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

Associat« 1 Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 268. THE SOUTHERNMOST NE W Chri Says Mor id From US. Is Coming Sends Personal Congrat- REPUBLICANS ulations To President; WOULD STAY Snow Holds Up Italo-| ene, ADJOURNMENT ora acde STATE THEY WANT TO STAY ON JOB UNTIL CHRISTMAS TO KEEP NATION OUT OF WAR \By Axsoctated Press) LONDON, Nov. 9.—Referring to President Franklin D. Roose- velt, Winston Churchill told the press here to- of the services, Prime Minister (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. — Members the Republican day, including members United States foreign of that he was gratified at expres- sions of further aid from America which have come from that na- ;Party in the national Congress, announced today that they were united in their demands to keep oth houses Christmas. Democrats were opposed to this move, stating that there is nothing on the calendar that should prevent adjournment at an early date. Republicans gave as the reason for their desire to stay in session that “we want to stick around in case any ctisis° comes up that might give the President an op- portunity to bring actual war declarations”. This, they stated, he could do if Congress wasn’t in session. r Democrats scouted that possi- bility, and stated that there would be no emergency of suffi- cient import that couldn’t be eared for during the January sessions of Congress. in session until tion since election day last Tues- day. Churchill extended personal congratulations to Mr. Roosevelt. naming him “that _ illustrious American statesman who has nev- er failed to aid England in time of need”. Further aid, as indicated by Churchill, would énchide-machine tools. for armament factories. SNOW HOLDS UP ITALO-GREEK WAR (By Associated Press) ATHENS, Nov. 9.—Dispatches from the front today told of se- vere weather conditions accumu- { lating to hold up maneuvers of both the Italian and Greek arm- jes engaged in a desperate strug- gle along the Albanian frontier. Reminiscent of the Finn-Russo war, soldiers of both armies, fac- ing each other across mountain barriers, are covered with snow, which combines with natural land ! touraines to make marksmanship particularly ineffective. ‘90 Days! t WALLS OF THIRTY-THREE | BUILDINGS WILL RISE IN | FEW DAYS Lieut. Commander T. J. Brady, | U.S.N., public works officer at) the local naval station, announced; Howard E. Dimmick, second- today that the Navy-Federal Class quartermaster on board the | Housing units for the Trumbo Air destroyer U.S.S. Plunkett ran Base were entering the fast con-;@muck last night at 10:00 o'clock. struction stage this weekend. !presumably in a drunken fit, and} | Being built by‘ the Southeast-jthreatened extreme _ property jern Construction Company, of ,damage and loss of life before his Miami, the buildings will house’ escapade came to an end—only a \fifty navy families in the low- brief time after it started. | income brackets. | Appropriating a car. belonging |. There will be thirty-three|to Mario Castro, 1024 Virginia ‘buildings in the project—seven-|Street, which was parked on Du- | A F val street between Angela and’ teen two-family units and sixteen | Southard, Dimmick slammed the for single families. | gears into high speed and roared Since awarding of the con-;down Duval. Losing control at! tract ten days ago, company offi- | Southard street, he hit a Dodge cials have progressed with foun-|C@F belonging to Captain L. H., | Muse, of the Coast Guard, bounc- dation pier work and announced | 4 Fis eg RY eligi MES ig this weekend that work on thejeq by Mitchell White, 1500 Sem- floors and walls of the struc-jinary street, mounted the side- | tures would get under way early} walk at high speed and crashed ; next week. ‘i ____ Other contracts let at Washing-| RITES TOMORRO ton for the submarine base are’ progressing satisfactorily, Com-, FOR MRS LOPEZ: je mander Brady stated, with engi-| neers of the Thurston cémpany | \SERVICES AT LEY MEMORIAL CHURCH AT 4:00 prepared to sink bases for the O'CLOCK marine railway in the near fu- ture. In the meantime, the Huffman! Company engineers are proceed- ing with dredging operations and have experienced no untoward: difficulty. : CANVASS ELECTION ssetsing ix" 'ner “Tesidence, ‘sa ~~. _ North Beach, will Be held tonior- | VOTE EARLY TODA row afternoon at Ley Memorial! ‘Church, 4:00 o‘clock. The body} County Judge Raymond R. !will be placed in the church at 12:00 o’clock by Pritchard Funeral Home, in charge of arrange- Lord, County Commission Chair- ments. |man Carl Bervaldi and County! Rev. O. C. Howell will officiate Registration Supervisor John England met in Mr. England’s of-! fice this morning at 10:00 o'clock for the purpose of canvassing the: i | Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Lopez, 73, who died early this} at the services. Surviving Mrs. Lopez are three daughters, Mrs. E. E. Crusoe, of Bartow, Mrs. John Odriscoll of vote cast at last Tuesday’s elec-' Jacksonville and Mrs. Joseph S. tion. * | Russell, of this city, and two sons, Very few changes from the|Leo, Key West, and Carl, of Bar- unofficial tabulation listed in The; tow. Twenty-six grandchildren Citizen on Wednesday were not-jand 15 great-grandchildren also ed in the official report okeyed'survive. All daughters and sons to be sent forward to Tallahas-|are in the city to attend the fun- see this afternoon. :eral. g SPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1940 \STOLE CAR AND IMMEDIATELY CRASHED IT Tope oe INTO TWO AUTOS AND STORE WINDOW | Sees Miss Eliza Borroto, chief clerk of the Key West Selective Serv- into the store front of Lewinsky’s ice Board, announced today that Men's Shop. } Resulting terrific noise caused have been sent to draftees of this by breaking glass and the tre- city. mendous compact of the car. Twenty-seven men, in order of against the store attracted a huge the draft number call, with two Captain of Night Police Alberto tionnaires, whi¢h ate” returnable Camero arrived shortly after the in five days to the:Board. Men accident and took charge of the ‘to be classified are: situation. | Edward Fernandez, Allan Lock- Dimmick, dazed, attempted to| hart Hampton, Duncan M. Jones. flee from the scene of the wreck, ! Leon G. Jones, Reinardo Serrano. but was quickiy apprehended Michael M Johnson, *Forrest and taken to jail. He was later Wilson Finerty, Manuel Cervan- turned over to county authori-/tes, Feridio F. Caraballo, James ped A. Cleare, Julio Avael, Julian J. * Kee, Oscar C. ndoza, Char! A hearing in the case was to be _ =a Perez, William Crespo, Aurelio held late this afterenoon. Three!Sanchez, Shelton A Stone, counts will be charged against; Thomas M. Curry, Jr., Darold T. the sailor: ‘1. Using property of Forano, Isadore L. Weintraub, another without permission; 2. A!fredo Oras, Leo L. Ferguson, ~ ont Newell V. Pinder, Vinicios F. Drunken driving and 3. ‘Property ‘pravo,:Ernest Sanchez, Darmell damage, estimated at $500. E Coleman and George G. the car bounced off the other case of Brooks, he has indicated automobiles and shot into the he will volunteer for immediate (Continued on Page Four) service. CHAS. PETERSON NATURALIZATION DIED OCTOBER 29 DENIED GONZALEZ ~~Mrs. “Hermaii"L- “Roberts, 13047 yfatimo Gonzalez. 46, former Angela street, received word this wpa laborer, was denied ful- week that her brother, Charles’ fijiment of his application for Peterson, 66, retired Bureau of citizenship yesterday, when Lighthouse employe, had died in Judge John W. Holland, U. S. Seattle, Wash., on October 29th. Federal District Court, stated Funeral services were held in that “lack of principles to the Arlington Cemetery early this constitution of the. United week. States” would act to deprive him Mr. Peterson, who was born in/ of that right. Norway and came to this country! Testifying against Gonzalez at the age of 16, served 43 years| was Christian Nonnemacher, who in the Lighthouse Bureau. He stated that Gonzalez had uttered was a lieutenant in the Naval Re-| un-American remarks. W. E. P. serve and a veteran of the Span-/ Roberts, Hartley Albury and ish-American and World Wars. | Eddie Matthews testified for Gon- Besides his sister, and a broth-; zalez: er, Olaf Peterson, of Providence,! Fifty-two persons received R. L, he was survived by three their citizenship papers yester- children. ‘day. Rome broadcasts today lined sending of reinforcements through Albania to take up stronger positions for pushing the invasion “as soon as the weather breaks”. Meanwhile, advances by both sidés have been nil in the last twenty-four hours, and air action is at a practical still. head- | stand- | City laws now require all resi- dents living on streets on which sewer laterals have been installed to connect up their house lines with the system. Ninety days from date of pub- lication—September 23, 1940—is the time limit. FORTY-SEVEN DAYS HAVE ELAPSED! Armistice Day Finds U. S. Cemeteries In France Have Come Through A Second War Unharmed National Art Week — By JACK STINNETT, AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.—For ;that there are no visitors to these the first time, Armistice day !quiet spots which have been the finds more than 30,000 men who |destination or on the itinerary of gave their lives in the World war'so many American j near Belleau wood, a bomb, burst inside a mile-and-a-half wall, the weet me —_ and bag dam-|cemetery rises on a gentle slope age ie white mari structure. marble ch: 1 stretches i And in the Meuse-Argonne ceme- Eee Set - Che Key West Citizen the first batch of questionnaires { CIRCUIT COURT ‘¢rowd ‘to the scene immediately. | exceptions, were sent the ques- | CASE STILL IN 1 i |/ROBERT CURRY INJURY CHARGE AGAINST MRS. | JOHN GARDNER BSEING HEARD BY JUDGE GOMEZ ‘SESSION TODAY . Circuit Court was still im ses- sion at a late hour this afternoon |as the defense presented addition- al witnesses for Mrs. John Gard- ner, wife of the owner of Gard- | ner’s Pharmacy, in the suit for $20,000 Camages brought against \her by Robert Curry, painter | Convening yesterday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock, plaintiff's {nesses were heard. Norman Bak- jer and the plaintiff himself testi- fied that the defendant sideswip- ed Mr. Curry while riding on a ja bicycle on Caroline street the day of the accident. | Adjouring whitil ithis morning, defense witnesses were presented. Taking of testi- |mony was not completed at noon. | A recess was ordered until 1:39 o'clock this afternoon. The following men are on the jury hearing the case: Garland Richardson, Leonard T. Curry. Francisco Chavez, Alfred N. Bar- rosa, Myrtland Cates and Jesus Sanchez. | Mrs. M. E. Berkowitz, chair- man, announced this morning that the First Aid Class organized \last week to be held Monday aft- ernoons at the High Schoo! would |be discontinued indefinitely. wit- been called out of town, necessi- tating the discontinuance at this time. j | Grand Marshal Releases Orders For Parade; Le- gion Pest Spensers A- fairs Al erengemern wee c= @20n wil assemoe a F Whitehead streets « Monday The wuitary farce: supply tre buge anc f= cart. the Amerxen Legice Suppiy the cose etal Promptly at 10-35 a tachements wil merch te Deel and Fiemmg street: enese the will form @ bellow squewe = faring squad will wer up 2 poe escort will form across the wes ctly mtersecton. fog eco Then at 11 sharp the ctr bells anc whssties will se seune ed fer a pervs of theee ee = there will be an acdress @ Pos }Commander Harckt Rue «© salute to the dead Or the Sere squad which will fire three vo up for the parade 9 Chief of Stat will be Albert J Mills of Arter Sewver Post. W be adjutant; Lie Miss Mary, Thompson was im 5 charge of this class but she has » {iCtrued on Page Foon tourists, the|tery at Romagne-sous-Montfau-| “8 over what once was the ToBe Observed Here (Special to The Citizen) 3.—In Art JACKSONVILLE, Nov. observance of National Week, a Nationwide Art Fair, November 25-December 1, the Florida Art Project-WPA will New York, appointed by the President as Chairman of Na- tional Art Week Council, selected Mrs. Beatrice Beyer Williams, sleeping in soil occupied by the cemeteries would hardly know | enemy they fought to repulse. ‘that another war had Swept over | Of the eight American military | them. | cemeteries overseas, six are in Only Two Damaged { occupied France and one in Bel-| James E. Mangum, secretary of gium. Only in the little Brook-' the commission, says that all but wood cemetery, 25 miles from|two of the cemeteries and all of} London, where there are just 468 | the monuments escaped damage. | gtaves, are the men buried in In the case of the cemeteries, | earth still held by countrymen of the damage was so slight that it} the soldiers with whom they was easily repaired. Miraculously fought shoulder to shoulder to enough, in neither case was even con, a bomb burst just inside the |&eat Hindenburg Line. grounds, leaving a gaping crater,;_ The Oise-Aisne cemetery near but doing no other damage. | Fere-en-Tardenois is the second Although there has been no/ largest, with a few more than tourist travel, one of the import-|6,000 graves. About 14 miles ant factors in the activity of the |@away are Chateau-Thierry and commission, work of the office!Soissons. The St Mihiel ceme- here was almost doubled when/jtery is near Thiacourt and less the Nazi blitzkrieg got under|than an hour's drive from Nancy, way and the cemeteries fell into Verdun and Metz. It has, more German hands. Scores of mothers,‘ than 4,000 graves. The Aisne- bell ‘County Lays Claims To First Home Guard Unit MOUNT DORA, Nov. 9—(FNS) |“I challenge any home guard unit jin the United States that they j were the first to organize and itrain under Army regulations, |said Lt. Col. Thomas H. Cooley Life's editor Edwarc K Thor son tepied, “I thunk that Gem An tome best your guap & Se Grew. At any cole. ee bere covered ther home guard thor oughiy. although wr have ast | wives and other relatives wrote Marne cemetery has 2,228 graves : 7 4 jof Mount Dora, Battalion Com- to know if the cemeteries were'and its imposing chapel rises te with National and head of the art department of der of the Lake County 7et published the picture” = drive the Germans out of France./one grave disturbed, althou gh all State Councils set up under Florida State College for Women, The cemeteries, as well as the of the burial grounds were in the proclamation of President Roose- Tallahassee, as State Chairman of damaged. {against the hill that is covered velt State Administrator Roy! Schroder said today. ; “All facilities of the Project's} eleyen Art Centers in the state! Art Week in charge of all art and crafts work. Dr. Max Bernd-Cohen, art head of Southern College, Lakeland, will be available to local groups} is Vice-Chairman of the State to/accommodate sales exhibits, | to facilitate the purpose of the movement,” Mr, Schroder said. “Likewise all extension units of the Art Project and operating units of the; shandicraft project will assist in the work.” Francis Henry Taylor, Director Gf Metropolitan Museum of Art, EE SUNDAY SPECIAL ... TURKEY DINNER, 50c “All the Trimmings” Council in charge of cooperation (Continued on Page Four) CGMS GS ROTEL ARMISTICE EVE DANCE i Tomorrow Nite. 10 till ? Habana-Madrid Club Auspices CLUB , Salad, Vegetables, Dessert and Drink EXCELLENT COFFEE SIDEWALK CAFE Bee LOU SMITH AUTO SERVICE PHONE $153 or 5 many monuments and memorials ipath of the Nazi tide which rolled | that mark the American battle- | across Belgium and on this time fields of the World war are, to Paris and beyond. Nor has however, still managed by the there been any report of damage | American Battle Monuments com-!at Brookwood, although bombs} mission. In charge of each is an have fallen in the vicinity. i American superintendent under! In the Aisne-Marne direct supervision of the ‘com-! mission’s Paris offiee.:zciis= i es Except for. the difficulty -of the ' | Paris office in. making»its regular ‘ \inspection tours .and‘ithe “fact ; Tonight— JOHNNY NEBO’S STARLIGHT CLUB GALA FIESTA Mixed Drinks—Wine—Beer Music By Gene’s Wrecking Crew Bar Open All Day Has 14.231 Graves 'with the massed foliage of Bel- Of all the overseas cemeteries, ;leau wood. The Somme ceme- It has 14,231 graves and nearly |Cambrai, is the resting place of all. those men buried there died nearly all those Americans who in the great Meuse-Argonne of-'were killed serving with the gemetery fensive. Beautifully landscaped British armies. SATURDAY NIGHT OPENING THE KEY WEST STORK CLUB Formerly. Raul’s Club on Roosevelt Boulevard Now under the Personal Direction of GLENN BILLINGSLEY Formerly with the New York Stork Club . Featuring the Famous HAL DURNELL and His Orchestra —also— JAMES FRANCIS at the Hammond Solovox ‘DANCING and SHORT ORDERS Served Every Evening Call 406 For Reservations d that the 14 Col Cociey bes eriteer & Guard, when informe ‘Antonie, [idle with the following <xpiams- |Texas, had claimed the distinc- | the Meuse-Argonne is the largest tery, between St. Quentin and jtion of being first. challenge