The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 6, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to th Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 213. e THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN- THE U. 8: A. : KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1940 Princ: Michael Ascends Throne Of Rumania: And Pre- King Carol Abdicates Leaves Country; mier Antonescu. Sup- presses Riots (By Axssoctated Press) BUDAPEST. Sept. 6.—Prince Michael, 18-year-old son of King Carcl, II, and Queen Marie, as cended to the Rumanian throne this morning, followine abdica- tion of his father last night. King turned c the reigns government to Prime Antonescu, strong er of the natio: sympathiz broke by Carol had of the Minister military lead- and Iron Guard rioting, which out last night occasioned the start of Hungarian occu- Pancy of parts of Tra brought another crisis this stormy “nut crack- and the abdication was ordered. Antonescu accompanied Carol to the F n border this mo’ rotect the abdicating King from harm. It was under- stood that he will seek asylum in Switz d. Mich kes over the ent under a regen e in his you to 1930, he h ng the time was an exile in France t up to King Carol upon rs return by plane from June 6 of 1930. During M ruled his peo- was known as the “Boy an reigns cy father > time rael > he Minister Antonsecu ngaged in military action st Rumanian objectors to axis-power negotiated treaty Transylvania to the and in other ways the way for the na- ptance of Nazi-dom- 1 affairs the that gave Hungarinas was pa\ tion's ac ination i ADD MEN TO ts BIGHT WORK - ENTRANCE BEING WIDENED TO NINETY-SIX FEET George J. Boutelle. pervisor in Key West, announced tod. t additional men had been put to work on the Garrison Bight project, the number now at work widening the cut being thirty-three Work on WPA su- ning the entrance to the Bight is progressing sat- isfactorily, Mr. Boutelle stated When it nished, the entrance will be feet wide and will be dredged to a 24-foot depth pro- viding easy access to large yachts and Coast Guard ships. Work of installing docks piers in the Bight will be dled on a separate navy it is understood. Notice, Legionnaires. Stir cieaabars “OF Azsariers Legion are requested to re- port at County Court House tonight, 8:00 o'clock for for- mation cf KEY WEST GUARDS Auspices Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28 WILLIAM REARDON. Adjutant. and han- project IOI S AS SS VOTERS CHECK REGISTRATIONS John England, Monroe county supervisor of regis- tration, stated today that a number of persons had ap- plied at his office. and in the precincts, to register for the fall election. Many of them were already registered. “All those who were reg- istered and qualified for the May primaries need not ap- pear at this time to register”. Mr. England stated. The registration supervisor is of the opinion that the in- terest shown in the registra- tions now going forward in- dicated a keen interest in the coming election. The Citizen agreed with the surmise. IIDIDIIGTOS NAZIS INCREASE AIRRAIDS ADVERTISEMENT LAND SALES IN LEGAL NOTICE TODAY CALLS ATTENTION TO SEPTEM- BER 27 SALE; 71 PARCELS ARE LISTED County clerk Ross C. today called attention legal advertisement elsewhere in this Sawyer to the appearing which of the Murphy Land sales sponsored by the Internal Improvement Board at Tallahassee. This is the sales held in February, and April, and will be advertised, on Friday, 27 Seventy-one toda: issue, represents a resumption fir: since the March held, September as Parcels appear in A total ted in the held earlier this year. Mr. Sawyer is receiving plications and bids for sales to be held mc this season. The xt le will be held on October 25th, to be advertised on October 4th. PRESIDENT SIGNS ART PROJECT BILL MESSAGES TELLING OF MOVE RECEIVED HERE TODAY 'S advertisemer of 696 parcels were | ap- future during The Citizen and other agencies Key West were advised th ning by wires from Washing- 2 that President Roosevelt has fixed his signature to WPA roject bill 50100. which is the rida Art Project m re con- activities of that de- in Mrs. Fererick W. Knapp, pr dent > Key West Woman's Club, = one of the ad- vices, this sent by Senator Claude Pepper. The observation was made eae ae cepa ation at- rer tors or representatives its president first of taken. “Attes' which en’s organiza’ one summed it up. the hold legislators IF THER ‘EXPECT 100 TO. JOIN KEY WEST: ' GUARDS TONIGHT Cerin Provisi ‘oncamzarion weerixe ar YOUTHS ARE SUBJECT TO MILITARY DUTY sexason samcicr caus 8:00 O'CLOCK: MEMBERS OF LEGION URGED TO BE IN ATTENDANCE Approximately one Key West men are expected to be in attendance at a meeting being held tonight to form what has been called the Key West iGuards, for purposes of co-opera- | tion in the National : program. The meeting will be called to lorder by R. H. Spottswood, ma- jor in the naval reserves, at 8:00 o'clock at the county courthouse. Following organization plans, including election of officers, the tassemblage will be addressed by Defense {naval and army officers and by! including ' prominent citizens, ;Mayor Albury and W. R. Porter. | ‘Those assisting Mr. Spottswood lin the formation of the Key West 'Guards are Julius Stone, Harold Russell, Al Mills, Hugh Williams, {Clem Price, Dr. A. M. Morgan, ; Everett Rivas and A. B. Goeh- ring. Administering of an oath of service and obedience to the prin- cipals to be set forth as governing the organization will follow election of officers, it was stated. American Legion Post officials ed a call today for all Legion- naires in the city to be present at this meeting. hundred , The Key West Citizen Key West. Florida. bes the country; with a= srverage range of only 14° Fabresbet MAYBE THEY DON'T KNOW BUT FLORIDA'SENATE WON'T } ese ion Included In ieee Constitationt (Florida News Service) BRADENTON, Sept. 6—Re- gardless of federal action in the matter of conscription every able ida between the ages of 18 and 45 are members of the state militia and may be called for military service in that organ- ization at the will of the Gover- nor. it was pointed out here by William J. Ray, local lawyer and member of the State Legislature. “Here in Florida,” said, Ray, “we have been living under a |conscription provision of the Florida constitution far more drastice than the Burke-Wads-, ! worth bill.” Pointing to article 14 of the state constitution, he showed that it reads: “All able bodied male inhabi- ants of the state between the ages of 18 and 45 years that are citi- zens of the United States, or have declared their intention to become citizens thereof, shall con- stitute the militia.” Ray points out that ficaliy says “shall” “may”. Another section of the article empowers the Governor to “call out the militia to preserve the public peace, to execute the laws of the state, to surpress insurrec- it and speci- not ‘tion or to repel invasion.” bodied man in the state of Flor-| The Legislature is given au- thority to provide by law “for organizing and disciplining the militia”. The second amendment to the United States Constitution says: “A well regulated militia, be- ing necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the peo- ple to keep and bear arms, shall | jment to not be infringed.” The federal constitution also gives to Congress the power to “raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be longer than for a period of two years.” So technically every able bodied man in Florida between the ages specified is automatic- ally made a member of the militia or National Guard and is subject to immediate call should the law be invoked or emergency arise. SWISS PLANT POPPIES, EXPECT OIL HARVEST Cty Anse rem? BERN, Sept. 6.—Swiss farmers in the Broye valley have planted most of their fields with pop- pies. Reason: Poppies been a source of oil, getting scarce in ax Switzerland. long have which is encircled APPROVE HOUSE AMENDMENT EXPERI-| MENT FUTILE; BANK SEEKS LOAN FUNDS (My Asnocinted Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. 6—Ma-| jority leader Alben Barkley stat-! ed today that the Senate would not approve of the House amend- the Burke-Wadsworth conscription bill calling for a halt | in the draft until a sixty days’ voluntary enlistment measure had been tried. Pointing out the fact that EXPORT BLITZ Aas. ‘CITY AUDITOR if| ‘conscription was to be a law of! the land, Senator Barkley stated | it should be started now and not later, in that, providing i not enough volunteered to enlist, the! draft would be way. enforced any- EXPORT BANK WANTS MORE MONEY (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.—The; House Appropriations commit- tee heard officials of the Export. | Import Bank today in their re- quest for $500,000,000. That sum was required, cials stated, in the state depart- ment program to expedite loans to Latin-American countries. U. S. DESTROYERS NOW IN CANADA FIRST BATCH REPORTED DE- LIVERED, TO BRITISH AUTHORITIES (By Associated Press) AN EASTERN CANADIAN PORT, Sept. 6—The first ten destroyers in the 50-destroyer trade deal with Great Britain have been turned over to Cana- dian “authorities at some port north of Maine. Dispatches last night named some of the destroyers, including a number formerly assigned to neutrality patrol out of Norfolk, Charleston and Key West. Among those mentioned were the Hunt, Aaron Ward, Crowninshield. Satterlee and Hale. American crews that delivered the ships to the British are awaiting passage back to the United States. It was stated that British naval personnel is already on hand to take the destroyers across the ocean for duty. AVAL OFFICERS IN EXAMINATIONS |COMDR. BLACKWELL CHECKS UP PHYSICAL CONDI- TION OF PERSONNEL Captain W. F. Jacobs, com- mandant at the local naval sta- tio! announced that annual physical examinations for all commissioned officers at Key West station were now going forward. The examinations are being conducted by Comdr. R. B. Black- well at the naval dispensary, who stated today that: “Key West climate appeared to agree . with the officers. They're all passing with ‘flying colo! Naval regulations require that all naval personnel undergo regu- lar Sia ysical checkups. Brady’s Poultry Market STEWERS. ib 2Se FRYERS. ib 32e ROASTERS, ib 28 Dressed—Cutt-up—Delivered at no extra charge. Phone 540 1214 White Street Two Nations In Life And Death Struggle LONDON UNDERGOES SEVERE BOMBING; ACTION STEPPED-UP ON MEDITER- RANEAN FRONT (By Associated Press) LONDON. Sept. 6.—Adolf Hit- ler stepped up the pace of his air war on England today to a point believed to be the fastest of the war to date. More and more Planes poured out of the skies from across the channel, drop- Ping all types of bombs on an in- creasing number of English towns and cities. Over London, the attack exceedingly bitter. Defending air- craft fought valiantly in an effort to stem the tide, but reports of much damage came head- quarters here. scattered over at least 30 districts of the city. Rail- Toad stations were hit and large buildings suffered from incendi- ary and demolition bombs. All indications point the start of the real ‘ and death struggle in the air” between Eng- land and the axis powers, ac- cording to observers at various points of the British Isles. One reported that a formation con- taining at least 200 Nazi planes streamed over the Thames es tuary in a beeline for London, defying anti-aircraft and Spitfire ;plane attacks. British headquarters this after- noon reported that a total of 55 German planes had been brought down in today’s battles and in- dicated that their .wn losses were heavy. RAF. maneuvers over Ger- many and Italy took on added speed as if in knowledge of the importance of attack at this time Centering on French coastal cit- ies, the British reported success- ful attacks on Calais and Bo- lougne and again reported that successful raids causing much de- struction had been made on Ital- ian centers, chiefly the aircraft jcenter of Turin. was into to Action along the 1100-mile Mediterranean front was stepped up today, Rome reporting severe battles at several points, with Italian fleets of ships and planes making strong bids for control of Malta and Gibraltar. British version of the Medi- terranean warfare, however, was to the effect that Italy had failed in ali attacks and that their fleets, both in the air and on the sea, were forming for strong counter- attacks. Previous Nazi high-command reports that the British naval stronghold of Portsmouth had been completely destroyed were found to have been entirely un- true today, when correspondents reported very little damage in- flicted by the Nazi bombers and the British working at top speed to bolster the fleet. FAIL TO RECEIVE LICENSE BLANKS NEW FORMS ARE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE REGIS- TERED also, County judge Raymond R. Lord! stated this morning that the new driver's license blanks had not arrived at his office and that-he! would not be able to issue néw license cards until they do ar- rive. ° The licenses were to have gone on sale yesterday, but transmis- sion of new forms to be used in the case of those who will renew their driver’s licenses only has proven exceedingly slow. Tal- lahassee stated they had been shipped last Saturd: Judge Lord stated he would notify The Citizen when the blanks arrive. All licenses are due October 1. USS. COWELL ON WAY TO NORFOLK U. S. S. NOA MOORINGS NOW INSTALL- ED IN HARBOR Captain H. S. Carpender, charge of all ships afloat here, announced today that the de- stroyer, U. S. S. Cowell reported in from neutrality patrol yester- day and left immediately for re- pair duty at Norfolk. Relieving the Cowell on patrol is the U. S. S. Noa, now on that duty from this station. The U. S. S. Bainbridge and U. S. S. Goldsborough are docked at the local station this morning. Moorings Completed Captain Carpender stated that the four moorings for the Key West Harbor have been installed by the salvage vessels Relief and Willet of Merritt, Chapman and Scott Company of New York Bringing the gear from Charles- in ‘ton, the salvage steamers work- ed last weekend on the installa- tions_and completed the work on Tuesday. “We will now be able to moor | offi-! ON PATROL: | four destroyers to each of three | moorings and a larger vessel to! the other”, Captain Carpender stated, going on to point out that | the new equipment brings the lo- cal station closer to a complete operating base for small craft. (IMI ID IAI! AP WRITER ON GIVES REPORTS City Auditor Charles Rob erts turned in his monthly reports for August last eve ming ai the City Council meeting. with an aside re mark to The Citizen that “we did a little better than Tax collections during July hit an extreme low when only $1236.37 was reported in the various accounts. In Aug ust the same accounts were credited with a total of $3661.26. Delinquent taxes turned in amounted to $3058.57: inter est on taxes was $200.14: ‘Street paving and sidewalk charges, $140. Occunational license fees paid were $25.83 and auto licenses sold amount- ed to $3.00. Aquarium netted $64.26 last month. following receipts of $171.95 end expenses of $107.68. Fnies and forfei- July amount turned in by Fire Chief Baker. former in- Spector. of $15: street and water fund. $543. and Board ef Public Works sanitetion fund, $347. Censiders 1533 Deimguen- ces; Wil Consider Pub lication Of Last: day Teday Pas- Caty Council serwec motece toe owing the city wher See tody Sesignated 2 special mect=s - be held on Friday. Sepeember [2 at 6:08 ccleck te Geces wer: end means te effec thet mac to-be detrrec enc SLIIIS ISIS a LIONS DISCUSSED PRESIDENT’S DEAL WITH DESTROYERS HELD ROUND TABLE LACT - EVENING: PASSED RESOLU- TION CALLING FOR Im PROVED P. 0. SERVICE Continuing Round Table ing d their features hughhght scussions of current tional and the Key W. ermnats Lions last mal t Club mem the ident trade of 50 U.S. destroyers + England in return for islands on which to construct base Meeting was held at the Den, called to order by President Gerald Saunders. Program chairman Lion Started the discussion off subject was thoroughly Consensus favored the cedented move Turning their attentic fairs of local adopted a mome resol VISIT TO CITY by Lion Delgado r John’s College, are visiting in Key West. staying at ‘Txumbo Hotel. 6 Lute uhed ahead _ = at MRS. N. P. NELSON'S Kindergarten School Will Open Monday Morning. September Sth AT 727 LOVE LANE the secretary addr= Washington posta calling for establishmen another money order window «# the local postoffice sponsor the let time, other organiza city were to be con! fort to have similar ie warded to Washington Directors of the Lions club were called to a mecting of that group in the Den next Monday 8:00 och advised dred per cent atte to honor Preside September 191 Adrian O'Swe ed unanimous ap plication for club. Guests Lawrence Tasano C. H. Rene Simone eve last evening were SN. and U B ’ i cme ato lilo tie sninacreenaimnaianeeicihneaaeaea E’S TROUBLE WE'LL FIND IT. 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