The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 23, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1940 aa cenPe pug DADDY..OF 1940. DRAFT MEASURE, IAT Pp rfect - | TOMORROW Dott Shatite Syttinj Origincl Decisions Up To Fuel S e Scout Swimming EMER Te Meet Declared sr cs wok oes Foy J ong Range G ARRIVE ON VP53 PLANE (EDITOR'S NOTE: When jduring the World war draft was H = Congress passed the Com- -'the deferment of young married FROM MIAMI pulsory Military Training men or men supporting relatives. Law, it left most of the deli- What about that today? Outstanding Event LOCAL OFFICIALS s In Eight Races Announced; Scouts To Enter Coral Gables’ Contest Friday Winne Boy Scouts from every troop in the city participated in the! Swimming Meet held yesterday ; at officers’ pavillion in the Navy Yard. the Key West Junior Chamber cf This event, sponsored by Commerce, is said to be one of the most successful held in the city. Winners in the various events were as foilows: 50-Yard Free Style, under 80 pounds—Richard Barber, first, blue ribbon award; Ralph Solano, second, white ribbon award; Gil- bert Valdez, third, red ribbon award 50-Yard Free Style, 80 to 100 pounds—Leon Kincaid, first, blue; Fernando Garcia, second, white; Calvin Cates, third, red. 50-Yard Free Style, 100 pounds and Over—Ramon Gonzago, first, blue; Bert Cates, second, white; William Soldano, third, red. Undressing Race—-Ramon. Gon- zago, first, blue; Donald Pinder, second, white; Henry Soldano, third, red. Diving—Ralph Soldano, first, blue; Eugene Berkowitz, second, white; Richard Barber, third, red 25-Yard Breast Stroke (open) —Eugene Sawyer, first, blue; Daniel Sawyer, second, white; Paul Herrick, third, red. Of the above winners, the fol- lowing have been selected to rep- resent Key West in the Council- Wide Swimming Meet to be held in Coral Gables on Friday, Sep- tember 27, at Venetian Pools: Troop 50—Ralph Soldano, div- ing. Troop 51—Eugene Berkowitz, diving, and Richard Barber, lightweight, 50-yard free style. Troop 52—Ramon Gonzago, 50- yard heavyweight, and Eugene Sawyer, breast stroke, open. Troop 53—Leon Kincaid. yard middleweight free style. In the above, both Ralph Sol- dano and Eugene Berkowitz are listed for diving honors. In yes- terday’s contest, these boys prac- tically tied for first place with only point difference in the sring, each making a remark- able showing The boys will be taken to Mi- ami by Scoutmaster Albert E. Peirce providing they can obtain permission from their parents to attend. Team. will leave Friday at 1:00 o'clock and will be noti- fied where to meet. They will stay overnight at the Miami Y. M.C.A Events were judged by Col. H. D. Hatfield, Captain A. S. Car- pender and Councilman Ernest A. Ramsey. Assisting the judges were Lieut. (jg) J. J. Daub of the U. S. S. Bainbridge and Ensign W. T. Sisson of the VP53, both former scouts and swimming ex- perts. Large number of the Navy personnel attended and through the courtesy of the Captain Car- pender, two Navy whale were stationed near the scene of activities in case of accidents. Swimming meet was handled by 4 committee of Jaycees con- sisting of Dan Harrison, chair- man; Billy Warren. Joe Pinder, Joe Allen, Isadore Weintraub, Bob Saunders and _ Chester Knowles, assisted by Scoutmaster A E. Peirce. Jaycees wish to thank all who contributed time, facilities or material to make the contests as successful as they were. 50- sc « _ REGISTERED 150 _ ALIENS LAST WEEK DRIVE PROGRESSES SATIS- FACTORILY WITH 310 PRE- IN OUT OF 500 During the past week 150 aliens, residents of Key West, completed registration require- ments in accordance with feder- al laws. So stated postmaster Fred J. Dion, in charge - of the local drive which will find over ,500 aliens registered here by the expiration date, December 26. Out of over 500 specimen forms given out to aliens here, 310 have returned the initial information ‘blanks, and out this latter inumber, the 150 mentioned above have appeared to complete offi- cial blanks be ‘inger- printed. | Assistant postmaster Hollon :Bervaldi, W. W. Watkins, Milton Sawyer and Robert Valdez, civil service employes at the post of- fice, are in charge of the finger- printing and filing of informa- j tion. Mr. Dion stated this morning that everything was going along satisfactory in the alien-registra- tion drive and that the deadline ‘date will find all coming within provisions of the act, registered and fingerprinted. of to and LIMINARY FORMS TURNED! The nation’s leading exponent of the value of lighter than air craft, Commander Charles E. Rosendahl, U. S. N., will pay a visit to Key West tomorrow, according to word released by Captain Walter F. Jacobs, com- mandant of the tocal naval sta- tion, this morning. ; Commander Rosendahl, present on duty in the Secretary of Navy’s office at Washington, D. C., will be remembered as the commander of many naval dirig- ibles in past days, notably the Shenandoah and Akron. | Coming to this city on orders issued by the navy Chief of mander Rosendahl will investi- gate the possibility of locating a non-rigid airship station in this city. Orders are to find such a site in South Florida. Rosendahl is head of the navy board on this investigation trip. Other members of the board are Comdr. George H. Mills, U. S. N. ;and Lt. Comdr. Daniel N. Logan, U. S. N. They left Washington yesterday and stopped in Miami today. Lt. Comdr. A. P. Storrs, III, commander of squadronVP353, received orders this morning to proceed to Miami tomorrow morning and transport the board members to this city. It was thought likely that the airship station would be estab- lished at the naval station at Opa Locka, in that a mooring mast has already been erected there. HONOR SYSTEM (By Axsoctated Press) OKLAHOMA CITY, Sept. 23.— Senior high school students will write their own excuses for ab- |sence. Says City Superinten- dent H. E. Wrinkle: “When a stu- dent reaches senior high school age, he ought to be old enough properly i and responsible enough to make | INFORMATION RELAYED TO The governors will arrange ap- his signature mean something”. EFENSE | (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the fifth of a series pre- pared by the National Defense Advisory Commission in re- sponse to numerous requests for articles on our national Program. Future releases will appear in The Citizen on Thursdays and Mondays. THE UNITED STATES NAVY The Battle The fleets draw within range. The U. S. Fleet approaching the battle is spread across a thousand square miles of oceas. Each type of ship has a different function to perform. Each unit has a duty, much like Army units. The destroyer division is the cavalry of the fleet. These rear- ing, plunging destroyers, about 350 feet long, are the tiny war |horses of the Navy. and the first love of any sailorman who has lever served on them. Equipped with torpedoes, depth charges, and guns of 5 inches or less, fast and mobile, capable of 40 miles an hour, the destroyers, like the cavalry, get to the fight first They will take on every type of ship in the enemy force, from the largest to the smallest. Depth charges dropped by a destroyer are the answer to the submarine menace. If a destroyer can smack a torpedo into a battleship, the battleship may sink. But the problem is to get close enough. A battleship can drop a shell on a destroyer at 20 miles. There- fore, a destroyer has to have pro- tection of its own speed, of the smoke screens it can lay down, and of the heavier ships with bigger guns behind it. Except when operating against other de- stroyers or against submarines, torpedoes are the primary weapon of these small ships. The unit for operating destroy- ers is usually a division consist- ing of four ships with about 600 men, and corresponds to an (Continued On Page Two) THE FLEET IN BATTLE boats | eomesers Seon toes, Bun PULL IN TO LOU SMITH’S FOR WASHI cate decisions on the draft to | regulations prescribed by the | President. This is the sec- | ond and last of two articles j telling the how and why of | the rules and regulations.) i | By MORGAN M. BEATTY | AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—In partment he’s ,O’Kelliher, special reserve, tech- nical adviser, Joint Army and |Navy Selective Service Commit- tee. But by friends, bubbling Victor /O’Kelliher is regarded, practical- ly, as the daddy of the 1940 model ;you. Hundreds of experts were the author. But he umpired the | complicated game of revising the World war draft. Victor O’Kelliher went through ,the World war draft from local |board (Oconto, Wis., population , 5,000), up through the state and national system. He’s the only man alive who did that. He's ‘sixty-ish and a lawyer. Twelve years ago, he was the first civilian adviser the Army and Navy committee called in. Since 1937, he’s devoted all his time to the draft system. The draft, says Colonel O’Kelli- her, must be simple and fair. The World war draft assured fairness in calling up men by the double shuffle system. They're using that again. It also put all the original decisions in {hands of the local boards. jnew 1940 model does that, too. Married Men Deferred | Most touchy of all questions an auxiliary advisory system has | | at |the records over at the War: De- ried men will not be called up as Lieut. Col. V. J.'a matter of principle”. ‘Navigation, C. W. Nimitz, Com-|of the draft. Not the author, mind ton law was signed will be de- the Or it might give the employer six The months to get ‘FIND MAN’S BODY — { | THE CITIZEN BY JUDGE | E. R. LOWE | | - | Judge E. R. Lowe, peace justice lat Tavernier, informed The Citi- {zen at press time today that he jhad been advised that a man jhad been found drowned in Card |Sound shortly after noon today. | Judge Lowe, who was present in Key -West on business, knew none of the particulars, nor the {name of the man. He stated that jhe was leaving immediately for {Card Sound to investigate the | case. KW. GUARD BAND HOLDS REHEARSAL George Mills White, director the Key West Guard Band ha: (called a meeting for 7:30 o'clock jtonight at the American Legion | Hall. Complete organization pro- cedure of the band unit will take place at this meeting including appointment of rating and rank among members. All musicians joining the Guard are given the privilege of serving in the band unit. It is expected that a band of at least thirty Pieces will soon be developed. After the band rehearsal to- night another rehearsal of the civic orchestra will take place. All musicians are invited to at- tend these rehearsals. LORD’ County judge Raymond Lord announced Saturday that he would report his findings in the robbery case filed by Charles | Terwilliger against Wilbur Sweeting and Joseph Perdomo at 4:00 o'clock this afternoon. He took the case under advise- R. |ment following completion of all BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS. ‘testimony late Saturday. ; usual right is reserved to reject ~—INCARD SOUND ! ot MIAMI PAPER DECISION : AT FOUR TODAY oy “Every local board assurediy | will base its decisions on the old experience”, says Victor O’Kelli- her. “After a lot of backing and filling, it was generally decided at the time of the World war to go on the principle that marriage and the home are the heart of civilization. “So we can assume that mar- SCOUT OFFICIAL IS To " Hold Conkerences COMING TOMORROW As for self-supporting, or: A. S. Macfarlane, scout wealthy wives who are childless, | ecutive of the Dade County Coun- the local board couid decide to cil, Boy Scouts of America, will hold special hearings. Odds are | arrive in Key West tomorrow for about 2 to 1 that men married 10|the purpose of holding several days before the present conscrip-| conferences with local .. and thi trict tee, ferred, especially those whose i eeeiaist Committee, wives can prove they had plan-|°°?ding to word given out this ned the marriage a long time. noon by M. E. Berkowitz, district The decisions will be up to the chairman. local board. ; Mr. Macfarlane will hold the No Groups Favored |first in a series of conferences During the World war, the next tomorrow night at 7:00 o'clock most ticklish problem was indus-;at the county courthouse. All trial and agricultural deferment, | scouters, scoutmasters and others which resulted in the trouble-j; interested in the Boy Scout some “work or fight” order. movement, have been urged to This time no groups will be de- | be present at this meeting. ferred, no single industry will be: Mr. Berkowitz stated that Mr. dubbed “non-productive”. {Macfarlane will be in Key West Take a man claiming defer-|until Thursday. Following to- ment because he mixes lipstick} morrow night's _ get-together, formulae in a cosmetics estab-! other meetings with troop leaders lishment. The local board might | and scouts themselves, will be confer with an army _ industrial | held. adviser and decide that the de- sire of women for cosmetics is a| AGBY matter of the national interest. | been provided Funeral services for William L. The Army will send an indus- | Bagby, Sr., who died a week ago. trial expert to advise with each | Vere held yesterday afternoon at governor on industrial problems.}the Pritchard Funeral Home In seacoast states, the Navy will|/Chapel on White street, at 4:00 send one. |o'clock, with full military honors. | Rev. O. C. Howell, of Ley Me- Prem Ob Remests morial Church, officiated Pallbearers were selected from the membership of Arthur Saw- scouters ac- another _ lipstick i mixer. | To help with these problems, | peal districts, usually areas cov- ering every 600,000 people. The yer Post, No. 28, American Le- President will appoint a physi-| gion. A detachment of marines cian, a lawyer, a laboring MAN, ; was also present. an employer, and a farmer to! each district appeal board, on the | recommendation of the governor.| « Men who differ with the de-} cisions of their local boards can appeal to the district boards. Likewise, a government appeal agent attached to a_ local will appeal any decision the gov- ernment doesn’t agree with Final appeal can be taken to the President in certain exceptional | cases. Then there'll be 13 or more federal co-ordinators attached to} the national office. They'll try to keep the system uniform all oyer, the country. ; “In the final’ » analysis, © how ever”, says.~ Mistor O’Kellihet, | “it’H all be oo the local hoand’* j The following article prob- = ably is the last public state- "SSD DE DOA OB 4 ent written by the late speak- er of the House of Representa- tives. It was prepared shortly before he went on September 10 to Baltimore, where he was seized with a fatal illness. WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.— First allow me to say that I am a firm believer in the wisdom of government by political parties. As a life-long Democrat, I have always voted for my party nom- inees—national, state and local— and Roosevelt is the nominee of my party for President. I realize, however, that there jare millions of Americans who are classed as “independent: upon whom party ties hang | ly or not at all, and who will tives and friends here... “The wobably play a decisive part in Behind : e ‘coming election. a UH 3! * they MF And there are many sound rea- sons why I support Roosevelt in , addition to my sense of party loyalty. The legislative program enact- led by a Democratic Congre: es very largely by reason of Presi- Sealed bids will be received dent Roosevelt's recommenda- until Noon, October 1, 1940, for tions and leadership, is the best 1500 ft. of 6” Salt Glazed Sewer possible proof of his wholeheart- Pipe, f.0.b. Key West, Fla. The ed espousal of that very essence of Jeffersonian Democracy, “equal | Tights to all men and special priv- jileges to none”. All informed citizens are fa- RIGHT ON JOB “Yes, sir—the Herald's right uv to snuff on this one”, according to many Key Westers who-remarked on a story appearing in that pa- per last Friday. The article, with accom- panying picture, related that Mrs. Una Monsalvatge and son, Gerald, had _ recently moved from Key West to Coral Gables. Mrs. Monsalvatge departed from this city about fifteen years ago, according to rela- PROPOSALS any and all bids. sept23-1t ex- . tures, especially RAFT DETAILS IN FINAL STAGES, ARMY REVEALS PORTANT BILL “REMAINS FOR PASSAGE (By Associated Preas) | WASHINGTON, Sept Awaiting President Roosevelt's proclamation calling all your men between the ages of 21 35 to register on October the US. Army today reveal plans that indicate all deta the draft procedure tering final phases. Governing boards in dx tricts of the nation have been se- lected, it was stated, and an ex- ecutive order is expected shortly to name‘ the nominal national head of the conscription drive which will find 16,500,000 1 |registering. President Roosevelt will con tact all state governors in the next few da it was reported, asking |them to co-operate by issuing ‘joint proclamations calling for ob- servance of registration day Octe ber 15th. 2 are 13 CONGRESS MAY ADJOURN SATURDAY WASHINGON, Sept. 2§—The only piece of major legislation of importance remaining for Con- gressional action this session is the $1.800,000,000 contract bill for purchase of army equipment, now being debated in the House of Representatives. | Following action on this expected to passed re Congress may clear the decks for adjournment. Leaders believed the session should end on Satur. day. bill be Why I'll Vote For--- board SCOCCOOOOOOECOSESOSSEESOOSSSEESSSSSEESSSSSESESES OSE (EDITOR’S NOTE: While Jack Stinnett, AP Washing- ton Feature Service Writer. is on vacation. the space : devoted to his column is made available to the two major parties for a pro-and-con presentation of an agreed list of Political subjects. Neither side has seen the other's articles and there will be no rebuttal.) Franklin D. Roosevelt usually By WILLIAM B. BANKHEAD Late Speaker of the House of Representatives miliar with such legislative actments. Many of m been deeply offensive to groups of men and corpo: who had inured enjoyment without restrai “special privileges” granted during the iz years of Republican an become prior such Act, the Wagner Act Hour Act and m others, it ss singularly significant that Mr Willkie, the Republican nom inee, endorses them were so astingly principle neither he party dared to recommend thes repeal Wage right nor ev tha’ h Exactly the same situation ~x ists with reference to the Der cratic farm program, With jthe terrific antagoni$m and crit.- Can New Fire With Dead- bs Says itl Blast Gen E=- placement~ Be teers LONDON. < Ii—The Sem high command relessed informs. fiom on amcther “secret weepex today. which may. # cinims prove correct. bring additic to the British couse and many Tenge ritish se ness of the new gun ever, pointing t th- progre f the did exist ~ in lw wipe slow dower and meffective Bemotigs o--: quite . weekend dur weeks cendiary part of Germas although check that the created r Germ they nt cism of that program by the op-+ra position party,, and bers of Congress, who bitterly op- posed man its essential fee the appropr: tions for parity payments, how m the name of common sense can the Republican leaders expect the farmers of the country to repudi- ate the party whose politics have tided them over the worst agri- cultural catastrophe in our his- tory and which policies the Re- (Continued on Page Four) NG AND GREASING, MOTOR REPAIRS, WHEEL ALIGNMENT, BODY PAINTING, EXPERT WELDING. 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