The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 2, 1940, Page 1

ve al =a Associate 1 Press Day Wire P Service s For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West Key | VOLUME LXI. No. 287. THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. RAF. Harasses Italian Reinforcements In Albania SOME DRAFTS HEALTHY—ARMY LIFE ees Based On Examination Of Demobilized World War Men MEANS BIGGER CHESTS. AND MUSCLES (Associated Press NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—Suppose you do get drafted. Maybe it will be good for your health. Further- more, maybe taking 900,000 men (the nm for any one year) into the Army would improve the public health as well. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. statisticians have assembled some figures based on examinations of 100,000 men at the time they were demobilized from the Army in 1919. Many of them had actually served through a year or more of combat. “About the best and most trustworthy evidence of the im- proved condition of these men”, the company says, “is the fact that there was an average in- SAWYER BACK FROM MEETING DIRECTORS OF CLERK’S AS- SOCIATION DECIDE CON- VENTION DATE | County clerk Ross C. Sawyer returned last night from a meet- ing of directors and officers of the State Association of County Clerks held in Jacksonville Chief topic up for considera- tion at the meeting was naming March 21 and 22, 1941, the date for the annual convention of state County Clerks, at Day- tona Beach. Two new state officers were present at the meeting, Attorney- General-elect J. Tom Watson, and state treasurer-elect. Edward V. Larson. Governor-elect Spes- sard Holland sent his regrets. Present at the meeting were E. R. Bennett, president Ft Lauderdale, J. L. McMullen, vice- president, of Live Oak, Roy Caruthers, secretary. of B nell, and directors. M. mons, Titusvi mons, Wauchula. Clearwater. John Sarasota, Carlyle and Mr. Sawyer. as of G R. E. Greer R. Peacock, Susley, Ocala educate many men to Feature Service) crease of approximately one inch in chest circumference, a figure that is greater than would be ac- counted for by the increase in average weight age during the time of service”. Average weight of the draftees incre: , too, but it was mostly muscle. “Thus the proportion men weighing 190 to 199 pounds de- creased from 7.9 to 7.2 per 1,000. Of those weighing more than 200 pounds, the proportion fell from 5.4 to 46 per 1,000. “At the same time, underweight men likewise decreased. The pro- of portion of men weighing less than 130 pounds dropped from 254.7 to 179.4 per 1,000” General health of the draftees should improve, too, the com- pany forecasts that vaccination against small-pox and tion against typhoid innocula- fe will its value and some “may later become ad- vocates of vaccination in their home communities” CRUISER MEMPHIS ARRIVES IN PORT WILL BE HERE FOR TWO DAYS TO REPLENISH STORES Commander Wilder Baker, U. S. N., commander cf Key West- West Gulf Patrol, announced this noon that the U. S. S. Mem- phis, light cruiser, had arrived at the local naval base. Commanding the Memphis Captain C. J. Parrish. U. S. N. The ship will be here for two days taking on fuel and stores. US. S. M sh left for patrol duty yesterday and the U. S. S. Sturtevant came in | from patrol Beatty Explains Budget Bugaboo NATIONAL INCOME, AND TAX RECEIPTS SPRINTI FEDERAL EXPENSES x UPWARD Re MORGAN BEATTY. AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, Dec. 2—The, curtain comes down on the 1940 financial show with the national income, federal expenses and tax receipts all sprinting upward on the economic ‘charts. And right at this point, the President sits down with the; leaders of Congress to figure out what to do about it. As usual in emergencies, ex- penses will shoot off the graphs first. Come June 30, next, and we'll probably be spending at the rate of $13000,000.000 a year, the fastest peacetime rate in the nation’s history The national income and the national tax receipts, those par- ralleling twins of the economic charts, are making a race of it, too. The latest Commerce De- partment estimates boost the probable national income of Am- erican citiz®ns for 1940 up to $74,000,000,000, our greatest since 1929, isay where were going All of which adds up to shorter or longer period of pros- perity, as both the Wall street and Washington economists seem to agree. But that doesn't finan- cially. Frankly, there’s no_ telling. Even the President's financial*ad- visers and the experts in the Congressional committees are handicapped by the speed of our spending, and the effect it will have on our national economy in the next year and a half—the Period which the budget esti- mates mist cover. The difficulty (Continuea on Page Four) FRIDAY GEORGE and MARGARET * | | | | ] Planes Bomb Bridge On! Main Road Used By Il Duce’s Troops; Fight- ing Lags (By Associated Press) LONDON, from Athens this morning told of increased action by the “British Royal Air Force in behind-the- lines maneuvers to harass Italian army reniforcements moves. in Albania. i One crippling blow was re- ported when bombing planes evaded air defenders and attack- ed a large bridge on r men ing used to rush reinforce- to the battle lines. The bridge was put out of commis- sion and the advance at least tem- porarily halted, the report con- cluded. | Fighting somewhat this heavy weather impeding action on both sides. Artillery duels, from mountain tops in the cen-} tral and west sectors, was the| main feature of battle action,} while Greek troops consolidated | their advanced positions in prep-{ aration for continued offensive} maneuvers against their Italian! enemies. j in Albania lagged morning, with NORWEGIAN NAZI LEADER ATTACKED STOCKHOLM, Dec. 2.—Maj.j Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian Nazi} leader. narrowly escaped death] yesterday when a bomb exploded near the car in which he was travelling on 2 trip to Frederik- | stad, in southern Norway. The bomb. believed thrown by agitators interested in overthrow-! ing Nazi rule in Norway. missed Quisling but landed in a group of | spectators, severely wounding a number of them. { BRITISH ADMIT LOSS { OF ANOTHER DESTROYER i LONDON, Dec. 2.—British ad-: miraity admitted the loss of their | thirty-third destroyer over the weekend, when reports came in that the light destroyer, H. M. S. turdy, had been sunk by enemy action. 5 The Sturdy a left-ov@r from the Wofld War days, being of ob- solete design. Other ships of the same class were sold long since! to other nations. j NAZIS BUILD ONE | SUBMARINE A DAY | BERLIN, Dec. 2—Observers! here declared that new mass pro- | duction systems employed by the! Germans were creating a sub-! marine each working day, at a large factory somewhere in the} nation. ITALIANS PUT ON j SPAGHETTI RATION H ROME, Dec. 2—Sad news for; the Italians was contained in: the! official government report issued | this morning which announced | rationing of spaghetti and mac-} aroni from this time forward. | New rules call for distribution and consumption of only four; pounds of this “favorite of all Italian foods” per month for each citizen. j PUP GOES TO LAUNDRY ROANOKE, Va—Missing her Chihauhua pup. m Henry remembered that he’ had been sleeping in the family laun- ; dry bag. She called up the laun- dry and the pup was found be- neath a pile of collected laundry. He was returned home, unharm: ed. STRAND THEATER EDWARD G. ROBINSON and EDNA BEST ine Dispatches From Reuters and MARCH OF TIME Matinee. 3:30 p. m. _ 20¢ and 30c Night. 6:30 p. m. ____ 30c and 40 = | INGTON FOR CONFERENCE) $70 | WITH PRESIDENT | | | Admiral Leahy has been gover- Dec. 2.—Reports{ jover a three- ; WILLKIE FLIES TO the main; RITES TOMORROW JOSEPH RAHNER Mrs. Gordon, KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1940 ADMIRAL . LEAHY TO LEAVE SOON’ FOR FRENCH POST wasn DOVALLED CE FLIES TO WASH-; 71 PERCENT ABOVE TOTAL LAST YEAR SALES REPORTED FOR NO- VEMBER TOTALLED s4- 85648: OTHER DEPART- MENTS SHOWED INCREASE i (By Associated Press) ! WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Ad- miral William V. Leahy, USN., arrived here this afternoon by Postal receipts at the local FORTY PERMITS ISSUED FOR | rostoffice for the month of No- CONSTRUCTION IN CITY | Y@™mber showed a 71 per cent in- i - ae f {crease over November of 1939. jPlane from Puerto Rico to confer LAST MONTH BY INSPEC- jwith President Roosevelt before} according to the monthly report leaving on the trip to France as) TOR RUSSELL issued this morning by post- jnew United States ambassador} i master Fred J. Dion. jto that Nazi-controlled nation. | Receipts this year totalled $4.- Building construction of all | 856.49. comparing with $2,887.74 nor of Puerto Rico for the a kinds in the city last month to. Naat sail ee akaerea begun. jtwo years, and before then was talled $20,445 in val rdi personal aide to the President | 3 eT ee ar period. :to report issued today by city| Money orders issued for j building inspector Ralph Russell, ! month totalled $44.919.17. During i | $7,000 higher than the total for ‘November last ve: sas ei 'FLORIDA RETREAT October, when construction | partment ines aodsmean wenn NEW YORK, Dec. 2—Wendell figures were $13,442 | cusiggpoucoag jWillkie, Republican standard-| A total of 40 permits were-is-|°f Orders, an increase of $6,- ; bearer in the national election'sued during last month. For the 576.33. this year, left here this morning first half of the month, 19 per-| Miney orders paid this by plane to return to Jupiter,!mits were issued showing total during November totalled $27,- Hobe Sound, Fla., for a continua-, values of $8,745. For the past ‘a : tion of his vacation there with{15-days, 21 permits were issued 71°22 Comparing with $19,- Mrs. Willkie. lfor a total of $11,700. 727.28 the same month last year Mr. Willkie flew here last! City clerk Archie Roberts re-; Postal savings on deposit as of weekend to confer with G. O. P.| ported on licenses issued to date. ‘last Saturday noon totalled $329 leaders, and for other confer-|As of Saturday noon, there were 970, being $32,345 more money on ences. He stated before leaving! 156 sewer-connection permits is- “4, wi 3 for Florida that he was undecided ‘sued, 1307 auto licenses and 559 ¢P2Sit than that at the as to what he would do in the; (Continued on Page Four) ,5Ponding time last year, | | $297,625 was the total. future. Extra Delivery ; Postmaster Dion explained the special Washington News Service release in The Citizen Friday ; which told of an additional serv- ice offered Key West by the mail last year corre- when FOR 6. KNOWLES DIED SATURDAY |RETIRED GENERAL PASSEN- “tractor. st, dict | Previously, no mail from Mi- last night at his residence, 920} GER AGENT OF F-.E.C. ;ami has been received at the local Pauline street. Funeral serv-} RAILROAD offiie Monday mornings. The ices will be held tomorrow after- | jextra service will include that noon from the Pritchard Funeral | {Service from this date forward, Home to St. Mary’s Star of the! with other schedules maintained z j (Special to The Citizen) ape Sea Catholic church, at 4:30] 7 : | as before. o'clock. Rev. A. L. Maureau will| 57 AUGUSTINE, Dec. 2—Jo-| = 'seph Rahner, retired general pas-' osu i e MORE MARRIAGES Surviving Mr. Knowles are his |S°"8 agent of the Florida East “= ™ DURING NOVEMBER wife, Wilhelmina, a stepdaughter, | C°25t Railway, died here early Myers, Mrs. Robert Pinder and|__ Considered the “dean of pas-: Mrs. Herman ‘Sands of this city, {senger traffic officials’ in the and a brother, Berchell Knowles, }Countty, Mr. Rahner had been a Grane? jrailroad official for 53 years, 47 of them with the FEC. system. MRS. AMERICA ELSON _/His death came one year to the jday following his retirement from Funeral services for Mrs. Am-} - z i jduty with that railroad. erica Elson, 62, who died at her; nown widely eccnueticasl residence, 1432 Eliza street, last! ei Ps = lorida, fi k: Ville to py! night, wil be held at Pritchard | 0TH ees mee moovale to eae Funeral Home this afternoon at ss 3; me . {mourned by hundreds of brother ; 4:30 o'clock. Rev. E. S. Doherty jrailroaders and residents state- of First Congregational Church} Gladstone Knowles, Saturdav morning. He Mrs. Edward Griffith. three sis- years old. ters, Mrs. William Cates, Ft./ County _ courthouse records were in favor of Dan Cupid dur- ing November. There were four more marriage licenses issued than final decrees for div County clerk Ross Saw s office reported 15 final divorce decrees issued during last month reported 19 marriage for the same period. PIERCE licenses will officiate wide. Funeral services were held | Rosa Gonzelez and two brothers, ! Spas ' Andre and Gabriel \‘ALL THINGS COME i EE | 2 ° EXAM ANNOUNCED |"? non | (By Associated Press) i SHELBG, Miss, Dec. 2—Shél-| C. Sam B. Curry stated today BY LABOR : BOARD :- firemet? haste about:decided that his brother-in-law, Harry 'there’s truth in the axiom: “All! Pierce. of Homestead, is recover- things come to these who wait.” ing, from a serious illness in a United States Civil Service| Informed that a freight train | Miami hospital at present, : Commission announced open | down the line was on fire, they! Many persons have ingvired competitive examination for the |@mbled over to the station, set}about the condition of = Mr. position of Helper, Pipefitter, to-jthe “stop” signal, and waited.|Pierce, a former Key Wester day, for work at the local naval; The train pulled up, stopped un-/| and Mr. Curry takes this means station. jtil the blaze had been extin-|of advising his friends here This information was supplied }8¥ished, and then continued on / The Citizen by the local Labor j'tS Way- i Board, Comdr. G. B. Hoey, U.S.N.,} ee eee H ret., senior member. Futher in-| REPAIRS WRONG BUILDING | formation on the examination! ee may be obtained from that office; ROCHESTER. N. Y—Given a in room 130 cf the Post Office |CO®tract to repair a length of riv- building jer wall behind a red-brick build- $ ling, a contractor went to work, MOTOR MYSTERY {completed a $400 job, and to his {dismay, found that the contract | SOLVED ON DOT covered the building next door. | |The buildings looked alike from | }the rear. | (This is the third of a series on what science is do- ing to combat the ten major causes of death in the United States.) By JOHN GROVER AP Feature Service Writer WASHINGTON, Dec.-2.—Some | 30,000 Americans die each year |from acute attacks of the law of | gravity—falls in the home. These (Ry Associated Press) CUMBERLAND, Md:, Dec. 2— Charles -M.Fisher; Savage River dam, quiet evening sii meee ; Abshes fied trp gn] eee mptdr: gt fhe forgel§hop. | |. « f] Temeeeanonter’) expences tee announces a complete dinner fj] mystery: The motor somehow | was Picking up orders sent by a for 30c that cannot be equalled —— where in Key West. Thi Baltimore & Ohio railroad tele- ff Zaring food velue represents graph dispatcher. ‘ i a reel challenge! Delicious soups, fresh vegetables and a | SHOPPING DAYS 125,000 violent deaths in the United States annually. Half these accidental deaths ‘are preventable, industry has ishown. Modern safety engineer- ing has cut the violent death rate taurant serves from 11:00 a fjjfrom 723 per 100,000 to 468 in m. to 10:00 p. m., including 'the past 40 years. Sundays at ' 512 Caroline Street For Reservations Phone 364 desserts, are only a part of a delightful dinner served in a charming and refined atmos- phere. The Betty Raymond Res- its job of preventing fatal acci- dents, the public continues to kill itself in growing numbers. large choice of home UNTIL CHRISTMAS IS RECOVERING * Trial Started This Morning POSSESSES SC ca oS = —as Arraignment Brought Not Guilty Plea; Jury Sclected And One Wit- ness Heard Th: Robert Sawyer mansieus= ter trial opened this morning shortly after $:39 o'clock «t the recessed session of Crmme Court. Judge Willem VW. Albury county s anc no was ordered until 2-96 afternoon The foliowing proved defense Paleer toni er, Ed Cervantes Before slaughter by Representea ivy Louis A Harr pleaded not gui It was would not exp be ¢ County judge Raymohd R. Lord * Memoria Howell Surviving Mr: musband, Johr Florence Donav Adolphus Johnsor r Mrs. C. H. Boeheme of Syracuse N. Y.. and Mrs Marjorie of South Bend. Ind; two brothers George Albury of Nene and Capt. John 4 4 city | Science Cuts ‘law Of Gravity’ Deaths: | Unprecedented Auto Toll Is Foreseen worst traffic death year im Tecent history. The first nine months Saw 23.830 dead im aute accidents —1,500 more than 1939. Carelessness Its simply carelessness kk 1938, after a year of intensive safety education. the auto acci dent toll dropped from 37,900 im 1937 to 30,000. This year the deaths will near 35,000, because drivers are disregarding safety jcontribute importantly to the | warnings. Unlighted stairs and bathtubs are the major death traps am the home, accounting for a majority of deaths by falls. A little extra caution. would prevent most of them. Suicide is the door marked “exit” for 18000 Americans 2 But while industry has done year. Murder ends the lives of 9,000 more—but only about 150 murderers are executed cach year. The year 1940 looms as the Drownings, largely preven:-/