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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-10-13
:: SOCIETY ::


Mrs. Joseph Lopez, president
OF the Junior Woman's Club. an
nounces that the new club year
viii be opened with a meeting
tomorrow afternoon, beginning
at ; o'clock, at the new home Of
the Woman's Club in the Hell
lings' building on Duval street. g
MRS. Lopez will officiate at the
meeting at which time the new
ly-elected officers will be pre-
Sented.
Mrs. Albert J. Mills, sponsor
OF the club, will give a talk on
the clubs work for the new year
All members are requested to
be in attendance, while visiting
members, and others, are ex-
tended an invitation to attend.
This will be the first meeting
OF the junior organization in the
new headquarters, and Mrs. Lo-
PEE, the presiding officer, ex-
poets a full attendance of the
membership, and states that
many matters of interest to the
club will be taken up at the pro-
posed session, promising a very
pleasant afternoons entertain
ment for the many who are con-
templating attending.
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THE ANSWERS
l. About 140.0O0.000

l. About 100000.
2. Through ViadIvostok- Nh
mansk and Iran
3. The Orthodox Greek churcr
headed by the Gar L was state
supported and influenced poll
tics and education
4. IdleneSs caused when Z
non-defense industry has to snlr
down because Of a shortage 81
materials, needed for defense
industries.
5. A spanish Fascist grour
said to be spreading antI-Auerl
can propaganda ID La.in-Amer-
lea.
8. 100000 units were solo II
the first niie months Of 1871 but
production has been curtailec Or
conserve raw materials for de-
tense.
7. No.
8. It is above the 1929 level
9. Is miles, 385 yards.
10 None.
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Dance Yesterday
AT Cuban Club

Local musicians, who staged a
successful Columbus Day dance at
the Cuban club yesterday after
noon in spite of the rain, will con-
tinue. to hold dances there each
Sunday, Jack Crawley, Cabana
club musician, said today.
Crawley said the dances will
be for the benefit of the must
clans union, and music will be
provided by five bands, with a
rumba contest featuring the pro-
gram.
Band leaders taking part are
Crawley, BarroSo, Pritchard,
Mark Stanley and Archie Thomp-
son.
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WOULD HAVE ALL
CRIMINALS REGISTER


Editor, The Citizen:
More than a month ago city
council discussed, and appar-
emily quickly forgot, an ordin-
ance requiring registration of
persons with criminal records
upon their arrival in Key West.
The ordinance was approved,
among others, by Capt. Russell
S. Crenshaw, of the navy; Col
g. ID. Hatfield, of the marine
corps; Sheriff Berlin Sawyer and
Capt H. S. Seneff, of the road
patrol
Inasmuch as the ordinance is
of vital importance to this city,
should like to recommend to
city council and to the public
that the question be brought up
again, discussed and made law.
In my capacity as business
agent of the carpenters union,
passage of the ordinance is of
paramount Importance to me, and
through me, to the navy and ma
tional defense. It's advantage to
Key West is obvious.
Under the terms of the propos-
ed ordinance, any man having a
criminal record Ia record of fell
ony conviction) would be requir-
ed to register with the police sta
ition within "a hours of his ar
rival in the city. He would be
finger-printed and the Federal
Bureau of Investigation at Wash
ington would send his complete
record to the local law enforce
ment agencies.
AS union business agent, I am
expected by the navy to know
the men / send to work on de-
Tense projects, and it is assumed
that ! will not send there men
whose conviction on felony
charges has entailed their loss of
citizenship. Obviously, with
workmen pouring into Key West
and with the contractors con-
stantly pressing my union for
more men, / cannot know all of
the carpenters, and it is impos-
sible for me to tell with any ac-
curacy whether they are or have
been criminals.
With the winter season APP
preaching and construction here
mounting, it is time, to consider
and pass the ordinance. / feel
sure the people of Key West and
the councilmen viii agree with
me. 5Hl,. =
CLARENCE HIGGS,
Carpenters Union Busin e s s
Agent.
Key West, Fla,
Oct. Is, 1871.
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TOO LATE TO
CLASSIFY
BY RUSSELL KAY

luck he changed his artists ca
reer to the dual one of artist
and author. They have provided
him with much of the material
in his books, ''Vagabond'S
House, Hula Moons, Stow
always In Paradise, 'Drifter's
Gold. and he is their poet
laureate.
In his delightful opening verse,
Heart of the Land. Don ad-
moniShes the reader as follows:
If you would learn this song of
the land
You must look and listen and
. understand.
You must learn the seasons
subtle change,
You must drive the roads and
roam the range
From the northern pines to the
southern keys,
You must know the swamps
and their mysteries,
You must know the language
and hOmely phrase
OF the country people and
country ways.
You must know their dishes.
and like their taste.
You must take your time and
chuck your haste.
You must know the people
who live and toll.
You must root your heart in
this tropic soil
From the roots of your heart
the song will grow
Until its every note you know.
Florida IS deeply indebted tc
Don Blanding for this one vol
ume will do more for Florida
than a score of gaudy chamber
of commerce booklets or a thou.
sand poses of bathing beauties II
rotogravure sections.
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Tomorrow's Tides
FORECAST

Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy tonight and Tuesday,
with some likelihood of showers;
fresh easterly winds, rather
strong at times off shore.
Florida; Fair to partly cloudy
tonight and Tuesday; possibly
light showers in extreme south
east portion and along the keys.
Jacksonville to Florida Straits
and East Gulf: Moderate easterly
winds over north portion and
fresh eaSterly winds over south
portion, rather strong at times
in Florida Straits; generally fair
weather tonight and Tuesday,
except scattered showers In
Florida Straits.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-10-13
DENVER GUARDING
AGAINST SABOTAGE

DENVER, Oct. l3.-It's law
now that all new homes con-
structed in Denver must have
chimneys. In recent years many
homes have been built without
chlmneys because the owners
planned to heat with gas. But the
city council decided it is possible
that saboteurs might cut the gas
lines from Texas and thus homes
without chimneyS would be un-
able TO install coal heating plants.
Untold suffering might result, the
council said in passing the ordi-
nance.
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Harris School PIT. A.
Holds Meeting

The Harris School PIT. A. held
its regular monthly meeting We'd
nesday, Oct. 8, in the auditorium.
A large crowd attended the meet
ing. The program consisted of
songs sung by the members and a
Columbus Day quiz.
The winners of the quiz, Felix
Davis and Fay Bervaldi were
each presented with a pie as re-
ward.
1t was announced that the Hal
lowe'en Festival was to be held on
the Harris School grounds.
A social hour followed the reg
ular business, and was much en-
joyed byall.
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Pr. A. Plans For +.
Hallowe' en- Festival

The PIT A. is making arrange
ments for Halloween Festival
to be held on the grounds of the
Harris School on October 20, be-
ginning at A o'clck in the after
noon. ~
Prizes will be offered for the
best costumes, while many other
activities will make up the after
moons program.
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USE OF DRIED BLOOD
PLASMA VERY HELPFUL

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the armed services, Captain Step
henson outlined the following
steps:
/. II was first necessary to
build up a large blood bank.
At first this was done by get
ting fluid banks of each of the
types of blood in the Interna-
tional Blood Grouping. These
banks were preserved under
controlled temperature condi-
tions-and were effective for
a period of at least IL days.
2 1t was then found that if
the blood was not used within
the 12-day period the liquid
portion of the blood (plasma)
could be siphoned off and pool
ed into one large pool Smaller
bottles filled from this pool
could be used without regard
for blood types as the isoagglu-
tines present in the blood are
neutralized by pooling.
3. Later it was discovered
that if the plasma was frozen
at a temperature below zero
Fahrenheit and dried from the
frozen state by means of a
high vacuum it could be stored
for as long as nine years.
4. Drying of the blood plas-
ma from complicated expert
ments in separating the cellu-
lar elements CT blood under
centrifugal force and the de-
sire to solve the problem of
reducing the bulk of material
to be handled in shipment and
under field or emergency con-
ditions.
The results have been mos
satisfactory, Captain Stephen
son pointed out. Dried plasma i
now produced by the biological
laboratories, packaged with tn,
proper amount of distilled wa
ter to restore the essentia
fluidity and in its present form
is available for immediate us
under any possible condition o
operation, either in hospitals 0
in the midst of the turmoil o
battle or a bombing raid on
crowded city.
Il studied precise clinical re
ports in England and found tina
the technique is not only success
full beyond expectations, but tina
it can be carried out under con
ditions of stress and strain on tn
part of the medical staff whicl
would at first appear impossible
Captain Stephenson said.
"The work has been removes
from the experimental stage b,
being thoroughly demonstrate,
under most adverse conditions
This has been proved conclusive
ly by the British.
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It's Lucky That Fossil
Wasn't BrOntosaurus
CBy Associated PresS)

RAPID CITY. S. D., Oct. 10
Roy Roberts, quarry engineer for
the state cement plant. presented
Glen JepSen, Princeton univer-
Sity paleontologiSt, with a fossil
fish and invited him to look at
another on a piece of Minnekahta
limestone he had built into the
foundation of his home. That, :"
said Jepsen, is the other half of
the fossil you gave me, and I'd
like to have it." Roberts chiseled
out the chunk of limestone and
substituted one of less value to
science.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-10-13
PEOPLES FORUM

The Citizen welcomes express
miOns Of the views of its read
ers, but the editor reserves the
right TO delete amy items
which are considered IibeIous
or unwarrRnted. The writer's
should be fair ana c0nfine the
letters 90 500 words, and write
on one side OF the paper only.
Signature OF the writers must
accompany the letters and Will
be published unless requested
otherwise.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-10-13

While have lived in Florida
many, many years. have visited
its busting cities, its towns and
dusty crossroads, tramped its
mighty forests, traversed its
streams and rivers, penetrated
the very depths of its widest
Everglades, found pleasure on its
lakes and grass-fringed pools,
learned to understand and ap-
preciate its climate, felt / was in
every sense a true ''Floridian" f,
it nevertheless remained for Don
Blanding, a relatively newcomer,
and his wizardry of word-weav-
ing to truly serve as interpreter
and fully awaken me 20 the
grandeur and glory of this land
of enchantment.
Last week there came to my
desk an autographed copy OF
Don's latest book, ''FloTidayS!"
This noted author, artist and poet
has drawn the most vivid word
pictures, accompanied by such
striking pen sketches as to make
Florida breathe and live from
every page.
Within the covers of this en-
trancing volume Don Blanding
has woven a rich mosaic that
gives a true Florida to the world
as it never was presented before.
With his unusual chameleon-like
gift of absorbing the Sensuous
impressions of the beauty and
charm of nature as it eagerly
unfolds for those whose senses
are in tune, the author has cap
tured the colors. sounds, scents
and sights of Florida's nights and
days.
From the roadside dlIch that
you and l go laundering by in
high powered motor cars, this
gifted vagabond poet gathers a
wealth of material which in the
quiet of Home in the Hammock"
he weaves into a delightful word
and pen picture that carries the
( delicate colorS of the water
hyacinth's fragil orchid sails, the
steady hum of busy insect life.
the splashing strike of hungry
bass, the eerie cry of a water
fowl, the mirrored shadow of the
stealthy hawk.
The tiny wiggletail and scurry-
/ ing lizard do not escape his
watchful eye and nimble brain as
each scent, sight and sound
faithfully records itself and later
will be used to create a delight
full bit of verse or characteristic
pen sketch for those of us less
gifted as Natures communicates
and for whom a trusted inter
prefer is required.
To know Don Blanding's life
is to understand why he is called
the ''vagabond poet. Born in
Oklahoma, he spent his first five
years in the restless frontier
country and at the age of Is
started the wanderings that
have never let him stay more
than two years in one place.
He has supered in grand opera
worked in hay fields, drawn
newspaper cartoons, managed a
little theatre, painted fences one
week and dowagers the next-in
Paris, Chicago, Hollywood, Homo
lulu and innumerable small
points in between. He has al
WAYS loved the life Of the Ha.
waiian Islands. There by pure
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-10-13
5-YEAR-0LD CLIMBS
FROM 3O-FOOT WALL
lBv Assoelated PresS

WICHITA. kans-, Oct y
Donnie Maxiner, 5. is the neigh
borhood hero after falling down a
30-foot well into six feet of water
Despite a cash on the head,
Donnie pulled himself from the
water and climbed the sides of the
well. When nearly at the top, he
yelled for his mother to come and
get him.
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EUerready Star Club
Meets Tomorrow

There will be a regular month
ly meeting of the Everready Star
Club held Tuesday afternoon,
beginning at $3.50 o'clock, at the
home of Mrs. Viona Townsend,
$50 Elizabeth street.
All members are requested to
be in attendance.
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LIFE Is HARD

Landlady-You will either pay
the two months rent you owe or
go today.
Lodger-Thanks for the alter
native. My last landlady want
ed both. .AR
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MORE BRITISH
TROOPS LANDED


tContlnued rom PaEe One)
land), said 10000 British troops
have landed at ArchangeL and
strong force Is said 20
have forced a landing somewhere
on the White Sea shore.
Royal Air Force b0mbers.
carried cut what Vas
described as their largest raid q
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-10-13
ANCHOR LODGE WILL
MEET THIS EVENING

There viii be a meeting Of
Anchor Lodge F. & A. NJ, held to-
night beginning at 7:30-
All members are requested to
be in attendance.
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All

Lady-My husband was a
tramp, too, but he suddenly de-
cided to make a man of him
self
Mendicant-No wonder, lady,
with a beautiful woman to in
spire him -.
Lady-Well, come in and I'll
ace about some sandwiches.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-10-13
THE WEATHER

Observation taken at 7:30 a. m,
18th Mer. Time (city office
TemperafureR
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COMPTROLLER MAKES
BIG SLASH In BUDGET

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Temperatures
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-10-13

Sea level, 3012 10000 millibars,
Tomorrow q Almanac
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-10-19

Bull THORSON HAS UlkAS<EO jim
AND KIT AND THREATENS THEM
WITH DEATH As SPIES. MEANWHILE
FOLU. HAS ARRIVED ON FENEDTIS
TRADING VESSEL AND ALARMED
AT JlMfS FAILURE TO MEET HIM
SETS OUT. TO FIND JIM
The guardian., 1941-11-22
SchOOIboy Heroes

The Boston Post 1941 ALI
Scholastics failed to name a
colored boy except for honor
able mention and it may be
that the Post did not cover
some areas outside of Boston.
Lynn for example.
As Lynn Classical High School
has rolled on to the State
Scnoolboy grid championship
there obviously must be some
pretty fair boys on that Lynn
Classical team. Two colored
boys, fullback savory and Tom
Brown, end, were regular stars
on the championship eleven. At
Winchester H. S. another end,
jackson, was a standout. There
we're other colored boys at other
nigh schools. Not all of them,
but some were deserving Of the
highest honors.
Nevertheless it appears that
not as many colored are going
out for football at Maiden, Ev-
erett, Medford, Somerville,
Srockton and other hulwarks of
'he old Suburban schoolboy
league. Next year may tell a
different story.
The guardian., 1941-11-22
JOE LOUIS TO BE HEARD ON
FREEDOMS PEOPLE, NOV. 23

The first name in sports -
heavyweight boxing champion,
Joe Louis, will be featured in
freedoms People series over
the third broadcast of the
the National Broadcasting Com
pany's Red network from 1880
to l p. m. EST November %.
freedoms People, a once-a-
month series sponsored by a ma
tional advisory committee with
which the U. S. Office of Edu-
cation cooperates, dramatizes
race contributions to American
life. The November program
features sports.
Jesse owens, who showed
body-worshipping Nazis some
thing in the way of physical
ability when he captured three
first places in the 1886 olympics
at Berlin, will join Louis on the
broadcast. Bill Stern. ace sports
commentator, will interview
Owens; Ken Carpenter will ques-
tion the taciturn Louis.
The guardian., 1941-11-22
ROWING ALONG SPORTSDOM
By MABE KoUNTZE
B. c. Fell Down

Boston College which this
year hoped to monopolize New
England collegiate football at
tendance, fell down badly.
Harvard, which received COM
varativelv little ballyhoo, went
ruietlv ahead and stole the show
and game attendance to boot.
Moreover it'll be Harvard and
not B. C. which presents the
hest l941 All-American candi-
dates.
with a host Of other sepia
fans I am pleased to see Boston
College receive some measure of
Justice for the many injuStices
3 C. has given the colored peo-
pie Of New England.
There must be something in
the saying that the Great UNI
pire deals out justice in His own
wise Way.
Each time this year that a
southern team beat Boston Col
lege was aware that Colored
fans reioiced in the Eagle de.
feat.
The guardian., 1941-11-22
B. u. Has Job

Although B. C. suffered sew
eral injuries in the Tennessee
game and will have to conserve
energy for the coming clash
with Holy Cross, it is doubtful
whether Boston University Ter
rierS can capitalize on the stu
alton sufficiently enough to exc
out victory.
Maznicki, Williams, and Do
herty Of Boston College are pro-
baby no better carrying the
ball than a host of 3. U. backs
led by Charlie Thomas. Holovac
is a better line rammer but
hasn't outshowed Chick Norris
Of B. U. and Mickey Connally
Of B, C. will find a good rival in
walt Williams Oh the TerrierS.
Charlie Thomas can also throw
that ball.
The whole thing boilS down to
the rival lines and there Boston
College with more experience,
weight, and depth should settle
the issue.
However, If the eagle line
should under-rate those Ter
rierS backs this afternoon you
may see a wild and woolly ball
game.
The guardian., 1941-11-22
Haryard-YaIe

The Crimson of Harvard and
theBulldog of Yale will meet
this Saturday afternoon in our
own local Harvard Stadium and,
you possibly can make it, grab
yourself a street car and be in
on the entertainment.
Harvard, the alma mater Of
such sepia super sensations as
An-American center Bill Lewis;
the major potential Matthews,
the worlds first 25-foot broad
jumper Ned Gourdn and the
famous editor Munroe Trotter
of hte Boston Guardian is a
school having plenty of rela-
tions and interests to the coll
ored citizenry of New England.
1t is not a school comparable to
some I know which demand coll
ored support and give us moth
ing in return. So Harvard is
snooty and high-toned?
Harvard students were the
first to blast Navy for prejudice
and set an example for student
democracy which others might
follow,
The guardian., 1941-11-22
Bentley Has Stuff

Late in the Harvard-Brown
contest last Saturday, a colored
substitute back entered the
game, lined up for the next play
and then tossed a long body
block to knife down two charg-
ing Crimson tackles.
This was my first glimpse of
fuilback Charlie Bentley of
Brown who a 10 year old soph-
omore, packing 180lbS on a ST.
inch frame. This colored boy is
thesole Brown fullback replace
ment for senior Dick High who
will graduate next June. He's
a mighty important prospect.
Roy Swingler who ran 81
yards for a touchdown last
week, Henry Margarita, the ell
usive halfback; Bullet Bruce
Remick Of Marblehead, and
Charlie Bentley will all return
to Brown next year. They are
sophomores to gladen the heart
of any football coach.
If Brown gets a line next year,
watch out.
The guardian., 1941-11-22

Owens holds world records in
the 100-yard and 220-yard dash
es and the running broad Jump.
He won the 100 and 200 meter
broad jump events at Berlin and
also ran on the American team
which won the 400meter relay.
After a professional tour and
various other jobs, owens has
returned to Ohio State Univer-
sity TO complete his studies.
Louis, undefeated in the ring
since he won the heavyweight
championship title in 1887, will
probably speak from California
where he is residing while await
a call from his draft board.
Cab Galloway, whose "hi-de-
no" has been a jazz trademark
for years, will lead his orches-
ira in one of the musical num-
bers. On the more classical side
the broadcast will present the
Golden Gate Quartet, well-known
to radio and concert stage au-
diences.
The guardian., 1941-11-22
Moruan Dethroned

Looking southwark we find it
most difficult to believe the al
most amazing report last Sat-
urday that Hampton Institute of
Virginia haddefeated the cham
pion C. I. A. A. Morgan Bears of
Baltimore by the score of 8-6.
Going into last Saturday,
powerful Bears and the high
flying N. c. College Eagles were
listed among the few undefeated
united college elevens in the
country. Hampton was just con-
sidered average.
We haven't got the story as
we pound out this weeks coll
umn extra early this week, but
the boys down Dixie way will
have it for you on time.
A good deal of fun has been
poked at Colored collegiate
football but nobody plays the
game any harder than the boys
down home. It's a wonder some
times there aren't more casual
ties than there are.
And if Hampton beat Morgan
it only proves the point.
The guardian., 1941-11-22
COrneII's Pierce OK.

Ray Guild followers will be
pleaSed to note that Rapid Ray
returned to action last week
WIN the Harvard Junior varsity
which romped over the M. I. T.
40 at Soldiers Field. I note
nst Guild played left halfback
"a The Harvard Jayvee squad
whereas he was originally tried
~ = 0he right or wingback posi-
Non, This new left halfback
pOSltlon !. is the tailback spot at
harvard and means that Guild
Y sill carry the ball very often if
I aVpt at the spot now held on
M .ne Varsity by Lee, wilson and
o'nonnelI.
!. ccrnels sepia sophomore,
sammy Pierce, continues to
pay good football in his FIRST
yesr : up. sammy's score against
Yarmouth last week was his
fourth !. touchdown in his last
.Our s games. Pierce scored once
sss ssalnSt Yale, twice against Col
sa'e s and once against Dart
y mOu'n TO make his 1s4i debut
:. Is.'q,uestionably a successful one.
N.i y looks from here as II Cornell
football star. -