The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 20, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to th Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 199. THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE —. U. S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1940 SEPT. 7 AND 8 FLORIDA DAYS AT N.Y. FAIR PLANS FOR CELEBRATION BEFITTING STATE AND EXx- HIBIT NOW UNDER WAY: GOVERNOR TO ATTEND | (Special to The Citizen) WORLD’S FAIR, N. Y., Aug. 20.—Sept. 7 and 8 have been designated as Florida Days at the World's Fair and arrangements already are under way for cele- brating them in a manner befit- ting the State of Florida and the Florida State Exhibit. Governor Cone and members of his staff and cabinet as well as scores of leading citizens of the state are expected to arrive in New York the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 6. by special trains over both the Atlantic Coast line } and the Seaboard. The parties} will be met by reception com- } mittees and escorted to the hotels in which reservations will have} been made for them. Next morn-7 ing the gubernatorial party will} be escorted to the fair grounds, { the trip being made by auto- | mobile, a fleet of the vehicles be-} ing provided. H Upon the arrival of Governor | $400,000 For 200 By ROBERT E. GEIGER AP Feature Service Writer Our furred and feathered friends have been cutting ca-| = Unit Navy Project There were the three skunks that had a merry time this summer at the Arthur Frey home near Trenton, Mo. Mrs. Frey says that they eat out of the same pan with the i farm pets and have “exhibited | no bad habits yet”. j The heat was on. at seaatis, (RECRUITS NEEDED 'Mo., when someone reported a} {“couple of love birds” were “act-/ ing up” on the courthouse lawn, | | { j 7 i Captain ie Recom- SAWYER -EXPECTED mends Two 100-Unit) Housing Projects For EVENTS OF ONE This Base (Special to The Citizen) WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.— Senator Claudé Pepper today an- neunced that $400,000 had been 2llocated by the United States Housing Authority for the con- BACK WEDNESDAY It turned out they weren’t the feathered kind. A young couple. FOR BATTERY “E” t NO WORD HEARD FROM SES-jsat in the 103-degree shade neck-; APPROXIMATELY 20. FAMILY SION WITH ADMINIS- TRATION BOARD | 1 No word was on file from{ county clerk Ross C. Sawyer at his office this morning, in. con- { nection with the county board’s!made them decide they liked the’ application for _relief from a ing—in full view of a gathering ‘crowd. Furred and feathered creatures aren't the only ones that act up in the good old summer time. Harry Graffs turkeys were crossing a newly-oiled road near his farm at Byers, Kas. It must have been the heat that sticky stuff. They went to roost Cone at the official gate of the struction of two hundred hous- judgement handed down against ; there and roosted until the oil exposition a salute of 19 guns will be fired by a squad of gun- ners at Camp George Washing- | ton, near the Florida exhibit. ; After a reception at Perylon Hall | by World’s Fair officials includ-‘ ing Grover Whalen and President Harvey D. Gibson, chairman of the Board. After the signing of the guest book, a luncheon will; be given the guests of honor and! then a tour of the grounds will be made under official auspices. | Saturday, Sept. 7 will be) known as Governor's Day, while{ Sunday, Sept. 8, will be All Flor: } ida Day and the programs being‘ prepared will cover both. it While all Floridians are urged! te attend and participate in the festivities which will mark Flor- ida Days as among the high; lights of the exposition, this year as it has been in the past, in-/} vitations are being mailed to! many friends of Florida through- | out the nation urging them to be| present to take part or witness! the ceremonies. MARINES’ ROLL | SHOWS INCREASE FOURTEEN ADDED TO LOCAL; STATION: ARRIVED BY BUS THIS NOON Captain W. F. Jacobs, com- mandant of the naval station, announced today that fourteen marines arrived this noon by bus} from Parris Island, S. C., to be- | come a part of the local detach- ment under Lieut. Col. G. D. Hat- field. Original orders called for trans- fer of eight marines from Parris Island, and for arrival last week. The hurricane delayed departure of the men for this station, how- ever, and the increase was be- lieved expedient in that living quarters at the Parris Island sta- tion were mostly demolished. ARTISTS DESIGN COVER FOR GUIDE ARTMAN PRESS INFORMA- TION BOOKLET TO HAVE ARTISTIC DISPLAY F. Townsend Morgan, as de- signer, and Roger L. Wilcox, as executor of the cut, have col- laborated with The Artman Press in providing en attractive cover for the latter's Information Guide for Tourists, the Fall issue of which will be on the press short- ly. Messrs. Townsend and Wilcox, Key West artists, supplied The Artman Press with the cut this morning, the illustration of which depicts a highway bridge scene, the roadway curving to approach the Island of Key West in the distance. In etching style, with appropriate lettering, the design spreads over the whole cover, ing units at the Key West naval base. The allocation was made only recently, Senator Pepper stated, being tied in with a similar ap- CAPT. JACOBS ASKED FOR TWO PROJECTS Captain W. F. Jacobs, com- mandant of the Key West naval station, stated today that he had recommended construction of the housing units to the navy department in Washington. The dispatch herewith was his first know- ledge of approval. Captain Jacobs plans one 100-unit project for the old baseball field in the main navy yard and another 100- unit project on Trumbo air base. The projects are for enlisted men of the navy and civil employes at the station. ——— Propriation for 300 additional units to be built at i base to cost $600,000. Six thousand eight hundred additional housing units are needed at Miami, Pensacola, Tam- pa, Jacksonville and Key West, according to Senator Pepper, to provide necessary housing facili- ties at these pivot Florida bases in the National Defense Pro- | gram The senator announced that these estimates have been arriv- ed at by the Army and Navy. and he said that an expenditure of | approximately $2C,500,000 would be necessary for their con- struction. The estimates by cities follow: Jacksonville, 5,000 units; Miami, *600 units; Pensacola, *500 units; Tampa, *500 units; Key West, *200 units. (*—Unofficial estimates.) Senator Pepper said that a bill to provide $300,000,000 for such construction had been introduced in the Senate by Senator Wagner of New York. “It is my opinion”, the Florida Senator declared, “that this amount may be somewhat cut and this would no doubt reduce the funds for construction in Florida, as elsewhere, where im- portant bases are being estab- lished for the aviation training, or where shipyards and navy types of craft. LIBRARY CLOSES . NOW AT 7 P.M. Announcement was made this morning by Mrs. F. Knapp, presi- dent of the Key West Woman's Club, that the Key West Library would begin new closing sched- ule starting today. The library will close at 7:00 o'clock each evening instead of 9:00 o'clock. Hours during the morning and afternoon remain the same, Mrs. Knapp stated. the county last week court. Mr. Sawyer and county at-! torney W. Curry Harris left Sat- urday to present a resolution on; the subject to the Board of Ad-/ ministration at Tallahassee. The} county clerk stated before - he} left that he expected to spend] some time with F. C. Elliott, sec-} retary of the I. I. Board, on sev-+ eral matters in connection withj the Murphy deeds now being} mailed out from his office here. ; He expected to return tomorrow. ‘SUMMER CAMP CLOSES AUG. 30 FINAL EXHIBITION AND PRO-| | GRAM TOBE STAGED | ON AUGUST 23 in circuit | 1 = | Closing date for the Roosevelt | jat the Harris School by the Rec-| reation, Music, Lunch Room, Art and Library projects of WPA} here, will be August 30th, ac-| cording to announcement made! this morning. H This day-camp has been spon- sored by Superintendent of Pub-} lic Instruction Melvin E. Russell, | the Board of Education of this} county, and Mrs. Eva B. Warner has been co-ordinator. Another exhibition of the} work done by students at the| camp has been arranged.for Aug- ! ust 29th. It was found that so! many parents and - interested / citizens were unable to the exhibition held -last week,! that this additional function was! thought necessary. The campers exhibited about! | Canal | | “set”. Then they were stuck and had to be pulled almost out of their feathers to get loose. Terrapins must like the name of Smith. One has been visit- ing the Guy Smith garden near Fort Scott, Kas., for 17 years. Another has turned up at the Oscar Smith garden, near La- mar. Mo., each season for four It must be the heat that drives them into the cucumber patch—a cool spot—because it's always a hot spell that brings ‘em. The two Smith families. un- related, know their visitors are the same each year be- cause they've branded the tur- tles with pocket-knives. The game census hadn't count- ed a red fox in western Nebraska for vears. But Taxi Driver Merle Woods gave chase to one in a street at Scottsbluff and hunted it for an hour before Mr. Rey- nard outwitted his pursuer. It must have been the — heat that drove the fox to town from some very, very isolated hide- Pensacola Summer Camp, being conducted ;“Ut STH BRIAN AN ITALY NEED SUEZ (Associated Press Feature Service) The National Geographic So- ciety calls-the Suez canal the “jugular vein of the British em- pire”. The canal also is Italy’s colonies. Britain sends most of the 25-30 ships that go through the canal daily in peace time. 400 articles made by themselves; during class instruction. An in-/| teresting program is being ar-: ranged to run in connection with | the exhibition. \ If the Axis powers could cap- ture the canal and enough of the nearby Mediterranean area, they All students who attended the wld get supplies from east camp at any time during the! summer sessions gre invited to take part in the closing exer- | SYSTEM cises. Africa and Asia they are not get- ting today. Through the canal in peace time go cargoes of rubber, tea, tin, raw silk, wool, sugar, rice, cereals, soy beans, copra, cotton, jute, petroleum, coal, timber, textiles, metals and machinery. The Suez canal is a ribbon of water 104.5 miles long. 45 feet 70 canal, City officials reported this aft-: yards are constructing various ernoon that the city fire alarm! system from Whitehead street | west will be closed tonight and until tomorrow noon for repair ‘work. power in 13 speed limit Floodlights enable. navigation to is Vein Of Empire’| HEADS WILL BE DIS- MISSED { First Lieutenant William E. P. | Roberts, of the 265th Coast Ar- \tillery, Florida National Guard, announced this morning that ap- ;Proximately twenty recruits will ibe needed for the local unit when the services of family heads will j be. dispensed with in accordance with the national law. “Young men who are phy- sically fit and unemployed, and with patriotism enough to assist our country with its national de- fense are needed now”, Lieut. | Roberts, who is recruiting officer | for this area, declared this morn- ting. | Information pertaining to en- listment in the local unit will be “cheerfully given to those who may be interested”. “Just come up to the National Guard Ar- mory, situated at the corner of White and Southard streets, dur- ing thé hours of 7:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m. any day”, the recruit- ing officer stated. j Pertaining to the National | Guard, the following article was jpublished in the June 17th issue jof “Life”: “In the fat years of peace, many complacent Americans jcame to*think of and treat their National Guard as an outfit of grown-up Boy Scouts who liked to play war’ On May 3ist they were abruptly snapped out of that illusion and made to realize that the National Guard is ex- actly what its name implies. “Americans, no longer com- placent, may now thank God that tsome 230,000 of their fellow citi- zens have been. willing to sacri- jfice spare time and effort, give up {their vacations and risk their | jobs, in order to learn how to de- jfend their country. To other j citizens who in the present crisis | want to do more than talk about | strengthening their country, ‘the | National Guard now offets“a | chance to help.” . Simce then, the President ' of attend }OMly route to her East African|the United States has been’ au- tthorized by Congress to call the (Guards into active serviee for-one | year. dt og te > C. OF C. DIRECTORS ASSEMBLE TONIGHT TO DISCUSS AIRPORT AND | GARRISON BIGHT PROJECTS | AND CONDUCT BUSINESS ; | Chamber of Commerce board ;0f directors will meet tonight at | chamber headquarters at 8:00 o'clock, it was announced this morning by secretary S. C. Sin- gleton. Up for diseussion will be the projected army airfield to be es- lution will-be presented for “pas- ;Sage- and ffansmission ‘to’ legisla- If a fire should occur in that! %© go on by night as well as torsin Washington.'~2* area, residents are requested to! bY ‘phone information to fire station ‘No. 1. He Wanted Heat (By Associated Press) oe WICHITA, Kas., Aug. 20.—Just as the mercury was looking down fellow walked into district court and filed a $1,000 damage suit because his heating plant didn’t work properly last winter. on things from the tree tops, A: During the war, England is Africa rather than through the canal. Ships from Lendon to Bombay log about 5,508 miles more sailing around Africa rather than by Suez. JUST PLAIN NAKED INDEPENDENCE, Kas. three-month-old Guernsey owned by B. H. Basore is with- out a hair to its hide. —A |. “The directors are scheduled to (consider late developments on jvice from Washington is to the jeffect that all possible pressure jis being brought to bear upon ,State administrator Roy Schro- jder to continue the project. | Schroder, so far, has advised that jfunds do not allow continuation at this time but that the “project is on the priority list”. calf; Membership expansion will al-! {50 come up for action at tonight's meeting. : mE Map OF Earope Changed WARFARE ; (Associated Press Feature Service) Europe’s war will be one-year- old September 1. Since the beginning of hostili- ties last year when Germany in- vaded Poland, the face of Europe has undergone many _ drastic changes and out of the seething inferno across the ocean have come many world-shaking events. Important happenings from September 1, 1939, until August 8 of this year are listed below: Sept. 1. Germany invades Po- land, annexes Danzig. Sept. 3. France and England declare war. Sept. 4. British liner sunk with loss of 125. Sept. 12. Germans encircle Warsaw. Sept. 17. Russia marches into Poland. Sept. 27. Warsaw surrenders. Sept. 28. Germany and Russi Partition Poland. Nov. 4. U.S. arms embargo re- pealed. Nov. 8. Bomb in Munich beer hall misses Hitler. Nov. 30. Russia land. Dec. 17. Graf Spee scuttled at Montevideo. Jan. 8. Finns destroy Russia's 44th division. Feb. 19. Russians weaken Fin- nish Mannerheim line. March 13. Russo-Finnish ends. ' March 20. Reynaud French premier. April 9. Germany invades Den- mark and Norway. April 19. British troops land in Norway. May 2. Chamberlain admits Al- lies have given up most of Nor- way. ‘YEAR’S Athenia invades Fin- war becomes May 10. Hitler announces “hour! has come”, invades Lowlands. May 11. Churchill becomes British premier. May. 14. Dutch armies give up. May 17..Germans drive 35 miles into France. May 19. General Weygand suc- ceeds Gamelin. May 21. Germans reach chan- nel at Abbeville. May 28. Leopold orders Bel- gian army to quit. May 29. 400,000 British start biggest successful retreat in his- tory from France. June 5. Germans start drive on Paris. June 9. Norway surrenders. June 10. Italy declares war. June 14. Germans take Paris. June 17. Petain becomes French premier, announces French surrender. June 22. French-German arm- istice signed. June 24. French-Italian armis- tice signed. Che Key Mest Citizen " Withstand Aerial Attack: iS US. Far Destoy G OC P. LEADS DewoceaTs ™ CAMPAIGN FAST aAP- PROACHING RED HOT PEO PORTIONS: FD. B SCORED 'Warns Of Greater At-'= tacks To Come; RAF. Suburbs of Berlin (By Asnoctated Press) LONDON. Aug. 20. — Prime Englishmen this morning. in « talk to the House of Commons. in which he summed up the wer to date and announced that— blitzkri [ee Successfully and they found the British more firmly united in war”. Turning thumbs down on ex- President Hoover's plea to send food to various countries Europe now under German rule, Churchill declared that such a move would be taken advantage of by Hitler and that the English Bombers Appeared Over * could not see their way clesr to | allow ‘the shipments ‘to -be made . One part of the speech was jaimed directly at the United States when he asked that that , nation aid in che fight for demo- cracy by supplymg Britain's urgent need for destroyers. Churchill also announced that negotiations were going forward to turn over certain West Indies British possessions to the United |. States for establishment of bases by that country. “When the time comes, we will take the offensive in the effort ‘Ketchur im Key West inst Spent today conducting to wipe out Naziism”, Churchill _ declared, following his assertion that Englard was now producing planes much faster than Ger- many. He continued to state that the English were reconciled to the fact that the war may lest longer than at first believed, but he avered that Britain would most certainly take the ofensive in 1941—or possibly in 1942. Warning that Germany wus planning still larger aerial biitz- kriegs, Churchill calied on the British subjects to prepare for still - more suffering im the future. German high command an- |nounced today that residents of Berlin were gonged into ai-ra:d shelters last night at 1:00 a m. \for a period of one hour and F~ !thirty-seven minutes as R. A F. planes approached the suburbs Anti-aircraft action. however. chased the invaders away before any serious damage was done. they stated. | War office here, however, stat- ed that the RAF. foray imto Germany was highly successful and that the concentration 6m the coast of France. for the sec- ond successive night, crested havoc to the German supply bases. Nazi bombers have been over England continually for the past twenty-four hours, it was revesl- 3 USS. DICKERSON OFF TO NORFOLK next me 6 te & Captas | June 26. Fighting in France'ed here. German dispatches mandant ceases. German air raids on England, and vice versa, become ‘nightly. warned that the two weeks of m- June 27. Rumania accepts Rus- di sian ultimatum on Bessarabia. July 4 Britain destroys or seizes most of French fleet. “comparatively small” and thaf fhe real blitzkrieg is yet to be released. July 9. British-Italian naval-| sending her shipping around ,the Garrison Bight project. Ad- air battle in Mediterranean. July 18. Hitler offers Britain “last chance”. July 25. League of Nations ex-| Pires with resignation of secre- tary-general. July 31. British extend block- ‘ade to all Europe. Aug. 5. British and Itali gest air attacks of war on Eng- “land. Aug. 8. Germany ‘begins big- x