IN England
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Its great life N the Navy Red hl80iza. -
sports ashore or an0at- bozzzsg Sgras1lzz.s -
baseball football Frse moves AID vsz-aes -
shore leaves at home and IN szch en1sraaEr -
as Hawai-, Alaska. Latin Anezza. ~ Souzh - -
Workplaces most oziy Rad aEuuz
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Highest last "a hours ---84
Lowest last night ------------------73
Mean ---------------
Normal
Precipitation
Rainfall. a hours ending
7:30 a. m, inches - 0.81
Total rainfall since Nov. l.
inches ------- O.84
Excess since November l,
inches O.28
Total rainfall since Jan. !,
inches AIT
Excess since January l,
inches 6.96
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TODAY. the Navy offers you the chance Of lifetime
l. TO get TO the top IN job of your choosing. What's
your hobby? Radio flying mechanics The Navy can
make you expert In your field through free training
worth $500 year or more training that pays bug
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You don't need money. You don't need experience
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life your skilled Navy training makes easy TO land
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THE WEATHER

Observation taken at 7:30 a. M,
18th Mer. Time (city office
Temperatures
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Wind Direction and Velocity
Sill miles per hour
Relative Humidity
S3es
Barometer AT 7:3o a. m. today
Sea level, 29.91 QO12-9 millbars)
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nOvsst
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-10
Panama TO Revoke
Ship Arms Ban

PANAMA CITY. Oct. 10. up
President Ricardo Ado!to de La
Guardia predicted today that his
new government soon would repea.
the ban on arming foreign-owneC
ships Of Panamanlan registry.
The president said that the cab
met would meet shortly to discuss
revocation o. the ban, and tina. il
probably would be lifted soon.
The ban was announced Monday
by the cabinet III the last meeting
before President Arnulfo Aria'S de-
parted from Panama by airplanc
and the new regime took over in i
coup d'Ctat.
De La Guardia told the United
Press that his government will bc
motivated by "Strictest friendship
and the most complete coopcratloE
with the United States"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-10
80 Per Cent Unfit
For Draft So FDR
Proposes Salvage
Government Will Pay
Cost of Treatment for
100000 Now Rejected

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.
(UP) - President Roosevelt
today criticized the nation
for permitting conditions
which have left so per cent
Of its youth unfit mentally or physi-
callv for army service, and inaugur-
ated a program to salvage 100000
of the 100000 youths who have
been rejected.
Under the salvage program, the
federal government will pay medical
costs for treatment by local phySl-
clans of approximately 100000 regis
tYants whom local draft boards GER
tify as susceptible TO rehabilitation
for army service.
The army expects to accept viz
tually all of these 10000 after they
undergo treatment by family phySl-
clans or dentists at federal expense,
Mr.. Roosevelt said
Describing the salvage program
as only the initial objective MI
Roosevelt said that existence OF
conditions which permit so high a
ratio of rejections is an indictment
Of America.
He said he would launch a long
range program calling for coopera-
ton OF states, counties. cities, town.
ships and individuals to remedy the
conditions which are the underlY-
ing cause of the bad situation.
Mr.. Roosevelt was asked by what
authority rcgiStrantS could be COM
PEELED to undergo medical or dental
treatment to prepare themselves
physically for military service. He
replied that when a regiStrant APP
pears before an examining board he
is under the jurisdiction of thai
board and can be directed to under
Continued on Page 8: Col. .
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-10

10 approximately So,0UO ,OUU,OOU III
1912.
That decrease, OPM reserch and
statistical experts said. would be
accounted for largely by cessation
of new public works and commercial
construction projects. Under pres
sure of priorities and allOcatlons,
materials for such projects will be
diverted to defense uses.
Facing what they termed a SER
ious shortage in such critical mate
rials as steel, copper. brass, bronze
and aluminium. OPM officials said
they would be hard boiled" in
passing on applications for priorities
on these metals for any project
which is not directly necessary for
defense or for the health and safety
OF TIE people.
The estimate of construction for
l94l indicated that defense conStruc-
tlon will account for approximately
A per cent OF all building whereas
in 1912 the proportion of defense
Continued on Page 8. Col. )
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-10
Britain Supplying
Reds Materials on
Lend Lease Basis
w ere Behind Russia
Says Spokesman; How
Far Behind?' Jibe

LONDON, Oct. 10. (UP)-
Great Britain is supplying
the Soviet Union with war
materials on Il lend-lease
basis = without asking pay
ment--in unlimited quantities. LORD
BeaverbrCok, minister of supply. said
today
BeayerbroOk disclosed that before
the British American mission con-
ferred in Moscow on supplies for
the Red army. Prime Minister Win
StOn Churchill decided that Britain
would send arms and munitions 10
Russia without asking payment.
The minister of supply made his
statement following a declaration
by w. Averell Hartman, the chief
of the American mission, that he is
convinced Russia will fight TO the
last with faith in ultimate victofy
because Britain and the United
States stand behind the Soviet bat
Continued on Page 8; Col. 81
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-10

about the same time the British
officials did
william CT. Friedman. who work.
ed as a countereSpiOnage agent, said
he heard Erich Strunck, steward
aboard the S. S. Siboney, tell of the
work a man named Duarte was do
ing for Germany in Lisbon. Duarte
has been identified as Herbert Dob
ler named as q consDirator but not
a defendant in the indictment.
Strunck, one of the men on trial,
told William G.. Sebold, another
counterespianage agent, in a con-
versatiCn overheard by Friedman
last March %, the witness said, that
Duarte had agents working in the
British embassy. One of the agents,
it was said, was an Englishman who
carried mail pouches from the en-
baSSE to London.
"Strunck said Duarte had in
Structed this man to bring him all
mail pouches going from the Brit
ish embassy in Lisbon or coming to
the embassy Friedman testified
80 that Duarte could photograph
the contents.
The photographs" Strunck said,
would be sent by Duarte to Ger
many by plane, so they would re-
ceiVe them about the same time the
British officials did"
Imperial Valley press., 1941-10-10
Man Becomes Woman i'm
Strange Physical Shift

los ANGELES, Oct. 10. up,
Edward Price Richards. who once
shaved twice daily and married 4
young woman architect a year ago.
began life anew today as Barbara
Ann Richards. smooth skinned
Sott-Spoken person with none of
the characteristics of the crStwhilp
Richards.
Miss Richards. % y ear old
blonde interior decorator, was grant
ed LEGAL approval to become Bar
bara Ann instead Of Edward Price
because Superior judge Emmett II
II. Wilson was satisfied that her
transformation from man to a
woman was genuine and Perm&-
nent.
Judge Wilson denied her odd re-
quest about a month ago for lack
OF satisfactory medical report up
on her status. but Miss Richards
returned yesterday wearing Scotch