The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 8, 1940, Page 1

Che Key West Citizen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1940 Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West EE ee eee | VOLUME LXI. No. 189. Over European Areas Local Barracks SENATE FINANCE Veeeeeeeee Nazis Evacuate Women|MEN NOW BEING RECRUITED IN FLORIDA! GROUP WILL AIR QUOTA SYSTEM SENATOR PEPPER TO OP-| POSE CONTINUATION OF: SENATOR BARKLEY STRUGGLES TO END PERSONAL DEBATE! (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 8.— Defeated in their effort to pass the National Guard Bill And Children From} AND GEORGIA; Ruhr Industrial Area; A total of 83 men will be re- i = cruited in Florida and Georgia (By Associated Press) ; LONDON, Aug. 8&—Air ar- | Italians Advance FOUR OFFICERS ADDED TO STAFF has gone to Washington and ap- Proval of it is expected shortly. at once for duty at Key West; The men will come here as Soon | yesterday, administration barracks, according to an an-:as they are recruited. They will {Legionnaires Declare Battles Increase ‘Add 83 Men To $1,000 To Key West onvention Grou FLL LE LE 2 SUGAR QUOTA IN FLORIDA | THAT STIFLED INDUSTRY i WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. —; (FNS) Hearings were begun to- day by the Senate Finance Com- mittee on legislation to extend the life of the 1937 sugar act an additional year. Senator Claude Pepper urged another suspension of the sugar quota system. He expressed him- self as being opposed to continu- ing the life of the 1937 law and Said he would urge that because of world conditions the restric- tions on domestic production be removed. President Roosevelt suspended quotas for several weeks after the European war began last fall. Pepper said his second choice on Page Two) forces, led by majority lead- er Senator Alben Barkley. sought an agreement’ today from the Senate that all de- bating would end at 4:00 o'clock today, at which time the body would cast its vote on the measure. Personal squabble between Senators Minton of Indiana and Holt of West Virginia consumed much time yester- day, and Senator Barkley $truggled to exact promises of no resumption of the ac- crimonious discussions by those two senators today. The Guard Bill was design- ed to give President Roose- velt wide powers of_ control over a total of 360,000 Na- tional Guardsmen and Re- servists. {EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the second of a series pre- pared by the National Defense Advisory Commission in re- sponse to numerous requests for articles on our national preparedness program. Future releases will appear in The Citizen on Thursdays and Mondays. The Defense Advi The task of the De- fense Advisory Commission is to see that the and Navy get what they need, when they need it, with no ifs, ands, or buts. Why the Army and Navy need these supplies is no concern of the Commission. How, or where, or when the Army and Navy will use its equipment is no con- cern of the Commission. That is the job of Congress and’ the President, as Commander-in- Chief of our armed forces. The responsibility of the Na- tional Defense Advisory Commis- sion is to find out what the Army and Navy need, know where to get it, and see that it is delivered. ion draws no speci- igns no contracts. It merely? advises, aids in negotia- tions, and facilitates production. In ordinary times the Army and Nayy. have no difficulty in obtaining supplies. Times of emergency call for extraordinary expansion. That’s when we need experts, men who know the com- plicated machinery of buying, moving, and manufacturing on a huge scale. In normal times they head the great transporta- tions that supply the nation. In an emergency they serve the na- tion directly. The raw materials must come from farms, forests, and mines. Chemicals in vast quantities must be produced. Important critical materials must be stored in ad- vance. Tin and rubber are al- ready being accumulated in stock piles. Synthetic rubber shows great promise for the future. All our own raw materials are being catalogued. < Availability.of> manufacturing facilities must be ‘checked against transportation 'slimitations and availability of manpower. If we call'on oursmilitary forces for protection, we cannot and must not expect them to go out without equipment. To see that this job is done is the responsi- bility of all of us. To helo guide this work, the President called on the nation’s leaders in seven fields, whose special knowledge the nation Needs. They are servmg now without pay. Most of their ex- Pert assistants also serve without pay. Others have been borrow- ed, with clerical staff from Gov- ernment agencies. The primary task is to insure a National jnew plants. ‘pipe lines, isory Commission continuous supply of raw mate- rials for our factories. This re- sponsibility is assigned to the In- dustrial Materials Division under Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. He has resigned as Chairman of the Board of the United States Steel Corporation, to serve for nothing a year. He is in for the duration. Backed by an imposing array of experts, Mr. Stettinius will get everything from steel for armor plate, to cotton cloth for hand- kerchiefs. He has helped secure strategic and critical raw mate- tials. He has helped obtain sup- plies of 100 octane gasoline. He has asked for the expansion of the Tennessee Valley Authority's power producing facilities to in- sure adequate electric energy for aluminum production vital to the aircraft program. When it comes to making things for the Army and Navy—air- planes, tanks, machine guns, uniforms, miles of shoe laces—in fact all the supplies needed, a Production Division is function- ing under William S. Knudsen, on leave from his regular job as President of General Motors. The division of responsibility between Mr. Stettinius and Mr. Knudsen was described by Mr: Knudsen like this: “Ed”, he- said, “will bring in the stuff. Every- thing is raw material until I start to cut it up”. “Cutting it up” involves the fullest possible use of all our available manufactur- ing facilities — bigger plants where bigger plants are needed, conversion of plants to war work that are now engaged in peace work, and finally, construction of Mr. Knudsen’s Pro- duction Division clears contracts for billions of dollars. Produc-' tion lines are already rolling. ‘Transportation Division Watching the transportation lines to see that there are no snarls that will cut off vital sup- plies of raw materials is the task! of Mr. Ralph Budd, President of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad. Seeing that Mr. Stettinius’ raw materials move to Mr. Knudsen’s plants, the Division of Transpor- tation is working on acquiring |special rolling stock for handling troops and their equipment. This! rolling stock will be purchased by the Government. Waterways, airlines, and truck (Continued on Page Four) loades sistenasd — over iEumos ‘again last night and today, sent jforth by Britain and Germany | ‘in the struggle to claim air su- | nouncement by Col. L. L. Pendie- ton, U.S.A., commanding officer of the coast defenses here. When the program is complet- ed there will be 152 men instead Coming State Conven- be given clothing and prelimin-/ ary training by the barracks’! tion Will Show Profit staff of officers. | x Staff of officers has been ex-} For Group ‘panded in preparation for this move, Col. Pendleton said. - Four BSIavaIaT awa: In addition to} Fremacy. Score, in the light of lof 60 at Key West barracks. The s 2 jmen were to begin arriving in a composite dispatches from both | few days, but it will: be 30 or sides, appeared to favor England! more days before they- can be i . ;handled at the barracks. Speen rent eenene OER Try pill te quaricast in iee tle with large-scale attacks being | e -_..jwhich will be repaired at a cost noted and admitted: by she Maxis | op <- ccoximately $6500. A recom: en wide areas of Germany, Hol- jmendation for that expenditure cena came in or set. HURRICANE HITS GULF SEACOAST ish strafing, as the air pac announced today that a success- ful raid by the R.A-F. had bee: n PORT ARTHUR EXPERIENCES 82-MILE AN HOUR GALE; MANY MAROONED { conducted on an important port and oil concentrations that country. ' Germany admitted today that; she was finding it advisable to; evacuate large numbers of wom-! en and children from Ahe Ruhr} (By Associated Press) industrial area aS ~the British! PORT ARTHUR, Tex. Aug. factories there. Nazi high command today claimed corresponding successes for their bombers, which were reported to have broken through guarding units in England and had created much damage and destruction in areas spreading from Scotland to Wales. British denied, however, that severe damage to factories had been accomplishd. One squadron of 50 Nazi bombers, they stated, had been met by a detachment of British Spitfires. The - fight ensuing saw nine German planes downed and the balance chased back to home ports. Two British | planes were lost in this engage- l ment. { jby weather bureau observers to proportions, hit this city and sur- rounding area last night, coming in from off the Gulf of Mexico. Roaring into Texas the storm lashed many cities and villages and left a trail of destruction in “its wake and at least three per- sons dead and many wounded and marooned. It was headed towards the oil fields of Humble, Cleveland and Houston °‘ this morning. 84-M.P.H. WIND HIGHEST RECORDED IN KEY WEST G. S. Kennedy, head of the local weather bureau, stated this Bi morning that the highest wind Italians Advance velocity ever recorded in Key While increase of the air war; West was 84 miles per hour, that was noted in Western Europe,|during the 1919 hurricane. the British received dispatches | from the African’ fronts which in dicated that the Italians wer j = ——— Partially. successful. in their; KILLEEN, Tex.—Eugene Fry, planned advances into Samoli-|farmer of this city, has made a land. War office declared, how- | coat from the skins of 35 rattle- ever, that many imstances of snakes killed near his home. losses sustained were according ;to previous plans which called |for no defense of unimportant | territory. Concentration of sea and lana | \defenses along north African ter- ritory had for its chief aim the guarding of the Suez canal, and \Present status was under com- plete control, the British assert- ed. COAT OF SNAKE SKINS W. Summing up of news from | Melvin E. Russell, County other troubled sectors of Europe : Superintendent of Public Instruc- and Asia brought these facts to | tion, today announced that W. E. the limelight: | Fowler aa pay or: the ‘eye Rumanian diplomats left Rome | Board’s call to the _ position _o today following conferences with | Principal at Harris School. The Italian leaders on Hungarian and | Position was made vacant by the Bulgarian demands for land con-|4eath of Professor W. C. Dun- icessions. Bulgaria, it was said, | C@%- threatened an “upsetting of the; Mr. Fowler came to Key West Balkan applecart” if her de-|in February of 1939 and taught mands for’ still more land than |for the balance of that school originally claimed Wére not ac-/¥ear in the Junior High School. Britain granted freedom of == | WELFARE EXAM tion to French ‘volunteers now era * (Special to The Citizen) | warring against the axis powers JACKSONVILLE, Fia., Aug. 8. jin various parts of the British empire. More freedom for India, with Possible declaration of Dominion rights, was announced here by state officials. There was little|—The time in which those who| UP Until the answer to a wire; liklihood, however, that India could be of material help in the pressed by the mother country. One hundred and twenty-six |here today by the Merit System members of the Japan House of | Commit Parliament demanded that Japan| Applications must be filed cease all relations with the later than August 14 and must | from all influence in the Far-east, ‘regardless of what the United ‘States thinks about the move. wish to take the examinations for social work in Florida may fold artillery and band barracks, ' = concentrated heavier attacks on —Winds of hurricane force, said! Officers have been assigned to the barracks. They are First. Lieut. Eugene C. Lockhart, U.S.A., from Ft. Monroe, Va; First Lieut. Frank M. Means, Second Lieut. Bussell L. Pirkle and Second Lieut. Clinton F. Matthews. It was explained that First. Lieut. Lockhart, a regular army officer, was assigned here as of August 1, but will not arrive un- til September 1. :efs are reserve officers, being as- ;Signed to the regular army for one year. The coming of the additional imen will see the formation of | Battery E of the 13th Coast Artil- lery and headquarters group of the first battalion, 13th Coast | Artillery. FARLEY TURNS IN HIS RESIGNATION have reached 82 miles per hour. LEAVES CABINET AND com- | MITTEE CHAIRMANSHIP TO HEAD NEW YORK YANKS (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Aug. 8— James A. Farley sent his written resignation from the cabinet post of Postmaster General and chair- manship of the Democratic Party to President Roosevelt today. | Cabinet resignation will take effect August 17 and the chair- manship on September 1. No mention of the third-term issue was mentioned in state- ments from both Farley and Roosevelt today. They confined their remarks to regrets for ac- Aion taken by Farley. Ended now is the brilliant phase of the New Deal when Far- ‘ley: Ied the political triumphs for the’ President in 1932 and 1936. “\Edward J. Lynn of New York ;takes over the national chair- | Manship reigns late this month. W.E. Fowler Appointed Harris School Principal ,Last year he shifted to the Senior High, teaching English, History and Mathematics. Born in Russellville, Alabama, October 31, 1909, he has had an active teaching career since grad- uating from State Teachers Col- lege at Johnson City, Tenn. with a B.S. degree. He taught in Mis- sissippi, Tennessee and Alabama before coming here. : At present Mr. Fowler is at- | tending isent Mr. Fowler last thad been received. The answer | came last night, he stated. not; be made on blanks furnished by the The three oth-} -| Al Mills, * {convention corporation, appeared Afier hearing ae.ails ia con- j}mection with the American Le- gion state convention here next year, the Monroe county commis jsion last night unanimously |edopted a resolution appropriat- ‘ing $1.000 to the Key West Con- vention corporation. Present at the meeting were Chairmen Carl Bervaldi, Commis- jsioners Braxton Warren, T. Jenk- jins Curry and William Monsal- vatge. Also in attendance were jClerk Ross C. Sawyer, Legal Ad- tvisor W. Curry Harris and Chief {Deputy Sheriff Bernard Waite. an executive of the tbefore the commission with the explanation of the expenses. He {said the Ft Lauderdale conyen- jtion cleared a profit of $2,476-anc there was every to expect jthat the Key West convention {would do likewise. A six-page ietter explaining jthe convention was submitted by the Legionnaires. The advertis- ling value of the meeting of the j State legionnaires to Key West 'was outlined. It was pointed out that a successful convention would attract other organizations ‘to the city. Miami Daily News presented a two-page advertising proposition in a special rotogravure section for $500. The county commission took the matter under adviSe ment. A request from the Chamber of Commerce for $325 for the publishing of a Key West phamp- let was approved. Artman Press asked for $59 FLORIDA HOME POPULAR CARTOON CHAR- laee some act ateer obtamumg af 2m per: near &e ce > ie TAMPA, Aug. 8 (FNS).—The cartoon strip featuring “Geso- line Alley” and portraying ‘the adventures of “Skeezix” is one of the most popular in the coun- try. It is drawn by “King” maintains a Florida home at Kis- simmee. Florida got a nationwide break « recently when “Skeezix” was pic tured leaving for “home”. Pur- chasing a bus ticket. he joyously boards a Florida Motor Line bus for “St. Petersburg” Now we know where “Skeezix cae the sewenil GS sees quarters sccrarg = Der wee lor Seta = natec ft eeegee for the “Information Guide to [Key West” arid it was tentatively granted. Commissioner Monsalvatge was appointed to represent the com- ‘mission on a committee . dealing fwith advertising. | Monsalvatge iwill attempt to work out a pro- !gram with the Chamber. of Com- imerce and the city, so that all ‘advertising projects would have ito be approved by the Chamber sbefore they were submitted to |the county commission. j ES SOME Esigban Santana, Jr.. and Ar- imando Fernandez will be given a hearing before Peace Justice En- rique Esquinaldo, Jr.. at 5 o'clock this afternoon on charges of petit larceny growing out of the haul- ing of a load of marl ffom the jJohnson Realty company proper- ity near Johnson street. | HELD ON CENSUS COMPLAINT lives, and we are glad to know that he is a Floridian. Gen. de Gaulle Author NEW YORK, Aug 8—Back- ward leadership. civilian penic fifth column activities and lack of co-ordination with ber allies are blamed for France's Gefew by General Charles de Gaul leader of the French forces whacs are still carrying on the fight m defiance of Marshal Petain's or rh a ‘sus taker”. Others had refused at first, but later had cooperated. ag fh lt fi ii he eli Hl i li WE ji i : OF WAR IS BASH Of Book Adopted By Germany wares Stat ae -~ successia is oacmaTs ow om 606 wane: anc i pees Se met te beet by SR Geeks anc 2 68 pares i f- oo f i if : fr MF Hl | by bat j ts t. lh i -