The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 31, 1940, Page 1

sociated Press Day Wire Service For 60 Years Devoted to the Best Intevests of Key West A LXI. No. 311. Axis Powers Lambast U.S. VOLUME Aid To Britain: Accuse Presiden Roose- COMDR. QUINN IN CHARGE OF SEAPLANE BASE red; Fascists Are Most Bitter SENIOR OFFICER RATING GAINS TEMPORARY POST: PERSONNEL AWAITS HOUS- ING PROJECT COMPLETION (Me Acaneinted Drewes LONDON. Dec. 31.—As the year = ing crises are building up in the European situation, brought on “chiefly by President Roosevelt's “All-out Aid To Britain” radio message broadcast Sunday night. lambasted the ay and continued storie: ammer ation of the } ates to assure a British by lending al! possible aid Hitler's unofficial | 1 in Berlin today fuehrer accuse ing up hatred of totalitar . following with a speech reiterating his determina- tion to destroy Democratic lead- ers who are “so avowedly enemies of the axis powers.” itler assured the Na would glorious The Fascis is expect at W mander people that “push on 4941.” wever, appeared to be even more bitter in their denunciation Roosevelt's speech. “The United State “must now be considere y of the axi: tion must be in in the list of those ist be destroyed by us and our Both axis leaders newspaper ¢ s, rther aid to En States would onseque Mean the enjoyed a full 24 powers. cluded through declared land by the ces. British Isles ur period en- attacks yes- eavy attacks have been a} rently y that | but apr ppened to de! something most import d by Hitler. a result of the United States’ determination to further (Continued on Page Four) MENDOZA RITES THIS AFTERNOON ar’s Day e office of this be for at day WEST ELECTRIC CO. dec: t open = HOLIDAY NOTICE | | i | ® GALA NIGHT SPECIAL — "| SLOPPY JOE’S BAR Celebrate New Year's Eve with Dance Music by EDDIE TRYON and his North-South Orchestra SINGERS — DANCERS Combine For A Lovely Floor Show! Tonight’s The Night! “Beachcomber Restaurant NEW YEAR’S DAY Southern Fried CHICKEN DINNER. x Fresh Vegetables 50c HOME BAKED PIES —— —_ D Fred Marvil’s CABANA The Brightest Spot In Town Celebrate the NEW YEAR in Key West’s MOST PCPULAR CLUB. Dance in the Beautiful Patio to the Music cf THREE GIRLS OF NOTE with Jack Crawley and Otto Divanti. Favors, etc. velt Of Stirring Up Hat-| . of 1940 comes to an end, impend- | reply | to a whoi vasion | of all efforts to be : Wednesday. | Che Key West Citters THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER GERMAN GHQ IS |Brains OF Nazi Machine PANZER ON RAILS bea reas Feature Service) | BERLIN, Dec. 31—A ‘double- engined train pulls into a small Station in France. Behind the en- a flatear with a crew an anti-aircraft gun. The is another anti-aircraft Between these two cars lies the rolling general headquarters of the German army. In one of the cars sits Field ,. al General Walter von Brauchitsch, thin lipped head of e German land forces. This train is the cerebrum of the German military machine. ¥ its swiftly acting chief, it thas toured half of the continent ‘of Europe in the last fourteen {months directly behind the crest jof the German military wave. |From the flat soggy wastes of middle Poland, to the swishing | beaches of the French Atlantic [coast, the boss of millions of men sued tel orders, received m military reports and co- ordinated the efforts of these mil- . Denmark, Belgium, Luxemburg and France. Four crews serve with the train —anti-aircraft, military guards. technical personnel of the federal railways and the signal corps ex- the most ‘Radio operators, typewriter operators, telegraph- tchboard operators, and stants chosen from the outstanding pupils of the signal corps school have been on duty in the GHQ since the beginning of the | war. ‘Speed’ Their Middle Name Speed is their middle name i They stiil look back with pride, jreports the “Warshauer Zeitung,” on the day that their chief ordered ‘a phone call put through from a forsaken spot in Poland. im- tele- Approve §0¢-Hour Wage Rate: AGREE NOT TO STRIKE ON SOUTHEASTERN’S TRUMBO HOUSING PROJECT A threatened strike of carpen- ters on the housing project of the Navy Department on Trumbo Is- land was averted yesterday when 75 workers asreed to <a the SBA e FS s B SBS WPA PROJECT FOR NAVY IS APPROVED (By Associated Press) JACKSONVILLE, Dec. 31. —State WPA Administrator Roy Schroder today author- ized a $24.930 landscaping and beautification project for Key West Naval Air Station. The prcject includes con- struction of 4.5C0 square feet ef concrete sidewalk, 1.000 feet cf curbing. 967 feet of rcadways 16-fet wide, re- moval and rerlanting of trees. S-venty-cight workers will be employed for a period of five menths. WPA alloca- tion is $24,280. The navy is to contribute $650. FISD FT iv MRS. LOU HSA LEE . DIED YESTERDAY - 50. oon at short Mrs died lat th Within six seconds, Von Brau- this chitsch was speaking with j aides in the Reich capital reporter who visited the trai s the use of a device—pre sumably what is known in Amer. ican te lephone circles as “‘scra! bled speech” apparatus—for foil- ing curious who might be on the | Radio messag command must remain stri ly secret, and are conducted i ever changing and extremely com- plicated code. Important press reports are re- |ceived by wireless, duplicated by | (Continued on Page Four) First Third- Term Inaugural Will Make History, But Inaugurals Of The Past Have Done That, Too ued from the f his th Of special inierest to a German c ; Detroit daugh- . Mrs. Lou 1 three Ingra- al- ottage nan s ral rites James By JACK STINNETT, AP Feature Service WASHINGTON, When President |January 20 rolls up Pennsy snue from 1600, which e House, to naught the capitol, he'll ory. He'll be the f ever to take that ride for purpose a third time. But another item in the history books, for in n day has been putt items into the record > very first. George Washington toc the first time, his Pe Dec. Roosevelt 31.— on CLUB LA CONGA Wishes Ail Its Friends and Patrons A Happy New Year See the NEW YEAR in with Frank and Teddy The only Club Owners in Key West who entertain you personally Singing Our Memory Songs from headline days in VAUDEVILLE A club where your MOTHER and SISTER can also en- joy themselves DANCE TO A REAL BAND Naveros Jumpin’ Jive See Key West's Own Rhumba Team “THE REGLAS” sylvania aver ribbon of mu » Kansas Frank } 80 cents an hour paid carpenters by the Southeastern Construction company of Miami. contractors. The carpenters had asked for $1 an hour. a price agreed upon by the local union. It was ex- plained the price of 80-cents an hour had-been recognized by the Department of Labor at Washing- ton as the prevailing rate of wages in Key West. Contract was let to the South- eastern company at that rate. it was explained. The workers wer> advised that their reddress was thrcugh the Department of Labor and in the meantime it was sug- gested that they continue work- ing. Nearly all th= carpentcz work is finished at the housing proj- ect. The electricians and plumb- ers ar2 being paid in accoruance with D:psrtment of Labor ruling zs to rates. Total cost of the project may run to $150,000. which is said to ke less than the cost of the con- tract. The work is being done on @ cost plus basis by ihe South- eastern company. TEMPERATURES ~ Lowest last.Highest las! night 24 hours 50 34 59 36 38 45 34 38 62 42 76 67 76 34 46 64 45 34 40 56 50 Boston Buffalo Charleston Chicago Cincinnati Denver El Jacksonville City KEY WEST Los Angeles so New Pittsburgh St. Louis 5 San Francisco 3 Washington | Ker woe Fiete ber ce | 2 IN THE U. 5S: A- KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1940 Carpenters: ‘DO YOU KNOW ALL Chamber Receives Them THE ANSWERS HERE Just as they come in the course of any ordinary day's secretary of the Key West C ber of Commerce listed Citizen the ques from all parts of the count What accommodations have you in Key West? What is the toll on the bridge? What is there to sec Key Vest? Send info: a about the special holiday excur- sions to Cuba. Send a nished cottages on the front. That starts the list we go on: How many trailer parks have you? What are the bathing facili- ties? How many boarding houses have you and what do they charge? Send schedule of plane trips to Cuba. What is the aver- age temperature for year ‘round swimming? What is the charge for water? Electricity? Gas? Do you have good schools? Are there any guides in Key West? What do they charge? I rent a c by the di ) ve good res aurants? received in the city. Lieut Com Send information about Dry Tortugas r NY. ~ Favor Navy’s Water Projet Water T: om ane WPA 0 _ 18,000 WORKERS TO “41 DEFENSE Next Step ons that cc Contract Peried 3 of fur- water Then. $2 Cents; Await Copies of the report of the «= cimeers covtring the navy depart == oe state = ments water project hewe Seen FEDERAL PSOE mender T. J. Bredy. public works officer at Key West navel <tation announced today. West? How m: you? Send sche Na and special groups. How many schools have you? Is healthy? Send complete list camps between Key We ami. What kinds of have? How large is Are there any accom the Keys? How many there? Are there any boats ava able? Are groceries high? Sen list of American Plan hotels How picturesque is Key W Are there any__mountains? Sc list of rivers in which there good fishing. Of what na your population com How many newspapers have y How many bridges are there the road? Do we get special r if we come in groups? Is it true that the Go won't allow visitors to Key West since the wa We are informed that the t the bridge is ten dollars—is true? I have alv live near the sea—c living fishing for shar can I buy a farm near Key W for? Let me have towns in the country arour West “Tomorrow,” OCT stated, “will be er day (Continued Or Page Four) sau urs Key a list the anc GERMANS INTENSIFY WARRANTY DEED RUMANIAN FARMING TRANSFERS HOTEL committee in charge was afraid the new capitol building wasn’t strong enough to avoid collapse under the weight of the assem- bled multitude; the other that the Senate and House had got in- S to such a row over the = tion of tickets that the only out iS nove into the aces where there great open would . room for more tickets. The Presi y out overcoat for - Ever since then. they have There the open. > one th THE BERMUDA Died Month Afterwards William Henry Harrison (1841). the grizzled oia indian warrior of 68 summers, rode up the avenue his white charger in a ra’ nd and stood hatless and wit hours in the frigid weather while the cere- mony dragged out. A month later he was dead from pneumonia. been talking about taking the inaug- ural back indoors, but nobody has MEAT MARKET WISHES TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATRONAGE AND SINCERELY HOPES THE NEW YEAR WILL BE VERY HAPPY FOR YOU! JUST RECEIVED A LARGE SHIPMENT OF Turkyes, Fresh Killed Pork, Hens and Western Selected Pork Hams PLACE ORDER TODAY FOR YOUR NEW YEAR'S DINNER We Guaranteed To Please You On Any Price and Cut We Will Remain Open Until 11 o’Clock Tonight Phone 52 , Cor. White and Virginia See be ; figured out yet wher could be found big enough to pre- vent an ging match over tickets Thoma. president ington, rginia riflemen. Jeffers uger escorted br a comp walkea acre Yy avenue his augura and when it was over. walked NEW YEAR’S EVE DANCE - back to his boarding hc re IN LA CONCHA'’S “P ppacrre RAINBOW ROOM ee ae aes Tonight. 10-99 Til 7 aeons boone sti ‘ JERRY COLLINS ORCHESTRA dent Roosevelt's inaugurati FAVORS FOR ALL! four years ago, President Polk (Continuea on Page Four) SSR GALA NIGHT the WHITE HERON formerly Stork Club Floor Show — Entertainment Dancing NEW YEAR’S MORNING BREAKFAST No Cover Charge $1 Minimum §/ i |At the Ring of the Gong’ | At 5:30 ~'clock—al in the zoom will receive @ 818 Dewal Street SAMOA CLUB GALA NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION DANCE THE OLD YEAR OUT WITH SAMMY BIRD'S Famous Dixicland Band NOISE MAKERS FUN CALORE . Come Early—Stay Late—Nc Cower—No Man mum