The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 14, 1940, Page 1

Associate 1 Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 272. : THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1940 Bish Inreased Offensive Meant To lps Soviet | Molotoff Ends Confer- WM. C. BULLITT RESIGNS TODAY AS AMBASSADOR SENDS LETTER TO PRESI- | DENT ROOSEVELT; ACCEPT- | ANCE HAS NOT BEEN AN- | {Ry Axssectated Press) WASHINGTON, Nov. 14—Am- ; bassador to France, William C. | Bullitt, tendered his resignation |today to President Roosevelt. |Contents of the letter containing | US. HIGHWAY. NOvel-CLAIMS ANOTHER LINK IN PORTSMOUTH-KITTERY BRIDGE By FRANK W. LOVERING (Special to 14.—Another link making motor travel easier between Fort Kent, Me., and Key West, Fla, was forged in U.S. Highway No. 1 on the first World War as a memorial | |Friday when the magnificent;to the men of New Hampshire new $3,150,000 toll and railway bridge spanning the treacherous, tidal Piscataqua River separating Maine from New Hampshire, was The Citizen) NOUNCED AT PRESS TIME PORTSMOUTH, N. H., Nov.;Maine. This traffic has used the immense steel bridge with lift draw bridge which was built after ,and Maine. Now the stream of jautomobiles has been divided, and it appears that a good pro- NAVY PURCHASES ence With Hitler; Ad- New Tanks Declared Ideal| ‘itional Raid On Taran- jthe message were not revealed. iIt was understood that Bullitt {was desirous of leaving the dedicated and opened to the pub- Portion of the travelers who lic in the presence of represen- ‘hitherto must use the only high- tatives of the sister states, Fed-!way span at the mouth of the eral Public Works officials and'river, a free bridge, has turned 'R. 0. BECKMAN ~ SS R. O. Beckman, of Washington, D. C., has purchased the resi- dence building and property ad- jacent to the post office on Si- monton street. The property is known as the Mrs. Laura Grilion Crusoe residence. The announce- ment of the purchase was re- ‘leased by the Old Island Realty Service last evening. Price was 200 ‘ ALLIGATORS’ to Made By R.A.F. | (By Associated Press) DUNEDIN, Nov. 14 (FNS)—An} LONDON, Nov.)14.—As if to order was placed last week for! impress the Soviets with their in- 200 amphibian tanks designed; by Donald Roebling of Clearwa-! Royal ter, which will be manufactured swooped low in Dunedin by the Food Machin- ery Corp. The Navy also took an on an additional and the contract is reported to total in excess of $2,000,000. These “alligators” or “swamp as they are described in the patents were originally de- signed by Roebling for use in the Florida Everglades for rescue work. The machine works equally well on land or water, weighs approximately 9000 pounds, is 20 feet long, 8 feet wide and is cap- able of carrying 40 people or 7,- 000 pounds of cargo. Heavily armored and equipped | with machine guns, a fleet of these tanks which travel at 25 miles an hour on land and eight and one-half miles an hour on water could quickly transport troops from ship to shore at points where landing might oth- erwise be difficult. They can cross rivers and streams with ease and traverse swamp areas. with no difficulty. Before placing the order, Navy officials put the Roebling ma- chine through all manner of tests and expressed themselves as well satisfied with its perform- | ance, pronouncing it unequaled for performance and stamina. The machine tested out by the. Navy was manufactured by a Clearwater machine shop and fol- lowing tests in Florida, it was taken to Quantico and put through its paces for officers of the Marine Corps. Mr. Roebling, whose ancestors built the Brooklyn and George Washington Bridges in New York, is known nationally as an inventor and engineer. He has been working on the develop- (Continued on Page Two) MORE DRAFTEES RECEIVE BLANKS creased offensive power, Air Force planes lover Berlin last night in bomb- option | ing raids, and continued mass at- 200 machines! tacks against the Italian naval base at Taranto. British sources stated that or- ders for an increased offensive had been given, and while not revealing the exact reason, it is believed the Greek successes and combined attacks on Italy Germany by the R.A.F. would serve to hold up agreements be- tween the Germans and Rus- sians. Hitler and Molotoff have con- cluded their conierences at Ber- lin, if was announced by DNB this morning, but the conclu- sions reached were not an- nounced, though the news agen- cy stated agreement was obtain- ed on important subjects. Independent observers declar- ed today that the conferences had to do with “the new world order” and with German permis- sion to move industrial activity, now bombed out of the Ruhr areas, into Yugo-Slavian terri- tory. Royal Air Force planes dropped bombs last night on the railroad station from which Molotoff was scheduled to leave for Moscow. jlition and incendiary bombs in many sectors of central and sub- urban Berlin. Finishing the job started last Sunday, additional hits claimed by the R.A.F. in flights over Taranto, where the body of the Italian naval units was based. Complete details of the raids yesterday and last night were not available at press time today. The Battle of Britain. on the other hand, still proceeds at an increased rate. Nazi bombers swarmed up from bases across the channel in raids this morning —the first detachment being urned back by land batteries on | the coast, to be followed by other LOCAL BOARD PROCEEDS units, streaming past gunfire to | proceed up the Thames estuary. eee | Nazis claimed important re- TION WORK | sults from today’s raids, and con- tinued to stress that increased submarine warfare and sea-raider action was accounting for mount- ing ship tonnage sunk in the last 48 hours. British stated that R. A. F. at- tacks had been centered on sev- eral submarine bases in France (Continued on Page Four) 90 Days! City laws now require all resi- dents living on streets on which Board officials warned citizens ' sewer laterals have been installed today that marking of bulletins: to connect up their house lines and announcements on the bul- | with the system. letin board in the post office! Ninety days from date of pub- building must cease. Those who |lication—September 23, + 1940—is read the notices and lists of the time limit. Z 'Y-TWO DAYS HAVE names published have been care FIFT less of the sheets. ELAPSED! Monroe County Draft Board announced this morning that ap- proximately seventy-five men, mostly in numerical order, have been sent their draft question- naires, preparatory to interviews | determining classification in the | draft. The first twenty-seven blanks were sent out last Friday. Since then, other forms have been forwarded to holders of succeed- ing numbers on the local list, at the rate of five to ten a day S You Can REALLY SAVE) if you trade in now on a 1940 MODEL Electric Refrigerator 9 NAVARRO. Inc. Exclusive G. E. Appliance Dealer STRAND THEATER Brenda Joyce—Ralph Bellamy George Murphy—Chas. Ruggles ins ELSA MAXWELL’S PUBLIC DEB NO. 1 Matinee, 3:30 p. m. __ 20c and 30c Night. 6:30 p. m. 30c and 40c andj} | Federal service to return to private life. ‘President Roosevelt was cruis- ing on the Potomac river today, jon a fishing excursion, and jcould not be reached to ascertain {whether or not the resignation j would be accepted. ‘SERVICE CLUB | HEARD HARRIS DESCRIBED ARMY FORMA- TION AND PERSONNEL | | Highlight of the patriotic pro- |gram presented at the regular Stene Church |meeting of the {Service Club held in the church annex on Tuesday evening was jan address by Captain W. Curry | Harris of the 265th Regiment C. |A., Florida National Guards. Se- jlecting “The Army of the United States” as his subject, Captain Harris launched into a compre- |hensive and instructive address, jooniing the rapt attention of his | listeners throughout the course jof the remarks. | Beginning with the President jof the United States as Com-! |mander-in-chief of the armed jforces, the speaker explained the ‘various units comprising the or- | ganization of the army. _ He fur- ther explained that the country is divided’ into four divisions {comprising nine corps areas pre-' {sided over by the Secretary of The R.A-F. pilots scattered demo-;War and a general staff headed | by the chief of staff. | Captain Harris went to-great ;Pains to explain the various | branches of the army, explaining {defense of the nation. At’ the | (Continued on Page Four) RED CROSS ROLL "CALL SPEEDS UP | INITIAL LIST OF CONTRI- j | BUTORS ARE RELEASED: | FLOATS PRAISED i Mrs. R. T. Menner today re- j leased the first list of individual | Contributors in the annual Roll Call which started Jast Monday, ‘listing a total of ninety-three | persons who have become mem- | bers to date. | Honorable mention was given | local army officers who were the first to complete one-hundred per jcent membership of the various | groups in the city. | Red Cross officials took this | occasion to thank those who con- | tributed Red Cross floats ini the | Armistice Day parade. Special jmention was given the float-pre- pared and sponsored by | three navy officers’ wives—Mrs. A.-P. ; Storrs, Mrs. Tague and Mrs. T. |J. Brady, and to the float pre- } pared by Division Street school j children. | .Four-minute _ speeches . were given at local theaters’ last night —Mrs. Eva Warner at the Mon- {roe, Allan Armstrong at the Palace and Harry Colgate, High | School student, at the Strand. WEEK-END SPECIALS SPICE and PRALINE = 94 aloney Bros. Bakery Phone 818 812 Fleming Street | neni (8275 Dan Patton. “My father is ward”, others. On its lower level the bridge carries the tracks of hte Eastern Division of the Boston & Maine railroad, over which the famed {streamline train betweey Boston land the United States and Cana- {dian East country, the “Flying Yankee”, courses twice daily. The railway section of the span was inaugurated when the Yan- kee sped East at 8:45 Saturday night. This bridge, which has been ,two years in building, replaces jan early wooden railroad struc- beet a portion of which collapsed | NATIONAL GUARD CAPTAIN carly in 1939 and let a three-car}War bridge. passenger train into the turbu- lent river, drowning the engi- |neer and fireman. Cuts Out Bottle-Neck Known officially as the Ports- mouth-Kittery bridge, its objec- itive was todo away with the bottle-neck to traffic which hith- erto had clogged the narrow and crooked streets of colonial Ports- mouth, confounding travel to and not disclosed. ito the new structure, to cross} Thus, as friends of Mr. Beck- which a small toll is charged. | man here pointed out, is brought | Opening of the bridge created ‘still another outstanding figure some havoc in the business of of national reknown : to Key selling cigarettes by the carton : West, to contribute his know- on: the Maine side of the river at ledge and experience for the Kittery (in which town, oddly | benefit of all. enough, is located mouth, New Hampshire, United’ States Naval Station). When Mas- sachusetts laid down a tax of two cents per pack on cigarettes last lyear in a continuing attack on the pocketbooks of the harassed | taxpayers, cigarette stands most widely-::nown expert on ‘personnel training in the nation |today, having held important personnel-director posts with the city of Cincinnati, Kroger Gro- cery and Baking Company. Wise blos- |Shoes, Inc., Scott Stores, Inc., L. somed almost overnight at the C Burr & Co., and the Psycho- Kittery terminus of the World | logical Corporation, in Cincinnati, To catch this flood Chicago and New York, besides of vagrant pennies the Massa-jbeing on the eligible list for chusetts income tax people devis-' United States Director of Per- ed the scheme of putting a man|sonnel. He has written a total-of ;with a camera into the midst of!17 books dealing with vocational the trading area. Photographs | guidance and allied subjects are taken of persons whose cars! A graduate of the University carry Massachusetts tags, andjof Wisconsin, and a post-graduate {shortly a bill arrives through the jof the University of Chicago, Mr. jmails, which if not paid is fol- | Beckman’s training served the 'lowed by more drastic measures. jnation well in several instances. from Portland and scenic coastal! (Continued On Page Two) | Thousands of dollars have been: His training plan was used for 150,00 foremen in 32 states for MIAMI, Nov. 14.—Florida men who hold low selective service order numbers will receive with- in the next few days letters urg- ing them to consider the advan- tages of enlisting voluntarily in the United States Navy before they are drafted by Uncle Sam. Lieutenant Stanley A. Jones, in jcharge of Navy Recruiting for ‘this area, announced this week ; ‘ that his office had begun sending ‘letters to the prospective draftees were the part played by each in the} Teminding them that “up to the moment you are sworn into the main |©onclusion the speaker was kept! Army pursuant to the provisions of the Selective Service Law, you are privileged to volunteer for service in the United States Navy.” : “If you can qualify for service in the Navy, you will find there jan interesting and attractive career,” the letters declare. “Do you know of any business or oc- cupation that will pay you while you learn a trade, furnish you food, shelter, clothing, medical and dental care, recreation and travel, and, in addition provide a substantial pension for service? The letters state the require- ments for acceptance by- the ithe WPA, and ne aided in reor- ranization planning work for the Navy Seeking Volunteers "2 Saicve"._. Before Men Are Drafted | (Special to The Citizen) lrepairs and renovation for Ris new home here. Operations will begin in the immediate fu- ture. ‘POLICE DRIVE ! Navy, emphasizing that, contrary | to the belief of many persons, a: jhigh school education is not re- | SIXTEEN - YEAR- OLD BOY | quired. i Lieutenant Jones said that; AND ‘FENCE’ HELD ON $1.000 BOND while the letters now being sent are going to men with low order | numbers, eventually every man; jin the state who has registered | junder the conscription law will/ seuguetiinnte: receive one. County authorities were today Lieutenant Jones has received | questioning Roy Diaz, 16, further jcopies of a statement by Frankjin connection with several rob- Knox. secretary of the Navy, injberies in the city of late, follow- which the secretary pointed out ing his plea of guilty presented {that the Navy has over 170,000 before Judge William V. Albury jenlisted_men and the Marine this morning to petty and felony Corps 37,000, while their com-icharges made when he admitted bined needs for the two-ocean ‘stealing two watches from the |Navy in 1945 or 1946 will beihome of Wilford Evans, 1227 more than 500,000 men. __,|Duval street, valued at $125. “Those young men who. enlist | Captain Alberto Camero, as- now or in the near future will) 510g by Jose Espinosa, police- not only receive highly special: | man, made the arrest yesterday, ized training in various fields, | turning Dias aver to county au- Dut are the ones most likely to ithorities for questioning. At the obtain the greatest degree of 2° {same time, Albert Loper, alias vancement Guring the period (Shine, was landed in jail by city expansion”, Secretary Knox said. |rolice on charges of receiving \“The patriotic young Américan| 2) os arekette. citizens who volunteer for en-/*'®\¢n Property. = ing: . Bond was set at $1,000 yester- Heng will become, the lending aay on Lopes an he sme band ae |was set for Diaz, later raised to — $2,500 pending the appearance at WHY IS A WATER WITCH? STATIC SAYS Demonstrates Theory With His Father And Peach Twig TULSA’S COUNTY ENGINEER DAN PATTON (Associated Press Feature Service) TULSA, Okla., Nov. 14.—Coun- jone of the exceptions and he is| ty Engineer Dan W. Patton thinks! heavily charged. he has a scientific explanation of; “Running water also is charged a “water witch”. fwith static. It is clear that Patton’s 91-year-old father, R.‘there would be an attraction be- H. Patton of Huntington, Ark.; is;tween these electric charges if ja “water witch” who recentlyjsome sensitive conductor was located a water ko Orta eg employed. farm, calculating the de; of “« . the water to within three-fourths! “A Peach tree sprout contains SES jhydro-cyanic or prussic acid He did this by holding a peach; Which is a conductor of electri- tree sprout in his hand and walk- city and is particularly adapted ing over the land until the twig as a conductor of the charges that dipped toward one spot. There exist in the human body. the well was dug. | “When a person whose body is “All persons carry a_ certain heavily charged with static grasps amount of static electricity in the forked prongs of a peach twig their bodies but some are more'and walks over an underground heavily charged than others”,|stream, the switch pulls down- Criminal Court next week. Lopez was out of jail this morning, hav- ing furnished a cash bond for the |amount set. | With the arrests, city and coun- {ty authorities expressed the be- ‘lief that several home robberies jhave been cleared up. | Dogs Love That Moon | (Ry Associated Preas) | DANVILLE, Va. — Residents here agree the hunter’s moon is a lovely sight, but they wish their canine friends were less ap- | Preciative. Police have received scores. of complaints this fall j about baying dogs. 7 Capt. T. Luther Pinder Announces the opening of Ocean View Restaurant 520 United. Street ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ! 6:08 o’Clock Excellent Cooking |} Opening Special 50c and 75c TONY VINCENT, Manager Che Key West Citizen Detiare __ Fn Very Fat Met With County Beard Last Night; Condemna- the Ports-; Mr. Beckman is probably the. Board members were to attend night's reguie mecting of the commission. pre sided over by Carl Bervwekh chairman, and commissioners T Jenkins Curry 2nd Wm Mio» Salvatge present. Clerk Hoss Sawyer, attorney W. Curry Har ris and cmef deputy sheriff Ber nard J. Waite were aio m tendance. Real estate experts, who would be called on # capdemestion procedings were ordetec wy the county to procure the SS4-ecre tract for the CAA-Army ar bese, agreed that $35.08 per care was a reasonable price for best land in the area considered Present were James Johnson Paul Boysen, Clem Price and F J. Dion. It was explained that the mas ter abstract on the whole parce of land was being drewn mow ‘be finished shortly and that |Dreparations would ge forwarc to carry the fight imto the courts jif the single mortgage holder on the land involved would agree to the premium for promp: action price now offered The board continued with reg ular business after the hearing on the airport question, apprey ing two liquor licenses. one Harry L. Harris at Tavernier a another for J. Leslie Brown Pigeon Key. ; The Administration Board Tallahassee was to be directed not to offer any mare county * bonds for sale until further me- tice, following receipt of dimap- proving recommendation from the E. R. Crummer Company om @ $5,000 issue at 99. Matter of complaint t license applied for by George Smith, formerly of the Inn By The Sea, on Key Largo, as refer red to commissioner Curry. was referred to the tax collector for issuance of same | County commissioners mowed to advertise for new cragim for road use im the county factory representatives were pres- ent to present the story of their Product, but they were told that Specifications im an advertise |ment would appear in The Citi- {zen on next Saturday. giving {15-day period im which to submit bids. These will be opened at the December 4th meeting and decision as to whether to buy or |not will be made at thet time ; Commissioner Curry was grant- ed an additignal sum of money in the work now progressing which will see many lateral reeds jon Key argo weproved Cost for the project was listed at $250 The Key West Guard was granted the sum of $250 by the board to apply towards purchase of uniforms and caps for those not able to buy them last a a for « & bequer Tee Offered Gcele Gi LF Becgke ee ae Seepe tet Gee goo etc ot asset amc seers cee es pet te eet we cet 20 u we ieee > act yestieraes =— se Presa AceteetTg oe sc See