The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 15, 1941, Page 1

2 Ds Laaests aah Rao atk: Pree j i H ie For 61 Years Devoted ta the | _ Best Interests of Key West Saye onnnnaU VOLUME LXII, No, 219. In Waters Near Canal Zone Indicated That Surface Ship Is Maneuvering Near Gallapagos Is lands (By Asnociated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.— American navy ships and planes teday were reported seeking German surface raider, believed to be operating in the waters of | the Pacific near the approaches to the Panama canal, Navy officers here refused to say if the presence of a raider in these waters would bring into force President Roosevelt’s “shoot first” orders, or if those waters are part of the seas de- clared by the President to be | necessary to American defense. | The navy department is said to be checking on the. presence of the ship, however. Reports reaching here indi- eate the vessel is operating near | the Gallapagos islands aleng-the | coast of Ecuador. Several ships are teported to have been sunk’ recently in those waters. FLORIDA SCENES — WILL BE SHOWN THE sou Pipe Laying } (Special to The Citizen) | HOMESTEAD, Sept 15.—Pipe here Wednesday when’ the last ‘laying for the Florida Keys Aque- | Shipment of pipe arrived. Pre- down because of failure of the pipe to arrive on schedule. ‘Lieut.-Comdr. KR E Saunders, Nov. 1, Lieut. W. L. Sawyer, resi- |dent naval officer in charge of , construction, said today. | With 40 carloads’ of 18-inch | pipe arriving here Sept. 8 and 76'Key West for the city council |}more on the way, only another 74; meeting at which the city’s un- | carloads will be required to com-|derground water system was | Plete the system. | turned over to the aqueduct com- i More than 100 men went back! mission, stopped here last week to work at the treatment plant! for an inspection of the pipe. Heavy Fighting Reported On North African Front (By Associated Press) | NEW. YORK, Sept 15—Heavy | African front was reported today | bulieting fron, Rome and Landon, 0ldiets. Yesterday, and Tobruck ‘Rondon said a strong Axis force | itself was subjected to an intense which had crossed the Libyan bor- | aerial bombardment. der into Egypt has been routed by! Axis planes also bombed Alex- the British, and Australian and andria, capital of Egypt, and the English troops are said to be i ; pursuit. | Tripoli and Bengasi. ROSS ALLEN LEFT LAST! WEEK ON TOUR OF EAST- ERN STATES | f SILVER SPRINGS, Sept 15.—; (FNS) E. Ross Allen, herptologist, rated as the nation’s No. 1 au-! thority on snakes and reptiles, | left last week on a tour of eastern ; states where, under the auspices | of the Antrim. Bureau of Phila- delphia, he will give a series of lectures in schools and colleges, | States scheduled on the tour in- clude Ohio, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsyl; | vania. Two. hundred , bookings, have been arranged. id all the attractions in the state and WE HAVE GIVEN UP GAMBLING, ANYwAY SENATE'S BOARD { | WASHINGTON, Sept. (iy Ansociniod Prens) ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.. Sept. 15.—Add increased cost of living: Judge Ben H. Ti o | Hollywood newspaper col- jumnists and radio commenta- . wal eacaibertomss \tors, today. were scheduled, to that in view of other things lappear before the senate sub- rapidly mounting in price, (committee investigating alleged he was boosting the stand- ard fine for gambling from aerate © dopretion-born 86 to sit,” TODAY'S CASE OF vewwwaessa MISTAKEN IDENTITY ARMS ARE TAKEN vesitsesc S32 | propaganda in motion pictures, PUEBLO, Colo, Sept. . 15.— Chief of Police J. Arthur Grady’ jdriver was “hopping mad”, says Allen will give a 45-minute Jee, i lear was brushed by another in ture on Florida wild life, plugging | }downtown traffic. The woman showing movies of Florida scenes. | He carries 16 pieces of baggage, | many of them containing live | snakes and reptiles. He will point out that there are but. three, poisonous snakes in Florida and! that death from snake bite here is rare, there really being less dan- ger in this regard than in many other states, School children and_ college students will be given a clear pic- | ture of the natural charms, beauty and advantages of Florida and at the same time instructed in the identification of reptiles and their habits. RITES FOR MRS. WHITE SATURDAY Funeral Saturday afternoon for Mrs. El- len H. White from the First Presbyterian churehy Rev. M. G. Lyerly officiating: ne funeral was attended by ‘the order of Eastern Star, of ich the de- ceased was a member, and also numerous friends. Pallbearers were West Archer, Fred Knapp, Atwood Sands, Brantley Lanier, Jim Sullivan and Joseph Watkins. Pritchard Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements, ithe chief, and got out to tell him | about it. “If. there were an_ officer around, I’d have you jailed”, she threatened, “Well”, replied the chief with a smile, “I’m chief of police and we'll call every officer in town punished with | oon think it will do any Then the lady smiled: both she jand the chief decided there was | WATCH THOSE jnot enough damage to quibble | BRIGHT REMARKS about and they went their sep- (By Associated Prenn) OSLO, Norway, Sept. 15.—The German Gestapo today ordered cancellation of all Norwegian hunting licenses and _ reiterated ‘its warning that unauthorized | possession of arms by Norwe- |gians will be Hl death, arate ways in good humor. | (By Associated Press) | oat ieee arora | JACKSONVILLE, N, C.,, sept.) LONG WAY AROUND 15.—Two Marines walking along; |a Jacksonville street fell’in step | (By Axxoctated Press) {with a stranger. | GOLDSBORO, N. G, Sept: 15.— “That’s a pretty house,” one All in one afternoon a young man \Mariiie «commented upon ap-' persuaded his girl friend to drive | proaéhing a,dwelling. “Bet there’s; with him to Virginia to get mar- | pretty- women. there.” {quired—and turned around and ‘my wife.” drove back down to South Caro- His invitation to dinner was de- lclined by the red-faced leather-| lina, where they were promptly! | necks. | | PLYMOUTH’S FINEST ON DISPLAY SOON |hitched by a justice of the peace. | PALACE THEATER | BUY PLYMOUTH __ Remodelling, Reopening on | NAVARRO, Inc. Saturday, September 27th. _ CAEN aA ME Cas emcee For Keys Aqueduct Wil ot Sat Bf No. 1 iduct system cannot start before | Viously the plant had -been shut | Tepresentative of the navy bureau} ican of yards and docks who went to!luck in three months Rome declared a British out-} LARGE NUMBER OF DIFFER- | fighting on the long quiet north | post near besieged Tobruck was} captured by Italian and German} in British struck back with raids on } 15—} Jimmy Fidler and George Fish- | . ried—where they found..a three} ~ sényices)s were © held {O"There is,” replied the stranger, | days’ notice of intention was re- Buy Wisely .. . Buy Quality | will close TOMORROW for a 4 THERNMOST NE vat Citizen w PAPER IN THE U. S.A. KEY WEST, FLORIDA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1941 SOE PEOPLE = - By PRESTON GROVER, a? Feature Service Writer ISTANBUL, Sept. 15—Travel-jwhere in one almost) unbroken ing in” Europe these days has be-/stretch of green across’ Europe. come a nightmare of bugs, bag- ie were kept endlessly waiting gage troubles, side tracks, visas;on side tracks for special troop and border inspections. ‘trains. Every train is first of In six days of travel fromiall a troop transport, and only Paris to Istanbul I spent one ,Secondarily a passenger train. night in a sleeper, one night in a jin our train soldiers hung their Thsphel Sc Wiensin and: foae lights jTifles here and there .and pre- hashes 3 . ‘pared for one or two or three |sitting bolt upright in a compart- j bedless nights riding to’ some jment shared with seven other !jow post. ,men and women. * During my one night in a Of the seven, two were Ru- ‘sleeper I shared a compartment /manians, one a Frenchman, one a |with a German dressed as a cap- ; Hungarian and three Bulgarians. ‘tain of aviation. He was one of They were in a neighborly mood | those numberless German -pep- |So we traded cigarets and sand-}talkers salted around among the wiches. One of them donated @l troops to keep up. morale. Be- numerous crop of lice. They bit | fore the journey was over he de-' {me from Budapest to the Black )jivered his whole pep talk. Then Sea. 4 ieame~ the inevitable question. Traveling eastward from Is-|“Do ‘you ‘think America is com- | tanbul through Turkey is a con-/ing into the war?” They never {ence except that the food is bet- ‘say “no! they say you are con-: ter, and it is unnecessary to give | cealing your “own: beliefs, and if ration’ tickets for it, you say “yes” they lamely ask | Getting from Paris'to | Istan-|“But why?” bul hrough Germaii-dominated; At the German border the ex- |Europe was almost |So far as I know, no other Amer-' very easy. correspondent had or more.! was I given a thorough baggage |It took two weeks to get the inspection. The officer picked permits to travel from Paris to/ out a pair of rayon shorts. (Berlin through Brussels, and an- | jother three weeks to get out of women’s panties?” he demanded. {Berlin. Then the train trip seem-|I finally convinced him they Not until I reached } ed almost that long in addi-. were mine by showing him the tion, }laundry mark was the same on German troops were every-| them as on my other shorts. ‘OUTLINING PLANS |NORWEGIAN SHIP | FOR WAR GAMES SAID. DESTROYED ! | ENT UNITS TO PARTICI- LIVES WHEN VESSEL , PATE IN PROGRAM WAS BOMBED | (Speeist «a The Citizen) | (tty Associated Preast CAMDEN, S. C., Sept. 15.— BERLIN, Sept. 15.—Destruc- tLieutenant General Hugh A. | tion ofa Norwegian coastwise Drum’s First Army today began ship by British bombers cost 195 its movement into concentration ' persons their lives, it was an- areas in North and South Caro-’ nounced today in Berlin. lina for war games designed to|. A, communique said the pas- Separate components of this far-! ¢.,; j |flung command, All along the |: 107 t© reach shore, and it had }Atlantic seaboard, from Maine . Pee? concluded that: af. # jto Georgia, advance detach-} were drowned. ments of the 300,000 officers and! take part in the maneuvers nave JUNE IN JANU. | fang lleft their base stations, This! mass movemnt of men and guns} t (By Axsociated Preas) jfor the next three weeks, reach-; GREAT BEND, Pa., Sept. 15.— ;ing a peak from September 27 to) While other children are begin- units will arrive in the Carolina township have just passed the maneuver area, where they will; halfway mark. remain until November 30. | In this district of heavy snows vers is training”, General Drum | year starts in April and this year jSaid today. “By "this training, | will end’ just’ bef i separated units of the First!at ‘iving, but the year Army into a ooordinated, effec: :has pest Soa ‘to conform state-required . nine- men of the First Army who. will! ALMOST, ANYWAY tand loaded trucks will continue October 3, when the principal| ning school, »upils of Ararat “The purpose of the , maneu-' and blocked’ roads, the school we hope to fuse the hitherto|In previous years Oni gherguny |tive combat team, and all the! with. the ‘problems will be planned with month term. jthat end in view. While we} jStrive for team work, we shall | ‘encourage in every way pos-| sible individual and group” initiative, and emphasis will be | {placed on the developmnet of} (Ry Associated Press) jleadership in all ranks, After | NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—This jwe have completed our two/eastern gasoline shortage holds ;months of training in the Caro- | no terrors for James Melton, |linas, I hope we all shall have ' radio tenor. learned much more about our; Andre / Kostelanetz, orchestra { jobs”. | conductor, tried to borrow some | {gasoline from Melton when he |found his tank dry after 7 p. m., _——— ‘curfew hour for filling stations. | AUSTIN, Tex.—Poaching by | Kostelanetz wanted to get home automobile in Texas probablyjto Silvermine, Conn, is too expensive to become very} “I have no gas at all”, replied ;Popular. A fellow who tried it, Melton, “but ] will gladly give jrecently, driving his car thirty!you a lift home”. 4 ‘feet off the highway to strike al Melton, who.. collects * anc’ £ $21 fine and his auto | automobiles, had driven to, , $19.50. jeity in an old electric, oF ELECTRIC JALOPY NIPS GAS SHORTAGE DEAR DEER! { 4 Will start weekly service in this ci make pick-ups Tuesday and deliv |tinuation of the’ same experi-!seem to like the answer. If yous a miracle.| amination of my baggage was/ such | Turkey, lousy, tired and grimy, | “Why did you not declare these | CLAIMED 195 PERSONS ost MANY - provide joint training for the jsengers aboard the vessel had}. Chernigov; Plan Encirling Kiev Key West, Florida, has most equable climate in t country; with an averaj range of only 14° Fahrenhe 4 ; PRICE FIVE CEN E Congress Is Now Deate On Defense Tax Bil (By Associ WASHINGTON, Sept. 15. — Congress may finish’ debate on the. multi-billion dollar defense tax bill in time for it to come to a vote Wednesday, it was pre- dicted here today. Both houses today were ex- pected to appoint conferes to iron Games S$ (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Sept. 15, — America’s greatest war games were launched this morning in ‘Louisiana as the Second and Third larmies, under the command of :Lieut.-Gen. Ben Lear ‘and Lieut.- ADVAR FIRST AID cian Mrs. M, E. Berkowitz, chair- man of First Aid for the Key West Chapter of the American National Red Cross, announces the completion of .an advanced held in Key West. Thirty-one persons this ‘course, twenty-three whom have put in their applica- tion for an instructor’s course. With the filing of these applica- tions the local chapter as , re- ters to send to Key: Westvone of thelr special representatives ‘to! teach this course. ape Mrs. B.C, Folger and E. B. Thompson taught the course September 11, and the names of those who will receive their Ad- vanced First Aid Certificates are: Ruth E. Arnott, Elizabeth L, ' Crosby, John L. Day, Muriel E, ‘Doyle, Mrs. W. T. Dougherty, America’s Greatest War COMPLETED JUAN course in first aid, the first ever’ of” quested the National Headquar- : that was completed Thursday, ' } Attacks On All Fronts Are Represented To Be Very Successful In Nazi Op- erations Finishing ated Prensy out differences in the measure as! it was passed by the house and then the senate. Debate is expected to begin to- morrow, and administration lead- ers in the house say it is likely | the measure will come to a vote the following day. (My Anaociated Prenn) NEW YORK. Sept. 15.—Power- ful German mechanized columns have crossed the Dnieper river to attack Chernigov and possibly to throw a ring of troops around the important industrial city of Kiew Berlain claimed today. Announcing successes on all fronts, the German news agency, DNB, said the attacks on the cen- tral and southern fronts have placed the Nazi forces in position Gen. Walter Krueger swung into} to cut off Russia’s armies in the ng ie = a = bm Aer : ene ueger, with a 8: 200,000 men under ‘his command, |_, -— es ee | is attacking, while General Lear German. troops. have. i _ and the Second army occupy a de- | through: the - defenses | fense role, tarted Today AN. BORGES | DUN | Father A. L, Maureau ,Mary’s Star of the Sea |Chureh officiated. Pri : _eral Home was am charge of ar- rangements. : ‘Survivors are thé widow, peranzo; five sons, 2 {