The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 22, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 201. THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1940 Open Up On British Attempt To Hit Convoy Off Port Of Dover; Lit- tle Damage Created; Greece, Italy Squabble (By Associated Press) LONDON, Aug. 22—For the fourth day in a row the British looked across the English channel for signs of impending invasion by the Nazis, and again hopes were raised when there appeared to be no concentrations of men and machines that indicated Hitler was planning anything of that nature for the immediate future. And for the fifth day, the Nazi air forces demonstrated the proof of their statements made viously that they were enforcing as rigorous a blockade as-possibie of Britain when airplanes again appeared off the coast of Ireland and dropped bombs on shipping. Eye witness accounts of “Big Bertha” cannonading of the British southeast coast were turned in here this morning. The long-range guns were aimed primarily at a British con- voy steaming into the port of Dover. This is the first time that the Germans have employed this form of attack on British pre-| shipping, although, results as de-/ scribed by witnesses, were not at all effective. When the first shells fell near the convoy, British destroyers and small vessels swarmed in circles around ships and laid down a smoke screen. Then, when Nazi ob- server planes attempted to get accurate range for their big guns on the French coast, R. A. F. fighters drove them off. Both the British and Nazis re- ported various airraids last night and this morning, though the in- tensity of the attacks, compared to previous days, appears to have slackened considerably. Stepping up of the war in the near-east is seen today as reports came in here of extreme tension in relations between Italy and Greece. Blowing up of the Italian consulate on the island of Crete, reportedly at the hands of Greek instigators, may very well be the incident that will bring declarations of war. Britain, meanwhile, announced today that she would send im- mediate aid to Greece if that na- tion should issue war declara- (Continued on Page Four) RITES TODAY FOR WILLIAM 0. KEMP SERVICES AT LEY CHURCH the Funeral services for William Otis Kemp, aged 74, who died this morning at 4:30 o'clock at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Horatio Carey, 1405 Petronia street, will be held this immediately ; Naval Station Expands Océ Space Facilites DISBURSING AND COMMISARY DEPARTMENT | W°* badi't changed a bit from. MOVES TO COAST “The navy is forging ahead with its expansion plans in Key West, so much so, that are having to spread out on our op- erating plans here at office head- quarters”, stated Li. Commander Ray S. Byrns, as he told of mov- ing day plans for one of the de- partments formerly housed in the administration building. The disbursing and commiss: department moving tod Comdr. Byrn» stated. to quarters in the Coast Guard effice build- ing, adjoining tne navy aaminis- tration- building, an:i future pay- rolls and commissary needs of the naval station will be handled in these new quarters under Lt. E. W. Sutherling and LeRoy Alexander, chief pay clerk, and a staff of approximately ten civilian employes. Accounting and Supply depart- ments remain in the old office quarters, and arrangements will go forward immediately to rear- range office space to allow ditional clerks to be put on to care for the increase in work coming in as the facilities are expanded. A resume of payroll reports this morning gives the extent to which the navy department has SEBS ES ES BA RUSSELL KAY ON FISHING TRIP HERE Russell Kay. secretary of the Florida Press Association, of Tampa, and his wife, to- gether with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gehring, of Michigan. arrived in Key West yester- day. The party plans to spend a few days of fishing here. Mr. Kay's popular column. “Too Late To Classify”, will Probably have much to say concerning his successful ex- periences in the near future. TI II IG ISIS EMILIO ROMERO PURCHASES LOT Warrantee deed for a 48-foot lot on’Catherine street near Du- val, was recorded at the county courthouse yesterday, which turns over the property to Emilio we is ad- ; Romero as purchased from Be- after- | noon at 5:00 o'clock at Ley Me-' morial church. The body will be placed in the church at 2:00 o'clock by Lopez Funeral Home, in charge of ar- rangements. Rev. O. C. Howell will officiate, assisted by L. A. Ford of the.Church of God. Surviving Mr. Kemp besides the above-mentioned daughter are his widow, Mrs. Emma Kemp; two other daughters, Mrs. Paul Rossell and Mrs. John W. Mc- Carley; eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Red Men's lodge members will attend the services in a body and pallbearers will be selected from the membership of. that group. $ nigno S. Vasquez and $2500. Mary Louise Scheurer sold to Benjamin Fernandez a 49-foot lot on Pierce street, near Simonton, for $700. wife, for Dr. J. B. Parramore stated this morning that over 500 persons viewed the film on tuberculosis entitled “Clouds In The Sky” last night at the Palace theatre, and expressions heard were very favorable. He stated that. the Monroe theatre would not be able to show the picture tonight as originally scheduled, but that arrange- ments were being made to bring the movie back for additional showings in the near future, GUARD BUILDING expanded its office and labor facilities at the local station. A total of approximately $35,-} 000 each month is now being paid out at the naval station to all civilian workers, yard employes and naval officers in charge of the various departments. This figure is exclusive of the pay- rolls for aviation and ship per- sonnel, which are handled sep- arately in another office. TWO MORE ENTER ° | BEAUTY CONTEST FOR LABOR DAY MISSES ANITA LONES AND THELMA CAREY LATEST TO REGISTER FOR PUL- CHRITUDE HONORS Two more young, popular high school giris have joined the ranks of contestants who will strive for puichritude honors on Labor Day when the Order Knights of Marti stage their beauty contest at South Beach’s old tennis courts September 2. The aspirants are: Anita Lones, a brown-eyed, brown-hair beauty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lones, Fran- cis street; Thelma Carey, hazel-eyed youngster with personality and a “Joan Crawford smile”, daughter of Mrs. Flossie Carey, 618 Catho- lic Lane. Miss Lones is 16 years old and tips the scales at 100 pounds. She stands five feet two inches in height and measures as follows: . 12 inches; bust, 3034; waist, 24; hips, 34; calf, 12; ankle, 8. Miss Carey is also 16 years of put is an inch taller than Miss and weighs eight pounds Her measurements are: 12 inches; bust, 31; waist. more. neck, 23; calf, 12; ankle, 8, and hips, 4 i “The girls entered to date”,! said Oscar Milian, head of the’ committee in charge of arrange- | ments, “are pretty evenly match- ; ed and will really offer the judges | a ticklish problem in selecting; the most beautiful. The winner! will be crowned “Miss Key West! of 1940’. Local dry géod stores! are sponsoring the girls”. Other members of the arrange- ments committee are Mario P.! Rolo, Carl Sawyer and Jose Fer-i nandez. The committee has not | yet selected the judges of the; contest but are endeavoring to: have three newspapermen act as|when he the officials. Those mentioned | are: Allan Armstrong, The Citi-! zen; Earl,Adams, Miami Herald, ; ;and Bill Lee, Miami Daily News. | ON TUBERCULOSIS i CADIZ, O—Robert Saligcionl! is training five hawks to revive the ancient sport of falconry. By! the end of the summer, Patterson expects to have his birds school- ed to bring him small game. BALLOON DANCE Auspices Young People’s Sodality Pena’s Garden Of Roses Friday (tomorrow) 10 till ? PRITCHARD'S ORCHESTRA ————— REVIVAL OF FALCONRY | | | | Miss Thelma Strabel came home, as she. expressed it. yes-, |terday afternoon, and found, |much to her delight. that Key} ; | 1 i tthe dehghtful town that she found “here three years ago and left, following her last visit late last year. } And that, chiefly, was what ithe famous author of “Reap The Wild Wind” was concerned with, !during the course of a brief in- 'terview with The Citizen this ‘morning. Of course, it was natural, in that Miss Strabel’s jnew home, the new “Southern- {most Home” on South street, is {Nearing completion. She expects jto move in for a lengthy stay ;come next December. But The Citizen reporter 4switched the conversation to the } forthcoming super-movie now in initial stages of preduction in | Hollywood, from which city~Miss j Strabel just left to return to work yon another magazine article in jher New York home. ; “Reap The Wild Wind” is go- jing to be in all-technicolor, Miss Movie Of Her Story Wl Be Tehniaor | AUTHOR LEFT THIS MORNING; WILL ‘COME HOME’ NEXT DECEMBER Strabel announced, and the pic- ture has first position in the list ‘of forthcoming productions by Che Key West Citizen Thumbs Down On highway Planning Boar seuss Highway Protection Met To Session Opened At 11-08 OCleck This Morning in La Conchs Hotel Building Overseas mgnwer wil ax a Paramount. Cecil B. De Mille,| EXCELLENT TURNOUT’ LAST NIGHT HEARD serored or extented by Se PLANS TO RULE OUT OBJECTION- as announced, will be director and camera crews will be in Key West some time next month, it is thought now, to take ground shots around which the film will be run off. Release date on the movie is indefinite, though Miss Strabel expected that it would occur about a year from this date. No cast, she said, had been an- nounced for the picture, as yet. “Just to prove how seriously Mr. De Mille is taking our pic- ture”, Miss Strabel stated, “his office in Hollywood has geodetic maps of the Florida Keys on the wall and enlargements of two old prints I used for my story. He’s getting thoroughly accli- mated.” “Miss Strabel left this morning on the trip to New York. Her parting remark was, disappoint- ingly enough, that there was no Possibility that Key West could have a premiere release on “Reap . The Wild Wind”. Nay Cems. My — “Headquarters For City | | “The Navy Department does | not contemplate setting up a sep- ; arate naval district in Key West las headquarters”. That was the answer trans- | mitted to Ross C. Sawyer by let- {ter, received today, by C. C. Har- jtigan, Captain. U.S.N.. at Charles- ton, S.C., which acknowledged lreceipt of the resolution sent by ithe county commissioners some j time back. | The letter went on to | that: state “The Seventh Naval District is administered by the Commandant Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Naval Districts at Charleston, S. C. For each of these naval districts there is at Charleston a separate district staff of experienced per- | sonnel Having these district Staffs at one headquarters makes the problem of coordination of planning a simple one, and it is found to work satisfactorily in this present state of limited emergencv. In the interest of (Conunuea on Page Four) i 1 “OUR DEFENSE THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES Big Guns In battle the Field Artillery ‘rapid fire they must be made of | dates of birth. fires its accurate and powerful the finest steels available. To be! tect | ABLE DEVELOPMENTS Monroe County Planning Board assembled at Chamber of Com- merce headquarters last night to discuss ‘mportant subjects with ;Tepresentatives of the Florida State Planning Board and WNa- tional Park Service. Headlining the discussion was , the necessity of protecting the Overseas Highway throughout its whole course from Florida City to Key West, from objectionable commercialism. | Present were C. R. Vinton, of ‘Sebring, National Park Service representative, George Gross, secretary of the State Planning Board, B. M, Duncan, general manager of O. R. & T. B. Dis- trict, Julius me, Lt. Comdr. T. J. Brady, public works officer at i the naval station, S. C. Singleton, ‘RECORDS SURVEY "AIDING CLAIMS OF STATE'S OLDSTERS WPA HISTORICAL PROJECT SOURCE OF DATA FOR BU- REAU OF RESEARCH AND STATISTICS (Special to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Aug. 22— Publications prepared by the WPA Florida Historical Records Survey are proving helpful in the establishment of claims un- der the provisions of the Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insur- ance of the Social Security Board, as well as a source of data to the Board's Bureau of Research and Statistics, according to State Ad- ministrator Roy Schroder. Correspondence received from John J. Corson, director of the Bureau of Old Age and Survivors Insurance, points out the fact j that Florida did not adopt a state iregistration law until 1899 and did not become a part of the birth registration area until 1924. As a result many native-born Flori- dians coming under the Social Security program must rely upon secondary evidence, such as cer- tificates of baptism, to prove | Two publications of the WPA weapons in support of the main accurate the gun barrels must be | Florida Historical Records Sur- new artillery regiments will sixteen 155 mm. guns. The 75 as a battleship, for they must jfighting arms, the Infantry and shaved down on lathes to within .vey—“Guide to Depositories of | Cavalry. The standbys. of the fractions of a thousandth of an Manuscript be inch. The recoil mechanisms must |“Check List of Records Required thirty-six new 75 mm. guns and be built like a watch, but rugged; by Florida Counties”—are Collections” and now being given special consideration hurls 166 three-inch shells an/catch the bump delivered by sev-|by the Social Security Board hour, has his mind on his bus- iness, can nestle one of those shells right into the enemy’s lap at a distance of seven miles. jo! the 155 mm. howitzer gun, just twice as big. Then he is prepar- the enemy's bread basket ;miles away. lection of in-between-size guns each weighing about 15 eral And the artilleryman, pounds of exploding charge, yet|ment of claims and in completion hundred thousand foot- return the gun to position in a fraction of a minute. In the main, these guns, their country. These plants are equip- ped with the necessary special 10 enced in manufacture. The job|the Florida Historical An artillery regi-'of the National Defense Advisory jment is also supplied with a col-' Commission in this phase of the work is to see that the arsenals jfor special jobs. All these guns get the metals thev need when can use shells that whistle, sing, {buzz, or whi 1 s jthey need them, and to see that isper on their way to properly trained personnel Geliver various loads ef high ex-' available for expanding the work- Plosive, of shrapnel, smoke, gas, ing force. ~ or whatever the enemy would; Edward R. Stettinius, Jr, - in ! Problems In Gun Production Production of these guns is no} ‘simple task. In order to stand jup under the terrific pounding of } _ (Continued On Page Two) bureaus named in the develop- of reference aids. Florida records pertaining to ‘age data. especially around the recoil mechanisms, and their car- }period of 1875. are very incom- If that doesn’t seem to do the ,riages are built in Government] plete it is indicated by b, the artilleryman unlimbers arsenals scattered’ around the|Corson, of the Bureau of Old The C. of C. secretary, and practically a full membership of the tecal Planning Board. including Dr. H C. Galey, chairman, CG. Hicks. Carl Bervaldi, and secretary. Mrs R. H. Spottswood, Ernest J. Glenwood Sweeting councilmen. ber of the Board of Public Works. Wm, M Mensalvatge ts commissioner, were also present Stressing the John Costar, mem scenic value of th pended in a large @ keeping an open view « along the whole stretch highway, members of the board discussed ways and means te prevent unsightly shacks and bill boards from multiplying Also brought out was the neces- sity to keep all public lends im that status. rather than allowing @ trend towards sale to private interests, whe po: showed indications of dGomg much to defeat the scenic qualli- ties of the highway by erection of private clubs and sub-drvasens without proper and free access te the water. Commenting on the fine work being performed within tour daries of the Overseas Britige district, the sense of the meeting was to do everything possibie match that development with similar work and protection on portions of the highway sorth and south of the district PEACE OFFICERS MEET THIS WEEK ANNUAL CONVENTION BE GAN YESTERDAY. E=Ds TOMORROW was DAYTONA BEACH, Aug 22— (FNS) The Florida Peace Of- ficers Association is holding is thirteenth annual conventicr here Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week Pistol matches at the City Gan Club, a banquet. 2 dance. sight- State Prison Farm at Raiford Percy Wyly, F.B. 1 agemt of Miami, and others. ANDREW FLEMING DIED YESTERDAY a t Director afternoon at $35 diciock 3 P body jAge and Survivors Insurghice. Its ba teatey is in the establishment of this- ed to land a 100-pound shell in tools, and have the men experi-|type of needed information that ices and burial. Records Survey publications are helpful as they point out alternative rec- ; ords for use of the bureau in its nn ee FOR QUICK ACCURATE _ least like to have at the moment. |charge of raw materials from the] 'source to the factory, has already determined that there are ade- quate supplies of all necessary iI Stare Roac Depesmen Momroe: gremes: cneme = fs epeeeet = coo throwgr ime tecere gowermmes becked by ‘the Siete Bead De partmen: Federsi feeds =i Secome _ ewailable to the State Bosc De tt iy ‘ t