The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 15, 1940, Page 1

rvice VOLUME LXI. No. 195. Associated Press Day Wire For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NE,WSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1940 - Nazis: Renew Mas Bombing Attac Jaycees To Protest Greek Cruiser Sunk In In- cident That May Plunge Italy and Greece Into War (By Associated Press) LONDON, Aug. 15.—The heaviest bombers of the Ger- man Reich swept 15,000 feet high and in swarms hundreds strong into the very heart of England late today, pounding at the roots of Britain's air and military power from northern Tyneside to south- ern Downs. Anti-aircraft guns and R.A-F. planes took a mount- ing toll of the invaders’ huge aircraft. reckless in their strength. (German bulletins said the invading bombers had pene- trated even to Tilbury docks, teeming industrial beehive just down the Thames river fram London—i5 miles from the city itself. (DNB, official German mews agency. said bursts of anti-aircraft fire over Lon- don indicated that German planes had flown over the itself, although there was no indication that bombs had been dropped there.) great city Fifty-five Nazi planes were reported shot down up to 5:00 p. m., while the air ministry placed British losses at only seven. LONDON, Aug. 15.—Confu- | Condition WILL ARRIVE IN CTY AUGUST 21 COMING TO SPEND Two DAYS EN ROUTE FROM HOLLYWOOD TO HER NEW YORK HOME Advice sent to Miss Ileen Wil- liams from Miss Thelma Strabel, owner of the news“Southernmost Home” now nearing completion, stated that she would arrive in Key West next week, on Wed- nesday, to spend two days with friends here, and to inspect her new home. The brief stay is being sand- wiched in between the conclusien of assignments in Hoilywood, | Calif. and new commitments to be taken up wnen she arrives in her New York neaaquarters. Miss Strabel advised in her let- ter that it was highly unlikely that Cecil B. De Mille would jcome here, as previously an- nounced. She stated, however, that his associate producer would arrive in the city with a staff of cameramen some time late in September. The cameramen will spend a week or two taking background shots of Key West for use in the forthcoming super-movie, “Reap The Wild Wind”, taken from the story written by Miss Strabel just recently published in the Saturday Evening Post. FD. R. NAMES Of St LargestTurnout Present! At Meeting Last Night; | Take Up Several Im-| portant Matters | i Protests to the City Council. and Board of Public Works | against the deplorable condition | of city streets will be sent by the | Key West Junior Chamber of | Commerce. This action was tak-) en at a meeting held last eve- | ning in Harmony Grill on Duval | street. Joe Allen presided. The meeting was marked with much enthusiasm and _ interest and drew one of the largest crowds in the history of the or-i ganization. é, i Garrison Bight Project | Members were advised that! telegrams had been sent to Sen- ator Charles O. Andrews asking his aid in the reopening of Garrison Bight project, which had recently been closed with a layoff of 60 men. It was shown that this action had been taken due to a general layoff of 400 men in this district. | It was brought out that Key| West had been made to bear more than its share of the layoff. ' Senator Andrews’ reply stated that he had taken the matter up, with State Administrator Schro-| der and would do everything in} his power to have the Project j started again. Aviation Committee Reports Everett Sawyer, chairman of! Noa's Plane In Practice! ISLAND BOMBING: Key Westers have been getting | some first-hand information on what it will be like if an enemy | dive bomber attacks the- Island; City. - ! The fighter plane attached to the destroyer U.S. S. Noa has been engaged in bombing prac- tice for the past week, concen- trating on Sand Island, off Porter Dock. From a height of about 2,000 j feet, the plane dives down to 200 feet and drops miniature bombs: containing a very light powder sharge, sufficient only to leave a ke-trace of the hits. ‘Incidentally, the crew of the Plane have been making some good shots. Observations made. this morning from the shore tal- lied a number of direct hits made on the island. H The plane is an innovation on destroyers—the Noa being the only vessel with special boom equipment to swing the plane to the sea. REV. MAUREAU IN AUGUSTA, Gr. NEWS STORY IN CHRONICLE TELLS OF HIS VISIT: TO GO IN RETREAT A news article in the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle advises that Rev. Alphonse L. Maureau, S. J., of St. Mary’s Star of the Sea Catholic Church here, is visiting that city after many years’ ab- sence. Rev. Maureau was a mem- ber of the Sacred Heart College ‘tiat tity for a num of years. A brief history of the rev- ,erend’s career was given in the article, concluding with the fol- lowing statement: “He is wide- ly known throughout the South and is held in affectionate regard by his former pupils”. While in Augusta, Father Mau- reau will make his annual re- treat. This custom is consistent- ly carried out by members of the Society of Jesus. at the meeting last night. It ap-j | missioner Bervaildi. MONUMENT AT COUNTY BOARD OKEYS PROJ- | ECT TO CLEAN UP suR-! SOUNDING PROPERTY: UN-| ABLE TO MAKE SURVEY County commissioners consid-} ered the condition of the Vet- eran’s monument at Islamorada Peared that grounds surrounding | the monument were in need oi} cleaning up. } W. J. Parker, a preacher on! the keys, wrote that he could. take care of cleaning up around) the monument—either for time at a cost of from $12.00 to $14.00—or could guarantee that! the space -would be kept cleared @mnually at a cost of $75.00. i Commissioners directed Mr.! Curry to take over the proposi- tion and arrange to clear the Property as best he saw fit. Lt. Col. T. D. Simkins, of the Army Corps of Engineers, acting district engineer with offices at Jacksonville, requested that the Board move to end all fishing on! highway bridges in Yhe interests of no interruption to transporta-j Property Owners; C. Of tion. Communication was to be' (, Recommendations feferred to the State Road De- Partment for action. Are Heard Marathon Chamber of Com- merce’s application to have a Survey made in their section for | a road to be constructed from the’ H. S. MacKenzie, of Tavernier. highway to a beach park, all)! Property to be donated by citi-|“PPesre? before the county com zens of Marathon, was not acted | missioners last night at the court upon at this time. ; It was pointed out that the sur- vey, to cost in the neighborhood ' jateral reads on the Keys. of $125, would be useless at this 3 . time in that no funds existed in! This subject had been intro- the treasury to construct the duced at a board meeting months It was thought best to/ago, the only action being taken ‘postpone the’Survey until” such a ‘at that time was the order for a! time as the road could be built ‘survey of the situation with the Application of James V. Gallat view to future action. Following to sell liquor in his new estab-/discussion, the board moved to lishment on the highway at Mara- provide $1,200 in the new budget thon, for the 1940-1941 period, for sponsorship purposes, and was approved by the commis-,voted to make application for a sioners. iproject to construct the roads Communication from _ State/in the near future. WPA Administrator Roy Schroder! Charles Toppino, formerly of in connection with delay in/Marathon, now working in this starting the county boulevard ‘city, asked permission to dig rock Project, was reported.on by com- from Garrison Bight. The board {informed him that it had no jur- __ {isdiction in the matter. | Allen E. Curry’s protest against OUR DEFENSE jassessment on the Gulf Oil Com- jpany’ property in the city is to be ‘studied by a committee con- (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the fourth of a series pre- == ‘sisting of Commissioners Mon- jSalvatge and Curry, in collabora- pared by the National Defense Advisory Commission in re- _ tion with the tax assessor. Sponse to numerous requests Preparedness program. Future releases will appear in The Citizen on Thursdays and Mondays. ; The board moved to appropri- ate $25 for repair of road patrol- |man Raymond M. Maloney’s j automobile. Communication was read. from for articles on our national COUNTY BUDGET ITEMS LISTED Details of the Monroe County budget for 1940-41 were announced as follows by the Assi passed on let night's TI IIIA L ; RUSSELL NAMES NEW TEACHERS TWO MUSIC TEACHERS aP- POINTED: MATHEMATICS INSTRUCTOR ALSO Superintendent of Public Is struction, Melvin E. Russell to day released the names of three neW appointees to the County School system. Two new tegch ers are for the High school and 1940-1941 Budgei; Push Airport Plan Levy One Mil Lower Thae Last Year; Eevised Drawings Fer Airpert Te Be Presented e: the regusar mee=ms met amt Heeds Request Of Keys ODDO DLA SEs 8 talline tor $4 emt sewer expeom millage lewy coe eel eee mem: of $1613.30 = me cen Pr charmer Cari Serve comms soners Willies Mee bate Baxter B Wao Sorweng Theepe, TO Jenk= -_ cherk Res € < copes sherit! Sermers <= Casry Herm i = final settememct of ioe moe = sues totaling SSSR oy amp ing el ssw So coe et ng sssur Th anne Ste gaara too = THE ARMY OF THE the Jaycee Aviation Committee, | UNITED STATES one ‘for Division Street scticol sion continued today in the blitz- krieg warfare being conducted over England, as that nation struggles on in her fight for life from the mass bombing attacks still raging all over the land. Nazis followed up the brief lull yesterday with attacks of Mes- serschmidts and Stuka bombers in northeast and southeast Eng- land, apparently concentrating the brunt of the attacks on Dover. This latter concentration leads to the belief that the Nazis will be- gin an actual invasion effort aimed at that port in the near future. Ranging into the interior, Nazi planes, said to total over three hundred, bombed several indus- trial centers and neared this capi- «tal city in some of the raids. Meanwhile, the British re- ported discouraging news from the African sector. Small forees of British army units, outnum- bered three to four to one, are being pushed slowly. back from positions: held previously: in Sa- moliland, despite efforts of | the R. A. F. to keep Italian attacking planes at bay. Greek Cruiser Sunk A major incident was created today which may lead to a def- inite break between Greece and Italy, it was morning. A Greek cruiser was sunk at Athens, and two other ships were badly damaged by a submarine thought to be of the Italian navy. The submarine crept into the Athens harbor and without any warning, released torpedoes (Continued on Page Four) heard here this/ DAY OF PRAYER PROCLAMATION RELEASED TO NATION; LOCAL NAVAL STATION FORWARDS COPY Key West Naval Station was in’ receipt of a president proclama- tion this morning, naming Sun- day, September 8th, as a day of prayer nationwide, beseeching God for a righteous, enduring} peace. Captain W. F. Jacobs, com- mandant, released the proclama- tion as sent from navy head- quarters in Washington. It fol- lows herewith: “Now therefore, I, Franklin D. Roosevelt, President of the Unit- ed States of America— “Do hereby set ide Sunday, September 8, 1940. as a Day of Prayer, and I urge the people of the United States of all creeds and denomination— “To pray on that day in their churches, or at their homes, on |the high seas or wherever they may be, beseeching the Ruler of the Universe— “To bless our Republic, to make us reverently grateful for our heritage and firm in its de- fense and to grant to this Land jand to the troubled world a |Tighteous, enduring peace”. NOTICE B. P. O. ELKS MEETING TONIGHT, 8 O'CLOCK. Ledge Rooms Geo. Lucas, Secretary. made'a' complete report on the activity of his committee during / jSenator Claude Pepper,.in which jhe stated that he was. in sym-! Miss Madalaine Weeks, of Tren ipathy with Key West's endeavor , ton, Fla. will be the new music the past few weeks. Mr. Sawyer pointed out that! without an airport, Key West! would probably lose the National | Guard Encampment as with pres- ent facilities only part of the} 265th Coast Artillery Regiment} could come té Key West. nip | | National Guard activities, he ad- vised, would probably necessi- tate the training of the entire regiment in one location. Chairman reported that a com- mittee of the Chamber of Com- merce, Board of County Com- missioners and City Council i now pushing this project. He/ stated that he had offered this (Continued on Page. Four) ELKS HOLDING MEET TONIGHT! Notice of a meeting of B.P.O. Elks tonight, 8:00 o'clock, in the Lodge Rooms on Duval street, has been published by the secre- tary, George Lucas. Large attendance of the mem- bership is anticipated. CITY COUNCIL IN MEETING TONIGHT Second regular meeting of the month for the City Council will be held tonight in council cham- ,bers in the City Hall iplete unit The Men Who Used To Fight On Foot We have a reorganized and re- juvenated Army these days. It is made up of smaller, harder- punching units from the squad to the platoon, to the company, to the regiment, then on up to the division through the corps, to the field Army. Where the old army division (the division is the smallest com- which includes all kinds of weapons under one com-j and) of 20,000 men rushed to ttle at the speed of 12 miles a day, the new division can snap toward the enemy at more than 40 miles a day whenever motor transportation is made available. ; And the soldiers won't have flat feet when they get there, because they ride to work in trucks. There will -be fewer men to a division, only about 13,000, but, with new weapons these men will be able to sling more pounds of assorted steel at the enemy in less time than the old divisions could.' In the new. division the com-, mander has, as his direct aides, an infantry general and an artil- lery general Through these men the orders will be transmit- ted down through the regiments, the battalions that make up the Weapons For The Infantry ‘ The 13,000 John Smiths in the Clerk Archie Roberts reports find an attractive array of weap- only routine matters to come up'ons to choose from. In the first! to have this city designated as rifles for one of these streamlin- ; headquarters of the Seventh Nav- ed divisions of infantry. These’ al District if such is formed in new semi-automatic rifles, weigh- ee +: ; j amber of Commerce recom- ing only nine pounds, will Pump | mendations “is <a “asi out two or three times as many ‘propositions were read to mem- shots-per minute as the old rifles bers. The committee advocated would. One of the prime Jobs | that J. J. Johns’ bid for $500 be facing the Army, and in turn the {turned down and that The Art- National Defense Advisory Com-}™an Press bid for $50 for the In- mission, is where and how to turn ;formation Guide of Key West be these new troops. And that prob-! Pay day. H There is the .30 caliber automatic | rifle or light machine gun, pick up and walk away with it DESTRUCTION AT PARRIS There will be about twenty ai! tars for each division. A mortar ING UP TRANSFER can lob a shell weighing several x g } Captain W. F. Jacobs, com- my is hiding behind a building. will be a supply of ‘eigh-'Station, stated today that the ar- out rifles fast enough to equip |@Pproved. There are other new weapons. . F ‘AIL TO ARRIVE enough like a rifle for a man to} BAS Ces mm. mortars, and 60 mm. mor-| "SAND BELIEVED HOLD- Pounds right to where the ene- 2 mandant of the Key West Naval including light tanks, and an- three days overdue on their trans- other eighteen 37 mm. antitank fer from Parris Island, S. C.,’ guns whose 1%-inch shell will’ base. Tuin almost any tank that everj Huge destruction caused by the clanked. In addition, the infan- - ;hurricane last weekend, said to try must be supplied with .45 have (Continued on Page Four) the reservation were swept away WEEK-END SPECIALS |teve bold uw any remocsl ot ve up any marines from that point for the DATE and NUT and present. - e or - SNR. imander Albert C. Petrik, U. ‘ Maloney Bros. Bakery pe te rival of eight marines to augment _ that can stop anything up to and!the local detachment here were. teacher at the High School She is a graduate of FSCW and of two music conservatories, Wes leyan. at Macon, Ga. and Cin cmmnat. Mrs. Mary Milner, of Key West, is the Division Street school music teacher appointec Mrs. Milner is 2 graduate of FSCW also, and holds 2 BA de gree from the University of Mi- ami. She taught previously at the High School for one year, in 1928. Miss Edna Roberts, of Key matics teacher School. Miss Roberts holds an A. B. degree from FSCW, re- ceived last June. ported + pagi or me airport pier for te ~amtr announced tet Stu Seen were vemg Tevet anc Tat oor pretec paams woes & Teecs for the next regular merimg of boar Mr. Monsees = that 2 survey of the property o & ee h