The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 8, 1940, Page 1

Associate i Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 267. The 7 SRD. Nazis Increase Air War; S¢a Raider Sinks Conny € Fifty TWO Become Naturalized Today Elks Held Patriotic Cere- monies This Morning; Judge Holland Presided At Court Fifty-one persons were natural- ized as United Stetes citizens, and one person was repatriated, in Federal Court proceedings this morning in the Courthouse on Simonton street. Federal Court Judge John W. Holland, with his court attaches, opened the session at 9:30 o'clock and proceeded with the naturali- zation activities. At 11:00 o’clock, a patriotic ob- servance in honor of the occasion was held, sponsored by the local B.P.O. Elks chapter, at which W. Curry Harris, member of the lodge, was the speaker. Deputy clerk Rodney Gwynn announced the following names of new citizens: Angelina Norcissa Garcia, | Catherine Bartlett, Leonard Leon Cates, Thomas Oliver, William Edwin Albury, Manuel Vidal, Jose Maria Mesa, John Berwi Douglas Trumble, Luis Norcis: Bernabe Perez, Antonio Meireles, Ramona Luezo Herrara, Andrea Perez, Patricio Manuel Naranjo, Charles Wesley Pinder, Laurie Vanessa Collins, Bertram D. Saw- ye Josephine Mora, Samuel (Continued on Page Four) snappy tunes provided by LIONS ANNOUNCE TOY BENEFIT FOR TOMORROW A. M. ADMISSION TO- MONROE THEATER MOVIE SHOW WILL BE A TOY: LIONS PRE- PARE FLOAT FOR PARADE Children of Key West are to have another opportunity to help Key West Lions provide toys for the annual Christmas Tree Bene- fit this year, by bringing a toy to the Monroe Theater tomorrow morning, where a benefit show will be presented, at 10:00 o'clock. Announced last night at the supper meeting held in the Lions Den, this project is a continua- tion of the effort to provide a thousand toys for the annual benefit at Christmas time Program consisted of some a trio composed of three guests—Jack Crawley and Otto DiVanti, of Cabana, and “Peewee” Weldon, of the Stork Club. They led - Lions in community singing and played several selections. Lions learned about the record- ing profession when guest Elijah Sands of the Overseas Radio Com- pany, demonstrated equipment that picked up the songs they (Centinued on Page Four) NEW SUGAR CANE HARVEST SEASON GOT Will Soon Start Erection Of Monument To Sugar Act. see UNDER WAY IN EVERGLADES THIS WEEK (Florida News Service) CLEWISTON, Nov. The 1940-41 sugar cane harvest in the Everglades began this week with the huge sugar house beginning operations last Tues- day. Commenting on the start of an- other harvest ason, president Clarence R. Bitting of the United States Sugar Corporation said: “A new year begins, a year which marks the close of a de- cade. How different the outlook of ten years ago. Ten years ago the corporation owning the sugar house had 23,000 acres planted to sugar cane; today the federal government limits the corpora- 8 (FNS).— tion to but 20,000 acres. Ten years | National Guard Notice All men of Battery “E” 265th C. A. FNG are ordered to report to Armory 3:15 p. m., November llth, for purpose of attending Armistice Day parade and cere- monies. Uniform will be caps, khaki shirts, black tie, slacks, brown st WILLIAM C. HARRIS, Captain, Commanding. nov8-1t ago there were no _ independent growers of sugar cane; encourag- ed by the corporation, farmers of the ‘Glades now have over 2,500 al- though the federal government limits their right to harvest to a meager 1,000 acres. “During the past ten years much has been accomplished by the research division of the cor- poration. Private research, con- ducted at private, not public, ex- pense, has developed new types of cane ideally adapted to condi- tions in the Everglades. Engi- neering studies have resulted in improved water control methods which will further increase the section acre productivity of the land and at the same time conserve the soil. These results rebound to the full (Continued on Page Four) vegetable * | German Ship Roams Mid-' Atlantic; Greeks And British Combine Hold Italians (By Associated Press) LONDON, Nov. 8.—The Battle’ of Britain procezded at a faster pace today, as announcement was made this morning that Pome German bombers swooped down from the skies to drop bombs on the central part of London, fol- | lowing sporadic attacks all last night. At the same time. Nazi dis- patches claimed that sea raider action had destroyed a whole British convoy in the Atlantic early this week, sinking a total of 86,000 tons of ships. The raider, of the Graf Spee type, is believed to be roaming in} mid-Atlantic waters at present, and British naval officials were contemplating strenuous action today to overcome the effects of this raider. ' No confirmation of the convoy sinking was released by the Brit- ish today and no knowledge of the Nazi claims was admitted. British officials stated that Nazi air raiders covered a wide area over England last night and dropped hundreds of bombs. They denied, however, that much dam- age resulted from the attacks. Only about one-quarter of one percent of the nation’s factories have been destroyed to date, Brit- ishers stated today, bringing, as they stated, a “poor return for the thousands of bombs dropped and time spent” by the Nazis. Former Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s physical condition was pronounced grave this morning. The 71-year-old diplo- mat suffered a breakdown weeks (Continued on Page Four) BROUGHT GOOD NEWS APPROVAL OFPROJECT ..... YESTERDAY =~ SENATOR WARD BROUGHT WORD TO CITY THIS NOON; MILITARY TO CONSTRUCT ALL BRIDGES DAVID ELMER WARD STATE SENATOR DAVID ELMER WARD, who arrived here this noon, registering at the La Concha Hotel. with his friend, Sam Spencer, of Marathon and Ft. Myers. brought good news to Key West concerning State Road Department approval of a contract to start Highway extension work immediately. State Road Department voted approval of the Overseas High- . Way Extension project at their meeting yesterday at Fort Myers. and indicated, in the contracts signed, that work would start immediately on construction of all roadways between Big Pine Key and Key West on the old F. E. C. Railway roadbed. State Senator ‘David Elmer COMDR. CALLAHAN RECRUIT OFFICER: FOR NAVY RESERV | ANNOUNCESIEW?-1 MADE THIS lahan, Officer at Key West Naval Sta- tion, announced today had received an additional duty appointment to act as recruiting officer for the here. any joining the Naval Reserve in his office on the third floor of the _administration building. He stat- led that quite a few men had in- dicated interest in this service. USN., mandant, announced Lt. Otto J. W. Haltnorth, U.S.N., retired, Sunday to take up active ere. ant to the Captain of the Lt. Comdr. Edwin Fisher, U.S.N. Ward brought this news to Key West this noon, and in a state- ment to The Citizen, explained that members of the Road De- partment were advised that the Federal government Bureau of Roads, presumably in coopera- tion with military units, would mpve immediately to construct bridges for the roadway on. the old railroad spans. MORNING: MANY HERE IN- TERESTED IN ENLISTMENT: LT. HALTNORTH COMING roe County projects were moved up on the calendar yesterday in order that he could leave the meeting to bring the word to Key West. County commissioners wired Communications the State Road Department mem- bers early yesterday, -asking that this project be approved. At Press time-today. they had not been advised of the action taken. At the same time, the S.R.D. indicated that additional surveys of the highway north of the Bridge district would be under-. taken, and highway construction would follow shortly. USE AIR MAIL, MR. POSTMAN? (Ry Associated Press) ROANOKE, Va., Nov. 8—A resident of Altoona. Pa., troubled because a young robin had not learned to fly well before migra- tion, wrote Postmaster John W. Wright for advice. A trip South, with all expenses paid, was the answer. Lieut. Commander Fort H. Cal- USN. that he Naval Reserves Comdr. Callahan will interview young man interested in To Assist Captain Captain Walter F. Naval _ station today Jacobs, com- that of Miami, would arrive duty Lt. Haltnorth will act as assist- Yard, DEMERITT INJURED IN STREET BRAWL Asks For Sponsorship rocero wconcous x FUNGS In ’41 Budgets ROBERT SAWYER LATE LAST NIGHT Reported to be in a_ serious condition today, Gilbert “Gibby”, Demeritt, taxi driver, was fight- ing to recover from effects of a street brawl that occurred late last night at the corner of Duval and Fleming streets. Robert Sawyer, the other principal of the brawl, struck Demeritt and knocked him unconscious. “Gibby” suffered a possible factured skull and jaw in the fight. i Sawyer, connected with the U.S. Engineers’ force now at work dredging Northwest Chan- nel, is being detained in the county jail awaiting a hearing to be held late today. He is a former Key Wester. H SPECIAL LOTS 1x4 No. 1 FLOORING __ $60 M 1x3 No, 2 FLOORING __ $40 M Strunk Lumber Yard PHONE 816 | Brady’s (Live) Poultry Market SOFT-BONE ROASTERS FRYERS We Dress, Cut-Up and Deliver At No Extra Cost \Phone 540 1214 White St.' State Administrator Roy Schro- der today urged state, county and municipal bodies throughout Flor- ida to provide for WPA sponsor- ship funds in their 1941 budgets, reminding ment and public Possibilities of the work program would be largely controlled by such contributions. imandatory, he explained, sponsors’ share of the cost of the ;Mon-federal projects, which gain (Speei JACKSONVILLE, Nov. te The Citizen) 8. — final approval, be not less than 25 per cent of total expenditures for such undertakings. ss This applies, he said, to all Projects approved by the Presi- dent subsequent to January 1 1940. Administrator Schroder report- ed expenditures through them that employ- improvement Federal regulations it that make tween July, 1935 and September | 30, 1940, at $119,401,312, in-; cluding $93,364,495 in Federal! (Continued on Page Four) S. A. COHEN, Representing THE MAXWELL CO., Inc. WHOLESALE Furniture, Furnishings, Restaurant Equipment and Venetian Blinds WILL BE IN KEY WEST AT GIBSON HOTEL 1015 Fleming Street ae Phone $112 For Interviews or Contacts With Anyone Interested Mr. Ward stated that the Mon-! the} WPA program in Florida, be-| ry Wrst Citizen ==== THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1940 TO START HIGHWAY EXTENSION STATE CHAMBER SECRETARIES IN DECEMBER MEET SPEAKER AT 24TH ANNUAL BUSINESS CONFERENCE (Special to Tre Citizen) TALLAHASSEE, Nov. 8—Joe Hall of this city, president of the Florida Junior Chamber of Com- “merce, will be keynote speaker at the Annual Secretaries’ Luncheon feature of the 24th annual busi-! ness conference and membership meeting of the Florida State Chamber of Commerce in Jack- sonville December 3-4. Mr. Hall will be introduced by James T. Daniels, Jackson- ville Chamber of Commerce man- ager, and a past president of the Florida Commercial Secretaries’ Association, it has been an- nounced. Mr. Daniels will also * preside. The session is co-sponsored by the State Junior Chamber and the secretaries’ association in honor of all local Chamber of Commerce trade and civic organi- zation officers and directors in attendance at the “Florida—Cen- ter of the Americas” business conference and 24th annual meeting of the State Chamber. It will be attended by all pres- ent at the two-day assembly. | Luncheon will convene at 12:15 cember 2, when the main confer- ence will be held. Membership; session, election of officers and other State Chamber matters will feature the second day. Paying tribute to local groups, Carl Brorein of Tampa, State Chamber president, declared, “Florida owes a great debt to those energetic men and women devoting their time to the work of the local trade, commercial and civic organizations. Every successful move for a city, every community gain, every particle ;of community progress, prosper- ity or development is also a def- inite gain and forward step for Florida as a whole. We salute those willing workers who carry out this fine community and state work”. ALIEN EXPERT DUE HERE TOMORROW ‘CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SPONSORS MEETING AT 3:00 P. M. Department of Justice at Washington advised the local Chamber of Commerce today that Mr. Lund, of their depart- ment, would be in Key West to- morrow, to stay until Monday, for the purpose of discussing matters arising from registration of aliens in this city. Representatives of all groups in the city are being asked to meet with Mr. Lund tomorrow after- noon at 3:00 o'clock at the C. of C. headquarters. City laws now require all resi- jdents living on streets on which | sewer laterals have been installed ‘to connect up their house 7 with the system. H Minsky Siew toms dale pth} |lication—September 23, 1940—is | jthe time limit John Hall—Nancy Kelly in SAILOR’S LADY JAYCEE PRESIDENT WILL BE p. m. the first day, Monday, De-' Tax Delinquent Discount Period Thirty Percent Reduction On Old Taxes Allowed Until December 31 Of This Year City Council voted last night. 3 to 2, to amend the resolution call- ing for settlement of delinquent taxes owrd prior to 1836 on a 33 percent basis, extending the deadline time from October to December 3ist this year. Action taken unsuccessful attempts on the part of councitmen Boyden and Ram Sey to set-up a council-sponsored individual tax hearing board The resolution also imcluded the provision that 1940 taxes must be settled at the time f payment of past-due taxes. the same provision that 1937, 1938 and 1939 taxes are also t paid in full. Partial payment plan was one feature of the reso- lution. President was following Freeman. spesking ‘ROTES WITNESS BOY SCOUTS IN FIRST-AID WORK SCOUTMASTES PEIRCE PEE SENTED SIX SCOUTS @ DEMONSTRATION aT YES TERDAYS MEETING ist s on the measure, declared in favor © of “blanket” tax settlem announced his disapprov: partial payment feature as (Continued on Page Four bu: f the Completed Arrangements For Faming OF Speci Toma (Special oo The Coteere WASHINGTON, D. C.. Now. & —Washington offices Fiona | Senators Charles O. Andrews Claude Pepper were enlisted the week by Harold Colee, exerut: jvice-president of the Florids | State Chamber of Commerce efforts to obtain national world-wide motion picture pub licity for the state. This was accomplished througt the filming of the operations jof the Florida Livestock, Forage and Forestry Special train spon sored by the University of Flor ida, Florida Department of Agriculture, the Atlantic Cos Line and the Louisville and Nash ville railroad. | Gov.-Elect Spessard Holland was the keynote speaker at the ceremony inaugurating the Spe- jcial’s three-week tour of the “Year-Round State”, yesterday jat Gainesville. | Offices of Florida senators here were actively engaged the carly j of and othe These theatre: © Fiona: murucgeices © op mit Florxiass te wast te oac adetms aah ¢ proved Fliers agzecuiase Se-