The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 29, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire ~ ‘Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West <<< <<<——$— VOLUME LXI. No. 180. —. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, JULY 29, 1940 British Defense Against Air Raid Holds Dive Bombers Shot Down By Defending Guns; Churchill Speaks To- morrow (By Associated Press) LONDON, July 29—In longest continuous airraid yet conducted by the Nazis on Eng-| today lish soil, Britons reported that members of the R.A.F. de- fending squadrons were success- ful in downing between 25 to 30 of the enemy planes. The attack lasted over three hours. Anti-aircraft guns, also, were most effective, reports stated. and | were not caught napping by the horde of German aircraft. said to number over three hundred, adopting new tactics in their air- invasion, with dive-bombing at- tempts on military objectives of all Kinds. <a Every type of defending gun was employed by British defend- ers in successfully warding the air attacks. Eye-witness re- Ports of the assaults stated that many planes exploded in mid-air during their downward dives as Shells burst amidship. As a clear, summer sky broke over al’ of southeast England to- day, the first clear day in two weeks, defending forces prepared for increased attacks from the air. That they were wise in their Preparations was manifested in the largest flight of the war to date, reportedly aimed at Britain from Holland and French bases. The Germans sent many Messer- schmidts along with their bomb- ers, this for the first time since concentrated attacks opened June 15th. British war ministry reported that only one R. A. F. plane had been downed by the invaders. but admitted that a number of de- fending planes were damaged. : Reports from Gibraltar told of increased attacks on the British stronghold at that point. Italian planes were said to have con- ducted a two-hour long air bar- rage on the fortifications. One dispatch stated that a bomb had apparently hit an ammunition dump as a loud blast was heard immediately following one plane's rise into the air after releasing two bombs. Winston Churchill is scheduled to broadcast the British foreign policy to the world tomorrow. This was announced here today following a meeting of the cabinet which was featured chiefly by declarations of “fight to the bitter end—for victory” by all members of the war ministry. Conjecture runs high on the Churchill ‘speech. Some reports had it that immediate discon- tinuance of diplomatic relations with Rumania will be headlined. It was thought possible that the Prime Minister would refer to the British South American future policy. OREGON TRAIL on (By Associated Press) PORTLAND, Ore. — History links the only men Oregon has offered as vice-presidential can- didates. 5 General Joseph Lane, Oregon’s first territorial governor and sen- ator, was the running mate for John Cabell Breckinridge on the democratic ticket in 1860. Other members of the general's family journeyed westward and a nephew, Harry Lane, became United States senator. oy. es death in 1917 re- in © appointment of Charles McNary as senator, the off! SEWER PLANT NOW WORKING; SEEK HOOKUPS ORDINANCE REQUIRING OWNERS TO CONNECT | Sewage disposal plant No. 2, at | {the foot of Eaton street, is now jin operation, but only two sewers ;in the city are connected with it, jaccording to an announcement by 'B. Cu Moreno, engineer for . | the Se : mittee, Boy Scouts of America, ! j It ported that the next/through its chairman, M. E. TSIIOOOPHL |... 5: a eet ! ep is enforcement of the city | Berkowitz, released a comprehen- |FOUR-POINT PLAN FOR: senicuance passed by bn city |sive “Thank You” to the citizens council requiring priva' prop- - ~ AMERICAN REPUBLICS city owls dol comics wits the (2 Key West for their support of i wers within a period of 90 |ADVANCED BY U. S. ‘days. Enforcement of the ordinance | of Public by St Longest ENCAMPMENT Monroe County District Com- 2 jcampment at the Tampa _ scout \camp. giees pat = for the {is up to the Board The message is contained in protection of the United |Works. The ordinance requires | 7 ee ten ae States and the twenty-one [that any property owner within! ‘2° “it oF oer Sonik - (Sie | Rmaxican Paiakdics 100 feet of a main sewer line con- ‘Now that our Boy Scouts have }nect within 90 days. |sidered highly improbable that /2t Camp Owen-Brorein, near the Pan-American Confer- (all sewers can be connected in the! Tampa, may T chip Brea ee ence of Ministers in Havana, | Period set forth by the ordinance. {tunity thr vag es ee zen me Cake: | Now that Plant No. 2 is in op- Pressing the appreciation of the Do you know what these j¢Tation, and that takes care of Monroe oes magic bpepsiae four points are? If not, they | #PProximately 80 per cent of the ie to he 4 sien make | may be found in the column, lcity, the Board of Public Works | # = Oat _— aod “Looking At Washington”, | iS being urged by many property | 4 a = aigilipgeneh wich written by Hugo Sims, spe- .9Wners to get Plant No. 1, which |S! ie as in ene years, 4 cial Washington co: md- handles sewage disposal for the enue: initia oe t ent of The Citizen and pub. (Rewer section of the city, ready ee eiied eee Fan eg — on Page 2 of this ca peace: is located in Cath- ' operation of the members of the of i = jerine street. It will serve that!Board of Public Instruction; and See ee. jportion of the city along the At-!Melvin Russell, our superintend- : paieel “ ee j lantic Ocean. ent of public schools, it was be- ae ahedicde tira ee jlieved that the school buses could . i jbe had. However, this request Democr: ‘atic Party because of ‘WOMAN SAVES was disapproved in Tallahassee. the third term issue. What 20 YEARS FOR i = i “Not to disappoint the seventy has Wendell Willkie done { j | HER CONSCIENCE | has been advanced by Secre- tary of State Cordell Hull at 9 rs a boys who had worked, saved and ppg cer mepieees iid |planned for this trip, it was : meters | necessai immedi t —_— see — acaganmnmaaicag pce os | the perraaey of reigns gee ee et working Al | COLUMBUS, ©0, July 329— | 7 the District Comuilttee/ “te Washington” and learn how 'Twenty years ago Mrs. F. hiring the transportation requir- Huyo Sims reports on this {Lumbert lost a purse containing 2 ee Same one ay —_ | the recent successful scout en-j It is con- | returned from their encampment} The Key West Citizen « THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S.A. Thanks KW. Gites CHAIRMAN BERKOWITZ GIVES REPORT ON | POSTER DISPLAYS SUCCESS; ASKS FURTHER SUPPORT Lines, influenced _no doubt by our friend Bascom Grooms, it was possible to secure a bus for fifty boys, the remainder being transported on a truck of the Gas ‘Company, through co-operation of A. E. Peirce. “The response to our solicita- ‘tions was both generous and {prompt, and the amount collect- _ed_was used solely to cover trans- portation chamges. All other ex- ;Penses were met with troop and personal funds. “It is desired at this time to remind the citizens of Key West, \particularly those interested in jthe welfare of the boys of the community, as expressed through the Boy Scout movement, that this work can only be carried on through the support, both in moral as well as a_ financial sense, of the general public. “E. A. Ramsey, our district TOURIST COUNTER CARDS ADVERTIS- ING FLORIDA AS ‘YEAR-| ROUND STATE’ AUGMENT | | (Special te The Citizen) | TAMPA, July 29.—Hundreds of striking, three-color counter cards ! advertising Florida as “The Year- ; Round State” will soon go on display in ticket offices of trans- Portation companies throughout the East, North and Middle West, it was announced today by Carl ;D. Brorein of Tampa, president of | {the Florida State Chamber of : Commerce. { | The State Chamber official | said the cards are a replica of the 130 huge 24-sheet highway poster ‘displays his organization is locat- ing in strategic spots over Michi- gan during the months of August and September. | | Brought to the attention of the State Chamber's tourist develop- | ment contmittee at a recent meet- | ing in Miami, design for the Pos- | jter was enthusiastically acclaim- | ed. The group later recom- IIAP POLLO LEE RADIO TOWERS TO RECEIVE PAINT JOB treasurer, has made an appeal mended use of the same you Pere ge gmaeegeaL through personally addressed let- ters, for sufficient funds for the District Committee to cover its charter and Council membership? fees, as also local scout activities as outlined in his communication: A prompt and generous response to his appeal will work for the success of Boy Scouting in Key j West. In the light of past ex-. perience, I know that our fur- ther appeal for funds will meet with success. “To The Citizen we are greatly indebted for the fine and gener- ous publicity which scouting has received in its columns”. |mail box with this note: “My! ‘husband found the purse and - wouldn't return it and this has} j; worried me. I saved the money} !out of my allowance”. There was no signature. A oi bs ed. Bec: f stantial di new frend in the political |s21. She forgot. about it, but for | "ation ty Oe~ Eloekdan Mae: field. ;}20 years another woman worried } iabout that money. ae ee a SPA IO DOOM A Fatiy the purse and Sie e 9 jshowed up in Mrs. Lumbert’s} rish Can t ROOSEVELT SEEKS GUARD CALL-0 ASKS CONGRESS FOR PER-: MISSION TO CALL OUT ALL JUROR WAS INSANE, ' | BUT NOT VERDICT jin the almost unanimous opinion eaace. Sa ES of military observers in London TRENTON, N. J., July 29.—!will be the next victim of Hit- (Ry Associated Press) If a jury verdict is sensible al-{lers blitzkrieg, the ia WASHINGTON, July 29.—' though a juror is insane, there is| be simon eager pence en President Roosevelt todav sent aino cause for mistrial, Circuit} a eae message to Congress asking for Court Judge William A. Smith jTe™ark smugly that if the Nazis permission to call out all Na- believes. faint, aceting arf pga tional Guard units at his discre| ce nye ane = itt on’ | cabled from Dublin by Quentin tion. The message also contained | surance company, the judge said, | Reynolds, noted war _corre- plans to raise enlistments in the;a male juror was found “acting |SPOndent, who is now in Ireland Guards to 400,000. jlike a wild man” and was placed Under ordinary. procedure, the ina hospital. President could not call out the: “This juror : no soldiers on the streets,” Rey- National Guard forces uniess a0 fact: we cahinok say that of this | 2Olds states. “There is a war go- extreme emergency existed. The | ing on but, praise be, it is no war message today is intended to send ;0f Ireland’s. It is a war be- all Guards into encampments al- 'OKE BACKFIRES | tween England and Germany and most immediately for training and ? oS pee devil take them both. That fitting members to act as instruc-! OSKALOOSA, Iowa. — When} — Lopes ana rice = tors for future mobilization €n- | Charles Witlach’s car ran over 2 veg as Sonia a ped rollees in the army. blue racer, he decided he would! neutral twins che still’ dev have some fyn with it frighte®- | ow what hit them. If you ing his friends who were riding P in the sand these wah hin =p threw li the days the obvious thing is going to Tunning board. The “dead’ snake | happen But Ireland doesn’t be- came to life, streaked across the y hood and down into the car's} |lieve it. ‘ventilator. The car was practic- | (Special to NEW YORK, July 29.—Ireland NATIONAL GUARDS | ties. may have been | Local members of the National Guard, returned Saturday from Ft. Screven, interviewed by The Citizen this morning, expected that they would go into encamp- ment some time in September. A report from St. Augustine to the effect that all divisional units of the Florida National Guards would move into camp on August 4 at Camp Beauregard, La. for! training with other militia of this | °M*°MO° O° OMI OL area had not reached this city this | pee ore sens SS EAST OF DYERSBURG morning. Sic sae I AY WANDERING SNUFF ; be Sentigas BOX BACK IN FOLD! pyerssunc. Teas. July Fa 23.— ama great (Ry Associated Press) 1 ity.” said the Negro woman HACKENSACK, N. J., July! pc a “*Parachuists? Fifth columnists? }Get on with ye, now. For two looking in jvain for just one man who is afraid of the potential invasion by the Germans. To date I have not found him, and yet every military observer in London is convinced that this will be the next object of Hitlers blitz- krieg. “Today I walked into the of the Royal Hibernian Hotel and 40 men were deep in form charts figuring out possible winners at ing inside. | i welcoming visitors a jtomorrow’s races at Phoenix 29.—A gold snuff box, presented } church convention. = Park. The bartender winked at in 1821 by the Duke of York to “It is bounded on de south j2 man standing next to me and the Rev. John Demarest, has! by de beautiful Forked Deer | 52id to him, “This fellow is here come to light after having been; river. for the invasion.’ The man said, out of the family more than 40/ “It is bounded on de west | Never mind the invasion. We'll years. j by de father of all waters— | take care of those blighters — if A story about an unusual snuff; de great Mississippi river. they ever come here, and mind box, printed more than a year} “It is bounded on de north j that’ ago in San Diego, Calif. even-| by de blue grass of Ken- “Someone asked me about the tually reached the Demarest fam-| tucky. German tanks and how they op- ily at New Brunswick, N. J. The} =I is bounded on de east jerate. I told him. He owner was traced to Minot, N. D.,| and in June the box was returned | to the original 1678 Demarest jhome here, + | and said, ‘Some of our lads with Tifles could pick their eyes out.” I told him that this is not a war BPOIDIII MMA s\n men, but men and ma- Believe Invasion Threatens ‘The Citizen) chines; that parachutists land with machine guns and carry hand grenades in their belts and flame throwers that shoot a flame a hundred yards. He said ‘Come now know that I went to school with James Joyce?” That attitude, Reynolds ports, is typical of the country. The Irish simply can’t believe that they are threatened by in- |surveying the defense possibili- V@Sion, and think that if the Ger- ‘rie Archer of this city. mans do come, they can handle Dublin, waiting, and the frish and have a wee spot and forget your machines. Did you ! re for a counter poster in ticket of-; fices as well as a front license! plate for automobiles. i Representatives of Florida’ Tansportation interests at the i Miami session agreed to place the counter cards in their various of- | fices, in addition to furnishing them to travel bureaus, terminalis of rail, water, air and motor! ‘lines, and other locations where} | travelers gather. . { i First company to order and dis- | tribute the Florida counter-cards i was the Seaboard Air Line Rail- way, through W. J. Kenealy of jJacksonville, general passenger | jagent, Mr. Brorein announced. | ‘Other transportation groups have! lindicated their interest, but! {have not yet completed final ar-; | rangements for their supply. | Meanwhile, the Seaboard’s 500 jcards have been delivered to the} general offices in Norfolk from | iwhence they have been for-) | warded to all major ticket offices | lof the Seaboard and its connect-! ling lines throughout the North, East and Middle We: MRS. ETTA SANCHEZ DIFS IN TAMPA Word was received here today , tof the death Saturday of Mrs; Etta Sanchez, 42, daughter of the jlate Henry Archer and Mrs. Flor- | i | Besides her mother, Mrs. San- “There are no black-outs and them. Reynolds is staying in ‘chez leaves her husband, Diego :Sanchez; a daughter, Beverly: ASHWELL PAYS ELECTROCUTED THIS MORN- ING FOR SEX-MURDER OF FRANCES DUNB« (By Kaneciated Preee’ RAIFORD PRISON, Fie. July 29.—Thomas Ashwell walked his “10 steps to eternity” this morn- ing at 8:30 o'clock m the death chamber here, and a few mumutes later had paid his debt to society for the sex-murder last year of 17-year-old Frances Routh Dunn Calm up to the last, Ashwell was seated in the death char and the current was turned on at 8:33 o'clock. Death was pro nounced by the prison physician seven minutes later. WANTED: CATFISH (Anseciated Preas Feature Sersters CONCORD, Calif. July 23— Shirley Anne Mclver, an enter prising young businesswoman af 8,has found a way to make money. She rents catfish The child's patrons er, Mrs. H. A. Mclver, explaims. place the fish im trough, well or stagnant pool as @ precaution agaist mosguites Catfish, it seems, rise to the sur- , are amused at that. They con-!Torres; three grandchildren; two a of water and snap up the un- tinue about their business, and ‘sisters, Mrs. Rose Cox and Mrs. “@"¥ insects. don’t worry. WHAT WE’D CALL HEAVILY INSURED (By Asnoctated Press) = ARKANSAS CITY, Kas.—John Heard’s “insurance policy” | Weighs seven tons. Thirty years ago he was in ill health. So he purchased a ceme- stone. | He hasn't felt bad since then and today he says he never felt better in“his life. ! AIR VS. GROUND VILLE, Iowa—In an tthe forces of the air witnessed recently by farmer/N. J. Johnson, barithe air foree was victorious. ! i Johnson had a ringside ---t at a ‘duel to the death between a big igrass snake, which lashed with | its fangs, and a <red-winged blackbird, which dive-bombed with its beak at the reptile’s ‘head. The snake was killed by the bird. GROUP HOSPITALIZATION ‘son family sort of took over the operating room at Boonville hos- (pital the other day. All six of !the children of Mr. and Mrs..H. jD. Lawson had their tonsils re- moved. a ee {Vesa Husser of Miami, and two brothers, Erickson and Oville {Archer, also of Miami. i | Funeral services are being held Be afternoon in Tampa. i | GIVE PRO'S A LAUGH. | 2 keeles: # | NEW YORK—Amateur weath- jpaid observers a lot of laughs _ these days with their discussions { of “freak” weather. ; The meteorologits have been | deluged with a flood of explana-' tions as to why the weather has! {been (1) cold, (2) hot, (3) and (4) dry. ; War. i i {Me Associnted Press) _PENDLETON, Ore.—One In- jthe-Mountain” is enough for any ; { . Shirley's business judgmen: os shown by her refusal to sell the fi She merely rents them a five cents 2 month Mrs Mc Iver savs that a rented fish 4m @ well at flourished for two years When Shirley's family moved recenity she lost her stock. Now she has an order im with 2 man who drains irrigation ditches m the San Joaquin valley. She tery lot and a 14,000-pound tomb- | ermen are giving Uncle Sam's Wants as many live catfish as 25 cents will buy. GOLDFISH BOWL? (Ry Anscrtated Pree SANTA FE, N. M—A fisher- her moth-. watering Clayton, Calif, thas | Total Exctesive OF Trom- Projects Listed Br Capt. Jacete Eacwecwe ot cme smageeme oe cm Trumbe iment sechoe ¢ se of Si 32088 wert a work = = be performed f& complete om ebiitetice: «cf Eey West cove! Staten ec@ieg f2 ac oo Souncemest by Cast Walter F Jacobs. chief af ateff af the ae eth neve tom wore > i i i i | Ht As | i 1