The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 30, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 23 233. Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1940 Nazis: Resume ‘SEVEN COUNTIES : | Bomber Raids JEDUCT GROUP O.K. WILL ENROLL73 ‘NO IN C. C. CORPS LOCAL YOUTHS FROM 17 TO 23 YEARS OF AGE ARE TO REGISTER NEXT WEDNES- DAY GIVENNAY MEET THIS AFTERNOON TO (Special fo The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Fila. Sept. e_,@ i IS |30.—The Tenth Welfare District ; will enroll 73 men for the | Civilian Conservation Corps dur- SIGN RESOLUTION APPROV- ING NAVY'S PLANS FOR GRAVE ROBBERS Violate Three “Vaults ALARM OFFICIALS } { i | ,County and city officials were | {alarmed today at contemplation lof the activities of a person, or i persons, engaged in the nefarious | |business of breaking into burial | vaults in the city cemetery. | First noticed one day last week, it was discovered that damage had been inflicted on the | |NOTED AUTHORITY SPOKE (TUGWELL CITED TO INTERESTED GROUP AT COUNTY COURTHOUSE SATURDAY NIGHT | | Dr. Rexford Tugwell, present | chairman of the New York City Planning Commission, gave an interesting talk before approxi- | Against door of the W. J. H. Taylor vault. {mately forty civic and ~ political | *. Brass decorations had been rip-jleaders of Key West last Satur- ped from the door and an attempt {day evening at a meeting held CHAS aS aaa e ‘ing October, according to an- Gayda Says Spain Will Oa aera a a aa a)|"mcment today of the State WATER LINE Seon Be Admitted To Axis - Power Member- ship (By Associated Press) LONDON, Sept. 30.—Nazis in- creased their raids on Great Brit- | ain last night and this morning—} { indicated ' | 1 1 { and the axis-powers that Spain would be taken into their midst as a full-fledged dic- tator-state member in the near future. Here are the two main topics! of the day's news as observed by ! news agencies in this badly-crip- | pled capital city of England. Following periods of compara- | tive inaction during the past four, d again} swarmed over London and other | main cities of the British Isles| and dumped hundreds of tons of | demolitian-end: incendiary bombs. Continuous action of the anti- | aircraft surrounding London kept many of the hun-| dreds of Nazi aircraft at a dist-| ance, but enough of them schem- ed their way through the bar-! rages to create more and more to public buildings and . the German planes batteries damage factories in the industrial areas} of the city. The took heart, despite the severe bomb-, ings, in the reports that their own; airforce was acquiting itself in great style. Returning members] R.A.F. reported highly ul raids on Ostend, Ber- Calais. and with especial emphasis to all shipping centers where tremendous damage was inflicted on docks and _ vessels tied alongside. Virgino Gayda, official writer for Mussolini, stated today that the axis-powers were about ready to admit Spain. tothe ranks of the totalitarian states, to be given full ranking in the drive against Great Britain, Terms of the pact, soon to be signed, it was said, included res- toration of Gibraltar to Spain, after over two centuries’ posses- sion by Great Britain. | In return for admittance to the | inner-circle, Spain will give per- mission to the Nazis to come in- to that nation for an attack by land on the Gibraltar strong- hold, as cooperative attacks by the is and Italy are made by air and sea on the sea-side fortresses. | Continuous attacks on Berlin have led the Germans to push plans for evacuation of all wo- men and children from that city, today’s high command dispatches stated. This is taken as a sig-| nificent statement by the British, | who can well imagine Hitler's] chagrin in ¢ontemplation of pre- | vious statements to the effect} that Berlin would never _ be - at-| tacked. ‘ ¢ Dispatches on the far-east sit- uation centered chiefly around the Japanese attitude on the re- ning pf the triple-alliance cussion of the possibility that Russia may join the alliance at a later date. One army representative of Japan today stated that one of/ the chief reasons for framing of | the alliance terms was to guard against the United States’ entry into the war. He sated that “re- cent events definitely pointed to- | wards a ‘drift towards actual) war’ by the United States”. ~ British, however, Bolougne other cities | paid Welfare Board. Date and place of enrollment, the number to be enrolled and destination of enrolles follows: October 2; 73 Junior White; Mi- ami; Ramrod Key and Miami: NO FURTHER WORD ON DRAFT BOARD County Clerk Ross C. Saw- i | Members of the Florida Keys Aqueduct Commission were to meet this afternoon to approve and sign a resolution which designated approval of that had been made to break into; , the vault room. { ; Later, indicating that ‘the raid- j ers were making periodic visits | to the cemeterv, presumably at} in the county courthouse, starting at 8:00 o'clock. { Dr. Tugwell was introduced by | Julius Stone. 1 Discussing his work in New! COI I IID ST yer stated today that he had not received further instruc- tion concerning makeup and ‘operation of the Draft Board in Monroe County. Announcement was made Saturday that Mr. Sawyer had accepted chairmanship ‘of the board which will have charge of registering all men between the ages of 21 and 35 in this county in com- pliance with the National | Conscription law. ! It has been estimated that close to 1,000 men will come within the age limit require- ments of this act. It is be- lieved that October 16th will be named as registration day. The district embraces the {STOUP of the navy’s plan of ac- counties of Broward, Indian j tion on regard to plans for the River, Martin, Monroe, Okee-| {resi water line to be constructed chobee, Palm’ Beach and St. | ver the Florida Keys to this Lucie. 4 - | Total enrollment for the state} |, The resolution, as prepared by jhas been officially set at 1,840}the Broup’s attorney, S. P. Rob- lyoung men, of whom 1,533 ell ee a ee be white and 307 colored. sc z | At the conclusion of the en- jJr., ATs that, bs approval, it jrollment Florida's enrolled; Would be sent to the navy de- strength will be greater than Ey pelea at leet eee any time since the Emergency } : 3 Conservation Works Program h Telling further of the ee | was succeeded by the CCC on: eld in Miami last Friday, Mr. |July 1, 1937, through an act of ,Doughtry stated that it was one | Congress creating the Civilian Of oe ep ae eee he had Sali !Conservation Corps, as an in-;@ttended”. In his opinion, muc! |dependent organization. It will Good was accomplished, | and total 6,308 men, less the number |™Many clouded issues were cleare of enrolles to be discharged after” pep leatctieie gape | September 1. a 5 Miteeahe The military status of the en. | definitely ee ee rolles, it has been announced ;@ matters before those who met. {from Washington, will be the| The 2a5; rales dpi |same as that of other young men |e Ke, se ra z i of their age and the same as if! Merce, with its president, Everett HEAD DUE THURS. «:": had not enrolled. As the Russell, calling all interested per- lage limit extends from 17 to! Sons to the Miami scene of action i icp! 232 years, more than 50 per cent ‘Where Senator Claude Pepper and SPITE EVER TORN of fhe enrolles will be Meuse Representative Cannon, together OFFICIAL VISIT TO for military duty, even if other- | With State Senator David Elmer wise qualified, Ward and Representative B. C. THREE LODGES Compensation is $30 per;Papy, were interviewed on the j month, with subsistence, and all; question of-the aqueduct line. unemployed young men within} The resolution adopted by the Member of the three Key West/the age limits are eligible, re-|@queduct group gives approval Masonic Lodges are | gardless of whether or not they | for the navy to proceed with their iti \ engineering pl: he wat 2 sel king _jare in need, if citizens of the engineering plans on the water Seed eeepree nt akinesia United States, unmarried, out of. line, and to let the contract on an parations for the ie on Thurs school, mentally sand physically | “all-Navy” basis, if, when ready, day of this week of Smith L./ 5, the commission has not complet- Turner, Grand Master of the silinaeaseaiipics seit ed its work of ‘validating bonds Grand Lodge of Florida. LICENSE 700 000 for the RFC loan. 7 3 ry has or- Mr. Turner will make his of-| itie nave Ocpeemien: sbenot (Special to The Citizen) busily en- early morning hours, the Lopez’ |¥ork City, Dr. Tugwell called at- | vault was attacked. The marau- ders tried to tear brass plates off the heavy door of this vault. Still another vault was attack- ed by the robbers, and this time entrance was gained, after break- ing a complicated lock door. on the The casket inside showed signs of having been tampered with. At first the county and city authorities thought that the in- cidents were prompted by rob- bers intent upon obtaining brass and fittings to sell. The raid on the casket in the latter vault, however. has changed that opinion and it is thought that the vandalism is being com- mitted in the hopes of finding valuable jewelry on cadavers re- posing in the caskets. Silent watches have maintained’ by the police over the weekend but: no activity in- side the cemetery was noted. Means to guard against further vandalism may include orders to now closé the cemetery to all traffic} during the night hours. One official stated this morn- ing that city guides’ stories con- cerning wealth contained in the caskets, as told to tourists, may have aroused certain persons’ in- terest to the extent that the rob- beries were attempted. The incidents call to mind the similar raids made last year by a local youth, when all metal em- blems on graves of former mem- bers of the Red Men’s organiza- tion were stolen, and sold to a: local retail business man. ma an : dered letting of contracts on the ficial visit to the three lodges on} Bea eeinonitwoiniatial andlor that day. Further announce- | tract company engineers have ment of the meetings to be held,; been set to work along that line. and whether or not they will be} j TALLAHASSEE, Sept. 30.— 'More than 700,000 Floridians were | licensed to operate motor vehicles jduring the past year—the first of joint nature, will be made later this week. joperation year of the new state | drivers’ license law. SOME PEOPLE LIKE JEWELRY; SOME DON’T 2 | Office of D. W. Finley, ex- (Associated Press Feature Service) | cutive officer of the Florida de- MEMPHIS, Tenn.—Police didn’t | Partment of public safety, re object tp, the way he washed the! Ported that 652,495 licenses were | WANT TOBE LIFE QF PARTY (POLITICAL)? Million Federal Workers On Spot This Election Year. DON’T PLAN TO DRAW PAY FROM UNCLE 2 i private operators of ‘motor: .ve- he left behind they didn’t like. | hicles and 58,935 to chauffeurs. They jailed a window-washer,| Last audit of the department's charging him with theft of $2,000 | funds, on August 25, showed rev- worth aaa a jenue of $346,975.55 for the period orth of jewelry and valuables. | yeginning on August 1, 1939. By JACK STINNE WASHINGTON, _ Sept. When a law puts more jissued d the past , year ‘to windows.’ It was the dirty work | Sued during the past ;y 30.— than a spot, it’s STRICTLY INFORMAL million people on the es H worth digging into. FAYETTEVILLE, N. C.— Aj If you know a hundred persons, Mrs. M. E. Evans but took only a{ ? ” who is affected by the Hatch carton of cigarettes and a loaf of | TOURISTS. ”40-41 act. Those affected are, for the bread and left money and val-! i first time really, finding them- uables. | selves definitely on the spot. ettas ey H ms In the national defense melee COLUMBIA, S. C.—A_ choosy (Special to The Cittzeny you may have missed all the hul- thief opened a salesman’s satchel,| TALLAHASSEE, Sept. 30.—|jabaloo about the Hatch act and took a single wrist watch from,| Prediction that Florida’s 1940-'41]its amendments. It is the statute among thousands of dollars | tourist crop will reach a total of|which forbids, on pain of instant worth of jewelry samples. 2,500,000 persons was made here |dismissal, any government em- — {ts State Hotel Commissioner W. | ploye or the employe of any state M. Taylor. or local project financed in part Taylor said that because of war}or in whole by government funds jconditions, spending by winter|from participating in almost any MEMEae ane re ‘visitors might not be as great per | way in party politics. é erated Linckaus utes Fred /PCrson this season as in previous Border Cases Must Wait Bauer, Sr. issue when he’s throw- |¥C3" = ee ae Lo oe That includes so aaa people ing aiparty., Heamerely prepares Oe for , ‘solid and substantial/that the Civil Service Commis- refreshment and entertainment. |SPending” by visitors and pros-jsion, which is charged with ad- front porch and puffs away with gin. ene oa - a bugle. Neighbors in the mood |No Predatory Animals eo serMOreba for a shin-dig come a-runnin’. | On This Man’s Ranch enumerate the borderline cases. = These won't be classified prob- Happy Birthday, Doctor | (Ry Annnetated Prone) ably until the courts (on appeal FORT COLLINS, Colo: — A] from hearings) have had a whack (Re Aswociated Press) rancher wrote to County Treas-|at interpreting the law. FULTON, Ky.—Dr R. T. Ruddjurer C. S. Ickes: “Please ex- There are borderline violations, held a birthday party, but not/plain the predatory animal tax.}too, which hardly can be imag- for himself. The doctor was!I haven't any such animal.” ined until court precedence is es- celebrating the birthdays of the} The predatory tax is levied \tablished, but it won't take that 2,418 children he has delivered in;against sheep and helps to payjto prove that the Hatch act has 45 years of practice. The oldest , the expense of hunting predatory |teeth. It has fangs in rows, and Present was 44, the youngest 17, animals such as coyotes andjthey are so sharp that any fed- weeks. {mountain lions. eral worker who gets over the ‘T, AP Feature Service Writer years without getting his hide ripped off on them will have to pick his political way with cau- tion. The amended Hatch act (it’s only a little more than two months old) not only made politi- cal activity verboten but provid- ed for the Civil Service Commis- sion to define “political activity”. It was no dictionary job, you can bet, and it is just now that Chair- man Harry B. Mitchell of the commission has gotten around to pointing out to the federal thou- sands just where some of these; , big, bad teeth are. Can't Talk About It For instance, any government worker caught on the job. even discussing whether Wendell Will- |kie or F.D.R. will be the’ next President may find himself in the army of -the unemployed :forthwith. Under the Constitu- tion, Congress can’t take away the right of free speech off the |job, but on the job—that’s differ- ent. A Hatch acter’s free speech, even off the job, doesn’t include making political speeches, sec- jonding motions in political assem- blies, saying yea or nay in politi- cal conventions, or otherwise ‘talking out of turn about any- thing that has to do with party Politics. Election bets are out and to such an extent that even wager- ing a marshmallow flip on wheth- i (Continued on Page Four) been | jtention to the master plan now inj jeffect in that city, which plans jout definite routes of progress} }covering a period lasting until 1990. Citing the necessity for Key | | West to adopt some similar pro- | |cedure, Dr. Tugwell suggested, | as an initial move, that the city, | ,or county, or both, hiré an ex.| jPert on planning commission | ; work to study the local situa-| | tion. His recommendations would | {serve as an inspiration for a local | jplanning commission, properly | | legalized, to carry on the work. | Declaring that much study on} matters of planning for the city should be conducted, the noted planning authority laid stress on determining first, if possible, just , what the future trend of the city {would be—whether industrial, recreational, a tourist center, | ‘military center or other classi j fication. 7 H ) COMDR. LA ROCHE | "ASSIGNED TO K. W. WILL BE ASSISTANT MATE-| RIAL OFFICER OF 7TH j | DISTRICT | | Capt. W. F. Jacobs, USN,/; commandant of Key West Naval Station, announced this morning ithat Comdr. Francis A. La Roche, U.S.N., ret. had been detached | }from duty with Naval Operations | at Washington, D. C.,.and would { report for duty at Key West in the near future. i Comdr. La Roche will report first at Charleston then proceed {here to serve as Assistant Mate-! rial Officer of the 7th Naval District. : Lt. Comdr. Edwin Fisher, {U.S.N., ret., is due to report for jduty here tomorrow, according j to announcement made last week. | 'He will come from San Diego. | LAST DAY FOR | STATE LICENSES Today is deadline day at the; county courthouse for payment | of drivers’, liquor, and occupa- | tional licenses. Both the tax col- {lector’s and county judge's of-j| }fices were scenes of great ac- tivity this morning. j In the former, less than half jthe required and expected num- ‘ber of liquor licenses had been ‘applied for at noon today and the , Same situation applied to occupa- : tional licenses. | In county judge Raymond R.: Lord’s office, indications were that close to 1,000 drivers’ li- censes will have been issued by} office. closing time this after- noon. Nearly 2,000 drivers will be delinquent tomorrow morning ; and will be. subject to arrest. | ALBURY JOINS (Special to The Citizen) GAINESVILLE, Sept. 30—Ap- pointment of 95 senior military students as cadet officers of the University of Florida's ROTC regiment has just’ been an-; nounced. ; | Included in the list is that of | Hilary V. Albury, of Key West, | who received an appointment as second lieutenant. | j C. OF C. ELECTION CLOSES TONIGHT “Next year we will heve to have a bigger ballot box” is the firm conviction of VALE LE hh hake’ W. E. HUSTON Menree County Will Have Te Guarantee AB Land Without Charge Te An thority ecvaed cfhoas 2 Ss coy Se the sum of S7ES.S80 nec been oct aside for tne esabcsmmer = «= eirpert i= Meerse county. The offer. howewer. rects upez ie ehility of the county & Secu the Authority wot ef amc w=> cut charse DIED SUNDAY - FORMER WPA ENGINEER HERE TO BE BURIED IN KEY WEST W. E. (Ed) Huston, former em gineer with the local WPA died at the Memor, hospital in evening 2 00 o'clock received thi No ann had been day. Pritchard's Funeral will be in charge ments, however. and it that full-Masonic Honors wil paid Mr. Huston we le ac ~ to advice morn made THREE DESTROYERS JOIN LOCAL PATROL COME FROM NORFOLE: TWO SHIPS GO TO OVER- HAUL Captain A. S. Carpender, U. S N., commander of the Key West West Gulf Patrol, announced tc day that the destroyers US § KING and U.S. S. SANDS Ieft this port yesterday, temporarily detached from the local patrel for © overhaul duty at Norfolk Coincident with this announce- ment came the news that new destroyers, the U. S S SIMPSON and U. S. S TRUX- TON, arrived to join the locsl patrol yesterday and the U. S. S. BROOME arrived this morning Commanding the U.S & IMPSON is Lt Comdr D N Cone, Jr. U. S. N.; the US S TRUXTON, Lt Comdr H B. Heneberger, U. S. N. and the U S. S. BROOME, Lt. Comdr. J. ¥. Dannenberg. Other ships in port today are the U. S. S. GOLDSBOROUGH and U. S. S. MAC LEISH Polls Close 8 p.m. Tonight. Have You Voted in the Pri Election fer DIRECTORS CHAMBER of COMMERCE two L taraf om the pot uct. followmmg stuck @es woud build up a dollar exchange pet- muting the mlanders tw tuy Am- af erican goods Copes. the ied =mest coconut # usec © Kays fe