The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 3, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 210. THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1940 Nazis, Cont FUNlOUs Attacks Over All England Hundreds Tried To London;., Balkan Out- break Feared of Bombers Approach (By Associate LONDON, Sept. Press) 3.—The first anniversary of the start of World War Number Two has come and; gone, and the nations of Europe appear bent on digging in for an- other year or two of conflict in the effort to force either totali- tarianism or a return to the for- mer state of government on war- ring and conquered countries. As if terminat their de- e the for- » Nazi air ministry ional and euver: Sunday week mer edict reported increas ed airr over Eng- Monday with characteristic land over and of this reports of Britain, ported uccesses. other hand, that their defenses were on the re- holding up and that there was no danger of c of folic the fierce onslaughts g the last two days r of German bombers appeared over Britain this and continued to spre loss of cking morale morn destr lite atte fer s capital city was but de- batteries broke up formations entral portion of the s reached. mpted early today nemy were this city today, | aircraft on the coa s- ed as Am yugh both nations cting totals, as listed 93 Brit and 23 of their gagements t Britain reportec wned and a planes were moves were rumored which indicated that i George, first World ter, may be call- important post on inet war secretary An- i Lord Halifax for posts. ardments from ed back to the w rumors 1 thony more During the be the air today, King George cc ducted, without interruption. ceremony d which hu of naval and heroes decorated for war heroism Adolf Hitler, meanwhile. is re- ported to be much concerned with the turn of events in the Balkans, the while he waits for the favorable sign to invade Eng- land. He is re; ported to have as- signed orac't trobris numbering 132,000, to stand ini Feadiness for a ush into Rumania should addi- nal trouble break out in that nation. Reason for the concern stated as intense bitterness on t of a large minority of for the axis-powers’ that ordered turning f a large portion of Tran- to the Hung-rians. Sev- shes along the Hun- jan border have ed, and serious out- flare-ups is feared. a ods were was of the "courtesies extended Additional | "SRD TRANSMITS THANKS 10 CITY FOR COURTESIES PASSES RESOLUTION THANK- ING CITY AND COUNTY FOR FINE TIME HAD AT MEET- ING HELD HERE W. M. Miles, State Road Department, of Tal- lahassee, sent a resolution re- released as passed by the Department members, conveying thank to the officials here who acted to entertain the iting members when they held their meeting here on August 22nd. The resolution “Be It Res cere retary of the centry read that for the ved our sin- appreciation many by the citi- Key West and Monroe county to the mem- bers and officials of this Depart- ment on the occasion of this meeting is hereby expressed. “Be It Further Resolved that a copy of this resolution be the Key West paper for p tion”, The Mr. Miles and the record ed that commissioner Burr r the motion, seconded by comm sioner McColskey. LT. H. F. WINN JOINS STATION Winn. ted for zens and officiais of Frank repc Lt Harlan CEC. US.N.R.. duty at the loca station over the past w co} to join Lt. Comdr. T. J. Br office. home . Iowa. ge HOUSE DEBATES ,ACTION ON VOTE LOOKED FOR BY WEDNESDAY OF OBSERVED LABOR DAY (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. 3—Full- | time debates are going forward on the floor of the House of Rep- resentativ on the pending} Burke - Wadsworth conscription bill as passed by the Senate ten days ago and forwarded to the House for action. It is expected now that the vote, in its favor, will come pos- sibly by Wednesday afternoon of this week, as debates were being festricted to minimum length. This, it was pointed out, would come within the presidential de- mand to approve conscription legislation within “two weeks He made the request on Satur- day. August 24. Major debating topic of the day on the conscription bill was whether or not to include “draft- ing of industry” measures in the bill, and whether to raise the draft-age limit from the Senate’s | 31 years to 45 years. It was! thought possible that the House! will add some age comes. Drafting of industry has been} seriously criticized by Republican presidential candidate Wendell Willkie, whe stated last weekend that the measure contemplated | would act as a “direct insult to business—which. previously, had made all proper assurances of its desire to cooperate with the de- fense program”. Several House members, how- ever, stated their belief that there was need for legislation that would force recaltritant in- dustries in line following asser- tions of lack of desire to fulfill’ governmental mandates to turn plants over for construction of y armaments. ALBERT COOPER NEW RECORDER Albert B. Cooper, of Charles- ton. has been assigned as_ per- manent recorder of the Labor Board here, with offices in room 130 at the local postoffice. Mr. Cooper, formerly employ- ed with the Labor Board at Ct aed, will relieve Mrs. Cor- delia H. Schroder, who has been acting recorder for the past four months. M Schroder will leave or Charleston in about a week. Historical =o On Battery ‘E’ Release In connection with the ing drive now going fill the nks of Batte FNG, Lt. W. E. P. Roberts, re- cruiting officer of the battery. released the following his s data rmation first city and about ac- since: June, 1885, Osganized in our city a the State Militia, known the Island City Guard: It was the inception of what is now known as Battery “E”, 265th (AA) CA (HD). For five years, the unit was known as the Island ead Guards. In 1893, it re sig- nated Company . Fifth Bat. talian, State Troops, and reta ed that designation until 1902 when it. was again re-designated as Company “I”, Second Infan- try, and remained as such for 15 years, or until 1917. “The company was stationed on the Mexican border at Laredo, Tex., June 21, 1916, under the command of Capta! Arthur H. Sheppard, and mustered out March 17, 19 On Aug 5. 1917. it was again mustered into Federal service during the Wo: war and was re-designated Com- pany “I”, 124th Infantry, sailing for France October 16, 1918, recruit- forward to tive dut; “Du there unit was . January 14, 1919. where ment it was used It was for replace mustered out “On June 29, 1923, it was re- organized and recognized as the 438th Coast Artillery Company. and assigned to the First Sep- arate Battalion, Coast Artillery on October 31, 1923. It was re- designated Battery “B”, February 9, 1924; re-designated Battery B”. First Separate Battalion, Coast Artillery (Harbor Defense). July 22, 1925, and re-designated Battery “E”, 265th Coast Artil- (Harbor Defense), on Janu- 1, 1930. The Battery has served on ac- tive State duty following the hurricane at Key West on Sep- tember 28-29, 1929; aiding civil authorities, Islamorada from Feb- Tuary-28 to May 13, 1935, and fol- lowing Labor Day hurricane. Sep- tember 3-11, 1935. “The local post was under the command of Major William V. Albury, who retired February 28, 1940. The present commanding officer and Post Commander is Captain William C. Harris. “It can be seen that our local unit of “Guards” is one of the st in the country. It has al- maintained a high standard of efficiency and will continue to do so.” 1 restricting meas-} ure on industry when final pass- | Tax Sale Yesterday ‘suman - ‘tracted Few Buyers = THIS WEEK: LEGISLATORS: ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED PARCELS BOUGHT, MOSTLY BY ONE COMPA GETS BALANCE Tax sales on all property Monroe County on which taxes for the year 1939 had not been paid, was held at the county courthouse yesterday, starting at {12:00 o'clock noon, taking a total {of about four hours before all items were read by Frank H. ‘Ladd, tax collector. Very little interest was mani- fested in this sale, considerably less than last year, according to Mr. Ladd. Out of a total of about 1500 parcels listed, only 400 were sold :to just a few interested persons, leaving about 1100 pieces that will revert to the state. Over 350 of the 4(9 parcels bought for taxes, and on which 18 per cent interest, in most cases, will be paid by present jowners if they want to hold the ; Property, were purchased by one holding company. in Y; STATE Since publication of the delin- quent notices, starting in The Citizen on August 5th, and con- tinuing for three weeks follow- ing that date, approximately 400 persons appeared at Mr. Ladd’s office and paid the taxes due which took that many parcels off the sale list which started out with nearly 2300 parcels. Murphy Sale Coming County clerk Ross C. Sawyer announced this morning that his staff was fast preparing the next Murphy Land sale which is scheduled for advertising in this coming Friday’s Citizen. The next sale will be held on Frida September 27. Other sales of Murphy land in the coun- ty will probably be held at monthly intervals, Mr. Sawyer stated. Four Accidents Here Over Holiday Weekend TWO OCCURRED SATURDAY, AND ONE YESTERDAY; ONE SUNDAY SEVERE INJURIES SUFFERED Four accidents in Monroe County over the Labor Day holi- day weekend were reported at the county sheriffs office this morning, bringing injury as many auto drivers, or persons in- volved. Last night, about midnight, an auto which was being driven by W. L. Bagby. Jr.. overturned on the boulevard a short distance from the end of the island, -re- sulting .n wna: are believed to be internal injuries to Mr. Bagby and minor injuries to one other man and two Key W young ladies, names not released. Julius E. Beasley, of Richmond, Va. employed by the Thurston Constructicn Company on work here at the local air base, was seriously injured by a supposed hit-and-run driver on the high- way on Stock Island Saturday night. MORE MARRIAGES THAN DIVORCES Records posted at the county courthouse for the month of Aug- ust revealed that there was one more marriage license issued during that month than there were final divorce decrees is- ts Miss Florence Sawyer, deputy clerk, stated that there were 16 final divorce decrees handed down last month. The office of county judge Raymond R. Lord posted a total of 17 marriage licenses issued during the same month AUXILIARY WILL MEET WEDNESDAY Mrs. George Archer, president. announced this afternoon that the American Legion Auxiliary would hold an important meet- ing of its membership at Legion headquarters on Whitehead street tomorrow afternoon at 4:00 o'clock. Beasley was found by Malone of this city, William and he was brought to the Marine Hospital suffering from o broken legs and a fractured pelvis bone and other injuries. An investigation of this accident is now going for- ward. J. H. Shaw. of Atlanta, driver owned by Lawrence ilor aboard the U. S. S. Noa, received injuries to his left arm when the car was side- swiped by another automobile driven by John Wiseman .of At- lanta. ‘The accident occurred on the highway Saturday night, a short distance from where Beas- s found unconscious, and a ort while after that accident was discovered. The other accident occurred Sunday morning, when Mrs. Lil- lian Jackson, a visitor in the city from Clearwater, suffered a broken left arm when her car collided with onedriven by Lum- ley Parks. 1317 Eliza street. corner of Whitehead and Eaton street. According to police of- ficer Bienvenido Perez, who was riding with Mr. Parks, Mrs. Jack- son failed to slow down for the intersection. REGISTRY BOOKS NOW IN PRECINCTS MR. ENGLAND IS PREPARING LIST OF ALL QUALIFIED VOTERS NOW John England, supervisor of registration for Monroe County Stated this morning that all 15 precincts of the county had re- ceived their registration beoks yesterday, as per schedule. that new voters may-appear fér’ registration for the general elec- tion to be held November 5th, at the designated hours and days as listed last week. Preparation of the qualified voters’ list is going forward at this time, Mr. England stated, for release immediately prior to the election. Registration can be made in All members are requested to the precincts or at the courthouse be present at this meeting. up to and including October 12th. ican’t EMPLOYES GROWING FACILITIES MAKES | NECESSARY HIRING OF AD- DITIONAL HELP; FILL FROM C. S. LIST Lt. Comdr. Ray W. Byrns, head of the supply and accounting de- partments at the local naval station, announced this morning that he had received authority from the navy department in Washington to hire nine persons for his office. The positions now open will be filled entirely from the eligible lists of civil service employes now on file or successful candi- dates in recent examinations. Expanding facilities at the yards, making necessary add: tional work, has made necess {this enlarged office force. it was and | explained. Two weeks ago, the removal of the disbursing office from Comdr. Byrns’ office was found necessary in that room was not sufficient to handle all of the work. That of- fice was moved to the Coast Guard general office building alongside the navy headquarters building. MRS. F. CAMPBELL DIED YESTERDAY SHORT SERVICE THIS AFTER- NOON FOR MOTHER OF MAX LORD Mrs. Frances Lord Campbell died yesterday afternoon at the home of her foster son, Maxwell A. Lord, following a long ili- ness. Mrs. Campbell would have been 90 years of age if she had lived until next October 29th. Mrs. Campbell was born in Pharsalia, New York, in 1850. and her body will be taken to that city for burial. She was a member of the Methodist church here for several years, and was active up until re¢ent years. She has resided at 317 Simonton Street with Mr. Lord for the past 13 years. There will be no funeral serv- ices in this city, but the body will lie at Lopez Funeral Home chapel between 4:00 and 6:00 o'clock this afternoon, and at the latter hour a short benedictory service will be conducted by Rev. Ted M. Jones, pastor of the Baptist church. Mr. Lord will accom- pany the body to Pharsalia, N Y., for burial. leaving tomorrow morning Besides Mr. Lord, Mrs. Camp- bell is survived by another son, Fred W. Boswell, of New York, and Mrs. May 4Malone. wife of W. H. Malone. of Miami. Che Key West Citizen PRICE FIVE CENTS vm Postal Sales Much Higher Than Aug.’39 WON TLE OF tno “MISS KEY WEST’ a shins ne Last Year LARGE CROWD ATTENDED MARTI LODGE LABOR Day osthly seport for Augumt of AFFAIR: ELSIE HARTMAN >“Sites: sremsected et the local RUNNER-UP rti Lodge Day Fiesta and s hedul Beach 600 members and lodge. Main feature of the the con! an judges announc selected yeste: Souty ay been upwards dures she pax ne attended by an mate fnends of tb day whut: was the last weekend Miss Key W. Winning honors went to 15-year old Gloria Suarez, whic wea sponsored by Appelrouth’s store the votes giving her four tall to one for the runner-up, Mis Elsie Hartman, alse 15 years old Judges were Mayor Willard Albury, Fire Chief Harry Baker Col. G. D. Hatfield of the Marine Corps, Mrs. Bell De Poo and Charles Taylor. Miss Suarez wil pre: with a complete evening ensemble by her sponsoring store and Martin Thomas. of the jocal skating rink. will present & with a $12.00 pair of roller ska’ at the rink tonight In addition to the tests, a swimming beauty a new dress beauty con and bicycie Loui Washinetn Massis: 1p and spent York World D.C New ee _OUR DEFENSE (EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the ninth of 2 series pre- pared by the National Defense Advisory Commirsion in re- Sponse fo numerous requests for articles on our national da -GraEu 6 Sp emit Preparedness program. The tenth and final article will ep- pear in The Citizen on Thursday. THE ARMY OF : THE siiieineaead STATES Engineers and Signals The Engineer Corps and the Signal Corps have special duties in keeping our Army going places and in touch with headquarters. But they still are combat arms This means that if they have to they can throw down their slide Tules and their telephone instru- ments and trot out to show the infantry how to-throw lead at an enemy. ,..: The Corps of Engineers is the arm that furnishes technical en- gineering skill to the Army. It gets its practice in peactime by taming rivers, building dams, and other engineering structures. If there is any kind of a dirty ad- ministrative job that needs doing we usually find an Army engi- heer assigned to get it done, for getting things done is the breath of life to an engineer. All you have to do is tell an engineer it be done. He will then reach in his back pocket, pul a slide rule. and by the tame you have proved can’t be done. has gone and finished i Functions Of The Engimeers A little problem im river bridg ing is just mest Th hav whole warehouses full folding bridges. Just tell them the siz Tiver, and they trot = folding boats and steel secthoms few boards, and the Army is on its way again, tanks, gums. and all. They dig tunnels, put reads where they ought to be. run rail ways, whip up power and light systems, furnis build fense syste they a very handy organization to have around They can out asks them t they conduct military miming That is, they build tunnels under where the Fae wete (Continued On Page Two) Paul Dessez be n for em 5 SNS A re eS ile i ee PR Se . teeaS DRIVE YOUR CAR IN... WE’LL PAINT AND OIL SPRAY FOR YOUR PROTECTION. LOU SMITH AUTO SERVICE, DUVAL & DIVISION STS. PHONE $153 OR