The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 9, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key West Cttizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER mee C ‘ME LXI. No, 241. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9. Esquinaldo Defers Hearing Decision Von Cosel Returned To “START DREDGING Uw Ss. MAC LEISH Jail On Original Bond; WORK AT NAVAL LEFT “FOR TEXAS. Session Lasted Three Hours Carl Tanzler von Cosel was still confined in jail today on the/| criginal bond of $1,000 set by! Peace Justice Enrique Esquin-! alde, Jr.. Sunday. following the! three-hour hearing held yester- | U day afternoon and evening at the county courthouse. The hearing wi scheduled determine '“ m whether the 70-year-old scientist | jo was to should be held for Criminal Court‘ pany crews arrived trial on charge of violating a la: on the announced that the cemetery vault and removing the dead body of his to sweetheart, will end, Elena Hoyos Mesa. pl indicated at aring, which ly before 9:00 o'clock last eve- ment for a few his days ~ known de- jth, Hundreds of Key tors s ve Westers andi to gain admittance nber which the as conducted yesterday, » denied the priv- nt listened with Cosel related, in a vice, the strange had attended his fatal ill- the day would what vi to in tic th: in her that he no matter of her and in each of the precincts will be trations until next > at- . who von Cosel ;COMMANDER T. the nounced today this morning lock to short-|Corps engineer: | burg (Miss.) t he would take the case tion, arrived here and began borings on the site of the proposed marine railway for Citizen and r SUBMARINE BASE J. BRADY FURTHER REVEALS BOR- INGS FOR MARINE RAIL- WAY BEGAN YESTERDAY Lieut. Commander T. J. Brady, S.N., public works Seventh Naval that dre officer of District, preliminar iging contract an- ork on th cently let by the Navy Depart- ™ ent, had been started at the cal submarine basc Huffman Construction Com- in Key West st weekend and started work contract Monday. It was hage dredges be employed in the project probably arrive this week- coming down from a com- eted project at Tampa. Commander Brady announced that U.S. Army from the Vic! Experimental sta- last Saturday submarine basin develop- (Continued on deen ees Four) e ELECTION BOOKS CLOSE SATURDAY County Supervisor of Registra- on John England reminded The lents of Key West at but three more days remain which to register for the elec- tion November 5th Books at the county courthouse county's 15 open for regis- Saturday 5:00 o'clock. had hired a taxi the casket d= rebui ts present of p: he te state nd_ plaster and he would was tak CAPTAIN CARPENDER AND STAFF LEAVE FOR TWO WEEKS Captain A. S. Carpender, U.S.N., and his staff, left Key West this! [afternoon on board the flagship,! U. week MAC LEISH, for a two- veston and Corpus Christi, Tex- as. This is the first inspection trip| de by Captain Carpender since he assumed command of the new Key West-West Gulf Patrol, with headquarters in this city. Two new destroyers to arrive at the local station! Captain Carpender stat- USS. STURTEVANT and U.S.S. OVERTON, and the airplane tender USS. GAN- NETT will also arrive shortly! from overhaul duty at Norfolk. The USS. TRUXTON is on! neutrality patrol in this area at} present and the U.S.S. SIMPSON; left last weekend for duty at Galveston... The U.S.S. BROOME and U.SS. GOLDSBOROUGH are due} shortly, ed nd U.S. REUBEN JAMES are} 1 port at present. COUNTY BOARD MEETS TONIGHT: Second meeting of the current month for the Board of County Semmissioners will be held to- night in clerk Ross C. Sawyer’s office at the county courthouse, starting at 8:00 o'clock. Chief item of importance to be considered will be setting up of balloting machinery for the elec- | tion to be held November 5th, it] was announced. TS. JAIL OR A FINE IF YOU DONT Stinnett Gaus To Clarity ae Service Problems | ago t er sister was not ssion of her father, no wher en days by later his ex- after a/of and re- t to re- the vaul end, M corrob for Mrs. her belief the figure warrant, se at he she is of grace th Re the rs were trial would be — at th di thi (Q By JACK STINVETT WASHINGTON, Oet fr selec »ppers further ef them. Q. Suppose I refuse to answer e questions put to me by the registrar? struc ct a structing Q. I am moving to another city e day after draft registration. What should I do? Esquinaldo mei stigating dress of the case today in af, mm if others, be- the in‘ A. Notify your local board im- yy when you-change ad- no matter w ‘ter registratic Q. What is the difference be- de- tween the registrars and the local y—Dr. R. T. Rudd one 16 birthday party, for himself. He was the birthdays of the cl hed. The voluntary three or jerk, . pi ly 30,000 population. to the boards, but not part of them are the examin hen it oceurs! ture Service Writer ing ph and government appe: It will be the duty cians gents. ~ cf the board to classify all regis- trants and notify those men call-j ed into service. Q. In our local board district there are many factory workers and there is no labor man on the board who has any understanding of labor problems. Is there any- thing we can do about it? A. Yes. Appeal to your gover- nor and ask him to appoint such resentative of labor to the oSe in charge of selec- rvice at national headquar- ‘© are particularly eager to Se boards made up of n of high standing who are resentative of the community | they se In the case of appeal boards it is stipulatd that boards should include one mem- ber from labor, one from indus try, a physician, a lawyer andj; (Continued on Page Four) sewer laterals have been installed to a up their house lines! ae days from date of pub-; lication—September 23, the time limit. SIXTEEN DAYS HAVE ELAPSED! 's familiarization trip to Gal-} the! 1940—is | IN THE U. S. A. Governor Display ‘CALLS UPON ii ii i | | ICE REG | ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., Oct. 9. —Prominent display on Registra- }tion Day of the nation’s flag by jall citizens—at their homes, at their business houses, and at their places of recreation—is urged by Governor Fred P. Cone jin a proclamation issued today {declaring October 16 to be a pub- {lic school holiday throughout Florida. Selective service regulations provide for the display of an American flag at each of the thousands of registration places i on the same day. “It is well”, the proclamation states, “in this extraordinary + period in the history of our coun- jtry, that all cite ould show their appreciation of their great jprivileges by thought and action yand a solemn rededication of their lives and fortunes to the jdefense of their country and the perpetuation of the principles for jwhich it stands” | “It is fitting and appropriate”, the proclamation reads, “that the Public School System, one of the finest products of our Democracy, should lend itself to the nation’s welfare in this important work”. { All citizens are called upon by jthe proclamation “to assist in every way they can in the ex- ecution of this Act (Selective Service Act)”. Registration Day had previous- {ly been declared a school holiday by the State Board of Education, the proclamation recites. Copies of the proclamation were received here this morning at State Selective Service Head- quarters by H. P. Bay named j by Governor Cone as state direc- ;tor of registration, shortly after he had announced that county Urges Flag On Oct. Ib ALL CITIZENS EVERY WAY ON SELECTIVE SERV- TO ASSIST (Special to The Citizen) registration. machinery through- out Florida was complete. The completed organization extends down into the districts, the direc- tor said, with the exception of half a dozen counties and these were urged by wire to conclude | their preparations not later than tomorrow. In each of the 67 counties, county registration committees, the chairmen of which were ap- Pointed by the Governor have named registrars and ant registrars who will be charged with the duty of recording the registrants as they appear at the registration places on Wednesday of next week. Nation-wide broadcasts this week will further. familiarize the public with selective military service, according to a telegram received today by Director Ba: On Tuesday, Lieut. Col. Louis B. Hershey, acting director, and others will be heard over the Columbia System in a round table discussion. Col. Hershey! will speak over the Mutual Sys- | tem Wednesday. Both broadcasts will begin at 10:15 p. m. Eastern sicag | Time. Col. Hershey will appear on sa University of Chicago Round} Table program at 2:30 p. m. Sun-! day, over the Red the Nation. | Local broadcasts are being} scheduled this week over many Florida stations by a Radio Com- | mittee, headed by Harold Colee, | manager of the Florida State | Chamber of Commerce. This committee is also arranging for | Figrida’s business record the first’ what to ask of the RFC four-minute patriotic addresses in | theaters and other public places. i { QUESTIONS RETAIL SALES UP 17 PERCENT FIRMS REPORTED CREASE TO BUREAU OF CENSUS P.M. Defense. 348 IN- (Special to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Oc 17 percent ahead of the same month la par, the Florida State Chamber of Com- d out toda Total sales of porting to the Burea sus amounted to $3.07 of 17.1 percent over August, 1939, (Continued On Page Four) S Te- =: jist. Follow ing grace period. started their 4 delinquent driv Less than 300 tags have been jsold, clerk Archie Robe: jPorted today, out of an expected 41500. MONROE COUNTY REGISTRATION FACTS! WHAT—Selective Service Registration. WHERE—At any school building in the county. (Colored men to report to Douglass school). WHO—AIl men between the ages of 21 and 35, married or single, citizens or aliens. WHEN—October 16, WHY—To fulfill Monroe County’s obligation in the Peace-time Conscription Drive for National ‘STARTING ARRESTS ‘FOR NO AUTO TAGS 1940. 7:00 A. M. to 9:00 | f | ae BOYCES ON VISIT , 1940 Key West, Florids, bas the most equable climate im the country; with an sverage range of only 14° Fabrenbet | Fear Double Slam May Bring Jap War GRITO DE YARA RITES S THURSDAY CEREMONY WILL BE BRIEF THIS YEAR IN DEFERENCE TO CUBAN CELEBRATION Officials of San Carles In- stitute announced today that the annual Grito De Yara rites will be celebrated tomorrow morning at the Los Martires de la Patria plot at the city cemetery, start- ing a 10:00 o'clock in the morn- ing. The Institute will brief ceremonies this was explained, in deference to the Cuban Inauguration cere- monials being held in Havana to- morrow, which will lift Colonel Batista into the presidential chair of Cuba. Several members of the Cuban colony here left yesterday to at- tend the inauguration ce in Havana tomorrow. quently, the rites here tomorrow, which signify “Cuban Freedom” will be very brief. hold but year, it STATE BUSINESS SHOWING GAINS NATION FOR FIRST SIX MONTHS OF 13940 (Special to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, Oct. 9. — | six months of 1940 shows up more than well in comparison with both the nation and South Atlan- tic Region, the Florida State Chamber of Commerce today quoted Business Week Maga- zine. The State Chamber said the business publication in a current issue shows Florida making sub- stantial gains in six of eight rep- resentative business indices used in the compilation. Percentages of gain, first (Continued on Page Feur) six acide in Far East Take Spotiight ANDREWS AND PEPPER PUSH AQUEDUCT LINE JUNIOR SENATOR ADVISES KEY WEST THAT HE AND COLLEAGUE ARE DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE Atten- tien From Europe's Air Wars + Anmortated Preae WASHINGTUR. Oct & Admizal Yarnell Grave doubt here todey expressec _— the United Stetes couki Eres Advices received at The Citi zen office this week indicated that Senatorial representatives of Monroe cut of wer with County in bargo act on October which is Washington are doing everything possible t push the Florida Keys Aqueduct project. Both Senators Claude and Charles Andrews have vestigated the possibility RFC expediting the Aqueduct Comissi order that that may include its project with that already approved by the The following highlights ‘progress made: “Senator Andrews and I had a personal conference with RFC of to expediting the the commodente! day of opemms of tne Burms Road by Engianc He stated Jape= Pepper ir the <= «= of United State Teged at the loan 4 order for all citizens t> ewac in state agency na wire ficials relative jaqueduct project. “At present it seems impossible Network of |;COMPARES FAVORABLY WITH tp» clear the RFC side of the mat ter until the from the navy is anticipated in the Gays. “As soon as that report is re- know report comes engineers, wh nich next few ceived then we will hav “I am sure sympathetic that we sha consideration them and all possible co-opera- tion. I am going to stay beh this project until it is appro Reference was made te hope that the Aqueduct commis 's loan of $1,100,000 could t granted in order that the navy's project may be enlarged for fu ture expansion here. Chamber of Commerce Mayor Willard Albury similar dispatches from Pepper this week sio re na aa MAKES NAZI WHEELS OF ECONOMY TO SAILORBOY SON rec Seeuili Work: Paper ied Money Mr. and Mrs. W W. Howard Boyce, of Chicago, Ill. were errivals in Key West yester- day afternoon for a stay at the La Concha hotel. The Boyces came here to visit with their son, Herbert, who is a seaman connected with the Key West-West Gulf Patrol. They are fishing today and stated that if “our catch is satisfactory. we will stay on for a few days”. SIO IaD SMe eA LEGION POST MEETS TONIGHT GO ’ROUND EXPLAINED BY DUTCHMAN (Special to The Citizen) WASHINGTON, Oct —A perfect explanation of what makes the wheels of Nazi econ- omy go ‘round has been received by a local resident of Dutch ex- traction from a friend still in oc- cupied Holland. Included in 2 letter which un- accountably got by the Gerr censor, it reads We have been a very stupid lazy nation, but now all our un- employed have work. For years our best thinkers and economists tried in vain to solve this prob- lem, although the way to do it #seems to be so very simple. All 9. tyou do is to ruin entire districts ARMISTICE CELEBRATION TO!2, come * [bere we have 100,000 buildings to COME UP FOR DiIs- CUSSION towns. For instance, all un- masons, be restored. Magically. employed carpenters, {bricklayers, contractors—in fact thur Sawyer nerican Legi: jalso & les ess of the report from Al Mills. the ionnaires take up the; question of Armistice Day cele- i bration to be held in this city on November 11th. routine bu: with a pro i jtions would not give concerned work for who are ing—have years to come “Stupidly. we did not see where we had money to pay for this. This trouble. however. easily solved. We print as many notes as we need to pay wages. The idea that other na- a cent for these notes is very silly. As we jshut our frontiers and do not al- low our citizens to travel in other al jcountries, these notes circulate jonly in our own beloved land and ‘ legged this merry-go-round whole wages and money It of our solves at once is really a pit professors er thought of this none of omy ev ution. “We have P much too been 2 very unhealthy and we are gia that the allowances of these t bad stimulants are diminished “Our radio programs are m: velous, too. We get the best Ge man gay music and the news « the world given by the most liable sources that one imagine. We have never world is Since the war he people have caugh deafness : tinctly, especially in time. But at night 10:00 o'clock, the strange malady passes and they can hear more distinctly. espec the sounds of a radio” As to the last, the writer prob- ably is referring to foreign brosd- casts which now must be “boot-