The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 8, 1941, Page 1

ey Hos AL Street Lights That Were Cut Out In Eco-' nomy Move Ordered To! Be Restored ‘The City Council at its regular | meeting last night. voted to enter into a renewal of contracts with the Key West Electric Company } for furnishing street lights for the” | City of Key West. : The council voted favorably for i @ reduction to be made in the i lighting system. fixing a price of i $1.10 per light per month instead | i of $1.30 which is now being paid In addition to this it was or-| dered that all street lights which ; were cut out in an economy’ measure when the present council : V E ABBOT | ie took over the affairs of the city, ‘ V.E. ABBOTT Pp GIVEN PROMOTION | TH URGE MADE | WORKMEN'S TION RECORDS } | {(Speeial 0 The TALLAHASSEE, More than 1,000 per: ;jured in industrial accidénts | Florida every week, ‘a statement issued | Williams, chairman iTida Industrial Commission, in an to the employers andj; ‘appeal workers of the state {with the commission in a safety; Program that is being prepared. |. “In times like these when’ able bodied men and women are need+ ed to help bolster the country’s - jdefense, it is appalling to think |that many of these being put out of service’ just as surely as if by bullets from the | enemies guns the chairman said. | Since 80 per cent of | are caused by negligence either on the part of the worker or employ- every precaution sould be itaker to protect our industrial | army not only for themselves, bui {for the nation at large. jer i “These industria’ |range from the ship yards of coast ! cities to the stave mills of West! | Florida,” Williams stated, and no! jone is immune from | toll, “We read every day of the man {hours that are lost Kry OF ACCIDENTS INSPECTOR COMES TO KEY} WEST TO CHECK which retard our projects in set- ting up our defense. A recent sur- j E SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. nae Casualties In! Raid: Over Capital City Last Night ON UP ON) UBy & sociated Press) i COMPENSA | NEW YORK, Aug. 8 —Ger-, tire force of the attack, they ex-| j|many’s high command today ad-'plain, has swung suddenly south | jmitted civilian casualties in a/ after days in which the Nazis bat- | | bombardment of Berlin last night; tled stubbornly to push east! ae iby warplanes whose nationality | through the heart of the Red de-| nen) { % iF? | ‘Aug. g__ the army refused to reveal. By eaaes. s s | Although a Russian communi-| © Gain Near Leningrad | Sons are in-| que failed to mention an air raid! Berlin claimed at the same time | Key West, and the in| on the German capital, most ob- according to| servers here and in London said by Boyce A.|there could be little doubt that | of the Flo-| the Red Air Force, often described as’smashed by the Germans, must have made its first assault on the | miles south of Tallin. to cooperate | heart of the Reich. ; _ Below Leningrad, troops are re- { London denied any knowledge ‘ported within 68 miles of the capital of Estonia, Mechanized ad. |2!ticles written by vance units of the onrushing Nazi | Singleton, Key attack have reached a point 25) ™aster claimed to have shot down six of/the north, “the high command |Smmittee of the ithe raiders, described them only /claimed Finnish and Nazi columns | Defense Recreation “enemy planes.” are advancing. A. - communique Moscow, ridiculing said the! stories | people are many, with some of the attackers;command yesterday, made no | Yesterday. said to have been slight, but some | Germans are attacking fiercely. civilians were admitted dead and PRENSA D OENTSA AT CI {there was some property dam: | age. these cases | will go to all dek ‘LINEMAN INTERCEPTS MESSAGE OF DEATH Nazis Sweep South | Germany’s land _ blitzkrieg, jmeanwhile, was declared in Ber-| lin to be ripping through the Rus-} National Rivers (By Axnoctated Presa) | Congress, and the S E a i WATERWAY SINGLETON AND CONTRIBUTE ARTICLES TO PORT BOOK CAMPAIGN ON LIONS HEAR ART TO DEEPEN CHANNEL | ‘The deepening of ; Waterway from Bahia Honda to the Island broad scope of | that German soldiers have crush-|“efense activities under way in ed a Red army south of Tailin,|Key West, are publicized in two Stephen C. West harbor of City-County Division. early in legates. American As- : encidents | i, lines to the south in a furious! . S. C.. Aug. 8. (sociation of Port Authorities, mechanized drive toward the; —The telephone operator Black Sea. | tried all morning to find Hey- | Berlin claimed 30,000. prisoners | in fighting south of Kiev, near} Odessa, and London military ex- this tragic waterway is at its : ' H} joyed at that time. This recommendation was made ; by Councilman Leonard B. Gril- Jon, chairman of. the Public, Safety Committee | DENT OF FLORIDA MoTor ['Riuries than from any other A resolution, was presented by | jSource. Many of these people in Councilman ..John Carbonell, | LINES BUS SYSTEM | Florida are being permanently in- chairman of the Welfare-Commit: | tee, for the purpose. of obtaining ; ‘ id ss 000 from. Gouna (Special to The Citizen) inot only keep them out of useful Catch to ‘make a/month’s payroll) JACKSONVILLE, Aug, 8. — | occupations but cause them to be for city employes. The resolu-| Promotion of V, E, Abbott to the |? HONEY Me Shee Oe fhe cout: tion was adopted. | position of assistant to the presi-! ™ The Key West Gas Company's! franchise-ordinance was read and | passed on its final reading. het aang Te eae oe ithe corporation. Abbott is con-|perienced in machine work and " ‘ ity. |Sidered one of the outstanding /the like, and the number of in- first aid department of the city. transportation executives in Flor juries will undoubtedly show a It was also ordered that an auto | - : . truck be purchased to convey the ida. Until recently he was dis- | sharper upward trend unless ; ‘ ‘ » | trict manager of the bus line at/ something is done to prevent it. equipment to any point in the phe “The Florida Ind 1c ity where it may be needed. i ampa. ie } ie Ore oi ny ustrial era o | . Entering the public utility field | mission with this thought in mind LEGION LEADER jupon being graduated from the /|is broadening its industrial safety | University of Maine, Abbott has/ program in various phases and it ASKS EXTENSION ‘been in the utility ficld in Florida! is their intention that nothing sn {since 1920. He started in the bus/| will be left undone on their part (My Associated Press) transportation business in Tampa/to halt this needless waste of ANTIGO, Wis, Aug. 8—Milo in 1924 as executive of the White | human skill. J. Warner, national commander | Stage Lines, one of the predeces-! “Experienced inspector of the American Legion, de- sor companies to the present Flor- | being thoroughly trained in safety manded preparations “that will ida Motor Lines system. The bus! work, and shortly will be sent allow us to do our defensive ine at that time maintained head- | among the employers and work- fighting outside . the United “States—with an army and navy unfettered”, in addressing Wis- consin American Legion _con- vention. Asking support of General George Marshall’s position that the national emergency requires the retention of draftees, he de- clared that “this is the time to begin universal military training for the youth of Amerca”. “We have seen in the last year that Hitler is a real menace to America”, Warner asserted. ‘‘Brit- ain must be helped to stand him off for we are still not adequate- ly prepared, and our shipping must be protected while it car- Ties such aid”. be restored, giving the city the: | fake pn" GIVEN PROMOTION | vey of accident statistics throught- | out the country showed that more yand other parts of the body that dent of the Florida Motor Lines’|to employment, many industries | its operations to Lakeland and Or- | Since the first of the year’ an 'ela- lardo and later into St. Peters-j borate statistical department has burg with the completion of|been set up in the safety division }Gandy bridge. _He was in West and we are now able to watch the Palm Beach and Miami from 1925 | trends as to what causes the most until 1930 as superintendent of | accidents,-where they occur and the east coast operations of Flor-|other valuable data which will jida Motor Lines and later was/give us a scientific diagnosis on transferred to Tampa as district | which to work” Williams stated. imanager of the company. | Safety is ar intangible thing and Mn Abbott was prominent in j like all intangible commodities it Tampa and West Coast Florida |is difficult to sell. Ours will be a civic affairs, being an active mem-j policy of selling, but notwith- | ber of a large number of civic and | standing the efforts of our orga- fraternal organizations. He _is| nization, it will be to no avail vice president of the Tampa Ki-/ unless we have the entire wanis Club; a member of the | operation of not only every em- Inter-City Relations Committee of | ployer but every worker in the ‘Continued on Page Four) | State, Siac “Together we can stop or at jleast reduce this useless waste. |Let’s make Florida one of the Ship Reporting Station Is Sascrve eS Established At Sand Key. == |HERE FOR CHECKUP Ships approaching Key West) described an address last night by | will be reported to the navy from | Comdr. James Fife, Jr., who came miles out through a “re- Rete from Washington to discuss eevee Oe ES hide GO technical details of the European porting. station” ,established at) way with officers at the local Sand Key, Capt. Russell S. Cren- Station. |a week-long inspection tour. shaw, navy station commandant,) Commander Fife. who has-been revealed today. jin Europe for the past eight Captain Crenshaw, holding .his months, appeared before the sta- weekly press conference, said de-' tion’s 150 officers to recount de- tails of the newly established sta-| tails of naval operations during tion could not be revealed. | the war. He explained, however, that. Captain Crenshaw also an- signals and telephone lines will/nounced that submarine offices be set up at the key to give the | have been opened in: the newly navy headquarters advance in-, completed submarine barracks at formation on the presence of in- | the station, while the new sub- coming ships. sistence building (mess hall) will At the same time, the captain|be opened within a few days. Florida Industrial Compliance board, Safety is iness records, has warned that all jemployers with three or more employes must take out work- men’s compensation insurance in order to comply with state law. The insurance may be obtained through any insurance firm. Business operators who refuse to take the necessary insurance are subject to arrest and trial in {criminal court. “a MADE ASSISTANT TO PRESI-| man hours were being lost from | jured by the loss of limbs, eyes “Due to the sudden rush back | |bus system was announced here|have been compelled to hire per-| ‘today by G. P. Howe, president of |sons who are more or less inex-| are | quarters in Tampa and extended | ers preaching a gospel of safety. | co- | Fred Morris, inspector of the | and | checking | workmen’s compensation records! with. lecal business operators in | Morris, who came here from} Miami to inspect the local busi-/ Y POPULAR DEMAND--RETURN ENGAGEMENT OF CRUNCH CRUNCH AND HIS ORCHESTRA AT from strikes Petts said they have been in-|{ death. She decided to try | When continued es formed reliably that the important nce more. Odessa-Kiev railroad has been At that moment, Braxton, jeut by the Germans. | @ telephone linesman, climb- | fense center. | London experts said there is no! @@ @ pole near Spartanburg doubt but the Nazi war machine| %o cut in on a wire for a test is sweeping through the Red de-| —and heard his name fenders south of Kiev. The en- |Key West, | Jackson Square will be the site» period of 10 days, after which the; |of the proposed $35,000 com-/ board, sitting as a board of equal- munity recreation center, county ization, will accept requests for re.! commissioners. decided last night vision by the taxpayers. | | after hearing a plea from Mayor Acting at the request of T. Jen-! Willard M. Albury that they ap-|kins Curry and Commissioner R. | prove the northwest. corner of the | W. Craig, the board members ap- | courthouse grounds for that pur- | proved a $300 expenditure for al pose. {road at Key Largo, which Curry | Mayor Albury, who appeared explained will result in use of key | before the board with Architect waters for experiments of the! Jack Long, explained that the Marine Studios at St. Augustine. | | suggested Bayview Park site is too \far from the center of town and that such a location would work a |hardship on navy personnel, for | whom the building largely is in- tended. ING EXCESS | WASHINGTON, station would be set up for fish | finance committee could get through. The mayor said talks with PWA‘ Other requests: for money did engineers recently have. -con-' not fare so “well. i vinced him that approva} forthe | Hold Uv Exhibit Funds | project definitely is in sight. The! The boatd deferred action on building would cost from $35,000} the request of Emma I. Smith | | to $38,000, with equipment to be. that they appropriate funds for | |furnished by the city. juse by the Florida Exhibits in an Mempbers of the board, holding advertising display at Atlantic ‘a four-hour session, accepted tax ; City, finally agreeing to leave the assessment books from Assessor question up to the joint county- | Claude Gandolfo, putting the! city advertising committee. | county’s roll at an unprecedented | Replying to a request of Mayor | figure of more than $14,000,000. | Albury for a budget item which | j Approve Key Road would permit county aid in the } The books will be held for a ‘Continued On Page Four) as low as possible. The senate is | GIVES ASSESSMENT FIGURES Here's how the tax assessment figures presented to county commission last night by Assessor Claude Gandolfo compare with last year’s roll: a ‘lopped off $300, 1941 1940 | Reversions $ 489,400 Under Certificate 812,786 10 i Non exempt property 8,030,750 1,769,130 Open Homesteads 2,023,970 O° Under Certificate 88,600 9,080 Sub Total Personal Property $ 2,686,110 260,115 $14,148,360 Railroad and Telegraph 204,796 51,109 Total book $14,353,156 $ 2,997,424 The reversions constitute property sold under the Mur- phy Act, while “under certificate” property has gone to the county through non-payment of taxes. Fi Sub Total '$ 2,946,225 ) i sponsored (iy Axaveiated Prexs) make some effort to lift the tax | bill back to its original $3,500,- 000,000, but administration lead- | ti | ers so far have not predicted how | would be. done. height, MERGENTHAU SAYS HE FAV-) ORS BETTER LAW COVER. | PROFITS OF; CORPORATIONS Aug. to reduce the study if the road were improved | base of income taxes, taking in to a point where studio trucks | single men’s incomes of $750 and } $1500. The cabinet member, appearing as the first witness before law ‘are covering excess profits: of cor- | porations:and an income base put being payers into the fold, but he urged | an even greater number as an absolute necessity if the nation is to finance its war efforts. expected to The house 000 last week et Curry told the board he had! Treausury Secretary Henry Mor- | been assured that an experimental genthau* today urged the senate rat Citizen 1 KENNEDY | and secretary of the chamber of commerce, and Stet- | {son Kennedy, representative ithe WPA Florida Writers’ Pro-j of the raid, and the Germans, who Soviet Union’s second city, and in /Ject and chairman of the publicity | ‘ The two articles appear in the) ject in connection with National of | Pre-Convention issue of the “Flo-| Defense were discussed last night | “enemy” carried out light raids in ‘enermous German victories which |T!4@ Port and Aviation Book,” | py F. Townsend Morgan, director, scattered sections of west Ger-' were deséribed by the Nazi high | Published in Miami and released! and Harriette Critchlow at the reaching Berlin. Damage was’ specific claims, declaring that the | Three important marine organi-| of Key West Lions Club at the; ;2ations are holding their national | Den on Seminary street. ' /conventions in Miami i | November, and copes of the book ! Defense g These most immediaie objective of the jorganizations are the Atlantic National Arts program. He gave ;Deeper Waterways Association,|the Lions a brief picture of the ; Tse and Harbors jcreation of the local center in | The two articles about Key undertaking for assistance to ar-/ . | West will thus reach these in-' tists and art workers in need and| holdings of retail | fluential groups at a time when as a service to communities for jthe campaign for deepening the | art appreciation and art partici- and | pation. appropriations} During the period of 3 years jmake clear the official recogni-| which the art center has served '@ eg jtion of Key West as a vital de- | the city there have been 105. ex- The Port Book also contains an’ projections shows, social gather. |’ interesting article on the Over-'ings, classes for children and’ | Seas Highway, Florida Keys, and' adults, production of paints, by .the prints, posters and various pub-' Overseas Road and Toll Bridge: licity material, : ‘District of which B. M. Duncan} ~ This year, { Key West, Florida, has most equable climate in th country; with an range of only 14° Fah PRICE FIVE Curtailment Of Installment Buying In Key'West Wor _ Disrupt Much Retail Trac ‘Would Affect Mi $176,640 Worth Of Ba "MATTERS AT LAST | NIGHT'S MEETING Sng | (By Washington 1 of The Key West Ci WASHINGTON, D. C., &—Curtailment of ins? a jment buying. as requseied by Activities of the Key West Art| President Roosevelt, will disng Center and the Federal Art Pro-| . Jjssmumn’ of $176.640 lit was estimated today. meeting} Minimum estimate of F. TOWNSEND MORGAN AND HARRIETTE CRITCHLOW GIVE OUTLINE OF ACTI-' NITIES regular weekly supper Mr. Morgan emphasized the Service. angle as the & it Sadek installment paper as might connection with the national pro-| _ Bases estimate are | gram started primarily: ss a relief | Cs Ve eae |hibitions in addition to lectures, bee ed the club, who