The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 3, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. VOLUME LXI. No. 185. Cloud True Status et Of War In tin jucational Council, meeting in {Tampa last week, decided to call EXPRESSED REGRETS IN TAMPA, Aug. 3 (FNS).—Eigh- teen statewide organizations as- jon the Brookings Institution of jWashington for an impartial, SII IES SSS SS Important Centers Of All teecnlific tax inquity sce rlag| FRANCE PROCKAIMS Three Belligerents Are | [ne projected tax inquiry re- SHORTENED RATIONS | —e jceived the endorsement of Spes- (Ry Associated Press) Dama = ed > :sard Holland, Democratic guber- } PARIS, Aug. 3.—French | Speaker designate «of the 1941 sociated with the Continuing Ed-} |natorial nominee; Dan McCarty, |: MESSAGE TO CAPT. W. F. JACOBS Sending a word of regret over leaving Key West, destroyer di- vision 65 sailed from Key West! yesterday for Norfolk, Va., to be} gone indefinitely. “It is with extreme regret that we leave Key West”, was the} message sent to Capt. Walter F.! Jacobs, chief of staff of the sev-| enth naval district and comman- | dant of Key West naval station. “The message shows that the officers and men of the division had a healthy regard for the city”, was Capt. Jacobs’ comment on this message. “Of course, the men had their difficulties, but on the whole found the city an en- joyable place”. In the 65th division were the Aaron Ward, the Buchanan, the Hale and Crowninshield. * Taking their places in the Key West pa- trol are the Dickerson, the Mad- dox and the Colwell. All of them arrived at the naval yard before the departure of the 65th division. HOOP SNAKE?» AMERICUS, Ind. — Phyllis Gray says that while cutting weeds she killed a snake which had a silver ring around it. ‘Johnny, Get WASHINGTON, Aug. Johnny, you'd better be for your gun. If you are an able-bodied male, between 21 and 31, without de- pendents and not working in a key position in some defense in- dustry; ‘you are going to need it. That is the way the thing looks now, although I have pointed ‘out before that the compulsory mili- tary service bill is in for a battle before it clears the Senate and House and is signed by the Presi- dent. A law in some form it will become, certainly—the only time that any sort of compulsory mili- tary service has become opera- tive in the United States during Peace time. The way the bill looks at this writing, about 12,000,000 young men are going to register their respective draft boards sometime in September. Within a month, 400,000 wiil be told to report for military training, and although some will have _legiti- mate excuses which will exempt them, the rest can take it and like it. . .oF go to jail. We Need A Big Stick The reason for the bill—and a majority of folks back home seem to agree that the reason is adequate—is primarily that we} were caught without a navy ade- quate ‘to defend both oceans. Not having a navy that can take care of the Atlantic as well as the Pacific (best estimates are that it will be 1947 before we can reach that state of preparedness), the idea is that we must have an army which will scare the pants off anybody. Opponents of the bill aren’t arguing that we don't need the army. -they’re just claiming that we can get enough men by enlistment. The army people, having been through all that be- fore, say it can’t be done, despite recent enlistments of about a thousand a dav. They claim, and history backs them up, that short- 3.— looking with sp people faced shortened ra- tions of many focds through- out the nation today as a re- sult of Nazi draining of con- siderable supplies and the fact that armaments had claimed major attention dur- ing the past year. Meatless and fowlless days have been decreed and dras- tic restrictions on use of gaso- line have been ordered. Cars using charcoal gas for fuel are safe, but others will be without gasoline for days on end as supplies dwindle. The famous French pastry is about to go out of exist- ence as sugar and flour ra- tions are being withheld, in a large measure, from bake shops. TJS SI SSIS SS ST. DRUGGISTS—-THEY HAVE EVERYTHING! (Ry Associated Press) BETHANY, Mo., Aug. young fellow solemnly asked Druggist Wilbert W. Myers for a marriage license, a preacher and a taxicab. Myers said he didn’t have ‘those items in stock—but within 30 minutes, after some telephoning, he produced them. 3—A ‘Your Gun---’ Feature Service Writer ly will point and when nobody “I wanna be a this voluntary business reach the saturation they have days comes in and says sojer”. The bill currently provides for registration of men who are 18 and not yet 64. Only those be- tween 21 and 45 are liable for mi ervice, but the others may have to serve in home d fense units. There’s a probabil- ity that men under 21 and over 45 will not have to register at present Of the estimated 12,000,000 men between 21 and 31 one out of 30 will be called to the colors for 12 months’ service, around the last of September. The idea is to call 400,000 more men come and 600,000 more~in the fall of 1941. The bill states as strongly as Congress can that all should be given their jobs back when they return from duty. In the case of businesses not in- volved in interstate commegce, all Congress can do is urge. You Can Sit It Out, Too Exemptions will include men emipleyed in agriculture or other occupations necessary to national health, safety or interest; men with dependents, and men ment- ally, physically or morally un- fit Selection will be made by lot- tery. “Draft dodgers” (men filing false returns) will be subject to five years in the hoosegow or $10,000 fine. It's called the Burke-Wads- worth bill and the White House hasn’t given its official nod to the measure. It may not go through but whether this one does or doesn’t, Johnny, you'll get your gun. Unless, of course, a Spitfire should squat in the lap of Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin & Co. (the & Co. being mostly Japan's war party). . in which event I guess, Johnny, we could just go on about our business. Bombs Krupp Works (By Associated Press) LONDON. Aug. 3.—The roar o: jthe sea and air battles in the war | conducted by three great powers {of Europe grew louder today and | claims and counterclaims were being made by both the axis | Powers and Great Britain as to| success of the engagements. The English are pursuing re- j Hlentlessly their policy to bring the war home to the Germans by sending after wave of R.A-F. squadrons over Germany wave and German-controlled territory. | High command of the latter na- tion admitted much loss from the } air attacks but countered.- with high acclaim for their own ef- forts against the British Isles. The total score in the battles to date is difficult to guage from a neutral standpoint today in/ view of the claims being made by both sides. It is known, how- | ever, that important centers of all three belligerent nations have! been damaged considerably. Nazi claims include huge ship- ping losses inflicted against the British—a total of 72,000 tons be-! ing claimed for the past weekly period. R. A. F. planes scored direct hits last night, it was reported here, on several industrial works in Germany, including damage to the famous Krupp. works near | Hamburg. It is these latter at- tacks that appear to have in- furiated the Nazis, according to press dispatches in German news- | papers which call on the nation! to start the “final battle against England’ immediately. Italian sources claimed today ; that much damage had been in-! flicted on British-controlled Palestine. These reports were! countered by the British with | statements that important skirm-/ ishes against Italy’s forces in! north Africa had proven highly ; successful. j Much attention was being paid here to the Soviet- conferences being held in Moscow at pres-! ent. Opinion was rife that the ;Finns may again be drawn into the war as Russians released typically Nazi-type news to the effect that Russian minorities in Finland were being mistreated by the Finns. | A leading newspaper in Rome today carried a story which named the Pan-American con-- rence recently held in Havana a “British disappointment”. The article claimed that England had sought certain intervention | measures to be approved at this conference but was forced to acknowledge that the isolationist position taken by all western hemisphere nations contained lit-} tle hope of help to Britain. War office here announced that several Japanese agents had’ been taken into custody by the intelligence department. Pro-! testations from Tokyo were said to have been filed by the Japan- ese consulate. However, little at-; tention was being paid to them in: that a similar counter-espionage movement was being pressed in Japan against the British. COW. 2: BEE, 1 (By Associated Press) | CHARLOTTE, N. C—A wreck} which sent two persons to a hos- | pital was attributed to a frisky | cow on the road. A bumblebee} was the cause of an accident that sent one person to the hospital. {| KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 38, 1940 | einem Were "High |today, reveals jthat average the information temperatures for FOR JULY mania U. S. Weather Bureau records} Hor the month of July, released; COUNTY ENTERS { | AGREEMENT IN BOND SUIT CASE LITIGATION INVOLVES $41.000 TOTAL; BOARD MOVES TO PROVIDE $500 FOR COUNTY HEALTH CLINIC Purchase |the month were 1.3 degrees high-! jer than normal. Mean average maximum readings whereas 88.6 is normal. Highest temperature was on {July 30th when the mercury \Peached 92 degrees. Lowest read- jing was on July 3, 73 degrees. Average temperature for the jmnonths was recorded as 84.4. Total rainfall was recorded as 4.59 inches for the month, being (1.32 inches above normal. Great- jest amount of precipitation came} on the 18th—1.91 inches. Wind was mostly from the east or southeast. Highest veloc- ity for the month notched at 34 were 89.9," Legal Adviser W. Curry Harris was instructed by the Monroe county commission last night to prepare and file a plea in confes. sion of judgement in a friendly suit brought against the county because of bonds that were in de- ‘fault. Attending the meeting were Commissioners Carl Bervaldi, | chairman, William Monsalvatge | and Braxton B. Warren. Also in | attendance were Harris, County | Clerk Ross C. Sawyer and Chief NAVAL §=— HOUSING Calls For 200-Unit Project Deputy Sheriff Bernard Waite. | Estate jstate public utilities. icity. ‘Noble; his wife and son, Jackie. ;House of Representatives, and iJohn R. Beacham, president of jthe 1941 Senate. Holland declared the jwould provide valuable _assist- ance in solving financial prob- jlems that would develop with irepeal of the state gross receipts ‘tax and removal of the state ad [valorem tax on real estate, both jof which are expected to be pro- posed in the 1941 session. | The proposed tax survey will be financed jointly by the par- | ticipating organizations compris- jing the Educational Council, which includes: The Congress of Parents and Teachers, Federation of Women’s Clubs, American Le- gion and Auxiliary, Federation tof Labor, Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs, Chamber of Commerce, League of Women Voters, Junior Order United American Mechanics, American Association of Uni-| {versity Women, Junior Chamber [of Commerce, State Association ! |0f School Board Members, State Superintendents and representa- tives of Florida Education Asso- ciation, Florida League of Mu- nicipalities, Florida Chain Store Association, Cattlemen’s Associa- tion, Florida Association of Real Boards, Florida Retail Merchants Association, Florida Taxpayers’ Association, Florida Agricultural Research Institute, American Petroleum _ Institute, Associated Industries of Florida, Florida Canners _ Association, Florida Hotel Association, Florida State Bar Association, State As- sociation of State Attorneys, and/ miles per hour on the 3rd. There were seven clear days, 21 partly cloudy days and three days cloudy. Six solar halos oc- curred during the month and four lunar halos. Thunderstorms were heard on twenty days during July. OWNS ANTIQUE BIBLE survey e Ss MEMPHIS.—Mrs. Martha Neil of this city owns a Bible printed by the Cambridge University Press in 1675. Lt. Comdr. C. H. Hilton, ¢ com- mander of the local Coast Guard forces, today announced house at headquarters next Mon- day, in observance of the 150th annviersary of the formation of the Coast Guard. The sesqui-cen- tennial date falls on August 4th, tomorrow, but the local observ- ance will be held on the follow- ing day. However, Commander Hilton reports that the national celebra- tion will be fittingly observed tomorrow,° with an anniversary broadcast to be aired over NBC blue network stations between 1:00 and 1:30 o'clock in the aft- ernoon. On Monday all vessels in port here, the Pandora, Ivy and Poin- ciana, will be spruced up in full dress and will be open for public NAVAL DISTRICT JACK MALONEY BEING CONSIDERED DIES IN MIAMI | ANDREWS’ SUGGESTION FOR PASSED AWAY LAST EvE-| FLORIDA FINDS KEY WEST - NING: SERVICES TO BE FAVORED ANNOUNCED It is hoped that the Brookings Institute will be able to begin the tax inquiry by the middle of | August. Suggestion of- U. S. Senator Charles O. Andrews that the navy department set up a special naval district in Florida, finds Key West prominently the field. Key West was for more than a quarter of a century headquar- ters of the seventh naval district. Then the district extended as far as Jupiter. But in June 1932, the seventh naval district headquar- ters were moved to Charleston, which activities of the district has been carried on in connection with the sixth and eighth dis- tricts. An admiral likely would be sent to Key West if this city were again selected as headquarters | for the seventh district. Capt.! Walter F. Jacobs, is chief of staff of the seventh district at present. | Advice was received here this morning that George V. (Jack) Maloney passed away last eve- ning in Miami due to a heart at- tack. “Jack”, as he was known here, was 39 He had been living in Miami for about six years, heading the Holland-Dutch Bakery of that in familiarly years old. Information as to funeral serv- jices could not be obtained at press time today. Mr. Maloney is survived by two brothers, Walter, of this city, proprictor of Maloney Brothers Bakery, and Willard, of Coral, Gables; two sisters, Mrs. M@ton Peacock and Mrs. Gladys PROCLAMATION I, Willard M. Albury. mayor of the City of Key West. do hereby declare that Monday, August Sth. shall be ob- served as— in Key West. in recognition of the 150th Anniversary of the Coast Guard Day founding of this important branch of our Federal Govern- ment. Citizens are urged to co-operate im the local observation WILLARD M. ALBURY, Mayor. jLeo H. Warren. Coast — To Observe | 150th Anniversary Here : open! The bond issued was $29,000 and $12,000 is the interest. The issue has been a default and the only recourse W. J. Noel had in collection was a suit. Chairman Bervaldi was instructed to swear to the statement filed by Harris. Chairman Bervaldi was also in- structed by the board to sponsor a public health unit with an ap- propriation of $500 from the board. The Monroe county clinic has been seeking a total of $1000, $500 from the city, to sponsor this ‘health unit. PLAN SUGGESTED Capt. Walter F_ J. taff of the se acobs, chief venth naval distrsct has recommended a naval 20 unit housi personne pk announc: News of Capt mendation was became known \that the navy wo available funds f jtion for the housing project h According to Capt. Jacob nouncement the project woul built on submar aE d y West club: avenue at the yins pection from 9:00 a. m. to 4:30 base. ip. m. at the Coast Guard base. | “We can build better homes Gn Coast Guard administration navy property than prr building, containing exhibits of land”, Capt Jacobs old and new types of illuminat- course, the proposal % ing apparatus for aid to naviga- hous units is onlw tion, will be open to the public Congressman Pa’ also from 9:00 a. m. to 4:50 p. m. written to me am Key West lighthouse will be open get back of the all day, it was announced. can depend on it Next Thursday, Coast Guard it” anniversary will be celebrated at| It is not a new the weekly meeting of Rotarians has suggested at the noon-day luncheon. built housing units -— bor and on the Pacific coast, but NAVY WORKERS jit is new to consider civilian em |ploves in making the recommen 220 civilian employes deserving of as much OFFICERS’ ELECTED MR. ZYXWYTHE IS OR F UNION dation. Capt. Jacobs says that . ‘tion as naval personnel Z project and for released Wast and former field by jong Pain naval seaplane on - sid “Or tentatry Cannon asked that program we are back the n nave at Pear thing The as Har hete considets j | (Ry Associated Preas) A Key West local of the Amer-|_ _ INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 2— ican Federation of Government Employes has been formed here, | according to announcement to- day, and a charter has been ap- | plied. for at Washington, D. C.! headquarters. | The organization is affiliated | with the A. F. of L.. and has as its main purpose the betterment ; of conditions for civilian em-| Ployes at navy yards. Coopera- tion with navak authorities to- wards enlargement of facilities here is also scheduled on the! group's program of endeavors. At a meeting held this week ‘jianianateiseeaemmasnne tt the following were elected to| executive posts: William J. Bar- field, temporary president; Nicholas L. Osterhoudt, vice- | President; Samuel A. Smith, | secretary; John R. Kerr, treasurer | | and Percy E. Troutman, Jr., ex-| ecutive committeeman-at-large. | Meetings are planned each second Wednesday of the month. >? janother prize was awarded tb,» HIGGS RITES the Key West Art Center At the close of the exhibition cur- Funeral of Mrs.) Mary =f rent for the past two weeks “Country Cross-Section the wotes cast for the most popular encanta were chaken up and ome eas cnegp agp omar see which Key Higgs, 74, who died ary West voter should be ewarded was held yesterday afternoon at 5:00 o'clock from the First M. E. Church, Rev. A.C. Riviere of- ficiating, assisted by Rev. Cham-| bers of the Gospel Hall. | watercolor painting, “Cigar Fac- ' Survivors are two daughters,/tory Ruin", by Roger Wilcox Mrs. Sam Harris and Mrs. G. R.| member of the Key West Society Steadman, two sons, John Higgsjof Artists and of the Art Center and Ralph Higgs, eight grand-|staff, Mr. Wilcox donates the children and one great-grand-|picture through the Key West So- child. yciety of Artists, sponsors of the Pallbearers were W. S. Eakins, | prizes for these vote contests. J. S. Dongo, Waddell Pinder,}| The voting shows thet the Frazier Pinder, Will Evans and'most popular picture in this ex- [hibition is No. 5, “The Goodale) On Friday afternoon ths week the prize. The lucky | Frances Cochrane Street. The prize handsome is Mis 1523 White winner of 1s Of Dieset Plant For Aquaria Equipment Te Cot S1- Struggle May Postpene Purchase THREE OTHER GUYS ; ‘Another Award Given At Art Center Exhibit