The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 13, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Long Re Guns Bomb British Coast : - | Aerial Invasion Con - SENATORS SEEK Cin! [AID BRITAIN Mastery Of Air Dover Sector tinues; Nazis SUGGEST CANADA BE_IN- {damage created by the storm, | (By Associated Press) | LONDON, Aug. 13.—The air | blitzkrieg continued to rage all} over England today, the dispatch- | } es of bombings being added to by | H CLUDED IN PAN-AMERICAN UNION; WANT TO SELL OLD DESTROYERS (By Associated Press) reports that the Germans have | WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. ; Two propositions for giving aid Started to thell the channel ports with long-range guns stationed to Britain came up for discussion Seu Eseneni scl: ‘on the floor of the Senate here Nazi dispatches stated that | 44:5’ morning, their forces had achieved} complete mastery of the air at ‘voted on either. Dover, and that the bombing _ ali started inland from ment to bring Canada into the at point. g Gia excitement was evident | Cope of the Pan-American union in Berlin as dispatches from that | of nations to receive all benefits city told of Nazi anticipation of of the nation’s action against to- the big invasion effort that is talitarian states. believed about to be inaugurat- ed. air over-aged naval vessels of the Full reports on the air casual- United States Navy to England. | ties were again not available. Senator Pepper of Florida was Both sides, however, continue to foremost Proponent of this pro- issue statements claiming their posal. He seeks to put all de- enemy suffered heaviest in to-' stroyers of pre-World War vintage day’s clashes. Britain reported at the disposal of the British. that eleven Nazi planes were shot ——— down this morning and only STOCK MARKET three British planes were lost. SLUMPS BADLY Nazi dispatches stated that one NEW YORK, Aug. bombing raid accounted for de- market opened up struction of ten English airships alone, these bombed while the ground. 13.—Stock slow _ this on ed a lowering tendency, account- able in the depressing news of SOMALILAND BATTLE (By Associated LONDON, Aug. 1 war office today laid claims to advances in Somaliland. bera, the British gunners were British air ministry stated to- increased airraids on England, Danish bases controlled by the Re SC: ele BRITISH HOLD by the German raiders were to the German high command that -and, therefore, claimed super- and will continue to be displayed |"@Ported to have been successful Italian planes range guns from across the chan- ! of defense close to Berbera which huge 1940 models of World war on airplanes from their 160 miles day that England is “more than most observers believed. holding its own” in the air war.| Board showed most stocks Reports told of attacks last night jower from 3 to 4 points at noon, on Amsterdam military objec- though slight gains were noted Germans, resulting in much property damage. Low hanging clouds today fav- ored the Nazis in the air battle ITALIAN DRIVE swoop out of the clouds for at- tack on anything in sight, then a REPORTS INDICATE ITALIAN auick recoverv to protection of the clouds fron® defending planes. “the invasion of England had be- gun. It did issue a statement to the effect that British planes had refused to engage the Nazis in iority in the air. English air ministry denied the statement. reiterating the R.A-F.’s | outside the capital city of Ber- past brilliant record and claim- by this branch of Britain’s de-| in bringing down a number of fense. and holding in Shell English Coast check any further advances at- That the Germans are shelling tempted this morning. nel was indicated yesterday by has been strengthened since Italy explosions in a southeast town, joined the war. Underground air- believed to be caused by gun- raid shelters have been con- fire. structed. English forces are re- Big Berthas have been bombed away Eden base, large numbers by the R.A.F. For weeks. observ- of native troops and warships ers here-noted the feverish work along the coast. carried on by German militarv Two strong Italian forces’ are tives and additional raids on Jate in the day’s trading. over England. Tactics employed No announcement came from aerial hattle in some instances, ing that the same bravery is now the English coast with long- British have a secondary line Reported emplacements of lying for the most part, however, experts just across the channel wending their way to the Somali- and expressed the opinion that land capital from the Ethiopian! huge guns were being drawn up. frontier. It has been reported that the Nazis possess Big Berthas that RUSSELL GOES can shell London from a distance Bennie Russell, local agent for of 90 miles, which is 14 miles further than the old-type gun of the World war. MARION, Ind.—A sien in a, the State Conservation Depart- Post office window: “Christmas ment left this morning for Taver- packages should be wrapped se-| Nier on business for the depart- curely and mailed early.” ment. HOLY SMOKES! ALREADY? ""’ WITHTWO PLANS! =< Second had to do with selling} stoppage of further Italian army | Entrenched in strong positions: Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. NAVAL STATION | WORKERS HEAR CHARLESTON REQUESTING | INFORMATION’ OF HOMES IN STORM Captain W. J. Jacobs; com- j{mandant of the Key West Naval | Station, yesterday sent a wire to |questing that information be sent ie in regard to the families of ;men, who have been transferred Ito this station, now residing in {that city. The answer came this morning by wireless and it acted to reas- | * the: workers here that their {families were all alive, albeit {Somewhat discomfitted by the j which has now abated. Captain Jacob’s message was as follows: “General information request- ed as to the satety of families living in Charleston belonging to employes transferred from Navy Yard, Charleston, to Naval Sta- tion, Key West”. The commandant of the Sev- enth Naval District answered to the effect that the storm blew down trees, telephone wires and created some damage to dwell- but no action was! ings, but that there was no loss! of life nor injuries known. Much concern was felt here on First was the pending arrange-|the part of a number of Navalj {Station workmen and navy per-} {sonnel in that first reports on the storm which hit Charleston Sun- day afternoon told of severe damage to property. Additional concern was felt when it was learned that all communication jlines were down. Associated Press dispatches this morning brought more ac- curate information about the storm, which is reported to have |been the worst that struck the jarea affected in several years. There were some deaths report- ed, mostly in isolated areas on islands off the coast of South Carolina. | Following the end of the storm morning and immediately show-|¥esterday afternoon, relief agen- | cies busied themselves along the whole coastline from Savannah jto Charleston. | HAS EXHIBITION STUDENTS INVITE PARENTS i TO VISIT HARRIS SCHOOL TOMORROW MORNING PLANES DESTROYED IN | All parents of children enrolled | special at the Roosevelt Summer Camp jand others interested have been invited to attend an exhibition jot the work accomplished at the jcamp this summer to be held at starting at 10:00 o'clock. : This announcement was made }this noon by Mrs. Eva B. Warner, jcamp co-ordinator, and her as- sistant, George Mills White. A program will be given in connection with the exhibition, ; which will display the various talents of the camp students. ! Following the program an {Open House will be held and re- freshments will be served to all visitors by the WPA Lunch Room | Project, Mrs. Sybil Dexter, su- pervisor. Articles in the exhibition will be gathered from the Art, Needle- twork, Woodwork, Papercraft, ; Weaving, Native Material and Nature Classes held during the camp term. ‘VISITOR’S NIGHT AT SERVICE CLUB Secretary W. J. Pierre of the ; Stone Church Service Club an- ;Mounced this morning that to- the Charleston Naval Station re- | P. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1940 Discussion Brought About [CVIKAN PATRIOTISM LEFT TO OWN id Film. At Local Theater aram ‘acom wines (CONSCIENCE, SAYS| COL. PENDLETON A great deal of discussion, pro and con, has been entered into since the Palace Theater began the practice of running a film with words and music of the Star Spangled Banner and dis- lay of a waving American Flag in technicolor during the latter Part of the showing. The film is one of many ideas that crop up during national conditions similar to those at present and is in an effort to awaken patriotism in the hearts of the American peo- ple. The discussion. is centered ‘around the coming to attention and saluting the flag whilé the jfilm is being flashed on the jScreen. There are many who be- lieve it is a disrespect to the Am- erican Flag and the national anthem to stand and give the salute while under cover. In this }group also are those who declare jthey attend the theater for iPleasure only. On the other ;hand, the opposing side declared ithe act is a display of patriotism. And so the arguments run—all fover the city. { In an effort to ascer the proper conduct in such instances, j we contacted Col. L. L. Pendle- jton, commanding officer of the {13th Coast Artillery, with head- , quarters in the Army Bar Ss fand explained the situation to him. Col. Pendleton admitted the is- sue is a “very controversial” one, and in attempting to clarify the ; question he advised that “I am speaking for myself, alone, and my views do not in any way rep- resent those of the War Depart- ment, which has not, so far as I ‘have been able to learn, issued any definite ruling cencerning all phases of the matter”. | The Department does not, Col. iPendleton declared, presume, to , issue any regulations for the con- | i j “It is unthinkable that we of jthis organization would j tionally do anything to inten- harm Key West or any of the people in your city”. Thus wrote John L. general manager of the Miami Chamber of Commerce in answer {to an inquiry sent forward by the Chamber of Commerce here re- tae reported misinformation jgiven members of Lions {nationwide who inquired booth outside accommodatins in Morris, clubs at a Miami about Key | West. { The subject came up when members of the Lions club in this city heard stories of the usual —British |Harris School tomorrow morning, { brand of misleading information jgiven out at that booth by-alleged representatives of the Miami {Chamber. The Citizen editorial- jized on that subject recently— j this article and the letter of in- ;quiry were forwarded to Mr. Morris for an explanation. The answer came last weekend, and is printed herewith in its en- tirety as received by the Cham- j ber here. Mr. Morris wrote: }_ “The editorial from The Key West Citizen and your letter lodging a complaint against the | Miami Chamber of Commerce for {having disseminated untrue in- formation during the recent pilgrimage of the nation’s Lions 'to Havana through the ports of {Key West and Miami ¢ame as a distinct shock to me. Naturally the shock is accompanied by con- siderable embarrassment and I might also add it is something about which I know -absolutely nothing. “At the request of the Miami Lions Club we established a booth on U. S. Highway No. 1 on the outskirts of Miami This was in operation for four days ‘duct of civilians. “cussion. Miami C. Of C. Answers Charge Of Misinformation “That is left”, he explained, “to the civil law, and the individual's conscience”. indoors, officers and enlisted men not in a military formation, salute the playing of the National An- them by standing at ‘attention’.” The hand salute, however, the commanding officer said, is not required at those times. The colonel commended one phase of the “argument against” when he stated that “there is some merit in the contention of those who say they attend the theater for pleasure only”. Col. Pendleton advanced a so- lution to the question that would ‘probably be satisfactory to both sides. Said the commanding of- ficer: “I might venture to sug- igest that, in place of the Na- itional Anthem, which is too ‘sacred to those of us who love it to risk the profanation by the ignorant or unthinking, that the theaters substitute a stanza of either ‘America’ (which I recall was sung as the closing anthem; at West Point cadet chapel dur-/ ing the four years of my _ stay there) or the newer song, ‘God Bless America’. I feel that the reaction of the individuals in the audience to either of these songs ' may be left to their taste, and that any personal element of compulsion, such as might be felt ; to exist under the playing of ‘The Star Spangled Banner’, would then be absent”. At a meeting of the Stone Church Service Club last week the question came up for dis- Members brought out that many of the audience failed to stand at attention while the anthem was being played and the flag displayed. The result w: that the elub as a whole voted in favor of the idea and requested the public to display more patriot- | ism than noted in the past. this temporary work and, of course, we were under the im- pression they both knew what they were doing and would not disseminate false or misleading information. “We had members of our reg- ular staff on duty at the Lions headquarters at the Alcazar Ho- tel and naturally this was where we expected the visitors to secure complete information. I thought we had done a pretty fair job for the visiting Lions. “It is impossible for me to Teach by telephone the man who was in charge of the temporary booth. I have just dictated a letter asking him to expjain this matter to me at his earliest con- venience. As quickly as I have his version, I will write you more in detail. Obviously at the pres- ent moment I must plead ignor-! ance. “It is unthinkable that we of this organization would inten- tionally do anything to harm Key West or any of. the people in your city. Time and time again I have checked on our own in- formation department to see what sort of treatment was ac- corded Key West. Everything always has been of the highest order. I have.repeatedly main- tained that Key West not unlike | Havana constitutes another tour- ist attraction for Miami and brings through here a great num- ber of people who possibly would not come to Florida otherwise. It certainly has never occurred to the members of this organization and particularly the staff person- nel that Key West could be class- ed as competitive. utterly pointless in our doing Until now | SALT WATER | | SUPREME COURT HOLDS LAW VALID: OWN- i ERS AND OPERATORS WARNED TO TAKE NOTICE | FLORIDA ‘Army regulations “prescribe that, ; (Special to The Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, Aug. 13.—R. L. Dowling, Florida’s supervisor of conservation, said today the Florida supreme court has just held as valid the law which re- quires that all boats that ply in or operate in the salt waters of the state that have anything whatever to do with fishing must pay an annual license to the con- servation department before be- ‘ginning operations. Since 1915 there has been a law compelling all commercial fishing boats to pay such an an- nual fishing license. The 1937 legislature, in its wis- dom, Dowling said, passed an ad- ditional or supplementary act re- quiring all other fishing boats that ply in the salt waters of the State to pay an annual license tax. This 1937 supplementary act has been twice attacked, first by a party boat operator in Panama City, who contended that no an- nual license was required .and that the tax must be paid only once on each boat. The Florida jpreme court set this contention aside and held that the tax must be paid annually. The second attack came ‘Miami, where a pleasure boat operator contended the license law did not apply to boats oper- from ated by pleasure fishermen who; fished only with hook and line or rod and reel. The supreme court {now hands down a decision | which upholds this law as apply- ing to ali boats that ply in or operate in the salt waters of the {state that have anything to do with fishing. “Boat owners and operators ; Should take notice,” Dowling said, ! “that this law does require that a [license be procured -before fish- ing operations of any kind are be- ; gun.” The penalty for failure to pro- | cure a license and pay the annual tax is a fine of $500, a jail sen- tence of six months, or both. “Please cooperate, pay the ‘small tax, and save embarrass- ment to all concerned,” Dowling 'said, “as the department needs the revenue. BIGHT CUT | NARROWED DANGER TO BOATS PASSING THROUGH MAY CAUSE CITY SUIT i Conclusion of the work ,recent+ ly started on the Garrison Bight project has brought to the atten- tion of residents of that section a serious condition that may mean trouble for the city in the future. The work started called for widening of the entrance from the bay into the bight. Drag- lines had succeeded in leveling off considerable of the embank- ments on one side of the cut— but, in so doing, hati broken loose much of thie steel and con- crete retaining works. The lat- ter extends into the narrow in- let, so much so that small craft, in negotiating the passageway, endanger themselves. This property was deeded to ‘the City of Key West fora two- year’s period by Trumbo Proper- ties, Inc. Therefor, unless some- thing is done about the obstruc- , tion in the inlet, the ity will find gel ike? ip fait eu was pointed out af 2 ‘bodt shdula~ be damaged of; the over- hanging steél It would be! anything that would tend to de-! tract from the growth and pop- ularity of this neighbor city from | HOLLYWOOD — A check for Key West, Florida, bas the most equable climate mm the country; with an sverage range of only 14° Fabresbe night’s meeting of the club to be|and was intended to give motor- held at the church annex at 6:00; ing Lions information on how to |o’clock, will feature a Visitor’s|reach the Alcazar Hotel where ‘Night presentation of the pur-jinformation headquarters had Poses, activities and recreations;been established. We could not of the club. spare anyone from our regular whence comes a great amount of $100,000 has been given to the PRICE FIVE CENTS ‘City $ DANGER ZONE REGULATIONS ANNOUNCED APPLICABLE To FIRING RANGE OF FORT TAYLOR RESERVATION: LIFE AND PROPERTY SAFEGUARDS Danger zone of the firing rang for the Fort Taylor Military Re ervation has just been annow by the War Department througt the acting secretary of war, I Johnson The zone has been charted ix order to save lives and property and is also made known interest of the general public The communication from Mr Johnson. which self-explani- tory, follows Danger Zone Regulations Pursuant to the Chapter XIX of the approved July 9, 1918 (40 Stat 892; 33 U.S.C. 3) the following regulations are hereby prescribed to govern the use and navigation of the waters of the Atlantic Ocean (Straits of Florida)... com- ‘prising the firing range of Fort ylor Military Reservation, Key West, Florida. : 20485 Waters of Ocean (Straits of Fla.) lor Military Reservation. West, Florida. The Danger Zone (a) The firmg range Taylor includes the waters of the Atlantic Ocean (Straits of Fla within a sector described as fo lows: Beginning at the be on the end of the Navy Y¥ mole; thence to Buoy “® lyards west by north of the jstaff at Old Fort Taylor) 'to Buoy “6” (1300 yards west of Whitehead Point); thence to East Triangle Beacon; thence to N Buoy No. 2 (at the entrance ito the main ship channel); thence ‘due south (magnetic) a distance of 15,000 yards (7% nautical miles); thence northeast (Mag netic) a distance of approximate- ly 20,000 vards (10 nautical miles to a point on a line from. Key West Light Beacon “J” (on Western Sambo), extended point being approximately yards (3 nautical easterly of said Beacon thence to the said Beacon “J thence along the said line to Day Beacon (Red) No. 4 (500 south of the Casa Marina Hotel thence to the foot of Whitehead street. is Provisions of Army Act of (45! flag thence south - The Regulation ) a) qualified, the above-described waters are open throughout the year to the public for fishing and traffic from 12:00 Noon, Satur- days, to 7:00 A. M., Mondays. and National (not State hohdays from 6:00 P. M. of the preceding day to 7:00 A. M. on the day fol- lowing the holiday (2) On days when firing i to be carried on, a large red fiag will be displayed from the flag pole at Old Fort, Taylor not later than 7:00 A M_of that day and jl be removed when. firing ‘ceases for the day. j @) When night firing is eched- juled a large white flag will be jdisplayed from the same flag (Continued on Page Four) WHAT'S IN A NAME? BELLINGHAM, Wash. — De- Fort™ business for Miami tradesmen. “As I-have said, I am making an investigation of the editorial complaint All members have been re-jstaff to man this booth, A man these ,@Quested to attend the meetingjand his son who were recom- ‘tonight and to bring a visitor. mended to us were selected to do} {Cedars of Lebanon Hospital as claring, “I had six Johnsons pick- ;an endowment to perpetuate the | ing for me last year and they all |memory of Will Rogers and part were such good pickers that alll I large - scale sholt, actor-president of the Mo- | State Employment Office to send tion Picture Relief Fund, made | him at least 25 berry pickers—all the | Johnsons, if possible. 10,738 from Aug. 1-10 Fifteen Permits bsued By laspecter Resell: Resi Heads List f $9.900 v4 Other permut: wk described 2 Repairs to f structure 1250 Varela ‘ owned ty Jake Aronowitz at « cost of $40 | Repairs & gela Johnson. $1 Repair Wm Repax frame b owned Ps ctute at GB An ~~ - Lous stars strext own ed by on t £2 Fiemme Lee Baker, $55 x beauty adder = ground Bete! Com FEC to ane--tary ie street sae Tage Tepes at owned br Gex structure waned & saa * yards “ Except as hereafter 4 Another epuede that mstrh < the Greece mecxiéests @ ABera against this organiza-|of the money will be used to en-}want this year are Johnsons”. J. is the murder of a= Alberer