The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 3, 1941, Page 1

sconce tenetane VOLUME LXII. No, 158. Figures Compiled Reveal #OO@I OI LIS @ | Forty Per Cent Increase Over Month Of June Last Year Toll collections on Overseas; Highway during June climbed $5,844.50, or 40 per cent, over the figure for June last year, and $9,- , 729.25 over June, 1939, the road ‘and toll bridge district ely | collections for the fiscal year which began in September now amount to more in 10 months than the collection for the entire previous year. Since September, with two months still to go in this fiscal year, the bridge Sistrict has col-| ——____ $141,570 ON HAND {Special to The Citizen) THON, July 3.—B. M., Duncan, manager of Over- seas Road and Toll Bridge District, yesterday announced a cash on hand total of $141,- 570 as members of the group met with highway men here. Duncan said the figure is much more than sufficient to meet all bond interest and redemption fund charges. Included in the assets of the highway are $24,968 in the treasury from toll collec- tions; $105,400 in bond in- ferest and redemption funds, and $9,037 in funds for - con- truction. lected $242,143.40, while in the 12 months of the preceding year | the total was $236,098.35. As was the case last year, June totals climbed slightly over the annual low month of May, when: the total figure amounted to $19,413. June showed a total of 9,303 automobile trips over the Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted to the Best Interests of Key West IN MANEUVERS NEW TYPE OF PANZER DIVI- | SION TO BE INTRODUCED IN PRACTICE DURING THIS YEAR x |MAKE REPORT ON AUTO TAGS AND | GASOLINE SALES | Monroe county, ranked thirty-eighth in Florida last ‘year on the number of auto- mobile licenses sold. In May ranked thirty-fifth among the state’s counties for volume of gasoline sold, a state de- partment of agriculture bul- letin revealed today. During May of this year. i Monroe county gasoline deal- (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, July 3—A| neW type of “streamlined pan-} more fire power, will be tried in | army maneuvers this year in North Carolina, War day. Stimson, said the new outfit | ‘3 ers sold 178,739 gallons of gi a weport revealed yesterday, oline, while total sales fort, pati tanks and mechanized Holding far above the figures state during that equipment for use in backing up. for the two preceding years, toll | — to 35.068311 male gal- _| completely mechanized forces, The division would have 14,000 | men instead of the normal 15,- |500, but would be far more heav- lily armed. | ‘This county ranked thirty. ‘second in the sale of kerosene, with 20,601 gallons sold here ; im May. while sales for the | state totalled 3,204,827. i vers would be for the purpose of jtesting the division’s mobility ;and power, with the possibility that changes for improvements VA hd ded would be made after the tests. JOHN H. BRIGHT. S21'e'te!%s _ DIED THIS A. M. CRIPPLES TO | adins auiaion WILL BE! BE EXAMINED | CONDUCTED TOMORROW Dr. Arthur H. Weiland, ortho- | AFTERNOON pedic surgeon of the Florida State eeu al Crippled Children’s Commission, | | will be here July 17 to examine | John H. Bright, 68, died at the! jocal crippled children, Dr. James ‘residence of his daughter, Mrs.|B. Parramore, county health of- |Lee Thompson, 1208 Virginia ficer, announced today. street, this morning at 3:35 o'clock. | Only cripples under the age of i ‘21 will be examined at that time, Funeral services will be held t0-) with’ white children. undergoing morrow afternoon at 5 o'clock’ examination in the morning from from the First Methodist (Stone) ' 10 to 12.4'clock, and negro children |Church. Rev. A. C. Riviere will’ between 1 and 2 o'clock. | officiate at the services. | The examinations will be held Survivors are the widow, Mrs./2t the health department office, Hattie Bright; two daughters, | !300 United street. Mrs. Lee Thompson and Mrs. H. {zer” division, smaller than a nor- | mal division but with 50 per cent} Seretary 1 Henry L. Stimson announced a would be equipped with mobile | Stimson said the first maneu- | Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, JULY 3, 1941 { MAYOR TOM TAGGART of Atlantic City (left) presents key to the city to Earl W. Brown, manager of Florida National Exhibits, Frank |Gravatt, manager Steel Pier in center. Extensiye exhibits will be | held this summer on the Heinz and Steel Piers advertising Florida's | products and tourist Aca Welles Calls On Nations Of Western Hemisphere To Aid (By Ansociated Press) WASHINGTON, July 3.—Act- against a non-western hemisphere | country. ing Secretary of State Sumner | Welles last night called on the the United States liednas of the western hemisphere the policies which it is’ pursuing toward hemisphere defense. OO OTIS SSS | One Another Against Attack Welles said the government of | would wel-; come the opportunity of restating | |S. Hendricks; two sons, Frank and John Bright; and 8 grandchildren ; | and 5 great grandchildren. | ,My. Bright had been a member of the Volunteer Fire Department | SPECIAL AGENT OF FBI GIVES'A ‘ADDRESS bridge system, with 21,505 pas- “sengers making the trip in both | directions. Sunday, June 22, was the big day of the month, with a total of 515 auto trips recorded, 203 } northbound and 312 southbound. for 50 years and a member of the| Paid Dept. for 23-years. He was al E. P. Morgan, special agent of | retired member at the time of his' the Federal Bureau of Investiga- death. He also was a member of tion, who spoke before Monroe | the Knights of Golden Eagle. ‘county men last night at the high | Pritchard Funeral Home is in’ <choo}, will return here as soon as} charge of the funeral ee possible to address Boy Scouts in mets. | the city, he told District Chairman | DENIES REPORT | |M. E. Berkowitz of the scouts lagt CY COUNTL =“ | Morgan, who replaced Agent R| ON AIR SERVICE G. Danner as speaker, described | MEETS I TONI suis sabotage and anti- iacignage) | work at a confidential meeting Rumors that British Overseas | | staged by the American Legion: Airways might operate a Trans-| ‘There will be a regular meeting! The talk before the Boy Scouts Atlantic air service in eompeti-! of the City Council held tonight, | wilt be scheduled within a short} tion with American lines have | peginning at 8 o'clock, which will | time been denied by the company, the | pe the first regular meeting of the MAIN ST. FISHING British consular office at Jack- present month. sonville informed The Citizen | Most of the business to come | toeey? before the session will be of rou- | The statement from the consul] tine nature, while a few other HOLLIS, Okla., July 3.—After ; been led to believe the . service | for a time, may be taken up dur-|car Bryant found a catfish in a) would be inaugurated, because the | ing the course of the meeting. _ puddle in the town’s Main street. company has been flying Boeing | passengers ships across the ocean. According to information given said some British subjects had) matters, which have been pending | a downpour of rain at Hollis, Os- | |to take joint action in aiding one janother in any defensive war. i The | Uruguay, would permit any na- proposal, suggested by tion to.use the air bases, harbors and naval bases of the other re- {publics to fight a defensive war This government, he said, has offered use of its bases and prom- ised its full assistance to an, nation in the hemisphere de- fending itself against sion. The proposal from Uruguay has been turned down by Argen- ; tina and its status in Chile is jungertain. ‘Announce Loan Of Fifty Thousand Dollars To Keys Electric: Co of The Key West Citizen) WASHINGTON, D. C., July 3. —A loan of $50,000 to the Florida | | (Washington Correspondent | ‘Keys Electric Cooperative Asso- | ciation, Inc., of Marathon, which will make possible construction of line providing power to 525 the British embassy at Washing- ton, the present service is carrying | government passengers and ma- terials only. No non-official passenger ser- | vice is contemplated, the consul said, ALVAREZ AWAITS HIS CERTIFICATE Sergio Alvarez, 21-year-old mS West high school graduate, is| waiting this week for the arrival of a copy of his birth certificate from Cuba before leaving for Montreal to enlist in the Royal Canadian Air Force: Alvarez, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joaquin Alvarez, 1125 Catherine | street, already has signed for ser- vice with the British force. ~~ HOLIDAY NOTICE German Troops Reported — | (Dy Associated Press) | German troops today were re- |ported driving deep into Russia} NQ PAPER TOMORROW | across the northern front at Rus- | ieee headquarters at Moscow ad- mitted thousands of men in the | Red Army had been trapped near | Murmansk. The German radio said furious} \ bombing attacks behind the Red lines disrupted ‘and caused heavy casualties. A Berlin communique said Rus- | | sian troops on the central front were cut to pieces in fighting yes- (Continued on Page Four) oe | Junior Woman's Club - DeMolay | CHARITY DANCE Benefit Local Charities communications | Driving Deep Into Russia |\eeeewrrees In accordance dance with acustom of long-standing, there will be | no issue of The Citizen to- | morrow in order to afford an | opportunity to the members | of the force to join in the fes- tivities in connection with the Fourth of July celebra- tion. The Citizen observes three holidays each year, the other two being Labor Day and Christmas. a etmaantnthatarthartttl HOLIDAY NOTICE } Celebrating the 4th of July “ii | COLUMBIA LAUNDRY will| La Concha Rainbow Room | company will not be open for not be open for business tomor- row, July 4, Independence hese eee estate tsemetennn metsemmsammasmeramete Tonight, 10 p.m. | COUPLE $1 ean business on either FRIDAY OR | SATURDAY. | CHEELY LUMBER CORP. 731 Caroline Street RS of the association, was j; announced here today by the | Rural Electrification Administra- | | tion, t All the members to be served | | by the line are in Monroe Coun- | | ty. It is the first loan for line } } construction which the Associa- | | tion has received from REA, | The loan..was negotiatedby) | John, A. Russell of Islamorada. | —— | president of the association; and | Julius F. Stone, Jr., of Key West, | | its attorney. | | |E | | i ' | THURSDAY ‘Lions Club meets at 6:30 -p.m.; Lions’ Den, Seminary Street. | Junior Woman's Club-DeMolay ; Charity Dance, La Concha; | Hotel, 10 p.m. 1 PIII TT OTT | | ROASTERS, lb. 1214 White operative Unit CSS SS SS be TWO RECORDS—ALL RAIN AND NO RAIN | Key West weather. after setting a record for rain in April and a record for no rain in May, came back to about mormal in June. 2.42 inches less than the average. but with an accumulation of 11.87 inch- es above normal for the six months since January 1. Mean temperature for the month was 83,2 degrees, 1.3 degrees hotter than the aver- age, with a high point of 91 and a low for the month of 72 degrees. ‘The weather bureau count- ed 1 thunderstorms during June with a total precipitation »for the month of 1.82. ‘BRADY’S (Live) Poultry and Egg Market 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND SPECIALS! eect Florida Grade “A” Large be: ey Rhy ae aised FRYERS, STEWERS, Ib. _ Cut-Up to-please you at no Extra Cost ‘Street Phone 540 Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CENTS MAKES CALL ON Fireworks yn Public. Dance NATIONAL BANKS | \ July Celebration ~ At » Park has issued a call for a state- ment of conditions of all Na- ~| Excellent pices Outlin- ed In Connection With tional Banks at the close of business, June 30. Festivities To Be Carried Out | SII IIS SS SF 2 \- ‘WELLES COMMENTS ‘ON JAPS’ POLICY (CONCERNING AXIS STATED HE “HOPED” NEW}| POLICY WOULD MAKE FOR| PEACE, IN FAR-EAST SITU: ATION ~ HIS ARMIES a5 | | i Fireworks and a public dance | at the Bayview Park tennis courts | tomorrow night will climax a dey of sports events scheduled by lo- _ !eal recreation leaders for Key — (fy Associeted Presa) < r a _ WASHINGTON, July 3—C ] : | West's Fourth of July celebration. menting on reports that the Jap=4] j Completed plans for the pro- janese Supreme Council has ap-) gram were released today, and proved a policy aefining Nip- a pon’s attitude toward the Ger-; men, women and children wish- man-Russian war, Acting Secre- p | tary of State Sumner Welles to-; bps to ee per ee ee 'day said he “hoped” the new i>e and other athletic contests were | jurged to register this afternoon }or tomorrow morning. oma would make for peace inj; ‘the Far East. Actual information about the} policy adopted has not been re-| WPA recreation department | employes will be at Bayview Park | this afternoon and in the morning | to register. civilians: ~wishing to jleased in Tokyo, but observers | {noted that the announcement of compete, while m while men in the armed its completion came only a day ; “JULY FOURTH PROGRAM — Josef Stalin HEARD IN A RADIO BROAD- CAST relayed to all Russian stations, Premier Josef Stalin last night admitted German oc- cupation of Lithuania, the greater part of Latvia and the western parts of white Ri and the Ukraine. The broad- cast was picked up in London. j | |after the Axis powers recognized {the Japanese puppet government ; jot Nanking. i ; Observers-predicted that should ; | Japan decide to co-operate fully | | with Ss Axis, she _ Probably ‘Ths Gays peepee a8 Bay- | ward hee new aes a } lp, m—Track meet starts, beh fe conmiiered scuklbe BUILDING PERMIT) events for girls, boys and of more value to Germany than} men; handball tournament any action in Siberia. and greasy pole contest. Welles said he had been given! William Knowles, 1313 Pine | Sto? p. on ten- |no detailed information from To- | street, has been denied a L b. , perithn ion - his { kyo, but intimated he would ex-! permit for a $500 additi and the “Beachcombers™. | pect information soon. jhome, because the building he 7 to 9 p. m. — Exhibition | Planned would conflict with city! softball game, |-Stars vs. SPOONER BOU! BOUND |zoning ordinances, Building In-| City Champ Pepper's Plumb- {spetor Ygnacio Carbonell an-} ers; exhibition barrel throw. ‘nounced today, The Citi: terd: it ceusenenennnararanmernenamntamaannal zen yesterday said the | services. @iL wenlnter cf OVER TO COURT, | | permit had been granted. ; ©. L. Saunders, 1211 Florida | their own recreation officers or ; L. Sooner, charge charged with reck- | Street, today were granted a per-| with George Montpetit at the less driving, yesterday was bound | mit for construction of a $100 ad- | ‘irginia | over to criminal court under $50 dition, and Horace O’Bryant, 3401 | retina 0 sag bond by Peace Justice Franklin} Avenue E, was granted a similar | Mrs. Eva Warner, WPA recrea- agegres- | | Arenberg. i | Florida Keys Electria. Go. wil ge Co- | operative today was in the mar-! | ket, along with the city of Key jee for,eventual. purchase © of \the Key, West Electric company. Membersioof the co-operative, | meeting’ | yesterday’ at: Marathon, ' instructed Julius F. Stone, Jr., the board’s legal advisor, to continue | | negotiations for’ purehase Of the, »power company from the Engineer ; Public Service of New Jersey, a ; holding company which must di: | pose of the property under the | terms of SEC regulations. Ross Sawyer, Jr, son of {county clerk, was named project : superintendent for the keys power , project in a telegram received | from Washington by the power} Keys Electric Organization Would Buy Electric System | Missioners ‘and state road depart- | ment officials met at Marathon. 4\convinced him that Overseas | Sara Watson, Mrs. | away does need improvement, , but he ‘permit for $100. | tion director, and William Free- |man, this afternoon were accept- ling donations from local mer- |hants for the cost of the fire- | works. Persons willing to «con- | tribute were urged to visit the |park or WPA office today, in ee |der to leave time for purchase of | the supplies. Commit! i f , will get from the federal govern- Pesci, paras en — ment, ang how much Overseas! Track meet (girls)—Mrs. B. Highway will get from both, yes- | Kocel, Mrs. J. J. DePoo, Miss terday ‘left the status of road Te: baits unknown as highway com- tes; Baise cel and Capt, Arthur, Sheppard). homas A. Johnson, chaitman | with other sp Ari Se ie state road department, said inspection of the highway had | Price, Mrs. Frank Pierce, 1 of sell, Mrs. Reba Rutt and Mrs, ee told the. commissioners | that Florida counties already have ©! asked the state for about $60,000,- 000 in road repairs, while the jfederal contribution to Florida | will amount to about $1,400,000. Comdr. G. B. Hoey, attending | cats ht ea ecuieaconl teen a3 50 16 ida Yad il Fe ‘ |trustees. Sawyer with two other 4. applicants for the post, had been: hav 'y establishments at Key West, suggested by the trustees. {described the military situation} Stone, revealing that the co-/ ), potato tee jhere and the need for highway | operative is empowered to issue | transnortation. : legged race, bonds up to $5,000,000, said he felt | B % Duncan manager of the ‘sack race, a it would be beneficial to Monroe | icounty. to“have.the-entire power highway, admitted he has not been | j system, here and on the-keys, un- | der supervision of the federal gov- ernment. informed how much money witt of 12 and come either from the state or | to. 17, will |from Washington, but said it is; é A the concensus of opinion that the At the same time, ownership of highway will be imp eer i the power plant here by the co-! and below Lower Matecumbe and Face. | operative, would, make it possible’ Pine hess Bi }to. bring electricity to the keys, TU. Crumpton; 5 {from both ends, - eliminating the wR Gy Gridley & Cay Heating for lope. 5 pasion Ala, bond house attended the | ¥ 2 jeables over the ee | meeting to bid for the work if the |# horse : | HIGHWAY MONEY STILL Uehara ste: natgotrg 38 IN INDEFINITE STAGE hance the job privately. Lack of definite information as,, 7. M. Shackelton, attorney for to how much road money Florida the state road department; bar! ' Erwin, Jr., assistant attorney the department, and Julius” Stone, Jr., Monroe county a former, attended the «