The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 16, 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 NE WSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. VOLUME LXI. No. 196. Battle Started AtNoonToda Full Strength Of German Blitzkrieg Believed En- gaged In Crucial En- gagements (By Associated Press) LONDON, Aug. 16—Hitler is! “shooting the works” in an ef-: the air in quick order. as an- mouncement was made by the air ministry here today that 2,000 Nazi bombers and attack planes were engaged in operations “all over our iand”. The largest air-battle in history didnt get under way until noon today as low henging mists over the channel didn’t clear until that time. But, with the coming of the sun, hunareds of pianes ap- peared over the horizon, followed by hundreds more, flying in squadrons of over 50 planes each. Getting by coast patrols in many sectors, the Nazis swept inland and dropped thousands of bombs on villages and industrial centers, in one instance sweeping up the Thames river to within a few miles of this city. Anti-air- craft guns quickly ‘drove the at- tackers away from the city’s out- skirts, however. British observations were to the effect that if the attack keeps up at its present pace, Hit- ler will have his full blitzkrieg strength in the air. “Then”, one observer noted, “it will be a mat- ter of whether or not Hitler can succeed in breaking English morale, and take over rule of the air”. It was pointed out that if the present attacks are not suc- cessful, the Germans may as well give up all thought of invasion. The most crucial test of British defenses finds hundreds of dog- fights being fought. Observers at many points declare that “no matter where one looks, English and Nazi planes are seen in dar- ing attack and defensive tactics”. | Diving in all directions the battles that still evening. British announced that at least twenty enemy planes were down- ed an hour after the battles started this noon. Nazi reports on the battles were not given out at press time. Reports on yesterday's start of the aerial blitzkrieg varied, ac- cording to which side reported. The British claimed that 1,000 German planes came over and that the R. A. F. had accounted for 132 of them. Berlin denied that that number of planes were engaged in the attack, stating that 520 planes were in the en- gagement. They stated that their attack had brought down over 100 British planes. High flying planes late today appeared over this city, according to late dispatches, but no re- ports of bombings were heard. In many instances German planes were seen to turn and streak for home following re- leasing of their bomb loads. It is believed they landed on home base fields, reloaded with fuel and bombs, and came back for more engagements in the terrific air battle. BERMUDA MARKET Milk-Fed Veal 3 lbs. 25e feature rage this STEW SMALL LEGS. F > ‘or Roasting B 2 TURN TO PAGE 4 FOR OTHER SUGGESTIONS \GREECE T0 MOBILIZE ITS ARMY | DECLARATION OF WAR BE- | LIEVED NEAR; ITALY DE- NIES SUBMARINE THAT SANK CRUISER WAS HERS | | {fy Aasocinted Prens) ; ATHENS, Aug. 16—Announce- ;ment was made here today that Greece was ready to issue mobil- jization orders to its army, in preparation for any emergency. | It is believed that the govern- ;ment is about to declare war | against Italy as an aftermath of the incidents yesterday that [brought sinking of the light- cruiser Helle in Tinos harbor by an unidentified submarine and the bombing of the passenger ship Frinton off Crete by al- legedly Italian planes. Italy, meanwhile, declared that neither the submarine nor the planes were of her forces. Offi- ;cials here, however, were of the Personal opinion that Italy was creating a situation to bring on war in the belief that a quick campaign would bring surrender of the Greek bases desirable for promotion of the war against the | British. BRITISH RETREAT IN SOMALILAND LONDON, Aug. 16.—The sec- ondary line of defenses outside the capital city of Berbera have been broken by the - strong Italian forces in that battle, it Was announced here today. Falling back in orderly fashion, the British contemplated the arrival - of reserves and stronger defenses further south. | Italian reverses were said to be severe in yesterday's fighting. WPA OFFICIALS ARE IN TOWN A. J. Little, Jr., assistant WPA! state administrator, of Jackson- |ville, and E. H. Hulse, district |No. 3 director, registered at the |La Concha Hotel last evening. | The officials were in town to check over the local labor situa- |tion, it is believed, although nei- ther made any comment to the press this morning. Rotes Hear Dr. Morgan On ‘Vocational Service Rotary Club met in St. Paul’s {Parish Hall at noon yesterday, ‘with president Everett Russell in the chair. Under the urgency of song leader William V. Little, mem- bers indulged in extended vocal exercises, which the classification committee decided comes under the head of singing. Warren Watrous, a former Key Wester, now a resident of Penn- sylvania, and a Rotarian, was }present, and introduced his guest, Jack Stewart, attorney, of KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1940 INTANGIBLE TAXES LARGEST PAID IN ' FLORIDA TO DATE | PRESENT INDICATIONS POINT TO EXCESS OF ONE AND, | | ONE-HALF MILLION DOL- | LARS THIS YEAR | ‘TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Aug. 16 (ENS)Information on intank |gible property obtained from re-? ;ports made by Florida corpora- tions to the Federal government in income tax returns will be |made available to county tax as- sessors a month earlier than in past years, W. M. Wainwright, |state auditor, announced last j week. ! t [FLORIDA'S LEGIONNAIRES WILL ATTEND | Estimate Three Million People Will View Great Parade | PLAN LABOR DAY PICNIC RECREATION COMMITTEE OF | | MARTI LODGE CONSIDER. | ING ALL-DAY FESTIVITIES | AT SOUTH BEACH eee | i ‘ANNUAL CONVENTION IN BOSTON, MASS. i } (Special to The Citizen) | BOSTON, Mass., Aug. 16.—'By agreement {Key West and Florida Legion- naires to the total of several ‘hundreds will form a part of the yestimated 75,000 fighters of the Nate.World war who will con- iverge in annual convention upon Boston and the “Greater City”— 134 communities clinging to the outskirts of The Hub—on the oc- casion of the great get-together which opens here Sept. 22. | _ By FRANK W. LOVERING | | ! between Legion \officers and the police every type of ear-rending device is to be! banned. About 1000 red-capped ! Legionnaires will be on duty day ,and night to assist the public authorities. Legionnaire Firemen Great numbers of the visitors will be men who now belong to fire departments in hundreds of American cities and towns— Plans for an all-day pienic and | fiesta at South Beach on Labor | Day, September 2. are now go-! ing forward, it was announced | today by the recreation commit- tee of the Order Knights of Mar- ti, sponsor of the festivities. A bathing beauty contest for girls between the ages of 12 to 16 years is contemplated. The j heroes of peace. These men will pest athletic stature of young! Auditor Wainwright has had a! Accompanying the Legion will force of men working on income be the Auxiliary and associated tax returns in Jacksonville for bodies, which with the Massa- some time under his supervision. ‘chusetts’ contingent will bring The work has been speeded up ‘the visitors’ total to around 300,- by the adoption of a simplified 'g99 And Legion authorities and form which makes the work ffiriels of the 1 a t much less complicated and en-,ClCia's Of the police, depart- ables him to transmit the infor-|Mments which will co-operate fig- mation to the county tax asses-‘ure that not less than 3,000,000 sors at an earlier date. ‘people will witness the great pa- Present indications are that the rade on Tuesday, Sept. 24th. state returns from intangible tax- In Boston 10 Years Ago es will exceed one and one-half The Legion met in Boston 10 million dollars this year, he said. years ago and its various Parades This will represent the largest made up 28 miles of marching amount ever paid to the state men, women and equipment.. It and will represent an increase of sis estimated that $15,000,000 will more than one million dollars be spent during the week of the over the $417,368 assessed in 1936, ! festivities along all the lines mak- the year before Governor Cone ing for its success. The New went into office. »England Council says 21% of the After completion of the exam-'vast sum will be used for food, ination of income tax returns! $3,150,000; 25% will go to re- fiied in Florida, auditor Wain- jtailers, $3,750,000; transportation, wright will go to Washington to 20%, $3,500,000; hotel and hous- examine returns filed in other;ing interests, 20%, $3,500,000; states by residents of Florida. | amusements, 84, $1,200,000; 6% He said he had been instructed on what the New England Coun- by Governor Cone to see thatjcil classifies as “confections”, every Florida resident paid his ; $900,000. just and equitable share of in-}| The big parade will go on for itangible taxes and that they ten solid hours under a blizzard knew that some owners of large jof confetti from windows, roofs, intangible properties were filing ' trees, Poles, and the grandstand income tax returns in otherjon Boton Common, which will states in order to escape the strict seat 44,000 People. Three hun- enforcement of intangible tax {dred bands will mark march ‘collections started by Governor |time. Cone when he went into office. j Ten years ago the police ac- jcommodated onlv 20 at the sta- COMDR. CALLAHAN tions. There were but 29 children lost, and 175 hospital cases. RETURNS T0 POS There will be no cannonading Lieut. Commander and Mrs. LIONS HEARD F. H. Callahan returned last night § C SINGLETON lo Ue {this year because of these times. | to their quarters in the local nav-}. al station following a 25-day va- cation trip to New York State, {Make the short pilgrimage be guests at fire stations;men ketween 18 and 21 years throughout Greater Boston. Their will also be selected during the focial headquarters will be a day. famed T Wharf where the king’s Among the sports events plan- infamous tax on tea led to the ned will be a bicycle race, 110- “Boston Tea Party” and the dous- yard dash for boys and girls ing of vast quantities of “the and a distance swimming event. | makin’s” of the beverage in Bos-' Dancing will be held on the old: ton Harbor “way back when”. tennis courts at the beach. There will be lots of fun in Proceeds of the fiesta will go Boston but the seriousness of the entirely into convention funds times and of the discussions All lodges of the The slogan for the conclave is “Paul Revere Rides Again”, a years. the = numbers of the Legionnaires and 82 to: Lexington and Concord -where! in cement and steel of the wood- 5:00 O'CLOCK occurred almost beneath the study window of “The Old 52 Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote students will receive diplomas of the idealistic settlement,;when the 15th annual summer “Brook Farm”, a co-operative!school commencement is held in = (are 10 candidates for the bachelor CANCEL DIESEL science degrées, and 17 for the normal certificate. Students who ‘class. Resolution was presented at“ the City{Cbuncil ‘meet pe Miriam Elaine Carey. Key n s in of the order. convention assembled will lower ‘state, including the grand lodge will convene in Key West in De- Phrase most apt considering place of meeting and the situa- Liberty was born on the Nine- teenth of April in 1775. They|FSC SUMMER COMMENCE- Manse” overlooking the shining (Special to The Citizen) ribbon of the Concord river. LAKELAND, Aug. 16.—Eighty- group famed in early New Eng-|the open-air chapel at 5:00 land history. The heroine takes o'clock. . have completed undergraduate work in both terms of the sum- night scancelled action tak-| Wieets will receive the bachelor en at a special meeting held Aug-: © its key. cember, the second time in four tion in the world at large. Great their relatives and friends will will see at Concord the replica MENT EXERCISES en bridge where the’ first fight In that self-same room in 1851-'two Florida Southern college “The Blithedale Romance”, story;and certificates this afternoon (Continued On Page Two) | Included in the summer class ‘of arts degree, 55 for bachelor of oe mer session are members of this ust 2nd when the body moved to’, Continuing a summer school the White mountains of New |SPOKE ON CIVIC BETTER-4purchase a diesel plant for the ‘@dition, there will be no formal Hampshire, to Newport, R. L,! and to various sections in Maine.| MENT: DELGADO WELCOM- While in Maine, the Callahans ED INTO MEMBERSHIP stopped to see Peter Schutt, . manager of the La Casa Marina | Hotel here, who is summering as ee ee 3 bled last night in reguiar weekly | Commander Callahan stated 'Session at their Den. with Lion lance he and his wife enjoyed the |John Costar, first vice-president, trip very much, but were glad to in the chair. lget back to Key West. Guest speaker was S. C. Sin- gleton, executive secretary of the Chamber of ‘Commerce, intro- duced by Rodman Bethel, chair- man of the Civic Betterment |committee. Mr. Singleton treat- ged on his subject with accent not so much on things needed for jKey West, but on precedents to |follow, according to Biblical ad- ;monitions, which would tend to build a respect for law and order jin the city. | Mr. Singleton complimented the Lions Club for their aecom- plishments to date and saw a Key West Lions Club assem- | one Chieron, the first recorded practitioner who offered relief to the sick, established the theory which has come down through the ages, being’reinforced and developed all: along the line, re-| jceiving the attention of Hippo- crates, who was the first to put! , the art of healing on the road to} jthe separation of science and | in | witchcraft. It has arrived at a tion in helping the city to become better. The club voted to go on record aquarium. bright future for that organiza: favor of continuation of pre-' commencement address. The plant was to have cost $3,- 600. No mention was made of the reason why the cancelling resolution was presented. © Vote was unanimous in favor of the resolution. Councilman Carbonell, sponsor of the original motion as chair- man of the Public Welfare com- mittee, was not present at last night’s meeting. WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 16. |_An estimated 40,000 citizens of M Florida, mostly heads of families SE oo vivutore ts the support of} These Cars Are Too Good relatives when they do have em-| ; ployment, are unable to procure! For A Used Car Lot! ‘jobs either in private enterprise | jor the Work Projects Adminis- jtration or other Governmental “The situation is most des-/ . ;Senting the National Anthem and point where four years must be | displaynig of the American Flag jat the Palace Theatre. Lion Bez- janilla was commended for his {Patriotic endeavors in this re- ‘spent in study before a diploma {can be granted to the aspiring practitioner. Perate in many localities in our 0c ‘Ban gave a historical sketch of {Ithaca, N. Y. Dr. Morgan stressed the fact spect. Speaker of the day was Dr. A.'that in any vocation, service to Guests at the meeting were ,M. Morgan, taking as his subject, the communitiy requires three Lion Frank C. Schneider of Red- “Vocational Service”. Mr. Mor- supporting principles: “Honesty | lands, and Ishmael Calleja. Cub of Purpose”, “Sincere Belief in|Lion U. J. Delgado was extend- the evolution of the science of the Vocation” and “Qualification jed a cordial welcome to club chiropracty since 1300 B.C. when'for its Successful Application”. | mernbership. e COUNCIL HEARS LEGION’S PLEA FOR ASSISTANCE REQUEST FOR $1.000 FOR CON- VENTION FUND TURNED OVER TO FINANCE COM- MITTEE CONSIDERATION Chairman Al Mills of the American Legion Post state con- vention committee, and Wm. V. Little, president of the Key West Convention Corporation, were Present at last night's council meeting to present a plea for financial support for the con- vention to be held in this city next April Mr. Mills spoke at length on the project, following the reading ‘of a letter addressed to the coun- cil on the subject. Benefits of the convention were pointed out Mr. Mills asked for an appropria- tion of $1,000. The council referred the mat ter to the Finance committee Chairman Brinton indicated that that sum would be set up im the new budget Chamber of Commerce sugges tion that an Advertising Com mission be established in Key West was referred to the Taxa tin and Records committee. The proposition’s merits were outlined in a letter. Membership would include the City Council Countv Commission and Cham- ,ber of Commerce. All advertis- ing propositions submitted to the ,City for support of merchants or {governing bogies would be nass- ed on by the:new commission. if formed. Communicetions Reed Two wires were read to (Continued On Page Two) the 40,000 Floridians Unable To Secure Work Pepper Declares (Special to The Citizen) Harrington and I expect to have this information in hand Mon- day. “The following telegram was Sent to Schroder: ‘I will wery greatly appreciate your prowid- ing me with all available imfor- mation that may be helpful to Florida's Night's Meeting: Brown Properties Te Receive the > pPrendemt Wilham Freeman 1 why he and Mayer Albery bed structed the tax = Sar Pinder. not to gees srvig of the warrants om sewers gure op & ax erators who had personal property coe k censes in advance for 5 poses. Further & ml me opimorn that te Ges weult oe chy waite? ngs eter =i Warrams Mancetcry Counciimen Rausry and Br the tax collecter tress warrants was to be bydrants m the Cty was seperted on bw the Beard of Pubie Works which stated Sat