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Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West THE sou VOLUME LXI. No. 205. Largest Raid: j week from attending the Federal- State Conference on Law En- forcement Problems of National | Defense held in Washington, W. |B. Cone, executive. secretary to. {Governor Fred P. Cone, and his official representative to the con- ‘ference, warned Florida industry ian Bases ! (By Associgted ‘Prens} | | LONDON, Aug. 27.—Germany | conducted sporadic raids over England this morning and early | this. afternoon, what | was declared to be the most e: following tensive air engagements of the! whole war last night. (Continued on Page Four) | Che Key | =) ling at her B.S. degree. i ‘O’BRYANTS BACK THERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1940 | TWENTY-FIVE MEN TO RESUME CUT WIDEN- ING WORK RSDAY |. see ‘Discipline is necessary to suc- cess in battle, which, obviously, is the purpose of all training”. Thus summed up Lt. W. E P. Roberts, recruiting officer of the Battery “E”, Florida National Guards, in commenting on the army conception of discipline and its importance. In the belief that many people OPERATORS IN NORTH OF- FER PROTECTION AGAINST ESPIONAGE; EXPECTED IN SOUTH ERTS AUTHORIZES RE- LEASE OF OATH TAKEN BY NEW RECRUITS (Special to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Aug. 27.—; ment today brings out the wis-; State WPA Administrator Royjdom of that united action in the Schroder announced here today | project’s behalf. that the Garrison Bight Project} While announcing that 25 men in Key West would be reopened|would return to work Thursday, Thursday, August 29th, with the!the state office here divulged return to work of about 25 men.}that more would be put to work The project was closed a little}as soon as quota adjustments over a month ago when state-!could be made. Work on Garri-' have the wrong impression of wide cuts in relief rolls lowered! son Bight consists, for the present, | “military discipline”, Lt. Roberts Key West's quota to the point in dredging a wider entrance to authorized this description of the where no men were available for/the enclosure. term: that job. Recent personnel shifts in Key| “Military discipline is the men- Pressure put on by local or- | West sent Miss Mary Falk to the tal attitude and state of training Sanizations with messages of ap-!Miami office and placed Mrs.‘ which make obedience and prop- peal to congressmen:in Washing-|Flora Saunders on the retired er conduct automatic under all ton acted to place the project atjlist temporarily, owing to re- conditions. It is founded upon the top of the priority list for;duced personnel, it was an- respect for and loyalty to prop- Key West, and the announce-|nounced here today. erly constituted authority. Mili- . tary discipline is generally indi- jcated in an individual or unit by smartness of appearance and ac- {tion; cleanliness and neatness of dress, equipment or quarters; re- ;Spect for seniors; prompt and cheerful execution by subordin- ates of both the letter and spirit of the legal orders of their law- ful superiors”. “Discipline is a most import- ant thing in an army”, the re- cruiting officer stated. “Without discipline, a body of otherwise (Continued on Page Four) Rexford Tugwell Here For Hay Fever Relief Former “brain-truster” Rex-! One of the early members of ford G. Tugwell and Mrs. Tug-: President Roosevelt’s inner . cir- well, arrived in Key West last cle of advisers, now known as i | in to iif ii g ! a & j 4 1 i ofl f fil Hy i i if i z i ! fk gF i | fl | fi VISIO II LS. RECRUITING OFFICER a cil chambers a est Cttizrn Over 500 Aen ToResister Her FLORIDA TO HA ING FOR ARMY MEN (Special t- The Consen: WASHINGTON, I —Although Fier second larges! tion for the Guard and Re, under the presen gram, Senate Pepper today that ear! test will be regis’ et senators agams! tents to house the 38.400 scheduled to be stationed 2 Blanding, near Keyst and other Southern “Only Camp Shel With 41.850 troops, will er”, Senator Pepper said this too wil tent camp will smaller South camp be located Port “Ciark. T Fort McCielian, Ale. son, S.C; Fort Sil Camp Robinson. Ark It was sta 000 men will be stat (Conunuea on = be 2 Camp Jack Okh. = City Council will assem night m speci session city hall =z o'clock. . Main purpose for the mectme is to hear the new plum ordinance and code read first reading. Other matters mu brought according Archie Ro! F be clerk Sunday, for their annual stay in! “brain-trusters”, Mr. Tugwell re- a region uninfested with ragweed ‘Signed from government circles ‘chairman of the New York City Mr. Tugwell, a sufferer from Planning Commission with of- GREETINGS SENT West, staying at the home of | Many other persons have come BY GANDOLFOS General Andrews. He and his‘ learn of Key West's freedom ; shi cal Chamber of Commerce drive have been at Roca Chica Fishing camp. ; to spread knowledge of this free- Towa. La. FOWLER RETURNS ‘likely to bring additional visitors their friends ; to this city during the peak sea- ter part of September. NEWLY-APPOINTED princi. JAYCEES MEET PAL OF HARRIS SCHOOL ON WEDNESD AY W. E. Fowler, newly-appointed ' today that there will be a regu- principal at Harris School, arriv- jar supper-meeting of the Junior up his pre-school-opening duties.'eyening, Wednesday, at 6:30 He came from summer studies o'clock. { Tenn., at which school he platS: ing at the Ov seas Hotel Restau- to. obtain his M.A, degree next rant YS note! Restau Mrs. Fowler did not accor pany her husband here. She will) Ala., and plans-to join her hus’ band next sammer in Folie jover two years ago. He is nw SMP PQA OA OAS aes hay fever, spent last year in Key’ fices in New York. wife will spend the next month ‘0m ragweed pollen, and the lo-' Mr. and — Claude” A. ;dom to many northern cities is T0 HEAD SCHOOL |son, from August 15th to the lat- ARRIVED MONDAY President Joe Allen announced ; ed in Key West yesterday to take Chamber of Commerce tomorrow at Peabody College in Nashvii'e, | The group will hold this meet- year. teach again this year in Athens, | studies at Peabody Colle; further | ge, aim- | | Mr. Fowler is residing with the! jJeff Knights on Washington / | street. | ‘BUT YOU N i | . i By JACK STINNETT, AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.—There’s been a lot of talk FROM VACATION — j about tin since the national deferse program got under PENT PLEASANT SUMMER ; way, but if you'll believe Department of Commerce of- |ficials much of the talk is, British Isles may have been to jhooey. ‘get to the tin mines of Cornwall. i There's no doubt that if the’ England has been all but con- | United States’ tin supply were | trolling the tin supply ever since, jcut off, there would be a fine,although there is practically no Prof. and Mrs. Horace O’Bryant , Mess: |more coming out of Cornwall. returned to Key West last Satur-; But for that to happen, Eng-'The tin ore supply (and conse- }day evening after a two month’s land would have to lose the war, |quently the smelting) is controll- |stay in the mountains of North'and Japan would have to seize ed by an international cartel com- Carolina where they reported de- British Malaya and the Dutch |Posed of seven nations. But Eng- | lightful, cool weather and a va-/East Indies, and blockade our'land so controls the cartel that ;¢ation spent in “calm and peace- trade with those settlements or‘all meetings to set quotas, prices | ful repose”. Tefuse to sell us any tin. Further-!and export duties are held ba ! i) | IN NORTH CAROLINA: PRE- i PARE FOR SCHOOL O’Bryant YOU MIGHT HAVE TO QUIT EATING OUT OF CARS. Prima Donn Of Metals Has Been Cause Of Many Wars Long Before Christian Eve EEDN'T WORRY ABOUT TIN FOR DEFENSE of tin soldiers and Tim is the prime donne metais. Its purity must rex over 96 percent f & is any goed and even a tiny fractomal upset in the other ingredients and tin is worthiess. Bolivian tim = low grade and = cant be used for everything There are no smelters * in the United States mental tn autos minute. During the World wer ypannual ;Dut the out of cans. but there = Auguste ©tet little likelihood that the tm stus- fel =u & tion will become so acute that we mehen Spee ! Only Sporadic Engage-/"SMHODOMaMLILDL. | ments Today; RAF. |ARMY INVESTIGATES to beware of racketeers and for- { WATERWAY ‘ANGLEGicign agents operating under the ys opt |guise of patriotic organizations. Bombed Nazi: And Ital edie peewee \"So far’, he said,. “operations | WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. jby such racketeering ” organiza- ! Major-General ~ Julian’ L. | tions have not been reported ‘to * {the governor’s office; but we Schley’ teday ordered @ re- |iearned at the conference that view°on the Bahia Honda- they are working in the north Key West Waterway to de- | and can expect them to- extend termine the advisability of (their operations here. modifying the project to pro- “Calling themselves’ by some vide ‘protected channels. |patriotic name, they -contact of- The study was assigned to \ficials of industrial plants and Colonel Jarvis J. Bain, South jpuysiness men and offer to pro- Atlantic Division Engineer at jtect them against sabotage _ if Richmond. |they will join the ‘League’. They 8 collect a membership fee and Lechuhadkade uu, ude Je weekly or monthly as- i |sessment is agreed upon. Sending a total of 500 tanes| MAY VOTE ON | “The Federal govern ment, into the combat last night, Hitler | j Urqueh the EEE werkiie an 00- operation with state law enforce- apparently had issued orders to; CONSCRIPTION {ment officials, has been charged. spread out over the whole coastal | ‘with the responsibility of hand- area of eastern England. Re- BY THURSDA ,ling the investigation of sabotage, ports given out here stated that jespionage and similar matters over a hundred towns sent in dis- a jand can give industry and busi- patches telling of raids and huge ‘ness such protection as may -be meets s ae DEBATE ENTERS THIRTEENTH necessary. If any industrial plant usts of casualties were compiled, i though totals were not iad DAY: SENATOR JOHNSON o ueieeera nae FBL Small detachments of Nazi; OF COLORADO LEADS oOP- should be contacted and its ad-| raiders flew high over this city POSITION vice followed in providing for ,again last night and this morn- mee additional <<protechior “de- ing, but, as far as could be learn- “While-the owners of - plants * ed, no bombs were dropped. The (Ry Associated Press) which might be the object ° of | Nazis appear bent on breaking} WASHINGTON, Aug. 27. — sabotage are urged to survey English morale with their night-:Senate leaders stated today that them and take necessary protec- ; ly appearances over this capital!their members would probably tive measures, this work should | city, keeping residents awake!reach a vote on national con- be done under the: advice and’ and ready to scurry direction of appropriate state or shelters, : eee nein ee aeencics, Industrial areas were again and it is advisablé-to, promptly hit last night, largest losses be- (Continued on Page Four) ing admitted in armament fac- ———-------—_-___-__-__ tories at Coventry. 4 R.A.F. forces, however, con- tinued their retaliatory ’ drives onne e Ss. e 0 against both Germany and Italy. In the former case, large squad-; e e . rons flew over 500 miles into , Nazi country and bombed a num- 00 1S in ere ber of cities, including suburbs of Berlin. I - SS that guar sie genie ean hae A-member of one of the largest: Last weekend, young Barney, , Turin had been set afire and | Printing concerns in this nation: only seven-years-old, caught aj that bombs had been unleashed is a visitor in Key West this! seven-foot, eight-inch sailfish, | on important railroad centers. week, aboard his own yacht. and the party reports many other | a ony ew today Thorne Donnelley is his name. like catches as they patrol fish- | tions of war. aeciae ees | He, ang his wife and young son, | ing grounds hereabouts each day. | be expected shortly. Mussolini | Pat@e¥* Srrived last Thursday! Mr. Donnelley made the na-| is reported to have sent strong | amd_are Staying at the Trumbo| tion's neadlines awhile back | warnings to that near-east na- ‘ nies eons | when he sold his giant Lockheed tion, decryi A ; ; Mr. Donnelley’s firm is situated | spaghy 5 ‘Gibain e e aves in Chicago, being a leading tim elene to the ei eters unite nave’ in the publishing of large cata-| for wires "Cheaer a races Balkan tension increased toda: logues, magazines and all kinds j tor delivery i eal ti Sg and axis power envoyes were re. | 0! Petiodicals. He resides in that | Sande ed ean ae ted to be flyi r “| city, also keeping a home in West | prregrys taps ss a Ported to be flying to home capi- | Palm Beach days in this city was the experi- tal cities with reports on danger The Donnelieys are fishing in |©Ce recited by Mr. Donnelley | of outbreak of war between Hun- Rey Wi j when, early in 1918, he was con- . y est waters at prese! re F P gary and Rumania over the ques- aboard their yacht, the “Mak nected with the navy air service. tion of possession of Tran- d | He flew a blimp from a northern | sylvania. {city to this city, got caught in a No additional threat of a new TEN LOTS SOLD ; Storm north of here and was war Leiba Gieee ena Italy blown to sea. Eventually he and was contained in the day's war his crew landed at the airfield news from Europe, although it AT MARATHON 'f:< was known that Greek officials j PER ass oe ae had issued orders calling a num- Se Eee !THAR’S STILL GOLD per Of army classes up for mobil- | soLD. BY MRS. GOETZ TO M. IN YUKON STREAMS Reports on plane casualties in D. ALDACOSIA: FRANCIS | —_ England continued to be at great (By Associated Press) variance—according to the nation STREET LOT SOLD OTTAWA, Aug. 27.—Men still reporting. “pan” Yukon streams for gold. The British reported that en- * During the fiscal year ended gagements during the past twen-, Warrantee Deed recorded at: March 31, productino was 108,- abs 5 ty-four hours had seen a total of the county courthouse yesterday 078 ounces, the Canadian Mines Prof, _ Stated this |thore, it would have to be proved | London. forty-six German planes downed , reported the sale of ten lots at;end Resources Department _ re- morning that he will be busy ; that Bolivia couldn’t ‘step up its} The world output of’ and 15 British planes destroyed. Marathon Beach, formerly owned | | from. this time {rward ‘making tin supply to 50,000 tons. It was jaround 183,000 tons. The The Nazis countered this an- by Mrs. B. M. Goetz and her hus-| “After almost a half century preparations _for reopening of ‘almost that high in 1929 but had {States uses about 70,000 nouncement with their own, °¥ ee ae “!of continuous operation the fa-|Key West High School on Sep- | dropped to a little more than half it, 45 percent of that for tin statement, admitting losses of 21 | band, L. E. Goetz, to Marcus D.!mous placer fields of the Klon- | tember 9th. jthat by last year. There is the and tin linings for canned pianes the while their forces | Aldacosia. idike still have gold-bearing re-| | possibility we could cut our con- zor amount that goes into brought down 76 Britishers. The price indicated on the /serves of a magnitude that as-/ ;Sumption to get along on what defense materials is small —_—_—__—— deed registry was $3500. |Sures more years of success", the, KQDAK FILMS AND (we-could get from Bolivia plus) Prima Donna Of Metals NEGROES, JEWS BANNED ~ Liviigaicer Rnewice: sold 78 \department says. ' jthe small amount of tin that! There payers be problems, how- z “| Pan, rocker and sluicing meth- jeould be reclaimed. ever, even if we should quit using | PARIS—Negroes and Jews foot parcel on Francis street to ods, however, have given way to NEW SHIPMENT JUST IN | Has Caused Wars = cans and begin to wrap our can- have been banned from the James C. Thompson for a re-jhuge electrically operated dredg- Gardner’s Tin is a-mighty interesting dies in paper, substitute some-' French theatre and entertain-, ported $700, according to another‘es. Placer operators are .work- | product. Wars were for ment world as a result of Ger- warrantee deed registered at the) ing over the old- Klondike | man and French regulations. {¢ourtheuse this morning. | dings. J eR cg app HO i CE EN PER.“ NOONE aise > ow centage cae en RN ETO ET ee SME a eee tt NR ES ee ee eet 9} YOU'LL BE PLEASED WITH OUR SERVICE... LOU SMITH AUTO SERVICE, DUVAL & DIVISION STREETS, PHONE 9153 OR 5. 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