The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 30, 1941, Page 1

Associated Press Day Wire Service For 61 Years Devoted te the Best Interests of Key West WOLUME LXII. No. 180. Dropped By ie BA ATES. a ctl ' he Key Wiest Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. U.S. Ship In Chinese Arca Slightly Damaged From ere Breen ae H Chis: Anecahannie seme i SON BIGHT - Sunday with a banner across | hea quotas were increased from} NEW YORK, July 30. —Joset, the street reading: after a week-long strike, : Two Other Explosives Alse| RED CROSS UNIT ‘SEVEN DRAFTEES |7,i25,561 to 7,620,563 short tons,| ae “Welcome 43rd Division— | tbsiecd: daaeaed tek pias T | raw value. | Stalin's powerful Red armies t0-| Cy ,10, Barker. 68-year-old| Quincy Junior Chamber of | “aus of ® : oppe t wenty | MEETS 5 THURSDAY LEAVING AUG. 7 legiation, the eer eae Tl day were hurling their weight retired laborer, was drowned | Sooners: he No Seer | discharge of the 150 men. who me 3 } * t YY — Tobacco | Yards Away; Occurred | to represent the amount against the Germans in a new |°*rly this morning in the waters; Festival, Oct, 1a" turned: to, wet” MepeNe: Ant In ‘Safe Zone’ UP STRENGTH FOR NA- TIONAL DEFENSE (By Associated Press) | WASHINGTON, July 30.— | Three Japanese bombs today ex- American Red Cross is taking ploded within a few yards of a | steps to strengthen itself for the United States gunboat on patrol creasing duties of national de- |MAKING READY TO BUILD. The Key West Chapter of the ERS ASSIGNED DIRECT TO CAMP BLANDING Seven Key West draftees will be inducted into the army and sent to Camp Blanding Aug. 7, it ONE GOING TO MIAML OTH. | KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1941 SUGAR QUOTAS | FOR THIS YEAR ARE | INCREASED WILL ASSURE CONRUMERS | OF AMPLE SUPPLIES AT! FAIR PRICES; CONSUMP-| TION ON INCREASE i j i { ABy Asscciated Press) IN, July 30.—The} lt Department has an-} mneed:ai502,002-ton increase in | Sugar marketing quotas ini ‘Fa Move designed, officials said, to | assure consumers ample supplies | | eos to supply the country dur-, ing the calendar year. Officials | j Said that it had become necessary | jto raise the estimate of needs} , largely because of increased con- sumption resulting from defense reemployment and a practice of jmany consumers to carry larger reserves than normal to avoid a possible shortage. 6,890,000 Tons Used Last Year ‘Moscow Very Jubilant Successfull Counter Attacks Launched Against Nazi Units ww wwwwwe| | Communique na tae From, Russian Capital . De-| velares.. Germans .)Have | , Met Their Masters Series of counter attacks as the Russo-German war went into its | thirty- -minth day, the period for which any army has withstood the Nazi blitzkrieg. Pointing to the capitulation of | France in 38 days of fighting and longest Over | CHARLES BARKER Fore: oe mNED | | MORNING; IN. GARRI- | | | | | | of Garrison Bight off the foot of | Palm avenue. Peace Justice Franklin Aren-| berg, who was called to the scene at about 9:15 o'clock ‘when Bark-| er’s body was discovered, said! |this afternoon it was apparent! the man had come to his death} Migs an accidentai fall into| Construction Work On Thre Defense Jobs Resumed Toda NO GENERALS PLAY GOLF HERE’—QUINCY | QUINCY, July 30 (FNS).— Faces of 43rd Division troops. Passing through here this week en route to Louisiana maneuvers. were all smiles -~and for good reason. Advance units of the New England outfit were greeted IOI IS SD SS. ‘NO DECISION IN FALSE THURSTON 1% ser HANGING Key West, Florida, has # most equable climate in the country ; ‘ range of only 14° Fahrenheit 1 i | jobs in Key West was. back at with an a PRICE FIVE CE Status Of Workmen’s De- Tuesday still was not clear. Members of the Isborers’ unions, after voting last night that they would. monk, Sie fense, it was reported today by | W@S announced today by Miss) 7), w 1941 quotas compare he bay. There will be no in-| duty near the’ temporary capital | Robert Spottswood, chapter chair-| Eliza Borroto, draft board secre- ar eenarketed in te even more rapid collapse pass with 7,465,633 tons marketed in Giher nations, a Moscow com- | |DUNCAN McCLURE ARREST. of Shungking. ; man, in announcing a called Red tary. 1939, a year in which President ' 7 nine Subilanile. declared <that The body, apparently cut by} sesane am | eesS meeting to be held Thurs-/ The men who will report for Roosevelt suspended quotas be- {he G, + kak hs {Shells along the bottom, was ED BY SHERIFFS OFFICE; State department officials im-|day afternoon at the Red Cross duty next week are Oscar Ca-/cause of consumer hoarding and bg pagers at last ave .met) found half-submerged’ in the} s : ; !Work Room on Duval street. The é ‘ 4 § i ee. ene | shallows near t Palm | COUNTY i *cl mediately called for an investi-| meeting will be held at 4 o'clock, banas Mendoza, Charles Frank (aon hae” Teak ein "some British military experts, more | avenue. SS z5 gation of the bombing, which oc- | and all Red Cross members and Russell, William Joseph “Harris, |g 390,000 tons, Cautious in ‘their appraisal of the; 4 brother, William Barker, ING CASE | other interested citizens are urged te.be present... Present at the meeting will be curred. while the gunboat was. in. the so-called “safe zone” set Charles James Woods and Carrol ; ! "Thomas Roberts. The new and old quotas, re- {spectively, by marketing areas: Continental beet area 1,768,996 situation than the, Russians, hailed | | Bed successes in holding off the. ‘Nazi blitz troops and agreed there who works aboard a Rts ot ship, early this Peach SOOT BT Ciena Fe county . Harris will be transferred to Miami for induction into the serv- {274 | 1,652,571 short _ tons; ’ the mainland cane area 579,562 and iee, while the others will go to} 448,000; Hawaii 1,070,641 and Camp Blanding direct trom here. ‘1,000,177; Puerto Rico 910,787 and 850,844; Virgin Islands 10-176 and is no sign of an impending break- up in the Russian forces. For the first time since Adolf | Hitler sent his legions whirling | into Poland, it was declared in| London, the Germans are in im-; Glen A. Whisler, field representa- | tive for the Red Cross, who is in | Key West to confer with chapter | officials on the programs arising One bomb struck within a few | out of defense responsibilities. not been located. {solicitor, said late this afternoon Funeral arrangements — are in} charge of Lopez Funeral Home. the has come to no decision as to} W C | what charges, if any, will be fit-/¢ aside by the Japanese for inter- National use. yards of the ship’s bow. damag- | aang a ng anyones ANNOUNCE CIVIL ae ea eae. take ae ‘ ga minent danger, not only of being} ‘ed against Duncan McClure, held | ing it slightly. while two others | sional je Sey the giving of cer- SERVICE EXAM 2,038,230. aad als ces aise stopped, but of ore back | STREET NAME: ,by sheriff's officers after he is ore Py Ms = nsive, dropped within a radius of about ‘#i" Welfare services to the per- other than Cuba 145,553 and ,i" 4 ™ajor countet offe | accused of turning in a false re-! gays a j sonnel of the armed forces and, The United States Civil Serv- 143,569. | port of strike trouble here Mon-| 20 yards, | their families, Mr. Spottswood re- ice Commission , announces an Supplies Ample | , Russian troops wer ¢ reported jported, and one purpose of the open competitive examination for, Atppreheneion over — possible |2*iving forward in a fast-moving! TAMPA, July 30.—(FNS) The | 44y Right. Word of the bombing came as! pe PP counter attack against the Ger-| stud, bod: McCh 37- | meeting is to plan for an expan-'the position of Helper, Boiler-'shortages and consumer stock k | student ly of the University of lure, a ‘year-old Mi- State department officials were | sion of these services. {rnaker: hoarding has served, officials 405 both south of Smolensk and|Tampa is backing a move to’ amian, was held for investiga- reaffirming to the Japanese am-! Other items of business will be bassador’s office this country’s! the election of officers and discus- intention of keeping its dealings | ones the ee rom parscuation t @ jin ie Work oO e a lefense with Tokyo on a day-to-day ba- | Council of Florida. It is important, Mr. Spottswood Refuse Word On Ships | said, that all persons interested Under-Secretary of State Sum- | in the work of the Red Cross at- ner Welles refused to give the | tend this meeting and participate Japanese government assurances | in the discussions. that Japanese ships now off the! California coast would be eer SCOUT UNIT T0 mitted to return home if they | put into American ports. | Pointing out that the ships/ cannot remain at sea indefinite- ly, state department officials said they soon would be forced to put into United States ports for fuel, at which time their disposition would be decided under terms of the order freezing Japanese cred- its. London, meanwhile, from Foreign Secretary Anthony Monroe County Boy Scout Com- mittee will hold a meeting at 8 jo’clock tonight at the Old United |States Naval Hospital on United | Street. heard | All Scouts who are out for |Awards or Merit. Badges are Eden that Britain has hurled two | urged to be present at this meet-; new economic measures against ing to take the various tests. Japan, barring Japanese’ yessels | The Examining Court of the! Applications may be filed until further notice with the Recorder, Labor Board, Room 105, Post Of- fice Building, Key West, Florida. Further plication blanks may. be obtained from the Recorder, Labor Board, Room 105, Post Office Building, | Key West, Florida; or from the Secretary, Board of U. S. Civil} !Service..Examiners, Post Office, Key West, Florida; or, the Man- jager, Fifth U.S. Civil \ Service| District,. New. Post! Office Build- ing, Atlanta, anita, Gecegia. 1 U. &. -BRITISH J AIR SERVICE BALTIMORE, ‘Md.The _Brit- ish transatlantic clipper plane Bristol, one of two clippers pur- chased by the British. from Pan! iAmerican Airways for $1,000,000; each, recently landed here, thus} inaugurating British air sérvice | between England and the United States. from the empire's. world-wide | string of coaling stations, and Preventing them from trading between ports of British colon- ies. COAST GUARD ENLISTING MEN WASHINGTON, \house military affairs committee Men between the ages of 18) today voted, 13 to.7, in favor of a and 30 who wish to enlist in the (bili giving President Roosevelt) coast guard reserve may apply{the dutiority to hold national at local coast guard theadquar- guardsmen, draftees and reserves ters. it was announced today by }in the armed forces for indefinite | Lieut. Comdr. Carl coast guard commandant. H. Hilton, | training. | grade education who passes oth-| mittee Friday to seek an early er requirements will be accepted.|debate for the measure. ting full pay, and with all rights | and debate was scheduled to start and privileges of regulars. ‘on the senate floor today. The | House Committee Favorable For Giving President Power To Extend end Training Period (By Associated Pre Associated Press) July 30.—The; Isolationist senators still pre- dict they will be able to prevent information and ap-! said, to help raise prices of refined sugar about half a cent a pound over last year’s level despite the fact that supplies in areas en- titled to a share in the American market are described as more | than ample. This fear of a possible short- age grew out of the fact that ocean shipping facilities have been reduced by the war. The United States depends on offshore areas for about 70 per cent of its sugar. Officials said that the increase {in quotas should have a. price- | depressing "effect. Some _agricul- H j ture department officials believe | | Present prices should be brought in line with those of a year ago. DANISH SHIP CARGO SOLD AT AUCTION tipecial to The Citizen) JACKSONVILLE, July 30. — | The petroleum cargo in the Danish ; } tanker Caroline Maersk.went on jthe auction block, and brought j $117, 478.07, which is $188.07 more i>“ | than the freight charges, which the | former shipowners have claimed | against it. H. R. Buckey, vice president ‘of | the Eastern Seaboard Petroleum | Company, made the bid in behalf jot his company, and the sale is subject to the confirmation of the | Federal court. Mr. Buckey made his bid for week on Florida’s’* idosses, but the German )que claimed no new { Admit Latvia i prised neutral | (FNS) in the Zhitomir sector, southwest of Kiev. A Russian communique said the ! Germans were being forced out of their established defénsive posi. tions at both pdints, and are at- tempting to form new lines far- ther to the west. Berlin, admitting powerful Rus- sian counter-attacks, said the moves were a desperate effort to free units trapped by the Ger- mans. The Russians were said to have been driven off with heavy j, A story of German victory i Latvia, carried by the’ Ciiciat| | Berlin news agency, DNB, sur- | observers, et ‘Berlin long ago claimed that a | Russian troops had been driven out of Latvia, and it was believed ; \ generally that the Red defense lines had been re-drawn to the east of the Latvian border, DNB's report told of the anni- | hilation of two Red divisions iz, ore near Riga on the Baltic | STATE MANSION TO BE gE IMPRO TALLAHASSEE, ‘Salty 30, — Renovation began Th change the name of Lafayette | ; Street in Tampa to University , ' Avenue and the move has a approval by Mayor Chan-} gees Dunn, President of | ithe University of Tampa Alumni | | Association, told the mayor that | the alumni of the institution were | interested in the change and were | {supporting the movement started | ‘by R. B. Fordyce, ae apace istudent body.ivis @ UY o> |. It is propesed that ‘both BPE eg pette Street and. i\G@rand Central | | Avenue © frem—-13th--Street- to! ,pHowatdiavehaeiArehained, FIVE-DAY WEEK Tt WEEK TO BE PUT IN EFFECT. | JACKSONVILLE, July 30. (FNS) Robert M Smith, directing ; ‘the southern division of A & Pj stores, announced that the 5-day | iweek will be put in effect at all! i stores before Labor Day. Pay ob taeaeak the ,employees will remain the same as for six vases Adoption of 5-day week, he a tion when sheriff's Officers said jhe, telephoned them Monday | night that W. P. Thurston, presi- at ;dent of Thurston cor ; company, was being lynched | miles north of the city. Thurston, who knew about the reports, was found ing in a Duval street cafe, w! struction will be new Lakeland plant ¢ is completed. 2 Tanks are now wages, shortest | of “general hours, and best [ Conditions in the pte Sis 3 tansy Passage of the bill, of at least hold | 11,29 tons of petroleum which | Governor's. pauemed ee! Period mandatory. claimed by a joint resolution. The | | emergency. it to the compromisé suggested by was consigned ta,a firm in Malaga, | reported to have caused Senator Robert Taft (R.-Ohio), | Spain, April 5,,1940, On that day | able damage to which would make a 16 months’ the Caroline Maersk.salied from | colonial type | Port Arthur, Texas, and put into | filed suit agaimst the consi | time Commission took over the ship. oe tion to making the: Administration supporters are | | Jacksonville April 14 five days mite-proof, ‘plans call for the re- Representative Andrew J. May, confident of obtaining congres-| after the invasion Denmark. | wiring of the Men with high school educa- | chairman of the committee, de-|sional approval for unlimited| Most of the time ae then, the | tic will be insulated and cut upjto Lohdon, tion will be preferred for the/clared after the session that he | training, however, and it is gen-|357-foot tanker has been anchored into storage rooms, a bedroom and. training, but anyone with eighth | ‘would go before the rules com-' erally believed that a state of un-joff Commodores, Point. On May bath. The kitchen will be modern- | trip limited emergency will be pro-} 23 of this year, the shipowners | ized and remodeled. The’ at- permit, in mentioned new to naga sentative 'felale. ignees | An appropriation of $12.500 was plete The reserves will go into the|senate military committee al-jresolution would give President| for transportation charges, and provided for the work. If funds’ coast guard as enlised men, get- | ready has approved the extension, } } Roosevelt full power to hold the/ one month later the U. S. Mari-. addition troops for the duration of the | hin Key