The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 11, 1940, Page 1

ociated Press Day Wire Service ‘or 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West 7OLUME LXI. No. 217. Key West Guard Has Enrollment Now Of 91 THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1940 Dr. sisseaaeite In- JENKS ADMITTED ion; Drills Start Next CHARGE IN COUR | Week | |FINED $50, COSTS SUSPEND-| The Key West Guard held its} ED: ONE CASE WENT To; first of a series of weekly meet-} yypy AT MORNING SES-| | ings last night at American Le- | SION H gion headquarters, following or- | | | ganization last weekend. | Thirty new applications for {erating an automobile while un- membership were taken in last |der the influence of liquor, turn- this ed in a plea of guilty this morn- "ing at the opening of Criminal morning, bringing the enrollment Court, following which Judge of the Guard up to ninety-one. | wijiiam V. Atbury fined him $50 While no effort to drill was and suspended the court costs. | the meeting, prelim-' One case was heard at this taking physical ex- morning's sesion. Reynaldo Gar-i aminations were discussed, with 8, charged with asault and bat- ‘i fee é tery on Antonio Arango, was permeate ical offices (Dee tC: found not guilty of that charge Galey in charge. by a six-man jury. Subject of observance of mili- Yesterday afternoon, Judge Al- tary courtesies was gone into and bury announced the fine in the it was decided to observe usual Lefterus Cantonius case. Mr. salutes and other-courtesies while Cantonius was found guilty Mon- s . other courtesies while day of possessing _ illegal-siz in drill assemblies, but not other- sponges. His fine was announc- wise. ed as $50 and court costs of Mayor Willard Albury, unable $23.12. : to attend last week's. meeting, Petts thet ote mm ne eke =. a. ~ Arango case this morning _ was present last night and pre Whitney R. Papy, John W. Rob- sented his name for enrollment. erts, Ulmont E. Russell, Leon He also spoke words of con- Peacon, Alfred Atchinson and gratulation to the officers for’ Louis Edward. their organizing effort. No other cases were called to- Further enlistments are to be ,day, court recessing until to- sought to bring the battalion up morrow mornnig at 9:30 o'clock. to full strength before formation of companies are attempted. This, it was stated, will probably be effected at next week’s meet- ing, following which the first of weekly drills will be held. night, it was announced made at inaries to LEGION POST WILL Makes Frequent Visits To Indiana, Scene Of Training ses ee GATHER TONIGHT EVEN WHEN HE'S WEARING CITY CLOTHES ,diesel oil. CLAUDE WICKARD’S A PURE DIRT FARMER MOSOUITOS ARE Over 1000 Gals. Oil Used ‘ON. RUN’ “Mosquitos are on the run in Postmaster Fred J. Dion re- jported today that 379 preliminary |questionnaires had been given Key West out to that many aliens in the city That was the statement given/and that fingerprinting and out this morning by Mosquito- | transcription work would likely Control Officer Joe Cleare and jstart the first of next week. D. Z. Harrison, county health of-} “We are awaiting the outcome | j i | i | | W. V. Jenks, charged with op-'ficer, as they pushed their work of two civil service examinations | office. of oiling all. lowland areas con-|this week before we start in on taining standing water. ithis alien registration work”, Mr. Over 1,000 gallons of oil have! Dion stated. been spread over marshy spots in the city since last Friday, it was|ple forms, however, has acted to stated, and it is thought that the ; simplify the final registering acts, control work will reflect a mark-:Mr. Dion stated, in that all ed improvement in the number! forms, as they are turned in, are of mosquitos in the city proper. |gone over with the registrants “At least, we hope that will be;so that the final act will take, the results of our work”, declar-! ed Mr. Harrison this morning. | “We will be prepared to issue aj full report on our work, with re-! sults, in the next ten days, pro-' viding the rains decrease to any! extent”. H In addition to the oil spraying, | Mr. Cleare stated that over 400 Gambusia fish had been placed in cisterns of the city, further spreading control work. In all, five agencies, counting a borrowed truck, are co-operat- ; Telegraphic advises received in ing in the mosquito control work, |! ,, it was shown. The city sponsors! Key West today named Al Mills, Mr. Cleare, the county Mr. Har-, member of the local American rison, the Plant Board loaned the | Legion Post and newly-formed 40 pump equipment and the U. S. and 8 voiture, as delegate of the Wavy (clone teed Aemape rea aty " WITNESSES NOT | NEEDED TO MAKE | LL DEEDS VALID SECRETARY ELLIOTT POINTS OUT LEGISLATIVE ACT THAT GOVERNS ALL DEEDS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SES- SION WILL DISCUSS IM- PORTANT SUBJECTS By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE, AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.— Even in his city clothes, Indiana’s chunky Claude R. Wickard wouldn't be mistaken for a “book Harold Russell, commander of ! farmer”. Arthur Sawyer Post, No. 28, The new Secretary of Agricul- American Legion, announced that! ture, apn aire aigsabacnies the regular monthly meeting of |, js 4g cries the post will be held tonight at '° be given that position since headquarters on United street. Iowa's “Tama Jim” Wilson in The meeting will get under | 1897, looks, talks and walks like way at 8:00 o'clock and all visit- a farmer. ing Legionnaires have been in- The barrel-chested, 47-year-old a eal olathe Hoosier has the big hands and Following the regular meeting | e an executive committee session | StTon€, stubby fingers of the soil will be held at which organiza- tiller, and he walks with the char- tion and training of the post- acteristic leg-lifting movement of sponsored Key West Guard will the plowman. be discussed Equipment and training for the Sons of- the Le- gion organization will be also discussed. COL. PENDLETON BACK AT POST Col. L. L. Pendleton, firs He has the farmer's delibera- tion in coming to a decision. Fel- low workers say ~wickard’s mind sits on an idea like a hen sits on} eggs”. Wickard succeeds Henry Wal- lace after six-and-a-half years of administrative work in the Agri- cultural Adjustment Adminis- tration. ' His specialty is corn and hog com- | production control. mander of Key West Barracks, In periodical trips to the Corn and Mrs. Pendleton, arrived in’ Belt, he finds time to get into Key West the first of the week overalls on his farm in Crawford from San Francisco. county. It’s just 40 miles from Col. Pendleton stated that the ' Wendell Willkie’s home town of 3600-mile drive across country |! Elwood. was delightful and without mis- Family Of Democrats i hap of any kind. He Jeft 15° The farm, now 380 acres, has days ago for San Francisco to’ been in the family since the make the journey here with his ';g49's. On it are grown wheat, wife. corn, alfalfa, hogs and cattle. The Sees | Wickards long have been staunch PRIZES EVERY GAME Democrats. Father and grand- Tonight 8:00 o'clock at father of the new secretary were BIN GO PARTY named Andrew Jackson. Wickard started farming with Auspices Catholic Daughters his father while he was attend- LA CONCHA PARK ing high school. Following grad- Admission 25c uation from Purdue university in Also, Door Prizes 1915, he took over complete man- agement of the farm. i | ISSUED BY BOARD He was associated with the Farm Bureau and other organi- zations. At 34 he was adjudged a “Master Farmer” by a mid- western farm journal. A pioneer in soil-building prac-' Internal Improvement Board for tices, he is an earnest advocate | Murphy lands sold at auction. of crop-production control as a In the opinion of some lawyers fs a in the city, the deeds were not pace s soil depletion - and) valid in that provisions of Sec- larm-price slumps. | tion 5660, or 5699 of the Compiled Resigned State Office i Laws of Florida, of 1927. had not Wickard was elected state sen-| ——$—=—$ <—$—_$__—— ator in 1932, resigned from the! 100 MORE LOTS CAN office to come to Washington in YET BE PURCHASED 1933. i One of his first activities here was the organization of an unof-| ficial intra-departmental commit- | tee to study problems of the un- der-privileged farmer. | The committee meets weekly! general agricul- | tural program from the stand-! point of benefits to the small farmer. | been complied with in regard to Wickard is not a polished having witnesses sign the deeds, speaker. He makes few prepared! providing proper acknowledge- addresses but does well in ex- | ment. temporaneous talks to farm; Accordingly Mr. Sawyer wrote groups. 3 Typical Wickardian appeal farmers: jopinion in this matter. “Let's just use some good horse| It appears that questioning sense even if we have a new rub-| lawyers had overlooked another ber-tired tractor”. {section in the Compiled General He married Louise Eckert of| Laws of Florida, which has spe- Logansport, Ind., in-1918, one of cial reference to deeds being vali- the bride’s stipulations being in-!dated for recording as issued by stallation of electricity in their|the Department of Agriculture farm home. | Young Wickard bought a home generating plant, did lots of tin- kering with it. Now he’s a candid camera en- thusiast, also likes hunting and fishing. The Wickards have two/| ment of Agriculture of the State daughters, Betty, who was grad- of Florida, shall be operative and uated from Purdue last spring,/ valid without witnesses to the and Ahn, who will enter Purdue| execution thereof, and such deeds this fall. are entitled to be recorded.” County Clerk Ross C. Sawyer called The Citizen’s attention to the correction of prevailing opinions in the city relative to Clerk Sawyer announced this morning that there are still about 100 lots in the City of Key West that have not been bid on in the Murphy Sales. Anyone interested may get descriptions of the property at the clerk’s office in the courthouse. to analyze the to! Board last week, to obtain his erates. The section referred to is Num- ber 205 and in sense reads—“that execution by the Trustees accom- panied by the seal of the Depart- Work To Get Under Way First Of Weck PRELIMINARY FORMS HAVE BEEN GIVEN) TO 379 APPLICANTS TO DATE Preliminary work on the sam-! Mils Appointed 40-8 Delegate To Convention | legality of deeds released by the, {Mr. Elliott, secretary of the! under which the I I. Board op-} Che Kry West Citizen PEICE FIVE CENTS Royal Family Declared Sate FOR WPA Orchestra Played NAVY LAST NIGHT FIRST MOVIE jon an average, about one-half (hour for each person. | . Seventy aliens have turned in Col. H. D. Hatfield, Marine ltheir specimen forms and have Corps commander at the local jhad their appointments made for wayal Station, announced today fingerprinting. This will be han- : A oe ry dled by civil service employes! that the first of regular movie ‘designated to the Washington shows for naval personnel in the They are: city was given last night in the Hollon R. Beryaldi, assistant auditorium of building No. 21, at postmaster; W. W.* Watkins, Mil-' the station ton Sawyer and Robert Valdez. 2 se ie The final forms for transmis-! The Picture last night, “Lone- sion to Washington headquarters Some Valley”, starring Dick are in two sections in card form.' Arlen and Virginia Gray, was Questions to be answered are on’ borrowed from one of the de- the eage of the eodecerts annire stroyers, were the Mickey on the reverse side for im - *, ‘ing all Gusset arr bande Mouse and sport's film shown. Future pictures, however, the first of which have arrived, will | come from the Naval Motion Pic- j ture Exchange at Charleston. | Shows will be given five nights until further notice, on | Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. All navy, marine corps and coast guard personnel, their families and house guests will have free ad- P : mission to theshows No civilian Grand Voiture of Florida 40 and employes or civilians, however, 8's to the Boston convention to’ may attend. be held September 23 to 28. ! The WPA orchestra under di- Mr. Mills will be one of five tector of George Mills White, delegates of that organization at peeved re the facies a z i ’ wi e Teg- the national convention. He is "6>'S Show, ans . ular appearances at the shows. also one of twenty delegates of the State American Legion de- as a week BISHOP MOORE Sic Siem tx to om SPEAKS TONIGH, 2 ™ tacked Agam SERVICE TO BE HELD FIRST METHODIST CHURCH: OTHER OFFICIALS DUE TO NIGHT For the 25 or 30 years, Key West Meth dists will play h first time m perth 2 B at a m First M. E auditorium, o'clock Bishop Arthur M the most forceful, church leaders of the na day, will deliver a message * church people of Key West. 2 announced. Bishop Moore, who, for years, was presiding Bishop the Orient, will, in protab. ity, give his listeners of his experiences m torn area of the Far East is now presiding Bishop th Florida and Georgia conferences of the Methodist Church At 6:30 o'clock, the offic families of the three Key West Methodist Churches will be host: to Bishop Moore; Dr. Z. district superintendent and Rev. Edward Norte of the Grace Method of Miami, in the Stone annex. service (Ste startung » Chur the uf partment to the convention. As a State Legion delegate Mills will be allowed to address the convention for three minutes National Defense to invite National officers to at- tend the Florida State Conven- tion to be held in Key West next April. BROWN PROPERTIES The national defense program, long in preparation, rolled into WILL BUILD STOR! | high gear on May 26, when Presi- dent Roosevelt made his speech outlining our defense needs in the present emergency. GIVE AUTHORIZATION TO Tw» days later, the President TEAR DOWN THREE DUVAL (2PPpointed a National Defense Advisory Commission to insure STREET BUILDINGS that the defense program should proceed with the utmost efficien- jey. Since that time, the Presi- Announcement was made _ to-|dent, as Commander in Chief of day that the Brown Properties,|the Atmy and Navy, and the Inc., had given authorization to |COnsress have been working on : ES © jlegislation to increase our Army tear down three buildings in the | to 1,200,000, to provide material city, known as 211, 213 and 215 /for equipping an additional 800.-| Duval street. Z |000 men and to provide the na- The announcement included tion with a two-ocean Navy and that specifications and plans! an airforce second to none. would soon be submitted for the! What has been done? construction of three modern In the three and one-half store edifices on the same sites./months that have passed since SS SETS |that time. over a quarter of the NEW DESTROYER | $10,000,000,000 estimated 1941 de- | . ARRIVES IN PORT fense appropriation has been | U. S. S. SANDS CAME IN THIS placed under contract. Ajready manufacturers are at | MORNING: SEA RAVEN ON ! work on contracts calling for 10.- |000 new airplanes. As a result of recent programs. ithe Navy now has 361 ships in actual commission and work is {going forward on 133 ships. Vital supplies of raw materials The Democratic View By CLAUDE PEPPER United States Senator From Florida part. An adjunct to this solic calls for delivery ot material the The then pays transportation charges allowing manufacturers parts of the country tt plant door. government co on an equal basis. And this is not all New methods by which government shares the risk w industry of the costs of plant expansion have been worked out and put into effect on contracts Notable among these singie contract calling for ar plane engines. Production of tanks for defen* is rising rapidly. Under a sing contract, five tanks a day are be- ing produced on a total order calling for 1,156 tanks At the same time, a $53,500,000 contract calls for construction of 2 plant to build tanks on a scale and at 2 price never before thought possible Production of a new type o semi-automatic rifle for the Army will soon reach over 1,000 2 day Ship construction time has been sharply cut. New ships will come into service many months ahead the is 20.000 . \of original schedules peas { This policy states that all em- lare being stored in stock piles ployment on the defense program In the case of rubber, The destroyer, U. S. S. Sands, | ments have been made to under command of Lt. Comdr. J.|the stock pile by F. Newman, Jr., arrived at the/bringing the reserves arranged Key West Naval Base this morn-|for in this particular commodity ing, according to announcement up to 416,000 tons. In the case of by Capt. A. S. Carpender, com-|manganese, over three-quarters mander of the Key West Patrol. | of the stock pile has alrc-dy been The submarine Sea Raven es- | arranged for. corted by the destroyer Law- rence left yesterday afternoon, it! New contract forms have been was stated, for experimental | worked out which will spread maneuvers in this area. the defense program throughout The U. S. S. King also left yes- the country, among manufactur- terday to go on neutrality patrol. ers who have heretofore been un-| Ships in port today are the U. S. able to participate. Under the S. Noa, U. S. S. Bainbridge, U. S. 'first of these policies, large -or- ,uSs. & Hum- jders may be split up so that the small S. Gol ‘phreys and the Sands. arrange- should comply with the federal increase jaws’ protecting labor standards 180,000 tons.’ as well as state and local statutes manufacturer can take; that omir = nyunced ter mg were “on affecting labor relations. hours of work, wages, workmen's compen sation, safety and sanitation Et further states, in accordance with American traditions, that there should be no discrimination be cause of age, sex, race or color and that adequate housing facili- turbance of slight = aaty ao cet ties should be made available 200 miles cast of St Theme for employes engaged in the work The disturbance may =o = of defending their country. intemsit) amc caut=<c s atrued Lastly, in regard to labor, the small vessels Gurimg the next 2 administration of President hours m waters edjecest tS ie Roosevelt, which i a Leeward Islands Vege isiencs persons have declared to be im- and Puerto Rico (Continued on Page Four) WEATHER SUREACL. JAM. Puerts Eoce Sept = £sT SAN 11, 1996 Advmery & There ace masceteors 2 & nS ae i ig I ee ee DID YOU KNOW THAT WE WERE EXPERTS ON HYDRAULIC BRAKES? SAFETY FIRST, SEE US! LOU SMITH AUTO SERVICE, DUVAL & DIVISION STREETS