The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 18, 1941, Page 1

ture At Site Of Bio- logical Station Contract for the construction of _ &m $800,000 navy hospital at the! © site of the old biological station has been awarded to the Mackle! © company and the Leach Construc- tion company. both of Miami. Lieut, Albert J. Fay, nayy pub-| lie works officer, announced | Saturday that the contract had | cae, ee started still is indefinite. The navy up to now has made! no move to acquire privately | owned property at the site. The! hospital grounds will inelude the | property now owned by Lieut. | Comdr. Carl H. Hilton of the coast | guard, Anthony Yates, Orion Rus- | sell, Mics. Leslie Curry and Daniel Lawson. Property now occupied by the! navy radio station also will bej used, and it is understood the CAA radio station wil be removed | later to make additional room saa the hospital grounds. GUN PRACTICE THIS AFTERNOON ULED TO BE ON HAND FOR FIRING } Col. Ralph M. Mitchell, com- | manding the Fourth Coast Ar- tillery District, this afternoon was expected to be on hand for the’ firing of coast artillery guns at Fort Taylor, scheduled to start ; between 2:30 and 3 o'clock. The 155 mm guns were to fire at a target towed by a destroyer at a range of about 12,000 yards. Col, Webster F. Putnam, army executive officer, said heavy tow- | line has beer secured for use in pulling the target. A previous practice session was caled off when the line broke. ~~ FINISHES WORK | Hall. Any person of 17 years and | over is eligible. The course is free, Mrs. E. C. Folger will Directors of the Key West con- vention corporation, who directed the American Legion state con- vention here in April, this morn- ing held their final meeting and resigned. The directors paid all outstand- ing debts left over from the con- vention then fied their resigna- tions. Will Doughtry Confirmed As Lieutenant With Defense Unit William T. Doughtry, Jr., oles’ was notified. by Gov. Spessard L.! Holland that he has been con-’ firmed as.@ first lieutenant with | the loca}'state defense company “DY 7th Battalion. 2 Capt. Fred Marvil, announcing the governor's approval of officers for the local force, said Doughtry has received his notification from the governor's office and the ad- jutant general's headquarters. Other officers approved for the local force are Paul K. Lake, first | sergeant; Howard S. England. | supply sergeant; Dempsey Barnes, platoon sergeant, first platoon; Ulrich Gwynn, Jr., platoon ser- geant, second platoon; Hobson E. Day, corporal, company. clerk, and Charles R, Mpffett, George Curry, Jack Crawley, Russell W-. Hintz, Harold Key and Jared Daniels III, corporals. Atwood G. Sands has been| named acting second lieutenant Naval Hospital Hey THE HOBSON WILL BE SEC- OND VESSEL LAUNCHED AT CHARLESTON IN PAST Twe Miami Concerns Will #eeewrwoans oe Build $800,000 ee ean ewe ae 2" MARINE eb ewraroomndions = ae = day. ‘Rear Admiral William H. Alien, jcommandant of the Charlest IN ITALIAN ARMY KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 1941 (Special to The Citizen) ar ag sei SLD IIILIS banks-Morse comaciee of Catena, MOTORCADE FOR tract for furnishing and installing | VISITORS TUESDAY diesel motors, centrifugal pumps! ~ eaeenseRe and auxiliary pumping equip-; Mayor Willard M. Albury ment for use in the keys aqueduct; requests that all owners of system, it was learned here Satur- ; automobiles that are to take | part im the motorcade to- morrdw afternoon from 3 tll =6§ o'clock as a part of the entertainment pro- Let on the same basis as the! | Pipe-laying contract granted the’ Williams Brothers firm of Tulsa, | (Spe-'-! to The Citizen) PAPAS ALLA L A INSTRUCTORS FOR FIRST AID NEED \STANDARD COURSE WILL BE) STARTED HERE BEGIN- NING AUGUST 21 Qualified instructors in Red ane first aid, if any are living! himself conspicuously by extra- jor visiting in Key West, have | been asked by Mrs, M. E, Berko- witz, 32242 Whitehead street to donate their services for the local class. Mrs. Berkowitz, explaining that | the class is being delayed by a; shortage in instructors, has urged |anyone qualified in the first aid ‘work to notify her at her home. First Aid is the immediate, temporary treatment given 4 in}. Navy Yard, of the launching Sep- | Okla., the pump contract is being | tember 8, 1941 of the destroyer to|held in abeyance until money is | be known on commissioning as; provided by the aqueduct com-j the U\S.S. Hobson. Ponerinae aia ue pease | The Hobson.is the second de. |finaneing t stroyer to go downthe ways at the} When ‘work is started, the Fair-' | Charleston Navy: Yard within the ; banks-Morse company must com-, | past forty-five days. The U.S.S.: ' plete its installation within a 1 ; ORDERS TO MOVE The U.'S.S. Hobson has been cautioned that the acceptance did fon August 17, 1870 at Greensboro, | STRIKERS PLAN and a naval constructor, June 23, | jattached to the U.S.S. New York. | jharbor at Santiago, Cuba on June the struck Federal Shipbuilding | be naval constructor...with the dential order to*move i in | In 1933 he was awarded a medal ‘demonstration in protest against! at risk of his life and beyond the ‘have gone over the premises in 1 mac in the channel under per- the soldiers into the plant, but Hon. Frank Knox, has appointed board has given up attempts to Corry was launched on July 28. | period of 150 days. \ Construction was started on the; Both companies were notified | } Hobson with the laying of her keel ‘of the navy’s acceptance of their jmamed after the late Rear Ad-;not constitute an order to begin | miral Richmond Pearson Hobson,' work. Delay in validation of; | Construction Corps, United States, bonds by RFC is holding back} | Alabama and died on March 16,' 1937. He was appointed a naval leadet on May 21, 1885; assistant ; DEMONSTRATION 1898. Admiral Hobson has made his- TEN THOUSAND MEN IN- jtory for his feat of daring during flagship of the North Atlantic, Pane eaeste t Station, he planned and executed ; (By Aunsocinted Press) 1 the sinking of the U.S'S. Merri-' KEARNEY. N. J., Aug. 18—; 13, 1898. ,and Drydock company here were | ; For his services in sinking the planning a mass demonstration! Merrimac he was advanced 10 tonight, while troops massed at! rank of captain on July 1, 1898. The CI workmen, 0 since He received specially meritorius Aug. 7 have held up work on a medal and Spanish cone: peaictog billion dollars in federal con- | of honor for the same service with charges that their walkout is un- the citation, “For distinguishing patriotic. | Two army officers, meanwhile, call of duty on June 3; 1898 by en- preparation for an order — bring- tering the fortified harbor of San- ing in the troops from Bayonne. tiago, Cuba, and sinking the par-. President Roosevelt has an or- jeirtent fire from the enemy fleet there has been ro definite word ‘and fortifications on shore.” {from Washington as to what steps As sponsor for the U.S.S. Hob- will be taken. | Mrs. Richmond Pearson Hobson negotiate the strike, which «was jef New York City, wife of the precipitated when the union / Spanish-American War hero. Mrs. charged the company with “stal- jon November 14, 1940. {bids last week, but both were/ Navy. Admiral Hobson was born ; work on the rain inocu | jnaval constructor on July 1, 1891; i the Spanish-American War. While | mac in an attempt to block the Ten thousands CI workmen from .| numbers in rank and promoted to Bayonne, N. J., awaiting a Presi-; medal. tracts, planned the parade and) {ordinary courage and intrepidity were said by_company officials to j tially dismantled collier Merri- ‘der on his desk which would send son, the secretary of the navy,’ The government mediation William E. Dodge Stokes, also of ling” in the ratification of a bar- |‘COTTON ED’ SAYS gram for members of the semble in front of the Naval Administration building at | the foot of Greene and Front streets. VIII LMI DLS. | ‘MANWANTED ARRESTED HERE Dalton Williams, sought by St. | | Petersburg police on a charge of | breaking and entering, was ar- | ‘rested by sheriff's officers ec “yesterday to be held until the ar- rival of a St. Petersburg officer. | ‘ The youth was enrolled at the j CCC camp at Summerland Key, \ Bert Fox, accused of panhand- | VOLVED: TROOPS AWAIT | ling, was held on a vagrancy | she would stand offshore until; charge. i i THIS WAR T HAS HIM JITTERY: (ns Par ee Presa) 4 WASHINGTON, Aug, 18. — South Carolina’s veteran Senator, | ison D. (Cotten Ed, Smith, said | pases: } he was afraid“ of ‘air- planes. } He attributed his feeling “all | this war. “It’s getting so bad that every time I see or hear an airplane I think it’s going to drop a bomb,” the 77-year-old Senator told a maritime commission hearing on! curtailed shipping service at} Charleston, S.C. “Even when.I walk along the’ street I feel some sniper might be after me. From what you hear | it wouldn't be surprising to wake | up and fined that Charleston has. been bombed.” H { i Gerald Robinson of Scranton, | Pa, is the 1941 marble i bietaed to completion and a full; | the Dnieper. {end, while members of the Cath- ‘said the | 20 hours. Sponsored by the Ame- | destroyer. ‘any available furniture or games , Meridian case of accident or sudden iliness before the services of a physician | New York, daughter of Admiral Hobson, has been selected matron- | | can be secured. In some cages this! of-honor for the launching oe | immediate action saves a life. H j Monies. ‘4 standard first aid course of! "The U.SS Hobson is a 1700 ton. When, completed will | be equipped with.6 inch all pur- pose guns, anti-aircraft depth charges and -torpedos. HUCH MORGAN TO HEAD FLYING CLUB rican Red Cross, will start: Aug: 21,3 p.m, at American: Legion} be in} charge. Enroll now, phone 765. An advanced course of 10 hours will start Aug 27th, at 6:30 p. m.{ at the above place. Those hold-! ing standard course certificates, | paneer Ake issued within the passed three} Hugh Morgan yesterday. was years can take this course. Mfrs. ome acting pedis of the E. C. Folger and Edwin B. Thomp-/ Southernmost Flying club as ‘son will be in charge. members of the recently formed organization met at the Cuban club to map plans for the pur- ichase of an airplane. | Naming Dick Lennard as act- voted to purchase a Piper Cub j plane, which they will keep at) | Meacham field. William R Por- | ter, owner of the property, has ! agreed to permit its use by the — club State defense men in Key West, . Meeting will be held each Tues- / by ay ies ae, pending an election by. | the men. will stage a benefit dance Aug. 30|day and Sunday at the Cuban | at the Samoa club, it was. an- | club, the. Tuesday meeting at. 7p. nounced today, with all progeeds | m. andthe Sunday meeting in the ; of the party going to the etki ‘afternoon at 2, a ‘LOCAL SELECTEES ‘Uniforms, which are due here withir a few days, do not include shoes and some incidentals, which are to be paid for from the ge fit receipts. j The upper room of the ee Oscar C. Mendoza, son of Mrs. guard armory here, formerly used Amparo Mendoza, 416 Bahama for lockers is being converted by street, and Carroll T. Roberts, |State’s urban population would | chohee, 553; DeSoto: 52: Osceola, are the state defense company into a‘son of Mrs. Blenche Roberts, 301 | Charlotte, game room. |Caroline street, have been trans- Members of the force have ap-|ferred from the army reception pealed to Key Westers to donate ‘center at Campa Blanding to the Air base, Meridian, which could be used in the recrea- | Miss., it was learned here today. guns, | ing secretary, the club members | ARE TRANSFERRED ,ganing contract. ! | Florida oS seven counties | toward urbaniztion, and when the Poche could be classified as 100} fact that there are an additional ' | per cent rural if cities with less| 143 incorporated places with a ‘than 1,000 population were in-|tal population of 63,197, it i cluded’ in the rural classification, | Obvious that a large majority | according to George G. Gross, Ex-/Florida’s population i | ecutive Secretary of the Florida, urban communities. State Planning Board. ‘These’ The rural population is seven counties, none of which has | divided into rural-farm a city with more than 1,000 pop-' tion, which comprises all i ulation, follow: ivi Levy, 12,550; Baker, 6,510; Wa- "egard to occupation; and ‘ kulla, 5,463; Lafayette, 4,405; Gil ;,Tural-norfarm population, christ, 4,250; Liberty, 3,752; Comprises the remaining | Glades, 2,745. ‘population. Then there According to the 1940 United } but 42 of the 67 counties |States Census, Florida’s rural fied as having 50 per cent or |Population was 851,623, but this, |of their population rural, Gross pointed out, includes the | there would be 25 counties cities which have less than 2,500/™ore than 50 per cont classified population. The Census Bureau | 25.urban. has defined urban population as Ts thee 90 cctattigg: whicks Baeed that residing in cities and other more than 50:per cent urban pop- incorporated places of 2,500. in- tion; cities with more than jhabitants or more; and rural ipop- ulation as that:residing outside of | such incorporated places. cities in the population woe t- 1, 006 to 2,499 are carried as ur! | sa.6:| the State Planning Board ‘Staty | Pinellas, 657; Duval 85.2; Dade, shows, the total rural population /82.9; Palm Beach, 75.6; Franklin, of the State is reduced by 93,472, 71 6; Volusia, 70.9; Sarasota, 69.0: and the State’s percentage of! Highlands; 68; St. Lucie, 67:7; rural popuation drops from 44.9 to Bay, 66.9; Orange, 65.4; 40,0. | 65.2; Hillsborough, 64.9: Lee. 0 To express it another way, the | Polk, 57.2: Manatee, 55.7; Okee- total 1,139,263, or 60 per ent of | 52; Seminole. 51.9; the State’s tetal population would Leon, 51.3; Escambia, 50.2, =e be considered as urban when — Se cities with more than 1,000 pop- | Census 1 releases ‘tion room. ‘The cOmpany mem-} Army headquarters at Camp | boasti / pes wil cick ap Soy: demations #¢ at | Blanding announced the transfer jt homes of the donors. of the two local selectees, THE SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER IN THE U. S. A. F Cumference Held With Church hi MEXICAN SHIP WINTER OF WAR DUETO ARRIVE | NOW MENTIONED HERE RE TONIGHT casiax on TROOPS ee Cet | TO RESIST ATTACKS _ PROGRAM OF ENTERTAIN-; MADE BY NAZIS MENT HAS BEEN ARRANGED FOR VISITORS DURING STAY | IN KEY WEST Uiy Aanoriated Preand | NEW YORK, Aug. 18.—Ger-| {many for. the first time today | a _ mentioned the posibility of a win-j The xican transport Duran- | ter of war in Russia as Red troops | go, bearing a complement of 18 | Continued to.resist savagely the’ Nazi drive into the Ukraine. ' ‘London military experts esti- s | mate Germany has thrown an | into Key West tonight, between | | army of a itiios: wk a be t '9 and 10 o'clock, accorling to a/into the Ukraine struggle, but the di : aa ine | dogged resistance of the Russians | radio message: receiv eas admittedly is forcing the Nazi navy station here today. { blitzkrieg into a slugging, punish- jing test of strength. Officers the Berlin made no specific clan 3 ; ,.. of success in the fighting, beyond | they did not know if the SHIP | the totitine <hain Abak te cont | would put into the harbor, or if; | pele is proceeding on schedule. The Moscow communique did inot heal oe the Ukraine fighting imorning, the time when she !@tall, but said the Red lines were holding on all fronts. According to London sources, a ‘the Germans are hurling their Plans for the entertainment of 1. into a desperate attempt ‘to | ithe cadets and officers are being break the Red forees before they can withdraw to the east iek of officers and 148 cadets, will put | at station said! originally was expected here. ; program is expected te greet the. visiting sailors when they do am- | rive in the city. : Navy officers and city and} treat. county officials have ven com, Loudon military men eK pieting their plans over the week- gress of the German compaion, |: olic Daughters and the National. Catholic Community Service ad- Hecescuelionl buffet supper, sponsoring pet scmpir ya eape jv teins * ito visit points of interest’ in the ee ‘Duranas ill be ~ guests Cattle Daughters of Anita Bt Ball Key West, Florida, has t most equable climate in country ; range of only 14° Fah Expected That | of the conference results. with an ave PRICE FIV FIVE Will Make Radio dress As To Recent Meeting (Bs Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Aug. President Roosevelt. back | White House after his shattering ocean ¢ British Prime Minister ' Churchill, this morning gether senate and house to give them a first hand clude money for Russian supplies. z attitude: