The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 25, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 229. Nazis And Brit See Capital Cities ] present at * e ‘Suffer Destruction AGAINST BRITAIN ; and sheriff-nominate Berlin | A. Sawyer announced yester- NIPPONESE GOVERNMENT Is; NEGOTIATING MILITARY ; ' day that they favored a move i —————= suggested by officials of the ! PACTS WITH NAZI GER- ! MANY TO UNITE NATIONS | Heists Pennant Ge New Lesh, Arriving tensive Wreckage In Both Centers; French Raid Gibraltar CSS. ; Sheriff K. O. Thompson 1 i i | ganization as deputy sheriffs tion is increasing today on prac- should any emergency arise in Monroe county. While nothnig is certain about the move, officials pointed out that approval of the plan by: Thompson and Sawyer gained added distinc- tion and recognition for the Guard movement here. Fourteen new members were sworn in last night at the drill meeting of the Guard. They were: Samuel L. Russell, Jacob Dietsch, Ber- tram Milard, James R. Spen- cer, David Charlow, Arthur C. Arnold, Charles E. Cassel, John F. Blackwell, Jr., Ken- neth Archer, Milton Pent, Orlando Caraballo, Antonio Roche, Jr., Charles Curry and Abelardo Lopez, Band now numbers 26. Col. L. L. Pendleton, com- mander of U.S. Army Bar- racks, was present at last night's meeting and spoke briefly to the Guards. He Promised all possible aid from his department for the Guard. TD DIOIVIIS. 2s LICENSE. SALES LAGGING BEHIND R. that TO THE CHILD™ 2 (By Annociated Press) Key West Guard to swear in |tically all fronts in Europe and ! LONDON, Sept. 25.—War ac- bonified members of that or- 7 | | Africa. Especially is that | noted in air action over capital fact (By Annociated Presa) j LONDON, Sept 25.—Observ- } ers here heard rumors of ap-} proaching crisis in the Far-east which may, many feared, bring forth declarations of war against the British on the part of the The the |Church Service Club playe to their sons and daughter members of cities of Germany and England, as both nations send forth retalia- evening at the jof the < jchurch regular meet organization he tion squadron of planes with annex | Super-bombs of destruction. Both Berlin and London “ fered wide-scale destruction last {night from the air and while action decreased somewhat dur- jing daylight hours today, there | Daniels presiding. The on good the Japanese gov-! ernment was in process ofj negotiating military pacts with Nazi Germany designed to unite the two nations against the democracies should “further in- terference in control of Asia be attempted by the United States in collaboration with Great Briain”. New came suf- = a0 newiycrgemaec Ee~ Wee onc Wee Gut rama behaviour. etc reading taker read | Six, former president club’s preamble 1 tion was quoted by Gerald Saur jders, club secretary The highlight of by MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL GRANTED = an address 'ALTON HINTON RELEASED | Professor = RECOGNIZANCE of his remarks Clippings Sent FDR Give Humorous Accounts Of War. ton brought out | In a surprise move yesterday, eee of the impending pact from British representa- tives at Shanghai who have been watching the situation closely. Japan officials were reported | to be much concerned about threatened action by the United States as they look towards fur- ther expansion of Nipponese con- trol into Indo-China. The _ alli- v srmany would bring a serious crisis into the scene that, at present, is not far re- moved from “explosive propor- tions” French resistance to the Jap- anese aggression-move into Indo- with establishment of at bases and assignment tely 20,000 troops to interests there, with the calling to colors of a large portion of the colonial guards. scattered all over the street after an automobile col- lided with the honey-laden = ance isting between the home school and the church and ed the importance | Judge Wm. V. Albury granted |operation between Wi Y. {Alton Hinton, marine corps serg-| Public and church i KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1940 i e WPA WORKERS : “4 CONTRACTOR IN EMPLOYMENT “ss: Pssestive Pesded) KEY WEST TODAY i <- ee EXPANSION PLANS —— ONE HUNDRED GIVEN SPE- : | { COMPANY HEAD DISCUSS-| DA ALREADY PLACED IN Scout Executive, A. S. Macfar-| lane, arrived in Key West yester- | BETTER PAYING JOBS NAVAL OFFICIALS the first of several conferences | j with local scouters at a meeting} (Special to The Citizen) ig R. C. Huffman and associates, JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Sept. courthouse, starting at 7:00 of the Huffman Construction Allvecoutinacters Company, were callers at the WPA workers who have been meus iKey West Naval Station this | given special training in the Na- :tT0oP committeemen and district |? 3 : i e meeting. |awarded that company by the in this state during the past eight; Mr. Macfarlane talked about Navy department. The contract SERVICERS employment in private industry, pails Reodining the necessity rine basin to adequate depths to | according to William T. Comer, for establishment of more troops | amit new-type submarines and FETE SONS, ers in the city was to be made ll surface craft. He added that about 100 of these with that idea in mind, with ac-| Huffman contract calls for an better paying jobs. ‘among the colored. residents of navy and work should start, ac-| Bounced opening of a new ninety-; Also discussed was the neces-|°°PdinE to Lieut. Comdr. T. J. | PROF. HAMILTON FEATURED day course of training in schools 'sity of establishing a scout supply |Brady, public works officer of | Ville, Miami, Lakeland, at Camp dealers were to be contacted injin the next ten days. Equipment | Roosevelt near Ocala, at Ocoee, the matter. |for dredging will be vrought to} cites and Pensacola. jeame up for considerable atten- | stated: lacement of trainees in priv-!tion when it was announced that} Contract calls for dredging to a | ison Federal and state em-ishaped into a co-operative move; Lieut. Comdr. Harold M. Syl- ployment agencies and through jwith the government to have Boy |vester, USN. CEC, assistant oe yocstional schools, it jin case of emergency. Jenth Naval District, of Charles- was explained. Mr. Macfarlane expects to bejton, S C., arrived by plane in K: ing. f jofficials here on several pending YOUR HOUSE. PAL! A meeting of the Boy Scout 'contracts covering various im- {became quite humoro: 5 : —_ held tonight, 7:45 o'clock, at the} Comdr. Sylvester was in|to keep the youn An fs | young ¢ (By Associated Prenn) Naval Hospital headquarters, it jcharge of assembling the gear for | having given them was going to be out of town for chairman Isadore Weintraub to-| i = - |stroyers recently installed in the | was evidence to indicate that the{® couple of days left his cer at a day. H {their best ir jraids would be carried on until] ‘The friend's wife Sees tand Scott Company of New| Scripture Z York. to go toa movie. Coming out, danger of complete annihilation. Central London presented a!der. She rushed the car to a { garage. ' this morning following last night’s| friends when he returned. “Who raids when several hundred Nazi| fixed that smashed fender?” and fro to escape anti-aircraft batteries. In between their pre- super-bombs in the main thor- oughfares of congested business} A like picture was enacted in Berlin as R.A-F. planes countered THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. FIND PRIVATE | -- ig e |'HUFFMAN CONSTRUCTION CIAL TRAINING IN FLORI-: Dade County Council at ED PLANS WITH LOCAL) iday afternoon and presided at! ‘held last night in the county! 25.—More than half of the 600 o'clock. as well as = fficial: ore the |Morning to discuss the contract tional Defense Vocational Schools piecing ‘ | weeks are expected to find early expansion plans for the local j calls for dredging of the subma- state supervisor of the projects. here. Contact with several preach-! men already have been placed in cent on Promotion of scouting ‘expenditure of $107,000 by the! DA At the same time Comer an- the city. j A PROGRAM WITH TALK ON which will be located at Jackson- headquarters in Key West. Local’ the Seventh Naval District, with- | an as well as at Tallahassee, Tarpon ; National Defense program ‘this city from Tampa, it was ate jobs is being arrangediscout plans now were being |depth between 22 to 23 feet the co-operation of instructors of! Scouts take over certain duties|public works officer of the Sev-| in Key West until Friday morn-|West this mornin, to confer wit GET ’EM TO BORROW Advancement Committee will be |provements at the station. as proud papas vain KANSAS CITY—A fellow who was announced by committee the four mooring buoys for de- 9 j before leaving home Gian tase, jharbor by the Merritt, Chapman one or both of the cities were in ao eins woe she discovered a crumpled fen- jconfused picture of wreckage | “Well! Well! Well!” said the planes flew overhead, darting to cautionary dashes, they dropped and residential districts. with telling blows against almost parents school * inteTsper. eant, a new trial on statutory TS. The speaker charges preferred by Violet Val- {his Temarks with hie Desens Sites Weaken ides. Se court assembled at ! toners part, about as well-behaved {2:00 o'clock and the motion was) The bunch of youngsters as I ever heard as presented by defense | joined in s have run across. That dignity of |attorney W. Curry Harris. {being warne the senate (even though it is! Additional slant on the a often phoney) seems to have!was furnished in the announce-j>¢ © seeped into their behavior and ‘ment that the complainant whatever they think about it,'/defendant were married yester- they do a pretty good job of con- jday afternoon by county judge ducting themselves. There are Raymond R. Lord. i occasions when some youthful! Judge Albury released Hinton impulse gets the better of them. 'from jail on his own recogniz- At the recent funeral services ance. The case will come up for | were the of the late Speaker, William ‘trial on the October docket, it| Bob Brady Bankhead, there wasn't a page | was stated. | Swift and sor who didn’t deport himself with | Devaux Sentenced qual Senter: som proper respect and sincerity, but} John Devaux, colored, was sen- |Tidgée: Joe Boza Anse when the ceremony was over and ;tenced by Judge Albury at the | Floyd Six; Allan Hamp’ the house chamber cleared, a recessed session yesterday on the |@aughter: John Briggs. se small group of them gathered in|petty larceny charge of stealing daughter; Gerald Saunde ~ awe-struck silence about the limes. On a guilty plea he was | daughter; Ray Knapp and son. chair in front of the Speaker's jsent to the county jail for a nine- |H. Pentecost and daughter; King dais in which. President Roosevelt | ty-day term. [men Coun “6 had sat. Not a word was said,! but four of the boys, bolder than ; the rest, marched solemnly up to! Ty classification of objectives —military and industrial. In the Nazi capital, crippling blows were dealt to the municipality’s | innumerable and air- dromes were devastated, accord- , ing to eye-witness reports brought back by raiding airmen. British followed up their at- “tacks on Berlin last night with well-directed blows aimed at Nazi concentrations of supplies and soldiers at channel ports.| ~ Pings from the small-town news- Hundreds of aircraft. apparently | napers of England, Scotland and proving that Britain is fast over-) Wales and each of them was a coming the numerical disadvant-}humorous or human interest in- age previously claimed by the] terpretation of some happening Germans, flew over widely sep- that had occurred during the arated areas from Brest to Dun- | Nazi bombings. kerque. concentrating attacks on} An old woman, during an air docks and all shipping in the |@ttack, had herded her pigs and vicinity. Complete reports of de-| CWS into an air shelter, but had struction inflicted were not avail- herself remained outside; a vil- County judge Lord stated this morning driver's license sales are way behind the date last year. ast year, at this time of 771 licenses had been si noon today, a total been sold. October 1 i date for a total beli near the 3,000 mark sion of deadline has cated. Judge Lord announced this aft- ernoon that his office would re- main open until 5:30 p. to- morrow, Friday and Saturday to allow workers in the city to ob- tain their licenses. w aght Raymond By JACK STINNETT, WASHINGTON, Sept. 24. Item on the British point of view (this story isn’t new but it has never been told and in view of what is going on in England it is, I think, worth the telling): A few weeks ago, President Roosevelt received from some old friends of his in England, whose names must remain no more than Lord and Lady Blank, a long let- ter. The bulky envelope con- tained a vast number of clip- la: correspc power system, and _ armament factories case Watered Watermelons their loudest outside somew | All ix voted a complete entering (By Axsocinted Press) Sept. 25.— melons growing on top of the water weren't an experiment Mark latter planted ‘em last spring when the lake was dry Then came August rains—Schlat- ged to harvest about ber TRANSFFRS HERF Thos observance Cc Russe Survey Committee To Study | Florida’s Defense Facilities and daughter; Professor Eari lage squire, whose fashionable | Hamilton % (Special to The Citizen) TAMPA, Sept. 25. — Florida} shipyarc ctories and plants | vital to the national defense andj their potential expansion will be | considered here soon by mem-/} bers of the Florida Survey Com- | mittee for National Defense, it; has been announced by Carl Bro- rein, chairman of the group. He said the committee, com-: posed of near-30 leading Florida} industrialists and business men, | will gather in the Tampa Terrace! Hotel, Tuesday, October 8th. The! session will begin at 10:30 a. m.j Material to be considered in-! cludes that specifically outlined and requested by the National Defense Advisory Commission. Their five-point request included: ; shipbuilding facilities, particular- ly for construction of merchant marine torpedo boats, and other craft; chemical plants and both present and_ potential products; pulp and paper mills and by-produc’ naval stores, and other basic chemicals; and the availability of labor, both skilled and unskilled. i } | vessels, “Questionnaires these matters have been com- pleted,” Mr. Brorein declared, “and work is now underway com- Piling this data into brief form for submission to the committee as a whole for consideration and approval at the Tampa meeting. relative to | Cooperating with the State group are the Florida State Chamber of Commerce, the University of Florida and the Florida State Planning Board.” Following action at the con- ference, the Florida material will be drafted into final form and then forwarded the National De- fe Advisory Committee in shington. State committee was named a few weeks ago by Governor Fred P. Cone at the request of Senator Claude Pepper. Organization meeting was held in Orlando, when Mr. Brorein was named chairman and Harold Colee, ex- ecutive vice-president of the Florida State Chamber of Com- merce, was elected * secretary- treasurer. able at press time today. 2 i Confirmation of French attacks |™@!riage had been interrupted on Gibraltar was released by the} >Y an air-raid alarm, kissed his , British this morning with reports | Tide in the candied dusk of the stating that several French| local shelter and signalled the jplanes centered a two-hour raid | Village's hoi-polloi to join him in against the stronghold yesterday the wedding celebration; an an- afternoon. Many, heavy bombs/Cient veteran of other days had were dropped, but the British | Tefused to take cover and stump- stated aim was poor and only aje€d about, adding great oaths to few residences were hit andjthe anti-aircraft shells that were practically no damage was in-| hurled at the invaders. flicted on dockage or armaments.| Clipping after clipping re- Defending planes from navaljCcounted some spirited tale of ships stationed at Gibraltar en-}British John Smith's attitude to- ;gaged several of the French|Wward his tormentors. But what planes. impressed the President far more Nazi high command today in-| was that his old, friends had not dicated that the French may be]one word to say about the havoc allowed to bring their govern-}being visited on London. In- ment back to Paris from Vichy | stead, they concluded their letter headquarters as an aftermath of|thus: “Mail travels slowly and the stgut defense being put up|we have just heard with great for possession of French colonial{sorrow of the terrific storms lands in Africa. which have swept over your British were reported to bejsouthern states. We sincerely still held at bay at Dakar by an|hope that no damage has come to inferior number of defending |that beautiful old city of Charles- French vessels. Outnumbered al-{ ton.” most three to one, the French had successfully warded off land- ing attempts by British naval units and transports, An Act By Pages Item on hero-worship: The senate pages are, for the most / FLORIDA WPA the chair, settled back in it for a] moment and, without a smile or a brag, walked out of the cham-} ber. QUOTA RAISED Hopkins Will Be Heard . Item for future reference: Harry Hopkins, recently resigned | as secretary of commerce, and for many years one of the Presi- dent's most trusted: friends and advisers, has left’! Washington (Speeiat to The Citizen) | and taken up residence in Essex| JACKSONVILLE, Fila, Sept.! House, looking ftom the south}25.—Authority to increase WPA| across New York City’s great/employment in Florida to 31,000 | peg: sirtit social _mecvice persons during October, obtained = Administrator Roy | worker who rose so high in gov-|by State i ernment councils and resigned |Schroder during several days of | his cabinet post because of ill}conferences with national works health is, according to close {officials at Washington, will aid friends, no richer than when hejin speeding up the operation of ; came to Washington and in or-!national defense projects, it was der to maintain himself will, injannounced at state headquarters’ spite of illness, devote his time to jhere. j writing and lecturing. Approximately 75 percent of Friends say that almost imme-j|the 3,800 increase in Florida’ diately you can look for maga-|WPA employment will be devot- | zine articles from Hopkins on|ed to the construction of airports, | matters social and political and/air bases, armories, important | that books on government affairs |roadways, and similar activities, | probably will follow. state officials explained. 7 | | NATIONAL DEFENSE PRO3J-| ECTS WILL ABSORB 75 PER- | CENT OF INCREASE Red Cross Cables $400,000 To Aid London Raid Victims (Special te The 6 tere WASHINGTON, D. C.. Sept 25.—To aid im relieving the tress of air raid victims m Le don and other British citie quarters. American Red Cross cabled 000 pounds ($400,000) to its com-