The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 1, 1941, Page 1

ntracts For Two Hun- Project To Be Awarded Within Few Days The navy department within a few days will let contracts for the construction of a $200,000 sec- tion base at Trumbo Island, Capt. | | Russell S. Crenshaw, day. Originally intended for use in connection with an electrical re-| pairs ‘shop, the Trumbo Dock | § under the new plan will be in-| cluded in a base designed for | maintenance of all types of small’ vessels, craft, including harbor patrol | Full plans for the base are not | yet available, but Captain Cren- shaw said it is tentatively planned to build a signal on the site. Two other section bases, at | Mayport and Fort Lauderdale, were authorized by the navy along with the Key West base. Hospital Contract Let Captain Crenshaw, holding his | weekly press conference this/ morning, revealed at the same time that the navy department | has awarded to A. D. Steward &\9 heart attack. Associates, Miami,-the~ contract | here. Contracts. for the actual con- struction have not been let and} the recommended site at the head of the island, adjacent to the CAA radio station, has — not been approved formally. Questioned _ about recurring rumors that the hospital site will be shifted to the old hos- pital grounds on United street, Captain Crenshaw said he could make no definite commitment, but that it is his private opin- ion the building eventually will be constructed on the recom- mended property at the head of the island. Plan Swimming Pool As part of an expanding rec- reational program, the captain revealed plans for the construc- | tion of a swimming pool for Service men on the outside of the molé which protects the navy harbor. The pool, he said, will be built | betweengtwoiet the old groins’ along the. mole, and shelters will be préviddd. © At the same jtime, the depart- | ‘Continued on Page Four) DRIVE BY OUR Used Car Lo Today and See the BIG REDUCTION IN PRICES Prices Reduced On Every Car From $45 to $75 EVERY CAR MUST BE SOLD TODAY AND SATURDAY Many New Cars Arrived Today STOP IN AND SEE FOR YOURSELF WE WILL TRADE TO SUIT YOU DEACON JONES MANAGER TWINS USED CAR LOT Division and Simonton dred Thousand Dollar | navy sta-} tion commandant, announced to- | sta-| tion, barracks and store Aourer | IOI IIASS SS | ESTABLISH RECORD IN H The East Coast Fish Com- | pany under the management ‘of Elijah Cates has shipped over 40,000 pounds of craw- fish from Key West to vari- ous parts of the country since « July 21, date of the opening of the crawfish season. ' The shipments during the ten-day period are considered | the best "yet made, establish- ing @ new record in Key West. 1 COIL IIL IS ID ‘WILLIAM DAVIS DIED THIS A. M. MILLIONAIRE OIL OPERATOR VICTIM OF HEART ATTACK (iy Axnociated Press) HOUSTON, Tex. Aug. ; William Rhodes Davis, 1— j old millionaire oil operator, died | here this morning, the victim of| ‘The speetaca ‘great fortunes, recently came in for wide criticism when it was revealed he had sold oil to Nazi Germany through Mexico. City Councilman John Car- bonell and brother, Ygnacio Carbonell, city building inspector, returned to Key West day from Atlanta, Ga. where they had been on a visit for several days. The brothers, local theater op-' erators, went to Atlanta princi- pally for the purpose of purchas- ing pictures for the Strand and Monhroeé for:the coming season. While‘there they also attended a@ meeting of ‘the directors of the Southeastern Theatre Association. It was decided at this meeting, to hold the ‘next conyention, ‘Of fMfx6tter Louis, the association at Fla. } The Carbonell brothers report having had a very delightful trip, although they state they }are glad to be back in the Island City, where it is considerably , cooler than Atlanta and other} | points visited enroute. New Record Established In Building Act | Building permits issued in Key | West during July hit a record-' ‘breaking $163,000, Building In- spector Y. D. Carbonell revealed today. Spurred by widespread repairs | and small building during the month, the total was lifted to the | highest recorded in recent years by the $105,000 permit issued to! | Norberg Thompson and Maitland } |Adams for an apartment house development. One permit was issued yester-! CRAWFISH SHIPMENTS: 52-year- } | lar financier; who | for planning a navy hospital’ j had made and lost at Teast four | CARBONELLS ARE & BACK FROM TRIP yester- | Owners? Che Key West Citiz THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U.S. A. Submarine Commander Sent Here _ To Supervise Activities Of Base 1 Lieut. - Comdr. William wW. | Weeden, who has served recently | as a submarine commander with} the Apiatic fleet, reported for| j duty her® yesterday to take com-; jmand of submarine activities at! j the local base, it was announced | | today. ; Commander Weeden, with Mrs. , Weeden, arrived in Key West | | Presence of a submarine ex- pert was made necessary by the | impending completion of the ma- }rine railway, it was explained. | ; The railway will be finished in} September, and is scheduled to! jhaul its first ship for repairs in October. Submarines will | street. make up a | large part of the vessels brought here for work, and Commande: Weeden’s duties will includ supervision of the repairs, as we! ;as command of submarines op- jerating from the lewal base. OIL COMPANIES TO COMPLY WITH. ICKES’ ORDERS \CONCERNS THROUGHOUT NATION READY TO COOP- ERATE IN NIGHT-CLOSING | EDICT (ay Associated 1 dds WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.—The|. nation’s oil companies today an- nounced their readiness to com- ply with Secretary of the In- terior Harold Ickes’ request that 100,000 service stations at night, beginning Sun- day. Oil operators said they believe the practice will affect some sav- ings in gasoline consumption, but t was freely predicted that ra- tioning cards will be put in use after Labor Day. Ickes denied that the move is likely to cause any widespread unemployment, pointing out that there is a great demand for me- chanics which would absorb fill- ing station men who might be thrown out of work. Arrangements will be made to , Supply trucks on ee oF ees Tuns: JOE LOUIS’ WIFE GIVEN ALIMON (By Ansectated Press) CHICAGO, Aug. 1—Marva wife of heavy-| der court. handed down by circuit The champion’s wife had filed | will head for the West Palm} | Army, left here . yesterday aft- suit for divorce six weeks ago, jbut it was understood the two] ‘ planned a reconciliation. Activities In July , building office has been closed} }for a week up until yesterday, | | COI IOIS SM. earlier in the week. They will} j make their home at 408 United! KEY WEST AIRPORT : IS INCLUDED IN LIST (By Axseciated Prexs) *. WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.— A $195,000 appropriation for a Key West airport today was included in a list of 288 air- Ports designated by Brig. Gen. Donald H. Connolly, CAA administrator, as neces- sary to national defense. The list, made public by General Connolly, was ap- Proved by secretaries of war, Ravy and commerce, | MARATHON FIELD OK’D | Allocation of funds for im- provement of the airport at Marathon Key has been ap- Proved by a special board of the Civil Aeronautics Author- | ity, Senator Charles ©. An- a telegram today. The aliocation © includes $234,000 to clear, grub, grade, drain, muck and sod the field | landing strips, 500x3200 feet. Taxiways also will be paved and basic lighting installed. Ldoudeuheude dod dedi MEXICO REBUKES NAZI SUGGESTION, RGENTINE GOVERNMENT ; ALSO MAKES DEMANDS ON EMBASSY ACTIVITIES | (By Associated Press) MEXICO CITY, Aug. 1.—Mex- ico today forwarded to Berlin a} |stinging rebuke, terming “im- perious and threatening” the/ German government's suggestion | that Mexico protest to the Unit- ed States against anti-Axis eco- ; homic measures. Berlin previously bad. protest- (ed against .Mexican cooperation | with the United States in impos- had urged the Mexican govern- | ment to protest against Ameri-j| can efforts to involve that coun-} try in foreign disputes, ARGENTINA REBUKES NAZIS | (By Associated Presa) BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, | Aug. 1—The Argentine govern- ment today demanded that German embassy in Buenos Aires either.destroy or send back | to Germany a powerful short- wave radio transmitter found on the embassy grounds, A stiffly worded note to Berlin embodied the Argentina mand. LOCAL SCOUTS GOING TO CAMP Key West Boy, Scouts of Troop | 51 will meet tomorrow. morning | jat 8 o'clock at the new Wesley | {House to begin their, 2k 9 gree en-| jcampment, A.) B. Peirce, former \scoutmaster and chairman of | Monroe county. camping activi- | Jacksonville, weight champion Joe Louis, to-| ties, announced today. day was granted temporary ali- | mony of $200 a week in an or-/diately for Camp Owen Broreinj} The boys will leave imme-| at Tampa, where they will re-; {main until August 9, when they | Beach county camp at Lantana. | |They are expected to return) here over the weekend of Aug-| |ust 16, Peirce and his. brother, W. | Burke Peirce, who has returned j here | pany the boys. Allan Hampton, | | Scoutmaster, will be unable to make the trip. Officials Aetive: Of; County's Road iat sha Ameria a during Carbcaell’s absence . from... Brady's Live Poultry and Egg Market Fresh Florida Grade A EGGS, dozen _ 40¢) STEWERS — ROASTERS | Battery Raised Rhode Island | Red FRYERS | | Monroe county road. recvible aki. as at | the office of County Clerk Ross | |road department since 1931. Auditors of the state road de- |partment who came here last |night to make the check are J. L. | | Barber, J. R. Bussey, Jr., and C. |F. Jones. R. S. Weidling, repre- \day to Joseph Zorsky for con-|Soft Bone Roasters. 4% to 6% Ibs. | sentative of the state comptrol- struction of two cottages on Divi-! 1214 White Street ‘sion street at a cost of $1,200. The i Phone 540 inset til tli ttn ical ler’s office, also came here to work 6S the books. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1941 ing oil embargoes on Japan, and | the | de- | from Virginia, will accom- | NAVY MEN READ “WARIOUS READING TASTES FOR DIF- FERENT LITERATURE VA- RIES CONSIDERABLY i (Navy Dept. Release) ' WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 | ficers and men of the navy onl reading approximately 2,000,000 ; books a year, the navy depart-| ;}ment announced today. Their | jreading tastes constitute a cross} section of men of the same | jages in civilian life ashore, ac-j cording to Miss Isabel DuBois, di- | , bureau of navigation. “Except,” | proportion of them favor wester: |stories. I would say: that fift; per cent of 'the'demand on the for western stories. But they) |read in every’ field—from: inter- | |national law*to westerns and de- | tectives.” i books. A submarine with its! small complement is stocked with | 150. In the fiscal year 1941 the | navy bought 114,000 new books | for libraries then ‘in existence. | {This number does not include the | { books supplied for newly com bmissioned ships in the year. H Libraries in the navy go back | t ito the days of John Paul Jones. | They have long been considered | lan official part of the ship’s | j equipment, though in earlier days | they were provided for out of ap- ‘propriation for “instruments and} |supplies” rather than from the| library appropriation of today. The navy’s modern library sys; tem grew out of the augmented service established during the last |World War by the American | Library association in army camps and naval stations. Following ithis demonstration of the value of adequate library service, the on-a modern, up to date basis. Sea. stories are not among the |most popular among navy men as a whole. One libarian at a large! training station notes that new} | recruits like stories of the sea and | seafaring life, but that after one voyage “they come back knowing | more than the man who wrote the book”. The library of the recently com- | missioned battleship North Caro- | jlina is typical of the variety of books in the libraries of the larger ships. Of its 2,000 books, ap-! ‘proximately two thirds are fiction | of all varieties and types. Then; there is the foundation of the classic with standard authors such as Dickens and Thackeray. |For the balance, there are en- | cyclopedias, atlases, the standard | texts on navigation, astronomy, | seamanship, ordnance and en- |gineering; international affairs, | international law, science, his-| tory, poetry and art. t New shipments of books go out) to ships’ libraries quarterly. j | GEN. KRUEGER LEFT YESTERDAY Lieyt.-Gen. Walter Krueger, commanding general of the Third ernoon after a few hours’ inspec- |tion, returning aboard a navy plane to Fort Barrancas, Pensa-} cola. The general was accompanied on his trip here yesterday by five members of his staff and Col. Ralph C. Mitchell, command- | ing officer of the Fourth District i coast aartillery. sons GOI | part of thesenlisted personnel is! The navy’s library system is al big one. A battleship rates 2,000) | shown ‘itself to be »better German military experts had be-) Down’ Key West, Florida, has the | most equable climate in the country; with an average range of only 14° Fahrenheit PRICE FIVE CE In Face Of Red Resistance Roosevelt Clarifies Matter Of Materials For Russians) (ity Asnocinted Prenn) WASHINGTON, Aug. 1,—Rus-| sia is not receiving war materials | rector of libraries in the navy’s|under the terms of the lease- aoe ill, and there is no indication she! ill in the future, President eekly press conference today. Hopkins made his trip to Moscow to confer with Russian Premier | Josef Stalin, the President said he would not be in a position to speak} definitely on Russian needs until jhe received a report from the} envoy. He said it appeared, however, that Russia is in a position to pay for war materials: obtained in this jcountry, and will not be included riation. President Roosevelt said his re- |fusal to say how Hopkins reached Russia was based on the fact that | | such information might endanger other Americans wishing to make the trip in the same way. ‘Commenting on Russian resist- ance, he told newsmen they could |ment that the Red army has than lieved possible, IN ADDING TO COLLEC- TION ALREADY MADE Joe Allen. chairman of the Lions club committee aiding in the county-wide aluminum drive, make a final effort to boost the collection here. Aluminum utensils on the courthouse lawn will be sent to Miami Monday, and Allen urged Key Westers to toss their con- tomorrow. No further use of trucks will. be made in the campaign, leav- ing it up to the householders to bring’ their. old utensils. to. the courthouse. ‘ Refusing to reveal how Harry ; iin any future lease-lend APPIOP: | | quote him directly with the state- | KEY WESTERS REQUESTED | TO MAKE FINAL EFFORT today urged Key Westers to’ tributions into the pile today age Harry Hopkins, Still Moscow, Slept Th Bombardment Of G Last Night _ MYSTERY BROADCAST | | saamabenmammamanamaaineanamiaanoaamaas | | continuous assaults along the 2,- et a | | | | ing on a news program, last nig i ed the German. foreign ; | ter, Joachim von Ribbentrop, to listen in on Sunday night's program at 8 p.m. (1 p,m, EST). There was no explana- | HOPEFUL OF AN EARLY (By Ansoctatéd Press ~ WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.—Ad- jministration leaders. today pre- ' dicted an early finish to the senate debate on extension of training time for draftees and reserves in ' the armed forces, Debate was expected to con- tinue through the day, but it is believed generally that efforts of j the administration to get an ex- tension of training time will be successful. out in @ mewspaper: ad ment.in. this. hieaess ee ‘hoase-| malts, WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.—Jap- anese apologies for a bomber at- tack on the gunboat Tetuila Wed: nesday in the Yangtse river today were followed by another apolo- getic note explaining the “mis- taken” occupation of American property in north China by sgl For Audit Records of bond issuances and taxes for road maintenance are | being studied by the road depart- |ment in preparation for the estab- | lishment of credits which will en- |able the county to retire the | the and to pay interest. | The audit is expected, to re- | quire several days. Weidling pointed out that the books have been audited fre- quently by other departments, but that the road department's own check is the first in 10 years. the property, ee longed to Standard Beat the our Join the Square dancin’ or you can flop. A pose dae te ak te eee Hickee, on uae wees Come ae a ign Japanese Send Another Note Of Apology For Attack On (By Annociated Press) area would not be again.