The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 17, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 197. Congress To Buy Airpo THE SOUTHERNMOST NE! WSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. Or Women In Uniform; APOLOGIZE FOR Island Changed Into Fortr BOMB SHELTERS By WILLIAM LONDON, Aug. 17.—When I ! Special Session Held This - Resolution RESIDENTS VIEWED ' To Be Sent Senators Occurred On Eastern Side| Morning; And Representative County Commissioners met in special session this morning at 11:00 o'clock and unanimouly passed a revolution calling on Congress to purchase the block of 1000 to 1200 acres Chica key for an adequate Army airfield. on Boca The resolution, as prepared by county attorney W. Curry Harris at the request of commissioner Monsalvatge, chairman the special county board committee, read as follows: “Be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida: “1. That this Board places it- self upon record as favoring the establishment of an adequate army air field near Key West. “2. That such airport be lo- cated on the acreage already se- lected by the army as the most desirable site, to-wit, the block of 1000-1200 aeres on Geiger’s Key, practically all of which has heretofore been committed for sale to the county at a price of approximately $35.00 per acre. “3. That this community would like to offer this land to the army free of charge, but because the necessary outlay of ap- proximately $40,000.00 would im- Pose a very heavy burden upon this far from prosperous city and because Congress is still in ses- sion, we respectfully suggest that the purchase of this site be effectuated in one of the follow- ing ways: “a. That Congress specific appropriation. “b. That Congress authorize the use of funds already appro- priated but hitherto unallocated. “c. That Congress use any other appropriate means. “4. That copies of this resolu- tion be forwarded by the clerk of this Board to the Honorable Charles O. Andrews and to the Honorable Claude Pepper, United States Senators from Florida, to the Honorable Pat Cannon, Rep- resentative in Congress from the Fourth Congressional District -'6f Florida, and to the Honorable Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War. “Adopted by the Board of County Commissioners of Mon- roe County, Florida, this 17th day of August, A. D. 1940.” CAPT. CARPENDER of make a TAKES OVER NEW OFFICE HEADQUARTERS IN BUILDING NO. 21 Capt. A. S. Carpender, com- mander of the neutrality fleet at the local naval station, arrived here from New York last night. He left last month on board the U.S.S. Lea on the trip to dry- dock in New York City, along with three other destroyers. The captain’s flag has been hoisted on the U.S.S. Dickerson of the local fleet. Headquarters, however, will be in building No. 21 at the station. DANCE TONIGHT in the COOL RAINBOW ROOM of La Concha Hotel JEROME COLLINS and His Beachcombers 9:30 P. M. to 1:30 A. M. — NO ADMISSION CHARGE —/now lives with her parents in! SPOUT YESTERDAY | Residents and visitors on the eastern side of Key West yester- -|left England a year ago—jut be- jor the outbreak of war—Eng-' lish muddle-throughers still had their heads in the sands which for years had hidden their view of ever-blackening storm clouds. Coming back, I find there is no 'sand for such purpose. It has all CENTER PRIZE |=»: scooped into burlap bags anaes hie and stacked up for a finish fight NAME DRAWN BY CAPT JAC- jagainst an expect€d invasion. j The peaceful greensward I OBS; ‘THE GIRL IN BLUE’ /left has been changed into an is- MOST POPULAR PICTURE | 2nd fortress. RAUL VASQUEZ Gone is the blind reliance on (Associated Press Feature Service Writer) McGAFFIN | | ress of his favorite cricket team. ! The rare bloke who had an air, Che Key West Citizen Raids Over England raid shelter in his garden apolo-{ tized laughingly for. SRD. MEMBERS _ WILL ARRIVE IN . ‘To The Trenches’ Today red and white striped poles topped with arrows point the way “To The Trenches” and to deeper-type shelters. Even a’ been given over to them. part of Trafalger Square hasj The last sight I recall as the’ train carried me to Dover that summer day a year ago was of sheep grazing in green fields. ! CITY AUG. 21-22 SECRETARY OF DEPARTMENT WIRES SAWYER LATE TO. CHAMBER SENDS ou. risus Downed ie No Hay Fever Here! Battle This Week - Nazis BROCHURES TOFAIR “—* °"— Key West Chamber LOEDOE Aes Oe of merce headquarters here have re at Com day afternoon had an opportun-: ity of viewing the gyrations of a waterspout that developed in the ocean somewhere to the north of | The most popular picture at the island. the current exhibition held at the Millard Burchell and Edward Key West Art Center during the E vo weel rtrait en- Russell, young native water- Past two weeks is the pot fronters, fishing off the ‘south. ted “The Giri In Ble’ by Me eastern side of the city, watched of the 243 votes cast during the the column of water being whip- exhibition. { ped up by a whirlwind into a The next most popular picture cloud above. They first saw the was ae nee ot the =e > Goats sr. watercolor by F. Townsend Mor- spout 1:00 o'clock in the after-' Wateree A noon somewhere in the vicinity 84, with 24 votes, and the pic- of Raul’s beach and watched it ture, “Allegory No. 9”, an oil by travel down close to the shore- Roger ete drew 23 votes to) line until it reached the shoals Place third. | just off the Casa Marina, Lucky draw of the | votes cast | it disintegrated. for the most popular picture went: Taking no chances of being t0 Raul Vasquez, whose vote <lip| caught in the path of the vortex, “25 nee eae ay box by} young Burchell told his compan- CaPtain W. F. Jacobs, cape | ion to “haul up” the anchor and ant at the local naval station, | head for land. However, the ro- Present at the gallery during the! tating column of water broke up 4™@W- Bae =f before reaching the area in which ePrize tOweRneD: Was AR: they had been fishing. The boys tercolor iby Mrs. Marjorie Stev- said they could see the water be-/ns entitled "Ye Old Square ing-churned in great quantity of’. which was donated by her where the spout joined the ecean for the prize in this exhibition. and that spray covered a wide This picture was displayed in the area surrounding the vortex. window of the San Carlos Book The local weather bureau re- Store while the exhibition was ports that waterspouts may form aa on me doubt — accounts during any season of the year but fT the large number that they occur in larger num- ©@5t- bers during the summer, due to~ the warmth of the air and wa- DUKE DUCHESS ? ter. As far as can be determined no damage resulted from the spout aS | feanros | | FROM BERMUDA: DUKE j LICENSE REFUND of yesterday. TAKES OATH County tax collector Frank H. (By Associated Press) i Ladd announced this morning; NASSAU, B. L, Aug. 17.—Duke |} that he was following state comp-'and Duchess of Windsor arrived | troller J. M. Lee’s orders in re- here this morning from Bermuda! funding part of the license fees and immediately disembarked | to 59 local restaurants, the sum from their vessel before an esti- | totalling approximately $1900. mated crowd of 15,000 British; The refunds are for license subjects and visitors lined up on! fees paid from 1937 to 1939. The the shore. | State Supreme Court ruled that Following: his arrival, impres-; »Testaurant licenses should be no sive ceremonies were observed; jmore than an average of $15.75, when the Duke todk the oath of jplus $1.50 for each employe over office as governor of the Bahama five in each establishment. Islands. OF EXHIBITION where of votes | the |non, the Bight project, was sent | ‘New Citizen Serial, ‘Casual’ the “channel barrier”, the Teasont {ing that “we haven’t been int jvaded for a thousand years, 'therefore we never shall be”. That classic foggy day head- line, “Continent Cut Off By Fog” {would not appear in this new | England. | Only a year ago the man in the pub still was likely to associate ithe word “crisis” with the prog-. WILLKIE ACCEPTS NOMINATION TODAY TO STATE HIS VIEWS AT HOME TOWN THIS AFTERNOON DAY: ASSEMBLE IN COURT- The first sight I met after step-! HOUSE AT 1AM. ping out of a seaplane on my) return was of sandbags and barb- | ed wire and of soldiers in khaki! patrolling with modern rifles.; State Road Department will The soldiers ven carry, their hold its scheduled meeting in rifles on dates. |Key West on Thursday, August Coming up to London from:22 at the county courthouse, the seedrome, I saw sheep:again. |. i at 19:00 idler, accand. But in adjoining fields were fi a camouflaged barracks, airdromes, |ing to verifying wire received by barricades and sandbagged ma- ‘county clerk Ross C. Sawyer just chine gun nests cleverly worked | before press time today. into the landscape. ; The wire was sent by secretary Women Soldiers. Too 'William M. Miles of the depart- Stepping out of Waterloo “ sta- fion, I found the streets of Lon-|™€8t and gave information on ‘arrival of members and policy the don filled with soldiers—women as well as men. Women volun- ‘department usually follows. teers no longer were the butt of; County commissioners music hall jokes. iplanned suitable People were carrying gas visi i masks. And the skies above Pistia the visitors, it was announced have entertainment _dotted by cable-trailing balloons, last week. (By Associated Presa: ELWOOD, Ind., Aug. 17.—Re-! publican presidential nominee Wendell L. Willkie will deliver his acceptance: speech« hate ~—thé afternoon, © starting ~ at 4:00 o'clock. ! Over 200,000 spectators are ex- pected to be on hand‘ to witness the ceremonies. Congressman Joe Martin, minority leader of House of Representatives and National Republican chair- man, will introduce Willkie. Willkie is expected to state his views on foreign affairs, con- scription and other domestic problems in the acceptance speech. HOPE SEEN FOR GARRISON BIGHT REPRESENTATIVE CANNON URGES SCHRODER TO RE- ESTABLISH PROJECT In a wire sent to Roy Schroder, state WPA administrator, this week by Representative Pat Can- acute labor situation here was accented. Copy of the wire, calling attention; to neées- sity of continuing the Garrison to the local Chamber of Commerce, and reads as follows: “Employment problem at Key West most acute, with further reduction causing extreme hard- ship among relief families. Re- “<> MURPHY DEEDS like giant spiders ready to trap! marauding enemy aircraft. The same red doubledecker (Continued on Page Three) The wire from secretary Miles ' stated: ;. “Board will meet Thursday, {August 22nd, at the courthouse in Key West, at 10:00 a m. Some of the members and engineers {will arrive by P. & O. Thursday morning. Others will travel by | jcar to arrive Wednesday night. | Meeting will last until all delega- MOVE RAPIDLY CLERK SAWYER ESTIMATES; “Cannot say how long some of 4 members will remain in Key ONLY ANOTHER WEEK | West, whether they will leave REQUIRED pm night or remain several | “It is the policy of the board ithat none of i County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer stated today that his force had made rapid progress with the Murphy land deeds following re-| ceipt from the I. I Board last weekend, and that all of them; should be in the hands of suc-! cessful bidders by the end of next week if present pace is maintained. | Clerk Sawyer, together with county attorney W. Curry Harris, will leave tonight for Tallahassee to present a special resolution to: the Board of Administration next | Monday. Chairman Carl Ber-| valdt of the county commission j is unable to accompany Sawyer | (Special to The Citizen) and Harris. | TAMPA, Aug. 17—July, ordi- into a “Safety Month” this year PERIODICAL HEALTH SAFE-'the Florida Safety Council, re- ;Tesponse to welcoming commit- REDUCED IN JULY FOURTEEN LESS THAN SAME MONTH OF PREVIOUS YEAR Peatedly sent infofmation book lets and brochures on this the Florida exhibit at the York World's Faw—late regucst: being disposed of at the at the rate of about S50 two weeks. Among the most talked vantages of this city note Fair is that no hay fever here. This is the when the disease ss Tavaging stage—causing discomfort to sufferer: The local chamber has thé say about hay fever im one pamphlets: “Victims of hay Stant relief, The prevailing (a dependable Trade Wind from the SE and the oe land in that quarter being Africa the air is washed clean of all the polien and other impurities 1 which we attribute hay fewer JAX SENDS WIRE x ext ss ows Exgieet cieckeeet inex pee cay lowe ee fic pee of Ge et cee Seve emt = ~eoeStietoe oo 8 Leet sce = ee oe oor ie cco = se = = ua EMPLOYMENT OFFICE HERE GIVEN NOTICE OF LABOR William V_ Little. manager of the State ofiace here, informed The Citizen today that Harvey D. Driscoll, state manager, had wired telling of chances for carpenters to be em | Ployed in Jacksonville The wire was as follows “Please advise by wire number of qualified frame carpenters you bave available who would be willing to pay own transportation to Jacksonville without oblige tion on prospect of obtaiming em ployment. Scale eighty cents » one dollar per hour”. Mr. Little wired back—“Will (wire you information requested Little as soon as possible ROPE WALKER KILLED Mrs. IL, tight-rope walker, fell 50 feet act Te ame Se oe —_ <= = those Commirees meee oefem o tralty equities 06 peewee Stupung oor eon ferent terrors Other sate warnec, Rowe ar ee ae Exgit worn Stanc ommecut came © Nac sutemaroe mt so Slaughters’, Begins Today NN ——— “Casual Slaughters”, the swift- ly paced Mystery-Romance start- ing today in The Citizen, is the second story Virginia Hanson; has written featuring Kay Corn- ish and Adam Drew and set lagainst an Army Post back-; ground. zy « - é The attractive young author » writes about the Army because’ | that is the subject she knows and likes best, coming, as she does, from .a long line of Army people. \Her father is a retired Colonel jin the United States Army, and} {her brother is a retired Army of-| ficer. Her _grandfather, Hun-/ |garian by birth, fought in his! country’s rebellion against Aus-! jtria, went to Italy as an officer! ’ \of Kossuth’s Hungarian legion jand eventually became an officer | in the Union army here, during! the Civil War. Another ancestor was a Field Marshal under Napo-/ leon. } Miss Hanson roughly computes | that she must have lived in vari-; ous Army Posts in eleven states. ! ;Born in Chicago, a graduate of |the University of Wisconsin, she quest completion of Garrison Bight project because of import- ance to public with closing of submarine base. This project also jof importance to Coast Guard. Urge your best consideration of isolated position of Key West ==, and help for men with families”. SIGS I SA ALDRIDGE SENDS GREETINGS HERE Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Sands of wi spent i VIRGINIA HANSON Shrewsbury, N. J., near Fort Monmouth. She likes to collect (Continued on Page Three) | it and YOUTHS !narily one of the worst months Neary 14 less lives lost in traffic |ported this week. GUARDS NOW IN PROG- tin the year for traffic accidents accidents than in July of last i RESS AT CLINIC jand fatalities, was transformed -|year, Asher Frank, director of In line with aims of the Na-! tional: Youth Administration ; Works Program, the usual | Periodical physical examinations! for employed youths are in Prog- | Tess at the Community Clinic, ; given by Dr. J. B. Parramore, | director of the State Board of! Health Unit in this county. { A thorough physical examina-! clinic. i is only by keeping a close constant check on these— youths that a safeguard against the dangers of contagion are the employees working on proj- ects where it is found necessary to group them together. Victor Lowe, local NYA super- In July of 1939, Frank said, 48 persons were killed in traffic ac- cidents in Florida. This year there were only 34 fatalities. S i i 'to her death during a tight-rope performance while 2,000 specte- 4 tors looked on. A slip on the Tope caused her to lose her bel- ance. pessard Holland Spoke the cnervation committee of the Florida State Chamber of Com-: merce here yesterday. The invitation was extended by Mrs. A. B. Whitman, chairman; of the committee. The session got underway at 10:30 a was attended by Carl D. of Tampa, State Chamber dent, and Harold Colee, ident. fh ; Hl g i i Fa at PAS ay a pp peg og ree ey page, RPE ame eee Spe both home-folks and visitors “In this creasing