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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-27
Some Of Ships SGuttIGd
Is Admitted By Hitler
HITLER WILL GET
A LETTER SOON

WASHINGTON. D. g.
Nov. 27.-The Louisville. KY.
post office. built in 1888 at
a cost of Sl.l2S.00o. viii de-
liver messages to the Axis
when its metal parts and fix
lures go to the steel mills as
scrap.
The War Production Board
says that when the long
vacant structure is demol-
ished. it will yield $500 tons
of wrought iron. 20 tons of
copper. 10000 pounds of lead.
and 10 tons of bronze.
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TYPICAL HOME

WASHINGTON - The typical
American home is wooden two
story structure containing five or
six rooms and occupied by a single
family.
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FARMERS AND WAR WORKERS TO GET GAS

Observation-Disclosures and workers today
that they will be all the gasoline they
of their work This
beginning gasoline
country complaints
west and middle
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cAIRo-Rommefs fleeing still beyond the contact of
the British troops who succeeded early yesterday surprising
small number Of Them the roadway the Gulf
believed that only Of the Axis forces stopped
them Tripo
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-27
RIVERS DENIES GUILT AT TRIAL

ATLANTA-n tone heavy with pathos. former Governor
Rivers told the jury sitting in the of embezzlement
him that he did "embezzle
Georgia during the two he
OIL flowers other things legitimate he added
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-27

MIANfIAn the members of the Safety city
guests today of John Ringing North The Ringing
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LATE BULLETINS


OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES planes continue 60
bomb the Japs and their Yesterday
planes bombed military objects ochna
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AP Features

THIS how the Pan-American Highway today
completed will than
almost every kind of climate and terrain Total cost of the
road nineteen the building viii
lars 1t will the strain shipping lanes strategic
materials from South America available
and in the postwar years open possibilities
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-27
DEVELOPED IN EGYPT

NEW YORK.-USe of cosmet-
les was highly developed in Egypt
as early as 1850 B. c.
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French Admiral Asserts
That All OF Vessels
Making Up Fleet Were
Sunk
uBy ss-s-inara Press,

LONDON. Nov. 27.-vichy in
sists. IN = broadcast issued early
tonight. that the entire French
fleet in Toulon harbor was de-
stTcyed. and that tna Germans
rave not GENE int possession Of
single ship.
Those Shizs that were not scu1-
tied were blown III Vichy SAID
The first shin to be blown II
was 9he bsttleship StTasxburz Ct
$500 tons. then following IN
quick succession. every ether
warship In the barber was blown
up.
The number Of ships that we're
destroyed. ViEhy said were tw5
bsttleShirs. Including tha SErazs-
burg. seven cruisers light and
heavy Is desfroYsrs and ~ sub-
marines.
Eight Of the ships. bsfors their
crew blew them -. af1empte5
tc escape from the harbor Eu4
srusdrons Of German planes fock
70 the air and began 20 bszb
them But ths bornbzns did not
last lang the report says. be-
csnse the crew seems tneY
could MT escape. blew NJ ths
ships
The csutzin Of every ship Lost
his life. and E1arw ct the cEFlzsrz
and crews also went Down with
their SHIPS. OF were kiIls5 whzn
their msgszi1es exploded
TIE share oztter1ex were not g
&c outdone. After thew had e9n-
csntrafed their fire On the az
preaching German hc1des thai
swept into T0ulcn. hcpi1s &c zap
ture the feet charges were pat
under the batteries and thew also
went ID In violent explosions
Tonight those skies that have
not yet gone &C -sctton are lynn
On thei- sides while rrsske ard
flame s-e pouring cut C them
DaYDOCK DESTROYED
An explosion LAT Toc.e5 TIE
xhore-frout and fer many blocks
inland destroyed the ToulCn dry
cock. which had been enc If ina
largest IN ths world
LONDON. New. z7.-Gsrmzz
forces entered Toulon tina rscrn-
ing and seized thai civ sns alss
part Of the French feet lying n
Tculon barber.
Just how many shipz fhs Ger
mans captured is nat knowu def
iniaelY IN Allied countries. 5ut
same Of the shi1s ~sze Scuttlsd.
as ire Berlin ra6io isssH s5zlf.
ted.
Then stiu smother re7ort wzz
received kers- Il cane fron
VichY and euots6 Admiral &c l.
Guzrde as Stating fhzf al ire
French ships IN Tozlsn hzrbsr
''scuttled themselves and sha1
al Of them had sons 60 the bo1-
tom by 10 o'cIock this mornins-
However. information that Is
considered authentic was receiv-
ed here that Hitler did get some
Of the ships. and that BE- did not
succeed in getting al q them
despite ms surprise attack or
Toul0n. was due % the fact that
the commanders Of the shIrs
have been ready ever since IRE
Germans marched into what
was formerly unDccuplea Franco.
Continued ON Page Four
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Key West, Florida. has the
most equable climate in the
country; with an average
range of only IA Fahrenheit
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-11-27

An explosion LAT Focsed TIE
xhore-front and fer many blocks
inland destroyed the ToUlrn dry
dock. which had been enc If ina
largest n tae world
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Evening star., 1942-11-18
It's Hard to Believe.

Oakland: What is the origin of
the overworked word THRILL
M. w.
Answer: Thrill comes from the
Old English word thriller COR thir-
LEM, meaning ito pierce" Origi-
nally, thrill meant "to perforate
with a sharp instrument; to trans
fix" hence, by extension, the later
and current meaning ito penetrate
with piercing emotion"
It's hard to believe that the girl
who has just had her appendix re-
moved can say literally, "I've been
having the thrill of my life," but
it's true.
Evening star., 1942-11-18
BY Lillian Cox Athey

tecting our body from the cold, Bit
ing winds.
Because of their nocturnal habits,
skunks are seldom seen during the
daytime, though we may be quite
aware of battle fought during the
dark hours, for the gas attack has
penetrating powers and the amber
fluid on clothes is a calamity if the
garment is one in good repair.
Those who have made pets of
skunks are high in their praise of
their intelligence and affection.
They make wonderful "watchdogs. I"
1t would take reckless thief to
face so capable bomber. One of
the most recent proofs of the fear
OF this animal was given not long
ago by man whose car had been
repeatedly broken into and valu-
ables stolen. He had young skunk
disarmed and took him with him
on his trips, teaching him to sit at
the wheel when he was away from
the car. All has been safe ever
since.
Skunks intern when food be-
comes scarce. AS soon as the green
spathes Of the skunk cabbage make
their appearance In the marshy
places, the older skunks come forth
from their winter retreat. At this
time skunk nurseries are filled with
new arrivals.
Usually this place is burrow be-
low the frost line made quite warm
and cozy by the mother with dry
leaves and matted grasses. There
may be from three to dozen help
less little gas bombers about the
size OF q meadow mouse. The
skunk Is a slow-growing baby, re-
manning in his cradle and drinking
warm milk until he is eight weeks
old. Then he sees the sunshine for
the first time.
He Is = solemn infant, waddline
behind his mother among the first
spring flowers, his small, furry head
filled with the knowledge that he
need not hurry, others will. He
stares at everything with q sort Of
complacent indifference-sublime
conscious Of q power within him.
self to meet any foe.
50 the young skunk begins ct once
TO take his place in the world. With
an excellent appetite and digestion,
he eats his weight several times 1
week In small but nourishing field
mice. juicy grasshoppers, vitamin-
nlled arllbs, worms, crickets and
other pests. His handsome tail IS
nearly Is broad as 1t is long. tipped
with pure white. His coat Is black
and his shoulders and sides have 4
Evening star., 1942-11-18

up with a lot of our foolishness, and
when they decide that a gas screen
would effectively discourage our In
quisitiveness, the pluny banner is
lifted. In skunk language, this is
merely a threat or warning; our
departure at this first signal will
be suficient proof of peace and the
flag will be lowered.
There are three principal groups
OF skunks, but 50 kinds. The most
common are the small spotted skunk
and the large common skunk. Sikak,
as the Cree Indians call him, is q
100 per cent American animal His
ways of life may be observed, and
he makes q really lovable pet. He Is
q charter member OF the Seven
Sleepcrs' Club, and his handsome
pelt has been camoudaged rs
Alaska sable. In February, 10z1,
one Well-known fur auction COM
pany sold skunk pelts from IS cents
for the small ones to $3.50 for the
large prime Northern pelts. so
our naligned neighbor which has
been Kidding our fields and gardens
Of pests finally ends up With pro-
Evening star., 1942-11-18
LITTLE STORIES FOR BEDTIME

ened him so that he just had to
jump. He didn't have time to think.
And so he jumped right out from
under the pile of brush and, of
course. right into plain sight. And
the very instant that he jumped
there came another great roar be-
hind him. OF course, 1T was from
Bowser the Hound. You see, Bow
ser had been following the trail
of his master, but as he always
stops to sniff at everything he passes,
he had been some distance behind.
When he came to the pile of brush
under which Peter was hiding he
had shifted at that, and, of course,
he had smelled Peter right away.
Now, when Peter jumped out so
suddenly he had landed right at
one end OF the dam. The second
roar Of Bowser's great voice fright
ened him still more and he jumped
right up on the dam. There was
nothing for him to do now but 20
across, and it wasn't the best Of
going. No, indeed, It wasn't the best
OF going. You see 1t was mostly a
tangle TO sticks. Happy Jack
Squirrel or Chatterer the Red Squir-
rel or Striped Chipmunk would have
skipped across 1t without the least
trouble. But Peter Rabbit has no
sharp little claws with which to cling
to logs and sticks, and right away
he was u . peck Of trouble. He
slipped down between tho sticks,
scrambled out, slipped again, and
then, trying to make i long jump,
he lost his balance and stumbled
Evening star., 1942-11-18
BY Thornton w. Burgess
heels over head into the water!

heels over head into the water!
Poor Peter Rabbit! He gave him
self up for lost this time. He could
swim, but at best he is a poor
swimmer and doesn't like the water.
He couldn't dive and keep out Of
sight like Jerry Muskrat or Billy
Mink. All he could do was to pad
die as fast as his legs would go. The
water had gone up his nose and
down his throat so that he choked,
and all the time he felt sure that
Bowser the Hound would plunge in
after him and catch him. And If
he shouldn't, why, Farmer Browns
boy would simply wait for him to
come ashore and catch him.
But Farmer Browns boy didn't do
anything of the kind. No, sir, he
didn't. Instead, he shouted to Bow
ser and called him away. Bowser
didn't want to come, but he long ago
learned to obey, so very slowly he
walked over to where his master
was sitting.
'You know, 1t wouldn't be fair,
old fellow, to try to catch Peter now.
I wouldn't be fair at all, and we
never want to do anything unfair,
do we?" said he. Perhaps Bowser
didn't agree, but he wagged his tail
as If he did, and sat down beside his
master to watch Peter swim.
It seemed to Peter as If he never
would reach the shore, though really
1t was only q very little distance that
he had to swim. When he did
scramble out he was 4 sorry looking
rabbit. He didn't waste any time.
Evening star., 1942-11-18

Farmer Browns boy sat with his
chin in his hands staring at the new
pond in the Green Forest and at the
dam that had made it. That dam
puzzled him. Who could have built
1t? He looked carelessly at the
stump of one Of the trees, and then
still more puzzled look made deep
burrows between his eyes. 1t looked
yes, 1t looked very much as If
teeth and not an axe had cut down
that tree. Farmer Browns boy
stared, his mouth gaping wide open.
He looked so funny that Peter Rab-
bit, who was hiding under an old pile
Of brush close by, nearly laughed
right out.
But Peter didn't laugh. No, sir,
Peter didn't laugh, for Just that very
minute something happened. Sniffl
Sninl That was right behind him at
the very edge OF the old brush pile,
and every hair on Peter stood on end
with fright. Bow, WOW, wowi" It
seemed to Peter that that great voice
was right In his very ears. It fright
Evening star., 1942-11-18
Take Ny Word for 1t
By FRANK COLBY.
Surprise Word of the Week

Houston: Where did Commenta-
tor --- get his pronunciation
m-ploy-YAY" for the word EN-
PLOYE?-G. C.
Answer: Apparently he was at
tempting to give the word a French
twist; but he didn't score even 9
near miss, for the French pronun-
citation is ahtn) -plwa- a-YAY. the IN
having the French nasal IN" sound
1t will surprise many reader to
learn that the first choice of Web
ster's, and the only choice of most
other dictionaries, places the accent
on the third syllable, thus: en-
ploy-EE.
In French. employe is masculine
and employee is feminine, but in
American usage employee is the ac-
cepted form for both.
Evening star., 1942-11-18

Important announcement. You'll
want my new pamphlet listing pro-
pronounce names of classic authors.
famous painters and sculptors. such
as Cyrano de Berperac. Sigmund
Freud. Rembrandt van Rim. Auguste
Rodin, etc. For free topy. send q
stamped t3-centl, self addressed en-
yelope to Frank Colby in care Of The
Evening Star. Ask for authors and
artists pamphlet
fRelessed hy the Bell Syndicate, Incl
Evening star., 1942-11-18
NATURES CHILDREN
EASTERN SKUNK.
(MephitiS, mephitis !

Uncle Sam says, "Skunks are val
liable animals" He should know.
He has scientific men to do research
work that will establish beyond any
doubt the truth about natures chill
dren. Skunks are important to
agricultural interests because they
feed on insects, mostly beetles and
grasshoppers, grubs and other forms
of pests. They are expert mouse and
rat hunters. These handsome black
and white robed creatures should
be made welcome around barns and
in the fields where determined field
mice and rats are stocking their
bins with valuable grain.
SkunkS are not aggressive animals
which go about eager to launch q
gas attack. They are really mild
tempered neighbors, willing to put
Evening star., 1942-11-18
BY Fronk WiIIord
BY Will Eisner
BY Art Huhto
BY Paul Fooortv

but started for home as fast rs he
could go, lipperty, lipperty, lip. And
Farmer Browns boy and Bowser the
Hound just laughed and didn't try
to catch him at all.
We'll, I never!" exclaimed Sammy
Jay, who had seen 1t all from the
top of pine tree. We'll, neverp"
/ guess Farmer Browns boy isn't 80
bad, after ALL"
Evening star., 1942-11-18

The Four Aces will be pleased to an
swer letters from readers If a stamped
t3-cent), self-addressed envelope is in
dressed to the Four Aces, care of The
Evening Star. II you desire the pocket
outline of the -Four Aces system of
contract bridge, send with your request
Star, stamped (3-cent), self-addressed
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an outline without any charge.
Evening star., 1942-11-18

| West opened the six OF hearts,
South winning with the ten. He
led club to dummy's king. returned
to his hand with the ten of spades
and led the ten of clubs for
finesse. East won with the club
queen and returned heart. That
allowed West to take four heart
tricks, setting the contract.
Perhaps South was unlucky to find
the club queen behind dummy,
together with heart holding on
his left which could win four tricks.
On the other hand, it is possible
that luck had nothing to do with the
matter. Decide this question for
yourself before reading on.
South was a criminal, not just a
victim of misfortune Instead of
taking the club finesse he should
have played the ace and king. AS
the cards actually lay the queen
of clubs would have dropped and
South would have won 10 tricks
without a struggle.
But the essential point was that
South didn't have to win a club
finesse. He could afford to give up
one club trick, provided West won
that trick. Then South would be
safe against a heart return; he
surely could win nine tricks against
any continuation
The real danger consisted in al
lowing East to gain the lead. If
East had three clubs to the queen
nothing could be done about it, but
there was no need to let him get
the lead if he had only two clubs.
Playing both top clubs would have
shut out East, unless he had the
one holding (three to the queen)
which made the game impossible.
Yesterday you were Howard
Schenken's partner and, with
neither side vulnerable, you held:
0Kees
nA64
40 1862
This bidding:
Schenken Jacoby You Lightner
IA % Dbl. 20
Dbl. Pass CD
Answer-Pass. If your partner
had passed you might have been in
some doubt about whether to double
yourself, but you should have no
hesitation in passing your partners
double.
Score 100 per cent for pass. moth
ing for any other bid. -
Question No. 1888.
Today you hold the same hand,
but the bidding is different:
Schenken Jacoby You Lightner
IA % Dbl. 20
"a Pass CD
What do you bid? (Answer to-
morrow)
(Released by the Bell Syndicate, 1nc.)
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cta NaI crlf
Evening star., 1942-11-18

wide stripe Of spotless white also.
There iska. marrow ribbon of it on
the face; and against the velvety
black it u most effective. Altogether,
our neighbor is very worth while.
He minds his own business most
sincerely, pays for his place IN ma
lures plan and has never registered
9 complaint against the world he Is
living in.
Evening star., 1942-11-18

Remove letter each
called in the last Print the letter
correctly it's particular state.
Yesterdays LETTER-OUT
MATTER-TREAT fellow
FAISE-SEI1F tits
CT) TABBIED-BABIED tpampered).
ICKES-SICK feels
ENSHROUD-HOUNDER (pursuer).
Imperial Valley press., 1942-09-24

cossack style, ye,,a and 1f water. zelan
1fefsuH 1rfeesIstant, t slide taste fas.enssil 81.
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-21
Seamen, Taken
|Aboard-UBoat
Say Mdzis Bold
AN EAST COAST PORT, July

AN EAST COAST PORT, July
81 - B - Two young seamen
were safe in the United States
today after being rescued and
kept aboard a German submar-
inc for several hours, then set
free in a well provisioned life
boat.
The sailors told a story of how
the English-speaking sub cap
tain fed them during their stay
on the vessel, and even crash
dived with them still aboard
when naval planes arrived over
head.
Their vessel a small United
States cargo ship, was sunk in
the Caribbean June 3, and Is of
the crew of As are missing and
believed dead, the Navy said in
announcing the sinking. Other
survivors were landed at a gulf
port.
The story of the adventure
came from Cornelius F. O'Con-
nor, 10, of Norforlk, Va, and
Raymond Smithson, "a, of Gal
weston, Texas.
Aboard the submarine. O'Con-
nor said he and Smithson were a
See SEAMEN-Page 2
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-21
Young Boys Live in Field
on Pickle and Berry Diet
Officers Find Young Brothers;
and IS GolIon Of Loot
ond IS GolIon Of Loot

Two Harrison township broth
ers, aged Is, and 10, were living
on pickles and strawberries to-
day when Deputy Sheriffs Rich
ard DeKetelaere and Fred
Simms arrested them for enter
ing four houses in their neigh
borhood.
The pair had fled their home
last Thursday and were living in
a nearby vacant lot. The pickles
and strawberries were taken
last night from the home of Au-
gust Hohensee at 296 Elm.
The pair were arrested July S
by Deputy Sheriff Steve Nor
ris to whom they confessed 10
breakings and enterings. Subse-
quently the older brother was
sent to the Juvenile Detention
Home in Detroit but was sent
home pending reports on q
psychiatric examination given
him.
The boys told DeKetelaere
and Simms they took Is gal
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-21
Sugar Rotion Volunteers
Get Instructions Thursday
Supervisors APpointees to Make
Restrictions Eosier in County

Between 125 and 1870 special
registrars for the Fall sugar-for-
canning ration program, ap-
pointed by the several township
supervisors, will meet in the
Macomb County building Thurs
day night for special instructions
on their duties during the one
week registry period opening
Aug. 8.
The voluntary registrars, ap-
pointed by the supervisors at the
request of the Macomb County
Rationing Board. will make
available prompt, efficient SER
vice on all sugar applications in
every section of the county, Miss
Beatrice Shay, of the Ration
Board, pointed out today. Re-
gistrations will be handled
through the contemporaries
in every county school district,
II was announced today.
" Mount Clemens the wo-
mer 5 division of the Volunteer
Offi6s~of Civilian Defense will
actively conduct registrations in
The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-21
Political
Deadline
at Hand

Between so and 70 aspirants
to public office in Macomb
county were expected to have
slapped down nominating petit
tons on County Clerk Guy L.
Browns desk by the time the in
flexible 4 pm. deadline arrives
this afternoon.
At noon numerous candidates
for public scrutiny, as potential
county servants, had already
compiled with nominating petit
ton regulations while Prose
cutting Attorney Ivan A. john
ston, wire dispatches revealed,
had also filed, in the states cap
ital, as is mandatory for the Of
flee of state senator which he
seeks.
That the war may cast a de-
cided pail over accustomed po-
litical shenanigans and, due to
transportation problems. may
we'll curtail public attendance at
rallies and free entertainments,
however, appeared to disconcert
but few of the candidats. Many
expressed the belief that a more
serious-minded citizenry may
give much more serious consid-
Grafton to election problems
than in other years.
A full list of candidates will
appear in Wednesdays Daily
Monitor-Leader.