The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 26, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 69 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Chr Key West Cittern THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. VOLUME LXI. No. 204. Clerk Issliés 25 Permits City. Sewer Lin Inquiries Coming In Slow- ly; Ordinance Requires All Residents To Con- nect To Laterals City clerk Archie Roberts an- nounced this morning that he had issued.a total of twenty-five Permits for connecting up to the city’s new sewer line now in op- eration through pumping station No. 2. Ordinance passed months ago @ all the period of ninety required that nect up to residents con- within a In that the line bad not been completed at that time, enforcement of the ordinance not then, but, according today, the council steps shortly to see sions of the ried out line days. was considered to advice may take that provi- ordinance are car- The process being followed is to first ascertain that lateral con- nevting fees of $10.00 per resi- dence or building collected This amount goes to the Board of Public Works. Hundreds of these have been installed and the fees paid, it was stated. Then Mr. Roberts issues permit, application, follows the amended ordinance calling for various monthly charges, according to size of es- tablishment or home. Those who have been issued permits, or are about to be issued permi are the following: G. Bezanilla, 316 Elizabeth stree lumbia Laundry, 617 Simonton street; B. E. Brantley, 700 Francis street; W. L. Bates, 618 Caroline street; Scottish Rites Hail, Eaton and Simonton street; A. McC«nnell, three permits, at 517 Fleming street, 422 Bahama street and 515 Fleming street; Florida Motor Lines, Bahama and Southard street. Gladys McRae, 523 Elizabeth stree ‘aul Archer, -502 Mar- garet street; Paul's” Auto and Tire Store, and Ray Curry's apartments, White and Fleming streets; Rhoda Baker, Fleming and Wargaret streets; EB. C. Gomez, 720 Duval stree Kress Company, Duval street; Gulf Stream Restaurant and Gulf Stream Hotel, Simonton and Division streets. Stanley Saunde' Lane, Jos. Terrace street, two permits Roberts, 806 Southard Charles T. Park, two permits 1321 Newton street and 1407 Newton street and Southern Bell Telephone building, Simonton and Southard street. LT. KAISER ON BRIEF VISIT Lieut. W. C. Kaiser is a visitor. in Key West at present, on leaye before he becomes permanently assigned to-the-new naval air- craft base at Quonset Point, R. I Lieut. Kaiser was originally Stationed at ‘Trumbo airbase when the squadron first arrived here, but left some time back for juty at Norfol is the that upon 315 Peason for Cactus Division street; SIMILAC. ...... .$1.00 Also Complete Line of Other BABY FOODS “The Rexall Store” Phone 177 Free Delivery LET LOU SMITH SUPP T. Frank € On New MRS. TOBIAS WAS Occurred August Fifteenth IN AUTO ACCIDENT Mrs. W. H. Tobi: Miss Margaret La at The Citizen of ing, to relate suffered recently bile accident. Mrs. Tobias has been spending the past eight months in Norfolk ince her marriage. t her parents short period. According set out from Norfolk with brother and children August 15th. for the trip that citv to Key W About 50 miles fr Mrs. Tobias’ car met in he collision with another car. description of the accident given, put all the blame on the driver of the other car. and the circumstances made it 4 very fortunate that all occup: of both cars escaped with more than minor cr serious in- juries. Mrs. ‘Tobias seions. neces In an automo- and had de- hers foe two The re knocked was taken to. a at Portsmouth, Va., and remained there for a week. The other oc cunants were treated for minor injuries. and the party left t week to arrive here vesterdey Mrs. Tobias’ husband t the WSS Paager y cruise out of Norfolk. OUR unesn- hosnital is on {EDITOR'S NOTE: This ; LONDO ATTY GENERAL TO DECIDE ON COUNTY BONDS BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION CONSIDERED COUNTY RES-: OLUTION AT HELD THURSDAY MEETING Advice received this morning Ross C. Sawyer’s at the Board of met last Thurs- lahassee and at that Monroe County’s res- alution in connection with $29 000 of tanding bonds was office stated th: stated that the » have this issue 1931 state act, lied the Kanner Act, ferred to the Attor- -ral for an opinion and subject would again be aken up at a future meeting of the board. Previously, it had been thought necessary for the local board’s ney, W, Curry Harris, to be present when the administration board rd the resolution, but in hat-no meeting was -held_ the y part of last week when Mr. artis and Mr. Sawyer were in Tallahassee, no, appearance was ible The matter came up when the circuit court handed down a ment decision against the county on the bonds in question, which, with interest, has accrued (Continued on Page Five) DEFENSE _ is the seventh of a series pre- pared by the National Defense Advisory Commission in re- Sponse to numerous recuests for articles on our national preparedness program. Future releases will appear in The Citizen on Thursdays and Mondays. THE ARYM OF TH E UNITED STATES The Coast Artillery When hell breaks the Navy is the first service on t job. Right behind down the watér’s e backing up the Navy, is th Artillery. But the Coast A is not only engaged in t metal at ships at sea, it i: ped with powerful guns and prepared them for protection of and production centers. So the C f into two main p: and anti-aircraf of the harbor defense regime are organized to man fixed guns in our coastal fort cations. Others operate the way cars, also large calibe which can be moved up and ¢ the coast readil I any approaching regiments have guns fast heavy trucks for harbors th don’t have fixed guns lines. All these differ ments also include a aircraf units for their own protection. Weapons Of The Coast Artillery The Coast Artillery employs a variety of weapons. There long range 12, 14, and 16-inch guns. These are used for fixed harbor defense and can shoot an armor-piercing sh weighing over a ton for more than 20 miles. They have 6, 8, and 10-inch caliber guns and 12-inch high firing mortars, for use again: loose, dge to .cfense rai towed are ships not big enough to deserve t the best. There are also rapid- fire 3 to 6-inch guns for protect- ing minefields in the coas' waters, stopping fast enemy tor- pedo boats and making things nasty if the enemy tries to land forces. The motor-drawn units have a 159 mm. ‘gua, which is practic- me ‘as the field artil- in and can hurl a 95-pound some 10 miles. The use 8-inch to 142 12-inch” mortars pecial railway cars. Artillery also lays electrically controlled me mines which can be from shore as_ hostile PS pass over them. Coast Defense Systems Our coast defenses are based on elaborate systems for locating vut at sea, with great ac- id speed. Since it may minute for a big shell | from gun to the enemy’s d since the target may »ved from where it was by time the shell gets there, the st artillery has to figure out rere the ship will be when the ll gets there. That may be a ile ahead of where the was when the shell started n figuring this out, the artillery officer has to take into account KEY WEST, FLORIDA,’ MONDAY, AUGUST 26, 1940 LONDON’ AND BR HEAVIEST ATTACKS OF AIR WAR ealities Drive Residents To Shelter _'THREE-HOUR RAID KEPT RESIDENTS OF BER- LIN UNDER COVER LAST NIGHT (By Associated Press) LONDON, 26 —Great Britain and Germany are slug- ging away at each other today with. gigantic airraids being re- ported over wide areas of both nations. Both capital cities were in for somé heavy bombings last night, the Nazis continuing their op- erations over this city far into Aug. of the war were brought home to the Germ according to Nazi dispatches thi morning, when, for three solid hours last night, residents Berlin’ and surrounding towns were kept huddled in airraid shelters the while the British pounded away with demolition bombs. German high command advice today was that very little dam- age was created a result of the British raids, but observers in territory far removed from Ber- fin reported that heavy ex- plosions could be heard for miles around which indicated that ex- treme damage had been suffer In retaliation, the Nazi bomb- ers swept in increasingly more U.S.S. BAINBRIDGE CAME SATURDAY ON DUTY WITH LOCAL NEU- TRALITY PATROL FLEET: IN PORT TODAY ns, of The U.S.S. Bainbridge, naval destroyer under command of Lieut. Comdr. E. P. Creehan, ar- rived at the local naval station from Norfolk Saturday to take up patrol duty with other ships of the local feet. The Bainbridge, U.'SS. Cowell and tender Gannett were in port _this morning. TO MEDICAL UNIT Dr. C. McA. Wassell, of “Little Rock, Ark., arrived at the local naval station this morning to re- port for duty with the station’s medical corps. Dr. Wassell has just completed four years’ duty with the Fish and Wildlife Bureau at a station on the White river at St. Charles, Ark. SESE EE SSA SHY ABOUT - AGES? NOT THESE TWO! the effect of the wind, tempera-! ture, the earth’s curvature, and even the speed of the earth’s ro- tation; in fact, what captain had for dinner the night before. All this calcu- lation has to be made*in a couple econds, therefore, our harbor nses contain observation sta- everything but’ plotting rooms, search-- and elaborate communica- equipment so that the men who man the guns know where > shiv is going to be when their hell arrives on the scene. Nine- teen harbors in continental Unit- ed States have these permanent installations, Many more are being built up, while at the same (Continued On Page Two) SiO IIIa SS. nowerful attack on of Britain iast night this frost and offi vorkers were this capital rought intimately closer to the errors of airraids when many of them found that their offices had been destroyed last night. Bombs falling ‘this morning destroyed several buildings in areas partl removed from the central part of the city. Police and fire depart- ments -were busily searching rr ing for dead and injured persons. Other German air attacks, said to be the strongest of the blitz- krieg on England to date, fe: tured large-scale maneuvers over the Dover section again and a surprise attack on Folkestone. In the latter city, bom ere scat- tered all over town and damage was declared to be ex Heavy casualties were ported from northeast epeas asthe Nazis sent smail detachments all along the coast. Nazi high command claimed that a total of 165 tons of bombs were dropped on Britain “last night and that the areas worst hit were the midlands sec- tions contzining many of Eng- land's most vital industrial buildings. British claimed this morning that the Nazis are losing a ter- rific_number of planes in their latest attacks. Claiming that the squadrons show evidence of be- ing poorly piloted, the R. A. F. defending planes are having marked success in bringing them down, although, in most the enemy is able to discharge their bomb loads before falling. British admitted today that a total of 2,000,000 tons of shipping had been sunk by the enemy since the start of the war almost a year ago. This tonnage, how- ever, they stated was more than offset by new building and pur- chase of ships from other na- ticns. German naval headquar- ters claimed that a total of 80,000 tons of shipping was sunk yester- day. i Dispatches ffom~ Rome his morning brought ne: of. +a strong warning issued “Egypt for! that nation’s apparent effoft to help Britain despite neutrality status. Italy warned against giving permission to the British | to base airplanes and ships with- in her territorial limits. ‘CLOUDS IN SKY’ SHOWS TUESDAY FILM ON TUBERCULOSIS TO TO BE SHOWN FOR SEC- OND TIME cases, Dr. J. B. Parramore, county health officer, informed The Citi- zen this morning that the mév-) ing picture’ on tuberculosis, “Clouds In The Sky”, shown at, the Palace Theater last week, has been called back for another showing tomorrow ~night, this time at the Monroe Theater. The picture will be shown be- tween the regular feature films at the local theater. = Dr. Parramore called on citi- zens locally to co-operate with his department in the effort to eradicate tuberculosis from this city. All those who suspect symptoms of the disease should consult their local physician or a@rrange for an examination at {the county clinic, he stated. } / WASHINGTON, ‘Gtandpop’s schoolma’am wouldri't i ee LY YOUR AUTO NEEDS, DUVAL AND DIVISION STREETS. PHONE 9153 OR 5. COMPLETE .D.R. SETS MONEY ASIDE FOR NEW ARMY PROVIDES $29,000,000 FOR ES- TABLISHMENT OF CAMPS FOR CONSCRIPTED UNITS TO COME (By Axsors WASHINGTON, Aug White House secretariat nounced this morning that Presi- dent Roosevelt had set aside a total of $29,000,000 for the estab. lishment ee Breast an- of camps for the con- d army nile admitting that the ques- tion of conscription had not been in Cong the ade, it was stated SS, move w so that word to conscript young men for the army was given Wm. L. Knudsen, chief of the defense commission, was report- ed to be still on the west coast today, in conference with Major General Arnold on air force @ opments. Stepping up e production was being stud it was stated here, with em- phasis on linking the Boeing fac tory with its rival Douglas Cor- poration in future plans pansion. President Roosevelt was to face a serious decision tomorrow it was divulged here taday when announcement came that chair- man Madden's five-year appoint- ment as head of the National La- bor Relations Board expired then. Reappointment of Madden would be highly disapproved by conservative elements of the (Continued On Page Five) of ex- IT’S YOCATIONS, Federally-Operated Educational Plan no time would be lost when the } cubac spread nearty Ths wout 200 feet The microscope she thousandth of ap two to threr they wer ied through scope: Ther shar The work Columpa Ci : peru part of the thes amet to strengthen rubb of #. Electrical charges surfaces are beliewed main source of strength bet Rox thez = te be Noted This Year FOR 30 MILLION U.S. CHILDREN: By JOHN GRoven. ar Aug. 26— récognize the 30,000,000 kids trekking back to 275,000 American schools for the 1940 scholastic year. In two or three - generations. American schools have changed mightily. Growth and natural evolution were responsible for part of it. The depression had a profound impact on the young ‘uns. Currently, the war and world conditions~are influencir the schools. Kids who scrammed ‘out of the classroom last June with the > of Europe firmly memorized are returning to find their geography crambled beyond recognition. Political science, economics and history all have been affected All over the country, as this September sees the country in a gigantic effort to arm for de- ‘ferise, new emphasis is being laid ‘on the teaching of Ameri- canism. Defense Vocations The new school year's - most important development is expan- sion of the federally-supported vocational education plan, part of the national defense program Existing facilities in 1,200 schools will be utilized to train workers in industrial skill vital to de- fense. John W. Studebaker, US. edu- cation commissioner, estimates 1,009,000 regular pupils of high school age can be given this training in 1940. He figures that an additional 2500000 skilled 2 Feature Servier Writer tonal schools 24 hour Ar tional ture gram for the 1930, some 961,000 youngstet vocational trauung— 182.008 agricultural pursuits, 618.008 trade and mdustriail cndeswor: accele edu the tempo af n he natena. beer a of Cin past riculture dustry. 90.000 iz dustry and 734,006 nomacs. That's ture only part te education. Women are edging mer out ¢ the teaching profesuen Im 1878 there were two male teachets tw every three women. Ths year women outnumber men ty mare than three to one In 187% there were 657Le00 Students in US schocks The new pe in naw changed. Latin was studied by 5) percent of the high-schoc! ste Gents im 1900, but this year leu than 1€ percent are divesting af workers past school age can be i AUTO REPAIR AND BATTERY voca-_ met aie amu ee cee —— an ta 2 um Semel be oe ae Soenget Beco tt | rf i N | ti tf ut {ict I nil Aeh ” ‘ \ i i ft fi } j t t ; t