The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 28, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West TUG PEACOCK RAMMED AND SUNK AUG. 24' DISASTER OCCURRED IN HARBOR AT CARTAGENA, COLUMBIA: THREE CREW MEMBERS LOST LIVES Captain Cornelius L. Peterson of the tug Willet, wrecking boat stationed here at the Porter Dock, informed The Citizen to- day that his company, the Mer- ritt-Chapman and Scott Company of New York, had forwarded in- formation about the sinking of the tug Peacock last Saturday. The Peacock, here early this year to relieve the Warbler when that vessel was still stationed in Key West and was out on a sal- Vaging job at the time, was sunk Saturday evening in the harbor of Cartagena, Columbia, follow- ing ramming by the Norwegian steamship Hindanger. The report stated that the ship was sunk when it was entering the Columbian harbor and added : that three members of the crew of the Peacock were lost. Radio dispatches telling of the THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. quarters. To. Headline Several .Important.Sub- jects | | { j Arthur Sawyer Post, No. 28, ; American Legion, will hold an | important meeting tonight at Le. ee headquarters on Whitehead Street. according to announce- | ment by post officers this morn- ing. disaster earlier this week stated ' that first-engineer Robert sidy was one of those who lost his life in the collision. SERVICERS HEARD ON CONSCRIPTION: PRO AND CON OF ISSUE EN- TERED INTO BY CLUB MEMBERS The main topic for round table discussion at the regular meeting ning in the church annex was conscription. With President Daniels in the chair, the entire membership discussed the question confront- ing the nation today, both pro and con. While the majority of those present expressed the thought that conscription was es- sential, nevertheless many brought out points revealing cer- tain dangers in connection with the proposed plan. A few were of the opinion that voluntary enlistment, with certain restric- tions, would solve the problem, thereby eliminating the necessity for the proposed measure. A suggestion for ance of a Father and Son night was laid over to a later meeting. John Briggs had his son, Lou- don, as his guest. Cas-} the observ-| Arrangements for the and Eight Sociate conclave to be held in Key West next Saturday will be discussed, including en- ; tertainment of the visiting voi- ture members coming from three upstate 40 and 8 groups. Three activities of the local post will be reported on at this meeting. They are: 1. A report from the post's delegate to Boys’ State this year. He is Robert V. Smith, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Smith. 2. A report from Aurelio Las- tres, manager of the post’s Amer- ican Legion Junior baseball team, on progress being made by the boys. 3. Progress being made in the formation of a Sons of the Le- gion organization for Key West. Also coming up for discussion and action at tonight's meeting will be plans for membership formation of the post’s auxiliary. This subject was considered of importance in that the auxiliary will have various duties during the coming state convention to be held in this city next April. The 40 and 8 conclave to be staged in Key West next Satur- day will be held to install this city’s new Voiture, No. 728. Twen- ty-one candidates, members of Arthur Sawyer Post, will be in- litiated into the order. Voiture 492 of Dade county, 299 ‘of West Palm Beach and 890 of Fort ‘Lauderdale will send a mo- :torcade to Key West, leaving the (Continued On Page Four) Three More Days Before ' Tax Sale Property owners in Key West! and Monroe county have but three days in which to protect their holdings from being put up to auction by the county tax col- lector, according to a warning is- sued by Frank H. Ladd this morning. That is—they have three more days if they haven't paid their state property taxes. Four the past four weeks Mr. Ladd has advertised the list of delinquent taxes in The Citizen, the last appearance of the legal advertisement being on Monday of this week. In most cases the items showed as owing, are quite small, indicating that real estate owners are not conscious of the fact that they owe the taxes. It is explained that property Earlier this week The Citizen called attention to the tax sale which will be held by collector Ladd next Monday, September 2nd. All property then will be sold for taxes, if owners have not appeared in the meantime to set- tle the amounts owed. It was further explained that there is no connection between this sale and the Murphy Land sales. Bidding at the latter, if Successful, will provide imme- diate ownership, following re- ceipt of approval of the sale and |deeds from the ‘Internal Im- provement Board at Tallahassee. | Bidding at the sale next Monday will gain possession of tax cer- | tificates on the property in ques- tion, but does not necessarily Meeting Tonight At Head- on which Homestead exemptions mean ownership, as owners are h: been allowed are still liable | given two years to redeem the for a small share of county and |property, according to provisions state governing expense, in the! of the law governing tax*sales in form of taxes. Homestead ex-/: this state. emption laws do not take in. Many persons have confused millage assessed by the counties these two sales, clerk Ross Saw- for the indebtedness fund; that yer stated again today. as they portion of the county budgets be- have called his office asking ing collectable in order that court! about information where to pay judgments and other debts may the amounts due and about the = 5: Prepares For ~ Forty-Eight’s ‘COUNCIL PASSED | PLUMBING® CODE | ON IST READING | SPECIAL SESSION HELD LAST | NIGHT HEARD LENGTHY REPORT ON PROVISIONS AND REGULATIONS | City council met in special ses- sion last night and passed the ; new plumber’s code ordinance on :its first reading. Councilman Er- {nest Ramsey and city attorney ' Aquilino Lopez, Jr., took approxi- Forty mately an hour and a half to’ modern times, not excepting Hit- read the 51 pages contained in the ordinance which was copied from provisions now in force in Tallahassee. The ordinance sets up a Board of Examiners for Plumbers, to- gether with fees, permits and ex- amination regulations. A Plumbing Inspector is to be appointed by the council ceive $1800 per year, as the ordi- nante now reads, although it was indicated that amount would be substantially reduced. He and the Health Department head and a méster plumber and a journey- man plumber would constitute the Board to examine plumbers and to issue permits for installa- tion of plumbing. The plumbers on the Board would be appointed by the mayor. All plumbers would have to issue proof of ten year’s ex- perience in the plumbing busi- ness. Assistants for the inspec- tor are provided for, if neces- sary. VICE PRESIDENTS STEAL SPOTLIGHT McNARY SPOKE LAST NIGHT: WALLACE TO ACCEPT HIS TOMORROW (Ry Assoriated Preasy DES MOINES, Ia, Aug. 28.— Vice - presidential’ candidate Henry A. Wallace arrived here this afternoon to meet with farm leaders and to prepare for his ac- ceptance speech to be made in this city tomorrow night. Republican candidate Charles McNary made his acceptance speech last night in Oregon, and announced this morning plans for a limited campaign which will include four or ~five major speeches to be given probably late in the campaign. ‘LARGEST FLYING BOAT’ GETS WARSHIPS HONOR (By Associated Press) BALTIMORE, Aug 28.—The “queen” of the U. S. Navy's air forces—the largest flying boat in the world—is ready for assembly at the Glenn L. Martin aitcraft factory here. , The start was marked by a unique keel-laying ceremony— the first time in naval history that one had been held for a fly- ing boat. Specifications are secret. to re-} KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1940 WILLKIE CLUB IS ORGANIZED | OPPOSED | | t i j Terentia | The Willkie Democratic Club! lof Key West has been organized with a membership of more than 400. } Sam E. Harris, secretary, today | issued the following statement: | Britain; Balkan War Threat Is “Our opposition to Roosevelt jis based on the conviction ‘that a ithird term will lead to a dicta-' itorship as it has.done, time and/ ‘again, in Latin-American repub-i |lics. Liberty in Mexico was not jcurtailed during the first eight years Porfirio Diaz served that country as president. Toward the end of his second term he had himself “drafted” to serve a third {time .and before his third term For was over he had established him- ;Self as a dictator. From 1884 to! }1911 Mexico was clutched in his jiron hand of dictatorship, and it _,. a a: jtook a revolution in May, 1911, Eighty-Five Now Quar- him fi ffice. H to oust him from office. tered At CCC. Camp “But Diaz’ dictatorship was! mild compared to that of Juan: On Fort Taylor Reser- vation | i Vicente Gomez, who ruled Vene- i :zuela for 27 years. His was the‘ most tyrannical dictatorship of ler’s and Mussolini's. Every type of freedom of expression was suppressed. and a mere passing Major W. F. Putnam, aide to jeriticism of Gomez would land one in jail or line him up before C°- L- L. Pendleton. commander ‘a firing squad. of Key West Harbor “They are only two of many {Latin-American cases wherein Stated today that a total cf ‘the presidency of one man for (Continued on Page Four) Defenses. 85 men had arrived in Key West since August 8th, recruited for AMERICAN LEGION sem sur «mer wen ne racks from Florid=. DOCKS IN GOTHAM recnied are tek ein quartered for the present in tents The new REFUGE SHIP SUCCESSPULLY * the C-C.C. Convalescent Camp at Fort Taylor, awaiting comple- COMPLETES HAZARDOUS tin of repairs to the old astil. VOYAGE jery and band barracks. This work is going forward rapidly at a cost of $6,500, it was stated. {By Axsocinted Press) NEW YORK. Aug. 28-The S. Three _Feserve officers : also S. American Legion docked here have arrived and a fourth is ex- this morning with 870 refugees Pected September Ist, as an- | from Scandinavian countries who nounced by Col. Pendleton earlier ia at Petsamo, Finland, this month. | ten days ago. a x The 13,700-ton liner success- stationed here = First Lieut. fully completed the voyage which Frank M. Means, Second Lieut. was headlined in the nation’s Russell L. Pirkle and Second press last week when Nazi Lieut. Clinton F. Mathews. They sources warned against danger are assigned to the regular army from mines on the course laid out for one year’s duty. First Lieut for the ship’s passage close to Eugene C. Lockhart, U.S.A. from northern Scotland. Ft. Monroe, Va., is the fourth of- Aboard the American Legion ficer, who will arrive later. : were a number of prominent peo-| Preliminary traiming is going ple returning from Europe, head-; forward at this time, Major Put- ed by Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, nam stated, being: conducted by U. S. Minister to Norway, who, the staff officers:’ Total com- completed her first voyage home Plement of the barracks ‘now is since the outbreak of war. i (Continued on Page Four) The officers now Forty Million Dollars. For Florida Air Bases ‘ (Special to The Citizen) |_ WASHINGTON, Aug 28. — ‘listed men. Senator Claude Pepper an- nounced today that before con- struction is completed at Jack- sonville, Key West, Miami and Pensacola, a total of close to $40,- {000,000 will be expended by the Bureau of Aeronautics in Flor- ida. 1785 civilian Ployees and 710 students. It is estimated that the complement will be increased to 650 officers, 3500 enlisted men, 1900 civilian employees and 1800 students by July -1, 1941. Jacksonville — $22,458,000 has been authorized and approp- em- Army Recruits Artiv Duty At Batacs VAGABOND ( NUPLE For _Lost City Search (Associated Press Feature Service) MANZANILLO, Tex., Aug. 28. —Two slim young American vagabond explorers, Dana and Ginger Lamb, are hacking their way through Mexican costal jungles on a 2,000-mile hike just to toughen up for the goal of their new explorations, the Lost City of the Mayas. “We certainly are getting put through the paces”, the young couple report. “It is a land of mud, rain and mosquitoes. Every trail that was used by the natives in the dry season is now blocked by dead- wood and vines that have been knocked down by terrific squalls. We have to cut our way through this tangled maze with our ma- chetes, nearly every foot of the way. If this doesn’t toughen us up for the jaunt into the -Forbid- den Land, we don't know what will”. The wiry couple left their San- ta Ana home last April. They are hardened vagabonds. On a 000-mile honeymoon started in 1933, they sailed down the west coast of Central America, spent six months on the treasure island of Cocos, and finally piloted their 16-foot craft through the Panama | canal. The fruit of this honey- moon was one of the best selling non-fiction .books of 1938, “En- chanted Vagabonds”. They figure the new explora- tion will be a matter of years Lamb is.convineed from his re- search that a Teal scientific treas- ure is to be found in the Lost City of the Mayas. This, he says, will be a library, discovery of which} he hopes will add a thrilling store of knowledge about the lost civ- ilizations of ancient Central , America. ALSATIAN WEEDS JUST DISREGARD FRONTIERS (Ry Anso-inted Presa BASEL, Switzerland, Aug. 28. 16.-' Che Key West Citizen SIi S5COMES Law a5 F D RB SicmsS & i oe VASeNCTOs agg Bt S Sete cee =i age Morrng = pueonget arte = Oppsng wet ea me ape for the Gecl wote om Ge Bac Watse crt cestgeme ml uw expectec Go come op eater ome lume iste toGes af cary tomar Tow murmang Last mgh t Soe ee ot a Se ciee ake Se op 4enGinet «oa 7 Axis Powers Confer With tives; Nazis. Hit Spit- fire Factory te. aoe Asnoriateé Frees) LONDON. Aug. 28—Mazis re over England last night and this morning. following onl sporadic Sttacks yesterday. Reports of » Property damage viled up at war headquarters in this ay zm mz creasingly enlarged figures. Immediately following -un down yesterday, the Germans began to send over their waves ef destruction. Bombings took place all along the southeast and southwest seacoast British war office reported to- dav that the attacks this morning were greater than last night, al- , though the damage cidry appear to be as heavy. In the officials” opinion the Nazis are following a policy of harrassing British (Continued on Page Four) phere. The bill was the £ te proviae 4 Sancing aco 306 880 mer Kanes reportec Partimemt hac 40 paanes = the past: moc was mate & program w set are Tamale The stacemet oS scceetee me De oe Se Piames ora-r:¢ ge a8 cerns dwwaded. Knox stated traming planes amc somes wouid 2 se ze | Driveless Day: Or Decreased Speed Limit Weald Uelp STATES’ NATIONAL DEFENSE PROGRAM By JACK STINNETT, AP Peetere Soret Siete WASHINGTON, Aug 28—At the Department of Commerce they tell you that the No. 1 prob- » tiem for the economic troubie shooters in the national defense program is rubber. Funny thing about rubber—a's as American as Indian corn. But |now that this hemisphere is fac- ing @ crisis, an adequate rubber supply is almost as far away as star dust. Rubber was five tmegas est —s wandering ad Tod ges te woe \the 17th centuyy sweet ete ee | American Indians playing with 2 from sew BE dee jball that bounced like nothing finished syethete |the white men had ever seen seetos Ss = hv unknown Bt mee * |shut off, about 30,000,000 motor vehicles would cease to chug. the defense program would be dead. and the horse-and-buggy deys (without rubber tires) would come back. | The United States uses 50,000 |tons of rubber 2 month. Seventy- five percent for tires WNinety- eight percent of the world sup- jply of rubber comes from the Dutch East Indies and British It is estimated that the bring- ing of more thin ten thousand officers and men, as well as student fliers, to Florida will re- quire the construction of ap- Proximately 6,000 additional housing units at a cost of nearly $20,000,000 to-provide for the | families of officers, student fliers, civilian and enlisted personnel At the Senator's request the Bureau of Aeronautics of the Navy provided the following covering personnel at the i Tiated to develop this new sta-| tion. It is estimated that its complement will be, when com- pleted, about Jan. 1, 1942. 500 of-| ficers, 6700 enlisted men, 1900' civilian - employees and 16007476. forests of weeds, going ee $3 t Hor amiles, with no regard for couldn't get back for 1940. Malaya (each produces around 376,500 tons a year). A paltry 36,- 000 tons 2 year come from Bre- What once were rich fields now | seed. The winds waft the seeds: pand existing facilities. The pres- | “Stern Switzerland are fighting | ,€nt complement is 11 officers, 44 enlisted men. 6 civilians and 25 Students. It is estimated that this complement will be increased to 120 officers, 1155 enlisted men. 25 civilians and 260 students by July 1, 1941. Key West—$650,000 is being expended to develop aviation facilities at the Naval Station. The patrol squadron now based , there has a complement of 25 of- ficers and 13 enlisted men. 2 losing battle against weeds in NOTICE All members of 40 and & and Legionnaires are request- e@ to be present at Legion Home. 8:08 o'clock Tonite. Wednesday. Aug. 28.