The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 31, 1940, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Che Key West Cttizrn THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1940 VOLUME LXI. No. 260. CONSTRUCTION IN |, STATE. CONTINUES Bombers Italian Advance | MILLION DOLLARS DURING SEPTEMBER OF YEAR AGO, RECORDS SHOW | (Svecial to The Citizen) jmunicipalities report |mately $7,000,000 in permits September, * is- the a A 5 jsued during Fight To Gain Possession } Of Greek Islands Main} Feature Of New War Scene HITLER’S SIEGE jmerce declared today. eee oe | _ AIR SLACKENS jot $1,345,626 over the total of $5,- | BRITISH REPORT “COMPARA. | | VALUATIONS INCREASE OVER | lorida State Chamber of Com-!- Seles | (Special to WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.—Four {important provisions for the pro- I tection of the civil rights of men in Selective Service training, or in the armed forces of the nation : OF Drafted Americans ‘WIDE DISCRETIONARY POWER EXTENDED approxi- ; i TO COURTS IN REGARD TO ENFORCE- MENT OF JUDGMENTS The Citizen) . military service unless a bond is| posted to idemnify him should the judgment be reversed after LEGION FORMS — ~ARMISTICE' DAY i OUTLINE FULL PROGRAM AT) i MEETING OF EXECUTIVE) BOARD HELD LAST NIGHT | AT LA CONCHA i ] | A tentative program for the’ Armistice Day parade and cere- mony, stressing Key West unity back of the national defense, was approved at the meeting last night of the executive committee of Arthur Sawyer Post No. 28, the American Legion. ! At 11 a. m. on November 11 there will be a hallow square | formed at Duval and Fleming; streets. Tne squate will be form- , ed by a detachment of the U.S.! he has finished military service. | Army, the U.S. marine corps, the 3. The court may extend the!U.S. navy and the American Le- (By Associated Press) Leading cities and figures re- {577,709 recorded for the same jmonth a year ago, the State} TIVELY LIGHT" = RAIDS: | aorted were: MAIN DAMAGE ALONG ES-| Miami Beach, |Chamber said. LONDON, Oct. 31.—Late dis- TUARY OF THAMES |ami, $1,245,076; $1,672,409; + Mi- Jacksonville, {$703,123; Ft. Lauderdale, $492,- 1920; St. Petersburg, $431,090; |Orlando, $330,037: Coral Gables, 222,696; West Paim Beach, $215,- 814; Fampa, $192,527; Sarasota, $152,643; Hollywood, $151,685; Daytona Beach, $124,775; Clear- water, $118,525. Other municipalities reporting patches from Athens this after- noon were to the effect that! } Greek troops were continuing to| fight-off the Italian thrusts made | (By Associated Press) LONDON, Oct. 31.—Nazi at ell along the Albanian frontier. | tacks on this city and other sec: ome however | Hons of England were reported still maintain that the campaign‘ “comparatively light” this jg |n0on, though a number of enemy statements, as to take possession of Greece i: proceeding satisfactorily. Observers taking stock of conflicting claims, were in- clined to believe that Italy was but small gains into Greek territory and forecast the opinion that the aggression may here. making | bombers crept through defending barrages to drop bombs on the city. | = ,784; Ira h, $72,- Main additional destruction | sy" one Deny bee hates was noted by observers along ' Beach, $71,800; Lake Wales, $62,- ;the Thames estuary where a/635; Panama City, $57,841; numbér of docks and store houses Gainesville, $55,175; Lake Worth, were: | Tallahassee, $96,675; St. Augus- . = ica $38,555; Bradenton, $31,525; Pal- prespa tet atim sty the ceparng ek $28,640; Jacksonville Beach, }$28,635; Winter Park, $27,275; | DNB news agency reported | Dunedin, $24,700; Ocala, $24,618; ; that their air forces had com-| Leesburg, $17,222; Sanford, $16,-| pletely destroyed whole blocks of ! 185; Vero Beach, $14,141. j factory and dock sites along the inset eo ee pomen sha ‘ A | 700; New , $8,686; = ae BaGsh, however, | ever; $8,594; Plant City, $8,500; denied other than light damage | Sebring $8,400; Manatee, $6200; in addition tu previous destruc-' Bartow, $6,050; Lake City, $4,650: tion reported. | Tarpon Springs, $3,800; Fort My- Meanwhile, the Royal Air ers, $3,335; Avon Park, $3,050; | Force foraged far into Germany ; Davenport, $1,500, and Bartow, to the industrial Ruhr valley last | $856. night and conducted far-flung} raids bringing additional de- Wel], We Know Editors struction to channel points at} settle down to a long-drawn out war with accent preventing British naval units from taking advantage of the situation. Further advice from Athens stated that the government had instituted a zleanjup_— drive against Fifth Columnists and had issued bans against all for- eigners not reporting satisfac- torily on their presence in the country Greece’s small army was re- ported to be holding down Ital- ian mechanized drives in_ terri- tory s to be about 12 miles over the Albanian border, with i raiders. |that are given by the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 11940, are emphasized by national ‘headquarters, Selective Service System, in a summary of the Act. ed out, is the wide discretionary power given to all courts in the forcement of the judgments as well as for the protection of de- fendants when suits are entered and heard. Important specific general grovisions of the Act are: I. No default judgment can be obtained against any man of mili- itery age unless the court first is jinformed by affidavit of his mili- ltary status. The penalty pre= scribed for making a false affi- cavit is imprisonment for one year or a fine of not more than: $1,000, or both. 2. Generally, no judgment can be eollected against any man in FOUR JUVENILES ARE SENTENCED ED SENTENCE REVOKED; OTHERS ON SUSPENSE The major provision, it is point-- country witn regord to the en- time for payment of a judgment | not exceeding three months aft- er completion of military service, or may arrange for its payment; in installments over a longer pe- | riod. . 4. No man in military service may be sued unless he is repre-' sented in court. If he is not rep- resented by his own attorney, } the court will appoint an attorney to act for him—but he is not bound by the action of an at- torney so appointed. | The summary of the Act reads: General Relief: Persons in the military service are granted an extension of time to apply to any court which has entered certain judgments against them, while! they were in service. Other re-; gion. There will be firing! squads, the color guard and a color escort. Bells and whistles of the city will be sounded at 11 a. m. and last for three minutes. Churches, jfactories and boats will be asked to participate in this sounding of Key West unity. This whistling (and bell ringing will be in com- memoration of the winning of the World War and the continu- ance of our Democratic form of government. { Awards Key Roads’ Bid To fl. $. Makenzie PLAN BUILDING BRIDGE ACROSS JEWFISH CREEK STATE DEPARTMENT BY WAR SECRETARY On December 21, 1939, the As- sistant Secretary of War issued an instrument to the State Road Department of Florida, approv- ing the location and plans of a bridge to be constructed across Jewfish Creek (Intracoastal Wa terway) about two miles weste: from Key Largo, Fla A condition of the instrument provides that the approval shall At 11:05 a. m. the firing squad will face northeast in Duval street. The chaplain will utter a prayer for those who fell over- seas, the post commander or someone he designates will make (Continued On Page Four) lief in connection with legal proceedings is also provided. Rent, Installment Contracts and Mortgages: The courts are allow- ed to be more lenient in certain | cases of non-payment of rent for | SPONGE SALES the wife; children or other- des FIRST SIZABLE LOTS IN pendents of a-person in military | MONTH SOLD THIS | service. Where an automobile, | j tractor, clothing, furniture or oth- WEEK H er personal property has been | j purchased under an installment ! or deferred payment contract, Following very little action at prior to October 18, 1940, and the the municipal sponge market {purchaser has entered the mili- ,during the past month, a fair- itary service and thereby be- sized auction was held on Mon- jcomes unable to make the pay- day of this week when four lots, iments, the property cannot be totalling 32 bunches light bombers delivering telling against the invaders. Ostend, Calais and Bolougne. Who'd Do Even Worse i in, meanwhile, was push- A WISE PIGEON \ lishment of strong bases islands of Corfu and Crete d laying of mines in of waters sur- (By Axsociated Press) McCOMB, Miss., Oct. 31.—It’s said the newspaper business is a tough game for a woman—that a woman's place is in the home. But Editor Elizabeth Millard of the Pike county Herald, who’s gone unscathed from her journal- istic experiences, reported that Ss a result of her duties in the kitchen since she married re- NEW YORK.—A homing pig- eon, with a broken leg which had | been improperly set in splints, } flew to the roof of the Bethel Hospital and alighted at the feet of two internes. Adopted by one of the hospital doctors, the frac- tured leg was x-rayed and an/ orthopedic surgeon of the Hos- pital performed the necessary |cently she: : operation, resetting the leg. j, Cut one finger peeling pota- : | toes; scraped another digit grat- the other other sectior rounding Greece. Independent experts here were of the opinion Italy would be suc- ful in landing troops on other nds other than Corfu and Crete, and that a strong drive would soon be instituted to pre- (Continued on Page Four) Three Destroyers Onori: Way To Join Patrol Destroyer U.S.S. OVERTON, of the Key West-W Gulf Patrol, ~ ling nutmeg; scalded {hand in dishwater; aT jhip falling down the kitchen BS por | ACTORS HELP RED CROSS | | TORONTO.—According to the 2 _ [Canadian Red Cross, theatrical ' Captain Jacobs reported this | persons from the United States’ bruised her | Juvenile Judge Mrs. Juliette |Russell passed sentence on four jboys of Key West this morning jin a hearing held at her home on! {Southard street, following arrest yor the boys on charges of robbery ‘committed in many homes and j business places in the city. ; A suspended sentence jover a year ago on Edward Lar- sen was revoked and Mrs. Rus- sell directed the ‘sheriff's office {to hold the boy awaiting trans- porting to the school at Mariana. | Three other boys, alleged mem- bers of the band of young rob- bers, all between the ages of 14 |to 16,.were given four-year sen- tences at the reform school, but suspensions Were ordered in each ‘case. They are Kirkland Bethel, Amando Machin and Joseph Gar- state reform i tenmeyer. (Continued on Page Four) i ARG EPRE EAT, i i ‘RAGS’, A DOG, IS oa ASS’T ENGINEER , novi anata: (By Associated Press) ABERDEEN, N. C., Oct. 31.— And now a “hearing ear dog.” | Born deaf and dumb, Fred} Lewis became an expert me-j chanic and took over the job as} chief engineer of the city water | station several years ago. But he could not hear the machinery. | So Lewis trained Rags. a dog of indefinite ancestry, to take the place of his ears. When Lewis starts the pumps, Rags. will grab the end of his tail in his teeth and chase it around a few times. If all goes well, hes will then lie still. But if the ma- | brought a total of $131.31. Since September 30, the last day of reporting, only three sales were held—Oct. 7, $78.00; Oct. 21, $35.00 and Oct. 25, 23.65. GRAND JURY ON Membership of the Monroe County Grand Jury left Key West early this morning in autos for the Florida Keys on an un- announced mission, feHowing re-/ cess of their delibe#atiéns on the! Leon Massi murder-ease. ; It is conjectured the jury will! make its usual investigation of chinery stops, Rags arises and {school conditions on the keys. Creek. be ‘null and void unless actual construction of the bridge he commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of this instrument. The State Road Department is unable to begin work on the Structure prior to December 21 1940, but intends to work within the next year and is therefore requesting that the times of commencement and com- pletion be extended to December 21, 1941 and December 21, 1943. respectively It is NOT proposed to public hearing on ‘this tion. Anyone desiring to protest the proposed work from the Standpoint of its interference with, or effect upon, navigation should submit such protest im writing, with reasons in sufficient detail to permit intelligent con- sideration. Protests should be mailed to the District Engineer (Continued on Page Four hold 2 105 cach Night; Announce Elec- tion Pay Schedule For Precinct Workers County comminiones =ct & Speual sesmon ies: ewemng = Gicsk Boss C Sewyer's office cpem ings fer tme comsrreciion of fiwe roeds om Key Large at Ter ernier. These roads cower 2 total dustamce of 6.050 fee: 2 Lote ov-- a2 mile the bec speciiicetoms call img for complete surfacing with In addition. three cents per cost = gpch ppecamrt ea & pet Inspector amc cewek 2pphca- 2 Democratic Committee OpensRe-Election Drive Monroe County Democratic Ex- Ke We= = ae arrived at Key West Naval Sta- tion this morning from Galveston to take on fuel and stores for the “sealed orde trip being un- morning that the navy tug Geo. ‘have sent a total of $35,000 to the} Judge Russell cautioned the W. Codrington had arrived at jorganization. This amount includ- | three boys released that future Key West base and was under- |ed by a) son Katharine Hep-jreports of misbehavior would ; é burn, $16,500 from Ruth Draper,! bring immediate revoking of the going outfitting operations for an }Robert Sherwood donated $2300 | suspended atbates: | assignment elsewhere. H |goes through his tail chasing to warn his master. And when the fire bell rings, | Rags leaps to his feet to chase ‘that tail and warn Lewis to start |the extra pumps. Strangely} ‘ecutive Committee imaugurated were m= Ge GSmeece! ste USES IDENTIFICATION CARD jits drive to BEDFORD, Va.—The day aft- er Cecil C. Hicks, 33, of Victoria, received his identification from ‘ABSENTEE VOTING REPORTED | enough, when the same bell rings | the registrar of the draft, he was jregularly as a time signal at 12| identified. His body was found “You can’t fool Rags,” Lewis | wrote on a slip of paper with a eoer |noon, Rags ignores- it. | beneath a 75-foot trestle from which he had apparently fallen. "SIDI Sa ea: , BIG SILVER BOOM AT | WALTER JACOBS, JR., County Judge Raymond Lord stated this morning * that labsentee balloting for the elec- tion next Tuesday was very light, only twenty having appeared to jvote up to noon today. BOTTLING WORKS (By Associated Press) CLARKSBURG, W. Va., Oct. 31.—Clarksburg had more silver RESERVE NOMINATE Advice was received yes- terday by Captain Walter F. Jacobs,. U.SAN>that his vigorously support President Roosevelt's bid for re- election today. The following statement, prepared by the com mittee, was authorized lease: “Regardiess of political affile- tions, no true-blooded Key West- er, Or adopted son for that mat ter, can conscientiously fil t vote for Franklin D. Roosevelt j next Tuesday. “Disgruntled politiciams and some who have even drunk free- : lfrom the proceeds of his “Abe} dertaken by all ships of the local; The Codrington has been re-jLincoln in Mlinois”, and also of- neutrality patrol. | named the-U. S. S. Mankato, fol- fered his royalties from his new The OVERTON, together with | lowing the navy custom to name jot “There oe eae Night”, the U.SS. BAINBRIDGE and| all tugs after an Indian tribe Cr aaa impending showing in U.S.S. STURTEVANT, left earlier i name. ie today to join the other ships of} _ - the patrol, the latter two having | ———ee | ILI LILI LI I, come in yesterday morning to complete fueling and taking on of! 90 Da s! ST. AUGUSTINIANS stores y CRAZY’ ABOUT CITY Commander Wilder Baker,| z Es .. is supposed to be on}, City laws now require all resi- | mne of these vessels, going |4ents living on streets on which Captain A. S. Carpen- |sewer laterals have been installed der, U.S.N. of his command of | connect up their house lines the local patrol. Bele ae system. Commander Baker arrived in; Ninety days from date of pub- Key West last night from his eae 23, 1940—is officer in charge of Naval ime limit. Strategy at Yale Uni- : THIRTY-EIGHT DAYS HAVE y, staying with Captain} ELAPSED! Walter F. Jacobs, U.S.N., station | aaa oven other | OBE YOuR... ‘ontr 0 repo x ' news The Citizen's report, MIDNIGHT SUPPER yesterday that six VP bombers} © SANDWICHES — CHILI had left yesterday morning to COLD DRINKS join ships of this patrol at the —at— appointed rendezvous was veri- SIDEWALK CAFE fied by naval authorities this ——Open All Night morning. ———— j Two women vifitors from ; St. Augustine called “at The Citizen office thiso>morning and Fo son. t Deadline for absentee voting, dollars in circulation ‘the other + . will come at midnight tomorrow,) day thari at any time in recent | Friday. Judge Lord’s office will \years. imot remain open, however, be-* ‘Employes of a bottling works I lyond 5:00 o'clock. Should any- ‘received 1,800 of them in their ; |one desire to vote absentee after pay envelopes. ee A jthat time, they have been re-| i 3 | quested to get in touch with him at home. Walter FascJacobsi: 'NABS MAN WHILE PARADING i . — | NEW YORK.—While marching ‘up Fifth Avenue in the recent WEEK-END SPECIALS Pulaski Day parade, Chief of Po- lice John J. Jasinski, of Man- ee | ville, N. J., spotted a man he had ) special ___ on 33c Nevis a for. Dropping out line, he bed the Maloney Bros, Bakery ‘ict him at's nearby police sa: Phone Street tion for safekeeping spite before [turned to his place in the parade | PO OOO LD DD OS ity. and then re- "ZIP OLLIIOL lee oe a for re. ever berg coset ages am > bemg ts Sieets -—epiee & bemg proves Se Es Bo