The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 14, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 220. THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. HITLE Demands Surrender Che Key West Citizen KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1940 EXTENSION PLANS Jax “Oticial Was ‘Here, FOR WPA CLASSES Announcement was made _to- FOUND GUILTY ON: STATUTORY COUNT TRIAL LASTED UNTIL HOUR LAST NIGHT: JURY MARINE SERGEANT Thiet Raided Sidhe ioe _ HOUSE LOST SUIT The sensational trial held at ‘JANITOR OF COURT Council Failed To Act | | | | i] i the county courthouse yesterday, | lasting as it did until after 11:00 | p. m., attracted a large crowd of j onlookers who paraded in and} {out of the courtroom and into! other offices. ; + Some of the onlookers, it was} day that the extension of the | WPA classes in Citizenship, Nat- | | uralization and Literacy here is | @bout to get under way as plan- raed by Mrs. Rolla A. Southworth, * BROUGHT IN VERDICT THIS MORNING On Collection Of Taxés Turned Deen Legal Pub Alt Hinton. i S aS State director ies Sa Sem: seat |_ The plans were broached by |Sergeant, as Sun eahy. Oke British Refuse To Consid-| " GPM@9°PID MMM IAs Vacksonville office : ter-| SENATOR ANDREWS : Ger- pigiess: copanbimaa IN RADIO ADDRESS (Special to The Citizen) man Air Offensive Is Weakening Senator Charles O. Andrews will speak over Columbia Broadcasting System, nation- wide hookup, tonight at 9:15 o’clock, from this city. Senator Andrews will dis- cuss the consequences of the recent destroyer-naval base exchange with Great Brit- ain, the half-billion dollar Export-Import bank in- crease for Latin-American financing and conscription. The effect of these projects on the entire program of Western Hemisphere defense will be highlighted. SMI MLSS LI ST STS 3 NOVEL APPROACH TO BOOK-LENGTH CASE (My Associated Press) PUEBLO, Colo., Sept. 14. Harry Vories was attorney in involved traffic case After studying the facts he cleared his throat, looked at the judge and said: H “Telling how this accident oc-! curred is going to be as difficult as explaining falling in love”. (iy Associnted Prean) LONDON, Sept. 14.—Adolf Hit- | ler transmitted a strong ultima- tum to the British today demand- ing that Great Britain surrender or suffer complete destruction of London. Late British mand, the that ridiculed the belief ultimatum is another in the Hitler “bluffs”. They that the Germans are be- ginning to show the their blitzkrieg in advices stated have the de- adding their that series of believe of of pilots and ammunition and point-! ed out that raids today were much lighter than heretofore. The eight-hour raid staged by the Nazis last night, however, brought no indication of any les- sening in the war. British anti-aircraft defenses and balloon barrages were again. quite effec- tive in keeping a major part of eA the raiding bombers from central | ADVISORY — parts of the city, and a number of | enemy planes were shot down ; 10:00 A M. |, EST—The tropical Many fires were set by incen- hurricane attended by gales over! diary bombs last night, but this! wiieiacensand morning all of them were report- Inear center ed to be out and the city ex- EST, perienced its first day in a long e time free from smoke palls. In the meantime, as per sched- ule each night for the past two} months, the Royal Air Force continued to pound away at Ger- man inva ports, droppin, huge demolition bombs on sever. al France and Holland seaport | cities where Hitler may be pre- paring an actual invasion at- tempt. No invasion talk was heard ‘| Berlin today, nor has it been} ever definitely discussed by the| Na All that came from the Nazis this morning was opinions es on Hitler's ultimatum sent the! The next enrollment for CCC British will be in October, according to “It will be murder if the war j@ report issued by the Key West continues”, the Germans averred,} Welfare Board, the _ selecting and apparently they held out |agency. hope that the British would capi- | Since the eligibility standards tulate before _ more “all-out” |have been slightly changed, the maneuvers are’ directed at Lon- | following bulletin is being given don and other big English cities.}as a interpretation and clarifica- Weather conditions over Great |tion for the terms “unemployed Britain today continued to favor; and in need of employment”. the Nazis, with light rains and; The following are excerpts out- clouds making it possible for!lined by J. J. McEntee, director planes to fly high over objectives }of CCC headquarters, Washing- without being observed. New- ton, D. C.: ~ type detectors on anti-aircraft; During the early years of the guns were said to be coping with! corps, enrollment was limited this problem effectively, how-| strictly to young men on relief ever. and war veterans, the latter Two buildings in the House of] group constituting about ten Commons groups were reported; ‘percent of the CCC. The Act of hit this morning in raids last} June 28, 1937, extending the night. The great west window! life of the Civilian Conserva- of Westminster Abbey was de-{ tion Corps, opened the way for stroyed when a bomb fell nearby.} the enroliment of young men Advices from Moscow today! who were not on relief. Thi hinted at trouble for Germany} law simply stated that “the when it was stated that the! Civilian Conservation. Corps is Soviets were not at all satisfied | established for the purpose of with the axis-power maneuvers | praviding employment, well in the Balkans. It was alleged! as vocational training, for that Germany had “passed many! youthful citizens of the Unitéd lies” about the Russians in Ru-| States, who are unemployed mania. and in need of employment effects shortage an, air hurricane wi was central 7 A M. about 475 miles east-north- ast of Nassau, moving north- ‘northeastward or northeastward [12 to 14 miles per, hour. Caution advised all ships in its path. |Storm will probably, pass neaf} |Bermuda Sunday afternoon. * WEATHER BUREAU. sion i i WASHINGTON, Sept. 14— | | public, jLouis A. Guessaz, Jr. of the director of: jcurriculum for the past four ' years, who, with his wife, was a first-time visitor to Key West | this week. He arrived Wednes- | day afternoon and left the fol-/ lowing day. At present Mrs. Grace Crosby , conducts a class each school eve- ning at the High School, 8:00-to 9:00 o'clock, to assist the foreign born to speak English. Knowl- edge in government is also taught to enable students to pass exami- nations for citizenship in No- vember. Similar classes are * conducted for the colored aliens at Doug- lass School, led by Mrs. Grace Palacious. Adult classes. now open to the in shorthand and _type- writing are also featured by Mrs. Crosby. All persons not enrolled in an elementary or high school over 16 years of age. are eligible for attendance. CO hd ad hh RIGHT-THINKING PEOPLE ALL SIT ON RIGHT SIDE (By Associated Press) PLEASUREVILLE, Ky. Sept. 14.—Every. person at- tending the Baptist church in this town of 300 sits on the right-hand side. The custom has been ob- served so long that even the oldest members are unable to remember exactly how it started. However, the most plausible reason is that the church was constructed to seat almost twice as many Persons as there are in the congregation, and the mem- bers began sitting together on one side to avoid being scattered over the large room. Pews on the left-hand side are practically new. haat eel arr cut IC. C.C. Enrollments To» Be Taken Next Month Immediately following _ pas- sage of the 1937 Act, the en- trance regulations of the Corps were revised to permit the enrollment of young men from families who needed aid but whose names were not on public relief rolls. Later, these regulations were modified to permit the enrollment of a third group which consisted of _ young men from _ families whose incomes were below the normal standard of living in the community in which the applicant lives. The latest modification in the regulations defining the “unemployed and employment”, reads as follows: “For the purpose of CCC se- lection the phrase “‘Unemploy- ed and in need of employ- ment’ shall be understood to cover unmarried junior ap- plicants otherwise qualified by age, citizenship, fitness and character; not in attendance at school, nor on temporary vaca- tion therefrom; not possessing other regular or full-time em- ployment, and who needs the employment, the job training, (Continued on Page Four) | Statutory offense of felonious na- ture this morning in Criminal ;Court, in one of the most sensa- | tional trials held for some time. The case was called yesterday morning and first witnesses for {the complainant. Violet Valdez, were heard before court recessed at noon. Continuation of the trial started at 1:30 o’clock and a steady stream of witnesses were heard, for both sides, not ending until shortly after 11:00 o'clock last night. The jury, composed of Aurelio Lastres, Sr., Herman L. Roberts, John J. Romero, Jr., Robert Lee Albury, Leon Peacon and Harry Dongo, was instructed by Judge William V. Albury, then depart- ed to. the jury room for delibera- tions. In that they had not reached a verdict at midnight, they were taken to the La Con- cha hotel for the rest of the night, and reported early today !for continuation of deliberations. The verdiet was rendered at 10:00 o'clock this morning. De- | fense attorney W. Curry Harris then stated that he would pre= {pare a motion for retrial, which will be heard on Wednesday morning at 9:00 o’clock. The de- fendant was held by the court on $2500 bond. Frank Sosin was found guilty of assault as charged by Samuel Higgs, in court this morning. The charge originally read ‘assault and battery”, but the jury ren- idered only the assault verdict. Sosin will have sentence passed Wednesday morning when court convenes to hear the motion in the Hinton case. Frank Johnson's sentence was deferred this morning when he agreed to pay the Conservation Department license for one in sea products. FOUR SHIPS NOW IN PORT Captain A. S.\Carpender, com- mander of the Key West Patrol, announced the list of naval ships now based here, today. Destroyers Bainbridge, and Noa are now the converted Goldsborough. Submarine Sea Raven, escorted by the destroyers Lawrence and Humpheys, is out on experi- mental operations, and the U.S.S. King. destroyer, is on neutrality patrol duty. Sands in port as is seaplane tender What Really Matte Mattered (Ry Associated Press) BOWLING GREEN, Ky.—The Roosevelt - Willkie Presidential campaign was forgotten as more than 150 men 75 or over gather- ed for the annual Warren Coun- ty Old Men’s Reunion. They were interested more in the heated Hays-Tilden race of 1876. - terms’ in need of’ reported this morning, used the aecasion to do some investigat- ing as to possibilities of picking up property that didn’t belong to them, and taking it home with them. Such was the case of the court- house janitor, Thomas Whit- marsh, who reported that a suit of clothes he had hung in the locker room had _ disappeared. “They took the trousers and coat, but left the belt hanging on the hook”, he lamented. It appears that the belt was initialed—and the thief, or thieves, feared detection if caught with it on his person. BOULEVARD WORK ORK OKEYED SCHRODER WIRES BERVALDI TODAY: PROJECT WILL BE REOPENED SOON County commission chairman Carl Bervaldi stated that he had received a telegram from Roy Schroder, WPA state direc- tor, which told of approval the Roosevelt Boulevard _ resur- facing project. This project was stopped two months ago for lack of spon- sorship arrangement, but now to be resumed. Continuation and of the project, now assured as soon as Miami headquarters gets the word, will bring rescarifying, filling, rolling and oiling of the boulevard on the northern side of the island. Commissioners approved a measure Wednesday night that allows the county clerk to act on letting a contract for oil for the project. LIQUOR LICENSE today of is completion SALES TO OPEN LADD ANNOUNCES FIRST TO! GO ON SALE NEXT MONDAY collector Frank Ladd announced this morning that beer, wine and liquor licenses would go on sale at his office next Monday morning. All establishments selling ei- ther light alcoholic beverages or liquor will have to have licenses by the deadline date, October Ist. Mr. Ladd stated that those places within city limits would have to secure their city liquor licenses before he could issue the .State licenses. County tax S. A. COHEN, Representing THE MAXWELL CO., Inc. WHOLESALE Furniture, Furnishings, Restaurant Equipment and Venetian Blinds WILL BE IN KEY WEST AT 1317 THIS AFTERNOON—SATURDAY AND SUNDAY For Interviews or Contacts With Anyone Interested Capt. Jacobs Lists Light New Projects Million And Quarter Ap- propriation For Key West Station Itemized In Report Captain W. F. Jaccbs. com- mandant of the local naval sta- tion, today released the figures on the $1.250.000 in projects au- | thorized. by. Congress. in the sec- ond supplementary National De- cense Bill pasted early this week and signed into law by the President. The amount is broken up into eight projects as follaws: Marine railway—$500,000. Cold storage plant—$75,000. Rehabilitation of piers bulkheads—$300,000. Dredging—$100,000. Improvement of power ties—$100,000. Battery charging $50,000. Storage facilities—$75,000. Improvement of buildings, shops and housing and miscellaneous structures—$50,000. and facili- facilities— lication Plan: Matter Referred Te ( ommrtiee Taxatee The City Council wate agemet pubicetice cf Ge SS aie quem mx rol & 2 gece ee TRS SIA AALAS ss jes mgm calles or me pe NEW YORK BABY WILL. ~ = =r ant BE CHRISTENED HERE mess: 2 cottec: sme samme ant Long distance telephone call to Everett Rives lest night announced the birth of a boy. six pounds and one ounce, to Mr. and Mrs. John Arthur Green. of Lynnbrook. L. L. yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Green are regular visitors to Key West. having journeyed from their home here 14 times im the Past five years. They heve a large circle of friends im the New Yorkers in this event. The little son has been named John Arthur Green. Jr. He will be christened in Key West when Es parents come here for the Christmas holidays. athe whnhaah wae: aie the vote was mat os wer city coun’ want »pper handle food An ordinance ties ha: been passed The New Deal Rie oS e Ea cenecccccecesceccccesssccescsseness {EDITOR'S NOTE: While Jack Stinnett. AP Washing ton Feature parties for a proq-and-con p: Writer, is on vacation. the space usually devoted to his column js made available to the two of an political subjects. Neither side has seen the ofher's and there will be no rebuttal. The first of these “National Defense”, began in The Citizen Wednesday. fol- lowed by “The New Deal”, which concludes today). The Democratic View By SUSAN BRANDEIS Daughter of Louis D, Brandeis, retired justice. Supreme Court of the United States WASHINGTON, Sept 14.— I believe Franklin D. Roosevelt to be the right man for the tre- mendous responsibility that rests on the shoulders of the President of the United States, because he has shown in almost eight years ,of performance how effectively he can steer the ship of state. With problems of unemploy- ment such as we never had be- fore, President Roosevelt and his administration conceived and effectively. operated a relief "work program which has lit- erally saved the lives of thou- sands of men, women and chil- dren in this country and have at the same time created great and useful public improvements which we could not have had in any other way. . . ’ President Roosevelt and his administration worked out and put into effect such remarkable achievements as the Social Se- ‘curity board, the National Youth administration, and other parts of a great program to extend service given to the people of the Un I could enumerate measures whi dent Roosew tory as one of our gre dents, but I shall mention one—the National Labor tions Act. How many people real ize that strikes were 45 percent lower in 1939 than they were = 1937 and 1938 as a resul important piece of leg is a matter of record the NLRA was declared c tutional industrial disputes steadily declined. £ th that sunce It is importan: coming election that the continuation National still in danger. / winter, there w Congress and the ing on. It is impossibie to forget that = (Continued on Page Four) fight is still go- A WORD TO THE WISE...PAINT YOUR CAR AND PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT. LOU SMITH AUTO SERVICE, DUVAL AND DIVISION, PHONE 9153 OR 5