The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 5, 1941, Page 1

EEE Service Best Interests of Key West VOLUME LXII. No. 185. Claims Veto Of Highway | Measure By Roosevelt Will Bring About Better Results In Matter President Roosevelt's veto of ' the $320,000,000 defense highway |: bill yesterday may improve the chances for federal aid on Over- seas Highway, County Attorney Julius F. Stone, Jr., revealed to- | day. Stone, who returned here yes- terday from a series of road de- partment conferences in Wash- | ington, declared that any move to eliminate expenditures not | closely identified with defe: will react in favor of the Mon- ree county project. In his veto message, coon! include road repairs throughout | the nation on the basis of popr- j lation had “entirely disregarded” | the interest of national defense: } Although the. veto temporarily | stops a planned expenditure of | $1,750,000 in Florida, Stone said | it is apparent that another bill will be introduced quickly to! embody the reforms demanded | PMP DPD MI DP MI I SS by President Roosevelt. | Since Overseas Highway has} been listed as an important de- | | fense project by the Federal Bu- | reau of Public Roads, the at-| torney explained that a new bill} dropping the non-defense spend- ing of the so-called “lines of Strategic networks” would im- prove the chances of the local project getting prompt attention. Stone, who made the trip to Washington with B. M. Duncan, manager of Overseas Road and Toll Bridge District, said he was informed last week that the lo- cal project would be assured of financial aid as soon as a gen-! eral highway bill is approved by | the President. DOCTOR SAYS CLAY _| NO VALUE TO BODY | | ans Jed Prennd { MULLINS, S., C.—Have you} had your clay, today? Not an odd} question’ among Negro clay-eat-) ers in scattered sections of South Carolina who like the taste of the | stuff out of which they make pottery. | Clay-eaters insist, however, that it’s not ordinary clay they’ eat, but a special kind they sniff out after a rain. | The taste for clay has been handed down from — generations. None seemed to know how the custom started, although some medical authorities said it might have begun during the Civil War when there was a_ shortage of salt. Those Negroes who eat clay do not talk about it much, especial- | ly around white folks. In some sections, particularly the tobacco- growing eastern portion ,traffic in | clay has developed into a size-} able business, A, nickel a pound is a fair price. | Dr. James A, Hayne, for. 30! years state health officer and a pioneer in the treatment of pel-| lagra in the South, said the clay | was of no value to the body and: caused intestinal disorders. ARMY IN NEW BASE ' WASHINGTON.—The soldiers! growing out of the theft of an} Associated Press Day Wire For 61 Years Devoted to the % To Improve Overseas Road RETURNS TO DESK Cordell Hull Che Key West Citizen THE SOUTHERNMOST NE WSPAPER IN THE U. S.A. ¢ KEY WEST, FLORIDA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1941 ‘COUNCIL | MATTER OF CITY PURCHAS- ING ELECTRIC COMPANY| DISCUSSED; EXTENSION OF TIME GRANTED IN MATTER | met last night with Frank C. Carr | }and W. McCreedy, representatives } ‘of John Nuveen & Company of Chicago, the bonding company j | which is handling the proposition } jin connection with the proposed ; | purchase of the Key West Electric | jCompany by the City of Key ; West. Mr. Carr gave a. full explana-, tion of the status of the proposed ; | deal as now exists, and stated that | was continuing work along these ines, that nothing definite had Gbeen accomplished as yet. He} Listated that he felt that the prop-| Josition would eventually be work- } jed out to the satisfaction of all: jconcerned, but nevertheless could ‘not give any real assurance as to }the final outcome inasmuch as! |there are various details to be! | worked out and many problems to } ibe met in bringing the matter to! ‘a successful conclusion. | In conclusion Mr. Carr request- Back at his desk after an illness ed that an amendment be made to ; which kept him inactive for al- the original commitment, Secretary of would give his company an exten-} | State Cordell Hull last night de- | sion of forty-five days more, and most two months, which clared recent moves of Germany |said that at the end of that period and Japan prove his contention | that he felt that the matter would to the Associated Press, the Presi-! that the Axis powers have em- be in proper shape for acceptance dent pointed out that efforts to | barked on a vlan of world con-! or rejection. The request for ex- quest. ‘tension of time was granted. MAKES REPORT ON * | (My Associated Press) { | NEW YORK, Aug. 5.—Russia | has massed an army of 500,000 Finland over the Karelian isth- LOSS OF VESSELS ™<" in position for an attack on (Hy Associated Press) BERLIN. Aug. 5.—German sea warfare during July ac- counted for 400,000 tons of British shipping, a communi- que claimed today. At the same time, DNB, official German news agency. declared that 1,600 British airplanes of all types have been destroyed by the Ger- man luftwaffe since the first of the year. TID LILI SI SIS SS. COST OF LIVING STILL CLIMBING {By Associated Yrexn) WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—Am-| erica’s price structure is “knock- ing at the gates” of the high point of 1929, and heading for the all- jtime high of 1919, Price Control Henderson | told the house banking committee Administrator Leon this morning. that legislation now suggested by the administration might not be strong enough to prevent a run- away. The price administrator was the first witness to appear before the | committee as hearings opened on | the controversial price-fixing bill. FOUR ARE HELD ‘mus, British military men reveal- led today. i Reports from Moscow that five jislands in the Gulf of Finland have been captured in the past few days indicate the first steps in a giant new offensive to smash |the joint Finnish-German thrust jtoward Leningrad, according to London. Heavy fighting along the en-! tire front, meanwhile, appeared to be resulting in iocal victories , for both Nazis and Russians. { | Berlin described a new thrust to cut the Leningrad-Moscow railroad, and German troops were reported to have slashed through | Soviet lines in Estonia, cutting off ja strong Red force near the capi- | tal at Tallin. At the same time, a high com- mand communique from Berlin described a heavy aerial assault ton Moscow, in which fires were said to have been scattered throughout the capital. Smolensk Drive Broken Moscow countered with the claim that Germany's two-weeks’ Communiques from both of the warring countries indicated heavy fighting all along the 1,800-mile {front, and it was evident that neither army has made any im- portant gains since the tempo of war was stepped up. over the ‘week-end. | Pravda, official organ of the | Communist party, claimed gue- rilla war behirid the, German lines lis becoming increasingly evident | Thomas Jefferson, negro, will jappear before Magistrate En- | | rique Esquinaldo, Jr., tomorrow | on a charge of grand larceny “JAYCEES WILL | MEET TOMORROW Junior chamber of commerce of the United States army have jautomobile from Ingman Motors members will meet tomorrow been landed at the British New) Guiana base, recently acquired | by this country from Great t Britain. | company. The negro is being held under (Continued on Page Four) evening at 6:30 o’clock at. the Gulf Stream restaurant, Division $200 bond,.pending his appear- and Simonton streets, it was an- i nounced today. Members of the City Council; = e ae : ; | States. : entity . em pe ae | { fee Russia Masses Vast Army |inite information that Churchill they were told that Hopkins =a | § Plans To i 150. 000 in ‘ : plans to leave England, observers not at his residence, “but he can} “° ig ? : iJ For An-Attack On Finland | ~~ Polish Soldiers To Aid Ras - : - - of the most urgent nature made Lord Beaverbrook, minister ot| i iN — *. a we Sst British Prime Minister Winston Churchill today. j London to be i flying ‘tri ‘while the company he represents D te ee ara. Hay to the United States. for a con- Should , able to leave England, it is understood Production Minister Lord —— U.S. MILITARY TENSION PREDICT APPROVAL Ascot Ten in During | IN PACIFIC OCEAN OF TIME EXTENSION Key West, Florida, has the most equable climate in the | country; with an average | range of only 14° Fahrenheit — PRICE FIVE C Month Just Passed Runs — was reported the prime minister be un- Beaverbrook will make the trips}; Press Of Business May Prevent Churchill From Paying Visit To U. S. (By Associated Preas) LONDON, Aug. 5.—Prime Min- ference with President Roosevelt | ‘Val of two heavy cruisers of the ister Winston Churchill “will not; were made public when the Lon-| United States fleet at Brisbane, find it convenient” to attend a don Daily Mail printed a story in | 4uStralia, on a “training cruise”, full-dress parliamentary debate | which it was said that a “person | Ut it was recalled that a similar it was (of the greatest importance in the | ‘Tulse to Australian waters came on the conduct of the war, announced today, giving ¢ dence |to reports that the British leader may plan a trip to Although there has been no def- pointed out that the prime minis- ter hardly would fail to attend the important debate unless business his presence impossible. Rumors that Churchill might fly to the United States for a con- SSIS LIS SOIL Ls NAVY SECTION BASE FOR KEY WEST PLANNED (My Anne Prone) WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.— Construction of a navy sec- tion base at Key West will be launched, along with work on five others, as soon as money becomes available, the navy department announced today. The bases to be built are at Key West, Mobile. Corpus Christi, Monterey, Nean Bay, (Washington) and at Roose- velt Roads (Puerto Rico). TLL IST ID ST S FIRE SWEPT OLD _ ICE PLANT TODAY CORK INSULATION CONTINU- ED TO SMOULDER Henderson said the United old push against Smolensk has} | States faces the strongest and, been shattered, and a Nazi force FOR HOURS | most pronounced increase in the moving on Kiev from the south- i cost of living, and urged the com-' east was said to have been halted mitteemen to recognize the fact about 50 miles from the city. Fire of undetermined origin shortly before noon today swept the old Consumers’ Ice Plant at James and Grinnell streets, pro- viding firemen with a blaze which they continued to. battle up un- til 3 o'clock this afternoon. Cork used as insulation in the building when it was in use as a cold storage plant continued ‘to smolder long after most of the fire had been extinguished. | ‘The building, out of use for | years, was purchased recently. by Thompson Enterprises in a deal which included several blocks of ‘waterfront property. $70,000,000 PIPE LINE WASHINGTON. — A $70,000,- | fident their estimate of about |the navy for the duration of the ;000 pipe line with daily capacity 700 pounds would come within | emergency, Guy F. Hall, navy re- | of 250,000 barrels of oil, has been Ickes. It would run from Texas to the Atlantic Coast via Wood ‘River, IL government” planned such a trip. j. Newsmen here saw a_ possi the United bility that Churchill might fly to} -—— -— the United States with Presiden- tial Envoy Harry Hopkins, when be found wherever you Churchit” find | Originally, it was rumored that aircraft production, might make \the trip if Churchill were unable \to leave London. ‘BRITISH CLASH WITH AXIS HEAVY FIGHTING REPORTED AROUND BESIEGED TOBRUK | , Germany. cy gerne INCOME TAX RATE | CAIRO, Aug. 5.—British troops have engaged Axis forces in heavy fighting around beseiged | Tobruk and on _ the Egyptian | frontier, a communiaue of ‘the Middle Eastern: command’ de¢tlar- ed today. z Claiming no immediate _ gains lin territory, the communique | said Australian defenders of To-! | bruk: inflicted heavy “losses on ‘the Italians and Germans in a |sudden attack yesterday, and j border patrols were said to have launched several minor engage- | ;ments on the Egyptian border. | (Rome, . admitting renewed | British activity in North Africa, jSaid attempts by the garrison at| | Tobruk to break through Axis | lines have been turned back.{ ‘Rome said an 11,000-ton British | ‘tanker bound for |sunk by a submarine yesterday.) | | Monroe county’s collection of |scrap aluminum last week brought a grand total of about 700 pounds, Aibert Mills, seere- tary of the state defense council jhere, announced today. Mills said the aluminum was {not weighed, but that truckers jbandling the material were con- ‘a few pounds of being correct. _[cruiting officer at Miami, recommended by Secretary! The material will be weighed | nounced today. ‘in Miami and a certificate giving the correct. weight will be a the postoffice ‘the defense council. BY POPULAR DEMAND--RETURN ENGAGEMENT OF CRUNCH CRUNCH AND HIS ORCHESTRA AT STORK CLUB. ‘MOUNTS STEADILY FOR TRAINING MEN in| BRITISH TROOPS AND CHIN-| COMPROMISE PLANS OF SEN- Tobruk was} ESTIMATE WEIGHT |3tctisreeco"si.. oie OF ALUMINUM PILE *="=coc‘ & "2 & { i i ‘ Collections of Overseas Road ESE UNITS MOVE INTO) ATOR TAFT TO BE PRE-) : POSITIONS ALONG BURMA-| SENTED TO SENATE FIRST) | { THAILAND FRONTI | TODAY | i | ing a gain of $6.519.25 over the { same period in 1940, the district's | (hy Ausoctated Presa) | NEW YORK, Aug. 5.—Military; WASHINGTON, Aug. 5—Ex-| monthly financial statement re- ; tension in the Pacific mounted | tension of the army’s selective; vealed today. |steadily today as British and service training for an additional | ons | Chinese troops moved into . posi-|18 months will be approved’ by; "%2!-collectipms in July, 1940, {tions along the Burma-Thailand the senate this afternoon, sup- | 2mounted 18,224.75, while’ in frontier amid free predictions in porters of the administration pro- | 1939 the figure was $14,- | 140.25, or.$10,617.75 less than that (By Associated Press) London that Thailand may be the | gram pedicted today. ; “Poland of the Far East.” With a similar bill expected to} | Washington announced the ar-j go to the house today, supporters of the extension program i pant they would win a 2-to-1 vietory |‘? complete the fiscal y in the senate, but might face a! began in September, the harder fight in the lower cham | collections now have passed ber. ‘ } 8 12-month totals of the last a v! fat vith | last year when relations wit A, compromise plan of Senator vi years. For the 11 ‘Continued Or Page Four) | (Continued on Page Four) | i (By Associated Press) | ANKARA, Turkey, Aug. 5.—| |The United States, under terms| ,of the lease-lend bill, will arm! jand uniform 150,000 Polish sol- “diers for service with the Russian _army, informed quarters here re- | vealed today. Turkish diplomats said they | ihave learned that the United! States is ready to equip Poles who : formerly were held as prisoners iby Russia after the partition of Poland by the Soviet Union and; PRISM MAMMA 4 se A IS ves the FEELS RATHER PROUD 3”, <2ch ys" of Ste meee yeration, Ji TO BEAN AMERICAN ur wit oe art restorer who was a visi- tor in Key West during May, has been granted his Ameri- cen citizenship at Detroit he wrete The Citizen today. The artist, who did a num- ber of watercolors and a few cils while in Key West, said his citizenship was granted TO BE INCREASED 1: scodr. 1 “T am feeling like having asclseaey | drunk a lot of inspiring punch | i (By Associated Prena> ever since”, ho said. “Serious- | WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—Faced| “ty! 'T could kh he acniek 2 | with the problem of making up! ume Walling’ che Gs aoe the $300,000,000 in tax money eliminated by the house in pass+ ing a $3,200,000,000 bill yesterday, | the senate today was expected to lower exemptions and to increase | ithe tax rate on incomes. \ | House. members cut the bill} ,from its original figure of $3,- | 500,000,000, when they refused to; laccept an administration pro- | posal for joint income tax returns {By Annotated Prenn) by married couples. | PARAGOULD, Ark., Aug. a ed , Voting against the ways and Grist mills of this vicinity are 3 Imperial means committee, which had ap-| running overtime since a farm Knights my country also, a real great experiencei” : OLD CORN DODGER DOES COMEBACK, proved the joint income feature, lelub study of. coi V's food “of the the congressmen polled an over-| f values revived the popularity of seribed whelming 369 to 30 in favor of the; bill as it finally was drafted. { the old fashioned corn dodger, or Administration leaders in the | corn bread. senate, who expected to get the bill late this afternoon, said they | | i home agent, .“is a wi : : CoQ) OPPORTENTY | Young men who can nee ABY jlechaieal qualithations sre tps MOTHER SRE a one Position to earn from $60 to $99/ a month through enlistment in t Halls wens ties es er (Continued on Page