The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 24, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 176. Che Kry eat Cittern THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1940 Navy Insists Key. Adopt Sanitary \ West Measles 10 Recé One Supply Contract! Cancelled Due To Un-: sanitary Conditions; Officials Confer Acting on the suggestion of | naval officers, city offciials in al, @* GCM OSS OOS LA or this morning pares : KANSANS SPREAD Se FLORIDA GOSPEL In a letter received re- cently from Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Machette, of Wichita, Kansas, by Rev. A. L. Mau- reau, S. J., of St. Mary’s Star of The Sea Church, the Kansans tell of the boosting they have been doing for Florida and Key West. Visitors here last year, the every manufacturing plant and! every public gathering place in! Key West. | This action was taken after. Lieut. Commander Ray W. Byrns, aval supply officer, had ceicd a $2,000 coniract with a locai manufacturing plant be-| cause of alleged unsanitary con-! can- Duncan In. Washington On Aqueduct Project ditions found in the factory. - Commander Byrns made a trip of inspection with Lieut. Com- mander F. . Bowser, M.C., US.N., chief sanitary inspector of the navy here. Commander Bowser is also assistant medical officer in charge of the naval sta- tion dispensary. Attending a_ conference with Commander Byrns and Com- mander Bowser were Capt. Wal- ter F. Jacobs, chief of staff of the seventh naval district; Dr. Wil- liam R. Warren, city health offi- cer, and Millard Gibson, city sanitary inspector. “Key West has got to clean up the establishments that cater to the navy department or navy personnel”, Commander Byrns told the gathering. “The navy insists upon clean, sanitary good: The contract cancelled today was with a firm that had been warned previously. “It will pay geod dividends to the city to put its house in order. The navy personnel is increasing. It will grow larger. It will mean better business. Key West is large enough to insist upon 100 percent cleanliness in its plants and its places of business cater- ing to navy business’ NAVY TO BUILD OFFICERS’ CLUB LOCAL OFFICERS ASK FOR $10,000 APPROPRIATION FOR BUILDING Plans are being considered by the navy department for an of- ficers club in the naval station, according to a preliminary an-} nouncement by Capt. Walter F. Jacobs, chief of staff of the sev- enth naval district and com- mandant of the Key West naval station. H The estimated cost of the build- ing, which would be located in the naval station, is $10,000. Whether the navy will grant the request of the naval authorities and make the appropriation is not known at this time, accord- ing to Capt. Jacob: Capt. Jacobs denied reports that the money was available. He said the navy had been requested to make an appropriation cover- ing the cost of the building. YESSIR, IT’S A BIG STATE (By Associated Press) FORT WORTH, Tex.—Thirty- nine student ministers at Texas Christian University traveled 463,182 miles to preach 4,932 ser- mons: to scattered congregations in the school year 1939-40. John Hughes, graduate student from Dallas, alone covered 1,050 miles. YOU WILL SAVE MONEY If You Will Let SHORTY Tune Your Motor Southern Service Station’ White and Catherine Streets PHONE 5—— = | ments. Machettes are hoping to re- turn this coming Fall. They have been telling all their neighbors about Florida and feel that they have created an urge to spend the winter here in the hearts of many of them. TFT STS TSS SSS. CO-OPERATION IN ARMS PRODUCTION ASKED BY N.D.C. TRUSTEESHIP OF FOREIGN POSSESSIONS IN WESTERN HEMISPHERE DISCUSSED AT PAN-AMERICAN CONFAB (By Associated Press? WAHINGTON, July 24—A meeting here today of officials of the National Defense Council was considering the issuance of a co-operative call to all workers and employes of factories in the nation, urging the acceptance of a co-ordinated plan to speed up production on armaments needed in the national preparedness program. a Announcement came from the Army department today that ad- ditional appropriations now _ be- ing studied by a special House committee, may raise the total expenditures for a revamped and greatly strengthéned army to over $6,000,000,000 during the 1941 fiscal year. CONFERENCE MAY ACT TO CONCILIATE ARGENTINA HAVANA, July 24.—Secretary of State chairman at a special committee meeting of a selected membership list of the Ministers’ Conference here today and headed the dis- cussion of trusteeship for lands in the Western Hemisphere pos- sessed by foreign nations. Reports were heard that Ar- gentina was bitterly opposed to any such trusteeship move by na- tions coming under the Monroe Doctrine. It was believed pos- sible that a modification of the plan may be offered to make possible some form of protection from foreign aggression through base establishments on this side of the Atlantic. RITES TOMORROW FOR U. B. ROBERTS Ulric Bernard Roberts, 49, died this morning at 10:00 o'clock at the Marine Hospital. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon, Thursday, at 5:00 o'clock at the Congrega- tional Church, in which the body will be placed at 2:00 o'clock. Rev. E. S. Doherty will of- ficiate. Only survivor is Mrs. Patrick Sands, a sister. Lopez Funeral Home is in charge of arrange- © BATTERY ‘E’ IN Cordell Hull sat in as| ‘| | Reports Indicate He Seeks | News that a supplemental ap- propriation bill prepared by the |mational defense council now be- a al 1 44. {ing considered by the United And RE LC. Commit: crates senate appropriations com- :Mittee will make this naval base lone of the most important on the {Atlantic seaboard is contained lin a messdge received by The of , Citizen from Senator Claude Pep- per at Washington. Senator Pepper informs The x ; ; ; Citizen that the bill includes $1,- Seah) tte hepeekey tithe ieee ete 6 000. far .rehabilitatiad of the of the project to bring fresh wa- | naval station and $125,000 for the ! | purchase of additional land for ter to Key West from the main-|1,. navy. The bill would also land, according to well authenti-| provide for commissioning the jsubmarine base and construction of a marine railway. In accordance with these re-| The telegram sent by Senator ports, Duncan ‘is said to be sound- | PePPer to The Citizen stated: ing out the Reconstruction Fi-} ~ nance Corporation on the pro- | Co-ordination Of Navy ments B. M. Duncan, manager Overseas Highway. is in Wash-! cated reports. Appropriations ve More iSENATOR PEPPER ADVISES OF NEW BILLS! BEING CONSIDERED BY SENATE GROUP “Supplemental appropriation bill national defense council now ! under consideration close hear-' ings appropriations committee! provides $1,250,00 for rehabilita-; tion of Key West navy yard in-! cluding submarine base and ma-j} rine railway, and $125,090 for purchase of additional land. } “As you know, Congress has @lready provided for $2,000,-; 000 for construetion of a pipe-! line from the mainland to Key} West. Glad to advise that sub- ; Base Hee Nas nes PRICE FIVE CENTS Attacks Before Invasion Deadline Nears Tax Roll Ten-Day Period Ends At 5:00 O'Clock; Council Will Meet Tomorrow Night : Deadline for filing of com- 6 2; plaints against the new $3,569. stantial progress is being made in| the direction of financing mod- 075 tax roll of the City of Key ernization and the building of t stronger bridge approaches io - center of causeway through the ; Thursday, at 5:00 o'clock, accord Bureau of Public Roads and De-'_ st fense Council at an estimated 99 to warning issued today from ‘cost approximating $4,000,000.” | the office of Archie Roberts, city Gecua ia | Clark. ‘posal of the navy department to build the water supply system. Congress has authorized the| navy to build the water system, but the naval authorities have not. given Lieut. Commander T. | J. Brady, US.N., civil engineer| ‘corps, orders to prepare the plans! sas . RESULTS OF BOTH HOME FOLKS’ LETTERS COUNT PLENTY, | Nomination Of Willkie, Dems’ Foreign Plank Examples te | The period of ten days speci- ‘fied by the City Council in ses- jsion on July 11, in which proper- jty owngrs may register protests jon their tax assessments, will ex- jPire at that hour. To date, only jone complaint has been filed, ac- ‘cording to Roberts. CONVENTIONS SHOW and specifications for the water | line. | The R.F.C. has an arrangement | By JACK STINNETT, A w'th the Florida Keys Aqueduct; WASHINGTON, July 24—The Commission to contribute more j ways of democracy, like the ways than $1,000,000 toward the water | of the heathen Chinee, system. Congress has authorized | + ange but somehow they the vy to build the water sys-} 5 é i : tem at a cost of $2,000,000. Dun-| Mighty effective—or should I just can. in his capacity as associate | Say potent. engineer for the Florida Keys} It was the methods of democ- Aqueduct Commission, is report-! racy that made it possible for ed to be concerned over the| y sa : | Wendel Ikie, with his RF.C. attitude toward the navy) Wendell L. Willkie, wi ' short-term campaign, to be nom- an. es of Duncan to the city,|ipated at Philadelphia. It was which is scheduled late this!those same methods which form- week, probably will mean a meet- | €d the foreign policy plank in the ing of the interests involved in | Democratic platform. the water project. { Convention delegates and even 3 {politicians in office cannot stand ithe pressure from back home. {The most effective lobby or pr |sure group in the country today is that which bores from within la congressman’s own ‘with a flood of telegrams, letters PREPARED STATUS LIEUT. ROBERTS REPORTS ON | mand some particular piece of LATE DEVELOPMENTS AT Hlegislation or the nomination of |some particular candidate. FT. SCREVEN CAMP) =| Know What They Want j. Twice in the last few weeks, I i e jhave seen this thing at work. In “When, as and if the National | pp ijadelphia, delegates week: Guards seas mobilized, Battery stunned by the overwhelming E will be seats’ Thats he nad jverbal and written demand for Lieut. W. E. P. Roberts expresse@’ |the nomination of Willkie. -His it when he reported today, in @' ypponents insist that it was a fic- special message to The Citizen, |titicus thing . that it existed on the activity of the Guard En- jonly because of a planned cam- campment at Ft. Screven, Ga. \paign to snow the delegates un- Lieut. Roberts gave detailed in-| (0. with cries from the hinter- formation of the practice sessions lands OF Gutultull dnae< eae being conducted at Ft. Screven, | jotective But ailiekwoar and stated that the local battery | source, its effect was immensely had attained a high degree of ji “The 4 > successful. perfection. The ‘Conchs’ can; in ‘Chicago. the “same thing set up the firing equipment, | : id which happened. Let me say right now consists of a _ director, i ; height finder, two observation in- ithat I am not even hinting sue ors {the Democratic party was struments and one anti-aircraft}. nS 2 ; = mitted to fighting on any front Fo vena Neh |but our own. But if there were = any so-called “war-mongers” stated. ‘with any influence when the egimental mmi Major # + Regime: Commander Maj ;Chicago convention’ assembled Edward V. Garcia officiated at an |Chicagc ‘inspection of the batteries at Ft. ithey were beaten. down and out Screven last Saturday, conduct-|by the very ‘same thing that ed during a thermometer reading |Picked Willkie, a demand from of 98 “in the shade”, Lieut. Rob- , the hinterlands that we stay out erts reports. “Only one man jof any foreign wars. E passed out from the heat, a mem-| It isn’t within my province of ber of Battery ‘F’ of Miami”. {passing along the inside facts to “Wild rumors passed through |S4V whether I think this good or the camp last week concerning |>@d. Like a whole lot of readers, reports that the National Guards |! don’t know. But I do know that will mobilize soon after Congress |2" active Portion of the vociferous reconvenes”. |Public demanded a stay-out-of- Lieut. Roberts says that his|War declaration from the Demo- personal opinion is that such an | ‘Tats and that they got it in no eventuality can not come to rns anager terms. | are often are before October, at least, chiefly No Argument because of low equipment re-; Taking their cue from the serves. |President’s statement a few days district | its! | Protests were to be presented in writing to Mr. Roberts. No re- course to the tax assessments are Democratic platform committee Se into their commitments o'clock deadline tomorrow. that we would never send any of| City Council will sit in special our boys abroad to fight in for-|@¥alization hearing meeting to- eign wars; that we, as a people, jaar penciai dl chcsbialpaanciird would consecrate ourselves .to!eq before rd Gandline seat principles of peace and the pur-! suit of friendly relations among all peoples. There are two amazing and, Ii think, interesting things about! this plank in the platform. Inj the first place, put there by popu-! iar demand as democracy under- stands it, it commits the party to} the very same thing that Repub-| licans wrote into their platform: | “The Republican party is firmly; opposed to involving this nation} Officers of the Key West in foreign war. The Republican | Rotary Ciub reported today that party stands for Americanism,! their club meeting tomorrow preparedness and peace”. jnoon at St. Paul’s Annex will be In the second place—if both! honored with the presence of all candidates stick to their Party | officers of the National Guard ; platforms—foreign policy cannot }encampment now concluding its! be even a minor issue in this cam- | stay at Fort Taylor. | paign. And foreign policy: is the} A busy firing and practice only major issue which — politi-|schedule for the guardsmen has cians here have considered the prevented this annual meeting nub and nerve center of the cam- | for the visiting National Guard | paign. Radical changes in the ‘officers before this week, it was foreign situation could change ' stated. that condition, but there is very! Warrant Officer, Caesar La little indication now that those | Monaca and his Regimental Band changes will come before Novem- | rchestra is expected to attend ber. jthe meeting also. Col. L. L. Pen- Therefore, as a result of the ;dleton and his staff.at Key West strange ways of democracy, any|A™my Barracks has been ex- serious campaign contention on: ‘tended an invitation to meet {the most vital question of the day ; With the National Guard officers (whether we should take an ag-;#t this meeting. gressive or defensive attitude to-| ward the forces which seem to be becoming dominant in the world) will not be, cannot be, jantly debated. | Apparently the active, P Feature Service Writer before they went into action, the wrote OTES TO FETE GUARD OFFICERS ANNUAL GOOD-WILL LUNCH- EON FEATURES WEEKLY MEETING TOMORROW | | import- |= The band concert by the 265th | letter-|Coast Artillery Band, F.N.G.,| writing, telegram-sending, tele-| Warrant Officer Caesar La Mon- Phone-calling portion of the jaca conducting, at Ft. Taylor to- American people don’t want any jnight, 7:45 o'clock, will feature part of any foreign war—and the following program: both parties and both candidates} March, “On the Mall” have heeded that demand and)“Star Dust” laid their lines accordingly. Humoresque, CURIOSITY DESTROYS WHEAT | Popular, Goldman Carmichael-Yoder | “Who's Next?” Belistedt “Begin the Beguine” —— Porter LONDON.—Declaring that the Overture to “Zampa” Herold crowds who over-ran a twenty-|“On The Trail”, from the ;five acre wheat field in order to} “Grand Canyon Suite” }See the effect of a bomb did Ferde Grofe ;more harm to the wheat than/The Donkey Serenade from the ithe bomb did. the Agricultural} Production, “The Firefly” iMinistry called attention to regu- ; Friml-Stothart lations under which it is now un-/Descriptive Fantasy, “A Day lawful for any person to endan-| At West Point” Bendix ger crops, especially food crops. |The Star Spangled Banner Key) afternoon. | Hitler Leads Conference Balkan Conve: Aiming At Withstands Attack (By Kamecteced Freee) LONDON. July 24 —Acot Ho Complaints = DAE OL AEM, om tee Brita Tire sotuy P Master Wins Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bervaidi and their daughfer, Fay Elizabeth, returned to Key West from an extended waca- tion trip on Monday of this week. They left on July 6th. The trip took the Ber- valdis to various cities along Florida's east coast. thence up to New York City and the World's Fair and on up to « (LAA Ad Ad EMPLOYMENT UNIT GEARED TO MEET == == DEFENSE DEMANDS : AREAS AND INDUSTRIES IN WHICH MEN ARE NEEDED KNOWN TO FEDERAL AND STATE SERVICE pumts wer Groped a = Cocoa tetas feast (Special to The Citises) JACKSONVILLE, July 24 Fons A. Hathaway of the Social Security Board's Bureau of E=m ployment Security, said m a of the broadcast United States Government Reports”, weekly series presenting the Federal the Serv of the Government agencies, that Federai-State Employment ice is geared to meet mo: demands which are likely to arise the industrial expansion for natsonal detense. The Employment Service knows the areas men with certain skills are like ly to be required deciareé and from its registered job-seek- for labor as a result of tve: Belka- — dav fier: Statelized 9 comet Siew re conchusen of the war bar<- mans telaewet that the = Rumamer Brose metas was mm sight. as Keg Cacel was beimg forced = acy compete Gere a al Sate Satis « s and industries where a am = « he ttle ‘ ers it can select, with delay as possible, thousands competent workers When asked if there is @ short- age of skilled labor prese: Dr. Hathaway replied that to the best of the bureau's knowledge there was no general shortage. but pointed out that there may be a scarcity of certain kind of skilled workers. in specific local areas. “Taking the country as a whole, however”, he said, “there are enough workers on hand right now to enable most fac- tories to step up their produc- tion. At least one-fourth 4f the five million men an@ Quien, who are registered with the pub- lic employment offices threagh- out the country, are skilled work- ers”. Dr. Hathaway declared that - business and industry “are soliid- t. school.” she said, “they are = ly behind the Federal-State Em- eager and honest hat you oom ployment Service” as evidenced really work with them and = by the fact that the United States the results from Gay to Gey Chamber of Commerce recently recommended that all its mem- bers make full yse of the facili- ties offered by the service. Dr. Hathaway spoke ever re- FREMONT. O—farmee Chex as -ware at \dio station WJAX in an inter- Ickesof near Helens expected view discussion arranged by twins again from his cow which Frank Hamlin, field administre- bore tem cess est peer and tive assistant for the Office of the year before Bot the peat Government Reports, the Holmen bad opie lg