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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-10
Money Borrowed On Homo
Purchases From Federal
Agency Totals Sl46,2OO.
Improvement Loans Made
In Monroe County In
Various Transactions
Total Sl26,S39
Washington Correspondent
of The Key West Citizen|

WASHINGTON. D. C.. Sept.
lo.-Home purchase money Dor
rowed on FHA-insured mort
cages in Monroe County reached
total Of sl4s.2oo. borrowed on
"a home purchase loans. al the
end Of the 1871 fiscal year. ac-
cording to a special report pre-
pared by the Federal Housing
Administration for the Washing
ton office Of The Key West citi-
zen.
In addition, home improve
ment loans approved by FILA in
the county reached total of
$l26,sse, on l65 separate trans
actions as the fiscal year ended.
In Monroe County, two home
purchase mortgages, totaling
$4,000, were accepted by FILA
during the last-haIf of the l94l
fiscal year, as compared to ten
mortgages totaling $4,000 accept
sd during siic last SIX months OF
the previous fiscal year,
Home improvement loans in
Monroe County numbered 80,
valued at $24,s9O, for the first
six months of the present calen-
.dar year, as against 80 such
loans, valued at $22,063, for the
corresponding period last year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-10
London Sets Up Definite
Rules K elatiye TO Use OF
Lend-L Lease Equipment
fB, As.ocIated Pre.s,

LONDON, Sept. 10 Taking
cognizance of rumors that Amer
lean trade is being injured by
Britain through the use of lend
lease equipment, parliament to-
day approved board of trade
white paper" setting up definite
rules for the use of such ma
terials.
Some American manufacturers
have complained bitterly that
Britain was selling lend-lease
equipment in South America,
winning markets from the United
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-10
RUNAWAY BOY FOUND
BUT PARENTS ARE NOT
ANXIOUS FOR RETURN

PARSONS, Kas.s Sept TO-
Police captured a runaway boy in
the railroad yards and wired his
parents, asking If they wanted
him returned Immediately
y 1T really doesn't make much
difference, was the reply II
still got a whole yard full
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-10
PLANNING REPORT
ON GAS SHORTAGE

WASHINGTON, Sept. To-
Members of a senate committee
studying the eastern seab0ard
gas shortage were to hold their
final hearing today before pre-
.senting their report to the floor
tomorrow.
Chief subject Of the report is
expected to be a decision on
whether enough tank cars are
standing idle to check the gas
shortage If they were put into
use.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-10
ALARM WORKED
AIT WRONG TIME

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept. TO-
The well-wrapped alarm clock
Mrs. Irene Busby had purchased
suddenly exploded the quiet of d
movie where she had gone to
relax It was too much for Mrs.
EBusby. Another movie-goer had
to unwrap the package and turn
off the alarm.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-10

the papers said would be of vital
significance.
Observers in Shanghai pre-
dicted, however, that any effort
to wean Japan from the Axis
camp would find hard going when
lit becomes necessary for the
cabinet to get approval of the
powerful military faction.
Japanese militarists are said to
be uniformly in favor Of closer
Axis collaboration.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-10
Moscow Reports German my
To Be In Wild Retreat; NazS Arc
Ordered To Capture LeningTad
Reds Claim Germans Have
Lost Eighty Thousand
Men In Fighting Near
Gomel

NEW YORK. Sept. lo.MOs-
cow today described the German
army on the central front as Gin
wild retreat. with strong Red
forces moving swiftly in pursuit
along a i7s-mile theater Of war.
A Moscow communique said
the Germans have LOST 10000
men in fierce lighting near Co
mel. while Russian msehsnizea
forces are said to be bearing
down on the ruins Of captured
Smolensk.
Heavy fighting, meanwhile, Isl
in progress around Leningrad,
where the Germans appear to be
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-10

I States when those companies
were engaged in manufacture for
Britain
The paper declared:
1T is not tolerable that we
should use such materials (the
lend-lease. goods for the purpose
of maintaining our export trade,
still less of expanding it, at the
expense of the United States"
The paper was the result of a
series of conferences between the
American embassy and the board
of trade.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-10
MATTER OF PRINCIPLE

WEST POINT, Miss. There's
one West Point grocer so con-
scientious that he refuses to sell
raw cucumbers to his customers.
The grocer contends that green
Icucumbers are hard to digest.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-10
SHUTTLE OFF
TO NOWHERE
snv A..ocIrtea press,

PITTSBURGH, Sept. TO-
John w. Cost was building a
concrete SWITCHBOARD. The truck
driver who delivered the con-
crete was puzzled.
"Say, mister, he queried,
were not supposed to ask ques-
tions, but what the devil is that
for2 It looks like a sidewalk but
it don't go no place..
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-10
TWO ACQUITTED
in COURT TODAY

Gene Slais, 527 Caroline street,
today was acquitted m criminal
court On a ehasge q treepassing
! e. = .''s8! g.l sss.' !, .s's !.
house last week, explained that
he was seeking man with whom
he had been employed on q tug
boat in order to tell him that he
would not serve bis regular night
watch.
Duncan Jones, negro, also won
an acquittal on charge Of OPP
Grating business without d III
cense. A clerk Ia the county
tax collectors office confirmed
his statement that he had been
told it would be permissible III
operate a barbecue stand with
out license until the new tax
becomes effective oct. u
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-30
Women's Sweaters, z for
Mems and Boys Slippers
ChiId's Felt Slippers, z prs.

Red. blue hooties Fancy c -
wool cuffs Padded leather y
soIeS sizes to-
EERN'S--EASLMENr
Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-12-23
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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21
Unstuffing Literary Shirts

Remember those schooldays when you drowsed through Dante's Divine Com edy" and Milton's Paradise Lost" Carlyle's "Sartor Resartus" or Cicero's Conspiracy of Cataline"? And how you allowed lazily that it was all waste of time? Well, so it was, according to a group of American literary critics re- gently polled by Books Abroad" a quar- terly literary magazine; These critics men of standing, too, chose the Divine Comedy as the worlds worst and most over-rated book. They gave Paradise Lost" second place.
 What is classic? Why, classic is a work which, generations after it is writ ten, continues to have vital interest and meaning for those who continue to read it. School classics may be selected by professors who having based their careers on deep study of them, have a vested n- terest in their preservation. But once beyond school days, every man has the right to choose his own classics. Which goes not only for books, but for all the ideas of life.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21
City of Water

Few cities of the size of Waterbury are blessed with the plentiful supply of water that is ours. Many of them would be satisfied with the present system as 1t now stands and not seek to extend It any further. But Waterbury has ever been mindful of the future and has always sought to increase it's holdings to the point that no crisis might not be met and overcome; every situation might find our supply sufficient unto our needs.
 The ultimate in plans seems to be vested in the proposal to construct a third reservoir to impound waters up in the Morris hills and to link this with the city by a new pipeline. Legislative approval of such a project is sought through passage of bond bill to the amount of $2,100,000 of which $2,OoO,OOo would be spent on the water project. Op- position to the additional water supplies is apparently centered more on the method of financing than the actual need.
 Water will always be an important thing to the blood of any community. On continuous, plentiful flow of good water hangs the fate of every city Blessed as we are in this respect, it should always be our intention to perfect and protect this system in every way possible. Ger tainly the present proposals, long stand ing as they are, can't be turned aside without the most weighty reasons.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21
Brings Up Problem

State Highway Commissioner William J. Cox has brought it to the attention of authorities that problem is created in Connecticut when the federal govern ment closes existing roadways in the proximity of important or strategic defense industries. The situation IS brought home very forcibly by the fact that it is generally understood that the Norwich -Groton highway, passing through the New London submarine base, will be closed very soon. This is being done to keep visitors out of the base.
 The same thing may be necessary near Windsor Locks where the new federal airport will be located. And if it is done at these points, no one knows when sim liar precautions will be taken at various other points in the state, perhaps even here in our own city. If that is done the task of reroYting traffic on important streets and highways will be considerable and possibly entail much expense. State authorities feel the federal government, by whom the ban would be imposed, should certainly contribute towards the reallocation.
 All of this may properly be taken up by Congress if it ever gets around to dis cussing military roads This is subject that periodically is tossed from congress sional lap to senatorial lap. It usually gets nowhere. Perhaps with conditions the serious way they are right now, thereu be something doing before long.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21

who are solid proprietors standing with their feet on their own land. Such men are the backbone of any country. To make it worse, experts now believe that with high-powered production methods, half as many farmers as labor today could produce all the food the country needs. People living on the land have value to the country far beyond the mere food they produce. They have stability, a solidness, shown by no other kind of peo- pie. Thus every effort to devise new ways of living on the soil, or farm life not merely as business but as way of liv- ing, is contribution to national stability, and deserves encouragement.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21

There will probably be howl from Bridgeport, one section of it, when resi- dents down there read about the gover- nor's suggestion that cities, seeking re- funding bond issues from the Legisla- ture, be enjoined from reducing their tax rate as result of the sale of such bonds Bridgeport, of course, is the prime objective of such a ban, but there might be difficulty in getting the Legislature to set up such a stipulation. Legislators are apt to remember when their own city was seeking refunding bonds or might figure they'd want to support such legislation themselves some day. As to the merit of the idea, there's no question but what the governor has the right idea. Any community could keep on performing financial miracles with it's budget and tax rate if it refunded it's bonded indebted ness every two years. It's merely financial juggling when you strip it to bare features
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21
Mental Preparedness

The time for this has not yet come. But it may come, and it is not alarmist in Mrs. Roosevelt to suggest that we begin getting into the mental frame of mind to ride with it if it comes In general, we have felt sure, in the United States, that we could have both guns and butter. The indus trial resources of the country are so great that, in general, this should be true. But there may be exceptions. Aluminium, for instance.
 Suppose the pressure for planes and more planes rises, and there is a short age of aluminium, so that it can't be used for cooking utensils. When the govern ment points out the need, we should be ready to postpone buying such materials, laying aside the money instead to buy them after the emergency is passed Then every such purchase will help to ease the strain of transfer back to peacetime production AS to stocks of goods on hand this does not, of course, apply. It may never apply. But it is just as well to face possibilities and be prepared to make them work for us, not against us
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21

Hawaii wants to be the forty-ninth state of the Union and there probably will be many Americans willing to agree to her claims for statehood But so do other terri tories, notably Alaska And we can't lose sight of the fact that Alaska is only sep arated from the main body of the United States by western Canada, whereas Hawaii is an insular possession. Not that this is real bar to statehood; it isn't but the mere fact that Alaska is seeking full statehood rights and is part of the North American continent would weigh heavily in her favor. However, there's nothing to prevent both Alaska and Hawaii becoming states, save red-tape.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21

be crushed in its incipient stage. We taxpayers have had disastrous experience for score of years, of the wheeling process played on @ gullible and deluded tax-paying con- stituency by clarion call for bond issues.
 agree with No. of three choices mentioned: that We taxpayers should postpone or forego making capital improvements regardless of what is claimed as urgent. Did it ever occur to taxpayers that when bond issues were allowed that advantage was taken to increase the yearly budgets because there was no incentive for department heads to pare down their expenses, as bond issue funds were plentiful and transfers were easily made.
 It's the cautious business person who survives, and not the spend- thrift.
 We will earmark the bonds for certain public improvements" says the comptroller. In the next breath he states, If it should be deemed necessary to change some of the earmarks for certain projects, the aldermen and board of finance would be consulted" Undoubtedly, and we would see resumed the same old trick of tranquil transferring of funds from one project to another, and jig-saw accounts would not be decipherable.
 The tax association of Waterbury should oppose all bond issues unless the funds are used for the sole pur- pose of decreasing our funded debt, which is at this date approximately 16 to IT million dollars, and the total amount of principal coming due for 1941 is $859, 800, and interest is $610,700; and for 1942, require ments are $844,50O for principal and interest due will be $557, 300, making grand total for two years of ! S2,872, 500.
 Does it appear feasible to ask ne legislative bodies to grant Wa ,erbury officials the right to the long range financial plan on bonds amounting to $3,050,O00?
 FRANK B. PARSONS. ] Waterbury, Feb. 20, 1941.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21

mSly QdI1BGIOuS WdI SlCudl
 That is why he is placing all his chips on 8 four-front offen- sive, in which Britain will be the object of attacks from the sea, the Pacific, the Balkans and Spain.
 What will be the outcome no expert can even guess, but here is the way the swiftly-changing war arena shapes up at pres ent:-- Japan probably will not risk war with the United States She is too weak from long years of fighting in China, and her navy is not what it's cracked up to be. So when the zero hour comes Japan will probably confine her. self to raiding shipping around Singapore, which is of vital im- portance to the British supply stream, also to American tin and rubber supplies.
 Japanese feints toward Aus tralia may keep 8 certain num- Der of British warShips out of the Mediterranean disastrous at a time when Britain will need every possible ship.
 What worries Japan most is the large number of U. s. submarines based at Manila-about 60-and the secret maneuvering of a large part of the U. $. battle fleet somewhere in the Pacific" Whereabouts of these ships pur- loosely is kept vague, but they probably could get to Singapore in less than a week-and the Japanese know
 A strong U. s. hand in the Pa cific can keep Japan in check but also it carries grave riskS of war.
 ITALY
 There is increasing evidence of a cracking Axis. The conference between Franco and Mussolini is one symptom. Apparently Hit Ter knew nothing about this con- ference in advance; nor did Mus solini know anything about the conference between the Jugo- slavs and Hitler.
 British strategy has been to concentrate all their fire upon Italy as the weakest member of the Axis, thus try to pick off their enemies one at a time. In this they have come close to succeed ing. There are definite indica- tions that Italy would accept peace today if (1) it did not mean the complete end of Mussolini, a gentleman who will never step out voluntarily; and (2) if it did not mean that Germany would take over Italy.
 THE BALKANS
 The weakness of Italy in the main reason for the burst of Ger man speed in Bulgaria and Jugo- slavia, aimed toward the conquest of Salonika on the Aegean Sea.
 Once the Nazis take that key
 port, they can spread through
 out the Greek isles, using them
 as air and submarine bases for
 disrupting the British navy in
 the Mediterranean; also for
 blasting Suez. / At present, the Nazis have about 1000 planes in Bulgaria against about 600 British planes in Greece. With Turkish help the British and Greeks could stand off the Ger man army for weeks, perhaps in- definitely. But without either
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21
Selected Poem
SCHOOLMASTER (An Ode to Noah WebSter)

(Rachel Mack Wilson Place in the Poets Corner,
 Hartford Times) The language of nation owes to you tribute that no lexicon can tell; With finite turnings, though it can reVleW The a-b-c of life you knew so well. The Hartford farm where your small candle burned To light the mind across printed page Burns now immortal Noah! have you learned That even then you glorif1ed an age? You paced across your study quill in hand AS though you heard an inner saraband- You spoke aloud. Our youth can hberate Through literature; can overcome all nate; Perfect America, if the slow birth Of brotherhood should ever come to mgnt. These shores can top the HiararchleS or eartn! And then you walked across worthless night. "A spelling book shall lead them first you said, I'll give their lives the singing word for bread. Religion and philosophy are done When heavy speech is thick upon the tongue. I'll dominate the meanings. Rock and sky Will build grammar they can edlfy. o Teacher of the tranquil heart-deep word! What can you spell us now, for have you heard The new coined meanings curdling in the blood And do you feel the quickening and the Hood Of wings and feet across this nations breast This land of freedom with its dark unrest? Our brother, Noah. Take anew our hand Give us the word to SOW across the land. The speech they've made this "Naz," Fascist
 doom
 Has made a peSt-house for His Upper Room. Of all your words. O patriarch of speech! Give us but one. Deliver to our reach A healing word without a root or form A blessed word to lead us through the storm. We gaze upon you. As we look above. Can it be, Noah, that the word is love?
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21
In Today's Mail

Garbage and incinerator was tried by Waterbury some years ago, proved a useless operation, and was discarded. A trade school at this time is unnecessary because the in- dustrial facilities are commodious and competent, and are providing for all applicants. A trade school would only serve as an adjunct to political experiences, in the future.
 The street paving plan can be accomplished through the pay-as- you-go adoption, as well as repair of bridges. The end can be gained by strongly economizing in all de- partments. City officials have in F." past viewed the issuing of bono
 pay running expenses, interest old bonds, and raise in sals
 with gleeful satisfaction, but neve- cast their minds on the necessity of frugality in expenditures.
 This call for bond issues should
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21
Fewer Farms

In the terrific 10 years just passed the whole number of farms in the United States declined 3.1 per cent, from 6,288,- 648 to 6,O96,7 ,789. At the same time the average holding increased from 138 acres in 1910 to 174 acres today. That is partly due to the fact that the dust bowl which we have been industriously creating in the southwest for many years has at last begun to take it's toll of blasted hopes and ruined homeSteads. ~
 All this means fewer of the kind of men
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21

cruisers is necessary to prevent Germany from breaking the block ade.
 Furthermore, destr0yerS have to come into port for refueling, repairs and to rest personnel. British destroyer crews have have seen such grueling service that men of 20 now look 40 years old.
 This apportionment of de- stroyers leaves only about ten, plus few light cruisers, for convoy work across the North Atlantic.
 CONVOYS ONCE A MONTH
 Result is that only three or four destroyers accompany a con- voy, and conveys now consist of around 60 ships, moving so slowly that it takes two weeks for them to cross. The destroyers go half way across the Atlantic, then re- turn while another group of de- stroyers meets the convoy in mid- Atlantic. Destroyers are now so scarce that conveys are sailing only once a month.
 German planes are able to fly out, locate the position of the slow-moving convoy, then notify Nad submarines. It is reported that submarines have certain hour of the day when they come up for radio messages to get the location of ships.
 In addition to submarines the Nazis are now using long range four motored bombers, similar to our flying fortresses, against trans Atlantic conveys. The Nazis are reported to have only nineteen of these, but they can fly half way across the Atlantic and return with devastating effects upon con- voys.
 All of these factors indicate why British shipping is in a desperate spot and why the lease-lend bill may mean very little unless American ships and naval vessels are used on the North Atlantic supply routes.
 Copyright, 1941. by United
 Feature Syndicate, Inc)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-21

Turkish or JugoSlav help, the Greeks and British are beaten be- fore they start.
 RUSSIA
 Russia is the key to develop ments in the Balkans, and the So- Viets hope that neither the British nor the Nazis will win. A long drawn out war leaving an after math of economic turmoil is Stalin's goal.
 Last fall, when Germany con- sidered going through Bulgaria, Russia tipped the balance against Hitler and for the British by supporting Bulgaria. Now that the British have the edge in the Balkans, Russia is tipping the scales toward Hitler. To this end Stalin mas withdrawn his objec- ton to passage of the Naz army through Bulgaria. GIBRALTAR
 It is difficult to confirm what happened during Franco's recent conferences, but best information is that he opposes a German move through Spain to take Gibraltar. Whenever Hitler decides to move through Spain, however, Franco will be helpless to oppose him. THE NORTH ATLANTIC
 For Great Britain the Atlantic ocean and the English Channel form the most important front of all; also the most dangerous.
 The British Isles now are so well fortified that optimism is justified if they have to resist ac- tual invasion. However, Hitler can win his war without invasion, and here is how he can do it.:
 The British shipping situation at present is nothing short of desperate. Last year the Bri- tish lost 3,50O,0OO tons of ship ping. This year they estimate they will lose 100000 tons.
 Reason for these losses is that the British navy is spread so thin in vital areas. It has 180 destroyers left, but ITO of them are used in the Mediterranean and along the European coast of Norway down to North Africa. This chain of destroyers and light