The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 12, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 218. City Council In First Of Two | Specia Plumbers’ Code Scheduled "PY MDD LD IGFs Taylor said, are approved and li- Tonight; Delinquent’: Taxes Up For Discus’! sion Tomorrow City Council will keep a busy! schedule over this wekend with | two special meetings slated eel discussions on subjects of city- | wide interest. | First of the “specials” has been } called for tonight at 8:00 o'clock, | when the second and final read- ing of the new Plumbers’ Code Ordinance—54-pages long —- will be featured. The second special meet will open tomorrow night, scheduled as a full discussion of ways andj means to collect delinquent taxes ! owed the city. | Citizens of Key West have ex-} pressed much interest in tomor- row’s meeting and indications are that a good-sized crowd will be in the gallery seats to witness council procedure on the ques- tion. In that a recent maneuver pre- | vented collection of personal} property distress warants; for which were issued by tax col- lector Sam Pinder, only to have council interference when the po-’ lice department was stopped from ; making collections—residents are wondering what may prevent a serious attempt to collect 1939 delinquent real estate taxes. It was pointed out recently that if anv process of tax sales is to be attempted, publication of the delinauent list is necessary. The council appeared to be about evénly divided on the subject. The estimated cost, using the countv list as a criterion. would be in the neighborhood of $1,000. *. Meets, RAIN, RAIN— AND STILL MORE RAIN “We've had enough rain, thank you—at least for the present”. That was the consensus of opinion in Key West this morning as more rain de- scended to push the excess for the month and the year up to new high levels. Weather Bureau records today revealed that a total of 7.11 inches of rain has fallen so far this month, not in- cluding the fall after 7:30 o'clock this morning, which was considerable. Excess for the month was listed at 4.38 inches—and the excess since January Ist is 3.44 inches. Last year a to- tal of 42.38 inches fell. To match that figure, approxi- mately 14 more inches of rain will have to fall during the next three and one-half months. BEDI ae ss. CIVIL SERVICE NOTICE Comdr. G. B. Hoey, (Ret.), senior member of the Labor Board at the Naval Sta- tion, notified The Citizen of the following amendment for exami- nations for Sailmaker and Joiner: “The United States Civil Serv- ice Commission announces _ that as sufficient applications have been filed to meet the needs of the service, no additional ap- plications for the examinations listed above will be accepted un- less filed with the Recorder, Labor Board, U. S. Naval Sta- tion, Key West, Florida, prior to the hour of closing business on September 18, 1940.” US.N. National Defense The Republican View By ROBERT A. TAFT United States Senator from Ohio President Roosevelt is appeal- ing for a third term, in vioation of the principles of the American republic, largely on the ground that he has been the only true exponent of preparedness and is the only man competent to carry on a_ preparedness program. While substantial progress has been made in the last few months, the history of the last seven years shows that no one could possibly have been more incompetent in preparedness for defense than! the New Deal administration. In accordance with the plat- form of 1932, President Roosevelt | reduced the expenditure for the; army and navy during his first year. Adolf Hitler came _ into! power in Germany in January, 1933, and the seven years of the present administration saw the rise of the German army from 100,000 to 4,000,000 men, with. the most modern mechanical, equip- ment. If we waked up suddenly to find ourselves unprepared to meet a possible attack by Ger- many, it could only have been the fault of the present admin- istration. The causes of unpreparedness were inherent in the New Deal. When the first emergency blank check for $3,300,000,000 was vot- ed by Congress in 1933, it was Proposed that $2,000,000,000 be spent for mechanization of the army. The President rejected the MOTOR TUNE. proposal, and turned it P.W.A. for all kinds works. Untold billions have been spent, but for purposes having a much closer relation to making votes than to making ships. New Deal types of spending have been the first love of the administra- tion, but comparatively little has gone for defense because the voting public were not interested at that time. There was not even a plan for preparedness. The possibility of German victory has always exist- ed, and should at least have been provided for. On May 16, 1940, over to of public ithe President requested a billion dollars to put us in good defense condition. Two weeks later he asked for another billion. Now he is demanding another bill for five billion dollars more. Even on May 31, when the Germans had broken through in Belgium, he was satisfied with an army of 280,000.'' Now he wants 1,200,- 000. Certainly the first program and the second program must (Continued on Page Four) “WEEK-END SPECIALS DATE NUT and DEVIL’S 33¢ FOOD LAYER CAKES Maloney Bros. Bakery Phone 818 812 Fleming Street The Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1940 COUNTY HAS: 1728 ROOMS FOR TOURISTS, | i | LEASES REPORT SHOWING» 17 HOTELS AND APART. | MENT HOUSES | 1 (Special to The Citizen) H | TALLAHASSEE, Sept. 12— ‘Monroe county has 1,728 rooms available for tourists and winter visitors during the 1940-41 sea-j ‘son, according to figures released ! by W. M. Taylor, state hotel com- i missioner. | The facilities. Commissioner icensed under the strict health, sanitation and safety regulations ,of the state hotel commission. | A breakdown of the figures, | Taylor reported, shows that the cpunty has 17 hotels with a com- bined total of 735 rooms available for transients, 17 apartment | {houses with a combined total of | }249 rooms, and 114 rooming; , houses with a total of 744 rooms. | | Permits were issued to a total | | of 19,582 hotels, apartment houses | and rooming houses within the’ current license year, he went on, ! in all counties of the state. This! represented a total of 313,979! | available rooms. | | | ' ONLY 94 HAVE i | RENEWED CARDS | DRIVER'S LICENSES ARE | MOVING SLOWLY; AUTO- | { ISTS AWAIT DEADLINE i H ee | | In usual style, awaiting close-! ness of the deadline date on Octo- ber Ist, Key Westers are re- ; Porting in quite desultory man- | ner to the office of County Judge ; Raymond R. Lord to renew their: driver's licenses, or to get new ones, as the case may be. At noon today, less than 100 licenses had been renewed, this jin the face of nearly 3,000 ‘licenses that will have to be re- newed according to last year’s figures. So far there has been no indication that the deadline date will be extended, it was stated. wore. commssionen ne-'IF SUPERSTITIOUS, YOU'D BETTER STAY IN BED TOMORROW? Wnbeliever, But Warns Addicts To Beware | By ROBERT E. GEIGER, AP Feature Service Writer Tomorrow is Friday the Thir- teenth. Some people are so super- stitious about it they won't get out of their beds, and maybe it’s just as well. If they did, there would be a good chance some- thing would happen to them. Science says so. “Science doesn’t take any stock rence W. Miller of the University versed in the reasons behind hu- mand behavior. “Nevertheless, if you are des-jenough for two or more other functions and benefits to the perately fearful something is go-'men to get a light, enemy sharp-!community and of the success ing to happen to you on Friday the Thirteenth, it is well to stay in bed. “You may be so upset you'll be off your guard or you may con- centrate so deeply on one fear DOUBLE TROUBLE For the superstitious there's a double dose of ill luck on ; Friday the Thirteenth. Both Friday and 13 are associated with the goddess of trouble. Friday probably became an omen of death because of its association with the crucifixion. The numeral 13 probably first became a similar omen because of the thirteen people, Christ and the 12 apostles, seated at the last supper. that your alertness to other dan- gers will be diminished. “Something entirely different from what you had expected and planned a defense against may happen avd take you unawares. Thus trouble catches up with you on Friday the Thirteenth”. Some superstitions, according to Dr. Miller, are good for people. “There were superstitions about crime, adultery and property rights in olden times”, says Dr. Miller. “For instance, the ghost of the victim was supposed to in- habit a murderer’s soul and tor- ment it. “Such beliefs tended to restrain murderous or criminal inclina- ;tions at a time when there were neither laws nor policemen”. Only A Guess Many superstitions are dated so far in antiquity nothing au- thentic is known of their origin. (It’s only a guess how many mod- ern ones were started. | “Some students say the com- mon superstition that it is bad ‘in superstitions”, says Dr. Law-'luck to light three on a match’ presided. wars”, | ‘had its origin in recent jof Denver, a psychologist well! says Dr. Miller. land kept the match burning long shotters had time to take careful ;aim and fire upon the match holder”. | People who knock on wood to tkeep ill luck from intruding, ;usually after they have made a boast, are observing a ritual that once was a religious one. i Form Of Supplication “In ancient times pious peoples ‘touched a wooden cross as a form of supplication”, says Dr. Miller. ; “It was a prayer. They believ- ed_the cross cast a spell of good fortune about them. And so knock- ing on wood became an invita- tion to good luck”. The horseshoe probably is a sign of good luck because the horse had been a friend of man, Mr. Miller says. | Other things, like four-leaf clovers, are good luck symbols because a series of coincidences probably occurred in which a per- son had good luck immediately after he found, or otherwise had some association with, a four-leaf clover or other object. From Days Of Black Magic Similarly cats an@™ witches are symbols of ill luck. Incidentally, says Dr. Miller, the black cat su- perstition dates back to the age of black magic when darkness was a symbol-of eerie things. People looked askance any- thing black. In one state a recent study dis- closed 4,000 superstitions held by various citizens. at “If a soldier lighted his cigaret | JAYCEES WILL (COOPERATE IN | GUARD PROJECT BACKS UP LIONS’ POST-) OFFICE RESOLUTION AND CONSIDERS CONDITION OF CITY'S STREETS f ij Full cooperation of Junior Chamber of Commerce will be | given organizers of Key West Home Guard, it was decided at a | meeting of this body last night at | Delmonico Restaurant. Joe Allen (LLL LLL ES SA NINE INMATES AT COUNTY HOME superintendent of the County F Jaycees were addressed by ! Major Bob Spottswood, head of this organization, who told of its fi which the new semi-military | group had experienced in the first stages of its organization. , Club also went on record as supporting 100 per cent a move- ment by the Key West Lions Club to open another money or- ‘der window in the local post of- fice. Resolution from the Lions showed that present facilities were inadequate to handle the volume of business caused by the increased governmental and other activities. Jaycees adopted a similar resolution to be for- warded to the Postmaster Gen- eral. In cooperation with other Jaycee groups in this district, the local body voted to contribute to the expansion work now going on at Snapper Creek Boy Scout Camp near Miami. Lengthy discussion on condi- tion of city streets brought about the appointment of a com- mittee composed of William R Warren, Jr., chairman, Joe Pin- der and Henry Taylor to investi- gate the possibility of getting a WPA project to put streets in shape before beginning of winter season. a i [ NIGHT'S SESSION: TWO NEW ONES POSTED Board of County Commissen ers passed its approval frve new liquor licenses for estabiash NO WONDER HE DIED ments in the county at KANSAS CITY.—John Cleve- land Price, 48, died of a heart at- tack while in a dentist’s chair. He had just had twenty teeth ex- tracted. ing last night Those who to sell liquor by payme license fees to the by October Ist are Rene S. Marchesseau. Fla.; Julius F_ Stone, Boca Chice may now procect tax BATTERIES CHASE BOMBERS AWAY EXPECT DRAFT T0 |British Open Up With'German People Wonder 1 START ON OCT. 15; SENATE-HOUSE CONFERENCE | DECIDES FINAL STATUS | OF BILL ! (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.—} Senate and House conferees end- ed their discussions on the Burke-} Wadsworth conscription bill this; morning and members of the special joint-committee prepared ‘ to offer final drafts of the revis- | ed bill to their respective houses ; late today. : Highlights of the new measure will find all men registering be-| tween the ages of 21 to 35 inclu- ; sive with a special amendment calling on taking over factories | “if the need exists”. | The House amendment to de- lay the measure for 60 days was turned down by the conferees. Army experts were looking forward to the start of conscrip- tion by October 15th, with actual | training to begin a month later. In the meantime, appropriations | were being rushed to build hous- | ing quarters at several- training! camps. A total of $30,000,000 was | set aside, tentatively, for that purpose. WALLET, LOST IN 1938, FOUND SOMERSET, Mass.—While at-! tempting to save a youth from! drowning during the September, | 1938, hurricane, William Sylvia lost his pocketbook _ contaniing | $150. Recently, the wallet inmate of a Swansea orphanage | and returned to Mr. Sylvia. i New Gun On Nazi Bombing Planes (By Associated Press) LONDON, Sept. 12.—Anti-air- craft batteries, consisting of either new guns brought on the ; Scene or guns formerly held in reserve, opened up on the Nazi raiding bombers last night and, for the most part, prevented any serious damage to the city in the fifth night’s effort to bring fur- ther demolition to London. Banging away in grand style, | the batteries fired incessantly, dispatches stated, and succeeded in bringing down a number of planes and driving all others to other points before bombs could j be dropped. Daylight raids this morning, and another late this afternoon on this city were reported. One bomb this morning fell in front of famous old St. Paul's cathedral and it was feared that the struc- ture had suffered irreparable damage. Ropes kept the pop- ulace at considerable distance from ‘the cathedral. Hitler's planes conducted high- pressure’raids on other English cities, including Liverpool, where the R. A. F. forces put up a strong battle to drive the bomb- ers away. Considerable damage, however, was inflicted on Property of all types before the raiders left with empty bomb racks. Rome dispatches carried stories of increasing action on several African sectors today. one story Suez points. Recapitulation of losses, made by the About Hitler’s Guarantees (By Axsociated Presa) BERLIN, Sept. 12.—Adolf Hit- ler’s embarrassing position in re- gard to vuinerabiiity of Ger- many’s capital city from plane! attack was made all the more noticeable last night when news agencies noted a full three-hour attack by R. A. F. bombers which brought additional damage to many public buildings, the pride \of the German feuhrer. Bombs fell on one of the city’s main airdromes, creating havoc and other damage was inflicted en railroad stations and trans- Porting lines from the city. Believed to be jtaliatory raids following the Nazi bombing of Buckingham palace yesterday, the British ap- parently were centering their blows to force Hitler away from his decree to “level London”. It was reported here today that the German people are beginning strictly re-; Mabel McKinney. Key Large Fred L. Marvil, Key West Edwin H. Sylvester and Gienz Billingsley. Key West Two new applicatic placed on file for actic next regular mee They were from the drid Club and f Club. WILLKIESAYS EDR. “DOES NOT KNOW” COMMENTS ON PRESIDENT'S SPEECH MADE LAST Kirchi lay In ise Relis In Let ty Beard ACTION TAKEN AT LAST OUR DEFENSE (EDITOR'S NOTE: This & the secoed of oe oo pared by the National Defense Adeiery Comemmcr = = sponse fo numerous requests fer-ertickess ae cet Seoeu= NIGHT (By Ansoliated Press) ELWOOD, Ind., Sept. 12—Re- Thursdays and Mondays. publican presidential candidate Wendell L. Willkie commented on President Roosevelt's first po- litical speech made last night be- fore members of the national THE UNITED A fleet is an organization comes alive when men ha and strainea, trained and lated deep in the hoi fighting ships across square miles of ocean space of years. A fl ganization of me A ship is a cros: fortress, a bridge a rocking horse, and a human being The made: of a fighting ship are more com plex than those of a humas be ing, but no work of man has an teamsters’ union. Declaring that Roosevelt was heading for trouble with his “class-conscious and economic sabotage” talk, Willkie stated that “the kindest word that could ibe said about the President was jthat ‘he just doesn’t know what's | going on ir. the world today’.” city | to wonder about Hitler’s former | Republican leaders are heading assertion that Berlin’s defenses itor Indianapolis today where a were ample to keep all British’ mammoth conférence is sched- planes away. So much damagejuled:for tonight. Starting tomor- has been inflicted already, and row, Willkie will head West on so easily, that there is mounting 'a tour of fourteen states. fear in the city that Berlin stands | ae ;in constant danger of entire de- deuce ' ADVISORY | Other British attacks last night | Bt, ia oom were centered on the great port! ADVISORY 10:00 a. m. EST. of Hamburg, where dock facili- |The tropical disturbance of mod- ties were again damaged. |erate intensity. was central 7:00 !a. m. EST, about 200 to 250 miles Italians, listed a total of 370;north of Puerto Rico apparently British planes shot down in the|moving slowly westnorthwest- was stating that Italian forces were | Mediterranean Sea battles, to 63/ward or’ northwestward. Caution found, battered, but intact, by an on the march, heading towards Italian planes. Shipping losses | advised vessels in path. | were also listed, including 27,000- | WEATHER BUREAU, itons of British ships yesterday. i { exterior more ponderous and formidable. It is put together on a set of building ways, wut two or three cranes Those éranes, with a thousand men. &:ft a billion pieces of steel mie place, and weld them fast. Us der the blue white hissing hea of the flaming arcs. 2 ship forged from the first stringer laid for the keel, till she comes fully alive, a unit of our fleet The story starts 2 long way back of that point. It starts im the Navy Building m Washington. where the General Board sketch- es out the needs of the fiect. The deliberations of this august body go to the President, who embod- Jacksonville. ies them in a message to Con-. program. Future releases will appeer = The Cite == STATES NAVY of macnmery aed gots eee unsupper-< Notuag ==> coat The punch ton shell twenty thar 190.988 the engenes—al ed. foretold. and tage t= ict sas De ee sep set oe mus we Bee ot Thary Tom Of Baepe The imal sh £ Se peo ww 2 Ducking pers Smet ter (Comteued ot Page Four) SR a RO a ee UPS PROPERLY DONE WILL SAVE GAS... WE ARE EXPERTS IN THIS LINE, LOU SMITH AUTO SERVICE, DUVAL AND DIVISION STREF