The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 20, 1940, Page 1

Associate i Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXI. No. 277 Che Key West Cittern THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U. S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1940 Aic-Pact With Germany Today Similar To cae Pact; Bulgaria And Rumania Will Be Next, Nazis De- clare (By Associated Press) LONDON, Nov. 20.—Hungary signed a protocol this morning— an important document which lines up that nation with the axis powers—if not in a military-ac- tion way. at least in recognition of Hitler's “New World Order”, and guaranteed collaboration in the common aims of the dictator states. Declared to be much the same pact as signed by Japan, the pro- tocol does not involve Hungary in the present but does guarantee sympathy for the aims of Hitler and Mussolini in their fight against the democracies. British diplomats were scornful war, BRITISH DECLARE BIRMINGHAM RAI WAS INEFFECTIVE ANTI-AIRCRAFT AND DE- FENDING PLANES KEPT NAZI RAIDERS FROM IM- PORTANT OBJECTIVES <By Aksoctated Press) LONDON, Nov. 20.—British authorities today declared that the Nazi bombing raids aimed at the industrial city of Birmingham last night were broken up to such an extent that damage was only created on stores, offices and homes. Aimed at military objectives, including airplane and armament factories, quick action on the part of huge batteries of anti-aircraft guns and defending fighter planes caused. the Nazi hordes to swerve | | uM PROJECT: FOR} this is the F.D.R. APPROVES) NAVAL AIR STATION |INCLUDES CLEARING work | FOR AIRFIELD GROUNDS, Army. Has Plans: For: ‘Play | (EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the This is the third of a series de- scribing what the draftees will find in the army.) By MORGAN BEATTY. AP Feature Service Writer Hl WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—The draft army is going to have three waco eee ee CADIAC APNEDI 'THANKSGIViNG DAY " TOMORROW FOR ALL FEDERAL EMPLOYES The first of two Thanks- giving Days in Key West will life! AND CONSTRUCTION OF! Million dollars worth of fun during its year of training. Close to} RECREATION COURTS | 1 drawing card will be reg-*. nee Hollywood movies at least! three nights a week. There'll be a theater buildings in northern camps, tent “big topsy in the j southern centers. Advice received today from Washington, forwarded by Oscar Johnson, secretary to Senator | Claude Pepper, told of President ‘athletics—the kind everybody jRoosevelt’s approval of a project 'gets in, and the spectator kind, ito improve the grounds at the too, stressing boxing matches. Next -comes a heavy accent on [naval air station here. ‘music—bands and concerts at the The project, usted as WPA slightest excuse, plus camp song-: }project No. 50097, is for an ex-' fests led by vigorous song lead- ;Penditure of $24,280, with navy ‘ers, PLUS all the Hollywood big-; ! sponsorship. * name singers. | Captain Walter F. Jacobs, sta-! There'll be amateur dramatics, - {tion commandant, informed Thei some army publications, camp li- Citizen that an unannounced | braries, camera clubs, art ma- /number of WPA men will be em-'terials and displays—all under ployed on this project to grade, the army’s own supervision. grub and clear all land at the air| The day-in-and-day-out hang- station on Trumbo Island, and to out will be the service club, pre- ‘construct various recreational sided over by hostesses. with facilities. including tennis and ‘newspapers, books. checkers, | Local WPA headquarters will dominos, and pianos as secondary |probably not get the “go ahead” |attractions. Gne assistant hostess signal on this new project for will run the cafeteria, another another week or ten days, as the ' will manage camp social eas erdinary process calls for approv- al first to be sent to Miami, con- FIRST DRAFTEES trolling office for this area, from ‘MONROE VOLUNTEERS SUF-} which will be sefit the assignment cards and general instructions on FICIENT TO FILL PRES- ENT QUOTA the project. WILLKIES REST AT HOBE SOUND before reaching important objec-| tives. Approximately 200 homes were hit, late dispatches today admitted. British were elated this morn- ing at the success of their defen- MIAMI, Nov. 20.—(FNS) Wen-! dell L. Willkie. defeated Repub-| _ST- tlican presidential candidate and .(FNS).—The | Mrs. Willkie, arrived AUGUSTINE, Nov. 20 initial group of in Florida |Florida draftees will enter serv- Second in importance will be! | URGENT MESSAGE FROM NA- that much has been allotted to the new morale division. | No. be $$ obtain approved young ladies (not hot numbers nor wall flowers) for social events and occasional dances. No Hedy Lamarrs need apply! for hostess. Not wet blankets, either. Nor elderly society ladies with purple dyed hair. For hos- tesses, the army wants character first, not too much youth, ap- proval by all strata of society in nearby cities or towns. The men can go to nearby! ;towns. There'll be a bus.service, ; especially for church visits. Mili: tary police will be expected to cooperate with civil authorities : and smash up camp following: dives faster than they can mush- room. H And, Mom, P. S.. If you think your son ought to be going to his church, write the camp chaplain of your denomination, or a pastor in a town near camp. They'll work on him. It won't be sissy to go to church. And, P. P. S, there will be gobs of writing ma- jterial sticking right under ‘Sonny’s nose for letters home. units, to be served at messes tomorrow noon. TIS IIIS SS FML LOOKS FOR LARGEST TRAFFIC | IN FLA-SHISTORY ANNOUNCES NEW FLEET OF **SU PER - STREAMLINE” | EQUIPMENT: FIRST BUSES DELIVERED THIS WEEK ‘And he'll be reminded to write. JACKSONVILLE. Nov 20.— (FNS) Anticipating one of the greatest traffic movements in the history of Florida, the purchase of a new fleet of “super- -stream- | line” buses was announced this week by P. G. Howe, a of the Florida Motor Lines. new fleet, representing an in- vestment of more than $250,000, i will augment the large fleet of | :buses already in operation over} the FML system. The first of the new fleet are being delivered this week. Tomorrow: How the draft army will be fed. URGE FILLING OF RED CROSS QUOTA TIONAL CHAIRMAN PROMPTS PLEA West. Florida, bas equabie climate @ with only I<” of PRICE FIVE CENTS FOR DRIVER IN - COURT | Mies, | ON DRUNK CHARGE. FAIL | | ED TO APPEAR WHEN CASE! | CAME UP TODAY i Judge William V. Albury formed the county sheriff's partment to issue a capias for the Tre-arrest of Norman W. Blakely jof Miami, this morning in Crim jinal Court session. when the di fendant failed to appear when| jhis case was called. Blakely was arrested on P ‘Overseas Highway last month} ““* ;charged with drunken driving. by ; ™erm™n former patrol officer, L. W. Bra- | Swedish |zell. Posting a bond of $100 it-| ,, mediately, Blakely returned | __ jhome, waiving a hearing This| ‘bond was ordered forfeited t iday. Brazell was present in court jtestify against iat — aes ITINE |from his patrol duties upsta’ | Chief deputy sheriff sete | Waite stated that the capias jwould be forwarded the Dade County sheriff's office for serv- ing. | Case of Robe |with manslaughter jcome up this morning |dered postponed until |the week in that the jlawyer, Louis Harris |able to appear in court jcount of sickn | | de- slat v : WKAT BROADCASTS = [rresx - sonore - MINUTE PROGRAM ,, WILL HONOR THIS of the new diplomatie “blitz- kriegs” sow in process of forma- tion, and today declared, as soon as Hungary’s action became known, that the “Balkans are be- ing browbeaten into alliances with Hitler”. The ceremony of signing the new pact was performed in Vien- na at the Belvidere Palace with (Continued on Page Four) sive maneuvers at Birmingham, which acted to save that city from the fate suffered by Coventry | last week. Royal Air Force Germany last night large-scale attacks on the arms works at Pilsen and other raids reaching to Berlin—details of which were not available at press time today. forays into} JAPANESE GOVERNMENT NOW ALLOWS included | Skoda ' this week and plan to spend two | weeks at Hobe Sound resting and visiting friends. Since the elec- tion Willkie has been ‘spending most of his time in New York conferring with party leaders. Four years ago Alfred M. Landon came to Florida for rest and recreation following his de- feat, spending a brief time at ! Monticello. | “Saat ss, SEARCHING FOR THIEF ice at Camp Blanding, December? 4, it was announced this week by H. P. Baya. state selective service director. Forty-eight men will report at the camp on December 4 and a second group of thirty-nine on December 12. Twenty-one more will report to Ft. Barrancas on December 13, it was announced. Mrs. R. T. Menner, chairman of the local Red Cross Roll Call committee, issued an appeal this morning for increased effort in the drive to obtain member- ships. The appeal was prompted by an urgent message from Norman Davis, national chairman, receiv- ed this week. The message read, in part: “Civilian and military pro- grams nationally and im chapters, Monroe County Draft Board an- nounced this morning that no The nation’s national oS program calling for the trans-/ portation of thousands of en-| listed men and officers of the} Army and Navy, civilian work-} ers and employees, Mr. How said, all contributed toward mak- ing Florida travel greater this year than at any other time. This, coupled with increased commercial and tour travel, will call for mere equipment than ever before to efficiently handle the crowds. The new super-streamliners in- | city As announced last week, rads Station WKAT. Miami Beach will broadca: “Salute to Key j West” tonight. This susta | program severa at this time each week, compli menting the various South Florida. The program will be aired 7:15 o'clock, lasting for 15 utes. is one cities U.S. Faced With Ptinseci oF Harmonicas, Accordions SUBJECTS ONE COTTON TOWEL A YEAR (Assoc WASHINGTON, Nov. Note on Oriental hygiene: According to word received here, the Japanese government has altered its rules and regula- tions and the people hereafter will be allowed only one cotton towel a year instead of one every three years, as previously. The new regulations, it is re- ported, came as the result of widespread complaint. When the one-every-three-years rule was invoked, the Japanese, at their “ daily ablutions, had to use “er- satz” towels. The cotton was needed for war materials. This might have been ail right had not the towels had a way of dis. solving into moist nothingness. Hence the complaints and hence the new ruling and a permit for each Japanese to have one cotton towel a year. * 20.— Now-it-can-be-told Note: An absentee-voter from Cali- fornia tells that the presidential election ballots of that state are printed under specifications of law, the candidates names ap- pearing in alphabetical order just under the name of the party. Californias national ballot for the recent election, he says, ran like this: Prohibitiom—Roger W. Babson; Communist—Earl Brow- der; Progressive—Norman Thom- as; Democratic — Franklin D. Roosevelt; and Townsend-Repub- | lican—Wendell L. Willkie. Ditto Note: jereated by ted Press Feature Service) At one midwestern city where the Willkie m stopped, two prankish newspaper men climbed ona truck with the five-piece brass band that was supposed to provide incidental music for the! speech-making. After a lot of preliminary, gracious insinuation, the jokesters prevailed upon the{ band to play a request number. | The timing was perfect. Just as Mr. Willkie made his appearance, the band blared forth the request, | ‘Happy Days Are Here Man who laughed heartiest at be- ing introduced with Roosevelt’: old campaign song: Wendell L. Willkie. Musician’s Dilemma Note: The Department of Commerce has just added two more to its |© rapidly growing list of problems our war-disjointed trade. The imports of harmonicas and accordions have struck a de- cidedly sour note. It seems that before the war most of our “mouth harps” came from Ger- many. In an eight-month period since the war started, harmonica imports dropped from 5,611,348 to 1,953,480. BUT, of those pre-war imports, 5,100,138 harmonicas} came from Germany, while since, we have received only 226,183.! Most of the difference was made up by tripling our imports from} Japan to 1,600,000 and getting! (Continued on Page Four) Roosevelt's Thanksgiving Eve BALLOON DANCE TONIGHT Again”. | WITH FREE-WHEELING ‘men were likely to be called for military service in the present draft set-up, in that sufficient number of volunters had enlisted for service in this county. Monroe's quota was set at 175. from a dwelling with a wheel- A total of 181 men are in military barrow. service at present, including 90 | IOI OOOO as: national guardsmen. (My Associated Press) LIMA. O., Nov. 20.—Police are hunting a dirty but hard- working thief. He hauled nearly a ton of coal away |. Vitation to join. necessitate a very large member- clude many innovations for the ship increase. I am confident greatest comfort of passengers. you and your associates will pa-. They are completely air-condi- triotically make an extra effort tioned, with cooling and heating to reach every man and woman system thermostatically con- in your jurisdiction with an in- trolled so that an even tempera- | ture is maintained at all times. “Time is short. The next two The low center of gravity in- weeks are vital in determining creases riding comfort. Seats | the strength of the Red Cross for are higher than in former models, the critical months ahead”. (Continued on Page Four) A Sneeze Aud A Coug It’s That Old Flu Ling By ALEXANDER R. GEORGE AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.—The Public Health Service is watching sharply a rising curve on the jnation’s influenza chart. New cases of flu are being re- ported at a rate 13 percent high- rer than average—856 new cases for the week ending October 26 pared with a 756 median for corresponding week over the last five years. ° Officials say there is no cause as yet for national alarm but that the situation calls for close observance, particularly during November, usually the epidemic- indicator month. In the 1928-1929; jepidemic, the curve of new cases jrose almost vertically in Novem- lber. | Watch New Vaccine Health authorities have been influenza recently. was produced jheartened by the development of :in the laboratories of the Rocke- a prospective new weapon in the feller foundation. fight on the sneeze-chill-ache, Army and Navy medical offi- jmalady. A vaccine, reported to cers are keenly interested in the have shown experimentally a new vaccine consisting of flu jhigh degree of protection against viruses and strains of distemper. In the 1918 epidemic nearly half ; HOME COOKED BIG 50c | TURKEY DINNER = a million persons, including thou- sands of men in the military serv- | (Tomorrow)—with all the trim- fice, died of flu and flu-induced mings including dessert pneumonia. a doctor is not available: 2. Drink water freely. 3. tives. Do not use cathartics; tissues. 5. You m to relieve back, dangerous. Sician. i | | | DON’T TAKE CHANCES WITH THE FLU [|| ; 2. Avoid ‘chilling, but take ad-j The Public Health Service suggests the following pre- cautions as a basis for home treatment of a flu patient wher 1._Go to bed at the first sign of iliness and stay there for several Gays after your fever is gone. Stay on a liquid diet during the first few days and go on soft food about the Gradually return to normal diet. 4. Place all nasal and bronchial secretions in disposable 6. Do not use medicines unless prescribed by a phy- gh, An Ache And APChill-- The Hill ‘Creeping Up’ a and keeps one from over-} {crowded street cars and buses. vantage of as much open air and {sunshine as you can. | 3. Keep up your health by using plenty of clean water in- ternally and externally; by eating clean wholesome food, and by sleeping at least 7 hours out of each 24 4. Avoid persons who are j coughing, sneezing or sniffling. Do not cough or sneeze yourself without using a handkerchief. fourth day. enemas are better than laxa- y take a warm bath at the onset of attack ead and limb pains but a warm bed and warm drink afterward are essential Excessive sweating is City laws. now require all resi- idents 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/ he time limit - FIFTY-EIGHT DAYS HAVE should be regarded ‘as potentially Serious, because of the danger of complications. Persons who try to keep on their feet and “stick it out” with the flu contribute the greatest number to the death rolls, be- cause they are walking store-/ houses of infection and frequent-| ly succumb after unwarranted exertion. Protective Measures ‘YOU MAY ASSUME, BUT YOU CANT j ss. | Journclictic Joke Pops U; After Presidential Election: INSIST, FD.R’S By JACK STINNETT WASHINGTON Nov Roosevelt isn't re-elected you'll be safe in giving much be ter odds than those that he w BEEN RE-ELECTED AP Peatare Service Wetter i i j yet 5 {fore November Just how many last 150 {joke has been aired im rs this quad the |tion’s journals j guess. Bet it's tin D. Roosevelt will lelected for the third January 6. | On that date, Congress will as jsemble in joint session a! (Eastern Standard Time | Vice-President John N. Garner a !the chair. As president the {Senate, Mr. Garner will open the \electoral certificates sent in jder seal by the various states jhand them over to the tellers (two members of the House and of ~ |two of the Senate) The tellers will tally them and {hand the results back to Mr. Ges- |mer, who then (barring some ce-! [2strophe that never has happen- ed before when the popular wote | stacked up anything like & did | November 5) will announce that Mr. Roosevelt is re-elected by an ‘electoral vote of 449 to 82. He will foliow that with the announce- iment that Henry A. Wallace was have wor Jeffrey Lynn—Brenda Marshall : i This year’s cases in the states.) The Public Health Service rec-/f0r information leading to arrest —in— STORK CLUB |PLATE SPECIALS 25c and 3Sc'as well 2s 100,000 last summer in'ommends these general protec- | Of Person or Money And The Woman PRIZES and SURPRISES | |Puerto Rico and 7,000 in Hawaii, tive measures for the individual: | Sously destroyed Matinee, 3:30 p.m. _ 20c and 30c_ Hal Durnell and His Orchestra |Where? at the BEACHCOMER have been of a comparatively 1. Avoid needless contact with booth of STRAND THEATER. Night, 6:30 p.m. —— 30c and 40¢ No Minimum—No Cover Charge} | RESTAURANT of course. mild type. Health authorities others. Walking to and from : | 108 Duval Street ‘warn, however, that all cases work, if practicable, is good ex- i