The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 11, 1941, Page 1

major topics of the address. . Corps recruiting unit here, praised ; For :1 Years Devoted ta the Interests of Key West | THE sou Sore wan wee (Communist Member Sitting In Nine O’Clock, Key West Time (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. 11.—In- terest in President Roosevelt's mie air etn sme | RECKLESS ing as White House Secretary Stephen T. Early declared the Speech will cover every phase of the international situation. The address is scheduled to go on the air over all networks at 3p. m. EST. “The American ‘people’, Early declared, “can expect to hear the cold, hard facts. The President will not leave a single question unanswered”. An unsuceessful attack by a German U-boat on the U.S. De- stroyer Greer last week and the! sinking of the unarmed Ameri-| can freighter Steel Seafarer in the Red Sea are expected to be Indicating the importance of | the chief executive’s talk, lead- ‘blicans, ed into the White conferences yesterday, along wit pies President Henry A. Wal. Early indicated the President | will not ask for any new legis- lation in his speech, but it is be- lieved he will call for a far greater scope in na ‘trol du- ig VY pal tu: RT CUT 10 AIR SERVICE MAJOR PLUMMER PRAISES) COURSE TAMPA, Sept. 11. — (FNS)|° Major William L. Plummer, of- ficer in charge of the mobile air highly a new Tampa University course designed: by Dr. James E Mboney as a “short. cut(to the air service”. Major Plummer said: “The Tampa University course is the only one} United States and it certainly looks like a good thing for boys THREE OTHER DEFENDANTS lissued a capias for his arrest. |court on time. x xe ac sion requiring less than half an _ TS of the congress, both: Demo-! hour. handed out identical. fines Heged Communists have been ex-; ecuted by Nazi firing squads‘in re-; NEW TAMPA UNIVERSITY _taliation for the assassination of a' j Vhigh-reoking police official in un- | QUALIFIED MEN ARE WANT. loccupied France, DNB, official) men were shot in aceordance with ' the German threat to kil! hostages for every act éf:. directed against the Reich or the government of France. & : | Euro, re reported from Lon-' Commenting on the course, | Gon, a Stockhaien and. the: ™en. are, wanted . include, .ma- t | chinist’s mate, boatswain’s, mate, iversi n don heard reports that 500: Tadioman, yeoman and seaman, of its kind T Know of in the| mutch workers have been jailed, The applicants muist be between: by the Nazis for alleged sabotage ; the ages of 17 and 35, willing to of defense goods for the Reich, ¢Plist for the duration of the em- Balkans. British Parliament bitterly hy Ansociated Press) FINED $25,°( t ie | “blackguard” sem “dirty, cowardly sabotage” as W. DREW IDENTICAL lof aid to Russia. FINES James Herbert Witmeyer,/' government officials Witmeyer explained he was at Ramrod key ‘had | for an apology. Judge Albury, in a court ses- and he attacked Churchill per-| No gi f , h of 1 were-call- cf $95 and costs to Flossie Smith, |sonally-when the prime oriinaes te ates som eaalpte seee-} : Japanese army in. a move believed’! preparation for ‘the start ; Havep: for negro woman, charged with as- | refused to apologize for his state- | properties, but informed sources! 3 to presage the start of diplomatic ' sort of rapproctiement with both ult and battery; Miguel: Pazo, | ment that Gallagher takes his or-'say thousands of laborers have | (Continued on Page Four) ders from Moseow. Two Alleged Communists Are (Ny Asnociated Press) ‘RATINGS IN ¢ C. NEW YORK, Sept. 11,—Two al-/ 4 ED TO FILL VARIOUS. erman news agency, said today. j POSITIONS ‘The news service said the two! ¢ o-o_ Ratings in the coast guard re: Other evidences of tunrést™ in| quarters, ; For Tonight and his policies) 'G. Gallagher, only Communist ; member of parliament, bitterly as- sailed the government’s program j HONGKONG, Sept. 11—The Gallagher opened the verbal {fireworks by demanding that the jprime minister clean out of his who had‘ ;charged with reckless driving on, been quoted as saying it would be }the keys, was handed a fine of well for England if the Germans $25 and costs in chambers this'and Russians could annihilate {morning when he appeared after | each other. Judge William V. Albury had! Churchill replied that he would 80,000 workers have ordered his bond forfeited and! not take advice from a man “who’ per cent of the damaged houses in 11 changes his opinion on the orders’ the London area which were re- of a foreign capital,” to which Gal- ; pairable. Costs were borne by the } late because a’pile driver’s op-/lagher responded with a demand 28 London boroughs. erations iblocked the road, making it im-| The Communist charged that’ made to London’s historic build- jpossible for him to afrive in| Britain has systematically sabo- ings, except for minor work on jtaged the program of military aid roofs and windows. Great. holes} for Russia in order to prevent the | still gape. | AUTO Soviets from growing too strong, ; i NOW AVAILABLE 2 Ee total included 40,000 in the a stain ” dh! Serve may be. obtained by joie bas pepurigh anicnsn te | fied and experienced. men, .Joeal headquarters of the seryice were, ; Notified today, by district, head- Ratings for which qualified t rp od Key West, Florida, hae the most equable climate in the ? : range of only 14° Fahrenheit THERNMOST NE whraeer IN THE U.S. A. ne: KEY WEST, FLORIDA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1941 PRICE FIVE CENTS * (ny es phage LONDON, Sept. 11.—Preparing’ r that he decided to try to —A bizarre wale of 15 nonde-| save the gold when the German script trucks which wandered larmies were literally battering thi jurope near’ ix |i cheinges fon aye "the gates of Warsaw in Septem- weeks i ber, 1939. carrying $75,000,000 in} gold—virtually all of Poland's The golden treasure, weighing about 75 tons in bullion and gold reserve—was told today by Ignacy Matuczewski, former Polish Minister of Finance. | coi it Matuczewski, who arrived BE pasion ee the American Export liner Ex-! iid rraretion nai | cambion, said through an inter- | then situated at Angers, Fepnce,/ but not * ° Reds Have Begun Launch- ing Trip-Hammer Blows At Nazis In North And Royal Air Force Pounds | Heavily On Italian Cities PER BNA MAS CES ES Maite th a0 te RES before anxious days and nights had passed as the South LONDON LEARNS strange caravan followed the dunt gleiaetk eens r RE DEC refugee trail south. . t LIQUOR LICENSES 11.—Industrial HOW TO HANDLE Matuczewski and Henryk-Flo- tan fie Pas 7 set nigh Uny Ansociated Press) cities of northern Italy last night felt their heaviest attacks in a tyear of war, as the Royal Air Force struck with savage fury at the Milan; Genoa, Turin triangle, | ‘Hundreds of long range bomb- | WILL-GO ON SALE HOWEVER were said to have taken part! sive near Kiev, Russian armies Mr dusiats Wi it oil thes| ee have si-telnich a oactel ‘cd BER 15 i of the ‘great Italian cities burning at and rocked by high explosives. Regions blows at the Ger- ‘The air ministry said tons of é = mans in the north and south, explosives crashed into the area| ‘State and county liquor beet | * a S Two Nazi divisions, according holding the initiative on the cen- also was abdard tte’ Excambion | | tral front in‘a continuing: offen- sei tEp j—loaded the gold’ into 15 old RAID’ SHELTERS REBUILT irucks and witha group of. fol- AND REPAIR SQUADS ARE}oWers started out of © Warsaw. with the flood of refugees from: SPEEDED UP: 95% OF DAM |the Polish capital. That was Sept. 7, 1939. AGED HOUSES REPAIRED ‘Avoiding German troops as much as possible and mingling: i with ordinary refugees, Matuc- |zewski and his trucks made} \their way down through Ru- imania, into Turkey and Syria, ;thence to France and Spain and Works has formed a mobile organ- sara Aeprcnle,oF ape cst ization which is intended for re- ‘ aia Matuczewski said he did not pairing damage’ to homes withini know what has hi ed to the 10 minutes after completion ofi peti ares Hi golden store after he turned it Pee eee : lover to officials of the govern- { During the summer raid lull | ment-in-exile. repaired 95} The Excambion carried only 7 passengers from Lisbon, one of the smallest lists since the line started operations in Portu- gal in July, 1940, intended chief- {ly to bring home war-stranded | Americans. } (Associated Press Feature Service) “for great intensification of pir raids during fall and winter months, the British Ministry of during the night, and Italy’s great-} go on sale Sept. 15, and their pur- est armament plant, located near| chase is mandatory by Oct. 1, Turin, was said to have been set; County Tax Collector Joe C. Me- to the Russians, have been crush- afire. Mahon announced today. ees (er cans ree Regulations for purchase of the ed in the past 24 hours as they up a desultory bombardment of state and count: mits uire - Sicily for nearly a month, last|that the applicant’ purchase. his{ Sought te stem the forward push {night's concentrated bombard- city license first The county will} of the Soviet troops in the Kiev ment of north Italy was the first! not issue a license unless the ~ in almost a year, and the greatest | dealer brings his city permit with | **°* of the war * him to the courthouse. Clearer Understanding Between _ Japanese And U. S. Now Seen TOKIO, Sept. 1 tintesone, Premdee Piped reine Zi god-emperor of Japan, today as-/ noye began what appeared. }sumed personal commend of .the' a reshuffle of the govern | Almost no repairs have been Wrecked Buildings Removed | negotiations; between his country | Britain and the United States. and the United States ig f s The emperor's action came as; Japanese newspapers, admit-| SOLDIERS ENJOY snc = tg ‘CONCH? DINNER jaime! a as been on that job for months. In/ London’s huge business area, tem porary repairs have been made to ETTER THAN NINETY PER- ‘hundreds of damaged alee CENT OF FIRST TIME AP- } buildings, which again are filled with workers, Other . structures PLICANTS ARE ELIGIBLE| FOR LICENSES jtoo badly damaged have been banned Ps Ea be £ : private , m from KEY WESTERS IN CAMP AT Sinica ¢ fine ¢ rset GALVESTON APPRECIATE. | bating the shortage of the papers pointed out 4FOOD SENT THEM | agreement ; | whereby Japan again can get L ue | from abroad. sce Key West soldiers in Texas} The emperor's action in taking |, were in “high cotton” last week command of the army, it is walks, and the Ministry says “the greater part of that task is com- Better than 90 per cent of Key } pleted.” No London street dal ecey spec psiceiggraiad ewe now because of bomb dam- | their es surcematiliy, sPairyi- | "The Ministry adds that 72,000 |toaq petrol said today, , damaged houses were made habit- | Alfonso, here to test drivers . iable again in one recent week.| who nave not previously been! vith lise airival of a shienant of | Leved will halt army opposition 0 ‘ granted licenses, said he has | eo - ito a withdrawal from £ provinces and 32,000 in London | tested about 80 applicants since native food collected by a com-/since the r “which suffered twice as much he started work hete Sept. 2., mittee here. opinion cannot gee leg damage in. air raids as the rest about one out of every 10 fails} Clyde Stickney, mess sergeant’ ic samaamgrmeg arg a "(to get a passing grade the first ‘forthe Key Westérs; tells about 5,000 Contractors Available time, usually because of iinfa- |j¢ ana-tetier to The Citizen, and ‘Those repairs were of the “first| miliarity with road rules. é ’ aid” class—-holes in roofs covered,| Drivers who va h wie blownout windows, covered with | first time are’ come’ ‘West r waterproof fabric, doors rehung) back in three! for ps vere eng aon and, ceilings restored. Extended | another try, are utged | ats Fort”'’'Crockett,”” ° Galveston, repairs are underway. in some to "practice: arid ‘up On thelr | Texas; waht to express our appre- boroughs. : |rules in the meantime. ' ciation to the people of Key West Repair has been supervised by The test, which requires about | for their recent kindness to us the Ministry of Works, which has | 35 minutes, includes an exam- | off but ever-loyal ‘Conchs’. 5,000 contractors available in the | ination on knowledge of highway |” “we received the long-awaited tant * ala to the pedple of this < 5 arg ere who want to get into the air corps. |“ ° Germen officials in Oslo ad.| €Téency, and have experience in| London area alone, and is seeking | signs, familiarity with rules Of {shipment of native edibles and Anyone taking this special train-| jitted that martial law has failed’ the type of work they seek. ing may become a’ flying cadet | to halt a spreading series of strikes | in Norwegian factories. without taking further academic! examination. “Ordinarily,” he pointed out, “two years of college work are re- ceiving a certain amount of col- lege credit in subjects covered by examinations will; he exempt from. taking that of the ex- amination for which he has credit. | “The Tayipa University: col covers all the subjects in { the air corps examinations, and anyone passing the course wil] not be required’ to take an’ Air'Corps academic examination at all.” ” The special “air corps short cut” course is so arranged that anyone! wishing to continue college work later may do so without the loss of time or credit. The course, of- fered for the first time this year, will open Sept. 16. HERE SOON! PLYMOUTH'S FINEST COME AND SEE IT! of the City Council held tonight; Chinese Friends of the Woun beginning at 8 o'clock for the pur-| Society, which boasts 3,000,000 pose of considering occupational | members in China, the United licenses, which will become pay-| States and elsewhere, is scanning \the ranks of young educated The city automobile tags, which | Chinese in Hongkong for recruits will also go on sale on the same| to its large. atmy of men and date, have already been received, | women serving in field hospitals and will be made available at the | and hygenic stations near China’s offices of the city clerk and tax} multiple battle lines. collector on the opening day. able on October 1. Applicants may the applicants to reach the coast guard office. Chinese Draft Youth MEETS TONIGHT cott L (Ry A einted Press) There wilt 66's Special oil Y CIT JERSEY CITY, N. J. Sept. in Chung p gigrivar tolled erp ope yoke throughout free China. Inc. the opening day » Whi NAVARRO', will be October 1 (Continued on Page Four) Coast guard officers said it is! | probable. men cae ane will be rf , Te-; Placed on duty in Florida waters, Lang en ae, gM asirasdl ve since it has been admitted that a ficials in Rumania have been im- | Shortage of personnel exists in quired, or the applicant must pass! ,iconed because they publicly, this section. examinations on certain subects| Gonosed the war with Rapsia,{ before being eligible to make ap-| Wiiie Stockholm said Norwegian | forms at the local coast guard) Plication as a flying cadet. Un-/ yorkers have been shot down for | bese Admittance is through the der a new regulation, a person re- jrefusing to work under German direction. ‘CITY COUNCIL get enlistment | iMform the. director of emergency | Jaw violation if they are caught Tain navy yard gate, where the : : fe {marine on guard wil arrange - ts Sieatlog a tea ar tak ¢| i For Battle Hospitals bi Ai ert There are more than 25,000 hos-~ ‘There was some delay in the is-| pital workers attached to the na- suance of the auto tags last year| tional headquarters due to their late arrival, but this | king Smaller staffs are main-) year everyone will be afforded an|tained by 80 branch societies The Salvation Army, the New] damaged, and then public office buildings. 1,000 more; the Ministry of|the road, and qa physical exam-! lelicacies, so dear to- ‘Coneh’, Health, and ‘the director of emer- ination. “ ee —— i gency repairs for each borough.| Drivers who pass the eye test / We had a Here is what will happen after | with glasses, but not with un-| ner a London boming raid: _|aided sight, have a notation | friedito Surveyors in each borough will; made on their licenses to that top it.all,—a steaming be sent out to assess damage and effect, and they are guilty of a| matic Cuban repairs. He immediately assigns; driving without the glasses, A builders, laborers and equipment, | similar rule exists for unusually and calls on the Ministry of| short persons—women, Works for materials. The system! who are requred to drive time lags are believed cut. ‘The Ministry also has an emer- gency squad of 5,000. specialists to be rushed to any..,section: of the country where raid ei is & i y 3k storing air raid shelters . Regional | started on the tests. Commissioner Charles Kay says} Since the applicant that thousands of London shelters, | his own car unfit because of drainage or struc ii tural defects, have been rebuilt | c¢ and that the work is continuing | the courthouse. London now has 27,000 shelters « LEST SHE FORGET lreach the Many which can provide for 4.772,000 persons in addition to millions of others who seek protection in the subways. s