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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-24

1t is Spring by the calendar; actually
we do not know the difference With few
unpleasant interludes, it is always Spring in
Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-24

Icscnt;ng: Climax, Pa; Summit, N
j.; Top, Ore, and Tiptop, Va.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-24

Movie gOers everywhere should take
the precaution to investigate that the
theatera they attend are no fire-traps.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-24

FahSon, the economist, believes that
the warning nations. before they exhaust
them elves in q staemate and leave them
selves helpless before Russia will reach an
agreement with Germany regainjng a colo
NAL empire and Great Britain preserving
."c[,l hcrowu. He could have added that
America viii he lett holding the bag and
0ot penny left OF the >wag
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-24

Miami city commissioners and
the Miami chamber of commerce
will join with local chamber of
commerce officials in a concerted
protest against war department
report opposing extension of the
inland waterway to Key West.
w. w. Demeritt, chairman of
the waterways commission of
the local chamber of commerce
and the Rotary club. has for
Warded all available information
on the subject to Miami.
The Latin American Hour" Of
radio station WQAM this morn
ing was devoted to Key West.
The program, sponsored by the
Cuban government, was arrang-
ed by Cuban Consul Jorge Ponce.
Cyril Griffin, star catcher of
the Key West team Of the Island
City league, has accepted by
wire an offer from the Toledo
club of the American Association.
Griffin. a former Tampa play
err. said today he had wired the
club that he would report for
practice tomorrow in Miami.
Cards have been received here
announcing the wedding in Jack
sonville of Miss Mary Maxine
Kane, Jr., of that city and James
P. Lowell. Key West.
Lowell is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. George A Lowell of Key
West and lived here before TAX
ing his present position of sales
man in Jacksonville.
Ivan Lundblum and Paul j.
Gandolfo. both former Key West
ers and both employees of West
err Union. have returned here to
visit relatives.
Lundblum, VINO mas Deen
working in Chicago. is the son of
Mrs. Maude Lundblum, BIT
Whitehead street Gandolfo came
here for a five weeks stay with
relatives.
Alicia Borges, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Juan Borges, Jr., cele-
brated her eighth birthday yes
terday afternoon at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Tgnacio Cobo on
Duval street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-24

If any public measure is to be consum-
mate quickly it must first be taken out of
politics. Vide the aqueduct question!
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-24

\ Key West woman. who recently
celebrated her S4th birthday, phoned The
Citizen sports reporter the morning after
The Loui.-Slmon fight inQuirng how ii came
out Not many women at that ripe old age
are interested in sporting events and what
goes ON in general; to such person I'M
doChtcdly "htc'S pleasant institution"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-24

Subscribe TO The Citizen, zoe
weekly.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-24
THE WEAT HER

Observation taken at 7:30 a. M.
18th Mer. Time (city office
Temperatures
Highest last "a hours - rs
Lowest last night -----.- 90
Mean 70
Normal ----.--.--..-----.. 70
Precipitation
Rainfall, "a hours ending
1880, a. m, inches e.--- 600
Total rainfall since March /,
inches .---.-.-......-.--.- ITS
Excess since March l,
inches I.74
Total rainfall since Jan. l,
inches .-------.------------------- 10, 10
Excess since January l,
inches ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS DOS
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-24

Alicia Borges. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Juan Borges, Jr., cele-
brated her eighth birthday yes
terdav afternoon at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Tgnacio Cobo on
Duval street.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-24

Wind Direction and Velocity
NW-6 miles per hour
Relative Humidity
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-03-24
Tomorrow's Tides

Naval BaSe)
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-23
Canadian Jailed
For Illegal Entry

Fraser VI. Snelgrove 49, OF 1884
Whitney avenue. today was or
dered 10 begin az once a siX-month
sentence in prison by Federal
Judge Edward J. Monet for ille-
gal entry from Canada on March
3, 1893
Snclgrove az the time OF his
cntry was gwen a suspended sem
tencc 81 six months provided he
went hack 10 Canada and didn't
tc'Uu Tor three wears While on
bond pending an appeal. Smell
grove was sentenced on May 3
1899 10 three 10 FIVE years in
Jackson Prison for gross indie
cenCy.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-23

see happen was something serious.
Now that it was working out
smoothly l gave myself furtIve
pat on the back, and went up to
tell Susie the good news.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-23
DOES NOT GET GOWN

She did not get low cut eve
ming gown She got a cute little
party dress that her mother picked
out for her. And she looked just
like a dream, if you'll pardon a
doung father.
The prize of the whole occasion
was when she came home with the
request 10 "haye my hair done up
in back" Needless TO say, she
didn't get that, either.
/ tell you, my head was whirl-
ing, trying 10 keep up with her.
Many'S the time l kicked myself
clean across the room for ever
getting her started in the first
place, @
But when the big night came, !
forgot all about that She looked
wonderful. Wally had sent her two
gardenias and they made her feel
like the Queen of Sheba She
thought he was Just about the
most wonderful boy that ever
lived, ShuckS, | guess my wife
used 10 feel that way about me,
TOO, so what's the use Of trying to
stop en-?
What ever came Of il? Oh.
WallyS away 10 school now, and
he sui writes her "A letter once in
a while But she told me the other
night, in all seriousness, that he's
paSSc now The new ones name is
Frank, and his father owns the
soda fountain on the corner.
no SIR there's no grass grow
ing under my daughters feet!
TIE. END
Tomorrow short story:
Track Meet" by sanford Jar
rell.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-23
FIND SHE'LL LIVE

7 almost .sWoo1cd IN my chair
DADDY, YOU don't think Emily
will die. do youe She seemed n
little sick when / walked her
home"
Frankly 7 was beginning "a
wonder ANY e.rI Who can tear
through a game of trru, I'M tho
terrific hc7f vc.vc boon HAVING
lately and fncn gulp down An ina,
0crdl,H stuff could yer, wrll hi
I'M shape for somotbirr worse tban
a moro tomarF-arFc Eu l re-
assured Susie and resolved to toll
Old Man Nioorrhoqd right AWAY
hadnf epokc1 10 tao old hoy IN a
long nmr ANYWAY
YES" hr f9ld me ON The
phone Emily, rot a YER, had
>tomach-ache. Tho doctor >ay.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-23

didn't show M at the courts for
"A couple of days, YOU could get
in solid with the Wallingiord
fellow ."
Pm sure can, daddy. I
know IT,"
well" l said, I'm no expert
on these matters. hut somewhere
or other I've read that pickles
and ice cream, or too many
sOdas, or things like that will
give a person an awful stomach
ache for a day or two"
Susie let out a whoop kissed me
twice, real hard and scrambled up
stairs 10 bed. On we'll ! conSoled
myself I'd never heard Of any one
dying from a stomach-aChe Emily
would come out Of II all right. Be
sides, airs 1aTT m love ana war
Susie might just as we'll learn II
early in life. / never did like Ole
Man Moorehead, anyway. Let's hi:
wife push him around too much.
But its always poppa who pays
as / learned the next morning
when Susie demanded her week.!
allowance. all at once. ] came
across with it. to the accompani
ment of her sly little wink l wa
beginning 10 regret my impetuos
-ifN alrnadN.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-23
MNLE NAMEs CROP UP

began 10 wake up when !
noticed q subtle change IN the con-
Vcr,dton around The dinner table
Now names, male names were
cropping up from SuSIeS corner
Instead Of Mary or Agnes or Jo-
Anne, u was Johnny. or Carl. or
that blond boy with the gorgeous
forehand. | don't know his name,
hut he plays simply wonderfully
Maybe I was Just typical They
say there's d touch Of jealousy in
all doting fathers Anyway, !
didn't like IL. although | said moth
ing al the time. Frankly, / didn't
think II would last Which just
goes 10 show you where I've been
for a long time. Sticking my head
IN the sand with the other
oStricheSi
II did last And the Culprit was
that blond hoy with the gorgeous
forehand II didn't take Susie
long 10 find out his name Susie
is a persistent little girl, and she
Just Kept asking,
Get a woman on the scent Of
man. I've always maintained, and
she'll beat any bloodhound IN the
business. Already Susie was show
ing symptoms Of the talent His
name was Waiiingford ChcSney
and he had a III or a w tackled
on the end. too. OF all tho people
in this whole wide world. my
daughter has to pick on Walling-
ford
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-23
MAGNIFICENT APPETITE

When she came home that night
l thought Susie looked a little
worried. To tell the truth, l was a
little worried myself Suppose this
Emily had a weak stomach, or sup
pose she even had a normal one.
If l knew Susie, her ingenuity
would discover some new and
deadly combination OF foodStutl
calculated to wreak vengeance
on StomaChs.
Daddy" Susie said to me
when we were alone, I'm
scared"
what about, DEAR" I asked
AS il l didn't already know and
didn't already share her fears
Emily. She has the most won
derful appetite. why, l took her
into drugstore after the tennis
match yesterday, and DO you
know what she ate? ,"
! had my own ideas.
"She had five different kinds
Of ice cream sOdas: strawberry,
black raspberry, choCo laie
caramel. coffee fudge and some
thing called Blow the Works
Special
Is that all ," I said, fearing
the worst
"Oh no. Then she had two
banana splits, a hot dog,
chceScburger with ketchup, and
two cokeS Then we each had
an ice-cTeam cone on the way
home"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-23
HE'S CALLED wALLY

'But everybody calls him
"Wally." she told US eNcitedly
one evening. "And he plays No.
on the Bradley Prep tennis
team, and he's only junior.
and he's on the football team,
too. and ."
I'D pause a little 10 catch my
breath. dear, II were YOU" her
mother interrupted her, Really,
well stay right here and listen,
We won't run away
There only one thing
wrong" Susie went on. "He has
got a case on Emily MOOrehead.
"Got a case? Whatever do YOU
mean. dear?" Mother couldn't
keep up with modern youth any
more than ! could It seems.
Hes in love with her. Madly
in love with her"
almost swallowed my cigai
when / heard that! But SUSIE
didn't think II was funny al all
She Just went on and on How
Wally was the best tennis playe
over az the courts. and how he anC
Emily were the best doubles team
and how Emily would probably ash
Waly TO the school dance, ant
how he would probably 60 Will
her. and how Susie wished tina
Wany would 60 with her instead
and how it was Just too tcrribl,
for words
"Oh. If | could only get him
away from that Emily for few
days" Susie was saying I'D
show him ! can play a good
game a. she can. Why, the other
day I aced her three times
That gave me an idea Wary o
the whole business or not. l WASH
The one 10 Sit around while m,
daughter took a back seat for an,
one. So l pulled her aside later
10 talk it over.
you think that " Emily
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-23


Now that il was working out
smoothly l gave myself furtive
pat on the back. and went up to
tell Susie the good news.
SHE MAKES CERTAIN
I told you my daughter was
showing bloodhound symptoms
Well she made sure that Wally
heard all about EmilyS sickness
the next day and she played
doubles with Wally all afternoon
They didn't lose match. and he
asked her 10 play with him in the
tournament the next day.
"He said I'm lots better than
Emily" Susie Squeaked delight
eddy that night. 1T took him
long enough to find that out.
Men are so blind.
They won the tournament, more
because of Wally, I'm sure, than
because of Susie. If l know my
daughter, she was too excited &c
even hold racquet!
After the Tournament, she asked
Wally 10 the dance, and he Saic
he'd be delighted to go. You might
think that would be the end oI
the story, but for me it was only
the beginning. The things that kiC
didn't want, for a little schoo
dance, You'd think it was the Ritz
or something.
Mother, can l have a pair OF
long silk stockings, and high
heels: Oh. mother. All the girls
will he wearing them. Please:"
She got the silk stockings ano
the high heeled shoes.
Mother. will YOU let me get
an evening dress with no back
and cut low in the front? Like
Gloria Walton wears In the
movies? Oh mother. they are
not for older women. All the
girls will be wearing them, /
hot
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-23
DniIu Short SlOTy
Susie Steps Out
IN MnLIAM A. LENINsoN

THEY say a father is the last
Il person in the world 10 realize
that his daughter is growing up
! just never could seem 20 Get u
through my head that Susie was
10. and getting IDEAS Ideas that
little girls never had when l was q
boy. or az least they wercn Z
supposed to.
I guess I should have started "a
Sin up and take notice when Susie
gave up horseback riding and
turned 20 playing tennis instead.
AZ the time. all that worried me
was Tho good money ! had spent
Scr q riding costume and for boots.
and where would I over cot the
cash 10 huv n special racquet with
nylon strings? You'd think my
daughter was an ready 10 play az
Forest Hills the way She picked
her equipment!
7 had always looked upon horse
back riding and Susie as lnScpara-
bic. but once the tennis bug bit
her susie and 'he saddle were
come 20 the parting Of the ways
for good.
YES. daddy" She impressed
,gnon me one evening after sup
Der. horseback riding Is essen
tally a sport for the individual.
Tennis is more of a social game,
] think"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-03-27
The President Speaks

If a vestige of doubt remained in any mind to
this counrys position in the current world struggle for
power, the Presidents speech at the White House Cor
respondents Association dinner should have disspated
it. There humor in the Presidents voice. There
were no light touches.
That speech coming hard on the heels of Congress-
approval of the end-lease BILL made policy clear
crystawe out to destroy dictatorship, and the
entire of this nation will be spent freely to
that end. He denounced the Nazis by name. He
accused them of seeking the destruction of elective
systems of government every continent, including
our own. He accused them of seeking to stir up
trOversleS and to create disuniOn within all democra
cies, including our own. And he said that they would
faithat the woud-be conquerors will find the forces
of democracy, though they may move slowly, will in
the end be supreme
That speech obviously designed for more than
American Immediately after it was made, it was
broadcast to the far of the world in IA differ
ent languages. 1t went, by short wave to Germany,
to the occupied nations to Africa, to South America
For this government feels, do the British that the
moral effect of 100 cent support of the democraces
is almost important in ways will be it's
material effect It is secret that Britain expects
that revots in the conquered nations will eventually
be major factor contributing to Htlers collapse. The
fact that the United States has actually interviewed in
the war; even though only a non-belligerent is
pected to give new hope to the millions of people who
live virtual prisoners of the nazfascst system
Highly important were the Presidents words to
industry and labor He definitely took the stand that
many have wanted him to take for months-he said
that all must work harder and longer, that all must
expect smaller profits He sad in effect, that all must
sacrifice and that nothing will be permitted to stand in
the way of the swftest possible consummaton of the
Embellishments program.
So the policy has been finally established. The de-
bate is over and the opponents of the endease
plan admit that public sentiment is overwhelmingly
behind it. Now the real job begins-to make and sup
ply the weapons Britain and Greece and China must
have. That calls for greater industrial productivity
than have far obtained. 1t calls for shp-build
ing drive of unprecedented proportions. Further it
may very likely call for of the American navy to
convoy merchant ships to Englandit is obvious that
weapons will be of if the ships bearing them
hxyt hp dOznn in no
The Presidents request for $7,000000,0O0 appro-
questonably designed as a dramatic gesture. It is
known that at least two years must pass before it will
be possible for factories to produce that value of
goods for England-some think the will be
before the appropriation is exhausted. The President
apparently preferred to ask for tremendous appro
priation at once rather than to request smaller
at intervals period of time in order to show the
dictators that really mean business.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-03-27

WNU Service, 1898 National Press
Bldg, Washington, d. C.
WASHINGTON.-As the United
States, under the lease-lend law,
literally becomes the arsenal of
democracy, officials lament their
lack of facilities for protecting that
arsenal from the enemy within our
gates.
If you are a first-rate saboteur or
enemy agent you have only one
chance out of three Of being spotted
by the Civil Service investigators be-
fore you are hired in a government
plant or arsenal or navy yard.
That in substance is what Civil
Service Commissioner Arthur Flem-
ming told a senate committee the
other day when he asked for a sup
pelrnental $4,000 appropriation to
increase the number Of Investigators
who check the record of applicants
for government defense jobs.
Even with the close cooperation
of the Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton and the army and navy intelli-
gence the records of only one-third
of applicants put on the govern
ment payroll for these jobs can be
properly examined. Commissioner
Flemming revealed. Efforts are now
being made to get congress to in
crease the funds for carrying on
this important work.
There is always a certain routine
checking on every worker who APP
plies for a government defense job.
The police department records in the
applicants home community are ex-
amined; the Federal Bureau Of In
vestigation (the Omen, so-called)
checks the fingerprints to see if they
are identified with those of an Of
fender. And finally the army and
navy intelligence files are available
to the Civil Service commission in
vestigators in Washington.
This procedure identifies the en-
envy agent or criminal or other per-
son with an unsavory record who
has already run into trouble and
been found out But the previously
unidentified and potential offenders
have to be spotted by the under
stated 10 district offices or the
headquarters of the Civil Service
commission in Washington itself.
Commissioner Flemming told the
senators that since starting to re-
cruit civilian defense forces Civil
Service Investigators had disquali-
fed 16 per cent Of the applicants
examined ION the ground of disloy-
atty or weak character"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-03-27
Spy From, Korea
'Advertisss' His Work

have just had lunch with the
only spy l ever met who advertised
his profession.
1T is most dark right under the
lamp" he said to me as he scooped
up sheaf of highly intriguing doc
uments which he had spread on the
table before me. slipped them into
worn portfolio and whisked the
upper.
We were sitting at corner table
in one of Washington's sublimated
chop suey restaurants.
My spy was one of these plotters
but he Haunted his plots before me
quite openly. Some secrets may be
hidden behind the smiling Sits Of
eyes of Kilsoo Kenneth Ham. for
that is his name, but he has con-
WINGED at least one senator that that
information which he has turned in
gratis to various secret agencies of
the government is very welcome.
Hates Japanese.
HAN is Al, snort, engaging, an
oriental cherub in glasses, with a
cast Of countenance that would
make you think he was a Japanese
(Which. he says. some Japanese do).
But his calling card says that he
is head of the Sino-Korean Peoples
league. And Koreans love the jap
anese as the Pole loves the Ger
man.
Briefly Hams history. as he tells
1t. is this:
He was 10 years old when the
Japanese took over Korea and his
first memory Of that tragic event
is the view he got from his hiding
place under a chicken coop when
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-03-27

the soldiers marched into his viii
lage.
Ham soon left for Hawaii. Then
one day, Ave years ago, because he
had been active among his fellow
Koreans. he was approached by a
member Of the Japanese consulate
In Honolulu who offered him q job
helping to organize all Orientals in
a sort Of pan-Asiatic movement TN
der the Japanese. The next year,
when a delegation of American con-
gressmen visited the islands to
study the possibility Of Hawaiian
statehood, Ham told them all he
knew In a public hearing.
A part Of the documents he showed
me was a letter from a senator
thanking him for his services at
that time in exposing the grandiose
Japanese scheme. That was Hams
first advertising Of his chosen profess
sion. He was soon to get more. The
Japanese press attacked him. He
was spat upon in the streets. His
life was threatened.
Comes to America.
The next year he came to Amer
lea with one chief objective, he
says, and it was in describing his
purpose that he quoted the proverb
about the lamp.
1t is well known that Koreans,
some of whom can pass for JAP
anese and many of whom live in
Japan and in the occupied portions
Of China, maintain a voluntary spy
system and grapevine telegraph.
They still hope to win back their in
dependence.
Ham claims that he wants to Sc
cure the financial and moral sup
port Of the United States govern
ment to create real cooperative
Korean spy system against the jap
anese.
His method of advertising the
ability of Korean to get informa-
ton from the Japanese is to get it
himself. He told me of his latest
adventure over the chicken chop suey
and tea: From his Korean friends
in Japan Ham said that he had
learned that two Japanese reserve
officers were on their way to the
United States to prepare Japanese
in this country for a war. They
were bearing a notorious text book
Of propaganda and procedure, the
translated title of which is Three
Power Alliance and Japan-America
War"
Ham set out to locate the officers
and get the book. first notifying GER
tain authorities in Washington of his
intention. The task seemed so i'm
possible that one man, who needn't
be named, bet SOS that the indefat-
igable Korean couldn't succeed.
The book, according to Ham, is
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-03-27

Senator Lodge or Massachusetts
questioned the commissioner on the
type Of person disqualified. Mr..
Flemrning gave an example:
Zone applicant for the position Of
gas welder in one of the navy yards,
our investigation developed, was
seen at communist meetings, at
tended communist school in Wis
consin, was an active worker for the
party. passetAout communist litera-
ture and books"
Others have been found to have
had bad records as far back as in
the previous war The Civil Service
commission says it needs more
money to stop the saboteur before
he begins his sabotage.